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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
LATE AFTERNOON
PRESS BULLETINS

MINNEAPOLIS, July 11.-That un-
authorized and concealed speculation
led to the disappearance OF one MIL
lion dollars in the Peavey Grain 20,
was admitted this afternoon by OH
c,als of the grain company winch
owned stock in the Peavey and affill-
ated companies 1t is claimed that Jas.
Petit who was recently drowned, dlo
not profit as a result OF the concealed
ejaculation The insurance companies
are fighting the payment OF Petit
life insurance.
NEW YORK, July lion charge
Of attempted murder, Lillian Graham
and Ethel Conrad were today held to
the grand Jury by Magistrate Hershl.
The girls are accused OF the attempted
murder of w. e. d. Stokes. Their
hail was fixed at $4,000 each.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-Various
attempts to bind the senate to fixed
day for final vote on Canadian recl-
nrocity failed this afternoon on OBJ
iections voiced by republican progress
siyes. An amendment by Cummins re-
curing Canada to accept such articles
from the United States as are receiv-
ed from that country, was rejected
KANSAS CITY, July 11.-With the
balloons Kansas City and New York
down in Iowa, five other 10000 cubic
foot balloons are sailing today in a
variable northeastern wind at about
the 500 mile stage from Kansas City.
They are expected to enter the great
lakes region this afternoon and In all
probability the balloonist who Will
venture the voyage will cro;s the
lakes into Canada.
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NEGRO SAVED
FROM THE MOB
One Hundred officers Had to be Used
to Keep the Crowd at
Bay.

MASsI11ON, Ohio, July 11.-After
100 policemen and deputies. armed
with guns, had kept mob at bay for
several hours Harvey Mickens. a
negro, was spirited away to the coun-
ty jail at an early hour this morning,
for safe keeping.
Mickens is charged with assaulting
Myrtle Evans. the sixteen year old
daughter of Richard Evans, a miner.
He was captured late yesterday at
ternoon by posse of officers after a
long chase in which handcar ard
then a locomotive was pressed into
service
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
WANTED: POP
BOTTLE THROWER
keokuk Baseball Association Has In.
creased Reward From $40
to $25.

The Keokuk Baseball Association to-
day raised the reward offered for
Saturdays pop bottle thrower from
$40 to s25. If anyone supplies the
name OF the person who bounced the
dangerous missile on the head OF
Holycross he will draw the above
sum. The affair has been blow to
the attendance, directors believe, and
every effort will be made to learn the
identity of the onender.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

a help to the passengers on the i'll
fated steamer Santa Rosa, which went
on the rocks near Surf, California, last
week, was the testimony given before
Steamship Inspector Boles and Bulger
here today.
Despite the fact that 1t is establish
ed that no passengers were lost, the
inspectors are making a searching in
vestigation into the circumstances re-
garding the disaster.
The inquiry has developed that Cap
tain Faria held the passengers on the
vessel all of Friday because the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Co., of San
Francisco kept inquiring of him by
wireless how much it would cost to
transfer them.
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CITY NEWS.

The following young men friends
Of the late Charles Robinson were his
body bearers this afternoon Robert
Iinouist, Rudolph Ringstrom, Waiter
Schwartz, Kenneth Davidson, Lloyd
Hart, Scott Davies.
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Harsh physics react. weaken the
bowels. cause chronic constipation
Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 25c
Ask you. druggist for them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

It is Wort than useless to take any
medicine internally for muscular or
chronic rheumatism All that is
nee ded is a free application of Cham
berlain's Liniment For sale by all
dealers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Never leave home on Journey
without bottle of Chamberlains
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained when on board the
cars or steamships. For sale by all
dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Woman loves clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the
blood. clears the skin, restores rudy,
sound health.
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3. P. o. ELKs.

Keokuk Lodge. No. 106-Meets first
and third Thursday nights at Elks
hall, Gibbons opera house block, Sixth
and Main streets. Club rooms open
daily. Visiting brethren cordially In
vited. w. H. Reimbold, e. r.; Leroy
j. Wolf, Secretary.
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ORDER OF OWLS.

Regular meeting Of the Order of
Owls the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at their hall in the Hub
niger building, 25 North Sixth street.
Visiting Owls are cordially invited.
f. M. Ballinger. worthy president;
Ed. w Kiser. sec- etary.
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Hardin Lodge No. 29.--Holds It's reg
ular monthly meeting the second
Monday evening of each month.
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Estimated Car Lots.
Wheat, 5o4; corn, 10; oats, SO.

Wheat, 504; corn, 10; oats, SO.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Hog market to-
day--Receipts, $4,000; left over. 1880;
opened steady. Mixed Sc 35@6.S7;
good, se.45@6S2; rough, s6.2o@64O;
light. s635@e.s5.
Sheep-Recipts, 10000 strong.
Hogs-Tomorow, $4,000.
Cattle, 1900.
Sheep, $1,000.
Second hog market:
Hogs steady; shade lower.
Light, $6.35@6.S2; rough, $4,000
$40; mixed, s6.35@s6.s2; heavy, s6.45
@6.SO; bulk, s6.55@6.70
Cattle-Steady
Shreep-Steady.
Hogs closed to 10c lower than yes
terday
Mixed, ss.25@e.77; good, s6,45@6.7o;.
rough, s6.15@635; light, s.20@6.75;
Cattle-Steady
Sheep-Steady
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PERSONALS.

Mrs Freeman Dunn is visiting rel
utives in Seaton, Ill.
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A. o. U. w.
X. of p

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECUR-
ITY, KEOKuK COUNCIL, No. 1899.
Meets the first and third Monday OF
each month, at A o. U. W. hall at
o'clock. O. w Rowe, president;
Ernest Best, Financier: Mayme G.
Schenk Secretary.
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Daily Grain Letter.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Cables Is high |
er. Chicago newspapers believe gov
eminent report sustains corn and !
oats values. Sentimen on wheat mix
ed Private oats and corn reports
are worst on crop.
Illinois and Iowa will raise 100000
900 oats below 1910. Texas and Ok
lahoma have received excellent rains. |
Granted moderate temperatures
coarse grain excitement may be slow.
Only wheat can supply the shortage
of 75,0o0,OoO potatoes.
The July 10 figures settle one PROB
lem. Dips in corn and oats will be
limited.
The new plane Of value levels is
permanent Real condition of corn
July IL does not exceed II. 1t will
be good policy not to overstay wheat
bulges.
80 to 100 yesterday in Iowa, Ne
braska and many sections.
The certainty of more corn COM
plants commands special attention.
When Kansas Missouri, Texas and
Oklahoma have or are burning up, 1t
seems folly to talk above 2,S00,00O,00O
corn.
Car Lots.
Wheat 333, corn 234, oats 11S. rye l.,
barley %.
| Liverpool wheat opened " higher;
corn " higher.
1870 p. m. Wheat * higher; corn
IL higher.
BroomhaII Cables.
LIVERPOOL, July 11.-Wheat open
en- steady to firm, with some covering
on the expected heavy decrease in
the visible here and the bullish con-
struction placed upon the American
government report.
Following the opening there was
some realizing, and the advance was
lost with in increasing American and
La Plata offerings generally favorably
European crop advices, light rains in
India and the weakness in Buenos
Ayres ct the close.
India offers art freer and at de
cline, and Russia is offering literally
with some covering and prices were
, one-eighth cent lower to one-fourtt
cent higher than yesterday.
, Corn opened one-fourth higher ant
: later advanced an additional quarter
on the American bureau report ant
) the scarcity Of sellers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Keokuk Aerie, No. 6S3-Meets first
and third Wednesday of each month at
Eagles hall, 523 Main. Visiting broth
ers cordially invited. Geo. ]. D. Salzer,
w. President; C. A. Noakes, secretary.
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Eyes WERE TOO
MANY FOR 4 COURT
,udoe Mcnamara Told Mrs. Minnie
Bali This Morning Her Fine
Would be s2.s5 for Spank
Ing Child.
HER SISTER UP TOO
,ohn Fair stole Suit Of Clothing From
Fourth street Boarding House
Steele Brought
Back.

A pair OF not unhandsome eyes, a
neat looking woman who has caused
two men to quarrel over her, met
Judge w. L. Mcnamara, magistrate
Of the superior court more than half
way this morning and won. The Judge
retired among the reporters, the at
torneys who happened to be present
and other court room hangers-on with
flush on his jolly countenance that
gave the tip that he had been van
quished.
Mrs. Minnie Ball spanked her four
year old youngster unusually hard
Yesterday morning and Chief Schev-
ers fled an information against her
for disturbing the peace. Mrs. Ball
appeared in the court room this morn
ing accompanied by a good looking
sister and after a talk with Judge
Mcnamara, he attached fine of $2.S5
to the charge against Mrs. Ball Mrs.
Ball didn't have the money handy SO
she went to procure it.
There was lot Of jollying abort
'eyes win" and other little TESTING
taunts that didn't relieve the situation
any for the court but 1t was all taken
In good part.
Stole Suit Of Clothes.
John Fair was arrested last night by
officer Barney Conn for stealing suit
Of clothes at the Whiteside boarding
house on South Fourth street. Fair
sold the suit to the Holland second
hand store The clothing belonged to
man by the name of Huxley
Fair was sentenced to thirty days
in jail this morning for larceny.
Charles Steele, the man who stole
forty dollars from companion by 2
name of Herbert Spaulding Sunday
night or early Monday morning while
spaulding lay sleeping, was brought
to Keokuk from Burlington last might
by local police officer. Steeles bono
was fixed at $3.50 this morning wher
he was arraigned and the defendant
took time to consult counsel His
case will come up later.
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First Weighed.

The Marketer-Arent you wasting
good deal of that steak In trimming
1t? The Butcher-No, ma'am. ]
weighed 1t flrst-Toledo Blade.
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w. O w.

Gate City Camp No. 81, Woodmen
of the World, meets every second and
fourth Tuesday, at Hawkes. hall, cor
ner Eighth and Main STREETS. G. G. Sow
ern, G. O.; e. e. Hawkes.. clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
EkAIEkNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

n Hall, corner Fourth and Main
Wy Eagle lodge, No. 12-Holds Iva
1N\ regular meeting the first Tues
day evening OF each month
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Local Grain Market.
Local live stack.

Local Live Stack
KEOKUK, July 1.-THE followign
live stock market furnished today o1
Joseph Haubert:
Hogs-Good butchers, ss5.75.
Sheep Butchers, $500.
Lambs-$5.00.
Calves-s5.00 to $3.50.
New YORK Produce
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE pro-
duce markets are as follows:
Butter-Creamery, 24c.
Creamery, 241ac.
Process Special, 22c.
Eres Fresh. gathered. westers
firsts, IL to TIC.
Elgin creamery butter, 24c.
Iced fowls, lac.
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MODERN WOOpMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall.
Keokuk Camp No. 622--Meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m. Our
latch string is out to neighbors. c. B.
Lake. v. c.; J. A. Pollard, Clerk.
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ANXIOUS ABOUT
TRANSFER COST

Wireless Proved Menace and Not
Help During Santa Rosa
Wreck.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-That
the wireless was menace and not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.

Hall Seventh and Main Streeta.
Keokuk Lodge, No. Is, meets regu-
larry Monday evening at 1880 O'Clock.
Chas. Nelson. N. g.; Otto Absolute,
Recording Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11
FOUND.

FOUND-Small gold ring. Call at 326
Main. prove property and pay for
notice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Puckechtuck Encampment, No. z.
meets first and third Thursday even
tngs OF each month. VIM. @. Kun
me-. Scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-11

Daily Range of Prices.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July H.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-22
EVENING STARS
PAGE FOR WOMEN
A CHOLERA REMEDY.


The cholera scare in Italy has caused
many to secur the formula OF a simple
but positive cure that has been used
in epidemics. This is nothing more
than one ounce of sulphuric acid to
three ounces of paregoric. One tea
spoonful of this in four t~ablespoonfuls
of water is to be taken every two
hours by adults; one-half the quantity
for minors 16 years old and upward,
ten to thirty drops for children 10 to
Is years Did. and for children from g
to 10 years five to fifteen drops. Also
lutte rest inc cleanliness Is required;
substantial food in small quantities.
and cracked Ice to qdench the thirst.
The cholera toxin is destroyed by min
eral poison; therefore. instead of
drinking water, drink sparingly of
indicated water made by mixing one
t~easpoonful of aromatic sulphurlc acid
to a quart of water; this may be ia
vored with lemon and sweetened: 1t is
a great preventive. The leading SCI
entists of the world have recommended
1t. and it is said hat 1t has prevented
many epidemics.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-22
Mrs. $. Ella wood Dean.

l sign TO this letter. In the same way
l get hold of a society gentleman, or
military officer. If this is the reason
you have not been to see me l shall
be pleased to come around and see you.
Our clients desiring private negotia-
lions have to pay 80 g%uineas $3.50, half
down n half on engagement.
well, | answered some of these
agents, just for the fun of 1t, but ! got
all the information I wanted and still
kept my so %guineas.
Foreign fortune-hunters make no
p~retense of wooing. 1t is so evident
they are after the money that II is
really ridiculous.
One count told me all about his
family, his ambitions, etc. When l
asked him why he was disclosing his
private affairs to me he was f%rankness
itself. He said he wanted an American
v e, because American women repre-
scented his ideal of intellectually and
diplomacy, and he thought | was am
bilious. He talked without embarrass-
ment of matrimony as a business prop
osition.
And that seems to be the Universal
attitude over there"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-22

TWO SIMPLE GAS-SAVERS.

Much gas may be saved If care is
used in watching the little leaks. One
way to accomplish this Is to always
use a small fiat tin plate that comes
for this purpose. over the lighted
burner. On the edge of this plate put
the edge of the kettle, even If only an
inch of the bottom surface of the ket-
tie may be given space, and you will
find thai the water Will heal quite rap
idly. on ironing day we never light a
separate burner for heating water for
any purpose, as the kettle Is kept hot
in this way and as soon as part of the
water has been used for any purpose
the kettle Is at once filled and again
set slightly over the edge of the iron
plate that is used for heating the irons.
A great gas saver Is In having the
giant burner entirely removed from the
gas range. Many maids do not realize
how unnecessary it is to have a large
flow of gas and. in consequence, sauce
pans are burned, food scorched and a
great deal of other damage done. not
to speak of tn unnecessary waste of
gas. After a saucepan begins to boil,
turn out the light in one of the larger
burners and keep the pot slnmering
over the small simmerer If you wish
to eat w~el1-cooked food. Very few
things require to be kept at the gall
Looping point,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-22
Attentions Cause Mistake in
Intentions.

Dear Miss Poynter:
| have been taking a young lady
friend of mine out for the last year.
She is good company and l like her
better than any girl l know, but | do
not wan to marry her. | have never
spoken of marriage or even limited
that l was in love with her, but she
other evening referred to our being
married. Now she is not at all a for
ward girl and ! am afraid thatI have
misled her by my attentions. ] want
her to understand that | am not think
ing of marriage. but do not want to
hurt her feelings. Can you help me
out. Miss Poynter? X. M. T.
1t is certainly a delicate situation,
but one into which many a young man
has drifted. Can't you turn the con-
v~ersation toward platonic friendship
and tell the girl that until you met
her you V imagined it would be
possible to feel for anyone but your
own sister the sisterly affection which
has marked your friendship with her,
You might tell her that our interest
in her will make you very particular
about the man she marries and that
should she even contemplate matri-
mony you would like to give your
opinion before the matter is settled.
1t was probably perfectly natural for
your friend to mistake your inten-
tons. The fact that you found her
company so enjoyable might easily be
construed for something. deeper than
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rington, aged s, 1874 South Valley road,
West Orange; John Hadinson, aged 8, 29
avenue, kearny; John Doyle,
aged 10, 50 Bowery street; Helen NJ. Lynch.
aged II, 461 S. Eleventh street; NJ. Middle
worth, aged IA, i6s Washington street
Johnson. aged II, 913 Roosevelt
street. Elizabeth; Marion Peters, aged IA.
81 Cutler street; Mildred Roy, aged 6,
Newton; Eva Merlin, aged 10, 373 Fair
mount avenue; Anna Abraham. aged 10, II
Waverly avenue; Louise Gansereit, aged
II, 712 South Fifteenth street, Ruth Nalts.
aged u. 80 Carnegie avenue, East Orange;
David LASER, aged 9, 4161a Plane street
Cassie, aged II, 4 Gerard avenue.
East Orange; Catherine Milligan. aged 8.
1874 Littleton venue Anna Schartz, aged
IL. 16 Ridgewood avenue; Philip Amman,
II, 1888 Spruce street; Ethel Wolfram,
AIS Orange street; Margaret Igoe. aged .,
So South street; Philip Hollander, aged
8. 29 Hunterdon street; Morton Rosenthal.
aged II, 293 Hunterdon street; Margaret
Tell, aged 10, 252 Academy street; Joe
Accome, aged 9. 142 Chestnut street. Nut
ley; Walter Goeren. aged II, 315 Spring
field avenue; Howard Bradley. aged II, 33s
North Seventh street; John Weber, aged
II, SO Howard street: Eddie Mcintosh,
aged p. As Livingston street; Teresa
Piereth. aged II, q Holland street, Susie
Fedeyid, aged IA. % Berkeley place. Bloom
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u, 712 South Fifteenth street; Fred
Schildknecht. aged IA, 293 Broad street.
Bloomfield; Gussie Richter. aged II. 21s
1870 Hunterdon street; Norma harrington,
aged 10. 164 South Valley road. West Or
ange; Loretta Leary, aged 8. 100 Hunter
don street; Margaret Grant. aged 8, 129
Blocker street; Howard Bradley, aged
II. 1888 North seventh street; Henry Bar
tells, aged IL, 25 North Twenty-seeond
aged II. 4G Washington avenue, Newark;
Frank Mccarthy, aged 10, 26 Brighton
avenue, Belleville; Freddie A. Hartley.
aged 9, 81 job nston venue Hearty;
Frank Murphy. a yed 10, Valley street,
East Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-22

ROLL OF HONOR.

The following bright children answered
one or more of Uncle Jacks puzzles cor
rectly this week and their names are
placed on the honor roll;
Helen NJ. E. sEilbacher, aged IA, 80 Fourth
street, Elizabeth; Arthur Oft, aged 10, 34S
West Kinney street; Henry Wolfe. aged
Ii, 1853 Springfield avenue; Frieda Glas-
wiend, aged 10, 971A Kossuth street; Hattie
Jorndt, aged II, 1852 Hunterdon street;
George White, aged 10, 1S1 Plane street;
Margaret Lynch, aged 10, 461 South Elev-
enth street; Dorothy McEntee, aged 8,
Carteret street; Edward Higgins, aged II,
80 Hill street, Bloomfield; Charles Reid,
aged 10, 40 Kearny avenue, Kearny; Reu-
ben Lowenthall, aged II, SO Boyd street;
Irving Greene, aged II, lis Washington
street; Isadore Glugasch, aged Il, Belmont
avenue. Ernest Leiss, aged Il, SO Bowery
street. Lorenzo Roy, aged IA, r.. d. No. 2,
Newton, n. j.; d. +. Russell, aged u,
164 South Valley, West Orange; Sam
k~athsprecher. aged 10, All Eighteenth ave
nue.; Ethel Lesser, aged L 81 Magnolia
street; Catherine O'Connor, aged II, S34
South Nineteenth street; Russell Dodd,
aged 8. Ito G%lelridge avenue. Montclair;
Nadine Mcconnell, aged II. Lafayette
street, Chdthann; Annie Wertz, aged y, 81
Essex avenue, Bloomneld; Rose Schick,
aged y, 20 Holland street; Jennie Batman,
aged u, II Bowery street; Agnes Moore,
aged II, 1876 Union street; Violet e. Martin,
a-ed 3. T22 Springfield avenue; Hilda
Marsh, aged 10, % oriental terrace; Clara
Sherman. aged II, ga Prince street; Harry
Airsch, aged II, 1871 Spruce street; Geneve
Dola, aged 18, 81 Brill street; Leonard
Sharp, aged 10, Audubon avenue, Jersey
city; Hilda Goldsmith, aged II, Is Ridge
wood avenue; Norma Harrington, aged
Joe Folnil, aged u, S19 West Kinney street
Mary Achey, aged Il, Myrtle avenue; Ted
Growney, aged II, Hampton, N. j.; Clara
Mulharel, aged s, 409ls Bergen street; Rob-
ert McCutcheon, aged 10, 27S Verona ave-
nue..
road. Bloomfield; Louise Nitsche, aged II
l6 Blrks place. Newark; Hernbert Rosen-
stein, aged 8. IN Barclay street; Sadie F..
eornmann, aged a. Warrenyille: Harriet
Madison; Edna Eilbacher, aged IA. 80
b0REth street, Elizabeth; Edward Far
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To Clean and Curl Ostrich
Plumes.

Dear Miss Doom;
Kindly tell me how to clean and curl
a white plume at home. Thanking you
for this and previous help. | am a
reader. ESTHER.
Try shaking your plumes in corn
starch and let them remain in the
starch a while end shake out the pow
der. If they are not quite clean, dip
them in gasoline and shake them up
and down. Dry and restore the fulfil
ness by holding them over a heated
range. Be sure all the gasoline has left
them before exposing them to the heat.
Pure wheat flour is also very good
for cleaning feathers. Take a few
handfuls of flou put in a basin and
submerge the article to be cleaned.
Rub and pat for a few minutes, being
careful not to injure by too vigorous
handling. Shake out the flour and take
a fresh handful of four for a rinse.
The usual way of curling a feather
with a knife or paper cutter is tedious,
and if the process is too oft repeated it
will ruin a fine plume. Try taking an
old-fashioned curling stick or round
ruler and hold the feather close to 1t
lengthwise. Fold the down carefully
and softly around the wood. slip over
it a closely fitting bag made of any
clean scrap of silk and a trife larger
han the curling stick. Hold the bag
in the steam of the kettle until 1t Is
thoroughly dampened. Then putin any
warm place to dry out thoroughly.
When the bag is removed the feather
will be found nicely curled and with
out any damage to its texture.