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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

There is, it is true, marked change in
the manner of ordering. 1t used to be that
a patron would drop in or telephone,
state that he was giving a dinner of a
certain number of courses, and the details
were left to US. Now they are more par
ticular. Every dish is carefully selected
and If it is something new the patron
wants to know exactly how it is prepared
and served. The arrangement of the table
is carefully scrutinized. Every fork and
spoon and glass must be the correct thing
and in its proper place. In the main,
however, the routine is much the same.
we are still engaged in inventing new
dishes and trying to please our patrons
with them.
1t Is true that women drink less wine.
AS Tor desserts 1 don't think the change
Is SO marked. If there is any difference ii
hes in this respect, that we have to serve
our desserts much more deliberately. The
more display along this line the better il
suits great many. This is how we are
able to tell the veteran diner out. He is a
stickler for simplicity, and before ordering
a new dish, which he sees upon the card,
he will ask how it is served. If it is likely
to draw attention from the neighboring
tables he will not think of ordering it.
This very simplicity of taste is the mark
of the man familiar with the cafe life OF
New York. He does not wander after
strange and gaudy idols. He leaves that to
the visitor from elsewhere, who is after a
new sensation, and the more curiosity he
arouses the better he likes it,
William G. Muschenheim, of the Hotel
Astor, has views on the subject, and he
expresses them like gentleman, scholar
and a professor.
Il am waiting, waiting for the renais-
sance in the art cuisine" he said with a
laugh. I'VE have had all ages in other
arts, why not in the one that ministers
more nearly than any other to mans
pleasure? We have had the renaissance in
literature, painting and architecture. Its
freshness and the soft grace of it's lines ap-
peal to us wherever we see it. Perhaps We
may not recognize the renaissance in the
art cuisine until it has come among US and
is already established in favor
Are foods simpler? Well, to return to
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THE RETURN TO THE BREAD AND MILK DIET.

place in drinking at dinners. The old pro-
gramme has been shattered to bits. For
merly every dinner began with cocktail;
then followed sherry, sauterne, claret and
champagne, and afterward the liqueur and
coffee, the whole list being topped off with
a pony of brandy. Now the liquid course
frequently starts with highballs, followed
by more highbaIls, and ends with more
highballs. The men in America. as RUE
have never cared for wines as Commences
Europeans or even Englishmen do. Iney
thought wines were the proper thing. ana
consequently waded through the list in
spite of the fact that a decanter of whis-
key would have been more to their taste
Lately there has been complete oeci0'"
ton of independence Of foreign CUSTOMS
and rye or Scotch and the syphon ana
long glass hold the fort. At dinner now
adays you frequently see the wine glasses
turned down, but seldom the hlghoaA
glass; unless it is in the case Of a total
abstainer.
Women are drinking a great deal less at
dinners. 1t is possible that more women
drink now that the ban has been removed.
but there is most decidedly a tendency
toward moderation. consider this largely
the result of the lifting of the ban from
drinking by women. They can drink If
they care to, and consequently they don't
care to- 1t is the inverse of the axiom that
prohibition doesn't prohibit. 1 can illus
trate what mean by telling you that one
glass of wine frequently serves for the
whole dinner"
But are the checks which the host has
to pay any smaller than they used to be?''
asked the reporter.
That is question to be referred to the
hosts themselves he suavely replied.
They at least have the satisfaction Of eat
ing what they care most for, and in that
respect they probably think they are get
ting their moneys worth"
The usual attitude of conservatism was
manifested at Delmonico's. Time brings
changes, of course, and the dishes of to-
day are not the same as those OF twenty
, years ago.
I'VE notice only slight difference in the
umber Of dishes and the manner in which
| me food is prepared said the manager
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space which can only be obtained on a
dining room or billiard table Practically
the best sellers and those most in de-
mand are the smaller puzzles ranging in
price from $3.50 to So and 81 each, with a
corresponding number of pieces, as these
can be put upon an ordinary card table
and will prove quite sufficiently intricate
for the average person. For the smaller
puzzles, the New York illustrated papers,
such as Golfers Weekly, &C., have been
largely drawn from, and several of the
best sellers are the Flower Market and
some of the Remington prints. The list
of designs is endless, of course, and the
opportunity for artistic selection is very
great. Besides the more expensive puz-
zles, costing anywhere from $40 to $11 and
which are sold largely on private order,
there is the greatest demand for the
local market of the lower priced ones
above mentioned, and the publishing
house which holds the contract could
easily dispose of a gross a day if 1t were
possible to deliver them.
] Owing to this tremendous demand, va
rious other makers have started to sup
ply the community with puzzles, but
they are not, as a rule, as satisfactory,
owing to the fact that they are made in
"A slightly different way in some in
stances. and the average amateur does
not exercise the same care in the selec-
ton Of his picture or in the cutting out
of the pieces as the better trained work.
man in South Washington square. Also
be it said that the community is being
educated to the higher standard all the
time and the more intricate the puzzle
the more does it appeal to the past mas
tiers and mistresses of the art. so that we
may expect throughout the winter high
lily finished product and a perfection of
development in the puzzle mania which
will last until spring, when some new fad
will claim the attention Of the tickle Amer
tican mind
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
PUZZLE PICTURES.
The Latest Craze INDUCED in by Smart Society.

sion. Upon inquiring the reason for these
nature to excite curiosity in the most I'M
observant, we were informed that an in
voice of new puzzles had just been re-
ceived from town, and the tables were
laid out in anticipation of some expected
guests.
At first sight the solution of the prob
lem may seem easy and comparatively
simple, as it consists merely in fitting to-
gether numberless pieces of colored wood,
which are cut in various shapes and
sizes, and which form, when completed,
a picture Of more or less interest, and
there would seem to be little excuse for
the mania. Once embarked upon the en-
terprise, however, and with the actual ex-
perience fresh in ones mind, the fascina-
ton becomes only too real, and one finds
oneself utterly absorbed in the apparently
aimless occupation of fitting together end
less pieces Of colored board and striving
vainly to attain the successful result and
complete the picture before ones rival al
the next taDie. LdIe dC hlSnI anu So-AJ AZ
the morning the work goes on, exercise is
neglected, outdoor occupations suffer in
consequence and the first wordss-in the
morning and the last at night are 'puz-
zles" and Have you seen the last one!
III send it over. It's splendid
Owing to the increased and constantly
increasing demand for these puzzles, the
supply of which is hardly equal to the
overwhelming orders for them, considera-
BILE interest has been aroused in their
origin and manufacture, and recent in
vestigation of the subject revealed some
interesting facts.
The original idea of the picture puzzle
was, of course, taken from the wooden
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architecture for sin1ile, do not believe
that its simplicity is Doric in its sternness.
There Is nothing Of the boiled beef and
cabbage about it, although we do notice a
change in the style Of dishes ordered. We
gather this knowledge in several ways, but
the best source Of information lies in our
bills for supplies.
When 1 say that people are eating
palmer foods you must bear in mind that
this applies particularly to New Workers.
Our regular patrons don't show the anxiety
70 experiment with dishes that is DISPLAYED
oy people from out of town. New Workers.
cannot be called exactly blase. but thew
seem to have discovered that every dish
with French name is not always good
Tor the digestion. Then some of the OLD
favorites are losing their supremacy. The
lobster brigade has dwindled down to a
eorporaPs guard The chorus girl has been
Surfeited on the toothsome but dvsnensia
producing shell fish, and her adnnirer foots
the Dill for something that is better
adapted to midnight repast. The Welsh
FsSreDlt must gather it's devotees olrtside of
This town, for aside from young folks ont
Tor lark it is seldom ordered by New
horKers. There is no need to specify what
regular patrons select, for tastes differ, and
the task would be impossible. Generally
Speaking, however, they have passed the
experimental stage and their food. like
their clothes is in quiet good taste. not
likely to cause the most unruly digestion
to rebel.
| visitors from out of town are different
Ihey are out to see the world, to tinu out
Things, to eat strange dishes, and they ex-
plore the mysteries of the menu card to the
turthermost limits. AS rule they are out
to spend money, and one good way to do it
Is to call for high priced dish with high
sounding name.
! For one thing the menu cards are plain
er. The chefs are held within bounds in
their attempt to give imposing nomencla-
ture to dishes. In the past there has been
a good deal of fraud practised by the lords
of the kitchen. They have given strange
titles to the simplest things. In their anx-
Lefty to fill the card up with French they
have Gallicized such humble things as po-
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nue., have been unable to fill their orders
and now are working night and day with a
large force of employees. The plant has
practically doubled since August, and in
stead of the one machine first in use there
are now nearly twenty with a correspond
ing number of people to work them, but
the demand is still in excess Of the supply
and shows no sign of abating An entire
loft has been engaged in the adjoining
house for the accommodation of the work
ers, and the plans are to increase the ap-
paratus and materially enlarge the vari-
Gus departments within the next month.
A brief conversation with the manager
and an inspection of the workroom re-
Ivealed some interesting information as TO
the making of the ''perplexity puzzle, =
which Is, by all odds, the best on the mar
ket. Made out Of thin poplar board. the
design is pasted on and the work of cut
ting out is done by a scroll or jig saw,
worked by hand, and with considerable
skill IN It's manipulation, as, strange to re-
SO easy as it appears.
Great care has to be given to the proper
working Of the saw, and the average work
man is not fitted to cut out picture for
the market under two weeks of constant
practice. Here again opportunity is given
for the exercise of artistic skill in the cut
ting out of the design, as the various
pieces if properly cut do not destroy the
artistic values of the picture and the in
terest OF fitting together is thereby en-
HANGED. Considering the fact that num-
Der of the men employed in this work are
art students from the leagues and Cooper
Institute who take this opportunity to
earn few dollars extra pay in their spare
hours, 1t can readily be understood that
the picture puzzle business is an unusual
one and that a keen interest in the sue
cessful puzzles is felt by both workers and
employers.
Some of the more elaborate designs are
taken from the colored prints of the
foreign illustrated magazines and the
English hunting prints. These are so
large that they are in demand only to a
limited extent. as they comprise some
times as many a thousand pieces. and
when completed the picture takes up a
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

n T is a well known adage, oft repeated,
but hardly sufficiently recognized, that
there is nothing new under the sun,
and the recent development of the
puzzle mania which has seized society Is
an excellent illustration of the above.
From time to time waves of enthusi-
asm have swept over the country with the
puzzle to be solved more or less readily,
such as the celebrated '15'' puzzle, which
is said to have broken up more homes and
reduced more people to the verge of nerv-
Gus prostration, If not actual Iunacy, than
any other invention of the same kind
which has yet been produced. Al these,
however, have after certain time died
a natural death, and pigs In Clover" and
other puzzles Of like nature have had their
brief day of popularity, and it is doubtful
whether either of these could be procured
at the present time.
Whether or not there are waves of in
vention similar to those we'll known phe-
nomena of light, heat, &c, described by
scientists, and which recur at stated
periods. it would be perhaps difficult to de-
termine, but the fact remains that once
more the puzzle mania has seized the COM
munity in it's grasp and all the world and
his wife, literally and fguratively, are
hard at work solving the various speci-
mems now on the market.
Entering well known house in the vi
entity of New York one day last week,
the writer was surprised to observe at
somewhat early hour in the morning a
number of card tables, placed on the
piazza and in the drawing rooms, COW
cred with little pieces of colored wood,
scattered in apparently hopeless confu-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

blocks given to children and cut in the
simplest forms to fit into complete pict-
ure. These have been handled by toy
stores for many years, but it remained
for an enterprising Bostonian, though
some say that the Far West was respon-
slble, to develop the idea in a commercial
way. Two years ago a lady in Boston.
who shall be nameless herself, since she
has given the name to the first of this
series which is now deluging the country
in the "Whatami'' puzzle, first started the
craze. But for two years the picture
puzzle was not in great demand, that is,
among the grown ups, and only a limited
number were sold to the more intelligent
children. Suddenly, however, and without
any apparent warning, the entering wedge
OF the puzzle was driven by some one and
society became aware of the existence of
I a new game.
among the smart set In Boston all last
winter the puzzle pictures were in great
demand, and, in fact, so large was this
demand that the original inventor was
unable to supply it, and thus the germ
Of the idea was sown in the fertile field of
New York mind. Here about the first OF
February the puzzle trust" as 1t may
now be called, started in a small way with
plant consisting of one Jig saw, worked
by one woman power, merely as an ex-
pertinent, and the triumphant possibili-
ties of this small beginning are to be seen
to-day in the neighborhood of South
Washington square, where the largest puz-
zle factory is at work. In this quaint cor
ner of old New York, where the stately
houses of an older generation are year
by year being deserted and abandoned to
different class of the community. is a lit
tie quarter of the world which has as
sumed somewhat bohemian and foreign
atmosphere, and one is not surprised to
find new industry hidden away in the old
rooms of once well known house.
| From the beginning Of the puzzle craze
he makers Of the ''perplexity puzzle, =
whose sole output is in the hands Of one of
the well known booksellers in Fifth ave-
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difficult operation Each lion is rein
forced with a three-quarter inch iron
pipe in each fore leg, an inch and a half
rod in the tail and half inch rod in the
head. Plaster moulds of about one hun
bred and fifty pieces each, made directly
from the artists models, were used in
casting the figures, which include sur
face coating about eight inches thick, put
into the mould with great care, and a
coarser central filling. The moulds were
kept in place two days and then the
figures were kept wet for three weeks,
after which they were finished off with
the chisel There would seem to be no
good reason for denying the title of works
of art to such figures as these The lions
as they stand on the bridge are not, OF
course. the artists original work, but
neither is a bronze, which is cast from
model in much the same way as these
concrete figures.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
Sculpture in Concrete.

IGURES made of cement are associ-
ated in our minds with temporary
work like the sculpture on World s
Fair buildings, which, though it may
be artistfcally admirable, is not intended
to last. We are now, however, becoming
familiar with the idea of permanent
structures of concrete, and with the fact
that these may be more massive and
solid than combinations OF cut stones with
mortar. There is no reason, therefore,
why this solid and lasting material should
not be used for permanens sculpture, and
this is precisely what the builders Of the
large concrete bridge across Rock Creek
Gorge at Connecticut avenue, Washing
ton, are doing. The four end newels Of
the bridge ratings are to be finished
with four huge concrete lions, which have
just been successfully cast-a somewhat
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
The Dogs Ancestors.

THE earliest domest1cated dog of which
archaeOlogists find evidence dates back
! to The palaeolithic, or early stone, age
1t was about as large as a German
sheep dog, but resembled somewhat the
Australian dingo. 1t was probably halt
wild. By crossing this dog with the ordi-
nary wolf a breed resembling the Sibe-
rian 'laiki' seems to have been produced
and cross with the fiat headed wolf re-
suited in the dog Of the later stone age,
from which the modern deerhound is de-
scended. In another line arose the sheep
dogs and the other hounds, the earliest
evidence OF whose existence comes from
the bronze age The boarhound' group
was probably obtained by crossing the
larger breeds, including some intermixng
with the high skulled wolves. This group
did not appear until the glacial epoch. and
it's representatives in that age were the
ancestors of'the modern st. Demands.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

closed in a bulb, giving it the general APP
pearance of an incandescent lamp. When
the current is turned on, the filament be-
gins to glow as 10 common carbon lamp.
AT the same time the heat vaporizes the
mercury, which conducts the current and
gives off greatly increased light, whose
full intensity is reached in about five
minutes. The light is said not to have a
trace Of the disagreeable blush green
color of the common mercury lamp, while
it is quite as economical in it's consump-
ton of current
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03
LATE SCIENCE NEWS.
New Electric Lamn,

TNEW electric lamp. which, it is as
| \ serted, has the advantages of the ordi-
H mary carbon filament lamp together
with those OF the Hewitt mercury
vapor lamp. has been introduced in Ger
many. A carbon filament is placed in a
u shaped glass tube in which there is q
drop of mercury. The whole is then en-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-03

NEW YORK, Saturday.
ERHAPS it is the fear Of govt or
chronic Indigestion, or just a whole
y some respect for the liver, but the
shadow of the simple life is settling
down over New York's gilded haunts
of the bon vivant. The Strasbourg
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30

Every day of his life. and in many
little ways. Robert Murdoch dis-
charged some portion of his hereditary
obligation. and ielt the responsibility
OF that peculiar relationship which
the ante-bellum patriarchs sustained
toward their people. He was not
their master, but the Almighty had
endowed him with greater gifts than
theirs. Noblesse oblige.
well. Uncle Andrew. I'm glad to
see you. Sit down"
Murdock's voice grew softer as
he spoke to the old negro who came
in. leading a small boy by the hand.
Uncle Andrew was an old-timer, one
Of the remaining few.
~Marse Robert, please sub. take
dis boy in de sto' and teach i'm
sumpin'. / can't do nuthin' wild i'm.
He kin sweep out an fetch water an
run errands.
Murdoch glanced at the shrinking,
white-eyed little negro. well, Unclo
Andrew, is he hOnest?"
Andrew scratched his head. con-
sidered a long time, and replied:
Dunno. Marse Robert-dunno yit.
But spec he's tolerable honest for
his age. Everybody's Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30

Maria, said Mr.. Rawlins, laying
aside his hat and overcoat and rub
bing his hands gleefully together,
"you know that for years we have
been wanting to buy building lot
in Kennedy's subdivision, but could
not afford to do it on account of the
high prices they ask for land out
there Well, I've just learned that
Quinlan, who owns one of the best
lots in that entire neighborhood, will
sell it for half what 1t cost him, IL he
can get the cash. He needs the
money, and can't get it any other
way. 1 have a great mind to buy it
tomorrow morning. 1t comes easily
within our means"
Il don't think you ought to do it,
Joshua" said Mrs Rawlins.
you don't think 1 ought to buy
Why not?"
"It would be taking advantage Of
hi. necessities.
But, Maria"
Besides. have jpA learned of a
splendid opportunity to buy some fur
niture that we NEED. Grigson & Null
Inns are advertising parlor sets at one
third less an cost because they are
overstocE<d and cant afford to carry
them through the season. I'd like t9I
buy, about $500 worth Of parlor furHi-
tYTe. Wen never have as good a
Chance again"
Being a man of excellent self-con-
troll. Mr.. Rawlins merely smiled
Youths Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30


Some of the West India islanders
have learned that when a foreigner
misbehaves on their shores it is bet.
ter to suffer in silence than to mete
out punishment at the risk of a de.
seending gunboatfromt the miscreant's
native land" said Frank H. Grifiths,
of Kingston, Jamaica. "a Judge in
Hayti. however. recently took occa.
sion to pay off old scores and to re,
deem his self-respect in the case OF
an offender brought before him.
ITO his first question. as to the ma.
tionality of the accused, the interpre.
ter had answered that the prisoner
was from Switzerland.
Switzerland said the Judge,
and Switzerland has no sea coast,
has it?'
No sea coast. Your Honor, said
the Interpreter.
And no navy continued the
Judge.
"'And no navy, Your Honor, was
the reply.
Very we'll, then.' said the Judge,
give him one year at hard labor -
Washington Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30
IN THE RANKS.

The many knew not that he lived and
loved,
a common soldier in the ranks Of man /;
Nor how he stroye, unenvious Of the
van,
To hold his place, in faithiulaess un-
moved;
Still smiling when his wound no longer
proved
The trifle be would have it as be ran;
Falling as eheerfully as be began,
Nor failing aught unselfshness behooved.
God Of the mighty, lauded long and far,
The greatly gifted Of our humankind,
We thank Thee for each blazing splendid
star,
The planets Of the Zodiac of the mind f;
But more we thank Thee for those lives
that light,
Like freside lamps, our common hearths
at night
Robert Whitaker, in Home Herald.