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Healthy, Wrinkle-Fr
Skin Easy to Have

\ dull drab, muddy complexion. or
an orer-red, blotchy, pimply or freckled
skin. can by quite simple. harmless
and inexpensive method. be changed to
one Of tower-likc radiance and purity.
One ounce of common mercoliZed wax.
sold by druggists generally, will re-
move the most unSishtlY complexion
in from one to two weeks. BY its re-
markable absorptive power. the with
cred faded. or discolored layer of thin
tilm-skin which hides the healthier skin
underneath. is gradually flecked off in
tiny. almost Invisible particles. This
is done 80 gently there is no incon-
veniencc. and no trace is left on tho
skin except that OF enhanced beauty.
The wax is smeared on like cold cream
before retiring. and removed in the
morning with warm water
II the skin he Nrinkled or sasyy.
2 face bath made Ivy dissolvinS | or.
powdered saXnlite IN = pit. witch hazel
will be found most effective Com
binin" both astrlnSent and tonic prop
critics. this tishtcns the skin and braces
UP its supporting muscles.-Advt.
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you think of them, and I'll mitch bet
ter than-well-pin cushions, for, in-
stance
That" said Mary. lis just as you
Which was one of Mary-s speeches
that doesn't mean anything at all. She
has a lot of them that fill In vacant
conversational places and don't make
anybody think.
picked up letter addressed to me in
Dads handwriting. Opening it'll found
that it contained a. letter written by
mother and signed by mother and dad
"Son, dear" began mothers letter,
and somehow that way Of beginning al
ways rings so true that get q choke
in my throat and warn. feeling around
my heart. "a
Dad and 7 want to give you for
Christmas What you need most. and So
by the fire-tand. son dear, we do miss
you still when the log glows, and Dads
browsing and chatting alternately in his
easy chair)-we want you to accept the
$3.50 that Dad lent you as a Christmas
gift with the love of both of US. Dad
says you'd get it some day-what little
We have-and. therefore. we'd like to
see you have some of 1t now when you
really need it. Drop in some time
through the day and wish us Merry
Christmas -
And, as I read. i sat quite still, chok-
ing back flood of feeling. Mary
seemed very far away from me-
couldn't tell her. / didn't want to tell
her. She seemed apart from the sacred
big love IN the world that counts, and
that is the mothers love for her child.
Every other love is sickly and puerile
beside II.
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THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY
Copyright 1914. F. E. Yoder.)

Copyright 1914 F E Yoder)
~ 'ME 1oIks worry when there is
no need oft but although they
~ make themselves miserable.
they do not seem to be able
10 stop. Mrs. Rags was one Of these.
She worried about the doors being
locked. she worried about the food
In the ice chest and the clothes on
the line. when the night was stormy
she heard strange noises and got
out Of bed dozens of times.
One windy, stormy night in Tab
byland when every cat and dog per
son was abed. Mrs. Rags went UP
to her room. Mr. Rags had said
that he would not be home until
morning, and the poor lady dog was
frightened. She tried not TO show
1t, but she was. just the same.
After she had taken off her clothes
and put out the light, she lay IN
The dark with her eyes wide open.
She was afraid to shut them. She
lay there for SO long that at last
she dropped asleep from sheer
Weariness.
But suddenly terrible bang.
made her sit upright Some one had
opened the kitchen door Immedi-
ately she began to picture burglars,
she imagined that she heard them
coming up the steps softly, steadily,
- nd she held her breath in fear.
She was only a small dog. but she
knew that not far away lived a
huge Great Dane. who wore a spiked
collar, and who carried a wicked
looking cane with q heavy knob on
the end.
Swish, swish, pat pat. she heard
HIM coming up the steps, then he
seemed to change his mind and go
down again. Then the .Soor banged
and he seemed to have gone out.
This kept up nearly all night long,
and poor, silly Mrs. Rags lav awake
and heard II. First the slam then
someone coming upstairs, and then
lust as she thought that che would
die Of fright, the steps would begin
again. the door would slam. and
whoever il was would go outside.
ABOUT morning. the wind seemed TO
die down A lirtle. and she did not
hear the noises so plainly. II must
have beer ; C'clork when she got Up
enough courage - put ono hind raw
out of bed and start TO dress But
Just then The door DID open and
slam, and footsteps came TO her Gocr.
Mr.. Rags walked into the ioorn
Mrs. Rags i2il back on the bed in
q faint, ard l. took the ;,oor old
man Rags ten minutes &c bring her
10.
Then he shooh her and said: Now,
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Words of Wise Men

The devil has at least one good quail
ity. that he will flee IL we resist him
Tryon Edwards.
Every generation laughs at the old
fashions. but follows religiousIy the
new.-Thoreau.
Each succeeding day is the scholar Of
that which went before it.-Pubiicus
Syrus.
A crown. golden in show, Is but a
wreath of thorns brings dangers,
troubles. cares.-Sfilton.
About the severest loss any man can
sustain is the loss of opportunity-Oma- =
ha Bee
Sometimes you will find a man so
lazy he just can't stand up: so lazy
i'm fact, that he has to sit down to lie
about it--Memphis Commercial Appeal
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fast.
Peter she said, .'I'm simp-
ly dying to know what you have for
me-
All this pretty display of delightful
ignorance in face of the fact that Mary
had, at varying intervals. mentioned
verv coneisely the things she wanted.
I may say right here they were. every
one of them. things / couldn't afford
Well / began, lit isn't a diamond
lavaliier, and 1t isn't a diamond ring.
It's sensible gift
Why be sensible on Christmas
pouted Mary.
why, indeed?" l asked. But | no.
tice just the same that I usually get
socks and slippers and ties. and exceed
insly sensible. things OF that Sort
Nobody knows what to give a man.
said Mary petulantIy, and she colored
guiltily. l thought. -
If women would spend one-half the
time thinking up some desirable gift for
the men of the family that the men
spend thinking up things for the wom-
en-. the sock and tie sales would fall
off considerably at Christmas
'Humi" said Mary. that sounds very
well, Peter, but men don't do their own
Christmas thinking. They ask some
woman to do it for them. And women
can always think better for women"
l glanced over the array of mail at
my plate. 1t was chiefly Christmas
cards and Christmas greetings
Il thoroughly approve of this card
stunt" I said carelessly to my wife.
You can let your friends know what
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ODD and INTERESTING FACTS

The only two great European capitals
that have never been occupied by for
eign foe are London and 81. Petersburg.
A labors remarkable record SUI
prised the Baltin4lass tcOumty wicklow,
IrelandD rural council whcE apIcatiGus
for cottages were being discussed. 1t
was stated that one of the appl cants.
John Murphy, had been married five
times, and has Al children. Murphy
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EXPERIMENTS MADE NECESSARY

Although American physicians
have, on the whole, been very con-
servatiVe, and almost unanimously
against the twilight sleep ever
since the publication of the first
article in McClure's Magazine, which
told the story Of the methods en-
ployed at the F'rieburg Frauenkli-
mix, in Germany, the irsstent de-
mands from women in this country
have made an extensive exper-
imentative program necessary.
Partly because Of the unfavorable
results attending the trial Of the
use Of scopolomin morphine in OBJ
stetr1cal cases, ten years ago in
this country, and partly because of
the unfavorable impression left here
in America among the medical pro-
fession by Freidmann and his turtle
serum, the American physician is
very conservative over the widely
heralded success which the two
German physicians. Kronlg and
Gauss. of Freiburg, claim.
New York has made extensive eX-
periments, and Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, in Baltimore, is now making
tests. but although Washington hos
pitfalls have taken up the work In
some of the ward cases in the hos
pitfalls, directors are unwilling to
make any definite statements as to
the results which have attended the
obstetrical cases where the SEQ
polOmin morphine injection has been
used
Members of the medical profession
here admit that their women
patients have taken an unWonted in
terest in the twilight sleep. and are
very anxious to know whether or
not ii can be administered by Wash
ington hospitals or private ph,'-
sicians.
Results Were Unfavorable.
Ten years ago, according to DR..
Henry FRY. of this city. the
opolomin-morphine injection at
childbirth was given a trial i'm this
city with un1aVorable results.
In almost every case the child was
lost, and grave complications en-
sued for the mother.
The present methods" states Or.
Fry. referring To the use of chloro-
form and either. arc sufficient. pro-
Niding q modiCum of case 20 tie
mother without injury 10 the Ch'ld.
Although the twilight sleep method
will no doubt be given a fair trial
here, there is little to be hoped for
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Gall is a bitter secretion of the liver.
which was in use from oxen, goats and
sheep, as a medicine. even in the pre-
Roman days. In Matthew xvii, "a, you
are told they gave him vinegar to
drink mingled with gall
Ok bile is an effective and harmless
laxative. 1t is a great aid to a sluggish
liver. The old fallacy Of giving calomel
"a dangerous salt of mercury. half
brother to the malignant bichloride-to
stimulate the liver, now gives way to
the administration of OK gall or the bile
salts
There are other superstitions asso-
ciated with the bile stream. Bihousness
and the CALLED jade or stalled horse
are the least. Sir Thomas Browne, the
famous English physician, tells of one
Of these. A married couple, as a testi-
gall of the sacrificed animal behind the
altar"
Impudence, forwardness. ''butting in"
and other kinds of shameless effrontery
are all called, in the lovely language of
youth gall" This transferred mean
ing of bile has sound basis because
gall is bitter. irritating stuff.
When bile is detected away from its
natural passages and becomes damned
UP in the little pear-shaped bag beneath
the liver-the gall bladder-pain, collie
and the yellow stain in the eyelids and
upon the skin, called jaundice, is the
consequence.
II the germs of common infections are
lowering about that neighborhood, in
fammations Of that hag-"cholycystitis"
and gall stones follow.
Simple jaundice usually fades away
after several DAYS if copious libations
OF water are drunk every hour or So
lCopyright. 1919. Newspaper Feature Service
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NERVOUS MRS. RAGS.

what does this foolishness mean"
The wind had sprung UP again, and
ear. There it is again. she Whis-
pered in terror. the door, the steps,
and the" AS sh" spoke the noises
began again. and Mir. Rags listened
with her. "Ghr.r now she whls-
pered. as the door seemed L. slGm
for the last time. What do yOr.
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"TwiHght Sleep"
. Urged BY Women
Use of Scopolomn and Morphine in Childbirth In
sisted Upon by Such Number That Fair
Trial by Medical Profession Is
Demanded.
By FLORENCE E. YODRR.

Despite the fact that most of the leading
try have spoken unfaporabh in regard to Aght sep expert
menpe goes and the number recorded
grows daily.
The insisting it, and their overwhelming de-
udnds that the of copomn and morphine childbirth given
fair trial. have almost driven the medical profession test
Those familiar NTH unsuccessful attempt employ this
method ten years ago, in this city skeptca.
Dr. H. A. Lemon Washington physician recently re-
Gently returned from New York. for purpose of pis
ng the Jepish Maternity Hospital has been suc
cesstuAy tried many tmes is tav6rably impressed
According to Dr. Henry Fry been tried in the
wards of Washington hospitals the weeks but no definite
data on the subject is yet ready for publication
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proudly asserted that his eldest "child"
vas aged ~. and the Youngest a baby,
and an the family were fed on rabbits
THO United States possesses an rncr-
Ecti" publishing department. II ISSUES
iWO dail!cS-thc Congressional Record
ana tn" Daily Consular Report. rs we'll
as five wecklics and seven monthios
Copyright, 1914, Newspaper Feature Service)
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some of the'r terror. What is it,"
she Whimpered.
Mr. Rags went TO the window.
Listen" he said, and harS, the
noise agaIn, which Mrs. Rags
thought was the opening Of the
door 1t w03 only the shutter,
and this. too" said Mrs. I;ags. as
he gave the curtain Il jerk. Flap.
Hap. swish There We're the foot
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To Cure Simple Jaundice
Drink Plenty Of Water
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG.
A. B., M. A., NJ. d. Johns Hopkinsl.

-AESAR said that Gaul divided into three parts
But the no blest Roman of them all. though he
ambitious, must have buried accuracy with his
bones.
Gall divided into parts than there Pitts
burgh pickles Gall stones gall collie gallitis, gall ducts
gall devils to speak melancholy. bliousness
doe and a flock cousins unmentionable.
That hkable old rogue, Falstaf, You that
consider not the capacities Of that
vers with the bitterness of
your CALLS Here he phrases the truth that there
few things more bitter and fewer which
Justify a spirit
important this matter of bile biliousness
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rose water, ounces. >. Apply calamine.
. drains. zinc oxide, drains Slycernc,
2 drams. phenol y dram: lime water.
and rose water enough to make ounces.
+. f. F.-Send stamped envelope and
address
c. E. S.-1. What will make the bust
larger? >. What is a remedy for dand-
ruff
l. Massage the bust with vaseline or
olive oil, and perform deep breathing,
exercises as often as possible. =. Mas
sage into the scalp twice a day Balsam
peru, drains: cocoa butter, drains :
sulphur, drams resorcin, 5 gains ::
transparent, vaselne, ounces.
F.. P.-Wil you please tell me the
foods ] should give my son to eat who
is troubled with psoriasis?
Allow him no nuts, meats, peas, bears,
or seasoned food. A milk fruit and
cereals diet is best for him. Remove the
crusts and apply 90 per cent ointment
of chrysarobin.
A Smith-Wiil you please tell me
what to do for a coated tongue?
Take seven grains of oxide of mag
nesia before meals and teaspoonful of
charcoal after.
Autc-Will you please tell me what
tc do for Auto -Intoxication?"
Your difficulties are evidently more in
your thoughts than in your body. You
should pay attention TO the world and
not TO yourself, for you are in NO dan
ger of any kind, and your pains are
surpassed by the pains Of many people,
who teach themselves how to ignore
them. In other words, never mind your
self, your diet, and your troubles. Go to
work and worry About the troubles cf
your employers, this will help you
great deal.
y. K-Is there any remedy for cold
hands, the back Of them are always
red?
Wear cheap, 10 cents canvas gloves
to work in Before going to bed at night
rub a paste Of cornmeal and glycerine
into the hands, and always massage TINS
In inward, toward the elbow. Repeat
this before you venture into the air, ana
then dry off we'll before going out.
r. 7. M.-Will you kindly tell me
what to do to get the nits out Of my
hair? / have tried several things but
none of them seem to help me-
Wash the hair in acetic acid and tnen
brush thoroughly.
T M.-Will YOU please give me some
advice My teeth have black spots on
them, and / cannot remove them in
spite of all my careful cleaning?
Have these removed by good dentist.
Nj L-Can you tell me Of something
which will make the hair black without
using dye?
Apply a proper oil to your hair twice
a day, and resodcin ointment to the
scalp every other day. Sulphur and
some iron solution or ointments half
and half once week. Take twenty
Of ;rnn In
three times a day through a tube.
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"a
Of
pressed in nspirts was to e OF
AM ow-sp a. q bilious
SECRETION.
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Daily Editorial for Women

want. and who complain, but who are
unwilling To- cheerfully> hold to their
ideals no matter what years of re-
preston come their way.
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for readers of this paper on medical
hy1tcnic and sanitation subjects that are
Of general interest. He 1oiH not under
take to prescribe or offer ddvtce for In
dividual cases. Where the subject is
not OF general interest letters l0iU be dn-
suered personally, y a stumped and dd-
dressed envelope is tmclosed. address
oil inquiries to DR.. l.. X. Hirshbero, care
thts office.
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Answers to Health
Questions

]. D.-Will you give two foods that
contain the most phosphates?
All green vegetables are rich with
phosphates.
S. o. E.-My wife has cancer What
I want to know, is there any danger of
others catching the disease?
Although cancer is not known with
certainty TO be contagious, IL is best to
be on the safe side and be careful.
r. M. Nj. Can a man fall a victim
to a loathsome disease because he
makes use Of a public swimming pool
or drinking cup?
2 Suppose he were to swallow the
germs Of a hideous disease, would not
the great strength of the infection itself
neutraliZe the effect?
3. What simple precautions may be
used to prevent all such dangers?
!. Yes, il is possible, but unusual.
2. Not always, but generally.
3. Never use a common drinking cup
or towels, linens, or brushes used by
others.
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steps. It had only been the curtain
sucked IN and out by the wind
He turned to look in triumph AT Mrs.
Rags. but her head was hidden by
tho covers, and she could not be
cOaXcd TO get up that day. She
wac too ashamed OF herself.
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A B.-1. have large freckles on both
hands. What do you advise to remove
them? 2. Please tell me what to do for
a sharp pain that strikes me across the
ball Of my foot?
J. Use night and day, carbonate pot
ash, drains; chlOrate potassium. 3h
drains, amount Of flower water, l ounce
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Peter S Adventures IN
Matrirnony,; y; -.
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

Author Of the Of
$4,000 by Ida NJ. TarbeI S. judges
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1t. AS definite possibility of the
asphyxiation of the child. would
call attention to the fact that n
prominent firm which makes puIno-
tors. advertiseS the use of this life
saver In conjunction with the twio
light sleep method
Or. Fry admitted that experiments
were now being made in the wards
OF some of the hospitals of this CITY,
Dut refused to give any defin,ra
data upon the subject, stating thai
he preferred not to talk about re-
suits.
DR.. Moran, a prominent obstetri-
can or this city, also speaks unfa
Norably of the use of scopolonina
and morphine in obstetrical cases
Both physicians call attention to the
TACT that the twilight sleep method
Is manlfestly unsuited for use by a
regular practitioner. and suited rath-
er to use in the hospital alone.
a prominent woman physician Of
this city, who would not allow her
name to be used for professional
reasons. but who has definite ideas
of her own on the subject also
speaks untavOrably of the Frieburg
method.
Into Field of Surgery.
The only safe and sane method
lor cnlidDiFth Wnlch Is left for the
woman who cannot bear her cbiId-
rem naturally. she states. lis the
taesarian section This brings OH
Stetrics into the legitigate field OF
surgery
Or. n. r. \. Lemon, however who
has Just returned from New York
and a tour of the hospitals which
have had success with the twilight
sleep methods, is of a different
opinion.
Although conservative, DIR. Lemon
speaks enthusiastically of the cases
which came under his direct knowI-
edge in New York.
II was greatly impressed bv what
| SAW, what was told me. and bv
the records which We're shown me =
said Dr. Lemon. .:Although | was in
New York but a short time, | made
a personal investigation of at least
ten cases in which the twilight
sleep method had been employed.
The women were normal. neither
over nor under healthy. and the re-
suits Strik" an average. Not one
case showed the least harm to either
mother or child. and the words of
the mothers themselves corroboratcd
the records of the physicians.
AS 20 the slOWness of the Am
erican physician in accepting the
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IT, = of th4: It's that Great I:anc
with the big stick
But Mr.. Rags just threw back his
head and laughed and hark,d uuIIl
he could be heard two miles off.
Mrs. Rags looked at him reproach-
fully, and h Il big brown eyes lost
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No. 103
DADS GREAT GIFT.
n AIRY was sparkle of expec-
Nn fancy at our Christmas break
fast.
Peter" she said, .'rm sinn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-20
COLLEGE GROWING SERIOUS.

The report comes from one of our
great universities that animal spirits
are on the decline among the under.
graduates. There is a greater tone
of seriousness on the campus these
days, they say, and in certain locali-
ties unmistakable tendencies toward
an interest in books. Eccentricity
and riotous excesses have given place
to gravity and desire to get on in
the world.
While we should all be sorry to see
some of the picturesque student GUS
toms disappear, we can easily spare
the old-time putting cows in the
chapel, painting numerals on univers-
ity property harassing instructors and
man-handling fellow students. 1t
takes a strong willpower to laugh at
some of the typical college pranks of
the older day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-20
CapaneS of Asparagus

Take slices of bread about two
inches thick, and stamp them out
into neat rounds with a biscuit cut
ter. With a smaller cutter mark
circle in the center of each round
and scoop out the crumbs to the
depth of an inch taking care to
leave the sides ard bottom quite
firm. Arraneh these in q shallow
dish and pour over them a half pint
of milk, to which beaten egg has
been added. Then take up carefully
and slip into kettle of boiling fat.
They will brown almost Immediately
and must be removed when a pale
golden brown. Drain on soft paper.
Cut the tender part of asparagus in
to pieces of an equal size, rejecting
that which is woody. Wash and SIM
mer in salted water until tender.
Drain Put a heaping tablespoon
full of butter into a sauce pan with a
tablespoon of flour; then add quar-
ter of q pin of water in which the
asparagus was cooked; let it come to
boil; add the asparagus, the juice
of lemon, and a teaspoonful of fine
chopped parsely. Fill the canapes
with this; arrange on platter and
garnish with cress or parsely and
sliced lemon.