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The Washington times., 1905-07-12
A Country Menu.

Cold Fruit Soup
Chicken Fricasse Buttered Potatoes
Spinach
Cucumber and Lettuce Salad
Tapioca Custerd Coffee
For this dinner either wood or two
f,1,roer oil stove can be used. On iiatur-
day prepare any berries in season. meas
ure and mash them add an equal uuan-
tffv of cold water and simmer until the
pulp can be pressed through a sieve
For each quart allow one tablespoonful
OF arrowroot dissolved in cold water;
add to the reheated pulp pinch OF salt
and sufficient sugar to make paiat3b bic
but not too sweet. Stir until slightly
thickened. then boil gently until clear.
Instead of -arrowroot two tabiespoonfuls
of sage can be added and the boiling
continued until the sage is transparent.
This soup is served very cold in tall
tumblers or glass cups. On Saturday
the spinach is picked over. washed until
free from grit and sand and boiled In
plenty of sailed water until tender, then
pressed free From liquid and set away
The chicken is cleaned, disJointed and
cooked in enough boiling water to part
" cover until almost ready to fall from
the bones. then cooled and put aside.
The tapioca custard Is also made pour
I'D into the serving dish and placed In
The Washington times., 1905-07-12
OUTDOOR MEETING BY
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

About 30 members Of Washington
Council, knights Of Columbus, took adj
vantage CT the invitation of NJ A
Keane and attended the semi-monthly
meeting Of their council at Mr.. Keane's
country place on Benning road
After routine business had been trans
acted a literary and musical progra m
was presented. Impromptu and humor-
GUS speeches were made by State Dep
uty Francis p. Sheedy. DIR. w p. Ma
lone, Prof. j. C. Monahan, and James Y.
Meegan, Sir knight Sheedy told In a
very interesting way the many humor-
Gus incidents OF the knights trip TO Los
Angeles, Cal, where the recent con-
vention Of the knights OF Columbus was
held.
A large number Of the friends of the
members were present and notwith-
standing the Indictment and threaten
ing weather in the early part OF tne
evening the spacious lawn surrounding
Mr. ISeane's home was crowded and
every one seemed to thoroughly enjoy
the no .elty OF holding an outdoor meet
Ing
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THE SMART GIRL MAKES
HER OWN BATHING SUIT

The early season always witnesses all
sorts of sensations in the matter of bath
suits One hears much Of white serge,
blue. green, and red mohair. We see
the most startling outfits for bathing
exhibited in the shops. Gowns in every
known shade. with lingerie hats and
high heeled oxfords TO match, then we
wonder who ever wears them
The popular fancy for suits of single
tone seems indisputable. Color ideas
have grown somewhat: that is, the all
black suit is no longer entirely dominant.
Fancy inclines to the all alike brown.
blue. or tan as well as black, but inyari-
ably gown stock, caps and stockings
must be all of color.
The makers of bath suits must be a
good deal like some dressmakers; they
are paid for the work, so work they
must, and away they go, too frequently
running strip after strip of impossible
braid, while only within the last sea-
son could they get away, even in a
degree. from the more impossible acces-
sory-Shiehy noticeable for foppiness
and possibility for holding water. How
many of the shops show simple and
sensible shirt waist suits?
The ingenious girl who can even make
shirt waist will find II the eas1est
thing in the world TO make Ter own
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HOME ITS PROBLEMS AND INTERESTS
IN PLACE or WHITE
What One Woman Wears Who Cannot
Always Keep Her Suits Clean.

White blouses have been having
things pretty much their own way for
the past three summers. This year
they're trying to force shirt waists into
the background and take their places.
well as the place they hold by virtue
Of their own good qualities.
There's an occasional woman. though.
who can't wear white all the time.
either because it makes too much laun-
dry work for the servants Cor for her
purse): or because, on shopping tours.
or for business. she finds it impossible to
keep neat to the end Of the day. And
anything Is better than white that isn't
at its whitest.
Another reason that this occasional
dislikes the "cut-in-half' look a light
waist and a dark skirt give.
The result of all her objections is that
she set herself TO work TO solve a salts
factory answer to the blouse question
Dark blouses and shirt waists were
tabooed-that Is, nobody wore them, yet
there must be some way around the
question
got out the suit she expected to wear
most. The sight of ii acted as in
spiration.
1t was blue, so she got blue-dotted
SwfSS-eXactfy the same shade, bu;
frightened up little by tiny embroid-
cred white do and made a couple of
DiouSeS or II. untrimmed, except 1or
tCcks. The collars were just bands OF
tucks, over which she wore the prettiest
| turnover collars. and the leg-o'-mut-
ton sleeves were plain, except for the
turn-back cuffs.
The result was just what she had
! hCped-she could go to town for day
and come cut looking neat; and the
| blouse could be pressed out in few
minutes ready for its next wearing.
The same idea could be carried out
with suits of other colors although. OF
course, the blouse should be the same
| color as the skirt, and in other ma
terials, except with brown, which Is
toe hot q color. anyway. for summer
| Exquisite gray swiss comes-just right
| for those stunning gray linen suits; and
! for tan. n host of sheer natural color
stuffs, and even for the people who are
| in mourning. there are materials az
| lightweight and delicate and more
| daintily stylish than you perhaps
| thought any black stuff could be-
The Washington times., 1905-07-12

bathing suit, and she will have a suit
that fits and Is infinitely more becoming
than one she can buy. In the first
place, a distinctly smart bathing suit
should have absolutely nothing to fill in
the shoulder line; no collar Of any sort
other than the small standing stock.
II the waist is broad and full short
sleeves are cut full, the belt has a
smart dip. and the skirt a good flare,
then the happy wearcr may be con-
sctous OF looking her very best TO go in
the water. A nicely of detail is then
necessary for the proper finishing
touches A black ribbon which goes
twice around and ties IN a little knot In
front. with white hetnstitched turnover,
is one Of the best looking collar ar
rangements for the girl who doesn't
want to bare her neck TO be burned a
ribbon belt fastened down tightly with
belt pin is found entirely practical, and
then absolutely well fitting Isle hose of
smart design. Too frequently women
are careless about their bathing stock
ings. One girl last season who studied
the effects of good taste cleverly found
that for those with thin legs a stocking
of black Isle with small pin-Iine checks
in white, running around, helped Won
derfully
The shirred waist bath suit is very
effective, but not practical, since shir-
ring requires great breadth Of material.
and that means an impossibiy heavy
suit
The best design is simple shirt waist
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A Shore Dinner.

Raw clans
Planned fish Dreamed potatoes.
Stewed tomatoes.
Lettuce salad. Cheese crackers.
Berries. Coffee.
An Oil stove can be used for either
This or the mountain menu, and for a
family. it is natural to suppose that one
with two or three burners would be
employed. In using gasolene. from five
TO ten minutes are needed TO properly
light and heat the burners. Supplies
at the shore of necessity differ greatly
from those found inland, and we are
glad to have fish which We are assured
has not seen cold storage to dim its
flavor. Almost all kinds of fish are cap
able OF dlleting-that is, the fish is
skinned and the fish cut away from
either SIDE of the backbone in long
strips or FLEETS; founders are especially
suitable, hut many other varieties may
be similarly treated. After this is done
the fiilets are washed and dried for deep
frying they should be egged and crumb-
ed; for panning they are seasoned and
quickly cooked in little salt pork fat
or other grease, turning as soon as one
side is nicely Drowned. The potatoes
which are served with them, have been
previously cooked and diced: they are
heated In a saucepan. in which q cream
sauce has been made: the tomatoes have
Leen stewed on Saturday. and now only
need relocating. While the main part of
the dinner is being eaten, water Is being
heated. and the coffee is quickly made
The Washington times., 1905-07-12
Few Plain Parasols Carried.

Few absolutely plain parasols are car
RED They are tucked. shirred, or hem
stitched, or If plain to begin with are
painted with flowers or fruit, and the
painting is most exqulsitely done. A
white parasol with punches of wistaria
and in the handle large amethyst is
one of the odd conceits that find favor
y white silk with punches of cherries
PAINTED by hand and on the handle most
cIeveriy fashioned punches of cherries
is Il favorite design, not absolutely new
noticed
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SOME SUNSHADES.


tipping
being
of lace Jacauenn
mounted sapphire blue silk for
tied will bbons to
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Edward H. Talbot. 80. and Ida NJ
German, 40 both OF Washington.
Strauss NJ knight, % Topeka. Kan
and Roberta l.. James, Is, FauquieT
county. Va.
Edward S. Wood. "a. and Susie NJ
Humphries, 20. both Of Washington.
Jack T Piggott, 2S and Anna c.
Pyles. 81. both of WaE.sf1stor.
J. Edward Lewis, 50. and Eunice NJ
Kengla, =. both of Washington.
Henry T. Fisher, 81, and Eva Fafrfaz
Bolts, 10, both of Washington
John Bernard Holman. q, of Wash.
ington. and Margaret H. Longstreet. IS
or Sea Bright y. j.
Joseph r. Herold. %, and Laura T
Ives. 10. both of Baltimore.
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Handles to Correspond.

me shade nut TrlSneO with a llIy
green paroquet is one of the odd con-
ceits. while pale yellow with topaz
set in the handle is one of the most ex-
pcnsive. although not conspicuous de-
sign In these handles the jewellers
have found new opportunity for their
skill and most exquisite and costly are
many of the designs.
Lace parasols and chiffon ones as well
are more becoming waen lined with a
pale rose or naauve silk, and then In the
handle may be introduced some design
in enamel jewels that carries out
the color scheme, while the all H.tite,
with ivory or enameled wood handie,
are most exquisitely dainty. especially
when carried with lace or lingerie gown.
lace. and the black lace over white are
much heavier III effect and yet there are
some rare specimens in the latter,
where the lace is Ike u cobweb and
the handle Of carved ivory or coral OF
, superb workmanship. The old fash
toned carriage paraSOl. the handle of
which could be turned back almost
double. Is again in fashion, but is rather
an eccentric fad that has not met with
universal approval. But quite an inno-
walton has been introduced in the para
soils of this season that are made with
a hinge in the handle SO that they can
be doubled back and packed in a trunk
of ordinary size This permits of the
handles being unusually long a fashion
that Is always liked
Among the cheaper and at the same
time effective STYLES are the plain taf-
feta silk parasols with the colored wood
handles of exactly the same shade as
the silk. All colors and all shades of
colors are to be found among them. and
| the prices are SO low as to make them
possible even when economy must needs
be consulted. The dark blue parasols
with white trimmings are also most at
tractiye and not too expensive.
The Washington times., 1905-07-12

with a few lengthwise plaits, IL desired.
buttoned either In back or front. and
circular or fuli-plaited skirt. One may
make q water waist line with bloomers
not fastened to the waist. The bloom
ers should button snug and waist go on
top of them under the skirt.
Nearly every girl wears little BATH
ing corset or girdle nowadays. Six
yards of mohair, double width, should
make a liberal suit, and the entire out
fit need not cost more Than s. if made
at home
The Washington times., 1905-07-12

During the hot days of July and Au
gust. when our main desire is to keep
as cool as possible the thought of cook
ing and the temperature associated
with it is not altogether pleasant Clev-
er inventors have done much to add to
the comfort of kitchen work, yet in
many houses the wood or coal stove
must be used throughout the year. AS
yet electricity is too costly and electrical
contrivances are within the reach of
few homes. in small communities gas
is not on tap, but the humble oil stove
ought to be part of the furnishing Of
every farmhouse kitchen. 1t has its
disadvantages yet with careful hand
ling will accomplish much. In its least
expensive form il burns with a yellow
flame but the newer wickless style has
ckar blue flame similar to gas and
gives a more intense heat. Such stoves
furnish a heated surface of limited area
and this is q great disadvantage as
water in quantity must be heated sep
arattly; yet, by careful planning In adj
vance, good and satisfying dinners may
be served without the accompaniment
of q brcilesi housewife. Here are a few
menus to suit the varying conditions Of
town and -couatrv. shore and mountain
a City Dinner.
Iced Melons
Broiled Steak drilled Potatoes
Green Peas
Ripe Tomato Mayonnsise
waters Cheese
Fruit Ice or Ice Cream.
Fancy Cakes Conee
This rnenu is planned with reference to
The use IF n gas stove with bro;iing oven
or separate atta ch.nent. The potatoes
have been boiled whole on SATURDAY :;
they are now cut lengthwfSe in thick
slices spread with soft butter. sDrfni1ed
with salt and pepper and arranged In a
fine wire broiler Light one top burner; ;
OF butter add half teaspoonful Of salt.
one quarter of teaspoonful of pepper,
q lump Of sugar and the washed peas.
Stir and shake for three or four minutes
until they are NOR vivid green than
before: add two ;ablespoonTuls of water.
cover them partly. turn down the fame
until they are sirnmering gently. They
should be done within half an hour I'M
less quite old. When they have cooked
fifteen minutes light the broiler and
push the potatoes under IL. BY the time
thcy are nicely colored on both sides
the broiling compartment VIII be very
hot Season the steak and quickly put
IT in. turning several times, it will take
from five TO eight minutes. according TO
thickness. The platter and other dishes
If placed over an uniighted top burner
will heat from the broiler below. Dur
ing their cooking the peas may need
keep them from burning add no more
than this and they will be pronounced
superior in flavor to those which have
been cooked in a large quantity of
dessert viii be ordered from outside the
house and that the other courses are
served cold
The Washington times., 1905-07-12
pARASOLS MUST NOW
MATCH THE GOWN

Parasols are now SC important an ad-
junct to fashionable costumes that much
more time and thought, not to mention
money, must be expended upon them. OF
all the many necessaries to modern
dress. and their name. by the way. is
legion, this item OF parasols is perhaps
the latest It has always been fashion
able to carry parasol TO match the
gown or to contrast with It, but half
q dozen of good standard colors were
generally all sufficient. Now. parasol
for each and every gown in the rule, oft
times two for one. With a brown cos
tune and a hat trimmed with pink there
must needs be a sunshade of brown and
also one OF pink or the handle may be
of coral. A pongee parasol deliberately
tucked must needs be carried with the
pongee gown or there must be one OF
some vivid contrast.
The Washington times., 1905-07-12
THE MENU FOR FOUR GOOD
SUMMER SUNDAY DINNERS
Cooking IS Not Altogether Pleasant to Think Of
During the Hot Months of July and August
By CoRNELIA C. BEDFORD.

the refrigerator If a wood stove is
used. il must be started almost an hour
before dinner. In one kettle boil the
pared and cut IN inch dice that they may
cook quickly. When tender. they are
drained, seasoned. n spoonful of butter
cut into bits dropped over them and
the partly covered saucepan dra wn back
to keep warm A cream dressing is
made with equal proportions of the
chicken liquor and milk, one heaplng
tablespoonful each OF butter and flour
being allowed for a pint in this the
chicken Is reheated. One or more spoon
fuls of butter with salt ard pepper to
taste is melted in a third saucepan and
the spinach heated in it. While these
are being prepared the water is heat
ing and the coffee is made
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Mountain Menu.

Clear Tomato Soup
Fried Chicken Noodles
Dreamed Canned Corn
Berry Spider Cake Coffee
AS all fresh vegetables are later In
proportion 20 the altitude. we select
canned sous of a reliable brand. The
chickens are small and tender They
are fried In q spider. partly filled with
hot fat. Ribbon noodles are chosen. as
they Will cook in fifteen minutes A
cream sauce IS made, and the corn add
ed 70 II. To muffin batter made some
what sitter than usual. berries are add
ed. and the mixture slowly cooked in
a covered spider: when one side is done
IL is carefully turned on board re
turned to the spider. and the other side
Drowned
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-18
On Western Shores

and perilous journey. At length he
said, rather impatiently, "Oh! You're
such connndrum anyway, When
think | understand you know the
least about you" Yes, she replied,
rather haughtily, you are always
calling me conundrum instead of by
my right name You can give up your
conundrum whenever you get ready"
Ralph Strengthened up and looked
into her eyes for moment, and, see-
ing look of Indifference, he picked
up his hat and started. Half way
down the little walk he turned, bowed
politely, placed his hat on his head
and walked away.
The next morning. when the south
bound passenger train came in sight
above the cemetery, sixteen men who
had purchased tickets to carry them
to the end of transportation lines,
were saying goodbye" to those who
had gathered to see them off. Ralph
had watched in vain for Lilys face to
appear in the party, and was i'm
pressed by what Mrs. Johnson had
said in his hearing. 1T seems almost
as bad as seeing them go away to
war; they say there is so much
typhoid fever and pneumonia, and
then they have to go through no less
than 200 miles Of frozen sea to get to
the Nome coast"
Ralph did not mind this feature Of
it till he felt that he was not to brave
all this danger for the love of noble
woman. Lily had shown no interest.
Neither had she told him she would
miss him and had not hidden him
goodbye" What glory would there
be in success unless he could share
it with some one who was dear to
him?
The locomotive rushed by, there
was squeaking of brakes. Jack
Burns. in charge of the train. smiled
as he saw the gang" getting on with
their baggage, and in few minutes
the receding train was watched by a
little group of men and number OF
women who walked away with
streaming eyes.
1t was $3.50 in the afternoon of May
18th. All the "Cape Nomers" in
Portland who were to embark on the
steamship Senator were at the Union
depot to take special train which
would carry them to Seattle where
the steamer lay at the docks receiv
ing her cargo as fast as men and
cranes could load her. The big wait
ing room. which today occupies the
Worlds Fair travel, was filled with
adventurers and their wives and
sweethearts or members of their fam
lilies who had gathered to take per
haps the last look at loved ones who
had engaged space in steamer that
vas to make special trip into the
dangerous waters of high latitude.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-09-18

The steel grating on the north side Of
the depot was guarded when the
gates were opened, and only those
having tickets were permitted to pass
the gates. There were all kinds of
good-byes in that parting, but as the
men filed through the gates, the wom-
en-. rich and poor alike, took positions
along the grating and struggled with
the conflicting emotions of hope and
grief, or sought to turn their backs to
everybody in the effort to hide their
tears or conceal their failure at self
control.
men went aboard the steamer. Twelve
other steamers were loading at the
various docks, besides lot of wind
tanners" and the memorable barge
Skukum. Vessels We're leaving every
day for northern waters, and the fol
lowing morning the people at Black.
foot read in the Salt Lake Tribune the
following dispatch, which showed
something of the volume of business
which that city was getting from the
territory we acquired through Sew
ards Folly"
Seattle, Wash, May 23.-9:3O p.
m.-(Special to the Tribune)-Six
steamers, loaded for Cape Nome, left
this port today, each carrying from
1.SOO to 5000 tons of freight and from
400 to 1000 passengers. The vessels
were all overloaded, many of them
carrying men and animals away in
very unsanitary quarters. The city is
taxed to it's utmost to accommodate
the people and the trade. and advices
indicate that the climax has not been
reached"
Mr.. Lightfoot read the dispatch at
the breakfast table and remarked,
We'll, guess the boys are off, The
more think about it the more think
did right in not going"
Lily ate but little breakfast. and
when she had chance to read the
dispatch all alone she opened the at.
las again to where she had been
studying the map of the hemisphere,
and hot tears ran down her cheeks as
she gazed at the Strait of Juan de
Fuca, and tried to picture the steam
ship Senator passing out at that very
hour onto the broad bosom of the Pa
|cif1c.
X X
When Lily told Ralph Strong that
he could give up his conundrum when
ever he chose, she surprised herself
q little, and she tried to think of
some way to modify the matter before
he got out Of the yard but she
couldn't He acted SO promptly, and
without word, it was all over and
be was gone before she got herself
together. She realized now that she
wanted to have a little heart-to-heart
talk with him, and the opportunity
was gone. Remembering she was to
get some lace to use on her sisters
dress, she decided to go down to John
Browns and attend to it, though she
did not admit in her own mind that
she was in hopes she would meet
Ralph and have chance to carry her
little bluff to completion, even If she
had to carry it backwards and yield
some ground.
AS she passed Curtis store she
saw Robert Houston, and remember