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The Washington herald., 1912-10-13

40 practical American housemother
nj needs explanation Of the title Of to-
days talk. There are '' questions
many and problems not lew which
engage our serious attention, hold
ing our eyes waking In the silent midnight
watches and harassing us during the day.
like swarms Of black gnats singing and
singing when we would be at ease.
"The vexed Question par eminence
conveys but one idea to the housewifely
mind. From one years end to the other
am pelted with letters begging me to throw
some light upon the dark subject of Ameri-
can domestic service-as two correspond
ents whose letters are open before me
pronounce it" Confessedly the worst in
the world It is impracticable to answer
all Of these petitioners. even II had
remedy for the most Objectionable features
Of that service at hand. Yet it is un-
kind and inexpedient to ignore them alto
gether. One woman tells me seriously, " In
fact. 1t is the only thing in our home life
that deserves the name Of trouble With
me II Is a running sore that have no hope
Of healing
Another asks: why II 1t that the
United States, which leads the world in all
other inventions for the good of the human
race. produces no system that amends our
national disgrace? I mean the wretched
management Of that branch Of home life
which has to do with helpers in kitchen and
housework? / have introduced the best
labor saving machines / can find into my
house.
II have a freless cooker that bakes.
boils, and steams. All my cook has to do
a,I . into fh,
various compartments and let the heaters
do the rest. Ny laundress has an electric
iron and the chambermaid a vacuum clean
er. We have electric lights and steam heat
/ give good wages and am as punctilious
with regard TO the maids days out as OF
r. own and my daughters oates.
-.sver scold or speak unkindy. Each MEM
scr of the family is considerate Of the
maids comfort and invariably pleasant OF
speech to them. Yet they behave as II
they were doing me a favor by doing my
work, eating the food paid for with my
money. and enjoying the advantages OF
luxurious home at no expense TO them
selves beyond performing tasks which are
their profession and by which they live.
=" From first to last. ! am the obliged
party: they are the benefactors. Worse
than all, II Is they who decide In what man.
ner the tasks shall be performed My hus-
band asked me last night How long do
YOU suppose would keep clerk who dared
to dictate to me in what style my business
should be conducted? He would walk the
plank plaguey quick!
- answered that were 1 to talk to one Of
my three maids as have heard him speak
to his employees 1 should be servantless in
ten minutes, and be unable to fill their
places when they had time to spread the
story that mine is hard place Some
body inquired Of him once how many serv-
ants we kept. His reply was. Three, and
one slave. Ny wife is the slave! 1t was
the honest truth. and the same might be
said of thousands OF American women re-
puted to be well to do You are instruct
ing us upon all manner Of other matters.
but l notice that you give this a wide
berth"
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grade Of butter. coffee. and sugar. skinned
milk. boiled soup meat. etc. and this while
the best Of everything and the finest DELI
cacies pass constantly through their hands
to 30 to the table Of master or mistress.
Il well ,recollect one evening. after the
cook had been making jelly all day. want
ed to give the servants a treat and put .
glass Of jelly upon their supper table. saying
that II was expressly for them. Every one
of them stared at me In utter amaxement.
and their Merci, madame" was anything
but enthusiastic. A few minutes later.
when entered the dining room. there stood
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clothes. giving the mother money for the
purchase. and sent him toys and confec-
tionery. etc. She dressed IN deep black and
went to see the child every night. Happen
ing to catch her red handed stealing. dis
In my face and threatened me with the
'perlice.'
"A day or two after her departure had .
letter from the intelligence once from
which had secured her at hrst begging
me to reconsider my resolution to refuse
Mary Jones . certificate Of honesty. etc.
She IL penitent. and since she has the
maintenance Of drunken husband upon
her hands It 10 but fair that she should re-
ceive charity from humane woman!'
Inquiry proved that the pseudo-widow
had no child and that all the gifts sent by
me to the boy had gone for liquor consumed
by husband and wife.
Now for the point Of the story! Within
. month met the woman coming nut OF
the house Of . neighbor Of mine and found
that she was employed by her ~ cook.
Like the fool am. called upon my &C.
quaintahce, with whom my relations had
always been most friendly. and told her the
exact truth. She had engaged the creature
from the same ONCE In which had depoe-
tied her record. and when asked why she
had not referred the matter to me when she
knew Mary had been in my employ. replied
that she preferred to form her own opin-
ion Of an employe; she never conferred with
former employer
For ausht I know the woman is still
with her. Nor 10 this q singular case.
have known half a dozen such. In England
a certificate Of character 10 demanded by
the prospective mistress. and IL It be not all
right the servant cannot get q footing In q
respectable family. Were I to engage a
discharged servant who had left the service
Of an Acquaintance for any gross fault
should lose caste socially were the fact
known. ! may not approve Of trades unions
as rule. but hasn't the time come when
we American housekeepers must Tight fire
with fire?'
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Too Much Meat Eaten.

Thank you for tie pleasant things you
say Of the H. H. C. page. and also for your
candid expression Of dissent in my ideas
touching the consumption Of neeh foodA
refer to the obnoxious luncheon to ex-
plain that must have conveyed my ssnti-
ments regarding It very clumsily II I
recommended graham crsckers and mix
as steady dAet for sruwins children.
What I meant to say, and what DO say
now. b that In my opinion . hearty meal
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&
Are Not the Housewives to Blame ,

A Chicago correspondent puts a direct
question: Are not we. the housewives Of
the United States. TO blame that We are
overridden by the Arabs who invade, ravage
and then desert our kitcheps. leaving desc
lation behind them? ] discharged a cook
for thievery and impertInence. Moreover.
she had come: to me as a widow with one
child who was living with an aunt and
whom the widow was supportin.' She
lived with me six months. during which
period Of serv!tude I fitted up the child
whom I never saw-with a suit Of new
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generation to get q maid Of all work at
any price? have applied at four Of the
best THAT Is. highest pricedl intelligence
ofnces In New York for one. and failed.
They have the same story in each once:
We cannot get them. for the species ID
going out OF fashion. We advertise in
vaiu.'
Now, dear friend Of the housewife.
listen to my tale Of woe!'
II have a pretty. convenient. and rather
roomy apartment in q pleasant quarter
Of the city. There are In the family my
husband. three boys. and myself. John
and the boys leave the house after break
fast. and do not reappear until late in the
afternoon, upon nve days in the week. On
Saturday the boys are at home to lunch
con. We are all at homt Sundays. Ny
luncheon 10 4 very simple affair always.
and lunch abroad upon an average three
days in the week-always on Thursday.
which 10 the maids day out. She has
likewise every other Sunday afternoon
and evening and she can walk out Of the
house any evening in the week. un-
less We have company. which Is seldom.
and stay out until midnight II she likes
i used to have a laundress in two days In
the week to do the washing, but the then
incumbent objected SO strenuously to
cluttering up the kitchen with wet
clothes that succumbed. and now put
out all the washing. including her aprons
and starched skirts.
RI pay her just the same wages as
when the washing was done at home. and
she lent a hand with the ironing-that Is,
$50 per month. Her food is exactly the
same as ours. and she has unlimited tea
privileges, namely, a hot cup seven and
eight times per diem. She will have none
but the choicest brand-say. orange pekoe
at 81 pound.
IAre any Of them that?I When. in fact.
she left me this morning. She had no fault
to find with the place. II 1t hadn't been
that you was all that nice that hated
TO disoblige you I wouldn't a stayed longer
than the first week-I was that lonesome! !
And It goes against me now to tell you
I'm takin' another position. But there's
few first class maids now what will take
a place as general housework doer.'
She's liable to be looked down upon by
her acquaintances-particu by the
men-and She gifts kinder old maidishlike
living so much to herself. with not soul
to speak to all day long. I'm sure shall
always speak well OF the place. and II
things was diff'rent. would just as lieve
stay as not
l had such hard work TO get her that
/ have little hope Of obtaining a successor.
Can you suggest some radical change in
the policy Of domestic service as prac-
ticed Tor malpracticedl in this free and en-
lishtened country. that will abate this
nuisance"
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Two capital helps are the result Of
your commendable resolve TO come out Of
your small corner into the open and
lend a hand. / congratulate you moder-
atedy and the Corper heartily.
When you have more Of like quality to
spare do not forge. your duty to fellow
housemothers.
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a woman hired by the day will not do .
stroke Of work after the clock strikes 8
There she stays until the Job is done. be il
10 O'Clock or later.
What servant here does not get the
same fare as her employer. often sitting at
the family table wnen there is no company
present? A servant in Europe never would
dream OF eating at her employers table.
And not that alone. They do not expect the
same fare. They have their own cheap
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

PECAUSE OF The enormous number Of
IL letter, semitic The department. ! must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications 10
100 pords. except in cases Of formulas or
recipes rhieh require greater space. ] uant
eli my correspondents 70 hase skowins in
the Corner. and Il my request in this respect
is complied uhh 1t ..il be possible to print
many more letters.
Attention Is called 10 the faet that Marion
Hasland cannot veeeipe money for patterns.
as she has no connection uih any department
that sells them. Marion Harland.
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Children's Luncheon Criticised.

AS friend and admirer Of your Sun
day page, 1 was astonished to note your
approval Of the children's luncheon of
graham crackers and milk advised by one
Of your readers.
Far from being a glutton with regard
to flesh foods I was brought up by an old
fashioned. sensible mother. who believed
in a portion Of meat for children as well a
grownups at least once a day, with plenty
Of vegetables. eggs, milk. and all other
nutritious food.
Il gasped In reading Of any mother with
the welfare Of growing children at heart.
suggesting anything like that cracker
luncheon as suficient for growing children.
Those little ones surely belong to the class
who MUNICH anything all day long because
they cannot be nourished by such pro-
visions as are set Gown here.
Upon one point do not agree with you.
You seem to have an impression that there
Is too much meat consumed In most Amer
lean families. Granting this to be the case
with some, my experience has been. both
in New York City and in my summer neigh
borhood upon Long Island. that economy
Is practiced In every~direction where real
nourishment 10 concerned. only that there
may be more money wasted upon bakers
pies. candy. and anything else to I'LL up .
defrauded stomach.
Your page Is the first part Of the paper
I read, and it has helped me much. have
just read the menu Of that luncheon and !
had to enter my protest!
II am blessed with . year old daughter
Of whom every acquaintance will say. She
Is the picture Of health attribute much
Of that condition to the care I gave her diet
both before and after her birth.
Three nourishing meals day and rare
ly anything between meals has been my
rule. Ny heart bleeds for children whose
parents have far greater means than /
have. but who do not recognize the abeo-
lutte necessity Of proper feeding.
"ERANcEe NJ K"
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Taxing the Shine OF Serge.

have marked for reply two inquiries
in the Corner 10 which think can return
satisfactory answers.
"One is signed n. r. the other L j.
I should consider myself selfish and un-
grateful were to sit In my little corner Of
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pores, When 1t ceases to lather. rip it
open. rinse in clear water. and dry before
reflling with accumulated bits collected
from various bedrooms. There is no need
of losing one atom Of soap
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Didn't Knop What 10 Make of It,

AS I heard afterward. one Of them
brought the jelly to my fatherin-law with
the report that MaGame had given Il to
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that glass Of Jelly untouched. and my
father-in-law requested me 10 refrain. in
future. from making gifts TO the servants.
They were not used TO II and consequently
6!d not desire IT"
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Cannot Find Maid CT All Work.

A third inquiries: Can you tell We why
Il is next to impossible in this Gay and
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x/A L AY I thank the Exchange for
S" the many helpful talks and for
the valuable recipes given each
week, and as a slight token Of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-10-15
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

Providence, Blacksmith Fork Irri-
CATION company. Notice is hereby
given that at a meeting of the board
of directors held on Tuesday, Septem-
Der II, 1912, an assessment of seven
ty cents (7o) per share was levied
on the capital stock of the corpora
ton payable to the secretary at his
residence at Providence, Utah. on
or before October 20, 1912. Any stock
upon which this assessment remains
unpaid on the 23rd day OF October
1912 will be delinquent and advertised
for sale at pubic auction and unless
payment is made before win be sold
on November Is, 1912 to pay the de
linquent assessment together with the
I, osts of advertising and expenses OF
sale. OILS
J. J. FREDERICK,
Secretary
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-10-15

Carl G. Kratzenstein, Manager j.
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ADVERTISEMENT
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Don't forget our advertisers
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When your food does not digest
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my child was burned terribly
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REPUBLICAN TICKET

For Vice President
JAMES sCHOoLCRAFT SHERMAN
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21
THE FINEST in THE STATE

Is the big modern plant recently purchased
from the Booth Fisheries Co. by A. Il. WASH
burne and located ut foot OF Midway" on the
bay shore, as "a permanent home for the con-
stlntly increasing business in the manufact-
ure OF SANITARY Rugs flom oid Carpets" Grade
mark established 1889 in which lire trade
has been successfully established all over the
United States on the excellence OF products
This also gives much needed room to the Car
pet Cleaning and refitting department, which
includes large sterilizing abbator for purify
ing rugs and carpets The cleaning depart
ment is fully equippep with all modern aud
time saving machinery devices run by cleo
tricity. Two OF the largest rotary renovating
machines for general cleaning aud powerful
Vacuum machine 100 per cent times more
powerful and efficient than the portable ones
this latter Is for fine rugs and orientals The
plant is also equipped with three machines for
the sewing OF carpets OF all kinds in the most
approved manner with fiat elastic seams. Thus
with largest facilities, most up-to-date equip,
ment, highest grade OF workmanship, lowest
possible prices, and PROMPT service, bespeaks
u busy future for the PetOskey Rug Co. of
which A. II. Washburue is proprietor and to
which address all orders and correspondence
should be addressed-NO AGENTS. -Petos-
key Evening News. April 10. 19li.-Make your
Shipments as early as possible.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER Ell. 1912.
(OFFIOIAE
COUNTY CANyASSERS'
STATEMENT

(Contiaued From First Page)
The whole number Of votes given by the
Socialist Party for candidate for office OF
REPRESENTATIVE IN STATE LE6ISLA-
TURE was
n,a Aundred Eaur ia
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

The pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church Invites all readers Of this no
tice w attend public worship there
next Sunday morning OF 1880 and
evening at 1880
A III seats are free and every one is
welcome. "FOrsaking not the
assembling OF yourselves together as
the manner OF some is"
SUNDAY School at Has. The child.
rem and teachers should do little
missionary work and invite all, old
or young who are not in the habit OF
attending
Y. Z. 5. g. e. will meet as usual at
6:45. This Is an excellent service ia
the interests Of the Young aud man
aged by them. Come with US and
we will do you good"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

Mrs. j. N. Hill. Homer, Ga, has
used Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for years, and says she always
recommends il to her friends. 1T
never fails To cure our coughs and
prevents Group. We have five child
rem and always give them Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for cold
aud they are all soon we'll. We
could not be without it In our house. "
Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

Antoine Deloria, Postmaster at
Garden, Mich, knows the exact facts
when he speaks of the curative value
Of Foley Kidney Pills, lie says,
From my own experience | recom-
mend Foley Kidney Pills, as great
remedy for kidney trouble. My faith
er was cured of kidney disease and a
good many Of my neighbors we're
cured by Foley Kidney Pills. HIte's
Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

It's easier To make love than it is
Away TO mean it.
When poverty comes IN at the door
II never stops 10 wipe its feet.
| have Fruit Lands, Lake Shore
Farms, Improved Farms aud City
property in all parts OF CharlevoiS
County to sell or trade. Also farms
and business chances anywhere in
United States. JOEL JOHNSTON
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

IL is never too soon 10 blame il on
the other fellow when you make a
mistake.
DRY CROOKS or CIR0LINGs is the
best kind OF cook stove wOOd--fOr sale
% cents per load-EAsT JORDAN Coo
PERA0E Co.
A really effective kidney and blad-
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gress of the disease and then cure the
conditions that cause it. Use Foley
Kidney Pills for all kidney and blad-
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ties. They are safe and reliable.
They help quickly and permanently.
10 the yellow package. Hite's Drug
Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21
STATE OF MICHIGAN
County of CharIeyoix

We do hereby certify. That the foregoing 10
a correct statement OF the votes given in the
County Of Charlevoix for the candidate 8
named in such statement and for the offc e
desienated therein. at the General Primary
Election. held on Tuesday. the Twenty
seventh day Of August. in the year One
thousand Nine Hundred Twelve.
In Witness whereof. We have hereunto set
our hands end caused to be affixed the seal
of the Circuit Court for the County of Char
levoix this fifth day Of September. in the
year one thousand nine hundred twelve,
G. z. Dutton
c. G. Burnett
Frank A. Hull
Board Of County Csnvsssers.
DANIEL s. PAXTON.
Clerk Of Board of County Csnvsssers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21
st. Joseph's Church
Rev. Timothy Kroboth,

Sunday Sept. %.
500 a. m. Low Mass and sermon.
Communion for Young Ladies' Sodal-
ity.
1890 q. m. High Mass and sermon
1880 p. m. RenediGtiOn.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

The whole number Of Votes given for and
against the proposition Of bonding the coun-
ty was
Twenty-four Hundred Twenty eight. ...... 242S
and they were given as follows. via;
One thousand and three votes contained the
words. For the issuing of County
Bonds to raise money for the construction
and maintenance Of County Roads. Yes, 1908
Fourteen hundred and twenty-five votes con-
tanned the words; For the issuing Of County
Bonds to raise money for the construction
and maintenance Of County Roads. No. l42s
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

Entered at the Dostofiice AT East Jordan
Michigan. as second class mail mlttsr.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-09-21

The whole number Of votes given by the
Socialist Party for candidate for Office OF
REGISTER OF DEEDS was
Eighty-tvO .----------. .--.-o<
and they were given for the following named
persons:
David II. Francis received
Eighty-two ....-........:.; ss