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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Wearing Gowns and Then
Returning Them.

New York.-The latest development
Of the graft-exposing fraud that is now
sweeping through New York life is
the revelation that women of wealth
and good standing in New York so
ciety have Joined the ranks of the
grafters.
Not only do these women take graft,
but they go out and get 1t, and the
situation has now reached a point
where the department stores, which
have been the worst sufferers, have
organized to protect themselves. The
women have, Of course, been cruelty
shocked to hear the right name given
to their practice, which was one Of
the oldest and simplest Of gentle
gratis
The woman who feels that none Of
evening gowns would do for a particu-
larry brilliant occasion would saunter
into a store during the early after
noon. look over and try on gowns. till
she found the handsomest one that
she could wear. and order It sent
home Immediately ION approval :"
Next day she would return the gown.
saying that her husband did not like
it,-or that the color was all changed
when she got It in the gas light
The store people. though they knew
from the feel of the fabric that the
gown had been worn for an evening.
could not protest. for a customer.
even a bad one is ALWAYS in the right
and the store is always In the wrong
when 1t comes to a difference OF
opinion
The department stores cure for the
trouble is simple and effective. They
now paste q label OF flimsy paper on
the sleeve or back Of each gown in a
contrasting color. big enough to be
seen three blocks away. A tag or an
ordinary sewed cloth label could be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
MAKING WORK EASIER
SMALL THINGS THAT LlcHTEN
LABOR m THE HOME.
Easy Method Of Making Old Gloves
Comfortable for the Hands While
Sweepins-Proper Use of Brush
In the Kitchen.

A simple little idea that to pass on
TO the housewife was suggested the
other day by seeing a bride Of a few
months struggling to WELD a broom
while wearing her husbands CASTOR
gloves to save her hands. The gloves
were, OF course, good deal too large
Tor her. but in spite of this they were
making her hands hot and uncomfort-
aole and sweeping under such condi-
ions was most trying.
Now to make the old gloves disable
for Homework it is only necessary to
split the backs along the seams and
tnen cut slit or two around the
thumbs. The protection to the hands il
as good as with the original glove and
the discomfort is reduced to nothing.
Inis cannot be done, of course. with
RUBBER gloves intended to protect the
hands when forced to dip them
IN not water or soda, but It is a
useful hint for the housewife who
does her own sweeping and hopping
ana wishes to preserve the beauty Of
her hands.
some one advised to try clothes
pegs to attach cheesecloth to the Jar
wnen straining fruit for preserves, or
Tor similar work where a cheesecloth
strainer is used. The idea is not bad,
put there Is another one with far bet
Ter results. Have you ever seen the
little clips that photographers, anna
teur and professional, use to dry
prints? The little clips are strung
In line. and the prints are clipped at
me corners and left until ready to
mount.
These clips are little wooden az
fairs less than half the size Of a
Clothes peg and much more suitable
Tor clipping the cloth to the edge Of
the pan or bowl than a clothes peg
would be. They are for sale in a Pho
tographic stock house or in the photo
graphic department Of a store. They
are cheap and will be found useful In
the house In a number of ways. A
wire arrangement In the center per-
mits a string to be run through them
without interfering with the clipping
part, and so they can be strung across
the room and used for drying small
articles.
The possibilities Of the brush In the
kitchen have by no means been ex-
hausted. The unnecessary waste OF
time and energy In cleansing jars Of
any kind is evident when you see q
woman struggling to get at the crew
lee OF narrow necked preserve Jar
with a cleaning cloth. II Is as bad
as the struggle to clean the inside OF
the lamp chimney. Reams of paper
have been used to present to suffer-
ing womenkind various new methods
Of getting at the interior OF a lamp
chimney when it is necessary to wipe
Il out. but there is nothing about clean
Ing the interior Of preserve Jars Get
one of those FIVE or ten cent long-han-
died brushes such as you see In one T.
the photographs and see how sim
pie and easy a Job II is to dip
right down into the edge Of the in
terror Of the glass and remove every
bit of dirt without effort of any I'M
due kind.
Another suggestion for the brush In
the kitchen is to get stiff nail brush
for use when cleaning celery. You
win find it useful in number of ways
when cleaning vegetables.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
HUNTER LASSoES A GRIZZLY
5ruIn Escapes Bullets Of Party Of
Hunters, but Falls Under
the Larlat.

Downieville, Cal-George Bynom.
who was out with party of hunters
two days ago. roped young grizzly
bear. The party sighted the bear near
the Yuba river, and fred several shots
without effect.
Seeing that the quarry was about to
escape, Bynom, an experienced cow
boy, unfurled his lasso and chased
the animal with his trained range
horse.
Overtaking the bear after a mile
chase through scrub brush, Bynum
placed his line upon It and held It I'M
til his companions arrived The griz-
Ely was then securely tied and brought
to Downieville.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
EARL ASKS AN INTRODUCTION
Reporters Induce Him, However. to
Tell Whether He Wished to
Catch Heiress.

oh, ! say now, you haven't been
presented to me. Really, old top, you
cawn't expect me to talk to you with
out an introduction" declared the earl
of Levan and Melville when he was
discovered hiding behind a ventilator
on the steamship Carmania as it was
about to sail.
why, your elegance" said re-
porter, I'VE don't need an introduction.
We're willing to take you for what
you're worth. Well introduce our
selves"
But that's all bally rot, you know"
declared the frightened earl. why,
in England the press men wouldn't
dare to do such a thing, don't you
know. The press men here are unique;
absolutely, don't you know. You know
too much. I've read all about you
fellows. don't you know You are
unique; you are inventive"
His grace is a Scot He stands six
feet three and is twenty-three years
old. He had been shooting in this
country three months. he said. and
was going home.
Shooting what, rattlesnakes?" In
quired one reporter
"Oh, no." replied the earl. Il shot
the bull moose, don't you know.
Haw. haw. hawl say, pretty good.
what?"
The nobleman has sandy hair that
grows all over his face. His trousers
were baggy and his overcoat looked
as II he had slept in 1t. Asked If he
had selected an. American heiress he
became indignant and refused to talk.
He didn't like this "bally country,
anyway.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
New Bread cutter.

A most excellent household article
is the new bread cutter. particularly
In the home where there are to be
many teas. or need for cutting sand
witch bread: this bread cutter is made
of wood, of size which exactly holds
the :oaf. like bread board. with a
spiked wooden fence about It; the
knife slips down between the spikes
of the fence and the bread can so
be evenly and exactly sliced as thinly
or as thickly as one may desire; there
is absolutely no waste, and much time
and patience in trying to have each
slice thin and even Is saved.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
DESERTS SHOW GIRL

lean war of independence, on the in
side history of which, from the British
side these documents could shed inval-
liable light
All these missing papers have just
been found in the cellars OF Apstey
house, residence of the duke Of Wei
lington, whose grandfather, the great
duke. was one of George Tvs trus-
tees. They have lain in the cellars
100 years.
Their character was discovered by
accident, when some repairs were be
ing carried out Three van loads OF
them have been removed to Windsor,
where the royal librarian has been In
trusted by the king with the task OF
arranging them and selecting parts OF
them for publication
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
TRIPLETS BORN AFTER DEATH
Posthumous Babes Are Hearty and
Physicians Are Of the Opinion
That They VIII Live.

Altoona, Pa.-Posthumous triplets
were born to Mrs. Mary Gordon of
Tatesville. Bedford county. at the hos
pital at Roaring Springs. and the doc
tor believes they will live. although
the mother died an hour before their
birth
They are lusty babes. two girls and
a boy. The boy weighs 81 pounds,
one girl pounds. the other 81
pounds. or lax pounds all told.
Some months ago the father died
and last week Mrs. Gordon's son. Ar
lington. brakeman. was killed In the
Pennsylvania yards here. Deeply de
pressed by the double bereavement,
her life hung in the balance. Ten
children were previously born to her.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
ONE TAIL OF TWO GOATS

the Hyde Park court yesterday. He
got my goat"
Your honor. that isn't true. Her
goat got my goat l may have been q
little hasty. but had lots of provoca-
ton"
Judge Scully put McCracken under
peace bonds Of $500.
IF you are brought in here again.
McCracken." said the court, you may
get my goat. and IL you do It viii go
pretty hard with you"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Prune soufhe.

Wash well one pound of the best
prunes, cover with cold water and let
soak over night Cook in the same
water until tender. Rub through a
strainer and add three-quarters cup Of
granulated sugar. Beat the whites OF
four eggs stiff and dry. then turn into
buttered dish and bake twenty
minutes in a moderate oven Serve
at once with thin cream. This dessert
must not stand minute before serv-
ing. as 1t is liable to fall; II cooked too
long Il is also more likely to fall.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Ham soufhe.

A cupful of chopped boiled ham
mixed with a cupful Of white sauce,
a teaspoonful of onion Juice and as
much minced parsley. salt and pepper
to taste Put this over the fire. add
the beaten yolks OF two eggs; cook
two minutes; remove from the fire
and fold in the stiffiy whipped whites
of the eggs. Bake half an hour in a
buttered bake dish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
HAS BIG INSIGNIA SCANDAL
Belgian Foreign Office Discovers TRAIT
fie In Forged Decorations by
Company.

Brussels. Belgium great scandal
in connection with foreign decorations
was brought to light here Numerous
demands for authorization to wear the
grand Gordon Of the Double Dragon OF
China had aroused the suspicious OF
the Belgium foreign ONCE. from which
Belgian subjects must obtain permits
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
WILL COMBINE SOCIETIES
Philanthrople Bodies Of New York to
Work Together to Avoid
Duplication.

New York.-Practically all the phil
anthropic agencies and societies in
New York city-nearly 5000 In num-
ber-are to be linked together by a
bureau known as the Social Service
Exchange" The aim is to prevent du-
plication of effort and to make the
work of each organization more com
plete and effective.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Zoo es,rnlsh.

II boiled eggs are used for garnish-
ing salad. try this novel way OF using
them decoratively: Take thick slice
lengthwise Hollow out the tip end
to resemble a horseshoe. Stud 1t
with a few bits Of black truffie to re-
present nails, Set these horseshoes
around the sides Of the mold OF salad
or on the top, with border Of lettuce
or celery leaves or parsley.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

DR.. Graham Rush OF Cornell Uni
versity Medical college and Mr. Eu-
gene Dubois of Bellevue are conduct
ing the work The apparatus they
are using is known as a respiration
calorimeter.
One man with whom they are ex-
perimenting has been shut up in the
calorimeter nearly three days. re-
ceiving instructions by telephone from
doctors outside. The air he breathes
is fed into the room by a device that
win admit II fresh. When the man
exercises q delicate Thermometer tells
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

sion before they may decorate their
buttonholes OF breasts with the In
sigma of a foreign order Uf chivalry
I..Quiries showed that the Chinese
legation here had no knowledge OF
the granting Of any such orders to
Belgian subjects. The diplomas. how
ever. were found to be genuine. and 1t
developed later that they had been
stolen from the Chinese legation in
London
Further investigation revealed that
. widespread business In decorations
was being carried on by q man named
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

Lazard, whose arrest was ordered
The concern has branches in many
countries. The orders usually dealt
in were the Lion and Sun Of Persia.
the Libertador of Venezuela and the
Double Dragon Of China. and many
forged diplomas OF these orders Of
chivalry were found In one Of the
branch Offices.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
SCIENCE HITS LIVING COST
Doctors Of Carnegie Institute seek to
Learn How Much Food 10 Needed
bv Man.

New York.-Medical science is APP
plying Itself to the solutic" Of the
problem Of the high cost Of living
through experiments to determine the
heating properties Of various foods.
The work IL going on in the Carnegie
laboratory Of the university and Bell
yue Hospital medical colleges.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
aModeI Man" Sent TO Prison.

New York.-Frank Henry Of 222 Nc
Dougal street. Brooklyn. who, detec-
tives say. has perpetrated over 5000
robberies in the last rs years. but
who wa- considered by his neighbors
a model man and devout church work
er, was found guilty of burglary in
Methuen. N. j.. and sentenced to not
less than seven nor more than IA
years
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

the story of the rising temperature Of
his body. It is said that IL he should
become angry or highly excited from
any cause the mercury would proba-
bly, break it's containing bulb. Food IL
passed within through a sectional
tube. with four gates to free the food
Of all influences of the outer air.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Women See Minister. Bout.

Hampstead. N Y.-Many women. all
of them church workers. had ring
side seats and cheered Justify when
the athletic carnival staged by Rev
Charles H. Snedeker. brought two pro-
fessional scrappers together in a live
ly bout. Wrestling exhibitions and
tests of strength were also on the bill
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
praIlne Peeans.

Take a cupful Of shelled pecans.
p,t two cupfuls Of brown sugar and
= half cup of water to simmer on
the Are until 1t begins to candy. Add
.hs nuts stirring all the time so the
srear adheres to them and they do
-. burn. When they are cool shake
~ the extra sugar in a coarse sieve,
"a they ara ready for use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

agent of such transmission the bed
bug is more to be feared than the
much dreaded flea Of man and animal"
Clothing and bed clothes which are
soiled with material from infected in
sects, obtained either by crushing
them or from their feces. can serve
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
TO STOP SOCIETY GRAFT"

removed, but the light paper. stuck on
with preparation that cannot harm
the cloth, has to be torn OF In scraps.
If the label is not In place the gown
is regarded as sold and there's an end
to it.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
STORIES OF HEROISM

courage and bravery. The men would
often stand in front of us or would
pile their knapsacks in order to pro-
tect US from the bullets. Our hearts
melted at this touching tenderness on
the part of our subordinates."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Leases Rink for sundays.

Boston.-Prohibited from public
skating on Sunday by the blue law
Miss Eleanora Sears. society girl, or
ganized a Skaters club and leased a
rink for Sundays only, where she and
her friends can skate protected by
clubs immunity.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Gallery Seasoning.

An excellent celery seasoning may
made at home. Get FIVE cents
rortb Of celery seed. run IT through
,ha finest knife Of the grinder or
break It in a mortar; mix with about
,.n times It's bulk Of table salt and
bottle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

durisg a long time as a source of in
lection. The clothing Of people who
live in dirty unhygienic surroundings
is generally covered with spots from
crushed bugs and their feces. For
malin vapor is a poor insecticide. es-
pecially for bugs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Used wife az con nor,e.-

Lisbon. GA divorce was granted
to Emma Zimmerman because her hus-
band hitched her to q pillow and used
her az the 'on horn"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Profanity Proof of Civilization.

St Louis.-Roy e. A. Clark in an adj
dress declared profanity was proof
of advancing civilization.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-15

and the world has tramped down the
drift so that he can get down to the
corner to the car without Wading nim-
self
The snow shovel if energeticaIIy used,
will prevent more pneumonia and bron-
ehitis than a carload of pills could. The
snow shovel, if carefully laid away IN
cotton batting, viii sleep IN peace while
aged women and little children founder
through the drifts with soaking feet and
send up their feeble petitions that some
day every pair OF trousers may contain
a real man.
Examine the stranger who seeks to do
business with you In the winter for cal
IOuses on his palm Lead him to a snow
shovel and If he grasps 1t with the CON
fldent skill Of a college bow fondIing A
billiard cue, lend him money and Sell
him goods on time. But If he backs
away from the instrument with susDI-
elon and asks you what It Is. treat MN
eoldly and tell him that YOU never deal
IN pork on a falling market.-C opvriCbt-
ed by George MATTHEW Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-15
SnOw ShoUeLs
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author OF eat Good Old SiFash.7

A SNOW shovel is a light wooden
- handle with a broad face at one
end and a kind heart at the
other.
Snow shOyels are used to exeayate the
world in winter after nature has made
a disturbance like the late Democratic
election The snow shovel is cheap and
a carload can be bought for the price of
one piano player. But the snow shovel
IS the front yard mark of the thought
full man and the good citizen
The snow shovel of the thoughtful
man is worn and splintered with hard
use. Its owner yanks it from its slum-
bers at sunrise after a snow storm, and
amounting its elbows with the oil of kind
ness, he makes a path past his property
with the energy OF a rotary snow pillow.
Then he retires to breakfast and eats "a
buckwheat cakes with his newly ae-
quired appetite while his neighbOrs walk
dryshOd past his residence and sigh for
a chance to vote for him for alderman.
The snow shovel of the citizen with
the Poland China ancestry reposes IN
the attic covered with dust. When the
blizzard piles a four foot drift on the
public walk, the citizen who wears
clothes to conceal his bristIes, burrows
a little deeper under the covers and
snoozes until his wife has built the fire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-15
A Safe Civil War History

OVEhOR COLQUITT
has been unable to history
public schools Doubtless period deadlock
What IS the matter with Woodrow
whole period Of so any dpue is
the nearest approach absolutely history period,
safely place IN the hands young certainty
afforded thereby
Hooaro" wilson Is a southern born southern parentage n
welded
Guiding his years at Princeton which commonly southern
YET
truths OF the political history Of
man mas punished
history woodrow wilson IS to scientific and philosophical history.
of
OF People
Of
little
ten IN young students pencg
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-15
Copper, Conservation, and Ell Paso


railroads For has been recognized that this way lies
greatest promise And has
before the
should begin limited great cities and terminals but
spread throughout the country wherever water power or other cheap source Of
the prophets predict the
power from the Great Fans Power COMPANY This is the first example in the
The work viii he f5igSe5 in three Years IF Is Certain that this vii he 1
scarcely railroad crossing the Cascade and Coast ranges but what viii be
i 81 Wa |t e. Te4 nee t can De mao 20 run man
@ e NEED De no more and costly hagg Of coal across the ranges
waterfalls
almost every Of power be developed trans
hauling burning pound what it means to run al
turned of switch
On of equipment and
P @ y the roads and all that equipment and power may be
inspection at the end of 80 mile New York
was its disable power theoretically
and popping and blowing with but every
Steam power the the electric
horsepower road spends over s6ooo v
estimates show that the entire investment WIN be s S
Now as to the one S feaf9re: p f Years tho - =
water power sites has been prevented capitalists
saving everything for culture seget@ t5f b Pa by ss sentiment Of
Of influenced the government at least to the
extent Mt OF causing stoPPage Of development work
O f3eao and when he was appointed he principal
Mr. PinehIt was president; president Of the Con-
Fisher after his growing the real needs Of in
the
attitude OF Of the Secretary Fisher in his in
ospyed
the ''' - LIZ PeOp1e
Hence matter of grant of sbtOfav
Tor TRANSMISSION government land
me He
ton Thoroughly and public as well
as 70 e needs OF the
81 years transmit PO" public ands
power site Tor many years but could not ghtOway
Inud reasonable
and tu compliance by
desire
not fully justified and demanded public interest
me water power" ne helps to restrict the
profitable
power cost railroad to
oe
IN the public interests generations
John D.
the basis OF general legislation that
power and eectriyng railroads n vest - $500
MOT less than 1900 miles OF mountain railway the says
president VII be electrified within years of
the radical stem"
The
un the industry probable country
Is on the OF electrical transformation,
railroads
Onfourth OF the worlds
Aea await only the call Of the market
dlatey INTO the ranks of the great producers