El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05
WHAT DOROTHY SAYS.

One mo rning unto her L sa1d:s
"Tbe pies that mother used to make,
And likewise. too. her bread and cake'
Were of the best. Now strive, my lass
To get in mothers cooking class"
She looked me squarely in the eye
And made this innocent reply:
To cook like her I'll surely try;
But"-and her look was very sly.
Iwent.a COOK stove nice and bright
T. stove like father used to buy"
The years ara many DER my head
Since unto Dorothy said
A word about how mother cooked.
I've not forgot how Dottie Hooked
The day first make that bad break
About how mother used to bake.
But let me say, twfxt you and ],
That more than once with heartfelt
sigh
I've seen her unto me draw nigh.
And with glitter in her eye
Say unto me: 81 want hat.
And yards of this and yards of that;
Just like my father used to- buy"
will NJ. Maupin.
Buffalo has 23O miles of asphalt and
one out of every eight of its citizens
rides bicycle.
Ip the emperor of Germany's palace
are 400 housemaids and more than 1900
Hvsrled men servants.
Apropos of the Duke of ARGOS, Spain g
first minister to our country since the
war, and the fact that the duchess was
q Washington girl, gossips tell that
they were engaged for eighteen years,
The romance began when he was
young attacbe OF the Spanish legation
in Washington and she was beautiful
debutante. The objection to the mar
rage then was that the lover had been
ordered to a remote South American
post In the course of time the Span
lard succeeded to title and estates in
Spain, Miss Lowery's invalid mother
died, and after all these years the two
were married.
The prettiest finish for a brass
or iron bed is to have 8 valance
of some washable stuff, dimity, curtain
muslin or swiss. This should be slit
at the corners so as to hang smoothly
about the legs of the bed: should be
gathered on a strong draw string and
tackled to heavy sheet spread be-
tween the'springs and mattress. This
plan allows it to hang prettily and
firmly and yet makes taking 1t off and
putting il on again an easy matter, SO
tnAI OuG 10 uOG olSSOui oSSo q" WY IL 90
of having il washed. A SHAM made
of q two yard strip of the muslin laid
across the pillows is easily adjusted
and freshened.
It seems that even in old England
the small boy gets in his impertinence.
The story is told that Lord Salisbury
being ordered away from London and
to take outdoor exercise, went to visit
his nephew at Whittinghsm and de-
cided to play golf with him. The hrst
morning that they went to the links
nth tie couple of caddies in their
train, The prime minister. in trying to
strike off from the tee of the first hole,
hit the ground back of the ball with
u tremendous stroke. Somewhat con-
fused he turned back and said to his
caddie, 81 seem to have hit something.
Scotland" responded the innocent
lad.
A biography of Mrs. Oliphsnt the
English writer Ia being pieced togeth-
err and it tells sad sto-
~ of long years of hard work with the
continual feeling in the heart Of tn e
woman that she could write as splendid
novels as George Eliot if she had the
romano Is, articles and all sorts of back ;
work spending the money before it was
earned, with never enough ahead to
take leisure for the finer writing that
she felt capable of accomplishin g. Mrs