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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Seifishness in Worry,

Worry, when you come to analyze
it, is not a social vice. We worry
chiefly over those things which con-
Germ the NE. Show me that what i'm
ponds will my bank-account intact, my
health unimpaired, my friends and
family out, and any further torment
ing solicitude that may feel Is frank
ly. academic. I may still take thought
and use preventive measure, but 1
cease, as If by magic, to worry over
the outcome. On the contrary, can
now work for the accomplishment Of
my object better than ever before.
For most worry is not only an arch
form of self1shness, but it is the great
inhibitor of action. We say, 81 am
worried" we mean, Il fear for N.Y.
selR"-E. P. Frost, In Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Something to Be Thankful For.

Casey had been i'll more than
week when his wife met Mrs. Murphy
on the street and the following con-
versation ensued:
Mrs. Casey, and how is your hus-
band gettin' along?" asked Mrs. Muir
ply.
'Ah, indade, Pat is a very sick
man." said Mrs. Casey.
Sure, and what is the matter with
him?" inquired Mrs. Murphy.
''Tis the gangrene, the doctor tells
US, Mrs. Murphy"
'Ah, that's bad" said Mrs Murphy,
"but let's praise the Lord for the
color
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
PRESIDENT NAMES MANY.
Nominations Sent to the Senate by
Wilson,

Washington, May 8.-President Will
son sent to the senate the nomination
of Christopher G. Gewin of Green's
boro, Ala, to be United States mar
shall for the southern district of Ala
bama; Edward G. Knots of Carlins-
vile, Ill, to be United States attorney
for the southern district of Illinois.
and Cooper Stout of Murphysboro, ILL.,.
to be United States marshal for the
eastern district of Illinois. To be post
masters: George H. Luker, at Staun-
ton, ILL.,; James w. Morphy, at Rus
sell, Kan; Ceslis Hughes, at Weir.
Kan; George W. Snyder, at Warsaw,
KY; Washington ]. E. Prescott, at
Garyville, Ind; S. W. Richie, at Dowa-
giac, Mich; James A. King, at Manis-
tee, Mich; Charles E. Lovejoy, at
Milford, Mich; H. w. Hagerman, at
Sturgis, Mich; Edward w. Farley, at
Yale, Mich, and Henry S. Heck,
Jamesport, Mo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

He had been neglected, and it ranked
deep:
Nov you've had your recreation
and it's time for me to have mine.
You are the most reconsideration
ist-"
Then he got well, and selfshness,
knowing how impossible it is to live
in the heart of a generous, care-free
lad, flew ahead to wait for him at the
milestone marked Man.
Then there is little-but enough is
always enough.-Washingto Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Major Edwin w. Dayton, secretary
of the Army and Navy club of New
York, who is an Psychologist by day
and a national guardsman by night,
in the course of his duties had occa-
sion to ask a green rookie" a few
questions on military courtesy.
'Is there any case where an. officer
would not return the salute of an en-
listed man?'' he asked.
The soldier scratched his head
Eyes, sir" he replied, triumphantly,
after deep thought, when the officers
own funeral is going by"
Which isn't provided for in the reg
ulations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

such trouble occurred, and he missed
it only by chance. The cook happened
to look out of the kitchen window Just
in time to see the old bay horse turn
the faucet with his nose He had
probably learned the trick by accident,
and was smart enough to draw his
drinking water fresh.
Many boy has been punished for
just such acts which he never commit
ted, so be slow to judge the boy. The
normal boy is quick to respond to kind
ness and just as quick to be hardened
by unjust judgments Of those in au-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
LIMITS AND AMBITIONS

Every one has a limit. Disease. ac-
cident, competition of others. obstruc-
ticn by natural laws may make that
limit, regardless of our thinking. Our
salvation lies in the fact that we don't
know our limit, and so We wisely go
struggling onward and upward. We
can not think ourselves into any sort
Of substantial success. We may think
ourselves into a state of complete
dissatisfaction, but that state is psr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

WeI-meaning parents, too-say these
very words to their boys, and other
parents ssy them as plainly by actions
as if they had spoken.
A boys daily chores included looking
after the baTnyard. milking the COW
and caring for the family horse. On
several occasions the faucet that sup
piled the tank with drinking water was
found open and the barnyard flooded.
OF course, the boy wss charged with
carelessness. He stoutly denied hav-
ing left the faucet open; but he was
threatened with punishment next time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Sc a limit, and it is one of the most
dangerous of limits. To say that we
are unlimited in possibilities is to say
that we are creators, which we are
not, nor ever can hope to be. We
simply rearrange arranged things.
This is a vast field that we have as
yet barely touched. and we might say
that its possibilities are unlimited.
Well is it that man does not know his
limit That ignorance is what keeps
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

progress going. Complete mastery,
perfection, is the bundle of sweet hay
tied upon mans bride, just out Of
reach of his mouth, to make him keep
up a smart gait toward home. He
thinks he can get it. He keeps on 60
ing. 1t is weu.-South Bend News
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
TERRE HAUTE MAYOR FREED.

Jury Finds Roberts Not Guilty of Con-
spiracy.
Terre Haute, Ind, May 9.-The jury
returned a verdict of not guilty in the
trial Of Mayor Dom Roberts, indicted
for election frauds, at the end Of 20
minutes One ballot was taken. There
was a riotous scene in the courtroom,
which was crowded. A procession was
formed and band Of music secured.
At some of the fire houses bells were
rung. Mayor Roberts says the verdict
was really against the utilities COM
panies, which inspired the prosecu-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
TWO CHICAGO PAPERS MERGE.
Record-HeraId and Inter Ocean Bought
by NeWspapermen.

Record-Herald and Inter Ocean Bought
by NeWspapermen.
Chicago, May 9.-The Chicago Rec
ord-Herald and the Chicago Inter
Ocean have been merged. The con-
solidated paper will be controlled
jointly by James Kelley, general man
sger of the Chicago Tribune and w.
NJ. Chaplin of San Francisco. The two
papers will be published as the Chi
cago Record-HeraId and Inter Ocean.
Announcement to this effect was
made by H. H. Koohlsaat, up to this
time owner Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The announcement followed
the sale of the Inter Ocean to George
W. Human for $4,000 in the post
poned receivers sale in Federal Judge
Carpenters court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
JURY FREES MAURY |. DIGGS.
Californian Acquitted of Latest Charge
Adainsf Him

Californian Acquitted or Latest Charge
Against Him.
San Francisco, May 9.-Maury I.
Diggs, former state architect, was &C.
quilted by a jury which tried him on
an Indictment charging statutory Of
Tense against Ida Fearing, q minor.
Diggs gained notoriety last year when
he was tried and convicted Of viola
ton of the Mann white slave" law,
following an elopement from Sacra-
mento, Cal, to Reno, New, with two
girls, in company with Drew Caminet-
ii, son Of Anthony Caminetti.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
SHOW BELIEF IN THE BOY
Ycuagster NIu Almost Invariably
Prove Worthy OF Confidence If
He Is Given It.

Is there q boy problem in your
home? If so, you are looking for is
solution. It IS to be found in a little
sentence Of four short words: Be
8eve il tie boy.
Il IS : sad day in Z boys life when
Re hears 2 parent say. Z have no CON
8ssapce IN .ou- Ard yet parents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Ethel Belmont Wins Case.

New York, May Ethel Lorraine
Belmont won her separation suit
against Raymond Belmont. son of
August Belmont, the fnancier Ali
mony at the rate of 800 a month was
allowed. Young Belmont is abroad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
The Vanquished.

Residents in the vicinity of Elev-
enth and Alabama streets were much
entertained one day this week by the
actions of robin which had made it's
spring home in a spreading bush in
neighboring yard. 1t saw its own re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Suspicion wronu, But She's Dead

Hammond, Ind, May Hazel Guy
believed her fance about to take an
other girl for a buggy ride and took
poison. When the fance, John Hard
ing, drove up to Miss Guys home he
was informed that she was dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
NEW FRANK TRIAL DENIED.
Albanian Convicted of Murder VIII
Appeal.

Atlanta, Ga, May 8.-Leo M. Frank
was denied new trial by Judge Ben
Hill. Frank, In his cell in the Fulton
county tower, heard Judge Hills deci-
sion overruling his motion for a new
trial without showing the slightest
emotion
1t is not likely that Frank will be re-
sentenced for some time, as the mo-
ton to set aside, in the event that the
appeal on the extraordinary motion
fails, will have longer course before
it than any of the previous ones made
by the lawyers for Frank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Wilson a "Boy" at Circus.

Washington, May 8.-President Will
son threw aside the cares of Office and
went to the circus. Armed with bag
of peanuts for the elephants he
laughed at the antics of the clowns
and marveled at acrobatic stunts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Ohio Miners Not to Strike.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 8-There
probably will be no general strike of
coal miners in Ohio, as requested by
committee of miners, which ap-
peared before the international execu-
tive board Of the U. NJ w of A.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
NEGRO Shot TO Death.

Augusta, Ca, May 9-Charley Jones,
a negro, was taken from two officers
near Grovetown, Ga, while they were
taking him to Appling, the county
seat Of Columbia county, for safe-keep-
ing. and shot to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Baer Estate Is $4,000. 600

Reading, Pa, May 9.-The will of
George F. Baer, late president of the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
company, has been filed here. The
value of the estate is estimated at
SIS, 00O,0 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
so. ZOO Russians ON Strife

st. Petersburg, May 9-Fifty thou
sand Russian workmen went on strike
as a protest against the suspension of
members of the Duma for rioting dur
ing debate on the budget. The police
drove the strikers home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Roosevelt and Party Sail.

New York, May 9.-Theodore Roose-
welt and his party sailed from Para,
Brazil, for New York on the Booth
line steamer Aidan, according to cable
advices received by the line here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Bankers Wife a Suicide.

Greenwich, Conn, May 8.-Mrs.
John T. Perkins, wife of the million
aire vice-president Of the Corn Elk.
change bank Of New York city, shot
and killed herself with d revolver in
bed at her home here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Posse Seeks Four Bandits,

Middletown, Cal, May 9.-Mounted
posses are hunting for the four bandits
who held up the Wells-Fargo Express
company Office at Middletown, in Lake
county, shot dead the agent, Hamilton
Harris, and fed with about $50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
New Governor General of Canada.

London, May 9-King George ap-
proved the appointment of Prince AL
exander of Teck as governor general
of Canada to succeed the duke of Con-
naught, who has been seeking for
some time to relinquish the Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Rebels Flee to Minnesota.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May -Four
men, found by the police in q box
car here, said they were Mexican
rebels who had fought with Villa at
the battle Of Torreon. They were bad
Iy SCARED and nearly starved to death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Diplomats Wife Is Killed,

New York, May 8-Mrs. Louise
Etchageray, wife Of the Mexican min
lister to Costa RIGA, fell from window
on the fifth floor of an apartment
house and was impaled on a picket
fence. She died at hospital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Snunhf .Inhn D. Gets .IaiI

New York, May 8.-Marie GAM, who
endeavored to see John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., to protest against the Colorado
strike conditions, and declared she
would shoot him down like a dog"
was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

UoI a snort time ago a
colony of perhaps 5000
western grebes thrived
happily among the tule
beds and narrow channels
Of the klamath lake region
on the border between Ore
gon and California. At one
typical nook a small family
padded in the stream, the
father with his beautiful
glistening white breast and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Rejects Woman Suffrage Bill.

London, England, May 8.-The house
of lords at a night session held on
Wednesday rejected the woman's suf-
frage bill by vote Of 104 to Co. The
police expect serious trouble as a re-
suit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
One Killed. Four Hurt in Car crss.

Detroit, Mich, May 7.-One man a
motorman, was killed, four passengers
we're fatally injured, and % Others
were seriously injured in a collision Of
street cars at PHILADELPHIA and Oak
land avenues On Tuesday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
A Sure Sion,

Alas exclaimed an elderly lady,
Il know that I am gradually growing
weaker. Last year I used to walk
around the block every morning be-
fore breakfast. but now when l get
half way round I have to come back.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
EIGHT Die In Panama Blast.

Panama, May An explosion at
the government of Panama dynamite
magazine on Tuesday resulted in the
killing Of eight persons Nineteen
we're seriously injured The property
vas DESTROYED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
IIIinoIsans Named to Office.

Washington. May president Viii
son sent to the senate the nomina-
ton Of E. D. McCabe of Peoria to be
internal revenue collector for the Fifth
district of Illinois. and j. F. Smietanka
for r. First district
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
WILLING to Wait.

He-I can't afford to marry for FIVE
years. Will you wait for me?
She-Certainly-if no one else man
ries ne before then.-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

ming so low in the water that he was
scarcely visible, the mother riding
somewhat higher in order to keep dry
the two tiny gray chicks nestled on
her back under the protection of her
raised wings. One baby, in spite of
maternal remonstrances, slipped off
the mothers back and made it's way
over to its father, climbing on his
back as he ducked slightly. The ma
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
Heads sona of Confederate Veterans

Jacksonville, Fla, May 9.-Seymour
Stuart Of st. Louis was on Thursday
elected commander-in-chief of the
United Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams. succeeding w. w. Old, Jr.,
OF Norfolk, Va
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

rent suddenly Owed coming up an instant later
with the young bird still clinging to his back and
apparently enjoying the thrill.
Two days after visit the compIacent scene
changed New York and Paris had announced
that grebe skins would be considered fashionable
hat ornaments. At once the increased demand
and the chance for immense profits sent crowds
Of ranchmen, farmers, and professional hunters
into the grebe district, and thousands of birds
were shot down in short order Two hunters
within week turned lower klamath lake into a
pool Of gore and carnage
For the backwoods inhabitants of these two
states the new style as good as gold mine.
The hunters were allowed IS cents for each skim
and consequently could easily average twenty or
thirty dollars a day, while the farmers could go
out before breakfast and as much as a
weeks toll on the land would net When at the
end of some months the professional hunters
realizing that the grebes must soon become ex-
tinct, tried to regulate the traffic and stop the
slaughter during the breeding season. the farmers
neglected the restraining order. and, the fash
iOnable women, ignorant of the suffering caused
by their within, maintained the evergrowing de-
mand, Ill attempts at protection soon disap-
peared and the species fast began to die out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

She is a wise fat woman who does
all her bathing stunts in a bathtub.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Spain, and her parents were operatic
singers of Italian ancestry. She first
sang at an early age in New York, but
her fame was secure after her first ap-
pearance in London, and from that
time she held high rank as one of the
first singers of the day
Patti will owe much of her fame to
the way and manner in which she
sang Comm Thro' the Rye" Patti
never underestimate the value of the
songs that touched the heart. THE
Last Rose of Summer" is a song that
will always be identified with Patti.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
WEYERHAUsER LEFT $a75, 900.
Estate of Late Lumber King Smaller
Than EXneSted.

st. Paul, Mimi, May Elm a petit
ton for tue proving of Frederick Wey-
erhaeuser's will filed with the tesla
ment in the Office of Probate Judge
Bazille an approximate value Of only
$3.50 is put on the estate of the
ST. Paul lumberman, who died at Pas
adena, Cal, April 4. He was reputed
to have been one of the wealthiest
men In the nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Putnam Fadeless Dyes make no
muss. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Time may be money, but it hangs
much more heavily on our hands.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
SonQs Patti Sano.

There was a time, and it is not en-
tirely passed, when to mention prima
donnas you would instantly think OF
Adelina Patti She was born in Madrid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
WITH OTHERFEELINcs.

She-Before we we're married you solemnly de-
clared that you never could be happy without me-
He-True; but marriage has made another man
of me.-Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

thority. More than one boy came safe
" through the stormy years of his
teens not because of but in spite of
the system of discipline to which he
was subjected in the home.-The Moth
ers' Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

The average man wastes enough
time in silly talk to earn an honest
living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
kRayyISa SzEIE2a s ssAsT IIDs

Optimism is good thing when not
oVerworked
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14

Payable In Thirty Days.
'Tell me the worst, doctor"
"TIl mail it to you" Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-14
tCir,nax Of tie pfx,7ze
Hk117keE5 Al-k

as to keep the rest of the
birds from coming out. l
padded back to camp for a
supply of shells, and that
morning bagged over two
hundred birds"
To Offset the quick move
ments of the fowl, the hunt
ers use a gun that spreads
shot over an area of one foot
at about fifty yards.
The occupation of grebe
hunting, which at the outset
attracted many individuals on
account of the big financial
possibilities, has since been
organized into a prosperous
b77ciuoCu hv soma large cOn-
The Washington herald., 1914-08-29
LITTLE KITCHEN HELPS.

There is a popular prejudice against
erI.d food, but food perfectly fried is
,ot harmful to a healthy person. Fry
ing can be perfectly done only when the
fat is smoking hot Croquettes or other
food coated with eggs and crumbs and
immersed in smoking laI will not be
greasy. and may be eaten with impunity.
II the sinews are removed from the legs
when a fowl is drawn the meat OF the
leg Will be as good as that Of the second
Cold poached eggs can be boiled hard
and chopped fine, to use for garnishing
on mixed with minced meat for sand
witches.
RoII orange and lemon Peels in sugar
and drv for candied peels. These make
an attractive dish Of bonbons for the
dinner table.
A pinch OF bicarbOnate OF soda mixed
with tomatoes before milk or cream IS
added prevents the milk from curdling.
Wire sleeves should never be washed
with soap. Clean them with brush
and use a little soda dissolved IN the
water.
To make a coarse, inexpensive table
cloth look well, use a little water starch
IN washing and have the cloth ironed
until it is perfectly dry. This will give
the linen a rich gloss