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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
NEW RECIPES.

TO TAKE OUT GREASE.--To take
grease out of dress goods get from your
druggist q piece of French chalk-with
penknife, scrape off enough of fine dust
to cover well the sciled spots. and lay
the garment away carefully for some
hours-a day or two, perhaps-then shake
or brush it off gently. If the spots are
not entirely removed, repeat the process.
/ know of nothing more effective.
HICKORY NUT CAKE.-Two cups sug-
ar, one cup butter. Cream, butter and
sugar together. one cup sweet miik four
cups flour with one teaspoonful soda, one
teaspoonful cream tartar sifted In the
flour; one pint nuts, one cup raisins,
whites of six eggs; add the eggs last of
all. You can omit the ralsns and put
more nuts in If liked.
ICE-CREAM CANDY.-One cup granu-
lated sugar, one-third cup water, tea.
spoonful butter; boil all together fifteen
minutes. DO rot stir Take from fire,
add teaspoonful vanilla and beat till like
dough.
TO STRETCH A SHOE-Put the shoe
on, and with a brush dipped in very hot
water wet the portion that hurts. Do not
keep them on loEg at one time at first
SHOEFnY PIES.-One cup molasses,
one and one-half cups water, one tea
spoon of soda, stir altogether and pour
in the crust. Have ready mixed one cup
of sugar. three of flour, two tablespoon
fuls of butter or lard, mix together and
crumb in the first
CREAM TOAST.-There are many reci-
pes, but If it Is to be palatable care must
be taken to toast the bread just right.
Cut from a stale loaf five slices of med
ium thickness and place them in a hot
oven, allowing them to remain until heat
ed through and almost ready to brown
then take them out and brown them
quickly over bed of Goals. While the
bread is heating in the oven put six
tablespoonfuls of thick sweet cream over
the fire to scald. Lay the bread as 1t is
finished on a hot dish, spread evenly over
1t the hot cream, sprinkle over 1t one
third saltspoonful of salt and send to the
table piring hot.
TAPIOCA JELDY.-Wash one-fourth OF
a pound of tapioca in cold water, put 1t
over a slow fire in sufficient water TO reach
inches above it. Cook slowly, stirring
oven to prevent burning. If the water Is
absorbed before the tapioca is cooked add
a half cupful of cold water, a little at a
time, so as to keep it moist. When only
very small particles, white are visible In
the grains of tapioca add one pint of any
kind of fruit juice or the syrup from
canned or preserved fruit. When this has
been absorbed turn the tapioca into a
jelly bowl and set on ice. If the fruit
juice is not sweet enough add sugar to
it to make the taoioca palatable.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
GOOD BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Boston Collection of Stories.
Elizabeth Harrison-In Story Land.
Mrs. Molcsworth-Four Winds Farm,
The Cuckoo Clock.
Emily Potlson-In the Chitd's World.
Mrs. Burnett-The Proud Little Grain
of Wheat
Mary Mapes Dodge-The Silver Skates.
L. Z. Hale-Bodley Family Telling
Stories.
Wiltse-Nornipg Talks.
Andersens and Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Arabian Nights-Robinson Crusoe.
Stories from Fairyland-The Children's
Library.
Aesop's Fablcs-Alce in Wonderland
Black Beauty.
Kingsley's Water Babies and Greek He
roes.
Kiplng-Junglc Books-Man and Beast
in India.
Hawthorne-Wcnder Book, Tanglewood
Tales. Grandfather's Chair. etc.
Andrews-Sev Little Sisters, Each and
All, Ten Boys on the Road from Long
Ago to Now.
Baldwin-Old Greek Stories, The Story
of Sicgfried, Stories of the Golden Age.
White-Plutarch for Boys and Girls.
Eugene Field-A Little Book of Prof
liable Tales--A Second Book of Tales.
Church-Stories from Homer, Herodo-
tus, Virgil and Livy.
Lamb-Tales from Shakespeare.
Ruskin-King of the Golden River.
Stories of the Nations go vols) persia,
India, China. etc.).
Yonge-Young Folks Histories, The
Little Duke, Dove in the Eagles Nest,
etc.
Daudet-Letters from My Mill.
Cofin-Boys of '76, Story Of Liberty,
etc.
Donald Mltchell-About Old Story Tel
lers.
Dickens-Child's History Of England.
Fiction--Alcott, Mrs. Ewing, Kate
Douglas Wiggin, Scott, Dickens, Cooper,
etc.
Bulfnoh-Age of Fable, Tales of Chiv-
airy, etc.
Hamilton Mable-Norse Stories.
NJ. T.. Litchheld-The Nine Worlds.
Keary-Stories of Asgard.
Lanier-The Boy King Arthur etc.
Irvnig-Sketch Book, Alhambra, etc.
Bolton-Famouos Leaders Among Men,
Famous American Statesmen, Poor Boys
Who Became Famous.
KnoX-The Boy Travellers.
Hale-Family Flight Series, Big-Bag
Journeys.
John Burroughs Essays. Signs and Sea-
sonos, etc.
Florence Bass-Nature Stories for
Young Readers (Plant and Animal Life.
Arabella Bucklcy-Fairy Land of
Science.
Charles Abbott-Rambies of a Natural
ist, Travels in the Treetops, etc.
Johonnot-Feathers and Fur, etc.
Olive Thorne Miller-Little Brothers of
the Air.
Norris Thompson-Stories of Nature and
Life in the Woods.
Julia McNair Wright-Seaside and Way
side.
McCook-Tenants of an Old Farm, OLD
Farm Fairies.
Thored THE Excursion, etc.
Poems of Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell,
Bryant, Holmes. Lucy Larcom, Celia
Thaxter, Mary Heitt Alice and Phoebe
Cary, Tennyson, Jean Ingelow, Margaret
Preston, Margaret Sanford, etc.
Estes ard Lauriat Pub.)-The Little
Ones Annual.
Grandma'S Rhymes and Chimes.
Stevenson--A Child's Garden of Verse.
Frank Dempster Sherman-Little Folk
Lyrics.
The Children's Garland.
The Children's Treasury.
Whittier-Chlld Life.
IIliot's Poetry for Children.
Eugene Field-Love Songs OF Childhood
etc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
MOTHERHOOD.

Good-by, little boy, good-by, u
l had never thought of this,
That some day I'd vainly sigh
For the baby l used to kiss
That into his corner a man would grow.
And l should not miss him nor see him go,
TIL al of a sudden the scales would fall,
And one be revealed to me straight and
tall,
Then should be startled and sadly cry;
"Good-by, little boy, good-by!'
Good-by, little boy, good-by,
You are going despite my tears.
You can not, and neither can l,
Successfully cope with the years;
They fit for the burden that all must bear
And then, at their pleasure, they place it
there.
I love you too but my heart is sore
For the child who has gone to return no
more,
And deep in my bosom l sadly cry:
"Good-by, little boy, good-by!
Isabel Richey, in the Omaha World-Her-
aid.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

This unfortunate state OF affairs might have
been avoided had the mother, during the
period of expectant motherhood, taken the
right care of the delicate organs that make
maternity possible. A woman should al
ways keep these important organs we'll and
strong. Her own health and that of her
child depend upon it.
The best medicine for prospective moth
ers is DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription. II
makes healthy and strong the organs that
bear the burdens of maternity. 1t cures all
disease and weakness. II makes comfort
able the period preceding motherhood and
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painless. 1t insures a healthy child. The
pains and suffering that women endure, as
a result of weakness of the distinctly wo-
manly organism, vanish under its use. All
good druggists sell it. There is nothing
else lust as good"
"Iwant to tell you," writes Mrs. N. A. Thomas
Of 400 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Ark, that my
daughter, Mrs Lawrence, who lives In Texar-
kama, Ark, had been under the doctors care fcg
four years. I lately sent her word to try the
medicine which cured me, Or. Pierce's Favorte
Prescription, and have just heard that 1t has
done her more good than all the doctors"
1.-THE Peoples Common Sense Adviser"
explains symptoms of ailments common to
every family, and suggests remedies. II
has several chapters on woman's diseases
and weaknesses. An edition in heavy
paper covers will be distributed ABSOLUTELY
free. Send the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. ", 2I one-cent
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding may be had for 10 cents
extra-3I cents in all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
An Odd story.

Oh, bright was the day when they sailed
away
on the matrimonial sea!
They were happy as they could be,
And from the distant isles in a far-off bay,
The wind blew strong and free.
Sweet sprays of orange-bloom hung on
high,
And the sails OF lace were made.
While these were the stores. tits said:
Cream pNffs and angel-food, honey and
pie,
Kisses and marmalade.
The spars were silver the decks were
pearl,
The anchor a wedding-rng OF gold,
Twas beautiful craft, I'm told,
And life was fair for the slim young girl,
And the husband brave and bold.
But cloud, alas came DER the sky,
And storm on the sunny seas,
Gan metaphors, II you please
When the husband wished that instead of
pie
They had brought some bread and
cheese.
,And he thought he could manage the til
ler best,
While she wanted her own sweet way,
And vowed that no man she'd obey.
OF course. they quarreled, and as for the
rest
Go ask the ocean spray.
But heard today (oh, this gossipy place. D
That the beach is strewn clear down.
From here to the nearest town
With orange blossoms and tattered lace
And bits Of satin gown!
Pacific "Town Talk"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

(tankard) of lager. At FIRST Il certain
ly strikes one as somewhat incongru-
Gus to see a well-dressed, dainty-look-
ing girl lifting a huge tankard with
both hands and with much gusto taxi
ing a long draught from its foaming
contents.
SO ends one of the few exciting days
In German girls calendar. From the
biergarten the ladies are ceremonious-
ly escorted to their homes, and with
profound bows, salutes, and sharp
clicking of heels the German officers
bid adieul
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

From the Sun.
rs woman degenerating physically
or Is she growing stronger" is a ques-
tion often heard. DR.. Savage, the head
of the Physical Development Institute,
gives the answer that woman is grow
ing stronger, and that the next gener-
alton will give full evidence of the fact.
Health is the essential part of a
woman's life as well as of a MANS" he
said. Women are taking up many
forms of exercise and are playing many
games that long were enormously
thought to belong exclusively to men.
Ten years ago, or even later, IT was re-
garded as most unladylike for a wo-
man to go in for any physical develop
ment. Today she moves better and
walks more freely, as If she had some
life and vim in her. A generation will
show vast difference in the develop
ment of the sex. Recently / saw an
exhibition given by a crowd of girls in
Boston, and / was delighted by the
strength and freedom of motion demon
strated. What those girls did hum
dreds and hundreds of girls and wo-
men are doing, and it is hopeful sign.
Take the matter of games. Women
play golf and lawn tennis with as much
enthusiasm and benefit as do men,
They wheel, though l don't think much
of bicycling for women, and every
where they are playing basket ball.
They certainly could not do all this
unless they were strong and healthy.
THE girls and women who come here
want to do everything that the men do.
They can't yet, however, for they have
lost too much time My experience is
that the, difference that mas been made
in the physical training of men and
women is far greater than necessary.
Boys and girls should be brought up
alike as to active life. We find that the
healthiest girls are those who have fol-
lowed their brothers.
"A great improvement in dress has
done much to better woman's physical
condition. The wasp waist is a thing
of the past, looked on with contempt
rather than admiration. Soon people
will come to admire the healthy form
of Venus de Milo. The cards of ex-
animation in the leading female col
leges and schools show that woman's
form is approaching that type. To my
mind there is no doubt that women as
class are growing stronger indvid
ually."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
WOMEN BECOMING
STEADILY STRONGER
DR.. Savage Declares That They Will
Continue 10 Do So.
SYSTEMATIC PHYSICAL EXERCISE

The Development of the Feminine
Form Under the Physical Training
of To-day--Girls and Boys and
Their Abilities When Tested by the
Same Athletic Tasks--Dr. Shrady's
View of the American woman's
Needs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
; Interests Of Women and the Home, :

art, let her mix the colors of her home
picture. That's what the women OF
America need-to look after their
homes. take the pleasures and exer-
cises that come into a rational life
and race of strong women, in the
truest sense of the word, will follow"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
The Tnrn-OYer Collar.

The turnover inch of linen collar has
been fashionable on "tailor-mades' and
blouses, and the idea is now carried out
in velvet and lace. Apropos, chokers are
less elaborate even on dressy costumes
than they were, but there is still a great
scope for original effects.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
ON SUNDAY.

As on the continent generally, so IN
Germany, Sunday is the day par eX-
Cellence for merrymaking. The quaint
little Lutheran church, with its green,
needlelike spire and handsome majoli-
ca tiles and dadOs, claims attendance
but once a day. When service is over
all adjourn to the Marktplatz, where
the regimental band discourses sweet
music 10 an admiring throng conf
posed alike Of military grandecs, ,burgh-
ers, and tradespeople. Then is the
little German girls heart in a wild
1lutter of excitement, for Herr Won
Lieut.. Kraussmann may be there, and,
since the sun shines brightly and the
skies are blue, il is possible that he
may ask mammals person to invite
few young people to a. picnic under her
protection. A picnic Is but a simple
matter. A dozen Of the officers, per-
haps, arrange to walk out of some lit
tie restaurant prettily situated in the
woods, taking with them a young as
SCISSOR and rechtsanwalt (advocate) or
So Arrived at the rendezvous, they do
their part of the catering, which con-
sists of ordering coffee and chocolate,
to be ready at the coming of the ladies.
These arrive in a large wagonette.
every girl generally being attended by
her own special chaperon, except when
some more than usually lenient moth
er has entrusted her daughter to a
neighbor's care. The ladies supply the
substantial part of the feast, bringing
with them sweet cake and fruit tarts,
etc At the end of this al fresco meal
the picknickers rise and stroll gener-
ally through the wood, homeward
bound. No delightful little solitude
deux, such as is the custom at English
picnics, and no tagging behind are
countenanced by those sternly con-
scientious German matrons. 1t re-
qulres great deXterity to exchange a
whispered word that is not overheard
by those sharp-eared duennas.
To conclude the entertainment the
evening is perhaps spent in a little
biergarten. where, seated on little
wooden benches at small wooden tables,
ladies as well as men enjoy their sldel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

made real to them; they are looking at
everything from it's real aspect.
"The trouble with the class between
Is that life is artificial with them. There
can be no physical or mental growth
under such a condition. The contented
women are those who belong to the ar
istocracy of thought, and look at things
as they are and are not envious. Such
a woman is the real American woman;
the future of our race lies in her
Where does she come from? From the
ranks of the very rich? No. Nor does
she come from the next rank. She
comes from that great middle class,and
every day finds her growing stronger In
nNnIN NNaN -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
Putting the bahv

Putting the baby
to bed is the good
night joy of a hap
by day to a healthy
mother. Many
mothers delegate
this motherly duty
to a nurse. Some
mothers hardly see
their baby the live
long day. This 10
not because they
ARE without moth-
er-love or the nat
ural impulses Of .
womanly woman.
III is because of
their own ils-
health and broken
nerves, and be-
cause baby Is also
aicklY and peeYish.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
RHEUMATISr1
Cured Free
DR.. j. S. BEHn,
Rooms 6 and ! Williams Building.
opp. PostofIice, Scranton, Pa.

DIR. Benin will treat every patient suffering
with rheumatism who applies before June L
absolutely FREE of charge. All other dis
eases treated at a charge barely covering
cost of necessary remedies which will rarely
be more than soc.
Consultation In English and German Free.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
WHAT IT COST TO
DRESS A WOMAN
The Average Expense Of Her Clothing
for One Year.
THE BILL AMOUNTS TO ALMOST $500
OfCourse Some ofthe Garments Mem
toned in the List Can BE Made
over Next Year, Thus Bringing the
Total Amount Down Somewhat.

Jennie Wren, in the Pittsburg Daily
Post, gives the following estimate Of
cost to dress the average business
woman:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
ANOTHER WITNESS.

L
Indeed, I do believe that women are
growing physically stronger every
year" said Mrs. Lawrence, who is at
the head of the physical culture de-
rartment in the Horace Manual school
at the Teachers college. Physical
culture is compulsory in this institu-
tion. No one is excused except. the
girls who are not physically able to
take the training, or those who come
very long distances. Every girl is
subjected to- a very severe physical eX-
animation every year; that eXamina-
ton extends even to her ancestry.
find individual girls improving every
year. and they are able to stand much
harder physical and mental work, a
woman physician connected with the
college assists me in examining them,
and she says also that the improve
ment from year to year is wonderful
A number of my pupils have been
with me three to five years, and /
give them lessons three times as hari
as the beginners of their own age can
take. This is the only gymnasium in
the city where boys and girls can be
seen working together, and it gives us
IL SOOu NlldllCG " JuuSG vi llltll itlt-
tive physical powers. We find that
the girls do more accurate work. but
the boys are quicker and stronger.
This is true even of the very young
children in the primary department.
These little boys and girls do all their
work together, and one would think
that there would be no difference in
relative strength. but the boys are
stronger This is because no matter
how small a boy is he is allowed to
play outdoors. Then even very little
girls are hampered with dress.
physical culture is supposed to be
taught in the public schools, and it is
taught in nearly all fashionable board
ing schools. True, in some of the lat
ter the teachers permit the pupils to
take their exercises in long skirts and
corsets, but most of them give the les
sons in the evening and require the
girls to wear gym suits. Here no boy
or girl is allowed on the floor of the
gymnasium in other than gymnastic
dress. Women are dressing much
more hygienically than they did, any
how and this, with increased outdoor
and gymnastic exercise, is gradually
giving them strong physiques. My
ambition is that this college shall not
accept a candidate for a teachers di-
ploma unless she comes up to the ply
sical requirements. Let the sick teach
ers so somewhere else for their diplo-
mo I
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
WHO WOULD BE A
GIRL In GERMANY =?
They Don't Enjoy Themselves Of All, II
Would Appear.
NOT FROM A YANKEE STANDPOINT
Something to BE Read by the Young
American Miss Who Is Inclined to
Resent Parental Restrictions on
Her Social Freedom--Aias, Poor
Fraulein!

How would you girls like to change
places with your staid German cous-
ins? You who find life just trife dull
despite lawn tennis and golf parties,
bicycling and walking expeditions, per-
haps even an occasional run up to town
for q peep at the new fashions and to
see the latest success on the boards!
You would find a German girls coun-
try life tedious to degree, writes a
correspondent to the London Chronicle.
on the other side of the German ocean
Irritation must not be dreamt of. Golf,
with its happy wanderings DER hills
and dale, Is unknown lawn tennis, IL
played with mixed couples, must have
strict chaperons; bicycling is an all but
unfathomed mystery, and run to Ber-
lin beyond the widest dreams of the
German provincial, whose fondest
hopes carry her no further than the
nearest market town.
The life of the average provincial girl
is but at best state of vegetation-a
daily round of little nothings, insig-
nificant and constantly recurring, make
up the sum of life. Pleasures are few
and far between, and sought almost
entirely among her own sex. She is
very lucky when she succeeds in per-
suading her chaperon to take her to
the regimental Exercirplatz-of course
nearly every little German town is gar
risoned.
A shopping expedition in the after
noon is an exercise for a further
glimpse Of the officers on their way to
their "casino," where they mess at 5 p.
m. This does not forward friendship
greatly, for no man would dare to
speak to a young unmarried lady, how
ever well acquainted with her he might
be, unless she were accompanied by a
chaperon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
ONE SOLEMN FUNCTION.

Sometimes the afternoon may be var
led by a kaffee klatsch Qiterally mean
ing "coffee clash, or noise')-a some
what mysterious term, which describes
the affairs most adequately and excel
lently. A prim little invitation is sent
to perhaps half a dozen unmarried
girls. who reply with due regard to the
strictest rules of a kaffee klatschen eti-
quette. At o'clock precisely the Wis
itors arrive. After divesting them
selves of hats and cloaks they are ush-
cred into a big. bare and somewhat
dingy room of which the principal piece
of furniture is large, funereal, and
distinctly awe-inspiring sofa with no
softly-cushioned corners or back such
as our modern Chesterfield boasts TO
lure the weary visitor to sinking far in
it's luxurious depths. No, this is rather
a discipllnarian sofa as well as the
place d'honneur! On it Is always to be
found the giver of the entertainment,
and with due solemnity the eldest and
most honored guest is installed by her
side Woe to the unwary foreigner
who unwittingly usurps the seat!
Now the fun begins-a bright-faced
little Dienstmadchen who probably
answers 10 the name VI lOIel'd, dp-
pears carrying the steaming coffee and
an array of cakes calculated to strike
d chill to the heart of the most cour-
ageous sweet tooth. "Baumkuchen,"
"Apfelkuchen," "Pflaumtorte," und so
weiter are handed around until each
guests plate is stocked with a speci-
men of every kind-it is counted a
breach of courtesy to decline any one
of the collection. The tongues wag
fast and furiously, since for once the
little German girl is free from elderly
supervision, even the young old maid
having been vigorously excluded from
these gatherings. No sooner is the
first installment of cakes and coffee
consumed than there arrives as an
other course warm custard with COM
potes and more kuchen. Further re-
lays follow with but little pauses until
a quarter before s, when, as stirrup
cup, the company is invited to take
sweet home made wine, AT o'clock,
with many expressions of good will
and gratitude, the party disperses, and
the guests depart and take their sew
eral WaYs home-to bed and bilious
attacks? No; to supper of uncooked
fish ana pumpernickel.