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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
In the Quiet


September mornings there are many who
linger at the mountain hotels and occupy
the broad piazza to enjoy the translucent
air and indulge In conversation or In listen
ing to reading while their busy fingers ply
the Shining shaft" The majority OF the
workers are intent upon Christmas articles
It is none too early to begin to prepare.
One dainty thing that is in the making is
a strip Of birch bark with enough layers de-
tached to make 1t almost as flexible as a
woven fabric. The piece Is two inches
drawn a partridge vine with twin berries.
The leaves and stems are worked in out
line with shades of myrtle green SILK. Inc
scarlet berries are covered with satln stitcn
done with floss silk. Each time the patent
worker pierces the tickle paperlike material
that needs most careful handling she draws
her needle point across cake or white soap
as dry and hard almost as marble, and ~
that way prevents the bark from splitting.
When the vine is finished the strip Is TO De
pasted upon each side OF cabinet pnoto-
graph mount. Above the top and bottom
Of the opening which shows the picture Is
hand of three inches broad richly watered
buff ribbon put in like bincing TWO OF
these mounts Of the same size are sewed
together at the top, and made to stand open
upon the table like miniature tent. straps
OF ribbon sewed from one leaf to the other
at the lower edge prevent the tent from
stretching too widely apart. The founda-
fastened are made of two obling pieces Of
pasteboard. Upon one square large
enough to show the photograph Is cut out:
The other Is covered with lndia SILK: ana
the two are held together by the ribbon
binding, top and bottom. The picture can
be slipped in at either side.
The Jardinere-
With its fern. palm, ivy or Towering plant,
doing far more to make a room beautiful
than many pieces of bric-a-brac. must be
subordinate In color to the green Of the
plant, and must harmonize with Il Dull
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every day involve great deal Of washing
and ironing and a large supply of linen.
II they are all laundered at once that
means forty-two napkins a week for a
family Of six; and unless the ironing Is done
In the afternoon of the washing day, a
stock of about six dozen napkins, not an
excessive supply. but beyond the means OF
many people. In most houses the alterna-
tive is mussy linen or perpetual grievance
In the kitchen.
A solution offered Is a pail of thick soap
suds In the pantry, in which, after dinner,
the Soiled napkins are dropped and allowed
to soak over night. In the morning 1t Is ten
minutes work to rub them out. rinse them,
pour boiling water over them and hang
them up without folding. in a towel. ana
they can be ironed in few odd moments
later In the day. It Is no work at all to
wash napkins which have been but slightly
soiled. and 1t Is great satisfaction to have
fresh linen constantly.
A detail which makes a great deal OF
work Is the use Of small doilies under each
plate at breakfast and lunch. Originally
used on bare tables. where alone there Is
excuse for their presence. many women now
apply them to the table cloths
Certainly they are no especial addition to
the beauty of the table. and. with a waxed
table they are but questionably needed, even
under the. Individual plates.
In one house with a large staff of SER
wants. in which labor is never taken into
account. all the linen ever used on the pol
ished table is centerpiece, or carving
cloth. and tray cloth, all of superflne
white embroidery. Hot dishes Of cereal or
vegetables are passed by a servant from a
side table. and sheet of asbestos Is laid
under the tray and carving cloths Even
rewaxing is far less than that OF eternai
washing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

The Value
To the child Of training in habits Of in
dustry is not to be estimated. 1t has been
said that the majority of eminent Ameri-
cans have been farmer boys. That means
that they have acquired habits Of regular
and persistent work in childhood. habits
which. applied to the activities Of their ma
ture years, were valuable factor In their
success. Just q few minutes of regular
occupation every day are forming the
child's character almost insensibly in the
direction of earnestness and stability and
responsibility.
The crafts Of various sorts which chill
dren acquire should be given practice in the
home for the benefit of the family. The
boys bench or Venetian iron work. the
girls embroidery or basketry can be util-
lied in the repair or decoration OF the
house and save time and expense. and lead
to the excellent habit Of finding pleasure
and occupation at home.
In the servantless house the training OF
children In small houehold tasks Is prac-
teal contribution It is not always the
heavy work, the washing and ironing,
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Truck Gardeners Go South.
the philadelphia Press


The colonization of 1900 families on a sim
gle plantation is the scheme of company
that has begun operations twenty-six miles
from New Orleans In ST. Charles parish.
The Truck Farm Land Company,of which
O. w. Crawford. Missourian. is manager.
has purchased the Paridas plantation, which
embraces 5000 acres. 1t Is to be divided
in five ten. fifteen and twenty acre farms
Two hundred and twenty-five of the farms
have already been surveyed. One hundred
houses which were used by the plantation
laborers and which have been remodeled,
have been relocated on the farms that have
been portioned OF and are ready for occu-
pancy There are now $50 people on the
plantation.
The company took possession of the land
and undertook its development only one
month ago. The entire plantation Il to be
turned to the raising of garden stuffs
Mr. Crawford. who was in the city Mon
day, stated that his company expected to
locate nothing but white families on the
the most successful garden farmers. and an
effort would be made to induce people of
these nationalities to settle on the farms.
= There Is not to be found anywhere In
the United States any more productive
soil for the cultivation of garden stuffs
than right here in Louisiana Mr.. Craw-
ford said. And we have here the added ad-
vantage of practically one season during
which several crops can be raised. while in
the north but one in most localities can be
cultivated. 1t might be interesting to the
people OF New Orleans to know that during
the past spring from our farms we shipped
to California and Arizona points cucumbers
and caulihower. and had orders by the
score that we could not fill. We have the
whole country for our market. In time.
Louisiana, 1t Is my Judgment, will become
one of the greatest truck-gardening states
In the Union.
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A Sewing Room
That bore the stamp Of comfort as we'll as
of originality contained a cutting table
which could be folded fiat and hidden from
sight: few chairs. the legs Of which had
been shortened so that the persons seated
in them could find both a rest for the feet
and a support for the back; roomy scrap
basket, neatly lined; a lap board and a
sewing machine.
In one corner stood three-leaved screen,
intended to place before the window while
fitting, and a row of hooks ran along the
wall from which garments undergoing
manufacture or alterations were suspended
beneath calico curtain.
The useful skirt form had not been for
gotten. and on the wall. just above the
sewing machine hung two little cabinets.
Two Of these can be bought for Is cents.
To make one. procure one of the boards
upon which dry goods usually are rolled.
and three or four cigar boxes, about two
inches in height; these can be had for the
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as necessary to round out and complete the
life as is the autumn season to complete the
year. 1t should be looked upon as the rfpen-
ing season of life rather than as period
of decay: the time when the spirit is sweet
ened and the character perfected, as crude
and acrid saps are changed into delicious
juices by autumn sun and even by winter
frost. Without this period every life is
incomplete.
Il never knew" said Cornaro, that the
world was beautiful until 1 reached old
age" Age he frequently declared to be the
most beautiful period of his life. Writing
at the age of ninety-one, he said that he
felt 1t to be his duty to make known to
the world that man could attain an earthly
paradise after the age of eighty. but only
by means of the two virtues-self restraint
and temperance.
Is Not the Life
More than meat and the body than raj
ment? asked the great teacher. This to all
right-Tninded people is a self-evident truth
which closely Is related to spiritual and
physical well-being; and yet 1t strangely is
overlooked 80 ~. l.
There Is something pathetic In the way
ceaseless drudgery over eatables and wear
ables takes the sap and sparkle from, ex-
istence. 1t leads slowly and surely in mo-
notonous and unthinking toll to an I'M
responsiveness touching lifes higher joys
and beauties that virtually amounts to
coma. .-----
And the sacrifice is needless. The hurried,
harried sister who almost always is at her
last gasp would do we'll to rest quietly,
close her eyes. fold the hands Of thrift
until she becomes clear-visioned enough
to see that true homemaking is a sane,
simple. joy-givng calling. and that it not
only means freshness Of body to the home
members, but also freedom Of soul.
The poor, WORKOUT housewife who with
her last breath said to those at her bedside
that she hoped the judgment day mig hit not
come for thousand years. as she would
not be rested enough before to take part
In the resurrection, was one of a great
company Of deluded martyrs who are wear
ing themselves away, body and soul, over
the odds and ends of living.
Years have the least to do with our wear
ing out. There are men and women who
are young and fresh at eighty, and others
who, In their third decad are disillusioned,
diSenchanted, aged at heart and body
To cut out with relentless stroke all the
superfuous outcroppings Of daily existence,
and to live always in our inmost being
without fret or strain or haste, Is to insure
the true comfort and happiness of those
nearest us, and to lay the corner stone of
a happy hope life. . =. e. 49,.
ADA MAY KREcKER.
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AZe

green pottery answers both OF these re-
quirements; SO also do the misty light
greens. the browns and the combined blues,
greens and grays Of Japan. Russia sup
plies us with some fascinating jars in cop
per and brass. and Flanders with some in
repousse.
A rich brown jar of Bigot or lockwood
filled with a few branches Of autumn leaves.
dull green Griseby vase containing mass
of feathery goldenrod. Japanese bowl in
green filled with sprays OF apple blossom
its one needed touch of character, color and
decoration. Jugs, Jars, bowls, vases, the
supply is unlimited. No room need lack the
bit Of harmonious color demanded by its
color scheme.
Workers in metal are transferring our
ostereotyped brass chandeliers and sconces.
with their unmistakable commercial stamp,
into works of art in either brass, iron or
bronze
Hand-wrought and artistically designed
works of art always must be expensive. but
as time goes on We will appreciate more and
more its beauties and lasting qualities, and
will cultivate the habit Of limiting ourselves
in quantity rather than in quality.
Candlesticks in brass, old or new, Rus
sian. colonial or Flemish. always are artis-
tic and dignified on mantel or bookcase, the
CLINT Of shining brass adding an interesting
bit of color to almost any room. The old
Wellard clocks, the tall colonia cocks OF
our grandfathers. the mahogany mantel
clocks in simple straight lines. and the mod
ern clocks modelled upon these, all telling
the time of day in simple, straightforward
way, are beautiful because OF their smplic-
fly. Elaborate creations In gilt, bronze and
decorated porcelain. hardly expected to tell
the truth. certainly not sol that the passer-
by may read 1t, are an example of the
worst phase Of the bric-a-brac fever.
Caring for the Teeth.
Without good teeth there cannot be thor
ough mastication Without thorough mas
tication there cannot be perfect digestion,
and, consequently. poor health results.
Hence the paramount Importance of sound
teeth. Clean teeth do not decay.
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asking. Remove the covers from all but
one. and attach them one above the other
to the board by means of nails driven
through one of the long narrow sides; leave
space enough between them to be able to
insert the hand into each one, and place
the covered one at the top. Fasten pair
of screw eyes to the upper corners and
stain. 1t. When hung upon the wall this
furnishes an excellent receptacle for spools,
scissors. needles, hooks and eyes, buttons,
etc. and is out of the reach of the chill
dren's prying fingers. Attach strings or
tapes to the emery, the needle book and
tiny thimble basket, and they can be hung
upon little hooks screwed into the board be-
meath the lowest Of the boxes.
A little gas or oil stove is convenient to
heat ones fiat irons An ironing board may
be reserved exclusively for use in the sew
ing room. and slender board. narrow
enough to be slipped into any sleeve. may
be covered and turned into an ironing board
for sleeves
A piece Of French chalk and a ruler
should be provided and will lend Invaluable
aid when a guiding line is desired for the
straight rows of stitching required upon
certain garments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
That We Are

Ihat we Are
In this world to live the life OF the world
is true; but part OF the life OF this world
is the looking through the veil that in
closes 1t and separates 1t from the other
and freer spiritual life.
And especially for the young child. for
the young person. should there be avoided
possibility of those false counsels that
would fain give the nearer to understand
the worthessness of all past instruction
and the nobility of an unconfned libertin-
ism of thought. That person who thinks ne
Is enlarging the scope of intellect by crush
ing out the spiritual, the clemens OF faith
In the unseen. really is narrowing ana con-
filming the whole nature under his treat
ment. and he gives nothing, and has moth
ing to give which shall be staff to lean
on through any cruel journey in weary
land as a profound spiritual faith always
is. A staff to lean on; wings, rather, TO
soar with into the empyrean, where our
troubles become mites, and vanish into the
unseen.
A mother who sees an idle, selfish. felling
child unwilling to help, careless OF DINERS
eager only for play and pleasure knows II
she have any wisdom what this Will feao 70
in tho DEVELOPMENT of the child; and she
neglects the great charge fntrusted 10 her II
she neglects by any means she can use 70
repress the unfortunate tendency ana W
stimulate everything that Is its reverse;
And especially If she wants that chlld 20
have comfort and peace OF nina Wheh
much older and when those troubles come
that try the sour. and which, early or iate
are as certain to come as the sun Is 20 set
should she teach the pre-emlnent value ol
the immaterial over the material.
A Happy Old Age
of intellectual activity was that OF the
great woman scientist and mathematician
Mary Somerville Increasing years seemed
T, intensity rather than diminish the intel
lectlal ardor of this remarkable woman
MY memory of ordinary events, and espe-
cially of the names of people, is failing, she
wrote in her ninety-second year. but not
for mathematical and scientific subjects.
still am able to read books on the higher
algebra for four or five hours in TIE morn
ings, and even to solve the problems. I
also enjoy reading about all the new discoy-
cries and theories in the scientific world
and in all the branches of science"
We hear much about the pleasures of
youth We should remember also that the
period of old age is time of peculiar privi-
leges, of blessings and. pleasures unattain-'
able at any other season. The period Is
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NURSERY

cleaning and cooking. which appalls. the
houseworker. but the dire accumulation OF
little things, a great many Of which can be
distributed among the children without
burdening any one of them unduly. Elimi-
nate bed making. busting, waiting on table.
part Of the preparation Of fruit and, vege-
tables and running Of errands, and the re-
mainder Is not insupportable.
Training children In these regards re-
quires patience, but the effort Is well ex-
pended for ones own sake and the child's,
especially the child's.
A Beautiful Child
Is usually expected to develop into a beau
tiful man or woman. but many people are
pleasantly surprised to find that the child
with irregular. imperfect features has ap-
parently outgrown these defects. The
change is a cause of great wonder. but it
can usually be traced to thoughtful
mothers care. Every mothers wish is that
her child may grow up beautiful and she
will do all she can to remedy the many
little defects that are noticeable during
early childhood, but which, with care, can
be prevented from developing into real i'm
perfections. .4asss....
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Date Mullins.

Silt three cupfuls Of flour with half tea
spoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. into one and half cup fuls
of milk stir the well-beaten yolks Of two
eggs and tablespoonful OF melted butter.
Pour into the flour, beat until smooth. then
add three-quarters Of cupful Of stoned
chopped dates well Toured. Fold IN the
white Of the eggs beaten stiff, and bake
in warm gem pans twenty to twenty-five
minutes Gf--
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Lemonades for 1nvalids.

LemonadeS Tor 1nVa11os.
PLAIN: One and half tablespoons sirup.
two tablespoons lemon juice. three-fourths
cup cold water. Mix strip and lemon juice
and add cold water. Use q glass lemon
soueezer or wooden drill for expressing
Juice, to avoid extracting oil from rind. and
strain Just before serving Instead OF cold
water. boiling water may be used Tor not
lemonade. which Is sometimes even more
refreshing and cooling than the colder
drink.
WITH LACTOSE: Three tablespoons lac
tose. half cup boiling water, two table
spoons Lemons juice, one-fourth cup crushed
Ice. Lactose, being less sweet to the taste
and equal in food value to cane sugar, may
he used in place of the latter to sweeten
lemonade, thus increasing its nutritive
value. Dissolve lactose in boiling water,
cool and add fruit juice and crushed Ice.
EGG LEMONADE: One egg, a tablespoon
powdered sugar, one-fourth cup cold water,
two tablespoons lemon juice, two teaspoons
sherry, two tablespoons crushed Ice. Beat
egg slightly, add sugar, water, lemon JUICE,
and wine; then strain over crushed dee
Wine may be omitted.
IRISH MOSS LEMONADE: One-fourth
cup Irish MOSS one and one-haf cups colo
water, lemon juice strip. Soak Irish moss
In cold water, to cover; drain and pick over.
cups water; cook thirty minutes and strain.
To one-half cup liquid add lemon juice
and strip to taste. Reheat and serve.
FLAxsEED LEMONADE: Two table,
spoons faxseed. two cups boiling water, two
tablespoons lemon juice, strip. Pick over
and let simmer one hour Strain. add lemon
Juice and strip. Serve hot or cold Flax
seed lemonade IL especially desirable In kid
new difficulties. 1t also proves soothing
drink to the throat and bronchial tubes.
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Jellies.
FRUIT JELLY-The first should be
placed in jar and the jar set in stew
pan of warm water, covered. and allowed
to boil until the fruit is broken. Take
strong jelly bag and press the fruit. little
at a time, turning out the skins each time
Allow two pounds of sugar to one pound of
Juice; set on the stove to boil again. Many
good cooks heat the sugar by placing In
the oven and stirring now and then to pre-
vent burning. When the juice begins to
boil-watch that 1t does not boil over TWEEN
ty-fiye minutes-add the heated sugar. Stir
well and Just bring to a boil; remove direct
ly from the stove. Dip the vessels to contain
n in hot water and set them upon a dish
cloth wrung out Of warm water, pouring
the boiling liquid into them. Cover in the
usual way.
OUNCE JELLY.-Ripe ounces. allowing
one pint Of water to each pound of fruit,
three-fourths pound of sugar to each pound
of Juice Prepare the ounces and put them
in water in the above proportions Simmer
gently till the juice becomes colored. but
only male Strain the juice through a jelly
bag but do not press the fruit; allow 1t to
drain ITSELF Put the strained juice In pre-
serving pan and boil twenty minutes, then
stir in the sugar in the above proportions
and stir over the fire for twenty minutes.
taking off the scum. and pour into glasses
to set.
RAsPBERRY JELLY.-Rips carefully
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-15
RAND At MOANA
HOTEL TONIGHT

The Hawaiian Band will give con-
cert this evening at 7:sO at the Moana
Hotel. Following is the program:
PART /.
March--The OsmanIi'' ... Fretas
Overture-"Yelva" ....... Reissiger
Interrnezzo-''S Silver Heels" 49, Moret
on-''Lombardians'' 800. Verdi
PART II.
Vocal-Haw-aiian Songs. Ar by Berger
Mrs. ". Aiapai.
Observation-Disclosures" ......... Hubbell
Happy Heinie" ....Lampe
WaltZ-"Nienna Bonbons" -. Strauss
The Star Spangled Banner"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-15
DOES NOT SPECULATE.

Cornelius Doremus, head of the Ger
mania Life. said he preferred bonds
and mortgages, and gilt-edged railroad
bonds. as proper Investments for an in
surance compG ny. He did not approve
of speculative stock ventures. OF the
$1,000. 600 Investments in securities
held by the Germania Life, he said,
about $5.OO0.O00 was in the safest bond
investments. The investments in bonds
and mortgages amounted to S1S.000,000
The real estate in its possession, he
said, was worth $3,111, 600.
Never did the company hold any
stocks other than bank stocks. and it
had ceased to put its money even in
those. having decided to hold no stocks
at all.-The New York Evening Post,
December 20, 1906