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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-22

The three of them-Cross and the two
Mrs. Crosses-sat down and talked it
over. but they didn't seem to be able
to get anywhere. Mrs. Cross No. / was
sorry for Mrs. Cross No. 2 and didn't
blame her a bit. But she wanted her
husband back, and the present Mrs.
Cross naturally didn't want to give him
up, after they had had a regular we'd
ding and everything and had beer liv-
ing so happily. So Cross and the Mrs.
Crosses took a stroll to the Third Pre-
cinct station and told their troubles TO
the sergeant. Cross insisted that he
could produce the letter written by his
father in which the statement was
made that after an illness of three days
his wife had died.
1t developed in the station house
that Cross and the Elizabeth who came
to life were married in Glasgow in 1902
when he was a youth of 10. They came
to America three years ago and settled
in Newark, Mrs. Cross couldn't stand
the climate, so her husband sent her
back to Scotland with the promise, she
says, that he would follow her in a
little while. He did not follow her, al
though in his capacity as stoker on the
steamship st. Paul he crossed the At
lantic nine times. After Cross learned
hat his wife was dead-a suitable
period after-he proposed to Mrs. Clark
son, was accepted, and the marriage
was solemnized on February 16 of the
present year in the Third Reformed
Church. Bayonne.
Arrested for Bigamy.
When he had heard this involved tale
the police sergeant scratched his head
and didn't know abou it, but in the
n advised Mrs. Cross No. / to make
a charge of bigamy against her hus-
band, which she did. Cross spent the
night in a cell, and his wife No. 2 was
detained in a witness room. Today
Mrs. Cross the second was paroled.
Cross attorney asked for a postpone
inent Of his clients case until tomor-
row. and Cross stayed in his cell.
II love my husband in spite of every
thing said Mrs. Cross the most re-
cent.
Il feel sorry for that poor woman,
but what can 1 do. he's my husband
said the previous Mrs. Cross.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-22

The closing exercises of the parochia
school of the Sacred Heart will be held
on Friday night at Bayley Hall. Ar
elaborate program has been prepared as
follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03
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AUTUMN RECIPES.
Mexican Rice.
AUTUMN RECIPES.


This is another inexpensive and
hearty dish that once tried will be made
again. It's cost is scarcely worth men.
tioning. The ingredients called for are
one small eupful Of rice. three slices of
bacon chopped fine, cupful of tomato
and one medium-sized onion, also ehop-
ped Cook the rice in boiling sailed
water until done. This viii take about
twenty minutes.
Fry the bacon and onion together I'M
til a golden brown, add the cooked rice
and onion and small cupful of tomato.
with salt and pepper to season. Toss
together until well heated through and
serve.
Pot Roast of Beef.
Get a short, thick piece of the cross
rib or rump of beef and lard it with
little strips of fat salt pork. Put the
iron pot in which the meat is to be
cooked over the fire and when it be-
comes hot lay in the roast and brown.
turning until every portion is scared.
Add half dozen little onions. two
tablespoonful tomatoes, one bay leaf,
little chopped parsley, two garlic
buds, three cloves and salt and pepper
to season. Pour in a eupful of stock
or hot water, cover closely and simmer
gently for three hours on the back of
/ the stove or in the oven.
An hour before serving add two car
| rots sliced thin and another cupful of
stock or water. Take the meat onto a
hot platter, season the sauce with more
salt and pepper and if liked, little
Worcestershire sauce, rub through a
sieve and pour around the meat.
Scotch Roll.
Take four or FIVE pounds Of the flank
of beef, wash and dry with a towel,
| spread on the board and dredge with
salt and pepper. Make a dressing of a
| quart, of bread crumbs moistened with
milk or water and season with two
| tablespoonful of melted butter, small
onion chopped fine, tablespoonful of
powdered sage and pepper and salt to
taste. Mix all together and spread
evenly over the meat. Roll up and tie
with Irvine, put in pan with pint of
water and bake for two or three hours
rolling over often, so as to cook even
on both, sides.
i Plum Soy.
Scaid four quarts of plums and rub
through colander, add one pint OF
vinegar, one teaspoonful each of black
pepper, cloves, mustard and salt, and
four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar
Boil slowly for one hour, then bottle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03

Few girls walk gracefully nowadays
in spite of the craze for physical cul-
ture. The most generally noticeable
faults. are a forward droop Of the head,
sticking out the elbows, and scraping
the feet. The girl who walks with a
forward stoop accentuates all these
faults and lays herself open 70 various
diseases as well. Because. If you
sloueh forward, you compress the lungs
and prevent proper expansion Of the
chest. Consequently, the lungs are IN
sufficiently supplied with fresh air, and
the body does not get enough oxygen
for the requirements Of health.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03
PRESERVED TOMATOES.
A Number of Reliable and Seasonable
Recipes for the Housewife.

For each pound of firm even-sized
| tomatoes allow onehalf of pound of
sugar and one-half of pint of water.
| Boil sugar and water for moment,
then put.zin a few tomatoes at a time
and simmer gently until tender When
all are done add to the syrup the juice
and yellow rind of one lemon and boil
for fifteen minutes or until quite heavy.
Return to the fire with the fruit, bring
again to the boiling point and can at
once.
Tomato Figs.
Seald and skin small firm yellow to-
matoes. Put them in layers in large
pan with an equal weight of sugar and
let stand for twenty-four hours. Drain
off the syrup, bring to the boiling point,
add the tomatoes and cook slowly until
clear. Remove the fruit with a skim
mer and for eight pounds add to the
syrup two ounces of sliced green ginger
and the yellow rind and strained juice
of four lemons. Tie rind and ginger in
bit of thin muslin and boil the syrup
until thick. Spread the tomatoes on
platter and stand in the sun, protecting
from insects with netting. Dip daily in
the syrup for three or four days, then
roll in fine graduated sugar and expose
for three days longer, or until quite
dry. Pack in layers with waxed paper
between.
Sweet Spiced Tomatoes.
Into a large agate kettle put seven
pounds of peeled and sliced tomatoes,
three pounds and half of graduated
sugar, one pint of vinegar, one table
spoonful each of whole cloves. allspiee
and peppercorns, one-half of an ounce
of stick cinnamon. one half of an ounce
of green ginger and one scant teaspoon
ful of salt Cook slowly for two hours,
stirring occasionally to prevent sticking
at the bottom. Can and seal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03
Sweet Spiced Tomatoes.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Stretching exercises Of the throat and
neck viii reduce a double chin perma
nently. Hold the chin as far up as it
viii go and with your finger tips mas
sage 1t with a downward motion Push
ing the lower jaw in and out is also
good. Once or twice a week is often
enough for such heroic treatment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03

Jak a birthday accounts
YESTERDAY
pleased with looking gas'-BOston Transcript
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03

Should the eyes feel heavy they may
often be freshened by bathing with
weak salt water. either hot or cold.
This can do no harm, and by relieving
strained conditions viii frequently I'M
prove the iuster. One woman says she
has used a little orange juice in her eyes
for years without injuring them. A
few drops are inserted in the eye with
dr0pper. After the first smart the
eyes are brighter and clearer. As this
might be injurious to other women,
though not harmful ia itself It should
not be used without the advice OF
physician.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-03

The girl with unequal hips-the com
monest of afflictions-mar cure them, #
the inequality be not too far advanced,
by ten minute exercise daily. Bring
the knee on the larger side up TO the
chest and lower it again, all the while
standing as nearly erect as possible. Do
this twenty or thirty times each day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
Chords and DiscOrds

and move in the same social set. Each
had had as her guests the Smiths.
The Browns and the Joneses rode home
together in the car after the perform
ance. The car was crowded and it was
impossible for Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Brown to get confidential All they did
was to exchange knowing glances.
However, the following morning, be-
fore their husbands had cleared the
front porches on their way to their
businesses, they were on the telephone.
Mrs Brown would be right over. She
had children and 1t was impossible for
her to have quiet talk without their
eavesdropping.
my husband tells me that Mrs.
Smiths new crush is relative-just
like the men, you know" said Mrs.
Brown after the two had become COM
fortably seated in the library upstairs,
with the door closed. "Of course, /
made him believe that his story was
correct, but 1 know differently. Have
you ever noticed that she does not get
friendly with any of the neighboring
women? have done my best to make
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

her feel free with me, but she always
struck me as chilly-as though she had
something she wanted to cover up. My
husband sort of admires her. He says
she is a little woman who attends
strictly to her own knitting and ex-
poets others to do likewise. OF course,
one of those still waters run deep
style. Don't understand me as wishing
to reflect In the slightest on her char
acter. / hope she is a good woman.
But, to say the least, she is brazenly
indiscreet.
81 wouldn't for the world have you
say anything to anyone what 1 tell
you," interposed Mrs. Jones, who final
ly got an opening. Il heard a long
while back that Mrs Smith had a
flame. One can't believe all one hears,
but this latest stunt satisfies me that
all Is not right in the Smith household.
Smith is such good provider. And he
is so considerate of her. Look at the
clothes he buys for her, and she does
not have to turn her hand in the
house. 1t would be better for her and
for the future happiness of their home
If he would make her do the house
work. That's what she needs. She's
got men ON the brain. Yes, I've heard
the relative story. but I refuse to be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

that these famous old homes, with their
rich and historic associations, are finely
in harmony with the spirit of the songs
that have made them of venerable in
terest to the nation.
If pictorial art has influence and power
in the formation of character, it is a
pity that every school room in America
yes, and every home, too-cannot be
embellished with worthy pictures of the
homes around which clustered the as
sociations of our great song writers. To
look up the portraits of homes which
have provoked songs like Home, Sweet
Home" america" THE Old Oaken
Bucket" and "Old Folks at Home" is
to come closer to the sources of our real,
our distinctive sentiments as a home
loving nation.
Trace up the stream of our national
song, and you will find your feet tread
ing the paths of romance in the case of
almost every author. There is world
of delight open to all who will explore
this field of reading, the richness of
which can only be family suggested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
DIARY OF AN ORDINARY HUSBAND.
By Gertrude FInirnax.

Sept 12.-Mrs. Morton tells my wife
she has a letter from a friend In the
city where Mrs. Andrews lived before
coming here. The letter tells, conf
dentially, that Mrs. Andrews almost
created trouble because of her repeated
winnings of prizes at the card club that
she belonged to there. One afternoon
another woman accused her of cheat
ing, and they said some unkind things
to each other in the presence Of the
entire company. Mrs. Andrews, the
letter says, threatened to pull the 9TH
er woman's hair. The other woman
threatened to do likewise. And the
letter says It was fortunate that this
clash did not occur. as Mrs. Andrews
has very little hair of her own. This
was news to Mrs. Morton and my
wife.
Ito be Continued)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

I doan mean to give the impression
that | am so alfred smaht, but have
been a great student in my life. NV
life has been one of sacrifice. Nah
climb has been gradual. / started in
life as a hawdcarrier. But, TO the In
dams. / would favah collection next
Sunday to pay the expense of a co'se
of action with the guv'ment to try 10
place these heah bad men whah thew
belong. We must have peace and
safety in this heah Ian OF freedom and
plenty"
Brother Martin inquired to know
who was to take up the collection.
81 will pu's'nally sup'vise this mat.
tab of money" announced Brother
Jones "And in this connection 7 de-
sire to say that the Ladies' Sewing
circle will meet at my home for work
next Thursday afternoon. Wintab is
coming on a-pace, and we need more
heavy clothes"
'eWho needs them?" Brother Martin !,
asked.
The question was ignored.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

il never to be wholly lost again? Think
of an American home the walls of
which have never echoed one of these
tender songs to wake memories and
hopes of the best and dearest that any
life may hold--the mind shrinks from
so forbidding, so destitute a picture!
There is one curious feature in con-
.nection with these famous old home
songs which should not be passed with
out comment. The homes about which
the authors of our greatest hearthstone
hymns were thinking when they wrote
their immortal songs were of a sort to
fill and satisfy the eye as completely as
the songs themselves fill and overflow
the heart To look upon the quaint lit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
Brother Jones' scrmonettes.

My Deah Folks: Sermuns am too
long. Dey doan seem to sink in. 1
doan mean to confer dat you am thick
skulled; nor dat it am a Election on
me when Bill wilkins goes to sleep at
de crucial pint of de discoase. But
Bill hain't wukkin', and / KANT unda-
stand why he should fall asleep every
meetin'. Howevah. we will have brief
talks of de haht to haht variety heah-
aftah.
I'm dis connection desires to bring
up mattah dat am agitatin' our peo-
pie, and dat is. what am we goin' to
do with de Indians?"
Let 'em alone" suggested Brother
Martin.
dat sounds well. but dis heah mat.
tab am serious. De gov-ment am sup
posed to take care of them They
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

organs, and sung and whistled on the
streets while he was hungry, practically
penniless and without friends in a for
eign land. He died in Tunis and almost
since his boyhood, was one of the most
homeless of men. Francis Scott Key
wrote the "Star-S pangled Banner" while
prisoner on board Lord Cockburn's
flagship at the moment when the British
vessels were Smelling Fort McHenry
from whence Key had come in row.
boat, under flag of truce. Samuel
Woodwork, the author the "Old
Oaken Bucket" led a life of wandering
and adventure of almost unbelievable
romance. Stephen Foster, who wrote
"Old Folks at Home" and our first and
best negro melodies. was carried from
wretched lodging in the Bowery to a
hospital where he died. 1t has been said
of him that he heard his songs upon the
lips of strangers far more frequently
than he saw the face of friend.
The life stories of those in other
countries who have written songs of the
heart are as rich in romance as the lives
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
Neighborhood Scandals.

The Smiths live quietly and comfort
ably. They have no children. Smiths
business is such that he is frequently
out of the city. Occasionally he takes
long trip. Recently he left, stating
that 1t would be a month probably be-
fore he would return. The Smiths are
"chummy" couple. They don't mix
socially to the degree that it would be
expected that people Of their circum-
stances and youth would. Mrs. Smith
likes the theater. She and her husband
rarely miss good attraction.
Mrs. Smith, during the absence Of
her husband-in fact, he had been gone
a day only-appeared at the theater
with handsome young man. They
seemed greatly interested in one an
other. Three rows behind Mrs. Smith
and her escort were Mrs. Jones and
her husband, and in another part of
the house were the Browns. Mrs Jones
and Mrs. Brown live In the same block
The Smith home is a short distance
from them. Mrs. Jones and Mrs Brown
are intimates. They shop" together
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

spends their money for liklkah, an den
dey go loOkin' for scalps.'
They wouldn't get much If they
tackled you" persisted Brother Mar
tin.
I've tried since the beginning of
my charge heah to discourage inter
ruptions during my discusses" contin-
ued Brother Jones' at am true, as
Brother Mahtin says. that / have lost
the greater paht of my hath. But,
brothers an sisters, you should not
lose sight of de fact that the absence
of Insult allotment denotes intellect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

spiration. The house which was Home"
to the author of America" when he
wrote that splendid piece of patriotism
is another example of the kind of ar
chitecture that compels associations and
breeds attachments. Look at the old
Smith Home in Newton Center, and
you will know that it must have been
built and inhabited by men and women
of stalwart Americanism, of a strain
that could feel to the full the words:
81 love thy rocks and rills,
"Thy woods and tempted hills.
my heart with rapture thrills
Like that abovew
Samuel Francis Smith was only stu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
HELPS roH THE HANDHoLDEHs.
By sophronia Simmer.
stlck 70 the TroIIey CIrcuIt.


Dear Miss Slammer: l love a girl
We go to parties together. Her girl
friend has an admirer who seems TO
have plenty of money. When there is
a dance he takes his girl in carriage
and BUYS her flowers. We ride on the
cars and 1 can't afford to buy flowers
MY girl has been chided by her girl
friend. The latter says l am a tight
wad, when the fact is l have been say.
ing money to buy a home. What would
you advise? ALBERT w
Your case is not unusual Flowers
fade; a home don't. You might look
up some poetry suggesting this senti-
ment Read it to your lady friend.
The soft pedal is a winner nine times
in ten. The other young man, mark
my words. will burn out before the
holidays. Exposure attendant on car
rage riding in cold weather might I'M
dermine the girls health. The cars
are heated. These are points that will
hold in an argument If you haven't al
ready surrendered your goat Then
you might take your fair one to the
bank with you when you make your
weekly OF monthly deposit. Let her
carry the book. She can't get the mon
ey anyway. This display Of confidence
on your part will help much. You
might also take her out and show he
the lot you are going to buy.
MISS SLAMMER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

of our own singers. Take robin
Adair" as an example. Who will not
enjoy the tender pathos of this exquisite
love song the better for knowing that
Robin was a real man, that the song was
actually written from heart overflow
ing with loneliness for him by Lady Car
oline Keppel, who had been banished
from her home because she loved the I'm
titled Robin?
And so we might continue through the
whole fascinating field of life-stories
OF those who | ave written the songs
that have moved millions of human souls
to higher and truer love of home and
country.
He spoke with true inspiration who
declared Il care not who writes a ma
tons laws, if l may write its songs"
The words and music of the songs
which l have named, and many others
Of their kind, are to be found in almost
every home; but he who will put into
popular and convenient form worthy pic
torial representations of group of the
| historic homes associated with the au-
thors of our songs of the heart, will
merit the gratitude of the American peo-
/ pie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

tie cottage, at East Hampton, Long Is
land, in which John Howard Payne spent
his boyhood days-or even to see an
adequate picture of it's to gain a
clearer and more intimate understanding
of why, in the garish scenes of Partisan
life, his heart hungered for the roof of
his childhood, and he wrote: "a charm
from the skies seems to hallow us there,
(Which seek through the world, Is ne'er
met with elsewhere.
HomeI Homei Sweet, sweet home.
mo more from that cottage again viii
l roam,
"Be it ever so humble, there's no place
like homep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

It's long back roof, slanting so nearly
to the ground that boy could reach the
caves with upstretched hands. the single
huge chimney, the overshadowing elms,
the low, latticed fence-all these are SO
humble" yet so appealing. that tender
associations would as inevitably cluster
about this home as vines would grow
upon its time-silvered walls
And the old Foster homestead at Law
renceville, Pa, as naturally inspired en-
during memories. No wouder that the
exile from this place was able to give
the world his classic of homesickness-
"Oii Folks at Home" and also my
Old Kentucky Home" "Old Black joe
and many religious hymns of rare in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

lieve it. If he was what she is trying
to make it appear he is, she would
have us over to meet him. Smith is
one of those men who implicitly trust
their wives. But those are the men
who turn bitterly when they make a
discovery such as Smith is bound to
eventually. 1 feel SO sorry for him."
The young "admirer" was an occa-
sional caller during the absence from
the city of Smith. Smith returned.
The "admirer' continued to call. He
was son of Mrs. Smiths sister, whose
home is in the west Mrs. Smith or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20

migrant children who swarm to our
shores? Teach them to sing america p
This is the rule and practice in every
school room of this country where chill
dren born to a foreign tongue are
taught.
And what do you think would be the
loss to American family life if Home,
Sweet Home" "The Old Folks at
Home" "The Old Oaken Bucket" and
the other immortal hymns of the hearth
stone were stricken from our speech
Would it be small1 How many chill
dren have caught the home ideal as these
songs have warmed their hearts to
new and glowing understanding-caug
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-20
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
(To be Continued.)

To Council Bluffs and Omaha in No
vember and observation-disclosures,
Milwaukee s. St Paul Ry.
This Railway will sell excursion
tickets to Council Bluffs and Omaha
in November and December at ONE
AND ONE-HALF FARES FOR THE
ROUND TRIP, on account Of the fol-
lowing expositions:
National Horticultural Congress at
Council Bluffs. November Is TO 20.
Tickets on sale November 10, IS and
IS. Return limit November %.
National Corn Exposition at Oma-
ha, December to IS. Tickets on
sale beginning December 6. Return
limit December 20.
Further information from local
agent Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway. F. A. Miller. General Pas
senger Agent, Chicago.