THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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we LOVE
smroF us
St is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your ctalldhopd days.
Remember tho "doao" mothor Unsifted
on castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
ogalnst taking them.
With our children It's , different
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't roallzo what they
do. The children's revolt Is well-founded.
Their tender little "lusldcs" aro
Injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only dell,
clous "California Syrup of Flga." Its
notion is positive, but gentle Millions
of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; thoy knowchlldrcn
love to take It; that it never falls to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en the stomach, and that a teaspobnful
Kiven today saes a sick child tomor
row. Ask at tho store for a EO-ccnt bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs," whlch
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle Adv.
Cold Cursd by Cold.
"Without having gone nnywhere
near either pole," writes a correspond
ent of the London Chronicle, "1 have
had ray experlenco of the fact that In
tense cold outside stops the cold in
the head. Wo were six men, essay
ing the ascent of the Grand Combin,
In tho Alps (over 14,000 feet). From
our first attompt wo wore driven back
by a thunderstorm and a stay of some
hours to dry in tho hut with the stovo
going woke up all the microbes. When
we returned to the hut next day from
tho valley there were at least four
severe colds among us, with sneez
ing and sore thrbats. On tho third
morning wo traversed our peak, slow
ly cutting snow and ice steps in
weather momorably bitter oven for
that height. On the other side it sud
denly occurred to me that I had no
'cold' left and the others made tho
eame discovery.
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY
Roxbury, Ohio. "When my little boy
was two weeks old ho began breaking
out on his cheeks. Tho eczema began
Just with pimples and they seemed to
Itch so badly ho would scratch his
faco and causo a matter to run.
Wherever that matter would touch K
would causo another pimple until it
spread all over his body. It caused
disfigurement whllo It lasted. He had
fifteen places on one arm and his
head had several. Tho deepest places
on his cheek3 were as large as a sil
ver dollar on each side. He was so
restless at night wo had to put mit
tens on him to keep him from scratch
ing them with his finger nails. If ho
got a little too warm at night it
eeemed to hurt badly.
"Wo tried a treatment and he didn't
get any bettor. Ho had the eczema
about three wcoks when wo began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I
bathed him at night with tho Cuticura
Soap and spread the Cuticura Oint
ment on and tho eczema left."
(Signed) Mrs. John White, Mar. 19,
1013.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout tho world. Sample of each
free.with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv.
Modern.
Winifred was the guest of a coun
try gentleman of sporting proclivi
ties. She was walking with her host
through tho park one morning when a
fox leaped from tho covert and darted
across an open space.
Winifred clung to her companion's
arm. "Heavens, Mr Tubbs!" cried
eho, "what was It? You don't mean to
tell mo that red fox fur can run vabout
all by Itself?"
SUFFERED FOR 25 YEARS.
Mr. R. M. Fleenor, R. P. D. 39, Otter
beln, Ind., writes: "I had been a suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about 23
years. I finally got so bad that I had
to quit work, ' anu
doctors failed to do
mo any good. I kept
getting worse all tho
time, and it at Inst
turned to inflamma-
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1fT!"nrw! 1 Vinrl irlvon lin
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an nope, v. u:n unu
wKuuy i rocuivuu yum
little booklet adver-
i R. M. Fleenor. tlslng your pills, and
resolved to try them I did, and took
only two boxes, and I am now sound
and well. I regard my cure as remark
able. I can recommend Dodd'e Kidney
Pills to any ono who is sufforing from
Kidney Trouble as I was " Write to Mr.
Fleenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthom
(English and German wordB) and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent freo
Adv.
Skeptic's Question.
Rev. C II Spurgeon. the eminent
English divine, said that, as soon as n
man loses his religion, ho wants to
know who Cain's wifo was. Tho Con
gregationalism It Is human naturo to want the big
gest half just as If .there waB such
a thing.
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SOI EXGERPTS ON
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Present Head of House Similar in Some Characteristics Made
Famous by His Father, But Hopelessly Dissimilar in Others
Disposal of Great Collection Left by Elder Man Is
Question That Agitates Many Minds.
New York. Is J. Piorpont Mor
gan n 1'hlllBtlne? The art lovora
of America liavu asked themselves
this question many times In tho
last month. Whnt is the atti
tude toward the rare and tho beautiful
of the man who owns the most stu
pendous prlwite collection ever assem
bled tho objects which havo raised
young New York to the first lank ns a
museum city?
When .1. Plerpont Morgan tho elder
died ho left his son n great deal of
money, but with It several very onor
ous burdens. He left him tho duty of
explaining a series of colossal finan
cial operations in which the youngor
Morgan had been little save a specta
tor He left him tho chieftainship or
the greatest financing concern. in the
western hemisphere, and perhaps on
the globe. He left him church duties,
philanthropic duties and social duties,
J. P. Morgan.
as head of the house of Morgan, but
most perplexing of all, he left him this
weighty burden, this gigantic white
elephant, of nrt.
Why wcight why a whlto ele
phant? Because the American people has
come to believo In some way or other
without especial rliymo or reason
that these art treasures belong to It.
Perhaps It Is an Intuitive feeling a
fooling that American dollars, tho
sweat of American brows, the strain
ing of American muscles and tho col
lective thinking of American brains
bought this hoard.
Tho elder Morgan fostered, this Idea,
undoubtedly. He is said to havo ex
pressed the wish to make New York
tho leading art center of tho world.
Nothing gave him greater pleasure
than to stand as ono of the reception
committee at a function of tho Metro
politan Museum of Art nnd meet tho
art aristocracy (far different from the
artistocracy of wealth) which crowded
tln.
It was then that ho relaxed tho most,
that his too Infrequent smiles most
often grew expansive, that ho seemed
truly the. grandson of the hospitable
Hartford Innkeeper, whoso piogeny
have become America's banking dicta-1
tors.
Then did he most enjoy tho great J
fortune he had amassed. It was as
the modern Maecenas more than tho
modern Croesus he liked to consider i
himself and would have liked to bo
remembered.
Is J. Piorpont Morgan the younger
a chip of the old block?
Ho Is no longer a young man He
Is now forty-seven years old. In build,
personal appearance, manner of dress,
he greatly resembles his fnther nt tho
same age. Ho has his father's imper
ative, forcerul manner. If ho lacks
some of the Olympian gruffness Ho
has his father's habits of hard work,
his lovo of yachting, even his ability
ns a trencherman. He has fitted so
well Into his father's niche that thoso
who criticize the Morgan financial
dealings often fall to discriminate be
tween the woiks of thu father and tho
works of the son.
But what of that other Morgan, the
Morgan of tho exquisite marble li
brary, the Morgan of tho Prince's Gnto
t rename house, the Morgan of the
t'opo of Ascoll, the Morgan who was
the despair of Europe'
Outwardly "joung" Mr Morgan hns
shown little Interest In those things
In which his father reveled. Ho has
become officially identified with the
Metropolitan museum, but this was to
bo expected ex officio from tho heri
tage of ltfs father. No one has hoard
of this Moigau spending half n mil
lion for some one thing he must have.
No one has heard of his nddlug a sin
gle aitirle to his father's collection
since the lattei's decent!'.
Moreover nnd this is the point so
eagerly watclicd in ait circles ho nd
mils that he will sell part of his fath
er's treasures.. Part? How largo a
part? Will It be simply some of tho
old gentleman's unlucky purchases
tho results of tho Incidents In which,
according to common icport hlsJ
shrewdness was bested?
Or will It be such disposal of Intrin
sic elements ns will destroy tho fabric
of this wonderful collection this as
semblage so vast that hundreds of
thousands of dollars were spent In cat
aloguing alone?
Abovci the nrt herltago of Morgan
vaH referred to as a great burden
J. PIERPONT
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TREASURES
Is such a burden as would bury nnd
ruin a poor man, or even a moderately
wealthy man.
Disregarding tho caro and worry,
consider the financial drain. Here Is
a sum vnilously estimated at from
150,000,000 to $123,000,000 tied up In
beauty and rarity. It pays not a cent
of Intel est. It may be Increasing In
value, but that Is not Income It Is In
sured for about $34,000,000 and 'the i
annual premiums on this lnsurnnco'
amounts to $102,000.
One hundred nnd two thousand dol
lars n year simply for Interest on i
heirlooms! This Is enough to give any
man pause. Ono would think Morgan
would wish to turn over his collections I
to tho American peoplo simply to get
It off his mind, to uso a homely phrase.
Also to get the annual premium pay
mont off his profit and loss account
What Is tho moving factor?
According to many it is hot anger at
tho American peoplo for assailing his
father's memory at tho samo time as
demanding the gift of $50,000,000 in
things beautiful to look at.
According to others it Is his anger
nt the city of New York in tho ill
housing of the collections, and dllntorl
ness In erecting further museum build
ings. It Is notorious that the elder
Morgan wns displeased at tho city
fathers' sloth. But would the latter
have let this Influenco him to such
an extent ns to despiso tho proposed
gifts themselves?
It must bo concluded that tho elder
Morgan Intended his enormous collec
tions for the American people. It 1b
Inconceivable that ho collected stead
ily and eagerly all the years of his
manhood without some object in vlow.
It Is Inconceivable tliat ho expected
his son to sell these lovingly assem
bled objects. Ho would not havo
wished to burden his son's lifo with
the enro and. bother of them all. It is
the obvious answer that ho meant
these tilings for his country.
And truly, a wonderful heritage it Is
which .Mr. Morgan left, whether to his
son or to tho American people. Tho
greatest collectors of Europe have
left behind them stores which aro
shabby In tho art sense when com
pared with tho almost limitless collec
tions of Mr. Morgan.
This collosal hoard was not collect
ed hastily. It Is not tho product sim
ply of lavish expenditure.
Mr. Morgan was over a discriminat
ing buyer, seeking 'o best and getting
. -
He wns a
ii regardless of tho cost,
genuine lover of art and n closo stu
dont cf its history.
Tho agents who at his bidding ran
sacked Europe year after year in
search of its raru and beautiful things
operated under the direction of the
master mind.
Tho part of tho Morgan collection
which has attracted widest attention
is the immonse treasure of beautiful
things that was originally displayed In
the Victoria and Albert museum In
South Kensington, London. It is now
housed In tho Metropolitan Museum
of Art, much of It Is still unpacked.
MRS. ROBERT 60ELET
W ISiK HI EK v? ijH
vPs r 'ill!!
Society folk wore interested though not surprised wheu Mrs. Robert Oo
lei of Now York began suit for divorce from her millionaire husband. Oc
III Illustration shows Mis. Goolitt with
Tho collection contains almost price-"
less canvases of Gainsborough, ltoy-'
nolds, Turner, Homnoy, Rnsburn,
Constable, Van Dyck, Hcmbrnnt, Ru-J
bens, Raphael, Millet, Troyon, Bnugo
net. Vllloges y Cordero, Nolllcr, Pater
Dumnn and many othor mnstcrB.
Particularly rich la the grcnt collec
tion of tapestries, bronzes and silver,'
Greek antiques, Jowelcd miniatures,
porcelains, ancient Jewelry and won
derful books and manuscripts.
Some of tho costliest and finest font;
tires of tho Morgan collection nt the
Metropolitan Museum of Art nr
New York's Metropolitan Museum of
of Art.
grouped in tho following list, with
their known prices, which oloquontlyi
attest their worth: .
Uaphnel's "Tim Madonna" of St.
Anthony of l'mlua EOO.OOO
Seventy pieces of llor Guttmunn
collection of oltt Gorman silver.. "50.G00
Pour KruKonurd panels SOO.OOO
The two iinentschel collections.... 3,000,000
Collection of H tnlninturos 1,000.000!
T1r Kulin collection of nrt sub-
Jects 7 C.500.000,
Perry collection of iintliiuo Chlncso
. porcelain COO.OOOi
llerr Marfcl's (of Berlin) collec
tion of linnd worked watches.... 500,000
Muz.irln tnpestry 350,000
Collection of 15th century Strozzl
matblcs nnd bronzes rOO.OOO,
Two portraits of I'lnnz Huts 100.000'
Ono red Hawthnrtio vnso 100,000
Ono jeweled mlnlutuio 150,000
Kronen sculpture. Houdon's
"HotiKlit Kiss'' nnd "Given Kiss" 100,0001
Gold plaques, represontlnK David
on throne, from the Church of
("ypius, during tho tlrst century. 00,0001
12th century sllvor lcllquury, rep
resenting murder of Thomas a
Becket 90.000'
Gold ncckUco from Cyprus, first
century 50,000;
Two silver kantharll (two-handled
cups sacred to Bacchus, Greek i
antiquities -0,0001
Kiimous enameled silver shrlno of
Lachtenthal, Gertnnny T0,000i
Ono Gobelin tapestry 65,000,
Oni sot of Turkish rugs lOO.OOo!
Another set of TuikWn rues iw.wu
Ono IGth century cnnmelcd plncquo 38.000'
Loun xv. furniture, two sauces
nnd 12 chairs 38.000'
One ChlneHo screen 10,000
Medici blbeion. or sucklnK bottle.. 12.000
th ccntmy Ivory coftlr. 15.000
Sir Joshua Reynold's "Lady Betty
Oelmo nnd Clilldiun" 76,000
Ktftuen CnMons (books) 120,000
Uuth Guttenbcru Blblo 23,000
Klnir Charles L. Blblo MOO'
Two Limoges plates i2,00,)
Threo Charles VII. tapestries 70.000
Two Louis XV. Boup toureens.... C0.000
Medieval bronzo triptych 100,000,
Blnclc book of Revelutlons of St.
John lj.0
Poo pamphlet S."0
Gronro Meredith MSB 4.00D
IGth Century drlimlnK cup S1.373
Greek lias relief 30,000(
Mnrtln Luther's letter to Kmpcror
Charles V 2E.600,
SUES FOR DIVORCE
oncct her children, utid, inset, Mr. Gocloi
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God's Appe
to the
Backslider
Br REV. JAMES M. GRAY. D D.
Du et Moody Dibit loHtut
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TKXT "O lstnel, roturn unto the Ird
thy God, for thou hnst fallen by thlnt
Iniquity."-! loBea Hi.
wlillo but one
vorso is lndlcntcd
as the text, yot
It would bo bet
ter to road care
fully tho whole
chapter which is
full of dlvlno
grace.
Tho Israelites
woro Ood's chos
en peoplo and rep
resent thosb who
today profess and
call themselves
Christians. It Is
only such who
can backslide. As
Mr. Spurgeon
ouco said, "No one can slide back who
has not first slid forward," and It is
only the bollover on tho Lord Josua
Christ who has taken that forward
stop. Alas! that there nro so many
bncksllddon Christians In tho visible
church, but thanks bo to God that
there Is hopo for thorn If they will ro
turn unto htm.
Notlco tho text closoly. God hns
not cast off his peoplo, but thoy havo
cast themselves off. Ho still says,
"return unto tho I,ord thy God," call
ing hlmBelf thotr God although they
had forsaken him. And furthermore,
"Thou hnst fallor. by thlno Iniquity."
Woro It not for their iniquity thcro
would havo beoD- no sopnration be
tween him and thtim.
But Ills grace doos not ond here,
slnco ho tells them how to return.
"Take with you words and turn to tho
Lord." Not "works" but "words."
This does not moan that the words
will not bo followed by tho works, but
only that tho words must como be
fore tho works can really bo dono.
Thoy muBt bo words of confession,
"Take away all Iniquity"; words of
faith, "receive ub graciously"; words
of promlso, "so will wo rendor tho
calves (prulses) of our lips"; wordn
of repentance, "Asshur shall not eavo
us. wo will not rldo upon horses,
neither will wo say any inoro to tho
work of our hands, yo nr our gods";
words of trust and confidence, "for In
theo tho fntherloss flmloth morcy."
That allusion to "ABshur," or "As
syria," Is interestlnc In her af
fliction at the hands of tho heathen
Isrnol had turned to Assyria for help,
Instead of Jehovah, and this had boon
ono of the causes as well as ono of
tho effects of hor backsliding, but Je
hovah now calls upon her to ceaso
trusting In that arm of flesh and to
truBt In him. And so tho referonco
to "horses", Is nn allusion to her con
fidence in Egypt, n nation that used
horses In Its wnrfaro. Israol was
no longer to trust in tho horseB of
Egypt If she would havo God's favor,
who could bring victory to hor arms
without such material assistance.
How ,God Meets the Backslider.
And how comforting nro tho words
of Jehovah that follow later. On tho
supposition that Israol will return as
ho has Indicated, ho exclaims: "I
will heal tholr backsliding; I will lovo
them freely, for mino anger Is turned
away frcm them. I will bo ns tho dow
unto Israel." Tho backslider Is like
n sheep which has wandered from tho
fold and become torn by tho briers
or tho wild beasts, or suffered Injury
by falling over tho rockB. Ho Is
wounded In soul nnd needs healing
and binding up of his wounds, nnd
this God promises him. But think of
tho next promlBc "I will lovo them
freely " or "eagerly," nB tho word
might bo rondorod. It is tho picture
of tho father In tho story of tho prodi
gal, wno Boeing nia son niar on runs
out to moot him In tho glndnesB of
his heart Oh, what a God and Father
wo havo. Who would not roturn to
him! And yet, God does oven inoro
thnn this for tho returning prodigal,
for ho says, "I will ho as tho dow unto
Israel." Tho dow was ovprythlng tq
tho land of Palostlno In tho nbsonco of
Btich rains ns wo experience in tho
Occident, and It is tho typo of tho
Holy Spirit In tho bellovcr's henrt
nnd life. Ab God gavo tho dow to
Israel, keeping her fresh and green
nnd fruitful, so ho gives his Holy
Spirit to thoso who como to him In
Christ for llko spiritual blosslng.
The Believer's Blessings.
Carrying out tho typo, God says of
tho backslider who has returned to
him, thnt "ho shall grow as tho lily,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread, and his
beauty shall bo as tho ollvo trco and
his smell ns Lebanon. Thoy thnt
dwell under his shadow shall roturn;
thoy shall rovivo as the corn, and
grow as tho vino. Tho scent thoro
of shall bo as tho wlno of Lebanon."
Wo cannot dwell on all those beauti
ful figures, but thoy spoak of growth
and strength, and oxteuslve Influence,
They speak of tho beauty and tho
fragrance) of tho Christian llfo, and
Hb benoflconco to othors In tho high
est and trust senso. and nil because)
tho favor of God Is resting upon him.
If you aro a backslidor, no mattor
how long or how fur you havo wan
dorod from God, bo comforted today
to return to him In tho faith of Christ
nnd start again In tho path of a holy
pilgrimage-
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HEADAH
SICKCASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels whilo
you sleep.
dot a 30-cotit box. '
Sick hcadncho, biliousness, dlrzl
noss, coated tongue, foul tasto and foul
breath always traco thorn to torpid
liver; delayed, forniontlng food In tho
bowels or eour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in tho in
testines, instond of being cast out
of tho system is ro-absorbed into tho
blood. When this poison rcachoa tho
dollcato brain Hsbuo It causes con
gestion nnd that dull, throbbing, sick
ening hcadncho.
Cascarots Immediately cloanso tho
stomach, rcmovo tho sour, undigested
food nnd foul gnscs, tako tho excess
bile from tho liver and carry out all
tho constipated wasto matter and
poisons In tho bowols.
A Cnscnrot to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. Thoy
work whllo you sloop a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clonr, stomach swoet and your llvor
and bowels regular for months. Adr.
Cynical Inference,
"I know a mun who has no tlmo to
mako money."
"Why? Is ho doing tlmo?"
Only Ono "BROMO QUININE"
To ret the rennlne, call tor fall name,, LAXA
TIVU I1HOMO QUININE- Look for signattua ol
B. W. GKOVU. Curei a Cold la Ouo Dr. Ito.
Light Talker. '
"What sort of conversationalist Is
Whipple?"
"Ho ought to profaco ovory ono of
his remarks with, 'Apropos of nothing
In particular.' "
A Scholar.
Bacon Don't you think that man
looks llko a scholur?
Egbert Suro thing. Looks llko ono
who would bo at tho foot of tho class
all tho tlmo.
Pearls as Medicine.
Scotland still producoB pearls, found
mainly in tho fresh wntor mussel.
Cleopatra was not tho only poraon
who Bwnllowed a dissolved pearl. Un
til comparatively recont tlmca thoy
woro used medicinally in Europo and
still appear In tho materia raodlcn of
China. Accordlhg to ono Chtncso au
thority, a poarl, after boing treated
with pumlco stono nnd honoycomb,
mixed with tho gall of a sorpont,
"might bo drawn out to tho longth of
throo or four foot. Mako It into pills
and swallow thorn honcoforth food
will ho unnecessary." Tho suggestion
Is not that tho patlont would bo fin
ishod off, but that ho would llvo, food
less, forovor.
Rebutting a Libel.
John D. Rockofollor, talking to a
Cloveland clergyman, said ono day
with a whimsical but rather - sad
smilo:
"From tho stories that aro told
about-my lovo fpr money and my dls
rogard for humanity, you'd think I was
somo such monster as tho criminal ot
tho anocdoto.
"A Judgo onco said to a torrlbla
criminal:
" 'And you actually had tho heart to
murder this poor mau for 50 contsl'
" 'Well, your honor,' said tho crimi
nal, with an Injured lnnoconco air,
'well, your honor, what do you oxpoctl
Fifty cents here and B0 conts thcro
It soon mounts up!'" Washington
Star.
SCHOOL TEACHER8.
Also Have Things to Learn.
"For many years I had used coffoe
and rotuscd to bo convinced of Its bad
offect upon tho human system," writos
a veteran school teacher.
"Ten years ago I wiib obliged to
givo,up my much-loved workfin tho
public schools after years of continu
ous labori, I had dovcloped a well de
fined caso of chronic coffeo poisoning.
"Tho troubles woro constipation,
fluttorlngs of tho heart, a thumping
in tho top of my head, and various
parts of my body, twitching of 'my
limbs, shaking "of my head and, at
times utter exertion, a general "gono"
fooling, with a toper's desiro for very
strong coffoe. I was a nervoua wreck
for years.
"A short tlmo ago friends camo to
visit us and thoy brought a package
of Postum with them, and urged mo
to try It. I was prejudiced 'because
somo years back I had drunk a cup of
weak, tasteless stuff called Postum
which I did not like at all.
"This tlmo, however, my friends
mado tho Postum according to direc
tions on tho packago, and It won mo.
Soon I found myself improving in a
most decided fashion.
"Tho odor of boiling coffeo no long
er tempts mo. I am so greatly bene
fited by Postum that if I continue to
lmprovo as I am now, I'll begin to
think I havo found tho Fountain of
Perpetual Youth. This itf no fancy
lotter but stubborn facts which 1 am
glad to mako known."
Namo given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Wrlto for a copy of "Tho
Itoad to Wellvllle."
Postum now comos In two forms:
Regular PoBtum must bo well
boiled.
Instant Postum Is a soluble pow
der. A tcaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious boyer
ago Instantly, Grocers sell both kinds.
"There's a Reason" for Postum.'
