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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01
A Cocoanut Pudding.
New York Times.

New York Times.
1T is no trouble to CRATE a cocoanut, :"
says Miss Cornelia c. Bedford, the cook
ing expert, 'but there are ways and ways
of doing it. Now L consider it worth while
to pay a few cents more when I am going
to use cocoanut and have it peeled for
me- Then 1 have a large almond crater and
I break my cocoanut into small pieces and
put it in the crater. Then turn the crank
for a few minutes and my nut is grated
as finely asst wish it and with no trouble.
There is a simple cocoanut pudding, which
I think is very good, for which l buy cocoa
nut in this way and CRATE it. 1 butter thick
slices of stale bread cut into half-inch dice,
and to one quart of the dice / allow heap
ing cupful of the nut, one-half cupful sugar,
one pint milk, four eggs, pinch of salt,
and a teaspOOnful of vanilla.
Then l butter a deep baking dish and
put in alternate layers of the crumbs and
grated nut. Then / separate the whites from
two of the eggs and beat the rest together,
add the milk salt, and vanilla, mix well,
pour over the contents of the dish and bake
in moderate oven until set in the center
frothy, add two tablespoons of powdered
sugar and half a teaspoon of vanilla, whip
until stiff and glossy, heap over the pud-
ding, dust thickly with powdered sugar, re-
turn to the oven until it is cOored deli
cate brown and serve cold. The juice of
half an orange can be used in place of the
vanilla if desired. and the grated rind of a
quarter of the peel with few drops Of the
juice in the frosting."
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Woman's Home Companion.
OF the many cures in vogue and recog-
nized from their records as worthy the
name, nine-tenths of them depend upol re-
ducng the diet for their effectiveness. A
widespread fad during the last few years
has been the no breakfast cure and thou
sands of dyspeptics have gained health. the
stout have grown thin and the thin have
grown stout, all through lifting the burden
from overtaxed digestions. An equally pop
ular cure preceding this was the leaving off
of the evening intellectually effective, OF
cure would be if it should be
promulgated. One of the most splen-
is the grape cure practced in Germany,
and 1t IS said that any one taking the treat
ment drops off the wear and tear of five
yearS-actually renewS himself ny so much.
given are beautifully and BEAUTIFULLY sit
uated and comfortably appointed The pa
tient is given nothing but unfermented
grape juice for a period of four weeks-be-
ginning with q generous amount, decreased
to a minimum allowance Gas little as the
system will bear without great weakening),
and gradually increased to the first amount.
At all European spas and American
what is the course? A restricted diet and a
flooding of the system with pure water
resting and washing the system, in other
words.
Animals. those not dominated by the
habits and thought-atmosphere of man, do
not overeat, and even domestic animals stop
short their nourishment when in anywise
i'll. A dog will bury the food not lmIne-
dately required other animals leave off be-
fore or at repletion. Man alone will eat
without hunger. solely to tickle his palate,
being indeed, the only gorging animal save
Cruth is merciless) the occupant of the
StV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01
A New Club.
New York Evening Post.

New YORK Evening Post
1t was while the recent convention of
women's clubs of the State was in session
in New York that new club of rather an
unusual character sprang into existence.
This is a little circle Of eight women who
are banded together without president, dues,
or any sort of red tape, for the avowed
purpose of being frivolous. I'VE decided .
said one of the members (all of them, it
should be said, are devoted clubwomen of
the conventional sort, that we women are
taking ourselves too seriously. We are doing
everything from the thoughtful, difficult
standpoint, and while we do not in the least
decry the value of this effort we do feel
that it would be well to frivoP occasion
ally so we have formed this little circle
We are to meet once every month III alpha
betical order at the home of a member.
not fixed, but rests with the hostess. The
simplest sort Of luncheon, consisting or
three cOureS only, and simple courses at
that, is provided, and each member is COM
PEELED to tell a funny story, or relate fun-
ny experience, or sing funny song, II she
has the talent, or contribute in some way
to the gayety of the occasion. The circle is
seriousness of women, but against the eX-
traVagant hospitality Of the time, which IS
eliminating easy social intercourse Nova
days to offer any sort of hospitality to one s
friends, means caterers, faVors, prizes, and
usually professional entertainers. That, we
consider, makes hospitality too serious and
kills neighborlness in the true sense Of the
term. We are not starting any crusade
however or doing anything in the world
except amusing ourselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

o New Year, youngest child Of Time, this day
Is bright with hope as we your advent greet
We peer into your face so gravely sweet
And eyes inscrutable we essay
In vain to read what promises they bear
Therein, for future days. or dark, or fair.
You hold behind you your gift-laden arms
That we however eager may not see
What dole Of joy or woe ours is to be;
For knowing grief will come, cold fear disarms
Us ere we meet it, or if joys lot.
We sit and dream all present tasks forgot
All. but wonder what those full arms hold.
Perchanee a shining opportunity
God grant you rive it when our eyes may see
Or tinseled bauble, which. though bright as gold,
Proves dross, blessing in unlovey guise
Which we, resisting, take. then learn to prize.
wise New Year, It's well you silent stand
And to our vain surmises turn deaf ears;
And when you've gone to join the yester-yeai,s
Who beckon from the past, a wraith-like band
Wen deem you friend in that rare gifts you
brought,
And with each day some priceless lesson taught.
Marion md Ethel Bowman.
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Instead of Cake.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
Never mind about the cake and ice
cream, my deari Just see that they have
plenty of bread and butter and hot choco-
late, with perhaps salad and they'll en-
joy the meal NIGHTLY you may be sure
Offer them plenty of bread and butter, even
If you have to sacrifice the olives and the
sailed almonds to do So
This was the advice which one clever
woman recently gave one in a quandary as
to what TO furnish for little Sunday even
ing supper. 1t is interesting as exemplify-
In the altered attitude of society in this
re ard Time was, and not so very long
ago, when the giver of an evening party
felt in duty bound to offer at least three
kinds of cake all rich and sweet, with ice
cream to follow. and all sorts of sweets
candies and CONNECTIONS to wind up the
feast Then came the time in which sand
witches, coffee. one kind of cake and two of
sweet biscuits or cookies, with the inevita-
bic ice cream as finishing touch were
Systematically supplied, because considered
correct. With the advent of the afternoon
tea and the consequent recognition of the
fact that the simplest kind of hospitality
may be made delightful came another mode
OF onerlng refreShment at parties and en-
tertainments. Sandwiches, coffee and small
and simple cakes were next considered in
best form and all sufficient.
And now has come the bread and butter
period-the bread and butter renaissance.
Bread and butter, either in the form of
delicate thin slices. folded together. so as
not to sell the gloves or fingers. sometimes
served in finger lengths and occasionally
cut into fancy shapes, is offered at all sorts
Of little affairs these days One fashionable
little woman has even dared to offer her
plain thick bread and butter, passed
without apology CT exclamation of any kind
Another thoughtful woman widely known
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Harper's Bazaar.

Harper's Bazaar.
There must always be some services that
it will seem impossible to a woman to cease
rendering And here it is that the hardest
battle of the head and heart really begins
Some of these services are dear because
they give pleasure to the server, some be-
cause they give comfort to the served. 1t is
not easy to turn from either 1t is not easy
women are apt TO think with some bitter
ness to be a professional woman at ALL
And now again the head must be needed. If
you have honestly decided that a dutyto your
talents, or to eXpediency, or to some other
an outside profession. the way to begin is
not with weak lamentations and COMPARE
sons of sex One great reason for our think
ing of mans path much easier in his
professional career is because sacrifice to
gain an end has become so a matter OF
course in the lives of men that we take their
efforts as no sacrifice at all. 1t is not al
ways as easy as it looks for a man to leave
the bedside of a sick child. the hearth of an
ailing wife, or even the happy sitting room
and the bright chatter of those he loves, to
go to a work that sternly calls him.
A mother. who was visiting her son after
a long separation, complained to him with
feeling that he had not spent a single entire
day with her since her coming, which was
wholly to see him.
Tell your firm you haven't seen your
mother for five years, she urged. "They
will give you day off, surely"
The son was a loving filial son, but his
hair fairly rose on his head at the idea.
why. mother You don't know what work
is. They'd give me the day fast enough,
and then get man who hadn't any
mother"
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asked for bread God gave stone instead;
Yet while I pilfowed there my weary head
The angels made ladder Of my dreams,
Which upward TO celestial mountains led.
And when / woke, beneath the morning beams.
Around my resting-place fresh mamma lay;
And praising God, / went upon my way,
For 1 was fed.
asked for strength; for with the noontide heat
I tainted, while the reapers, singing sweet.
Went forward with rich sheaves l could not
bear.
Then came the Master. with His blcodstained
feet.
And lifted me with sympathetic care.
Then on His arm / leaned till all done;
And l stood with the rest at set Of sun,
Ny task complete.
I asked for light around me closed the night,
Nor guiding star met my bewildered sight,
For storm clouds gathered In tempest near
Yet in the lghtnng's blazing roaring flight
1 saw the way before me. straight and clear,
What though His leading pillar Of fire,
And not the sunbeam of my hearts desire?
My path was bright.
God answers prayer; sometimes when hearts are
weak
He gives the very gifts believers seek.
But often faith must learn deeper rest,
And trust Gods silence when He does not SPEAK;
Fer He. whose name is Love. win send the best
stars may burn out. nor mountain walls endure
But God is true His promises are sure
To those who seek.
-Nyra Goodwin Plartz
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FOR FEMININE READERS
ARE THE HOME AND FAMILY LIFE
GOING SLOWLY OUT or FASHION.
Bread and Butter a FavOrite Wand
to Serve to GueSts-What Women
in Business Must Learn.

we must confess, says the New YORK
Evening Sun, to not taking quite the same
comfort that a recent author puts herself
down as experiencing in the fact that there
seems to be a general inclination on hui
manitys part toward the disintegration Of
the home. That such dislnregration is go
ing on is not to be denied. More and more
are families giving up the home habit of
privacy and taking to the hotel and restau-
rant habit of publicity known as eating
under your hat" This is, of course chiefly
noticeable in cities, but the author who finds
comfort in it points to that very fact as
proof of it's being in the line of progress
Larger and broader communities are natur-
ally the most advanced" she says "They
are the first to take up with new IDEAS
which later become fundamental and essen
tial to existence in all parts Of a country
Before long all. the land over will follow
New York's example, and instead of num-
berless segregated homes, each intrenched
in its own private troubles, we will have
whole communities dining together in COM
mon peace and good will, unperturbed by
individual miseries." The author goes on to
say that lit is the lonely wives of Western
farmers, doomed to spend all their strength
and time upon home, from which our in
sane aSylumS are recrulted-nOI the busy
women of the city who, relieved from home
duties, have plenty of outside interests to
occupy and entertain them" Not even in
sanity statistics, however can shake the
abiding faith of most of us in the home
both as a present and a future place of
refuge If what this author says be true,
how is it that the hundreds of women
doomed to spend their lives in boarding
houses and hotels are not happier? Is it all
because of an irresistible laundering for that
od-fashioned phenomenon - home = without
which laundering, once it is sufficiently sup
pressed, the hotel will assume it's rightful
place as an element of human happiness?
Why is it that women who have elected to
live in hotels so largely figure in the court
room? They may not go insane themselves,
but thanks to their having no home occu-
pations nor domestic interests, they seem to
have the power to set others crazy pretty
often Why are hOtel-bred children so con-
spicuously lacking in all that must ever be
regarded as gentle and appealing in children?
Why is 1t that to become a confirmed public
diner is to become filled with such a longing
for home all the poetry and the music
consecrated to the subject have never been
able to express? To suppress the longing it
will take more than the rabid conclusions of
this radical writer. One cannot but SurmiSe
that she must be one who all her life has
lived in the country and has only just come
to town and fallen victim to that first, IA
tai glitter of big New York hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

for her graceful and gracious hospitality Of
fered the guests at a simple but beautiful
piazza tea, given this summer. thin bread
and butter, piled high on the delicate plates
in English style, and great platters Of fresh
and moisture-beaded watercress and lettuce
were passed at the same time. No salad
dressing or condiment other than simple
salt, was provided at this time. The lettuce
and cress We're eaten with the bread and
butter, but not placed between it. The
plates holding the delicate greens had to
be replenished several times. The maid who
looked after the filing of the bread and but
ter plates declared that the delicate slices
disappeared as if by magic.
Indeed. madam" she assured her en-
ployer afterward. j never saw people eat
so much. IF l had not prepared an i'm
mensc quantity of extra slices. thinking to
offer them to the other maids afterward, /
should not have known what to do.
for a gathering of sixty people is the record
which still another popular hostess laugh
ing and proudly announces.
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Odds and Ends.

Brown cloth gowns seem to have gained
favor late in the season, and the special
fancy for trimming is a mixture Of orange
and blue.
Every woman wants black skirt to wear
with separate waists, and what to get seems
to be puzzle, now that satin is not so fash
ionabe. Moire, which has no gloss, seems to
be the latest fancy in Paris, and the skirt
is made with a tunic oVerdreSS edged around
with band of black velvet.
A gay French costume of geranium-
cloth is made with a short, close-fitting
coat basque, opening on a MILDLY vest of
black Persian lamb which fastens at the
back. Revers of the cloth are braided in
black soutache and edged with the fur. The
skirt is lined with black MORE, trimmed with
braid and fur, and is in full circular shape
at the back, with three-piece front and sides.
An occupation for at least one woman in
this town, says New York paper, is that
of removing stains from fine linen. All sorts
of fruit and wine stains, nildeW, scorch, ink
and other fluid marks upon fine table linen
yield to her treatment. She includes too
in the service the laundering of fine napkins
dotles and centerpieceS. Linen closets with
New York women. 1t Is a useful and needed
service that they should be carefully looked
after and kept in perfect condition.
The shapes Of winter coats vary extremely
Some handsome models in Vert Russo, Ital-
ian red (Which is almost crimson) and
pum-blue cloths are made with very open
rounded cut-away fronts. three-quarteT
ending in long, pointed swallow-tail lapels
that are half-covered with velvet of a deep
er shade. The shortest models are very close
fitting; they have not a particle of extra full
ness in the small basque portion, and the
entire garment is finished with a narrow
band of fur.
The ARREST of gowns in black are worn by
girls in their teens and early twenties .
The fiuffier the manipulated frills and
fiounces the greater the vogue of the sable
gown. Soft silky black Russian net is very
much used to drape and freshen princesse
slips of black satin. and If the half-low bo-
dice is finished with a falling ruffie of the
net, trimmed with narrow rows of black
satin ribbon. and the waist made round and
full with the finish of a handsome sash
either of black satin or of net bOrdered with
the ribbon and rounded at the long ends, II
will look sufficiently girlish and pretty, not
withstanding its sombre hue.
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Can for a Funny Man.
Oan
London Mail.

In publishing and bookselling circles there
is complaint that the funny man of litera-
ture is dead, and his loss is the harder to
bear lnaSmuch as the great fiction-reading
public is hungering for humor.
1t has been suggested that the humorous
writer has been drowned by the cold water
of the reviewer, a charge to which the lat
ter replies that labored humor is worse than
dizziness. and that it is only out of kindness
to the public that the man who strains him.
self To be funny has been extingusb-d
Upon that interesting topic Daily Mail
representative saw a number of leading
publishers yesterday, nearly all of whom
freely admitted that the spontaneous humor-
list of literature was extinct, and that there
existed a keen demand for works of a gen.
timely funny character.
Mr.. Chatro of the publishing house Of
Chatto & WiraIs, regarded the situation
with smiling resignation.
II do not know any great humorist but
Mark Twain. said Mr.. Chatto. and he has
stood alone for a very long time. 1t is not
a complaint of the moment; it has been so
for a considerable period. We do want
humorous writer's, it is true: the public is
always asking for the humorous class of
book: but we certainly do not want funny
writer's who labor and strain to produce
their witticismsl Until we can discover the
spontaneous hI@norist i think We shall be
better without ANY az all
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-Myra Goodwin Plano.
He knew II.

Teacher-At what age is a man most in
teIligent2
SchetaT-Nhen he's a baby.
TeacnerzHow do you make that out2
Scholar Well, mas allus tellin pa an me
that we amt got the sense ives born with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01
Quick-witted.

told me last week. was laughing over It
yesterday.
She-SO soon2
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

1. When does the Chinese New Years dav
occur in 1899? 2 When do the Japanese OBJ
serve New Years day?-A Reader.
/. Feb. 1. 2. Jan. 1.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

exists anywhere. Silver dollars are legal
tender in any amount unless the contract
provides otherwise b. b. f.: We do not
know Of correspondence school that
teaches railroad engineering. NJ: Don't
move; we know Of TO State in the Union
that pays bounty of $1,000 to man with
ten living children Susan Jane: The uni
versities and colleges of this country are
too many to name here. Mrs. William Nc
Kinley Is a Protestant. General Kitchener
is an Englishman, not Spaniard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

Who was the author and what were the
lines made use of by Conkling in Congress.
ending thus: And cursed be he that moves
these bones|'-I Should Know.
The line is one of four that, in an uncouth
form, as follows. appear on William Shak-
speare's grave. Whether he or one of his
friends wrote them is unknown:
Good Friend for Iesus SAKE forbare
To digg TIE DUST ENcloAsed HERE
Il
Blese be TIE Man spares TIES Stones
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01
And curst be He moves my Bones.

Kindly give the population of the three
largest cities of England. Germany, France
and Russia, and the number Of soldiers and
sailors in the navy of each country.
England: London, 4211. 900; Liverpool SIS
Geo; Birmingham, AIS 600; army, 10000; navy,
1000 Germany: Berlin 1873 Geo. Hamburg,
$500; Leipsic, $4,000; army, 5000; navy,
21.5OO France: Paris, 2,z4SOOO Lyons, 416,
600; Marseilles, 10000; army, $4,000; navy,
s0,OO0. Russia; ST. Petersburg. 1,035, coo;
Moscow, 500, 600; Warsaw, 10000; army, 743,
600; navy, 10000. These army figures are on
the basis of peace establishment, and those
for the navy include only the active list.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

Please give a history of the Red Cross,
with especial reference to its formation and
earlier woTlI.-G. w. II. X.
A confederation Of relief societies in diff
ferent countries, acting under the Geneva
convention. carries on its work under the
sign of the Red Cross The aim of these
societies is to ameliorate the condition of
wounded soldiers in the armies in campaign
on land or sea. The societies had their
rise in the conviction of certain philan-
thropic men that the official sanitary serv-
ice in wars is usually insufficient. and that
the charity of the people. which at such
times exhibits itself munlfcenty. should be
organized for the best possible utilization.
An international public conference was
called at Geneva. Switzerland in 1863.
which, though it had not an official char
acter. brought together representatives from
a number of governments. At this confer
cnce a treaty was drawn up. afterwards re-
modelled and improved, which twenty-five
governments have signed. The treaty pro-
vides for the neutrality of all sanitary sup
plies, ambulances. surgeons, nurses, attend
ants, and sick or wounded men and their
safe conduct when they bear the sign of
the organization. Although the convention
which originated the organization was
necessarily international. the relief societies
themselves are entirely national and inde-
pendent: each one governing itself. and max
ing its own laws according TO the genius Of
its nationality and needs. The society In
the United States does service IN times Of
calamity like that at Johnstown, Pa.
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For the year 1897 what were the receipts
and expenditures Of the PostOffice Depart
nj