the of the only only only THE WASHINGTON POST: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913. MISS E. C. UPHAM DEAD Noted Society Reporter Worked Here for Thirty-five Years. WROTE OF RECONSTRUCTION As Member of New York Herald She "Covered" White House i in Johnson's Administration- -Last Big Assignment Was Longworth -Roosevelt Wedding--Collected Civil War Records.
After an illness of three weeks, due to a complication of diseases incident to old age, Miss Emmeline C. Upham, one of the best-known of the old-time Washington society reporters, and for many years society, reporter for the New York Herald, died at Sibley Memorial Hospital yesterday at Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon, at the Speare undertaking parlors, Tenth and streets. The body will be taken to New York tomorrow evening, and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery there Thursday morning. Miss Upham was born in France July 17, 1834. When a child she came to this country with her parents, settling in Brooklyn, where her two brothers, Vernon B.
Upham and Victor Upham live. Early in life she showed an interest in newspaper work, and at the beginning of her newspaper career attracted the attention of James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. She became a society reporter on the Herald shortly before the outbreak of the civil war, remaining in that position until after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, when she was sent to this city by the Herald. Worked Here for 35 Years. for the decade following the civil war.
Member of D. A. R. She continued in this position for 35 years, her best work being done between the time when Nellie Grant was the belle of the White House and the day when Miss Frances Folsom, of Buffalo, N. became Mrs.
Grover Cleveland and the first lady of the land. For many years Miss Upham made daily visits to the press galleries of both houses of Congress and wrote interestingly of their work during the reconstruction period. Her last notable piece of newspaper work was the "covering" of the Alice Roosevelt-Nicholas Longworth wedding in the east room of the White House. Miss Upham had been well-known 1 in Washington society from the beginning of the administration of President Andrew Johnson, although of recent years she has done little newspaper work. She was a great favorite with Nellie Grant during administration of the famous Union general as President of this country.
Besides her newspaper work, Miss Upham contributed in later years to several of the popular magazines of the country. She always wrote under the name of C. Upham." She confined her work entirely to newspapers and magazines. Her death removes from the field of newspaper women one who covered the most famous of Washington social functions The funeral services tomorrow afternoon will be conducted by the Rev. G.
Herbert Reese, of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Miss Upham having been an adherent of that church for many years. While writing much concerning the social events of Washington life, Miss Upham was not given to club or society work herself, outside of her professional capacity. The only organization, besides the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, was the Daughters of the American Revolution and in recent years she had not been active in that organization. Her last newspaper work was done about five years ago, and since that time she has lived in retirement.
But despite her retirement, Miss Upham maintained her interest in the social and political happenings of the nation's capital, and to the last was well posted on events of this character. Her notes on the work of Congress during the decade following the civil war were among her best pieces of newspaper work and won for her a considerable reputation among the Washington correspondents of that time. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Cornelius Dunfee, of Saratoga Springs, N. two brothers, Vernon B.
Upham- and Victor Upham, of Brooklyn, N. and a cousin, Mrs. Edward Steele, of 1522 street, this city. Her hobby was the collection civil war records, and she numbered In her collection some of the most authentic records of the civil war period of this country's history. HOST TO D.
A. R. COMMITTEE. Mrs. Claude Swanson Entertains Advocates of World's Peace.
The international peace committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution was entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrg. Claude Swanson, wife of the senator from Virginia, who is chairman of the committee. Dr. James Brown Scott of the Carnegie peace commission, delivered an address on peace of the nations and pointed out what a valuable service the women of the world can contribute to an international peace. Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott and Dr. Scott assisted Mrs. Swanson in receiving. Announcement was made of the annual celebration of Washington's birthday, February 22, by the D.
A. R. at Continental Hall, under the auspices of the International peace committee. Mrs. Swanson will preside.
Thomas Nelson Page and Mrs. John Miller Horton, of Buffalo, will speak. DATE OF ANNUAL TAX SALE. Commissioners Will Begin the Auction of 10,500 Lots on March 11. On the recommendation of Tax Collector Rogers, the District commissioners have selected the week of March 11-18, as the date of the annual tax sale.
The pamphlet which contains the list of delinquents enumerates 10,500 parcels of land, the largest in the history of the District. The amount of unpaid taxes on this property is approximately $181,000. Delinquent taxpayers will be allowed to meet their tardy obligations until March 11, provided that, in addition to the usual assessment, they pay a penalty of one per cent per month, plus the cost of advertising and printing. Property not redeemed will be sold to the highest bidder, provided the sum bid is equal to the taxes, penalties, and costs. The land will be disposed of in the order it appears in the pamphlet.
Church Delays Temperance Action. Resolutions to ask Congress to pass the Jones-Works bill precipitated a discussion last evening at a special meeting held in the Brooks Memorial Baptist Church, cornor of Fourth and streets northwest. called to consider the subject. Strong speeches were made for and against the adoption of the resolutions, which were, on motion of the Rev. G.
B. Watts, laid on the table. The Rev. I. Brooks, pastor of the church and president of the Ministers and Deacons Union, presided.
The Rev. William Ragland acted as secretary of the meeting. Lectures Before the "Ad" Club. The series of lectures before the Washington Ad was continued last night. "Advertising Cooperation" was discussed by W.
P. Werheim. The argument of the lecture was that a close cooperation should exist between the local merchant and the national manufacturer in order that the greatest economic results may be gained, and also between the advertiser and the advertising NOTED JOURNALIST DEAD. P-B. Co.
UR determination to make a real clearance of the stocks of P.B quality SUITS and OVERCOATS is revealed in the LOW sale prices. You men profit not "by the LOW prices, but you gain again in the high quality of the P-B materials and styles. $12.75 and $25 $20 Overcoats, shown in all the popular rough mixtures. $14.75 for coats Overworth up $30. Popular materialsclever styles, including the self-lining ef.
fects. P.B SUIT REDUCTIONS Fur-lined O'coats are $35 P-B $25.50 reduced $30 P.B $21.75 $25 P-1 $18.75 Exceptional clearance values $20 P.B $14.25 in all departments. Bridgets Co The Avenue at Ninth GRAND JURY INDICTS TWO. Trial of Alexandria County Negro for Murder Set for Next Week. WASHINGTON POST BUREAU, 103 King Street, Alexandria, Va.
The circuit court for Alexandria county, Judge J. B. T. Thornton, with a grand jury in attendance, convened at the courthouse on Fort Myer Heights yesterday morning. The grand jury returned an indictment against Dennis Watkins, charged with the murder of Jasper Wilkes, both negroes, and the case was set for trial February 27.
It is alleged that Watkins returned to his home in Queen City, Alexandria county, unexpectedly on the afternoon of February and found Wilkes alone with his wife. Ile shot the man through the heart, and remained in the neighborhood until officers came to arregt him. The grand jury also found an indictment against John Outher, a negro, charged with forgery. Outher entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. Buys Colonial Home.
Jeremiah F. Crilly has purchased the heirs of David A. Windsor nial residence at the northwest Cameron and St. Asaph streets, known as the Fairfax house, and pointed out as one of the places of historic interest in this so city. The house was built in colonial times, and through successive generations has been in excellent repair.
Mr. Crilly will occupy the house as a residence. Big Phosphate Shipment. The steamship Hilton, chartered by the Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Company, is due at this port next Monday from Boca Grande, with cargo of 5,000 tons of phosphate rock, the largest single cargo of that character ever brought here. John Magner Is Dead.
John Magner, an old resident of Fairfax county, and for the past 25 years a track foreman on the Southern Railway, died yesterday morning his home, near Sideburn. He is survived by six sons and a daughter-John, Patrick, James, Edward, Michael, and Peter Magner and Mrs. Edward Newcomb. Son of W. T.
Windsor Dead. Willlam the 3-year-old son ot from and Mrs. William T. Windsor, died the colo- yesterday afternoon at' their home at corner of Mount Ida, Alexandria county. CHATS WITH THINKING WOMEN by Barbara Boyd Laws and Songs "I care not A ho makes the laws, so I make the songs," said one- who well understood human nature.
And if we would give some heed to hig remark, and would look into the psychology that lies underneath it, perhaps we would not be so indifferent to this matter of popular songs, against which a few solitary voices are lifting protest. We all know how certain songs have moved multitudes. History has told us of the effect of the "Marseillaise." We know ourselves the emotion that sways us when we hear a great chorus singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." We know the uplift comes to our spirit with the hearing of certain familiar hymns. But we do not follow this feeling in its working out in other ways. If music of a certain kind can stir to worthy action, music of another kind can stir to unworthy thoughts and deeds.
And this is especially true in its effect the mind of the young boy or girl. upon, young man or young girl who continually hums or sings or thinks upon such gongs as "My Wife's in the Country, Hurrah! Hurrah!" "Will you your wife in the morning who you were with tonight," "I can see that you are married, and you know I'm married, too," "I want one like pa had "We've been married long enough," "Can't a man love more than one," and 90 on, cannot but have his standards of conduct affected by them. And such songs are apt to have catchy tunes, and sO they stay with one, and gradually, almost unconsciously, their poison works into the mind, lowering ideals, leading to flippancy, and to a light, irreverent way of looking at the serious things of life. Marriage and life and such things are not the subjects treated in this irreverent and vulgar fashion. Almost everything of life is drawn into the ragtime net.
and befouled with its cynicism and vulgarity. And the nation whistles and sings and jokes about these songs. And after a while its ideals in many of these matters are lowered to ragtime standards. Music is so beautiful a thing, its lilt and melody and swing are so luring and joygiving, surely we should not let it be used as a medium for the vulgar and debasing. Some earnest music sic lovers have taken the matter up, but as yet they are in the minority, and their protests are little heeded.
But if all thinking mothers would teach their children to love the beautiful in music, and would point out the vulgarity of these songs, this would be of great help to those who are worktelling to preserve a high national taste in music. And the matter reaches still further, for the one who knows human nature voiced a significant truth when he said, "I care not who makes the laws, so I make the songs." Barbara Housewifes Daily economy By FRANCES MARSHALL The Linen Closet A well-ordered linen closet is a joy to every housewife who fortunately possesses one. The really ideal linen closet, of course, is one that is big enough to have a window; but the usual linen closet is built into some cranny of the upper hall, in a rather dark, way corner. This sort of closet is, of course, just as useful as the larger, airier one, and with a little attention can be made to look almost as well. AIRING LINEN.
Before the week's laundry work is put away it should be thoroughly aired. This rule applies to sheets, towels, pillow slips, and table linen, as well as to clothes. If the day is bright and dry the freshly-ironed clothes can be spread on a clothes-horse on a sunshiny plazza, or in an open window. If the day is damp they should be aired before a stove, fireplace, or radiator. It is a good plan also to leave the linen closet door open for an hour or SO every few days, when the windows throughout the house are open.
THE SHELVES. The shelves of the linen closet can be finished in any way which insures cleanliness. Plain, unpainted boards that can be scrubbed with borax and hot water are as sanitary as any shelves. could possibly be, White enameled paint produces an easily cleaned hard finish, which is attractive. Scalloped shelf pacan be used on these shelves; and occasionally a young bride is found who ambitiously fits out her linen closet with scalloped and embroidered shelf covers.
The sheets, towels, pillow slips, and wash cloths should 'be kept on the SOCIETY CONTINUED ON SEVENTH PAGE. ceive for the last time this season tomorrow afternoon at the Portland from 3 to Coulter of Young New will York; be Mrs. assisted T. A. by Felch, Miss of Michigan; Mrs.
Wyman, and Miss Cole. Mrs. Byrnes, wife of Representative Byrnes, and Mrs. Leber, wife of Representative Leber, will home this afternoon at Falkstone Court. Mrs.
Samuel Pannill Ficklin will be at' home informally today. The Rev. William Henry Pettus, of Boston, is visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs.
Harold von Diemer celebrated their first wedding anniversary Sunday evening at 714 Eighteenth street northwest, the home of Mrs. M. C. Dodd. After the supper they presented their 6-week-old son, Charles Rees von Diemer.
Those present were Mrs. M. C. Dodd, Mrs. Olive Wooley, Misses Ernestine May Dodd, Regina Whalen, Helen Russell, Minnie Dunsworth, Messrs.
Albert Louis Kley, of Brooklyn, N. Jack A. Cresse, of Philadelphia; Harold S. Miner, of Boston; W. S.
Hammers, Lancaster; Roy Roberts, of Kentucky; Guy Russell, Jack Lichtenwalner, Mr. Swan, Harold Norton, Frank Rupp, Joseph Mundell, and Raymond Lightner Dodd, of Washington. Mrs. James A. Norton and Miss Norton, wife and daughter of former Representative James A.
Norton, of are visiting Commander A. L. Norton, U. S. and Mrs.
Norton at their home in Cathedral avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hannis Taylor entertained at dinner last evening Archbishop Bonzano, the apostolic delegate. The other guests were Senators O' 'Gorman and Hoke Smith, Representatives V.
Mitchell Palmer and Robert L. Henry, Mgr. Cerretti, Mgr. Russell, Dr. Morse, and Dr.
and Mrs. Reid Hunt. VASSAR PRESIDENT RESIGNS. Mrs. Kendrick, Principal of the College, Also to Retire, Trustees Announce.
Poughkeepsie, N. Feb. James Monroe Taylor, president of Vassar College since 1886, today tendered his resignation to the board of trustees, to take effect at the end of the school year, in June. The board also announced that it had received the resignation of Mrs. J.
Ryland Kendrick, principal of the college, effective at once. Dr. Taylor's resignation was due to his advanced age and the growing responsibilities of his position. Mrs: Kendrick resigned because of ill health. MARSHALL AT SANTA FE.
Vice President -Elect Addresses Legislature of New Mexico. Santa Fe, N. Feb. Thomas R. Marshall and Mrs.
Marshall were guests of Gov. McDonald and Mrs. McDonald today. Mr. Marshall addressed the legislature, and was taken for a trip about the city.
SOCIAL LEADERS Both at Home and Abroad, as Post's Exchanges. arrived at New York on the Campania Sunday night. Lord. Leigh was the husband of Miss Helene Beckwith, daughter of Nelson Marvin Beckwith, of New York. She died in 1909, leaving him $1,500,000.
His lordship was accompanied by his sister, Lady Agnes Leigh. They will go directly to Washington to visit his sister-in-law, from there will go to Savannah, and then to Miami, Fla. After remaining there a short time Lord Leigh said would visit Cuba and Panama. Miss Anne Morgan took 26 of her vacation fund girls up to Bronx park zoo Sunday afternoon for what was originally intended to be an educational visit to the animals, but turned out very early to be a four -hour game of hide and seek with the photographers. Miss Morgan herself seemed only mildly annoyed at the persistence of the knights of the shutter, but some of her followers, particularly Miss Shippen, hated the very sight of a camera.
Miss Shippen constituted herself Miss Morgan's personal bodyguard, and her keen eye time and again detected one of the wicked creatures skulking behind a tree or a bush just as he was about to accomplish his fell purpose. It was very trying, indeed, for the ladies, but it was harder still on the poor man detailed by Director W. T. Hornato show the around. His efforts to Impart information usually resulted like this: "Now, this is the Alaskan brown bear-" "Oh, there's another one!" (referring not to bears, but tc then there would be a rush for Miss Morphotographers), and gan, whether to shield her from the lens' baleful glare or to get in the picture it was sometimes hard to tell.
Finally Miss Morgan consented to pose for one group picture on condition that no more be attempted. For a moment it looked as though peace would be attained. Then, just as the shutters were about to click, a young lady with a blue plumeit would be a shame to put her name in al horrid newspaper -was taken with a brilliant idea. She rushed clear across the front of group and took a position immediately in front of Miss Morgan, completely hiding that. lady from view-and, incidentally, giving the young lady with the plume the most prominent place in the picture.
The peace conference broke up then and there-each side blaming the otherand from then until 5 o'clock hostilities raged with renewed fury. The photographers hung on the flanks of the party, trying occasional long-range shots. The party did make the acquaintance nearly all the birds and the beasts, not to mention the reptiles. They started at noon from the society headquarters, and rode up in the subway-except Miss I Morgan, who preferred, her father's limousine to the They all had lunch at the boathouse. Dinners are the favorite form of enterI tainment at Palm Beach on Sunday.
The garden grill of the Painciana was filled with parties Sunday night, and the glee club omitted the concert in the palmroom and went to the grillroom. The largest party of the day was entertained by Mr. E. Clarence Jones, who had eighteen guests in the grillroom. After the dinner there was a moonlight chair ride through the jungle, ending with a midnight supper at the Gun Club, at which were twenty additional guests.
The Gun Club was lighted with Japanese lanterns and decorated with flowers and ornamental hangings. At the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Aldrich, Mrs. H.
Bramhall Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Fitler, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Lewisohn, Miss Roberta Willard, Miss Florence W. Gilbert, Miss Pauline Disston, Miss Viola Kraus, Miss Jean Allen, Messrs. J. Dunbar Wright, G. Jason Waters, Carman H.
Messmore, Roger Hill, and William Hamilton Disston. Among those invited to the supper were Misses Margaret Goodrich, Henrietta if Wiokes, Maud Scudder, and Gladys ScudI der: Mrs. Samuel K. Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Ephron Catlin, Mr. and Mrs. David Wagstaff, and Mrs, Milton C. Work; to Messrs. James Spear, J.
Elwell, Francis P. Frazier, Harold P. Farrington, D. Thomas Moore, W. Burling co*cks, of Harry C.
Haskins, L. F. Lentz, and Charles Inman. White teeth billions of them! Where? Everywhere! They're chewing SPEARMINT Miss E. C.
Upham, Member of Washington staff of New York Herald for 35 years, PRINCE'S AUTO HITS CHILD. Henry of Netherlands. Takes Little tim of Accident to Hospital. Heddernheim, Germany, Feb. Henry of the Netherlands ran over and seriously injured a 5-year-old child while driving an automobile through the principal street of this town yesterday.
He picked the child up and took it in his automobile to the local hospital. DIET AND HEALTH HINTS By Dr, T. J. ALLEN Food Specialist (Copyright, 1918, by Joseph B. Bowles.) TYPHOID AND OYSTERS.
It. is reported that an expert electrician at Rochester. N. has discovered a means of destroying the germs of typhoid in the oyster by passing a current of electricity through the water in which they are immersed. It is well known that typhoid is frequently conveyed through the oyster, so that there is always more or less risk in using them, but the natural way to avoid the danger would seem to be not to use oysters.
Admitting that the is easily digested and that they are nutritious, it remains true that the nutrition in them is as well supplied in milk in the average case, and that the cost of the nutrition supplied by the oyster is higher than that of any other ordinary food. AT Interesting Events and Gossip, Chronicled in OLLER reducing" has taken 'R a the Like society place many of of pastime roller the new and skating ideas paln. of the world, it came from Sweden. Like most of the good things life, it received first fashionable recognition in Newport. Roller reducing is not only an institution, but an art.
It is not only healthful, but highly amusing--to the spectators. This is how you do it: You get invited to the cottage of Mrs. Nicholas Brown or of Mrs. John Holcombe, and after you have greeted with joy the other leaders of the physical training cult-such strict but charming athletes as Miss Margaretta Seigfried, Mrs. Joseph E.
Willard, Mrs. Norman Eldridge, Miss Ruth Thomas, or a dozen others I could mention-then you roll. If you are thin, it will make you strong and ridiculous. If you are fat, will make you sylphlike and tired. Do try it.
A trial roll will be granted in our set free of charge. Aftany one taking three rolls you will feel like man going blind who took a patent medicine and wrote this testimonial; "Before taking your remedy I could not Afttaking two bottles I can see my ish." The "society roll three times week on the days that the society women don't attend the Swedish physical training class, which is conducted by Lieut. Morrison, of the naval training tion. They revolve from cottage to tage. Crash mats are spread on floor, and you have to roll over the mats for half an hour at a time, or until dead.
The innovation has achieved an ity of popularity as great as the immensity of some the -but, why go too far? One of the dangers-according to a emn warning sent by Lieut. Morrison the women who attended Mrs. William V. Pratt's dinner the other night-is that, you have started, you must keep rolling. You cannot unroll.
If you twice as fat as you were before you get you began. There will probably be little social activity in Newport this coming everbody will be SO exhausted summer; and busy with other things. Mrs. Albert Gallatin Wheeler, secured a divorce last year, after fifteen of married life, will sail for vears land within the next fortnight to take her residence there. With Mrs.
Wheeler will go about $250.000. it is said; was settled on her which, the termination of the divorce proceedings: also, a very handsome revenue English syndicate, with officers an which has purchased he: recipe for "fresh jelly" and the right to use her name mint in connection with its sale. "When I gave up the stage to marryto marry a Wall street said Wheeler Sunday at the Martha WashingHotel, New York, "I did it because ton home and wanted to be A loved a housewife and indulge my desires housekeeping. My apartment in the and my country home near kota chester gave me this opportunity, and known in our crowd for became domestic habits and domestic tastes. "Now, this same domesticity, or for it -coupled with the reputation that I have a lot of money--has brought me no end of importunities men who want to marry me.
They phone they write me, they ask me day me, day to share their lot--I suppose er lot-with them. One South Amermean my ican banker telephones his proposal stantly. "So I am going to England, where parents and my young brother will me in June, and I will live the rest life on the country estate I my bought there. I shall do nothing but outdoors. My mother will attend to housekeeping part of it.
I am through with that side forever. "And I am going to drop my marriage name. I'm not going to be Mrs. Albert Gallatin Wheeler, any longer. bear a married woman's title, with ing but futile excuses to account for lack of a husband? I can't volunteer the information that I'm divorced, and don't everybody will say, 'Humph! wonder where her husband It is humiliating.
I'm going to me Claudia Carlstedt Wheeler after this everybody." Francis Dudley. third Baron Leigh. Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, England, every minute. Smiles are brightening-appetites sharpening-digestions improving. Purify your breath for the evening kiss with the goody that's good for you.
FLAVOR SPEARMINT BUY IT BY THE BOX It costs less-of any dealer- and retains its freshness until used. by Look for the spear D'Ema, Adv. Chicago Avoid imitations END TO QUICK DIVORCES. Nevada Legislature Places Length of Residence at One Year. Carson City, Feb.
divorce bill requiring a residence of a year instead of six months passed the senate without amendment today. The bill, if signed by the governor, will go into effect on January 1, 1914. The bill passed. the senate by a vote of 20 to 1. The measure was passed by the house last week.
It is said that the governor will sign the bill, as it is similar to one he advocated in a message to the legislature. Virginians Wed at Rockville. Special to The Washington Post. Rockville, Feb. Ethel Virginia McLane and Mr.
James Moore Fox, both of Centreville, were married in Rockville late Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Frank M. Richardson, pastor of the Southern Methodist Church, the ceremony taking place at the home of the minister. OPPOSES B. 0.
BOND ISSUE. Maryland Public Service Commission to Test Tax Exemption of Road. Baltimore, Feb. for the Maryland public-service commission today petitioned the circuit court of Baltimore for an injunction restraining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company from issuing $63,250,000 of bonds without first obtaining the commission's permission. The purpose of the action is to test the exemption of the Baltimore and Ohio from taxation in this State.
The railroad company holds that under its charter granted prior to the establishment of the public-service commission it does not have to obtain such consent. Portuguese Church Clash to Hague. decided to refer. all questions regarding the property of religious congregations, seized under the law separating the church and state, to The Hague tribunal for settlement. COFFEE SOLD.
Brazil Meets Demands of the United States in Antitrust Proceedings. Attorney General Wickersham has been officially advised, developed yesterday, that the 920,000 bags of Brazilian "valorized" coffee, involved in the antitrust suit against the so-called coffee trust, have been sold. Before dismissing the suit, as contemplated in the pending diplomatic negoti-. ations between the United States and this. government is understood to be awaiting formal assurances from Brazil that this vast amount of coffee has been released valorization entirely committee, from the and gone control into of 1 the hands of bona fide buyers.
WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET. Lambs in demand at Hogs, per gross, 7.50@8.00; sheep, per 305; veal calves, choice, per medium, 10; grass calves, Veal market active. Hogs, shelves that are easiest to reach-those at about chest height. Blankets, comforters and bedspreads can be piled on the upper shelves, where they are out of the way. Toilet supplies can be kept on lower shelves.
Soap should always be piled loosely, SO that it will dry out before it is used, and it should be piled on a separate piece of paper, as it stains and sticks to the cover of the shelf. TABULATING THE LINEN. On the door of the linen closet a pad of paper and a pencil can be hung to enable the housewife to keep tab on her supplies. All supplies put into the closet can be noted down, as well as those taken out; and the amount of linen received from the wash each week, and the amount given out for the various rooms can also be recorded. All linen should be plainly marked.
Embroidered letters, made in the decorative colors of the different rooms, serve to identify the furnishings of the different beds; if the beds are of the same size, and no attempt is made to keep their furnishings separate, they can all be lettered alike. Cross-stitch letters are just as effective and durable and decorative, too, as those of fine satin stitch, punch work, and French knots. When indelible ink is used to mark linen the marking is less conspicuous if made in one of the lower corners, than if made on the wide top hem. Good indelible ink sets, consisting of ink, pen, and a frame for holding the linen, can be bought for 25 cents, (Copyright, 1913, by the McClure Newspaper SAYS OLD MAN JONES: by WELL CLAY lays the Old Man Jones, When one slips an' hits says he to me: y' on th' nose, what an easy thing An' th' chair tips over it seems t' be on which you stand, TI set up a stove Which starts y' a cumin when tN' weather's cold, t' beat th' band. An' wire th' pipe Th', orneryist thing 50'5 it will hold, I've tackled yit) An' not come apart Was 'a piece of pipe some time an' fall 'at wouldn't When y' least expect, get an' smoke th' wall, But let me put a flea in yer ear: They'5 'nothin' 11 put you out o' gear So easy an' complete as this same thing.
Ir y' don't believe it jest try it, 'IJing! An' you will find as y' calmly start piece t'gether each sooty part 3 That yer swiftly upset from yer repose IT RECLINE NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE).
