The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-28

| ham college for some years, and many
noted English women have been gradu-
ated from the college.
The Woman's club of Chicago has
been honored by the city council by a
request made OF the president to ap-
point member to serve on the special
park commission for the Improvement of
the city.
A business woman of Arizona, who
cleared $4O0 the past season or the sale
of olives, has made new departure in
their preparation. She used the same
formula as for mustard pickles, and the
demand exceeded the supply from the
start She intends to put up her whole
crop in October in the new way, and her
invention marks a change in market
able olives.
The German empress is an energetic
woman, rising at o'clock and riding
horseback for two hours, and drives in
the afternoon. Her companion in riding
and driving is her sister. the Duchess of
Glucksburg, who shares with her in all
her tastes.
Culinary Department.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER.
Sand is the most useful for securing,
and with it's help tables and other wood
en- articles may be kept white with half
the trouble entailed in producing the
same effect with the scrubbing brush.
Sand is also most useful in extinguiSh-
ing burning oil Cast on the flames 1t
prevents their spreading by soaking up
the oil, whereas water, used in the same
way, would cause the oil to float and the
fire to increase.
Old newspapers are quite invaluable
to the thrifty housewife. Spread on the
kitchen table when any dirty work is in
hand, they will protect the wood from
becoming soiled, and will save not only
the labor of securing, but the wear and
tear of brushes and the waste of soap
For window cleaning newspapers an
swers the purpose as well as busters,
and for polishing a stove it is as good
as a brush, and makes less dust. News
paper should be used as much as posi-
BILE for cleaning, for it not only prevents
unnecessary wear of brushes and cloths,
but also saves the household washing
bill.
TO HANG OVER THE COOK TABLE.
A copy of the following measures will
be found very useful to hang in the
kitchen for reference:
Four even teaspoonfuls liquid equal
one even tablespoonful
Three even teaSpoonfulS dry material
equal one even tablespoonful.
Sixteen tablespoonfuls liquid equal
one cupful.
Origin of Familiar COstum.
Like all familiar customs the origins
of which are lost in antiquity, the
ding is accounted for in various ways.
Among other stories is the following
popular legend from Spain:
An African king presented a Spanish
king with a magnificent orange tree,
whose creamy, waxy blossoms and won
derful fragrance excited>>t the admiration
l.
vain for a branch of the plant. but
foreign ambassador was tormented by
the desire to introduce so great curl
osity to his native land. He used every
possible means, fair or foul, to accom-
plish his purpose, but all his efforts
coming to naught, he gave up in de-
spair. The fair daughter of the court
gardener was loved by young artisan,
but lacked the dot which the family
considered necessary to a bride. One
day, CHANGING to break off a spray of
orange blossoms, the gardener thought
lessly gave it to his daughter.
Seeing the coveted prize in the girls
hair, the willy ambassador offered her a
sum sufficient for the desired dOWry,
provided she would give him the branch
and say nothing about it. Her marriage
was soon celebrated, and on her way to
the altar, in grateful remembrance of
the source of all her happiness, she Sc
cretly broke off another bit of the lucky
tree to adorn her hair.
Whether the poor court gardener lost
his head in consequence of his daugh7
ter's treachery the legend does not state,