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Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

It is made of heavy cotton duck or
other firm material, stuffed very tight
with wet woolen rags, then dried In
the hot sun or in cool oven to pre-
vent mildew. 1t is used in pressing
parts of garments that are curved;
such as the bust Of coat. Smaller
cushions made In the same way are
used for the tops Of sleeves.
A strip Of heavy cotton duck about
one and quarter yards In length
makes satisfactory press cloth be-
cause, when thoroughly wet, 1t does
not dry out quickly under the heat Of
the iron.
Before pressing woolen garment 1t
should be thoroughly brushed. care be-
ing taken to brush with the nap IL
the cloth has such surface, and then
well shaken to remove lint and bits
Of dirt. Pocket flaps should be turned
that accumulates underneath; pock-
cts should be turned wrong side out !;
and stitching and the under side Of
seams and tucks should be carefully
brushed.
All spots should be removed after
the garments are brushed. Sometimes
a little clear water will remove spot
made by drop Of sirup, but for spot
made by grease a special cleaning
agent, such as carbon tetracbloride,
may be necessary.
How to Press.
The garment should be laid on the
board and covered with the press
cloth, which has been thoroughly soak
ed in water and well wrung out. An
iron, not too hot, should be moved
back and forth over the press cloth
until it is nearly dry. If 1t becomes
absolutely dry, shine is likely to ap-
pear on the garment. The garment
should then be hung where there Is
a good circulation of air and allowed
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
MAKE MAPLE sIRUP AT HOME
In Some Sections Farmer May Pro.
ducs All That Family Consumes
Sorghum Also ls Favored.

In sections where sugar-maple trees
grow, or where sugar cane or sorghum
are grown. the farmer may produce all
the sirup the family consumes. says
the United States department Of ag-
riculture. Many farmers of the North
Atlantic states produce their own ma
pie sirup and in the southern states
the home production Of cane and
sorghum sirup is even more common.
Sorghum is also grown to n consider.
able extent In parts OF the North.
1t is not unusual for southern fam.
ilies to produce ten to 25 gallons OF
sirup for home consumption, making
very important contribution to the
family living.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

to dry thoroughly before 1t is put
away.
Parts that have worn shiny may be
sponged with ammonia water Gone ta-
blespoonful of ammonia to one quart
of water), covered with wet cloth,
and pressed with medium-hot iron
until the press cloth is almost dry.
The cloth should then be removed. the
garment brushed with stiff brush to
raise the nap, covered with the cloth
again and pressed, care being taken
not TO let it become dry.
Bagginess at the knees of trousers
or at the elbows of coats may be
shrunk out in many cases by spreading
the garment fiat on an ironing board,
placing a well-dampened press cloth
over the baggy portion. and pressing
until the press cloth is not quite dry,
according to clothing experts of the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Albania's First Treaty.

The first treaty ever written among
the tribes of Albania has recently been
signed. The only foreign nation
named is America. The people of Al
bania are of the Oldest race in Europe,
the race that peOpled Athens. Since
the time of Alexander the Great, who
chose always Albanians for his body
guard, they have been invaded and
harassed by Dorians, Greeks, Latins
and Slavs. They have retained their
primitive tribal form through self-de-
fense, and the tribes have also warred
among themselves. Now this Is to
cease. Five powerful tribes on the
north have met and formed an agree
ment, or bessa, to work for peace, for
Albania autonomy and the defense
of Albania against invaders.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
|0 INTEREST 10 !
THE HOUSEWIFE

Make your own underwear In spare
moments.
Plan house for air and sunshine
and yon will never regret It.
The best oyster stew Is made with
unsweetened condensed milk.
A dash Of curry powder In mayon-
naise is an agreeable change.
Chop little green pepper and Gel.
cry and add 1t to the oyster stew.
Cottage pudding IL really Il ons-egs
cake served hot with sauce, and it
may be varied greatly.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

tions to the appliances already in the
house, consists of an ironing board of
the type used for skirts, sleeve
board, Il seam board, a tailor's press
board, tailor's cushion, irons, wax,
cloth for rubbing off the iron after
waxing, a press cloth, cheesecloth or
old thin muslin, and an old bath towel.
The seam board is triangular
board, about is inches long and G
inches wide. and has the upper edge
slightly rounded; it is uipped into
sleeves when seams are to be pressed
open. The tailor's press board. which
is padded, rounded at the ends, and
somewhat tapering, is supported by
two upright pieces set on heavy
base. 1t may be used on any table
and is excellent for pressing shaped
and tailored garments, such as coats.
The tailor's cushion, sometimes call
ed a ham," is oval in shape and mar
rover at one end than at the other ;
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Careful Pressing will Do Much
Toward ProIonging Life Of
Various Garments.
IMPROVES THEIR APPEARANCE
Better Results Can BE Obtained With
Little Praetice-ordinary House.
hold Equipment Will Prove
Satisfactory.

Prepared by the United States Depart
msnt Of Agriculture.)
Pressing woolen and tailored gar
ments at home Is not as difficult as
many people think. With little prac-
tice anyone who can use an iron and
has fair amount of patience can
press out the wrinkles which wear
has put into garment, and press in
again the creases found in a new gar
ment. Careful pressing will do much
to keep wOOlen clothing in shape as
well as to improve its appearance
while being worn.
To press woolen garments easily re-
quires special equipment, but good re-
suits may be obtained with the ordi-
nary household equipment, with the
addition of a heavy cotton cloth.
Additional Equipment.
A good equipment, which might be
acquired by making occasional addi-
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Good Enovoh.

There 10 little hope Of any girl who
tegins to make use Of the formula,
'Good enough" The surest way to
fall short In achievement. in character,
in success of every kind, is to intro
duce these two words to your life
motto. When you feel like assuring
yourself that the half-learned lesson.
or the clumsily written letter or the
slIghted household task is Good
enough" Just take this thought to
hcart. that nothing Is good enough ns
far as you nre concerned, while II is
possible to mike It better.-Glrls' Com
DaniOr
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
DADDYJ EVENING
FAIRY IALEf,|
IM4@MAM QAHAMN "A
JxM JHo!HR kHI
THE POLICE HORSES.

TITS a hard job," said the police
morse, named Jack, to the police horse
named Bill, "but all the same 1 like 1t.
DO you mean our job?" asked Bill
THAT do" said Jack.
"What do you mean by saying. That
I d0'?" asked Bill.
Il mean yes," said jack but
thought would say 1t in fine way"
"Oh, l see." said Bill, "only it was
such fine way that didn't quite un-
derstand it. Perhaps l am not so
bright as l should be-"
Nonsense" said Jack. II just talk
sometimes to hear myself talk. l be-
lieve all Of US do at times. even the
best Of u.s."
"NOw. now," said Bill. 'you are only
trying to make me feel less stupid.
You are very modest. really. You
don't talk to hear yourself talk. II
there ever was a modest horse, you're
One."
"Well, l have nothing to be preud
Of" said Jack.
Nonsense. you have. Think of the
lives you've saved"
swell. haven't you saved lives, toOT
asked Jack.
swell, who wouldn't save life
when he could? It's nothing so fine
when I've done it, because it has just
come my way. mean the opportuni-
ty has just come my way when
save a life. / just couldn't help but
do that. When you've saved lives
you've gone out of your way to do So"
$50 have you" said Jack, land you
are very modest horse"
"Well," said Bill, II think it is so
foolish to be conceited. And I'll tell
you something else, Jack" continued
Bill.
"Pray. continue" said Jack.
'1've discovered that those creatures
who were conceited had very little to
be cOnceited about. So l don't want
to be conceited for If were conceited
would feel very foolish.
II would think how absurd was.
would think that 1 had nothing TO be
conceited about compared to lots and
lots of people who save many more
lives than do. Take the firemen. for
example. They're always saving lives,
but they don't go around bOasting
about 1t.
"Yes, I've not much use for a con-
ceited person. A conceited person is
like bossy person-bOth of them
want to be the whole show. And no
one creature could be the whole show.
No one creature at all, to my mind.
IF any one creature were the whole
show Just think what world 1t would
be, everyone hob-nobbing and bowling
to one person and not getting anything
out Of life at all"
"That's So" agreed Bill.
"But," he continued after mo-
ment, 'you were saying how much
you liked your Job"
"Oh, yes," said Jack. "It is 80 nice
to be Of help and to do ones part
Now, will never disappoint the mas
ter. am supposed to keep the crowds
back at parades-those who crowd the
streets and would get into terrible
crush and jam II we didn't keep or
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

Too many working men make a spe-
cialty Of working others.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Man and His Demands.

One great trouble with the world 10
man has taken himself too seriously.
BY no possibility can he be an angel,
yet he is demanding that reward for
his poor services here on earth. He
is not entitled to prosperity and idle
ness ut the same time; no arrange
ment can be made whereby this is pos
sible. Yet he demands 1t.
Man is an animal, living in a ma
terial world and must cut his cloth
accordingly. To demand more than
he is entitled to Is waste Of time
he might make himself reasonably
prosperous and content with the time
he wastes In blubbering for the moon
f. w. Howe's Monthly.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

der. My master tells me where ]
should go and l go and push the
crowd back ever so gently.
But l never step on anyones foot
though feet are all about me. The
master wouldn't like 1t II 1 did, SO ]
don't. And you do the same thing
But II is nice to have job like this
and to have a fine policeman riding
one. l love my job"
$50 do l." said Bill. ITS a jot
such as any horse would be glad to
have and we are fortunate to be Civ.
en- these jobs. We feel they trust III
and have faith In us and 80 we never
want to break that faith that is In us
1--WE are loved and admired and
when one Is loved and admired one
doesn't feel conceited about It. One
just feels happy. At least that Is the
way I feel"
$50 do l." said Jack. "Any other
way to feel about It would not bs
worthy Of police horses"
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
War Library,

The war library at Princeton uni.
versity Is taking on tremendous pro
portions. There are more than 1,000,'
600 titles. By a cooperative plan Yale,
Harvard and Princeton each have &C.
cess to the others collections. Dupli.
cationA will be avoided. There are
many German titles that have come
through courtesy Of the state depart
ment,
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

through the glasses reported nothing,
vet Sperry had a feeling that the fire
was not far away.
Running down the trail, he observed
that the density of the smoke was In
creasing Coming out on little knoll,
he saw an Opaque cloud of smoke set
tied on an adjacent shoulder Of the
mountain. Here and there it was shot
with flame.
His trained eye, however, saw that
the wind was taking it away from the
summit and that it would probably
burn itself out when 1t reached the
edge of the cliff. Returning, he re-
ported the fire to the warden.
Late that afternoon Sperry sat
smoking an old pipe. Suddenly he
heard rustic on the trail behind him.
Turning, he waited. Was it a deer
or had some one been foolish enough
to climb the mountain, menaced as It
was by fire?
Thunderstruck, he gazed at the girl
who stumbled toward him. Her wealth
Of hair tumbling about her shoulders,
her expression one Of relief tinged
with embarrassment Barbara ad-
vanced, most intriguing figure in
boyish knickerbockers and gray fan
mel blouse
81 was riding" she explained, "and
I saw the summit was all smoky, and
I wondered" she broke of in con-
fusion.
you came up here to see if-if
everything was all right?"
She nodded.
"Why, that was-well, awfully good
of you," said Sperry gratefully.
She turned 10 go. She was begin-
ming to feel, as well as he, the un-
usualness of the situation. II left my
horse az the foot of the trail," sic
volunteered. II am going home TO-
morrow"
His heart sank. II am sorry to hear
that. Your visits up here have meant
well, more than l could make you
understand. had gotten out of touch
with the world, and came up here TO
forget many things"
WAS one of them my sister Eve
lyn?" she asked calmly.
Sperry turned in amazement. So
that was where the resemblance came
from "How did you know" he de-
manded.
"Oh, always used to examine the
pictures of good-looking men she kept
on her dresser. And I picked up
stray bits here and there which led
me to think she hadn't used you quite
right. But tell me, do you still think
of her?" she asked wistfully. you
know, she's married"
"Quite the contrary" said Sperry
slowly. 1.-THE mountain winds have
swept away her memory along with
many other things. In their place they
have brought me a wonderful dream
girl. When they rustic in the grass. l
Imagine 1t Is the stir of her dress. and
when they whisper in the pines play
am listening to her dear voice." The
man waited. telling her with his eyes
what he did not dare put into words.
Shyly Barbara laid slim young
hand on his arm. "Sperry Maynard"
she said softly, years ago fell In
love with your picture, and when I
saw you for the first time up here and
recognized you, 1 knew you were much
nicer even than your photograph"
"Do you mean-Barbara and on
the word his arms were about her.
A little later, when he had taken
her down to her horse, he gave. her the
last kiss before the temporary separa-
tion. 'I hoped to find myself on old
Smoky Top" he whispered; II little
dreamed would find you'll"
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06

There are numerous toll gates or
the road to success.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
Life Seen .. . Poem,

The most beautiful poem there Is IL
life-life which discerns Its own story
IN the making. In which inspiration
and self-consciousness go together and
help each other; life which knows It.
self to be the world In little. repeti'
tion In miniature Of the divine univsr
sal pcem.-Am'el.
Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
PROPER HEIGHT FOR
TABLE IN KITCHEN
Important Factor in Housekeep-
er's Well Doing.
Each Woman Should Find Out the
Level at Which She Can Work
Most Easily and Make Various
Adjustments Accordingly.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The height OF woman's kitchen
sink, washtub and workable is an i'm
portant factor In her well being and
well doing. II takes more of her
strength and tires her more TO do the
same amount Of work when she has
10 bend over too far or hold her arms
TOO high than when she is in a COM
Portable position.
The following figures make good
general guide In finding the correct
height Of working surfaces. Each
woman ought to find out for herself
the working level at which she can
work mott easily and efficiently, and
see that her workable. washtub and
sink are adjusted accordingly. She
should remember that the working
level Of q sink is the bottom, the work.
ing level OF washtub a point about
half way between the bottom and the
top (where most OF the work Of scrub
bing is done), and that for ironing
lower surface Is needed than for q
general workable.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-01
Among The Sick

Friends Of AIRS. Nan Trollinger. OF
the Lookout Mountain house, who re-.
Gently came TO Chattanooga hospital
to undergo an operation for tonsiiitiE.
VIII he glad TO know that she has re-.
turned home and viii soon be restored
TO her former good health.
otticials OF the shepherd and nnooh
Pratt hospital In Baltimore, where
George y. Lancaster 10 being treated
are hopeful OF his early recovery.
DR.. Il. q, ROPER 10 at west. l,llist hos.
ptal, where he Is recovering from an
operation on his eyes.
Mrs. ". h. rhomasson IA oonvalasc.
ing from a fractured hip. at the New.
oil and Newell sanitarium.
Mrs. A. W, Burke is copvalescins
from an operation.
Mrs Suuins stuart. Of Cleveland Is
resting easy after an operation NJ tho
Newell ana Newell sanitarmnn. ana
win soon be- able TO return home.
Mrs, George Kay. Of Cleveland Is
convaleseing rom an operation.
Floyd smith. who Is at Newell and
Ncwolls sanitarium as the result of an
accident sustained several weeks aro,
viii soon be able TO return TO his home
az Soddy, and Charles bowman. of
oakdale, is doing Wen following IAN op.
GRAFTON.
Mrs. George LYLE ~ Stevenson. Ain
- recovering following an operation AT
, sanitarium,
Mrs, }, N. Rogers is a paticn, at Er.
anger hospital,
Frank Richardson, orother.m.law OF
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-01
Club Notes

The ladies' auxiliary to the Kiwanis
club has postponed It's regular meeting
and luncheon from Tuesday until
Wednesday OF this week. on account OF
Tuesday being election day.
The Crandail Art Students club Will
meet Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at the
Crandail studio. 220 east Terrace
Oscar seagle win leave New York
shortly for Knoxville, where he will
I'LL an engagement in that city on the
evening OF Nov. o.. under the auspices
OF the Tuesday Morning Music club Of
which Miss Eleanor Ernest is presi-
dent. Mr.. Sagle will appear In con-
cert In Chattanooga. Nov. ~. at the
Tabernacle.
The Chattanooga chapter Of the
Agassig association will meet Wednes-
day evening at 1880 o'clock in the
clubropm Of the courthouse. b. #. An
hs r esss s,s sssss z Tos sSo n
cordially invited.
Miss Margaret Buchanan. a state Of
fetal OF the baptist Woman's Mission
quarterly meeting OF the Ocoee Bap-
fist church. The meeting will be called
70 order by Mrs. w. F. Robinson ut ~
o'clock.
The Girls club OF the Y. w. q. A.
win meet and have supper Tuesday
evening at the association building.
Mrs. y. o. Bankson win give instruc-
tions In parliamentary law and teach a
Bible lesson.
The Daughters OF the British Empire
will hold its regular meeting Wednes-
day afternoon At o'clock at 1T. Paul's
parish house.
The Ladies' Ala society OF Centenary
Methodist church will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence
OF Mrs. w, X. Long, on Walnut street.
The Young Peoples Missionary soci-
city will have It's regular monthly BUSH
moss meeting Monday evening at 7
o'clock.
The reguIA rmeeting OF the Chatta-
nooga Woman's club will be held Tues.
day afternoon at 1880 In the auditorium
OF the courthouse. The program will
be given BY the art committee. The
board meeting Is called for l:i5 o'clock
In the auditorium.
There will be q meeting Of the art
committee OF the Woman's club on
Wednesday afternoon al $50.
the central \. ". Y. A. building. Miss
Ava Wright will talk on Color and Its
Relation to Decoration" ana Mrs led. |
ward Turner win talk on "The Eman.
cipation OF the Dining rapIe."
The old Ladies' Home association
win meet IN the parlor OF the Home |
Wednesda yafternoon at $3.50.
The storytellers department OF the
Woman's club will be held Thursday |
afternoon at 2:SO at the home OF MIRA. |
James +. McGaughy. Mrs. Raleigh |
Crumbliss, Mrs. Paul Wann and Mrs. |
eugene Howard will be hostesses.
There viii he an important meeting
OF the Girls Cotillon club Tnasdnv
morning at II O'Clock at the central Y. !
w. =. A. building. Plans will be per- |
tected for the dance that will be held |
the first week In December. New mem.
bers WIN also be elected.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-01

Mrs. Howard L. Smith, Of North
chatnnooga, leaves Tuesday for At
lanta. where she will visit friends.
J. @. Howell and Miss Kate Howell
win leave for New York WEDNESDAY 70
Ord ana little son. James Ord, Jr..
who will sail the last Of the week for
their home In The Hague.
Mrs.. Helen w. watkins. Mrs. Chess
tor watkins and Miss Elizabeth Wat
lSins will leave Tuesday for New York.
where they will visit Miss Florence
Watkins. who 10 attending Miss Finche'e
school. and Miss Charlotte Watkins,
who IL attending the Castle school at
Tarrytown -on- the Hudson,
Mrs. ana Mrs. Rupert Aycock have
returned TO their home in South Pitts
burg.
Mrs. Alfred Mcintosh and little
daughter, Mildred, will come this week
to visit Mrs. McIntosh's parents, DR.
and Mrs. B, #. Travis, At their home
on Mccallie avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh c. Morgan. who
are visiting Mrs. Morgan's mother, Mrs.
Rose Thomas Nolan, win leave Tuesday
for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. 8. Etheridge and
Miss Gloria Lamb returned from n
weekend visit to Atlanta today.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Dobbs have re-
turned from Florida.
Mrs. Paul Dewitt has returned to
her home in Nashville after a visit TO
Mrs, Lon Foust.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rropp are with
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Kropp on Signal
mountain for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Thatcher and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Moses and little
daughter, Jane, will return Tuesday
from Atlanta, where they have been
visiting William Thatcher.
Mrs. Marion Hope and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Swaney have returded from
Telulah. La, where they were the
guests Of Miss Arwin Scott.
Miss Mamie Lou Hail, who was the
weekend guest OF Miss Louise Spears.
has returned TO her home in Jasper.
Miss Sarah Bell. OF Atlanta. win
come Tuesday TO be the guest Of Miss
Louise VanDyke.
d. H. sholar is expected home from
New York the last OF the week.
Miss Mary DowIer win leave Nov. 10
for Cuba to spend the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Raoul will
move 20 their new home on Fort Wood
street the first Of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. r. @. voigt viii leave
Tuesday for n ten days visit to New
York
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Sanford, Jr.,
have returned from their wedding trip
and are at home In Athens, Ala Mrs
Sanders was formerly Miss Sarah Bet
terton. Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Carter, OF
Sweetwater. who have been visiting
Mr.. apd Mrs. w. ID. Gilman, returned
to their home Saturday.
Mrs. r. G. Latimore remains the
guest OF her sister in Louisville, Ky.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-01

Chattanooga Is psoonling more and
more of a convention center every
year. She has already marked down
on her record books some of the most
Important and la gest conventions that
have ever been held In the south, to
meet here In the year 1921. II Is also
a sure fact that many more will be in
cluded on the list with the beginning
OF the new year.
The largest convention scheduled to
meet here next year Is that OF the
southern Baptist convention. This will
be the seventy-fifth annual convention
and Will open session here May IL,
W., and will be In session at the
Billy Sunday tabernacle one week,
There VIII be from 5000 to 10000 dele
gates In attendance at this one con-
yention. A call will be made to all
homes 10 the visitors at this time.
Plans will be also started very soon by
local Baptist for this big gathering.
khorassan's Comlna.
A meeting of the Imperial Palace of
the knights Of khorassans, which will
bring TO- Chattanooga around 1000 or
5000 visitors. will be held In this city
the early part of August. Committees
have already been appointed by the
local chapter to make arrangements
for this big meeting.
state Druggists Here.
In July, 1891, there will an annual
meeting OF the Tennessee Druggists
association. There will be around 500
visitors present at this meeting.
Several other small ORGANIZATIONS
have selected Chattanooga as their
meeting place for the year 1921.