Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-06

washing soda to a pint Of warm water.
with a good scrubbing brush, to remove
the oId hnish. Rinse off with clear wa.
or ana 90 not attempt to put on the new.
coat until the piece is thoroughly dry :
The Pilgrim.
A Good Mince Pie-AIince pie is one
| OF the staple dishes for Thanksgivipa,
| day. An excellent rule for the meaf
WHICH, OF course, must be made at least
.Mp weeks IA advance, is this: Mince fine
eH9 cups OF boiled beef and six apples
ddd quart and half of sweet cider 4
cup OF currant jelly. the grated rind and
JUICE OF two lemons and two oranges.
Two cups or sugar, one tablespoonful
edch OF salt and cinnamon. one teaspoon
IuI each of cloves and allspice one-haIf
teaspoontul of nutmeg and pepper. two
pounds OF seeded raisins, one pound of
S,u[rants' a quarter Of pound of shred
ued cltr0n, a pound of chopped suef
ana a cup of shredded candied orange
peel. Flavor with the rich juice of spiced
or picked peaches to taste, or add vine
EAR boiled down to a syrup with sugar
Inis rule makes much richer and more
spicy, PIES than any other, and will be
found delicious.
\ Thanksgiving Dinner for Two.--A
little dinner for two who have much to
be thankful for may be easily prepared
and sui be quite elaborate enough: Oys-
tiers on the half shell. cream of celery
soup, Roast chicken, baked sweet pota-
toes, peas, currant jelly, cream cheese
and nut salad, fig cream. cotfee-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Oyster Stuffing For Turkey-Make n
stufiing for turkey of a large cupful of
crumbs, seasoning with parsley, sweet
marJoram and thyme, and moiSten with
melted butter. Chop twenty small oy-
STEERS fine and mix with the dressing. If
you prefer, yon may leave the oysters
whole. With this stufIing fill the breast
of the turkey.-Delineator
Fried Oysters to Garnish Turkey-For
this you must select fine, large oysters.
rake them from the liquor carefully
and dry on soft cloth. Dip each oyster
IN powdered crackers, rolling it over and
over until we'll coated. Fry them in
enough hot butter to cover them when
you put them in the frying pan. Take
out the moment they are done and Law
around the edge of the hot dish in which
the turkey is established. -Delineator
Good Resolutions.
1t should be understood that good reso
buttons are usually, if not invariably.
against bad habits, none Of which we
VIII specify, lest our readers accuse us
OF being personal, and having one or 9th
er OF them in mind. 1t is in the nature
OF good resolutions to require the peni-
tent TO be constantly on his guard; and
Whlle one may readily remember to do
a Tine thing or a noble thing, when the
chance offers. or the duty thrusts itself
upon one Tin that offensive way of du-
tesl, one is always forgetting not to do
the shabby, or low, or disgusting or
wicked thing, that one vowed ones self
70 1oroear; and it is there that one hits
gravel, as the old moralists say. We
note the facts not with the expectation
chat the reader will be instantly and full
" able to profit by them, but partly for
fhe psychological pleasure that their
recognition gives, and partly in the hope
OF suggesting. dimly. remotely, a way
out of the vicious circle in which the
reason ''eddies round and round" 1t
Is apparent at this glad hour of the in
rant year, that we ought to form good
resolutions and not put it off I'LL the
FOURTH OF July, or next Christmas. Yet
1t is Just as apparent that if we resolve
not to do this or that, we shall pretty
surely do 1t, because we forget not to.
On the other hand, it is again just as
apparent that if we resolve to do this
or that good thing, we shall now and
then do 1t. because the opportunity of
fers or insists. The good resolution
ought therefore to be positive and not
negative. in its terms. This seems to us
the solution. and we commend it to our
readers. For ourselves, as we have all
ready limited, we do not feel the need of
so sharp spur.-Harper's Weekly.
$3.50
The Presidents Desk.
The National Playground association
which met in New York in September
for the purpose of arousing cities and
towns to their duty in providing accessi-
rln HrfryspY IL. ,rIye IL
important field of work for children 1t
was clearly shown by the experience Of
many that juvenile crime decreased 90
per cent. where children have play.
grounds. 1t was also argued that play
grounds should be on the plan of every
city, and that it is a legitimate expense
to be met by the taxpayers. Chicago is
in the lead as a city in the provision
for adults as well as children. Every
mothers circle would do well to appoint
a play committee whose duty it would be
to see that the children in that vicinity
have suitable opportunities for whole
some play. Private ground can often
be given for temporary use, and many
good things have been taken over by the
city after having been proved valuable
by private enterprise,
The Sage foundation by its liberal
gift to the Playground association has
enabled it to promote it's great work far
more rapidly than would have been pos
sible otherwise. Every friend of the
children will rejoice at the recognition
of a vital need Of hildhood.-National
Congress of Mothers Magazine.
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How Children May Help at Fair.
From the quotation,
| saw u ship a-sailing. a-Saiing ON the sea,
And it was deeply laden with pretty things
for me,
a very pretty money making pastime
may be devised for a winter fair, and it
Is q oana in which the children can