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Evening journal., 1904-04-22
Salad a la Russo.

in plain English is a vegetable salad,
and almost any kind of left over veget-
ables can be used for it. Cut one small
cucumber into dice, and with 1-2 cup
of cut celery marinate for one hour in
oil and vinegar. Drain, add to one-half
cup boiled potatoes cut into balls. or
chopped fine. One-haf cup peas, one
tablespoon boiled carrot chopped and
one tablespoon onion and parsley
ground fine in the meat chopper. Mix
well and serve with mayonnaise OF
French dressing as preferred.
Cheese and Olive Sandwiches.
Make thin, dainty sandwiches and use
for a filling cream cheese with olives
or pinolas chopped very fine.
These are a pleasant change and de-
licious.
Evening journal., 1904-04-22
THE HOUSEWIFE

acceptable way OF serving fried po-
tatoes now that the vegetable is not
in prime condition.
The fresh Clipped beef will be inn
proved by long and slow cooking and
ca be prepared the day before using.
Make enough mullins on Wednesday to
have a few lest over to toast next
morning. Cook the Irish stew on We'd
nesday and bake the gingerbread and
you viii have no interruption when
you start your sweeping on Thursday.
II Will take but a few moments to
wash the sweet potatoes and put them
In the oven, at the same time place the
saucepan containing the stew on the
back part OF the stove, where 1t will
heat gradually. The tomatoes should
be skinned early and put in a cold
place. To serve a planked shad II is
necessary to have a tin sheet with
handles to slip the plank on, as the
fish cannot. or should not. be removed
from the plank, but served from 1t.
Garnish with cress and radishes. Use
the soup meat after making the stock,
for the soufiie.
Market List.
Saturday.
Pork chops. IL pounds.
Veal outlet, IA pounds.
Soup meat (sticking pieces) lbs.
Rib roast Of beef, pounds.
Bacon. sliced, Y pound.
One melt shad.
I jar Beechnut ham.
Pan fish, 3 pounds.
Eggs. 2 dozen.
Porter house steak pounds.
Two carrots. one for soup, one FOL
salad.
large head cabbage for slaw and
soup.
1 bunch parsnips.
] head lettuce.
stalks celery.
! Apples, u peck.
Prunes.
WEDNESDAY.
Mutton chops from the leg, lbs.
Rump steak, lbs.
Beef. Clipped from round, I IL lbs.
Rack Of mutton for stew. lbs.
Eggs. 1 dozen.
Apples, IA peck.
Cress. radishes, lettuce.
One roe shad.
Sweet potatoes, IA peck
Spinach, 1-2 peck.
Celery, 1 stalk.
Satisfy, 1 bunch.
Stewing tomatoes, l can.
Frying tomatoes, 1 can.
Fresh tomatoes, 1 pint.
Evening journal., 1904-04-22

These market lists provide for fam
fly Of five persons, and the menus are
prepared carefully. with view to
economy and variety and adapted TO the
Wilmington market. calling for nouhing
ont OF season, or extreme in price.
All left overs are utilized and the meals
are planned with due regard to the busy
days" OF the week. Monday, when the
laundry claims first attention, and Thurs
DAY. when tho house will have its weekly
cleaning. This department will stand for
economy and variety IN the use OF food
materials and such systematic arrange
rnsnt Of house work as will best dispose OF
the work in the shortest possible time and
with the least labor.
pThe Household will gladly answer any
questions asked, II within Its abillty to
answer anI II not, to publish such ques-
tions in its columns and endeavor TO Sc
cure replies from its readers. 1t Is also
an open exchange for recipes, and invites
such from any who have good and wei
tried directions for favorlte dishes.
FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK,
Evening journal., 1904-04-22
To Prepare These Meals

Potato salad. beefsteak.
Sliced pineapple.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

a loser" he said at last. apparently ad-
dressing the gaff.
Are you?" asked the girl glancing
at him from half shut eyes
Dogs know a lot. don't they?" he
said. after another tranquil silence.
more than men?" said the girl
More than I did" he answered, tax
ing a critical survey OF his mainsail
'Did?" she asked, bending low over
the sleeping dog.
Now we're clear of Lemon Island. ="
he cried with great satisfaction. ITS
a. straight run down the river before
the wind.
He changed the course of the sIoop
and loosed the sheet. The boom swung
far out, and the great sail screened all
in the Gull from the gaze of the boat
ahead as ef1ectuaIly as if the drop cur
tain OF a theater had fallen. Fastening
his sheet. Barton took a hitch around
the tiller with the loose end. Then.
silently, he came to the girl kneIt be-
side her, and took her in his muddy
arms. The blood famed into her face
and her breath came fast as she strug-
gled against his tender might Then
she lifted her face TO his braveIy, and
he saw love in her shining eyes The
dog moved uneasily, yawned, and trot-
ted to the stern, where he surveyed
them both with placid indifference.
"Oh, I forgot said Barton He
jumped up and stood very straight be-
fore her. Miss Daskem.' he said
gravely, will you please marry a fell
low?''
Not Il ne stands way of there" said
the girl, equally grave.
That's what the dog told me-" said
Barton. smiling down at her. while
stood far of. he came close and found
love in your heart. Are you not glad
now that we picked him up?"
If would have broken my heart if
YOU had let him drown" she said.
frankly. I love you because you are
the kind of a man that would lose a
race and a woman. too. if he thought It
right"
Suddenly she held out both her white
arms TO him with an impulsive grace.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

ward the opposite marsh on a long
slant. The girl readjusted her cushions
against the new weather rail and lean
ed back.
Sorry can't leave the helm to fix
things for you said Barton anxiously.
AS soon as we round Lemon Island.
well have a run of it. and then I can
make you more comfortable"
Don't be sorry so much" said the
tall girl. Barton flushed and looked
away. Across the river. splitting tacks
with him, another sloop was scattering
the white caps.
CLARK is coming fast observed Bar
ton. after a long silence Lemon Is
land blankets US little, but he is get
ting it strong over the fats on his tack.
I can almost see Miss Sally smiling as
that hve-pound box gets closer.
Miss sany?'" repeated the girl,
with rising infection. why do you
always call her Miss sally?' You
never call me Miss Ruth -
ION. you're different" said Barton
awkwardiy.
why is it," she persisted, turning
her face toward him for the first time
7 never want to call you Miss Ruth.
somehow" blurted out the young man,
shifting his grasp on the tiller and look
ing away
oh" said the tail girl. smiling slow
Iy and looking away once more.
Are coons ever white, Mr.. BartonE
asked the girl suddenly, as they APP
preached the marsh once more.
Good Lord. no." exclaimed Barton,
following the direction OF her gaze. He
saw something that may have been
white once. but that was now daubed
thickIy with slime and mud. wallow-
ing desperately through the marsh.
striving to reach that part of the beach
toward which the sloop was heading. At
the edge Of one Of the numerous creeks
that flowed through the marsh, the ami
NAL stopped and raised a dismal cry.
Barton jumped up and stood shading his
eyes with his hand
why. that's a dog. Miss Dasl1am."
he said. That's certainly dog!' He
threw his weight against the tilier, and
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
Charm of Manner.

It IS curious fact that nothing plays
a greater part IN a woman's career than
a charming manner, yet nothing is
taught and cultivated less.
TO be gracious without being patron
iziug on the one hand. or too gushing
on the other. all this requires .cultiva-
uOn. and is not attained I'm a day.
Ttat Elusive attribute known as
charm is stili more difhcult, If not i'm
POSSIBLE. to achieve. is IL not Unborn,
and not TO be acquired. strive we ever
20 hard?
Certain IL is that charm Is the most
tC be desired OF all the good gifts the
fairy godmothers have TO bestow:
beauty may fade. and riches may fly
away. and health and youth be swat
charm Will ever remain. more potent,
more soul-sa usfying than beauty and
riches, and even youth itself.
How often does not one see this eN-
cnplihed in society, by the popularity Of
some woman who apparently possesses
little or nothing 10 justify such sue
cess, and who. nevertheless. is cOurted
says: "Isu'u she charming
You agree that she is, and wonder
why Other women you know, better
looking younger, better dressed, per-
haps-thOugh the really charming wo-
man Is never badly dressed-and vet
thcy Jack just something which at
tracts you in the other woman as IL at
tracts others
What is ~ you ask yourself, and
sou come TO the conclusion IL is some
Thing which for want Of better name.
you call charm
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
Some Beauty Helps Once Used
By Old Southern Man1nues

about, used TO go to the great wide
hallway where stood "a stone rose jar
and dip a generous hand into the family
roses, bringing up leaves. spices. scent.
and all. This she would cover with
wine vinegar and let stand in the sun,
shaking occasionally.
Finally she would add twice the bulk
of vinegar and an equal amount of
cologne. To every pint Of this she
would put six drops of ammonia.
This made a most refreshing bath.
vinegar TO be used IN the proportion Of
a coffee cup to half an ordinary tub of
water.
The bellies Of today have a fad for
bathing IN a milky bath, made so, not
by the addition of milk. but by few
drops OF benzoin. This. with a bath
vinegar. makes an ideal freshener for
tired nerves
1t was very seldom that belle Of
the old days had cheeks of poppy color
If scorched by the sun or torn by the
wind, they were bathed in sweet oil
and lime water and afterward a little
pure sweet oil was rubbed into them.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

Hard alec. Miss Daskam." said Bar
ton apoIogetically, but the girl did not
bend her head. She was looking steadily
at the broad expanse OF marsh toward
which the sloop was rushing. Broad
River belied its name at this point, the
marsh sedge marching far out from
either bank till the channel at low water
was a scant half mile wide. Mud oozed
and shimmered in the sun at the roots
of the sedge. and ragged strips OF cove
oysters fringed the marsh: salt rivulets
streamed through the grass and fur
rowed the mud OF the beach as the tide
receded. Miss Daskam shaded her eyes
with her hand, and gazed steadfastiy
at mud bank directly before her.
Really. Miss Daskam, we must come
about" said Barton again, as the marsh
doomed under the low OF the Gulf; he
pushed over the tiIler. and the boom
creaked across. The tall girl bent i'm
patiently just in time.
I'm ever so sorry began Barton,
but we'd have been aground in a min
ute more Just had to come about, you
know" He was an athletic young fell
low. brown of face, deep OF voice. and
broad of shoulders. so that his shame
faced air did not become him.
"Of course. you did: why apologize?''
said the girl. a little scornfuIly. Il
thought ] saw some animal in the
marsh.
"A coon, probably" he answered.
They come down to eat the oysters at
low tide"
The big sail filed on the other tack.
and the water murmured unsteady as
the boat. heeling well over. dashed to-
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
THE HOWE. ITS PROBLEMS IND INTERESTS
JAPANESE WEDDING CUSTOMS.
Simplicity Is the Rule at the Weddings in Japan and Os
tentation Is Absent.

When a japanese girl gets married,
the ceremony is quite a different affair
to what it Is with us. In the first place
there is no Ostentation or show, for the
ceremony is strictly private. no outsid-
ers being present-merely the bride and
ner parents, the bridegroom and his
parents, the Nakad achi, or go-between.
and a servant. whose duty it is to pass
the cup of sake. Sakazuke. OF the drink
ing of the native spirit from a twin
spouted cup. then takes place. There are
usually three cups. one arranged above
the other. and the bride and bridegroom
drink from each alternately
This ceremony is repeated between the
contracting parties. the parents and the
go-between Che who arranges the mar
riage), respectively, nine times But
fortuna ely. the cup is very small, so
the effects are practically Of no account
The go-between then proceeds 10 sing a
song, composed expressly for the occa-
sion.
Then Comes Merriment
When this IS over the many invited
guests. who in the meantime have been
quietly waiting in an adjoining room,
are invited to enter. and great merri-
n7ent prevails until late in the night.
Wedding cakes are eaten at this gather
ing. made of rice -four and sugar.
stamped out IN the shape of combined
stork and tortoise, the japanese en-
blems Of long life and felicity. Accom-
panying these cakes are sugar flowers,
beautifully formed and delicately col
ored to initiate the natural plants OF
which Japan is so proud. These orna-
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
DELEGATES TO COAX
THE INVALID'S APPETITE

Orange pulp served in glasses may
be used to introduce either the break
fast or luncheon. For the invalids tray
the fruit served in this way is especially
appropriate. Cut the fruit in half cross
wise and scoop out the pulp, rejecting
all the seeds and white fiber A sharp
knife may be made to aid IN the process
50 that the delicate glObules may be
broken as little as possible Sprinkle
with sugar and stand the glasses on ice
for ten minutes. Pineapple syrup from
a can of the preserved fruit may be
added to give zest to the flavor.
Jellied apples are delicious served
with whipped cream. FIJI a baking dish
with thinly sliced apples which have
been sprinklsd with sugar as successive
layers OF the fruit have been added.
Turn in half a cupful Of water. Fit
over a dish a cover or plate, which will
serve as a slight weight. Bake very
slowly for three hours. Let the apples
remain in the dish until they are cold.
Then turn them out.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
The Ideal Woman.
- - Il hIetorv.

She has no history.
Not only IS she easy 10 live with but
she Is worth living for
She is too clever 20 talk Of woman g
rights she takes them.
She is not such a fool az 20 fancy that
anyone is ever convinced by argument
She wears frOcks that match her hair.
she does not wear her hair - match her
frOcks
She helps her husband 10 build up a
future for himself. and never seeks 20
rake up the past.
she does not believe that a man can
love only once or only one. She herself
prefers loving much 10 loving many.
she knows that when men talk about
a woman being good looking they mean
that she is well dressed. though they do
not know IT,
She does not insist upon her husband
eating up the cucumber sandwiches left
over from one Of the parties; she eats
them herself and suffers ln silence.
She knows that every real woman is
the Ideal woman-the fact being that
every idea OF ideal woman IS wholly de-
pendent on the Ideaiist. and every
woman who is idolized is localized.
Her ambition is 20 live up TO her best
photograph Bulletin,
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
THE EVENING STORY
THE LUCKY DOG.
By 4. C. McKENZIE.

the sloop began to swing from her
course.
You are losing ground. Mr.. Barton,"
she said, sravely. You are letting
Saily's boat outpoint you.
I've got TO drop down little to
reach the dog he said. Hes so weak
he can never cross the creek.
But you're losing the race" said the
girl. sharply. You're letting Sally win.
DO you really mean TO throw away our
racer"
That dog will be drowned in a couple
o. hours when the tide turns" he said.
Perhaps you did not know that"
Il know you are deliberately giving
our race TO Sally" said the girl. looking
at him strangely.
There's never a woman lived FOL
whose within I'd let a dog drown before
my eyes" he blurted out. May I sug-
gest that you sit here in the stern2 I'll
have TO drop that sail in a moment and
the gan may strike you. 1t VIII come
down with a run
He was looking straight at her at last
and his face was sternly set with an ex-
preston she had never seen before 4
moment later the sloop pushed her nose
into the mud and stopped with a slight
jar. Barton promptly jumped for the
beach and sank up to his knees in the
soft&mud. F1oundering out. he trudged
through mud and water 10 where the
dog crouched and whimpered.
Let him lie there, please" she said
gently.
Barton sat down again abruptly and
stared long at both of them
''It seems to me I'm pretty happy fei
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
NAMES oF LITTLE laps.

Japanese babies are rarely given the
name Of a living member of the family
or friend. The reason is the incOnven-
fence OF similar names in the same fam
ily. middle names, as means OF avoid
ing this difficulty. being unknown. Lit
tie girls are commonly called after beau
tifuI objects In nature, such as Plum
Blossom, Snow, Sunshine, Gold or Lotus
Flower. Little boys, especially among
the lower classes, frequently start out
in Inc with the handicap OF being nam
ed Tiger. Bear Rock or Panther IL
Is not considered an especial compliment
in Japan TO call a child after any other
person.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

It was noticed long ago that the pretty
girls Of the South, who rode and drove
IN the sun and the wind; who boated'
sat upon the verandas. and invited sun
stroke generally. came out with an ex-
cellent skin at the end OF the season
One day a Northern belle discovered
on the dresser Of a Southern beauty a
bottle Of fluid which was labeled Gu
cumber cologne. and on being pressed
the pretty girl gave up its secret.
Cucumber cologne. which has been
famed for more than half a century, IS
made by taking two ounces each OF
spirits Of cologne. orange juice, flower
water, and rose water.
A pinch Of powdered borax softens
this. and six drops OF benzoin affords a
tonic for the skin. This can be shaken
up in bottle. set away. and used upon
tie skin after it has been exposed to \
sharp wind.
A Southern nanny, whose beauty
preparations were famous Tor miles
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
SaUng the Strength.

Many housekeepers experience excess
i've WEAKNESS after washing dishes. mix
Ing bread, ironing. OF doing other work
which requires bending over a table.
stove. or sink.
II a stove is too low. 1T may be raised
by having the zinc beneath IL lifted by
means of q thick board cut 10 fit
II the table is too low. try 10 have
a kitchen stool and sit down whenever
practicable. The hOusekeeper who has
never tried the kitchen stool Will be
surprised at the saving Of strength 1t
ernbodies.
II the sink is too low the dishpan
may be placed on a large basin turned
upside down, which Will raise IL suffi-
GENTLY.
ANY device which will make house
work ca sier should be tested by the
woman who has her own work 70 do
and should also he passed on TO the
maid. II there Is one.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
HOW FASHION
GOVERNS NAMES

A few years ago society rebelled
against the employment Of the diminu-
tives Of proper names. and the frivolous
sounding Pollies and Bessies and Ma
mics and Daisies were banished to the
region below stairs Even there they
soon lost their popularity, for the fash
ion I'm names is very like the fashion in
gowns. what's discar ded above stairs is
soon regarded with contempt below.
The young person who had previously
answered TO the name OF May, and who
frequently spelled It with an ''e." quick
" discarded the diminutive and adopted
the more dignihed appeliatiOn Of Mary.
She who had formerly signed herself
Dolly practiced writing Dorothea. The
Nannies became Nancy. the Brides,
Budgets. and the Tessies. Teresas. and
Id-fashioned people rejoiced over the
revival OF the sweet, old-fashioned
names
Stage Sets Fashion in Names.
But II 1t is true that the stage sets
the fashion. we must accept the fact
that diminutlves are 70 be with US once
again. For the past two seasons stage
heroines with but a few exceptions have
been answering 70 the frivolous diminu-
lives. Pollies and Mollies and Dolliez
galore nave cOquetteQ bchind the FOOT
lights IN the outrageous fashion the
world has come 10 associate with dimin-
utives. Indeed, once having provided
his heroine with the diminutive OF a
Christian name. there IS nothing left
for the playwright TO do but 10 maxi
her "A coquette. 4 Mary might have
conscientious scruples against leading
the hero r dance, but who would expect
a Molly TO listen 10 the voice OF con
science?
Of Two Evils.
OF course these diminutIves are pre-
forable 10 the names that were in
vogue In the age Of romant.cism The
Gwendolines and the ArabeIlas and IN
Amelias. and the rest of their kind were
an uninsplring lot in the romances OF
the time, and doubtless the real hero.
ines Of that time whose prototypes they
we're. and whose names they bore were
lust as uninteTesting A nirtatious Dol
IS is at least more attractive than (
swuouing Angelina, and If there.
enough in a name TO influence her whC
; in his choice between the two. Blu
nnany viii regret the passing again u
the Old-fashioned names. the names tina
{ are neither romantic nor coquettish, bu
sensible and meaninRful. It is 10 b,
hoped that the stage fashion will no
be universally followed, and that thos,
who have adopted the diminUtiVes VII
! quickly discard them again.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

mental sweets include most perfect rep
resent ations OF the peOny narciSSus.
Camellia, cnrysanthemum, azaiea, apd
sometimes of the maple leaf and 'nr
cone.
Friends and relatives of the bride and
bridegroom who are not present at the
wedding feast receive the cakes at their
own houses done up in thin wooden
boxes.
Never a Honeymoon.
There is no honeymoon tour for the
newly welded pair, but the bride at
once settles down in her new home and
prepares to receive callers. Here her
time is occupied with work in the
house and attention to her husband 3
comfort Various duties fall to her lot.
She entertains friends. receives and re-
turns presents, superintends her SER
wants in the polishing of the veranda
boards and looks after the marketing
and food supply Of the house.
There is no such thing as pot luck"
in Japan, and the unexpected visitor
will never sit down with an apologize
hostess, or go empty away. Indeed,
such dishes as are required for the
preparation of meals, cups and saucerS
and table utensils, form part of the
brides belongings when she leaves her
parents after her marriage.
Fashions never change in Japan, ana
a brides wedding rousseau may con-
sist of enough clothes to last a life
time. with never a Qu3lm in the little
wOmans mind as to their possibility
of going out Of style in a few seasons.
Perhaps this alone tends to make the
japanese bride the happy little mortal
she invariably Is a fact which induced
Sir Edwin Arnold, Lafcadio Hearn,
John Luther Long and many another
! TO select japanese wives.
The Washington times., 1904-03-12

Moralists tell us that beauty is only
skin deep II is well worth having, how
ever as every woman knows.
The first requisite Of beauty Is clear.
fresh-tinted complexion. which Is not 50
hard 10 obtain as many people think
Too often women are afraid of using
soap and water on their faces, and con-
sequcntly blackheads reign supreme.
Blackheads are dirt. and dirt cannot be
gotten rid OF By anything but an album
dance OF soap and water.
How many women wash their faces
with soap suds and hot water twice a
day. VERY Few. rs the majority Of COM
plexions testify
One must be very particular about the
soap used. Those containing an excess
of alkah or highly -coIOred strongly per-
fumed. cheap soaps, are worse than
none 81 all
Many cases Of acne, or disease CT the
The Washington times., 1904-03-12
How to Gain a Good Complexion.

skin, which causes blackheads. rash and
often Inflammation. come from using
impure soap. SO the greatest pains
should be taken in selecting the soap for
the face.
The best and simplest rules are: First.
wash the face twice every day with soft
water and mild sulphur soap. A lather
should be made and rubbed into the
skin With a flannel or Turkish pad All
traces Of soap should then be washed
away and the skin dried with a soft
UoWei
Next. massage the face every night
with the hands, IN order TO start the
circulation ana excite a healthy action
Of the skin.
All food of a heating or over-stimu-
lating nature should be avoided by those
whose compleXiOEs have tendency 10
acne. Pork. veal shellhSh, curries
saussges. rich pastry. beer, wines, and
spirits Of all kinds. as well as strong
tea and coffee should be banished from
the bill OF fare.