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I Chat on Interesting Topics of Many Kinds, by
a Recognized Authority
A Tramp Party.
"Now, for a tramp party," exclaimed
the clever matron to whom we all
looked for novel sensations when it
came to entertaining, "and we'll com
bine it with a penny walk."
So last year just about this time the
party was given which I am about to
describe. It hardly seems possible
that it has been almost a twelve
month since the above remarks were
made. It was not practical to use the
suggestion for the department then, so
1 have waited for the glorious Sep
tember days to return.
The invitations were issued on
brown wrapping paper sealed with red
wax and the time was "Saturday after
noon at three sharp." The guests
were told to wear tramping costumes
and each man to bring a bright, new
penny. Of course, all this excited
curiosity. There were just eight cou
ples and the hostess saw that each
couple was congenially mated. It was
a lovely suburban place with winding
streets, hills and dales; just the place
for this party.
The men compared watches and
the hostess explained that they were
to walk for one hour, all making the
start together, but at the very first
corner each man was to toss his pen
ny to decide the direction he and his
partner were to take. "Heads" meant
togo to the right, "tails" to the left.
At every corner, the penny was to de
cide the direction. Instructions were
given to write a three-minute descrip
tion of the walk. The first couple to
arrive at the expiration of the hour
was to have a reward, and every min
ute overtime was to be paid for in
pennies at the rate of one a minute,
the money going to the hostess' pet
charity fund.
A half hour late would bar from
competition in the prize stories. It
was a very jolly, hungry party that
arrived and very amusing stories re
sulted which were read or related by
the "tramps" around the table when a
most bountiful supper was served.
The hostess used small tables, seat
ing four persons at each, and the day
being warm, the repast was served on
the porch, which was made a perfect
bower of golden rod decked with wild
lavender asters that bloom so plenti
fully now. All you have to do to find
this wealth of autumn glory is togo
by street car or railroad about a score
of miles into the country. After sup
per a fire was built in the fireplace
and candles lit, the men smoked and
the girls discussed winter plans. All
left at eight o'clock, delighted with
the "tramp" party.
Country hostesses In search of a
novelty may be sure of a delightful
success in giving a party along these
lines.
An Introduction Party.
To break the ice at a party where
the guests are unknown to each other
Pretty Blouses
ALMOST any blouse materials may be made up like these; they are,
however, specially suited to tussore or washing silks. The lirst. has
bretelles with a wide hem each side, and small tucks in the center,
the front and back being plain in center; the high collar is of the ma
terial slightly rucked; the Peter Pan collar of embroidered lawn.
The sleeves are somewhat uncommon, tucks being made down outside
of arm and the tight-fitting lower part is lucked three times; turn-up cuffs
are worn to match collar.
Materia) required: Three yards 34 inches wide.
The oth-sr blouse is trimmed to simulate a side fastening; the scal
loped piece edged with lace frilling being lixed on under a tuck; the act
ual fastening is under th«* center box-plait that is trimmed with buttons In
wets of threes; Iritis of lace finish the neck and sleeves.
Material required: Thrtee yards inches wide, two and three-fourth*
yards lace, two dozen buttcps,
try this plan: At a large meeting of
a college fraternity, the chairman ol
the social committee requested each
one w'ho was to be presented to send
her the name in full. There were
nearly 50. people present and there
were tally cards tied with the fraterni
ty colors, each having e. large number.
On the reverse side of tke cards given
the men were the names of the girls
present and the girls- cards had the
names of the men. The acting hostess
explained that there would be no
formal introductions, that when a man
or a girl thought he or she had dis
covered "who was who" the name, or
rather the number opposite the name,
was to be marked. To the one who
made the largest number of "correct"
acquaintances a prize was awarded,
and there were special prizes for dis
covering the fads or peculiarities of
guests. This is really a most jolly
and effective method of placing a
large number of strangers at their
case.
Way to Find Partners.
Of course, it was the pretty little
wife of a newspaper editor who tried
this way of mating partners for a
large progressive party. She took
"ads." from the Sunday paper and
pasted them on dainty cards, distribut
ing them so that every "want" would
be supplied. For instance: "Wanted
—Young girl, not over 16, to learn
bookkeeping in the office of a whole
sale house"was answered by the guest
who held the "ad." saying that a young
girl wished to learn bookkeeping.
Choosing these "ads." cleverly re
sults in a very funny time before the
real business of the evening begins, or
should I say "entertainment?" To tell
the truth, I have been to some parties
lately that make the word "business"
seem more appropriate than anything
else, for the way some women play
bridge and other games causes me to
think that the ultimate end of parties,
recreation and pleasure has been for
gotten. Nowadays entertaining seems
like real work not only for t'he hostess,
but for the guests.
Chinese Dinner Menu.
What the Chinese serve at dinner
is a question often asked, so Mine.
Merri is delighted to give the menu
served by the Chinese government to
the American fleet. The menu was
printed on a fan and will be preserved
as a most interesting souvenir by
those who were fortunate enough tc
be guests at the strange feast al
Anioy:
Birds' Nest Soup.
Shark's Fins and Crab Iloa.
Rolled Fish.
Fried Oysters.
Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots.
Shrimp Balls.
Fried Duck's Liver and Sible'.s.
Boiled Ham and Chicken.
Deviled Crabs on Shell.
Minced Chicken and Cauliflower.
Li Hung Chang Shop Suey.
Tea. Fruit. Cake.
MADAMK MERIII.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1909
BACKACHE IS KIDNEYACHE.
Usually There Are Other Troubles to
Prove It.
Pain in the back is pain in the kid
neys, in most cases, and it points to
the need of a spe
move and cure the
congestion or in
llammation of the
Suf. EJEsKSbI kidneys that is in
terfering with tiieir
work and causing
* makes >' ou say:
I(w\II If ft Thompson Wat-
1 Ju|\lLy //! kins, professional
nurse, 420 N. 23rd
™ says: "For some
time I was annoyed with sharp twinges
aciws the small of my back and ir
regular passages of the kidney secre
tions. Since using Doan's Ki&ney Pills,
1 am free from these troubles."
Remember the name—Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
JERSEY LILY.
Mr. Ilrown (to new cook) —What i>
your name?
Cook—Mary, sir.
Mr. Brown —Dear me, that is my
wife's name. We shall have to call
you something else.
Cook —Never mind, call me Lily!
BABY'S WATERY ECZEMA.
Itched and Scratched Until Blood Ran
—sso Spent on Useless Treatments
—Disease Seemed Incurable.
Cured by Cuticura for $1.50.
"When my little boy was two and a
half months old ho broke out on both
cheeks with eczema. It was the itchy,
watery kind and we had to keep his
little hands wrapped up all the time,
and if he would happen to get them
uncovered he would claw his face till
the blood streamed down on his cloth
ing. We called in a physician at once,
but he gave an ointment which was so
severe that my babe would scream
when it was put on. We changed
doctors and medicine until we had
spent fifty dollars or more and baby
was getting worse. Iwas so worn out
watching and caring for him night and
day that I almost felt sure the disease
was incurable. But finally reading of
the good results of the Cuticura Rem
edies, I determined to try them. I
can truthfully say I was more than
surprised, for I bought only a dollar
and a half's worth of the Cuticura
Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills), and they did more good than
all my doctors' medicines I had tried,
and in fact entirely cured him. His
face is perfectly clear of the least
spot or scar of anything. Mrs. W. M.
Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa., Sept. 15,
1908."
Potter Drug Jt Chcm. Corp., Bole Props., Boston.
To Breaking One Neck, $2.
The "line-up" man was a facetious
soul. The woman for whom he was
putting up a pulley clothes-line was
exacting. She ordered it putin a cer
tain place, which it was almost impos
sible for him to reach, lie hesitated.
"If 1 have to put it there, lady," he
said, "I'll break my neck." Still she
did not relent. "All right, lady," he
consented, with a cheerful grin, "but
it'll cost yer $2 extry if 1 break my
neck."
Not Asking iVluch.
"The president," explained one of
the secretaries, "can't stop at Plunk
ville on his swing around the circle.
In fact, my good man, we are sched
uled togo through Plunkville at CO
miles an hour."
"Couldn't 'you throw out one of his
old hats?" asked the leader of the com
mittee, hopefully.—Washington Her
ald.
Editorial Amenities.
Kditor Junkin of the Sterling Bulle
tin lias red hair. Kditor Cretclier of
the Sedgwick Pantagraph has no hair
at all.
"Mac," asked Junlcin, "how did you
lose your hair?"
"It was red and 1 pulled it out,"
growled Cretcher.—Everybody's.
A Ready Explanation.
"What is the reason you were so
late in discovering the north pole?"
"Well," answered the explorer, "you
see they have such long nights in the
arctic regions that I overslept."
Don't get rusty and you won't
squeak.
| OCMITTHtNT
GENTLE REBUKE FROM PULPIT
Yet One Somehow Cannot Help Won
dering Whether Sermon Was
Worth Listening To.
Somewhere In the pages of her
pleasant "Book of Joys" Mrs. Lucy
Fitch Perkins tells a delightful story
of her New England clerical great
grandfather, who was a man of in
genuity and resources. She says:
"He employed more than one device
to secure wakefulness on the part of
his weary congregation. Standing
| during the prayer was but one of
j many. My grandfather used to tell
J us with pride of an instance which oc
i curred at a time when a new church
j edifice had been proposed, and was
\ under %varm discussion. Great grand
| father thought this a worldly and un
| necessary expense, and emphasized
j his opinion by p«._.,ing in the midst of
j his sermon on a Sunday, saying im
j pressively, as he fixed the somnolent
; members of his congregation with a
stern look:
"'You are talking about building 1
new church. It seems to me quite nn
-1 necessary, since the sleepers in the
old one are all sound!'" —Youth's Com
panion.
AS SOON BE WITHOUT MATCHES
AS WITHOUT RESINOL IN
THE HOUSE.
Resinol is the never failing article
i resorted to by my wife for the many
bruises, chafings, cuts, burns and
i accidents of the children and has been
1 our cure-all for years. I have used it in
. cases of irritation and inflammation
and have invariably been relieved al
most instantly. We would as soon
think of being without matches in our
house as without Resinol Ointment.
B. Rush Davenport, Philadelphia, Pa.
His Proper Field.
A colored man was brought before a
police judge charged with stealing
j chickens. He pleaded guilty and re
! ceived sentence, when the judge asked
I how it was he managed to lift those
j chickens right under the window of
i the owner's house when there was a
I dog loose In the yard. "Hit wouldn't
' be no use, judge," said the man,"to
try to 'splain this thing to yo' all. Ef
! you was to try it you like as not
would get yer hide full of shot an'
get no chickens, nuther. Ef yo' want
I to engage in any rascality, judge, yo'
■ better stick to de bench, whar yo' am
familiar."—Ladies' Home Journal.
Many Were in the Same Boat.
According to the Saturday Evening
Post, this is a story heard with much
glee by congress during the last days
of the Roosevelt administration:
During the recent cold spell in
Washington, a man, shivering and
ragged, knocked at the door of a K
street house and said to the lady:
"Please, madam, give me something
to eat. I am suffering severely from
I exposure."
"You must be more specific," the
: lady replied. "Are you a member of
the senate or of the house?"
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application?, as Ihey cannot roach the dl»
eased portion of the ear. There to only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by An inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is inflamed you have 11 rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when It is entirely closed. Deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be
: taken out and this lube restored to Its normal condi
tion. hearing wll! be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing
but an inflamod condition of the mucous surfaces.
• We will give One Hundred pollers for any cose of
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
! by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY <k CO.. Toledo. O.
( Sold by Druggists, 75c.
! Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Good to Her Husband.
"George, dear," said Mrs. Dovekins,
who had come downstairs in time to
pour the coffee, "I'm going to walk to
the car with you this morning. Aren't
you glad?"
"Very glad, indeed, lovey. It's so
nice of you to think of me and to
get up early for the purpose of making
! it unnecessary to walk those dismal
: three blocks alone. How much do you
j want?"
Expensive Silence.
Little four-year-old Alice was lying
on the floor whining and crying stead
ily one afternoon, until, her father's
patience exhausted, he called out to
her: "Oh, stop, Alice, and I'll give
you a penny."
Alice stopped only long enough to
answer: "I can't stop for less than a
nickel! Boohoo! Boohoo!"
Importance of Proper Breathing.
Improper breathing is a frequent
cause of consumption. A large ma
jority of people are too lazy or too
ignorant to breathe deep, and hence
the lungs are developed only to part
of their capacity and thus afford fer
tile Held for the growth of the tuber
culosis germ.
Didn't Stay There.
Father —Didn't I tell you I would
whip you if I caught you in the water
again?
Son —Yes, sir, and that's the reason
I hurried out when I saw you coming.
PUTNAM
Color more mods hriohter and faster colors than any othor dyo. One 10c packaoe colon all fibers. They dye in cold wafer better than any other dye. Ycu can 6m
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The highest medical authority
on foods,
Sir James Crichton Browne, LL. D.—F. R. S.
of London,
gives the best reasons for eating more
Quaker Oats
In an article published in the
Youth's Companion of Septem
ber 23rd, 1909, Dr. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building—
"There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
(youth), and that is oatmeal.
"Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-
Dorothy and the Stork.
When little Dorothy Walworth was
Introduced to her baby brother in the
First Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
in Yonkers, N. Y., she manifested in
tense interest, but was not astonished.
"I knew he was coming," she ex
claimed; "I knew it."
Pressed for an explanation, the five
year-old said: "I was down to the
Bronx zoo the other day and saw
the stork in his cage. I recognized
him by the black stripes on his wings
that papa said were there. Well, when
the stork was standing alone on one
leg, I went close to him and whispered
in his ear that I wanted him to bring
me a baby brother or sister. He didn't
say anything, but I knew he would do
it, because he bent his head toward
me and winked an eye."
New Geyser in Yellowstone Park.
For a few days past there have been
indications of an eruption of some
kind near the Fountain hotel in Yel
lowstone park, says a dispatch from
Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. Now a
new and magnificent geyser has bro
ken out in full force about 100 feet
north of the regular Fountain geyser
near Fountain hotel. This new geyser,
which does not appear to affect any of
the others in that vicinity, played to a
height of 150 to 200 feet, throwing off
immense quantities of hot water, mud
and steam. The new geyser does not
play regularly as does Old Faithful,
but at short intervals, the eruptions
occurring five or six hours apart, and
lasting about one hour.
Is Poor Consolation.
"Yes, it must be a terrible thing to
go through life without your limb. But
you must remember it will be restored
to you in the next world."
"I know it will, mum, but dat don't
encourage me, for it was cut off when
I was a baby, an' it won't come with
in a couple of foot of de ground w'en
it's restored."
Wherein They Differ.
Her—When a man starts to talk he
never stops to think.
Him —And when a woman starts she
never thinks to stop.
In case of pain on the lungs Hamlins
Wizard Oil acts like a mustard piaster,
except that it is more effective and is so
much nicer and cleaner to use.
The secret of success in life is for a
man to be ready for his opportunity
when it comes.—Disraeli.
Mrs. Wlnilow'l Soothing Syrap.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
flammation, allays pain, cureb wind colic. 25ca bottle.
Money talks, but it often fails to
tell the truth.
fPt ■ TPUTO WntNon r.rnlonmn.Wnf.n.
I rN I Jk ington,D.C. 1 look^free. High
-1 B fcs ■™ I west references. Best resuita.
FADELESS DYES
duces a big-boned, well-devel
oped, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
pood oatmeal such as Quaker
Oats not only furnishes
the best food for the human be
ing, but eating it strengthens
and enlarges the thyroid gland
—this gland is intimately con
nected with the nourishing pro
cesses of the body.
In conclusion he says —
"It seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness of
the Northerners (meaning the
Scotch) has been in some measure
due to the stimulation of the
thyroid gland by oatmeal por
ridge in childhood."
The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is the best of all
oatmeals.
The Best Kind
Of Life Insurance
ia health insurance. The best
way to insure the health of your
family when any member gets
in a "run-down" condition, 13 to
use a tonic that removes the
cause of the ill-health. Such
a tonic is
DR.D.JAYNE'S
TONIC
VERMIFUGE
A "run down" condition ia
generally due to the failure of
the digestive organa to properly
digest the food. Dr. D. Jayne'a
Vermifuge tones up the digestive
organs so that they supply the
body with proper nourishment,
and in this way bring about last'
Ing health. Ordinary tonica
simply supply food material in
predigested form, and conse
quently are only effective as
long as the tonic ia taken.
1 Sold by all Druggists
two sizes, SOc and 35c.
Dr. D. Jayne'a Expectorant ha*
been relieving and curing Coughs,
Colds, and similar ailments for nearly
four generations.
Up-Set
Sick Feeling
that follows taking a dose of castox
oil, salts or calomel, i 9 about the
worst you can ensure—Ugh —it
gives one the creeps. You don't
have to have it —CASCARETS
move the bowels —tone up the
liver —without these bad feelings.
Try them. su
CASCATtETS IOC a box for a week'i
' treatment, all dniegistK. Biggest seller
i in the world. Million boxes a month.
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