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A WORD FROM JOSH WISE
sosHUL ITUMs

COoHOA lIl MS
After perrec,fy deIirions
time, Ben Haverkamp is going
back to work.
So Is K. l.. Hiberly.
F. Earl Cooper was a guest of
Bin Timmons last Tuesday. Bill
only charged him 15 cents for it.
Harry Lea wants to spend a
few days away from the hustle of
the city. He is going to Puyal-
lup.
Edgar Tea Short, the noted
farmerist, paid US a call this wk.
Elmo Brown has ben enjoying
some nice motorcycle parties
lately. Others haven't enjoyed
them SO well. Elm Is speed cop
per.
II Uncle Sam 4 doesn't really
want to see the boat rocked, It
would be extremely wise policy to
put Theodore below decks and
batten down the matches.
Studying Brer Henri Waiter
sons yell for war, we suspect
that another Louisville precinct
has gone dry"
BE CAREFUL. BILL
Bill Askren has had another
narrow escape from losing his
Ford. II Just missed going
through small hole In his vest
pocket.
BRIDGE PARODY
BY . Woman.
It's easy enough to look pleasant
When he holds all the cards, black
or red,
but the partner worth while
II the one who can smile
When I've trumped every ace that
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he had written to the editor Of
a newspaper. He told q friend
that he intended to lick the edi-
tor.
"Why?"
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boosters voted to not let the
breweries manufacture at home,
but move .out and ship 1t In.
That's spirit, but probably the,
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TALK % THE TIMES
he led.
FOR GOOD CAUSE

A man allowed himself to get
very much excited about letter
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did he do but add s. to the sigma
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. A VETS COMPLAINT

Editor The Times:
They want a trade-at-home
day. Some of our strongest
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BY SELAH

well, the other day / sent him
letter on public affairs, which /
signed 'Honestas."
Didn't he print it,"
Sure, he printed It. But what
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me family, ANYWAY.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
HOROSCOPE.

THE stars incline, but do not compel
Wednesday, November 81, 1915.
This Is not an important day in the
rule of the stars. Uranus is family ad-
verse and Neptune family friendly. Dur
ing the remaining days OF the year the
seers declare that there may be a sin
lister influence, bending the mind to-
ward intense depression, which should
be combatted faithfully.
Fraud and sharp-dealing of every sort
may mark the code OF many not pre-
viously inclined toward dishonesty. II is
susceptible to the sinister sway Of the
planets.
Again frugality and economy are rec
commended by astrologers who foresee
that a tendency toward reckless extrav-
agance and daring speculation precedes
disaster for small investors IN stocks
and other securities.
So-called ghost stories will multiply. II
is predicted. and belief in phenomena
Of the occult world will spread rapidly
in the coming year. famous scholar
and a popular author will announce their
faith in spirit manifestations
Theatrical affairs come under a rule
that indicates a peculiar condition after
the holidays when heavy losses and
large profits will cause changes IN pro-
ducing firms. A leading manager will
retire from business after the death OF
his associate. sstrologers predict
Riots and bloodshed in European and
American cities are prognosticated-
A winter of unusually variable and
trying weather is prophesied.
Italy Is subject to a sway that is said
to give warning OF severe losses in the
war during the next two months. These
losses may be increased largely by suf-
fering from cold and deprivation
Turkey comes into a direction Of the
planets that Is held to be favorable and
helpful.
Persons whose birthdate II Is may meet
many problems In finance In the coming
year. Women should guard the health
Removals may be unlucky.
Children born on this day have q for
tunate planetary leading. These SUBJECTS
OF Sagittsrius are usually aspiring and
energetic.
Copyright lsl5)
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
HORN OF PLENTY.
By WENTWORTH BROWN,

The little cabin chung to the scar
red hillside and pine trees clustered
around IL as II TO protect the tiny
home from the cruel blasts OF the APP
preaching winter
In summer il was very lovely there.
Birds nested in the deep pine woods
behind the cabin and a robin had
built in the tallest pine over the roof.
But now the robins had fed and the
woods were quiet save for the scold-
ing chatter OF blue Jays and the &C.
casional bark of squirrels. The grass
had died under the touch of a blight
ing frost and the wind whistled keen
ly down the mountain
Hester Prentice leaned against the
doorway and looked sorrowfully at
bleak hillside and the dark hole in
the earth where her husband had
delved for many months. few
fiecks of gold had rewarded his eff
forts and although he still maintained
an outward air OF cheerfulness Hes
ter read growing despair in his stoop-
ed shoulders and evasive eye. and only
this morning she had noted with a
little shock that his dark hair was
silvered around the temples.
And Dick is only thirty" she muir
INJURED to herself with a catch of the
breath. That awful mine. With its
alluring promises that are never full
filled II is sapping his life of youth
and happiness. Such mockery TO
call II Horn of Plenty The YAM
pire' would be a better name"
Tears clouded her blue eyes and
for the moment she lost the cheer
fulness that had sustained her ever
since her marriage to Dick Prentice
had protested at her foolhardiness in
risking everything upon the mining
claim staked out in distant Montana
There is Dick. you know" she had
smiled confidently at them. With
Dick, would go anywhere-take any
chance in the world"
So she had married him and the
summer had been an ideal one, but
November was upon them and Thanks
giving only a few days away.
Inconsistencies tugged at her heart
strings. Back there in New England
they were making elaborate prepare
lions for the great festival They
had written and urged the young
pioneers to come home for Thanks
giving Hester = smiled bitterly. Why
there was scarcely a bushel OF flour
in the house and the bacon was al
most gone-what could one do with
nothing coming in?
Dicks hopefulness had Jared on
her nerves. Only this morning she
had spoken sharply TO him when he
had made some remark about Thanks
Giving A pang of remorse now sent
her hurrying down toward the shaft.
At the vary edge of the opening she
hesitated and peered within the tun-
mel Dick was there-sitting on a
key. his head bowed. IN his hands;
alone with his disappointment!
pick, Dick" she cried, going TO
hin, and folding his head in her arms.
Come up to the house. Leave this
dreadful placer
His face was hot with fever and his
eyes were bright
IT believe / will come up for a
while, dear" he laughed uncertainty.
This hole in the ground has rather
got on my nerves. and IL l, could only
sleep for a while-there-there I've
forgotten to cover that dynamite-
I'll come down and do that, dear.
protested his wife. You know I'll
be Just as careful. Come"
Hester supported Dick up the hill
and somehow got him into bed. and
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24

streets with every Tom, Dick, and Har-
~ that comes along? Why, they play
practical jokes on everybody! Stran-
gers who pass along the street are not
safe from their pranks. 1 am ashamed
to tell you the kind of things they do.
Please give US one OF your good talks
on this subject, for you will help a
good many OF us. Other mothers out
here are as troubled about it as l am
AZ 1 said in the beginning, dear
mothers, this is q phase OF your boys
development. They have to go through
with IL just as in the old times before
We understood as much as we now do
about the prevention of disease every
child went the round of measles and
whooping cough and scarlet fever. He
wasn't considered safe until he had had
all the children's diseases. Some time
practical joking will be a thing Of the
past. too. and If parents will take the
right view of 1t they can hasten that
time somewhat
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
TOMORROW'S MENU.

And as for the turkey and celery
sauce. you should have seen how our
host dispensed it-"-Thackeray.
BREAKFAST.
PTunoA
Cereal and CRAM.
BrOiled Bacon.
CrisUsL Code..
DINNER.
Oyster CocttsilA
Cousomme.
Oelery.
Roast Turkey.
Drowned Sweet Potatoes
Baked Onions
Cranberry ssuce
Mince Pie.
Pumpkin Tzta
Csmembert Che-se
Wafer.
Coffee. Sailed AinOna.
SUPPER
Orezn Cheese SantvioheA
Hot Coca
Msoedoine Of Fruit
crisps-Beat two eggs thoroughly. add
a tablespoonful of melted butter. a cup
full Of rich milk and sift teaspoonful
Of baking powder. half a teaspoonful
Of salt with dour enough TO make q
soft dough. and add TO the other ingred-
tents. Form into pieces about the size
Of an English walnut and roll as thin
as paper Bake In quick oven and serve
hot with broIled bacon.
Roast turkey, home style-A ten-pound
turkey is a good size for any but the
smallest family. Burn or the hairs and
use a brush for washing outside; wash
inside with cold sailed water. Stun.
truss and place on its side on a rack
in the baking pan, after rubbing entire
surface with salt and black pepper; also
rub breast. wings and legs with a little
butter mixed In flour. the two blended to-
gether until creamy. Dsedge bottom of
pan with a little -four. adding half a cup
cul of cold water to this. Put in hot
oven, and when flour on the surface be-
gins to brown reduce heat, basting every
fifteen minutes with fat in PAN II this
cooks away add boiling water as needed.
During the cooking turn the turkey so
II may brown evenly. II II cooks too
fast cover with buttered paper to pre-
basted frequently and thoroughly to be
juicy. Remove the string and skewers
before serving. and garnish with celery
tips and rings and disks OF carrots. boiled
and strung on a fine wire.
A plain filling IL made with dry stale
bread crumbs mixed with a tablespoonful
Of minced onion, the same of butter. and
salt and black pepper to taste. Drop
the butter in tiny nuts through the filling.
letting the two blend as they will. This
produces a dry filling.
Macedonia Of fruit-Cut on the top Of
a large pineapple, and scoop out the
center. leaving the shell intact Cut all
the soft part into dice and add half as
much orange and banana cut into dice.
and a dozen maraschino cherries and half
a cupful Of maraschino Juice. Sweeten
to taste. chill. and serve In the shell
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
AS SEEN BY A WASHINGTON WOMAN

slight distraction. But not so Miss
Richards. In fact, ever since the
coming of the knitting craze that
started last winter Miss Richards has
gone, on record as approving of this
sort of diligence.
Yesterday she paused second
from her talk and looked up simply
to see that many fingers were flying.
81 am glad to see so many of you
at work." she said. ANY work for
suffering humanity is always crafty
ing"
From our own vantage ground to-
ward the back of the auditorium we
could see more keenly than Miss
Richards. Our neighbor at the right
was crocheting lace border on a
table dolly. At the left a young
woman was working an intricate
monogram on a mans fine linen
handkerchief. Then in front of US an
interested listener was working pur-
pie silk violets on a centcrpiere and
her companion was crocheting flet
lace for possible guest towel.
Poor suffering humanity! Our de-
votion of last year was only within
after all. We knitted bed socks and
uufflers for the poor soldier boys in
the trenches and for the homeless
Belgians only because it was the thing
at that particular time to do. Now
that the craze has subsidized we have
forgotten-at least most of US have
forgotten, although poor. suffering
humanity is just as badly in need as
ever.
MARY MARSHALL.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
SWALLOWING THE CAMEL.

There are so many ways among
housewives of straining at the straw
and swallowing the camel in these
days of germ theories and disinfeet-
antsl
There is the housewife who insists
on having the drinking water used by
her family carefully boiled for full
half hous-before putting it in the
cooler and then-here comes the
camel-she puts chunks of ice, OF
more than doubtful origin, handled
by the ice man and maybe teeming
with germs, right into the germ-proof
water.
Then there is the housewife who
insists on buying pasteurized, or ster-
ilized milk-she is willing to pay a
fancy price for it-and yet when the
cook comes to pour it out of the milk
bottle she never takes the pains even
to wash off the mouth of the bottle
and here is the camel agsin-the
neighbor's cat or your own pet dog
NAV have been hungrily licking that
very bottle top. only a few minutes
before.
But the very latest feat Of camel
swallowing of which housewives have
been found guilty is in the matter Of
dish towels. 1t is really astounding,
as some learned scientists whose
duty in life seems to be to count the
tickle germs have pointed out, to
know what a base instrument even
the best of dish towels usually is. For
dish towels arc damp and they are
hung to dry in warm places where
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
THANKSGIVING VEGETABLES.
BY FRANCES MARSHALL

A little novelty In the vegetables
served will go long way toward max
ing the Thanksgiving dinner q sue
cess. Here are suggestive recipes for
preparing STAPLE winter vegetables:
Glazed Carrots.
Cut medium sized carrots, washed
and scraped. into one-fourth inch
slices. then in fancy shapes. Parboil
ror fifteen minutes. drain. and place in
saucepan with equal parts of butter
and sugar. allowing one-half cupful Of
each to three carrots. Cook slowly I'M
I'll we'll glazed and tender. Buttered
peas are delicious served with the car
,ots.
Celery Saute.
Cut celery into four-inch lengths
Cook for three minutes in sailed wa
ter and drain Chop two tablespoonfuls
of parsley and fry In butter. Add celery
and saute until II reaches golden brown.
Serve hot.
EscnIIoped Cabbage.
Take pint cabbage prepared as for
slaw. Half teaspoon salt. l pint boiling
water, l-2 cup sweet milk, l tablespoon
butter. 1-2 tablespoon nour. a rash of
pepper. 1-2 cup fine cracker crumbs
Pour water on cabbage and add tea
spoon salt. Boil fifteen minutes. Drain
Heat milk, and add butter, -four, salt
pepper and cook until like cream. Butter
baking dish and line with cracker
crumbs Put In cabbage, sauce and
cracker crumbs, ending with crumbs.
Bake twenty-five minutes and brown
EscaIIoped Onions.
Boil eight onions In salt water until
tender and drain. Put in buttered baking
dish and cover with sauce made OF one
pint of milk and two tEblespoonfuls each
OF butter and flour. Cover with cracker
crumbs and bake a nice brown.
rurnips I'm Cheese Sauce.
Peel a large yellow turnip thlckly and
either cut IL into dice. or with a vege-
table cutter form small. round balls.
Naturally the former way prevents
waste, although the fragments OF turnip
left after forming the balls can be used
either for mashed turnips. In a stew or
IN soup making. Parboil the turnip.
cooking until almost tender. In the
meantime prepare a white sauce by
blending two tablespoonfuls OF butter
with two tablespoonfuls OF -four. adding
to these when smooth, one cup OF milk.
Stir until boiling: cook three or four
minutes: add two tablespoonfuls OF
grated cheese. salt and pepper and finish
the cooking OF the turnip balls IN this
sauce, being careful. however. to cook
very slowly, that there may be no likeli-
hood of scorching.
Carrots or parsnips can be prepared
in exactly the same manner.
Copyright. 1881
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24

she had also forgotten her inteitnon
OF blowing up the mine. Thanksgiv-
ing preparations had driven despair
and bitterness from her heart Il
will run down there in a few mo-
ments."
u believe I feel able TO 60 my
SELF" began Dick. who had dressed
himself and was trying his strength
Hester made such protest that he
compromised on walking as far as
the big rock
She stood in the doorway watching
him with tender eyes. He paused by
the rock. waved his hand and scatch-
ed a match to light his pipe. He toss
ed the flaming match end aside and
Hester. watching II. saw II fame on
the ground and then a sullen streak
Of red ran down the hill toward the
shaft
The fuse-fuse" she screamed, run
ming toward her husband.
But she was too late! The quick
fuse had accomplished its purpose. II
reached the gunpowder-there was a
dearening explosion followed by q
defamation that shook the hillside as
the store Of dynamite tore into the
earth.
She found Dick rising to his feet.
white and stern-looking.
What was that, Hester" he asked.
Tearfully, Hester made her confess
sion, and she had scarcely finished
when they were confronted by another
disaster-the little cabin they called
home burst into flames ignited by the
overturned cookstove-
Half an hour later. they faced each
other amid the smoking ruins of their
home. Below was jumbled heap of
upturned rocks that marked the site
Of the Elusive Horn of Plenty.
Hester, wide-eyed and pale was
afraid to meet her husbands eyes
This was indeed a cruel Thanksgiving
her own fault. too.
A shout came up the hill. Lin Dowd
had heard the roar OF the explosion
and had dashed his mules up the trail
to the Prentice claim. They saw him
the slope. He stopped at the mine
and studied the ground. then he came
hurrying to meet them.
Anybody hurt?" he asked anx-
iously. and finding that the young
settlers were intact. he tossed his
hat down on the ground and proceed
ed to execute q weird dance around
the embers of their home.
Are you craZyr demanded Dick at
last
Almost" admitted Lin breathless-
", pausIng to confront them. You
folks better come down to our house
to dinner. Sarah's got a wild tur-
key with all the trimmings. You two
will want to give thanks all the rest
of your lives-understand?"
we don't understand" replied Dick
grimly.
Come with me, then" Lin led the
way down TO the upheaval that mark
ed the site of the mine. Look at
thIs-and this. The explosion has cut
into the vein that xou always believ-
ed was there-you wouldn't have found
II any other way. and. well, I guess
you're a millionaire for keeps!
That Horn of Plenty mine has GER
tainly overlooked with gold-and I'm
darned glad OF it-and IL you folks
can stop hugging each other you bet
ter come along down and get some
Thanksgiving dinnerr'
CCopyrxht isiD
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24

germs looking for a home are sure
to be attracted. Besides they hang
sometimes over the arm of the wait
ress or the waiter, and then they are
used apparently to polish but really
to defile the dishes from which we
eat. No, dish towels are really very
primitive. They are about on a par
with those dreadful long-necked baby
bottles that went out of date several
generations ago. In our method OF
washing dishes we are very advanced.
We use plenty of hot water and light,
soap and other cleansers. Our sinks
and drains express the last idea OF
scientific plumbing. And yet we
cling to the abominable dish cloth.
If you are looking for solution OF
the dish-towel problem, why not go
straight to a laboratory where the
problem of cleansing test tubes and
retorts is much the same as the prob
lem of dishwashing. There we find
the hot water and the cleansing
agents, but there instead of drying
the utensils on a cloth in the old
fashioned method they are dried on
racks in the fresh air, in the sun
light if possible. 1t really seems SIM
ple-simpler, in fact, than the old
fashioned method. How long will it
be, asks the pessimistic scientist, be-
for the housewife learns to be con-
sistent.
Needles were clicking at Miss Rich
ards current topics class Monday
morning. Less earnest speakers
might have been annoyed by this
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
FAMOUS WOMAN, HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
,Nevsnber z4-Graes Daring, Frances
Hedges Burnett.
BY MARY MARSHALL

This Is the hundredth anniversary Of
the birth Of Grace Darling. the popular
heroine. and the sixty-nxth anniversary
Of the birth Of the writer. Francis Hodg-
son Burnett both Enslishwomen-
The story Of Grace Darling IL now so
familiar that 1t hardly bears repeating.
She was girl OF simple upbringing, hav-
ing spent her entire life in a lighthouse
on the coast of Northumberland. She
Was 70 at the time OF her heroic feat in
saving the lives Of nine shipwrecked folk
and then came immediate fame and re-
ward. But having been brought up to
the simple LIE of the lighthouse she re-
manned there the few years that re-
manned Of her short life.
Frances Hodgson Burnett remained in
England till she was Is. when she came
TO this country with her mother and set
tied In Tennessee. As a child she was
fond Of writing and loved to improvise
stories for the amusement OF herself and
her playmates. Although she had writ
ten several tales and stories previously.
her FIRST successful production wa
'.Surly Tins Troubles," which attracted
great attention and won for her immedi.
ate fame. When she was "A she married
Or. Burnett and moved to Washington
D. c., where she continued her literary
work and produced what Is generally
agreed to be her greatest work, THAT
Lass o. Lowrie's" The book that Mrs
Burnett herself admires the most /:
"Hawoarth." Among her other popular
works was Little Lord Fauntleroy-
She gained a decided success in Legal
matters when she brought suit against
those who had used the DEMONSTRATION OF
her books without permission or payment
of royalties. Dickens and other novelistE
had spent thousands of pounds in theiI
efforts to gain this point. and when at
last Mrs Burnett gained the favorable
decision she was presented with a dia-
mond bracelet from the writer's Of Eng
land
(Opurrixht ISL
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
PRACTICAL JOKING.

THIS real Mothers Club for the benefit Of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions of discipline framing eduea
ton clothing for children Write Aunt Chaty OF problems
which are vexne you and she will advise and help solution OF
Write her. of discoveries OF methods you have
found successful in smoothing the rough paths Of life for the tender
childish feet that through Mothers Club be OF
benefit to other mothers who still tangled the web of pepny
you have happily unraveled
Cooperation of business; why not
the business motherhood that highest and hottest calling which always
has been and always will be woman of glory what
other usefulness be opened h9 Address Mrs
Charity Brush. of this paper.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-24
SAYS GREECE PROMISED AID.
Told French Minister In August,
1914, She stood wih Allies.

Special Cable to The Washington Hr.d.
Paris, Nov. A.-That assurances were
given to France In August. 1914. that
Greece would remain friendly to this
country and give her any aid possible,
was the statement printed today by the
Echo de Paris. 1t was contained In an
interview given to the Athens correspon-
dent Of the newspaper by former Premier
Venizelos. Of Greece. at Athens.
In August. 1914. while the Germans
were marching upon Paris and when
nothing could foreshadow a French VIC
tory. 1 went. with the Kings consent, to
the French minister and gave him as
surances that Greece would remain
friendly to France" said NJ venizelos.
The minister was told that Greece was
ready to extend help to any extent to
France"
At that time III venizeios was premier
OF Greece and In a position to speak for
the Greek government.