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The Washington times., 1907-02-24
A Ginger Jars Transformation

UCKY. indeed. is the woman who
owns one OF those fascinating
OLD ginger jars from China that
were so popular half a century
ago. Many a seafaring captain, caught
by the rich color and glaze of the blue
and white jars. picked them up for a
few cents. Just TO show his women
kind at home what pretty wares the
heather furriner" could turn out. And
the wife or mother. after due wonder,
would probably utilize the rare vase to
hold her pickles, or even to the prosaic
mixing of her sets" for bread.
Little did either realize that their
grandchildren would value those vases
among their greatest treasures, which
10 buy would cost almost their weight
in gold.
These old Canton ginger jars, not
content with masQuerading in their old
age as flower holders, are now being
put TO a new and interesting use as 9
base for a lamp.
A clever young bride. whose grand
father was a mate on a Chinese trad
ing ship back in the 40s. recently
found three Of these charming blue and
white jars in her grandmother attic
. RaptuTOuSly she displayed her md, tC
the old ladys vast amusement at tho
queer taste OF girls nowadays in want
ing TO own those old Chinese crooks.
Two were at once put to use as
flower jars for the dining table. The
third was filed with a brass tank and
! burner. After somewhat lengthy
/ search. a blue and white shade tha
/ toned in beautifully with the rich gOl0rl
! of the base was found in a junk shop
and a remarkably handsome lamp wa
/ given a place of honor in the drawing
room.
So much admired was this lamp tia
! one of the other par3 was conveTte,
/ to the same use. As a second luck!
4 find Of a suitable porcelain shade di'
not materialize, a queer. hammere'
! brass shade Of Oriental design was sub
I stituted with equally good effect.
Anyone owning such a jar woul
/ have no difficulty in turning It into
Z lamp after the lighting apparatus /
[ added, by buying one OF the prett
/ japanese paper and bamboo shades &
/ harmOnizing tones that may be s
easily picked up. Indeed, shade coul
I be homemade at a trifiing expense if
/ cheap wire frame is covered with on
/ Of the quaint dragon papers in quee
Oriental blue tones that are now TO b
| fpund in most large cities.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
Recipes (COntnbUted).
Apple TapiOca.

Pare. wash. and core carefully tart
apples. Sweet apples will not do Ar
range IN a deep dish FIJI the inter
stices with a half-cupful Of sugar; stick
a bit of butter in each apple. squeeze
half a lemon over the apples. then pour
in gradually a cupful of cold water.
Cover the dish and bake until the aP-
pies are soft
Have ready a cupful Of tapiOCa that
has been soaked for four hours IN
enough water TO cover IL we'll Drain
the syrup from the apples upon the
soaked tapiOca and set over the fire in
a double boiler until IL is boiling hot
Pour. then. upon the apples in the dish.
cover again and bake slowly for twenty
minutes
You may serve hot in the dish eating
IL with hard sauce, or transfer 20 a
glass dish while warm and eat ice
cold with sugar and cream
a. d. F Buffalo. y ".
The Washington times., 1907-02-24

with it's growth. As = result. when the
asparagus is cuI for the table 1t is
bie8ched from root 10 tip and tender
throughout u took me long time to
learn 20 accept the spindling green
stalks offered IN Northern markets as
asparagus. Sometimes German green
grOccrS and market women called "a
/ grass This was said 10 be a perver-
sion Of the stately name. Indeed. conn
try folk often spoke Of il as sparrow
grass" a half century ago Frederick
COzzens. genial and loving humorist.
made us laugh with him at the bucolic
ambitions OF Mr. Sparrowgrass and his
spouse. We quote him 10 this day
Prejudice Against Grass"
/ own. frankly. TO a rooted prejudice
4 against the grass" which time and
usage have rot overcome. Ny heart
/ suH turns conIly TO the plump and pale
lcolUmettes grown in Southern market
gardens. Yet I am told that what me-
dicinal virtues are inherent in asparagus
are more potent in the green spindles
than in the bleached larger stalks. am
quite ready to believe the further asser-
! tion that these virtues are eliminated
/ from canned asparagus and that the del
iCate straw color Of the closely packed
{ stalks is -IU@ 10 chemical agents. We
falI know how favOrless the canned imi-
! tatiOn IS by comparison with The fresh
/ vegetable
( Like other succulent growths. aspara-
/ gus depreciates quickly when drawn
, from the earth. II cooked within an
! hour or two after II Is cut the twenty
! minutes boil recommended by cook
/ books will send IL 60 table tender and
good. II has long been my custom 20 cut
off half an inch from the lower part Of
asparagus bought in the markets and to
! set the stalks upright in water. as / do
! with cut flowers II responds gratefully
TO the treatment. growing crisp and
/ plump in a few hours. A damp cloth
should be thrown over it and he vessel
! I'm which II stands.
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The HOuSemOthers' Exchange

up stories to eutcrtain them had any
thing TO do with this untruthiulness
Children cannot underSt ana why lhe|
NAV not make up stories, too. without
being called wicked ans being punished
For my part. / see no sense in telling
children about the COW who
Jumped over the moon.
While the dish ran away with the
spoon.
1t would be far better TO read some
thing sensible To them, something that
will help them TO grow up with noble
thoughts and make them kind 20 their
fellows.
Some fairy tales frighten children
know Of q child who is afraid 70 90
into the garden because some one read
! 70 him of little girl who was turned
into a butterfly. Some people think
fairy stories better for children than
Bible histories. / DO not agree with
them, if one is wise in ones selection OF
scripture stories.
&C. f. w. providence, R. IL
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CTackeHaCk.

Pour over Unsalted popcorn the mo-
Iasses tafy given herewith. and crack
erjack far superior to the ordinary va
rlety Will be the result
One cup of New Orleans mOlasses;
four cups Of sugar tgranUlated for light
taffy brown for dark, butter, the size
of an egg; one cup Of vinegar.
Boil hard until IL threads. or drops
brittle in cold water Remove from the
stove and stir in as much soda as viii
lie on a dime
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the yOllSs OF three eggs. one and half
cups OF sugar and another half cup Of
sour cream. Add the melted chocolate.
a pinch OF salt. one large cup OF flour
one teaspoonful Of soda and one of va
nilla. Finally. the beaten whites OF the
three eggs.
Bake I'm a square tin. and when cool
pour a boiled icing over it,
To make this last; Boil q cupful Of
sugar with one OF water until Il
threads" Beat the white Of an egg
light and add a quarter teaspOOuful Of
cream OF tartar; pour the syrup over
this slowly. and whip all light. When
the right consistency Is gained. spread
Upon the cake. The cream o. tartar
makes the icing light and thick
O. T.. :. tRiVer Forest. ILL
Your patient consideration for an over
weighted editor is as soothing as it is
unexpected. The veriest dullard ga fig-
ures can guess nj the imnOSsibihry Of
crowding l50 letters per day into a cor
ner that would hold but twenty at
most. I am so used 10 tart queries as
20 the reason that letters demanding
replies within two or three DAYS do not
appear under that number OF weeks and
why others never see the light. that
your gentle appreciation Of my difficult
/ ties, and my honest desire 10 mete out
/ justice 10 all, is like a poUltice 20 ar
| infiamed surface. Not that j Law unrca -
/ son and Incorporate reproaches to hea n
! The Inflammation is but skin deep. -vt
/ briars annoy and mud is unsightly anti
| 70 is dry enough 20 r,.b of.
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Pork Tenderloin and Apples.

a nice breakfast dish.)
BroiI the tenderloins thoroughly over
a clear fire. Do this slowly, turning
them several times to keep in the juices
and To get them cooked evenly. When
done. lay upon a hot platter and lU-
bricate with a mixture of butter and
tomato CatSup- Treat both sides in this
way and set the dish, closely covered,
in a hot, open over for five minutes
Then lay about the pork. tart apples.
sliced. but not cOred or pared. and fried
10 a delicate brown in butter or in the
fat Of salf pork
Mrs. II. a. r. Columbus. Ohio).
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Boiled Asparagus English Style).

Boiled Asparagus English Style).
~ Ut or an inch from the lower
part OF the stalks and scrape
them from end 20 end with n
sharp knife. taking off the thin
outer skin alone. without bruising the
rest All the stalks must be of equal
length. Bind them into bunch and set
upright In a saucepan Of boiling water
slightly salted just deep enough TO leave
over an inch OF the tips out OF water.
Lay clean stones about the base OF the
stalks to prevent them from tipping
over. Fit a close cover on the saucepan
TO keep In the steam. and after you feel
that the boil has begun, cook twenty
minutes.
Take up the asparagus. drain off all
the water. unite the threads ana Law the
stalks alternately tip 10 base. on a hot
dish Cover with good drawn butter
and serve.
This might be called a steamed" rath-
er than boiled asparagus. the distinctive
feature Of the process being that the
tips are steamed and thus left plumper
and less sOdden than n immersed with
the stalks in the boiling water If the
asparagus be withered and stale, cock
FOR twenty-five 1ninuLes.
Boiled Asparagus German Style).
Z VI ANN lltlltn lEOula Ailt loNtl llal I
OF the stalks. CThe thrifty German
housewife never throws these away.
They go into the stockpot. aiding pleas
antly to the ilavor
Scrape of the woody skin and tie into
lunches Of a dozen stalks each. lay at
length iU a saucepan md cover with
boiling water. Put on a cover and cook
fast FOR ten minutes, then add an even
teaspoonful OF salt and a hcaping tea
spoonful OF butter. Cook FOR fifteen
minutes more: drain, lay on buttered
toast and pour over II a cupful of drawn
butter based on milk, into which beat
en- egg has been stirred and heated for
one minute. Season the white sauce
with salt and pepper.
Baked Asparagus (Italian Style).
Cut the stalks short. as directed IN the
last recipe. and cook tender in salted
boiling water Drain and cover the bot
tom OF q buttered bakedish with layer
arranging in alternate rows OF tips "a
the ends OF the stalks. Have ready this
sauce: Drawn butter. based upon a cup
OF hot milk thickcned with a roux OF
A tablespoonful of -four cooked smooth
with n scant tablespoonful Of butter;
the yolks of two eggs beaten light anC
two hearing tabiespOOnfuls Of ParmeSan
cheese Cover The aver Of asparagus
with this. dust lightly with cayenne, put
in the rest OF the asparagus, arranged as
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
A Suggestion.
tContributedJ

] have tried the receipt for the
Marion Harland Compete" sent in by
a constituent. We pronounce IL very
good. But may 1 suggest that half
the quantity OF water COr none at AID
be put into the bake dish with the ap-
pies, as the water draws the flavor
from the apples2
There IS enough juice from the ap-
pies when they are baked, covered. Ia
keep them from burning. and when 81
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SHAMEFUL WASTE OF MONEY.

Pa Smith threw down his newspaper
in disgust.
It's shameful he exclaimed, the
way these ere colleges waste money
on fJ!rniturei Here's an account Of
somebody giving Harvard 100000 for a
new chair. Judge.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24

tbe heart cf American wOmauhood is
SIN true % tha real things with
the discouraged prophet of Israel. I may
say sometimes. when weary with Druls-
ing mVSeif against the stone wall OF
prejudice and lighting away the Vapors
OF frivolity.
II have been very Jealous FOR che
truth. and the women of tins genera
tiOu have fOrS3kcn right ideals and
thrown down the family altaTS which
their mothers served. and J.. even
Win the return of strength and the
power 70 reason Alright comes the con-
iideut faith that there are seventy times
seven thousand IT. the land which Is our
gOodlv heritage that have rot bowed
their knees TO the Baal Of worldliners
nor kissed him with their lips. 1 shake
my head at but one line of your protest
J Go not think a hoardinS-noQse me IN
the least -'1ristoCratc- Nor do
think il is so rated by people VINO
know me best side. of social life.
am sure tnat l have never felt myself
10 be so low in the social scale as dur
ine the few months when n pending
change OF residence made boarding eN-
pedient. 1t was at the end Of thiS
penitental period that my especial
/ John who has a mind OF hlS own
and "A fair command of nervous English.
declared that he would rather live
uoon beefsteaR and boiled potatoes N
I MS own house than slt down, Gay atteI
day. TO a tcn-couTse dinner in the finest
hotel in the land / have never yet
! seen a sane man who did not hold KIN
! dred opinions.
Women and Ideas.
I ! insert as much of our next letter as
/ I can make room fOr. not because
J agree with the writer in her contention
4 but that other women, and particularly
4 mothers, may ponder upcn her ideas anC
] express their individual views For
myself. I own. without blush, that
/ cried out Yes" at dear Peter Pans
/ appeal: Don't you believe in farieS2
/ Nor have l ever found that my chill
/ dren confOunded the true and the false
. I'm everyday life and working hours
I after lessons and real tasks. with the
I blessed old fairy tales Jean Jacques
/ Rousseau (of whose private life we vii
say nothing in a family paper consid-
cred that the parent who told his child
/ that birds and beasts talk and have
dramas etc. after the manner of hu
mankind, did his offspring great harm
] I am sorry that ] cannot recall the
: author OF a rhyming reply to tn,
, French theorist that / once knew by
heart. 1t began:
Il will not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau
! Ii birds confabulate o. no,
OF all things old and some things new.
The child who reads and takes FOR tru'
The story of a cock and bull
Must have a most uncommon SKULL
But now for our thoughtful CORE
spondents well written essay
! MANY children annoy their parent
by lying. I have wondered if TeSdinl
fairy tales 10 the little ones and making
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
ASPARAGUS RECIPES

before; pour the reminder e the sauce
on this ana sifJ tine crumbs thai ..ssys
been dried in the oven on the ton of
all. Bake. covered. for ten minutes.
then brown delicately
This is a -savory entree. and much
liked by those who have eaten IL in
italy. Parmesan cheese must be used in
the manufacture. No other kind Will
give the right flavor.
Asparagus Cups.
With a calze-cutter cut rounds of stale
French bread an inch and a half thick
With a cutter a size smaller mark a
circle I'm the center OF each round to
the depth or an inch Carefully take
out the crumb defined by this circle
leaving q well-rounded well. with thin
layer Of bread at the bottom. Fry
these to light. even brown in Salted
rat. and ill with the following mix
7. ture.
Cook the tips OF a bunch OF asparagus
tender i'm water to which you have add
ed "a little salt and teaspoonful of
butter Drain. pepper; mix with rick
drawn butter: return to the fire. and
when it SINNERS stir into IL carefully.
not TO break the tips) beaten egg.
Simmer for "A minute; arrange the hot
cups" on a heated platter and fill
them with the mixture.
Serve very hot. You may improve
the entree by sitting Parmcsan cheese
! over the filled cups and setting in the
oven for a minute. IL rs very good. pre-
: Pared in either way.
A ScallOp of Asparagus (Swiss Style.
/ Leave but an inch of the stalk below
! the tender part of the tips. Cook tender
I i'm boiling water. salted. adding a bit
/ OF butter at the end Of ten minutes
/ Drain and dispose a layer in a we'll
/ butteTed bakedish. Have ready six eggs
/ boiled hard. Rub the yolks TO powder
/ season with pepper and salt and strew
4 thicldy over the asparagus. Dot witt
butter and put in the rest Of the as
/ paragus. Pour over the top a cupful OF
milk heated 10 scalding. then thickenec
with a rouX made by stirring together
] ia a pan over the fire a great spoonful
I OF butter with n tablespoonful OF -four
! Cover this sauce with very thin drS
| crumbs. stick bits OF butter IN IL, pep
I per and sift Parmesan cheese over all
! Bake for fifteen minutes, covered, il
a brisk oven then uncover and brown
1fwbfiV
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Brief and to the point, The sugges-
ton is sensible. salt abSOrbs moisture
with marvellous readiness and holds il.
In drying il cakes and hardens. I have
seen eggs that were packed in salt
break when the lump Of salt was de-
tached from them Upon the same
principle the Canny housewife mixes
corn starch with the salt In the cellars
prepared for table use.
Yes: come again and often. If you are
always as pertinent and sententiOus as
Won have been today.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
Packing Eggs.

II little flour bc mixed with the sail
used in packing eggs. il viii prevent the
hardening OF the salt about the shells
SifJ the Hour. -
May i come again?
c. H. p OHoIIand}.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
Curried Asparagus.

The tips are used for this dish.
Make a roux by frying a sliced onion
in three tablespOonfuls of butter until
the onion is slightly colored. Strain it
cut then return the butter 10 the fire
and stir in it a heaping tablespoonful
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
Chop-a-Corn-

Pour hot chocolate fudge over un-
]. NJ CIanistee. Michl.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24

IT HE high rank OF Asparagus Off
cinalis" awarded % this child Of
the early spring time justihes as
in making II the subjec; or pa
per entirely given up 90 its nature, works
and ways. il was in high favor IN inn
perial Rome The epicurean patriclan-
when the modern master would saw,
BE quick about it, and thc city con-
ductor would srowl step IireIy.'-en-
joined his slave 90 do IL I'm less time
than is needed TO cook asparagus"
Most Of us are familiar with the tale
Of tie two French gourmands who
qUarreled over tie rival merits Of oil
and butter in cooking aspara gus. finally
compromising by sending word To the
cook 10 prepare half Of the vegetable
with butter and half with oil. The
friends chatted amicably Tor a while
after the point was settled Suddenly
the advocate of butter. who was the
Eiiest Of the other. fell down On q fit
The host raised him and saw that he
was dead. Whereupon he laid down the
lifeless body. ran 70 the head OF the
kitchen stairs, and shouted TO the chef.
deadr'
An American lover Of the table AYERS
that asparagus officiualis "is an aris-
1ocrat from tip 10 stalk" All of which
goes TO prove that the owner Of the high
sounding title diifef- utterly from hu-
man upstarts. He IS an upstart. never
theless, and the further he gets away
from his native soil the less worthy
IS he.
At Its Best in Virginia.
In Virginia. where our aristOcrat of
The Washington times., 1907-02-24
c5~1re on Ore sf tie Her h5oa1g0s-~ ~Alh@s

is retained by the apples II brings the
compete to perfection.
A READER CBerwyu. I'D.
The Washington times., 1907-02-24

water. drained and arranged in a deep
dish.
A delightful side dish, when cold lamb
or cold chicken is the piece de resist
ance.
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L LTCHSOZ
removing it from
Set again on the
seconds, and pour
tips. which have
in salted boiling
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ZFSS > 5000
ally into the rouX.
the fire TO do this
range. stir for a few
over the asparagus
been cooked tender
Morris tribune., 1907-08-03

one of series of murders done and
threatened by the same order, which
is known in Persia as the Hnpc hakist
society. The American headquarters
are believed to be in Chicago.
@Lord" Darlington Respited. i. sss
Governor Folk Of Missouri has grant
ed a respite Of thirty days to "Lord"
Frederick harrington, who was to
have been hanged July 25, in order to
consider the petition of two state SUI
preme judges for communication.
Haywood Disagreement Expected.
AS the arguments Of counsel for and
against the accused miners leader,
w. D. Haywood, proceeded at Boise,
Ida, the impression that a disagree
ment was the most the state could ex-
pect became quite general, while the
friends Of Haywood confidently looked
for an acqulstal. Lawyer Hawley
opened for the state, saying the case
was "the most important ever given
Morris tribune., 1907-08-03

has been restrained 81 the United
states courts" 1t took ten years to
find that the commerce commission
waspowerless and ten more to amend
the law, even then the president hay-
ing to compromise with the railroad
Republicans in the senate" State agi-
tation has resulted In the railroads
seeking ito centralize all rate legfsla
lion; 1 In congress- The Democratic
party, therefore, must meet the issues
by resisting the encroachments of the
authority Of the states'' and insisting
upon ''the exercise Of the federal pow
er for the regulation Of Interstate com
merce.'' The party should demand
ssthe ascertaining Of the value Of all
the railroads, the preventing Of over
capitalization and the reduction Of
rates to point where they will yield
only a reasonable return on the real
value Of the roads,
Willis J.. Abbott, known as the per-
tsonal representative of Bryan an,
nounced at Washington ON July % that
the Nebraskan would be candidate
for the Democratic nomination next
year.
Morris tribune., 1907-08-03

tween him and William D. Haywood.
barrow, who denied that Adams had
been brought to court to give the de-
Tense chance to put him ON the
stand.
Opening for the defense, Lawyer
Richardson early brought into his ar
gument the Roosevelt letter referring
to Haywood, Meyer and Debs as ''un-
desirable citizens and the fact that
the Standard Oil company owned the
mines and smelters in the Occur
d'Alenes, where all the trouble began.
He explained how the Pinkertons had
hired Orchard to kill Steunenberg and
others in order to involve the leaders
Of the miners union, thus departing
from the theory Of Orchards personal
vengeance against the Idaho ex-gov-
ernor.
Following Richardson, Lawyer OAR
row made strong appeal for the de-
PENDANT, indulging in many emotional
climaxes. He urged the jury not to
compromise, but to chang Haywood
If they thought him guilty of such a
crime He summed up the evidence of
a dozen witnesses who contradicted
Orchard and asked if they could take
the word of "a cowardly, lying muir
derer against the word Of people of
good character" He added that Or
chard, If not the greatest murderer, was
the biggest liar AS to immunity, Or
chard was already paid by having his
life prolonged in soft, comfortable
had shifted his crimes to Haywood that
he had thought Of getting religion.
Mcfarland, the chief Pinkerton, he
characterized as "a lying, deceitful
scoundrel." He denounced Hawley as
"hired CRATER" Burning words Of
sympathy for the working class were
spoken, and it was asserted that mill
lion willing hands would 'seize the
banner of liberty by the open grave
and bear it on to victory" If the jury
should hang Bill Haywood. He would
not insinuate that Senator Borah was
any more honest than Hawley, but was
slicker.
Senator Borah began his plea for the
state by saying that they did not want
vicarious atonement, did not want
Haywood convicted for the crimes Of
Orchard, Pettibone or Simpkins. He
denied that they were fighting organ
lied labor or the weak or the poor,
but he added that If Orchards trail
were followed 1t would be found to
lead "up the stairway Of federation
headquarters in Denver" He adj
mitted that Orchard was human dev-
II, but said what of it," claiming
that his story had been corroborated
by the finding of bombs as indicated.
Nebraska Express Controversy.
The Nebraska railroad commission
held an open hearing preparatory to
reducing the express rates in accord
ance with the new state law. The law
was to go into effect July 4, but the
companies say that they are entitled
to time till Aug. 5. The five big ex-
press companies offered to compromise
by reducing rates 15 per cent. =