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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

New York Society and so, as he sat in
his Office and awaited the Advent of
the gladstone Season. he was pervaded
by Gentle Melancholy of the kind
that would have been Pie for Charles
Dickens.
mo one in all this World whom I
can make Happy said the Maverick
mo one" Then he saw the Office
Boy standing on one Foot and giving
him the Wistful Eye.
wish you Merry Christmas" said
the Urchin, and when the Bachelor dug
up Dollar he heard, for the first time,
about Little Sister who had been
writing Letters to Sanity in regard to
a Doll that would open and close the
Eyes.
Il am afraid the Children are getting
little Strong with that Letter Gag. "
SAID the Bachelor. but he produced,
just the same.
Then the Janitor came in and mem
toned the Fact that he had a Family
and when he went out, he had an Or
der for Turkey.
Whlle riding down in the Elevator
tne Bachelor came upon a Paste Board
hltty with Sprig of Evergreen above
II, so he Clipped in and began to feel
that possibly he would succeed in ring
ing IN on the JOY of Giving after ali
Nheil ne struck his Room, the Cham
permald stood outside the Door ana
there was an Expression on her Face
wllcn seemed to read as follows: 1T
somebody forced "a FLYER on me SIM
pose wouldn't know what to do VIII
it," ~ uo win
Next he heard of a Movement 70
purchase a Rocking Chair for the
Housekeeper. '"e
me Boy who delivered the Papers
Drought in a Hold-up Poem printed on
a Card. o'i
his Regular Waiter brushed away in
visible crumbs all during Dinner and
threw out Dark Hints. '''
The Man who took care of bis H.
came right out and said in so poan,
Words that he Smoked.
MoRAL-Holidays were invented r.
demonstrate that no Man Is ouito
! Friendless. quite
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

When the children are at home and
parties for all ages are in order the
housekeeper must busy herself with
cake caking. Christmas cakes are sup
posed to be trif1e more elaborate than
those which grace less festive occa-
sions. Fruit cake indigestion is per-
united to seize in its clutches whom it
will. There is no sure way of avoid
ing the consequences of INDUCING in
this delicacy; but the chances are les
sened if the cake is made according
to the best rule, which that given be-
low is claimed to be. At any rate the
cake will be so good that paying the
piper afterwards will seem less try
ing. All the cakes described will keep
fresh for weeks if stored in air-tight
stone jars.
Black Fruit Cake.
Weigh one pound of butter. one
pound of light brown sugar. one pound
and two ounces of -four two pounds of
dried currants. two pounds of ordi-
nary seeded raisins, two pounds Of Sui
tanas, and one and a half pounds of
citron cut into strips. Measure one gill
Of cream. one-half pint of brandy, two
teaspoonfuls of ground cinnamon. one
each of mace, cloves and allspice. Crate
two nutmegs. Break a sufficient num-
Der of eggs to fill a pint measure. Rub
the butter and sugar together. but do
not beat them. Whip the eggs until
perfectly smooth and thick and stir
them with the cream into the butter
and sugar, adding one-third at a time
and working until perfectly smooth
Mix the flour with the spices and the
fruits until they are evenly distribu-
ted; then add them TO the mixture and
stir lightly together. Add one table
spoonful Of orange flower water ana
beat the whole vigorously. Bake fn a
moderate oven for three hours. Do
not turn out Of the pan until cold.
then rub lightly with -four ana wine ~,
with dry cloth and store away until
needed NA''N
This cake Is improved by age ana
many ls i, persons make them a year ahead
Lady Cake.
old fashioned lady cake Is Aeucst.
ana tempting and by right Of usage -
longs % the holiday season
Hh'll siK ounces each Of sweet ga
pliief almonds and measure one IN
- rose water Blaneh the aimo1as
nNa pfniFe Them 40 paste with ~
ZOE water in mortar. noundfng 80.
unr md adding fhe rose s.ets.
.lif ~ hfile. Rub ono pound ~ 49,.
yer an9 one and one-balf pounds IN
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21
AFTERW ARDS.

On Christmas night to Charles bed
strange procession came
A Turkey decked with Sausages.
Pudding wrapped in flame.
Sixteen Mince Pies in bread array
We're perched upon the rail,
A great Sirloin. whose beefy eve.
Made Charles cheek grow pale.
Each one had got a knife and fork
And plates the Mince Pies carried:
The Pudding said in suety tones:
Begin! Too long we've tarried!
This boy at dinner time to-day
= Two helpings had of mel"
"And me-" the Turkey next chined
in;
The Sausages said "Three!"
"He ate us ALL" the Mince Pied said.
Sirloin said, "Tis no jokei
Come now let us begin on him!"
And Charlie then awoke!
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

had been real Turquoise would have
cost 1920. The Girls dubbed together
and gave her a SIS Zibeline Suit with
Box Pleats.
On Christmas Morning the grateful
Nellie came in to thank them, but she
broke down and wept into the Wat
fles.
IT'S a Cinch," said the family.
"W've got her dead to Rights"
A few Days after that Nellie attend
ed the Annual Ball given by the Sla-
vonic Pleasure and Democratic Club.
When she swept into the Ballroom
with her Zfbeline, her Imitation Lam b IS
Wool, the Brooch, the Watch and the
Gloves, she had Upper Fifth Avenue
held to a Tie, at least
A Butcher named Johnson hung
around her all Evening and soon began
coming over to the House. He offered
Nellie Home took her away
1t was six Months before the Family
found another Girl who could cook
Waffles.
MORAL: Give them Helpful Books.
THE MODERN FABLE OF THE
MAN WHO MADE A STUDY OF
HIS WIFE'S CHARACTER.
sOnce there was a Man who smoked
a Pipe.
He had a Meerschaum that had
been in Use for so many Years that
Strangers did not care to stay in the
same Room.
Finally he decided that he would
blow himself for a New One. He de-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

powdered sugar to cream. Beat very
nard and stir in the almond paste,
again beating thoroughly. Break a
sufnclent quantity of eggs to yield one
pint OF whites and whip these until
stiff. Weigh and sift one and one-half
pounds of flour. Add the flour and the
whites of the eggs alternately to the
mixture, little of each at a time. Stir
IN one gill of rich cream and beat long
ana well until the cake is very light.
Four into shallow square or oblong
pans and Immediately set in a moder-
ate oven. Bake an hour or more, &C.
cording to the thickness: then cover
with paraffine paper and let cool grad
Uafy without running from the pan.
Wnen cold ice with lemon icing.
10 make the icing. stand the whites
OF Two eggs in refrigerator until very
colo' and weigh one-half pound of pow
oered sugar. Beat the eggs until
trothy; then sift in the sugar a little
at time while beating continually.
Add one teaspoonful of lemon Juice and
continue beating until the icing is firm
ana stiff enough to stand alone. Spread
over the cake with a knife dipped In
ice water. Let stand twenty-four
hours before cutting.
Cider Cake.
A thoroughly delicious holiday cake
and one not over rich is made with
good sweet cider.
FOR a generous sized cake allow
one pound of dried currants, half
pound of powdered sugar, six ounces
OF butter, one grated nutmeg, one
tablespoonful of ground cinnoman,
one pint of slider, -four eggs, ten
ounces of -four and two teaspoonsful
OF saleratus water. To make this last
dissolve one ounce of saleratus in
one-quarter of a pint of water and
stand aside until it has settled Clean
the currants carefully and dredge with
nour. Beat the eggs together until
very light. Rub the sugar and butter
TO a cream. Then add to them the
spices and half the cider. Finally add
the eggs alternating with the four
a little at time. Stir until perfectly
smooth; then add slowly the rest OF
the cider and currants and, lastly, the
saleratus water. Stir vigorously
pour into creased pan, and bake IN
a quick oven.
MndeIines.
These little Christmas cakes are as
pretty to look at as they are good 70
eat. They are certain 10 prove fasci-
mating to the children.
same weight Of -four and Of butter ana
powdered sugar weighed together,
Beat the butter and sugar together
until light and creamy; then add one
tablespoonful OF salt and One-bah yea
spoonful Of vanilla, mixing al NOR
oughly together. Add the eggs ohs
az time, beating each one thorough
" before adding the next. Beat the
mixture continuously for twenty mlN-
ntes; then stir Ia lightly the stree
-four and make IN thin layers Remove
from the pans and spread over ,n'
top Of layer u good currant jfHl.
then place the second layer Of jelly on
top and lei sta ID until cold. Cur tl'
cake into fancy shapes with an cur
tiers, using small diamonds, squaf
crescenfs and the like. Make icNs
Favored with plsiachio, oraneo CIV
chocolate o. directed foT lacy th
To- fhf cakes over the TOPS nne fIt
ona place in the center ~ $500 9 CAB
died cherry, o. . half ~ 8 walnut
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21
QUEER BATHS
OF FASTIDIOUS
FRENCHWOMEN

To catch a Frenchwoman in a con-
fidential mood, when she will give the
key TO the mysteries Of her toilet. is
as desirable as IL is rare. Well must
the hook be baited. for why should a
rival. under which head all other wom-
en- are classed. be assisted 20 increase
her charm?
IN the present instance II was luck,
pure and simple. that tempted the
AarquiHe 10 chat freely on the subject
Of baths and other means Of making
woman forget that she has turned
thirty.
tfhftyi' the Mafquise exclaimed
YIN e@enft. 1.-THE time when one
iSphf aakanee az every mirror 10 a..
~sif oneself that - D. really a hieh.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

cided on something Ornate with Flow
ers carved on the Bowl 1t was to
cost about 81. BY putting Chamois
Skin around it and working steadily
for Two Years, he could bring it to
a Beautiful Color
His Wife was dead set against the
Purchase from the very Start She
said that ST. was a good-sized Piece
of Money to throw away on a Pipe,
and besides the Old One was good
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21
COAT OF MAIL INcAsEs HIS BODY.
Strange Growth Around DIR. Marks
Chest Daflies Prominent Surgeons.

Strange Growth Around DIR. Marks
Chest DafIes Prominent Surgeons.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Decatur, Ala. Dec. 10.-A disease
which has bafled many of the leading
surgeons of the United States is af-
fecting the Rev. Mr.. Marks, a minis
ter and stock raiser, near SheIbyville
Tenn. Mr.. Marks is 81 years old
About four years ago he noticed a pe-
culiar growth forming on his hip bones
just under the skin. The growth SEEM
ed TO be a thin layer of bone. and
Marks. becoming alarmed. visited a
number of leading surgeons in Atlanta.
Chicago New York. Nashville and 9th
er cities. but all told him that they
did not understand the disease. and ana
not know what 10 do for him.
This growth, has now entirely enNr-
cled HIS body. from the pelvls bone up
20 his chest, and Is suili growing up
ward. lie can walk and Is in fairly
good health, but when he lays down he
cannot help himself. His body Is ae
sim as though he were incased la "a
coat Of steel mail.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

John l. Mitoheii Judge % the
Pennsylvania Superior Court. has re-
signed hls Office on account ~ men-
tal incapaciiY. re- viii receive half
pas until the expiration N enc term
fof which be nas elected which enas
in 1910.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21
GOOD CAKES FOR
HOLIDAY LARDER

Genuine Black Fruit Cake, New
er Very Digestible, Is Safest
When Made According to the
Rule Below - Lady Cake,
Which Is Less Rich, Will
Serve for Ordinary Purposes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-21

! enough. She was sure that it could
/ not get any worse.
! The Husband was hurt away down
| in his Feelings to think that she would
deny him his one sman Luxury. He
was an Indulgent Soul and gave her
! a fair Allowance and stood for her
| Bills, compared with which the S17
/ for the Pipe was not a Marker. He
! began to get a new Line on her and
| observe selfish Traits which had es-
| capped him hitherto.
He planned to teach her a Lesson.
Il shall omit the usual Christmas
! Present" he said. "If she makes the
some biting Sarcasm to the Effect that
l have taken her Advice and begun
| to Economic. 1 could not afford to
| buy a new Meerschaum for myself
or a Christmas Gift for her.
He came down to Breakfast on
Christmas Morning all loaded for Bear
and there on his Plate was the Pipe
with the fat Roses carved on the Bowl.
I've had ii picked out ever so long,
said Better Half but l was afraid
you would spoil Everything"
He sat there feeling about eight
times smaller than an English Spar
row. Then Nature asserted itself and
he began to Lie.
How did you like Your Present. p
ne asked.
Il haven't seen it yet" she replied,
in evident Surprise.
Maybe I won't jack those Fellows
up" he said. TT should have been
delivered Yesterday Afternoon"
He rushed out and although it was
a Holiday, he broke into a Jewelers.
and bought her a Diamond Horseshoe
at a slightly reduced Price. on account
of the Rush being over.
MORAL: Don't buy anything just
before Christmas. Some Mind-Reader
may come around and hand it to you.
THE MODERN FABLE OF THE
YULE-TIDE BACHELOR, WHO
HAD NO ONE TO LOVE.
Once there was a fast-fading Bach
elor who felt as Blue as Indigo when
he saw Dec. 25 creeping nearer and
nearer. The sight of the Shop-Win-
dows filled with Dolls and Toys helped
to fill him with large, vague Regrets,
for he had no little Toodlekins waiting
for him.
For about a Week before Christmas
the Bachelor was invariably saddened
by the Reflection that he was Iidless.
During the other fifty-one Weeks of
the Year. he did not seem to mind it
so much.
This poor Bachelor had no Parents
An Only Sister was Lost somewhere in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-15
PARALYzED WOMAN.
She Makes Her Tongue Serve the
Purposes of Fingers and Arms.
New York Times.)

New York Times)
One of the most remarkable invalids
in the world is Miss Tunison, a para
lytic, who resides at Sag Harbor, L. 1.
She has been helpless since birth, hav-
ing only the head and upper shoulder
muscles under control, and so wonder
fully has she trained them to serve her
one remaining member, her tongue,
that it performs with marvellous quick
ness and skill the tasks which feminine
fingers are wont to do. At her bidding
it traces with a pencil held between the
teeth outline sketches of flowers and
trees; it grasps a needle, threads it
and works in and out the fine delicate
stitches of embroidery finery; it writes
letters to her friends, and it guides the
mallet which makes music on her met
allaphOne. Miss Tunison's tongue is
very ruly member, indeed. Never
having had the use of her hands, Miss
TunisOn has thrown her full depend
ence upon the tongue, which, through
the loss of all other members, is abnor-
mally acute and gifted.
Miss Tunison is a bright-faced wo-
man of 80. All day long she sits
strapped in a wheeled chair, specially
constructed for her. A wide board is
attached across the front. something
like that of a child's high chair This
is her work table, and on it she has her
boxes of cOlored crayons, her work
basket, filed with spools of thread
needle books and endless little odds
and ends There, too, she has her writ
ing pad and several inch and a half
long pencils, sharpened by some friend
" hand. When only 4 years old Miss
| Tunison began to train her tongue into
usefulness. She would pick up buttons
with it from her little table, and with a
string, also in her mouth, in some way
I hn I'D -
amusing herself for hours stringing
buttons. Later she began to sew.
To see Miss Tunison thread a needle
! preparatory to doing her embroidery
makes one half doubt ones eyes.
First she takes the little needlebook
from out her work basket, laying it
| before her; then a weight, specially
made for her purpose, is taken up by
her teeth and placed upon one half of
! it to hold it firm while she removes the
needle desired; this done, she sticks it
! straight up in the table before her.
| Then a thread is wound off the required
| length and cut by means of a scissor
| manipulated in the same marvellous
way Her tongue takes up the thread,
and through it's exquisite sense of feel
/ ing passes it through the eye of the
/ needle in as short a time as the aver
| age steady hand and eye require.
| The bit of cambria or linen on which
/ she is to embrOider is taken out and
/ unfolded in the same way, and the
weight placed upon one corner of it
! to hold it down while sewing. Holding
/ the needle with her tongue, she places
| it where desired, then lifts and throws
! back the corner of the cloth so as to
! grasp the needle from the under side
and pull it through, making the stitch
complete. This she does over and over
| again, tracing and working out the
most delicate designs, and nearly al
ways without an outline. save what
! comes spontaneously to her mind when
] working
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-15
CONVICTION OF BUTLER

T HE ONLY POSSIBLE OBJECTION
to the finding of the jury in the
case Of Colonel Ed Butler. the million
aire Missouri -giver, is that the
sentence imposed is entirely too light
The decree is that Butler must serve
three years III prison That is not a
long term for a man who has de-
bauched the honor and wrecked the
life of more than one of his fellows.
Still. in view Of Buffers immense
wealth and prestige, the result may be
considered 4 great victory for law and
order and decency in Missouri. 1t is
one of the few cases on record where
the rich and powerful bribe-g iver has
been started toward the same prison
that houses the wretch who took his
money. Buffers conviction will give
a healthier moral tone to legislative
assemblies everywhere.
Councilmen, members of the legisla-
ture and of public boards can never
be bribed unless the bribe- giver is
there with money or other temptation.
And the bribe- giVer, in the light of
Colonel Buffers experience, win be
hardened, indeed. if he stands as ready
as before to corrupt an honest man.
Three years in prison isn't long term.
but it is long enough to give Butler
chance to reflect on the enormity of
his offenses and to remember that
when an outraged people rise and de-
mand justice, it is time for the GRIM
inal to hunt for cover
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-15
Telephone Language.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.l

The rulings on the subject of pour
ing strong language into the receiver
of your telephone confirm the illegality
of the procedure. A st. Louis justice
some weeks ago held that it is agrees
sive profanity. A Chicago justice has
added to that dictum with the asser-
ton that profanity of that description
is disorderly conduct. Hence the ex-
asperated person who has wasted some
twenty-five minutes in the attempt to
get a connection with No. 1913 North
northeast win do well 10 bear in mind
that strong language is under the ban
If he desires to relieve his feelings he
should hang up the receiver and go
over to the farthest corner of the room
before whispering his comments to
himself
It is observed that these restraints
of the law are solely for the protec-
ton of Central" Nobody ever does
! swear at the person he desires to talk
to. If he successfully passes through
the ordeal and gets the number he is
after the effect is so beatific that all
further remarks are in the happiest
VEIN The inhibition of strong Ian
guage being to guard the sensibilities
of Central against shock does not
the judicial definition contain a corol-
larry essential, though not yet directly
pronounced Given that interfering
lurid phrase into the receiver is dis
orderly conduct, does not a legal duty
of Central follow-not to indulge in
conduct calculated to provoke a breach
of the peace. If it is understood both
that the subscriber must not swear and
that Central must not keep him sup
plleating for a number for ten minutes
before pronouncing that damnatory
Busy" the strains of telephone com
munication may be materially less
ened.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-15
Hints to Housewives.
HarDer's Bazar.)


One OF the dyed chamois skins is an ex-
cellent lamp mat for d polished table
the rich red, green. or a certain shade
We'll with lamp Of Egyptian design.
a grape catsup very good TO serve with
cold meats is still possible TO make these
late autumn days Wash five pounds of
grapes that have been stemmed before
weighing, put them in a porcelain lined
kettle and heat slowly till soft. Rub
through a sieve and return to the fire
with three pounds Of sugar, one pint of
vinegar one teaspoonful each of ground
cinnamon, allspice and black pepper. Boil
for an hour and bottle while hot.
Peeled, chopped tomato sprinkled over
lettuce, the whole covered with French
dressing. makes a Russian salad.
As you value your own and your
familys digestion, don't serve tea with
fish. The tannic acid hardens the fibre
and makes it indiEestible. It should
not be offered with any form of fish
shell FISH. or the articulate animals like
Holsters and crabs. Iced tea and soft
shell crabs. for example, are a combina-
ton that should be avoided.
The delicious flavor which all travellers
in France discover in the coffee of that
country is got, it is said, by the addition
of q little butter and sugar during the
roasting process. To every three pounds
of roasting berries a tablespoonful each
of butter and powdered sugar is added.
These in melting s9eead over the beans
in a thin coating. which holds the aroma
and contributes a caramel favor that is
delicious and distinctive
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-15
DUNES REPoRToRIAL DAYS.
Writer of the Dooley Letters Not
Much on Statistics.

81 met Pete Dunno, the evergreen Mr..
Dooley, at fire in New York the other
afternoon said a Washington CORE
spondent quoted by the Washington
I Post. Il had not seen him for a good
many years. We worked together in
Chicago about fourteen years ago.
Pete was then just q years old, and
I was three years older. 1 was city
editor of one of the afternoon Chicago
papers, and Pete was my star man.
He could write a swift and fiamboyant
story about any old thing. but he never
had much of an eye to detail and one
of his weaknesses was his invariable
neglect to get the damage and the in
Surance when he was sent out to cover
a fire Threats, bulldoZing, persuasion,
-ragging-DOthing could seem to
induce Dunno to bring in a fact or two
about the destructiveness in dollars
and the insurance on a fire. He would
frame up a babe of a yarn, describing
the fire in general terms, but he could
have written that without so much as
leaving the Office to take look at the
fire
well, when 1 saw him the other day.
he was standing with the crowd on n
street off Upper Broadway, looking at
the smoke pour out of the windows of
big furniture store. / walked up be-
hind him and clapped him on the back
suddenly:
Hello, Pete 1 said. Have you got
the insurance yet?'
Gosh, MOI he exclaimed quickly,
wheeling around and recognizing me-
Say, you look out for that end of it,
will you? and I'll do the '1urid glares'
! and lambert flames
''Then we adjourned to a place near
by, and extinguished a few inward
flames of our own From the slender
! stripping that he used to be in the old
days, Mr.. Dooley is now a solid chunk
of a smooth-faced chap, weighing
about $50 pounds. if not more; but, in
spite of his rudy skin and clear Irish
! eyes, he isn't in good health, and hasn't
/ been for five years, since he had a bad
dose of typhoid fever. He hasn't got
| a single, solitary thing on earth but
| just money, if anybody should climb off
| herdic to ask you His enormous
revenue from Dooieyisms has been a
whole lot supplemented during the past
couple of years by the right kind of
| stock information. AS Peter Dunno
Dooley has one of his strong admirers
| in William c. Whitney, and as the two
are frequently seen together motoring
around New York in one of those any
/ figure devil wagons, it doesn't take
| much of a guess to figure out where
the Archey Road delineator picks up
his knowledge of the correct things to
! do in Wall street"