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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
A Thrift We Should Learn.

New England Farmer.
We smile at the thrift of the English
housewife and the small economies of the
French woman, but they are far in advance
of the American housewife in understand
ing the business side of housekeeping. The
factory or shop which provided material in
the happy go-lucky way that most house
hold stores are bought would soon become
bankrupt. 1t is no reflection on the opera
tive If stock is doled out and account Is
required to the last cents worth: neither
should 1t be called a reflection on the maid
If the mistress seeks an accounting for
stores intrusted to her. 1t must be reInem-
bered that the household traditions of our
grandmothcrs will not fit into twentieth
century kitchens. The farmer who mows
with scythe is called way back !" hut
many customs of our foremothers which
should be obsolete are still faithfully fol-
lowed in cookery and kitchen work i'm gen
eral- The outlook seems to show the future
elimination of unskilled domestic hejn
whose places will be filled by public baker,
les, laundries. ETC.. by modern conveniences
like heat, light and continuous hot water
wherever possible. Help taught i'm training
schools and a fixed standard for WAGES
or the same is another hope.
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Lille Hamilton French, in January Gen.
fury.
Marriage, indeed, does make difference
to women. and we who are the old maids
might just as well learn. My own first
awakening came when 1 saw my married
sisters calling to their stalwart young hus-
bands to help them over some puddles in
the road. And what fuss they made!
When they had been helped over they went
on and left me, the youngest, behind.
agreeable to command 1t. One of my sis
tiers, her hand still in that of her hus-
bands. looked back and said Its easy
Step on a stone and jump" Then, cud-
ding closer to her husband, she walked on,
not turning again.
/ can remember, too, the wife of some
college professor who had been asked to
meet me when was perhaps twenty-eight
why, l thought you were married" she
said to me we shook hands. eff / had
known you were single, L never would have
worn long dress" 1t was her only long
dress, / learned afterward-that was why
she said IA and not ''my''-a black silk
dress, by the way, which she had worn for
years, and which she had made '1ow neck"
for dinner parties by unfastening the few
top buttons. These early experiences and
my having married sisters, taught me
much. Probably every other old maid has
learned, too, that timidity and helplessness
for instance, so engaging in wives. are
considered ridiculous in spinsters Is not
a timid old maid laughed at the world over
and is not timid wife cherished?
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are touched by the girl who gushes. You
know the duplication of that tired feel
ing after she has rounded out an hour of
dearest. sweetest things" and "heaven-
~ times" and most delicious notes.
and and .dp Perfectly erfet s, elegant lgncheons"
the second hour you begin to APP
preciate what moves a man to certain
kinds of speech when he has to put up cur
tain poles on holidays. BY the time a third
hour Is On the wane. your mental digestion
Is in the same state that would besiege
your physical digestion if you had fallen
INTO vat OF whipped cream favored with
banana and had TO eat your way out
These things We women all know about
gushers, because we are felow-sufrerers
ana sympathizers. But what you probably
have not considered is that they hurt us in
directly In more serious ways. Had IL ever
occurred TO you that IL is all their fault
tnat men do not want us to vote? 1 was
coming uptown in street car when half \
dozen girls got in. They had been to a
matinee. They all gushed-all together. II
was novel experience. / had never be-
fore heard six of them lin chorus Eyerv-
body laughed except a gruff man in the
corner who was reading editorials in an
evening paper. into which fioated scraps
really. truly must" Thanks awfuiiy: ter
ribly good OF you" Wasn't il perfectly
lovely?,' Isn't he divine?" SAY. he's
ar rr,,ei Don't , dearest how can you be
ing. Perfectly delicious gowns," Most
glorious eyebrowsl" Heavenly Walk
Most adorable" "Ravishing-'' Sub
lime Why how perfectly awful. it's our
street already! Such perfectly heaven
ly time.' Time passed so horribly ouick-
so awfully sweetly lovely of you" ..Do
come over soon. dearest; simply wild 10
talk things overt Perfectly delighted. so
deadly lonesome home,' '.Step IiveIv-,,
The gruff man in the corner caught the
gieam In his. neighbor's eye. ..Humph,'
ne snorted. "and they want TO vote,''
Now il was not the six girls who sushed
that the grun man had reference to. We
were all included i'm his scathing COM
mentary The gruff man has sense enough
10 Know tnat we are not all alike: but he
believes the difference to be merely one Of
degree And IL you contend that, after ali.
only one man in carfu evinced this
spirit, respond that the rest did not even
take us seriously. which is worse And AZ
YOU further contend that these gushers
We're probably young, and that the ma
Jority or gushers are. L beg you watch
the development OF the gushers whom you
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s. THE MODERN FABLE OF ANOTHER BRAVE EFFORT n
~ TO INFuSE GENTILITY INTO OUR RAW CIVILIZATION q
copyright. 1903. by Robert Howard RussenI

Walters and Cabmen was calculated to con-
vince the most Skeptical.
When he went travelling he always
stopped at the Hotel that had the largest
Mirrors on the Wall. All who heard him
when he pounded on the Desk and de-
manded the Best Room in the House knew
that they were standing in the presence Of
the Young Squire from Yapville-on-the
Crick
1t was quite Job that Ollie had mapped
out for himself. He was going to impress
the World. And such a large World at
that,
However. he tackled IL bravely He knew
that in order TO back up the Pearl Buttons
and the 22-karat Ring he must needs be a
Sport.
At the track he loved to make Swell
Bet merely TO cause Talk. He did not care
TO Win. A Winner never gets Reputation
for being Dead Game. The Boy who feeds
I'm his large Bills without letting on is the
one who wins the sincere Admiration OF
those who stand around such Places.
Ollie loved to stroll UP to the Wheel and
fool around with a long Stack of Blue
Chips and get stung for a paltry Hundred,
and then stretch himself. as If longing for
Excitement, while all the ss-a-week Fellows
looked at him in Awe and repeated his
Name in Whispers. That was the kind OF
Glory that Ollie was after.
He began TO have some Trouble in getting
Things that were good enough for him. He
paid 81 apiece for his Shirts. as a great
many People afterward learned, and the
Tobacconist had TO send away for a Special
BRAND of 30-cent Cigars because Ollie hated
the Cheap Kind. While out shopping. il
the Salesman showed him Pair of Silk
Pajamas for SIC. he always wanted TO know
if they didn't have something for SIS
He bought the first Auto ever seen in tho
Place and took in the whole Circuit of
Road-Houses every Day. Although six
months away from a Buttermilk Diet, he
began to know all about Vintage Wines He
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
THE GUSHING GIRL A CREATURE
WHO SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED.
How to Gain the Habit of Standing
Erectly-A Dish to Please Chill
dren-Odds and Ends.

There is one type of female nuisance that
we women ought to annihilate. says La
vinia Hart, in Golfers Weekly. She is the
girl who gushes. Each OF us know at
least one of her; but it Is not always pos
sible to strike her from our lists. She may
be our sister or our cousin or our aunt;
or the sweet young thing our brother mar
ried or the girl who cut us out. whom we
wouldn't dare cut for appearances sake.
Besides 1t is not wise to drop a girl on ac-
count of small vices-not if we care about
having a female visiting list. Yet these
small vices of women do cover multitude
of sins. Their effects reach out like the
tentacles of an octopus. And the interest
ing phase of it all, from a psychological
standpoint, is that the mean little vices are
hidden beneath such soft. purring, powder
puffy exteriors. For instance, you'd never
suspect that the girl who sushes Is
menace to the progress Of her sex, would
you? OF course, you know she is not sin
cere and she knows she is not sincere, and
she knows you know all about it. So you
never trust her with real condolences, and
she does not expect that you will. You
likewise discount everything she says. and
she knows you will. This is about the only
advantage we have over the girl who
gushes. She can't stop If she wants to. We
have become so accustomed to discounting
her superlatives that if she resorted to
any degree of moderation it would be the
same thing, discount off, as if she had not
spoken.
You likewise know that the girl who
gushes is a great bore and gets on your
nerves. Reputation to the contrary, We
women have pretty good nerve outfits
considering our delicate sensibilities and
the tests we put them to. We incline to be
extremists. We laugh heartily at the
jokes-when we see them-and weep
copiously at the pathos. which we prefer
to have heightened into five acts. We can
digest the minutest details of the murder
trial as expounded by the yellows, or of
marital differences of opinion, providing
they be confined to high life. We have
even been known to bear adverse criticism
of our offspring without making physical
demonstration But there are some limits
past which even a woman's overworked
nerves will not stretch, and these limits
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evening gowns have insertions OF lace and
silk making the entire skirt. One very
handsome model was light green silk COM
bined with chantiliy in insertions four
inches wide The insertion was piain'
but wherever the silk was put on 1t had
backward turning pleats to let In the de-
sired fullness Under the lace the same
shade OF silk appeared There is one thing
10 be said about green that few women
seem to realize, judging by the way 1t Is
worn. 1t is shade that tends TO heighten
any color that is in the face, so 1t Is espe-
cially desirable for those whose color Is
delicate, and should be Stunned by those
of fiorid complexion. The last rule has
been broken many times this winter.
though il would seem than only one. woman
with an otherwise comedy face in apoplectic
hines would serve as warning to all who
see her.
New York Jan. 2.
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Washington Star.
Choose large Spanish onions, peel them
carefully, so as to remove only the outer
thin skin: cut about inch off the tops
and with a sharp knife make large hole
in the middle of each onion--or carefully
remove the hearts of the onions. Fill with
the following stuffing: Cut into small
square pieces some veal kidneys-others
may be used, but veal is preferable-cut
also into pieces some quantity of the best
bacon. chop separately some parsley and
little suet; mix all together. adding salt,
pepper and cayenne to suit the taste, some
mixed herbs. and. if desired, little curry
powder. When the onions are filled their
tops should be replaced and secured with
a string or little wooden skewers. Put
them in a buttered pan and bake slowly.
basting with melted butter. When they
are thoroughly done remove the string and
serve them on thick slices Of toast.
Stuffed Onions.-Remove the skin from
six or eight large onions; parboil and drain,
then slip out the hearts of each. leaving the
nrm shell Chop the inner portion; mix II
with little finely minced bacon, few
bread crumbs, a seasoning of salt and pep
per and fill the onions with the .stuffing;
put them in baking dish with little hot
water and brown them nicely in the oven,
or place them in a saucepan with little
good beef stock, cover and simmer them a
few minutes. Serve very hot
Onions au Gratin.-Boil three or four on
ions for one hour in two quarts of sailed
water Then pour off the water and cut up
the onions. Put them into a baking dish
and pour over them half a pint of cream
sauce; cover with half cup of grated
bread crumbs and dot these with bits of
butter. Place in a quick oven and bake
for twenty minutes.
Escalloped Onions.-Boil onions in sailed
boiling water, TO which little milk has
been added, until they are tender. Then
drain. reserving the liquid for making soup
and put the onions into a baking dish In al
ternate layers, with bread crumbs, salt,
pepper and dash of powdered sage. Dot
each layer of crumbs with bits of butter.
Pour over the whole a half cup of milk.
Cover the top with crumbs and bits of but
ter. Bake light brown and serve very
hot.
Fried Apples and Onions.-Take twice as
many tart apples as onions. Slice the APP
pies without pairing; also slice the onions
very fine and fry together in butter, keep
ing the pan covered to hold the steam,
which will prevent burning. While cooking
sprinkle slightly with sugar to give addi-
tional flavor to the dish.
Onions la Don Carlos.-Cut thick slice
from the root end of Spanish onions and
place them in boiling water, sailed and par
boil them; then throw into cold water, dry
and scoop out the insides; fill them with
the following mixture: Take equal parts
mashed potatoes, sausage meat and mix
together with the yolk of egg. Stew them
until done in good brown gravy broth
and when done serve them thin slices
of brOiled ham.
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Date Bread.
Country Gentleman.

SOuHtIy 1tulltlIldI.
Among the many ways by which a
mother builds up in the hearts of her chill
dren the love of home as a stronge force
for good in their whole lives, the custom
of making holidays and anniversaries by
some cheerful observance, has it's value.
With new date to be written, it may be
that date bread appears invariably on the
breakfast table on Jan. /. Trifies will
serve to mark a red letter day for a child,
but the growing home affection is no trifle.
Genuine rye flour is accounted by some
the proper thing for date or raisin bread,
dried fruits particularly well. And either
may be mixed in equal proportions with
fine wheat flour If a bread of lighter color
is preferred. Set the sponge usual with
warm milk or milk and water, and when
very light add a cupful of stoned dates cut
in strips for each loaf wanted Mix the
dough rather soft, and knead until smooth
and elastic. If of whole wheat -four. 1t
should rise until fully twice the original
size before putting into pans, and again
after the second kneading almost as much
again. Rye flour is rather difficult to
handle, owing to its sticky quality, and it
may be successfully made without knead-
ing. For this process stir down the light
sponge and add flour to make it as stiff
as can be-well stirred and beaten with an
iron spoon. Let it rise again in the mixing
bowl and when fully light turn out into
well-greased pans, smoothing and shaping
bake in moderate oven rather longer than
for wheat bread. RaiSins seeded and
chopped in place of the dates and used
with whole wheat flour make an agreeable
variation in winter food, and this raisin
bread is considered by vegetarians highly
nutritious and staying" 1t may be re-
membered that dates, too, are in reality a
concentrated food and not a mere sweet.
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Fancy Buttons.

costly ornamented buttons increase the
ust OF the decorative features of winter
soWhlns, and many quaint patterns are
SHOWN Cut jet buttons in entirely new de-
slshs are used on handsome cloth costumes
vi lhose on a cut-steel or silver foundation
Win relief art nouveau motif wrought in
utnerent shades of gold. Jeweled buttons
Vi .he Ola Bohemian or Norwegian type OF
Mhlch the open-work device in old silver is
more or less studded with semi-precious
s ss;oimes, acorn toilets that are intended for
~, rSt .Ls OF reception wear. being disposed
on the decorated revers and turn-back cuffs
vi lhe cavalier or bishop sleeves They are
extremely fashionable on the mousouetafre
s.s!, dno even on evening toilets these ar
s .isuc ornaments are employed frequently
sesuInls the narrow velvet straps or floral
h hpidss whlch take the place OF sleeves on
odli ana opera dresses, and they are also
usee as an apparent fastening for drapery
Oh the skirt or bodice. Rhinestones and
otner sparkling jewel effects set in extreme
~ hgnt nligree gold or silver mountines
are made effective use OF on tulle chifron.
diaphanous texture e0""S -
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the heat and weight of the iron will do
much to keep the ironer's hands from be-
coming calloused.
Tansy leaves were old before moth balls
were heard of, still there is nothing better
to-day for keeping moths out of wooden
goods.
Do not drop greasy, dirty dish towels
into hot soapsuds; IL will only set the
grease. Wash them well first in lukewarm
water
One of the best and handiest things to
clean bone, ivory or pearl knife handles is
moist, fine salt. Polish afterward with a
dry, soft cloth.
A careful housekeeper mas banished her
tin dishpsns and substituted small wooden
tubs. The breakage of china has been les
sened by the change
If windows have to be cleaned ia zero
weather. dampen the cloth with alcohol
instead of water IT will prevent an ice
film forming on the glass.
Don't wonder that corned beef is tough
II put in hot water first, nor that il is
too salty IL the water is not changed at
least three times while boiling.
When making bags to put away silver
ware always use the unbleached material
Sulphur is used for bleaching and its IN,
fuence will quickly tarnish the silver.
Make the covers of couch cushions rather
smaller than the pillows themselves and
they will not fiatten out and look thin as
pillows usually do after being used for a
few weeks.
French knots are quite as fashionable &c
ever as means of trimming with the diff
ference of using heavy twist or saddlers'
silk Instead of the finer kinds These little
knots are exceedingly effective on every
sort of material, from gauze TO plain velvet
of every shade and weave
The variety Of white gowns and wraps for
both reception and theater wear is so
great that costume entirely white. from
the ermine-trimmed hat of white shaggy
felt to the Russian carriage boots. Dor
dered with Thibet fur. does not now seen,
at all conspicuous, says New York paper
White cloth tailor costumes are very fash
ionably worn at luncheons. 5-o'clocks ana
afternoon weddings. Very many are alI
white. others are combined with otter fnr
and velvet appliQues. and again are seen
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know. The girl who gushes cannot make
"a sincere woman, because not only Is IN
sincerity the cause OF her habit, but also
the result Of IL. She cannot make an hon.
est woman, because her method or speech
Is an exaggeration and has no respect for
exactness. She will never have sense OF
proportion, because all things are TO her
alike superlative. So she develops into one
of those women who establish for our sex
unsavory regulations which We vainiy
strive to live down. She screams when she
sees mouse-and We are known as the
hysterical sex. Ii would not matter II We.
individually, were deaf, dumb and devoid
of power 10 raise our hands and eyes. we
should still be regarded by the particular
male animal fate throws our way in much
the same light as a gun that may or may
not be loaded-and handled after the most
approved method for avoiding explosion.
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had full period OF stylishness. and il they
reflect they will realize that warnings Of
its going have been in evidence all winter.
Since fall there have been abundant ex-
amples that were as tight as they well
could be. and tighter than a wearer could
sit down in with comfort. So why COM
plain OF the suddenness of the change? But
the trouble has been that the admirers of
this fashion were 50 convinced Of its be-
comingness for themselves that they over
looked It's obvious disadvants ges for scant-
fly built women. all along have been
blind 10 the plain signs OF the times.
Scheming TO overcome the natural figure
from now will be the lot of those wom-
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which way to Vote and how to protect his
Capital.
In Reality, some Men vote like Pigeons
even after they are going on 81, and all the
Front Rooms at the Poorhouse are occu-
pied by Elderly Gentlemen who started
in at 40 to whip-saw the Grain Market.
Ollie's People brought him up on the
Cheaps so that he would learn to be Close
and not frivol his Money. He wore Hand
me-downs and Reversible Cuffs. He had
one Cravat for Weekdays and a Black
Satin Effect with a Red Coral Pin for Sun
days. If he wanted a Pack of Cigarettes
he had to hold out when he did the Market
ing. All of his Smoking was done in
Freight Cars, for he was watched all the
while, lest he should fall into Bad Habits.
On the Day which made him q, Ollie
procured him Red Check Book and began
to experiment with it,
For Years he had nursed an Ambition to
be a Nobby Dresser. Now that he had
broken out and had Uncle's Stuff right in
his Kick, there was nothing to prevent him
from going as far as he liked
So he ordered some Hot Suits with Silk
Facing on the Lapels and a fawn-colored
Overcoat with Pearl Buttons about the
size of Water Crackers.
He began to wear Patent Leather Shoes
all the time and bought large Spark for
his Third Finger. After he got into his
Gleeful Garments any one could tell, even
by looking at him from across the Street,
that he was one of the Sure-Enoughs
AS soon as Ollie began to sprinkle his
Currency I'D and down the principal
Thoroughfares, he began to have haunt
ing Fear that some one might overlook the
Fact that he was Thoroughbred.
After a Family has had its Money for
three or four Centuries, it gets out of the
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Habit of counting Sidewalk Comment. But
a Nice Young Fellow of Gentle Birth who
has been carrying his Roll some 80 Minutes
has to go around opening Cold Quarts and
telling how Good he is, else the General
Public would be long time in finding out
about it.
Ollie bought for a great many disinter-
ested Acquaintance, who told him right to
his Face that he was Gentleman of the
Deepest Dye. And the way he roasted
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very smart gowns relieved with Persian
emDroioeries, hibiscus red, pale blue, orange
or golden brown velvet, and guipure lace.
F1ligree silver ornaments should he
cieaned with cream of tartar. Make IL into
a paste with a little cold water and spread
IL thlckly on the dirty and discolored orna-
Lnents, then wrap them up in clean flannel
mot new, for the sulphur in il would tarnish
the sliver), and do not touch them for five
OF SIX days At the end of that time wash
the paste OF with clean, warm water and
the articles will be beautifully bright.
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To Arrange Photographs.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
One of the prettiest of ways to string
photographs together. and one of the
simplest, is to lace them down the sides
with ribbon about half an inch wide
Start at the top OF the pictures cuttins
slit in the margin and running the rib,
bon through from the under sides. Joining
them In bow. which gives the loon bv
which to hang the whole string of photos
Then at the bottom of the first picture
and top OF the next make another hort
under side of the picture, run il through
the slit at the bottom of the first pictura
and over through the slit at the top of the
using scarlet ribbon for one side and bri~b,
green for the other, or ..olive and blue'' II
you are collegiate in your tastes. The
ribbon ,eay hang In long streamers. ending
finish: and the whole. bright bit OF dec
Grafton to add to the walls OF ones den