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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-05-06
WIND, HAIL AND RAIN WORK
HAVOC TO LIVES AND
PROPERTY.
FLAMES ADO TO HORROR
From Great Lakes TO Gulf, Reports Of
Unprecedented Gales Are Re-
eelved-wire Service
Partly Destroyed.

St Louis. MissourI--iTffty.seve
persons dead. with two towns possibly
blown away. Is the best estimate OF
fatalities that can be made from re-
ports, still meager. OF the wind. rain
and hail storm. extending from the
Great Lakes to Mississippi, that swept
across the Middle West and on TO the
Atlantic coast Thursday and Thursday
night.
Besides the loss OF life, scores and
perhaps hundreds OF persons were in.
jured. The property loss Is great.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
crippled in all directions. and definite
Information Is coming In slowly.
Twsnty-one Dead Near Memphis.
Reports Of 81 dead have been re.
ceived at Memphis from points In that
section, In Arkansas, Tennessee and
Mississippi. Horn Lake. in De Soto
county. Mississippi, is the other town
which an unconflmed rumor says was
blown away. One report is from ST.
Francis county. Arkansas. where. near
Wheatley, two persons were killed and
three fatally Injured. Wheatley is GO
miles southwest OF Memphis. and only
few miles from Brinkley. where
many persons were killed in a recent
tornado.
Chicago was the worst sufferer OF
the cities. Ten persons were killed
there in accidents and otherwise.
many injured and large amount OF
damage done.
st. Louis was a comparatively small
sufferer, slight damage being report.
ed. Two fatalities occurred. Miss
Mary Hyde. 3S years old. 2ll9 Adams
street, fell at her doorstep after ex.
ertion in reaching shelter. A youth
was drowned early Thursday in the
Mississippi river.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-05-06
Mississippi Town Is Swept Away.

New orleans.--The storm which
swept across Arkansas and northern
Mississippi late Thursday night is re-
ported to have swept away the little
town OF Horn Lake. De Soto county
Miss. Horn Lake is 30 miles south
OF Memphis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

ing and those that border the ceiling
in the plaster so that their fiat surface
is flush with the plaster. No. l is a
bungalow living room with walls pan
eled in brown wood-the ceiling is
beamed and rough plaster between the
beams is washed with pumpkin yellow
The bronze lamp with an amber shade
seen on the table is wired from the
floor for electricity. The fireplace is
allowed and the seats within the ingle-
hooks are cushioned with brown cotton
velvet relieved with pillows of raw silk
in pumpkin yellow.
The rugs on the polished floor hold
rich, soft colors and the curtains In
the beamed opening which opens into
the hall are OF yellow brocade. These
curtains. which form the keynote of
the rooms furnishing, are not expen-
sive, yet they cost far less than doors
would have cost in this opening.
The front door of a bungalow cot
tage usually opens directly into the
living room and thus the space which
was formerly consumed by a narrow
hall is added to the large room. If d
vestibuled entry or bit of hall is found
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

In the plan II is frequently a mere
alcove curtained of from the main
room.
The fashion of opening UP rooms to-
gether so that the main rooms OF q
small house may be practically thrown
into one upon occasions is to be rec
commended. This plan gives the effect
of airiness and the space which 1T was
impossible to secure when narrow
halls were walled in closely and when
contracted rooms, shut away from one
another, opened only with narrow
doors
Illustration No. shows a mantel
shelf which fills the entire alcove at
the end OF a living room. This al
cove is raised foot from the
main floor and is recessed by
book closet on one side and broad
cushioned seat on the other. Above
the two foot shelf which is over the
fireplace. are four beautiful easement
windows of crinkled amber glass. In
front of the chimney f1ue a plate of
mirror framed in exact correspondence
with the windows produces the effect
of another window.
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Inspiration to the house builder Of to-

inspiration to the house builder Of to-
day.
Contrast the funny little mantelpiece
Of wood, painted to represent black
marble. or the vet greater horror of
black irons, holding "a tiny basket CRATE
for Goals, with the wide yet simple
fireplace in which gas logs. wood, or
coal may be burned in the up to date
house. Here the CRATE basket is up
held by andirons, the broad chimney
breast is faced with brick or tiles
whose soft color warns the room. The
red Of common brick or of terra Gotta
tiles gives a softened glow TO the ingle-
nook, and where thing of tobacco
brown is used, as In illustration No. l.
it tones beautifully with the brown
stain Of the surrounding woodwork.
a plain, heavy shelf of wood sup
ported by the simplest of wooden beams
often forms the mantelpiece and in
some cases the facing about the fire.
place is merely of rough plaster colored
TO correspond with the tone of the
walls In photograph No; 2 beautiful
and original effect is secured by i'm
bedding the beams above the wainscot-
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work OF pine WAS grained TO represent
some impossible wood, generally live
oak, and was lightly vanished. The
four uncompromising walls Of this
room were utterly devoid of a break
or irregularity Of any kind and rem
dered the room as characterless as the
inside Of pasteboard box The thin
walls had shallow windows. often un-
relieved by shelves or draperies; If cur
tains of Nottingham or other lace were
used they accumulated the thin, fiat
effect of the mill made windows
These bleak. unhappy windows have
small resemblance, with their somber
shades of green cambria, to the pretty,
diamond shaped easements OF today.
where curtain of soft silk Cat 80
cents a Yard or a lowered cotton or
denim, with rod and rings is drawn
across the window space, where a shelf
below holds ferns and geraniums and
where a wide cushioned bench offers q
Longing seat. It is a matter for won
der that these pleasing accessories.
which cost so little and add so much
to the enjoyment of home, were not
used even then, but they evidently were
not thought of and have come as an
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

The facing about the fireplace open
inss Is Of large tiles OF terra Gotta,
These are apparently fastened to-
gether at the corners OF the tiles
with heavy wrought iron nails. whsn
one realizes the coziness and warmth.
the tempered glow OF beautiful color
ing In such rooms as these. the con-
trast with, the hard and bare sitting
room OF the cheap house of the last
decade is a very strong one. There
was also period when useless knicl<-
knacks and cluttering furniture were
In vogue; these, too, are disappearing
under the benign reign Of supreme
taste.
It's quiet influence Is felt In plain
walls. in the full finish OF woodwork.
In dark wainscots and the plain, strong
lines of the wood finish of house In
this bungalow heavy furniture prevails,
but its beauty is heightened and It's eff
feet is enhanced by the use OF willow
chairs. stools and tables; however, as
appears by the illustrations, there is
no overlooking or cluttering OF furni-
ture.
In photograph No. we have an
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

Illustration OF an electric light asvics
which Is simple IN the extreme and yst
10 artistic While delicate designs IN
norid style are distinctly out OF pezos
IN bungalow fixtures. It Is equally us-
desirable TO go 10 the other s<srsas
and adopt hardware which II 0wWr-
wsar4ngiy heavy ana cumbsrs0m~
II n an unfor<unate fact knAA N
many bungalows. which are thosUughp
IL good throughout until We reach tnD
lighting aFrAnwsmsnta. the elsckx4o CD
lures are akroGtouA One fAfEaT Rhnd-.
dsrs ever thu bad taste witch ap ah@wm
IN tAsm- 0Feak. heavy irun oaaDsa
dangls over cur heads ana rnsemf bound
lamp shades 80 large - 60 Dc cue 04
all proportion TO the AruhseocEuTo oe
the room. depend from tham. This -
an obsess1on and viii pass. bua 4 - e.
be deplored while Il lasts.
The matter OF appreprfAeo dxeurus
for electric tights IL "a unsettled enc
as yet as far rs the bungalow ana ne
modern nondegcrfpt house 10 ooncornsd
The colonial, the French and ne
medieval English houses have each sse-
tied II most Satisfactorily FOR them
selves. The recognition that y fixture
may be beautiful yet unobtrnsfve WIN
go far toward settling it for the bur-
galow cottage
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III.
By Kate Greenleaf Locke

N order 10 appreciate the real value
OF the present fashion Of fitting up
and furnishing the modest house of
today which is represented by
cottage or a bungalow let US contrast
II with the typical house OF twenty
years and more ago. The sitting room
in those days Cthe living room was
then unheard Oh was often small: to
have made ST large and airy. with
French windows In easements. with an
archway opening to the dining room,
with an allowed fireplace. would have
been TO have struck at the traditions
which governed the building OF the
cheap house and would have scandal
ized the public may safely state
that generally speaking. it was some
thing In this wise a room u by IS
feet had plain walls Of white, smooth
plaster; or II papered. the color was
dark OF e mixed pattern IN a calico
design which was utterly impossible as
a background for pictures and totally
without beauty Of its own. The wood
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
A Few Helps
q. a.. Valley Ford

Put a pint of cream OF tartar IN
frosting or fudge to prevent going to
sugar" 1t viii make il nice and
creamy.
To pOach eggs and prevent their
sticking TO the vessel grease the ves-
sci before pouring in water.
To scald or boil milk, first rinse out
the dish with cold water and imme-
diately put in the milk. and II will not
adhere to dish and burn. but viii wash
easily afterward.
When eggs are poaching or frying.
cover the pan with lid just the last
moment of their cooking. This will
give the pretty pink glazed overlook
SO desirable.
To make ferns luxuriant, mOisten
the earth around ferns at least once
week with cold tea instead of water.
THEW viii Immediately give out new
shoots and boone dark rich green.
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Here Are the Prize WINNING Ideas and Names Of Prize WINNERS

Owing to the large number Of rec
lpes and household ideas that are be-
Ing received every day, and the con-
Eequeut impossibility of their all APP
pearing IN The Sunday Call on ac-
count Of lack Of space, several recipes
are now being published each day in
the daily edition under the heading
"A Few Words With the Lady of the
House" It viii be very much appre-
cisted. If the ladies, in submitting
their contributions, will write only on
one side of the paper.
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boiled and gently crush the beans with
a spoon. but do not mash. Now add the
simmer on back of stove for half to
one bour. or until the beans are of the
consistency desired. either with consid-
cradle liquid (but thick1 or quite dry.
Success depends upon observing the
following rules: Do not add salt until
the beans are boiled soft. The onion is
not perceptible after cooking. only gives
the beans the characteristic Mexican
taste. which no spice can produce. Have
the lard at boiling point. Mexican chilli
may be added after the last portion of
liquid is used.
TO prepare Mexican chilli take half a
dozen dry chilli peDDGrs. remove seeds
and cover with water and boil 0 min
utes. chop fine and run through sieve
to remove skins. Put in as much or as
little according to how hot you like
them.
| have tried this many times, and
beans are delicious cooked in this way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Homemade Candy Recipe
Mrs. John Clark $40 Alabama street
Vallejo

Candy Pudding-Three cups sugar.
half pound figs, one cup raisns, one
cup or more any kind of nuts. Boil
sugar until 1t will form soft ball in
cold water. Pour over the fruit and
nuts, which have been chopped. Mix
well, then put on a wet tea towel and
roll as sausage.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tableSpoonfuls
of gelatine soaked in IL tablespoonfuls
water. Make syrup of four cups
sugar and 16 tablespoonfnls water.
Pour in gelatine and beat half an hour.
Spread on platter which has been COW
cred with half cup cornstarch and
one cup sugar. When cool cut into
squares. Flavor with vanilla.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Mexican Stuffed Chill

Select even sized green peppers and cut
out the stems. seed and core. Make
stufting of sardines ana cheese chopped
fine. Mix it with one egg. Stuff the
peppers with this. Dip in thick butter
and fry in deep. hot fat. Drain in a
colander When done serve very hot.
Tongue inrers-ChOp very fine some
cold tongue and mix it with the yolk of
an egg, a spoonful of cream, some finely
chopped parsley and q little salt and
pepper. Heat it thoroughly and pour
on narrow slices of we'll buttered toast.
Sprinkle thickly with fine bread crumbs
stirred in melted butter. with a shake
of red pepper, and brown quickly in
hot oven.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

heat to a boiling point Add the veal
and let simmer until the meat is ten
der. Put bits OF left over slices OF cold
ham in frying pan with enough cold
water to cover it. Let stand on the
back of stove till warmed through
Brown four tablespOonfuls OF butter
and the same of flour and while brown
ing pour on two cupfuls of stock from
the cooked veal. stirring all constantly
Now add the mixture of meat and veg
etables, let all simmer for 20 minutes.
Put in a serving dish and cover with a
top made Of puff paste of cOrrecs size.
1t is much better to bake the top sepa-
rately and cover the pie just before
sending to the table.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
Salmon Outlets
NAV richards, Lewiston

Open a two pound can of salmon, put
fish on a plate, remove bones and flake
into bits. Fry slice of onion in a
tablespoonful of butter. remove onion
and rub in a tablespoonful of flour
Add slowly cup of milk and stir till
smooth Then beat in salmon and sea-
son with chopped parsley, paprika. salt
and lemon juice with tiny dash of
nutmeg. Take mixture from fire, add
the beaten yolks of two eggs, set on
ice till quite stiff, then mold into cut
let's Dip into crushed cracker crumbs,
into egg. and again into cracker crumbs
and fry in hot deep fat until the outlets
are a golden brown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24

Mrs. L. II. WEIGH. 1220 Ellis street. san
Francisco

One pound OF raiSins. one pound OF
sugar. one pound of currants washed
and dried. one pound of finely chopped
Suet, one pound of stale bread grated.
one pound of -four. one pound OF
grated carrots. one pound OF blanched
almonds. three-quarters of a pound or
shredded Mix these ingredients and
add four eggs well beaten. one teas
spoonful of salt, one teaspOonfuI or
half a teaspoOnful of mace one bottle
Of malt extract. one teacupful g
brandy. Mix we'll and put in shapes
or basins. tie Toured cloths over the
tops and boil six hours: then keep in
cool place. When wanted boil two
hours and serve with hard or brandy
sauce.
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inexpensive Homemade Choco-
late Creams
Mrs. A. R. Mndsen. Newman

Turn into a clean stewpan one cup
full of graduated sugar. one fourth cup
full of water and one large tablespoon
for four minutes. Remove from fire
and beat until it forms a creamy mass;
then form quickly into balls or cubes
and let set until cold Prepare a dip
of one cupful of sugar and half a cup
full of water; let boil until it threads
when tested. Then add two sections
of sweetened chocolate in cake pre-
viously melted in hot oven; beat
we'll until smooth. then din quickly
each cream and crown with half a
meat of walnut and place each piece
by itself until set.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
CASH Prizes for Housetold IDEAS

XXYANTED: New recipes, clever housekeeping ideas,
w wrinkles that will add the beauty comfort
home publication this which will
every Sunday your
lu vringnot lenghand
the published each prizes will be given
ft prize price S. and there will be prizes
Of manuscripts will be returned and will
be made for awarded prize though
be published you anything all that should be interesting
houskeepeand most dosend in Address Modern
fTousekeepers Page The Sunday Call. San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
SIS PRIZE
Cooking Salt Water Fish

Take any round. salt water fish Of
six pounds, remove head, plunge fish in
hot water and remove skin. Put head,
skin fms and tail in stewpan with one
carrot. sliced. one large or two small
bay leaves, two whole clans and four
pepper cOrns: one slice Of onion, a
bunch Of parsley: a few leaves Of mint.
OF one small can Of mushrooms Wash
oysters In quart Of cold water, pour
over fish head. etc, and boil until re-
salt; cut up mushrooms; beard oysters.
Pour sauce over fish after straining
through muslin. Bake IN oven until
within 10 minutes Of being done, then
place mushrooms and oysters on and
around FISH with a gill Of white wine;
cook 10 minutes longer and serve in
oysters with scissors and put in stew
PAM.
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ST PRIZE
Raisin Bread
Mrs. Anna FOrtier. Camp sIeeker

mrs' Anna Fortier' Camp Meeker
Dissolve a tablespoonful each of but
add a cup Of either cold water or milk
10 the hot milk to make it lukewarm.
Sift quart OF Hour with one teaspoon
ful Of salt and three tablespoonfuls of
and stir in half a cake of compressed
yeast, which has been dissolved in a
little lukewarm water; add part of your
milk, stirring In the flour, then break
IN one or two eggs and the rest of the
milk; beat up the dough lightly. which
must be a stiff batter Let it raise all
night IN a warm place and well COW
cred. In the morning add cupful each
of raisins and currants. two tablespoon
fuls Of sugar and either some nutmeg
or caraway seeds or lemon peel. Make
into two loaves, working very little; let
rise very light and bake three-quarters
of an hour.
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81 PRIZE
ChIcken en- Casserole
Mrs. Lucille lie Fevre, Crockett

Ms. LuclIIe Le EeFres OrocAcIt
Have four very young, tender chick
ems and fry IN oil or butter till brown
then put them IN a casserole, where
you have the following already pre-
pared: Brown one onion IN butter, then
add three or four French carrots cut up
very fine into fancy shapes II desired.
and some nice sweet peas; let simmer;
add salt and pepper and tablespoonful
OF -four; let II all brown nicely, then
add your chickens. Now add one table
spoonful each OF Worcestershire sauce
and tomato catsup and one glassful
sherry and water-suficient to have
the chickens cook properly. Now let 1t
cook slowly IN casserole for about two
hours.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-24
ST PRIZE {
Lobster Outlets

Mrs. Wall, 1852 Fulton street, san
Francisco
To one cupful of thick white sauce,
seasoned with dash of paprika, a
pinch of mustard salt and butter add
one cupful lobster meat picked into
pieces; when cold form into outlets.
dip into beaten egg, then into fine
bread crumbs and fry in deep smok-
ing hot fat until golden brown. In
sert a lobster claw in small end and
gafnish with parsley. lemons and
curled celery. a good old dish brought
from over the seas and has never yet
had even its name translated. IT is
substantially German to the least de-
tail, and 1T savors of the good frau's
handiwork from start to finish.
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German Coffee Cake
AIoysc Furionu. 1907 University Ave-
nue., Berkeley

Seald and cool to lukewarmth half a
pint of milk; add one heaping table
spoon of butter and two of sugar. q
quarter of yeast cake dissolved in a
little warm water, a speck of salt, and
-four enough to make a soft bread
dough. Let it rise over night; knead in
the morning early. Let it rise in
fiat buttered tin. Rub butter over the
top sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon
and bake for 20 to 80 minutes. Cut in
SQUARES and serve hot with coffee.
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81 PRIZE
Some Uses for Boric Acid

Some Uses for Boric Acid
Mrs. Edith Brewer, Box IS, r. ID. 5,
Santa Rosa. Cal.
II was first recommended 10 me as an
eyewash. I tried it and found 1t excel
lent Make saturate solution of the
powder and boiled water. Battle the
eyes frequently when they ache or
smart.
AS far as I have tried 1t as a de-
ooorizer II has worked like charm.
Any odor in the baby's bottle or nipple
disappears instantly when rinsed with
the solution.
It will remove stains from the hands
and finger nails.
IT can be made much weaker than the
saturate solution and used as a wash,
and IS very healing and cleansing to
any mucous membrane.
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To Wash Colored Clothes With
out Fading or Streaking
Alice Chandler, r.. +. ID. Route 3, Box
g. SANTA Rosa

Rinse them in a strong solution of
salt and water. I had black and
white summer poplin dress; the first
time it was washed it looked so spotted
and cloudy I thought it was ruined, but
friend told me to rinse it in salt and
water After had done this IL looked
as bright and clean as when new.
To preserve sausage meat for
months pack closely in stone Jar
and cover with pure, fresh lard 10 the
depth of three inches, then cover the
jar closely. When opened it will be
found to be as good as if freshly
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To Seal Glass Jars Air Tight
Without Covers (OriginaD
G. Scott. Tuolumne

Mrs. Fl. G. ScOtt, Tu0Iunne
Fill Bottle or jar with fruit. pickles
or the like. Have one pan with melted
sealing wax in it, hot In another pan
have cold water. Take a piece of cloth
that will cover the mouth of jar and
dip it in the hot sealing wax, then put
it over the mouth of jar, sealing wax
side up, then very quickly dip your
hands in cold water and firmly press
the waxed cloth around the jar very
tightly.
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Cream Crab

Miss FuIIer 2443 Vallejo street. San
Francisco
Place in saucepan one tablespoonful
of butter and one of flour As soon as
hot add one cup of cream. Let come
to a boil. stirring constantly. Season
with lemon peel. one teaspoonful lemon
juice one-fourth grated nutmeg and a
dash of cayenne pepper and salt. Add
one cup of tomato juice. Let this be-
come hot and add the meat of one
crab. Cover a few moments and serve
very hot
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Jennie f. jarvis, 31S Petaluma avenue
San Rafael

Peel and chop one peck ripe toma-
toes, one dozen green peppers, seeded
and chopped, one dozen chill peppers,
two punches garlic pods. two table,
spoonfuls commas seed and one of
orange seed. both of these to be had
at any Italian stall in the market, one
pound brown sugar one teacup salt
and a pint of vinegar. Cook to the
consistency of the usual chilli sauce
and you will have a condiment to whet
the most jaded appetite