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Although there, have been but 28
presidents of the United States, the
number of "first ladies" who have
had the honor of presiding over the
White House exceeds that number
by six. The present Mrs. Wilson is
tne J4th laiy to have that distin
gusnea nonor.
Either Mrs. Cox or' Mrs. Harding
t . r.i . .i
wju oe ine oitn mistress ot tne
Vhite IIouse which, by the way,
was first occupied by President and
Mrs. John Adams 130 years ago.
While the White House was started
during the administration of George
YVaclitno'tMV w?tm nnt rnmn1itift
in time for Mrs. Washington to be
us nrst occupant.
Twenty-one presidents' wives have
resided at the White House as fol
lows: Mrs. John Adams, 'Mrs.
Dolly Madison, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs.
John Quincy Adams, Mrs. John Ty
ler (President Tyler's first wife, an
invalid), Mrs. John Tyler (President
Tyler's second wife), Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Zachary Taylor (an invalid),
Mrs. Millard Fillmore, Mrs. Frank
lin Pierce, Mrs. Abraham -Lincoln,
Mrs. Andrew Johnson (an invalid),
Mrs. U. JS. Grant, Mrs. Rutherford
B. Hayes, Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Wil
liam McKinley, Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Mrs. William Howard
Taft and the first and second Mr?.
Wilson.
Five of our 28 presidents married
widows Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Jackson and Wilson.
Thso si nrtsidents" 1 daughters
and granddaughters have served as.
first ladies": Airs. Martna jener
son Randolph, granddaughter of
Thomas Jefferson; Mrs, Letitia
Tyler Semple, President " Tyler's
daughter; Mrs. Bliss, President Tay-.-
. lor's daughter; Miss 'Abigail Fill
more, President Fillmore's daughter;
Mrs. Martha Patterson, President
Johnson's daughter; Mrs. Mary
Harrison McKee, President Harri
t son's daughter.
Three daughters-in-law of , presi
dents presided at the White House
as follows: Mrs! Abram Van Bu
ren, wife of V " Van Buren's son;
Mrs. Robert Tyw yife of President
Tyler's son, and Mrs. Jane F. Har
rison, wife of the son of William
Henry Harrison. '
Two sisters of presidents have had
charge of the White House: Mrs.
McElrov, sister of President Ches
ter .Allan Arthur,v and Miss Rose
Cleveland, sister of Grbver Cleve
land. ' . .
Two nieces pf presidents reigned
at the Wnite House. They were
President Jackson's nie;e Mrs. Don
elson, and President Buchanans
r.iece, Miss Harriet Lane.
The wife of President Jackson
died a short time before he moved
into the White House. His con
stant grief for her undoubtedly in
fluenced his remaining years. In a
letter written by his secretary this
sad incident of Jackson's mourning
is rel"ed: "One evening after I
partejd .with him for the night, re-
evolving over the directions he had
. given about some letters I was to
prepare, one point occurred on
which 1 was not perfectly satisfied
is to what those directions had been.
As the letters were to be sent off
early y in the morning, I returned to
his cf amber door, and tapping gent
ly, in order not to wake him if he
' bad ot to sleep, my tap was an-
i swered by 'come in.'
' "He was undressed, but no yet
"in bed, as I supposed he must be
by that time. He was sitting at a
little table, with his wife's minia
ture a very large one, then for tne
first time seen by me before him.
propped up against some books: and
between him and the. picture lay an
open book, which bore the marks of
long use.
"This book, as I afterward learn
ed, was her prayer book. The min
iature he always wore next to his
heart, suspended round his neck by
a strong black cord. The last thing
he did every night, before lying
down to rest, wasto read in that
.book with that picture under his
eyes." H. O. Bishop.
An Exquisite Frock
Recipes
Eggs a la Francaise.
Eggs, French style,! requre six
eggs, two tablespoons butter, one
fourth cup corn flour, one cup milk,
half a teaspoon salt, half a teaspoon
. paprika and pepper to taste. Cook
eggs five minutes; make thick white
sauce, using fat, flqur, milk and sea
sonings. Dip eggs m sauce; cool
and dip in fine bread crumbs. Fry
in hot fat until golden brown. Serve
with tomato sauce. . '
A French omelet contains neither
flour nor milk and is cooked quickly.
Break the eggs and beat yellow and
white together well. For six eggs
allow two tablespoonfuls of butter
and place the butter in a frying pan.
When quite hot add the eggs with
salt and pepper, and as the egg
cook bring the cooked part from the
edge to the center. When thick
ened, but still tender and juicy in the
center, turn the edges over for the
last time, and add chopped parsley,
chives and celery. Grated cheese
may be used instead. Serve with
marmalade.
Eggs au gratin offer another good
luncheon dish. Break eggs on a shal
low greased dish and sprinkle with
grated American sauce. Pour
over them a pint of seasoned tomato
.or white sauce. Cover with staie
bread crumbs and sprinkle with grat
ed cheese Brown in oven. Tomato
or Vhite sauce may be used.
Chicken Salad in Aspic Jelly.
Cover bottom of individual molds
set in ice water with .Aspic 'jelly
mixture. When jelly rs firm, deco
rate withyolks and whites of hird
bciled eggs and truffles cut in fancy
shapes pistachio nuts blanched and
cut in halves, pieces of red and
green peppervor sprays of parsley.
Cover decorations with Aspic mix
ture, being careful not to dis
arrange 4he, designs. Finely chop
cold cooked fowl (preferably breast
meat), moisten with mayonnaise to
which is added a small quantity of
dissolved granulated gelatine, shape
in balls, put a ball in each mold,
and add gradually Aspic mixture to
fill C molds. When thoroughly
chilled, remove and arrange each
- mold f salad on an individual nest
of lettuce leaves around a platter
' With, a dish of mayonnaise dressing
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By GERTRUDE BERESFORD.
The fashioning of a negligee per
mits the most beautiful blending of
colors and fabrics, t This model is
made, on a foundation of flesh col
ored georgette veiled with pale blue.
In the front it is cut straight across
and finished with a bind of lace
From beneath this 'point the blue
georgette falls in innumerable soft
folds. The coat is also fashioned
from georgette in orchid color, but
it is collared and bound "with
hyacinth blue satin. Trailing far
beyond -the sktrt.lit is finished with
a very gay blue tassel. The lovely
lace is arranged so that it suggests
a cape and adds great richness to
this model.
Shellac Shabby Floors
If a floor has become badlv worn
in spots, but does not need refinish
ing all over, give it a coat of shel
lac. The choice of, shellac is to be
recommended, as shellac has two
qualities of distinct merit. -
In the first place it is" easy to use.
Shellac flows from the brush and
does not gum and stick.
Jn the secend place it dries over
night There is htrdly a room that
can't be closed up 24 -hours. A coat
cf shellac applied late in the after
noon will be hard enough to use the
next morning ti necessary.' N
Woman sEntrance
Into Public
Affairs
Referring to the inroads that
women have made upon official posi
tions in Washington recently, Miss
Mabel Boardman, speaking for the
first time in public since she was ap
pointed commissioner for the Dis
trict of Columbia, said recently that
women wee about to occupy offi
cial posts in increasing numbers.
Miss Boardman .was the speaker at
the weekly luncheon of the City
club, of which she is the first and
only woman member, its constitu
tion having provided that commis
sioners of the district shall be ex
officio members of the club.
"Woman suffrage, whether we ap
prove of it or nof; is no longer an
opinion, but a fact,. and with suffrage
will undoubtedly come the addition
al duty of civic responsibility and to
a certain degree of official service,"
said Miss Boardman.
"I believe that this official service
will be more apt to-function in muni
cipal than federal government
Municipal affairs have aVloser and
more immediate contact with the
home in certain of their phases. Mat
ters of public health, schools, play
grounds, markets and charities are
all questions in which women are
greatly interested. Their own ex
periences and training, especially
when the questions concern their
families and their children, will make
their servic of value to the com
munity. "Federal service, either in legisla
tive or executive departments, has
to do with a great number of inter
national, financial and business prob
lems. It deals with treaties, with
tariffs, with trade relations, with
commercial interests, with interna
tional finances, with postal manage
ment, with national methods of tax
ation and appropriations, with na
tional defense, public lands and a
score of other important problema
for the solving of which few women
have had either training or exper
ience. "However, men and women should
be selected or appointed because of
their fitness for the position and
not because they are men or
women."
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Individuality in
Furniture . . . .
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Come in and View
This Magnificent
of Quality'
iture on oiir Floors
Display
Film
Good a(fek
In our fight against high prices we have again scored a knockout.
i In this big store the dollar regains its buying power. Just as an example of the splendid
values that awaitNym we are quoting below a few items which everyone needs and which will
give you an idea of what this store can do for you.
The immense stock of furniture shown on our various floors are unique, representing every
school of design from the Old Renaissance to the modern time. It is a display of furniture that
is artistically fine, and dependable in service qualities as well.
v Complete suites and individual pieces are shown, but no matter which you are seeking that
one thing that you should bear in mind is the fact that the basic quality and disirability of the
goods, their beauty and their actual worth should be measured up against the price they are
marked. .
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An uverstuirea oet in
Velour, Comfortable
Tapestry or
and Roomy
ADVERTISEMENT
GLASS OF SALTS
GLEANS KIDNEYS
If your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers you, drink lots of
water.
When, your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your kidneys .clean like . you
keep your body aslean, by flushing
them with a mild, harmless salts
which removes ;he body's urinous
waste and stimulates them to their
normal activity. The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In
24 hours they strain, from it 500
grains of acid and waste, so we can
readily understand the 'vital impor
tance ot keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water you can't
drink too much; also get Jrom any
pharmacist about four ounces of lad
Salts; take a tabiespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast each morn
ing for a few days and your kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts is
made' from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia.
and has been' used for generations to
clean and stimulate clogged kidneys;
also to neutralize' the acids in urine
so it no longer is a source of imita
tion, thus ending bladder weakness,
jad baits is, inexpensive; cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves
cent lithia-water drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep their kidneys clean and active.
Irv this, also keeo ud the water
drinking, and no doubt you will won
der what became of your kidney
trouble and backache.
Queen Anne Dining Room Suite
There, is no period suite more appropriate for the
dining room than the Queen Anne and this suite
embodies all the beauty of that period, Consists
of a buffet, table china cabinet, one arm chair
and five plain chairs.
Complete suite ......
$358.50
Wing Back Chair
Here's a value that will
surprise you.
Doctor Prescribes
D.D.D. for Banker
The wont cm of Keicma I teller
aorone ever experienced. Wu settiu
1 Wllcl Jfe' toTJ dw. Hereo
ommrnded 7n Ot. MinreloTO relief
from (be Tery flrit epplicatloa."
Anyone lufferini from kin trouble mIM or
!LPdaP Trr " today. We ruarutee the
Brit bottle. SSc, etc and tl.00.
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2 lottonibr SWn Disease
Five Sherman A McConniH prug Stares.
ADVERTISEMENT
Blood-Iron Phosphate
For Weak, Thin Folks
Weak, thin, nerrous people almost in
variably owe their condition to lack of
phosphate in the nerves and lack of iron
in the blood. One of .he surest, quickest
and safest ways in which to make up the
deficiency is to take with -each meal a
five-grain tablet of . digestible- phosphate
and iron known, among druggists here as
Blood-Iron Phosphate; because it supplies
iron to the blood as well as phosphate to
the nervous system. People who have
tried it say that - one five-grain tablet
taken with each meal quickly restores
depleted nervous energy, enriches the
blocsl. ineresses strength, vitality and en
durance, and those who are too thin
usually put on pounds of solid stay
there flesh in a short time. Inasmuch as
Sherman A McConnell Cov, and all other
druggist- are authorised to sell Blood
Iron Phosphate under a guarantee of sat
isfaction or money back, every thin, weak,
nervous or, anemic man or woman should
give it a trial without delay.
Important Blood-Iran Phosphate is
'r. enaiaai pacaagea, cert
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This beautiful Louis XIV Suite will ap
peal to those vftio love good furniture.
Consists of fqur pieces as shown. Large
double bed, dresser with plate mirror,
triple mirrored dressing table, an4 chiff o
robe. Can be had in American walnut or
mahogany as desired.
Baby Walker
Just the thing to help baby
master the science of
walking
A high quality wing backed
chair in the ever popular Wil
liam and Mary period. Back and
seat are cane. Heavy frame is
made of mahogany. This chair
is delightfully roomy and invit
ing with its vide back and big ,
broad arms. It should be In ,
your living room. Bowen'B j
Value-Giving price 50
Yoji will find this living room suite unusually comfortable. It is of overstuffed design
with deep, soft back and restful roll arms. The removable1 cushions are of spring con
struction, built over a spring foundation. Frames are Mahogany, and &ndl QC A A
be had in suites, or sofa only, and are priced up from yOeVV
Brass Bed of Attractive
Design
This bed Is not only
attractive, but It is very
substantial, being made
of large size seamless
tubing throughout.
Price only x
$42.50
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Wilton Rugs Special
Genuine Wilton Rugs, in the best standard makes, with
linen fringe, all new up-to-date patterns.
9x12 size, Bowen's value-giving price. . $149.95
8-3x10-6," Bowen's value-giving price ti -
139.95
6x9 size. Bowen's value-giving orice 79.95
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4-6x7-6 size, Bowen's value-giving price
36x63 size, Bowen's value-giving price.,
27x54 size, Bowen's value-giving price.,
Here ia a high grade baby
walker that we are offering at a
special price, It is well con
structed and will support your '
baby in his first toddling steps.
Made of hard wood, well fin
ished with easy rolling casters
and are offered at Bowen's
Value-Giving price
only ,
$2.45
A Dainty Vanity Dresser
49.95
21.45
14.95
This vanity dresser Is
of William and Mary
dssign, finished Ma
hogany. It Is very co
venient Has ezcelle
mtrror. Priced at
N $i25.0G
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Good Furniture Buying
Good furniture buying docs not mean se
lecting an item regardless of quality because
the price is low. Low price means nothing un
less coupled with high quality. We aim to sell
nothing but quality goods and price these as
low as consistent with their quality. That is
why you can make no mistake by buying fur
niture from us. ,
Our Service Department
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To assist those who desire the advice of
experts in the selection of their furniture, we
have a department consisting of men who know
furniture as only those who have spent yeara
in its study can know it. This department is at
your service absolutely without cost. Before
buying you should take advantage of our offer
and consult with them.
We own and operate the
Metropolitan Van and
Sterftft Co,
' - ffl "fehJAHA'S VAuTekIVING STOR&"V
When yon move let us do
the work for you. Only ex
perienced men employed.
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