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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Unique Flood Mark.

A striking warning against the foods
that rise with uncomfortable rapidity
and volume in the Rocky Mountain
streams Is seen in gorge twenty five
miles west Of Denver. Here Bear
creek. a mere rivulet hardly ankle
deep. threads its way for several miles
through narrow canyon. In places
hardly wide enough to permit road
way beside the stream At one of
these narrow points a needle of gran
lite thrusts itself up between creek and
roadway to a point of more than forty
feet Poised upon its top. like the bar
on the letter T. is huge log. twenty
feet long. 1t was left there some years
ago by a sudden food that drowned
more than a score of people camping
in the canyon. On brass tablet
fastened to the pillar the county au-
thorities have inscribed this pregnant
sentence. If you knew what put this
log up here you wouldn't camp In this
canyon."-New York Times.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Marveis Of the Grand Canyon.

The Grand canyon cannot be describ-
ed in measured terms. Every beholder
sees it In different form. just as the
rolling clouds suggest different resem-
blances to the eyes Of the beholder.
Begin with the thought of the canyon
thirteen miles wide. mile deep, the
Colorado river. 200 feet wide. imprison-
ed down in the depths between lofty
walls of weather stained granite and
rushing wildly on its way.
It is buried SO deep that only now
and then can you get glimpse of
what looks like little, dark ribbon Of
gray. Above the black granite walls
of the river you see what you can east
ly imagine to be row after row Of red
brick skyscrapers projecting from the
sides of the canyon at acute angles
and always pinnacled by imposing
towers.
The height Of those prodigious sky
scrapers and towers cannot be meas
ured by the Imagination. They seem
to rise few hundred feet In reality
they tower thousands Of feet from the
foundation walls. The colors are mar
velous.-Leslie's.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
A Day In the Open.

Our anxieties are nearly all artiis-
ciai and are bred indoors. under the
sitting oppression Of walls and roofs.
to the maddening clangor Of pave
ments, and day in the open will often
d1spel them like bad dream.
With more air and sun and ground
we find fewer instances of immortality
and despair. For return to nature is
a return to good nature.
True, we cannot at once incontinent
ly leave our tasks and wander at will
into the green world whenever the
wind sets from pleasant quarter; but
for all that there are many steps that
we may take toward re-esta blishing
our divine heritage and rightful por-
ton in the delectable commonwealth
OF out of doors. And the best use we
can make of it will surely consist in
wholesome normalizing exercise-not
necessarily in living out Of doors more
than we do at present. but In living
there wholesomely and naturally
Bliss Carman in 1.-The Making of Per-
sonality."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
No Beauty For Him,

Haggerty and his wife were riding
home on the street car. Haggerty was
in that mellow state which urged him
to be extra nice to his wife-to treat
her as If he was counting her again. II
you know what we mean. Haggerty's
wife sought to divert him from the ex-
travagant compliments he was paying
her.
Look, DEAR" she said. There's a
remarkably pretty girl sitting across
the aisle from Us, two rows back. l
want you to notice her."
"Ah, my darling" whispered Hag-
gerty. leaning close. II have no eyes
for beauty now. just want to look
at your
That's the way he carried it too far
and confirmed her suspicious that he
was the way he was.-Cleveiand Plain
Dealer.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
He Capitulated.

no Vapitotateo.
His wife met him at the door. Hi
dinner had been waiting for thirty
minutes, but she was smiling sweetly.
Her hair was done up in a becoming
style. and she looked ten years young.
er than usual.
She put. her arms around his neck
drew his head down and kissed him
sweetly.
"Give me your hat and coat" she
said. II will hang them away, for |
can see that you are tired. Have you
bad hard day at the Office. dear?"
YES" he replied. 'I'm all tagged
out"
Pm sorry. But never mind. feel
sure that things will take a turn for
the better soon. I've got surprise
for you-the maid has prepared a nice
chicken stew, the kind you like so
we'll. Shall run upstairs and get your
slippers?'
Never mind. little woman" be re-
piled. pushing his hand into his pocket,
"how much do you wantY-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Sitting Out the Lions.

What to do when confronted with a
lion is not a problem that would have
puzzled the editor Of one Of the ear
lest newspapers published in South
Africa. Asked by some inexperienced
Tor imaginary correspondent for in
formation about "the best way to get
good bag of lions in the Kalahari
DESERT" he crisply replied in an edi-
torial note. 1.-The Kalahari desert Is
principally composed of sand and lions.
First you sift out all the sand with a
big sieve; then the lions will remain.
These you place in a bag which is
carried for the purpose"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
1drZdnelthsA
Continued from page three)

have just transpired.
BY what right. sir. did you interfere
between my daughter and Mr.. Canler?
had promised him her hand. sir ana
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
South Africa's Feathers.

Next to gold and diamonds feather
raising Is the most profitable of South
Africas industries. The ostrich yields
between f2.OO0OOO and f3OOO,0O0 per
annum to the subcontinent. There are
some 100000 birds in South Africa. and
they yield an average Of from "a to f5
worth of feathers per head per annum.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Stood on Her RIGHTS.

Coroner-You say you told the serv-
ant to get out of the house the minute
you found it was on fire and she re-
fused to gop Mrs. Burns-Yes. She
said she must have months notice
before she would think of leaving
National Food Magazine.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
liscoxerer of Iodine.

To very few people does the name of
Bernard Courtois signify anything,
yet it is to Bernard Courtois that the
A chemist of Dion, he presented 100
years ago the notice Of his discovery
to the academy.-London Telegraph.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
With Interest,

Dolly-Mean thing! You said you
wouldn't give away that secret told
you. Daisy-I didn't l snapped it
for another secret and ice cream soda.
Chicago News.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Reethoyen's Afflicfinn.

Beethoven for the last seventeen
years of his life could not hear a
note of all the exquisite music he
penned and suffered terribly from mel
ancholia.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
"NATI0NS OF THE EAST" AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC IN
TERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. SAN FRANCISCO. 1915

\HIS superb Of
East" which will the Arch Rising in
Court Of the
Exposition at San Francisco n 1915 Reading right
tne
pedestrian
and
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
Rise Above the Average.

The world generally gives it's admi-
ration not to the man who does what
nobody else ever attempts to do. but
to the man who does best what null
titudes do well.-Macaulay.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1914-02-27
THE END.

The Ideal.
Did he try to flatter you:
Why. no. dear. He merely
the prettiest girl he'd ever
York Times.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
TROUBLESOME GIFTS.

Wedding gifts are sometimes as trou-
blesome to their recipients as they are
to their senders. Which is too bad. for
as long as they must be troublesome to
the senderS it is too bad there should be
trouble in the receiving OF them. But
one bride once received seven percolators,
each from someone she felt sure would
be offended IL she tried to change the
gift. Yet these percolators were all the
result of much troublesome thought on
the part of the senders.
To begin with. choose the gift you are
sending to a bride with some understand
ing of her taste and life. In the next
place, IL you send her something tha;
may be duplicated, send her also a note
begging her to change 1t If she desires to.
Tell her you have no sentiment in the
matter-whatever she chooses will please
you.
II the bride is going to move to a dis
tance, send her something. il possible,
that will pack and travel easily. II she
Is t. marry a poor man don't send her q
piece of priceless bric-a-brac.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
THE PELERINE WRAP.

While nobody who knows anything
about fashions believes that the pelerine
wrapis to reign supreme as a street gar
ment. nevertheless. many of the Leading
couturicrs are turning out this odd, half
length capc-like affair. The most recent
expression OF the radical departure from
the sleeved coat is a half shawl which
points six inches below the hips at the
center of the back and has two sharply
tapernS points which cross in front at
the throat. forming a series OF soft little
folds over the chest and cover the fig
ure to the waist line. Thus draped the
arms are fully protected. There is no
collar, but at the chin one end OF the
three-conered wrap runs through a large
fancy buckle on the other side whose
point hooks near the opposite shoulder.
This pelerine is blind-stitched at the
edges to a silk lining and is pretty I'm
broadcloth. velvet, or satin. While not
really smart as a part of a tailored street
costume, IT is a practical separate wrap
and one which home dressmaker can
easily put together. Its value as . ma
ternity garment Is obvious.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
After the Honeymoon Harry
Is Peeved at a Bill Of
Grace's Till He Realizes
His Own Expenses.

They had reached that stage OF their
honeymoon when the first petty disagree
ments began to take on the aspect OF
permanent division; when the second re-
minder of any delinquency bore the hrst
hint of nagging; when the good-oy KISS
In the morning was gradually merging
into a perfunctOry salute. Grace had got
70 the point of admitting that Harry was
not perfect; Harry had found that Grace
was given to certain irritating ways.
II was a critical period. when each
vas AT a turning point; on the one hand.
Corbea rance and concession; on the other.
stubbornness and settled tendency TO
hnd fault
Grace realized this after their first
words about the household bills A pile
Of them arrived at once and Harry was
irritable He happened to open the laun-
dry bill first, and his eye was caught
by certain items that he recognized as
extras"
Seems to me that's a pretty stin price
for washing and ironing a shirtwaist,
he observed, pointing TO one entry.
That was my lace blouse" explained
Grace anxiOusly. 1t is expensive &c
have done up. but don't wear it often.
should think you could wash and
iron it yourself" he returned. Tess al
ways used to do her own
Tess was Harry's sister, and her name,
quoted in moments like this one. had
-ons to be rather in. the nature of goad
to Harry's wife. She flushed and
answered quickly.
Il don't believe Tess ever did up a
ace waist in her life. Besides, she has
I maid and l haven't
Well, all now is we can't afford
fancy prices for trifies. How do yol
suppose we're going 10 get the gues
room furnished and buy grand pian'
If you don't help me save on the LITTLE
things? What do you do all day, any
how?'
Why. Harry Moore" Grace's voic'
was quivering with injury and indigna
ton. AS If l didn't work every min
ute" She broke off. seized with tn
despair many a woman knows when
comes to making a man understand tn
manifold duties of a hOusekeeper's day
Suddenly her eye sparkled with an un
wonted light, and she added sharply.
IF you're going TO make such fus
about the little things, as you call them
why don't you shave yourself and blacl
your own shoes"
By this time he was getting into hi
coat to start for his train, but in tn
midst of his hurry she saw a discOn
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
GAUZE LACE RIBBONS.

Have you seen the newest EaUze rib
bons-made to resemble lace. and cob
webby lace at that edged with satin in
the most adorable colors? The laces are
either Of white or gold and are perfectly
charming They make most allurinS
tango and breakfast caps. Girdles and
sashes. A tango bag made OF this lace.
using an clght-inch ribbon, had four
in the usual way by gathering the full
ness to a round. cardboard covered bot
tom and drawing up with satin ribbons
at the rUffled top. Needless TO say this
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24

certed expression come over his face, and
realized that the shot had told.
For a while she plumed herself upon
it, and felt that the subject was settled.
But as she went about her work that
morning she began to realize that the
incident was not an isolated one, but a
symptom. something that must be dealt
with before il developed into disease.
She was nurt and indignant, and her
first impulse was to nurse her wrongs.
His smoking. too-that's just an ex-
trayagance l don't have anything 70
compare with it. All that fuss over one
waist. and my best one. too. Stupid
thing, As IL you could wash and iron
a lace waist the way you do pocket
handkerchief. He couldn't fix that faucet
the other day, but had TO send for the
plumber, and yet he thinks l ought to
have all the accomplishments"
In the laundry box upstairs. newly
wrapped that morning before. the dispute
had arisen, was her net guimpe. That
also was an extra" She thought of il
row and reflected.
''Theren be the whole thing to &c
through again next week"
Then the thought came:
Il wish I could do it myself, but OF
course 1 can't"
And then:
A
rebeIlious feeling that il was not fair for
her to be expected to make all the sac
rifices But in the end ambition. coupled
! with Grace's own sweetness and house
wifely pride, prevailed. She went up
stairs and opened the laundry box
/ 1t was a trying days work, all told
| but she did IL. and had a measure OF
success that made the pains worth while
| 1t was not to be expected that man
should be able to appreciate the difficulty
I of the unaccustomed task, or the lonE
day that all her various duties made
when added together. But she would tel
him, for reflection and hard work hac
put her into a better spirit
{ See what l did, she said lightly
when he came home that night pointing
10 the row of filmy trifles nicely irone
and laid out on the sideboard.
4 He bent over her with a tenderness:
that brought the tears to her eyes.
why. bless her heart?' he murmuret
. cortritely Did she take il so much Il
heart? Go and have your little thing
done as YOU please. sweetheart. and don
mind your old brute OF a husband wher
he's in a crouch
He drew out of each pocket package
and set them down for her to open while
he took off his coat. In one was new
shaving outfit. and in the other, brush
and a box of backing.
'Oh. Harry" she cried. with the gen
erous impulse of the woman whose con
cession has been met half way. Il didn'
mean it,"
And in her heart she wondered, as IN
kissed her, how she would feel IL sh,
had not made that concession.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
THE SLIPPER BUCKLE.

There are various ways in which the
white linen slipper can be enhanced. but
none prettier than that OF putting upon
IL an embroidered buckle. It is Of the
colonial slipper we speak. OF course.
The buckle form is cut from some very
stiff buckram. of which several thick
nesses are used, and is covered with a
thin white linen. Before the buckram
is covered with the linen the shape of
the buckle is drawn lightly on the linen.
the flowers or design stamped within
this shape. and the whole embroidered
either in white or colors. The shape of
the buckle is then cut from the linen
and is fitted upon the buckram shape,
and the whole is basted to the slipper.
One cannot, OF course, whiten the
buckles with shoe whitening. but II Is a
simple matter to remove and wash them.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24

Who are the nine best looking women
o appear in washington's merry May
'estival, The Fire Regained?'' is the
question that readers of The Washington
Herald are TO decide.
The pageant directors have received a
'equest from a leading publication TO
urnIsh the nine most beautiful women
% decorate its pages in one of the future
numbers as the representative Washing
on beauties.
The daily rehearsals Of the various
Eroups at the Builders Exchange on Fl
Ttreet constitute many different sets Of
Toung women who viii be wood nymphs,
:horal dancers. baIIets. etc. In all there
IRE to be about 800 women and to be con-
hdered one OF the nine most beautiful
vii indeed be an honor, The young
Eomen will be photographed from day to
lay and The Herald win publish daily
me Of them. and It is up to the read
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

ask advice on a personal affair. Wed
three months ago, not happily as should
be. He was to give me nice home, picked
out furniture and rent. He told me he
had 500 banked TO start US, which was
false. He borrowed from his mother 20
get married on. We had to take room
to live in instead of using my furniture.
He paid his parents back. 80 a month.
I am paying for my furniture / gave
him. Friends do not know where We
live We will take more room. l want
my mother to live with us: he objects 20
this. ! try to make his home pleasant.
but he goes evenings TO see his mother;
do. too. thinking TO please him. Con-
fide IN my mother; she thinks as 1 do
I love him too dearly. He cares less for
me. I am a loving. but
LONELY YOUNG BRIDE.
II he is an industrious husband. you
can well afford 10 put pride in your
pocket and get along as well as possible
with him in his struggle 10 make ends
meet. Too much mOther-in-law may be
a strain now: but later on. it may be
happiness TO provide for her. Try TO
change your lonely fancies for mirthful,
pleasant smiles to cheer you both on.
TIMID DEAREST TO HER.
Dear Miss Libbey-A month ago fell
deeply in love with boz. the dearest
person in the world save my parents and
brother. l still love him. yet under
stand he does not love me. but likes me
very we'll Every day this month saw
him except today. He stopped coming
to the town I go to. stays in town ne
lives in. Can't stand to not see or near
from him Do not want to write him
first Please tell how TO get started writ
! ing. He's tirnid II started would keep
IN I'd gain his love. Don't know love
| him. A boy never likes girl who trst
/ tells him of her love for him Please aid
me. how to gain his love and CORE
snondence BLUE-EYED GIRL
It's difficult to put two on the right
track who seemingly never have walked
side by side nor exchanged heart for
heart. That of a tin1id boys love untold
! is a poor unsuitable expectation that
most likely may not be realized. He may
not know his own mind. You seem the
! anxious one.
I GIRL WHO WENT FIRST WITH HIM
HANGS on.
Dear Miss Libbey: Am going with. on
gagged TO marry. A Young man in III"
spring. Girl who vent with him first still
hangs on. He's hurt. l go TO see him
She goes too spite OF al l say. He
hates to hurt her feelings by telling her
10 stay away. unless I wished him to
altogether. Is it right 10 Insult her out
right? NJ f. :.
You would not have the heart. | as
sumo from your Letter oS ordering the
/ other girl to stay away Treat her in
friendly manner unbos0mlnC 10 her the
/ truth that you are engaged TO wed him.
/ Love each other. Perhaps she will then
take the hint. that sh" can find another
J beau it, only vO-.r Welding.
iCo3vriEl:- lallD
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24

ers to decide which nine will be chosen
as the honored ones.
For those who wish to follow the
contest, The Herald offers as a sug-
gestion that the page with the photo
graph be saved from day to day and
! when the. contest is over. on the clos
ing day of The Fire Regained," on Sat
urday. May 3, make the nine selections
from the papers. and mail them to The
Herald office to the Pageant Beauty
Editor and count will then be made
and the most favored selections will be
made and the photos forwarded for pub
lication.
The first photograph is printed today,
and for information of those who would
like to join the ''Pageant's Merry Band"
there is still time and their photos viii
be included among those to run in edi-
lions of The Herald. There are still
many openings in the various groupings
and new participants are swelling the
ranks daily. There will probably be a
hundred or more young ladies who will
! start rehearsinR during the coming week.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
oz<~<.~k AZ

fragile material WAS used as an outside
covering over satin. which matched the
border OF the ribbon. Tn" bag in ques-
tiOn was made of gold lace rlbhon. edged
with nile green. four strips Of the green
running up and down where the selvaEe
were Joined Tho bag was lined with
green and drawn up with narrow ribbons
Of the same color.
While dainty. II was strong enough
to hold the soft tango slipper or cath
wines All tango bags are longer than
the old slipper bags. the usual length
being eighteen inches. The bottom cir
Gle is six inches across. Two and one
half yards OF this ribbon. which is n
cents a yard is sCficient with two yards
Of soft ribbon. an inch wide. for the
strings. and one yard Of satin for the
lining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
Jayhawker Jots

" uldn't it be appropriate if Mr..
Punch lived at Sabetha? A Miss Judy
Is among those present there.
Jeb Swisegood sagely remarks, ac-
cording to the Olathe Register, that q
man can't buck any kind of a game
without the old fashioned bucks.
There is a difference of opinion
among the learned, says the Phillips
County Post. on the question which
gets the most attention nowadays, the
Bible or the mail order catalogue.
A young woman who knows how to
make and keep a home need not wor-
ry about her future, insists the Nick
erson Argosy. There will be plenty Of
positions Ones-Open to
her selection.
A Kincaid man. reports the Kincaid
Dispatch, has wisely suggested to his
women folk that If they intend giving
him anything for Christmas to give
him quarter instead Of making some
thing for him.
Blizzard" the nom de plume of the
James Creek correspondent of the
Mayetta Herald, is highly appropriate
for winter work, but it will be just
as much out of place in the good, old
summer time.
The final extremity in theft was
reached one night last week, reports
the Woodson County Journal. by the
robber who stole Bible from. the
schoolhouse in District 6, three miles
north OF Piqua.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21

protection Of children. at WASHINGTON
on the 5th and 9Th Of January. to em-
phasixe the need Of a federal child Ia
Dor law The speakers via include
Representative A. 3GitNl,&n Palmer OF
PennsysvAnfa, who introduced last Jap-
uary the child labor bin which IL on the
calendar for the present session: SEN
ator Robert L. Owen Of Oklahoma. who
sponsored the bin N the senate; Felix
Adler. Florence Kelley and Edward T.
Devine. Others invited are Jane
Adams, Julia C. LAthrop. John Mitch
ell. James r. Mann. Victor Murdoch
w. o. Hart and Secretary Wilson of the
department Of labor.
The Palmer-Owen bill was drafted by
the National Child Labor Committee.
and proposes a 14-year limit for an chill
dren employed upon factory. mill q
cannery products shipped in Interstate
commerce; it limits the hours OF chill
dren II to 16 In the same occupations
to eight hours per day and forbids their
employment at night: and it prohibits
the employment at any time OF children
under 16 in mines and Qnarries.