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to add the beaten egg. Stir over the fire
till 1t sets, then serve on the toast.

to add the beaten egg. Stir over the fire
till it sets, then serve on the toast.
Good Receipts.
Baked Indian and Apple Pudding.-Two
quarts of milk. one small cup of sifted corn
meal, one cup of mOlasses, one tablespoon
of ginger, one teaspoon of salt, butter the
the size of an egg, one quart of sliced
sweet apples. Put-sue quart of milk on the
stove to heat and when hot sift the meal
in, put it over the hot part of the stove
to cook and stir it constantly for five min
utes. Let it cook until it bubbles and
thckens. Remove from the stove, add the
seasoning and apples, then add the other
quart of cold milk; stir and mix thorough
ly, put into an earthen pudding dish and
bake slowly four hours. After the pudding
has been in the oven one hour take a spoon
and stir the pudding thoroughly, as that
mixes the apples and it will not all be
at the bottom of the dish. Then let it cook
slowly the three hours undisturbed Serve
with sugar and cream.
Apple Charlotte.-Butter a deep earthen
dish and place around the sides slices of
bread cut about one inch thick, buttered
and soaked in cold water. Fill the lined
dish with sliced sour apples, put over them
one cup of sugar, one-half cup of cold
water, a sprinkle of salt and nutmeg grated
or cassa to suit the taste. Cover the apple
with the slices of soaked and buttered
bread, then cover with n plate and bake
slowly two hours. When ready to serve,
loosen the bread from the sides with a
knife. remove the plate from the top, lay
the plate you serve it on top and tip the
dish bottom up and lift off the dish it was
baked in. To be eaten with cream and
sugar.
Apple and Rice Pudding.-One and one
half cups uncooked rice, two dozen small
apples. Wash the rice and soak two hours
in cold water Pare and quarter the apples,
wet the pudding CLOTH spread it in the col
ander, sprinkle lightly with flour, spread on
tive thirds of the rice. lay in the apples as
closely as possible. then the remainder of
the rice. Tie up the bag, put into boiling
water and boil one hour. Serve with mo-
lasses sauce.
Molasses Sauce.-One cup of molasses
one-half cup of water, one tablespoon of
butter, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon, a
speck of salt, three tablespoons of vinegar
Boil twenty minutes. This is also nice for
apple buildings where cream is not plenty.
Indian Meal Cakes.-One-half teaspoon
cream tartar, one-quarter teaspoon soda,
one egg, one-half cup sugar one table
spoon graduated meal, one-half cup milk
two-thirds cup of -four.
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Stuffed Pork Tenderloin.

Procure a good-sized tenderloin, slit one
side open and lay within a dressing made
as follows: One cupful of dry grated
crumbs, one tablespoonful of minced pars-
ley, one large teaspoonful of mixed sweet
herbs-thyme, summer savory, sweet mar
jory and sage-one heapng tea3poonful of
finely chopped onion fried in one table
spoonful of butter one-half te2sp' onful
salt, one saltspoon pepper. If this amount
OF butter does not make 1t moist enough
/ a trifie more melted butter but no
water. Stuff the tenderloin and sew up the
opening. If it is not fat place two or three
s.4ces of bacon over the top, fastening with
wooden toothpicks. Rub into the meat well
one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth tea
spoonful of white pepper Dust with our
and roast. When done remove the tender
loin to a heated platter ard put the roast
ing pan on top of the stove, adding one
tablespoonful of flour to the gravy which
II contains. When thoroughly brown add
a cupful of hot water, two tablespoonfuls
of chopped gherkns and tablespoon
full of finely chopped olives. If bacon has
been used the sauce will not need more salt.
Cream Soups.
Cream of Onion Soup.-Peel and cut suffi-
Client white onions to measure one pint.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a
saucepan, add the onions, cover, and cook
at the side of the fire, shaking frequently,
until tender but not colOred; add one pint
of water and simmer slowly until soft
enough to be rubbed through a sieve. In
the meantime melt and mix in a second
saucepan one tablespoonful of butter and
two tablespoonfuls of flour and cook with
out coloring for three minutes. Stir In
gradually one pint of hot milk. When
blended and cooked to a smooth sauce
draw to one side and simmer for five min
utes. Stir into this the pulped onion, add
| salt and white pepper to taste and tiny
| pinch of sugar, then simmer for five min
yates longer.
Cream Of Spinach Soup.-Piok over and
wash thoroughly two quarts of spinach
change the water four or five times to
| make sure that all sand is removed. Have
ready large kettle partly filled with boil
| ing sailed water; this heightens the color
drain again, pressing as dry as possible
! then chop and pound to a pulp. Have ready
| one quart of thin white sauce made with
| two scant tablespoonfuls of butter, three ia
| blespoonfuls of flour and one quart of milk
| Add a little of this, spoonful at time
| to the pulp, stirring and rubbing that !,
! may be smoothly blended. Put on the fire
and stir almost constantly until the sour
| reaches the boiling point, add salt and pep
per to taste and strain. Return to the
! fire until scalding hot, then serve with tiny
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croutons, add half a cup of whipped
cream.
Cream of Tomato Soup.-Cook together
one-half Of g. can of tomatoes, one Glove,
one slice of onion, one-half of a teaspoonful
of salt one-half teaspoonful of peppercorn
and one sprig Of parsley for twenty min
utes, then rub through a sieve and return
to ,-.e fire. Taste to see that it is highly
seasoned. Make one pint of white sauce
as directed for cream of onion soup and
season with pepper and salt. Take both
toes tablespoonful of baking soda, and
stir until it effervesces. After two minutes
add the tomato to the sauce and serve IN
mediately.
bic soups may be made by following the
above rules and substituting some. vegeta-
bic which has been cooked tender land re-
duced to thin pulp s described in these
recipes. Celery, satisfy, carrots, parsnips
potatoes, canned peas, etc, all make most
satisfactory cream soups.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes to be served raw should be
peeled and set on ice at least an hour be-
fore using. Have boiling fast a kettle of
water large enough to immerse four toma-
toes at once. Plunge them in long enough
to count five, then remove instantly to cold
water. Let the water come to boiling
point before putting in another set and
they will be found to be firm and smooth
when the thin outer skin is peeled Off
They also eaten as fruit with sugar
SteweN.-Cut in slices across the grain
and boil gently about fifteen minutes. Sea-
son to taste with salt, Sepper and butter.
Fried.-Cut them in halves and dust each
cut surface with salt, pepper, sugar, and
enough very fine bread crumbs to dry them
Have hot butter in the frying pan and
brown the tomatoes on both sides. Dror
bits of butter between them and stand over
a moderate fire to cook very slowly. When
tender, take up carefully with cake turner
and serve on heated platter. They are
sometimes finished with a cream gravy, as
follows: Pour over them enough cream to
nearly cover, let come to a boil and SIM
mer five minutes Lift the slices carefully
and thicken the gravy with two egg yolks
! beaten with a little cold cream Do not let
| 1t quite boil, but serve soon as thickened.
Broiled.-Slice and broil over hot fire.
Serve with melted butter
Tomato Toast.-Two tomatoes, two eggs
| one ounce butter, one ounce ham, scrap
| of onion, pepper and salt. six small rounds
of buttered toast. Wipe and chop the to-
| matoes well. Mince the onion and ham and
| cook them with the butter in a saucepan
! about ten minutes. Remove from the fire
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fusion The money thus saved was to be
turned over to charity
The plan was welcomed and in this
graceful way was saved the feelings of a
number of graduates who had expected to
find commencement day very miserable
instead Of joyous one.
Perhaps the beauty of the idea or maybe
the charm Of the custom is at the root OF
its survival but at any rate it has lived,
and as the years pass on 1T grows more
popular than ever.
Thousands OF daisies are picked the day
before the march and are strung together
in long festoons. The prettiest girls Of
the class are picked out to carry the chain,
and the march around the beautiful ave-
nues of the superb institution, the yellow
of the flowers, the fair skins and white
dresses of the bearers, the green Of the
lawn and the blonde and brunette heads
exrosed to the sunlight make as ravishing
a picture as any arts. ever painted.
X X
Barnard has a floral parade which is
somewhat similar and of which it is ve,y
proud. A line of graduates parade the CAM
pus carrying the choicest blooms of the
springtime In trays. After the procession
the flowers are distributed to those who ar -,
present to see the exercises.
Bryn Mawr College for its commence
ment day usually makes a speciality Of
some classical play or set Of tableaux.
Under the smiling blue sky of early June
the students dance and make merry with
all the abandon and joyousness of the long
ago.
Some times it is a drama that is pre-
scented in the manner representations OF
Shakespeare were originally given in the
open air. More often it is sort of al
fresco dress ball that marks the end of
the school year, a sort of revel in which
the girls make up to represent various
historical characters.
On such occasions there are Queen
Elizabeth, and Raleigh, Dudley, Leicester
and the whole court gallant girls playing
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says on how the world could be
made better. But this is not all of COM
mencement day Far from It,
There is a lighter side to the most i'm
portant day of a school girls life, period
of diversion, when casting aside perhaps
for the last time the restraint that BELTS
the eve of womanhood, she romps as
child again in the JOY of a school life
ended and the beginning Of another phase
of existence at hand.
All schools and colleges have their spe-
cialties, and there is wide range of diff
ference between the customs at Nassa-,
Wellesley Bryn Mawr and Barnard.
The daisy chain at Vassar is one Of the
most beautiful of all the practices which
mark the close of the school year. 1t had
it's origin way back in the days when the
school first came into being and it is re
lated that 1t grew out of a pretty incident.
A commencement day was at hand and
the students were vieing with each other
as to who should wear the most beautiful
flowers.
But several of the girls were poor and
had no chance to riva, their more favored
sisters. This took much from their an
ticipation of the great day, and the man
ner in which they evaded questions as to
their graduation plans finally gave some Of
trouble was
One of the girls, daughter of wealthy
New Yorker, suggested that instead of
spending money Tor flowers they decorate
with daisies which lined the fields in pro-
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all the roles. They make their entrance
in grand pageant, preceded by twelve
heralds in white and gold, with trumpets
to their lips; next comes the band, and
following on foot a guard Of knights, Robin
and his merry men, carrying bows and
arrows Of tradition, boldly face Queen
Elizabeth without any thought of the an
achronism that puts them in the same
scene with lady who came several CEN
turtles after them.
In the procession next are a troop of
clowns, who act their parts we'll enough to
prove that not all the comedy talent Of
the world is to be found in mere man, and
that the girl graduate can do something
else besides look beautiful
Titania and her fairies, and Pyramis and
Thsbe, are all notably impersonated, IS
the rustcs and other minor roles.
st. George and his dragon usually get
consideration at Bryn Mawr in this quaint
springtime procession. There are shep-
herds and shepherdesses, shoemakers, milk
maids and a number OF allegorical figures
to give every girl in the class a chance
to show her skill at mimicry and makeup.
This pageant is hailed as a great event
at Bryn Mawr, and on the last occasion of
Its celebration was witnessed by no less
than 5000 spectators.
y X
On another occasion, at the same school,
a one-act play on the subject of Paris and
the historical choice he had to make be-
tween Minerva, Juno and Venus for the
proprietorship Of the apple, was presented
with fine effect. 1t a lesson in dra-
matte art taught by these young women,
whose lives will take them far from tie
stage. They gave evidence that during
their college careers they had learned some
thing besides Horace and Virgil.
Wellesley boasts two essentially dis
tinctive ceremonials of which it is intensely
proud One is called Hoop Rolling day.
the other is known as Float day."
The first is very amusing spectacle,
for it is indeed curious sight to see the
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Furniture.

Furniture.
1t will be found that if furniture is put
in certain places for some specihc reason
the effect is generally good. The most COM
Portable chairs should be placed Where
there will be a good light for readlng by
artificial light If the room be used mostly
in the evening, and if it Is to be used as
morning room center the attractions near
the windows. A table where magazines
and needlework can be laid down should be
placed near chair, not away off In cor
ner where they have no value. Again, Ia
bles should be selected that will not topple
over if any one passes quietly through the
room. Tiny tables covered with knlck-
knacks look pretty, but they are apt to be
highly inconvenent. In furnishing a bed
room we have fewer articles to consider
The bureau must be where the light IS GOOD
in the daytime, as well as by ARTIFICIAL llght
The bed should be placed in such way
that the light will not strike the eyes in the
early morning This is not easy to ar
range, as frequently bedrooms have WIN"
dows on two or more sides. In such cases
1t is well to have an extra shade or dark
green on the window that throws light on
the bed.
Nowadays nobody that knows anything
about furnishing fastenS the curtains with
loops. They should hang in soft, straight
folds and the up-to-date woman Shortens
days when half a yard extra was allowed
for looping, Sash curtains still may be
looped back without breaking any rules,
but many prefer them hanging straight in
front of the glass, selecting only the sheer
est materials, which will soften the light,
but not obscure the view.
Happily the day is passing when three or
four curtains were thought necessary to
exclude both light and air We never need
be afraid of plenty OF fresh air and sun
shine entering our rooms; 1t is much better
to have a faded carpet than musty, I'M
inviting smell such find in a room
where the windows are opened rarely. AS
a matter of fact the secret of pretty bed
room furnishing lies in airiness, so to
speak, avoiding such faults as overcrowd-
ing and heavy draperies.
English Reed
Is the name by which some of the new
summer furniture Is known. 1t belongs to
the general family of willow, but differs
from it in the fact that 1t is a closer and
finer weave. 1t is essentially cool, and
it's originality of aspect provides a change
from anything we have had. Its substan-
tial make, stained a delightful green, is
exploited in set of five pieces-namely,
sofa, arm chair, arm rocker, tea table and
muffin stand-an ideal assortment for use
on porch or in living room. The upholster-
in separate cushions made up in effective
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LLAROUND'r4EH HOUSE

white cretonne Powered with charming
yellow roses and splashed with plenty of
foliage. The shapes of this furniture are
simple and well conceived, the backs of
chairs and settle being nodded into broad
curves.
Wash Collars at Home.
If the cuffs, collars and shirts are washed
by the home laundress before they are sent
to the laundry they will wear and look bet
ter for a much longer time. The shirts do
not get torn and stay clean longer, as all
the previous dirt is taken out This the
latndry does not do. If the collars are be-
ginning to wear. the broken edges show IN
plainly after they are washed and dried
The expense is saved of sending them to
the laundry, as they would be found I'M
disable on return.
Never will outlive their popularity. Per-
haps 1t is their lasting favor that makes
them so popular; roses droop in a heated
atmosphere, violets lose their fragrance
but carnations keep their spicy breath and
fresh beauty for a week, if the flowers are
fresh when bought and new water is used
daily.
The Sick Room.
One may deodorize a sick room by put
ting a little camphor or a few coffee ber-
res on a tin plate and burning by stirring
with red-hot poker. The fumes of the
coffee or camphor will quite overcome any
disagreeable odor.
To Economic Coal.
If coal is kept in a dry and airy place It
will burn much better than If placed in a
close, badly ventilated cellar Coal that is
excluded from the air soon gets rid of its
gas and the absence of this renders it
more wasteful when burned
Cheap Soap.
A cheap soap can be made by melting one
cake of common washing soap and stirring
in until thick with fine sand. This will
make six cakes. Before il hardens mark
off the cakes with deep ridges and they
then easily can be separated.
A New Way
OF serving tea, especially when children
predominant at an assembly, is to ask the
young guests whether they would like
orange, lime lemon tea Instead of the
conventional lemon slice as required in tea
"a la Russo" each hot cup was favored
with a lump of sugar from different
bowl Thus the sugar in one bowl had
been rubbed on the skin of a spicy favored
orange. Lemon and lime had given up
their Zest after the same method and in
each cup the mere suspicion of a flavor
was delicaCy itself.
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Salt
is a combination Of chlorine with sodium.
Chlorine is one Of the most powerful gases
known. 1t can destroy anything brought
near to its influence. Mixed with lime, 1t is
the noted dlsinfeCtant named chloride of
lime. used wherever fevers and dangerous
fermeats are Mingled with sodium it be-
comes chloride of sodium. our valuable
most useful, and Indispensable table salt
Salt water, fairly strong, used regularly
several times day, viii wonderfully
strengthen the muscles of the eyes. 1t acts
tonic upon every part OF the under
lid and the cornea, and penetrates deep
even into the reccSScS of the tear gland
Upon eyel.dS prone to granulatiOn. or to
stycs, the action OF warm salt water is
most marked and almost immediate. The
salt bath was tried upon eyes weakened by
long use that could not bear the light. yet
had excellent sight, so far as power of
vision went, If only the weakened muscles
would allow the iris To have fun play. The
salt bath was tried, first with sponge.
later with the eyes held open in a basin of
salt water, and the result was restored
tone to every feeble muscle.
Navy" Secretaries.
The so-caned navy" secretaries are
greatly In demand and hard TO find. They
are those quaint old-fashoHed mahogany
writing desks. with drawers or doors in
under part a Zap that lets down on braces,
and TOP with glass doors showing shelves
for books In the top part china equally
well can be kept. OF any other precious
belonging that is safest under lock and
key.
Red Sets.
Irish hand embroidered bed sets consist
ing Of sheets and pillow cases are shown
I'm great variety IN some of thr shops.
French embroidery IS used on the moderate
uIlc,d sets and French and Cye!et work
are combined on the more expensive ones
Deep Breathing.
No woman can have bright eyes, beau
tiful skin or an elastic step If she does not
supply her lungs with oxygen. She can do
his by deep breathing. The indolent wom-
an regaius her lost energy when she learns
how TO breathe correctly. The salloW
girl with the dark circles under her eyes,
discovers that with correct breathing the
c0ngested veins will yield 10 the stimulated
circulation, the dark rings disappear and
the luster reappear in the eyes. Deep
breathing will reduce flesh in obese women,
because oxygen burns out carbon. OEEoper
breathing means taking In a large supply
of oxygen. Deep breathing viii help to
make curves where there are angles. and
II Is potent factor in the cure OF emacia-
Ton, because it supplies oxygen to the
the vital organs going, strengthening
weak places and supplying red corpuscles
TO impoverished blood. 1t Will promote
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You cannot dream yourself into a char
acter; you must hammer and forge your
self into one.-Home Notes.
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To Economic Goa

If coal is kept in dry and airy place It
Will burn much better than If placed in a
close, badly ventilated cellar. Coal that is
excluded from the air soon gets rid of its
gas. and the absence of this renders it
more wasteful when burned.
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Carnations
The Sick Room.

One may deodorize a sick room by nut
ting little camphor or a few coffee ber-
ries on a tin plate and burning by stirring
with red-hot poker. The fumes of the
coffee or camphor will quite overcome any
agreeable odor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
Cheap Soap.

A cheap soap can be made by melting one
cake of common washing soap and stirring
in until thick with fine sand. This will
make six cakes. Before il hardens mark
off the cakes with deep ridges and they
then easily can be separated.
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white cretonne Powered with charming
yellow roses and splashed with plenty of
foliage The shapes of this furniture are
simple and well conceived, the backs of
chairs and settle being nodded into broad
curves.
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Navy" Secretaries.


Irish hand embroidered bed sets consist
ing Of sheets and pillow cases are shown
in great variety IN some of thr shops,
French embroidery IS used on the moderate
priced sets and French and cye!et work
are combined on the more expensive ones.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-14
ADVICE ON PAVING.
o. L. Fielder Gives a BIT Of Whole.
somc ADVICE TO our City Fathers
on the Paving Of the
Streets.

q. l.. Fielder aud ANator \. 4.
Fielder of sherman. were iu the city
yesterday ON a visit TO their brother.
John A Fielder. one ul our fellow
townsmcu. B. l.. Fielder wa. form.
crly "a resident Of this city. hayiuA
been in business with John 4. Field.
or, who is at present very i,l
Mr. H. J.. Fielder expressed sur.
prise at the growth attained 10y Ard
moe and the number of improvements
that are going ON In the way of pay.
ing, etc. Hc predicts that Nrdmorc
will Dee one Of the largest cities in
the state within the next few Years.
The citizenship of this city has that
push and goahcadncss THAT will make
any town grow. Tie has also travelled
extensively in the loadu- cities In the
east and southeast that take pride
I'm the civic improvements that have
gained such foothoId throughout
the country and gives % Lit of whole.
SOME advice 10 our people On Ills
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d,pc, str,r.. has b..r r.r,,.t and
tho shade spacc increased. Tn, most
of the streets ON which tbc homes
are built have a drive splcr of about
TWENTY-FIVE feet. Tn, object is TO nut
the sewers I'm as. near the center as
possible and save the taking away Of
So much dirt that is extensive. The
sbad, and sidewal, spacc is made
wider so as to save lot of grading
! noticed that on some of your resi-.
dence streets the hands are grading
too low.