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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-08

Dick is writing me a letter every
book, that he can write letters if he
deems them important and neces-
sary. The one received today said:
81 laughed and sighed over your
quaint conceit, dear heart.
'Her Idol-we all have feet of
clay, Margie, but we try not to let our
wives know it. A woman humorist
said recently: "A man is very busy
before marriage fooling many women
and after marriage he spends most
of his time trying to fool one
cat that l don't think he gets any
where with any woman he tries to
fool. Your sex seems an intuition
or sixth sense, which makes you
understand no better than we do our
selves.
81 am having wonderful business.
The school book trade is booming
with our company and at That am
not happy. Why, Margie, sometimes l
wake up in the night in cold sweat,
because in my dreams have lost you.
'Take me off my pedestal, dear;
make me just a man in your mind
and heart. am going to swear off
drinking. Honestly, Margie, 1 have
never been untrue to you in my life
unless | have had one or more
usually lot more-drinks in my sto-
mach to middle my brain and cloud
my understanding of decency.
But I've cut it out; never again
for me. l have not taken a drink
since l left home and l am feeling
fine.
81 have always had an impression
that a man had to be good fellow
which means in masculine vernac-
ular that he must make a fool of him
self with his customers.
But 1 have never made so many
contracts in my life in the same
length of time as since l have been
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-08

the knife of remorse at my vitals.
81 guess am little superstitious,
too, for l can't help thinking of that
old gamblers idea of unlucky in love
lucky in business.
"Margie, dear wife, l would rather
have you say just once 4 love you
Dick and trust you again than have
all the school book business in the
world
81 never knew how much needed
you-how much 1 wanted you until
lost your help and love.
Can woman love the same man
twice?
81 remember of all our family
laughing at Mollie when she was lit
tie for asking: Can water boil
twice?'
Some way the fact that water can
boil twice rather comforts me now.
please, dear, love me all over
again.
81 am steadily getting older and
most old men are like all dead In
dams good.
81 never knew that l had so much
of the kid in me until began to write
you these letters. Just now feel like
kneeling by that little sewing chair
of yours chair where you made
all those wonderfully tiny clothes for
sonny-and putting my arms about
you, lay my head on your dear heart
and say: I'll be good, dear-PH be
good if you will only kiss and make
up"
If Dick only knew it, little book, it
is very hard for me to withstand a
plea like this, but back of all inclina-
tons is some kind of puritanic moni-
tor which says, Don't forgive. him
too soon. 1t is right that he should
suffer"
Now don't say, little book, that this
is not my love of decency and right
which is saying this, but my jealous
Evening star., 1916-01-03
To Clean Wall Paper.

Often a wall paper merely needs clean
ing instead Of replacing. The simplest
method, IL the paper is not very much
.soiled. is to put some bran on the fiat
surface of q soft sponge and rub the
walls down, never using the same bran
twice, A better known way is to take
dough, fresh made from white flour
to which has been added a few drops
Of ammonia water, and go carefully
over the paper. AS the dirt accumu-
lates on the outside of the dough work
it on to the inside, and as the am
monia evaporates add a few drops
from time to time.
A more elaborate cleansing dough is
made by mixing one pound each OF
white and rye -four into dough,
partly cook it and remove the crust
then to this add one ounce Of common
salt and one-half ounce .,of powdered
naphthalene, and finally one ounce of
cornmeal and oneeeighth ounce OF
burnt umber. Form the composition
into mass of convenient size, to be
grasped in the hand. and when using
It draw 1t in one direction over the
surface to be cleaned.
Evening star., 1916-01-03

fessed. but Of course must make
some. It wouldn't be . real New Year
II didn't Let mo sea; ! hereby re-
solve to stay at homo nights"
''oh. Peter. do you really mean itr'
cried little Mrs. Peter. hurrying over to
And to think kindly Of everybody =
continued Potter, "even my worst enc
mics And-heilo. here comes Sammy
jay! Happy New Year. Sammy! Have
Happy New Year." returned sammy.
"Of course, I've made some good re-
solves. For one thing. Tn not going to
steal any more. For another thing.
I'm not going TO call anybody names
quarrel with anybody, not even Chat
terer. the Red Squirrel. or Reddy Fox." :"
Sammy spoke very earnestly. and he
looked quite as II he really meant every
word. as. no doubt, he did. Peter tried
very hard to think what the Green For
est would be like without the sound Of
Chatterer and Sammy quarreling once
In while. or without that harsh voice
Of Sammy screaming Thief! Thief!
Then, too. the very idea Of Sammy see
ing anything he could steal and not
doing 1t was too much for Peter. He
turned his head to hide a smile.
laughing at. OF course, Peter tried
very hard not to tell him. and yet not
to tell an untruth, and Of course Sammy
guessed that Peter was laughing at
him and his resolve. Right away Sam
my's quick temper few up. and he be-
gan to scream at Peter and call him
names in the old way. And the louder
he screamed the harder Peter laughed,
for the funnier 1t seemed to him. Tom
my Tit was laughing, too. Finally he
few over to Sammy
Happy New Year, he shouted in
Sammy's ear when he got a chance.
Sammy choked a scream right OF in
the middle. He looked at Peter, and
then he looked at Tommy. and a little
shamed look crept into his face. Then
quite suddenly he threw back his head
and laughed with the others.
Lets begin over again." said he.
We'll forget all about those resolves
made. because I've broken two of
them already. I'm not going to make
a lot Of resolves at all. Tn going to
make Just one, and this isNt: resolve
to try to do my best each day, and
that's all anybody can do. Come on,
Peter, and see who we can find in the
Green Forest to wish a Happy New
Year"
Evening star., 1916-01-03
FOOT COMFORT.

Upon the health and symmetry OF
the foot more depends than the aver
age woman can be made to believe.
1t must be bathed and rubbed every
day to keen down it's tendency to grow
larger; it must have rest baths once a
week of half an hour duration for the
toning UP of tired muscles ana 70 keep
down the callosities the wearing OF
shoes involve. It must be massaged
daily with a good oil of some sort IN
order to preserve its use, the walk
plastic and graceful and the lady's race
calm and good to look upon. In short,
the buoyancy of all the body depends
upon that of the foot.
Ugly feet do not like to show them
selves. and SO the owner of such ex-
tremities rarely wears the short skirt
necessary for healthful walking. The
lady of tight shoes prefers to take her
exercise sitting down, while those
cursed with the Affections to which the
foot Is heir-corns. bunions. Shilblains.
etc-see no reason why they should
think of anything else. All such per-
neither know the wonder of the stars
nor the joy that lies in the country
road: and if they. follow only the die
tates of fashion in the matter of foot
maker of health shoes. These are ugly,
so look after your feet in time.
The sensible woman of the day. then.
looks first to the careful make and fit
tiIS VI ueI SuoCS LII eAS PicttihcSS "
her feet. She has them made by good
hands and sees to 1t that they are easy
at every point. with the sole broad
enough for some spreading of the ball
when the body's weight is upon it. with
the upper holding the heel firmly. No
shoe is ever worn after it is the least
damp with perspiration, for this en-
courages that most painful of enemies,
the soft corn.
If the walking shoe is bought ready
made the woman of wit also looks for
to have the leather of good quality, for
cheap, badly tanned leather burns the
foot and often brings on inflammation
of very painful nature. By wearing
the right shoe for walking women can
wear a very much smaller dress shoe
when the time comes for its use.
For the beauty toilet of the foot many
little things are required. Salicylic-
sweetening. Is employed by the fastidi-
Gus with the cleansing bath, and where
there Is a clinging odor the feet are
often bathed off afterward with a soIu-
tion of boric acid. A bristle brush, and
not one of the thorny wooden things
generally bought, is employed for
scrubbing Off the stocking stains about
the toes and heels, care being taken
even with this mild instrument not to
the nails, for If this is broken inerow-
ing nails may result.
For the same reason the nails are cut
straight across instead of following the
curve and in order to soften them for
the little rites of pedicuring necessary
a tablespoon of benzoin may be put in
the bath water.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
COLORED BODICES AND WHITE SKIRTS.
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE,
, co-r.s,ona.,ce a, The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, January livery once
| in a while the designers try to make a
costume in which two colors are op-
posed to each other. such as a black
! velvet Jacket with a white cloth skirt
or a blue velvet bodice with white
skirt.
For some reason. the women who
must wear the costume do not regard
it favorab1y. They do not seem to
mind the introduction of a sharp color
against a uniform color from chin to
heel but they look with suspicion upon
the coat and skirt or bodice and skirt
which were no relation to each other.
In the name of economy the fashion
is also good when it is done by a mas
ter hand. Perhaps it is that the wom-
en- realize this and shy at task for
which they may not be fitted. Would
that they were always so careful in ex-
perimenting in colors and lines.
No one is quite sure what will be
done with a new fashion, whether 1t
will be accepted or refused. 1t is here
and 1t is well established, and that
makes us give it serious consideration.
No one designer seems to be responsible
for it, because the idea in the main
has passed througs many hands and
has been given many forms. The de-
signers themselves have always liked
the Idea; it suggested to them a way
of obtaining brilliancy and they have
never quite understood why the ma
jority of women refused 1t.
Fashion Turns to Blue and White.
There are several new costumes
shown for what is called southern ex-
odus, but what is really a mid-season
exhibition Of clothes, that are made up
in blue and white and violet and white.
The sketch today shows a jacket of
blue velvet trimmed with astrakhan,
which Is dropped over a white skirt
also edged with astrakhan.
There is wide brocaded belt which
shows beneath the opening of the coat.
The sleeves to this jacket do not cover
the entire arm. as the ma ajority of fash
ionabie sleeves do, and they are cut
out on a wide, bell shape that flares
below the elbow. This jacket is con-
sidered a part of the skirt and consti-
tutes a frock rather than suit 1t is
worn under large, loose topcoat of
fur, as many of the new costumes are.
There have been few seasons when
SO many loose coats were in fashion,
and their popularity has made serious
inroads into the wearing OF coat suits.
Women have found them an easy gar
ment to adjust, and also a convenient
one for all occasions. because 1t allows
the wearing of several kinds OF frocks
beneath, and this seems to be quite es-
sential in a season when women want
to do many things in one day without
going home to change their clothes.
AS it becomes more and more the
practice to live out of town during the
ma jor part of the year the dressmakers
Evening star., 1916-01-03
The Nervous Baby.

When a mother observes, anxtously
that her baby is bundle of nerves
she Is nearer the truth than she some
times realizes.
A baby's nerves are much more dell
cate and sensitive. in proportion to his
size. than those Of a grown person. and
suffering is often thoughtlessly laid
out for him while he Is as yet toe
young and helpless to protect himself
Needless slamming of doors. bolster
GUS talk or laughter. and, in fact. sud
den or unexpected demonstrations OF
any sort, are all disturbing to the
baby's nervous system. and all produce
i'll effects that are more or less last
ing.
Quite as much harm is done, however,
by injudicious efforts to amuse the
helpless little mortal. Bouncing him
aloft and swinging him in the arms are
as bad for his nerves as for his stom-
ach-and especially at bedtime, when
excitement of any sort is bound to re-
suit either in wakefulness or uneasy
slumber.
He should travel as little as possible
In street cars and trains, and not at all
d
menace. not to his eyes only, but to his
lungs and his brain.
1t seems hardly believable that in this
enlightened age any grown person
could be idiotic enough to make hid
eous grimaces for little childs
amusement" or to simulate bears and
"bogies" and other monsters, or to re-
sort to any one of the numberless stu
pid and cruel devices with which near
ly all childhood Is, unhappily. familiar;
yet there can be no question whatever
as to its being the actual truth. Nor
is the offender always an ignorant
nursemaid. either.
Many little children are rendered
nervous and irritable nowadays by toe
great number and diversity Of toys.
The fewer things baby has to play
with the better, and there should be
nothing that is not of the simplest con-
struction.
Mechanical toys are well enough for
children of the school age, but not for
the babies. whose tender brains are
easily tired.
There is no more serious mistake
than that of stimulating a baby to
."take notice" Nature has her own
wise methods of attending to all such
matters. and to hurry her along is
simply to open the way for inevitab BILE
disaster.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
The Useful Lemon.

One Of the most valuable assets of
the modern toilet table is the much
abused lemon. 1t is perhaps as eff
fective a bleach as can be found. Cut
the lemon in half and rub the pure
Juice directly upon the throat after
bathing in warm water. Let the lemon
juice dry on. If this treatment is too
vigorous, then the following lotion
may be found effective. Take two
heaping teaspoonfuls of oatmeal, add
to 1t one quart of cold water. let come
to boil and boil ten minutes. Cool
and strain through piece of cheese
cloth, and to the liquid add the juice
of two lemons and a tablespoonful Of
alcohol. Apply this with a cloth, not
wiping 1t away.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
TWO MOTHERS TELL
How Their Sickly Children
Were Made Strong and Well.

For six years our little girl suf-
fered from a bronchial trouble she
had no appetite. could not sleep and
was SO nervous we had to keep her
I out of school. The doctors said
} nothing but a change Of climate
} would help her. We were discour-
J aged, when one day a friend asked
US to try Vinol. and after taking six
/ bottles she does not look like the
same child. She has a fine appetite.
[ is lively, healthy and we'll, and
Vinol did it ALL" Mrs. F. E. Hufford,
! lola. Kas.
J Another child made strong
} THE measles left my little girl thin
and delicate, and the doctors meui-
( cine did not seem to build her up. l
read about Vinol and got bottle.
and her improvement was rapid, her
I strength returned and she is now as
we'll as ever" Mrs. e. Linot, Pitts
} burgh, Pa.
} We ask every Washington mother
! of a frail, sickly, ailing child to try
Vinol on our guarantee to return
their money If it does not restore
[ her child's normal health.
O'Donnelfs Pharmacies, the Peo-
pies Drug Stores and other Wash
ington Drug Stores that display the
Vinol sign.
J P.S.-In your own town, wherever
you live. there is Vinol Drug Store.
Look for the sign.-Advertiseme
Evening star., 1916-01-03

Reminiscent of panniers and powder
and puffs is this evening frock, but
still possessing the necessary modern
touch to make it charming. The ma
terial is rose tulle over rose charmeuse
and it Is light as thistledown, as it is
draped and puffed and folded across the
skirt front to create the pannier effect.
The little short bodice fits snugly with
out "a sign of fullness in the under
waist, and the tulle. though gathered, is
drawn tight at front and back and
across the shoulders, while a length is
bound about the corsag.e line and tied
in = huge fy-away bow at the right,
where nestles purple orchid. A band
OF pearl passementerie marks the very
short waist line.
Evening star., 1916-01-03

must fit the scheme of clothes into this
manner of living. A woman who mo-
tors in from the country or comes
in on --ain finds a topcoat over a
thin gown d most convenient kind OF
dress. On the surface she is subdued
enough to shop or do any kind of er-
rands; when she removes the coat for
lunch in a restaurant or social oc-
casion late in the afternoon she is also
appropriately dressed.
The day has gone by when women
liked to change their clothes; life has
itself changed since those days, and.
although vanity may be rampant. even
the most frivolous woman rebels at
giving too much time to the toilet.
Counting upon the dark topcoat. 1t
may be that this fashion will at last
take hold 1t may be first exploited IN
Palm Beach and later spread over the
country. The white skirt with the
bright velvet bodice is already on Its
way toward popularity. 1t Is not a
fitted bodice, like the first ones brought
out, but a loose, peasant affair. that
barely outlines the figure.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
Clam Broth.

A delicious clam broth may be easily
prepared BY the following methods
Scrub and rinse the whole CLANS until
the shells are bright and clean Place
on the floor Of the cook-pot. hinge side
up and close together. Cover about
half the height Of the clans with cold
water and. bring to the boil. when the
clans will open and discharge their
Juices. Strain and serve. little
pepper and butter will improve the
flavor.
Evening star., 1916-01-03

his heels joyfully. Right then Peters
caught sight of little Mrs. Peters face,
There was a tear in the corner OF eaclis
eye. IS :
N.Y." said he. Seeing IL Is New Year
day, think I will spend II at home.
You wish everybody q Happy New Year
for me, will you, Sammy"
Sammy promised he would. and Peter
tried to feel as happy as little Mrs.
Peter looked.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
LI1TILESoRlEs L1I
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1915, By J. q. L,syd)
Some New Year Resolves.

One feeny, Woeny ku0u
That's made and kept whate'0 BENIN
Is better than a thousand made
And then, alas! not kept at all.
Happy New Year!" cried Tommy Tit
the Chickadee, peering down into the
dear Old Briar Patch. 1t was New
Year day that Tommy Tit met Peter
Rabbit in the old Briar Patch.
BLESS my heart, 1t is New Year day"
exclaimed Peter. IT had forgotten all
about 1t. A happy New Year to you,
Tommy Tit, and great many of them
What good resolutions have you made
for this year?'
Tommy's sharp little black eyes twin
killed.. I've made just one," he replied
I've found in the past that II make a
whole lot I forget half Of them and
Evening star., 1916-01-03
Apple Pudding.

One pint -four. one teaspoon cream
of tartar. one-half teaspoon soda, two
tablespoons sugar, one egg. two table
spoons butter, milk enough to roll,
about one-half cup. Roll and spread
with chopped apple.
Evening star., 1916-01-03
NLlRMES M7O
FASHION
| LAND

1t is so very simple and yet so at
tractive and stylish. this little school
dress for your young daughter, and the
pattern is equally becoming to child
of six and one of twelve years OF age.
The dress illustrated is made OF wool
plaid, with red predominating in the
mixture of colors in the plaid. Red
covered buttons and red cuffs carry out
a pretty scheme of trimming, and the
collar would be we'll If also made OF
red, since a white vest, with its little
collar, is worn.
This frock comes in three-piece
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

TAKES THE PLACE q. ORCHESTRA

With this marvellous self.playing vic.
lin piano-you can have the finest
kind Of music for your customers at
any hour of the day or highland
as long as you or they want it. YOU
can have rag time or fast dance
music, classics, in fact, anything.
And music so surprisingly good that
it not only attracts customers but it
holds them and makes them spend
their money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
PARTY LEADERS
Managing Committees Of the Demo-
cratic, Republican and Progressive
Parties Chosen by the Voters

Gnadt, Pretzel, Mulac, Tyden and
Martin.
RAILWAY TERMINALS Geicer.
Kenna. Merriam. Richert. Block. Ut.
mattel. HeaIy. Bowler. bergen. Capitaip.
Walkowiak.
TRACK ELEVATIoN-Michaeison
cross, Rodriguez. hrubec' Waiiace'
McNlcnoIs ana Swieika'
no. rT nnvia Ksrnsr Mu Mra," and W W
son.
SPECIAL PARKs-Block, Coughlin,
Cullerton, Gnadt and Link.
~
Charles uasteriik. the we'll known
brewer and nresident Of the Best
brewing COMPANY. has a host Of
friends in the business world.
-
roro. u word the ve,eran Demo.
urn, ana nonvior ,awver ia rreouent.
~ mentioned Tor iudiciai honors
~
DR.. Anthony krysowsxi. the well .
,,',,,,osn,r,,aa namocro, ~ the oath
Nod 40 much taILed q, for coroner
an Tho Damocrotic Ticket
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

Following are the standing com.
mittees Of the City Council:
F1NANCE-Richert, Fisher. Nance,
Merriam. Doyle, Block, Kerner. Law.
ley. Sits, Geiger, Captain, Lips.
Kearns. T. J. Lynch and Littler.
LOCAL TRANsPoRTATION-Capi.
tain, Watson, Richert, Vanderbilt.
Nance, walkowiak, Healy, Geiger.
HIGHLANDER, Lipps. Smith, Bergen.
Fisher, Michaelson. Toman, T. J..
Lynch and Utpatel.
GAS. OIL AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
Sits. Cross. Rea. Merriam, PETIT.
koske, Lawley, Walkowiak, Bowler.
Wallace, Haderlein, Utpatel, Bergen,
O'Toole, Kearns. Toman, McNichols
and Buck.
HARBORs-Littler. Kenna, Doyle.
Stern. Vanderbilt. Murray. Ray. SWEET.
ka, Flick. Bauler, Krause. Wallace,
Watson, McDermott and William
Lynch.
LOCAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Nor.
ris. Cross. Klaus. Cullerton. Lawley.
Sits. Bauler. Link, Pretzel, McDer.
mott, O'Toole. Michaelson, Dempsey
and Mulac.
JUDICIARY - Kerner, Coughlin,
Kimball, Miller, Hrubec, Ray. Buck.
w. J. Lynch. Szymkowski, Hickey.
Werner. Powers, Blaha, HIGHLANDER.
Dempsey, Bauler and Norris.
STREETS AND ALLEYs-Healy,
Coughlin, Hickey, McNichols, Ander'
son. Blaha, Hrubec. Tyden, Swiefka,
Flick. Krause. HIGHLANDER, Haderlein,
Rea and Janke.
LICENSE-TOman, Norris. Janke
Tyden, Mulac. Smith. Mccormick
Bowler, Flick, Krause, Ellison, Hader'
lein. O'Toole. Kennedy and Werner.
BUILDINGS-Pretzel, Martin, Kim
ball. Vanderbilt, Klaus, Pettkoske
Miller. Smith. Ray, Powers, Kennedy
Link. Mccormick, Dempsey and Will
lam Lynch.
SCHOOLS. FIRE AND POLICE
T. j. Lynch. Mccormack. DePriest
Kennedy, Klaus, Miller, Blaha
Powers, Gnadt. Ellison, McDermott
Martin. Stern, Buck and Hickey.
HEALTH-Nance. Kenna, Stern
Kimball. Depriest, Cullerton, Ander
son, Szymkowski, Rodriguez, Murray