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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
BLANKETS AND QUILTS
aesr WAY OF CARING FOR THE
BED ACCESSORIES.
[ title GIycerin Added to the Rinse
Water Is Recommended-QuiIts
Liable to Fade May Be Cleaned
With Gasoline.

The following is the best way to
wash blankets: Slice half a cake OF
any good laundry soap in two quarts
Of water. Set on the stove and stir
until dissolved. When dissolved, add
to cold water in tub. To this soapy
water add four tablespoonfuls Of pow
dered bs,rax. Soak the blankets In
this over night or for several hours.
Wash in this water. Rinse twice IN
cold water, wiring and hang ON the
line. This recipe will wash four
blankets. Be sure and use only colo
water, and they will come forth as soft
and beautiful as when new. A tea
spoonful of glycerin added to the
rinse water will improve them.
Very heavy blankets may sometimes
be cleaned by hanging them on the
line and turning the hose on them.
spraying them all over. Stretch them
full length, and fasten heavy weight
at each hanging corner to prevent the
wind from swaying and wrapping them
into a roll upon the line. The weights
hold them in shape, and when spread
out in this manner they dry quickly.
Cotton blankets are washed differ
emily from those made of wool. Soap
them well with laundry soap, fold, and
allow them to soak in tepid water.
Wash them in an hour or so and place
in boiler of hot suds to steam, not
boil. Rinse in several waters. Use
very little bluing and dry them
double on the line. Press dry on the
wrong side.
Quilts that are liable to fade If
washed, may be cleaned with gasoline.
Allow it to remain over night. Drain
and place in a second tub of gasoline.
Strain the gasoline in the first tub
and use it, with a fresh supply for
cleaning the second piece. When
washing colored quilts avoid using al
kali 1t will run the colors and ruin
the material. If quilts are badly
soiled, put kerosene in the first tub.
1t will cut the dirt.
Bedding washed early in the spring
may be dried out of doors, but the
pieces should afterward be thrown
over a line hung in a room, to dry
thoroughly. Ticking should be soaked
in water containing borax. Iron the
pieces dry. If thin, coat lightly with
paraffin on the wrong side. This will
prevent feathers from working
through.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
To Carve a Fowl.

Begin by sticking the fork into the
wing and drawing it toward the leg,
with the point of the carving knife I'M
derneath; take off the wing at the
joint. Next slip knife between the
leg and body on that same side, down
to the joint; with the fork turn the leg
back and the joint, with the knife, may
be easily separated; then divide the
leg and second join. These should be
laid at once at one end of the platter
as cut or on hot plate in front of the
host Slice the breast or white meat
from the same side. If this is SUN.
Gent for the first serving do not
carve any more; If not, proceed as di.
rected with the other side.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

"Have you heard from Culver"
Didn't you know about it," Speed
swallowed.
Roberta shook her dark head.
Hes in-he's detained at Omaha
for ten days. I fixed it."
The overweight widow dropped
back into the hammock, crying weak
ly:
ooh, you dear, good boy!"
Eyes, I'm all of that. II suppose
I'd be missed if-anything happened
to mel"
How ever did you manage it,"
Never mind the details. It took
some ingenuity"
Mrs. Keap wrung her hands. IT
was so terribly frightened! You see,
Jack will be back tomorrow, and l
was afraid"
There was a call from Glass from
the training-quarters.
How can I ever do enough for you
You have averted tragedy"
Don't let Helen know, that's all. If
she thought I'd been the head yeller-"
II won't breathe a word, and I
hope you win the race for her sake. "
Mrs. Keap pressed the hand of her
deliverer, who trudged his lonely way
toward the gymnasium, where Glass
was saying:
"'The volley was fired at sunrise.
That means Saturday, b."
Larry, you're the best crape-hanger
of your weight in the world"
Larry bent look of open disgust
upon his employer.
and you're good runner, you are, -
said he. "Why, beat you this morn
ing"
The younger man glanced up hope
fully. Couldn't you beat this cook?"
you're the only man in this world
I can outrun.
ga tear. a sigh. last goodbye"
"Shut up!"
AS Glass consented to do this, the
speaker unused, bitterly, "'Early to
bed and early to rise / wish I had
the night-watchman who wrote those
words"
Didn't you never see the sun rise
before?"
Certainly not. I don't stay up that
late"
well, amt it beautiful" The stout
man turned admiring eyes to the east
ward, and his husky voice softened.
''All them colors and tints and shades
and stuff! And New York on the other
end!"
I'm too tired to see beauty in any
thing"
AS if mindful of neglected duty,
Glass turned upon him. What are
you waiting for? Get those dog-beds
off your back" He seized the slack
of sweater and gave it a jerk.
Don't be SO rough; I'll come. You
might care to remember you're work
ing for me-"
Il am working" dragged his
protege about the room regardless of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Mutual Forbearance.

When Margaret Wilson, daughter
OF the president. attended a legisla-
tive hearing in the assembly chamber
at Albany, she was put on the high
place where the speaker ordinarily
sits.
Where is she? Show her to me. I.
said a political heller. passing at
close range.
When she had been pointed out.
he gazed at her steadily for about
three seconds and then. moving on
briskly, said:
"Oh, well, she didn't say anything
to me; I guess I won't say anything
to her."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Baked Rice PUDDING.

Boil one-half cup Of rice in plenty
of water and when cooked drain, put
in buttered pudding dish with one pint
of milk, four level teaspoonfuls of SUI
gar, nutmeg to taste, one-half tea
spoon Of salt and two or three eggs.
Bake as you would custard, stirring
frequently until custard begins to
form. Tapioca can be used the same
way by soaking one-half cup of tapk
oca over night, then drain and pro-
coed as above. Bake In a moderate
oven SO custard does not boil.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

I It seemed that battle must be II
progress behind the screen, for, min
gled with the gasping screams OF the
athlete and the hoarse commands OF
the trainer, came sounds Of physical
contact. The barrel rocked upon its
scaffold, the curtains swayed and
tapped violently.
STAND still"
"It's-it's as c-c-cold as ice!"
mix! You're overheated, that's all"
"Ow-w-w! Ooo-h-h! I'm dying!"
It'll do you good"
Hes certainly trainin' him some. y
said Slower.
Larry, I've got cramp!"
1T did harden him." acknowledged
Willie.
Whats wrong with you, anyhow p
demanded Glass.
'It's not me, it's the w-w-water!"
Evidently Speed made frantic
lunge here and escaped, for the flow
Of water ceased.
ut froze d-d-during the night. Oh-h!
I'm cold!"
Gold, Ell? Get onto that rubbing.
board; I'll warm you"
An instant later the cowmen heard
the sounds of a violent shaping min
gled with groans.
go easy, I say! I'll be black and
blue all-look out!-not so much in
one spot! Owl"
Turn over!"
Hes spankin' him." said Slower ad.
miringly.
Again the spatting arose, this time
like the sound of a musketry fusilade,
during which Berkeley Fresno entered
by the other door.
Don't be so brutal" walled the
patient to his masseur.
I'm pretty near through. There!
Now get up and Dress" ordered the
trainer, who pushing his way out
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10


through the blankets, halted at sight
of the onlookers.
"How is he?s demanded Slower.
"He-he's trained to the minute. I'm
doin' my share, gents"
Sounds that way" acknowledged
Stover's companion. "Say, does it look
like we'd win?"
well, he just breezed mile in
forty, with his mouth open"
A miller" Fresno queried
"a miller" Fresno queried.
Eyes, a regular mile-seven thou
sand five hundred and thirty feet"
''Is forty good?" queried Willie.
Good? Why, Salvador never worked
no faster Here he is now-look for
yourselves"
Speed appeared, partly clad, and
glowing with rich salmon pink.
Good morning." said Fresno po-
litely. 81 came in to see how you
liked the cold water
$50 that was one of your California
jokes, Ell? Well, I'll"
speed moved OmlnOuSly IN the Oh
rection of the tenor, but Willie checked
him.
eve put the ice in that bar'l, Mr..
Speed"
"You!"
Willie and Slower nodded.
Then let me tell you l expect to
have pneumonia from that BATH" The
young man coughed hollowly. That's
the way l caught it once before, and it
wouldn't surprise me bit If I'd be too
sick to run by Saturday"
ooh, no; you don't get pneumony
but once"
"And, BESIDES" Fresno added, ut
wouldn't have time to show up by
Saturday"
Get that ice-chest out of my room,
that's all; IL, makes the air damp"
mo indeed" said Still Bill. Were
goin' to see that you use it reg'lar."
Then of Glass he inquired: What do
you do to him next?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Blessing Of Contentment.

Charles Teller, the Inventor Of cold
storage, was banqueted in Paris at
the age of eighty-6ve years.
Teller" said New York CORE
spondent, ''has now been granted a
pension, but up to now he was poor
almost to the starvation point. He
could not even afford cold storage
food.
II interviewed him on his poverty,
and he lit up the interview with an
epigram.
81 was never really unhappy he
said, for I learned the lesson OF con-
tentment. Contentment, you know, is
being satisfied with what you haven't
GOT"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

be on top of US before we know it,
and then what a rush there will be to
get harness, plows and everything
else in shape. Some of us won't have
time to do it properly if we wait too
long.
Don't get grouchy because your
neighbor has better house or a big.
ger barn than you have. Maybe your
mortgage is not as big as his, and
that's heap of comfort.
The chronic borrower is a great
nuisance in the neighborhood. OF
course we are all glad to lend to a
man who Is just getting start, but
the man who is able to buy everything
he needs, but continues to use his
neighbours tools, ought to be ashamed
of himself.
Not going to send the boy to an ag.
ricultural college because you had no
such education yourself? That's a
mighty poor excuse. Now, right down
in the bottom Of your heart, are you
AOt oil dIu t1dC CAO IVY WILL lOoAA w
be a better farmer than you, and you
are not manly enough to be proud Of
him?
If the scale has made its appearance
in your orchard, you should begin
spraying at once and never stop until
it is subdued. Your neighbor may be
working hard to keep his fruit trees
} in good condition, and it is not fair
that insects should be allowed to flour
ish in your orchard to be blown across
the fence into your neighbor's trees
sold a cow last fall that was giving
six quarts of milk at each milking.
She was driven five miles and housed
in a strange stable. That evening sne
gave just one quart, and only four
quarts the next morning. She was
treated kindly enough, and the de-
crease in her milk flow was caused en-
tirely by nervousness. That's an oo-
ject lesson for men who occasional!
kick and beat their cows.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
A Rabbit Trap.

tightly at the top, and rests against
the cleats at the bottom, SO cannot be
pushed outward. Bait with carrot or
apple.
Hang the bait on the back end of
the box. The door is made Of wire
bent up and down and fastened with
staples. Have enough space between
the trigger and the bait for the rab-
bit to have to push it to get to the
bait, then the door falls and the rab-
bit is caught.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
SYNOPSIS.

COWBOYS Of the Flying Heart ranch are
heartbroken over the loss Of their much
priced monograph by the defeat of their
champion in a fOot-race with the COOK OF
the Centipede ranch. A house party is
on at the Flying Heart. j. Wa!l1ngtord
Speed, cheer leader at Yale. ana Culver
Covington, inter collegiate champion run
ner. arc expected Helen Blake, Speeds
sweetheart, becomes interested In the loss
of the monograph She suggests to Jean
Chaplin sister of the owner or the rancn,
chat she induce Covington, her lover, to
win back the photograph. Helen declares
that if Covington won't run. Speed will.
pect Speed and his valet. Larry Glass,
trainer at Yale, arrive. Helen Blake asks
Speed, who has posed to her as an attn
lete, to race against the Cent1pede man.
The cowboys join in the appeal to Wally,
and fearing that Helen will find him out,
shall be entered as an unknown, hgurlng
that Covington will arrive in time to take
his place. Fresno, glee club singer from
Stanford university and In love with
Helen, tries to discredit. Speed with the
ladies and the cowboys. Speed and Glass
put in the time they are supposed to be
training playing cards in a secluded spot.
The cowboys explain to Speed how much
the race means to them. Speed assures
them he will do his best. The cowboys
tell Glass it is up to him to see that Speed
wins the race Willie, the gunman, de-
cIares the trainer will go back east pack
ed In ice if Speed fails. A telegram comes
from Covington saying he is in jail at
Omaha for ten days. Glass in a panic
forces Speed to begin training in earnest.
Speed declares to Larry that the best way
out is for him (Speed) to injure himself.
Glass won't stand for it. Glass forces
Speed out at sunrise to practice running.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
German Potato Salad.

Six medium-sized potatoes, one
fourth pound fat bacon, one small
onion, two teaspoons salt, one-fourth
teaspoon black pepper, one-half cup
hot vinegar, one-half cup hot water,
two tablespoons salad oil. Cut bacon
into small dice and put into frying
pan over a slow fire. Shred the onion
into large bowl add salt, hot vine
gar and hot water. When the fat is q
light brown color and the dice well
crisped, add onion-turning slowly at
first. Serve on crisp lettuce and gar
nish with picked beets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
HOW TO MAKE RABBIT TRAP
Complete Directions With Illustration
Given HereWith-Use Carrot or
Apple for Bait.

A is the trap complete, showing the
inner workings of the wire door and
trigger.
B is the top before it is nailed on
and is shown turned over-upside
down. The wire door is turned up
against the top and the trigger pushed
forward to catch the door. The door
and trigger should be fitted to the top
before it is nailed on.
shows the door, which, loosed
from the trigger, falls behind the rab-
bit as he enters the trap, and is hung
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
No Excuse for Cholera.

II it were not for hog cholera W. -
raisers would be living in the lap =.
luxury. The time will come VIZ es
there will be no more excuse lot noe I've
cholera than for the human cnoie,a
that until century or SO ago perlou,
cally devastated Europe and Ameii'''
Both are essentially filth diseases
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

from beneath the apparatus, upsetting
Glass, who rose in time to fling his
charge back into the deluge.
Let me QUIT" yelled the athlete,
and made another dash, at which his
guardian beloved:
Stand still or I'll wallop you!
What's got into you, anyhow"
The heads Of Slower and Willie
thrust through the door, nodded with
qualification.
Its got him livened up consider.
able. Quoth the former. Listen to
thatl"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
To Clean 4 Coffee Poi.

/ clean my silver coffee pot in the
following manner and find it very
satisfactory: Put large piece OF
washing soda into the pot to be
cleaned, and fill it with boiling water.
Then boil It for one hour over a spirit
lamp. This makes the pot as bright
inside as out and will not injure the
silver In any ways-Exchango.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
CHAPTER XII.-Continued.

S7AF m NII."GOnClnuSO.
/ Along the road toward the ranch
buildings plodded two dusty pedes-
TRANS, one a blond youth bundled
thickly in sweaters, the other fat
man who rolled heavily, and paused
now and then to mop his purple face.
Both were dripping as if from an i'm
mersion, while the air about the latter
vibrated with heat waves. They both
stumbled as they walked, and it was
only by the strongest effort of will
that they propelled themselves. AS
they neared the corner of the big, low
lying ranch-house, already rejecting
the hot glare of the morning sun,
mans clear tenor voice came to them.
'~The volley was fired at sunrise,
Just at the break of day
did you get that?" one of the two
exclaimed hoarsely. They're practic-
ing a death-march, and it's ours"
"And as the echoes fingered,
His soul had passed away"
That's you, Wally!" wheezed the
trainer.
~Into the arms of his Maker,
There to learn his fate''-
Here, what are you singing about ?"
'angrily protested Speed, as he round
ed into view.
ooh, it's Mr.. Speed"
! "GOod-morning!" chorused Helen
and the chaperon
Welcome to our ethyl" Fresno
greeted.
Glass tottered to the steps. Them
songs" he pulled, sis bad for a man
when he's trainin'; they get him all
worked up
I'VE had no idea you would be back
so soon,'' apologized Helen.
"Soon!" Speed measured the dis
lance to wicker chair gave it up,
and sank beside his trainer eve left
yesterday! We've run miles and miles
and miles!"
You can't be in very good shape"
volunteered the singer.
~Oh, Is that SOP" Glass retorted. ct
say he's great. He got my goat-and
I'm some runner"
And I'd be obliged to you if you'd
cut out those deeply appealing songs"
Speed glowered at his rival.
1t was Helen who fastened to
smooth things.
It's all my fault. asked Mr.. Fres-
no to sing something new"
Bah! That was written by Will
liam Cromwell"
mo more of them battle-hymns,
Glass ordered. "They don't do Mr..
Speed no good"
All want is drink" painted that
youthful athlete, and Helen rose quick
Ny. saying that she would bring ice
water
But the trainer barked sharply:
mix! I've told you that twenty
times, Wally. 1t IL put hob-nails in
your liver" He rose with difficulty
sway1ng upon his feet and where he
had sat was large, irregular shaped
sweat-dampened area. Come on!
Don't get chilled"
I'd give twenty dollars for a good
chilli" exclaimed the overheated col
iese man longingly.
I would like to see you moment
MT Speed" Roberta rose from the
hammock.
oh, and I've forgotten my" Helen
checked her words with a startled
n glance toward the kitchen. "It will
De burned to crisp" She fastened
Gown the porch, and Fresno followed
81 while Speed looked after them.
he must be an awful nuisance te
q nice girl Think of a fat, SANDY
naired husband in a five-room fla,
Win pink wallpaper and a coloref
!anitor. Run along. Muldoon." te
Glass. TN be with you in moment ,
Wnen the trainer had waddled ON
OF nearing. Mrs. Keap inquired. ca
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
Buying Trees.

Always get a written guaranty
with your trees and be sure that the
people behind it are able to make the
guaranty good.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

Incorporating Foes.
Poor cows and Indifferent dairymen
are the most incorporating foes Of
the dairy business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
CHAPTER XIII.

o you know, Larry I'm be-
ginning to like these warm
showers; they rest me-" AS
he spoke, Wally took his
place beneath the barrel and
pulled the cord that con
nected with the nozzle. The
next instant he uttered a
,,s4.,s-- ~r.-sz1-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10
pIaelnn Profits.

Put out the middleman ana pu' .ha
profits where they belong
rockets OF the farmer and his WIZ
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-04-10

"He's Detained at Omaha for Ten
Days."
complaints that were mun1ed by the
thickness of the sweaters for my
life, and I'll be out of job Saturday.
Now, get under that shower!"
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New Britain herald., 1914-04-29

A brisk, energetic little woman, ESQ happy she couldn't be more SO, and growing younger every day." is Mrs. Havelock Ellis, wife of the Eng lish playwright and philosopher, who is over here for six weeks featuring on her husbands theories When seen at Mrs, Joseph T. McLane's. 223 East l7th street, New York, on Mon day, she put down both happiness and youth to her economic independence of MT. Ellis.
 For this independence, she says, enables her to love him more than anything else on earth" whereas a merely conventional union would have resulted in a merely conventional sep aration.
 If my husband had supported me-" she said, i've could never have lived happily together; but he hasn't. I have always earned my own living, and the knowledge that could leave at any time has made him care the more for me. He has had to keep on being my lover. my sweetheart
 Do you think there is anything de- grading about a wonlan's being sup ported by her husband?"
 1T don't think there's anything de grading about it till they see that it's degrading. But this must De taught them. They must be made to see the thing in its true light
 Mrs. Ellis admitted modestly that her lectures would doubtless elucidate the matter. Suffrage. she added, was merely step, spoke in the great wheel'' of feminine advances; it was not the end, but beginning, of the emancipation of women.
 This freedom, or emancipation, must be economic" she went on: otherwise women's political freedom won't amount to anything. They will always be controlled by the men on whom they are economically de- pendent. All this the modern man IS beginning to see.''
 Who Is the modern man? Could you point one out?" asked the re- porter.
 "The modern man will have a good deal of the woman in him, and the modern woman will embody a good deal of the man. He will make an ideal husband and there will be far more sympathy between them. They will be always young, because there
New Britain herald., 1914-04-29
Worst Than the Dentist
By RUTH CAMERON.

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New Britain herald., 1914-04-29
THE TWO FRANKS
 GOOD KEENEY NUMBER

Undoubtedly the best act of it's kind to appear here, the acrobatic speciality of the Two Franks, one of the special attractions at Keeneys this week, is proving one of the most popular numbers on the pro- gram While it opens the show, position usually given to acts of minor importance, this number Is really Of headline calibre and this week it, vies with the leader for premier hon. ors The Franks do some exception ally clever tricks, displaying great strength, skill and originality. Every number is of a novel character and Is received we'll by the audience every day.
 Bert Swan and his educated alliga- tors continue to attract great atten- ton. A quintet of these huge rep tiles, each trained in a surprising manner, is exhibited in this number. They perform a series of feats in a glass tank and also do some wrestling with their trainer on the floor. MT. Swan worked for years teaching the gators and even now he works with