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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
War May Bring Social Fame
To Spain's Beautiful Queen

Should SPANS efforts to bring
about the holding at Madrid of the
peace conference which must follow
the cessation of hostilities be success
full, Queen Victoria Ena, one of the
youngest and most beautiful of Eu-
ropes royal women, will become the
most famous hostess In the world.
Many of the worlds most brilliant men
will assemble at the conference, and
the queens duty will be to entertain
these guests of Spain and their wives
on an extensive and royal scale. II
is said that the young queen, who Is
yet In her twenties, would greatly well
come the call for such brilliant fetes
at the stately and somewhat formal
Castilian court, which In spite of King
Alphonso's democratic ways, still re-
mains the most ceremonious In Eu-
rope. The queen is fond of dress and
one of the most lavish customers of
the great Paris dressmakers, her dress
bills running up to more than $4,000
yearly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
NeA.s nexn,.eo
When a Child Is Noisy It's
a Sign That 1t Is Healthy

When the child is quiet there Is
or doing something which IL ought not
to do. Noise and motion are normal
activities of child, anything else Is
abnormal. The blessed little fellow"
who hangs around his mothers apron
strings all the time and doesn't speak
unless spoken to, or who doesn't romp
and play with the other children and
make all manner of noises, Is not
right. 1t needs attention, says the
Dayton News.
Children commit a lot of nuisance.
They provoke all of us By running
over the lawn and breaking down the
flowers and making 50 much noise we.
cannot hear ourselves think. II Is an
noying to have a bunch of them yell
ing and shouting about our doors.
They get In the way with their roller
skates and disturb US when they ride
their bicycles upon the sidewalks. But
what are we going to do about it7
It Is natural. and we must either sup
press the children. to their detriment
and to the detriment OF the human
race, or grin and bear 1t, while regu-
lating them as best we may. The child
Is problem every minute of the day,
it is true, but we can't carry on the
world If we curb them until they grow
up into abnormalities. Besides, the
cultivation of patience and coneIlla-
ton upon our part win tend 10 sweet
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
WIFE IN PATHETIC PLANT
Evidently Good Lady Was Net .
Strong Believer In the Principle
of Reciprocity.

'oh. George" said Mrs. Bridge. ION
your way downtown this morning win
you stop at the grocer's aud order two
pounds Of butter aud a half pound Of
ten and some eraekeFsT
Yes. my dear"
And would you mind leaving my
skirt nj the tailor's as you 40 byi"
yes. my dear
And then 20 10 the mllkman's and
tell him 10 leave an extfa pint OF
cream tomorrow
Yes. my dear"
"And when you get TO your Office
win you call up my sister and tell her
I'll be over Tuesday, They don't
charge you for calls there"
Yes. my dear. and say. wife. would
you mind sewing up this little rip IN
my coat before | ssarfT"
Good land. aren't you men terrible
You're always wanting something
done."-Exchnnge
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
AFRO-AMER|CAN CUL[|NCS

events has opened new chapter in
the history of the American Negro,
chapter more fateful than any writ
ten since the great reaction of apathy
settled upon the nation after recon-
struetion days. Once more the Negro
is becoming vital problem.
The most impressive development
Of the last few days so far as the
Negro Is concerned Is the moral fa-
tigne With which white people have
viewed him. For a long time the
country travelled on the moral mo-
mentum generated by the abolition
lists and by the political results of
the Civil war. That no longer exists.
Outside of small group of rela-
lively dumb reformers. nobody cares
seriously. DIsfranchlsement Is an ae-
cepted principle in the South. "Jlm
Grow" laws no longer arouse COM
ment. Segregation is growing. South.
West and North. The most frequent
feeling on the part Of whites Is one
of helpless, hopeless aequlescence In
forces which they feel unable TO chal-
lenge.
The old belief In equality Is dor
mant Orators viii not admit IT. no
one whose political faith must be on
parade can afford 10 admit II. but
the truth Is that race prejudice was
never stronger. Not even the Chris
fian brotherhood Of man is power
full enough motive to weld together
different races belonging 10 the same
religious denomination.
Until The European war shut or i'm.
migration and forced American in
dustry to summon the workers OF the
South segregation of all kinds APP
peared destined 10 grow greatly. The
movement was from below. Largely
II lacked leaders. But II swept on.
The same ruthless instincts aud the
same moral fatigue exist today. Yet
Industrial necessity has brought for
ward new factors. In the factory.
shop and construction camp another
future Is openlng.--John Vance Che
ney. In the Chicago Herald.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Novel Use for Handkerchief.

If you have very fine handkerchief
with a lace ruffle border, or If you
have square, piece of net, you can
make a very attractive slumber pillow.
Get some plain white material-linen
would be Iovely--and sew the net and
linen together on three sides. The
fourth should be left open, so that a
pillow may be slipped through. Fast
en- the pillow top with either snaps or
buttons and buttonlioles. If you make
the pillow or not. some tiny. roses of
chiffon or SILK @could be made and
sewed diagonally across the pillow
This may be very easily Numbered,
owing TO opening at one side.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

20 get better and am now well. ana
stout and able to do my own Homework.
/ can recommend tho Vegetable COM
pound to any woman who Il sick and
run down a. . wonderful strength and
health restorer. Ny husband says I
would have been In my grave ere this
II il had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JRFPER-
SON. 703 Lyon St, Des Moines. Iowa.
Before submitting 10 . surgical opera
ton 1t Is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure It's derangs-
ments with Lydia z. Pinkham's vegs-
table Compound; II has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia Il. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
ndvice-Et viii be confidential
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Things You May Not Know.

The starfish has no nose, but the
whole of its underside is endowed with
a sense of smell.
Specimens of almost every precious
mineral have been found In Spitz-
bergen, but there are no signs, accord
Ing to biologists, that precious min
erals exist in paying quantities.
Mexico has $1,000 miles of railway.
Is 1900 miles long from northwest to
southeast, and its width varies from
40 to 750 miles. Its seaeoast on the
Gulf of Mexico is 400 miles long.
Roller skating In England is said to
date back to 100.
The atmosphere of Zululand is so
clear that 1t is said objects can be seen
by starlight at a distance of seven
miles.
Naturalists have estimated that a
single crow can destroy about 100000
insects in one year.
At five years camels are fit to
work; but their strength begins to de-
cline at twenty-five years, although
they usually live to be forty.
Korea's sacred mountain, Kongo-San,
or Diamond mountain, as It is more
commonly called, carries, it Is claimed,
1900 granite peaks, rugged and gro
tesque in form and almost impossible
of being scaled.
In Switzerland the goat is placed
ahead of all other animals. If q boy
plaques goat he can be fined and
sent to prison. II person meets a
goat on path and drives him aside
he can be arrested. If a goat enters
the yard of person not his owner,
and Is hit with a club or stone, the
person guilty of the offense must pay
q fine.
There Is a cat, owned by the keeper
of the Platte Fougere lighthouse, on
the Island of Guernsey. which, when
ever it wishes to enter its masters
dwelling, rings an electric bell. This
has been made possible by the con-
struetion. near the bottom Of door,
of shelf which actuates switch
when slight weight is placed upon
1t. Thus, when the cat jumps to this
small ledge the circuit is closed.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

month being luclder than another,
swapping their fingers at henrsay
handed down from goodness knows
where, 20 right ahead with the wedding
quite as soon as the obstacle which
prevented 1t can be removed.
1t is not always grave and warrant
able reasons which have STAYED OF
the happiness OF the waiting pair.
Some reasons are as amusing as they
are unique. One bridegroom-to-b
lost the wedding ring which he had
been carrying In his vest pocket. Tho
brideto-be refused a substitute be-
cause she had heard II would be disas-
trous TO her future peace. Several
months slipped by ere 1t was discov-
cred in a far corner of the vest, whitlf-
er II had slipped through,a unnoticed,-
tiny hole in that unfortunate pocket:
His fiancee was so angered at his
seeming carelessness that she broke
the engagement at once. She would
not take the contract tc keep his pock-
cts in good condition when he could be
so careless Of them.
Another case: A village clerk, hear
ing his sweetheart had accepted his
rival. agreeing to wed him providing
the marriage could take place In June
the last of which was but three days
on-hastily packed his grip, closing
the Office which contained all the doc
uments necessary for the license
locked carefully in his safe, thereby
preventing the distracted rival from
complying with the conditions during
the town clerks weeks vacation. This
strategy won the clerk the girl who
could not help admlring his cool impu-
dence and daring to outwit his adver-
sary. The clever young man succeed
ed In convincing her that July or Au-
gust was really just as delightful and
quite as lucky for a marriage moth
as June.
What's the difference as to what
month you marry in as long as you
wed the one You love?
Copyright 1850
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Tunics Are Established.

The tunic is an established fact and
rather a convenient one. Itsgives the
economically inclined the chance of
wearing an old gown under Il new as
pect. concocted out of two old ones.
Sometimes the tunic takes the form of
an apron. and the idea of a deeply
accentuated point In front has fur.
thered the idea. An oYerskirt ana
tunic now seem to be synonymous
terms and give great variety Of
choice; they both melt occasionally
into panniers and do not ignore the
hustle.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
To vaccInate for Mumps.

That 1t may be possible TO make a
serum that shall confer immunity TO
humps seems likely as n result of ex-
perlments at the Rockefeller institute
by Doctor Wollstein on cats. She In
oculated them with the saliva OF per-
sons having humps and found that
they contracted the disease. She Mt
tenuated the infectious material with
the serum of eats that had recovered
and found a distinctly slighter reac-
ton. and reinoculation Of animals that
had recovered produced but little eff
feet.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

When Booker Washington pub
llshed his account of his own life ID
years ago. at the moment the National
Negro Business league had just been
launched. before the library ut Tus-
kegee for which Carnegie partly paid
had been built, and before the famous
lunch with President Roosevelt. his
educational work was In full tide. It
is now possible to see his labors as
a whole and in perspective, as well as
to give him credit for many accom-
pllshments that with natural modesty
he himself attributed largely TO cir
cumstanees or TO Others
The main facts in Booker Washing
tons career are well known: How
he was born in slave hut In re-
mote part of western Virginia. a year
or two before the Civil war broke out;
how after the war his stepfather and
mother this father is nnknown1 re-
moved to Maiden. ". Va, to work
there In salt and coal mines how, held
back by his step-parent but encouraged
by his mother. he learned to read and
attended night school; how In 1872
he walked. begged and worked his
way TO Hampton institute; and how
after his graduation from Hampton.
the path of opportunity opened before
film when In 1881 he was appointed
organizer aud teacher OF a new Negro
normal school at Tnssegee. Many
may not know that the most important
day in his later career was that on
which he delivered an address IN 1898
ut the Atlanta and Cotton States In
ternatlonnl exposition--one for which
President Cleveland sent him n letter
of thanks. A few doubtless know that
the last ten years of his work were
done with a body and nervous system
Worn out by incessant labor, so that
repeatedly he was on the point OF
breaking down. This Is told IN a re-
cent publication with all the detail
which is possible in volume of 800
pages, and In manner not unskllled.
The marshalIing OF facts Is effective.
though there is some repetition; and
II the style Is undIstingulshed and
sometimes awkward, and flfei general
paragraphs or chapters on ''the times
of Washington vagsie aud clmnssly In
terpolated, the WRITER atones for this
by the manifest enthusiasm he brings
10 his book. He feels. though he can
not fully express. the touch Of the epic
in this first great Negro leaders career.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Your Stomach.
Consider the stomach.

Consider the stomach.
What a lot II has TO dol
How the poor stomach is imposed
oni
OF course. 1t can rebel. and does
do so.
But why subject 1t and yourself to
this indignity?
The sorrows of the stomach should
startle the world. RI
Great care should be taken of the
stomach and what 1t is given.
Rest before eating If you IRE tired !:
cut out superiiuous starches and
sweets.
good rule is to stop eating while
you are still n little hungry: TO eat
slowly and to rest for a time after
eating.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Parrot Manicured Its Nails.

Patrolmen Purtell and Mahoney and
Building Inspector Coreoran Of An
sonia, Conn, claim to have seen par
rot which manieured It's nails with q
penknife. While these men watched,
this bird picked up the knife from the
bottom of Its cage and. holding 1t In
its mouth. carefully scraped its toes
on the blade. When this was done
to the parrots satisfaction 1t dropped
the knife.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

month of roses
a n q weddings.
There seems to be
a mystic spell
connected wit h
the very thought
of. becoming a
bride on a June
day when the
world is flooded
with golden sun
shine and the fair
earth is carpeted
with flowers.
Ii sometimes
happens that some
unexpected CIR
cumstance trans
pires to prevent
the ceremony be-
ing performed in
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

With commemorative exercises Of
dignity and eloqucnce the little log
cabin that was Lincoln's birthplace has
been set apart as shrine. One lesson
Of The great life OF the emancipation.
lesson for two races and for all man
kind. has been that the humblest origin
need not prove a morfmaIn to check
the viii TO rise. The Southern Work
man tells the story OF one who came
up from slavery In an Alabama town.
The father Of John Gnss Frazer was
a freedman. The son went from the
farm to town aud entered the service
Of tailoring establishment. He was
paid 80 cents a day for errands and
odd Jobs. lie watched the others
press clothes. aud soon he had an Iron
In bis hand and was earning dollar.
Finally he bought the business Them
WITH one chair. he started a barber
shop. lie bought and sold cattle. lie
purchased cement-block machine.
made his own blocks aud built
three story building to hold the bar
Der shop. store. a lodge room for
rental aud an undertaking establish
ment He built house for himself
and beside IL cottage hotel The
buildings are all OF them erected on
the very ground where his father once
worked as q. slave. Yet there are
cynies who hold that man who Is
born to lowiy lot 10 life must fold
his hands In the tacit acceptance of a
prosIdential dlspensatlon. and deny to
the world the inspiring pattern OF toll
answered from tranquility"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Boiled Ham.

Take thick piece of ham. two or
three pounds, cover with water and
simmer two hours. Remove the skin,
put a few cloves into the fat, cover
bake In hot oven 10 minutes. The
carver likes this, as there are no bones
to avoid. When one has small fam
fly such a roast is not too extravagant
and 1t may all be used. Any bits of
leftover ham may be mixed with
crumbs after chopping and used for
stuffing in green peppers. A table
spoonful or two added to a thick
white sauce and served on toast makes
a good breakfast dish.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Good Eating for the Family.

Celery root Is not well enough ap-
preciated. 1t may be put into the eel
lar with the other root vegetables and,
IL covered with dampened sand, will
keep all winter. To prepare 1t the
simplest method Is to cook 1t until
tender, remove all of the outside Jumps
and unsightly spots, cut in dice and
serve in a white sauce. To make an
other more elaborate but very pretty
dish, cook the roots, cool and trim
them, scoop out the inside and fill with
chopped celery and cooked beets
mixed with mayonnaise. Serve one root
to each person. The inside portion
may be served finely chopped with
French dressing on lettuce day or
two later.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

a half cupful of white sauce, beat
well and add one egg. Season with
salt and pepper. cook five minutes and
cool. Shape In cones and set each
cone on a cooked slice of celery root.
Serve with hot tomato sauce. Arrange
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

spent The doctors
stated that | would
never get well with.
out an operation
and that without 10
/ would not live one
year. by husband
o bjected 10 any
operation and got
me some Of Lydia Z.
Pinkham's vegeta-
bleCompound. / took
IL and commenced
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

The power to free ones life from fret
worry. disappointment or annoyance lies
largely within the option of everyone
Some people are born to take cheerful
views. and those who are not may achieve
this happy faculty. It Is both a gift and
a grace. The observer of the daily rou-
tine cannot fail to recognize that In all
the days events, as In nature. there Is
never a vacuum. II one Is withheld an
ofhar ruahes In.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

HE rose month. Nhat thenI Shall
the disappointed couple wait until II
rolls around again or cast their chance
OF happiness with July or some other
month? The superstitious pack away
the wedding Gnery In perfumed boxes
not to be opened until November.
Those who laugh at the notion OF one
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
The Superstitious
Bride-tO-Be
BY LAURA JEAN LiBBEY.

There is an hour when angels keep
Familiar watch DER men.
When coarser souls are wrapped In sleep
Sweet spirit meet me then.
There is an hour when holy dreams
Through siumber fairest glide,
And in that mystic hour II seems
Thou shouldst be at my side.
1t is usually the ardent hope of every
engaged girl to be married In June, the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Steamed Brown Bread.

Take two cupfuls of yellow corn
meal. a cupful of ryemeal, one cupful
of flour. two cupfuls of milk. one cup
full Of molasses, one half teaspconful
of salt. three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. all well mixed together. Pour
into a well-greased mold and steam
for four hours. Dried fruit of any kind
may be added If liked.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

.sfame Is a duck Of girl. How Ia
she coming on7'
"Oh. swlminlngly."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
Emphasis Counts.

when you hear nn extrayagant com
plifnent you are disposed to think
there Is good deal in II.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

2 This 10 THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years Younger II yos
darken your Ugly. grizzly gray hairs By
using Ia Creole Hair Dressing ADV.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

A machine has been, perfected in
Saxony that eEibrciders designs up
on three dozen pairs Of stockings nj
once. battery of needles making 2SS
stitches simultaneously.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
zlnqara Rissoles.

Chop fine half pound of cooked
chicken, three ounces of cooked ham,
and hard-cooked egg. Mix this with
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

More than 27.000 tons OF honey are
produced annually by the American
bee.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

A sanitary guard has been invented
to prevent persons handling splgot
outlets.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

British ayIators have found that
horsehair cushions provide enough
elasticity TO counterfeit the vibration
Of aeropanes and make the use OF
magnetic colnpassss possible
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

Several types of compressed air OPP
Grated holsting machines have been
designed Tor use in1plhees where the
fire hazard is great.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

Lightning Is more frequent In iii.
nois and Florida than In any other
states.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
MOTHERS COOK BOOK

a ring of spinach In the center. or.
swiss chard. well seasoned, may be
served with this dish.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

Skins of the damson plnms are be-
ing utilized In England tosprodnee n
blue dye.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

In times of peace London contains
16 embassies and legations represent.
alive Of foreign countries.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Des Moines, Iowa. =" Four years ago
] was very sick and my life was nearly
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

An enamel to glaze pottery without
the use of heat is Gerlpan invention.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

Kern county, Cal, contains 55.s42
acres Of proved oil lands. s
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

The steady advance Of the American
Negro Is a conspicuous proof of the
principle that progress ean be had By
peaceful methods. Year by year Tus-
kogee institute issues a Negro Year
Book" which IS sort of log OF the
forward movement Of the race. The
1916 edition has just been issued.
At the particular moment the mat
ter Is one Of unusual national inpor-
tnnee because of the new migration
which Is sending Negroes from the
South 10 the northern and western
states The European war seems 10
be opening closed doors to the race.
With the stoppage of immigration aud
the actual dearth OF labor in some
fields fresh opportunities have come
to the farm workers OF the South. Ne
groes are replacing aliens from many
nations.
This industrial migration viii
doubtless have far-hung effects II
II advances sufficiently itiTnay lessen
the tension Of the race problem In the
South At the same time the greater
educafiyc facilities of the North and
West are likely 10 play powerful
part in making the southern Negro
something different.
Altogether the unconscious turn of
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

As n mineral producer Alabama
ranks first among the southern states
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-13

OF English invention is new luBri-
cant for ntIttfng screw threads, ip alu.
minnm, more satisfactorily thin here
tofore possible.