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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
Woman $751;.
Afternoon on the Veranda

herb without poisoning the infusion
with fannie acid The hot-Water pot
flanqs the teapot, in case it should
be needed to Weaqen the beverage for
a nervous" drinker An alcohol flame
burns under it. while the function goes
on
Don't cumber the simple and elegant
ceremonial of afternoon tea by numer-
Gus and various appointments that
make it heavy and expensive One city
of fair size and Astounding hospitality
where the custom degenerated into re
ceptions' demandedsalads, icesand e;a
ceptions" demanded salads, ices and
dozen etceteras, entailing an eXpendi-
ture of labor and money that made this
form of entertainment impracticable
for the woman of limited means.
Asa half a dozen of the incest neigh
bors you have to taqe cup of tea
with you on the veranda on given
afternoon when you have choice
friend staying with you. Group easy
chairs and wicqer rockers invitingly
in the corner sacred to the tea hour,
and assemble your guests there as they
arrive. Your prettiest teacloth should
drape the table. and all the features of
the "equipppage" must be the best you
can bring to the front A single vase
of flowers mot a mixed bouQueD
should grace the center of the table.
AS YOU make and pour the tea, see to
it that the talq flows smoothly. There
should be no break in the thread Of
anecdote and chat. Silence is always
formality under these circumstances.
Have plate or basket of thin bread
and-butter. Some tea-lovers prefer
this accompaniment to sandwich or
cake If you or your cook can make
good Scotch scenes. for which you shall
have a recipe presently, they will be
received gratefully by those who have
eaten them ION the other side"
Another pleasant accompaniment of
tea is the toasted sandwich. That, too,
we will have by and by. Sandwiches
OF tongue and ham and chicken are
popular at all times. In hot weather
many prefer the lighter varieties of
Loft
sandwiches On very warm afternoons
you may substitute iced for hot tea.
seriously with many persons, it is best
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

she likes, a gown with open neck ana
elbow sleeves to the tea, if she is
asked to preside at the tea table and
then remain to supper. If she is mere
ly asked to come to the tea and to stay
to supper she must either come in call
ing costume and return home to dress
$50 in a mi-dressy gown.
For the theater any afternoon dress
is proper, and the same kind of cos
tune will answer for the noon wedding
and reception.
In the matter of the evening church
wedding some doubt has been ex
pressed concerning the proper cos
tune, but the final decision seems to
be that any handsome frOck will do,
provided it is not cut low at the neck.
A hat, too. must be worn. This cos
tune may also be Worn to the recep-
ton afterward. Should the evening
wedding be held at the house, full even
ing dress would not be out of place.
l know that many will wish to ask
now, IF Mrs. Jones asks us by tele-
phone to dine with her. how can we tell
whether others are to be present
whether it is to be a home dinner or a
dinner party?" You cannot tell. / can
only suggest that you ask your hos
tess if you know her we'll enough. If
not wear your best semi dreSsy gown
and hope for the best
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
Profit In Squads.

During the past ten to fifteen years
there has been a pigeon craze through
the country, and many have gone into
and gone out of the pigeon and mab
many have made failures. The same
is true in all lines of BUSINESS: the few
succeed, and the many make only
bare living. In no line of business can
one nationally expect to make all praf-.
it. There is expense on every hand,
and the success of the business de-
ponds upon the management A reason
able per cent on the money invested, is
all that need be expected in the line of
make a reasonable per cent on the in
V6stment is success, and if it is run
on large enough scale, the net profits
will be large. Fortunes have been made
in manufacturing and selling tooth
picks where only a fraction of a cent
was made on each bundle.
So are the conditions in the squad
business, or any division of poultry
husbandry The grower must not ex-
pect the birds to shelter themselves.
feed themselves. and attend to pigeon
house sanitation. The birds demand
good shelter nutritious food, and per-
sonal care-all of which means outlay
of money and labor The same out
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
Capons.

The capOn has now become a stand
ard bird on all large city markets,
commanding a much higher price than
roOsters or hens. and often much more
than young broilers. They mature in
mid and late winter, when other tender
poultry is scarce, and hard to obtain,
trade.
The time to caponize young cooke
rels is from July to October or when
the cockerels are about three months
old. The worl. is comparatively easy
and safe and can be done by the per-
son of average deXterity. Full direc
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
EVENING
--CHIT-CHAT

But my mother is so Old-fashioned
does not understand" I heard
a girl say yesterday as an excuse for
not taxing her mothers conservative
but wise advice
My dear girl l said, you. may
thank your lucky stars that that dear
old mother of yours is Old-fashioned
and does not understand, for in all
probabil if she had not been old
fashioned and did-what you call--un-
derstand you would not have been the
nice, refined girl you are today"
For a mother to be d companion to
her girls is a very beautiful thing But
the companionship should be the re-
suit of her lifting the girls to her
level and not STOPPING to theirs.
When | was girl. | knew woman
who attempted to be companion to
her two daughters to the extent of
joining in all their sports, using their
slang. and in all ways initiating their
immaturity instead of teaching them
to respect her maturity
, l don't know what her daughters
thought of her. but although we girls
enjoyed romping with her. we We're
secretly glad that our mothers We're
not like her. We preferred them old
fashioned if that meant dignified and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
By...
Ruth
Cameron

conservative
''She does not understand the way |
look at it, the impatient daughter
says. She should remember that a
mothers inability to understand her
daughters view point is frequently the
inability of the person at the top If
the mountain to remember just how
climbed but little way up the path.
And no matter how clearly girl
may see things from her point of view
half or a quarter way up the mountain
isn't it best for her to keep n mind
that the mother who looks out from
the summit sees things She cannot pos
sibly see?
Taking an old fashioned mothers
conservative advice is much the same
as investing in substantial three per
cent bonds They don't seem so at
tractive at the time as some glittering
stocq that pays fifteen or twenty pc-
cent and later on goes to the wall But
a girl should remember that while a
man may recover from a crash, a Wo-
man, alas, seldom can.
Large mercantile houses pay thou
sands of dollars annually for the adj
vice of experts who know. The advice
of your mother doesn't cost you cent
Can you afford to lightly throw it
n
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
When to Wear Full Dress.

Dressing for the evening is not a
custom of the present day 1t is one
that had its origin long ago-how long
cannot be guessed 1t is a perfectly
reasonable custom. too. for when the
days work was done the worker nat
urally wanted to exchange his stained
and soiled garments for others which
cleaner and fresner. and his wish was
based upon the fact that fresh ones
were restful and soothing to tired
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
Social Customs
By
MademoiSele MiSfit
nerves and good muscles.

nerves and good muscles.
1t is not hard to see how the best
clothes We're reserved for evening wear
until, in the process Of evolution, even
Ing clothes became thing apart, a.
special requirement, and they natural
ly We're of the best, just as they now
are
Nomen's evening clothes are built
upon certain lines. just as mems even
ing clothes are. Full evening dress is
pound by just as hard and fast rule
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

Classified ads bring results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

The word -veranda' sounds better
than piazza" and it expresses some
thing that porch does not cover. The
latter word is synonymous with the
old Knickerbocker 'stOop." Both imply
roominess and coy comfort. secluded
corner in which mynheer and his
hausfrau could take their ease, with
pipe and mending basket. when the
hard work of the day was done. The
neighbors gathered there on SUMMER
evenings and the air was thick with
tobacco smoke and gossip AS rule.
the mistress Of the house discouraged
the growth of vines about the square
stoop. They were harbOrs for NOS
quitoes and slugs, and dry leaves and
dropping flowers Uttered the floor.
our veranda would not deserve the
three-sylabled word were It barred of
the draping vines We got it from the
orientals. with whom it signifies seclu-
sion gained by Iattices and shutters and
vines An English photographer ap-
bends to this definition the gratuitous
observation that The veranda is erro-
neously called a piazza in the United
states"
Afternoon tea and the rechristening
of porch, stOop and piazza have come
to us simultaneously, and the have
come to stay. 1t may be long before,
from mansion to howell, tea will be
made and served at O'Clock through
out the length and breadth of our land,
as in England, Scotland and Ireland.
Were the vapor of the tilted teakettle
visible. it would obscure the face Of
the sun between 1870 and in the
British isles Queen and washerwo-
man drinq together then, and the cling
of china marks the hour as faithfully
as the town clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

Nasturtiun, sandwiches.
Substitute for the lettuce leaves pet
ais of nastWtium flowers dipped in
French dressing This is piquant and
sandwich.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
With the Small Farmer
Some Pertinent Poultry Pointers

lay is necessary in growing hogs,
horses, or cattle, and there is money
in all these.
In the market report of one of the
leading daily papers of large city in
the Central States we find the fol-
lowing report: Squabs-Whte, fancy.
10 lbs to doz, $780, do lbs. to doz.,
1926; do lbs. to doz $2.75 to $500.
These prices are standard, and al
though they may be little high for
the season, yet they are an indication
of the demand for squads as meat
food in large cities. Thirtyfive cents a
pound, either live or dressed, for ami
NAL products, is good money, and high
priced feed, shelter, and labor can be
employed in producing it, and still
good margin of net profit be made pro-
viding the industry is under the con-
troll of good business methods. Thir-
ty-five cents a pound for farm animals
is about four times as much as the
price of hogs and hogs in the issue OF
the same date are quoted the highest
on record for the same city live stock
market, and farmers are now more
than satisfied with the large profits in
growing hogs even at the present high
price of corn and other hog feeds.
SQUADS will digest and assimilate
feed as economically as any other do
nestle animals, and they are easy to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20

Ia have hot tea for such as prefer it.
A basket of light cake or cookies is
PASSED after the bread and sandwiches.
For those. who take no sugar in their
tea. cake is not amiss 1t y1tlates the
taste of the drink for such as qualify
it with cream and sugar. In addition
to cream jug and sugar bowl have
plate of sliced lemon, and If you serve
cold tea. a bowl of cracked ice
Stop there. Bonbons, fruit and
''frappes" are foreign to the genuine,
quietly refined function. You vulgar
ize it by introducing any of them.
Afternoon Tea Scenes.
Sift a quart of flour three times with
two teaspoonfuls of baing powder and
one of salt Chop into this table
spoonful of butter and one of lard for
shortening. Mix in bowl with a
wooden spoon into dough by adding
three cupfuls of sweet milq, or enough
to make soft dough. Do not touch
with your hands. Lay the dough upon
Your kneading board and roll into a
sheet half an inch thick. Cut into
round cakes with your biscuit cutter
and bake upon a soapstone griddle to
a light brown. Split and butter while
hot
Line tray or plate with a folded
napkin and lay in the scenes, folding
the corners of the napkin over them
to keep them hot
Toasted Sandwiches.
Cut slices of white or graham bread
thin, butter lightly, and spread one
with cream cheese. Press the two
slices firmly together and toast the out
side of each before a uick fire. Send
to table wrapped in napkin.
Cream Cheese and Sweet Pepper
Sandwiches.
Scald the peppers to take off the
biting taste, and drain them. Lay on
the ice for some hours. Wipe and
mince, Mix twos,thirds cream cheese
and third peppers into a smooth
paste Spread upon lightly buttered
bread and put together in sandwich
form
Tomato Sandwiches.
Butter thin slices of bread and lay
between them slices of fresh ripe to-
matOes from which the skin has been
pared. Spread each slice of tomato
with mayonnaise or a good French
dressing.
Lettuce Sandwiches.
Butter TIM slices of bread and lay
between them in sandwich form crisp
leaves of heart lettuce which have been
dipped in mayonnaise dressing. One
leaf of lettuce suffices for each sand
wAh.
Nasturtiun, sandwiches.
Substitute for the lettuce leaves pet
ais of nasturtium flowers dipped in
French dressing. This is piquant and
sandwich.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
Vancouver Invites PRESIDENT.

VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 20
An invitation to President Taft to visit
Vancouver was sent to Washington, ID.
c.. by the Vancouver Commercial
club. 1t is hoped that he may be In
duced Rto speak few words while
the train is stopped in this city
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-20
When Shadows Lengthen.

With us the pretty custom has gained
favor so fast within a quarter of a CEN
fury that il is an exception when the
cup that cheers but not inebriates is
not offered to the afternoon guest. In
thousands OF homes it is as truly a
family meal as BREAKFAST.
The custom has been called pretty"
1t is never a more graceful function
than when carried out upon the veran-
da. The simplest country cottage
where the habit prevails is furnished
with a wicker table, or one of mis-
Veranda all the time 1t has a modest
corner for it's own and peeps in the
background until the 'bewitching hour
of afternoon tea approaches. The
aproned maid then sets it in the fore
ground. spreads the teacloth and brings
out the tray upon which is arranged
the tea euippage.
the mistress or by daughter of the
house. the teakettle and a spirit lamp
form part of the pleasing array upon
the tray or 5-o'clock-tea stand pre-
cedes the appearance of the tray and
is set beside the table, A silver or
copper kettle swings over an alcohol
lamp. Boiling water was poured into
the kettle before it left the kitchen.
The spirit lamp makes sure the actual
boil before it goes into the teapot,
which must be hot from recent
scalding.
After the English.
The coy. another English importa-
ton. is almost an essential when tea is
served upon the veranda If there be
any breeze in the long summer day
it may be depended upon to spring up
as the sun nears the western horizon
Moreover. the cannY housemother sets
the table in the coolest corner of the
shaded Neranda She slips the coy
over the pot after the latter is filed
and leaves it there for the two minutes
that are requisite to draw out the flavor
and tonic properties of the Celestial
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-06

fright by every law of justice TO loaf
There is the reading room of the pub
lie library an institution of which
we are so justly proud. But loafing
is the last thing that its quiet order
illness and restraint suggests. and a
pipe or cigar in such surroundings
could scarcely be tolerated. and GER
tainly not enjoyed. Now the library
| has a basement floor. seldom IL ever
used. except for the meetings of a
woman's club. and occasional meet
ings for the school children, and the
Spectator has often wondered why IL
has not occurred to the board to util-
ize this basement for a smoking and
reading room for those who need IL
most. But this is a pipe dream of the
future and we come back to the
question. Where can a man without
a home or family spend a quiet and
pleasant evening in the whole city:
where? Not In the several men s
clubs of various names and purposes.
as these are of necessity limited to
their membership. We turn to the
churches. owning something more
than two hundred thousand dollars
worth of property and buildings. but
does the door or lecture room or as
sembly or room OF any other name
about this church property open for
the man who just wants pleasant
evening, a place to loaf. Not one.
But a man must loaf, and a man will
loaf and the church and the library
and the club SUPPLIES no place. and the
solitary lodging room is intolerable
and there is no place for such as he.
No place,-yes there is,-the door
of the saloon is always open. and a
welcome there is always awaiting
him. The Spectator has no intention
at this or any other time of entering
into a discussion Of temperance and
prohibition. Get al. as the lawyers
say. but he would like to ask. II the
saloons go. what then? What is
offered to take the place OF the light
and warmth and cheer and companion
ship that men want, and can get no.
where else but here? While We are
getting statistics on the subject. let
us hear how many men on a given
evening. found in the saloons, went
there. not for the glass that inebri-
ates as well as cheers. but wholly and
simply for light and warmth, a place
to smoke. place u read. a place to
meet and talk? Instead of saying
to the stranger in our midst. and the
man without a home, You shall not
enter a saloon, let some one wise
enough and strong enough arise. and
find a place where a man can exer-
else in comfort that right TO loaf, az
ter the days work is over. which ev-
cry father exercises in the home he
is so fortunate to possess and every
mother exercises by the hearth-stone
where she reigns as queen. Let us
find a place where any man, simply
because he Is a man can come for a
quiet evening. a quiet smoke if he
will. a friendly chat. little compan-
ionship.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-06
FAREWELL BANQUET
GIVEN DR.. PERUVIAN
By Citizens and Ministers of
Knoxville.
Had Been Potent Factor in Shaping
the Destifjes Of Tennessee
city.
ACCEPTS CALL TO NORFOLK

To show their esteem for the Rev.
G. w. Perryman. formerly pastor of
the First Baptist church in Padacah,
the citizens Of Knoxville. Tenn. gave
him a banquet last Monday night. DR..
Perryman has resigned his pastorate
to accept a church In Norfolk. Va.
OF the banquet the Knoxville Journal
and Tribune says:
'As evidence of the esteem In
which he is held. and OF appreciation
for HE works white a resident Of
this city. seventy-flve citizens OF Knox
vile gathered about the banquet
board at the Colonial hotel last even
ing and broke bread with Rev. G. W.
Perryman. who is soon TO leave for
Norfolk TO take up his work in that
city, following his years as pastor OF
the Deaderick Avenue Baptist church
IN this city. DR.. Perryman has been
a prominent figure IN the church
work and in the politics of this city,
and in quite recent years he has been
a potent factor In shaping the destln-
les OF the city. To a large extent he
bore the brunt OF the prohlbAlog
fight here and did great work in max
ing Knoxville a salOOnless city. It
was hitting therefore. that when he
Is about to conclude his work here.
that those who have worked as his
aides and have been drawn TO his
side where the battles were sternlyI
waged. should honor him with a fare
well banquet.
Scheduled 10 begin at o'clock. itI
was 9:35 before the banquetters
seated themselves a; the long and in
viting table at the Colonial dining
room. Mine Host Victor Sellaz had
prepared a tempting menu and for
the next two hours Il was given min
ute inspection and favorable consid-
Grafton. Presided over by Capt. VIII
liam Rule, editor of the Journal and
Tribune. who was called 10 serve as
POSTMASTER In the absence OF Hon.
John K Shields, OF the Tennessee
supreme court. who sent a telegram
regretting his inability TO be present.
the banquet will not soon be forgot
ten by those attending Il was 1888
O'Clock when Capt Rule raped for
order as the last course was being
given consideration Capt. Rule. re-
ferring to the toasi-cards which an
nounced that Judge Shields would
preside as POSTMASTER. stated that
Judge Shields was not present. and
he thereupon read telegram from
Judge Shields stating that conditions
over which he had no control prevent
ed his being present. and concluding
with fluctuations for Or Perryman.
Capt. Rule then issued warning that
he would get the axe" for any
speakers who dared TO trespass upon
the patience OF the audience at such
an hour by running over the nveI
minute mark with their talks.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-06
COLLEGE NOTES.

Mr.. Salem Cope. who has been at
tending the commercial department
of the Paducah Central Business Ccl-
lege, has ecepted a position as book
keeper for the T. j. Stahl Tobacco
company, of this city. Mr.. Cope is
very energetic and his many friends
wish him much success in his new
undertaking.
The college reports since it began
here. less than six years ago. that Il
has turned out about 500 students
and in no case has a gradute failed.
Miss Lowber La Nier. the efficient
Paducah-Central stenographer for
Lou Allenburg & Co., large whole
sale and retail whisky establishment
OF this city has resigned. her posi-
ton having been employed by a new
firm which is soon to locate in Pa
ducah.
The college is looking for a young
lady who does not object to taking a
position out of town. Mr.. Render.
he secretary, reports that he Is meet
ng with much difficulty in finding
lady stenographers to take
he positions that are offered out of
he city.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-06
SOME STORIES
AROUND TOWN

The following from the Courier
Journal will be enjoyed by Bishop
Woodcock's many Paducah admirers:
Bishop Charles Z. Woodcock Is
without a peer when II comes to tell
ing an Irish dialect story the way It
ought to be told. He produced one
the other evening that went some
thing like this:
1.-TWO Irishmen met in the road,
and as one of them wore a very dole
full expression the other one asked,
why. Pat. phwat ails YEP
'Worra. worra,' the other replied
me pet chameleon is dead
chameleon? And phwat's a cha
meleon?' the other queried, the rising
infection at the end denoting almost
unbelief in the existence of such a
thing.
"A chameleon, the bereaved own
er explained, is a little reptile thoi
spinds its tonne changing colors. "
we put it on green it turns green.
"Will, now, thots certain a in
threstin' animil, shure. And what
kilt imp
THE pore little Teller died OF am
bition. He happened to get onto a
Scotch plaid. and before | could res
cue him he bust >"