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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
While on his wav 70 Guthrie Ce

While on his way to Guthrie Gen.
tire, Henry Savage had lay over of
four hours in Atlantic and visited with
Mrs. Mary O'Donnell, son Walter and
daughter Anna, acquaintance from his
old home in Illinois, whom he had not
seen in over twenty eight years. He
certainly had very pleasant visit and
they enjoyed the talk of old times inn
mensely. He says Miss Anna looks
better to him now than then. He also
spent two pleasant hours with Father
Mcnamara in Stuart Sunday night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
"Our Village Postmaster"

Is the next play at the Opera House.
You will laugh, you will scream, you
will yell at this peculiar old comedian.
He is supported by an excellent COM
pany of high salaried artists. Specialties
will be introduced between acts by
Chester Clyde. This is the play you
are waiting for, one that will make a
better man of you. Bring the wife
and children. One night only, Feb
ruary %, 1911.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
First M. e. Church

Services for next Sunday as follows:
Sabbath School at 10 a. m. Services at
IL a. m. Subject, Memories of Other
Days" Junior League at p. m. Ep-
worth League at $50. Sermon at 7:3O
p. m. Subject. Mems Need of God. -
Prayer meeting and Bible study We'd
nesday evening at 7:S0 p. m. Choir
practice Thursday evening at 8 p. m.
this week. All are cordially invited.
j. II, Freedline, pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
Gard OF Thanks

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends and neigh
bors who extended help and sympathy
in our sore bereavement caused by the
sudden death of husband and father.
Mrs. w. d. Stanley and family.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
Attention Farmers!

Griswold's X-Ray Liniment, Mentho-
Camph, and other remedies are now on
sale at all drug stores.
GRrswoLD MEDICAL Co. Des Moines,
Iowa. 7-w-4
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
Get Col. C. z. Mertz Of Manning
to cry your sale. 1918
MONEY TO LOAN

With the German Savings Bank.
Lowest rates, Optional payments.
Abstracts promptly furnished. Insur-
ance written in reliable Companies.
NASH & PHELPS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

Or. John X. Donaldson. Dentist
Office over Scars Harness Shop, Au-
dubon, Iowa. Tel. 42i.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23
Or Carrie Brooks Wood, Dental Of
flee opposite Commercial Savings

MONEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With optional payments. Complete
set Of Abstract Books to all land in
Audubon County, kept up-to.date. In
surance written. Chas. Bagley.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

DR. Chas. E. Burnside came over
from Des Moines, Thursday, for the
purpose of being present at the banquet
given that evening by the Audubon
Chapter of the P. L. O.'s to their hus-
bands and other gentlemen friends.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

g. r. Stearns and wife of near
Stuart, who visited few days with the
formers uncle. Jas. Blake and family
departed Friday morning for Ogden,
Utah, where they will reside in the
future.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

r. E. Thomas and wife of Mt Ver-
non, South Dakota, are on a visit among
old neighbors in Melville, on their way
home from Wisconsin. They will visit
their son, Gay. at Ralston before re-
turning to Dakota.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

Henry E. Simpson lawyer of Des
Moines arrived in Audubon Wednesday
morning to be present at the wedding
of his sister Miss Cora to Ray Emerson
of Atlantic. Mrs. Sampson came on
Monday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

IF. L. Wilson and G. f. Underhill
two horse buyers from from Marengo,
who have been here for week buying
horses, returned home Saturday noon.
They picked up carload while here
which was shipped Saturday evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

We can save you about $25.0 if
you will leave your order for a Silo
now. We have sold one and want three
more to make car. If you want one
this spring or summer it will pay you
to see us now.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

Ben Train reached home, Wednes-
day morning from Wyoming where he
visited with Charlie and Elmer Brent
man. He is pleased with the push and
energy of that country and expects to
return there to make his home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

The Royal Neighbors gave Mrs. c.
j. Poulson surprise last Saturday
night. They took along well filled bas-
kets and q good spread was enjoyed.
Various games and q general good time
was had by all and they departed wish
ing the Poulson family success in their
new home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

Mrs. Flora Freeman of the firm of
Wilson & Freeman went to Chicago,
Monday to buy big stock of goods for
the spring trade. She will be a guest
of her sister, Gladys, while in the city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-23

DIR. Childs and wife went to Council
Bluffs, Monday evening. where the
doctor will visit Leo Kerwin in the hos
pital and attend the Christensen boy
from near Extra whom he took to the
hospital for treatment of his eyes.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Filet Making for
Linen Is Effective

Napkins, tablecloths, sheets. and pill
low cases and table mats are frequent
" marked with an insert of Laoe, with
the lettering done on that rather than
worked solidly on the material Itself.
This method is stylish and effective, Its
one drawback being rather poor wearing
qualities.
Bits of net or canvas the required
size are lettered, then basted carefully
on the linen, the edge closely button
hoIed in a narrow straight seam and
the material cut away beneath. Leave
an edge to turn back and be hemmed
to the linen on the wrong side Tor
greater hrmness.
Various lettering Is used on these
inserts. II filet net is chosen the let
ters are done In the regular hlet
stitches Of cloth stitch and darning;
Sometimes n heavier canvas is used
and the letters cross-Stitcned In all
white or IN two or three tones OF one
color.
An effective lettering Is to have
heavily padded satin stitch initials on
a firm net or a small designed or dotted
allover lace This novelty is more
suited to centerpieces and bureau COW
ers than to handsome bed or table lin
ems, which last a long time and should
be treated constevatively.
Never use flimsy net for background,
and make sure 1t is tightly stitched to
prevent pulling or frayIng in laundering.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Tear-Kerchief Used
In Singular Custom

In some portions of Tyrol a peculiar
and beautiful custom still prevails.
When a girl is about TO be married,
before she leaves her home 10 go to
the church, her mother hands her a
handkerchief, which is called a tear
kerchief 1t is made of newly-spun
linen. and has never been used. 1t is
with this kerchief that she dries her
tears when she leaves her father 8
house, and willie she stands at the altar.
After the marriage is over, and the
bride has gone with her husband to
their new home, she folds up the ker
chief and places it unwashed in her
linen-closet where it remains an
touched. The tear-kerchief has only
performed half of it's mission. Children
are born. grow up, marry. and move
away from the old home. Each
daughter receives from the mother a
new tear-kerchief Her own still re-
mains where IT was placed in the closet
on the day Of the marriage.
Generations come and go. The young,
ROSY hrIde has become a wrinkled old
woman. She may have survived her
husband and all her children. All her
friends may have died off, and still {
last present which she received fro
her mother has not fulfilled its object.
But it comes at last. At last the weary
eyes close for a long, long sleep. and
the tired. wrinkled hands are folded
over the pulseless heart. Then the tear
kerChief is taken from its place and
spread over the placid features of the
Inquirer
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Wife Steals March
Upon Her Husband

When the young couple married. a
friend, who laid claim to being some
what of a magician, presented them
with a tall bottle of transparent liquid,
instructing them to place 1t upon their
mantel and explaining that II either OF
them ever dared to flirt the contents
of the bottle would assume murky
color.
After they had been married year
the wife went to the seashore for
vacation. In her absence her husband
frequently entertained group or
bachelor friends with amusements
thoroughly bachelorlike, but innocent
enough. The guests inquired as to the
significance of the tall bottle on the
mantel, but the host persistently re-
fused to divulge the secret. Finally,
on the night before the day set for his
wife's return, he explained the mean
ing of the mysterious bottle.
One of the guests, who was much
given to practical joking, surreptitlously
removed the cork of the bottle. into
which he emptied the contents OF his
fountain pen. When the bottle had been
thoroughly shaken 1t was replaced upon
the mantel and carefully concealed
behind a large photograph.
Next day, after the wife had returned
in busting the mantel she removed the
photograph, thus revealing the tall bot
tie with its sable contents. She very
promptly took the bottle to the sink,
emptied 1t. rinsed it out thoroughly,
filled it with clear water. and replaced
1t on the manteL-New York American.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
!Col Spencer Cosby Leaves City
To TOin His Wife in Massachusetts,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
Expected at North Shore
This Week.

Col. Spencer Cosby. U. s. A. has
gone to Lenox, Mass, where he has
Joined Mrs. Cosby. at Valleyhead, the
country place Of Mrs. J. Frederick
Schenck.
Mrs. Cosby, who has been spending
the early part Of the summer making
series OF visits along the North Shore
with her mother, Mrs. Charles R. Shep-
ard, has been the guest Of her aunt,
Mrs. Schenck, for the last week.
William c. Marrow, who has been
spending the summer at Lenox, Mass.
has gone to Bar Harbor to act as one
of the Judges at the horse show.
+
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is expected
to arrive at the North Shore this week
to be the guest of Mrs. Guy Norman.
=
Miss Mabel Hume, who is spending
the summer at Narragansett Pier, R.
l., was the guest at luncheon of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Lowndes yesterday.
f
Mrs. Gordon Lee, wife Of Representa-
tive Lee OF Georgia, returns to Wash
ington today from Canada and Atlantic
City, where she spent the last six weeks.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Lee will go to her
home in Georgia.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Useful Hints for .
Curtains and Hangings

Curtains of scrim and hangings of
gay cretonne of the most inexpensive
sort, made to reach only to the sill,
are best for window draperies. The
same cretonne can be used for chair
cushions. 1t is also attractive to use
denim for plain hangtngs and have
the color note brought in by a few con-
trasting cushions aand flowers in pot
terry aand glass bowls.
Besides the usual built-in bookcases
and window seats or other made-up
furniture, a hinged table or two would
be convenient and appropriate. The
necessary china can be bought for very
little, and plated table silver can be
had at reasonable prices. The furni-
ture may be hickory or willow or pine,
stained or painted.
The bedrooms should be treated in
this same simple way. An iron bed
stead or couch, a plain little dress
ing table chair, a dressing table
made Of two shelves, with a curtain
and mirror and a washstand built in
a corner are all the furniture needed.
Curtains of inexpensive. pretty Gre
tonne or cotton crepe will give a pleas
ing touch of color.
A table that would be appropriate for
this kind of bungalow may be easily
made of a tree stump, the spreading
roots being used for the central sup
port The top is made by a carpenter
out of planks. The porch should have
comfortable chairs and a canvas ham,
mock,
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman's S Stories
FRANCES AND HER MOTHER.

Did he ask you in the theater:
No. said her mother, mot until we
were home in the nall at your grand
mothers"
What is this?' asked Frances, TAX
ing bundle of letters from the trunk
which had a slip Of paper fastened
Read what is written on the sip"
said her mother.
Frances read, For my daughter
Frances, her fathers letters written to
me the fHsH year iDe of our asES
Yes, dear. they are for you to read
when you are a young lady, and can
better understand the worth OF man
who could write such letters"
worn this tiny little dress" said Fran
ces. "snd these little socks.
Look at the paper pinned on It.
said her mother.
did 1 ever wear those?" asked Fran
ces, laughing.
yes" answered her mother, "and
this, too." taking little embroidered
bonnet from a small white box.
"Do let me have them for my doll.
pleaded Frances.
mo, dear" her mother replied, Il
want to save them for you when you
are grown and l want them to look
dl "HCh Gill OAd-
Are you not old> now, motherT
asked Frances.
"Do I seem old to you, daughter
asked her mother, putting her arm
around her and kissing her.
"Not so old as grandmother,
Frances replied.
Her mother laughed. 1T is lunch
time" she said. I'VE must go down.
stairs"
II have had such a good time" said
Frances as they went down the stairs.
Il wish you had another store room,
mother"
Just before it was time for her faith
er to come home Frances heard her
mother calling her She went to her
room and there stood her mother;
but such a young, pretty mother,
Frances did not speak for a second
"Whac is It daughterT asked her
mother "You wanted to see me in
this dress. didn't your
why, mother, you look like girl,
said Frances: you do not look old a
bit" Her mother put her arm around
her as she had done in the attic. DO
really look young to you, daughter"
she asked this time.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21

Look at this one," said her mother
"and this one of young gentleman,
she said. handing Frances two other
pictures.
"He is a nice looking young gentle
man." said Frances, who is he?' she
asked.
II thought he was handsome. said
her mother. smiling. He looked just
rs IL father" asked Frances sud
Yes" replied her mother. And now
see II you know who this is? she
said. az she handed Frances the picture
Of a little girl younger that Frances
Frances did not know who 1t was,
and her mother handed her another.
oh. this Is you, mother. when you
were a young lady" she said.
a verv little girl" said her mother.
1T seems queer to think OF you as
little as that" said Frances.
There we're pictures OF aunts and un-
cIes and cousins which Frances studied
long time 10 find a look that she
I suppose these pictures were taken
years ago" said Frances.
Her mother laughed. Yes" she an
swcred some of them were, but this
picture Of your father was taken only
TsnI that a long time7" asked
Frames.
1t is to vCu, dear. but to me IL does
not seem SC long, her mother ALL
Sweret.
Would you like to see the dress l
wore the first time I met your father"
her mother asked. as she opened
trunk
1t was at your Aunt HeIen's we'd
ding" she told Frances.
Frances looked at the pretty white
dress trimmed with lace and the pink
underslip.
No" replied her mother: Il am keep
ing II because II was the dress In which
he first saw me-
Put 1t on. NEITHER said Frances.
Not now" said her mother. but I
will take 1t downstairs and later l will
arrange my hair the way 1 wore It then
and put on the dress"
What is in this box?' asked Frances,
taking a box from the bottom OF the
trunk.
Her mother opened 1t and Frances nc
ticed that her cheeks grew pink There
was faded rose. pair OF gloves ana
d theater program.
THE night your father asked me TO
marry him I wore these gloves" said
her mother, land this was the pro-
gram of the play we saw. Your father
brought me roses like this one," she
said as she very tenderly placed the
rose back In the box.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Truest Hospitality
Always the Simplest

If hostesses would only remember
that the truest hospitality is the sim
plest. 1t is Il curious fact, but never
theIess a true one, that the less effort
made at entertaining the greater sue
cess will result.
Those who entertain best put them
selves in the place of the guest and
consider things from his point of view.
The result is usually naturalness on
the part of the hostess and thorough
lv good time for the guest.
No guest wants to be constantly en-
tertained 1t is wearing physically and
mentally.
If the average hostess would only re-
member to make him completely one
of the family circle and give him as
much freedom of thought and. action as
have the otter members of the family
the whole quality of our entertaining
would change.
When one Is asked to the table ard
the shelter of ones roof one should be
shown that one of the highest and
most intimate compliments is paid.
There is none higher and nothing is
added to that tribute. but much is de-
tracted from it, by keeping him busy
every moment.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21

ary station, where We fully satisfied
ourselves of his identity and Credentials.
Here, at the altar of tiny chapel, and
in the garb of Capuchin friar, Father
keat married us.
We parted from the old man, trusting
that we should meet again. HIS coming
had been so weird-his going Sc roman
tic. He waved Us a final adIeu, then
hoated away, having first given us the
straight course to the Indian capital
Rest, food, and freedom from care
were imperative, besides the machine
had to be overhauled. We bad some
difficulty in quelling the curiosity of the
public, and when our story became
known the enthusiasm was upbounded.
1t was now that my bet with Fer
raugh began to trouble me, the bet in
which ! agreed to vindicate Roedler and
return him to the club by the middle
OF October. In the heat and anxiety
of the journey, and the conviction that
there was more than ample time, had
almost forgotten it. Now il came upon
me as a shock.
1t was our intention to proceed by
steamer, but the time was getting short.
A serious problem confronted us. The
continued strain upon our nerves mace
Gwynne feel that he could not under
take to fly over the Indian peninsula
without more knowledge or the coun-
try than he possessed.
To rely upon the compass was well
enough were there no possibility OF a
breakdown, but to be landed In tropl-
cal Jungle, in a region of Wild beasts
and deadly miasma-tc be lost and un-
able to rise again from such conditions
were possibilities not to be entered upon
lightly.
Better give up the Thousand pounds
at once than steer into certain death.
Upon the other hand, there was no
ship to leave port for England for more
than a week and 1t was already the
har h. Do; t.
not sail until the 10th, and she was a
tramp Of the most dilatory methods.
Should we take this vessel as far as
Bombay or Alden and then cut for It in
the airship? This was one of the Ques-
tiOns TO be considered
Gwynne was consulting his maps
''As the crow flies, from Calcutta to
London, 1t is more than 5000 miles" he
said. ''As the ship sails-well-it's
farther"
Hoy I5;, y, much ,s can the atrship make in
1T depends! With all conditions fav-
orable she ought to do twenty-five miles
an hour"
Say 500 miles a day"
Gwynne smiled.
with every condition favorable, yes
It's what hope to get out of her soon
in fact, l expect to beat a mile minute
within a year. But you must remember
thus far she's an experiment. She will
go, yes; but there are many things to
be thought out and provided for. Who
can tell?"
IF the Rajah will get us into Alden
by the lst of October, and she ought
to do better. there will still be time"
'If-yes-"
He looked at the map.
'Thirty-eight hundred miles from
Alden to London as the light travels
Much more as we should go. And all
in fifteen days"
But we're giving the Raiah more
time than she will take
Il hope so. It's the best We can do.
anyhow. l consider the peninsular
scheme wild and absolutely iT1practic-
able. To separate ourselves from the
world would be positively foOlhardy.
I've had enough Of 1t already"
A Continuation of This Story Will
Be Found In TOmorrOw's
IaaIIR of The Times.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Fiancee Of Ensign
Haines in France

Miss Marion Blake, whose engagement
TO Ensign Preston Breckenridge Haines.
U. S N, of New York, has just been
announced. is spending the summer in
southern France. She made her debut
here three years ago with her cousin,
Miss Catherine Holbrook, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore L. Holbrook,
OF Connecticut avenue. Miss Blake is
niece of Mrs. Charles B. Gray, of
London, with whom she has made her
home for many years, spending the
winters in Washington at the Grafton
Hotel.
Mr. Haines is an Annapolis graduate
and is attached to the United States
torpedo boat Tripp,
Another Interesting engagement is
that of Miss Miriam G.. Crosby, daughter
OF Mrs. Pierce Crosby. to DIR. Charles
Wyche of St. Louis, Mo. The date for
the wedding has not been set
Mrs. Crosby and her daughters, Miss
Crosby and Miss Jean Crosby. are now
in St Louis
Capt. John P. Megrew and Mrs Me-
grew have closed their apartment in the
Roland and have gone TO Skaneateles,
y. Y. for the remainder of the season.
Mrs. Owen T Reeves. Jr.. who is leav-
ing Washington within . few davs for
Chicago, where she and Mr.. Reeves will
make their future home, was the guest
in compliment to when Mrs. Walter
Abraham. of Chevy Chase, entertained
at bridge this afternoon. The other
guests were Mrs. W. II. Covingtcn, Mrs.
Ralph p. Barnard. Mrs Edwin Dutton.
Mrs. Copeland Mrs. Snyder. Mrs. John
NJ Williams. Mrs. G. w. Harris. Mrs.
Calliher. and Miss Lillian Kersting.
A party Of young people who have
been camping on the Virginia shore OF
the Potomac, opposite Sycamore Is
land, for the last two weeks, disbanded
this morning. Among those in the
party were Mr.. and Mrs. Grayson, IF
Vienna, Va; Miss Lucy Foster. Miss
Helen Foster, Miss Helen Comparet'
Miss May Tull. Miss Margaret Harbi1,
Miss Marie Kubel. Miss Isabel Noyes.
and Miss Elsie Clohan. of Martinsburg'
w. Va: Edwin Eyler, George Rousseau,
Cuthbert Farmer, Osmund Varela,
Percy Tuttle, Lester McNelly; Frank
Fainter of Hyattsville. Md; Leo lar
della, George Stilson, and HalvOr Bar
rows, of Berwyn, Md.
The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Picnic Outfit Can
Be Made at Home

A practical and convenient picnic out
fit can be made at home at small ex-
pense bv getting a willow basket eight
cen inches long. twelve wide ana ten
deep. with a hinged cover.
Coyer a stiff piece Of cardboard ten
inches long and eight vide with white
table oiicloth and fasten this into the I'D
of the basket. S.
Now cut strips of oilcloth or so1t
leather one inch wide and treasure them
tbe length of plates and fasten these
straps to the oilcloth pad so that you
can sin plates. knives and forks, spoons,
etc. into them to be held firmly in place
The bottom Of the BASKET hoids nap,
Wropped carefully in oiled paper to pre-
serve the moisture and keep 1t fresh. A
ha sket of this sort weighs little and Will
he found very convenient for the fam-
;I,y picOip