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the law is all that keeps some Of them in
subjection. but even that does not prevent
the petty thievery Of chickens, &c.
Later In the dav on one Of tbe ridges a
house was spled 30 different from the
novels that we fastened TO 1t, where the
owner. Francis Wheaton. and his wife gave
us hearty welcome. Mr. Wheaton Is an
artist whose paintings have been eHhib-
/ tied in the National Academy of Design
and elsewhere. In early life he lost leg
and is obliged TO go about on crutches, but
the way he scrambles over rocks and rough
| trails in his endeavors TO show the many
marvellous views around his home was
astonishing,
Afterward in his comfortable home, sur
rounded by his artistic work, he explained
how he came to give up his career in the
city and live In the mountains His story
Is interesting.
For many years he and his wife had been
engaged in missionary work among the
poorer classes. One day while holding
services at his former home iY New Jersey
young man in the audience called him
aside and expressed the wish that his
mother, who was living on Mount Hoven-
kohf could ettend such meetings. A
,lrte wss fixed for the purpose and Mr..
Wheaton end the young man started for
the mountain. IL WIS e. hard journey
over rough roads with poor horse and
then climb up a rocky path, especially
difficult for man with only one leg.
At last they reached a cabin on top and
sent word TO the neighbors that religious
serv ices would be held there that after
noon Twenty grown persons and sew
eral children attended. and Mr.. Wheaton
was surprised to find that only two Of the
number could read.
Here, he thought, is field for mission
ary work, so he purchased his little home
on the mountain top. After a years
religious work he concluded TO confine
his labors TO the children and erected a
simple building and established a school,
something the State OF New Jersey had
failed to do.
His trials began then. The noun
taineers disliked the idea of white people
living among them and would not allow
their children to attend the school. His
wife then joined him and together they
labored and persevered until at the last
session they had the satisfaction of having
twenty-six mourksin children enrolled
and being taught by Mrs. Wheaton.
Some OF these children hare much hard
ship to endure. Little tots cled only in
one garment have trudged through snow
drifts to attend TIE sessions, sometimes
without breakfast. Their condition WIS
so pitiable that Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton
out OF their limited means furnished them
n breakfast and q hot meal in the middle
of the dey besides warm clothing.
Religious services also were held in
the little schoolhouse and the noun
taineers invited. Last spring Mrs
health failed and then some
of the residents Of the valley knowing Of
her work prevailed upon the state au-
thorities 10 do something. and 50 sue
cessfully that since April the school
has been under the control OF the local
school board. MIR. Wheaton and his
wife still keep UP the same lively inter
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Il led the way and illuminated all the
rooms while he hustled through the
fat. His scorn as he glanced at my stun
was manifest. IL irritated me.
Say. = said to him when he h'isted
the coverings on one Of my. brass beds
TO see il there were boxed springs. are
you a dealer?'
He grinned indulgently at me.
What's the diferenceT he replied.
in a confidential tone. You can't get
anything for this jul mean this stuff.
except from dealers. Stun like this is
a drug. you know r
Well said ], still irritated. i took
the pains 10 say in my advertisement
that didn't care 10 deal with dealers, and
| meant it, and started TO guide him
toward the hall door.
Well. III tell you what I'll co. mister.
said he. not budging at all. I'D have to
practically give this stun away; but /
like to help folks out that are In pickle
I'll give you two and a half for your
mess
"Messl That got me on the raw, More
over. 1t got me on the raw to have him
assume 80 complaisantly that ! was in a
pickle and therefore forced to sell my
gear at the first figure offered.
Beat it! blurted out almost before
he'd finished making ME that proposition.
On your way
He didn't bulge from the bedroom
where this little colloquy was held.
IN tell you what III do. then, said
he, jabbing away at his gummy notebook
with his stub OF pencil I want to help
you out. as say. and so I'll loosen up a
little with you. I'll hand you three for
the mess right now. Want it?' and he
dug into his trousers pocket and produced
a large greasy wad OF bills. at the same
time glancinR up at me with a sort OF
contemptuous cupidity.
Good night. said I. and literally
nudged him 10 the hall door and then
nudged him out. while he protested that
maybe after he had another peek around
he might Offer me few dollars more for
the mess.
Two more fellows Of the same stripe.
pal pable dealers. appeared before o
o'clock. but ] spotted them for dealers
when l went to the door--I attended all
rings myself--and | wouldn't let 'em in
They wanted TO argue It out with me.
and one Of them swore that he wasn't
a dealer. but that he was going to get
married next Sunday night and that
he was looking for furniture TO fix up a
fat. famed him all the same. be-
cause the stub Of pencil was sticking
behind his ear and his notebook was pro-
truding from his overcoat pocket.
Along toward II o'clock. when the
wife and | were making the preliminary
moves toward turning In. gay young
creature who looked and acted like a
chorus girl swung along. She was ac-
companied by gloomy young man who
had a lot Of bright finger jewelry.
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ject 50 long as the decorative effect
is brilliant,
! of course We know how litllc taste
there is to these new combinations, said
the steward Of a restaurant thar serve.
them now at all dinners. we know also
what a gastrononic abnormality they
really are. But there is no demand for
any thing else. and il would he a very
disappointed lot Of women who did not
find some surprise Of this kind awaiting
them for the last course.
We are combining all kinds of mate.
rials never used before. To the mind of
an epicure there is nothing so good as
a plain crisp green salad served with a
good French dressing and the cheese he
may like But there are not many oppor-
tunities to get anything of that kind nova
days at any save the dinners he orders
himself. How long the rage for these
salads will continue remains to be seen.
Historically they began with the
introduction Of the cut up apple. Then
grapefruit was plucked into pieces by
ingenious chefs and mixed with French
dressing.
Alligator pears then came in for
their share OF attention and the tempta-
tion TO mix them was too great to be re-
sisted, With this principle to start with
tho complicated fruit salads came to
their present vogue.
whenever one Of my guests tells me
that she expects me to prepare very
novel and beautiful fruit salad for her
dinner ] always recall with pride that
for my own dinner prefer heart Of let
tnce sprinkled with grated hard boiled
egg and good oil and vinegar Dire ssng
while over 1t all is the favor of a chapon
That is salad Malaga grapes and
mayonnaise, pfui!'
The long green leaves Of romaine. like
the lettuce leaves. are now used only 10
serve as basis or background for the
more exotic mixtures that rest on them.
Romainc was served the other night az a
dinner 10 hold celery chopped up with
apple and bits Of orange. Over the top
were stretched lines Of red pimentos
placed there merely for the color effect.
On lettuce leaves at another dinner
were pieces OF grapefruit, red grapes
sliced into two parts and delicious squares
of alligator pear that might have been
very good with anything like humane
and proper treatment.
Apples are followed out to contain
celery, green grapes and canded cherries
on top while about the edge are strps of
pimentos. Apples are cut into triangles
and placed on lettuce leaf with chopped
up cherries 10 outline the spaces, while
green grapes and celery are chopped up
under them.
Alligator pears and grapefruit are cut J
up, put back into the grapefruit and 1
sprinkicd over with sliced stuffed prunes ,
and served with mayonnaise. Oranges b
are treated in somewhat similar style, /
with cut up'flgs added to the fruit and ,
slices Of greengages TO supply something |
that may really be called salad.
In all these combinations the acid flavor !
10 naturally very much milder than in the !
regular salads The miser with vinegar
and the spendthrift with oil who ia ira |
ditionally supposed 10 be the best salad ,
mixer was never able to provide such |
mild compounds as the fruit salads of the |
day. which are without any kind Of sharp |
nees.
Endve. which used to be considered de-
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For sustenanoe depende noe was had
upon the game and fish they could shoot
and catch and the things stolen or begged
from the thrifty Dutch farmers Of the val
leys. Their homes were merely huts and
caves in the sides Of the mou ntaiis. Not
that these jackson Whites did not pro-
fess TO have a means OF livelihood, for
at certain seasons they chopped wood
and coaled charcoal and made baskets
and woodenvsre, which we're sold; hut so
savage wero their natures that honest
folk had little 10 do with them.
The walk to Mount Hovenkohf. the
nearest summit, was a short one across
low meadows and over narrow bridge
which spanned picturesque river, muir
muring gently az IL tossed on a pebbly
bed 10 the southwark. Tall leafy trees
trailing down the mountain slope to the
edge Of the highway amid a tangled mass
Of thickets and wildhowers gave no hint
Of the strange life among them There
was certainly nothing in those steep
paths which could suggest TO the fair
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scamper out Of the room for fear Id say
something Ornery, aud | left 20 my wife
the job Of getting rid OF the.t couple
Another woman, also accompanied
Ivy a whipped looking husband, went
through the place like the general Of al
army on a tour Of Inspection She said
hardly a word. but just scowled at our
furniture, and she shook her head over
most OF il in mighty overpowerng, re-
duclng sort Of n way
: We'll she said to me after her i'm
} pressive march through the whole plant.
four or five pieces here that maybe I'd
talk business with you about IL you did
the right thing, The piano. the cabinet
in the paTlor the writing desk, that ma
hogany chaip in the parlor. and that
ormolu clock what do you want for the
lot5 Now, your selling price. remember
no tucking il on
Some cavalierly, Ell? ! told her that
the stun was only 10 be sold in one lot
oh, humbug and nonsense she was
good enough to chop back at me. You'll
never sell II as lot. There's lot Of stuff
here that nobody ID even look at. Come,
now, and let's not waste any more time.
namedY
Il executed a disappearance again and
permitted my wife TO nudge her and
her whipped male creature to the door. |
"ss al a'u pl Iy sen you AnoTii .h.,
e .nese oeIs % 80 .ney nc
n3t ouesy oi ahyth,nH hnothei nolnah
VINO came along I'tle istsr' aso WIZ WIZ
u,sInai man asseu my WY, hy ~ne
repleu tha' u they were she hau not
hotiSeu II, , = ,.u. ,,, IL.
n, well io.s OF i3lSs can lve w,In
peuougs anu never no.ice eih' yUl hhow,
sne woman reassureu my wne, LEI Se.
soIt useu I" EN- you knoN; anu 'nen
Ior tne nrst ulme 1Dsersea una. my
hee "a 1s hnso % % soH Snr Ssar PSv ~ not 20
slraii, L,a'e 70 Say, ios ,raI OF hot
oeihk oeneveu, Jus' nov IuSsy sne
Eot Una. Woinah anu her nusoanu OUT Oh
''e W, Iln,i uoII ~ ,o ,., ma ,h.,
nun! Dye mean t9 tel me Una.
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Scuse me for coming SO late, said
the young woman. as she breezed past
me in the hall, but Muttsy and have been
to the theatre. and she swept into the
parlor, nodded conds scendingly to my
wife and sat down at the piano. Very
much at home young woman. that.
seen your ad, she said TO Inc.
whacking a vicious discord on the piano.
and thought I'd chop around and have
a peek. I'm lookin' for a pianner.' and
she walioped the piano again.
But ] explained 10 her. I'm not
sold as one lot
La, la that's what they all say
chirped the young woman gayly. hitting
the piano two or three more Strausslike
chords and turning around to grin at us
i thought I'd have peek at the
pianner anyhow. How much you askin
for IL? Isn't bad little old box, but
second hand planners is as common az
seaweed. Take twenty-five for it?'
No. j wouldn't take twenty-five for
II, ! told her. and, moreover, | wouldn't
even consider the matter OF selling the
piano separately. Let me say here. by
the, way. that | got that piano, as !
that | pa two hundred and fifty for il
for 1t was a high grade instrument.
Well, doncha care. old top. said the
young woman to me agreeably, and
then my wife beat il to her bedroom
when the young woman began to pound
out a ragtime song and to hum to the
malignant air Of the same.
'Aw. come on, Tinkie, these folks
is goin to bed, put in the gloomy young
man accompanying the breezy young
woman, and then she got up from the
stool. kissed her fingertips at me and
zephyred swishingly down the hall,
] found my wife rolling around on her
letting 'em out.
Next day while was at work dozens
Of folks called TO see the furniture. but
my wife met most Of them at the door and
told them that the stuff could only be
seen. as the advertisement stated after
so'clock in the evening, when I'd be home:
Three or four parties OF women refused
to take her word for this. pushed their
way into the apartment and mooched
around, paving things over and asking
questions.
They began to flock in while | was at
dinner. The dealers ! met at the door
and dismissed with scant speech, but
the young couples | admitted.
The women OF the couples did all OF
the talking and examining The men
just stood around on one foot and then
the other and looked neutral and sad
about the whole proceeding.
-'Some real moe little pieces here
said one OF the women to my wife with
great condescension. but then. too.
you've got a lot Of truck here that |
wouldn't have for any money
lesT said my wife. glancing at me
with laughter in her eyes she sees laughs
in things where | only see knocks.
oh. not for any money the business
like young woman went on. while her
husband tried to catch her eve. But
Ill tell you just what we can and will
do o-we like to be frank and abovebosrd
about these things, don't we. EgbertY
addressing her melancholy man. Wen
give you $3.50. cash on the nail, for what
you've got. including the piano
THAT made me 80 sore that | had to
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licious enough in Itself with good French
dressing is now made to serve the scheme
Of fruit salads 1t is served with grape
fruit or orange shredded and laid In II.
and not infrcquently the delicious favor
Of the endive is spoile1 further. II that be-
possible. by the addition of chopped up
cherries. '' 80 - .'..'
A salad that brought out shrieks OF
hysterical admiration from the women at
the table the other nj ght shows how eiabo-
rate the combinations may be made. 4
leaf Of romaine lay on a plate edged with
cat up cherries. In the centre> OF the
green leaf were celery and ALI gator pears
ohopped into rather large squares. Strips
Of sliced pimentos CROSSED several times,
space thus outlined was a lump Of mayon-
naise crowned with u tiny speck Of red
cherry. This moved the women guests
to great enthusiasm. but few OF the men
even touched it.
The gastronomic defect in these
salads" said the chef OF a restaurant
who is famous for the plain salads he used
TO make. lis the mixing OF incongruous
ingredients. These salads could be made
just as attractive to the eye and yet taste
rs we'll as the simple salads II they were
combined Of the right kind of materials.
Il mixed fancy salad the other night
Tor dinner. and the hostess said IL was
not only .delic GUS but that the men ate
it. | explained very easily how that had
happened.
Il had mixed in a romaine leaf, some
heart OF lettuce, with alligator pear and
celery, which were of course delicious
when served with good dressing OF oil
and vinegar, | even add the flavor OF 4
chepon TO these salads. which the men
enjoy still better.
When hostess the other night wanted
some thing with mayonnaise I gave her
the inside heart OF celery cut into squares
served with heart Of endive and both laid
on fond of endive stalks. That Of
course was delicious with . good mayon-
naise. end to supply the color. ss is neces-
sary, ! put pimentoes around the whole.
Or they mey be crossed over the top. As
they taste we'll with any lind OF salad
their flavor does not damsg the best Of
the plain sole.ds. They are not sweet and
therefore suited 10 vinegar.
IF hostesses insist upon having salads
that look well whather they taste well or
not IL is r pity that they cannot be per-
suaded to select elements that mix. .ier
they would have something good 70 raI
rs well as pretty to look ct. If such salads
ere taken up instead of the prevailing
OF sweet and sour the men
will cease to pray for tf,e return of l.e
plain salad OF other days
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adopted by Mrs. Wheaton and are being
carefully educated. AS grazing is poor
on the mountainside Mr.. Wheaton owns
goats instead OF cows. The little girls
have charge OF them and afford an in
teresting sight at milking time.
II was nearly sunset when we left
and started down the mountain. the
varied hues OF the trees and rocks slowly
softening and darkening as the defile
became sleeper. At one cabin We passed
the owner had been killed the Gay be-
{ ore by n falling tree. His friends were
consoling the widow with keg OF beer
and the acoompaniments Of laughter and
loud singing. The manner OF our reoep-
ton was uncertain under such cifcum-
stances. 50 making a wide circuit 10
avoid them we reached the valley
road AT the foot OF the mountain as quickly
as possible. ~. 10
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REIGN OF The FRUIT SALAD
BRILLIANT COLOR. EFFECTS At
THE END or TIE DINNER.
Mixtures OF Eruiis and Vegetables De-
vcioped Freh, the Original Co,nbina.
tion OF Apples anu Ceier, Gasireno-
nile Abi0rmaiiiies. = Chef Calls Them.

The chef who presided over the cara.
to the masses bethought himself OF a
novelty in salads a few years ago when
there was more exclusivene and less OF
the masses. He cut up apples into bits
mixed them with celery and called the
mixture after his hotel
Those entering wedges of apple opened
the way TO a gastronornic fashion that at
present rules the New York menu. The
city is withing In the grasp Of fruit salads.
Such plain vegetables as lettuce and
rom aine have passed out OF use. The
endive as itself appears rarely. Tomato
even when a midwinter luxury appeals to
few.
Salad from. being the simple dish Of
fresh greenness that brought the meal
to an end has become highly com mplicated
mixture which strains the ingenuity Of
the chef as much ~ the most exotic
entree. There is not only the creates
latitude In the matter OF taste but also
a struggle for the most brilliant chrom ATTIC
effects.
Vet there is not equal favor for this
new compound from both sexes. Women
who eat little at dinner find somethin q
cool and refreshing TO pick at after the
close Of the meal Men who look forward
to a good green salad az the end of dinner
find little pleasure in the new style relish
and long for the day when crisp rom aine
with the addition Of a family Aavoring
chapon will come again.
-Think what I struck tonight after
the delicious canvasback duck" said a
man who came into his club the other
evening, Sliced malaga grapes. with
mayonnaise-a very good nayonnase
at that-wasted by being poured over
these sliced grapes. Then there were
bits Of orange and apple cut Up some
where in the mixture. When YOU take
into consideration that a mavonnaise
consists Of oil. vinegar and raw egg il
is easy to understand how appropriate
such mixture is when applied TO sweet
fruit
Mattresses who are able TO arrange these
mixtures are proud of the accomplish
ment and want a little hoist in pay on
account Of il, They are sufficiently salts
fed to have II known that they make
pretty salads. How the salads r,7v taste
is not matter they care abou,, nd IL
is true in nine cases out OF ten that the
hostess is just a. little interested in the
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ment OF even our presence on the noun
tains.
Their appearance was much the same
as the others except that the hair varied
in shade from brown TO black, while their
skin ranged in every hue from white to
chocolate color. One young woman sit
ting in doorway with a child on her lap
looked so fair she could have passed
anywhere for a full blooded member OF
the Caucasian race.
The huts Of these strange mountaineers
are scattered over an area Of several miles
Of territory on the tops Of the mountains
sometimes three or four together. others
separate and far apart and reached only
by tramping over a veritable network Of
rough. rambling paths.
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nature joined in protest TO the wretched-
ness of her surroundings. for y small
patch Of potatoes We're Of meagre and
yellowish growth.
The paths changed into a maze Us one
proceeded, beginning at no egular place
and ending in no particular point. but 4
short climb reveGled three oI four more
huts. The saino penury End disorder
were about them end this time pack of
snGriing dogs attracted those inside end
We were quickly surrounded by motley
group Of men. women and children who
by their manner plainly indicated resent
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= Black cones OF smoke rising from a
distant factory. the sign OF industry and
enterprise. only intensified the loneliness
and wildness which kept increasing at
every step. Deep ravines appeared
strewn with the scattered fragments Of
fallen rocks Stony ridges lowered above.
the blue sky and passing cloud scarce
visible through the green branches at
their top.
Suddenly. as we worked our way around
the corner OF an impending ridge. the
ground levelled out a bit. and group OF
buildings came into sight Ii was the
home of jackson White. one of the
rudest habitations for man imaginable;
simply a fhnsy cabin built OF logs with
a half completed leanto A smearing Of