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a Joke ON himself. He had given up TO
Illicit sale Of cleo when tn" "anpa ~
againyt il began get warm. i!e hat
"A certain GOOD c-S .orl,cr to whom az had
been selling cleo aS butter for two years.
When he decided TO reform h" SEM Ati,
with her next order. the best hlItrr ne
had. She did not like il when l. came
to her table and called the dealer az and
accused him of having sold her o.eo-
Next 20 the corner groccryman The in
dividUal who has been mos, tempted 10
enter The naoonshinc butter business his
been tie dairyman. Here is "A nam VINO
has been making nifty pounds az buttc-
"A week and selling II AT - cents pound.
He LEARNS of The possibilities Of oleo aud
has his plant ready built and Is SKI led
in butter making. lie buys a fifty
pound tub of oieo and churns il with his
butter. The next week he has hundred
pounds OF butter for 81 e a. - cents ana
has added $40 profit to IBIS business. The
amount of oleo purchased increases and
his output and profit 90 the same. Even
tualiy the revenue agents follow the tran
of the large purchases of olco and the
dairyman goes to Jail.
The possibilities Of this deception are
infinite. There WAS. for instance the
fiscal agent for certain large i~rtitu-
ton. Instead of buying butter for tlis
institution he bought Geo, mixed IA the
coloring matter in his own basement and
knocked down the difference between the
cost of oieo and butter. But TIE -DleO was
traced to the basement of his .uXufaously
appointed home and he went 10 the peni--
Tertiary.
Hotels and restaurants and iGnchrooms-
are often found TO be remiss in this re-
spect. They color the goods for their
own use But this is still violation Of
the law. which prohibits its coloring even
in family where boaTderS are kept Ii
is limited that there is many a housewife
who buys oleO, stirs in n bit of color and
knocks down the difcl ence in price on
her husband and he eats the moonsline
without suspicion. This is within the
pa'e of the law and the housewife may
not be proceeded against
The government appreciates the fact
that oleomargarine is being taxed for no
other reason than to protect the butter
business and that ii is the only food
product of the United States that has
ever been taxed for such a purpose
liquor and tobacco coming under ire
headings of .u31lIries and being assessed
on q different basis.
The pure food people. the internal
revenue and the committee on agriculture
of the House Of Representatives have
recommended a nominal ~. and a pro-
vision that would allow the use Of color
ing matter, but require thai all oleo be
put up in sailed and labeled packages
that made It impossible that in should
reach the consumer as anything ether
than what Il really is. This would e.
move deception and make il possible to
get this food product ON the market az
about half the price OF butter.
Copyright. 1872. by ". \. Nh ruyD
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mas stickers: plenty of little Christmas
address cards: boxes of the sizes most
needed. and a number of pieces of paste
board.
When the time comes for wrapping the
parcel. whether it be to lay beside the
plate on your own table on Christmas
morning, or the parcel which is to be
sent away, you will have everything
handy from the piece of cardboard for
the protection Of the breakable article.
such as photographs. to the outer wrap
ping paper and Irvine.
Raffia comes in white. natural color,
reds blues, browns and three shades of
green, and is even prettier than ribbon
for tying Christmas gifts. 1t is also
stronger than ribbon, and much less ex-
pensive, as bunch costing III cents Will
tie a dozen packages. Very effective
knots and bows may be made by using
several shades and tying number of
short pieces in.
A druggist in tying a package was seen
to wrap the cord twice under the cord
In the left hand. You see." he explain
ed, when cord is tied but once, the
package is liable to come apart or tie
loosely and you know We can't take time
to have some one put finger on the
b being to ma Sa" when tying g'fa package 3a
with slick piece of cord. wet the cord
and you will have no difficulty in tying
it in firm knot.
To make pretty Christmas boxes, cut
pieces of cardboard and cover neatly
with fancy wall paper, then lace the
corners with baby ribbon run through
eyelets and attach ribbon to the top,
with small bows and punches of silvered
artificial mistletoe or holly. These boxes
make pretty receptacles for holding
homemade bonbons or other trif1es.
Save Christmas ribbons and boxes.
They make acceptable gifts at children S
hospitals. The day nurseries have many
uses for bonbOn boxes. Do not send the
boxes empty. Fill them with bright
ribbons. attractive pieces of dress goods.
and small lengths of lace
Christmas Decorations.
NOTHING helps to create a Christmas
~ atmosphere so much as the brilliant
berries of a bunch Of holly, a romantic
spray of mistletoe, a Haunting red rib
bon, or the jolly little round Christmas
tree Leave out the Christmas decora-
tons and whatever other preparations
you may make, the complete festive feel
ing of the day will be lacking. Whether
simple or elaborate, something in the way
of greens must be used.
Whatever else We have, or do not have
we all want holly. and it must have lots
of berries Nothing else has such bright
red berries set off by dark evergreen
foliage. 1t is cheap, it keeps long with
out water, although brighter when the
stems are submerged: it makes perfect
wreathes, is unexcelled for informal
decorations on mantels, chandeliers, walls
and dinner tables, and no gift is Christ
mas gift unless a sprig of holly is at
tached to it.
X
:: !;
A favorite method of arranging holly
is to stick large sprays over the corners
Of all the large pictures. Either one or
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begins to wither and new one put in
the box. There are many things that can
be done in advance. On the day before
Christmas we take the menu. which is
the same for each and proceed to the
preparation of just as many Of the
dishes as possible. If the soup requires a
stock, this is much better for being made
the day before. If the salad is to be &C
companied by a mayOnnaise dressing, this
may be made many hours in advance as
it improves it to remain in the icebox
for some time. Bread and pies can well
be made the day before Christmas. The
nuts may be cracked, and the apple and
cranberry sauces or jelly will be better
for having become thoroughly chilled.
Christmas eve we dress each house in
holiday attire. and trim Christmas trees
and prepare for Santa Claus.
X X
THE following table indicates how we
arranged our time in preparing dinner
last Christmas:
900 a.m.-Made the soup, which was after
ward reheated.
$50 a:m.-Mads and froze the icec a,nma., -,
''10:15 a.m.-Madp the stuffing; stuHed the
bird. and put the giblets on to boil.
1915 am.-Began to cook the bird. Peeled
the vegetables. remembering to put the potatoes
iii am.--i,ooked onions and sweet potatoes
and set it in the icebox.
.'12:OO Knocked the squash and turnips
Washed the celery, radishes and salad. afterwarl
rolling them in wet cloths and putting them in
the icebox. Made the clam cocktails and put
them In the icGbox ,
1870 p.m.-Began to bake them. Set the
"12:45 p.m.-Began to heat the pudding by
steamng.
100 p.m.-Made French dressing for salad.
Prepared fish for escallOping
LIB p.m.-Reheated the soup, and made bran
dy sauce for pudding: Cooked white potatoes.
- 80 p.m.-Dressed salad and put escalloped
..l:4S p.m.-Made giblet other gravy for bird.
900 pm Served dinner
These housekeepers all have pretty
homes. good husbands. nice children and
comfortable incomes They have a large
circle of friends. and by following this
plan are independent Of the worry of
directing servants and are able to keep
up their social duties without overtaxing
themselves. They are hospitable.. and
have for years made a nice practice of
having for an extra guest an acquaint-
ance who is away from home, or who has
no home. Sometimes the guest is a
young man at college whose home is
hundreds of miles away, sometimes a
little girl who Is in some sort Of business
in the city and cannot go home for the
day. sometimes a business man whose
home is half way across the continent.
The Christmas Package.
WHY not have Christmas handy box
y" into which you can put the many
little conveniences which will be needed
and which, If left for the last moment.
will cause great annoyance? Into this
box put a generous amount of white It's
sue paper for wrapping of gifts; plenty
of baby ribbon of the holly shade. or
else the narrow ribbon stamped with the
holly design, which is woven expressly
for the Christmas package: a ball of cord
for the smaller packages. and one of
stout Irvine for those which take a long
journey; rubber bands; pretty Christ
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and then put into deep jar in LAYERS.
covered WIN fine sand, not being allowed
10 touch each other a. all. The jar should
theh ne sept IN the SIN until the sand
has absorbed the whole moisture from fh..
flowers. which by this process win retain
tnelr coiors unchanged Carnations ana
asters would do perfectly Flowers that
once look well when dried are not likely
10 fade afterward. so that only a few,
days are needed for experiments a. 10
any particular flower
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MAKING the Various
M Gifts That Are Appre-
ciated by Friends-Gifts for
Men-Arranging the Christ
mas Festivities Without a
Standardization and Pres
ervation of the Yuletide Dec
orations-Facts About Wrap
ping and Packing Christmas
Presents-Pretty Gifts That
Can Be Made by the Need G.
woman.
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The householder who has heard this
call and has turned his attention TO
the individual who was making II, mas
been treated to a sight that has taken
his mind back to the days OF his child
hood in country lanes that run between
grassy meadows. a freckled-faced
boy with a wide-brimmed hat. check
ed shirt. one gallus and brogan shoes
is RESPONSIBLE for the call. Beside him
plods an old, gray mare with cookie
burrs in her tail She draws dilapl-
dated country wagon. much oespat-
tered with mud. The rural atmosphere
is accumulated by fresh pine boushs
that are stuck into the sides of the
wagon bed. and give forth their
pungent odor in this crowded city
street.
Truly thinks the householder, here is
a chance to get butter fresh from the
farmers churn. He investigates and
finds that he can buy at a price cents
cheaper than that of his grocery store.
He has made a find, and asks the ooy
to come that way again.
AS a matter of fact he has bought
oleomargarine, or mOOnshine butter,
as it is called by the government
agents. Not only has he been deceived.
put tHe Id mas ocoh
supposedly country boy and his en-
blower have taken a chance OF going
10 prison for their deceit. The profits
are such, however. that the unscrupu-
lous dealer has assumed the risk.
often he has waxed wealthy. OF late
ne has been, quite regularly. going TO
prison and his fellows are getting dis
couraged.
This country wagon is but one OF a
dozen of it's kind. Its owner has gone
put among the farms to purchase MS
rolling stock The horses run loose
At night in a pasture that they may &C
1uire the cockleburrs. and they are
never curried. 1t often happens that
the boy is really from the country. II
aot. he is dressed for the part.
The individual who is back OF the
wagons and the boys probably began
business in a corner grocery. There he
handled butter and eggs. Creamery ana
.omntry butter had sold for 40 cents a
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receptacle can be used as a sewing bas-
ket.
A useful Christmas gift for a man
friend is a necktie hanger. made Of an
oval embroidery hoop. First cover the
hoop with a piece of cambria and then
wind it with a narrow ribbon and hasten
with a bow at the top. Under the bow
place small brass ring by which to sus-
pend it. This is appropriate to send to
boy at school.
To make a dolls bed, get shallow
wooden box the desired size from your
grocer Line it with lowered swiss
which can be purchased for 121s cents a
yard; then slightly pad the box on the
inside. Make a valance of the Powered
swiss. Now take an old broom handle
and cut four pieces about a foot each In
length. Wind round these pieces Of
broom handle strips of the swiss, and
then tack one to each corner of the box.
Cover four triangular pieces of card
board with the material, cut the proper
shape to meet in an apex and form a
canopy. Tack these to the four posts.
the canopy. A little bow at the apex
will give a finishing touch and complete
a bed which will delight the heart Of
any little girl
Christmas Without a Servant.
A UNIQUE plan of preparing for Christ
= mas without a servant is carried
out by three enterprising housewives, who
have followed the plan with great sue
cess for several years. The housekeeping,
Christmas decorating. cooking, ETC.. are
done by all three together. They all agree
that the work is not half the burden that
it would be if done by each alone. At the
same time they visit more or less together
and have had many a good time. These
hOusekeepers not only do their Christ
mas work together. but they follow the
cooperative plan all the time. Upon be-
ing questioned further upon their method
OF working, one of these ladies volun-
teered the following information:
When one of us is ready to clean. sew
or cook" she explained. I'VE invite the
others to assist. One or two days each
week are selected. and weS6n go to work
with a vim. When We cook We cook for
all three. Our dressmaking is done on the
same cooperative plan.
X
I'VE have a dressmaker come for sew
eral days to one of our houses. She cuts
and does the expert work, and We sew
as fast as she can plan for us, and in a
few weeks time the sewing OF our COM
bined households is out Of the way. This
plan Of ours started by my asking a
friend to help me prepare for a children's
party which I wanted to get ready at
short notice. Then little later she had
occasion to call on me for help at an
evening function at her house. We are
also a relief committee in ourselves, as
we always call on each other in case Of
sickness
When preparing for Christmas We first
do our housekeeping, and If We make
fruit cake or plum pudding We prepare
ard bake that at the same time, and
right here I will say that the best
way to keep a fruit cake moist is to
place a fresh apple in the tin cake box.
The apple must be removed as soon as It
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+ will soon be
time to tie up the
Christmas pack
ages. and to the
woman who in
tends to manu-
facture a good
part of her gifts a
few hints as to
how to do II Will
not go amiss.
a pretty gift can
be made by using
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RESI- cot n [ r y
b utte r, Fresh
country b u I t g +.
Such is the cry
that has run &
hrO ug IL I IN q
streets of every
city in the nation
in the past few
years. and back
of which. in a
vast number of
cases, has been a
monumental fraud.
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red Christmas bells and imitation snow
made of cotton and frightened with dia-
mond dust are sometimes very original
and interesting for special occasions, but
in ones own home there is nothing
dignifed and beautiful as the tiIne-hon-
ored favorites. the holly, the evergreen,
the miStletOe and the noinsettia
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To Preserve Decorations.


THERE is splendid idea in using
some of the many gorgeous autumn
leaves for Christmas decorations. which
may either be employed - themselves or
mingled with evergreens. Even a few
bright-colored leaves add greatly to the
appearance of a room. while masses of
them give an effect OF festivty difficult
to describe.
Gather the rich red and copper-colored
leaves Of the oak, the bright green and
yellow Of the birch, the crimson OF the
dogwood and the orange and pink Of
the naples before the hard frosts have
injured them. This viii secure for you
a gorgeous collection of beautiful decor
alive material of kind that you cannot
buy Doing this will also add enjoyment
to the late autumn days when one should
take advantage of every excuse to get out
into the woods and fields.
Gather the red-berried vine bittersweet
early in order to set the leaves. Both
north and south fern leaves are much
used for Christmas decoration They
may be gathered throughout the whole
month OF November, and are easily kept
in cold storage. No artificial cold stor-
age is necessary. The ordinary cellar
will do if the fronds are kept cool and
moist.
1t is easy to preserve autumn leaves
the best. To proceed. get a box rather
larger than the longest branch you wish
to dry, and line this with paper if there
are cracks and joints. Now take some
screened builders sand which should be
thoroughly dry, put il in suitable metal
vessels and place in an oven or on the
back of a range. While it is heating,
place layer of dry sand at the bottom
of the box, and then you can arrange the
branches or twigs on the sand.
AS the sand becomes hot enough empty
each vessel into an empty box and thor
oughly cover it with piece of bagging or
other suitable material, so that it will re-
tain the heat. Keep on adding sand as it
is heated until there is enough for your
purpose. then begin pouring it among
the leaves in the prepared box, taking
care not to force the leaves into masses.
which would prevent their drying prop
erly Add the hot sand quite quickly, as
while il is being sprinkled it will cool
rapidly.
Besure that all the leaves are COM
pletely covered. The effect of this hot
sand treatment is to draw the moisture
from the leaves. while at the same time
each leaf is pressed tight by the weight
it retains its natural form instead of be-
ing pressed out fiat, as it would be if a
hot iron Were used If properly handled,
the leaves will come quite perfectly dry,
but with lively look, with all their
bright colors we'll preserved
Dried real flowers are very beautiful.
They should be gathered when quite dry
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lie D E r AL Government
l Has a Corps of Sleuths
Combing the Country for IL
licit Dealers-The Country
Butter" Game Finds Numer-
Gus Misunderstanding the
Observation-Disclosures and
Dairymen as ''Moonshiners"
What the Law Says Re
garding the Coloring of Oleo
"A Heavy Tax on Each
Pound Sold.
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favorite method of arranging holly
is to stick large sprays over the corners
Of all the large pictures. Either one or
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
and will take the voters to the places

and will take the voters to the places
of registration.
Workers Are Active.
Many workers made personal can
vass of their precincts last night, re-
minding the voters that today is regis
tration day. The Progressives are
urging all voters, regardless of their
political affiliations, to register. The
fact that only A per cent of the vote
was registered at the previous regis
tration day has caused political work
ers of all parties to urge the import
ance of registering today.
Final arrangements have been COM
pleted for the Beverage meeting in
Tomlinson Hall tomorrow evening.
Hundreds of workingmen from
throughout the city have sent word
that they will attend the meeting in
bodies. The doors will be opened at
o'clock.
T. C. Burnsides, of Candy, Ind, a
brother of Gen Burnsides of Civil war
fame, sent word yesterday that he will
affiliate with the new party. He will
occupy a seat on the state at tomor-
rows meeting. Many persons will
come from all parts of the state to
attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
BULL MOOSE LEADS
IN MARION COUNTY
Sixty-day Poll, Just Complet-
ed, Is Gratifying to the
Progressives.
(National News Association)


indianapolis, Sept. 6.-Returns from
the sixty-day poll, which have begun
to reach Progressive county headquar-
tiers, are gratifying to the Progressive
leaders. The early returns lead the
Progressives to be exceedingly san
guine and have caused them to express
the belief that the new party will car
ry Marion County by safe plurality.
In all the returns received, the Pro-
gressive showing compares favorably
with that of the Democratic party and
in many precincts the numerical
strength exceeds that of the Demo.
Gratis. A considerable part of the vote
is shown to be doubtful and Progress.
sive county leaders said yesterday that
with so per cent of the doubtful voters
casting their ballots for the Progress.
sive ticket. there is no doubt that the
new party will carry the county.
Many Democrats Enlist.
That the Progressiyes will receive
even a larger share of the doubtful
votes than half is generally believed
by the leaders. Many persons have
asserted the belief that the party will
receive at least 70 per cent of the
doubtful vote.
The poll books which have reached
Progressive headquarters show that
with the new party. These indications
are highly pleasing to the Progress
sives. Fewer voters are listed as Re
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publicans, and the Progressive leaders
are not concerning themselves serious
ly with the G. o. P. supporters at this
time.
Lead in Randolph County.
The poll of Randolph County, which
has been received at state headquar-
tiers, gives the Progressives a large
lead over the opposing parties. The
returns of thirty-one of forty-three
precincts of the county show the fol
lowing result: Progressives, 1867;
Democrats, 1885; Republicans, 1872;
Prohibitionists, 1866; Socialists, 81, and
doubtful, 779. The remaining twelve
precincts will show similar returns, it
Is said Returns from other counties
are expected this week.
County Progressive leaders will give
their attention today to the registra
ton of voters. All township, ward
and precinct committeeman are ex
pected to devote the day to urging
voters to register. The Progressives
will engage vehicles in many precincts
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
MANY TOOK COURSE
Arranged by German ALI
ance at State University.

The report which the educational
committee of the German State alli-
ance presented at the state meeting
early this week at Lafayette has met
with commentator from local Ger
mans who have received copies of the
proceedings of the convention. Will H.
Duning, Jr., of this city, is a member
of the educational committee.
The report showed that there had
been an appreciable increase in the
study of German in the lower and
higher schools of the state The de-
cision of the committee to place $3.50
in the hands of the German depart
ment of the state university at Bloom
irgton to be used as prize money as
an incentive for students in the de
partment.
One of the features Of the German
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
ECZEMA? TRY ZEMO
Has Cured Worst Cases and You Car
Prove 1t for Only rs Cents.

Yes, try Zemo. That's all you need
do to get rid of the worst case of &C.
zema. You take no chance. it is no ex-
pertinent. Zemo is positively guaran-
teed to stop itching, rash. raw, bleed
ing eczema, make a pimpled face
smooth and clean. Zemo is a wonder
and the minute applied it sinks in,
vanishes, leaves no evidence, doesn't
stick, no grease, just pure clean,
wonderful liquid and it cures. This is
guaranteed. Zemo is put up by the E.
w Rose Medicine Co., st. Louis, Mo,
and sold by all druggists at 81 for the
large bottle and at 25 cents for the lib,
eral size trial bottle. Try one 25-cent
bottle and be convinced. Quigley Drug
Stores.