BUN DAY, JUNE 7, 1003 8 THE MOHNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. n o o I o o Ti Ti v BW Why Over work Yourself andMakesuch 0" ' ACTOR TO MINISTER Reginrfd Barlow, Son of Milt G. Barlow, Prominent Minister A SURPRISE TO HIS FRIENDS Is His Opinion That Every Actor After Becoming Fifty or Sixty Years Old, Should Become a Minister. NEW YORK, June 6-After pending thirty years as an actor, Reginald Barlow, son of "Milt" G Barlow, once a prominent minister, las announced that he is to enter the ministery. Giving as his ambition the reconciliation of the church and stage, Mr. Barlow announced that he would assist in conducting the service in the church of The Ascension. Creen Point, to-morrow evening. The news came a ; a surprise to his friends "In my opinion every actor when he becomes tifty or sixty years of age, ii he still is in the profession, should become a minister" said Mr. Barlow. , "His natural vocation has been, ap pealing to all sorts of men and wo men, ana ne nas seen an Kincis. lr is pcrfectfy natural also that when a jnan has devoted the greater part of his life to making people laugh, he should want to get down to serious things. There is bound to come a time in the life of every man and woman when he or she must think of serious things." Influenced by the Rev. Walter Bendy, organiser of the Actors' Church Alliance, Mr. Barlow is plan ning to enter the general theological Seminary in the fall as a resident student although it is probable that le will undertake "layman" preaching under the Bishop Darlington. In the first position he will start on a low salary. Mr. Barlow is .39 years old and made his debut when a boy of nine years. While in Winnipeg in 1900 he joined The Royal Academy I Regiment and served in the Boer war j fr.r hte crvirpc til rpsrninj? his can-! tain when wounded, he received a medal from Queen Victoria. WIRING SYSTEMS Telephone, Telegraph, and Electric light and Power Companies have for some time been, busy engaged in the construction of subways, or under ground conduits, into which their complex, unsightly, and more or less dangerous systems of wires and cables are being introduced. Legisla tion in many of our larger cities has compelled the Public Service Corpor ations to inaugurate this improve ment, and hasten its completion, and it may be said that the days of the pole line and overhead systems, in our cities and the more progressive towns, are numbered and the use of underground conduits will become general. In fact, it is only because of the great initial cost that the com panies do not, of their own volition, enter upon this work more extensive ly, the lower cost of maintenance, greater security from damage and in terrupted service, altogether being much in favor of the underground syStem, and many of the companies for these reasons are adopting the conduit system as rapidly as their resources will admit and using ft entirely for extensions and enlarge ments. Cement Age. a DUST which only means more work. This can all be avoided by using BISSELLS CARPET SWEEPERS We carry a large stock A. V. ALLEN Phone 3S71 Phone 713 MOW RECORDS SMASHED At American Team's Try-Out at Philadelphia GILBERT SETS NEW FIGURE Six Olympian Records Broken and One Equalled Gilbert is Oregon Man and Holds P. N. A. Record for Same Event PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-Two world's records were smashed, six Olympian reocrds broken, and one Olympian record equaled at the try outs for the American team on the Franklin field this afternoon. The world's records to go were the pole vault; and tree style discus throw. A. C. Gilbert, of Yale, set a m figure in the pole vault at 12 ft. 7 2-4 I inches, breaking the old records by 1 1-4 inches and the Olympian record by 1 1-2 inches. Gilbert is an Ore gon man and holds P. N. A. record .for the same event. A. K. Dearborn a New York Atheltic, with a throw of 139 feet, 11 inches and M. J. Sher idan with a heave of 139 feet 6 1-2 inches, broke the world's record of three stile discus at 136 feet 1-3 inches. Sheridan also broke the Olympian record of 115 feet 4 inches for the discus throw, Greek style. M. W. bheppard, I. A. A. C, clipped two seconds off the Olympian record of 1:56 for the 800 meter race. Chas. T. Bacon. I. A. A. C, established new figures for the 400 meter three-foot hurdle event. J. P. Hnlstcad, of Cor nell, cut 1500 meter record from 4:205 to 4:101 1.5 and J. A. Rector of the University of Virginia equalled the 100 meter record of 10 4-5 sec onds. D. J. Kelly of Baker City, Or., did Hot run in the 100-yard dash be cause of a lame leg. ST. NICHOLAS 0. K. IN BRISTOL BAY FIRST LETTER FROM THE AS-TORIA-ALASKA FLEET HAS REACHED THIS CITY TO THE GREAT COMFORT OF MANY FAMILIES. John Simonsoii, a well known citizen of Astoria, who lives at the corner of Franklin avenue and Thirty- eighth street, has just received a let ter from his friend, Hilbert Hanson, one of the crew of the American ship St. Nicholas, hence to Bristol Bay, Alaska, announcing the arrival of the vessel there after a live-weeks' voy age, unmarrcd by any losses, and with all hands in the best of health. The voyage was uneventful, save that there was an extraordinary amount of ice in the northern seas this year and which operated to' de ter the fleet somewhat. Mr. Hanson had nothing to say of any other ves of the Astoria fleet bound for Bristol Bay, but they are all probably snug in port long before this. The news will be happily received in this city, in more than one home, and the As torian is glad to send out the cheer ful word. By ludd Bros., The Woolen Mill Store RAINY DAYS Xirng t STUFFED TOMATO SALAD. "A sctulTed tomato salad is one of my new recipes, writes l-.innie .Mer ritt Fanner the great cooking au thority, in her monthly page in the May Woman's Home Companion. Peel six small tomatoes cut a -dice from the stem end of each, remove the sole nside, sprinkle the inside with salt, anil let stand, inverted, thirty minutes. Mash half a ten-cent cream cheese, add six chopped pimo- one tablespoonful of finely chop ped parsley, one tablespoonful of to mato pulp, one fourth of a tea-spoonful of dry mustard and enough French Iressing to moisten. Fill the tomato cases with the mixture, and serve on ettuce leaves with niaytmnaise dress ing, which may be successfully made if one will but follow directions. Mix one teaspoonful of mustard, one tea- poonful of salt, one teaspoonful of powdered sugar and a few grains of ayenne. Add the yolks of two egge, md stir until thoroughly blended; then add one half teaspoonful of vine- ar. Add olive oil gradually at first. lrop by drop, and stir constantly. As the mixture thickens, thin with vine gar or lemon juice. Add oil and vine gar or lemon juice alternately, stirr ing or beating constantly, until two ablespoonfuls each of vinegar and enion juice anil one ana one nai. cupfuls of olive oil have been used. If the oil is added too rapidly the dressing will have a curdled appear ance. A smooth consistency may be restored by taking the yolk of an other egg and adding the curdled mixture slowly to it. Olive oil for the making of mayonnaise should al ways be thoroughly chilled. The utensil used in the making of mayon- aise may be a silver fork, wire whisk small wooden spoon or Dover egg beater." A ZOOLOGICAL PARTY A pencil together with a card num bered according to the guests pres ent is given each one. A slip con taining a number and the name of an mimal is also given each guest. One a time they go to a blackboard hanging on the wall, and draw the animal for which the card calls. The others write on the cards, opposite the number, the name of the animal they think represented. At the close Should be ways the COAT to Jean's ut The Brownsville each marks his neighbor's card as the host reads the correct answers. A j book may be given the one having the nearest correct list. ' At the supper following, a ininaturc ', Noah's Ark might form the center- ', piece, around which toy and candy j animals should be grouped in profu sion. Ribbons should run from the ark to' each cover, where a tiny teddy bear should niafk the ladies' places, j and a candy horse the gentlemen's.- , Woman's Home Companion for May. CONCRETE BLOCKS. The improvement in the design and method of using blocks has been ac companied by another gratifying dis covery, ramely, that blocks will tin.; Ih ,me waterproof if well made,' and that the use of a relaible water proofing compound will carry them over to that period, says Cement Age. Therefore there is no barrier to pre vent the building of a durable and artistic house of concrete blocks. With the waterproofing problem sol veil and a return to rational and common-sense methods in the use of blocks, the industry should continue to expand, even in localities where careless workmanship. "shoddy" blocks and bad designs have created a prejudice against a material really excellent when properly made and used. WASHING EMBROIDERIES Make a good later with soap and warm water, adding one fourth of a teaspoonful of powdered borax to each quart of water. Place the artic les in an ordinary glass fruit jar, then nearly fill the jar with the lather. Seal tightly, shake the jar a little, and place it in bright sunlight for twenty four hours. Of course, if the'weather is cloudy, the time should be allowed for. Turn the jar around occasion ally, so that the sun may penetrate every part. When the time is up, pour off the lather, press the fabric gently, then rinse several times in clear, soft water. Return it to the I jar with mofe clear water, set it again in the sun, changing the water daily, until the material is white. I recent ly renovated a bit of fine old hand embroidery, which had become as yellow as saffron, by-this method, and it was beautiful. Woman's Home Companion for May. JUDD bourne in mind that the cheapest and a man get something for nothing, no matter what kind of a cinch is offered him in Astoria you need the best :: clothes your purse can afford, or a BENJAMIN RAIN j protect you from the and a BENJAMIN CORRECT be among the best dressed. Just come around and let us tog you out. The price is always right and satis faction guaranteed. $10 to $3B. BROS. Woolen Mill Store Sherman Transier Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager. Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furoiturt Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street, BILLIONS IN SWAMPS. If it was both good stateillatlship and good business to annex far-off, frozen Alaska at a cash outlay of seven million dollars, what is to be said of a plan that will add to the very heart of the national domain lands that, measured in productive capacity, equal the combined arable areas of the fertile stales of Ohio, Im,1':"i;' d Illinois for an investment f nothing at all? If it paid to wait many years for returns upon that in vestment in the Northwest, how much more profitable wilt it be to receive an immediate income of more than a billion a year from the home enterprise? So writes C. F. Carter in the Technical World Magazine for June. These conundrums have been pro pounded to the Congress in the guise of several bills providing comprehen sive plans for the drainage of the swamp lands of the country by the national government at the ultimate expense of the settlers thereon. Ac cording to the estimates of the geo logical survey there are 78,473,700 acres of swamps and overflowed lands in the United States. Un-oflkially some engineers express the opinion that upon actual measurement the swamps will be found to cover a hun dred million acres. With this introduction, Mr, Carter writ-s a striking article in the re claniaion work, in progress and pro posed, which is one of the most im port; nt features of work by the gov eminent of this country today. The story is intensely interesting and is well illustrated. HOW THE DIRT FLIES. Lietilenant-Colonel George Geoth als, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian canal commission, told President Roosevelt late in January that before January 1, 191 S, the ditch which is to bisect the Vertebrae of the American continent will be completed best clothes are al- ! SUIT and you will v. Mala PfcoM 121 ami that all will be in readiness for the first ship to make the little pleas urc journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific, so write Roy Crandall in the Technical World Magazine for June. Inasmuch as (he colonel is noted for cotiscrvat's and caution, it is believed that lie feels deep down in bis own heart that at Kast a year will be cut from that estimate. It is quite probable that that opti mistic statement will come as a ji tinct shock to the rapidly decreasing army of administration ill-wishers, who hugged themselves a year or so ago when trouble clouds hung low over the canal horizon and joyously proclaimed: "They won't get that job done in a hundred years. They 'll let those contractors get in and make a lot of graft; waste millions of the public money; kill thousands of men with yellow and Chagres fever and then quite like the French eng ineers did, It will be a flat hunting ground for political favorites," With this introduction, the writer tells what has happened in the dig ging line a Panama, up to the early months of the present year, and the tale is a startling one for the aver age reader. The article is well illu trated, with new photographs. CURBSTONE PHILOSOPHY It is easier to hit a lion than a hare, A bird in the hand catches no worms. An iroa will needs analyzing. It may be p'sr iron. Even the Kohinoor had to be cut and polished. The fresh consider themselves the salt cf the earth. Take care of the pennies and some body else will take care of the dol lars. No man was ever truly wise. Even Solomon took more than one wife. The world is usually willing to step aside for a man who knows where he is going. Success Magazine,