The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-10

1 am pleased to note that Miss Parloa,
the well-known writer and authority on
cooking. is again to visit Scranton. Miss
Parloa furnishes an example OF what may
be accomplished by adapting ones self to
circumstances. She began life as a school
teacher, but was obliged to relinquish the
calling on account of i'll health. She turned
her attention to cooking and possessing
natural talent in that line soon gained
prominence previously undreamt Of
Being endowed with intelligence that
enabled her to put her recipes
in simple and attractive form Miss
Parloa's cook books became famous
throughout the land. Miss Parloa's cook
ing is of the common sense wholesome
kind, and can be INDUCED in with safe
ty by ordinary man. She has no hobbies
in the way OF invalid food" or any other
particular concoction calculated to make
the hungry man hesitate but her recipes,
the result of careful study and expert
ment instruct the housewife in the way
of preparing dishes that are not only de-
licious but are also nutritious Miss Par
loa is of most congenial nature, is Of
pleasing personality and evidently thrives
upon her own medicine.
A bill has been introduced at Albany,
which will provide punishment for per-
sons who falsely represent themselves as
representatives of newspapers. The
amendment to the code defining disorderly
persons reads: Persons who, not being
employed by any newspaper or periodical
publication, represent themselves to be
so employed, and by means thereof gain
or acquire any Information to the ad-
vantage of themselves" This step has
been brought about by the private detec-
tives in large cities who seek informa-
tion by representing themselves as repor-
ters. Blackmailers also work their favor
ite game by pretending to represent some
newspaper and threatening their victims
with write ups. The proposed measure is
timely and will probably prove beneficial,
and should be duplicated in this state. The
bogus reporter in Scranton is not usually
a dangerous character. His operations
are usually confined to working the lunch
counters, picnics and managers of free
and easy dances. In this respect, how
ever, he is a nuisance in bringing honest
newspaper men into disrepute, and should
be suppressed.
l am sure that the owners of the Froth-
ingham scarcely realize the effect of the
step that they have taken in changing
the name of the beautiful tehater to the
"Lyceum" There is nothing more bene-
fetal to a theater or a newspaper or
hotel than individuality and a reputation.
There is no class of advertisers so liberal
as the travelling show people. If they are
pleased with theater, hotel or a news
paper, they do not hesitate to relate the
fact in the next city and to the profession
everywhere. The rockingham is one Of
the most convenient and complete theaters
in America as well as one of the most
beautiful. 1t is the joy of the travelling
Thespian of high or low degree and is
known almost from Maine to California as
a model inland house of amusement. 1t
is easy to see that the changing of the
name of a house so well established and
advertised is almost equivalent to starting
anew. Hundreds of managers about the
country would probably be willing to pa
hard dollars for what the rockingham
management proposes to throw away.