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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
COULDN'T SIT
~OCi COULDN'T IT STAND
But Now Rides Horseback, Walks
Two Miles Without firing,
and Has Red, Rosy
Cheeks.

Tullahoma. Tenn--"I am ever ready
to praise Cardui. the woman's tonic,"
writes Mrs. Mary Carroll, of this place,
"as II has done wonders for me-
j suffered so from womanly trouble.
! could not stand on my feet long
enough at time to do anything. and
! could not even sit down. | was in
such misery. The pains in my head
were terrible.
After taking only two bottles OF Car
dui, the woman's tonic, / felt much re-
lleved.
have now taken five bottles. and
feel like my old self again. can go
where | please. ride horse back. and
even walk as much as two miles, with.
out feeling tired. and | don't have
those terrible pains in my head any
more.
| look young again, and have red,
rosy checks. like had in my girlhood
days.
Before taking Cardui. my standing
weight was only 10 pounds.
Now ! weigh 1877 pounds.
i want you to use this letter In any
way you see fit, as II may be the
means of helping other suffering wo-
men,"
DO you suffer from womanly trou-
BILE? Wouldn't you like to feel as Mrs.
Carroll does? It's worth trying for.
Take Cardui. the woman's tonic.
NJ B--u,Rs f.. Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies Advisory Dept. Chatt anooga. Tenn, for
Home Treatment for Women" sent in plair,
wrapper. Adv.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09

Under such discouraging conditions
1t behooves us to study the habits OF
our garden weeds and attack them In
the most effective manner.
After plowing and pulverizing the
ground. plant the early crops and let
the weeds get good start on the rest
OF the patch. Cut every one off below
the ground with sharp hoe, Just be-
fore planting later crops. As soon as
they start again cut they off again.
Those that grow from perennial root
stock. like the dandelion. should be
pulled up.
When the vegetables come up, keep
the earth between the rows hoed at
all times. going over the garden after
each rain to break up the earths
crust and hold the moisture in the
ground. Never let the weeds get the
start on you and II will not take half
as much work to handle your garden
this year.
Why should we keep the weeds out
OF the garden? Principally because
they steal water from the vegetables,
and water is the very life blood
OF plants. Secondly, the weeds are all
very hearty feeders and every one in
your garden is using up considerable
proportion Of the available plant food.
Remember that hoeing is good for
both the garden and you, the more
hoeing the better. and a wheel hoe or
hand cuitivator is about the best tool
that ever was made. especially In
July.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
Weeds.

Weeds have been aptly defined as
plants out of their proper place. Thus,
Kentucky blue grass Is q treasure in
the lawn and weed In the adjacent
corn field. We are all more or less
familiar with what we generally call
weeds-dandelion. pusley. quack grass.
thistles. burdock. pigweed. MULLEN.
milkweed. and many others. because
these plants are always out Of place,
as far as the ordinary back yard farm
er Is concerned.
They are easily controlled In the
flower beds. because these beds are
usually small In size. the soil Is loose
and the weeds pull out easily, and IL
you wait long enough your wife will
probably get disgusted and pull them
herself.
In the vegetable garden, 1t is an en-
tirely different proposition. however,
Here the weeds start about two laps
ahead OF the earliest vegetables, hav-
ing planted themselves the year be-
fore In preparation for a flying start.
The soil is firm and they anchor
themselves for the season in a very
determined manner.
II we assail them early. before they
are anchored. we can win out. but they
never give up the battle and success
is the result of constant labor. It's
really remarkable. too. how man
grows weaker as the gardening season
progresses.
The sun gets hotter, the hoe duller.
the weeds moro defiant. the soil hard.
er. the mosquitoes start business
earlier and stay later. and It Is only
the thought of previous labor invested
that saves most gardens about the
Fourth of July.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
Interesting Pointers on Garden
Ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-Window Boxes and Hang
Ing misunderstanding Weeds
-Beautlfyino the Yard.
BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD BoLTe.

6y tHOF. JOHN WILLARD bOlTE.
comparatively small number Of
the people In our large cities have
the ground available for a vegetable
garden. A much larger number have
ers.' but the fiat dweller has nothing Of
the kind.
This does not Indicate that fiat
dwellers may not have flowers In
summer. however. as they can always
have thom In window boxes and fire.
quently In porch boxes and hanging
baskets.
Flowers Of many kinds and hues
will grow to. fullest perfection in
boxes Of various kinds and all they
need is sunshine and little careful
attention. They constitute the chief
Joy OF the summer season and no one
should be without them from May
until frost time.
Almost any sort Of box will do so
long as It is deep enough for the
roots to grow In. and strong enough
to hold tho earth.
Fill 1t with rich greenhouse or gar
den earth. having mixed in a quantity
Of well-rotted manure. Some fine
wood ashes will assist the blossoms
wonderfully. but coal ashes are a
detriment. Have the earth fine and
mellow and plant the flowers as soon
after filling the box as possible.
The quickest and most satisfactory
way to stock these boxes is to buy
potted plants from the florist and
transplant them. They are more
sturdy than plants grown from seed
In the boxes and they bloom much
earlier. The cost Is prohibitive in
many cases. however, and almost any
annual flowers will grow from seed
In such boxes. Where the amount Of
sunshine Is limited It Is almost neces-
sary to put In plants instead Of weeds.
Geraniums are probably the most
satisfactory Towering plants for the
formal window box, and they are
very widely used. Foliage plants are
excellent and Withstand the hot after.
noon sun better than towering plants
Ferns do well in shaded locations.
Small plants of English Ivy, Wan
dering Jew and many OF the smaller
vines are useful for draping effects
and we have seen some OF the larger
growing annual vines, such as Wild
Cucumber, Scarlet Runner Beans and
Morning Glory. used In window boxes
with excellent results. the long. grace
full vines. either climbing in the usual
way or trailing down over the side of
the box.
Hanging baskets. either fern balls.
moss baskets. or boxes can be hung
In any sheltered location. and they
are very satisfactory. We recommend
the use Of self-watering hanging bas-
kets. as the ordinary hanging device
is inconvenient to handle and It must
be watered constantly.
Remember that success with boxes
demands lots Of water every day.
three times as much as you would
give the same plants in bed.
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ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use OF Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew.
eral months later he wrote: have
not changed my faith I'm your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. f.. He's.
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney pills. soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music of National Anthem
(English and German words) and re-
clpes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free
Adv,
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
CURE FOR BROODINESS
Two Methods Given for Breaking
Up Setting Hens.
Strenuous Measures Must Be Adopted
to Dlssuadc Fowl From Her Pur-
pose-Leghorns Are Most
Popular for Eggs.

CBy PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOITE)
Contrary to general impression.
broodiness In hens is not a fever and
we have no evidence to show that 1t
IL contagious. The ailment. II we may
term 1t thus, appears without warn
ing. The fowl may have been laying
steadily and acting in n perfectly nor
NAL fashion, when suddenly she be-
comes imbued with a great distaste
for active pursuits. She betrays a
very grabbed disposition. rushing at
her erstwhile friends and pecking
them viciously whenever they ap-
proach her. Her plumage sticks out
at right angles, making her appear
about twice as large as usual. With
head drawn deep into her hackle
feathers and wings and body taking
up as much space as possible, she
mounts guard over her chosen nest
and deties all comers
The hen becomes broody because
nature prompts her with a sudden de-
sire for a brood Of chicks. She prob.
ably does not know why she does It,
as she will take to potatoes or door
knobs as kindly as to eggs. but she
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
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The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09

Ing. was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
tion. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
tion across the
loins that It was
difficult to move.
After using 6
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
IL Is All Handled.

Tell your mother not to forget
when she needs bread that we handle
It,"
Mamma wants bread that Is not
handled"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
A CLERoYMAN'S TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton. Pa. suffered from Dropsy for a
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and puffed. He had heart futter-
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1913-05-09
Bent on Gae1inq Money.

What excuse did the arrested cash
Ter give for being crooked" He
claimed he was In straitened circum-
stances"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
DRTlON OF THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME

in Paris to please their wives, play the
real thing in Paris poker.
We bust straight to draw TO an ace
We draw three cards to fill flush.
Every one can pass twice and come
back If he changes his mind.
Nobody has bluffed since February IA.
when a new and inexperienced million
aire drew one card to a bunch of debris
and caught three queens-Judith, Rachel
and Argine with the whiskers.
What radical return to first principles
and order?
We have reformed the French poker
pack.
No, we play with fifty-two cards-when
We sit seven.
When we are six, we use a forty-eight-
card deck.
When the players are five. the deck has
forty cards.
And when four, we play with thirty-two.
as a concession to the French.
Thus everybody's game is equal
equally on the blink.
when does queen beat an ace?"
asked the new millionaire.
He exaggerated; but at pm. flush
beats a full house., and at pm. 1t
doesn't. At pm. we open a jackpot on
two deuces; and at pm. three queens
are nervy openers
Liberty, equality, fraternity.
The Paris temperament will have Its
way. STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
The Ready Cody.

THE late Col. Samuel F.. Cody. Eng
lands once successful aviator. was
an American: and Cody in his youth led
an eventfuI life as Snowman, sharpshoot-
er. circus tumbler and what-not
Cody once exhibited, as side-show
feature Of circus. Tartary wild horse.
Here you are, gents" he shouted from
his side-show platform Here you are
the only genuine wild horse of Tartary.
A purse of SO is offered to anybody who
can stick on his back"
There were no aspirants for the purse,
and Cody continued:
eff any gentleman here can stick on
his back thirty seconds I'll give him the
ten-dollar purse and the wild horse be-
sides, by lingo. The animals uhrfd-
able. I've had years of equestrian prac.
tfce. and he shakes me off In ten Sec
onds.'
Ever try gittin' inside 'im?" shouted
yokel.
Eyes, I've tried that friend" Cody res
piled, but his mouth amt quite as big
as yours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
A SANDER.

A SUFFRAGETTE was rejoicing over
\ the announcement that the munich
pal council Of Paris is in favor OF giving
the vote to women.
1--WE are gaining recognition every
where" said she: land / am glad to say
that much OF our success is due to the
support of men. Their unselfsh help in
our cause proves that the male sex has
been greatly misjudged by prejudiced
suffragettes.'
Smiling. she concluded:
'It isn't true, as / once heard a suffra-
gette remark, that a man is only willing
to take the burden from the shoulders OF
frail woman when she is harassed with
the care Of a large and paying property"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
American Jack-T Ashore.
CONTINUED From Seventh Page.)

prestige of the American navy will lose
nothing from the opportunity that VIII
be given for Europe to look us over. Inc
sailorman will be made happier for the
good time that is shown him. There is.
however. a secondary object that Will De
accomplished. The jack tar of the Amer
lean navy will be given an opportunity 10
see at close range his fellows or otner
navies. He will come to know the com
narrative pittance that these European
memo -warsmen earn.
He will find out the frugality or the
fare that is provided them by their gov
ernments. He will see the method OF
treatment that is accorded the Jack1es OF
other nations All these things Will en-
phasize the many blessings of being an
American sailorman instead OF serving
with any of the other great fleets. Ii Is
expected that he will return to his serv-
ice with many congratulations to himself
and with a vast enthusiasm for the Stars
and Stripes. ~
Likewise the plunge back across the
Atlantic will land the saflorman In ms
home ports ten days before Christmas.
There will be bit of holiday leave, then
the rush to Guantanamo for winter prac-
tice. and a little later vast, new ina-
neuver off the Panama canal to lay down
the line of action that our Uncle Samuel
would follow were there danger OF attack
at that point from a powerful natloh: Al
together 1t promises to be busy winter.
Downright 1913 by w. A. Du Puy)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

which itself beats a straight? He may
quite possibly catch the other ace or
king with the reduced pack Or has he
four of kind?
The first time I sat in the Rue Richie
lieu basement they We're playing slaugh-
ter-house.
At a propitious moment my sponsor
pushed me into the seat of a player who
had bled his last chip In sight; and to
give a waiting multitude a chance to
sit in the right to buy more was sus-
pended.
Zero Centigrade," explained my spon-
sor. He forgot the English for freeze
out.'o
This pole-ax game, indeed. has be-
come so popular In clubs thot it sup
plants the baccarat blackboard. The
ing from a gilded hook on the wall,
with an employee in charge.
There are, let us say, four poker
tables At each one a game with five
players is in full blast. How are you
to get into one Of them?
Go to the blackboard clerk, as you
would do IL you wanted seat at bac-
carat. He writes your name under that
of the last applicant before you.
Soon there will come news from one
OF the poker tables that some player
has been frozen out. The blackboard
clerk reads out the first name on the
waiting list And so on.
When it comes your turn, you take
the seat assigned you. just vacated by
the slaughtered one. You buy fifty
francs worth Of chips, no more and no
less You play those chips. When they
are lost you quit, to make room for
some other person on the waiting list
1t is astonishing how much one may
win with luck and skill at such a game
l have seen hardened Paris-Americans,
familiar with the thirty-six card deck
and the French game. continue playing
at one table for five hours. In five
hours he was literally overwhelmed with
gold.
AS their winnings increased. SO in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

creased also their chances of winning:
They cruelty bluffed out the tlmid ana
the loath to leave. -
ac one by one, the players with less
capital lost their all and were forced
to quit their game became SO mucn
more solid. because those who had lost
and left had lost and left their chance
to get back at them.
S1ch is what they call "a business
mans game" business man in the
French language meaning cruel, hard
hitter. who keeps his engagements. How
different it is from pension-poker, that
=. - cav the poker of smar- boarding
hotels where grand opera buds and
other growing girls consider II the gol-
den calf in person, standihg patent 10
be MIXED for their particular delecta-
ton and never capable of going dry
X
Here it is all gentle and gracious; and
the presence of the ladies-wait and you
will see. In accordance with the unwrit-
ten law of the American colony the
feminine rules in all
Thus. in one of the smartest boarding
hotels of the Etoile quarter the nightly
game was long ago captured by the fair
ones. who proceeded to trim it up to the
prevailing mode of millinery. A four
flush beat a pair; and 2 = g. s. 10
straights, "roodles,'' JULIUS" rang
doodles' and jokers soon gave the game
a weird charm for newcomers; but
brothers and husbands began staying
out of nights to keep away from 1t.
A reform was necessary. and the fair
agreed to 1t. One feature, however, dear
to their adventurous hearts they would
not give up This was the joker. It must
be poker with the joker. Thus slight
misunderstanding came about one night.
AS the French packs had no joker, the
girls had made the deuce of spades-the
little casino-stand for that card of doom,
which you may call anything you please.
Long habit had so accustomed them that
they no longer marked it with q pencil,
This is the JOKER" as they did at first
But shortly previous to this bright
girl had discovered taat injustice was be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
All to the Good.

AVER a cigarette and an iced drink
~ at the Knickerbocker Club in New
York a certain clubman said to friend
the other day:
well. where did you spend the sum-
mer?"
Bad Nauheim,' was tho reply. And
your
Naughty Newport" he answeveA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

"fiyes'' being taken from the pack, pairs
two pairs. threes, straights and fulls are
easier to get, while the flush only re-
mains as hard to get as ever. Conse-
uuently straight beats two pairs, three
of a kind beat straight, full house
beats three of kind and a flush beats a
full house.
1t was a jackpot game all through,
with table stakes and permission to buy
more chips only after losing the last
one in front Of you. Every one has a
right to a sight for his money and every
one may be raised the amount he has in
sight
1t IS the poker still played by French
men in quiet cafes all over Paris, where
the habit is for each to start in with S4
worth of chips. The French are careful
even in their gambling.
The dealer puts up franc chip. the
only ante The players generally pass
on a pair, though now and then you will
sec a sport open a jackpot on two aces.
Two pairs are only good to draw to.
"Allez! they say. Co.. or "Passe"'
or ITO your meaning that they pass
for the moment. Opening hands are SO
common that the possessor Of a pat flush
well I'D to the dealer will risk It's being
opened by some other player.
There might seem to be small room
for bluffing in such a game, yet 1t will
be found to require nerve or stomach"
as they say, to play it for all there is
That mean little hand Of two small pairs
can be filled SO much more easily when
the "twos," "threes," "fours' and Elves"
are taken from the pack. Questions of
nice Judgment arise continually. and
four-card straights become so common
that bewilderment increases And the
lurking danger of the all-conquering
flush?
Indeed one-card draws are immensely
the most frequent, and what can you
tell from a one-card draw? Is he filing
two pairs? Is he filling a straight? Is he
filling a flush? Is he holding ace or king
as q hopeful kicker with three Of kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
Selfish Eyes.

A NEW YORK theatrical manager
"A said:
american ragttime is sweeping Eu-
rope, but the American ragtime compos-
ers get no credit and no cash either.
Hence our composers can't help loo,.-
ing at this ragtime furore with cad and
perhaps selfish eyes.
I'VE look at everything. you know.
seIfshiy. We say. with the millionaire:
Poverty is no disgrace, provided tina
victim doesn't owe us anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
Absurd Congresses.

A NDREW CARNEGIE, in his advocacy
"A of universal peace, has no faith In
half measures.
.sThese congresses" he once said In
New York-"these congresses that advo-
cate, not universal peace, but smaller
bullets. gentler Commandments and less
destructive bombs annoy me-.
when we succeed. thanks to such
congresses, in eliminating savagery from
MS to proceed to eliminate the darkness
from night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

spades and I call the queen of diamonds
the joker and count it as the six of
spades-two. three, four. five. sfx!'
But wait" they all explained: you
have no other twospot in your hand.
1t was in vain that they read the rule
to him:
eff you have deuce and the joker in
your hand you may call any other card
the JOKER
His vision was blinded. His eyes were
sealed. But, being a gentleman. he pre-
tended to understand and said it was a
good joke on him. Only the next day he
got a telegram from Versailles to see his
aunt, and he never came back.
All, dream faces softly come and softly
go, while we have been wasting our time
at the Grand Cafe!
After amiable eccentricity, you under
stand that an American can crave real
poker with his peers-quiet. orderly, with
out (straining the eyes or voice.
We found it at the same Grand Cafe
where groups succeed one another and
do not resemble.
All, peacei All. flowing hours!
An Argentine lawyer Portuguese doc
for. an editor from Rio. Russian opera
impresario, the syndical agent Of the
Pyrenees. a Burgundy chatelain doctoring
for indigestion, two newspaper corre-
spondents and two American millionaires
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

Americans de-
sired TO while
away an hour at
y . X e r on the
Paris Boulevard.
They stepped in
TO the Grand Cafe
and asked for
cards and chips.
The waiter un-
rolled a big green
velvet mat. with
yellow parrot and