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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Andrew Baxter, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed ad-
ministratrix of the estate of Andrew
Baxter, deceased, and has qualified
as such administrative.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons holding claims against said de-
ceased, to serve the same on me or
or Neill &, Sanger, my attorneys of
record, at Pullman Wash, and file
tne same together with proof of such
service with the clerk of the superior
court at Colfax, Washington, within
six months after the date of the first
publication of this notice. All claims
against deceased not served and filed
as aforesaid shall be forever barred.
Date of first publication, April 25,
1919.
JOSEPHINE BAXTER,
Administrator of Estate of
Andrew Baxter, Deceased.
Neill & Sanger.
Attorneys for the Esate,
apr25may23 Pullman, Wash.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

Professor Snyders timely article
in the Forum department directs at
tention to a very important matter
which demands prompt action 1t
will cost considerably more money
to make a resurvey of the city now
than it would have cost two or three
years ago, but the longer the work
is postponed the greater the cost will
be and, as established marks and
monuments are lost or destroyed, the
more complex and difficult will the
task become
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23
IT HAS BEEN WORSE

People who are feeling the pinch
OF high prices and are complaining
bitterly. may find some consolation
IN knowing that their forefathers en-
dured a much worse dose of the high
cost Of living. This fact is disclosed
N the letters Of Abagail Adams to
her husband. John Adams.
Under date Of March 20. 177s, she
wrote from her home in Braintree
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

The death of Judge +. II. Sullivan
OF Spokane will be widely mourned
among the pioneers of Whitman
county who respected his rugged
honesty and legal ability and enjoyed
his forceful but erratic conservation.
In the early days he was one of
brilliant coterie of lawyers who lived
in Colfax,, but have since won dis
tinction in larger fields of practice.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

The Forum department of The
Herald offers medium through
which its readers can discuss matters
of public interest and make sugges-
tions for the good of the community.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23
LOCAL TELEPHONE SITUATION

The local telephone company has
filed d new schedule of rates with
the state public service commission
to become effective July LIST. The
new rates average about 20 per cent
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

1t is about time for everybody i'm
Eastern Washington to begin pulling
for that June rain.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

sale, and balance when sale is con
firmed.
Dated this Goth day of April, 1919.
VIM. SWAIN,
Receiver for Pullman Dairy.
May2-30
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-05-23

Now that the boys are coming back
the home fires should be kept burn
ing brighter than ever.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Rhubarb tapioca Is excellent served
with custard
Any house which Is to be a Joy for
ever must be beautiful.
Let the children have plenty OF baths
in the hot weather.
Sherbet makes a cool and economical
hot-weather dessert.
Apple, ounce and peach parings can
be utilized for Jelly
An addition to iced tea or lemonade
is fresh mint chopped.
Never oyer-seasOn fruit salads. You
destroy the fruit flayors.
A hot-water bottle can be patched
with a piece OF adhesive tape.
A flreless cooker makes it possible to
use cheaper cuts of meat.
Whitewash the cellar as often as you
can afford the time and money.
This is the time TO have the furnace
put in order for the summer
Nearly all vegetable seeds should be
soaked u hours before planting
Lemon skins may be used to hold
salad mixtures and are very attractive
mere Il no difference in food value |
between white and yellow cornmeaL.
Keep a small piece Of camnhor in
away. ''V'N'
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

NO summer girls wardrobe can hone
for completeness this season unless Il
includes a scarf sweater-and there
really should be a half-dozen Of EN-.
Resurrect the knitting needles va
lovely maidens, and prepare 10 mako
yourselves beautiful-and warm ana
comfy besides, with this latest witch
cry in WOOL
A simple little knitted scarf is trans
formed into the smartest of sleeveless
sweaters by a mere twist OF the wrist !
It's all in the way one puts IT ON.
Described in words it sounds fear
fully complicated so we took a pic
ture for you. Try il with any old long
muiiler-then go right out and buy the
most heavenly shades Of pink. green.
blue, and lavender with which 10 create
a deiectable jacket TO slip over the new
Organdie frOcki
The scarf itself Is In the plain
knitting stlch-thirty stitches wide.
and knit two yards long, with as many
variations Of stripes and borders as
imagination and taste permit. Alternate
stripes Of black and white or of some
brilliant color and white achieves a
striking effect and is suited for wear
with any frock.
The scarfs are so simple and inexpen-
sive to make that one might indulge
oneself In several to match the hues OF
frocks.
Likewise, they are Just the thing to
put under the loose cape or raincost. to
i'd bit OF extra warmth. They look
charming and are never uncomfortable
IT "bungly" Ike a heavy sweater.
But the real art Is in making the
wester out OF the scarf.
Look hard at the plcture-Fig 1.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Pie made with a crust OF cooked
rice can be served to children as well as
the grown-ups.
A handy thing in the kitchen is a
box OF small change with which to pay
the mllkman. etc.
All woolens, fur and feathers should
be thoroughly cleaned before they are
put away.
Arrange low shelf at one end OF
The set OF laundry tubs for the clothes
basket 20 stand on.
A few cupfuls OF dough saved when
making bread will serve as the basis OF
many sweets.
When cutting applies for salad. pare,
core and cut into narrow strips, one
quarter inch square
Table mats can be cut from white
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

oilcloth, scalloped, II one desires to be
very economical indeed.
nhubarb may be served in many
ways, scalloped, in a sponge, in mar
malade, pie or stewed.
Never forget that an attractive-look-
ing table means far more to the appe-
tlte than a dull one.
Always save and dry orange and
lemon rinds-they can be used all
Winter long for lavoring.
A kitchen kit consisting OF scissors,
needles, thread, pins, paper. a pencil,
etc, IS a tlme-saver.
Put salt IN the flrst water the spinach
Is washed in-then the other waters
need not be so many.
Keep the salt shaker in covered
jelly glass II you cannot dry IL any
other way in humid weather
Everybody who goes to the movies
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
NEWS ODDITIES

NEW YORK-You can't dodge the sods
tax even by quafllng your beverage out
side the drugstore doors ruled the reve-
nue. collector when the soda friends
took TO the sidewalks to save their pen
mics.
HALOWELL. Nfsine.--A man here
chained a wheel Of his automobile TO a
tree and Thought IL was thief proof.
Some one removed the wheel, replaced
IL with an extra one and drove the ma
chine away.
BOSTON-"Gen. Edwards" laid three
eggs yesterday much TO the surprise Of
the soldiers. "Gen. Edwards is an
army carrier pigeon attached TO the
Northeastern Department here.
CHICAGO-Sweet and sticky letters
were produced in the divorce case OF
Benjamin Mogni pastry artist. Mogni
said the tOOthsOme notes indicated his
disposition was sugary and blameless
Of wrongdoing.
CHICAGO-Merald Brown rolled into
a lot OF hard luck when bandits held
him up took his watch, money, slug
ged him with a gun and drove away in
his new automobile.
LOUISVILLE. KY. - Because Karrie
Williams and Willie Mae Brown were
good cooks, Judge Thomas r.. Gordon,
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
|IR}21lBlkHrll3
, Cupid?
YES, But

I And now. as horrible example,
the old maid IS said to be the unwi%
ting ally OF Cupid
As an old maid, and looking about
at all the old maids I know, I ask
myself, rs II true" and the answer Il
"Yes, and Nor
We are unconscious allies OF Cupid.
and also OF Cupids Waterloo-ths
divorce court.
Our piteous Loneliness may lure
young maids into matrimony, but our
beautiful freedom also invites unhappy
wives out again
To the women who hesitate to
marry, and to the women who DID
marry we are the eternal answer TO
ONE phase OF the problem-we are
THE WOMEN WHO DIDN'T
To the young maid who sees us.
little cross, a little tired and shabby
and lonely-or a little too smart and
cold and bitter-we are the dreadful
warnings to anything but thatr'
To the harassed wife with too much
work, too much masculine bossing. and
too little money, who sees us with our
independence, our own incomes, our
pretty clothes and free time, we ars
the glorious might have beensr
As for us. old maids, we were youns
maids once, and most Of us made our
deliberate choice Of slngle-blessedness. .
Wed rather be on the outside looking
in than on the inside a-lookln' OUT
But that was a wise woman who
whispered the TRUTH to me-'NIy
dear, whichever you do, marry or not
you'll be sorryw
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
Y (: S
by MILDRED ARDEN.
Who plays the "old maid'' in "a9 Eo

Who plays the "old maid'' I'm "39 East"
NEW YORK May i6-Next to Dan
Cupid himself the most important
person I'm the love world IS the Old
Maid For although the Old Maid
may sneer at matrimony for herself
and TIT her nose as the lovemaklng OF
the sweet young things IN this season
OF the year when young mems fancy.
etc,'-yet she IS unwittingly the best
aid to matrimony there is.
Spring nights and glorious moons
and babbling brooks end shady hooks
and hammocks and things are not half
so quickly inspiring to the young girl
to marry as the spectacle OF the lone
some splnster," continued Miss Arden.
A girl may be inclined to resist the
soft voice Of love, but tho knowledge
that some day she may be like Aunt
Maria IS enough.
And many a spinister has performed
a noble-though unintended-servio
by showing her married sister what II
means TO remain a spinster. II wife
Is inclined TO "wish she had never
married." one visit from her unmsr-
rled sister is usually enough to make
her see how much better of she Is
with some one to meet at the the door
when he returns after the days work
with welcoming kiss.
So really an old maid, though she
may hate matrlmony herself, may yet
be the stimulus that urges a dozen
girls into tho arms Of their lovers
To saw yves
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

refused TO send them to jail. Good
cooks must be kept out Of jail. They
are luxury said Gordon.
lNDlANAPOLlS-Police at four street
crossings here today controlled traffic
by gesturinS. Thieves stole their Sig
mails from their semaphores.
MT. CLEMENS, Mich.-One OF the
jurors in the Ford Tribune libel suit
SAID during the questioning that he was
the owner Of a Ford car but this would
not prejudice him either way.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

should be provided with some good
eyeglass to romove the glare.
An attractive way TO serve custard
Is in individual cups with a rolled
wafer tied with a bright ribbon
II the children get chewing gum
tangled in their halr-a not impossible
occurrence-use vasellne TO take It out.
IT'S well to have a pitcher for left
over pancoke batter. Bread crusts and
crumbs, cereals and milk may go into
10.
When stoning raislns, pour boiling
water on them and let stand flve min
utes. Drain and rub between thumb
and finger.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

Begin by holding the scarf in the
middle right across the breast under
the arms.
Pass the ends under the arms, cross
in the back ,see Fig 2 and bring the
crossed ends up over the shoulders.
Tuck the two long scarf ends under The
band in the front Fig. 81, pun them
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Rinse the face now and then IN salt
water and the complexion will be
roster
A bit OF beautiful tapestry can be
used as a spot Of lovely color I'm a hall.
Children must learn TO eat whole
some food whether they like 10 or not.
Cool colors, such as gray, green. blue,
should prevail in summer furnishings.
Always wash a painted surface with
an up and down stroke-not a circular
one.
Wllted berries. too wilted for table
use, can be stewed and served over
cereals.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

preparation.
First, Of course. the bride. Her gown
is OF ivory satin, the bodice and skirt
covered with a tunio OF shadow lace.
There is a double train, the upper train
Of white tulle falls from the shoulders
and a satin train hangs from the waist
line.
For the brides mother, left, is de-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

signed this handsome gown OF henna
colored chiffon, embroidered in gold and
henna colored beads, and worn over
white, or henna silk. A girdle Of cloth
Of gold and henna satin, and a hat Of
the same shade is a most effective cos
tune.
The bridesmaid wears an exquisite
frock OF white net embroidered I'm
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

A bit Of frock for a bit OF a girl 10
so small and dainty no one Will be sur
prised to learn its pet reason for being
IS a pocket handkerchief. Behold the
tiny kerchef, proudly posed in the
place OF honor In a small pocket right
in the middle OF the front OF the frock
Dotted muslin Is the material-white,
with dolls OF lemon yellow. and tiny Or
candle rufiies Of the same shade.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

Here Is a little sports garment really
worth the attention OF the woman with
the full purse or-the clever fingers.
1t might easily be made at home-fOr
it's only a sleeveless jacket OF heavy
black velvet. covered over with a dia-
mond pattern quilting stitch in white
silk floss. White wool would be
equally smart.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17
1wn even-and there You arel

down even-and there you are
Chic and simple, isn't it?
Everybody knows how easy IL Is TO
knit a scarf-and we have demonstrate
ed how easy IT is to make scarf into
a sweaier-so we expect TO read Of a
big boom in the yarn market.
l.or sports wear the scarf sweater il
the thing.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

Workers on the farm should adver-
tise during this month for good posi-
tons in the oun.ry.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

white and gold silk in daisy design. A
sash Of apricot satin, and a white chif-
fon hat with apricot bow add the touch
OF color.
For the flower girl there is hand
some frock of white organdie with real
lace insertion and a bit Of embroidery
topped of with a blue satin sash.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

June-when brides and roses bloom I
Long before the calendar announces
June's arrival the little bride and her
mother, her sisters, and her malds-to-
be are in joyful AHtter over the
gowns which shall grace the happy
bridal party.
Here are bridal costume suggestions
for the girls already In the heat Of
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-05-17

LOUISVILLE. KY. - Because Karrie
Williams and Willie Mae Brown were
good cooks, Judge Thomas r. Gordon,
The Washington herald., 1919-04-06


ped of mka to
able the
has ami4pr
the shipping of milk from Pennsylvania New
themselves supplying Washington with milk
largely due this tendency that milk prices still higher Washington than
during the influenza epidemic last fall the city would have been short fully
its needed
The present agitation has the confuse the the
in believe
which,
ito
would be mwhoksome i'm milk.
In conclusion beg that had shipped
producers fell short their
greater than the froms so-caled licensed
While the bringing of fromP
and New York
regulation in
the local in
lin
on licensed FARMS
milk dealers the city, while personal knowledge about all the
Of this furnish positive and absolute
whatever to bring others stuaton etoa
WHY THIS DLSCRLNlINA 7TON?
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
An IndiScretiOn

intemperance ! have been guilty Of, may
say that one of my falings in past years
has been the fairly constant pursuit of the
crude harmony incidental to the country
brass band and it's sister vice, the dance
orchestra.
1t is great satisfaction to me, in the
somewhat discouraging introspection that
accompanies an illness, and in which have
been engaged in the last week, to be able to
say that never accepted any remuneration
Of any kind for the hundreds upon hundreds
Of miles have marched in brass bands, or
the countless musical entertainments have
malefactored. That is q most encouraging
thought and has cheered ME up greatly.
And long ago I laid aside my instruments
and became a better man. But when our
boys began to leave town and I vas asked
to disinter my old clarinet and help play
them to the station, what could I, as a pa
triotic citizen, do?
And on several occasions nearly blew
myself into apopeXy. And am quite sure
/ did something to stimulate patriotism, for
it was the unanimous opinion OF all the
citizens that our music was of nature to
make the boys willing-nay, anxious-to 90
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

still vigorous lungs in fortissimo passage,
was very different thing, and might MAIN
an innocent man for life.
Now, our opera house is rather a neat lit
tie theatre, built for movies. In order to
ameliorate to a certain extent the horrors
of piano Interpretation of the scenes de-
plcted, the manager had installed an cleo
trio organ. I had occasionally heard this
organ, but l had never sat near enough to
the orchestra to see it. And we were very
much distressed to find that, with the cx-
ccption of scant four feet at each end. the
orchestra we'll was a thick Jungle of rose
wood, pink curtains and fretsaw work.
What could we do? There was not an
empty seat in the house
The orchestra had not been advertised.
With superlative business acumen the post
ers and publications had given the entire
space. excepting one line, to the play and
the players. That single line contained the
words:
Good music"
Mendacious but far-sighted advertising.
80 the first violin, q most estimab!e young
man, who should have been in better COM
pany, and | thrust unawares into hole at
the extreme right of the organ, my wife and
the cello player into the hole at the ex-
tremc left of the organ, and the pianist
perched himself prccariously upon a stool
in the centre before the piano manual
From our position we could not sec the
cello and viola, nor even the pianist; nor
could they see us. We were separated by
the width of a fullsized house lot
Az result our performance was in tho
highest degree chaotic Had we PLAYED Bu~
calossi's "l1unting Scene" or the ride Of
the Nalkyres" the "Chariot Race, Il
might have been better. but standard
overture and selection with changing tempt
resulted in tho most amazing performance
ever produced.
The studenta of the academy enjoyed It,
because it reminded them forcibly of the h.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

wllderIng uncertainties of football, hockey
rink polo and class relay races; the sport
ing crowd took kindly to it. because it en-
abled them to lay bets on which end of the
orchestra would come under the wire
winner; the rest of the audience welcomed
1t loud noise under cover of which thew
could exchange condolences, local gossip,
peanuts and chocolate peppermints.
The auditorium is warmed by large radia-
tors, the largest and redhottest of which is
located in the orchestra hole at the right,
where | was immured like round steak on
a grill. When felt that was sufficiently
cooked turned off the heat Shortly after.
ward was requested by an attendant to re
move large sheet of beaver board from the
floor nearly under my chair, which 7 igno-
rantly and oblgingly did, whereupon the at
tendant carried it away, and for the rest Of
the evening was nearly blown out of NV
chair by gusts of cellar damp and ice-cold
mist from the river, just behind the
building.
At the close of the evening I was in
pitiable condition. had contracted fever
and ague, influenza, laryngitis, bronchitis
and infiammatory rheumatism. My lower
maXillary had been pushed back until
would have passed as the chinless wonder
and my profile strongly resembled that of
woodchuck. and l had developed ulcera
t'ons IN the roots of two incisors and
molar.
My wife. apart from the modification in
c'dental to the performance. came out of
the experience practically sound This does
not seem right to me. Neither right nor
just never could say NO" 1t is CON
genital weakness. She always could am,
frequently does say no, with slight but
aciduous Tightening of the lips that creetu.
ally discourages insistcncc.
Why under the canopy did She not say Il
IN the beginning? That is what | would
like to know
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

anywhere. Indeed, they could scarcely wait
for the train to come in
That was we'll enough, but when. months
after the close of hostlities, was asked to
become one Of modest orchestra of five TO
furnish appropriate music for play in the
opera house for the benefit Of the Red
Cross, should have pleaded the statute of
limitations or autrefois acQuit, autrefois
convict, autrcfois attaint or old age, or
something of that kind
But lacked the good sense to decline the
honor and was promptly elected Now, nv
experiment in resumng the gay and fcloni.
Gus life of an amateur bandsman had con
vinccd me that my teeth, erstwhile strong
and capable, did not stand up to their work.
and to avoid danger Of blowing them all
over the audience | went to a dental sur
gcon and had them sklfully wired to NV
upper and lower maXillaries.
In my unregencrate days, as slide from
bone player in dance orchestra. had been
able on several occasions to take a fat man
in the eye four times out Of possible five
by blowing a huge and unctuous spitball
through the slightly detached tube OF NV in
strument. But to blow Jagged bicuspid
through the bell of clarinet, propelled bv
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

AutHOr 0! lhe HeGl mary OF q
Real Boy"
IT AM wondering how old man should be
before he ceases to make an ass of
himself from sheer good nature and
weak minded inability to say "No!"
Certainly the age Of discretion ought not
to be delayed much beyond middle age.
When man is old enough to be a grand
father he ought to have some sense, even
il he is unfortunate enough not to be
grandfather.
For the last week have spent most OF
my time in bed as the result Of foolish and
unreasonable indiscretion. Of course, every
man has had his indiscretons With one it
manifests itself in the use Of frewater;
with another, playing the ponies or poker.
third may seek to be member of all the
local secret societies and may "go through
all the chairs" Another may, like Kip
ling's Indian potentate, turn to beauty, fair
and fral." Still another may make fetch
of religion to such an extent a to make his
friends long to break one of the Ten Com
mandments after session with him.
Without saying just how many kinds Of