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The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
HOUSEKEEPING UP TO DATE
Writer'S Suggestions Need a Little
Consideration Before They Are
Put into Effect.

When Jack and Harold come home
tired from the works, they are often
irritable. Why? Because they know
exactly what you are going to serve
them for dinner and exactly where!
Vary the monotony, not only in your
meals but in the places they are
served. | think you will find it is
welcome change to the dear boys to
find, instead of the usual dinner table,
that you have used your Imagination
and, after all, what is your magma
ton for?-and have spread the table.
cloth on the lounge! You have no
idea what surprise this simple touch
will be. You say, how in the world
did ever think of anything like that?
say, nonsensei You could think of
it yourself Tiff you put your mind
on it! am no cleverer than the rest
of you, / simply take time and think
these things out.
Another way is to spread a cutting
board over the bathtub and set your
table there. Your reward for these
little thoughtful acts will be bright
smile and heightened color on Jacks
or Harold's face, sly squeeze around
the waist, and maybe after dinner he
will take you to lecture on Arctic
Nights at the natural history muse
UNI! james Montgomery Flagg, in
American Magazine.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Came Handy In His Line.

There is nothing like Sleep" re-
marked a chance acquaintance to the
newspaper man as he sized up the
belated sleepers in New York sub
way car In the wee hours of the morn
ing. "All my life | have done what
ever has been in my power to help the
cause Of sleep In the human race.
Whenever ! have heard that doctor
is counseling his patients to sleep
longer, have made point of writing
him a letter of congratulation. And !
do not mind saying that | myself have
done bit to persuade people that
sleep is the greatest blessing to man
kind" 1.-THE perfect sleeper" OBJ
served the newspaper man, SIS he who
by rigid and constant practice has
brought his power Of sleep to such
stage that he does not awake even
when a dynamite bomb is set of In his
room" The chance acquaintance
leaned back in in his seat with rapt
expression, as If contemplating beau
tiful visiea. And what makes you
take such an interest in the slumbers
of the human racer" was asked. Il
am a burglar" he replied. But just
because one of my fellow men did not
reach the stage of somnolent perfec-
ton I had to abandon my trade for
some years"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
FAMOUS OLD CLOCK
Invention of John Muir That Was
a Wonder.
Not Only EffeetuaIIy Aroused Sleeper
but Could Be Arranged to start
Fire and Deliver Books
When Wanted.

The famous clock of the late John
Muir, the noted naturalist and e4-
pIorer, which not only woke him up
in the morning, but dumped him out
of bed; which delivered his books to
him in regular sequence when he was
studying and which lighted his fire In
the morning, has Just been presented
to the Wisconsin State Historical So
ciety's museum at Madison by the
Wisconsin Alumni Association OF
Northern California. The Milwaukee
Journal gives the following account,
with illustration, Of that extraordinary
clock:
The clock was used by Muir during
his school days at Wisconsin univer-
sity in the early sixties. Because Of his
desire to work, he kept late hours and
found it hard to get up. First he tried
tying a string to his toe and having
the janitor pull it at a. m. This
worked until some of the students
nearly pulled him out of bed. Then
he built a clock which would do the
work.
He built a bed of pine boards with
three legs, two at the head and one
at the foot The leg at the foot was
in two sections and operated on an ell
bow. This elbow was held by peg
so that if the peg was released the
bed would drop to an angle of As de-
grees A strong cord, fastened to the
peg, led to the clock; on the end Of
the cord near the clock was large
stone. Before retiring the cord was
attached to the clock and at five the
clock would do it's deadly work. The
noise of John falling out of bed and
the falling stone awakened everyone
in the building.
While teaching in country school
house he used the clock to start a fire
before he arrived at school. The clock
upset tube of sulphuric acid into
mixture Of chlorate of potash and
sugar placed under the kindling and
wood the night before. Instant COM
bustion took place.
He also used the clock to open and
shut his books when he wished to
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
On SpaakinQ EnqIIsh.

1t should be a point Of science with
those who can speak English perfectly
to do so in all their associations with
newcomers. A foreigner who is trying
to better his knowledge Of the language
will be grateful for the opportunity to
hear clear, careful and correct speech
and each conversation is lesson. The
best English of America Is as good as
any English, but the tongue is greatly
exposed here to the corruption which
comes from imperfect assimilation. 1t
is the more important for the majority
to whom English is the mother tongue
to do their best to keep it in its purity.
incidentally in trying to help foreign
ers to acquire good accent they will
greatly better their own speech
Springfield Republican.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
SCORED HEAVILY ON PRINCE
Master of Situation, but Victory
Was Costly One.

The greatest dandy and fop of mod
ern times was George Brummell,
known as Beau Brummell. He lived
life delicate and leisured, and since
he was poor his living depended upon
the favor of the court. The court
at that time was represented in the
set where the beau's influence was
felt by the prince CT Wales, who was,
If truth must be told, not a slender
man. 1t happened that the prince
and the beau quarreled.
To be a dandy is not generally con-
sidered the first mark of being a
brave man, but Beau Brummell gave
instant proof that he was not only
great dandy but great man as we'll.
The details of the story are somewhat
vague, but the main facts are certain.
Brummell knew that his quarrel with
prestige, but he refused to yield, and
on the day following the quarrel went
walking with friend, said to have
been Sheridan.
The news of the rupture between
the prince and the dictator of fashions
had spread, and there were not a
few who gathered in the hopes of
passage at arms between them.
1t happened that Sheridan and
BrummeH met the prince and his
party. With princely ostentation the
royal parsonage called Sheridan aside
and spoke to him, pointedly ignoring
Brummell, who stood by. Brummell
did not finch In the crisis, he was
the only person who seemed to be in
different. Then Sheridan returned.
With a gesture of Indifference Brum-
NELL lifted his glasses to his eyes
and, indicating with slight wave Of
his hand the person to whom he re-
ferred, he asked in a clear but Ian
guild voice the famous question:
Sherry, who's your fat friend?"
Brummell spent the greater part
Of the remainder of his life in Calais,
an outcast, a broken man. But with
the memory of his great rebuke, 1t
can hardly be said that in the crisis
he was found wanting.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Relics of Cliff DweiIers.

Recently discovery was made by
forest rangers of an unexplored ruin
of the ancient cliff dwellers In the
Mesa Verde park, and subsequent de-
velopments have proved that 1t is both
extensive and interesting. A long
ladder was constructed and swung
over the face of the cliff at height
of 600 feet from the bottom of the
canyon. The ruins contained rs rooms,
but no kiva, or large ceremonial cham
Der, such as is usually found in SINH
lar ruins The rangers in brief and
cursory exploration of the ruins found
IN plain sight ten stone axes, fourteen
large stone jars, each eighteen inches
high and three feet, six inches in cir
conference, two small jars, two parts
of woven baskets, one wooden slab
five inches wide, twelve inches long
and one-half inch thick, curved up at
the sides; several pieces Of yucca
rope, one piece spliced with sinew,
one piece of woven yucca fiber and
several human bones.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Girls VIII Marry Crippled Soldiers.

A letter In the London Daily Mail
conveys the information that hun
dreds of English girls have expressed
their willingness to marry crippled
British soldiers and to care for them
as their contribution to their country's
cause. The offers came as the result
of published suggestion that plucky
girls might be of service SO, and all
that stands in the way Of the success
OF this wholesale matchmaking is that
no degree Of pluck and patriotism
seems sufficient to overcome maidenly
shyness. The girls have agreed to
marry, but they cannot walk up to the
first one-legged soldier they see and
Tell him so. Meetings are to be ar
ranged by certain women of the Lon
don West end, where these self-sacri-
ficing girls will be introduced to the
lifelong burdens they have agreed to
take as husbands.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Superstltlous Remedies.

For sore eyes touch from an old
gold wedding-ring is popular rem
edy, and many an old woman's ring
has earned for itself great name
as an eye healer Apparently relia-
BILE authorities can be found who as
sert that they have been cured by a
touch OF this description. Borlase as
serts as a fact that halter with
which anyone has been hanged will
cure headache Instantly IL tied
around the head, and he adds, Moss
growing upon human skull, If dried
and powdered and taken as snuff, is
no less efficacious." Brands tells Of
several superstitious remedies or
charms: Hollow stones are hung up
In stables at night to prevent night
mares or ephialtes. They are usually
called In the North Of England holy
stones. The chips Of gallows and
places Of execution are used as ANU
lets against agues."
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
CAUSES OF SWAPPING NERVES
Hard Mental Work Brinus Stress on
Brain Centers-Many Forms
of Reaction.

Modern man is top-heavy being,
whose brain is disproportiopately SUI
perior to his other organs" remarks
the New York Medical Journal in a
discussion of the war from the psy-
Geologic standpoint. ''This Is an age
of hard mental work, which brings
stress on the highest and most recent
ly-developed brain centers; 1t was in
evitable that something should snap,
and something has snapped; there is
temporary reassertion of primitive
human impulses. In America, reac-
ton was taking milder forms; the au-
tomobile, the baseball diamond, the
gridiron, relieved the tension, parti-
cularly the dancing mania which swept
over US like an obsession. Dancing is
the most primitive form of reaction
and tends quickly to re-establish equi-
librium.
Probably the man does not want
peace and tranquility, which are too
close to ennui, his greatest dread.
Professor James was dreadfully bored
by visit to Chautauqua, with ice
cream soda as it's utmost offerings
and Its 'atrocious harmlessness.' He
knew man wanted something with
more zest and adventure.
Alcohol and tobacco relieve in an
artificial way the tension upon the
brain by slightly paralyzing temporar-
lily the higher and more recently de-
veloped brain centers. Were the use
of these drugs suddenly checked no
STUDENT of psychology or of history
could doubt that there would be an
immediate increase of social irritable
ity, tending to instability and social
upheavals."
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Dust These of, Statesmen.

81 refer to our peerless leader, that
magnificent statesman and diplomat
list"
I'VE. the residents OF the brightest
star In the armament Of nations, are
proud to honor"
There is not a man in this room OF
within the reach Of my voice tonight
who will not realize the responsibility
which rests upon him as patriot,
gentleman, a scholar and a philan-
thropist and go to the polls on election
morning with courage in his heart and
cast his free and untrammeled ballot
for our magnificent citizen"
There are some here who remem-
Der the history-making days Of the
battle of Bunker Hill mean Gettys-
burg-when this nations life was In
the balance, and, with this in mind, l
say 4, you, can ytR satisfy your con-
scienue If su vote br any one but GU !
eminent, forceful. talentet vertatilF
diplomatic, philosophical, courageous
candidate"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Material for Brlquettes,

Peat and chalk are being extensive
ly used, it is reported, for briquetting
in Canada. The peat is mixed with
coal breeze and then pressed into
briquettes. Such fuel has been
found efficient and economical Chalk,
also, Of which there are large de-
posits in Canada, can be pulverized
and then combined with a certain
percentage of breeze and solidified
tar, the mixture being compressed into
small briquettes or pebbles about the
size of an egg. The briquettes burn
with perfect satisfaction. The fuel
has the advantage of being smokeless,
has a high calorific value and burns
freely
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Madame Joffre.

She, who had never been separated
from her husband, not even for q day,
before the war, has since the war
broke out, never been to see him, al
though the general Stairs headquar-
tiers are scarcely a couple of hours
outside OF Paris. 1t is against the
rules for soldier to see his wife, or
Tor wife to try to visit her husband
at the front, therefore, although
Madame Joffre has every facility for
doing so, she will never go to see her
husband. She does not avail herself
OF any privilege granted through her
position, but makes a point of setting
the example. From a Paris Letter.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
THEIR CHANCE TO STOP WAR
eace Agitators Meeting In Back
Room Given Opportunity to Bring
Conflict to End.

The peace agitators were meeting
IN the back room. They had just de-
clared the war must be brought to an
end.
IT'S all up to u.s." the impassioned
chairman shouted. "If we do our duty
the things accomplished"
At that moment the door opened
and a military aid in full uniform ap-
peared on the threshold
Fall in," he cried. You are now a
part of the first company of the Sec
ond regiment of the Black Brigade.
You start for the front this afternoon!
Forward march,"
And the little band tramped forth
to end the war.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Kerosene Put Out Fire.

A bale OF cotton when compressed
for shipment abroad has the density
Of an oak plank.
Recently in California a large guam
tity Of baled cotton became ignited,
and, as Is always the case, the fire
ate into the center Of the bale The
density Of the cotton will allow water
to penetrate the bale only very slowly.
Kerosene will penetrate the fibers
very fast and, knowing this fact, kero.
sene was used ana the supply Of oxy
gen which was necessary to the fire
cut off. 1t was successful and the
greater portion of the cotton saved
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Efficacy of Uproar.

The Hon. Bray Lowder makes a
specially of arguing with any man
with a weak voice who says he does
not know anything about the subject
introduced by the honorable. The
statesman demands in a loud tone to
know exactly what it is that the other
does not know about it, why he does
not know it and how he knows he
does not know it. In an argument II
a person can make up in noise what
he lacks in sense he does not need
any facts and figures So it natural
ly follows that Mr.. Lowder very soon
gets his weak voice opponent all
twisted up in a knot.-Kansas City
Star.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Just a Theory.

Good heavens! Why does that
young woman playing the piano next
door sing so loudly?"
Maybe her conscience hurts her."
What do you mean?"
"She probably wants to drown out
the racket her mother is making in
the kitchen washing Dishes"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Indifference.

Which do you prefer, summer or
winter?"
I've no preference" replied Mr..
Growcher. 1T is equally depressing
to me whether | put in a large por-
ton of my time reading about the
hottest day ever, or the coolest day
ever"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Doubtful Aid.

my barber is Frenchman. Every
day while he's shaving me he gives
me little lesson in French"
Fine. But don't you find it rather
difficult to make replies?"
Yes, to a certain extent, but the
lather that gets into my mouth seems
to help my accent"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
WistfuI Waitino.

Il passed man sitting in broken
down motor car while taking trip
through the country this morning"
did he seem worried?"
Not particularly. In fact, he had a
far-away look in his eyes"
Maybe he was thinking of the place
he hopes to reach some day"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Really Doesn't Matter.

i see you at the theater quite often
with Mr.. Dubson. Do you enjoy his
society, my dear?"
oh" replied the debutante, frankly.
when I'm absorbed in play would
as soon be sitting beside Mr.. DubsoD
as anybody else"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
OF Course Not.

THAT doctor claims to have discovs
cred an entirely new disease"
II hope he won't publish the symp-
toms of It,"
why not?"
People cannot have IL II they do
not know the symptoms, can theyf"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
lono-FeIt Want.

81 want a distinctive horn for my
carl"
'Yes?"
Something out Of the ordinary or 1t
won't do
1--WE have just what you are looking
for We are reformers, sir, and be-
lieve the public ear has been too long
assailed by raucous sounds. The horn
we are selling has so sweet note
that even pedestrians like to hear It..
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
An Achievement,

"Are you sure you thoroughly un-
derstand that question you attempted
to decide?"
mo-" replied Senator Sorghum;
"but I fancy I expressed myself in
terms sufficiently obscure to prevent
anybody else from taking enough in.
terest to call me down.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Carefully Proportioned,

How were your crops this year,"
"Jes' about right" replied Farmer
Corntossel; mot big enough to mean
much work or risk an at the same
time sufficient to make the summer
boarders think that they was nvin'
on sure-enough farm"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Have Healthy, strong, beautiful Eyes

HaVe HeaItnyt Strong, beautifuI Eyes
oculists and Physicians used Murine Eye
Remedy many years before 1t was offered as q
Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine Is Still Com.
pounded by Our Physicians and guaranteed
by them as a Reliable Relief for Eyes that Need
Care. Try 1t In your Eyes and in Babys Eyes
No Smarting-Just Eye Comfort. Buy Murine
OF your Druggist accept no Substitute, and u
interested write for Book OF the Eye Free.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
TWould Seem So.

Trolley car conversation is about
on a par with street corner gossip"
II think it's rather above"
why 500"
Considering the difficulty of max
ing oneself heard on the average troll
ley car, the person who talks there
must have something worth while to
say"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Point to Consider.

I'm afraid Grabson thinks too much
about the material things Of life"
Perhaps SO, but we need a few
people in the world like him."
"Yes?"
If everybody spent his time in
reading poetry, admiring works of
art and listening to soulful music,
who'd donate the money to build Ii
braries, art galleries and audito,
riums?"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
II Cures Will. You Walk.

Aliens Foot Ease Is q certain cure for
hot sweating, callous, and swollen. ech-
ing feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price
CSC. Don't accept any substitute. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen s. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01
Troubles In Store.

"Jimway seems to be an easy-going
sort of fellow"
Well, he won't be much longer"
What happened to him?"
He's Just bought second.h mo
tor car"
The Western outlook. [volume] (San Francisco, Cal.) 1894-1928, 1916-01-01

study. By arranging his books in a
small car which operated on his study
table they arranged themselves in
certain order and were placed before
him at stated time by the move
ment of the clock.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-16

If men would remember that a wo-
man can't always be smiling who has
to cook dinner, answer the door bell
half dozen times, and get rid OF a
neighbor who has dropped in, attend
to a sick baby, tie up the cut finger OF
a two-year-od, gather up the play
things of a four.year-old tie up the
feet of a six-year-old on skates and get
an eight-year-old ready for school-tc
say nothing of sweeping, cleaning, etc
A woman with all this to contend with
may claim it as privilege to look and
feel little tired sometimes, and a
word of sympathy would not be toe
much to expect from man, who, dur
ing the honeymoon, wouldn't let her
carry SO much as sunshade.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-16

There are persons whom to know is
to love, honor and admire, and others
whom to know is to shun and despisc,
Live with persons of elevated charac-
ter and you will feel lifted up in them.
Live with wolves and you will learn
to howl" says the Spanish proverb.
The life of every man is daily incul-
cation of good or bad example to 9th
ers. The life OF a good man is at the
same time the most eloquent lesson of
virtue and the most severe reproof of
vice. There are men in whose pres
ence we feel as if we breathed spiritual
ozone, refreshing and invgorating, like
lnhaling mountain air or enjoying a
both of sunshine. The golden words
that good men have uttered, the eX-
amples they have set, live through all
time. These being undisputed facts
how carefully our young people should
select their associates and be found on
ly with those whose examples they can
take pride in following.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-16

To young man away from home
friendless and forelorn in a great city,
the hours of peril are those between
sunset and bedtime. The moon and
stars see more evil in single hour
than the sun in whole days circuit.
The poets visions of evening are all
compact of tender and soothing images.
1t brings the wanderer to his home,
the child to its mothers arms, and the
OK to his stall and the weary laborer to
his rest. But to the tender hearted
youth who is thrown upon the rocks Of
a pitiless city, and stands homless
among a thousand homes, the approach
of evening brings with it an aching
sense OF loneliness and desolation
which comes down on the spirit like
darkness upon the earth. In this mood
his best impulses become snare to
him, and he is led astray because he is
social, aiTectionate, sympathetic, and
warm hearted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-16

All other earthly pleasures are a
mockery in comparison to the content
ment OF loving family circle. Other
JOYS may last for day, excite our in
terest for time, but they fade away
and leave us unsatisfied While they
are present we feel not the emptiness
of this excitment--but with their van
ishing our hearts hunger for the bless
ings which home alone can give. Even
they who have never known what II
is TO have loving hearts welcome hem
on the threshold, and loving hands
minister to their comfort, knowing that
these are lips most precious gifts, and
thirst for draught from this cup OF
peace.