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especially if there is going to be
good deal Of moving from one room
to another. 1t is a good Idea to adopt
some scheme of labelling both the
articles and bundles. and the rooms
themselves. This can easily be done
by purchasing colored labels. red. or
ange. and blue such as sold by sta
uonery stores. or by using cheap col
ored muslin. which can be torn into
strips and used to distinguish articles
one from another. That is. indicate
say each bed room by separate
color. the dining room by another. the
attic by orange or the basemet by
blue. In this way articles which
must be taken to a certain place, or
not need separate handling. but will
go straight to the right place when
so marked with special colors.
Make Your Schedule.
Then, IL there is a hired worker
by the day. the best plan is to out
line a schedule Of the work she Is
to do. SO that there will not be any
waste motion. and so that she Will
not have to lose time running after
You to ask you what to do next;
and lastly. comes the point of hav-
Ing sufficient and adequate supplies
on hand. Be sure that a carpet beat
er, a quantity of cleaning cloths,
a generous amount of soap. cleans
crs, and borax, be on hand; and
that no time need be wasted
running to the store for so small
an item as the necessary cake OF
soap: or that the whole cleaning
process would have to stop because
there was no more ammonia IN the
house. 1t Is not the actual work OF
housecleaning that is hard. but
housecleanins which is not well
planned: and we can paraphrase
Shakespeare and say The plans
the thing And it is not too early
TO make some Of our plans even
now.
Here follow a few ideas which may
prove helpful in formulating those
plans:
Useful Housecleaning Outfit.
What is called generally house
maids pail is too little used in many
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| snake great steamships to pieces. scarce
lnlure human beings at ALL No ore
ever mead OF wind Strong enough TO
oiow on mans head. And even such
serI,oIe agencies as the lightning and
eartnquake often fail to make the lords
OF tne universe quail Men have sur
rNed nghtnigS strokes which tore then,
iiino from limb and IL Is a commonnIace
.nat curing earthquakes the shocks
themselves injure no one, and IL is only
'ne ram OF debris that does damage.
Even at that, IL takes a tremendous
piow to kill a man. Human beings hsvc
peen buried under falling houses and
precipitated from great hejybts- ,baS.
nave been starved, roasted and frozen.
they have had their brains dashed ont
their hearts broken and their limbs torn
from them-and still they have lived
Men have fallen from heights as great
as 800 feet without receiving a scrstcb
others have had all four limbs aInn,I-
tated at once and got over II. Other.
nave lost as much as FORTY mounds or
nlood IN a few days, and lived to tel!
tne tale. Others have performed serjors
ana terrible surgical operations uncn
themselves. and recovered
Others have been shot to pieces.
shocked by enormous electric currents
torn by wild beasts, multiIated by dead
" germs. have even been left for dead
and Yet have lived on for years
Man, of a truth, is a machine more
perfect and more wonderful than even
tne planet upon which he dwells No
other animal is SO tenacious of life. no
other known mechanism is so efficient.
oCopynsht 1914, Newspaper Feature Service
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L.NXXIV.
TO ECONOMIZE-LATER


TO ECONOMIZF-LATE
r HAD figured that with careful econo-
Inizing we could manage the addi-
i tional SIS month of rent. | was
TO learn very soon that there were
other items OF expense growing out OF
that excess OF rent. or rather growing
out Of the reasons for the excess oi
rent
For one thing, VIC had to dress the
apartment up TO fit the forty-fivc a
month and Mary's pride in the locality.
one can't live in a nei eiGhborhood of the
elite without feeling the pressure Of tho
tide. secondly, We had to buy moro
furniture The little cottage in which
We had begun our married life had
merely had six rooms. The apartment
We had just left. nau also had six. This
palaiIal place hah seven, and all fairly
lars" ones.
Our rugs didn't fit. was for climin-
atiEG the tCl"ph"n" as one way OF
cconomizinE. inasmuch as Mary was
just across the street from her mother.
and | could Ms" the office phone. but
Mary was SCandaliZcd ard thought u
looked cheap. W" kept the telephone.
| must confess that we had most at
traCtivc place when we were at last
settled. but couldn't for the life Of
me forget that "" were committed to
s., more a month, that We had been
under Considcra bic expense moving. and
that "" had bought 800 worth of fur
niturc on tn" installmcnt plan. Likely
my mind Is of tn" vulgar. sOrdid sort.
] know II must be by the way my
moiheT-In-law glanced at me when |
mad" some comment ON expenses.
Mar happily ignored the financial
side
ITS Just this way. Peter" she cx-
planned. If | have anything unpleas-
ant in the back of my mind ! simply try
to forget II. Therefore I'm not going To
think of the extra fifteen a month or of
the 500 worth of furniture We had to
have II. and why worry
IF You don't think about il once in a
wHIlc." ! said. you wont rconomiZe.
and | might Just as well say now that
we've got to economic and d" it thor
OUghIy.
Mary laughed and kissed me. She was
in radiant good humor. II must be a
pleasant sensation to spend somebody
else's money and let him do the worry
ing. That's just what many a wife
does. and feels agGrieved If you ask her
10 share the responsibility of making
both ends meet. | could plainly see
from Mary care-free air that the haD-
py task of meeting EXPENSES was to lie
my DrOblem-iuSt in her mothers
home the problem was always her faith
ers.
am great fool Mrs. Penfield Is
notorious for spending more than her
husband can well afford. | am begin
ming that way with Mary. It's up t.
me. take il. to make Mary feel keenly
that need Of economizing
''P"tor." she said. after We had been
settled about a week I'm going 1c
bay" u wonderful lurch. End invite all
The girls. You don't mind
II thought We wcrr going t" ecouo-
mize"
After that" said Mary. You sss."
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Answers to Health
Questions

): Any gums show a little swelling
ana bleed every time brush nv teeth
also l have nosebleed at intervals Of a
Few weeks. What is a remedy?
Giycertte of tannic acid will help your
gums. Nose bleeding Is usually due to
growths or Inflammation. crusts or
scabs- These must be cauterized by n
specialist. ~ -
A Constant Reader-Am thirty-fiys
years old, and have been under a sever
mental strain. My memory for every
Day matters fails me- My hands feel
like the fiutter of birds wings. Would
tonic Of strychnine benefit me?
Avoid all medicines. Go to the neu-o
logical doctor of one of the hospitals
and have a correct diagnosis made.
DR.. Hirshberg t1H ansuer 1u.,tio,,
for readers Of this paper on nsdicaI
hpoteric and sanitation subjects that mrs
of general interest. He tciII NOT ,tndey-
take to prescribe or offer aduice for m
dtuidadl cases. Where the subject is aot
OF general interest letters triH be ar-
sGcred personally. IL a stamped anil ad-
dressed cnre!ope is inciosed. 4ddres, nIl
trqEiries to DR.. L. Il. Hirshberg cGrs
this office.
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Useful Hints for
HOuSe1UiOeS
By ANNA MARIE LLOYD.
Corn Crouuettes.

Strain the liquid from half a tin ~
corn. and place the cereal in a basin,
Add two tablcspoonfuls OF -four. n little
chopped parsley, salt. pepper TO taste
and two well-bcatcn eggs. Drop in
spoonfuIs in boiling fat. drain on kitch-
en- raper, and serve at once.
Supper Olives.
Take as many slices of streaky bacon
as are required. and remove the rin.is.
Mix together tables poonful OF bread
crumbs. lttls chopped parsley, a
small piece OF chopped Suet, and beaten
&c. tn bind. Spread over the bacon.
roll ND. tie with a piece of tape. and
bake in a good oven for quarter of
an hour.
Tea Scones.
Rub two ounces OF lard. small tea
spoonful OF carbonate of soda. double
that quantity of cream of tartar. and a
I,iDch of salt into thirteen ONICcs of
siftrJ -four Mix with just enough milk
to form a paste stiff enough to roll out
Form into scenes. and bake in hot
o"cn for about eight minutes. When
cold split and butter.
Fish Cakes.
TO every half pound of cold boiled
fish add a pound of cold boiled mashed
potatoes. a little chopped parsley, pep
nrr and salt To season. and II liked
luSt "A navOrinc OF luch0Vy sauce. MIN
tHoTotIc chlV bind with an egg. form iIF"
small Nat rakea roll in egg and bread
crumbs, sud fry la boiling lat to =
golden brown.
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TINES BEDTIME STORY
MISS FLAX GETS A BATH.
Bv FLORENCE E. YODER.

FTER Miss Flax had broken
~ the string in her leg. and had
n been ridden home on the back
Of Grandmother Tabby's horse
Dave, she was very good. But 1t did
not last long. Dollies thought that
they were more like human beings
and that they had more sense than
the creatures in Tabbyland. So it
was not long before Miss Flax. be-
ing dolly, had forgotten how wise
Grandmother Tabby had been. AMI
did something that almost caused
her TO lose her head.
1t was partly the fault of the
naughtiness of that dolly. and part
ly the devotion of Tessie Tabby
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. Advice to Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE

Can't YOU see that you would D" getting
tho worst of the bargain all The wav
around?
What would you gain" Nothing but
the doubtful protection of this mans
name and five more children to look
after How can you even think Of doing
such a thing?
You are free and independent now.
YOU have your children. your friends
and the respectable community you Iil o
in. Why in the world should you risi;
sll these things without the chance Of
gaining anything but six more people
TO take care OF.
Be contented. you foolish woman, you.
Take your children in your arms. lie
for them and with them. and don't thinl;
of marrying again at all unless YOU
meet some man who can really take
rood care of you ard your children
That's my advice or course I know
you won't take it, but there ii IS.
CCopyrigh;. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service ,
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| And you certainly realize the power
of smile. Perhaps YOU are having
personal troubles. but why herald them
! to the world by a dropping mouth
Your expression will affect those around
: YOU just as the long face of a preacher,
! lecturer or actor is reflected in the au-
dence that watch him. If you fret YOU
will bite your lips and break the smooth
skin. Never indulge in coarse laughter
for it stretches the lips and the lines
Of the cheeks.
In bygone days, it is said. "A noted
belle used to stand in the hall before
she entered the drawing room and re-
peat Peas. papas, prunes and prisms.' .
letting her lips fall lightly on each
word. Then when she entered the
crowded reception or ballroom she was
quite sure sweet expression dweit IN
the corners of her pretty mouth.
One may improve the shape OF her
mouth by not allowing the muscles at
each side to sag. Massage them nightly,
with a good cold cream, always work
ing the rotary movement up toward the
nose. Then when the face is washed
with hot water. always follow it by
cold, which will tighten the muscles.
Olive oil, or cows cream. massaged into
the mouth wrinkles will aid in plunnpins
out hollows. A few drops of ben.oin
should be added to the olive oil SD that
il will not darken the skin. Keep the
circulation good and the lips will be red.
Also keep the teeth in good condition.
for if the set is not complete hollows
will appear in the checks.
And use the lips-singing. vhistlinS,
blowing soap bubbles and laughing
particularly the latter.
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come apart" she warned. but ii did
no good.
- | suppose 1 know what | want"
snapped the dolly with a squeak.
You just put some more water in
here or / will never let you come and
see me again" Poor Tessie did not
know what to do nor which way to
turn. She shook her head and sighed
but she got the hot water and poured
it in.
Then she got a cloth and began to
battle the body of the dolly. Miss
Flax leaned far back and closed her
eyes. This Is the best / have ever
had" she murmured. Il can't see
why l have been denied it all of
these years. Tessie did not ans
wer, but kept on scrubbing
Miss Flax seemed to grow more
and more quiet, and finally Tessie
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HOuseCleanin@---SOne Hints That
May Save the Wreckd@e Of Family
Words of Comfort and Advice
From Noted Housekeeper to
Warn Against Lack of
System.

The mere Word. "hOuSeciean
ing Whispered into the ear of thu
most depoted of husbands Otter
has dire effect. Every yea
thousands of homes are broken up
hundreds of pipes are lost, ana
husbands Who we're mont fondly
to cherish their Wipes haze been
known to denounce them openly
in public gatherings. All because
of that word, "housecleaning."
Epen the cat sometimes leaves,
the children cry for their lost toys,
and the confusion is anything but
balm to the heart of a poor Womal
Who is but striving to keep permin
and disease from her home through
cleanliness.
But if the houSekeeper has but
little system, if she but goes
about her reign of terror NTH due
regard to modern cOnpeniences
and inventions, the husband is
denied the pleasure of sleeping
Nth his bare feet out of the
windoW of the ballroom and favor
ite articles such as ones hat brush
or comb are not lost until the next
season of chaos rolls around.
Mrs. Christine Frederick has
written words of comfort and
wisdom for the housecledner.
Read and learn.
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
It may not even now be too early
to think a few weeks ahead about
our houseclea nirg. The dd-fash-
ioned housecIeaning was a kind Of
9aroNysm and terrible upheaval
during which no member of the fam
lly was happy or could find a safe
place to either sleep or eat. Owing
to the use OF Ine vacuum cleaner
and other modern good cleaning
tools. much OF this labor can he
avoided. The way in which you
clean house will depend partly on
tne arrangement of your house,
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Dear Annie Laurie:
Please help me. am q widow
with three children and everything
n wealth that a heart can wish fOI.
J 90 with a widower who has five
children. He makes $50 a month.
Once a week he comes to see me.
out he writes me once or twice a
week. / fear he does not really love
me. ] think IL is the farm h" is
after instead Of me. But he says
that he wants me becaune he loves
me and longs for me 20 bSSs his chill
4Ien and make them nioe likc mine.
Would you be afraid OF him?
LITTLE WIDOW.
q ELL, now. Little Widow.
NNI you've written 10 me for
some good. plain. honest ad-
vice. haven't you? l shall 10
NV best TO give it to you
II you have three nice ch Idren OF your
wn. and money enough TO live on. :
hInk you would he very foolish wom-
to marry a man with FIVE children,
sss sAly makes so a month himself
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whether it has an attic and base
inert. the number of rooms. and
whether you intend to Do all the
work or have part of it sent out.
The first best thing to do would
he 10 actually write down the many
items that you feel need to be done
blankets TO be looked over and put
away: closets to be cleaned; pillows
to be refilled; what carpets or rugs
are TO have special cleaning, etc.
etc. Much of the detail of the work
can be accomplished long in ad-
vance, as, for Instance, sorting out
various drawers. OF Investigating the
sewing and piece box" Every
small detail or piece of work that
can be done in advance should be
done quietly and u some spare half
hour or hours rather than be left
until the actual cleaning work be
gins with broom and pail when all
these small tasks will be found to
add to the general burden.
Preliminary Suggestions.
Before beginning work it might be
we'll also to read up on the best
ways to store and lay away various
articles. Where is the best place to
keep blankets? Have you thought
Of using the prepared paper bags for
clothing instead of the ordinary moth
balls? Do you know that gasolene is
the proper thing with which to spray
plush-covered furniture? Do you
know that whiting mixed to a paste
with water is the best thing with
which to clean painted walls? These
and similar points may be looked up.
no matter how expert and experienced
housekepers we may be. There are
always new ideas each year. new
tools and new helps. and We can ar
ford to despise none OF them.
In the actual housekeeping itself,
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homes. This consists Of a metal
bucket into the upper portion of
which fits a metal tray. This again
is divided into compartments for
soap. brush, rag, cleansers, etc.
which may be needed during the
cieanlng process. At the side of the
pail hangs wire rack into which
the soap can be placed when not in
use. and the whole outfit will save
great deal of time running about
10 get something that has been for
gotten, or save awkward carrying of
separate bottles
other forms of household trays for
eIedhlng purposes are also seen,
some very large and square with a
Iarsc number of divisions. which are
particularly good when cleaning
walls. windows. etc. Homemade
boxes or baskets can be made along
tne saine lines. using cigar boxes
nailed together. or having a fat.
swallow, wooden tray made especial,
Even a good market basket can be
diVided. and since II is light. would
make good cleaning basket for the
same DIlrDose
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The Reason.

Slip-What is the word for cheese in
French?
Slap---FromaG
SIip-Why do they call il that.
Slap-Fron age. supposc-New
York American.
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| Secrets of Health and Happiness
The One Perfect Machine
Is a Strong Human Body


A B.. N. A.. NJ. D. Uohns Hopkins }.
~ the laymn 1t often seems strange that a large
and vigorous animal like is easily de-
stroyed by apparently puny agencies Half a
dozen disease germs. ininitesimaI fraction of
an inch In length, enter the veins Of a healthy mus
cular man-and in ten days he is dead
~ Few drops of prussic acid placed on the
tongue OF another man. and in FIVE he too is
dead. A minute pin prick is made the heart wall of
still another man and he dies in seconds
But as matter of fact the real is not that
dies easily but that resists death so ef6ci
emily. The human machine Is by long odds the most
perfect mechanism that appeared on earth II
stand injuries that would make made ma
chine fall to pieces. and 1t may be hacked mutated
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or instance, consider the case Oh tnt
| human brain. II is the popular opin-
ion that major injuries to this organ
mean immediate and certain death. A
man who desires 20 commit suicide and
wants to make sure of IL, commonly
places a pistol to his head and blows
OFT his brain" And yet such injury TO
tie train substance. no matter how ter
ribIe it may be, seldom causes instan-
taneous dissolution. and in a very con
siderable number of cases, falls TO
cause death at all.
Ruptured Hearts Recover.
Men who have shot themselves in the
head commonly live. at least an hour or
two. The shock OF the bullet striking
the brain often produces instant uncon-
sciouSness, but this Inconsistencies
does not differ materially from that
caused BY a blow on the angle of the
jaw in the prize ring In WORD; tne
wou;d-be suicide is knocked out, but
Only when the bullet destroys these
rarts of the brain which control his In
voluntary functions does he die Win
ANYTHING resembling suddenness- ana
sometimes, even then. he doesn't Ole
al all.
It used to be believed that any wound
of the heart was necessarily fatal put
OF late a multitude OF proofs 70 TIE
contrary have been collected. Today
it is almost a commonplace OF surgery
to sew I'D breaks in the heart wall
blow IN the chest sometimes rup.
lures the heart, and yet the victims OF
such injuries not seldom recover.
Wounds in the heart made by KNIVES
and bullets are now treated Wln some
approach to certainty, and although the
death rate in such cases is, of course.
high, il is being lowered year after
wear. and il would be rash surgeon
TO-DAY who would call any small INJURY
to the heart inevitably fatal.
1t is impossible. indeed, to say ina.
an injury to any organ, no matter what
its extent, is sure to result IN oeath.
The human machine was designed TO
stand all sorts of shocks. ana even
when science is utterly unaple 10 repair
it, it often repairs itself.
Habit Brings Immunity. w
Cancer. for instance. is sometimes De-
yond the reach of surgery. but 1t Is not
by any means, to hear OF
such cases ending in recovery. The body
is always at work fighting its enemies,
and so soon as the latter cause any
damage the work OF repair is begun
Exposure to an injury indeed al
ways increases the bodys ABILITY 10
form becomes what is known as I'M
is utilized to great ad-
vantage in modern medicine. The man
who is forced to live in strong draughts
soon becomes accustomed to them and
after a little while he takes cold no
longer.
This explains in part the good health
of sailors woodmen and others who
work and sleep in the open. Again. the
man who makes a habit OF consuming
small quantities OF poisonous drugs. or
of exposing himself to great heat or
cold. or of fasting for long periods gets
used to these things, as the popular
phrase is. and is injured by them far
less than the average man.
The human body. in fact. is immeas- |
urabIv more sturdy than any machine
ever made by men, even with steel and |
iron as its materials. Storms, which |
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and cosged in perfectly amazing reducing
its usefulness
this
of
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Handy Nail and Tool Outfit.

"hen We come to clean and pre-
pare the house for summer we will
find many loose nail and many a
new one that we must hammer in.
we VIII need screws and tacks. pic
lure books. picture wire, thumb
Jacks, scissors and other small pieces
or hardware. Several of the best
housefurnishinS stores are offering Il
household tool kit" which is lust
what we have been looking for for
years This kit contains a small
hammer. screw driver. a set of as
sorted size tacks. nails and clIp
hooks, a supply of wire, picture
hooks and other items which will
De more than handy during the
houseclean.nS days. There are yari-
Gus size kits of this kind-some as
low in price as 70 cents, others cost
ing several dollars. For the handy
woman about the house these kits
will appeal particularly. and will
save a great deal of time hunting
through a large or disorderly tool
chest
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Everything In Its Place.

AZ
One of the chief reasons for a good
deal Of household inefficiency is hunt
ing around to find out where thinzs
arc that you know you have. bur
which you cannot locate! You know
that there is a small bundle of linen
tightly rolled up for emergency use.
YOU know that there is a supply Of
bathroom sundries. but they have
gotten pushed back ana mfslaid in
the jostle of the linen closet, and so
on. Now the labelling scheme is the
only one that will help us house.
keepers TO keep things in their place.
Some of us do not write a yery
clear hand. and, even so. we have to
cut the labels and make paste. which
Is often not satisfactory. Perhaps
that is the reason We do not use
more labels. But there is on the
market an excellent book of assorted
household labels. which is Just what
We have been looking for. 1t con-
tains twenty-five sheets of perfor-
ated labels. with names OF all kinds
of household articles and needs.
There are labels for the drug sup
There are labels for linen and toilet
shelves. labels for twinc. for old lin
en-. and toilet. and a hundred things
with hundred names. all printed
and glued. All We need do is toplace
the label on the shelf or box or jar,
and presto, everything will have a
place
Copyright 1914. by Mrs. Christine Frederick
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Laughter Turns Lips Up.

your mind and presto-up go the cor
uvrs OF the mouth into bewitchinS
smile