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In the Social Realm
Mr. and Mrs. Benton Bowers en
tertained a few friends at dinner Fri
day evening.
Mesdames A. L. Engle, F. E.
Moore, C. A. Briscoe and C. F. Shep- i
herd will eutertain at the home of
Mrs. Engle, 034 Boulevard, Friday
afternoon.
The Eleven OCjock Club gave its j
semi-monthly dance at Memorial hall
ilu t.'.ay tvetiiug. Most of the club I
niembers were present and a delight-
Tul evening was spent. Pedersen s
orchestra furnished niuiiic.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the West Side will meet next Mon-
ueicmuci ai ..:. oiuc i
school in the assembly room. The i
.1 TA .. .-. I . , . o fr . , 1 ' CiAi 1
program will be: Music by Mrs. Mc-
Quilkin; paper on teaching obedi
ence, Mrs. Wagner, followed by a
discussion by Mrs. Slingerlaud.
JiH'ture by ir. Mattie Shaw on Nar
cotics. Dr. Mattie B. Shaw will address
an audience in the M. E. church,
Tuesday afternoon, December 3, at
2:30. This lecture will be an in
structive one, and should be listened
to by both men and women. She will
point out the habit-forming drugs
and their effects, such as cocaine, eu
caine, morphine and so on. Th!s
will probably be the last time she
will speak before an Ashland audit-nee.
Without doubt the subject of
our Oregon laws on these drugs will
be handled by someone versed in law.
The public are invited to attend.
Federation is Organized.
The meeting held at the Carnegie
Library at the call of the Women's
Civic Improvement Club for the pur
pose of forming a City Federation of
Women's Clubs was a decided suc
cess. About 40 ladies responded,
representing the Improvement Club,
the Chautauqua ' Park Club, the
Parent-Teacher Association, Sun;
shine Society and the library board.
It was 'decided to organize a City
Federation, and this was accom
plished by the election of Mrs. E. C.
Card as president and Mrs. C. B.
Lamkin as secretary and treasurer.
It was decided to establish a Civic
Forum and hold meetings at which
all subjects of civic interest could
be discussed. Notice of these meet
ings will be made when the dates
thereof have been decided upon.
There was a musical program iu con
nection with the meeting, which was
much enjoyed, followed by a social
hour.
Merry Matrons Entertained.
On Friday last the "Merry Ma
trons" journeyed in full force to
Royal Oak ranch, the country home!0" ampneys, an ungi.sn
of Mrs. John A. May, where an en- lmre by Kenneth King, parents
joyable afternoon was passed in play-l Who ente,tain vtsi of bright fil
ing 500. The quaint old homestead,!1"'0 ,or wur uoy8' were weil ae
t, .... . ... ! lineateri. .Inhn tftnlora o r'hm-li
which, by the way, Is one of the land
marke of Jackson county, was beau
tifully decorated with chrysanthe
mums, stocks and calendula, all
grown in Mrs. May's garden. The
first prize, a book, was won by Mrs.
P. S. Provost, the booby prize, a bot
tle of "catch-up," going to Mrs. H.
Pracht. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess, assisted by
Mrs. H. O. Frohbach and Mrs. F. D.
McQuilkeu.
All members were in attendance
Tot the first time this year, as fol
lows: Mesdames H. O. Frohbach,
F. D. McQuilken, F. O. Swedenburg,
C. L. Cunningham, C. Veghte, P. S.
"Provost, H. Pracht, J. H. Provost,
A. W. Boslough, H. Barneburg, W.
W. Blalock, W. 11. Bartges, John A.
May. The uext meeting of the club
will be at the home of Mrs. C. L.
Cunningham.
future by Miss (l.riiUn TinlinK.
Miss Tinling lectured to a well-
filled house Tuesday evening. Two!
very piecing duets were a part of I fProfe8p nriBCoe luade ort
.the program jtalk, asking the citizens to encourage
Miss Timing Jb a native of Eng- athltics. which has grown to be a
land, film tas crossed the ocean ' great i,n"etus to the ,,up"3' He also
eleven tin,. She said one thing i ""ke of the good work which ia be"
that imprnfcsed tier in America was ! ing done by the seWinR claS8 and in'
the interest women took in children, j Vlted the 1areats to come and 8ee the
not only in their own but in those of Karment made- He mentioned the
tir This uaa nf th work o( tlle domestic science depart-
why, a few days ago, West Virginia
amended hr constitution by a ma
jority of 84,040 against alcoholic'
drinks. Alcohol, these people said,!'"0-'" luo "
was impairing the brain power of
their children. Moreover, it was no
longer pure alcohol. There was to-!'8
t.acro juict), and cocaine and all man
ner of poslouous drugs added to the
wine, colored with analine or burnt
f-ugar, and that did not make stroug,
intelligent people. So hereafter the
children of West Virginia will have
no temptations to lower their mental
powers while young. She stated the
American nation was always biting i
it
at something they seemed never
happy unless eating, or drinking, or
chewing their $200,000,000 worth of
gum, and she considered they should
vui more stress on mentality ana less
on tneir stomachs. She was often
greeted with applause.
Around tlie Turkey.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Dodge will en-
tertain the entire Dodge family at
dinner today.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mulit are en-
tertaining Mrs. M. S. Mulit and Miss I
Frances Mul't today.
F. F. Whittle and familv entprtain I
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pickens at
Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. Hattie A. Alnutt i3 a guest
.
at tne nome 0f ner fi0Ili William
Mitchell, for the day.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. McWilliams
will entertain C. L. McWilliams and
family at dinner today.
The families of E. D. and M. C.
Briggs form a family party at the
Hotel Oregon for dinner today.
Joseph Poley and family and Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Poley are guests at
the home of I. W. Thomas, at Med
ford, today.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Reeves
and daughter Mildred spend the day
with Mrs. Reeves' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Norwood.
G. G. Eubanks and family will cele
brate the completion of the remodel
ing of their residence on Wimer
street on Thanksgiving.
Following their annual custom, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Beebe will entertain
the families of F. D. and J. M. Wag
ner and Mrs. Ellen Wagner at dinner
today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pracht enter
tain a neighborhood party at their
home on Vista street. The guests are
the families of P. S. and J. H. Pro
vost and Mrs. Frank Grisez.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ball entertain
at their Harrison street home today,
the guests being the family of W. H.
Wenner and Messrs. Clinton Wright
and Homer Elhart.
At the home of J. F. Patty there
will gather a very congenial group,
consisting of the families of Rev. W.
A. Schwimley, W. O. Dickerson, W.
A. Moore, Albert Morthland and John
Cameron and daughter.
High School Play.
Miss Florence Wagner, teacher of
English in the Ashland high school,
is to be congratulated on her success
in training the young men and the
young ladies who took part in "Our
Boys," given on the twenty-first an
niversary of the Ashland High School
Literary Society, Tuesday evening.
Mr. Middlewick, a retired butter
man, taken by Harold Huntley, and
lineated. John Enders as Charles
Middlewick and Neil Shinn as Talbot
Chanipneys, who have returned from
school and their travels abroad, were
as real as life. Violet Melrose, a
handsome heiress, Mildred Applegate,
and Mary Melrose, her cousin, by
Glyndon Scott, were charming in
their parts, while Vivian Greer as
j Clari88a Chanipneys, the maiden
aunt, played her part admirably
Kenister (Sir Geoffrey's servant),
Edward Stannard; Poodles (Middle
wick's servant), Walter Carpenter,
and Belinda (a servant), Margaret
Patterson, did credit to their parts.
It is conceded that the Ashland
high school pupils make a success of
their undertakings, and this play was
Do exception.
The musical program was much en
joyed by the audience. This orches
tra is made up of pupils in the Ash
land public schools, and credit is
"r" a,m iMr' u A'
. : 1 1 T 1 t 1 m -w .
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ment, which is becoming a part of
every girl's education.
Saturday the Albany high school
I ..In.... .141. 4 k. I W!t. -1 I
l"" ",feu BK-"""1 Hue-
ceBs of the high school football team
being nol8ed al)out and the boy8
are receiving invitations for games
with many towns of Oregon.
Twenty per cent reduction on all
millinery at Mrs.,H. Simons'. . Call
early and take advantage of this sale
48-tf '
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
ashlavd
ORIGIN OF THE PEARL "',
Tht Prized Gm Only th Brilliant
Sarcophagus of a Worm.
Science has discovered the real ori
gin of the pearl to be a worm. Dr.
Hugh M. Smith gives some interesting
Information on this subject in the Na
tional Geographic Magazine.
We know that almost any foreign
body a grain of sand, a bit of mud or
shell, a piece of seaweed or a small
animal may by its irritation cause the
tnollusk to cover tt with nacre and
make it the nucleus of a pearl, but the
largest part of the annual pear! crop
of the world is due to parasites that
normally pass a part of their life cycle
within the shell of the pearl oyster.
Minute spherical larvae of marine
worms known as cestodes become im
bedded in the soft tissues, as many as
forty having been found in one Ceylon
oyster. As the result of Irritation the
oyster forms a protecting sac about the
Intruder, and then, if the larva dies, its
body U gradually converted into car
bonate of lime, and the pearly mass
proceeds to grow with the shell.
If the larva lives it may pass into
the body of the strong Jawed trigger
fishes which prey on the pearl oysters,
there undergoing further development.
Ultimately it reaches the body of the
great rays, which in turn eat the trig
ger fishes. In the rays the worms at
tain full development and produce lar
vae that are cast into the sea and And
lodgment In pearl oysters. Thus the
cycle is begun once more.
We may literally accept the saying
of a celebrated French Investigator
that "the most beautiful pearl Is in re
ality only the brilliant sarcophagus of
a worm."
FAITH OF THE FOREST.
Curious Traits of One of tho Savag
Tribes of Sibaria.
Concerning one of the obscure races
of northwestern Siberia a traveler
writes: "A few of the traits of these
curious people may prove of Interest
as they show that environment Is the
strongest factor In determining charac
ter. Their Intense superstition is ac
counted for by innate fear of air things
they cannot understand. Their shy
ness, dislike of strangers and dread of
their lamas and chiefs are again the
result of superstition and seclusion.
Sadness and melancholia are stamped
on their faces, as is natural to a peo
ple who are In constant fear of the
genii of the mountains, rivers and
forests, whose whole time is taken up
with propitiating the gods lest evil be
fall them.
"The Uriankhal Is a product of the
forest as the Arab is of the desert
The one Is the antithesis of the other.
Environment has molded the character
of each to hi3 surroundings. The fear
less believer In one God, the nomad of
the sunlit desert, compares strikingly
with the superstitious inhabitants of
dark, damp forests, fearsome of evil
spirits and cringing under their witch
doctors.
"All through life the forest dweller
Is In fear of offending the deities, and
at death his corpse is carried out and
placed on some lone hilltop, where the
wild beasts are expected to devour it
if the man hus led a good life, but
bad Uriankhal have not that doubtful
honor bestowed upon them." Chicago
News.
Ventilation.
Elave we ever stopped to think hovr
our ancestors two or three generations
back lived and flourished with little or
no ventilation In their sleeping apart
ments? The night air used to be con
sidered a very dreadful menace to
health aud a sure inducer of colds.
Bedrooms were kept closely shut, aud
yet our ancestors, many of them, were
hardier than we and lived to good old
ages. Animals burrow in their holes
at night, breathing the same air over
aud over again, while birds and fowls
tuck their heads under their wings.
Of course ventilation is absolutely nec
essary for proper comfort cleanliness
nnd health, but people have lived on
little or none of it for hundreds and
thousands of years. Exchange.
A Giant Pepys Saw.
King James I. had a gigantic porter
eight feet six Inches in height but he
was not perfect, being round shoul
dered, knockkneed and lame in one
foot Of a similar height was Charles
Munster, a yeoman of the Hanoverian
guard who died In l(57i. and seven
years before there was being exhibited
In London a Dutchman eight feet nine
Inches high anent whom in Pepys'
diary we find the following entry on
Aug. 15. l(l(j!: "Went to Charing Cross
to Ree the great Dutchman. I did walk
under his arm with my, hat on and
could not reach his chin With the tips
of my Angers."
Happiness.
If you cannot be happy In one
way, be in anoihor. and this facility of
disposition want but little nid from
philosophy, for health and good humor
are almost the whole affair. Many
run about, after felicity, like an absent
minded man hunting for his hat while
it is in his hand or on his head.
A Safe Wager.
Townley Some one has said that he
is a benefactor of his race who makes
two blades of grass grow where only
one grew before Subbubs I'll bet
anything that fellow never hud to ruu
a lawn mower. Boston Transcript
Two Puns.
Miss Young-After all. what Is mar
rlage but a mlster-y?
Miss Older-Yes. aud what is spin
sterhood but perpetual mlasery? Lou
don Tit Bits ,
Trorxcs ' '
THANKSGIVING 111 THE
HOUSE NEXT DOOR
"fTrniN'K." said: the minister's Ut
0 tie wife, "of eailng eggs for
H a Thanksgiving dinner!" '
The Rev. Robert Kean
smiled down into her wistful eyes.
"It is strange." her husband mused,
"that somebody hasn't Invited us to
dinner."
"Weil, of course they don't dream
how hard up we are," Mrs. Kean mur
mured, "and each one thinks the other
has asked us."
In the days that followed no one
would have imagined that the mind of
the trim and smiling little minister's
wife was constantly distracted by the
problem of feeding four hungry people
on a few dollars.
"I can't have turkey," said little Mrs.
Kean stoutly, "and that settles it"
But it was harder to deny the "kid
dies." "Xo. dears." the little mother said,
"we can't have a feast this year. But
we are going to be thankful just the
same."
The children looked at her seriously.
"I don't see anything to be thankful
for," said Dudley, the big boy of
twelve. "What can the Lord expect If
he doesn't give us a turkey"
"Oh, my dear!" was his mother's
shocked reproof. But little Marlon
piped up, "I'm Just going to be thank
ful and thankful and thankful and ask
the Lord to send us the turkey any
how." Mrs. Kean told her husband of the
comments. "Poor dears," she sighed;
"they don't understand the blessedness
of giving.
"There are some older people who
don't understand." said her husband
wearily. "Look at our neighbor next
door. Never a penny does he give for
the poor, and he has riches that he
can't count"
But the old gentleman across the way
was not worrying about the opinion of
his neighbors.
"Mary." be sal& to his cook the night
before Thanksgiving, "cook me an old
fashioned dinner tomorrow, turkey and
all the fixings."
But fate had decreed that no tur
key and fixings should be served in the
house of the rich old gentleman, for
Thanksgiving morning be suffered an
attack of gout that kept him tied to
his bed. with strict orders from the
doctor as to diet No orders, however,
having been given the cook, she pro
ceeded to cook the dinner.
The aroma of It came up the stairway
and tickled the nostrils of the rich old
gentleman.
"Just my luck," he grumbled, "not
to be able to eat It," and he sat up In
bed to ring his little bell and to order
all the doors shut to keep out the tan
talizing smelL
The movement brought his eyes on a
level with the window, and be looked
straight across Into the dining room of
the minister's little flat
Listlessly his eyes rested on the
group: then suddenly he leaned for
ward and scanned the table. In front
'IT'S FROM THB GENTLEMAN ACROSS TBS
WAT," tun COOK UXFLAINKD.
of the Rev. Bobbie was a deep dish
from which he was serving spoonfuls
of some yellow substance.
"By the gods." murmured the old
man. "it's eggx scrambled eggs and
on Thanksgiving! Why In tile name of
all that's appetizing don't they have
turkey?"
He rang his bell sharply. "Send the
cook." was his peremptory order, and
when the cook came be asked:
"Is dinner ready?"
"Tes. sir."
"Then carry tt across the way, er
ery bit of It"
A few minutes later a procession
filed Into the parson's flat
"It's from the gentleman across the
tray." the cook explained tartftilly as
she stood in the ball. "He Is ill, and
there Is no one to eat the dinner, and
he thought you wouldn't mind."
There was really uever such a din
ner. The turkey was delicious, the
pies perfect, and the little Keans brim
med over with happiness. But there
was n deeper happiness than the mere
joy of good eating In the heart of the
Rev. Bobble when, after a call next
door, he came home to his wife.
"I have fouud a good neighbor," he
said, "an old gentleman with a crusty
manner and a heart of gold, and that's
the best of my Thanksgiving, sweet-heart"--Temple
Bailey in Omaha
World-IIerald.
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Billings
41 E. Main St. REAL ESTATE
GREATEST GAS PRODUCER.
West Virginia Has Output of More
than 200 Ilillion Cubic Feet of
Natural Gas.
West Virginia is the greatest pro
ducer of natural gas in the United
States. She produced in 1911 twice
as much as any other state and two
fifths of the total output for the
whole country.
According to the United States
Geological Survey, the state pro
duced in 1911 the enormous quantity
of 207,112,576,000 cubic feet of gas,
valued at $28,451,907, as compared
with 190,705,869,000 cubic feet, val
ued at $23,816,553, in 1910.
Natural gas accompanies the oil
in the wells of West Virginia even
more regularly than in Pennsylvania,
and the sands yielding gas without
oil are more extensive, so that while
the state consumed 80,868,645,000
cubic feet of gas in 1911, it also ex
ported a large quantity to Pennsyl
vania, to the lake shore In Ohio, to
Maryland and to Kentucky. In order
to supply the necessary quantity for
Pittsburg the gas is pumped through
the lines at an average rate of 42
miles an hour, and occasionally at as
great a speed as a mile a minute.
Drilling was . active throughout
the state in 1911, resulting in the
completion of 870 productive gas
wells out of a total of 987 well
drilled, the number of gas wells at
the close of the year being 4,755 as
compared with 4,052 wells at the be
ginning of the year. Fiften years
ago there were only 840 natural gas
wells in the state and the value of
the output was less than $1,000,000.
The quantity and value of the gas
consumed in West Virginia in 1911
amounted to 80.86S.645.000 cubic
feet, valued at $6,240,152, an aver
age price of 7.72 cents per thousand
cubic feet. Of the total consumption
in 1911 a larger proportion was con
sumed for industrial than for domes
tic purposes. The quantity of gas
Perlps C No. S
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If Give Complete
Their wonderful wear-resisting qualities and their
remarkable elasticity make them the ideal under
garment for Children. Youngsters outgrow them be
fore they outwear them, yet the elastic web yields so
readily to every motion that little folks can romp and
play all day long in perfect comfort and without the
least danger of ripping or tearing the garment.
Parents find them practical and economical, and
MOLLY MUNSING WEARS THEM
WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK?
Who U Molly? Why, ask the chadren!
They'll tell you she's the daintiest and
most beautifully dressed little paper doll
in America; has seven natty costumes in
beautiful colors, no two alike, and each
worn with entire satisfaction over her
perfect fitting suit of Munsingwear. She
will be given away to every underwear
purchaser here Saturday. You should come.
WOMEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSINGWEAR AT
$1.00, $130, . $2.00, $2.50. $3.00, $3.50
CHILDREN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSINGWEAR AT
50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1,50, $2.00
MEN'S FALL AND WINTER MUNSINGWEAR AT
$10, $2.00, $20. $3.00, $3.50. $4.00, $5.00
ASHLAND
Thursday, November 28, 1912.
Would You Aceept a
Stranger's Note?
Would you sign a note with a
stranger and leave the amount
blank?
That's what you do when you take
a policy in a MUTUAL FIRE INSUR
ANCE COMPANY.
And you may wake up some morn
ing to find you are very much in the
insurance business.
Sixteen big companies all of the
OTHER KIND in this office.
Let us carry your insurance and
we will give you your money's worth.
Agency
AXD INSURANCE.
Phone 211-J
consumed in manufacturing was 50,
130,046,000 cubic feet.
One of the industries which is al
most entirely confined to the state is
the manufacture of carbon black, for
which large quantities of gas are re
quired and to which the gas is well
adapted. It is estimated thac during
the year 1911 a total of 18,737,265,
000 cubic feet of gas was used by the
carbon-black factories of West Vir
ginia. The value of this gas was
$544,856, an average of about 3
cents per thousand cubic feet.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
II. A. Autry.
We are authorized to announce
H. A. Autry as independent candi
date for the office of city recorder.
Paid adv.
Cause of Insomnia.
The most common cause of insom
nia is disorders of the stomach pnd
constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets
correct these disorders and enable
you to sleep. For sale by Poley's
Drug Store.
More than 40 varieties of rice are
cultivated in Siam.
Pianoforte and Theoretic Branches
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Thorough and systematic instr
tion. First year ciass work free.
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