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The Washington times., 1908-09-13

|HE preparation for the school
child's lunch should be made
when he eats his breakfast.
That is. he should have a sub
etantisl meal, which viii enable him IN
ger along comfortably with the simple
lunch which IS all circumstances permit
MN 10 take at noon When he has be-
gun the day with fruit, fresh or stew
ed; a good bowl Of weIl-cooked cereal
and milk or cream glass Of milk to
drink, eggs simply cooked. bread or
toast and butter, he will have taken
enough nourishment 20 stand by him un-
Ill night, provided he has a sensible
digestble lunch in the basket he takes
10 school with him
Before going further, let me remind
the mother Of small children that the
scientific students Of dietetics declare
that a child requires about four times
as much carbo-hydrates-starc food
as he does proteids-meat foods-and
that he should have half as much fat
in his diet as he has meat. Such fats
may be given 10 him in butter. cream
and salad oil, as well as in the fat Of
meat. The usual error in children's food
is that Of giving them too little fat and
4AlfdA III ElDitA lloll 10 lllt Sldl CITY LODAlSs
such as white bread and potatoes. The
starch helps keep up the heat Of the
body, but il does not make bone and
flesh.
These proportions should be borne in
mind when planning for the children's
school luncheon. The child whose morn
ing meal has not contained meat should
have this or its equivalent in his lunch
q ~,1-- ,F
butter on the bread OF sandwiches given
him for that meal
The "Cold Snack"
The trouble with the luncheons put
ND for most school children is that
they are not appetizing. The theory
well borne out. IL may be admitted
bv many examp Ies-is that a child
will eat anything given him. Under
certain circumstances this is true.
When q child has had a morning OF
play or Of active outdoor exercise
he will sweep over the luncheon table
like a devouring flame, carrying
everything before him. But this state
of affairs does not prevail at the
school luncheon. He has been shut
I'M at work all the morning. If he is
a stuGfous child, the blood has been
drawn from his stomach to his brain,
and he is too tagged to be hungry.
The appetizing circumstances con-
nected with the home luncheon are
lacking. There are no savory odors,
no display of food to tickle his palate.
He opens a basket. or 1t may be
close tin or pasteboard box, and takes
ont his cold smack and attacks IL
usually with the one thought that the
sooner the meal is over the sooner
can he Join his companions at play.
What does he find in the lunch
basket? That depends upon his
mother. Sometimes it may be par
eel Of dainty sandwiches, piece Of
cake. an apple or an orange Some
times, I am afraid. it is a jumbled
asseublage Of the sort of thing we
cau "sbroken pieces" when we give
them TO the beggar. Cold biscuit or
mullins. a couple Of thick slices Of
bread hastily spread with butter and
with a hunk of meat thrust be-
tween them. perhaps few cookies.
Not a tempting array 10 the child
whose appetite is in need of stimulus.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

room at the top for every really excel
lent thing.
Defends Lard.
have noted several disrespectf,1l
hingS at lard in the Exchange. and I
rebel. I have used IL for shortening
for twenty-five years ami 1 know
whereof / speak.
Do I buy my lard2 BY all means!
That is, get the unrendered leaf and
try II out myself. I cut 1t into pieces.
about two inches square; put them int
a kettle with a tumblerful OF water and
a little salt, placing the pot over a very
slow fire. / leave it there for most. OF
the day, cooking steadily. There is no
odor whatever 20 permeate the house.
When the grease is all cooked out a
pour the contents Of the kettle through
a strainer placed over a basin, from
which / pour the pure. Leaf lard into
pals I put over the strainer a -four
sack ripped open. or a large salt sack.
first wetting ito keep the scraps out
of the lard.
When all the grease is drained
through the cloth. I bring the four cor
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y y Family Meals for a Week x =.

over. lettuce .,aIsd. crackers. and
cheese pineapple with sugar and wine,
HSnt cakes, tea
DINNER
Clear SOUP with noodles. veal and ham
pie lparCly @ leIr-1TerJ. sOUf1Ie OF Swiss
chard q leftover. green peas. string
beans, fruit dessert. black coffee
ThuTsSay.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes, cereal and cream. bacon. boil
ed eggs, huclleberry 'sECrtcaks toast,
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Rechauffe OF yezterday's pie, salad OF
lettuce, green peas sud string bears "a
lefr-OVe-l- SteWed potatoes, crackers
and cheese, fruit, cocoa
DINNER.
Clear soup with poached eggs "a left
over, stuffed calves hearts, succOtzsh,
Friday
BREEKFAST.
stewed pears and cream eaten with
waters. bacon and fried nush. toast,
tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Mincs OF calves hearts "a left-over).
souffe Of squash Ga leftover. stuffed
potatoes, lettuce salad. cake and iced
tea
DINNER
SUcCOtash soup Ca left-over), salmon
steaks. mashed potatoes, green peas,
peach pie. black coffee
Saturday.
BREA [FAST.
Grapes cereal anC cream. bacon and
green peppers. mullins, toast, tea and
coffee.
LUNCHEON
Baked savory esSs, shortcake, baked
potatoes. lettuce and tomato salad,
cream puffs. tea
DINNER
Mutton broth. salmon croquettes "a
leftover. duchesse potatoes "a left
over, tomatoes =tufed with green
corn, peaches aE0 vanilla ice cream,
black coffee.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

rF more housewives were born
cooks" like Clover Leaf. 1 think
the four-doIlars-a-week problem
would soon settle itself. Unfortu-
nately Cor is II fortunatelyD we are not
all gifted with the same talent.
Do the members know that iron and
kettle holders made of Cheesecloth are
excellent Use several thicknesses;
stitch around the edges and across from
each Of the four corners, and sew
loop or q ring on one corner. Wash
them with the tea towels. You win then
always have clean. white holders thar
are a pleasure to use.
J. =. A Hammond. md.
Thank you for a clever ideal The aver
age holder gets stiff and grimy with
the using. an offensive touch and 10
sight Yours vii remain flexible as well
as clean. How did we keep house be-
fore the Introduction of cheeseClOth
among our valuables2
Victim Of Dishonesty.
I am writing this I'm the hope that
some one may proht by my experience,
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

When salad is mixed the school child's
share Is reserved from the first or
the cold meat. that is to serve for E1sh
or stew or other rechauffe FOX the fam
Ily. a little is minced 20 put into sand
wiches for Iuno' con next day.
\ special Sst of small furnishings
may belong TO the school child's lunch
basket. a few little dishes fitted 20
hold the cIstard or the pudding. a sDe-
cial spoon for him 10 eat them With,
his own napkins-aIl give him g sense
Of possession and pride in his lunch
basket ne could never have otherwise.
Waxed PAPER should always be at nand
70 wrap his sandwiches and tissue Faper
10 do up HIS eggs after these are
stuffed.
OF these sandwiches there may easily
be a variety. Ham sandwiches. the fat
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

I acknowledge the bother it is 10 put
up a school child's luncheon. ! know It
must be done just in the hurrying time
after breakfast, when the cook is wait
ing for orders. when the market man or
the grocer may be at the door for the
list of supplies, when the postman is
whistling at the steps when John is
gulping down his last mouthfuls Of cof-
fee TO rush for his train or car. The
/ baby may be fretful. too. and there may
be half dozen other things TO do
What easier than to say, Just run into
the pantry and get some dOughnuts and
bread and butter. I haven't time to
stop now2' Or Ask Bridget 20 cut
you sandwich and give you some cook
les. I am in such a hurry and you don't
mind"
While I appreciate the situation and
have had experience myself. which in
clines me to be lenient with the short
comings of other mothers in this direc-
tion, yet I think that the mother makes
a grave mistake who lets any other duty
take precedence Of the filling Of her
scnool child's lunch basket Instead OF
regarding it as something which can be
hurried over at the last moment. she
should plan. for it as she would for any
other meal OF the day, and make sure
the night before that there are provf-
sions in the house for the lunch basket
as she would for the regular breakfast
or dinner. There should be a loaf Of
bread for sandwiches. meat that can be
minced or sliced. and any Of the other
items needed TO make a good lunch for
the child
TaStU Da;p+iar
What these other items NAV he she
will discover after a little experiment-
ing. Until she has thought it ont she
would never have guessed the different
things which could be tucked into A
lunch basket Cake, Of course. and
cookies and doUghnuts and apples and
oranges and bananas. All these suggest
themselves. But what about a little
mold of jellied chicken TO eat with thin
breed and butter, or a baked apple. or
cup custard or a small form of ielly
or blame mango, or q special turnover,
or wee bowl with pudding in it? How
about stuffed eggs. or a tiny dish of
potato or chicken salad saved from YES
terday, or, perhaps, made specially for
the lunch basket? Would not these
things tempt the appetite of any child?
After little while it becomes almost
second nature to plan for the child's
lunch basket. When the dessert is be-
ing made for dinner at night a por-
uiOn Of it may be put aside or baked.
or set 70 form 'in a small dish by itself
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Necessary Ammonia

A bottle Of household ammonia should
be as invariably an adjunct 20 the
kitchen sink and that of the waitress
pantry as the soap dish It kills
grease by q Cha-1iCaI combination with
same
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

and broken shell OF an egg cook for
one minute and take from the fire
Strain through coarse cheeSeclOth with
out squeezing and bring the clear syrup
10 slow boil Keep this up for three
minutes, taking q ? the scum as T. rises.
You should now nave nice syrup
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

I hear you are engaged to Jack
Yes; for awhile. anyway
You don't mean 10 say you are
trihing with him
We'll. il is handy 70 nave somebOdg
along to pay car fare. e.''-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

lar dishonesty too often not 20 enter in
70 your chagrin. One Sorrento portfolio
twisted into a curve by the time l got
II through the custom house; an ele-
CANT stand, made expressly to order in
Damascus, is so disigured by gradual
disintegration that I am faln to Keep il
covered with a cloth. I might 20 on
with the disgraceful story, but il would
not be new to the purchasers of olive
woodwork on the other side. 1t has
ceased to tempt me. Il is made to sell
not to use.
Wash the brush in ammonia and
water. Do II quickly. and dry in the
air and sunshine, setting the brush
with the back uppermOst. that the
moisture may not settle in the roots
Of the bristles.
The sun tends to bleach these also.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

have tried N E G-'s" cake CAvoca-
KyD 1t is the finest and most easily
made Of any cake 7 have tried for a
long time
Long live the Housemothers' Ex-
changei
a SUBSCRIBER CLOS Angeles. CALI
You have strengthened the heart Of
M z G." and my hands. We return
thanks Jointly
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Wlza< Z2oRGH He Ead ~
tie ZNzC% AZGEeE -

) should be included. but only something
TO stay the small stomach until the
regular luncheon hour arrives.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Wants Information On Panama.

I read in your paper some time ago
that there is a demand on the Panama
for women. AS 7 am told that salaries
are double what they are IN the United
States. and I am q widow with one
child, and Rave 10 make my living. 7
should Ike 20 have the address Of some
one there with whom 7 could correspond
with a view TO getting employment
Mrs r r H (Rugby- N DD
I shall keep your address and forward
10 YOU any answer that may be re-
turned 10 your query.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

Steep dandeIion flowers in bo4I'ne "a
ter for five minutes and strain of re
liquid. pressing the flowers bar5
SWeeten 70 taste and add brandy in the
the LIQUID. Put into uncOrIzel7 bofr1as
tying net over the mouths TO exclude
ouSt and insects, and keen in a cool
place until II ferments Draw on then.
ana reoottle. sealing the Corks and lay
ing the bottles on sneir sides N the
cellar
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

ners Of It together, and twist them
hard, at the same time pressing on the
scraps with a wooden pGtatO-maSher.
When I have squeezed out ali that VIII
come away, there is left mere hand
ful OF scraps, 10 be thrown away, or
used as ''cracklings," as one may de-
sire.
use this pure leaf Iard-sweet. white
and fa6y-in preference 10 butter Tor
frying. also for shortening in everything
except the very best Of cakes. which 1
have never tr3ed with lard as shorten
ing.
What would become OF farmers fam
lies If they did not use lard2
I don't doubt for a minute that fac
tory lard is unfit -or use as 1000
When home rendered" another light
falls upon the subject
Let me remark. in conclusion, that I
put down the usual seventy-slx dozen
eggs last summer paying l512 cents per
we enjoyed ham and eggs, custarcS
etc. while eggs were selling Tor - cents
a dozen I used the silicate Of soda
fifteen parts OF water TO one OF sill
cate OF soda, or "water-glass-
LUCY b X. Des Moines, Iowa..
When I uttered the structures that
stirred YOU I'D to rebellion I had
factory lard in mind The favored
ones who can and DO make their own
small by comparison with the mighty
mass of housewives who must buy from
the grocer or 90 without lard
Some Of those who read this did not
wait for the horrible disclosures OF
the pork scandal that shocked the
country a little while ago 70 study
the history Of the shortening can
ned for the market. We had read
some Of US had seen - how diseased
hogs were boiled down into lard and
chopped into sausage, and 1nveStlEaIed
tales we had been loath 70 credit OF
the filth and adulteratiOns connected
with lard rendering and pork packing
II had time and opportunity 70
put up my own lard from clean, waite
healthy leaves, as you nave Shoulu
thank YOU for reporting again upon
the preserved eggs. Other corresp2Llo ono
ents saw fourteen parts OF water on
eeeT7o 10 he successful with the weaker
solution.
Making Syrup From Maple Sugar
am the recipient OF twenty pounds
Of r1aDle sugar. brought from the indian
vacation wish to make II into
e|-y1Io The sugar is IN a very crude
form To- so II seems TO me- not AT all
like the maple sugar bought IN the
stores IT is more ike common brown
sugar and is more or less dirty. X needs
clarifying to produce clear syrup WIN
you please tell me. how 70 proceed IN
order to make II into syrup
Mrs. NJ. II. minneapolis. hinn)
Break the sugar into humps and put
fnro a kettle with lust emo Igh water
to cover il. Let il stand whore il VIII
warm very slowly until dissOlv ed Then
bring TO a quick boil; stir in he white
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Wednesday.
BREAKFAST

Fruit, cereal and cream, cheese Crne-
let. graham biscuits, toast tea, and
coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Pate de foie gras Limitation, made Of
lambs liver, q left-Cver). tomato toast,
chopped and Drowned potatoes "a LETT
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Sunday.
BREAKFAST.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST
Melons. cereal and cream, fIe-s Of
founder, pOpovers, toast, tea and cof-
fee
LUNCHEON.
Cold baked ham. brown bread and but
ter, shrimp and tomato salad, toasted
crackers and cheese, stewed pears and
cream, cookies. iced tea a la russo
DINNER
Green pea soup. breast OF veal
(stuffedl, lima beans. green corn. baked
tomatoes, peach shortcaks and cream,
black coffee.
Monday
BREAKFAST.
Grapes, cereal and. cream. stewed
lambs kidneys, French rolls, cast, tea
and coffee
LUNCHEON
Boiled ham "a leftover. baked po-
tatOes, green corn pudding Ia leftover
cake and cocoa
DINNER.
Pea and tomato coup O. leftover,
sCallop Of veal Ga left-overl, succotash-
peaches and cream. cake. black coffee
Tuesday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. nush and cream bacon ana
eggs. rolls, graham toast tea and
LUNCHEON.
Cold ham "a left-over). baked sue
cotash "a left-over). potatoes boiled
whole with butter and parsley sauce,
fruit, tea
Corn chowder. lambs liver en- cas-
serole, fried eggplant, Swiss chard.
peach ice cream with the fruit frozen
l.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Asks for Recipe.

WIN you print a recipe, for dandelion
wine in the Exchange2
G. (GlenoIden. Pal
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Using Old Materials.

Tie appeal for "old-fashioned bur-
laps" interested me. I did the same
kind of wcrk last summer. ] shOi,ld
advise our friend 70 make her own pat
terms.
Rip open clean barley sack; tack
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

room at the top for every really excel
lent thing.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
nr.1,inn Surnn From Maple SugaT.

Break the sugar into Jumps and put
into a kettle with just emo Ign water
10 cover it Let il stand WI ere IL VIII
warm very slowly until dissOlV ed Then
bring 10 a quick boil; stir in he white
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

I am writing this I'm the hope that
some one may prodt by my experience,
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

CIear SOUP WIN 1COuIes, VeaI and nam
Die lparrly @ leIr-1TerJ. sOUffle OF Swiss
chard q leftover. green peas. string
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
JAPANESE POETRY.
Writing Verse To a Part sf the Polite
 Life of the Nation.

There are no long poems in Jap anese," says writer. "A long poem is unthinkable to the people of Ja- pan. They have what sometimes pass for long excursions in verse, but these are really nothing more than short poems strung together, lacking all unity save that of sub ject. The favorite forms are the hokku, consisting of three lines, the first having five, the second having seven and the third having five syl- fables, seventeen in all; the tanka, consisting of five lines of five, sev- en, five, seven and seven syllables, thirty-one in all, and the dodoitsu, consisting of four lines of sew en, seven, seven and five sylla- bles, or twenty-six in all. The tanka is the classical form, af- fected by the standard poets of the country, while the other forms are used by every Japanese who writes at all and by many who cannot. The hokku is the greatest favorite.
 "The hokku is composed im- promptu upon every occasion, the writer putting into verse the thought appropriate to the moment, the incident or the associations sug- gested, much as the Greeks wrote their epigrams before the epigram became a little satiric sting. Hok kus are inspired by grave moments as we'll as by the gay ones. An old statesman on his deathbed sees a dead leaf whirled past his window, and it suggests his own faring forth on the wings of eternity, and he writes, "A leaf whirls down-a leaf whirls down in the wind Nothing more, but the simple repetition pours out volumes with beauty and power.
 "These little poems are so much part of Japanese life that every cultivated person writes them, and all who go to view the flowers, the blossoming of the cherry trees or the reckoning naples in Uyeno or other parks, write some pretty con- ceit in hokku and hang it upon the chrysanthemum or lotus stalks or on the trees. The hokku may, therefore. be justly called the song of Japan, as we say certain ecstasy in g few notes is the song of the thrush"
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
INDIANS ROUNDUP AF0OT
Fred Volz, the Indian Trader, Inauger- ates new System of Rounding Up
 Wild Range Horses.

There are great many wild horses on the range known as the Canyon Diablo country" and for a number of years when horses were cheap no attempt was made to round them up. In later years horses were more valuable and stockmen have had great difficulties in corralling many of them. Just recently MT. Volz hit upon a scheme that hardly looks possible but nevertheless is producing good results. As an experiment he hired eleven Navajo Indians to as- sist in the round up. The white men on horses take up position in a half circle at a given place and MT. Indian starts out on foot trailing horses After he once starts a bunch he takes up dog trot grad ually turning the horses intothe circle. The dogged presistencyand endurance of the Indian gradually wears out the horses as they are kept constantly on the move from the time the Indian first sights them until they are thrown into the circle then desperately tired the horsemen are able to handle them without much trouble.
 One of them made ten mile run last week and came in looking fresh enough for another jaunt of the same length. The eleven to- gether brought in over one hundred horses in one day. The lirm of Volz. Gleason & Bates are now try ing to secure a hundred Indians to assist them in their horse roundup.
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31

''Grayedigging is not gay busi' ness" said a gravedigger. but 1t Is q very old one. and many curious super. atitions surround 1t. One of these Is pever to buy new spade. To dig a grave with a spade that is new is sup posed to bring death in the family with In twelvemonth. Hence gravedig- gers buy their spades second hand as a rule. Another superstition with some is that a grave should never stand open overnight. It should not. they say, be dug till the day of the funeral. If It is made the day before, beware. There is a third superstition that If cock crows once while grave Is being dug one friend of the digger will die; if it crows twice, two will die: if thrice. fhraa
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
Flagstaff Wins from Cliffs.

The regular nine walloped the Cliffs picked nine Sunday by a score of to 8 in an interesting game in spite of the bad weather. The regular battery played with Cliffs. with Samosa and Forbes in the points for t h e Flag team. Bets of all kinds were made on runs. bases and every other old feature of the game.
 The boys were just keeping in shape in order to do business with the crack Prescott team tomorrow and Sunday at Prescott.
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
Found Homes for Hundreds.

Mr. A. H, Ganett of the Los An geles Childrens' Home is in the city this week. Mr, Ganett says that there are only fifteen children in the home at present. that during the month of June, eight were placed in Arizona homes. and TO were placed during the past year. The home has been in existence for fifteen years and during that period over l.000 children have secured good homes. The average length of time a child remains in the hume is thirty-four days. T h e home is maintained entirely by charty and Is non sectarian.
The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
COFFEE

Nothing does more for a grocer, one way or the other, than coffee. He must sell poor; Che needn't sell it to you) it is good that makes him.