Too Much Play.
Games occupy far too much of a
girl's life. Instead of being used as
recreations they are the end and aim
of existence.—Lady Violet . Greville,
in the London Graphic. :
, Trials of Shop Girls.
Few workers are entitled to more
sympathy and consideration than the
shop girls of our great cities, and few
receive so little. It would tax the
genius of a Tom Hood to tell the
manifold miseries to which they are
subjected, often by want of thought,
but in most cases by want of heart.—
Leslie’s Weekly.
: Decadence of Noses.
When I was a girl the aristocratic
nose was high, beautifully modeled,
rising in a delicately waving ridge,
and at the tip standing well out from
the face and not turned up. But now
the fashion has completely changed.
The pretty woman one sees portrayed
in illustrated papers and magazines
very seldom have much to speak of
in the .way of noses.—Dowager, in
The Throne.
The Girl No Man Wants.
The kind of a girl who expects her
path to be strewn with bouquets,
chocolates, theatre tickets and treats
generally will find her popularity
short lived, no matter how charming
she may be.
The average young man’s pocket
cannot stand the strain long, and he
will turn to some other girl, less at-
tractive, perhaps, but who will be
content with the attentions he can
bestow on her.
It is a girl’s place, says Health, to
see that the expenses a young man in-
curs for her pleasure shall not exceed
what he can easily afford. -
Women Wear Rubber Boots.
‘While it has always served its pur-
pose as waterproof footwear, the
wearing of the rubber boot has been
confined largely to the masculine sex.
A number of the young women of
Muskogee, however, have discovered
that Muskogee mud is real mud and
that the shoe will not stand the con-
tinual quantity of earth and water
which coat the streets of the city
during the winter or rainy season.
Many of them appear on'the street
wearing neat little rubber boots. The
dress of the girl may be of the latest
cut, and the hat of the latest style,
but peeping from beneath the skirt is
the rubber boot, plain and sensible.
—Muskogee Correspondence Kansas
City Journal.
Woman Surveyor.
Miss Alice Perry, the first lady in
Ireland who has qualified as an engi-
neer, has been appointed county sur-
veyor of Galway in succession to her
father, the late Mr. James Perry.
The post was formerly worth £1000
a year, but this has now been reduced
to £500.
If Ireland has the first 1ady county
surveyar, Shepton Mallet, in Dorset,
may congratulate itself upon having
the first urban district council in Eng-
land which has appointed a lady med-
ical officer of health. Dr. Annie
Wainwright Hyatt, who has been
appointed, is the daughter .of the
present medical officer of health, for
whom she is to be deputy.
Miss Hyatt has obtained the Lon-
don degrees of M.B. and B.Sc. After
training at University College, Bris-
tol, she went to the Royal Frec Hos-
‘pital, London, and has since qualified
as a medical practitioner. She has
acted as assistant medical officer to
the Bermondsey - Medical Mission.
The guardians at Shepton Mallet
have previously sanctioned her acting
as assistant medical officer for the
workhouse.—London Leader.
How to Be Popular. -
Everywhere it is the cheerful wom-
an who is popular. In hospital wards
the. dignified nurse, no matter how
clever she may be, is not nearly so
successful as the bright, cheery girl
~whom patients call a living sunbeam.
Some think it almost worth while to
be ill if they are nursed by a girl
like this.
In a business office the favorite is
the “girl ‘who-does her work cheer-
fully. She“ is always obliging and
does not think she is cheapening her-
self by being agreeable. She is not
quick to take offense, and as for put-
ting on a superior air, such a thing
never occurs to her; and her pres-
ence adds agreeableness to the social
atmosphere.
Then, how children love a cheerful
mother! Their heedlessness and ig-
norance are bound to get them into
scrapes sometimes, and thrice-blessed
are the children who can own up to
a mother who is “a jolly good sort,”
as a boy once said. “She never rows
a fellow when he doesn’t deserve it.”
Such women bring out the very best
in children.—New York Journal.
Careful Dressers Work Out Plans.
At this time of the year it is a good
plan to look over one’s clothes and
see what can be used for the coming
season. Underclothing first; old
nightgowns may take on a new lease
of life if-the bottoms are good. Cut
off three inches below arm hole (thus
cutting away thin parts), make an
empire waist (long yoke ‘extending
three inches under arm) and sleeves
of new thin cotton cloth. Petticoats
whose bottoms are frayed may have
two inches cut from their lower edge
and be rehemmed. Then put on a
yoke at top deep enough to make the
‘petticoat the right length; or, instead
of this, a foot ruffle may be added to
make the required length. In mak-
ing these repairs I use thin cotton
cloth, as the old muslin in the gar-
ments is not worth better material.
Dimity or muslin dress skirts make
pretty dressing sacques and dainty
aprons.
Linen, duck or pique skirts may be
made into serviceable petticoats by
adding a deep flounce of long cloth
trimmed with lace or edging.
The skirt portion of wrappers
makes good work aprons. Two can
be made from one wrapper.
Now that the jumper waists are so
popular, old shirt waists may be
turned-into guimpes if worn about
the neck. - Open shoulder. seam® and
lay on pattern just below worn part.
Let them extend only to waist line.
If they are not good enough for this
purpose, lay on your corset cover pat-
tern. These may be finished with
narrow lace or beading.—New Haven
Register.
Imetmssdly.
Actress in a Workhouse.
Just as a benefit is being arranged
for Emily Soldene another old time
burlesque actress and a member of
the famous Soldene company of other
days has been found in poverty in an
English workhouse. These two
women are sald to be the only sur-
vivors of the company which original-
ly sang “Genevieve de Brabant,”
which was a New York sensation of
the early ’T0s.
Miss Lennox Grey was the stage
name of the old woman who has been
taken out of a London workhouse,
an anonymous donor having provided
a weekly stipend sufficient to support
her for the rest of her days. She did
not take part in the original produc-
tion of Offenbach’s operatta in Lon-
don, but succeeded Selina Dolaro,
who was compelled to retire from the
cast after a few performances.
Miss Lennox Grey was at that time
the wife of an officer in the English
army. She had married him after a
short stage experience and went to
India to live. He deserted her, and
she returned to the stage in England.
She was for years one of the most
popular burlesque artists of England
and came to this country with the
Soldene companies, appearing in
“Little Faust,” “Chilperic” and other
works of this company’s. decollete
repertoire. Emily Soldene, who is
now a very old woman, came to this
country for the last time about twen-
ty years ago and sang in the Bowery
variety theatres.
Miss Lennox Grey married for her
second husband a classical scholar of
high attainments, which did not, how-
ever, avail to prevent him from going
to the poorhouse along with her.
When the actress began to lose her
youth there were no longer engage-
ments for her, and she finally disap-
peared so completely that she was
commonly supposed to be dead.
Yet less than forty years ago she
was the most admired woman on the
English stage.— New York Sun.
FRILLS 4
FASO
Black satin or silk trims many a
light toned gown.
The flowered nets are used for par-
asols as well as frocks.
The sleeve cap is an important
item and is seen in many shapes.
Black gowns are trimmed with
black velvet bands of the same kind.
One of the new chiffons which is
very light in-texture is called ‘ln-
gerie.” : :
A great many cape shapes are in
evidence and numerous split epaulet
effects.
Jumpers are gaining in popularity
and are being shown made of ribbon
and lace. 2 ; .
Even ladies past middle’ life ara
wearing the. new mushroom-shaped
hats, and they are becoming.
A period of elaborate Trimming is
apt to bring with it border materials,
and this season is not an exception.
There is a positive craze for the
loose square kimono sleeves, and the
drooping shoulders cut in one with
the waist.
The three-piece linen suit generally
consists of a guimpe of lawn, a jump-
er or pinafore waist of embroidered
linen and a s]-'-' t- match.
You will be quite up to date if you
have a parasol to match each gown
even though the latter may be of
French hand embroidered handker-
chief linen. :
“A lovely gray marquisette gown
has bands of this kind composed of
pale blue velvet ribbon and outlined
horizontally with blue and gold
soutache.
There is quite a vogue for the soft,
vague pastel tints and those materials
whose foundation have a glimmer of
dull gold -or silver, the latter bein
especially good.
in Russia there are no fewer thax
eighty-six general holidays in the
year.
outraged law.
Subject: Murder.
Brooklyn, N. Y.——Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Chureh
on the above theme, the pastor, Rev.
Ita Wemmell Henderson, took as his
text: Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not
kill.” He sald: noe
The extent and force of the admon--
ition to recognize the inalienable
right of all men to life is not widely
recognized in our day, in view of the
professed love of our forefathers and
us for God and the Christ. With no
circumlocution and no wavering. of
the voice, Moses speaks out for God
a principle that the modern: world,
as the nations of all ages have done,
disregards.. To be sure the ¢iviliza-
tion of to-day is better in gémeral
than the manner of life thousands of
vears ago.
bors out in the open to ‘gains our;
food. The, settlement. of private
wrongs by “wild justice” is, in this:
country at least, linFited;lawgely to
the mountain whites. = N6 “man of
enlighteament grants the right of a
ruler anywhere to stamp out a hu-
man life arbitrarily as of old. - Phys-
ical disability in a babe to-day merits
more our sympathy than slaughter.
Gradually we are coming to recog-
nize the rights and privileges of. the
children who are yet unborn. Ven-
dettas are unpopular, and the mere
threat to kill is, very properly, suffi-
cient to put a man under bonds to
keep the peace. Nowhere is the
murderer safe from the clutches of
Does he slay his vie="
tim here, then whither shall he flee?
The minions who upholds the law
in Mohammeédan Turkey will hound
him to the earth to return him to the
scene of his fortal sin in the borders
of Christian America® Here and there
a few far-seeing souls declare that
even the State has no business to ex-
act an eye for an. eye, a life for a
life, and they say that society has no
more right to cut short a human
career than has that unit of society
the individual. Yes, the recognition
by the world of the wisdom of this
commandment is greater to-day than
ever before, but it is not yet what
it should be.
To kill a man is to deprive him of
life. But the process may be varied
and the length of time consumed
in stifling the light of life may be
greater or less, according to the
means employed. ‘Thou shalt not
kill,” says the commandment, and
instinctively. we picture the quarrel,
the hot fight, the hand quick to slay.
“Thou shalt not kill,” and we see
the gun, the axe, the poison, the
bludgeon. “Thou shalt not kill,”
and the vision of a sharp, keen con-
flict, man to man, or of the silent,
sudden blow flashes into the mind's
view. Yes, each p®otograph is true
to some scene in life. To these the
law refers! But is this all? Is it
always the axe or the poison or the
gun that fells a soul into eternity?
Must the murderer be the man with
the instrument of immediate death?
Are the murders which are the re-
sult of overt crime the only killings
that take place? 1 think not. Slow
work is not so fast, but it is just as
sure. The breaking of a human heart
by ill-treatment, either in word or
act, is murder, though the papers
never hear of it. Constant abuse
may end a-life, though the body show
never a scar.
The man who hounds his family
to an .early grave with physical
abuse is a murderer. The smooth
and careless youth who breaks his
mother’s heart is no less guilty than
the man who brains me with a maul.
The scurrilous and unscrupulous
writers who hold honest men up to
obliguy and shatter sensitive souls
till the hand of death draws them out
into the other life, are guilty of a
mortal crime. The man who grinds
the men who labor till they welcome
death with joy is soiled with blood.
The company of'respectable and mon-
eyed men who use their reputable
names to float financial schemes and
then ruin those who, trusting them,
have put their all into their keeping,
are guilty of robbery least of all.
The record of the starved, the brok-
en-hearted, the insane, the suicides,
is but the corollary of their greed.
The man who sells -his neighbor
poison, be that poison arsenic or
whisky, is accessory before the fact
to a suicide. The employment of
children in factory and mining work
before their time is almost murder
in the first degree.
My friends, anything that tends to
destroy or prematurely to curtail
human life is a means to ‘murder,
and the men who set into motion the
forces of unrighteousness that deal
and hasten death are eriminals in
the sight of God, though the law may
never touch them. Far be it-from
me to say that many of the men who
commit these indirect murders have
any real intention to cause misery
or to commit crime. But the truth
is that they are none the less cul-
pable. The one thing that is needed
is a clear-cut vision of the meaning
of the commandment which frames
our text. The need is for sharp and
unmistakeable definition of what it
is to kill. The eyes of men must be
opened to their personal responsibil-
ity for the outcome of their acts. A
new realization of the fullness of the
command of Christ must infill every
human heart. Moral laziness must:
give the way to moral clarity of vis-
ion. Spiritual indifference must yield
the road to spiritual insight. The
Christ must come into all men’s
hearts, not in small measure, but
with a fullness that shall leave no
room for unrighteousness. We must
train our minds to thoughtful ess
for others, and not to satisfaction of
self. The money in our purses ought
to burn our very souls if we see upon
it any tinge of: blood. The health
and happiness of the man who toils,
and bends a weary back that we may
live in luxury, must be our care. The
amelioration and betterment of the
life of all the world should be our
constant aim. As Christian individ-
uals we should guard the life of
every human soul.:
As the right of the individual to
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slay his brother is denied by the
commandment, so also implicitly the
right of society to take human life
is. questioned. The murderer is an
enemy to society, and for the best
welfare of the many it is wisest to
keep him under guard. But the prin.
ciple of the lex talionis, the life ex.
acted for the life destroyed, is un.
Christian, and in. the light of the
teachings of Jesus is unwarranted.
The State lowers itself and commits
real sin when it wreaks the penalty
of death upon the modern Cain. Ven-
geance is the business of the Lord,
if indeed there be any such thing.
The State has fiothing to gain by the
sending of any soul to his last rest.
The criminal has the right to a death
net of the State’s making. The prin-
ciple of capital punishment is as vic-
ious” at bottom as ig private murder
‘by ‘the individual, and is unwhole-
‘some in that it disregards the very
law of inalienable right to life that
it essays to protect. ‘‘Thou shalt not
“kill,”” says the State, ‘““for if you do,
and we can prove the case against
‘you, we will slay you.” The incon-
sistency of the situation should ap-
peal to everyone, but queerly enough
the very disciples of that Christ who
said, “Father, forgive,”” are among
the loudest clamorers for the life-of
.the murderer.
~ But the greatest example of the
violation of this commandment is to
be found in the actions of the Chris-
‘tian nations of to-day. Theoretically
“CHfjstian,«we are, as segregated peo-
vies; largely pagan. Praising God
as individuals-and despising, most of
us, in our private lives un-Christian
conduct and un-Christlike acts, we
stand ready as members of a great
social body to sustain and to serve
measures that are wholly corrupt and
corrupting. Professing a love for
peacefulness and for the Prince of
Peace, We pay without a grumble our
military tithes. Indeed, we may often
see the spectacle of two mighty peo-
ples, each paying homage to the same
God, clutching each at the other’s
‘throat, the meanwhile each is asking
God to give the enemy defeat: All
too often we may see the armies and
the navies of a wealthy Christian
nation full of power, menacing a
weaker sister to collect a money debt.
Phe -nations of this day descend to
the decision by fisticuffs which all
worthy men deny to be manly, or te
Le of value to decide an-issue. .
The situation would be ludicrous
were it not so lamentable.’ *
Christian men and Christian na-
tions have no communion with dis-
loyalty to the Father. The individ-
ual, the church, the peoples have no
cali to kill. God gave us brains with
which to settle our difficulties in
sober thoughtfulness. He gave us
our hands to help ourselves, not to
harm each other. The more money
you may possess, the more must you
care for the men below and about
you. Financiering that makes its
chief profits through the exploitation
of the man with *small means, or
through the financial wrecking of the
moneyed man, has no place in a
Christian economy, for its fruit is all
too often death. Many are the vic-
tims of unscrupulous. Napoleons of
finance. The easier you make the
task of the toiler in your shop, or
mine, or mill, or field, the more do
you serve your God. The oftener we
settle disputes between individuals
‘cr among nations, by the courts of
arbitration, the more do we glorify
our Lord and manifest our manhood.
Immense armaments merely prove
national weakness of will and lack
of mental poise. Wars often bring
victory to those who are in the right,
and they should. But no war has
ever proven the validity of the case
of any victor no matter how well
founded the argument of that win-
ning party may have been.
The crushing of little children at
men’s tasks is a short-sighted policy
to score it very little. The system
which wrecks and destroys the youth
of a land, prepares a heritage of
wrecked humanity for the worriment
of future generations. Gain at any
price is a poor business proposition,
and is morally unjustifiable.
My friends, the need of the hour
in this matter is for an honest recog-
nition, by individuals and nations, of
the force which the words of Jesus
Christ add to the command ‘‘thou
shalt not kill.” We need a quick-
ened conscience: that shall always
counsel for the right. We need a
holy manhood that shall insist that
no form of murder, be it brutal or
refined, shall soil the private or the
public record. The call is for Christ
men who dare to do good and to be
upright, no matter how much the
dividends may suffer, no matter how
much humanity may remain unap-
preciative of kindness, charity and
love. The call is for men of high and
men of low estate who shall ever rec-
ognize that war is hell, and that God
is honored, not by the smoke and din
of battle, but by the exercise of hu-
man self-control.
Let us, then, be men, and be sure
to keep our hands from blood-guilti-
ness. Let not the death of our broth-
ers be upon us. Let us live and let
live. Let us serve and save. Let us
not destroy.
The Gates of Pearl.
In his sermon, “On the Twelve
Gates,” Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman
says, “I am sure that there is some
meaning in the fact that the gates
are of pearl. Do you know the his-
tory of pearls? Humanly speaking,
it is the history of suffering. - When
discovered it is at the risk of the
pearl fisher’s life. It is said that
pearls are formed by the intrusion of
some foreign substance between the
mantle of the mollusk and its shell.
This is a source of irritation, suffer-
ing and pain, and a substance is
thrown around about that which is
intruded to prevent suffering, and
thus pearls are formed."
The Preacher Needs Help.
As long as the winning of souls is
cousidered to be the work of one
man, he and the believers to whom he
ministers must suffer loss. They are
kept from the spiritual exercise and
activity which is essential to a
healthy life. He is robbed®of the
support which their witness and their
prayers could give.—Andrew Murray.
Paying For Sin.
Every sin must be paid for; every
sensual indulgence is a harvest, the
price of which is so much ruin for
the soul.—Robertson,
*y, Household &
Ww
y Matters. £
How to Test Milk.
To test milk dip a well polished
knitting needle into a jug of milk and
quickly withdraw it in an upright po-
sition.
If the milk has only a small pro-
portion of water this will prevent
even a drop of milk adhering to the
needle.
Cleaning Glass.
A small paint brush with long,
strong, supple bristles is the best
thing with which to keep cut glass
free of dust. It is the only means
of ‘reaching the dust which only
lodges in the small .earvings. To
wash cut glass use borax in the
water, and the result will be a spark-
ling, shining receptacle that will glis-
ten as brilliantly as it did when new.
‘If a cruet bottle has become stained
with vinegar sediment, or a vase with
sediment from flowers, or any other
piece of glass which it is hard to
reach into to wash, chop up a raw
potato (peeled) and put it into the
bottle with sufficient water or suds
to just cover the potato; leave it for
several hours, giving an occasional
shaking; empty and rinse well; if
necessary, repeat. Results will be
pleasing.—Florida Agriculturist.
To Clean the Chimney.
Much of the trouble with chimneys
filling -up with soot may be avoided
by burning the potato parings. The
chemical action is such that the soot
is entirely cleaned out, so there is no
danger of its becoming filled up, even
when soft coal is used in the stove.
Zinc cut in small pieces and thrown
into the stove or furnace when the
fire is burning brightly also will have
the same effect, and a handful used
once in three or four weeks will keep
the chimney clear and the draft good,
no matter what fuel is used.
Recently my kitchen range did not
draw well, and the oven would not
heat properly; so I placed a large
handful of zinc scraps in the fire, and
went outside to watch results. The
smoke came out in clouds, and twas
very black, and in a short time the
draft of the stove was perfect, and
the oven soon become hot.
The Mecat-Chopper.
The grater has a black eye in
house-wifely favor. In its place the
meat-chopper has sprung into popu-
larity. Many of the things for which
the former was exclusively used are
now done more quickly and with
greater ease by the latter.
The meat-shopper is a godsend to
one woman, who makes chow-chow
so appetizing that she is forced to do
it by the job lot. Formerly she cut
the different ingredients separately,
until one day the brilliant idea struck
her—why not put everything through
the chopper? In went tomatoes, pep-
pers, cucumbers and pickles, one at
a time, and al} the former work of
two days was done in a morning.
Apples, pears and quinces for but-
ters, are also put through the meat-
chopper, with great saving of time
and temper. Being cut much smaller,
moreover, than they would otherwise
be, they boil down more easily.
All the juice from fruits prepared
in this way must be carefully caught.
The chopper itself should be scrupul-
ously clean to remove all taste of
meat. Boiling the parts in soda
water insures perfect cleanliness.
Potato Griddle Cakes—Take one
cup of
baking
ful of
powder and half a teaspoon-
salt and two large potatoes
grated. -Make into batter with half a
cup of milk and fry on a hot, well
greased griddle.
Honey Sandwiches—Chop tegether
English walnuts and raisins in equal
proportions. To each cup of this
mixture. add two tablespoons of
honey "and one of orange juice.
-Spread between lightly buttered slices
of cream bread and cut into dainty
shapes. :
To Cook Beets—Beets of late have
been attacked by insects; therefore
they must be examined leaf by leaf,
and all which are infested rejected.
Do not separate the roots from the
leaves. Wash thoroughly in many
waters. Put into a stewpan and cov-
er generously with boiling water.
Add a teaspoonful of salt for every
two quarts of greens. Boil rapidly
until tender. This will be about thir-
tv minutes. Drain off the water,
chop rather coarse, seascn with but-
ter and salt. :
Caramel Custard — Four cups
scalded milk, five eggs, one-half tea-
spoonful salt, one tablespoonful of
vanilla, one-half cup sugar. Put
sugar in omelet pan. Stir constantly
over hot part of range until melted
to a syrup of light brown color. Add
gradually to milk, being careful that
milk does not bubble up and g6 over,
as is liable on account of high tem-
perature of sugar. As soon as sugar
is melted in milk, add mixture grad-
ually to eggs slightly beaten; add salt
and flavoring. then strain in buttered
mould:- Bake.as custard. Chill, and
serve with caramel sauce.—Bostoxn
Cultivator,
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Ordering the Seasons.
Among the strange. duties of the
Emperor of China is one that neces-
sitates his ordering the seasons. It
is summer in America when the sun
warms the earth, and not till then,
but in Ckina it-is summer when the
Emperor says it is summer. As soon
as the Son of Heaven declares that .
summer has come, everyone in China
puts off winter clothing and arrays
himself in summer garb, no matter
what his feelings may say on the
subject. All domestic arrangements
are made to suit the season, as pro-
claimed by His Imperial Majesty, al-
thongh they may not suit the individ-
ual at all.
The nearest approach to the Chin-
ese custom of ordering the seasons is
the practice observed in France in all
public. buildings. There it is winter
on and after October 1. Fires are
then lighted in all government offices
and the servants exehange their
white summer waistcoats for the
thiczer and darker ones of winter.
At that date the public libraries are
closerl at 4, and in the streets the
sellers of roasted chestnuts make
their appearance. In official France
it is winter, no matter what the wea-
ther mav say and no mater what un-
official France may think.—Philadel-
phia Record.
“Big Four” Among Gems.
In the gem kingdom the ruby, the
diamond, the emerald and the sap-
phire constitute ‘the big four” and
take precedence-—and in the order
named-—of all other precious stones.
The pearl is, of course, not a stone;
it has a standard of its own. The
expert test of the gem is its color, its
degree cof clearness and its perfec-
tion of cutting; upon the last. de-
pends its brillianey. In the diamond
the “brilliant” cutting holds first
place. The other stones are cut al-
together differently—they are crys-
talized in different systems; in fact,
they differ in another respect, the
diamond being a mineral carbon, the
finer ruby (the Oriental) a variety
of corundum, the emerald a variety
of beryl, and the sapphire a colored
variety of corundum. What is tech-
nically known as the ‘step cut” is an
essential to bring out the fire of the
last three.—Chicago Joural.
MORE BOXES OF GOLD
And Many Greenbacks.
225 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks
will be sent to persons who write the
most interesting and truthful letters
of experience onthe following topics:
1. How have you been affected by
coffee drinking and by changing from
coffee to Postum?
2. Give name and account of one
or more coffee drinkers who have
been hurt by it and have been in-
duced to quit and use Postum.
3. Do you know any one who has
been driven away from Postum be-
cause it came to the table weak and
characterless at the first trial?
4. Did you set such a person right
regarding the easy way to make it
clear, black and with a snappy, rich
taste?
5. Have you ever found a better
way to make it than to use four heap-
ing teaspoonfuls to the pint of water,
let stand on stove until real boiling
begins, and beginning at that time
when actual boiling starts, boil full
15 minutes more to extract the flavor
and -food value. (A piece of butter
the size of a pea will prevent boiling
over). This contest is confined to
those who have used Postum prior
to the date of this advertisement.
Be honest and truthful,don’t write
poetry or fanciful letters, just plain,
truthful statements.
.-Gontest will close June 1st, 1907,
and no letters received after that
date will be admitted. Examinations
of letters will be made by three
judges, not members of the Postum
Cereal Co., Ltd. Their decisions will
be fair and finai, and a neat little box
containing a $10 gold piece sent to
each of the five writers of the most
interesting letters, a box containing
a $5 gold piece to each of the 20 next
best, a $2 greenback to each of the
100 next best, and a $1 greenback to
each of the 200 next best, making
cash prizes distributed to 32% per-
s0ns.
Every friend of Postum is urged to
write, and cach letter will be held in
high esteem by the company, as an
evidence of such friendship, while
the little boxes of gold and envelopes
of money will reach many modest
writers whose plain and sensible let-
ters contain the facts desired, ai-
though the sender may have but
small faith in winning at the time of
writing.
Talk this subject over with your
friends and see how many among
you can win prizes. It is a good,
honest competition and in the best
kind of a cause, and costs the com-
petitors absolutely nothing.
Address your letter .0o the Postum
Cereal Co., L.td., Battle Creek, Mich.,
writing your own name and addresg
clearly. -