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The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
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ONE THING AT A TIME

The well-to-do Japanese, Just oS.
icause they have very simply furnish
! ed houses. do not possess less. in the
| matter of house furnishings. than
wellto-do persons in other parts OF
the world. But they would think the
condition of most American houses de-
cidedly cluttered.
have in evidence all of our posses
sions all of the time. The japanese
displays a few of his possessions at
time. When he tires of those on
view. he gets out others from his
storeroom. and packs away the ones
he is tired of. And the storeroom of
well-to-do Japanese holds far more
in the way of treasures than do the
drawing rooms and libraries of many
of our own rich countrymen.
The Japanese have been the m
spiration for much that is worth
while in modern interior decoration.
We appreciate Japanese prints and
pottery, we have learned much from
the japanese sense of color. We take
lessons in arranging flowers as the
Japanese do. And. to some extent, we
furnish our houses more simply than
we used to-some of us with an obvi-
Gus imitation of the Japanese.
But our houses still appear clut-
tered, even to ourselves. Did you
never long for a cool beautiful room.
bare of ornaments. almost bare of fur
niture, where you could rest and re-
lax? And did you never dread the
task of dusting your living room, with
its many pieces of furniture. its my
riad ornaments and its litter of odds
and ends?
And still we go on buying more and
more furniture to put in our houses.
occasionally we discard . piece that
has become worn out: sometimes We
give away something we have grown
tired Of But we never think of pack
ing off perfectly good furniture to
the attic.
Why not try to simplify one of your
rooms-perhaps your parlor or recep.
tion room, If you have one, would be
the best to begin with? Remove most
of the furniture-even that which you
like and which is in perfectly good
condition. Store il carefully away.
covered to keep out the dust and
dampness, until you have almost for
gotten what it looks like. Then bring
IT out again TO refresh yourself, your
household and your Irlends.
Take down all the pictures but one
from each wall Have only a few
chairs-enough for you and your
guests. Remove all ornaments. eH-
cepting a few that are really beautt-
full. You might leave candlestick on
each end of the mantle shelf. a mirror
over it, a pottery jar for flowers on
the floor and a card tray. book or
two, a bowl with frog for fowers
and a little ivory image on the table.
This or any other simple arrange
ment would be restful. Moreover. this
Japanese method preserves your treas
ures in a most surprising way. Fur
nishinGs. like clothes or brains. arc
better for an occasional rest.
Copyright. ls5)
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
HOROSCOPE.
Thur,day, Auxu.t 28, 1918.

This should be a favorable day for
most business activities, since Jupiter
rules strongly for good. both morning
and evening. Uranus Is in evil place.
Bankers should make the most of their
opportunities. while this conhguration
prevails. They are warned. however. OF
furry that may cause a slight panic
In Wall Street next month.
Merchants and manufacturers have a
fortunate sign to guide them
Brokers. commercial men, and physi-
clans should prosper under this sway
Of the stars.
The good aspects of Jupiter are believed
to incline toward honesty, justice and
benevolence and this should be an auspi-
cious day for pushing philanthropic or
humanitarian projects.
Uranus has a sinister aspect for Jour-
neys. Travellers should be exceedingly
cautious. especially those who journey
in electrically propelled conveyances.
Fishermen should be exceedingly lucky
today. II there Is anything in ancient
lore.
The stars indicate scandals that affect
not only society. but politics Graft and
double-dealing in government supplies Is
foreshadowed.
Agitation by Socialists in the United
States may lead to a sensational incl
dent
Another change in the Presidents Cabi-
net is prophesied. This will not be sem
sationaL
Increase in insanity and ills produced
by drinking will emphasize interest in
prohibition next fall
The Far East Is subject to a malign
rule which presages both physical and
martial evils. Earthquakes, tidal waves
instructions. and wars are indicated.
Catarrhal and rheumatic maladies will
multiply from this time on. It 10 predicted
New diseases, also. will develop in the
war-swept countries of Europe.
Persons whose birthdate it is have the
forecast of a prosperous year In business,
but domestic conditions may cause worry
Children born on this day are likely
to be thoughtful and studious. These
subjects of Virgo may have an apti-
tude for the analytical sciences and the
mechanical arts.
Copyright lsl5l
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patient to determine what disease he
might have five years hence, to deter
mine wherein lie his errors of diet
and habit that may possibly bring
him to physical shipwreck.
But this is the new idea, which, by
the way, is also very old. For in
China, we understand, the doctor has
for ages been paid for keeping his pa
tients well, not for coaxing their
bodies back to health after they have
been stricken.
What is the matter with women's
feeto
Apparently something, for one
hears the health faddist and the
dress reformer constantly lamenting
the Chinese deformed feet of the
American woman. So, though most
OF us are able to walk about with as
much foot comfort as the men whose
feet usually go free from reproach,
there must be something radically
wrong with our pedal extremities.
Just the other day the chiropodists,
meeting in a convention in Cincinnati,
declared that what made women's
feet what they are, and what brought
ducats into the chiropodists' pock-
cts. was the tango-poor old tango,
that has been to blame for so many
ills and frivolities within the last few
years,
The sole osteopaths meeting in
Boston recently said that what was
the matter was that we wore shoes!
We ought to go barefoot. And
what's more, we ought to toe in.
Then one of those would-be bene-
factors of the race who is habitually
out OF sympathy with the prevailing
mode, says it is all the fault OF the
shoe manufacturers. They insist on
making us wear the shces that are
"in fashion" rather than the shoe
built on the last that fits our feet.
In the meantime its hard to know
whether to go barefoot, to toe in, to
give up tangoing or to wear shoes
that are out of fashion. Best we can
do till some one settles the dispute
is to go hobbling on the way we are.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
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August 2e-Enily Ellsworth Ford
Annis Turner Wittenmyes.

Emily Ellsworth Ford. who was born
In Greenfield. Mass. 1895 and married
Gordon Lester Ford in 1883. was an au-
thor Of considerable distinction q gener-
alton or so ago
Annie Turner wittenmyer. who was
born in Ohio. in 1897. was one OF the best
known Of all the women who gained dis
tinction AZ . nurse and philanthropist In
the civil war. and well she deserved her
distinction.
After her marriage she removed to
Iowa, where she opened free school at
her own expense. and as soon as the civil
war broke out she left her home to be-
come a nurse. Before many months had
passed her remarkable ability was rec
ognized and she was made the State san
itary agent for Iowa. Through her hands
from Iowa alone passed $4,000 She re-
signed this commission to undertake the
work of the Christian Commission Diet
Kitchen. In this work Mrs Witten-
myer revolutionized the diet system OF
the Northern army. for she organized .
model kitchen at Nashville, Tenn. where
she provided daily food for l.SOo sick and
wounded soldiers. She was under fire
at Vicksburg. Pittsburgh Landing and
other encounters, and was high in the
councils of Lincoln and the leading
Union generals. After the war she es-
tablished the Soldiers Orphans Home
at Davenport. Iowa. She was the first
president of the National Womans
Christian Temperance Union. and wrote
many popular hymns. and gained great
popularity later as a lecturer on the civil
war. In short. Mrs. Wittenmyer did q
dozen things we'll. any one Of which
would have brought her fame.
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION.

Every year the physical welfare OF
the school children is more and more
carefully provided for Every year
shows more rigorous examination OF
the children, not only TO guard
against the spread OF contagion but
TO prevent the development of posi-
bic maladies in the children exam
incd.
This IS all in line with the present
day theory that the doctor can do
more for you when you are we'll than
when you are sick, that an ounce OF
prevention is worth a pound OF cure.
The old idea was to wait till your
fever mounted to 100 before consult
ing the doctor, and then to expect
him to bring you safely back to
health.
Many doctors are now urging their
patients to submit to periodical ex-
animation so that tendencies toward
disease may be checked before they
have developed. This doesn't mean
such large fees for the physician or
so great an opportunity to perform
brilliant operations. But it means
fewer days of sickness and that's
what the doctors, in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred, are working for.
To be sure, there are some OF us
who would hesitate to consult our
physician when we are we'll We
would think that it savored OF the
doings of the "malade imaginaire" 4"
We would think that we were court
ing i'll health. And there are a very
few doctors still who take little inter-
est in their patients till they are on
their backs. OF course it cannot be
highly interesting from the physi-
clans point of view to study we'll
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
Crowds Visit Colonial Beach.

Camp life and scenes, and the drills
and military exercises Of the National
Guard of the District. in its annual en-
campment at Colonial Beach are adding
much to the attractiveness of the At
lantic City of Washington. and. In spite
of the record breaking numbers OF visi-
tors to the camp Sunday last. many per-
sons are this week visiting the soldier
boys All those who had purchased one
day tickets Sunday and many OF those
who held season tickets that entitled
them TO return home at any time before
the close of the season, Labor Day,
wanted to come home Sunday night.
The government authorities stepped in
and said to Capt. Slye, Of the ST. Johns.
"You may carry 2,2co persons and no
more" This was done and the st. Johns
hurried back after those who had been
left behind and returned with Sss persons
Instead of 2,0o0. as was reported.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
Changes in Personnel.

The Department of Commerce an
nounced yesterday the following changes
In its personnel:
In the office of>the Secretary, Ralph B.
Bronson and F. Lucius Higgins, clerks.
nave been promoted to $1.i00 and 81, 200.
respectively.
In the Bureau OF Standards, Pittsburgh.
Pa. the following have been promoted :
A., Albert Klein, assistant physicist, to
H.S20: Donald W. Ross, laboratory a.
sistant, to 81 100; Mark Grobstein, clerk,
to $s4o and Adolph Wagner. jr., Junior
laboratory helper. to $40.
Fred r. Lucas has been PROBATIONARY
appointed as laborer at $500 in the Bureau
of Fisheries, Puget Sound, Wash, sta
ton
In the Lighthouse Service. probationary
appointments have been given to olof
Peterson as assistant engineer Of Light
Vessel No. 81, and Sidney Arvigi as clerk
at $50 in the Eighteenth district at San
Francisco. Cal
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
Wilson Greets Jerseyites.

President Wilson's "open house" yes
terday slmmered down to shaking hands
with a couple OF Representatives. . Sen.
ator, their friends and few New Jersey
oficials. No Official business of any
kind was discussed. Sheriff Eugene Kin
kead. Of New Jersey. was among the
New Jersey visitors, and the President
praised him for his work In settling ths
Rayouns strike.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
Sutfragist at War Front.

Rome, Aug 25.-Mrs. Inez Milholland
Boissevain, the American suffrasist,
through the good offices of the Marconi
family, with whom she has been staying
here, has been permitted to visit the
Italian front with the first party of jour-
nalists.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
TOMORROW'S MENU.

TT was a very light. wholesome
cake, Brown made II on purpose for
the children."-Thacker
BREAKFAST.
Pcan
Cereal and Cream
Posched ESS
Com Bread Coffee
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER.
Rice and Cheese in Ramekns
Watercress Sandwiches
Iced Coffee Boiled Custard
Sponge Cake
DINNER.
Veal CHOPS Mashed Potatoes
Squash
Lima Bean Salad
Apple Tapioca
P Ars-Pare and core good favored
pc Is, slice, sprinkle with sugar and
c. NJ. Serve with cream.
Rice and cheese in ramekins-Fill
he ramekins two-thirds full of rice.
well seasoned, cover with grated
cheese. put in the oven until cheese
is melted and serve.
Veal chops-Roll the chops in four
and brown in hot fat. Put in casser-
ole. and add a cupful of broth and
half a cupful of tomato sauce. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. cover ana
cook gently about an hour.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26
President Names Postmasters.

The President yesterday appointed the
following postmasters:
Maryland-J. Vernon Padsett. jr., La
Plata.
virginia-John Peter Saul Salem.
West Virginia-Waitsr L Morris. Elk
horn.
william J. Burke. Mount
Carmel; p. z, sheady. Pine Grove
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26

Advanced for fall Is a tailleur o:
stove-polish broadcloth. trimmed with
blue velvet.
Since the Russian garb has served
as inspiration for many of the new
American fashions, the belt plays a
more or less prominent part in the
makeup of these. Sometimes IL ex-
tends all around the waist, but more
frequently 1t is broken across the
front and back to preserve the long
lines.
An illustration of this type is
composed of stove polish broadcloth
and indicates a double skirt open down
the front to reveal the underskirt in
panel effect. About the hips there Is
a narrow circular rever OF mineral
blue velvet. rather like an enlarged
collar and giving q spring TO the hip
line without increasing the girth
thereof.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26

The cloth froek with fur collar will be early autumn
h model made of midnight blue whip cord trimmed with black silk
braid
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26

A tailored costume in Belgique gray
cloth trimmed in semi-miIitary effect
with black silk braid and metal but
tons. The skirt has inverted plaits on
either side Of the front and the waist
fastens over a vest Of plain white
silk. Below the belt 1t exploits a
plated peplum. In medium size the
costume requires Ia yards 54-incn
cloth, with flve yards Of braid and
four dozen buttons. Pictorial Review
Waist No. .s3s2. Sizes. 50 to 46,inch
bust. Price. Is cents Skirt No. s36s.
sizes. 2e to 3S-inch waist Price. 10
cents.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-26

1T was a very light. wholesome
cake, Brown made IL on purpose for
the children."-Thackera
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02
COOLEY, DOLLAR

Every dollar you send out of town evs away with VALUE that right fnllv belongs to YOUR community. Spend it at home, with your home merchant, where its value stays with YOU and helps to build up YOUR in terests. When you come to think Of 1t there are only two kinds of dollars-the Dollar with Wings" and the "Devel- opment Dollar" The "Dollar with Wings" goes to build up the Far Dis- tant City the Big Metropolis, with its vice and crime and low wages and poverty. The Development Dollar" goes to build up the Home Town. It helps build up a nation of real men and women. Then, let us make the dollars we spend Development Dollars" home town builders building for us and our neighbors and our children. making OUR community more prosperous, more happy, more contenter by sub scribing for the Nome Daily Nugget
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02
WISE ESklMOS.

Everything in the Eskimo dress has a reason for it's existence writes Cap- tain Raold Amundsen in The North Passage. The members of Captain Amundsen's expeditions had become accustomed to the Eskimo dress and had adopted it, but many of them thought it ridiculous for grownup men to go about wearing fringe to their clothes so they cut it off I had my scruples about this, says the author, as I had already learned that most things in the Eskimo's clothing and other arrangements had their distinct meaning and purpose, so l kept my fringe and put up with the ridicule. He laughs best who taught last. One me day the anovaks a sort of tunic reach ing below the neck. made of deerskin, from which the fringes had been cut off, commenced to curl up and II the fringe had not been put on agah quickly they would soon have looked like neckties.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

by no means included all of the ves- sells so stationed. The Pacific coast fleet could he almost counted on the fingers.
 Whether or not this country is threatened by war, the political pres sure for retaining the navy in Atlantic waters has always been very great. The business of supplying and repair ing the ships of the navy involves an annual expenditure running into many millions of dollars. and the east finds this very lucrative trade, hard to share. with the west coast, apart from any consideration of protection.
 In recent months a large portion of the commerce of the Atlantic has been shifted to the Pacific, and on the score of protection to commerce we should receive greater recognition. Also west ern population and wealth have in- creased in late years at an enormous rate. The governors emphasize all this In their resolutions, and just regard for western rights should move the navy department to favorable action.-Post- Intelligencer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

The resolutions adopted by the western governors in conference in May referring to the lack of war yes sels on this coast, will no doubt serve to procure the attention of the navy department. Civic organizations. con- gresslonal representatives and private citizens have voiced like protests in re- cent months without result. but the united request of the western execu- lives can hardly be ignored.
 While the great population and the centralizatiOn of business interests on the Atlantic coast. as well as the larg- CT commerce. have called for greater dneree of protection than the Pacific. we have been far from receiving our proper proportion of protection even on that basis. Bremerton and other western navy yards are amply equipped for attending to the necessities of a much larger war fleet than We have ever had here Recently. at New, York, President Wilson reviewed fleet of ''xtv- five war vessels attached to ser vice in the Atlantic. and this number
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02
City Official Paper
NOME, ALASKA, JULY 2, 1915.

While the resignation of Secretary q surprise to the public at large 1t was apparently by. no means unexpected at the national capitol. for we read the following pertinent question In the May number of q Washington journal which devotes considerable space to political and social gossip: Why does Bryan still remain in the cabinet" This question has been asked here hundreds of times during the past few days for the country never before saw grave international question. such as the Lusitania incident was. pass through it's important stages without so much as a consultation between the president and his secretary of state" Accord ing to the comment attached it was, even at that time. considered by the friends of secretary that he was being treated in a very shabby manner by the executive, who might. they said, at least have done Bryan the courtesy to make a show of consulting him an mat ters of such extreme importance as were confronting the nation at that time. It is further intimated that Will son not only gave Bryan the cold shoulder but also made no secret of the fact that he had done so. treatment. it is suggested which would have made a more sensitive man resign from the cabinet instanter. All of which leads to the belief that long continued fric-
 ton between the executive and his chief officer was the real reason of the latter's resignation that so startled the country short while back. Which again discloses just how badly the po- litical wise acres can fool themselves once in a while. for it will be renem- bered that at the time of the Baltimore convention it was freely predicted that in the political card shuffling, which led to the throwing of the strength of the Bryan support to Wilson. the real ob-
 ject was to place a political figure head in the office of president while Bryan h1msen would De the real president or these United States. If the political masters of the nation figured at that
 time that they had picked a complais-
 ant tool in the political tyro Wilson,
 time has disclosed that they made a
 very wrong guess as subsequent events
 have shown that rightly or otherwise,
 Wilson Is not inclined to be puppet
 or subsersive to handling in any form.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

Among the shipments aboard the steamship Mariposa on her last trip was a steam sawmill outfit. which will be used in the construction of the first plant of its kind at Ship Creek, Alaska. The shipment Is being made by w. II. Malvern, a western Pennsylvania lum- herman, who will be manager of the plant The mill will have capacity of 10000 feet day and will be equip ped with the necessary machinery for the manufacture of flooring, siding and other finished lumber The project is being financed by a number of Seattle business men.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02
Maimed by Blizzard.

He was one of the first men to cross Seward peninsula from Nome Ia fine
 rctic slope, at the time Candle creek was discovered. In the winter of 1901 he was returning with George Carpen- ter, newspaper man. and Robert Hunter when the party was overtaken by blizzard. For five days they bat. tied with the storm. Carpenter died as result of the injuries received and Vint and Hunter were maimed for life Rex Beach the author of Alaska stor- ies' was crossing from Candle creek at the time and fought out the tail end of the same storm without injury.
 penter was carrying the mail and several years later the sled whict he abandoned was found by San Magids, now a Candle creek merchant In the sled were a number of letters all in good state of preservation ant dollar watch which after lying OH In the snow and rain for six years. wa, wound up, started to tick and kept goo, time for several years Magids keep the watch as a souvenir
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

c. H. Buschmann, manager of tn, Northwestern Fisheries Co., suicidet recently at Seattle. Deceased was 8 years of age. and had been in i'll healtl for some time.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

The case of Mrs. Dortero vs The Home Power Co, in which the trial jury year ago rendered a verdict in favor of the former for s7000 was to- day settled out of court by eompro- tiff s3,500 and also agreeing to pay the costs of the suit, amounting to $500. The accident of which the damage suit was the outcome occurred November 20. 1912, and was caused by the charg- ing with electricity of the socket of an electric light globe. from contact with which Mrs. Dortero received painful and disflguring burns.-Skag- way Alaskan.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

A reunion of the "deyelopment of Alaska" touring party of 1913, con- ducted under the auspices of the Seat tie Chamber of Commerce. will be held In Seattle on Saturday. July 10. Tn connection with the reunion 1t is pro- posed to form a Midnight Sun Club" to perpetuate the memory of week spent on the lower Yukon.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

Thos. McGill, sourdough of Alaska |of the vintage of forty years ago, died recently at the old Soldiers Home at Orting. Wahs He was an honorary
 member of Valdez Igloo, of Alaska, and resided at Valdez up until year lago.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

trict will soon be producer. A big tunnel that taps the ore body at depth of 500 feet, will soon be completed and then the new mill will start crushing ore.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-07-02

It is claimed that the owners of the Gold King mine in the Valdez district. have finally got into the money an their quartz mine. Although the mine contained rich rock, the formation was broken up. Recently the big ledge was struck and everyone concerned is sat isfied that the mine will now he a win ner