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laces to bath towels. from tincups to apple
pie and from chalk to cheese. It is tho
only place where the soldiers can spend
their money on the post. and they get q
line on 1t in a hurry. The regulars do
not mind the presence Of the militia. Not
they. They might under other condi-
tions, but as the profit derived from the
canteen goes to the regulars and is used
to get them extra good things to eat.
they whoop inwardly with joy every time
a bunch of militiamen start off on
spending tour. which ends in utterly de-
pleting the canteen of pie and 'sarsferil-
ler." The canteen. is the place where
they sell a substitute for smoking to-
bacco. Perhaps it goes well in the reg
ulars' pipes. and the guardsmen shake
their heads and say, Never again.
At night, before tattoo" the guards
men spin yarns. play cards and sneak
around trying to keep everybody awake
who wants to sleep. Tattoo is blown at
q o'clock and the regulars keep quiet.
The guardsmen do not keep quiet. They
do not know what quiet means. and tattoo
does not seem to have any meaning to
them. The only guardsman who is quiet
after tattoo is the one who is asleep or
the man walking post AS for cards.
they all play. Sometimes in the mess
tents. with the light blazing full on the
tables and other times right on the
ground with hardly any light at all. But
the remark of one of the soldiers of the
LIST Separate Battalion is characteristic
of all. He was shutting cards and look
ing sorrowful Finally he said with q
sigh: II wish dinner time would come"
E. @.
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This much. however. is certain. the In
dams of the southwest are just as de-
voted to its charms as the negro: the clin
dwelling peoples, descendants OF the old
Tollers. being particularly enraptured Of
it, While the energy or heat-producing
value of the watermelon Is not as h1gh
as the muskmelon. it is one OF the most
refreshing and wholesome OF natures pu-
riflers. JInripe it is wont to produce collie.
but thoroughly ripe its juices carry away
with them feverish tendencies and are
considered beneficial In their enect on
liver, kidneys and bladder In Iurkey, as
in orr own southwest. melons are gain,
cred In the fall by the natives. projected
from frost and kept in good condition un-
til midwinter.
To Serve watermelon.
Have the melon we'll chilled. then split
in two lengthwise and with a vegetable
SCOOP or tablespoon. using rotary mo-
ton. cut out individual cones of luscious
scarlet flesh. Serve on individual des-
sert plates or arrange on low glass
dish or platter If you have access to
a grape vine, some Of the smaller leaves
make a decorative bed for the melon
cones. Another way to serve the melon
is to cut crosswise in slices about an inch
thick. Remove the rind with a little
vegetable or cooky cutter, stamp into
diamonds. circles or hearts Arrange on
a bed Of leaves. Still another popular
way where the melon is to be brought
to the table whole is to take a long bladed
sharp knife, insert the blade near the
top of the melon. then cut diagonally
downward toward the other end. leaving
four or five inches as a base. Remove
the knife and again insert the point three
inches to the left to where the knife was
first inserted. and cut diagonally toward
the far end of the first cut. thus making
a saw tooth. Continue to cut up and
down in this way until you have gone
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But sure I think, that 1 can drink
With him that wears a hood"

But sure I think, that 1 can drink
With him that wears hood"
ttNoW that the spring hath filed our
veins
With kind and active fire.
And made green liveries for the plains,
And every grove quire;
Sing me a song of merry glee,
And Bacchus fill the bowl.
Then here's to thee-and thou 10 me
And every thirsty SOUL
tfVXE'LL drink and we'll never ha'
w done, boys,
Put the glass then around with the sun,
boys,
Let Apollo's example invite us;
For he's drunk every night
And that makes him so bright,
that's he's able next morning to light
u.s.
"TAsT away care he that loves 'sor-
~ row,
Lengthen not a day. nor care for tomor-
row,
Money is trash, and he that will spend 1t
Let him drink merrily, fortune will send
Merrily, merrily. merrily. oh no.
PLAY it off stiffly, we may not part So
HnRINK today and drown all sorrow.
l. You shall perhaps not do 1t to-
Best while you have it, use your breath; ;
There is no drinking after death.
He who goes to bed and goes to bed
sober,
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dip into the hot wax, covering the neck OF
the bottle about the cork.
Watermelon Sherbet.
Take all the red pulp and juice OF
ripe melon and to every two quarts allow
a half pound sugar. Flavor with lemon
If desired. Freeze. When half frozen
add the stiff1y whipped whites OF two
eggs and continue the freezing.
Watermelon Mousse.
Break the ripe pulp into bits with
silver fork. and pack in freezer in ice and
salt. Leave two hours until of a messy
texture. then serve in sherbet glasses.
Watermelon Salad.
While a dead-ripe watermelon is far too
good to have its natural flavor subtraeted
from or added to, a disappointing melon.
inspid and tasteless. may still serve a
useful purpose as salad. Break up the
pink portion lightly with silver fork.
pile on heart leaves Of lettuce and dress
with mayonnaise.
The Care Of Fruits.
Fruits should be kept in a cool dark
place and separated as much as possible.
Berries should be poured on large plates
or platters and spread out. II the water
melon is too large for the ice chest cover
With a wet piece of sacking and place
where the wind will blow over it. The
evaporation will make 1t delightfully."- cold.
Lemons are kept best by wrapping in It's
sue paper and hanging in an openwork
bag in a cool place. A bag made Of net
ted ordinary white string is admirable
for this purpose and can be washed
when necessary. Many good cooks ad
wise keeping lemons in cold water. chang
inp I
method. When a lemon has been halved
or quarfered and left unused 1t may be
kept from drying or molding for sew
eTal days by simply tcrntng : Innhlar
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<rr KNOW how a prize watermelon
looks when it is summing Its at
L rotundity among pumpkin vines and
cvmblings. l know how to tell When IL Is
ripe without plugging it. know how IN
yiting it looks when it is cooling itself IN
a tub of water under the bed. waiting.
know how it looks when 1t lies on the ia
BILE in the sheltered great floor space be-
tween house and kitchen. and the children
gather for the sacrifice and their mouths
water. / know the cracking sound ie
makes when the carving knife enters Its
end and I can see the split fly along In
front of the blade as the knife cleaves
it's way to the other end. 1 can see its
halves fall apart and display the rich. red
meat and the black seeds. and the heart
standing up, a luxury fit for the elect.
I know how a boy looks behind yard
long slice of that melon. and I know how
he feels; for 1 have been there. I know
the taste of the watermelon which has
been honestly. come by and l know the
taste of the watermelon which has been
acquired by art. Both taste good. but the
experienced know which tastes the best"
Mark Twain.
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&C REVIEWS BooKs 60 90

when he is required to view Washington
as The Cheerful City: when such d.
verse personalities Mckinley. Mark
Hanna. Roosevelt and Edison are held up
as opponents of this same o'erlauded
Happy Habit-he begins to suspect that
his too-facfle enthusiasts are being ex-
plotted Whereupon he refuses to longer
follow 1.-The smile cure or to furnish fur
Their "dividends on cheerfulness''-or to
swell them for the periodical which makes
happiness or cheerfulness or joy or OPP
timism or the smiling countenance or the
glad hand-or any other overworked edi-
torial commodity its chief asset
PRIEST AND PAGAN. BY Herbert M
Hopkins author of The Mayor Of
Warwick" Boston: Houghton, Milf
fin g. Co.
Although this novel is not an altogether
significant or satisfactory production, the
author reveals some skill in the dissec-
ton Of diverse moods and personalities.
The scene is laid in the half-wooded SUBJ
urb of New York city called the Bronx.
at the home of an unmarried Episcopal
clergyman. and at the lonely country
house of a neighbor. The swiftly moving
plot opens with the appearance OF a
worldly. scholarly man. who has allowed
his friends to think that he was drowned
off the coast Of Algeria. While visiting
with whimsical amusement a mausoleum
at Woodlawn cemetery which has been
erected to him by his uncle he is sur
prised into assuming a false name by the
sudden appearance of the young clergy
man. He goes home with the rector and
finding in him and his life a new SEN
sation for his jaded mental appetite. he
stays with him and very soon comes to
know the heroine. It is the outcome of
her choice between this priest and this
pagan that furnishes the basis Of the
plot.
An interesting feature of the novel is
the use Of those phases of life in the
Bronx which are swiftly passing away.
Mr. Hopkins is the first rector of the
Church Of the Holy Nativity in the
Bronx and 1t is probable that much of
his own experience is woven into his
novel. He has utilized many Of the his
toric features of the locality: The Loril-
lard mansion. the Poe cottage. Nolan's
tavern. st. Johns College at Fordham.
The most successful portrait in the
book is that of George Berwyn, the
pagan. He is a consistent personality,
recognizable as a possible type of today.
Cresson is vital personality, but Jose
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corded it of being the only vehicle in ex
fstence whose claim to having originally
belonged to Washington cannot be dis
puted except as a matter Of opinion, and
against whose claim no proof has ever
been advanced"
1t is evident that she herself Is thor
'oughly convinced Of the authenticity OF
the relic
MAROTZ. By John Ayscough. New
York: G. p. Putnams Sons. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The love for unusual and novel scenes
is gratified to the full in this romance of
John Ayscough's. The quiet. almost ar
chaic. life on the estate of great Sicilian
nobleman is the farthest remove from the
scenes of complicated modern life with
which the reader is familiar. The patrl-
archal establishment of the Duke of San
Vito. the purity and simplicity of IDEALS
the strong presentation Of Catholicism
from an inside and sympathetic point Oh
view, all have appeal.
The book is much more the exposition
Of a mode Of life and q system OF tnought
than a closely constructed novel nc
scenes in field or cloister are studied from
the life and are presented with q Vlvio-
ness that fixes them upon the magma
ton. The story is mainly concerned WIN
the beautiful MarotZ and the more OF
less tragic experimenting with wnicn
rich and complex nature tries nie peIoIe
it is enabled to discover what life oners
for itself personally. She is a woman al OF
singularly lovely nature. pure wltnout
coldness, and of unfiinching directness:
1t Is interesting to know what love anu
religion bring to such as Marotz.
But the reader will carry away more:
even, than this. He will know most OF
quaint new characters. as individual ana
racy as the 1dioms that haunt their
tongues. The book has faults. Consider-
ed as a novel. the structure is too loose
and the development too leisurely. t. Inc me
convent episode is too long to be In It's
due proportion to the theme Of the DOCK.
But these flaws are slight beside the un-
deniable sincerity and freshness which
mark every page.
DRAMA AND LIFE. BY A. B. Walkley.
New York: Brentano's.
To the man who enjoys leisurely chats
about stage folks and stage topics this
book will be pleausre. There are many
interesting points brought up for discus
sion in the opening and more formal arti-
Gle, Modern English and Fronch Drama -
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over it to exclude the air. If lemons begin
to spoil wipe the skins with wet cloth.
then with dry one. and crate on the es-
sential oil With Jumps Of sugar. Put these
in an air-tight glass jar and keep for ma
voring Then CRATE off the yellow rind,
taking care to get none of the white pith
and dry also for f1avoring. Or shave on
the yellow rind cover with pure spirits
of alcohol until lemon extract results
better than you can possibly buy. Squeeze
out the juice, straining free from seeds.
put with it as much sugar as 1t will take
up and keep in a close sealed glass jar
ready for any form OF lemonade or frult
punch where the acid Of lemons is de-
sired.
Lemons may also be kept for some
time by wrapping each in tissue paper
and putting in a tightly covered jar or
pail.
Oranges should be kept in the same
way as lemons or spread on a shelf in a
cool airy room. not allowing them to
touch and turning over every two or
three days.
Black Currant Jelly.
This Is one Of the best old-fashioned
remedies for sore throat. while a tea
spoonful of it dissolved in tumbler Of
cold water affords a refreshing fever
drink or family beverage on a hot day.
Stem large ripe black currants and after
washing put into the preserving kettle.
allowing a cupful water to each quart OF
fruit. This is necessary because the
black currant is dryer than the white or
red. Mash with a wooden spoon or pes
tie, then cover and cook until the cur
rants have reached the boiling point and
are soft Turn into jelly bag and drain
without squeezing. To each pint Of the
juice allow a half pound loaf sugar. Stir
until we'll mixed, then cook just ten min
utes from the time it commences to boil.
Overlooking makes 1t tough and stringy.
Pour in sterilized glasses. and when cold
cover with paraffin.
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Some French and English Plays" and
essential dramatic principles suggested in
Laws of Change" Curiosity and Hor-
ror." and the like. Mr. Walkley is An ad-
mirer of the French modern school OF
dramatists which he considers more pro-
life of ideas than the English. But he
discusses with sympathetic delight the
charm of Barrie or the fine achievement
Of Pinero In some of his recent plays.
There are suggestive bits of criticism OF
modern actors and stage topics. Bernard
Shaw is assigned to what is his proper
place in Mr.. Walkley's estimation. and the
Irish National Theater Is sympatheticaily
described. The series of very vivid and
individual criticisms OF first nights of
many famous plays Is OF real value.
While Mr. walkley may not go down to
history as one Of the great authorities on
things dramatic he is at least a keen and
Independent student Of the stage.
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO: An
Illustrated Magazine Of Fine and
Applied Art. Volume "a. comprising
March. April. May and June. 1908.
Numbers 133 to 136. New York:
John Lane Company.
Students and lovers Of art in this coun-
try owe much to Mr. John Lane for his
enterprise in publishing in the United
States an edition Of the International
Studio. with it's wealth Of art reproduce
tons and intelligent comments upon the
products of the studios and the work Of
the salons. In point of Typography the
Studio is one Of the most attractive pub
locations issued today. and its appeal is
so broad. through the inclusion of not
only the work OF painters. but the plastic
arts and such practical works as those OF
the smith and the architect and designer,
that it finds readers of all classes The
Studio. indeed, is educational in a liberal
degree. and such volume as that just
received, comprising a third Of year 8
publications. is in itself a work of art
highly appreciated by large numbers. In
this volume are reproductions Of the work
of Emil Fuchs. John W. Alexander, Gas.
ton La Touche. Sir Henry Raeburn, Wins.
low Homer and Franz Courtens.
THE MYSTERY Of THE FOUR FIN
GERS. BY Fred NJ. White. author of
THE Midnight Guest illustrated
by Will Crete. New York: w. J.
Watt & Co.
Somewhere down in Mexico is a mine
with a mysterious curse. Any man who
goes in and gets the gold without the
consent of the tribe that owns the mine
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the majority are decidedly not
but no matter how many merits song
may possess in these present days the
very fact that it is a popular song means
it's quick death. Its ever-constant use
soon tires the public.
Every age has had its popular songs
but probably the age during which the
popular song reached its greatest position
was at the time that good Queen Bess
ruled over merry England. And 1t was a
merry nation, in truth. to judge from the
number Of merry songs which were sung
during her reign. For romantic and roll
licksome diction these songs Of the people
have rarely been equaled in the English
language Some of these songs are so
good and so characteristic that they have
lasted and have place in the poetry Of
today.
No modern author Of popular songs ex-
poets them to live for 800 years. as has
been the case with the love song OF Ben
Jonson, which begins:
NnRINK to me only with thine eyes
l. And I will pledge with mine.
But leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for Wtne.'
This song has become q classic. but
there are many others which were written
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Feature songs are of a very extravagan
type-on the order of the familiar ditty +
ones lady love-and are usually devote
to some particularly beautiful feature o
that person.
NHER pretty feet
- Like snails did creep
A little out, and then,
AS If they played at Bo-Peep.
Did soon draw in again.
HWHO notes her teeth and lips. dis
Walls Of pearl and gates Of rose;
Two-leaved doors that lead the way
Through her breath to Araby,
To which. would Cupid grant that bliss.
I'd go pilgrimage to kiss
Then last. but surely not least, are tn
simon-pure love songs.
NTELL me. dearest. what is love?
It's lightning from above;
IT'S an arrow. tits fire.
IT'S a boy they call Desire.
IT'S a grave
Gapes to have
Those poor fools that long to prove"
<tT Owe me not for comedy grace,
Il For my pleasing eye or face,
Nor for any outward part:
No. nor for a constant heart.
For these may fail or turn to i'll;
So thou and I shall sever.
Keep. therefore a true woman's eye
And love me still, but know not why.
So hast thou the same reason still
To doat upon me ever"
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Henry Holt & Co. Washington: Bal


lantyne.
THE POETIC OLD-WORLD, a Little
Book for Tourists. Compiled by
Lucy HI. Humphrey. New YORK:
Henry Holt & Co.
With the same basis Of compilation
these two books have resulted in so diff
ferent a choice OF poems and of arrange
meht that they not only do not exclude
each other-one suggests the possession
of the other. 1.-THE Poetic Old World
has its selections classified in more de-
tail. Beginning with 1.-The Voyage" it
carries it's classification not only into the
various nationalities Of Europe but into
the different localities Of each country
made famous by song. Poems for Trav-
ton of poems relating to the countries Sc
lected. In the two collections there are
comparatively few duplicates: and 1t can
easily be imagined how much they would
both add to the pleasure of lovers of the
beauty that lies both in scenes that greet
the eye and in the words in which these
scenes may be perpetuated.
THE HAPPY HABIT. BY Joe Mitchell
Chapp1e. Boston: The Chapple Pub
fishing Company.
The editorial writer who must dole out
weekly or monthly confidential talks with
his Town people, knows his own difficult
ties Mr. Chapple in 1.-THE Happy Habit
disseminates just about the amount of de-
terminedly cheerful and saccharine phi
losophy that would be expected from any
normal man with scent for topics" a
fair vocabulary and an mistaken belief
in the receptivity Of his audience, during
his first ten happy years. among his
Gown people," The public is presumably
delighted that Mr.. Chapple has been able
to maintain the happy habit for himself
and his magazine for SO long time. but
why perpetuate 1t beyond the decade.
since all over the nation other editors OF
periodicals are dispensing like weekly or
monthly doses of sweetness and light to
the numberless millions who apparently
never tire-or even mistakenly refer to
last years files? The reader is pleased
to know again about 1.-THE Gladness OF
Graduation Time; he wipes away a tear
which is yet blended with a smile when
he views the Pictures on Memory s
Walls; he is even ready to contemplate
with somewhat threadbare smile
THE Happy Habit in Dog Days" But
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Falls as the leaves do. and dies in o.
But he who goes to bed and goes to bed
Lives as he ought to do and dies a good
fellow"
<tPE merry. friends. take We no thought
- For worldly cares, care We right
nought;
For whose DOTH when all Is sought,
Shall find that thought availeth nought.
Be merry, friends, be merry"
The incidental songs are usually very
short and are used merely to fill in awk-
ward gaps, but the thoughts expressed In
some of them are charming.
ttCATHER We rose buds while We may
" Old time is still a-flying:
And the same flowers that smile today
Tomorrow will be dying.
"Then be not coy. but use your time,
And while We may. go marry:
For having lost but once your prime
You may forever tarry."
<SCHAKE of your heavy trance
oAnd leap into q dance
Such as no mortals use to tread;
Fit only for Apollo
To play to, for the moon to lead,
And all the stars to follow"
<<COLDEN slumbers kiss your eyes.
~ Smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep. pretty dear one. do not cry
And l will sing lullaby.
Rock then. rock then. lullaby"
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seeded raisins. cook a few moments
longer. then turn into cans and seal.
Watermelon Ginger Preserves.
Pare of the green and red portions of
the melon and weigh. For every five
pounds of the rind allow one quart of wa
ter and pint of vinegar. Scald. add the
rind and cook ten minutes. Remove with
skinner and drain perfectly dry. Put
in the preserving kettle pint Of water
and three pounds and a half OF sugar.
Boil, skim. add drained melon pieces and
two ounces green ginger cut in slices.
Cook until the melon Is clear and tender.
remove with a SKINNER. cook the strip
fifteen or twenty minutes longer. pack
the melon in glass jars and fill to over
flowing with the hot strip. Seal.
Watermelon Rind Pickle.
Pare off the green and remove all. the
red. then cut in strips two or three inches
in length. Weigh, then place in brine, al
lowing a cup of salt to gallon of water.
and let stand twenty-four hours. Drain.
Make strip. allowing three pounds Of
sugar to a quart of vinegar. Add a ia
blespoonful cassia buds, stick Of CHINA
mon, a teaspoonful cloves and little gin
ger root. Cook the rinds in this spiced
vinegar until transparent and tender.
Take out and pack in jars. cook the strip
a little longer and pour over the rinds.
and seal.
Wax for Sealing Bottles.
An old housekeeper is authority for the
statement that an inexpensive wax for
sealing bottles can be made of melted
resin and lard. a scant teaspoonful Of the
lard to piece of resin the Size OF a small
egg Melt the resin and add the lard
taking care to preserve the proportions
given. Having filled the bottles or cans.
cork tightly. then turn upside doU0 and