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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

L. s.. Every woman wants to be slen-
der nowadays. so / don't blame you, and
since this reliable and inexpensive home
remedy. Parnotis. was discovered. We
may all make our figures to suit the lat
est mode. Parnotis allows you to reduce
flesh without danger or discomfort, and
Simply get four ounces of parnotis from
your druggist, dissolve II in ~ pints hot
water and strain. Take a tablespoonful
three times a day: Avoid cereals. They
are too starchy. This remedy Is cheap
and harmless and rapid in effect.
Ada s.: Your eyes are probably over
tired and overworked. Rest the nerves:
inflammation by this method. Dissolve
one ounce of crystos in pint of soft
water. Drop drops daily in each eye
This is a simple, economical tonic. III
troubled with dark rings or fabbiness
under your eyes try saturating a cloth in
the solution and laying II over the eyes
while lying down. II rests the nerves
and starts circulation. Both are neces-
sary to beauty of eye.
Helen o.: You are one of many who
ask me about egg shampoos, and 1 gladly
quote an eminent London beauty special
list: THE Shiny egg cannot dissolve the
scalp impurities, but adds to them, so
that the pores are completely closed: the
substance sticks, decomposes, causing the
hair to assume a dead. dull color. l in
dorse every word. Avoid eggs land soap.
tool, on your hair. Try the fine prepara-
ton made by stirring a teaspoonful of
canthrox in a cup of hot water. IL viii
bring out new beauty-possibilities in your
hair, will cure and prevent dandruff. and
promote growth and fiuffiness. 1t re-
moves excess OIL
Liliah G.: don't believe your skin is
seriously affected, and l am sure II gan
be easily helped. There is a preparation
] am always glad to recommend because
it is so reliable and cheap and easily
made. And 1t is a splendid substitute for
ordinary face powder which is at the
bottom of many complexion troubles Get
4 ounces of spurmax. dissolve 1t In half
a pint of hot water, add two teaspoonfuls
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27
skirt Hint.

When making skirt, put the band
on and hang II up overnight before fin-
ishing at the bottom. In this way the
goods says before and not after il is
finished. Many dressmakers even at
tach light weights to the bottom so
that the goods can stretch all II win.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn, wife of DR..
w. A. Bloedorn, u. S. N, now stationed
at the United States Naval Hospital
Yokohama, Japan, will be at home this
afternoon from to 7. at her residence.
a25 Thirteenth Street
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A rather fine quality of serge was en-
ployed and the skirt was plain, except
for a slightly draping at the back. The
one-piece bolero jacket is edged with
black braid and trimmed with bright
blue china buttons.
The vest and undersleeves are of white
linen embroidered and braided in diff
ferent shades of Chinese blue. girdle
of black ribbon. RAISED to one side In
front, finishes the jacket.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. /. T. Mann have closed
their residence in Sixteenth Street and
have gone to their summer home at
Bramwell. w. Va. to stay until the
first OF August. Then they will sail for
ber
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Senator O'Gorman has returned 20
Washington after attending the mar
rlage of his daughter in that city last
week.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

The musicale and dance, which was
given at Confederate Memorial Hall, 1922
Vermont Avenue. on Friday evening. will
be repeated Thursday evening, May q.
There will be no change in the program
me, and the patronesses for Thursday
are Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Philan-
der Claxton, Mrs. Magnus Thompson,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Miss Mamie r.
Heth, Mrs. Claude Swanson, Mrs. How
ard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. Samuel Sprigg
Belt, Mrs. Howell Thurston Manning.
Mrs. John B. Henderson. Mrs. Francis
w. Small, Mrs. Drury Conway Ludlow.
Mrs. W. A. Lamison. and others.
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RESTING PAGE FOR WOMAN AND THE HOME .~ss=.y ~.

Miss Julia Meyer wore a dark blue
serge dress with a rose pink hat
Nine. Mendez wore a tan colored suit
and black Nat.
Nine. Pezet wore a handsome white
embroidered linen suit with black hat.
Mrs. Henri de Sibour wore a black
suit and hat. Mrs. Clarke waggaman
wore a straw-coIored crepe gown with
touches of white.
Miss Virginia Mackey Smith and Miss
Gladys Mackey Smith were there. They
wore black suits and hats.
Miss Desha Allen wore dark blue ana
white striped suit with a gray straw hat
trimmed In pink.
Miss Helen Buchanan wore a dark
blue suit with small black hat trimmed
In pink.
Miss Gladys Lippitt wore a mustard
colored suit with collars and cuffs OF
Bulgarian colored silk and brown
straw hat
Miss Virginia Hammond wore dark
blue serge suit with a black hat trimmed
in white.
Mrs James +. Barbour wore black
satin gown and smart black hat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Miss Marjorie Aleshire will have as a
guests FOR some time. Miss Harriet
Hatch, of Honolulu, who will arrive in
Washington tomorrow.
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ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS.
HOTEL CLARENDON

Virginia ay., near Beach. Capacity 20. Open al
year Rooms % puite. Py1vate oaths Electric hshtk
Eustcr. Booklet Monros HutehinA. Pfep
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Miss annie Brennan. of Auburn, N. Y,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Norton.
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MARYLAND RESORTS.
DEER PARK HOTEL
DEER PARK. MD.

< Crest of the Aneshenie< Always cool and delight
full 90 acres beautiful park spif. tennis. bowling
and walks Hotel accommodations strictly arst-cssA
Furnished cottages in connection- Write for book
let DEER PARK HOTEL. Md
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

/ The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Franklin ID. Roosevelt have
| returned to Washington after spending
i Sunday at Annapolis as the guests of
| Commander and Mrs. Gibbons.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Twining have
taken a cottage at Annapolis for June
Week. and Mrs. Mackay. sister of Mrs.
Twining, from Milton, Mass, will be with
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EUROPE, $179.oo

visiting England France Belgium. and Holland.
sailing August 9. For itinerary, address Nay, q
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-27

Mrs. James +. Barbour wore black
satin gown and a smart black hat.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
A Vivid Picture.

OF all "aptitudes," the mechanical
is least likely to manifest itself In a
feminine brain. The young woman
whose visit to a locomotive works Is
described in Young's Magazine, was
doubtless interested in what she saw,
but her account Of the processes OBJ
served leaves the reader to doubt her
entire understanding Of them.
you pour" she told friend, "a lot
Of sand into lot of boxes, and you
throw old stove lids and things into
a furnace, and then you turn the red.
hot stream into hole in the sand, and
everybody yells and shouts.
Then you pour 1t out, let 1t cool
and pound 1t, and then you put in 1t
thing that bores holes in it. Then
you screw 1t together, and paint 1t,
and put steam in 1t, and 1t goes splen.
didly, and they take 1t to drafting
room and make a blueprint Of 1t.
"But one thing forgot-They have
to make a boiler. One man gets In
side and one gets outside, and they
pound frightfully. and then they tie II
to the other thing. and you ought te
see 1t go!"-Youth's Companion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
DECORATED HOSE NOW RAGE
Snakes, Dragons and Eastern Prov.
CRIBS Wrought In Embroidery
In Paris.

Paris.-The craze for decorated
stockings, which began timidly dur
ing the summer season, has -ome to
stay and takes on further develop
ments daily.
1t is now the fashion for society
women to wear snakes, lizards,
Chinese dragons and other picturesque
beasts embroidered in brightly colored
spangles, or a Persian or Arabic In
scription deliberately worked In silk
containing, 1t is stated, some ancient
moral proverb.
ming wear, as \ ell as silver and gold
stockings, OF which a description has
already been cabled. but we're in great
evidence at Auteuil on Sunday, when
the last race meeting OF the season
was held.
Another device for attracting atten.
ton to a beautiful foot is decorating
the heel OF the shoe with a narrow
band Of gold. in some cases set with
small gems. The leading actresses Of
Paris all declare themselves enchanted
with this latest phase Of fashion.
Mile. Regina Badet, the well-known
danseuse, says that she had always
dreamed OF being able to walk about
in Roman sandals with her toes COW
cred with rings. and that the next
best thing would be to wear diamonds
on her heels.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

The raising of angora goats is one
Of the thriving industries Of the
mountain districts of the vast south
west. Many ranchers are now making
a good living by herding angora goats
on lands that are worthless for any
thing else. The goats are kept in
corral at night so as to protect them
with a high and tight fence from
wolves, wild cats, and mountain lions.
In the early morning the herder starts
the flock with belled leader grazing
up the banks of some dashing stream.
where they reach eventually a high
plateau, and cross over is made to
another watershed. The herder climbs
the trail to a peak, rocky cliff or ridge
Of the range. and with his field glass
and ever-ready Winchester, he guards
his flock from prowling marauders
and swooping eagles. Thus the flock
feeds and prospers on the most rugged
and inaccessible lands when other an
| imals would starve.
The chief product from an angora
! flock is the flock itself, as the increase
per year of a well kept flock is up
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
RELIC OF NAPOLEON FOUND
coethe's "Werther," Which General
Carried at All Times, 10 Olseov-
cred In Russia.

Paris.-It Is reported here that, at
the town Of Dorpala. in Russia. there
has Just been discovered remark
able relic OF Napoleon's Russian cam
paign in the form Of copy OF Goe-
the's "Werther," which was Napo-
Icons personal property, and accom-
panied him wherever he went.
The volume, which is bound in
leather and is in an excellent state
Of preservation. contains, as well as
Napoleon's signature, curious In
scription on the fly leaf by an I'M
known hand, stating that the book
was stolen by Cossack from the en-
perors sledge one night during the
retreat from Moscow.
Besides the date Of the theft and
the name OF the thief, details are
given OF the method by which the
Cossacks managed to possess himself
Of the volume.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
SYNOPSIS.

Mrs. Keziah Coffin. supposed widow. is
ranRing TO move from Trumet to Bos-
= following the death of her brother,
whom she had kept house. Ryan
oper, widower. offers marriage, and is
E2iTnantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan
4 leader OF the Regular church offers
fsdah a place as housekeeper for the
~ minister. and she decides to remain
Trumet Keziah takes charge of Rev.
I'm Ellery, the new minister and gives
N advice as to his conduct toward
ksmbers OF the parish. Ellery causes a
Snsation by attending a "Come-outer
Eseting. Ellery's presence is bitterly re-
Ccted BY Eben Hammond. leader OF the
Eating. Grace apologies for her
.rsrdian and Ellery escorts her home In
n rain. Capt. Nat Hammond: Eben's
m becomes hero by bringing the
scket into port safely through fog and
<orrn. Ellery finds Keziah writing a let
10 some one. inclosing money In re-
.onse to a demand. She curiously
syfled when informed of the arrival OF
Est Nat calls on Keziah, and II devel-
- that they have been lovers since
[mth. Daniels demonstrates with Ellery
~ attending "Come-outer" meeting. III,
- is caught by the tide and Is rescued
G'Nat. They become friends.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
CLOVER FOR WORKOUT SOILS
Increase From IS to 22 Bushels OF
Corn Per Acre Made In Expert
ment In Alabama.

An experiment In Alabama on old,
WORKOUT soil was made with sweet
clover. 1t produced 6,672 pounds OF
hay to the acre the first year and
7,O4S the second year. after which
the stubble was planted to corn. The
corn produced 22.7 bushels an acre as
against 1862 bushels upon an ad1oin-
ing plat where sweet clover had not
been grown. At the Ohio state ex-
pertinent station sweet clover land
gave a yield of 26.9 bushels an acre.
as compared with 1876 on similar land
not in sweet clover the year before.
Sweet clover increased the yield OF
oats in Germany II bushels an acre.
The supply of humus, the supply OF
nitrogen, the physical condition OF the
soil, the penetration, aeration and
porosity of the subsoil can be estab-
lished by the growth Of sweet clover
at a cheapness that is startling. Nor
is 1t a hard plant to grow; 1t Ia one,
IL not the most hardy Of the legumi'
nous plants.
II seems to establish itself on old
| worn-out soils where other legumes
will not grow at all. and where field
crops grow so poorly as not to pay
Owing to these characteristics and to
the fact that its bacteria are capable
of living and prospecting on the roots
of alfalfa, it is perhaps the best pos
sible plant with which to precede al
falfa, in sections where there is diff
Guilty in securing successful growth
of that plant.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
Has a Boil WeeviI Remedy.

A Maryland physician believes he
has solved the problem Of combating
the boil weevil, and he bases his
claim on tests and experiments that
have been made by him and his asso-
ciates in the cotton belt. His plan
is merely to plant cedar or fir trees
about the fields where the cotton Is
grown. There is something, he ex-
plains. about the odor or pollen OF
some other emanation from the conf
fers that is so repugnant to the insect
that It will not stay in the vicinity.
The influence of the tree is SO far
reaching that the plan is an entirely
practicable one.
The idea was first suggested by OBJ
seryation that, where the fir and &C.
dar fiourished, the boil weevil was
wholly absent, but that. where growth
of these trees was cut out. the pest
came in great numbers. The great
demand for fir and cedar timber has
within a generation. resulted In near
" the complete destruction. even OF
the saplings. throughout the south.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
wouldn't hear of my visiting the par

wouldn't hear Of my visiting the par
sonage"
She was close to the overhanging
edge of the bluff and the sod upon
which she stood was bending beneath
her feet. He sprang forward, caught
her about the waist, and pulled her
back. The sod broke and ratified
down the sandy slope. She would have
had a slight tumble, nothing worse,
had she gone with it. There was no
danger; and yet the minister was very
white as he released her.
She, too, was pale for a moment,
and then crimson.
Thank you" she gasped. Il
must go. 1t Is late. / didn't realize
how late it was. IL must go. II
think the sunsets from this point are
the finest | have ever seen. / come
here every Sunday afternoon to see
them"
This remark was given merely to
cover embarrassment, but 1t had an
unexpected effect.
You do?" cried the minister. The
next moment he was alone. Grace Var
Horne had vanished in the gloom Of
the pine thickets.
1t was a strange John Ellery who
| walked slowly back along the path. He
saw nothing real, and heard nothing
not even the excited person who. hid
den behind the bayberry bush, hailed
him as he passed. 1t was not until
this person rushed forth and seized
him by the arm that he came back Il
the unimportant affairs Of this mate
rial earth.
why! Why, Mr.. Pepper!" h
gasped. Are you here? What do yo'
want?"
Am / here?" painted Ryan. "Ain'
I been here for the last twenty min
utes waitin' to get a chance at you
Amt l been chasin' you from Dan t
Beersheby all this dummed-excus
me-afternoon? Oh, my godfrey
mighty"
why, what's the matter?"
"You-you made me do it," guarde
Ryan. Eyes, sir, twas you put me u
to It. When you was at our hous
t'other day, after Laviny locked m
up, you told me the way to get squar
was to lock her up, too. And l don
It! Yes, sir, done 1t when she &c
back from meetin' this noon. | ru
off and left her locked in. And-and
he walled, wringing his hands
IL amt dast to go home senc'
What'll / do?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
CHAPTER viii.
In Which Miss Daniels Determines to
Find Out.

Find Out.
The hysterical Mr.. Pepper doubtless
expected his clergyman to be almost
as much upset as he was by the news
Of his action. But John Ellery was
provokingly calm.
Hush! Hush!" he commanded.
wait a minute. Let me understand
this thing. Some one is locked up,
you say. Who is it? Where"
who is it? Amt tellin' you. It's
Laviny. She went into that spare room
where was t'other day and slammed
the spring lock to on her. Then
grabbed the key and run. That was
afore three this afternoon; now it's
most night and l amt dast to go
home. What'n she say when I let her
out? got to let her out, amt /? She
can't starve to death in there, can
she? And you told me to do it! You
did! Oh"
We'll, then, I don't see why you
can't go home and-hum-1 don't like
to advise your telling a lie, but you
might let her infer that 1t was an &C
cident. Or, If you really mean to be
your own master, you can tell her you
did it purposely and will do it again II
she ever tries the trick on you"
81 tell her that! l tell her! o Mr.
Ellery, don't talk so. You don't know
Laviny; she amt like most women
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

wards of 100 per cent. The shearing
is done twice per year, averaging
about three pounds per goat OF the
long silky hair at each clipping. and
which brings from 80 to 40 cents per
pound. The meat of the angora goat
is better than mutton. But the flavor
of "angora" as well as that OF spring
lamb" depends greatly upon the way
the animal Is tended and dressed. IL
is very easy to spoil a good thing IN
mutton"
Last, but not least. is the milk sup
ply from angoras. Since the south
west has become national sanitarlum
for consumptives. there Is a demand
for wholesale milk. In this connec-
ton it might be mentioned that II Is
difficult to get milk In Cow coun-
try" Queer to say that on some
ranches having hundreds Of cows, they
have neither milk nor butter for the
table. Hence. 1t happens that the an
CORA goat fills household necessity
from an fasteners standpoint-for
food and drink in the southwest coun'
try.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

II I should tell her that she'd-I don't
knows she wouldn't take and horse
whip me. Or commit suicide. She's
said she would afore now if-if-"
Nonsense! She won't do that, you
needn't worry" He burst into anoth-
er laugh, but checked himself, as he
saw the look of absolute distress on
poor Kyan's face.
Never mind, Mr.. Pepper" he said.
We'll think Of some plan to smooth
matters over. I'll go home with you
now and we'll let her out together"
The little house was dark and still
as they approached 1t.
They entered. The dining room was
dark and quiet. So was the sitting
room. The clock licked, solemn and
slow. Kyan's trembling knees man
aged to carry him to the little hall
leading from the sitting room toward
the ell at the side Of the house. This
hall was almost pitch black.
"Here-here, 'tis," painted Ryan
Here's the door. don't hear nothin'
do you? Listen!"
They listened. Not a sound, save
the dismal tick Of the clock in the
room they had left. Ellery knocked
on the door.
Miss Pepper" he said; miss Pep
per, are you there"
Silence, absolute. Abishai could
stand It no longer. He groaned AMI
collapsed on his knees.
she hast" he moaned. "She don,
Il and there amt nothin' in there blu
her remains. Oh. my soul!"
Ellery, now rather fright ened him
! self. shook him violently.
BE quiet, you idiot" he command
ed 1--WE must go In. Give me tn
key"
After repeated orders and accom-
panying shakings. Ryan produced
kew. The minister snatched 1t fror
his trembling fingers. felt for the kel
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
Famous Old Toll House Which Soon
Will Be Raced.

the corner. The old building was used
as the dollhouse for over 80 years I'M
til change in the highways in the vi
cinity necessitated It's abandonment
and the erection Of a new house fur-
Their up the road, at lssining avenue.
The old house has been the property
OF one family ever since 1t was built.
1t was built by John S. Lawrence. the
first toll-keeper. whose grandson,
John H. Lawrence, recently sold 1t to
the theatrical concern.
Mr.. Lawrence was born In the
building and remembers his mother
collecting tolls at the doorway. For
many years Mr. Lawrence used 1t as
an Office for his coal yard. 1t was
not far to the east of the old tollga
that Porter. the highwayman. robbed
the United States mail coach in the
early part of the last century, for
which he was hanged at Bush Hill,
near Seventeenth street and Fair
mount avenue. Another Important
building at the time which was close
ly associated with the dollhouse was
the Moss Cottage Hotel, which was
built before the Revolution and stood
a short distance west.
1t was the custom In the days of
the dollhouse not to collect tolls from
hearses and undertaker's wagons, nor
funeral carriages on the way to a
church yard Funerals on the way to
a cemetery, however. were compelled
to pay. Carriages conveying persons
to church services also were exempt
from the toll. The rate was 1 u cents
a mile for each horse and 1 cent for
each head of cattle and swine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
Finding the Drowned.

Occasionally one reads that. when
human bodies are thought to be in riv-
ers and cannot be found, "a loaf Of
bread has been floated down the
stream" But very few people have
the least idea what connection there
is between bread and the finding of
bodies. When the river has been
dragged without result, loaf Of bread
is cut in two, a place followed out in
the middle, and a quantity OF quick,
silver inserted. The two halves OF
the loaf are then fastened together
again, and the bread is thrown into
the water in the place where the body
is supposed to be. Without fail the
loaf floats along until 1t reaches the
vicinity of the body. and then revolves
quickly, lowering over the spot
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
silk in Mississippi.

Mulberries are perfectly at home in
Mississippi and both wild and cultivat-
Cd varieties do we'll. A successful ex-
pertinent at silk production has been
carried on near Mcneil by Syrians
who have used the native mulberry
trees for feeding the sulk worm larvae
These people report very satisfactory
results, claiming conditions as favor
able in Mississippi for the production
NJ silk as in their native country.