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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
Difficult to Clean.

VIII you please inform me how to clean
a channels undervest? know it cannot be
boiled or washed like other clothes Also
will you please tell me how to clean white
ribbon? I have a beautiful one, but it is
soiled now and when 1 have washed other
white ribbons it has made them turn yellow
and f1imsy. c. W."
because OF the risk of its being spoiled in
the drying. Make suds of warm water
and a good soap, putting little ammonia
with it; rub the channels vest clean in this
as you would a chamois glove. and rinse in
water of the same temperature. Unless you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

- ROM one Of my constituency comes
- TO me letter containing a request
which I cannot ignore. The writer
10 the wife of clergyman and her
communication to me called
forth by our talk on the page a few weeks
ago concerning unnecessary demands on
our time. She writes:
Mentally 1 am shaking hands with you
since reading your remarks about inconsid-
crate callers. Such experiences as have
hadl
am a minister's wife-that feminine
unfortunate whom all women feel free to
criticise and TO torture. First, lived in a
parsonage and any Tom. Dick. or Harry in
the town would knock at the rear door or
ring at the front entrance at any hour on
personal errands with which 1 had no
concern.
Callers finding door unlocked would
calmly walk in and through the house until
they found my husband or me and before
that time they used keys to unlock my
house doors until requested that they be
turned over to us. The telephone and door
bell rang day and night, especially IL q
church social was on hand. and those who
promised refreshments left cakes. ice
creams, freezers. etc. at my home to be de-
livered at the proper place and time.
Sunday afternoon. the one day when q
minister needs rest. we were swamped with
callers When Lucy lost her handkerchief
or Harry his pocketbook was asked to
go to the church and hunt for them.
Now. in another locality, my husband
has strict office hours and do not see any
one outside of regular calling hours. sell
dom go to meeting, except to the lightly
attended ones. and do church work
whatever. My husband has requested that
the telephone be used only for necessary
business and never outside of office hours
unless IN case of sickness death or
similar emergency. My home is quiet and
restful for my family a result and the
head of the house does far more and bet
ter church work and is quite a success,
where before he a wornout, nervous
man and a breathless. weary housewife.
I wish you would write something for
the Corner to what is and what is not
courtesy toward a minister's wife. The
average woman seems sadly lacking in
knowledge the subject and any minis
ter's wife to whom have talked has had
even worse experiences than mine. If
this letter will save another woman the
torture I have endured L shall count it
q rich reward. A PARSONS WIFE"
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one and would gladly buy 1t If knew The
price and where to get it. MRS. A. L. s.
Unfortunately L cannot give you the in
formation you wish, but there is no doubt
that some of. the Danish housekeepers
who read the Corner will be able to help
you out or that some one will know where
you can get the book you wish The names
of the dishes you ask for L have printed
just as you send them, and I take no
thority for their correctness. Your name
and address will go on file, and 1 hope
before long there will be call for thcm
from some one who can supply either the
recipes or the book
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"Cdleb,s Courtship.

VIII you kindly inform me If any one of
the readers of the Corner can tell me where
can get recitation called Caleb's Court
ship It begins something like this: L
had no time for courtin when was young
and spry.' I saw it once in a magazine and
If any reader will furnish me with a copv
will gladly pay postage on It. d. D. c.
To you make the same response 1 did TO
the writer OF the preceding letter. Your
application may meet the eye of some one
who grant your wish, and in the hone
of this have your address on aIe
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Picture Not Operdrdwn.

When I read such letter that and
recollect my own experiences as the wife
Of minister feel must have been an
exceptionally fortunate woman. Occa-
sional trifing annoyances there were. but
they were merely pin pricks and could GER
tainly not be diRnihed by the name of a. tor
ture." No such trials as the writer's ever
came my way.
Nevertheless have seen and heard
enough Of the Affections OF other ministers
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

~DECAUSE Of the enormous nun,Bey Of
IL letters semitic the department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications to
100 uOTds. except in cases Of formulas or
recipes phieh require greater space. T rant
al my correspondents 10 hare shouting in
the Corner. and if my request in this respect
4, complied Nth IL 0iR Be possible to print
many more letters. -
Attention is called 70 the fact dat Marion
HarlGnd cannot yeeefoe money for patterns,
as she has no connection tofh any department
hGt sells them. - Marion Harland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
Wdp TO Hang Lace Curtains.

Will you please tell me the correct
way to hang lace curtains? 1 am Eng
lishwoman and young housekeeper, and
come to you for help. I notice most people
have the curtains only the length Of the
windows 1 have some fine Irish point and
other expensive curtains. and it seems such
a pity to cut these curtains, as they are
three and a half yards long.
MRS. E. r. So
Indeed it would be pity, and more than
a pity. to cut such curtains those. A
few years ago when in Dublin 1 bought
Irish lace curtains for myself, and no mat
ter what the passing fashion nothing would
irduce me to cut those draperies. know
it is the fashion to have curtains the length
of the window, but it is also good style to
have them fall to the floor, and you need
not feel yourself out of the mode if you
follow the latter method; or you may make
your curtains approximately window
length by your way of hanging them.
Throw them over the pole instead of pin
ming them and suspending them from rings.
and drape the superfuous amount a
sort Of fiounce or valance at the top of the
curtain. 1 have done this myself with
great success at a window where did not
wish to have the curtains fall the full
length. Do not tie back your curtains, but
let them hang straight
Directions for Washing Comforts.
Some one asked for directions for wash
ing comforts, and was so successful with
some last spring 1 am glad to send this:
First. lay the comfort out fiat and
draw into shape, making all smooth. Note
whether any of the ties are loosened
not and If so retie, and tie more in tie
center of each square, as no cotton will
remain in place properly unless the tufts
are well and securely fastened.
Then place the comfort in a tub of
lukewarm water in which has been dis
solved a small handful of borax. Press
down and keep under water for one houI.
In the meantime scrape and dissolve thor
oughly one-half cake good white soap in
gallon Of hot water and add to the rub,
pressing down the comfort that the
soap is well mixed in the water. Let y
soak another hour. Work with the hands
by pressing down for few minutes. then
take small scrubbing brush, using more
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soap, and scrub the soiled places. but do
not rub on the washboard.
90 Rinse by using plenty of water, at least
twice, and hang on line from end, EN-
ploying good number of pins. As soon 8
it begins to dry at top change and hang
from the other end, or if you have clean
grass to spread 1t upon place it with tho
wrong side to the sun and shake lightly
occa sionalIy until it has partly dried, when
it can be hung on line.
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Let me add that the Corner appeals 20
me because there are so many genuine
helps and there is such a neighborly spirit
throughout the whole. J. NJ. s"
Thank you for the directions, which
differ somewhat from those already sup
piled by other housekeepers, and thus go
to confirm what 1 have always declared,
that there is more than one right way CT
doing thing well. L am happy to know.
too, you have found the Corner of help
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death. felt she had been made a mar
tyr to her husbands charge. I never heard
that they were moved by remorse to mother
the six little children she left behind,
One plucky parson whom L knew an
nounced boldly when he accepted a call
he wished it to be clearly understood the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

herself. She was not to be president OF
the missionary society or of the benevo-
lent organization Of the church guild
or to run the infant class.
This is an excellent position to take but
not easy to retain unless the church people
are in sympathy with 1t. When they are
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the clergyman's stated assistant or parish
worker would have done II she had re-
cedved a salary for her efforts. And tie
women of the congregation calmly per-
mitted her to do it! Never did 1t seem to
occur to them that they should throw them
selves into the breach and lift some of the
burden from her overweighted shoulders
She was the rector's wife and this We
part Of her job!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

minister. It was before the days of street
cars. and she had walked through the
downpour to ask me if my husband knew
anything of the whereabouts of a certain
colored Iaundress who attended her hus-
bands church and who had been reported
as in want. My callers husband was in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

The second recipe I have given with its
exact measurements, and its instruction to
let the bread raise to twice its original bulk
can be followed even by the green hand at
breadmaking with likelihood of good re-
suits. 1 wish all who send in recipes would
not take for granted too much knowledge
on the part of the reader, but would make
every detail clear for the sake of the pos
aihle IPnoramuses
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eager for him to make the best of his
charge to throw herself into the work and
attempt duties she has no business to as
sumo.
met such an one in little country town
last spring. The rector was underpaid
and overworked. There was a cluster of
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bed with cold and it was incumbent upon
her to look up the needy parishioner.
The haggard, worn face the utter weari-
ness of her whole dropping body touched
me to the heart. When 1 learned a few
weeks later of her complete breakdown.
persistent insomnia, and then of her
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congregation was engaging him and not
his wife She was in sympathy with his
aims and was devoted church worker,
but he insisted she take only the part
which any earnest Christian woman would
feel she could perform without neglecttng
her duties to her home, her children, or
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T1epN0ne IS free 10 Criticize The TzI1g7ery wire

not backward to say the minister's wife
should be - true helpmate " and to point
out how much more efficient are the wives
of other clergymen who undertake to man.
age all the beneficent gencfes of the par
ish 1t is only natural Tor wife who has
her husbands interests at heart and is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21
4 Danish Cook Boob.

I would like to inquire II there is any
way in which I could obtain a DANISH
cook book, or If I could get some good
recipes for sweet soup, ableskiver. and
kliner. I would like book if I could get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-21

Beet salad with lettuce "a leftover).
Hot gingerbread.
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small children in the rectory-fve under II
years of age-and the salary did not war
rant keeping a servant. Yet the rectors
wife drilled the choir and sang in it, pre-
sided over the different church societies, at
tended all the services, made pastoral calls
in the parish, and in every way served as
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and that you feel the neighborly spirit
as much as the rest of US do. Let US hear
from you again.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
RENO BANKS REFUSE TO
PAY COUNTY LICENSE.

Trouble piled up again for the
sheriff's office when demands were
made yesterday on the banks of the
city to pay the regular quarterly
county license provided by the law.
Two banks, the Scheeline Banking
& Trust company and the Washoe
county bank made an absolute re-
fusal to pay the license, and the
third, The Nevada Savings and Trust
company. asked time in which to
consult an attorney.
The banks take the position that
by the payment of a state license
amounting to $500 a year, they have
paid all the license they can legally
be asked to pay for conducting a
banking business. They contend that
to compel them to pay a county IL
cense of SIS quarter in addition
to the state license already paid
would be double taxation.
Last quarter the same point was
raised, but only one bank, the Schee-
line Banking & Trust company re-
fused to pay. The matter has been
placed in the hands of the district
attorney and probably will be SUBJ
mitted to the attorney general for an
opinion.-Gazette.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
WILL ISSUE PROCLAMATION
Mayor George E. Sherman To
Designate October 3lst as a
Date of Celebration.

Mayor Sherman has been impor-
mned by A. r. Pardington, of De-
troit. Mich, yice-president and sec
retary of the Lincoln National High
way Association. to issue a proclama-
ton. designating October 31st, date
that will be observed from the At
lantie to the Pacific in towns located
on the proposed national highway.
calling upon the people of Fallon to
0ttlngly celebrate. II is suggested
that bonfires. speeches and funmak-
Ing in general may be very properly
lndulged on this occasion. Mr..
Sherman is also asked to request the
clergy of Fallon to set aside Sunday,
November End as time to speak
upon the subject, Lincoln"
Secretary Pardington commended
this county's progressiyeness In set
ting about to issue $4,000 In road
bonds to assist In the building of
the Churchill county link In the ma
tional highway and stated In his
communication To the mayor that.
upon being furnished complete infor-
nation relative TO the local project.
he would use II in advertising matter
to be sent broadcast over the entire
country. In other words, he propos-
e1 TO capitalize this eountys under
taxing as dual advertising for this
county and the highway project II
Will stand as an example of progress
dFeness the country over.
The citizens of Fallon should lose
no opportunity to make October 31st
a date that will remain fixed In the
minds Of the people of the county
a date that will mark an epoch in
local history. when the people are
thoroughly awakened TO the import
anee Of good thoroughfares.
Pursuing the suD1e1 further. IL
must be admitted that this section
stands In more urgent need OF good
roads than any other one thing, and
our needs are many. Hitherto II
has been generally deemed necessary
In order TO build good roads here
abouts that some substantial and ex-
pensiye base should first be installed.
making a road building program
pfohlbitiye for county OF limited
resources
But there are those who now
tlalm that the use of oil TO form an
admlxture will prove altogether sat
isfactory for all demands that might
be placed upon road. possibly ex-
tepting some of the heaviest traffic
between Fallon and the mining
tlmps.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
iALLoS's CURRENT EXPENSES.
The 1911 Budget VIII Comprise In
Neighbornood of &20,O 900.

Fallons current expense for the
year 1914 will approximate $4,000.
Likewise the income from all sources
viii approximate the same sum. or
the city's revenue. something like
$1,000 annually is secured by lieen-
ses levied on all forms OF business.
The estimate of 1914 expenses IL
as follows
Street lighting. 1920; sprinkling.
N50; Sewer flushing. $500; sewer
maintenance, 500; sprinkling cart.
S50; hydrant charge. s3662.95;
interest on sewer bonds. s2699,50;
general fund. $4,000; Oats park fund
1000; due Western Engineering
Co.. $4,000.
In addition the city owes the mu-
nleipal electrical system $567.42 for
unpaid 1913 charges and the water
system s745.20 for 1913 street
sprlnkling and s439.s0 for 1913
sewer flushing.
A reduced rate of taxation Is
promised the city's taxpayers for the
year 1914, when II is announced
lhe levy Will not exceed $2.00 per
WV property valuation. rather than
N'S5, the rate in effect this year.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
To SELL ELECTRICAL ENERGY
This Will be One of the Func-
tions of the Reclamation De-
partment Hereafter.

Uncle Sam became a dealer in
electrical supplies and energy trans
mission material last week when the
interior department issued an order
authorizing the sale of such material
to settlers en- public lands who are
desirous of obtaining electricity from
government water power plants
The order is expected to be of great
assistance in development on the
reclamation projects in the west
The order marks no innovation,
however, for the government in De-
cember, 1911, and July, 1912, au-
thorized the sale of cement, lumber
and building materials to settlers.
The concession was found to be of the
greatest benefit to the settlers. and,
incidentally, to the western country
The aid of the government in dis
tribnting generated power also is ex-
pected to work benefits The electri-
cal energy probably will be used
chiefly for agricultural and domstic
purposes.
Within this project the demand is
insistent from every nook and corner
that the government authorities shall
end the Lahontan-Fallon trans
mission line to serve the farmers
and there is little doubt that the first
undertakings to be brought to ma
turity here will be the building of
lateral lines into a number of the
leading farming neigh borhoods of
the project. With the completion of
the work on the Lahontan dam, the
energy developed at the Lahontan
hydro electric power plant will go
to waste unless the government can
in the meanwhile establish market
for the subtle juice
1t has been given out that between
now and this time next year, the val
ley will be favored with many di-
verging power lines that will give,
light, heat and power to a large
number of the farms. The announce
ment from Washington that the plan
had received formal sanction by the
department must be taken as mean
ing that electrical workers will soon
lend their efforts to making the
farmers of the project happy, for
electricity is one of the much coyet-
ed utilities hereabouts.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
IRAIh WRECK At LAHONTAN
Construction Camp Has First
IRAN Wreck, Injuring Engin-
eer and Telescoping Engine.

A full grown train wreck occurred
at Lahontan Tuesday of last week
"heh one OF the dams dirt trains
ura"n by a dinkey engine, collided
with loaded freight car on the
southern Pacific track, at the point
OF intersection. The engineer of the
government train sustained painful
out not permanent injuries. while
the engine was SO badly damaged
that 1t will require couple of weeks
TO place 1t in shape for further use
AS result there will be some delav
In the work at Lahontan.
The work on the dam embank-
ment has reached a point so feet
above the stream bed, the dirt and
gravel sections having been com
pleted to this heighth. The filling in
around the gate tower has been
brought to the general level of the
embankment, while the concrete
forms for the tower have been con-
structed TO heighth % feet greater.
The project authorities state that
several more two horse teams and
drivers can now be used at the dam.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
WILL BRING IN MORE COWS.
The Churchill Creamery VIII Bring
Additional Shipments of Guar
anteed Dairy Stock.

The Churchill creamery is now
maintaining /. l.. Davis as dairy
COW buyer in the farming districts
of California and another shipment
of stock for this project is being Sc
lected. The recent shipment has
been entirely placed in the hands of
the farmers. Il was found by Mana
ser C. ]. Kelsey that the higher pric-
cd cows sold more readily than the
cheaper ones. The main incentive,
OF the local farmers, is to get cows
that will produce the butter fat
II is announced that the average
price of COWS in the next shipment
will be 800 each and Mr.. Davis Is
TO scour the California dairy
districts to get stock that will Justify
this figure.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
INDICTED UPON MINOR CHARGE

County Clerk c. l.. Noble and
Postmaster Albert Johnson returned
Friday from Carson City where they
We're called as witnesses before the
federal grand jury in the matter of
investigations that were being made
into a deal that was about two years
ago between C. M. Wainscott and D..
p. Huston, whereby the former sold
his rural mail route to Huston for
$3.50. After paying the money to
Wainscott Huston failed to get the
appointment as alternate and made a
complaint to the federal authorities.
Huston has been employed by ]. H.
Miller in his hospital, where he was
prviously a county charge for about
a year.
A United States deputy marshal
came down Monday and took both
Messrs. Houston and Wainscott into
custody, the federal grand jury hav-
ing indicted them for trying to buy
and for trying to sell a government
rural mail route. Mr.. Wainscott
gave bond to insure hns appearance,
while Mr.. Houston accompanied the
officer to answer the charge. 1t is
generally believed locally that both
men, entered into the contract inno-
Gently.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-10-15
TAX COMMISSION SITTING NOW.
Decisions Upon the 1913 Tax Roll
Must be Made i'm Three Weeks.

The state tax commission is now in
session at Carson City for the pur-
pose of reviewing the tax rolls of
the various counties as corrected by
the county boards of equalization.
The commission has power to raise
or lower the valuations in any coun-
ty for the purpose of equalizing the
assessment values in the respective
counties. The board is given the
power to make the changes by classes
of property or even on any piece of
property brought to its attention.
For the purpose of aiding the
commissioners in their work most of
the counties have forwarded to Car
son their assessment rolls contained
in bulky volumes. In some cases it
will be necessary for the commits
sioners to take photographs of the
records that the original books may
be sent back to the clerks without
long delay.
Under the existing law the auditor
who shall receive the assessment
roll from the clerk of the county
board, shall add up the valuations
and deliver them to the tax receivr,
who is the county treasurer by the
first Monday in Novmber. The COM
mission, however, has the right to
send down directions to the auditor
to make wratever changes are de-
sired so that the state body has
still about three weeks in which to
do its work.