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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 9. 1910.
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d to Users'of Good Furniture
Most People who" Know Connoisseurs when they Think of Good Furniture, Think of J. G. Mack &
Company. Our Furniture using the Word in its broad Sense, to denote Carpet ings and Decorations; (as
well-has a Certain Quality of Distinction and Style. - It is the Kind that lends to a Home an Air of Indi
viduality and Good Breeding. Much of it, of course. "is Inexpensive, but none of .it is Tawclrv or Common
place. Costly or cheap it is the Real Thing and Looks it. Xow is the Time to Buy; this kind of Furniture.
It is cheaper Xow than it will ever be Again. To keep our Stock Up to Date and Exclusive, we must close
out, 'each Year,'every Piece of Furniture and replace it with New. Two of our Buyers are in the Eastern
Markets now. Our Clearance Sale, now on, must make room for the things they are buying. The sale is
extraordinarily successful a carload of goods each day so far. This is tangible proof of the number of people
who really knov good furniture, and who appreciate the opportunity to buy it 'at extremely low prices.
SALE OF CARPET REMNANTS
Below we list a few bargains in Carpet remnants and dropped patterns
JO yil. Velvet, f 1.4j i alue. per yard .?. . ." 05
J7 yds. Velvet, (rl.4) value, per yard SjSl.OO
."'.4 yds. Brussels. $1.35 value, per 'yard ...85
.i'2. yds. Brussels Stair, $1.70 value, per yard . . S1.2r
;17 yds. Brussels Stair, $1.70 value, per yard 91. 30
1':;'4 vils. Axminster, $1.45 value, per yard .$1.00
:iO yds. Axminster. $1.55 value, per yard .1.05
42 yds. Axminster, $1.55 value, per yard . $1.10
Several others In stock. Bring room sizes.
SALE OF BRASS BEDS
Our stock of Brass Beds, increased by recent arrivals, is very large
and comprehensive.. Prices range from $14.00 to ?150.00. Here are
a few values:
Brass Beds, regular $28.00, now...
Brass Beds, regular $32.00, now . . .
Brass Beds, regular $4:1.50, now?. .
Brass Beds, regular $S0.00, now. ..
Brass Beds, regular $S2.00. now...
$18.00
$20.00
$28.00
$60.00
$55.00
SALE OF BEDROOM PIECES
Every reliable grade, from the highest to the lowest, is found in our
sale of Bedroom Pieces. Hundreds of pieces to select from.
Mahogany Dresser, regular $165.00, now .$140.00
Mahopany Dresser, regular $100.00, now $7000
Circassian Walnut Dresser, regular $28.00, now... .$20JoO
Mahogany Chiffonier, regular $72.00, now. !$45!oO
Oak Chiffoniers, regular $42.00, now S35.00
Maple Chiffoniere, regular $24.00, now $1750
Maple Toilet Tables, regular $4S.0O. now. i$3o!oO
Mahogany Toilet Tables, regular $20.00, now '"!!$l4!oO
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Clearance Sale of
Fine Furniture
It is quite impossible to enumerate the hundreds -oil:
unusual values offered.-in fine furniture. For every rfjor.i
Hall. Living Room. Dininsj Room, Library or Bedroom,
we offer a score of bargains. You are pretty safe in ex
pecting to find the. particular piece you require.
Mahogany Davenport $165.00 values..'. S137.00
Mahogany Davenport, $130.00 values. -. $ SOloO
Mahogany Davenport. $225.00 values... SlS7!oO
.uanogany jiignooy, $ito.uu values '. $125.00
lUanogany jiooKcase. $10(J.00 Values
Mahogany Hall Clock,, $550.00 values
Mahogany Chest, $80.00 values..' .
Mahogany Tea Wagon. $50.00 values
Mahogany Library Table, $175.00 values...
Mahogany Library Table, $100.00 values.'. .
Fine art pieces book racks, pedestals.
consoles, settees, rockers, work tables, dower chests
carved pieces-in old oak, overstuffed pieces., etc., etc.
'proportionately reduced. , ' -
.$ 70.00
$475.00
$ 55.00
$ 35.00
.$125.00
$ 75.00
tea tables.
Clearance Sale of Lace Curtains, Portieres and Table
In the Drapery Section : Closing-out Sale of odd lots and dropped pat
terns in Lace Curtains, Drapery Materials, etc. Scores of special values.
Pau waoian Laces, o parrs Arabian Laces. " 6 pairs Arabian Li
vame .u .o.ou value $10.75 value ...
Fifth and
Stark
Streets
G. Mack. & Co.
jjf i : -ri . HM. .aJf.,, ! .
Covers ,
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sees,
$7.50 i
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SALE OF CHAIRS IN THE
' PERIOD STYLE
Our stock of fine eh'airs includes a -great many authentic
reproductions of famous originals now in private collections
and museums. The best work of the great English designers.
Sheraton. Hepplewhite and Chippendale is shown, as well as
a host of old Enaiisli and Italian pieces. Very special prices
on fine period chairs. , ' n.
SALE OF CARPET-SIZE RUGS
,The early arrival of Spring rugs compels a sharp stock
clearing cut in the prices of all large rugs, of which wo show
several hundred patterns. All grades of Wilton. Brussels and
Axminster makes shown, as well as Scotch rugs. German and
Austrian Rugs. Saxony, Arlington. Kelto. Algerian and manv
bther weaves. All mill sizes up to 1.3x1 o feet. Prices are re
duced from 10 to 30 per cent.
Fifth and
Stark
' Streets "
SALE OF TURKISH CHAIRS
AND ROCKERS
Thirty Leather Chairs and Rockers, heavy and luxurious.
$100.00 Patent Rocker ; ...$75.00
$ 78.00 Patent Rocker... -'. $60.00
$ 20.00 Turkish Chair $17 OO
$ 20.00 Turkish Chair ; . . .$15.00
SALE OF NAVAJO RUGS
About one hundred rugs, many of them collectors' pieces.
Splendid chance to lovers of fine rugs. See 5th-street windows.
TRAINMEN ARE HELD
Conductor Dilberry of the forward train
heard the whistle of .the following train
and attempted to rouse the stockmen in
the. eabwose. All were sleeping and only
one was sufficiently awakened to jump.
1 ",s was w. n. Matlock, of Portland,
who escaped uninjured. Mr. Matlock
x told the board that he noticed the fusee
Inquiry Fixes Blame on Two Searteboo'r om the train- 80
. Ann 11 a f ' 1 1 1
HOGS REACH
9.05
for 0. R. & N. Wreck.
SIGNALS WERE IN ORDER
lioar Hruknviaii of l.caclinir Train
Hirt Not do Back Far Enough; '
Kneineer Following Passed
the Danger Ulit.
The report hy the b'oard of inquiry '
concerning the rear-end collision on the
. R. & Jf. Januar? 5, near Cascade
Jvocks. in which two stockmen were
killed, was made public by the O. R. &
X. Company yesterday.
The report holds Engineer Thompson
ff the second train and Brakeman George
Hrown of the head train responsible for
the wreck.
AccordlnR to the report, the head
fi-eicht train No. 3'i was halted bv a
Mock slsnal showing "stop." Brown was
spnt to the rem- to protivt aRHinst the
following I rain, and another brakeman
ahead to flas: throush the next block. '
The train hnrl besun to move when the !
1iin followiiiK trashed Into the caboose. I
Brakeman Brown Is condemned by the I
report because he did not go back far I
enough to Rive the following train suf
Iliieiit warning and also because he
stopped at a point which wae obscured
from the following train by a deep cut.
Kneineer Thompson's fault is found to
have been In running by the signal which I
showed "stop because of Train No. COO
being in that block.
Signal Shows Keel.
A supplementary report, giving more
details, has also been submitted to Super
intendent Buckley. According to this re-
lrt, Bnglneer Thompson would not ad- 'i
mil that he saw either a red or green
light at the signal he passed, apparently
desiring to have it understood that he
lid not see the signal at all. rather than
that he deliberately ran by. a red danger
signal.
, Testimony- of a trainman on the ca
'lwKjse of Thompson's train was that the
signal showed red when the caboose
passed it. The board also obtained evi
dence .that the passed signal had been i
working properly before the wreck and
was doing so afterwards, without any
adjustment or repairs.
Assistant Superintendent Shea, who
was on Thompson's engine, according
to the evidence given, was on the deck
with the fireman teaching him how to
teed the Are. The fireman previously had
lifficulty and steam had run down.
Neither the fireman nor Shea was in a
position to observe the block signals and
Thompson had nothing to do but attend
to his tffn duties.
Fusees Placed Too X'ear.
Brown, the brakeman, insisted to the
board of inquiry that ho had gone as far
to the rear as time would permit before
lie waa called back by the engine whistle.
Me also insisted that he placed two tor
pedoes and a red. fusee, but none of the
trainmen would testify that they heard
the torpedoes discharged. The remains
of the fusee were found, and judging
from the location of the collision and the
fact that the forward train was moving
r the time of the collision, the board
Estimates that Brown did not go back
mora than 5oy feet, whereas the brakeman
ent ahead to flag through the block
lid time to get so far away that he did
It also is shown by- this report that
EVIL DEED C0STS ' HOME
Woman Accuses Husband of Forcing
Her to Sign Rights Away.
Saying her husband, by threats against
her life, rorced her to :gn away her
rights to their home. Anna Blom. wife of
Charles Blom, a traveling salesman for
a local hardware firm, answered his suit
for divorce yesterday. t
Mrs. Blom declares that when ehe
gned the deed to the property, she told
the notary that It was against her will,
and that when Blom learned of what she
had done, he threatened to kill her if
she did not go back to the notary and
assert that her declaration wa wrong,
and that she had signed the document
willingly. She did as ordered, she as
serts. fearing her husband's threat would
be made good. Mrs. Blom asks1 the court
to give her freedom from her husband's
authority until the divorce case is settled.
It is al charged by Mrs. Blom that
her husband had endeavored to get her
to write him a letter, declaring she would
not live with him any more, the purpose
being for him to get a divorce for G;sr
tion. She denies that rhe hai been un
faithful to him. and espressos fear that
he would connect her name with a man
named. Kvane. if she refused to write the
letter her husband wanted. '
In a divorce complaint flld yesierday
Pearl B. Verbi!ke accused F"rank J. Ver
blske of beating her with a hot poker.
She complaina that last December he took
his chattels and left their home In this
city, after saying he was leaving her for
good. The VerbisTtes were married here
October 9. 3SX. Mrs. Verbiske aeka that
she be permitted to resume her maiden
name. Oreen. Henry S. Westbrook filed
suit yesterday to compel Daniel J. Feman
to pay him 2& as attorney's fees for
representing Mrs. Fernan in her suit for
divorce. The complaint was withdrawn
by her. after she and her husband were
reconciled.
BALM FOR BLACKLIST SOCGHT
Woman's Credit Cut Ofr. She Asks
S1O.00O Damage.
Mrs. C. A. Hanna filed an ameifded
complaint yesterday against George I...
and Charles H. Davenport. for S10.000
damagea she says she sustained as a
result of being placed by them on the
"blacklist" with the Produce Associa
tion, because of a debt of $13.79 con
tracted by her husband. Frank Hanna.
The woman complainant keeps a store,
capitalized with her own money, on First
street. Davetvport Brosi. she asserts,
after trying to foroe her to pay her hus
band's debt from her own money, placed
her name on the association's blacklist,
and thereby prevented her from secur
ing further credit from any of its members.
City Seixes Runaway Oil.
AUBUfiN, Cal.. Jan. 8. Blown from
a big pit by storms. 1000 gallons of oil
that had been stored by railroad con
tractors near Clipper Gap entered a ca
nal of the South Yuba Water Company,
and later was pumped Into a big reser
voir In this city from which the resi
dents draw their simply for household
purposes. Investigation by the com
pany disclosed the cause of the trou
ble and steps were taken to correct the
evil.
Morgan A Robb. 2P0 Stark street, can
place your loans on Vod real estate.
1 en Dollar Quotations Are Ex
pected This Season.
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ALL MEATS ARE ADVANCING
state is running low and the packers
have -begun bringing in sheep from
Montana, which they will continue to
do until grass-fed Oregon sheep can
again be obtained.
HOTELS WILUSSIST-
Eastern Pork Continues to lie Im
ported by Trainloacls Every
Week in Year Cattle Com
ing From California.
.ive hogs sold in the local market
yesterday for 9.0i a hundred pounds,
the highest price of the season, though
not the record quotation here. This
price was paid for a carload of fancy
quality at the Portland Union Stock
yards. Portland, all things considered, is the
highest hog market in the country.
Without saying anything against tho
Oregon wheat-fed hog. the packer will
take an Eastern corn-fed porker in
preference to it any time. Most of thr-m
declare that corn-fed hogs hH.e better
und firmer meat, but what makes tho
real difference is the greater quantity
of lard obtained from the Kastcrn ani
mal. Thus, with quotations here and
in the East on about the same level,
the packer Is actually paying more for
hogs here than anywhere else in the
country.
The highest prir paid for hogs !n
the Portland roarjft in recent years
was J9.65 per hundred. This figure was
touched in January of last year, when
there was a flurry in the livestock
market similar to the present boom.
Almost everyone connected' with th
trade looks for last year's record pric
to be overtopped this month. A promi
nent local authority said yesterday:
"I- would not be surprised to see $10
hogs in the Portland market before
long. The supply in the Northwest is
plainly inadequate and nothing carj stop
the price from going up until it reaches
the highest limit. That limit will be
the point where consumers cease to buy
pork, and all the boosting: in the world
will not push the market above it.
"The Oregon farmer has not paid the
attention he should to hog raising. He
has devoted his land and energies to
growing fruit, .hay, hops and other pro
duce that will not net him the returns
that hogs would. In view of tihe short
age here high prices are Inevitable.
"Bringing hogs from the East will
not help matters, so far as lowering
prices is concerned. Eastern hogs are
now being brought here that cost al
most 110 a hundred laid down.".
A trainload of Eastern hogs will
reach Portland in a few days for the
Union Meat Company which will prac
tically cost the company 10 cents a
pound .delivered. This bringing in of
Eastern hogs is no new matter, for the
Union Meat Company receives on the
average a trainload of hogs every week
In the year.
Not only are hog values climbing, but
everything else in the meat line is go
ing up. Just now beef is the cheapest
meat in the market, selling for $4.50
to $0 per hundred on foot. As cattle
are being fed these days, the price is
bound o go higher. Up to. the present
time "the market has been supplied
largely with Oregon material, but diir
Iny the next three months the packers
will be forced to draw on California
for cattle. -
An advance in mutton is also looked
for by livestock men. The present pric
of live sheep averages about $5.50 a
hundred. The available supply in tha
VEHICLE TAX IS ENJOINED
Ordinance Must Be Threshed Ont In
Conrts.
City officials were restrained yesterday
hy the Circuit' Court from enforcing the
ordinance providing for a vehicle tax
until the matter has been thoroughly
thnrshed out In the courts and the validity
of the ordinance has been tested.
The petition was signed by 1st people,
and sets forth a-number of reasons why
the ordinance should be held unjust and
illegal. The petition was presented by
Thomas O'Day, as attorney for the petitioners.
Scalp Humors and
Loss of Hair
Long Continued Dandruff Causes In
cipient Baldness, But Cannot Be
Cured By Hair Tonics.
Rose Festival Literature to Be
Distributed Gratis.
BAYf CITY IS INTERESTED
A Trial Purkase of Stnarfs Calcium
AVsferw Sent Fw.
Tlie complaint called dandruff is one
vlih'h annoys thousands of people. It
Is characterized by a rapid and profuse
extoliation or peeling off'of the scarf
tissue of i.h1 scaip in the' form' of
small, dry scales, which fail continu
ally upon tho clot.Iiint?. especially uron
tho shoulders, much to the annoyance
of the person affected with this disease.
When dandruff Is present in the hair,
there is an almost constant and in
tolerable Itching of the scalp, and rub
bins: or iritating the skin with the
fingers only aggravates the trouble.
In some cases the hair and scalp
may be excessively dry, while in others
they are very oily, indicating over
secretion of the scalp glands in one case
and insufficient secretion in the. other,
and both, constituting -a diseased state.
Afte-r one has been troubled with
dandruff for some time, the hair begins
to fall out, and if proper treatment Is
not used, a complete baldness will en
sue ultimately.
Thft f irPl tl.incr the artratre noreAn-n
who has scaly scalp and falling hair
does is to begin the use of a hair tonic,
supposing thf. trouble to be a local
disease exclusively. Such is not the
case, however, and the use of tonics
or other local applications will not
cure Mi.-h troubles, as their existence
indicates that the blood is in a -devi-tAJizel,
iepleted and impure state, and
the circulation through the scalp and
through- the-surface of the skin gener
ally is sluggish and sub-normal.
The employment of a hair toniX or
hair salve then is utter nonsense when
one desires to cure dandruff, fallins
hair, o- any other scalp diseases, as
th blood must be purified. Its circula
tion through the skin restored, and the
system c.on; up generally.
STUART'S CALCIUM WAFERS have
-ur;l many long-standing cases of
dandruff and othr scalp diseases, ac
companied by undue falling of the
hair, after ralves and hair .tonics had
failed i to grlve even temporary relief,
for fh simple reason that these pow
eiful little wafers invariably purify
the blood so thoroughly and increase
Hi, volume and improve its circulation,
that b hair and scalp are nourished
in a way which puts an end to the
presence or dandruff, and the hair roots
a-id follicles no longer waste away.
Thus the hair being supplied with
nutriment in the form of plenty of rich,
red. pure blood naturally discontinues
falling out.
Secure a box from your druggist for
5rc and send us-- your name and address
for a. free sample. Address. F. A. Stuart
Co., 175 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich.
San Francisco Plans to Send Kjcur-.-.ion.
Says Lot Q. Swetland, Who
Returns From Kxploitation
Trip Through Californfa.
Lot Q. Swetland, secretary and treas
urer of the Perkins Hotel Company, re
turned from an extensive trip through
California yesterday. He combined
business with pleasure and, as one of
the directors of the Rose Festival, se
cured a splendid concession from the
Peck-Judah Company, one of the im
portant hotel advertising concerns in
the country. This concern will turn
over all of its publicity forces to as
sist the Rose Festival, as is. indicated
from the following excerpts from their
letter to Mr. Swetland while he nas in
the South. '
"Confirming our personal talk the
other day with respect to our doing
some, 'boosting' for the Portland Rose
Festival this year, beg to advise ns a
matter of record that we will donate
the service of our four offices on the
Coast for the distribution of whatever
.literature will be given us and we
will also give- the service of our en
tire cabinet system- on the Pacific
Coast for the distribution of folders
and booklets about the Rose Festival."
The letter details instructions for
putting the Festival literature In the
hands of the four offices, which are
located in San Francisco, Portland, Se
attle and Tacoma. The cabinet sys
tem covers more than 50 cities west
of the Rocky Mountains and will give
the Festival exploitation matter ac
cess to all of these cities in which the
Peck-Judah company has contracts
with all of the leading hotels.
In the aggregate, the arrangement
made by Mr. Swetland will mean thajt
more than 600 hotels will be placed
on the mailing and. distributing lists
for such advertising matter as may
be published from now on until the
opening of the big floral celebration
next June.
Besides enlisting the efforts of tills
advertising company free of charge to
the Festival. Mr. Swetland extended
formal invitation to all the Bay City
hotelmen. to band together and send
an official delegation to the Festival
in June. The matter will be taken up
at the next meeting of the San Fran
cisco hotel -.managers.
"San Francisco is recognizing the
Portland-Rose' Festival as a big draw
ing card for Eastern tourist travel."
said Mr. Swetland yesterday, "and it
only remains for the hotel managers in
the Bay City to take formal action to
Insure a big'' attendance from there.
They appreciate the extensive news
paper advertising. which Portland
newspapers gave to the Portola , last
Fall 'and they showed every degree of
willingness to reciprocate by boosting
for our celebration. I should not be
surprised to- see several trainloads of
Californiahs here for. the Festival. We
have done what we can and it now re
mains forv the Southern Pacific Rail
way to- do the rest."
Mrs. I. 'H. Rand: first vice-president,
Mrs. John Burgard: second vice-president,
Mrs. Mary Knox: recording secre
tary, Mrs. August Lange; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. A. Gilc; treasurer, Mrs.
A. N". Wright: trustees. Richard- Will
iams. John Burgard, George E. Cham
berlain and H. .T. Mclnness. The board
of managers of the home announced yes
terday its thanks to all interested friends
for donations and help given in the holi
day season.
AMATEUR SLEUTH BUSY
ItOBEUT Ii. BAM, CATCHES Hfcs
SECOND TJI1EF.
LOUIS ROSENBLATT BACK
Clothing
'
Merchant Says East Enjoys
Prosperous Times.
.Louis Rosenblatt, of Samuel Rosenblatt
& Co.. returned Friday from a five weeks'
visit in the Bast. He says that Spring
orders received by jobbers- and manufac
turers will keep the plants of the leading
concerns in Chicago working to their full
capacity and overtime.
. "Iry goods stnd clothing merchants
everywhere are optimistic." eald Mr.
Rosenblatt, "and the opinion prevailed
among all I met that unless something
; unioreseen arises on Wall street, 1910 will
I be a banner year.
; "The revelry in the cafes in leadincr
Eastern cities New Year's eve showed
unlimited prosperity and healthy pros
pects for the coming year."
December w-as the coldest month in ten
years throughout the East, said Mr.
Rosenblatt.
IRVINGTON.
We- offer for sale, this week only.-a
few choice lots between Thompson and
Brazee streets, -all improvements in
and paid, for $1500. Best of terms.
F. B. BOWMAN" & CO.
E. 935. Cor. 12th and Thompson.
Assistant Superintendent at jW'ood
ard, Clarke & Co. Making IiKcord
for Holding Shoplifters.
Struggling in the grasp of a thief whe
was determined to make his escape. Rob
ert L. Ball, assistant superintendent at
Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s drugstore, yes
terday afternoon for tho second thud
within the past few months displayed
his courage by clinging to his quarry
until en officer came to help him. Patrol
man Carlson, of the harbor squad, hap
pened to be in the store shopping In com
pany with his wife. Knowing Mr., Ball
by sight he stepped up to him and 'said,
"I am an officer; do you need help?"
"I certainly do." gasped Mr. Ball.
"Take this fellow. He stole a leather
handbag valued at J10 and was making
off, with it when I tackled him." The of
ficer took charge of the man. He was
muscular, about 28 years old and nearly
six feet tall. At the City Jail he gave
the name of Ray Miller, and his home as
Portland. He was dressed like a farmer.
Miss A. Bell, manager of the leather
goods department, saw the man take
the, handbag and immediately notitied
Mr. Bail. The assistant superintendent
found the bag secreted und'T the man's
overcoat. He jerked it out from its hid
ing place, telling Miss Bell to call the
police. Miller immediately tried to run.
Twice he started and each time the
doughty store official blocked his way.
Finally the two grappled. ,
It was only recently that Mr. Ball
caught another Chief.
Patton Home Elects Officers.
The Patton Home Association has
elected the following officers: President,
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Its Better
To Drink
POSTU
NOW
Than to wish you
had after coffee
has undermined
the health.
Ten days' trial will
convince anyone
that
There's a Reason"
for
FOUND OUT
A -Trained ore Made Illscovery.
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No one is in better position to know
he value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes
Barre. Pa., writes: "I used to drink
strong coffee myself, and suffered
greatly from lieadaches and indigestion.
Whle on a visit to my brother's I had a
g-ooci chance to try Postum Food Coffee,
for they drank it altogether in place of
ordinary coffee. In two weeks after
using Postum I found I was much bene
fited and finally my headaches disap
peared and "also the indigestion.
"Naturally I have--slnce used Postum
among 'my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum used.
"I observed a curious fact about
Postum when used among mothers. It
greatly helps the flow of milk in cases
where coffee is inclined to dry it up,
and where tea causes nervousness.
"I find trouble in getting servants
to make Postum properly. They most
always serve it before it has been
boiled Idng enough. It should be
.boiled IS to 20 minutes after boiling
begins and served with cream, -when it
is certainly a delicious beverage." Read
The Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
POSTUM
Postum Cereal Co.; Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.