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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Key. Shell a qGart Of italian or French
chestnuts. Put in hot water and boil
until the skins are softened; drain off
the water and remove the skins. Press
them, few at time, through colan-
der and season with butter. salt and
pepper. Add chopped parsley, onion
and bread crumbs and season with
stock.
Giblet Sauce.-Boil the giblets until
tender; chop them, but not too fine. and
add a tablespoonful of -four TO the pan
in which the turkey was roasted
Brown the -four, stirring constantly.
adding slowly a cupful of water in
which the giblets were boiled: season
with salt and pepper and add the chop
ped giblets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
MARINE ART.
Virtues and Defects of the ships
That SssilOrs Paint.


That SsilOrs Paint.
1t is an axiom with sailors that there
never was man who put in three
years before the mast who did not
think he could paint a ship better than
the most skillful landlubber that ever
welded Il brush. In the homes of re-
tired sea captains specimens of this
kind of marine art are often displayed
on the walls to admiring friends and
are handed down as family heirlooms.
\ good place for the man who has no
seagoing relatives or friends to see
such pictures is in some of the Win
dows of ship supply stores on South
street in New York. Sailors buy them
occasionally.
Ships that sailors paint are absolutely
correct in every detail. From brig to
Il full rugged three master there is not a
block or tackle missing from stem to
stern or from masthead to water line.
No marine painter could get in half so
much detail if he tried. But the ships
painted by sailors look as if they were
caught fast in frost tipped waves.
There is absolutely no life or any sug-
gestion of motion about them even
when represented as going under full
sail. When Il sailor tries to get in a bit
Of landscape as a background, as he
usually does, he makes matters hope
lessly worse. AS a general thing it is a
lighthouse or fort looking for all the
world like little images that children
take out of their toy arks.-New York
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

one being aTlowed just food enough in
each twenty-four hours to sustain life.
Under these depressing circumstances
and amid the awful silence of the
polar night the cheerfulness that we
continued to maintain was remarkable.
1t would have been Il splendid oppor-
tunity for Dickens character. Mark
Tapley, who was always seeking some
specially depressing situation in life to
show how jolly he could be under ad-
verse circumstances. AS the Christmas
season approached we all looked for
ward to it with eager anticipation. not
only as a festal day the associations
and memories OF which would to some
extent vary the wearisOme monotony
of our lives. but because we knew that
the winter solstice would fall about
Dec. % and that then the sun would
return and the long, dreary night be at
an end.
Christmas day came at last. Christ
mas in the arctic regions! At o'clock
we had our breakfast--thin soup made
OF peas, carrots. blubber and potatoes.
Our Christmas dinner was served at
o'clock. Hearken TO our menu, We who
will sit down the coming Christmas
TO roast turkey stuffed with oysters:
First course, q stew of seal meat. on
ions. blubber, potatoes and bread
crumbs; second course, served one
hour after first. stew of raisins, blub-
Der and milk; dessert, n cup of hot
chocolate. The best and most Christ
maslike feature of this meal was that
we were allowed a sufficient quantity
of it to satisfy the pangs OF hunger.
Our enjoyment of the dessert, one cup
of chocolate, we tried TO prolong as
much as possible. Over it we told each
other Christmas stories. We exchanged
"reminiscences of bygOne Christmases
at home with the loved ones so far
away. We discussed the probability
OF orr ever reaching our own firesides
again. and we entered into an agree
ment that if we got back TO civilization
before another Christmas we would
pass the day together in memory of
that awful Christmas we were then
spending in the realm of the relentless
ice king. Alas, many of those brave
fellows never lived to see another
hristmasr'-Buffalo Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
eERLIoz, The UNeALLANT.
What the Composer Wrote In Ade-
lima PATHS Album.


Nine. Adelina Patti at the height of
her celebrity kept an album in which
all the notable people of her acquaint-
ance were expected to write or paint or
sketch or compose some little telling
fragment.
BerliOz had already refused a dozen
times to have anything to do with the
volume. One evening, however, seeing
that he was in an unusually genial
frame of mind, she went up to him,
book in hand, and sugared her request
with a bride.
Master, if you will write one little
thing in my album, a line even, will
give you your choice of two rewards.
You shall either have kiss or you
shall have a wonderful pate de fOie
gras which has just been sent to me
from Toulouse
Berlioz smiled and was silent for n
moment, Presently he said, Give me
your album" Instantly he was pro-
vided with writing necessities. Then
he wrote, "Oportet pate What does
it mean?' asked Nine. Patti, puzzled.
ut means, my child, Bring the pate, "
answered Belioz sweetly.
Nine. Patti pouted and then fetched
the promised pate.-Annales.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
EngIishwomen of hank.

IF you come across a very shabby
looking Englishwoman on the con-
tinent," said Travelled American, lin
nine cases out of ten she will turn out
to be somebody of rank When 1 was
i'll Florence, | was a great frequenter
of the Ufizzi galleries, and there met
a number of times an oldish English
woman with young girl, whom 1
took to be governess and pupil, as the
former was evidently educating the
latter's taste for art and would analyze
the styles of the different artists and
make the girl pick out their pictures
through her knowledge of technique.
1t was cleverly done, and as the older
woman saw that I was interested in
her art lectures she kindly included
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

me IN the curriculum. TIE girl was
shy and stiff, like most of her young
countrywomen, and l never heard her
call her companion by any name. so
still retained my first impression until
one day when n smart young person,
who was evidently 4 lady's maid.
brought in some wraps and addressed
the older woman as your grace and
the younger one as your ladyship,' the
two proving to be the Duchess of -
and Lady Emily, her granddaughter"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
sturgis and the Doctor.

Frank Sturgis of Strong. Sturgis &
Co. consulted Il doctor and was advised
to go away to some resort for a good,
long rest. Mr.. Sturgis expressed his
contempt for the advice something like
this
REST! Shucks! What else have l
been doing for the past six months;
For real, right down, thoroughgoinS
rest give me Wall street in the sum
mer of 1903. Wall street at present,
compared with the sleepiest summer
resort in the sIeepiest mountains on
earth, is like solitaire in hearse com
pared with a game of poker with
Gates, Clark ct al. And paid $40 for
that adyice!'-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Music the Kernel of welsh Nature.
Music is the very soul and kernel OF
the Welsh nature. A musical ear is the
national birthright. Every Welsh
preacher who migrates to an English
church finds the greatest difficulty in
abstaining from that weird, peculiar
intonation of his sermon which is
known as the hwyl and which is often
strange and Objectionable to English
ears.
A remarkable and subtle fact which
will be interesting to English readers
and at the same time significant of the
constituencies of the Welsh musical ear
is that it is positive discord to many
among the Welsh congregations if the
minister, in giving out the first verse
of the hymn, does not so pitch his voice
that it shall be in harmony with the
KEY in which the tune has prelimina-
rily been played by the instrumentalist.
Westminster Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Preaching and Practicing.

Bishop Frederic Burgess of the do
cese of Long Island has a ready wit
that he uses well in argument.
y man argued recently with Bishop
burgess about clergymen. This man
claimed they did not practice what
they preached.
"Oh, well" said the bishop, maybe
you expect too much of them. Did
you ever hear of a signpost that fol
lowed its own directionf"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
GENERAL BORIS sARAFoFF.

lutionists were not only unconquered,
but that their work was just beginning.
Sarafoff spent nine months in Mace
donna sedulously laboring in the cause
of the revolution. His life was one of
constant peril and hardship. He slept
mostly in the open air OF the band
of sixty that he led to Monastir but
eight survive. Though his spirit is
undaunted, Sarafoff talked only in gen
eral terms and refused to discuss his
plans for the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A Country Named For Christmas.

A Country Named For Christmas.
South Africa was discovered by the
Portuguese, who were searching for an
ocean road 10 India. Bartholomew
Diaz was the commander of the two
little ships that formed the expedition
in 1856. Eleven years later Da CANA
took another Portuguese fleet south.
He discovered Natal on Christmas day
and thus named it in consequence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
SarafoH Lionized.

General Boris Sarafoff, the recogniz-
ed leader of the Macedonian revolution
lists, arrived ut Sofia, Bulgaria, recent
ly and Immediately became the lion
of the hour He was proclaimed a ma
tional hero by the thousands who gath
cred at the railway station to receive
him. He was crowned with laurel
wreath and literally covered with flow
ers. In response to the applause of
the people he declared that the revo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
warning halfway Barons.

The most exciting campaign in the
almost constant strife between factions
Of railway barons in recent years is
that in which the GouldRockefeller in
terests are arrayed against President
Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The object of the attack upon Cassatt
is to secure his displacement from the
position of president of the Pennsyl-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A Little Too Smart

"Oh. we've got an easy thing this
timer said the confidence man who
had been prospecting for victim.
"Sure?' "Oh, positive, Why, I've
rounded up fellow who thinks he's
too smart to be done by any one
Chicago Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
The Poets Meals.

I'm nearly furnished sighed the
garnet poet.
But you told me you had two meals
a day" said the friend.
Eyes: oatmeal and corn meaL"-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
Tale of a Christmas Survivor.

"But where is that beautiful tail you
had day before yesterday"
1.-The farmer said. Heads 1 win, tails
you LOSE Well, took to my heels and
lost my tail, but he did not win my
head"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
A Good word.

Ferdy-I put in a good word for you,
old chap. 1 told her you had more
money than brains
Algy-And what did she say then?
Ferdy-She asked me if you had any
money.-Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
The Only one In Captivity.

Museum Patron-Well. what new
freak have you for the holidays?
Manageable rarest thing on earth
the man who doesn't buy more Christ
mas presents than he can afford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

To prevent flannel from shrinking
put it away in drawer. Do not keep
on going to look at it, as the shrinking
habit is often due to nervousness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12

Christmas Dinner Recipes.
Chestnut stuffing is the most deli
cious that can 20 with a Christmas tur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-12
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Near the
II Orth Pole

THINK Christmas. 1888, was
my most memorable one" said
General Greedy, the arctic ex-
plorer with my command 1
was proceeding southwark in the hope
of obtaining help, and about the goth
OF October we -epscopced ourselves in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

nine cases out of a hundred very
tame and inconsequential affair. 1t
is devoted ordinarily to desultory
discussion of routine affairs of adj
ministration or else to an exchange of
new stories and entertaining chat
upon the latest topic of the hour. In
recent years there have been only one
or two meetings of the cabinet in
which business of great moment was
determined, and if the truth were
known it would be found that even
there the, decision was reached in eff
feet before the meeting was held.
There is in existence somewhere a let
ter written by Salmon P. Chase, when
he was secretary of the treasury under
Lincoln, complaining that he could
not remember from the beginning of
the administration single formal
meeting of the cabinet at which busi-
ness of any consequence was transact
ed or questions of any consequence
discussed. He said the time was al
ways taken up with stories and idle
chat. A similar complaint might be
made by any serious minded member
of every cabinet since Lincoln's day.
Mckinley is the only recent president
who has treated the cabinet meetings
with much respect.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

perfectly made, carries particular
cachet all it's own. A model in a
delicious shade of rose displayed an
arrangement of box plaits, and
a single broad box plat just above
the head of the figure in front, under
which the ends of hem-stitched
white cambria cravat were passed.
Another, in an equally pleasant shade
OF pale green, was tucked, broad
box plat running down center front,
shirtwise, with three turquoise studs,
a cravat of the same silk, cut on the
cross, being tied in bow beneath
the chin. the hard line softened at
the top by the most incidental film
lest collar of embroidered muslin
imaginable.
Nor are foulard shirts accompanied
by cravats en- suite by any means
to be despised, though, as is ever
the case with studied simplicities.
Linen and lace, lace and linen is be-
coming very chorus. Happily this
is an alliance of admirable flavor, one
offering at the same time considera-
BILE scope for individual inspiration,
together with an infnity of varying
effects. We are showing two origi-
nal coates, the one of sack persua-
sion in white linen, set on to long
shouldered yoke of ecru filet lace,
strapped with the linen. Essentially
of the moment are the elbow sleeves,
with their long lace ruff1es falling
over close-fitting cuffs. And the
thought has just come to me how
chic would be the same model car
ried through in ecru linen and en-
broidered ecru lawn, the sleeve ruff
fles formed of deep lawn edging,
the embroidery occurring only at the
edge.
A superfuity of tucks performs the
decorative piece de resistance of the
companion model, the which I would
suggest is expressed in biscuit-colored
canvas linen, ornamented with strap
pings of red linen. The little vest is
of the latter and is stitched with
small white pearl buttons, some red
flax pendeloques breaking the sever
ity above, and a red leather or suede
belt encircles the waist. The ruffies
disposed to soften the hard outline
of the sleeve are of red and biscuit
plisse chiffon. Linen, chiffon and
leather, j. faith a triple alliance of
amazing daring. But La Mode, the
Oracle, has spoken.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

tor of the department of anthropol-
ogy at the National museum. Prof.
Mason to-day is undoubtedly the lead
ing American ethnologist Curiously
enough he took up the study which
has become his life work quite by ac-
cident. He was born in Virginia 65
years ago and graduated from Column
bian university with the notion that
he was going to be either doctor or
surveyor. But one day q travelling
lumber dealer who stopped at his ia
theirs house left behind him by ac-
cident a copy of a physical geography,
which discussed the relation between
the history of the earth and the his
tory of mankind. Young Mason
picked up the book to kill time. He
became thoroughly absorbed in the
subject and from that day to this he
has been engaged in tracing the his
tory of mankind. His first aim was to
become an orientalist. He mastered the
oriental languages and delivered lee
lures on the comparative philology
and history of Palestine. He supposed
he had found his life work, and he was
sadly taken back when descanting elo-
auently to Prof. Joseph Henry about
1t to have that eminent scientist place
his hand on his shoulder and say:
drop it. You cannot conduct your
Investigations In the east at first hand.
You will have to depend on copies or
pictures instead of original specimens.
Give up the east and devote,yourselfto
n p a c IF NIL II
own country. Here you have an OPP
portunity for personal observation"
1t was hard blow, but Mason
caught the point.
LOUIS A. Coo.JDGR
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

The laws of good taste demand Ger.
tain things in children's attire, and,
though, in the name of fashion, many
offenses against these laws are COM
mitted, child dressed according to
the canons is invariably well dressed.
In the first place, the clothes should
be childish, not mere replicas of ideas
originated for older folk. Simplicity
and daintiness are keynotes in the
dressing of children. The simplicity
may be of the costly sort, but pre-
tentious elaboration, however costly,
is out of place upon the child's frock.
Appropriateness is as essential as
simplicity and daintiness. Fussy
play frocks are in bad form. Simple,
durable and picturesque garments
are the thing for rough wear, and
when one passes out of that province
and considers dressier clothes one
should still bear in mind the fact
that costly stuffs and elaborate trim
mings are altogether out of tune
with childhood.
In the field of sheer wash frocks
for children the choice is practically
unlimited. All the dimities, the
lawns, the organizes, the mules, the
batistes are pressed into service
White is, of course, the prevailing
note, but the light plain colors are
used and the sprigged and lowered
stuffs make charming frocks for lit
tie girls above six years of age.
ELLEN OSAONpN
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eu1 CS w SAC I'LL
mortal document coul5 be preserved
even for time. 1t Is ten years now
since the declaration was taken from
the place in the library where for
many years it had been constantly
on public view and placed in drawer
to be shown only on request of an oc-
casional visitor, but even with this
precaution it was found that the sig
natures were rapidly fading. The
signature of John Hancock, which ten
years ago was visible half across the
room, is now scarcely legible even
when it is held close to the eye. Alto
gether there are less than dozen
The manuscript of the declaration
itself apparently is as legible as ever.
circumstance due to the superior
quality of ink used. The obliteration
of the historic signatures is charged
by department. officials to the press
copy which was made in Madison's
administration in order that fac
smile of the declaration might be
given to the families of each of the
signers. A copper plate was made at
the time, which is to-day the near
est approach to the original document
in existence aside from the fast-fad-
ing manuscript. A second copper
plate has recently been made from
the first in order that the first may
not be dulled by successive imprints.
1t is striking fact that the original
draft of the declaration in Jefferson's
handwriting, although constantly on
exhibition in the state department
library, is as clear cut and legible as
the day it was written.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

all our wants comprise at
this present moment it would take
volume to tell. For desires COM
mencing with simple serge frocks
and concluding with satin, silk and
sequin seductions, are neither told,
decided upon, nor acquired in day.
Relating to silk, l am completely lost
to the seductions of some small
checked, soft-fnished taffetas. These
lend themselves with much amiabil-
ity to the feeling for gaugings about
the waist and frilled effects about
the hem. Although, for my own part,
L found the most pleasing model
merely resting it's decorative saliva
ton on graduated crossway folds of
the silk, disposed their own depth or
thereabouts apart. There is usually
bolero movement of sorts above
such jupes, worn over muslin or
lace shirt, while one creation 1 was
graciously permitted to behold boast
ed elbow sleeves, with turn-back cav
alier cuffs, completed by double hem
stitched and plated ruffles of French
lawn these heavy ruffles are writ
ecH uoWu q supreme novelty. ana are,
moreover, allowed to find sympathet-
ic alliance with cloth, in the latter's
most souple qualities.
| In regard to foulards, fashion is
waxing more than ever appreciative.
Though [ surmise she will not aari-
ously dissent when choice falls upon
one of the pretty fancy Louisines or
soft finished taffetas that abound.
But silken season of sorts it is, a
tendency running to old chintz and
Powered effects. Tussore, too, is to
enjoy resuscitated share of popu-
larity both in plain and fancy quail
ties. In order, moreover, that this
may receive tempering touch of
modernity it is to be strapped, piped,
or hemmed with linen, a further al
tentative being a harmonizing alli-
ance with coarse braid lace.
There is type of tussore silk
called shantung that is being dyed to
delicate colorings to meet particular
ly the exigencies of the shirtmakers,
who are accepting the obligation in
the most appreciative spirit. A neat
little shantung shirt, provided it be
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

draft to Thomas Page Bryan, of Chi
cago, in order that it might be used
for the purposes of fair of the La
dies Aid society. A fac-simile was
made containing the copy of the origi-
nal draft together with Lincoln's let
ter presenting it. Some of these fac
SMILES are still in existence. Two of
them have recently been placed on ex-
hibition in the state department. In
his letter Lincoln said that he had ex-
pected to keep the draft. in his own
possession, but in view OF the worthy
object for which it was to be used he
gladly parted with it. If Lincoln had
retained it the document with all its
sacred memories might still be in eX-
istence. Manuscripts of Lincoln are
held in great esteem, as is shown by
the frequency with which Secretary
Hay, who was Lincoln's private seere-
tary, is called upon to pass on the
authenticity of letters and other doc
uments. Mr.. Hay says the country is
flooded with bogus Lincoln auto
graphs and photographs. The ingenui-
ty exhibited in some of the forgeries
is extraordinary. There is one in par
ticular, Autograph copies Of which are
to be found framed on walls in every
state of the union. It purports to be
a letter from Lincoln to one Mrs. Blk
by, of Boston, the mother of five sons
killed in the war. The letter is very
much in Lincoln's style and he may
have written such one, but the fac
smile has been executed by clever
piece of photography, detached words
and sentences of genuine writings be-
ing photographed and ingeniously
joined