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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
Little Benny's Note Book

l dident think ma would leeve
me go out after suppir yestidday
for several reasons. the main one
being because she sed she would
ent, me thinking, G. know wat,
III rite pome ,tbout how thin she's
getting and everything and she'll
think I'm crate and leeve me so
out. On account of ma not wunt-
ing enybody to think she's fat, witch
she kind of is, and went up in my
room and rote 1t and took ii down
and ma was Introducing imbroid-
cry, me saying, Hay ma, l rote a
pome about you, do you --wunt to
heer it?
Wat kind of pome? ma sed
Suspicious, and ] started to reed it,
being,
My mother don't way 200 pounds
And never did, I'm sure,
In fact you can almost see throo
her
She's so thin and pure.
She's more like the graft than the
elefunt
And more like the minny than the
vale.
She deminds you of a small peece
of cotton
But not OF the intire bale,
Being all, and ma sed, Wen |
declare, ! never herd of sutch a
thing in all my life, l may be a
trifle plump but goodniss knows I'm
not eny sutch size as to have
comic valentines ritten on the sub
jeck and for pins ia give you
good hard smack.
Hay ma, that's Supposed to be a
compliment on your thinness, that's
wat that it, G, I sed, and ma sed
Well nobody would ever suspect it,
the ideer.
And / went back to my room
without asking her II she had
changed her mind about leeving
me go out, and / listened to the
fellows yelling outside vile and
then did my lessins on account Of
not being able TO think of eny-
thing elts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
FIGHTING THE FLY.

1t is everybody's duty to fight
the fly. He is our deadly enemy
and must be exterminated.
In fighting any danger, 1t is in
telligent to study that danger. So
let us think, for a moment, of the
habits of the fly: What does he
like? Does he light on the clean
clover, like the honey bee, or find
his meal deep in the blossom OF
some flower? On the contrary, in
stead of preferring clean, sweet
places, he is found in great num-
bers in filthy spots And from
these places--from the garbage
can, the manure heap. decaylng
vegetation-he comes to our kitch-
ems and tries to get in, attracted
by the warmth and the smell OF
food.
Flies carry germs upon their legs
and bodies, and perhaps the one
that is now at our back screen door
has recently been in the sick room
OF a typhoid patient. Thus, thry
spread disease from house to house.
We should all work together to
stamp them out, We should not
only keep them from entering our
homes, but should kill all of them
that we can-both indoors and out
and should clean up dirty places
where flies increase.
Our grandmothers used to drive
out the flies" But today we real
ize that if we merely drive them
out, they will wait around outside
our doors and windows for the
chance to enter again. So killing
them is the only course to take.
Here are various methods of catch
ing and killing them:
Sticky Fly Paper: This Is not a
very pleasant way Of catching them
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
MOVING LIGHTS MAKE
BALLROOM FARMLAND

They used to drop flowers. OF
confetti, on swaying throng OF
dancers-today, lighting is the
means most used to gain the novel
and beautiful effects that delight
the fancy of the merry-makers..
The newest novelty is one that
will change a hall into brilliant
fairyland of flashing, changing,
living colors-a place of million
colored sparks, darting and dane
ing chasing one another into every
nook and corner-filling the hall
with dancing fireflies of a thou
sand hues. The effect Is produced
by means of a MYRIAD reflector,
a globe covered with more than a
thousand tiny mirrors. suspended
from the ceiling. Slowly rotating,
it catches the light from spot lights
thrown on it. sending it back in
dazzling sparks that leap to every
corner of the room in a thousand
colors.
The globe is rotated by a small,
motor-drivep mechanism operated
from an ordinary light socket.
tOloT sllueS on Tue spoL uShlo pio-
duce the vari-colored effect on the
reflecting mirrors. Stephens &:
Woeste, 20 Opera Place, Cincinnati,
are the originators and distributors
of this novelty. which was fea-
ture of the recent Milwaukee fix
ture convention banquet, and
which is expected to find a new
field this summer in the seasonal
dances and festivals.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
PROPAGANDA FOR
RESTORATION of
MILADY'S STAYS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

New York City, June 1.-THE
feminine corset, which heretofore
has always been subjected to the
harshest criticism and ridicule, 1;
now suddenly being endorsed by
prominent physicians. 1t is, they
lsay, a necessity to every woman and
should not be discarded.
Throughout the centuries women
have worn this curious appliance
in one form or another, In spite OF
persistent jibes and protests from
the masculine sex, because each
changing fashion demanded II. Now
for the first time in many long
years the corset Is practically out
of style and the tide of professional
criticism is turning unexpectedly In
it's favor.
DIR. Royal s. Copeland, health
commissioner of New York city
that he cannot urge too strongly
upon women the advisa bility OF
wearing corsets. lie declares that
they have worn them for SO many
hundreds of years that they have
come to need them, and many Sc
rious disorders are apt to result
from their abandonment.
DIR. Adolf Lorenz, the famous vi
emma surgeon, who spent last win
ter in New York, also adds his
recommendation of the corset.
every woman should wear a
corset he says. 1T not only
braces vital organs that need brac-
ing, but it is preventative of spinal
troubles"
OF course DR.. Lorens does not
advocate a return to the old wasp
wasted, high corsets which cramp
the body and prevent free move-
ment of the muscles. He believes
that the all important considera-
ton is that the corset should, in
every instance, be a perfect fit,
perhaps even modelled after casts
made from the person who is to
wear 1t.
Yet it Is doubtful II DIR. Lorenz's
advice will make much of an i'm.
preston upon the rising genera
ton of young women, as long as
the corset remains out of style,
Just as their great grandmother 8
insisted that they were healthy and
comfortable with 19-inch waists,
even while they swooned, so the
modern prom girls are prepared to
risk the gravest anatomical injur-
les rather than be stigmatized as
"Old Ironsides" at the college
dances.
Fashions vs.. Health.
The corset controversy has ragged
continuously from the very earliest
times, and always fashion has pre-
vailed over health. The date of
the first appearance of the corset
is not known. but among the art
works discovered in the ruins of
one of the mysterious forest cities
of South America, whose history
Is kept in remote antiquity, there
is a bas-relief representing a fe-
male figure which shows unmis-
takably that a contrivance similar
to the modern corset was then IN
use. This consisted of n eompli-
Gated and transverse folding and
looping confined the waist from
just below the hips as firmly and
compactly as the most unyielding
corset of modern times.
Some authorities give the Ger
mans the credit for inventing the
first European corset and possibly
introducing 1t into Rome. At any
rate 1t is known that the early
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
Won1as Daily Magazine Page Electricity In The Home

developed. Compact as a camera,
the instrument is complete in it.
self and needs only a headset and
few feet of wire to hook up to
wire fence and ground.
For those who prefer n soft H.
Elimination throughout the room
with stronger light only for read
ing and the work table. a table
lamp that reflects most of its light
upward and some of its light down
is the ideal solution. With the
new table lamps an inverted glass
bowl within the shade is used as a
reflector, throwing enough light
upward to illuminate the room
softly and sending light downward
in a wide radius, approximately
Is candle-power intensity. The
graceful standard is finished in
antique gilt. Floor lamps patterned
after the same design as the table
lamps are also being made.
In Boulder, Colo, there was dis
played recently an electrically
equipped home to which the pub
lie was invited. In little more
than one week IS per cent of the
population of the town had re-
sponded to the invitation and Wis
tied the home.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
OUTDOOR LIVING
ROOMS PART Of
HOME ELECTRIC
Center of Home Activity in
Summer Time Should Be
Completely Equipped for
Convenience.

How to arrange the outdoor liv-
ing room for continual use during
the summer with all of the indoor
cohveniences Is a trick which the
vacation stay-at-home should learn.
One OF the very first uses made
of light was to guide the wanderer
to his home and to welcome those
returning from their duties abroad
and this has been continued by thu
use of the porch light in the mod
ern electrical home. To this light
is also intrusted the first evidence
Of hospitality to our visitors. Placed
where it will illuminate the house
number and the entrance steps, 1t
serves well its several purposes.
Porches are made more than
mere entrances. They are the link
which connects the garden and the
home, have attained charm which
makes them one of the most enjoy
able parts of the home. Informal
ity is the keynote of the furnish
ings. Reed or rustic furniture,
couch hammocls and plenty of gay
cushions make the porch a most
welcome retreat to the tired bust
ness man after a hot day at the
office, and the young folks of the
family will have no inclination TO
spend their time away from home
if they have such delightful place
to entertain their friends.
In all the varied uses Of this out
door living room electricity is the
silent, efficient servant. Lighting
is perhaps the most obvious way in
which it serves. and, as is the in
door living room, connections
should be so arranged that the
light may be varied to suit the oc-
casion.
For the evening visit Of friends,
a soft CHEEKY atmosphere Is desir-
able. This is furnished II the lights
are concealed in flower baskets,
and the illumination is reflected
from the walls and ceilings, which
should furnished a suitable reflect
ing surface. These baskets may be
of reed to match the furniture, and
a reed floor or table lamp is useful
in more ways than one. Ii TINS
lamp is selected with a combina-
ton of direct and indirect light. its
direct illumination supplements the
light from the flower baskets. If
reading light IS desired. the indi-
rect portion may be switched on to
furnish it. IN the fanciful form OF
a japanese lantern. the shade gives
an air of festivity to the whole
place.
This outdoor living room has
very practical daytime uses too.
Here with the electric sewing ma
chine the family sewing is done In
comfort on the warmost days.
Meals out OF doors on the porch
have new delights with the cleo
trio toaster. grill and percolator
plugged into a convenience outlet.
When friends drop in during the
afternoon, it is a simple matter TO
serve tea on the porch with the
electric tea seryice-especially II
the tea wagon, when wheeled out,
is found to have electrical outlets.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

German women and the fine Ro-
man ladies wore much the same
type OF restricting bandages.
That the corset was found ridicu-
lous even in the somewhat ridicu-
lous Middle Ages is shown by a
sketch dated 1913, found in the
British museum, which cartoons
not only the restricting corset, but
also the trailing draperies of the
period worn so long that they
needed knotting to be kept from
the ground. The heavy steel cor
sets of the time of Catherine de
Medici, and the hinged steel box
with the depending rod or bar Of
steel over which the long peaked
bodice of the dress was adjusted,
affected by Queen Elizabeth, also
produced much sardonic amuse-
ment and denunciation.
Never in all these years has
public opinion triumphed over the
dictates of fashion. Corset styles
have changed, not because they
were injurious or grotesque in ap-
pearance, but because some world
leader Of fashion, in the old days
usually queen. decided to change
the lines of her figure.
Twice before corsets have been
abolished, or at least reduced to
small proportions, not as a con-
cession to health or comfort but
because style demanded it. The
first occasion was In the seventh
century in the Netherlands, Spain
and Italy when a drastic change
occurred in the standards OF feni-
nine beauty Slim waists and mar
row shoulders were suddenly passe
and the Venus of Milo, with her
2S-inch waist became the popular
model. This vogue Is evident in
drawing by Adrian Boise of a rich
Dutch lady about the year 1880,
in which it is apparent that the
feminine figure of those days was
little restricted by any artificial
device.
The second period followed the
French revolution when, at the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century.
the costume of the empire was
evolved. This was built on Grecian
lines and required no corset except
a band passing below the bust ald
kept in place by shoulder straps.
1t was doubtless too comfortabl
a style to last, for it soon vanished
and was succeeded by a period Of
exaggerated tight lacing. Here In
America our grandmothers and
great grandmothers laced them
selves literally to the point of sui
location. Women swooned con-
stantly, largely from lack of breath
nnd more than once, we are told,
Death followed some sudden exer-
ton undertaken by a tightly en-
cased woman. At this time the
genteel waist was IS inches, which
narrow circumference the ladies
secured by tying their corset laces
to a bedpost and then walking
away, thus producing heavy pres
sure.
This tight lacing continued, even
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
TOURISTS COOK OWN
BREAKFAST IN HOTEL
USING ELECTRICITY

The automobile tourist, with his
unaccountable passion to start
early" has brought a new prob
lem--that of early breakfasts
into the life of the hotel keeper
Here's how the electrical indus
try can help him solve 1t.
Suppose each guest should find
this little framed announcement
in his room:
An Electrical Breakfast
For the benefit of our guests
who wish to start before our
dining room is open at 7 a. n,
Is a. IN. daylight saving timel
electrical cooking equipment is
provided, for cooking your break
fast in your own room.
MENU
Fruit
Cereal
Fggs. fried. boiled or poached
Chops broiled or grilled
Waffles
Bacon Toas'
Coffee
Please notify the office at what
time you wish breakfast, so that
your table may be set and tbs
desired foods ard equipment on
hand. An electric percolator
combination electric table stove
or waffle iron, will be supplied
For the larger hotels, one wait
ress could take the early watch
and look out for all breakfasts
For the smaller hotels, the equip
ment could be made ready and
loaded and the guest shown how
to do his own cooking. In this
latter case the night clerk could
have an eye on the cook lg and
see that all apparatus was dis
connected when the guests have
finished. An electrically cooked
breakfast is such a simple affair
that it would be hard for any
one to go wrong.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
CHRISTMAS TREE
LIGHTS FINE AT
GARDEN PARTIES

Christmas tree lighting sets are
wrongly named as far as their
summer sales possibilities are con-
cerned, for what more beautiful
garden decorations could one have
for the summer festival than those
ropes of miniature colored lights
strung about the garden?
Nv that summer has come. chill
dren's parties are here heralding
the advent of other outdoor festi-
yals. There will be the usual flock
OF garden parties, strawberry fes-
rivals, children's parties-in fact
few are the parties given in sum-
mer that do not spread themselves
out over the house, the veranda
and into the gardens.
So it is that many a garden needs
special lighting, il only for one
evening in the summertime. And
the Christmas tree sets give just
the soft light wanted. besides maxi
ing 1t possible to achieve many
beautiful, colorful and fantastic
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

The knitted jersey, bathing suit
is always in style for the real
swimmer. Satin frocks, fancy
ginghams, taffetas and all man
ner OF other novelty dresses may
be introduced for the sun bath
ers who merely sit about the
beaches but the girl who s-yims
will continue to favor the Simple
sleeveless jersey suit. There are
any number of styles and color
combinations used in making up
these favored jersey suits. All
however, conform to the two
piece-in-o idea, that is, a one
piece chemise top with trunks
attached. These models fasten
on one shoulder.
A bright shade of blue makes
this suit pictured which Is typ
ical of the seasons offerings. 1t
is made distinctive, however, by
bindings and landings in black.
A blue and white rubber cap with
a black and white bow to match
and blue bathing shoes with black
hose make the 1922 bathing girl
ready for her morning dip.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
efficient R0USEKEEPING
by LAURA A. KIRKMAN

but it is successful. A few pieces
of this sticky paper should be hung
out of doors, near the kitchen, as
we'll as indoors. or you happen
to drop it upside-down a little kerr
osene will dissolve the sticky sub
stance and enable you to remove
the paper from whatever it has
fallen on.)
A Good Fly Trap: Fill tumbler
two-thirds full of soapy water.
Spread slice of bread with mo-
lasses and cut a round hole in the
middle of it. Place this bread on
top of the tumbler of soapy water,
with the molasses- side down, and
the trap is finished. The flies will
smell the molasses and crawl down
through the hole to get it--but
they are not bright enough to crawl
back through the hole to get our,
and so they fall into the soapy
water and die.
A Night Method of Catching
Flies: We all know how flies settle
on the kitchen ceiling for the night.
This is a good time to catch them.
Nail tin can, through its bottom,
to the tip of an old broom handle.
Put glass of soapy water into the
can, and raise the can up to the
ceiling, putting it over a, fly; when
you shift it slightly. YOU will poke
the fly and make him drop into
the water. (Kerosene may be used
in place Of the soapy water, If de-
sired.)
Poisoning Flies: A poisoned pa
per comes for this purpose, to be
placed on a saucer of water. But
in a home where there are small
children, or pet animals, this
method-although it is a good one
had better not be used. because
of the danger of getting the poison
into the mouth of the child or pet.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

effects. Strung from tree to tree
or bush to bush, so that they shine
like colored stars behind the
branches-wound around posts
and tree trunks-stretched over
the refreshment tables on the lawn
they are all the decoration need
ed to make that garden a fairy
land of beauty.
For the strawberry festival, little
strawberry lights can be had. And
novelty lights of countless other
shapes can be had to suit the
spirit of the party-roses, lilies,
pine cones, canaries, parrots. snow
men, farmer boys. clowns and
angels.
Chinese lanterns, lovely as they
are, have fewer decorative possi-
bilities than these versatile light
ing sets, which are now made so
that any number of ropes of eight
lights each may be plugged to-
gether, all receiving current from
one receptacle in the house.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
ELECTRICAL NOTES

House numbers that can be read
on the darkest night are boon to
passerby and, when they require
no care, to the owner too. House
numbers make use of the lumin-
Gus properties of radium material
The radium is deposited in depres-
sions on the reverse side of the
number. To magnify the rays from
the radium and make them visible
at 20 or 25 feet a magnifying lens
is used. The frame of the number
Is designed to be both weather and
water proof.
Summer bungalows, camps and
country homes find many uses for
handy, all-around cooking devices
that save time and space. The
electric frying pan is of steel with
the heating element covering the
entire bottom and lower sides.
Many a dyed-in- radio
fan with a permanent installation
at home wants a set which he can
carry wherever he goes-automo-
bilists, mixers and campers find
new charm in the outdoors when
they can "listen in" by the road
side. Invalids and convalescents,
too, need featherweight set to
use while in bed. SO vest pocket
receiving set, called the "Baby
Grand" measuring only 8 ga in
long and 2 So in. wide, has been
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
Social Calendar

The Eastern Star social club will
be entertained by Mrs. Frank Ora
ham, Mrs. Harry Frank, Mrs. Quin-
ley and Mrs Oscar Bleuher this
afternoon at 2;30 o'clock in the
Masonic temple.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

Mrs. Isabel Raymond of Lans-
downe, Pa, has won the third
award Of the Society of Arts and
Letters of Philadelphia for her
narrative poem. "Mohammed the
Victor"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

Mrs. Mildred Brandt. recently
elected police magistrate in Free
port, Ill, holds court in the parlcr
Of her home.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

Miss Jessie Burial Of Stephens
Junior College, Columbia, No., will
speak at one of the sessions given
over to the American citizenship
department Of the General Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs at the COM
ing convention to be held in Chau-
tauqua, New York, in June. The
general federation is striving to
make July 4th National Citizenship
day, on which citizenship will be
formally given to such persons as
have become citizens during the
previous year.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

ready for a canter before break
rast. The owner of Catalina Island
recommends a ride before each
meal and "Spearmint" after. 1t
helps digestion, he says. and from
the picture we would say he
speaks from experience.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12

Miss Myrtle Kennett of Cincin-
NATL, Ohio, has the distinction of
being one of the most daring stee-
plejacks in the middle west, and
some of the tallest steeples and
smokestacks in Cincinnati have
been painted by her.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Edward B. Alsop, wealthy retired
Pittsburgh Pc, steel masnate, who
has made his home in Washington for
the last twenty years, died at 1880
o'clock last night in his residence.
1909 goth street. aged eighty-six
years. Infirnities Of old age are said
TO have caused his death. The body
will be inferred in Pittsburgh. where
he maintained his legal residence.
Retiring from active business in
Pittsburgh, where he had accumulated
a large fortune. and where he was
widely known as a steel magnate and
authority in the manufacture of steel
and its products. he came to the Ma
tional Capital and made this city his
home. He was an active member of
the Metropolitan Club and spent much
of his time there. Mr.. Alsop's first
wife died number of years ago and
he was divorced from his second wife.
When he married his second wife, a
girl many years his Junior. he came
into a nation wide publicity The
second marriage was not a happy one
and Mr.. Aisop lived with his young
wife only short time. Recently the
second Mrs. Alsop was discovered in
New York city in destitute circum-
stances She makes that city her
home.