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When One =
- COn1nlufes
Some Dos and Somo Don'fs

-, .Fri
. TIE commuter has little ret Of
problems all HIS own.
OF courserthey nro oaEy ones
20 solve, and anybody with ordinary
good Ronse and good breeding can
meet them andy-work them out almost
unconsciounly. SIM they arc come
times a little perplexing.
Women business commuters nova
days arc 30 humorous that nobody
puts them in a class by themselves.
Especially with the present demands
on woman's labor. we arc all quite
used TO tho sight OF hurrying crowds
OF women TO take the early morning
trains from their homes TO the towns
where they work. So. TO begin with.
tho woman who commutes TO work
has no social niche at all. She is
simply n woman who commutes. Her
social niche ia determined in other
ways.
And so the committing business
woman, IL she meets friends on the
| train, treats them just as she would
| IL she met them in any place else.
She should. however. be particularly
careful about making introductiOns
on the station platform or on the
| train-and so should the man com
muter. for that matter. A com
muters' crowd is always heterogene-
GUS You may be talking with one
OF your friends and another friend
may pass by. Perhaps these two
| friends have no desire TO meet each
other indeed. have a desire not to
meet each other. So'never make an
4 h~.4
is wanted by both persons. That is
a general rule for introduction. of
course, and not one that applies es-
peciaIly to the commuter. The COM
muter, however, Is more often thrown
/ into the rather embarrassing position
of meeting various friends from
various sets who do not know one
another.
There used to be some feeling that
the well-bred woman on the train
going for such short distance as
that covered each day by tho COM
muter. did nothing but look out of
the window, or possibly read maga-
zine, Now. however. there is no
feeling against some activity on the
part OF women commuters.
The commuter is not tempted 20
eat on the train. Eating the moment
you settle down into your seat on a
train is an indication of lack Of
knowledge of the way well-bred per
sons do things. They control their
appetite for sandwiches and bananas
until their usual lunch or dinner
hour and then either go to the dining
car or eat neatly from a box lunch.
They don't nibble all through their
| journey. as some hungry persons do.
The commuter, of course. never needs
either a box lunch or trip to the
dining car to refresh his appetite. A
| bit of milk chocolate eaten in the
evening on the train to allay a grow
ing hunger is the extent of the
| hungry woman commuters offence.
and IL that is eaten quietly, ii can
| hardly be called in bad taste to do so.
The hungry man commuter usually
betakes himself to tho smoking car
for a smoke-and of course that is
| in impeccable taste.
The commuter, man or woman,
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Ways of Using Tapioca
Ii Is One of the Most Useful Staples of the
Kitchen Pantry.
Kitchen Par

~APIoCA may be made a useful
addition TO the diet in almost
every family. for there Is SO
little characteristic flavor 10 tapioca
that It would be hard to find any one
who did not like it when it Is prop
erly cooked
Tspioca puddtngs arc very easily
prepared. especially when you use
one of the modern brands ofsfapioca-
but7ft is a mistake to confine yourself
toyone sort OF tapioca pudding.
While apples may still be had.
apple tapioca is a good selection. To
make this TO serve six or. eight people
You will need a half cup OF tapioca.
which shouId be boiled in q quart OF
water with pinch of salt in q double
boiler for about twenty minutes.
Have ready about six apples. prefer
ably Eour apples. Peel core and
Quarsss9 them and placesin 3 baking
dish Gsh cup of sugar. a dash OF
salt. a few small pieces OF butter.
and cinnamon or nutmeg II children
are not going to eat the pudding.
When the tapioca is boiled. pour
it over the apples and set this In the
owen and cook until the apples are
done through.
Some housewives serve this with u
very little whipped cream. while
others use plain cream or top-milk.
but no sauce is necessary. It is es-
peciaIly delicious when served hot.
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COMFORTABLE CUSHIONS.

Perhaps one of the --latest innova-
tions in the way of down pillows Is
the saddle bag or chair back. This
is an oblong case partially filled with
down, making a light cushion easily
adjusted and thrown over the top OF
a chair to suit ones comfort. These
cushions are shown in all sort of fas-
ctnating coverings.
With the revival of other oldtime
bits Of house furnishings come the
foot pillows or footrests. They are
long affairs. at least two feet, and
about foot or more wide and OF the
same thickness. They are not soft,
yielding things OF down. but are
stuffed well with hair. A set OF these
conveniences ordered for a blue
library is of heavy, rich blue cloth
embroidered with gold in square de-
sigma
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When
Conditions

A 6 LIVING conditions change so
~ does our etiquette change. and
the chief reasons why your
good old grandmother does not al
ways. approve OF your behavior is be-
cause. when grandmother was a girl,
folk lived very differently from the
way they do today. When grand
mother was Il girl no young woman
would have asked the question: May
a young girl receive men callers in
her room in a boarding house or
roomfng house? because there was
nosreason why girls should live alone
in roou1fng houses then.
Now, however. there are thousands
and thousands OF young women in all
our cities who make their homes. and
live contentedly alone. and. because
every woman naturally Graves 10 have
q little home OF her own even If IT is
but a single room, they frequently
ask. whether or not they may with
propriety receive men friends in their
rooms.
One reason why there is no very
hard and fast etiquette for the
woman who lives alone is because OF
the absurd fallacy that seems to
cloud the minds of many persons who
write on matters of etiquette. that
persons OF wealth and fashion have a
monopoly on good manners. The
young woman who. perforce, must
earn her own living in a city, where
she has no family. apparently is an
outcast from the social world of these
writer's. AS a matter Of fact many
OF the hA~st girls in the land are
so situated that they must live alone
and ii has been my observation that
they are even more scrupulous than
women of so-called society" to do
the right thing at the right time.
AS far as actual practive goes most
young women living alone in a room
ing house or boarding house would
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The Child's -
- Manners

= arr~yS really . laoh IN our
social and educational eysten that
\ tho etiquette OF the child should
receive 60 little Systematic attention
o. the hands OF teacher and parent
Gf course In individual cases. and in
thousands OF individual cascs. chill
arcn are taught in their own home
the nicctics OF good manners. But
We sometimes wish that more stten-
,ion were paid 30 youthful manners
in schcoi--trsinine that will make
them know what 10 do IN any social
circumstances.
The only place. under present con
cltions. whore children can acc utre
good manners. IS At home So II you
have children. he surc 10 do your
best 20 give them the training they
deserve. Don't be afraid. simply be-
cause your neirhbors' children have
n manners a. all. 10 bring your
children up 20 be courteous and man
ue~lN
you have a child. be sure that
fe or she, rises when seated In q
living room or reception room, when
sn elder comes into the room. The
rhld should leave 10 TO the newcomer
b. decide which chair he wishes.
Be sure the child Is taught 20 pass
from the room after the grown-ups.
BE sure the child is taught 10 wait
for the greeting OF the Older person
that is, be sure the child does not
rive the first greeting
he sure the child is taught not TO
Interrupt.
he sure the child is taught TO wait
- be invited 20 join in the conversa-
dion OF the grown-ups.
Be sure the child is taught always
to say, Yes. mother" or mo.
father. that is. 20 use some title
after the brief yes or no To COM
ylote granger the child should be
kught 80 say. according TO strict
osage. Yes. sir" and mo. madam. -
but madam" from the lips of our
children does sound rather stilted.
The child should be told the strang-
sr's name on first meeting.
BE sure the child shakes hands
without awkwardness or hesitancy on
Being introduced to a newcomer.
BE sure the child is taught 20 offer
b. run errands and fetch and carry
.cr it's parents or older house guests.
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So much for tho tea table as a sort
of heritage from the past that is IN
creasIng as it goes into the future.
Now for the tea table as n source
OF much soclabillty.
1t is Just that. For no matter how
rushed and busy we are. we can keep
up little of tho less formal. more
intimate kind of social lifo around
the tea table. There. too. we can
find time 10 mingle with tho members
of our family whom. perhaps. we SEQ
little orso oA1orwise.
More than all this. perhaps tho tea
table is az good n social nursery as
there rs. For II may be used as n
means OF making little children
familiar with social life.
In n good many houses ncwadeys
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N OUR hurried and strenuous mod

IN OUR hurried and strenuous mod
ern life, the quiet tea table seems
TO hold fits own. Indeed. IL seems
to be doing more than holding It's
own. II is yearly making n bigger
place for itself. And we may yet
come to look upon It as n preserver
OF much that Is best I'm our busy
days.
For around It's quiet borders we
pause Mt least once In tho activities
OF our day. There we relax. and over
the pleasant and refreshing cup we
got quite mid-victorian In our sense
OF quietness and contentment. There.
too. we meet our friends and with
them we join in a pleasant half hour
free from the complexities OF our
buster minutes.
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The Social Value Of the Tea Table

tho youngsters of tho family arc al
lowed to share in the gentle feHtivf-
ties of the tea hour. often, of course.
I'm accordance with the modern and
thoroughly praiseworthy metnod OF
following a "no-botween-meals &c
tum set down by this or that child
specialist, they arc not allowed go
much as n smell of n biscuit. But
often n biscuit or sandwich is
mid afternoon indulgence that Ia al
lowed.
However. though tho early grace
full handling of n teacup is not TO be
despised as n nocial accomplishment.
tho tea table minus tho tea and its
acoorsories In worth while. For the
child who in this natural and pleasant
way rningles in the social life of Its
eidern. and meets such outsiders as
may come In. is growing In tho social
graces, and Is minimizing IFS own
chances of social awif@ardness
later on.
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Good Spring
- Breakfasts

Orange Tuice
Cereal and Cream
Poaehed Eggs P21oveTs
Coffee
Sliced BanAnAs
Csrsal and Cream
Fish Balls
Toast lam Codee
Prunes carsAl and cream
Potato Omefa
Graham nuffins Coffee
Orange iuiee csrsal and Cream
Scrambled Goldfish
Bran mufins CoHee
Rhuoaro Careai aad -rean
Fried apples and bacon
Rolls Coffee
Baked kppias
Cereal a,G Cream
Broi1ed Potatoes GRAHAM Gers
Grapefruit
Br0iled Bacon
Waaies Hone,
Oranges
Cereal and Cream
Broiled Ham Butterei roas.
conee
Rhuharb
Cereal and Cream
Omelet Cream MufaAs
A.xon
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When You Start
Out Socially
Gw Away Prom Narrow iroJu-
sices 20 Vcgin WITH.

~ yOu arc starting out In life with
tho making of your social career
u atill hefore you, don't make the
n,iataks OF being too narrow In your
.tandards Remember that the big
rer tho man or woman the broader
can be- his sympathies and tho wider
his acquaintance. And often man
-, uoman who has achieved success
An pollties or public life lives TO re-
sret y,ry seriously the narrower
.oeial standards OF his earlier HE.
Dont Bo Narrow.
In certain small towns the forma-
zion OF narrow social lines is especi-
aUy prevalent. sometimes persohs
Who call themselves professional
peopls draw tho line against 'nose
.in trade" Sometimes the young
-. ybo have been educated in
ertv.t. rchools look down on those
Who have got their education IN puo-
ue xchools as persons OF another
n.k. som.timos n is n prejudice
a.ain.t pcrsons OF certain religious
ssnominafion. In some New England
villaxr. You know the quality all so
IA tho gongregational church and the
aaumon folk to the Methodist and
,h,c IN another village the situation
win be turned about aud the Metho-
ais, contingency will look with
.unsv,or acorn on tho Congregation
sllst.. II tent a matter OF reltsn~as
nfincipla. OF course. and religious
nr,iudices OF this sort almost never
are.
st,wnS,r' rrcjudioos-
With come persons this n-eTrov
prsiudire is built up on the way
r.opie drrss In one town l know OF
: Young woman who wore earrings
Who was actually kept out OF card
rluh hecausa of that fact Sometimes
peopie mako absurd standards OF the
correct mans apparel. They seem
~ think that ~ man wears checked
riothe. no ia hopolessiy loud. al
though they may have no distinct idea
al an "a 90 what they mean by the eterm
loud About all any of these proiu-
dlc.~ amount to So tho admission that
YOU are 80 narrow in your own out
Iook ao completely self-centered and
fastened In rut that no one inter
aats you or gets your sympathy vSo
4 not IN the same rut
md thts often happens: Tho boy
No .~n. u public school or the girl
80, vent ~ .ha common" church
the man Who wore checked clothes
Of he woman who lived in an unde-
,ralle netghborhood Of your town
goea 10 some other place and makes
an enviahle place for himself or her
self People bigger than you are.
overlook any possible differences OF
social position They accept these
people because they have real worth
OF brains or fine characters: and
when -, time comes when you would
like 60 say that you we're friend OF
such person when other people re
Iarded him as an outlaw. you are
utterly unshle 20 do co.
so ansrt from the mere humanity
IN keeping your standards big and
generous there is . selfish. practical
sd. 20 the matter that must appeal
10 even the most self-interested
among us.
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should remember that he does not
own the car he sits in He should
not, because he takes the same trip
twice day. forget to move along to
make room for the much laden coun-
try woman, home from a semi-annual
shopping trip TO the city. and he
should always be courteous and at
tentiye in answering the questions
about stations and changes OF those
less used to the trip than he is
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may be made a useful
addition to the diet In almost
every family. for there is 50
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-01

| under a great pack, partly covered
with bed ticking. stood in the door
way.
Hello, Mr.. Kelso," the bearded man
answered. THE poor wandering Jew
has gone back ag'in-hey? l tink I
hat to take de hump off my back be-
fore l gifts in"
Staggering beneath his load he let
it down to the ground.
Bring in your Trojan horse and
mind you do not let out its four and
twenty warriors until morning. I'll
have some bread and milk for you in
minute. Gentlemen, this is my friend
Ella wandering pioneer of trade"
II hat wonderful line o. goods
wonderful wonderful - said Elf, GEES
turing with both hands.
First supper-then open your Tro-
jan horse" said Kelso.
First l must show my goods" Eli
insisted, IAN I'll bet you take dem all
everything vat 1 have in dot pack
an you pay my price an you tank
me an say Eli, vat you have to
drinkY"
"Pn bet you four bits I don't" said
Kelso.
You are my frient; l would not
take your money like dot so easy.
No 1t would not be right These
are Scotch goods, gentlemen-so rare
an beautiful-not'ing like dem in de
world"
He began to undo his pack while the
little company stood around him.
Gentlemen, you Gun see but you
cannot buy. Only my frient can have
dem goods" he went on glibly as he
removed the cover Of the pack.
Suddenly there was a lively stir
in it. To the amazement of all
beautiful girl threw aside the ticking
and leaped out Of the large wicker
basket it had covered. With a merry
laugh she threw her arms around Jack
Kelso's neck and kissed him.
The men clapped their hands in
noisy merriment.
That's like BIN, isn't it?' said the
Doctor.
Exactly" Abe exclaimed.
Il stop at David Barney's an dere
she took de goods out O. nay pack an
fix up dis job lot fer you" said Eli
with a laugh.
"A real surprise partyl" the girl ex-
claimed.
She was a small-sized girl, nearing
sixteen, With red cheeks and hazel
eyes and blonde hair that fell in curls
upon her shoulders.
Mr.. Traylor, this is my daughter
Bim," said KeIso. "She is skilled in
the art of producing establishment
"She must have heard of that hand
some boy at the tavern and got in a
hurry to come home" said the Doctor.
Ann Rutledge says that he is
right purity boy" the girl laughed as
she brushed her curls aside.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-01
CHAPTER III.-continued.

WELCOME and here's the hest seat
at the fireside." he said TO Samson
MY wife and daughter are away for
E. visit and for two days I've had the
cabin to myself Look. We worshipers
Of fire. and see how fine If is now
The homely cabin is a place of beauty
What heaven it is when the flames
are leaping! Here is Hogarth's line
of beauty; nothing perpendicular or
horizontal"
He took Abe's hand and went on
"Here, We lovers of romance. is ore
of the story-tellers OF Ispahan who
has in him the wisdom of the wander
Ing tribes. He can tell you a tale
that will draw children from their
play and old men from the chimney
corner. My boy, take chair next
TO Mr.. Traylor Mr. Traylor, you
stand up as proud and firm as a
big pine. l believe you're a Yankee. ="
$50 do l." said Samson. IF you
took all the Yankee out o. me I'd have
an empty skin"
Then Abe began to show the stran-
ger his peculiar art In these words ::
stephen Nuckles used to say
Gods grace embraces the isles o. the
sea an the urtermost parts o. 'fhe
earth. It takes in the Esquimaux an
the Hotten1ots. Some go so fur to
say that it takes in the Yankees but
don't go so fur.s7'
Samson Joined in the goOd-natured
laughter that followed.
eff you deal With some Yankees
you take your life in your hands," he
said. ''They can serve God or Nam
mon and guess they have given the
devil some Of his best ideas He
seems to be getting a lot of Yankee
notions 1ateRy"
There was powerful prejudice
in Kentucky against the Yankees
Abe went on. Down there they used
to tell about Yankee who sold his
hogs and was driving them to town
On the way he decided that he had
sold them too cheap. He left them
with his drover in the road and went
on to town and told the buyer that he
would need help to bring EN- in.
'How's that?' the buyer asked.
why they git away an go 10 run
min through the woods an fields an
we can't keep up with EN-
II don't think l want EN- SAYS
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-01
FROM REMOTEST
PARTS OF GLOBE
lanlac Elements Come From
Many Lands Far Away
From Here.

The ingredients from which the cele-
DRAFTED medicine Tanlac is made, come
from remote sections of the earth,
and are transported thousands of
miles over land and sea to the great
Tanlac Laboratories at Dayton, Ohio,
and WaIkersville. Canada.
The Alps. Apprentices, Pyrenees. rus
sian Asia. Brazil. West Indies. Rocky
Mountains, Asia Minor, Persia, India.
Mexico, Columbia and Peru are
among the far away points from which
the principal properties of this &c
markable preparation are obtained.
What is said to be the largest phar-
maceutica laboratory in the United
States has been completed at Dayton.
Ohio. for the manufacture of Tanlac.
which, according to recent reports, Is
now having the largest sale Of any
medicine of its kind in the world
over 2000O.OOO bottles having been
sold In six years.
The new plant occupies 10000
square feet of floor space and has q
daily capacity of 10000 bottles. Uni
form quality is guaranteed by q series
of careful inspections by expert chem
lists from the time the roots, herbs,
banks and flowers are received In their
rough state from all parts of the globe.
until their medicinal properties have
been extracted by the most approved
processes. The finished medicine IS
then bottled, labeled End shipped out
10 tens Of thousands of druggists
throughout the United States and
Canada, to supply demand never
before eqHalled by this or any other
medicine.
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.-Advertisement.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-01
Watched Every Move in This Rerarss-
able Performance.

and Samson beneath it. Suddenly tbs
saw stopped A clear, beautiful voice
flung the music of Sweet Nightin-
gale" into the timbered hollow 1t
halted the workers and set the wood
land ringing. The men stood silent
like those hearing a benediction- Tbs
singing ceased. Still they listened for
half a moment. 1t was as if a spirit
had passed and touched them.
It's Bim-the little vixen :" said
Abe tenderiy. she's an odd child
and as pretty as a spotted fawn. and
about as wild. She's a kind of a first
cousin to the bobolink," )
When they were getting ready to 60
home that afternoon Joe got into a
great hurry to see his mother. II
seemed to him that ages had elapsed
since he had seen her-a convictiSS
which led to noisy tears. I
Abe knelt before him and comforte&
the boy. Then he wrapped him IN hiz
jacket and swung him in the air and
started for home with Joe astride hix
neck.
Samson says in his diary: His ten
der play with the little lad gave me
another look at the man Lincoln"
Some one proposed once that wa
should call that stream the Mime
haha," said Abe as he walked along
After this Joe and / are going to cali
1t the Minneboohoo."
The women of the little village had
met at a quilting party at ten o'clock
with Mrs Martin WaddeIL There
Sarah had had a seat at the frame
and heard all the gossip Of the eouR-
-ryside. The nimble-fngered Ann Rut-
cdge-a daughter of the tavern folk
had sat beside her. Ann wars n
slender, good-looking girl of seventeen
With blue eyes and a rich crOwn OF
luburn hair and fair skin wen
Drowned by the sunlight She waz
he most dexterous needle worker in
Jew Salem.
John Mcneil, whom the Trayi0rz
lad met on the road near Niagarz
'alls and who had shared their Gang
nth them, arrived on the stage thae
venlng. He was dressed in a new
suit and clean linen ana
,oked very handsome. Samson writes
nat he resembled the pictures OF Rob
It Emmett With fine, dark eyes,
nooth skin, weIl-moulded features
nd black hair neatly brushed on
lapely head he was not at all nks
lie rugged Abe. In low tone and
.-y modestly, with a slight brogue
/ his tongue he told of his adventures
the long shore road to Michigan
IN sat listening and looking into his
ce as he talked. Abe came in. soon
ter eight o'clock, and was introduced
the stranger. All noted the con-
ist between the two young men az
ey greeted each other. Abe sat-
wn for a few minutes and looked
lily into the fire but said nothing
rose presently, excused himseH
! went away.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-07-01

the buyer. a speedy hog hasn't
much pork to carry. I'll give We
twenty bits to let me off.
81 guess that Yankee had one more
hog than he'd counted" said Samson.
Whatever prejudice you may find
here will soon vanish" said Keiso,
turning to the newcomer. Il have
great respect for the sturdy sons of
New England. | believe it was Theo-
dore Parker who said that the pine
was the symbol of their character.
He was right It's roots are deep In
the soIl; 1t towers above the forest
II has the strength Of tall masts and
the substance OF the builder in its
body music In its waving branches and
[urpentine in Its veins. ! thought of