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LETTERS LIKE COUNTRY

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter also
Ike TO linger at the Palisades.
their place on the Potomac. well into
the autumn. Indeed. ! believe they
rather prefer II 90 the big. handsome
but rather gloomy mansion In Du-
pont circle. which was built by Mr.
Letters mother, the late Mrs. l.. z.
Letter. The Letters, who have been
at Edgewater. their seaside home-at
fashionable Beverly Farms, Mass.-
through August spent few days in
town last week, but Mr.. Letter has
now gone of to Chicago on business
and Mrs. Letter Is booked for Hot
Springs. Va, for the early fall. She's
fond OF IL there and spent several
weeks at the Homestead earlier in
the summer. However, IL is on the
cards that both OF them will be back
in time 10 put In at least a few
weeks in the country before winter
sets in.
Mrs. Letters mother. Mrs. John II.
Williams. who was on the North Shore
with her for part OF the supimer. has
returned to her Washington home,
but her daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Nc
Combs. is remaining on at Beverly
few weeks longer. The PitneXs? No,
I haven't heard anything about their
plans. but I presume they have gone
Montclair. n. j. Mrs. Pitney-Mrs.
John Ballantine Pitney-is a sister of
Mrs. Letter and was staying at Edge
water when her baby daughter died
a few weeks ago. The Letters were
the first fashionable folk to recognize
the singular beauty of the. Virginia
Hills along the Potomac. but since
they built the Palisades a nrymbersof
other handsome places have sprung
up in that neighborhood. Among
their close .neighbors are Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Harlow. who bought a lovely
old place and. modegnized II without
destroying any of it's quaintness and
elightful atmosphere. They have
become so enafnored OF the country
that they stay out almost the year
round, and they. did not go away at
all this summer save for the few
weeks they spent at rsSrragansett
Pier This was ,principallySto be near
their daughter. Mrs. Theodore VIII
kinson, I'd, who was visiting her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson.
in her cottage at the pier. -
Mr.. and Mrs, Gilbert Grosyenor-
he's the president OF the National
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sailed for Switzerland late in June to
join Nine. Peter who had gone home
some weeks earlier. DR.. LeBreton
gave up his intention of going over
to meet Nine. LeBretten in Paris and
has been at the embassy since his
! eturn from the West Coast save for
one brief holiday visit to Newport
and Southampton.
The Chilean ambassador and Mms.
Matthew have been in town ever since
midsummer when they got back from
their six weeks visit to California
SO has the Russian Ambassador. Mr..
Bakhmeteff Nine. Bakhmeteff is In
Toronto. but may be expected to re-
turn when it is reasonably safe to
suppose that there'll be no more hot
weather.
The Brazilian Ambassador. DIR.
Augusta Cochrane de Alencar. has
been in town all summer, spending the
Don Juan Riano is now with her
way of a holiday. The Ambassador
of Japan and Nine. Shidehara have
been away but once and then for a
short visit to New York. And as far
as l know the Spanish Ambassador.
Don Juan sRiano, hasn't ben away at
alt Nine de Riano is now with her
sister, Mrs. Chandler Anderson, in
York Harbor but is expected back the
last of this month.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
To Discard Freckles,
Tan, Pimples, Wrinkles

1t is said that creams containing ami
NAL grease cause hair to grow. You run
no risk Of acquiring superfuous hair from
using ordinary mercolized wax. There is
nothing better for a discolored skim as the
wax actually absorbs the offensive cuticlc
The latter Is naturally replaced by clear,
smooth, healthy complexion, full Of life and
expression. 1ts,the sensible way to dis.
card a freckled, tanned, over-redi blotchy
or pimpled skin. Get an ounce of mercol-
lied wax at any druggists and apply night
ly like cold cream, erasng in the morning
with soap and water Soon you will OBJ
eerve most remarkable transformation
The ideal wrinkle remover is made by
dissolving ounce Of pure powdered xo-
lite In half pint OF witch hazel Bath
ing tho face in the solution brings almost
immediate results.
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Society MoDing
Back to Capital
For the Winter

SGVU yHEN the swallows home
M ward hy"-meaning when
" society folk begin TO drift
back from the seaside or the noun
tains and when the advance guard
OF the fall Mouse hunters arrives
Washington begins TO wake up from
it's summer hibernation, 10 use hi
bern nkanism-stretches. IA yawns and
tells itself that another season Is
ALMOST upon IL and it's time TO be
up and doing.
The town ia already full of house
hunters, the official and diplomatic
clans are beginning TO gather and by
October 1. Washington Will be itself
again. Mrs. Colby, wife of the Sec
retary 0pf State, and her two daugh-
ters, who are at East Hampton, L. L.,
are due back some time this month
TO join Mr.. Colby, who has been liv-
ing en- garcon at their n street hope.
Mrs. Houston will come from Woods
Hole about September II, to join the
Secretary of the Treasury and VIII
bring her kiddies with her.
MIR. AND MRS. PALMER
BACK THIS WEEK.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Palmer, with little Miss Mary Dixon
Palmer. are due back this week. They
have been touring in the White
Mountains, after having been at their
home in Stroudsburg. Pa, most of
! the summer-or to be quite accurate,
Mrs. Palmer and her daughter were
at Stroudsburg and Mr.. Palmer
visited them there from time TO time
as he could be spared from his
duties.
Secretary Wilson tLabor) is to
make a Labor Day address at Warren,
Pa, tomorrow, but is due back early
in the week and Mrs. Wilson and the
girls, now at the family home in
Blossburg. Pa. will follow shortly.
Mrs. Alexander, wife of the Secre-
tary of Commerce, has, however, de-
cided to keep her, home in Gallatin,
Mo-, open until after elections when
the secretary and their four sons will
go home to vote. The secretary
reached town something over a week
ago after spending his vacation in
Gallatin with Mrs. Alexander and
Miss Rowena Alexander.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Baker, of course, are here-have been
here right along all summer. The
Burlesons are also here now, and so
are Judge John Barton Payne, Sec
retary of the Interior; the Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Meredith, and
the Danielses. The Secretary of the
Navy expects, however. to make a
campaign speech in Indianapolis on
Labor Day, returning Wednesday. AS
for the Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall they are still loafing out at
Petoskey and no date has been set
for their return.
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at Southboro, Mass. The colonel
believe, has already started for
Leavenworth. The Lockes, who have
put in the weeks since their marriage
honeymooning in New England, were
in town the greater part of last week
One hears-although ! suppose it
really shouldn't be mentioned in the
same breath wth the Lockes--thdt
the Preston Gibsons are planning to
purchase a house in Washington. Mr..
Gibson's brother. Richardson Gibson,
is in the real estate business so they
should have less difficulty than most
And they are likely to be picturesque
not to say OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
the already picturesque society of the
capital.
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L. S. A.

manent part OF Washington society
then he has been for the last few
years. since Mrs. MacVeaghs death.
He really spent good part 0f last
winter here, but for the last few years
he has been a frequent visitor rather
than winter resident, and his many
friends here have missed him. You
know the Breckinridge Longs have
had his big house up at the top of the
sixteenth street hill for several years
past, and while Mr.. Long has resigned
from the. State Department, and is
now dcvoting his energies to his
Senatorial campaign out in Missouri,
they have apparently no idea of re-
linquishing so desirable a house. i
fancy that whether Mr.. Long wins
or loses the election he and Mrs. Long
and little Christine are likely to re-
main in Washington this coming win
ter.
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JUSSERANDS DUE TO
RETURN TO u. =. SOON.

wise to be turning their faces home
wise to be turning their faces home
ward, or, rather, Washingtonward.
Cheering word comes from France
that the Ambassador and Nine. Jus
serand will be sailing for the United
States before long. 1t is especially
cheering because of the persistent
rumor that they would not come back.
or Nine. Jusserand there have been
constant reports, for she has been
much of the time with the special
mission of the knights of Columbus
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Governor and Mrs. Cox. at Lands
End. And Mrs. McLeas presented
Mrs. Cor with a miniature motion
picture oUtnt which has been used
for a series Of nlms with the Demo-
Miss Anne Cox. as the STAR Mrs'
Mclean only returned TO Washington
on Thursday.
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tage. DR.. Grouitch, the Serbian min
lister. got back a fortnight or more
ago, but Nine. Grouitch. who was eX-
pected on September |, has put of her
return for another ten days. She Is
with Mrs. Charles MacVeagh in Dub
lin, n. II.
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years since a President OF the United
states has established himself in
Washington after his retirement from
office.
Indeed. ! am not sure that any ono
Of them did IL except President James
Madison, and his popularity idolized
wife. Mistress Dolly Madison, who
lived Until death aud reiGned a social
queen In her home on II street. al
Madison place, scarcely a stones
throw from the White House the
picturssque gray pebble dash struc-
ture which Is preserved TO this day ss
the man building OF the Cosmos Club.
SO that that rumor. 10 which the
White House has never said either
yea or nay-that being the Presidents
idea OF pitiless publicity OF which
hetwss a prcfessed advocate.is fun
OF interesting possibilities TO Wash
ington.
Mrs. Grayson told me once that she
and DIR. Grayson intended TO make
the place their home as soon as they
could make certain repairs and altera-
tions without spending more than the
place had originally cost-but it's a
pity 10 spoil good story.
THE GLOvERs RETURN
TO wEsTOvER.
At this season, too the beautiful
country places in the neighborhood OF
Washington come into their own,
For after all, the autumn is perhaps
the most delightful OF all seasons in
this vicinity and most OF those for
tunate enough to boast estates near
town are content to watch the brill
liant pageant OF the fall from their
own verandas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover
are already back at Westover. They
spent the summer at Bar Harbor, as
Is their custom. but as soon as there
was reasonable chance of cool
weather came home to establish
themselves at their beautiful place
on the edge OF town for the autumn
season-which in their case lasts until
December. The little Glovers'-Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr.-
will be back before long after having
had a cottage at Nonquit. Mass. for
the summer. Their picturesque and
charming home. Orchard Hill. is built
on corner OF the Westover estate.
Ii is within easy motoring distance
OF town and Mr.. and Mrs. Glover are
so fond of the place that they stay
in the country all winter. 4.
The Edward Beale McLeeans are
also at Friendship. their splendid big
estate opposite the Cathedral, where
they always spend the autumn fire.
quently keeping the house open until
Christmas. They've been moving
about as much this summer that it's
been rather hard to keep track of
them, but / remember that they went
to Louisville for the races-in par
ticular, the famous Kentucky Derby
and they also took in the racing
season at Saratoga. They likewise
found time to- slip in a brief visit to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-26
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND THE FLU
First step IN Treatment L. n Brisk
Purssthc With Calotnhs, the furi-
fled aud Hciinfd tslomrI T1b,cis
That arc Nsuscaless. safe and Sure,

Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and influ
enza can he depended upon for iull
effectiveness until the liver Is made
thoroughly active. That Is why the
first step in the treatment Is the new,
naucaslcss calomel tablet called CATO
tabs. and which are free from the
sickeniug and weakening effects of
the old style calomel Doctors also
point cut the fact that an active liver
may go a long way towards preventing
influenza and il one Of the most i'm
portant factors IN enabling the patt
cnt to successfully Withstand an at
tack aud ward of pneumonia
one CalOtab on the tongu" at h'I
time, With q swallow Of water thai =
an. No salts, ~ nausea nor the slight
e4t interference with your eating
pleasure 10 work. Ncyi morning yuul
cold has vanished. YOUR liver IS act
we. your system Is rurifird, and you
/ are fc,nug lnc. with hearty app'
! Cite ion breakfast Druggists "cll talo
! taDs only IN original sculc,l packages
! pricr thirtyiiVr cents. N"nr money
will he ohccuuliy refunded IT yuu dc
not find tu,m d,liEhtiul. adv,
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Notice of Intention 10 Fund.

Notice is hereby given that on the
Goth day OF January, 1920, at 10 o'clock
A. Nj, or as soon thereafter as u hear
Ing may he had, the City Of Ard
more, Carter County, State of Okla
homa by its proper officers, will
proceed before the District Court Of
said County, at the County seat there
Of, TO make q showing and offer proof
and asl, said Court TO hear and de-
termine the existence, character and
amount of outstanding legal warrant
and judgment Indebtedness and to
sign the bonds TO be issued in paw
ment of same.
All persons Interested may be pres
ent at the time said proof is made
to demonstrate against the issuance
of said bonds
Dated this 12th day OF January,
A. ID. 1920.
w. J.. FREEMAN, Mayor,
(SeaD
Attest: L. NJ THURSTON, City Clerk.
Published in Daily Ardmoreite Jan.
1G, IS. 10, 20, Il. 20, 2S, 25, &c, 81, IS.
30.
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THE GROUNDING

In all zoology there is no anima!
less understood than the hedgehog,
unless it be the hippogrf or the eat
erwaul SO far as | know there Is
not a zoology in the world that pos
sesses either hIppogrif or Il cater.
waul, and although captive hedgehoga
are to he come across here and
there. yet it Is not known that they
are rapidly becoming extinct, and that
when the last hedgehog expires. then
February first will be 4 sorry day,
indeed.
| do not purpose in these para
graphs to explain how the hedgehog
came to get into the weather bust
ness but | want TO set forth the
nature Of the peculiar malady which
has overtaken him.
Its the wear on the nerves. he
said, when | spoke to him about
il. You know one time they
ran out OF weather. II came up
to the end Or January, and all the
. sunshine, and all the gray days, and
all the winds, the rain and snow were
gone everything to make a day Of
II we could only get over February
and March ] heard somebody say
everything would be alright be
cause fresh supply of weather is
coming April first. We'll said !, a
hedgehog cant do much but I've
been sleeping all winter and have
absorbed more sleep than I have
used up. I'VE enough to keep things
! going for six weeks ii that will hclr
| any"
"They said ii was better than nc
weather at ALL for without weather
/ people might as well be in Chatta
nooga, and that between March fif
tecnth and April first they woulC
manage somehow to get on without
great economy / was able to make
| the supply of weather hold over unit
April first, though people still clinf
to the notion that let 20 Marct
fifteenth,
"Well, it's this strain on my con
stitution that is getting me neuras
thenic, the knowledge that Eothini
stands between Medicine Hat and tn,
people except me. And Of cours
having TO get up in the middle o
a long sleep does not help any.
hedgehog should have at least fou
months unbroken rest, and when III
takes to getting up in the middle o
his long night and walking aroun,
in the cold in his bare feet, is ap
TO contract asthma, and certaianl.
is going TO wreck his nervous sys
tenn"
| asked the hedgehog if he go
enough to eat, and he replied tina
such as it was it was plentiful, bu
that the people mostly fed him CUFF
and CUFF is not very nourishing.
Truly we should appreciate tn
hedgehog, and if possible devise som
new way Of making our weather g
the whole year round. instead O
depending upon poor animal -
Cartoons Magazine.
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NOW owns FARM He
RENTED ON COM | Nc
To CA RTER COUNTY

ThirtysiX years ago County com
missioner George Evans persuaded
his parents then living at Scottsboro,
Alabama 10 emigrate, snd the re-
suit of his eaHlest plea was thai
the family moved to rarant county.
Texas, IN 1854, where they resided
but Il short time. having heard Of
the Indian country. and desiring to
get TO place where opportunities
were greater for getting on in the
world.
In 1883 George Evans moved TO
what is now Carter county, and set
tied at Newport. He started In by
getting married and with wife,
an az. n maui and wedge he began
to clear piece Of rented Iand
fence it and get it in shape for cult
vation
He bad a pretty strenuous time OF
it for the first few years. Times
were hard and money was almost
an unknown quantity with him, but
he hustled ana with the assistance
Of his wife soon began TO soar ahead,
They both worked hard and saved
every penny possible. after meeting
the demands for current expenses.
In a few years Evans had his
rented farm in a high state OF cu'
tivation and he then began to make
preparations TO buy it.
He had some time getting matters
finally adjusted by the Department
of Interior and having the title veste'
in himself and wife, but he ilnalA
succeeded and the farm that h'
cleared and fenced now belongs t'
himself and wife. And II IS nj
theirs, no paper dangling over II
Beside the farm, Mr.. Evans own'
n fine cotton gin and mill at New
port. also q nice mercantile business
that is flourishing and gradually au
ding to the family wealth.
Mr.. Evans entered politics sooi
after statehood and is now SerVih'
/ the people for the second term q
! county commissioner
! 81 had q pretty tough time oil ]
for quite a while after l landed II
this section of the country" said MI
Evans in speaking OF his early eX
periences, II didn't have dime L
money. but one did not need none
so badly then as he does now, IN
neighbors all took an interest III on
another and there was some Beht
inc help extended to the fellow VIII
was trying to get along. They neil
cd me and ] am thinkful to this da
for it. because / hardly see now
could have made II otherwise
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hams Vegetable Compound had done
for other women and decided to try il
1t surely did wonders for me. | have
no pains now and can Go my house
work without any trouble at all. !
viii always praise your medicine az j
do not believe there is doctor that can
do as much good in female weakness.
and you may use these facts as a testi-
monial. Mrs. LESTER U. WARNER,
L. !, Box 60, Onalaska, Wis.
The reason women write such letters
TO the Lydia II. Pinkham Medicine Co.
and tell their friends how they are
helped is that Lydia f.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has asbrought health
and happiness into their lives. Freed
from their illness they want to pass the
good news along TO other suffering
women that they also may be relieved
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-26
LAID ASIDE PART OF
HIS OIL W|NN|N c. NOW
IN MILL |ONA|RE CLASS

One Of the prettiest demonstrations
Of thrift cycr worked ont in this por.
ton Of the state has been made hy
Eddie Ramsey,
Mr. Ramsey resided with his moth
or here and worked as Il clerk in
the shoe department of Maddcu's
store.
The nealdton oil field was discover
ed while A!r. Ramsey held This place.
lie kept hearing Of the stories Of
richness in oil. until one day he
decided that If others could make
big money that he could do the
same thing
lie left his clerkship and began
to study oil ana how to make money.
He learned how to locate an anti
cline and he began to go from state
to state and when he found a good
looking place for oil he got a geolo-
gist to 90 over it, If il We're ap-
proved for drilling he took up a
large acreage in leases and gave
part of the leases in exchange for
the drilling Of "a well.
Part OF the acreage which he
reserved when he made these drill
ing contracts WIS sold, and a part
kept for speculation. In the sales
of acreage he did not only keep
money for further operations, but
II, was laying some by all the time.
He copied after no one elise. He
adopted u system Of his own and
his system depended upon his ability
to locate oil structures.
There is another thing he did that
put him in a class by himself. He
learned TO discern whore the next
oil excitement would come His per-
ception faculties seem to have been
developed. This trait which he de-
veloped was demonstrated i'm Califor'
mia, where he took cheap acreage that
proved afterwards to he in a produc.
ing area. He did the same thing in
Louisiana, WhtVc he purchased q
large acreage ut very low price and
this acreage proved to be located
where wells are making $1,000 bar
rels a day and where he sold one
tract for $1,000 900 and retained q
big acreage in the same community
What the acreage retained viii
he worth is not known, but it stands
chance to be worth many millions
Mr.. Ramsey was among the first
If not the first man TO enter the
Amarillo country, in Texas, where
he has a large acreage that has in
creased a hundred fold in price since
/ he bought it, for the reason that
| production has been found there. lie
| has also invaded western oklahoma
when acreage was selling at one dol
1 lar and now this acreage is coming
into prominence by drilling opera
| tions.
Mr. Ramsey is now planning t.
move his house from the old hom'
site, on d street, northwest, ant
to build in its stead structure tha
will cost at least $4,000.
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GENERAL ptRSiIlNG WILL
NlSiI TtISA N FEHiu tlN

Tulsa Okla. Jan % MaNor
Charles II. hubbard to-day announced
tlmt General john =. rrrshiug would
spend February IT In Tulsa
The city OF Tulsa extended an in
VuatiJu to tine commander of the
American cNpcdit.onary forces soon
after his return from France. but
at th,t time hc could not arrange
q date. Nov that his Itinerary has
boon long houed tho general has
agreed 10 come here trom Fort sill,
ana cu lrcm Tulsa 10 Little Rock,
Ark, 10 inspect Camp Pike.
MAYOR Hubbard is already arrang
lng for the entertainment OF Amcr
cas- fourth general.