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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-12

1t got so warm in Chicago Satur-
day that the thermostat in big de-
partment store gave false adarm of
fire, turned on the water automati-
cally, and deluged the store, Moth
ing like that doing in Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-12

Captain James Blakely, aged sS.
will attend the pioneers picnic at
Brownsville next week.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-12

The people who are always irving
to be pleasant sometimes succeed in
being exceedingly tiresome.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-12

Some men want two or more wives,
while for others one wife is one too
many.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Few Women Realize the
AWkWardneSs of Feet

The downtown lunch rooms AFFORD
field of observation 10 the guest blessed
with the seeing eye 1t is a pity
women do not oftener realize. for ore
thing. how plainly their feet show under
the EmaIl tables to all who sit at some
little distance. The average woman sits,
all unconscic usly. with her feet twisted
about the rounds of the chair. or with
one foot resting clumsily upon the other.
The majority of female feet have an
awkward and unattractive appearance
from the rear.
There are a few women, of course,
who. whether from careful forethought.
or instinctively- cross their feet prettily
on the flooc, and allow them to remain
so quietly during the entire meal. IL
doesn't matter how smart the shoes
were at the time Of their purchase, IL
tliev have rundown heels now or lack
polishing one gets no credit for what
thew once were. Padly soiled white
footwear looms up conspicuously to the
eve Of the acute observer watching that
table a little way on.
It cannot be pretended that to sit
with cne's feet ia an awkw ard position
Is a grave misdemeanor. but TIE woman
who desires TO be as beautiful and
graceful as possible gives little thought
as to what she is doing with her pedal
extremities in the dining room. A little
care. and even some rchearsing before
the glass, is well worth while.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Demand for Mahogany
Makes Wood a Luxury

Old mahogany has been for many
years almost a synonym for sumptu-
BUSINESS in our dwellings or in business
or public edifces wherever this regal
wood has been a dominant feature of
finish and furniture. 1t has frequently
carried as far socially as a coat of arms
or an octave genealogy; but NV the
distressing intelligence is sent forth by
the government scientists that what Is
represented to be mahogany is in a
majority Of cases really something else,
because the demand for II, like that
for Mocha and Java coffee, is largely
III excess Of the supply.
Thus there are annually used In the
United States about 10000 900 feet of
so-called mahogany, while the annual
cut of the genuine article is only 1S,0O0,-
600. and We can hardly get all of that
The masquerade wood is known to the
trade as Columbian mahogany be-
cause it comes from Columbia, and in
grain and color resembles the simon
pure to an extent that is calculated to
deceive all but the extremely expert
though there is as little relationship be-
tween them as between oak and maple.
What is worse. the substitute is not
only not mahogany, but actually belongs
to the monkey pod family of woods.
Could anything be more humiliating
than to invite a friend to come and
stretch his legs under your monkey pod
table ?-Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

mother had to be buried, and there was
no money. He thought of selling Dick,
but the horse was old and Lon could
and perhaps abusing him.
Lon harnessed Dick into the old
wagon and drove to the village. He
stopped at the undertaker's.
My grandmother died last night" he
said, will you come out to the house
and bury her? 1 have no money and |
want to keep the house II 1 can, but /
will pay you in two years, or you can
take the house then! that is the best /
can offer you; WIN you Gomez
The undertaken had known Lon ever
since he was born, and he told him
he would go with him.
After the funeral Lon looked around
the house 1t needed repairing. He had
often tried to have It done while his
not consent for fear they could not pay
But Lon had a plan in his mind and
he was determined TO try 1t. If I can
get through the winter" he said, Il
am sure / can make a living after
that"
And one day Dick was harnessed
again and Lon drove to the village car
penter shop. II have no money! ne
: told the carpenter, but l want some
pair my house. I can pay. you In tWG
take the house then; that is the best
do. Will you take the job?'
1t was coming cold weather anu
there was little work. so the carpenter
consented to do the work.
Then Lon got enough hay and grain
to carry Dick through the winter on
the same two-year promise.
How Lon got through that winter ne
did not like to remember in after years.
He lived on the vegetables ne mao
been able to save from the garden and
he did not suffer from cold because
he had plenty of wood, but he had 1T
tie TO eat besides the vegetables.
He worried on the house with the
carpenter and in the spring he painted
It himself His garden he planted early,
and II yielded him a good crop.
Old Dick paid for the comfort he hao
through the winter by carrying the
vegetables to the summer people who
lived along the road some miles out OF
the village. ,
The prices Lon received for his vege-
tables paid the undertaken before the
Sumner was nalf over and he was also
able TO paw something on the csrpei-
ter's bill. as well as to the man who had
supplied Dick with his winter food.
Lon saved little to care for himself
and Dick through the winter, and the
carpenter took him to help on inside
work as often as he could. 50 that by
spring Lon had paid his debt to the car
penter in work.
That spring he planted a large gar
den and bought COW, promising to
pay for il At the end of the summer.
With his vegetables and milk, Lon
made good profits. and at the end OF
the season he had enough to carry him
through the winter comfortably.
But he went to work with the car
penter again and he also studied nights,
for now he did not have to go to bed
TO forget his hunger.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
"
The Sandman S Stories
ALONZO.

: Ore night the young men in the VII
lage were talking over dance To be
held the following week In the hall.
why not ask Lon Burt said one;
mo one ever asks him anywhere, and
he has lived around here longer than
some of U.s." SE
why. Lon never went to dance In
his life," said one, .'and, besides that.
he has no clothes. What made you
think OF asking him.
My sister says he is a nice, pleasant
fellow" said John Bender; "he has
been working up at our house with the
carpenter, and Celia says he knows q
lot more than most boys"
boy; 1T will make fun for the rest of
Us II nothing more.
Going to the dance in the hall next
week?" asked pretty Celia Bender one
day while Lon was putting new shelxas
NO" replied Lon. II do not know
how to dance
"oh, come along" said Celia. IT win
teach you. am sure you can dance
as well as the other boys; none o.
them dance very well. I went To-
dancing school in the city one year
VIII you let me teach your e
Il am afraid my clothes do not look
good enough to wear to a dance" sat6
Lon.
we'll get new suit" persisted
Celia, you must have money saved 6Y
this time" II have" replied Lon, with
tone of pride in his voice, but have
not bought any clothes because I nevtr
go anywhere to need them" -
You need them now, said Cenas
60 to the village tonight and get thenn
and come to the dance" =
II WILL" said Lon, s'if you VIII Ga
with me, but you will have to go In -.
old-fashioned sleigh and Dick does NOT
travel very fast" sss---sEl
II just love that old sleigh OF yours
said Celia. why don't you paint y
yellow and line ii with a nice shade OF
brown cloth? You could do IL yourselks
You are so handy" she added, looking
at him cut of the corner of her eyeA :
'I never thought of II" said Lon. hue
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

will do it now you have suggested II
The night of the dance Lon called for
Celia with the yellow sleigh lined with
brown, and old Dick threw up his head
proudly and tinkled the new bellstthaS
hung around his neck.
Lon felt awkward at first when ne
found himself in the hall and saw the
others dancing, but Celia kept her
promise and she made him go through
all the square dances and the others
she sat out with him, in spite OF the
entrsaties of the other young men who
always liked to dance with Celia
Lon Rurt looked pretty spruce to-
night. didn't he?'' said one after the
dance.
:Ee ought to-" replied another, he
had the ,prettiest girl in the hall all the
evening"
Ions sleigh attracted a great deal OF
attention in the village that winter, ana
a visitor offered him good sum for IL.
but Celia said no." and as she was
going to Ions little home tn live the
next spring he listened to her advice
and kept the sleigh
"That sleigh played an important part
in our courtship," she told Lon, ana
besides that you do not need the money
and we want stylish sleigh as Wen a.
anyone." Lon became one OF the Lead
gave his wife the largest share OF the
credit. 1T was the new sleigh and the
new suit that gave me a start with the
village folks" he would say, and !
never should have had either II II haa
not been for you -2---z-<
roroorrov,s story. THE Fairies Pho
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Raw Cotton Padding =
Saves Embroidery Time

Where heavy padding is desired under
embroidery, try using little wads Of
raw cotton instead of filling In the
padded space with many, many stitches
of darning thread.
To pad a scallop catch up bit Of
raw cotton in your fingers and roll 1t
between the thumb and forefinger until
it is the length of the scallop, thick in
the center, but tapering to a mere
thread at each end. Lay this on the
scallop and with a few stitches catch
to the material Embroider over it In
the usual way.
Flowers have their petals padded by
making little cushion-like wads of cot
ton and catching them down to the ma
terial. well inside of the working line,
with ordinary sewing cotton.
Coin dots and ribbon designs are
treated accordingly.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Synopsis of Chapters Already Published

Not long after Theodore Racksole pur-
chased the Grand Babylon Hotel In Lon
don, Reginald Dimmock, uncle Of the
Grand Duke of Posen. was murdered and
his body mysteriously disappeared. When
Mr. Racksole dismissed Jules, the head
waiter, on suspicion, Miss Spencer, the
desk clerk, left, too. Through a whim,
his daughter took her place.
Nella discovered, few days later, Miss
Spencer in the hotel. wearing the dis
gu!se OF a baroness, and followed her to
Ostend, where she made her confess that
Jules was really Tom jackson, her hus-
band. Nella lost her advantage, however.
and falls into the clutches Of jackson and
his wife, and is delivered from their
hands by Prince Aribert.
In the meanwhile, Mr.. Racksole found
the body Of Dimmock in his hotel in pos
session Of Rocco, the chef. When
Prince Aribert, Nella, and Racksole were
reunited they continued their investiga-
rions together. One of the first clues was
the discovery of an actress with whom
Eugen had become entangled. and the
overhearing Of significant conversation
between the actress and Miss Spencer.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Paper Bags Handy to
Have When Travelling

Small sized paper bags such as one
receives from the grocery and which
your grocer will sell fresh in small
quantity GRE a most useful thing to have
in the leather travelling bag when max
ing any long journey by rail or boat.
A fresh one is pinned every day in
the stateroom, where 1t VIII be easily
reached, and in It are dropped all the
troublesome litter which is apt to col
lect in travelling.
For combings, burnt matnhes, scraps
of paper. even fruit pits and such
things. 1t is an efficient catch-all. Each
morning the bag Is twisted up and is
removed by the stewardess.
Owing to the crowded space, even a
thoroughly neat person iinds It harder
to be orderly in stateroom and this
simple hint will be found to help out.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

Times Inquiry Department:
Would you be kind enough to arrange a
menu for me. in which saur kraut would be
u prominent dish? Also advise me at what
hour to give it.. Thanking you in advance
E. NJ. r.
The following would be a very good
menu for what you, desire: First have
raw oysters served on the half shell.
After this course have cream Of celery
soup. Then have roast turkey, saur
kraut with pig-tails, mashed potatoes,
and creamed spinach. Serve a lettuce
salad and for dessert have apple souffle
After this course serve coffee. Six
o'clock is a good hour to have your
dinner.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Times Inquiry Department:

Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me what will take dye out OF
clothes? A brown sock got into my wash
tub and the dye came out and colored some
OF the white clothes. Hoping for an early
reply, ! remain, ANXIOUS
The color may, be rendered white by
the use of zinc gray. To apply reduce
to a fine powder 100 grains of zinc gray
with fifty grains Of mucilage. Then
mix with this twenty grains Of solution
of hyposulphate of soda. Apply this
mixture to the goods Then wash the
clothes with water slightly acidulated
with hydrochloric acid.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Commandant Of Marine Corps and Wife
Return From Trip in White Mountains
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler
Entertain Informally

Mr.. and Mrs. George Y. Wheeler en-
tertained informally at tea al the Chevy
Chase Club yesterday afternoon, hay-
ing as their principal guests Mrs A j.
Halford, and Mrs. Frank Halford, wife
of Captain Halford. U. s. M. c.
Mrs. Frank Halford, who came over
to washington for the wedding on Sat-
urday of Miss Ruth Halford, her hus.
bands sister. to Lieut.. Walter B. Wood
son, U. 8. NJ, will return to New York
this afternoon, and September % will
sail for Panama to join Captain Hal
ford, who is now stationed there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler are today cele-
brating the tenth anniversary Of their
marriage. Mrs. Wheeler, who Ia one Of
the most attractive matrons in the
younger married set, was Miss Eliza
beth Ellison Kennedy, Of Pittsburg.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

LONZO BURT, or Lon. as he was
~ called, was fifteen years old
when his grandmother died.
His father ana mother died
before he could remember, and. as he
did not have a living relative, there was
nothing to do but to live on in the little
old house alone
His grandmother had been poor, and
In the winter it mad peen very hard
sometimes to get food enough Tor them
selves and the old horse Dick.
Lon had a great deal on his shoul-
ders for a little boy, for his grand
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Senator Taylor
Returns From Tennessee.


Returns From Tennessee.
Senator Robert L. Taylor has re-
turned to Washington from Tennessee,
where he spent the last week He and
Mrs. Taylor will close their apartment
in Stoneleigh Court the latter part of
this month and go to the mountains
=
who spent the summer at Blue Ridge
Summit, have returned to Washington
and opened their residence on Q street
for the winter.
DR.. and Mrs. B. L. Hardin, who have
spent the season at Saranac Inn, Upper
Saranac Lake, N. Y, will return to
Washington Thursday.
=
DR.. william VI. Sprigg, Of the West
uioreland. has returned to Washington
for a few days from Bayhead, N. J.,
the seasap. They will come back to
washington the last of the month.
-
Miss Edith Chiles, daughter Of Mrs.
Washington after spending the simmer
touring In France.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. harrington Moore have
taken the house at 1872 for the season
and will take possession shortly, upon
the return Of Mrs. Moore from Newport
where she has been spending the sum-
mer with her mother, Mrs. Lewis Cass
Ledyard, Of New York.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. J. William Henry and
Miss Anita Henry, who have beer
spending the summer at the White
Sulphur Springs, have returned tC
Washington and opened their house or
r street.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

Times Inquiry Department:
Is II proper for a young girl TO send postals
10 young men in the town where she visited
In the summer FRO.
/ should not advise you to send post
cards promiscrously to the young men
in the town you visited in the summer,
but IL there are a favored few 10 whom
you would like TO send 4 card, 1 am
sure 1t would be perfectly proper.
Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you tell me II the following coins
have any value: A silver half dollar dated
1876; Canadian quarter 1874: silver dimes
dated 1857. 1872. ls4s: scent piece dated
1859; and copper 2-cent piece, 1871? Thank
ing you. 1 am, Respectfully,
Mrs:-R H J.
The 3-cent piece is valued from Is ia
q cents. The other coins have no value
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me II it is proper for a young
lady TO visit a Chinese restaurant accom-
panied with or without a gentleman?
A SUBSCRIBER.
1t Is most emphatically not proper for
a young lady to go to a Chinese res
taurant unaccompanied. She should be
escorted by a gentleman.
Times Inquiry Department:
I have a dark blue felt hat which has
become rather faded and shabby from last
winters wear Is there anything / can do
that will brighten 1t up? Thanking you In
advance, I am, Yours truly
DORATHEA W.
Sponge the hat with gasolene and your
hat will look almost as good as new.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will you kindly publish a recipe for max
ing mushroom catsup and obllge. A. c. z.
Break into quarters firm. fresh mush-
rooms. Put a layer of the broken mush-
rooms into an earthen vessel and
sprinkle with salt: then put in more
mushrooms and more salt until all are
used. Cover the vessel and set it on
the cellar floor for three days, stirring
the contents with a wooden spoon three
times a day. At the end of this time,
warm the mushrooms, mash them to a
pulp, and strain through coarse netting,
squeezing out all the juice. Boil this
for ten minutes and measure. To every
pint Of liquor aflow a generous tea
spoonful of whole peppers and allspice.
a blade of mace, two slices of onion. a
bay leaf, and a dash Of paprika. Put
liquor and spices over the fire, and boil
until thick. Strain, cool, and fill bottles
with catsup. Seal tightly.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Everybody's Question Box-Answers to Queries

Times Inquiry Department:
Is there any value to a half dollar dated
1sI77 Yours truly. NJ. A. c.
There Is no value on this coin.<
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
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Useful Hints for
The Busy Housewife

A few drops Of kerosene in the
starch keep it from sticking. A little
in the water when boiling clothes
helps to remove soil.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

If cold water is poured through .
smoky chimney all the black via
quickly disappear; the chimney should
then be polished with a soft cloth. :
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Miss Burns and
William H. Power Wed.

The marriage of Miss Madelon Burns
and William H. Power took place this
morning at IL o'clock in the pastors
study of the First Presbyterian Church,
the pastor. the Rev. Donald Campbell
Macleod officiating. Only small party
of relatives and intimate friends were
present at the ceremony, and immedi-
ately afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Power
left for a bridal trip to Atlantic City
They will reside in Washington upon
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

Times Inquiry Department:
Would you please publish in the paper IL
a girl can get married in Baltimore at the
age Of sixteen without her parents consent
Thanking you for your answer, remain,
-.- CONSTANT READER.
You cannot get married in Baltimore
at the age of sixteen without your pa
rents consent.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
Lieut.. Commander. and
Mrs. Bennett Take
Apartments.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps
and Mrs. William p. Biddle have re-
turned to the Marine Marracks from
waumbeck In the White mountains,
where they spent the summer.
Lieutenant Comman Ter and Mrs. Ern-
est L. Bennett, y. s. N, who have
recently been ordered to Washington,
have taken an apartment at the Far
Iagut.
49,
Paymaster and Mrs. Walter B. lizard,
u. S. N, who have been the guests Of
Commander and Mrs. Johnston, on the
receiving ship at Newport, have re-
turned to tehir apartment at the Bright
on.
Maj. and Mrs. 4. c. Treadwell. U.
S. A., are spending q few weeks of
the early autumn at Breton Woods
N, H.
John A. Mc1henney
Takes Sixteenth Street House.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. McIlhenney,
who last year occupied the house at
1889 NJ street, have leased the house,
2o30 Sixteenth street, for the coming
season.
DR.. and Mrs. W. Sinclair Bowen enter
tained a small company informally at
dinner Saturday evening at the Chevy
Chase Club.
=
Mrs. George c. Dean. who came to
Washington to attend the wedding of
her niece. Miss Ruth Halford, to Lieut..
Walter B. Woodson, u. s. N, Saturday,
has returned to her home at Lawrence
Park. Bronxville, n. Y.
Miss Edna Scott Smith, who spent the
last month with her parents at their
cottage at Rye Beach, n. H, has re-
turned to Washington.
=
Miss Marie Ray, who Is now a men,
ber Of a house party in Massachusetts,,
will return to Washington the first of
next month.
Mrs. Julian James, who spent the last
several weeks visiting on the North
Shore, has returned TO Washington and
opened her house on Twentieth street
for the winter.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you tell me what Is the proper time
Tor a girl Of sixteen TO come In when her
parents won't allow her to go out with COM
pany; and also please tell me the best cure
for corns. Thanking you, am. A-MRG.
Ten o'clock is a very good hour for
girl OF your age to return home;
however, II IL a question your parents
can best decide for you. The following
Is very good corn cure: Salisylic acid
dram, and collodiIm, y ounce. Paint
over the corn once a day and scrape
away the superfuous growth at the
end Of three or four days.
Times Inquiry Department.:
Will you kindly tell me as soon as possible
at what time on Sunday mass is said at
the Holy Trinity Church, on Thirty-sixth
street. Georgetown? Thanking you in ad-
vance. am, Yours truly, E w.
Mass is said at 4, s. 9. and 10 o'clock
Sunday mornings at Holy Trinity
Church. Georgetown.
Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you kindly fell me IL there is any
weigh 40 pounds, and have to weigh 145
pounds in order to obtain a Government
position. Respectfully yours. R. D.
If possible, the best thing to do would
be to go away to the mountains or sea-
shore for a few weeks. AS a rule
people gain rapidly in such places. The
following is a flesh making diet which
you can safely indulge in and which
might perhaps help you. Cereals, nuts,
tat meats, chocolates, olive oil, butter
milk, and soups These foods are tis-
sue builders, but vegetables and fruit
may also be eaten as desired. The chief
thing is not to overeat as then the d.
gestion goes and with it the few pounds
of extra weight,
The Washington times., 1911-09-11
LOCAL MENTION.

Beginning Monday, Sept. nth, Har-
veys Restraint will be open from q. m.
until midnight.
The Washington times., 1911-09-11

If a few drops of water are added
to the fat and the frying pan covered.
eggs will not become tough.