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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

cloth that has been wet in vinegar and
then wrung out as dry as possible; wrap 1t
in a paper bag and put I'm dry place. II
prepared in this manner the cheese will not
dry out or mold for long time.
There is often danger of slipping in a
bath tub, especially by old people This
may be prevented, however, If one will buy
corrugated rubber mat which may be
put in the bottom of the bath tub. Then
there are pieces of rubber fastened by clips
to the sides of the tub to prevent slipping
The shelves and towel racks of some Of the
finest bath rooms are now made of glass
They are much easier to keep clean than
the nickel and brass fittings. The finest
and most servlceable bath tubs are of
porcelain, but great care should be taken
in the cleaning. Sand soaps are apt to
take of the polish. A really complete bath
room is fitted up with foot tub Gas well as
the regular tub, wash basin, medicine
closet electric curler and other necessary
toilet articles.
For Joining glass and metal common
alum melted in an iron spoon over hot
Goals forms a strong cement for joining
glass and metal together. 1t is the best
thing for holding glass lamps to their
stands, or for stopping cracks about their
bases. as kerosene does not penetrate 1T.
The best way to clean a hair brush is to
use warm soapsuds with borax or soda
added, scrubbing the bristles with a firm
nail brush. Rinse the brush with tepld
water and place bristle downward to dry.
The only brush that can be kept hygienl-
caly clean is one made of Siberian bris-
ties The old-time hair brush is lodging
house for dust and microbes and absolutely
cannot be made clean unless boiled. The
comb should be cleansed every time the
brushes. hot soap suds and a nail brush.
combined with energy, forming the neces-
sary combination.
To cleanse dirty gilt frames put gill
of good vinegar into a pint Of cold water,
and brush over the frame with soft
brush. Do a small piece at a time
The following is offered by one Of the
household magazines as a polish for oak
furniture: Boil together one quart OF strong
beer, a piece OF beeswax about the size of
nut, and a teaspoonful of coarse sugar.
Rub the furniture over first with hot beer,
then apply the polish, which should be
cold. Leave till dry, and polish with soft
busters.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
DREDGES WANTED ON ZONE
Government Changes Specifications
for Machinery TO BE Used
on Canal Work.

WASHINGTON, Dec 2s.-Revised speci-
fcations have been prepared by the
Isthmian Canal commission for two pipe
Cristobal. Under the original specifications
bids are asked for on these dredges de-
livercd in this country. The new speci-
ficatlons ask for proposals on the dredges
delivered ready for work in Panama, or on
the Pacific side of the isthmus and the other
on the Atlantic side. Proposals are also
asked on the machinery knocked down in
Panama.
These dredges are required for harbor
work well as for dredging at the ends OF
the canal. The commission now has two
dipper dredges at work in Panama and a
large dredge of this description is now
building for the commission. The cost Of
these dredges varied from 100000 TO 81, 200 600
and It is expected the cost of the proposed
pipe line dredges will be about the same.
In addition to these smaller dredges the
commission also has two sea-going dredges
building near Baltimore. Each of these is 800
feet long and Is capable of going TO sea
under its own steam at a speed of eight TO
ten knots an hour. One of these will be used
knots an hour One of these will be used
on the Pacific side OF the zone. the other on
the Atlantic side.
Several old busket dredges left on the
isthmus by the French are in use on the
canal work. but are of an obsolete type
and much less effective than modern
dredges.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
RELIGIOUS NOTES.


The Methodist cathedral In Manila, which
is in process of erection, will seat more
than 1900 people.
Rt. Rev. Henrique de- Silva, titular bishop
of Trajanopols and uncle TO the reigninR
king of Portugal, Is visiting I'm this country.
He came from Lisbon 20 offlciate at the
laying OF the cornerstone of a new Portu-
guese church In Providence. r. 1.
Rev. Albert Negahnquet of Kansas now
conducting religious labors among his fell
low race men in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, is the only living Roman CATH
Ole priest who is a full-blood Indian.
Father Negahnquet was born on the Potta-
wattamie reservation, near st. Marys'
Kan, in 1877.
Henry G. Davis. the vice presidential can
ddate, will build a Presbyterian church
TO cost $50 900 at Gassaway, w. Va. The
Davis Memorial Presbyterian church at
Elkins that state, was built by Mr.. Davis
or his son, who was drowned of the coast
of Africa.
great intersynodical convention for men
from the fifteen central synods OF the Pres
byterian church and the men OF the Cum
berland synods, together with 100 special
-apresentatives from the other synods and
foreign fields, is called to meet in Omaha
eDl uary ~ to 81
Rev. A ]. Burrows, president of Mar
quette college, Milwaukee, Wis, has re-
celved formal approval from Rome for the
consolidation of Marquette college with the
Milwaukee Medical college. 1t Is expected
that the new educational institution will be
ready for students in less than two months
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

New sandwiches are in demand and are
welcomed by the bachelor host or hostess
as well as by the housewife. A sandwich
which is a great favorite at tea tables is
of brown bread cut thin. over this is
spread cream cheese and olives cut In
slivers Then comes a layer of peanuts and
then a tablespoonful of orange marmalade
To make celery sandwiches chop fine one
cupful of celery, six stoned olives and one
tablespoonful of English walnuts that have
been shelled and blanched; moisten to
paste with mayonnaise dressing and spread
upon thin, buttered bread.
y sweet sandwich that is nice for chill
dren's parties and afternoon teas is made
of chopped crystallzed fruits, mostened
to paste with wild cherry liquor and
spread between buttered biscuits or fine
thin slices of sponge cake.
Green peppers chopped fine and spread
upon buttered brown bread and cream
cheese are delicious A good cheese sand
witch is made of rye bread cut very thin
and buttered with unsalted butter and then
spread with cream cheese sprinkled with
red pepper; over this put a layer of small
sweet pickles chopped fine and on top of
all few thin slices of onion.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

as a goose or a turkey involves such
a train OF leftovers that the host is willing
10 extend his hospitality. II our dinner in
vitatons retained their original meaning
we would have engraved upon them: we
are going to have more than we can eat
at our house on such day. and you can
have some II you come"
whyfore of the Feast.
The dinner Invitation is, Of course. =
polite fiction The meal is merely an ex.
cuse, superfiuous but indispensable. Ger
tain people want to get together or the
host wants to get them together, and tho
only practical way is to give them din
ner. We have been made so wary OF each
other by the exiEencies OF our civilization
that to get acquainted with man you
have to stalk him as you would a deer.
You cannot approach stranger and say
to him, You seem to be my kind OF q
man. 1 think Il would be to our mutual
advantage to become acquainted" That
would be altogether too blunt and presump-
tuous. The more modest and diplomatic
way is to assume that you have no more
In common than a dependence upon food.
and say to him: Il have to eat and you
have to eat. Let us eat together. Possibly
between mouthfuls we may indulge in q
little casual but profitable conversation"
BY this subterfuge his natural suspicion
is disarmed and you side up to each other
while ostensibly looking in another direc-
ton. Head-on collisions are avoided in
good society. BY mutually agreeing to
adopt some such fictitious objective as a
dinner, people can travel on convergins
lines, and gradually approach one another.
Eject of the BANQUET.
We can endure human beings best when
they are stuffed. The object Of putting a
heavy banquet before the speeches is to
get the guests in a comatose state, so they
will not be bored, or, IL they are, they will
not know il. When a man has eaten until
he can eat no more, he will swallow any
thing. Food does not stimulate the mind.
II wtihdraws blood from the brain, render
ing one dull To still further stupefy the
gorged subjects, narcotics, such as tobacco
and alcohol, are used until II is safe for the
speakers to begin. 1t used to be the Gus
tom, as the gospel according TO John,
bears witness, to palm of poor wine on
the guests at marriage feast when they
were too far gone to know the difference.
Nowadays we palm of poor stories when
the banqueters are in an uncritlcal state.
The hungry man is critical. You cannot
catch him with old jokes and please him
with platitudes. His wits are sharpened
by his empty stomach. Fill II and he is
tanned. The most successful after-dlnner
speakers eat sparingly and drink nothing.
This gives them an advantage over their
auditors, who are busy digesting while
they are speaking, so anything they say
sounds brilliant and plausible Read the
speeches you applauded last night in the
mornings paper. when your brain is fresh
ened by sleep. and see what they amount
to.
Thus the common meal, while losing its
original purpose, has acquired new func-
lions, and as a means OF reuniting reluc-
tant relatives, OF promoting acquaintance
and of securing a patient hearing for any
and all causes, 1t is a useful piece of social
mechanism.-The outlook.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

The automobile bag is the latest thing In
handbags. and is a cross between dress
ing case and shopping bag. 1t Is made in
all the fashionable feathers and fitted with
all the little toilet articles which a woman
may need, even after short spin In pur-
suit of luncheon or dinner. Cold cream,
lip salver~ face powder soap leaves, tiny
comb and brush, mirror, small hat brush,
pins, hairpins, etc, are packed into the
smallest possible compass leaving room
for kerchief, gloves, etc. There are purse
and card case fittings, and, though the bag
is. Of course, heavier than the ordinary
handbag with vanity fittings, It is not
really burdensome and is extraordinarily
convenient for the motor woman.
The hand embroidered linen collar with
little embroidered or lace trimmed bow or
rabat Of fine lingerie is a new fad French
women have been wearing the dainty things
for several seasons past, but the mode has
been slow in reaching us Naturally one
may spend a considerable sum upon such
neckwear but cheap limitations are already
In evidence.
Patent leather or dull kid pumps with
around their tops inch wide bands OF cloth
to match the froek are shown in many or
the popular oolorings, and made to order to
match any cloth frock
One Of the prettiest OF the new face wells
to be had at modest price is a fine mesh net
with chenille or velvet dots at wide interl
walls and a border OF velvet ribbon an inch
or an inch and half wide This is far
more chic than the cheap lace wells, and
good lace veil is rather an expensive
luxury.
The newest hatplns have large heads and
are used as hat trimming details in add
ton to fulfilling their original purpose.
Several of the best houses have launched
very fetching neck ruches and NUNS of soft
fringed silk. Many wide frills OF the silk
are used, and at the front of the neckpiece
and on the large mum are posed several
big velvet and silk roses, matching the silk
and held by dip knots OF velvet ribbon with
many ends and loops These sets are shown
in several Of the fashionable grays and
reds.
Hand wrought necklaces of duh FURNISHED
silver and clouded amber are charming with
some OF the all gray costumes.
Buttons and cloth tops are a very i'm
pOrtant part OF most Of the new boots. The
cloth tops come, OF course, In the plain
colors, but the invisible plalds are rather
better when one does not stick to black.
Many women are having boot tops made
to match their tailored gowns.
Another feature OF the new boots is the
wooden Cuban heel This makes the shoe
much lighter for walking than when the
heel was built OF leather.
Black wells must not be worn with very
light hats or gowns unless there is a touch
OF black somewhere about the costume.
Match the hat In the veil whenever II Is
possible. but don't make a fright OF your
self In doing II. For instance. a blue veil
Ii apt 10 make a woman with a bright color
look purple. especially II the mesh is small
Since many OF the winter suits and coats
are made with elbow sleeves, long gloves
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
Some snecinI Recipes.


These recipes for special holiday dishes
are by the chef of the Northwestern linn
tied of the Chicago B. Northwestern rail-
way;
Bisaue OF Pigeon a la Hotellere-Prepare
four tender pigeons, cover them with thin
bardes Of fat pork and roast them Cool
partially and remove the largest bonesi
boil the bones with lard and drippings of
rich broth; chop the meat and pound to a
PURGE put chopped onion In saucepan
with two ounces Of butter; fry light brown,
add pound OF white stale bread previously
soaked In cold water and well pressed. Stir
n little longer, put In the pigeon meat, mi1
well, dilute with the broth prepared with
bones and drippings, more white broth, and
a gill of port wine. Stir and boil ten min,
utes; skim and rub through q very fine
sieve; return to a saucepan, boil, and skim
again: finish with pinch of red pepper
and four ounces of butter in small bits
pour in soup tureen and serve with small
squares of fried bread.
SNOWFALL Pun-One cup OF flour, butter
size of an egg, one cup of boiling water;
add the butter to the water, and when
melted stir in the -four cooking until the
mixture leaves the sides of the pan, then
set aside to cool. When lukewarm break
in three eggs without beating, mix thor,
oughly, drop in baking tin about two inches
apart and bake in a slow oven twenty-five
minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
Tomato Fritters-Beat three eggs, add
one pint of strained tomato, and salt and
pepper to taste. Basic this over thick
ringers of stale bread until they are thor.
oughly soaked. then roll them in bread
crumbs. and fry in hot fat.
Artichokes Farcie- Closely trim the arti-
choke all around. blanch and scoop out
the choke; stun the cavity with a farce
and fresh bread crumbs, then braise in the
oven.
Things worth Remembering.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
Equal to the Occasion.

The bookkeeper. thinking the boss had
gone home for the day, had invited a few
friends TO assist him in disposing of a
feast that had been brought in from q
neighboring restaurant
While the work of demolition was in
progress the boss unexpectedly returned.
He stood in the doorway and surveyed the
festive scene.
"Er--come in, Mr.. spilker," stammered
the bookkeeper, "and-and help a hungry
bunch crunch lunch"
mo, thanks" said Mr.. spilker 81 pre-
fer to stand here and watch an idle clerk
shirk work. "-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
some USES Of The BANQUET
Why's and Whersfores of the Merry Habit
Of Dining Together.
ORIGIN OF THE HABIT AND ITS GROWTH
Once Necessity, It Now Persists as n
Ceremonial, hut stiII Performs
n Function More or Less
Essential.
ORIGIN OF THE HASH AND Irs GROWTH

This Is the season when cooperative
! mastlcation is most in vogue. Family re-
unions are brought about under the pre-
text of satisfying the hunger; the trl-
umphs and misfortunes of our ancestors
are memorialized by eating, and moral
causes and mining stocks promoted in the
same manner. Men who come from the
same state come together for a meal, and
men who weigh too much add to their
weight by simultaneous effort. The So
clety for the Relief of the Starving Rus
SLAMS meets for the purpose of collectively
spelling enough costly food to satisfy the
hunger of a village OF mujiks. AS soon as
1t becomes known that man has plenty 10
eat at home he is invited out. The richer
he is the more free dinners he gets.
Some speculative philosophers have VEN
tured to predict that as mankind became
more civilized eating, like all the other
bodily functions. would be performed In
private. There are no indications OF prog
ress in that direction at present visible.
The communal meal was never SO popular
since it has been Unnecessary 1t has be-
come a ceremonial and when an institution
becomes a ceremonial 1t is fastened on
humanity forever. Ceremonials are Gus
toms that have outlived their usefulness
and have therefore become Indispensable,
They are former necessities of life that
have become so common as to be luxuries.
Origin of the banquet.
The banquet had its origin in the early.
but not the earliest stages of human life.
the period In which of our popular
novelists finds his heroes and heroines.
So long as man lived on casual meals
snatched from bushes and trees there was
mo reason for communal eating. And
when he robbed a birds nest or caught g
fish in his hands his altruistic impulses
were not aroused. He hid in the bushes
to eat, or at the best shared his prize with
his mate and offspring. But when he had
risen to the triumph of catching a deer in
grapevine ENHANCEMENT he could, for the
first time in the history of the world, af
ford to be generous. He had no coll
storage warehouse and preservallne har
not been invented. The only way to save
the meat was to eat It, and, as he could
not do that alone. he called in the neigh
boring troglodytes to share 1t with him.
The eating bee thus originated prevails
to this day, retaining vestiges of it's print
tive Specification. Tho barbecued pig or o.
being more than one family could dispos
Of, became an excuse for getting togethe,
crowd Any family can finish
chicken, but the sacrifice of so large a bir6
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
Milwaukee, Coast Line.

While the coast extension Of the Chicago
Milwaukee q ST. Paul is under contract
from Glenham, s, D., TO Butte, Mont. 73l
miles, and from the Washington Idaho
state line west TO Seattle and Tacoma, and
while the work OF grading has been under
way in South Dakota, Montana and Wash
ingIon Tor the greater part of the EAR
only thirty-siX miles OF track have been
laid on the eastern end. The plans of the
company provide for the vigorous prosecu-
tion Of work during the coming year, and
by January l, 1908. II is hoped to have the
line completed from the Missouri river
starting point west TO Butte, Mont, and
also for much OF the distance across Wash
ingtOn. The heavy mountain work in west
ern Montana and In Idaho will require a
longer time, but It Is promised that the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
bridge of Mahogany.

a bridge built entirely of mahogany. said
to be the only one of the kind in the
world, is in the state OF Chiapas. Mexico.
The bridge spans the Rio Michol, and its
total length, including approaches, exceeds
$50 feet, while the width is fifteen feet.
1t is used by both teams and pedestrians,
and, though somewhat rude and primitive
in construction. is substantial. None of
the timbers Of the flooring were sawed,
for in that region there are no sawmills,
but were hewed and split.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

are as much in demand as ever. Some of
the very newest are fieece-lined, which
must add greatly to the wearer's comfort.
White fox furs are extremely popular
with the youthful contingent, and silver
fox is considered particularly chic with the
older womans tailor frock.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
HAM
FOR TOILET AND BATH

II makes the toilet something to be en-.
joyed. Itremoves all stains and Ioughness,
prevents prickly heat and cha6ng, and
leaves the skin white, soft, healthy. In the
bath it brings glow and exhilsration which
no common soap can equal, imparting the
vigor and life sensation Of a mild Turkish
bath. ALL GRocERs AND DRUGGISTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

Practically everything in the way OF
fruit that refrigerator cars and hot houses
could afford was available in the local mar
ket for Christmas, including many things
seldom seen here. Oranges, navel and
Florida sell from Is 10 30 cents dozen.
and lemons from 20 10 30 cents dozen
Pineapples are 10 and 20 cents each; tan
gerines, IS cents. Catawba grapes are still
TO be had and sell for 20 and 5 cents a
basket: Malaga grapes are 20. 30 and 40
cents a pound; Tokay grapes are is cents
a pound and kumquats S5 cents a pint box.
These are the best that have been in the
market this season. Dates are 10 and 10
cents pound anG figs 20 and . cents a
pound.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29

New potatoes are the newest offering Of
the week, having come in Monday, in time
for the Christmas demand They sell for
10 cents a pound. New beets, carrots and
turnips are 10 cents a bunch or three
punches for IS cents; cauihower sells from
20 to 80 cents a head, head lettuce is 10 and
16 cents head, endive lettuce and 10
cents a head and leaf lettuce cents
bunch; tomatoes are 20 cents a pound, and
while irmer and better than they were a
week ago, they are a little green; wax and
string beans are 20 cents a quart. green
peppers are 30 cents a dozen, artechokes 20
and IS cents each, parsley cents a bunch,
spinach 50 cents a peck, sweet potatoes
40 cents a peck, Irish potatoes 20 cents
peck, 70 cents bushel; cranberries, 10
and Is cents quart; cucumbers, 10 and 10
cents each. Bellevue celery is in and sells
for and 10 cents a stalk
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
FRESH THINGS ON MARKET
Green Stuff in Groceries and Stalls Shows
Ieodsd improvement
itw BEETs, POTATOES, TURNlPs, ETC,
Christmas Demand IL over, but the
supply of Good Things 20 Eat
IL Not In Any way
Diminished.

There Is a decided Improvement in the
green stun in the markets and grocery
stores, everything having taken on a fresh
look. This Is emphasized by the green
tops Of the new beets, turnlps and carrots
which have come in this week and are Of
fine quality The fruit stands are posi-
lively gorgeous, with their stacks Of red
apples, oranges and nuts, making in all a
combination hard TO resist.