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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

doing. Besides, it is often hard to
distinguish well-meaning frield from
an idle meddler. than whom 40 one Is
more detested.
There are. Of course. persons who
ask advice. and then thought Of the
most serious kind is needed. Not what
you would do, but what the other mai
ought to do and can do-that Is the
only advice you can give him, and then
you are probably better on II he
doesn't take it. For giving advice Is
one of the hardest things thoughtful
person can be asked to do, and one OF
the cheapest things the thoughtless
person does.-Milwaukee Journal *
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12


(y's work Is over; that beaux and
lighter are all they think of or care
:.
Never was greater mistake made
lille a large majority of them, in
e1r youth and exuberance of gay
irits, seek to throw off dull care
ERE are quite as many refined young
Pmen among the toilers who do not
RE for such amusements. They at.
nd the free libraries to read maya.
hes and best books. Lectures by
od orators are dear to their hearts,
are the best dramas. Their purse
Hs moi" Where is pleasure to be
md for such refined natures?
While the philanthropists are pro.
Ing dance halls for some of the
q why don't they give others the
nee of attending a course of free
lures in congenial surroundings or
opportunity Of seeing a first-class
ma by. celebrated artists without
few times during the season
you'd open peoples eyes and hearts
! well If they could have talks with
shop girls of whose lives and in
ests they know so little.
pne young girl I know of, whose
ly task was to sell whisk brooms
dust cloths behind the counter,
aled herself during leisure mo.
|nts and after business hours by
tdying Shakespeare. Another was
amateur portrait painter. Her work
3 surprisingly clever. One craved
invent something which would be
boon to humanity and bring sub.
Initial returns. The dream Of an.
(er was to become poetess. Her
fses were unusually good. Still an
her was an embryo Patti. who sim
y needed to be discovered and
laced before the public to have the
lusic- loving world delightedly bowling
her feet. There are hundreds OF
theirs with as laudable and varied am.
ltions whose hearts, minds and long
,gs need to be wisely catered to.
Yet they starve for want Of pleas
res along these lines which they can
ot afford to pay for. Love and mar
Age are not the omega Of every work
B girls hopes. While the powers
lat be are working for the better
lent Of the working class and society
|atrons clamor for chance to chap
ION girls in the dance halls, let them
i'm their attention to the many intel
!ctual bread winners who would love
hear refined speakers talk on topics
esides war, high cost Of living. tango
1.-The movie craze. Free pleasures OF
kind would be benefits we'll given
n oh! so highly appreciated by
heart.hungry working girls.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Te<k< H~>,<+.<A~.
Locality Attracts Animals.

A locality that is curiously summed
by plants but favorite with 'himals
is mentioned by Prof E. F. Gautier. A
hill OF rock salt near Jelfa. Algiers,
more than three hundred feet high
and nearly mile in diameter, has
no plant life except in the alluvium OF
a few sink-holes, and the salt-impreg.
mated clay about it is equally bare.
Animals, on the other hand, especially
hawks, doves and other birds, exist In
great numbers, making the rock their
home and breeding places, though
Obliged to seek food at distance. 7
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Hint az to Improvement.

Father" said the small boy. lis
there really a Santa Claas?"
why, l believe so, my SON."
But as a boy grows older doesn't a
boys own father come to the front
and choose the gifts himself?"
II shouldn't be surprised If that
were the CASE" sn-ul l.i5..' ..a
well, hope 1t is. haven't said
much about it, but after thinking over
the presents I've been getting for two
or three Chris>rlases past I'd rather
cut out Santa Claus and take my
chances with you" Washington Star.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12


need to throw off all heavy winter
conditions and prepare for the new
life of spring.
1t is best to gradually drop off from
the winter foods, as too sudden a
Jump may prove serious. Biliousness
and various kindred ills may be COM
pletely routed by careful diet and
the free use of green vegetables.
Nature provides us in the early
spring with just the food we need. Let
tuce, cress, dandelion and spinach are
invaluable II we expect to keep in
good state of health.
The dandelion contains taraxacum,
the tonic which is in many doctors
prescriptions. This acts directly on
the liver, stimulating 1t to healthy
action.
The liver is one of the most impOr-
tant organs in the body and must be
kept free to work its process of elimi-
nation. When it is clogged and slug
gish the whole body is out of order.
Dandelions also add bulk to the
food, scraping up the digestive tract:
thus poisons which cause autointoxi-
cation, constipation and rheumatism
are removed from the body. The d.
gestive tract needs flushing and often
a more heroic treatment, as we treat
drain pipes which become clogged.
Cowslips are another early spring
vegetable which does not need to be
shipped in, and then later we grow
our own spinach and pepper grass in
the vegetable garden, which should be
a part of every small or large garden.
How much pleasanter it is to eat q
nice crisp plate of lettuce than to take
nasty-tasting pills or medicine. The
addition of oil to any of the salad
green's makes them more valuable, as
oil is healing, lubricates the tissues
and stimulates the action of the liver.
People who do not like olive oil have
undoubtedly been turned against 1t by
being served with an inferior quality.
OH should be sweet and nutty in taste
and have a most appetizing odor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
To Clean Glass Oven Doors.

Glass front ovens are frequently
complained Of as not sufficiently light
and clear to be satisfactory. Such
glass doors will do their duty If the
housekeeper does hers, for the glass
needs frequent thorough washing on
both sides with some. fine securing
powder or securing soap; ordinary
soap and water will not accomplish the
results desired, as in baking the fumes
and steam generated sometimes make
a coating difficult to remove. In addi-
ton a small searchlight may be used
where stoves are not well placed for
light.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
q A MAN A RIGHT TO BREAK
OFF,?

~ Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more
ilE Men were deceivers ever;
ri Dne foot In sea, and one on shore,
X d TO one thing constant never
IHIas man a right to break of1?
HkN depends entirely upon circum-
HES: II his love affair has reached
,int OF marriage proposal; how
months or years he has taken
w the giyl's time; how firmly the ten
ills OF her heart have entwined them
hives about him. Young men are not
ways cool-headed; never do they
4 bp to think matters out from start
II finish, especially love problems.
\ iThey are brought in contact with a
hung girl. A few times in society
|ld they are so charmed, fascinated
III her they think they cannot live
Ihthout her, Youth loves spontane.
1ysly. The lips are quick to reveal
hat the heart feels. ~ .y..a.
Hin q burst OF, enthusiasm he de-
$hres himself. The girl, under the
bmantic spell Of the moment, the
me, the place and the eager, hand
bme, pleading young lover by her
1de, responds sweet, shy yes.
Then and there they become betrothed
n we'd. They have seen each other
rhaps twice a week up to this time
her engaged lover no presents him
II at her door almost any eve
ing, to say nothing of afternoons
hen he can get away. -zaa., 81
1.-THE consequence is that they see
)uch OF each other 1t has been
I'D that an engaged couple see so
uch Of each other that they are blind
one another's faults. No girl can
htertain the same young man. eve
Ing after evening, from one month
six, without her disposition being
ycerned, even though she is unaware
II. II they were not destined to
i along we'll, there Is sure to pc
lany hitch to prevent the court
u from running smooth -mere
fes.
#But It is TITLES which make up the
distance Of life. bringing sunshine Or
sting shadow. II their disagree
pnts Increase, love, which = only
.ehsrsd ~ i light chain q roses NJ y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Vegetable Compote.

Chop vegetables left from a boiled
dinner, such as cabbage, parsnips or
potatoes. Sprinkle with pepper. Then
place frying pan over the fire with
a piece of butter the size of a hickory
nut in 1t and when butter begins to
melt tip the pan in order to oil the
bottom. Add the vegetables and one
or two spoonfuls of hot water which
has been boiled. Cover quickly to keep
in the steam. When heated thorough
ly take off cover, stirring contents &C.
casionally until we'll cooked. Serve
hot.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
WOMEN AS TEMPTERS.

Each on its own strict line we move,
And some wait years ere they find love,
So far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their
own;
And sometimes, by still harder fate,
The lovers meet but meet too late.
wonder II it ever occurs to the
handsomely dressed woman, robed in
her swishing silks and costly furs,
with jewels worth kings ransom
sparkling in her ears and on her en-
gloved hands which her luxurious
Euff half conceals, that she is the
magnet of acute temptation to hun
CRY, homeless women, starving on the
streets for crust of bread or place
to lay their head She swings her
mesh purse, heavy with shining gold,
which shows through it as she steps
from a shop to her carriage. She
draws her skirts away from the poor
little child begging for penny. I'm
fortunate women look after her with
darkening brows. Her purse or muff
falls from her hands. They are quick
ly returned to her, but not so much as
smile accompanies her recognition
of the return. She does not stop to
count over the money to see that none
IL missing. The knowledge that she
is honest is the only reward that the
starving woman gets for her pains.
There's another class which the
richly-dressed woman attracts who do
not let her off quite so easily-the pro-
f~ssional bag-openers, the clever fe.
male purloiners of other peoples
wealth. They see the costly muff and
swinging bag and mark the foolish,
vain woman who is out for a show as
their victim.
They follow milady from shop to
shop, sometimes to half dozen differ
ent places ere they succeed in get
ting a place next to her without at
tracing her attention. When she
lays her fat purse down on the coun'
ter that is the crucial moment. In
a trice the professional purse snatch
er has thrown some article over the
coveted prize and, swift as flash,
dropped it in her own capactous
pocket, moving as stealthily away as
a shadow.
Women have no right to robe them
selves conspicuously in costly attire
on shopping tours, to engender bitter
ness in the hearts of the on-looking
poor, and encourage daring crime at
the hands Of the INSCRIPTIONS: The
wealthiest of women, if they have good
sense, dress the plainest.
Elegant attire has it's place at a
friends reception, an evening AFFAIR,
or at ones home. But it was never
more out of place than on the public
streets, touching elbows with the poor
and suffering, as well as the wicked
and avaricious, who are evilly inclined.
Such women are a temptation and q
menace to those who have. nothing
Milady may never have faced court
of Justice. She has only herself to
blame If she is forced to face thief
who had adroitly relieved her OF her
yaluables. Women of wealth who come
from small places to shop in the big
cities should heed the warning that
they should dress plainly and wear
no yaluables. Better give starving
child a little aid than spend dollars
for costly flowers for her corsage,
which will wither in an hour. Avoid
tempting others by overdisplay.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
French Puhs.

Cream third Of cupful of butter
with cupful of sugar and add two
eggs, beaten separately, cupful of
milk and two cupfuls of -four sifted
with teaspoonful Of cream tartar,
half teaspoonful Of soda and pinch
Of salt. Bake in patty pans until
brown and serve hot with maple
strip. ;lll &, 23
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
&2heKFU1E.NV
a@2zABNE${$'

The people people work with best are
often very queer;
The people who are peoples kin quite
shock your first idea;
The people people choose for friends
Your common sense appall;
but the people people marry are the
aueerest folk Of all.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

thought OF tango.
ing in a dance hall
or going to NOV
Ing picture shows
evenings. There
are as many types
Of girls who work
for their living as
there are in homes
Of indolent ease
where the daugh-
tiers depend upon
the dollars Of their
daddies.
Some imagine
that all working
girls are a jolly,
hoydenish lot, ca
ger to troop off to
bright scenes quite
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Practical Household TIPS,

Cooked Beans.-If little baking
soda is added when cooking navy
beans or shelled beans. they need not
be soaked over night, and will be soft
in about half the usual time.
Easy Cleaner.-Grease spots on wall
paper may be removed by rubbing
thoroughly with camphorated chalk.
: scorched cIoth.-Bread crumbs not
too 7tale, rubbed over scorched cloth
" iii cause the burn to disappear.-Mc.
Cures Magazine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Hamburg Roast.

Try this and see If it isn't good;
Make a dressing OF stale bread soaked
until soft. Then squeeze the water
off and season with little pepper,
salt, sage, one egg and few bits Of
butter. Stir it into your meat and
put into a creased tin; add little
hot water. and bake about one and a
half hours One pound of steak fixed
this way is plenty for four.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
PIaInIv Evident,

Mrs. Lovewett lat 2 a. m)-Whers
have yen been? }5S 5=G3 III
Lovewett-Just fell In wiz an OLD
frien', my dear. I. H. II IA
Mrs. Lovewett-Fell In, oh! I b.
lieve you. You're soaked. IN Chicago
News. n l s5s} AS 3Sli IN s3 s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
RIch, Pearl oyster. Banke.

By The richest pearl oyster banks are
situated around the northern and
eastern coast Of the Bahrein islands
Units Of measurement in the sale are
the rice bag and the coffee bag. which
hold on the average 40 and ITS
pounds, respectively. Of unclaimed
shells. m sss;si4s & I'm
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

rot IS q VaIUdUfe
vegetable. The ell.
ements which it
takes from the soil
are needed to keep
the blood well bal.
anced and in good
condition.
Carrots wiz h
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
III. Lasting Occupation

"Wha. is your occupation" asked
the Judge OF q witness. Same ole
thing, ledge prayin' for rain or shine,
as they're needed; an predictin' the
end q the world whenever the signs
pint NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ConstitU
ton. @ $iif s VI w N '.ss 5 MI II a; 81 Il, n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
Capacity Always Within Call.

Capacity Always I"1sn1n 0s1'
It is certainly true that no one
knows the resources Of his own mimi
and body until some great sense OF
duty comes to him, rousing him tc
play his part we'll in the work OF hle'
There are unused capacities in brain
and nervous system, in mind and NOR
al nature that are capable of develop
ment and effective use. Who knows
the potentiality of life force In him
self until he gives it opportunity lor
full expression ?-Exchange - VT
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

SIDE OF the CRUST, IHeH
mix together two table
spoonfuls of flour and
half a cupful Of sugar,
put into the crust and
pour over it a pint Of
rich sweet cream and
bake a light brown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Gus ways.
Cranberry Sher-
bet.-Take a quart
of stewed cram.
berry juice and
add to It the Juice
of three oranges, a
hound of sugar
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

son, WHICH Drlngs III us
wake many bodily ills.
The overfed body is slug.
gish with the heavy win
ter foods and a system
housekeeping is neces-
sary. This is the time
when all nature is re-
i,,vor afinp and wa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
.LauraJeanLibbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics.
eacyrisht, 1914. BY The Mc1ul Newspaper Syncsts1
REE PLEASURES FOR WORKING
.# GIRLS.

We are not sure of sorrow
And Joy was never sure;
Today will die tomorrow;
Time stoops to no mans lure;
And love. grown faint and fretful,
With lips but half regretful,
Signs, and. with eyes forgetful,
Weeps that no love endures.
1T is not every working girl whose
|art is kindled to a flame at the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
DANGER Ii oyerworklna Eyes.

.r Danger IN OverWork'H0 Eyee'
Oculists state that comparatively
few persons have absolutely normal
eyesight: those who have do not take g
care always to read or work under
proper conditions Of light, and the re-
suit is that most adults and many Chill.
dren so overwork the muscles about
the eyes as to form wrinkles and
loose, falling flesh. X y Ii
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
rest for Man.

II man thinks women are poor,
weak creatures he will soon discovel5
Ma mistake BY trying to prevent onsi
from HAVING her own way when she
'rsslly wants ii. dlanap polls star.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
GOOD EATING.

Line a pie plate with rich crust
and melt butter and rub over the In
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
SPRING FOODS.

It will be necessary for us soon to
think of the spring housekeeping sea-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
TIM ELY DISHES.

Cranberries are such an addition to
the meat course that one likes to
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
sEAsONABLE DISHES.

The use Of carrots in the diet
should be more common, as the car.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
5yVhat, DID lle N can q

".But I'm not q lawyer. ssSs .s:
Y know It That's why IN didn't
think what hs M EAs = coMpli Henf n
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Each on its own strict line we move,
And some wait years ere they find love,
So far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their
own;
And sometimes. by still harder fate,
The lovers meet, but meet too late.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10
FEDER AL. GRADE BOARD
SUGGESTS TWO PLANS
is customer.

tiles and assets of his customer.
| at is recognized that no one STAN
lizard form Of accounting can be ap-
iplied to all classes of business, and
that special forms must be devised for
leach group or class of commerce and
Industry. For example, the coal In
tdustry can use one standard system OF
accounting. Among othess. the coun-
TRY store and general store retailer,
1.-THE wholesale grocer, the boot and
lshoe wholesaler. the boot and shoe re-
taller, the drug store. the manufac-
lturer OF textiles. the manufacturer
of machinery, the wholesale cloth1er,
| the retail clothier, each must have
his own special system. But it is true
that a great many of these forms
could be adapted for use in lines
other than those for which they are
Originally arranged, as certain funda-
mental principles under1ie the general
structure of accountancy and must be
recognized by each group.
Cost Must Be known.
The fact must be admitted that
in order to putsa selling price on your
products you must, IL 9ou ne man
iufacturer, first know exactly what It
costs you to manufacture and sell
them When business was done on>a
large percentage of profit this was not
so essential, but In most lines of In
dustry today the large percentage of
lprofit has passed. We are working
on smaller margin ana We must abb
solutely know what our goods cost.
Any old and out-of-date method of ar
irving at cost figures. without mar
gins of profit 50 close, must be elimt-
mated.
TT is fact well understood among
business men that the geaera1 demon
alizat1on in large number Of indus
tries has been caused by firms who
cut prices. not knowing what their
goods actually cost to manufacture.
and the cost Of selling, which Is equal
| ly important. is almost wno1Iy lost
sight of.
To Help Cure.
How can the federal trade COM
mission help cure these conditions?
BY no compulsory methoGs. The COM
| mission has no power and no desire
to use such methods. But the COM
mission does hope to reach the de-
sired and by putting at the service of
the manufacturer and merchants who
have not had the experience or adj
vantage that larger firms possess, the
accountants. bookkeepers and experts
In cost OF production that are en-
ployed by the commission, and in that
way to help strengthen American In
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-10

dustries where they are weak. These
services will be rendered only on the
request of the individual merchant or
who desires them.
"In European countries, manufac.
turers and merchants, aided by their
governments, have developed afg-l
state of efficiency, which enables then.
to sell their goods In tae markets OF
the world. The fedora. srade COM
mission desires to do what 1t can to
help bring the American manufac-
urers and merchants on eE-=ai terms
with these foreign compes.sors IN or
der that we may be abse to get and
hold our share of foreign trade.
When there IS completes within
the commission the organization for
aiding business, any manufacture OF
merchant, ON request, may receive
(a) an approved form for presenta-
ton to his bank when seeking credit:
OBJ form designed to shoy accu-
rately and concisely els assets and
liabilities, stock on hand, ETC.; Co a
form of double entry bookkeeping
adapted to his class OF business, as
well as (d) form and method or
arriving at costs, also adapted to his
line Of business. All Of these sample
forms will be simple in character and
can be supplied by the local printer.
1t is hoped that the different banks
throughout the country will carry
supplies of these forms for the bene-
at of their customers"