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will very shortly fray and become
ragged and Shiny. because il is inn
possible TO thoroughly wash a rag
ged fabric. So. while it apparently
seems economical 10 Use up in Tegu-
lar shape pieces Of outworn clothing
on a mop. it is. frankly, not sani-
tary. not efficient. and not time
saving.
Much better. indeed, II is to use
some Of the specially woven scrub
cloths. These come in various sizes,
from lsxlS TO 2ix24, and in different
weights. No one who has not ex-
perimented can actually state how
much wasted effort has been put
upon mops with irregular. ragged
cloths, which were not thick enough
TO absorb water or thoroughly
clean How much better is a firm.
square. regularly shaped cloth made
OF loose fibers which aborb water,
and which are firm enough 10 &C
tualiy rub and clean whatever they
are used upon. For. as the cord is
to the arrow, so is the cloth unto
the mop stick, The right weight
cloth will do more for easy mon
ping and scrubbing than anything
else, and. as i said, the schief rea-
son against the use of fathers
ragged hannels is that they are OF
too uncertain a quality and weight
= - efficient no9pi1S
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DRESS TO SHOW
INDIVIDUALITY
By ELEANOR AMES.

should not be noisy. No, no, rather
II should be mysterious. Mystery
tasclnates. II Is woman's duty 10
De Fascinating. The obvious woman
may have useful place in the
world, but she does not make men
think and wonder and worry. Moods
are woman'S right, moods that
Change. that chase one another all
the time. that never let themselves
be quite understood. The moment We
thoroughly understand anything ii
becomes less alluring, is Il not so?
1t is the mystery that holds. Re-
preston may count more than ex-
preston. Silence Is often more elO-
quent than words. Repose more ef-
fective at times than gesture. We
rise to height of fury. or passion
or JOY. But-isn't the calm which
follows just as full of meaning?
That is what | mean by mystery
clothes. Clothes which arouse ad-
mlratlOn, envy, II you wish. that fit
the wearer. her body, her style, her
nature: clothes that make you sure
they have story to tell. a message
to give and make you find the mes
sage out for yourself
Always make your gowns with
long. graceful lines and OF the finest
materials. II you get materials fine
enough. wonderful enough. you will
not need trimming. They will be
sufficient in their own richness.
Lace. jewels. they are all the
trimmings ] wear. My gowns are
always in fashiOn-fOr defiance of
fashion Is not mysteriOus-but they
do not follow the lines Of fashion
when you try to analyZe them.
The lines of fashion are not my
lines. If they are yours. II is for
you to follow them. The woman
who is wise will suit her clothes to
herself. Then they will always be
in the fashion
Women are first OF all indi-
viduals. Then they must he dis
tinCtive- When We copy we must
have the Cleverness to adapt so the
copy is not apparent. Originality Is
more often than not skillful adapta-
ton"
Copyright. Newspaper Feature Service.
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reacting on the nerves, that the natural
strain upon the cords and lgaments
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-
He'd upon. And judging by the fact
that Mothers Friend has been In
continual use since our grandmother
earlier years and is known throughout
the United States IL may be easily
inferred that IL Is something that W.
men gladly recommend.
Mothers Friend Is prepared only
In our own laboratory and Is sold bv
druggists everywhere. Ask for a bottla
today and write for special book for
expectant mothers. Address Braddeid
Regulator Co. S07 Lamar Bldg, At.
lanta. Ga--Advt.
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THE MOP FAMILY
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

" HE original mop was
bunch of thrums. a tuft of
coarse yarn fastened to a
handle" but this ancestor of
the race has a numerous progeny
today, with, sisters and cousins and
aunts as myriad as Pinafore, and
the modern housewife has any num-
Der OF species 10 choose from TO
help her in her household labors.
First, l want to take the stand
against the o'd-fashioned mop rag,
sad relic of winter underwear. 1t may
seem thrift to many women TO use
up discarded garments as cleaning
cloths. but our modern sanitary
point of view does not tolerate the
ragged, frayed. unsightly rags" SO
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NH set beholders thinking
gowns that repress instead
OF express moods and emo
lions and characteristics and IDEAS
these are the successful dress crea-
ions. according TO the fascinating
Russian. the theatrical sensation OF
the year. Olga PetrOva.
Or course. the fiippant- minded will
say there Is always a mystery about
WOmans clothes to every other
woman-the mystery OF why she
gets what she does, or how she gets
all she wears. But il is 10 such
petty, sord!d mystery TO which the
graceful and exotic Petrova refers.
She means the clothes which give
every evidence of being simply sur
charged with meaning-and let the
world wonder what the meaning is.
Such a gown was the blue and
one-piece robe which draped the
sinuous curves of the lovely lady
from the Cars domain when /
called on her.
II was a veritable chameleon of a
gown. Once | thought / had its
secret IT trailed like flame over the
black velvet carpet and Curled itself
about her feet. but just as started
10 define IL PetrOVa moved. II was
not a flame at all. 1t was a wave OF
the sea. the blue-green sea after a
storm, with the setting sun slanting
across its crest. Another move and
the sea had vanished. and in its
place was a bit of dawn sky with
the sun just peeping up into the
ROSY east. Then I gave II up. for IL
suddenly changed to a plain blue
dress.
Mile. PetrOva made 1t herself. She
makes all her clothes. And-they
cost such a little bit" she con-
fided in me. 81 can save much
money making my own clothes. Be-
sides who knows so well what /
want to wear as |. MYSELF"
IAN clothes should have a mean
ing" she continued in a voice like
honey, soft and mellow and liquid.
They should have a meaning, hut II
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Mental Life q Balance.
The punch and vigor Of the cold
| FLOODED facts Of logic may smooth tine
path for, but 1t does not incitc. agree
ment with the proposed views.
Certain procedures or courses or ac-
ton. really due to emotion. may neeo
the Justification OF reason, but IL Is
the emotion that honestly does the
business. The causes of intellectuai
action. according to DR.. Ralph n. VIM
cent, eminent as a psycholoslsI are
purely emotional. Facts are not IN
cfters of emotion.
Mental life Is an elaborate balance
between ideas. reflections. sentiments,
and facts. No single act Is strictiy
the result of facts. emotions. or ideas.
ANY impression made upon your
feelings leads the intellect TO influ-
ence your actions. The things done,
or thought. are the consequences more
of the emotions aroused than OF the
facts presented.
Hypnotism. salesmanship. adverus-
ing, spell-binding. pulpit-poundins'
the healing art. and all sorts OF con-
ditions OF suggestion depend Tor
strength and efficiency less upon the
number OF the facts presented than
upon the susceptible emotions excited
Fatigue. sleep. even the infectious
ness Of Incidence. a slight cold. IN
juries. friendships. condolences, mu-
tual interests all suspend In fashion
the powers of motion. of sense. and OF
tissue and thought resistance.
The state of reverie by day and the
dreaming attitude at night find their
counterparts in the hypnotic state.
Sleep-walking and somnambulism are
degrees of both conditions.
Unconscious Will Power.
The sleep-walker clearly sees his
way as he passes by but he does not
understand words or persons seen.
He Is awake only to perform one iso-
lated act.
DR.. Carpenter explains how. II words
are in reference TO the subject In
hand. they do understand.
A young lady at school frequently
talked in her sleep. II encouraged by
questions connected with the talk she
soon disclosed all her own peccadil-
loes. She was. however. insensible to
all other sounds.
In the active. motor. waking state
nothing is remembered OF either the
somnambulistic or the real hypnotic
state during waking hours.
Under the stress of fear eNtraordi-
nary feats have been performed by
many unexpected persons. Men chased
by dogs have leaped high fences,
cleared hurdles. and achieved unheard
of records.
A man with locomotor ataNia who
had been unable to walk for some
years, was caught IN his rolling chair
in an elevator. He lesped out In great
since.
. The will thus brought into action by
shocks and surprises had lain dormant
for years.
Copyright. Newspaper Feature Service.
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lot a
in / Of
Love said of the gtrsand the preiest of the lot
loved unend uncle treated her out of
He gave her fine home and Limousine and plenty of good clothes
help die any man
o lin trest me
Opinion.
a homes
an establishment place of liz the wora husband children
oo enough to fall dead love with that couldn't live without
suppose Nobody
of
so the tax went ana they meant every word OF It, these htt
sOye slender things not long of their
The modern
her opinion will let
1t used take pride make with she
that dead in love with eand didn't whether
she knew not Now her pride that makes her leave him.
one of the things marge most important thing be
Of the family % not see that it is right tear all these things down just
Happiness is not the only word the dictionary
days-and do not quite
zee where in the scheme of things the children
Unapprecated
happy woman 1t is i'm
psnt that she good woman and that she keeps the
hearth at home But the modern will
that in another Generation she'll be @ gong fast
wedding out In
The girl isn't half sweet and
her oldfashioned period you
m best Of the bargain
, So%'D o live without man great deal than
founded
and the human heart there planted
0 R an Ra 5Sns S Son earth M wi" Msn vo uDDHt
behave yourself anu you
% e p 5s Ts93s aSas her
serious :'R s6s9 5ss tn 2s not SOME D son'
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ClleH uEeO III
the many kinds
Of mop handles.
If the piece of
z ! o tn in z has
been old. IL is
generally tru e
that IL has lost
It's power of alb
scrbing " a { e r
q n d is 90
threadbare sat
Z a c I orily TO
cleanse any sur
face. Again. IL
" is SO old, II
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plete joy Of eXpec-
tation. But this is
quite overcome by
the advice Of 50
MANI women ~
u s e M o I h e re
Friend" This is al
applications
designed 10 SO lu-
bricate the muscles
and to thus so re.
tiaVa the nraS afrrA
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Answers to Health
Questions

j. M. A.-Would you advise the sea-
snore as good place to live perma-
nentiy Tor person with a weak throat
ana who takes cold easily?
Yes. very good place.
x: Y. Z.-Kindly recommend a dand-
run cure and a hair grower.
Try this: Resorcin, dram; salicyIic
acid and glycerine, dram; dilute al
cohol, ounces.
George K.-What Is good for a coated
tongue and bad breath?
Look to your teeth, your toilet, and
your stomach. Indigestion very often
causes coated tongue and bad breath.
Take Tactic acid bacilli and plenty OF
charcoal at meal times. see that YOUR
blood pressure Is kept low, and take
EPSON salts once or twice a week be-
fore breakfast.
L. A.-What will remove pimpIss
from the face? What should I use for
purfncation of blood to prevent their
appearance?
Try this: Sulphur. u ounce; spirits
camphor. 15 drops; resorcin, 10 grains:
acacia. ounce; rose aquae, / ounce:
lime water. ounces
Eat lots OF plain food. such as meats
eggs. fruits, and green VEGETABLES.
salts, such as Rochelle and Epson
are good. Avoid sweet and greasy, oily
DR.. .Hirshbero ION ansper question,
for readers of this paper on medical.
hyoienic ard sdnitation subjects that ars
Of general interest. He toiII not und,y-
take TO prescribe or offer oduice for In
diridndi cases. Where the subject IA NOT
Of general interest letters piH Be an.
dressed envelope Is enclosed. Address an
inquiries to DR.. L. x. Hfrsh5sro, cars
this office.
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better on There is always the posi-
bility OF illness.
A Broken Heart-Don't break your
heart over a married man who will
make love TO a girl He isn't worth
It. Put him out Of your life and be
glad you did SO before II was too late.
At twenty. disappointment in love
seems very cruel. but IL you put your
mind on something else you'll be, sur
prised how soon you forget.
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Secrets of Heath and Happiness,
Emotion, Not Reason,
Rules the Peoples Will
By Dr.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG
A. B., M. A NJ. D. (Johns Hopkins.

a b. M. a. M D. (Johns Hopkins).
ut one lawyer, physician. clergyman. nnancier.
~ for that matter any woman, bases his or
her actions reasonable though these be. upon any
logical thought
The object OF the Bonapartes Of the law the pulpit
mr. Of anv one who influence others IL not to put
facts and philosophy without flaws before the world but
to touch some chord with which to elicit atten-
tion sympathy, interest and power
In fine when the public greeted by any so-caled
writer or other influential the supremacy
of the latter depends the agreement Of the
auditors minds proagonsts words than on the
mass of facts presented.
To most persons, in reality, the question with refer.
a statement Is not rs II the "noie rHtn' and
nothing hut the TRUTH? but rather. Does 1t please
,..uro. and preyious mpressions7
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Advice to Girls
, By ANNIE LAURIE

Dear Annie Laurie:
/ have a friend who lives in a vii
lage not far from a great city. She
has few gentlemen friends, but is
very fond of society. and she likes
to go to all the entertainments,
but is especially fond of the theater
Now. there is a young gentleman
, with whom she is acquainted who
has an automobile, but who is very
bashful.
She believes that he would take her
automobiling or would go with her to
the CITY to attend the theater If she
would ask him. She hesitates. how
ever, to ask him, because she thinks
such a course would be improper
She has asked me for advice. and l
am at a loss what to say.
VIII you kindly tell me whether or
not NV friend ought to take the ini-
tiative and ask the gentleman?
QUERY.
N o. Query, she ought not TO take
nj the initiative and ask the gen.
v tleman. Run as fast as you
can when you see him coming,
you foolish. foolish girl you. because
don't believe you wrote that letter Ior
a friend, Query. I believe you wrote
II for yourself. And it's about time you
had some advice Of some sort.
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Is the N0dern Woman
ON a Marriage Strike?
M RS. RHETA cHILDE DoRR
BY Winifred Black


NJ RS. RHETA CHILDE DORR
M says that women are going on
vi a marriage strike-unless i'm
morality among men is eradi-
Gated.
There's nothing wrong with that state
rent. Mrs. Dorr-except this: Women
are not going on a marriage strike I'M
.ssE mer behave-they've gone.
Twenty years ago every girl who
graduated from high school or from
the conN ent wanted to be married, or
~ least engaged to be married, be-
fore she'd been out of school a yea.
Forty years ago every unmarried wom-
an over twenty had to be prepared 10
Eire an account OF herself to any ole
"'ho cared to ask. She was a freak
end she knew it-and nobody tried 10
keep her from knowing il in the least.
. Today the intelligent girl who mar-iss
before she is twenty-five is the-"freak."
] spent the Christmas vacation with
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joyful Anticipation
Of Motherhood

There is apt to be a latent appre-
hension of distress to mar the COM
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friend cares enough for you. and you
have a really valid reason for not want
ing him to be friends with the boys
you dislike. ask him to give them up
for your sake. But don't ask a thing
like that of a man who loves you UNI
less there is a very good reason back
of YOUR request
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A. F.. R-Money Is a relative thing.
my dear. What would be affluence to
one person would be the merest pit
tance to another. SO much depends on
training and what one has always had.
And while money cannot bring happi-
ness, the lack OF enough TO keep the
wolf from the door will often cause
great trouble. There Is much truth in
the old saying. When poverty comes
in at the door. love flies out of the
window" A salary of $40 is lot very
large. particularly when part of II has
to go toward the support OF your
hance's mother. Perhaps it would be
better to wait little until he Is a little
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of inquiry on subjects Of feminine
interest from young women readers of
this paper and win reply to them In
these columns. They should be address,
ed to her. care OF this office.
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Happy Though Worried If your
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Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature servic,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-30
NIine Law Violation.

Mine accidents frequently are due
to violation of mine laws and rules
on the part of those who are entrust-
ed to carry them out. Sometime
the miner himself is careless, neglt-
gent or Indifferent and thereby he
risks not only his own life but those
OF fellow miners.
1t is bad enough for the men IN
the pit to violate the laws but very
fiagrant, indeed, are violations by
mine bosses. On this a Connellsville
newspaper has the following edt-
torial which is quite applicable in
this section:
One of the most discouraging ex-
periences of the mine inspectors and
mine owners is the discovery now and
then of the fact that one of their
mine bosses is dagrantly disobeying
the mining laws.
One of the principal duties of these
men is to impress strict compliance
with the mining laws upon air en-
pIoyes in the pit. 1t is disheartening
now and then to find one who not
only winks at disobedience of these
laws, but actually participates in.
their willful violation.
Fayette county courts have been
stern in dealing with such cases, but
not more so than they should be. No
man has a right to tribe with his
own life, much less the lives of scores
of other men.
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manager. w. Al. Herach; vice pres!e
dent, w. w. DenNdott; treasurer, H
H. smith; secretary, "A. 2. york; as
sistant treasurer, Henry Hersch as
sigtant secretary, Miss Carve v. y
directors, w A. Hersch, w. w Der
Mott, g. L. Streh1i, Nal Somehow
and Miss Hattie Lennon.
NThe United WOODEN Mtlis COMPANY
was started at Parkersburg, w. Va,
in 1902, in very modest way. The
first years business amouated 70
81 o. 600. In 1913 the company did q
BUSINESS Of over $50O,000 through
twelve retail stores. When the COM
pany started in business, President
Hersch was compelled to pay for his
equipment on the installment ptan;
The idea about which the organiza-
ton has been built up so snccessfu l-
IIy is that of maRer-to-weare ais
tribution of mems clothing at one
price, SIS.
other stores are located at Csncin-
natl, Columbus, GAINESVILLE, Marrtet-
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Coming Events
In Clarlxsburg

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, January Is, 90 80 and 81
Traffic in Souls. motion pictures,
Robinson Grand theater.
Monday, February 2-"San Toy, =
uspices of Marcato Music Club, night,
:3obinson Grand theater.
Tuesday. February 33=.sBought and
Paid For" Robinson Grand theater.
Wednesday. February 4.-"Gtrt OF
the Underworld" afternoon ard
light, Robinson Grand theatre.
Saturday, February flames x.
Hackett in GA Grain of Dust, Robin
SON Grand theater.
February 16 to 81 inclusive Cham-
plain Stock Company. Robinson Grand
Monday, February 17-Recital by
Miss Christine Miller, contralto, First
Baptist church
Wednesday, March 4.-tThe Fire
1y," Robinson Grand theatre.
3
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Human Sharns.

The Bluefeld Telegraph comes
forth with a knock against human
shams. 1t divides men into classes
those who pose and those who do not
and then again divides the oppos-
ers into two classes-those who try
to make themselves think they are
better men than they are, and those
who affect to be somewhat less than
they are, from which excursion into
the realms of taxology it extracts the
following bits of wisdom:
For our part, we prefer those who
do not pose at all, who are perfectly
natural OF the posers, we prefer
very much those who affect 1nodesty,
even il they do not always possess
that quality.
The fellow who holds his chin up
and who is always handing out sage
advice and counsel, Mr.. Know-It-All,
we like not at all. OF course there
are some folks who are perfectly
natural who irritate one-the people
who are perfectly satisfied with
themselves and take no pains to hide
their satisfaction. They ought to
study pose that smacks of more
humility.
Ray Stannard Baker, in the Amer
lean Magazine. draws a sectional line
in this matter. I'm the East" he
says, linen manage to appear. at first
glimpse, more than they arei but In
the West one must often revise his
impression upward"
In a way this is correct. Yet we
would be disposed to say that the
difference lies not $50 much between
East and West, as between urban and
rural. If more men in the East go
about thinking themselves some
bodies, when they are not, it is be-
cause there are more cities there. In
the West the population is. rather
more scattered. We are inclined to
think there is almost as much POM
posity and stiff-neckedness and hate
full conceit in the cities of the West
as there are in the East.
1t is bad enough right here al
home. What a lot of young whfpper-
snappers there are who mince around
as If they really amounted to some
thing. In a great many cases they
are holding down very ordinary jobs
or else are living off father, or possibly
gaining a poor living by their wits
and trying to blur through life. Pos
sibly this class, cheap sports, need
to put on the grand air more than
any other. They need something to
keep their courage up.
Do not mistake the meaning here
There Is a vast difference between
self respect and pretense. People
very properly hate human shams
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a NotabIe Decision.

The decision OF the supreme court
in the Huntington gas rate case, de-
fines and sustatns the powers OF the
Public Utilities Comnais OF West
Virginia, and marks another step
forward in the progressive develop
ment of popular controT over the
public service corporations. The
case came before the supreme court
on an appeal from the decision OF
the commission, restraining the gas
company from making ddscrimfna-
tons in gas rates. The court holds
in erect that 'ts jurisdiction over
the Public Utilities commission is
limited solely to constitutional quest
tions. that in so far as the acts OIL
the Commission relate to questions
of fact or of public policy, they are
not renewable by the supreme court
Intelligencer.
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The arrest OF Carl Barnes. one Of
the most highly esteemed young men
OF the city. Thursday evening by Con-
stable Charles NIcvicker and Robert
Noon, game warden, on Fourth street
on capias calling for the apprehen-
sion of another man. was an outrage,
the enormity Of which is seldom known
in the states history 1t is true that
the officers took Mr.. Barnes for the
other man, but there was no posi-
BILE excuse for their not listening TO
the protests of men they well knew
and who told them repeatedly that
the name of the young man under
arrest was Barnes. officers guilty OF
such conduct are not fit to do public
service and the sooner they retire
from it the better for the commun-
ity