Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-22

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the fair the crowd went en- to the
other side OF the building where Prof.
Feichtinger and Prof. Werksr were
furnishing music for an old-fashioned
dance. The ladies who have worked
so hard for the fair are to be com
plimented on their success. Hundreds
Of people patronized the street shows
last summer who did not begin to re-
ceive RS much for their money as they
will get at the country fair.
For those who read and enjoyed
F. Hopkinson Smiths story. Lady
Baltimore a recipe for the famous
cake win no doubt be appreciated. An
eastern exchange has recently printed
this and We copy the recipe as given.
Lady Baltimore" cake.--One cupful
OF butter. two cups OF sugar, three
and one-half cups of flour, one OF
sweet milk, the whites Of six eggs. two
level teaspoons Of baking powder, one
| teaspoonful OF rose water. Proceed
| In the usual manner and bake in three
| layers The oven should be hotter
| than for layer cake. For filling, dis
solve three cups OF granulated sugar
in one OF boiling water. Boil until 1t
threads and poor over the beaten
whites OF three eggs, stirring constant
ly. To this icing add cupful Of
chopped raisins and the same Of chop
ped nut meats-pecans are best-and
FIVE figs shredded In fine strips. Fill
between the layers and Ice the top
and sides with remainder.
Do the superior beings who inhabit
London actually believe that there is
any typical" American woman? DO
they worry about that mythical god
dess. or are the light and gay articles
which crop up In the periodicals OF
England merely the effusions oil
youths who are writing ION space?''
The London Nation" recently came
out with an article on 1.-THE American
Woman which contained one thought
and two or three brilliant discoveries.
The American Woman, the writer an.
nounced, is not, after all. so very mas
terful She prefers, like Alice. to sit
by the fire and sew, but her husband
the husky flnancier, comes clustering
In and cries: Martha, remember our
social position!" Whereupon he hands
her million dollar note and com
mands her to spend 1t on ostentation
Martha at once arises from her ashes
and proceeds to splurge. She drapes
herself with diamonds. she sweeps
forth In Liberty silk, she becomes q
queen, and the husband, who is really
the boss. prefers to lurk in the back
ground, saying pridefully: THAT is
mlne-I am paying the bills" This
we repeat. is the latest from England
where they hope against hope that ouI
women are typical" OF course, ouI
women love to sit by the steam heater
in winter, for instance, Just as the
Spanish duennas love to smoke theil
cigarettes, the ladies of the Levant tc
gild their finger nails. the Russian
wives to sip tea, and the British ma
irons to freeze to death In unheatet
lodgings. But are they "typical?'
No! Women OF any race, color, o.
condition are never typical. Accord
Ing to the comic song:
You'll never find two alike once
You'll never find one alike twice.
Golfers.
war of chefs has been progressing
in daily where the letter writer's art
wont to forgather to solve the prob
, lens OF the day. Where can yot
get the best meal in the United
States?" inquired a correspondent ant
in moment an Emersonian para
graph from Boston claimed the prize
for Beacon Hill. where the bean is
prepared in such a manner as to i'm
part to that vegetable charm which
thrills from palate to brain-cell. Bal
timore came back with claim TO!
the Chesapeake oyster and the Mary
land chicken, while New York en-
thusiast stated that he had starved
to death up to his thirty-fifth veal
when he got his first square meal a
Sherry's. On the other hand, CORE
spondent who signed himself "Pit
Eeater" referred to the New Workers.
habit of paying Klondike prices fol
food that was never intended to bt
eaten. "On any high-priced bill o.
fare" he said. "you will find them Of
fering you canvasback duck at a sea
son when canvasbacks are nesting.
In the same mail came letter from
New Orleans claiming the palm fol
creole dish OF veal and tomatoes
which, taken between sips of creole
coffee, make n man proud to be borr
by the grand old Mississippi" A gen
tleman who wrote under the pen-namt
of Reno" said: ''Nevada's pretty fire
quent with the nuggets; but 1t aim
much OF a place to get rid Of the
same on the fancy la carte. How
ever. there is dish that makes We
want TO stand up and yell for the
greatest state of its size in the west
ern hemisphere-and that's jack-rab
bit stew cooked with little dash
OF sage-brush and served with butter
Or axle-grease." Late in the compe
tition a distinguished foreigner who
signed himself "Achille" wrote In this
strain of Eropean pessimism. "In
your SO great country Of the magnif-
cent opportunity. the output of food