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lines Bedtime
Story for Children
THE LISTENER.

Roly would listen to Mrs Tabby's
advice. and then when she got home
she would forget all about II, Lis
teners. Mrs. Tabby had often said
Cfor she knew that Roly was In the
habit Of listening on the phone).
never hear well OF themselves"
Roly thought OF this as she sat on
the doorstep and tried to make up
her mind. The more she thought
OF 1t. the more she wanted to see
whether or not 1t was true. 'If
everyone in Tabbyland dislikes ma
so. she said smoothing out her
dress, i surely want to know IT."
She slapped her paws together. ct
am going to listen" she said, decfd-
eddy. mo one will ever know and
think that I can catch Toby Hicks
or Fanny. But what good would N do
II she did, She hesitated. 1T
don't care" she whispered. IS sha
went toward the wooden teIcphone
on the wall. This is the last time"
She settled herself and strained
ner ears They stood up sharply.
when she heard two voices. 0ns
seemed-yes. one was SURELY Nrs
Tabby. and the other-the other
was Grandmother Tabby, She wa.
sorry on the instant, and wanted to
hang up the telephone, hut N
seemed glued to her paw.
Ihere was time at that picnici"
Ihat was Mrs. Tabby. "You know
Roiy was late" Granmother Tahb,,
SAID. Yes. I heard about IL. or ali
me silly little girls, she Is the silliestI
n mnat she needs Is a good spanking"
Roiy felt her whiskers s,iren ana
she could scarceIr -. ehu
tears Jack Ihe
one did not want to hear tn. rsnJv
..r. mrs Tabby. but she must stsy
Is pity she has no one To taEs
care OF her. Mrs Tabby began. HBI1t
even when l do tell her things she
Won need She listens on the teIe-
, pn9ne almost all day long. Poly
u again and AGAR" By this ttn,s.
hoor Roly at the other end of the
line. was almost dead with shana
But she Is such a dear" Mrs. Tah-
py went on, II don't know any3n.
VINO Is more kind. or who is as gem
ne AND she is so pretty. butt I'm
sfraio that Tab5yland people 40 not
like her as well as thew do sad snd
plain Fannie Hicks 1
mat was the last straw. RoIv
nuns up the receiver and burst into
tears TO be compared with Fan
ME Hlcks. And to have them saw
that folks liked Fannie better ~
all people she thought Fannie Hicks
was the ugliest. and worst dressed
anc-why she did not even seem 10
care how she looked or think abort
herself at ALI
Then Roly stopped crying ana sat
up perfectly straight. just as II she
had smelled something. Her nose
went way up in the air, and she
opened her eyes. just as little bit.
She had found the secret, and she
was right back where she had start
ed. She thought about herself all
or the time. and Fannie Hicks new
er thought about herself at all The
animals liked Fannie. and they did
not like her, and Mrs. Tabby had
said-that she should think more
about othersi
She thought first of Fannie Hicks
but / don't like her" she said to
herself-"but she likes everyone"
she wiped hers eyes. and went out
smiling, I'll so right now and see
Fannie, and be just as sweet as I
know how to bei''
And that was very sweet indeed.
as all of Tabbylard came to know.
for soon they thought just as much
of her as they did OF Fannie,
Copyright. 1914. FIorencs Z. Yoder.)
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Masterpieces of the Cuisine
TWO EGG DELEGATES of M LATTARD

IT. HERE Is no more delicious food
than the egg. and It lends itself
/ to So many delightful combina-
tons that the kitchen would be
crippled without It.
The two recipes that offer you here
together you will find particularly
pleasing these hot summer days. II you
will follow the directions with pains
taking faithfulness you need have no
fear of bad luck" You will have as
good luck as have myself.
Egg Pupke.
Have some Bernaise sauce ready.
Prepare ahead of time the desired num-
Der of unsweetened cream puffs. Fiji
teen or twenty minutes before serving
put these in an oven. to warm. In the
meanwhile prepare a stuffing Of lobster
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She was all ready to go out and
made some calls. She had on her
best dress, and her wonderful bon
net with the rosette and the feather
on II, but she spent very little time
indeed in front of the mirror Mrs
Tabby said that I thought entirely
too much of myself and how I look
ed and how I was treated" she said
to herself. II wonder If I really do
think about myself all of the timer
Then she began to wonder what
people in Tabbyland really thought
of her, and she grew so curious that
she did not know what to do.
She started to the door several
times and drew back. Now there
was one thing that was considered
quite wrong in Tabbyland. and come
to think of 1t l do not know but
what II Is considered very rude by
human beings. That was listening
at the telephone. Tabbyland was
like all of the Countrywide phones
were on one line and by picking up
the receiver without ringing, every
thing that was being said In Tabby-
land could be heard.
III I do not make any noise" she
argued to herself, no one will know
that 1 am listening" But she did
not go to the telephone at once. for
she needed courage.
Poor little puppy girl! She did
not know what she missed by not
having a mother to look out for her
Mrs. Tabby was very good, and
would tell her what to do and what
not to do Just as il she were one Of
her own children. But, you see.
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The musical director of the public
schools discussed for the league the
relation Of music to life's problems.
Arthur Deerin Call, an educator ard
now executive director OF the Ameri-
can Peace Society, presented facts
regarding the educational campaign
FOR international peace Mrs. Mary
Emerson Jackson gave one of the
most effective and stirring talks
heard by the mothers, on "A Mes
sage from the Underworld to
Mothers" Superintendent Z. L.
Thurston addressed the mothers at
another time on the subject of
"Retardation'' and outlined the
causes of such retardation.
In May a series of musicales was
arranged as a further development
of the part music had played in the
programs of all the meetings. Miss
Edith Athey. Miss Blanche Polkin-
horn. the Friday Morning Club.
Heinrich Hammer and Miss Ger
trude SchwanneCke were some Of
the musicians who assisted the
league during this course.
In the development of Fairgrounds
the Parents League found an effec-
tive field. In various way it has
tried to increase the use of schools
as social centers. 1t also made
determined effort. in cooperation
with school authorities. to have
school Fairgrounds thrown open IN
summer for the use of children.
Visiting Homes.
Through the suggestion Of Mrs.
Lyman Kebler, the league became
affiliated with the Mothers Con-
gress and sent delegate to the in
ternational convention on child well
tkfg Gnrinp The committee
problems. headed by Mrs. Michael
son. is working on 4 plan for friend
" and helpful visiting OF pupils in
their homes. This plan is similar TO
that now in effect among the MEM
bers Of the Council OF Jewish Women.
This committee advocated. in a re-
cent letter TO the Board OF Educa-
ton that leach school, or suitable
group of schools, be provided with
a special tutor whose duty il would
be to assist such pupils as. through
quarantine, illness. or other unaVoid-
able causes. have fallen behind their
classes" This letter also was laid
before the Commissioners of the Dis
trict.
The league also is endeavoring to
develop a love OF music among the
young. believing that such educa-
ton will result in growing appre-
citation Of music in the Capital.
The newly elected corps Of off
GERS. who will begin service this fall.
is composed of Mrs. Charles r.
Schmidt, president: Mrs. l.. D.
Clark, first vice president; Mrs. F.
L. Ransome. second vice president:
Mrs. Edwin G. Eckcl, secretary;
Mrs. William Hall. assistant secre-
tary, and Mrs. d. G. Pfeiffer. treas
urcr.
The present officers are Mrs F.
L. Ransome. president: Mrs. Frank
lin Wilson, first vice president: Mrs.
l.. D. Clark. second vice president:
Mrs. Louise II. Stabler, secretary:
Mrs. Irwin RittenhOuse. assistant
secretary. and Mrs. Charles r.
Schmidt. treasurer.
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as follows: Two-fifths artichoke bot
toms, two-fifths fresh mushrooms, one
fifth smoked salmon. all cut In small
cubes. Fry these in butter and set aside
in a warm place.
Now take out your cream puffs. cut
the top off, scoop out, and. inside. place
spoonful of lobster stuffing, over this
a soft-poached egg. Mask the egg with
a spoonful of Bernaise sauce, place the
top that you cut or over this and serve
at once.
Cold Egg Nuremberg.
A soft-boiled egg placed on little
crab meat salad made with some hashed
green peppers and highly seasoned.
Serve in a china cassolette. glaze with
paprika cream sauce.
Copyright, 1914. Newspaper Feature ser1oe)
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Parents League
Has Broad Vision
As Helpful Agency in School and Civic Work, Its
Labors Have Brought Commentator FROM
Educational Authorities

Of the fifty or more parent
teacher and home and school as
socidtions in Washington, the most
inclusive is the Parents League,
This league represents the parents
of an entire school division, the
second, and one school from the
.hird division.
The movement to abolish roller
foWels in schools, the effort to re-
dHce the size of classes, the petit
lion to send perry young children to
school in the morning instead of
the afternoon, and the effort to
ave gymnasium classes for chill
dreH, are some of the ideas
launched by this league which haze
lttracted wide attention during the
past WiHter. -.-.t
Studies of cigarette smoking
1mong young boys, Investigation
II moping picture programs, and
an inquiry into the general amuse-
TIeHt problem in the section repre-
SeHted also have been undertaken
Fy the league.
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works a hardship upon the teacher
and results IN the neglect of the
pupil. Along the same line the
league has advocated the equipment
OF schools which would obviate the
present necessity of children Of six
and seven years from attending
afternoon sessions.
For Civic Bettement.
But the league has not limited its
york strictly TO school issues. 1t has
taken an active interest in the civic
0etterment of that section of the
northwest included in the second
division OF schools, which comprises
the larger part of the territory OF
IS field of effort. 1t has inquired
INTO amusements, the character Of
books in loan Libraries. the PLAY
ground MANAGEMENT and the sani-
tary and street regulations of that
community.
Special committees have been at
work for more than a year or the
ibrary matter, on methods to coun-
teract the spread of cigarette smok-
ing among boys. to increase the
playground facilities and TO procure
wider use Of schools as recreation
centers. to guard against unsuitable
amusements, and TO secure greater
protection against taglous dis
eases OF children. These committees
have been active, though the nature
Of the efforts of most of them de-
ended that their work be done
quietly. Wide attention was attr>1-
ID last winter by the cor>>nittee
which made a fight for sanitary
towels for the schools. mother COM
mittee mas Supposed the work of
Giving boys and girls physical in
struction I'm the gymnasium OF the
James Ormond Wilson Normal
school.
The schools represented in the
cague are the James Ormond Will
son Normal. Ross. Powell. Johnson,
hubbard, Monroe. PetwOrth. Park
Jew. II. d. Cooke. West, Bright
wood. Brentwood Park. Woodburn
md 'Takoma All OF these except
the Cooke School lie within the
bounds OF The second division. Each
Of these schools sends TO the league
= group of three women selected for
their interest in educational prob
ems and fitness to deal with such
prHblems.
The evening meetings Of the league.
~ themselves, have been noteworthy
The series last winter was opened
with an address by s. (. Kramer.
assistant superintendent. who spoke
of the service the league could rem
der in its endeavor to do away with
.rowded ella sses.
Later P. P. Claxton. United States
ner OF education. ad
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We his way once a week. -
.egraph.
Too often it happens that the fell
~ who marries one soon finds out
ny a pretty girl is called a dream"
philadelphia Inquirer.
man always seems to have more
1emies than friends because the for
D. er are the more active.
And many men who walk in the
raight and narrow path are as mar
"w as they are straight.-Albany
Journal
The man who makes a fool of him.
If never confines himself to one role.
o Desert News.
Natural science Is a distinct form
"f thought" Perhaps II is as difficult
or a man TO think naturally as for a
oman TO act naturally.-Florida Times
MON.
III men would value themselves as
ley value their possessions for the as
70 :ssoF, they would put their sslf-esteem
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R. HILDEBRAND.

ion between home and
ween parents and teach
ached its highest poten-
ne numerous associations
ton In which mothers and
meet on common ground.
81 and most compre-
.hese organizations is the
.ague, representing four
).
tive work done by the
.ague Is attested by the
:ials, who regard it as
systems most helpful
The league has taken
Jew of its mission than
lar organizations, for
,ognizes the good of the
primary aim of its eff
realizes that the child's
fected by the well being
her. So the announced
league is the welfare
md teachers"
, principal reforms for
.ague has been working
to the good of pupils
alike. That is the sgi-
smaller classes. The
I have forty pupils the
signed TO a single teach
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By FLORENCE z. YODER.

MO, won't look in the mir
I'M ror again." said Roly
Y firmly to herself. After
that little puppy girl had
been late to the picnic because she
stopped too long to admire herself,
she had been careful not to be too
vain
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In Melon Time
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

w a termelons
and cantaloupes
seem so inter-
tWined with our
national table
We do not recall
that they were
originally stran-
gers from the
tropics, which
have become ac-
climated in our
Southern States,
and are now
thought of as
distinctly Amer
L.
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THE ONLY
Department Representing
THE PUBLIC
WHAT THEY'RE SHOW.
ING IN WASHINGTON.
TODAY

TODAY
Mary PIckford In q Biogruph re-
Issue, the Pickwfck, oil PcnnsyI.
vanin avcnue.
Feature program, Olympic Park,
Fourteenth and v streets.
Same RoIe.n,'' CrapdalIs, Ninth
end E streets,
Mutual program, Central Park,
Ninth near G street.
TOMORROW.
"rhe Million Dollar Mystery,
seventh instnllment, Olympic Park,
Fourteenth and v streets.
Mary PicI<ford in q BfoRrnph re-
Issue, CrandnIps, Ninth and r
streets.
Feature program, the Pickwick,
ei1 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mutual program, Central Park,
Ninth near G street.
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Library, ulSC
Books" DH
tured on :
of Throa
Charles 2
Evils Of
Howard g
told of tho
Court and |
Haycock pd
provision f.
schools in
temperance
of tha DiStr
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IT'S FROM SHARP WITS

Luke says: "A brute is a
insists upon making his wife
We his way once a week. -
egraph.
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I Walter A. Wells lee
Ids and the Prevention
Ind Nose Troubles"
rling was heard on
arette Smoking" B.
Il probation officer,
prk of the Juvenile
1pervising Principal
d out the meageN
instruction in the
oTdance with the
an anti-tobacco laws
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05

Representative Robert Gunn Brem-
ner of New Jersey, publisher of the
Daily Herald at Passaic, jim that state,
is in a private hospital in Baltimore
showing Improvement after 100000
worth of radium was placed in his
shoulder To cure the cancer from
which he has been suffering for four
years.
The radiu,n was contained in eleven
. II inches long and one-third of an
inch in diameter. The weight Of the
metal was between 500 and 900 milli-
grams and is probably the most en-
pensive quantity ever used in a single
operation. The tubes were planted in
eleven incisions i'm the cancer and al
lowed to remain twelve hours. during
which the radio-active properties of
the radium played through the can
cerous growth.
After carefully observing tho result
of the first application DR.. Howard A.
Kelly. who performed the operation,
is of the opinion that the operation
will he successful. If cure or even
Improvement result, another step for
ward will have been taken in the fight
on this disease. Although about a
dozen cures of cancer with radium
have been reported by physicians and
surgeons i'll the last six years. medi-
cal men still hesitate to subscribe
without reserve to the curative prop
critics of the precious metal
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05

should also embrace branch lines to
the coal fields and other mining Sec
tiOns wherever practicable. This
recommendation is in line with the re-
port of the Alaska railroad commits
sion. made to congress in 1912. and
n bill now before congress is intended
to provide such railroad facilities, and
] earnestly recommend it's passage. to
the end that something approaching
adequate railroad transportation shall
be furnished to the men who are now
cndeavoring to develop the various
geographical sections of the territory.
in the face OF almost insurmountable
llandicaps, and to those others who
will follow in their wake. by the thou-
sands. into the rich agricultural, min
ing and timber regions that will be
opened up by means of the railroad
systems contemplated by the bill now
before the congress.
Roads and Trails Needed.
supplementary to railroads, and
as producers Of added tonnage for
railroad transportation. there should
be a largely increased appropriation
by congress for the construction and
maintenance Of new roads and trails.
An appropriation by congress Of a
million dollars. year for this pur-
pose, for period Of ten years, would,
I submit, add to the national wealth,
In a decade and half, 100000. 900.
because since cheap transportation 10
the essential factor in the Develop
ment Of pioneer countries the result
ant effect would be tremendous in
crease in the mineral output of the
territory. besides opening to agricult-
ural pursuits vast areas of land now
practically inaccessible. or which can
only b reached af great COST
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05
Vessel in Trouble and Only
Seven, Including Captain.
Are Rescued.
ssoKLAHOMA" IS
STORM LASHED


New! York, Jan. 5.-The tank
steamer reported in trouble yesterday
and last night OF Sandy Hook was
identified today as a. the Oklahoma.
after twenty-five Of her crew are be-
lieyed to have perished. Seven were
rescued.
Although several vessels were
standing BY the distressed tank
steamer. the Hamburg American line
fretghter, Bavaria. bound from Phil
adelphia to Boston, was the only one
able to render any assistance to the
Oklahoma.
She reported by wireless that she
had taken of Captain Alfred Gunter
and six others Of the crew.
No mention was made Of the re-
mainder Of the crew, thirty in num-
ber. The Oklahoma is owned by the
Guffey Petroleum company.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05
Nations Forestry Duties Clear
Cut, Declared Uncle Sans Head
Forester; Policy Is Outlined

Washington. Jan. 5.-Henry S.
Graves. chief of the United States
forest service, believes with his pre-
decessor, Clifford Pinchot. that the
federal government should not alter
its policy with regard to the matter
ton should consider it's forestry
policy definitely settled.
The nation has an important
stake in forestry" said Mr.. Graves.
Some persons would leave the for-
ests entirely to private owners.
Others insist that the public phases
of forestry are altogether state
function. and that federal activities
national responsibility in forestry is
perfectly clear-cut. There need be
no confusion with an equally clear
cut responsibility OF the states. AZ
to private forestry. little Of value
has so far been done that has not
been an outcome of public action
through state or federal agencies. or
both.
The aim of the present admisin-
tratiOn is not to overturn, but to take
every possible step TO increase eff
cheney OF the organization, to adjust
difficulties and to advance as fast as
possible the purposes for which the
national forests were established.
Secretary Houston recently said
Establish permanent boundaries:
classify your lands; segregate the
agricultural land and fix right limits
for what is needed as protective and
productive forests. Develop perma-
nent' policies based on full recogni-
ton Of lasting public interests and
settled foresa practice fitted to the
Individual needs of each forest and
locality. Study efficiency. Make any
changes necessary for this purpose,
but make no changes that Are not
clearly called for In the public inter-
est.
Carry out your plans for the
the forests. but, above all, make each
forest work for community and local
rs we'll as general welfare. We must
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05
Sees Bright Future for Alaska; Wants Federal
Owned Railroads for Far Northern Country

Washington, Jan. Sin his first an
nual report to the secretary OF the In.
terror, Governor j. F. A. Strong of
Alaska declares that a more hopeful
feeling is now evident among the peo-
pie of Alaska than for several years
preceding, and expresses the belief
that 1t is due to the opinion that the
territory Is about to. enter upon a new
era OF unparalleled development, in
dustrially and commercially
The governor asserts that one Of
the chief causes of the slow increase
in the population of Alaska lies In the
have been pursued, instead of encOur-
aging the development OF the terri
tory's vast natural resources, have
had the effect of discouraging the
prospectors and miners. who. in a
country such as this, are the advance
agents of development and the cour-
iers of civilization.
Lack Of Transportation Felt.
r, Lack Of transportation facilities
has been, and is, another potent cause
which has operated against the de-
velopment of promising mining reg
IONS" .tand Joined to all this ID the
additional embargo that has. been
placed upon the territory by that gov-
.ernment policy which has resulted in
locking up the coal areas of Alaska,
thus preventing their development,
the promotion Of industrial and com :
mercial activity, and the increase OF
population--a condition. if this policy
were reversed, that would DO created
BY the opportunities fol. labor and,
capital that would accrue from the g.
;tablishment OF new linessaof human
endsav0r and activity i. sss;Sl ~.
Vt s. r cOmprehensives n syS tenn of rail-
spad for AlaskA II . tllan6 iindiSpnl NJ
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-05
POSTAL frauds
TO Be ATTACKED
Drastic Action Will be TAX.
en- in Attempting Preven-
ton of Swindles.

Washington. Jan. 5.-The loss of
s129, 100000 in two years by an un-
suspecting public, due to swindling
operations carried on by the use OF
the United States mails. has stirred
postal authorities to drastic cam.
paign against fraudulent schemers.
The wholesale use Of the govern
ment's right to deny the privilege to
persons or firms whose operations are
tinted with get rich quick" and
other false promises. is the weapon
to be employed.
1t is pointed out that the fraud Or
der Immediately cuts off the source of
supply of funds which the scheme
largely depends upon for its continue
ance, and puts many prospective VIC
TINS on guard by reason of the return
to them of their letters to such con-
Germs plainly marked fraudulent" on
the envelope