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New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
In tie Days Of Pocabonfas

All iftsie men and most little women love Indians
IRE noble redman, as he moves through the pages
o. Coopers novels. IS = very magnificent creature
ns,t the real Indian. the early settlers Of
country knew him. very different His wig
ws-n snd his lodge very dirty and unpleasant
r,aces where famine and disease were frequent
visitors. he ate things that do not Ike to think
q, ard he tortured and killed his enemies in the
most atrocious manner. And when he wanted 10
make merry he painted his body IN gauly colors
s7d danced and houled Ike y fend. Such were the
people oS the Indian maiden Pocahontas from
whom some Of the most prominent families in
America are proud 10 claim descent
Although the dearest daughter Of the great
chief Powharan, POcshontas might have been glad
10 exchange her royal spendor for the comforts
EnG pleasures that any American child enjoy
to-day. Her life was al all like that Of a
princess and are told that she painted her
body. put horns or her head and Joined with the
othe- Indian maidens in a hdeous dance for the
satertainTlene OF Captain John Smith. But people
s-e rot always Ike their surroundings. and Poca-
ho1-as had royal soul
Il the winter OF 1915 about six months after the
founding OF Jamestown when Pocahontas was thir-
teen years old, Captain John Smith was captured
BY P0whstaa's Indians. They rather afraid
Ot hzn because OF hts mysterious weapons in which
the thunder and lightning Of heaven seemed to be
hidden. but al last they decided that Il would be
best 20 XII him, ana they had just raised tneir
clubs 70 beat out his brains when Pocahontas
-ushed forward and laid her head on his as e
ki1- SIS his son.
Some historians Dc not 10 let Us believe this
pretty story. Captain Smith told & himself II IS
tue. n letter 10 Queen Anne. but they say IN e
pleasant way that historians sometimes have,
;hst he was q HsT- II would BE- very dis
agreeable II had 70 believe them for
Es al love Captain John Smith and Poca-
ho1tsk and happily John F1sl1e tells Us in "Old
Virginia and Her Neighbors'' that II Is not neces-
ss-y thst should dc He says that Captain
John Smith the kind Of a man TO tell lies
and tAst Il YES not uncommon among the Indians
FOR czPcves 10 be rescued IN this way. When this
hzppenet they were adopted into the tribe as Cap
tain Smith was
We nay be sure that Captain Smith d.a not care
much for his new father, and a most unnatural
parent he proved tc BE- but the friendship Of Poca-
houczs failed Without her the suffering Set
Tenant a. jamestown might have pertshed, as
eSAerB had before Il She Visited Jamestown often
Eao re Indians. whose friendship she had won for
TIE Ehftesl supplied the settlement with corn with
oct which Il could not have lived Once more, too
she saved ths life OF Captain John Smith. He had
gene with party OF settlers 20 trade for corn
sno1g TIE Indians and Povhsta1 had planned TO
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CLEVER sCHLEY.

Dear Little Men and Little Women an going
tell you about a neghbor's dog His nam. Is
Schley. Schley loves chocolate creams II you hold
up a chocolate he yvtlI walk three yards
his hind legs to get IT, He rolls over and dances
by turning around his hind legs. and II you hold
your he viii jump It. II he likes
lady he will carry her skirts upstairs so that she
won't trip. He is good 10 little children. but he
chases cats.
SchleY Is full Of mischief. One day last winter
& boy cOasting down hill when Schley up
and jumped on the sled. The boy was so scared
that he fell off, but SchIey stayed until he
reached the bottom OF the hill Your constant
reader, EDNA s JOHNSON (aged 10.
No 53 9Th street, Newburg, n. Y
Dear Editor: I received your check for q and
wish 70 thank you very much for f. II Is the
first prize I have from The Tribune, and I
feel very proud. Hoping I will be able to win
another I remain your reader.
ETHEL RIEGEIMAN.
No. 5o1 Bloomfield avenue. Montclalr. n. J.
Dear Editor: The 81 check received with much
pleasure and please accept my thanks for same.
Yours sincerely. ELTON IRWIN HIBBARD.
Windsor. Broome County, \. Y.
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aEz.1 a. much sugar IS berries and half as much
water ss sugar" was Miss Anna BarroW's recipe
20 seIlied crauberries at the cooking class at
Brooklyn Institute the other day Miss BarTows Is
vy <ond Of proportional recipes. which can De car
RED 4 tie head and suited 10 ell occasions
- give you al exact recipe Tor this or any
thing else said she, you must vary that recipe
even t1ue you wish 70 vary the quantity Hl-o7
Take as many berries yOu want, then AaI as
much sugar then half as much water as sugar
Wien colo the Juice VIII be solid. incUsing the
berries These are teIlied craIberries- Cranberry
ssIy s different thing. tn that tie ste"eo TUX
ts PIT 81 q cloth and the juice drips through fo'
uas--aaIs6e the baes Is squeezed - foTce the pulp
through also Cranberries are done "heh es'A
te--v bursts open J never tell my classes no" long
20 cook anything The time varies Aeeorclhs ~
TIE heat and the quantity q fnateIla- A-H0
ts.i them how 70 know when Z tlng Il coI-s- '4-'I
3zice nay be eaten By almost any one li'--'--s -
fGzts sud ,nvslids But the seeds skins ana pup
are q different hing and may &c undesirable Ioi
celicsts sto1rachs Cranberry seeds a. inns 'iie -
u. year are soft and dgestiDe Late "A tAe winter
II nav be better 20 strain The juice ana i2Ae " a.
tsrry s-L.y iasteac of the teliied berries.
4 KNOWLEDGE OF GERMS.
Successful preserving q: tr-it means SIMPLY A-4
soS4siutanc. vita 3ae habits oT t1e bacteria N--'
izAsh3t fruit They object 10 extreme neat I'e.
csIlks vtrerA- and SPICES ead they are not ioAo %
ths Eoifo nature OF 3eIlies. which require 49, .
sugar II ws subject fruit 70 extreme neat We A--
va Fs-r, nfs In q and we can md way y
kss- osssr xsras ercrn Il ina fruit VIII keep sugar
wnsxz- sudoss snt encient exclusion OF the air are
ths wsy1 20 90 this.
We 90 not Eas1s sufficient Use OF hults wiz
meat WITH ell rich. fat meats we shooio ser
s--sz sr come <orr-saute sauce or stuf1ng. Fried
saz.e tr.7-ers served as vegetable are good with
york and sausage. We associate the apple 50 HlcA
with the doughs that Il does not occur TO us 70
treat Il as vegetable Apples LETT unpared, out
with the core scooped out and the hole filed with
hssHes meal OF sausage and then baked IS
healthy and appe-1Zing dish
We should always serve fruit desserts al this
tine o, year The raw fruit is easiest ~ serve.
a. s.Sa..-~ h--Ith--t Psrseus viii not
81 a ssassxSx u "a Ees Exsi G.s<& FsH ell
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Contest No. l Cube Puzzle).-Choice Of a pretty
collar pin, sterling silver Tribune badge. "A
Trip Around the World In Postcards an EN-
brofdery sst an interesting book. leather card
casa a box OF water color paints. box Of dainty
notspeper q novelty belt pin imitation ivory
paper knife for the ueatest three answers.
Contest No. CThings to Think Aboup.-Choice
of an interesting book. embroidery set pretty
collar pin sterling silver Tribune badge, box
of water color paints novelty belt pin. "A Trip
Around the World IN Postcards" box OF dainty
notepaper or a leather cardcaSe for the neatest
and best two solutions.
Contest No. 8 halloween DrawIng)--Choice OF
box OF water color paints, sterling silver Trib-
une badge an embroidery set. interesting book,
imitation ivory paper knife, a leather card
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How Arranged and Ornamented This Styles
for Different Occasions.

indoor coiUre IS that is simple and char-..rS
There must be soft waving OF course a uno5taes
Psyche, which Is arranged az a becoming augf.-
the childish curIs on the forehead and very slight
pompadour in front The sides are not fursd or
to the abnormal degree required for hats and
the ears show from tip TO Up. a new departura
important to note, for the tops OF the ears have
been a feature only 70 be guessed at FOR several
seasons Pretty combs are used at the sides OF th.
knot and match the barette-
For evening the hair Is dressed more eIaso-,-.l,,
than has been the Use FOR some time. and thera
IS a strong tendency 10 revive the quaint and lovely
arrangement OF the DtrectOire period. which seems
only right when the frocks are made with scarcaIv
an exception In copy OF those worn at that dsts
High and exQUis!teIy carved back combs OF tevefe4
shell or hlsree work used 10 hold TIRE artistf,
knot N place, and the IttIe dang,s OF curs u,aks,
a most graceful line But the stumbling block q.
the part As yet this IS merely suggested although
IL has been averred that before the winter IS sIly
upon Us this cO-T-rs Will be adopted in tn
entirety Then forgotten ornaments N seed pearls
viii be brought out, and the makers OF aiz-etteS
wreaths and all other sIaborats ornaments win b.
busy. The opera boxes viii resemble flower ana
feather gardens. with the gleam OF occasional
jewels from uaras remoGeIled 70 comply with
fashions whizl-
The low evening corrure IS used only tor yo,,ux
girls not yet fully launched into society, and a
simple flower spray r:ooon 10 the only adorn-
ment permissible. The hair Is waved IN A vida
natural effect and is cuIsd out slightly Ens kaos
being placed 70 reach tuEt ths naps q sns neck
sIse little hishsr
Fortunately FOR al womsrktnd thar, ar, A.
Unstable parts that their maids can put on 50
defty that change from the wide effect q.orn
with the hat 10 the simple one for indoors or IN.
elaborate one (ur ti-uer opera requires only 4
few moments. and the maid Is soon as skIlful a.
the hardresser. Tor the various Ornamental trans
formations made that even a novice can
readily adjust They are not inexpensive so tha
hair department OF fashionable wonaan's dressin z
table represents considerable outlay fully repaid
however. by the saving OF ume trouble and that
bette nore OF hair coming oUt OF curl for naturally,
curly hair pieces the usual purchase. With
such accessories there seems no excuse for any
woman 70 lsGk = vel arranged s<owRlaE gsazw,
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Cooking Hints BY Miss Borrose's
Using Fruits and Their Delicious Ways-Cham OF
Individual Dishes.

.a+ common apples or hard half ripe peaches raw
while, properly cooked. they will eat them with
pleasure. The most common combination "f these
common fruits IS with dough.
Miss Barrows took cup OF sifted pastry
-four two level teaspoOnfuls OF baking powder, one
quarter OF q teaspoonful OF salt and one level table
spoonful shortening and made the dough for
three little Uuddngs
This combination Wet with either milk or water
s. the one for al the quick doughs. biscuit. dump
ling or shortcake" she said The proportion Of
vyetting Is one-third much milk water -four.
You don't need long list OF exact recipes for
peach pudding. apple pudding. strawberry short
cake and 50 on When you have this dough you
can use # with any fr1it you happen have
hand And II you make Individual puddings you
can use different FRUITS anything that happens
be left Il fruit dish"
sutt4ng the action to the word Miss BaTroNs took
three white gate cups. In one she placed apple
pared cOred, but not qua tered the hole Allied
with sugar and spice, and covered Il with dough
For the second she wrapped ii whole peach. pared,
IN the dough anc dropped # in. For the third
s6cea the yOIk u al egg and mixed some Gran
berries IN the dough- bIueberrles. raspberr1es
blackberries would DO well. This made a little
batter pudding Placing the cups IN d pan OF water
the electric cooker. IN fifteen twenty minutes
the dough was purTed high the cup and the
puddings done. They should be eaten with
sweetened Z pudding
COOKING APPLES.
There Is always something attractive In a In
divtduAl dish" said the lecturer '9 portion cooked
and served for each instead of coming out OF
one large dish. II always makes a dish seem more
dainty and elegant.
Certain apples seem to be made only to sell
ana or the other hand certain buyers don't seem
10 know when al apple IS good Hortculturists
say the average buyer wants apple with
a red skin and doesn't TO care what's under
the skin ] heard old hortculturist say IN u
meeting that he had about decided cut down ali
his greeuing trees The greening is one Of our
finest cooking apples. but IL doesn't respond
readily 10 the coatsleeys u The vender as a red
apple GroWn-ups are very much like children.
Bright red apples please them. and also large
traiIA sGAs v sell Aassa f4Gi IAAs l4xxs
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HosO TO Hg)fr, q Prize.

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the World IN Postcards' for the nsatesE and best
two original drawings These drawings must %
in black ink white paper
Contest No Z COur Letter Box).-A pr1Ss q q
will be given for every letter printed under thts
heading The letter may contain incidents n your
life. anecdotes OF pets novel school experiences or
things in travel. These stories must be orig
inaI and must be written on side Of the paper
only
Be sure to state your age.
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letters 70 Little Men and Little Women Ths New
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MORE ABOUT JET.

Dear Little Men and Little Women:
I wrote you about our dog last spring, and want
% tell you about him
Jet likes all very much. but he adores mother
and always keeps close TO her as possible
The first day this summer that mother went IN
bathing IN the surf Jet followed her down TO the
edge Of the water and watched her anxtously as
she went out into the breakers There were a
great many people IN bathing that day, and Jet
lost sight her very He thought she
was drowned I guess for he set up the most
dismal how1ing and he kept it up until mother
came out Of the water and petted him. Then
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25

cord grapes are so cheap It is essentially the
process as making jelly. only the process is not
carried SO far. Fill any bottles you may have
about the house and dip the cork in paraffin or
rosin. You can bottle the syrup that you have
stewed fruit In IN the same way and use II later
TO stifen with geIatine flavor ice cream. You
mix different juices In the same bottle. II will
all be good for f1avOrtrg.
1T is axiom that all eat too much meat
and would be better for more fruit Fruit acids
have a food value and perform a useful function
in our internal economy. So If by such methods
you can get them eaten you render your family q
service
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ObfrSS 10 Think Ab0uf.

CROSS DIAMOND.
The centrals reading both ways VIII spell time
OF many frolics:
{ In laughing and IN signing. but not In smiling
In weeping
& pleasant little auadruped. often seen IN our
homes
9. Favorfte pIaythings among little women
L Something found our beds
s. A time OF games and frolics
6. Blossoms.
7. A bearing tree
& A number.
8. In many, but not IN more
TRIANGLE
L The subject Of OF the best known songs in
the English language
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Puzzle Maze-The proverb hidden in this mara
was "Au Is not gold that glitters" The neatest
and best three answers sent By Elsie Irene
Cluff. twelve years old. No L2 Miller avenue.
Brooklyn who wishes a Trip Around the World IN
Postcards; Farrts Norton. eleven years old. No.
1915 Sixteenth avenue, Seattle, embroidery sat
and Edmund J. Gates fifteen years old. No. 236
South River street, WiIkes-Barre. Penn, "A TIP
Around the World in Postcards
Things TO Think About-Ths two prize winners
and their prizes Edna Brteriey. fifteen years
Old No. 26I Governor street, Paterson, n. J, an
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fruits are generally inferior IN flavor to small ones
The little snow apples, which come for a Few
weeks at this time OF year, very good washed
and cored not pared, with the skins prcked here
and tbere with a knife point and cooked whole in
svrup When sugar IS added to the water in which
fruit is stewed It keeps the fruit whole. While IN
water alone IL would cook into mush- In stewing
these apples whole do not put cover on the pot,
ss the steam would make the apples squashy.'
When the apples were done, the instructor filed
the hole in the centre OF each with bright red
Jelly This. dripping over the apples and the
whole served bright green platter, made an
attractive dish.
'Or you can add gelatne to the syrup IN which
the apples are cooked. said she. Drop the apples
In cups pour the geIatine over, and when 1t IS
stlrr turn the 1noulds out and serve them with
whipped cream custard. or the holes can be
filed with cold rice or tapioca and baked It is
always advisable 10 apples with the apple
corer or knife before pairing. Thus they 90 not
blacken. soil break or lose their juice.
FRUIT JUICE AND EGG WHITES.
The combination OF fruit juice with whites of
eggs makes a dainty fruit sauce for puddn5s not
otherwise specially attractive like plain rice or
corustarch pudding or II makes dainty FOR in
va!ids CRANBERRY juice whipped up with the
whites Will make an attractive color, you
pat IN d glass curr4nt jelly. even the harder
apple OF ounce jelly II you only beat # hard
enough II Will blend better II the jelly Is warmed
nrst When you have used yolks for anything.
To taste The best ice cream l ever ale was made
OF what happened 10 be In the refrigerator, four
Or i've different fruits, small quantity Of whipped
cream and custard. The cook, intent only
economy. happened 10 strike OF those blends
that a chef would have advertised an invention.
II Is a curious fact that you can hardly make any
combination OF fruits that is not good All fruits
seem 10 20 well together. small OF pins
apples ernptied into kettle OF apples will make IT
all pineapple. Canned pears, combined WITH sorno
moro punKent and expensive fruit Ike grapefruit
make a good fruit salad. Served on & lettuce leaf
with a little may younaise whipped
sour cream dressing. It Will please just as well
II made entirely of the expensive grapefruit. The
banana is an inslpd fruit and needs acid. Cut
your bananas IN bits and heap Ia The centre OF
the platter. Then surround Il wltn glass II cur
rant Jelly warmed, and pour over It Il syrup mado
OF lemon juice and vinegar. and people who would
not finish their dinner with lananIs viii think
il l. ine dessert. Lying IN sugar transforms d
second rate fruit into u palataDlo
1T is no trouble 10 grape juice FOR family
s~= Lastssa ~ hSSins It al this s.sseH- ~hsa GsA'
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PIP AND POP

Dear Little Men and Little Women Perhaps
you would Ike to hear OF twos white rats which I
own. Their names are Pip and Pop, and they are
very pretty and gentle. Whenever I whistle they
come running toward and climb up my neck
and shoulders, where they will sit for hours Their
favorre food IS dry cake and suniower seed
keep them in a large, rooiny cage but let them
out very often. At night they snuggle down under
their cotton with their heads each others neck
and their long tails trailing out through the bars
Of the cage Very truly yours,
THERESA LESHER (age 1s)-
Box 254, Rye, n. 7.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25

"Hurrah! Hurrahl Bunny Boots i Halloween
got a o the biggest
to
group OF besth.
But 5 fearful all in
cleaning, garing stealing
I he and Bear
Coneh
To be ntinued0
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MRS. HARTUNG HONoRED.

As a token OF their appreciation Of her faithful
service Cor fifteen years chaplain Of the Ladies'
Knights OF Honor. the officers and members Of that
order gave Mrs Anna NJ. Hartung. OF No. 40S East
s6th street, upon the occasion OF her hfty-ffth
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she went back again and Jet followed close at
her heels right into the surf. where he swan
around happily.
Hoping this viii interest you. your friend.
FRANCES HYDE (aged ID.
No. Los Turrin ave. South Orange, n. J.
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embroidery set. and g vsisattnA r. Twelve yss-s
old No g Eighth avenus Brooklyn = IeaxheP
cardcase.
New Depsrtment-ses suggestions BY pr+1s win
elsewhere
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Dear Editor: received Jour KIND D=-sszt q
handsome Tribune prize watch Il arrived sacsfT
and thank you very much for II. as needed IL
u is a very nice watch, and 7 Il VIII keep
good time Your little reader.
BrookIIne. Mass, ROGER HUoS1SE1AAN.
rrst prize have received. 81 made me vs-y
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2 A single person or thing
g. A personal pronoun-
L In poems. but never n sorgs
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
ANAGRANS
/ Sundover.
DandeIion-
g. Sweet william
T. Sweetpea
s Lilac.
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Dear Editor: 7 want 10 thank you FOR the check
you sent me IN acknowledgment OF my story. Sin
cerely yours, MURIEL MILLER.
No. 90 Townsend avenue, New Haven. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25

OH8IPI-III U VIIv I45uI5e Knights OF IOHOI'
birthday last week. gold locket bearing the en-
blem OF the order The presentation was made af-
ter a serenade by Henry KoehIer's band, and In
the presence OF Mrs Albert Gerber. the vice-pro-
tector. Albert Gsrb@r and many members ef the
LsA@A ,
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25

Dear Editor: To-day I was wishing for some new
and easysecipes. and reading OF the Tribune
department suggested TO my mind a Tribune
Recipe Corner through which young girls like my
self could exchange simple recipes for cakes
dies and cookies every week As the cold weather
is coming I cannot think OF anything more
pleasant than to make sweet things in warm,
cosey kitchen. Hoping this suggestion will meet
with approval remain, your constant reader
Tfvou. N. Y. EDITH RANGER (aged Id.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
PRIZE SUGGESTIONS.

From the many excellent ideas contributed for
new departments have selected the two given
below TO receive prize OF 81 each. Both depart
ments will open soon as space permits.
Dear Editor: For a new department In the Cnr-
dren's Page have often thought OF this: That each
week picture Of some artist or q musician or an
author be printed, and that the children write
and tell all they about that person Hoping
that this Will be accepted, remain, your faithful
reader ELSIE Lillian PALMER (aged ID.
No. 80 Putnam avenue Brooklyn. n. Y.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-31
INDEPENDENT VOTE CONTROLS.

staring them in the face that far as local offices
concerned controlling proportion OF the local electorate VIII con-
slider the than the pawl Tor the he men TO
fill the which being coned will be simply folly Tor
managers ticket that is not strong III
particular Every office for which rstca candidate not
Republican office by the other de
with the aid of independent Republican The Republicans are
safe their Delegate Congress and the control OF the g1sa
tue barring extraordinary popular change of sentiment which
far sight -Four they lost the office OF county
bv naming whom might easily have been fore
SEEM did wan-and the Democrats having put good
kept the office Two ago the Republicans lost the
office of sheriff by nominating candidate made unfit if by nothing
else by his political associates In this the Democratic victor has
proved failure and his party perhaps repudates him more bit
ey than the Republicans But the lesson is the The Offices
for which the Democrats fight with the enthusiasm born of
reasonable change of those which Republican admins
aion has been doubuy successful for which the Republicans
doubtful candidates There plenty good Republicans
party Straight ticket men the party wants that so
gan is But the whole trend campaign has shown
repeatedly that purely local affairs enough willingly
nonpartan prevent the organization from sweeping the field with
the voters don't take to-
However, the who by theory wholly nonpasan in
local affairs will for the candidate of his if
as good candidate as the other side.