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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

result Of long experience, where hos
pitality has been handed down
through the centuries as part Of the
practice Of life.
In our own country a hostess of
eSperience-one who has q large
country house with every appoint.
ment for comfort-finds it easier to
invite a number Of guests than a few.
because they entertain each other.
II one is novice In entertaining.
it is wise to begin with one OF two
guests. The fact that one has mod.
crate means and very simply man.
aged household should not prevent
the inviting Of friends for a visit. A
cordial welcome to country house In
Summer means much In strengthen.
Ing bonds Of friendship. Leisure for
true companionship is then more
possible than at any other season, or
In town, where conditions are artii-
cial.
The custom Is to invite guest for
definite period. The exact dates
should be named in the note of invi-
tation. In this way misunderstood
ings are prevented. The hour for
the train is mentioned and time
table may be enclosed with the note.
1t is mistake for hostess to mag
inc 1t is not polite to name n definite
time for n visit. She should state
from Saturday to Monday, or the
weekend, as the term is, or for
week, or ten days, as the case may
be; but she must be explicit. A
hostess who Is vague, and asks a
friend for "a. few days." causes I'M
certainty rs to what is meant 1t is
understood that guest is expected
to leave before luncheon at the close
Of the visit.
If other friends are expected. a
hostess may mention their names in
the note Of invitation. II certain
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Author of 'The Etiquette of New York To.day,,

Gus on a toilet table. A clothes
brush may be there and pincushion
is indispensable. A small work bas-
ket or little silk bag, supplied with
sewing materials Is a useful addi-
ton. in case a guest has forgotten
needles. thread. scissors, thimble
and bodkin. Fresh flowers In vase
on the dressing table offer pleasant
welcome.
A lounge for resting, with
dainty coverlet or fancy blanket
should be in guest room The
writing table cannot be too well sup
pied. This will do more to make q
guest feel at ease than many other
preparations n hostess may make
There should be plenty of good note
paper, fresh blotting paper, an ink
stand OF generous size, we'll filled, a
penwlper, pens, postage stamps and
calendar. A waste paper basket Is
an important adjunct in a guest
room, frequently forgotten by
hostess. A clock is n convenience
but its striking attachment should
not be wound up. A few readable
books and one or two new magazines
add to a guests pleasure.
Easy rules about breakfast are
customary. If possible, a guest is
offered the option of having a tray
sent to her room or coming down to
breakfast. When the men of the
family take an early train it Is often
better for a hostess to send a tray
upstairs than to oblige On guest to
hurry down for the morning meal.
Coffee Or tea, rolls and butter,
cereal, an egg and fruit are sent up
on tray.
With the best intentions, some
hostesses worry guest by over
entertaining. 1t destroys all pleas
ure to seem to have a guest on ones
mind. When suggesting amusements
u Is sensible not to insist too much
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Knew q Little.

A sentlemah travelling some timo
ago asked a one armed mendicant by
whom he was accosted how he lont
his arm.
1T was like this. sir. The last time
i went TO e. we was caught In a
typhoon OF Cape 'Orn. The snip went
over on her beam ends. SO the cap n
e orders me and Tom to go out on
the yarcarn 10 keelhaul the bosprit
end ter splice the jibb boom 10 the
mg!nrnast l was a-hang!n on 10 tho
top.gal!ant rattlins. when Tom sud
denly let so his end. and L was pitched
forty feet in the old
The gentleman smiled.
"That's capital yarn" he said.
you ought TO have been sailor.
and without giving him anything.
went on mis- way.
Crestfaller. the bcgCar watched his
,nterrogator. and snw crossing
sweeper touch his ma, most deferen-
M II say. jim. who's e wen 'e's a,
'ome?" he called.
.'Fina?'' replied the sweeper. Don't
YOU know VINO that IS? Why. that's
Admiral Beresford."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Engineer Herr Justh, Who Wa.
Cruelty Deceived by the
Movies"

your little Bertha who comes 70 mar
~ you" ~ AnAi
Half dazed, Herr Justh took from,
ms breast pocket the pho,opranh
Frauiein Bertha had sent him. Then
She broke down and confessed ey.
erything. She was so plain She d,d
not dare send her own photogra nh
SO she sent the picture Of a pretty
moving picture actress. And when
ne asked for the moving picture
him.. and sent the money. she had
70 hlrc the same actress to act the
part. What else could she do? All
along she hoped Herr Engineer would
be satisfied with a good and faithfu'
housewife
And then Herr Justh simply turned
and ned back to his engineering lob
and his handmade saleratus bis
cults-a sadder but a wiser man
When Fraulein Bertha, plucking up
her courage. followed him to Wind
nook and sued him for breach of
promise OF marriage. alt his pity for
her vanished. He told the Judge the
whole moving picture story, forti.
he'd by Exhibits A and Band there
was nothing left for Fraulein Bertha
to do but take the next ship home TO
Hamburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Berlin, July 8.

Berlin, July 8.
E-'sRAULE1N BERTHA STAHL, is
sailing home from German
South Africa still unwed. Tho
upright Judge who tried her breach
OF promise suit against Engineer Herr
gusth, while sympathizing with Ber-
tina on account Of loves labors lost
including her long voyage from Ham.
burg, Germany. to Windhook, Ger
man South Authenticated that Herr
Justh was justified In not keeping
his epistolary promise to marry her.
1t is moving tale-in fact
moving picture tale, as you will pres
emily admit
Wife material was scarce down In
South Africa, where Herr Justh was
engineering prosperously the while
he washed his own shirts and baked
his own indigestible saleratus bis
cults. He really wanted wife. and
he vas in urgent need OF good,
plain cook and laundress. So, when
he saw Fraulein Bertha's matrimo-
NAL advertisement In a Berlin news
paper. he responded with alacrity
and his photograph, also with his
financial situation, according to spec.
tfcations.
In due course Herr Justh received
from Fraulein Bertha a charming
letter enclosing the photograph OF rs
neat and pretty a German girl as
any German South African engineer
could desire for a bride-and cook,
ct cetera.
"Your photograph" wrote Fraulein
Bertha "pleases me SO much, and
the account of your prosperous con-
dition is so straightforward and
frank that can hardly wait to hear
what you think Of my picture"
His own hand made saleratus bis
cults having at that time caused
gastric disturbances particularly
hard 10 bear, Herr Justh could hardly
restrain his impulse to send Frau
lein Bertha a fat check and implore
her TO come on at once and be mar
Tied. Prudence prevailed, however.
lie must be assured that Fraulein
Bertha was as good a hausfrau as
she was pretty. 1t seemed brutal to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

~ she smiles. Such a smile Her
pretty lips open. She Is singing as
she sews. A pretty woman who can
keep house and make her own
clothes, and who sings at her work
o blessed frauleln!
Again the scene changes. Oh
JOY! Oh, rapture! Who wouldn't
want a wife like that? She is SIT.
ting by the evening lamp, with her
pretty head bent over something in
her left hand while with her right
yes she is darning socks! Better
yet she loves to darn socks, for she
Is smiling the while she darns Herr
Justh wants to rush out and send
cable: II am yours; come immedi.
ately!"
But just now there Is another
change OF scene. It Is a homelike
sitting room with an open upright
piano In it. Enters a vision of love.
liness in a dream of a costume. and
Sits down at the piano. 1t Is the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

amusements are planned, It is sensi-
Die to give hint about them. This
enables a guest to decide what
dresses to take for the visit.
Arrangements for meeting guests
at the station and bringing them 10
the house should be made. Their
luggage should be taken charge of
and placed in their rooms. These
attentions are occasionally over
looked by an Indifferent hostess. and
an unfavorable impression is made
on an arriving guest.
A hostess Is, Of course, cordial In
her greeting. Friends arriving from
distance are offered tea or some
nefreshment unless the hour for a
meal Is near. Women guests are
shown to their rooms by the hostess
with as little delay as possible. Men
are shown to their rooms by a sery-
ant.
before the arrival of a guest
good hostess sees that everything for
convenience and comfort is in
guests room. There should be plenty
OF towels, fresh water and new soap.
Most persons have the habit of
daily bath, and guest should have
the use Of a tub" either in her
room or the family bath room, IL
there IS no separate bath room for
the guest room. At the bedside
should be light stand with candle
and matches. Even where there is
the convenient electric light, every
one likes to have matches close at
hand On this stand a guest should
md at night pitcher Of iced water
and glass. The dressing table may
have a brush and comb, in case
these are needed before luggage ar
rives, but as most people carry 4
small travelling bag containing toilet
accessories, these things are not es-
sential and should not be conSpicu-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

THE art Of being a good hostess
is n subtle one. Grace and
compoSure of manner, and
certain necessary practical qualities
help to make the ideal hostess. Not
only does a good hostess possess the
gift of making each individual guest
feel at ease, but she remembers the
tastes and habits OF each; and, while
planning for their amusement. she
understands the secret of making
thom thoroughly comfortable.
TO be a perfect hostess is an ac-
complishment which may be learned
Sy experience. Those who are care
less, thoughtless, selfish. vague or
procrastinating cannot hope to win
the reputation OF being good host
esses. Although readiness of speecb
graciousness OF manner and charm
or bearing do much toward the Sic
cess OF hostess, those who may be
hacking In these qualifications make
up for them by having great consid-
Grafton for their guests. BY tho
exertions Of tactful hostess guests
md themselves doing exactly what
they prefer. Everything seems
planned for their convenience and
pleasure. Guests never find them
selves bored, dull or worried while
IN the house of a considerable friend
The English. in their great coun-
try houses, understand the receiving
OF their friends to perfection. They
are the best hosts In the world
They are said to be masters Of the
lctting-alone system" While every
thing is offered for guests pleas.
ure. there IS DO evidence that one Is
being over-entertained Everything
goes on with the utmost smoothness
and with a delightful ease. The COM
plete mastery Of the situation Is the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

on carrying out ones own schemes.
III q hostess is wise she will offer
an alternative and give a guest the
option or choice Of pleasures or
occupations. A good hostess remem-
oers that guest likes to have some
time in the day to be alone, to go to
her room, to rest, read or write let
terS.
The daily diversions depend very
much on the local advantages.
Whatever IS worth doing or seeing
III the neighborhood is offered. Inyi-
tations to entertainments of a gen.
eral nature may be secured by
hostess for her guests. Friends who
may be congenial are asked to call.
or are invited to simple luncheon
or an informal tea or to come in
the evening for games or dancing.
Tennis, golf, motoring, driving,
bathing or boating may be daytime
amusements. In the evening there
may be cards, music, charades,
storytelling or conversation. a good
hostess is careful that persons who
DO not care to play cards should not
be expected to do so. Everyone is
not enthusiastic about bridge" and
1t Is unpleasant to be asked to play
on warm Summer evening. 1t goes
without saying that card playing for
money should not be allowed
The hostess suggests the hour for
retiring. Early hours are kept in
quiet households.
1t is not the custom to urge a
guest to lengthen visit. Regret is
expressed that the time for depart
ure has come and the hope that the
visit may be repeated In the future.
A hostess should not be casual
about the arrangements for convey.
Ing guests and luggage to the sta
ton, remembering that to miss a
train may cause serious inconven.
fence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
buried In pan of raised biscuit

buried In pan OF raised biscuit
dough
ALSO, to my mind, pretty woman
is never prettier than when she sits
beside the evening lamp darning
the socks OF her loved one Seated
at the sewing machine making her
own clothes Is an exceedingly grace.
ful pose. seem to see you now,
dear fraulein, beside the ironing
board making crisp and fresh those
dainty bits OF linen and lace which
adorn your fair young bosom. Then
your household duties faithfully per.
formed, would love to SEQ you In a
pretty gown seated at the piano
playing the good old German folk.
songs. should be ever grateful for
just one other view on the moving
him-some act bringing the light Of
true affection to your lovely feat
ures.
Believing, dear fraulein, that you
cannot find It In your heart to deny
my request for these moving pictures
OF your loneliness a nd industry,
am sending check for one thousand
German marks to defray the neces.
sary expense"
The celebrity with which Fraule!n
Bertha responded with an affection.
ate letter and reel of moving pic.
ture fln set Herr Engineer Justh's
heart a.beating with Joyous anticipa.
tion. That was the sort OF pretty
woman he needed for a wife. No
hemming and having about Frau.
lein Bertha. All amorous eagerness
No went to the Windhook moving
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
ALWAYS Merry and Bright.

False 10 all the traditions OF Scot
land and OF farming, Sandy McTav-
.sh was supreme opt!mist
No,a!cg ever seemed 10 worry him.
one Qay-so the story goes-during
the grea, Noods, ne was found by Il
n.iyhbor lucky enough 10 possess u
80 sitting peacefully on the roof Of
his nouse. smoking MS pipe v lille tho
halo, sandyg" cried the neighbor.
.Uallo, SAM" cried the cheerful one.
AN your fowls washed away.
suppose"
sandy nodded
.Ay," ne sa!d; but the ducks can
swim.
Wen. the crop would have failed
$50 viii you" SAID Sam. ~ you 81,
IN there much longer. Why, the
waters have covered your ground.
door windows already.
.I know replied Sandy. as ms
smoked on; and q good thing. too
Them windows c!d want washin'r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

picture theatre manager and char
tered the whole establishment TO,
n matinee performance of his pre-
cious film.
Alone he sat in the auditorium
Snap! Out went the lights. BuzzI
sputtered the projecting lantern.
On, JOY! On the screen he saw the
original Of his priced photograph in
cr7sply, starched bingham and white
apron moving about her immaculate
kitchen.
She Is rolling up her sleeves. (Ob.
those round white armsD She lifts
pan OF snowy dough upon the
kitchen table. She plunges her dim.
pied knuckles into It, She kneads
lt-and Herr Justh realizes how des.
perately he needs her. She shapes
pats OF dough on a foury board and
puts them into baking pan. Herr
Justh's mouth waters. Oh, for one
OF those raised biscuits like mother
used to make"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
mm
LOVES lABORC lost INTHE. MOVIEC

the Aim runs out
Well, that does settle It'll Herr
Justh rushes forth to send his cable.
adding the words: Letter follows"
That letter contained another
check-two thousand German marks
this time, for Fraulein Bertha's out.
ut and passage. Herr Justh was In
q mood to spend his money like any
inebriated sea-faring man.
Even sooner than Herr Justh had
right to expect, Fraulein Bertha
cabled the date Of her sailing for
German South Africa. In month
her ship was due! Then and there
Herr Justh foreswore handmade sal
eratus biscuit He took a month OF
1ourneyed to the port city and pro.
ceeded to diet himself on civilized
victuals and practise genteel man.
ners. lest at first sight OF him Bertha
should declare it all off.
He was at the steamers dock to
meet her. watching the gangplank
with eagle eye. Alas! The beloved
face OF the movies was missing
Nearly crazy with disappointment, he
was rushing about interrogatlng the
ships officers when a very stout
exceedingly plain. middle-aged won.
an wearing a most impossible bonnet
touched him on the arm, saying:
You are Herr Justh?"
Yes. my good woman, but ! am
very busy"-
Her arms about his neck in n
strangle hold cut the sentence short,
while the happy creature kept saying
Yes, am your little Bertha
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

came pretty face = but what
a lady One could not be-
lieve she could make biscuits, E
or darn socks. She plays
dreamily. Herr Justh can tell
oy the movement Of her hands
'hat she is playing that most senti
mental OF German compositions, Ley
oach's Nocturne No. 5. He can al.
most hear its voluptuous phrases
is she thinking of him? Herr Justh.s
heart Is beating like a pneumat,c
riveter on one OF his own bridge
trusses.
Now the soft white hands change
their movement to that OF a familiar
accompaniment. The sweet Inns
open. Itch liebc dich U love you ;,
she is singing. Not the slightest
doubt of 1t! Well, that settles #,
But walt-just one more change OF
scene. She is in her dainty boudoir
In the daintiest possible negligee.
seated at a dainty desk. looking low.
lngly at a photograph. Herr Justh
recognizes the photograph. 1t is his.
me charming creature Is taking a
last look at his loved face before
)ourneying to dreamland. Ach, Him.
mel! She raises the photograph to
ner lips. She kisses 1t fondly-apd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

The scene changes. The
same pretty fraulein seated at
her sewing machine covered
with fluffy materials. She Is
making actually 1t Is
a nightie! All white linen anti
lace. As she seMs Industrious.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
Not in the Sky

II wonder what becomes OF IN.
stars in the daytime"
We'll. know lot of them tina,
sleep TIL noon"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

"She kneads tho pan Of
snowy biscuit dough, and
Herr Justh realize, how
desperately he needs her."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20
"Jend Me Your M0uinq
Picture" He Wrote, and
She Obliged Nth a U1h0le
Reel.
"You're a Queen" He
Cabled;; MARY Me-"
"Tes,' <-s But She LDas
NOT the Movie Girl, and
Had TO Go Back Home
UnUed.

ask her about It IN 80 many words.
A visit to moving picture show In
"indhook furnished inspiration. He
went homo and wrote a long letter
to Bertha.
"Lieber fraulein," he wrote, "your
photograph presents such a sweet
and pretty countsnance that beg of
you to send me others, Of the full
length, SO that I may anticipate to
the full the Joy Of having you in my
home. In Berlin 1t should not be
difficult to have a moving picture Of
yourself taken as you go about your
household duties. I should dearly
love to see your round, white arms
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-14
Wrote UP His Own Wedding

Kansas City, Mo-, July 29.-Oliver
c. Sigworth, country correspondent
for forty years, wrote his own we'd
ding notice the other day and sent it
to the newspaper 1t was his second
marriage and his bride is Mrs Emma
j. Ludwig, who got her decree in di-
vorcc an hour before she applied for
the marriage license. Mr.. Sigworth
writes about the principals of the
wedding as follows:
The bride is as fine as silk and is
a good cook Though as to this the
groom reserves the right to amend
his opinion later. She is fat. fair and
40, and weighs 40 dressed.
She is a member of the Evangelical
church, but | cannot say much as to
her standing. The truth of the matter
is that she never took me church
with her, due, proba bly, to the fact that
she was ashamed of me, am not
aware that she has ever figured
much in social events, and she is not
a member of the four hundred. She
has nice home in Oil City and her
friends think she is foolish for Civ
ing out on a farm where she proba-
bly, will have to chop wood. Wisely,
however, she leaves her nome furnish
ed, and if chopping WOOD and feeding
the calves becomes too strenuous she
can return to her home.
The bridegroom is an old haysced
and has been writing for the news
papers, forty years. H. is a charter
member of the Correspondents Club
and did not 20 outside the club for a
wife until all the old maids in the
club had turned him down. He has
written the biggest nature-fake stor-
les PUBLISHED in the state and is the
author of more lies about his nci Oh
bors than any other man in the coun
try. He is sawed-off IN hcia hit, squin
ty-eyed. baldhcadcd and bowleggc. Al
though aged, he is not entirely senile.
He owns a poor farm. fifteen bony
COWS, a dozen scrubby swine, six dogs
a dozen cats. and a lot of Other trash
too numerous to mention.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-14
The Uu.to.Date Girl Dress

We stole the following lines which
were floating around which are said
to be the naked" truth. and when
one of the latest undrcsscd go by We
are led to wonder why they do not
take up Ewes style. 1t would be
much cheaper and would help out in
the high cost of living. But chen,
the price of fig leaves would be sure
to 20 up;
Little girl. you look 50 small,
Don't you wear no clothes at all
Don't you wear no 'shimmy" shirt
Don't you wear no petty skirt
Just your corset and your hose
Are these all your undcrclothes
Little girl. when on the street.
You appear to be all feet,
With your dress so very tight.
You're indeed an awful sight;
Nothing on to keep you warm,
Crazy just to show your form.
Little girl, you won't live long.
Just because you live all wrong,
Can't you wear more underclothes,
Than your corset and your hose
After awhile | do believe
You will dress like mother Eve"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-14
Adieu-Good Morning

Mrs. G. L. Barley, who has served
kittitas county so faithfully for the
past four years, lays down her official
title as county superintendent oil
schools, within few days to be taken
up by Mrs. Mary Boedscher. Former
state superintendent Dewey said OF
Mrs. Barley. She is an ideal Off e
cial, guardian of every child in XII
titas county and every dollar of the
school funds of her county; she has
few equals and no superiors as an
official" When she retires she will
do so with a clear conscience of hav-
ing done her whole duty regardless
of friend or foe
Mrs. Boedscher, who has had no
office training or experience, will
find it difficult task TO succeed Mrs.
Barkley and carry on the work a;
she did, until she has mastered the
routine of office work, as more
thorough or painstaking official tina n
Mrs. Barkley would indeed be hard
to find, but we presume in due sea-
son, Mrs, Boedscher will have master
ed the work and the good example set
and make us another model official.
Here's The Dawn's best wishes and
kindest regards to both ladies as they
go out of office and come in.