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The now familiar oXtail soup is salt
to have had its origin during the Reigl
of Terror in Paris in 1898, when man.
of the nobility were reduced to starva
ton and beggary. The abbattoirs sen
their hides fresh to the tanners withou
removing the tails, and in cleaning then
the tails were thrown away. One da!
one of the noble beggars, while happen
ing to pass a tannery, noticed a pile o
discarded tans, and asking for one i
was willingly given to him. He took i
to his lodgings and made what is nov
famous-the first dish of oXtail soup
He Immediately told his friends OF the
good luck he had had, with the natura
result that the tanners We're soon an.
noyed to such an extent by the demand
for oXtails that a price was. put upor
them.
The needles of the common pine OF
the low countries are not fit for stuff
fing pillows. They do not retain the
odor. and they become brittle, breaking
into splinters. The balsam pine has
curative qualities, and the peculiar and
delicious aromatic fragrance clings to il
for years.
To prepare the needles, clip them with
sharp scissors from the stems and lay
out upon a floor in the shade, where
the air will pass freely over them for
two days. Then fill the pillows.
Our Pillow Talk has swallowed up all
the space allotted to the Exchange for
this weeks issue. 1 do not apologize.
The subject is full of interest to house
mothers and housedaughters. If we
may not bottle sunshine against the
dark and cloudy day. we may imprison
the spicy breezes'' that make breath
ing joy in wood and in field all sum-
mer long.
The decoration of the covers of the
pillows opens endless possibilities to
needlewomen and artists. One of the
prettiest pine cushions have ever seen
has a study of cones in various stages
of growth painted in oils upon a back
ground of green velvet.
Slip the bottles between the door and
the upper strip of wood, with label-side
put. and YOU have perfectly safe place
to keep them.
A convenient way to keep bottles of
f1avoring extract where they will not be
knocked over and broken, as is so often
the case when they are kept in the
kitchen cupboard, is to nail q narrow
strip of wood on the inside of the cup
board door, not quite the width of the
door. supported at each end by a small
block, making the width of the space
between the strip and the door the
width Of the bottles
Another strip of wood, about one
inch square. is nailed one and one-half
inches below for the bottles to rest
upon
Another delicious salad combines
cream cheese, green peppers. string
beans, and lettuce. To prepare the fill
ing take as small cooked string beans as
you can get, and have them as tender
as possible; mix them with some cream
the same size as possible, open them
at the top. and remove the inside. Cut
them at the bottom so they will stand
mp, and fill them with the beans, mixed
with french dressing. On the top of
each pepper put a spoonful of cream
cheese, and set the peppers on lettuce
leaves.
If, when using lemon for fiavoring,
you need only half one, put the other
half on a plate and cover with a glass
tumbler. This excludes the air and
prevents it from drying up or getting
moldy.
Table linen which has been stained
with egg should never be placed in boil
ing water as this has the effect Of set
ting" the stain and making it almost
permanent The best method is to soak
the cloth in cold water, which will make
IL perfectly easy to remove the stain
before sending it to the wash.
Flower vases often overbalance when
in use. for the flowers put into them
are apt to make them top heavy. This
defect is easily remedied by putting
bits of lead, shot or pebbles at the bot
tom of the vases.
To prevent shoe laces coming undone
tie the laces IN the usual manner, bat
before tightening the bow pass its right
hand loop through the knot in the GEN.
ter. Then draw the bow tight and it
will stay tied until you pull the string
TO Undo it.
Don't fail to keep yourself trim and
dainty. Learn to do your own laun-
dry, If necessary, but do not wear
clothes that are wrinkled and soiled.
Life is complex, and while we must
admit the value of practical matters, it
IS hardly wise to allow them to absorb
matter of record that only the OCCASION
al woman reads poetry and the free
art displays in all large cities are actu-
ally unknown to more than a handful
of feminine visitors. In several in
stances where free organ recitals were
offered every afternoon in the week the
attendance was not large enough to
warrant the opening of the church
doors.
Poetry, art, and music are sweeteners
for life. capable of offsetting the ugli-
ness of hard little duties. They must
be performed, these duties, but they
need not be allowed to absorb the whole
day. A man who does not profess any
liking for religion as offered from the
pulpit goes to church Sunday just to
hear the music. He says that it makes
him good for the whole week. / hap
pen to know a few art lovers who are
beautiful in their home surroundings,
and a woman who has suffered for
years with hip disease finds strength to
bear pain in poetry, of which she is
very fond. Against these is an army of
dissatisfied women chained to distaste-
full tasks which they do not try to Off
set.
Friends and enemies are many-sided,
and while we may correctly see parts of
their character, other parts are vailed
from us. Every one has his virtues and
vices, his excellencies and shortcomings,
and while much we see in him may be
actually there. there is much more of
which we never dream.
Old Guard Post, Dayton, Ohio.