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The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

st Valentines Day is one Of the few
days in the year when we citizens Of
The. twentieth century have to keep up
the simple, traditional sentiment Of our
pleasurc-loving ancestors. and it is n
pity for any one who has a home in
which 10 entertain not TO keep mp time
honored customs by making merry on
81 Valentines Day. Just the name St.
Valentine suggests no end Of delightful
parties that can be enjoyed by old and
young alike. But remember, whatever
plan you choose for your entertainment,
there is nothing cheaper. nothing in
poorer taste. than the Valentines ceIe-
bration that partakcs of the Erotesque
or the ridiculous.
The most popular form of entertain
mcnt for this day is the Valentine :
dance Even a moderately small house,
with proper arrangement, will lend itself
10 this form of amusement. Clear the
furniture and rugs from the floors of the
room you intend to dance in. and decor
ate the walls with apple blossom bOughs.
These can be made AT home. Cut small
branches from the woods. and then glue
two tones of pink paper blossoms. These
blossoms are made by cutting circles
from the tissue paper an inch and half
ia diameter and pinching them together
in the center. With a little practice and
nimblenCss of fingers you will he able to
produce an exceedingly effective and ap-
propriate decoration at a moderate cost.
These boughs can be arranged over the
doorways and on the mantlepiece, and
can be formed into a bower in some cozy
corner. From the boughs you can hang
heart-shaped valentines.
Send out your invitations ten days or
so before st. Valentines Day. The invi-
tation to the men might read:
Mrs. John Smith requests the pleas
ure Of your company for a ST. Valentines
dance on the evening of February II, at
$50" The invitations to the women
should read the same, but in each should
be inserted a card upon which is a
request to come i'm. a white domino rep
resenting some one of the spot cards in
the pack. II the dance is to be small.
IL is quite permissible to write informal
notes in the first person to all the guests.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

arrive present each man with half Of
a broken heart from one pile and each
woman with half of a broken heart
from the other pile. After all your
guests have assembled let the men
find the other half of their broken
hearts. which, if you have not mixed
the sets. will be in the hand of some
one of the women present.
Have half as many small tables pre-
pared as you have guests, and on each
table have a pair of scissors, a little
paste, colored paper, fancy pictures,
bits of paper lace, tinsel, colored cray
ons or water colors. Then have each
couple with matched broken hearts
take their places at one of the tables.
Here each one is required TO make a
valentine from the objects before him
the couples sharing the things provided
for them and Offering suggestions and
assistance only to each other. After
half an hour the valentines are to be
signed on the back and collected. Each
one is given a number and they are all
fastened at one end of the room. Each
guest is given two ballots, on one of
which he is to write the number OF the
best valentine and on the other the
number of the worst. These ballots
are collected in two baskets. counted,
and the two successful candidates re-
ceive prizes.
The next event in this party is a
game of love quoits. Each guest Is
given three heart-shaped wires wound
with pink tissue paper. Three stakes
are arranged at. one end of the room.
One of these stakes is marked Love
and counts twenty-five, another is
marked Fame and counts ten. another
is marked Riches and counts Ave. Each
guest has three chances to throw and
a prize is offered to the person. scoring
the highest
Next pass pencils and paper and
allow half an hour in which every one
writes down all the different words he
can make out OF the fourteen different
letters in st. Valentine" young
woman dressed up like the queen of
hearts adds to the amusement by tell
ing fortunes with cards and serving
lemonade and tiny heart-shaped tarts.
The rest OF the evening can be spent
playing hearts. and the supper should
be served at the end of the entertain
ment.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
VALENTINE CANDIES

One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of
New Orleans molasses, one tablespoon
full of vinegar and butter the size Of
small hickory nut. Boil until a lit
tie of the syrup, dropped on ice or
snow, or in very cold water, is brittle.
Turn into aluminium pans or on to
buttered tins or plates and let it cool
until 1t can be handled. Then let two
persons cool their hands, take the can
dy into a comparatively cool place.
and pull it until IL - Almost white.
One of the persons should hold her
hands in the position of a hook. while
the other throws the candy over them
and stretches il out. During this
process IT should never once be twist
ed. When II is so stiff it can no
longer be manipulated, stretch 1t out
on the moulding board or, preferably,
a marble, and break, not cut, it into
short lengths. A little practice will
teach one to hold the end on one hand
and break it by a light, dexterous
stroke with the back of a knife. BY
this method, the ends of the pieces
are left porous, so that one can look
through them from end to end.
Ping pong caramels-Make a syrup
of one cupful of milk, or cream, Ik
cupfuls of molasses and Ia cupful of
butter. Boil unit it spins haI& Then
add few drops of vanilla and TX
cupfuls of English walnut or pecan
meats. Turn on to buttered pans, and
when cool mark 1t into squares. When
the candy is thoroughly cold, dip eacn
piece into melted chocolate.
Creamed nuts, dates and figs-For
creamed candies, the easily made, un-
cooked sort is liked by most persons
as well as the more difficult fondant-
kind. Put into a bowl two cupfuls
of confectioner's sugar and moisten It
with water favored with vanilla or
other extracts, or mix the sugar with
orange juice or very strong coffee. If
coloring is wanted, add it with the
liquid until the right shade is obtained
Knead the mass until IL has lost all
of it's sticky quality. Then cut it off
in small fragments, roll them into
balls and fill hollow dates or figs with
them or press whole nut meats on to
both sides of each ball. Tutti frutti
candy is made by mixing with this
kneaded mass. candied cherries, pine
apple, angelica and nut meats.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
HANDBAGS.

The shops seem to be full Of new and
interesting hand bags. Fur bags. of course,
have come into prominence along with
other accessories made of fur. One bag
is made of monkey skin, mounted in
silver, with a silk cord handle. 1t is
distinctly good looking There is another
fur bag made of seal, edged with skunk.
that is quite as distinctive as the monkey
bag. This bag has handle Of fur.
One of the new tricks of the bag-mak-
ers this season is to attach the small
change purse found generally in a hand
bag to the frame of the bag by means
of small silver chain. The little purse
so fastened. Of course. cannot be easily
lost. Bags in this fashion are made in
all sorts of leather.
Leather and silk bags are made with
various sorts of little outside pockets to
hold different accessories. One bag, made
of white kid, has a small pocket n which
a dainty handkerchief Is tucked. A dark
leather bag. to carry with a street suit,
has an outside pocket for the watch. The
watch Is strongly attached by means OF
fine gold chain to the. frame of ths
bag, so that a pickpocket would find
difficulty in getting possession Of it.
Watch bags-that is to say, hand begI
with small watches inserted somewhere
in their surface-are much carried. Some
times the watches are inserted just be-
low the clasp, sometimes at one corner
or point of the bag, and sometimes in the
wrist straps.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

attention of your hostess. Never try to
outsit a new arrival 1t looks as IL you
were afraid you might miss something.
The tactful man or women always
recognizes when the call is made at an
inopportune moment and times her de-
parture accordingly. However gracious
a hostess may be, a new arrival can de-
tect in the very atmosphere that her call
should be shortened"
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
Our Big Special
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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
The Editor SoIiIoquizes

When a dreary loved subscriber
writes to us in irate vein; Stop
the paper. Never send the vile
sheet to my home again." We
Just puff our old corncob, and
we stroke the Office cat; editors
',dou't have no feeling never
mind we're used to that.
When Il typographical error
sometimes creeps in by mistake,
and our friends rush up and tell
us what q first-rate ass we'd
make. we just overlook THEIR
errors, never giving tit for tat;
editors are pachydermic, and-Oh
well: we're used to that.
When our advertisers cancel,
telling us the sheets's no good
when subscribers choose to pay
us in tomatoes or cord wood, wei
we simply grim and bear it,
though it leaves us rather flat
editors can exist somehow-somc
how we get used t. that.
When your daughters pradua
ton. or her wedding day cone.
rouud, you expect the kind o.
write-ups that in adjectivcs u
bound, do you ever stop to thanl
us, though tits done with grea
"eclat" that's what editors ar'
there for, and-Oh. well! Weir
used to that.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
Why Did 1t Happen?

After a battle is fought and
lost the question is always asked
"Iow did it happen?" why
did it happen" These questions
are now going the rounds in the
discussion Of the last election.
Well, we cannot answer these
questions except in this way, We
can account for the small major
ity i'm the Eleventh Congressional
District: Is. 600 is too small 4 ma
iurity for this District; if the
voters had gone to the polls on
election day and voted as they
should We would have easily poll
ed 25.O Republican majority.
Why did we fall short? Because
the voters did not come out and
vote. I'm one of the voting pre-
cincts in Knox county there were
only ~ votes cast i'm the NOvem-
bcr election. while i'm the August
primary there were 99 Republi-
cans voted alone. and several
Democrats In the State race
This is what happened in many
OF the voting precincts in the
county, and in many of the coun.
tees in the District.
We ought 20 wake up and get
Gown To business: Will we do il
LtNt YEAR
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
Birthday Reception

On Wednesday the 10th. inst,
Miss Mary Huls and Mrs. Ben
Huls entertained some of their
friends. at their country home.
near Artemus. in honor of Mr..
Huls. their father, ~ birthday.
Those i'm attendance We're:
Mrs. Malie Percifull and Mrs.
Culton. of Pineville: Mrs. Web,
of Big Stone Gap. Va. Messrs.
and MeSdames W. W. Tinsley
and w. F. Costellow. of Barbour
vile: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Lock, OF
Kansas City: Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Payne. Judge and Mrs. Hammons
Mr.. and Mrs. Feland Gibson, Maj
and Mrs. Sargant. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Durham, Mrs. Helan Bair
and son and Mrs. Cox, of Arte'
mus.
This was pronounced a mos
enjoyable day by all present.
MANY nice presents were giver
| to Mr.. HulS with best wishes fol
many more birthdays.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
If They Are Growing,
They are worn protecting

The Department of Commerce
has reported that the United
States has recovered from the
shoes of war and that it has act
ed Is a tonic by forcing the cOur-
t"y % create new industries and
increase tine productive capacity
of those already established.
When the time comes around
u discuss the Tariff question,
some statements contained in this
report vili furnish campaign am
m milton for the Protectionists.
l. speaks Of the permanent value
Of the impulse given to the man
ufactme on American soil with
American raw materials of a va
riety Of articles for which We
Lave hitherto been dependent uI
ON foreign skill and enterprise.
In a more or less uncomfortable
way, ii says, we have sudden
~ been brought to recognize the
unwisdom, the folly, Of shipping
vast amounts Of the crude ma
teriaIs of our farms, forests and
mines 1000 miles across the ocean
AMI buying it back in a manufac-
uupd form at vastly enhanced
price" That is. in a nutshell,
the whole argument in favor of
Protection Tor infant industries.
A state Of war gives US Protection
now but how will the demand
fpr Tariff Protection he answer
cd after peace is restored? II
these new industries are 10 good
they viii be worth Protecting till
they can stand alone will be the
argument Of the Protectionists. -
New York Commercial.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
Farm For Sale

This farm contains lS6 acres,
good location, 3 miles from Per
ryville, 6 miles from Dnaville,
miles from Parksville. New
modern house with 8 rooms all
other necessary, out buildings,
30 acres of corn this year, bal
ance in grass, plenty Of meadow
land and good blue grass ON
farm, will bail 1900 to 1900 bales
of hay this year, all this land
lays well, can use any and all
kinds of machinery over ever
inch of this land, no rocks on this
farm. Over 100 acres Of first
class land. This farm will be
sold cheap, as the owner has
other business to attend 10 and
will sell or rent TO the right par
ty. Call on or address w. ii.
Mcdonald, Barbourville, Ky.
or b. c. Heath,
Parksville Ky.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
The "Jitney" Invasion

All that is required to be a
transportation magnet now is to
own a Ford car. In nearley all
If the large and many of the
small cities the "jitney' bus is
cutting into the profitss of the
street cat companies and max
ing owners of autos rich. When
it was at first suggested that
owners of machines could make
any money carrying passengers
for q five cent fare it was thought
to be impossible. A few, wiser
than the rest. started "jitney'
lines with their machines. 1t has
been demonstrated in San Fran
cisco that the owner Of Il car can
clear from six to ten dollars Il
day by carrying passengers at
the "jitney" rate. In most Of
the cities these busses follow the
routes of the regular street cars
and are making trips on regular
schedules. A "jitney," by the
way, is a nickle, five cents.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
w. NJ. JONES', Owner.
Barbouvville, -
CLEANING POLlTICFS

"pol;tico. can ne cIcanscd only
from ,ro inside Of the political
nartv " savs Row. Joseph II.
n"non u y in the Ladies'
Homo J,n.,q "Npn whoeXcrt
or,. irHrcrcc in elections must
,I,.. ,,.., ,..,,, ,b.,o h,,J,.ad and
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12

If the people of Pittsburg can't
find any other way to make Pitts
burg absolutely smokeless, they
might vote for Free-Trade. Free
Trade puts the fires out of all the
factories. and then, of course.
there is 10 smoke.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12

How many persons do you know
who have no jobs because of the
loss of prosperity resulting from
the Democratic Tariff?
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
THE ANTI TREAT

Dear old l.oncon, owing to the
exigencieS of war times, has
abolished treating in the luts.
For the benefit of those who may
have to obey a similar order in
in this country if certain reforms
are inaugurated, we make the
following suggestions: Patrons
of a public house must observe
the forty foot rule--that is, they
must not approach within less
than forty feet from one another.
Persons recognizing friends at
this safe distance may shout
through a megaphone: Hello,
old codger. what'll | have"' Old
Codgarr return my Ans. Thanks,
| don't care if you do" Then
the first may say, "lm drink
ing hearty. old chap to which
Old Chap may reply: Here
looking at me-" After which
the first may observe: "Wel.
will | have another" and the
second will respond; Thanks;
make it the same" This ecre-
monv will be known as an anti
trnat
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12

1t takes good old Democratic
Free Trade times to magnify a
nickle to the size of a cartwheel.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
For Sale
B1T1.G OPPORTUNITY
1000 Acres of Land at a Sacrifice.

Florida with the ApI r. R., y
the
also
to fuc
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inc 80
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in whla
the very GftUf Pecan section
ct SOUTH md
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and nirarc GdgTeesah above zero.
barely ever reach III
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b.i NOW itw Il
Once,
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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
Free.Trade means the act or
process of destroying work and
wages in the United States.

Never mind how the fly got in
the amber. Give your whole at
tention to adequate Protection.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
In the Free-Trade dictionary
there is no such word as Feed. "

Tn less n an knows boat a
? elective Tariff the more he
cUgses il.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12

The high cost of living is still
maintained with a Democratic
Free-Trade bill in full force and
effect.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1915-11-12
BRACE up!
Liv-Ver-Lax Will Make
You Feel Better.

That tired f., cling, dull head.
ache and lasting grouCha are most
proba lily due to a clogged liver.
Now, don't make yourself feel
worse by taking nasty, disagree
able calomeI, but clean cut that
bile aud make yourself feel
brighter and better generally by
taking LIV-VER LAX. 1t acts
safely surely and plea sanity, and
is made entirely Of harmless
vegetable material.
LlV-VfR LAX is guaranteed
to give satisfaction or your mon
ey will be returned without
question. Insist on the original,
bearing the likeness and sigma.
ture Of l.. X. Grigsby, for sale
here in the Doe and VI sizes at
all druggists.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
Inhabitants in Frenzy.
MRS. AsoulTH SUES GLOBE.
Wife of Englands Premier Accused
of DisloyaJty by London Paper.

Londcn-Mrs. Herbert H Asauith,
wife OF the premier, appeared as plain
tiff in chancery court today, demand,
ing an order to restrain the Globe
from the publication of alleged libels.
Mrs. Asquith's attorney said:
For fortnight Mrs. Asquith has
been deliberately pursued in the de
PENDANTS newspaper with accusations
OF disloyalty and of association with
German prisoners at bennington hall
She has been described as a traitor
and disgrace to her sex These at
tacks were Systematically and maley-
olently maintained and were only sus.
pended after the writ had been Is
sued"
The. attorney opposed the Globes
request for a postponement urging
the court not to deprive the plaintiff
OF this opportunity to cles herself
publicly.
"The persecution OF Mrs. Asquith
has been going On nearly a whole
wear" he said. 1T began last spring
in another newspaper which the de-
fendant doubtless would say was Of a
Hover class than the Globe That pa
per had to apologize and, at Mrs.
Asquith's request pay s5et1 to the
/ Red Cross fund.-
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
MuLEFooT HOGS NOT
IMMUNE From CHOLERA

The veterinary department &c STATE
College is just in receipt OF al in
quiry concerning the natural inlmun
ity of mulefoot hogs against cholera
At various times in the history ot
the mulefoot breed strong claims have
been put forward. Among theGi is
the one that they will not take cnol-
era, This claim has found ready be-
ElieVers, especially before the Iast ser
ious outbreak of cholera extending
over the past two or three years.
The best cholera experts and high
est authorities in all parts of the
United States are unanimously agreed
that there is no breed of hogs that is
naturally immune to cholera. II is
rue now and then that an individual
animal within the breed is naturally
immune to cholera. This is no more
than the natural immunity that exists
in certain individuals to any other
contagious disease.
Anyone purchasing mulefoot hogs
with the idea that they are naturally
immune, and viii never contract cIlol-
era even If exposed, or will never re-
auire vaccination, should revise his
Ideas concerning this breed No breed
cf hogs has ever been developed that
Is choiera proof. DR. G. c Lipp. vet
erinars department. State College.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
P Poultry Show Here
For a Week, Conn
u,erlcir.g January ii
Northwestern Poultry Association,
Annual Show in Watertown
Next Month.

AS stated some time ago in these
columns, the Northwestern Pou,tfSg
Association will have a show in this
city beginning Januarr'1 i and contin
ding until and innuding the 10th.
Prizes will be offered for the Va
rious varieties of fowls and every
effort will be put forth TO make tie
event a success in every particular,
The Tarbell building. on sout1
Broadway, has been leased for tht
occasion.
Committees have been named foI
supervising the arrangements, tc
look after accommodations for. the
various exhibitors. and to superintend
the awarding of the premiums
Last year the. show was a vaFy
creditable affair and attracted more
than local attention. II is expected
that this years exhibit will surpass
that of last year, inasmuch as there
is evidence Of an increased number
of exhibitors.
A more detailed reference to the
event win be made in subsequent
edition, the program not yet having
been prepared in full
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
Made 4 Good Guess.

The conversation in the lobby Ct
hotel the other night turned to the
question Of bad guesses, when this ms
starry was told:
smith was rambling around the
waiting room Of a big railroad terIain-
al one afternoon when he saw q 70 70
man walk over to a lone iy-loo klns
man and ask him to hold her baby
while she went to a store on the
street level.
.sThat trick is an old one, said the
wise Smith, going over to the lonely
looking man, You will never see
mother dear any more.
You have made a bad guess. this
time, old man smiled the lonely one
.She will come back, all right
She VIII, eh 7" returned Smith,
who felt s,lre OF his ground What
makes you think she viii come back e,
She is my wife, smiled the other.
"and this Is our baby e Philade alpha
s s, ssleg d III.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
LORD KITCHENER suRREnDERs
Not to the Teutonie Forces, But to the
Charms of a Noted Widow.

ST.GTtnS OF q iSOLSG SVtQOW,
London.-It is learned from an au-
thority that the engagement of Earl
Kitchener, secretary Of war, to the
Dowager Countess of Mimic will be
announced shortly
Earl Kitchener has been known as
the .trnost confirmed bachelor of
England. He always Indignantly de-
MED the charge Of being woman
hater," but for years his ability to
dodge women, even of the nobility,
who had set their caps for him, has
been the subject of gossip in London.
The countess has been a widow for
almost two years. Her husband was
Viceroy of India, in succession to
Lord Curzon Of Kedieston, who re-
signed the viceroyalty because the
home government supported Lord
Kitchener, then commander-in-chief of
the indian army, in his dispute with
Lord Curzon over the reorganization
Of the army. Besl Mimic went tssasalea "
dia from Canada where the was gov
ernor general for six years.
Lady Mimic has gifted pen and
she found time from the duties OF
presiding over the vice regal house
hold in Montreal to contribute a nun 7
ber Of articles to English rad Amer
ican magazines extolling the beauties
Of Canadian scenery and the wealth.
Of Canada's natural resources,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-23
Give Up Dardaneiles.

The announcement is made tha,
the Dardanelles campaign has been
given up and that the allies will NJ
longer seek to capture the Bosphorns
the attempt having aready caused the
loss Of upwards of hundred thous
and men, besides several of the bic
fighting ships, in addition to the con
sumption of vast quantities of aI:.a
milton.
London reports that the British
forces got away from the Dardanelles
without much loss of either equip
lnent or ammunition, but Constartin
nople reports the loss of large stores
of arms and shells.