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Red River Prospector ftOUStHOLD AFFAIRS Inherited Evils Overcome RED RIVER. NEW MEXICO. Aim It Is saddening to learn that tho Elks are exterminating the elk for tho bcke of its teeth. Iowa has a young woman who says that she can feed a man properly on 9 cents a lay. Is she married? It Is the privilege of tho talker to misquote. Tho writer has to look it up In the dictionary of quotations. Nearly 7,000 books were published fn this country last year. You didn't read more than half of them, perhaps. "It Is essential that a woman's arms ahould be pretty," says a fashion ex pert. And that a man's arms should be strong! A New York man who gave his fiorse a pint of whisky has been fined $25 presumably for wasting whisky on a horse. The weather bureau's monthly re port has a learned dissertation on "mean" temperature. Every i)ody knows what it means. The original of Dickens' "I,ltt1e Dorrlt" is stili alive, at the age of 90. But she has changed so you would scarcely know her. The Chicago jHiet who has offered to write 5.000 poems for a dollar apiece will be the envy of thousands of other poets if he gets the job. Mrs. Chadwick is now said to have 51,000,000 cached. The only surprise contained In this piece of news is the smallness of the amount. This Is certainly the age of big things, a? is proved by the fact that a blotch on the sun's face 80.000 miles in diameter is called a spot. The suicide who wrote to an under taker, "Lay this body on a shelf in your back room and I'll get it later," bad a grim notion of humor. Carnegie is to receive $1.50 a day for going to Cleveland as a witness. The possibility of his being able to die poor is becoming more and more re mote. One would not care, we should think, to go through a severe civil service examination in order to be placed on the Russian grand duke eli gible list. If Her' Hoch had as much presence of mind us Adam had, he would put on an mno. n, lock "nd declare that he It 'lie Ui I nil those women That French physician's "oyster cure," requiring patients to eat six dozen of the bivalves dally, should be a great thing for the health of the oyster dealers. If the garter purse is generally adopted it will become popular to take street car rides on the chance of see ing a party of ladies quarreling about who will pay the fare. Down In Maryland there is a man who has the euphonious name of Freezer Fry. He ought to live in St Ixmis, where the people are under the necessity of doing both. The venerable Captain Adrian C. Ar.son says batting is a lost art, but thfc veteran Colonel John I,. Sullivan may be trusted to prove him wrong "by getting on another one. Why should any one be surprised because P. T. Barnum's autograph sold for three times as much as Henry Clay's? Henry Clay never ran such a big circus as P. T. Barnum did. Apparently the Russian students tLink a zemsky sobor will be entirely too tame an affair to give satisfaction after the riotous times to which the people over there have become accus tomed. The Baltimore professor who thinks It would be well to chloroform all men when they reach the age of 60 says nothing about the women, probably because he realizes that no woman ever gets that old. Apparently Mr. Alexander and his fellow-directors regard Mr. Hyde as too Frenchy and frivolous for the presidency of a great life insurance corporation. Query: Were they in vited to the $100,000 bill? Fire In a New York theater, the other day, caused a lot of chorus girli who were dressed only in tights to rush to the streets. They are report ed to have been greatly embarrassed, but most of them are glad now that it happened. They can all demand lead ing parts on the strength of the ad vertising they got. The Nashville American denounces the comic valentine with its "atroci ties of conception" as a cheap, wit less and spiteful abomination that is stupidity condensed. That editor must have received a skillfully selected on. A Spokune woman has secured a di ivorce from her husband because he '.Insists on squandering his earnings trying to Invent a flying machine in stead of buying the necessaries of life Ifor his family. That woman has a level bead. CAMPHOR FOR THE PIANO. "Now," Mid tile tuner, when lie lind finished tuning the piano, "you ought t?i put some camphor In the piano," "Camphor?" said the owner of the Instrument, "Yes," snlil the tuner, "to keep the moths out. Moths get into pintfos, as they do closets and elsewhere, nnil l.ere they feed on the felt eoveiingn of tho hammers, eating nwny their sur faces, and so Impairing their effect. What you want Is a couple of camphor bulls, each in a Utile bug of cheese cloth, hung inside the piano, one at either side.'' AS TO THE BATHROOM. The white marble basin in the bath room can be cleaned by robbing the stains with flue table salt. If. how ever, they nre of long standing, mix two parts of powdered whiting witli one of powdered bluing, then add half n pint of strong soap suds, and heat to Lolling point: apply with a soft cloth to the marble and let It dry on; then wash off with hot water to which has been added a little salts of lemon. Dry with a soft flannel. For the bath tub, whether of zinc, enamel or white lor celain. nothing is better than a bath of gasoline. Instead of rubbing and scouring, go over every inch with plenty of gasoline and then wash off carefully. All the stains and discol 0 rations will bare disappeared. Phila delphia Inquirer. PATCH WORK, At this season, when "shut ins" are apt to lind time banging heavy on their hands, suggestions for a new kind of patchwork that possesses the advan tage of covering both sides, wadding and quilting, all at the same time, njay well be passed on for the benefli of those who do this kind of wwk. "Vhe directions, as sent In by a Sunshine friend nre: Cut pieces of silk at out four and one-half inches square, tirn and baste down each of the four sides, leaving squares of four inches. T;ien fold them over diagonally, making three-cornered pieces: insert a piec of wadding the same size and shape, .jnd baste the edges together. Four of these triangles overhanded Uakj a square block. The effect is good when one triangle of each block is of black, one of white or some uniform color, and the remaining two of any color. In joining the blocks together the blocks should be In corresponding position to make a regular pattern. The bins lines of two of the vfilk pieces that go next each other fan first be run together by hand or ma chine on the wrong side, and U'cii folded over, padded and basted, "r'his avoids having to overhand the hias sides, witli danger of stretching.--Philadelphia Inquirer. HOW TO WASH LACE CURTAINS. The best method of washing lace cur tains is perhaps the easist and the following is a good way to obtain good results: Shake the dust from the lace, lay In clear, cold soft water for an hour; wring out and wash in warm water in which a little soda has been dissolved; wash in several waters, or until perfectly clean; rinse in water well blued; blue the boiled starch quite deeply; dip in the curtains and squeeze, but do not wring them dry. Tin some sheets down to the carpet in a vacant, airy room, and pin on the curtains stretched to exactly the size they were before being wet. In a few hours they Vlll be dry and ready to hang. The whole process of washing and pinning down should occupy as little time as possible, ns lace will shrink more than any other cotton material when long wet. Or fasten them In frames made with the smallest' ize of galvanized centre hooks, in which to fasten the lace, and having holes and wooden pins with which to vary the length and breadth to suit the different sizes of curtains. The curtains should always be measured before being wet. and Stretched in the frames to that size to prevent shrinking. Five or six curtains of the same size may be put In, one above the other, and all dried at once. Tho frames may rest on four chairs. Newark Advertiser. VVVWW- t(J, . ruffed Potatoes-When nearly baked cut a small piece from the end- of the IHitnloes, scoop out the Inside, mash and season with butter, pepper and salt. Refill the skins with this, allow ing the tilling to complete the form of the potato. Set in a hot oven just long enough for the souffle part to be come well browned, then serve. Canned Pea Souffle Drain the peas and mush with two talilespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat three eggs light and stir into them a pint of milk and the mashed peas. Season with salt und pepper, beat hard and turn Into a greased pudding dish. Bake, covered, for twenty minutes: uncover and brown. Serve this souffle ns soon as it is removed from the oven. Velvet Cake Two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, half a cup of but ter, four eggs, one teaspoonful of cold water, two teuspoonf ills of baking pow der. Flavor with lemon. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, sift the powder with the flour, then gradually ndd the flour and water to the butter and sugar; leat the eggs separately, add them and then beat them all well together. NIGHTCAP drinks. "Never go to bed chilly," warned a physician. "There Is nlways hot wa ter to drink When everything else fails, and t lint will do the work of warming up the stomach and sending n glow through the whole body, You tan do better than plain hot water; keep a small bottle of capsicum at hand, and eight to ten drops of that In n cupful of sweetened water makes an admir able nightcap. More than that quan tity would lie nnpalatalily hot for most tastes. Hot milk is an ideal hed-time beverage and so is malted milk, beef tea or cocoa. Many a woman finds that something warm in the stomach means a good night's rest, and it would lie the acme of silliness to neglect it." ABOUT THE INAUGURAL BALL. Writing on "Our Inaugural Balls," In the Delineator. Catherine Frances Ca vn nngh concludes with this para graph of advice: "To tho thousands all over the country who read accounts of the Inaugural ball in tneir home paper, many with heart-burnings and envy of those who could and did attend. I would say: 'Don't! It Is not worth it!' It is n most public affair, which any one who can pay the price of entrance may attend. Yon may go dressed to be seen and to see. and accomplish neither because of the great crush. Do not let the plea of wishing to see the President be your excuse, either, for every new executive gives those who would wish him well the chance to do so at the White House during tne week of his inaugural." CAPES AGAIN ACME OF FASHION. Capes of all descriptions, all styles, all lengths and all colors and materi als are again the acme of fashion, and smart women hnve taken to this re vival in good faith, trusting the art of the modiste and tailor to give them perhaps just a bit of style which capes or loose coats hnve not had before, Some of the most elaborate evening wraps are cape wraps, and never be fore hnve such beautiful garments been turned out without the least pre text of fit. Cloth is used for tho more severe of these capes, and some stunning studies nre shown in the various shades of tobacco brown. For opera wear these garments are evolved from chiffon vel vet, which pleats with remarkable soft ness. A Charming example shows rose pink velvet With a chenille collar and a band of exquisite Irish crochet lace in deep points headed by tiny ruclu'ngs of the velvet. There is a shallow yoke which insures a smooth tit over the shoulders, and to this a sleeve cape is applied in deep shirrings, so cleverly that the presence of the Sleeve is not noticed until the arm is raised. HAIP, AND ITS OA RE. The head and hair should be thor ougliiy clean or the locks will grow scant and lifeless. Long hair should be washed once a month, Ofteuer is not necessary. Short hair may be washed every week! it Mies quickly and no harm is done. The use of soda, borax or ammonia in washing is a fault. They change the color, the roots are injured and the fibres grow brittle and lifeless. To remedy hair splitting, the ends should be singed every six weeks to seal up the brittle, hollow tubes, and if the hair is uneven, roll it in small twists and singe these the entire length to catch all ends. A certain amount of dandruff is an indication that the system is in a healthy condition, and is performing its proper functions. The small, color less particles that gather where the roots of the hair end in a soft pulp are but the impurities thrown off from a healthy skin. To prevent too great a waste aud an unpleasant amount of dandruff, the head should be occasion ally WUtbed With a solution of one handful of salt in half a pint of rain water. Rain-water is the most effi cacious, tonic in the world and the best soaps are tar and caslile. Applica tions of the salt water keep the hair from fulling out. Too much use of the comb at the toilet is not desirable, as the scalp Is tender and the sharp teeth of the comb Irritate it. Firm, steady strokes of the brush are far better. The use of a hot iron on the hair is iujurious, though one moderately hot may be used daily, with no other ef fect than to give it a soft gloss. A fairly large brush should be used, neither very hard nor soft, with bris tles long enough to go through the hair, not over it, reaching to the skin itself, and so invigorating the Help, The hair should be divided in halves, and brushed carefully and well for at least ten minutes, night aud morning. Hair brushes may be cleaned by dip ping the bristles into very hot water, aud plunging them Immediately after ward into cold to prevent them from softening and loosening. I'se ammonia In tho water if necessary. Newark Ad vertiser. MRS. CLARK'S PERFUMED BATH. When that massive pile of ugliness in Fifth avenue is finished and Sena tor Clark takes up his residence there, his young wife will have the most lux urious bathroom in the world. It will excel in its appointments the most sumptuous baths of the early Romans, and beside it the bath of the modern Oriental which Is a good deal more of a fuble thau a factwith pule iuto sig nificance. Onyx, alabaster and the finest marble ever quarried enter Into its construction. There nre showers and needles and plunges, and the water will be filtered and will be ns pure and clear as crystal. But the one novelty Mrs. Clark will possess, which even Caesar did not enjoy, will be an In genious arrangement of tiny faucets, from which rare pe'fumes may he drawn and the water impregnated with t.ieir sensuous odors. She may bathe in softened water which exhales the scent of the geranium, or the vloPt, or attar of roses. The idea is a new one and is the invention of a nttsburg genius who got carte blanche to de sign the most luxurious and artistic bathroom In the United States. New York News. BOUDOIR CHAT. London is said to have five women builders, seven women house painters and two women architects, A celebrated and charming actress, whose age it would be rude to chron icle, but who still looks quite young, though she is a grandmother, gives the following prescription for the preserva tion of youth and beauty. "You must work till you are tired, sleep till you are rested, have plenty of fresh nir, live in cool rooms, take a daily sponge bath and eat the simplest food." Don't sit facing a strong light. Don't stoop or bend over while writ ing or reading. Don't go too long without food, Hun ger gives a strained look to the face. Don't worry; but, if worry you must, keep the forehead smooth don't wrinkle it. Smoking is an innovation in Western female circles, but is a fast dying cus tom among Orientals. White spots on tile nails are caused by bruises, frequently done before the nail grows out. If a cuticle knife is used harshly or carelessly It will cause them. These spots cannot be removed until the nail grows out and is cut. The girl who snubs the men who don't dance well, who Is rude to those whose social position is not what she considers necessary in her friends, who Shows she is eager and anxious to get away from those who bore her, is the girl who fails. It is easier to get engaged than di vorced, and the expense is about a stand-off. A man stands a very good chance with a girl if he can get all her fam ily to oppose tlie match. Glove manufacturers say that they now make a No. (i woman's glove larger than they did Ave years ago. This is because women have become more athletic and thin hands have ac cordingly grown larger. But they won't at knowledge it, and still insist on wearing the suiue numbered glove. It is noted in a current periodical that "ladles are playing billiards more than they used to do." The game lends Itself to feminine grace. England has a "lady champion" billiard player iu Miss Fair weather, who recently played brilliantly in six exhibition matches. Heliotrope is one of the sweetest of perfumes and is composed of four ounces of rose petals, two ounces of tonka lien us, eight ounces of orris root, one ounce of vanilla, one-half drachm of musk and four drops of oil of bitter almonds. PREDICTIONS BY DAME FASHION Gunpowder blue and celery or spin ach green are well liked. Little lace toques made of Valenci ennes, with a knot of roses at tho side, nre smart. The very choicest designs in thin summer fabrics tire iu the shop for choosing now. Fur hats have never been so popular with women of all ages, except the very young girl. The fashionable colors in Paris at this time are ash gray, Havana brown and smoke blue. Pretty blouses in navy blue and ether dark silks have the yokes inset with lace dyed to match. Fetching hats of embroidered white batiste have just a wreath of shaded roses around the crown. Big tricornes, or toques, are the sim plest sort of treatment with marabout feathers, or stiff gurdenias in shaded colore, Opal is for dance wear, lemon yellow for dinner and evening occasion, and turquoise blue for indoor afternoon toilettes. Sealskin brown is very smart, and chamois reliow and raspberry red are also worn, as are mink brown, mignon ette green, and pansy purple. Rose, heliotrope, orchid mauve and blotting paper pink are seen a great deal, and yellow, ivory white and pearl gray are worn by the best-dressed peo ple. New lounging robes nre luxurious af fairs of a heavy siik stuff called "mati- asse." One of lavender wus lined and embroidered with white, and held in at I he waist by a lavender silk cord. Embroidered ribbon bands are fash ionable for trimming the dresses of cloth or tweed. They can be bought In all colors and in immeuse variety, and supply a touch of bright color to the more somber costumes. Many people huve a little way of ma king confessions they suspect oth ers of their own shortcomings. The old axiom that "blood will tell" is being given a startling contradic tion at Battle Creek, Mich., In the unusual family of Dr. John H. Kel logs at present. His adopted hoy, Alberto, Raved from an adobe hut In old Mexico, has of his own free will decided to become a physician and Is now work ing out the rudimentary educatkn with a show of brain power that bor ders on the miraculous. The son of an Aztec Indian squaw and a Spanish-Mexican is leading his classes in the American Medical Mis sionary preparatory school and at the ago of fifteen working out problems that have feased his teachers and In some cases have had to be referred to text-book authors for a decision always in favor of Alberto. Tho life of Alberto, the Aztec, since he was brought to Battle Creek to have his hair combed and his face washed, has proved that heredity in some instances at least is a mere bugaboo. With hii fellow companions In Dr. Kellofg's he. te and in the Has kell home, across the road, Alberto Is showing conclusively what can be done by environment and training. Thinks Theory Established. At this time a dozen children in Dr. Kellogg's home and lit) others in the Haskell home show that the child of the drunkard, the thief, or the habit ual criminal, when removed from vi cious surroundings and given (he benefits of Christian home life and training is almost as certain to be a credit to such a system of training as the progeny of a long line of Christian ancestors. Dr. Kellogg's work has gone be yond the experimental stage and the correctness of his theory he now thinks Is firmly established. During ti e past dozen years hun dreds of children have been reared on Dr. Kellogg's system, and as yet he has no reason to doubt its efficiency. All of .hese children came from the lowest and most forlorn conditions of life. If the doctrine of heredity Is of any value, these children were almost certainly doomed to careers of crime and shame. That they have not followed such lives may be said Group of Dr. Kellogg's to have given a severe jolt to the old doctrine. Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg have never had children of their own, but at one time they had twenty-four children not only bearing their name, but liv ing in the same house with them, while In the immediate neighborhood of this remarkable family has lived, as many as 130 at a time, other child ren whom the doctor had rescued from the worst slums of America. At present there are a dozen of the Kellogg children at home, occupy ing the beautiful mansion on Man chester street, and in the Haskell home, which is an outgrowth of Dr. Kellogg's idea, are 110 more. To accommodate this unusual fam ily. Dr. Kellogg has a 40-room house, and the building and location contain almost everything that will make children better and happier. The house is not only modern in every detail, but It contains one of the largest private libraries In the west. Everything for Amusement. The home Is set In a grove of forty acres, which has been converted by the art of the landscapo gardeners into a beautiful natural park. In it are found herds of deer, a dozen or more ponies, swimming pool for sum mer and toboggan slide for winter, and everything for the amusement of the doctor's family of waifs not only the dozen In the Kellogg home, bpt the neighboring Haskellites as well. The Kellogg home is Indeed a study of children some who still have the marks of the lower world on their countenances, and some who hnve grown to strong manhood and beauti ful womanhood, and are entering or have entered the world as doctors, nurses or teachers. Stories could bi told of some of them that would seem beyond belief, but their past is now sealed nnd they live only In the pres ent and In the future. The Haskell home Is merely a larg er Kellogg home. The children live In groups of "families," instead of be ing herded together like cattle. Esch group has Its "mother," who loves each child and Is loved by each. Sal aries for this work are few and far between. The "mothers" work large ly for love. Each family sleeps together In a cozy little dormitory with a parlor and other rooms adjoining, and each has its own morning cad evening wor ship. Each has Its own tables at. meals, the height of the table being nii.de to suit the height of the child ren in each group. The children take turns as waiters. Their food is simple and nourishing, with pienlj of grain, nuts, fruits and wholesome vegetables. No child evsr sees meat in any form. The home, too, has Its own school rooms, where Sloyd work and man ual training are much In evidence. Most of the boys are handy with tcols and many can make chairs from the beginning, cutting and "curing" their own materials, while the girls arc expert at basket-making and nee dlework. It is evident as a whole that other examples than Alberto can be quoted to show Dr. Kellogg's success as an experimenter along physiological lines. Alberto's Remarkable Progress. Still, Alberto Is at present the real hero, owing to his phenomenal prog ress along educational branches. He leads In his studies and surprises his teachers by coming to the class witli his lesson so firmly instilled from the text book that the teacher's service Is not necessary. At the age of 15 he Is studying alge bra, geometry. l.atln and history, tak ing lessons In French from a local teacher to whom he talks Spanish In return, and working five hours a day as call boy in the sanitarium. In explaining his theories on child culture. Dr. Kellogg said: "I am a firm believer in the power of environment to neutralize or eradi cate to a large degree hereditary tendencies. Evil Is only perverted good. No child Is born actually vici ous. The child simply inherits ten dencies or predispositions which, when favored by a bad environment Remodeled De generates. or not antagonized by a wholesome environment, may develop a thief. "Criminals for the most part con sist of children who have never been ti allied or whose training has been bad. Statistics show that one-third of 10,000 boys aud girls who constitute the child population of the prisons nnd reformatories of the United States, and the 30,000 or more of Great Britain, are largely made up of orphans or half-orphans. "These boys and girls aro left to run the streets like community cats and dogs. Like other members of the animal creation, they are moved by physical impulses, chiefly self-relative in character, and by these Influ ences are led on from truancy to vagrancy, theft and other crimes' against property, and finally to crimes! against the person. Having never been taught self-restraint, they are practically savages, but are deprived of most of the advantages enjoyed by savages, and so sink below the level of the ordinary savage. The worst savages to-day are to be found, nob In the wilds and jungles of South; America, but in the slums of Amerl ca'a great cities."