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Evening journal., 1907-11-20
ELLEN TERRY'S COOKING.
How She Learned 20 Be a Good
Housekeeper.

How She Learned TO Be a Good
Housekeeper.
At twenty-one years Of age Ellen
Terry had been on the stage long
enough to feel the necessity Of a long
vacation. In little sketch of her life
she goes to those six years Of the sim
pie life with much delight
Actors must take care Of themselves
and their voices. husband their strength
Tor the evenings work, and when Il is
over they are too tired to do anything.
For the FIRST time / waS able to put all
my energies into a living Charles
Lamb says, think, that when he left
the East India House he felt embar-
rassed by the vast estates OF time at
his disposal and wished that he had a
bailin to manage them, but | knew no
such embarrassment. | began garden
ing. the purest OF human pleasures.
/ learned to work and in time cooked
very well, though my first essay In the
difficult art was rewarded with dire
and complete failure.
1T was a chicken. Now, as all the
chickens had names-Sutan. Duke,
Lord Tom Noddy, Lady Teazle and so
forth-anC as | was very proud Of
them as living birds, It was a great
wrench TO kin one at all. to start with.
II was the murder Of Sultan, not the
killing Of a chicken. However at last
It was done and Sultan deprived of his
feathers, Toured and trussed. l had
no idea how this was all done, but
tried to make him sit up nicely like the
chickens I'm the shops.
"HIe came up to the table looking
magnincent-as large as any turkey.
"IIasnt this chicken rather an odd
smelly said our visitor.
"'How can your | answered. II
must be quite fresh-its Sultanr
However, when we began to carve
lhe smell grew more and more potent
Il had cooked Sultan without taking
lut his in'ardsl
There was no dinner that day ex
'cpt bread sauce, beautifully made
we'll cooked vegetables and pastry like
he foam Of the sea. l had a wonder
tul hand for pastry"
Evening journal., 1907-11-20

TABLE DECORATED WITH ODD PIECES OF
BROKEN CHINA.
well. A bamboo table has the edge
raised all around and so forms a bed
for the china, bringing it level with the
edges.
"Now for commencing the work.
"Take some putty and mold 1t well,
leaving no hard Jumps. To do this
molsten with linseed oil. Then pull a
small piece and cover a small portion
Of the table. beginning at the corners
ana working toward the middle. Next
press the pieces Of china close togeth-
er, leaving a small ridge Of putty be-
tween, which must be leveled with a
knife.
"An old table knife is the best. Sc
lect FIVE of the best pieces for the cor
ners and the center, matching them il
possible.
Keep the table level. Thicker pieces
OF china will have to be pressed down
harder When finished, leave to hard
en--apd Gil up all cracks --with-,mnr
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
u. -. - Oroeer.

me '..a- sta, GrC Ger.
In an interesting and informing lee
ture at the Agricultural hall Mr. J.
Aubrey Rees discoursed on sGrocers
Past and Present" "Grocers," II said.
Were once called pepperers, because
they dealt in pepper and spices. Their
history would seem to begin about
1880. when there is an entry on the
Pipe Rolls referring to the London
Guild Of Pepferers." Then In 1910
Mr.. Rees finds a reference in the city
records to one william Chambers be-
Ing apprenticed to John Gutter, "gros-
sorius" of Soper lane. The title seems
due to the dealings In things by tho
9Toss-i e.. in quantities. "In those
days grOcers ministered to the lux
uries OF the rich. Now" said Mr.. Rees
tersely, they distribute che necessities
Of the poor" The appearance Il tea
changed the business greatly and took
the place of drugs. which parliament
forbade grocers to sell.-London News.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
UNEARTHED PLOT TO BLOW
UP MONTENEGRO ASSEMBL Y

ARREST Of a leader, a Montenegrin Of
noble family named Rajkovic, who
with a companion was crossing the
border on hir return from Servia.
Documents relating to the conspiracy
were found by customs inspectors.
Among them were letters warning per-
sonal friends not to attend sittings Of
the Skushtina- In their luggage was
quantity Of bombs and ammunition.
RajkOvic has made a confession Of the
plan and including a complete list Of
those concerned, together with the
parts they were to play and the plans
for the future. The plot was hatched
by disaffected Montengrins at Belgrade
A strong following had been secured
throughout Montenegro, Bosnia, Her
zegovinia, Servia and Macedonia and
the distribution Of arms has begun.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
SAVE BROKEN CHINA.

Order Brought Out Of the Chaos Of
Bits Of China.
Here is what a thrifty housewife
has to say about utilizing broken bits
Of china:
Il was always averse to throwing
any china away and so one day found
had quite collection. What could
] do with them? A happy thought
struck me. Why not piece all together
in a crazy pattern and so form a sur
face for a tableY
II bought one Of those inexpensive
bamboo tables you can get for 80 or
20 cents and found it answered very
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
The Modern Test.

The full dress life wanes in this
country. Those who came before US
and had the necessary disposition and
means. In their manners. conversation
and dress. led. from birth to death,
this full dress life, and even in their
last moments endeavored to close the
term OF their existence with full dress
behavior aud full dress eplgram.
The notes OF restraint. dignity and ef-
fort in this direction are seldom sound
ed now in England. Ii is all noise.
dirt and speed today here Nothing Is
Of consequence but cash. what win
he be worth7" is asked az the birth
Of a child, What is he WORTH" when
he is a man and What was he
worth7" when he is no more.-London
Truth.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
CHANGE IN THE
FEMININE IDEAL
Mrs. Margaret DeIand Of
Boston Opposes Many Of
the Modern" Notions
BY THE JoURNArs Special wire.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O.-Mrs. Margaret
lDeland, of Boston, takes issue with the
modern. woman and a majority of the
reforms for which the latter are work.
ing, and members of the Twentieth
Century Clubs are to-day discussing
her lecture on the Change of the
Feminine IDEAL"
Mrs. Deland brought gasp after gasp
as she favored segregation of vice and
voiced her belief in the saloon and her
opposition to the Rooseveltlan anti
race suicide theory. She also would
keep women out of the legislature.
Nowadays the woman's ideal of a
family. or the ideals Of those express
ing ideals seem to be quantity rather
than quality 1t is at variance with
existing conditions and the best inter-
ests of the race. The question should
be settled by individual fathers and
mothers, declared the speaker.
"Our present system Of divorce Is
tending toward free love. The new
woman regards marriage as merely an
Notwithstanding which should not
be allowed to interfere with her career.
We need to get back to the old notions
of marriage-the union" In mothers s
day the three vocations of woman
were teaching. nursing and sewing In
the new woman's day these are the
only vocations not invaded by women"
Mrs. Deland says as legislators
women would enact laws In violation
of those Of nature and God.
These modern women never consider
evil is just as natural as good and no
amount of legislation can make man
anything but a man.
Let the saloon alone and teach young
mon to avoid it.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
CANNOT G 7 BARRELS
Apples srs r.i1o Wasted Because They
Cannot be Shipped.

Apples are N'ind Wasted because lhep
Cannot be Shipped.
Thousands Of barrels of apples are rot
ting ON the trees hcrenhouis for want of
picking and the farmers are paving 1T
tie attention TO them except TO make
some ~ thom into cider. At esent they
are selling lower In This section than for
many years ard are hclrg allowed TO go
to waste FIFTY cents is about the stand
ard prize for q bushel
Tnero rood market In New York
mud rmadolnhla for the fruit and 1t Is
high m price, but the farmers cannot
sell the rnples for the reason that they
cannot secure the barrels in which 10
ship them. An the barrels about the stores
have tren eathored up end used and the
fruit cannot be shipped loose In cars by
lcnson Of the DAMAGE it would sustain In
sldpmsui Tho probabilities are that the
larger portion viii be permitted to rot on
the trces. The crop in New York. our
usun' source of supply, is failure this
season ana q the fruit were gathered In
This section Il could be- disposed Of at a
good figure.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
IRISH.AMERlCAN SOCIETY
TO CELEBRATE RESCUE

In Irish American Hall tomorrow
evening the Irish American Associa-
ton will give a musical entertainment
which promises to be most interesting.
j. Frank Mcmahon of Philadelphia, will
speak, j. c. Fitzgerald, an opera singer,
will sing, and the Choral Club will
entertain. At the entertainment the
association will sell postal cards made
of Irish peat as souvenirs of the oc-
casion.
The celebration is in honor of the
Manchester Rescue, and is one Of the
most elaborate yet planned by the
society.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
8 Your

in q ya a.a hclchng, burn
ile srneal cmptN leolmg Coz the
stomach. .tNg after cnting, hrash
aNefsi.u io TODD, fermentation, on
dcwnris digestion
Therr ~o row diseases Which create
such ni erv long draw. our misery
ass dysr asa 10 pugsucs YOU before
meals. aftr- meals. ANA between meals;
won take % to had With you, IL is with
you ai The tfc1irc and at Your desk
Nhat the only why 10 get rid ol itl
don't Aavc to diet just take some
Ner Cont have 10 stop eating, you
thlre that vi dn the work. OF tho
slomnch and go Tho stomach take q
rcst
Staars -, ncpsia Tablets are tho
most uonderfDl ldUc tablets on cartN
frr ih' cty ihrg
in nMiu arithmetic, / or Smnrts
pysne 'a Tablets equals good strong
stUns.l ioi I time for ! good hearty
moo one Ingredient of Stunrts nys-
pcpsia Tablets win digest perfectly
5000 grains Of food in just the same
way .tlat n strong robust. healthy
stomach would do H.
Srmrts Dyspepsia Tablets enrich
and increase the gastric juice in your
stomach and that is mostly what you
nccd. ana better gastric juice
And it gives the stomach rest, a good
long rost Tn the meantime it cures
the dyspepsia. and all other Stomach
troubles
Iust few Of Stuarts Dyspepsia
0lnots win prove TO YOU what these
fi ehcrubs of health and happiness
nn do
sinnrts Dyspepsia Tablets are foi
elc al an druggists al SOC box
send us vonr name and address to-
anv and we viii 81 once send you boy
nen . scmple package free. Address
a. Stuart CO.. $50 Stuart Bldg.
Marshall. Mich.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20

Every woman inherits certain ways of
doing housework from her mother as the
mother did from her grandmother. One
of these ideas from ancient times concerns
the washing of clothes. "Boil EN-, Boil
'em good, is the old tradition. Until the
invention of Fels-Naptha soap that was the
only way to wash. Now, isn't it foolish
to keep on boiling clothes, and rubbing
them hard, when way to wash better in
cold or lukewarm water with no hard rub
bing has been found2
Clothes last longer with no boiling to
weaken their fibre. Every progressive
woman is glad to get rid of the hot fire,
steam and sudS, as we'll as the back-break-
ing work of hard rubbing.
But there's right way and wrong
way to use Fels-Naptha. Start right Fol-
low the directions on the wrapper and
you'll have better, easier, cleaner way of
washing. For other reasons which are ex-
planned on the red and green wrapper,
FelS-Naptha is Just as superior for all kitch-
en- purposes as it is for washing.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20

putty. When this is done, giid the
putty with Judson gold.
1.-The success of the table depends a
great deal on what kind Of china you
use. The better the china the better
the table.
II found some Of my best pieces in
all sorts of odd places One very pret-
ty piece showing an old fashioned gar
den l found on the beach at the sea
shore. If you can manage to get any
OF your friends in the service to give
you a piece OF the mess china, which
often gets broken. it Will greatly add
to your collection"
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
py rHE JouRNAEs speelal wlre.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire
VIENNA, Nov. 2O.-A conspiracy to
blow up the Montegrin Skupshtira or
National Assembly, murder Prince
Nicholas, his family and ministers,
seize the Montenegrin government and
form a union of all Servian-sp speaking
countries has been discovered, accord
ing to dispatches from Cettinje, the
capital of Montenegro.
More than $50 arrests have been
made. Implicated in the plot accord
ing to almost conclusive authorities,
are former Premier Radovic and some
of the most influential men in the
Montenegro state affairs. Radovic was
arrested at the Austrian frontier while
i'm flight.
How Plot Was Exposed.
The plot was exposed through the
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
KILLED HER HUSBAND,
COMMITTED ctUCTDF

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-Lottie Hitch
cock. S5 years old. shot and killed her
husband and then shot herself four
times in the breast with a 3S calibre
revolver at their home. 76s East one
Hundred and Fifty-eight street. Mrs.
Hitchcock was taken to Lebanon hos
pita' In q dying condition.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
snioidn hv lnhalinn Gas.

By THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-Julius Cru
Der. aged 81. committed suicide by In
haling gas early today at his resi-
dencc. no. III West one Hundred and
Third street The police are investir
eating a report that the man was a
relative OF Abraham Gruber the at
inrneN.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
Use For PumIoe Stone

A woman who always has fragrant
bureau drawers accounts for it by
her use Of pumice stone saturated
with her favorite perfume in place Of
the usual transitory odor Of the fancy
sachet.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
TAFT ENJOYING TRIP IN
CZAR'S SPECIAL CAR
,, run IounNAL.s spselaI wlre.

~ ID IWIItN NI = ap0NIaI WIG
Sf PETERSBURG Nov 2O.-Mes-
sases from Easlorn Siberian cities
along the Trans Siberian railroad say
secretary TAFT ul America and his
party are enjoying their trip and pro-
iesf TO be very comfortable In the spec
.ii ear furnished by the Car Rus.
sian authorities are not SO happy. how
ever they fear the occasion might be
taken for a blow by the terrorist and
Nili MOI be easy as long as Taft Is in
the Cars territory The train could
not De watched more carefully by rail-
road and military authorities were
Nicholas himself a passenger.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
NEW YORK WEARY
or HORSE SHOW
~ THE JoURNAEs Special wire.

Ry THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-That Now
Workers as "a class are getting tired of
the annual horse show is reluctantly
admitted hy directors of tho National
Horse SHOW Association in private
conversation. Their deduction is based
upou ,ae attendance since the opening.
the smallest in twonty-three years. The
society element IS we'll represented as
usual ana the booths are we'll filled,
hut the public, and this means gate re-
ceipts are shy Of the entorprise.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
Better Follow Anty Drudge's Advice.

Mrs. NeOt4ide-'Yes but this is tbs, way mother wash
ed. She always said 10 boil the Clothes good and
long,
Aay DT1tdge-'Yes, and your mother wore hoopskirts
and poke bonnet, and did her sewing by hand when
she was young. But don't see you doing those
things Take my advice and use Fels-Naptha soap
IN cold or lukewarm water Those pretty white
hands will last longer and so will your health.'
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
Purchased Butcher Shop.

Harry l.. Mckee who conducts a
butcher shop at No. 31S King street,
has purchased the butcher shop at No.
623 Madison street, formerly operated
by Frank Porter.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20

Son-Father. what is the rest Of the
quotation Man proposes and"- Fa-
ther (sadly)-Woman seldom refuses
Buffalo Times.
Evening journal., 1907-11-20
Appetite None
The woeful Reflections Of a Withered
Dyspeptie.

no substitute for good nature has
vt been found. Smiles take root in
ho slOmach. Without good digestion
.hcrl never can be very much sum
snae. or the very simple reason that
lta stomach and the brain are twins,
aAo what affects one invariably af-
fects the other. The adage that the
best road to n persons heart is via the
stomach. still holds good
Gorged grub and pappy pie always
breed gloom and sleepless nights.
They also breed dyspepsia-quiclS
dyspeDsio. and dyspepsia shows itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Literary Impostors

CLEVER literary impostors who have
~ deceived the world are numerous.
Gamelli Carrier, Neapolitan gentleman and
scholar, while confined to his room for a long
period of years by illness, amused himself by
writing an account of an imaginary voyage
round the world. When the volume was pub
lished, it was taken as fact, even by learned
people.
The detailed account of a trip to China
which is credited to Du Halde is another
literary hoax. The author had never seen
China and had been sufficiently clever to COM
nese missionaries.
1t is remarkable, though no less fact, that
"Gulver's Travels" was thought to be true
narrative when it first appeared, and the
famous story of Dambergers travels was like
wise hoax
Varillas the French historian enjoyed a
wide reputation as a chroncler of events, but
later it was discovered that his works were
purely fakes The volumes of this writer
resemble those of Gregorio Reti, who, in order
to keep himself from starving, appended the
most unheard of incidents to English history
as it was known.
One of the most daring impostures
record is that of Joseph Vella of Sicily. He
said that he discovered seventeen of the
lost books of Livy in Arabic. He then set
to work and wrote a translation from his
fancy, which was printed. After his death
the fraud was discovered. Before his death,
however, he fell under suspicion and was con-
denned to imprisonment
There are countless cases of authors selling
never read. Sir John Hill once contracted to
translate a Dutch book. After the agreement
he remembered that he did not know a word
of Dutch. He then bargained with another
translator to do the work for half the price he
was to receive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Mark Twain's Cigars

CAMUEL L. CLEMENS is said to be extraor-
- dinarily forgetful in one respect: When at
his literary labors it is the usual thing tor MN
to become totally unaware of whether or not he
has cigar in his mouth, and this resulted IN
an amusing incident. g.,
1t is remarkable the rapidity with winch
my cigars disappear" he said in his dry drawl
to the dealer from whom he buys them. Mind,
l don't mean to cast aspersions on any mem,
her of my household but myself, he fastened
to add, with a sly twinkle. AS yet haven
been able to detect myself as the culprit who
gets away with SO many cigars, but l have
hope" ,
Perhaps l can aid you to discover the
guilty one" suggested the tobacconist I'll
fix up some of them with horsehair and rubber
and then at least you will know if you yourself
smoke them"
Mark Twain gladly accepted the suggestion.
Sometime afterward he paid the tobaccon1st
a visit
How about those doctored cigars you were
going to send me?" he inquired.
The dealer regarded him with aston1shment
Il did send them just after you were here, he
replied. They were in the square box, and
each was tied with a white ribbon as we
agreed upon. Didn't you get them?'
Why, bless my soul were those the ones!
was the innocent response. "Of course, got
that box, and as they are all gone it must be
| that smoked them, for after the first no one
would have touched them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Whims in Wills

THE eccentricity of men shows itself in no
more extraordinary form than in obliga-
lions attached to deeds of property by which
some whm of the seller is forced upon all future
owners.
The Ouakers who founded Philadelphia
sometimes asserted themselves in this way
after death. The owners of some of the valua-
bic lots in that city are compelled to build
houses of no more than two stories upon them.
Upon others, back buildings cannot be erected,
lest Gods air and sunlight be hindered I'm
duly in their goings."
A plantation in Virginia was left by George
Jordan, a lieutenant colonel under Washington,
with the provision that Every owner thereof
shall hold on October the 18th of each year
religious service in his house, where prayer
shall be offered and a sermon preached in
memory of my daughter Fortune. And this
obligation shall hold good, though a thousand
generations shall pass
A valuable property in Pennsylvania was
bequeathed to a church condition that the
congregation each year should send rose to
the head of the family who gave it. Nearly
two centuries have passed, but the rose was
given last year to descendant of the kindly
though whimsical donor.
1t was not an uncommon act IN England
during the Middle Ages to leave an estate en-
numbered with a dole, which was sometimes
bestowed in fantastic way. An heir was
obliged to give f1itches of bacon yearly to the
married woman who never scolded her hus-
band, or so many loaves of bread or stacks of
fagots to poor soldiers.
The owner of house in Smithfeld is said to
have been compelled, on the anniversary of
certain martyrdom, to cover a gravestone in
the churchyard of Saint Bartholomew with
shining sixpences for the widows of the parish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
The Sublime Porte

WHEN they designate the government o OF
w Turkey as the Sublime Porte few
pee pie realize that they are using metaphorlcai
language, and are not in reality speaking OF
any men, but of gate.
Mutawakkal, the last calf of the Abbassldes
adorned the gate of his palace at Bagdad by
putting therein a piece of the black stone OF
Mecca, which faithful Moslems believe to have
been originally white but blackened by the sins
of humanity. The gate naturally became an
object of veneration, and men began to speak
of it as the shrine of the Sublime Porte
entire palace, and then to it's occupant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
Some Aged Employees

SOMEBODY in Congress had resolution
~ passed calling upon the President for
information as to the number of clerks and
other civil employees in the classified SER
vice, male or female, in each of the executive
departments of the Government, and in the
Government Printing Office, and under the
Smithsonian Institution, and in the aggregate
in the city of Washington, who have reached
the age of seventy years or more.
In an official message the required lnforma-
ton was given, from some departments in the
briefest possible form, from Others with full
details as to name, age, position, length OF SER
vice, and salary.
In all there appear to be six hundred and
ninety-four employees who have reached the
age of seventy years or more, and about ten
per cent. of these are women, one-third of whom
are in the Treasury Department. The Depart
ments of Commerce and Labor and of Agri-
culture include employees outside of the Dis
trict of Columbia
The oldest employee is lightweight years
of age, has been forty-seven years in service,
and gets a salary of one hundred and sixty
dollars per annnn a lighthouse keeper; the
next oldest, at eighty-six and third, at eighty
three, have similar positions after thirty
years of service and get five hundred dollars
salary apiece. Another, at eighty-one, after
forty-hve years of service, is a messenger at
fifty dollars a month. The longest service,
fifty-eight years, is that of an assistant in the
coast survey, who at seventv-six receives a
salary of four thousand dollars. A copper
plate engraver, fifty-seven years in service, at
seventy-five is paid twelve hundred year.
Another assistant, seventy years of age and
forty-nine years in the service, gets three thou
sand.
There is one salary of forty-fve hundred,
two of four thousand, five of three thousand;
eleven range from two thousand to twenty five
hundred, thirteen from fifteen hundred to two
thousand and fourteen from one thousand to
fifteen hundred. The lowest reported salary
is that of woman assistant lighthouse keeper
who is paid only one hundred and fifty dollars
a year.