1
THE VALUE OF
TO HOUSEfflFE
HARY PATTISON DESCRIBES
EXPERIMENT IN HOUSE
HOLD EFFICIENCY OF
INTEREST.
HOW SAVE MANY STEPS
The "Kitchenette" Will Solve Many
A Problea: Where One Woman
21nst Do All the
Work'.
Mary R. Patiison, in an article in
"Success Magazine" oescribinc: an
experiment in household efficiency,
says :
My kitchen was larci and the
labor of preparing a ir.eal left one
physically exhausted. When I. want
ed a spoon or a fork. I had to walk
to cne end of. the room, for a towel
J went to the other side, for a pan
somewhere else. There was coal to
carry. up from the cellar, ashes to
earn' down; there was dust con-
tmually and a fire that would ro out.
The confusion was maddening and
the arrangements seemed the worst
possible.
As I stood one day in the center
of the pantry. I was suddenly seiz
ed with the idea of turin it into
a kitchenette. Mv pantrv was of
pood size with china closets built in.
There was a sink, with hot and cold
water supplied from the cellar, a
larjre built-in refrigerator was al
ready in place there, connected with
a drain into the cellar and supplied
with an outside door through which
ice could be put without the inconvenience-
of carrying it through the
house. I had gas and electric con
nections made at once. Since that
time. I have been able to" prepare all
my meals in the kitchenette. A
small gas stove with broiler and
portable oven, I find sufficient with
the use of a tireless cooker. The
tove is placed on a shelf to obviate
leaning over. The oven door is
plass. dein away witl opening the
door so often at the waste of energy
and heat. Now, when I stand in
the center of my kitchenette, I can
put my hand on anything needed in
the preparation of a meal by the
simple act of turning. The folly of
walking miles, back and forth, day
in and chy out, is dispensed with.
Escaping Household Drudgery
The old-time household duties also
aisappeared to a great extent. Scrub
fcing was no longer a necessity. I
found a waxed floor, with simple but
effective rugs, just as practicable as
in other. part of the house. The
rext step was to eliminate that c
ond frightful bugbear of housekeep
ingwashing the pots and pans. No
dish or kettle used in cooking was
allowed to become cold before being
i vc ashed with a combination wire and
bristle brush. The hand thus came
an contact wholly with the handle of
the vessel, doing, away with the most
unpleasant part of dishwashing,
while the immediate cleansing mini
mized labor by preventing particles
cf food from drying and sticking to
the sides of the utensil.
Table tops of glass and marble
also helped to reduce labor in the
Ütchen.- These were constantly kept
spotless by the free use of paper
napkins as ir wipe-up rags." The
employment -of paper is on of the
most valuable means of saving work.
Paper napkins when bought in quan
tities are very cheap, they are ab
sorbent, easily handled and may be
quickly disposed of ,
Another of our schemes was to
have all garbage instantly dropped
down a tube from the sink to an
;ineratr in the cellar, doing away
vrith that most unpleasant chemical
combination of a mixture of nonde
script scraps, so unpleasant to the
tenses of sight, smell and touch. We
have not as yet reached Mrs Rorer's
ideal of minimum waste, but we are
.viiur to approach it, for therein
I -lies another real source of economy.
X great deal 01 airc, ana iuc ww4
0f removing it, was prevented by
having all vegetables washed before
they wer brought into the house.
To tbis end I devised a little drop
üble near the pump on the hack
perch, but a step from the garden.
7e live in the country and grow
ccne 01 our own vegetables, but the
ciple of leaving all possible dirt
vatside is one that coinage. ap-Jiu
utmost everywhere.. All market de
liveries were left m a . basset jum
Stride 'the door, obviating the run
f!.ing in and out of delivery boys.
Hilary Patton in "Success Maga-
tzizl". , V'-' : ' -
A Successful Event.
V
At the Presbyterian manse Thurs
day afternoon the ladies of the
church tendered Mrs. J. P. Eng
st rom, Field Secretary of their
Heine Mission Board of the North
west, a delightful reception. More
than fifty ladies gathered In the
spacious rooms of the manse, which
the ladies had neatly decorated with
flowers for the occasion. Mrs.
Engstrom, though weary from
travel and many meetings, made an
address to those present which was
not only full of interesting and
inspiring statements but was de
livered in a most pleasing manner.
She explained the origin of the
work which the women of the
church are doing, and called particu
lar attention to the fiftieth anniver
sary of the organization. Mrs. A. C.
Hume, who presided, introduced
Mrs. Engstrom with some well
chosen and pointed remarks. She
likewise referred to the presence of
Mr. Lee, a native of China, present
with them, and introduced him to
the audience. Mr. Lee appeared in
Tiative costume, and spoke inost en
tertainingly and impressively of the
conditions existing m his native
land, and the supreme importance of
the gospel as the only Jiopo for the
future of that country. He als) ex
hibited several surios from China.
Ihirhvj: . the afternoon delightful
J music was rendered on the piano
hy Mrs. John Cook and Miss Erma
Sanrler. Miss Julia Yockey sang a
beautiful solo. Mrs. Hoham and Miss
Yrekev rendered a fine duet, and
Miss Hazel XciT delighted all with
a Chinese love song, which she
rendered in Chinese costume.
A substantial lunch followed, of
which not only the ladies but a few
men partook. The paper napkins
lapsus
in t le
used on this occasion were
nature of souvenirs, they having on
them a part cf the twenty-third
psalm written artistically by Mr.
Lee in Chinese characters.
The free-will offering oraounted to
more than .$17.
Mrs. Engstrom again addressed
the ladies at night in the church.
Although the - threatening weather
kept a number away, the meeting
was both interesting and profitable.
The ladies feel quite encouraged ovei
the whole affair, and hope that this
is the beginning of better days in
their mission an work.
4 'Men and Religion. M
The meeting for tbe men of the
churches in the Christian church lat
night was not as well attended as it
might be, but they tried to makeup
intnterest and effort what they lack
ed otherwise. Those who did not at
tend missed an admirable address
by Kev. Mr. Ormond, who explained
in detail this new movement to in
terest the men of the various church
es in their fellow men. Ninety
strategic cities in different parts of
the country have been chosen as
centers from which to radiate, and
some twenty-three experts in vari
ous lines of work for men and bxvs
are to visit these centers and thru
local committees reach the tributary
places. South Bend is one of these
centers, and it is possible for Plym
outh to have some of these experts
in a five days' campaign, if the men
are willing To undertake it. A con
ference with these experts will be
held at the Y. M. C. A. in South
Bend on the 22nd inst., at which the
places for these campaigns will be
settled. The outcome of the meet
ing last night was the decision to
form a committee here of thirty-five
men to undertake work here. Nine
of this committee was appointed,
and they are to fill ont the number.
It is intended to have all the church
es 'work together in this matter.
The nine men are : Rev.' TV. C. Lo
gan, Frank Anderson, Rev. J. - C.
Smih, O. F. Hoover, Ralph Leonard,
Frank Southworth, Dr. "Hitchcock,
A. R. Underwood, Morris Agler. A
meeting of these men will soon be
held to complete the committee, so
that they can begin work as soon a
possible. I is expected that much
good will be the result of this
move, not only to the individual
churches, but also to the community
as a whole.
Serves Notice on Bosses
Governor Woodrow Wilson is mak
irg a fight for a square deal and
open fight in New Jersey this fall.
To the party bosses in the various
counties who have been accustomed
to putting up jobs on both' the party
and the people, he serves this ulti
matum: "There must be no private con
ferences and no putting up of a
game on the party. I am going to
tell everything I know, and I know
a good deal. I here served notice on
all men who are playing double that
the game is up with them. There
are in various counties men I. could
name' who have had the chance of
their lives. I have asked them 7hpm
they served the organizationor the
people. I serve notice on them that
the game for them is up. They have
preferred burial with dishonor to
life with honor."
It will be interesting to note
whether the people of New Jersey
will support' the governor in his
clean-cut work of reform, or wheth
er, as is often the' case, they will
be bribed, bullied r bamboozled in
fo carrying out the' pfjogram which,
in spite of the governor's warning,
the political bosses will most assur
edly formulate. South Bend Times.
Foa.FLCTcnEir
ASTORIA
LIGHTNING STRIKES
SCHOOL BUILDING.
During the electrical storm last
night the lightning struck the cupola
on the Webster school building
was badly demolished and a large
hole was torn in, the roof at the
base of the cupola. Pieces of slate
and tile from the roof were scatter
ed over the yard to the north and
were even hurled entirely across the
street.
The slate roof probably kept the
building from firing, and aside from
thesligbt disfigurement meioned
above there was no seriou' damage
done.
'Born Lucky.:
(Dayton HcraM.)
You often hear it said : " That man
was born lnckv." ,
Well, whenever you hear that, you
can put it down for the honest
truth that the person who savs it
doesn't know what he is talking about
No one. is born luck v.
Did you ever, after you had lock
ed at an oil -painting for a .while
without bcinsr able to make' anything
out of it, woiider what was t1.
matter with it? The cows wer? all
mixed up with the trees and the
houses look li!;e a part of a stream
and the whole picture seemed
blurred . Thcn you took a couple
et' steps around the r-iom. -seekinir
the ri'-iht viewpoint. Suddenly yon
found yourself in the riirht position.
The liüht fell properly on the pic:
ture. and what had been blurred and
indistinct was now a perfectly clear
landscape scene.
That's the wav you will see these
born-lucky people when von get the
rivht yvlht on tboir Ilistory Tjiev
iavo wrrke( j,aro for xvliat the
have and hard-workincr people, as a
rule, are modest. They don't go
around talking about themselves.
They will not brag of tliv hard work
they have done or of the fine brains
they have, but Ihey will tell you that
there is no mere luck in succeeding
and getting ahead than you can höhl
on the point of a needle.
"Born-lucky people" have the
good trait of the bulldog.- Thev get
a grip on their work, just like the
bulldog gets a grip on the leg of a
tramp. He never lets go until he
has brought down bis game. The
bulldog holds the tramp until his
master arrives, and the born-lucky
man bold on to his work until he
has made it deliver success.
(let the bulldog habit and hang on.
.drip your work so that it cannot
get away from 3011. -
Never let go until you have suc
ceeded in your purpose.
Then some day people will point
you out and say: "That man was
horn lucky."
Clams or Children Which?
Do we love clams more than chil
dren? If we do not why did Con
gress without hesitation, appropriate
$20,000.00 to pay experts, to study
clams, and almost unanimously turn
down an apropriation' of $3.000.00
to pay an expert to study children?
The clam apropriation was pass
ed in 1907, and early in 1908 the
child appropriation was killed. k In
1905, the State' Board of Health
presented to the Indiana General
Assembly, a new health law, which
had for its object, the conserva
tion of human life. It seems to the
Board that our state would do well
to catch up with other states, and do
like sensible, practical' work along
the lines of preventing disease and
saving lives. When the bill was up,
a member rose and said: "I have
been "requested by my constituents,
over and over, to vote ( for . meas
ures to protect hogs from cholera
and trees from scale, but I have
never been asked to vote for a meas
ure to protect women and children
from preventable diseases." Of
course, the bill was defeated as a
crank bill. Had the bill been for
hogs and clams, it would not have
been cranky. The reason why the
$20,000.00 clam appropriation passed
like greased lightning, was because
the pearl button makers want clam
shells to make pearl buttons from.
We cannot make, anything but men
and" women out of children, there
fore. Congress would not give any
money for such an end. It is to be
said that Secretary Garfield heartily
endorsed the child appropriation and
when he made his argument before
the Congressional Committee, a
mighty member from Sink-hole rose
and asked: "Does this not approach
dangerously near the line of en
croachment upon the rights of
States and Municipalities." When
will some people quit thinking it is
cranky to protect the human family
against disease? No one thinks it
is cranky to protect hogs against
cholera and trees against scale.
The above from the State Board of
Health.
Attacks Cchool Principal.
.
A severe attack on scnool principal
Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania, Ga,, is
thus told by him. "For more than
three years," he writes, "I suffffer
ed indescribable torture from rheu
matism, ' liver and stoma cb trouble
and deceased kidneys. All remelie
failed till I used Electric Bitters,
hut four bottles of this wonderful
cured, "me completely.'1'' Such re
sults are common. Thousands bless
them for curing stomach trouble,
female complaints, Kidney dis
orders, biliousness. and for new
I health and vigor. Try them. Only
50c at Fred Wenzler's.
.
ROADTOHEALTH
IS
A
TECHNICAL WORLD JOURNAL
TELLS HOW YOUNG MAN
CAPITALIZED HIS TIME
AND SUCCEEDED
ONE IN. TEN HEALTHY
Right Pood snd Careful Living
Avoiding Luxuries Can Make
Heslth Ccinc Back to
'Many " v'
Tt was something like three years
ago that an ambitious bookkeeper
complained to 'the writer of his
inability to keep his eyes open the
moment he applied them to books of
an evening after, work. Since boy
hood he had contributed to the sup
port ot a iamily of seven, and now
at the age of twenty-four he desir
ed to take up shorthand and to
carry a correspondence course or
two. If by hook or by crook he did
mnnnrvA lA 1 i 1 t
maimer iu ujK uniii eieven or
twelve o'clock his ' mind would be
dull and heavy next day. At one
time he was so ill advised as to try
drinking strong tea for supper. Tea
kept his eyes open alright, but
headaches began to manifest them
selves, and sleeplessness and other
symptoms of nervousness put in ap
pearance. The young man dropped
thei tea, and the headaches and nerv
ousness disappeared almost im
mediately, but evening work was
still impossible. The writer sug
gested to him that he discontinue
his suppers, eating at most an apple
or other fresh fruit, or perhaps a
small bowl of cereal flakes with the
juice of a stewed fruit, lie adopted
the sugestion, adding to it one of his
own devising that he be careful at
all -meals to choose only the digest
ible foods and before a year had
elapsed his knowledge of shorthand
had gained him a private secretary
ship to the president of his con
cern, and he is now a small stock
holder. He had capitalized his time.
An eminent political economist re
cently ventured the assertion that
not more than one person in ten
is healthy meaning by " healthy '
not "just so so, but- positively,
vitally, actively, radiantly so. The
other nine sore of worry along, some
x positive ill health, the others
neither sick nor well, both classes a
burden to themselves and to those
who are obliged to live and work
with them. And inasmuch as these
persons are so preponderr-.tingly 1 in
the majority it is pertinent to ask,
-Can health come back?"
The answer is most emphatically,
it can if you are willing to deny
yourself accustomed luxuries. Self
denial that is the price of getting
well. It sounds a good deal easier
than parting with good gohj, but
most people prefer contributing to
the support of a physician to" giving
up one of their three or four daily
meals, or a cup of tea. A drug trade
journal recently descanted upon
what it was pleased to call "the
ivory-headed public. 11 The burden
of the editor's satire was this: "In
their ability , to resist the letting in
of information concerning matters
of health, the heads of a remarkably
large portion of the general public
seem, to be made of solid ivory, bone
or wood. Patronize the restaurants
and hotel dining rooms and , note
how many stuff their stomachs full
of unmasticated food, making it go
down with icewater, coffee, beer, or
wine, instead of the natural digel
tive fluids of the mouth." If these
strictures seem severe, try a little
experiment. Select a dozen persons
who for financial reasons are in
particular need of the mental ef
ficiency that comes of vigorous
health, and persuade them to adopt
the sugestions contained in. the fol
lowing pages, and then observe how
few of them persevere. When a
week of proper eating fails to cor
rect the results of a lifetime of in
dulgence they give up in despair and
go back to ' the flesh-pots of the Nile
with a suspicion . that you are a
crank. 1
Ilts Fins lUxr Brick.
C. A. Reeve has returned from
Chicago with bis new Buick auto
mobile. It was specially made for
him and is a strong and beautiful
car. It -has a 35 horse power en?
gine, is a 1912 model; has four full
doors, straight line sides and'1 a 4
valve bugle horn.'
Man's masfery of the air will be
demonstrated at Plymouth Sept. 21-
GIVE! B!
MAGAZINE
122. 'See for yourselves. .,u, 4tw.
International Peace a Matter of Few
Years
I believe that the people of the
world are rapidly coming to the con
clusion that all disputes can be set
tled by arbitration, rather .than by
a resort to arms. In my opinion, the
International Court at The Hague
will in a ver few years be the tri
bunal in which all disputes "between
countries will be settled; but we
must also bear inmind that in order
to make the decisions of that court
obeyed by the nations, there must
be a power somewhere to see that
they are carried out. Governor
William J. Mills of New Mexico in
The Christian Herald.
War is Unreasonable
I do not regard the present agita
tion for International Arbitration
and World-Peac as either ephem
eral or "a fixed and natural desire
of the human heart. r' A desire for
war for its own sake, or for con
quest, is an inheritance of the race
from its brute period. The race has
at last procrressed sufficiently so that
the wisest and best of mankind are
beginning to realize that the same
ethical principles should govern na
tions as individuals:.
The truest patriots are those who
have caught the world vision. There
is no more reason for a nation to
cultivate a martial attitude towards
another nation, than for one family
to cultivate a martial attitude to
wards another tamilv. While I
would not neglect a reasonable pre
paration for defense against unjust
attacks, we should, remember that' in
the case ot nations, as of individuals.
"they that draw the sword shall
perish by the sword." Chancellor
Vvery, University of Nebraska, in
The Christian Herald.
A Carapftre on the Beach.
The very materials of which the
fire is built lend to it many expres
sive moods and startling changes
rtver set n away from the ocean's
Ige. Driftwood that has been buf
feted about by the waves and satn
rated with bitter brine can not burn
in the same calm and sedate fashion
as the mere woodland pine knots and
picnic branches. Driftwood has a
voice and gesture all its own and
can tell tales and sing songs to the
sympathetic listener. Here are no
overspreading tree-tops to swallow
up the smoke as it rises. Great gray
and white masses tower grandly
aloft if the air by any chance is still.
If not, it takes unto itself shapes
strange, fantastic and wild in unison
both with its source and its sur
roundings. A waft of air from land
ward may sweep it low down in a
dull, black cloud right out over the
eaning crests of the charging bil
lows. It veils their w-hiteness and
ends a d;fll, slaty tinge to their hol
ows till it mingles imperceptibly
with the offshore mists. If an in
shore breeze catches it, away it rolls
due among the tall beach grasses.
Once in a while before a storm
comes on the smoke will roll reluc-
antly along the edge between land
and water twisting and writhing in
fantastic curls seemingly afraid to
venture on either element. When
ever this happens look out for
squalls. Trust not the deceitful
quiet of the sea and the gentle,
balmy airs that come now this wav
and now that. Drive all tent pegs
solid and firm and tauten up every
guv. r or oeiore morning tnings win
be humming. W. J. Hoxie in "Suc
cess Magazine."
"I have a world of confidence in
Chamberlain's Cough lenleläv for I
.ave used it with perfect success,"
writes Mrs. M. I. Basford, Pooles-
ville, Md. For sale by All Dealers.
Making a Vacation Pay
The best investment that many
men make during tbe year is repre
sented by the expense of their va
cation. They are paying out money
and earning nothing, but they are
putting themselves in superb condi
tion for great business on their' re
turn. They are . overhauling their
physical and mental machinery, re
newing, alestoring, lubricating, pol
ishing the delicate bearings and put
ting them in a condition to run
smoothly and noiselessly for the re
mainder of the year.-
There is no investment which pays
such great dividends as keeping one's
physical condition up to the highest
standard upon this hangs all our
success and - happiness.
The right kind of a vacation mul
tiplies the power and effectiveness of
all. the faculties; it increases courage,
confidence, self-respect; in fact ev
ery success t and happiness faculty.
Could there be a better investment?
Orison Swett Harden; in "Suc
cess Magazine."
r A Fierce Nlht Alarm.
is the hoarse, startling cough of a
chin, suddenly attacked by croup.
Often it aroused Lewis Chamb-in, of
Manchester, O- (R. R. No. 2) for
their four children were greatly sub
ject to croup. " Sometimes in severe
attacks," he wrote "we were afraid
they would die, but since we proved
what a certain remedy Dr. King's
New. Discovery is, we have ro fear.
We rely on it for coughs, ' colds or
any throat or- lung trouble." So
do thousands of others. So may
you. 'Asthma, Hay-fever, La Grippe,
Whooping Cough, Hemorrhages fly
before it. 50c and $1.00. Trif.l
bottle free. Sold by Fred Wenzler.
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These days will be the great gala days
in Marshall county this fall. On Sept.
21-22-23, all roads will lead to' Plym
outh, Ind. Fonder residents in neigh
boring counties, neighboring and distant
states will return to good old Plymouth
and renew the 'friendships pf by-gone
years.
To make things interesting every
hour of the three days, the Plymouth
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tainment that will surpass anything
ever attempted in Marshall county.
4 Grand Aeroplane Races 4
by the famous Bud Mars
Grand Industrial and Horse
parade Sept. 23rd.
Grand Automobile Parade,
Thursday Sept. 21st.
Come to Plymouth and live
an hour every minute
4 Bands Band Concerts 4 Bands
$5000.00 Will be Spent
For Free Attractions and Cash Prizes
14 Shows 14 Shows
Everyone a good one
Horse and Industrial Parade
Don't fail to sec the Grand Horse and Industrial Parade to be
held Saturday, September 23rd, at 2 p. m.
; ' ;.
$300 iD cash prizes, to be awarded to the . various classes, also a
free lecture on the horse by a competent man, that will pay any
one to com6 mile's to hear.
Remember that all horses in this and adjoining . counties are
eligible to contest for prizes. Disinterested judges from outside
counties will award all prizes and a square deal is assured to all.
The beet buyers in Northern Indiana will be on the ground . to
buy horses that are for sale.
For. further particulars see ,
U. S. Lemert, Plymouth, Ind.
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Farm and Other Products
Grain and Seeds
Com, yellow Dent,
Cora, white,
Corn, prop.
Wheat,
Oats, v
Rye,
Clover Seed.
Other Farm Products
Potatoes,
Pumpkins, common,
Pumpkins, sweet, '
Beans,
Onions.
Sweet Potatoes,
Red Beets,
Tomatoes,
Cabbage,
Turnips,
, Pastry, Jams, Jellies and Canned Fruits.
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Liberal Cash Prizes will be awarded on . all.
the above products. The farmers will be
afforded an especial opportunity to see What
their neighbors in various pnrts of the coun
try are doing. The exhibits of farm pro
ducts will surprs anything ever cttempted
in Old .brchdl County. Every farmer
should attend. '
For further particulars SEE SMALL BILLS or
write, TH0S. CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, IND.
Ceepj Sim Mmü
Septemmlbeir 21-2-3
Fruits of all kinds
Apples',
' - Peaches,
Pears,
Plums,
Grapes,
Water Mellons,
Musk Mellon8,'
Squasn,
' Cauliflower,
' Egg plant.
tSuese EDae.
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