THF GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
May Pass the Critical Period Safely
and Comfortably by Taking
Lydia L Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.
»A V E
SHOES
AND
STOCKINGS
T h e y w ill hurt tw ic e an Io n * It you S h ak e
In to Y o u r a b u M A L I . t N ' 8 F O O T = E A S B . the
A n tle e p tlc , H e a llh S p o w d e r to r th e t « « t
It
t a k e « » w a y t h * ating o f C o rn a, id union*»
C allouaea. aore, ac h in g . awcilJen. ten der
A l i e n a F o o t - E a a e a to p * the fric tio n w h ich
c a u s n the w e a r on »h o e a an d ato ck ln ga
mm v s expen se a n d m a k c a w a lk in g a deligh t.
S h a k e It Into your ahoea, S p rin k le U In th *
fo o t b a th
Sold e v e r y w h e r e .— A d v .
Not a Philosopher.
“What is your philosophy in life?”
“Friend, I don't know a thing about
philosophy.
I ain’t never studied
mud). All I do is take things as they
come, and make the beat of ’em."
TÏPE OF HOI
Shingled Dutch Colonial House
Has Artistic Appearance.
While this Is not a large house In It*
dimensions, the size of the rooms on
the first floor und the number of bed-
rooms make It ample for a good-size«?
family. Also It Is uot expensive, com-
paratively, to build.
Costs of building have been decreas
ing during the last of the spring and
eurly summer, and now, those who
know declare, are as low ag they will
be during the year. No one who wants
a home slioubt hesitate about getting
It started. The country is a million
homes short of Its needs and unless
greater progress is made during the
last half of the year than has been
accomplished «luring the first part
those who rent their homes will find
an even greater problem of securing
a home next year than this.
To build a home does not require as
great an amount of money us many
persons believe. The owner of a fulr-
ly well located home building site cun
get his home planned and built and
will be able to pay for it as he Is able.
Bankers, contractors und home-huild-
Ing associations always are ready to
finance a homo-bulldlng project, and
will allow the owner to pay the cost In
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She sat down very carefully, so tha<
not one of the precious ruffle« would
be crushed, and she knew she was very
lovely.
But what she did not know was
that to the man who came whistling
along the white walk she looked like
a moon fairy. Just then her mother
called, ••Priscilla !” and she darted In
doors, to find when she had come «tut
a few minutes later that a tall figure
was standing on her white s*eps.
“Miss Priscilla?" he askeil very
gravely.
And Priscilla’s heart began to bent
very har«l. and a lump grew In her
throat anil she knew she would never
he able to say a word to this goo«i-
looking stranger.
“I think I owe you this," he said,
holding out u *11lay nickel.
"O h! how— did— you know?” I'rls-
cilia managed to gasp.
"I'll tell you all about It. If you’ll
l«*t me sit down here on the lowest
steps."
It was the fact that he bed come
to tills very street and walked down
under the trees listening at each «•«>r-
ner for some clew that would show
him where “ Priscilla” lived, for lie
had heard her name as she joined
the others yesterday morning. After
he had «'ome to thank her. he want«*«l
to stay very much. And after he had
left tier be knew be would have to
come back again the next evening If
she would let him.
And Priscilla, sitting In her little
green dream on the white steps of
the porch, knew that she was not go
ing to lie “left out” again. And be
cause she must do something she lean-
«si down and picked up the nickel that
she hud laid on the edge of the step,
while at tills very moment at the end
of the street a young man with satiny
hair above a very white eollar was
whistling a very gny tune and thank
ing his stars that he had found the
girl he hail ulwavs dreameil about.
Priscilla sat on her own white steps
ROOMS ARE WELL ARRANGED
with her slim arms cla.sp«sl about her
Summit, N . J. — “ I hare token Lydia
knees and listened to the thin notes
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound dur
of the vlctrola that drifted down to her
ing Change of Life
Colonial Balance It Preserved in the
from the house above.
and I think it is a
It was early summer and Helen
good remedy in such
Interior— Will Accommodate Good-
a condition. I could
and Catharine and Jane were taking
Sized Family— Not Expensive
not digest my food
Name "Bayer” on G en u in i
advantage of It, talking and laughing
to Build.
and had much pain
and dancing away the summer night,
id burning in my
while here she— Priscilla— sat g«*tting
By WI L L I A M A. RADFORD.
s t o m a c h a fte r
lonelier and lonelier every minute.
meals. I could not
Mr. William A. Radford wilt answer
dyritlo"» and give advice FREE OF
sleep, had backache,
Not that she blamed any of those
,on. ? I,.fub-*ecta Pertaining to the
and worst o f a l l
girls, they were her friends; nor the
eubject of building, for the readers of this
were the hot flashes.
paper On account of his wide experience
hoys who had left her out. Instead
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
I saw in the papers
she thought they were quite right to
Is, wltnout doub'. the highest authority
a b o u t Vegetable
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
choose Helen and Catharine und Jane
Compound so I tried it. Now I reel all
to William A. Radford. No. 1827 PrilriS
and let her stay here on her white
avenue. Chicago. III . and only encloae
right and can work better.
You have
two-cent stamp for reply.
my permission to publish this letter.”
steps alone.
—V ictoria K o fpl , 21 Oak Ridge Ave.,
For those men— ss Priscilla called
Dutch colonial houses are having a
“Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” Is genu
Summit, N . J.
them— frightened her so. The more
steadily
Increasing
popularity
with
I f you have warning symptoms such
ine Aspirin proved safe by millions
she tried to talk to them, the more
as a Sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
and prescribed by physicians for over home builders. They have tin» beauty
the words froze on her lips, and the
headaches, backache, dread of im
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken of the colonial exterior, coupled with
more she longed to run away, until
pending evil, timidity, sounds in the
"Bayer package” which contains proper the quaint roof treatment of the homes
finally she did run, wishing all the time
ears, palpitation of ths heart, sparks
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth of Holland, an architectural style that
before the eyes, irregularities, con
that some one would be bold enough
was
transplanted
Into
this
country
in
ache. Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
stipation. variable appetite, weakness,
to free tier from the prlsonhouse of
inquietude, and dizziness, get a bottle Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 colonial times. And coupled with these
her shyness.
of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also advantages, the Dutch colonial makes
When she had climbed the stairs to
pound and begin taking the medicine at sell larger “Bayer packages.” Aspirin possible great economy In the use of
her own room much later she stood
once. W e know it will help you as it Is trade mark Bayer .Manufacture Mon-
the Interior.
j before (he mirror and looked very
did Mrs. Koppi.
An excellent example of a shingled
oacetlcaeidester of Sallcylicaeid.— Adv.
seriously and very sternly at herself,
Dutch colonial house Is shown In the
j Although she could not see them in
Inability to answer an argument accompanying Illustration. The cen
j this light, site knew how those seven
doesn’t prove that the argument is a tral entrance and the balanced win
j freckles lay across the bridge of her
dows, those on each side of the door
good one.
high little nose.
being duplicates, follow the colonial,
“ If I wasn't quite so plain,” Priscilla
Humble men who admit their Igno while the roof treatment Is essentially
told the reflection sadly: she turned
rance get credited with more ignorance Dutch.
away before she saw the glittering
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcum 25c.
This house is of wood construction,
than is theirs.
drops that matle her wide green eyes
set on a concrete foundation, and Its
like the eyes of a mermaid. She put
T H E Y SPREAD
outer
walls
are
covered
with
shingles,
PERSIA’S BELT OF DESOLATION
DISEASE
Second Floor Plan.
1 out her light and knelt down beside
specially treated to give the silvery ef
anywhere, D A IS Y F LY K IL L E R attraete and
"■ all fliea. N*at, «-lean, ornamental, convenient and
tùia'
the
open
window.
fect of age. The house proper Is 26 Installments. While It may appear to
- ^e—
ciieap. Last* all*u»a-
Leoend Ascribes Desert to Divine
She let down her hair about her
iPy.
L ift y 111 1 Made of metal,
feet wide by 3-1 feet 6 Inches deep, be a considerable of an undertaking to
Punishment Visited on King Who
m can’t npill or tip over;
shoulders,
hair
that
was
like
rusty
will not soil or injure
with a poreli projection of 10 feet. It obligate one’s self to pay a certain
Forgot His Creator.
uiything. Guaranteed.
DAISY
contains seven rooms and bath, beside fixed nmount each month for a period gold and framed her face softly like
FLY K I L L ER
at your dealer or
B U V k ttS
the porch and balcony, the former of of years, nevertheless that Is exactly the face of a Botticelli madonna.
At the southern end of the valley
6 by EXPRESS, prepaid. SI .ZB.
She stayed there very still watching
H AR O LD SOMERS. 160 Da Kalb Ave.. Brooklyn N . Y.
which may be inclosed as a living what be has to do If he rents. And at
In O n tra l Arabia where progress to
ÌSTlOHj)
IUDIGES
TIONl,
the
moonlight
that
dl«l
glamourous
f
.7 A C i cnrs
N T S _ J /Æ
porch and the latter ns a sleeping the end the renter has nothing to show
ward the Persian gulf is blocked hy
things to the garden, and lent a silver
Burglary Is Not Profitable.
porch.
for his expenditures.
a broad harrier of sand, lies a distric t
pallor
to
the
patch
of
grass
beneath
6 B e l l - a n s
When one reads in the paper an ac
How the rooms are nrrnnged and
Every person who rents a home
called Khari, which was one«' fertile,
Hot water
count of a burglary where the thief
'heir dimensions are she**— hv the owes It to himself and Ills fnmllv to at her window. All the loneliness and and still retains some of Its former
the
tiny
hurt
smoothed
Itself
away
succeeded In securing $5,000 to $10.000
Sure Relief
prosperity.
II. St. J. B. Philhy in
\ and she lingered there fi'eling the ca
worth of Jewelry, one Is apt to think
scribes In the Wide World Magazine a
ressing
fingers
of
a
stray
breeze
that
that the S|K>lls were probably worth the
of ruins which appear to dale
i ruffled her hair about her white face. group
risk, but Investigation has shown that
FOR
IN D IG E S TIO N
hark to the medieval Mint's when the
But the very next day Priscilla had
thieves never realize anything like the
country was under fhe domination of
forgotten that she was "left out.” She
Surely a Mean Employer.
full value of their plunder. In Eng
n Persian colony. Close by It are the
i
always
did
forget
It
with
girls,
for
“ ’Enery,” observed Bill ’Awkins, “1
land It was discovered that out of 408
remains of nn Important irrigation sys
'
Helen
and
Catharine
and
Jane
thought
burglnrles reported In various parts 'ear as yer got a Job.”
tem which almost certainly points to
she was “a dear” anil no party would
“Yes,” answered the sad 'Enery, “I
of the kingdom the proceeds netted the
a Persian origin, the main point of In
be complete without her If it was just
principals nn average of about $75 'ave got n job.”
terest about which Is that It depi'mls
girls.
"Y er don't appear very 'appy about
each. The value of the plunder was
on a group of three great reservoirs
|
“Priscilla
Is
so
different
with
girls!”
It,
do
yer?”
asked
Bill.
“Ain’t
yer
many limes that figure. In addition
or pools, believed to ho bottomless.
Helen*taughe«l.
“Slle’s
such
a
darling,
to thlM each one of the number hud foreman a decent cove, then?”
A similar pli^nomenon exists In a
anyway. But any one can see she’s
“Oil I 'E ’s n mean, low-minded fel
been sent to Jail for his crime.
district farther south, cnlleil the Aflaj,
frightened to death of men; and It's
ler I” cried the outraged ’Enery. ' " E ’s
wllbre there are no fewer than seven
much kinder to let her do as she
a dirty dorg, 'e Is. (Jot 'Un-llke no
All Titled.
“bottomless” pools of varying sizes,
pleases.”
tions
ns
’ow
gents
like
me
should
be
The doctor’s family had Just moved
among which Is a fair-sized lake, the
The
girls
had
been
down
to
“the
Into a more exclusive residence dis treated. F ’r Instance, would yer be
"Mother of the Mountain.” which Is
village,” as they colleil their over-
trict and nil the members were much lieve It, 'e actually took the legs off
the largest sheet of water known to
| grown town, to shop and Jane hail
given to boasting over this. Even the the wheelbarrers so ns a cove can’t sit
exist In all Arabia. It Is about three
selected a blue dress because she said quarters of a mile in length by a quar
nlne-yenr-old daughter told o f It to her down an' rest? Oh, ’e’s u mean dorg!”
Harris liked blue, while she blushed
famuli playmates nt school. “ Why, It’s — London Ideas.
ter of a mile broad, and was In It*
just the tiniest bit.
day the center of a mighty kingdom
Just like having a title," she ended.
Helen
had
chosen
a
yellow
muslin,
Peril of Growing Paint.
There, according to a legend, one*
"Everything that cornea to our place
to be made up with ruffles, although
Little John had put In a very hard
stood the palace and capital of Ad Ibn
has written on It after our names,
she did not say why she had chosen Shnddnd. one of the greatest Arabian
day of ploying end thnt night he said.
‘Oollett place.' ”
yellow, and Catharine had picked out
Another little nlne-yenr-old sniffed "Mother, oh. bow my knee aches!”
floor plans. However, mere uie sev least investigate Hie possibility of se- j, p|nk.8pr,gged dimity. Priscilla coul.l kings.
“That Is Jnst a growing pain and eral features of the Interior that de
very disdainfully.
“Oh,
If that Is
The legend tells that this king tiullt
curing a home of his own. The home no{ rpsjSf die temptation; she knew
himself a new capital south of the
what yon «ravin, we’ve got one too.” will be all right In the morning,” re serve special mention.
owner Is a better and more prosperous she mtght
nPw1 |h|lt pille
Aflaj district. In this palace he gath
she Informed the audience, "and It’s plied Ills mother.
The colonial balance Is preserved in member of the community In which onfnn(lie thnt looUe,, nke ,he foam
At that John exclaimed: ’’But the
ered together a stable of 2.000 peer
almost like your’n. Itlght after our
the Interior. On either side of the re he lues, an« secures, in the satisfac- ()f a S(,n wave— would not need It, In
name on everything that comes to pain is In lust one knee, and Is one of
no, „„ expensive, less steeds, a bodyguard of 2,000 war
ception hall, which Is of g«Mxl width, tlon of beta? a property owner, greater fac t. hut „ w„
riors and a harem of 2,000 maidens,
our
house.
they
write,
*(1011601, my legs going to he longer than the
are the living room and dining room. conslderathm both from business asso- ! Am) ,hen , tle girls were all going to
other?”
please.’ ”— Exchange.
among the fairest In the world. The
The former Is a large room. 13 by 22 clntes and from those he comes In con- i n l n k ( l t h e (1resses themselves,
legend tells thnt thp king forgot hi*
si,e „ ,¡^ (,1 be left out when they
feet. The placing of the fireplace in tact with In n social way. Right now
Creator, who visited him with a dread
Mo Wonder.
Poetry and Prose.
the center of the front wall Is unusual, Slop and think of those you know who wore thpm hm not whpn tlley mniI„
Otis— Yon say that something at the
“Oft In my sclent vigils. I hear the but attractive. It is a broad fireplace own their homes. Then compare their fhen)
Tbpy hfl(1 hoflrfl<Ml tbp car, nl. scorching west wind, overwhelming the
king and all his glory with waves of
banquet last night tflsgusted you?
voices of the night.”
most taking up a whole seat them
and on either side are «■uses for books. standing with those who rent.
blazing sand which to this day cover*
Chester— Yes ! had too much climate.
"H ave yon a baby with colic, too?” Double French doors on txith sides of
The colonlu! home shown in the II* se|Vps. and while the others dismissed
an area nearly half a million square
Bat between a Callforna native son
t*e fireplace lead to the porch.
It lustrutlon Is merely a suggested de- tucks and pocketa. ruffles and gathers.
miles. This territory Is known from
• nd a man from Florida I— New York
A spendthrift gets tight occasionally, can be Imagined how good this ar sign for prospective home builders. As
Priscilla
fell
lo
dreaming.
its utter desolation ns the “Empty
Evening Post
but a miser Is nlwn.vs tight.
rangement is when the porch Is In go«*« I iis it Is, both in exterior and In
For right In fror.* of her sat the
Qimrter.”
closed. The dining room Is 13 by 15 terior design, it may not coincide with kind of man she had always wanted
the Ideas of every home builder. It is to know. She knew he was the kind
fi-et, with a buffed built Into a window
Best W ay to Cut Bottle.
buy. the windows, of course, being nn easy matter to get a wide selection Just from the hack of his head. His
If yon ever want to cut a glass bot
above. Triple windows, corresponding of home designs to choose from. The ears were so well shapeil and so close
tle. here is a good winy to do It. Thl*
with those in the living room, also con local architect, contractor and building to his head and his collur was so white
Is thought to he verv difficult to do
tribute to the cheeriness of this room. material dealer all have a great vari above his blue serge shoulders ami
while In reality It is very simple, and
ety
of
home-hullding
plans
that
are
The kitchen is 9 by 9 feet 6 Inches,
his hair was so satiny smooth— then has been done many times su«re*«-
available
for
prospective
buihlers.
and off it is a good-sized panfry, so ar
Prls«1lln noticed a queer thing, for as
No matter what sort of home you she watehe«! him a re«l tide began to fully.
ranged that the Icebox may be Iced
(}«'t a brick or some other nonlnflam-
want there usually Is one that will mount from thnt neck to the very tips
from fht> rear porch.
mnhle substnnep of the height yoe
meet your Ideas of exterior appiuirnnce of those well-shaped ears.
I ’pstalrs nre four bedrooms, each a
wish to cut the bottle. Now pit a
and Interior arrangement thnt can be
She saw then thnt the conductor
corner room. The bath is placed nt
built for the amount of money you can was stamling beside him ami saying. hi-avy or preferably a short leniC k ot
one-half Inch iron rod In the fin and
afford to pay for a home.
g ’-------------------- S0-.M -
“Fare. pl«>nse!” while he sear*’h«sl first heat about six Inches of the »nd t«
In one pocket and then the other. He bright red heat. Then, nslng the brick
Queen of Flowers.
didn’t have a rent. Priscilla knew It. as n rest or eubl«', turn the bottle slow
The world will sustain the loss of a She reni-hed forward anil slipped her ly, keep'ng tile reil-hnt bar well In con
wonderful sight, as well as the chief last nickel Into his hand and she felt tact with the hottte until the bar jus*
The flavor, much like superior
¡
source of supply of 'ts most entrancing the eiinlness of his Angers and then ceases to be red. Then quickly piling*
coffee, always pleases; and when
j
perfume, if the Bulgarians carry out she heard, "Priscilla ! Priscilla! Don’t the bottle In a pall of cold water, and
their Intention of turning the rose gar yon know you get off here?”
if carefully done, a fine crack will h«
health and economy are con
dens around Knsanlik Into tobai'co
Catharine and Helen and Jane had the result. Upon plunging In the water
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plantations. Rose cultivation nn the alreailv Jumped off and were standing a click will be heard nn<! the n«‘ck ill»*
sidered, this wholesome beverage
v»>0(l tK'ÍEJDJJV
Thracian plain was instituteil In a tn the road laughing and cnlling to tipper part of the bottle will retnalr
fits every need.
small way by the Turks, and some her.
Priscilla stepped down very in your band, leaving an edge cut a*
property of the soli makes for a per quickly, thankful from the di'pths of -clean as If cut with n glnzicr’s ilia
g
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fection not of beauty, but of perfume her heart flint they had not se«‘n what monil.
Boil Postum Cereal fully 15
unobtainable elsewhere. Under thrifty she had done.
Bulgar cultivation the rose gardens
t
They teas«*»! Priscilla a moment for
Salt and Alke.line Rivera.
minutes, after boiling begins — or
have n11itit i «'<I enormous dimensions, dreaming, ami said, “Who Is lie. Pris
Many of tie rivers In the worlil nr«
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over 150 villages being devoted entire cilla?” and to their amusement I’ris- far from being pure. There Is a sal«
if you prefer a quickly prepared
ly to the Industry, ami pro«lu«flng be ertlln flnsheil hotly right up to the river in Australia, ami another In th«
O
drink, buy the newer form —
tween them, before the war. attar to r«v«ts of her hair: hnt fortunately the;- Rio Snlndo, In the Argi'ntine reimblU
ÉSE— =dfc==3E
the value of some $6.250.000 per an didn't know of what she was thinking In South America.
The
Athnhnse*
Instant Postum, which is made
First Floor Plan.
num.
— and fortunately they hail their river of Canada has two Important
dresses to plan, which was much the «alt hranehes. one of which rls«*s Ir
instantly m the cup.
the hen*) o f the stairs and Is ensltj
more Important.
Match Industry in China.
a natural salt spring, and the otkei
accessible to all the rooms Plenty of
Priscilla stitch»«! and sewed ami has Its source In the Caribou moim
In the light of UuiDa’s advantages
«Inset spare is provided both upstairs
Mid down, while the slope o f the roof enjoye«l with respect to cheap labor tucked and ruffled with the rest, and tains, which contain vast deposit» ot
lerniits more storage space In the at and abundance of raw materials anil when she hnd finished they all agreed salt reck. Another salt river, hnvtn*
ts origin in a similar formation. I»
the fact that the match industry Is a that her dres* was “adorable;" but
tic.
The balcony, which Is connecteil simple business with quick returns, the she knew thnt there would he no one one of the tributnrh'S of the Cren'
Slave rtv»*r Many of the streams ant
with one of the l*edrooms bv double Far Eastern Review considers the to care pnrticntnrty If she did tool
Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc.
French iloors, la covered with canvas, manufacture of matches as promising tike a tiny lost mermaid In that nllr I h«V«-s of «-astern Oregon are strengij
green
orgamlle.
alkaline In «•hnrm'ter. The Bio «I*
to deaden the sound. This will make to be one of China's most Important In
B attle Creek, M ichigan
But Inst the same she put It on Vinner«*— the Vinegar river—of New
n most ilelightful shaping porvh hy dustries. There are at pres»>nt 34 fac
the ise of screens In the summer and tories in China with a yearly output of that evening and went ont to sit un h-t <¡ramilla. In Central America. I.« «on»
the m»*>iis|ilne on the white steps. from the siilphtiric acid In the » aie»
loO.ouu u>ua»
■ash in the winter.
ASPIRIN
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W ith Cuticura Soap
and Fragrant Talcum
Kill All Flies!
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Relief
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