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know a great deal about that subject.
Purely for story-writing purposes, how
ever. AS to the swear-off thing itself,
personally conducted. that is to say, we
profess to know nothing whatever. 1t
is all right to love hard work, when
the same is properly remunerated; but
We never heard of anybody drawing down
any salary envelope just for swearing off.
Swearing off is an overtime job, uncom-
pensated. That is the main reason we
have always been perfectly content to
let it alone and to permit George to
do it.
Why is New Year day the great
swear-off day? We have submitted this
question to such erudite men as pro-
fessors of Assyriology, and they didn't
know; they couldn't answer. The Greeks.
if we've kept the dope correctly, didn't
swear off on New Year; our recollec-
ton of the thing is that they took an
extra hitch in their togas on that day
and ordered another goatskin of the stuff,
just to keep the sketch from wabbling.
*
Did the Romans pull that Swear-of
number on New Year day? They did not.
busy dredgins into the fiagon and the
amphora on and around New Year day
that the spiced Falernian was running out
of their eyes right down to the first of
February or whereabouts. New Year day
middle of their misunderstanding
time of the year. Did they permit the
swear-off tradition to butt their Saturna-
liam festivities off Of the path? Not so
that any of the historians of that epoch
could notice it with the undraped optic.
They went right ahead and Saturnaliated
until they were so pickled' that they
couldn't have told a Vandal from d
Teddy Bear; and they. permitted the
swearing-off ceremony to sprint for the
OSuini Of that time.
Did the Druids and the other Early
Savages from whom we descend have a
great moral awakening and participate in
swearing-off rites, with a few human sac
rifices toasted on the side. on New Year
day in that dim time? Nothing like it.
They were so busy funneling the liquid
known as mead the same being antique
lager into their intersections out of cow
horn receptacles that they wholly diSre-
membered the swearing-oH stuff until
along some time in midsummer. at which
time they found that the drinking water
was so bad that they had to keep on
Needing up if only to ward off malaria
and other ailments peculiar to their pic
turesque period. Whenever those folks
felt that they needed to renew their spir-
itual strength they accomplished said re-
neWing with the aid of copious HbationS
of sudS No Suds, spiritual strength;
that was the inscription upon their BAN
ners Odd. how the spirit of ancient peo-
pies survives! We know plenty of men,
right at the present moment of time. who
utterly refuse to become illuminated with
the desire for the Higher and Nobler I'M
less they are so lit up with the bottled
goods that you're afraid to strike
match within seventeen feet of them
They don't know that they got this idea
from the Druids, and neither do We but
we have our suspicious. They must have
got it from somebody.
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GulenS NeW(6rk Letter.

in doing it early as a sort of whip
over the heads of the employees.
''They do not seem ever to take thought
of the fact that, by doing it early, they
really are giving themselves good deal
the best of it, too. They put it upon the
ground that they are doing it wholly for
the clerks, when, matter of fact, L
am firmly of the opinion that these folks
really are doing it early out of a delib-
crate and wise conviction that they are
getting the cream of the goods. OF course,
they getting just this but it would be
agreeable if a few of them would ac-
knowledge, for the sake of variety, that
they are not actuated solely by uHselfish
reasons" CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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drawing up Leases and examining Abb
stracts.
He could not face Jury or fight Case
because the fond Parents had put the
Sign on him and robbed him Of all his
Gimp.
But Nice Fellow?
You know it,
Any one who had a Book to SELL or
Petition to be signed, or a Note that
needed indorsing, came dashing right into
Edgar's Office and hailed him as the
Champion Patsy
Not one Of these ever ventured into
the Lair of the Street Railway Gear, for
he knew that Rufus might Jump over the
Mahogany Table and bite him in the Arm.
Even Edgar. when he made a Bust
ness Call on Boyf1ood Friend and loving
Classmate. was permitted to wait in the
Outer Room, resting his Hat on his knees.
and mingling on terms of Equality with
y
tary.
And when they went away to look at
some Properties Rufus took the State
room while Edgar drew an Upper.
Any great big Brute Of Man with
Tigerish Instinct for bouncing on each
Good Thing and then hanging on to it
like Grim Death never can win the Es-
TEEN of the envious but anaemic Gallery.
Every one at the Club referred to Edgar
as Good Old Scout, but when all the
Push gathered at the Round Table and
some one let fall the Name of the High
Binder. they would open up on Rufus
and Pan him to a Whisper.
Then Rufus would enter in his Fur Coat,
upsetting Furniture and Servants as he
swept through the Lounging Room.
Immediately there would be an Epi-
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Edgar and Rufus-The Fable of Everybody s
Friend and the Lne-Bucker- the
Two Urchins Made Good

his immediate Kin would pat him on the
Back and tell him he was right and the
Textbook was wrong.
Edgar would emerge from the Feathers
lined up to wish him new set of Police
Regulations.
They held up the Rigid Forefinger and
warned him that he was merely a Grain
of Dust and a Weakling and poor juve-
nile Mutt whose Mission in Life was to
Lie Down and Behave.
by a full Military Band of 60 Pieces play
ing Hail to the Chief who in Triumph
Advances
Between the Buckwheats and the
Sorghum, the two Family Boosters would
slip him the pleasing information that
never since the Morning Stars pulled their
the Arena another such Prodigy of In
tellectual Brilliancy and Physical Valor
y.
Consequently when Rufus hit the Fresh
Air. with the McGuffey under the Arm,
he wore his Chest about a foot in front
of him
He acknowledged with Slight Nod the
Salutation from some Member of the
Town Board.
Edgar, staggering under Ton of Re-
strictive Advice, would spot Rufus at a
Distance and sneak into an Alley, be-
cause he didn't wish to get Blood all over
his Clean Waist.
Whenever Edgar was forced into a
Battle and came home smeared and dis
arranged. his Mother would go to her
Room and Cry softly and Father would
Paint vivid Word-P Picture of Wretch
standing on the Gallows with Black
Cap over his Head.
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ceived a frequent busting with Extreme
Violet Talcum Powder and was allowed
Celeste.
About the same time, Rufus began to
take Cold Baths and was propped up to
look at Pictures of Napoleon and John L.
Sullivan and Sitting Bull.
At School each was trifle Dunn.
Relatives would call a Mass Meeting &c
express Regrets and hang Grape all over
the Place.
If Rufus got baled up in his Answers,
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GIFTS FOR THE BABY.

IN many homes there is returning
more and more to the good old way of
giving Christmas things made at home.
All would rather have something worked
out by the hands of dear one.
Beginning with the very little baby.
Give new baby things that the mother
will appreciate, too. things that will make
his care easier, some soft, nicely hemmed
linen towels for his bath, a pretty bathing
apron, some delicate French soap,
clothes rack and some hangers for his
little garments. a warm mood and a pair
of mittens, knitted bottle-bag to keep
his feeding bottle warm, a tiny hot
water bottle which may be neatly COW
cred with flannel.
A very attractive gift for new baby is
a ribbon set for the first wardrobe. This
set should be attractively boxed and in
clude tiny ribbon armlets in pale pink or
blue, bonnet rosettes, slipper rosettes,
coat hangers and the big bows for era
die and carriage robes, all matching in
color.
x X
A pretty cover for the baby's crib may
be made of white linen cut in the size to
fit. Plain hemstitching may be run out
in lines so that they form some regular
USuTe, lIlc cIIuS VI the lilies DtlIlS tlDpcu
by embroidered dots or French knots
Any design which could be run in a
straight line might be used with good eff
feet. A pillow to match would complete
the set Another set could also be made
Of linen, hemmed neatly, with a row
of demonstrating added. In the CEN
ter embroider spray of forget-me-nots
or of daisies.
A cover for the baby carriage may be
hy yciV Al Il
fine white net. Whip the edge to lace
beading, and on the beading full an edge
of valenciennes lace. Pink or blue baby
ribbon may be run through the beading,
with soft rOsetteS at each corner.
A baby pillow cover may be made
from two handkerchiefs tied with eight
bows of ribbon, two at each corner.
Stamped petticoats and slips may be
bought for the very small baby which
are half made, and for that reason easy
to finish and embrOider.
Some pretty caps. are made from
scraps of lace and embroidery of all
kinds and shapes. sometimes with three
or four different kinds in one cap, edg-
ed with narrow ruff1es of lace and fin
ished with a pompon of lace or ribbon.
X
A dainty little bonnet is made from
a straight piece of handkerchief linen
or muslin, trimmed at the edges with
narrow lace and supplied with strings
of the material. The turned-back flap
is an inch in width and quite like the
flap of a Dutch bonnet, being edged with
lace and having a tiny rosette at each
side in white ribbon.
Handkerchiefs with sheer linen centers
and wide lace borders are easily shaped
into caps, trimmed with rosettes and
ribbon ties. A handkerchief edged with
lace and trimmed with one row of lace
insertion may be utilized for a pretty
cap. Work buttonholed bars across the
lace insertion on one side of the hand
kerchief. Run an eighteen-inch length
of ribbon through these bars. draw up
sight, and tie in bow for the back
of the cap. On the opposite side OF the
handkerchief work three buttonholed
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Then Edgar would crawl to the Hay
and try in cropping way to figure out his
Relation to Things in General
But, when Rufus appeared all dripping
with Gore, his Seconds would cool him
out and rub him with Witch Hazel and
pin Medals on him and indicate to him
on Chart the exact latitude and longi-
tude of the Solar Plexus.
His Parents made the Grave Mistake
Of backing him to the Limit. They
pumped him full of Courage every Morn
ing and set him out to Lick all Corners.
No wonder he became as pugnacious
as U. s. Grant, as conceited as a Success
full Business Man and as self-assured as
a Chautauqua Lecturer.
Every one disliked him intensely. But
just the same they stepped off into the
Mud and gave him the entire double
width of Cement Sidewalk.
Edgar. on the other hand, was one of
the most popular Door Mats that ever had
welcome" marked up and down his
Spinal Column.
All those who scratched Matches on him
and used him as Combination Hall-Tree
and Hitching Post used to remark that
he didn't have an Enemy in the World.
They had corralled his Goat, so he had
to play the Part himself.
1t had been dinged into him that True
Politeness means to wait until every one
else has been Served and then murmur
a few Thanks for the Leavings.
Besides. his Parents had convinced him
that if he went Fishing he wouldn't get
a Nibble, and if he climbed Tree he
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bars. one in the center and one at each
end. Ribbon one and one-fourth yards
long should be run through these pars:
which forms the bonnet strings and, or
course, should not be drawn up. but
left fiat, as this side is turned back for
the front of the cap.
Sometimes the embroidered handker-
chiefs are used simply for the little
revers. both double and single which
turn back from the face, the cap prop
er being made from fine linen.
Dainty little quilted Innings for the
baby's caps may be had in white PINK
and blue. They are pretty showing
through the lace trimmings. and are
also a great convenience to slip INTO
the outer cap on cold days.
A removable cover for baby's biD
may be made out of an ordinary size
lace-trInmed handkerchief and small
plain hemstitched handkerchief. Line
the center of the large handkerchief
with the small handkerchief, and put
between them an interlining made OF
half of dress shield. Cut hole IN
the center of the handkerchief large
enough for the neck and slash across
one corner for the opening and Closing
of the bib, which should be fastened
with buttons and buttonholed loops.
New among the linen novelties Ihis
season are baby sets consisting OF
two medium sized towels and one large
fine linen towel. and three wash cloths
each piece initiated in blue. Another
set contains two towels and four wash
cloths These sets are put up in neat
holiday boxes.
A few simple and inexpensive toys
may be given to baby. White wooden
TOYS which have no paint, rubber ami
mails that may be washed. some build
ing blocks which help the little brain
to develop naturally as the child learns
to build houses, soft rag doll. of the
washable stockinette variety. II POSI-
Kindergarten balls are all suitable. Or
make a bag of bright-colored silk and
fill it with new pennies, the size OF the
bag depending on the number of PEN
MES to be given. There are also dainty
bread and milk sets for the baby.
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demic of Goose Pimples and a Rush to
shake Hands with him.
Rufus was sinfully Rich. but neverthe-
less Detestable, because his Family had
drilled into him the down Habit of
getting the Jump on the Other Fellow.
Edgar may live in Rented House, but
he will always have the inward Satisfac-
ton of knowing that he is a sweet and
courteous Gentleman with Pink Under
wear, and Masonic Charm on his Watch
Chain.
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E shall now take
our trus t y, if
creaking and COM
planning, typewriter
in hand and try
to beat 'em all to
it with a New
Year swearing-Off
story.
We have been
writing New Year
sWear-off stories
for a good many
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would fall and break his Legs. and IL he
tried to manipulate more than Two Dol
lars at one time, he would go Blink.
Therefore, when both were in College.
Rufus acted as plunging Half-Back, with
Blue Smoke coming from his Nostrils, and
achieved the undying Distinction of being
singled out by Walter Camp.
Edgar sat upon the Bleachers with $500
Tenor to Song about Alma Mater.
Even the Undergrads could not take the
Tuck out of Rufus.
He was fresher than Green Paint and
his Work was Raw, but he was SO Re-
silent that no one could pin him to the
Mat and keep him there.
TGhen a Boy has been told SIT times
a Dav for many Years that he is the
Principal Feature of the Landscape, it
takes more than ordinary Doctoring to
Cure him.
He left College thoroughly convinced
that the World was his Oyster and that
he had an Opener in every Pocket.
He began grabbing Public Service Utili-
ties by Strong-Arm methods, whereupon
a lot Of Uplifters became excited and
wanted some one else to head him off.
He put things Across because when he
tucked the Ball under his Arm and began
to dig for the Goal Of his Immediate Am
bition all the Friends of Public Veal
were scared Blue and retired behind the
Ropes.
Edgar took his Degree out into the
Cold World and began to make apollo
getic Inquiries regarding Humble EN-
ployment which would involve no Re-
sponsibilities
He became an Office Lawyer of the dull
gray Variety with a special Aptitude for
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poet or biographer
of this or that de-
ceased great man
or woman write
that his or her
voice is forever
Stilled.' Science,
which in the past
few years has eff
fectually deleted
quite a number of
lines of perfectly
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Preacher will speak briefly from the Text.
Blessed are the Meek
If the I:eath Angel succeeds in pulling
down Rufus, the same Minister viii find a
Suggestion for his Remarks i'm those in
spring Words, Il lave fought the Good
Fight
MORAL:
The Scrapper is seldom beloved, but he
gets a Run for his Ticket.
Copyright, 1911. by George A6e.)
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Bringing this swear-off mania down to
modern times, did the Puritans. who.
whatever else they might have been, sure
were a God-fearing folk-did the PuFi-
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So a considerable portion of the popu-
lation of this sad, mad bad, glad world
wakes up New Year morning with a taste
in its facial orifice like old Giesboro
point used to effluvia-ize way back In
the gone years when we'd pass by that
place on the New Armenia going down
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n a seQueS I ere d
Dump lived two
CrchinS. r d e a r
and Rufus, who
went to the Post
with about an
equal Handicap.
They got away
together down the
broad Avenue OF
Hope which leads
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one Lad over the hills and far away To
the United States Senate Chamber and
guides another unerringly to the Federal
Pen near Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
NEW YORK, December 16. 1911.
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
f,
SKEPT|CAL ABOUT
POTASH DEPOSITS
No Native Fields at Hollow
field, Md, 1t Is
Claimed.

The United States Geological Survey
Is skeptical about the existence OF ma
tive postash deposits at Hollowfield.
Md: skeptical also that any of the
rocks Of the region contain potash in
sufficient quantity to make reducing
plants commercially possible.
1t was stated at the offices Of the
Geological Survey this morning relative
to q newspaper statement about the
Hollowfield scheme that so far as the
Survey knows. there are no native pot
ash fields in the United States. Alleged
discovery Of potash deposits in the West
by the Bureau Of Soils Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture is denied by the
bureau SO that the outlook 10 that until
new reducing processes are invented.
the fertilizer manufacturers of this
country will continue to buy their pot
exists in great quantities and for which
Germany takes high toll OF the manu-
faeturers and farmers Of this country.
1t was stated by the Geological Sur
vey today that the common rocks
and pegmatites which are common tc
the whole region hereabouts and which
contain some potash. but never enough
to make commercial reduction feasible
field, known as the 'Jonny Cake road
rock, which IL SO unusual that It Il
mentioned In the technical literature ol
country, but this basic rock contains
only trace Of potash said an officia
Of the survey today.
The Geological Survey and the Bureat
OF Soils have been hunting vigilantly
for native potash deposits in the United
States because no discovery would b,
hailed with greater pleasure by tn,
agricultural interests OF this country.
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
Grant Made President
Forty-Three Years Ago

Excitement reigncd in Washington
forty. three years ago today. when Gen.
Ulysses 8. Grant, war idol OF the nation.
was elected President.
As the anniversary Of the birth of a
great public man and the death Of an
other. today is notable in history. VIII
liam Cullen Bryant, the poet, was born
November s. 1874. at Cummington. Mass.
dying In 1873. Junius Erutus Booth. one
Of Americas greatest actors. died fifty.
nine years ago today. at the aga OF fif-
ty-six wears.
In the early history Of tho nation to.
day Is memorable as the anniversary OF
the election ef Thomas Mifflin. OF Penn.
sylvaiija, as President of the Continent.
al Congress, in 17S3.
On November 8. 1N56. the british bonn.
bardedl Canton and destroyed the
Chirtse feet.
Eight years ago today he independ.
ence ~ Panama was declared.
November 8 also Is the anniversary OF
the return OF Sir Francis Drake, famous
explorer. from his first trip aruond the
world. In 1890
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
Simple Home Treatment
For Banishing Freckles

Many people wear freclies on their
face, neck and arms, not because they
want to but because they believe they
cannot be removed by simple home
treatments that are inexpensive. Then.
also. there are SO many worthless cos
metics advertised to remove freckles.
and, these have been tried without any
success whatever by people who freckle.
that they have become dissusted and
have given up trying to clear their
complexion of these unsightly skin
blemishes. Yet there are creams to be
had that cannot be classed as Tall
ures and simple money-getters- One
Of these particularly that really
possesses some meritorious qualities a.
q complexion cream and freckle ban
tsher has been rned with phenomenal
success in South Carolina especially.
where frsckls faces are numerous, due
to the extreme and constant heat and
sun rays. This preparation 10 made
in Charleston. 8. c.. and 10 known ~
Wilson's Freckle Cream. It has been
put on sale in Washington and the
Peoples Drug Store. seventh and K
streets northwest, have been appointed
as distributing druggists. It can be had
by calling or phoning to this store.
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.


At the monthly meeting Of the city
school board, last night, DR.. William
NJ. Smith was elected president and
Hubert snowden secretary. DR.. Smith
succeeds Capt. Herbert Bryant.
1t was announced, in accordance with
an invitation extended to him By the
chamber of commerce. that J. d. Eggle-
ston, State superintendent of public In
struction, of Richmond. would deliver
an address in this city on educational
matters on November q. A committee,
consisting Of p. M. Bradshaw; A. H.
Thomson, r. M. Erwin, Frank Meyers,
and Harry Kirk, was appointed by the
board to confer with the chamber Of
commerce officials and act Jointly with
them in making arrangements.
The scarcity OF laborers In this city
has become q source of alarm to en-
players. The need of men to help, with
the street improvements now in progress
is especially great. Consequently no ex-
cuse is accepted from vagrants who
plead that they cannot And work. An
Instance Of this kind was presented In
police court this morning. when Frank
jackson, Alfred Mason and Lawrence
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
TAFT ADM|SS|ONOF
. POSSIBLE DEFEAT
PROGRESS|VES' JOY
Presidents Speech Bolsters
Insurgent Hope to
Win South.

When President Taft, in q recent
speech In Chicago. at q dinner given
by the Hamilton Club. talked In such
way as to admit possible defeat in
the elections OF next year, he did the
very thing the managers Of the La Fol-
iette campaign wanted.
1t may be there was shrewd politics
IN what the President said, but UP to
date no politician about Washington
has ventured to describe just how and
where and why. And at the progressive
headquarters here there is jubilation
over. the Taft statements.
What pleases the La Toilette leaders
especially IL that they have been trying
to hammer 1t into the minds of Re-
publicans that President Taft will be
defeated II he II nominated. Now, they
The Washington times., 1911-11-03
A little Diapepsin makes your out.
of-order Stomach feel fine
in five minutes.

II what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like q lump Of lead.
refusing to digest, or you belch Gas and
Eructate sour. undigested food. or have
a feeling Of Dizziness, Heartburn. Full
ness. Nausea, Bad taste In mouth and
stomach headache-this is Indigestion.
A full case Of Pape's Diapepsin costs
only 30 cents and Will thoroughly cure
your out-of-order stomach, and leave
sufficient about the house In case some
one else In the family may suffer from
stomach trouble or indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you the
cases. then YOU viii understanS Win