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In order to keep the home neat
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and tidy, women overdo. A female
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have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
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"Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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Racial Drama
In Politics
Foreign Born Run Most Big
- Cities Their Votes.
9y Ernest McGqffy
American Is. as
Rule, a Stay-at-Home
on FJectioa
Day.His"lToUer".
However. Is Lone
and Loud When
Sin Finds Hun
Out.
E
VERY large city
of mixed na
tionality of
fers a rare oppor
tunity for studying
what may be well
termed "racial poli
tics." To an outsider, the facts are of
course not apparent enough to make it
interesting, but to a man on the "in-,
side" the drama is chock-full of inter
est. As I had, and have, no sort of
prejudice against any race or creed,
my experience in municipal politics
was as good as an extended course of
travel in foreign countries. I saw the
various outs and ins of politics unfold
themselves, viewing matters with a
strictly impartial eye. There was noth
ing in the life of the city that was not
in some way, either remote or immi
nent, connected with the political
game. A man might stay at home and
abjure politics If he wished to, and
most of the native Americans did this,
but his sin would find him out Then, '
when he made his roar of protest
against existing conditions, he had no
one but himself to blame.
The ward I lived in was, for our
city, singularly free from an admixture
of races. There were quite a number
of Germans, a large array of Swedes,
Norwegians and Danes, some Irish and
Irish-Americans, a strong colony of
Poles, a few English and Welsh, some
Bohemians, and a scattering of Greeks,
Arabians, Jews, Armenians, Italians,
Spanish, Chinese, Finns, Scotch, Rus
sians and some Americans, with an oc
casional Patagonian or a native of
the Cannibal Islands. But it was not
one of those wards of the city where
all races under the sun were repre
sented; and a few besides.
By and large the Irish-Americans
"ran" the ward. That Is, In our par
ty. It was the simplest thing in the
world. They were born politicians,
taking to politics as a duck does to
water, and having a real love for the
game. They were ready speakers,
and sometimes good ones; they were
invincible "hustlers;" they always at
tended the ward meetings, and usual
ly held the offices; they were active in
getting acquainted, liberal in their pur
suit of their natural prey the other
races and resourceful. They were not
too scrupulous in attaining a desired
end. and they never lost heart in de
feat. They could and did rejoice in a
victory, but they were never cast down
when they lost. It's all well enough
to talk about the alleged volatility of
the Irish race, but they make good
soldiers, don't they? Well, there's r
deal of discipline and other military
ingredients in political life, and while
it is true that in the rural districts the
American comes out strong for poli
tics, in the majority of the cities, big
and little, the Irish-American poli
ticians "run things." If you don't be
lieve this, travel a little and inquire.
But "politics is such disagreeable
work, don't you know." Of course,
"don't you know." But the result of
letting politics go hang while one
keeps his nose stuck tenaciously to
the grindstone of business often re
sults in disaster to the entire commu
nity "doncherknow." And I for one,
had nothing but bitter contempt for
the people of my race who lifted pro
testing hands and gave voice to the
"lily-livered" dictum that "politics was
something a gentleman couldn't en
gage in."
But speaking of "Americans," so
far as the cities are concerned, where
are they?
"English and Irish. Dutch and Danish,
Gorman, Italian. French and Spanish,
Crossing their veins until they vanish.
In one conglomeration:
So subtle :i tangle of blood indeed
No Heraldry-Harvey could ever succeed
In linding the circulation."
You can find regulation Americans
down in Kentucky, for instance, men
who can trace their ancestors clear
down to Daniel Boone in an unbroken
line. You may find them indulging in
such pleasantries as burning tobacco
warehouses or shooting at each other
from behind rail fences, for they are
quite as handy with a rifle as Daniel
was.
The Poles were a clannish nation,
and no one else could do anything
in their wards. Where they repre
sented only a smattering of strength
they could be handled fairly well by
the "leaders" in the ward, but they
were "live members" and wanted some
share in the "spoils" of office.
The Bohemians were also a com
batively inclined people, politically,
and waged lively campaigns in the
wards where they held the balance of
the votiig power. But they did not
have the cohesiveness of the Poles,
and candidates of other nationalities
could occasionally squeeze in. The
Bohemian, and In fact all of the foreign-populated
wards, were strong for
personal liberty, and as near as pos
sible for the social privileges
they had enjoyed In Europe, minus any
lntrusion of "the king business." The
Scandinavian voters were apathetic
mostly, only once in awhile producing
an orator or a hustling politician. They
were governed' in their political judg
ments partly by party fealty, partly
by the question of personal fitness,
and somewhat by the question of na
tionality. But I give them credit for
not being carried away entirely by
either pride of race or demand of par
ty. They really wanted good men;
and the fact that a man was one of
BRIDE BALKED
Massachusetts Girl Refused to Wed
Count and Denounced Him.
At St Stanislaus' church. Fall River,
Mass., Angela Pawlow, daughter of a
merchant absolutely refused to go on
with-the marriage ceremony that was
to unite her to Basyl Mulinski, ,who
says he is a Polish count and the
owner of an estate in Russia.
The marriage had been set' for
tEefrrace dWnotnvarTattfyget him
their vote. Occasionally they,, nomin
ated a. man ofUhpir raceTfor the ex
'press" purpose of defeating him, be
cause he had proved himself too small
for .the, position.. - . . . v
'"The Germans were good. 'live poli
ticians, and-like as in 'other matters,
somewhat Teutonic In their prejudices
and tendencies. Clannish was hardly
the wo'rd.Jor their particular brand of
political 'cohesion!! Out 'of the ruck of
many particular defeat would emerge
triumphant the fo'rmJof some German
candidate whose -race vote had been
plumped solidly for him, no matter
what party' he belonged to. To nom
inate a state, county or city ticket
without the name of at least one rep
resentative German for one of the prin
cipal offices, was something that no
party convention-either cared or- dared
to do. A good many of the Germans
still spoke the language of the Father
land, and even when there were spies
about, seeking to pick up crumbs of
information, they were usually baffled
by "the vernacular." The Germans had
good, solid, and eloquent speakers
among them, and they were excellent
campaigners.
Their particular wards elected Ger
man aldermen as a rule, and as a
rule the German office-holders were
good men. Occasionally they were
amusingly independent when given
appointive offices. To go against a
mayor's wishes when placed In an ap
pointive position is as much worse
than lese majeste as murder is more
of a crime than petty larceny. Yet
on occasions the sturdy independec
of the Teutonic mind boiled over. An
alderman called on a German official
with a request from a mayor (not in
my time) to do something the official
disapproved of. The official took the
message with an expressive shrug of
the shoulders. "I won't do it," was his
answer. "But I've got the mayor's
orders," replied the surprised and In
dignant city father. "I don't care
what you've got," was the retort. "You
ain't got me, Hein. I run this office.
I've got my resignation written and
in my pocket The mayor can have
this office in ten minutes if he wants
it, but he can't have me." So the alder
man had to give it up, and the official
remained.
The Hebrew wards were inclined to
a man of their own race, but they
were not massed excepting in about
three wards. They are not, strictly
speaking, a people who "go in" very
strongly for politics, but they make
a success of it when they do engage
in it deliberately. The scattering vote
of this nationality was large, but di
vided among so many wards that it
was a matter, of uncertainty as to
number. But where they had taken
up residence almost solidly, as in
certain wards, they ran things them
selves. When they engaged actively
in politics they developed good speak
ers. They were, as a rule, rather in
clined to one of the ruling parties,
but the fetish of party could not com
pel their votes to be cast Irrespective
of men and principle.
Now the striking dissimilarity of so
many races, and their segregations of
one another in different parts of the
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Shooting at Each Other from Behind
Rail Fences.
city, produced a curious state of af
fairs from a social standpoint. Here
was a race from the south of Europe,
eager, bustling, emotional, with its
own particular customs and mode of
life. There, three blocks away, might
be a race from northern Europe, total
ly unlike them, with creeds, schools,
ways of living and every conceivable
viewpoint, both mental and physical,
absolutely separated from their neigh
bors. What was the result? Why, it was
like a lot of block-houses, each with
its hostile or semi-hostile occupants.
Dwellers in the same city? I say no!
Dwellers in the same community, I
grant, but so carved apart by nation
ality and environment as to compose
foreign settlements.
Why did Rome from her seven hills
rule the world? What makes Paris
such a great city? What gives the dis
tinctive touch to London, Berlin,
Dublin, Edinburgh? It is the sense
of homogeneity that makes them as
they are; the feeling among their in
habitants of a common interest, a uni
formity of racial feeling and instinct,
and kindred aims and aspirations. You
tell me of a great city that has 40 or
50 different nationalities dragging
AT THE ALTAR
eight o'clock. The church was crowded
with friends and relatives. The bride
groom had answered -an exultant
"Yes" to the usual question, and the
bride, in a white silk wedding dress
with long veil and wedding bouquet,
seemed to smile as Father Basin
turned to her and asked: "Will thou
take unto. thee this man to be thy
lawfully wedded husband?"
The bride dropped her hand from
the arm of the bridegroom. She
away In different directions? Not m a
I thousand years! Yet the reformers
and dreamers, seeing no further than
beyond their own noses, attempt to
weld into a homogeneous mass, in a
few years, what time intends to de
vote centuries Into doing.
A slight study of racial politics win
convince the most enthusiastic believ
er In "having things his own way,"
that.it "can't be did" in some cities.
Racial prejudice, old-world customs,
religion, suspicion, temperament, how
many and how impregnable are the
barriers which present themselves. Tb
get along without any trouble with
the representatives of all these differ
ent nationalities was not a hard task,
provided you looked at mankind as
being all lineal descendants of Adam,
and not different in what they wanted,
but only different in the way they
went at it The sanguine races ges
ticulated, grew eloquent, rapt, even
poetical in asking for some small fa
vor. The taciturn races expressed
themselves briefly, and devoid of en
thusiasm. Racial politics concerned itself care
fully as to the selection of the vari
ous ward halls in which to hold the
meetings, the hiring of bands, the em-
Sorting Out Petty Jobs.
ployment of printers, the distribution
of "ward patronage" and all the In
tricacies of municipal politics. "What's
In a name?" Well, you can bet your ul
timate sesterce that there was near
ly everything in a name when it came
to sorting out the petty jobs in a
ward. Why, an astute ward superin
tendent (supposing he were an Irish
American) would "turn down" with
cold disdain the request to put on an
other man of his nationality on a job
if there already had been sufficient
representation of the race on the job.
It made a heap of difference what a
man's name began or ended with in
municipal politics.
Of course everyone cannot be satis
fied, but favors must be distributed as
near evenly as possible to keep a
ward organization or a party "ma
chine" in good running order. And
weren't these "handy boys" on the
lookout to see that there was no un
due favoritism practiced? I should
say. And they could tell you just how
things stood in the ward, and they
were "johnny-on-the-spot" if any
"coarse work" was attempted.
When an approaching election was
coming on the leaders of the party,
of as many races as there were colors
in Joseph's coat, would assemble to
consider the personnel of the ticket
Not that I ever heard them use the
word personnel. These meetings
might take place in a hotel, or party
headquarters, or if it was a straight
ward meeting of leaders in the ward,
it might take place in a. say, school
house. Then and there the various qualifi
cations of the differont prospective
candidates would be discussed and
argued, and "a slate," as it is called,
would be agreed upon. Sometimes
these "slates" went through on con
vention day without a slip. Sometimes
theie were battles in the convention,
and compromises effected.
I was present at one of these "cau
cuses" of leaders, when there was
merely talk about the prospective
ticket, but no settlement of the ticket.
It was an informal gathering, acci
dental, but an earnest meeting never
theless. The main office was spoken
of. A prominent German-American
was suggested. He was approved by
all present. Another office was named.
It was assigned to a well-known Irish
American. A third office came up.
After a little wrangling a popular
Scandinavian was selected. A fourth
office was mentioned. An influential
Pole was the favorite. A fifth office
became the topic of conversation and
the name of a Bohemian citizen was
proposed and a Hebrew who had been
active in the party. Finally during
the wrangle an Irish-American poli
tician said heatedly: "Well, what's
the matter with giving it to a good
American? I know just the man, and
he's a corker." The leader of the
group looked at him disgustedly and
said: "Do you mean that?" "Sure, I
mean It," was the reply. The leader
laid his heavy hand down with a quiet
force that made the glasses tilt as he
said: "This is business, see! I want it
distinctly understood that I'm in fa
vor of no d d experiments." That
settled it. ERNEST M'GAFFET.
(Copyright, IMS. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The farmer who says he is too poor
in his ciops or harvest to give will
never be rich enough to be other than
pcor in heart
turned and faced the crowded church
and answered loudly:
"No; he has been unfaithful to me
before marriage. I will not marry
hisi."
Then the girl ran down the aisle to
her mother. The audience was dum
founded. Before it really appreciated
what had happened the church officials
had cleared the church.
Good Rule to Observe.
Be like "Blllikins." wear a smile
and keep your own secrets.
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A Unique Musicale.
A decided novelty, in the way of
musicales was given recently by a
charming musician and her husband.
They have done and are doing a won
derful work for children. The invita
tions were issued to the youthful
guests with the request to bring "the
dolly they loved the best to the doll
musicale."
The hostess was assisted by a much
beloved corn-husk dolly who belongs
to this musical household.
On the day appointed there were
.over 30 dolls of various ages and sta
tions in life assembled in demure si
lence to listen to the following clever
program:
"Dolly Lost and Dolly Found". Martin
"The Japanese Doll" Swift
"Sleep. Dolly. Sleep," and "Dance.
Dolly. Dance" Reinecke
"Dolly Goes to Sleep" Goodrich
Song "I Love the Old Doll Besf'.Gaynor
"In Dolly's Kitchen" Hollander
"Doll's Dance" Tschaikowski
"Dance of the Marionettes"
Mrs. Crosby Adams
"Overture to the Marionettes" Gurlitt
Song "My Dear Jerushy" Gaynor
Song "Now Go to Sleep. My Dolly"..
Mrs. Crosby Adams
"Teaching Dolly to Waltz" Bartlett
"Funeral March of a Marionette".Gounod
"Poupee Valsante" Poldlnl
"Dancing Doll" Seeboeck
"Doll's Reverie" Mrs. Crosby Adams
The children were perfectly de
lighted and took in the ideas expressed
to the great satisfaction of the hostess.
It was a revelation to find that all the
world loves a doll, as is evidenced by
the fact that "music-makers of every
clime" have "told the doll's own story
in song and rhyme."
This suggestion may be carried out
easily, as the selections are within
reach of the average musican.
Two Outdoor Games.
These games are just the thing for
outdoor parties, which may be given
all the month of September. The first
is called "Deer Foot."
All the players are different kinds
of deer: Reindeer, elk, moose, red
deer, fallow deer or mule deer, ante
lope and fawns. For the forest trees
have pieces of paper held to the
ground with sharpened sticks, or real
trees if they are available. There must
be one less tree than deer. The extra
deer stands in the middle of the "for
est." A leader is chosen by popular
vote or by the host, and all follow him.
skipping lightly around the "forest."
Suddenly the deer in the center calls
"Deerfoot" and all run rapidly to a
tree for shelter. Of course the deer
in the middle is after a tree, too. The
deer who fails to find a tree is called
a snail and takes his place in the cen
ter and the game proceeds.
The Wigwam.
Half of the players hide and have
ten minutes to make their trail with
cut papers (confetti) or corn. Each
Indian goes a different way. Then at
the expiration of the time limit the
other players, who are "white men,"
go on the trail and the game is to see
who can return to the wigwam first
with his Indian.
While these are supposed to be boys
games, girls enjoy them, too. I speak
from experience, for it was the de
light of my childhood days to "play
Indian." and I still thrill with genuine
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A garter carrying a bag for jewels or money Is made of silk covered elas
tic and fastened with a big rosette of narrow ribbon knotted in the center of
the loops. A small bag is attached to it by loops of the narrow ribbon, which
support the bag. This is made of a figured taffeta four and a half to five
inches wide. It should be lined with a plain ribbon or silk. Chamois and
flannel may be used for lining. The little bag is made in the form of an envelope.
The Lace Box.
What useful treasures this discloses!
Old laces are far better than new. In
ancient days there were finer makes,
but they require care. Point lace must
be handled most carefully. You can
often clean it quite sufficiently by rub
bing it with fine white powder. It
does not Injure the fine threads. Irish
lace is all the rage, and very easily
washed. You can wash that in soap
and hot water and iron it when wet.
Tea will dye lace most yellow shades
required. Odds and ends of lace should
never be thrown away. One can make
out of them delightful caps, fichus, and
all sorts of things, een with scraps
that seem quite worn out. Lace jabots
especially can be made in this way.
Vall Decorations.
For a drawing-room nothing in the
wall decoration line could be lovelier
and more novel than a wedgewood pat
tern, with the background of a paler
shade of wedgewood blue and the
medallions of the darker shade re
lieved with white. The woodwork and
trim of such an apartment should be
white. Either blue or that soft green
which is a characteristic shade of
MdDtte
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Are Witbin the
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terror when I think of my fear of be
ing, scalped.
Three Guessing Games.
These three interesting games were'
contributed by a reader of the depart
ment Mme. Herri is most grateful
and always glad to receive new and
original arrangements of even old
ideas.
ACTORS.
Belonging to a male individual of the
human race, and a tract of land
Mansfield
A thing woven, and to make a mis
take Weber
A piece of inclosed land Field
One who removes the hide Skinner
A rock Stone
To take away by force and a male de
scendant Robson
To chop Hackett
A kind of cloak Mantell
A temporary shelter of light construc
tion '. Booth
To make a rattling noise Russoll
A machine for raising heavy weights
Crane
Part of a mill Hopper
A digger of coal Collier
Excellent, and to succeed Goodwin
A person under a guardian Warde
A kindness shown and to deceive ....
Faversham
A "T" PARTY.
T before a girl's name rorms a cat
Tabby
T before a beverage forms a story..Ta!
T before craft forms a small pie Tart
T before shower forms a line of cars
Train
T before foolhardy forms rubbish.. Tra-V
T before a request forms labor Tasnl
T before a gun forms something
trivial Trifle
T before regret forms sincerity True
T before everything forms height Tall
T before to rest forms to plague. .Tease
T before a mistake forms fright. .Terror
T before humor forms to blame Twit
T before finish forms watchfulness. .Tend
T before competent forms a piece of
furniture Table
T before to embrace forms a crim
inal Thug
T before a useless plant forms a river
in Scotland Tweed
T before a contest of speed forms u
mark Trace
T before a hard substance growing
on the heads of some animals
forms a spine Thorn
GENERALS OF CIVIL WAR.
To bestow Grant
To gather cloth, and a male individual
of the human race Sherman
A wine, and a man's name Sheridan
A dairy product, and a tract of land
Butterfleld
What the profane man did when
kicked by the cow Custer
To consume with fire, and the edge of
a thing Burnsidc
A servant whose business is to take
charge of the liquor Butlf
A kind of drink Meade
Eight furlongs Miles
The doubting apostle Thomas
A piece of unhewn timber, and an ad
jective Logan
A calm or sheltered place Lee
To boast Bragg
One who hooks Hooker
Not Hasty, and to draw near Slocum
MADAME MERRI.
In Vogue.
For morning wear and tennis, golf
and boating, what is so cool and sensi
ble as a dainty little laydown collar
finished with a mull tie, silk scarf or
brooch?
The eagerness with which women
have adopted the Dutch or Puritan
collar proves conclusively that when
comfort is sought high clasping col
lars are entirely ignored.
An effective little finish for the tall
collar is simply narrow velvet ribbon
of any desired shade, finished with tas
sels of silk or gold, or carrying a tiny
buckle near the center.
AND BAG
wedgewood pottery is effective when
used in this way. The carpet should
match and if the wedgewood design is
reproduced in the center it will em
phasize the scheme of the decorations.
Fall Skirt Compromises.
Between the close-fitting gown worn
by the fashionable woman of taste and
the one exploited by ultra-fashionables
who care more for display than for de
cency, there is a wide difference. The
latter follows the lines of the figure,
but does not sheath in such a way as
to hamper the steps in walking. Fall
will probably bring out a host of com
promises which will suit the multi
tude, but the fashion, if it becomes
an established one, will make the re
constructing of all gowns in last
years wardrobe a necessity. Whether
the plaited skirt will continue for walk
ing is to be seen. A month will throw
considerable light on the subject.
The sleeves of the lingerie blouses
and shirt-waists for next winter will
be long, with few exceptions, and
those will be for the elaborate lace
blouses to be worn with afternoon cos
tumes, for bridge, etc.
.A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUYINQ
PAINT.
Everybody should know how simple
and easy it is to avoid all uncertainty
in buying paint materials. There are
many so-called white leads on the
market, which contain chalk, zincv
barytes, and other cheap adulterants.
Unless the property awner takes ad
vantage of the simple means of pro
tection afforded him by reliable white
lead manufacturers, he runs great risk
of getting an inferior and adulterated
white lead.
It Is to protect the paint-buyer'
against fraud and adulteration that
National Lead Company, the largest
makers of genuine Pure White Lead.
place their famous "Dutch Boy Paint
er" trademark on every keg of their
product, an absolute guarantee of its
purity and quality. Anyone who wants
to make a practical test of white lead,
and who wants a valuable free book
about painting, should address Na
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Bldg.. New York, and ask for test
equipment
AND SHE LEFT HIM GUESSING.
Woman's Directions of Little Help to
Traveling Lawyer.
A New York lawyer was called re
cently to a hamlet in Berks county.
Pennsylvania, in the interest of a
large coal corporation, and now he is
telling this story on himself:
He was driving along a country road
and feared he might have lost his
bearings. The village he wanted to
reach seemed elusive, so he halted in
front of a farmhouse to make in
quiries. "Madam," he called out to a broad
German woman, who stood looking at
him from beneath a "poke" bonnet.
"can you tell me how far it is to tha
next village?"
"Oh, yust a leedlo vays." came the
response.
"But. my good woman, how far ia
It? Is it two, four, six or eight miles?
That's what I want to kuow."
"Yah. I tinks so."
And the Wall street lawyer drove
on a wiser man.
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terribt
Suffering Two Babies Also Cured
Cuticura Invaluable.
"My brother had eczema three dif
ferent summera. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box o"
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith
ful trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of ec
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter.
Mrs. Miller, bad cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Romedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it She used Cuti
cura Remedies and they cured her .
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Jlrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold
water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907."
AUTOMOBILE SHOP TALK.
"What was your record across Jer
sey
'One country constable and a cow."
Very Tempting.
A man was brought before a justice
of the peace charged with the offense
of kissing a young woman "by force
and violence, and against her will."
The young lady, who was very hand
some, gave her testimony in a modest
and straightforward manner, after
which his honor gave the following de
rision: "The court in this case sym
pathizes with the defendant, and will
therefore discharge him without line,
imprisonment or reprimand, because
Fhe court while this case has been in
progress has been obliged to hold on
to both arms of his chair to keep
from kissing the complainant himseif."
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts.
The value of this famous food ii
shown in many ways, in addition ta
what might be expected from its chem
ical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food Is made of whol
wheat and barley, is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these ce
reals. It contains also the phosphate ot
potash grown in the grains, which Na
ture uses to build up brain and nervo
cell3.
Young children require proportion
ately more of this element because the
brain and nervous system of the child
grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value of
Grape-Nuts in not only building up her
own strength but in nourishing her
baby at the same time. She whites:
"After my baby came I did not re
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said I could not nurse the baby
as I did not have nourishment for her,
besides I was too weak.
"He said I might try a change of
diet and see what that would do. and
recommended Grape-Nuts food. I
bought a pkg. and used it regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and I.
"My baby is now four months old.
is in fine condition. I am nursing her
j and doing all my work and never felt
! better in my life." "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Weli
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are aenuins. tm anrt f..n . i....-,n
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