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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
A Christmas Hint

A friend of mine, said woman re
Gently, showed me a handy little article
that she always carried in her hand
bag which she makes and sells for
20 cents IT consists OK a piece o.
ribbon a quarter Of n yard wide hem
med at each end and then herring
bpned In the center on one end are
two pieces Of narrow ribbon to be
used as ticstrings Then two loops
are buttonholed and sewed on the rib
bon, and I'm one are inserted about four
or five hairpins; i'm the other loop are
that many invisible hairplns, then n
needle threaded with white thread
under the other; then there are few
large and some small safety pins, some
black headed ana some white and n
few white pins, all pinned through the
silk. This Is all rolled and tied with
the narrow ribbon. IL Is handy little
accessory to the bag and takes up
little room.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
A Christmas Game.

Pictorial contest is a game for older
children. In fact. it has proved very
interesting to those still older children
that you call erownups First II short
Christmas story is read by some par
emf When the story is finished thc
children are given scrap hooE- shccts
of manila paper tied together with
holly ribbon. table fun c. maya
zines, scissors. pencils and pins Each
person is TO Illustrate the Story just
read by cutting pictures from the
magazines and pinuing tAcu ia;o the
scrap book a line or two are then writ
ten underneath TO explain the meaning
of the pictures 1t is surprising what
really clever books can be produced
with lust n little ingenuity
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
An Old Bottle Piano.

You can probably find sixteen or
eighteen empty bottles, and am going
TO tell you how to make bottle piano
on which you can play real tunes. aud
which will give you any amount Of
run, says writer i'm CasScl's Little
Folks.
You will require two poles broom
handles will do-a couple of chairs
the bottles and some water
Place the two poles across the chairs
and suspend the bottles from them
using pieces of string with double
loops. If the bottles are all the same
size you obtain different notes by pour.
Ing water into them the more water
You pour into bottle. the lower the
note will be. But If the bottles are of
different shapes and there is no rcl-
son why you should not hang up All
the empty bottles YOU can lay Your
hands on-upon striking them with a
stick you will find that each bottle
gives forth n different note ANA can be
Tuned by pouring in little or lot Of
water, according to the note required.
If the bottles are ali alike YOU will
pour q little water in the first bottle
little more In the second still more ia
the third and so on until the eighth
is almost full On the second pole YOU
can get in the sharps and flats. ana if
you wish you can add third pole and
go an octave higher 10y USING smaller
bottles.
For playing the bottle piano use q
wooden stick or cane; for quick tunes.
use two sticks. one in each ll4l. auG
for still faster work two performers
are required, one ON each side of the
piano.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
Caro- Of Young childrsn.


III i5 curious 10 notice how few wpm-
en- realize thc possibilities OF compra.
henS.l ,n Children h.tween tho ages
Of two Jud i've yrius. They will dis
, cuss tAv most Impossible subjects he
fore ih' li;''c ores and very often dis
cuss tic children themselves in II way
that seems to indicate that th, LITTLE
brains are hlalks So they are nt first
but tIaf arc Blanks upon which any
pa iIe bard cam write what very few
hand c"a ol.t ''N
hhc arcr'"r ch.id of these years is
quicker SO comprehend than at any
other period lie IS more rensitive TO
Impressions 'nn growpuns can nossi,
bI' realize. IN angrily rails d voice
leoN, blot on tbr Young mind which
it will take vc'l;s To remore.
Ih'nE. thpn. muthers. Of tie RESPONSE
hi. .,F O.! "r'ting cn these qui,kly GOV.
ci.i blanks Think of the care which
should be spent on the writing. for. re.
member as Che child is trained now SO
viii Ec hc boo udOlcs"ence lf Kindness
courtesy ond generosity are the lessons
impressed on The young mind as he
grows $50 viii the knowledge of these
traits develop. lf he Is raised ON other
principles hr viii reject their impress
SLOWS in after years.
irt.u SOL. little one in idels of bio
htal,t... aad compassion toward
otLrt II is vcry easy to do When
tn 'hi.l bumps EiS head do not en-.
courage him in ideas of revenge by
spanking t1' Offending obstacle ana
snl,nE lad door Tor bad floor o1
Whatever 3D. object may ben. nHow
could 10 huri alby. There. rake
thatr !, i this uvthud which viii
ti"in t.c rlli q ,n catrrly wrong ideas
of revenge
" iU>t.id uf This treatment the child
is tsht compassion and self forget.
FUN, tlie mother will reap the re-.
ward iu after years Teach the little
ue hF arur Poor door. There
Did Baby hurt ~ Baby didn't mean
10" lu ibis way thc little one viii
'or4ct his own hart iu thlnklng Of tho
JtIf
Torh ho little one. slso. to be nm.
so.G.l go other children. when
he ms .. fhc recipient Of present
of o3 otcs or toys teach him IN
divide ..s 1dics with others I'm tho
Family ar no Is ihe only child. then
W.th a.s i.uds 20 the little mind y
inpro GO oifh thp ruct chat III h
#0re blessed TO give than 10 receive
itis quite rc'tiu that the child Of such
teaching 7i not grow into n selfish,
SELF ceutered man or woman.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
kin1ono Rival.

A rival to the kimono, which is so
convenient and which has so long held
sway among dressing gowns, has been
found in the seamless diibah, so well
beloved by women artists. Quite as
artistic as the kimono, the new gown,
which Is Kind of cover-all, is per-
haps more convenient, and as a sub
stitute for a morning or breakfast
gown it leaves nothing to be desired.
a red shade of chocolate brown is
chosen in soft wooden stun and is
ornamentcd by n printed bold design
I'm black at the hem, the yoke and
sleeves. The gown is fastened en-
princesse down the back and the up
per part is made kimono fashion with
half sleeve. Oriental and japanese
styles are copied in the designs that
trim the djibahs, and the colors are
mixed, gray being patterned with
crimson, green with orange, blue with
brown, and so on.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19

If you are incuditg i'm your ward
robe the one piece d,ess the separate
wrap is q necessity.
The separate skirt contrasting with
the Jacket is n godsend TO the woman
who must be economical.
The smart corsage bouquet Is now
surrounded by Il frlU Of tulle harmo-
nizing with the color OF the gown.
White ermine stoles are finished with
chenille fringe formed OF lengths OF
chenille cord that is about four inches
long
Braided belts arc used on many Of
the latest suits. and sometimes the
braidlng Is combined with heavy en-
brOldcry.
Some Of the new long sleeves have
small buckles at the wrist to hold the
fullness Of the frill snugly In place
about the wrist
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
Reaeetlons o. - pannhter.

il is some compliment to our taste
To- find that the furs which wc have
mentally decided upon are the most
expensive ON the market. but the shock
rs bad for our nervous system
Wei warned is half armed they say;
but uo matter how dark % picture IS
drawn OF matnmony. the average girl
VIII continue TO think wedding gowns
and misty wells are quite the sweet
est things ON earth.
Anyway it should be n matter OF
thonkfuness that we at least know
beforehand what this annual Christ.
mas rush IL like.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
COST OF A MEXICAN WAR
Would Be s35OOOO,ooo For 100000 Men
For Six Months.

For SIX Months
The republic Of Mexico has an area
0f TG5,53T square miles. This is as
Iarge as all of the United States east
Of the Mississippi river. except New
England and New York II has n pop
ulation OF approximately lG.000OOQ.
But more than half of these can nei-
Their read nor write. Only about 3.OOO.-
600 are whites, and q large part Of the
population is savage
The strategy Of Intervention. con
times Oswald T. Schuctte In Leslie's.
would consist largely Of hurting
against fhe City Of Mexico two invad
ing armies-OnC from Vera Cruz. on the
east coast and one from the Texan
border on the north The northern
army would hold at bay all the forces
OF Mexico now in her northern states.
while the American forces 10 be land
ed from the east could make speedy
work OF the fight to the capital
The war departments plans. with
the estimate Of an army Of 10000
men. contemplatcs such show Of su.
peHor force that II would sweep every
thing before IT, On this basis the
nctual invasion might be completed
within six months How much longer
the occupation Of Mexican territory
would be- necessary completely TO re-
ttorc pence belongs 10 prophecy
An invasion by 100000 men. lasting
for SIS months. It Is believed. would
approximate q cost Of S3IO.CO0O0O. aI
uoJ So 100000 20 day This ls an ~
ir''aHcc af % little more tlian 500 p,r
month per man. conservative per
cnpiio cost g. put such am army in ac
tive service 1ud keep IL moving.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19

As will be readily understood, the
commission is able and willing to sell
food at very little above cost Conse-
Cuently the housewife on the isthmus
can buy a prices that are never above
those in the states, and that nearly
always are considerably lower.
IN important part of the commits
ssrg plant is the industrial and ex-
pcrimcntai laboratory in CristobaI,
where ali the foods arc tested and
many things, such as fayoring ex-
tracts, are manufactured.
j he commission conducts more than
n dozen hotels for white Americans,
where good meals are furnished for
80 cents each; a score of mess halls
for European laborers, where a days
board costs forty cents. and about
twenty-five Kitchens for West Indian
l-borers, where board casts thirty
cents day. Something like a million
meals are served each month I'm these
various establishments, for nearly ev-
cry empioye Of the commission eats
at government table. IL has been
said that no private contractor in
he world feeds his employees as well
as the lsthmlan canal commission.
Very few OF the men ever ate better
meals than they are getting on the
isthmus, and this is true of the Amer
leans as well as of the Spaniards and
West Indians.
No, you cannot avoid the use Of the
superlative degree in speaking about
Colonel Wilson's commissary depart
Tut
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19

Almost every hoy and many girls
are fond OF dogs. Dogs are very faith
full and affectionatc friends and when
kindly treated never fail TO respond
a hundredfold The young gentleman
In the picture has dog that doesn't
mind what kind of treatment it gets
because ii is ouly the stuffed skin
mounted on wheels. II kind of hobby
horse sort OF dog Almost amy boy
would be glad to own such Sterd lie
would also like TO have really, truly
dog TO go with it, Then what sport
riding Il big stuffed dog with another
one barking alongside. The boy I'm the
picture probably got the dog on which
he so proudly rides last Christmas. be
cause Santa Claus doesn't let people
know what he intends giving until the
prorcr time comes. And everybody
knows that is Christmas eve. Probably
Santa will give present like this dog
or perhaps pony To some of His
numerous young friends He keeps
lots Of nice things i'm stock up in the
polar regions. where he lives and
makes toys. All year long he has been
toiling. and just before Christmas he
starts out to make his rounds Let us
hope that he won't skip anybody this
Christmas.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19

Softly draped brown velvet, sable
fur and IL tunic of gold net make this
gown exceedingly rich In tone and tex
ture. The upward line of drapery and
skirt design is carried out I'm accord
ance with the prevailing Turkish ideals
which are modish just now.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
The Bran Pie.

Children love any excitement and a
novel, way of keeping their unfajlng
interest is TO make n bran pie \ few
penny toys should be wrapped in SIN
aratc pieces Of paper and hidden In a
cardboard box that has been filled
with sawdust Every hour or so the
child cam pause a minute from his 9th
or 9muscments and have n din
Greai viii he his speculation MS to
Wh.i lr is going TO pick ont Of tie
bran p..
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19
Rag Dolls and Beads.

The average Child. loves to make
chose rag animals and dolls that are
now sold at every toy shop. The
shapes are easily cut, and then they
are stuffed with rags and sewn un
again. This is another opportunity to
humor a cmld's artistic bent because
the animals can really lie made from
plain pieces of calico. provided some
body cuts it out in the right shape.
and this can be painted by the young
ster.
Stringing beads is favorite pastime
with the sick child. Rings. bracelets
and necklaces can be made for rela-
tives ION order" and there is nothing
that children enjoy so much MS making
things for grOWnuDS .nE
Scrap book making is another task
which child enjoys Give him a
blank book paste pot and a few old
illustrated magazines and he will
amusc himself for hours.
An imaginative child finds great Joy
in s20shcls lie loves to feel the diff
ferent sl". "nl 10y putting them TO
his ear t::,s h.' can hear the sounds
of the Wu'. This sometimes enter
tainS h| f.Y hours.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-02-19

$50 POUNDS or cake. The coffee de-
partment, which rCasts and sends out
about 100000 pounds of the roasted
berry each year. receives the especial
attention Of Colonel Wilson, for he
is himself 4 great coffee drinker. He
personally makes up the formulas for
the blends, and as something of a cot
fee connoisscur myself, l can testify
that he knows what he is about when
he does it.
The people of the zone. white and
black alike. are very fond of ice
I cream, and to supply the demand the
commissiary manufactures about 140,-
GEO gallons year. Of three grades.
The first grade is as good ice cream
as one can get anywhere. and even
the third grade is mighty welcome
after a not day in the Culebra Cut or
the Pedro Miguel locks.
Are you tired of figures yet? If not,
please consider that the ice plant at
Cristobal makes nearly 10000 tons Of
Ice q year, the corned beef plant has
an annual output of about 100000
pounds, and that almost $4,000
pounds of butter is handled by the
butter printing plant, all of the butter
being brought from the United States.
Then we will move to the laundry. In
this spacious building. with its long
rows of washing machines and dry
Ing and ironing devices, all the laun-
dry work Of the Zone. excepting that
of the Ancon hospital, is done, and in
addition that of ali the steamship lines
running to Colon except one. I'VE are
now handling" said the manager, IAN
average of about half a million pieces
month, and in the months when the
tourists come in greatest numbers the
figures mount TO about 100000"
The figures l have been giving are
approximate only, FOR they are chang
ing continually with changing condi-
tons. Here is list OF some Of the
more important lmportatons of food
products during the last fiscal year:
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them. Very often they prefer to draw
the outlines themselves, and then they
can color them with crayons. Flow
erS, model houses, brightly hued chains
all these can be made from paper. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
New Dances vital

Speaking OF the progress tnat JAN,
has made in tho last three years 81
Fraina says:
The vitality OF the new dances
proven by their triumphant rise OUT "
the crudity and exaggeratlon IN WIN"
they started
Take the old turkey rot ana 10
beautiful successor Of to-day. the one
step. The old turkey trot was an eA'
aggerated and crude swinging OF the oo''
from side TO side. accentuated by thro"'ns
the feet out from side TO side also -
the new dances developed and the H'U
vidual dancing acquired more poise an-
grace, the feet were kept close TO 'h'
floor and the swinging and Jumping u
the body transformed into a ghails'
waving movement. The one-step is u'
turkey trot transformed into art.
The tango went through the same clan'
flying process. when first introduced III,
New York people danced crude trot an'
modified Texas Tommy and called the"
the tango When the genuine tango cei'
TO New York IL was revelation. tssenu'
ally an artists dance. the tango IS =
wonderfully pliable instrument Of sef-eS
preston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
WEALTHY WOMEN
TO SPREAD COS.
PEI OF GARDEN

port. Mrs. Albert Boardman, ue.
president, is the founder Of the Ca.
den Club of Southampton, and Nm
Moses Taylor Pyne is president Of tn.
Garden Club Of Morristown.
Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. William A
Reid and Mrs. E. H. Hartman ar,
among the members Of the Intema.
tional Garden Club. The officers ar.
as follows:
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, hon.
orary president; Mrs. Charles Fred.r1
lex Hoffman, president; Mrs. H Fair
field Osborn, Mrs. Albert BOARDING.
and Mrs. James Breese, vics.pr.s'
dents: Miss Mary M. Kearney, sec's
tary; Judge William A. Day, treas
urer; the members OF the council ar
the Commissioner OF Parks for Mar.
haitian and Richmond, the Comms
Toner of Parks for The Bronx, II.
president OF the Botanical Gardsns
the president of the New York hu
ticultural Society, the president OF az
Florists Club, Mrs. Richard Aldris
Miss E. Aldrich. Mrs. Charles B. AsI
ander, Frederick H. Allen, r. Fultc'
Cutting. Martin c. Ebel. secretary q
the National Association OF Ga'csoi
ers: Mrs. Alfred Ely, Mrs. Henry Cay
Prick, Miss Virginia Gilderslesw
Francis L. v. Hoppin, McDousa-
Hawkes.. Mrs. McDougall Hawai-
Henry R. Hoyt, William Jay, M
De Lancey Kane, DR.. D. Hunter No
Alpin. Mrs. D. Hunter McAlpin, d.
George Norton Miller. John Muir y
California; Mrs. Philip Martinez
Mrs. Junius Morgan, Mrs. J. Arca'
bald Murray, Joseph Manda, Fr:ds
lex Newbold, George V. Nash, s.t's
tary of the New York Horticultua
Society; Professor H. Fairfield "
born. General Horace Porter, NJ
Pulitzer, Mrs. Moses Taylor Ni:'
Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Charts X
Scott. Mrs. Charles R. Scott, B, AY
mar Sands, Edward w. Sheldon, MT
lanes Speyer. Robert E. Tod, Ms
Hamilton Mex. Twombly, Henri
Waters Taft, Mrs. Henry Water
Taft, Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne, william
Turnbull, lie Compile de VieECaS'el
Professor E. H. Wilson, F. K H. D.
and the Rev. w. Wilks, secretary
Royal Horticultural Society OF Grea
Britain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
STAIRS LEADING TO THE TERRACE BEFORE THE COUNTRY
HOME OF MOSES TAYLOR PYNE, AT PRINCETON, N. j.

New York
The club wishes to foster in Ameri-
cans that same careful regard for
floral culture which obtains in Eng
land and on the Continent. There
gardening has become an art. Men
are spprenticed from their boyhood,
and both the horticultural science and
systems OF decoration are mastered
before a gardener can be said to be
skillful at his work.
All Europe Is 2 Garden.
People of high estate have as their
hobby the gardening art, and so en-
;husiastic has been their devotion 10
i; that il has gradually spread until
the effect can be seen from the train
window in any part OIL Europe or
England.
Probably it is because we are so
prodigal of our space that America
has not many gardens in comparison
with those of misunderstanding
of course, those maintained on the
great estates Of Long island, and
from Westchester to Maine. But, in
Europe, where the population is
crowded into small space, any bit
Of ground a man may possess is high
ly priced and cultivated to yield all
the beauty possible.
Now that the International Garden
Club has signiied the seriousness CT
its purpose by establishing definite
plans, which will be worked out
shortly, the United States may soon
hope to vie with other countries in
its enthusiasm for the floral beauty
spots whose possibilities will be
demonstrated at the Barlow estate.
A horticultural Centre.
The house is now under the control
Of the Park Department, but the Of
ficials have expressed their willing
ness TO let the club use it. 1t is
planned to furnish the interior as
reading rooms and libraries for beau
tiful photographs and drawings of
famous gardens.
Lectures will bs given in the as
sembly rooms. and every month al
exhibition will be held, so that the
members and the public may be in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

Rave the means with which to do it,
and, above all, you need the gardens
10 really beautify your country.
81 hope that my lectures on this
tour through your country will be
the starting point of a nation wide
movement for gardens. | find from
correspondence that there is really
much latent interest in horticulture in
men and women OF station, only it
needs to be awakened into action.
1T is not enough to have a garden.
One must be interested in it, must
love it, and must work in it. And
that any one can do, whether he has
few feet of garden space or acres
Of it.
"As for the women, when they
realize the recreational possibilities OF
gardening, they will themselves cult
vat. their gardens. not assign all the
work to a paid cmploye."
The International Garden Club,
which was formed as a result OF Mrs.
Martineau's enthusiasm. has already
grown to a size which promises that
the club will be able to do the great
work it has set itself. AS a sign that
it means TO do more than merely
foster interest in elaborate gardens,
the announcement was made a short
time ago that the club proposed to
lease the old Barlow estate. in Pei
ham Park, and establish a garden
there which would be for the joy and
the instruction of all the people OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

gardeners and certificates from the
club, which will be equivalent to d
school degree when the holder ap-
plies for a position.
In addition to supplying trained
gardeners 70 persons OF wealth who
desire them. the club will assist in the
public school garden movement by
offering the courtesies OF its equip
rlent to those who are learning to be
teachers of school gardening.
Perhaps the most significant aspect
CT the club life, however, is the in
terest OF Americas persons of wealth
in the problems of gardening. Hith-
erto there have been few who took
the same interest in their gardens that
the English did. Horses and dogs
have been the objects upon which the
average American bestowed his at
tention, while the garden, il he had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

or not women should
w dance with each other is an IN
teresting side issue OF thes dan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
PARTNERS
Scarcity of Men at Dances Encourages
Women to Dare on the Floor Alone

Ballet dancing is done almost alto
gether by women. yet one never THINKS
the spectacle less delightful because {"
this fact
The young maidens OF Greece danced
together. and in the revivals we see 'o'
DAY there is the same haunting W
welded to vigor OF motion In their dance
Yet we stop abruptly when it comes %
the participation Of women oi'S ''
modern social dance.
Should the gap OF men at dancing 'l''
still continue. however. the puoHo ''''
finally be reconciled to even this on''s
in social custom.