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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
AnpIa Butter.

Apple butter should be made with
new cider, unfermented. Fill large
kettle and boil until reduced one-half
To four gallons Of boiled cider allow
a half bushel Of good. juicy apples.
pared, cored and quartered. When the
apples are cooked soft and begin to set
tie, stir them continuously and cook
until the butter is dark brown, with
the consistency Of marmalade. No
sugar is needed, nor spices, but If de
sired cinnamon and nutmeg may be
added to taste. 1t will keep unsealed,
but should be covered closely.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Chicken Patties.

Line muffin tins with puff paste and
bake. Have ready pint of cold boiled
chicken cut very fine and season with
salt, pepper, tablespoonful of chop
ped parsley, two tablespoonful Of but
ter, one. cupful of cream and one heap,
: ing teaspoonful Of cornstarch. Heat
the cream and thicken with the corn,
starch moistened in a little milk. and
the parsley, and last the butter and
chicken. Cool before filing patties and
return to the oven to reheat when
ready to serve.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Whom you 'TraVel.

Don't wait until you reach the sta
don, few minutes before It Is time
for the train to start, before you dnd
out the time for starting, arriving at
your destination and the time Of con,
nection. Other passengers wish to
take the same train and must buy
tickets. And don't argue the question
Of the price OF your ticket with the
ticket seller. The price Is settled BY
the managers and directors Of the road
II the price is unjust. address con-
munication to them and stay at home
TIL the price Is satisfactory or pay It
and keep still. Exchange
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Nervousness.

Nervousness in some cases is
largely the result Of habit and If
the habit be not broken is likely
to lead to disastrous results 80
far as the health is concerned.
The very best cure for a case Of
nerves is to keep busy If you
cannot find any work of your
own help some friend who has
more to do than she can possibly
accomplish. Be really interested
in everything you do and do it
with all your might. Nervous
women are sure to have wrin-
kles, and syou will never get rid
Of them until you get better con.
troll Of your nerves.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Pressed Chicken,

Select large fowl, boil slowly until
very tender so that the bones will slip
out easily. Salt when It begins to cook.
Take out the chicken and cool. remove
bones and every particle Of skin. Dis.
solve half box Of gelatin in one-half
cupful of cold water and pour over 1t
a pint of the boiling stock in which the
fowl was cooked, to which has been
added four tablespoonful of butter.
Lay the chicken in mold and pour
over 1t the gelatin and stock. Set In
cool place until the following day be-
fore slicing. Garnish with parsley.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Wallpapers.

Paper for screens and partitions OF
rooms was common in China as early
as the fourth century. In the six
teenth century the use of wallpaper
became fashionable in Holland, and
soon afterwards it was commonly
seen in English houses. Originally
Chinese papers were printed from
blocks. handpainted, or stamped, the
designs being exquisite. Modern
printing and stamping machines made
the manufacture of continuous rolls
Of wallpaper possible.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. ].
mercury. and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

We have just received information
that the Herrick Seed Company of
Rochester, N. Y, wants lady or
gentleman representative in this sec
ion to sell all kinds of Roses, Shrubs,
Trees and seeds. They inform US that
without previous experience it is pos
iible 70 make good wages every week.
Anyone out Of employment write them
.or terms and erclose this notice.
Oct. 81 8
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

6So noom-Ftenty OF AIT anu Sutf
shlne--The Old Tack-Down Carpet
No Place In the Bedroom.
In well-ordered house the sleeping
rooms are of greater hygienic Inn
portancs for the health of the family
than any other part of the house, fol
they are the rooms occupied most con
tinuously and for greatest length Of
time.
People who lead normal lives spend
at least eight hours a day in Their
bedrooms, and it is desirable that they
should first of all be large enough and
provided with plenty OF sunshine and
air. The floors should be of such q
nature as to be easily cleaned. Old
fashioned, tacked-down carpets have
no place in bedroom. The covering
should be such that can be taken Ut
and cleaned easily. The walls Of the
rooms should be painted, or, If paper
ed, the wallpaper should be smooth
finished in quiet tints and simple pat
terms. Large patterns and inharmoni
GUS colors are irritating to a sensitive
nervous person.
Al multiplicity Of ornaments, bric-a
brac scarfs. cushions, etc, should be
avoided They. collect dust and mi
crobes.
When possible, it is desirable for
every person to have his own bedroom
If occupied by two, each should have
his own bed. Metal beds are the best
In winter greater warmth may be
obtained by placing heavy army
blanket or piece of building paper
between the springs and mattress, OF
two mattresses may be used. One
often gets cold even with covers under
which they can not turn, the cold com
ing from underneath, Down coverlets
or wooden blankets are lighter and
warmer than cotton-f1lled bed cover
lngs. The mattress and bedding should
be well aired every morning before the
bed is made up. Closets off of bed
rooms should not be used for old shoes
soiled clothing and accumulated
household rubbish.
1t is necessary during the winter
months to be suitably dressed for out
door sleeping. You can not sleep out
doors, or practically so, with summer
night clothing If you do, you will
take cold, have toothache, rheumatism
and other ills, through your own care
lessness, and not because you slept
with your windows open. A thick
wooden sweater for very cold veal her
and cap to come down to the brows
are essential. Warm the bed with q
hot-water bottle or jug of hot water
while you are getting ready by fire
Put the hot water in the middle and
then push 1t to the foot when you get
in. Never put the head underathe GOV.
ers Draw the covers up close around
the neck and leave the mouth, nose
and eyes olit.
Z A screen at the foot Of the bed will
protect from drafts.
Have your windows open top and
bottom, If possible. II not, have them
as high as the middle and no less.
No one who has been educated In
fresh-air methods and has experienced
the physical and mental benefits Of
open windows ever willingly again
sleeps in a stuffy, ill-ventilated bed
room.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Good for the Teeth.

Carbonate Of soda is good to use 90.
casionally IS tooth powder, as it.pre.
vents decay. A mixture of flne salt
and weak vinegar water viii cleanse
yellow teeth, as win also q paste made
Of pulverized pumice stone and perox-
ide Of hydrogen lightly rubbed on the
teeth. TO prevent decay between the
teeth draw dental doss through them
avery day. This win save yOn sniier-
~ and reduce your dentist billa
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

Don't use harsh physics The reac-
tion weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg
ulets They operate easily. 25c at all
stores.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

IS. If your Christmas gift was money
you can earn a dividend of 10 ner cent.
by purchasing piece Of Cut Glass or
Silverware, thereby investing the
money in something useful and las.ing.
Ysul friend will rot object to your.
Sfnakipg this investment if you visit our
store duriussthe 10 per cent reduction
sale. c. W. Brown, Jewe'er.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

nCan'ts look well. eat well. or feel
well with impure blood Keep the
blood pure with Rurdock Blood Bitters-
Eat simply, take exercise. keep clean,
and god health is pretty sure to fol-
low. 500 q bottle.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

Hives. SERENA, itch Or salt rheum
sets yon crazy. Can't bear the touch
Of your clothing. Doan,s Ointment i
fine for skin itching. All druggists zen
It. 6Oc I box
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
Good Salesman Wanted.

To sell our Fruit Trees in This County.
Best terms known to, the nursery
/ world. Steady employment, cash
weekly. Good money made selling our
excellent stock. Satisfaction and profit
from every tree. If YOU are the right
man, we will make you our county
manager
Cedar Mill Nursery and Orchard COMPANY,
Box r.. Winchester. Tenne..e..
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise.
apply DR.. Thomas. Eclectic Oil-the
household remedy. Two sizes 25c and
50c at all drug stores.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
N S&zVl Norfolk s11sslvSesierp
schstnle in Eject

Nov y 1874
TRAINS LwAvE CHARLEs Town. W. We
soUTBB0UND.
70 -, For Bessie, Nataral Brlns
Gao r. ma Roanoke, Bristol, AID IL
term4late stations. Pull
man Sleeper to Roannkr,
Connects al Roanoke will
ct. Louis Express. Throngh
Pullman Sleeper to
Columbus. Cafe Car.
6.l5 p. III. i me lShan' oo,n ia
NORTHBOUNn.
80 For HagerstOwu sud ant.
ITO q. mediate stations Connects
at shenandoah junction
with B. & q. for Wasting.
ton. Also connects at Ha
gerstown with y. " Rail-
road for Harrisburg and
points north.
= no - M For Hagerstown and inter
$50 +. "a mediate stations Through
Sleeper via Hagerstown to
New York.
a 10 - Stop to let off passengers
@'AO a. III holding tickets from points
on the G. v Rwy or B. &
O. R. R, or to take on pas
sengers for Basic or be-
yond. Pullman Sleeper TO
GARY, WA, and Winston
Salem, N G.. Cafe Car.
10 ~ Stop to let off passengers
IA. from Basic or beyond or to
take on passengers Tor con-
Meeting lines at Shenandoah
Junction or Hagerstown.
P lllman aeepers.o Phifa-
delphiS and New York
Rates, schedules and additional informa-
ton furnished upon application TO Agen's
OF the Dom DANv Or
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

Want good gun at the right price
let Mil'er'e Pharmacy order it for you.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

DeWi,ts Kidney Pills are best, bay
then, of Millers Pharmacy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

Hess Panacea m kas hens lay. Buy
in Of Mfller's Pharmacy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28

Raxall Kidney Remedy will re love
your trouble and many times cure you.
Try it on our guarantee.
Brown & Ho If, the r kali St4r,.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-01-28
SLEEPING ROOMS ]
MOST IMPORTANT
or GREATER HyolENIc IMPORT
ANcE THAN ANY OTHER
PART OF THE HOUSE.
METAL BEDS ARE THE BEST

People Who Lead Normal Lives Spend
at Least Eight Hours Day in Their
Bed Room-PIenty Of Air and Sun
shlne--The Old Taek-Down Carpet
No Place In the Bedroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
Diplomacy and Politics.

Somebody suggests Ambassador
Gerard for President But there is
no thoroughfare The ambassador
could not afford to antagonize his
, chief. and could not win his party's
nomination if he did. For the demo-
Gratis it is Mr.. Wilson again, or GER
tain defeat. 1t may be Wilson and
defeat. but without him the defeat
would be crushing.
This suggestion grows. of course.
out of Mr.. Gerard's services at Ber-
lin. They have been most valuable
to his own and other countries, and
have earned him much praise The
President has been repeatedly con-
graduated on the presence in such
an important Office at such an i'm
.portant time of man showing such
capacity for diplomatic work.
Mr.. Gerard's diplomatic record,
4 however, cannot be capitalized for
political purposes. That was tried
in New York last fall, and failed sig
nally. His friends nominated him
for United States senator on the
strength of his distinguished services
up to that time at Berlin, but the peo-
pie at the polls did not approve. He
iran far behind his opponent.
There is another case in point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
The Downtown Postal Problem.

The need of downtown branch
postal station on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. is as great as it was several
months ago, when the committee of
business men having the matter in
hand carried an unsuccessful petition
to the postmaster. Whether there is
any reason to expect favorable re-
opening of the matter does not now
appear, although the committee in
tends to resume its efforts in this
direction. The Star trusts that there
is change of heart at postal head
quarters and that the business inter
ests of downtown Washington will
be recognized in this case when it is
once more laid before the authorities.
The excuse that was previously given
that to maintain fully equipped pos
tai station in the old department
building would cost too much money
to be considered in these hard times
does not square with the estimates.
There would be no rent to pay, no
bonus to be given to merchant for
the use of his store, and only small
range of salaries to be cared for. The
space in the department building that
might be employed for this purpose is
not now needed for other purposes.
So far as can be ascertained the
rooms vacated by the city post Office
have been put to vague and miscel-
laneous uses that are not especially
important Two hundred square feet
of space would amply accommodate a
fully equipped branch station. Half of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
The Fire Loss Problem.

Tomorrow a meeting is to be held
in New York in the interest OF
greater protection against FIRE i'll
American cities. Washington is send
ing delegates who should be able to
set forth an interesting statement of
facts regarding the comparative I'M
munity of this city from the fire evil.
July's FIRE losses in the District of
Columbia were less than $1,000. 1t
is doubtful whether another COM
munity of this size in the United
States can make a showing within
FIVE times this figure.
Washington comparative immu-
nifty from fire results first from the
character of its buildings, which are
generally of hre-resisting if not fire.
proof materials; second, the absence
of great industrial establishments
where fire risks are usually high ;
third, the breadth of the streets and
the absence of overhead wires, and
finally the maintenance of one OF
the most efficient fire departments in
the country.
Perhaps the absence of local poll
tics in the administration of the mu-
nicipality has much to do with the
success with which fires are pre-
vented and checked here. Regula-
tons drawn for the purpose of re-
ducing the fire risk are enforced
strictly and impartially. The depart
ment is organized upon merit basis,
and influence has no power in the
selection of privates or chiefs. Ma
terials and apparatus are of the best
and reliable. AS much, however, can
not be said of every other city in
the United States.
The fire evil is one of the gravest
to which the: people of this country
are subject. 'They pay an enormous
toll to carelessness and selhshness
and ineficiency in the annual fire
losses. In this respect our civiliza-
ton fails seriously, and the problem
is one that should enlist the cor
receive endeavors of every citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18

After achieving fame at Paris as the
American ambassador in handling
business after the war began, Myron
T. Herrick returned home last fall,
and was at once entered in the presi-
Dental speculation of the day. For
several months a Herrick boom pros
pered. though the boomee good-na-
turedly refused to be impressed.
Today the boom has almost ceased to
boom. When Ohio is mentioned Mr..
Burton seems to be the stronger man
at home.
There is a difference between Mr..
Gerard's case and Mr.. Herrick's.
Even if the former shall continue at
Berlin and continue to add to his
reputation as a diplomat his weight
as a political quantity at home will
not increase for any use in the po-
litical field next year. AS already
stated, the democratic presidential
program is made up.
The republican program is still in
the shaping. But Mr.. Herrick has
retired from Office. His reputation as
diplomat must rest on the record
he made last year, admirable though
brief. But that has not suflced to
keep a boom for him alive to this
time, which is almost twelve months
before the republicans will make their
presidential nomination.
The country highly appreciates
notable diplomatic work, though re-
warding it not after the fashion of
politics. Mr.. Gerard's failure to
reach the Senate and Mr.. Herrick's
to hold the limelight are not an indi-
cation that the services of either in
the field of diplomacy have been for
gotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
The Superior Animal.

The clam is not handsome brute;
His ways are strange to note;
He wears all year the same old suit,
A concrete overcoat
His manners on the sandy shore
Are modest and polite.
He knows he is a homely bore
And burrows out of sight.
The lobster is an ugly elf
Who is content to keep
His ugliness unto himself
Out in the briny deep.
The sculpin and the octopus
Have forms that cause remark;
They know that Nature made them
thus
And try to keep it dark.
And yet the seaside sights are queer
AS many creatures strange
Assemble there from year to year
In search of rest and change.
The native jewellers fade away
While human bathers fit
In weird and terrible display
And never mind bit. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18

that is more than is devoted to pos
tai purposes in the store stations in
the downtown section. The business
mems committee has strong case, in
the array of annoyances to which the
merchants of the midcity section have
been subjected by the removal of the
post Office from its old place, and 1t is
to be hoped that it will be able to
make an impression this time upon
the officials before whom it carries
the case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
Col. Harris to Remain.

Waving the established rule that
limits an army officers tour OF duty
on detached service to four years, the
President has made it possible tor
Col. Harris, the superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds, to remain
in Washington longer in order to con-
tinue and perhaps complete the work
of improvements that have come un-
der his direction. Col. Harris has dis
PLAYED an exceptional ability IN the
matter of park development, and 1t
would have been a misfortune to cut
short his stay in Washington on &C
count of technical rule that has no
more than the force of a regulation.
No rule is good that defeats the
major object, and in this case the
prime purpose is to make Washing
ton attractive and healthful. Col.
Harris plans for the development OF
the newer portion of Potomac Park
below the bridges have yet to be
formally adopted by Congress, but
there is little reason to doubt that
they will be approved and that funds
will be provided for their execution
When they have been consummated
they will yield a public recreation
space that has no equal in the world.
1t is, therefore. reassuring to know
that this efficient. energetic officer is
to stay in Washington longer, and
that he may be here when Congress
has put its Endorsement upon the
projects now contemplated, to under
take the work himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
America as Sea Carrier.


sion. under instructions from the
President, will make IAN investiga-
ton of transportation facilities and
rates between the United States and
. foreign countries" and This explana-
ton is given out by the Treasury De-
partment:
THE investigation will cover all
phases of our ocean commerce. with
particular reference to the trade with
g.. South and Central America and the
principal countries of Europe. The
commission will ascertain. through
= reliable and impartial sources. what
kind OF steamship service exists be-
: tween our leading ports and the lead
ing ports of South and Central Amer
lea and those OF Europe. and how it
compares with the service as it ex-
listed before the European war broke
out: what were the rates for passen-
i gers and cargo prior to the outbreak
of the war and since. and what is the
effect OF present shipping conditions
on our foreign commerce"
E A report is expected IN time for use
by the President in his recommends
tons on the subject to Congress.
And, next to that of the national de-
: Tense. no subject of greater interest
islative action
AS has been stated before, the ship
purchase bill considered and rejected
by the last Congress was. and was
described as, an emergency measure.
1t was framed to meet a situation
suddenly created by the European
war. Needing oversee transportation
facilities. we discovered there were
too few available, and that we. our
selves had none. But the Presi-
dents plan for meeting the emer-
gency-government ownership and
aoperation-smacked too much OF state
socialism to suit Congress, and it
failed.
Since then the question has taken
: on larger and broader aspect. What
n now in the public mind forming a
national issue relates not to an emer-
gency so much as to the establish
ment of an American merchant ma
rine. We want ships carrying Ameri-
. can products under the Stars and
: Stripes as soon as we can get them,
but also as permanency and looking
, to the placing of the United States
among the great sea carriers of the
world. Our proper place is in that
company, and Congress should take
steps to put US where we belong.
1t is upon this proposition debate
. in Congress now will turn How best
may the object be accomplished? By
government ownership and operation
or by private enterprise assisted by
the government in the shape of sub
sidy or some kindred means. Gov
government ownership and operation
4" would be an experiment. Subsidy has
been used with signal success by all
the sea carriers we must meet if we
enter the field
The investigation ordered should
, be of great assistance in the solution
of the matter. The tribunal into
whose hands it has been put has large
powers. and can go to the bottom of
the subject. Let us hope that may
be done. Both the President and Con-
gress should proceed less with pride
of opinion, less under the recollec-
lions of past antagonisms, than under
the desire to find the best course as
indicated by the facts and by general
experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18

The business that the San Fran
cisco exposition would have done had
it not been for unprecedented inter-
national conditions will be favor
lite subject for some time for those
who delight in abstruse calculations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18

Members of Congress are expected
to be on their best behavior next
session, inasmuch as they are to be
under the critical observation OF the
ladies demanding suffrage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18

Peace arguments to the effect that
no munitions ought to be sold from
this country evidently regard the
governments power to regulate prl-
yate traffic as unlimited.