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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

teen years for the elevation of the poor
in the country Of her adoption, to edu-
cate them in lines where they might be-:
come self-supporting, and at the same
time have several hours of rest each
day in which to cultivate their minds
to higher standards. In 1908 she found
ed the society Of which she is now
president, Of which the king and queen
of Italy are stockholders, as well as
many prominent members Of, the nobil-
/, ity in Italy.
Most Of the persons who are bene-
fitted thru the countess efforts are
women, altho she has helped many men
to earn good living as craftsmen IN
different lines. The women make lace
and weave linen, and the men make fur
niture. and useful articles for the house,
hold. In its first year the society sold
products worth $4,000 and the second
year $4,000 was cleared, and this year
orders have been received for the han
diwork of the members Of this society,
worth $l50,000. The countess is also
having the italian, children taught to
speak and write German, English and
French, as well as their native Ian
guage. 81
| The countess went to Washington last
week to see President Roosevelt in re-
lation to the work in which she is 50
greatly interested.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

she believed in vacations much that she heightened
the word by spelling it with two 'tcs."
How long are you going to be gone9'' somebody
asked when we recovered from surprise.
IA month";, he replied ~ am going to make
up for the two weeks I didn't take last year"
" You ought to be gone at least year, according
to that style Of reckoning said another.
"When are you going to start9'' I asked.
'Next Saturday, he answered, turning to his
work again. deaf to our fire of attempted witticisms
He was as good his word. On Saturday he
appeared with two big satchels fishing rod that
looked if it had been used for anything and
an umbrella that looked if it had been used for
fishing rod. He left before we had chance to
wager him that he would catch fish with the
umbrella than with the rod
: On the following Monday the office looked as if
Of the permanent fixtures, like the clock or his
desk, had gone No one was particularly surprised
to find him back in his place the following Wednes-
day. :s-'.
%''we knew you would be back we knew you were
only joking,'. we said
emo, I wasn't joking,' he answered with solemn
face II wanted to take my vacation and couldn't
l waited too long I was unhappy from the moment
left until-oh, am all right now!' he sung out,
burying his head in his work.
Nobody laughed at him, and for we forgot
our retorts and our jokes.-I. K. Friedman in Chi
cago News
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
sTERIL1zED MILK

Sterilized milk is nothing more than
boiled milk and a graveyard for dead
bacteria and germs, writes Joseph 81.
Adams in Good Housekeeping. There
are practically no milk companies today
which sterilize. Ten years ago sterilized
milk was recommended by the majority
Of physicians; today it is a rare thing
to find one who advocates it. Sterilized
milk is sometimes used in the house
held and it is getting to be quite COM
mon practice for mothers to boil milk
before giving it, to their babies. This
is especially common among the poorer
class, who purchase cheap milk and boil
it as preeaution.
Any milk, good or bad, when boiled
for thirty minutes, will be free from
germs, but boiling coagulates the albu-
men and the milk becomes difficult OF
digestion, and will be refused by many
children because of its disagreeabls
burned taste. 1-----4 --------.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
A DROP IN DRY GOODS.

IT WAS Saturday night and the stores were kept open
until a late hour. Fred Emerson Brooks, the poet
reader, had just finished his entertainment and was
walking to the hotel, accompanied by resident
of the town. whose store they presently passed their
way.
"Wait until close up the store and I'll
walk over to the hotel with you, said the /
can right,' replied Brooks "In help you'
With that, he grabbed up what, in the semi dark
seemed to be couple of dummy dress forms and
started into the store with them, under each
His triumphal progress short, however, as two
piercing arose, and his burdens struggled
vigorously that he dropped them quickly he had
picked them up. They were the two young women
clerks who in the absence Of customers had out
to watch the passersby and found themselves thus
tremendously escorted back to their duty-Lippin-
colt IS Magazine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
A SOOTHING REMEDY

There is something infinitely soothing
in massage for tired eyes when rightly
applied. All that is needed is the
power of using the fingers with infinite
gentleness. The lids are closed and
the masseur" using two or three fin
gers passes them above and below the
lashes from the inner corner of the
eye outward. The movement may be
followed by strokes over each eyebrow.
A quick bath is the best remedy in
the world for lassitude, fit of the
blues, headaches and lot of minor ills.
There is nothing so conducive to a
clear skin, for by stimulating all the
pores all over the body less OF the inn
purities of the skin are sent out thru
the more sensitive glands of the face.
Beauty baths Of milk and rose petalf
and all that sort of thing is the great
est kind Of f1ubdub talk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
HE LOVED THE OLD CUSTOMS.
The Lawn Snrinkler,

T VEN before the days when Mr.. Armour was able to
Il step to the telephone every morning and fix tho
meat prices Of the world, ut almost universal
habit of the individual hogbuyers to to it that
they stood chance Of loss in purchasing the hog
rasers' products The method to juggle with the
scales.
An honest hogbuyer started up in business and
guaranteed the farmers fair DEAL He always weighed
the porkers twice to guard against mistakes. Once
weighing a bunch of pigs the second time he found
their weight had increased to the amount of 200
pounds
He was at loss to account for the condition until
employee confessed that at the first weighing he
had inserted the toe Of his boot under the scales and
pried it up thus cheating the farmer out Of hog
The buyer was indignant. ..-- ..- @.r
''What did you do trick like that for7'' he
asked. 'fYou couldn't have profted by it, anyhow.
IT know it, John,' said the guilty man, "but I
just couldn't help it,
It had always been the custom to cheat the farmer
and the couldn't bear to the old customs pass
ing away.-Kansas City Times
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
ROMANCE OF MONT PEIEE.

r HE French papers relate curious Jean
l Marie LIE F1oidec was mourned as a victim Of
Mont Pelee for he visiting Martinique at the time
of the eruption. His brother and sister live at Mai
sonsLafte and the other evening the latter seat
ed at the piano in her sitting room when she suddenly
found herself clasped in the arms Of unknown in
taer who burst into the covered with dust and
having all the appearance Of long travel Her shrieks
brought her brother rushing into the room, and he
completed her amazement by falling into the embrace
of the stranger Then the explanations came The in
uder other than the brother who for years had
been incurred as dead. He had succeeded in getting
on board ship bound for Australia. Thence he made
his way Japan and during the with Russia prac
tced blockade running with such that he made
million. This crown of his labors had left him time
for thoughts of home and kindred.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
CAPS FOR BRIDESMAIDS

4. j. = ! s..
Even the men who say womankind
is void Of hu1nor probably will admit
the likelihood Of women laughing at
the newest idea Of an, English clergy.
man. He purposes to furnish what may
be called official caps for bridesmaids,
He says in his parish magazine: al
have noticed recently that some Of the
bridesmaids at the weddings in st,
Margaret's g, come with nothing on their
heads. This is not as it should be, and
we therefore shall keep some brides.
maids caps which they will be able to
use If their heads are not covered. ]
hope that all bridesmaids will remem-
Der this No doubt they will, and il
is doubtful if any bridal procession on
its way to the altar will be ruined by
the women wearing caps Of the rector I
providing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
What the Market Affords

and if rich pie is desired, bits Of
butter may be dropped on. The pie
should be baked in moderate oven.
Burberry pie is also very good with
the diamond top. From a piece Of
pastry, rolled very thin, cut strips about
a sixth Of an inch wide and place on
cross-bars three-quarters Of an inch
apart, making diamond-shaped spaces.
This pie is best served cold.
! Stuffed cucumbers are good when
prepared carefully. Peel the large
cucumbers and split in half and scoop
out the seeds. Chop very fine cup Of
cold roast veal or chicken, mix with q
cup Of fine soft white breadcrumbs and
half cup Of white sauce; season highly
with salt and cayenne and stuff the
cucumbers, filing each half evenly. Lay
the two pieces together and wrap in a
long strip of cheesecloth and simmer
gently in enough water to cover them
for twenty minutes. Unwrap them and
arrange on a fiat dish and put a spoon
full Of rich white sauce, made with
cream, over each one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
AOKI'S DAUGHTER

Hanna, Countess Won Hatzfeldt,
daughter of the Viscount Siuzo Aoki,
Japan 8 first ambassador to America,
contemplates visiting her father while
he occupies his present important diplo-
matte post.
The countess, whose husband Is an
officer in the Imperial Prussian guard,
is a great favorite in the politico-mili-
tary circles Of the capital. The mother
Of the countess was the Baroness Won
Rahden, the widow Of German cavalry
officer, when she married Viscount Aoki,
and in her appearance she offers q
charming blending of the two races.
From her mother Countess Won HAITI
feldt gets certain German cast Of
features, while her hair, eyes and some
what diminutive stature show the Jap
anese descent.
Baroness Won Hatzfeldt has been edu-
Gated in the best Berlin schools, is a
charming hostess, musician of talent
and varied inguist.
The wife Of Japan 8 first ambassador
to the United States, the Viscountess
Aoki, is by birth the Prussian Baroness
Won Rahden, who married Viscount
.Aoki when he was the mikado g minis
ter at Berlin, where he spent many
years. The family to which she belongs
is an ancient one, allied to many Of
the great houses Of the German aristoc-
racy, and the announcement Of her en-
gagement nearly a quarter of century
ago created a great sensation, it being
the first instance Of a European woman
Of rank and title becoming the wife Of
a Japanese, or, for that matter, Of any
oriental.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

IT don't what you fellows want a vacation
for unless it is to catch up the work you let lag
behind here, he used to sayto us, and retorted
in kind by asking him why he didn't go somewhere
for couple of weeks where they grew ledgers on
trees, to which he replied tartly that he couldn't af
ford it unless the office clerks should happen to be
competent than they were at home. ~
But the surprise of our lives when he wheeled
around his high chair one blazing August morning
and exclaimed quite unexpectedly: IN going to
take a vacation I'm entitled to it, '&"@@e
No contradicted him; we were too astonished;
had lost nerve for the minute. believe, tho,
that the clock must have stoppedt believed in little
vacationsand the office boy did everything but
handspring-he believed III perpetual vacations; and
the stenographer grinned behind her handkerchief
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
A PHILANTHRoPIu COUNTESS

The italian settlements Of New York
last week had a visitors day. The
Countess di Brazza Savorgnan, president
Of the National Cooperative Society of
italian Industries, IN company with
Miss Leary and several other women
who are interested in the Italian work
ing class in this country, visited all the
Italian missions and places Of interest
in those sections Of the town. The
Countess di Brazza is an American
woman. She was Miss Cora Slocomb Of
New Orleans, and is credited with hav-
ing done more for the working class
in Italy than any one native. Pos
sessed Of great wealth and marvellous
energy, the countess worked for four
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

- 5 Ea i - - Z + : g.
50 that 1t shows at the sides Of the face,
forming background, as it were, will
be an improvement.
A cotton wolfe in a small check, made
up in princesse style, suggests itself
as a good material and model for a
girl Of your age. The blue and whites
and the browns and creams are exceed.
inaly attractive. It should be laid in
side pleats from a plain front panel
and hemmed and tucked on the bottom
The top will be gathered into plain
bias band Of the goods, edged top and
bottom with fancy braid, the color in
the check. This will meet dainty
lingerie chemisette. The sleeves will
be puffs gathered into cuffs arranged tc
match the band topping the waist. Your
skirts should end about four inches
above the shoetops.
=$--Flizabeth Lee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

a number Of New York women were
rendered quite i'll from eating salad at
reception, and Investigation proved
that the salad dressing, in which was
quite good deal Of lemon juice, had
been allowed to stand in tin pail. A
physician stated that enough poison had
been generated to kill forty men, and
the only saving feature was that the
bottom Of the liquid had not been dis
turbed. Ptomaine poisoning develops
thru the action Of acid on tin. This is
why every can Of meat or vegetables
or fish should be turned out immedi-
ately after opening on to dish OF
earthenware vessel. Refrozen ice cream
Is fruitful source Of ptomaine poison
ing, 50 also are loose oysters, and is be.
hooves every housewife to beware.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

Salads are, to many people, desir-
ability the year round. To those of us
who have not access to city markets
they are a possibility only thru the
summer. Ali sorts of green plants may
be used in their composition, where
simple salad is desired as a dinner
course For lighter meals vegetables
cooked or raw, meats, fish and other
foods are added at will.
Dressings for salads are both cooked
and raw. They should contain fat of
some sort, such as olive oil or melted
butter, some acid, as vinegar or lemon
juice and seasoning pepper and
sometimes few drops Of onion juice
or some special condiment.
The simplest uncooked dressing is
called French dressing. Place in bowl
half teaspoonful Of salt, a quarter of
teaspoonful of pepper and add four
tablespoonfuls of good olive oil. Stir
for moment. Then having measured
out tablespoonful Of vinegar (either
plain or seasoned with tarragon), add
a few drops of it at time, stirring
vigorously. When all the vinegar has
been added continue to stir until the
mixture LOOKS SllSuGly SIdSiSu anu WV
vinegar is we'll blended with the oil.
This must be used at once or the ingre-
dents will soon separate.
The other well-known uncooked
dressing is called mayonnaise. For it
drop the yolk Of raw egg in bow,
add half teaspoonful of vinegar and
stir we'll. Having measured out half
pint of olive oil add few drops at a
time until the mixture is very thick
and clings to the spoon or fork. Keep
both utensils and ingredients as cold
as possible. Stir in a few drops of
vinegar, then add more oil. Proceed in
this order until all the oil and about
one tablespoonful Of vinegar has been
used and the mixture is very thick,
glossy and jelly-like. Add half tea
spoonful Of salt and dash of cayenne,
put in a tumbler, cover closely and keep
on ice until used. When properly made
and kept cold it will stand unchanged
for about week.
There are many persons who dislike
the taste of oil, and for them there are
cooked dressings. One which will keep
q long time is made as follows: Beat
together three eggs. Add half cupful
each Of warm water and vinegar and
stir over the fire in double boiler until
as thick as custard. Do not cook too
fast or the mixture will curdle. Take
off, add three tablespoonfuls of butter
stir until blended; add a half teaspoons
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
A LEOPARD COLLAR.

GA LEOPARD collar he said, taking up dog col
n lar studded with sharp spikes three inches long
Fitting the collar his dog he resumed:
&<This piece of arnor-for that is-ilus-
trates oddty of the Himalayas namely, the fond
Of the Hmalayan leopard for dog flesh.
I'm the Himalayas, last year. found that all dogs
wore these Misunderstanding spiked collars The ex-
PLANTATION that the Hmaayan leopards conducted
unceasing dog hunt, and that, in attacking dog,
they always fell upon his neck.
''This collar with its sharp spikes, is great pro-
lection. It has saved many dog from hungry Loop
ard. Often, in the Himalayas, a dog trotting
home safe and sound, tho with smears of blood AMI
yellow hairs upon his collar spikes.''
MARy'S LAMB AGAIN.
MARY had little lamb
IVA That gamboled the street;
An automobile along!-
Now Marys lamb is meat. .
Brooklyn Life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
FEMININE FANCIES

Since It has become known that the
queen Of Spain has a Mechlin lace robe
in her trousseau, fashionable brides
have been seized with a fondness for
this lace. The bride Of a naval officer
had a gown, hat and parasol Of this
lace on yellow satin foundation with
yellow roses for decoration.
It is said that Mrs. Potter Palmer
revels in buttermilk, bacons, greens
and apple pie. This has given those
who insisted she was constantly in the
care Of beauty" doctor a decided
shock.
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FROM EI .IZABETH LEE.
A Girl Of Fourteen.

Dear Miss Lee: I am Il years old,
o feet J. inch in height; my waist meas
nre is rs, my bust 81, hips, about six
inches below my waist, SO inches; my
weight is 115 pounds. I have dark
hair, light blue eyes, quite dark eye
throws, and rather round face, much in
Eclined to be freckled. What will be
q becoming color and how can I make
an Inexpensive suit7 Also please tell
me what length my skirt should be9
What are my most successful colors7
Gan I wear sailor suit or skirt with
yoke7 Please tell me how to arrange
my hair, which is straight. Thanking
you for any suggestion you may make.
North Dakota. Esther.
You can wear all shades of blue, also
gray, golden brown, tan, blue gray,
pale pink, most shades Of red and
pansy, cream, black and pure white.
Pale green will be your most trying
color. You can wear sailor suits, but
yokes on the skirt will not become you,
unless you carry the yoke up beyond
Ehe waistline in corsage effect, thus dis
pensing with belt. A high pompa-
aour is becoming to round face, sug-
gesting length, and if it is large as
we'll as round, bow Of ribbon or the
hair arranged in the nape Of the neck,
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Weekly Cooking Lesson=-=Salad Dressings
BY cORNELIA c. BEDFORD.

full Of salt, a dash Of cayenne and set
aside. Keep cold and when wanted add
an equal quantity of stiffly whipped
cream.
A quick dressing is made by beating
one cupfui of rich sour cream until stiff,
adding, while beating, a half teaspoon
full of salt, dash of pepper and two
tablespoonful of vinegar or lemon
juice.
Next week we will combine these
dressings with salads.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
The Horrors of Vacation

TOR twenty-five years Sandburn had toiled along
r in the same office over his books, and the re-
q ward he reaped for his labors was far from
being what might be called popularity. The other
clerks didn't like him; they said he had been there
too long for his good and theirs, There
truth in both statements
He had become a machine; you could hear the
wheels click when he added up his column OF figures.
ness and nobody else had right to complain, but
when he transformed himself into pace-setting time
saving machine that the others in the office
obliged to keep up with else drop behind and lose
their jobs, you cant blame them if they growled.
He was old bachelor, which, suppose, was the
chief source of the trouble and he had family life
OF any kind outside Of the office So he perfectly
content to come long before anybody else did and to
leave long after. 5ss@& 9N
ttWhy in the deuce don It you bring your bed down
to the office and sleep here9' asked Wadsworth one
OF the entry clerks who out Of because the
head OF the firm had found fault with him for COM
ing down after his superior. *s@#,
Yes" retorted old Sandburn, ironically ttyou we
always had the idea that the Office good place
to sleep in. I don't wonder you recommend it to
others''
And there you had him. Either his dry, bent little
figure and his bald head, with it's gray side patches
were bent over his books when he looked up which
was rare he said something snappy and ronical.
1t was pretty hard to find out what he did believe
in-outside OF work. I know he didn It believe, in
amusements, for he went to the theater once with
one OF the boys, and when we asked him how he
liked it the next morning he replied: ttI don It know
that you can choose much pleasanter place to get
bored i'm
suppose he disappointed because the hero
of the play wasn't ledgerl S@a <
Know Tor another thing that he didn't believe
IN vacations. = suppose, during all his twenty-five
years OF service he had left his desk during the
working hours Of working day for longer than an
hour at time He said openly on more than one
occasion that he didn't believe in the vacation idea
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A POOR EXCUSE.

r HE boy got back from church unusually late, his
! clothes awry, his hair suspciously wet.
FtWell,' said his father, in stern voice, "where
have you beena"
tWhy,'' said the boy "the minister told us in his
that cleanliness next to goodness, after
church of us fellers thought we'd better go in
sWimmin -
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THE BUSINESS STILL LIVES.

THE BUSINESS STILL LIVES
r HIS delicious blending of TIE spiritual and tempo
l raj is found on a tombstone in Suffolk England:
Beneath this stone in hope Of Zion, ~
Doth lie the landlord Of the "Lion.' 49,
His son keeps the business still,
Resigned unto the heavenly will. -.
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BEWARE OF TIN REoEPrAoLEs.

Some friend Of humanity should have
large sign painted with the wording
above and see to it that every kitchen
is SO posted. It is only recently that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

; Pot roast,7, 8 and 9 cents a pound.
! Peas, 30 cents peck.
=. Cucumbers, 8 cents each. 49,.
: Egg plant, Is cents each.
Cocoa, 80 cents a can. 49,
Pineapples, $1.3o and $1.15 a dozen.
: Bfueberries, 20 cents quart. 49,.
Small fruits are coming on the mar
ket thick and fast. Among the last
arrivals are blueberries from Wisconsin.
On small fruits other than strawberries,
the housewife will have to depend, for
that crop is almost failure as far as
Minnesota is concerned. Many women
are paying 10 and il cents a box for
strawberries to preserve. Bluebergy pie
has always been favorite dessert from
the time .of our grandmothers. For
each pie allow two heaping tablespoons
sugar and a teaspoon Of cornstarch and
mix thoroly. After lining the pan with
good paste sprinkle one tablespoon of
the mixture over the bottom, put the
berries in smoothly and sprinkle over
fhe remainder Of the sugar mixture