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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
STRIKES THE RIGHT
NnTE

Dear Miss Grey: ''Just a
Bachelor" invites corre-
spondence on "Girls leading
fellows astray." My opin-
ion is that as a rule the boy
is TO blame and girl Offend
ers are entirely out of pro-
portion to girl victims.
1 am a bachelor of 23,
and have seen the worst of
both sexes, but l still be-
lieve that the instances
where the girl leads the fell
low back to decency Or
helps him to keep straight
far outweigh the cases in
which the fair one is NOR
ally responsible for his
downfall.
So many of the boys ex-
pect to be compensated by
the girls i'm some form or
other, and If she refuses to
give trading stamps i'm the
form of kisses, the boy calls
her n prude and will have
nothing to do with her. Not
satisfied with that, ISLANDERS
her conduct to friends, and
it must be hard for any girl
to lose popularity just for
having tried to be the kind
of girl any self-respecting
young man would be glad to
associate with.
But that's just where
"Just a Bachelor" ought to
take notice. If the young
men would show a little
more self-respect when deal.
ing with the opposite sex,
no fellows would be led
astray by girls. The idea!
Now, 1 wish ''Just a Bache-
Tor" to answer my state
ments, also j would be glad
If you, Miss Grey, would let
us have the benefit of your
opinion in the matter.
Thanking you.
NONBA.
A.-Young as you are, W
lave struck the right keynot
f every man would be self-r
'pecting the young women won
De safe, and the comparative
'ew cases where the boy is /,
lstray by the girl would be ELL
mated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
Apple-Snapping.


Snap my APPLE"
Ever since kids were kids the
apple-snapping fashion has been
in vogue. And tits an old old
woman who can't remember the
day when some merry playmate
snapped" her apple that she
might count the seeds and learn
the truth about her childhood
sweetheart. Here's the system
just as a reminder of the happy
days:
Each apple contains a number
of seeds. No one knows how
many till the core Is opened.
There lies the spice of chance!
When the apple is whole some
playmate snaps IL with thumb
and finger, and while doing so
mentally names it with the name
of some boy Tor girD whom the
apple owner is believed to like.
When the apple Is eaten the
seeds are counted, the boys
name is revealed, and the little
Miss knows her fate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

j. Thompson is charged with
consuming SLABS worth of beans
in the last two years In suit
filed in the municipal court to-
day.
The suit Is brought by Sallie
G. Stafford ad George Mcdonald.
The plaintiffs say that there is
due and owing to the plaintiffs
from the defendant the sum Of
SLABS, being the price of beans
sold to the defendant and con-
sumed by him within the last two
years" ----
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
Dear Miss Grey: / read
your letters every evening,
but l do not find anyone
asking about what a girl of
IA should wear in the line
of corsets.
My daughter is IL and
has developed very young,
but SO many think corsets
hurt her and she does COM
plain of headache. Now,
would like your opinion on
this matter. Please anwser.
A MOTHER.
Al wish l had time to pu
on the market a corset l have IL
mind for girls, and women. /
the corsets were made tight il
the right place they would not b.
harmful.
For young girl who is no
over-developed in the bust tn,
corset waist is best; but the larg
busted girl is harmed by tn
small-busted corset or waist. l
you can find one large in bus
and waist, you can draw it a
tightly as you please across tn
abdomen and no harm will re
suit. But plenty of room mus
be given to the waist and uppe
portion of the body.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
Fern Hill Resident Sends
Menu Fit For the Kings
THE CONDITIONS
Menus Must Be for Five Persons; Five Courses.
Cost Must BE Important Factor.
Big Turkey for Best Menu.
Last Day, Nov. 81.
Address: Turkey Menu Editor.

s a OF o Hill who,
outclassed
particularly Thanksgiving
Yench, instance has for
a turkey dinner that is fit for royalty ITSELF
Turtle (25c)
Roast Turkey Stuffed (s175) Cranberry (10c)
Egg Dreamed (10c)
aked Potatoes
Lettuce (10c) Celery (10c)
Onions (10c)
English Plum Pudding, Brandy (40c)
Huckleberry
Cocoanut Kisses (10c) Chocolate Cake (15c)
Swiss Cheese Crackers (10cl
Coffee (10c)
cost-$3.95.
Thanksgiving drawing to close. Friday
the judges Miss
High Miss Marie Weber of the Y W.
c.. A. the Turkey Menu editor?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
SANE CHRISTMAS STARTED

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Mrs.
August Belmont, Miss Anne Nor
gan and other prominent New
York women are among the
founders of a new organization,
1.-THE Society for the Prevention
of Useless Giving" The society
will do its utmost to abolish the
exchange system" of Christmas
giving among those who can i'll
afford it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
PLAN MEMORIAL

UTICA, N. Y, Nov. 20.-To
perpetuate the memory of Vice
President James Schoolcraft
Sherman, the citizens of Utica
are planning the erection here
of a handsome memorial
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
WHICH FIRST: CHICKEN,
OR EGG?

Dear Miss Grey: To settle
a controversy, which was
here first, the chicken, or the
egg?
And which is mother OF
the chick, the hen that laid
the egg, or the one who
Matched It? II. A. G.
A.-Your first question / can
not answer. Both the chicken
and the egg seem to embrace life
and who can say which expressed
it first.
The hen that matches the chick
and cares for it is truly its
mother, just as the foster par
ents are more truly parents than
those who forsook the helpless
child.
THE GIRL is RIGHT
Dear Miss Grey: am q
young man "a years of age,
and am deeply in love with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

be a great sufferer today. am
any sufferers who may desire to
take his medicine.
(signed) GEO. DUNHAN.
1909 Portland av-
zee Wo Chinese Med. Co., lI16k
So. G st. Tacoma. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
AppIe Float.

First make a plain custard.
When cold stir into 1t either a
pint of apple sauce or a pint of
grated apple (uncooked). Whip
in the stiff whites of 2 eggs at
the very last.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
Special Features of Interest To The Times Readers
Cynthia Grey's Answers

young lady here, who seems
to Cor did) think a lot of
me.
l took her home one night
and she let me kiss her
good night, and she let me
put my arms around her
waist, and since then she
won't speak to me. What
shall l do TO win her back?
BROKEN-HEARTED.
A.-To win her, be a man, an
not a softly. What right had 20
to kiss her?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
TO WHOM It MAY INTEREST

This is to certify
that ! was accident
ally injured on the
railway last year.
After doctoring with
many doctors with
out getting relief,
finally I was advised
to take Yee Wo's
root and herb medi-
cine for two months.
Now I am completely
mot Tor him I wnnid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
SOCIETY


Versary, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Noonan will entertain with a
bridge party this evening at their
home, "Fairhome," on Prospect
Hill.
Rehearsals for the Children's
Kirmess, a dance and song reci-
tai, will be held Thursday after
noon after school. The produc-
= ton will be given Friday and Sat
urday evenings at the Temple of
Music and Is under the direction
Of Mrs. Taynton-Thayer.
Miss Edith Fradettte as hostess
yesterday at a luncheon given for
a number of girls of the younger
set belonging to a little sewing
club.
Miss Airline Biggs will entertain
number of men and girls of
the younger set with a supper
party at her home in the Miller
apartments following the per-
Torrance of the Secret of Su-
same" at the Tacoma theater to-
morrow night.
Mrs. X. Neiswender of Vancou-
.. yer, B. c., formerly Miss Orlau
Whitlock of Tacoma, was a guest
for a weeks visit of Mrs. Rudolph
Kalenborn.
Mrs. Neiswender of Vancouver
. was entertained last Tuesday at
meeting of little card club of
which she was a member form
erly. On Thursday she was the
guest OF honor at an informal
luncheon given by Mrs. J. ].
Yuill.
Mrs. Fl. Granston Potter was
In Seattle yesterday, the guest of
friends there.
Miss Beatrice Outcalt was hos
tess yesterday at a bridge lunch
con given for eight of her girl
friends.
- Jason Moore will give a talk
this evening on the story of 1.-The
Secret of Susanna" in the auditor
ium of the Sherman-Clay Music
company.
Miss Glickert of Dayton, Ohio,
guest of her sister, Mrs. ], F.
funcker. for several months, will
leave Saturday on her return to
the east.
Mrs. +. w. Swanson, 1920 East
y street, was pleasantly surpris-
90 with a birthday party given by
plumber of friends who gather
ed at her home early in the aft
ernoon.
Mrs. II. H. Reeves of Fair
banks, Alaska, the guest of her
sister. Mrs. Kalenborn, for the
past two months, has gone to Cal
ltornia where she will spend sew
eral months with her mother.
All kinds bulbs. Smiths 1116 G. |
Advertisement"
Mrs. ID. p. Mason has returned |
to her home in Portland after a |
weeks visit with Mrs. L. C. Cow
er. Mrs. Mason was entertained |
at many informal affairs given by |
old friends.
About furs. See Mueller, 921
south G. Advertisement"
The Modern Woodmen and |
their families have been invited |
to attend free illustrated lecture /
at Fraternity Hall, I'LL 1-2 Ia
coma avenue, this evening. Views /
will be shown of a trip through |
Yellowstone Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Anderson
spent Sunday visiting friends in
Seattle.
The Ladies' Aid of South Taco
ma Baptist church will be enter
tanned Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
: A. l.. Anderson.
Beautify the home for Thanks
giving. Chrysanthemums, cut |
flowers, ferns, palms and ported |
plants at prices to suit your peck
etbook. HIM, florist, 7th and X |
SITS. Advertisement"
"A card social was given i'm the
auditorium of st. Patrick's church |
North 18th and ] streets, by the
ladies of the church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
THE MISFORTUNE TO
MARRY A CIVILIZED


Dear Miss Grey: 1 read
the letter from the young
woman who signs her name
easy" and l know how she
feels, for 1 am an eX-cow-
boy.
~ L would give my months
pay any time to be ON the
ranch again, to throw my
leg over saddle and ride
in Gods country. had
the misfortune to get mar
ried to one of the civilized
ca city girls, and now 1 am
divorced, but have my lit
tie girl who is now eight
years old.
To my idea, country girl
is more civilized than a city
girl. Maybe cowboys are
rough, but they don't insult
the girls like the civilized
city gentlemen (?) do.
EX-COWBOY.
A.-Thank God there are goo,
men in both city and country
and to these (and good women
IS the task to solve the grea
problem of present conditions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

The following is a splendid hair
tonic: Sulphate of quinine IL
drains; tincture of cantharadies,
drains; alcohol, o.; glycer-
inc, Y or; oil of anise, IL
drops; witeh-hazel, OF. Apply
this tonic every night for two
weeks, then wash the hair in suds
made from a solution of green
soap. Omit treatment four days
and then return to the tonic for
another two weeks.
The Panama canal will have a
summit elevation of 50 feet
above the sea, to be reached by
flight of three locks, located
at Gatun, on the Atlantic side,
and by one lock at Pedro Miguel
and a flight of two at Miraflores
on the Pacific side.
A check is good as long as
there is money in the bank to
the credit of the maker, but one
should not delay cashing, for the
maker can withdraw his money
at any time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
ANXIOUsLY MATING.

A.-CertainIy not. A young
girls happiness does not lie in
being owned" by one boy. She
should have many friends. but nc
lover.
This boy is simply working you
to make you think you love him
and promise you will not go with
any other. Drop him once for
all.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

SUED FOR SLABS FOR BEANS.
CHICAGO. Nov. 20.-Arthur
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
THIS IS THE APPLE TIME

ONE l love.
TWO I love.
THREE / love,
= say.
FOUR l love
with all my
heart.
FIVE / cast
away.
SIX he loves.
s z V e N s h e
loves.
e / G H T they
both love.
NINE he comes.
TEN he tarries.
e L Il V e N he
courts.
TWELVE h e
marries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
Cynthia's Answers to
Many Questions

; President Mckinley was shot at
Buffalo, New York, Sept. 6,
1901.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

To clean white ostrich feathers,
or plumes, wash in luke-warm
suds made of soft water and
pure white soap. Rinse and
Shake until dry. Curl with the
back of table knife by drawing
from the base to the tip.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
AM A WIDOW LADY

Dear Miss Grey: / am a
widow lady at 35 years of
age, and have been keeping
company with gentleman
for nearly a year. He is
good man, and 1 think q
whole lot of him. He has
one great fault, and that is
he is very jealous. Would
you please tell me is it best
to keep company with him
any longer or not?
ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
Aft he is not trying to con
quer this jealous disease, and
Is making you unhappy, by al
means drop him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

The Chinese are the oldest ma
ton, and their civilization dates
back farther than that of Amer
lea. The Indians were in Amer
lea when it was discovered. 1t
is their native land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
A SILLY BOY

A SILLY BOY
Dear Miss Grey: I am a
girl of II and have been 60
ing with n boy of ID for a
short time. 1 love him and
l think he loves me, but he
said that 1 have been keep
ing company with another
boy, but l have not. Would
You go with that kind of a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29
CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS.

A temperature of about G7 degrees
10 20 degrees during the daytime and
80 degrees to IS degrees at night is
the ideal condition for house plants.
Fresh air Is the next consideration;
keep the rooms well ventilated. have a
window open somewhere in the room.
preferably. on the opposite side from
tile plants. for they cannot stand
draughts. When n room gets too warm
and too dry. the plants lose an excess
siye amount of water-faster than
the roots can supply it from the soil
but worse stir the surface Of the soil
itself is dried out and even the pot as
we'll Thus an irreparable injury ts
done before the owner realizes II.
To give the atmosphere the proper
amount OF moisture. have a small dish
on the radiator register or stove and
keep it full OF water. Most hot air.
furnaces have a water compartment
inside the jacket which holds about
a pailfui Under ordinary conditions
this will need filing only once a day,
but during the coolest days of winter
when the firing is heavy II may be
necessary to al II twice.
The next most exacting requirement
of plants Is watering. Too much wa
ter will make the sail sour; with TOO
little water the plant will wilt. The
effect of either will be yellowing and
dropping Of the leaves. II is easier,
however. TO drown q plant than TO Kill
IL by draught. Plants may need wa
ter twice n day or only once in two or
three days The best way to determine
whether plant Is dry is 10 rap the pot
sharply with the knuckles of the hand.
A hollow. or ringing sound shows that
the soil needs water; a heavy. dull
sound indicates that IL has sufficient
moisture. II the soil on the surface is
dry and powdery. give water.
Never give a little surface sprinkle.
The best way is to take the plants TO
the sink or bath tub and give the soil a
good watering. allowing the pot to stay
in the sink until the surplus water
has had chance 20 drain off. IL IL is
impossible to- do this. have a saucer
under each pot, and ten or fifteen
minutes after the watering go around
and turn put all the water standing
In the saucers. Never allow water to
in the saucers as 1t will pre-
Y ent aeratlon through the hole in the
bottom of the pot, and also rot the
roots. When plants are kept in jar
people often grow careless,
let water collect In the bottom and
then wonder why the plant is not doing |
well.-Excbange.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29
CHOOSING CAREERS.

An English father consulted a friend
as to what career he ought TO select
for his son, boy Of 10. says the Lon
don Globe. The friend thought the
matter over a bit and then advised
the father as follows:
Lock your boy in room where
there Is a Bible on the table. an apple
and some pieces OF money. After d
quarter Of an hour open the door Noise
lessly and sea what the. boy is doing
n he is reading the Bible make him a
clergyman: IL his attention is concen-
trated on the apple make him a farm
er, and II lie amusing himself by count
ing the money It's plain that he Il
meant to be n financier."
The experiment was tried and when
the friend inquired what the result was
tint father replied
II found him. sitting on the Bible,
he had pocketed the money and was
eating the apple"
make him a member Of parliament.
then. was the advice OF the friend.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29
This DATE IN HISTORY

1737--Thomas Paine. author of "Th'
Age of Reason" born. Died June $
1909.
l756-Henry Lee, n distinguished sol
dier of the American Revolution. born
Died March %, 1918.
l7se--Daniel r. T. Auber. famous op-
cratic composer. born at caen, France
Died I'm Paris. May 10. 1871,
l79J-congress passed n stringent
naturalization law. requiring renuncia-
ton OF titles OF nobility. III
1s20-George w. succeeded George
III. on the English throne.
1S43-=william Mckinley, twenty-ffth
President of the u. S., born In Niles
Ohio. Died I'M Buffalo. September IL
1901.
iS53-Marriage Of Napoleon III. and
Eugene de AIontijo.
1sGl.-.Kansas admitted to the Union
o. the thirty-fourth State
SS5---A statue of Sir George f.. Car
tier unveiled i'm Ottawa.
i9l1--Appointment Of the Duke Of
Connaueht to succeed Earl Grey as
Governor General ot Canada
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29
GRANTS / LOVE OF HORSES.

In his book of memoirs entitled
l"Campaigning with Grant" Gen. Hor-
ace Porter quotes these words as hay
ing been uttered by Grant at a din
ner- table. after he had punished bru-
tai teamster for abusing his horse:
IF people only knew how much
more they couEt sets ont M a horse by
gentleness than by harshness they
would save great deal OF trouble
both To the horse and the man A
horse is a particularly Intelligent anil
NAL; he can be made to do almost
any thing II his master has Intelligence
enough to let him know what is r~-
quired. Some men, for instance. when
they want TO lead a horse forward. turn
towards him and stare him in the
face. He. of course. thinks they are
barring his way. and he stands still.
II they would turn their back to him
low. 1 am looking forward longingly
to the time when we can end this war
and I can settle down on my st. Louis
farm and raise horses. When old age
comes on and get too feeble to move
about. expect to derive my chief
pleasure from sitting in big arm
chair I'm the center of the ring-a sort
OF training consolidating colts
leading-line In my hand, watching him
run around the ring.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29

hued night clothes been displayed In
the stores.
I,ondon.--King George has tentative
ly fixed on the middle Of July for the
proposed visit of himself and Queen
Mary TO Ireland. They will be accom-
panied by the Prince of Wales and
Princess Mary. neither. of whom have
ever been in Ireland The King pro-
poses TO makelthe state visit an annual
AFFAIR.
New York.-Passengers on the
steamship Carmania We're highly in
dignant when the ship arrived, and fol
the first time in more than ten years
first class passengers were subjected
to a personal examination 1T the hands
OF rthe Immigration inspectors and
forced TO answer part of the twenty
nine questions asked those who cam
not announce that they are American
citizens. .
Chicago--AIrs. w. L.. Chapman
claimed that a fox terrier in the pos
session of Mrs. Susan Devel was
astray from the Chapman home and
got IL on a search warrant. When she
attempted to take IL from Mrs Devels
arms I'm the courtroom. the terrier
snapped and snarled. Judge Dolan did
not need To be a modern Solomon 10
decide the ownership OF the dog.
Huntville, Tex.-Twenty- seven years
after Nathan Hurst, then n youth. es-
capped from the penitentlary. where he
was serving seventeen years for steal
ing a horse, his father. W.. l. Hurst OF
Hurst. Tex, arrived with q pardon
from Gov Colquitt.
Chicago.--Alexander Olsnowski is
believed by the police to hold the long
distance record for walking In search
OF job. He started west from his
home in Reading. Pa, several weeks
ago to look for work and he arrived in
Chicago still jobless. lie declares he
walked every foot OF the way.
Washington.--The report of Henry
Henshaw, chief of the federal biolog-
ical survey. calls attention 20 the fact
that insect eating birds are one OF the
great needs of the country and that
newly arrived immigrants are the
greatest single foe that the birds at
large have 10 face in this country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-29
NEWS BRIEFS FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE WORLD.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

Buralo.-John and Robert Brady Cd
IGOboken. penniless. crawled from o
freight car the other night and told
the police that the "ultragraspiness'
of Chicago undertalSers and doctors
had left them without n cent and they
had to beat" their way home. They
went 10 Chicago with 5000. but this
was barely sufficient to pay expenses
and shipping charges.
New York. Street Commissioners
Big Bin" Edwards, with his friend
Walter Booth. a lawyer and n former
Princeton football star. went into the
dining room of the Ritz Carlton. but
We're told they could not be served for
the reason that they did not wear
evening clothes. They had no such
trouble at the new Vanderbilt
London.-That men no longer fuss
about their appearance i'm the day time
as long as they are comfortable is the
declaration of a haberdasher, who also
declares that this same young man of
fashion is most punctilious about his
evening attire. and that his assert
ment of pajamas, bath robes and even
bed socks are chosen with the care
That Is usually associated with day
,Dothes. Never before have such
gaudy. gorgeously colored peacock