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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

ton for state senator to replace Sam
Fitzpatrick. In our county we Will
send Fisher back to the house. Since
Fitzpatrick was appointed attorney for
the Standard Oil company it is evil
dent that he wasn't making his fight
in the Kansas senate against all the
progressive measures for nothing"
A. B. Jones of Trego county:
POLITICALLY things are not in as good
shape in Trego county as they might
be. We have Democratic majority
in our county normally, but have
managed to get the representative for
several terms, and some of the
county offices. William Wells will
probably be elected to the state SEN
ate. DR.. Jones was defeated for the
Republican nomination for the sem
ate by Wells.
Ed. Sample, of Osborne, who has his
eye on congress in the Sixth district:
osborne county will give the usual
There isn't any excitement about Bryan
out our way. There is more Bryan
talk here in Topeka than any place
else 7 have been.'
Robert McGonigal, Colby, Thomas
county: Thomas county looks all right
believe that Ike Crumley will be re-
elected to the legislature without any
doubt"
Some. OF the people who reported at
Republican state headquarters before
noon today were these: r. H. Mcbride,
Mankato; j. w. McRoberts, Mankato;
R.. NJ. McGonigal, Colby; Ike Mahin,
Smith Center. Frank Simmons. Man
kato; B. E. Bracken. Phillipsburg; Cal
Newell, Norton; CIV. Schmidt, juno
ton City; William Bartlett, Thomas
county; Ed. Sample. Osborne; w. H.
Mackey, Junction City; ]. w. Skinner,
Winfield; A. w. Smith. Mcpherson, E.
E. Colson, Mankato;. ]. c.. Kyle, Man
kato; Walter NJ. Allen. Chanute; Ed.
Archer, Horton; George Leverton, Hor-
ton; Henry Smith. Willis; H. A. Muir
ply, Willis; S. Z. Brown Hiawatha;
William McDannold, Peru; A. B. Jones,
Wakeeney; Ike Purcell, Wakeeney; A.
P. Click, Salina; Del Travis, Pratt.
The Republican state committee Sc
cured 500 torches for the parade to-
night, and they will be distributed
from the county Republican commit
tee headquarters, 423 Kansas avenue
Continued on Page Four)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Newton, Oct. 3.-The Taft special ar
rived on time without mishap of any
kind. @
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
TAKE OUT 1000 BODIES
Hyderabad Disaster Exceeds An Pre-
vious Estimates.

Bombay. Oct. 3.-Upwards of 1000
bodies already have been extricated by
the health department of Hyderabad
and the belief prevails that the total
death roll resulting from the flood that
devasted the Hydrabad and Deccan
districts week ago will exceed all
previous estimates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct 3.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Increasing cloudiness tonight and
Sunday. Warmer tonight.
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Care of Household Stores

In wooden or tin boxes with close tops.
Have canisters with tight lids for cof-
fee and tea, ana keep them shut. Cot
fee loses strength and flavor when eX-
posed 10 the air. Tea softens and
mOulds.
In buying crackers, give the prefer
enCe TO those packed in tin cases. II
they come in paper boxes set these in
tin receptacles OF IN stone crooks with
Snugly fitting tops. Never throw away
a TN cracker box It is always useful.
After cheese is cut, wrap in untOll or
IN soft Cunprinted) paper and keep in
tin OF stone ware.
Crusts, bits of toast. broken crackers
and stale slices Of bread should ho kept
i'm The kitchen closet until perfectly dry.
then set in a moderate oven for an hour
before crushing with q TOHing-pin.
Keep these crumbs in a glass jar with
close top. They are invaluable for
prtading chops and croquvttes, aad tor
scallops.
Brown -four by the quantity and,
when cool, put into glass jars ready for
use.
Salt cakes and harSens in damp
weather Store it in your warmest anu
dryest pantry. In very wet weather mix
a little cornstarch with that you put
into the table salt cellars
Flour cannot De keTt too dry, nor can
Indian meal. and al kinds Of sugar.
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Pulverized sugar is as susceptible 20
humidity as salt. Tin boxes are ahso-
luteiy necessary for keeping il toIerably
free from Jumps.
Spices, pepper and dried herbs m,is
also be shut up closely, and uevri 90
kept in open receptacles. Some brands
OF baking powder actually effeFvesce
when exposed for days at a time to the
open air. All are injured seriously by
such exposure.
For all these staples and ingre ienla
have closely fitting lids-and keep them
on
Store dried fruits in stone jaIs wItl.
covers; canned fruits and pick IS in
glass jars, tumbleTs OF Jelly ana mar
malade should be kept in the dark. The
light acts chemically upon the cont euts.
If your stoTeroom be light. wrap Jars
and tumblers in thick paper tied on
with strings.
AS soon as meat comes home from
market remove every bit Of the UIsH.l
paper enveloping it, and lay upon q
clean dish near the iCe-1eVer upon 1t.
Fish does not suffer fIUm contact with
l-u- Meat noes, becoming aabDV ana
Viscid. If your refrigerator Is so ar
ranged that you can hang the meat up
that the air can get at all sides of it.
it viii keep far better than when laid on
a platter.
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A PILES, potatoes, turnips, carrots.
" beets. etc. IL stored in bins or
~ barrels, should he picked over
every week. The defective
should be thrown away. and, If there he
any sign of sWe ting, the good should
be spread out on he floor for 1ay or
two TO dry before they are repA.ked-
Fruit should be handled with care.
bruises are lnCipient decay.
Particularly fine TrGit-apples and
pears-should be wrapped, each sep8-
raLcly, in soft, imprinted paper aid,
when packed, covered with fine dry
sand Thus protected they VIII keep
plump and sweet fer months, and need
no oVeFhauling meanwhile.
When practical Zee, keep Vegctab IS ia
large quantities elsewhere than ia the
cellar under your dwelling. Putrefying
roofs, c8bbdges and apples were re-
sponsible for much Of the winter and
spring diseases that puzzled our fore
fathers and mothers. Even now many
farmhouse Ieeks with cellar smells
as subtle ana dangerous as sewer gas
Keep eggs i'm a cool place. yet not
Where they viii 1e liable 10 freeze.
= YOU store them i'm large quantities,
pack in dry salt the small end down.
AS an additional precautiop, grease the
shells and pour melted lard upon the
t0TnOSJ layer of salt.
Dried beans and peas should be kept
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rains" in other places than Nashville,
Temp
1 md 1t hard enough, goodness knows,
% keep decent servants in my house,
DuL ! would IRE every one of them and
do nay own work before 3 would areue
as Mary's sister and presumably YOU
did as 10 the moral involved in keeping
such a creature as that invaluable
Sarah! solomon knew what ne was
talking about, perhaps. But l. for one,
won Keep a servant who baCkbites
me-if ! find 10 out! If she is double
faced In one thing. she viii be in an
other
JANETTA W. Y. l. Germantown.
Pa
In eSsayinE 20 ward off the indignant
torrent Of our members eIOquence I
remind myself Of the cowed sclooIboy
who lifts a shaking hand, with: please
/ teacher, may ] speak2"
I grant the dishonesty Of sinful Sarah,
In this one Instance L have not said
I that I would keep her in my house long
| er tuan suited my convenience. ! de-
c.dedly prefer 10 work with clean tools.
/ II must use a dirty one now and then
j throw IL away when the job is finished
and wash my hands afterWard. For eX-
a!1ple-at a time when / had Illness
| threatening death in the house. my cook
! took occasion to quarrel with the other
maids, speak disrespe ctfully to a mem
her of the family. annoy the trained
nurse. and, when questioned, by myself.
/ shamelessly.
I waited until the usual routine OF
/ daily living was restored. and when I
( CO AID discharge the culprit without in
/ &C mmOding myself
/ / astounded her, then. by giving her
( a weeks warning, saying that j had
had the step in mind since the early
spring. when her misbehavior was
} gross.
/ / counseled the Nashville householder
/ 90 consult her own convenience as 10
/ the time and mode of changing maids.
II believe the counsel was sound ana
/ philosophical.
! Now for letter No. .
! Without staying to discuss whether or
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s 1 had anticipated, the tale or
~ Nashville. Tenn. housemoth-
n eT's experience with her vaIua-
BILE but treachercus Sarah" has
excited the interest Of her cong5neIs.
They are ready with judgment and
with sympaIhy-the latter in moderate
measure when they come 10 the ethics
OF the case laid before the council. As
was 10 be expected. the editor. Wh1
battered herself that she maintained a
prudent degree of rJtiCenCe, comes in
for her Thare OF criticism
have room today for but two OF
the replies 30 our Tennessee fellOw-suf-
ferer.
It is seldom that / have occasion to
find fault with our leader And I cannot
but think that You spoke Inadvertently
in commenting upon the letter of Mary
s. Tt NASHVILLE, Tenn You say, Il
am not sure that your sister has not
cOunEeled you wisely" A little further
on you say. Il would not Keep n dis
honest servant IN my employ"
That sentence is what I stick at II
that Sarah was not dishonest, why then
i don't know dishonesty when / see it,
She took the ticket her employer bought
FOR her to go 10 Chicago with-or tiIe
money 10 buy IL. the mistress dOesu'
say Whtch-aud didn't go 20 Chicago at
all, I say she was a thief, out and
out. Do you mean to say that you
would have kept the Jade an your house
after that2 She ought 10 have been sent
&c the lucl-up for getting money under
false pretenses.
AS to Mary S t." Of Nashville,
Tenn. ! call her a coward and a traitor
TO the order you talk about That Is
the sort of thing that is running our
Eervents ali over the country
Excuse my temper 7 don't deny that
L Is up after reading that disBTaCeful
story. Your corner is read IN our kitCh-
ems as we'll as I'm our parlors. What
effect do you suppose that dialogue be-
tween the sisters win have upon ''5a-
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- he iuAtiucLs of hospitality begin
TO str irFehe breast after the
/ cool we6ther has fairly come
and the children are well started
IN their school when the house is clean
anc In order for the winter and the fall
oressmaking is out OF the way. There
may not be much money 70 spend on
extras. but You desire TO ask a few Of
your best and brightest friends 10 your
home and have coy chat with them
across the table. Somehow you seem
10 get al one anotner's fancies and
feelings better when YOU are gathered
about an attractive meal than in any
other circumstances.
A dinner is too formal Moreover II
you asked the women. their husbands
would have to be invited. too. and
while they are nice men, this is 10 be
just q woman uarty-a hen PARTY"
mere man might call 10 with a symptom
or disdain; a dove party it Is STYLED
by the more POLITICALLY disposed. You
don't care what it is called so long as
It is what you want-the assembling
OF knot CT proven friends TO exchange
experiences Of the last summers win
ming, and TO discuss the plans and
pleasures OF the winter 5bat Is coming.
Even though you know them SEQ ....
perhaps just because you know them
inttmately-yOu wish to have every
thing very nice for them You can't
spend much money. you know. The
new outfit FOR the schoolgirl cost more
tnan you had expected this fall. and
there was a good deal TO be done TO
the house to make IT III for the win
ter. SO you feel You must be econom-
Zealand Yet you do want that lunch
con,
Well. there is no reason why YOU
should not nave it. ana without any
great expense, either. Only YOU must
he prepared, as know you are, to
make your own effort take the place
Of the money YOU can't afford to spend.
II is astonishing what wonderful re-
suits one can achieve when a good will
goes with the endeavor
m the first place, sit down and decide
What you wish and what YOU can have.
Unfortunately the two are not always
equivalent 7 dare say YOU should like
al the GelicaCies the IAN is bringing
into the market, and If YOU felt justified
ia doing Ii you would spread a board
that even a rich woman with a chef at
command might be proud 10 show. one
thought may reconcile YOU To enforced
economy. If you were able TO indulge
your inclination to lavishness can YOU
not imagine how hard it would make
future hospitality FOR all those dear
women who are invited TO lunch with
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- - Private 800.

After a silence so long, and unbroken
by so much as a whisper. Jhat had
dt sDaired of ever seeing his handwrit-
ing again, the Prlva-e Secretary mas
signifed his consciousness. OF Ihe exist
euce OF the HousemotEers' Exchange
DO YOU KNOW
]. That you should never throw avs
the skin of a banana without asking II
there are tan shoes in the house that
need CieaninS2 just IA them win liie
inside of the skin and you needn't buy
patent polish
o That YOU ladies' needn't carry pow
Ger puffs on the train I'm hot weather
A few squares of tissue paper tucHed
away in the pocket of The handbag viii
take off the shine and the art as we'll
1t cleans out the pores and absOI-- the
oils. Powder clogs the pores aid cakes
the dust into ii greasy paste
g. That, If yOI viii stir powdered bOraX
into cold starch meant for sheer mus
Inns, etc, it VIII add gloss and consist
ency2
l. That. if you have reason TO suspect
that your mail may be tsmpereC De-
YOU may secure it against steamlnS
and dabbing with hot water by sealing
it with white Of egg Steaming VIII
OnIv rfvhren the hold Of tire alDuWeD.
5. That you made a bad thing worse
when you dropped ycu- dirty DISH tow
els into the dishpap of hot sues this
morning? The hot suds cooked the
erease. Rinse them clear warm mot
tOD water to which YOU have added a
little ammonia, before Wcshing them
o. That a good way &c impart richness
ana q healthy brown 10 PIE crust Is 10
mix The white OF an egg with q table
spoonful OF cream ana brush the SOP
crust with IL, as it goes into the oven
T. That the easiest ard best way e.
alIay the itching of mosquito bite Is
TO wash it with toilet soaD2 DamDeI
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outlets with tomato sauce. With any
OF these you may have Partisan pota-
tOes-the little balls shaped with
one of the cutters which come for the
purpose tthe leftover potatoes from
VIII ch the balls were cut can be boiled
ana mashed for later use)
Tasty Potato Balls
These potato balls may either be boil
ed plain and served with minced parsley
spGuKled over them. or boiled and
served with cream sauce or fried In
deep fat 20 d. delicate brown They are
E00d any way.
French peas are the stereoLyped aC-
compartment 20 any of the meats 1
have named. suppose you make a little
change from the beaten path and have
creamed spinach instead. Put il over
the fire I'm q double boiler without
water but with a little soda TO keep
the color, and boil IL until it Is soft
enough 10 rub through a c0lander. Put
10 back in the saucepan after this with
two good tablespoonfuls of butter, salt
and pepper to taste. tiny, tiny pinch
of mace and heat boiling hot. Al the
last add two taD.esp0outuls of cream
and put the egg bealer In for good
beating Have little paper cases such
as you can buy cheaply aud heap the
spinach i'm these, providing one LOr ea-n
guest and "a few TO spare,
That is the solid course. For your
salad you can have tomatoes filled with
celery, each tomato served on lettuce
leaf, with a big spoonful Of mayounalse
or good boiled dressing on top. or,
if YOU have had tomato sauce with
ycur outlets, prepare a salad of apples
and celery and add few nuts 60 the
1nixture. Put yCVr mayouua-se dress
az with IL at the last moment
Your dessert may be anything you
IIease. Homemade mcringues may be
Tiled with whipped cream or with ice
cream. a pleasing novelty may be
what is sometimes called "a fruit salad
for no especial reason that i can see
Ii consists of bananas. pineapple,
little orange and a few slices OF apple
pyt together. and vanilla lee cream
. mingled with it, You can make "a pretty
dish by having your brick Of ice cream
( in the middle of the dish with the
sliced fruit heaped around fl. or you
may have the fruit i'm the middle and
the ice cream arranged about II by the
spoonful Either way it is delicious and
comparatively little known outside OF
OF a few French restaurants. A cup OF
coffee will finish the meal
So much for the food, What of the
table and the serving Here, as else
I where, cut your coat according to your
cloth, and don't make the mistake OF
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LIGHTING EUROPEAN CLTTEs.

in the Electrical World, attention Is
called to the lighting systems Of Eu-
rope rs Compared with American street
lighting. According TO Dr. Bell, Eu-
ropean streets are Ear better lighted
than our own, but not because electric
Uy is cheaper abroad than here; foI
London pays ever 500 per arc per year
Paris SieG. and Berlin nearly &20 The
difference seems TO be that ip this cOun-
try We attempt 20 light ali of the streets
fairly we'll while abroad particular at
tention is PAID 70 the more prominent
streets.
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can't we housekeepers bind ourselves to
play fair with one another on the
maid question:
Mrs. X r. l. Wilmington. Del)
Why can we nOt2 1t would do more
than any other agency that could De
devised TO Straighten out the tangle that
veXes housewives in every section of
the nation.
Personally. I have little cause for
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DINNER

the cake Of soap and rub or the in
ndmed part. Tile relief is instant and
the place will not swell The aIEan Of
the soap cOrTeCtS the acid Of the poison.
\ That IL yOu viii hold a handker-
as saturated with vinegar TO the nos
fF1ts~of one Just coming out" from the
essfetsTs of ether taud keep holding it
therel the patient win not be uau-
seated2
s. That If YOU throw handful Of saIr
into the fire in which YOU burn your
kitchen garbaCe il viii neutralizs the
unpleasant smelis
THE PRIVATE SECRETARY"
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not tie mistress whose confidence was
SO shaIaaLully abused should discharge
the maid On the spot. without waiting TO
sJlJ herself with another wish 20 in
Q1rSe what you say about the dislOy-
atty of us bOJselZeepers TO one another
In England d. o. discharged servant can.
not show "clean papers" she cannot get
q place. A woman who suffers a la3s.
or impertinent, or dishonest maid to
enter another household without giving
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HINT FROM PAOUIN.

Nobody can tell what Paquin VIII do
at the last minute, but it IS more than
probable that the Ions sleeves viii re-
main in all of T.aquin's winter suits
This was limited recently.
.tZVe have only Just begun to make
the long sleeves IT was SAID, so II -
DrobsbIe that we shall keep Up the
style"
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warning to the new employer, loses
caste in society. So, it comes to pass
that character there means some
thing and servants will stand "a good
deal before they will risk not being able
to get another place IL they leave the
one they have now.
We hear of all sorts of societies being
formed here there. and everywhere. /
read last year that a Servant Girls
Union was formed in New York Why
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together various COOKED and cold veg
efatles and pouring over them a French
dressing. Almost any kind Ct summer
vegetables may &c thus UtiliZed-BeanS.
COIN. peas. asparagus tips. brussels
sprouts, string beans, CaTT0ts-ths list
is practically endless Miuced chives
impart a delicious flavor to the dressing,
II used with a light hand The salad Is
laid upon crisp lettuce leaves.
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Wednesday.
BREAKFAST.

IbENE1-a4AE A. l.
Baked apples and cream. deviled kid
Eeys. brown bread, toast tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Clam frftters. stuffed potatoes. grape
fruit salad. crackers and cheese. mar
guerites. tea
DINNER
Mutton and barley broth "a leftover.
Jecfsteak pie "a leftover. souffle OF
onions "a leftover, mashed potatoes.
pruEe pudding with whipped cream.
black coffee
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Family Meals for a Week
Sunday.
BREAKFAST

Sunday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, musn and cream. picked Goldfish,
creamedi popovers, toast. tea and coffes.
LUNCHEON.
Jellied tongue English mullins re-
heated. split. and buttered; tomato and
shrimp salad; French sage custard and
cake. tea.
DINNER
Mock turtle soup. Calls head a Ia vim
aigrette. sUccotash, sweet potatoes,
Drowned; Irish potato pudding. black
coffee.
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RRFAKFAsT.

Grapes. rice boiled IN milk eaten win
cream; bacon and eggs, French rolls,
reheated; toast, tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
CaIFs brains Dreaded and fried "a left
over. baked Welsh raVeDit, scallOped
sweet potatoes "a leftover, bread and
jam pudding.
DINNER
Yes. erday's soup. Dreaded calfs head
"a Ieftover). rice cT0quettes "a leftover,
baked tomatoes. fruit dessert, black
coffee.
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About a Salad

Kindly tell me what is meant by a
'macedoine saIal2" I notice IL In your
weekly menus. Does the name refer to
The composition of the salad or TO the
dressing? <. T. A buffalo, n. y.
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and have a cluster on eacL plate when
SOU come TO the table.
The second course must be soup.
Don't let il be b0uill0n-the fixed feat
ure az so many lunches. Instead Of
this, combine your fish and your soup
i'm one. and offer your guests au oyster
bisque. or, IF you are IN "a region where
oysters are not easily obtained, have
fish cream soup OF bisque. r. may
be made from any sort of white fish,
and is unusual enough 10 De welcome to
every one
Economical Entree.
DO v0u want an eutreoe II is not nee
essary at an informal luncheon. but #
you want it you can have it. with little
extra expense If mushrooms are
cheap. as they sometimes are al this
time of year. and you can get them
by the pound. at from 40 To 10 cents.
have these. Serve them IN little nap
pies or ON strips Of toast anu have
these brought in from the kitchen on
Individual plates. But if you are do
ing your own serving, you may omit
these with no breach of fitness. They
are an extra. after alI-not an essen
tlal Should You desire this course. how
ever. and not Dee able TO get the mush-
rooms. offer In their place creamed
chicken. served also in small naples,
and with this. pass rolls or thin bread
and butter
For the solid course nothing is nicer
than ChiCken-rItheT brOiled. fried.
smOthered or roasted, carved outside
Eeaped on a platter and passed 10 the
guests or served by yourself from your
seat at the head of the table. OF course
you do not wish chicken in this course
If you have already had ii I'm an eutTee.
and so IN that case-Or if you do not
care for chicken for any reason-you
can serve French chops or Dreaded veal
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c0mrlaint But the system Is weak ana
coI-rlnt an the core Is II altogether
because, in republic, there Is no recos-
nized and weiI-delned lower class
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Tuesday
RRFAKFAST
LUNCHEON.

Fruit. cereal and cream, bacon and
fried mush "a leftover. toast. tea and
coffee.
LUNCH EON.
Sliced calfs tongue. mEEuaded ana
fried in batter "a leftover; baked DO
tatoes. tomato and lettuce salad, crack
ers and cheese. cream puhs. tea
DINNER
Mutton broth, praised rolled beefsteak,
onions. stuffed sweet potatoes. Indian
neal pudding, black coffee
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Saturday.
BREAKFAST.

b1kAasAEhE 40
Fruit. cereal and cream, bacon and
fired peppers mullins, toast, tea and
LUNCHEON.
Clipped beef. cTeamed; fried potatoes.
potato and celery salad, junket, ccoKies
tea.
DINNER.
Green pea soup. creamed Goldfish,
Drowned "a leftover, boiled and glazed
potatoes, spinach, cottage pudding With
liquid sauce, black coffee.
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Friday.
BREAKFAST.

Oranges. oatmeal Jelly and cream,
fried butterfish. graham biscuits. toast.
tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
SCaIIOped oysters, sardIne sandwiches,
beet and lettuce salad, date and rice
pudding, tea
DINNER
Gumbo partly a leftover, boiled cod
with oyster sauce, brnned tomatoes, po-
tato puff "a left-OveD, jelly pancakes,
black coffee
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Okra and tomato soup, Dreaded NUT
ton chops arranged about d mound or
mashed potatoes, beets, oyster plant,
pumpkin pie.