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OF US WIN could overcome our early
prejudices against the dish. ate and liked
them.
In the prospect OF a repetition OF the
expedition. will you kindly tell US some
other ways Of cooking the amDhibloUs
delicacy2
z. T. VI. QIyattsville. Ohio.).
Dip the legs in egg, then in cracker
crumbs; set upon the ice for an hour
ana fry in good dripping or in butter.
They should be freed from the fat and
OF golden brown on the outside.
Or, II you weary of one way, try my
favorite recipe Of:
FROGS LEGS A Ia PROVENCAL.E
Heat three tablespeonfuIs Of butter
In a saucepan. and when il Kisses drop
in the legs and cool for five minutes
Transfer them, then. to a covered deep
dish-a casserole if you have one-and
keep hot while you drop a tablespoonful
OF minced paisley AID a teaspoonful OF
minced chiyes into the Kissing butter
a minute later turn the contents Of
the saucepan into the casserole. sift a
tablespoonful OF fine crumbs over all.
cover the casserole and cook gently for
half an hour. Send 10 table in the dish
IN which they were baked
Fricassed frogs legs are also good.
You characterize them Alright IN sneak
ing OF them as delicacy.
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French would be a help to you Then
buy a really good cook book, one up
to date. and consult 2. when you 10
not Ike 10 ask Questions
Not that II IS a disgrace not to know
everything. l am positive that many
OF the society women whose glibnCss
you envy are far more ignorant upon
some subjects, ard important subjects
at that, than YOU arr.
TOMATO ASPi-.
Stew a dozen fine tomatoes until soft.
then strain through "a flaanel ba Z with
out squeezing. You should get from
thcm a pint OF juice. Twelve tomatoes,
if ripe, should yield more than thu {
quantity.
Put tho juice over the Gre, add d tea
spoonful Of onion juice. also strained; Il
teaspOOnful Of sugar. "a bay leaf. II YOU
have t. and two whole cloves. Bring
10 a DOii. skim and strain again.
Boil up a third time ard stir irtO the
liquid while II IS on the fire half g. pack
age of Eelaune which has been soaked
tor an hour in small cupful Of cold
water.
Wet a mold and put n the as)ic. Set
away to form. II is served with let
tuce as dressing CT alone with a may
onnaise. or as d Sarnish with cold
chicken or lamb.
If formed IN small cups or pale molda
II Is q pretty accompaniment to lettuce,
and is as palatable as II is pretty
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Stuffed Eggs.

Boil eggs hard. putting them on in
cold water and letting them cook for
ten minutes after the xater. comes to
the boil
Take them out and thro.V them into
cold water. remove the shells. cut the
eggs in half. either lengthwise or
across; mash the you5s with butter.
salt. pepper and onion juice or grated
cheese. a good addition IS a little
ham, minced very fiae. and either
chicken or tongue or hsn is also good
Put the forcemeat thus made back
into the halved white. pin the sections
together with very fine japanese tooth
picks or straws, drop each into butter
and fry IN deep fat 70 a golden brown.
or they may be made hot and served
with a white sauce or a tomato sauce.
II they are 70 be carried 10 picnics. the
tooth picks are not needed to fasten
them together, as the two halves may
be held in position by tissue paper
cut into squares, frin6ed et the ends
and twisted about the eggs.
They are very good served on lettuce
as salad. with French or mayor
nalse dressing
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NaGAAE5 Tar /dzrnHaZS ez7W eSZW11NT
Family Meals for a Week

Sunday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit cereal. broiled ham. wafhes, tea
LUNCHEON.
Chicken loaf, tomato aspic in indl-
Tidual forms with lettuce and French
dressing, P)stOn brown bread, tea
DINNER
Cream Ct lettuce soup roast ducks.
sweet potatoes. stuffed eggplant. caui-
hover, apple meringue pie, coffee
Monday.
BREAKFAST.
Nodded "a. 1srina with apple sauce and
cream, baked eggs. tomato toast. tea,
LUNCHEON.
Cold duck. Drowned sweet potatoes,
| toasted English mullins. apple sauce.
DINNER
Soup from duck carcass. Dreaded NUT
I ton cnops. creaIned potatoes, boiled
squash, nodded spinach. peach charlotte,
coffee
Tuesday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal, minced mutton Qeft
over. quick loaf tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON
sesali9Ped Oysters. toasted crackers
Dinner.
Cream spinach soup. beef pie with pO-
tato crust baked macaroni- corn and
tomatoes. rice cCstard pudding. coffee
Wednesday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. cereal. dried beef with cream.
minute mullins, tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
RechauTe Of beef with border OF po-
tatO crust, maCarOui warmed over. fried
green peppers crackers. cheese, tea
DINNER.
Green corn soup. baked hamburg
steak, whipped potatoes. baked squash,
fried eggplant. cup custards, coffee.
Thursday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. cereal. bacon. toast. tea, coffee
LUNCHEON
Drowned hash Oeft over. squash souf-
| ie Qeft over. jelly pancakes. tea
DINNER
Roast chickens boiled rice. lima beans.
/ fried tomatoes, lettuce and cucum Der
salad with French dressing. sweet po-
tatO pie, coffee.
Friday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit cereal, baked eggs, hot rolls,
LUNCHEON.
1 .Coid chicken. baked beans, fried mush,
sliced bananas, tea.
I DINNER
,,Fish soup, baked lobster in shell, Ju-
/ henne potatoes, sliced tomatoes and
cucumoers, cottage pudding, coffee.
Saturday
! BREAKFAST
/ Fruit. cereal. fried pork with .A~-a
gravy, stewsd potatoes. brown De
LUNCHEON.
Broiled sweetbreads, French-fried Do
1 tatOes, egg bread, tea.
/ DINNER
/ Chicken and rice soup Cleft over)
boiled corned beef. horseradish sauce
/ creamed turnips, potatoes boiled plain
scalloped cabbage. cabinet puddin2
! coffee
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A Confession.

have a confession 70 make to our
mother.
MOI haven't been ext-avagant or
INDECENT. or unreasonable, so far as
know.
We are ling easily within our in
come. we have no debts ana we are
quitting by something for a rainy day.
We have Two lovely, healthy children
snd We keep two competent servants.
Then what am l repenting of
Just this, / arc an arrant coward.
] anu afraid OF my cooki She is not
4 bad tempered woman. but she is L
bit tOuchy and she likes II have her
own way in everything connected with
her kitchen, laundry and storeroom.
And ] want to have something TO say
about these thiUgs once in a while.
She looks cross when / go into the
kitchen TO give orders after the morn
ing visit To refrigerator and pantries
has been made.
1t may be TO consult her kindly, per-
haps 10 make work easier.
She suspects me from the moment
she claDs eyes upon my figure in the
doorway and assumes control Of the
situation
Sometimes I feel that there Is positive
insolence IN her hard. gray ewes Nv
eos'rage 0ozos out of my fingers ends If
have TO find the least fault
Her face and attitude say. Il am mis-
tress here. How dare you attack me in
my own citadel?''
And confess it with shame and hu-
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STUFFED Potatoes. Plain.

Select large potatoes Ct Uniform size
and bake them until soft.
Take from the oven, cut of the top OF
zach. scoop out the inside with tea
spoon, taking care not to break the skin
at the sides. beat up the potato with a
FORK, adding a teaspOOnful Of butter and
one of cream TO the center Of each po-
tato. Season to taste with salt and white
pepper
A savory taste is given by the add
tlon Of grated cheese in the proportion
Of a teaspoonful TO each potato.
When the mixture is we'll blended put
q back into the potato shells. examining
s. in closely. and return the potatoes %
the oven for ten minutes.
You may leave the opened ends I'M
covered and brown the contents OF the
sl-ins. or replace the caps you have re-
moved.
Some persons cut the potato in half
before removing the contents and then
serve them on the half shell, as it were.
with the contents well Drowned.
Stuffed Potatoes With Meat or Fish.
Prepare the potatoes as in the preced-
ing recipe. but to the mealy inside add
rninced meat in the proportion Of a cup
full to six potatoes. The meat should be
well minced and seasoned.
To beef add a little Worcestershire
EaUce or good catsup. and almost any
meat will be improved oy a suspicion OF
onion juice.
il there be well-havored gravy at
hand. substitute this for the cream in
moistening the potato
For this films it is better TO cut the
baked potatoes in half lengthwise, rather
than TO remove the cap
Stuffed Sweet Potatoes.
These may be prepared like the white
potatoes. and are delicious, although not
so well known
They must always be cut in half
lengthwise. and care should be taken to
keep them covered while baking. that
the skin may not harden and crack.
Tomatoes Stuffed, Plain
Select large, fine tomatoes; cut slice
from the top Of each and carefully
scoop out the pulp.
Chop IL fine. put with it one-third as
much bread crumbs as you have pulp,
season with pepper. salt. a little sugar.
and teaspoonful OF melted butter 70
each tomato. and fiji the tomatoes with
the stuffing.
Replace the tops and bake. covered,
half an hour. Uncover and cook ten
minutes longer
II there is any OF the stuTing which
Will not go back into the shells. put IL
between the tomatoes in the bake dish.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Corn.
Prepare the tomatoes as in the pre-
eeding recipe, but put aside the prlp
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initiation. ! just grovel before that
coarse, illiterate hireling.
] think II was Mary Mapes Dodge who
said that she belonged L the 'By-your-
leave Katy II you please Bridget"
school.
I GO, and there it is!
Now, despisc me TO your hearts con-
tent I can't ask for absOlution. for
am pitiful creature, the victim OF
II. A. r. CAttleboro. NIass).
I should despise myself II l had aught
IN my heart but tender compassion for
you. lear. frank child.
Thousands Of other house-mothers are
as rank towards, but they throw A
bluff and think nobody suspects the
truth.
I could talk all day to YOU on this
point.
have time and room for but one hint
that may help you. When you have oc-
casion TO reprimand the cook, or to is
sue an order you fancy may be dis
tasteful 10 her, don't go 10 the kitchen.
Send for her 70 come to yCur sitting
room
or. better yet. make ii convenient to
nave her come To the drawing room
Time the interview % suit yourself II
You can receive the delegation from the
kitchen after you are dressed for the
afternoon. and can personate the lady
OF elegant leisure in her own domain.
you hold trumrs from the outset.
IT is Ike football team playing upon
its own grounds, or a yacht racing In
familiar waters.
] mean what I say when I assert that
the accessories OF dress and place have
tremendous weight with women of her
stamp.
have seen one cover on finding her
self upon Wilton carpet, and another
howied over by her, until then nominal
mistress velvet gown and diamonds
Try the trick ana let me hear from
you again
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7 SEE frequent references TO tomato
aspic in recipes and in printed
i menus. Kindly tell me just what It
Is. / a7l ashamed 70 ask when I
hear the name Of n strange dish. one
coeSn Ike 10 appear ignorant The
french names especially bother me.
\ lady asked me the other day #
nsSd JisQue" and ] said at a venture.
NOt very much 1 hadn't the least
notion whether il was cake or a
drink
How may learn all about such
y.oI see I was raised in ,he country
AID hved there until ] was married
Shq you nave no idea how awkward I
feel sometimes.
The worst of It is that I am afraid
tht.t ny husband Will be ashamed OF his
green wife some day.
Dont smile when YOU read this. and
please don't put my name or initials in
JUST sign this little "grcuch'
DISTRESSED.
You write a beautiful hand: YOU spell
correctly; the structure OF your SEN
ttCces is grammatical
/ do not believe your husband. who
E.ffled you Wnen you were a country
SRI VIII ever be anything bat fond anu
proud II YOU.
/ am going TO ten YOU presently how
70 make tomato asric. First I want 10
say that Tie best way 10 learn rs not
to pretend TO knowledge yoV do not
possess.
/ did smile when / got to the con-
fesSicn OF ignorance on the bisque ducs-
ton, for / recOllected instantly the first
time I ever heard the word
\ f3nl5Js housewife in her set was
resretting the loss by marriage of a
c"ok who had lived with her for some
years.
Il shall never get another to suit me
so vel ia some respects" she said.
Her bisques were dreami Especially
her lobster bisqge!'
AT that she clasped her hands ana
rolled UP her eyes. as if ieeing celes-
tial vision. I asked utIight
what Is bisCuc? [ don't think I ever
eeard Of Il before. You have excited
nay curiosity ana NY desire. d. tell
lac and put me ont Of my misery"
Everybody laughed and one woman
said; Thank YOU for asking. I had
not the courage TO owr that I am as
ignorant as q stone on the same point -
That was the way / found out that
biSQue is a thick soup. sometimes OF
fish. sometimes Of chicken. sometimes
Of vegetables.
have written so many RECIPES Tor
the various liads SINCE then that /
c9n hardly believe there was ever a
tune when I knew nothing OF them.
One word before we get at the asoic.
u every well-conducted cook book there
is sort OF glossary Tor the use of
noVices In kitchen lore. and newly III
vented names Of dishes
a little m9nrai called Kitchen
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Frogs Lezs.

A travelled friend IS trying to teach us
to eat frogs legs.
There IS a pond at the foot Of a
meadow back Of our house that has. I'D
To this summer. been a nuisance or. ac-
count OF the believing OF the frogs.
They peep all the spring and below
all the midsummer nights.
Our visitor tells great stories OF the
dishes TO be evolved from the legs Of the
musicians, and when he went cunning
last right ana brought home fifteen
pairs Of hind-quarters, as white as
chicken. and really not repulsive to the
eye. whatever they may be to the i'm
aginatlon. l was willing to please him
by cooking them.
fried them for breakfast, and those
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her dishes of stuffed vegetables, but
che makes a mistake II size stops at ibis
point The potato may have Other than
the simple stufflng referred TO while
the tomato may have many forms Of
forcemeat as filling, and lends itself TO
all sorts OF experiments.
Either vegetables may be used as n
side dish or as the principal item at
luncheon CT supper or breakfast.
Eggplant cucumbers, and onions are
stuffed with success, as are cabbage
and beets.
Peppers are at their best when stuffed.
and eggs may be stuffed and served in
a variety az arpctizinE fashions.
II the rtcipes ] give below serve as
a suggest IN 70 housakeepers and call
out from some Of the siStcrhOOd recipes
of the same kind that they themselves
nave tested and proved good, L shall be
much gratihed.
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If You Move This Fall

~ z CAREFUL when selecting your
X house or apartment 70 get good
ventilation. even Il you must put
NJ with old-fashioned wall paper
and ancient style wood furnishings.
You can be happy without style. but
you can't be happy without health.
Too little attention is paid in many
families 70 the great need Of. sunlight
and air 81 the home,
Then again a dark, dreary house viii
have a most depressing effect upon
the spirits.
Children become aillng anu sickly
when they are deprived Of air and sun
light. Like grain sOWn under the trees.
they are imperfectly developed and
starve for the necessary sunlight.
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Stuffed Onions.

For ttis select large onions: the Ber-
mudas are the best Parbon then. for
ten minutes. take them from theffre
and let them become entirely cold.
Remove the center Of each with a
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n TUFFED vegetables Of various
kinds were in vogue on the other
Size OF the Atlantic long before
they gained a foothold here.
OF late years they have become well
Rome guests or our tables, and are espe-
cially valued by the houselSeeper be-
cause they afford her the means OF
gaining that for which she strives un-
ceasingly- variety in the daily bills Of
fare for her family
Tomatoes and potatoes stuffed are pos
gibly I-mong the test known vegetables
which thus prepared appear on our
fables.
The potato is stuffed with its own
Etarchy ins!des, treated with butter sea-
Boning, but the tomato has bread or
cracker crumbs, suitably seasoned, for
d filling.
The housekeeper may begin here In
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sharp knife ara Oh the hole made With
a good forcerleat OF minced meat and
crumbs. IN the proportion OF twice as
much meat as you have crumbs, season
Wei with salt and pepper, and molsten
with butter.
Arrange the onions in a dish. pour
around them q liberal cupful Of weak
stock sprinkle crumbs over the top. dot
with pieces Of butter, AMI bake, COW
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cred for t;rree-quarters Of an hour. IN
cover and brown.
Stuffed Eggplant.
Select a rnedium-sized eggplant and
boil Il for twenty minutes Take IL out
and lay II IN cold water for half an
hour. Cut IL IN half lengthwise. scoop
out the inside, leaving the outside Of tie
smell at least half an inch thick
Make ready a forcemeaf Of the pulp
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~ ~ Seasonab1e Recipes ~ "

you scoop out for tomato sauce or soup.
In its place put into the tomato shells d
cupful Of corn cut or grated from the
cob, seasoned with butter, salt and pep
per.
When the tomatoes are filled and in
the bake dish put on the tops. pour a
little gravy over all, or, lacking this a
cup of boiling water in which has been
cover and bake for an hour in a mod
crate oven.
Uncover and brown.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Rice.
Fill the scooped-out tomato shells with
boiled rice. seasoned with salt and a
teaspoonful OF butter for each tomato.
over the rice put the tomato which has
been scOoped out.
Lay on the tops. pour a little gravy or
tomato sauce around the vegetables in
the dish, cover. and bake half an hour.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Spaghetti.
Boiled macaroni or spaghetti broken
into short bits may be used in place
Of the rice in stuffing tomatoes. and
cooked IN the same way.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Meat or Fish.
Prepare the tomatoes as for plain
stunlng. Have ready a cupful of meat
or fish. minced and well seasoned. To
chicken or FISH add for this auantity
one tablespoonful Of butter and a xii
Of cream, salt. pepper. and minced pars-
I ley. and half a cup OF bread crumbs
Fill the tomatoes and proceed as ir
other recipes.
a pleasing dish is prepared by sub.
shutting boiled rice for the bread
crumbs with stuning Of chicken. veal
or lamb. and adding a half teasP9onfu
OF curry TO the seasoning.
Stuffed Cucumbers.
Peel four nediuu-sizcd cucumbers
cutting the peeling thin; cut them il
two lengthwise, so that you have two
boat-ghaped halves.
Prepare a stufTing OF oupful OF
minced cold chicken veal. two table.
spoonfns Of c-..r,sEsssAhh a teacupful o.
soft crur', Dlespoonful each OF
salt and pepper.
Lay the hlled cucumbers in the pan
/ pour around them a cuprul Of whit,
stock and bake, COVERED. for half al
hour.
/ Uncover strew with bread crumbs
put few bits OF butter on top Of these
and brown for five minutes. These ar.
/ delicious
Stuffed Onions.
For ttis select large onions: the Der
mudas are the best Parbon then. fol
ten minutes, take them from theffre
/ and let them become entirely cold.
! Remova the Center of each with .
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Stuffed Peppers.

Select young. green. but fuIl-grown
peppers. cut of the tops, remove the
fingers in the process. throw the pep
pers into boiling water, and let them
cook FIVE minutes.
Lay in cold water for ten minutes
more. stun them with anything you
choose. You can fiji them with fish.
faxed and prepared as for creamed fish.
or with minced meat well seasoned. or
with rice or spaghetti. or with a force
meat, such as IS used for. cucuube or
tomatoes or eggplant.
or you may al them with oysters pre-
pared as for scaIlop. IN any case they
must afterward be put into a pan. q
little weak stock poured about them.
and they should bake about fifteen min
ures.
The length Of time they are to cook
win depend upon the character OF the
stUffing.
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Of the csgplant and the pulp of two OF
three raw tomatoes, chopped fine.
Mix with this tablespoonful of bread
crumbs, a tablespoonful Of butter. salt
and pepper at discretion, a beaten egg
and half a cup OF good gravy
With this mixture i'll the two halves
OF the eggpiapt, lay them in a pan. pour
around them cupful Of weak stock.
cover and bake one hour
Basic often. Uncover. strew the sur
face OF the shells contents with crumbs,
put bits OF butter on this and brown.
If prefer ed. meat may be substituted
for the tomato. This dish will win golden
OniniOnE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-10
TUNNEL OUT OF JAIL
Fsur Negroes Under indictment for fei-
6aieS Make Their Escape.

Bryan, Texas, Sept le.-- Four ne.
Eroes under indictment for fclon-
ies. broke jail here Sunday night
and are still at large Their names
and charges against them are as fol
lows: Louis samuels, forgery; John
Dave. assault to murder, Cherry
Burrell. theft OF a horse and Ed
Parker, burglary.
After tearing up the iron floor OF
their cell the prisoners tunneled to
the outer wall through which they
punched a hole with a crowbar,
The sheriff has offered a reward
Of 800 for the four or a reward OF
s25 for each of them. There was
another negro prisoner with them
but he did not want to leave and
went to the home of the sheriff and
woke him up and told him of the
escape.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-10
Blt SttT AGAINST WHITE.
Former IcNan out Ot the Wireless
HompanS Home In
vowed

New YORK Sept 10 Abraham
White. who was known as Abe
swarta when be- lived at Corslcana.
Texas, and who was reported 20
have made million or SO In Wall
street last year. owns the magnlfi-
cent John A. Mccall mansion at
Long Branch
An interesting development in this
connection is the announcement that
Walter Althouse. stakeholder OF
the De Forest Wireless Telegraph
company and OF the Abraham White
Realty and Improvement company,
is suing in the United States district
court to set aside the purchase by
Abraham White of Shadow Lawn,
the country home of the late John
A Mccall in West End, Long
Branch. n. J Althouse alleges that
White bought the famous property
with the company's money and not
with his own. The property cost
nearly s2.000.000, but was bought
by White for about 100000
The Mccall property fronts on the
well known Norwood avenue drive.
1t was bought by White from a syn
dicate headed by Myron H. Open
helm. Upon taking possession, the
first thing White did was 70 change
the name from Shadow Lawn to
White Park. White and his family
Lave made this their regular sum-
mer home
White has been frequently sued by
local residents and up to now has
summonses, but at present his
whereabouts are unknown. 1t is be-
lieved he has returned to st. Louis,
his former home.
Arguments in the case have been
heard by United States Judge w.
, w. Lanning.
| White is well known in Texas,
where he was engaged in the cotton
business for many years. He wa
very successful in his Wall street op
GRAFTON Last year. and was also on
OF the main promoters OF the Z
Forest Wireless Telegraph compan
. but it is understood that he is
longer connected with that corpor
. ton.
White is a bright and active bus
ness man, has plenty of nerve an
| beat some OF the old time Wa
street gamblers at their own gam
for a year or So He has entertained
many Of his Texas friends at Whit
Park, which place he has maintained
for the past year or so at an expense
| of over 800, 900 per annum.