The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
Correspondence, Questions tons
and Answers.

Request: Please send me a recipe
for nulled buttermilk, which am told
is6fine. e. G. j
| Reply: Put one and half quarts
OF fresh buttermilk on the range Ia
heat Add to It an egg beaten light,
| with half a cupful Of sugar and nut
meg to taste. Boil up once and take
from the fire. 1t is good hot or cold.
! Question: What is the Merry
| Widow hat? B. S. w.
| Answer: 1t is a large, round. wheel.
| like affair. measuring sometimes thir-
ty-six inches from tip to tip. When
4 1t gets into an elevator 1t saws off
numerous heads and scalps OF dear,
| nice old ladies who haven't dons any.
body any harm.
| The tall woman can wear such hat
] without danger OF depopulating tho
city but the short one is said ito ga
through n crowd like a scythe." 1t
Is also said that large hats require a
garage to furnish the room for safa
keeping.
I Request: Kindly send recipe for max.
ing whole wheat bread required for.An
invalid's diet l. D. r.
| Reply: sift two cups Of -four. "a salt
spoonful OF salt two teaspoonfuls OF
sugar. a teaspoonful OF cream OF tar
tar and half teaspoonful OF pure
soda together. Make into stift
dough with two cups OF. sweet milk
and steam for two and half hours
Rub little butter over the loaf and
bake half an hour.
Question: What is the difference be.
tween an heir apparent and an heir
presumptiye to a throne? A. s. H.
| Answer: An heir apparent is A per-
son who is heir II he survives. Al
! the death OF his predecessor the hefr
apparent becomes the heir-at-law. The
heir presumptive Is one who Will be
heir II no one is born having prior
claim. A princess royal is heir pre-
sumptive until the birth OF prince
| out an heir his next brother is heir
lpresumptive.
Question: What chief magistrate OF
Venice instituted the ceremony OF we'd
ding the Adriatic, and when did the
republican form OF government end In
Venice? C.fB. d.
Answer: Pope Alexander Ill insti-
tuted the ceremony in 1174 to COM
memorate the victory of the Venetian
| fleet at Istria over Frederick Barba
u
rel. The republican form OF govern
ment was abolished by the French in
1 1897.
Request; Please give me a formula
Reply: Melt together half ounce
of white wax. one-half ounce of sper-
maceti. one ounce of cocoanut oil. one
ounce of lanolin and two ounces of oil
OF sweet almonds. Remove from the
heat and add one ounce OF orange
flower water and three drops of tine
ture OF benZoin. Beat until creamy
and apply at night after washing the
| face thoroughly
Request: Please explain to me how
main are swe scented SO that they Will re-
Reply: The hat. If it be large one.
will have a Mining of scented silk.
which comes for the purpose The ban
deau has an interlining Of this per-
| fumed SILK. Then, tiny sachet bags are
concealed in the hat trimmings. the
odors OF which match the flowers used
on the hat. Finally, the hat must be
kept in scented box, strong paper
one: lined with SILK. In which the
| headgear just the requisite amount of
fragrant freshness and delicate per-
fume.
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considered unlucky for brides?
Answer: 1t has its origin in Roman
superstition. Ovid says. The common
in the month of May This was
probably because in this month were
held the festivals of Bona Dea and tho
feasts OF the dead.
Question:, Why is a pennant FIRE.
quently called "a whip?' c. F. A.
Answer: The common story is that
when Won Tron,p. the Dutch admiral.
appeared on the English coast. he
holsted a broom on his ships to sisni-
~ his intention of sweeping the Eng
| lsh from The seas. The English adj
miral, in bold retaliation. made his
symbol Of intention a horse whip. since
which time the pennant often goes
for what 1t means-the whip.
Question:. Is there any proof that
men, men. aeaoraing to custom at I one time
I, Answer: They did for St Ambrose.
who lived 34o-3s7. speaks of "the silksn
garments and the wells interviewer
with which the body OF rich men is
encompassed."
Question: Who were the .tKnightA
of the Hare and why were they sd
called? K. T.
Answer: They composed an order OF
/ In France, on the following occasion:
a great shouting was raised by the
| French army, and Edward thought the
shout was tile, onset Of battle. but
found afterwards It was occasioned by
a. hare running between the two
armies.
QUESTION:: What is the origin of tha
j petard ~ ISL a.. B. H..
iron engine. filled with gun powder.
and fastened to gates or barricades.
and SO on. to blow them up. The dan
ger was lest the engineers who fired
the petard should be blown up in the h
Iexplosion.
@ Paying for His Dinner.
List was probably the vainest OF
great composers, and also one of the
most caprcious. It was only when y
in the mood that he would play, and II
| If pressed to do SO against hisy will