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APHLAND TTDIXGfl
Monday, August 13,1917.
PAGE POUR
Social Realm
ttHllllllllllll " intntmi
i-anni) urnic.
An enjoyable picnic was held in the
park Inst Friday by the Colvig fam-
ily, pioneer residents 01 soumeru urc -
gon. Tiie pany consisieu m -n . mm
Mrs. G. W. Colvig of Grants Pass;
their datigthers, Mrs. P. W. Chaussee
and daughter of Portland and Mrs.
Dr. B. Stone of San Francisco; Mr. V.
Colvig nnd daughters. Mrs. George V.
Glllotte nnd son and Mrs. T. V. San
ford of Ashland; Mrs. A. A. Emery
and daughter, Mrs. George Watson
and son, Mrs.' Harry Emery and
daughters Ruth and Maxlne, Mrs.
Melvin Emory and son of Ashland,
nnd Mr. Oswald Heed of Kentland,
Ind.
The visitors were highly pleased
with Ashland's beautiful park and
w ill probably make their assembling
together here an annual event.
(Iiristian I.ndeavors Meet.
The young people of the Christian
church met at the home of Mrs. W.
L. Melllnger on Second street Friday
evening and held their Christian En-
deavor business meeting and enjoyed
a social time together. Also a num-
her of new plans were arranged fori
and discussed.
Miss Nell Peachey was appointed
chairman of the music committee to
arrange for special music for thej
Sunday evening meetings, and Mrs.
Grace Foster chairman of the prayer
meeting committee. The duty of
this committee Is to select leaders
for esch devotional meeting.
Aside from the business session,
music and refreshments furnished
the social part of the evening's pro
gram, and all went home feeling glad
thy had been permitted to be pres
ent. A number of young men were
conspicuous by their absence, but this
In all probability was unavoidable.
Tidies of the W. C. T. U. Meet.
Two meetings of the W. C. T. U.
ladles were held on Thursday after
noon, and these afternoon meetings
are planned for each week. The ob
ject of the frequent meetings Is to do;are reported dally.
jtoa iross sewing, sucn as maning
bandages and other articles for thej
comfort of the soldiers.
Last week the meeting on the east i
fide of town was at the Wilson home
on the Boulevard. A nice crowd of
lad!- were present at this meeting
and the ladles report a goodly num
ber of bandages all ready finished,
besides other work being planned.
On the same afternoon the ladles
in the north end of town met at thej
home of Mrs. P. L Ashcraft. Thel
Wilson nnd Ashcraft homes are head-1
quarters for the W. C. T. U Red1
Cross sewing for the present, and as j
these homes are widely separated It J
makes It more convenient for all la-1
dies who wish to help In this good
work.
On Tuesday afternoon1, August 21,
the W. C. T. U. will hold their regu
lar meeting at the library. This is
a business meeting with election of
officers and all members are re
quested to be present.
To Boys Upturned.
The boys returning from Fort
Stevens are earnestly Invited to be
present at the next meeting of the
Soldiers' Auxiliary held next Thurs
day at the public library at 8 o'clock
j m., to give us their advice and
counsel In regard to matters concern
ing the boys at the fort. Every man,
woman and child is Invited to co-operate
and attend all meetings, and I
am sure you will all feel repaid for
your effort if you will attend these
meetings and hear about all of our
boys, no matter where they are lo
cated. MRS. E. C. GARD.
President of Soldiers' Auxiliary.
A constant friend is a thing rare
and hard to find. Plutarch.
f HHIilllH 111
We Have Just Received nother f
Shipment of that
Pure Maple
lyrap
Have you
PLAZA GROCERY, fciS
Soldiers' Auxiliary Notice.
At the last meeting of the Soldier'
Auxiliary the undersigned were se
lected as a committee to solicit trults,
vegetables, etc., to send to our boys
'string beans and blackberries, which
' be ,eft for torwardlng at
j Holmeg. grocery or the Ashland Trad
; , CompanVi shipment will go out
Wednesday afternoon on No. 16. We
also wish all the literature possible
to send.
MRS. H. P. HOLMES,
EM MAT JOORFETZ,
T. W, ACKLIN'.
W. C. T, U. Election. ,
The Christian Temperance Union
of Ashland will hold their annual
election of officers Tuesday, August
21. In the library rest room at 2:30
p. m.
Housewifely Hints
Rhubarb is one of the best spring
tonics.
Workers should always relax and
rest before eatirig.
French fried potatoes should al-
ways be salted after frying.
The waxed paper drinking cups can
be used for gelatin molds.
All fruit salads should be thor-
t
ouRhly chilled before eating.
A bread with nuts and chopped
prunes In it is very wholesome,
Refore cooking rice., greese the pan
and the rice will not stick.
Any form of brown bread, pretty
nearly, Is preferable to white bread.
Aromatic spirits of ammonia will
remove Iodine stains from the hands.
Fruit should never be classed as
a luxury it is emphatically a neces
sity. To banish roaches use equal parts
of plaster of parls and powdered su
gar. If you keep chickens In a small
run be sure to give them plenty of
green foodi
Fishing is Good in
Southern Oregon
Eugene McKenzie river. Water Is
clear and favorable. Good catches
Fish are rising
to spinner, fly and bait. Good hotel
accommodations at Eugene and Mc
Kenzie bridge.
Roseburg Xorth Umpqua river.
.Water is clear. Fishermen have been
verv RiirrpRsfiil . Flv nnrl Rnlnner ar
bHng,ng best . .
' Glendale Cow creek towards
headwaters. Fair catches of trout
from 6 to 10 Inches in length are
being made, using fly and bait. Ho
tels at Glendale.
Medford Rogue river from Gold
Ray south. Water Is clear and fly
has been most successful, good cat
ches being reported. Mr. Burns
caught the limit near Butte Falls.
Good fishing in Fish lake and Squaw
lake. Hotels at Medford, I-rospect
and Elk Resort.
Powers Upper Coqullle river.
Fishing conditions are very favorable.
Ideal weather, not too warm. Trout
striking royal coachman1, queen of
waters and gray hackle. Several fine
catches reported In last few days. Ho
tel at Powers.
To utilize leftovers is valuable; It
Is still better to plan meals so that
there will be little or nothing left
over.
A Morman's wife, coming down
stairs one morning, met the physi
cian who was attending her husband.
"Is he very ill?" she asked, anxious
ly. "He Is", replied the physician.
"I fear that the end is not far off."
"Do you think," she asked, hesitat
ingly, "do you think it proper that
I should be at his bedside during his
last moments?" "Yes But I advise
you to hurry, madam. The best places
are already being taken."
rhone news items to the Tidings.
H'
tried it?
Ephemeral 8lang,
A man in middle life recalls the slang
of his boyhood with some such Indul
gent wonder as that with which an el
derly woman looks at the fashion plates
of her early youth "snide," "cheese
it," "straw Katy," "spoony," "chest
aut," or even those of more recent com
age "snap," "sklddoo," "twenty-three,"
'30 cents." They were artificially
charged with meaning, and their effer
vescence Is irretrievably gone. "Lem
jn" and "lobster" are nearly as flat
With disappearance of a certain kind
of early Victorian prudery has gone
the vogue of such terms as "Inexpressi
bles" for trousers. .Du Maurler's once
famous novel has almost reached the
vanishing point In the perspective of
time, and we no longer speak of feet
as "Trilbys." It is not 6afo, however,
to prophesy that because a word comes
from a proper name it will fade as
fades the fame or notoriety of the per
son. We have forgotten wiiat "Edgar
Ism" Is, but "I'leteherlze" inny yet
ninke Fletcher immortal, even as "der
rick" preserves in the dictionaries the
name of .a once fnuious hangman.
Robert P. Utter in Harper's Magazine.
Not a Word Waster.
Sir William Grunt, the learned mns-
ter of the rolls, wus a native of the
county of Banff nnd for a considerable
time represented that comity m par
liament. Though a forcible and easy
speaker, scarcely inferior to any of his
time at the bur or In parliament, he
was a remarkably silent man, says the
Farm and Home. He was the most
patient of Judges. The story Is well
known of his hearing nn elaborate ar
gument for two days on the meaning
of an act of parliament and when the
counsel finished simply saying, "Gen
tlemen, the act is repealed." On one of
bis visits to Banff be rode out a few
miles into the country, uceompanled by
a few menus, uue oniy ooservanon
that escaped from him was hi passing
a field of peas. "Very- flue peas!"
Next day he rode out with the same
cortege and was equally silent, but on
passing the same spot be muttered,
And very finely podded too! '
Musio and Its Trinity.
What we call music is well described
as a trinity. The three compouents are
rhythm, melody and harmony. Rhythm
Is to music what the will is to the Indi
vidual. The rhythm of music Is Its
physical side, Just like the body or
flesh of the human being. Melody in
music parallels the heart (or blood), a
component part of the individual Har
mony Is the soul of music Just as feel
ing Is the soul of the human being (also
possessed of a three fold nature.) The
triple elements In music are represent
ed In the history of the world first by
the drum (rhythm); second, by the lute
(melody), and third, by the lyre (har
mony). Music lays its first hold on the
human understanding by its rhythm.
All men are influenced by it (eveu sav
ages). And every soldier (with or, with
out an ear for music) can appreciate
the ton, tap of a drummer boy's drum
and can march longer and better for It.'
-Philadelphia Record.
Be Canny.
Home preparedness cans loaded with
food.
That robber ring you put on a pre
serving Jar helps you to stretch your
Income.
The awful question "What shall I
have for dinner?" is easily answered if
your shelves are full of home canned
products.
Can't eat 'em all in summer? Not
enough in winter? Home canning is
the answer.
You put a lid on waste every time
you seal a preserving Jar.
Canned berries are bird proof.
Frost doesn't nip canned vegetables.
Canned green peas and yellow peaches
help fight the blues. New York Globe.
From Private to Private Life.
A little knowp episode in the career
of the dethroned czar, Nicholas II.,
was his period of sen-ice in the Rus
sian army as a common soldier. He
submitted to all the restrictions placed
on an ordinary private, saluting his of
ficers and carrying his full equipment
with the rest On the regimental roll
he figured as "Private Nicholas Roma
noff, of the Orthodox faith, coming
from Tsarskoe Selo."
Two Questions.
"Why do you weep over the sorrows
of people In whom you have no Inter
est when you go to the theater?" asked
the man.
"I dou't know," replied the woman.
"Why do you cheer wildly when a man
with whom you are not acquainted
slides to second base?' Exchange.
An Evident Alternative.
"She married him lu spite of great
opiwsltlon, didn't she?" '
"Yes. If her marriage doesn't turn
out well she'll only have herself to
blame."
"Good gracious! Why? What'a to
prevent her blaming him?"
Easily Detected.
"Smith could never misrepresent his
goods, for such a trick could be easily
seen through."
"What kind of goods does he sell?"
"Window glass." Baltimore Ameri
can. Somewhat Mixed.
"She seems to look upon my proposal
as a sort of flapjack."
"now so?"
"Says she'll turn It over In her mind."
Kausas City Journal.
The Unadorned Truth.
"Pa. what is Temperament?"
"Just a fancy name for cussedness."
-Detroit Free Press.
Work Is activity for an end; play is
tctkity as an end.
Peeplt of the Virgin Island.
It Is said that between 80 and 00
per cent of the people of the Virgin
Islands, formerly the Danish West In-
! dies, are pure black. The rest of them
are white. There are very few mu
lattoes, for the nice line Is more sharp
ly drawn than In the other Islands of
the West Indlis. The Islands pride
themselves ou their low percentage of
Uliceracy. Ouiy about 2 per cent of
the inhabitants are unable to read and
write. In spite of their proximity
there Is a great difference between the
Virgin Islands aud Porto Rico. The
inhabitants of the former are thorough
ly English In their speech and customs,
while those of Porto Iileo are Spanish.
The lslaud of St. Thomas is poor ag
riculturally. Fishing is the chief occu
pation, and most of the fish is con
sumed ut home. Ninety per cent of
the population Is In the towns. Graz
ing, is the chief agricultural industry.
Five men are reported to own the en
tire Island outside of the towns. New
York Post
The Valkyrie of the Piano."
Teresa Cnrreuo wus an extraordinary
artist, and the appellation commonly
linked with her nume failed to do jus
tice to the softer, gentler, more Inti
mate aspects of her art. She was one
of the few musical artists of South
America who have satisfied the criti
cal standards of Europe and the Unit
ed Stutes, which demand a patient sub
mission to drudgery on the part of
genius Itself. Mme. Curreno, a nutlve
of Venezuela ond composer of the na
tional anthem of that country,' was of
fiery mettle as artist and as woman,
and her temper was quickly mobilized
on occasion. But her playing was ilec
trle and inspiring and never hum
drum. Her picturesque and fiery per
sonality would have made her au out
standing figure in any gathering with
out the voice of the piano to speak for
her. Philadelphia Ledger.
Why Women Talk.
Men are downtown ut their offices all
day end have a chance to talk. The
women have to stay at home, and, with
the exception of the milkman, the gro
cery man, the Ice man, the old clothes
man, a few miscellaneous peddlers aud
hucksters and the woman next door,
there is nobody to talk to. Tbut Is
why wlfle talks her husband's head off
when be comes home at night Hus
bands who, through long years of ex
perience, have grown accustomed to
this merely answer "hmh-hnih" with
out hearing. Sometimes the wife will
catch them unawares and between re
marks will Insert a request for $10 to
buy a new dress with. If the husband,
from -force of habit answers "huih
hmh," the wife, of course, gets the
gown. Zlm in Cartoons Magazine.
Battles In the Mud.
The "wilderness of mud," as Sir
Douglns Halg called It, that bothered
the troops at the buttle of the Souime
vvas not quite so bad as that which
provoked Napoleon's famous Jest that
Tolund had revealed mud to him as a
new element. It Is reiwrted that some
of his guns absolutely disappeared In
the clayey mire, ond Marbot says that
several men and horses were actually
drowned In the mud. The utmost that
Infontry could cover with infinite labor
was one and a quarter miles an hour,
and double and quadruple teams could
not enable the guns to keep up with
them. When Marbot returned to Sile
sia with Augereau, both being wounded,
their carriage was drawn at a walk by
twelve and sometimes sixteen horses.
Once the Home of Pirates.
Margarita, the mountainous island
off the coast of Venezuela, has a repu
tation that Hi matches Its pleasing
name. It was discovered by Columbus
in 1108 and got its name from its pearl
fisheries, for the Spanish word for
pearl Is the old Greek margarltes. For
generations It was the headquarters of
the pirates and especially of the slave
traders of the Spanish Main and the
prison of slaves who were awaiting
transportation.
Etiquette.
Originally the word etiquette meant
a ticket, label or slip of paper attached
to a bag or object to indicate Its con
tents. It then came to be used of a
ticket given to a person taking part In
a ceremony to tell him what he should
do; hence the modern meaning.
Word From Bre'r Williame.
De folks what find fault wld de
world God made can't map out a better
one ter save dey lives.
De day's work ain't well dojc onless
you kin make a pillow of yo' conscience
an' sleep out de night Atlanta Consti
tution. Joyous Funerals.
At funerals of the military nobility
in Siam gnyety Instead of sorrow reigns
supreme. The funeral pyre Is lighted
by the king himself, and this Is fol
lowed by sports and the lotus dance.
He Did It
She (romantieally)-The man I marry
must be willing to go through Are for
me. He Then I'm your man. The
boss has fired rue for telephoning you
so often. Boston Transcript
Pa Knew.
MPa, bow long can a man live on
water?"
"It depends, Willie, on whether he Is
aboard a ship that won't sink." Cleve
land rialu Dealer.
Rare.
"It's a very rare disease."
"What has he?"
"Something brought on by overworks-Detroit
Free Tress.
To give up of your own will what
would cost too much In time and
strength Is not fallure-lt Is success.
Today and Tuesday
Uncle Sam's Favorite
Comedian
Geo. H. Cohen
In Hie First Photoplay
BROADWAY JONES
Picturization of his greatest stage success A typical
American play, endorsed by the American public.
Also
MaxWants a Divorce
Starring
Max Under
A Comedy that is different
and
Gen. Pershing in France
Come and see the U. S. Poys for the first time on
French toil.
Admission Lower floor and front balcony 25c, upper
balcony 15c, children under 12 years 5 cents.
COMING WEDNESDAY
GeO. Beban Between
JL Red Cross
0 Activities
Red Cross Calls for Knitted Goods
With winter sighted in the dis
tance the Red Cross is sending out
notices to all its chapters to as-
semble all available knitted goods.
Medford chapter received such a no
tice t.his past week, together with
a plea for knitted sweaters, socks.
helmets, mufflers, etc., In evergrow
ing quantities, to meet the needs of
the men in the trenches, when once
the colder weather has Bet in.
Red Cross to Use Million rounds of
Wool
One million pounds of knitting
wool to be knitted by American wo-
men into garments to protect Ameri-
iuid niuici uave vvcu purcuasea ixy
the Red Cross. It Is to be distribut
ed to Red Cross warehouses and sold ;
to the Chantprn thrnnehnii triA T'nlt.l
ed States, the proceeds to be turned' Whftt U Meanto Hed Cross
back into the treasury of the Red j - J",rM!'
Cross and made available for other' Wnat does 11 mean to be a Red
work. When worked into finished Cr088 nurse ln a war hospital? Thia
shape, the material will represent ,s a Question that a good many young
over $2,000,000 yarn value and $5,- wonen are asking nowadays, and one
700,000 value in the time and effort tnat nolds BOme Interest for all of
of American women. Medford Mail- us- Next weel this column will
Tribune. appear the first Installment of short
selections from the actual letters of
Team Work for Women a RedCross nurse, an American girl
With the stupendous task that has serving at the time In a French army
fallen to their share ln these days, hospital near the trenches of the
women are learning the true mean- Marne. These letters were not writ
ing to that big, fine word, co-opera- ten for publication, but they have
tion. Here and everywhere through- ''een published In the hope that they
out our country they are getting to-'may Influence other girls to take up
gether to sew for our soldier boys; the same work,
and It gives one a good feeling to I -
step Into a big Red Cross workroom ' Tidings "For Sale" ads are active
and see women of all ages and creeds little real estate salesmen.
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YOU
Three miles per hour on the high or 30 i
miles per hour
I With the H-I-S-C-0 Automatic Air Control on vour t
rru nr meiz car. MUKft
I '.'IV-LESS Gasoline, Oil,
f Costs you nothing to try it Savos yon money if you
T hnv it Fvoru rlaniniiolrnti.m n V.. 'i
bo-ter Everlastingly ; on
Frank H. Hull, Agent
'IV.... anl in J lies' OiungM Anliland, Oregon
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united In a common cause". But this
team work Idea might be carried
further. For instance, to co-operate
and buy a knitting machine would
Insure a greater quantity of knitted
goods for our men in the trenches
than a very large amount of individ
ual effort of women knitting by hand.
In the same way the purchase of a
large, commercial canner has proved
a fine Investment In some communi
ties, conserving Individual effort and
preserving home products without
waste, on a wholesale scale. A cer
tain town in Colorado Installed such
a canner in the house of a waman
who operated It on commission two
days a week in the season. On these
days each woman brings her canned
goods to be sterilized. Our congress
woman. Miss Jeannette Rankin
speaks In a recent article of "the
greater economy of co-operation In-
Rf PA f ftf t h O loan or amimm v a
Ing ... ,t a phrage worth consIder.
lng ,n thege 8trenu0U8 day() Let
1R ?p thfi triia Anmmiintfo antilf .nt
do our strongest team
work, not
' eventually but now.
GAIN:
on the hills
rower, Spewl, Hexibilitv t
Carhon, Heat.
the j-l Automatic forever, f