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before Thcse were arranged specially
for the housekeeper who must depend
largely on canned goods, and whose
preceding dinner was entirely con-
sumed by hungry and we'll satisfied
family.
The recipes for the unusual or new
features oh these menus are given here.
For cream soups about one-half as
Is used. These VIII serve the average
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Lillian au..elps Answers.

Dolly: I canont say that a vanishing
cream could be injurious to the skin,
but 1t Ia not nourishing like a greasy
cream would be. A little rouge when
not used to excess will not harm the
skin providing the face is cleansed
thoroughly each night. Never go to
bed with rouge or powder on your face.
They will clog the pores and cause
blackheads. 1t Is not advisable to use
lead pencil for darkening tho eye
brows. There are many eyebrow
pencils on the market that you can
use that are harmless.
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WomEN,s MEETINGs.

Chesterfield Chapter, United Daugh-
frs of the Confedernoy, will meet this
5:ternoon at 1850 O'clock In theShome
4. Mrs, Walter Allen, so4 South Third
Erect. Isl e--l
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Hazel: am sorry, but I cannot
pissibly give you advice regarding be-
coming an actress.
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F. E. D.: cannot give you perma-
nent darkener for your eyebrows and
lashes. The constant use Of vaseline
on the eyelashes and brows will make
them heavier and In time darker.
There are many eyebrow pencils on
the market that one may use for
darkenlng the lashes and brows.
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SOCIE, | Y
Personal
N o ties

the scalp with medicine dropper.
This prevents tho vasellne getting d.
rectly on the hair. Rub this thorough
ly into the scalp.
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Bewildered: The first thing to do is
to close the pores of your skin. This
can only be done by careful cleaning,
removing all dust and dirt at night be-
fore retiring. Battle the face in warm
water and dash cold over it. The cold
water will make the flesh firm and
close the pores. After tho pores are
closed you Will not be troubled with
such greasy complexion and black
heads. The green soap treatment Is
good, for removing blackheads and the
astringent lotion Will close the pores.
Send me stamped. addressed en-
yelope. and shall send you the treat
ment.
Constant Reader: Short hairs around
the face are troublesome and the curl
Ing iron certainly does ruin them.
Stop curling them on the iron. OF
course 1t would be impossible for you
to stop curling them altogether, for
this would make your hair look un4
tidy. Try doing them up. on the small
kid curriers' every night, or as often
as necessary. This will not harm them
In any way. livery night rub melted
yaseline into the roots Of the hair
around your face. Apply directly to
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Gilmer--Riokardsen -
PUbAHKI. VA, November &-Rev.
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The Books You Read
BY LILLIAN RUSSELL.

1t is not too much to say that the
books you read may leave their traces
upon your countenance. Tho tracing
may DO done directly or indirectly. and
may add to or detract from your ap-
pearance. 1t Is really worth while con-
idering Just what books you should
read and what they would contribute
to your personal appearance.
II you are nervous, the worst thing
you can do before retiring at night
is to read an exciting narrative. Tho
story with unusual thrills in Ii, IL read
at such time. will invariably drive
away sleep, and the result IL a rest
less night. The excited mind prevents
mental and physical rest, and the i'm
preston of that narrative is bound to
be written on the face the next day.
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DR.. Brady's Health Talks
The Dread aud MIX Club.

A large number OF the communica-
tions received from our readers place
unae that h ssy pSans
say, With their stomnehs. They desire
and endeavor to And terms of peace.
world peace we have instituted sort
and Milk Club. All healthy dyspeptics
we emphasize the word heaithy0al
Club CUB on i making sfI Simple Simple Declaration
Of faith and renouncing forever their
Incorporate habits. The initiate prom,
be his cook; and he sets aside one day
each each week preferably blue Mondda1 syf
OF bread and milk. There are no dues.
All you pay is twenty-four hours re.
spite per week to your grateful
q Bread d. and milk Is the @9st ma, nature,
nutrive elements one can INCEST, 1t iis
three hours n sus ne
gets brief rest between meals, even
whom you take nourishment every four
you prefer. Either combination offers
as sorss a OF %eiI,bein,g ~. ,sor. &.
the only. organ. that gets no rest.
whereas in truth the heart has has , niSs
half the time. But the stomach is
is nothing the average. near.invalid
caught with an empty stomach. He
imagines that unless his stomach is
20 eospse on the street or catch eoid
Bilious oven Su AND utser ~
soon - the Ghlstis blows; -
Where High Tension BegiIs.
was sayins, and how his apdienee
would 1epudiate the charge when he
citizens eat too much: He put it mildly
because he didn't wish to arouse the ire
OF the profession he leads. He was
on how. to control the national com
Sei and to 5ne
stomach. then manifests itself. in the
and finally in the. brain. He launched
the bare suggestion that we eat too
much. and left 1t for the editors
absurai ne lA' e - pO W 10
The Bread and Milk Club. then. well
comes, candidates who are constitu-
ttss Questions and Answers.
Mrs. T. w. X. asks: How should one
make solution of boraclc acid to use
as an antiseptic fluid for washing the
eyes, gargling the throat and irri-
eating the ear canal?
4 Reply: Place two heaping teaspoon
fuls OF boraclc tboric) acid powder In
half-pint bottle. Pour In boiling
water, shake we'll. and let stand. Use
the clear solution for any OF the pur-
poses mentioned. always lukewarm.
Make "a fresh solution at least once q
odd Chronic" writea: Will you kind
ly INFORM me what urotropln is-twheth-
er It Is proprietary remedy. and
whether 1t cures or helps gall-bladder
trouble?
Reply: 1t Is proprietary, trade name
for an Internal antiseptIc which Is offi-
cial in the United States Pharmaco-
poein under the true chemical name
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Hexamethy-
lenamine Ia often prescribed for gall
bladder trouble.
A reader writes: I once had beauti-
full long hair, but now IL Is coming out
In handfuls. Will you suggest some
thing?
Reply: You are so sparing of details
skin trouble? What Is your age, SEX
occupation. general health? We can
few facts to guide US.
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Remember: You will find just as
much pleasure In reading books that
benefit you as in reading those that
leave imprints of sleepless nights and
overweight nerves upon your face or
a temper that is ruffied beyond en-
durance.
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On the contrary. II your nerves are
not In normal condition, and you can
concentrate your mind upon one of
those beautiful and soothing stories
which are most suitable for evenings,
you are making bid for night of
sleep and rest That sort Of reading
Will leave n welcome impression upon
the face the next day.
There are many ways In which read
ing may affect the appearance. 1t
invariably has an influence upon the
humor or temper.
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reader writes: I once had beauti-
full long hair, but now IL Is coming out
in hnndfuls. Will you suggest some
Reply: You are so sparing of details
have you been Ill? lxnye You any
skin trouble? What Is your age, sex.
occupation. general health? We can
give no suggestions unless we have a
few facts to guide us.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Chinese Are Thrifty Farmers.

I'm the utilization of every square
foot Of soil and every leaf or root
that is grown thereon, the patient,
working farmers of China could give
points even to the thrifty rural popu-
lation Of France" says the Philadel-
phia Public Record. Land is never
wasted. There are no such pasture
and meadow lands as we know here.
If a traveller wants to pitch a tent
anywhere in the settled provinces of
China he must drive the stakes in a
bean patch or rice field or amid po-
tato hills. The native would receive
with scornful amazement a suggestion
of a public pleasure ground. The only
parks are the groves about the tenn
pies.
ITO the tops of the hills the ter
races climb. holding their tiny plots of
wheat and corn, sometimes at a house
roof angle Of As degrees. Inhabitants
Of crazy huts and cave dwellers, bare
ly making room for themselves to
sleep and cook at the intersections of
the vast checkerboard, climb out of
their holes and novels at dawn like
prairie dogs or rabbits In a warren,
and fight the soil till dark for a mea.
ger living"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

10 represent a female breast Is q
| prominent one, and 1t is a reasonable
inference that il refers to some such
deity as Kybebe, the Great Mother, or
the Diana Of Ephesus with her multi.
/ tude of breasts. Such a divinity was
worshiped in Minoan Crete and may
have been the same as Ephesian
| Diana.
Two attempts have been made to
interpret the disc inscription, one by
/ Pofessor Hempl OF Stanford univer,
sity, California, the other by Miss
Stawell Of NEWMAN college, England.
Professor Hempl makes it to be a
record Of the restoration of plunder TO
a shrine. Miss Stawell, on the other
hand, interprets it as an archaic hymn.
Certainly on the face Of 1t this inter.
probation seems the more probable.
and agrees with Sir Arthur Evans
view. The shape Of the disc appears
to indicate that the inscription is not
an ordinary one. and it may very well
have been a written prayer or psalm.
Miss Stawells Interpretation is
based on the assumption that the Ian
guage Of the inscription is Creek
necessarily Greek Of a primitive type
Having decided the identity of a pic.
tured object she attaches to it its name
in Greek, and then takes the first syl.
liable as the sound value. For exam
pie, the human head with the curious
crown-like covering is taken to signify
man" The Greek words for man are
amer and anthropos, and therefrom the
sound value is given as an. A face
marked on the cheek is interpreted
as branded man." therefore "crimi.
nal" From this the meaning is de-
duced as kakos (bad) and the sound
value as ka, and so on. OF course it
is evident that independent observers
might interpret many of the signs diff.
ferently. One does not see, for exam.
pie, why sign 20, an obvious jug, is
not to be interpreted as one, instead
of, according to Miss Stawell, mead"
lin Jug.
To conclude, it would seem that in
terpreters hitherto have assumed
much; and the results of their labors,
though highly interesting and credit
able to them, are not altogether con-
vincing. They assume that the Ian
guage of the inscription is Greek. and
there is no evidence that the tongue
Of the Minoan Cretans was Greek at
all. So far as can be seen the Mi
noans were a totally different race
from the Greeks, and it seems rather
early days to assume that they spoke
their tongue, much less that the god
dess Of the disc is Athene. Further,
it is probable that the Phaestos disc
is Anatolian, and not Cretan.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

the great palace-probably slaves
But all as yet await Interpretation
Crete has so far yielded no represen-
tative Of the Rosetta Stone.
The stages by which the picture
writing of early Crete developed into
an elaborate system OF hieroglyphs
and thence into the linear script, with
which the Knossian tablets are for
the most part covered, are fairly well
marked. With a keen and practical
people the necessity Of simplifying a
cumbrous hieroglyphic system for
everyday needs would be apparent.
Certainly the Minoan script appears
to be much simpler than the cunei-
form writing of Mesopotamia Never
theless, the old system and the new
appear to have flourished side by side,
and perhaps to some extent in con-
junction, until Minoan culture was de-
stroyed or displaced by the new in
habitants of Crete
Perhaps the most famous of the
Cretan hieroglyphic inscriptions is
that Of the "Phaestos disc" The disc
is a roughly circular clay plate about
667 inches in diameter, covered on
both faces with a hieroglyphic inscrip-
tion which in each case coils round
from the center outwards. Il is by
far the largest hieroglyphic inscrip-
tion yet discovered in Crete. It con-
tains some 241 signs and 81 sign
groups, and it exhibits the remarkable
popularity that every sign has been
separately impressed on the clay while
in a soft state by a stamp or punch.
It is, in fact, printed inscription.
So much appears certain, that the
Phaestos disc was not inscribed by
Mlnoans. The signs differ greatly
from those of the Knossian deposits.
Four-ffths of them are quite different
and the remaining part do not always
closely resemble those Of Crete.
There is no trace in the human fig
ures of the wasp waist we have al
ready learned to seek in the portrait
ures Of the men and women who
moved about the palace Of Minos.
The male figures all seem to have
shaven heads. Those Of females are
broad, squat, and ugly, very different
from the slim Minoan damsels with
their dainty Partisan" dresses.
There is a ship unlike those depicted
at Knossos and building astonishing
ly like the Lycian tombs, whereof
specimens are preserved in the Brit
ish museum.
Sir Arthur Evans came to the con-
clusion that the inscription probably
had some religious significance. He
also thinks that 1t was the work not
of Cretans but Of some parallel and
culture, and suggests
that this culture was that of Lycia in
southwestern Asia Minor AS to its
religious bearing, he considered that
It is probably a hymn to a nature
goddess. A sign apparently intended |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
FACE BROKE OUT IN PlMPLES

Falls City. Neb.-"My trouble began
when l was about sixteen. My face
broke out in little pimples at first.
They were red and sore and then be-
came like little boils. l picked at my
face continually and it made my face
red and sore looking and then would
wake up at night and scratch it. 1t
was a source Of continual annoyance
to me, as my face was always red
and splotched and burned all the
time.
Il tried --, and others,
but l could find nothing to cure it.
had been troubled about two years
before 1 found Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. I sent for a sample Of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and tried
them and l then bought some.
washed my face good with the Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water at night
and then applied the Cuticura Oint-
ment. In the morning l washed 1t
off with the Cuticura Soap and hot
water. In two days 1 noticed a de-
cided improvement, while in three
weeks the cure was complete"
(Signed) Judd Knowles, Jan. 10, 1913.
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 Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
PROBABLY TOLD THE TRUTH
Seotsman's Boast Seemed Far-Fetched
But Explanation Put a Differ
Cnt Face on It.

John Butler Yeats, who paints por.
traits and, incidentally, is the father
Of William Butler Yeats, the Irish
poet, is a regular patron of a certain
New York restaurant Among the
habitues Of this place he has acquired
a reputation as a raconteur. In my
part Of Ireland" he tells, there was
q noisy Scotsman whose abuse of
everything Irish riled the neighbors
considerably. At first, however, he
refrained from Dragging about Scot
land, and we decided to wait until he
should be guilty of that indiscretion
before acting drastically. The chance
came at last. He had been swearing
at the Irish peat fires, the Irish rain,
and the Irish spuds, and ended up by
saying that, 'Hoot mon, Scotland was
vera deterrent! 1t was a land flow
ing with milk and honey" Well, we
went for him. Scotland, we pointed
out, was known to be a barren waste
inhabited by starvelings, and the
Biblical quotation he had used could
not have been more outrageously mis-
applied. He looked us over with his
canny eye. 'Ye're wrang, he said,
and l can prove 1t. Scotland flowed
WI milk, and maybe honey, a the
time that l was there l left when
wis ten months auld'"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
MADE YOUNG MOTHER WORRY
Something Surely Was Wrong With
Baby According to Her Lament
to Friends.

Anybody could see with half an eye
that the young mother was worried.
Her efforts to conceal 1t were futile.
What is it?" they asked sympa-
thetically, "Is anything the matter
with baby?"
20, yes!" half sobbed the gentle
creature. IT'S all about baby. l am
so concerned about him"
Is he sick?"
"N-no. At least, not yet"
HAS he met with any accidentF"
20, no."
HAS he developed any undesirable
traits?"
mo, no, no. None Of those. It's
worse than any of those, and it's wor-
rying me to death. Baby is three
years old"-here. the young mother
stihed sob-"and he wears only
three-year-old sizes in everything!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
"ReIentIees Enthuslaem.p

This squabble over the location OF
the newly authorized regional banks
is getting to be something fierce, AL
ready it has exceeded in ferocity an
old-fashioned fraternity rush" which
is some pumpkins for furious fero-
ciousness. Incidentally the relentless
enthusiasm with which Kansas City
is conducting its campaign for one
Of the banks gives a clear indication
Of her dominant spirit Of progress
d spirit which has been the most Do
tant factor in making Kansas City the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Artificial Wood From Straw.

Artificial wood, having the resist.
ance of oak, is now successfully made
from straw. The straw after being
cut into small pieces, is reduced to a
paste by boiling, to which certain
chemicals are added When the paste
has been reduced to homogeneous
mass it is put into presses, and
planks, beams, laths and holdings OF
all sizes are readily made. This new
material can be sawed like natural
wood. AS fuel it emits a bright
flame and little smoke.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Activities of Women.

Petra Herrera, young Mexican
woman, is in command of 200 rebels at
Durango, Mexico.
The City club Of Philadelphia is
considering the admission of women
as members.
Circus girls connected with all the
big shows of the country have formed
a union.
When girls and women are on trial
in st. Louis, two women judges will
pass judgment upon them.
Mrs. L. S. Sheldon has announced
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

her candidacy for associate justice OF
the supreme court of Kansas. She is
the first woman to seek a place on the
bench in Kansas
Mrs. Teresa Felicetti. probably the
Oldest woman in Italy, recently cele-
brated her one hundred and seventh
birthday by eating hearty meal fol.
lowed by a glass of whisky.
Mrs. Lewis B. Woodruff Of New
York, who was once blind, has writ
ten book and is devoting the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the book to
aid those who cannot see.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

mighty metropolis of the great south
west Enthusiasm wisely concentrated
and directed is the most valuable as
set any city can possess. OF course,
Kansas City win win its fight for the
regional bank. Even Uncle Sans gov
ernment cannot Withstand the enthus-
iasm Like that.-Atchison Champion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Valuable Puma Grass.

Puma grass, used in Italy for the
manufacture Of brooms for sweeping
highly polished floors, is a product
OF swampy regions, particularly In
southeastern Lombardy, southern We
netia and northern Emilia, in which
sections it is said to grow abundantly
Mantua, Lombardy, is the center Of
the trade in puma grass. Peasants
around Mantua gather it during the
first three weeks in September, about
two weeks before It begins to bios
som.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

A welknown lawyer had a horse
that always stopped and refused to
cross the bridge leading out of the
city. No whipping, no urging, would
induce him to cross without stopping.
So he advertised him:
ITO be sold, for no other reason
than that the owner want to go out
Of town"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

The many testimonial letters that we are continually pub
fishing in the spapes-hundreds OF hem-are all genu
ine true and unsolicited expressions Of heartfelt gratitude
for the freedom from suffering that has to these
women solely through the use Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Money could not buy any kind of influence obtain
such recommendations you may depend upon it that any
testimonial publish is honest and rue you have any
doubt of this write the whose true and
addresses are always given, and learn for yourself
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Their Act.

"The men in congress who are op-
posing the franking privilege are act
ing quite apropos."
In what way?"
In trying to lick the free stamp
proposition"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06
Read this one from Mrs. Waters:

CAMDEN NJ@I sick for years with nervous spells and
kidneys affected. had doctor all the time and used
gayano battery but nothing did Twas not able
to bed but time couch sleeping chair and
became almost a skeleton Finally my away
health and my husband heard of lydia Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound and In months relief and
am like and at my usual weight recommend
medicine every Mrs
WATERS 1135 Knight St., Camden, Nj