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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-12
Every Woman Should Read The
Label on Goods she Buys.

In the Woman's Home Compan-
ion John Phillips Street, Pure Food
Commissioner of Connecticut, writes
very interesting message to wo-
men, an extract from which fol-
lows:
There seems to be a general
impression that the Pure Food
Law prevents the manufacture
and sale Of impure food. This, un-
fortunately, is not so. The law
simply makes it possible for us to
tell the pure food from the i'm
pure
The manufacturers obey the law,
bur some of them obey only the let
ter Of the law
Your part is to make the law
useful, to protect your stomach
and your pocketbook, by reading
the Labels which the Pure Food
Law compels the manufacturers to
paste on their products.
This is not so simple as il
sounds. Manufacturers often try
to befog the consumer by using
complicated labels filled with long
scientific terms, or by employing
tricks of punctuation and printing
| The housewife who can see through
these tricks and correctly interpret
these labels will always receive the
worth OF her money.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-12
Hone From Movie" Convention

Mr. John Brown, of the Cam
bridge Auditorium, arrived home
on the train this morning from
New York city, where he has been
spending the week. While in the
metropolis, Mr.. Brown attended
the Motion Picture Exhibitors
Convention, at Grand Central Pal
ace, which was held from the sew
enth to the twelfth, inclusive. The
manufacturers extended the utmost
courtesies to the exhibitors and
their friends, taking them on many
sightseeing trips. most notable Of
which was a trip up the Hudson
river, past West Point Military
Academy, which was given at the
expense of the Pathe Company The
trip was made on the palatial stea-
mer Adirondack, and many inter
esting views were taken for the
Pathe weekly.
Upon another occasion a visit
was made to the studio of the Vita
graph Company. where the entire
crowd posed as part of big
feature picture, which will be re
leased soon. Here Mr.. Brown had
the unusual distinction of meeting
personally a number of the Vita
graph favorites, among whom were
John Bunny, Lillian Walker, Zena
Keefe, Clara Kimball Young. Rose
E. Tapley, Courtenay Foote, Hughie
Mack, Flora Finch, and the
Vitagraph twins, Alice and ed
ma Nash Billie Quirk, for
merly with the Pathe Company, |
Edward Dillon, better known as
''Muggsy," the Biograph Company
comedian Miss Gwendolyn Pates
and Paul E. Panzer, of Pathe fame, |
were with the party during the |
Hudson trip. Maurice Costello gave |
the crowd the grand dodge, and was
conspicuous by his absence.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-12

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-12
Con For Sale

l have about 100 bbls. of long
white and yellow corn for sale, at
s3.40 per bbl, at my farm, castle
Haven" b. A. Harrison.
ADV. 7-6t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-12

In equity. in the Circuit Court for Dorchester
County 70. 5-37 I4GuCa-y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

Lord Methuen, the British field
marshal, delivered in London recently
an adddess against the use of tobacco
by women. In the course of his re-
marks he expressed the opinion that
the force Of bad example is what
makes women smoke that ''one girl
smokes because she sees her mother
smoking In the old times American
girls stopped smoking because they
saw their mothers smoking. That was
because the mothers who smoked in
the cid days usually pulled at a clay
pipe. The cigarette looks daintier;
but the large body of smoking opinion
would condemn the cigarette as essen
TALLY dirtier and more deleterious
than the clay pipe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
WRESTLING

Wrestling is tbs most scientific and
strenuous of indoor sports Ours is an
age when skill and supreme effort are
valued as seldom before. Yet wrest.
ling sinks lower il public favor year
by year. Why? The answer is clear
30 all who will read the report of a
recent match in this city. "Grunt
with pain" Much distress" "A
furnishing body lock- Great agony"
"Writhed in agaony." There are some
of the expressions srrtnkled down the
page, and they do not seem too strong.
The first fall was not properly a fall
at all; one of the contestants had se
cured hold causing such frightful
pain that the other had to yield. III
the second bout the victor made an
other attack on his opponents sore
leg and kept twisting it unti, the
weaker man went down. The true
consumed in these gentle operations
was So minutes for the first fall"
and SO minutes for the second. An
hour and half watching men torture
each other, Small wonder the crowd
Kissed and "boohed." Wrestling will
win no great favor from a modern
community until it becomes a little
more lively and good deal less
brutal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
PART OF Hu10R-

It was the saying of an ancient
sage that humor was the only test of
gravity, and gravity of humor, for a
subject that would not bear raillery
is suspicious, and a jest that will not
bear serious examination is GER
tainly false to It, But the laws Of
humor must apply to the laws of good
breeding If the huncr is to be genu-
inely appreciated. 1t is well that our
conversation should be spiced with
wit, but should smack of cleanliness
and not of the low and vulgar sugges-
ttons. 1t is growing pity that men
and women are becoming careless in
their forms of speech. It may offend
many to hear this, but it Is the truth,
and sometimes the truth is an uncom-
Portable champion. There are also
cases in which a joke becomes posi-
lively good because it is SO intoler-
ably bad, not in moral sense, but
in humorous one. Such jokes are
applauded in an inverse ratio of their
real merit, as the great monors are
frequently shoWered upon men who
have the least honor. A good laugh
is great cure for dyspepsia, but the
laugh must be honestly aroused 1t
must come from wholesome source.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

In view of the shocking cruelties
alleged against animal experiments
cation, scientists who uphold the
practice and deny the cruelty should
In the interest Of science and Of the
public alike agree to renounce any
contention for the secret and u1re-
strained pursuit of this practice The
most tender-hearted and conscien-
tious become hardened to suffering
in the course of continual work and
it Is against ali human experience
to insist that any unrestricted prac-
tice will not become liable to abuse.
It can do lawful experiment no
harm to satisfy the public mind by
proper regulation and supervision
that cruelty which is narrowing to
the popular feeling is not practiced
in secret in medical laboratories.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

From a Washington department
store comes the recital that the presi-
dents daughters were there looking
at gowns recently, and were informed
that a charge of two dollars was made
for alterations; whereupon one of
them responded, ooh, we can make
any necessary alterations at home;
we know how to sew" The accom-
plishment is one that should be pos
sessed BY every woman in the land,
end the fact that it is taught in the
public schools at the present time
shows that there is one respect at
least in which public school authori-
ties respond to the practical need of
the public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
PIE AND PATRIOTISM.

Here Is a new job for the scientists,
the archaeologist, and whatsoever ax-
pert rules in this domain A traveller
has reported with much distress and
amazement that there is no real pie
to be had in London. This, no doubt,
explains many things, but just what
things is not yet clear. That it has
close relationship to recent trou-
bic in England seems certain. But
which way is it, Are the suffragetses
the result of this lack of pie, or the
cause? The more reasonable expIana-
ton seems to be that the men and
women have drifted naturally apart
for the reason that the women have
not learned to make real pie. Any
man who was accustomed to find a
large, round, fat, juicy, steaming pie
awaiting him on his return home
would willingly concede to his wife
any desire of her heart from dolls to
ballots, says the ST. Paul Dispatch.
Any woman capable of making such
a pie, of stalking out as it were so
sublime a territory of happiness for
man, would not give up the joy of
pie-making for any mere civic oppor-
tunity. There could not be, in the ma
tire of things, any discord in the fam
lily where the pie was the symbol Of
the family circle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

The court of appeals Of New York
in Gillespie vs.. Brooklyn Heights rail-
road company lays down this rule: "A
common carrier is liable in damages
to a passenger for an injury to his
feelings caused by the insulting lam
guage of its employee, upon the ground
of breach of its contract, which obli-
gates it not only to transport the pas
senger, but to accord to him respectful
and courteous treatment, and to pro-
tect him from insult from strangers
and It's own employees. Among the
elements of damages in such case
and which may be considered in de-
ternining their amount are the humili-
alton and injury to his feelings suffer
ed by him, not, however, including any
injury to his character resulting there
from, and he is entitled to recover
compensatory damages only, not in
Guiding punitive or exemplary dam
ages"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

passing fad and that women will never
permit the old-fashioned parlor to
drop entirely out of use. Every house
keeper likes to have one room that
may be fixed up as nicely as possible,
where they can shut the door to keep
the children out if they want to,
keeping the room in good order for
state occasions. In such houses the
sitting room becomes a democratic
institution. 1t usually is well lighted,
as in this case; and it is in the cen
ter Of the house, where it is warm
ard comfortable in winter. This sit
ting room is 10 by Is feet, which is
big enough to accommodate a number
of comfortable easy chairs, and Ia
BILE for reading lamp, with shelf
underneath to hold papers and maya
zines.
Instead of the old-fashioned couch,
tae sitting room should be furnished
with window seats upholstered to fit
the place. There are all kinds of win.
dow seats. Some are broad and com.
AD@ S~OAOtt SAi1lC OkuSIS DIRE uoEIOW AM
stringy, some are literally supplied
with thick, comfortable-looking Pill
lows while others have one or two
skinny little things that have beer
used by the children for playthinga
until clean covers would seem abso-
lutely necessary. Such little details,
however, fall to the housekeeper, and
of these there are all kinds.
Some women will make very COM
mon room attractive and pleasant,
while others wi. spoil the best house
you can put them in. Generally speak
ing, however, American women ara
quick to see the possibilities of fixing
up good house to make it comfort
able and attractive. The first requisite
is to select the proper plan, then to
watch the building operations to see
that all the details are properly
worked up to make each room right
when finished A great deal Of good
building material has been wasted by
not securing good plan to start
with, and also by leaving the details
to men who have no personal interest
In the house when finished.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

screen in summer and 8 storm door
in winter. By making the fly-screen
door-f-ame heavy and having it well
braced, the same door will answer
throughout the year by having loose
panels to screw on over the wire net
ting in the fall. It is no more work
to put on the panels and to take them
off than to change doors, and the ex-
pense is much less.
The front stair is made OF red oak,
with one and one-haif-inch tIeads
neatly housed into the stringers anu
rounded with smooth, neat finish,
but without unnecessary fancy work.
When carefully put up, the stair is an
attractive piece of cabinet work that
adds very much TO the appearance of
tha house. An open stair well con-
structed and nicely finished is a large
part of the furnishing of the front
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

The leniency of the law has been
subjected to some severe criticism,
but even it's defenders will admit
that the privilege Of carrying deadly
weapons should be denied prisoners
coming to court for sentence. That
prisoner in such circumstances
should attempt to shoot up the court
Ike the mountain desperadoes will
probably surprise the public, who
naturally suppose that no chance is
given to retain or obtain firearms
when man is called before a judge
to receive his punishment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

An indignant citizen of Chicago
writes to the Tribune complaining
that he found on his lawn the body of
a robin which had been killed by a
stone throwing boy. In every city of
the United States, as well as in many
rural localities, there is still more or
less slaughter OF song-birds, though
school children entertain strong
sentiment against killing birds which
no doubt saves the lives Of many. This
sentiment is largely the outcome Of
systematic work done by the Audubon
societies. Extending the propaganda
of these societies will do more good
than can be accomplished by protect
i've legislation, though that also is a
help.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
EARrav9oRM md EaYpr.

The fertility Of the valley of the
White Nile is renowned. British scien-
tito surveyors report that its remark
able productiveness is due in large
part to the diligence Of earthworms.
which have been digging it for thou
sands of years Observations are
recorded showing that during the ac-
dive six months Of each year the cast
hngs of the worms brought to the sur
face there amount to about 100000
pounds an acre. Spread out evenly
this would make an appreciable an
nual layer Darwin estimated that
the castings of five years in England
would cover the whole kingdom with
layer OF new earth an inch thick In
the Mile valley the layer would doubt-
less be thicker were the worms equal
ny numerous and busy, as appears to
be the caae, because the proportion
of honorable land there is much less
than in the British isles. 1t must be
remembered also, that in addition to
the beneficial service Of stirring up
the soil, admitting air and water more
easily and bringing deep deposits to
the surface, there is constant fertili-
gatioa effected by the vegetable mat
ter dragged into their burrows by the
worms, much Of which is left to decay
where it will do the most good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

Pittsburgh, Boston, Detroit Birm-
lngham, Dallas these are the large
rities of the United States where build
ing activity is greatest at the present
time compared with year ago In
New York city there is a decline of
Al per cent. and in Chicago a decline
pf IA per cent The figures collected
by the American Contractor of the lat
Ter place show that there is IL per
cent Of new building I'm excess Of this
time last year in progress in Milwau-
kee. Conditions in the country at
large are summarized by the Con
tractor as follows: For the five
months ending May 81, building per-
NIT reports from IS cities show total
costs OF $289,14S,595, compared with
S29S,545,903 for the first FIVE months
Of 1912, 4 decrease Of s per cent"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

That the lay public Is greatly In
terested in practical electrical devel-
opment is forcefully shown in the In
creasing attendance at the annual cleo
tricaI shows held in New York, Bos-
ton and Chicago, as well as at demon
STATIONS of household appliances CIV
en- at intervals by central stations
throughout the country. At the latest
electrical exposition in New York
there was an attendance on one eve
ming of $1,000 visitors, followed on
the next day by $4,000. About $780,
600 persons visited the Boston show in
four weeks. A central station in the
west recently entertained 1900 ladies
at an afternoon tea at which coffee
and cake making on electrical appIi-
ances We're practically demonstrated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

A very proper general order has
been Issued by the chief of police of
Cincinnati prohibiting the scattering
broadcast in that city of the ashes of
the cremated dead People who have
read of the disposition made of the
remains Of the poet Joaquin Miller
on his mountain-side home at Oakland,
conceive the notion that it is a ro-
mantle thing for human ashes to be
thrown into the air from the top Of a
skyscraper or other tall building, and
carried by the wind, which b1oweth
whittier it listeth. To others the prae-
tice savors Of disrespect for the dead.
Fhe health department of Cincinnati
has declared that it is unsanitary.
Certainly it makes a wholly superf1u-
Gus addition to the dust nuisance,
which Ia every large city is bad
enough as matters stand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

Suppression of opium production
seems to be progressing very ener-
getically in China. Soldiers are de-
stroying Poppy fields, and one report
is that CT farmers were burned by the
soldiers, who set fire to the house in
which they were holding a meeting. #
this is called to the attention of other
opium farmers it seems calculated to
induce them to plant some other crop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

A sample Of the first wall paper
Oeed in America is in the possession
OF Frank Hail. 1t was imported from
London, England, in 1888, by Samuel
Tallcott, to paper the rooms in house
In Glastonbury which was built for
him by his father Benjamin Tallcott,
in 1725-17S7 Tho paper was taken
from the wallis of the house in Glaston-
bury and is in as good q condition as
when it was placed there, proof of
the good material. Mr.. Hall is going
to send a sample piece to Admiral
George Dewey descendant of the
Tallcotts, with his compliments, in 8
few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
t4E DsED TOO soon.

lney We're a short-sighiad RAGS
nose old masters of painting and
other arts. They died too soon. Stra
dlvarlus sold violins for SIS or SIG
that would have brought him thou
sands had he waited long enough. Pic
lures that yielded but small amounts
TO the old Italians who painted them
can now be bought only BY million,
aires. Even the masters Of the early
English school, that Of Reynolds and
Galnsborough and Romney, showed
the same lack of economy in not living
long enough. In a great London auc.
tlon room on Friday portrait by
Romney sold for $206,875. In his life
time Rornney charged from S125 for
portrait Is by 80 inches to $500 for
fulllength portrait 81 by SO inches
Probably Fridays price was a record
one Tor Romney. but in recent years
the market value of good whole
length has ranged from $4,000 to
$4,000. But il they didn't get out of
their work the prices that we moderns
are willing to pay for it, at least they
got the glory out of it. They put
something into their pictures and vio-
Inns and other wares that gave them
life for ceneuries. How many produc-
tons of the age of Romney have in
creased 5000 times in value since they
were.made?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

In time of sickness. Nothing win
brighten up sick room like a CRATE
fire, and nothing else will ventilate a
room SO thoroughly. The gentle draft
UP chimney caused by a CRATE fire
is the best air purifier ever intro-
duced into house.
There is a passageway in this plan
that communicates directly between
the front ball door and the kitchen, I
but 1t is provided with two DOORS
which prevents cooking odors from
the kitchen from penetrating the
main part of the house. There are
times when a correction of this kind
is very convenient. In some parts of
the country, most of the houses have
direct communications through froro
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

A Paris correspondent notes that al
a recent ball a young woman suddenly
dismissed her dancing partner at sig
nal from her mother. The cause of the
dismissal was that ''the young man
had begun to put on tango airs" 1t is
expected that the danger of similar
public ignominy will prevent other
Partisan youth from venturing upon
the performance with in this case
was SO promptly checked, and that
there will be no further attempts at
tango in polite circles in Paris.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

The supreme court of New York
contains modern Solomon among its
justices. This judge recently ruled
In a separation case that jealousy is
a sure sign of love. AS a court de-
cision this ruling in human nature
must stand. Some unofficial experts
contend that jealousy is sign Of
love, it is true, but of self-love. This
error has now been corrected by
court decree.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

All the eggs from the chicken farm
which the Prince Pignatelli d,Arrag-
non has established at Merrick, Long
Island, are to be identified by the
princes crest as a trade mark. That
may help to sell them at good price
for use in society" But the Danish
system of stamping on each egg the
date when 1t was laid will continue
to make strong appeal to practical
minds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

A British baronet says New York is
lapsing into paganism That is what
comes Of mistaking New York's front
for it's real self. We would hate to
believe that the metropolis is as bad
as 1t appears. Doubtless there is a
large majority of decent respectable
citizens there who never break into
the limelight, but between
visitor could not be expected to be-
lieve it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

The scientific faddists have already
started on their way to produce a
perfect race. Now, a greater one still
arises to announce he has discovered
a method to restore the dead to life.
This, however, will not be regarded in
ell cases as an unmitigated benefit to
society. even il the self-proclaimed
miracle worker makes good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

the front hall back to the outside
kitchen door, without the necessity
of passing through parlor or dining
room; but in some houses this cannot
be done, because the plan will not ad-
nit of it without too much OF a sac,
rifice in some other direction.
1t has become quite the fashion re-
Gently to do away with the parlor and
to enlarge the living room in proper
ton; but there are a great many
builders who think this is merely al
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

An educational expert is quoted as
saying he would rather see a woman
with rosy cheeks than with the wis
dom Of an encyclopedia. Then when
a woman s'ripens in the cheeks chief
" experts and others agree in ac-
cusing her Of too much frivolity Of
character to dabble il the grave con.
Germs of the world.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

The Texas police are fearless In
tackling the hard problems of the
day. In Galveston one of the chief
topics discussed by their state or
gani2ation at its convention was
how to contro! the wealthy and in
fiuentiaE Lawbreaker. When they
have solved this knotty problem it
is to be hoped they will give the rest
of the country the benefit of the
solution 1t is too valuable a discov-
cry to be confined to one state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

part Of The house. It is better to put
little extra expense on the front
stair, and save that much In movable
furniture.
There is only one chimney neces-
sary in this house, but that is a good,
big one. 1t answers for the furnace
and the kitchen range; also for CRATES
-one in the dining room. and one in
the bedroom over the dining room. A
gTate in bedroom is splendid thing