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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
Los ANGELES HERALD: sATUR MORNING. 1909
A PEACEFUL DOMAIN

Here are the four square walls of home
Set in little plot of ground;
A wreath of smoke the crowning dome,
While creeping woodblne hedges round.
on summer days the door stands wide
The baby rolls across the floor
Or stands the we'll worn board beside
That bars its outway from the door.
A womans hands perform their tasks,
Song swelling from her lips the while
This humble lot is all she asks.
To welcome labor with a smile
The garden waves its greening rows,
The spread clothes in the sunshine bleach
One blossomed red Geranum blows
Safe shelved above the babys reach.
Som etimes a sparrow or a toad
Hops on the sill. to babys glee,
or swift wheels passing down the road
Are followed, far as eye can see.
But one will come when nears night
shade,
An Garner OF days wage is he;
Hands caloused to the hoe and spade
VIII lift the baby tenderly.
And on the white spread table small
The lamp Will cast its CHEEKY light;
While to glad, loving words Will fan
Upon his home the peace of night.
&C A. NJ. Dolson, in Good Literature.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
EoT WEATHER SALADS
CreoIa Reef Salad

Creole Beef Salad
IF the yhousekeeper will remove her
SOUP meat from the fire before II mas
boiled to shreds she will find 1t excei.
lent for this salad The rib portion OF
beef that the butcher calls the plate
niece" is the most juicy part to use.
Slice as many thick bits on as VIII
make a pound and then tear these
into finer fragments with the nnsers'
any meat so treated for salad is hlol'
tender than when cut in the cubes SO
often seen. Then shred two sweet
Spanish peppers finely and tear up a
large lettuce into narrow pieces. ADD
four thin slices of Spanish onion dl-
vided into rings, and one tablespoon
ful of chopped olives or parsley. Dress
with mayonnaise or French dresslns'
using vinegar always instead OF lemon
Juice. All meat and fish salads-ln-
deed any salad-should be very colu
when served.
Use the homeless red herings put up
in hoxes or glasses, scalding the pieces
we'll in hot water, drying them anu
chilling then on the ice. Shred these
finely = into veritable splinters - and
mix with as many cold boiled whlte
notatoes as are needed to sotten the
herring taste and yet not quench IL TOO
much. French dressing is best for this
salad, and the potatoes viii seem more
delicate If thinly sliced instead OF pelhs
cut in chunks. Cayenne is necessity,
for even a difference in pepper makes
a difference in taste.
sardIne and Toast Salad
Take a dozen large French sardines,
skin them and shred finely. Then
toast as many long strips of white
bread till they are thoroughly Drowned
through without being burned. cover
these with a preliminary coating OF
olive oil and let them stand ASIDE;
When ready to serve, mix the hsh anu
bread together with salt, cayenne and
lemon iuice. and add a bit of toast
upon which a Glove or garlic has been
bris<lv rubbed. Add m re oil and
cover the dish before serving for ten
minutes, so that the salad may pc
thoroughly permeated with the garlic
without tasting its butter. rake out
the garlic scented crust and watch the
faces of the diners as they eat the
delectable mess If they are French
creoles they will certainly beam their
approval, for these folk OF sophlstl-
Gated palates know that toast IN saiao
or soup ds taste that hoIhlils
else will supply.
Fig Salad
This is a sweet dish, and though
dubbed a salad it might very properly
come under the dessert head. 1t makes
a delicious hot weather feast. For
three persons quarter twelve fresh ripe
sugar figs into a pretty dish
and pour over them cup or
clear strained honey. Let the olsn
stand on ice and when ready
- servo whip IN a small glass of
brandy or maraschino cordial into two
Guns of rich cream and pour over the
fgs. Dried figs, soaked for several
hours in cold fresh water and then
parboiled, may be used also if the
fresh fruit is not forthcoming. Cook
with half a lemon peel and sugar and
in this instance use the syrup that the
ings have been cooked in instead of the
honey
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
THE SELFISH HosKlNs

Prof. Charles Zueblin of the Uni
versity of Chicago was discussing his
recent lecture, "The Family" wherein
he advocated a compulsory six months
interval between marriage license and
marriage.
Marriage is entered on too hastily"
he said. "The six months interval
should be an interval of thought.
Thought would cure many of the ills
of marriage. Unselfishness would per-
haps cure more.
"Selfishness in marriage is on the
mans side. Too many men look at
every question from one point of view,
the selfish one, only.
"It is like Hoskins of the Lake Shore
drive.
"'You are willing said Mrs. Hos
kins, to lay out $1,000 month on your
wine and cigar bill, but you grumble
like bear when want few hundred
for a dinner gown
"'Well,' snarled Hoskins, can /
smoke or drink dinner gown""
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
TWO PINEAPPLE RECIPES

To preserve pineapple crate the fruit
when you have peeled 1t and press out
gently through coarse cheesecloth, all
the juice that will come away. Meas
ure, and allow for each pint of the
Juice a pound of white sugar. Put over
the fire and boil briskly in an open
vessel for an hour, or until it thickens.
Add then the grated pineapple, which
should have been kept wrapped in the
cloth to prevent darkening and laid
upon ice. Stir and cook again, more
slowly, to a thick jam. When cold
put into small jars; pour melted par
affine on the top and fit on metal COW
ers.
To jelly the juice of the parings, cut
them into small bits; add pound for
pound of sugar, and leave them alone
until the sugar has melted. Put them
over the fire and cook until the pine
apple is clear. Strain and squeeze
and return to the fire to cook clear.
The flavor is fine, but some house
wives warn me that jelly made from
unripe pineapples is likely to make
the tongue sore if eaten freely. And
it is not to be denied that we get no
uncooked pineapples that are really
ripe. In lands where pineapples are
cultivated they will tell you that, when
in perfection, the fruit may be eaten
from the shell with a spoon, and that
it will not bear transportation In the
uncooled state.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
THE SEA AND THE HEART

"The sea-" said Clyde Fitch, in the
salon of La Lorraine, has an intox-
icating effect on the heart. Love af-
fairs conducted on shipboard or on the
beach are apt to be very passionate,
also very transitory.
Hence, whether at sea or at the
shore, when 1 hear of some engage
ment that seems ill-advised, I console
myself with the story of Charlie and
his aunt
Charlie was a dashing college boy.
He had three motors, and he was heir
to four millions. When he got engaged
at Bayhead to a penniless artists
daughter his aunt was very much
shocked.
"'Charlie,' she said, 4 can't pretend
to be pleased with your engagement.
Quite the contrary, in fact. I'm sure
she wouldn't make a good wife
"'Oh, I'm sure she wouldn't too,
Charlie heartily agreed, but you've no
idea, aunt, how perfectly delicious she
is as a fiancee.'"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
FRANKLIN'S ADVICE TO YOU

If YOU are one of those persons who
hope some day to become rich-and
the chances are good that you are
you cannot fail to be interested In
BENJAMIN Franklin's advice upon TINS
subject. Being asked to point out
an honest short cut to wealth., tho
revolutionary philosopher said:
THE way to wealth depends upon
two words, Industry and Frugality-
that is waste neither time nor
money"
We have had many wise philosoph-
ers since the days of Franklin. we
have had many successful men, TOO
men who have succeeded In ac-
cumulating vast fortunes oy metnous
that have been honest enough TO keep
them out of Jail. and yet, despite our
ethical researches, and all our modern
experience in getting rich, doubt II
1t would be possible to improve upon
this advice. Think it over yourself,
and see If you can better 1t!
If you were asked by your boy, or
by some other persons boy, TO OUT
line a rule of life that would help
him TO get out of Poverty Row into
comfortable lodgings on Easy street,
could you devise plan of action tnat
would embody such wealth OF Wis
dom in so few words? Look back into
your own PASTOR retrospection is
sometimes advantageous-and you VIII
readily realize the truth embraced In
Franklin's maxim. If you are poor
today, or poorer than you think that
YOU ought 20 be, to what do you owe
your present condition? 1t is not to
industry, or to frugality, that you can
charge your misfortunes! somewhere
there has been waste-waste of either
time or money-and it is this waste
that is responsible for your lack OF
wealth. Is that not so?
I.ife--however we may look upon IL
is made up of hours and minutes,
for it is the hours and minutes that
go to make Thea days and weeks. or
these we have a stock of just so many.
and our relative success, OF failure,
depends upon the manner in which we
make use of them. OF these hours,
health demands that a certain number
be spent in sleep, and that some be given
to recreation; but with the balance
we are charged, and every one that
Is wasted is practically entered upon
the wrong side of the ledger.
OF course there are some individuals
who could not acquire very great for
tunes, no matter how frugal and in
dustrious they might be. BY reason
of their lack of training, or education,
or for some other reason for which
they may be entirely responsible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
Inheritance" Not Valid Excuse

and suggestions exercise in life I'm
sure her tactics would change. she
should teach her boy that it is cow
ardly to throw off upon any one hu-
man or divine, living now or 200 years
ago. the responsibility for things we
do or leave undone; that right living
means right living, not only today, but
also tomorrow, and she would be an
undying inspiration for good to her
boy He would stand far better
chance of being a strong man, eager
to meet his battles face to face and
willing to shoulder all his responsible
tiles, than If she were to bring him up
with the inheritance" excuse for his
failings.
Every mother wants her boy to be
a man, whose body is trained to be
the ready servant of his mind, whose
passions are trained to be the servants
of his will; who enjoys the beautiful,
who loves the truth, hates wrong and
respects others as himself, and she can
help him best to achieve this end by
avoiding the word inheritance" and
teaching him to be an individual full
of character of his own, and not full
of the characteristics Of his daddies
and their daddies
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
THANKS TO THE BURGLAR

The dark lantern flashed through the
fiat. Then came the gleam of a re-
volver.
Hands upi" hissed the head of the
family. You're a burglar"
Yves" gasped the intruder as he
faced the cold steel
What have you stolen?"
Your wife's pug dog"
"H'm-er-if that't all you may
sneak out quietly"
"And your mother-in-law's parrot"
You don't say. Well, here is some
loose change.
"And your daughters monograph" ,"
Good! Here's some more loose
change"
also your ason's punching bag"
what! Great scott, man, come out
to the library and I'll open special
bottle"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
ABSENT MINDED

A Yonkers graduate of Syracuse
university likes to tell of an absent
minded professor who was hurrying
with friend to catch train, when he
stopped suddenly and exclaimed:
"There! I've come away ana lett
my watch!"
Lets go back and get it," sug-
gested the friend.
"No, 1 don't believe we shall nave
time {" said the professor; and he drew
the lost watch out of his pocket, looked
carefully at the dial, counted the min
utes and added:
mo, there won't be enough time"
Then he pressed on toward the station,
saving: "Oh, we'll! suppose can get
along all right for one day without a
watch"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
PLANT WORLD PARIAHs

watched them all the month of June
Grow strong-these so-called weeds
And sucking the sweets from out the ground
Each for its own strange needs.
Coarse -leaved, blue vervain, upright, strong
Wooed all the sunny days
BY swarm of swift, white butterflies,
In close and curious ways.
Sweet clover, fresh with morning dew,
Pale yellow spikes and white,
The homely burdock edging close,
And chickweed out of sight.
The yellow stars of cinquefoil CLEANED,
And bouncing bet roamed free,
And horse-weed, coarse, plebeian plant,
Pushed forward rechlessly
The nightshades, with their spiny leaves
And thistles. plumed and spurred
Warned all that close communion sought
Such hope were best deferred.
And plantains carpeting the lot
Helped out the alien throng,
Pariahs of their kind that dared
TO grow each day more strong.
watched them rioting so free
And gloried that near,
Unloved. untended, that they dared
To thrive without fear,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
How Many Agree With This ?

Socialism. But IL wish to learn about
these things 1 have to go to the news
papers and magazines.
MIR. William James said in an arti-
Gle printed over a year ago that the
better class magazines, such as the
American Magazine, McClure's, Col
lier's and in it's way the Worlds Work,
offered the college graduate a supple,
neentarv college course. One could
perhaps go farther and say that these
magazines have replaced the minister
in the American home.
again, If 1 want to see some of the
problems l have mentioned presented
in more striking form, have but to
attend one of dozen plays recently
produced in New York.
am hrief. the churches are moribund
in their relation to social problems.
The magazines, newspapers and thea
ters are vividly, virilely alive to them" "
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14

~ VERY one knows mothers who in
n a vain effort to shield their chill
\ dren excuse their fretfulness and
exhibitions of temper by saying to the
possible witness of these faults, HE
inherits my nervousness, poor child"
And perhaps she says, HE has his IA
thers temper, and 1 try to be patient
with him." .,
Foolish mother! She means well,
but she should never excuse faults in
this manner-for little folks are too
apt at all times to blame others Tor
their own wrongdoing.
l know an only son whose father
died a drunkard. His widowed. mother
naturally fears for the future of her
boy and she thinks she does her best
to help him when she seeks always
to keep before his mind his inheritance
the appetite for strong drink. If she
but knew it she is providing her son
with an excuse that is and always has
been a moral handicap to ne'er-do-
wells The man who Is a failure In HE
has always some one or something to
blame for his own weakness.
If this mother would only realize
what a tremendous influence thoughts
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14

7 N "The Pilgrims Scrip" in the Aug
ust American Magazine Is a re-
Il markable letter signed IAN Ameri-
can Woman" This letter is quoted In
part as follows:
Like many women, l am interested
in the problems of the day. Like or
unlike them--I do not pretend to say
which, am not intensely interested IN
what the apostles thought ad, or sald Ip fp
Biblical Interpretation of any kind. l
saw this not in the spirit of sacrilege.
| am simply stating a fact of which l
am not In the least ashamed. But l
am very much interested indeed in the
industrial problem, the problem OF mu-
nicipal corruption. of immlgrauoIB Oh
the franchises. in any economic or So
Geological investigation. Although not
a member of the Socialist party, | am
intensely interested in the growth OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
THE POSTAL SHOWER

What are you going to do with al
those postals?" asked a girl upon see
ing her chum poring over an assort-
ment of postal cards.
Were going to give Tom a postal
shower on his birthday"
"A postal shower! What is that?'
asked the chum.
"Goodness Don't you know? We
get everybody we know to send d
dozen or so postals to our victim on
a certain day and sign them all with
different nanes. Now, in Toms case
we will sign Lovingly, Molly Ten
derly, Sue, or Your own Ruby You
might as we'll pick out some while
you're here. I will give you his ad-
dress"
Surely not his office address? ?"
Sure! That's the best part of it.
Jack got 300 on his birthday. New
York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
Etiquette When TeIephOnipg

II OOKS of etiquette should be ex-
X panded to contain a chapter on
~ the courtesies of using a tele-
phone To begin with, the instrument
is not to be used as a means of pay
ing a social visit to a man in his Of
flee without the bother of going there in
person. There Is no possible objection
to calling a friend down town during
the day, when there is question to be
asked or a bit of Information that
should be conveyed. But the woman
at the other end of the line must bear
in mind that a man in the office is
having endless demands upon his time
and that he must meet them. Also
that business is absorbing at the
moment, and however much pleased he
may be at being remembered, his mind
is not then in social trend. So to
respond to O continued conversation
about the uptown side of life he must
switch his mental equilibrium, and the
less he is obliged to do this when
pressed for time, the more popular his
acouaintances will be with him. When
occasion arises that man Is to be
telephoned to, the message should pc
as brief as is consistent with perfect
courtesy, without brusqueness, and
then the woman should end the talk.
Must Pay Hostess for out-of-TOwn Calls
To use the instrument of another
person as though it were ones own
is a mistake frequently made through
thoughtlessness. 1t is not good form
to make a practice Of asking permis-
sion to do so when paying call. some
women have the habit of asking TO
use the phone quite as they would
were the house a public station anu
this is an abuse of good nature. Inc
idea that an offer to pay regular toll
rates for the message makes it right Is
a mistake. 1t is sometimes great IN
convenience to a hostess. to allow an
outsider to use the phone. For IN
stance, it may not be SITUATED III
place where she cares 10 taNe
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14

ones hostess as a convenience" In
cities where public phones are in every
block there is rarely justification for
using the phone of a friend unless one
Is visiting in the same house. But If
1t Is employed it should be regarded as
a courtesy and nothing said about pay
ing for the message, except where 1t
is without the regular radius and is
known to be an extra charge. Then
the person who has talked should offer
to pay and hostess should accept the
tariff.
No Long Conversations on Phone
Tradespeople in the country complain
that 1t is almost impossible to get their
customers on the telephone in time to
get out orders as ~ in the day as
they are wished. Because country resi-
dents have a comfortable way o. sit
ting down before the instrument soon
after breakfast and paying social visits
with their neighbors.
OF course there is always a question
or answer at the beginning which made
the call necessary, and with that they
begin long conversation. The conse-
quence is that those who need to get
the phone for business pertaining to
the household are entirely prevented,
and the butcher, who has the best de-
sire to get out meat in time for
luncheon, does not have the oppor-
tunity to ask for his order much be-
fore the moment 1t should be delivered.
If one must hold lengthy conversa-
tions over the wire. by all means let
them be in the afternoon or evening,
when they will not interfere with busi-
ness.
To tell personal affairs over the tele-
phone Is unwise. Though the person
talking may not see any one else,
everything she says is audible to at
least one other besides the one whom
she is addressing. and sometimes more
than central" hears. Much gossip in the
country comes out in this way and 1t
Is a fact to be regretted
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
UNsUNo

AS sweet as the breath that goes
From the lips OF the white roes,
AS weird as the elm lights
AS wild as the winds that tear
The curled red leaf in the air,
Is the song have never sung.
In slumber, a hundred times
I've said the enchanted rhymes,
But ere / open my eyes
This ghost of a poem hies;
OF the interfiuent strains
Not even a note remains;
| know by my pulses beat
1t was something wild and sweet.
And my heart is strangely stirred
BY an unremembered word.
I strive, but strive in vain,
To recall the lost refrain.
on some miraculous day
Perhaps 1t viii come and stay;
In some unimaglned spring
1 will find my voice, and sing
The song | have never sung.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
Income from Small Fruit

I should figure something like this,
after | had had my country home for
ten years: Strawberries, home supply
only; black raspberries only for home,
with a possible small surplus; red
raspberries $500 a year; cherries, $100
a year; gooseberries, $25 a year; black
berries, $3.50 year; plums, 500 year;
apples and pears, $500 year. All this
depends of course on decision of char
acter as well as on compromising the
work YOU are at.-Outing Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
ON SAVING

1.-The late James Molloy," said a
music publisher wrote humorous
songs now and then, but it is as the
author Of Loves Old Sweet Song that
he will be remembered.
yet his humor was good, too
bright, clean and pure. He liked to
make fun of people who lived in the
country. 1 once heard him say In Lon
don to a Devon man:
"'Why do you live in the country,
anyhow?
reply.
"'Are vegetables and milk and meat
cheaper?'
"'They are, on the contrary slightly
dearer.'
"'How do you save, then"
"'No Salome opera, $50 year. No
restaurant dinners, 500 a year. No
theater, $100 year. No taxicab fares,
$50 year. No distractions of any kind,
SIS a year.
"'Look here,' said Mr.. Molloy,
could not you save money If you
died?'"
Ink Stains and Rust
Soak the stains in a weak solution of
tincture of chloride and rinse immedi-
ately after with water. The tincture
of salt is also reliable in removing iron
rust and quicker in it's action than
oxalic. acid. or mix salt with lemon
juice and apply to the spots. Either
is good. This is, of course, only used
on linen or cotton.
Fruit Stain Eradicated
Pour boiling water directly through
the material stained with fruit juices.
Take the kettle of boiling water from
the stove and lay the stained portion
of the material over the basin then let
the boiling water fall with some force
on the spot.
Soaking the stains in sweet milk Is
often efficacious. This must, however,
be done before putting the goods into
soap and water.
Cleaning Lace
Take a piece of woolen cloth place
the lace on this, free 1t of all dust with
a brush: then apply some alum, which
has been burnt, powdered and sifted
through a fine sieve, with soft brush.
This removes the tarnish and restores
it to its former brightness If it has not
been worn threadbare.
Washing Blankets
Use plenty of soft water and soap
that has no resin in it. Resin hardens
the fibers of wooden goods and should
never be used. The water in which
they are scalded should be made quite
blue with indigo.
Moths in Carpets
Wash the floor with a strong brine
before laying the carpets and sweep
with salt once a week.
To Cleanse Corsets
The operation is very simple and will
not injure the shape or cut. Make a
warm suds in which few drops of
ammonia have been placed. Spread the
corset on fiat table, taking out the
laces but not the bones and steels.
Scrub with clean brush and hot suds,
then rinse quickly in clear, warm
water. Lay fiat on a board in sun
or near the fire so it may dry quickly
Do not iron.
Refreshing Color to Black Kid Boots
Take a small quantity of good black
ink, mix it with white of egg and ap-
ply to boots with soft sponge.
Cleansing Grease from Carpet
Use ammonia, almost pure, cover the
spot with white blotting paper and
iron lightly; rub spot with white fan
mel dipped in turpentine.
AIildew Stains
Soak in milk for forty-eight hours
or rub with lemon juice and salt. The
same formula applies to these as to
peach stains.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
Inflammation for Eastern Travellers

You find the trip you are looking for by
using the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
Scenic line of the world, via Salt Lake City
Glenwood Springs Royal Gorge Grand Can
yon of the Arkansas Rates Tame as other
lines Through sleeping cars, dining cars.
Courteous attention. Office 544 South Spring
street.
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