The National tribune., 1886-03-25
LOYAL WOMANS WORK
The Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles, etc.
The Happy Household.
HANDSOME LACE PATTERN.

Knit across piain. Cast on 81 stitches. Ist row,
narrow flss Slipped stitch over, n /, o k
INTO 2d row, k II, p k2t II, Il, ], X ! 20 :,
'0g; Il so H. FoMi nj. Tor V Il n 3 to 'o ),
p > tog ?. 5h row. l, X l. :, toS'
k 1t o ?, ] n, pass slipped stitch over, n,
pI atom. K /, p1, il, %, p2 2tog, k2. 9Th row,
Slip l. * Ito > y tog. K !, n, k l3, o n Sth
row, K Is, I n, k ), O > p : toE. k2 9throw J.
k l. ,, tog, k ]. to , n, pass sHppcd su'ci'
over, ton K J, tom, CO n, q II, o n, o II, o
n. lCth row * 10, !, k 2 |. X x : 10 ~ X /
pIkIfo2p2:or k2 Ilih row. l, kl, + o >, p =
toe. K 1. % n. Knit plain TO the end. 18th row,
bind oY Stitches k IS. II, k 3, o ,, tog, X
2. Begin ii Ist Iow.-Ella.
WATERMELON CAKE.
HArPY HOUSEHOLD: In reply to Mrs. Ellen
a soldiers wife 10 send her recipe for Watermelon
Cake and coming under THAI description, take
pleasure in sending this one.
of four eee well beaten aud one cup OF red sugar,
half cup batter half cup sweet milk, one cup seed
less rasins, tcaspoouiul extract vanilla Slif
In two cups of -four. having mixed thoroughly
through il one measure baking powder. For white
batter take the whites OF four eggs, well beaten
and cup and half of y llte sugar. iree-iourtliS
cup butter. one cup sweet milk, one te;spooniul
extract of vanilla, three cups OF flour, haNlhG
mixed through the dry flour one measure baking
powder. Bake in an oval pan, using pam oval
tin ring, same shape and half the size oi the pan {;
place the r.nS inside the pan 10 divide the baterS
pour the red batter inside and tne Wnlte outside
the ring; then it the ring, and bake in slow
oven. When cut you will have exact imitation ol
a ripe watermelon. Red sugar can be obtained
from confectionCrs.-AIrs. Hezekiah Avery,
Nashville, Tenn.
Since receiving the above, recipes have been re-
ceiyed from Bessie, soldiers wife, Worcester,
Mass; Mary L. crowc Chester Ill; kitie Plants,
New Haven, Ind, and Minnie L. koster, Porl
Leyden, n. Y. Bessie uses brown sugar instead OF
red and the yelks of eggs for the dark part, and
Minnie puts = half cup OF biancbcd almonds. cut
in halves. in the white part. kittIe says 20 be slre
to select the bright red sugar instead oi tie sol!yft-
no coloTed. Bessie and hHue each have recipes
that call for fiye eggs, while Minnie and Mary use
eight-egg recipes. The recipes vary III other re-
seCts using soda aud cream ot tartar, others
baking powder. etc. Now that friends have
each others addresses they can exchange recipes
Yes, Minnie, other recipes will be accepiabe.-hO
FRECKLE RECIPE WANTED.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: A soldiers daughter and
true friend TO TIE TRIBUSE would like TO ask II
any one can tell her what viii take frecales of OF
her face. and she viii thank them very kIndiy.-f
L. Eckle.
Editors Chat.
G. w Rockefeller Cotton, Cal, does not express
himself clearly in his question, What are the
names and in what places located III Florida?
Does he mean the names Of comrades or of towns?
Bertha T. Dicsinson's questions have been asked
and answered in THE TRIBUNE.
No requests for general correspondence can he
inserted in this Department, but members of the
c. C. have the privilege Of addressing another,
their names appear at roii-call.
w. BTanscn, Cherokee. Kan: No bounty was
provided for three-monihs' volunteers, and, there
fore. none is due
Adolph Presser's essay is very good, but too
long for this Department.
There is no Naval School on the plan suggested
by W A Sharp, Hamburg, Iowa. Appointments
are made 10 The Naval Academy, Annapolis, nd,
through Members of Congress.
Several Of our correspondents neglect to send
A l. Hughes, Cecil, O., would like TO discuss the
question by letter with members OF the G G., as 10
whether Moses wrote any other books than those
accredited to hn in the ihhle.
Mrs. J.. y S-rIydam, Pennington, H., whom the
g. O. viii lseasaatiy remember Is now in san ia
81 lSicEg scrap book. We hope airs. $ viii write
Us something about California.
Conversation Club.
R,Ies Of tie Ct5-1. Write briefly. 2. Write only
one side OF tie paper. } Write 20 the point i.
Write on one subject. 5. Write your best 6.
Send to all puzzles for O Editor. Each
week thc names Of those writing the best letters
style, composition, spelling. pcnEIanship and gen
eTal merit considered-wIil be named AK the head
Cf this column the Homer Roll. First honor will
include all OF these requirements. Second honor
viii include deficiency IN some one point. No
others viii be named.
HONOR ROLL-BEsT LETTERS.
First Honor-Unice V. norton Princeton. No.
Second Ionor-HomCr 4. Peters. Detroit Mich.
Media PiyDip;on, Pennsylvania, and Unice Y.
the right side OF the question Of womans work,
and Harry NoodcocE, GoIlam, Kan. is On tie
other side. Although the question has been passed
upon, these words from OulceS letter are timely
and 70 the point: No position VIII bs filed by
woman until IL Is made lii 10 receive her. IN THIS
way society i elevated and ;he world IL made bet
ter. Young women who have time and talent,
should not hesitate to ill any honorable position
that Is open TO receive them. as they will know
more Of the world and can form some IDEA OF the
importance Of each one employing tbejriinle in the
most profitable way.
OUR EOLL-CALL-GREETINGS.
William Kuhn Wayland, \. Y; Nelson VI Zook
Bethany, ~; {. Rob't Gates New London, Conn;
Elmer L. Austin, PcTllau, Me; Myrtle Adams,
Lutte Rogers. Marine City, Mich; Frank Garner
Frankfort, O.; Edwin Crawford, El Dorado. Kan;
James Balcun, Lawn Till, Iowa; sara Selt Cot
tcw, Worthwhile, III IHez Leola, %troBabarg. Ecb;
Charles Reynolds, Lodi, o.. Alice J. EycTly Ber-
wick Pa; iIel c. Brooks, Union Mills, ind; Or
Lana 81, Ie Mars, Iowa Lizzie Gswadt, Wash
ington. ID. G; Harry Woolcoc!s, GoTham Kan;
Sadie = Cameron, Somerset. o; Clinton }. Brad
shlw, Harbor springs, alIch-i Daniel !: Williams,
Mineral Ridge, o.; N. Biume, Idiewild Ind; Ruby
A. Garbage BiueIi Falls, Me; u. y. H. Box I70.
Indian Orchard, AIass.; Bessie Edwards Glen
Haven, =. i: Ruth l.. Courtney, COa.ton, o.; Le-
l., Box 800 Cu Abingdon, o.; Lizzie 4. Vein
s1henck Bellevue Iowa; May Eox 81 ; Flo Box
I27; Lou, Box I79, Bellevue, Iowa; Albert A.
Smith, Box 7GS GOuveTneur \. y; ". L. Hopkins
Willis Cal.
CHAMPION QUILT MAKERS.
think shall claim The cake for having quilt
next?-Eita Brewer, Valparaiso, Ind.
have Z quit that IL made Of 2,GS5 pieces or i36
Than Emily Perry has III hcrs-Ars. Addie
N. Jewell, Joliet III.
aIy quilt has 2.330 pieces. Crazy work is both
pleasant and proiitable.-Addie i. Trowbrldge
ClarkSviiic, Mich.
WORDS WITH AID WITHOUT MEANING.
Here is Il paraIyzcr which father learned from his
father Humber Um- beT-c!un-c -po-cus-ycn-
du-ousy y-oijBl-slTcOYCT post tit terry
tat-lcr-y-a-tail.-D. d. Dossett. Roacy Creek md
Of -gll dior I..Fi. IL.
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stovGsanaiiildaHtri rik NaragobLot II IS not posi-
lively known which syllable the accent is on
Waite. PCitS, CIdIz, o.
OUR YOUNG RECRUITS.
Papa belonged 10 the band of the 9th Ohio. We
live near the Soldiers Home / wish all the read
crs OF THE TRIBUNE could visit the Home with me-
think il Is the niccst place in the Summer time In
the world. My papa takes TIE TRIBUNE, and viii
not do without il he can help il. love hear him
read the war stories. / 90 school in West Day
ton. would like the poem Barbara Frietchie"
and song called Cruel Slavery DAYS Olive
Lee Pearl. National Military Home DAYTON o.
am q little girl, l3 years old, who has p no be
father, who was member OF Co u, G!h Ind IL
his name that was found carved in the bari Of
a tree ut Cheat Mountain by IL " ellis a. p1ib-
lishcd in TnE TRIBUNE OF Jan. 28 iSsj-Hi,tiie
Kelly, plymouth, Ind.
TRIBUNE EXCHAHGE--WANTED.
To Exchangc-Card printing press for books or
volume OF TRIBUNE Waterbury watch and chain
for shotgun revolver, books for bUo;ss-i
FTalIer Denver. Mo. Patterns for sea shells or
crazy pieccs-Ildth Mitchell, Box ST. Rjpon. Wis
Birds eggs exchanged, especially with members
South and Ncst.-A. &. MuTchison, Kenavee ill
Songs with Ilusic.-John hoskins, jr., New Bart