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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16
Twenty-first Anniversary,

Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Gardner Sun
day celebrated the twenty-first an
niversary of their marriage by en-
tertaining few friends at dinner
which was daintily served at 1880
o'clock at their home on Division
street. Mr.. and Mrs Gardner came
to this city a little over a year ago
when Mr.. Gardner took up his du-
ties as local agent at the Illinois
Central station, and the worthy peo-
pie have many friends who will join
in congratulations upon their twen-
ty-first anniversary.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16
Big Improvement for Stockyards.

The Northwestern railroad COM
pany have gang of men at work
here placing a cement floor through
out the stockyards. This improve
ment has been contemplated for
some time and will at last be GER
tainty. This will no doubt be much
appreciated by all stock buyers and
others who have occasion to use
these Yards.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16

years, related how the party of cous-
ins coming at that time were cap
sized in Boone river while attempt
ing to ford it.
Mr.. Zimbelman, though enthusi-
astic over California, still thinks
there is no state like Iowa, and as
he departed, he waved good bye
with samples of Iowa corn, which
look better to him than California
oranges.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16

but little il any more than the
money now spent for so many differ
ent attractions. Three free first
class musical performances by some
big organization of master musicians
with free watermelons at noon
would make celebration at once
unique and perhaps would be Of
more interest to the public in gem
eral than any line of entertainment
yet carried out on these big days
heretofore. Anyway, the idea may
well be worth thinking about before
another Watermelon Day rolls
around
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16
Builds Fine New Home.

Preparations have been commenc-
ed for the erection Of a fine new
brick home upon the lot recently
purchased by C. D. Carpenter upon
the corner of Ohio street and Will
son avenue. The home is to be COM
plete in every modern way and Will
probably cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000 ~"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16

The Webster City Business Col
| lege opens with a larger enrolment
than was anticipated. Already six.
ty have taken scholarships. Prac-
tically all the desks were taken al
the opening. New desks have been
ordered to accommodate the large
number of students who will enter
when through with the fall work.
The school is we'll organized now
and the students are making rapid
advancement and are all well pleas
ed.
One special feature of the work
will be the Friday morning exer-
cises to which the public is invited.
At these exercises, students will en-
gage in typewriting, rapid calcula-
tion and salesmanship contests.
Prominent speakers will address the
students on these occasions on prac-
tical subjects. Mr.. H. NJ Harwood,
publicity manager for the State Uni
versity, has been engaged for a lect-
ure on Sept. 80. His subject will be
Iowa and What She has to Adver-
tise.''
The course is so outlined that the
students may enter any Monday. A
night school will be started Oct.
to accommodate those who cannot
possibly enter the day classes. Work
will be given in bookkeeping, short
hand, typewriting, rapid arithmetic,
business writing. Also, lectures on
salesmanship, advertising and prac-
tical law. Already a large number
have registered for work in the eve
ming classes.
All the latest equipment is. pro-
vided and everything necessary to
make the Webster City Business Col
lege as good a school as is to be
found anywhere. The following stu
dents have enrolled.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-16

Isaiah Pierce Geo. Alexander
Myron Garth Marion Wedding
Ray Berggren Jennings Cooper
charles Lowrie Albert Dingman
Frank Pierce Lloyd Cantonwine
Vern Baxter Ben Rasmussen
Hetta Whipple Clarence Caquelin
Gladys Willie Harold Henderson
Nettie Klein Henry Mahoney
Mabel Owens Myrtle. Treanor
Ellen Shafer Kennith Wilson
Fred Church Glenn Kennedy
Pearl Paine A. S. Williams
Myron Paine Marguerite Leroy
Grace Riley Vern Seamands
Emery Sagar Ruth Christensen
Olive Parker Harold Peterson
Harold Percy Edward Miller
Hazel Russell Gladys Goodrich
Carl Ainslie Mabel Wheeler
Clara CaIies Ethel Mabbott
Beryl Dunbar Robert Maxon
Dave Francis Abbe Baldwin
Geo. Anderson Lowell Howard
Media Peterson Florence Worrick
Will Filler Tressa Cantonwine
Alta Smith George Woodmansee
Clifford Lee Wallace Donaldson
Ola Waldon Herman Hemminger
Bessie Segar Melbourne Boughton
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
The Popular TricOrne

Tricornes continue to figure among
current shapes, but the three-sided
arrangement is not very distinctly de-
fined. These usually have bordering
Of ostrich trimming.
Perhaps the most novel looking of
all the new shapes brought out for
this season are those consisting of a
crown about four inches in height,
with a brim turned up vertically
against it. This brim is higher than
the crown by an inch or so, and would
therefore conceal the latter entirely
did it come entirely round, instead of
being open in front, thus showing a
strip of the crown between its two up
right sides. Different eolors are
chosen for the crown and brim so as
to accentuate this effect, says the Mil
linery Trade Review.
One model shown had a scarlet
crowd of English straw and a black
tagal brim, and for trimming a bushy
black aigrette fastened behind the
crown. but for another of more
dressy description, black tagal is Sc
lected for the crown and Italian for
the brim, and for trimming yellow
divided into sprays sewn
separately around the inner edge of
the brim at the back.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE cor
setless figure and the bifnrcated
skirt as features of woman's attire
are decried by Jacques Worth, whods
sojourning here. Jacques speaks
with authority, for he is a member
of that famous house of Worth, which
from its headquarters in Paris die
tates the fashions of the world and
incidentally, those of America.
He declares that the narrow draped
skirt will be the exclusive mode, that
the waist line will be moderate in it's
height, and that two-tone suits, Bull
garian tints, and Bulgarian blouses
will be all the rage.
M Worth expressed himself on
women's dress in the following fash
ion
1.-THE narrow. draped skirt will be
the favorite exclusive mode, pre-
serving the long slim lines of the
figure and eliminating hips.
THE waist line will not be high
up under the bust, nor will it be quite
natural, but Just between the two ex-
tremes-what we call the three-quar-
ter
"Sleeves will remain small, and the
long sleeve. hanging loose from the
shoulder and ending in a point will
be popular for evening. Low collars
will be generally worn"
But what about the slit skirt so
many women are wearing in New
York;" was asked him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

1--WE do not make the slit skirt he
enunciated, the emphasis on the
royal pronoun quiet, yet marked;
"but do not wonder that 1t is worn
by some. What else was there to do
when the hobble skirt was drawn SO
tight as to prevent all movement?
1--WE, the house of Worth, never
made the extreme hobble. How could
we? 1t is so ugly so ungraceful, so
utterly impossible, binding the feet
of the wearer in such a way that
harmonious movement is out of the
question.
"But the narrow skirt is charming.
1t will be worn for long time to
come because it makes woman look
slender. Properly cut and draped 1t
makes even a stout woman more per-
sonable than she could be in any
other sort of dress.
II think the American woman has
naturally the loveiest figure of any
woman in the world. She Is tall and
long of limb, with sloping shoulders
and narrow hips She has a beauti-
full neck and arms. l believe that she
can wear beautiful clothes more
beautifully than the woman of any
other land, andI prefer to dress her
Even the American shop girl is
charming
rHow about the rumor that we
shall leave off oorsets?'
when men go about barefooted or
with their collars removed, women
will stop wearing corsets."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Conducted by Mrs. Alice Gitchell Kirk

Every housekeepax wants to give
her family pure, unadulterateu'
wholesome food, and as milk is one
of the most nutritious foods which
come into the family, this particular
ly should come to her pure, clean and
unadulterated, and she should know
positively before giving up the milk
man, when someone says the milk is
not good, whether it is pure or not.
This can only be done when the
housekeeper understands a few sim
pie tests which may easily be made
in her home.
simple Home Tests.
For Richness-It is an easy matter
to examine the milk and note the
cream line, which in quart bottles
should be about four inches down
from the top, and the cream, when
poured out, should amount to about
one-fourth of the contents.
Fir Dirt-After the milk has stood
undisturbed for an hour hold up the
bottle so that the bottom can be read
| lily seen. Note whether there is any
dirt or sediment whatever. This is a
visible test for the purity of milk,
but a rather disagreeable factor of
the dirt in milk is that perhaps more
than three-fourths of this substance
is dissolved in the milk and does not
show it's presence to the eye. This
dissolved dirt may usually be de-
tected by the taste and smell of the
milk. Clean milk has no distinct fla
vor-simply a sweet. pleasant taste.
If any flavors are present they are
artificial.
How to Test For Cleanliness
TakSa pint of milk as it is received
from the milkman, pour off d few
spoonfuls, to facilitate shaking, and
place in a painful of warm water,
ninety-fve to one hundred degrees;
when thoroughly warm throughout,
add one rennet tablet which has
previously been dissolved in one
spoonful of water and shake. then
set away in a warm place for IA few
minutes. When curdled, cut the curd
thoroughly with a knife TO let out
the whey. Let stand for few min
utes, drain off all whey possible and
continue to pour off all whey as it
accumulates There will then be a
lump of compact curd. Cut this in
two with q knife so that it will fall
out. The character of this curd will
show very clearly the sanitary quail
ity of the milk. If spongy and full
of numerous holes, undesirable
forms of bacteria, particularly those
that produce gas, are present. This
class of bacteria is considered by
authorities to be one of the causes
of epidemic diarrhea. If firm and
smooth with few or no holes, the
milk is clean and has been handled
in a sanitary manner This test
may be continued further by placing
the curd back in the bottle and fill
ing half full of water. If the curd
floats it indicates that the milk is
unclean: if it sinks the milk is rea-
sonably clean.
For Adulteration-Keep the milk for
two or three days at ordinary room
temperature; if. on removing the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
FOR
N SHOPPERS

. L. Bamberger's & Co.'S are selling
Haviland china dinner sets at re-
duced price Dishes valued at $4,000
and $500 are sold for $500 and
$500.
Cambria. madras and bingham
house dresses for women and misses
may be purchased at Hahne & CO.
at $1.9S.
A large variety of children's school
shoes are displayed at the w. V. Sny-
der Company. This store carries
women's oxford pumps in gunmetal
and patent colt, which are sold for
S39S.
L. S. Plaut & Co.'S are displaying
children's voile dresses trimmed with
eluny and shadow laces and sold at
moderate prices.
Black bengaline coats with MORE
collars and lined throughout with
messaline. are sold at Bedells at from
$10.9S to $50.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

cap, it does not smell sour, Is not
curdled, but has a putrefactiye odor,
this indicates that preservatives
have been used. While they are not
used as much as. formerly, a number
are still found, among which may be
mentioned formaldehyde. boracic acid,
salicylic acid, sodium carbonate, etc.
Formaldehyde is most common. A
very simple test for this preserva-
tive is as follows: Take an ordinary
laboratory test tube, place it in two
tablespoonfuls of milk and add about
an equal amount of commercial. sui
phuric acid (care should be taken not
to let this touch the clothing or
hands,, pouring the acid down the
side of the tube SO that 1t does not
mix with the milk. If formalia is
present, a violet ring will appear be-
tween the layer of acid and milk. In
testing milk for boracic acid or borax.
two or three tablespoonful are placed
in bottle with twice that amount
of a solution of one teaspoonful of
alum In one pint of water, shaken
vigorously and filtered through filter
paper.
One teaspoonful of the mixture is
placed In any dish not metal and
Ave drops of hydrochloric (muriatic)
acid added. A strip of turmeric pa
per Secured at the drug store) is
now dipped in the liquid and held
in a warm place near a stove or
lamp until dry. If boracic acid OF
borax were present in the sample,
the turmeric paper becomes bright
cherry red when dry. A drop Of
household ammonia changes the color
TO dark green or greenish blue. If
preservatives are suspected and these
tests do not reveal their presence.
the housewife may send a sample to
the board of health laboratory for
further examination.
Make these tests every time thu
milk supply is changed, or whenever
deterioration is suspected.
Test for Formaldehyde in. Milk
Place four tablespoonful of milk in
a teaeup. Add one drop of ferric
chloride to four teaspoonfuls of hy-
droehloric acid. Set the whole in a
dish of boiling water. Let stand fol
five minutes. If formaldehyde is
present the milk will turn lavender
OF purple.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

stew pan and cover and cook fifteen
minutes, press down, turn the spin
ach several times while cooking. AT
the end of fifteen minutes drain. turn
the spinach into chopping bowl, mince
fine, return TO the stew pan and
allow two tablespoons of butter or
drippings and one even teaspoon of
salt. Mix we'll together and serve
very hot. Only very young tender
spinach should be cooked in this way,
as the flavor from the older vegeta-
BILE is strong and somewhat unpleas-
ant.
Spinach is nice served with egg.
Take one-half peck of spinach, two
tablespoons of butter and one tea
spoon salt. two eggs. Wash and
blanch (boil in water) the spinach,
using one teaspoon salt in three
quarts of water, boil ten minutes,
drain and minee fine, return to sauce
pan, add butter and heat for five min
utes. Heap in mound on hot
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
The TABLE

Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce
Soak one pound beans over night in
cold water. Cook with two or three
slices of bacon until the beans are
soft Pour one-third of the beans
into baking pan, sprinkle with brown
sugar. salt. pepper, cinnamon, cloves
and cover with good catsup. Add
another layer of beans and repeat
until all are used. Arrange bacon
on top of pan and bake slowly one
half hour. This is a regular canning
factory recipe.
Salmon Loaf-One can salmon, one
cup boiled dressing one tablespoon
gelatin. Mix salmon with dressing.
Place gelatin in saucer over boiling
water until melted. then add to first
mixture When loaf has hardened
It may be served in slices or made in
to delicious sandwiches.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
DESSERTS

Sunflower Jelly--Make quart OF
orange jelly. Line a chilled mold.
Decorate the bottom of the mold with
sunflower, using raisins for the CEN
tire and petals of orange skin cooked
in strip of sugar and water When
these are firm add the rest of the jel-
ly and set away to harden. Unmold
and garnish with orange slices. Serve
with whipped cream,
Pineapple Tapioca-One-half cup
minute tapioca. Soak over night in
one quart of water, Cook thoroughly
in the morning. When nearly cold
add juice of one lemon, one cup
sugar, beaten white of one egg, one
half can grated pineapple; beat all
well together. Serve cold. Whipped
cream added is an improvement.
Tea Cake-Break whites of two
eggs in cup, half fill with butter,
then fill with sweet milk. Beat thor
oughly and add one cup sugar, Ia
cups -four, 11s teaspoons baking pow
der; flavor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

SOfrel,
Is one of the rapid spring growers
and can be combined with small tur-
nip tops or beets, a little lettuce or
may be used alone. Cook 1t the same
as spinach. Sorrel also makes a re-
freshing salad.
The common pig weed" and lamb
quarter grow in almost every climate
and on all cultivated land. When
very young these can be used for
green's and should be cooked after
the same recipes given for spinach.
Swiss Chard.
Is a variety of the beet in which
the leaf, stalk and mid-ribs are de-
veloped instead of the root. 1t is Gull
tlvated like spinach and the green
tender leaves may be prepared after
any recipe for spinach with perfect
results.
Spinach.
Fresh spinach. when washed, holds
enough water for cooking. Put in a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

Tale, derived from soapstone found
in various quarters of the world and
i'm many States of our Union, Is as a
general thing marketed as rough
from the mine. 1t is sawed into
slabs, from which are manufactured
various objects, or it is ground into
powder,
A great deal of the ground tale is
employed in the manufacture of pa
per. ut also enters into the making
of nodded rubber forms and foundry
facings and paints, but the form in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
CLEAN KITCHEN SINK

Sprinkle chloride of lime on those
ugly brown spots in your white
enameled sink and see how quickly
they disappear. If it is very badly
stained. 1t may require the second
application. 1t will tarnish the brass
drain in the sink, but little scour-
ing powder of any kind will brighten
that.
l. have tried I've. coal OIL washing
soda. securing powder-in fact, ev-
erythins l could think Of. but they
were all failure, until one day I
tried chloride of lime, and 1t worked
like nagin-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
WOMAN AND THE MIRROR

in the decade between 50 and so
years, at about minutes per day.
1t is not surprising that this totals
nearly $50 days in the course of a
lifetime. but it. is surprisingTrather,
that it is so little. Counting the time
a man spends in shaving it may be
estimated roughly that he spends al
most as much time before the mirror
himself. and certainly a woman is
entitled to give as much attention
to her hair as a man gives to shaw
ing. says Leslie's Weekly.
There are good many other time-
consuming customs that would make
Just as impressive total of days IL
footed up for a lifetime. For exam
pie. will some one interested in sta
tistics estimate the time eaten UP
standing on corner waiting for a
car. or the time wasted while one is
waiting for a meal to be served.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

dish, garnish with the hard-boiled
eggs cut in slices.
Try spinach cooked with salt pork.
To prepare, cut one-half pound of
salt pork into inch pieces, boil in
three quarts of water until tender.
Wash spinach and cook in water with
the pork fifteen minutes, drain In col
ander and mince coarse. Serve very
hot with horse radish sauce. One
tablespoon grated horse radish, one
half cup weak vinegar, one pinch
salt heaping teaspoon sugar.
Beet Greens.
Young beet plants make delicious
greens, especially if the root has SOME
little size. Do not separate roots
from leaves. Wash in many waters.
Put in stew pan and cover with boil
ing water, adding one teaspoon of salt
to every two quarts of greens, boil
rapidly until tender (about twenty
five minutes), drain and chop rather
coarse, season with butter and salt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
Ancient Mural Decorations

1t is probable that the earliest wall
paintings were those of the Egyp-
tians. Those people employed dis
temper containing dissolved gum, and
their principal pigments were white
chalk. a vegetable yellow. ochre,
Ethiopian clnnabar, blue powdered
glass stained with copper, and char
coal black.
The walls Of Assyrian and Baby
lonian dwellings We're treated in
much the same way, and the prac-
tise of painting on walls coated with
plaster was certainly in vogue in
Assyria.
1t has been believed that the
Greeks understood true fresco work,
apparently on the strength of a
phrase occurring in Plutarch, Ito
paint on a wet ground" Vitruvius
also speaks of wet ground and says
that colors placed upon a surface so
prepared are permanent, which GER
tainly is chara cteristic of true fresco
rk.-Harper's Weekly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

"And there is another prediction
that women will shortly come to
trousers"
That too, is out of the question"
M. Worth declared with decision.
THE hoopskirt, the hustle, and the
balloon sleeve are three other modes
which l prophesy will never return.
THE colors which will be chiefly
worn are peacock blue and emerald
green" he vouchsafed; ALSO what 1
call the middle colors' will be much
liked; those come in between red and
yellow, russell and brown. In Paris
the two-tone suits-the coat of one
color, the skirt OF another-are much
liked. The Bulgarian tints are OF
the mode, also the Bulgarian
blouses."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14

The average woman spends 242
days before the mirror between the
ages of and 20. according to the
estimate of French statistician.
He reckons that between 6 and 10
years a girl remains on the average
minutes before the glass each day,
and by easy stages reaches the max
imum of 30 to 35 minutes in the pc
riod between % and 80 years. The
curve then turns downward. arriving
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
He Speaks. but That Is All
)ear Miss Door

Dear MISS DOOH.
Kindly tell me how to regain
the friendship of young man. We
had falling out over mere nothing.
but he took II seriously and since then
we speak when we meet. but that Is
all Thanking YOU, MARIE G.
Next time smile pleasantly when
you bow Let him see that You are
anxious to be- friendly. If he re-
fuses to notice your efforts I advise
you to direct your attention else
where. A girl only loses dignity and
self respect when she let's man see
that she is over eager for his 500
ciety. Let him do the chasing"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
Milady's Fragrant Toilet Powder

which 1T is most familiar is the toilet
powder.
Not only is talcum busted into
gloves. and shoes to obviate friction,
but it is also blown into conduits to
ease the Introduction of electric wires
or other conductors, says Harper
Weekly.
Soapstone is largely employed in the
manufacture of laundry tubs and
similar articles. The very best grades
of tale, free from flaws, are sawed
up to make pencils or crayons. Gas
tips are also made from tale.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-14
INVALID HELP

1t helps an invalid who cannot be
long on her feet to have casters dhe
ball bearing kind put on a light.
ordinary chair Keep them so well
oiled that they will move readily;
then. by using the feet as in walk
ing, it is possible to move about the
room without trouble.