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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-29
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Ciyman-How many servants do
you keep?
Surburbanite- one out OF
twelve. Buffalo Express.
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TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS

Owing TO in circulation as to the Ford car
which give away January 30 1915, we have
decided take the coupons off the market and those hold
ing coupons will be refunded their money upon receipt of
the coupon at the office of The Auto Company 2O6 Main
Street Some of patrons think is not legal to sell
these coupons and give the away this way others
think there scheme make money out of it, and
rather than have any dissatisfaction in the community we
have decided to refund all money paid as the cou-
pons presented Yours very respectfully,
THE AUTO COMPANY
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The people never give up their lid
critics but under some delusion'-
Burke.
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Convey a libel in a frown,
And wink a reputation down
Swift.
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What do you think? Jim got
dog license by mistake when he ap'
plied for a marriage license
That doesn't make much diner
ence. He'll lead dogs life' anyway
Baltimore American.
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Resolve. and thou art free.-Lons
fellow.
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PA. when you say you're laying fol
a person it means you have a grudge
against him. doesn't it?
Certainly, my son.
We'll. has the hen a grudge against
the farmer. pa?"-Boston Transcript
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Every man is as Heaven made him
and sometimes a great deal worse
Cervantes.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
TO PUT ON FLESH
AND INCREASE WEIGHT

tee Of weight increase or money back.
Hundreds have testified to weight in
crease from its use.
Sarsol does not Of itself make fat
but Is simply combination of ingred
tents Of acknowledged merit that. taken
with meals seems to better enable the
digestive organs to separate the fatten-
Ing elements Of the food and to pre- pare
them in form which the blood can
readily absorb. Sargol comes in tablet
form. Is pleasant and easy to take and
it's action is perfectly natural and harm
less. Sargol is sold by James O'DonpeI,'s q
Drug store and druggists everywhere
who are authorized to refund the full
purchase price II weight increase is
not obtained.
NOTE-SarRol Is recommended only
as a flesh builder and while it has pro-
duced excellent results in cases Of
nervous indigestion and general stonn ach
disorders care should be taken by those
using 1t who do not want to incrsass
weiGht.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Beyond Death

In lonely bays
Where Love runs wild
All among the Towering grasses.
Where light. light. light. as sea
birds wing.
The chuckle of the child-go
passes
o TO awake. to shake away the night
And find you dreaming there.
On the other side Of death, with tho
sea wind blowing round you,
And the scent of the thyme In your
hair.
Tho beauty perish.
Perish like a flower.
And song be an idle breath
Tho heaven be dream and youth
for but an hour.
And the maker less than that he
made,
And hope less than despair.
II Death have shores where Love
runs wild.
! think you might be there.
Reborn, ah. white
From the splendid sea.
There should you awake and sing.
head to the feet
o to awake. to shake away the
night
And find you happy there.
On the other side of death, with the
sea wind blowing round you,
And the tang Of the thyme in your
-.ifred Noyes in Collier. Weekly.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

graceful movements In the hot
weaiher. l don't think that there
will be very many new ones added
to the repertoire"
She was cold crea med and her hair
was dressed. and she slipped a plain
shtrred green velvet skirt over her
head after the manner Of women
and fastened It with deft fingers.
But the old people In New York
Will keep the dances going. l never
saw anything like it. Why there are
men ! know who have actually be-
come ten years younger by dancing.
and they know It, too. Now I"
she choked and smiled. II nearly
swallowed my gum" she explained
and in the thrill. OF the moment Cor
got to finish. The maid knelt to
take off the white stockings. and |.
along with Female Friend. who
sat throughout and called her Bon
ME. pronounced Bunny-watched ex-
pectantly for a sight OF the feet which
had made the young woman's for
tune.
But no sooner were they uncovered
than she tucked them neatly under
her chair. Murmurs Of "Oh, don't
mind US came from her little audi
enCe. but little did they wot OF the
outburst they were to provoke.
Indeed. I will mind" said Miss
Glass. and her pretty childish face
belied its guilelessness by her ma
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

ture and re9entful blue eyes. II hate
feet. | think they are the uglicst
things l ever saw. No one has pretty
Feet
We gasped
"Why. Ronnie Glass" sputtered the
Female Friend. you ought to be
ashamed of yourself. after all your
feet have cone for you!"
grateful young woman, setting her
cupid's bow mouth in a surprisingly
straight line. Feet are horny. ugly
things. But take back what l said.
There Is one person l know, maybe
two, with pretty feet. Mrs. Claude
Grahame- White has the prettiest feet
you ever saw" she smiled with joy
at the memory of them, but made a
nttle grimace. too. as she added.
But they ought to be. You should
see the care she takes of them.
lust like hands. Lady Constance
Stewart Richardson Is the other ex-
ccption"
Bv this time the shoes were on
and the debated feet covered up. and
she stood to nut on her coat. green
velvet. too. with a voluminous point
ed skirt trimmed with fur. She fit
ted tam to match neatly over one
ear and pulled out her hair with a
pat here and there.
We onlookers were meek and COM
pletely cowed until the talk shifted
10 the mnrdorOus ways of strange
hairdressers and maniCurists. Miss
Glass admitted to having had her
fingers nearly cut off and her hair
almost pulled out by the roots. The
conversation waXcd brilliant. but too
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

full of hyperbole for reproduction
here. In moment more Miss Glass
announced that she was ready. and
out We trooped In the wake OF her
despised but renunerative feet.
Four years ago Miss Bonnie was
not thinking of a stage career at
all. She Is one of the successful
young women who have risen Oh the
crest OF the wave or popular dancing
which swept the country. Before
Maurice had opened his theater, she
danced one night with a young nan
in cafe In New York. and to her
surprise was offered money to repeat
the experiment. After 1t had ceased
to be novelty. and had becor1e
her profession. she went to Chicago.
and then came back TO New York,
where she opened an inn Of her own,
and which. though not under the
same name. IL still running.
Barely year ago she took her
first turn on the real stage. when
she WAS lust twenty-three years Of
age. She Is twenty-four. has her
own company. and is very success
full. and yet-she hates her feet:
Oh. sharper than a serpent's tooth,
Bonnie.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
GOOD ADVICE FOR THIN PEOPLE

I'D certainly give most anything to
be able to gain a few pounds and stay
that way" declare many thin men and
women. Such a result is usually not
impossible despite past failures. Most
thin people are victims Of mai-nutrition.
a condition which prevents the fatty ele-
ments OF food from being taken up by
the blood as they are when the powers
of nutrition are normal. Instead of
getting into the blood much Of the fat
and flesh producing elements stay in the
intestines until they pass from the body
as waste.
To correct this condition and to pro-
duce a healthy. normal amount of fat
the flesh making food elements must
be SO prepared in the digestive processes
that the blood wiil accept and distribute
them throughout the body. There is a
preparation called Sargol. which works
on this basis and which IL sold by near.
iy every druggist on a positive suaxan-
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Edible Roots Furnish Fall
Table With Vegetables
Necessary Starch Food
Hubbard Squash, Knob Celery Oyster Plant Winter
Beets, Carrots, and Parsnps Have Many Values
Yet to Be Widely Appreciated.
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
(C'opyriuht 1918. by Mrs Christine Frederick 4

a delicious salad, and can be combined
with oysters or other foods in place OF
Inother trbrou. root not as popular
as It deserves to he is oyster plant Or
satisfy; This has a most delicate, de
.ishttTI flavor. and the root itself is
ho,iod not hsr2ms or ro coarse; This may be
IN a variety OF ways either with a
cream sauce. scalloped In a baking
diah or 1t is the basis Of a cream soup.
When cold and cut in inch lengths
and served with a French dressing. it
tastes not unlike asparagus. Its price
is usually or cents for a bunch,
which will make sufficient for a small
Family. As It blackens when peeled. II
should be throw at once into cold water.
Parsnips and Bects.
Last perhaps cones the deepised pGr =
snip, which only the veretarians truly
appreciate. 1t is the coarsest root of
all with a distinct pith down the cer-
ter. When. however, carefully boiled
parsnip can be beaten. and used as a
mashed potato. or combined in a fritz
ter batter. or made into a baked dish.
which is very delicious.
vegetable with the root accentuated
They are Mt their prime in the fall,
and although the housekeeper knows
them usually only in connection with
itself has culinary possibilities. A quite
ravishing salad was made of 1t when
boiled and eaten cold with a French
dressing. pepper. pimcrto and oranges
1t can be stewcd In tomato sauce, and
like the okra combines cxceIlently with
rice.
The carrot and the beet in the coarser
winter variety have been used always
but even they are capable OF new COM
binations in tho baking dish--as salad
or as the basis for soups and purees.
The humble inexpensive root should
find more favor with the housewife.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Fear Uric,
AcidNOrYet
Take LithiQ
BY DIR. L. X. HIRsHBERG.

BY DIR. L. X. HIRSHBERG.
| Copyright. 1915 Newspaper Feature ssrvioa)
w ? HENEvER one pokes Il you
| w the words take lithia to dis
" solve uric acid." Il II your
turn to laugh.
The widely extended failaey that uric
acid" is a malicious element in the hu.
man tissues. responsible for 4 myriad
Of malign maladies. is one Of the most
difficult of all lies to dissorse and de-
stroy. Like the poetical ghost Of Ban.
QUO. truth fails either to lay It or
flay It.
Uric acid. in fact. 10 in everybody's
blood and always in the waste fluids,
1t is present, either actually or potsn-
TALLY. In practically ever meat and
vegetable you eat.
Next to this mischievous falseheod
stands shoulder to shoulder the blood
brother banality. ''lithia water" .'nthia
salts" and other lithia magic.
You are told. and you yAarn to believe,
| that the salts Of lithia have an A!ad-
din-like power to dissolve" to destroy
| or to cure YOU Of all the manifold Ills
| conferred by uric acid in the blood"
If your symptoms. whatever they BE-.
| from headache to housenaid's knee. dis.
appear. you 20 away convinced that
| lithia. or something else. did what the
:: ballyhco professors claimed It would
do-that H. cure a non-existent cause.
II 1t fails. nothing is said.
Very Little Lithia.
You are told a guessed cause. The in.
slant you accept-as you commonly do
that II Is the cause, they get you by
giving a new panacea. Thus II is easy
to cure an absent cause. II you fall in
with uric acid" absurdities, what more
F, natural than you should also accept the
''lithia" cure. One IL fsh. the other
fowl: one Is the hook. the other Is the
line.
Two hundred thousand gallons Of the
most popular litha water on the market
today does not contain much more than
one t1ve-grain lithia tablet. A whole
family would not drink that much in a
lifetime.
The reasons that physicians may at
times prescribe litha water Or lithia
tablets are these: Many persons VINO
shoulo uFink coplouS Quantities or fluid
will not do so ordinarily. They forset
it. They are not interested enough.
They consider spigot water too common
or too cheap.
Uses of Lithia.
Prescribe them special water
around which they build an idea, 4 vir.
tue or a halo OF purity. and, 10, they
will consume the amount OF nuid the
adviser considers needrul for them.
Lithia tablets are usually salty cit
rates Of lithia. Often the density, thick.
ness or coagulability OF the blood is so
great that It becomes necessary to thin
II. Thanks to the discovery OF Sir AL
moth E. Wright. the great army sur
geon, It was found that citric acid and
its salts effect this purpose. Therefore,
physicians at times feel called upon to
advise this soluble lithia salt.
Moreover. and finally. let It be said
that citrate of lithia. given along with
he amethlenetetrami mine and other drugs,
liberates formaldehyds and makes It a
strong internal antiseptic. which It
would not be. given alone.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
BY FLORENCE E. YODER.

by fLOhENCE T.. 4ODEk.
RI ny one who says that the
interest In dancing has
\ subsided is talking bosh,"
and Bonnie Glass reflec.
lively removed the stage eyelashes
from one blue orb. Her hair was
Mrs. vernon-Castled straight back
from her forehead. and her satiny
pink cheeks were gray with cold
cream.
She hesitated before depriving her
self OF the other set OF luxuriant
lashes. to modestly make a conces-
sion-'1t is possible that interest
in dancing on the stage has sub
sided. but at dance halls and pri-
vate functions-never!"
After reading u rather bored state
ment In the Dramatic Mirror to the
effect that interest in dancing was
dying out. this remark came as a
stimulant.
And Bonnie Glass should know,
for she is straight from New York
and has a brand new dancing act,
with a full orchestra and a dance
partner Of her own. Really one
would think that after all Of the
name and fame that her two feet
have brought her she would
value them highly. but II developed
later on that she not only didn't
do so but she hated them! Traitress.
People are just beginning to know
how easy the dances are" she re-
sumed, after the delicate eyelash
opeation was over. They are not
going to let them slide now. The
old folks II no one else will hang on
to them. Take q piece OF gum" I
accepted. she refreshed herself. and
as she attacked Aer wavy. close
growing brown hair she chatted
amiably.
"All that a person needs to know
them. is nerve. They are very, very
easy. Why the one-step Is nothing
on earth but a plain walk. Folks
in New York are fond OF tho tango
and are doing It a lot now. but Il Is
probably because they liked the slow
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
y one were to make q broad dis
tinction between the vegetables Of

= y one were to make q broad dis
tinction between the vegetables Of
u summer and the vegetables Of win
ter. II could be expressed best by
stating that summer vegetables are
succulent or Juicy. while winter vegeta-
blss are solid ia starchy. That IL. we
have cucumbers. tomatoes. asparagus.
and radishes which, with their watery
contents. are just suited to refresh dur
Ing the warm season. while. with the
natural coming Of cold weather. so
much Juice Is not desired, and We hnd
the winter vegetables like Hubbard
sauash. knob celery. oyster plant. win
ter baets. and carrots.
Mature has, thus wisely stored in
winter vegetables more starch. so that
they will prove "a more nourishtng
many Of the winter vegetables are Of
which the starch Is stored. Many Of
these should be more widely used and
their true value appreciated. While
canned goods have q distinct place in
home economy. It is pure extravaganza
canned peas in October. when 50 many
q the root vegetables are In their
prime.
Value of Knob Celery.
OF these edible roots. knob or knot
Gallery 10 far too little used. This is a
species Of celery in which the edible
portion consists Of an irregular knob
the sise Of ones fst. 1t has the true
celery flavor. and Is far less expensive
than the usual kind In which the stalk
only 10 eaten. This knob can be
bought generally three or four for a
dime, and should be carefully peeled.
Il can then be cut UP In dices or slices.
slowed gently and served with cream
sauce or in other ways. 1t also makes
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
ADVICE TO GIRLS
Bv Annie Laurie

give US some hint Of our defect?
Also. do you think 1t right for a
girl to allow young man to kiss
her goodnight. even though she
KNOWS him very. very well? We
have often been called goody.
goodies for refusing.
FRIENDS.
Your letter Is typical Of many re-
ceive. They form about a third OF
my mall and are the hardest to
solve. The question Is one that has
received the consideration OF many a
woman's magazine. yet no one
seems to be able to solve the riddle.
Why Is It that a sensible girl. one
by no means a prude. but always a
lady. cannot make friends as rapid
ly as the girl with less brains. per-
haps. and also less-shall we call it
self-respect?
should like to have some OF the
men who read this column give their
opinion and their explanation Of 1t.
1t would prove interesting. and ! am
sure. enlightening. to a number Of
the girl readers.
Keep on being called goody-
goodies. girls. and you will find that
1t Is by way Of being a compliment.
Dear Miss Laurie-I have been
married for nearly two months,
and have kept 1t a secret but
some of the boys are finding out
about 1t. How can l convince
them to believe the other way?
JACK L.
Why did you get married il You
are ashamed Of 1t? II you didn't
want people to know about it. why
didn't YOU walt until you could face
the world and tell them about 1t?
must say don't care for your atti-
tude in the matter at all. Marriage
should be a ioyous occasion. not a
thing to be kept as much Of a
secret as il you had committed a
crime.
Dear Annie Laurie: Is II proper
for girl to accept iewelry from
gentleman friend to whom she
Is not engaged?
GRUDTENN.
1t is not considered proper for a
girl to receive expensive presents
such as jewelry from a man to whom
she is not engaged. Flowers. candy
and books are the usual gifts she
may accept
Only such letters as present SOM
roblem OF general personal interest ca,
be dnscered IN this column. Legal dd
vice cannot be 0iren. Miss Laurie tcil
be glad to dnsDer specific personal in
ynir'tes II a stamped, addressed 'envelop,
e Enclosed.
Copyright. 1918. Ne~.naper Feature Seryice
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

But She Hates Her Feet, and
Cannot Endure the
Thought of Any But Those
of Mrs., Claude Grahame-
y White-They, She Says,
Are Rarely Beautiful.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
FOOtnOteS

BY BONNIE GLASS.
Any one who says that interest
in dancing has subsided Is
talking bosh. Folks are just
beginning to find out how
easy the new dances are.
| hate my feet. All feet are
ugly and horny.
No feet can be beautiful except
in rare cases.
Mrs. Claude Grahame White
and Lady Constance Stewart
Richardson have the only
pretty feet | know Of.
The old folks won't let the in.
terest in the dances die out.
They find that it makes them
young again.
New York is doing the tango
now.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

Dear Miss Laurie: Will you
please advise through the column
Of The Times whether or not It
10 proper for a widow OF SIX
months to wear q black ostrich
plume on her hat this winter?.
~ VEN though the etiquette Of
- mourning is much less strict
than In former years. l should
not deem 1t proper for
widow to wear anything as dressy
a. an ostrich plume for at least
year after her bereavement. In
fact. 1t Is better to err on the side
Of good form and wait for two years.
Dear Miss Laurie:-I am fifteen
years old and five feet five
Inches In height. Can you tell me
how, long my dresses should be.
and how should I wear my hair!
c. L.
Dresses are being worn so short
now that it's hard to tell girls IN
their teens from grown-up sisters
In their twenties and thtrties.
should think eight inches from the
ground would be the right length
for your skirts.
Since l don't know what type OF
face you have. l don't exactly know
how to tel you how to wear your
hair. 1t is becoming to most girls
to make a French twist of the front
hair and have a curl at the back.
tied with a bow. Some people can
wear their hair with the bobbed ef-
feet in front and a barrette or a
ribbon at the back. Many are re-
turning to a style of low hairdress-
ing. with the ha'r parted at the
center and drawn back plainly at
the sides. Try doing your hair var
ious ways until you find a style
that seems to suit you best Don't
put 1t UP on your head with hair
pins until you are at least a year
or two older. 1t will increase your
chances Of a healthy head of hair.
Dear Miss Laurie: We are girls
Of about eighteen. and go to-
gether quite a lot. Although we
are not handsome or stylish. we
are not so bad looking. We cam
not get boys to call after they
have once visited us. We have
fair educa tions, read the daily
papers, and are up on daily top
les. We dance, play cards, and
90 in for athletics. Cannot you
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

Information giving the names Of
shops nhich carry the articles re-
Jerred to in these columns UiH be
furnished on request. Kindly rlcn-
ton date of issue When possible, and
address "The Shopper.'D
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
TIL E TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PA(
"Dancing IS Still Popular, But ! Do Hate
Ny FeetF' Says Bonnie Glass, Modern Dancer

A Young and Highly Success
ful Interpreter of the Fox
Trot, Tango, One-Step,
and Other Trifles Thinks
That Interest Has Not Sub
sided.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

The lovliest OF soft velvet-or
rather velOur-Carpets are on dis
play I'm the show windows of a rug
shop In II street. One Is OF soft
blue. with border of dainty La
France roses. The size is seven by
twelve feet and the price SIS. There
are about six possible combinations
of plain color at the same price.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23
Seen In The
Shops
BY THE SHOPPER.
IOW that Crispy days forecast
October's bright, blue

n Tow that crispy days forecast
nj October's bright, blue
weather" It's time to begin
to plan a few motor trips.
How about packing up a generous
lunch next Sunday. and motoring as
far as the car will take you? You
haven't a lunch kit? Then let one OF
the local department stores solve
your troubles. For SO is one in a
leatherette case. with six plates,
six spoons, knives and forks, six
gayly fringed napkins. miniature
Ice chest and plenty of room for eats.
Others at SIS are even more COM
plete. with cups and bottles and
other fittings
woody. purple sweater. just the
luscious color OF sun-ripened grapes,
Is $40 at one of the stores. 1t Is Just
the shade that can be matched in
one OF those purple velvet hats that
are the last cry In fashionable mil
ltnery. Such sweater and hat
would look extremely decorative in
Car-say one Of French gray
touched with black.
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

1t is not considered proper for a
girl to receive expensive presents
such as jewelry from a man to whom
she is not engaged. Flowers. candy
and books are the usual gifts she
may accept
The Washington times., 1915-09-23

Dear Annie Laurie: Is II proper
for girl to accept iewelry from
a gentleman friend to whom she
Is not engaged?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-12
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