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er, then, begins with respect. IL q
man has a single woman for a sweet
heart and he is to take her to ball
or some other gala function and ter
.rible hstorm comes up, that girl 1s
dressed and waiting for him to take
her. A young widow might be gowned
for lust such an affair, but she would
be more apt to say 81 am SO sorry you
braved this terrible storm to take me.
I wouldn't mind spending the evening
here at home If you would be more
comfortable" He gladly accepts, hav-
ing visions of a happy counting eve
ming perhaps.
She knows she never looked more
charming than in her ball gown. She
is wearing it solely for him, content
10 have an audience of just one to
admire it. She does not talk about
the ball or anything that might give
him one regretful thought. She Is
witty and sympathetic by turns. she
gives him no learned discourse, but
encourages him to do the talking on
the subject he knows about and en-
joys the best If he shows a disposi-
ton to be too loverlike, her tact and
diplomacy can be depended upon.
.,o She invites him to partake Of a cas-
serole luncheon which he may help her
to prepare-creamed oysters, and po-
tato salad, sandwiches and coffee that
would tempt the appetite c. en- cpl
cure. A man cannot make violent love
and dine at one and the same time,
and no matter how desperately in love
he may be he is more than apt to give
his stomach preference.
The result is that he passes a de-
lightful evening and cannot forget the
luncheon and the fair vision of wom-
anhood who poured the coffee. It Is
a home picture that clings to him.
Over the next little luncheon he is
more apt to ask her to pour coffee for
him the rest of her life. g
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

and becoming in dress and what is
really ridiculous. l can vouch for the
following tales:
A pretty young thing entered a re-
tail shoe store in New York the other
day, and, stepping up to clerk, whom
she evidently knew, lisped timidly:
1--WE will keep the pair of white kid
shoes you sent on approval for me.
found them a trif1e too high in the
heels, but the dear old lady across the
street, who was calling when they
came, fell in love with them at once,
declaring they would just fit her and
were what she had spent lots of time
shopping for but couldn't find"
A New York woman, fair, fat and
forty, was making the rounds OF the
shops in search of a street costume for
her twenty-year-old daughter, whose
betrothal had just been announced in
the papers. At last she came upon a
stunning creation that took her eye
on sight. THAT would hardly suit
my daughter" she said. 1T doesn't
come far enough below the knees, and
she's so old-fashioned and finicky about
the length of her dresses. But / could
wear it nicely. I'll buy it for my
SELF"
The third incident also occurred in
the gay metropolis, where the costum-
ing of our American girls and women
makes foreigners and people from the
PARKWAY towns and villages stare and
gasp. This startling attempt to hood
wink Father Time occurred recently
at the Grand Central station, New
York city: A spinster and well-known
neighborhood gossip who went to the
depot to see woman friend off espied
her neighbor, a supposedly staid, re-
spectacle married man, rushing hur-
riedly up to a fair-haired, beautiful
creature who had just alighted from
an incoming train. After sharp, hur-
ried glance about to see that nobody
was noticing, he planted hearty kiss
on the rouged cheek she turned up to
him. The tale-bearer carried the story
straight 10 his wife. "She looked about
twenty" she added, but of course
couldn't tell exactly, she was so dolled
up, and you could have scraped the
paint off her with knife" THAT lady
is my mother" replied the embar
rassed wife. my husband went to the
train to meet her"
A Columbia day scholar was walking
down the avenue when he noticed
across the street, slim, dainty little
creature with fluffy elbow curls, short
natty dress, ankle length, white kic
boots, gloves, and sporting a white
veil and fur, trying to attract his at
tention. Excusing himself for a mo
ment from his companions, he Joined
her. returning soon after to nj:
friends. do tell us who the little
beauty isl" they all clamored in ont
breath. The young student drew him
self up to his fullest height, assuming
a dignity he was far from feeling. al
he answered huskily, but firmly
THE lady you saw me run over t.
sneak to grandmother"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
When Ingenuity Takes Place of None,

When Ingenuity Takes Place of Money.
The girl had no writing desk in her
room and no money to buy the ex'
quisite mahogany one for which she
yearned. But she had ingenuity and
she had determination and she made
up her mind that somehow she
must repair this lack. She did
so by buying a kitchen table.
a small one, for the large sum OF W
cents. She painted the legs of this
white, covered the top of it with green
denim. placed fascinating blotter
framed in cretonne and some pretty
brass desk things on it and the desk
was finished. Then she had two book
shelves fastened on the wall above it,
On these she placed bronze bust of
Dante and some OF her favorite vol
umes. and 10, at triiing expense had
made a very pretty and convenient
corner for her den.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
NO HOME OF THEIR OWN.

The battle DER, victory crowned with
honors,
BY patient toll each difficulty past,
You then may see those days of bitter
failure,
But spurred you on to greater deeds at
last. . , IL.
1t is not every man who is blessed
with the opportunity to earn a little
more than he needs to keep a roof
over the heads of his family, and not
every wife who can forego the lure OF
the bargain counter and the longing to
look we'll and have comforts to lay by
every penny possible of her husbands
earnings that they may some day own
home of their own, be 1t ever so
humble.
Few wives remember that the reali-
cation of this grand hope lies in their
own hands, providing they have good
husbands who are glad to place their
weekly wages in their keeping. The
man who has a wife who is incapable
of stretching dollar to it's utmost
limit is greatly to be pitied. He is
misfortune's catspaw. He no sooner
gets settled in locality than he hears
the neighbors in the tenement or fat
do not like his wife, or she doesn't
like them; that the baby carriage
which they have no room for in their
three tiny rooms cannot stay in the
hall, or that their children cannot
play in the patch of ground in the rear
washing on the line, too much cook
ing of corned beef, cabbage and on
ions, which the husband is so fond Of,
too much company, too much canned
music, and so on, to suit the neigh
bors above, below, to the right and to
the left Of them.
No wonder the man who comes home
tired from his days work only to face
some new tribulation, longs for home
of his own, where he can have breath
ing space, a place where he can live In
peace. They never can know that
pleasure until husband and wife make
| a break from flat life and get into a
| tiny cottage bought on a small sum
| down and monthly payments that ex'
tend over a long term of years. How
the children enjoy that tiny strip OF
yard! They can whoop their lungs
out, pull up every flower that is there
ride the little banisters of the stoop,
| or track mud on the steps, and there
| is no one to say them nay. Mother
might be tempted to scold, but father
shakes his head and says: They're
| celebrating having a home of their
own. They'll get down to being nat
ural when the newness wears Of"
Such a surprising amount of vege
| tables-all the wanted ones-as they
can plant in the tiny back yard. The
high cost of living is cut in half. i
the cottage is isolated from the popu
lated streets a few chickens can be
added, and perhaps their own COW
Oh. life is worth living If you owr
your own home, but is it happy life
if you don't? Every husband and wife
should talk about it and wish for 9
home all their own, even though they
have begun married life on the lowes
rung of the ladder. To be without
their own home roof when old agt
overtakes them IS sad and pitiablF
calamity.
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CONVERSATIONS

The Australians are the greatest
meat eaters in the world.
The intense cannonading in the
west has driven huge numbers OF game
over into Switzerland, to Luxembourg
and to parts of France, over which the
war has passed.
A process has been invented in Eng,
land for coloring wool various khaki
and orange shades with dilute nitric
acid without the use of natural or arti'
fetal dyes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
Value of READING.

There is perhaps nothing that has q
greater tendency to decide faTorably
or unfavorably respecting mans in
tellect than the question whether or
not he be impressed with an early
love of reading. Books crafty and
excite our curiosity in innumeraole
WAYS. They force us to reflect. In a
well-written book we are presented
with the maturest reflections or the
happiest flights Of mind of uncom'
mon excellence. 1t is impossible that
we can be much accustomed to such
companions without attaining some 70
semblance to them--Willlam GocN~.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06


easuring ne me
of
standard
number needles made by
needles will
engineering
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

Drudge. Lleul. COI. =. "A. T. TIdsIeI'
the engineer officer in charge OF river
and harbor improvements in this vi
cinity, who will have charge OF the
construction of the new bridge, sug-
gested that name Gin memory of Fran
els Scott Key, author of The Star
Spangled Banner who for a number
of years lived at the corner of Thirty
fourth and M streets, Georgetown"
which is expected to be selected as the
site of the Washington approach to
the new bridge. The secretary of war
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

The people in Holland hold the rec
ord as coffee drinkers.
Russia has extended to September
L the date for closing its international
competition for inventions for indus
trial utilization of alcohol, for which
large money prizes are offered.
The British consul at Batum reports
that the Kahetian railway, which was
opened to limited traffic in January
last, is now open to traffic of every
description, having been officially de-
clared incorporated in the Russian
railway system.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

the district
transmitted with
the river Its use as an
act authorizing the new bridge
provision bridge at or
the bridge
army engineers say DC
to callit Aqueduct bridge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

way 10 JuuSe ages
that we should
rest content in the
belief that "a wom-
an is as old as she
looks and a man
as old as he feels. ..
Father Time is a
wary old fellow,
but he is surely
fooled to the top
of his bent by the
dear women of to-
day.
Some jolly sto-
ries, too good to
keep, are told, pre-
sumably with the
hope to spur wom-
en- on to a sense
of what is pretty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
INTERESTING ITEMS
Fresh air.

Fresh air food,re -the combat tuberculosis
Oyereating exercise foul arr eye sran may pro
headache
The health service has reduced typhoid FEVER
rcentin communities :. -
top Island inventors lunch box are one
the filling and empng OF
the earth
intervening distance
entire It,
according to calculation made by
Young ~ IS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

other day, the president said the let
ters seemed to run in cycles, the SUD-
jects calling forth the correspondence
varying almost with the months just
now, one of the undersecretaries sald'
money requests are multiplying with
the approach of. the campaign. One
man wrote the other day asking Tor
$50 to take a lohg-delayed trip to a
Southern town, promising to return
the loan in two years. He prefaced
the request with glowing tribute to
the presidents craftsmanship. He re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
Worth Ponderinq Over. 81

To understand the world is wiser
than if is to condemn it. To study
the world is better than it is to shun
it. To use the world is nobler than
to abuse it. To make the world bet
ter, lovelier and happy, is the noblest
work of man or woman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
Government Makes Needles for Asphalt Testing

about Uncle Sans business understand o
the office Of public roads and rural
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
He knaw.

1.-THE man is best governed who is
least governed" That's mans the
ory." spoke up henpecked husband
The women have never subscribed II
that as yet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

engineering to do SO. The new needles
were produced, it happens, to replace
ordinary No. sewing needles. The
tiny points are used to test the con-
sistency of asphalts and other pitch
like road materials.
When bituminous substances were
first introduced engineers tested them
by the primitive method of chewing
a small sample, estimating the consist
ency by the resistance to the teeth.
A generation ago the idea. was con-
ceiyed of thrusting a needle into the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
Vast Number of Letters Received by Mr.. Wilson

ERAPs no other president letters does President
the European broken Talking to friends the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE LEAD


production of gold in 1915
of the North Carolina
half the eastern states total the gold
mines out
The largest producing placer
The Uwarra NINE In montgomery
comntvs had largest yield gold from deep mining
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
Washinqton's New Bridge Will Be Named for Key

bridge will be
replace the condemned Aquedu
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06
y MAKE LIVING FROM PHILANTHROPY.

neghbornoou PesUHs
make their living distribution of phanhopc aid The sal
$4OOOOO person
$40 $4,000 year. and % draw
of $4,000
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

so the 5000 miles OF the
Coast Patrol com
be raised
commission assembled
The picture Admiral Robert
discussing
United
weather
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-07-06

I, h ent complied with he would
ba bankrup of he confded
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Ldln6e1T1GlbeyS
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f[[ApWpI(y

POOLING TIME.

Friendship is constant in all other things
Save IN the office and affairs of love,
And he has never loved who can conceal
his ardor.
Someone who was more or less of a
philosopher has told us regarding the
The sun., 1916-10-29
EMBARGO DELAYS SUBWAYS.
Contractors Not Able 10 Get Ma
teriaI. Com missioner Claims.

Public Service Commissioner Hodges
has practically assured the operation OF
the Lexington avenue route through The
Bronx by this time next year. The as
surancc was given to the members OF
the Traffic and Waterways Committee
Of the Bronx Board Of Trade during an
inspection Of the Lexington avenue sub
way construction In the nelghborho"d OF
the Grand Central Terminal last
Wednesday.
Commissioner Hodges said that the
only drawback TO the completion of the
East Side s~ub-surface route lay In tho
difficulty to secure sufficient working
material,
Great quantities OF much needed sup
plies are gathered together at various
points, he says. with no available
means OF getting them to the scene OF
operations. due to freight embargoes.
labor troubles and other conditions over
which the commission or the contractors
can have no control"
The Commissions vigorously de-
Tended the contractors from the various
attacks that had been made on them
by civic bodies and citizens Mt large.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Big MAIL ORDER co.
ADDS TO HOLDINGS
National Cloak and Suit Co.
Buys Five Properties in 2oth
street Near 9TH Avenue.

Tho National Cloak and Suit Company.
which, next TO tho Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company. Is the largest owner OF
real estate on seventh avenue south Of
Times Square, has added 10 its hold
inGs by the purchase yesterday OF the
property Al 926 to o3i West Twenty
urtn street, five fats and dwellings on a
plot "%5xloo. adjoining its build lngs on
tho west.
The company's total frontage on
Twcnty-fourth and Tweuty-nfth str>cts
tx now 30n and 3i5 rcspe lively. The
company will eventually extend It's six
teen story buildings over the property
recently purchased. This will provide il
with II total floor space OF over twenty
'hr"n acres.
TIE brokers IN the transaction were
benjamin bernstein and n. A. Rerwin
X GO.
The sun., 1916-10-29

'urc NJ the southeast corner of Ninety
second street. a house which. when all
t-utut'd, VII bring IN s'o.0oo a Year. II
ls fourteen stories and cost SNo",o 600 to
build. In il are suites FOR forty families.
Tho northeast and tn" southeast cor
rors II Nincty-thirl street aud West En-
avenue are soon to he covered with tall
apartment structures whose value viii
approximate $500. 600. The Ihilton
Holding Company vii, erect the house at
the southeast corner. and Anthony Cam
magma ard associates are To build the
house Whirh viii cover the northeast
,u,r.r. Tho latter house viii I've the
LARGEST planned recently for West End
aNtruc. Fourteen stories high. IT will
hc 700 feet on the avenue and Ia feet
on tho street. Its cost has been put AZ
fIoo.uo0. ON each ~ its fourteen floors
,ll he suites FOR I'VE families, which will
mean a population OF seventy families
for the house. Tn rents TO be paid viii
lota, $4,000 n year.
The sun., 1916-10-29

directly across the avenue from the cor
ner site. In all. DIR. Paterno's operations
will TAX nine old dwellings from the
West End avenue block W Seven
ty-fourth inc Se~venty-fifth streets. Each
house will be thirteen stories high and
will provide accommodations for more
than one hundred families.
ON the next block. at the northwest
corner of Seventy-hfth street. is the
finished structure of Henry Meyer. "A
twelve story building, which cost him
$500 900. INDEPENDENT OF the price which
he paid Franklin Petit for the site In
February. 1915. The building is o'e of
the largest of the new structures. II is
lo5 feet on West End avenue and 1916
feet on Seventy-fifth street.
Forty-eight families will find suites
in the house. Though II has been finished
but a short time. the reports are that
most OF the structure has been rented.
Across from this house on the east
side OF the block Is the annex which has
been built TO the Hotel willard. which
The sun., 1916-10-29

side Of the venue forty feet north Of
Elghty-eiGhth street. Each house will
BE- thirteen stories high and Will 50 =
total OF more h sso0.oo0 TO build.
There are two new houses at the
Eighty-ninth street corner one is al ~"
southeast corner and the other at 10"
northwest corner, Thu hous" Al 'ho
southeast corner cost McM1rrow l'ros.
S5.j. 600 TO build. II is now !u tn hand,
~ agents. who have been having No
,roubl. In finding tenants who Will pay
from $500 20 $500 to Eve th"rc.
The hig structure, which is twelve
stories high and lao feet on cach street,
mas suites for twenty-t1ur families. lHo
rental which the twenty-four tenants VII
pay TO the McMorrows Will total $4,000
a ear.
The house diagonally opposite At the
northwest corner. will house only twelve
families. The Mayors, who built the
house at the northeast corner of Eight
eth street. have put NJ n similar s,ruc-
The sun., 1916-10-29

fronts oil Scventy-sixth street, just east
Of West End avenue. The building was
completed recently at "A cost OF 81 D. 600
for the use Of the hotel company. which
will pay the owner s2l.O 00 a year for II
for the next t~wenty-onc years.
The extension reflects the demand for
small apartments with hotel facilities.
The big house which j. q n NJ q.
Mayer have built at the northeast cor
ner Of West End Vent and T. ghii.'h
street will accommodate thlrty-".rhi
families. 1t Is a twelve story huildtrS
arranged In three suites of six and
seven rooms to a floor. Those who hay"
axe apartments IN this house Will pay
from $500 TO $4,000 a year In rent
1t Is estimated that with all apartments
taken the house will bring In a yearly
income OF $4,000.
The attractive house at tho northwest
corner Of West End avenue and Eighty
third street. big as II IL. provides homes
for only twelve tenants. who Will pay
Robert A. Scott. president OF the owning
The sun., 1916-10-29
OWNERS WANT seth ST. CARS.
hoard Of Estimate Urged TO Grant
Franchise for Line.

Resolutions signed Ivy fourteen tax
payers associations and civic bodies
have been sent to the Bonri of Esti-
mate and Apportionmcnt urging that a
franchise he granted for the operation Of
street cars through West E~iGhty-sixth
street. The resolution calls 10 the at
teution Of the board the fact that owners
OF property valued at mauy millions want
the car line. and that It should not delay
any longer in granting the franchise,
which has been under consideration for
several months. Health and comfort Of
many West Side residents is affected by
the lack of crosstown travelling faCtll-
ties, the taxpayers resolutions claim.
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$500 Persons Will
Occupy Them and
an Average of
$4,000 a Year
Will Be Paid bv
the Six Hundred
Families hOWill
Live in Them

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RENTS j. r.. ROOSEVELT House.

rcase q Gilman have rented furnished
for John Emlcn Roosevelt the four story
and basement dwelling at SIS Madison
avenue. between SlXty-cighth and sixty
ninth streets, To Winthrop Chanlcr, and
for Amelia T.. White to Mrs, Faus,
Qpcyodu tho four story ana basement
dwelling at Is West SiXty-ninth street,
just west of Central Park,
DOUGLAS l. Gilman 4 GO, have leased
for Mrs. j. &. RennIrd - East Fifty
sixth street. a five story American base
mcnt dwelling. for a term of years to
Myron Holmes.
The Duross Company has leased for
the Lahore Realty Company the three
story and basement house at 60 Horatio
street To Eugene Dwycr for "A term OF
five years.
Il. Flanagan & Son have leased the
house at 1852 West EiGhty-sccoud stree,
for Joseph J. Morris to Mrs. Winifrcd
l.. Smith.
The sun., 1916-10-29

ompany about sG2. 900 a wear In rents.
Tenants above the sixth floor will pay
AT an average Of SG."uu a year for their
apartments. The lower six floors will
cost tenants from 5000 10 $1,000 a
year,
Tho house was bull. last year by Will
lam l., SgfrHiu, Wto o.. 10y" bought the
site. Ia August. shortly after It's conf
p~lc;lou.' Joseph pnouu"ll, assistant
manager Of Peas" * Ellimau's West
sd Ollie. sold m" property to Nj
SCOTS company. Mr.. SI'pAin waited
$500, GOA for the house. Il cost sl35 600
10 build, according to the architects
estimates filed I'm April lHi5
The nc>t OF the new houses are at
EiEhty-nin,h street. by next spring the
sap between the Sutphin house and the
Elghty-ulnth street houses will contain
TWO lew structures. plans for which have
just been fled. One will cover the group
Of dwellings, ut the southwest corncr OF
E~ighty-S.Nth street and West End ave-
nue. and the other will be or the east