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gard casserole cooking as connected only
with h most expensive OF restaurant
dishes. Nothing in the world is more SIM
pie han this manner of serving food.
Especially should casserole cooking APP
peal to the woman who ia her own maid
Of all work. for she may p almost her
entire inner in this one dish. with the addi-
tioA OF a fresh green salad and a simple
dessert. Into the casserole can be put not
only whatever is to form the chief dish of
the meal, but also the vegetables. Pota-
toes. celery. carrots. beans. all lend their
iavors to the meat or fish that is being
cooked and the result is an ndescribable
and savOry blending Of everything.
Even in the matter of dish washing the
casserole is a saver both of time and labor.
As an actual money saver the casserole
provides a delightful way. OF utilizing odd
pieces of meat and fish as well as cold vege-
tables left over.
There are a few up to date cook books
that give simple casserole recipes with
which the inexperienced housekeeper may
begin. and it will not be long before she will
be ~cOncocting original dishes from ma
teriats which chance to be on hand. She
will soon learn that IL the vegetables are
fresh and young, and especially If they are
somewhat small they should be added after
the fish or meat has been cooking fifteen
or twenty minutes
II, on the other hand. she prefers her
vegetables to be left whole. or at most cut
in large pieces, they should be- put in the
casserole at the same time as the principal
ingredient. Half an hour in the oven is
usually sufficient for any kind of fish cooked
en- casserole. and the time for chicken or
game varies from three-quarters of an hour
to an hour and a QuartPr.
What is Familiarity known TO New Workers.
as DelmOnicO steak Ia a cut OF beef we'll
liked by devotees OF the casserole. The
time allowed for its braising is. Of course,
in proportion TO the thickness OF the steak,
but this may be easily decided by a little
careful experimenting.
Tiny onions. celery stalks. carrots cut in
handful Of potato balls are the vegetables
usually chosen. and there are laid around the
steak afterit has been placed in the casserole.
The seasoning naturally depends upon the
inclination Of those who are to partake Of
the dish. and rs n rule those addicted TO the
casserole prefer rather high seasoning.
Last, but not least, the young housekeeper
makes a mistake II she invests in some
elaborate casserole with shiny metal trim
mings. The chief charm OF the casserole
ia in it's simplicity.
In the French quarter Of Manhattan are
several little shops making a speciality II
providing these cheap cooking utensils
FOR the ~sourrOunding foreign population.
IL is to such shops one should 90 to find
the fat. dumpy yellowish brown casserole
which delights the eye quite as much as
it's products delight the palate.
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always got ont Of order. cake baske ts two
feet high and soup ladies' large enough TO
serve a race OF giants.
A plush set Of furniture for the parIor
and a plated tea set on a tray for the
dining ROOM, each almost equally huge and
expensive. were considered a fashionable
Quitting for the bride and bridegroom of
twenty years ago.
Happily all those things have lost their
charm. Cut glass came in by degrees in
place OF silver. hand embroidered linens
and laces made their appearance and the
ugly. cumbersome tableware passed out Of
fashion altogether.
Silverware OF the intimate sort is not now
sent by any but the nearest relatives and no
plated ware is permissible. Cut glass is
chosen in preference TO silver as a gift.
Even for toilet sets. ivory with mOno-
grams in gold n silver is in favor and desk
sets and tableware are shown in exquisitely
tinted and patterned copper and rare
china. leather goods also are utilized
and bags and purses, dressing cases and
jewel boxes. belts with odd antiques as
setti are among the gifts in which
mod ern brides rejoice.
Antiques OF all korts are very fashionable
now as iewelry, silver chains set with
cOrals and turquoise and all sorts Of oddities
in the way OF hair combs being chosen as
wedding gifts.
Pictures and statuary are not as popular
rs once, for people are supposed to desire
their own taste in their homes rather than
that OF their friends. but sets OF standard
boolCs in fine bindings always make well
come presents-
~Bric.a-brac has gone out OF favor as a
wedding gift except in the case OF the rare
new art bronIes. There are sets Of coffee
cup in Dresden or Sevres that come in
satin cases, bouillon cups in silver stands.
and tiny individual dishes OF hligree for
sweetmeats and salted nuts that are lux
uriOus and charming. ,
Nothing is more popular than the hand
embroidered doylies in sets. combined with
lace and often done in range blossoms
for brides.
There is such q rage for sport in these days
that IL would be odd IL il were not reflected
in the wedding gifts. Silver and gold
mounted poker sets. dainty smoking sets
with all known implements for afterdinner
service st table are among the charming
novelties.
|. ,CAndlesticks are popular slsoyy some OF
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10 Of stately manner. But it is when he
speaks that you are impressed.
II met him the first time two years ago
on a Sunday afternoon in the slightly To-
cality known as the Western Promenade.
One bit of landscape at the foot of the prom
ontory il a river.
Il had been watching il trying to decide
whether il was a river or an arm OF the bay
The cop with the measured tread Of the
Ghost in Hamlet owe in sight.
Tell me. officer l said. what ia that
stream indicating the one that had ex-
cited my curiosity.
THAT is not a stream he replied with
deliberation. but with all the courtesy I
could wish for. Then he added. That is
Fore River
Then il occurred 10 him that as 1 was a
stranger 1 might not get the significance
OF the name, for he said. as he twirled his
stick. Fore, Fore for he evidently
thought I might get the idea that he meant
the mineral.
Last summer I was in the same city, and
wandered again to the promenade. l had
forgotten the incident 1 ave related until
the shadow Of my correct cor again fell
across the path.
ACrOSh inc bJEetL 4 saw u CIVIC DOOY
enter a mansion. Then came motor cars
and other turnouts. The fine lawn OF the
mansion was 1901 crowded
q Officer l asked, what Is the meaning
OF hat gatheringp
He replied in his lofty manner which re-
called my first sight of him: The friends Of
the deceased are gathering to pay their
last respects about the bier
THAT was enough. although slightly
redundant. However. the exact cop did
not think so. Or he may nave thought
as he did the year before, that I might get
a wrong meaning from his language, for
he Immediately spelled al he had pre-
viously done Bier. bier n again
moved on in his measured way.
THE landlord 20 whom / related nv
experiences said he knew the cop, that
he had won the prize at a spelling bee a
few years ago. and that he was noted for
spelling out words susceptible by their
sound OF more han one meaning: and
that he learned his first lesson from Thomas
B. Reed. TO whom he once addressed a
letter In which the former Speaker was
addressed a. Mr.. Tomas Read
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RESTORING TURQUOISES.
Nature I'm Some Gases. OIL In Others.
a the Blue to Green.

vi jill sVAAaN -Hh
Changes the Blue to Green.
There is need OF a sure method OF re-
storing 70 t~urquoises their original color"
said a gem expert. -TurquOises are said
TO become green by age. but Il Is more
probable that the green color is due to
grease which, accaImuates on them.
They are very porous and are readily
i~mpregnated by liquids. When green
spots appear and they have not penetrated
far into the stone. me color can sometimes
be restored by allowing the turquoise
to remain in n solution Of equal parts of
alcohol and ammonia. or embedding it
for a tine in fuller's earth mOistened with
alcohol or water.
EetroIeum ether lie also a good DISCOVER
OF oil and grease spots. " the grease or
oil has penetrated far into the stone il is
useless TO attempt to remove il, as IL would
onlV crack or Wilton the stone.
sometimes the change in color results
from a natural cause and hence this beautl-
fjil gem cannot be guaranteed, although
the owners OF the American mines always
replace any stone that change color within
sir months.
sIn A coronation chair in the Kremlin
In Moscow are several old t~urqnoises some
IN which possess a beautiful shade OF
? blue, while others have turned TO green
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COOKING In A CASSEROLE
THE BROWN EARTHEN POT A
BOON IN THE KITCHEN.

a Money Saver. Time saver. labor saver
Doesn't Mean Expensive Dishes-aec
lDes Unfortunately Lacking Tho Un-
decorated Casserole ny Far tho Best.
The average woman delights in ordering
things cooked en- casserole at n restaurant
and never dreams of including ono Of these
cheap little e~arthenware cooking utensils
in the furnishings OF her own kitchen.
The casserole not only is cheap In the mat
ter of original purchase. but IL is ultimately
a time saver. a labor saver and a money
saver. Yet ninety-nine out OF a hundred
women who keep house in a small way re-
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From me Minneapolis Journal
The Carnahuba palm OF Brazil said the
lumber dealer. lis the worlds most useful tree.
A department store tree. yOu might well
call IL, for IL gives everything from medicine
20 cattle feed.
Its roots make a very valuable drug.
a blood purifier that Is prescribed a good
deal in the spring. Its timber takes a high
polish and Is in demand among cabinet
makers for fine work. The sap becomes
wine or vinegar. according 70 the way IL
obtained from this sap.
The fruit OF the tree IL a cattle food. the
nut Ia a good coffee substitute. the pith makes
onEks.
'There. can you Deat it3-medIcrne. sugar.
coffee. starch. wine. corks. cattle food. lumber
and vinegar all from this one tree. tho
earnahuba palm"
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them with the antique pendants which are
becoming so fashionable for bOudoirs n
dressing tables.
Diamonds are no longer seen 80 much
among wedding gifts. although a string of
pearls IL nearly always included. The
average girl much prefers a motor car to
a tiara and the motor car is a strong favorite
as a bridal present.
People seem to seek out something odd
in these days and an athletic girl who
married recently found a scale for home
use among her treasures. Il was in white
enamel with her monogram in gold.
Small safes are also finished in this way
TO be- used as wedding gifts, with velvet
lined compartments for jewels and drawers
for cash and papers of value.
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and restaurants. though often we are urged
to save up as large a supply as possible
for some special dinner or banquet. We
generally suggest that a pound be bought
for every six persons. but this Is rather
scant measure and allows only for the
preparation Of the vegetable in the form OF
patty filling or for serving il in small. in
dividual ramekins. Where more generous
portions are desired a pound should DO
purchased for every four guests"
The crown OF Japan IL only pr~ocurable
for about six months In the year, generally
from about the first OF November TO the
first of April. Sometimes on being bought
the little shells seem fiabby. but by letting
them lie in cold water for a couple OF hours
they will regain their firmness.
No cook book is yet 30 advanced as 20
include recipes for this new vegetable.
but a safe rule TO follow is that laid down
by one authority on the subject.
After quite a little experimenting"
saws this woman. I've found that any
recipe for the cooking Of asparagus may
he made to apply 20 the crown OF Japan.
or course. its possibilities don't stop right
there. for it can he prepared in numberless
other ways.
Elm every case this vegetable must be
boiled first and salted slightly. It may
then be served with a cream sauce on
toast, or may be- put into ramekins, covered
with buttered bread crumbs and a little
cheese and a into an au gratin dish
by a quick baking in a hot oven.
"I've also served these little shells ice
cold with celery and diced green peppers
on a bed Of lettuce leaves and covered
with French dressing. Sometimes l have
the salad Of crown OF japan. celery and
English walnuts. With this combination /
generally serve mayonnaise dressing
While the crown OF japan ranks among
what are called table injuries and is seldom
offered for sale outside of high priced shops
making a specially of imported dainties,
the price is not 30 high as one might think.
Al times the price gets down as low as 10
cents a pound, but when the demand Is
large and the supply small the price climbs
I'm 10 double this figure.
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Elephant and Engine Meet.
FROM the Madras Pioneer.

An elephant was crossing a railway nne
when a down ballast train IN motion treu
~ .hI.tIe him on the line. He 'obeyed the
whIstIe. but Instantly was on the line again
md pushed the engine back with all the
strength ne could muster. causing the de-
..i,rsnt Of the engins-and one orthe trucks.
The driver fell OF and received some m
l.L.o and the mAhout, who had apparently
VI "a hold over the animal. and bad perhaps
.ns,ciDated the accident. jumped down. bat
y sshs ,sissHsnt Ssas only orIised:
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FrOm NOIg9 ava IhSFteS.
The practice Of telling the bees" Offa
death-prObably OF other important hap-
penings ~alsO-exists 70 this day In some
parts OF England.
A year or two Q a retired villag black
smith In Norfolk told Mr.. Cox that he had
made a point OF telling his bees OF his wires
death. Asked how ne told them. ne sald
raj he had raped on the board supporting
the hives with the words. The mistress OF
this house il dead Asked what would have
haDDened II ne had not told them, ne SAID
they would have died.
'"aHS raw DAYS ago a BedfOrdshire rectoria
..rdsner old Mr.. Cox that his bees had
actually died upon his failure 10 INFORM theul
~ mia masters decease.
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The new WEDDING GIFTS
BRIDES DO NOT SUFFER NOW
FROM PICKLE CASTORS

Nor Butter ADishes-Tho World Growing
More Original In ITS Prssents-AntIuues
FashlOnaDIe=-sO IN HNndwOrked Linen
Sports I'm GIRts-Scales and safes.
The world il growing more original a.
well as more artistic or at least less inaf-
tistic. There was a time when the wedding
presents TINT confronted a modern bride
and groom we're marve OF ugliness.
We can look back with dismay to the days
when a marriage wal hardly considered
legal unless a pickle castor was among the
gifts. Then there were hideous butter
plates that worked ON swivels and that
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NEW VEGETABLE FOR TIE FEW.
" C0Faes FROM ran and Only LamRten
Quantities Are Available.

The New Vegetable-the Crown OF
Japan was the label on a basket Of queer,
shSsi shaped little objects. brownish white
In color. hat were displayed in the window
OF n faEUy Rruiterer.
h supply Of this vegetable that reaches
New York is almost entirely furnished by
France. and most OF IT, COmes from the
vicinity OF Paris. where its cultivation is
increasing each year. Its consumption
here is gradually increasing as IL in becom-
ing better known.
Private family orders consume the
supply entirely" said one fruiterer, who
makes a point OF procuring this new
vegetable for his customers during the
months IL is in season. W can't get il in
quantities sufficient to supply the hotels
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Fyor, ths Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Conductors have TO get their car legs
Just the same as sailors have TO get their
Yea legs" obsreved a passenger ON q west
fourteenth street car.
Tho conductor on this car nearly falls
down every time the car starts up. Ines
because Ne hasnk been q conductor DH a
rev days. The Average conductor. " you'll
notice him; never falls against the passengers.
always retain be equilibrium. and withoYf
my swpaTehf sdort.r ~ ~
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Ex-SPEAKER REEDS PUPIL.

A Policeman at Portland, Me-, VINO Can
spell and Lets YOU Know II.
"The most precise policeman l ever met
said a traveller. lis in Portland. Me. He
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High Grade Furs
Petticoats

OF FINE rAFFETA SILKS AND ALL WOOL Jersey.
SILK PETrIc0ATS, nne TaKeta, street shades,
full dounce, tailor finish. Value % GO D.7S
JERSEY TOP PETTIcOATS, Tafeea Silk aOunce. Value a, 20 rs
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Decorative Linens

FRENCH HANDMADE cLUNY TRIMMED DOuIEs.
cENTREPIEcEs, TEA CLOTHS AND scARFs.
Ons-7hTd Un0er Prevailing Prices. a,
DOiLIES' inch' DOZEN 4.OO IA inch, dozen, 1850
cEsTRsPIEcEs. 40 to as inch each, 400. 600, $50
and inserted SOU ares Of Fiet, each, 6.N0
scARFs. to MATCH 'aeA' 500, 600
DOILIES, fne Madeira embroidery,
for sngsr bowl and plate do., $50, $50
DOILIES, Of fine DucheSse and Point Dc Flanders,
for tumOlsr or finger bowl, dOz.' 600, ZOO, 500. 900
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FRENCH LACE CURTAINS AND BED SETS
Special lots at exceptionally d~tydctus prices,
New-York tribune., 1907-05-09
N. Y. CENTRAL RUMORS.
Street Reports NesU Financing
PRO- oject-Earnings Increase

Further weakness in the stock of the New
fork central company yesterday. the price de-
Ginning to n point near the low level reached IN
the March panic, was accompanied bv a revival
OF rumors that the company would be in the
market soon for more money for its deveiop
fnent and expansion work
Inc company has reserved for new construc-
ton In its treasury S15,0OOO0O of the authorized
Slo0.OOO.OOO issued for refunding purposes ana
it has also S2O.OOOOOO Of the $50 coo 600 de-
oenture Is, authorized in 1904 which could he
used In case the market would take the issue
but under present conditions there appears little
hkehhood that attempts to raise money this way
would be successful unless the securities We're
soIu 10 a syndicate at great sacrifice to the
company. The question Of equipment notes has
1t Is reported. been under consideration by the
management. When the report was brought out
Few weeks ago that the company intended to
Go some new financing interests identified with
the road denied that anv operation of the sort
was then intended
Probably the large sales of the companys
STOCK in the last few weeks have been based on
the poor earnings in the first quarter OF the year
on the Increase in the dividend rate to ! per
cent and on the fact that the 500 $50 $50 new
stock issued in 1906 bears Z per cent dividend
after January, 1907. making the total amount
oL STOCK outstanding, upon which per cent is
TO be paid in the current year, $1T9 2S2 900. Tho
total authorized stock Of ne company is $3.50
WO,0D. and It has been suggested that some OF
the amount unissued may be offered to the
stockholders at par in the near future
In the first quarter of the current year earn
lngs OF the road showed a large deficit after
dividends while in 1906 the surplus after total
diyidends amounting to 5A per cent $149-
442.44O outstanding stock, only S19.433.
Gross earnings for the month of April. reported
yesterday, showed increase Of S1352 176
while all the companies belonging to the New
York Central lines presented encouraging I'M
proVement In the current year income from
Investments will be largely increased through
the increased dividends the Lake Shore and
Michigan Central stock.
1t was said in Wall Street yesterday that the
chief reason for the poor net earnings IN the first
quarter of the year was expenditures from earn
ings on the new terminal work, rather than the
increased cost Of labor and supplies
J. p. Morgan jr.. said that he had no nfOrma-
ton on the report that the company would put
out $40, 100000 equipment notes The price of
the stock recovered most Of its loss before the
close.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-09
INTER.-M MET. EARNINGS.
Estimated Results for Twelve Months Show
Less than Amount for Preferred Dividends.

Earnings Of the various companies that make up
the Interborough- Metropolitan combination for the
first quarter Of the current year will he given out
it IS expected in few days. and. according to
information obtained IN Wall Street yesterday the
showing will be poog With the completion
of the March quarter the combined system ended
its first year. and II is that the complete
report win present results showing that the per
cent paid on Interborough- Metropolitan preferred
not earned by amount equal to at least
per cent.
In the first quarter OF the current year results
We're disappointing. While the subway and elevated
divisions did fairly well in the matter Of Increased
earnings, the street surface lines made a poor OK
hbit, owing to the heavy snowfall and otherwise
unfavorable weather conditions resulting in heavier
operating expenses and reduced traffic II is not
probable that the earnings on the whole will be
much il excess, if any. of those of the preceding
quarter
Although the earnings for the year will be found
to have been considerably less than sufficient to
meet the full rate OF per cent on the $55,G00000
preferred stock Of the Interborougl- metropolitan.
the management believes that in the coming year
the system viii the full dividend rate II Is
pointed out that the responsibility for the years
defcit.must be placed the New York City Rail-
way Company. and that the earnings of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company, operating the
Manhattan elevated and the subway, have been
sufficient 10 reduce the deficit of the former COM
considerable
New-York tribune., 1907-05-09
SEEKS REALTY PROFITS.
Smt to RecoUer on Sale of RiCerside
DriTe Property.

Edward Fox brother and administrator OF Pat
rick Fox. has brought suit IN the Supreme Court
before Justice Dowling to recover 3 per cent OF
the profits realized from n stock speculation in
real estate by Francis Higgins. He holds that the
interest of his brother in the profits for a
long series Of years concealed by Mr.. Higgins.
Patrick Fox was a real estate speculator in
Washington Heights property and was city ex-
pert in many condemnation proceedings. He was
one OF the first that Riverside Drive would
be extended beyond 127th street, and. with this
knowledge, in 1890 he induced Francis Higgins to
purchase the Old Carman property at 152d and
153d streets and North River.
Mr. Fox did most Of his business without writ
ing. He had profit contracts with a great many
people and four or five other contracts for shares
in the profits OF various properties with Mr.. Hg
gins. The property decided TO Mr.. Higgins by
Alexander G. Howe the owner, who living
I'm Paris The property cost Mr.. Higgins about
$4,000
As soon as it was purchased Mr. Fox put It in
charge Of his brother-in-law. Peter J. Felix. He
fitted up rooms in the old building for his own
home and took charge Of the property
Mr. Fox told many men OF his interest I'm the
profits to be derived from the sale Of this prop
erty and from the extension of the Riverside Drive
through It. but he died suddenly and in 1897 Mr..
Higgins denied that Fox had any interest in the
II appeared by the evidence given in court yes
teriay that in December 1906 Mr.. Higgins ac-
knowiedged to the attorney for the Fox estate that
Patrick Fox did have an interest OF 25 per cent
property but he added that such interest was
Conditional on Fox selling the property in month
two. The administrators 5 counsel. Louis O. an
Doren. SAYS the plaintiff will begin tomorrow the
Introduction of evidence 10 sh0" that the alleged
condition that Mr. Fox would sell the property
again in two months was WItlut fouAua-
tin. Mr., FoX's prediction about The extension OF
Justified The drive went through the property and
i'm 1903 the city paid To Mr.. Higgins rcariy $9I0N,
and rcnding the action AIR. Higgins has sold the
waterfront for an amount said TO 5e %l-oeO