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THE AWAKENING.

the story, and said that Tom would
stav with him for the night.
He looks sick enough to have
been punished sufficiently. SAID
Cottontail as he left. I'm send him
home in time for breakfast. l
haven't the right food for him at my
house Nothing but greens. But he
will never tr! to smoke again.
In the meantime, Tommy was
asleep. and did not even waken as
Cottontail came in. nor did he stir
when the bunny pulled off his shoes
and some of his clothing.
Soon Cottontail was in his night
shirt. had turned down the lamp
and had blown it out. and the room
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little lycopodium powder. As the sound
waves progress along the tube they set
the lycopodium powder in motion. 10
takes IL away from the crests OF the
wayes-the points of least motion-and
spreads ii in the trough. where most
motion occurs. This same method fs used
to discover the velocity of sound In other
gases than air. -
The distance is measured between the
little heaps Of dust produced by any
particular vibration or note" since the
product equals the frequency Of vibra-
ton, times the length Of the waves. the
velocity or unheard tone can be found.
Sounds In this way have been meas
ured, though inaudible TO human ears,
up to 10000 to the second. The sound
vibrations are double the electric oscil-
1ations of this spark, because two sound
waves are given out with each oscills-
ton. -
Birds, insects and other creatures hav,
beNn found to perceive, pay attention to
and answer these marvelously high
pitched sounds; therefore 1t is known
that these brutes have more tauditory)
sense than all men.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature servies.I
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

In the course OF my wanderln8ss
baye used nearly every sort of convey
snce, both by land and water, that man
uses today or has ever used. but dlo
not think that l would ever be forced
10 cross a river in a coracle. In fact, 1
had never seen a coracie before that
day. ] had heard of the ancient first
boat. but 1 had never seen one OUTSIDE
Of pictures in the history OF ancient
Britain / studied as a boy.
On the banks OF a river that no"s
through the borderland between Iioe'
and China, l came, one day upon an
old man sitting beneath great rouna
wicker basket, and ] wondered What II
was. One end OF 1t was propped up win
"a stick. and he sitting under II eatins
Wis dinner. Ny Interpreter and guloe
told me that we would have TO crcss
the river, and that here was our poa''
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Beauty Hints
Bv LUCREZIA MORI.

a yoITR cousin has dyed her hair.
and everybody has noticed 1t and
made comments. The women OF
the Persian and Turkish harelhs
change their heAr from one shade 10
another as an amusement darTng mo
no,onous hours, and they even dc the
IT. of the infants II Il pleases their
tancy.
However, your cousin has dyeo heI
hair. not to amuse herself A.? II
a. great deal OF trouble, but because she
believes L will make her more oeauu-
I'll. And every one has noticed II oe-
,anse her complexion does not tone II,
10 the line OF hair about her race alo
hey eyebrows seem meant for soitIc org
ssise. The chemical effect OF ulhel eht
shades of dye on different hah ls ~
s-aried that even experts cannot "i"'E
,eu how effective the change WILL "e.
and II the result is bad. Whal SIC &c
az Inha ppiness lies hCf0re woman Ia
,rytng 10 regain the natural colo' ana
,iving down the gossip OF her lriehus.
IL your hair Is light. naturally you
want Il TO look as bright az poss'
I'D - n ia DARK you want Il TO stay
that way. and not become Sreaheu
after the shampoo. There are certain
harmless ingredients which may DC
added TO the shampoo water. ana IheSc
Will help YOU ISL'tI!l sAAA b'N
s,eauty that your hair possesses.
Brunettes may help the col9r o. theiI iI
hair by using m egg or HtIie Soo% 1';
beaten into California "laret. Inns Ee'I
WING tlkee its color from the skin oi
ahe black srapc Of which II Is rnaar,
and that contains tannin, which II goo
[or ,ha scalp and hair roott. The yo!Af
Of eggs. or subcarisonLte OF p3iash:: n
soda. are excellent for NeIy DARK hAn'
How fortunate you are II [ouf mar II
hight. for the sun is always ready tG
yned its beneficial rays on %"nr ng@. .9.n.
and aid in the tightening process. ih'
commonly accepted household hleaGhe'
ammonia. boraX., and sodaT~iil itSI!'
en- and brighten the hair httie i"L &.
day or TWO aIte= the shampoo, DNt thc9
have o very drying effect on the scalp
And. after they hn"" producedI a.; lreI re-,
~ coiffurc for q few Gays, the hiN ma!
seem nor, l'feIcss and dead thon "Ne'
before.
A harmless mixture 10! iieh!"ltn& IN
hair Is one .n4do Of equal paris O
honey aud rhuharD stalks, when ar
stepped H. rn'c" palts of white NiT''
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X Advice to Girls x
Bv ANNIE LAURIE.

terests in common with your boy
friends. Are you interested In sports OF
any kind? A man usually admires q
girl who can talk intelligeptly about
them. I don't mean by that q sporty
girl, but one who Is interested In sports
as q healthy recreation
Troubled Wife-If your husband Is as
devoted as you say he is, he surely
would be the last one to expose you
to the danger of insults from his supy
posed friend if he knew the true state
of affairs. Tell him the truth-the
sooner the better. The false friend IS
only preying on your fear. l believe
that he Is assuming his oyerbearlng at
titude to conceal his own friSnt. l
know it will be a hard blow for your
husband to find out that his trusted
friend has failed him, but You are run
ming the risk of further unhappiness II
YOU delay telling him
.Ionesome-I know It 1oes seem hard 70
some home every night and nave your
friends the heroes and heroines
of the books you read. Couldn't you
and some of the girls in yoIr onlce Joln
one of the social clubs ut the \: W
c. A. or some institution IKE II! vi
YOU might find that a church near you
has some sort of society TOT young
people.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24
Science "Hears > Sounds
NoOtherEar Can I lear
BY DIR. LEONARD KBENE HIRSHBERc,
A. B., NJ. A., NJ. d. Johns HopkinsJ.

-HERE silly old phrase that says walls fave
l ears. This is always stated with knowing smile.
as if to you OF the universal danger OF speak
ing about hings you do wish heard. Yet there is
more music noise in the world than the human
hear. .E.-z
Moreover, that proverbialy musical and able
TO tones overtones of great variety and
nicely certain whistles and deep sounds
which q coarser grained of nonmuaca attainments
hears plainly Old groans which ring aloud In old ears
often dead silence to the youthful
Men may be all to take in the strains OF some
sweet harmony yet miss piercing screams of siren
or the music Of the spheres
Keenness of Hearing
The Washington times., 1914-11-24
The Daily
Editorial
For Women
The Question of Meat.
Bv BETH JEFFRIES.

The meat eaters are going to have a
rather hard time in the near future
Regardless of the war or of the cattle
epidemic, the gradual curtaIlment Of
the meat supply has made the question
one.
Some gears ago, when the vegetarians
began to get In their first advertising,
and the general question of eating moth
ing but vegetables was put before the
public, the great majority took the mat
ter as n huge joke.
Now that the majority are put to the
fact that there is less and less meat
at reasonable prices. the joke has auto
matically become a stern reality. In
other words, We have a new definition
for a joke. A joke. from this deduction,
merely being joke when its point
hinges on the misfortune Of the mi
nority.
The majority now suffer. and since We
have proved that the matter is no
longer a joke 1t behooves all good
fathers and mothers to look into the
matter Of nourishment. Galleries, pro-
tein, and other words should be looked
up in the family dictionary at once
few of the pamphlets sent out on re-
quest by the Department Of Agriculture
in which the different foods are giver
their maiden names and actual tissue
J building values.
I Here are a few of the titles of bulle
. tins which will be of value to the house
| wife:
| Meat, Composition and Cooking
} Economical Use of Meat in the Home;
Eggs. and Their Use as Food,
I Beans, Peas, and Legumes as Food;
: Bread and Bread Making" Care o
| Milk and Its Use in the Home;' "Cerea
| as Breakfast Food" Sugar as Food; !;
! "Cheese and It's Economical Use in tn
Diet" Potatoes and Other Root Crop
as Food" and THE Food Value o
l Nufs'
The Washington times., 1914-11-24
Three Women Members
On Mother-Teacher Board

Thomas w. Churchill, president Of New
York's board Of education, has appointed
a committee to gather the evidence In
the teacher-mother controversy and, II
possible. to offer a solution to the mat
ter
OF the seven members of the cornmit-
tee. three arc women, including the
chairman. 1t Is understood that four OF
the committee, two men and two women.
are against the teacher-mothers, ana ~
will take q great deal Of persuasion 70
| induce them to change their views.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24
THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY

Tommy. he remembered. He had
tried to smoke. and had dropped
and Cottontail must have found HIM
and put him to bed. The kitty hid
under the covers and blushed with
shame.
After n few minutes he cautiously
raised his head. Cottontai1 was
taking one more snooze, so poor
ashamed Tom, with his shoes in his
paws, and his clothes over his back.
sneaked downstairs and out Of
doors. He. put on his coat and
trousers on the door step. and made
for his own home. But to his sur
prise. no scolding met him. He was
received without word. and the
subject never would have been
mentioned at all. had he not con-
fessed himself to Mrs. Tabby that
night.
He promised to never smoke again
until he was grown and he kept his
word.
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copyright, 1914, by f. f. Yoder.j

,Copyrisht, 1914, by +. +. YoderJ
# exactly half past O'Clock
n Cottontail opened the door
n of his little house and step
ped inside. He took off his
hat and coat in the dark, and hung
them up on the. hook behind the
door.
He did not make a sound. and the
only light was a faint glow from
the fast fading embers in the CRATE.
He went over to the table. lit the
lamp, and started upstairs to bed
Immediately.
But he stumbled against some
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Doubly Unfortunate.

oId Lady (compassionately)-P
fellow. suppose your blindness is m
cnrahl, Have you ever been treated?
pIind Man (sighing)-Yes. mum, but
,nt often. 'Tain't many as likes to be
seen going into public house with
TIind beggar-Yale Record.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

. A particularly good blonde snaIhpoo
re- made Of two parts OF potash soap
and one part OF alc"hoi, thS El~carl
commonly called green soap. 6ycef. +:
inc SOAP dissolved in spirits OF VIA ~
olso effective, but after using tnis SS'H-
rate the scalp with pure oive OIL
AVE you ever seen group OF
iack-tars swinging their bodies
in unison at the command OF
= an officer? Each morning when
the bugle sounds the call Ito quarters
on our battleships. the men take their
places for the daily exercise, which is
compulsory.
Her. is one OF the first exercises given
the sailors on shipOoard. i is an eX-
,ellent exercise for developing beau
tirul neck. for, after one is able to do
II MANY times in succession il fills out
chest hollOws.
Lie fiat on the floor, face downward.
Now rise your body by the arms and
toes. not allowing any other part OF the
body TO touch the floor. Perhaps IL
you are strong, YOU can do this just
once at first You will find that 1t does
not hurt your arms at all. as you had
eypected but II makes the muscles
across YOUR shoulder blades ache and
. throb. 1t particularly draws those two
muscles that stretch from the shoulders
across .he collarbOnes in front. and de-
vciops them 10 fin ont the neck hollows.
Here IL another exercise ~iVcn sailors,
which is equally beneficial :" women
who ieaI sedentary Nves. stand with
heels together, toes out and body erect.
Raisc the arms until the sides Of the
! thumbs touch each other AZ arm length
above the head. the palms toward the
front. Now advance the left foot until
the heel is slightly in advance Of the
toe of the right foot. Then. turning the
/ body At the waist. throw the arms out
and down until the finger tips touch the
floor at your right side. oD not bend
! the LEFT leg, although the right Will in
! voluntarily bend a trifln. Practice thi!
ten times, then change the feet and ad
I vance the right foot, rotate the body
! and bend at the waist only till the fin
ger tips touch the fOor at the left.
/ 'Copy1fght 1914. Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1914-11-24
Answers to Health
Questions

II. H. C.-Is kerosene good for the
hair?
Kerosene rs a good cleaning agent,
1t viii not promote the growth Of hair.
d. F. Sis cod liver oil a good
builder for any one under weight, and
is it apt to increase weight?
. Pure cod liver oil. II not mixed with
alcohol, will help you to gain, flesh.
/ C.. c. A.-Will you please tell me
Cure for dreaming. I dream every time
( go to sleep.
Dreams always come from physical
disorders or irritation. II you discover
IL remove the same. and the dreams
disappear. Constipation, bad teeth. ton
sils. eating at night, and a multitude
Of other causes are possible.
. DR.. Hirshberg will answer question.
for readers Of this paper on medical
hygienic and sanitation subjects that are
OF general interest He win not under
take to prescribe or OFFER advice for In
div dual cases. Where the subject Is not
Of general interest letters win be an
swered personally. II stamped and adj
dressed envelope Is enclosed Address all
inquiries to DR.. l. K. H.rshberg. care
this Office.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

Dear Annie Laurie:
have been going with boy for
over fifteen months, and IKE MIN
better than any one else KNOW.
He " .nts me to marry him. ana Is
always telling me that i am oio
enough to know my own mlna. nc nc
always shows me the utmost re-
spect, and is very good to me. 1
have been to his home several times,
and every one Is very good 10 me
there. He earns enough to keep
wife in comfort. yet feel tnat
only eighteen years old. and he Is
twenty. What shall I do? He does
not drink. and smokes but NIUE.
Please advise me. FlChLE'
vF you don't want to marry him. don t
marry him.
Eighteen is very young. The sort
of men you like now may not be the
sort of man you'll like at all when
you're Twenty-Five. and then what will
you do about it if you have tied your
self down with him forever?
Some girls know their own minds at
eighteen, some know their own minds
at twenty-five, and some have no
minds Of their own to know at any age
Tell your friend tnat You VIII not iidi
ry until you are twenty, anyway. II ne
cares enough for you he'll wait for You
If he doesn't wait. why then 1t is mar
riage he is after. and not you.
EarI-Both YOU and your little six
teen-year-old friend are much too
Young TO think OF love as yet Nai'
until ~ou finish your nigh schoo
course and have Il position of some sor'
re a
lnent. Do YOU suppose you can re
strain your feelings for cvhile and b.
a very good friend to her for the pres
ent? If you can. see no reason why
you should not ask permission to call
Chance meetings on the street are no
a satisfactory or dignitied way of con
, tinuing q friendship.
Bashful-Perhaps one of Our diff
culties Is that you don't have any III
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l~-E~~.

Miss Laurie will welcome letters of
inquiry on subjects of feminine inter
est from young women readers of this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns They should be addressed to
her. car. o? this office.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

Bashful-Perhaps one OF Our diff
culties Is that you don't have any in
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Keeuness of Hearing.
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

II. H. C.-Is kerosene good for the
The Washington times., 1914-11-24

:, AVE you ever seen a group OF
iack-tars swinging their BODIES
in unison at the command OF
q an officer? Each morning when
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-07-18
The Bank Guarantee Law.

Colomb, La, July Is, 1914.
Editor Chief.
| enclose an extract, taken from
the T1mes-Picayune of the 14th inst,
which shows what the bank guaran-
Zee law is already doing for the bene-
fit of banks in Mississippi. | do not
know anything about the business
acumen of the bankers in New ORE
ans, Or Of any others, who may be
running the metropolis. From the
manner in which the financial affairs
Of that city are being handled, it
seems to need new outfit Every
one knows that the metropolitan, as
well as the rural banks, are short Of
cash and overloaded with Securities.
Everyone knows also, that cash is
being gradually withdrawn from the
banks by timid depositors. If the
bank guarantee law had not been
defeated by the metropolitan bank
ars, confidence would have been re-
stored, cash would have come into
The banks throughout the state, and
commercial enterprises could then
have found money with which to OPP
crate. A city which owes $50, 000,
LOCO and is mortgaged for one-fifth of
its assessed valuation, that has
ward boss system of government and
the plague, that could not land the
Frisco exposition or the Exposition
Of Big Ideas, or a little tWo-by-fou
fair, that lost the reserve bank and
has been done up by the free Pana-
ma to1ls-a city Of this description
n JYan Jn4 RI Io+
other people run the affairs of Lou
isiana.
The only kind of an enterprise the
financiers OF New Orleans seem to
be able to handle adyantageously, is
q bond issue, which they can sell
1t a discount and divide up the pro-
ceeds, leaving future generations to
deal with the results.
Yours truly,
B. A. COLOMB-
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Handsome Duke DWELLING Rttrn ar;

/
j. Rumsey Dukes handsome home
IN Claiborne street was completely
| oestroyed by fire at about 10:15
| O'Clock last Monday night, entailing
a loss OF Approximately $4,000. The
flames are supposed to have start
| Cd in the attic, but their origin
has not been definitely determined
and will probably remain a mystery.
| There had been no fire in the kitch-
en- stove since the noon hour. and
when Mr.. Duke retired a short while
before 10 O'Clock everything was ap-
parently in order and there was
not the slightest indication OF the
impending disaster Passers-by who
| first saw the flames had difficulty
IN aWaklng MI. Duke, and assisted
MIN in escaping from the burning
dwelling through side window of
his bedroom. Young Lonny Blanch-
ard, clerk in Mr.. Dukes grocery
store, was asleep in another room
in the rear part Of the house. but
had been awakened by the roar of
the fire and made his way out safe
ly when Mr.. Duke ran around
throusssh the back yard and broke
open the door Of the room. Alb
solutely nothing was saved, Mr.. Duke
being compelled to abandon even
his personal belongings, including his
watch and a handsome diamond pin
which were in his clothes on a
chair near his bedside. He had
the good fortune, however, to re-
cover these articles from the de-
brls the following day.
Mrs. Duke was visiting relatives at
Sunshine, and Mr. Duke had spent
Sunday with her there, returning
to Donaldsonville Monday afternoon.
Their many friends sympathize with
them in their misfortune and keen
" regret the destruction of this love
" home, which was one Of the most
modern and attractive in the city.
Insurance Of $4,000 was carried on
the building through the National In
suranee Company of Hartford, and
$500 on the furniture in the Prov
idence Company OF Washington.
Both policies were placed by the
Sims Insurance Agency of this city.
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Ba sebaiI Bulletin.

Bone-headed base-running on the
part OF the Donaldsonvillians was
irresponsible for their defeat by the
fast Napoleonville team on the lat
ter's grounds last Sunday afternoon,
the score being 3 to 0. All of the
| enemy's tallies resulted from errors
by the local gladiators after two
men had been retired in both of
the innings when the scores were
recorded. Our boys had numerous
opportunities to put the game on ice,
but on every occasion a play of the
solid ivory variety would be per-
petrated on the paths and the
chance to break into the run col
umn would go a-gEmm erfng. DIAL
emberte and Tearney twirled for
Donaldsonville and both were effect
i've. costly errors behind the former
slabman alone being responsible for
the loss of the game. Hubert Ri
chard was the bright particular star
OF the local aggregation, his playing
at second base and afterWard in the
catcher's domain being all to the
good, while his work with the will
low was also feature. Dugas. on
the firing line for the Maps, was
touched up at lively rate, but fast
fielding by his mates, coupled with.
the locals weird performances on
the base-lines, pulled him out Of
many bad holes and enabled him to
hang another scalp at his belt.
The Meters invaded Gonzales last
laday and were trounced to the
~une of Il to II. A heavy rain fell
.s1st before the game, which not on
Iy accounts for the size of the SEQ
but also explains the Donaldson-
Williams defeat at the hands Of their
east Ascension rivals, Ito hear our
boys tell it,, the Gonzales players be-
ing the better mud-horses.
In a weH-played and interesting
game On S. J.. c. l. campus last
Sunday afternoon between the
Ledpards and S1uggers, the former
proved victorious by a score of 5
to 3. Tomorrow afternoon the Leo
.pards will tackle the Whitecastle
youngsters on the S. j. c. I. diamond.
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FOR SALE Or RENT.

TE7HE HANDSOME Casso residence property
Il IN Railroad avenue House contains seven
bedrooms, dlnlng-roonl, pantry and kitchen.
with wash-house and stable on premises. EIee-
trio Light fixtures in every room. Filtered water
and up-to-date sanitary Improvements. Run
ming water in kitchen and bathroom, with hot
water facilities. Building recently repainted in
side and out and rooms elegantly papered. One
of the most conmodious and desirably located
residences in the city.
There is also ON the property store building
which is leased and bringing revenue of So per
month.
For further particulars. apply to OR address
LUCIEN CASSO, Donaldsonville, La.
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Hurt ia Runaway.

While DIR. Paul T. Thibodaux and
his wife and baby son were driving
along the public road in Smoke Bend
at about 11:30 o'clock last Sunday
forenoon, en- route to dine with
friends, their horse suddenly made
plunge and ran away, the buggy
oEerturning at a sharp curve in the
road and all three occupants being
dashed violently to the ground. DR..
Thlbodaux, who held on to the rains
until the horse broke the harness
and escaped from the shafts, was
bruised about the head and painful
" cut in the left forearm and Shout
der by broken glass from the storm
front of his buggy. Mrs. Thibodaux
sustained a cash across the left side
of her face and in the upper lip,
and the baby was slightly cut near
the left eye. While all the victims
Of the accident We're considerably
shaken up and bruised, Fortunately
none Of them was seriously injured,
and after receiving first aid treat
ment at the home of a coIored Wo-
man nearby they returned home in
an automobile which happened to be
passing at the time and was courte
ously rendered to bring them back
to Dona1dsonViIie.
1t is not known what CAUSED the
horse. to- run away. and the only ex-
PLANTATION of his sudden outbreak is
that he was temporarily maddened
by the sting of a bee Or horsefly.
After running a short distance he
turned around and returned to his
stable. The buggy was considerably
broken up.