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The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
LIKED BY THE LITTLE ONES.
MaypoIe Cake Pretty Ornament for
Birthday Table.

This novel Centerpiece for a birth.
day table is sure to please all the lit
tie guests Any kind of simple cake
will do provided it has plenty of curly
cues and sugar plums on the icing.
Place in the center of the table a
looking glass plaque, edging it with
crimped pink tissue paper and ferns.
On this set the cake, from the middle
of which rises the maypole. This may
vary in size from a wooden knitting
needle to a bamboo cane to suit the
dimensions of the cake.
The pole is pressed firmly into the
cake and crisscrosssd up and down
with a bright ribbon, the top being
adorned with a bouquet of flowers
From the top of the pole hang long
streamers of many colored baby rib
bon, each ending in package
wrapped in pink tissue paper and con-
tanning a pretty toy.
These packages form a circle on the
table around the looking glass lake
At a given time each guest takes a
package, lifting it high from the table,
the bright ribbons making a pretty
curved screen above the cake. With
scissors then cut the ribbons off close
to the pole all around the circle, thus
leaving a prize in each little. hand
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Sweet Crackers,

Two and one-half cups sugar, two
cups sweet milk, two eggs, a pinch Of
salt, one cup of butter and lard mixed,
five cents baking ammonia. five cents
lemon oil; pound the ammonia fine
and soak in half the milk over night
Put together the ingredients and
enough flour to make a stiff dough-
fork to let the ammonia evaporate
Bake in a quick oven. Set aside at
least 40 minutes before eating.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Turkey ScaIIon.

Make a pint of gravy from the bones
and skim chop fine bits of meat
picked from the bones; have ready
buttered pudding dish with a layer of
dried and rolled bread or cracker
crumbs. Add a layer of the minced
turkey and dot with bits of butter,
seasoning with salt and pepper
Moisten each layer with some OF the
gravy, with either milk or oyster
liquid added, and so continue until
the dish is full Let the top layer be
of crumbs, seasoned and dotted with
butter and moistened with the gravy.
Spread it smoothly over the top about
a quarter of an inch thick. Invert a
pie dish over it and bake in a mod
crate oven until it begins to bubble at
the sides: remove the cover and
brown. After you have partaken of
this dish you will think the second
stage of that bird better than the first
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
NEW VEGETABLES IN MARKET.
Hostess Hes Opportunity 20 Serve
Novelties 10 Her Guests.

The hostess who likes to serve
novelties at her table should make
the most of the odd vegetables and
fruits now on sale
The yam, or Brazilian sweet patato.
is increasing in favor One exhibited
recently in the window of a fancy
grocer was more than a foot in length,
with an average circumference of ten
inches. The price asked was 75 cents
Any recipe for the cooking of the
sweet potato may be applied to the
yam. 1t should be boiled first and
salted, when it is ready for serving
in any of several different ways.
A tropical vegetable now shown is
the chayarette. 1t is somewhat sim
liar in general shape to the green pep
per. 1t is, however, more feshy in
side, and in color is a very faint
green, almost white in some places.
The chayarette should be boiled
first, then sliced, rolled in crumbs
and fried When so served the ap-
peaTance is not unlike diminutive
slices of fried egg plant. Served cold
and mixed with green peppers and
celery the chayarette may be used as
a salad.
The Egyptian melon is another con-
spicuous novelty of the fruiterer and
fancy grocer. Fine specimens of this
melon may be seen suspended in a
network of cord in some of the win
dows.
The melons range in price from
$3.50 to three dollars, and as a large
melon may be served to a dozen o.
Is persons the price asked is not as
high as might at first appear.-Chi-
cagO Journal
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Dampeninu Clothes.

Use hot water to dampen the clothes
that are to be ironed and you will find
it great deal more satisfactory than
cold. 1t dampens the clothes more
evenly and makes them easier to iron.
If the water is too hot to put the
hands ln use a whisk broom to sprinkle
it with. Many Iaundresses prefer the
whisk broom, as they claim that it is
less likely to make the clothes too
wet The clothes may be ironed two
hours later with good results.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Library Convenience.

In the library of a well known
scholar are some bookshelves, with
an attachment which is ideal for a
person who expects to use books for
reference. Under the shelves, about
q inches from the floor, is a recess
the width of the shelves, and about
two inches high. In this is a fiat
board the width of the shelves and
of the same wood, which can be
pulled forward by putting the hand in
a groove in the front lower edge. This
serves as a shelf on which to lay
book, which is being used for refer
ences for a few moments, or to lay
out a number of them when some one
is looking up particular subject. All
the bookcases are made in this way
and every one who has occasion to
use them finds the shelves a great
convenience.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Stuffed Onions.

Parboil onions for one hour (as
many as are wshted), scoop out in
side, and mix with an equal measure
of cold cooked veal or chicken, and
chop fine. Add one-fourth teaspoon
salt, One-eighth teaspoon pepper, one
teaspoon chopped parsley, One-fourth
cup soft bread crumbs, one-fourth cup
butter. Fill onions with above mix
ture. Bake slowly for one-half hour
baste three or four times with butter
melted in water. Sprinkle buttered
cracker crumbs on top Is minutes be-
fore serving, and brown.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
SHADES FoR THE ukMp.
Silk and Lace lend Themselves Best
to CFnamentation.

Electric lights can wear pretty
homemade shades just as the old
kerosene and gas lamps used 10, and
there are many simple ways of max
ing them. It is easier to plan the
shade fer the electric, for there is no
DANCE OF sea-ns year handiwork go
up in fa"es
hn ordinary nickel standard, to
which the drop Fight is attached, may
be fitted mp with an ordinary wire
frame, such as were used on the kero-
sene lamps.
a shade Of flet lace made up over
a foundation of white or colored taf-
feta silk is artistic and simple to
make. Purchase a good wire frame of
the size desired and cover the rims
with silk binding tape.
The necessary amount OF silk is
known by measuring the distance
around the lower rim of the frame and
then allowing just a little extra, so
that the silk will not be too scant, al
though it should not be actually gath
cred below.
After the silk is measured carefully
for the correct width of the frame it
must be cut in long strips and joined
neatly together leaving enough ma
terial for a full fourinch ruf1e and for
a fiat lining for the little top band of
the frame.
A frame should be bought with This
top piece, as a plain ruf1e at the top
will not look we'll
The silk is then sewed neatly on the
lower rim and drawn up and pinned
tightly at the top to keep it firm and
in place before it is sewed
After this is done the silk is Gov
cred with an inexpensive flet lace,
which is very wide, so that it can be
cut between the squares of the pat
tern and Joined together without the
seam showing
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Celery Lellv.

Celery jelly is an attractive basis
for fancy salads. Cut up the outer
green stalks and to one cupful of eel
cry use one pint of water with one
teaspoonfuI of salt. Cook until soft,
add one-quarter of a box of gelatin
that has soaked for half an hour in
half a cupful of cold water; strain
through a jelly bag and mold. When
solid cut out the center and fill with
the salad. Two oranges, two bananas
and two apples diced form an attrac-
tive salad to serve with the celery
jelly.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
TWO GERMAN IDEAS
DISHES THAT ARE POPULAR IN
THE FATHERLAND.
Rostbraten a Real Delicacy, Not Ex-
pensive, and Easy to Prepare
Directions for the Compound
ing of Veal Goulash.

German cooking the kind of cook.
ing, that is. which one meets in Ger
man homes. is a thing that, Americans
seldom have the opportunity to study
at close range, on this side Of the
water at least There are a number
Of dishes that our housekeePers would
do well to adopt in these days of soar
ing prices. particularly as the de-
hciousness Of most of them would
seem to be in inverse ratio to the cost.
The following recipes were OBJ
tained from a young American woman
who has been sitting at the feet of her
German mOtheT-in-law with admirable
results to the household incOme-and
her husbands disposition as well. The
names sound strange but the dishes,
once tried, will be found to taste much
better than they sound, although rost-
braten certainly rings more pleasantly
TO the ear than beef stew
For rostbraten cut into nice pieces
two pounds of top sirloin steak (cut
in two slices) and a small DelmonicO
steak, using the bone. Pound this
well on both sides until it is so thin
you can see through it, Sprinkle both
sides generously with salt and pepper.
Then slice six medium-sized onions,
and brown them golden brown in beef
drippings, add the meat, browning on
both sides; add enough hot water to
keep it from burning, cover, and sim
mer about two hours, adding more
water when necessary. When it is
done there should be a rich gravy,
which may be thickened lightly if de-
sired. A few chopped mushrooms may
be added to the gravy, or if one wants
a foreign flavor the meat may be
spread with sardellen butter before
serving in the gravy.
Sardellen may be obtained from the
delicatessen shops; they must be well
washed, and the skin and bones
thoroughly removed, then mashed to a
smooth paste with a little butter.
The dumplings usually served with
rostbraten are made as follows: Sift
into a bowl a cup Of flour, break into
It one egg, and stir them well to-
dry roll, and add it to the mixture
with enough warm milk (about a
scant cup) to make soft dough, and
q pinch of salt 1t may stand all day
If desired. When ready to cook di-
vide it in half and drop in boiling
salted water, cooking about ten min
utes, or until it is tender
Veal Goulash.-Have two pounds of
nice lean veal cut up for stewing.
Slice three or four onions very fine
and fry them golden brown in bsssS
dTippings to which a little putter has
been added, then add the veal and
brown it well on both sides, sprinkling
it very generously with paprika while
browning Then add enough hot wa
ter to keep it from burning, cover
and simmer for about two hours, add
ing more water when necessary. and a
little salt when it is about half done.
The gravy may be thickened slightly
before serving
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Lemon Butter.

Grated Tlnd and juice of one lemon,
three-fourths cup of sugar, one scant
teaspoon butter. Put juice, grated rind
and sugar in a saucepan, set on stove
in a dish of boiling water. Beat an
egg and when the sugar is melted
and sirup hot stir in egg and stir mix
ture until it thickens. then stir in
butter and remove from fire and put
dish in cold water Stir occasionally
until cold. This will keep several
days.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Rubber for the Umbrella Jar.

Cut a piece of your old rubber mat,
and place it in the bottom Of the UNI
brella jar. Umbrellas and canes are
frequently the means of breaking
these receptacles when dropped into
them without proper care, and the
rubber will help to prevent this. If
you have not a piece of an old rubber
mat to use, procure a piece Of soft
sheet rubber, such as is used for pack
ing by steam filters and plumbers.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
WAYS OF PREPARING FRUIT.
Apples and Pears of Great Value, Both
Cooked and Uncooked.

These fruits are both useful and
wholesome. An apple eaten raw the
first thing in the morning will be bene-
fetal to those who suffer from consti-
patton Baked apples are also good
for the same purpose, and are easier
of digestion than when uncooked.
They are very good for children for
either breakfast or supper, and may be
varied by sometimes simply baking
them on tin, and afterwards sprink-
ling them with sugar; and at others,
peeling, taking out the cores with an
apple corer, filling the hole with sugar
and putting a few cloves and a little
water into the jar; when filled with
apples, tie it over with brown paper
and put in the oven till the apples are
cooked. Some sorts take so much
longer than others that we cannot
give time ror them. Pears cooked in
the same way are very nice. Apple
tea is a very pleasant drink, much ap-
preciated by children. 1t is made bv
boiling apples, cut in half with suff1-
cient water to cover them, some
Sugar and thin lemon rind; the apples
should be quite soft, then put into a
colander for all the liquid to run from
them. When cold, add a little lemon
juice, and more sugar if needed.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
HOUSE &
RUGS

The newest veg, IS from the
foremost looms of the country.
Many designs shown are to be
found nowhere else in Washington
at the prices we quote, and what
ever may be desired in the way of
carpets, the carpet department can
save YOU money.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Sweet Potatoes. Mexican Style.

Boil them until tender, peel and cut
in halves longwise- Put one table
spoonful Of butter and two of minced
onion into a saucepan and brown.
Add one heaping tablespoonful each
of green and red peppers, minced,
two tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup,
one of vinegar. and a teaspoonful OF
brown sugar Stir well and pour over
the potatoes.-VOgue.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
KINGS Pudding.

Two cups bread crumbs, one-half
cup suet or butter, one-half cup mo-
lasses, one egg, one teaspoon Of soda,
one-half cup sweet milk, one-half tea
spoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon.
ninch of salt; boil or steam ike loaf
of brown bread two hours; serve with
lemon or hard sauce.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Aamhurn Meat Cake.

The meat wants to be somewhat fat.
For one pound of meat use two slices
of stale bread soaked in a little water
and press out, not too dry; add one
egg. Chop small onion and cook in
tablespoonful of butter. Don't let it
burn. Mix well and season highly with
pepper and salt Make into small
balls.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Sauce for Duck.

Extract the juice from a quantity
of sorreI leaves, add a glass Of sherry,
some mashed. gooseberries, a little
sugar. Two tablespoons butter. Boil
rs once and serve.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
AppIe custard Pie.

Two large cupfuIs of sour apple
sauce real wet, one large cupful Of
sugar if you like it very sweet, yolks
of two eggs and any spice you like in
apple pie. Bake in deep pie plate
When done frost With the whites Of
the eggs and one big spoonful of sugar.
Very good,
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
To Extract a Needle.

Apply magnet Immediately; the
flesh closes rapidly over a needle,
which soon takes it out of sight A
magnet stops the penetrating move
ment of the needle and in short time
draws it free from the flesh without
pain
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Flo PUDDING.

Four eggs beaten well, one pound of
figs, two cups OF sugar aad a little
salt, one pint cracker crumbs, chop
figs we'll and mix all together; steam
one hour and serve with hard sauce.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
aver or Loaf Cake

One cup sugar. butter size of an egg.
Beat well one egg, one cup sweet milk
with one-half teaspoon soda dissolved,
one good teaspoon cream tartar in two
cups -four. Vanilla favor.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
HERMANN
CARPETS

and size. One OF the most repre-
showings of made-up car
pets, room size, in the city. The
stock Of velvet and tapestry trus-
sells rugs is especially rich in unu-
5ual values.
The Washington bee., 1908-01-25
Best Afro-American Accommoda
ton in the District.

WOMENS GUIDE.
A NEW PAMPHLET BY MRS.
MARY ]. BOLTON - ITS
CONTENTS.
Birth and early life of the au-
thoress.
A word to the young girls and
mothers.
The man who is little protection
to his family.
Color line among Negroes.
A word to the better class preach
er.
Why married people don't stay
together.
A talk to the mother of good
character.
Price, IS cents.
Address, sI2 You street north
west.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
How TO CURE A COLD.

Be as careful as you can you will
occasionally take cold, and when
you do, get a medicine of known re.
lab lity. one that has an established
reputation and that is certain to eft
feet quick cure. Such medicine
is Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. It
has gained a world wide reputation
by its remarkable cures of this most
common ailment, and can always be
depended upon. 1t acts on bature's
plan, relieves the lungs, aids .expec.
toration, opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system
to healthy condition. During the
many years in which it has been in
general use we have yet to learn of
a single case of cold or attack Of the
grip having resulted in pneumonia
when this remedy was used, which
shows oonclusively that it is GER
tain preventive of that dangerous
disease. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edY contains no opium or other mar.
cotio and may be given as confident.
ly to baby as to an adult. For
sale by w. A. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
LEFT ON HER DOORSTEP
FOR THIS MOTHER

Mrs. A. q. Tuson, OF Livermore. CAL.
writes: II picked up from my door
step one day a little book In which I
soon became very much Interested.
My little girl Of five years of age had
been troubled for long time with
loss Of appetite, extreme nervousness
and undue fatigue. She was all rum
down and in a very delicate condition.
"This little book was very compre-
hensively written, and told OF the new
method ct Extracting the medicinal efe-
ments of the Gods liver from the oil,
eliminating the obnoxious oil which Is
SO hard for children to take.
"Just the thing said I, for my little
daughter and Immediately went for
q bottle Of Vinol. It helped her WON
derfully. She has gained rapidly In
nesh and strength, and she doea not
take cold half so easily.
Il am extremely grateful for the
good 1t has done her, and I hope other
mothers who have weak, delicate or
a1l1ng children will be benefited by my
experience and just give vinol trial"
w A HAYES, Druggist, Hillsboro.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
SEVEN YEARS OF PROOF.

I'have bad seven years of proof
that Dr.. Kings New Discovery is
the best medicine to take for coughs
and colds and for every diseased
condition OF throat, chest or lungs"
says w. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo.
The world has had thirty eight
years Of proof that Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the best remedy tor
coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma,
hay fever, bronchitis, hemorrhage of
the lungs, and the early stages of
consumption. Its timely use always
prevents the development Of pneu.
monia. Sold under guarantee at W.
A. Hayes drug store. sec. and
$l.QO. Trial bottle FREQ.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
Home
rhe woman,s HON,
Companion tor
November.

The November Jubilee issue OF
the Woman's Home Companion has
a apecia / interest, because it is the
Seven Hnndrhdth Number OF the
oldest living Woman's Magazine
This issue of SO pages illustrated by
famous artists. contrasted With the
little flimsy 8 page issue Of the same
magazine which appeared in 1879. IS
a vivid~reminder OF the great strides
made in periodical publishing. That
old issue, popular in its day. IS q
m Oldest ancestor to the big. infioen-
tial magazine of to-day.
This November issue. on whiob
The publishers have spent special ef-
fort because of its anniversary fea-
.ure. contains In addition to it's reg
ular departments for women, two
of importance TO home
dwellers and home renters. These
articles, with facts and figures, show
the advantage Of owning home. ;.
Jack London, who is going around
the world for Woman's Home
Companion in his little boat the
Spark, has in. This November issue
an account of travel adventure. rich
with the spice Of the So6th Seas.
A new novel by Florence Morse
Kingsley, entitled "The Glass
House," begins in this issue. There
are also stories by Alice Brown. Jo.
Iiet ~Wilbor Tompkins, Mary Heaton
Worse, and Mary Raymond Shipdtap
A special article on Eyes by Dr..
Woods Hutchinson is in that physi-
clans usual crisp style.
In addition ito the usual house.
hold departments. and the enlarged
fashion department. there are many
novel suggestions for Christmas
gifts, and some particularly timely
advice regarding the buying of turs
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05

--Kodol contains the same di.
'gestive juices that are found in an
ordin Try healthy stomach. aud there
is, therefore, no question but what
;auy torn of stomach trouble, Indi.
gestion or Nervous Dyspepsia, will
weld re Oily yet naturally to shor,
treatment Of Kodol. Try it today
on our guarantee. Take it for a
little while, as that is all you will
need to take. Kodol digests what
you eat and makes the stomach
sweet. 1t is sold by w. A. HAYES,
Druggist.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05

You can cure dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, sour or weak stomach. or IN
fact any form of stomach tronble If
you will take Kodol occasionally
just at the time when you need it.
Kodol does not have TO be taken all
the time Ordinarily you only take
Kodol now and then, because it
completely digests all the food you
eat, and after a few days or a week
or 80, the stomach eau 7dieest the
food without the aid of Kodol.;
Then you don't need Kodol any
longer. Try it. today on our guar
antee. We know what it will do
for you. Sold by w. A. Hayes,
Druggist.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05

-DeWAt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills are unequaled in oasee of weak
back, back ache, Inflammation of the
bladder, rheumatic pains, and all
urinary disorders. They are anti.
septic and act promptly. Don't de-
lay, for delays are dangerous. Get
DeWitt's Kidney aud Bladder Pills.
Sold BY w. A. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05

COLDS AND Group IN CHILDREN
my, little girl is subject To, colds,
saye Mrs. Wm. II. 'Serig, No Al
Fifth ST., Wheeling, w. Va. "Laet
wi i1er che had . severe spell and q
terrible cough, bat I cured her with
Chamberlains Cough Remedy with.
out the aid of a doctor, and my
little boy has been prevented many
times from having the group by the
timely use of this syrup. 'This rem
edy is for sale by ". A. Hayes,
Druggist.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05

President Roosevelt has signed a
contract with The Outlook to act az
an assistant editor after his retire
ment from the Presidency in March
next. This is made subject TO the
existing contract to write the story
OF his African travels for Charles
Scriboer's Sons. His work in con.
neotion with The Outlook is to
cover political and economic TOPICS.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
MIND YOUR: BustNEss!

H you don't nobody will. II is
your business to keep out of all the
trouble you can and you can aud
will keep out of liver and bowel
trouble il you take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They keep bijiousness,
malaria and jaundice out of your
system. 25o. at w. "A. Hayes drug
store.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
Gen. Leb'a SpygIass.
baltimore SUM-.

Edward r. sDellineer, Of Wash
inpton county, has epyglassat hat
once belonged to General Robert =
Lee. Gen. Lee lost it while cross,
inp -the Potomac at Williamsport
with his troops. It was found
shortly afterward, with some other
tTlin:e, in a box floating down the
river. It is in first. class conditio6l
and Mr.. Dellinger prizes it highly.
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
Progressive Fa, mer.1

Progressive Fa, mer.1
TbeIeis a splendid tobacco crop
in N orth Carolina. Prices are high
and the farmers are rushing the to.
bacoo into the markets with smiles
of Joy on their faces. >.@
Orange County observer., 1908-11-05
How TO TREAT A SpRAIN.

Sprains, swellings and lameness
are promptly relieved by Chamber.
'alns lln:ment. This liniment re-
duces inflammation and soreness so
that a sprain may be cured in about
one'third the time required by the
usual treatment. rs and so cent
sizes for sale by w. A. Hayes.
Druggist.