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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Leh.
man and Mr.. Leon Lehman, OF
New Orleans. visited Mrs. H.
Jagou Sunday.
Eddie Fortune. now Of Lake
Charles, visited relatives here
Sunday.
Mrs. r. TOerner and Miss
Adeline Toerner returned Mon.
day to Berwick, after a pleasant
stay with Mrs. H. Jagou.
DR.. J. R. Olivier and family ar.
rived yesterday to spend Christ
mas with Mr.. j. J. MOuton and
family.
Miss Aurelie Olivier, of st.
Martinville, came yesterday and
is the guest of Mr.. P. r. Roy
and family.
The following lady teachers of
the Institute are spending the
holidays out Of town: Miss Edith
Dupre with relatives in Opelou.
sas, Miss McLaurin with friends
in Crowley, Miss Dana with rela-
tives in Wisconsin, Miss Null
cahay in New Orleans. and Miss
Leftwich with friends in Texas.
Miss Viva COckerham is spend.
ing the holidays with her sister.
Mrs. Chas. Muller.
Prof. Guy Tanner. of Maurice,
was in town yesterday en- route
to Cheneyville for the holidays.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Mcbride
returned Tuesday from a visit 10
relatives in Breaux Bridge. They
expect to leave next Tuesday for
New Orleans. where they will
make their future home.
Misses Yolande Mouton, Ruth
and Ann Mouton, Gertrude Mou.
ton. Eva Mouton and Emily De.
Blanc, who are attending the
Sacred Heart Convent at Grand
Coteau, returned home for the
Christmas holidays. Wednesday.
Constable Albert BONN and
brother. of Rayne post0ffce,
were business visitors to Lafa-
yette yesterday.
Felix Abatement. who has
been spending several days with
friends and relatives in Lake
Charles, is expected home today.
ALI kinds of feed and bright
red rust proof seed bats at D.
p. Upton's, prompt delivery.
phone 1872.
Rabbi Lehman, of New Or
leans, christened Marion Louis,
the infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Lehman, Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Jagou.
Many friends and relatives were
present.
Clarence Avant, of Duson. was
in town Tuesday.
The venerable Mr.. Gustave
Judice, four score and three
years, and still hale and hearty,
was at Sheriff Lacoste's Office
Wednesday.
Miss Eunice Broussard, who
has been visiting Mrs. II. L.
like. left for her home in New
Iberia Monday.
DR.. +. L. Stephens has been to
Baton Rouge, Natchitoches and
other places during the week in
the interest of the Industrial In
s~titute.
Prof. e w. Jones left Wednes.
day for Natchitoches to visit
friends and relatives, but will re-
turn Sunday.
Miss Bessie Henry left for
Nstchitoches Wednesday to
spend the holidays.
Mr.. Geo. DeBIanc arrived
Tuesday to spend the holidays
with his family..the guests of DR..
p. Moss.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Marshall of
New iberia arrived yesterday
evening and will spend the holt
days with DR.. F. r. Tolson and
family.
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Friday. Dec. Is. 1908.
Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Billeaut
returned Saturday from . visi
70 relatives in Mansura.
Pay your poll tax now, Dec. 81
IL the last day.
Miss Blanche Gueriniere. o
St. Martinville. is visiting he'
sister, Mrs. F. o. Cornay.
Pay your poll tax now, Dec. 81
IL the last day.
Canedo Mouton. who has beer
spending several days with his
perents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ale1
Mouton, left for his home
In Bath, Nj. Tuesday.
Mr.. J. E. Fletcher, of Hum
bolt, Tenn. y spending the holi
days with her sister. Mrs
Louis Lacoste.
Mrs. N. P. Moss left Thursday
f,r Roanoke, Va. to spend Xmas
With her daughter, Miss Alice
Who is attending school in snat
city. She was accompanied a.
q as New Orleans BY DR.. Moss
Who returned Friday night.
Pay your poll tax now. Dec. 81
Is the last day.
DR.. @. d. Masters. dentist. sec
ond floor Of Levy Bros building,
has equipped his Office with nee
essary operating lights to dc
work at night, which will be OF
great convenience to those want
Ing dental work done and have
pk time during the day.
Pay your poll tax now. Dec. 81
Is the last day.
Mrs. r. NJ. Delaney and two
sons. Albert and Meady. Of
Greenville, Texas, came Wednes.
day night to spend the holidays
With her father, DR.. T. B. Hop.
kins.
DR.. and Mrs. L A. Prejean, OF
Scott, and their sister. Miss
Georgia Gats. Of New Orleans,
who is spending the holidays
with them, were among the visi.
tors to Lafayette Tuesday.
Fay your poll tax now, Dec. 81
u the last day.
Mrs. Stephen Delmouly left
last week for Lake Charles to
spend the Xmas holidays with
her husbands parents. and will
leeor visit her parents in Vinton.
She will also visit. her sister,
Mrs. Harrington, in Beaumont.
Who will return with her about
New Years.
Mrs. Daisy B. Gomore and
dAughter, Miss Marguerite ST.
mon, OF Trenton, n. J.. arrived
Tuesday and are spending the
hoHdays with Col. G. A. Breaux
end family.
x good stock Of Christmas and
New Year Cards at the Moss
Pharmacy.
Henry Primesux. Of Opelousas,
came yesterday to spend the
holidays with relatives.
Mrs. w. +. Hargroder left
Tuesday 70 visit relatives and
friends IN jackson. Miss.
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Advice to Students.

A mother consults US with regard tO'a
problem that is engaging hundreds OF
other minds She begins her letter with
advice 10 the young student who suf-
fers from chronic drOwsiness and who
can not fix her mind upon her studies
for any length of time:
Ny counsel TO M z. s." would be TO
go TO bed Immediately after supper,
then arise and study in the early morn
ing hours Let her take a walk before
school, eat something before she begins
TO study. say, at O'Clock a. m. and
the regular breakfast after the walk
Let me say here that think our high
schools require too much OF growing
children. If we only knew what studies
would be Of use 10 them in after life
and what they might as well forget
their tasks would not be so burden
some and we would be easier in mind
When my eldest son was fifteen would
have gone through fire and water to
send forth my boys through high school.
I could not send the oder Of the two,
but the second son was graduated.
His brother learned q trade. studying
at night along the lines Of that trade,
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" o the householder who loves
pretty things and cannot afford
TO buy many Of them, an Illinois
member has something to say.
and says It well:
A pretty and novel portiere may be
made BY cutting scraps of Colored or
black silks. velvets or worsteds. as for
rag carpeting. This done, make long
strings of strong linen thread. run one
end through the eye of a large Garnet
needle; string the strips. hit or miss. +"
on the thread. stirring them by run
ming the thread through the middle OF
each and showing them down close to-
gether. The shorter the strips the pref
tier will be the shirred ropes.
Next, make a loop In one end Of each
string. and hang the strings up on the
curtain pole. ! make them short in the
middle OF the pole. and graduate them
toward each side. until they almost
touch the floor at the castings Of the
door Have the strings long enough to
make tassels ct the end by doubling
the strands several times, until YOU
have a tassel Of the right size Then
tie a string around the bunch about
two inches from the top. Make il firm
2y sewing all 10 the central string
With tiny tacks fasten each string 10
the curtain rod. so that II will not slip
Arrange the strings about two inches
apart
Now. have ready another strand long
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and is now assistant foreman, with the
prospect Of rising sill higher. The sec
ond son, at the age OF twenty-five is
stiH undetermined what 70 take Up as
his hfework.
I may change my mind again in the
course Of time, hut now / think il wiser
to put a boy WHO has 70 make his liv-
ing from the start through the common
school, and the have him learn a
trade. / used to fancy that they could
learn trades after graduation from the
high school I find Il doesn't work that
way. The high school graduate won't
lower himself TO do a boys work. and
even should he overcome his pride, no
body wants TO employ him The young
er bows are preferred c. e J. Cam
den, N j.
I wish other parents would free
their minds" upon this vital question.
There is no doubt that a vast deal of
the knowledge learned from the text
books In use in our public schools is of
no practical value 70 the average work
ingman in aftei lie. II the bow have
a bias for meShan- &, s, Is It not possible
for some system z examination to re-
veal this 10 the Instructor, and the
course OF study TO be conducted along
lines that VIII develop and utilize that
talent?
II Is easier to criticise than 10 suE-
gest a cure for any evil. But I am con-
WINGED that the difficulty uppermost IN
this mothers thoughts is a stumbling
block to many another, when she would
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ready against your coming. This is an
important step. Make u clear from the
start, and keep il before her 10 the
nnlsh- that every ingredient IS 70 be
weighed or measured. Be punctiliOus III
your praC tiCe OF what YOU preach in this
direction Tell her that really COM
petent cooks never guess that this is
the trick OF the careless and the boas-
of the ignorant.
Begin with simple dishes. and let your
share IN the manufacture Of them be
as carefully performed as II you were
upon your promotion. When she mas
done a thing properly. praise her and
encourage her 10 repeat il, Be con-
tent Tor 2. few weeks 10 have less va
rlety than YOU and John would like
that the learner may advance upon
hTm ground II she fail. explain why
the disaster has come TO her. and show
her now 20 avoid II IN future. Let her
Try again the luckless dish while the
lesson is in her mind
As she learns how 10 obey vour orders
implicitly, teach her 10 follow written
recipes I hold this 10 be a necessary
quallhcaJon IN a cook Some become
excellent workers through the ability
and willingness 10 do it. Others-usu-
ally he settled WOman''-never ACQUIRE
the at.
I dined one day with a young house
Keeper who had for cook a girl Of six
teen-a Swede. praised an Indian
meal pudding set before Us
II IS one Of your own recipes was
the laughing reply My cook never
made it until today She knows lust
enough 10 obey a recipe
came home and laid the re~iDe-
forgotten by myself until IL was re-
called by my hostess-before M. cook
The result was good, but not what in
should be l repaired 70 the kitchen
and held collOquy with the chief in
command
You put too much moIasses in I
Informed her You did not measure
mo. ma am reluctantly s.Put I
thought I put about enough Thai
same thought" and about enough
are the stumbling blocks with hun
drecs OF housewives and cooks. AboI-
ism them from the kitchen dictionary.
Insist that nothing be wasted am
glad that YOU are COunOiSseur in made
dishes That IS but another name FOR
"left-overs' Teach your neoDhyte the
dignity Of economy, and the vulEarity
Of wastefulness.
And let US hear how YOU are getting
on II you and other young house
wives VINO know how 10 use the Den
would give US true pictures Of your
trials and triUmphs. this would be the
banner School for Housewives IN an
America
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NE@IC a770@6G0< Caa9%o
W YHEN one Of my well-beloved
NM constituents lays 70 my hand
Y v the text for the weekly IA

"
NAI constituents lays 70 my hand
v the text for the weekly IA
miliar talk with the ex-
change. 1 rejoice and am exceedingly
thankful 1 know then that I am not
drawing d bow at a venture Such def
nile aim was given me by Julia" a
fortnight ago. y young housemother
in another section OF our territory COM
pels my attention today
Il kept my fathers house for five
years before my marriage Ny mother
died when I was a child. Then my eld-
est sister took charge of the household
and held the reins until she was mar
ried. ! was then eighteen. 1 married
at twenty-three, another sister taking
my place at the head of the table as
general manager.
Il am telling you this that you may
comprehend mat 1 am no novice in
house Eifery. I even know how to build
a coal fire. poor Martha, Ny heart
bled for herr What 1 do not know IS
how to train a new cook In my IA
TIERS house We had trained workers.
He could afford TO pay for them. Ny
John has his way to make in the world
and I want to be d true helpmeet.
would have a willing plain cook and
train her If l knew how to set about
IL. / have my eye upon a middle-aged
Irish woman, who, her late employer
says, is neat, willing. sober. Industrious
and a plain cook 1 used the same
phrase just now. / take il TO mean that
she does not know how to make fancy
desserts and entrees. Upon these / am
particularly strong ! am said to have
a genus for made dishes. I learned
much in this line from a good-natured
Frenchwoman who lived with US as
cook fer three years She took a fancy
10 me and let me into many secrets Of
the trade.
wiz my Bridget be willing TO learn
these and other nice branches Of her
profession from me? If so. how shall
! 90 about teaching her? / am board
ing while getting the house in order,
and the woman would like to take d
month of. She has a friend in Harris
burg whom she MS not seen in many
years, and this interTeg&a.a Of service
seems a good time or a visit
My sister-in-law Johns sister dis
courages the engagement Of this wom-
an. She advises ne tOtake a young
girl and train her. She says old cooks
are unmanageable. And recoHect
your Martha's friend was of the like
opinion She thought that cooks over
forty are either drunk or crazy Please
tell me whyl Is there any reason why
/ should not teach a forty-year-oId
woman how to do certain things a little
finer and nicer than what she already
knows? Ny opinion is that she would
be more easily taught than a headstrong
bumpuous young girl, whose mind is
running upon dress and beaux
Let us have a symposium 10 the Tx
change or this head
Meanwhile, give me few points
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enough to festoon from end to end Of
the pole, and make loops IN this about
five inches apart.
When il is done you have much
prettier pOrtiere than a cheap rope or
japanese affair, and il costs nothing
It is good rainy day or evening work.
and does not try the eyes. Cut the
strips NJ odd times, and the children
viii enjoy the sport of stringiug them
II YOU wish to have the strands all
alike, count the pieces Of one color that
you shir upon the first rope. and then
count and assert them in boxes or bas-
housekeeping each color separate-and
work from these. 1t is quite as pretty
to have no set pattern. and the children
can do all the stringing and shirring
II teaches them various things, too.
Try It,
Another housswifely hint: II you have
no choppinG-knife, or the old one is
dull, make q hole in the bottom of an
empty One-pound baking powder can.
70 permit the air 20 pass out, and use
II for q chopper. OF course, the top
must have been cut of neatly. leaving
the edges clean It is much better than
a rneat-cutter for cabbage and apples,
and does not leave the taste OF iron, as
the chOpping- does.
Mrs J. s. s. Stirling, I'D
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Waterproof Cement.

You ask IL the exchange if the csmenrs
Tor which / gave recipes viii Withstand
neat ana water: some kinds OF china
VIII when Mended. Others will 7,1-
1 broke handsome pitcher belonging
70 toilet set / painted the edges ~
me fracture with white enamel and fr-
TED the pieces into place. When q Ms
dTy painted all around the craCl[
without and within, and let il dry Tor
some weeks before using IL u hss
been IN CO. slant use ever since. I keen
II fun Of water. 1t neither cracks nor
leaks, and tSe crack hardly shows az an
/. D. r. Dixon, Iowa-D
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Foil I'D once and take from the fire.
II Is good hot or cold.
BAKED ONELET
Here Is a recipe for baked o11eIs-
which we consider very fine:
Beat -FOUR eggs very light. with one
tablespoonful Of -four; add a tablespoon
fuI OF melted butter a pinch OF salt and
cup OF sweet milk
Beat well ard put into q heated and
outtered baking dish Bake quickly and
serve Immediately. as il soon falls.
Mrs NJ o. s. (Champaign. III
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ing methods OF education. and feel ~,
her children are working brains a.
taxing nerves 10 the extreme OF safaF,,
IN directions that viii insure them sue
brief, that each child is Iearnins- Nh, -.
VIII be OF absolute advantage 10 him
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For furnished Brass

Pumice soap and ammonia viii cure
the worst cases Of furnished brass JUST
moisten {. cloth with ammonia. rub IL
brisI-ly over the pumice soap. and then
apply TO the article to be cleaned. The
operation Is a simple and easy one. and
the results are immediate and most sat-
tsfactOry.
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Magazines to Give Awav

1 nave magazines which some country
member might like TO have. II she IS
willing 10 pay the freight. 7 will mack
them In a box and pay for sendir,sl then,
70 the freight Office here I used to send
lived far away from Civilization So
appreciated them highly She Is no
longer living. and I have an accumuIa,-
ton OF good reading matter which 7
shall be happy 10 distribute.
MAY S. CWest PhiIadeIphia
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Using Salts Of Lemon

] accidentally upset a bottle Of ink
upon tableclOth- have tried several
detersives and had the cloth washed.
Tut the stain is little fainter How
SHOULD I use salts Of lemons2 I have
be en- told 10 apply Il TO rust spots bur
do not know how 10 do this
f p. F. aurora, ky.)
Soak the cloth all night in butterrnUIz-
or in sour milk. II YOU have neither
soak in water made sour with lemon
Juice or with cream OF tartar In tha
morning rinse through two waters and
Law in the sun Wet the spots hourly
with lemon juice or rub in cream of tar
tar. Rinse at night and put again in
soak as before. Then wash in the
usual way
To apply salts Of lemon, wet the spots.
rub in ali the salts they viii hold. and
Law IN the sun. renewing the a0plics-
ton several times. always rinsing before
rubbing in a fresh supply
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valid She stipulates that it shall not
contain yeast.
RECIPE FOR WHOLE " HEAT BREAD
Sift two cups of flour With two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder and a quar-
ter teas9oOnfui of baking soda; add a
tablespoonful of salt and -wo teaspoon
fuls Of sugar. Make into a stiff dough
with two cups Of sweet n TX. md steam
for two hours and a half Rub a little
butter over the loaf and bake for half
an hour
This is nice for 6yspeptics and for
table use-if sliced and set in the oven
until a light brown.
May T suggest 10 the anemic invalid
70 drink nothing at meals or for an
hour before and after meals? But she
should drink at least two quarts OF
water q day between meals. Sip a glass
Of cold water at rising IN the morning
Cultivate deep breathing and exercise
as much as your strength will permit:
but do not get overfatigued. Avoid
sweets and sour foOds-such as pickles;
eat little meat. Beef, lamb and poultry
are best for you. Masticate thoroughly
Never eat more than three kinds of food
at one meal, and do Tot overeat upon
those.
c. c. s. milwaukee, Wis)
Without being captious, may inquire
why you use soda in addition TO the
baking powder? I do not think have
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Another Recipa Furnished-

saw some time ago a request for
mlIlled buttermilk- I fnclose mine and
hope II viii please the querist as Il
does ny family.
MULLED BCTTERNILK
Put one and a half quarts OF fresh
eu- ternilk upon the stove 10 heat Add
TO Il N egg beaten light. with half 2
cupful Of sugar and nutmeg TO taste
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for both, unless. indeed, sour milk were
one OF the ingredients 1 see nothing
in the other articles enumerated that
would seem to require the alkah as a
corrective Your advice IN the main is
excellent
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Let me say that said something like
the above TO Bridget and she took it
kindly She said. All misJresses has
their own ways. av cOOTse. mem
Wasn't that promising?
ADA r. bradford. Pa"
K is always and everywhere an IN
gracious task to bring youthful enthu-
siasms down on the run. And the men
TOR usually earns the ill-win Of those he
would serve. This risk ! now incur. de-
! liberately and, I beg you % believe, un-
| willingly. For 1 have yer 10 see the ell
! derby cook who took kindly TO training
in unfamiliar ways. Please tell me
why?" you ask. and I viii try to an
swer in as few words as possible.
Usually nliterare.
She is almost invariably iliterate and
unused TO mental effort Daniel Web
ster said in the last year Of his long
life that he never took refuge in a
bIacksmith's or wheelwright-s shed IN
a thunderstorm that he did not learn
something while there. But he was
Webster and your cook is-Bridget or
Thekla or HeIma or Dinah. His mind
OF observation and the love Of learning
were pTaCtiCed all his life. He had am
billions. Your elderly cook has none
He knew-as does every one who has
kept up the habits I have named-the
meaning Of a divine dissatisfaction"
with ones own attachments and the
longing for more light and knowledge
Our cook knows it all she may con-
descend to admit the right Of the
mistress" Cby courtesy 70 have her
ways At heart she is sublimely con-
fident that her own ways and ideas
cannot be improved.
I had her in my kitchen once II the
truth were known, she has been there
repeatedly, and ever with the same re-
suit The "once" TO which I allude had
been in 1.-THE one family for seven
years before coming to me. At the
end OF a fortnight she informed me
tearfully that she hadn't expected to
be called upon 70 do French cookery" "
wnen I asked ueekly for particulars, I
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Friday.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit oatmeal Jelly and cream
butter FISH lfried), quick biscuits. toast,
tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
OUelet with oyster sauce fried pots-
tics lettuce salad with French dressing.
II 7ham bread and cream cheese sand
VIE mes, chocolate cake and lemonade
DINNER
Clam broth with whiDned cream IN
top baked bluefish. spinach souFfe "a
leftover. mashed and Drowned pOrs-
toes, orange pie. black coffee
Saturday. e
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal and cream. fried bacon
and apples, sally lUnn, feast. teG. and
coffee
LUNCHEON.
Dreamed fish "a Icft-over). ducheSss
potatoes "a ieft-oyer). celery and e7dive
salad toasted crackers with cream
cheese and bar-le-duc marmaIade-
cream pUffs, tea
DINNER
soup q Ia russo with poached ezzz On
top, steamed leg OF mutton "a Iefr-Ovarl
creamed young onions. baked bananas.
backed caramel CUstards and cake.
black coffee.
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was told that none but French cooks
were expected to make soup every day
in the week. Not that she minded il
wnen there was company"
why" / hear you repeat. should a
cooks temper be hotter than a wait
ress' OF a chambermaid's, and why
should she he more unwilling 70 learn
than they
L have asked myself the question
hundred times. Sometimes I incline TO
belief In the explanation one OF the
trade once gave me- '-Shure. mem. and
am thInSin' the fire has somethin'. to
co with IT, Ii XII der hardens as well
as hates"
All OF which leads nee TO second your
new sisters advice. When 1 was many
years younger and many pounds lighter
than I am now. and not nearly so busy
with other matters, / took a keen de
light in training yoSng cooks Now
insist that those 1 enEege shall know
their business I may add that 1 have
been fortunate - inspiring them with
the belief that j know IL even better
than they can ever do This should be
your FIRST step In the training process.
Let the woman understand that YOU
are wiser in your generation than she
is in hers