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The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
Settinu the Pace

The careful housekeeper whose heart
is thoroughly in her work and whose
aim it is to make her household run
on oiled wheels will soon discover
that II lies with her TO set the pace
in energy, carefulness, tidiness and
punctuality.
The entire household, from the chill
dren 10 the servants. all take their cue
from the mistress. If she is lazy and
careless, her servants and her children
will be quick enough to follow her ex-
ample.
On the other hand. if the mistress is
tidy, quick to discover mistakes, care
ful and troubled over every detail of
dOmesticiJy, she viii soon find that
her house works well, and that pune
tuality and order reign in place of
slackness and careless methods.-Cas-
sells Journal
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
THE RAW CURRANT
PRAISED BY WRITER AS AN
ARTICLE OF DIET.
May Be Given in Quantities to Chill
dren with Only the Most 5ene-
fetal Results, on Scientific
Authority

Until the last year or two mothers
have felt it a sort of solemn duty to
keep a very tight hand over the cur
rant-bag, declares a writer in London
Madame
IF you have them now you cannot
have them in the cake we say to the
BARNS, and, when once more remind
ed that the currants would be more
fully appreciated now than they could
possibly be at tea-time. we give the
sober answer: They aren't good for
you, dear, and you mustn't ask again"
Now that is just where we mothers
go wrong.
Raw curTants are good for our chill
dren-immensely better than the raw,
unripe gOOseberries and the sour
green apples which we know they eat
from the garden, better, also, than any
other under-ripe or over-ripe fruit
whatsoever
Dried currants, in their uncOOked
state, are so exceedingly light and
so very nutritious that-proYided the
skin of the berry is broken before the
fruit is swallowed-90 per cent of the
total weight of the fruit is digested
within half an hour of its being eaten,
and mothers may safely take this as a
vindioatiOn of the whOlesomeness Of
the raw currant
No grown-up person, no little child.
can obtain anything but good from
this fruit if only the simple precaution
be taken to pierce the skin by the nat
ural process of masticatiOn.
Almost it would seem that the more
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
VALUE OF ORANGES
ONE OF THE MOST HEALTHFUL
OF FOODS.
Many Delicious Dishes That Cen Be
Prepared from This Royal Fruit
-Omelet That viii Be
Appreciated.

Medical men say that an acid or
ange eaten daily before breakfast
from December 10 April tends to pro
duce a condition Of almost perfect
health 1t is well known that singers
consume large quantities Of oranges,
the juice Of the fruit being considered
specially good for the voice. Fresh
fruits are always wholesome and ap-
petizing as a food or in beverages,
and fruit in some form should be
eaten daily Oranges may be served in
many dainty dishes. and one may re-
joice over the fact that the supply is
plentiful and the price reasonable.
Orange Omelet-Beat the yOlks of
six eggs with seven teapspOonfuls OF
powdered sugar Whip the whites to
stiff froth and pour the egg and
sugar mixture over them. Mix lightly,
at the same time adding the juice and
grated outside rind Of a large orange.
Melt tablespoonful Of butter in a
frying pan and tilt it about until the
bottom and sides are well creased.
Pour in the omelet and cook slowly.
When firm and nicely Drowned set in
a hot oven for two minutes, then fold
it together, IIace on a heated dish
and serve at once.
Orange Roly Poly.-Peel, slice and
seed four sweet oranges. Sift together
one pint of flour, one tablespoonful of
baking powder and One-quarter of a
teaspOOnful OF salt. Rub into this two
tablespOOnfuls Of butter and mix in
sufficient sweet milk to make soft
dough. Turn out on a well-foured
board, roll our in a long strip, spread
with the sliced oranges and sprinkle
well with sugar Roll up. pinch the
ends SO that the juice will not run out
lay on a buttered plate and steam for
80 minutes, then set in the oven until
the top is dried of. Serve with hard
sauce.
Orange Pudding.-Take three or
Rnges, the juice of half a lemon. one
pint Of milk, one tablespoonful of
cOrnstarch, one cUpful of sugar, two
eggs and one-fourth OF a teaspoonful
of salt Peel the oranges and cut them
into pieces half the size of a nutmeg,
taking out the tough portions in the
center. Place the pieces in pudding
dish, squeeze the lemon juice over
them, add half a cUpful of the sugar,
stir and set aside while the rest Of the
pudding is being prepared. Beat the
yoIks of the eggs, stir in two table
spOOnfuls OF milk. add the same guam
tity of milk-to the cornstarCh, and beat
the two mixtures together. Heat the
rest of the milk in milk boiler. and
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08

precious the Tood ne more snugu
does nature wrap it up. Peas AM
beans are very nutritious-see hoy
carefully nature packs them; nuts ar
famous for nutritiye value-natur
packs them in wooden cases. Cui
rants are, weight for weight, more nd
tritiOus than any other fruit knoWl
to man and. though the berries an
small and Insignificant looking, naturI
has taken care that the fine skin sha
be just strong enough to preserve I'd
precious fruit from injury. Il is Sc
dom that one sees a bruised or brokef
currant, yet the covering of the berl
is so very fine that when once broke
1t rapidly becomes part and parcl
with the soluble matter of the currar
1t has been proved by our scie
lists that none of the nutrment
the currant-grape escapes from {
the fruit during the simple process
drying, which is carried out in {
open sunshine and fresh air.
CurTants lose only water in tt
drying, and the effect OF the 81
shine upon the gathered fruit is 81
ply TO change the f1eshy portion Of
currant into what is known as gra
sugar.
Grape sugar is the most highly
tritive Of all foods, and it is beca
currants are so remarkably rich i
that Sir Francis Laking, our
kings doctor, recommends them
heartily to people of all ages and
classes of society.
o Sir Francis is Of the opinion
when once the people of this couE
have become fully aware Of the
values of this wonderful fruit. Gre
will have no time to look further
purchasers for all the currants
is able to produce.
With testimony such as this I'd
assure US, We mothers may cast e
DOUBT to the winds and gladly
vide our children with full suffci
OF the fruit that is at once so "
some and so inexpensive.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08

Wnen II GENES n :@9 cntr 90 -
and cornstarch mixture Cook for FIVE
minutes, add the salt and the rest of
the sugar, remove from the fire and
lay the preparation, one spoonful at a
time, upon the oranges in the dish
Beat the whites Of the eggs stiff, add
one tablespoonful of sugar, spread the
icing on top OF the pudding and brown
il delicately in the oven.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
Morcestershire Sauce.

Add TO one quart of vinegar one
half ounce cayenne pepper, two heads
garlic, chopped; three anchOvies,
mashed; TWO teaspoons ground cloves,
three teaspoons Of allspice, two blades
OF mace, One-haf teaspoon each CHINA
mon and ginger. Let stand "a hours.
Strain, add the juice OF a lemon. Cork
and set aside for ten days Pour in
a crock and skim, bottle and seal.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
EnaIieh Yorkshire Puddinn.

One-half pound Of -four, one pint
Of milk, two eggs and a pinch of salt
Beat the eggs and salt, add part of the
milk. then the flour and rest of the
milk l like a fork the best to mix
with. | melt some butter or dripping
and put in my muffin pans and have
my pans hot Put my batter in about
half full, and then everybody gets
their share of crust.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
With the SQUADS.

For a sauce for fried squads turn a
cupful OF hot water favored with beef
Juice or a good stock into the pan in
which the squads are cooked, add six
or eight button mushrooms cut in
pieces, pepper and salt, and cook for
five minutes Then season with a
tablespoonful Of flour rubbed smooth
with two tablespOonfuls Of butter.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
Cranberry Jelly.

One quar- cTanberries, one pint
sugar, one-haf pint water; wash and
pick over cranberries, put In a sauce
pan with sugar aud water; boil u
minutes: wash the berries on side Of
kettle while boiling, strain through
a cnarEe wire sieve; put In mold.
When cold turn out on dish. ANY one
can make this jelly and be sure OF
success
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
WORTH CONSIDERING.

The suggestion Of School Commissioner Jonas
that this city follow the example of Denver
and let each school teacher in the lower
grades instruct two classes a day, thus doub-
ling the number of children in such grades that
can be taught with the present force of in
struct0rs and in the present buildings, has
enough merit to deserve discussion. Mr. Jonas
estimates that In five years this plan would save
the city $25 COOS 600 in school sites and buildings
alone. 1t would also save z large sum in teach
ers' salaries. one teacher doing the work Of TIVE
at a slight increase of pay, as in Denver, where
- per cent extra salary is given to teachers
with two groups OF pupils Such economies
deserve consideration, with the city in its pres
ent financial condition and with the cost Of ad-
ministering lis schools more than doubled IN
the last decade Mr. Jonas makes the further
point that such 4 change would be TO the ad-
vantage Of the pupils in education and In
health-in both doubtless, because the present
school hours too long and the confinement is
too great TO produce the best results. The plan
is said 10 work satisfactorily in Denver, where
it has greatly reduced the cost of the public
school system.
Still, Denver is not New York and certain OBJ
jections 10 adopting the plan here will natu-
rally suggest themselves. Denver is not an over
crowded city like New York There is room on
the streets Of Denver for its boys and girls
who, under the system Of instruction there have
two hours or So more a day TO spend on them
than those of New York with its long school
day. have. Undoubtedly it would be beneficial
to the health Of New York's school children TO
have more time 10 play in the open air, but II
the school hours are shortened here where are
they 10 playF The public schools here are
something more than schools. For the younger
children they are practically day nurseries, re-
lieving the majority Of parents from the care
and anxiety incident to crsmped living quar-
ters and oyercrowded streets.
Granted that public school is the most ex-
pensive kind OF day nursery the city could main
tain. yet day nursery it is and that fact would
probably interfere with New Yorks doing what
Denver has done-Damely. putting the capital
it has invested in school buildings and sites 10
double use II Mr. Jonas's plan could he tried
it is doubtful whether the saving OF money he
confidently expects would actually result The
turning Of the younger school population of the
city upon the streets for two hours more
day would create demand for further facili-
ties for play. And tie demand would be so
reasonable, withal, that the money which was
saved on schools would go for new public play
grounds. for their equipment and admnistra-
ton. This might be real gain 10 the city in
the health of its children and in their normal
physical Development, aud Mfr. .Tonas's sugges-
ton for increasing the use 10 which the capital
raow invested in schools could be put might af-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
UVDERPAID MINISTER'S.

The action of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of New York in fixing minimum salary Tor the
clergy here has been compared to that OF union
labor in adopting q scale Indeed, DR.. Parks III
urging the course instituted a comparison be-
tween the diocese and union, and the incident
IS significant Of the spirit of the time in ADJUST
ing by Joint or cooperative action relations
which were formerly left TO individual determl-
nation.
That they were not left so with fortunate re-
suits is evident from Dr. Parks's report that
there we're twenty-one cergymen Of the Church
working for stipends varying from $4lO TO
S1oSG year At these salaries life must be
exceedingly difficult in New York City for per-
sons OF the training and education Of ministers
and engaged in a calling with such public obli-
cations as the ministry has. The minimum rate
fixed BY the diocese, $1,000 for an unmarried
clergyman and 1900 for married one, merely
places these lowest paid cergymen on an equal
ity with the better paid skilled labor, and not
quite indeed, on a parity with the best paid of
such labor.
The ministry, like teaching and some Of the
other learned professions, has suffered from an
oversupply of those who enter it, So much so
that although in such professions man gives
eight or ten years of bis life to getting more
or less costly education he cannot be sure OF be-
ing even as we'll paid the man who has been
to no such expense, but has been earning stead
ily since early youth. Perhaps the present ten
dency, Of which so much is heard, TO decrease
in the number of persons entering the minis
try. together with such steps as that now taken
by the New York diocese, which must check the
Ill advised opening of missions without adequate
funds for their maintenance, will remove from
the Church the reproach Of having many under
paid ministers.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14

work Of relief and its dangerous effects more
easily avoided than those OF carbon dloxlde'
which one NAV inhale without knowing IL. Uh-
fortunately such means OF checking fre ana
saving property from destruction cannot al
ways he employed without endangering Ire.
The. same objection applies to the plan, SAID 10
have been adopted at Hamm, of flooding the
mine II is for the interest of surviving en-
ploves as we'll as of the owners OF a mine, 10
begin work again. as soon as pracdcabie AFTER
a fire but prompt and energetic action Is at
tended with more or less uncertainty as 10 the
conse0uences Cases are known in WHICH
miners have lived for several days IN gal
lery sufficiently remote from the point at when
the explosion occurred, and also at distance
from the blockaded shaft, and engineers nave
sometimes been blamed for premarurely resort
ing to 1nea sures which left no hope of finding
snv one alive and for too soon abandoning ef-
forts at rescue.
The best way to save the life OF the coal miner
is not TO try TO rescue him after an explosion
but 10 prevent the explosion. So well under
stood are the causes of such accidents That it
IS hardly credible that their number and enects
cannot be greatly reduced. 1t Is sad comment
on twentieth century civilization that hundreds
of families can be made desoate in single
dav bv q lack of discipline a violation of law
II is absurd to attribute such things TO iS-
noraDpe
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
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New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
METZ AND ooLER AGREE AT LAST.
The Mayor Disagrees with Both. HOEever-So
Arguments VIII Go On.

Controller Metz and Borough President Coier ap-
peared at the meeting OF the Board OF Esrimats
yesterday IN an entirely new role Mr. Metz
wanted certain transfers made from unexpsnded
balances and so did Mr.. Coler. Mr.. Metz at first
objected to the CoIer proposition. and later Mr.
Coler objected to what Mr.. Metz warted- A
unanimous consent was necessary. nothing could
be done. Then a queer thing happened
I'll break the deadlock said Mr.. CoIer, -oy
voting for the Controllers transfers. he vii
cast his vote in favor Of mine
whack went the Mayors gavel and then his
honor remarked icilyc
I'VE will have no deals in this board involving
the expenditure of funds
At that he gared at the Controller and the Bor-
ough President. and said something IN under
tone about the proposed transfers being q mis-
demeanor, when accomplished by a deal
Controller Metz. at another period in the doinss
Of the board rnSde the deliberate charge that Mr.
CoIer had squandered the city's money 7 naks
the charge openly IN board meeting. said MI
Metz City money has been squandered N Brook
lvn. and I can prove IT, Union labor has been plt
to work at $50 o'clock IN the morning and suo"ea
to quit at $50 in the afternoon, and a fuL DAY
pay has been paid by the city This = a natt~
OF record
Borough President Colsr said last night tns'
after the Controller had succeeded IN stoppins
the borough government. some o. the men w
volunteered to work did becoua lax in the TorS-
and Ne were powerless prevent this. because F"
we ordered them TO do their duty II would oosaOs
the city to Pay for their labor
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
4 NER START " CLETEL4Np.

Judge TayIer's appointment Of receivers for
the Cleveland railway system might De regretted
If il were the end of all the efforts TO work out
the question of the lowest fare compatible with
a reasonable service and a proper return TO
stockholders. But It is not the end. 1t IS only
the beginnlng-a beginning under new auspices.
1t is not even certain that it is the end Of the
Scent fare as some have said If the receivers
can make the system pay on 3-cent basis they
doubtless will do So If they have TO make the
rate higher they will do that They will under
take without any preconceptions the duty of
finding out at what fare they operate the
roads and they owe their appointment 10 a
Judge who is IN thorough sympathy with the
low fare movement and who has publicly ex-
pressed his regret that the Johnson franchise
was defeated at the recent referendum.
Mayor Tom Johnson appears to have def
nitely lost control of the situation through the
appointment of the receivers. Until they were
named it seemed possible that he would put
new franchise through the City Council, which
he controls, and that on a reference of 1t to the
voters he might win. Now his only chance Of
regaining his popularity and ultimately recover
ing control of the street railway system would
seem to be in the possibility that the receivers
will make themselves greatly dIsliked. His
old enemy. the Cleveland Electric Company,
which is well pleased with his defeat really
secures little by the courts action. L does
not regain control Of its property, which goes
into the hands of the receivers for operation,
and IL 1t should regain control It would hardly
be any better off than before It would still lack
franchises and would have its old fight on its
hands to obtain them without making great
concessions in fares. The franchise beaten re-
Gently at the referendum would have given IT
the rights it would have needed in case John
sons company failed 10 carry out its contract.
But as il is it has nothing except the satisfac-
ton of knowing that It's old enemy IS defeated.
The working out of the low fare question will
now be in the hands OF neutral persons. who
will have the backing of court friendly to the
idea; for Judge Tayler says:
A final adjustment Il is hoped. will result in
such public grant to the owners Of the prop
erty as will return nothing more than fair
interest on actual investment, while the people
Will receive the best service at the lowest cost
The receivers should have public support in
their efforts, and If they are practical men the
country I'm general. which has real interest IN
this experiment of low fares, should he well
pleased that it is to be tried at last under such
favorable auspices.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
4 CHANCE FOR BRYAN.

We find a good deal of merit in plan sug
gested by The Charleston News and Courier
for guaranteeing such rule Of the people as
will eventually result in Mr. Bryans election 10
the Presidency. The Hon. Josephus Danlels, Oh
Raleigh. insists that the vote on November .
only proved that the people 'are not worthy 10
have Mr. Bryan at the head OF the Repupllc'
He also intimates darkly that ''if the people long
submit to official dictatiOn and the rule or the
dollar they will not deserve the right of sur
"frage and will lose their liberties. "The News
and Courier" interprets this threat as foreshad-
owing a readiustment of our political system so
that only those who deserve the right OF suf-
frage' and are really worthy TO have MI
Bryan at the head of the Republic shall be al
lowed to vote.
That would be an effective scheme for rellev-
ing the gloom which settles down periodically
at Lincoln, Neb. We agree entirely with our
South Carolina contemporary that "the most
practicable and promising method conceivable
"to bring about the election of Mr.. Bryan to the
presidency is the enactment Of constitutional
amendments limiting the right Of suffrage to
"the Bryanites" Some day Mr.. Bryan may have
a real odds-On chance.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-14

and the widow OF David Brewster gets sl,vo'
as does also the widow of Thomas Huxley.
pension of $1,000 a year was granted 10 AlIreo
Russell Wallace In 1881, and one OF Sl,ZYo 10
Ray Lancaster during the present year. Inc
widow of the architect Pugin has received sooo
wear since his death In 1852, and two daugh-
ters of General Cathcart have had 5000 year
since that gallant soldier fell at Inkerman one
of the largest pensions on the list Is that OF
So 800 wear. which has been paid since lSSo
to the two daughters Of Lord Stratford dc Hed-
cliffe.
1t can scarcely be maintained that All the
names on the list with aggregate pensions OF
nearly S125OO0 a year, are there because Oh
indisputabl merit. In many cases, no doaDl,
the pensions are fit. tributes TO greatness, ana
i'm others they have relieved actual want or en-
couraged and enabled the doing of further ana
better work In not a few cases. however, they
Indicate temporary overestimate of worth OF
else mere personal sentiment or successfui wire
milling Administered with infslble discreuon
and eouitv. such a system would be OF much
value. not only TO it's direct benehciaries, but
also TO society at large, which would thus prop
ablv receive more fruits of the pensioners
labors But the margin of possible error III
bestowals is so great that the adoption or such
a scheme in a land of numerous ambitious aspi-
rants for fame would be fraughr with much
perl of favortism, injustice and ridicule