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ply this: Mary would disobey. too. even
If she had promised to obey. but she
wouldn't feel the breaking of the vow
strongly. Women are that way. And
yet there are some conscientious women
who feel that vow so strongly that
they would religiously obey until death.
In that case. If the man were brutal
and criminal. he could force his wife
to do untold things mc<ely by harpinS
upon the word obey" If a strongly
religious woman who believes that the
marriage ceremony Is dIvinely inspired
and regards the word 'obey" as lit
eral oath to be kept inviolate until her
death, were to be commanded by an un-
scrupulous husband to do something
unspeakable. l wonder what would
evolve from her eventual spiritual strug-
gle.
But, taking IL all in all, l don't be-
lieve in clogging up a beautiful thing
line n marriage ceremony with hollow
forms. Women have never literally
obeyed They never will. Therefore,
why saddle them with lie at the be-
ginning of a partnership?
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature servic.) }
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nmsnes! In the hrSt place, all wood
is porous enough to absorb water,
grease, and other materials. and to
separate, leaving larger cracks. No
matter how thoroughly a floor is laid
or whether 1t be treated with var
nish or oil, wood is not the best fin
ish for a kitchen floor. No matter
how careful the worker, there are
bound to be bits Of grease and frag-
ments of food dropped on the floor.
and constant mopping is necessary.
This mopping will destroy the finish
1t will be harder and harder to keep
the floor thoroughly scrubbed"
Linoleum offers a firm, impervious
surface without cracks, which In ad-
dition, has the color that may be
helpful In any decorative effect. II
inlaid linoleum is bought and well
put down, it seems to be by all
means the most satisfactory floor
covering of an inexpensive kind.
Since sanitation is the watchword
of the kitchen, 1t would seem that
tile should be ideal. From a sani-
tary standpoint, yes: but its chief
defect Is that II Is so hard that 1t
wearies the feet Of the worker. and
hence adds to her fatigue instead Of
to her comfort. A new cork floor
ing is on the market which Is ex-
cellent in many rooms, being. as II
Is, resilient and attractive. But II
absorbs grease a little too readily
and requires a great deal Of scrub
bing, and Is therefore not in the front
rank of floor finishes.
Several kinds of composition ce-
ment and hair mixtures are on the
market, variously named. which
seem as impervious as tile. but
which are more springy and softer.
The general plan OF laying such
materials Is to put down one coat
q half inch thick, spreading II like
cement, letting this first coat dry
twenty-four hours. and then adding
pervious. shiny surface. As this top
coat can be colored terra Gotta,
green, blue, etc, or can be made in
various combinations of block pat
terms, II Is by all means the best
floor covering, IN a permanent house
where there Is no question of ex-
pense.
Another important Point about
these combination flooring mixtures
Is that they permit the mixture to
be made into the form of a base
board in one piece with the floor.
which Is the highest type Of sanitary
flooring. preventing insects and
mice.
Rubber floorings are not desirable
because they absorb grease and
grease rots the rubber. However,
small rubber mats or sections OF
rubber mating such as are used on
steamboats, on the stairs are very
desirable to place in spots where tho
worker stands continually as sink,
stove. or table. The kitchen floor
is problem in itself, and 1t is a
problem that the woman must solve
and not some man architect
Copyright, 1914. by Mrs. Christine
F'rederic.)
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Answers to Health
Questions

j. F.-what Is a good homemade way
to make a strong carbonated ferment
milk?
Lactic acid baeiIli or rennet make .
fermented milk. Lithia tablets drop
ped into it make it effervesce
Miss J. N.-How can reduce my
weight?
DO not eat after supper. Avoid all
greasy, sweet and starchy foods. Ride
a bicycle. dance, swim, row and walk
a great deal.
Dr. Hirshberg ,cil anstoer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hyofenic and sanitation subjects that ara
OF general interest He Eill not under
fake to prescribe or offer ddyfce for IN.
dipfdudl cases Where the subject 70 not
Of general interest letters piH be an
sreTed personally, u stamped and oJ-'
dressed envelope " incIosed. address OH
inquiries to DR.. L. x. Hirshbero core
this office.
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reacting on the nerves, that the natural
strain upon the cords and ligarnents
Is not accompanied by those severe
pains said to cause nausea, morning
sickness, and many local distresses.
Many people believe that those REM
edies which have stood the test OF time.
that have been put to every trial under
the varying conditions Of age. weight
general health. etc. may be safely re-
lied upon. And Judging by the fact
that Mothers Friend" has been In
continual use since our grandmothers'
earlier years and Is known throughout
the United States 1t may be easily
inferred that IL is something that wo-
men gladly recommend.
Mothers Friend" Is prepared only
In our own laboratory and Is sold by
druggists everywhere. Ask for a bottle
today and write for special book for
eypectant mothers. Address BradfieId
Regulator Co. s7 Lamar Bldg. At.
lanta. Ga--Advt
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and are fed to animals. they suddenly
which Is checked.
explain many odd examples Of dwarf
Ism with otherwise perfect organs. as
well as types of giantism with infan-
tile activities. The pituitary organ.
which hangs like a little pear from tho
brain, has been credited with these
powers. but physiology will now b
compelled to revise this.
Possibly these novel facts also ex-
plain why wrinkles. old age and senils
tissue changes become manifest at an
early age in those who grow angry
easily. who are frightened and fearful
at each little whip-stitch. who give evil
dence In an active manner OF those
emotions whose seat il In the thyroid
gland.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature servics)
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An III VI tO"d
II the Turkestan border. came at
i the end Of a sitting hot day
upon one of the strangest vii
lagos in the world. From a distance.
viewed through the shimmering heat
haze Of the arid plain on which 1t
stands. 1t appeared like a huge viking
ship perched on the crest of a wave.
This strange resemblance is due to
the fact that Eydi Khast. as the village
Is called. IL built within perpendicular
walls that rise sheer from the top Of a
solitary hill. nearly 100 feet high. In
accessible as a feudal castle. its one
means Of communication Is by a few
planks spanning a yawning gully. These
planks, Identical with the feudal draw
bridge, are drawn into the village at
night. and leave II isolated from the
outside world upon its precipitous hill.
Shut up in this marooned village, re-
mote from any sort Of civilization, II
Is not strange that the manners and
customs OF the Inhabitants are differ
ent from the rest of the world. and even
different from those Of the surrounding
country. The oldest inhabitants Of Eydi
Khast have never used soap-they do
not know what soap is. And yet they
are a reasonably clean people. They
clean themselves with sand, which GER
tainly makes bathing In Eydi Khast an
heroic virtue.
Another peculiarly OF these strange
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
How the Seat Of Old Age
Was Found IN the Thyroid
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG
B.. NJ. A. M. d. Johns Hopkiny


~ HE thyroid gland a veritabie soomon's mine Of
wonders. Every day physicians. Psychologists
surgeons. breeders and scientists of other oogies
discover marvels OF this little nest Of mys-
teries.
Tucked snugly around windpipe. just in front
Of where "oear your throat" the thyroid gland
becomes noticeable when 1t Is near-goitre.
The thyroid tissue contains many tricks that
Keler's and Hermanns magic sterile beside
It 1t contains materials to make to make
thin. incite fear, spration.
your muscles to trembling to keep your eyes under
troll other in huences
emotions. your hesh and your body.
Comes J. Gudernatsch.
with about he tyrofd has
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develop in all their parts. except size
DR.. Gudernatsch has been able for the
first time to prove that tadpoIes. which
usually require three months before
they become frogs, can be changed oy
IA diet of thyroid within two and q
half weeks into pigmy frogs. This
quick metamorphosis resulted In per-
fectly formed. miniature creatures.
They differed in no way from full
grown frogs except in size.
Medical knowledge Is newly enriched
and thus given another weapon with
which to fight deformities and malfor-
nations This great find of the Cornell
investigator Is no mere guess or prob
ability. 1t Is confirmed by the fact that
his experiments were carried out sew
eral thousand times. In each instance
a tadpole was changed into frog. Left
to nature II would have required three
months.
nan infants-if fed upon a tn; rosd ra-
tion, can be dwarfed and made into a
pigmy Adult life will be reached very
quickly. The period Of infancy. youth
and adolescence car be bridged with
leap. Old age is thus brought within
mailing distance. size and height alone
Many difficulties and dangers, how
ever, beset the path of those who use
thyroid extract. II wrongly given in
too large amounts and too often Dr..
Gudernatsch observed that the tad
poles die. They must be given this
strange fodder with care and discre-
ton.
The thymus giand-an@ther bunch of
spongy, tissue IN the neck Of babies.
which shrinks away in later lifep-so-
operates with the thyroid. 1t promotes
growth, and II it persists causes giant
ism.
When tadpofes are allowed to eat
thymus extract they grow very large
and tall, but are in no way hastened
to maturity Indeed they take longer
to become frogs than when not given
the thymus.
tant links in the chains of human life
and happiness. These finds, perhaps,
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IN III
V the side one would naturally
expect her to take, and she
took the side the average man might
take-or a. clinging vine.
1t began by an article had read
about the elimination OF the word
obey" from the marriage ceremony
II wonder" l said, looking up from
my newspaper, was the word obey in
our marriage ceremony. Nary"
I don't remember" said Mary.
II don't think It was" said 1. Nor
do think It should be-"
II think 1t should" said Mary. unex-
pectedly.
Now, / don't believe Mary said that
for any reason under heaven except to
be in direct opposition to me. That's my
biggest objection to equal suffrage. 1
believe every woman would disagree
with her husband merely on general
principles, and the resultant political
jangle would be terrific, indeed.
why do you think the word obey
should remain in the marriage cere-
mony?" / inquired warmly:
We'll" said Mary, with her prettiest
clinging vine air, Its always been there
and old things are best. don like
changing so much. Peter. And tf a
woman honestly loves her husband she
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Your Kitchen
Floor
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Author of The New Housekeeping.''

10 many queries come to me
about the finishing and cover
Ing of a kitchen floor that I
feel 1t is a worthwhile SUBJ
5ect for our daily discussion.
In many homes already built the
Kitchen floor is made OF boards of
varying degrees of hardness which
are then either painted, varnished or
merely oiled. Sometimes rugs are
used on these floors or pieces of rub
Der or rubber mats where the work.
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| SeefnS 10 me, LII bOuUt' thoe uAS
only thing you can do Is to take
i your friend at his word, and go out
with any other young man who
pleases You and who IL pleased to invite
you
The first man seems to be rather a
decent sort Of chap. He isn't in earnest.
and he isn't trying to make you think
that he Is.
A good many men who don't really
| want a girl themselves won't let any
other. man have her till they get good
and ready, and by that time the other
men are tired out waiting. and have
gone and found some girl who is too
sensible to allow herself to ne monopo-
| lized.
II this young man of yours Is in love
| with you he doesn't know 1t yet. Begin
going with another man and he may
find 1t out
II he isn't in love with you your hang
ing on to him will not make him so,
and the first thing you know he will be
! taking other girls about, and I don't be-
lieve he will think IL at all necessary to
ask your permission to do so.
II you have been receiving attention
from this man for over a year and a
half and you are r. love fifth him, he's
either a fool who doesn't know what
he's doing. or he's a villain who doesn't
care. In either case, what do YOU want
with him?
1 think he's trying to let you of the
easiest way. Why don't you let him do
It?
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Odd Facts.

A player on the Tyneside golf course
at Rytown. in order to overcome diff
culties created by a scarcity Of caddies.
has trained his dog. a Labrador retriev-
er. 10 carry his clubs. The dog never
fails to find the ball. and he never criti-
cises his masters play. The strongest
Language does not cause him to turn a
hair.
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At this juncture the cleverest Of all misc' ief-
makers gets busy. As subtly the fragrant wind,
OBVIOUSLY the hum Of flying insect, a.
adroitly the trickle Of . brook in the mossy ho-
lows, he lets a thought DANGLE into heT mind
Then she really begins to THINK about something
Of which there really il sign at hand. THIS
is the way lots OF romances begin And you never
can tell how they will come out Neither can HE
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pIcte JOY Of 49,
tation. But this y
quite overcome By
the advice ot %
manY women to
u s e m o Z hers
Friend" This is an
external application
designed TO 50 lu-
bricate the muscles
and to thus 20 re-
Nlan Ak
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: Advice to Girls !
By ANNIE LAURIE

your love affairs bother you, 'scut
them out" The women won't die Of
broken hearts. AS a matter OF fact
II looks rather as IL they were both
busily engaged in making a fool OF
you. You are neither old enough
nor are your affairs in a sufficiently
settled condition-judging from your
letter-to warrant a serious love
affair. and II you want a Irritation
pick out a girl of your own age,
who viii play the game according
to the rules you know and UNDER
stand.
Dorothy Rose-No. little girl. you
have no reason to reproach yourself
You did the only sensible. right and
proper thing In sending your young
friend about his business The
course he has taken abundantIy
proves that No man who Is half
a man will throw his life away be-
cause a woman refuses him And no
matter what he does, II was fairer to
him. as well as the only fair thing
to yourself The only legitimate rea-
son for marrying a man Is that you
care for him. You can try talking
to your friend. That might have
some effect, though doubt II. But
don't worry your little head too
much OF course you are sorry. but
the fault Is not yours, and don't let
any one convince you that II is
More than likely the same thing
would have happened. anyway.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service.
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Nv yHEN everything Is all Arranged for peace
w and quiet-when SHE and all tho
roundinss that blend and beautisy End
somehow manage to match the art and charm Of
herself Just TRANQUILITY right-THEN is the
dangerous time for the entrance of mischiovous
one. For she MAY get to thinking that something
is missing. It is tust when everything II smooth
and happy that restless thoughts creep IN - --
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worker stands
before the sink.
stove, etc. ~ Or
Hneoleum may
be used, or in
some Of the
m re costly
homes, a tiled
kitchen m a y
frequently be
seen. What are
the points for
q n d a g a in s t
these and other
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One Fashion Is Assured
Black Basque Is Here
By MARGARET MASON.

With Fashions and Love to I'LL our
minds,
Wars and suffrage and strikes
seem petty;
So Betty smiles in her basque Of
black
And bssk in the smiles Of Betty.
NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-The black
basque plays as important part In the
sartorsal make up of the dainty maid
who Follows the fashions as the black
rnasoue in the sartorial make UP OF the
taking person who follows the dark
lantern and the Jimmy.
Preferably and almost invariably OF
black velvet, this newest basque is worn
With fluffy and many founced skirt OF
white organdie or batiste. Often the
skirt while 1t has an organdie founda-
tion breaks out in hounces of either
,t,Ile or chiffon Delicate orchid and
sweet pea tfnts are also used for these
SKIRTS as well as the all white, and
IN. effect of the froth Of many rufnes
h,,,s,,ns out below the close sheath OF
,ich HACK velvet basque is charming
a,,o,gh 10 compensate for the rather
obvious disconforts of such apparei on
g. midsummer day.
As a concession to the heat, Varia-
,inns of these basques are SHOWN oe
Ssioned in either black taneta or plaSh tSIH
sstin' but they lack that lnoescripapis
air Of chic Of the "s wei'et fsyoreS U5a by the
snsS,onahly elect who have long since
t..4.S ~ the inexorable mandate OF the
,,Sode that one cannot be truly sIIlAft
and comfortable all at the same I'M I'M =,
Ths velvet basque is always low OF
.I' "a -Ionz of sleeve, and buttoned
either up the front or back with Hlsluie s
S,,iiet bnttons. On some of them sneeT
roll collars OF organdie or tune iiih
toftens the effect about the tnroaI
rh. ,,,r on velvet is by no means con-
en.d To the basque. Already the all
velvet hat, saucy and perky In its MIN
isture proportions. has ousted the 1ras
he straw from the heads OF summer
beauties. So tiny and close-htting are
thsy that they seem inadequateiy TO dis
mute the prophecy that large chapeaux
~ picture proportions are coming to the
TOP again ere long. And yet, following
the immutabIe law that everything gcas
the limit before II changes and things
are always worse before they are bet
ter. this August crop of wee velvet hats
may be TO prove the rule that they have
only gotten smaller to get larger.
The parasol indeed practices being
useful as well as ornamental this season
OF small hats, and even they are now
being shown in velvet. So you see the
midsummer madness for this rich and
lustrous fabric has not only gone to
lovely woman's head, but over it as
well.
There certainly is nothing half way
about fashion and from the extremity
of no sleeves at all. Or at least none TO
sreak of, the long sleeve is now being
the dernier cri. For afternoon ard
street wear they are absolutely the only
permissible sleeves as the total abb
sxrca of arm covering still holds good
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A novel method Of soaring away birds
has been adopted by a Kentish farmer.
He has killed a number Of cats, had
them stuffed, and placed them in vari-
Gus attitudes among the branches of the
fruit trees in his orchard
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A crocodile at the Frankfort Zoo has
Just been fitted with an aluminium jaw.
The crocodile which originally came
from the Ganges. fractured its low on
the rocks in Its basin, and every effort
to get the bones to reset proved inef-
fectua1. Accordingly Surgeon Major
Marx decided to operate. and succeeded
in replacing the fractured mandible by
one of aluminium
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Targets Of various kinds mounted on
trucks and drawn over the field hy cables
on electrically driven drums give Ger
man soldiers very realistic dummy
enemy for gun practice The limitations
Of infantry and cavalry are simple sill
houettes. and these are made to carry
out various maneuvers, under perfect
electric control. The infantry, for IN
stance. march slowly at first. break into
matically into the first trench. with onIy
the heads visible.
Copyright. 1914, Newspaper Featur. s.rv,.. ,
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l.,> E.

Miss Laurie will welcome letter,
of inquiry on subjects of feminine
interest from young women readers OF
this paper and will reply to them Ia
these columns They should be address
ed to her. care OF this office.
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joyful Anticipation
Of Motherhood

There Is apt to be q latent apprs-
hension Of distress to mar the com
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Distracted Youth.-Poor boy.
don't take yourself so seriously. n
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S Inc sciiliiicls
A Garden Paradise.

- Garden
and two lemon
with
In
glowing ambe
a ghandup
weubeioved
lsnding-I
willow
cattle hd-noehickens
Payr
in
patient brought
the was m
will smooth the
b.
children willow Of
h..
q an
nenh for ---
a
noudsh so
hps Con.
p.y.-th. pr,c. y,
sod?
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Leo Ugardi. Naples hairdresser.
married his sweetheart subject to an
undertaking on the part Of her father to
spend $50 for tonsorial attentions within
two years OF the wedding in lieu Of
dowry. failing which the wife Is to be
returned to her parents
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Dear Annie Laurie:
am twenty-three years old. and
have been going with young man
who is a few years older than myself
for about q year and half. ! think
a great deal OF him, and think ne
thinks the same of me, although We
have never had any definite under
standing.
Recently I have been going out
with another young man whom
have known for quite a long time.
Do you think this Is right. or do you
think I should 20 with only the one?
My friend says he does not wish to
stand In the way of my pleasure, but
I feel that possibly it tEwould be best
not to 60 out with thesother friend.
IN DOUBT.
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There certainly is nothing half way
about fashion and from the extremity
of no sleeves at all. .Dr at least none TO
sreak of, the long sleeve Is now being
the dernier cri. For afternoon ard
street wear they are absolutely the only
permissible sleeves as the total abb
s4zcs of arm covering still holds good
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Mn the Roses Bloom
Where Gold Mas Dur?
By Winifred Black


HETRE having bad time out
In California about the gold
dredgers. Did you ever see a
gold dredger? They're great. hun
cry monsters that chew up the land-and
spit out again-worthless Or, at least
the ranchers say the land is worthless,
after the dredgers get through with It.
But who cares what happens to any
thine-when there's gold to be found?
Three years ago 1 spent a summer
Sunday on a little ranch up the Sac
ramento rtver-the ranch was on an
island-a little green. smiling, pleasant
island. With grass and wild flowers
and trees-and little cozy houses covered
with roses like the houses on a val
ertine.
There were willow trees along the
bank: Of the river, and the wild poppies
were yellow there. and the blue and
white lupin made a pleesane place along
the road. At the farm house there were
the Ali euc4lyptus STANDING af fba pafs
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The parasol indeed practices being
useful as well as ornamental this season
OF small hats, and even they are now
being shown in velvet. So you see the
midsummer madness for this rich and
Iustrous fabric has not only gone to
lovely woman's head, but over II as
well.
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The City Gate.

The City Gate.
. AR in the north of Persia, toward
- the Turkestan border. 1 came at
i the end of a sitting hot day
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XVIII.
THE WORD OBEY"
AIRY and l have had a queer
M d: i: =: :::: !: n:
expect her to take, and she