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Evening star., 1909-06-20

side of Whitman, they would hardly
dream today OF claiming Eugene Field or
Whitcomb Riley as English poets, while
many of our plays and stories are so pc
culiarly American that the English pub
Lie fails tn understand them at all
Evening star., 1909-06-20

First Egg-What became of that old
fellow who was with us so long?
Second Egg-Gone on the stage.-St
Joseph NewsPress.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

The worst feature about the man with
one idea is that the idea is seldom big
enough.-Philadelph Record.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

The Whirl." a play dealing with
Washington society life, has been prom
ised a production by Frank Mckee as
soon as Lee Arthur and Foxcroft Davis
finish their dramatization from the
novel of Mr. Davis.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Lillian Russell has closed her tour in
"Wildfre'' and will go to Paris for her
vacation. In the course of her season she
has Travelled 10000 miles in her private
car In August she will begin rehearsals
of her new play by Edmund Day. The
Widows Might. -
Evening star., 1909-06-20

"Keegan's Pal" Paul Wilstach's play,
has made such a big hit in Chicago
that it's run has been extended in
definitely.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

The actors fund is richer by SS.2S2
on account of the benefit performance
by the Lambs. who gave their last gam
bol'' of the spring tour at the Metro
politan Opera House. New York city, for
this charity
Evening star., 1909-06-20

De Witt Jennings is to play the Soul
| his original role in The Struggle Ever
lasting" when Florence Roberts pro-
| duces that play in San Francisco.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Milton Aborn of the firm of Milton
and Sargent Aborn is in Washington to-
day for the purpose of giving his per-
sonal attention TO the final rehearsals of
.FlorodOra.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

William T. Hodge, the star of THE
Man from Home" and Miss Helen Hale,
dainty young actress who has been
attracting much attention. We're quietly
married Sunday in New York. and start
ed on an automobile honeymoon trip
Evening star., 1909-06-20

William n Rapley, manager OF the
New National Theafer. spent the week
end in New York. arranging for some
important bookings for next season.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Agnes Finlay. who rejoins the Aborn
Opera Company tomorrow night, will be
remembered for her work a few weeks
ago in The Princess Chic
Evening star., 1909-06-20

At the meeting Of the Union de Langue
Franchise. held Friday evening in the
rooms of the society, at 1425 New York
avenue, Prof c. G. Rivot gave the fourth
of his lectures in French. in which ne
dealt with the life and work Of Lamar
tine and of the poets peculiar genius and
the character of his laborS.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Clara Sidney will be the Mrs. Conway of
The Man on the Box a part originally
played by Constance Adams.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Cohan and Harris are negotiating for
the rights of play By a prominent rabbi
of Philadelphia named Isaac Landman.
The play is called "A Man OF Honor.
and relates to family life. Thomas f.
Shea gave the play a trial with salts
fying results
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elected for the ensuing term: President,
W. c. Herbert; vice president, J. Z. Cur
tis; recording secretary, j. B. Edmunds;
corresponding secretary. C. l.. Gable
treasurer, DIR. w. c. killinger; sergeant
alarms, H. L. Andersen.
The League of American Pen Women
held brief business meeting at the
Riggs House Friday afternoon The lee
ture and musical in the interest of the
playground movement was discussed, and
a vote of thanks was extended to Prof.
Edward L. Aves of Oxford, England, for
his scholarly lecture on The Medieval
Revival Architecture, OF 1s4s and It's
Effect on the English Peoples Mrs.
Marie Graves Bonham was made chair
man of a committee on civic education
and Mrs. Edith Kirgman Kern chairman
of committee on humorous illustrations
of the press.
The death of Mr.. Bentley P Murray
was deeply regretted by the league, and
a committee was appointed to draft
resolutions of sympathy, which were pre-
sented and adopted as follows:
The committee appointed to consider
and report resolutions relative to the re-
cent death of MIR. Bentley P. Murray have
endeavored to emhody the sentiments of
this association of deepest sympathy with
his bereaved family, and of our sincere
respect for his character and memory"
The resolutions set forth THAT the
League of American Fen Women regard
with emotions of heartfelt sorrow the
death OF Mr.. Bentley P. Murray. our
esteemed friend. who was ever kind and
genial, courteously helpful in illustrat-
ing lectures for our league. of blameless
life, earnest III good wishes. and who
discharged his duties in all the rela-
tions of life with exceptional ability, and
as became good man and good
citizen"
The secretary was directed to transmit
a copy OF the report and resolutions to
the family of the deceased, and 1t was
ordered that they be recorded in the
minutes of the meeting. They were
signed by LYDIA J. Young Withee
Blanche Tyler Beaton and Annie a
Wilder
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theater while a play is in progress. The
| story is one of social and thea trlcal life.

c. W. Phillips of the Aborn Opera Com
pany was stage manager for John Cort
In the Chicago production >of The Alas
kan
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Mildred Holland produced in Cleveland
new play called I'm Glass Houses in
which one scene represents the stage OF a
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Rehearsals of The Yankee Ma ndarin,' =
the new musical play by Reginald De-
Koven and Edward Paulton. are progress
ing. The piece will have an early pro-
duction in Boston under the management
OF the Comstock Amusement Company
The scene of the new comic opera is
laid In China.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Ruth Chatterton will be seen as Cora
in The Man on the Box at the Column
bia TEeater this week.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

The demand for 1.-The Climax" Edward
Locke's melody drama, which Joe Weber
is presenting at Days Theater. New
York. is responsible for the announce
ment that early in September there will
be four companies on tour in this play.
The companies are to be organized and
played alternately at Days Theater
throughout the season.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

The entire Aborn Opera Company was
photographed at the New National The
ater after the matinee last Wednesday.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Everett Butterffeld has written a sketch
in which he contemplates appearing, with
Frederick A. Thomson, at the next enter
tainment of the Press Club.
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Oscar Hammerstein has been engaging
singers in Europe for his educational
opera company. which Is to give grand
opera at moderate prices in New York,
Evening star., 1909-06-20

Vernon Charges has been engaged by
Henry Harris for the company producing
THE Noble Spaniard. in which Robert
Edeson is to star
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-27
NEW FASHIONS IN THE
PREPARATION OF OLD
FASHIONED VEGETABLES

drained off, and the vegetables are
served with goodly portion of warm
cream poured over them, the only addi-
ton being reasonable seasoning of salt
and pepper.
Different as the favors of green peas
and mint may be, the two, strange as it
may seem, combine delectably. To test
this fact, take a few sprigs of fresh
mint and chop them fine; then cook and
serve them with the peas. The French
cooks often add head of lettuce, care
fully tied with Irvine to prevent the
leaves from separating, and sometimes
bunch of spring onions-"r areripes,
or Solutions" as they are called in some
parts of the country.
Peas la Creole
In New Orleans, the genuine Creole
cook would first place the peas in
saucepan with two heaping tablespoon
fuls of butter and teacupful of Sailed
water. to each pint of peas When ten
der, they would be mixed with the yolk
of an egg previously beaten to a froth
with three tablespoonfuls of cream. To
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and age and in appropriateness to the oc-
casion, are among the things which char
acterlze well-dressed woman. Gowns
must be in perfect order and we'll
brushed; hats and gloves must be fresh
shoes must be polished
1t is important to have dresses which
are correct in cut and in fitting and
adapted to ones personal appearance,
and very important to consider the color,
style and material which will be appro-
pirate to ones age, complexion, height
and figure.
Cooked Cucumbers
Fried cucumber is another delicacy
that all may enjoy now that these vege-
TO prepare them, peel the cucumbers,
slice lengthwise, and let them lie in
sailed water from half to three-quarters
Of an hour. At the end of this time
drain! them thoroughly, roll in egg and
bread-crulnbs, and fry until attractively
Drowned, in butter. Serve with tiny bits
OF lemon as an accompaniment
If the cucumbers are to be served as
an entree, cut them in halves length
wlse-after peellng them-and remove
the seeds with spoon. Drop them for
about minute and half into boiling
water to which some salt and little
vinegar has been added; then remove,
pour over them some cold water and
wipe dry When this process has been
completed, fill the cucumbers with a
stufing made as follows: To half a
pound of finely-chopped chicken add half
a cupful of well-soaked bread-crumbs,
two beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter, and pepper and salt to
taste. Do not fill the cucumbers too
full, as the stufing will swell when
cooking.
Put the two halves of each cucumber
together, tie them with Irvine, and put
them in a pan with enough chicken
broth, or good stock, to half cover.
Cook very slowly until the cucumbers
are tender. When nearly done, season
with butter, pepper and salt, and when
the vegetables are finally ready to serve,
thicken the gravy with -four and pour it
over them.
welsh-rabbit Points
The cheese in Welsh-rabbit will
not separate or become stringy if the
following suggestions are observed (:
The rabbit" should not be cooked
directly over a fame, as the intense
heat hardens the albumen in the cheese !;
but over hot water, and the water should
mot be allowed to boil To further in
sure success, add pinch of soda, which
serves to counterfeit the acidity of the
cheese. This also makes it more digest
ible.<
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combinations might help to break the
monotony in the daily fare.
string-Bean
Thus, for example, take string-beans,
and, if you have been accustomed to the
simple, old-fashioned method of cooking
them, prepare them in this fashion, and
see what a difference the change in
recipe will make: String and break the
beans as usual, or cut in lengthwise
strips; then boil them in sailed water.
adding half medium-sized onion to
each two quarts of beans. Do not let
them boil too fast at first, but, when they
are nearly done, increase the heat until
the water gallops, and keep this lip until
the beans are almost dry, being careful
not to let them Catch" When done.
season with butter, pepper and salt; then
add some mashed potato and hot cream
-one large potato, well mashed, and
three-quarters of teacupful of cream
to the two quarts of beans.
For another change, when the beans
have cooked tender in the sailed water,
drain them, and, having melted some
butter IN the frying-pan, fry them with
some minced parsley and chopped onion
until lightly Drowned Season to taste
with salt and pepper, and finally add
cupful Of chicken or veal stock to each
quart of beans, and bring to boil.
Cooking Vegetables in Milk
The favor of Lima, kidney and other
shell-beans is also improved if they are
cooked with rich milk, or cream. To
prepare them in this fashion, cook them
as ordlnarlly-in sailed water-and when
tender drain them, and return them to
the saucepan, adding half pint of the
milk or cream to each pint of beans
(measured before cooking), one table
spoonful of flour that has been blended
with the same quantity of butter, little
parsley, thyme and bayleaf, minced fine
together, and pepper and salt to taste.
Simmer, for ten minutes before serving.
Green peas also blend lastly with
milk. In fact, in some parts of Canada
fresh peas are always boiled in milk in
stead of water, and when tender, the
milk in which they were cooked is
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Corn and Peppers
A delicious mixture of corn and pen.
pers may be prepared by the following
recipe: Melt two heaping tablespoonful
of butter in saucepan, and in it fry
three tablespoonfuls of chopped green
pepper and about half that quantity Of
minced onion. When these have com.
menced to brown satisfactorily, add two
tablespoonfuls of sifted -four. Stir
briskly, and when the mixture has be-
come smooth add pint of corn that has
just been cut from the cob, and littls
more than half pint of rich cream,
Cook slowly until the corn is done, ther
add salt and pepper to taste.
For those who love chicken pie, hero
is suggestion that will be certain to
please: Prepare the chicken as usual,
and when ready for the oven arrange
the pieces in the baking-dish; then iii
all the space remaining with corn that
has freshly been cut from the cob. Add
plenty. OF butter, pepper and salt, and
enough milk to 1noisten sufficiently. Put
on the crust, and bake You will not be
sorry when you sample the result.
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CANNING PINEAPPLE

this mixture a sprinkling of white pep
per and teaspoonful of powdered sugar
would be added, after which the peas
would be left to simmer for five minutes
or more before being served.
Corn and tomatoes make another
fresh-vegetable combination that would
tempt the palate of the most censorious
epicure, and there are several ways in
which this dish may be prepared. The
simplest recipe requires that the corn
and tomatoes be arranged in baking
dish in alternate layers, with sugar, but
ter and salt between each layer as
seasoning. Then, when the top has been
covered with generous layer of but
tered crumbs, the dish is sent to the oven
to stay until its contents are ready for
the table.
Appetizing as this invention may be.
to my mind it is not to be compared to
the combination of tomatoes stuffed with
corn. To attain this masterpiece in Gull
mary art cut the corn from the cob;
season it literally with butter, pepper
and salt; add a suggestion of sugar, if
the corn is not as sweet as might be de-
sired, and use this mixture to stuff some
tomatoes from which the centers have
been removed. Put a piece of butter on
top of each tomato. and bake until done
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Eggplant
Eggplant is vegetable that is not al
well known or as popular as it deserves
to be. As a matter of fact, a great many
persons do not care for it when cooked
in the ordinary ways-either fried OF
stuffed; but try it as follows:
Peel and slice the eggplant, and ar
range these Slices in a baking-dish witt,
a layer of thinly-sliced tomato and a
generous sprinkling of grated Parmesan
cheese between each layer Of the vege-s
table. Dot here and there with bits Of
butter; season to taste with pepper and
salt, and bake until done.
Another method is to fry the sliced
eggplant and place these slices in a
baking-dish with the sprinkling of Par
mesan cheese between each layer. When
the dish is nearly full cover the egg
plant with white sauce; spread layer
of cheese and crumbs over the top, and
bake until brown
A still more unique suggestion pro-
vides that the eggplant shall be peeled,
sliced and boiled until tender. The
slices are then mashed, three beaten eggs
are added, with pepper and salt to taste,
and sufficient -four to make a batter.
When thoroughly mixed, this batter Is
fried on the griddle like potato cakes.
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this strip, use the extracted juice and
enough graduated sugar to make of con.
sistency of strained honey. Turn this
over the berries in cans, sealing imme-
diately. In this way all the fruit flavor
is retained and one has delicious canned
Strawberries. Do not add water, as this
makes the fruit insipid.
Preserved Rhubarb
For pies or sauce in the winter the
cold water method is desirable. Peel
the plant and cut into inch pieces, pack
in cans, then fill to OVERLOOKING with
fresh cold water SEAL A conserve made
OF six pounds of rhubarb, five pounds of
sugar, grated rind and juice of two
lemons, one pound of sliced figs is deli
cious. Boil all together slowly for an
hour, or until very thick, then put into
small jars and seal Immediately. The
figs must be carefully looked over and
rinsed off, the stem ends being removed.
If pulled" instead of pressed figs can
be secured, use them.
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and very little water and set it on cool
part of the range for the sugar to melt :,
then cook the pears until they are soft
and transparent. Drain them from the
sirup and place on sieve to dry. When
dry roll them in sugar and put in glass
jars or tin boxes.
Many housekeepers will, however, I'M
doubtedly prefer the old-style method,
and for their assistance l append the
following suggestions:
Canned Pineapple
Slice the pineapple in desired thick
ness, pare and carefully remove the eyes
with sharp knife With cutter re-
move core. For every pound of fruit
one-half pound of sugar is necessary;
use just enough water to dissolve the
sugar, bringing it to the boiling-point,
then adding the fruit Let boil I'D gently
until tender. If it is desired, the fruit
can be shredded with a silver knife, or
chopped fine, the same amount of sugar
being used in the canning
Canned Strawberries
Rinse berries in colander and hull.
Fill can with berries and set in several
thicknesses of cloth in bottom of boiler,
which has enough lukewarm water to
come nearly to tops of cans. Let water
come to boiling point, then carefully turn
all juice from fruit into stewing kettle.
Take the fruit from which the juice has
been extracted and fill up cans; it will
take all the fruit from two boiled cans
to fill one.
Place these cans in boiler again and
let remain until strip is ready To make
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disturbances, which are very different
from the traits of feeling of the indi-
vidual ordinarily, will come. Hunt
then, TOR the causes of the appearance
OF nerves, that you may overcome them
Avoid stimulants
In the first place, it may be that you
are using stilnulants, tea and coffee in
excess; If you are man you are prob
ably smoking too much. You may be
working too intently upon one thing and
not taking sufficient exercise You may
be overeating, or taking too much rich
food that taxes the nerves of the
stomach, which calls in the nerves of
other parts of the body to sympathize
with the outrages put upon it.
In short, you must candidly face the
facts and ascertain what laws of hy-
glene you are violating, for all of us
40 that in a greater or less degree.
Regulate your diet so that it will be
simple and nutritious. Those who are
nervous should not drink tea or coffee.
II yours is an aggravated case, get a
change of some kind as soon as pos
slDle, SO that the nerves which have re-
celved the constant usage of daily life
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other sets of nerves are brought into
action to relieve them.
Change Is Necessary
Those who have an attack of nervous
ness are very often those who have gone
through some great mental shock or
anxiety, or have received blow through,
the loss of loved ones or of fortune,
or those who have gotten into a rut in
life, and one day follows another with
a monotony of existence. For all such,
and many other cases, change is neces-
sary.
If it is not possible to go away that
other scenes may cause other thoughts
and actions and bring variety, then be
inventive in doing the things of your
daily life in different manner. Take
new walks and exercises, think new
thoughts, study some books, or read
those which will give you an entirely
different view Of life
The nervous have tendency to avoid
new acquaintance, but often the COM
ing in contact with other people will
bring a change which is helpful and di-
verting. Avoid taking medicines sug-
gested by synpathizing friends. The
nervous are apt to dose themselves with
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WHAT TO WEAR
Suggestions for the Solution of the Ever Present
Problem of Dress

A hostess does not wear gloves at an
informal afternoon tea, or for the usual
days at home" but may wear them on
the occasion of a very large formal "at
home" Women or young girls who pre-
side at a tea-table and pour tea never
wear gloves.
AT large evening party or dance, a
hostess should wear gloves, but she never
does SO when receiving before dinner
or luncheon.
Dressing for the Theater
Dresses for the theater may be similar
to those worn when going to an after
noon tea or reception; that is, they may
be of fine cloth Pretty waists of lace,
or with lace or chiffon yoke, may be used
for the theater with separate skirt of silk
or cloth. Hats are removed at a the
alter, and the custom is to hold ones hat
in the lap. In box in theater women
need not remove their hats, because in a
box the hats do not interfere with the
view of others in the rear.
More elaborate gowns may be worn
for the theater, if preferred. These may
be of silk or lace but these are not worn
when walking and must be covered by
iollS WldpS. Always tleSe gowns are
high in the neck for the theater or for
dining in public, and hats are not re-
moved when dining in restaurant
Street Wear
For street wear in winter, for shop
ping, for informal morning visits to init
mate friends, orefor church wear, cloth
tailor-made dress of quiet color, hat
not too large, gloves of tan dogskin or
of undressed kid, gray or tan, and calf
skin boots, should be chosen.
Economy in Wardrobe
Frequent changes of fashion make it
undesirable to have quantity of dresses.
Far better is it to have few gowns of
best material, well-made and, sufficient
Tor the season, than to have many of in
terior quality, or made in the extreme
OF passing fashion 1t is always in
good taste to have plain dress of dur
able and dark material, hat not over
trimmed. The avoidance of what is con-
splcuous, exaggerated, snowy or eccen-
trio is an important point to remember.
Elaborate trimmings soon become
shabby; light color soils quickly.
To dress with neatness, simplicity and
IN accordance with ones income, position