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About Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1911)
S I LKS ! TRAVELING STORES. THE ENGLISHMAN’S BATH. Not So Vary Long Ago It W a i an Un known Institution. Ainong tho nmny ItiiercMtlug thlng* W e Imnst olirseli es a cleanly people to «m u r i ilio muchi ioti o f thè tourlst and are apt to acorn tin* foreigner who In Cuba «ri* tln* traveling atorea. con- does not dally perform the ritual of aliti ug o f ut! aorta o f uuoer veliti tea the tuh. Yet. the British Medical Jour whleb traverse thè city uud rurul dia- nal points out. it Ls not so long ago sine« trlcts. we bad the reputation of being an ex These portatile ahopa ¡»re eoaatructeil eepttonally dirty people tn the year In an iugenlmis iiiaiiner ao as to dis IN II there was not a single private play tbetr wares tu thè best «ilva n ta le house In t.ondou provided with a bath Every aritele u*od tn i» Uouaehold and room. wearltig a|>parel o f all kluds are ou A witness statist before the health aale. Htid thè oivtier o f thè wagon, couiuilssiou u Is in t the middle of the wbleh reaeinMea a depnrtiuent atore. Inst century that ttie only two ooca bottata that tu* cali «upply dry giunta sinus on which one o f the latsirtiig nd uotioua o f all klnds. from a paper classes was washed alt over was Ini o f needle» to a ready Iliade gowu. The mediately after birth hiii ! after death atdea o f a ahop on wheela are Iliade Even at the preseut our s»»x I*»» " •• x x day s x x j X’ MI ' ooutem V i m rn o f glass and so arrangisi as to give porary doutits If dirtier people could them the np|H*nrmiceof n shop window be found anywhere In the world than J Perfumery is one of the lending ar among our lower classes " A Kreucb ticles sold In this way. for. however workman would U> sshnuied to wear i poor the natives may be, they always the clothes Iu which the Mrltlsh labor have money enough to purchase co er goes to Ids dally work There W lognes and generally the most expeu nothing that tramps who apply Ht si\e varieties. workhouses think a more brutal tiran During carnival season a plentiful ni than the enforced bath ” supply o f masks, caps and grotesque In the middle ages, wt* are reminded suits Is added to the stock Men with r*ur dirt aud squalor were the theme pushcarts laden with llueua and laees o f comment by foreign visitors Three or cooking utensils go nl*out the streets centuries ago what most struck n Por e f Havana, offering their goods to the tugiiese traveler In England was the women who cautiously |**«>r out from fact that the English gciitry never behind barnsl windows These .arts washed. Erasmus has left a picture have the appearance o f a street orgau o f the dirt that prevailed in the houses and are pushed atuotig the spleudid o f noblemen. smooth avenues o f the olty with ease It Is not difficult from this to Imagine Often men will carry their stoek. dis what the state o f things must have playing It ou a pole to which cross been among the poorer classes. At one wise sticks have beeu fastened, like time lH>th men aud women who were the old fasbloued clotheaborvc Toys careful o f their complexions cleaned also form a purt o f tin* stock o f th.*se their faces with a dry white linen human delivery wagous. — Leslies cloth, because It was believed that \\ c< klv washing the face with water made It nn re susceptible to cold III winter and SPEED IN BASEBALL. to tail lu summer The story o f I.ailv 1 Mary Wort ley Montagu’s hands ls too What an Infield Double Play Means In well known to be repeated Johnson Time and Action. said he hail uo passion for clean Uncu, i In an article on baseball In Every and even the fine gentlemen o f his day body's Magazine the writer shows the were fur from scrupulously dean lu . wonderful speed that Is used in making their persuiis Westminster tiazette some o f the plays. He says Making tirst base, though more dra RATING THE GIRLS. matte to watch. Is au uueveutful ex {•edition compared with the trip to sec ond. It takes a fast man to negotiate T e r m s Y o u n g N a v a l O f f i c e r s U s s In F m n g F s m in m s Beauty. the Journey In 33-5 seconds No thrown The younger officers In the navy, and , • ball goes over 300 feet, and If a batted l>all travels beyond the safe limits o f a the gallant young midshipmen especial single throw it must be relayed by the ly. have a method o f their own for re fielders. W hile you are watching the 1 cording feminine beauty, and they use It ou many occasions. This is u ays outfielder s«aui|>er after the ball the tern o f estimating the attractiveness of relay line is being sw iftly formed iu a i isitor by a sliding scule from 2.5 the lufield. There could be uo such to 4. which ls the system o f marking quick and accurate fielding o f deep at the Naval ucademy. outfield hits if the outfielder taking the One particularly attractive girl was ball did not know that behind him was walking along the deck o f one of t'ucle ranged his line o f relays ready to take Sam's big warships ou a day when It the bull the instant he could turn aud w as open to i Kltors w hen she over throw it. The relay line In a profes heard two mld-hipmeu suy sional team forms almost automatical “ i'll give her a 3 5. anyway. She iy- comes nearer to a 4 than anything I've To make a double play in the infield aeeu yet." the shortstop, for example, must field O f course she did uot understand I a hall that has been batted aliout 133 what this conversation was about. If feet. He passes the ball from ten to she had she would have felt rightfully twenty-five feet to the second base Battered, as a 3.5 ls un excellent mark man. who must then throw It ninety and one rarely given. feet to first. All this while the batter A 2.5 menus passable That ls the Is running ninety feet, a trick that, as lowest mar» that will puss at the acad we have seen. It takes a snappy run etny I f a girl Is attractive aud Jolly, ner to turn In 3 3-5 seiouds. It's a but without any particularly striking close call Htid a case o f utilizing the beauty, she ls put down us a 2.5. fraction o f a second, but with sharp '[ Before a girl can he spoken o f us de fielding the margin is al! ou the side ■errlug o f a 3 she must 1«? very pretty o f the fielders The double play is the ludeisl To merit a 3.5 her beauty must menace ever threatening the runner ou be striking It is seldom any girl, uo first. mutter how beautiful or attractive, merits a 4. This ls the perfect murk, Where the Fruit Growl. the very best that can he obtained It A politician iu San Francisco who Is seldom gi\ eu by midshipmen to more has been in offi- e aud ou the city pay than one girl lu tits whole career lu roll for many years was addressing a the navy.—New Y'otk Herald meeting o f his fellow citizens. It was a labor meeting. An Eya Opener. “ Y'ou men must know.” spouted the | Alw ays huve a glass medicine drop orator, "that you f re the great body | per und a I ottle of rosewater lu the [Killtic in this city. Y'ou are the roots I medicine chest aud iu your traveling and trunk o f our great municipal tree, bag. Then when you get a foreign while we who represent you in office body lu your eye you will lie spared are merely branches on that iiiagniti much pain and discomfort if the ful ceut tree.” lowing very simple and harmless metb "Tru e for you.” piped a man iu the j nd Is pursued Tut Into the medicine buck o f the hall. "Hut did j e ever j dropper sly drops o f the rose water notice all the fruit grows on the | Lull down the lower lid and Bout the branches."—Saturday Evening I ’ost. liquid on the surface of the Injured eye. A fter the rosewater has been lu As Far as He Got. One day when William M. Evarts. i the eye tor a few secouds use the empty medicine dropper to suck out secretary o f state under President | the liquid, and the foreign matter will Hayes, was a college student he was come with it.—NMtloiiul Maguzlne. called on to rend Vergil In class. He started out b ravely "Three times Diplomatic. I strove to cast my arms around her 1 neck, uud — and” — adding lamely — ! At the time that Frederick II. used to sup with his French philosophers he “ that's as far as I got. professor.” demanded of them one day, "W hat "W ell, Mr Evarts,” suid the profes sor, " I think that was quite fur would you do if you were the king of Prussia?” enough.” Every guest tried a Battering and witty rejoinder. When the Marquis Too Good to Lose. ‘‘.Sire, "W ill you lie my w ife -'” asked tho d'Argens' turn came he said what would I do? I would sell my star boarder "L e t tne see,” mused the landlady. kingdom aud acquire u small province “ You have boarded with me four years lu France.” Pa rtab la Shop* on W h tili a C u rio u a F a a tu r a of C u b ati Life. 1000 Yards- Oregon Plain Fancy Silks Regular Woolen Values on at Yard Store SILKS! r Meet Me at the fair ---------- i á t r = . - • - r - — SATURDAY You have never grumbled Mt the food An Aggravatien. You have always paid promptly. No; " I wish,” said Mr. Urowcher, “ that I can’t accept you. You are too good a boarder to lie put on the free list.” — Mr Jabber wouldn't use that phrase, ‘ Well, to make a long story short.’ ” London Telegraph. "W by ?” " I t Invariably serves merely to make 1 Depretiing. “ Were there laughter and cheers the story that many words longer.” — Spokane Spokesman Review during your speech Y’ “ Well,” answered the youthful states Human Faces. man, “ there weren’t many cheers, but Dreadful limits are set tn nature to now and then people In the audience the |>owers o f dissimulation. Truth looked at one another and laughed." — tyrannizes over the unwilling members Washington Star. #f the body. Faces never lie, It la said. No man need be deceived who will Alto Sharp. study the changes o f expression.—Em “ Miss Polly's father ls a man who ersoti. | is blunt.” “ Y’ es; he wanted to know the other U ntenable. night i f I were coining to the point.” — "By the way. why do you permit Baltimore American. your children to believe In fairies?" "I can’t tell them there are no fairies Hard to Anawar. and then expect them to believe Iri m i Clinton—I suppose your little ones crobes " —Exchange ask you many embarrassing questions? Clublelgh—Yes; they are Just like their In Ufa. as In chess, forethought win* mother.—Boston Transcript. —Charlea Buxton. A Real See You From 3 to 4