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So well is this known by students OF
natural history that it is called the
food-yolk'-the matter upon which the
embryo bird draws for form and life.
The albumen Is a transpa -ent envelope
for this golden heart-a colglomeration
of hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon. and a
dash Of sulphur. Heat, If kept up be-
yond a certain point. changes this harm
less envelope into a tough white sub
stance. which Job must have had in
mind when he asked contemptuously, Is
there any taste in the white OF an egg?
II did contain nourishing elements when
raw. Perhaps il would be better to
say that IL did not neutralize the nutri-
tive qualities OF the food-yoIk When
we give hard boiled eggs to Young
canaries and chickens, we throw away
the white and rub the still nourishing
yolks TO powder 70 suit tender digestive
organs
Good, Now. in the witless boiling of
eggs rapid cooking, I'm two minutes
hardens and tOughens the white until
II looks like half-fired porcelain and
reduces the yolk to a shapeless' hot,
viscid mass, that gushes forth at the
crack OF knife or spoon, affOrding all
the food value We get from the egg
This is the fOur-miUute boil stipulated
for by some gourmands. Thirty seconds
less will form the white and just heat
the yolk. making il a trifie less indi-
gestible than when the four-minute rule
is Obeyed-
According to that. it would seem
that the raw egg is best of ALL" COM
mented dauntless Mrs. Greene. '-and
that most wit goes to not boiling It.
''YCu are quite right, If the testimony
Of experts in the treatment of anaemic.
dvspeptic and consumptive patients be
worthy of confidence. / know one man
no var given over by his physicians
a.s hopelessly III with tuberculosis. who
has regained strength, flesh, and breath
ing powers by a daily dietary Of two
quarts of milk and eight raw eggs. He
saws he doesn't mind the eggs-muchr
He breaks them open and toSSes them
down direct from the shell-two at each
time of taking.
Ethics of Eggs.
'But"-urged Mrs. Green. swallowing
sympathetically. and so involuntarily
that we all smiled-"the prejudices of
artificial civilization are opposed TO gulp-
ing down raw eggS-from the shelli-at
we make them ihdigestibie if we cook
themi Because you are dietetic are we
to have no eggs and bacon?"
This was a neat turn of speech and
she knew IT, Mrs Sterling recognized
il by bow and smile.
with all my heart-I allow them dear
child Provided the bacon be crisp and
clear, and every drop of fat be drained
from the eggs. Provided. also. that the
whites come TO table almost translucent.
with no dark, greasy hems about the
edges. and the yolks are whole and
plump once in many moons Ellen
O'Brien serves them thus. and fills the
morning with satisfaction In the good
old times when did the fancy cook
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~ ,
ing with nv own glad hands. the once
was a regular custom. HeighO!
The tender grace of a day that is dead
Can never come back TO met
And no boiled eggs7 which the soul
OF OF my John loveth." Mrs. Gray echoed
the sigh.
Don't Boil Them.
Have them every day If you wish.
Only-don't boil themi No. that is not
a bull-buI the statement OF a aas~o-
nomic possibility. Buy one OF the block
TN Or plated silver egg-boilers sold IN
lousefurnishing shops and use It upon
. me breakfast table. II consists of a
weif or pot. with q close cover.
frame with holes for four or for
SIX SIX eggs fits easily In this well,
the handle passing through a slit in the
lld is hinged in the middle to fit closely
about the rod terminating IN the handle
Beneath Is an alcohol lamp: Fill fbe
Wen with boiling water. light the Iamp
10 make sure that the boil is real and
active, plunge In the frame-filled eggs.
close the top, and IN twenty seconds
this to reheat the water cooled bv the
egSs-blow out the light, cover all with
q coy, such as you use for the teapot-
and let the 'boilc-' alone for Ave min
utes If you wisn TO have soft eegs
Eight viii bring them to a custard ill., IL,
yolks alike. ''u
Prepared in this way, / find egoc
far more palatable than when hofiaG
They are so much more digestihIe that
physicians prescribe them for yoInr
children. and for their elders who have
weak stomachs.
zone Of my ways is to eat eggs from
the she'll They keep hot longer. and
have more delicate flavor than When
turned into cup or glass. 7 believe
that we Americans are the only peonle
who thus dunn orr hailAd Azzs.''
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
How to Make MarshmaIlows.

VIII YOU kindly. through Your column.
tell me how 10 make marshmallows? d?
TOuT school for housewlv.s j. very
init resting to me, and always look Tor
thar page with eager an nations.
a. NJ b. (South Bend. Ind)
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

The three children are all right Long
life TO them and 10 their mother. But
II they are still babies, don't give them
pies TO eat Keep pastry for yourself
and Inhn- --
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Thank you for cheering words. The
desired recipe viii be found n another
column before long.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
Mrs. II S. 3. Evanston u1l

/ submit your query cheerfulIy b7rt
having had a good deal OF experience
In painting upon silk. linen. cotton. and
canvas with oil and water colors- and
what Is known technically as --diStem-
per. l doubt II your decorated linen
can be made really washable Nav
We hear from readers upon This mat
ter2
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
Are Decorated Linens Washable?

Now ! have a request. I have learned
10 paint on linen. and the person who
taught me said the piece would -iaun-
dry without boiling. but. upon expert
menting. ] found the colors ran and
partly washed out. and / think IN three
washings would be completely gone.
Can you or any or your valuable helm
ers tell ne of anything TO do 10 make
the pieces washable?
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sanction to our schemes, and we are free to
go ahead on our own lines.
Asked how the scheme of enrolment
would be carried out, Mr.. Pocock said:
Every district In the world where there
are Britishers contains some men who have
seen service in the wilderness or at sea.
These we will bring into contact and ask
them to form club We do not care
whether this is social, sporting, athletic,
rifle, polo, racing or hunting club: its
premises may be palace, a room in pub
lie house or rain-swept tents: its funds may
be as large or small as it's members please,
but 1t must elect chairman, treasurer and
secretary, and 1t must subscribe to our
rules before 1t becomes a command of the
Legion of Frontiersmen. The most -impor-
tant command will be that In London, the
rallying center for our tribe throughout the
world. For the present its headquarters
will be No. Adams street, Strand.
X X
The main advantage of membership In
the Legion of Frontiersmen will be right OF
entry in its games These games will be
competitions in such matters as shooting
wrestling, loading pack horse rough rid
ing, rough driving, scouting and raiding all
OF direct use as training for war, The
district games in each state or province
will be played for sweepstakes to md the
champion teams. Such champion teams
will, we hope, have transport and susie
nance to compete in the region games for
such regions as Australia, Canada or the
united Kingdom. Region champion teams
Will then be granted transport and susie
nance to attend the legion games held
every third year in London. The expenses
viii be met out of the gate money, the
prizes will be granted by the executive, and
the purpose of the Pan-Angiican games will
be TO discover the best teams in the empire
The purpose of the games is to select men
TO form the region special service squadrons
with the right to first call when the legion
Is needed for war;
y E. Isle SMELL.
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How He Spoiled His Case.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
1T pays sometimes to have the right kind
of lawyer" remarked w. T. Purdy a
well-known mining man of the northwest
Il was a witness in a case a few weeks
ago, in Seattle. in which a coiored man
was seeking damages for permanent IN
juFies sustained in an accident to an ele-
vator which he was running The plain
tiff claimed that he had been manned for
life, by being permanently deprived of the
free use of his right arm. Although the
accident had happened months before. his
arm was still crippled. and he was unable
TO raise it above his waist He explained
all this with much feeling and earnestness
during his direct examination Then the
attorney for the owner of the building took
him in hand.
Show US how high you can raise your
arm, said the attorney.
And the defendant feebly raised his arm
a few inches.
:, Now show US how high you could raise
your arm before you We're injured pursued
the attorney.
And the defendant unhesitatingly and
unthinkingly raised the crippled arm high
above his head. thus knocking his damage
claim skyward with one eloquent gesture"
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A Religious Railroad.
IN Everybody's Magazine.

From Ever,body's Magazine.
The Hedtaz railroad. which is to unite
Damascus with Mecca. is being built for the
purpose Of carrying pilgrims TO and from
the latter. the holy city OF Mussalmans.
For the larger part OF It's course of some
LEO miles it win pass through deserts, idle
and unfe-tile regions. Sun. 1t will benefit
some of the country about the Jordan. a
district whose crops have no market on ac-
count OF the want Of transportation; and
branch lines for commercial and industrial
uses will be constructed. From Damascus
TO Maan. about 400 miles the road has been
doing business for some months. The Ger
mans superintend the Job. Turkish soldiers
do the work. and they don't get union pay.
To Mecca by rail-, personally conductedi
The world 10 growing smaller every day.
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the lapse OF some months, a scheme of or
ganizatfon was developed which possessed
the great merit of representing the views
OF the great majority of those consulted
It's essential feature is the provision made
for the running of the show by frontiers
men themselves
The service for which we are especially
adapted In war, said Mr.. Pocoek, lis guild
ing, scouting ard pioneering, rather than
fighting, and the kind of training we need is
not provided in any army. 1t is doubtful
too, If any army which trains men In the
mass could make the best use of frontiers
men who are only useful in small details as
specialists For we are neither cavalry, in
fantry nor artillery, and in any existing
arm of the service could only be rated as
recruits. We are not so much soldiers as
guerrilas, and to be useful must form a
distinct arm, not belonging to the army, but
attached while on active service. with our
own leaders. organization and appliances,
our own tactics and strategy, helping the
field force and obedient to the general Off
GER commanding.
The next job to be tackled was getting
the sanction of the war Office to the rails
ing OF an army whose constitution forbade
any meddling with it by Pail Mall official
dom. Had such an audaeious proposition
been presented before the South African
war 1t would have met with prompt and
contemptuous rejection. probably But that
war, 1t would seem, has walked up the war
office to a much greater extent than the
British public is aware
THE war Office said Mr.. Pocock has
a bad name but we found it composed of
liberal, progressive. broad-minded men.
fully alive to their responsibilities, up to
date in every respect. and anxious to do
their best to provide for the security of the
empire. Since. however, no such proposal
as ours had ever been made before in the
history of the world-the enrolment in time
of peace OF defensive army scattered over
the pianet-they were up against difficult
proposition. However, after six
months of negotiations, we succeeded in
winning the good will of the then secretary
of war, Arnold Foster. and everything
looked bright for the contamination of our
hopes when, five days later. the govern
ment fell and we had to begin all over
again.
I'VE set to work on Mr.. Arnoid's success
scr, Mr.. Haldane. We found him to be a
profound student of military affairs and a
great administrators, who is probably des-
tined to be the great liberal leader of the
future. On February III Re gave his official
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book shelf. When you have done with a
DOOR, put 1t in its place. There are girls
VINO never have a place for anything; one
OF them once paid me visit. and from
the moment she crossed my threshold untu
the day she kissed me goodbye and wen,
merrliy away chaos followed in her track
S cue iet her Things all over the house. and
Kept hef room looking as IL II had been
swept by cyclone. and as for books she
nad not the faintest notion OF their dignity
hnaly took the precaution of hiding ava v
one or two of these that | most nrlzei Iast
Estelle should ruin them altogether herors
she departed. L do hope that Won have
Deen better started on the road than had
peen the fortune of this poor child who
was a dear Notwithstanding her needless
ways.
Few girls stop to think that they have A
gold mine in their school textbooks They
know that they must devote time and at
tehtlon to them and that they are the
stepping stones to culture. A girl would be
very stupid who did not appreciate this
Beyond this. too school books possess
something OF the value that other refer
ence books do in library. After you
have left school you may some day be in
company with traveller or an explorer
who has seen strange things in the heart
OF Africa or has ventured into distant
regions In another zone You can converse
with him more intelligently and get more
profit from his fascinating talk than would
otherwise be possible If you have at your
may be reading the daily paper, and there
you may find that war is threatened with
a foreign country. You will turn 10 your
school history and learn In a few moments
something about that country and its rela-
lions with the rest of the globe. You
will &c back to the newspaper with far
greater Zest. The advantage of the school
book over other books is that as | have al
ready said Il is condensed and clear and
1t omits superhuous comment on the part
of its author and confines itself to actual
facts.
OF course you are Interested in the study
of nature. This is very popular at the
moment and promises to be more than
passing fad. You have the latest botany
and the latest zoology among your books
You will find them helpful after awhile
as sidelghts on a large and delightful class
of books that will tempt you in spring and
summer on excursions out of doors, either
to the geological gardens to inspect strange
animals and reptiles or 10 the wide fields
to gather flowers and WOO from nature her
self the story OF her exquisite secrets
Be careful of your books, Dorothy. To
take admin able care OF books, so far as
the outside is concerned, is the hallmark
of lady To know good deal about the
inside of books. TO reverence them as they
deserve, and to prize them as the finest
treasures money can buy, are also hall
marks of those who belong 70 the Desk
classes III civilization.
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Winners of Prizes.

American expressions too-just to quote a
few, for they would really fill volumes.
He is a spasm. meaning extraordinary.
She is a lobster. meaning fool.
He Is a lovely man. meaning nice.
That is a fool story, meaning foolish.
Don't you jolly me, meaning make a
fool of me.
There are several excellent systems > In
America One the telephone. and another
the arrangements for calling cabs at police
buildings. The telephone system is almost
as perfect as in Scandinavia, where it has
been a JOY for the last ten years. and it
Is really remarkable in large towns like
New York and Chicago how quickly a
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20 the coachman and one to the owner of
the cab or carriage. These tickets are num-
bered in duplicate. On coming out from
the performance one gives up the little slip
OF paper on which is printed a number
sCch as ia. to the porter, who takes it. and
n turn with other numbers, puts ia in
electric light bulbs onto a sort of a sign
BOARD hanging above the entrance to the
theater, and large enough for all the cabs
and carriages on the rank TO see 1t. There
sore there is none of that running about and
Yelling SO worrying after an English per-
Torrance. If the line is particularly long
100 long for all the coachmen TO see the
electric light beacon, an attendant belong
ing to the theater. stands halfway down
the line with megaphone, and, seeing the
namfer put up, he calls il loud and Justify
50 that the tag end of the vehicle drivers
may hear This works so quickly and well
that the public buildings are emptied in
twinklng.
Another excellent plan is the way every
play bill has copy of the plan of the house
attached. in which is distinctly marked
every exit and where it leads to. This da-
gram is compulsory since the awful fire In
Chicago. when 600 people were burned to
death in twenty minutes.
OF course, every one who goes 10 America
is expected to admire the baggage check
system. but people who have had as much
experience of it as I have will cease to find
the express attached so wonderful as it
seems. tits. of course, excellent to receive
check for baggage and to know that 1t
will be quite safe. even if not called for, for
some days. and that any one taking the
check with the number upon ii can identify
the package. But the express business is
not so satisfactory. For instance, only.
lately, when arriving in Chicago one Sun
day afternoon by the Twentieth Century
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Express from. New York which claims IN
ps the Hhest train In the world, and prob
aoiy IS, with Its reading rooms, bath rooms.
barber. stenographer &c. I paid the ex
press man who boarded the train outside
Chlcago So, or l. shilings, to deliver foII,.
trunks IN Lexington avenue He gave me
my tour tickets. and assured me they would
aTtRs ehaI afternoon-it was then about 3
$500. on drove in my friends
orougham with my hand luggage or
grips. as our American friends cali them
anu as there were people expected to dine
tnat night was a little uneasy at the della v
oL me Dig trunks, with my change Of
clothes Hour after hour went by and thew
never came. 1t was not. in FACT 1Intii II
CLOCK next morning that the express cart
chose 10 deliver those four boxes al tha
uooF. of course. when they did deliver
t ti th1y old 1t very nicely, and carried
them up 10 the rooms but the express sys-
TEN Is never to be relied upon for rapidity
Judglng from my own personal experiences
1t Is quite possible to wait twelve or eigh-
gage.
Why not take 1t on a cab yourseIf?-
some one dryly remarks
But TINS some one has not been to tbe
United states. and therefore does not rea-
NE mat every cab costs four to twelve or
even sixteen shillings. and is not always
procurable at that
Brother Jonathan is excellent on time
tables, or folders" as he calls them. He
gives distances and lots of useful inforns
ton, besides wisely printing all trains m
time in light figures, all p m trains in dark
type, also marking the principal station in
bold-faced letters
OF course. some things are better in Eng
land and some in America Certainly in
the matter of postal ARRANGEMENTS we ara
superior; for instance, letter posted in
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In an Awkward Position.

From the Houston Post.
sIf you are going to remain In public life
you must do something TO attract atten-
ton
IF don't attract attention I don't get
reelected. and if do attract attention it's
10 to / I'll be investigated, so what'm
goin' TO DOR
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call is answered and how clear the sound
is at any hour of the day or night. Amer
lea is to be as much congratulated on the
telephone system London is to be COM
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dition. He is also an old wyoming hunter
and is accounted the best horse master
tracker In England. Sir Henry Seton-Karr,
another old Wyoming hunter, was made
chairman of the executive council. Among
others who gave their hearty support to
the movement and joined the general coun-
Gil were Admiral Prince Louis OF Batten-
berg, most democratic of princes and eff
ficient of sailors; Admiral Sir Percy Scott
the man with the guns at Ladysmith; Gen
Sir John French, the English Sheridan of
cavalry leaders,; Brabant OF Brabants
Horse: Mike" Rimington, the great Irish
scout leader and most of the other generals
of the South African war; Sir Reginald
Hart, who won the Victoria cross in the
Afghan campaign of 70; Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle Capt Harry de Windt. the explorer.
and host of more or less famous men.
representative of the tribe who have paved
the sea with their bones and made the dis
tant lands of the empire fertile with their
blood.
To the actual working. fighting frontiers
men out In the wilderness was left the ere
alton of the plans by which they were to
be leagued together in the service of the
empire. Seventy thousand copies of a
rough draft scheme were sent out to them
for correction and amendment. and the re-
vising was kept UP so long as practicable
suggestions came in. By this method. after
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miserated. The second arrangement which
we might copy with advantage is the plan
for calling cabs. As one enters the theater
or concert hall two tickets are given, one
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TIPS ard railway portefS are UNIVERSAL III
Britain Both were unknown in America
until quite recently. Indeed II is amazing
the difference l NOTICED on ms return after
an absence of four years to find darkie
porters and good ones too. had been added
at the principal railway stations, and also
to notice how every one now expected to De
tipped.
In the same way. drinking at table al
though stu very limited has much In
creased. Formerly wine was seldom seen
except al big dinner party iced water OF
plain water being quaffed increasingly. But
now even at ladies' luncheons 1t Is quite
common to see hook. elaret and sometimes
champagne. Formerly "shake-salts'' ana
no sugar tongS were the order of the day.
Sugar tougs are appearing everywhere, hsh
knives are sometimes seen, and salt spoons
and cellars are largely on the increase.
OF course IL is the fashion in England
for professional beauties as well as people
Of eminenCe 10 see uhelr names cohstaiiitg
in the newspapers, but in America there is
"A perfect craze 10 appear in print. EVERY
Tom. Dick and Harry Graves to see MS
dOiugS described. not only when they are
past. but even who he is going TO have TO
dinner and what his wife is going to wear.
As a rule Americans are very practical
and shorten all words they possibly can,
thus telephone becomes phone, but IN
some cases they have heightened them
For instance they say:
Elevator while We say lift.
Automobile, while We say motor.
Street car. while we say tram.
Sometimes, too. they use words we do
not know at all. For instance, an Auleri-
can girl mnched with a friend in London,
and few hours after leaving she wired:
II left my gums at your house, please keep
them
The lady could not make head or tail
of the telegram and really thought it
had something Ia do with false teeth I'M
III she was enlightened that gums" and
''rIbhers' were elegant names given to
goIoshes. kind of footgear little used
hy John Bull. but constantly worn by
Brother Jonathan in the winter where
snow is somewhat common. In New York
for instance Il Is allowed TO lie for days
urhceded in streets and on pavements
Then again there are endless queer