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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
WITH A MIGHTY EFFORT HE TURNED HER HORSES HEAD

, throwing Ted over his head
Meanwhile Ediths horse. startled
by the mustangs caprices, had taken
the bit between its teeth and was run
ming away. From his position in the
rear Claxton could tell from her ac-
tions that she was in trouble and he
gave his own horse the rein.
He rapidly drew up, but the race
horse strain in Edith's mount asserted
itself, and the hoof beats behind only
spurred it to greater endeavor. Clax-
ton had the advantage of a fresh
mount. and in the long run this told.
Slowly he drew alongside until the
two powerful brutes raced side by
side. Then with a mighty effort he
turned her horses head, at the same
time striking it upon the nose. In
moment he had reduced it to a walk
and they had time to look into each
others faces. Edith's was white and
frightened. His was white but I'M
afraid.
THANK God, you are safe" he cried
hoarsely. 81 was afraid 7 Should :.es'=
err reach you"
you rode splendidIy," she declared
enthusiastically Then of a sudden
Claxton remembered that he had gone
faster than a trot.
ut was my love which caused me
to forget my minor fears" he said
abruptly. "Will you accept that love.
Edith" 1t was an unconventional
wooing, but her upturned face gave
him all the answer he needed. He
sealed her acceptance with a kiss.
Then they rode back and Claxtou,
once rid of his nervousness, sat on his
horse like a cavalryman or a cowboy.
1t was his last riding lesson-his first
lesson in love.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
HER CHARMS.

He is like all lovers, says the New
York Times. and can talk of nothing
besides the young woman to whom he
is devoted. He sat in the club window
smoking and thinking Of her; then sud
denly he blurted out, directing his
remarks to the man who was deep in
Lovely grill"
"Who?" asked the man with the pa
Ter.
The lover looked so indignant at this
that the other FASTENED to rectify his
mistake.
"Oh, yes" he exclaimed. II forgot
you were engaged"
The lover was appeased.
Wonderful grill" he said. IT find
more to admire in her every day. She
is not only beautiful, but she is cour-
ageous and has nerves of steel"
"Ah. yes" said the man with the pa
per absent mindedly.
IT'S in her beauty, however, that
she eXcels." went on the lover. Her
neck and throat are like chiseled mar
BILE"
"Ah. yes" said the man with the
paner again.
Il do" said the man with the paper
in an off-hand way.
And her silvery voice."
1--WE noticed it,"
And her ruby lips"
Quite So"
And her pearly teeth"
You've spoken of them before"
Then her eyes are like diamonds,
too. and her conversation is full of
sparkling gems"
The man who had been trying to
read threw down his paper.
"Why not start up in business with
herr" he asked.
What are you talking about?" ask
ed the lover.
"Business-plain business" returned
the other. Il always have an eye to
business. That's what made me what
l am. and from your description I
can't help thinking that in that girl
you've got enough 60 stock jewelry
store. Why not try it?"
Since then they have not spoken.
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even Edith had to admit that he was
a decidedly ridiculous figure upon a
horse. When the animal trotted he
bobbed up and down in the saddle
until IT seemed that he must injure
his steed by the violence of his move
ments. When the animal broke into a
canter Claxton openly held on to the
saddle with one hand until he
could reduce the horses speed to
a trot.
Edith had been brought up in the
country, where she had had a pony on
her sixth birthday. She found it diff
cult to realize that a man as clever
as Claxton could not ride. All of her
set rode, and possibly his desperate eff
forts to stay on his mount might have
lowered him in her esteem had it not
been for Ted's jokes. The somewhat
ill-natured jests had the effect of
strengthening her sympathy with the
student.
Claxton took his guying good natur-
eddy and seldom attempted retort.
When he did it was a quiet and eff
fectual repartco, that had the erect of
gaining him peace for while, but he
was not O. man to often resort to ILL
natured remarks, even for the sake of
peace.
He had protested strongly at his
physicians orders, but in the end he
had welcomed this new diversion,
which augmented his chances of chat
ting with Edith.
Neither of the two men appeared to
make much Roadway in the struggle
for Edith's affection. AS a matter of
fact, neither was certain enough of
his standing to put his fate to the test
and possibly spoil his chances by his
precipitancy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
CLAXTON'S LAST LESSON
BY EPES w. SARGENT.

When Claxton's physician ordered
him to take up horseback riding, Ted
Duclerc threatened to report the prac-
titioner to the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals. Later on
he declared that the Municipal Art
Commission, an organization formed
for. the prevention of the inartistic
decoration" of the public parks, should
also be appealed to.
Mentally Claxton stood so far
above Ted that Alice Wharfit declared
that the only reason he did not look
down upon the irreverent Duclerc
youngster was that he would grow
dizzy through the height at which he
found himself.
Duclerc was not altogether in good
taste in his jeers. Few escaped mis-
rather unpleasant wit, but in picking
upon Claxton the fact that he found
greater favor in Edith Bowdens eyes
lent added point to his shafts of satire.
Duclerc had grown so accustomed 10
being taken for clown that he
abused the TESTERS privilege.
All of his life he had ridden, and in
this and other out-of-doors sports he
excelled. Claxton had been stud
ious youth, with few of the opportun-
tiles afforded the sons of the rich. He
had made his way partly through the
success of his early novels and partly
because of the real merit of some of
his later works on American anthro-
pology. He could boast as good blood
as Duclerc. but his money he had
made himself.
The school room is but a poor prep
aration for the equestrian path, and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
THE GIBSON DADo.

Among other new fancies in wall
paper, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
is a deep dado in Gibson heads. The
artist himself was the originator. One
of his recent double page pictures in
Life was entitled wall Paper Design
for a Bachelors Room" and showed q
conventionalized arrangement of his
loveiiest girls heads-the typical pa
trician beauty of the elevated chin and
dropping eyelids, the roguish coquette
and the sweet nun-like creature of the
demurely parted locks.
The wall paper designers were quick
to catch the idea, and now the pat
tern is a popular one. The vogue for
black and white has extended to house,
hold decorations, and the Gibson wall
paper comes just in time to contribute
effectively to 1t.
A room with plain white ceiling and
the deco Gibson dado in black and
White has the lower wall space covered
with white cartridge paper, with a
satin stripe, a dull black photograph
rail dividing them.
The floor is stained a dull black in
imitation OF Flemish oak and covered
with black and white Indian rugs, some
Of which have a tawny streak across
their black zigzags.
The furniture may be wicker paint
ed black or white, or the dull black
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so VERY THOUGHTFUL.

Well, what do you think of it?" ask
ed the wife, says the New York Times.
1T seems to be a very pretty scarf
PIN" replied the aged multi-millionaire,
land 1 thank you, my dear, for thus
remembering me on my birthday.
While l am of an age that cares little
for diamonds" he added, beaming up
on the fair young creature at his side,
yet 1 must confess that 1 am greatly
touched by your thoughtfulness. You
have exhibited much taste, my dear"
Il am gratitied that you should like
it," observed the youthful spouse, in a
cool, even tone. 1T was quite cheap,
too. A mere matter of fifty or sixty
dollars"
You amaze mel" exclaimed the null
ti-millionaire. This beautiful pin cost
only fifty dollars?"
"Just that and no more" responded
the beautiful girl. "Of course, it may
be that the stones are not precisely
what one would term gems of the first
water. Yet to me the pin seems a
genuine bargain"
The Croesus smiled refiectively.
would you mind telling me, my dear.
the reason of this sudden economy on
your part? 1t would appear that my
little wife is grown wonderfully pru-
dent in her expenditures"
II am afraid you give me too much
credit on that score" said the young
wife. The fact is, the pin is guaran-
teed for five years, and"
And?"
"Well, to speak plainly" returned
the young woman, 'as it struck me
that it is likely to wear quite as long
as you are likely to live, 1t would be
the hight of extravaganza to purchase
a. more expensive pini"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

Thus matters stood when one morn
ing Edith appeared upon a new mount,
a big black, whose lines suggested a
strain of thoroughbred in his make
up. BY odd chance Ted also had a
new mount, a. mustang with a wicked
CLEAN in its small eyes. 1t was not an
easy thing to handle him, and Ted was
too busy with his own affairs to crack
joke when Claxton rode up mount
ed upon one of the worst horses in the
riding school.
Edith cautioned him that the animal
was apt to take it's head If restrained
too much. She even advised him to
give up his ride, fearful that the horse
might get the best of him.
Claxton was not a coward, if he could
not ride. He promised to be watch
full, but would not turn back. 1t was
the only horse left in the school sta
bles, and even if it were not he would
not offer the appearance of cowardice.
Quite a little knot had gathered at
the entrance to the drive to watch
Ted's antics on his mustang. ClaXton
had reined up for a moment TO look
on, when Miss Bowden suddenly
wheeled and gave her horse a cut
with her crop.
'SWho loves, follows" she cried
gaily as she sped up the road. Clax-
ton urged his horse forward, and Ted
dy, who had heard the cry, wheeled
Just as Edith passed Claxton sped
ahead but the mustang proceeded to
give a most comprehensive example
of buck jumping. He performed all
of the antics usually attributed to the
breed, and having thus laid down the
accepted fashions. he proceeded to in
troduce new and intricate variations
upon the same. AS a satisfying and
sensational conclusion he proceeded
to jump the low barrier into the river,
ten feet below. breaking his leg and
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with her eye and leaves that martyr
speeches..
The next customer wishes to look at
real lace collars. She examines through
her eyeglasses exactly seventy-five. 1t
takes her an hour, and the saleswoman
has to answer her question as to what
sort of lace this one is and why, while
she picks out for a man a boa he is
surreptitiously selecting for his wife,
and praying meanwhile that it will suit
that lady, and also while she tells a
small boy where the sweaters are kept
and explains to an amiable mad lady
that this is not a grocery shop and
that, therefore, sugar is not to be found
on its counters.
Almost Immediately after this she is
called upon to exchange FIVE yards or
ruching by a girl who wants a box of
tin soldiers for them and who an
nounces in a loud voice so that the
woman who is looking at the lace col
lars will hear that she is in a hurry
and doesn't intend to wait until unrea-
sonable people who do not mean to buy
anyway look over everything in the
store.
The saleswoman smiles weakly in an
endeavor to keep the peace, but her
smiles are turned to mourning when
almost Immediately, a large lady rus
ties up and asks to see some of the
roSepolnt collars that they are selling
off this week for Is cents.
The saleswoman looks dazed and
says, as politely as her emotions will
permit, that they have never sold any
rosepoint for Is cents, and, what is
more, they never expect to.
The stout lady freezes the saleswon-
an with her eagle eye. 1T is astonish.
ing the ignorance of these young per.
sons" she says. "Why don't YOU read
the papers and find out what YOU are
selling?" And with this she sweeps
OF to tell her troubles to a floor
walker while the saleswoman with q
sigh folds up her stock which her Gus
toners have strewn about and puts il
away.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.

No girl ever yet whispered her shy
little secrets to her mother because her
mother had a right to know what she
thought and felt; no girl was ever
companionable with her mother be-
cause she owned her mother some re-
turn for years of care and service
The woman who wants to be her
daughters best friend, says Dorothy
Dix in the New Orleans Picayune, has
10 establish some better claim upon
Athe girls affection than that.
.She has to make the girl feel that her
rove and sympathy are an unfailing
fountain to which she can always turn
10 refresh herself, and this, not in
Dig things, but in little ones. Any
one can rejoice with us when we
hchleVe triumph, or mourn with US
When we meet with a tragedy, but the
people VINO grapple us to them with
hooks OF steel are those who can enter
INTO our moods and fads-who can get
Just as excited as we do over the dis
livery OF an old blue plate, and can
Se Just as outraged as we are when
yrs MIs' Smith fails to invite us to her
Hutie dinner, but sends us cards for
cue omnibus crush afterwards. 1 know
a famous literary woman who de-
vlares that the reason she is so de-
Soted to her husband is because when
S Sne gets new frock home from the
CCIresssimaker, that instead of being a
o,edtlon, Is a bungle, and she weeps
Uyer the ruin, he doesn't say: Now
Ivy GEAR, woman of your intelligence
ISusnt to be ashamed to be annoyed
v w such trifie. l am surprised at
On our IL lacK OF control, etc. etc" But
strength of his masculine vocabulary.
rna says the things that perfect
s .Juy may feel, but may not utter,
sui the dressmaker until the first
hing OF disappointment is over, and
1'' wire Is ready to feel that life is
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
W0MAN'S AVERSION
TO INDEXES

Talk about the inclination to study
the envelope to discover the sender in
stead of opening the letter being a
trait of womanhood." said Brooklyn
man the other day. cit isn't in 1t with
a woman a book of poems, like those
of Burns, for instance, and she'll turn
the pages for twenty minutes or more
to find the piece she is after rather
than look in the index. Suggest the
index to her. says the New York Press,
and she'll say: oh, I'll find it in a
second and away she'll go, turning
the pages again.
THE other night by actual timing it
took my wife twenty-five minutes to
find Mary in Heaven in a copy of
Burns, for not only did she lose actual
time turning the pages, but if she'd
come to anything she liked. such as
Holy Willie's Prayer and Polly Ste
wart,' she'd daily over them a while.
Rarely do men do that. The first thing
they go for is the index"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
CHOICE RECEIPTS
FOR CHATTING
DISH PARTIES,

No regularly served meal is quite so
tempting as the little supper or infor-
NAL luncheon, whose piece de resis-
lance is cooked in the chatting dish.
The following receipts are suitable for
both occasions, and are so simple as
to require no skill beyond that of the
amateur:
Delicious Scrambled Eggs.-Scram-
bled eggs prepared after the following
receipt are to the everyday sort as
the Virginian cooks breakfast rolls are
10 those of the baker. For six eggs
allow butter the six of an egg and 2
tablespoonfuls of chopped mushrooms
with salt and pepper to taste and
brown bread crumbs as required. Pre-
pare the mushrooms in advance and
use only the fresh ones. Peel them
carefully and put In porcelain
saucepan with " tablespoonful of but
ter rolled in flour for 6 Of medium size.
Cover tightly and let the mushrooms
stew in their own liquor and the but
ter; then season to taste, remove the
mushrooms from their liquor, pass
them through the grinder and return
to the sauce. If watery, thicken
slightly with little -four rubbed
smooth with butter. Fry the bread
crumbs and keep both them and the
mushrooms on hot dishes while the
eggs are cooking. Put the butter in
TIE chatting dish and add the eggs
without beating. AS the butter begins
to melt, stir all together with q
fork, and when the eggs begin to
thicken add the mushrooms and sea-
son lightly with salt and pepper. Turn
out upon a platter or serve from the
chahng dish, but in either case, sprin-
kle the top with brown crumbs.
Eggs With Smoked Beef.-A some
what more hearty dish is made with
eggs as a foundation, both combined
with smoked beef, tomatoes and
cheese. TO four eggs allow " pound
of beef, shaved very thin; cupful OF
thick canned or stewed tomatoes,
tablespoonfuls Of grated cheese a tea.
spoonful of onion juice, Tablespoonful
of butter and 4 eggs. Break the eggs
in q. bowl and beat until light. Put
the butter in the chatting dish and
when melted add the beef, tomatoes,
cheese and onion juice. Stir all to-
gether until well blended, then add the
eggs and continue stirring until they
are set. Season with salt and pepper.
Dreamed Clams-To make this de-
iicious dish, choose hard-shell clans
OF medium size and have them steamed
in advance. Wash the shells carefully
and place in a saucepan, cover tightly
and stand over a moderate heat until
the shells open. Remove the CLAIMS
and chop a sufficient number to make
cupfui reserving " cupful of the
Juice for the sauce. Put ] tablespoon
ful of butter in the chatting dish and
when melted add I tablespoonful of
-four. Stir until blended, then add u
cupful of clam liquor and u cupful of
cream. Stir continuously until smooth
and the consistency Of a thick cream.
Season with cayenne pepper and salt.
Add the chop CLAIMS and stir all to-
gether for q moment, then serve on
small squares of toasted bread.
Cream Chicken With Peppers-A
welcome and delicious variation of the
familiar cream chicken can be made
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

oak, or all three. Prints, engravings
and pen and inks in plain black frames
relieve the monotony of the white
walls.
At the windows the sash draperies
may be of plain waite and the over
draperies of any of the japanese or
other Oriental silks. with black and
white prevailing, and some tawny yell
low flower intermingled.
Old copper and brass pieces will look
especially well in such a room, but the
color scheme will furnish an excellent
background for any sort of pottery or
-brac, which the occupant may
choose for it, the only thing to avoid
being heterogeneous display of odds
and ends which would be utterly out of
Keeping with its general character.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
THE VALUE OF A KISS.

What is the value of "a kiss? Most
men probably would say that it de-
ponds upon the beauty and piquancy
of the kisses; but, while this statement
hardly admits of dispute, what is here
meant is the legal value. The legal
value, it may be said, should closely
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

by combining it with green peppers.
Either fowl which has been left over
from a preceding meal, or one which
has been parboiled for the purpose,
can be used. In either case, the meat
should be cut in dice and measured.
For each pint allow 2 peppers and the
quantity of sauce given before. Re
move the seeds from the peppers, boil
them for ten minutes in sailed water
and cut into dice and add to the
chicken. Put 2 tablespoonfuls in the
chatting dish and when melted stir in
an equal quantity Of flour. stir the
two together until smooth, then ada l
cupful each of chicken stock and
cream. Stir increasingly until the mix
ture Is well blended, then season with
salt pepper and celery salt. Add the
chicken and let stand until thoroughly
heated, stirring occasionally. Serve on
rounds of toast.
Lobster on Toast-To prepare lobster
in a chatting dish after this appetizing
method, it should be boiled, cooled and
cut into dice, well in advance Of the
appointed hour. To every pint of the
meat so prepared allow l pint of sauce.
Put tablespoonfuls of butter In the
chatting dish and when melted add 2
tablespoonfuls of -four. Stir until
smooth, then add u pint each Of cream
and white stock and stir constantly
until II boils. Add the lobster, heat
thoroughly and season to taste with
salt and cayenne pepper. Extinguish
the lamp, then add the beaten yolks
of eggs and tablespoonfuls of chop
ped parsley. Stir for a moment. then
serve on rounds of toast. The sauce
must not boil after the eggs are added,
but the lobster win be kept hot by the
water in the undrr vessel.
Lobster With Mushrooms.-To cook
lobster after one of the approved meth
DDS it must first be boiled and cut in
to fair-sized pieces, but not minced.
The best for the purpose are the small
hens weighing from a pound to a
pound and a quarter each. For three
such allow the quantity Of sauce given
below, increasing proportionately as
may be necessary. Put a tablespoon
full OF oil in a chatting dish. and when
melted add finely chopped shallots.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

When they begin to color add x pint
of Spanish sauce, a wineglassful of
sherry 10 fresh mushrooms which have
been peeled and cut into bits and salt
and pepper Stir all together and let
cook slowly for ten minutes, then add
the lobster, tablespoonful of pars-
ley and a dash of nutmeg. Boil five
minutes longer and serve. To make
the Spanish sauce melt / ounce of but
ter add to it 1 ounce of flour and
stir over the fire until colored a good
brown. Add 1A pint OF stock, u q
carrot, / onion and stalk Of celery.
Stir until it begins to boil, then let
stew slowly for half an hour, when
strain through fine sieve.
Stewed Mushrooms a la Francais.-
Nothing is more welcome for the chat
ing dish supper than well-prepared
mushrooms. To cook after a delicious
method, allow 1 gill of sauce and 1
gill of cream for every pint of fresh
mushrooms after they have been peel
ed and the bottom of the stalks cut
off. Divide / tablespoonful of butter
into four parts, roll each part in -four,
then put into the chatting dish with
the mushrooms. Cover the dish tight
ly and let the mushrooms stew In the
butter and their own liquor for fifteen
minutes. Then add the sauce and the
cream, the juice of l lemon, salt, pep.
per and a tablespoonful of chopped
parsley. Let all boil together for a
few minutes, and serve. To make the
sauce. which should be prepared in
advance, melt " ounce of butter and
stir into " ounce of -four Then add
II cup of stock and let it stew until
1t boils. Remove from the fire and
add the well-beaten yolk of egg mix
ed with little water. Whip all to-
gether lightly with an eggbeater
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

The Jewels of the Inflated Draga
of Servia are offered for sale. Their
value is placed at 100000. the Cars
gift, a necklace, alone being worth
100000. After the murder a large part
of the Queens jewelry disappeared.
Some was found buried in the garden
and some was recovered when palace
servants tried to sell Ii, but that which
is offered for sale represents only a
part Of the treasure Draga possessed.
The rest has gone to enrich others.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

Cream Chicken With Peppers-A
welcome and delicious variation of the
familiar cream chicken can be made
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-22

quitoes from the mainland seemed to
be out of the question, and it was hop
ed that by curing the sick during the
cold season and then waging energetic
warfare against the conveyer of the
microbe the disease could be perma-
nently banished from the island. DR..
Koch therefore accepted the offer made
to him by Mr.. Kupelwieser and intrust-
ed Professor Frosch and DR.. Blundau,
of Berlin, with this mission. Their re-
markable success led the Austrian Gov
eminent to make an attempt to exter-
inmate malaria on the coast of Istria
by Professor Koch's method. 1t caused
three malaria stations to be establish
ed and detailed physicians, furnished
with the finest microscopical instru-
ments, to these stations. The physi-
clans examine the blood of all persons
suffering from malaria and subject all
suspicious cases to a systematic course
of treatment. Quinine in tablets or
capsules is furnished to patients free of
cost at public expense. If the work of
these stations should be attended with
success, it is also proposed to estab-
lish similar stations IN all those dis
tricts of Istria and Dalmatia infested
with malaria, for the purpose of remov-
ing this great evil.