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The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
HOUSEHOLD WISDOM
IDEAS FOR THE KITCHEN AND
THE SICK ROOM.
Proper Way to Roast Ham-simp.e
Method of Preparing Baked Pota-
toes-Making Fire Without
Disturbing Invalid.

When making a meat pie, turn
cup upside down In the bottom of
dish; when going to serve take cup
out and you will have plenty OF gravy
to serve.
TO ROAST A IIAM.-Take new
ham that has been sailed for some
weeks. If smoked, parboil it before
roasting. While 1t is before the fire.
haste it with white wine and sugar.
When half done. remove skin. stick
it full of cloves and let 1t roast as
long again. basting 1t with fresh wine
and sugar until thoroughly cooked.
NEVER STIR INGREDIENTS
When making biscuits or bread with
baking powder or soda and cream
tartar, the oven should be prepared
first, the dough handled quickly and
put into oven as soon as 1t becomes
the proper lightness. If oven Is too
slow. the article baked will be heavy
and hard. Never stir ingredients into
batter, but beat them in.
THE KITCHEN TABLE.-Tu pre-
vent the corner of your table working
through your table oilcloth. take four
squares of strong canvas, glue piece
on wrong side. just where the corners
of the table come in contact with the
tablecloth. This also prevents the
table oilcloth from cracking and look
ing shabby as you often see them.
SIMPLE MODE OF BAKING
Baked potatoes are said to be much
more wholesome than boiled. says
writer. AS a very hot oven is re
quired to bake them. l thought OF
much easier way. / wash the pota-
toes, and while they are wet put
them in an iron frying pan and cover
with close fitting cover and set
them on the top of the range to bake,
with slow fire, turning them once
or more as needed. l have followed
this plan for years. and like it much
better than the usual way. Try 1t.
FIRES IN SICK ROOM.-In sick
room, where the slightest noise will
disturb the patient. have found the
best method of making up the fire,
and especially at night. is to take
away all fire irons, replacing them
with an old walking stick: to clear
the ashes from the crate. then place
on the fire a parcel of coal tied ur
in a newspaper or stout paper bag,
which as the paper burns will gently
fall into place without noise. have
never known this to disturb even the
most restless sufferer.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

Dainty sandwiches are made by
passing ham through the chopper and
adding suggestion of lemon peel.
BY dressing cold halibut with lit
tie mayonnaise and capers.
By using chopped Spanish onions
with or without the lettuce.
BY mixing finely-chopped walnuts
with cream cheese. and adding lit
tie heavy cream and pinch of salt.
BY preparing filling of stone olives
and green and red (sweeD peppers,
both chopped fine.
BY covering the bread with thin
slices of cucumber over which
chopped chives. or grated American
cheese, should then be sprinkled.
By passing cold pork and celery
through the chopper, and seasoning
with salt and Worcestershire slightly
diluted with water.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

the sins and crimes and sensationcl
events? The pessimistic view of life
always reminds me Of the story of a
boy from country town. who was
brought to New York by his father on
his first visit.
well, what do you think of it?'
asked the father when the trip had
ended.
THE boy was clearly disappointed.
All the people are lame he replied.
Some questioning was required to
find out exactly what the boy meant.
1t appeared that there was lame
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
Mock Chicken Salad.

Buy 10 cents worth of veal, with as
little bone as possible. to make a
medium sized salad. Steam until very
tender. Chop with an equal quantity
Vt celery and dress with French dress
ing first: then. just before serving
pour rich salad dressing over it and
put on lettuce leaves. The Illusion
will be complete. and you will also
have the satisfaction of knowing that
the veal cost just about one-quarter
as much as the chicken would
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
Movable Apple Packing Bench.

two more 2x4's and saw to the length
that the bench is desired to be. Bolt
the top pieces to the legs on either
side and connect the ends with small;
rope so that the bench will be open tc
about three feet from the ground.
Heavy canvassis nailed on the sides
says Prairie Farmer. and sewec
around the ropes at the end. The re
suit is an apple picking bench sim,la,
to what is illustrated in the sketch
The advantage OF the canvas is to saw
the fruit from being bruised.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

A raw potato makes the best sort of
pen cleaner, though one that must be
changed every little while. for obvious
reasons. In some mysterious way 1t
cleans the most scratchy. soiled pen
and makes 1t as near like new as the
wearing down of the nib allows-far
more than one would dream possible.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

New Yorlk-"The New York Ides"
has been much-discussed play. Peo-
pie have wanted to know why Mr..
1.angdon Mitchell. leveling his satire
at divorce. was at pains to describe
it as New York idea.
II chose New York for my title be-
cause New York is the greatest CT
American cities and reflects American
life." Mr. Mitchell explained: THE
play might have been called The
Chicago idea or The Philadelphia
Idea Just as well. l suppose. The
most explicit title would probably be
The American Idea.'"
"In other words" remarked the re-
porter you used the words New
York to mean America. just as we say
Paris when we mean France. or
speak of London when we think of
England"
Precisely
why do You assume the attitude
you do on the divorce question:"
The author settled back in his chair
as II to weigh his words. MIR. Mitch
ell is anything but fiippant young
man of the town. His urbane manner
and an almost imperceptible impress
sion OF reserve at once recall his IA
Their. DIR. S. Weir Mitchell. the noted
physician. and himself a famous au-
thor.
Mrs. Fiske suggested several years
ago." he said. gravely. that / write
n play with divorce as the theme"
Would not such play be serious?"
If there were children in drama
of divorce it would be great tragedy.
decided. however. that my play
should be a comedy"
Acting suppose. on the principle
that ridlcule is the most dangerous of
weapons" suggested a representative
of the New York Times.
NO. There is great drama in the
divorce question. if treated as seri-
Gus problem. | should like to write
such play. My decision was reached.
however. to make my play a
comedy
ut has been suggested that your
methods resemble those OF Bernard
Shaw. Did You have his work in
mind?r
ANY resemblance to Mr. Shaw's
plays in The New York Idea is quite
unconscious. assure you" Mr.. Mitch
ell replied. 81 know Mr.. Shaw, having
met him in London while l was liv-
ing there. He was very kind to me
when my first play was produced In
England. | have never been student
of his plays. though. can almost
say | have not seen performances of
them. OF course, l make a round of
away into the country to write my
plays"
Life as the Author Sees It.
Then your criticisms o. modern
conditions merely reflect life as you
see it,"
Marriages based on affection, 10y
atty. and IA sense of duty are not
affected by the satire and rebuke in
my play. Nearly all married people
have duarrcls. Where the husband
and wife have sense of loyalty and
obligation they pass an unpleasant
day OF so and then are good friends
again. With people like Cynthia and
John karslakc, on the other hand, a
divorce is the first thing that sug-
gests itsclf-thc easy. the usual end
of a quarrel in married life.
who is to blame for such condi-
tom The law makes marriage a civil
contract: divorces are easy to OBJ
tain. The church may place ban on
divorce Why does not that keep
husband and wife out of the divorce
court Can 1t be that the people am
criticising have ceased to be guided
by the church,
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

Cut slice of new bread about an
inch thick and place in the tin with
the cake. This will help keep the
cake fresh for some time, The bread
must be renewed when stale. An
apple placed in the cake tin will an
swer the same purpose as the bread
and should also be renewed when
Withered,
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
Kill up Ireea

Hill the dirt up around the youpo
trees apout one foot high for protec
ton from freezing. mice and rabbit,
and to d:aiu the water from the roots
during winter. After growth starts in
the spriry level down. This answers
for the afas cultivation around thu
treas.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
To Clean linoIeum.

Linoleum or oilcloth should never be
secured with stiff brush or strong
soap. for thejfpda in the soap will
damage the pattern, says Interior Bee
Grafton. Instead. a soft wooden cloth
and warm water, to which a cupful OF
milk has been added. should be used.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
FARMERS HOT HOUSE.
Cheap and Easily Built Place for Rail
ing Winter Vegetables.

A small hot house on the farm will
assure fine winter supply of vegeta-
bles and the arrangement can be made
to include mushroom growing under
meath the benches IL desired. while
early and fine vegetable plants can be
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

. "New York is bounded on the North,
South, East, and West by the
State of Divorce"
Nothing is final In Nature, not even
Death" quotes the clergyman
from his Sermon. II death is not
final, why should marriage be
final? oh, yes, an excellent
sermon. " All New York was
there and all New York went
away happy"
"What are divorces among friends?"
"a woman should marry when she
, has the whim and leave the rest
to the divorce court"
"Peopie like US should meet on equal
terms" says Mrs. karsiake, speak
ing Of divorced women. "f peo-
Pile like US don't meet there would
be no society"
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
Have q Variety.

The man who goes into small fruit
growing as business should plant a
number of kinds. In fact, as long as
he Is in the market the longer he can
supply his customers with what they
need during the season the better.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

Everywhere one sves the touch of
plaid. 1t is to be regretted that 1t is
so popular. for that presages for It afr
early death, and it is pretty fadn'
when kept within the bounds of good
taste
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
APPLE PACKING BENCH.
One Which Will Fold Up Out Of the
Way When Not in Use.

Take 2x4 and saw out two four
foot lengths and bolt them together
in the middle for the legs. Then take
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

A peculiar warm shade of red-brown
cloth is especially IN favor with dark
brown furs and a brown hat trimmed
With brown feathers.
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12
Lnnkdon Mitchell the Playwright. Bishop
Greer ard Felix Adler DiscHss the Nat
1imonidl Views and PTacfises of Society

american girls marry for nothing
and divorce for nothing, because
you are nothing"
'You American girls are fine talk
srs," says the EngIishman. "You
talk and talk, but there's nothing
here, (pointins to his heart).
once knew an American girl. She
was the incest kind Of a-boy.
These American marriages for
title have been in bad odor In
England lately. ." Marriage in
England means three things
Honor, obedience, and three chill
dren."
~ stop at obedience" remarks
the American woman"
The judiciary have mixed this
.ning marriage and divorced up
so we can't tell we're married un-
iii we're divorced"
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

A trip into the Dismal Swamp is
to be one of the attractions offered by
the approaching jamestown exposi-
ton. 1t is proposed to open up a
steamboat route through the 1000
square miles involved, which, more
oyer. are said not to be so dismal as
their name indicates.
The Dismal Swamp was once the
hiding place of runaway slaves. The
haven gained there was security.
There was also plenty of game. Ira
dition says that whole tribes OF
negroes gathered there.
They soon relapsed into primitive
The Lamar register., 1906-12-12

jamestown Exposition viii Run E.s-
cursions into the Thousand MiIss
Of Wild Land Comprising the
Famous Marshes - Washington
Had Project for Building Canal
Through the Territory--orisin of
Lake Orummond.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Christmas With
 The Sky Dwellers
The First Stop on Santa Claus Reindeer
 Route.

TITO land a snorting reindeer six-in-
 hand on the roof of a New York
 skyscraper requires pretty skill
 A full handling of the lines, but Santa Claus is the man who can do it without jarring a brick off the chim- neys. Why should he want to stop at such a queer depot? you ask. Because there are hundreds of little children living right in the very center of New York who have never pressed their ten der feet upon the brown earth, climbed trees, played in the grass or expert enced the thousand and one pleasures so common to everyday life. They live above the clouds, twenty stories or more above the real things of the world, but nearer by those twenty stories to the stars, the angels-and Santa Claus Their aerial dwellings are his first stopping places on his annual Christ mas journey through the atmosphere.
 Born hundreds of feet above the haunts of ordinary mortals, these little ones often pass years of their lives in of what Is going on so far below them Their fathers are the superintendents, engineers and janitors of these lofty buildings. Upon the very roofs of these great pillars of steel cozy, home breath ing cottages have been erected.
 Here. right up against the sky, the children live and play from morning until night. They never miss the green fields and the tall trees, for they have never known them. Their playgrounds are the expansive roofs of the big buildings, and they are as free as the air.
 While the smaller children pass their early years at home with their moth CTS twenty stories above everybody, their older brothers and sisters attend school with the little ones living far down on the streets. In the evenings
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS.
Picturesque Scenes at the Madeleine,
 Historic French Church.

Picturesque Scenes at the Madeleine,
 Historic French Church.
 They drove to the Madeleine through streets already full of life and move ment of hurrying crowds. darting fig. ures now plunged in the black shad- ows and now slipping out into the full glare of the clustered lights. The big perspective of the Place de Ia Con- corde, thickly sown with lamps, was shot through with glistening reflections from the tops of carriages, the arcade of the Rue de Rivoli was brilliant as a stage setting, the hotels in the broad Rue Royale were ablaze with light. and far at the end of the street, where the lofty portico of the Madeleine showed clear against the starry sky. hundred sparks twinkled from the cabs fitting along the boulevard.
 The steady roll of wheels merged with the varying notes of horns in motors and the sound of talk and blended in a great humming symphony, struck through with the rattling. syn copated clack-clack of hoofs upon the asphalt, like the staccati of sharp drums.
 The crowd at the Madeleine was al most impossible. but somehow they gained the steps, the vestibule, and were swept in the solid pack of men and women through the door at the right. The great floor was filled with a throng as varied as Paris itself. Piety and the idlest curiosity, youth and age, came together. AS the pro cession came in sight its song was joined by the organ in the sanctuary. and the music rose louder and fuller in single godlike voice ranging down from the dazzling altar.
 Suddenly. like artillery, the great or gan overhead crashed out in volume of sound that flooded the whole vast interior like wave, sweeping over the heads of the kneellng crowd and mounting to the shadowy arches of the roof. The very concussion took the listeners breath away, and in the recoil men and women burst into tears, and pillows of emotional excite ment rolled back and forth through the church. - Winfield Scott Moody In Scribner's.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
YUlETIDE IN SHETLAND.
Curious Customs In the Island Where
 the Ponies Come From.

Curious Customs In the Island Where
 the Ponies Come From.
 The festival of Yule. as is well known. dates back to prehistoric times, when men worshiped nature rather than natures God.
 The inhabitants of the Shetland isles are descended from Norsemen who were zealots in religious belief. and "Yule" to them meant a season of great importance. The "Gammel Norsk HjuI" signifies, literally, wheel" and the festival so called was held In honor of the sun at the winter solstice wheel ing round toward the equator. The re- turn of the sun formed an important period of the year as being the begin ming of renewed life in nature, which only could be revived by the light and warmth of the ascending orb.
 The course of the sun was observed in all things as far as possible. Every thing was turned from left to right the boat was so turned on the water. the corn stacks so built in courses. the mill so turned in grinding and the wheel in spinning-in fact, everything  went with the sun, even the round of the drinking horn.
 Many superstitions included in na- ture worship had full scope at the "HjuP' time-or more modern "Yule" when a vast multitude of ''trows," |" or fairy folk. who at that season were not only active. but maliciously dis posed, had to be propitiated.
 To give the fairy folk no opportunity of playing tricks. the fishing creel and lines were removed from the wall. the spinning wheel taken out of gear and its integral parts laid aside, and every thing suspended from ceiling or walls lifted down, as if left in their usual places the ubiquitous elves were sup posed to set all going against the suns motion, which of course would mean serious trouble. The time of Yule was, and still Is, rigidly observed as "helly' -i. e., time of rest from all manner of labor.-Madame.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Christmas In Guam.

Christmas was celebrated in Guam last year in as true American style as the possibilities of the situation would permit. Great interest was taken by the Americans in celebrations for the native children. A number of enter tainments were provided. A feature was a floating Christmas tree. mag nificently decorated, which was parad- ed through the streets of Agana drawn by six plumed mules with costumed outriders and preceded by a native band and from which Santa Claus dis tributed abundance of good cheer.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
A New Malady.

It was Christmas day, and the candy lion had been waiting-oh. so patiently for Mary to finish her dinner. Much against her baby wishes had she been bread. When her mother insisted on her finishing her milk the small face looked up in desperation as she lisped, "Mozzer. If eat any more food will be humpback in my stomach. like grandpaw-Lippincott
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

There were p.pas sock. and twenty psis oi lengthy wlfely hose; There were socks fos E1d,e, Willie. for Eliph.los and Mose; There were stockings s Mshld.', E.mer.Id.', and Sussnne,; There were Charley. hose and Moly., Cor. Belle, and little Dams. Amaylhs. Geore. Alphonso. Peter. Joseph, Maud. Eugene. Auhu. Lirzie. lame. Amelia May. France. and Irene. .s Bnese. Reed. lDole. Cocnda. Arc,hu,a. John. Ea,elle. Matte. Lueifer. Elfrd.-iron his Eps then title. fell. Bu, about the shelf therc dangled other hose whose owners names He could not recall to save him a, he watched the dying flames Seven pairs. all baby sire., each in age not qui,s year. Gee r. ened Nick. Been something doing since the las, time was herei Glad 1 brought a stock of rsi;les and To, oi teelhing nngs- Utah alwsy, gives mate, for such kinderganen things. From race suicide she ever ha, diseree,ly held tlsot. And L..re', net home ,n ZOn res hon stort raeSs on lhe ro1t.
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Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13

they tell gaping crowd of sky dwell CTS the sights they have seen while going to and from school. The sky scraper twins" who were born on top of one of New York's highest build ings and who so far have gone through life together as they started upon the journey. often think of the great day to come when they will go down the elevator and be among the toy people they have seen so far below them crawling along the sidewalks.
 These twins, who are the pride. of course, of their father and mother, have never been away from the roof on which they were born. Life has been one short and happy dream to them. They do not know what a street car really looks like, for they have merely seen the shapeless, dingy roofs of the "L" trains as they squirm along their crooked ways like some short thick snake with square head and tail They are full of health and have rosy cheeks and big. dancing. bright eyes.
 This means that they eat we'll. sleep well and enjoy life. There are seesaws and swings high up among the clouds on some of the skyscrapers and the ever present little red express wagon so dear to the small boys heart. Races are run on the iron roofs, and top spin ming and marble playing are favorite sports.
 There are deaths on the tops of the skyscrapers as well as births. One of the saddest of these was that of little boy who had gone down to the street for the first time to play and was crushed to death by heavy truck.
 A family of nine children born to one couple who have lived on the same roof for nearly forty years shows that race suicide has It's enemies there. Five of these children have grown tD man. hood and are in the public service as policeman. fireman or mail carrier.
 Dogs and cats are numerous on the skyscrapers. The children there are as well off for four footed playmates as those on the earth. Some have never known anything else but the roof, where they play by day and howl all night long to their heal ts' content New 3rk Times.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Said LittIc Socrates.

Some generous person." said little Socrates Bulginbrow of Boston, has been kind enough to send me A copy of Mother Goose's lyrics for Christ mas. Do you know. the theory that a representative of the bovine genus at one time leaped over the chief lumi- nary of the night leads to some Inter esting calculations as to the muscular development of the cows of that time. have ascertained that they must have been endowed with strength propor~ donate to that of the flea of the pres ent day."-Baltlmor American.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Santa Claus ,
 In Salt Lake
Where the Good Saint Col .-.-.. the Surprise of
 His Life.

ITO thrifty Norman household came tho
 patron saint of Yule,
 He wa, puarns Ike sn engine. he wal laden like mule. For he knew row of stocking. such a, nowhere else IS seen Would be yswnins there before him in the home of Elder Green. So Ae showed hi, pack ahead of him and started down the Aue. While he muaered. ''Thi, is something that hate like smoke to do" Then he followed with reluctance through the Smooty. smudsy air. Qwekly landing where the hos,ery va. hung m many pair.
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
Tac Moaer, mIs,ic,oc.


 Promlueat Ia the Christmas revels and. with the holly. most essentially "Chrlstmasy" of all the plants used was the mistletoe. With us the old significance and sacredness have gone. leaving but charm enough to give the we'll known privilege to the man who meets a girl beneath it There exists also in some places the tradition that the girl who Is not kissed under the mIstletoe will not be married for year. CThe present writer once knew q thoughtful and provident dnmsel who wore hat trimmed with the sacred plant) But the kiss permitted in old en time was originally of the religious variety. our mlstletoe celebration be ing borrowed from Scandinavian lore. Critic
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
A Hard Headed Boy.

"Dar's Jes' dis about It." said Mann my Minerva, ITS gotter han dat Pick aninny Jim over to de Society Foh de Prevention O Cruelty to Animals"
 Whats he been doin'7"
 "we give him a goat foh n Christ. mas present, an Jim an de goat got to playin' rough, an de fus' thing l knowed Jim he done los his temper an butted dat goat almos' to defv'
Connecticut western news., 1906-12-13
He Knew the Boy.

Head of Firm-You had better give the office boy a couple of dollars. Mir Penwiper, for Christmas.
 Mir. Penwiper (the bookkeeper)-I think we had better make it New Years gift, sir. have just sent him out with a telegram, and don't think he will get back by Cbristmas.-Brook- lyn Citizen.