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about twenty-five inches in length. The
legs are short and stout. with the rear
ones scarcely longer than the forelegs.
1t has conspicuous claws and is well
equipped to put up good fight 1t lies
about in the sun almost all day and for
this reason perhaps nature has given
1t a covering for protection like that
OF the tiger skin, which is calculated to
deceive an observer into believing
when he beholds this animal among the
tropical foliage that he is seeing bit
of brilliant sunshine and dark shadow
Hinged with yellow and black, the
gila monster. when lying still among
tall grasses, gives the same Impression
and he is further equipped to battle his
observer by his chameleonic powers,
which allow him to turn his color from
bright orange to sandy salmon when he
lies exposed to the sun.
lizard. though a full-grown specimen
is wonderfully striking object to be-
hold. 1t is justly famous as one of
it abounds all over that country from
the border to the Isthmus of Tehuan-
tepec. 1t Is popularity called gila mon
ster because it was once quite COM
mon along the ella river in Arizona.
\
No class of living objects on earth
perhaps awakens as much dread and
terror as the snake. Snakes have been
mans enemy a. far back into antiquity
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varieties known in the United States
are also TO be met with.
The true venomous snakes are tho
backboned species. which infiict their
bites by means of their teeth. Into
the wounds they inject poisonous
fluid which is secreted in glands i'm tho
region of special teeth. The venom is
usually more potent when snakes have
become Infatuated or leased. Most
people believe that the snake bite is
invariably dangerous. The chief danger
IN a tropical country comes not SO
much from the bite. but from the blood
poison which IL may cause
Mere stings are often Troublesome
from this very cause. A large black
scorpion lives in Mexico whose sting
Is said to be as dangerous as that OF
a snake. Certain tropical centipedes
share this reputation
The big. hairy spider. the tarantula.
is bred in Mexico. IL grows to he
six or seven inches in length and in
ftcts painful and serious sting which
is supposed to have disagreeable
though not a fatal effect other
smaller species of spiders exist in
Mexico which are apt to be trouble
some to the American trooper during
his sojourn among the chihuahua hills
The venomous snakes are usually
easily shot by an American marks
man. and the other harmful creatures
are only disagreeable when leased.
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Origin of Sayings.

THE biting sarcasm of old Aesop 10
embodied in the saying. the lions
share" In his fable. at the conclusion
of their joint feast. the animals an
nounce their wish to divide the booty,
the lion claiming one quarter by reason
of kingly prerogative, one-quarter for
his superlative courage, one-quarter
for his superior courage and one-quar-
ter for his dam and cubs. las for the
fourth quarter" said the lion. let who
will dare dispute it with me-.
"A feather in ones cap" is derived
from Scotland. Among the wood
craftsmen it was the custom for the
individual first to kill woodcock to
pluck out a feather and stick it in his
cap. Oliver Cromwell conferred dig
nifty upon this expression when. on his
refusal of the English crown. he ob-
served: Royalty is but a feather in
a mans cap. let children enjoy their
rattle
Every man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost, is a cynical slogan
derived from the Spaniards. The legend
is that Satan once conducted a school
of magic at Toledo At the end of the
term the graduating class was. it APP
pears made to run through a long
subterranean hail. the president of the
institution being entitled to the hind
most If he could catch him.
One will unavailingly search tho
Scriptures for any allusion to Jobs
turkey" las poor as Jobs turkey"
had it's origin in the brain of the
humorist Sam Slick" He described
this bird as being possessed of but one
feather in it's tail and as of so feeble
a constitution that it was enabled to
gobble only by supporting itself against
a fence.
ITO throw the dust in ones eyes"
is saying derived from the ancient
Greeks Epaminondas. wishing to sur
prise the Lacedemonians, is said to
have caused 1000 cavalrymen to ad-
vance in front. kicking up great dust
which the wind blew into the faces
of the enemy, thus binding them to
flank movement he was executing with
view to taking the coveted heights
in their rear.
Barking up the wrong tree" may
be referred to a mistake sometimes
made by hunting dogs when game
flies from tree to tree.
Dead mans shoes" is undoubtedly
to be traced to an ancient Hebrew
custom. On the transfer of inheri-
belonging to the deceased owner.
For many years in front of the pull
pit in Scottish churches persons I'M
der censure sat during the service.
Afterward they stood to receive pub
lie rebuke. From this practice we de-
rive the expression stool of repent
ance."
ITO eat humble pie" is to he as
cribed to the fact that in feudal days
the umbles. inferior parts of deer. We're
baked in pies for the poor retaners.
whole hog or none" refers to the
alleged custom of Mahomet to allow
his followers to eat all except the one
portion of pig, which portion, how
ever. was not specified. The result
therefore was that if Mahometan did
not wholly avoid the use of pork he
might as well run the risk of consum-
ing the whole hog as to eat any por-
ton thereof.
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THE.HOUSEWIFE. AND PREPAREDNESS

mobilize the industrial forces of the
country.
This means there is need, too. to mob
llize the housewives of the country if
American industry is to go forward
"on its stomach"--keeping pace with
the patriotic housewifery of the wom-
en- of Germany. France. and finally
awakened Great Britain. Precisely
that is what the Housekeepers' AL
lance of Washington has undertaken.
short month ago. being made presi-
dent of the Housekeepers' Alliance in
Washington, the writer sent out to the
housewives of the National Capital a
call to colors-a call to engage in a
war on waste in the interests of pre-
paredness. 1t went like the wind
Hundreds of housekeepers from all
walks of life responded at a meeting
held the last day of February The
newspapers passed along the CALL and
by letter housekeepers in various parts
of the country are writing eager to
enlist in the service of their country
And they can do SO by raising the flag
above the cookstove in their kitchens
1t Is fairly a mystery to many to I'M
derstand why such numbers of women
should turn out with enthusiasm to en-
list in campaign of household econ
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0ps i'm Mexico Have Other Foes Beside Villa

punitive expedition to meet his fate in
this manner as from bullet.
All tropical countries are overrun with
snakes. spiders and lizards. and usually
there is majority of venomous varie-
ties. The bite from these creatures is
not always deadly in itself; antidotes are
known to exist for almost every poison
but usually the effects of the wounds are
doubly dangerous on account of climatic
conditions. Blood poisoning in the tropics
mows down more victims than an cpl
demic of fever.
The Rio Grande separates the United
States from an undulating tableland of
Characteristic sand and alkali stretches
with forests of cacti and yucca. where
many species of tropical creatures
flourish. They have long been the
terror of superstiti6us Indians and
MeXicans. The American soldier will
inevitably meet some of them during
his encampments on Mexican soil.
One of the most interesting of these
varieties is the gila monster, the fam
ing orange and black scaly lizard
which has long been regarded with fear
and dread because of its supposed
deadly breath. Most people believe
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carry this same spirit into other work.
Conversely, in France, the women. be-
ing perfectly trained in work pertain
ing to the home, haye replaced their
men in industry, in business, in the
railroads. in the government, with no
apprecia bic disturbance of the econom-
ic or public order. When France has
wanted money to finance her war the
women have dug into the deep pocket
in their petticoats and subscribed to
the war loan out of their wonderful
economies.
The whole matter of what kitchen
preparedness counts in military pro-
gram of preparedness is written on
every page of the current history of
the war in Europe. Nevertheless the
United States has proceeded with it's
measure of preparedness stupidity dis
regarding the perfectly plain historical
fact of what the women of the country
must do to help. The consensus of
public opinion is that war-that is, a
military engagement with foreign foes
is not imminent in the United States;
but over and over again it Is asserted
that now. instantly, there is need to
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Not Necessary.

A SSEMBLYMAN HAMILTON FISH,
~ Jr., was talking in Albany about
his bill to permit indicted persons to
inspect grand jury minutes.
ITO refuse these minutes to indicted
men," he said. 'is not only unfair, but
1t savors of arrogance and privilege.
It's like the marriage broker.
"A man said to a marriage broker:
I'D like to see the photograph.
please, of the lady with the $4,000 in
come"
But the broker shook his head.
1--WE never show photographs he
said, with the incomes of five figures"
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tease the pet. The barkeeper told him
to be careful. but the man thought that
as long as the animal was Gagged he was
safe. He wriggled his fingers through
the wires once too often, however. The
sila monster took hold, dug it's teeth
into the flesh and shut it's mouth with a
snap. The habitues of the place. a few
stray Indians and MeXicans, rescued
the man and proceeded to fill him with
whisky. Then he tainted and they
threw him across a table. A few hours
later the barkeeper went over to rouse
him and he fell over in a heap on the
floor dead. Any man who is ac-
quainted with these frontier hostelries
would be apt to say offhand that the
bad whisky was probably what killed
the fellow. but MeXicans cite the trag
edy as indisputable evidence of the
venomous clutch of the gila monster.
1t is true that an inspection of a
gila monsters grooved teeth shows
that they are seemingly adapted to act
as venom conduits to the wounds they
inflict, and experiments with the sa
Iva show that it possesses some prop
critics of an extremely venomous ma
ture. large specimen will measure
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of the state of Vera Cruz. 1t is called
the harlequin because of its brilliant
MARKINGS. The forepart of the head Is
olack. then comes a creamy white ring,
Followed by a broad light brick-red
ring. These follow in this succession
throughout the length of the body. In
1uli-groWn snakes of this variety the
creamy rings are pure white and the
red ones are brilliant carmine. Such
snake will measure from twenty-five
TO twenty eight inches.
IMP bite OF the harlequin is fatal
II is remarkable that the snake has
a double. an absolutely harmless
species. which resembles it in mark
ing so much that the two are often
mistaken for each other
Coral snakes are a truly dangerous
species. They are called the Ameri-
can COBRA" and. being gentle and diff
cult to provoke. are all the more
dangerous when reused.
Rattlesnakes are familiar to the
plains of Sonora and Chihuahua They
are the most frequent visitors to the
camp of the traveller The horned rat
tie snake is another dangerous variety
known to Mexico. These appear on
the open deserts and are often called
''sidewinders," because they can crawl
sideways as well as forward Cop
perheads and moccasins of the same
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a MEXICAN troops have more than
IN one foe to fight in Mexico. Villa
~ and his troop may be the chief
q q enemy. but others. of an equally
treacherous nature, are hiding under the
cacti of the tropical Chihuahua and So
nora deserts to harass the passage of the
boys in Khaki
These foes are insidious. They strike
often before their presence is recognized
and. most unfair of all. the sting of the
death that they inflict cannot be
mitigated by calling it sacrifice of pa
triotism.
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but there is still much waste in our
kitchens, and it is by education and
training that we have to correct these
national faults"
The Daily Graphic of London said
lately:
"A need of the hour is "A well organ
lied household economy campaign; this
is patriotic duty"
The London illustrated, in a recent
number. calls attention to the mis-
chievous amateur spirit" in which WON
en- undertake homework. and remarks
on the misfortune it is that women
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for industrial supremacy among the
nations of the earth? That's the wom-
an question of American preparedness
me women of England were not
ready, but no question exists there now
OF the part household economy plays in
war An anti-waste campaign exhibit
ton was held in London in January
during which Princess Louise Duchess
of ArgylD spoke as follows:
Under pressure of this terrible war
the importance of domestic economy
10 the people and its value to the coun-
try is now very widely recognized,
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that the bite of a large. healthy gila
monster is extremely venomouS and
fatal to both man and beast Ameri-
it extensively and the conclusion reached
are not very determnative one way or
the other Some say its bite is fatal to
man: others say it will not even kill a
guinea pig.
But the fact remains that the Next
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cans have always been particularly
afraid of it. deeply founded super
stition exists in Mexico which claims
that to breathe the breath of a gila
monster is sure to result in death. The
superstitious Indians and natives can
not disabus their minds of this idea.
Doubtless it is founded on the fact
that the animals are very aggressive
and are quick to open their mouths
and eject air from their lungs into the
face of a person or animal to which
they have taken dislike.
The widespread belief along the bor-
der region seems to he that when an in
The bite. fatal or not. is certainly no
more pleasant than that of any other
sharp-toothed beast. When hello
furiated monster bites it bites to kill
derma-which is the monsters name as
he is listed in the books of science
becomes Infatuated from teasing it
snaps at the offenders hand and some
times cuts deep into the skin and flesh
Many stories are told to the effect
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that this bite has been known to kill
a man in few hours. 1t is said that
in a frontier barroom in New Mexico,
where a beautiful specimen of gila
monster was Gagged on exhibition, an
incident took place which not only
illustrated the deadly effect of a bite
but showed that it could be almost in
Simultaneous as well.
a man wandered in and began to
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1t is certainly not an ideal heros death
to be bitten by deadly reptile, poisonous
scorpion or spider and have ones life
snuffed out by the malignant influence of
the tropical climate. But it is as pos
sible for a soldier in Cen Pershing's
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housewerkers to compete with the
skill of similar service abroad. or the
United States cannot reasonably hope
being equal, victory will be with the
nation whose housewives are the best
trained. AROLF.
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as the days of the Garden of Eden
Later day chroniclers were disposed to
put all of the burden of mankind's
woes upon these offenders, and they
have since been reviled and hated
more than any eating beast of
the wilds of India"
Tropical countries are always popular
resorts for snakes. Mexico has a num-
Der of striking species. 1t is particu-
larly necessary for the American troops
to be aware of their presence not only
for themselves, but for the sake of
their horses and mules. pack mule,
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or in the kitchen, as directly and re-
sponsibly as men enlisted in the army
or the navy. is solemnly bound to serv-
ice of the flag: one can only choose
whether he shall serve well or ill
service for or against the flag he can
not help rendering. There is the key
to American preparedness.
X
Homework is the one branch of
American industry outside the army
and navy to which the term service still
applies. 1t is even In most cases a
service of love, for less than 10 per cent
of American families employ paid labor
in the home. This great mass of toilers
have the spirit and the technique of
service. But if the army of tho United
States in war or in industry is sue
to compete with the armies
Of Europe now going impossible lengths
ION their stomachs," government in the
United States and business in the
United States must awaken to a sense
Of the Importance of kitchen prepared
ness
Time. thought and money must be de-
voted to training American cooks and
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The new war cook book was dis
triOuted. and attractive leaflets were
given away to bring home the neces-
stty Of special economies made inevi-
table by the war. Then the wander
cooks set out for country districts
Having first been trained at the gov
.rnments expense for their work, they
penetrated into the farthest hinterland
sometimes walking from village to viii
lage.
ON Sunday afternoons they met the
countrywomen in the village church or
school and delivered their message of
economy and cooperation These
women are worth more to Germany to-
day than its uhlans.' is the obvious
comment of a magazine writer
Are the women of the United States
prepared to meet these German woman
forces in the world war now waginK
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OLA MONSTERS Snakes and Spiders Help
~ SoutSoe Facts About the Deadly
Scientists Have Not Decided Whether Beautiful ade
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r.paredness-money- based on the
preparedness of American kitchens.
Then when army begins to advance
-"on its stomach''-the state of pre-
paredness of the Kitchen soon is mani
fest in the endurance of the men.
Something else, too. that counts comes
from household economy
That is another reason why the mill
tary program of preparedness of the
American people is bound to include a
program OF kitchen preparedness The
morale of men fighting at the front in
war is largely supported by the atti-
tude OF the women they leave behind
TO keep home intact. And even though
under the stress of war the material
ha bitatIon of the mans home is lost
that attitude still. betokening the de-
yOtion OF women at work in the field
in the mines, in munitions plants. re-
mains powerful element Of national
strength.
The theories of American educa alton
FOR women TO the contrary notwith-
standing. IL is not the training of WON
en- to compete with men in the trades
and professions but the training of
women as housewives that has equip
ped The women OF the warning nations
of Europe efficiently TO replace men in
Industry. in business, in the govern
ment.
In Germany four days after war was
declared the housewives were mobi-
lzed. The National Womeu's Service
was organized and went to work in
the food crisis. An assembly OF cooks
was held in the Prussiau cha mber Of
deputies. All the cooks of Greater
Berlin were summoned. Here they sat
in the seats of the mighty while the
program Of food conservation was out
lined by woman economists and cook
cry experts.
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KITCHEN Preparedness for American Peope-Housekeepes
Alliance of Washington Calls Women to Rally Round the
Flag in Their Notwithstanding and WaThe Army and Its
Stomac-German Housewives Modified Four Days After War
Was Declared-The War Cook BooThe Battles Against Waste
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not happen to be one of the fatal kind.
The only harmless snakes are not the
little green garden ones. In fact, the
venomous varieties are in the minority
among snake species.
number of venomous varieties are
known to Mexico. and the snake of the
most beautiful coloring known is found
here in abundance. This is the harle-
quin snake. 1t ranges all over Mexico
from Preside to the TERRA Templada
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m " the United States men and
u " women are running to and fro
~ in the shadow of the world
war busy with military preparedness.
But what of this-what of the kitchen
preparedness of the American people?
1t was Napoleon Bonaparte who said.
AN army advances on its stomach"
To that perfectly obvious fact another
just as obvious must be added The in
dustria1 force of nation advances
on it's stomach. All that is the reason
Why the Housekeepers' Alliance of
washington has sent a call TO women
20 rally round the flag in the Kitchens
OF their homes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-05
CHAPTER VIII.

Promptly at 8 the next evening
Mr.. John Stapleton left his house
in a big French touring car, with
Francois at the wheel.
Mr.. Stapleton sat in the ton
neau, wearing a dark blue serge
suit and a Panama hat. In his
left hand he clutched a small
package, about the size OF a cigar
box. In the package were bank
notes amounting to 500, 200.
Close beside his right foot lay
a rubber bclb, from which a short
pipe extended through a hole
bored in the side of the car. The
end of the pipe held small brass
nozzle, which In the dim light of
early evening was quite invisible.
From Paris to Versailles is IA
miles. Mr.. Stapleton proceeded
slowly. He wanted to run no
chances of missing the car with
the blue light. At the Porte de
Versailles he saw Richard Duvall
standing in the shadow OF the
gateway.
He had proceeded perhaps four
or five miles when he saw a large
car approaching slowly from the
direction Of Versailles. 1t con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-07-05

Just blew in on a gale from
the fashion world to let us know
what is the latest in littl girl
fashions!
That's probably what this
small person would have us un-
derstand.
Her frock is linen-crash, and
all of a color, and it's orange
which is the most popular color
this summer in Juvenile fashion.
The long sleeves and Joffre
collar are stitched in dull blue
and the velvet streamers are
blue. The sleeves are fashion
able, OF course, but IL Betty
Brown were designing small girl