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DAVENPORT
. Alumni Organize The State TJniver
; sityt of Iowa Alumni Association of
Scott county was formal nt
and banquet of the alumni and stu-'
dents of that institution held Tuesday
evening at the Kimball hotel. The
first officers are: President, W. M.
Chamberlin; secretary', ' Alfred ' Muel
ler ; treasurer, u. c. Williamson. The
officers were empowered to draft a set
of by-laws and have them passed
through the county for the signatures
of the. graduates of the university.
More Saloon Suits. Three injunc
tion suits against Davenport saloon
keepers, in addition to . the 10 suits
yesterday mentioned, were filed in
court yesterday afternoon by Attorney
Betty on behalf of the Civic Federa
tion. The defendants in yesterday af
ternoon's suits are as follows: Lou
Meumann and Dorothea Toerring, "300
block;" Nic Newcomb and Hawkeye
iteauy company, second and Rock Isl
and streets: Martin Galvin and Gar
vey HonorahEast Second street.
One Settles Witn Teacher. Bessie
M. Johnson of Davenport, the pretty!
school teacher, who something like a
year ago created a furore among the
young men of Princeton, alt of whom
became smitten on her charming per
sonality, she being the reigning belle
of the village, until the older heads
got to gossiping, with the result that
stories were circulated about her, has
had her wounded feelings recompensed
in one case, as is indicated by her suit
against S. I. Porter being settled and
dismissed: An entry to this effect has
teen made in the district court by At
torney W. M. Chamberlin for the pret
ty school teacher and Attorneys Car
roll Brothers for Mr. Porter. Other
suits brought by Miss Johnson are
pending. ,
Reimers Will Opened. The will of
the late Captain August Reimers was
filed for probate in County Clerk M e
Farland's office yesterday afternoon.
' Captain . Reimers' will was drawn Feb.
19, 1894, and has been modified in un
important particulars by three codicils
of later date. The will is simple and
direct as Captain Reimers was in all
. his dealings. It bequeathes to his wife,
Clara Reimers, one-third of all the
property, real, personal and mixed, of
the testator. The other two-thirds, it
was" provided, shall be divided share
and share alike among all the chil
dren Mrs. George Garner, Mrs; George
M. Bechtel, Gustav and James Mor-
gan Reimers, and the then living
daughter, Lydia. "Claremont," the
handsome home of the family on the
river road, is not made the subject of
special bequest, but is left in the es
tate by the testator, to be disposed of
in its division among the heirs. Un
der the will Mrs. Reimers and the
two son-in-laws. George M. Bechtel
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and George Garner, were made execu-
tors without bond. week. . , ' " . '
o j I..' Mr. and Mrs. P. L. McManus and
Obituary Record. Rosella Goerring ' children visited with relatives in Pre
aged 9 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs 1 emption on Christmas day?
Harry G. Goerring, jlied of pneumonia' Tom Gardner was a Rock Island
yesterday morning at the home, on the caller last week.
Walcott-Propstei road, six miles north' Miss Nora'Robins was calling . ' in
of the city.
ANDALUSIA
Miss Erma Wenks gave a party
Christmas evening to a number of
friends.
Rev. J.' R, Spiller of Marston was in
the village Monday calling on friends.
T. E. Cole was in Rock Island Mon
day. .
Peter Hobart of Kansas is here visit
ing his brother. Gill Hobari. and other
relatives.
Hays Britton is home to stay for th?
j holidays. t
School commences here again Jan
uary 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgoyne and
' luKrht. -fn ri..n ..
Myron t Christmas in Rock Is
i1nil
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Skinner and
baby of Rock Island came down Thurs
day to spend a few days visiting Mrs.
L" 1 - . , ' . i . ... 1 a r t1
i oMiiufi s nart.'iiLS Air. mm airs, juu i
Kane. '
Dc-loss Holmes and Andrew Sim-
mons went to Rock Island Monday.
Ada Oldham came home last Thurs
day, after being at the hospital for
."even weeks with typhoid fever. Her
sister, Mary, who is a nurse at the
hospital, accompanied her home and
expects to stay for a few days to visit
her parents.
Ralph Spickler has been quite sick.
Miss Julia Furst,' who has been
visiting for the past two weeks at the
home of Mr. and .Mrs. Albert Guyer,
returned to her home in Muscatine
Friday. ; . '
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Simmons
and daughter, Norma of Swift Current,
Canada, visited from Thursday till
Monday with relatives here.
HAMPTON
Mrs. Emma Norton entertained Mrs.
David McCutcheon of Rock Island and
Oscar Hamilton of Moline Christmas.
Harry Underwood has ' moved his
family to Moline.
Mrs. E. A. Palmer has terminated
her visit with her sister, Mrs. G. Mc
Neal and has gone to Sioux City, Iowa,
to visit before returning home to King
s!ey; Iowa.
A Christmas entertainment was
given at Hampton Methodist Episco
pal church Thursday evening. A pro
gram consisting- of -vocal and iristru
mental music, recitations, etc., was
tendered and enjoyed.
TAYLOR RIDGE
Mr. and Mrs. "Paul Thomas left on
Thursday for Middleton. Mo., where
they expect to make their home.
Mrs. F. E. Garnett was a Rock Is
land caller Monday.
Mrs. diaries Nelson and daughter
can have
every ounce
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were visiting in 'Rock Island la
Rock Island Tuesday. -
Mrs. Herman Hofer is very ill. Her
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
" Miss Ina Roberts was a passenger
to Rock Island last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Schnieder spent
Christmas with their daughter, Mrs.
Brookman, in Center Point. Iowa.
Misses Ethel and Mary Young of
Rqck Island spent a few days with
their aunt, Mrs. Charles Wood. ..
' ZUMA
There will be a quarterly meeting
at Zuma Methodist church next Sun
day evening. Quarterly conference
will be held Monday morning at 9: 30.
Rev. V. R. Wiley will be present at
both meetings.
The Christmas exercises at Zuma
Methodist church Christmas eve werj
well rendered'to a fair sized audience.
There was a nice tree laden with pres
ents for the Sunday school and Santa
Claus was there with his brownies and
caused much amusement to the audi
ence. ' , '
Zuma school held the annual elec
tion at the close of the service Sunday
r.nd elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Superintendent, Ed
gar Walthers; assistant, Jeriah Dona-
hoo; secretary. Homer Daily; assistant
Goldie "Wainwright; treasurer, Mamie
Wake; librarian, Verna Mumma.
Mrs. Omar Karr and children of
Rock Island are spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel Beal.
Mrs. Margaret Schroder of Rock Is
land, who spent Christmas with her
sister, Mrs. Charles Walthers, re
turned home Monday morning.
Holmes Mumma came home Christ
mas night, from Knox, college for a
short visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Mumma.
Mr. and. Mrs. Clyde Wake spent
Christmas with Mrs. Wake's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Marian Walker.
Rose Hill and Oak Ridge schools
closed for the holidays with a program
and tree, much to the pleasure of the
pupils.
The Zuma Aid society will meet
with Mrs. Samuel Wainwright neaf
Rapid City Jan. 7 for an all day meet
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Brandt of Port Byron
Usited with their daughter, Mrs. Min
nie Wainwright, last week.
Frank Wainwright, who was hurt at
Watertown, is able to be out again.
The. annual election of the Crescent
Telephone company will be held at have passed, but Eales has failed to
Erie the first Monday in January. keep his promise. Lawson is a regu-The-gentlemen
of Zuma Methodist lar caller at police headquarters in
church will give an oyster supper New Daveuport, but no clue to the "Olive
Year's eve. A spelling contest will be
given the early part of the evening to
entertain the people.
Mr. and Mrs. Argnebright of Battle
Creek, Mich., are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Daily.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman, Daily spent
Christmas with their son, Oscar, and
family at Port Byron.
Frank Searl made .a business trip,
to Joslin Thursday to get his father.
Ambrose SearV aud his uncle, Frank
Wake, who returned from Chicago,
where they had been with cattle, Tues
day.
Mrs.' Frank Talbee, who underwent
an operation last Tuesday, is doing
uiucij. v
ine directors or me urescem icie-
phone company met at Hillsdale Tues
day. '
CARACAS REVOLUTION.
Author Back From Venezuela Says It 12, 1S32. She came to America in
Looked Like Opera Bouffe. .company with her husband Gustave
Samuel Hopkins Adams, the author, Sandman, in 1880, and they first loca
who recently returned to -New York, ted In Muskegon, Mich. Mr. Sandman
was in Caracas. Venezuela, when Pres- died in 1887. About seven years ago
ident Castro sailed for Europe and Mrs. Sandman came to live with her
saw the rioting in Caracas Dec. 14, son Abel in this city, and has made
which constituted a revolution, he -
thinks, that lifted Acting President
Gomez Into the permanent place of
president, so far as nny office is per
manent In Venezuela. The "revolu
tion"was like an opera bouffe to Mr.
Adams and other foreign observers.
"Few believe that Castro will ever
return to Venezuela," said Mr. Ad
ams. "He is really sick with liver
and kidney trouble, aud, besides, he
must soon know, that it would be fool
hardy to go back there now. He car
ried with him and sent put before he
started some $3,000,000 which he had
squeezed out of the country. . , .
i "Castro ls very unpopular with his
own people. He ruled for private
profit- In the nine years that he had
been president, so far as I could find
out he put. his hand upon every sort
of trade or enterprise out of which
money could be made, calling it a gov
ernment monopoly and taking money
for it. : Thus the necessities of life
were made monopolies and farmed
out, sometimes for political profit,
more often for private profit."
About Digestion.
It is not the quantity of food taken j
but the amount digested and assimil
ated that gives strength and vitality .
to the system. Chamberlain's- Stomach
and Liver Tablets Invigorate the stom
ach and liver and enable them to 'per
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and weight greater endurance and a
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MOLINE
Wanted in Galesburg, Too. Mae
Elizabeth Peterson, the 17-year-old girl
who was recently arrested here for
obtaining money by use of a confi
dence game, it turns out was not as
innocent as she appeared to be here.
Sheriff F. H. Hooker of Galesburg,
Knox county, telephoned to the police
department here and told of a girl that
passed worthless checks in Galesburg
on the 19th and 23rd of this montl.
A description of the girl who did the
work! there and her methods were
compared, and it developed that' Miss
Peterson, who was arrested here, is
wanted in ' Galesburg for the' same
kind of work, and instead of the girl
being a wayward and innocent child,
she is a bold crook. It is not known
what the Knox county authorities may
want to do with the girl, but they may
want to prosecute her after the Rock
Island county officials are through with
her. The girl is at present in the
county jail waiting until the grand
jury meets, and then she will have her
trial. She came to Moline on the ev
ening of Dec. 23 and immediately be
gan to get the worthless checks cash
ed. She first called on Dr. C. Arnold
Peterson, and while in his office stole
six blank checks. Five of these she
filled out with fictitious names and
succeeded in passing four of them be
fore being caught up.
Swindled in Davenport Peter Law
son, a laboring man claiming Moline
I as his home, has reported to the Dav
enport police that he was. swindled
out of $200 in that city in a smooth
confidence game worked by Peter
Eales and a woman. Eales and the
woman he calls his wife have operated
in other localities, and the Davenport
police are in receipt of a card from
Denver explaining that he had a me
teoric career in Colorado, and was in
volved in a number of irregular trans
actions before he sought other climes.
Lawson dropped his pile on a "part
nership" game. Eales rented' office
rooms in Davenport and was to engage
in the manufacture of "Olive bitters."
The secret recipe which he held, he
promised, would net a fortune to him
self and to the person he would select
as his associate In the business. Only
one person was to be . admitted into
partnership. Eales said it would re
quire" $3u0 to become a partner, but as
Lawson only had $200, Eales finally
condescended to let him in for that
sum. After securing the -$200 Eales
and the woman were suddenly called
to Chicago," hut told Lawson they
would return in a few days. The days
bitters man has been secured,
o i
Agree to Close at 10. The clerks of
the clothing stores of this city are cir-
culating a petition or agreement among
the owners of the stores. The latter
agree to close their stores at 10 o'clock
sharp every Wednesday and Saturday
(evening in the year, excepting during
the week preceding Christmas. The
; clothing stores of Moline have been in
the habit of keeping open as long as
the merchants felt it necessary
Obituary Record. Charles Harper.
the little son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.I
Trout, died Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. af -
i.er a very oriei itiuess wun innamma-
tion of the bowels,
Mrs. Marie Helen Sandman died at
the home of her son, Abel Sandman,
1003 Fifth
avenue, yesterday after a
lingering illness with dropsy. Mrs,
Sandman was born in Sweden, May
DAY
Mnnron's Cold nemedy Itoiioves tTie
head, throat aud 'vimx alicost fuimpdlatp-
, ly. Check fevers, tt.m ljlsi-hurges of
the nose, takes awny-all nebe uuri pains
caused by coliis. It cures Grp nnd ob
stinate ("ousbs and prevtuts 1'ucumouia.
1'rlce 2oc. .
Have yon stifT or swellcn jolnts.no wat
. tor hoiv chronic? Asle.jrour druggist for
Munyon's Kheunifltlsm- Ke:ni-ly und see
Low quickly you v'll Jif cirod.
If-you have nny kidney or bladder trou
Mp pet Jluiiyon'm Kidney Ucmt-dy.
Munyon'a VUallwr. mrl;s veai men
strong aud restore.; lour :wcrs.
Munyon'a Magazine Aliunnae sent free
n reooeat.
For Dnrakemets, Opiam,
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odtr Dru Utinz.
tkeTobacca Habit
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her home here since. She was a prom
inent member of the Swedish Baptist
church, and leaves many, devoted
friends. She leaves two sons, Abel A.
and Chaiies, both of this city, and one
daughter, Mrs. Anna Peterson of Musk
egon, Mich;
BIG CONTEMPT CASE.
How
Labor Leaders Regard
Judge
Wright's Decision.
The sentence of imprisonment for
contempt iu disregarding the injunc
tion of the court ih the boycott of the
Buck's Stove and Range company irtf
posed by Judge Daniel II. E. Wright
of the supreme" court of. the District of
Columbia ou Samuel Gompers. the
president of the American Federation j
of Labcr; on Ffauk Morrison, secreta-'
ry of that body, and on John Mitchell, j
former head of the Miners' federation,
has brought out a number of opinions
by labor lenders. 'Here are a few:
, "The sentencing of Gompers, Mitch
ell and Morrison to terms of imprison
ment iu the Buck's Injunction case
will, in my opinion, be of benefit rath
er than harmful to the trades union
movetnent in America," says Joseph
E. Buchanan, a well known labor lead
er and writer on, labor questions.
"It will draw together aud solidify
the elements which have been antago-
nistic. These autagonisms have grown
out of disagreements upon questions of
policy, particularly with relation to
trade and Intertrade matters. These
disagreements have defeated the com
plete solidarity of the trades unions.
But attacks upon the men iu high offi
cial positions by forces cut
tirely out-,
ably oblit-!
side of the movement invariably
erate the recollection of grievances on;
the inside, and all divisions of the
army of organized labor rally to the
support o those attacked.
"A recent illustration of this truth I
was furnished at the Norfolk conveu-
tion of the American Federation o?
Labor in November, 1007. Until that
convention Mr. Gompers had never :
been elected president without opposi
tion, and the Socialist element was
sometimes bitter in its fight upon him.
Because of the attacks made upon Mr. 1
Gompers by the National Association
of Manufacturers the Socialists took
the lead In a unity movement which ;
resulted In his unanimous re-election
at Norfolk. I could cite many In
stances similar to this one, all of
which convince me that the. trades un
ion movement will not suffer because
of the verdict of the supreme court." i
Charles II. Moyer of Denver, presi
dent of the Western Federation of
Miners, in speaking of the punishment
of Gompers and others said:
"The decision of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia against
Gompers,-Mitchell and Morrison fur
ther bears out what I have for a long
time preached that it. is no use for
the working class to legislate without
having the courts first reformed."
flenry Abrahams, secretary of the
Boston Central Labor union, said: "It
seems as though the judges have gone
mad. Slowly and insidiously our peo
ple have been deprived of their liber
ties. This sentence Is a blow at the
freedom of the press."
W. D. Ryan of Indianapolis, national
secretary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers, of which John Mitchell was
president when the alleged boycott res
olution was acted on at the miners
convention a year ago, sent the follow
ing telegram to President Roosevelt:
"As an official representative of the
United Mine Workers of America I em
phatically protest against the court de
cision sending Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison to jail. I know of no law
that has been violated by Gompers or
Morrison
; In question, and I am positive that
jutcneu is absolutely innocent.
George W. Terklns of Chicago, pres
ident of the Cigarmkers' Irternation-
al union, Mr. Gompers' own organlza-
tion, said:
"I hold that the decision was unjust
and uncalled for and not in keeping
with the ethics of even handed justice.
The judge appeared to be spiteful and
bitter in Imposing the sentence. I
hold that Mr. Gompers and his com
panions committed no crime in the
sense In which that term Is applied
and used. Mr. Gompers believed he
had a constitutional inherent right as
a citizen to do the things which ' he
openly and in broad daylight had done."
T TT MnrrlsKoir at nWolnn.l r nr. I
" -'j . .".v, v.,
labor in
injunction cases it is not
strange that labor organizations should
demand the passage of. laws guarantee
Ing trial byjury In contempt cases.'
This decision will surely emphasize the '
need of such a law and In that respect
will serve a useful purpose."
Walter MacArthur of San Francisco,
editor of the Coast Seaman's Journal,
said: . -
"I regard that sentence as an epoch
making event in the history not only !
of labor, but of civilization. No sym-'
pathy need be expressed for those im-'
mediate victims of government by in
junction since the result of their, im-!
prisonoient is bound to be beneficial
In the sense that it will arouse the
people to a realization of the dangers
to human liberty which are. inherent In
a system : of government bv ininnc-1
tion." . '
The Accommodating Patron.
"Shall I send this or will you take
It?" asks the affable drug clerk after
fiU,Q the prescription.
"You 8end !t and theo
take It.- suggests the accomm
natron. C!b.Wro Post
I Will
accommodating
til recently grand master of the Broth- "T1U " uTkl
crhood of Railway Trainmen, discuss-' the new year, has been observed. hen
ing the decision Judge Wright, said: ; tt t0rigi"ateJrur ?'"d ,be
"In the light of this decision and oth- trenely difficult If not actually im
.rarhftr h., Kr. irf possible, to say. It is sufficient to
VER since man knew
enough about astron
omy to divide time
into years which
more or less
agreed with the
earth's annual revolu
tion around the sun,
he has in various
characteristic ways
regarded the first
day of the new year
as a day of re
joicing and well
wishing. It was the
greai
ay for exchanging gifts until, in some
Christian
cuuuines, nnsimas uay .
was substituted.
While in America
New Year's day is generally observed :
as a holiday and as an occasion for
paying ceremonial social calls, in
France, even now, New Year's pres-'
ents have not entirely disappeared. j
New Year's day is not observed on
January 1 in every country, although 1
most nations, nowadays use the Gre-1
gorian calendar, and consequently be-
gin their new year on that day. In '
Russia the Julian calendar Is still in!
Use, and as a quarter of a day in each J
year is lost by that system, there Is ,
now an accumulated loss of 13 days, j
January 1 in Russia, then, corresponds
to January 14 of our calendar. The
Mohammedan New Year, the Jewish
New Year and the Chinese New Year,
owing to the peculiar systems of keep
ing time by those people, are very elu
sive dates, or seem so to persons fa
miliar only with the Gregorian calen
dar. ASTO THE CALENDARS.
The Jewish year is solar-lunar, and
may consist of as few as 353 days and
as many as 385. New Year's day usu
ally falls in September. The Moham
medan years usually consist of 354
days, being purely lunar, and the leap
years, which occur In certain twelve
months of a cycle of 30 lunar years,
contain 353 days. The first day of
Muharrem New Year's day may in
course of time make a whole revolu
tion of the seasons. An instance of this
may be given. The first of Muharrem,
1906, fell on February 25, while the
Mohammedan New Year last year be
gan on March 7. Inasmuch as it is
purely lunar, the Mohammedan year
is almost unique in the calendars of
the world. While the Chinese year con-
forms to the eastern idea, being found
ed upon lunar months, a month is add
ed to every 30, to make time conform
with the solar year. Consequently,
the Chinese New Year may begin any
time between January 21 and febri
ary 28.
REVOLVING NEW YEAR.
The ancient Egyptians had a year
more or less conforming to the Julian
style, inasmuch as it contained 3C5
days. In course of centuries this made
New Year's make a complete revolu
tion of the seasons. This fact, only
recently properly appreciated by Prof.
Petrie, the Egyptologist, led to many
misconceptions and retarded the solu
tion of mysterious feasts and rites
which now are "perfectly well under
stood by archaeologists.
Anciently, in Rome, the new year
began in March, in the neighborhood
of the vernal equinox, which would
I seem to be a reasonable, if not logical
time to begin the annual, cycle. March
25 was, until the latter part of the
sixteenth century, the day when the
new year began in most Christian
countries. Numa is said to have made
' the Roman year begin on January 1,
the day held by pagan Rome sacred
In honor of Janus, who was thus sup
' posed to turn at once back upon the
old year and forward into the new, and
subsequently New Year's day was, at
various times and in different Chris
tian countries, celebrated on the pres
ent Christmas, March 1, March 25 (the
Feast of the Annunciation), and East
er day.
CUSTOM OF GIFTS.
Almost everywhere the custom of
, i-: . a . . .
know that the observance has the
sanction of remote antiquity. In the
eighth century B.. C. Tatius, king of
the Sabines, according to traditions.
began the custom among the Romans.
At first the gifts were merely emblem-
New Year's Greetings
' atic and of little price, being branches
cut from the wood consecrated to
Strenia, ' the goddess of strength.
These were presented to the king as
an omen of good fortune. The gifts
became more pretentious as time went
.on, and in later centuries some of the
t Roman emperors demanded New Year's
presents of groat value from the
. "magnates" of those days. As the
Roman rulers were gentlemen who
were not to be trifled with, the pres
( ents usually appeared on time after
i notice to the wealthy was, given. .
i It was in Rome, too, that the habit
! of masquerading at New Year's ap-
stn, observed in Italy now ls confined
,, --Mm,; at ho Vntnhanv
and at the carnival time.
FESTIVITIES OF THE DAY.
In some countries, notably in Great
Britain and in some cities in Canada
and the United States, the new year is
welcomed in by festivities on the eve
of the day. In Scotland, for instance,
it is customary to celebrate New
Year's eve with some festivity, which
is nrolonged until uast midnight. At
the stroke of 12 every cne present
wishes each other a "Happy New
Year." The custom is also common
in many parts of Germany, where the
salutation 13 "Prosit Neu Jehr."
Similar to this custom are the re-
ligious "watch meetings" held in some
of the churches in this country on
New Year's eve. In England on New
Year's eve, in some houses, a curious
custom, or superstition, is observed.
At the stroke of 12, which ushers in
the new year, the party, already wait
ing on the stairs, begin to ascend the
stairway backward, taking a step at
each stroke. Every step successfully
mounted means a happy month, every
stumble a reverse. Of course, it is
one of those playful superstitions
which are not taken seriously.
Glucose Fcndant for Christmas.
Two cups sugar, one cup water, and
two tablespoons glucose. Boil all un
til a little dropped in cold water will
form a soft ball. Remove from fire
and heat till creamy.
Seven ways to use- the fondant:
Make into balls and dip in melted
chocolate.
Roll them in cocoanut.
Roll them in chopped nuts.
Fill figs with fondant and slice this.
Fill dates with fondant, or put the
fondant around the stoned date.
Make into squares and place a nut
on top.
Roll nut3 in the fondant and thn la
sugar.
Tie Racks for Men.
A present that will be greatly ap
preciated by a man is a tie rack. This
may be mounted embroidered linen,,
burnt wood, decorated leather on
painted cardboard. The only thing to
be guarded against is not to make
them too elaborate. The more simple
the pattern is the more sure to please.
Room for Lots of Presents.
"I wish I could be a laundress,"
aid
little Dorothy.
"You would have to work very, verr
, nar(j( my child. observed her mother.
"But just think, mamma, of all the
stockings I could hang up.'
Greeting.
Now while the surging, deep-toned bells
lament
The past year, e'er fickle, they shall
L Their solemn burden for a round of Joy.
change
Chiming the praises of the year new-
crowned.
Edith Thomas,
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