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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13
G)haf Rob Said.
BY MRS. MOSES P HANDY.

Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co.
Indeed, BERTHE, / just think I'm one of
the luckiest girls in the world and
Ethel Trent leaned back on the lounge
and folded her pretty hands complacent-
ly so that her diamond and sapphire ring
showed to the best advantage. Mr.. VIII
son simply adores me, and l shall have
everything that money can buy. Think of
spending a whole year abroad. / have
always longed to travel and to be able
to buy no end of beautiful things for our
new house on the boulevard. And then
Mr.. Wilson is man any girl might be
proud of. He doesn't look a day over
forty, and is really distinguished looking.
tell you I'm in luck.
But what will Roy say?" asked her
sister, far less impressed by the glow
ing picture than Ethel had expected her
to be.
The girl shrugged her shoulders i'm
patiently. Congratulate me, 1 suppose.
He has no right to say anything else,
and it would make no difference if he
did,
"Oh, Ethel
Bertha. you make me tired exclaim-
ed Ethel, sitting erect in her vehemence
of speech. II never could see why you
always insisted that Rob Hills and /
were sweethearts. I am not engaged to
him. He never asked me to marry him,
and supposing he was in love with me,
what would it matter? l can't marry all
the men who admire me, so l choose to
please myself. Rob is as poor as a church
mouse, and you know it
But, Ethel don't you know his uncle
has made him his assistant, and he will
surely ask you now that he can afford to
marry
Ethel interrupted her disdainfully ION
81, 200 a year, excuse me if you please. My
dear child, don't you know that MIR. Viii
son has twice as many thousands? Real
ly, Bertha, you ought to have more sense.
But then you have spent your life here
in the country, and You don't know what
life is. have no more reason to think
that that boy is in love with me than
with you; he is Joe's chum, that is ALL
But if he does mind, what then? He has
no right to complain and he will get over
it, never fear. Anybody would really
think you thought more about him than
me- Novel reading has turned your brain.
self and am quite willing that most of
the love shall be on the mans side SO
long as have a high respect for my
husband and he has plenty of money. i
never was in love in my life and meyer
expect to be, but shall do my best to
satisfy Mr. Wilson, and have no fears
for the future. Besides, I am older than
you are, and you have no business to lee
ture me-"
The summer previous Mrs Trent's only
sister, well-to-do. childless, living in 9
fashionable apartment house in large
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13
BABY JAMES CHRISTMAS.

Baby Jane wanted ITO hang up hel
stocking the Christmas after she was
three years old, but mamma told het
that Santa Claus did not know the way
to their house. "Praps med better
write him a letter. said Baby Jane,
land tell him where we live
Mamma said she didn't believe it would
do a bit of good. So Baby Jane didn't
say anything more about it to her. But
old, almost six, to print her little let
ter; she helped him, of course, and this
was what he wrote:
Dear Sanity Klos. never gave us
eny presants wonce, an we yiv in the
littel broun hous after you git by the
skul-hous Plees kohl. Jane and John. %
They thought that was a pretty nice
letter and John took It to the postoffice
himself, and dropped it in the letter boz.
When Mr. Good the postmaster, was
making UP the mail, he found a. crum-
Sanity Klos.'' a,f.rt
II don't know where that gentleman
lives" said Mr. Good $50 l guess I'll
read the letter myself
After he had read it he laughed a
little. and then he said, Poor little
things, they shall have some presents
this year.
So the night before Christmas, as
Johns and James mamma sat sewing
and feeling pretty bad about two little
empty stocking hanging in the chimney
corner, she heard loud rap at the door.
She got up just as quickly as she could,
but whoever it was must have been in
a great hurry, for all she could see was
a big basket on the doorstep. She
thought it must be for her, and SO she
brought it into the kitchen. Then she
saw a card on it, on which was written,
Jane and John, from Santa Claus"
well, 1 never" said James and
Johns mamma. Then she raised the lid.
There was a doll for baby Jane, a little
horse and express wagon for brother
John, shoes and mittens for each, and
a bag of nuts and candy. In the bottom
of the basket was chicken, some cram
berries, sugar and oranges.
"Well, never!' said mamma again,
and then she couldn't help crying lit
tie, she was SO happy. But she filled up
the stockings and went to bed. | wish
you could have seen baby Jane and
brother John when they came out IN
their night gowns the next morning to
get their stockings. They hoped and
skipped for joy, and baby Jane said, l
knew Sanity would come if he only knew
where We lived
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ought to be two thirds filled with pretty
warm water and pieces of we'll soaked
brown paper, left two or three hours,
shaken thoroughly and well rinsed in
clear, cool water. Shot is an excellent
cleaner for common glass bottles, but is
rather dangerous for costly glass.
In the average home the weekly pol
fishing of the slverware is a long and
tiresome task. and one that does not
insure brightness for the entire seven
days of service. In few beautifully
ordered homes the silver is kept to a
certain point of polish by means Of a
simple device known as a plate rag. Il
is generally a piece of stocking, the top
part of discarded ones, treated to a mix
ture of new milk and hartshorn powder.
Some clever brain saw an opportunity
to turn the idea to money by treating
pieces of cotton flannel and putting them
ON to the market under a variety of
names. Plate rubbed briskly with one
of these cloths, Immediately after being
washed and dried, would be kept in a
state of beautiful polish. / have not run
across any of them recently, so perhaps
they have had their day and died the
usual death of all fads, good or bad, but
the homemade article can be prepared
with ease and little expense. One ounce
of the powder is dissolved i'll a pint of
milk, tho rags are boiled in the mixture
for five minutes, then removed to cold
water, wrung out ana dried. Enough of
the mixture remains in the cloth to act
upon the surface of the silver, and the
rags will retain their virtue even after
they have become as black as the stove
brush.
Every kitchen worker should know
that the handles of knives should not
be plunged into water or the blades VIII
loosen and the handles discolor. The
knives should not leave the hands until
they have been thoroughly dried.
Most women scott at the idea that
there is more than one way to dust a
room. Nevertheless there is the right
way which disposes of the dust, and
few wrong ones which leave the dust
to settle again in five minutes after the
task is finished
Soft cloths make the only busters worth
having, cheese cloth or any similar ma
of furniture should be the beginning and
the bottom natural stopping place. The
buster should be frequently shaken and
changed when it becomes much soiled-
I would not give feather buster room in
my house, for it was never known to
remove dust permanently-its merely f1irts
it from one place to another and leaves
a part of it in the air to steal into ones
lungs.
Careless maids use damp busters which,
while they effectually remove the dust
and retain it. bring disaster to the polish
of the furniture.
1t is not every housewife who supplies
coverings for the furniture on sweeping
days and therein shows wisdom. These
coverings may be of the coarsest kind
of unbleachable cotton, but they will
lengthen the days of usefulness of the
furniture by protecting it from dust
accumulations. incidentally they will
| tighten the task OF, sweeping and dust
| ing.
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and no inclination to oversee the manage
ment of this house There are six rooms
and family of three, myself, my dog
and the cat. We are all fond of comfort,
and find it only in neat, well ordered
nome; so l expect that at all times AS
to methods, I care nothing In what way
your secure results, as long as you do
secure them. So please do not obther me
about details"
marina, by the way, is living with her
at the present time, and both seem per-
Iectiy satisfied with the arrangement.
But Martina is an exceptional house girl,
and can be left to her own devices with
safety The incompetent need close
watching and deal Of instruction.
Even With exceptional girls, ] dare say
knowledge is preferable to ignorance.
Systematic feminine workers are rare,
put the lack of system in the domestic
may be counter-balanced by the mistress
good habits. The routine of general
homework lends itself readily to sys-
tenn winch divides the work so that each
Gay In the week may have its proper
snare. and no more. BY this means the
mouse can be kept in an immaculate con
d1tion without undue fatigue to the work
er.
read recently communication from
woman who seemed to have found
satisfaction in changing the established
order of housework. Washday fell on
Tuesday, instead of Monday AMI
Wednesday was ironing day. Monday
was devoted to clearing up the house and
disposing of Sundays clutter, so she said,
and the other days were spent in scrub
hlng and sweeping
lNmay be od-fashioned, but must con-
Tess to a preference for clean beds and
body linen on Sunday. I do not believe
any amount of argument could convince
me that Saturday was not the proper tiay
Tor changing the beds and picking up the
solied clothes of the household. Clean
mess and goodness are akin, you know
and 1 maintain that they should walk
hand in hand on Sunday. Why, they be-
long to the rest which Sunday brings to
mind and body.
There is certain amount of work in
the home that should be done each night
1t will make the mornings tasks fewer
in number. The fire can be laid ready fer
the match and a large part of the prepar-
alton for breakfast can be done before re-
firing. Glass can be SO carefully washed
after each using that a session of clean
ing is unnecessary and silver can be
treated In the same manner. For ex-
pensiye glassware a wooden bowl is the
safest, and two are better than one. In
the first can be done the cleansing in
rather warm, soapy water. and in the
second the pieces can be rinsed in cooler,
clear water and left to drain a few min
utes before the wiping process. Careful
handling and a plentiful supply of clean
wiping towels will result in safety and
beauty for each dish.
Tecanters and water jugs often give
some trouble unless one knows that they
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The Globes Daily Short story

ated with high honors at one of the first
| medical colleges in the country, and
| coming home, hung out his single.
| But country towns are apt to distrust
| young men, most of all when they have
| grown up in their midst, and it was
| only the very few Who appreciated the
| gerat advances which medicine and
| surgery have made in recent years, who
dared to employ him. Thus it was q
I sodsend when the yunng doctors uncle
having no son to inherit his practice and
feeling the need of an assistant, wrote
to Rob OF come and fill the post This,
| during Ethel's absence, but before the
news of her engagement had reached
Kaowoc
Rob had talked tile offer over with
Joe and Bertha, although there was but
one opinion as to its acceptance and
when Joe had pronounced 81 200 fairly
good income for young man, Rob had
answered, Eyes, a fellow might get mar
ried on that with the right kind of
wife," and had smiled at Bertha, who,
thinking of Ethel, had choked down a
lump, which, to her shame and con-
fusion, rose in her throat, and bravely
smiled back.
Now that Ethel had unhesitatingly
thrown Rob over, Bertha felt that
further protest was useless nay, more,
she felt that she was on the verge of
tears and that II she remained in the
room with her sister she would do or
say something to be sorry for.
She left the room and the house; she
felt that she wanted to be alone in order
to recover her composure. Almost UNI
consciously she took the path to favor
lite spot with the young people of both
households, a clump of willows half way
between the Trent and Hills home
steads, where the boys years ago had
built a rustic seat.
There she sat thinking, her eyes fun
of tears, her heart aching.
''Oh, Rob, Rob-" she sighed at last
aloud, "If could only help YOU
S'Well," exclaimed a merry voice, not
at all that of a despairing lover. That's
good news, because you can more than
anyone else in the world. / was just on
my way to tell YOU that ! can't get
along without you. and to ask you If you
think you can be happy as a, poor mans
Wife?''
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city, and quite in the SWIM" had been
ordered absolute rest and quiet from her
social duties and her charities Seeking
such repose she had come to visit her
sister in the country township of Kao-
woo, and found the experiment success
When she returned to town she had
taken her eldest niece with her. Ethel
was a beauty, and Mrs. Morton had an
nounced to her husband her intention to
give the girl a chance. Mr.. Morton never
denied his wife anything; moreover, he,
too, had taken a fancy to the girl, and
the chance was given with no niggard
hand.
1t would be hard to tell whether Mr..
or Mrs. Morton was most pleased at the
sensation which Ethel made, most de-
lighted when the head of the firm Of Will
son & Co., of which Mr. Morton was
junior member, asked Ethel to marry
him. Neither of them imagined the pos
sibility of a refusal, although the sutton
was twice her age.
The old chronicle tells us that when
Alcides, having gone through all the
fatigues of life, took bride in Olympus,
he ought to have selected Minerva, but
he chose Hebe. Other men since then
have done the same thing, and no one,
not even the bride-elect thought Of the
difference of age as an objection Ethel
she felt it, and her behavior on the oc-
casion was generously rewarded by her
aunt and her uncle-in-law. Ethel had the
satisfaction, of knowing that her trous-
seau would be all that could be desired
AS for Rob Hills, Ethel never took
him into consideration; as she said, why
should she? Half the young men in Kao-
voc were more or less in love with her.
Rob was her brothers special friend, and
so, oftener at the house than any of the
others, but much more was taken for
granted than had ever been said
Bertha Trent, four years younger than
her sister, admired Ethel beyond meas
ure. She herself was barely cookbook
ing, and accustomed to be oyershadowed
by her brilliant sister upon all occasions.
she was content with reflected glory and
never thought to be jealous
Only now was she disappointed when
everyone else was praising Ethel for that
she had done so well to herself
Bertha was intensely loyal, and she
loved Rob better than she even knew
She had always taken it for granted that
castles had all been built with that end
i'll view. There was nobody good enough
in her eyes for Ethel but Rob- and how
could anyone whom Rob loved fail to
say him yea?
So when Ethel came home after six
months absence, bringing her sheaves
with her, Bertha, unimpressed by their
/ golden glory. asked herself and her SIS
| ter, what will Rob say?
The year before Rob Hills had gradu-
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stacks of rifles in the hall lent an adj
ditional military touch to the ball. The
Fort Smelling band was in attendance
and played for the grand march which
began at o'clock and for the quadrille
which followed. During the remainder OF
the evening the orchestra played. The
arrangements were in charge of Ser
geants Cloud, Dolan, McCauley, Corporal
Smith and Musician Baker On the floor
committee were Sergeants Cloud, Dolan,
Cock, Private Watty, Sergeants Cress,
Nelson, McCauley and Butler. Sergeant
Hastings led the grand march. Supper
was served at 10 o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13
SYSTEM IN THE HOME.

BY Martha Taft Wentworth.
The woman who is ignorant of house
hold matters seldom makes a creditable
showing as mistress of an establishment
unless she is in a position to hire a
hcuskeeper. There have been occasional
ignorant feminine heads of households
who had the good fortune to stumble
upon house girls who could be relied
upon, like the one who engaged with a
friend of mine last winter, but they are
rare.
whose occupation took her from home
each morning and kept her until the din
ner hour, late in the afternoon. When
engaging Martha. a capable looking
woman of any age between thirty and
forty. she said to her: ~ have no time
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Personal.

Mrs. J. w. Curran, of Spokane. and
Miss Tessie Giblin, of Waverly, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. V. O'Con-
nor. Of 559 Fuller street.
Mrs. J A Gillette, Pleasant avenue,
is entertaining Miss Babcock of Neenah,
Wis.
Miss Wilkinson of Albert Lea is the
guest of Miss Maisley, Summit avenue.
Mrs. S. e. Day, Of Ashland, is in the
East
Miss Marion Sanborn, of the Aberdeen,
will leave shortly for Little Rock, Ark,
and from there she will go to st. Louis
Mo-, to spend the winter.
Mrs. John F. Stevens, Summit avenue
Mrs. Y. J. Rothschild Paramount ave-
nue., and Mrs. B. Hurlbut, of Chicago,
have returned from Portland. Or;
entertaining Mrs. Ethan Allen, of New
York.
Miss Keeney, of Dubuque, Iowa, is the
guest of Mrs. Frank O'Meara, Capitol
Mrs. A. ]. Jennings, Nelson avenue, has
gone to Los Angeles. Cal. for the win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarke, Dayton avenue,
Mrs. H. Hurlbut. the guest of Mrs.
John f. Stevens. Summit avenue, will
return Friday to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Thurston, Lincoln
avenue. will leave shortly for Florida.
Mrs. Frederick P. Wright, Summit ave-
nue., will leave FOR the East shortly to
attend the Harvard-Yale football game,
Thanksgiving day. Gushing Wright is a
sophomore at Harvard
Mrs. W. H. vittum, of Crocus Hill, has
returned from Asheville, N. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Musgrove. of
London, England have removed to ST.
Paul from their temporary residence in
Minneapolis, and are at 1S5 Summit ave-
nue. for the winter.
j. W. Curran. of Spokane and Miss
Tessie Gibbin, of Waverly, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. v. O'Connor, SIS
Fuller street
Mr. and Mrs c. B. Bowlby, of the
Albion, are in Milwaukee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13

rying it by setting it in hot places is
disastrous to the life of the yeast plant.
1t is also more convenient to mix bread
in the morning than late in the evening
after the days work is done.
For the rolls illustrated today use one
cup of milk, one cup water, one level
teaspoon of salt, one compressed yeast
cake dissolved in one-quarter cup of
lukewarm water. Use bread -four
enough to make a dough that can be
kneaded, which will be about six cup
fuls, the exact amount depending upon
the kind of -four Cover and let rise
three hours, when it should have doubled
in size. Mould and shape into small
balls set closely in buttered pan, cover
with cloth, let rise again to double the
size and bake. Five hours should COM
plete the process from the flour barrel to
the table Alice E. Whitaker.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13

Free yourself of the popular idea that
a loaf of .bread or a pan of rolls raised
quickly with a whole yeast cake must
taste of the yeast" Bread raised with
a small amount OF yeast with a longer
time allowed for fermentation and
changes in the starch of the -four GER
tainly has a slightly different flavor
of the yeast in either case. The begin
ner in breadmaldng is more safe in
using the amount of yeast which will
raise her bread quickly than in using
a small quantity and allowing the dough
to stand over night subject to varying
temperature and possible danger of pass
ing the point of fermentation when acid
ity will be developed. Bread while rising
requires uniform temperature, and this
is best secured when it is where the
cook can give it attention Chilling de-
lays the rising or fermentation, and hur-
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Corner for Children.


inches, and yet it is formed of the four
pieces into wilio3s the original square of
81 inches was divided The puzzle is to
account for the extra inch.
Let US make practicsl test. First, We
lay off with ruler, as accurately as
possible, c% a piece of cardboard a
square measuring inches on each of
its sides. We then cut the board into
two pieces, one by 8 inches, and the
other by s. By diagonal cut We di-
vide the larger piece into two smaller
pieces. each by 5 by 8. and the smaller
piece into two triangular pieces by di-
agonal cut from one corner to the other
The base of each triangular piece will
measure inches. and the altitude 8
inches.
Now fit the four pieces together to form
figure by 13 inches, and we certainly
have within those lines an area of Go
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school education, San Francisco city
hall; the capitol, Washington; indie.
pendence hall, Philadelphia; Carpenters
hall, Philadelphia; La Rabida, the Ger
man building, the Japanese building,
jackson Park, Chicago: city hall,
new government building, new capitol.
st. Paul. Supt Lewiston will precede
the speaker with lew remarks on the
progress in school architecture in ST.
Paul and on other school matters of
general interest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13
PROBLEM FOR CHILDREN.

One Of the most perplexing problems
that young people have to Wrestle with
and they all are bound to face it sooner
or later-is the one that is sometimes
called the magnetic square. 1t is the OBJ
ject of this short article to give a sample
explanation of the mystery.
The proposition is as follows A square
measuring s inches on each of Its four
sides contains, of course, GA square inch
es. Now this square may be cut into
four pieces, and these pieces may be
put together SO as to form a rectangular
figure measuring inches on two of it's
sides and 10 inches on the other two. This
figure would contain, therefore, 65 square
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-13
Orange salad.

II possible, use sour oranges for this
salad. If sweet ones are the only or
anges available, strain lemon juice over
them after they have been sliced Cut
the oranges in thick slices. carefully re-
move the seeds, arrange them in rows
and turn over them dressing made OF
one tablespoonful of lemon juice to three
of ell, with salt and paprika to taste
This is excellent to serve with game, and
grape fruit can be similarly treated.
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The whole thing may be shown by trig-
onometry, but that is too technical for
our present purposes. The catch" is in
making small diagram, or in dissecting
a square much smaller than inches for
then the uncovered space is scarcely per-
ceptible.
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MENUS. FOR THURSDAY.

BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal Cream.
Dreamed dried beef.
German fried potatoes
Sally Lunns. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Fresh mushrooms, stewed.
Egg salad.
Cheese. Waters.
Cereal coffee.
DINNER.
Okra and tomato soup.
Stewed chicken. Rice
Caramel sweet potatoes.
Orange and banana salad.
cheese. Waters.
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square inches. But we find that the four
pieces will not wholly cover that area,
for in the center of the figure there is a
space in the form of parallelogram I'M
covered, and it is in this space that the
extra inch is found
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Several social functions have been
planned for Miss Cornelia Bigelow, a
brfde-elect Mrs. Webster Wheelock,
Laurel avenue. will give a small tea
this afternoon, and Miss Gertrude
Kirk will give a supper Tuesday even
ing for the members CT the bridal party
Mrs. r. H. Kirk, Ashland avenue, en-
tertaincd Informally this afternoon.