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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

| gray soup; heavy, UNDERGONE meat,
very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of
! vegetables; and a sort Of suet pudding.
| fulI OF strong butter and sugar. This
| dentist was so strong that he could
| pull out teeth with his fingers. 1t was
! his ambition, his dream, to have pro-
/ jectfng from the corner window of his
! Dental Parlors" a huge gilded tooth,
! a moiar with enormous prOngs, some
/ thing gorgeous and attractive. Nc
| league had a friend named Marcus,
! who in turn had a cousin of whom ne
/ was very fond. Tresin was a German
! American. One day at a picnic, he
| Knocked out front tooth and lOOsened
another, so Marcus brought her to his
! friends Dental ParlOrs." It was thus
| that McTeague met his fate. While
waiting to have a tooth filed. Trina
/ bought a lottery ticket of a half-crazv
Spanish-American woman who lived in
the building where McTeague had his
Dental Parlors," and a little while
after Trina and her dentist became en-
gagged, the ticket drew $4,000.
| That $4,000 is the centre of
gravity in the book; had the ticket
drawn a blank, the enmity of Marcus,
which subsequently followed the pair
like an evil shadow, would not have
been aroused, neither would the greed
of money have been born in Trina's lit
| tie German-American breast
The first i'll fortune that befeu them
was when Marcus discovered that the
dentist was not a registered practf-
toner and set the law upon him.
Trina fatty refused to draw on her
$4,000 when their income from Nc
leagues profession ceased; thew gave
up their pretty fiat, moved into a tiny
whitewashed back room. and sold the
melodeon, the black walnut table. be-
fore which they were married, the pots
and stew pans and Nottingham lace
curtains. But McTeague resolutely re-
fused to let his concertina and canary
60 under the hammer. From bad they
went to worse. McTeague walked the
streets in search of work, while Trina
boarded her money and lied and de-
celYed whenever penny was to be
made. one day McTeague went out to
look for work and did not return. so
Trina sold the concertina Che had TAX
en- the canary to selD and became A
char-woman, her one Joy the $4,000 in
gold which she had drawn from the
bank and kept in her trunk. So, when
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
CALL FOR TASTE.
Innumerable Small
Tables in the Draw
ing-Room.
NOT EASY TO ARRANGE.
Silver Ornaments and
Photographs Are
Suitable.

A very good opportunity for the dis
play Of taste in the arrangement of a
room is afforded by the use of the num-
berless tables that now seem TO be alb
Isolutely necessary, says Harper's Bazaar.
They vary in size, SHAPE, and material,
and it is possible to have quite a col
! lection in one drawing-roOm, provided
the drawing-room is large enough. Very
beautiful are some of them, and the
ornaments displayed upon them may
cost a kings ransom or a very small
sum.
There are, OF course, the glass tables,
on which are kept rare collections of
miniatures and heirlooms. In the time
of our grandmothers there were a great
many small mahogany tables of odd
shapes with carved feet, and evidently
the idea in those days was to have the
wood of the tables of as perfect a grain
as possible. A great many of these
tables have been found in secondhand
shops or stored away in attics. They
have been brought forward, highly pol
ished, and now form one of the most
prominent articles of furniture in up-to-
date drawing rooms. There are, too, the
English tables of the inlaid woods, to-
gether with any number of rosewood,
mahogany, and satinwood, each in itself
beautiful, and a work of art.
But it is in deciding what shall be
placed on these tables that an oppor-
tunity is offered for the display of in
Gividual taste. One table devoted en-
tirely to silver ornaments is always an
addition to the drawing room. Then
there is now in every well-appointed
sitting-room, if not library, a desk, or
rather a writing table, fitted UP with
everything that is necessary-and often
a great deal that is unrecessary-tO the
carrying on Of correspondence. Another
table is frequently devoted to photo
graphs in all kinds and varieties of
photograph frames. Another small
table can be kept for rare pieces of brio
a-brac; but the great objection to this
last is that it is apt to give one the i'm
preston of a bargain sale display. How
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
CLEVER WOMAN.

Mrs Emily Crawford, whose recent
Paris letters concerning the late Presi-
dent Faure and the crises attending his
sudden death have been so interesting,
is a Scotch Irish woman, born in Dub
lin, and now the Paris correspondent
Of the London Daily News. She was
taken to Paris by her mother when she
was quite a young girl. and was intro
duced into the gay French court soon
after the family had settled in the city
in 1857. She saw the best life in the
French capital, and was presented at
the court in England some years later.
She has not ACQUIRED her ability 10
write from her work, but obtained the
work because of her ability-a letter
she wrote describing the life of the
French court being seen by an editor,
who asked her to contribute to his pa
per. ard she has been doing journalistic
work ever since. She succeeded her hus-
band as sDondent of the Daily
News
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room fiat such as he lad in mind as a
very palace Of luxury. He himself would
seem to her a sort of special providence
through whose benevolent intervention
she would realize all these dreams oi
home and husband most girls indulge
in.
This thought he found even mora
agreeable than the other, and he found
himself assuming a protecting and even
patronizing air with her at times.
The enamOred young man went 50
far as to hint to the object Of his affec-
ton his hopes Of having a modest home
Of his own one day and while he could
not recall afterward that she had be-
trdyed any great interest in his plans
he took comfort in thinking that girls
are shy about showing their feelings
and that probably it had not occurred
to her that he would notice little clerk
in the graniteware department.
So William dreamed his dreams and
even began to inquire around about the
rent of fats such as he would be apt to
require.
But ne did not tell his love. There
was no hurry about that He would
wait till spring-when rents were
cheaper.
And besides she was probably not
prepared to hear Of the honor he pro-
posed to pay her. She might faint or
something. Girls were apt to do those
things when You took them unawares,
he had heard.
So the winter wore on, and William
spent more and more Of his time talk
ing to mis- fair neighbor, and fell more
deeply in love with every interview.
To be sure, he did most of the talking.
He often cOnfided to her his views on
extravaganza and high living and took
occasion to ridicule those who spent
their money on good clothes and theatre
tickets instead Of laying up for a rainy
day.
And while Miss Thompson never said
anything he could construe into an ad-
mission that she thought he was right,
she always listened with grave atten-
ton, and with her soft eyes fixed on
him he remained blissfully certain that
here was A woman who would thank
fully devote her life to helping him save
his income and provide for his old age.
McTeague % was a tenth rate dent
ist who took his dinner at the car con-
ductors' coffee joint on Polk street at
2 O'Clock on Sunday; he had a thick
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
ROMANCE OF A DEPARTMENT STORE.

indifferent and even callous to the
charms Of woman, no sooner saw the
new clerk busy over her saucepans and
tea kettles than he was smitten with
a desire to possess her for his own.
Miss Thompson was not beautiful,
to be sure, nor was she at all imposing
of appearance, that she should thus
captivate the heart of this severe
critic at first sight. And she trotted
about with d brick alertness Of move
ment quite incompatible with grace and
elegance of movement.
But she suited William right down to
the ground.
To begin with, she had soft eyes, of
no particular color perhaps but some
how when their gaze rested on Will
liam he felt that here, at last, was one
who could appreciate his true value al
most as keenly as he did himself.
Her brown hair, of a very ordinary
shade, was parted very neatly over
her smooth brow in a fashion eX-
tremely plain and unambitious com
pared to the imposing pompadours
worn by the magnificent young ladies
who sold ribbons and neckties at the
counters upstairs, and whose airs and
graces made William so uncomfortable
that he frequently went to a rival es-
Establishment to purchase the modest
makeup cravat which completed his
humble toilet.
Moreover, Miss Thompson's simple
black alpaca gown, with it's trinity
belted waist and spOtless cuffs and col
lars, betrayed none Of the wickedly ex-
travagant ideas William had long con-
sidered the prevalent weakness Of the
sex.
It wasn't very long before the two
young people became very friendly.
Stew pans and tea kettles being
more in demand than bath tubs, Will
liam was frequently called upon to as
sist Miss Thompson in her department,
and this association with her afforded
the young man moments of exquisite
joy.
At other times he would watch her
busy over her cooking utensils, and i'm
agine how she would look in a little
kitchen of her own manipulating sim.
liar implements in the preparation OF
his own supper
The thought was intoxicating. Here
al last he had found a girl who would be
willing to share his humble lot, he told
himself A plain little thing like her
would probably regard a tiny three
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
NOT BORN, BUT MADE.

She is not born, but made, that most
charming woman who is sweet with
neatness plus an indefnable something
more, says McCan's Magazine. The
dainty woman is sweet and charming
on the most trying occasions, because
on the ordinary occasions she has ao-
quired the habit.
She brushes her hair religiously every
nighJ-not spasmodically for week or
twO-and so it acquires a rare glOssi-
ness and smoothness. Her hot bath at
night is a regular affair, dating back
years to its beginning, and, consequent
", her complexion always preserves its
freshness. Her clothes always lie in
understanding sachets, so that the
faint elusive fragrance which seems
part of her personality can no more be
missing when she appears in a dressing
gown and slippers then when she comes
out rObed for d reception.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

fits in with the general scheme OF uer-
grafton. The windows should be COW
cred with a lace-like lattice and nuhs
vim delicate fabrics, through Whlcn
runs a thread Of gold or silver AlcoNes
of the latticework should be numerous
and inches may contain bowls OF now
ers or statuary or figures of any SORT;
The beauty of the Moorish corner ana
the Moorish room is their Inexpensive
ness. ANY clever boy or girl who owns
fret saw can manufacture the lattlces
very easily. or they can be purchased IN
the shops for a modest sum. Inc art
stores. too. have inexpensive fabrics 10
carry out the draperies, and the rest
can be easily duplicated. If you cannot
afford a nargile, a tall metal jar, WIN
couple of palm leaves or peacock Iea-
Tiers dropping over it, or large odd
bowl to hold the cards of friends ana
couple of the deep, wide cups one can
buv anywhere serve quite as well.
For ideas it is only necessary 10 get
a good book of travels relating to Al
geria or Morocco and follow it carefully.
Consult the descriptions of the homes
of the better classes, and with the pic
tlIras of these houses a better chance IS
afforded TO secure originality than any
mere decorative suggestions could
grant.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

to dry. Then brush the powder out with
stiff brush and polish TIE article with
a bit of leather.
1t is announced that the goblet styls
of water glass is coming back, but with
a broader bowl and a shorter stem than
before. There is no doubt that goblets
are more elegant than tumblers, yet the.
latter have been so charming that Ole
hates to part with them.
One quart of soup for four persons
will be found a good allowance for din
ner.
Wedgewood toilet sets in reds and
yellows are tempting women who have
summer houses to provide for.
A new egg boiling device consists Of
two trays fastened to a central support
which forms a handle for the whole.
The eggs are held in place on the trays
by means of pins. A dozen eggs may
be placed in the trays and when the
water has reached the proper tempera-
ture, be dipped by the same operation,
50 that all are cooked to the same de-
gree. The risk of breaking the eggs Ia
also avoided.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

mas Cream four ounces Of butter with
four ounces Of sugar, add three eggs al
ternately with four ounces Of floUr, and
fiavoring vanilla or rose water to taste
half a leaspoonful of baking powder
and a dessertsp spoonful Of cocOanut.
Have rather a quick oven, and bake till
a light brown. For the filling put some
fully ripe bananas through sieve, and
TO two tablespoonfuls of the PURGE add
a tablespoonful of apricot jam, with
sugar TO taste a little lemon juice and
a teasDOonful of some liqueur, if liked.
These cakes, if served hot, are better
for standing a few minutes when turned
out Of the tins, otherwise they are apt
to be heavy If the fruit mixture is put
on at once Flat, shallow tins are needed
for this cake.
Walnut cake is always a favorite
You can put the nuts on the top or else
place them in a layer between two
slices of cake. For the first cream four
ounces of butter, add six ounces Of
sifted sugar, and cream again; then put
in the beaten yolks Of three eggs, ana
when well mixed, slst in seven ounces
of -four and a good teaspOonful Of bak-
ing powder. If more moisture is neces-
sary, use milk or cream, but the whites
of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, will,
of course, moisten the mixture To this
quantity Of ingredients half a pound Of
peeled Walnuts, which have been rough
" chopped, will be required and they
should be mixed in last of all. Bake the
mixture in a buttered tin for about an
hour, and ice, if wished, with white soft
icing, garnshing with the halves Of
walnuts.
The mixture for the layer cake may
be made in the same way. When II IS
cold cut in half or thirGs, according
to the thickness of the cake; then
RI he H.
slices. The top can be garnished as
liked. Cream four ounces Of fresh but
ter or thick cream, add ten ounces Of
icing sugar a wineglassful of llqueur
and work until quite smooth, then add
ten ounces Of peeled and chopped wal
nuts.
For a perfectly heavenly yeast cake
the following receipt viii need no rec
ommendatiOn after it has once bsen
tried. Sift a pound Of fine -four in Il
basin, and make a well in the centre.
Cream halt an ounce Of German yeast
with a little sugar, and half a pint Of
tepid milk. Mix this into the flour II
a sponge, and leave all night. Next
day add the rest of the yeast dissolved
in about half d pint more milk, d good
pinch of salt, three ounces Of sugar
four ounces Of dissolved butter, three
eggs, well beaten, and the grated rlnd
of one lemon. Beat the whole well with
the hand, and put in some raisins and
currants, two ounces Of each. Butter a
tin. mold and sprinkle in some finely
chopped almonds, fill it three parts full
with the cake mixture; let the latter
rise in warm place till 1t fills the tin,
then bake in a good oven for an hour
If the eggs are large the whole Of the
second half a pint of milk will not be
required, so that It Is a good plan only
to dissolve the yeast in a little Of tie
milk, and to add the rest if the cake
appears to dry. II should be a good
deal moister than the dough for bread
but not so moist for baking powder
cakes, or the fruit will fall to the bot
tom while the dough is rising.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09

William French prided himself on the
fact that he was not an ambitious man.
He was wont to say that envy ana
discomfort are the twin roots OF all
evil, and that to be satisfied with one 5
lot in life is the sum total of all earth
ly philosophy.
William did not put it that way, eX-
actly, for he hadn't much more educa-
ton than he had ambition. But that
was what he meant when he would oc-
casionally announce to his fellow
clerks over the bowl Of mush and
milk that formed his monday meal al
the quick lunch" counter What
can get is good enough for me, and
don't you forget il.
And his fellow clerks, mostly IMAM
bilious men like himself, would gen
orally reply, with laconic vagueness OF
assent, That's what
Williams lot in life was sufficiently
humble.
He sold tin bath tubs in the poorly
lighted basement of big department
store six days in the week. His sun
days he spent in riding a secondhand
bicycle, il it was fine. and reading he
pictorial papers or sewing refractory
buttons and reluctant patches on his
clothing when the weather precluded
any idea of outdoor amusement.
For William was bachelor ana
looked askance at the fair sex, as the
lovely promoters OF much Of the dis
content he so sternly deprecated and
the gentle meters Of the reckless and
wicked extravaganza whose existence
in the world he so greatly deplored
So when he caught the flutter Of a
skirt on any stray bicycle he CHANGED
to pass on a lonely road he would
scorch sternly ahead and never once
glance around to see if the fair trav-
eler was riding for fun or TO reduce
her waist measure.
From which 1t may be seen that Mr..
French was very much Of philOs0-
pher.
But, alas, even philosophers are not
exempt from the visiting of the tender
passion, and it CHANGED one day that
Cupid, for want Of something better to
do. chose to visit the basement Of that
particular store and plant his Dart
deep in the heart Of the young nan
who sold tin bath tubs.
It happened this way:
A young woman came to I'LL the va
cancy in the graniteware department.
next to williams own, and he, so long
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
Better Than Any
thing Mother Used
to Make.
CHILDREN CRY FOR THEM
Walnuts, Oranges and
Almonds Go to
Make Them.

Good cake is something that every
family likes and every housewife is
ambitious to excel in. But often the
family wearies Of the kinds that mother
has been making or having made as
long as any one can remember, and
mother herself tires Of them, Then is
the time to take in hand new receipts.
Here are a few cake suggestions that
carry their welcome with them wher-
ever they go. Have you, to begin with,
ever eaten orange almond cake? Then
try it now: Cream the yolk Of four eggs
with four ounces of sugar till thick and
white. sift in six ounces Of -four, five
ounces of ground almonds, the rind and
juice Of one orange, and lastly, the
whites Of eggs beaten to stiff froth.
Bake in a fiat tin in a moderate oven
for half an hour.
A delicious sandwich cake, to be eaten
either hot or cold, is made with bana-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
THE MOORISH FAD.
Why It Is With Us
No One Knows But
Here 1t Is.
IT COMES FROM SPAIN.
But the Ratchet Is
Buried, So What's
the Harm.

Just why the Moorish fad is now with
US is not so easy TO guess, Our late
little difficulty with Spain may have
suggested it, for Spain neither in arch
itecture nor in character has ever quite
got over the invasion of the Moors, and
some of the bluest blood Of CASTLE runs
a little darker for an ancient admX-
ture of the brown blood of the Moors.
Thus even today Spanish ideas of art
and literature have a touch Of the SOM
berness and the intricacy and the love
of detail that characterize the oriental
mind.
Whatever may have suggested the
idea, it is clear that the Moorish deco
ration is with US for better or tor
worse, for a brief season at least. Inc
models in the shops and the designs
upon the walls of the decorators stu
dos show this. The coy corner, out
lawed last season, has come into favor
with the new oriental grillwork hat
forms hooks and corners, screens and
lattices from which porueres are SIS
pended.
The new cozy corner is built first Of
the grillwork and then hung with
Moorish and Algerian draperies. The
couch is covered with some Of these
stuffs, and the cushions upon ii are
given daring touches of color with the
same materials. A silver lamp such as
might have hung in some oriental
mosque and a tabouret on which stand
a quaint drinking jar and a couple Of
brass or silver drinking cups, have
place close by the couch, or it may
be a Turkish nargile or something
equally suggestive of the lands of tu1-
ban and scimiter. A painted gourd,
some strands of gay beads and a
crossed scimiter or two decorate the
interior sufficiently to give it touch
of realism.
If the entire room follows the Moor
ish fashion, there must of course be a
stained and polished floor. covered with
Oriental rugs. Low tables stand about
some bearing palms in Oriental looking
jardinieres, others holding handsomely
bound books, vases Of flowers and bits
Of -a-brac-anything in fact, that
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-09
HOW SHE GOT HER NAME.

Nine Sembrich tells an interesting
story Of the evolution of her name.
My fathers surname" she says, was
Kochanska, and I thought there were
too many ks in it for a prima donna,
so I took my mothers maiden name,
Sembr when ! went on the stage.
My full name was Paxede MarCelline
Kochanska, and, thinking my middle
name would prove less of a pronuncia-
ton puzzle to people outside Of my
own Galicia than PaXede, I decided to
give II preference. So I finally became
Marcella Sembrich; but that was a
long time after l began to study music.
However, I can scarcely remember the
time when l was not studying music.
At I was playing the piano. At
took up the violin. Within two years
l was playing with my father in con-
certs l continued to study these in
struments until l was Is, and then
discovered I had a voice. Soon after
ward I went to Milan, and commenced
studying under Lamperti."
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FASHIONABLE BOUQUETS.
The Newest Thing Devised by Famou:
London Florists.

The distinctive mote" of the newest
bouquet, as made by one Of the most
famous florists of the West End, Lon
don. is their exceeding lightness in the
hand. 1t is possible to make a
charming specimen of, say, lilies Of the
valley, carnations, or small orchids,
with full four yards of wide ribbon,
to weigh no more than between three
and four ounces, and only a fraction
more if heavier blossoms, as roses or
Cattleya orchids are employed. This is
largely due to the fact that our aTtis-
tic florists whether consciously or not
have borrowed from japanese ideas,
using far fewer flowers, and giving to
each a more individual prominence.
A chat with one of the most accom-
plished mistresses Of the art of bOu-
quet making, who designs and makes
them up for the drawing rooms, elected
the information that the lightest posi-
BILE shaft Of nickel or other metal plays
a leading part in these arrangements.
This is so fine and slender that it is
imperceptible behind the stem of the
flower or asparagus frond, which is tied
to 1t by wires scracely thicker than a
human hair. Some IS Cattleyas, for
example, would be wanted for a full
and handsome court bouquet, with IN
limited feathery asparagus. AS soon
as these are wired, the ample bow is
tied, and with great dizziness and deli
cacy each flower is worked on to it, all
being slightly inclined in a downward
tendency To finish it at the back, a
tiny handle is added and it is in effect
carried very much like a jug.
There has been an enormous demand
for all mauve orchids, violets and white
exOtics without too pronounced a per-
fume. and the prices in the leading
West End shops for such flowers are
very high. simple but fashionable
bouquet Of lilies of the valley for a
debutante costs from a guinea to %
shilHngs. and one of white roses 30
shillings to a couple Of guineas. Of
course. where rare orchids are used. the
price increases in proportion to their
scarcity, and there is practically no
limit to what extravaganza might de-
mand in this direction.