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The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Too Many Cooks Will Spoil Any Matrimonial
Broth, Is Radical Opinion Of A. H. Van Buren,
Too Many Cooks" the
Play at Polls Theater
This Week, Is Taken as
a Model by the Leading
Man,

C1T It's all true. Too many cooks
would SPOIL the broth Of any
matrimonial allianceg
The voice of A. II. Van
Buren almost broke with pathetic
inslstcnce. and when he had finish
cd he drew himself up to his full
height and cooked his head on one
side, and looked as II he might have
hurled his defiance at all Of the
in-laws In all Of the world.
For the leading man Of the Poll
Companv thinks that the play in
which he appears this week. 'Too
Many Cooks" by Frank Craven. Is
a sort OF matrimonial epic, a play
which epitomises the mother-in-law
idea.' and presents in dramatic form
the Oldest Joke in the catalogue.
But It isn't any joke at ALL" he
insisted. Those two poor young
things escaped tragedy Just because
the author needed a happy ending
in order to make the box receipts
swell to their proper size. In real
life 1t Is often too insidious and
tragically different. The interfering
relatives of young married people or
people about to be married wreck
more young lives and ruin more
happy homes than strong drink or
anything else.'
TOO Many Cooke tells the story
OF q young couple who try to build
a home. and It takes them three
WHOLE months, running through three
whole acts, to accomplish It.
Because Alice Cook, the young
wife-to-be. had a big family who
were all interested in her and in
the homo which she was to have,
and who thought SO much of their
own opinions that they simply
couldn't leave her and her nance
alone for a moment.
There was AHce's Mother ana
Father Cook, and her two sisters,
and her two brothers. and her two
aunts. and her uncle, and an uncle,
and a friend of the poor husband
to-be, Albert Bennett.
Mr.. Van Buren, does not think that
this outlay OF relatives is over.
drawn.
1T IL not any more than the av-
eraBe person has," he continued.
The Cook family were only nve IN
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
MUSIC
Philadelphia Orchestra Gives All
Wagner Program at Sec
Ond Concert.
oHd Concert.

Olu NuilCClI.
In selecting Rn all-waEner proEran m
for the second concert OF the season of
the Philadelphia Orchestra at the New
National Theater yesterday afternoon,
Leopold Stokowski chose only from that
pinnacle work OF the great masteE the
"Ntbelungen Ring" presenting these
four music dramas in. sequence 20 that
a complete tonepicture quite visualized
these heroes Of WalhalIa. For. Leopold
Stokowskl is innately the dramatist,
with the vtrile spirit of a Siegfried him.
sell; yet the orchestra brought out as
well all the lyric beauty of the lovely
melodies which foretell, as one hearer
said, the approach of Wagner's lovers.
Given IN two parts, and without a
soioist the orchestra gave an interpre.
tation rich In dramatic contrasts and
in truly notable. tone effects. "Das
hhetngold'3 heralded the approach OF
the gods in their march into Walhalla,
with the song of the Rhine maidens
beautifully sung by the woodwinds with
the harp. and suggested as well the sim
lister evil OF Alberich and the Nibelun-
gen in the perverted treatment of their
theme, with the insistant cello note in
tensifying the tragedy. Then the drama
becomes more picturesque with the
ride OF, the ValkyTies." through which
the neighiRg OF the horses was adj
mirably wrought by the strings as
- s1-'' NAaaA e-AAN, HN"Npp W lLGlE
Tho, true beauty of Wagner is re-
vealed in his love episodes and with
discretion, purity Of tone. and a truly
si'lS9 2e y MSlstSs MSltS 'Af RsTSH tS snd sS he
hide" were intertwined. The Same
tineness was also shown in the pianis-
simo approach to the Siegfried "Wald-
Eeben." through which, the. solo in
struments of bird and piper were clear,
against. smoothly undulatinR body
Of tone. ..If
Three selections of "Gotterdam-
merunR," opening with a portend of
catastropre in covered tone, passed on
through a graphic telling OF the Rhine
journey, with its melodiously flowing
waters, to the somber Funeral March. "
whose great climax seemed to bespeak
3 God-ltke heritage; and then, as a
finale. gave to the closing scene an
aDotheosis of the drama. with the
beauty and nobility of the themes con-
trasted and a clarity maintained even
through the tumult Of the climax.
Mr.. Stokowski had to Fespcnd repeat
edIy to applause and received many
recalls. Thaddeus Rich was the con-
certmaSter. j. Mach,
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carry universal message. No one can
read them without being benefited
thereby.
THE BOY MECHANIC. BY II. II. Windsor.
Chicago: Popular Hechanics Co.
Not only the boys, hut their parents
and sisters, too, will delight in volume
than a thousand things n boy can do.
and gives simple directions for making
all manner of articles. The book over
flows with uEnful hints and suggestions,
and Is a key tU endless hours Of fasci-
mating employment for Juvenile minds.
There are directions for making a chime
clock or a dish mop. for entertaining
AZ sleight-of-hand or building rustic
houses. The book fits into the season
excellently.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE E PA GsE1
BdlancedDiet
in Fight
On Pelldgra
BY DIR. L. K. H1RsHRERG.

NV IL N. EllhO1bEhl.
Copyright, 1915. Newspaper Feature Service
ITO dlsproVe the theory that pcl-
Iasra is caused by sand fleas,
chiggers, germs. or other para
sites. Governor Brewer OF Mis-
elssippl recently pardoned eleven con-
Vlets who offered themselves for ex-
perimental purposes to DR.. Joseph Gold
berger OF the United States Public
Health Service. These men were put
on unbalanced and deficient diets, with
the result that six OF them have de-
Vaioped cases OF true Dellagra and two
o'hers nave SHOWN symptoms of the
malady.
Ey these new American discoveries
the strange malady is found to be
caused by articles OF food which are
not well balanced; that Is to say. corn
wheat, sago, oatmeal, and other cereals
and vegetables must be fresh, whole
and not refined too much, II pellagra
is 10 be avoided In those whose indoor
life forblos them liberal allowances OF
sunlight, air, muscular exercise and
Unbalanced meats.
Pellagra was produced in the Afissis-
sipDl convicts by feeding them too much
OF one article of proVender, and none
of another, using old stored-away ard
polished cereals.
This maladY can be eradicated from
Mississippi and the southern States Il
to the winter diet Of the South are ad-
ded such albuminB' as are contained in
fresh milk, lean meat. eggS. peas. and
beans. The latter may be dried, but
never canned and are preferably to be
eaten fresh.
PellaRra is a chronic disease which
begins with a spring fever or that
tired feeling" The victim is dislp-
clined to work. suffers with a burning,
skin, dizzy spells. headaches, noises in
the ears and particularly burning hands
or feet. Red. livid. tense. burning spots.
often mistaken for sunburn. appear
very early. These may at times appear
TO leave rough and dry areas. When the
discoloration returns. as 1t does, II is
worse, and may become black in certain
places. The skin shrinks and shrivels
and the emotions often alter The eye
lids may droop, vision becomes affected
and dysentery begins. If the diet Is not
quickly corrected. and the disturbances
continue, melancholia and insanity are
produced.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Here's To You, Terrence!
And To All Loyal Hearts,
Human Or Only Do9gish
Raggedy Terry Mulvaneys Birthday Tomorrow-His
Ears Are Soft, His Teeth White, and His Eyes
Brown Lakes Brimming With Fidelity
By WINIFRED BLACK.

:"
~ERRBNcE MULvANEY has poor and he always let's you
birthday tomorrow theres
The Washington times., 1915-12-15

number. and that. is. think. the
average number OF the average
family. when the outsider looks
at a situation 1t takes on it's proper
proportions, but when one OF the un-
lucky human beings complicated IN
the AFFAIR tries to get a perspective
everything Is warped.
You know yourself when big fam
tiles try to settle things for certain
individual members that only the
greatest confusion results"
Although Mr.. Van Buren, did not
say that he had passed through the
Same experiences as the poor Cook
girl and Albert Bennett, he inferreas
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1t. His compassion and understand
ing OF the situation were remark
able.
It may be, however. that his his
trionic ability, coupled with his vivid
Imagination. enabled him to visualize
the Cook aftair. and TO actually ex-
perience some OF the matrimonial
storms through which they passed.
He leaned forward and shook his
finger. threateningly.
k'No young married couple should
allow their near relatives TO interfere
with their IDEAS. In the first place
every new alliance is different from
any other which mas ever been made
The Washington times., 1915-12-15

~ NE Of tho most practical in
novations In kitchen equip
ment is the putting on the
market OF glass baking and
cooking utensils.
Although for years we have cooked
in china, or it's modification as typi-
fled in casseroIes and other earthen-
ware, cooking in glass is entirely
new, ~
Pie plates, custard cups, pudding
dishes, casseroles, indeed almost any
shape and size utensil for baking and
slow cooking have just appeared,
nnade of glass. The glass Is ex-
trenieiy heavy in appearance, but
light lin weight. It has a dull
pleasing finish and the edges of
most pieces are slightly beveled
and made with rounded rims.
The FIRST point about these dishes is
the extreme sanitation which they
offer. Even the best Of earthenware
and enamel develops seams or
'icrazes" which give lodgment to dirt.
With the glass dishes this is alb
solutely prevented as the surface is
impervious and Impossible to glaze.
Next the ease in washing Is one
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
1. To address inquiries to DIR. L.
X. Hirshberg, care of The
Washington Times.
2. To enclose q stamped and ad-
dressed envelope If a personal
reply is desired.
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ife.

"tslad TO meet YOU"
s Chapter II,
"Isn't the moon .beahtiful?"
Chapter III.
'OoEum love wuzum?''
Chapter ~.
"Do You--"
'I do"
CHAPTER v.
''Da--da-da-da!"
Chapter vi.
i'SHhere the samhilrs dinnerY'
~ -ChaparraL
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
BOOK REVIEWS

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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
MRS. LAWSON CHOSEN HEAD
Milwaukee Woman Unanimously Re-
elected at State Convention
Sessions in Eau Claire.

Eau Claire.-Mrs. w. A. Lawson, Mil
waukee, was reelected president Of
the Wisconsin Women's Christian
Temperance Union, which held it's
state convention here.
The other officers, all of whom were
reelected, are Mrs. A. w. Warren,
Stoughton, vice-president; Mrs. E. w.
Follett, Marshfield, corresponding Sec
rotary; Miss Julia Hubingson, Wau-
paca, recording secretary, and Mrs.
Ida M. Cooke, Green Bay, treasurer.
Presidents of the county organiza-
tions submitted their reports, and all
told of gains made in membership.
The greatest gains, according to these
reports, were made in the counties Of
Grant, Milwaukee, Barron, Forest, Ash.
land, Bayfield,, Fond du Lac, Pierce,
St. Croix and Green.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
U. S. HOLDS BRITISH
POLICY is UNFRIENDLY
Wilson and Lansing Complete New
Note to England-CalIs Ship
Seizure Illegal.

Washington, Sept. 20.-President
Wilson and Secretary of State Lam
sing conferred at length on Friday
on the completed note of this govern
ment to Great Britain, and on the
phases of the controversy with Ger
many over the sinking Of the Arabic.
The points of the new note to Great
Britain, as obtained flom officials who
have had part in putting it into pres
ent form, are:
That as the United States has re-
peatedly and consistently denied spe-
officially every one of the Qualifications
set up by Sir Edward Grey, the British
minister for foreign affairs, and Lord
Crewe, his assistant, this government
cannot fail to regard the persistent OPP
preston of American commerce as I'M
friendly.
That Great Britain acted illegally
when she took cases of seizure and de-
tention out of the domain of diplomacy
and made them merely matters for the
British prize courts.
That the argument by Great Britain
for such actions is indefensible, because
it is based on the order in council,
which is itself an illegal policy.
That the establishment of block
ade under the order in council which
pretends to include neutral ports, is
not justified by international law on
the mere suspicion that neutral ports
may be made the basis for unneutral
acts.
That the contention of Great Britain
that cargoes may be seized and de-
tanned on suspicion alone, without any
assertion of reasonable proof, is abso-
1utely untenable under any form of
recognized law of nations. p.
That the United States has hereto
fore given Great Britain notice that it
would not tolerate acts such as in the
packers case, which were based on
the illegal withdrawal of questions of
seizure and detention fro mthe cate
cory of diplomatic questions. The
United States has in fact filed it's
caveat, putting Great Britain on no.
tice
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
NEW CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
Woman Who Had Suffered for Many
Years Is Cured by Bolt of
Lightning.

The medical faculty was put to
shame by a bolt of lightning which
the other night struck the farmhouse
of Charles A. Burdick, ON Washing
ton Ridge, says the Berlin Comm
correspondent of the New York Her
aid. The electric bolt destroyed arti-
cles in all the eight rooms of the
house and did damage exceeding ST.
900, but it cured Mrs. Burdick of rheu-
matism, from which she had suffered
for many years.
Mrs. Burdick was about to put wood
in the kitchen stove when the bolt
struck her, knocking her down and
rendering her unconscious. One or
her feet was on zinc beneath the
stove. The lightning took nail out
of the sole of her shoe and her foot
was severely burned. DR.. Thomas
Mulligan of New Britain soon revived
her.
Today Mrs. Burdick, although suf-
fering from the burns on her foot,
was free from rheumatic pains. She
does not think the price her husband
must pay in repairs to the house too
high, but Mr.. Burdick is discreetly ST.
lent.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24

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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
ILLINOIS BANK is CLOSED.
Private Institution of Fuller e Son at
WinsIow, ILL.,, Falls to Open.

VutSiOW, CLIO ~ OPCIs
Winslow, ILL.,, Sept. 22.-The private
bank of Fuller & Son, with deposits
of about $138,000, failed to open on
Monday. ]. B. Fuller, cashier of the
bank, has been absent from Winslow
since last Tuesday, when he left os-
tensibly to visit A. L. Noel, his bust
ness associate, who conducts the In
vincible Metal Furniture company of
Manitowoc Fuller is said to have in
vested large sums in ventures engi-
Aeered by Noel.
The entire family fortunes of the
Fullers-until recently the wealthiest
in Stephenson county-went into the
bank. His two invalid sisters are pen
niless if the fears of depositors are
justified, and his three children are
left without means.
Fuller was treasurer of the school
district and funds in his custody for
that purpose were in the bank.
A few months ago, with the death
of Mrs. Fuller, the bankers three chill
dren inherited considerable estate.
Their holdings were in the bank.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
MOONSHINER CAUGHT
REVENUE MEN RAID STILL IN
WOODS NEAR AMIGO.
Mash and Finished Product Is Found
When Officers Enter Abandoned
Lumber Camp.

Milwaukee.-For the first time in
many years a successful raid on a
northern Wisconsin moonshine plant
was carried out near Amigo by gov.
eminent men when, under the leader
ship of Revenue Agent James O'Brien.
an exceedingly active still was sur
prised under cover of darkness and
William Coon, Kentuckian, acknowl-
edged leader of transplanted southern.
ers, taken into custody.
The illicit still was in an abandoned
lumber camp, and from the evidences
of permanency, doubtless had been
operated for considerable length Of
time in what Coon considered COM
parative safety, being in a wild section
and of difficult access The raiding
party found fully $50 gallons of mash
and ten gallons of the finished prod
uct Mr.. O'Brien estimated that in one
week the plant was capable of turning
out several hundred gallons of moon
shine whisky.
Coon was the only person at the
still, and he was so taken by surprise
that any attempt at resistance would
have been useless. None was offered.
After inspecting the place thoroughly,
the revenue men removed the worm Of
the still and other parts sufficient to
be used as evidence, and removed their
man to Amigo, where he was locked
up.
Mr.. O'Brien declares that there are
other illicit stills operated by Ken
tuckians in the fastness of northern
Wisconsin, and that his department
will work night and day to eliminate
them. There have been false alarms
and empty handed raids from time to
time in the past few years, but moth
ing has been accomplished until now.
! A fine as high as $500 and three
years Imprisonment may be inflicted
in a case such as Coon's.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
WILMA CAPTURED
BY KA|SEIR's men
Great Russ Railway Center
Taken by Germans.
sLAvS IN WILD FLIGHT
Won Eichhorn Wins Goal After Des-
perate EattIe-von Hindenburg
Now Controls Routes to Pc.
trograd and Moscow.

Berlin Sept 21.-Vilna, the great
western Russia, has fallen before the
German drive, which has taken Is
great cities and fortresses since the
capture of Warsaw, capital of Poland.
The goal upon which the eyes of
General Won Hindenburg and all Ger
many has been set since Warsaw was
entered, was captured Sunday by the
forces of General Won Eichhorn, which
have been fighting stubbornly east
ward since their capture of Kovno
three weeks ago. The most desperate
Russian resistance encountered in the
entire German offensive has been
crushed, and Germany now holds the
key to the vital railroad system of
Russia
The coveted lateral railway from
Rovno in the south to Riga in the
north, with lines extending from Wilma
to Petrograd, Moscow, Odessa and
through the very heart of Russia is
now controlled by German forces.
Inc capture OF wilma, d tOWu VI 1to,-
900 population, and one of the manu-
featuring centers of Russia, is the sew
enteenth similar success attained
since the German drive, which started
>on May against Przemysl, has
crossed into Russian soil near Warsaw
and the Lublin-C holm line in southern
Poland.
The actual capture of Wilma, though
predicted as imminent since the fall
of Brest-Litovsk several weeks ago,
appears to have been accomplished at
last by a desperate rush of General
Won Eichhorn's forces, aided by a
simultaneous offensive by Generals
Won Scholz and Won Gallwitz and
Prince Leopold Of Bavaria, conqueror
of Warsaw.
The official announcement that the
Russians were routed completely at
the fall of the city leads to the as
sumption that though their losses in
men killed and wounded were great,
no body of troops was surrounded and
captured.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
SCORE HURT IN TRAIN WRECK.
Missouri Limited Crashes into Cars
of Derailed Train.

Chicago, Sept 22.-The Missouri
Limited train Of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad, bound from
Kansas City, running fifty miles an
hour, crashed into freight train at
Western Springs about seven o'clock
Monday night, and twenty persons
were badly hurt.
The trains were running parallel.
The freight train, for some cause that
has not been ascertained as yet,
jumped the track. A number of freight
cars were piled up on the track di-
rectly ahead of the limited Before
the engineer could use the brake his
train had struck the barrier and was
going into the ditch.
This is partial list of the injured:
Richard Keefe, engineer, badly
hurt; Hart Roumer, Knox City, No.;
S. T. Hardy. Shebina. Mo-; Hal Tor
rance, Chicago; B. Wigg, Kearney,
Mo-: w. B. Stroneker. Aurora; c. e.
Taylor, Kansas City, porter; Nicho-
las Redey. concert singer. Chicago;
Patrick Crafty. engineer of freight
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-09-24
PUT BAN ON ELECTRIC PIANO
Chief of Police Orders Saloons to
Take Out Devices to Furnish
Music by Oct. I.

Waukesha.-Electric pianos and all
other mechanical musical instruments
in saloons must be removed by Oct l.,
by order to Chief of Police Don Nc
Kay by Mayor e. R. Estberg. Mr..
Estberg believes that such instru-
ments are only alluring in nature and
that they help to create animosity to-
ward saloons. He said that as soon
as all saloons were stripped of such
instruments and petty gambling de-
vices it will be long step toward pro-
longing the life of the retail liquor
BUSINESS. Mayor Estberg. recently or
dered all gambling devices to be re
moved from public business places.