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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
TRY THIS HOMEMADE
COUGH REMEDY.
Costs Little, But Does the
Work Quickly, or Money
Refunded.

Mix one pint of graduated
sugar with u pint of warm water.
and stir for 2 minutes. Put 2h
ounces of PineX tfifty cents WORTHY
in pint bottle; then add the Sugar
Syrup. Take a teaspoonful every
one, two or three hours.
You will find that this simple
remedy takes hold of cough more
quickly than anything else you
ever used. Usually ends deer
seated cough inside of "a hours
Splendid, too, for whooping cough
Group, chest pains. bronchitis and
other throat troubles. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite and is slightly
laxative, which helps end cough
This recipe makes more and bet
ter cough syrup than you could
buy ready made for $3.50. 1t keeps
perfectly and tastes pleasantly.
PineX is the most valuable con-
centrated compound of Norway
white pine extract. and is rich in
guaiacol and all the natural pine
elements which are so healing to
lions will not work in this formula.
with Pinex and sugar syrup Cor
strained honey has proven SO pop
ular throughout the United Stats s
and Canada that it is often initial
ed. But the old, successful formu-
la has never been equaled.
A guaranty of absolute satisfac-
ton, or money promptly refunded,
goes with this recipe. Your drug
gist has Pinex or will get 1t for
you. II not. send to The Pinex Co..
ft. Wayne, Ind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

she need not bear the history of
her life somewhere emblazoned
on her person so that all who
pass may read.
The moment girl is engaged
she tells it to the world in a more
or less expensive engagement
ring. Upon her marriage she
adds to it a wide band of gold
that all may know that she is a
wife. Her husband, to whom the
sacrament of marriage is presum-
ably just as sacred. does not usu-
ally feel called upon to tag HIM
self similarly.
Even in their grief women are
followers of convention and ira
dition. They swathe themselves
in black and make themselves
walking monuments of woe.
One may not decry the happi-
ness of the girl who has just
Promised to become the wife of
the man she loves, and her inno-
cent pride in some token COM
memorating that event is perfect
ly natural. But that it must be
ring and that 1t must be worn
on a certain finger is purely con-
ventional notion that robs it of
all sacredness.
And is there any sane reason
why one should foist ones grief
upon a strange world? The deep
mourning that gradually gives
way to the lighter and gayer co.,
ors as one is supposed to forget
ones sorrow is grim joke to
anyone with sense of humor.
JUST ONE LAST WORD
Love and grief are too
sacred to be shared with
stranger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Can you pay the high cost OF
living for your household every
year and clear $500 besides off
your back yard?
Mrs. Elizabeth Tedrick says you
can. She ought to know because
she does 1t. On a lot 75x1S7
feet she has her dwelling, flower
garden and lawn, berry patcs,
vegetable garden, rabbit hutches.
and model chicken ranch, off of
which she derives AN annual in
come of $500.
Here's how she does It:
She raises "pedigreed" stuff.
Everything about the premises ex-
eept the gasoline pump that irri-
gates the place has a pedigree,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
BY BILLIE BURKE.
THE FIRST WORD -
Don't tag yourself,


From the time a girl is born
some kind of a tag is put on her
Just why a girl should be always
thought as GIRL before you
think of her as a human being
is something l can't tell. l have
an idea, however, that it has come
down to us from the time when
we belonged to our lords and
masters.
Today woman should remem.
Der that she belongs" to no one
but herself and she should refuse
to tag herself. Just because you
have promised to marry a man
is no reason why you should ad-
vertise to every stranger the fact
that you belong" to some man.
Some very estimable woman
who writes one of those perfect
ly proper" columns (supposed to
be read by every woman each
morning so that she will be able
to get through the day without
being unwomanly) deplores the
vanishing of the wedding ring
from the hands of young married
women. She declares that it has
such a sacred and beautiful sig
nificance that a right thinking
woman would rather part with
her life than with this emblem of
her supposedly beatiffic state.
This constantly explaining to
the world at first glance ones
absolute status in society is a
relic of the time when woman
was a chattel and it is still hard
work to get over the idea that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
cial Features of Interest To The Times Women Readers
SOCIETY

The Women's Karl Marx Study
club will close the old year with
a family social on Monday night,
December 80, at Maccabee hall,
1109 1-2 c street. All kinds of
games and plays, fortune telling
by Madam Bijou, card reading,
cup reading and other social fea-
lures are on the program. An
original Dutch lunch will be serv-
ed.
Installation ceremonies will be
followed by dancing and refresh
ments, according to invitations
being sent out by Tacoma lodge,
No. 22, F. & A. NJ, Friday even
ing.
An engagement of Miss Char
lotte M. Levings of Tacoma to
George A. Arnold of Vacaville,
Cal, has just been announced.
Under the direction of J. w.
Todd, a quartette will give a
Christmas musicale Sunday night
at the First Congregational
church. The singers are: Mrs.
Grace B. Tallman, soprano; Mrs.
I. j. Powers, contralto; A. G..
Bantly, basso; ]. w. odd, tenor.
A dainty holiday wedding was
solemnized at the country home
of Mrs. Agnes Kalles at Mcmillan
Sunday, when her daughter, EN-
ma M, was married to Archie j.
NaylOr of Adna
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
ettots Ts &c G4M1a4thieG Grey

was very selfish, rude and incon-
siderate of another's feelings.
Weeds can be rooted out of a dis
position just as they can be pulled
out of garden. and flowers,
and if you are convinced she has
learned her lesson, and is willing
to improve herself, by all means
help her to do it.
AT the same time may help you
to destroy some of your mental
weeds. If you cannot be of mu-
tual benefit, forgive her, and let
her know it; but have nothing
more to do with her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

mine.
The next day she called
me up on the phone saying
the young man had insulted
her and she wanted to apollo
gize for what she had done.
1 told her 1 wasn't soft
guy, for her to call again.
What shall 1 do? Her folks
say she can't go with anyone
but me. DO you think she
will think me soft if I make
up again? GEORGE.
A.-The girls act is an indi
cation of her disposition. Sh,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Everything Is highly intensified.
Last year she Matched and sold
$4,000 baby chicks, and this year
the number will run higher. This
is called custom work" by chick
en- raisers. Customers bring the
eggs and Mrs. Tedrlck does the
Matching. Her basement is filled
with incubators that have a capac-
fly of 5000 eggs.
Mrs. Tedrick specializes on
Black Orpingtons and White Orp-
ingtons, Golden Campines and
Silver Campines-all o which
are chickens-and the most pro-
fitable breeds In the business.
Blooded Campine eggs bring from
SIS to SIS a dozen and the hens
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Sprinkle Sardines.

When box of sardines Is
opened it should be drained of
all oil possible, and then the little
fish turned out and sprinkled with
lemon juice. They should be
drained again before serving. The
lemon will cut the remaining oil
and make the sardines more pal
atable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
WHICH DOES HE LOVE
BEST, THE GIRL OR
THE DANCE2

Dear Miss Grey: 1 am a
young man in my teens,
and am keeping company
with a very nice young girl
whom 1 think very much
of, but she does not dance
and l am very fond of dane
ing.
Would it be all right for
me to try and get her to go,
or for me to go without
her? GEORGE.
Aft you love the girl NOR
than dancing, it will not be
sacrifice to prefer her compan.
1t is not right to persuad
her to go with you. Each mus
decide these questions for hin
or herself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Keeps Eggs.

To preserve eggs, fill a wooden
box with ordinary salt, smear
each egg over with olive oil, and
place it in the salt with the point
ed end downwards. Eggs treat
ed in this manner will keep fresh
for some time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

Simplicity and comfort marks
this dainty bedroom or house
gown. 1t is of dark red sicilienne
with collar and cuffs of white
Swill lawn and dotted with navy
blue embroidered squares trim
med with valenciennes lace. About
the waist there is strip of val.
insertion through which there is
drawn a navy blue velvet ribbon.
One thing about this model that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

cores are cut off at the waist
line and the sides of the bodice
and the sleeves are cut kimona
fashion. The trimming consists
of bands of Persian lamb and
black buttons and loops of black
silk cord. There is a band of
dark red silk about the round
neck and this same silk forms
rather wide undersleeves that are
trimmed with black buttons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Use q Cork Knob.

Should the knob come off a pan
or kettle, screw can be slipped
through the hole with the head
inside the lid. Screw a cork onto
the protruding end. This knob
will not get hot and can be re-
placed,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

oughly dried, make a little starch
in pint basin with boiling water
and rub lightly over with a clean
cloth. 1t will dry very brightly,
without any further rubbing or
polishing, and has the advantage
of being glossy without being
slippery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Soda PeelS Potatoes.

Many housewives do not know
that it will be much easier to
scrape potatoes if they are
soaked for a while in water in
which little soda has been dis
solvd. Add little milk to the
water in which they are boiled
and it will improve the flavor,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

are famous layers. Orpington
eggs go from So to s25. so you
see the goose that layed the
golden egg hasn't got very much
on these birds. In the market,
0rpingtons sell for 35 cents a
pound-10 cents more than ordi-
nary chickens. Mrs. Tedrick sells
all her eggs for dollar apiece
that's because they are from pedf-
greed birds.
Last year from four White Or
pington hens and a cock, Mrs.
Tedrick sold rs chicks at a dollar
apiece and five settings of eggs
at $40 setting. Just figure out
what she could have done with a
couple OF thousand of these birdA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
A FOOLISH GIRL LEARNS
A HARD LESSON

Dear Miss Grey: i can
no longer restrain myself
from writing to You about
my case. I'm a young man
of ri, and have been going
with a girl of IS for over
two years. 1 have always
] treated her like a lady and
was thought well of by her
folks.
Last Saturday night we
went to q dance and had q
fine time until a young man
came In and got acquainted
with her and she took his
company home instead of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Saves Ginning.

When washing valuable china
or cut glass it is a good plan to
place a heavy Turkish towel at
the bottom of the basin. This
prevents all danger of the china
and glass getting Clipped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
TO BOY SHE HAS NEVER
SEEN?

Dear Miss Grey: Do you
think it would be wrong for
young girl to send a boy
her picture, boy she has
never seen, but has his pic
ture, if he is only one of her
correspondents?
REAL "ROSY CHEEKS"
Alt is better not to.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Hair Tonic

Ayers Hair Ngoy keeps the scalp clean
and healthy. Promotes growth. Checks
falling. Does not color.
A. x.,- D-.. J. O. Aver Co..
ASK your UoCtof. Lowell. Mass
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Takes Color Out.

To take the color entirely out
of a cotton dress after it has be-
come somewhat faded, boil the
dress in cream of tartar water. A
perfectly white dress results.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
HOME HINTS
Cleans a Handbag.

The handbag or satchel, of un-
dressed kid, when soiled by
usage, need not be turned over
to the professional cleaner. The
secret of restoration is a piece of
sandpaper rubbed over the sur
face. A very fine grade of sand
paper is required. When this is
used with care the effect is magi-
cal, and no injury to the material
accrues. Many kinds of feathers
without polished surface-for ex-
ample, suede, undressed and ooze
calf-skin-can be cleaned thus.
Lamp Glasses.
To clean lamp glasses hold
them over a ing of boiling water
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

will prove pleasing to some women
is that it may be worn as house
gown at times when a kimona
would be much too informal.
For the woman who works in
a down town office nothing could
be more appropriate than this
one-piece gown. 1t is made of di-
agonal worsted in semi-princess
style. Both the front and back
panels go to the neck, the side
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

| know | would worship a child
of my own, and consequently
spoil it, so l have never mar
ried.
CONSCIENTIOUS OLD MAID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

am an old maid because I
have never seen man l could
love and | would rather be an old
maid than a grass widow.
OLD MAID OF 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26


piled and partly composed by
Confucius. 1t is divided into five
books.
The present bankruptcy law
has been in existence since 1898
and has been amended on Feb.
5, 1903; June Is, 1906, and
June 25, 1910.
The length from deep water to
deep water of the Panama canal
is so miles; length on land, 40
miles; and bottom width of chan
mel, maximum 1000 feet.
To use the colored stick seal
ing wax, melt with a candle, let
ting one drop of the wax fall on
the flap of the envelope and
stamp while warm.
The Pan-American exposition
was held in Buffalo, n. Y, from
May l to November /, 1901. 1t
was so called because of the
large number of exhibits brought
from Central and South America.
Indiana has repealed its met
ropolitan police law under which
the governor of the state ap-
pointed police commissioners In
the cities of 10000 to $4,000:
hereafter these officials will be
appointed by the mayors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

until we'll steamed, then polish
with a dry buster. 1t is far less
trouble than washing, and the
glasses very rarely break.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Cynthia's Answers to
Many Questions

The Chinese Bible was COM
piled and partly composed by
Confucius. 1t is divided into five
books.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

am unmarried because my
father was a drunkard and is q
standing disgrace. The man 1
loved was proud of their family
honor. / would not deceive him,
and | could not tell him.
HONEST OLD MAID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

I am like the man who said he
was not we'll enough to take
medicine. My character is not
sufficiently developed to stand
the test of marriage and home
life as it is today.
SENSIBLE OLD MAID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

I did not want to marry and
not have children: and could
never make myself believe
could be a good enough mother
to rear a child as it would have
the right to expect.
OLD MAID FROM CHOICE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
mo MAN is USELESS
WHILE HE HAS FRIEND"

mo MAN is USELESS
WHILE HE HAS FRIEND"
Dear Miss Grey: 1 know
young man, well educated,
of good manners, highly
musical and plays the violin
as an expert.
All of this when he is So
Der; but he has an awful
whisky habit, and this seems
to draw all the good away
from him. He loses position
after another. As soon as
he gets his money, it goes to
the saloon-keepers; but when
it is gone he has no friend
in him.
1 have tried my very
best to lead him on to a bet
ter road; but it seems im-
possible. Can you give me
advice on how to help this
poor fellow?
A strong desire to give u
the habit must first be created i
the mans mind. If you will sen
ME a stamped self-addressed Ell
velope, l can probably help yol
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
TWO STRANGERS.

A.-Some people can flirt and
no harm come of it, but this is
not usually the case, SO, it has
come to be looked upon as an in
dication of bad character, and
men especially look upon it in
this light. The best thing is not
to do it, even for fun.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26

am an "Old Maid" because
/ lost the only one | can ever
love.
"a MAID OF SEVENTEEN"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
WHY ARE
OLD MAIDS

There is more honor in being
an old maid than the wife of q
booze soaked, tobacco picked
man, who is kind to all but his
wife. She must bear 1t or be
dragged through the divorce
courts. WOULD-BE OLD MAID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
To Polish Linoleum.

When the linoleum or floor
cloth has been washed and thor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
A POINT WHERE GIRLS
ARE OEvTRN tn RV,AME

A POINT WHERE GIRLS
ARE OFTEN TO BLAME
Dear Miss Grey: 1 am
young man of IL and have
been going with a girl of 16
for the past year.
She has always paid a
good deal of attention to me,
until about week ago
took her to a party, and
she turned me down and
said mean things about me,
and went home with another
young man.
A few days later met
her on the street and she
didn't speak to me. Do you
think she is tired of me?
Would you drop her if you
were me? Do you think that
is the proper way for her to
do? 1 think she has given
me the cold shoulder all
right. AL.
AT you are at fault beg he
pardon; if not, let her go.
A girl should not accept ;
young mans company to a plac,
of amusement and drop him TO
another, unless he has been in
sulting. Then she has all the RICH
in the world to allow a decen
man to take her home. Other
wise, she should keep her ap
pointment and allow her escor
to the entertainment to take he
home.
If I were a young man, ant
not guilty of misdemeanor,
would certainly not allow a CIR
to drop me more than once.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
THEY FLIRT WITH US,
AND WE FLIRT BACK

Dear Miss Grey: we are
two girls aged 10 and II,
strangers in this city, and
we work in candy factory.
Every noon a bunch of boys,
drivers for the commission
houses, get out in the alley
and flirt with us and we
f1irt back. Is this wrong,
Miss Grey?
Please print this in the
paper as soon as possible, as
we have no one to advise us.
FEhanIyirn Won
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-26
Lamp Glasses.

To clean lamp glasses hold
them. over a jug of boiling water
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-08

ceive and protect your daughter, ever
If the marriage had not already taken
place.
The younger man. seemingly little
more than stripping. was on his feet
now also.
Il could do it. father" he exclaimed
eagerly. Jean rides as well as any
man. and | could be back in Miners
Vile In forty-eisht hours Shall l go?"
If necessary. yes George: but we
will wait here until the Inst possible
moment in the hope that Dunn may
appear. My heart is set on the con-
summation of this marriage. chaplain;
it has been the cherished plan of our
fa miles ever since the birth of Calvert
and lean. not only because 1t will
unite us all more closely. who have
been neighbors more than a hundred
years. but because our plantations
touch each other and will form one
magnificent property after the war
JEAN ! regret to say. has been the one
obstacle in the way heretofore-she is
somewhat headstrong and filed with
girlish notions-but she has at last
consented to do as we wish. and am
actually afraid to permit her any OPP
portunity for reconsideration, y.
i was n soldier. and had become pos
sessed of an important military secret.
which every sense of my duty to my
cause compelled me to, bear to Rose
Grams if possible. The slightest delay
might prove disastrous: yet how was
. to accomplish the work in time to be
of value2 4 was well within the Con-
federate lines. on foot and a fugitive.
my ragged uniform sure to betray me
TO any challenging sentinel. l. compre-
hended something now of the lay Of
the land the situation of the two ar
mics and the direction of the contem-
plated movement If only possessed
a horse and a Confederate uniform
might discover a passage and arrive
in time with my message of warning
to prevent a grave disaster Those
horses tied to the fence corneri George
was there. and probably the negro Joe
as well, and they were so close to the
house the slightest sound of a strug-
gle would be heard instantly. That
would mean four against one. the four
armed. The -orderlyI- Ay. there was a
possible chance be would come riding
down that road from the west alone.
unsuspecting danger. 1t was n black.
cloudy night intensely STILL. and /
would need to get some distance away
before any attack on the speeding mes
senger would be safe.
crawled back along the fence
shadow. grasping. as / passed. a loos-
ened picket for a weapon. Then I
walked boldly down the road to the
westward.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-08

tercept you. for Colonel Denslow be-
Heved that. owing TO the sudden move
ment of the army. you would be unable
to escape from your staff duties long
enough TO keep your engagement He
expected. however. the arrival of an
orderly ut any moment ordering his
immediate return to his regiment"
do you mean to tell me that you
know what our plans of operation
are?'
Il know enough of them. at least. to
make me particularly anxious to get
away Now stop that. aforementioned
another move! Doubtless you know
what this derr1nger contains. will
assuredly use it If necessary. and it
feels to me like a hair trigger. Put
out your hands-no. hold them close
together-so"
The utter uSelessness of resistance
was very plain. and I greatly disliked
gagging him: yet at any moment the
orderly might ride past.
1 led the horse slowly forward and
must have advanced hundred feet or
more. scarcely making rustling in the
short grass under foot. when a horse
Weighed shrilly to our right Instantly
"A dim figure rose up
who am darT"->t was the voice OF
the negro startled. trembling. yet loud
with alarm "Massa George. Massa
George. sah.''
His words awoke within me sud-,
den hope. Possibly amid that intense
darkness l might pass muster. for long
enough at least to gain some adyan-
tageperhaps even to escape without
being compelled to do him bodily in
jury. 1t must be either that or else
an instant struggle which could only