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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-10

Speaking Of the cat show, what would
you call II when 1t rains cats, of the
firm of cats and dogs?
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Her Teacher Said:

Nu ton, all oui, and zat Is every
IVY sing. Re chest big, re fine dia-
phragm, la jeunesse and ze
face and figure of one angel!
or course mademoiseile knows that
Rome was not built in one day. nest &c
pas? Neither is the voice Of grand OBJ
era built in a month or six month.
Mademoiselle must work and she must
let go plusieurs des chooses she love.
No wine. no tight corset. not late-souper
1t Is very difficult this singing. But
ali. when re reward come!
When. perhaps. in three or four year.
mademoiselie find herself facing re elite
on re grand opera stage and see re
little white gloved hands applaudins
her great aria, all, zen Is re work all
forgotten and Messing but la gioire re-
main. All. mademoiselle, zat moment
is worth ten year Of work. and ask
only three or fouri (Rapid Calculation:
3 teaching seasons, 2 lessons week at
s. a throw, SOD
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MINORS. PROBABLY.

G. s. X: Did you know that Augusta v
DIggs has taken out a license To wed Miss
sarah T.. Coleman ID. !. b..
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The Insurance Investigation Commit
tee-which. incidentally, doesn't seem t.
care any more for insurance than w,
do-is overlooking number Of impor.
tant points-points that have distinc,
bearing on the insurance situation in
the District. We have been scouting
around bit, last couple OF days, and
have collected the following data, which
are hereby respectfully submitted to the
committee:
A number of very good books were
published during 1912;
The specific gravity Of lead is
greater than that of water;
One should not wear a red tie with
a full dress suit;
The Nationals. IL johnson and
Cashion come through with the
goods this year. stand a fifty-fifty
show to cop.
Equipped with this info, in addition
to the facts that they already have un-
earthed. committee members should ex-
perience no difficulty in clearing things
I'D.
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Mrs. Mudridge-Smith
Looking REALLY Terrible"

L don't think Clara Mudrldge-Sm1th
will be with you on this shopping tour
! remarked Mr.. Jarr. "She was down al
the office In the automobile to take the
boss home yesterday, and she's sick
woman. Gee! she looked terrible"
NONSENSE cried Mrs. Jarr. 81 saw
her, Yesterday. myself. and she never
looked better
II tell you she's sick. Got the yellow
smile and she looked terrible
That's the complexion a la Chi.
nois," said Mrs Jarr. ''Of course, she
couldn't smile: the makeup on the lips
Is so heavy that one must maintain an
earnest. demure expression Or the
an auto Jacket in a kfmono effect?"
u suppose so,' growled Mr.. Jarr
She was dressed like a freak. But
she looked yellow and feverish.'
That's the new makeup. a la Chi
nois; it's yellow. That's the new yell
low face powder
Great Scott! Are the fool women
painting their faces yellow now?" asked
Mr. Jarr.
why. certainly! A year or two ago
the Vampire makeup was all the
NoSue-greenish. with the eyes heavily
made-up and the long ear pendants,
and now it's In Chinois, or yellow"
That alters the complexion of things,
80 10 SPEAK, signed MI. Jar. W ell,
there'll be blue-faced ladies next sup
pose. What are you going shopping
for?"
Mrs Stryver has decided to reduce.
so she wants us to go along and help
her pick out good mechanical piano.
player"
rs that la Chinois. too?'' asked
Mr.. Jarr.
NO, but a mechanical piano-p'aycr.
II the action is good and stiff. Is the
best thing In the world to take fat off
The Baroness Grabbenstein took of
twelve pounds just playing the Fire
motif from Nalkyrie twenty times a
day for five days on a stiff action me
Chanical piano-playrT. Everybody
knows they will take off fat better than
any other form of exercise, and then
one has the charm OF music with it,"
Great" cried MI. Jarr. BE sure ]
get invited TO the first obesity rcduc-
ton piano-player recital Mrs. Stryver
gives VIII she wear an Il la Chino:s
complexion, too. do you think? Oy
aren't they perspiration proof?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-10

Mr.. Prouty's statement, however, tina
half OF the testimony introduced 4.
irrelevant. surely Is wrong.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-10

Three-fourths would be nearer tn
mark.
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Her Friend Told Her Husband,

~ Y. George. you've been failure
at most everything you've tried.
~ haven't you?
No. I'm not dippy, or even mild
ly intoxicated. I've been visiting Mabel
Warren this afternoon and I got the
inspiration from her.
You've heard her sing. haven't you.
George? Don't you remember that night
at the Walcotts when Tom Wright be-
gan to eat the goldfish food out in the
conservatory because her voice made
him so nervous. Well, it's worse'n that
now because she's been taking lessons
And that fellow Clemenceau has her
hypnotized into believing that she'll
land at the opera in three years or So
Now you look kind of like hybrid.
You COULD be French or Italian or
mostly anything from your face. All
you need Is a black velvet beret,
flowing tie, an expensive studio and
gall, eolder'n liquefed air. Get Jim
Brown to do some free press work for
you and well hit the trail for Chicago.
Every one used to think Mabe Warren
a pretty bright girl and II they can get
ten a week out of her for three Years,
with her pipes as security, we ought
to strip the offspring of the pork
packers out there OF hundred thou
sand in year or so.
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And after we are through shopping
We are coming back to Mrs. Stryyer's
for tea So / thought If you wanted
to go anywhere after dinner"
Mr.. Jar Insists He
Is Man Who Loves Home.
Il don't want TO go anywhere"
grumbled Mr.. Jarr. I'm man that
is fond of his home"
We'll, you can stay home with the
children, then. after you've had din
ner with them. for I'll be at Mrs
Stryver's." interrupted Mrs. Jarr.
See that Willie washes his hands
before he comes to the table. and see
that both Of the children eat their
soup, and don't let them have any
dessert-Gertrude is going to make
custard-unless they eat everything
on their plates. But don't let them
have too much meat. 1t isn't good
for them at night.
And If you see little Emma biting her
nails punish her. / think she's picking
up the dreadful habit from little Mary
Ranele. And see both children go over
their lessons after supper, and don't let
them stay up later than 8 o'clock. al
though I'll be pretty sure to be home
by that time. And you and the chill
dren be careful of the tablecloth. Ger
trude is complaining-''
You'd better write down your in
structions," Mr.. Jarr broken in II can't
remember half of all that"
We'll, It doesn't matter. I've told
Gertrude"
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Give il up?
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Thrice Told Tales
By ALMA WOODWARD.

a glass Of sherry, do. And Jack sent
me huge box of the g-andest mar
roosevelt have a feast Poor Jack. I
suppose IN have to break his heart
row. because could never let my Ca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1913-01-10

The Loan Shark State.
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Mr.. Jdrr Finds Out a Lot
About YELLOW Compilations

HAT time will you be
home this evening"" ask
w ed Mrs. Jarr.
ID Won alyvave
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
CASE IS HOPELESS
NO HOPE FOR MEMBERS OF FAM
iLY SUFFERING FROM
TRiCHINA.
HAPP ENINGS OVER THESTATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da.
kota and Vicinity.

Sioux Falls.-Physicians who have
returned to Sioux Falls from the home
of John Wet, situated % miles south
west of the city, report that there is
practically no hope for the recovery
Of the remaining three members of
the family who are affected with tri-
chinosis, resulting from the eating of
sausage which had not been cooked.
Thus far Wet, the head of the
house, and two daughters, Grace and
Rose, have died, Two other daught.
ers, Hilda, aged IS, and her Swear
old sister, and Peter Wet, aged IS,
are the remaining members of the
family who are dying, and their death
is expected to be a matter of only a
short time. While neighbors believe
that the son, Peter, is showing i'm
provement, the PHYSICIANS expect he
will be the first of the remaining
three to die. The boy has made a
hard fight for life from the beginning
and his strength of will kept him from
his bed until two weeks ago, when his
energy became exhausted.
The fact that the mother is an In
valid, and hat John Wet, the oldest
son, was away from home, and the
youngest child, aged 2 months, was
too young to partake of the sausage,
saved the Wet family from being an
initiated. The father and two
daughters died about two weeks after
partaking of the infected sausage.
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Accident Averts Wreck.

Mitchell.-But for an accident in
which two men were seriously in
jured, Milwaukee train No. 401, run
ming between Marion Junction and
Running Water, S. n, would probably
have been derailed zeal Scotland last
evening and many people killed or in
jured. p. E. Wei;and, section fore.
man, and another employe, f. Merz,
we're running at a rapid rate of speed
On their motor handcar about 5
o'clock in the evening, when they hit
Il timber on a crossing two miles west
of Scotland. The Ger was hurled from
She track and Weiland suffered inter
nal injuries and Merz had his right
leg crushed. The timber could not be
seen because of the approaching dark
hess. A few minutes later train No.
401 picked the two men up as they
lay helpless upon the ground and car
ricd them into Scotland. Later it
was discovered that j. Cash, a farmer,
had driven across the track with z
load of timbers and one had acciden-
tally fallen off. Had the locomotive
struck the timber the train would
probably have been derailed.
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WI u l LAY A iiAS020N EDITOR

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject of building. for the readers of this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufactures, he
is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. IT'S West
jackson boulevard, Chicago, ILL.,. and only
enclose two-ccnt stamp for reply.
Real estate dealers and speculative
builders In the larger cities and sub
urban towns have long realized that
every dollar spent in making more at
they offer will come back ten-fold in
the increased selling price that can be
obtained or the larger rental that can
be asked.
One may say that he Is building a
house for himself, that he has no in
tention of selling, but expects to live
in the house for the rest of his life,
and do without the frills If only the
house is big enough TO accommodate
the actual needs. What, therefore, is
the necessity of considering selling or
rental value?
There Is an old and very true pro-
verb, that Man proposes, but God dis
poses;" and though a man may be
building a home, circumstances may in
time arise that make the sale or rent
ing Of the house imperative, and every
feature that adds to it's selling or
rental value will be doubly appreci-
ated. Death may make it necessary to
sell the house In order to settle the
estate. Business reasons that cannot
be foreseen often compel a man, much
against his inclinations, to move to
some distant part of the country; and
| have found out by personal expert
enc that there Is nothing more UNI
satisfactory as an investment than real
estate which is SO far away that the
owner cannot see for himself whether
repairs asked for by the tenant are
really needed or not, but must be COM
PEELED to depend upon the word of the
real estate agent, whose interests
seem often to be rather with the ten
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ant than with the landlord. At such a
time, the owner realizes hat anything
which by catching the eye and the
fancy of the prospective purchaser
makes a house sell more readily is
something decidedly to his advantage.
The man who is compelled to borrow
money in order to build his house,
usually endeavors to keep the sum that
he borrows down to the lowest pos.
sible notch, and will cut down
wherever he a In order to accom-
plish this object. But il is possible to
carry this pruning too far. To the
man unfamiliar with the cost of build
ing, the things which appear to be
most expensive are those items of in
terror finish and decoration which ado
the touch OF elegance and refinement
to the house. For the sake of saving
from 800 to $500-and often nearer
the former figure than the latter-he
will omit such items as fireplaces.
mantels, built-in china closets or at
tractive s. -ir finish.
He THIS. perhaps, that after the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
Testimony Completed.

Sioux Falls.-The offering of testi-
mony has been completed before
Judge Elliott, of the United States
court in this city, in the case of A.
l.. Curtis, trustee in bankruptcy of
the estate of Frank o. Riley, of Cas-
tiewood, in which the trustees asks
20 have set aside a bill of sale of
Riley's which is alleged to be fraudu-
lent. The plaintiff alleges that Riley
sold a large amount of his personal
property to his minor IN six months
before he filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy. The transfer is alleged
to have been mado without any con
sideration and for the alleged pur
pose of preventing Riley's creditors
from receiving the benefit of the prop
erty thus transferred.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
Basket Ball Tourney at Huron.

Huron-Marcm 20 and 81, 1914 have
been set as the dates for holding the
annual South Dakota high school
basket ball tournament, which is held
in this city under the auspices OF
Huron college. This is the third such
tournament, the other two being SC
successful that it is believed that the
next will bring out practically all OF
the high school teams in the state
A silver loving crp. 20 inches in
height, becomes the permanent prop
erty OF the team winning the tourna
ment three successive years and a
handsome tournament cup is also OF
fered. Aberdeen was last years win
ner and Redfeld won out the year be
fore.
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Good heavens!" l cried again, as,
from all the four of the es-
Enlistment there issued, one by m
the twenty-five members of my club.
Can it be?"
They ~sorrowfully grouped them
selves about me, and Fenson, burying
his head on my shoulder, almost wept
as he replied:
Eyes, old fellow, it Is too true. She
has invited every man Jack down here
to spend Christmas with her, and an
hour ago she skipped back to town
all by h~erself!"
There was a solemn pause. The
truth vas painful, but we felt that we
must meet it like men.
Boys" / whispered, 1--WE could fol-
low her back; but, inasmuch as we are
all in the same boat, / move that we
stay here for the holiday and have a
ripping old time, and that the secre-
tary be Immediately empowered to tel
ephone her agent that we will take
another three years lease"
Second the notion" said Fenson.
And it was carried unanimously.
Copyright, Frank a. Munsey Coz
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MURDERER TO WATERFOWL.
Man Accused of Staying Family Taken
to WATERFOWL for Safety.

observation-disclosures threats of
lynching reported over the telephone
to sheriff of Hamlin county, caused
that official to bring August J%ustunen.
who killed his wife and baby near Bry-
ant to Waterfowl for safe keeping.
The next day after the crime, as
soon as the revolving details became
known, Bryant citizens, and residents
of that ncighborhood, talked freely OF
summary justice. Threats of lynch.
ing were frequently heard.
The sheriff was notified that there
was q considerable revival Of such
talk in Bryant and that it was posi-
BILE that a crowd of citizens might
move on Castlewood, take the prisoner
from the Jail and inhict the usual mob
punishment. The sheriff Immediately
got busy and transferred his charge
TO this city.
Justunen this forenoon in his cell
in this city appeared morose and un
communicative. He refused to talk
to his jailer, and would say absolutely
nothing to a Newspaper man. Food
was offered him. but he partook very
sparingly, throwing the greater por-
tion of it back into the padded cell,
Realization of what he had done
seemed to be o%vertaking him, and at
times he held his head in his hands,
as if in pain, and ran his fingers
through his hair.
According to States Attorney Nc
Laughlin OF Hamiin county, the In
quest was held at the ~Justonen home,
near Bryant, the scene of the murder,
The verdict was that Mrs. Justenen
and her little baby We're killed by the
father with premcdiated design and
with malice aforethought.
The story brought out at the In
quest, said Mr.. Mclaughlin, was the
same as that related by Justenen in
his confession. The chief witness for
the state is ~6-yearold Elmer Justenen,
son of the murderer, who in his boyish
way told the jury how his father
killed his mother. The boy was the
only eye witness to the crime.
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Pays Extra Dividend.

Dead.-Fulfiilling expectations the
Homestake Mining company has an
nounced an extra dividend of 81 per
share to all stockholders of record in
December, the amount being payable
with the regular 65 cent dividend on
December 25. This move has been
generally anticipated and stock rose
to 1920 per share with little to be OBJ
tanned. 1t is also expected that the
amount of the regular dividend will be
raised shortly after the first of the
year to rs cents per share. making
stock in this company a Z per cent in
vestment.
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To Enforce Anti.Ciaaret Law.

Sioux Falls.-Sioux Falls will en-.
force the state anti-cigaret law and
will prohibit the sale of cigarets to
minors. This was decided by the city
commission after a petition signed by
500 women of the city had been pre-
scented to the board, asking hat the
laws against the sale and smoking OF
cigarets be enforced. 1t was found
that while there is a state law against
cigarets, the city he's no ordinance on
the subject and an ordinance based on
the state law was introduced at the ad
iourned meeting.
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for the future than any other item
which the home builder needs to %
slider. Wall paper must be renewed
every few years at least, and the pa
perhangers are no more Objectionable
to have about the house than the scrub
women who seem to be an inevitable
part Of the spring and fall house clean
ing.
Gas or electric fixtures are another
item hat can, il necessary, be post
poned till some time in the future.
provided the house Is piped or wired
for them, because there is then no
need for expensive or disturbing me-
chanical work in placing them in POSI-
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ton; but 1t is the poorest Kind OF
economy to omit the necessary piping
or wiring according to the custom in
the locality-or both in those towns
where both gas and electricity are in
stalled.
But those features which are built
into the house and which form an es-
sential part of the construction or the
finish should never be put off until 4
more convenient season, because the
mechanical difficulty and the expense
of adding them later will prevent them
from ever being put in. The seat at
the bottom of the stairs, which forms
a part of the paneling, should be built
at the same time the stairs are, and
made an essential feature of the de-
sign; and the same thing is true C! the
built-in china closet in the dining room.
The design illustrated herewith is
an excellent example of the small
house equipped with all the attractive
little features which are SO much ap-
preciated by the housewife and in such
demand by those who are looking to
purchase a home, but which, at tho
same time, do not cost very much
when provided for in the original plans
and put in at the same time the rest
of the work is done. Notice, for In
stance, the finely located fireplace with
built-in book cases on each side and
built-in seat. The columns opening be-
tween living room and dining room are
also an attractive feature, adding
greatly TO the charm Of the place. "A
suitable space is reserved in the dining
room along the inside wall for a built
In sideboard, IL desired.
A desirable feature of this design Is
the arrangement of the stair hall sepa-
rated from the rooms of the first floor.
This Is the way it should be, in case
1t is ever desired to rent a room, since
the rooms on the second floor are di.
rectly accessible from the front en-,
trance without disturbing anyone on
the first fi0of. t
The economy of this design may be
seen from the fact that the house has
been built as illustrated, using all first
class materials. for $4,000. The width
of the house Is 20 feet, the length Is
feet 6 inches. There are three rooms
on the first floor, and two rooms on the
second floor. besides bathroom, large
clothes closets. etc. The exterior ap-
pearance Of this house n attractive
and up-to-date.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
Court Test Started.

Rapid City.-A test case has been
instituted before Judge MCGEE on the
validity of the mothers pension law
passed by the last legislature. The
arguments against the law have been
filed and time has been granted for a
showing from the other side before a
decision is rendered. Three questions
are raised in the mandamus action to
compel the county board to make an
allowance to Mrs. /. M. Putnam, as
follows: The right of a judge to or
der payments in excess of the amount
created by the special levy for the
fund. The contention that the county
board of supervisors is the administra'
tive body of the county. The third
point is that the allowance is made by
a Judge without notice of the super.
~visors, who are thus deprived OF the
right to pass on the merits OF the
claim.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-12-25
Arrest Made at Draper.

Presho.-Evidence has come to light
within the past few days which points
to incendiary origin of the Draper fire
last March. in which Is buildings were
destroyed, leaving a number of citi-
zens almost penniless. Investigation
by officials has led to the arrest of J.
II. Kennedy on the charge of arson
Goods have been unearthed that were
reported by Kennedy as destroyed by
the, fire. At the preliminary trial.
Kennedy waived examination and was
held to the circuit court under $1,000
bond.
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mortgage has been paid off he will add
these features that he has omitted;
but he forgets that 1t will cos very
much more to add them later than to
put them in at the time of buiiding;;"
to say nothing of the fact that those
things which we put or until another
time are very apt to be left undone.
1t would be far wiser to cut down
In some of the hidden features that he
may regard az essential. than to omit
those which show upon the surface
and which make the difference be-
tween a box-like barracks and a home.
When you stop to figure the matter
out. the two or three hundred dollars