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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

" I'VE hundred dollars and you
will have the face OF a Pom
padour-three hundred and
YOU viii be so beautiful that
all your women friends viii be envious
and all your men friends devoted"
The words fell with q soft. seductive
French accent from the lips OF a woman
who was as plump and pink checked
as q girl They were accompanied by
sust 8 touch OF sympathy and good
deal OF encouragement. as though the
speaker fully understood and appreci-
.ated the mind or the woman who wants
TO preserve and enhance her departing
good looks.
Truly, madame, the new beauty spe-
cialist. IS a marvel. sic is a wonderful
example OF her own treatment. She
claims 10 have preserved her own fair
skin, Ste roundness. its softness OF
texture and exouisiteness OF colcring
exactly as she promises to preserve
yours or anybodys who viii pay the
tidy little gum she asks as the price or
her great secret. Madame -. as we
will call her, though she owns a very
smart Partisan name that IS already
familiar 20 many New York society
women who have been given the beauty
treatment in the exquisite beauty par
lcrs on Fifth svenue-admits with
more pride than most women would
that she ia just seven years under sew
enty, and II she did not tell you so
with every appearance OF truthful can
dor you would be willing TO alta Ike
your all upon her being nearer forty
three than sixty three. She Is wonder
1ul 20 behold. and as yeu gaze down
the long vista Of years leading 20 your
sixty~third miiepost and think OF the
hard treatment and the neglect that
your own complexion viii probably re-
ceive ~ that time. you are apt to per-
susde yourself that, after all, $500 or
even $500 is a small price TO pay FOR
eternai youth and beauty.
Does IL hurt" you ask
riot g BIT" you are assured
Does II take long?"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

of the palm and wave OF the fingers
means Come. wish YOU" Strangers
in Sicily complain bitterly that they
cannot get rid OF the beggars and cab
drivers, who pursue them along the
streets. This is because they use the
Sicilisn gesture for come. while think
ing they are expressing GO away
Many a young man in Sicily begs girl
to marry him without ever having
spoken a word to her.
First he makes the gesture OF
Come the one meaning to other ma
tions &C.," and Immediately afterward
places the points or the fingers OF his
right hand on the palm OF his left hand.
This indicates the skirt or petticoat OF
the girls mother, for no Sicilian girl
can be properly married unless her
mother is in the arrangement The
last gesture OF the appeal is oneg OF
placing the two palms together as
though for prayer, but which in this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10
Delicious Oyster Pie

rake twenty-four large. plump, white
oysters line deep pudding dish with
tninly rolled piecrust generously baked
with little dabs OF cold butter: cover
the bottom OF the dish With a layer Of
oysters. and cover them in turn with a
oianket-not too thick--of finely cruna-
BLEED soda crackers. several small l,lr1,ns
or. butter, sprinkle Of black pepper
and dust OF finely grated nutmeg.
Add another layer of oysters, another
or seasoned crackers. and so on until
the dish is full. To a coneecupful or
the oyster liquor add half cup OF rich
milk. thicken sparingly with wheat
Hour. and pour In the middle OF the pie.
top with a lump OF butter the size ~
an English walnut: cover with thin
crust. and bake IN moderate oven.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

are cream jars, a gold powder box and
8 hand mirror TO match, all of besuti-
ful pattern and exquisite workmanship.
and they seem to harmonic with the
woman bending over you, while YOU
yourself are discordant note. But
that will soon be changed. SO YOU are
reassured.
she pats your coiorless cheek and then
pinches her own rosy one and tells you
that it is the treatment alone that
has made hers so firm and round and
pink and so envied by you.
Not a wrinkle, see?" And there is
not even sign of crows feet to be
seen around her eyes as she bends
over you TO get a better view under
the bright electric light And yours
will be beautiful and round and smooth,
too, she tells you. again. Fifteen min
utes every day for twenty-one or more
days and there will never be time
when your face will not have a soft
pink glow under an exquisite. peach
like skin. All the flabbiness and wrin-
kles win have disappeared by that time
and you can hold your own In the most
trying glare of daylight. so she goes
on encoura gingly. BY this time you
ere willing TO barter your last cent
* You can subtract even a few years
from your real and apparent age, and
the first step in the identifying process
is begun. You are as clay in the
modeler's hands
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10
Protecting the Fair

A square of linen is folded very mar
row and tied round the edge of your
hair. Next big linen sheet is laid
over YOU from chin to toes and the
eegc is tucked very carefully into the
back of your blouse and you are ready
to be initiated into the mysteries of the
new beauty culture.
Madame takes a bit of cotton from
her apron pocket, dips it into one OF
the china boxes on the dressing table
and begins to smear your face all over
with some OF it's contents. 1t is thick
and smooth and dark brown, and at
first it has no particular feeling. When
a thick coat has been spread on the
beauty gfver stands back and surveys
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

lett on ths serving platter, as though
answered. On the table. therefore. this
dish is highly decorative. When the
guests are seated. however. It is taken
and passed around. each guest helpfnx
himself to a cutoff section OF the bunch.
It Is rather for their wholesomeneS-
than ability to stimulate the Appetite
that the grapes are served.
When artichokes are used for appe-
Tiers they are placed on a thin slice
OF tomato over toast, or else on the hot :
tom part OF an artichoke. This latter
way Is the newer OF the two and IS re-
garded by epicures as quite delicious
The preparation is facilitated Nv
the fact that preserved artichoke hot
toms can now be bought at most of the
leading groceries
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10
Fashionable Appcfizers

This winter there is fad for serving
dollhouse grapes before a meal Usually
one very large bunch is cut at certain
parts OF the stem and yet the whole IL
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

case means the church. So By threa
swift movements the young man has
said Gene with me by your mothers
consent TO the church" The girl wish
Ing to do so drops her chin on her
chest. thus making the gesture for
Yes" When refusing the plea, how
ever. she elevates her chin. throwing
her head far back. This gesture means
No" In Sicily the gesture OF shaking
the head from side to side, as Indicative
OF No IS not known.
The gesture for You are very pref
~: you please me-" Is IN Sicily a rapid
outlining OF the face with the thumb
and middle finger of the left hand. I'm
pertinent young men are quite free IN
making this gesture on the streets
When rebuffed they at once go through
the same motion. only pinching In the
cheeks while doing so. This changes
the meaning to You are too thin" And
thinness IS not at all admired.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10
And You Try 1t

She suggests to you that you try
treatment. just TO see how you like it
and to see how much prettier you look.
And SO you try il.
The youth restorer disappears for
few minutes into the rear Of the
beauty parIor and you have time TO
look about you while you remove your
hat and gloves and wraps. You find
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10

= few minutes each day for very
few weeks"
What a relief. Those hours given up
TO the facial mssseuse have always been
begrudged by the busy woman who
finds it impossible 20 keep up her social
obligations and duties. There Is econ
omy OF time. at least. in the new t~es;-
ment. What is Il like? What are IFS
underlying principles? You question
and then madame explains how she mas
devoted all her life 20 the STUDY cf-ahe
preservation Of the skin. When she
was a convent girl AT the Sacred Heart.
in Austria, she says she spent several
hours a day watching and studying
with chemists. and that from them she
learned the value OF many drugs and
OF many compounds. Then into the
hands Of the convent girl. grown to
womanhood. came the secret Of MAIDS me
La Ponpa6ours beauty preparations. so
this new complexion specialist claims.
and with this TO start upon she trav
eled TO the land OF the Ptolemies TO
glesn what knowledge she coold from
the ancient Egyptian methods OF pre-
serving the dead II the dead skin
can be made 10 keep it's contour and
color for years. why cannot the living
be made TO do the same?" is the ques-
ton madame asked herself. And so she
searched and delved among the books
ana relics, experimental and concocted
until she succeeded in mixing the pastes
and liquids which she now claims viii
restore any skin and preserve II Tor q
lifetime. even for hundred years Il
is a secret wreSted from the tombs and
one which madame chcrishes as she
does her own existence.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-03-10
TAKING THE BEAUTY CURE

r. I'VE hundred dollars and you
will have the face OF q Pom
padour--three hundred and
YOU viii be so beautiful that
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Preparing Egg Plant.

Egg Plant Pie.-Boi1 the egg plants
until tender, pare, and mash very
smooth. Mix with half the quantity
of bread crumbs. one Or two beaten
eggs, little minced onion, a half
teaspoonful Of powdered summer sa-
worry and salt and pepper to taste
Put half the mixture in a deep but
tered pie dish, cover with a rather
thick layer of diced cooked meat of
any kind. made slightly moist with a
little good gravy, and spread over the
remainder Of the egg plant mixture
Cover with buttered crumbs and bake
in moderate oven for half an hour.
A little leftover meat and egg plant
may be made into a delicious dish in
this way. Serve with good gravy.
Egg Plant all Gratin-Cut in halves
lengthwise, and parboil them in
slightly sailed water Scoop out most
of the inside, dust what is left with
salt and pepper and spread with melt
ed butter. Mash the portion removed
very smoothly and mix with it the
same quantity of finely chopped
mushrooms which have been fried in
plenty of butter for fifteen minutes
season with salt and pepper and a
little minced onion or onion Juice,
mix we'll and fill the shells, rounding
them up in little mounds; sprinkle
with buttered crumbs, and bake in a
brisk oven for half an hour.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24

from either melons or squashes, or
cucumbers, in cases where all were
grown in close proximity. He states
that he made many careful hand-pol-
linations between the two classes and
Beside these other experimenters
have workd along the same lines with
the same results, SO that the question
is fully settled that different species of
curcubits will not mix.
At Ames, Iowa, Prof. L. H. Pam
mel, Of the University Of that place,
carried on experiments covering a
number of years, and despite the most
careful efforts, failed to produce a hy-
br1d. DR.. Pammel is a very careful
worker and one whose announce
ments Of results are never questioned
by those who follow up scientific hor-
tlcultural work, SO that when he failed
to produce a hybrid it may be taken
as settling the matter just as effectual-
ly as did Prof. Bailey's determina-
tons.
Naudin, who is authority on this
subject, experimental. for many years
with a large number of varieties from
different places and found that the
subject, experimental for many years
hybrlds were produced they yielded
either no seed or sterile seed. We
sincerity trust that the statements of
these world-renOwned scientists will
effectually settle the controversy for
it is a question that | have been called
upon to answer annually for a decade
or more
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Mixing of Melons and Squash.

The possibility of the mixing Of
melons and squashes or cucumb RS
is one that interests many gardeners
in Florida. We have found a short
article on the subject in the Rural
Californian. We had practically rne
same information from a prominent
seedman nearly thirty years ago.
While there is no danger in planting
melons and squashes, or melons and
cucumbers in the same garden with
out danger of mixing, it is not safe
to plant two varieties of melon, or
two of squashes near each other and
expect to get pure seed The item re-
ferred to is as follows:
There is a very widespread belief
that curcubits will mix, and that when
grown close together, watermelons
will cross with squash, and musk mel
ons with cucumbers, etc. Like very
many other popular beliefs, it is not
true and cantaloupes and squashes
pumpkins, ETC., will not cross if plant
ed close to each other. This matter
has been scientifically settled BY a
long series Of experiments made by
several of Our leading horticulturists
and hybridizers.
Prof. L. H. Bailey of Cornell made
a most exhaustive study of this sub
Ject, his experiments covering sever
al years time and some fifteen hun
dred or more fertilizations. Having
read much Of his work along this line
! asked him about the matter when at
Redlands with him in Tulv 1901 and he
said most emphatically that one had
nothing to fear in saving the seeds
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Lemon Tart.

Put on to boil the very thin rinds Of
four lemons. When tender beat them
to paste with a cupful of white ST.
gar; add half cupful of blanched and
finely chopped almonds, the juice of
the four lemons, and little grated
peel; simmer together in a porcelain
lined dish for half an hour, and when
cold stir in we'll the beaten yolks Of
three eggs. Have ready tart pan
lined with a rich puff-paste and put
the mixture into this. Bake in hot
oven. When done spread with
meringue made of the stif1y beaten
whites of the eggs and six tablespoon
fuls Of powdered sugar, and brown
lightly in the oven
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
The Greatest Utility Breed of the 20
Sea Beach Tarts.

Cream together one pound Of brown
sugar and one cupful of butter. Beat
the yolks of three eggs until very
light and stir into the butter and
sugar. Sift together one quart of
-four and two teaspoonsful of baking
powder; mix with the eggs, butter
and sugar, until paste firm enough
to roll has been formed Roll out
thin and cut into squares, spread the
toast with the beaten whites of the
eggs, sift over them graduated sugar,
then sprinkle over them half a pound
of blanched almonds which have been
crushed with a rolling pin. Bake in a
moderate oven.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Nice Sandwiches.

Chicken Cream Sandwiches. Chop
the white meat Of cold roast chicken
into tiny bits, season with white pep
per and celery salt; beat a small cup
of cream until thick, then stir it into
the minced chicken. Spread upon
very thin slices of bread
Beef Sandwiches.-Chop lean, cold
roast beef very fine, and season highly
with salt, pepper, mustard and dash
Of horse radish; add a teaspoonfu1 Of
tomato catsup. Work all this to a
paste with enough melted butter to
soften, then spread upon thin slices
Of graham bread.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Peach Cottage Pudding.

Make a batter Of one-half cupful of
sugar, three tablespoonfuls Of melted
butter, one well-beaten egg, one cup
full of milk, one pint Of -four and one
and one-half teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder. Stir into this batter some
sliced peaches and bake in a loaf.
Serve with hard sauce. This is also
delicious when made with berries.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Cake Recipes.

Devils Food Cake.-One cup but
ter, two cups white sugar, one cup
brown sugar, one cup cream, four
cups flour, four eggs beaten separate
ly, one-half cup syrup, two cups
spoonful soda dissolved in one-half
cup hot water, one teaspOOnful baking
powder, one teaspOOnful allspice, one
teaspoonful ground cloves, one tea
spoonful cinnamon, one teaspoOnful
nutmeg, one-half pound citron, cut
fine, two pounds figs, cut fine, one
half cake chocolate grated and melted
Bake in layers Filling: Two cups
nuts, two cups sugar, one-half cup
flour, one-half cup cream, four eggs;
cook in double boiler till thick.
Lady Baltimore Cake.-One cup
butter, two cups sugar, three and one
half cups flour, one cup milk, whites
of six eggs, two level teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one teaspoon of rose
water. Filling: Dissolve three cups
of graduated sugar in one cup of boil
ing water, cook until it threads, then
pour it gradually over the whites Of
three eggs beaten to a standing froth,
stirring constantly; add to the icing
one cup of chopped raisins, one cup
Of nuts preferably pecans) and five
dried figs cut into very thin strips.
Novelty Cake.-Mix two cupfuls of
sugar (pOwdered), three-fourths of a
cupful of butter, three eggs, one cup
full Of milk, two teaspoonfu1s Of bak-
ing powder and flour to make a
smooth batter. Bake two layers of
this mixture, and add to the remain
ing batter the following: half tea
spoonful Of allspice, half teaspoon
full of cinnamon, half a teaspoonfu1
Of cloves, one-quarter of a pound Of
currants, onequarter Of a pound of
ra1slns, One-quarter of a pound of
citron. Bake this in one layer and
place between the two white layers,
using the above soft icing for filling.
This makes novel and pretty cake.
A good filling or icing for the top
of cake is made as follows: half tea
spoonful of butter, half a pound Of
cOnfect1oners' sugar and one table
spoon OF milk. Rub butter and lit
tie of the sugar together, then add
milk and sugar gradually until thor
oughly mixed; it should not be too
stiff. Use any kind of favoring de-
sired, and spread the icing on the
cake while warm A smooth, glazed
surface that will not crack will re-
suit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24
Orange County Growers Big Returns

w. T. Moore, one of the prominent
growers of the Ocoee district ship
ped his first carload Of melons to the
Cooper Produce Co., Jacksonville, to
sell for him to the best advantage.
The car was sold for 5000 netting Mr..
Moore $247.36. The car arrived in
Jacksonville on the fifth and he receiv-
ed his money on the SIXTH Orange
county can raise melons with the best
Of them and the railroad facilities in
sure quick returns.-Reporter-Star.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-07-24

A canning factory at Ravenna, Tex,
burned Out last year 10000 cams of
beams, 5000 cams OF b1ackberrieS, 5000
cars tof peaches, $4,000 cans of applies,
10000 cams OF Tomatoes, 5000 cans ,of
okra and POTATOES, 10000 cans of
pumpkins, 5000 cans of honiny, 125
bushels OF peach pitts, and barrels
OF apple vinegar. Southern Farm
Magazine.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-03
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