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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
Housewives Corner
a random record of helpful {
suggestions for busy home
makers

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suggestions for busy home
makers
A quick and easy way to pare
tomatoes for the table is as follows:
Dip the tomato into water. Put
it on a fork. Hold tomato in the
gas flame. The skin will burst in
a minute. Skin with a sharp
knife.
SHINING tomatoes this. way in
stead Of scalding them saves time
and ice. The tomato is not heated
through as in scalding, which
means no extra heat to overcome
It is not necessary to heat water,
which means a saving in time.
Rhubarb Canned without Cooking
To have fresh rhubarb for pies in
winter, simply can the fruit by
washing, cutting into inch lengths,
without peeling, filing jars as full
as possible and covering with cold
water. Place jars in vessel of wa
ter deep enough to immerse COM
pletely; let then remain until air
bubbles stop rising. Fasten tops
while jars are still under water.
Small necked vases and cruets
are hard to wash, soon becoming
unsightly if not cleaned. The
white membrane between pulp and
skin of grapefruit will clean such
articles nicely Cut the membrane
into small pieces, put them into
the vases or cruets and. fill with
water. Let stand overnight, then
pour out and rinse.
If your veil is crushed, wind it
around a stick, a broom handle
for instance, and lay it across a
saucepan of boiling water. Let it
remain an hour, then remove and
when quite dry unwind it from the
stick. All creases will have dis
appeared.
When making pie from canned
berries, cherries or other fruit,
pour off the unnecessary juice,
thicken with cornstarch, put in
pitcher and serve at table with pie
or pudding, It is perfectly de-
licious.
If you are fond Of tomatoes try
this: Prepare slices Of bread as if
for French toast. Put in q creased
pan, put on each a slice Of tomato
and piece Of cheese. Season
we'll and bake.
If you want pleasing, invigor-
ating smelling salts, break a
penny's worth of rock ammonia
into small pieces, put in a bottle
and fill with eau de cologne or
Lavender water.
A good way to bleach white ma
terial which has become darkened
by SCOT is to soak it over night in
water into which there has been
placed a teaspoonful of cream Of
tartar.
When a blanket gets thin or dis
colored, put layer of cotton on
one side and cover both sides with
silk and you will have an excellent
light weight comforter.
If all of the metal about the
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
Children's Diseases Unnecessary

"Children's diseases are entirely
unnecessary" declares DR.. E. O..
Jones, osteopathic physician.
''What shall we do to safeguard
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
TODAY'S BEAUTY HELP

We find you can bring out the
beauty Of your hair to its very best
advantage by washing II with can
throx. 1t makes a very simple, IN
expensive shampoo, which cleanses
the hair and scalp thoroughly OF
all the dandruff. dirt and excess
oil, leaving wonderfully clean,
wholesome feeling. After its use,
you will find that the hair dries
quickly and evenly, Is never
streaked in appearance and Is al
ways bright. soft and fluffy: so
fluffy. in fact, that IL looks more
abundant than II is. and so soft
that arranging II becomes pleas
ure. Just use teaspoonful of
canthrox, which you can get from
any good druggist. dissolve II in
a cup of hot water; this makes a
full cup Of shampoo liquid, enough
so II is easy to apply II to all the hair
instead of just the top Of the head.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
MRS. WEEKS WELL KNOWN
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

John w. Weeks displayed consid-
erable astuteness in electing to be
Secretary Of War instead of Secretary
OF the Navy, for the navy is officered
at the top in large part by men who
have been his friends since his Naval
Academy days--and friendships fire.
| gently complicate the transaction of
! business. Mrs. Weeks is q we'll
known figure of Washington social
! life. although her distaste for any
thing approaching publicity" kept her
very much in the background when
her husband doomed upon the national
horizon i'm 1915 as a possible candi-
date for President.
She has never been photographed
for publication--one hopes. however.
she will experience a change of heart
now that she Is a full-fedged "Cabi-
net hostess" Indeed. IL is said that
Mr.. Weeks assented quite graciously
to requests from the press for his
wife's picture when he was regarded
as Presidential timber. only to have
Mrs. Weeks announce that she was
sorry, but that she had different ideas
on the subject.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks lived here for
many years while he served first in
tne anu tDen III tne StHate.
Moreover, they have maintained a
winter residence here since Mr..
Weeks was forcibly divorced from
public life; and their present home is
the handsome and comfortable house
at the corner of Sixteenth and v
streets. which they purchased from
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes.
They have a wonderful summer home
up in New Hampshire-own a whole
mountain, II I'm not mistaken-and
are distinctly in the plutocratic class.
There's a tale-possibly apochryphal
current to the effect that Senator
weeks-he was in the Senate then
and Mrs. Weeks once had bet OF
1000 anent the duration of the Con-
gressional session; and that Mrs.
Weeks, who was abroad at the time,
won after having kept the cables hot
as the session strung itself out.
The Weeks Washington home has
a delightful atmosphere. and Mrs.
Weeks is found of bridge-and plays
a good game. I'm told they entertain
delightfully."-. They have son. who
lives in Boston. Their daughter, Mrs.
John Washington Davidge. has a
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
MRS. FALL FREQUENTLY
In SENATE GALLERY.

Mrs. Albert Bacon Fall, wife of the
next Secretary of the Interior, 10 Z
prominent member of the Congress
! sional Club and one OF the most
' popular OF 1.-The Ladies of the Senate,
the organization that includes the
women OF the Senator's households
Mrs. Fall Is a native OF Texas and
loyal to her State, although for many
I years she has lived near Tres Rios
| or Three Rivers, New Mexico, a lit
| tie place close to the Mexican bor'
der. where Senator Fall has a large
ranch.
Mrs. Fall comes of distinguish ed
ancestry. Before her marriage she
daughter of the late Josiah G. Nor
gan, who was the first president OF
the Western Texas railroad. Her
mother was a cousin to the Attorney
General of the Cleveland administra-
tion. Like Mrs. Hughes. Mrs. Fall is
an intellectual woman who finds her
first interest in her home and family.
She is an outdoor woman, too, and a
lover OF nature.
The whole existence of the Falls
was saddened by the death OF their
only son, known throughout the
Southwest as Jack Fall, and of their
daughter, Mrs. Mahlon Everhart, both
Of whom succumbed to the epidemic
of influenza about two years ago.
Jack Fall and his young wife lived in
Washington-they had come here
when Senator Fall was elected to the
Senate-and the daughter was mar
ried to wealthy ranch owner and
lived in Colorado. Both of them left
families, and their grandchildren are
peculiarly dear to Senator and Mrs.
Fall There are two other children.
Mrs. c. G. Chase, who lives in Mex
leo, and Mrs. Elliott Brant, who was
married at Three Rivers in 1919. AS
Miss Jouett Fall, she was we'll known
in Washington.
Mrs. Fall has always taken a great
interest in her husbands political ca
reer and often can be seen in the
Senate gallery. Although she has
never been much in the limelight here
she is delightful hostess, for her
life In New Mexico has accustomed
her to the habit Of keeping open house,
and OF entertaining on a large scale,
after the manner of the ancient Span
ish grandees whose customs still pre-
vail to certain extent in the State
that she calls home.
Heretofore the Falls have not main
tained residence In Washington, put
ting up at the Shoreham or the Raleigh
when they were In town. But Mrs. Fall
is gracious and affable and her friends
predict that her house here will be one
of the most popular of the Cabinet
homes.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

Metallica,' which was the standard
mining treatise of the middle ages"
This translation, published in 1914.
constituted a thesis for which Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoover were awarded degrees by
their alma mater and was a remark
able undertaking.
Mrs. Hoover has many friends In
Washington, although she has never
been fond of the usual routine de-
manded by official society. She Is
nost direct and unaffected in manner
and by choice wears whenever pos
, sible. serviceable clothes, beautifully
cut tailormades. When she was in
Washington during the war she did
not take much interest In general So
ciety, which was not altogether quies-
cent even during the two years of
stress. but the war workers, and not
ably the girls connected with the Food
Admi nj stration, knew her well. She
was a friend and fairy-godmother to
many a homesick young woman who
had come to do her bit" in the depart
ments.
Mrs. Hoover organized the Girls
Club in the food administration, and
when the members wanted place
where they could live she financed
the club at Seventeenth and i streets
which soon became a haven for hum
dreds of persons, the dining room
which was open to men as well as
women, being one of the most popu-
lar Of restaurants where dainty. we'll
cooked meals were always to be had.
After Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover went to
live in Chevy Chase, Mrs. Hoover
turned over the greater part OF the
grounds around the house to the girls
for cultivation as war gardens, and
often worked in the garden herself
when she was not too busy expert
menting with new recipes for wheat
less or meatless days. And when she
had achieved really toothsome
"goodie" 1t was her delight to carry
1t out to be sampled by the girl
gardeners.
Mrs. Franklin Lane, who had known
Mrs. Hoover from California days,
was frequently a guest at luncheon
or dinner at her house. and used to
tell about the varieties of cornbread
without eggs, or desserts with the
least possible amounts of sugar which
were served. 1t was well known that
tho Hoovers actually practiced food
conservation long before Mr.. Hoover
preached IL. There was a story told
in wartime that Allan, the young son.
had a meal at the Food Administra-
ton and when asked IL he enjoyed 1t
said: Eyes, indeed. 1t was so different
from what we have at home" There
are two boys, by the way, for Allan
has an older brother, Herbert Hoover,
jr. They are still of the school boy
age.
Andrew william Mellon, slated to
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

center of interest and that books are
the most appreciated companions. IL
was laughingly reported that when
they lived in Washington, IL was
found necessary to build in order to
assure a library large enough to ac-
commodate all the books collected by
the family. In the library Mrs.
Hughes passed much of her time
while she lived here and il may be
said that always the library gives
the keynote to the Hughes household
no matter where established.
1t was in 1888, the same year in
which the young lawyer became a
member of the firm of Carter, Hughes
Cravath, that Charles f. Hughes
married Antoinette Carter, daughter
of the senior member of the firm.
Mrs. Hughes had passed five years at
college, three at Wells-the alma
mater of Mrs. Cleveland. by the way
and two years at Wellesley. where
she had taken special courses. She
was an ideal associate for the future
United States Supreme Court Justice
and Secretary of State and doubtless
has been a great factor in his sue
cessful career.
Although Mrs. Hughes was a col
lege woman, however, she proved
that she had not neglected the do
nestle arts and soon demonstra ted
her rare ability to make a house a
real home. In the years between 1888
and 1906, when Governor and Mrs.
Hughes removed to the gubernatorial
mansion at Albany. there had been
three children born, one son, Charles
e. Hughes, Jr., and two daughters,
Helen and Katherine. The third
daughter. Elizabeth, has the distinc-
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| tion of being the only child born in
the governors mansion. Helen, the
eldest daughter. who lived to a most
promising young womanhood, died
soon after her graduation from col
lege, and since Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes
left Washington.
Charles f. Hughes. jr., who was
graduated from Harvard where he
earned the sobriquet OF Sphinx, jr..
is now a practicing lawyer in New
York city. He married in 1914 Miss
Marjorie Bruce Stuart. a daughter Of
Henry C. Stuart, of New. York. They
have two sons. Miss Katherine
Hughes, who attended the Cathedral
School here before going to Wellesley,
is just the age to enjoy Washington
society.
Mrs. Hughes Is still girlish in fig-
ure, tall and slender. She is dlgni-
fed in manner. but quickly respon-
sive and she has a charming smile
that illumines her thoughtful face,
delicate of feature and still youth
ul. In her new position as wife OF
the American premier she Will be
stately, gracious hostess, whose inter-
est in world affairs \gives her special
charm as a conversationaiist.
The Hughes. by the way. are close
friends of the Wilson's. 1t was at
Justice Hughes house that Francis
Bowes Sayre stayed when he came to
Washington to be married to Miss
Jessie Woodrow Wilson; and an in
vitation to a party given by Justice
and Mrs. Hughes was one of the few
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
MRS. HAYS POPULAR IN
HER INDIANA HOME.

Mrs. VIII II Hays. whose husband
is to be Postmaster General. was Miss
Helen Louise Thomas. daughter of
Judge A. B. Thomas, of Crawford
willie, 1nd.-an important man in that
neck o woods. She's college bred and
a possible recruit for the College
Women's Club which Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge has already Joined. Young,
bright and attractive and very popu-
lar In her own town. Sullivan. Ind.
she Is very much of a home body and
has been too much occupied with her
house and her young son. Will Hays,
jr.. to go in for society very seriously.
She did not travel with her husband
during the campaign, but he kept the
long distance wires busy and Will
jr.'s greatest thrill in life was to talk
to his daddy over the phone. The
boy Is six years old.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
MRS. HOOVER Is REAL HELP
TO HUSBAND.

Mrs. Herbert Hoover. wife OF the
next Secretary OF Commerce. is the
only other woman of the new Cabinet
Circle known here. She Is one of the
women of the West who can turn
from large affAirs to small ones with
the peculiar ease that Is character
istic OF persons who have been part
OF the free life out on the Pacific
coast. As Lou Henry she was a class
mate of Herbert Hoover at Leland
Stamford Jr., University in Califor-
MA and one year after graduation
she married the young mining engi-
neer. Something OF her character may
be grasped from the fact that one of
the literary announcements of 1917
said with the help of his wife. Nh
Hoover translated Agricoia's DE Ea
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
Society Feels
Much Interest
MWeqvReqine

w yAsHINGroN has a peculiar In
Nv tsrest in Cabinet appoint
" ments. for Washington has TO
live with the appointees. conse-
quently there was a nutter In the
dovecotes here. when the world and
his wife having had their fins In
the matter OF Cabinet making. Pres
ident-eiect Harding hnally made
known the names or those he had
selected for his official family.
There may be last minute changes.
of course, but the slate as IL Is at
present made up Is likely TO stand;
and naturally there Is much curiosi-
ty here as to what each man-and
more especially his family-will
bring TO the rather complex social
life of Washington. It's a matter OF
some moment. too. for the social side
Of statecraft Is highly developed at
the Capital. a Cabinet onicer's wife
has q position OF considerable re-
sponsibiiity and the Importance OF
petticoat influence is widely recog-
nised-
Mra Charles e. Hughes is so we'll
known, after six years residence In
Washington. that as ranking lady In
the Cabinet she will be especially
welcomed. When IL is said that Mrs.
Hughes 10 we'll known IL should be,
perhaps, explained that she has been
more often written about In news
papers and magazines than any other
-ywoman-save only Mrs. Harding,
whom the new Administration will
bring into official life, for during the
political campaign In which the new
Secretary Of State was candidate
for President, she appeared constant
ly on the printed pages that made
her a familiar personality to millions
of mon and women In the United
States.
Out of all the mass of biographical
data two facts stand out. One Is that
Mrs. Hughes Is first of all the ideal
home woman, who is the understand
ing companion Of her husband and
children. The other Is that her CHIEF
interests are not social. but intellec-
tual. While Justice Hughes was on
the bench Of the United States Su-
preme Court, Mrs. Hughes entertained
beautifully and was frequently a
guest at formal dinners and recep-
tons, but while she met every obliga-
ton connected with her position and
, was a charming hostess she limited
her activities as much as possible.
This curtailing of purely social in
terests was not due to a lack of en-
joyment Of the lighter and gayer side
Of life, but to many home demands
and philanthropic tasks that absorb
time, which she feels is always precioua
s.
Library IL KEYNOTE
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
ood & Underwood.

! home OF her own in Wyoming avenue.
and boasts two charming children.
AS Miss Katherine Weeks, she made
her debut in Washington, and when
she became Mrs. John Davidge she
married into one of our fine old WASH
ington families.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
RETURN OF DENBYs
WILL BE WELCOMED.

Edwin DENLY. to whom Mr.. Hard
Ing has offered the post OF Secretary
OF the Navy. married Marion Bart
lett Thurber. whose father was Sec
retary to President Cleveland. Mrs,
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
Fads. Fancies
And Foibles of
Social Leaders

DENLY received her early edueatiou
In the White House KINDERGARTEN with
the Cleveland children.
Mr.. DENLY was not married until
1911. after he had served out his six
years In Congress. SO his wife is not
known here. although he made hosts
OF friends who will be delighted 10
welcome him back There IL one
child. a boy OF fiye or six.
Mr.. DENLY 10 one OF those persons
OF varied achievement about whom IL
IL stimulating 10 write and naturally
his career has been described At some
length. One picturesque detail seems,
however. TO have been overlooked
the fact that he and Senator Truman
Newberry. both OF whom hail from
Detroit, scrubbed decks side by each
on the old Yosemite during the
Spanish war. Along came President
Roosevelt and made Newberry Sec
retsry OF the Navy. and now along
comes Mr.. Harding and appointed
DENLY TO the same important post
SECRETARY OF xGnICULrURr
HAS LARGE FAMILY.
Henry c. Wallace. who has bee,
selected for the post OF Secretary
Agriculture. has probably the iargt
family of any member OF the new
Cabinet There are two daughters
and at least three sons-my inform
ants seemed to differ \ bit In the
matter OF counting noses. One daugh-
ter is married. but the younger girl,
Miss Mary Wallace. was graduated
from Vassar last June and 10 Just OF
an age to get the most out OF a sea-
CONTINUED on Page Nineteen)
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that Miss Wilson accepted on the eve
of her wedding.
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LIBRARY IS KEYNOTE
IN HUGHES HOUSEHOLD.
II has been frequently said that in
the Hughes home the library Is the
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
S WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIETY

he Secretary of ths Treasury wAs mar
ried In 1900 10 Miss Nora McMunen.
but they separated not long after
ward and were divorced some tweiys
years ago. Close friends Of Mr.. Mel
Ion say that IL was a simple case Of
incompaubility. since Mrs- Mellon was
many years younger than her husband
and not interested In the things In
which he Was absorbed. They further
state that Mr.. Mellon and his quon-
dam wife meet occasionally and al
ways on the friendliest terms. but
that IL there 10 a chatelaine of the
Mellon esta blis shment In Washington,
IL will probably be the bankers
daughter, Miss Also Mellon. who Is
Just budding into womanhood-nine ne
teen. believe she is. She lives with her
father. but visits with her mother
when the spirit moves. There is also
a son. Paul Mellon. who IL now about
fifteen.
I'm told that there are several at
tracuve women In Mr.. Melons fam
ily-his sisters or his cousins or his
aunts"-who might be comma n ndeered
TO play propriety for his young daugh-
ter and IL 10 safe to prophesy that the
Secretary OF the Treasury's household
Will be a merry one and will do its
bit toward making the Harding Ad-
ministration notable from the social
point OF view. There Ia OF course,
plenty of money to grease the wheels
or social intercourse. Mr.. Mellon be-
ins. IL 10 said, one OF the three wealth
lest men In the country.
-
MRS. DAUGHERTY MAY NOT COME
TO WARRINGTON.
The family of Mr.. Harding's life
long friend and political associate,
Harry M Daugherty, who Is to be
Attorney General, will not play an
important role In social life.
Mr.. Daugherty has a very pretty
and charming wife. but she is now
In mourning and. moreover, she has
been an invalid for years and IL is
doubtful IL she will be able to come
to Washington at all. The Daugher-
tys have son-his name escapes me
who lives in Cleveland and a mar
ried daughter whose home is In Co
lumbus.
This daughter. Emily Daugherty.
who has been described to me as an
exceedingly young woman, was edu-
Gated at National Park Seminary and
made many friends in Washington
while student there. She Is now
Mrs. Rarey and her husband, who is
the son OF an Episcopal clergyman, 10
the junior partner OF the firm of
Daugherty-Todd and Rarey. of which
his father-in-law is the head.
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Photo by Harris a Ewing

MISS BETTY CONNOLLY
OF New York, who has been visit
ing her aunt, Baroness de Cartier,
wife of the Belgian ambassador.
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Photo by Underwood a Underwood.
MRS. STANLEY TRUMAN
PARKER

Formerly Miss Elizabeth Brent
Jones. She is the daughter of Col.
and Mrs. E. Lester Jones and her
marriage took place last week.
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Photo by Harris q Ewing.

MRS. JOHN N. GREELY
Formerly Miss Marian Chapman
Raborg, whose marriage to Lieut..
Col. John N. Greedy was an event
Of the early winter.
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Andrew William Mellon. slated t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-28
SPECIAL SQUAD OF
DRY MEN COMING
To Break Up "Bootleggeis' Trust In
Kentucky, Lucas Says Haynes In.
formed Him While Here.

Louisville, Oct. 2S. - A special
squad of prohibition agents is to be
sent to Kentucky on order OF Commits
sloner Roy A. Haynes to break up the
"bootleggers' trust" In this state, ac-
cording to Revenue Collector Robert
II. Lucas, who returned Thursday
from a conference at Lexington with
the chief prohibition official
The collecto said he called the
commissioners attention to the exist
ence Of an organization Of men who
have removed whisky from number
of distilleries and disposed Of il IL
legally. Several distilleries are in
volved, the collector said, and he
asked the commissioner to send a
squad of special men to investigate
the robberies, faxed or real, and to
break up the looting.
However, there have been no distil-
lery robberies In the last several
weeks and Commissioner Haynes told
him, Mr.. Lucas said, that he believed
Lucas shoot to kill order to the
distillery guards was largely respon-
sible.
The collector said that Commission
er Haynes thought that the tendency
Of the press to expose distillery rob
berries and fight bootleggers wa1
largely responsible for betterment
Of conditions.