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The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17
NAILS NEED ESPECIAL CARE
Systematic Attention Needed, but tho
Time Taken viii Be Amply
Recompensed.

Form the habit of caring for your
nails. Select a certain time each day
for the treatment and let nothing In
trude to prevent you from carrying
out your duty. A slipshod manner Of
treating the nails will do no good
File the nails into the shape you
like best and then soak the finger tips
in warm soapsuds to which a little
benzoin has been added While the
nails are wet rub some vaseline
around the roots. Take the orange
wood stick and gently push the flesh
back all around the nails. Each one
In turn. not only about the haIf-moons.
but the entire length of the nails.
For cleansing under the nails, an old
handkerchief dipped in bit Of lemon
Juice and passed under the nails by
means OF the orange stick is all that is
required.
Apply a nail polish and brush with
a buffer.
II one is In perfect health, rubbing
the nails in the palms Of the hands
will give sufficient polish to them.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17

cardboard cylinders that are SO often
used foi sending unmounted photo
graphs through the post. They may
be obtained from almost any stationer
at q trifiing cost.
The cardboard is neatly covered
with silk. gathered into a tiny frili
at each end. and upon which the word
"hatpins" is worked.
The cylinder is further ornamented
with bands Of ribbon tied tightly round
either side and finished OF with smart
little bows. Sewn at the back Of
these bands is a long loop of ribbon
with rosette bow for suspending the
holder from the glass. Inside ball
of cotton wool Is pressed well into
the center SO that 1t is in no way vis-
ible. and through this wool the pins
can be thrust from one side OF the
holder and held securely in theilr
places. A glance at the sketch will e1-
plain this. and diagram A illustrates
the cardbo ard cylinder prior % being
covered with silk.
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Eoypt Probably the Only Place Where
peculiar Hues May Be Observed
to Advantage.

In Egypt, where the atmosphere Is
very clear, the green tints of the sun
set light are peculiarly distinct. As
the sun descends nearer and nearer
IN the horizon. and is immensely en-
,orgod its rays suddenly become for
an instant of brilliant green. Then
n succession Of green rays sunuses
the sky we'll nigh to The zenith.
The same phenomenon occurs at
sunrise, but less conspicuousiy. Some
times at sunset, Just as the last por-
.iar Of the suns disk vanishes, its
color changes from green to blue;
and so also after 1t has disappeared
tha sky near the horizon is green.
while toward the zenith 1t is blue.
The fact was of course observed by
the ancient Egyptians. and references
thereto are found in their sacred
writings. Day was the symbol OF
life. and night that of death. The set
ting sun, being identified with Osiris.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17
IDEAL TOILET SET HOLDER
Decorative Article That 10 a Pleasure
to Make and Decidedly
Attractive.

One of the most easily constructed
toilet set holders as yet designed con-
sists of half yard long and quarter
yard wide strip Of imitation morocco.
pigskin or suede lined with white oil
silk or white table oilcloth. the heav-
Ter or outer fabric turned over. the
edge of the inner layer, and machine
stitched onto 1t. Stitched-edge straps
of the lining material attached to one
half the surface Of the inner side are
of q size adapted for holding In place
the various toilet articles. while at one
end is a pocket for the face cloth and
at the other receptacle for the mani
cure instrument. Two straps attached
to the outer side of tho case prevent
contents from failing out of 1t. One
strap. going about Its narrow side,
may be buckled as tightly as desired,
and the other strap going from end to
end, prevents any article from slipping
through those apertures. The outside
may be decorated in various ways.
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TIPS FOR THE HoUsEkEEpER.

When washing lace curtains. put
Change the water several times In the
morning. then put on to boil in clean
cold water with borax. teaspoonful
to quart; boil 15 minutes: then
rinse In several waters until perfectly
clean. Never wiring curtains in the
hands, as they are easily torn.
Rinse out silk stockings In soap
suds before wearing them. and after
each wearing; they will last much
longer. Cold water and naphtha soap
should be used.
parafflne and 1t will keep moist In
definitely.
Use a garden trowel for packing Ice
and salt in the Ice cream freezer.
Instead OF sewing up a stuffed fowl
use tooth picks. and lace the string
back and forth; the tooth picks and
string may be easily removed without
tearing the fowl.
Wet the edge Of the lower crust Of
pastry when putting in fruit In pie.
1t keeps the juices from escaping.
boiling may be easily peeled; the
skins slip OF with a touch.
A tablespoonful of coffee to gravy
will add color when the sauce lacks
the caramel color.
Put your azaleas, buried in the
ground In their pots in the sun. water
ing every night all summer and in the
winter you will be rewarded with
plenty of blooms.
Rub soap into the nails when work
Ing in the garden and when the hands
are washed there will be no stained
nails.
Thread In box or basket often
causes much trouble by unwinding.
Wrap the thread once around the
spool and then under itself and 1t will
not unroll. but can be used from the
spool.
Thread to be used in making button
holes should be 20 sizes coarser than
that used in making the garment. For
example. II 80 thread is used for the
garment, 60 should be used for the
buttonholes.
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Outlets and Outlets

own gravy over them and serve at
once.
Outlets aux Navettes.-Take half
bunch of young French turnips, peel,
and trim them as nearly as possible to
one size. Dust them with salt and
pepper. Take pound and half of
mutton outlets. Trim as above d.
rected. Dust well with celery salt,
very little white pepper and some
salted flour. Grease a bag well. Put
in half the turnips, then the outlets.
then the rest of tue turnips. Add half
pint Of chicken stock. fold. clip,
place on broiler and cook slowly for
an hour and half. Dish up OF hot
dish, with the turnips as a border.
Pour the sauce, which will be of
delicate creamy consistency and taste.
over, and serve with asparagus, hand
ed separately.
Copyright. 1911. by sturgis Walton
Company
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Kitchen Line,

A convenient clothesline for the
kitchen or other place where clothes
drying line Is sometimes needed. Is
rolled into an oxidized copper reel
case about five inches in diameter.
This reel screws to wall or casing
and hook Is put up in casing on
another wall. When the line is want
ed it is stretched across the space
between the two and is fastened by a
ring over the hook, the reel mean
while catching 1t automatically and
keeping it from slipping. When the
line is not In use 1t is out of the dust
in the reel casing. The line is "a feet
long. 1t would be convenience for
the kitchen veranda or porch Of the
summer cottage.
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Outlets a la St. cecIle.-Take four
lamb outlets, from half pint to pint
of parboiled peas and pound Of par
boiled new potatoes. Grease two bags
thickly. Put the peas and potatoes, to
pether with one and a half ounces of
butter, in one bag. Place on broiler
and put in moderately hot oven. Let
them cook for twenty minutes before
putting in the bag with the outlets.
Meanwhile trim the outlets very neat
ly. free them from superfuous fat. fiat
ten them with wooden mallet and
spread them on both sides with a
layer of foie gras. Have ready some
freshly fried bread crumbs. Sprinkle
these lightly on each side of the cut
lets. Take care not to overdo this.
Place gently in a D-size bag. Fold.
clip. place on broiler in the oven, and
cook for twenty minutes. Dish up the
peas and potatoes as border. Put
the outlets in the middle. Pour their
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SIMPLE SEASONING a MERIT.
By Martin. Mccv,Ioch wIlIIam.,

BY Martha MccuiIoeh Williams.
Paper bag cookery conserves the
natural juices and savors Of food stuffs
and SO requires but light seasoning.
Take the case of so-called melted
butter. Ordinarily, q mixture Of but
ter. flour and water, variously spiced
and seasoned and cooked to a pasty
consistency. 1t must give the stomachs
that receive 1t mighty wrestle. Melt
ed butter, viscid and heavy. means
overwork for it-potential dyspepsia.
Far otherwise with real melted but
ter-butter pure and simple. mixed
only with the salts and savors of food
stuffs.
wish you would try this sort Of
melted butter for either meats or vege-
tables. Put the butter in an enamel
sauce pan with salt. pepper. paprika.
the least sprinkle of fine herbs and
a very little nutmeg. Add half the
butter-bulk of boiling water, cook to-
gether for Eve minutes, stirring woll.
then put In either lemon Juice. claret
or sherry equal in quantity to the boil
slg water. and let stand over hot water
until ready to serve.
Since omelets are possible to the
paper bag. here follow directions for
several sorts. each a little out of the
common. All must be cooked alike
In very well-buttered bag of proper
size, set in very hot oven at first.
and the heat Stacked a third or even
half. after three to i've minutes.
Plain Omelet: This plain omelet can
be the foundation Of many other sorts.
By doubling the egg contents and re-
ducing the milk one-half. 1t becomes
richer and lighter. But Just as given
1t is fine for breakfast or luncheon.
Begin by beating very light three eggs.
white and yolks separate. Add to the
yolks tablespoonful of -four sifted
with half teaspoonful Of baking pow
der and half as much salt. Melt a
spoonful of butter In a pint Of milk.
beat 1t gradually into the egg and
-four mixture-the milk must be hot,
but not boiling-then fold In lightly
the stiffly beaten whites. pour into
your bag, seal, put on trivet and cook
fifteen minutes.
Chicken or Ham Omelet: To turn
this into chicken omelet. add a very
little more flour to the mixture, then
stir in we'll just before putting 1t in
the bag cup of cold chicken minced
very fine and seasoned lightly with
onion Juice or minced celery. For
ham omelet leave out half the fiouI
and scant the allowance of salt and
baking powder. Water can be used in
stead of milk-in that case. put in
more melted butter. M1nce or grind
the cooked ham very fine and season
1t with onion Juice and the barest
busting of sugar, not enough to taste
only to throw up the piquancy of the
ham. Put in the minced ham before
the beaten whites. mix lightly, put IN
we'll buttered bag and bake fifteen
minutes.
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LEFTOVER CAKE.

Ways OF using leftover cake are
we'll to keep in mind. as often few
pieces of cake combined with other
sert.
Peach canape is one pretty dessert.
Cut rounds of stale sponge cake. lay
on each half of peach, pour over a
little of the Juice and heap on a table
spoonful Of sweetened whipped cream.
Trlf,e.-Cut stale cake In slices and
spread preserves between them. Lay
in deep dish and heap whipped
cream over the slices. Garnish with
few berries.
Sponge Cake Porcupfne.-Cut large
In pudding dish, moistened with
,sweetened orange juice. Blanch few
almonds and press them. sharp end
up, into the cake. Pour over soft
custard and chill before serving.
Mock Plum PuddIns.-Soften two
cups of stale cake crumbs in quarter
of cup of hot milk. II the crumbs
are dry they may need more. Add to
the softened crumbs well-beaten
egg, half cup of sugar, fourth cup
of molasses, a fourth cup of stewed,
chopped prunes. three-fourths of cup
of raisins, two teaspoonfuls OF mixed
spices. a fourth of teasponful OF
soda, a half teaspoonful of salt, two
teaspoonfuls OF lemon juice and a
fourth of a cup OF flour. Bake in a
moderate oven As minutes. Serve
with an egg sauce. Separate the
yolks from the whites of two eggs,
beat well, add fourth Of cup Of
sugar, teaspoonful Of vanilla to the
yolks, then fold In the whites. Serve
at once.
Berry Whip.-Fill a dish half full OF
stale sponge cake. Sugar quart Of
berries. mash them slightly and pour
over the cake. Beat the whites OF
three eggs stiff. add three tablespoon
fuls of sugar and beat in enough ber-
ries to color and flavor.
Heap on the dish and serve with
cream.
A delicious dessert may be pre-
pared with sponge cake over which
Is poured a soft custard favored
strongly with coffee.
Blanc Manse.-Scald pint of milk.
add Ave tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
blended with little cold milk; cook
for ten minutes. Add a tablespoonful
of sugar and pinch Of salt. Beat the
whites of three eggs until stiff and
fold into the cornstarch mixture. Mold
and serve cold with sugar and cream
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17
BROUGHT OVER FROM SPAIN
Three Recipes That Have Found Fav-
or Because Of Their Really Ex-
cellent Qualities.

Chicken Spanish.-Chicken cut into
small pieces and fried brown In its
own tat and half cup olive oil; add
Glove garlic. medium sized onion. half
can tomatoes. pepper. salt. five cloves.
two dozen allspice. one bayleaf. Stew
slowly one hour. adding little water
II necessary. Thicken with flour and
water Just before serving.
Spanish Summer Squash.-Fry In
butter an onion and three green pep
pers chopped fine; add three ripe to
matoes and stew well, seasoning with
salt and teaspoon of sugar. Add sum-
mer squash. sliced. and fry until soft.
Spanish Shrimps.-Large onion. six
green peppers chopped fine and fried
In butter: add two large tomatoes and
cook well; then add pinch OF soda
and cup of cream: then can of chopped
shrimps.
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Rather Cruel.

II there was one thing more than
another that he prided himself on. it
was the fit of his clothes. II can new
er get dress-coat really to fit," he
said to his partner as he glanced down
at perfectly-made garment, with a
hope, of course. that she would at
once disclain the insinuation. Look
at this thing" well. 1t is atrocious."
she said codly. But why not save
your money and buy one? 1t is SO
much cheaper in the long run than
hiring"
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Makinq Nut Mullins.

Two cupfuls Of flour, half tea
spoonful of salt, three teaspooRfuls Of
baking powder. one cupful OF milk.
half cupful of chopped nut meats.
two eggs. two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
three tablespoonfuls Of melted butter
and half a teaspoonful Of vanilla ex-
tract Mix and sift the dry ingredi-
ents, then add the beaten yolks OF
eggs, butter and milk. Beat well. add
the vanilla extract and the stiffly beat
en- whites of the eggs. Divide into
buttered and Toured gem pans. bake In
q hot oven for twenty minutes.
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Puree Of Green Peas.

This Is a we'll liked luncheon soup.
Heat a pint of canned peas in their
LIQUOR and pass through puree and
add two cups of hot stock. enough
floupr blended with butter to thicken
and seasoning to suit the taste. At
the last pour in cup Of rich hot
cream. Other dinner soups and purees
made in this way are carrots. arti-
chokes, celery. lettuce. spinach. beans
and cauliflower.
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LEFTOVER WHITES OR YoLks OF
EGGS.

II eggs are washed in cold water
before breaking. the shells are ready
for clearing soup, jelly or coffee.
If out of salad dressing, take equal
quantities Of beaten egg yolks and
mild vinegar; cook together until
thick, fold In a beaten white or two
and set away in a cool place for salad
dressing. Add any desired seasoning
10 a portion, and with little whipped
cream an ideal salad dressing may al
ways be had.
Little Gold cakes.-Cream table
spoonful of butter. add a half a cup of
sugar and the beaten yolks of four
eggs; beat hard. Dissolve an eighth
Of a teaspoonful of soda in very lit
tie hot water; add a fourth OF a cup
Of sour cream, bit of salt and nut
meg. Bake in small tins. Frost, when
cold, and place a candied cherry on
top of each.
Scrambled Eggs.-Prepare crisp dry
toast Beat the yolks of three eggs
and a whole egg lightly; add two ta-
blespoonfuls of bacon cut In bits and
half cup of milk. Melt half table
spoonful of butter in frying pan, add
the egg mixture and cook lightly. Dip
toast in hot milk. Lay on a platter
and pour over the scrambled eggs.
Apple and Ginger Fluff.-For half
cup of leftover whites use two-thirds
of cup of sifted apple, one-fourth of
a cup of powdered sugar, pinch of
salt and tablespoonful of crystalized
ginger cut fine. Take baked apples
or apple sauce, put through strainer.
Beat eggs very stiff. add salt, ginger.
sugar and a little apple at a time,
beating very hard. Pile in a glass
dish and put in cool place until ready
to serve.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17
Sit While Ironing.

There is an old-fashioned prejudice
against sitting down while ironing.
Our grandmothers would probably
have condemned the woman caught in
this practice as hopelessly lazy-but
why not do SO. especially when stand
Ing at the ironing-board means tired.
blistered feet and frazzled temperl
It might not be practicable to sit while
Ironing a dress skirt or anything re-
uuiring a long reach Of the arm. but
handkerchiefs and such small pieces
can easily be managed while sitting
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Striped Linen.

Striped linen is much In demand
for coat and skirt costumes Of the
strictly tailored variety. and the shops
are showing quantities OF this ma
terial in new weaves. says the New
York Herald. The linen crashes in
natural linen color with small white
lines. almost indistinguishable at
distance, are most attractive and make
extremely smart suits. The yard-wide
crashes are so cents, and those As
inches wide S5 cents. Very good quail
ties Of linen may be had for % cents
a yard and the striped linens and 9TH
er fancy weaves for As cents
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Green Rays From The Sun

that god became king of ths dead. The
setting sun was green; therefore
Osiris, as the nocturnal deity of the
dead, was painted green.
The splendid collins of the high
priests Of Ammon frequently depict
the green sun, and the funeral detties
are all colored green. This associa-
tion of death" with green" was un-
doubtedly due to the green tiuts OF
the Egyptian sun at sunset.-Youth's
Companion.
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Tasty Sandwich.

1t was the memory of childhood
appetite which inspired woman to
serve brown bread sandwiches spread
with horse radish and sugar with her
afternoon tea. The snappy pungency
OF the horse radish was very delight
full. The horseradish had. of course.
been mixed with vinegar. the slightest
possible amount used, and 1t was
sprinkled lightly with powdered sugar
The brown bread was made of whole
wheat and graham -four and was cut
thin as possible.
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Box Was Fastened.

Lieutenant John Corrigan had the
sidewalk on the Washington street
side of D. Sommers & Co.'S store roped
OF Sunday. because he feared tho
wind would blow big. heavy box on
a scaffold that had been left by paint
ers Saturday evening. three stories
up the side of the structure. The
box, evidently a tool chest, was more
than half way over the edge of the
scaffold. and the lieutenant thanked
fortune he had seen 1t before the wind
got free sweep and sent 1t over. He
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-M-<..eN-.
MalvIna's Pleasures,

"Look-a-here. Malvinal" cried the
old man. shaking a horny finger at
the bills the rural free-delivery car.
rier had left. mustard plasters from
Joslin's. Soc: six teeth pulled at Dr..
DR.. Pollard's 50! There's $3.50 in
one week spent for your own private
pleasure. Do you think. woman. I'm
made of money?"-Hampton's Maya
xiae-
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TO HANG OVER THE MIRROR
Practical HatpIn Holder That 10 A.
Ways Handy and Not Likely
to Be In the Wr>'.

Our sketch illustrates a practical
little hatpin holder for hanging over
the post of the looking-glass, that car
be made with the aid OF one of those
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17
Sachet In Shoes.

Many girls like to have even their
shoes scented with their favorite per-
fume, and the way to do 1t is to sew
a satchet into the lining and into the
leather of the shoes. Even the tongue
laced shoes may be slit and little Of
the sachet powder sprinkled In. Un-
derneath the buckles there may be
room for a sachet, and the wide silk
ribbons sometimes will conceal a little
one.
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Curtain RInQa.

Sew large battenberg rings on sash
curtains to run the brass rod through
instead of putting 1t through the hem
of the curtain. advises the New Era
These rings will keep the muslin
from wearing out quickly and may be
left on the curtains while they are In
the wash.
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THE INNER GROWING TlT-slTs.

Give instant allegiance to paper bag
cookery. all ye who dote upon inner
growing tit-bits. Lvers, for example,
and hearts, brains. sweetbreads. kid
neys.
There are livers and livers. Chicken
livers are much in request. Take six,
fresh and sound. Wash very clean in
cold water, drain well, salt very light
ly, but do not pepper. Barely dust
with -four, then wrap each liver in a
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under and ran for telephone. Nav
that's all right" said sleepy voice
to the officer over the phone. THAT
box is nailed down to the scanold. 1t
won't fall-we made the scafiold fast
last night" The Lieutenant went back
and removed his ropes.-Indianapoll
News.
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in the manner most becoming to her
self. be 1t the mode or not. The braid
about the head. the small pompadour,
the short curls, all features of present
styles. are very generally becoming
1t is a good thing to remember. too
that variety is the spice of life in hair
dressing as in other things.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
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IE%zS%
HEN we shall build our hou,

HEN we shall build our house
Its walls shall be the quiet
background for the loveiiness of life.
hung over with the few records of our
own and others growth made In the
playtime of art: Its furnishings the prod
uct of that arts more serious hours: Its
Implements from kitchen ware to dress
ing table touched by the sane and hal
lowing hand of purpose and taste.
William l.. Price.
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Nut Loaf.

Mix one cup bread crumbs with one
cup of ground nuts. Wet with one
cup sweet milk and one beaten egg;
season with salt, pepper. sage; crate
in some onion: bake 25 minutes; fine
for lunch.
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Moths From Eurs,

To keep moths out of furs place a
piece Of common rock birthstone, Just
as 1t is. In your chest or wardrobe, and
the moth will never come near any
woolen goods.
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Any one who stencils or paints can
make 1t very ornamental indeed. but
a very simple method. and one which
gives individuality to the convenience,
is to afflx one or more initial letters OF
metal similar to those formerly used
on handbags
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Crepe Underwear,

Cotton and silk crepe. too. are in IA
vor now for all articles of lingerie.
Both wash admirably. Some of the
finest cotton crepe is wonderfully at
tractive and admits OF hand work to
excellent advantage.
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Swiss Soup.

Make a stock of lamb or chicken.
season with salt and pepper and but
ter. add little rice. Cook until ten
der. Just before taking up add cup
Of cream
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17

An excellent method of relieving a
cough is to place half filled hot wa
ter bottle over an alcohol flannel on
the chest.
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WAYS OF SERVING TOMATOES.

There is no more delicious fruit
vegetable. II 1t may be 30 called. than
the tomato. Sliced after peeling, the
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-17

HE happiest thing.
- The freest thing
That man may hope to see.
Is a sunbonnet mite
OF a country child
In the top
OF an apple tree.
Mary Dawson
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All that a man hath will he give for
his life.
oh. cheese It IL q surly elf,
Digesting all things but itself.
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Its Nature.

Its Nature.
Some people seem to regard local
option with a tigerish rage"
"Yes-blind-tigerish."
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experimenting. For no matter what
may develop in hairdressing NODES
each woman should exercise her judg-
ment for herself and dress her hair