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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-11
When You Buy Fall
Furniture
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
Author Of The New Housekeeping"

the dull finish which is just as at
tractive and which will save much
worry and work for the housewife.
Good taste demands plain lines in
pillows and upholstery furnishings
as well. Fringe is not popular and
pillow covers are devoid of cord
and ribbon ruffles. Instead OF
such Celebrations which were al
ways likely to become mussy or
even fall off tas fringe) from the
article they were supposed to dec
crate, upholsteries and draperies
should be of the simplest. The
material itself can be, rich and
decorative, but every ball. bead,
ribbon and fringe should be
avoided
While the stores offer most at
tractive looking couch covers. pill
low tops, etc, 1t is strange that we
sometimes err in buying material
that is too strongly colored, or
which does not combine with other
articles in a room. 1t is mistake
to purchase a pillow so conspicuous
that 1t hits you as you enter the
room, or any hanging which is not
in harmony with the general color
scheme
Choose all articles of furniture
thinking of their use first and
beauty second. } A beautiful gilt
legged chair may be senseless-
The otherwise good looking chair
may be too low in the seat or
have an uncomfortable back, or
the backs of the dining room
chairs may be put in at an I'M
comfortable angle.
The arm-rest may be not broad
enough. The dining table may
have a bar across in just the posi-
ton to strike the knee. The other
wise attractive sideboard may have
two cupboards which will be prac-
tically worthless. either for linen
or food storage. The drawer may
not be deep enough, or ii may be
at the bottom instead of at the top.
which will require unnecessary
STOPPING. An ornate claw leg may
spoil an otherwise good chair. A
poor mirror will make an attrac
tive buffet less effective. All of
these pints, and many more,
should be considered by the house
wife before she buys. Do not ac
cept furniture and believe that you
can be happy with its shortcom-
ings. Somewhere in some store
there will be just the piece con-
structed according to the best
ideas. and those which will mean
less work and care for the house
wife. Then when you find 1t. be
willing to pay the price. because
good furniture, well made and fin
ished. cannot be bought for
nothing.
Copyright. 1914 by Mrs. Christine Fredericl
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cellar. There were voices below dis
cussing something with considerable en-
ergv. heard them distinctly as
passed the window.
What's all this" I heard Mary de-
mand in surprise.
sand" said the phlegmatic work
man. a foreigner.
What's it for?'
The floor"
The floor" exclaimed Mary disap-
provingly This cold storage cellar is
10 have a cement floor
Conccivablv. the man went or working
You might Just as well stop that
now" said Mary. with an air % finality
for I'm going to have cement floor
in that cellar. Sand is absurd
Which was really very much better
than he knew. Still he went cn work
ing
Mary stamped her foot.
That's enough" she said stop it,
The man halted. With his foreign con-
ception Of domestic arrangements lie
said positively:
"B0ss-he say sand-and sand II be-
Boss" said Mary. sharply. What
do YOU mean"
Man of the house-he want sand He
get it."
well" snapped Mary. he may be the
man Of the house. but he isn't the boss
I'll have cement.
And she did.
once in while a man inadvertently
learns the real truth about hirr-Alf and
then he sneaks forlornlv off to his ken.
mel and hovls at the moon.
Copyright. 1914 Newspaper Feature Service
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y UNITING the Mongolian wild
~ sheep is an exciting sport and
dangerous in itself. but the
added peril OF the Kalmuk out
laws that infest the mountains adds
an unlocked for zest that might well
be done without.
The wild sheep. or owls ammon." are
huge members OF the sheep family
whose curling horns often reach q
spread of sixty inches in the sweep, and
sre to be found only in the towering
snow-clad mountain peaks OF the Altai
mountains. Into the interior OF that
strange country OF DZungaria, whose
bandits the Russian custom officials
declare have been responsible for more
mysterious disappearance than even
the Mexican marauders below our own
borders. went with a party OF hunters
to bring back some of the wonderful
sheep horns we coveted.
Twenty-six partly civilized Kalmuks,
with light carts and thirty-nine horses,
marched in our train as baggage carriers,
camp servants and guards when we
rode out OF Kobodo. All of the tales
of danger and death We had heard for
" eeks seemed but wild imaginings as
looked upon our strong caravan. Each
had nd
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would dare attack US. The next week
proved my mistake.
We were passing through a valley,
travelling in single file with our inter-
prefer and guide leading. when a soli-
tary kalmuk doomed out of the twi-
light. The interpreter halted. one by
one the whole train stopped. and I rode
forward TO learn the cause OF the delay.
II was soon made imprudently clear to
me.
The lone Kalmuk was an emissary
an ambassador OF bandits. and he had
come to deliver an ultimatum. II was
to this effect: II we did not Instantly
surrender half of our horses. guns and
provisions certain death would overtake
us. We were passing through their
country and we must pay toll. l did
not need to instruct the interpreter in
his reply, and the answer had the effect
of a declaration OF war.
We sensed this in the very air and
spent that night in armed vigil. drilling
our raw recruits into proficiency with
their guns. And the next morning we
narrowly escaped ambuscade.
Luckily our very boldness proved our
salvation, and our superior guns soon
routed the bandits. Then we pressed on
to the snow-clad peaks that rewarded
US with all OF the wild sheep horns we
mad desired.
Copyright. 1914 Newspaper Feature Service )
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WHO is BOSS?
XIII.

THERE have been a great many
humorous anecdotes about who
is the head OF the house-or. to
put It a little more brutally. who
is the "bOss"-but l have recently had
an experience which determined my
status in such brief and positive terms
that l shall always feel quite sure just
what position l actually fill in my little
household.
have always talked a lot OF idyllic
stuff about partnership. | never saw
any actual necessity for a boss" I
like the notion of a man and his wife
talking domestic problems over AMIGA
bly, and adjusting them with an eye to
each other comfort and inclination.
1t took a very simple tsing to teach
me my place-nothing more than the
floor OF a cold storage cellar.
Mary had talked a great deal about
somebody or others cold-storage cellar.
and, although we had been spending en-
tireiy too much money, ] eventually de-
cided to have one end of my cellar made
into a cold storage place merely so my
nightly game OF solitaire and my peru
sal Of the newspaper might be unmar-
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and made him public show. He was
sluns between two horses.
perspirtng hands. Precipitation deadens
the strings when / play.
There Is the tincture of belladonna--
a definite poison-three or four drops Of
which. taken In water after meals, viii
check the conditions. Use only under
doctors orders
Nutgall ointment or vinegar applied
to the hands will help to stop the per-
spfratton- The inside Of your gloves
should contain powdered camphor, rose
! leaves. and oxide OF zinc.
F. r. H-Use three or four handksr-
chiefs day because OF my nose.
You should use bits Of absorbent cot
ton Instead Of handkerchiefs, and burn
them up. A prolonged course OF irriga-
ton into the pocket inside your nose
where nest of microbes abide IL neces-
sary. Go to a clinic for nose diseases
and have this syringed out every day
for a few months
Dr.. RfrshberD toll aastoer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hyofertc and sanitation subjects that drs
OF general interest. He tciu not under
take to prescribe or offer Gdptce for In
dtptdrdl cases. Where the subject % not
OF general interest letters tcill be an
sneTed personally, II stamped and dd-
dressed envelope 70 Enclosed. Address all
inquiries TO DR.. L. x. Hirshbero care
this office.
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~ OILY brought out the wash
- tub and the wringer and the
bucket ard set them on the
long low bench. He sighed
every now and then as il he were in
great pain. and would stop and wipe
his eyes.
AS q matter feet there wasn't
anything the mItter with him. He
Just felt sorry for himself. You see
Roly had gone out 10 spend the
whole day long with Mrs. Hicks
and Fannie. now that she was so
nice they liked her. and poor Poly
was left to do what little washing
there was.
Il don't see why 7 should De left
TO do this" he complained. it s
not work for a puppy boy" He
grumbled and growled. but as he
thought of all of the things that his
fat sister Roly cid for him without
ever saying a word, he quoted
down
As he gathered the clothing to-
Eether for the first dip, he laughed
Ia a very shame-faced manner. mis-
isn't going TO be half as bad as l
thought it was" he said. i suppose
IL is lust the fear that that ras-
cal Of a Tom Tabby will see me.
His arms were full OF clothes, lit
tie dresses Of Roly, and his suits. he
held them high, UuI sOmeuow, they
began TO slip. and slide, and the
first thing he knew mis- feet had
caught and he tell forward on his
face, directly toward the open door
To his surprise, as he fell, he hearq
some one in the doorway laugh, ana
taking his nose out OF the folds
Of the dresses. he looked 10 Tommy
Tabby. with a naughty grim on his
face, and his green eyes shining
like twin stars, looked him in the
face.
Poly wanted to say something
unkind, but for the life Of him he
couldn't There was somethin~ so
mocking aad funny, and strangest
round-eyed kitty boy. that he
smiled instead.
Well" Poly did not move from
his position flat on the floor.
Well" and Tom gave him paw
TO help him up.
Poly grinned and Tommy laughed.
Doing a washing? It's something
I have done many q time" Poly
sighed with relief and sat up.
II thought that / would let Roly
off for today" he explained.
Mighty good OF you" Tom re-
piled But let's get TO work.
Now. neither ore Of them knew
how 10 wash clothes. but each one
was afraid 10 tell the other. They
got along beautifully. until the
clothes which had been boiled were
dumped out
They fell. steaming, into the tub.
and as soon as the clouds died away
tkey looked at one another in hor-
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Superhuous Hair Killed
Without Electricity
Nine. Chaminade's Advice.


II have the greatest trouble with cor
respondents who insist on using COM
mon. worthless depilatories or the tor
turing electrical needle for killing their
superfluous hair says Mime. Charni-
made in Milady's Boudoir. More mem
tai and physical suffering Is caused by
these abominable methods than you can
imagine. I have carefully tried a new
and simple method that never falls to
remove all signs OF hair completely and
painlessly and without injury to the
skin or complexion. In a surprisingly
large number Of cases II has destroyed
all traces OF hair so that It has never
retuyned. In fact. I must caution my
readers that 1t must not be applied to
hair that they do not wish totally de-
stroyed. II is called Mrs Osgood's
Wonder" after the well-known society
Woman. who allowed II to be put on the
market a<ter 1t had succeeded IN en-
tirely Graduating all traces OF her own
very distressing growth of hair on chin.
lip, and arms, after everything else had
failed.
Mrs. Osgood's Wonder is quite mex
pensive: you can obtain II from ODon-
nelrs Drug store or any up-to-date
druggist or department store. Ask for
1t BY name, Mrs. Osgood's Wonder"
q signed Money-Back guarantee comes
with every package--Advt-
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Answers to Health
Questions

Mrs. B.-Should a boy 13 sleep with a
man 81?
All growing children-as well as all
persons for that matter-should sleep in
widely separated beds with windows
wide open. 1t is unsanitary and un-
healthy not to.
R. E.-What Is good for dry, scaly
face with red spots and pimples?
The scaling is, no doubt due to some
drug you have used for the pimples.
Keep your intestines active twice day.
let your face alone for one week, and
then use liquid sulphur on the 7impies.
EDNA z. LII. What causes hair to
be oily.
2 What will remove freckles7
8. How can I cure cold In the
chest?
l. This is natures provision and pro-
lection 1t is a good thing.
. An indoor life is about the only
thing that will remove these face marks
OF vigor and health.
3. Live in the fresh air by day and go
TO bed early at night
\ vIoLINIST-Sugges a remedy for
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HERE'S THE
Dotted for Fad Yet
Strangely Dotless
for Use

~ DID designs in the meshes of
veil are another form Of
~ feminine trickery. They
catch the eve and direct it
toward the face of the wearer.
This new veil has accomplished an
other feat. for 1t makes the eyes ap-
pear large and prominent, while It
throws the rest of the face IN
shadow. This is accomplished by
weaving fine diamond mesh circles
which are placed over the eyes.
while the remainder Of the veil Is
braided from threads Of heavier
mesh. And it has another advantage.
too. for 1t does not injure the eyes
and make the head ache. as dark,
thick-thread wells are apt to do.
Bobby wells are another novelty
of the season. for they hardly reach
the upper lip. White wells Of this
character are popular. and their
edges are bordered by a light cord.
The flame veil'' Is made Of a era
quele net, and its design resembles
a border of hot Goals about the hem.
Flames shoot up into the body Of
the veil mesh and end in series OF
graduated dots supposed to repre-
sent sparks.
A single dot on fine veil is al
ways fiattering to the wearer. for II
further enhances the beauty OF the
complexion. Small butterfly and
dragon designs appear on some Of
these. and chenille and velvet dots
will again be popular. One designer
shows pearl gray beauty spots on q
gray net.
Among the most beautiful Of con-
sentative wells are those of hexagon
mesh with hand run designs. Pro-
nounced colors in wells are always
in bad taste. and the dyes are dam
gerous to women with a slight
tendency to skin trouble.
The hat should never be put away
with the veil still pinned about its
brim. The veil should always he
taken off. folded. and placed fiat in
a case or box. Silk wells may be
cleaned in gasolene and tepid water
and soap may be used to wash wells
of linen mesh or those Of twilled
cotton. And then, If the veil is care
fully adjusted-not too tight OF too
loose-it will add an airy smartness
to the hat.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service.
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housewife Lan pick out one kind OF
frame and a spring and grade Of
mattress to suit There are two
things IL is unwise to economic on,
and they are the spring and the
mattress. Because on them depends
the comfort and healthful sleeping.
1t is much better to spend less money
on the bedstead and eliminate some
of the elaborate knobs and filigree
ornament and put money into a
box spring or the best woven wire
spring and the best mattress. Do
not forget either to have the mat
tress made in two or three sections
II 1t is a double bed. as this will
greatly save the strain on the one
who has the beds TO care for. Also
IL is very easy to have the store
place handles Of upholstery braid on
each side of the mattress so that IL
can be grasped and turned more
easily.
In buying any furniture such as
chairs, tables, etc, two important
points for the housekeeper to con-
slider are the amount of carving in
the design and whether the wood has
a very high polish. Ornate table
legs, claw feet and much-carved
chair backs may be admired by some,
but II the housewife cares about the
amount of effort she must bestow
on such articles. it is much wiser
to choose furniture with plain, SIM
pie lines and little or no carving.
Every curlycue, spindle and carving
means places for the Judgment OF
dust, places that are hard to get at
and most difficult to keep absolutely
clean. Similarly the high polished
woods show dust most easily and
most easily become scratched. All
wood finishes can be secured in
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Yet none of these cages OF men are
in any sense of the guy-ropes, stocks.
or halters that habits are
To sit always In the same seat, to
walk upon the same side. to cross a
street always In the same way. to think
always the same thoughts, to read al
ways the same parts Of the same news
paper, Is imprisonment and thralldom
worse than any suffered by these his
tortc characters in chains.
Habit flinders Thought.
The thoughts. opinions. work. and
health OF most persons are formed and
remain at a low ebb throughout life,
because the habits become set in youth
and never change throughout life
There is no greater physiological sign
Of decadence and lapse Of human power
into mere animality than to think the
same thoughts at this moment that you
thought this time last year, the year
before. and the other preceding years.
That Is life sentence In slav1sh
chains.
There are no weightier drags upon
heaIthful thought and progressive ac-
ton than the clankins chains of never
broken habits Even the best habits
must be switched into a new channel.
or linked into new harness at frequent
iniervals-unless the owner means
merely to vegetate.
Even the habit of patience ceases to
be a virtue: II coils itself around the
heart like a serpent and puts you In
that vestibule of Dante's Inferno where
the blameless and the praiseless" are
chained.
Habit Weakens Vitality.
II Is as hard to break the habit Of
patience as of indulgence. The habit Of
errors Is as difficult to short-circuit as
Is belief and knowledge. Habit Is a
plague and an abomination beside
which those that visited Egypt are
as nothing.
The reason why many schoolmasters
and college professors are half-seas
over with, one-sided specialism, and
useless In everything else Is because
of their isolated habits. They scott at
the shoemaker, the bod carrier, the
clothing cutter. yet they list just as
heavily to starboard themselves.
Neurasthenia, hysteria, mental de-
preston. and a myriad OF maladies
are usually explosions Of your tissues
against the rut and routine Of narrow
mercantile. financial, and similar toll
ing habits OF work or thought
These thought disorders are natures
way to resent your absence OF adapta-
bility.
Copyright. 1914 Newspaper Feature servtce)
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Double Courage.

age"
What's he DONE"
He not only appeared with the first
straw hat Of the season. bu Re was
brave enough to wear one of Ties mar
row-brim. rough-straw chimney pcrs."
Boston Transcript
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q UGUST is the month of furni-
"A ture sales and the wise shop
per takes advantage of price
reductions to feather her
nest But there are some points
in buying which it might be we'll for
her TO consider in advance.
First let us take the aIl-important
bed purchase. Fortunately. there
has been a great improvement an the
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Tho truth about the girl in the
case" distinguishes this net0 SertGs by
Miss DdIrymple. Her character studies
tCiH not appear unfamiliar TO the ma
joTity Of readers, ThO uI tOlloL0 the
fortunes of "Peter' With DroWing TN
tercSt.
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
How Habits Cage Men
Closer Than Steel Bars
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG
A. B.. NJ. A. ND Uohns Hookins)

a B.. N. A. N. D. (Tohns Hopkins). /.
LEXANDER THE GREAT had callisthenes the
n philosopher. chained up In an iron cage for
~ This because CalIisthenes
refused to consider him Emperor by divine right
Catherine the Second of Russia kept hairdresser
chained cage for than three years In
her bed chamber. prevent him telling people
was bald and had to a wig.
King Edward the First confined the Countess of
Buchan In cage for placing the Scot
land the head OF Bruce The cage erected on
of Berwick Castle. Here countess
the rigor Of the elements and the
of the passers-by.
Louis XII confined Cardinal Balus for ten years In
cage In tho Castle Of Loches Tamerlane locked
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Quite frequently n man may be seen
who ime einrs he IS uratorical when
in fact he IL only windy.-knoxy Vile
Joul MAJ and Tripupe.
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Hits From Sharp Wits.

The dictograIh t. nnoih'r e rtoa@
things that makes up IN reputation
what trey lacI: In character. -P1ila.
delphis Inq,ircr.
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manner of SELL
ing beds and
bedding in re-
cent years. To-
day the frame,
the springs and
the mattress can
all be bought
separately. This
means that in
stead of choos-
ing a complete
bed at an all
over price the
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Mss Laurie tofIl toeEcone Ierrers OF
inquiry on subjects of femfnins inter
est from young tpomen readers Of This
paper and tciIl reply to them in these
columns. They should be addressed to
hcr care this Office.
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E. E. F.-You won't like my sd
vice, for I am forced TO agree with
your mother when she says that
seventeen Is too young for you to
he running around In the evenings
without a chaperone. The fact
that you are a professional dancer
and are constantly thrown with
more careful.
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Informal-You are lucky that a
pick up" acquaintance resulted so
rieasantly can't reiteratc too
strongly that It is a dangerous and
unladylike practice, but. in this case.
since a pleasant friendship has been
formed you might rs well forget
about the informally OF its begin
ming.
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A vIoLINIsT-suggest a remedy for
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N. and d. would try to find out.
Il I were you, Just how much truth
there is in the thing your girl friend
tells her. Don't take II for granted
that she is not telling the truth.
Perhaps her word is as reliable as
the mans. II you find she has been
deceiving you. break of with her.
for she has been guilty of one of
the meanest things a woman can do.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-12-26
Two Good Shows

BY special arrangement tho man
agement Of the Opera House has "a
cured the Deverc-Stewart Stock com
pany for two performances. Friday
and Saturday evenings, Jan. list and
End. Friday evening the play will be
a dramatization of A. Conan Doyle,.
world famous book, "The Sign of tho
Four" and on Saturday evening "The
Little Mother" will be produced Each
play Is real production from every
viewpoint.
Miss Maynon Stewart, the leading
lady, is a very charming artist and
her work is pleasing. convincing and
refreshing. She is supported by a
company composed of a number of
well known players, among whom
are: Leon McRoynolds, seldy Roach.
d. L. Mack, c. M. Devere and others
The company will be pleasantly re-
membered as being here some time
ago. Those who heard them then.
will undoubtedly go again, and those
who did not, will miss much II they do
not make the most Of the present op-
portunity.
Popular prices, rs, 35 and so cents.
Reserved seats at the usual place