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The Washington times., 1905-01-08

Providence and Larry Moran, she hopes
to. end her days. This same Larry
fills as large a space in her. dreams as
john filled in yours three years asone-
In consideration of all this, she Is
right in calling the few hours she spends
weekly in that world where she lives in
heart and In thought. and has her real
being, her -.prevelidges. She may not
pronounce the word right. but she en-
tiers into its meaning more truly than
can you, who make it a point OF n.y.
gienic conscience to get the fresh air
every day.
Why, LEI mature manager ask%don' t
you have supper instead of dinner on
Thursday. as well as on Sunday night?
What country people know as hearty
tear One John 1 know looks forward
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/ want to tell the readers of this little
corner of my valua bic, because ever
ready, little jar of paste, which never
dries up nor sours, nor does any of the
other ungrateful things usually expected
of homemade paste. 1t is weIl-spring
of pleasure TO serap-booIs fiend It is
made by adding to one pint of smooth
thick-very thick-paste, which has been
thoroughly cooked, one teaspeonfui OF
powdered alum and ten drops of Glove
oil
wonder If all of our housekeepers
know what a nice pie can be made from
the delicate oyster2 Make rich crust,
as for a fruit pie: lire pie pan, fill
with oysters. season, add generously
small bits Of butter, aredge with -four
and add top crust Bind this pie with a
narrow pece of damp muslin, as 1t VIII
be very juicy-and bake in quick oven.
Now, if l mays5ump from the culinary
department into the nursery, l should
ike 10 speak to the mother of the little
maid with tangled locks. If she will use
brush the bristles of which are set in
rubber, j think the most stubborn case
of .tangles will yield without any dis
comfort 20 the small daughter
This brush really works like magic on
the long curls of my little four-year-old
In response TO another request. I offer
the, following recipe for good paste
for silver cleaning. and I have been told
that wonderful things can be do.5e for
furnished silver by simply giving it a
nalf-hour bath in sour milk
Dissolve one ounce of powdered Dorax
| in half a pint of boiling water. When
cold pour It on four ounces Of precipi-
tated chalk, and beat until smooth. Add
thirty drops of ammonia and one gill OF
alcohol and bottle. Shake well before
using. - MRS J. w. r.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

The discharge of religious dut5as-and
this from principle. not out CT custom
or superstition-the more likely VIII she
be to be faithful in her obligations to
YOU
Once in q while give her an extra out
ing-a treat" such as you relish when
John gets those tickets unexpectedly
An uneovenanted mercy which belongs
to the same category with AHces n
Wonderland .unbirtfday giftssz--ss
Annie Hagan may not be eflsiyeIy
grateful Some people do net know
how 10 say thank you She may
even disappOint you by taking the IN
coyenanted grace as matter of course
and her rightfuI due. Some do Do
IL next time as heartily as II she had
felt and said the proper thing and let
conscious obedience 10 the Golden Rule
be your rich reward
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
GOOD POINTS ABOUT SODA.

A Tennessee member sends in these
practical hints
When You cook fresh vegetables a
pinch of soda added to the boiling water
just before putting in the vegetables
will keep them in fresh color.
=. There viii be no strong odor during
the cooking OF cabbage or cauliffower If
put in cold water, to which has been
added a good pinch OF baking soda.
They must be cooked half an hour at
ter The water reaches a boil. and the
saucepan should be left uncovered
B. A little soda put into the water in
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them. and leave until nearly bedtime.
when you can slip on a wrapper and get
them out of the way. Or Annie Hagan-
If she be exceptionally apprsciative of
a good mistress-will ask you to lave
them be" for her to wash early IN the
morning
Respect our maids privileges as
you respect your own engagements.
Decline invitations for her evenings out
s-eadily. Unless you have mother or
sister who can take your place IN the
home now and then when John has
tickets for something he is not willing
to have you miss.
tradition to the outings nominated
in the bond between you and Annie Ha-
gan. contriye that she shall go regular
~ to church II she Is conscientious In
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

with zest to the girls" evening out,
because ne always has Sally Lunn for
supper.
Sally Lunn. such as you win find de-
scribed in recent recipe In our column.
The maid set it at noon. Ali the mis-
tress has TO do with it is to put 1t into
the oven and oversee the baking Baked
potatoes and baked beans baked that
forenoon and warmed OYER IN the even
ingl reconcile this John to cold fneat.
a salad dressed on the table. crackers
and cheese. A pudding or a pie and cot
fee I'LL him up satisfactorily
II your sense of fitness rebels at the
thought of washing UP your dishes
when you are dressed for the evening.
pile them in the sink, pour hot water,
with liberal dash OF ammonia. over
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wind up with layer of crumbs Bake
for three-quarters of an hour, and
brown.
Cornmeal Pudding.
Five cups of milk. two cups of boil
ing water, one cup cornmeai (yellow).
four eggs. one-quarter pint moiasses. one
tablespoonful butter. one-haIf teaspoon
full salt. one-quarter teaspoonfui of GIN
namon, one-quarter teaspoonfui nutmeg
Stir the salt into the meal and pour on
slowly the water; stir smooth. Bring
the milk to boil and pour in the meal,
letting it boil slowly for an hour.
Beat in the eggs, add the rest of the
ingredients and add the meal, little at
a time. keeping IN your beating until it
is thoroughly mixed. Bake in a covered
dish for three-quarters OF an hour
Apple DumpIings.
One quart of -four, two tablespoon
fuls of butter Tor half lard and half
butterl. one and a half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. one-haf teaspoonfuI of
salt. two cups of milk
Make a dough, cover apples which
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
FAMlI LAR TALKS WITH FLAT
JEWELLERS AND COTTAGERS
Our Maids Outings

am to get up dinner and wash UP dishes
once a fortnight. alternately with the
same work on Sunday, with the differ
ence that we have simple supper on
Sunday, having dined at o'clock.
My John says 1t is an imposition
upon me-and 1 must say it does not
seem quite fair TO my way of thinking.
Annie Hagan, who represents Bridget
Thekia in my modest establishment.
says these are the prevelidgcs every
gurrel looks to get where there's but
wan gurrel kept
Please enlighten me. with a host
of others, upon this point NJ. z. r.
There is but one rule that holds good
always, everywhere. and in ali circum-
stances. 1 need not repeat it here-that
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FROST BITES AND cHILBLAINs.

In consideration of the many vaI,Ia BILE
hints your column" has brought. /
feel as though it would be but right to
say through this same column, a word
that might prove helpful to others
The time of year for frost bites and
chilblains. with all the attending ex-
cruciating pain, is mex upon US II any
one troubled with chiibiains will battle
the parts affected In alum water-p-etty
strong-for five TO ten minutes he viii
find great relief Tl& treatment NAV
be used and depended on for relief as
long as the part affected IS not open. y
After bathing in alum water apply lin
seed oil. i have tried the above cure
and know IL is good. S. NJ NJ (Ohio)
VIII the sufferer who applied TO me
last week for n cure for chilblains cut
this out and keep ii safely?
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

Golden Rule which ranges all human
creatures Of whatever blood ami breed
ing upon one equal plane.
Put yourself for half an hour, while
we two reason together, in Annie
Hagan's place. She has never read
Shakespeare. and her ti1eatergoing does
not take in Irving and Terry. But you
will comprehend why / thought of Shy
lock as read your letter. AS tina.
rnuch-viIified Jew said of himself. An
ME Hagan has hands. organs, dinen-
sions, senses. affections, passions. II
you tickle her she will laugh; IL You
pcion her she will die
Only Her Workshop.
1 am as sure as If had taken after
noon tea with you yesterday that your
fat is comfortable and prettily fur.
nished. I hope that Annie Hagan's
niche in {. Is clean, decently appointed,
and az airy as is consistent with fat
architecture. Her food is the same that
is served for yourself and for John.
You do not complain when a nice girl
acquaintance" drops in to call upon
her in the evening. In fine. you wish
Annie Hagan to feel at home in the
steam-heated, gas-lighted six-rooms>
and-a-b ather.
The fact Zone of severaD remains that
il is not her home. She has lad series
OF such-some worse. some better-iu
he five or ten years she has spent .1n
the country" The roots of her local
attachments are slender and lateral.
There is no tap root running down
from the heart into the new soil; and
his is well and merciful. Your slice OF
a house is nine-tenths Of the world to
you, because John and the baby and all
your best treasures are there An
ME Hagan's friends, congeners, and
blood kindred lie outside of your sphere.
Your fat is her factory-her workshop.
Cooking. cleaning, and ironiog-even her
turn at tending baby when you have
your "outfng"-are her spindles and
loom.
Take Her View of 1t.
/ Her cousins. the Flanagan sisters, are
shop girls, and never tire of haunting
her for taking service" and having bu,
one evening week to herself They
are free after 6 O'Clock every afternoon
as free as any lady in the land They
can walk the streets until midnight, II
they like, and followers" galore
to say nothing OF dressing in coIors
never Haunted by any bow IN the cloud
since the first was appointed unto Noah
for reinsurance.
Annie Hagan has a steady head and
| right Principles. Nevertheless, these
things have weight with her. as they
would have with you were you -.ir
her place" Keep these in maginatior
while we are talking. She may like
cooking She probably does If she
cooks well She may not be averse tt
| ironing; she may enjoy "redding up
for the pleasure of seeing things lool
clean and bright when all is done Shs
may take intrusts in baby. There ars
no better nurses in the world than Irish
girls OF the best sort Her livelier and
larger interests are in the sphere II
which she was born and IN which. please
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Round he-C council Table Talks With hQuring Housewives

ural condition. I remember that the writ
er mentioned boiling them, but how long.
or in what way, l cannot recall VIII
you be good enough 10 ask that this rec
ipe be repeated, and very much obiige
an interested raader2 Mrs L. N. w
Another housewife asks piteously for
a repetition of directions how 10 induce
shrinkage in fannels that -'set longer
with each washing Will some kind
soul come to the rescue in each of these
cases, and also relieve the editor from.
the drudgery of looking through a mass
Of printed-and-forgo matter to find
the lost cuttings?
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

Perhaps I can be of some help to m
J. c" The song she asks about is The
Farmers Daughter> or Little Chick
ems in the Garden. Both names are on
the title page. 1t was composed by
James Bland and adapted by F. Louis
The words she gave were net exact, but
read like this:
Treat my daughter kindly.
And say you'll do no harm:
And when / die I'll leave You both
My little stock and farm.
M. j. c. may be able to tell By these
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

4 YOUNG HOUSEWIFE writes:
~ DO not, 5eseech you, dis
miss the subject of Bridget
Thekla before giving us novices
in domestic management a few helpful
words as to our girls afternoons and
evenings out Now, here am 1, who
keep but one maid. we boarded for
two years. and did not begin housekeep-
ing until my baby was nearly a year
old. Our fiat has six rooms and
bath. I have a woman to wash on
Monday, my maid of all work doing
the ironing and homework, including
cooking, She manages it well, and is
every other Thursday afternoon and
evening out, and every other Sunday
afternoon and evening. That means I
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
: Banana Fritters.

Since the innovation of these suppers
they've given almost no dinners-have
started 10 a dozen times, but always In
vite too many. and always have to turn
the formal dinner-party into frolie.
And their success is evidenced by the
way everybody accepts the invitations
and even begs for them
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
A HELPERS RECIPES.

/ have never contributed anything TO
your useful column. but would like to
help the -four adults" out if 1 can The
soup recipe ] send is very good If well
made, and one j learned to make from
a very good cook. Please try to print
all | send. for L am sure it Will help
the inquirers
WILLING HELPER Mimi.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

We lead off today
with part of an adj
Ii,rably written let
ter from an Illinois
member. sulI of meat
good for the service
of manor woman.
Ny one regret is that
I must reserve so
much of the COM
munication for next
weeks issue.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
Boiled Pudding, With Prunes.

One-half cup pulverized sugar, two
eggs. one-fourth pint of milk, the same
amount of prune liquor Geft from boil
inG), one pint -four. one-half cup suet
one and a half pounds of prunes stew
ed), onc-half teaspoonful of baking pow
der and salt to taste
Chop the suet until it powders. then
add 70 * the sugar, eggs tbeaten light.
milk and flour. which has been sifted
with the baking powder and salt Beat
hard and add the prunes. seeded and
quarsered and busted lightly with -four.
Boil for two and a half hours
0ld-Fashioned Brown Betty.
Two cups of chopped-up apples. one
cup Of bread crumbs, a couple of table
spoonfuis of butter.
Put q layer of apples over the bottom
of pudding dish Zone you can bake and
serve I'M. and sprinkle sugar and then
butter teither melted or in tiny dabs),
and cinnamon or nutmeg; then sprinkle
bread crumbs and continue until you
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
Good Thinos Made By RECIPES That Have Been Tested

have been pared and cored, and pinch
together the dough ends. Boil hard for
hour
Pancakes Spread With Jelly.
Two tablespoonful butter (melted).
three cups Of milk, five eggs, one quart
of -four: make into q batter and fry in
butter. turning so that both sides brown.
Spread currant or cranberry Jelly on
thickly, fold and dust with sugar.
Banana Fritters.
Six bananas, one cup of milk, three
eggs. one cup flour, one teaspoonful
baking powder. and salt.
Make a light batter. stir in the ba-
nanas, chopped into bits. and. with a
spoon. drop into boiling lard Drain and
dreGge with pulverized sugar
Hard Sauce.
One cup of pulverized sugar. two
tablespoonfuls of butter. vanilla or lemon
juice and nutmeg TO taste.
Beat the butter to a cream and work
the sugar into it. making a stiff white
mass. Flavor when all the sugar is
well mixed in.
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RESTORING sHRuNKEN FLANrgELs

Some four or five weeks ago an article
appeared in the columns of your depart
ment regarding an unusual method of
restoring shrunken ffanneis to their nat
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~ : 81 III ----o
that was printed
in MDCCLXXNv.
time OF Prince
James. King Of
Gre at Britain.
also a tablecloth
that IS over la5
years old Can
you tell me where
I can have them
valued and sold TO
advantagSe
MRS e A B.
New York;
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

Wash" the shawl in Il tub of heated
-four, sailed. rubbing as in suds Cover
with fresh flour and leave all night be-
fore shaking and crushing
.. Spray the plant well with water and
dust while damp with white heiiebore.
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KEEPING CIDER SWEET

Would you please tell me. if YOU
know, how 10 keep apple cider from
getting hard" as you call IT? What do
you put in it. and how soon after it is
made? NJ
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FLOUR AS A WASH.

VIII you kindly tell an interested
reader of your column how TO clean a
white Shetland floss shawl?
,. Also, how 10 keep spiders off be-
gonias? MRS. III G
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

The Bible should be very valuable
Take it TO a respectable bookseller and
ask him where you can dispose of II.
Enter the tablecloth at a weuaan's exc
change
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

The druggist can give you a prepare
ton designed to keep cider sweet, with
directions for its use 1 do not know
what it is
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
LING HELPER (Minn.
AN OLD-TIME SONG.

The soup recipe you sent was published
in last weeks recipe column
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

With pleasure-when / get it, I have
asked for il more than once, and with
out success. 1 hope this attempt will be
more successful VIII constituents note
that a general alarm is sent out for
Honeycomb Pudding?
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
wANrED-HoNEYcoMB PUDDING

VIII YOU kindly insert in your column
G. G.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

1 have in memory like warning given
to me over twenty years ago. when 1
was keeping house In Rome. Italy. A
fellow country woman who had. like
myself. set up her domestic altar in
that foreign land. gave me a recipe for
a certain delicious lemon eustard, al
most as translucent as jelly l had eat
en- at her table At the bottom of the
formula. copied from an old family rec
ipe book she wrote: Beet sugar is less
sweet than ours. Since you can get no
other here, use one-fifth more than the
quantity called for In the above.
A correspondent has already cautioned
housewives against the, use of beet sugar
in preserves and jeilfts.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

which dried beans are soaked will tend
to soften them without injuring the
flavor Of the beans r z,
OF course, baking soda is meant in
each instance (bicarbonatel. and care
must be taken not TO use 1t too Iavishly.
Like fire and water. 1t Is good servant.
but cruel master
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

This may hardly be considered a
housewifeiy item, but it comes from a
faithful reader of our Corner. and is
helpful to the Householder who asked
for the hoIaely story
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
THE USE OF BEET SUGAR.

Some housekeepers are complaining of
want of success in making their fruit
jellies. The reason is all in a nutshell
Do not use beet sugar. 1t will
never succeed. Cane sugar may be had
for the asking but most of that now
on the market Is beet sugar, with
which il is not possible to make jelly
harden. a. H L.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

lines if this is the song she had In mind
I have the song complete
Although an interested reader OF your
page, this is my first attempt TO help
any of its contributors ] sincerely hope
this Is what M. j. c. wished TO know
l. ]. 3. 1Mass-l.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
MARRONS aAcEs.

/ should like to make some marrons
slaees. VIII you kindly send me a
CHESTNUT 0IRs. o. DE h.
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

The recipe you ask for was also pub
lished last week
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

have been pared and cored. and pinch
together the dough ends Boil hard for
n
The Washington times., 1905-01-08
AN OLD BIBLE.

I have an old Bible
that NaS nrinfed
The Washington times., 1905-01-08

0ew York;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-29
SPORTING NOTES.

Tom jenkins, once more the Ameri-
can wrestling champion, seems to have
taken on d new lease Of life
Ii. =. Armstrong Of Deal Beach, n.
j., won the Royal Poinciana cup ID
the finals Of the golf tournament at
Palm Beach, Fla, recently,
The forces in the western turf war
are lining mp for a death struggle, and
on paper it looks as though the CORR
gan party had the best Of IL
a. Il. Coke of Paon. Pa. has added
the bay mare Emeline Chimes. bg
Chimes. out Of the one time great race
mare Emily. oil BY Prince Regent, e
his stable this year.
Direct. o;05A, formerly the champion
pacing stallion and sire &c many sfand
circuit winners, dropped dead OF rup.
ture of the heart ut East View farm
James Buffers stock farm recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-29
Churches broken Into In burlington.

The College street church 1T Burling
ton was broken into Saturday night,
entrance being effected by tearing Oft
the screen and opening i basement win
dow OH the South Union street side a
few dollars belonging 70 the treasury
of the Sunday school was taken from q
boS ii tile library and the rooms and
cupboartls were ransacked although
nothing else Is missed
A similar case has been reported to
the police from the Methodist church
til the same city A window was found
unFastened and there was evidence that
some one had rummaged around pretty
thoroughly before going away. The
lock on the dish closet iii the kitchen
was wreinched Of but nothing taken
awav or destroyed The Sunday school
library had been entered and the books
disaranged and the cupboards and
drawers were fansacked. No money
or silverware of value Is kept III the
church and 50 there was really nothing
which could be converted into cash read
ily A stranger suspected has not been
seen since.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-29
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. Lucy ". Stone, the mother 81
Miss Ellen NJ. stone, the famous mis-.
sionary who was captured By brigands
IN the east, Is dead at the age Of
eighty.
Susan b. Anthony Is the last and per
haps the greatest Of thar little band Of
famous women who started the equal
rights movement in 1S4s. Today every
CIVILIZED country has is woman sui,
frage organization.
The Countess Toistoi, who is 4 beau
tifm and accomplished woman, is i'm.
usually sond Of gay society but &c
please i-tr talented husband She denies
herself social pleasures and acts as
private secretary to the novelist.
Miss Addie Estes Of Fort Fairfield,
Me, has made 1890 pounds Of butter
the past year, churning It all herself
and working it ali By hand She also
made eighty pounds of cheese, both this
and the butter being from only five
cows,
When she reigmed ia Paris the I'm
press Eugene was the best dressed
lady III the world. At one time her
wardrobe was estimated to be worth
S1, eco 600. while her household ex-
penses amounted 70 $4,000 i week.
Today she spends as little As possible
on herself ana dresses invariably il
black
Xl,as pansavn4 IL A descendant Of
Jonathan Edwards IN the line Of bis
eldest son Timothy Edwards Of Stock
bridge Mass His daughter, sarah
married Captain Daniel Tyler u
| Brooklyn They were the parents
Of General Daniel TYLER Of Norwich
Conn, whose daughter, Gertrude, mar
ried Charles Carew. Mrs. Roosevelt
is tile daughter Of Gertrude Tyler and
/ Charles Carew.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-29

Mrs. Joseph Hammond and seven
children 81 Burlington narrowly escap
Ed death from asphyxiatiOn early Mon
day morning. The house il heated by
L large coal st0xe and the family have
been ID tie habit Of filling this stove
with coal befora retiring for the night
Monday morning at tive O'Clock Miss
Elizabeth Hammond thought she heard
a slight disturbance and also smegt the
oaor of gas, pom tigating she
found her mother and the children in
semi unconscious condition and the
rooms flled with the odar of gus. She
quickly aroused Edward Smith, who
lives IN the second floor 81 the same
house ana tie Immediately went for i
physician tie children have recovered
but Mrs Hammond Is still confined 81
her bed Mi. Hammond Is employed al
night Waterman at the Shepard \ Morse
lumber yards, and was unaware q the
trouble until next morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-29
Al Ragged Hero.

Gseo. Ii. Hall, everybody's fayerite
comedian. III Maurice ]. Fielding's COM
4 Ragged Hero" viii be
the attraction Monday, April Sd. The
sensational effects of this play are new
and startling. its situations thrillingly
worked np, and its elimaxes brought
about ii way to win popular approx
ii. Cine of its scenes invariably brings
auditors to their feet and wins for the
players presenting it an enthusiastic
curtain call. 4 little girl is seen at the
upper window Of a burning farm house,
The ragged hero" attracted BY bet
cries for help grasps a swing which
hangs from an old elm tree, mounts 2
nearby she'd, sweeps across the yard
and, grasping the little miss in his
arms, once more swings back out Of the
smoke and flames to safety.