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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
LOST COINS IN THE MAIL.
They Cause Much Trouble and
Worry 40 Postal Clerks.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
Ordinarily no man is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of elation
which comes from picking up nickel
on sidewalk; but when a. railway
postal clerk finds such a coin in a mail
pouch where 1t has worked out from
insufficient wrappings, not only does he
miss this elation, but it may provoke
profanity.
For nickel lost in a pouch of mail
in transit becomes a matter for ma
tional concern. 1t comes to view. per-
haps, just as pouch of mail is emptied
upon sorting table, and when IL has
broken away from the bunch of let
ters and cards and circulars rolled to
an open space on the table, and there
settled down, heads or tails. with a
noisy spinning dance, the clerk who
first sees 1t is sit"
a necromancer could have no more
idea than the man in the moon as to
what particular package It rolled out
of, and IL he had and should tell the
postal clerk, the clerk wouldn't dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would be too easy alto
gether.
No. 1t is a lost nickel from the mo-
ment the clerk has to see it spinning
there before his eyes; and according
to the tender governmental conscience
auguration of about s1s.43 worth OF
fuss over H.
For himself he doesn't dare to go
to bed for a short nap until he has got
rid of his five cents worth of response
bility to the government for the ac-
tion of the fool person from whom the
nickel was parted. He digs UP his
printed form for such occasions print
I'D and provided. and at once fills out a
long blank, describing the coin, tell
ing the circumstances of its being
found and whether il landed heads or
tails on the table. naming the pouch
from which II was emptied, the num-
Der of the train carrying It. the date,
and few other little details any one
Of which in hot weather would have
cost mug of beer.
This report, with the nickel, goes
to the headquarters of the postal d.
vision in which the car was operated,
and from these bonded officials, by the
same general red tape route, the small
coin finds It's way to the scat Of ma
tional government and to the fund rep
resenting the greatest constituency of
the Postoffice Department. which per-
sists in sending money in envelopes
through the unregistered mails of the
service.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
A FIREMAN'S REVENGE
BY AMY SHUST


Jim Harris sat apart from the rest
of the men, who were deep in a game
of pinochle. The engine house over
looked lively street, but Jim was not
watching the traffic nor the low
browed, dark-eyed Italian girls who
were hurrying home for the noon meal.
Engine house No. 30 was in the heart
of the Italian district, and Jim Harris
had found much entertainment in the
"Dagoes" since his transfer to this
house.
This noon, however his thoughts
were centered on his own troubles. He
had had day off the Sunday before
and had taken Maggie Cline for a trip
on the best and biggest of the river
boats. The trip had ended disastrous
ly. He had noticed all the afternoon
that Maggie was quiet and moody, and
as he had habit of coming directly
to the point. he had taken her to a
secluded corner behind the pilot house,
and asked her frankly what was
wrong. Something very like tears
had sounded in her reply:
IT'S got to come out some time.
Might as well be tonight as any 9TH
er time. I've just about made up my
mind l can't marry a fireman"
Cant marry fireman." echoed
Harris, the color slowly receding from
his face. 1--we never had any idea
of being anything else since the day
you first met me, and you know it,
too"
Yes" said the girl, but you know
l never liked it. l pretended it was be-
cause I was afraid, but really it was
lots Of other things >"
IT'S a pity you couldn't have told
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

time he was doing considerable think
ing himself. 1t was a bad plan to
start out on ones married life with
a wife dissa tisfed with his position.
He had heard tales of firemen's wives
who got into the habit of attending
dances and going to the theater of
nights without their husbands. Per-
haps it was not fair to ask Maggie
to tie herself IN when he could offer
so little of his company in return.
Clang-clang! clang clang! clang-
clang! Jim was sliding down the
pole when the bell struck the second
time. Chatter and clash they went,
dividing the tide of Italian humanity
in a way that would have been ri
diculous had not that awful word fire
been suggested by their appearance.
The fire was on the very edge of their
district, a great tenement house with
a box factory on one side and a
cigar factory on the other. He knew
the box factory well-Maggie worked
there-but there was no danger for
her. She always went home to din
ner.
A nasty fire it proved to be. A
second and third alarm were sent
in. The wind veered and the flames
Tapped the box factory. from which
the employees had fed. Suddenly a
shout arose. A group of women, ter
ritied and hysterical, had gathered in
the window of the top floor and an
employe standing near Capt. Thorn
son said 'It is some of those fool
girls. They so up there to dance every
noon"
Stairways and elevators were a mass
of flame. Capt. Thomson ordered his
men to the ladders. Jim Harris was
the first to spring forward Every man
knew he was facing death. Even in
this moment Jim remembered her
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

me of all this while l was in the train
ing school," said Jim rather bitterly.
We'll, | hope you'd get sick of it
before your time was up, and now
well, / don't see the use of having
husband that is never home nights
and only comes calling on you-like,
at meal times"
Harris looked very sober.
81 should think it would be some
thing for woman to know man
was turning over everything he earned
to make her happy. I'd be thinking
of you all the time I was at the en-
CINE house and planning what we'd
buy on the next pay day"
Maggie spoke obviously.
"I don't know about that. Father
says firemen don't know what a days
work is, and all they think about IS
card playing and flirting with girls
that think a uniform is the whole
thing. l should think that with your
pull you could get a better job with
the city"
"a fireman's job is good enough
for me-" said Harris shortly. He
had smoked on i'm silence, and Mag
gle moved restlessly. Finally she had
burst forth:
"Well, I'm not going to move down
i'm that 'Dago' district anyhow. IF
you want to marry me, you'll have to
be transferred to a district where
white folks live"
There lay the real root of the trou-
BILE. thought Jim, as he sat in the
window through which the summer
sun shone. Maggie had visions Of n
tidy little home on the outskirts % the
city. but there were no engine houses
in that neighborhood. Besides there
was Capt. Thomson of No. 80. He
had been like brother to the young
fireman, and Jim could not leave him
He had not taken back his ring as
Maggie had urged him TO. He had
told her to take until his next day
off to think 1t over. In the mean
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

words, "Firemen are a lazy set"
Up, up through tunnels Of smoke
and scorching heat; Cries came
through the roar of fire and hoarse
shouts followed them from the street.
Jim knew the cry. It was the warn
ing from the crowd. The girls could
not see the ascending flremen and
were preparing to jump. The fire.
man heard groans from the crowd.
They were too late. One by one
three unfortunate creatures flung
themselves from the dizzy hight. and
fell pas tthe men who were going to
their rescue, but still the firemen
pressed on. There might be other lives
to save.
Jim was the first to throw himself
over the sill into the doomed building.
Only one figure remained-a girl
crouched close to the sill, her face COW
cred with her hands Jim grabbed her
and crushed out the flames which had
commenced to light her dress.
ANY more up here?" he gasped.
mo" she answered, and fell fainting
in his arms.
Jim's heart gave mighty leap.
"Maggiel" he said, then they were
over the smouldering sill together, and
following the other firemen he made
the descent through smoke and flames
with his precious, but unconscious,
burden.
The papers were full of 1t the next
morning.
"Fireman's Sweetheart Remembers
His Warning and Does Not Jump TO
Death With Her Companions"
Jim took her the paper during his
dinner hour. She read the headlines
and her lips trmbled as she laid her
head on his shoulder.
Il guess this is just about the same
as If our banns had been published, and
If you can forgive me for all those hor-
rid things ! said Sunday night, am
ready to live with you in a tent in the
engine house yard. If you like"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Picnic LuxUrieS
and ConVeniencies

One of the eXtravagances of the sum-
n1er season is the picnic basket, or case,
which is dainty enough to rob the nj
fresco meal of all it's horrors for even
the most prosaic mortal These bask-
cts are fitted UP for two, six, or twelve
people, and are made to order for TWEEN
ty-four people. They range in price
from 81 to $50, and shopkeepers report
heavier sale in the more expensive
cases, simply because people who want
this sort of thing at all do not bubble
over prices.
The baskets are oblong, not very
high, and are made of wicker inter
lined to prevent the passage of dust.
The cases intended for use by both
men and women contain this equip
ment.
square platter in blue and white
very strong. Plates, knives, forks,
spoons, little butter jar labeled and
encased in wicker. Salt and pepper in
the same sort of cases. A square box
for sandwiches large enough to hold a
loaf of bread, and a square china dish
encased in nickel for salads or made
dishes, like a meat loaf. Fringed nap
kins to match the china, cups in the
china or in metal with handles that
fold back out of the way, sugar box,
matchbox, two wicker covered TASKS
and a strap for fastening the basket
to an automobile or carriage.
When party of women go out alone,
they carry what is known as the tea
basket, which contains a teapot, tea
kettle, alcohol lamp and stand, all in
one piece, sandwich box. cups, plates.
matchbox and Jar for a relish.
Picnic lanterns, not unlike the old
fashioned barn lantern, but more pref
tily finished, are rather useful when
the outdoor meal is eaten at a late
hour in the woods. There is always
a connection when the basket is to be
repacked, and then the lantern fulfills
its mission.
The picnic stick looks like an ordi-
nary cane, rather thick at the top.
Stick it in the ground, touch a spring,
and the top folds back and forms in
a little campstool. For clambakes or
beach picnics, the sand chair is ex-
tremely useful 1t is exactly like a
steamer chair without legs, and is built
from strong canvas. 1t is particularly
grateful to anyone who cannot sit on
the damp sand with IMMUNITY.
A new and compact campstool looks
like a heavy, thick walking stick. 1t
unfolds into four legs, which cross and
support two stout strips of canvas
forming the seat. 1t is much lighter
and simpler than the old fashioned
campStool.
When an old-fashioned picnic basket
is used, pretty paper napkins are pre-
ferable to the old table linen usually
delegated for such purposes. Big
sheets Of white wrapping paper are
much nicer for covering picnic tables
than half-worn tablecloths. Both pa
per napkins and wrapping paper can
be thrown away, and there is nothing
more unpleasant than unpacking soiled
linen on the return from a picnic.
Paraffine paper, such as is used for
wrapping caramels, is the best thing
for wrapping sandwiches, cakes, etc;
and boxes in which deviled eggs, meat
loaf, ETC., are packed, should be first
lined with paraffine paper.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

salad. French dressing should never
be permitted TO stand.
What is known as English salad
dressing calls for a teaspoonful Of
crushed mint leaves, or the same
quantity Of mint sauce, dash Of Wor-
cestershire sauce. and tablespoonful
of celery vinegar. Italians use a dash
Of tomato catsup with the salt, garlic
and pepper. and always add tarragon
vinegar instead OF plain, all added to
the French recipe.
The Japanese salad dressing Is like
the French dressing. save that a drop
of tabasco oil and half teaspoonful
Of soy are added.
A reliable receipt for mayonnaise
dressing calls for the yolks Of two
hard boiled eggs pressed through a
fine sieve. Add, one at a time, the
yolks OF two raw eggs rubbed per-
fectly smooth; then a tablespoonful OF
salt and q dash of cayenne paprika.
This mixture should be smooth and
creamy. Add 10 Il. drop by drop, one
half pint OF olive oil, alternating with
lemon Juice or vinegar, a few drops
at a time. II Is an art TO succeed
with mayonnaise dressing In summer.
All the ingredients must be Ice cold,
and the bowl In which they are mixed
should be set on a piece OF ice or
in a pan Of cold water during the
mixing operation.
Asparagus Salad.-Boil a bunch OF
asparagus In unsalted water for thirty
minutes: then add a teaspoonful OF
ealt and cook until tender, but not
mushy, perhaps ten or fifteen min
utes. Drain carefully. so az not Ia
break the stalks. Arrange on a plat
ter and set In the ice-box 10 cool
Just before serving, garnish the stalks
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Children and sunburn.

City children suddenly exposed to
outdoor life in the country suffer tor
lures from sunburn, and for this af-
Fiction the family beautifler will use
this simple remedy:
Six drains of pulverized borax
mixed thoroughly with three-quarters
of an ounce of pure glycerine and Il
ounces of orange flower water. AS IL
ounces of the orange flower water is
equal to "a tablespoonfuls, it will be
seen that it pays to make this cooling
lotion in double quantities and keep
plenty on hand, for it's effect is imme-
date and restful.
When the skin has been roughened
by sailing or exposure from long
mountain climbs, it should be washed
daily with this lotion: One-half ounce
of simple tincture of benzoin, one
ounce of glycerine, one ounce of alco-
hol and two ounces of distilled or
boiled water, mixed thoroughly.
The elder members of the family,
particularly the men, are apt to suffer
during the summer from dust gather
ing in enlarged pores of the skin
Here is the family Doctors most de-
pendabe remedy:
Strained honey, fifty grams; white
soap, shaved in thin strips (either of
the floating soaps will do for this, or
a pure white castile), 40 grams; tine
ture of benzoin, 10 grams; white wax,
80 grams; storax, 10 grams. Melt the
soap, honey and white wax and mix,
then add the benzoin and storax. Use
instead of soap to wash the face be-
fore retiring. A cold cream or a Gu
cumber cream should be applied after
the face has been thoroughly dried
For the cold cream she uses this
prescription, handed down from an
old Kentucky family famous for it's
beauties:
Rose water. 4 ounces; almond oil, 4
ounces; spern1aceti, / ounce; white
wax, 1 ounce.
Orange flower, lilac, violet or elder
flower water can be substituted for
the rose water at pleasure, and the
addition of one dram of tincture of
benzoin or a half-dram of salicylic
acid will insure the cream from be-
coming rancid.
For nm Oily Skin.
An oily skin is particularly annoy
ing in summer, and it can be relieved
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
The shampoo.

Many an overburdened mother has
gladly turned over the task of sham
pooling the youngsters to the elder sis
ter, who really deserves the title of
the family beauty doctor. Not only
it this a relief to the mother, but
it is an excellent thing for the chill
dren, as few mothers have either the
knowledge or the time properly to
shampoo two or three bobbing little
heads. Great harm is done the hair
by slovenly or too strenuous sham
pooling. In the one case, harsh 'alkalis
Or uncleanly soaps remain in the hair,
and i'm the other, too drastic sub
stances are employed for cleansing the
hair from oil and dust.
The beauty doctor takes the rebel
lious little patient to the bath room,
throws a combing cape of Turkish
toweling over the bare shoulders, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Compensation. 1T is shameful to
hear some of the ISLANDERS that are
circulated about a candidate by the OPP
position" l"Oh, WELL" answered SEN
ator Sorghum cheerly. 1T all evens
up. Think of the undeserved adula-
tion he gets from his own side. -
Washington Star.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Beet Salad. Line a salad bowl with
crisp lettuce leaves, and pile on neatly
alternate slices of boiled beets and
hard boiled eggs. Let the beets pre-
dominate. Sprinkle the top with
onion and parsley, chopped very fine,
and cover with Italian dressing. This
is a wholesome salad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

crab meat allow two tablespoonful of
lemon juice and One-half tablespoonful
of paprika. Mix these three ingredi-
ents and stand away on the ice to
mellow. Serve ON individual lettuce
leaves with a dash of salt and mayon-
naise dressing. Sprinkle the top of
each portion with finely chopped pars-
ley This will take about half cup
of mayonnaise dressing. The fish and
dressing should not be permitted to
stand for any length of time, but
should be served as soon as mixed.
If crab shells are sent with the picked
meat, they can be washed, filled with
the salad and laid on the lettuce
leaves.
An elaborate but dainty salad for a
luncheon or tea is this: Hard boiled
eggs are split and the ends sliced off
so that they can be arranged on a bed
OF lettuce and the yolks are carefully
removed and pressed through a sieve.
Season with salt, pepper, and a dash of
curry powder. Allow a tablespoonful
each of tarragon and white wine vine
gar. Two tablespoonfuls of thick cream
is then whipped and added to the
dressing. Cooked lobster, crab meat,
shrimps, or salmon. minced very fine,
is then added to the dressing, and the
mixture is piled lightly into the empty
whites of the eggs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

CAulifower Salad-Wash a medium
size head of caulinower; soak it in
ice water for one-half hour; tie it
in cheesecloth as you would a pud-
ding, and boil i'm sailed water, gently,
for thirty minutes. Drain and break
apart carefully into the small heads
or blooms. Chill; arrange in a salad
bowl with a garnish of parsley, and
pour over it French or italian dress
ing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Tomatoes lend themselves to a va
riety of dishes. An excellent salad IS
this: On a foundation of crisp leaves
from a lettuce heart arrange alternate
layers of sliced tomatoes, cucumbers,
green peppers and onions, and serve
with French dressing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Crab Salad.--This is nutritious
diEh for summer luncheons or teas.
and serves as a substitute for a meat
cdlr6e In families where the appetite
for meat In summer is small. In both
city and beach fish-shops, picked crab
meat may be secured if ordered in adj
vance. To one-half pound Of the picked
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

just above the tips with a chopped
relish, India or chutney. Cover the
whole with French dressing and serve
immediately.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Tomato Cups-Dip solid, round to-
matoes into boiling water, drain, peel
off the skin without cutting into the
firm flesh of the tomato. and set Oh
ice to chill thoroughly. Chop hard
boiled eggs rather coarsely and mix
lightly with mayonndise dressing.
When ready to serve, hollow out the
center of each tomato. fill it with the
mayonnaise and egg. pile chopped
whites in a pyramid on the top, and
serve each tomato on a lettuce leaf.
The tomato cups may also be filled
with a mixture of celery and mayon-
naise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Cold boiled fish, left over from din
ner the day before. make a delicious
salad. The fish should be free from
any cream dressing, picked carefully,
mixed with mayonnaise, japanese or
Italian dressing, and served on lettuce
leaves with a garnish Of olives and
hard boiled eggs cut into long, mar
row sections.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

folds another small Turkish towel on
the edge of the stationary washstand
for the patinet to rest her chin OH.
In bowl close at hand she has
ready the yolk of one egg, beaten
thoroughly, with one pint of warm
rain water and an ounce of rosemary
spirits. The egg will remove dandruff
and cut the excessive oil in the hair.
The rosemary leaves behind a pleas
ant perfume. Dipping both hands in
to the shampoo mixture, she works
1t into the scalp, rubbing thoroughly
with the finger tips. When the scalp
is saturated and the dandruff is loos-
ened, she has the patient rest her
chin on the folded towel, and the rims
ing begins. The hair is not washed
It's full length, but the shampoo as it
is washed down, cleanses the hair.
rubber tube, which can be adj
Justed to any pipe, and which has a
perforated spray nozzle, is useful for
rinsing, and warm, not hot nor cold.
water should be used. The right hand
directs the flow of the water, and the
left is held at the base of the brain
or on the forehead to prevent the
water from running down the back or
into the eyes.
Soft, warm towels are used for pat
ing the hair dry. 1t should never be
rubbed violently. Then it is famed.
Drying in the sun makes the hair
lighter in tint but this often induces
headache.
The Head Massage.
The beauty doctor understands
scalp massage, and knows that the
mere rotary movement of the finger
UPS over the scalp is not sufficient,
but the scalp must be loosened from
the Skull because if the scalp fits
TOO tightly to the skull the hair can
not grow.
The family be3uty doctor is a verita-
BILE angel in disguise during the sum
mer, when outdoor life, blisterng sun
and arid breezes do their worst for
the complexion. With her soothing
lotions and creams and her gentle
massage she removes the one sting
which exists for the girlish athlete.
For the manufacture of her To-
tons she has an equipment which
is put to no other use. 1t consists of
double boiler in agate ware, a fan
mel bag, not unlike the old-fashioned
jelly bag; pestle and mortar, a fine
hair sieve and a pharmaceutical meas
uring and weighing outfit. Given these
and pure drugs with which to work
and she evolves comforting lotions
which may be used with perfect
safety.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

For an unusual salad dissolve one
quarter box Of gelatine in one-half
cup of water. Stew eight tomatoes
and press them through a sieve. Sea-
son with pepper and salt. and pour
over the gelatlne while the tomato is
still hot. Have ready a mold dipped
In cold water. Pour in the tomato
mixture and set away for several
hours to chill. Serve on bed of
crisp lettuce leaves with mayonnaise or
French dressing: or the jelly may be
cut up into little blocks and served on
individual leaves.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Waldorf Salad-Cut firm white
celery and apples into dice and mix
at once with mayonnaise dressing.
Serve on lettuce. the whittier the bet
ter. Garnish with English walnuts
and maraschino cherries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

An oily skin is particularly annoy
ing in summer, and it can be relieved