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Prices At Center Market
Today.
WHOLESALE.

" "liolyTsSH lyT
Apples-Black Twig. $3.50 barrel:
Ben Davis. $50: Waldower, SO;
Golden Gate. SO.
Oranges-From 1925 TO $3.50 a box.
from 200 to $50 oranges in a box;
anv size
Onions-Sack. 100 pounds. S2.75;
three-peck basket s1to5.
Potatoes-Bcrmuda potatoes. $50
pounds. s2.7j-s3.25. New potatoes are
very scarce. and are about IS and 80
a barrel.
Grapefruit-From S2.75 to So a box,
6E TO 96 in box.
Sweet potatoes-Three- basket,
SOC.
Turnips-Three-po basket. Csc.
l.ettuce-Forty heads. about Sl.5e
Carrots-The peck basket. 75c.
RETAIL OUTSIDE.
Fresh ham-16c pound.
Spare ribs--10c to PFC pound.
Fresh shoulder-12Iac
Sausagc-Mixed. Fec: all pure
pork. l5c.
Chuck roasts-l2kc to 14c.
Picnic hams-l2%c.
Steaks - Tenderloin. DC: porter
house. 25c; sirloin. 22C; round. 1Sc;
veal. 30c
Eggplant-5c to 1oc apiece.
Lettucc-5c TO 10c a head.
Green heanS--l0c box.
Cranberries-l3c quart.
Dressed chicken-20c pound.
Eegs-3Oc dozen
Brussels sprouts-l0c box.
Tomatocs-l5c pound.
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TO Keep Skin in Fine
Condition in Winter

II would be much better for the skin
!, 3IllS cream; powder or rouge wlre
used during the winter torn Those
Ih'ngs which clog the pores tend TO aid
wind and weather in rourheninE and
C"arsening tho skin. Ordinary rncrCoI-
Led way will do moro for the complex
ion and without encouraging the skin
to chap, crack or LcCome harsh and
ieathery. 1t is the ideal Application I5r
the season. as it not only keeps tie
pores clean. but daily removes particIas
Of scarf skin which have been spoiled
by winds or temperature. By cen
slantly Keeping the complexion clear.
white and soft. il docs more toward
elietuating youthful countcn.nce
than any 0f tho arts or artificcs COM
monty, employed. One ounce Of inrr-
colized wax. obta tainahle at any Gr G.
store: will completely renovatc the
worst ,comrleNion. IT Is applied at
night like cold cream ana washed a
in the morning. va
To keep the skin from wrinkl;nr. or
TO overcome such condition. there's
notninE better than racr BAH ,nrIe
by dissolNiEg ounce Of powdered saxo-
lite in =? Pint witch hazel Adyt
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an unframed one. and finally encour-
ages the unframed animal to perform.
All OF this necessarily prcsupposes that
the hoVe, dog. sea lion, or monkey has
failed TO learn by its own efforts, or
that the animal learns at once without
a number of lessons and trials.
The act to be 'imitated'' by animals
is acquired only by perseverance. This
Is no more n true imitation than is the
ability to dance.
The best dancers learn n new dance,
not by imitation, but by practice. Mere
ly TO observe and watch the movements
of some one else dancing new steps is.
as Prof. Watson emphasizes not usually
sufficient to enable you correctly and
gracefully TO "trip the light fantastic"
Consequently. to sav that masters of
this graceful art "imitate" each other
is an error. They practice the new steps
until they master them.
Obviously, animals are thus but little
different from children. You can never
be sure that the parrot-like repetition.
which you may consider some brilliant
flattery OF sincere imitation. is not
something previously practiced with
perseverance. For example. in teaching
rats to do certain tricks it has been
found that toasted cheese increases the
ability to learn to such a degree that
compared with rats brbed with milk
and bread the stunts of the cheese
fed rats may be mistaken for pure imi-
tation.
No animal lover will deny that such
things as this lead any one to think that
animals reason. or have the capacity Of
"intellgent imitation" Yet tho truth
lies in the opposite direction. Experi-
ments with all sorts Of animals. under a
mixture of conditions which NAV escape
even animal lovers. show that the SEX
food. and instructive manifestations in
animals explain more things than theo-
retical animal intellect does.
(Copy't. 1916. by Newspaper Feature Service,
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The Flight of the Stork.

Every normal person is interested
IN the arrival of the stork. 1t is the
greatest event in ones life.
,.Ihe eXpectant mother needs.
above everything else, comfort and
peace of mind. This she is sure to
have if Mothers Friend, the safe.
dependable external remedy, is used
to sooth the network of nerves and
to enable the muscles to expand nat
urally, thus relieving undue strain.
Mothers Friend, obtained at anv
drug store, is the one remedy used
and recommended by thousands of
women everywhere, who testify as
to its wonderful merit.
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What They Say About Us
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed
BY Editorial Writers of the Newspapers.

Nandcwater. and Albert Pavson Ter
hune-have earned distinction as
writer's.
She has been a guide to cooks.
for her cook books are the standard
OF America. Her fiction has charmed
the hearts OF men and women.
Edgar Allan Poe IS but a memory.
vet this venera BILE woman knew Poe.
Dickens has been dead many. manv
years. Marion Harland loves to tell
OF her chats with the immortal
Boz"
Age cannot wither nor custom stale
the infinite variety of this fine old
ladY's work. Every woman should
have work she loves. she says. to
keep her in touch with things. She
knows the lows OF years well spent.
of ever doing and ever being CON
tent. Today she looks out upon life
with the same cheerful vision as
when. a minister's wife. with her
children nv her side. she spread the
light Of her kindly presence among
her husbands flock. And now. as
when she had nothing else to employ
her busy hours. she writes.-RiChard
SDillane, in Commerce and Finance.
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Imitation Is the Ability
TOShOrten Time Needed
TO Acquire knowledge
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

IMITATION is not 'sincercst nat
tcry," but is the ability to shorten
i the time of learning. When one
person initiates another he uses n
method whereby he learns new habits
or improves old habits.
There is no royal road to knowledge,
but there Is n sovereign pathway 10
some goaIs-imitation. Even when
simplc-minded persons, who have a Few
plain ha bits. perceive superiority IN
others they may copy the improved
methods. Imitation is an abridgement
OF the process of learning. whereby il
is possible for animals and persons
capable OF learning by their own un-
aided efforts readily to acquire knowi-
edge. MimiCry is not real imitation. II
lies far beneath the capacity quickly
to form new habits. 1t may be an IN
stnct. Animals whose coors mimic
their backgrounds, and thus protect
them. inherit racial kinds OF mimicrv.
Tor which they are individually not re-
sponslble. 1t is often Impossible to say
whether an animal really initiates or
actually answers to some stimulation OF
its world
to occur except in human beings. True
enough. many biologists. animal tram
ers and psychologists claim that some
animals manifest evidence of intelligent
imitation. but serioOs examination or
such claims and experiments by so
noted an <nNestiEator as Prof John H.
Watson. of Johns Hospital University.
shows th"m all in confusion as to their
own meaning. They report that ami
mails exhibit signs OF imitation in TINS
way:
A trainer or cxpermehtcr shows an
unframed animal how to do an act: AL
lows trained animal TO perform before
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d
" the air?" said the woman
the tea the other day.
doing to bed without doing my hair
up In curriers'" responded the girl in the
military hat.
Going without rubbers when it
has 'throat''-and knows it.
Paying the bill for luncheon and not
adding it up first to see If it's right" "
said the married woman whose husband
belongs to the three most expensive
clubs in. town.
Going down town without kissing my
wife good-by," said the lone, lorn man
at.the party.
We all laughed, all but the wife. She
smiled sadly. And I'm willing to wager
my best new dangly earrings that that
man wished he hadn't said what he did
before he got ten yards out of hearing
of the rest of us. Poor NANNY heart
aches for him!
wonder If we women ever realize
just what 1t is that makes men burst
the chains We try to load upon them
and disappear in a wild effort for free
dom every once in a while.
never understood 1t myself until last
summer. Last summer l went to sum-
mer resort for four weeks-oh, sad was
The hour and weary was the mlaute-
and at that summer resort. there were
no men-not one single. lonesome man.
Oh Of course there were old gentlemen,
who pottered around in the sunshine,
and boys In their first white tannels,
but no real men at all. And the way
those women nagged and prosecuted and
bossed and managed each other was a
sight to see.
One managed me for three weeks, and
f I'd stayed a day longer / do believe
] would have taken her out in row
boat and pushed her overheard or
Jumped in myself and found Watery
grave.
Either Bossed or Bossing.
she liked me. too. or said she did. but
she didn't want me to breathe Wltnout
asking her about it. and she wouldnt
let me move a step without going with
me. and IL did escape for wild half,
hour Of freedom with a book she had
not lent me. or recommended or hunleu
up. j had to tell her every step | Il taken
and why l chose that particular tree.
and how far I read and what ! thought
Of 1t. and who went by and what they
said and how I felt when they said IT,
and how often ! had wished for her.
loved 1t a good deal more il she had
been there to talk it over with me?
At noon she was always waiting on
the piazza for me to go in to luncheon
with her-where had | been and what
iospt me so long, and why had | worn
that waist-she thought | was going to
wear the blue one-and she wouldn't so
in alone. not IL ! waited till the last
minute. Once l pretended | had head
me tea and toast. and had a tray with
her luncheon and ate it there for COM
panv.
No. there was nothing queer about her
or about me. l thought there was at
first. but | began to notice the other
one pair. The hotel was full of them.
The middle-aged mother with the
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Marion Harland.

Marion Harland. who in private
life Is Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune.
celebrated her clghtv-tlfth birthday
last week. For seventy-one years
she has been writing for the Amerl-
can people. Her name is known in
million households.
Men arc supposed TO be workers.
hut what OF this woman? The books
she has given to the world would MI
respectable library. The newspa-
per articles she has produced would
I'll many volumes. Three of her
Children-Mrs. Christine Terhune
lierrick. Mrs. Virginia Terhune
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An Afterthought Result
ing In a Vislr to Center
Market In Which the Dis
covery of a Remarkable
Likeness to the World Of
Fashion Was Made Of
Food! Advertisement
Only Is Required.

~ ROM all Of the advertising and
fuss and feathers fashion at
taches to its spring appear
ance and metamorphosis, one
would think that nothing else of I'M
pcrtance happens at this particular
period in the year.
AS matter of fact. on this very
da|. at Center Market. there is more
really important news and beauty
than in all of the styles put together.
tor this Is really the first fairly
warm day for quite period OF time,
strawberries are to be had. rabbits
are going out, and chickens are COM
ing in. and all OF the stalls outside
OF the market are filled with the
most delicious vegetabI Imaginable.
FOOD and clothes may go together
in tradition. but not in actual life.
Clothes are by far the most extern
sivoly advertised and most press
aSentod. A corresponding heighten-
ed interest in whatever happens to
them is noticeable, not only among
women. but among mere males. Ir
all of the brains and genius which
Is put on the advertisement or
clothes was put on the advertise
ment of the coming OF different kinus
OF food, the conditions in agricultur-
al districts would be bettered. and
perhaps that great baCk-to-the-rarm
movement, for which so many
dream, would be accomplished
Modern Social System.
For instance, II the young women
commonly known as happcrs would
think as much about their food as
theJ do about their clothes, what q
boom in foodstuns there would be,
Instead of spending for products
from which one can never count on
obtaining the full money value, they
would be in a position to state IN
stantly whether or not they wanted
certain foods.
That vital fault Of the modern So
cial system, the privilege of hoard
Ing goods and moneys possible, nor
only through the efforts of corpora
tons, but through private sources,
would be in part eliminated.
All OF those summer and winter
garments WHICH lie untouched year
by year in the cupboards OF the pri-
rate homes would gradually disap-
pear.
The interest that had centered
about clothing would then center
about food. and there would he
no such thing possible as the con-
glomerate aggregation of undesira bic
wearing apparel, which necesstates
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Asparagus Scum.

One-half pound asparaS gus, one ounce
butter. one quart boiling water, one
teaspoonful salt, one-half pint milk.
Trim and scrape the asparagus and
cut off the heads. Cut the rest I'D in
small pieces and saute in the butter for
hNe minutes. Add boiling water and
Sa't; COOK until tender. Rub through
the asparagus heads, and boil for ten
minutes. Mix the flour with the milk
and add It to the soup; cook for twenty
minutes. Add little pepper and more
salt. II NECESSARY.
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The Crisis.
America. thy destiny and thou

America! thy destiny and thou
Stand face to face beneath Gods
solemn stars.
Thou hast the memory OF noble wars.
The palm of victory is on they brow
Hast thou so often fought for Christ
that now
When Antichrist is come TO mime as
Mars
ThTusting his bloody claw from out
the bars,
Thou must rhetoricate and scrape AMI
bow?
There is a rhetoric that speaks not
twice
1t is the rhetoric of thy black ships.
1t Is the message of thousand
guns,
That saws America shall have no
price,
That she will not surrender while
sh grips
lm her right hand the saher NJ the
suns. Earl SImcnsOn.
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BOOK REVIEWS

able and interesting preface by Mr..
Moore. 1t Is seldom given TO a man to
criticise-and so frankly and delightful
ly-his earlier work
A pioneer in his day. the student and
writer of present fiction owes to George
Moore more than he at first imagines.
Muslin" contains. perhaps. the best
working plan of the mind OF a certain
type of woman which We are apt TO get
Tor MANY wears to come. Mrs. Marion
belongs to no Priod. She is eternal.
Nh. Moore's publishers arc to be CON
graduated that thev arc able to present
such an edition. with such a preface. to
the authors students and admirers.
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TODAY'S BEAUTY HINT

1t is not necessary to shampoo quite
so frequently If your hair is properIy
cleansed each time by use OF a really
good shampoo. The easiest to use and
quickest drying shampoo that We can
recommend to our readers may be pre-
pared very cheaply by dlssolvlng a tea
spoonful of canthroN, obtained from
your druggist, in a cup OF hot water.
This rubbed into the scalp creates
thick lather, soothing and cooling in its
action. as well as very beneficial 10
scalp and hair. After rlnslng, the scalp
Is fresh and clean. while the hair dries
quickly ana evenly, developing a bright
nstor and soft tlunlncss that makes
It seem very heaVy.-Adyt.
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Geranium Cak.

Line square. shallow tin with but
tered paper and cover with rose gera-
MUM leaves. Cream half a cup OF but
ter with one cup of sugar. add gradu-
ally two-thtrds of cup OF water and
two cups OF -four sifted with one tea
spoon of baking powder Fold in the
Sufhy beaten whites OF four eggs, turn
lhIo the pan and bake. When the
cake Is cool the leaves will nuII orr
easily, leaving no trace and just faint
tasie or the geranium leaves. Cover
with any preferred icing.
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The Lost Occasion.

Farewell, fair day and fading light!
Tho clay-born hire, with westward
sight,
Marks the huge sun now downward
clear,
Farewell. We twain shall meet no
more.
Farewell. watch with bursting
sigh
MY late Contemned occasion die,
] linger useless in my tent;
Farewell, fair day, so foully spent!
Farewell. fair oay. If any God
At all consider this poor Clod.
He who the faic occasion sent
Prepared and placed the impedIment.
Let him diViner vengeance take
Give me to sleep, give me to wake,
Girded and shod, . nd bid me play,
The hero in The 'oming day!
Robert Louis Stevenson.
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good for dinky little Gary. Ind,
would not suffice for Cleveland.
Now. according TO New York news
apers, William Writ, father of the
Gary plan OF class rotation, is being
considered ~ appointment as super
intendent ofiNow York schools. OF
course. Writ will carry out his dinky
little Gary system in dinky little
New York. II he becomes school SUI
perintendent there.-Cleveland Press.
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Woman Suffrage In Canada.

Canadian women are as seriously
looking forward TO participation IN
government as are their sisters on
this side OF the border. Just before
Christmas a petition asking for en-
fanchisement in Manitoba. signed by
1864 women OF the province, was
presented to Premier Norris at Win
nipeg by a deputation from the Po-
litical Equality League. The premier
assured the women that a bill pro-
vding for equal suffrage has been
prepared. and added that the gov
ernment hopes for its early Passage
at the coming session of the legisla-
ture. Both Alberta and Manitoba
are expected to extend the ballot to
women by legislative action not later
than next month. The measures
pending provide for votes for women
in Dominion matters as we'll as in
those pertaining to the respective
rovinCes.-Milwaukee Evening Wis
COnsin.
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ScallOped Shrimp.

Take two cupfuls OF freshly boiled
shrimp and break them into small
pieces; make a highly seasoned cream
sauce: add a tablespoonful OF cracker
uuSt 10 the shrimp and put them into
The cream. Fill buttcrcd ramekins or
ha king shells with the mixture and
bake til a delicate brown. Serve gar
mshed with slice OF crisp bacon and
spray OF watercress
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A Few Easy Recipes

ly until 1t has cooked twenty to twen-
ty-hNe minutes. Remove the cover
sprinkle with pepper and salt and pour
off cup of the liquid. dust very ligh.-
lY with n little -four and brown, trans
into the frying pan, adding one onion.
tnc pepper which has been chopped
and fried delicately in butter and three.
quarters of a cup of cream. Blend tC-
Eethcr little butter and -four and
thicken the gravy. Pour i over the
chicken. GarnishhS with crcss and tri-
angular toast siDpets
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Peanut Cream Scum.

Boii together one pint OF water and
one pint OF milk. Add one tablespoon
or peanut butter dissolved in two table
spoons OF warm water. Add one-half
cup. of chopped celery. one-half Cup OF
barley or rice, and season with pepper.
salt and a dash of paprika. Thicken
with cne tablespoon each of -four and
butter mixed together and serve with
CrOutons of toasted bread
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Chicken a la PaDioo-

Chicken n la PapiGo requires one
four and half round frying chicken
for three people. Joint. si1GC and wash
carefully, place IN 4 decn frying pm
with n tablespoon of lard and tv,D
tablespoons of butter. cover with col
water, set on the stove and cover close
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English Tea Cake.

Mix one cup of sugar with the beaten
Nolks OF two eggs. add two tablespoons
OF melted butter. onc-half cup OF water.
one-half teaspoon or grated nutmeg.
and one and one-halt cups OF -four
Sifted Hwith two teaspoons Of baking
powder. Bake in a moderate oven
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Peanut Butter Dainties

Wo tablespoons Of peanut butter
rubocu TO cream, one cup OF sugar,
one cup OF flour, mix All well topcfhar
until smooth. then add two well 6caicI
cSGs and one-half teaspoon Of bakirc
powder. Drop with spoon on buttercd
paper half an inch apart and bake in
moderate oven until a golden brown.
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~ OUDOlR CAPS are never
failing appeal to the luxury
L. loving woman. Prices at the
little speciality shops are
sometimes prohibitive and many
women who never try their skill at
other kinds of needleWork can
evolve the most bewitching OF caps
from SCRAPS OF lace ard silk. Ore
recently seen IN shOp was a DuICn
bonnet OF net, lace, and ribbon. The
net forms the crown and this Is
gathered into a band of ribbon. with
frill OF lace across the back. y
fiat bow OF ribbon Centered with a
pink rose ornaments each side.
TO plain cap of net may be
added a narrow circular brim or
pink tafteta. with a band OF pink
ribbon about the brim and a but
tertly bow at the back. Still an
other cap is very evidently patterned
after a Breton peasants coir, with
a sheer linen crown and two sum
wings wired back Two Nat blue
bows relieve the severe white effect.
Copy I. 1916 by Newspaper Feature Service.
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Creamed Goldfish on Toast.

~ ONE and flake two pounds OF cold
x boiled Goldfish. Make good
- cream sauce. slice two hard
boiled eggs through it, add the
ish. and serve on slices OF toast ar
anCcd on hot platter. Garnish with
'prays OF fresh cress and toast sippcts.
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Fruit Sandwiches.

cut whole wheat bread into thin sIires
Spread with peanut butter. sprinkle
with finely chopped dates. figs. and rails
ms ana place slices together. This
makes dainty. unusual sandwich To-
serve at 5 o'clock tea.
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Buying At Wholesale.

1t does seem as If there should
be one man in each apartment to
do the purchasing for the flat
dwellers at wholesale. Better still
they could take turns. Then in
deed would the problem OF the
corner grocer he solved. and the
Christmas presents be PAID Tor be
fore March.
For example. take apples. They
are selling down on Louisiana ave-
nue. today in big barrels for from
81 10 to $3.50 the barrel. At the gro-
GERS such apples are cents apiece.
or three for 10 cents. thr"" peek
basket OF onions may be had for
Sl2j.
One hundred and fifty pounds Of
bermuda potatoes NAV be had for
$50 or So.
Put what is the use Of going any
farther The prices are not ;he
only attractive features Of Center
Market The sight OF the eatahlcs
alone Is OF much more Nalu" than
n" sight Of window full! of fash
Ions.
The sad part about 1t is that there
Is no WAY Of telling Just whore the
trouble lies. II people would begin
and cVinC" a broadcast interest in
food or If. on the other hand. deal
erS would begin to advertise IN the
samc way exactly that cl"th'ns
merchants advertise. the revolution
would come or itself.
And instead of tn" constant blNin-
or clothes. tho piing up OF hills
and the subsequent starvation OF
our stonachs. everyone would hr
round and we'll fed. dispositions
would improve. indigo stion ln rIn-
known. and We wouli worship at
least Il more substantial god than
fashion.
However. perhaps someone ouId
come alonT and find ont some Wav OF
Wasting food. We would he forced
to wear Cnuliflower corsages. and
carry celery shower bouquets, and
wear real turnips. carrots. and pars-
lev on our hatS.
But even ut that the tremendous
boom in land values would come.
Whv doesn't some one start IT.
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Spurned In Cleveland.

When the Gary plan first was sug-
Eested for Cleveland's schools, school
board members intimated what was