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The tannin. the oils, and the alkaloid
in tea affect professional tea tasters in
an exaggerated way. They are full of
muscular twitchings and tremors and
they may have various types and de-
grees Of ''enteriu'' or inflamed intes-
tines.
You need not be tea fiend to be thus
affected. Many persons. unknown to
themselves, are representative, SUPER
susceptible or ''anaphylactic" to tea.
That Is to say, one tiny cup OF this
home-brewed beverage influences many
unfavorably. You are then said to have
an idiosyncrasy to 1t. just as one man
falls Ill at the taste of pineapple, an
other at oysters, third from carbon
mated waters.
The Chipese and Japanese seem to be
almost immune to the unpleasant syrnp-
toms of tea drinking. This may be due
to its ancient use In those countries.
where it has been a thirst quencher for
upward of 1000 years. All the weak
hngs In the Orient not able to with
stand tea were eliminated ages ago.
but its alkaloid-or essential ingredient
has been observed by Prof. HoIlings-
worth in his experiments upon a squad
of psychologists actually to increase ef-
ficiency. aid the muscles In work, en-
nance the powers of thought and imag-
nation and to overcome fatigue.
The precise point at which con-
firmed tea drinker passes over the bor-
der line Of first aid and into the land
of despond differs with different indi-
yiduals. Usually 1t will be found that
more than two cups of weak tea will
set your nerves atingle-ingle-inglling
like those of the doctor In High links"
Furthermore. tea should not be drunk
with meats When so taken there Is
formed a rock-like mass of indigestibie
stuff that even the stomach of an os-
trich or goat would have trouble over.
insomnia, heartburn, twitchings and
are often associated with tea
drinking. In fact, these troubles are
often wrongly attributed to tobacco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06
Household Helps
By ANN MARIE LLOYD.
Removing Candle Grease.

Removing Candle Grease.
Sprinkle a little spirits Of wine on the
spot and rub gently. The grease will
soon work up into a fine powder. which
can be brushed off.
Keeping Plants During Holidays.
One of the woes of the about-to-so -on-
a-holiday housewife Is the keeping OF
her cherished room plants In good con-
dition during her absence. The best
method is the following:
Place as many bricks as you can at
the bottom of large zinc washing tub,
just cover the bricks with cold water.
ana leave until you are just about TO
Depart. Replace the water which the
bricks will have absorbed, and place
one plant on 'each prick. The cellar
is the best place in which to keep the
tub. but any room which can be dark
ened and kept ventilated will do.
Cleaning a Brown Leather Bag.
Rub the bag well with a soft cloth.
and then apply a coating of brown
leather polish and polish off in the
usual way. Any polish suitable for
brown boots can be used.
Renovating a Scratched Mirror.
Commence proceedings by mixing
some powdered whiting to a paste the
consistence of cream with methylate
spirits, smear the surface of the mir
ror thickly,' and wipe with tissue paper.
Remove the back, wipe over the sill
vered side quickly with a cloth wrung
out in hot water. and dry with a hot
dry towel. Wipe the specks and
scratches with a little spirit of wine,
paint over with silver paint, anil leave
TO dry. Replace the back. Sprinkle
some tissue paper with a little pow
dered washing blue. and give the sur
face of the mirror a final polish.
To remove paint from a dress take a
camel-hair brush. dip the point of II In
turpentine. and just damp the parts
that are stained. Let garments dry and
then rub brfskly. when the paint will
fall OF In dust. II IL does not all come
OF repeat the operation.
For perspiring feet. battle them fire.
quently with warm water. to which a
little ammonia has been added. After
drying. the feet should be busted over
with boracic powder. Bathing in alum
water will afford relief to burning and
tender feet. There is nothing more
to the feet than salt.
In order to insure good gloss on
starched collars. first mix the starch
with cold water, add a tiny lump OF
butter about the size of a small marble,
then pour on the boiling water.
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hreeD mute j ourneYc
Where SAIL BOATS Are Made of GRASS
By TEMPLE MANNING

One q the sqnaws assure me that
1t would be the best hoa: in the word
and : saw myself that for their MIR.
pose II was admirable and large
enough to transport IN" fifteen per
sons II the ca1nI'. 1t vas tn. third
boat that tn" old man hId made zach
or his other Doa;s mad lasted fur
years.
Most CT tiese strafg. gras, hoa:5
carry masts shaped like a chicxen's
"ishbone, a:lc rise - a he'ght ahou:
equal 10 IN" length IT t'.e hoa- In. n
mem are stretched - lis m,de of the
same CURIOUS material AS thei- hLlIs,
ihcsS boats ore not swift. tecaus,
they are rather HAY, ror car t!cy
lack again.t the VIM. Iu. they suit
ton. for they have ali tue lime tE.ns
is TO wait for the WING - blew Il. e
wav they wish TO go.
(Copyright 1914. Newspaper Featnr. s.ru,..
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animal likes peace in his home and
sometimes he'll purchase it at any price.
So much for what / have gained-an
ability TO liza feeling Of strong dis
content and a complete dissemination
of the innate chivalry with which
was born.
My feelings toward Mary? There
wonder greatly myself. l am proud Of
her beauty am very fond of her, but
] do not think il is such love as comes
TO some men more fortunate than I. II
is more the calm. tranquil affection one
has for very lovely child. Who was IT
said that true love includes friendship?
That a man and his wife are sweet
hearts only when they are churns and
friends as we'll? II that is true then
do not love Mary.
We cannot be chums. for our likes
and dislikes clash hopelessly. Friend
ship TO be ideal presupposes a certain
equality of intelligence. and ] must
confess in all modesty that Mary and 7
are not mental equals. Now ! am not
scintillant with brilliancy-the Lord
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a first time
it not be the last
moreh
help showing HIS
to
o a what
che culture teacher when said atmosphere
with 1t? You may
re into believing that like It, but you'll never @
the little German OF any
has the soul
the Of la Fohe be that sort OF person
to blame for than you WOULD De
bndwhy uncomfortable by trying
80 de all anncion?
H-nke honest man. ana
Iovinr friends
who book through
80 o the first chapter
tie sort Of things she really likes
she and her
rtead on
ground and who never sheds real
all her life If she can help it
When Atmosphere"
dinner
be reading something
criticism
CANDIDA" by heart on pre.tuy
Unps
abe besn to hapsodze over them
weLa-hady the things for couldn't
love
a Of
ed and yellow hhosraph Of the baby asking the dog he could talk
Met be
I'd world and his wife treat by inviting them to visit
honest andna
O
interest and in
hbs deceive but the who tells
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knows. ! am 4 commonplace young pri-
vate secretary with a fairly conven-
tonal future before me, but do keep
apace with the times and Mary doesn't.
1 am much more alive than she to the
subtleties Of existence, and / have a
sense of humor. We live in separate
worlds. What mollusc edstences some
women lead
Thefore Mary and I are in no sense
well mated or particularly congenial,
and was led into matrimonial indiscre-
ton by the age-old lure Mother Nature
works to death-a girls beauty.
Why are girls and boys reared 30 Diff
ferently? By our present system 1 can
not see how, with such divergent aims
and viewpoints and differences, they
can ever be real comrades or friends,
and IL they aren't comrades or friends
how are they ever going to be sweet
hearts and lovers in the finest sense OF
the word? Some few people strike the
divine white fire, but don't believe 80
per cent Of married people are honestly
IN love.
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Answers to Health
Questions

5. PLEASE recommend cure for
sweating feet.
Wear shoes that can be ventilated
Also sandals. the thinnest hose, lowest
OF canvas shoes, and keep the feet
covered. Use equal parts of bortc acid
and zinc oleate
M. A. B.-Have red scar on left cheelx
about an inch from chin. Was CAUSED
by an abscessed tooth fourteen wears
ago. 1t Is about the size of a quartet
Could have 1t removed at a resonable
price?
II you so to the surgical department Of
any hospital they viii remove this and
put skin graft upon II without charge
DR.. Hirshber1 icsu ans.rer guest.or.
for readers of this paper ON medical
h20ierfc and sonitdtton subjects that arr
Of general interest. He sciII not and,y-
take to prescribe or Offer adrics for In.
dirtdaai cases. Where the subject "a not
of general interest letters tciu be an.
ssrered personally " q stamped and ad-
dressed enrelops 70 enclosed. ADDRESS an
Inquiries to DR.. L. X. Hirshber1. core
tJsis office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06

Anies Cf South America.
there are several small
steamers plying It's 3,cLJ
square miles OF water. bat E'osT OF
the beats used arc actually made OF
grass. My first view of on" was from
the deck of a Tit;caca steamer. but
later l lad IN opportunity 10 sail in a
grass boat. and TO watch an old In
diaE while lac was making one.
I came across the indian as re was
deftly plating the grass through the
wooden ribs that he had suck in tie
earth and / watched hiG left fingers
fly in and Cot as sIre aud swift a
machine tut he wCI Id MT talk TO nIc.
Nevertheless. he made Nd objection tn
my following him when his grass sup
ply was exhausted. md h: wen on
to the lake shore to gather more.
With him ne to- L his hcusehon: en-
posed of several women and hasf a
1ozeE Children. and ti.ey al! trc'led of
to camp for a few Jays.
The shores OF the lake are fringed
by kind Il marSh era IS tfat is very
tough and wiry, but so T,liable that it
can eaEily &c braided ahou' the little
care ribs. Before ii:.. e as Is wen
1T IS slightly drIc1, not cough TO split
the texture, but sufficiently t. cause
II to swell littla anG make TIE pvaI
null watertishI
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About a Black Hat.

Having discovered the best and cheap
est way to clean a black straw hat.
whether It Is chip. mohair. or legal. real
Or imitation, pass 1t on to others.
Make some rather strong tea and after
brushing all dust from the hat, apply
this with a small brush. Saturate the
hat thoroughly. and when dry 1t will
be as perfect in color and appearance
as when first bought. II you want the
hat to be suff. add half a teaspoonful
Of liquid gum arabic to the tea and
mix well before applying. The hat will
then keep its stiffness. but will not have
A glossy appearance. MRS. R. L. NJ.
Copyright 1914. Newspaper Feature Service
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Hits From Sharp Wits.

Riches that have wings carry mn
stabilizer nv
The life of the spendthrift is rarely
well spent.
Many a useless cur is bowling sue
cess.-Descret News
A man who is always kicking stubs
his toes when he least expects it,
Desert News.
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: Advice to Girls :
By ANNE LAURIE

him only once. and what is not sen
sible Is never quite proper. Is 1t?
Wattchful Waiter-Why shouldn't
your friend have another girl with
her when you call? At seventeen you
surely don't present yourself in the
light OF n sutton. and have no claim
on her time and society other Than
what she chooses TO offer you. II
you don't are to accept her invita-
lions TO call, why stay away. You
aren't Indispensable to her, and she
will stop asking you before long.
R NJ. C.-"P1cking UP" acquaint-
anccs is dangerous practice. but
since the deed is already done and In
this case the man turns out 20 be a
nice sort Of chap and known to
friends OF yours. you might as well
let him come to see you-let the ac-
auaintancs ripen into friendship II II
Will. As for getting engaged to him.
don't you think you are crossing the
bridge some time before you come to
II?
1.adykiller-Does the name YOU
sign express your idea of your own
personality? II II does the young
"oh'dh IL seNsloIe person 10 laugh
at you and YOU set what you de
serve. IT YOU are in earnest and
care for the girl honestly. tell her
straiGhtforwardly that YOU. love
her. that you wish to marry her.
and that YOU have the right to in
sist on a serious and definite an
swer. BE serious yourself and make
her realize that you are. and II she
he the right kind OF woman she
Will take you seriously
II. Ii know not hing about the
plant you mention.
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FOOD abuses. carnivorous diet and
other innocent things.
Hot tea. like hot soups, hot coffee and
hot victuals generally. are prone to
augment any native inclination to red
ness or shininess Of the skin. u your
face tends to be greasy, pimply, shiny,
or red, shun tea and its congeners as
you would an anarchist
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature ServiceD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06

Dear Annie Laurie:
Is II the proper thing for a girl
TO ask boy in after he brings her
home from some place of amuse-
ment about 1890?
On which side OF a girl should a
boy walk? Should he hold her
arm7
Should girl let a boy bring her
home or take her any place the
first time she ever saw him?
Would it be proper for a girl to
correspond with boy after seeing
him only once?
Blonde AND BRUNETTE.
n TO. 1t is not the proper thing for
nj girl to ask a boy In after
i 1880 at night. And the rea-
son that 1t is not the proper
thing is perfectly plain.
There is nothing especially scandal
Gus about the hour-the boy is the
same boy that he was at s o'clock
and you are the same girl you were
at Z. but at big brother was out in
the hall whistling. and at s mother
was in and out of the room. and at 3
you could hear father laying down the
law to somebody about something,
and at 1890 you'll be likely to be all
alone with the boy-and that Is not
the thing to do.
Oh. of course. you think that's Just
why you want to ask him in. Its
quite natural for you to think so at
your age, you wouldn't be the right
sort of girl If you didn't. but just
the same you are wrong. the boy
Will think more OF you. really. if you
bid him goodnight at the door and
let IL go at that.
No girl ever cried her eyes red over
anything she did with her mother or
her brothers in the room. and. little
sister. you aren't made of any differ
ent clay from any other girl and don
you begin TO believe that you are.
A boy walks on the outside-always
unless something unpleasant comes
along on the inside. and then he takes
that place.
No, II is not customary for boy to
take a girls arm, and girls DO NOT
take a mans arm unless the ROAD Is
unusually rough or something OF mat
sort: Girls are supposed TO be able 10
walk alone these DAYS.
1t certainly would not be sensible TO
'eorrsspond" with . boy altar seeing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06
King Corn Is With
Us
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
~ ORN is truly our most i'm
portant vegetable cereal
Though We have many other
grains which rival IL, like
oats. wheat, ami rice, corn or maize
is the only plant which can be used
as a vegetable as well as a dried
grain or in a prepared flour form.
1t is most important In its various
forms Of corn starch, corn meal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06
IT Music B0reS You,
Why Nor Confess 1t?
By Winifred Black


THE preacher doesn't like music
classical music-and the other
i day he came right out and said
so in plain English. And the
musical critic rose UP and took the
preacher 10 task-right in plain print.
"If you do not like a symphony con-
cert" said the musical critic, you are
the very man who ought to go to every
symphony concert that there is"
As a matter of fact" insisted the
critic, music is as natural to us as
speech; II you don't like music you
must learn to like it,
And hear that the preacher sent
right down to the musical critic and
bought ten seats to ten symphony con-
certs. gave every one of those tickets
away, and stayed at home and prac-
ticed strokes with his golf stick in the
decent privacy of his library.
Hurrah for the preacher-he's man
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These facts are important for the
housewife to know because they
show that corn, especially when
combined with milk and eggs, Is a
most economical substitute for
meat. II we add fat or butter to
the starch IN corn. with n little more
proteld such as a couple Of eggs or n
Pint Of milk would yield. we have
enough food value to compare with
ROUND steak or Pork chops, and at
half the cost
Some persons feel that corn ir in
dlgestible. especially for children.
The fndigestible part 10 the outside
tough skin Of each kernel which is
apt to be pithv or woody. But II
is very easy to score" or scrapo
the interior milky substance from
each grain. So in the preparation
Of many corn dishes like scalloped
corn, etc, we will find several nov
elites OF the season most useful.
One is a three-pronged corn fork
with smaller teeth placed at q dif-
ferent level in such a way that the
grains are lifted or cut from the cob
and can then be eaten. This device
makes eating corn at the table a
more pleasing matter than formerly.
Another device is a corn scraper
which consists of eight small teeth
mounted on a handle. which can
then be drawn lengthwise of the
ear. in that way cutting six rows of
kernels at once. and permitting them
to be more easily eaten. There are
also the familiar pair of tiny curn
prongs which should be more widely
used. as they enable a hot ear of
corn to be eaten with ease. The
corn scraper will be found most use
full In the kitchen in the prepara-
ton of corn soup. corn fritters. and
other scalloped or made dishes Of
corn.
Corn is one OF those vegetables
which has also high natural sugar
content. 1t has been found that
this sugar rapidly changed when
the cob is picked from the plant.
Therefore the best corn IS that which
Is eaten as soon as picked, before
the sugar has changed.
Copyright, 1914. by Mrs. Christine
Frederick
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hominy, etc, yet
Il Is as a fresh
We g e t q b e, or
&C orn on the
cob that it Of
fers tie greatest
possibilities for
the table.
When an ear of
corn Is examined
infinitely, we find
that each separ-
ate grain Is made
up of three parts;
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
a Red and Shiny Nose
May Often Be Due to Tea
y DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHRERC
A. B, M. A., M. D. Oohns Hopkin,).

a b, N. a, NJ. d. Oohns Hopkins
~ the drinking of tea there Is no end, but of the
colorng OF tea with artificial green pigments there
will be end. II the prosecutions of the Fed
eral Government against certain importers
mean anything
Tea is SOFT SOLDERING. venerable liquid. II Is
smile soothing heartopening cordial to
whose glorious nsipidity many a his tremors
and his insomnia. his happiness and his
bling originality
1t is the that cheers and nebriates,
else It's excessive may do Although q little
tea win go great and is of q nature mild
benign proportional the human constitution as
to without heating the tea mania Ia responsible
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COunte
Read what one Of the GREATEST NEWSPAPE.

Read what the GREATEST NEWSPAPERS IN AMERICA has
say this subject:
The manufacturers Castoa have been compelled spend hundreds Of
thousands dollars mze the public with the signature C Fletcher
This has been nead by Of pirates counterng the Coa trade
mark This counering crime only against the propes Caoa
but against growing generation All persons should be careful that
Casto bears the signature Cas Fletcher they would guard the health
children Parents and mothers particular ought carefully examine
signature Of Ca Fletcher under whose supervision has been
continuously for over thirty philadelphia Bulletin
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By LEONA DALRYMPLE

Author Of the of the
$4,000 by Ida NJ Tarbell and S. S. Mcclure judges
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DIR. HIRsHBERG.


of
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very small germ portion which we
see as a white neck on the seed.
and a large area of almost pure
starch. 1t is this starch which forms
the bulk of the food value Of corn.
and in order to prepare this starch
So that ii can be most easily digest
ed by the human body, we have to
subject il to heat in some way,
either boiling or roasting.
BY looking at the following table
which compares corn with other
cereal grains, we see that beside the
high per cent of starch, II also has
a large per cent of far that 1t has
more starch than potatoes. and as
much proteid or muscle-foIming
qualities. as many meats.
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MISS Laurie 10TH Eelcome letters %
taquiry on subjects Of feminine tnfer-
est from young .1omen readers OF :his
pdper and toiI reply 10 them IN these
COLUMNS. They should BE- addressed to
hcr core thtS Office.
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y Lake. TIticaca. high IN III
Anies Cf South America.
there are several small
steamers DiVinf- It's 3cBJ
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tcopyright. 1914. N.wspsper r.,tur. s.rue.
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Letters from Prominent Druggist
addressed to ChaS. H. Fletcher.


n o
Lder Of Philadelphia Pa For 20 have sold
ethe castoria pleased universal
c.tsfaction."
The schoz Drug Co. Of Denver colo Fletehs csoa
become household word Seemingly family where there
Hoasand Mansfield Of Boston, Mass we have nothing but
about Caoria and hesitate give
Of New York City, 1ethers castora
popular We have
Drug Co., Of St Louis "of the thousands Of
patent Of
Casoa in
this
increasing demand for
Castora shows discriminating public to seek
It does all and
than claimed to their friends
Owl Of Francisco Ca We have always
believer original and have been particular
anything original csora 1etchsr
article
would be without It their homea"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-19
CROSS-McGREW.

The marriage of Fred Cross and
Miss Helen McGrew, two of the well
known young people of the Mt. Ida
ho section, was solemnized at 6
O'Clock p. m. on Wednesday, Feb. IS,
at thu home of the BRIDES mother,
Mrs. A. H. McGrew, in Mt. Idaho.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
A. F. Van Slyke, pastor of the Christ
ian church at this place and was wit
messed by a number of relatives and
near friends. Miss Fannie McGrew
sister of the bride, acted as brides
maid, and o. Wilson stood as best
man. Mrs. Fox played the wedding
march. After the ceremony and con
CALCULATIONS a fine three course din
ner was served to those present. The
groom Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. M
l. Cross, and the bride is the daught
er of Mrs. A. H. McGrew. Both are
well known and we'll liked people Of
the community. They will Settle
down on the Cross ranch, it is under
stood. The best wishes of the Globe
will attend them in the new life.