The Springfield herald., June 07, 1912, Image 6

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OCEAN LANES and
THEIR ORIGIN
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HEN the survivors of the Ti
tanic were picked up by the
Curpathia. which had been
summoned to their assls-
w
tance by wireless less than
six hours before, people who could
see more than the appalling horror of
the tragedy that had preceded the res
cue, wondered and said:
“But how fortunate that there was
a ship near to pick them up. Suppose
there hadn't been?”
As u matter of fact, nobody but a
landlubber would have made such a
remark. Any man who knew the sea
arid its ways would have been decid
edly surprised had the Titanic’s sur
vivors been compelled to wait longer
than they did. situated as Jhcy were
In the direct track of all vessels fol
lowing what is known as the southern
course across the Atlantic. Indeed,
the testimony before the senate inves
tigating committee disclosed that at
least one steamer had been within
nearer range of the distressed liner
than the Carpathia. and. according to
still other participants in the tragedy
passed within five miles of the Ti
tanic before she wont down.
Now. if you really are a landlubber
and If. conversely, you know nothing
about the lawß and customs of the
seas, you will, like the people referred
to above, remark what a wonderful
thing it was that so many ships could
respond to the Titanic's "C. Q. D.”
call, and dismiss the whole affair as
a remarkable coincidence. On the con
trary. there was no coincidence about
It—not any more so than If an auto
mobillst on the Merrick road should
break down on a lonely stretch out be
yond Sayville, let us supposo, and
should receive help from a brother of
the gasolene fraternity within the next
fifteen or twenty minutes.
A Much Traveled Thoroughfare.
No. the Titanic’s misfortune hap
pened to her on one of the most fre
quently traveled thoroughfares of the
many that sere the seven sens all
over the globe. Outside of a few
thickly frequented marine highways,
like the British channel, or certain
stretches of the .Mediterranean, or our
own Long Island sound, the Titanic
could not have picked out a better
place to sink in. with reasonable hope
of rescue in a short time. Had it not
been for a slip-up or misunderstand
ing which has yet to be explained, the
nearest ship to the wrecked liner
would have been alongside In ample
time to take off all her passengers and
crew.
Nowadays, as. for that matter, from
time out of mind, ships do not stray
off certain well defined lanes unless
driven to do so by unprecedentedly se
vere weather. But nowadays this
holds true even more than formerly.
In former times, the prevailing winds
at different seasons, the set of vari
ous ocean currents, and similar nat
ural phenomena, played considerable
parts in the determination of the
great trade routes, just as the loca
tion of wells and oases determines
caravan routes sfbross the African
deserts Ships naturally steered pn
courses on which )hey were most help
ed by the winds blowing at tho differ
ent season of tho year, as well as by
vurrents like the Gulf Stream.
'1 lie lines used by the great trans
atlantic liners, however, are governed
entirely by the lee-drift from the
Tiortli. This ice-drift is a regular phe
nomenon, and clogs the seas as far
sc i/th ai- the latitude of Cape Hatteras
a point about 40 degrees west long
itude. not very far from the Azores.
That is to say. about half the seas be
tween the American and Euroi>can
continents are subject to the peril of
the iceberg Years ago skippers dis
covered this, and when transatlantic
travel began to assume the propor
tions of an industry, the custom grad
ually grew up of setting regular routes
-of travel across the Atlantic, depend
ing upon the presence of ice.
North and South Lanes.
The northern, or short lane, is fol
lowed late In the year, after all the
Greenland floes and bergs have drift
ed down and disintegrated In the
warmer southern waters; the southern
or short course is that followed the
greater portion of the year, when tho
presence of ice is a constant menace
to navigation: -There is not a great
deal o! latitudinal difference between
the two, and there is' no attempt to
get wholly below the limit of tho ice
drift, for that would involve an impos
sible and really futile detour; but the
southern course was always regarded
as absolutely safe, until the disas
ter to the Titanic.
To find the beginnings of sea lanes
of travel, you must go far back to the
beginning of things, to the days when
men first ventured on the sea and
pushed timorously from cape to cape,
anchoring by night and rarely sailing
out of sight of land. Tho Phoenician
mariners, who sent their galleys
through the Pillars of Hercules and
up to Ireland for cargoes of tin, were
nrnong the first to rnap out recognized
routes for sea commerce, and one
cannot resist a deep respect for their
daring in thus exploring away that
their ancestors must have looked upon
w 1 4 li wholly superstitious dread.
I*. jincieut world, it is true, the
ocean lanes were not many. Princi
pal among them were the several
courses from the Pillars of Hercules,
either along tho African coast, via
Carthage, or the coasts of Gaul. Italy,
and Greece, and so on. to the com
mon base of all, the ports of Asia
Minor, where the commerce of the
ancient world met and was sifted and
then redistributed on Its way to thou
sand smaller marts. Countless less
Important routes branched out from
these, carried them on or projected
into limited areas of water, surround
ed by lurge populations which had a
commerce of their own. In every case
the paths of the trading galleys were
invariably the same. The middle of
the Mediterranean was probably sel
dom furrowed outside of the few
tracks pursued by vessels traveling
from one side of It to the other, say
from Carthage or Alexandria to Ath
ens or Rome. Men crept along the
coasts or rowed uncertainly from
island to Island, unless they could not
help themselves.
And It Is strangely true that nowa
days. when the ocean lanes are so
much greater In number, so Incompar
ably far flung In character, the same
general conditions hold good on the
grander scale that has been assumed.
The waters of the world —or that por
tion of It which is to any extent In
habited—are criss-crossed In every di
rection by innumerable paths followed
by vessels, both sail and steam; but
It is still possible to find wide areas
In which a sail or a steamship’s smoke
are not sighted for months on end.
What vessel blown Into the middle of
the vast tract In the South Atlantic,
roughly delimited by the routes fol
lowed by vessels from North Ameri
can portu to Gibraltar, and by the
course of ships from the South Ameri
can ports hound for Europe, would
have any logical hope of assistance?
Teacher Has Her Own Farm.
Miss Anna Nedobtyty. teacher at the
Franklin school, has demonstrated her
ability as a practical farmer by raising
asparagus on her five-acre country
home near Davis Crossing on the
White Bear road.
After -25 years of teaching in the St.
Paul public schools Miss Nedobyty de
termined to try her hand at vegetable
gardening.
She first decided on the bee indus
try. but after investigating gave It up
because of the amount of time it takes
to care for the bees. She then spent
a summer on a berry farm to learn
how to raiße berries. That was aban
doned because of occasional failure of
crops. After consulting with experts
on farm products she decided on as
paragus, because a crop is certain re
gardless of frost, late spring or dry
summer. Then. too. it is easy to take
care of, the cutting being all over with
by June and nothing Is left to do but
keep down the weeds until about the
middle of August. Miss Nedobyty will
soon make the first cutting, and
she declares she will have a good
yield.
Two years ago a modern two-story
six-room house was erected, and since
that time Miss Nedobyty has lived
there each year from April until De
cember 1. When school is in session
she comes in each morning and re
turns each evening, tho farm being
30 minutes’ ride from the downtown
district. —St. Paul Tloneer Press.
The Meanness of Mose.
A typical southern “mammy” en
tered the office of a well-known attor
ney, and. after mopping her shining
brow with a Bandanna handkerchief,
said to the man at the desk:
“Ah wants t’ git a divo'ce f’om mah
husban’. Mose Lightfoot.”
“On what grounds?” asked the at
torney.
"Hes' Jes' natchelly wufless,” was
the reply.
“What is your husband’s occupa
tion?”
,“He Jes’ sets roun’ de house all day
and p'tends to mind de baby.”
“Does he take good care of the
child?"
“ 'Deed he do not! Ho is too lazy.
Dis mawnin’ he tried to make de dawg
rock de cradle by tyin’ its tail to one
of de rockers."
“Did the scheme work?’ ’
”I>and sakes, no! Mose am so evah
lastin’ grouchy dat he couldn’t speak
enough kind words to make de dawg
wag Its tall!”—Judge.
New Enterprises In Finland.
A shoe factory is starting in Finland
with modern machinery, with a daily
output of 500 pairs. Workmen largely
subscribed the $20,000 capital. Among
other new enterprises are a bobbin fac
tory at Tavastehus; biscuit works at
Abo, equipped for a daily production
of 1,000 kilos. A steel pen factory Just
started at Helsingfors is the first en
terprise of the kind in Finland.
Natural Mistake.
“Mrs. Irons. If that infernal cat of
yours keeps mo awake again as he did
last night I’ll shoot him!”
“I wouldn’t blame you a bit if you
did. Col. Stormlcy. Only it wasn't the
cat—one of my boarders is learning to
play the oboe.”
PAPER BAG
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A PAPER BAG LUNCHEON.
By Martha McCulloch Wllliarm..
A paper bag cooked luncheon, with
bridge to follow, or an afternoon col
lation prepared in the paper bags and
served after tho game, will provide a
new noto in social hospitality.
With a largo party It is not wise
to undertake individual bag cooking.
Better have bags for each tableful,
limiting the tables to playing size.
The two menus here riven are ad
justable either to luncheon, afternoon
collatlona or late suppers. Claret
punch, Sauterne cup, or tea-lemonade
should be served with each, winding
up with black coffeo or chocolate
made with a little brnndy and very
lightly sweetened. Salted nuts, olives
and radishes are also served, either
together or separate, at *he discretion
of the hostess.
Diamonds of Chicken on Toast
Green Peas Sliced Potatoes
Hot Biscuit
Fruit Endive Salad Sherry Dressing
Asparagus with Cheese
Cheese Cakes
Sliced Marble or Spice Cake
Nuts Raisins Crystallized Fruit
Diamonds of chicken aro on the sur
face extravagant, but less so than
!hey seem, for the rest of the chicken
leed not go to waste. The diamonds
ire the breast cut in half lengthwise,
)oned, trimmed, and flattened, but
lot mashed. They nre very well but
:ered, lightly seasoned with salt and
lepper, have a sliced mushroom laid
m top, and are wrupped In thin sliced
iacon, then cooked in a well buttered
>ag about twenty minutes. While
hey cook get read; thin diamonds of
oast. Cut it from stale bread and
nake as crisp as possible. Butter 11b
irally, and keep very hot without
icorching. Lay a chicken diamond
>n each piece of toast and keep all
lot while you add to the gravy In the
>ag. which must be poured Into a
imall saucepan, minced olives, minced
telery, a little lemon Juice, a lump
>f butter rolled very lightly In flour,
and the lightest sprinkle of powdered
sweet herbs. Cook over lot water till
well mixed, then add a spoonful or so
of cream, stir it well through, and
finish with a spoonful or so of sherry.
Do not cook after the wine is In.
Pour the sauce equally over the dia
monds and send to table very hot.
Green pens and sliced potatoes have
been heretofore ascribed. Make your
biscuit very tiny, also very short and
light. For the salad cut up French
endive in inch lengths, along with
peeled high flavored apples and heart
celery. Mix all well together, put
henping spoonful*: upon crisp lettuce
leaves and garnish with celery tips
and strings of pimento. Pour over a
dressing made from three tablespoon
fuls best oil, one tablespoonful lemon
Juice, one tablespoonful sherry, half
a teaspoonful of sugar, a pinch of
salt, red and black pepper to taste
and a few drops of tobasco or chill
vinegar. Mix the dry Ingredients
well, .'.dd the lemon Juice, beat
smooth, then put in the tobasco. Then
add alternately the oil and sherry,
beating in each portion well before
add another.
What follows sounds simple, yet
may turn out more troublesome:
Savory Mouthfuls Sweet Potato
Straws Celery Hearts
Mushrooms Stewed In Cream
Apple Brown Bread Sandwiches
Sliced Cake in \%riety
Fruit Nuts Bon-Bons
For the savory mouthfuls first make
a good puff paste, roll it very thin,
then cut neatly into smjil squares—
say .hree inches across. Tut upon the
Puddings of Degree
By Nicolas Soyer, Chef of Brooks’ Club, London.
Pudding a la Baronne: Take half
a pound of well-washed, dried and
picked currants, hall - pound sultana
raisins, half a pound of breadcrumbs,
an ounce of chopped citron and four
tablespoonfuls of golden syrup. Mix
all well together, then add an ounce
of self-raising flour nnd the well
beaten yolks of two eggs, mixed with
a pint of milk. Beat all well together
and finally add the wiiites of the eggs,
whipped to a firm froth. Fill with
this a well-greased paper souffle dish,
place carefully In a bag and bake In
oven for an hour and a half. Turn
out carefully and servo with a little
heated golden syrup poured over and
around 1L
Pudding a la Mayence: Rub half
a pint of breadcrumbs through a fine
Not Strong on Ancestors
At That, Only One the Old Traveling
Man Could Remember Was
Victim of injustice.
A crowd of traveling men were
coasting about their ancestors. One
told how back In the dark ages his
illustrious ancestor was king of Eng
land. Another traced his family back
to the ark, and also showed how some
members of his family had taken part
In the crusades. Another attempted
to prove that he was a thirty-second
cousin of the present king of England.
All the while the old traveling man
sat still, drinking his ule and taking
long puffs at his pipe.
“Tell us something about your an
cestors,” said the youngest man in the
party, who had Just declared that one
of his ancestors had commanded a
wing of Washington’s army at York
town, while another fought with Scott
In Mexico, while Lis own father had
commanded an army during the Civil
war.
"There isn’t much to tell,” said
squares several Borts ol filling—
I cooked chicken minced with olives
I and seasoned with incitei butter nnd
lemon Juice, or cream :.nd sherry;
ham shaved as thin as possible, then
cut across and mixed with finely
minced cucumber picxle; salmon
freed of skin and hone, drained, high
ly seasoned with lemon juice, or tar
ragon, salt and pepper, or lean roast
mutton, mince and mixed with cur
rant jelly, melted In a little claret or
vinegar. Anything tasry and easily
handled will suffice. Use only a bit
of filling, fold over the paste, pinch
tight nrd bake, keeping tho triangle
ns true as possible. Serve either tiot
or cold.
Sweet potato straws are better hoL
Cut potatoes In slices lengthwise,
peel, then cut the slices into straw's —
they should be less than a quarter
inch each way. Dip in meltod butter
or bacon fat and cook inside a greas
ed bag ten to fifteen minutes. Take
up, let cool partially, lay on clean pa
per to absorb any grease. then
i sprinkle lightly with fine salt, and set
again In a hot but tireless oven.
Peel the mushrooms and cut away
the stalks, but do net wash unless
they show dirt. Put them in a thickly
buttered bag with half a gill of cream
to the pound, a lump of butter rolled
in flour and a very little cold water,
sny half a spoonful. Seal, put In hot
oven for five minutes, slack heat, and
cook fifteen minutes longer. Take up
In a hot deep dish, add a wineglass
of sherry, stirring It In lightly, then
dust with pepper and serve very hot.
To make the sandwiches, mince fine
or scrape highly flavored apples, mix
with a little sweet French dressing,
made with lemon juice Instead of
vinegar, and spread betw’een thinly
buttered brown bread.
PUDDINGB CAN BE BOILED IN
PAPER BAGS.
It Is not beyond paper bags to boll
things, especially puddings. They
must be put in thin molds with tight
fitting tops, the molds filled only two
thirds—even a little less for some
sorts. After the tops are on tight
the molds must be set in a lightly
greased bag, which has been gently
flattened at the bottom so as not to
break It, and reinforced along the
seam with thick paste, which has
been allowed to dry before using.
After the pudding is In the bag, the
mold standing upright, pour in
enough cold water to come three
parts up the sides, fold and clip the
bag, set it on t. trivet with feet an
Inch high, and put the trivet upon the
bottom of the oven. Have the oven
hot, keep It so for ten minutes, then
slack heat half and cook as long as
necessary.
Here follow sundry receipts for
puddings adapted to this paper bag
boiling, along with a caution—pastry
for boiling is better shortened with
finely minced suet than with either
butter or lard.
Place of honor for the Wilson plum
pudding—the lady of the president’s
plum cake can not be too much re
ferred to. She says: "Mix one cup of
sugar, one cup of butter, six eggs beat
en separately, four cups of flour
browned, one cup of sweet milk, one
half cup Jelly, one half cup of mo
lasses, one-half pound suet chopped
fine, two pounds of raisins, cut and
floured, one cup of cherry preserves,
three ounces of citron cut fine, one
teaspoonful each of cinnamon and
cloves, one nutmeg grated. Put in
well greased small molds, or square
coffee cans, leaving room to rise, use
lard for greasing, boil five to six
hours; when done remove from molds
or cans, wrap in oiled paper, and
place in cake box till needed, then
steam until hot through, then serve
with sauce."
For peach j'uddl-'g make a square
mold of paper bag paper, clipping the
folded corners very wel., grease it
thickly, and put level over the bottom
a pint can of peaches, the very best,
drained of all syrup. Pou- upon them
a rich custard made with two cu r s of
crumbled cake, half a cup of sugar,
a scant cup of rich, new milk, four
eggs beaten very light and either a
large wineglass of sherry or the Juice
of a lemon. Strew a few sultana- or
macaroon crumbs on top, slip in an
other bag very well greased, seal, and
at slow heat about an hour.
(Copyright, 1911, by the Associated
Literary Press. )
wire sieve, add a tumblerful of any
wine and water, the grated rind of a
small lemon, first washed and cried,
three heaped up tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar and one ounce of but
ter. Mix all togetuer nnd pour the
mixture Into a buttered souffle dish.
Add the well beaten yolks of two eggs
and the juice of a small lemon care
fully strained. Beat the whites of the
eggs to a stiff froth with a pinch of
salt and powdered sugar to taste,
color to a pale green with a few drops
of spinach coloring or pale pink with
a little carmine or cochineal. Pile on
top, place in a bag, put into a very
moderate oven and bake till the
meringue Is firmly set.
(Copyright, 1911, by Sturgis & Walton
Company.)
the old man grimly. “The only ances
tor I can remember Is my own grand
father. They put him in prison in
Texas, and he didn’t do anything ei
ther."
"That certainly was an outrage,”
said the young man. “How did it hap
pen."
“Well you see It was this way,” bo
gnn the old man. “My grandfather
was walking along the road and he
saw a piece of rope lying on the
ground. He picked It up and kept on
walking along. Finally after he had
walked about three miles, carrying the
rope all the while, he turned around,
and guess what he saw?”
“What?” asked the young fellow,
breathlessly.
"There was a cow fastened to the
end of the rope.”
"Ain’t It the Truth?”
"Have you heard the story of the
bed?”
"No."
“There you He-”
FADS and FANCIES
of FASHION
PLAIN HATS POPULAR
HAVE CAUGHT THE GENERAL
FANCY AMAZINGLY.
With Slight Trimmings They Show at
Their Best In Mourning Millinery,
Where Small Decorations of
Crepe Are Effective.
Plain hats, simply trimmed, with a
single "stick-up” of flowers, ribbon or
feathers, caught the popular fancy
with amazing strength and rapidity.
They became so popular, in fact, that
their days with fashionables are num-
bered. Those who are always looking
for “something different” must, of
necessity, insist upon something more
elaborate.
This fashion shone at its best in
mourning millinery where graceful,
beautifully made hats of crepe depend
upon small decorations, also made of
crepe, to complete them. Almost all
the best models in mourning hats em
ploy nothing but crepe in their trim
ming. The popularity of stick-up ef
fects gave the millinery an opportu
BANISHING THE YELLOW SKIN
Many Harmless Bleaches May Be
Recommended to Produce the
Perfect Complexion.
Very yellow necks and faces can be
whitened only by the use of a decid
ed bleach that will gradually fluff
away the old skin and just as grad
ually disclose a fresh, new, white one.
Such preparations cannot be made
very well at home. It is a dangerous
procedure when ' attempted by expe
rienced hands, and is best done by a
professional. The frequent applica
tions of lemon Juice at night after a
bath in bran-water will do wonders
with moderately yellow skins.
Sometimes poor soap causes the
hands to be red. It really seems as If
the hands tire of one kind of soap,
and rebel against its use. Immedi
ately after bathing the hands spread
thickly with cosmetic jelly or lotion.
When retiring for the night, after
using the lotion, sprinkle thickly with
talcum. Don’t wear tight collars or
tight corsets —they will always make
the hands red, and the tight collars
will almost ruin the skin of the neck.
When bathing use only tepid water,
never hot nor cold, which invariably
stimulates the blood vesesls.
A Dear Bargain.
At sale time, lengths of material
can be picked up very cheaply, but
care should be taken that the piece
is sufficiently long to be of use, for
when it has to be matched it may be
found that nothing 'quite tho same
tone can be procured, and the bargain
is really dear as it cannot be utilized.
SLIPPERS ARE OF ALL KINDS
Either For Service or for Appearance,
There Are Any Number of De
signs to Choose.
Slippers In rich shades of dark red,
blue and violet combined with gold
and silver are worn with gowns intro
ducing those tones.
These metal brocades can trace
their popularity to the rich oriental ef
fects introduced by the evening gowns.
The slippers of paler tints In kid
and satin are not considered “good
style" for the present in Paris.
The sandal slipper is generally well
ljked. With four or five shapes orna
mented with cut steel buckles, richly
beaded, embroidered or jeweled, they
fittingly dress the feet for formal oc
casions.
A number of these have elastic
goring at the sides, causing them to
fit snugly. Many of these appear in
the popular combination of black and
white.
Another recent development in the
world of fnshion is the wearing of
nlty to copy all sorts of millinery
trimmings, as wings, bows, cabochons
and other ornaments, making them up
of crepe folds or cords or plaltlngs.
The exact and beautiful workmanship
and the ingenious designs have result*
ed in the most elegant and attractive
crepe hats ever shown.
The mourning hat made of silk
grenadine and other special weaves of
silk are covered quite smoothly and
decorated with bands of crepe shaped
to fit about the crown. These are also
finished with a trimming made of
crepe, us shown in Fig. 1. Crepe is
one of the few fabrics which is
equally good in the body of a hat and
in its decoration. It is more used in
the composition of mourning gowns
and wraps than ever before. Here it
is applied in shaped borders, panels
and applique designs. Very rarely
whole gowns are made of it, but there
are numbers of beautiful blouses made
all of crepe, or of crepe combined
with other fabrics.
BRASSIERE IS A BLESSING
Keeps the Figure Looking Trim Above
the Waist, a Highly Desirable
Effect.
One doesn't have to be uncomfort
able in these enlightened days of the
brassieres which support tho bust,
keeps the figure looking trim above
the belt, while below that may be
worn hip restrainers, meaning stays,
which have only a few flexible whale
bones which you'll scarcely know are
present. If you don’t care to buy
ready-made a brassiere that Is all lace
insertion and satin ribbons, you may
make one for yourself by using as a
pattern the upper half of a tight-fit
ting underwaist or corset cover, the
old-fashioned garment which is the
ugliest thing Imaginable, but which
still is lurking in the wardrobe of
nearly every middle-aged woman.
Make the brassiere of fine lawn,
French dimity or batiste, fasten it
over the shoulders with bands of hand
embroidered lingerie material and
edge it all round with lace, but don’t
run ribbons through beading because
that sort of frivolity has gone out of
date and whatever happens, you don’t
want to be behind the times. Use sat
in flowers instead. Put a fine row of
tiny rosebuds across one shoulder or
a little cluster of forget-me-nots over
the band where the fronts close and
your brassiere will look so fascinat
ing .hat you'll enjoy putting it on.
Summer Scarfs.
For the summer house there are
now being shown quantities of bureau
scarfs and pillow shams. Among the
dainty fittings of this sort suitable
for a simple bedroom are bureau
scarfs of plaid muslin edged with
plain ruffles slightly embroidered.
SILVER AND VELVET
This model is of silver with odd re
vers collar of liberty or velvet of a
darker shade, which is finished at the
bottom with a large motif of heavy
silk embroidery. The sleeves are fin
ished with cuffs made to correspond.
The chemisette and undersleeves
are of tucked white tulle or muslin
finished with little ruffles of the same
The girdle is of the liberty.
Children's III Temper.
Among the various causes for cross
ness of children are some very com
mon ones, such as hunger or thirst,
improper sleep, overeating, uncomfort
able clothing, and the pernicious feed
ing of sweets.
black patent leather slippers with
white hosiery.
Tan-colored leathers are the correct
thing for street wear. They har
monize with the tans and browns that
are the popular colors for the tailored
suitr.
Slifipers for less formal wear feature
the military heel in preference to tho
Louis Quinze.
Water on the Face.
Hard water, if use dally on tte
face, will soon age you and make the
skin coarse and discolored. Distilled
water if used only on the face is not
very expensive, as you need only
dampen a corner of the towel with It,
to wipe the face In the morning, if the
skin has been cleansed with the
cleansing cream at night.
Mild Laxative.
Drink a cup of hot water with a lit
tle lemon juice, but no sugar, one-half
hour before breakfast. Eat several
figs every day, one apple and a glass
of cold water before retiring, and you
will not require medicine so often. A
brisk walk every morning will also
be beneficial.
THE SAFE LAXATIVE
FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
Most elderly people are more or
less troubled with a chronic, per
sistent constipation, due largely to
lack of sufficient exercise. They ex
perience difficulty in digesting even
light food, with a consequent belching
of stomach gases, drowsiness after
eating, headache and a feeling of lassi
tude and general discomfort.
Doctors advise against cathartics and
violent purgatives of every kind, rec
ommending a mild, gentle laxative
tonic, like Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin,
to effect relief without disturbing the
entire system.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is the
perfect laxative, easy in action, cer
tain in effect and, withal, pleasant to
the taste. It possesses tonic proper
ties that streng hen the 3tomacb, liver
and bowels an.i is a remedy that has
been for years the great standby in
thousands of families, and should be
in every family medicine chest. It is
equally as valuable for children as for
older people.
Druggists everywhere sell Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin In BOc and SI.OO
bottles. If you have never tried It
send your name and address to Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, 201 Washington St.. Mon
ticello, 111., and he will be very glad to
send a sample bottle for trial.
The most powerful remedy against
sudden starts of Impatience is a sweet
and amiable silence. —St. Francis de
Sales.
Discriminating persons should know
that Garfield Tea Is a uniquely efficient
remedy for liver troubles and costiveness.
Hibernian.
Knieker —What is a stepless car?
Bocker —A step in the right direc
tion.
Red Cross Bag Blue, much belter, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer.
To Preserve Historic Building.
A movement has been started in
Frankfort, Ky., to preserve the "little
red brick” building on the old State
House square on account of its his
toric interest. The building now
standing is 98 years old, and Daniel
Boone, on the occasion of vliits to
Frankfort after it was erected, visit
ed the offices on business. In two
years the building will be 100 years
old, if left standing, and is the oldest
state building in existence.
Repartee Off the Stage.
In the big Weber-Fields dressing
room Joe Weber and George Beban
sat tense over a game of checkers.
"I’m working him up to his part,"
murmured Mr. Weber, in a kind voice.
“He must go on the stage in a tan
trum In a few minutes. Every night
I beat him a game of checkers in
here before his entrance. It has Just
tho right effect on him.” "Every
night you don’t beat me!” cried his
opponent. "I owe you $1.90 in 12
weeks. Is that much?” “Not so
much, but I’d be glad to get it,” sug
gested the sweet-voiced Weber.
Joke on the Doctor.
The physicians in Mankato had
agreed that during their Chautauqua
assembly they would employ a call
boy, and each was to pay his e’nare
of tho expense. This boy was to call
any doctor who was wanted, without
disturbing the speaker, as it was em
barrassing to him and looked as if
they were doing it to advertise with
out expense. So it all went well un
til the afternoon when Strickland W.
Gilliland spoke. As he was talking
away a certain doctor had a call from
the platform, and he walked out rath
er ostentatiously. Some of the peo
ple who knew’ of the arrangement
laughed or snickered, and the speaker
got it. He said: “Don’t laugh, folks.
That is the way my brother got hla
start.” And everybody roared.
Being a Baseball Star.
A star’s Job is a hard one. The
mental strain is even greater than
the physical. For what he undergoes
the fabulous salaries are not fabulous.
Before going into details let us de
fine a star —the ball player’s defini
tion:
"A star is any player who, through
individual excellence, achieves n rep
utation for brilliant work, thus at
tracting fans to the park to see him
play.”
He is a star only so long as his
performances stand out. He is paid
the salary of a star ns long as his
reputation brings fans to the stands
and money to the box office. Tho
day that sees the waning of Ills sen
sationalism also sees the waning of
his salary.—Edward Lyell Fox in
Outing.
DIFFERENT NOW.
Since the Slugger, Coffee, Was Aban
doned.
Coffee probably causes more bilious
ness and so-called malaria than any
one other thing—even bad climate.
(Tea is just as harmful as coffee be
cause it contains caffeine, the drug in
cofTee).
A Ft. Worth man says:
“I have always been of a bilious tem
perament, subject to malaria and up
to one year ago a perfect slave to»pof
fee. At times I would be
boils and full of malarial poison, was
very nervous and had sw’lmming in
the head.
“I don’t know how It happened, but
I finally became convinced that my
sickness was due to tho use of coffee,
and a little less than a year ago I
stopped coffeo and began drinking
Postum.
"From that time I have not had a
boil, not had malaria at all, have
gained 15 pounds good solid weight
and know beyond all doubt this is due
to the use of Postum in place of cof
fee, as I have taken no medicine at
all.
"Postum has certainly made healthy,
red blood for me in place of tho blood .
that coffee drinking impoverished
made unhealthy.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich. t
Postum makes red blood. ’
“There’s a reason,” and it Is ex
plained in tho little look, “Tho Road
to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ewr rrnil the above letter? A new
one nppenrn from time to time. They
• rr genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.