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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
By ELSIE ROBINSON


of the robe of the Prophet. the
way it has been handed down in
the family. And Grandma's
recipe for hot water sponge cake
and Cousin Faiths braided
rugs--and Aunt Alicia's mar
velous earning - Mildred has
heard about them all since she
was able 10 wag an ear.
"Old fashioned housekeeping
was the Dunkr' declares Mildred.
1t made stupid, unhappy drudges
of women, robbed them of every
spark of intelligence and charm,
and aged them long before their
time. I get mad when I think of
tall that time wasted in scrub
bling and busting and polishing
and connecting indtgestible dishes
and doing useless sewing.
You won't catch me wasting
my life like that, Elsie. I'm go.
ing to do something worth while.
Tom and l will be married this
December. We're going to take
a small Furnished apartment and
I'm going to write short stories.
I'll have something to show tor
my ife."
30 Sne WdHIS HiC ~ "iANS :"
blasting expose of the genera
tions Of women who toiled from
dawn to night and had nothing,
nothing whatever to show for
their lives, save about nineteen
youngsters and a bunch of blue
and white quilts.
Will | do my best? | certainly
will Mildred. Just you Watcn
me. But first l want to tell
you story.
It's a story about some years
once spent in part of New
England where that old fash
Toned housekeeping still prevailed.
There were no washing machines,
no "dry wash" laundries, no deb
icatessen stores. There were
sewing machines but none save
the slack housekeeper" ever put
machine sewing on her towels,
sheets and table linen. Even the
kitchen curtains and the babies
didles were done by hand. We
tied our own comforters, made
our own bread and soft soap, put
up every jar Of jam and pre-
serves, jellies or pickles or fruits
which We used-an enormous
amount OF work to provide for
the six months winter.
We did these things not be-
cause we were down trodden,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
SAP AND SALT
.Bv Bert Noses

Truth diluted so per cent is
more acceptable than the "a
carat article.
The editors blue pencil neces-
sarily cuts out the very details
the public is itching to hear.
The words eff and but" go
with a weak spine.
Only one way 10 be born; thou
sands of ways to die.
More men are destroyed by
wealth than poverty.
1t seems much more difficult
to remain good than to become
good.
What impresses us most in cur
rent literature is the absence of
thought.
Men are popularity judged, not
by what they are, but by what
they've got.
Hez Heck says: "They amt
NO art harder to master than be-
haVin' yourself aud gittin' any
real sport out o. it."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
she HAD
PRIDE AND
BOWER

hours over preserves kettles with
YOUR head ready to burst. Hours
too when the breath froZe on the
scarf about ones mouth ana
the wrung, wet clothes hardened
into icy folds before they could
be stretched upon the line.
Yes, it was hard work. But 1t
WASN'T drudgery. 1t wasn't
drudgery because it was honor
able, necessary service and we
were proud of our craftsmanship.
Those shining brasses, the spot
less rooms, the piles of beautiful
Nv hemmed and mended linens,
the rich array of stored food
they were as sure a proof of our
intelligence and zeal as any best
seller" or prize painting.
1 can't help thinking back to
those days as l read your TRADE
against the Old Fashioned House
keeper, Mildred. Did she overdo
the job? Of course she did
sometimes. Did her zeal often
harden into intolerance and peeV-
ishness? it often did. Often too,
that spotless old fashioned home
was about as cheerful TO live in
as d morgue.
BUT BELIEVE ME-, MILLY,
THOSE OLD GIRLS MEANT
SOMETHING TO THE WORLD
THEY LIVED IN. THEY HAD
A PUNCH IN THEIR LIVES
THAT MANY OF OUR MODERN
LADY DILETTANTES LACK.
They filled a mighty urgent
need and they won large and
definite respect for their attain
ments.
You think that the women OF
1925 are just inventing the terms
pride" and Ambition" now
heb! You think that women have
never before tasted dizzy draughts
of power?
Guess again - kid &C U e S S
AGAIN!
THE PRIZE FRUIT CAKE
BAKER OF 1850 HAD 1T ALL
OVER THE CAL E f r I n G
CLARA OF 1925 And as one
who has filled both jobs, let me
tell you, Sister-it takes mole
downright spunk and originality
to keep a house without ade-
uuate tools and make a beautiful
Job of it than it does to write a
bushel Of modern fiction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
Such Appalling Ignorance!

department employee and deputy sheriff in Florida
for peck of trouble They arrested inter-
nationally known Queen of the Booteggers.'
To emphasize the dsrespect for royalty the
arrested a comman debtor.
Taken the county Jail in Miami the Queen recog
nzed immediately justice Of the peace rebued the arrest
ing officer for his ignorance the department store
and the deputy who arrested the Queen had confused
her with of the stores patrons.
Now the Queen is going the store for 100000
for false arrest.
She ought to make it lese majestic!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
MAKING OUT
A CHECK
IoON7A/NS, or Goal
N me I1INE5
Mrs. Cornelius BeeckmanI
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:: .

hEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Will you be good enough
to advise me in just what way
check should be made out to a
married woman? For instance,
if Mary Jones marries John
Smith should the check which is
payable to her read Mary Jones
Smith," or should it read Mrs.
John Smith," or is this simply
matter of preference.
Also. what is the correct way
for her to sign her name?
CONSTANT READER.
A CHECK made payable to a
"A married woman should be
made out to the name that the
woman signs on her own checks.
It is the custom for married
woman to sign her checks with
the first and last names of her
maiden name and the last name
of her married name. Therefore
it is best to make out the check
to Mary Jones Smith" 1t should
not be made out to Mrs. John
Smith," unless you do not know
her other name and have no way
of finding it out. The married
woman indorses the check made
out to MARY Jones Smith" with
the same name, which is her
usual business signature.
A woman, when she is married,
should decide definitely what
name she is going to adopt as
her business and professional
signature. She should not use
her husbands name prefixed
with Mrs since this becomes
her formal name, not her bust
ness name. There are several
forms of her name that she may
choose. She may, for instance,
wish to retain both of her first
names and discard the surname
of her maiden name. This is
often the case of Southern wo-
men, who have been called by
their first two names. For in
stance, if Mary Louise Jones
marries John Smith, she may re-
tain the name as Mary Louise
Smith. Or a woman may call
herself Mary l.. Smith. Or Mary
J. Smith. Or Mary l.. Jones
Smith. Or even Mary Louise
Jones Smith. Any of these com
binations is correct-the fact
that she chooses it, makes it
correct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
1t Is Still the Same Great
Baseball Team

Washington has great baseball team
It wonderful when beat the best in the Ameri
League.
1t grand combination when took fourth of
the world series leaving the three in its favor
1t is still the team. It is just great it
Yesterday it lost ball game.
It has lost lot of 'em this year.
It wasn't bunch of buns when it lost to Chicago to
Boston or to st. Louis in the summer
It isn't bunch of buns because it lost game yesterday
anybodys game, seesawing from leadership by Wash
ington to leadership by Pittsburgh.
The game ended while Pittsburgh leading It might
have been the other way.
It is still the great baseball team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
ONCE-OVERS
sMALL TOWN MAN LESS CAREwoRN

You sometimes have occasion to wonder at the high
spirits the evidence cf vgor and happiness given out by
the from the small town or the small city who calls
on you in your big city office.
You wish You could feel that exhuberant
You conclude that in his small place the demands
fewer on his time ability and vitality; with worry
aspirations easily satisfied the small fellow has little to
worry him.
But this ism t true
Usually the small town does more work and works
longer hours
The city iobhoder has shorter hours but the work is
harder while It lasts.
The trouble with the city jobholaer that he gets such
selfish Of life He becomes and has very
few friends outside the immediate family.
The speed and the difficulties oi every day life put you
lefty job holder in fighting mood You rush, shove push
and crowd yourself through all day. swearing at whoever
or whatever in your way and you don't meet the
world in the right spirit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
Tut, Tut, Professor

Professor Frieberger eminent German physician
us will be outcassed in the for physical fitness
unless he adopts the light and hygenc attire of modern
Would professor have silk stockings the color
of gold Would he nfict additional pair of carriers
on us? Would he; strap us into brassieres?
Not by jugfull, he won't.
Some Ipst1cks and other cosmetics. Some
even corsets
But we1 be darned if we II ''pnkes!''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
"Flapper" Now Passe?

The Camp Fire Girls object to the term fapper
piled young persons who short skirts and bob their
hair. They want to be called 'moderns.'
Just try calling the flappers modern! They woudn't
stand for it minute There's snap to the word.
No doubt the girls tired of the term fapper-its
dozen years odBut before it is discarded equally
snappy and expressive will have to be coined.
Here's for the wse-crackng flappers themselves
to show good they Let them think up that
sure-fire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
Pin Consumption

TN these days of efficiency 10
one should ever pick up a pin.
The ancient proverb which prom
ised an entire day of good luck
as a reward for picking up a pin
has been OutgroWn.
The United States now USES
more than 10000, 100000 pins a
year, about 200 per capita.
The pin is not only very ancient,
but many of the so-called modern
forms are actually copies of pins
in common use thousands of years
RKo.-The Thrift Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
Branding the ShreW

physician suggests that tempered should
be forced to wear plaid stockings warning
unsuspicious suitors.
Every woman chaste but deceitfu whereas every
man is born honest monument he sets forth "A woman
therefore develop truthfulness, and has
build up self control
why brand the woman?
From, the doctor words it looks like ffty-fiftv
break in shortcomings between and women.
Is uncomfortable temper worse than uncomfortable
desire?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
LISTEN, WORLD!

stupid w or m $ 4.
We did them be-
cause they HAD
to be done. There
was no other
way in which
they could be
done. They were
as much our
service to the
community, as
fighting on the
front was a SOL
dies duty. No
d e G. mt woman
thought of neg
lecting or desert
ing her job any
more than a sol
der would have
thought of de-
serting or neg
lecting his.
Hard w o r X ?
Terribly hard.
Endless, steam
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
Who Said 1t

who often reads will some
times wish to write"
The desire to write comess at
one time or another ITO everyone
who reads, Crabbe remarks in
Edward Shore"
Death is the common medicine
for woe"
REYNOLDS. in "Werter," notes a
thought that comes TO every man
in great trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

MILDRED has
M been look
ing me over and
she likes tine
mean line I
swing. So she
has elected me
to chuck some
dirt for her. She
wants me to
show up the Old
Fashioned House
keeper.
Mildred comes
of New England
ancestry and her
family tree is
simply plastered
with rec ord s
h u n 8 up by
housekeeping fe-
males. There was
the blue and :
white-quilt that
Great Aunt Me-
lissa made--you'd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Whatever is popular deserves
tion.-Thackeray.
Man is the glory. jest and riddle
of the world.-Pope.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
They're Still Married

There's subject that grows old Thousands of
correspondents write about it. It's the bare knee
coorful garter-the of divorce.
Isn't it strange, then that many of married
stay married?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

The buster mind often makes
most time to pe kind.
Fidelity is soven.tenths Of bust.
ness success
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
II You'll Believe Me

TIME greatest surprise some men
Il will have in Heaven will be
the establishment on the faces or
their wives, at seeing them there.
The thing that tires and ex-
asperates a man most about
woman is that she seems to ex-
pect him to keep right on beins
in love with her for twenty-four
hours a day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

There is no comfort in being in
love with an awfully attractive
man-because you never can be
perfectly sure of him until you've
married him and you never can
be at all sure of him afterward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

If we really develop through
pain and suffering, the woman
who is married to man who is
perpetualIy being funny ought
to be spiritually ready Tor Heaven
long before she dies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

No matter how smooth mar =
disposition. somehow marriage is
guaranteed to put a permanent
kink in it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

Have wonderful Pittsburgh Mountains? They are high
while the
his shn the big Tomato Queens fireplace
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

When the motor of a mans
devotion starts missing and he
begins hitting on the same old
cylinder of excuses, it's time 10
shut off the gas and look under
the hood and see what's clogging
his mind or working in his heart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

The moment a man falls in
love with a girl. he either insists
on putting her up on pedestal
and worshipping her. or on puF-
ting her in a sort of mental re-
form school and lecturing her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-16

Darling doesn't mean any-i
thing, any more. 1t used to be a
you adored-but now you spread
it around carelessly over every
body, from the nice man you've
known half an hour to the tele-
phone girl who gets you the right
number or the bell-hop who hur-
ries up with the ice.
Sometimes, the greatest thrill
you get out of being in love is
the thrill of discovering that you
are completely OVER it!
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Inuent NewGuid
For Auiiators
(By United Press)

Dayton, Ohio-One of the most
difficult problems cnfronting avia-
tors-that of steering correctly
may be solved in new invention
developed by the engineering di-
vision of the United States Air
Sevice at McCook field here.
The solution is believed to have
been reached, partially at least,
through the development of radio
beacon: The inventor is Captain
w. H. Murphy, of the United States
Signal corps. The beacon has
been installed at Monmouth, ILL.,,
and is ready for immediate service
for the guidance of fiiers between
that city and Chicago.
The theory of the radio beacon
is simple. A direCtional antenna
is erected on the broadcasting sta
ton. Two signals are sent out in
slightly varying directions. One
signal follows a course slightly to
the right of the airman's route.
The other goes slightly to the left.
Half way between these courses
the signals merge into one. When
the fiier hears the latter signal he
knows he is on the right course.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Revere Gunner
Expected Today

Chief of Police 0. f. Harmed
has received a communication
from Joseph Studley. 317 Stanley
Terrace, Chicago. who says the
description of the Revere car
found here answers TO the one
stolen from his garage in Chica-
go.
In answer to a message from
Chief Harmed Mr.. Studley was ex-
pected in Baraboo sometime to-
day to see if the car was his
property and if so, to drive it
home.
The automobile was abandoned
near Effinger park several days a
go and was brought to the city
here by Mr.. Harmed until the own
err should be determined.
Two young men were seen tc
get out of the car when it was
abandoned here. The visitors
stepped into another auto near the
scene at Efinger park and speed
ed away.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
MONROE FAIR
MAKES MONEY
Green County Attrac-
ton Draws Crowd
of 81, 500 In Four
Days
(By United Press)

Monroe, Wis.-The Green coun-
ty fair, which has been involved
in nancial difficulties and would
not have survived a deficit this
season, is assured for another
year at least according to an
nouncement by w. ]. Knight.
president of the association, who
says profit is indicated for the
first time in five years following
a check of figures on the attrac-
ton last week. Gate receipts were
$14,34S.95 and Thursdays crowd
broke the receipt record for any
day in fair history. 1t is estimat-
ed 1900 attended the fair, 1880
on Thursday. Ideal weather fav-
ored the four fair days.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Woman Asleep
Ouer A Week,
Sturgeon Bay

Sturgeon Bay-Mrs. Arthur Har
ris is at the Peoples hospital with
sleeping sickness. She went to
sleep week ago Tuesday. DR..
Fairfield Of Green Bay was over
to council with DR.. Huff. DR.. Hug
gins, brother Of Mrs. Harris, ar
rived Monday night from Mama,
Fla. Mrs. Harris is the wife of
A. T. Harris, editor Of Door Coun-
ty Advocate.
F. c. Payne and Mrs. Squires
spent Sunday with the Starr fam
family at their cottage at White
fish Bay on Lake Michigan side
of the county.
Wednesday was fair day at
Washington Islanc. j. f. Volta
and Judge Grass were the speak
ers. The Island Holstein Breeders
Association held a picnic at same
place and many from Sturgeon
Bay and vicinity attended.
Capt. Alfred Tooker and wreck
ing crew Of % men are here to
salvage some of the Lakeland's
cargo that was sunk near the
canal in 1872 feet Of water last
December.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Move Storeroon,
Of Northwestern
To Madison Soon

With the moving of the North
western storeroom here to Madi-
son October LIST it is quite posi-
BILE that employees of the storeroom
will also move to the above city,
at least temporarily.
Baraboo men who are employed
in the local storeroom include A.
L. Dumas, Charles Spencer, George
Olson and Raymond Paddock.
Shop Supplies to Butler
1t was also rumored that the
shop supplies would be taken to
New Butler a short time ago but
as yet no definite orders to that
effect have been given out offic-
ials Of the road here say.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Wick Opens
PAIGN At
LAKE geneva
Sets Forth Platform
Declarations, pledg-
es Coolidge Support

Lake Geneva-Roy p. Wilcox op
ened his campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for United States
senator here Tuesday night with
the promise that he would fight
to the finish.
Some question has arisen, he
said, as to whether the contest to
fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator LaFollette "can be fought
through at the special election re-
CARELESS of the result Of the pri-
mary"
An unofficial opinion of the at
torney general, however, which CO.
incides with legal opinions else
where, is to the effect that can
didate running in the primary
may at the same time file as an
independent candidate in the cleo
to-" said Wilcox. ''Therefore such
arrangements will be made, in or
der that the fight may be fought to
a finish"
Attacks madison Ring"
Wilcox set forth his platform
declarations and then attacked
what he termed "the Madison
ring" and the state administra-
ton. He closed with a pledge OF
support to President Coolidge.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
DOffs Nuns
VEIL; Takes
That of Bride

Philadelphia, Pa.-Miss Maria
Hirst, 35, daughter of Mrs. Agnes
Hirst and the late Anthony A. Hirst
prominent in society, recently re-
leased by special decree Of Pope
Plus XI, after thirteen years as a
nun of the Congregation of the
Sacred Heart. is to be married
next Saturday.
Her engagement to Webb Lev
ering, 81, Baltimore banker, veal
thy and socially prominent, has
been announced and the ceremony
will take place at the Church OF
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bryn
Mawr.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
SICK DOG
EATS RADIUM
Weeping Baroness
Lets Pet That Swal-
lows Radium Be
Killed

Vienna, Austria. = Forced to
choose between paying 20,000,000-
900 kromen ($2,S5O,0OO,OOO) or al
lowing her dog to be killed, Baron
ess Renoviere shed bitter tears be-
fore the court, but after struggle
decided to sacrifice the pet.
The dog had a skin disease
which veterinarians sought to cure
by radium treatment. A capsule
of the precious metal valued at TO-
OOO,000,O0O kronen was applied to
the affected part.
The dog preferred an internal APP
plication, however, and swallowed
the capsule. Court action follow
ed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Bandits Raid Town; Escape with $4,000
City Health
Report Shows
Few EuentS

Baraboo is having a quiet year,
according to the vital statistics as
shown by the reports of City
Health Officers F. H. Tryon. Last
month was a record breaker with
not single marriage reported in
the city and the month of August
has but one marriage reported so
far. During this month there have
also been but three births and
seven deaths in the city.
For the eight months period,
starting in January, the city has
had hut sixty deaths, seventy
births, and twenty-five marriages,
the fewest in many years.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
Birthday Event
At NehS Home

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Nehs last
evening entertained in honor of
the passing birthday OF S. A. Nett
eel, who nineteen years ago enter
ed their employ as a delivery boy.
A few pears later Mr.. Neitzel
came into the store as clerk and
three years ago bought an interest
in and assumed entire manage
ment of the store.
Refreshments were served,
which included a birthday cake.
Sixteen were present to enjoy
the occasion.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
HUNT YOUTHS
IN NEBRASKA
by United Press)

North Platte, Nebr.-Two aero
planes, each carrying two heavily
armed men were today patrolling
western Nebraska and preparing to
fly over Colorado in the hunt for
the tw youthful slayers of Sheriff
Sam Parks, of Colby, Kansas, and
Policeman Edward Clark of North
Platte. A posse of 500 men gave
up the hunt last night. Police
now place their one hope on the
planes. The murderers fed in a
large car.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
keenan, Bros.
Now Are Owners
Of PlankingtOn

waukee-Purchase of the en-
tire capital stock of the Planking-
ton hotel, amounting to more than
81 900, 900, by keenan, Brothers, ho-
tel operators, was announced Tues
day by w. H. keenan,, secretary
treasurer. The stock was pur-
chased from the West Water-Syca-
more company.
keenan, Brothers have operated
the hotel since 1917. The con-
Germ owns and operates hotels at
Toledo, o., and Fort Wayne, Ind.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-27
CHURCH BATTLE
May Be staged
(By United Press)

Buckeye Lake, Ohio-A battle
royal is to be staged against ag-
Mysticism in the protestant church
and the ranks of the Ku Klux Khan
if the recommendations Of Grand
Dragon Clyde W. osborne OF the
Ohio realm to the International
Council here are followed.