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The Washington times., 1914-03-10
NORTHEAST CITIZENS
Join TAX BILL FIGHT
will Tell Every Member Of Con-
gress Why They Oppose the
Prouty Amendment.

The unanimous opposition OF the
Northeast Washington Citisens' Assoc
citation to the Prouty amendment to the
George tax bill was expressed last
night at An enthusiastic meeting In the
Northeast Temple. Similar action was
taken to any inorsase In freight rates
asked by the railroads. on the ground
that 4 would increase the already high
cost Of living. The Prouty amendment
was protested on the ground that 1t
would work harmfully toward the small
property owner. A committee COM
posed Of W. 8. Branson. ]. H. Broad.
foot, and Roscoe Jenkins was ap-
pointed to place the associations
Prouty amendment protest in the hands
Of each member Of Congress
Resolutions were adopted approving
the action Of Congressman Cary IN
calling for .nformatlOn regardinG tele-
phone conditions In the District. 1he
association went on record as opposed
to the present rates OF the Chesapeake
The Public Utilities Com a.. ssion WI
be asked to grant . hearing to the As
sociation's arguments suppoi ting an ex.
tension Of the car line on street rom
sam TO fifteehth northeast ana Cen-
Gent funds to provide an additional po-
lice station and policemen In the NORTH
east section.
Favorable action by the Senate Dis
trict Committee in prov ding for the
new Eastern High School. Improve
ments In graded schools. improvements
20 Anacosfia fiats. and for new hos-
pital, was referred to In . report b.
evan H. Tucker. who represented the
association at the hearings before the
committee.
b sapp oval Of that part Of the Dts
the dlsposai OF the District app oprta..
ton bill providing for the d dsposal OF
the city's waste was voiced BY J. NJ
Wood, chairman Of the sanitary COM
pIoy a sanitary expert to investigate
.ond. tions here and then recommend q
manner Of gathering and d sposing Of
waste. ]. M. Burns and r. H. Kauf-
man were admitted to membership.
The Washington times., 1914-03-10

AFTER a person stands and walks
correctly, what other exercises do
you recommend?" asked.
In my book, The Renaissance Of
the Greek Ideal which 10 shortly
to be published 1 have twelve
basic exeTc Tcises which will put the
muscles in a proper state of ten
sion" she replied.
Every Muscle Involved.
Some Of them are chiefly arm move
ments. Others are leg movements.
R':t they involve every muscle OF
ire human body. and stretch 1t to
its frrest tension. That is what is
nseded: not detached caiisthenics
VII ch knot the muscles in certain
parts of the body and leave other
rarts unexercised. No Greek sculp-
to- ever carved an athlete with an
al ormaly developed muscle or q
b lgir g cord.
"Under perfect conditions OF bal
anee the human being may achieve
In movement the accuracy OF the
compass, the limbs becoming caPa-
bic OF describing the most COM
plicated Eeonetrical desiEns. And
no apparatus OF any sort II needed
for this training. Any woman may
take up the exercises ! recommend
and perform them In her own
home. They really compose what
the Greeks called Eymnastie daac-
Ing for though they differ from
our ideas of the dance their rhythm
is perfect"
incidentally. Mrs. Watts will per-
form for the first time during her
American visit a real Greek dance
which she set to the only p'ece of
Greek music known, now possessed
BY President Faure OF the Paris
conservatorie. He gave permission
to u.s. it to her alone after hearing
her lecture on the Greek ideal.
But once a woman has grasped
the principle of bala nee In movement
The Washington times., 1914-03-10

the common disorders of life such as
constipation liver trouble. Indigestion.
biIiousness, headaches and the various
other disorders OF the stomach. liver
and bowels nothing 10 more suitable
than this mild laxative tonic, DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin.
Three generations OF people are u.s.
ing it today. and thousands Of families
keep 1t constantly in the house for
every member of the family can use It,
1t can be obtained of any druggist at
fifty cents or one dollar a bottle. the
latter being the size bought by fam
lilies who already know it's value. Re-
suits are always guaranteed or money
will be refunded.
Families wishing to try free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing DR.. w. Il. Caldwell. 4l3
Washington St.. Monticello. Ill. A pos
tai card with your name and address
on II will do.
The Washington times., 1914-03-10
WE CAN ALL BE BEAUTIFUL.

And yet she has no desire to dis
place golf. football. dancing or any
other Of our well-lovrd bodily exer-
ciseA When she lectures at Yale
she will explain that her system. far
from being opposed 10 athletics or
dancing. makes the athlete and the
dancer more proficient and more
beautiful than ever before.
We can all be beautiful" she told
me, earnestly, when l talked with
her 1t the National Arte Club. Men
and women, We can nave the beauti-
ful strong bodies Of ths ancient
Greeks II We make use Of their secret
believe that have discovered It.
In all their athletics the am of the
Greeks was to combine the maxi
mum amount Of activity with the
minimum expenditure Of energy.
10 be atronE aad beautiful all
the muscles must be exercised, not
Sae set 1t the expense Of the
StAers. IL u the lack of harmony
q the nsAern woman which I -
depreeate. This fashionable debu-
taAfe sio0ch IL . dreadful thing
aod ruiDous to the figure. The FIRST
stRD towar6 quitting all the n1scles
II q proDef state OF tension In to
sHaDA prsperiy, with the weight on
the halls Of the feet. whes . won-
N sta.as ~ she should the ear,
TIE sho1l6er, the hip and the ball
Of the fest are in . straight Mne.S
WY Of taking exercise.
Right Way To Walk.
That is how Mrs Watts stands.
Che rose to show me, and then oh =
ingiy illustrated the right way to
walk, which is the next thing to
learn after the standing position.
TT sounds simple" she smiled
But II seems extremely difficult to
most persons The right way to
walk 10 to advance while keeping .he
stationary pose.
"Every step should be taken on
the ball Of the foot. and the body
shouid 60 forward all to ether.
The average woman pHts her foot
forward and holds the rest OF her
self back. She seems afraid to ad-
vanee above the knee. but the
great law Of balance in movement,
which alone IL able TO assure the
ecohOny Oh IOfcep oecioFeo tnat inc
center OF gravity must be kept
Over the base.
Naturally, the cen.er Of gravity in
the human body is very near the
center Of the body. And the proper
base 10 the ball Of the foo. There
fore, a proper control of the abom-
tnal muscles is necessary to keep the
law Of balance In move ent Most
women have not this control. because
Of the corsets with which they ruin
their figures
Dfess To Avoid Discomfort.
You are absolutely opposed to
eorsets?' / asked.
no" she replied. rather surpris-
tngly. "1. always wear a g.rdle
corset But II IL very short, and IL
is loose enough not to weaken my
The Washington times., 1914-03-10
How to Remove Hairs
from Chin, Lip or Check
Beauty Culture.)

Beauty Culture)
1t is an easy matter to Danish every
trace of Objectionable hair and leave
the skin soft and smooth and free
from olem'sh. Just get small. orig
inal package Of powdered delatone
and with water n,ix enough paste TO
cover the hairy surface. Let this re-
main on the skin for or 3 minutes.
then remove. wash the skin and the
hairs are gone. No failure will result
from this treatment. but be certain II
Is delatone yOu get.-AGvt.
The Washington times., 1914-03-10

muscles by artificial construction
masquerading as support.
Il believe in my idea, but I don't
care to make a fad OF II. Therefore.
l am not silly enough to preach the
doing away with conventional
dress for conventional occas sions.
All l urge is an adaptation of this
dress to,eyoid discomfort. I should
hate t8Are people turn around
and stAf6At me-" Mrs. Watts add
ed with q little shiver of dislike
And she was dressed in a neat but
not at all unusual blue tailored
suit. with hat to match-very be-
coming to her hazel eyes and the
English pink in her cheeks, and
pleasantly suggestive to other re-
formers who think idiosyncrasy a
profitable advertisement of ideas.
The Washington times., 1914-03-10
~Debutante SIouch Ruinous to
the Figure" and Balance Is
Principle Upon Which the
Youthful Figure Must Be
Given Its Foundation.
Remarkable EngIishwoman Has
Come to Show Us a New
System Of Physical Training
to Perfect Our Control Over
the Human Body.
By MARGUERITE MooERs MARSHALL.

By MARGUERITE MooERS MARSHALL
TOW would like to be Greek goddess forysepen?
You caa be. Wht done pondn do And
within three years of completing the first half century of her
W the remarkable English Mrs. Diana possesses the
resent the SLENDER springng lines the liberty of
which make the goddeswomen Of the Greek ezes the
'oveest things of dreamed fash
oned For these bodess
visions sculptor; they far pa for that They walked
the eah and the opinion of Mrs. Watts there why
like them should people the modern wod-epen and
past the age of fory-seren
Mrs. Watts arrived in America found system
peectng the control the human body Roughly speang
be said to have a method of physical training.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
Flies DisIiked in Denmark.

On the billboards of Copenhagen,
appears the sign, 1.-THE most danger.
Gus Of all animals is not the lion, the
tiger or the reptile, but-the fly" This
is the means Herr Falck uses in
waging campaign against flies.
Herr Falck is the bitterest enemy
the fly has in Scandinavia, and his onc
ambition is to see f1yless Denmark.
To preach his new crusade he has or
ganized in Copenhagen the first COM
plete fly exhibition in the world. 1t
contains every kind of weapon yet in
vented for trapping, poisoning or
smashing flies. Most of these con-
trivances come from the United
States.
An old superstition that Herr Falck
hopes to rid the people of is that a
Christmas fly brings good luck. A
Christmas fly, according to Herr
Falck, is the potential mother Of 1885,
312,500,000 descendants In the course
Of the summer season.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
EilipInos Play Baseball.

Baseball is now played in every part
OF the Philippine archipelago, and the
number OF persons actually engaged
in 1t is remarkably high. Practically
every school in the islands has q
team and some more than one. Thir.
ty or more provinces have their pro-
vincial leagues among the schools,
and these are supplemented by inter
provincial leagues. In Manila, where
the chief offices of the government
are located, there is an interurban
league running scheduled games
throughout the season; an industrial
league composed Of teams from the
employees Of the various large indus.
trial companies of the city, and the
Manila Baseball league, a professional
organization.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
NO EXCUSE FOR EARLY RISING
Man Who Gets Up at Dawn Is Stupid,
Is Assertion Made by Father
Dwight.

The arrogance of the man who
arises to the minor heroism of cold
bath has been complained Of by less
heroic folk who arise to a tepid or
warm one. To be set apart by the
ability to stand the shock of cold wa
ter has seemed to less vigorous folk
an unsubstantial cinim to Immortality.
It lacks moral sufficiency and is too
much made of by the cold bathers.
Another arrogance is given consid-
Grafton by The Rev. Walter Dwight,
S. j., in America. 1t is the arrogance
Of early r1sers. Father Dwight denies
them heroism and enters into doubt
as to their intelligence. AS a rule he
finds them notably arrogant set, "
appearing to believe that they move
on a higher ethical plane"
Every normal human being, not
given ordinarily to early rising, but
being on occasion tempted or forced
into it, has felt the strange spiritual
affiatus, the moral patting on the back
in consequence thereof. The feeling
that good deed has been done for
a naughty world is inexplicable, but
supreme.
Father Dwight is remorseless. The
early riser is the least intelligent OF
mankind.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
Woman's Long Doa-S!ed Trip.

The cold and frozen Arctic had no
particular terrors for Mrs. j. l.. Bond,
wife of Captain Bond. who has re-
turned to San Francisco with her hus.
band and the Thirtieth regiment of
infantry from a two years stay in
Alaska at Fort Gibbon.
Mrs. Bond entered enthusiastically
into the sports OF the region of the
midnight sun, snow, and perpetual
ice, becoming an expert skier and
something OF a nausher. The longest
and most perilous trip which she took
was made with her own dog team in
company with Mrs II. H. Pearson and
two expert guides from Fort Gibbon
to Fairbanks, then to Cinema Hot
Spring and back to Fort Gibbon, dis
lance of $50 miles. The thermometer
stood between 40 and SO below zero
during the whole OF the trip. Mrs.
Bond says she enjoyed every mile Of
the trip and refused to admit that
there was anything hazardous in it.
They were well provided with food
and covers.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
GOODYEAR TIRES AT
ANTE-BELlUM PRICES

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
announce mo war prices On Goodyear
Tires" Mr.. f. A. Sieberling, president
of the Company, thus explains their
unique position.
eve advanced Goodyear prices, as
others did theirs, when the rubber
panic came. Almost In a day crude
rubber rose in New York from SIS cents
per pound to much over a dollar.
1.-THE New York supply was too
small to consider. We cabled our
London people to buy up the pick of
the rubber there. BY acting quickly
and paying cash they obtained 1,50O,-
900 pounds of the finest rubber.
THAT big supply Of rubber is now
nearly all on the way to the Goodyear
factory in Akron. 1t constitutes the
best of the London supply.
1--WE are using the same grade of
rubber and the same amount of it as
we always have used in these tires.
1--WE are running our factory with
three shifts of men, twenty-four hours
a day. So long as we remain in this
fortunate position on rubber, we shall
supply tire users at before-war prices
to the limit of our capacity"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
PIMPLES ON HEAD ITCHED

Tell City, Ind.-"My baby's head
was covered with sores and the top
was a solid scab. It began with pim-
pies and he would scratch his head
until it would bleed and then scab
over and keep spreading. He would
claw his head and fret, it itched and
burned so and was afraid he would
never have any hair on top of his head
again.
"A friend recommended Cuticura
Soap and Ointment to me. / asked
our family doctor and he said, Yes,
go right ahead and use them We got
one cake of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment and they
healed him from the first. In few
days his head did not seem to itch
or bother him in the least and before
we had used one set he was healed
and he has a fine growth of hair"
(Signed) Mrs. Rosa M. Hanks, Jan
26, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston. ADV
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
EXCELLENT HINTS
FOR FALL GARDEN
Select Seed for Sweet Corn From
Growing Plant-Sow Spin
ach During September.

Select your seed sweet corn from
the growing plant, noting not only
the size and evenness of the ears and
grains, but the number produced on the
stalks. Turn the husks back. using
them to braid the ears together. You
then have a convenient package fo1
hanging up to dry.
Keep the hoe going in the cabbages
and caulif1owers and celery. These
do well when the nights are cccl.
Winter onions for punching next
spring may be planted now.
Sow spinach In September for the
early spring market.
Select only the best seeds CO every
thing and tie up in bags and label.
Cut all the old wood of the black
cap raspberries and blackberries.
Should have done this a little earlier
but not too late.
Potatoes should be handled as
gently as apples. as bruises cause de-
cay.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
QUITE A HARMLESS GHOST
lnoffensive Little Fragment Created
Something Like CONSERVATION In
Section of Omaha.

Even if an official statement has
been given out that mouse was re-
sponsible for ringing the bell in the
steeple of North Presbyterian church,
the policemen Of the district, as well
as most Of the residents in the neigh
borhood, cannot quite figure how 1t
was done. The bell was disconnected
at the request Of Rev. John r. Mackey,
pastor of the church, last January, and
since then has not been ringing the
hours as marked by the clock in the
steeple.
Even the lieutenant in the police
station suffered from the "creeps" and
visions Of phantom bellringer and
ghost in the belfry. When tele-
phone calls began to come into the
station he dispatched four reserves
to the church,
When they arrived they found that
John Effener, the sexton, had made
an investigation and could find moth
ing in the tower to explain the sudden
changing of the bell. Four "shaky"
pcA1SOiAOl cilu InC SSAIOn SAtAAOS0 thO
narrow ladder. leading to the belfry
and with police lanterns began an in
vestigation. While they were looking
the bell changed again.
Expecting every minute to see an
apparition, the police kept at their
examination and discovered that a
cog in the clock had been shifted by
a small bit OF hide, making 1t posi-
bic for the bell to ring. An examina.
ton showed that the hide was part Of
c mouse which evidently had been en-
tangled in the delicate clock mechan-
ism which controls the bell. The po-
licemen still are wondering, however,
how the mouse did the hickory dick
ory-dock feat, for the works of the
clock are several feet off the floor and
are neld up by supports.
The clock was stopped last January
at the request of Rev. Milo Bates, rec.
tor of the Church of the Intercession.
The parish house of that church Is
across the street, and when Mrs. Gates
was ill last winter the ringing of the
bell annoyed her, and it was stopped
The bell was not attached to the clock
again because residents of the neigh.
borhood said it was a nuisance
Omaha Bee
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
FEW TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS USE
Handle All Fruits GentIy-S0Ws
Pay Well on Money Invested
Raise More Cap0nS.

Never throw fruit of any kind into
basket or box. Lay it in gently.
Fifty dollars invested in two good
sows will earn five times as much as
the money would in interest on mort
gage.
The man who works himself to
death commits suicide in the most
painful way and dies owing a debt
his estate will never be able to pay.
Don't overlook the fact that one of
the fastest and surest ways in the
dairy to make money is to keep al
ways wedding out the poorest milk.
ers and badly doing cows.
~ Science has discovered that the
white ant lays $4,000 eggs a month.
A fortune awaits the genius who can
cross the white ant with the Plymouth
Rock hen.
Take a lot of straw from that old
straw stack to the barn for bedding;
it will improve the bedding; it will
improve the manure wonderfully,
which is SO valuable to the land.
uc uldu WIZ hOSpo LID AooC vi
the grindstone" seldom gets rich. He
may accumulate lot of money If
he lives long enough, but mere money
does not mean riches in the things
that make people happy.
That more capons are not raised is
practically due to the fact that few
people like the operation necessary to
produce them. However, this is quick
ly learned and easily performed, and
capons are big money producers.
1t is poor system of feeding that
Dies not provide an abundance OF
roughage. The experimental farms
and agricultural colleges have shown
that a great success in the economi-
cal production of beef consists in util-
izing corn slower, alfalfa and clover
in connection with the grain foods
used in fattening
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
(By w. r. CELEBRITY

By w. r. GILBERT)
This term is applied to leaves when
they are SO thoroughly decayed as to
readily separatedinto small particles.
Leaf-mold is valuable manure In
many instances, especially on heavy
soils, and one of the most important
ingredients for the soil used in the
successful cultivation of the majority
of plants.
with the tender seedlings and cuttings
of soft wooded subjects, provided it be
of good quality and free from injuri-
GUS fungoid growths.
The production of roots in young
plants of this description is induced
and accelerated with more certainty
by planting in this material than by
the use of any other.
The quality of leaf-mold depends
very materially upon the sort of leaves
composing it and in the manner of
preparation adopted.
1t Is found from experience that the
best leaves are those collected from a
wood or other place where the princi-
pal trees are beech and oak, and
where their leaves fall over a large
surface each year, and naturally decay
slowly, until those beneath the surface
become changed into light mold.
In many Instances such leaf-mold
cannot be obtained ON account of the
necessary removal, of the leaves to pre-
serve tidiness; but on the other hand
it's Importance and additional value
over that artificially prepared is not
sufficiently recognized i'm many places
where quantities might be obtained in
woods.
Leaf-mold of good quality may be
used to the extent Of about one-third in
composts for azaleas, greenhouse
rhododendrons. and many fne-rooted.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
Planting Fruit Trees.

The soil should preferably be n good
filth before planting, and the holes for
the trees should be dug sufficiently
wide and deep to receive all of the
roots of the tree. The harder the soil
the wider and deeper the holes should
be.
Fill in with loose, mellow earth,
packing the soil well around the roots.
Avoid using sod or any coarse mate
rial, or the leaving Of air pockets, as
either will cause drying out around
the roots, which is detrimental to the
tree Use care and you will be re-
paid with a good stand of trees.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11

hard-wooded plants Of this description
1t may also with advantage be incor-
porated along with peat in the prepara-
ton Of beds for nearly all plants Of the
heath family which are grown out OF
doors.
Further, nothing is better suited for
improving flower beds, or for adding
to soil of any description for placing
around trees, shrubs or plants whose
roots it is desired to encourage.
If leaves have to be gathered into a
heap for leaf-mold, a. place should be
selected where they may be spread
rather thinly, SO as to avoid any ex-
cessive heating by fermentation.
The whole should be turned over &C.
casionally SO as to expose all parts in
turn to the influence of the weather
and air.
Where air cannot reach leaves that
are of a somewhat dry, hard texture,
their decay is exceedingly slow, unless
there are other substances intermixed
to hasten decomposition.
Water may be applied artificiaily for
the purpose, but it never has the same
effect as rain, and if large heap is
made, this latter cannot penetrate far
into the interior.
Leaves should be collected free from
sticks, if possible, as these are liable
to encourage fungoid growths, which,
finding a suitable medium for increas-
ing in the leaf-mold, will in due course
render it useless for plant cultivation.
The time taken in reducing leaves
to mold or fine soil depends great
ly on the amount of turning over and
other attention devoted to the prepare
ton.
Much may be done in one year, or
even less, but the quality is usually
better if longer time than this is al
lowed.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-09-11
Harvesting Ensilaee Crop.

For crops like clover. millet OF
grass the early blossomfng period
seems to give the best grade OF sill
age. In the case of corn it is well to
allow it to stand until the kernels are
fairly well glazed, but not To allow
the grain to become hard. If the corn
is allowed to ripen, there is danger
that the fodder will not pack sufd.
GENTLY close to exclude the air. while
the hard grain may not be readily df
gested BIZ the animal.