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Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

"There are some things" notes the Richmond Times Democrat, that you can't say even to a Pittsburger." For instance, you can't ask him to be proud of his Idle millionaires
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07
Finishes It,

"When you have written a story do you not go over it and give 1t a finish ing touch?"
 "No; the first editor I send 1t to usually does that"-Houston Post.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

The London writers have started a movement to put stop to the practice of tipping. The fear of dying rich must be spreading rapidly.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

It is extremely doubtful whether Count Boni would prove a success as a head waiter If the job calls for any head work.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

Numerous financial rubbernecks are making anxious inquiries as to this pro posed elastic currency.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07
Chinese Mourning Custom.

Chinese Mourning Custom. During thirty days after a death In China the nearest re2sti~ss of the de- ceased Se not shave nor change their clothes.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Raise a big family and uphold Il Presidents hands.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

There are two sides to every ques ton. Your side and the wrong side.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

old Law for Hours of Work. As early as 1S47 a law was passed In New Hampshire making ten hours a legal days work
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

. If a man can afford a motor boat he
 lossn't have to paddle his own canoe
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

Not even a professor of mathematics is competent to solve the woman prob. lem.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-07

The task 10 which astronomers set them selves twelve years divided among the prom nent Washington institution was assigned the lying between 14 IS degrees the zenith each observer slightly overlapping duplicating the work of his neghbor to the strips match positively. Another of observation con- puation will complete the part assigned to the Washing Naval Observatory The work involved accurate ob servaton different times of every catalogued in cudng 300 base stars from which the position reckoned that about observations had be made Further hour spent In observation required least three hours of mathematical computation
 years the equipment of tweve-inch telescopes with photographing attachments has greatly extended of human view for while the trng less In protracted watching the photographic plate, ating impression with tme Professor Skinner found especially servceabe in distinguishing the minor aserod planets from fixed stars and remarked that its capacity seeing eye could through the telescope notable in the of the discovery of nebulae in the field of the peiades where with the eye hardly any nebuous trace dscernibe The photographic method cataoguing has quite successfully used In Europe.
 "These plates" said Professor Skinner give very curae results but the method Is yet for depend entirely upon It"
 The upon which he Is engaged has been done trey teescopc observation and the Naval Observ atory far been equipped with instrument doing the thing photographicaly It would cost S50,00o.
 Speaking of the financial support given scientific work Professor Skinner remarked
 Many private university observatortes are handl capped the donors do not understand the full requirements of the work Such Is true of the observa tory California to which Mir Yerkes, the late street railway magnate the big telescope Wealthy men are inclined give literally enough for equipment that people and touch but apt to forget that 1t requires several times much money to an instru ment than 1t costs order bring the results for which 1t is supposed be designed; results of which only the learned fully appreciate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
SUGGESTIONS FOR LAWN MAKING.

Handsome. thick rich. green. velvety
lawns are not patented; nor are they solely
to be obtained by those of great wealth
many assistants or deeply mysterious and
high-priced experts. Wonders can be worked
with very small sum of money. "A very
little time and bit two Of ingenuity.
Have you a piece of ground in front or
at the side of the home with struggling
dot of grass meandering about here and
there and with bare spots like the knees
and seat of a small boys trousers after a
joyful and strenuous vacation? Well, If
you have. it needs patching right away.
Don't borrow seed from some friend $
hay loft. 1t wont pay at AL You are
not seeking for horse feed or weeds, but
for a rest for the eyes in summer-a plot
10 take the soreness out of feet tired by
hard, hot city streets.
Buy package OF seed prepared by mix
ing many varieties of tried and true grass
seeds. You can buy it cheaply of any big
seed house. Take il home and size things
up.
Bare spots are easy to repair. even if
they are of good size. Take your garden
rake and run over the spot first one way
and then the other. This will be quickly
done and make a good seed bed.
Where the grass is thin. merely in small
spots here and there, the rake should not
be used. 1t would uproot some of tie
precious nucleus of Il lawn that IS soil iii
evidence. Therefore, to loosen up the soil
and give the new seed Il foothold, you
must make tool. 1t will be very simple
one. Take a piece of board "a soap box
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
VALUE OF ASHES FOR FLOWERS

in both flower and foliage Applv either
ary or mixed with the surface soil or in the
form of tea made by pouring water over
the SCOT in vessel Draw off the IiuIIid
after the mixture has settled and apply it
around the roots of the plants taking care
thdt II does not touch the foliage. Ii is
especially good for pansies and roses
As manure is full of the seeds of weeds
ana grasses. it is better, when applying il
IN the spring. TO remove a portion of the
top soil and work the manure into the sub
SOIL by spadlng, and then to return the top
soil This will prevent termination and
save great deal of wedding during the
summer.
Manure that retains its original form is
too fresh 70 use and should be thrown in a
heap and frequently forked over to hasten
decomposition. 1t Will be fit by another
season, bat older stuff must be procured for
present use. Where there is room il is a
wise provision to keep a pile of manure
from yeear TO year. in order to avoid the in
convenience of looking for it when YOU need
1t. No better expenditure can be made by
the gardener than in purchasing several
loads of old manure wheTfs it is discovered
in some neighbOring barnyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

cover will do), drive some wire uai,4
through until it looks like porrlpIae.
Make the nails extend through about an
inch; then cover the heads of the nails
with another board. Screw this in place u1.
drive few nails through both boards and
cllnch them or turn them over Then tin.
perforator is ready, all hut the handle,
Take clothes pole or broom handle with
hatchct take a wedge-Shapcd piece off
one end so 1t will stand at am augI, OF
about forty-ftve degrees from the board
when it is nailed to H.
Bring this persuader down vigorously ul
the bare spots and it will loosen up tie
earth nicely, and yet not injuTe IN, existing.
grass.
Sow the seed. Brush It over with - broom
10 cover 1t or spray with watering pot "r
hose ana pat it down with "A board Nuu
VIII be pleased with the results
If there are bare spots shaded hv trees
or buildings, get some grass seed mixed
especially for shady places and mix With
The regular seed.
Remember that to spare the lawn mover
is to spoil the lawn. Now oitcn. Tie
grass grows handsomer and thicker after
each moving and the short cuttings should
pc ieIt on the lawn TO protect the roots and
bel to fertiize. If the lawn is Kept .loI.-
ped IL Is unnecessary to rake off the clt-
tngs Besides, by leaving on the grass
YOU Will prevent Tie common srre and vel
low effect 50 frequently seen.
For fertilizer use the prepared mixtula.
or sprinkle literally with wood ashes and
bone meal to be purchased anywhere. In
the fail light covering of manure put on
to stay for the winter will work "A great
betterment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
FOR THE KITCHEN PATCH.

Plant one thing at a time. III your spare
moments.
You can put in peas first, as even a
hard freezing will not hurt them after they
are in the ground, white cabbage spinach,
turnips. radishes and lettuce may be put
in as soon as the danger of a heavy frost is
oVef-none of them mind a light freezing.
Fut in the parsnip, carrot and beet seed
next; but don't plant beans, cucumbers. pep
pefs. squash. corn or egg plant until the
SOIL is warm through and through
There is reason why d vegetable gar
den should not be as beautiful as a flower
garden. The foliage of most vegetables is
very decorative. and If You wish to add a
touch when your lettuce. radshes. carrots,
etc. are ill., draw a shallow furrow about
each bed and SOW alyssum, mignonette, pc
,unias, drop a few poppy seeds by the
fence. set out golden glow at the four
corners of the beet bed, and grow peppers
and parsley on the compost heap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
BEST AND CHEAPEST FENCE.

TXPERIENCE, that grim. practical
r. teacher. has many a time and oft
proven that the most expensive most
unsatisfactory. most absurd and most mar
tistic fence yet invented is that blot on any
landscape called picket paling fence.
Its first cost is always astounding to the
inexperienced because of the unexpectedly
great amount Of lumber necessary to encom-
pass even "A small lot. Combined with this
is the exasperatingiy slow daily progress
and heavy strain on the bank account
caused by the skilled labor that must be
utilized in its erection. And then there
comes another astounding eXpenSe-the
painting. And after it is all completed and
paid for, what has the possessor to show
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
lNM2FfEcpEN

making the punches of a uniform length
wash thoroughly and tie each bunch at the
| top. and blanch in boiling water for five
minutes. Drain and place in a saucepan
with pint of brown sauce and simmer
gently for three-quarters of an hour Ar
range on a hot dish, remove the strings and
the pan a dozen slices OF beef marrow cut
half an inch thick; cook for three minutes
being careful not to break the slices. pour
over the celery and serve with toast I'm
gers. Celery cooked in this way makes a
| fine entree
| Celery Loaf With Butter Sauce-Cook two
tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, until
bubbling and smooth, add cupful OF
cream seasoning of salt and white pepper
and a pinch of powdered mace: cook 10 4.
thick cream, then add a cupful of finely
chopped cold cooked game. one cupful OF
chopped cooked celery and four well-beaten
eggs; turn into a buttered mold or bowl,
set in a pan containing hot water to the
depth of two inches, and place in moder-
ate oven for thirty minutes Let stand Il
few moments after removing from the oven,
then invert over chop platter garnish
with clery pumes, and serve immedia tely.
Celery and Nut Meat Boulettes-Cut into
dice sufficient celery to measure a pint;
simmer in sailed water until tender, drain
and add pint of hot rced potatoes two
! tablespoonfuls of melted butter the beaten
yolks of three eggs and half a cupful of
finely chopped boiled chestnuts: season to
taste with salt, add a grating OF nutmeg
and tiny pinch Of ginger. Stir over tho
nre Tor hve minutes, cool slightly, form the
mixture into small balls, egg and crumb
and fry until brown In fat that is smoking
hot
Celery Puffs-Cook in sailed water the
coarse outer stalks of crisp, well-blanched
celery. When soft, drain, chop fine and
press through a coander. In one pint of
this pulp add quarter of cupful of cream,
one tablespoonful of melted butter salt
spoonful of salt and two well-beaten eggs:
now stir in -four sufficient to make drop
batter, add level teaspoonful of baking
powder and drop by the spoonful into
smoking-hot fat; fry until they are a crisp
brown.
Celery a la Poulette.-Cut celery in inch
lengths and simmer in sailed water until
tender Make a pint of rich white sauce,
using a pint of cream and two tablespoon
fuls each of butter and flour. Season to
taste with salt, CRATE in little nutmeg and
add the celery, well drained. Cook gently
for ten minutes; remove from the fire while
adding two well-beaten eggs and two tea
spoonfuls of lemon juice. Return to the
stove simmer gently for moment and
serve in heated dish.
Celery au Gratin.-Cook four cupfuls Of
celery dice in sailed water drain and put
into a buttered gratiner, pour over a cupful
and a half of white sauce, made after the
recipe in celery a la poulette; cover with
a cupful of soft breadcrumbs saturated with
thirds of cupful of melted butter and
bake In a moderate oven for fifteen minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Elaborate tory, a man of few words and con-
| stantly occupied with fresh experiments, OF
in debate. ever ready and sometimes even
bitter in his defense of his maligned work
and his pursuit of his adversaries, could
see him in different light at home. He
was man Of ardent family affection and
worshiped it. How did he obtain his extra
ordinary merit? Intelligence. courage and
goodness. the three things which gave man
power over himself, Pasteur possessed in a
high degree.
lie thought the magnif1cence of duty was
to be within the reach of ALL and his perse-
Verance in effort was wonderful. When he
died all humanity mourned, especially those
who knew and appreciated the beauties OF
his home and character.
A Careful Woman
Who always has bandages on hand will
find there is nothing better to keep them
in than wide mouthed glass jars with tops
that screw on. The pieces of old linen and
cotton should be boiled in order to have
them perfectly clean, then ironed and torn
into strips of different widths, and each
strip neatly rolled number of these little
rolls can be put into a one-quart jar, and
they always are ready for use.
In Every Home
Is needed the influence of the father. We
hear much about the new woman who en-
tiers the larger fields of professional and
business life; we need also the new man
who enters into the home and takes his
throne beside the throne Of the home queen
and becomes consort to her benign reign.
Many fathers have little time at home;
they are away at their business. But none
are too busy but that some attention can
be paid the children. The wife finds the
outlook of the larger world great benefit;
it broadens her outlook: 1t gives her wider
sympathies; 1t makes Of her a more init
mate and better companion for her hus-
band; 1t takes her away from the petit
ness Of narrowed existence. In the same
way her husband. the man, needs the in
fluence of the little kingdom of home; he
needs the influence of the soft refinement
and the sweet affection and tiny concerns
of the nursery and boudoir.
He needs to be with his children, and they
need the benefit of his strength and his
bigger sweep of things. They need both
father and mother they need both the
masculine and the feminine viewpoint. and
only when they have both can they see
things with unwarped vision, undistorted.
The family needs many friends outside its
immediate circle. but 1t needs also the init
mate companonship Of each member with
all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
HARDY FLOWER SHRUBS.

Many are the varieties of this class of
Towering plants therefore all tastes as
well as all seasons are covered and there
are varieties suitable for every conceivable
purpose from pure utility to ornamentation
solely.
There are tall-Growing sorts to screen OBJ
jectionahle buildings or to isolate your
home plot from the road or neighborng
plots or to use as clump or corner back
ground.
Plants of medium height serve for border
ing the paths. setting about the house to
break the base lines and to lead the eye
gradually from lawn aud flower bed to the
home. They are the kind to place in front
of tall ones when DESTROYS of securing
clumps or corners to replace with shrub
bea atty picket fence homeliness or worse.
Low growing or trailing shrubs can be
had to lead from lawn to clumps, TO break
lines of borders. to fill in between taller
varieties for their own sweet selves.
Flowerng almond is one of the medium
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

sized shrubs 1t is lovely, being literally
covered in May with little pink and white
double flowers like miniature roses.
FOrsythia is another of the fall shrubs.
Her stems show green all winter and Won
derfuily bright yellow flowers cover the
bush very early in the spring before the
leaves appear.
AS forsyth!a is the earliest of all the
shrubs. this plant makes a garden glorious
at time when hardly any other garden
plant has begun to show any signs of
spring. forsythia in full bloom is literally
like a wonderful golden sheaf of flames.
Snow ball tthe old-fashioned kind is tall
with big balls of white fiorets. 1t blooms in
May. The japanese variety blooms later.
Its f1attcr flowers are set with the pre-
cison of military procession, in columns
of twos.
In June We have the medium tall deUtzias,
which have white flowers: the tall weigelias
with their pink trumpets and the superb
rhododendrons in wealth of colors rang
ing from white to violet. pink and red
Excellent tall shrubs are the altheas.
growing into little trees with big flowers
that both willie and odd shades OF
pink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

ming is done at home. if a little touch of
elabOrdtCncss is desired try adding some
Mexico hcmslitching. This really is simple
and gives a great return for the amount of
work expended.
Table mats designed for use on polished
table, If they are made from an up-to-date
model, have an interlning of asbestos,
which preserves the surface of the table
from the heat of the dishes
Satin stitch is used in working all these
initials. which is just the plain overland
over stitch done regularly and well padded.
Or so wonderful are the inventions for
saving time and stitches nowadays, if
necdlework is WEAKNESS to you you may
buy the letters ready worked, only needing
to be applied to the linen. These are not
the PAPER mache letters, which do not al
ways prove satisfactory In the laundering,
but are made over some firm white woven
substance. which is worked over and over
with embroidery cotton, all ready to APP
ply. They come in all sizes, from the small
initials for handkerchief marking to the
letter three and one-haf inches high for
use on table linen. They launder perfectly
and look well.
The Dining Room
Generally is the neglected room in the
house so far as furnishings are considered.
As place to go into at meal times II Is
provided with d table and chairs, a side
board and china closet. The windows are
curtained the floor Is laid with a rug Or
carpet, the wall is papered and pictures
are hung, then the room is thought to be
finished What the possibilities for
making this part of the house interesting?
If we begin when the plans of the different
rooms are drawn up by the architect we
should put in a plea for placing the dining
room in u position where II will get the
best morning light, the fun sunshine of
day hours and the lingering CLEANS of sun
set. This means an exposure of east, south
and west; but il this happy combination
is impossible to reach, then one of the
three may be the substitute. If only a
north light, however, is available for the
dining room especial care must be given
to the coloring to make up for its cold
outlook.
One point that should be thought of In
making a new dining room Is its shape.
Long, straight lines those exactly square
are almost sure to create an uninteresting
interior unless helped out by built-in furni-
ture or artistic woodwork. Color effect
makes the quickest appeal to our interest
in any ROOM and particularly in the dining
room. When furniture Is to be bought for
the dining room the plain oak-called mas
sive-styles in the various light or dark
stains will be found to give more character
than the ordinary golden or antique oak,
and tables without carved work, rush-seat-
ed chairs and china closets with latticed
panes Will make more artistic room than
the ornate patterns and snowy effects that
cost the same amount Of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
At Breakfa St

AT breakfast
Luncheon and supper The tablecloth is
dispensed with in many houses today. plate
and tumhler doilies being used on the pol
ished table. II is a pretty fashion, as the
dark wood forms an effective background
FOR the CLINT Of silver and cut glass and
makes beautiful china show to the best
advantage
Both tho square and round doiles are
used but Tie newest idea j. imported from
England 1t IS a dolly Of obloug shape.
large enough to afford a resting place for
p.ate, knife, fork and glass. 1t particularly
: adapted for asst on a square or oblOng
table. the shape would not Of course aC-
Cemmodate Itself So well to q round table
u has the advantage that one dolly. in
stead If two, Is required for each person.
and also has the charm of novelty. that
oil potent factor with the public. These
do,.i's are fifteen inches in length by ten
in width. and may be as elaborate or simple
as !sdiN iduai taste dictates.
This year the initials used are larger
ihsl they have been for some time and
ioI tnis reason are most effective On
tab.ccloths, when monogram is used il
sometimes j. five and one-half inches in
height, though this is extreme and is of
course. only seen on a cloth of large di-
mensions. Elaborate initials and mono
grams are just now considered correct for
marking linen. The monographs are en-
and are most graceful Plain script and
old English letters are often preferred and
always are IN good taste Tablecioths are
marked on opposite sides, and the letters
should be placed to come just within the
line Of the plates. The marking of the
table napkins should correspond with the
cloth but the letters or monographs should
be about half the size. They are placed in
various positions on the napkins, cor
responding with the way they folded.
II they are squarely folded, the corner
being on top, the letters should be worked
diagonally across the corner, about one and
one-half inches above the hemstitching. II
folded with the corners turned under the
initials should be worked on the side so
that they Will always be on the upper side
as they lie on the plates.
Block or Old English lettering is almost
exclusively used for marking towels. The
letters are about two inches high and
should be worked directly in the center and
one and one-half inches above the hem
stitching of the towel at one end. While
white is used exclusively for marking bed
and table linen, colors may be introduced
IN the letters on the towels and makes a
welcome change for the amateur needle
woman. 1t is pretty idea to have the
initials on the towels match the color
scheme OF the room in which they TO
be used and adds another one of those
little touches which go to make up the sum
OF a well-thought-of home When toweling
is bought by the yard, or when the hem