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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05
A Crib Mattress.

Pop and ma was going to the thea
ter last mite and 1 was in pops room
watching him put on his collar get
ting dressed, and he sed, zee gods,
I've gone and gotten big smeer on
this collar and now I've got to go to
werk and take 1t off agen and take
the tie out and put the tie in a new
collar and put the new collar on. and
your mother will be reddy before
am and Ill never heer the last of 1t
after me warning her so times to be
sure to be reddy on time. Benny,
for Peets sake go and keep your
mother bizZy a vile, I don't wunt her
to be dressed before I am, he sed
And went and looked in ma $ room
and she was jest going to put her hat
on in frunt of the looking glass, me
quick tying a knott in my shoe lace
and going in, saying, Hay ma, will
you get this knott out for me, its
a heck of a knott, / cant get il out.
l haven't time, if I'm late getting
dressed for the theater your father
will have half a duzzen fits, ma sed,
and l sed Well G WIZ, ma, gosh,
Suppose l cant get it undone and half
to go to bed with my shoe on and 1t
stops my circulation and 1 have a
temperature of about 200 wen you
get home.
Such an ideer. wat a preposteriss
thing to say, let me see the knott
ma sed.
And she started to unite it, saying
| For pity sakes, I've seen knots be-
fore, but not like this, how on erth
did you ever manage to get your lace
| in sutch a hopeless tangle? A persir
couldent tie a knott like this if they
| tried, she sed.
| Showing how mulch she knew, ano
! l sed, Wy, ma, is it the werst knott
you ever saw? and she sed, It's nuth
| ing to be proud of. I assure you, !
cant bother with it eny longer.
| o well, maybe it wont stop my cir.
| culation, maybe it will only partly
stop il, I sed, and ma sed, VIII 70,
hush up with that silly nonsents, pu
your foot up heer ware I can get at 1t
| And it took her about minnits Il
undo the KNOTT, and pop called III
from down stairs. Well, I've got m,
hat on and heer I am down heer al
alone.
1 I'm treddy, I'm reddy, ma sed. AM
she quick put her hat on crooked ant
ran down stairs putting it on strate.
1t ii queer how careful a man ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05
MY Neighbor Says:

If YOU wish to remove the
odor of onions from the pan In
which they have been tried,
pour a little vinegar into the
pan and let it get hot.
When a. sweater is washed, II
the buttonholes are sewed to-
gether before putting the
sweater in the water, the but
tonholes will not stretch.
The best way to remove stains
from tiled hearths is to rub
them with kerosene and sand.
This combination should be used
in the place of soap and water.
To keep tiles in good condition
they should be washed twice
week with little kerosene and
water. Bricks around fireplaces
should be cleaned with vinegar
To clean marble basins, make
paste of whiting and soft soap
and apply it with soft cloth.
Rinse with cold water and rub
dry.
For cleaning all kinds Of tea
pots, pot lids, insides of pots
and pans, and enameled ware,
nothing can equal wet emery
cloth. 1t is splendid also for
polishing, tin or zinc basins.
1t is true economy to have two
pairs Of shoes in use instead of
one, wearing them on alternate
days. 1t will be found that the
two pairs will in many cases
last as long as three pairs worn
continuously.
Dry or oiled mops should be
well shaken each time after use,
and occasionally should be
washed in hot soapsuds, rinsed
in clear hot water, and dried as
quickly as possible. Oiled mops
may be renewed by pouring on
them a few drops of kerosene
or floor oil and letting them
stand until the oil spreads
through the strings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

We never see any homely, I'M
selfish money makers in tn di-
vorce court.
A hick town is one with a
speed trap, a yeller brick gym, a
Carnegie library, an no side
walks.
After fghtin' clean through
tn World War, eatin' at a res
turint three years, an cashierin'
in a bank two years, Benton
Swallow WIZ finally run down
t'day an killed by a dray.
Ever'thing's fer some good
tn Volstead law has spurred up
tn accordion business.
After Constable Plum gifts his
war on speeders under way he
ought t send a regiment after
tn folks that cross tn streets
accordin' t Their own sweet will,
Where theirs so many society
queens Their must be some
smoke.
TIL hardest thing t find is
somebuddy that kin tell us what
happened at a banquet.
Tell Binkley wants t trade a
SIS mob jongg set fer diction-
airy, or a loud speaker.
We wonder if radio sets don't
drive more people downtown
than they keep at home?
Bout tn only thing woman
tries t hide these times is her
! ape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"Hokum.' -
tCopyright.)

This word, used more or less syn
onymously with bunk" or "hocus
pocus," is said to come to US from
the parlance of the circus.
We are all familiar with a circus in
full glory, with its sideshows and the
old BARKER whose business it was
to hook 'em''-a well known express
sion In circles where the type Of en-
tertainment is such that the audience
must be inveigled in! 1t is from this
expression, hook EN- we learn
and it is the most reliable and most
logical explanation of the word
that we have hokum, applied to the
entertainment to which it was neces-
sary to hook EN-"
(Copyright.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

1t II queer how careful a man can
be after he Inns lost his money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

The shoes worn with an evening
Tess should match exactly either
Tess or trimmings, says a fashion
|ctator in Paris. And this means, of
burses that silver or gold slippers
(ould not be worn save with
|etallic frock or one trimmed with
|etal. For the light f1ower-trimmed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

GRAY SATIN EVENING SLIPPER
WITH HAND-PAINTED DESIGN
IN MAUVE. FLESH-COLORED
MORE SLIPPER WITH DIAMOND
STRIPES AND HIGH HEELED
SPORT SHOE OF BROWN AND
| WHITE KID.
pastel frock the smart selection is
slipper of matching pastel shade or
|bne a trifle darker. :
BY way of something Il little un-
usual there are satin slippers, with
b hand-painted floral esign-rather
pretty-pretty for this day and gen.
fration-but an acceptable novelty
none the less. Slippers to match
|bne's fiesh-colored stockings come as
another novelty, and should correctly,
of course, be chosen to wear with a
lesh-colored frock.
In this country the silver slipper
persists as suitable accompaniment to
the colored evening frock. Mrs. Cool
6dse wears silver slippers and silver
Ieolored stockings with a frock of blue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

Brays Harbor, Wash, loaded a bill
lion feet of lumber cargo in 1924.
establishing a worlds record for wa
ter shipments from any port in one
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-05

The easy mark doesn't know how
easy he is until some salesman of
worthless stocks or bonds has his
money.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
When the Fuzzy Wuzzies
"Crumpled Up the Square"

II was at the battle of Tamai in the
Sudan, on March 13, 1884, that the
Fuzzy Wuzzies 'broke the British
SQUARE" The tribesmen, utterly reck-
less of death, charged an angle OF the
square in the face of what seemed
an annihilating fire. They threw them
selves on the bayOnets, and used their
spears in the death agony before the
bayonets could be withdrawn. They
came over the bodies of their own
dead, and crawling on hands and
knees, under the muzzles of the guns,
they gained the inside Of the square.
and stabbed and slashed until one br1-
gade gave way in confusion, and Its
guns were captured. The other bril-
gades closed in, the guns were re-
taken, and the Fuzzies were chased
far past the scene of this mOmentary
triumph, but they had "crumpled up
the square," and the exploit caught
the British Imagination and put Fuzzy
Wuzzy into English literature. The
Fuzzies themselves belonged to the
Hadendowa tribe and were command
ed by Osman Digna, although the lat
ter generally kept himself in place
Of safety during the fighting. The
Puzzles got their name owing to the
peculiar manner in which they wore
their hair. The Black Watch formed
part Of the square" and fought with
the utmost bravery during the whole
Of the campaign against the Mahdi.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
Scientific Future Love

The matrimonial reports of our day
are undertaking TO put love on a sound,
scientific basis. Let us skip a few
hundred years and behold the synthet-
ic romance of youth and maid Of
some generations to come. The young
man, armed with stethoscOpe, tape
measure and the means Of making q
blood test, goes to call upon the lady
whose charms have attracted him. He
taps vein. listens to the thump Of
her heart and to the wind whistling
through her bronchial tubes and ends
his labors with a careful examination
Of the soles of her feet. Satisfied with
the showing he makes request for
q kiss and obtains one, duly hygienized
through strainer whipped from a
vanity bag. That Is, he does unless
the young woman wallops him instead
Toledo Blade.
AS child Of three WOlfgang Mo
zart's wonderful playing on the harpsi-
chord was the talk of Salzburg. He
was only four years old when he COM
posed concerto so difficult that even
his father, one of the most skilled
violinists in Germany. could not play
it. "Of course" said the infant
prodigy. mo one can be expected to
play it without diligent practice" A
year later. when Wolfgang was only
five years old, he was invited to give
a recital in the hall Of the university,
when the magic Of his tiny fingers
worked his auditors to q pitch Of the
widest enthusiasm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
Method of Starting
at Bottom" CiUen Up

For many generations the only way
one could learn 10 be business man
was through apprenticeship. We
called it starting at the bottom" Most
of us were reared with conception
of business career derived from the
Alger books-"from train boy to pres
ident," writes Richard j. Walsh In
Century Magazine.
That this idea still persists is APP
parent when we look at the stories OF
success in some of the popular maya
zines. Steadily, however, formal meth
DDS Of education have gained ground,
replacing the apprenticeship or watch
me- my boy" system.
Commercial education first appeared
In our public schools about 1897. It
grew naturally out of the multiplied
ton of Industrial occupations. At
least one-fourth of the jobs today are
utterly unlike any that our grandpar-
ents had to do, and many of them
such that the boss could not teach
them, because he never mastered them
himself. F. " Thompson says:
Commercial education was perhaps
the first subject TO be adopted by the
high school as a concession to the pub
lie desire that the school should fur
nish preparation for vocations."
BY 1915 we were spending more for
the commercial course than for any
other in our city high schools. and at
least one-third Of all pupils In the
high schools of large cities were en-
rolling In commercial courses, while
business training for adults was being
offered in evening and continuation
classes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
'frettlneSS> Makes No
Appeal to Normal Boy

When nature hands ON the good
points Of parents she invariably seems
to he more generous TO the boys than
to the girls. Curly hair. long eye
lashes and good compilations go to the
boys more frequently than to the girls
Notice the boys with natural mar
eel waves and curling eyelashes, and
notice how they value them. A girl
would be proud OF them, but most men
and boys are mortally ashamed to
possess these advantages. They blush
every time any one mentions eye
lashes. while the curls are given fire.
quent applications of water and bril-
iiantine to restrain their hayward
tendencies. says London Answers.
All this, while less fortunate sisters
try vainly to play the coquette with
scanty, sandy eyelashes, and spend q
small fortune at the hairdressers In
an endeavor to take the lankness out
Of their uninteresting tresses!
Real auburn tresses, too. are more
often than NOT handed on to the boys.
But there is one consolation. A girl
thus endowed may refer 10 her
tresses as ''titian red" hut a boy IL
never allowed to imagine that he II
anything else but ginger.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
Teacher Blushed

1t was a lesson on punctuation. and
Jimmy was almost asleep at his desk.
Now" said the teacher, IF ] say, Il
must leave, as have an engagement
BY the way, what is the timer Iplace
a dash after engagement because
the sentence is broken off abruptly"
AT that moment she caught sight Of
Jimmy.
'NOw then, Jimmy, you are not lis
tening. What was ] saying." she
asked him.
"Please, Miss Smith," said Jimmy.
with start, you were telling us you
said dash because your engagement
was broken of abruptly!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14
Caves in Britain Well
Worth Tourists Visit

Little as some might suspect 1t,
there are some famous caves in Great
Britain, and still more that deserve
to be famous. The country is rich not
only in the number, but also In the va
riety of type of the caverns which it
contains. Best known among these
caves are the Peak cavern, at Castle
ton. in Derbyshire and the Cheddar
caves, in Somerset. The Peak cavern
has been known since the earliest
ages. No one could help seeing It..
for 1t yawns huge and black in the
cliff-like side of that hill on whose
dizzy crags Peveril of the Peak had
his castle, says the Wide World Maya
zine
An ice-cold stream issues from its
limestone recesses. and subterranean
lakes stretch far into the hillside.
This vast cavern has been explored
for $3.50 feet.
The Cheddar caves do not advertise
In 80 spectacular a fashion. although
the Cheddar gorge is one of the most
striking pieces of scenery in Great
OAlt0ln. Lie uISt lSciiCS Va NdNts W as
accidentally discovered in 1897.
through man at work In his garden
falling into the hillside. The second
series remained unknown until 1893
These limestone caves form series Of
beautiful and lofty halls, hung with
stalactites from the roof. and with
beautifully colored stalagmites rising
from the floor to meet them.
Geese on Guard
Wild geese are extremely wary, and
take nothing for granted. While feed
ing they have perfect system of SEN
tries. Not content with this. every
now and then two or three will fly
round high up to see that nothing il
even approaching them from a dis
lance.
Their hearing is very acute. and II Ia
said their sense of smell is also. Ger
tainly, II they are approached down
wind. they are up and away at once,
even il the greatest care has been
taken to keep out Of sight.
They have a cry like a pack Of
hounds, which may have given rise to
many Of the legends Of ghostly packs
that are said to hunt an equally ghost
~ fox at night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14

There are some houses
around here less than 20
years old that look as if
they were ready to col
lapse of old age.
There are some in the
New England states that
are 200 years old and as
sturdy and ''well-pre-
served" as the day they
were built. They have
been protected and kept
young by painting.
Don't neglect your prop
erty. It is cheaper to
paint than to rebuild.
Let me give you figures.
ARCHIE DURBIN
Phone 1851
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14

opera AHkdo b rsenedt
distinct
t. elaborate
the sleH music which
land her
From Flowers ha
will ehoou gbyh
tin produces has SAtd
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-14

Come to the Printing Office for -,
smut typewriter and penc;, -
paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26

Regular slice quality. Crossbar
marquisette of fine mercerized
quality with colored dots in blue,
rose and gold. Matching tie-backs.
Specially priced Friday, pair,
81 80. -Pettis, third floor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
About Six Months to Pay!

One of the most amazing values ever offered. A
complete Christmas table service of SO pieces. Every
piece of the high Petts quality Specially priced in
this sale at S2I95. Pay SO down, balance 81 a
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
7-Piece Linen Set

Engraved crystal table glassware in attractive d
signs-6 goblets, sherbet glasses, tumblers. OPT
stock for future addition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
26-Piece Silver Set

Roger & Brothers 20-year guaranteed plate consist
ng Of knives, forks teaspoons, taolespo1ons,
)utter knife and sugar she'll In beauttul 1ewel pat
ern. All packed in green leatherette chest
-Pettls. ffth floor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
3 for Csc
Novelty Kerchiefs,
3 for Csc
Boys Kerchiefs,
3 for Csc

Handkerchiefs of unusually fine
quality color woven with corded
borders. Assortment Of colors. Extra
special value, Friday, 3 for 25c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
Sd DOWN
- 81 Week
Apo. Decorated American
Porcelain Dinner Set

In an attractive new border design as shown;
ice for six persons Comprises each, dinner, pie and
bread and butter plates, 6 cups, saucers, 6 fruit
saucers sugar bowl, 1 cream pitcher, bowl, meat
platter, open vegetable dish.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-07

Donnell. AS next June will be the
planned to make the anniversary ed
ition of the Trumpet" complete
and a prompt one.
One of the first Maine Prep.
schools to acquire a real live mas
cot. is Maine Central Institute, which
was made evident on Hunnewell
Field, Monday p. M. when cheer
leader, Raymond Tibbetts escorted
a goat, the gift of townspeople
around the field between halves.
Already the mascot is manifesting
the speed and strength which char
acterizes the M. G. /. football team,
and he will doubtless be source of
good fortune. No suitable name has
yet been adopted though the sug-
gestions are frequent and varied.
Miss Elizabeth Griffin, '26, passed
the week end at her home in Stock
ton Springs.
School was excused all day Tues
day on account of the meetings of
the Somerset County Teachers Con-
vention which were held at the In
stitute building.
Miss Cornelia Adair. M. c. l., '23.
now of Colby. rs, was the guest of
her friend. Miss Katharine Files
over the week end and attended the
wedding of her friend, Miss Lurena
Hilliker in Newport, Saturday even
ing.
Lawrence Dow, NJ. C. I. football
coach, was in Lewiston, Saturday, to
attend the Bates-Tufts game there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-07
1g25-'c6 Student Council Organized
ar 6 II &

Monday the various classes of the
Skowhegan High school hold meet
ings and elected the following COM
mittees to make up the Student
Council of the Skowhegan High
school for the school year of 1926
'26: Senior class has four represen-
tatives who are Norma Smith, Lion
ell Foster. Volida King, and Gladys
Manter; the union class has three
representatives, who are Ralph Grit
fin, Robert Simpson and Alice Kill
gore: the Sophomore class is also
represented by two members are
David Halves, Ivanetta Newton, and
Lawrence Dysart: and the Fresh
men class has two representatives,
who are Frederick Woodbury. and
Eva Ames.
In the afternoon a meeting was
held of these committees and the
council organized. Lionel Foster.
who is president of the senior class
was made president and Gladys
Manter secretary. A committee was
appointed to draw UP the purposes
Of the council which include Lionel
Foster, Voiida King and Robert
Simpson. The council will meet at
regular intervals during the school
year but the date of the meetings
has not yet been determined.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-07

On Thursday Mrs. Harold ].
Phillips will be hostess to the ladies
of the Kennebec Past Matrons' As
sociation of the Minerva Chapter,
No. a, Order of Eastern Star of
which she is Past Matron. The
gathering will be held at the home
of Attorney and Mrs. Phillips. 1t
will be an all day meeting with
dinner at o'clock.
The following lis the schedule Of
the Women's Branches of the coun-
ty locals of the Somerset County
Farm Bureau. Miss Elizabeth Line
ken will be in attendance at each of
these meetings. All, ladies interest
ed, whether members of the bureau
tend the meetings.
October s, Cornville, correct foot
wear and posture: October 10, COR
rect corsetry and posture, Athens;
Miss Cobb, the clothing specialist
will be in attendance; October 10,
Madison, correct footwear and pos
ture; October ID, Larone, correct
footwear and posture; October 10,
Fairfield. basketry: October 10,
Skowhegan, correct footwear and
posture: October 10. Hartland, ia
BILE service; October 20, Moscow.
millinery; October II, Palmyra, COR
rect footwear and posture; October
%, Harmony, underwear and slips;
October %. Mercer, basketry: Octo-
Der 2S, date set for the annual meet
ing. A. X. Gardiner, crop specialist,
will be in the county conducting ap-
pie packing demonstrations. Apple
packing demonstration scheduled
for w. C. Whites orchard. Hilton
Hill, October 6 at $50. Henry Went
worth's orchard, Skowhegan, Octo-
Der 6 at 2. H. p. Jones orchard, E..
N. Portland, October Z at $50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-07
Annual Meeting
Somerset Co. Veterans

The annual meeting of the Somer-
set County Veterans Association was
held in the K. P. hall in Madison
with an attendance of fourteen old
veterans from Norridgewock, North
Arson, Skowhegan, Rockland and
Madison.
The meeting was called to order at
II A. NJ, by Col. Chas. Folsom Jones
and following a prayer by Chaplain
Cephas Walker came the nomination
and election of the following officers
for the ensuing year: Colonel, C. j.
Jones of Skowhegan; Lieut.. Col, j.
w. Fogler of Skowhegan; Adjt. S. f.
Emerson of Skowhegan; Chaplain,
Cephas Walker of Madison; Major,
c. c. Hartwell of Madison; Quarter
master, j. F. Woodsum.
A dinner was served in the I. o. o.
F. banquet hall by the women of
Marcellus S. Perkins, G. A. r. circle.
Main street was decorated with
flags in honor Of the visit of the vet
Grams.