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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
.Diaz Celebrates birthday.

A dispatch from Mexico city last night
says: President Diaz today celebrated hts
seventy-fifth birthday, which was observed
as a national holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
To Drive Out Malaria and nuild IN

the System take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. Yon know what you
are taking, tho formula II piafnIy printed on
every bottle. showing Il = Qsinine and Iron 10 4
tasfeleAs ~ well ~ the most acceptable and Ct.
1caelous form. TIE ouinine drives out the Ma
tnria and the Iron ouiIds Hp the oystem. Sold By
all desitrs for 3 yesss- Price 50 cents,
nniB-tuasastGsH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
Gear Leaves Peterhof.

ST. PETERSBURG. September l6.-E:m-
peror Nicholas. accompanied by Minister OF
Marine Birileff left Peterhof today for a
cruise in the Finnish archipelago.
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Was turpentine' You will always find
it good for grease on black clothes or
on hands. A little in the rubbing and
boiling water Will help much TO give
clothes a clear, new color, provided they
are well rinsed. 1t is of little use 10
loosen the dirt. and then hang up out
OF soapy blue water. Remember never
TO take your turpentine bottle near
the fire.
1 was interested in the inquiry regard
ing cooking lessons. / think it would
be good thing. So many young house
wives (and old ones tool would be more
than glad 10 have some one go into
their Kitchens and teach them.
There was time in early days of
housekeeping when would willingly have
paid s. to one who would teach me to
make good yeast Kind friends told me
how. They succeeded, but 1 copld not
Many q batch of poor, sometimes
worthless bread was the result. Yet,
now l know ] could keep yeast good a
year without adding any except my own
stock 1 have done it, and this is only
one of many lessons that come TO the in
experienced. Yet. how are these TO be
brought 10 d knowledge of one another?
l was in hopes there would be others
offering their advice
EX buffalo, n "
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Cookery in the South.

From what we are learning to call
The Middle South" a region noted for
excellent cookery. we have an appettzing
recipe for the goodiy dish described and
asked for by another correspondent
Our readers win recall her -'poeticaF
picture of the ruby jeliied apples and
the rosy glints of sunlight striking
through them upon the snowy damask.
Let Amateur Cook" take one quart
OF water IN which ginger root has been
boiled lin a bit OF muslin) until 1T is
spicy, then pour the same over three
pounds of loaf sugar: boil slowly until
it is a thick syrup: add carmine-to
make bright red (only few drops are
necessary. and strained juice of two
lemons. / think she will in this way
get the desired ''poetical result"
Apples Of large must be peeled, quar-
tered and immersed in ice water. Boil
a few at a time until transparent, but
not broken Take out carefully; place
in jars. When all the apples are cooked
pour the remaining syrup over them
cool; tie cotton batting over closely. and
set away. They will keep indefinitely:
Allow one pound of sugar 20 one pound
of prepared apple. MY MARYLAND.
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ihteihgence Office which has convinced
me that ii is the women in charge of
those ofhces who are TO blame for the
great advance in wages during the past
year Ihey control the domestic situa-
lon, and influence girls to ask for in
creased wages, the object being to OBJ
tain a higher office fee for themselves
A COOK L obtained from the office in
question tells me that a system of
graduated fees prevail there-a girl At
"A week paying 81 for a situation, and
girls al IS week paying higher fee.
and so on, the patrons paying the regu-
lar off1ce charge OF 81 a month. At this
particular Office the person in charge
tells patron that it is impossible 10
OBTAIN anything but a green girl at
"a q week. which is not true. as at
another place obtained a trained wait
ress at these wages. At another Office
III the same locality / saw a framed
schedule of Office fees hanging ON the
wall-that is, for the girls: the fees
rising with the wages At the first Of
nee. the woman in charge sustains the
girls against the ladies, and refuses TO
peHeVe anything unfavorable about
them-says she doesn't care for refer
ences, beyond honesty and sobrietv."
What can housekeepcrs expect under
such conditions as these?
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSEHOLDER
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hnen-and the table itself-spotIess and
then think themselves excused for anv
personal untidiness because they've got
untidy doing the work"
why, in the name Of all that is wo-
aniy-dainty-doesn' she put that time
or that money into something that is
Gas a mere man expressed in nos
sible?
The shops help her who buys. for in
stead OF the old-time Mother Hubbard
wrappers are to be found little belted-
IN AFFAIRS of Bingham or calico that COST
no more than the Old unbecoulfne kind
ana are so neat as the proverbiaI Din.
or those two-piece suits-just like shirt
waist sults-without requiring the ad-
1usting here and there a shirt waist
SUIT does. Instead, they're as easy to
get into as those hopeless wrappers.
TheyVe little tucks and pleats. and
Weii-set yokes, with perhaps an at
tempt at trimming that is g, CHEEKY lit
tie touch and quite in keeping with the
workaday style.
The woman who makes her own can
Just as easily make. in the same fine
a little belted-in affair" for herself. or
go step further. and get bit OF char
acterist.c prettiness into her working
clothes by making those picturesque ILL.,
tie Dutch waists, with the neck cut col
lariess and square, SO as to leave her
throat comfortably free. and with
sleeves made TO roll comfortably I'D vet
that end t~hen they're rolled down. ar
ter work. I'm just u suspicion OF a little
feminine frill.
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A Pretty Table Decoration.

ii was invented on the spur Of the
moment for home wedding; It proved
an immense success; and was later re-
peated to hang over the able for = very
stunning luncheon.
1t was nothing more or less than
a small canopy of flowers. which was as
exquisite as a thing could we'll be; and
the way it was made wasn't one of
those delightfully."- impossible methods
that 1t takes trained decorator AID a
couple OF assistants to work out.
A Japanese paper umbrella was the
base of it all, with the handle mystic
riously seeming to go the wrong way
and coming out on top of the umbrella.
AS a matter OF fact, the umbrella had
simply been cleverly turned inside out
Ihis was for the wedding to be hung
from 4 nigh ceiling for the luncheon:
the handle was cut off quite close to the
catch and the umbrella suspended
TO the chandelier by The little knob on
top.
All over the inside of the umbrella
We're caught howers-white roses, with
plenty OF green leaves and vines. They
We're held in place by deity tackled
stitches. set in over stems, where the
leaves would hide them.
And the umbrella was covered with
them on top. too. the handle being
wreathed with vines, until the whole
/ thing looked like a great exquisite
| flower.
| For the luncheon only the inside was
covered-and that with delicate mink
| flowers and still another time one was
covered all in green. with row OF pfnl
roses just at the edge.
1t is one OF the prettIest bits of homs
decoration imaginable, yet the taekine
/ is easy enough for the veriest amateur
! to do. and artificial flowers might b,
used. II real ones Were hard 10 get
| Even cleverly made paper flowers NIGH
be substituted
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New Year Cake.

RIB tflree-quarters of a pound of
sugar 10 4 cream with half-pound of
butter. Beat into this the yolks OF six
eggs already whipped smooth, with a
of mace and cinnamon
mixed.
Have ready 4 heaping cupful of flour.
sifted. with half teaspoonful OF baking
powder Add this to the cake batter al
ternately with the white of the eggs
beaten stiff Roll into thin sheet; cut
into squares, prick with fork end
bake. Strew with powdered sugar
Some scatter tiny colored comfits upon
the top before baking Many mix CARA
way seeds in the dough
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cups OF -four measured before sitting
no more hour-ewo teaspoonfuls OF bak-
ing powder. Flavor to taste and bake
n a quick oven.
This viii make two large layers or
three small ones.
SALLY LUNN.
One quart of flour, four eggs, half cup
of melted butter, one cup OF warm milk.
one cup Of warm water, four table
spoonfuls of yeast, one tablespoonful OF
salt, half tablespoonful OF soda, dis
solved in hot water.
{ Beat the eggs to a stiff froth, add the
milk. butter, soda, and salt, stir IN the
-four to a smooth batter and beat the
yeast il we'll Set to rise in q buttered
pudding dish. in which 1t must be baked
and sent TO table. Or, If YOU wish to
urn It out, set TO rise in q well-buttered
mold II Will not be light under six
hours Rake steadily three-auarters OF
al hour or until a straw thrust into It
comes up clean. Eat while hot.
This is the genuine, old-fashioned SAL
~ Lunn." and win hardly give place
even yet TO the newer md faster COM
pounds known Under the same name.
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nine-tenths of the women who
do their own homework seem
to think that reason for looking, not
only shabby. but dowdy, with an old
spotted cloth skirt surmounted by an
equally old sacque. with none-too-fresh
ribbons And the pity of it all is that
IL doesn't need TO be at ALL
Probably a woman working hard all
day feels aggrieved that anyone should
criticise her for what she considers SO
unimportant a matter as the way she
looks, and she'll sigh and pity herself
with the feeling that she isn't appre-
GATED, Or else say. In superior. in
Jured way, something by way of a with
eI.ng answer that begins with the worn
out phrase, Nobody knows" and fin
ishes with, 81 couldn't do one thing
more" And 1T doesn't matter, any
way, how l look, everything gets so
spotted from hard Homework"
Isn't this rather an exaSgera ton ?''
Dear lady. no; not even painted black
enough.
Ii isn't confined to women who've no
knowledge of the right way of living.
Often It's the very. class that, as girls,
spent many an hour prinking and bring
ing out their beauty points, and always
looked fresh and neat.
These very women have consciousness
enough of the fitness of things TO keep
their babies in the exquisitely dainty
manner that the very thought of those
wee ones centuries up. They keep table
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the future. / made strings for the three
children, which they wore all winter
We had not a sir gle case of Group.
which has been my bugbear since my
first child was q year old. Nor did We
hear q cough at night, or have ar
cough syrup around we used TO have.
] just think they are grand, and wish
every mother had a string for her little
one.
Should anyone desire to get these I
can tell her where they may be had for
% cents In stamps, for each string of
leo beads This string is long enough to
make TWO short ones.
MRS II. A. S. Qowa.)
To Ea stern and Southern readers il
is well to say that a Pennsylvania wo-
man has the much-sought-for tears"
in quantity and sells them for the same
price / mention these facts because j
get scores of letters complaining that
the writer's cannot buy the beads from
druggists.
They are easily cultivated, growing
readily from seeds that have not been
pierced for necklaces A row that grew
in my own garden last summer ripened
into black. then gray ovates, very sat
isfactorily
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A Turkey Dressing.

Will you kindly republish the recipe
given either two or three years ago on
the Sunday before Thanksgiving, fer a
turkey dressing, with part sausage and
apple with bread crumbs? L tried it.
and found II fine. Unfortunately, l have
lost it, and | wish to use II again.
I have an excellent recipe for sponge
cake. which l Will enclose.
MRS. c. R. II. (Ohio)
/ do not recall the recipe and do not
find it in any OF my books 1 published
last week, one which L suggest you use
as a substitute, which was sent in by a
valued contributor, for chestnut sruff1ng
and roast turkey Having dined luxuri-
ousIy on Thanksgiving Day upon a big,
brown bird thus filled and seasoned. 1
can indorse the recipe.
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Rejuvenatinq the Table.

What viii take from a table a mark
that has been caused by a heated dish
set upon it2 There was a thick covering
ing upon the table at the time NJ. a. A.
l know of nothing better than TO rub
II well and long witp camphorated oil.
You may make this by mixing spirits of
camphor, one part, and salad oil, fouf
parts. in a bottle and shaking it Well
before applying Or you can buy it from
a druggist. If the stain be very white,
hold hot iron over 1t for u minute
not long enough to draw the Varhish-
after which use The Oil at once.
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w HEN We were young and green
NM in Judgment we were not
v afraid Of big contracts
Much that passes with
youth for courage, and which is con-
deInned by olders as '.foolha rdiness," is
rashness born of ignorance The skater
who has never broken through thin ice
and never heard of breathing holes, -
strikes out fearlessiy.
When We were young we reviewed the
year behind us. and made good resolu-
lions for that before us-all on New Year
Day The retrospect was moonlighted
track. where memory blended sorrow
and joy into a kind .. gentle pensive-
ness The prospect was bright with the
sunlight of hope
All. well, we all know what came of
the New Year exercise enjoined by Gus
tom and conscience; how surely the thin
lee cracked under our stride; how good
resolves We're drowned in the black
breathing holes.
Now that the years, IL, flying. have
dropped white down upon our heads, if
their multitude have taught Us wis
dom. the Seer of Uz tells US it
should. we take short views of life We
go TO school to the coral builders, to
the ants. the bees and the flowers of the
field, with their perpetual parable of.
tirst- the blade, then the stalk. the bud.
the blossom-the seed We form letter
by letter. set stitch by stitch, and draw
one breath at a time.
A Practical Conference.
This is our New Year talk, coy
ur-feet-on-a- fender conference between
reader and editor on the threshold OF
1865. A conference / would make prac-
teal rather than sentimeatally reminis-
cent
Whether or not Thomas Carlyle obey
id his own injunction to do the duty
which lieth nearest thee, which thou
knowest to be a duty" it is certain that
the utterance is instinct with sound
wisdom
Turning the pages of the book. my
eye falls upon another pregnant para
graph:
Don't object that your duties are sc
Insignificant They are to be reekoned
-7ef infinite significance and alone impor-
tant to you Were it but the more per-
feet regulation of your apartment. the
sorting away of your clothes and trim
hets. the arranging of your papers
whatsoever thy hand f1ndeth TO do, dc
1t with thy might and all thy worth
and constancy."
After dwelling upon duties thai
5 have higher. wider scope''-those done
TO kindred and kind-orf author adds a
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forced to endure at the hands OF
the average mistress, writer
on the domestic problem strikes
q new note In pointing out the injustice
OF paying green" girl the wages of a
well-seasoned one She urges that such
course confuses skill with incompe-
tency, and that it not only gives the
green" oEe false ideas of her own
worth, which every later mistress will
suffer for. but has depressing effect
OF the trained servant. and on the
housewife who pays sl2, SIS or $50 a
month for the privilege OF feeding and
lodging vigorous young person with
q large appetite and teaching her the
principles and practices of her craft.
There is certainly a screw loose some
where.
This cutting from a New York daily
attracted my attention, as I have had a
recent experience with the keeper of an
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Trifies? Yes, To the masculine phil
osopher who has no household him
ORANGES, and whose time is his own be-
cause he will not submit TO Interrupt
tons So are toothache, and a boil
upon the tip OF ones nose, and gravel
in ones shoe, and the loss Of ones din
ner. We women know which class Of
these miseries is the lighter.
Plainly, there is but one salve for dis
appointment in any or all Of these cases.
and in a hundred others OF daily occur
renee That is, to force oneself to hold
out a friendly hand to the hindrance,
accepting it as a duty, and, since it is
done for another, as a privilege This
is .'disconnection" OF the chain of
small --miseries.' When the recognition
Of duty as a privilege becomes Eabitual.
-disconnection'' becomes extinction"
It is grand practice in patience-this
brave conversion of an enemy into
friend. In the days when there were
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find that the salt in the butter is
largely the cause of this; SO l use lard
TO grease my pans, instead Of butter
Then dust little dry flour in the pan,
and tap 1t 10 knock out all the loose
flour. and they never stick, when cooked,
to the bottom NJ. E. Z. (Fiorfda).
If the cakes be allowed to get cold IN
the pans. they shrink Of themselves
from the sides and bottom.
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Plum Pudding
(Contributed.l

One pound of suet chopped fine. one
pound of raisins and eurrants. one-half
pound OF mixed orange and lemon peel,
two cups of brown sugar, one teaspoon
full of cinnamon, one of Glove and all
spice, one nutmeg. two cups OF -four,
two cups Of breadcrunbs. six eggs Beat
well. mix all together with milk, not 100
stiff; put into buttered tin and steara
slowly for ten hours
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l have found so much that Is helpful
In your column | want TO send my mite
To the person who used gas0lene and
then turpentine 70 remove backing
spilled on q dress, and did not know
which did the work. l would say 1T
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Corn Cake.
(Contributed)

Two cups OF Indian meal one cup of
-four, one egg, one-half cup Of sugar.
one-half cup Of molasses. two cups of
milk. butter size of an egg. one even
teaspoonfuI OF soda and salt TO taste
Bake thirty minutes.
KF. c. (Mass)
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Mix into thick paste a little plaster
Of paris with gum-water. made by soak
ing gum arabic In cold water until dis
solved Apply to the parked part,
moldinS into shape before it dries
Clesn" the statue with emery cloth,
bought Eat the druggists.
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Those "Iob's Tears"

have so often read in your Talks
With housewives" the inquiry az to
Jobs tears" etc
Well. last year I raised some for the
first time. / shall always have some In
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Sauce for Pudding.

One cup OF butter beaten 10 cream
with two cups OF powdered sugar (grstd-
ually1: when very light add a wineglass
of brandy. Heat and stir for five min
utes. The sauce should be smooth and
foamy X f G fNoS-
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giants of oratory upon the earth I heard
Wendell Philips define patience as that
passion OF noble souls" We rise TO
the sublime height of that passion step
by step. Whenever. IN the years to come,
we crush back the irritable retort; when
we smile when we would rather frown;
when we esteem another's happiness or
comfort a worthier object than our own
personal ease: when We heat down
pride, envy, unworthy ambitions-what-
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Pumpkin Pie.

repeated by ReQuest)
One quart OF pumpkin, stewed and
strained; one quart of milk, one cup of
sugar, seven eggs-beaten very light;
one teaspoonfui of ginger, and same of
mace and cinnamon each.
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= Economical Recipes.
tContribntedl

tCOnlriDOtSu-b
MAPLE SYRUP FOR POOR PEOPLE
Take nine clean corneobs. soak over
night in two quarts OF water In the
morning or later (the longer they soak
the more substance you Will get) take
out the cobs, add TO the water two
pounds Of brown sugar and boil until
thick
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Home-Made Soap.

have been very successful in max
Ing soap for my kitchen with patent
I've, but what l made today, instead of
thickening like honey, as on former
occasions. curdled or separated. What
shall do to correct Ii? VIII you kindly
tell me- l. T. c. Pennsylvania).
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Cleaning Plaster Casts.

Would some kind reader please tell me
how 10 clean a plaster OF paris bust ?
Also. is there any way or touching up a
spot which has been barked?
MRS. G. s. (CNew York;
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Practical Helps for Housewives Letters and Talks

HERE is a letter
that deserves the
serious attention of
all housewives. VIII
those in the various
States covered" by
Dur exchange let US
have their views.
strongly and brief
ly expressed, upon
this vital subject?
While a great deal
has been said lately
about the hardships
which the average
cer -
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a GOOD PLAIN CAKE RECIPE.
One egg beaten light: one even cup of
sugar; one cup OF milk; one and a half
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Why Cakes Stick

In late issue of your paper I saw
question from Mrs. L. as to why
layer cakes always stick TO the pan. /
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What is Skinola?

I see that some one wants recipe fcr
honeycomb pudding. so I send mime
Have you any remedy for skinola.
when it gets dry and crumbles?
E. J. w.
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The Duties Nearest Us.

Don I trampie on the gentianS while
you are hunting for the edelweiss, which,
after all. may not be up therel" cried
one Alpine traveller to another who, on
tiptoe at the edge Of a glacier, was
searching eagerly every crevice that
might hold the coveted snow flower
Beneath her feet in the very drip OF
the melting mass of ice, July suns had
spread a carpet of gentians as blue as
the heavens-as brave as the everlasting
hill they draped-
Take we, then, our @tnexts' the duty
nearest as-the everyday tasks we rate
as humble-to be our gentians, and stoop
to gather them They grow thick. and
they grow fast for each of us. Who
has not his or her edelwefss to win
which would be honor, and, we think,
happiness? We mothers have our ambi-
TONS Yours may be music, II may be
literature, it may be travel and all the
good it implies.
You have SO doyetailed your tasks
the must-be-done-that make the neces-
sary routine Of the day so wisely that
you have two hours for the piano, or
one hour for the book you have longed
Tor month to read or you wish to
attend a concert, or to visit a friend
whose society would be a spiritual and
mental uplift.
Just as the dear JOY is within your
reach the cook taps at the door with
the tale Of a happening-to you a cat
astrophe-which upsets the cherished
plan Or a yisitor-always a bore, now
nuisance-"shakes all the buds from
blowing" Or John comes home with
one Of his nasty headaches and you
cannot leave him. Or Johnny has ey-
arnpies to prepare for tomorrow's ses-
SION that terrify him almost to tears
Ut Susie asks permission TO bring a
Few Of the girls and a boy or two in for
an evenings innocent frolfc Or the re-
| port of charitable society must be
written by you because the regular Of
nicer, whose business it is, has neglected
1t. Or the twins have been af7eld and
torn their trousers so horribly that
your work basket is hurried to tho
l 'front.', and the reading the review, the
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was published in last

Your recipe was published In last
week recipe column.
In AFFECT ignorance az TO whether
''Skinola" be disease. a drug or
dish. ] shamefacedly refer the query.
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Grand Practices in Patience.

companionship for which you are athirst
must be postponed indefinitely.
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A Helpful Letter.

referred to practical soap-makers.
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vY yHEN We were young and green
NM in judgment we were not
" " afraid Of big contracts.