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Mr.. and Mrs. Glaser and
Daughter to Receive.
Netherlands Secretary
Soon Goes to Vienna.

Jonkheer Van Weede, secretary of the
Netherlands legation, has been transfer
red to Vienna, and will leave Washing
ton Sunday for trip to Guatemala and
Mexico. before going to Holland, en-
route for his new post.
Francis Schnolck. secretary Of the
Netherlands legation in Berlin, has
been appointed to succeed Mr.. Van
Weede, and has already arrived in
Washington.
NJ. Maugras will come to this country
shortly, having been appointed third sec
retary OF the French embassy.
Major HerWarth, OF the German en-
bassy, who spends the greater part of
his time In New York. has returned
there after brief stay in Washington.
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Miss Georgia Maury to
Wed W. S. Reyburn
June 10.

Saturday. June 10, is the date Sc
Georgia Fontaine Maury, and William
Stewart Reyburn, whose engagement
was recently announced. The cere-
mony, which will be attended only by
a small family party and a few init
mate friends. will take place in st.
Johns Episcopal Church.
Miss Maury is the daughter Of Mrs.
z. V. Birmingham, of Washington, and
the bridegroom-elect is the son of the
mayor of Philadelphia and Mrs. John
z. Reyburn, and has recently been
elected to the House of Representatives,
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Mrs. Churchill Candee will leave
Washington Monday for series of
visits before sailing early IN July to
spend the summer in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair are
at their summer home at Silver Springs,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague will go to
Newport for the summer, leaving wash
ington June 6.
Mr.. and Mrs Eldridge E. Jordan will
entertain at dinner tonight in compll-
ment to Miss Pansy Bloomer, whose
marriage to I. Johnson Ward, of Phila-
deIphia, takes place tomorrow.
- -~t
Mr.. and Mrs. Pray to Spend
Summer in Montana.
Representative and Mrs. Charles N.
Pray will spend the summer at their
home in Fort Benton, Mont, leaving
Washington Immediately after the close
of Congress.
Mrs. NJ. V. Bailey and Miss Irene
Temple Bailey, who have been spending
the spring in Washington, left this
morning for New York. They will
spend the summer on the Hudson.
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The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop are spend
ing the weekend at Annapolis, where
Mr.. Winthrop this morning addressed
the graduating class at the Naval
Academy.
Mrs. John Croppe9 closed her Wash
ington residence today and went over to
New York, from where she will sail
tomorrow to spend the summer abroad.
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Capt. Frank R. Mccoy. U. s. A. was
host at dinner at the Chevy chase CLUB
last night.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Kahn to
Entertain Daughter.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Kahn will be at
home in honor of their daughter, Esth-
ers confirmation at 1881 r street, north
west, June 4. from to 10 o'clock.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marks, of Is
Myrtle street, will not be at home
Sunday, June 4, in honor of the confir-
nation of their son. but will announce
the reception date later.
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FoR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman S Stories
HOW HELEN GREW.
r DON'T want to be little girl any
u

t<T DON'T want to be little girl any
longer"
Helen Sanderson was sitting In
her room suIkily brooding over
the fact that her mother had told her
that she could not go out and play, but
must stay in and tidy her room and
help with the Saturday housework.
Il always have to stay in and help
on everything, and / should think
mother might do the work and let me
enjoy, myself with the other girls.
There isn't very much to do, and II 1
was a woman I wouldn't make little
girl stay in and help me. wish was
grown up" ~. a..
And all in a minute she was grown
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Mrs. Townsend and Miss
Townsend Sail This Month.

Mrs Lawrence Townsend and Miss
Yvonne Townsend will go abroad for
the summer. sailing from New York
June IS.
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Times Inquiry Department:
I have heard that car tickets can be bought
to advantage in quantities. Kindly advise
me II this is so, and obige,
A SUBSCRIBER.
The car companies do not sell car
tickets cheaper than six for a quarter,
even when bought in quantities.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES SENT BY READERS TO
The Times Question Box

as IT is quite probable that they would
chip worse than ever. I have heard that
some people have been successful in
smoothing china with a fine file, but II
I valued the pieces I should send them
to an expert in the repairing Of glass
and china.
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Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you please publish in your paper an
effective remedy for mildew in clothing. ana
Sblige, hhS }.
Soak the cloth upon which the mildew
appears for forty eight hours in milk,
or rub with lemon Juice and salt,
spreading the clothing out in the strong
sunshine. This latter recipe also ap-
plies to iron rust stains.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me how to rid my house of rats
They are so big that II takes the biggest
rat trap in the market to catch them, and
they are increasing in number all the time
R.P.B.
can only suggest that you invest in
a good rat terrier. and the little dog
will see to II that the rats take up their
residence elsewhere, all those that are
left after he has finished with them.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me II there is a premium on
So gold piece OF 1855, and oblige.
On gold there is but limited numis-
matte vafHe. and the supply is greatly
in excess of the demand, hence your
gold piece seems Of no value other than
that which appears upon its face.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will you tell me If there is any way OF
smoothing glass and china pieces of when
they are Clipped little, that they will
A SUBSCRIBER
l should hesitate to attempt smooth
ing the pieces if they were Of any value,
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Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh Are Hosts
Tonight in Compliment to Miss Heron
Miss Helen Louise Rea
.-'.'- Bride of Illinois Man

The marriage of Miss Helen Louise
F. Rea, to N. Eugene Bliss, Of Peoria,
ILL.,. took place last night at 8 o'clock at
the home of the brides parents, 11O9
Rhode Island avenue.
Only members of the two immediate
families were present, the Rev. ]. ].
Muir, of Temple Baptist Church, per-
forming the ceremony.
Both bride and bridegroom were unat-
tended. The bride wore dainty lingerie
gown of white marquisette and lace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss left Washington
later in the evening for a Northern
bridal trip. the bride wearing a travel
ing suit OF violet cloth with violet
poke bonnet. After September / they
will reside in Peoria.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Granger will
close their apartment at Florence
Court June Is and will spend the sum
mer at Monmouth, Me. Their daughter,
Mrs. Felix Holt, who is now in New
York for few days will spend the
summer with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glaser and
Daughter to Receive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ]. GIaser and
daughter, Elsie, will receive Sunday,
June 4, at the family residence, 3349
Eighteenth street northwest, from 4 to
10 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Levy will be at home
Sunday, June 1, at their home, 610
street, in honor of their daughter
Frances confirmation.
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Mr.. and Mrs. I. D. Nordlinger will not
be at home Sunday, June 4. -.
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Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me how I can remove paint
from a marble mantelpIece that has been
painted over; also how to remove paint from
windows. Very truly. wNONA.
Use a solution of common household
lye and hot water, but am afraid that
the marble, having once been painted.
will always remain stained, as the color
will have soaked into the stone. The
same mixture, applied to glass, win re-
move the paint
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Times Inquiry Department:
Can you tell me II an 1858 quarter with an
eighth -of-an-inch hole punched in It under
the eagle is Of any value? Very truly yours.
LAWRENCE.
Mutilated coins are Of no value to
collectors.
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Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me IL there Is a premium on a
50 gold piece OF 1855, and oblige.
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CHAPTER vi (Continued).

YMUs. who was thoroughly at
home in Richmond's streets,
turned his team at the corner
of Twelfth and drove up past
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One At a Time; Or,
Fen, He Cheated!

I'm frightfully sorry" she said gen.
tly, but I cawn't marry you. You're
too big around the waist"
Are you a sport?' he asked bruskly.
"I always pay my philopeua debts, /"
she replied, although I've never lost
yet"
well, then" he said, race me for It.
Well have a pea-eating race. II you
finish your peas. eating them one at
time, before 1 finish mine, I'll say no
more about it: but II finish first you
must marry me. Is 1t a go?"
1T is" she answered. and they fell
to-. and for five minutes, high above the
chink of dishes and the sound OF
walters being tipped, could be heard
the spearing of peas, taken one at
time-his and hers
She was much more expert tnan ne
at the thing, but somehow or other he
won. and gamely she held out her nnser
for the ring.
After fifteen years OF married NE tne
nrincipal ornament Of his dressing ia
bIe is still the fifteen peas that he man
aged to slip into his cash pocket that
memorable day. neatly preserved In
alcohol.
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mutch. .-'hares are men avn the
bases, she sed.
Nulhing of the kind. sed pop. Tharss
no men avn the bases at awl until the
ball is pitched and the playirs hit IT.
OF korse thare izent, sed ma. I thawt
you wood no a littil thing like that
yureself without me explaining It. I'm
jest telling you wat no about the fns
points Of the game, not evry ltttil dee
tale, she sed.
Watts Neckst?
Well. wat kums neckst, enyhow, sed
pop.
Aftir the men are avn bases, sed
ma, the man avn furst base makes q
hoam run.
Yee gods and nttil fishes, sed pop.
Also shades Of frun arm McGinnuty.
The man avn furst bast makes a hoam
run. Id hate to have wat you don't no
about base bawl put IN a book and
dropped avn my toe, he sed. How can
the man make a hoam run II hes avn
furst base, he sed.
Wy kant he, sed ma. wy isent the
man avn furst base as good as eny.
body else, ID like to no.
But pop put avn his hat and went out
then. and ma sed, I CESS he wont tell
me I don't no enything about basebawl
agen in a hurry.
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ACCORDING TO SAMMY

Haha, sed pop. last mite. look at
mothir reeding the spoarting page
Wat are you doing. mothir. he sed,
giving a imitashun Of fan.
Yure so funny. sed ma, that sumtimes
| its axually awl can do to keap frum
smiling. I may no moar about base
! bawI than you think I do, she sed
even II I'm not awl the time tawkins
about it the way you do. I don't
! haF to go erround tawking about wat
no awl the time, she sed.
| Sippose you tel us sum of the things
you no about basebawl. sed pop.
| Suppose you tell US how a gain is
| played, he sed.
It's Eezy
Sertenly, sed ma A baby Good play
| It, its so eezy, she sed, and the moar
I reed about 1t the moar II sirprizes
me that full grown men waist thare
time avn IT.
Well, go avn, sed pop, explane how
gain is played, II its so eezy.
Thares 20 hurry. is thare, sed ma
o, no, no pertickuler hurry. sed pop,
ony I thawt you moo how a gain is
played.
I do. sed ma. I do no how a gain is
, played, and I wood Of told you long
ago II you ha" It Of interrupted so
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Loretta's Looking Glass

Sk~ EAR LORETTA: l would like
very much to know why you
are always matchmaking and
taiking up matrimony. Do you really
mink that matrimony is the only
thlng a woman was created for? ]
nave come to the conclusion that you
are an old maid who wants a help
mate and would gladly accept any
thing that wears trousers.
VERONICA"
Your cheerful stab in the back
might reach my heart, Veronica. l.
am an old maid, pining with the
loneliness of the minated, made de-
spondent by the sense of unfulill-
ment, you may be driving the barb of
your feminine jab very deep indeed.
Anything in Bifurcated Attire
Old maidenhood, like city limits,
has clearly marked lines. According
to the old time schedule, 1 am an old
maid Computing by the modern, l
have still few years to go on. But
I am keeping a weather eye open for
only wear trousers; but he must have
the "doublet and hose in his disposi-
ton" But just ANYTHING in bifur-
Gated attire will not do, so YOU
needn't express the scarecrow from
your village berry patch. have a
few scarecrows to choose from with
out paying expressage-I know you
would send him c. o. D.
Listen, Veronica A tiny seed fell
In a hole in the ground In sun and
shine 1t grew. And then it bloomed
Tho flower was a blessing. 1t glad
dened the wearied gaze Of work.
strained eyes. It nodded its sweet
head with a message-of hope, of
promise. Other weary work filled
years might come; but other blos-
SONS still would bloom. Hope sang
In haavv hearts and llftad
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thinkin' better Of 1t. Have you found
out how to make pies without dough7''
NO" she says, Il never heard Of
that. I'm learning to economic in the
way buy things"
Here's where I apply the brakes" I"
I thinks to myself, ''or she'll be trying
to put something across on me-"
Now eggs, for instance" she says
ct want to bake a cake. and all the
recipe calls for Is the whites OF four
eggs. So I'd like to buy just the whites
Of four eggs"
You could have knocked me down
with q ribless feather. But after grab
bling the vinegar barrel for support,
managed to whisper to her that We
were ali out Of whites, but that we ex-
pected q carload of pinks IN . few
caJS.
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she HOLDS IT UP TO
A LETTER FROM VERONICA

service to the progress of his flower
culture than a field full of bights
and nubbins.
And happiness comes from serving
most and best. 1t seems to me the
marriage career gives q woman the
biggest chance.
1 am going to- keep up a knocking
and tapping never equaled at the
liveliest spiritualIstic seance till I
thump the lies and self-deceits, the
cowardice and the false notions that
keep girls from marriage of the right
kind into insensibility. 1 know it's a
large ambition. But II marry before
1 get 1t done, I shall still keep at it
with the enlarged vision that expert
ence will give me. I shall do then
as I do now-draw my information
from personal experience. This gilt
tering generalization about the way
things should be" derived from the
idealized illogic of women who will
not see things as they are is not my
way.
A Pen-Prickly Sheer
And you. Veronica, have tacitly
acknowledged that you regard mar
riage as the best for a woman, too.
1ou nave sneeTeu q pen-prlckIy SneeE
at me as an "old maid" But this fact
remains: Though every other mar
riage that you know fails, though
your self-deif1ed common sense de-
clares that matrimony is a mistake.
there is a great big natured propelled
truth hammering into you the unan-
swerable fact that you still believe In
1t. And If you are not married, or do
not marry, you'll go through life
regular Miss Limpy-
hobbling becaus, you have not the
other half Of yourself-the nature
prop and the soul stick on which to
lean and with which to travel for
wardi
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Drawn for The Washington Times.

Then, Natures marriage was cele-
brated. And the promise that the
nodding blossoms gave was fulfilled.
The other flowers for coming years
were assured.
Flowers and humans follow the
same great nature law, IL they are
healthy, wholesome blossoms. Mar
riage is the hope route of the future.
Along 1t men and women move. From
1t come the buds of promise. There
need not be a wholesale crop, either.
Any florist regards the production Of
a few high-type specimens as of more
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man take long his life Belle
bd b M was hnhn his had another plate Even after I'd I'm
Ied that Bill still wokn his first
Have some BELIEF" said, "Why-er-no guess not"
Even Controls the Consumption of Ice Cream
Not that didn't more, Belle The l ate that
WONDERFUL ice the deeper the felt needed
but when I'd ordered the second plate thought
the next table gigge and didn't
Think" - 49, ~ 1900 F~O1'~
Euh says akin the tabe-hey all had their
eyes on me- Belief don't for what anybody thinks
don't want any Bill that's all. IL enough"
terrible lie, Belle.
And didn't another plate
crn out for it. and it's all example Of how the
opinion has changed hsty It's good thing
My iron f might "a been able hold
because disTegaIded the voice o public opinion
STILL Belle, the that much attention public
opinion will anywhere that other
first Just before Wahinon crossed Colonial
Collar Bone proby printed two-coumn letters
ten the things that ought be done
DARN to think pungn his soldiers
Belle didn't he And Fourth o Juys still bn celebrated
amt they3
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TO PUNISH HIM

George" said her husbands wife, Il
don't believe you have smoked one Of
those cigars I gave you on your birth
day"
THAT'S right. my dear" replied his
wife's husband: IT am going to keep
than until our willie wants to learn to
smoke"
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5sRs Ssa gpe qgsrFs had left them Speaking week The
our Their didn't that they suited
entirely Gertrude was hast Of speech and quick
nd bs ana mat Gward was not SLOW to exPTss: candid opinion
lasted qure do because unfortunately
70 harmony and peace Children accommodating articles which
doesn't to beg pardon the things said
they regretted tiff and wanted to make up again That's why
A Really Serious Difference
serious diff difference develop from trivial thing Howard had
he could get premium music cabinet wonderful fishing rod
B6 5t "4sf HIM. Tn G i 61a
But go on Tod said I SG and nR y e ue eai but
Gns Gsse5 as29 I'd Of ebi1st wen
saysd The coupon: Should
could have bought music cabinet times for mer The dis
ss55 You
IF feel that about it. you stop speaking right
no ra AGd b,s said Do the Lit Lf Old Lady, Gds did She spoke
the next morning while Gertrude busted herself cleaning front
sS, SSeS Rs lSoRo MS
break the and each heart just e 9 entf
the other silence still maintained Saturday Howard came
home HON at at noon find an for the LA anndsss osteny the doo
spend the day cold lunch the table him
e back o the Ph dns
had f3n M The 5o h e 6e R
] % m on the nd oo eG"n mn S 6 | n g0 fish G and M all
thas what for fixing that shelf when asked
fish swim the punch bowl and plants sort
fashion crooks from the cellar Then
and the wonderful which Gertrude had
beat that? he said with No wonder
just like womnf Not nail in the darn thing and eveed with
newspaper SO he his tools
shetland gradually he worked doing service tender
thoughts of Gertrude bred first of his
and then of his tenderness
and before knew all bitterness from his mind
Just the shelf finished his wife Hello Tude-rve
smashed things here! To which his wife
asic reply: oh, Wardie, DEAR you've built
Amty Once More
The dinner GeT1ude cooked that night made chiefly
things Howard liked After Gertrude
don't that cabinet after all I'm glad that he For
thinking could sell them Tommy and
the bow window in the dining gold
fish and the pantsG
Il like that kind of man." said Lady as she fin
ished $50 do t. replied But mind with gratefulne
busy with thoughts entirely who ham
mered in nails and did little services for
The Washington times., 1911-08-03
Our Grocery Clerk
Says, How Innocent

Pm learning to economise!"
That's what the little dimply bride
had the nerve to chirp to me this
morning.
'Is that so?'' I says, maxim Q mo-
ton to pat her on the back and then
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Humor Steals From
Third to Home
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

A cobra was killed when crossing a
road, by a motorcar running over 1t.
Really, cobras should be more careful
while crossing roads in Willesden,
where the accident occured.-The Pink
I'm
The Washington times., 1911-08-03
ANTIQUE

rs this antique authentic?"
why, monsieur, l can show you the
bill Of sale from Isaac Gobmuller, of
Vienna, who manufactured it."
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Uncorked From a
Bottle of Humor
IN THE FITTITRF

The president has a military aid
and a naval aid"
That gives me an idea wonder II
] can get appointed as his aerial aid?"
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SUSPICIOUS

Widow-Is yo' sho yo' lubs me?
Sammy-Cohse Use sho'
Widow (suspiciously)-Yo' amt los
your Job, is yo'?
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She Was a Treasure

The duke calls me his treasure. Do
you think he really means that2"
Why shouldn't he mean it. Mabel?
You have a million dollars for him.
haven't you?"
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Reason for Gratitude

New Offlcial-Why should / give you a
Job? You worked for my opponent.
Applicant-Sure! That's what Queered
him!
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Waves From a
Witty Atmosphere
TO SAVE TIME


Adeltne-He's one Of those men who
won't take No for an answer.
Maude-Then what will you say If he
proposes?
Adelinel shall say Yes"
Enjoys 1t Then
There is one time Of year when I
really enjoy work"
And when is thatr'
For two or three days after COM
ing back from vacation"
Family History
Teacher-What lasting event occurred
on the Fourth OF July?
Johnnie-Father signed the pledge.
Down to Business
But how much will It cost to bring
this suit?"
How much have your"
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M a m / e
TELL s.
B e | | e
No Doubt About Il,
Public Opinion is a
Great Force

0MPARED to the power O public opinion, Belle,
the power that your conscience exerts over you 10
about strong glass o boardin house ice tea
The fear o what people'll say about 'em and what
people II think about 'em has kept men from
comm out to mail letters in their shirt sleeves and
suspenders than you have any idea of.
1t kept me from eatin' third plate o the best
ice cream ever made the other night They
certnly know how to make ice cream at Schneider.
mann's, Belle, and the other night it'll was
gon to say it just melted in your mouth, but we'll
let it go at that.
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Sounded Funny

Dad, can I take a postgraduate
course in biologyT'
That depends, daughter" replied the
old man cautiously. What do you
want to buy first?"
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For a Change

why do you call your toucan Taft?'
"Oh, just for a change from Big Bill"
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Adventures
--IN--
Married Life
The Kitchen Shelf
That Reconciled
The Manns

ENTAIL poise and high IDEALS" said the Little Old
Lady, "equabiity of temper and those other pet
essentials of the psychologist do wonderfully we'll
for the theoretical harmonious marriage, but as
long husbands and wives are only and
women and temperamentally different, married life
will have its squabbes and tiffs But there's moth
ing like the doing of the little services for each
other necessitaed by living together to develop to
connubial quarrels
why" continued the Little Old Lady, "the
making of flower shelf at their dining room win
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-01

Mrs. Dorothea Schroeder was born
in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Dec.
IA, 1885, and died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Groath, in Good
rich township, Jan. 25, 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schroeder were mar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-01

its management. The other speakers
gave their version of the management,
which was not entirely in accord with
the views expressed by Dr.. Johnson.
Mr.. Voss, president of the club,
urged the directors to Immediately
find someone to take charge of the
hospital, and assurances were given
that every effort possible would be
made in this direction.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting of the club and during
the evening lunch was served which
added to the pleasure of the meeting.
We thoroughly believe in these meet
ings and in full and fre discussion OF
all matters pertaining to the welfare
of the city. We have no doubt but
what interest in the institutions here
and in acquiring new improvements
will be accelerated as a result of the
meeting.