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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17
CONFESSIONS OF A Wife
~ Real History Of Dinner"

Copyright, 1914, by the News
paper Enterprise Association
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

Decorations. kfinz. Florist 3. q X.
advertisement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17
BY A FOOD EXPERT

Of the United States Agricultural
Department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

|CYNTHIA|
CIR EY'S
LETTERS


OWN YOU kindly an
swer the following ques-
tons.
1-If a man and woman
live together without being
married. and a child is born
to them. does this state rec
ognize them as man and
wife?
Eff one of the parties.
the man. has been married
and not divorced, does that
make him a Digamist2
3-Will | have to have a
permit from the state game
warden to raise Chinese
pheasants? What Is his adj
dress?
CHINESE PHEASANT.
A.-l-No. 2-No.. g.
Yes Mr.. Darwin, p. O. Box
ss4. Seattle, Is the state game
warden.
Q,-Where is "Petro-
grad" which is referred to
so often in European war
dispatches7 ADA NJ.
A.--Petroerad is I'm Russia. IL
Was formerly the city of 81. Pc
tersburg, but the name Was
changed short time ago by an
edict of the czar.
Q.-Kindly advise what
decorations to use, and
make other suggestions for
a golden wedding. l.. II. G.
A.-Cse yellow flowers for
decors tons-goiden-ro golden
glow. or yellow asters or chry-
santhenaunas.
Have Invitations printed I'm
geld or white.
Arrange two thrones or seats
for the ssbrfde and groom" who
should not be expected 20 stand
dnring the entire evening.
Serve salad with n yellow
mayoanaise, orange Zee cream
and sponge cake, and cafe an
lait, or any perferred refresh
nsents OF a yellow hue.
Use yellow carnations to deco
rate place cards.
II the younger grandchildren
act as ushers and walters, let
them wear yellow costumes.
Q--Please tell me what
color should be used In
making baby's layette?
MRS. 4. l..
A.-Piak for a hoy. blue for
a girl and pale yellow for either
"a boy or girl.
Q.-Please give me a lit
tie Information in regard to
state prohibition. Should the
state go dry, will the brew
cries be permitted TO run
Just the same as now7
A TIMES READER.
An breweries and manu-.
factories of intoxicating liquors
Will he closed III the statewide
prohibition law goes into effect.
Anxious" II You will address
your communication TO the Man
sge~ of the Pendleton Round-up,
Pendieton, Ore, it will reach
him.
"a Reader" and Others who
desire various recipes, please
send a seif-addressed, stamped
envelope, as only a limited num-
Der OF recipes can be printed I'm
this column because of lack of
space. CYNTHIA GREY.
Qr-What method should
we pursue to take fir pitch
off a black velvet coat?
WAITING.
A.-Sponge the spots with ben
zine, benzol or ether, OF dissolve
the pitch with lard and remove
the grease spots with gasoline.
Q.-Please tell me what
would clean a silk plush
coat anything that would
freshen It up a little.
A SUBSCRIBER.
A.-Sponge the coat with am
monia one part and water two
parts. The ammonia has a tend
eney TO raise the nap of the
plush.
"H. H.: America Is the ma
tionaI hymn of our country.
CYNTHIA GREY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

"H. H.: America Is the ma
tionaI hymn of our country.
CYNTHIA GREY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

Follow the
directions
on the Red
and Green
Wrapper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

Q--Plesse tell me what
color should be used In
making a baby's layette?
MRS. T.. Il.
A.-Piak for a hoy. blue 20
girl and pale yellow for eithel
! boy or girl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-17

Q,-W here is ''Petro-
grad" which is referred to
so often in European war
dispatches7 ADA NJ.
A.--Petrograd n I'm Russia. IL
was formerly the city of 81. Pc
tersburg, but the name Was
changed n short time ago by an
edict of the czar.
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Q-Please tell me what
would clean a silk plush
coat anything that would
freshen It up a little.
A SUBSCRIBER.
A.-Sponge the coat with am
monia one part and water two
parts. The ammonia has a tend
ency TO raise the nap of the
plush.
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Qs-What method should
we pursue to take fir pitch :
off a black velvet coat?
WAITING.
A.-Sponge the spots with ben
line, benzol or ether, or dissolve
he pitch with lard and remove
he grease spots with gasoline.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
ART AND MONEY STILL AT ODDS

architect or the sculptor who an
make the uneducated person see beauty
in his work is assuredly greater ARA
than he who makes his appeal ou'y IN
the most enlightened spheres and it..S
10 interest others. There can h
great art in the drawing of a cos' me-
design. although the picture wou'a NOT
be as pleasing as one of great N.r.St
or a mighty waterfall.
1T is very fortunate thing thu ,r'
can be made to serve so widely .np
cause of commerce as we'll as To- foster
the love Of things beautiful. Thai g. l..sa
practical as well as an aesthetic MISSION
should be a cause OF self-conGratU'u'I,0
on the part OF the artist world Thus
thousands of artists who could uD.'r
because Of their mediocre talent N.n
recognition and a livelihood in c,utr-
ing their efforts to the statel,r and
severer forms OF classic art are to-day
enabled to live happily and well Onc y
the most conclusive proofs of tn, great
ness OF art. I consider, is It's addpt4.
bility and service in many fields"
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By Harold MacCrath

Man. They wanted to believe him, but
for years nothing had happened but the
advent Of the lion, whence no one ex-
actly knew. though the Holy Man had
not been backward in claiming II was
due to his nearness to the god Vlshnu.
They followed him eagerly to the
temple. What they beheld transfxed
them. A woman with skin like the
petals Of the lotus and hair like corn
sat in the sacred sarcOphagus and
braided her hair. gazing the while
toward the bright sun.
The intake Of many brcaths produced
sound. kathlyn turned instantly
toward this sound for a moment ex-
pecting the return Of the lion. 1mme-
diately Holy Man and villagers threw
themselves upon the ground. striking
their foreheads against the damp clay.
The alien spirit still ruled the SUBJ
stance; Kathlyn eyed them in mild
establishment, not at all alarmed.
"Ai!" shrilled the Holy Man. spring
ing to his feet. "Ai. She liz our ancient
priestess, rising from her tomb of GEN.
turtles. Al. al. q thou unholy chill
dren. to doubt my word! Behold!
Henceforth she shall share the temple
with the lion. and later she will give
us prosperity. and my name shall ever
be in your households"
Having secured a priestess. he was
now determined that he should not lose
her. The future was roseate indeed,
and when he took his next pilgrimage
to holy Benares they would bestrew his
pathway with lotus flowers.
wood to start the sacred fires" he
commanded.
shn n.vy IN ,hnN 10
He was indeed a Holy Man. Not in the
memory OF the oldest had a miracle
such as this happened. Upon their re-
turn with wood and embers the Holy
Man built the fire, handing a lighted
torch to Kathlyn and signifying for her
to touch the finder. The spirit in Kath-
Ign told her that these people meant her
no immediate harm. so she stepped out
Of the sarcophagus and applied the
torch. The moment the flames began
to crackle the villagers Frustrated them
selves again, and the Holy Man be-
smeared his bony chest with more ashes.
A second Holy Man appeared upon
the scene wanting in breath. His jaw
dropped and his eyes started to leave
their sockets. Knowing his ilk SO
thoroughly well, he flung himself down
before the brazier and beat his forehead
upon the ground; not in any chastened
spirit, but because he had oversight
that morning. This glory might have
been his. Al. al,
Later the two conferred. During
the day they should guard the priestess.
because. having taken human form.
she might some day tire III this par
ticular temple. At night she would be
we'll guarded by the lion.
Several awe stricken women came
forward with bowls Of cooked rice and
fruits and a new copper drinking YES
sell These they reverently placed at
Kathlyn's feet.
Gradually the spirit which had COM
forted kathlyn withdrew. and at length
kathlyn became keenly alive. 1t en-
tered her mind clearly that these poor,
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gratefully and passively aloof. Moth
ing could happen now; the world had
grown still and calm. The spirit drew
the sleeves Of the robe snugly about
her arms and laid kathlyn's head upon
them and drew her down into a pro-
found slumber.
temple there lay. all unsupported by
Kathlyn. n village--a village belonging
| solely to the poor. mostly ryots or till
ers Of the soil. The poor in Asia know
but two periods Of time, for rarely do
they possess such thing as a watch
or a clock sunset and sunrise. Per-
haps the man Of the family may sit
a while at dusk on his mud doorsil, with
his bubbling water pipe Uf he has one),
and watch the stars slowly swing across
the arch. A pinch Of very bad tobacco
Is slowly consumed: then he enters the
hut. filings himself upon his mating
(perhaps cotton rug, more likely u
bundle Of woven water reeds) and
sleeps. No one wakes him; habit rouses
him at dawn. He scrubs his teeth with
a fibrous stick. 1t is n part of his re-
ligious belief to keep his teeth clean.
The East Indian (Hindu or Moham-
medan) has the whitest, soundest teeth
in the world If the betelnut is but tenn
perately used.
Beyond this village lay a ruined city.
now inhabited by cobras and sinking
jackals.
Dawn. A few dung fires smouldered
From the doorway OF one Of the mud
huts came "A lean man. his naked torso
streaked with wet ashes. his matted
hair hanging in knots and tangles on
his emaciated shoulders. His aspect
was exceedingly filthy; he was Holy
Man. which in this mad country signi-
fies physical debasement. patience and
fortitude such as would have adorned
any other use. A human lamprey,
sticking himself always at the thin and
meagre board Of the poor. a vile para
site, but holy!
The Holy Man directed his steps to
the narrow. beaten pathway which led
to the temple. where. every morning.
he performed certain rites which the
poor. benighted ryots believed would
some day restore the ruined city and
the prosperity which attends fat har-
vests. The Holy Man had solemnly
declared that 1t would take no less than
ten years to bring about this miracle.
And the villagers fell down with their
foreheads in the dust. He was Brah-
min; the caste string hung about his
neck; he was indeed holy. he who could
have dwelt on the. fat Of the land. in
maharaj ahs' courts. The least that can
be said is that he performed his duties
scrupulously.
So. then. the red rim Of the March
sun shoudered up above the rolling
jungle as he came into the beaten clay
court which fronted the temple The
lion stalked only at night. rarely APP
pearing in the daytime. Once n month
he was given n bullock. for he kept
tiger and leopard away, and the viii
layers dwelt in peace. The lion had
escaped from Alfalfa. where the species
were kept as an additional sport. Since
he had taken up his abode in the temple
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Weird laughter returned to
mock her astonished ears.

Silence. a low roar from the inner
shrine told her that for the presen,
she was safe. Tomorrow she must
fly. whittier did not matter. Toward
! o'clock she fell into a doze and was
finally awakened by the sound Of voices
raised In anger.
Poor sheep! They had discovered
the shattered idol. 1t did not matter
at all that the return Of their ancient
goddess was to bring back prosperity
She had broken their favorite idol.
Damnation would come in DEVILS
wind that night.
The Holy Man who missed the chance
OF claiming the miraculous appear
ance Of kathlyn as work of
his own now saw an opportunity to
rehabilitate himself in the eyes OF those
who had made his holiness a COM
Portable existence. With a piece Of the
idol in his hand he reused kathryn
and shook the clay before her face
jabbering violently. Kathlyn under
stood readily enough. She had unwit-
tingly committed a sacrilege.
The natives gathered about and men,
aced her kathlyn rose, standing in
the sarcophagus. and extended her
u,
hut II would never do to let them see
it. What Hindustani she knew would
In this case he OF no manner OF use.
But we human beings can, by facial
expression and gesture. make known
our messages with understa ndable
clearness. From her gestures, then,
the Holy Men gathered that she could
re-create the god. She pointed toward
the sun and counted on her fingers.
The premier Holy Man. satisfied that
he understood Kathlyn's gestures.
turned to the Justly angered villagers
and explained that with his aid their
priestess would. in Ave suns. re-create
villagers Frustrated themselves.
Poor things!" murmured kathryn.
The holy men sent the natives away,
for 1t was not meet that they should
witness magic In the making. They
then squatted in the clay court and
curiOusly waited for her to begin. There
was we'll in the inner shrine. To this
she went with caution. The lion was
evidently foraging In the jungle. Kath-
Ign filled the copper vessel with water
and returned. Next. she gathered up
what pieces Of the idol she could find
and pieced them together. Here was
her model. She then approached one
Of the fakirs and signined that she had
need OF his knife. He demurred at frst,
but at length consented to part with It..
She dug up square piece Of clay. In
fine. she felt more like the Kathlyn Of
old than she had since completing the
leopard IN her outdoor studio. 1t occu-
pied her thoughts, at least part OF
them. for she realized that mayhap her
life depended upon her skill In reproduc-
the hideous idol.
As the two old hypocrites saw the
clay take form and shape and the
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THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN

her trials sanely. An ordinary woman
would have died from mere exhaustion.
Bruce, indeed! At that very mo-
ment he was rushing out OF the Ku-
mars presence. wild to I've OF toward
the road to Alfalfa, since kathlyn had
not been seen upon II. He found where
Rajah had veered or into the jungle
again. and followed the trail tirelessly.
But II was to be his misfortune always
to arrive too late.
To Kathlyn the day passed with
nothing more than the curiosity Of the
natives to disturb her. They brought
her cotton blankets, which she arranged
in the sarcophagus. There were orse
beds in the world than this at least
1t shielded her from the bitter mig
wind.
She ate again at shutdown and builded
high the sacred fire and tried to plan
some manner Of escape; for she did not
propose to be a demi- goddess any
longer than was necessary. From Pun
dita she had learned many words and
a few phrases in Hindustani. and she
ventured to speak them to the Holy
Men. who seemed quite delighted. They
could understand her. but she on her
part could make little or nothing Of
their jabbering. Nevertheless. she pre-
tended.
Finally the Holy Men departed, af-
ter having indicated the sacred fire and
wood beside IL. This fire pleased kath-
Ign nightly. While 1t burned brightly
the lion would not prowl in her immedi-
ate vicinity. She wondered where this
huge cat had come from. since she knew
her natural history well enough to
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foolish people really believed her a
celestial being. and SO long as they
laid no hand upon her she was not
alarmed. She had recently passed
through too many terrOrs to he dis
turbed by a bit OF kindness. even IL
stirred into being by religious
fanaticism.
Kathlyn ate.
BY pairs the villagers departed, and
soon none remained save her self-ap-
pointed guardians, the two Holy Men.
kathlyn felt a desire to explore this
wonderful temple. She discovered what
must have been the inner shrine. The
chamber was filled with idols: here and
there a bit OF gold leaf centuries old,
glistened upon the bronze. the clay.
the wood. The caste mark on the
largest IDOLS head was polished ruby,
overlooked doubtless during the loot.
with the tip OF her finger. and the dull
fire sent q SILVER Of delight over her.
She was still woman.
As she wandered further In her foot
touched something and she looked
down. 1t was hone; in fact. the floor
was strewn with homes. She quickly
discerned. much to her relief, that mono
OF these bones was human. This was,
or had been. the den Of the lion. There
was an acrid. unpleasant Odor. SO she
hurried hack to the braxier. Vaguely
she comprehended that she must keep
the fire replenished from time to time
In order to pacify the two Holy Men.
At night II would fend on any approach
of the lion.
Where was bruce? Would he ever
md her? That philosophy which she
had inherited from her father. that
quiet acceptance OF the Inevitable. was
the one thing which carried her through
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there had been fewer thefts from the
cattle sheds.
The Holy Man was about to assume
his squatting posture in the centre OF
the court, as usual, when from out of
the sarcophagus rose languidly form,
shrouded In white. The form stretched
its lovely arms, white as alabaster, and
presently the hands rubbed a pair OF
sleepy eyes. Then the form sat down
within the sarcOphaRus. laid it's arms on
the rim and YEARLY hid its face in
them.
The watcher was the most dunn.
founded Holy Man in all India. For
the first time In his hypocritical life
he found faith In himself in his puerile
rites. He had conjured up yOnder
spirit, unaided, alone. He rose, turned,
and never Holy Man ran faster.
When he arrived, painting and voice.
less, at the village well. where natives
were coming and going with water In
goatskins and Jars and copper vessels
he fell upon his face. rose to his knees
and poured handsful Of dust upon his
head.
All. ali" he called. ut Ia almost done,
my children. The first sign has come
from the gods. ! have brought you In
human form the ancient priestess! A"
And he really believed ne had. "Oh. my
children. my little ones. my kids! /
have brought her who will now attend
to the sacred fires; for these alone will
restore the city as Of old. the fat corn.
the plenitude Of fruit. Since the COM
Ing Of the lion two rains ago the leopard
and the striped one have forsaken their
lairs. One bullock month In better
than fire. together with the kids and
the children. Az" More dust.
Naturally the villagers set down their
water skins and Jars and copper vessels
and fOcked about this exceptional HOLY
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The Disappointed Alderman

II HE absence Of Mayor Mitchell,
President Of the Board Of Alder
men MCAneny and Niro-C.t,--
man Of the Board Of Aldermen G~',r.
brook at the one time recently lcit ''"
city OF New York without n head y.
harm befell the municipality, hu' H..
situation recalled to men about III, CIV
Hall the story of Western city.
In this city an Alderman had tried fur
fifteen years TO win the Mayoralty ot'D
Time and again he had run. only tu '.
defeated. Ii so CHANGED that the Gle.
ton for Aldermen was in an off y,.
from that of the Mayor. For this r.f
son the Alderman who longcd o.
Mayor was always able to run
Alderman after he had been defeated g.
the Mayoralty.
And he was always elected Aldcrua
OF ms ward ny increasing ma ior.i.
lie was always elected president of ''
hoard. And in all these fifteen N,..
he yearned tn exercise the duties
Mayor. 1t happened that the Mayor
III one time and the aspiring Ald,rw.
announced that II the City's Chief -
"cutive became incapacitatcd for o.,.
an hour he would claim the right To a,'
as Mayor and let the people Of thu cav
know In some way that he was Malur
indeed.
The Mayor had a had case Of rh,g.
matism. At last he did not come duNn
to his office, and the head Of the AM,r-
manic board kept his ear to the ground
ready to act at a seconds notice Twu
days went by. Three days. \ week
ON the telephone It was always reported
that the Mayor was about the same
At last the Alderman could wait no
longer. Ten days was too much for 4
Mayor to he away. He drove 10 the
Mayors house one night ready to ask
MIN why he didn't delegate some one
to act for him now that he had been
III SO long.
garrulous servant answered his
ring. The President OF the Board ~
Aldermen pushed his way in the vest
bule.
How is your master Tonight" h.
asked solemnly.
Indeed, sir he's n great deal hotter
since he got back home"
Got back home! Why, where has he
been? ] understood he was very i'll"
so he was. sir. but they thought IL
hest tn take him away to Hot Springs
ten days ago. He got along fine. They
didnt want any one to know ii, lac
cause they said there's some Quitting in
alderman who In just aching to he the
mayor ana toss things about. So they
TOOK him away on the quiet and his
secretary telephoned him every da"."
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know the African lions did not !nhabit
this part Of the globe. Doubtless 1t had
escaped from some private menagerie.
The fire, then. giving her confidence,
she did not get into the sarcOphagus,
hut wandered about. building in her
fancy the temple as 1t stood In it's prime.
The ceilings had been magnificently
carved. no two subjects alike; and the
walls were OF marble and jasper and
porphyry. A magic continent this Asia
in its heyday. When her fOrefathers
had been rude barbarians. sailing the
north seas or sacrificing In Druidical
rites. there had been art and culture
here such as has never been surpassed.
India Of splendid pageants or brave
warriors and gallant kings! Alas. how
the mighty had fallen! About her.
perjury. meanness. hypocrisy. uncleanii-
ness. thievery and unbridled passions.
What was that? Her heart
missed heat. That pad-pad; that
sniffling noise!
She whiried about, knocking over an
idol. 1t came down with q crash and,
being Of clay, lay In shards at her feet.
Unfortunately II was the holy of HOLES
In this temple) How she gained the
shelter Of the sarcophagus she never
knew. but gain 1t she did and covered
down within. She could hear the beast
trOtting round and round. snining and
rumbling In his throat Then the roar
Ing Of the preceding night was re-
peated. The old fellow evidently could
not md those other lions who rOared
hack at him so valiantly. Evidently
FIRE had no terrors for him. For an
and all this time Kathlyn did not stir.
hardly daring 10 breathe Tor fear he
might undertake to peer into the sar-
CODha Run