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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
To Make LemOna de.
What to Eat.


Take about half pint of boiling water
and two tablespoonfuls of sugar to each
lemon OF medium size. Lemons vary so in
size 1t is impossible to give an exact rule
Squeeze the lemons we'll, and for this pur-
pose the glass lemon extractor is most de-
sirable; add the sugar, cover with the fresh
boiling water and stir until all the sugar
is dissolved When cold strain through a
cheese clotn, cover and place In the ice
chest until ready to serve. Crush some ice
until fine almost as snow in bag kept
especially for such purposes, made of some
coarse, heavy material such as duck or bed
ticking. Fill the glasses half full with the
cracked Ice, cover with the liquid, and the
result will be syrupy, delicious beverage
cold. clear and refreshing. The ADVANTAGE
OF this method cannot be overestimated in
the event Of expected guests, as it can be
made early, requiring only few moments
time to finish just before serving
With plain lemonade as q foundation there
Is practically no limit 10 the many excellent
varieties which are possible. a slice OF
orange in each glass and a little orange
juice can be added; grated or sliced pine
apple is liked by many or a combination of
both gives delicious flavor A few mara
schino cherries floating in each glass look
tempting, and this Is quite the correct thing
or small fresh fruits of any kind. especially
substitutes Fruit syrups of any kind a
tablespoonful or less TO a glass, give color
and flavor, and OF these raspberry is per.
haps the favorite. The addition OF seltzer
water makes settler lemonade, or of claret
claret lemonade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
Odds and Ends.

Lemons are as necessary at the table now
adays as a bit of bread or a glass of water,
but it is surprising that they should be
served so carelessly. If you want dash OF
acid for your CLAIMS. your soup or your fish,
around comes the small plate e, on which en- re- e.
which, after your Intellectual attempts to
handle it neatly. yields about half a drop Of
juice, Lemons should be sent to the table
If that is too much to ask of frugal
minded housekeeper. they might be quar-
tered, but never sliced, unless they are TO be
used merely for garnish.
The makers of fashions. says New York
writer, are trying to introduce new idea,
suggested. doubtless. by the prevailing mode
of long tunics, loose in front. The new
fashion Is TO induce one to wear certain
frocks without corsets. The frock is TO have
its own corset-in other words. II is to be
stiffened so as TO make the use of stays
as to make the lines of the back curve
gracefully, leaving the line OF the front
long and supple without fitting closely
Whether the patrons of the artists who
have evolved this idea will consent to adopt
it remains to be seen. But it is certainly
original
The fashion noted early this spring Of
wearing fancy silk waists with tailor skirts
of white costume cloth. serge or pique has
proved even more popular this season than
II was year ago. Some of the waists are
and pretty color blendings. If the white
serge skirt has a shirt waist Of pale canary
yellow taffeta or India silk, the white sailor
hat is made with a band and loops of yell
low satin ribbon or folded yellow tulle and
two white feather quilts The white parasol
is lined with pale yellow silk, and the gloves
are Of soft primrose, castor beaver. or vel
vet suede. and the white kid and canvas
ties have yellow silk lacings.
The coming use Of liquefied air by house.
keepers has already been touched upon in
this department, says a writer on house,
hold topics in New York paper. Continued
experiments with the substance emphasize
the opinion often expressed that its applica-
ton in the household economy would great
~ simplify many domestic processes. Per-
haps in no one particular will it's simple
efficient assistance be more welcome than in
the preparation of ice cream. Every house,
keeper knows that, Notwithstanding the glib
talk of cooking teachers and cookery books
on the matter, ii Is nuisance In city
kitchen to make ice cream. 1t Is also always
a longer process than is indicated by any
so-caled three or five-minute freezer in the
market. Frozen desserts, however, are the
most palatable and appetizing in hot
weather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
The Dear Girls.

Philadelphia North American.
She was the daintiest, sweetest. most
iower-like little creature, with a ruffiy.
fluffy rose-pink frock and a Greenaway
hat. Her eyes made you ashamed of your
self for being so old and guileful and
worldly wise, and her face was as inno-
cent as a morning glory, but she was
only a whited sepulcher, for this is what
she said as she sat on the inn veranda and
slipped at the summers drink. a horses
neck"
You know" she began, that Carl used
and when She heard he was married she
sent me the horridest note of congrat-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you ever read: Well.
she's a widow now; and l know now, she ne, came anne
i was nice to her-not hateful and police,
but just really civil. you know. I invited
her her up to dinner When h sne fhe band
You could see her dress must have cost
a drayload of plunks and she'd been to
a hair dresser. for hours and hours get
"'Oh, dear! she said. I hurried off so
that / didn't have time to half do my
hair DSs st it take 0ok this a brSsh and touch it
up at the side little. and it'll do | said;
There's nobody here but Carl: you know
She smiled at me as II shed ike TO run
me through a sausage mill.
"'Oh, thank you? she said, And will
you put pin there in my collar. please"
THAT was so l could take good look
at the dress and drop dead, you know.
.' Thank you again she said. Just
loathe this frock, anyway. =,
why, / can't see why, said. /
think it's perfectly sweet. Carl has told
me so often about how clever you always
were with your needle
"Glad rags! Well. they looked like the
second plume on a hearse before / got
through with her. that's ALL"
And with the smile of an angel she bent
her fiower-like face over the horses
neck"
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he composing room and the typesetter
III BILE 10 severe punishment

the composing room and the typesetter
liable 10 severe punishment.
When the Gar or Czarina is I'll newspa-
and news that appears in the officiai Ga
zette: They are also forbidden to print
articles concerning the nature of the illness
from which the imperial person may suffer.
For instance, If the Gar has a cold the
newspapers must not print articles concern
ing catarrh. pneumonia or similar diseases
OF sick member of the imperial family
editors are not allowed to comment on the
fact. and if a member of the imperial fam
lily dies the newspapers must not indulge
In boundless grief, as otherwise the respect
and the love due to the successor may be
lost sight of.
Those artistic institutions which come
under the administration of the minister of
the imperial house are above criticism by
the press, such criticism would pecessari-
~ reflect upon the high official mentioned
He alone has the right to judge the man.
ayers of these Institutions whom he ap-
points and directs. The St Petersburg press
recently commented upon quarrel between
the director of the imperial opera and a
musician engaged by him. That was indie
cent interference on the part of the press,
and the wrongdoers have been punished
l. injustice is done to any employe of an
imperial institution the minister of the i'm
perial house will hear Of it and the matter
will be rectified in the ordinary course of
business. The press has nothing TO dc
with 1t.
AS to. the .punishments. there are seven
An editor may be forbidden to sell copies
OF his paper to any one save yearly sub
scribers.
He may be asked" to omit all advertise
ing matter from his columns.
He may be fined from LOCO TO 5000 rubles,
or sent to prison. or may be deported.
HIS newspaper may be suppressed by a
stroke of the pen.
He may be OTHERWISE severely punished
according to the gravity of the charge"
'OtherWise means living grave In
Schlusselburg. or the gallows. There is a
general uncertainty about the punishments.
They are not made to fit certain crimes, as
outlined by the new laws, but seem to be
thrown together in a basket from which
the court extracts one or another, according
to its pleasure.
Was public opinion ever more effectually
suppressed? Was lese majesty ever carried
further? Perhaps once, under the Empress
Anne. when 1t was a capital offense TO drop
a coin upon the floor, for that coin was
adorned by her Majestys picture. But
generally speaking, more draconic meas
ures of the kind were never enacted.
The world at large Is directly interested
in these press laws, because they will af-
feet foreign affairs. The war lords of Aus
tria, Italy and Germany and the govern
ment Of France and England cannot add a
single to their armies without the con-
sent of their parlaments; Russia has no
parliament, and the organs of publicity
there are permitted to print only things
that the administration wants to have pub
lished. while the telegraph censorship and
the BLACK cabinet" keep the foreign cor
respOndence in check.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
Christian Science Episode.
Detroit Free Press.

TItc
II don't know whether to get mad or to
laugh 1t off'' said Smith. My wife lately
has become an enthusiastic convert 10
Christian Science, and she has made life
burden to me. AS near as L could get 10
IL her idea was that everybody that Is
isn't and everything that isn't is
1--WE started TO visit my wife's sister, who
lives west OF here, the other day, but my
wife took so much time getting ready that
/ saw we would never be able to catch the
train. / pointed this out TO my wife when
she was ready at last and she settled me
There is no such thing as time she
said. We have only TO make up our mind
that we will find the train waiting for US
and II will be there
Rather than argue with her / allowed
myself TO be dragged down TO the station.
knowing full we'll that We would find the
MY wife walked into the station with her
head in the air, froZe the gatekeeper, who
tried TO stop her, with look. and boarded
There she exclaimed as she settled
herself in the seat. you see the triumph
OF mind over matter"
Poor woman, her triumph was short
lived. The conductor took one look at the
tickets that handed out and said shortly:
Wrong train. You will have TO get out
at the next station
81 wanted TO laugh when we found our
selves put off at little station with only
one house in sight, but l didn't dare. be-
sides when discovered that we had wait
of six hours ahead of US before another
train came. i didn't feel like IL.
Il suggested 10 my wife that she make
at a little jay station with a six-hour wait
ahead OF US, but she snapped cut that IL
opened my head again she would get a
divorce.
II discovered some books burning in the
CRATE the other day and upon one Of them
saw the title. Mind VS.. Matter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09

GHliduelpnld GreSS.
1t lies in the desire of all dressmakers
TO keep a woman's figure of this sum-
mer without break of curve If possible
from throat TO hips, and while few women
can wear a genuine princess cut the ef-
feet may be obtained by folding the girdle
as much as possible into the general gown.
L have preached so much about this
avoidance of the waist line that every one
who reads this column knows what mean
A brilliant girdle brings out the waist line
In strong contrast to the rest of the figure,
and it is exactly what the fashionable
women prefer to avoid.
A friend who is in New York was tell
ing me the other day OF the extreme view
new line.
The. girl who was telling it has always
felt that her figure was very good, because
OF the line of her hips.
There were few among those who did
not like her who said her hips were too
large to be artistic. but the majority of
and the dressmakers of two years ago al
ways used to fiatter her: ut is so delight
ful to drape gown on a woman like you,
The girl says she went into the model
room OF one of the best dressmakers OF
New York to have gown tried on and
bit obviously. The head OF the establish
ment came in and, looking critically at the
girl ngure, said: IF you will consent to
wear any kind of corset that will remove
the Objectionable lines of your hips'I can III
you very well and make graceful figure out
OF you The. girl said she felt like pro-
testing, but the dressmaker had the UNI
conquerable air Of a woman who knows
and, to quote the girls own language "If
there is one person I never dispute II Is a
great dressmaker. / am afraid of her con-
tempt"
The only thing she faltered out was:
But have always been told that my hips
We're good"
They have been good" said madam. the
designer, five years ago. when hips were al
lowable, but to-day to have hips is to be out
of the fashion" With that madame drew
the design OF a corset which the girl could
get, which was fully a foot long from the
waist, and which kept down her hips "a
much as possible and gave her a long, slen-
der line from the bust 10 the knees. which
is absolutely necessary to-day IL one wishes
to be "a la mode
This tendency toward the true Partisan
figure. which is all curve and grace and
slenderness, shows the deeper reason of the
dropping of the colored girdle
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ural action OF society is leading up individ-
ualism 10 association. Even private wealth
is becoming corporate wealth with eacn
association: each new and higher associa-
ton building around its lie IN common
body Of property in common Thus we nave
ties. the properties Of our manifold societies
and EXAMINATIONS, the properties OF city ana
State and Nation-the whole constituting
an immense and ever-growing common
wealth, as the commonalty OF the COM
mons. The further advances TO which So
eStety Is called to-day are to be taken fnr
larger eA sense Of 5f'T This life in Common.
such as shall lead those who have
wealth 10 use 1T as stewards of society.
holding il as trust tor humanity? What
is the next step In our industrial
order--political economists being our teach
ers? The age Of the corporation. The con-
secration of wealth-that We have long had
preached. though we still need the fires OF
the matchmaking power-that has but be-
gun 10 be preached. This is the crying need
of our day. To realize 1t we need, again. IS
Of old. the outpouring of that spirit which
filing tt6m with love. one TO the other, in
spring Them with sublime mastery Of
se self hnsd; lifting them above the gross
ing them into a living fellowship, gen.
uine brotherhood. and making business the
expression of this brotherliness.
This IS the revival OF religion we need.
This is the outpouring of the Holy Ghost.
for which mankind is crying aloud: cry
Ing In me signs and means of myriads. OF
men and women, who stand in the market
places saying, mo man hath hired u.s."
crying in the harsh and angry strife of class
with class. whose war cries are filing the
air with the omens OF a revolutions; crying
through all the sorrow and distress, the
shame and sin into which the souls of men
and women are led through the temptations
OF poverty and ignorance.
Do We 50 believe in Hum as to accept His
ideal as the vision after which we aspire
and aim. unto which We labor-the law Of
cur business life?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
HeaIth-Giving Exercise.

WOmanS Home Companion.
Breathing exercises alone will do much
to improve the general health of nearly all
women. Stand before mirror, in room
into which a good supply of air is coming,
and raise the hands straight over the head,
and then let them drop naturally to the side
without attempting to square the shoul-
ders. Then closing the mouth. take long.
deep breath and hold il in the lungs few
seconds. Repeat this as often as you can
without feeling tired. Each day try the
same exercise until you can hold breath
for a minute and a minute and half. This
will increase the exterior of the chest and
develop the interior. Short. quick. gasps
are not normal breathing. By reducing the
respiration to ten minute for five consecu-
tive minutes three times a day one will soon
acquire full breathing. This is most i'm
portant for weak and sickly children. As
the fresh air is a great stimulant to the
lungs, when deeply Inhaled, one has to be
very careful not to bring on dizziness by
overexercising at first. Every woman must
be n guide to herself. Always stop exer-
cising before fatigue sets in. as overexercise
and no exercise at all bring the same results
Never try the limit Of your strength.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
AN AUTHORS TRICK.
Wrote Graphic Stories of Foreign
Travels to Lands He'd Never Seen.

new OTIedIS lllutS-OtIuOCIdt-
"I used to know a man." said a New
Orleans bohemian, who made living
writing stories of travel for boys. He had
never been out of Missouri in his life. but
he was famous for the graphic fidelity of
bis description of foreign lands. His ref
erence library consisted of exactly three
works - an encyclopedia, a set OF United
States consular reports, covering four CT
five years, and copy Of Woods Natural
History" If the scene of the story was to
be laid, for instance, in Borneo, he would
begin by reading the Borneo article In the
encyclopedia then he would turn 10 Nne
consular reports and look up all the odd
and interesting matter he could find touch
ing that particular island. and finally he
would get a description OF its animals
from Woods. He wrote at an old table
on which was glued a map of the world,
covered with a sheet OF glass This was
constantly before his eyes, so he couldn't
go astray on geography. and, as said be-
fore, his descriptions were mervels or ac-
curacy. He could draw a better and far
more realistic pen picture of foreign coun-
tries than travellers themselves. People
thought that he had been great globe trot-
ter. and. crazy as 1t sounds. believe he
actually got to thinking so himself. The
last time i saw him he talked about At
ghanistan in the easy. off-hand vein OF a
personal observer. II / hadn't happened
TO know that he had been living in ST.
Louis all his life 1 would have sworn he
had been there"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
FRESH PERIL FOR THE BABY.
the Latest Preserva-
tive Of Milk.
New York Mail and ExnraSS


1t seems that the "embalmers'' OF meat
furnished our soldiers in the late war have
given another class Of food providers a
raScally suggestion; We now have en-
balmed milk. and from all accounts ii is
one or the most dangerous forms Of adulter-
alton yet put upon suffering public.
Chalk Gt,h and water are innocent compared
constituencies milk dealers are now poison
Ing their customers, according to definite
statements emanating from the Bureau Of
Health. Formaldenyde Is a product of
wood alcohol, ana Is supposed TO have been
the basis of the embalming fluids used in
the Spanish war. and which created such
balming, in which 1t is a potent agent.
since 1t prevents decomposition. But by
this very property II also arrests digestion
thus leads to the gravest Ills. 1t is mixed
with milk TO prevent sOuring, and while IL
doubtless does this. it makes the milk thus
would be in a curdled state. In brief,
formaldehyde is an irritant poison of a
particularly perilous sort. and its use in
food supplies Is as clear a proof OF the
want of conscience In certain puryeyors as
ever has been offered.
This adulteration is particularly dangerous
through the difficulty OF detecting it, The
ordinary test of pure milk is that of specific
gravity. The comparatively small quantity
of wood alcohol required to keep milk from
Chemical analysis will. of course reveal
the presence of the poison. but that is a
roundabout method compared with the sim
pie modes now employed. and thus, for the
present, the rascals have clear field,
though it is not to be doubted they will be
run out of it in time. OF all forms of fuod
adulteration that of tamperfng with the
milk supply is the most abominable. for
reason that is evident on its face. Milk is
the sole food of a vast class of human
creatures, class so wholly dependent Il at
IL seems incredible that any men. however
debased. can have the heart 10 make money
profit out of It's helplessness. Thus, while
all adulteration rouses Indignation. ii Is
as the tampering with milk. The law has
Enthusiastically emphasized this point, and
there are penalties and safeguards in num-
bers for the protection of our babies. More
will assuredly be provided if IL should be
made evident that the wood alcohol poiscf-
ers are not headed off sufficiently by cSist-
ing legislation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
Gossip at Summer Resorts.

Inc Criterion.
II there Is one VOW which modern woman
kind should register before she sets out
upon her summer travels it is to abstain
religiously from the gossip that is such
an unpleasantly conspicuous feature of
feminine hotel life at hotels and cottages
at this time Of year. Yet, il would seem
as though there will be no respite from
the evil. There will always exist a coterie
of feminine anarchists who resent any at
tention accorded 10 their more attractive
sisters. And there are others foolish
enough to be jealous of the good looks and
the good clothes of their fellow-guests. The
spirit OF i'll nature seems 10 be in the air,
and TO live and flourish and grow strong
during these days when nature Is at its
loveliest and the heart should overflow with
or the maid upon whom the approving mas
culine eye is cast across the dining room
Is the special target for ill-natured whis-
pers: the beauty is torn 10 shreds: her
hair. teeth and complexion being always
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09

Bede's Budget.

When you see bow-legged widower OF
more than three score years. logged out in
his 'fore-the-war Prince Albert wedding
a pair Of hogskin moccasns that display
Simpsonian socks and a plug hat that is a
sure enough cross between the French rev.
olution and the crime OF 70 completing the
front elevation of a face that looks like an
old style, interiined writ of ejectment of the
parchment era, shooting chickens In the
back yard with the tall of his coat and
dancing a side step through a barbed wire
fence to greet wayfaring widows, you can
scent the orange blossoms and almost hear
the charivari. This is a great world when
middle Of Ii.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09

Walt: followi After the wasted day
What hear /? Bobolinks in twilight gray
immeasurably far away.
Following the sunset. Day has passed me by.
follow: wait! After the wasted year,
Like fallen rain retailing tear on tear
OF memory. the bobolinks phantom-clear
hear unseeing. Spring has passed me by.
Oh. wait, follow They mold the merry sun
Strange in the twilight dying one by one
After the waste of life, i rise, i run,
Catching his skirts. But love has passed me by
u. Russell Taylor. in Atlantic Monthly.
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A Bible Word.
Philadelphla Press.

fHIIdutIpIlId fTtSS.
Perhaps few Bible readers make a dis
tinCtion between "bewray" and "betray"
The two words are. however. different. both
in origin and meaning. Bewray is TO reveal.
An old writer says: We'll may he be hurt
and die that will not bewray his disease,
lest he betray his credit" In Proverbs xxx.
"a. we read, He heareth cursing and be-
wrayeth ii not" a passage for which the
Revised Version gives, He heareth the ad-
Duration and uttereth nothing" Again, in
Proverbs xvii, 16, We find. THE ointment
proclaims itself: and so also in Isaiah xvi,
5, and Matthew XVI, 70. "Betray." how
ever means the action of a traitor. OF
course. 10 betray man often involves his
bewrayal. but by no means necessarily.