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GEORGE c. MARIS & SON,
febl7-f Eighth and shipley SIS
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The tastes of politicians may differ. but
never their appetites. The falling off of
hunger means the passing Of power. He
is ready then to give up the field TO more
valiant. younger men, who can demolish
eatablcS with all the fury of boys at
prep school breaking training after
football victory.
There are Senators who rather brag OF
their weakness for home made pies that
has outliyed a cycle OF French puddings
and Italian ices. And learning this un-
satisfied longlng-for homo made pies
may not be bought-dainty hands have
prepared the dish and soon after we'd
ding bells have sounded.
The epicureauism of Washington has all
when the first low mutterings OF the SIM
pie life were heard One statesman's name
became identified with buclkwheat cakes
Another with hash Our unterrined
President boldly admitted liking for
corned beef and cabbage. The Kaiser
eabed his fondness for frankfurters and
saurkraut These be strenuous days
Washington, though. will always con-
tinue to cat good things It is as rich in
recipes as in ghost stories. Kings OF
finance often do not know what to choose,
but the alderman always does Captains
Of industry lunch at counters next their
Office boys, but leaders" patronizo Del
monico's. Poets and artists are best
known for their habit OF starving and
society men always dine with the lert
hand in the trousers pocket. The poll
way again until the next meal,
1t Is always cold under n palace wall
but there is some psychic tonic in tho
shadow Of the White House. One Murrey.
who catered for years In the Senatorial
restaurant. learned more about political
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generation and that the bon vivants of a.
few years ago finished themselves off
premnturely and seem to have left no
heirs TO their peculiar talents
Those days, of course, were not so fren-
zled as our own seem 10 be. Regulations
lasted two or three seasons The power
OF personal advertisement was not so
learned In the last few years, 1t is
amazing
We have found all the wonderful fight
ing qualities of relocating Japan. the
diplomacy that is bred of vodka. the
mysticism Of becr-soaked Germany, the
art that fourishes on spaghetti and the
incompetence Of ola podrda as fare for
any warriors but Don Qulxote.
All this has come to US In a few years
heard the suggestions that fell like pearls
from the lips of Philippe We have
tasted curres made by Joe We are no
longer devoted TO the frying pan We
know what casseroles are. Tho COSY cor
ncrS Of the woman'S magazines tell the
female dwellers In Lonelyville how 10
devil things in a ohafing dish Fried pic
where once It was n terrible reality. Sau-
sage and buckwheat cakes are no longer
seen in the best families.
If II Is true that foods make character
and determine sex, then the man who is
not afraid of his dinner is bound to WIN
out He will be lucky in love and at
cards. The game Of political destiny Is
his.
America, the conqueror, has never ta-
ken seriously to the Continental break
fast 1t Is only n fad Ike our afternoon
tea. Neither obtains in the Senate, where
they have both chops and steak at the
simple morning meal, finishing with PAN
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18
Racing Mice Excite Paris

Paris has a new sport; steeple-
chase race between white mice AL
ready in four of the big resorts OF
Paris the mouse steeplcchase is one OF
the exciting events OF the evening, and
often two, three or four races are run
circular tracks, some over 100 yards
In length, are built around the walls
of the resorts, The track itself is of
soft wood-while the sides and top are
of glass, so that the spectators may
watch the mice fly around the big track
twice before they can enter the chute
where are piles Of cheese as their re-
ward-or rather the reward OF the win
ner, for as soon as the leading
mouse has completed the course and
shot into the chute where his reward
awaits him the starter )who also is the
stopper drops a glass door, and the
others are shut out from the goal and
forced TO go hungry until they can get
into some company that they can beat
The race itself is as exciting as a
race between horses, for the mice are
trained to the minute and schooled to
racing. Trainers work with them for
hours each day teaching them the game.
and some OF them have become so
speedy and so brainy at the game that
desperate struggles for the honors and
the cheese result from the races
In one race-the Grand PriX-recent-
ly run over the l20-yardS course I'm a
place near the Rue Dauphine, nine OF
the best mice In Paris were entered
The nlne-each with a number on cloth
sewed around his body-were brought
out In a glass cage and placed on the
table near the starting point.
For fifteen minutes the spectators
looked at the contestants and wagercd
their money. Three had come from one
hall on the opposite side OF the Seine
and three from a rival establishment
rear by, Each establishment. there
fore, was represented by three mice
and each entry was heavily backed
The odds remained steady. despite the
betting, and the fayorlte-one of the
smallest OF the nine-and No, sold
at 3 TO 8, while No. 2-the longest
shot in the race-Sold at TO s.
Finally a bell rang. the glass box
was placed inside the track. where IL
exactly fitted. and as the flag fell the
'front.' end of the glass box was dropped
by spring, Instantly the nine mice
leaped forward as if propelled by some
great force, with No. in the lead and
the others running in a close bunch
behind close to the inside rail-
At the fourth jump No. / was lead
ing by three feet. and the others were
stringing out still racing desperately
when they started for the second time
around the ring.
closed entrance of the cheese chute and
smelled at IT until the starter shooed
Him on.
tween Nos, l, 4 and 3. with No. and
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to back up his arguments and enlist IN
fluence In his behalf so that the question
might be settled In his favor. He was
terribly In earnest.
The famous Senatorial hash was really
Murrey's hash. served for years 10 poilti-
cal notables at the Capitol and lauded by
them. He wrote of It, as he did OF foods.
rendering melody on a well-loved
violin.
with all the censure heaped upon II by
an unappreciatYe public" he said, "haSh
Is, from a hygienic standpoint the best
way OF serving food, This statement may
seem incredible, but when We consider II
d moment we realize the truthfulness of
forgetfulnesS or In case of hurry, and the
result is arrangement OF the stomach.
which In time ends with dyspepsia
THE homely American dSh-corned beef
hash-when properly prepared is very ac-
ceptable, The brisket is best, Lean meat
does not make good hash 1t must be
chopped fine the night before II is wanted
and a quantity OF warm boiled potatoes
added. moistening with clear soup. strong
ly impregnated with onion flavor.
The Final Touch.
Mix these together and place in the ice
box. Next morning warm in a frying pan.
Some like the hash Drowned, This is ac-
complshed by using little butter in the
pam which should be raised to an angle
OF thirty degrees and the hash shaped
n hot dish"
John Chamberlain was another of Wash
ington's prophets He was one of the
group OF now extinct good liYers. Col,
Ochiltree and Mai Handy being equally
famous for culinary intelligence, They
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18
Recent Views of Women

Women, doubtless. speaking
generally. God made for different pur-
poses, to fulfill different needs of the
man for whom woman Is the helpmeet,
Some are made for sympathy, some for
the one use, some for the other, and
some, there is not the slightest doubt,
God must have made when he was in
an evil mood and did not want his orea-
ton to be too happy. That is the only
explanation OF good many of them"
Horace G., Hutchinson, In 1.-TWO
Moods of a Man"
In the beginning, when (Twashtri
the Hindoo Vulcan, sometimes spoken
OF as the Creator) came to the creation
OF women he found that he had ex-
hausted his materials In the making Of
man, and that no solid elements were
left. In this dilemma. after profound
meditation, he did as follows; He took
the rotundity of the moon and the
curves OF the creepers, and the cling
ing Of the tendrils, and the trembling
of grass, and the slenderness of the
reed, and the bloom of flowers, and
the lightness OF leaves, and the taper
Ing of the elephants trunk, and the
Glances of deer, and the clustering rows
or bees CHindoo poets see a resemb
lance between rows of bees and eye
glances). and the joyous gayety or sun
beams and the weeping OF clouds.
and the hckleness of the winds. and
the timidity OF the hare, and the
vanity of the peacock, and the soft
ness OF the parrots bosom. and the
hardness of adamant and the sweet
ness of honey, and the cruelty of the
tiger, and the warm glow of fire.
and the coldness OF snow, and the
chattering OF jays. and the cooling OF
the koltila the Indian cuckoo, and the
hypocrisy of the crane (thc crane is the
Indian byword for Inward Villainy and
sanctimonious eXterior), and the fidelity
OF the chakrawka Tor Brahman drake
which is tabled to pass the night sor-
rowing for the absence of his mate, and
she for hIm). and compounding all
these together. he made woman and
gave her to man."-F. w. Balm, in "A
Digit OF the Moon and Other Love
Stories from the Hindoo."
"A man will stand close TO his COM
rade in the days Of his glory and in the
press Of battle but II is the squaw
who keeps the fallen shield freshly
painted and the cause of the departed
ever before the matters of the present
day, A man must have the reward OF
his friends praise and the JOY OF his
Companionship; but a woman makes a
her reward beyond the red Gates."-
Theodore Roberts, in Brothers OF
Peril"
For this is the nature of woman
that they make light Of what they have
and sigh for what they have not .
This is the nature of woman. that
they love TO torment their lover and re-
fuse him what they most of all them
selves desire. IF. w. Balm, in "A Digit |
of the Moon"
This rule does not apply TO women.
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at one time had club where they enter
taincd foreign notables. all wearing chefs
caps and aprons and preparing the menu
themselves, They discovered a new way
TO cook tcrrapiu. which was moro import
ant to them than If tneY had discovered a
new comet. They should have been poll
ticians but IT would have seemed too
much like work.
Now work is fashionable, and every
man Is going into politics with the inten-
ton OF purifying them, What they really
do is to cultivate large and discriminating
appctites. They become rotund and
heavy In weight. The cares Of state add
cubits TO their waist lines A fat man in
Washington means successful politl-
clan. 1t is a part OF the game.
There's q certain dignity that goes with
speak OF such one as p man Of weight.
He IS When he approaches three hundred
he becomes q human fortress. II he were
the proprietor OF a brewery We would re-
gard him With disgust. But as a poll
tician he is imposing.
Young doctors are obliged to get mar
ried if they wish TO succeed In their pro-
fession and young lawyers cultivate pa
triarchal boards. An actor must have
fur-lined overcoat There are tricks in
all trades. Mr.. Fitzsimmons now alludes
TO his recent defeat as my unfortunate
fninting spoil"
The trick OF political power lies in ac-
cumulating pounds of solid flesh The
thin man can invent balloons and sub
marines.
Let rnY have men about me that arc fut
Yond' Cns5ius has lean and hungry look;
lie thinks too much; such men are dangerous,
There is a great poets summary of a
politician.
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What was Boum-Boum going to say?
Suppose he were to send Jacques away.
to take him for q fool, and show him
the door
Where do you llve?" asked Boum-
Boum.
20, quite near! In the Rue des Alb
besses."
Come along. then. Your boy wants
to see Boum-Boum Well, he is going
to see him.
When the door opened before the
clown Jacques Legrand cried joyiusly
to his son.
Now you'll be happy, Francois
Look, Here Is Boum Boumr
The child looked up with q glad face
He raised himself on his mothers arm
and turned his head toward the two
men, looked for a moment at the
gentleman beside his father, and
searched the kind face which smiled at
him, but which he did not know
But when they said, This is Boum-
Boum." he fell back slowly and sadly
on to the pillow, with fixed eyes staring
beyond them.
mo" said the boy. in disconsolate
voice; no, this is not Boum- Boum"
The clown. standing beside the little
bed. looked down gravely and with an
infinite tenderness at the face OF the
little sufferer, He nodded his head
looked at the anxious father and grief
stricken mother, said, smiling, He is
quite right; this is not Boum- Boum,"
and went away.
II shall never see Boum-Bou
again." repeated the little one, who was
now talking In a vacant way; "perhapS
Boum- Boum VIII be there where l am
going soon,
But suddenly-scarcely half an hour
since the clown had left them-the door
opened and there. In his tights and
Cf1 ocrla h. wall ace %
head. the gilt butterfly on his back a
great smile, like the slot of a money
box. on his jolly, powdered face, stood
Boum Boum-the real Boum- Boum:
Boum Boum OF the circus, the favorite
of the people, little Francoiss Boum-
Boum,
on his little white bed the child
clapped his thin little hands. the JOY
OF life in his eyes, laughing, happy,
and saved. crying out
Bravo! 1t ls Boum- Boum this time,
Dear Boum- Boum! Long live Boum-
Boum' Good day Boum- Boump'
When the doctor returned later on he
found, seated at Francoiss bedside. a
clown with a white face. who was maxi
ing the little chap laugh and laugh
again, AS he stirred a piece of sugar
in a glass of medicine the clown said:
Now, you know. If you don't drink
this. little Francois. Boum- Boum VIII
never come again"
And the child drank It.
isn't il nice?"
Very nice, thank you. Boum- Boum"
Doctor" said the clown 10 the physi-
clan, don't be jealous. 1t seems TO
me that my grimaces do him as much
good as your prescriptions"
The father and mother were crying
but this time II was for Joy
Until little Francois was able to walk
again d carriage stopped every day be-
fore the workmans house In the Ru-
des Addresses and a man with n conf
cal powdered face got out. wrapped In
long oNercoat. with the collar turned
UP, and under IL y circus costume.
What can we give you. sir?'' said
Jacques Legrand, at last, when Fran
coils had had his first walk; "for We
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personages than their own wives knew,
He was persona grata with those Who
tUSgled affairs Of state He knew their
moods. their weaknesses, their successes
and their defeats. He was aware that
they never gave up dining for debates
He might have spoken, but he never did
He respected the condolences of the dinner
table.
He proved the truth of the saying as to
the road to masculine esteem. 1t was no
side issue in his life, but rather alb
sorption that grew more intense when he
recognized the influence OF foods on men
He helped to pass bills with a pinch of
paprika and defeated them with doughy
dumplings,
AS to the Onion.
There was one time he aroused the en-
tire country to the seriousness OF his
profession. newspaper published q
Southern method for roasting canvas
back, suggesting the addition of minced
onion TO the dressing. Murrey's cxpe-
rience had taught him that the onion was
not only misunderstood. but abhorred by
those chosen for the high places of the
country He shared the fashionable pre-
judico go far as duck was concerned.
He wrote TO the newspaper, Yoicing
what he called a sacrilege. He was posi-
lively bitter In his Indignation In a few
weeks the North and South were again
embroiled The South was solid for
onions, and the South won: but the con-
troversy ragged for weeks 1t was another
doctors took a hand for and against.
1t had to be admitted in the end that a
Southern nanny knows how to cook a
bird better than any one else But there
a great deal of feeling displayed on
both sides. Murrcy came on TO New York
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At last little Francois sat UP in bed
and stretched out his arms, saying in
a Wistful yet imperative voice. Il want
Boum- Boum"
Boum- Boum,
Madeleine looked at her husband in
bewiderment What was the child
talking about? Was he delirous again? :?
"Boum- Boum?"
Yes; Boum Boum, l want Boum-
Boum"
The mother neryously seized her hus-
bands hand saying in a low voice,
What does he mean. Jacques?"
On the fathers rough face was a
smile both happy and astonished. like
the smile of convict who sees before
him faint hope of release
Boum- Boum' How we'll he remem-
oered that matinee on Easter Monday,
when he had taken Francois TO the
circus. He could still hear the boy 8
outourst of joy and his amused laugh
ter when the clown, in spangles of
gold, with huge, many colored. spark
ling butterfly wings on his back,
cut few capers In the ring tripped
up performer or threw up to the
chandelier some soft felt hats which
he caught adroitly on his head, where
they formed pyramid. and who, at
each trick, each piece of buffonery
uttered the same cry, accompanied by
The rumble of the orchestra-"Boum-
Boumn'
Each time he performed the audience
purSt out into applause. and Francois
laughed heartily. SO 1t as this Boum-
Boum, the clown, little Francois wanted
TO see.
That evening Legrand bought his
son 1ointed clown covered with
spanGles, which had cost him the wages
OF four working days. But what would
ne not have given to bring a smile to
Francoiss pale lips?
The boy looked at the toy, glittering
on the white counterpane, then said
sadly. It's not Boum- Boum! / do
want to see Boum- -Boum!"
All If only Jacques could have
wrapped him up and carried him away
TO the circus, there TO show him the
cloWa dancing under the bright lights,
he did better, however. He went to
the circus, asked for the clowns ad-
dress. and with legs trembling from
nervousness. entered the house of the
artist In Mountmartre
Was this Boum- Boum? This gentle
man was NJ. Moreno, who received
jacques In his private room among
DOORS choice engravings and artistic
furniture, which formed an exquisite
background for the charming per-
sonality OF the man.
jacques looked at him. seeing no
sign OF the clown in this gentleman
ana twisting his hat about between his
nneers'. The other waited. Then the
father explained;
nave come to ask a most unusual
thlne' | beg your pardon, sir but IL is
LOT my little boys sake. Such a dear
nltie chap. sir; always top OF his class
except In sums, But he is q dreamer,
and proof OF that Is"
jacques stammered and hesltated +:
men summonins his courage. said
boldly:
The truth Is, that he wants to see
you sir; he thinks only OF you, as of a
star which he wants to have"
When he had finished the father was
pale and his brow was wet. He did
not dare to look at the clown, who was
standing with his eyes fixed on the
workman.
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cakes thin as waters light as eossamer
Culinary good taste woke to infancy In
Washington where statesmen cradled it
and Presidents smiled upon 1t. Foreign
ambassadors nurtuTed on boars meat
and petrincd eggs tasted OF our Chesa-
peake ducks and our Kennebec salmon
and began TO take a kindly interest in US,
Now we are shipping our products to the
Old World. stepped In its thousands of
years OF epicureanism.
Washington the Magnet
All our great minds get to Washington
AS a city it is a flower In II bunch of
skyscrapers. AT other places there ere
smoke, noise, milllonair"s. rings, liGs
tigers. Washington is the city OF mag
n5cent distances and dinners 1t is q
astronomical college, beStowinS degrees
on good feeders.
A man may learn nothing else there
but he Is sure TO be taught just how
erly undonc The Washington waiter Is
another Savarin. He Is kept ut the sx-
tremes In his experiences with the poll
ticians who know everything about cock
ing and the ncwlymade Bencdicts who
know nothing, Behold the bridegroom
cometh'' means apple sauce and hard
boiled eggs TO these ebUn ones educa ted
to the danger point through serving SEN
atcTs and Representatives. with Better
flies wings a In brochet:e.
Eating houses In tic city on the Poto-
mac have become famous the world over
not through serving hiEf-priceJ, cold
store' ptoma 'ne-or "a Ing foods to the
music of Hungarian bands, but by plac-
Ing before ministers II nations Dishes
that have won discTim mating approval IN
several languages,