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eggs very light-yolks and whites sepa-
rately-and add the yolks to the crearned
butter and sugar. Stir in II teaspoon
full Of nutmeg. Sift in cupfuls OF
flour twice with teaspoonful Of baking
powder and add, alternately. with the
whipped whites. II not stiff enough for
rolling, work in more -four. Roll into
a sheet rather thicker than for the gin
ger snaps; cut into rounds, brush the
tops over with white Of egg. press the
half of split almond into the middle OF
each and sift rather coarse granulated
sugar over it.
Do this before putting the cookeys into
the baking pan. or the excess of sugar
split over the edges of the cakes will
burn on the bottom of the pan. Trans
fer carefully to the baker and set in a
quick oven. They are very nice.
Peppernuts
Rub to a light cream IL cupfuls or
powdered sugar and y eupful Of butter;
beat three eggs (whites to a meringue,
yolks very smooth) and add. first. the
yolks to the creamed mixture. then Il
cupful of milk and cupfuls OF -four.
sifted with a heaping teaspoonful Of
baking powder and a scant teaspoonful
of powdered cinnamon and ginger mixed.
Finally, fold in the whites. If there be
too little -four. add carefully enough for
a tolerably stiff dough. Handle quickly
and lightly.r roll half an inch thick and cut
into small rounds hardly bigger than a
large thimble. Bake quickly. They
must not touch in the pan, lest the nut
shape be spoiled.
Her1nits
Beat to a very light cream cupful
of butter and cupfuls OF powdered
sugar. Whip light the yolks of three
eggs, and stir into this next u cup
full of milk. Have ready 2 cupfuls OF
-four. sifted twice with teaspoonful OF
baking powder. and stir this In alter
nately with the whipped whites of the
eggs. Add more flour If you cannot
manage the dough easily in trying TO
roll it out Have it just stiff enough to
be handled without sticking to your
hands. In a dish nearby have a cupfuI
Of chopped nutmeats-hickory nuts, Pc
cans or English walnuts. Sprinkle them
with powdered sugar. Roll the dough
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"dronk RsssD

1. VIII you kindly publish IN the Ex-
change a recipe for aronk bees? 1 wrote
to you some time ago asking for H. and
you promised TO insert my request at the
earliest opportunity have seen no notice
of 1t. and write to jog your memory.
2. Also please give me recipe for a
good tooth powder.
z. H R. Scranton. Pa).
ann sorry one of the nishaps that
will occur in the best regulated wort-
rooms hid your second letter from NV
eyes until 1 unearthed it an hour ago
When a hundred letters per day cover
the top of ones desk, one will OCCASION
ally get into the wrong drawer or
pigeonhole. 1 pulled yours out of a
cranny-juS now and read the date with
horror. WHl you overlook the accident
and trust me not to repeat it?
/ can make nothing of the name of the
dainty you wish to get but ''aronL
bees" And your handwriting is very
legible. Three OF us have examined the
words through magnifying glasses and
decided It could be nothing but '.aronk."
Bees" are all right enough. And we
may be back numbers with regard to
the latest things in bees.
So | am referring the query to an up-
to-date constituency. Who will put her
pen in rest and forthwith send for the
dear. patient member who has waited SO
long a recipe for "aronk bees''-a whole
hive of them?
2. know OF no tooth powder except
finely powdered willow charcoal.
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very thin, strew literally with the
minced nuts and lay another thin sheet
OF dough over them. Pass the rolling
pin gently over the upper sheet. to press
the nuts into place, and cut into rounds.
Sprinkle with sugar and set IN the
pan. Bake in a quick oven. covered. for
fifteen minutes, then brown lightly.
These are really delicious. II you
like, omit the sugaring OF the tops ana
ice when cold.
one-Egg Cookeys
Cream half cupful OF butter with q
cupful OF powdered sugar: beat an egg
very light and stir into the creamed
sugar and butter. Beat hard for min
ute; add a cupful OF milk. a teaspoon
ful OF vanilla and 21s eupf1ls OF -four,
sifted twice with 2 teaspoonfuls OF bak-
ing powder. Mix into a soft dough,
roll thin, cut into rounds OF any shape
you like and bake IN a steady oven.
Wash with white OF egg and sift sugar
over them while hot
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cannot restore 1t to it's -honored
and lawful place.
AS one step, and long one, to this
end. accept with my best wishes for
your success in the enterprise certain
recipes l know to be trustworthy.
Aunt Neuy's Ginger Cakes
One cup each of butter. molasses and
sugar: q cup of sweet milk; 2 teaspoon
fuls of powdered ginger and of salera-
tus Flour for dough stiff enough to be
easily rolled out Cream the butter
and sugar: warm the molasses slightly
and stir into the creamed mixture;
beat into this the milk and ginger;
next the saleratus dissolved in hot
water; finally, the flour. beginning
with 2 even cupfuls of sifted -four, and
adding cautiously.
Mix very quickly; roll into sheet
nearly half an inch thick cut into
rounds and bake in steady oven.
When done, brush the top in a spiral
sweep with white of egg beaten to a
meringue with powdered sugar Shut
up in the oven for one minute and
take out
MOLQ0r 0IuSST SNAPS
Half cup Of butter and the same OF
lard l heaping cupful of sugar: 1
cupfu Of the best molasses; y cup
of warm water (not hoD; 1 table
spoonful (even) of powdered ginger
and the same of cinnamon: l tea
spoonful of saleratus dissolved in hot
water; flour for rather stiff batter.
Rub lard and butter together, and
cream them with the sugar. Beat in
the molasses until the mixture is sew
eral shades lighter than at first; add
the spice and beat for another minute:
now the soda and Il cup of water.
Have at hand cupfuls of sifted
flour and work in with a wooden spoon.
If not stiff enough to roll out. add more
-four. Roll into sheet not more than
a quarter of an inch thick; cut into
small rounds and bake.
They keep well if you have a tin
cakebox so that the moist air will not
soften them.
Jersey Cookeys
Cream together a cup of butter and
Q of powdered sugar: beat into this
8 eggs. whipped light; stir in a
teaspoonful each of powdered cloves
and mace and X teaspoonful OF soda
dissolved in boiling water. Have
cups Of fried and sifted -four and
work in cautiously. The dough should
be just stiff enough to be rolled out.
Cut into round cakes. stick a raisin in
the center of each and bake in brisk
oven. Handle as little as possible in
mixing and in rolling out.
TSand" Cookies
Cream together a cupful of butter
and of granulated sugar. Beat
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by sy,,Is sending a recipe for the above, dish,
asked for lately in the beloved Exchange.
To ] quart OF buttermilk, allow table
spoonfuls, q. flour. teaspoonful Of sugar
ana half teaspoonfu OF salt. Boil
the huttern1ik hve minutes and add the
sugar and salt, then the -four which must
be rubbed smooth previously in little
milk Cook five minutes, stirring con-
stantly, as II burns easily
Butter1nilk Soup
Your materials are quart, of butter
milk, cupfuls of bread dice, / tea
spoonful Of sugar. tablespoonful OF butter,
half a teaspoonful OF salt and a small
piece of stick cinnamon.
Cut the bread into half-inch squares and
fry to a light brown in the butter. Boil
the buttermilk and the other ingredients
together for five minutes. Add the bread,
bring to a boil and serve hot.
Mrs. NJ H P. (New York city)-
Never having tasted either of the deli
cacies above described I cannot testify
personally to their palatableness. But 1
have confidence in the donor, who is
one of my old-time disciples. Why
''buttermilk pop? Nothing in the COM
bination suggests effervescence. Will
my pupil let us hear from her again
and on this head?
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Head Noiscs

Ny article upon Head Noises seems to
be not altogether clear TO some readers.
/ will try to be more explicit.
The remedy proposed in that was drops
Of the juice of the common field mullen
dropped with an ear dropper'' into the
ear three or four times a day My ply
sician declares that 1t is quite harmless
and easily made by putting the green leaves
He gets 1t ready-made and it may. doubt
less, be bought at any drug store.
1t has certainly been great help TO me.
but i think the remedies for building up
the general health. which he used at the
same time, may have helped along the
cure o. H. clos Angeles. Cal.).
All the same. / do not advise any one
to drop anything into that delicate
organ. the human ear. without the ad-
vice of a responsible physician. This
%. H. seems to have obeyed in using
the mullen juice. l suspect that the
upbuilding of the general health car
ried on during the dropping had more
to do with quelling the noises than she
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To Candy Figs

Please ask In the Exchange If any one
can tell me how to candy figs. Also how to
dry green peas for seed for market
We live in the country, where we have
fresh eggs and vegetables and abundance OF
fresh fruit. 1 wish knew of people in Los
Angeles 10 whom / could ship such things
direct with profit to us all
ELIZABETH B. 1Summerland CALI.
1. The query as to candying figs Is
referred to housekeepers who have pre-
served them in this way.
2. Let the peas dry upon the vines in
the natural way and at their leisure.
At least. this is what our gardeners
have done for forty years and success
fully. Select rows of peas for this pur-
pose that are healthy and early, that
they may have the full benefit of the
summer, and when they are fully dried
(ripened), gather and lay out upon the
floor of dry. disused room.
l know of women living in the vi
cinity Of large cities who pack three
times week baskets Of fresh vege-
tables and snip to favored customers in
town. They cost a little less than those
sold in the markets and are eaten on
the same day they are gathered. Can
not you advertise for such a clientele?
1t would pay YOU well
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I'm Ear Drum

Do you know of a good ear drum that
you can recommend to aid my hearing?
BY doing so you will confer a signal benefit
upon one of your readers.
F. Z. B. (San Bernardino, CALI.
l cannot recommend proprietary arti-
cles of any kind in the Exchange, much
as / desire to render the signal benefit
20 you in your affiiction. l can only ad
wise you to get from your physician the
name of simple instrument that will
remedy the defect in your hearing.
There are scores of patents on the
market. Choose one small and unre-
markable as YOU can find. It is always
q pitiable sight to see a woman draw
from her reticule a trumpet with a long
coil attached. and, fitting il into her ear,
present the other end to her interlocu-
tor as she might a glass of water to be
carried to the mouth.
A small affair that may be hidden in
the closed hand will do the work as WELL
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Beefsteak and Peppers

/ send herewith a recipe for cooking
steak and green sweet peppers. l do not
know whether or not It is just what was
asked for in q late number of the Exchange.
Beat large round steak on both sides
with mallets or dull. heavy butcher
in an iron skillet plenty of kissing hot fat
and fry the steak in It. turning when 1t Is
scared well on the underside. Put into the
skillet. when the steak goes in, large
onion. onion chopped a flne' and medium-sized
do not put in potatoes yet some may
like them. II they are put in whole, they
should be parboiled first and wiped dry.
cooking, to keep In the flavor and to make
the meat tender
To make the gravy. lift out the meat
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bled daintily by our elder sisters.
held gingerly betwixt thumb and
forefnger.
The cookey played a dignified part in
festivals Of whatever kind. The Gull
nary imagination was strained to invent
new and striking novelties. Hearts and
darts on February a. stars and stripes
and miniature cannon for the Glorious
Fourth. and for the delectation of the
youngest OF the tribe roosters, hens and
chickens, birds and dogs, flowers and
leaves made the heaped cake basket a
JOY forever-and a succession of sur
prises ] recall. especially. the element
Of mystery that lent zest to the dis
putes TO the sex of the Dutch figures
handed down from Knickerbocker fore
mothers. All wore hats. all had short
skirts. stout ankles and suuare-toed
shoes appearing beneath. Yet close in
spection detected a cut in the fashion
OF these same skirts that differentiated
Hans from Gretchen. We had individ-
ual tastes in the matter of devouring
the lay-fgures, after we had decided to
which gender they belonged Boys. as
a rule bit off the heads with savage
grins to begin with. Girls. with a vague
dread of destroying the semblance of
life akin to our own. invariably began
at the splay feet and nibbled upward,
leaving the hated head for the last.
Apart from sentimental association.
the cookey has recommendations to the
modern housemother that may not be
overlooked. To slice a cake is to ex-
pose 1t to dryness and disintegration.
It must be eaten speedily or it viii
"a "a hi NJ
plete in itself 1t may be taken from
the dish or basket with the gloved
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Il Ne1u Member


INl recipe. Tor which inquiry has been n
fatter myself that my sister house
wives who try Il win secure perfect bread
provided fair grade Of -four be used.
Potato Yeast
Use the water in which you have boiled
until iukewar1n Add then a tablespoon
and your starter of yeast. which may
50 solved ei'ii in iiukewarm water. Stir hard and
long: let it rise for a few hours, and It
for your batch of bread except enough for
next baking. Fiji a large cup a quarter
brin. Stir we'll and set away upon, ice in
a glass jar. The sugar prevents souring:
ing this yeast don't be discouraged If the
first batch OF bread is not quite up to the
WITT WiI be used hsSf vii be @iiih ali TsSt sou
This recipe is easier easier and less ass expensive p
fn thoe oT grated an and there no danss
to too saS5S mSoR pOtato for the taste Of judges Of
Another item that may be of use TO the
sister aforesaid is this:
happens sometimes boil tablespoonfuls
OF rice in quart OF water. When the rice
the water and proceed to make the yeast
stead Of the potato.
G. NJ II. (Yuma. Arizona).
For a long term Of years I'VE" made
our own yeast, invariably using pota-
toes. mashed fine, and hop tea The
idea of disca riding the meal OF the po-
tato and making the water in which II
is cooked do all the work rs new to me
] appreciate the convenience and the
economy Of the device.
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when done, and keep II hot over boiling
water. Stir into the contents left in the pot
a tablespoonful Of Drowned -four. wet with
twice much cold water, then mixed with
a small cupful of boiling water, Stir TO a
boil and pour over the meat when dished.
Cover the dish and leave in an open oven
five minutes before II gees to ia BILE.
Mrs R. E Mel. (Memphis. Tenn).
A savory dish that reminds one Of
Creole cookery. We are Just beginning
to comprehend the capabilities OF green
peppers in the culinary world. Their
uses are numerous and attractive
Were to offer an amendment to the
excellent recipe just recorded 1T would
ee TO lay the steak-after hacking it
from end to end with dull blade-in a
bath of salad oil and lemon juice for an
hour or two This marinade" makes
the meat more tender and adds TO the
marinade when you are ready to cook
II and lay it, dripping, in the hot fat in
the pot.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
Setting CoIors

Can you give, me few general rules for
setting the colors in my children's wash
dresses7 buy all for fast colors,' but
maybe you may know how little dependence
Is to be placed in advertised warranted
anything. And just hate to see the
pretty lawns and ginghams get DINNER and
Nglier with each weeks wash.
NJ K. s. Buffalo. ". u.
The best general rule" for setting
cofors of which l have any knowledge
ordains that grays, dark blues and black
should be soaked in a strong, strained
brine for five or six hours. Then wash
very quickly. All shades of red-pink,
crimson. scarlet and purple-green in all
its varieties, light blue, lavender and
mauve are best soaked in alum water.
made by dissolving in boiling water all
cold and then immersing the fabrics
in 1t.
Sugar of lead-an ounce to two gallons
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE of the enormous
H number OF letters sent to
the EIchGnoe, I must ask
contributors to limit their COM
DTHnicotionS to 100 lcords, eIcept
in cases of formulas or recipes
which require greater space.
tcGHt all my correspondents TO
haze q showing in the Corner,
and II MI request in this respect
is complied aCith, it toiil be posSt-
bic TO print many more letters.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
Another Rnttermilk Recibe

And yet another recipe for what must
be favorite dish with some of our cor
respondents:
note several inquiries for buttermilk
soup. Here IS recipe 1 have used for
years. We like it,
Two quarts of fresh buttermilk; table
spoonfuls of flour nloistened with sweet
milk. Add more -four if you like thick
soup.
Put all over the fire and cook slowly,
stirring constantly. to prevent curdling:
Before serving, stir in a teaspoonful OF
ground ginger-or more If you like it
spicy. Mrs. F. T. S. Carlisle, Pa).
The publication of three recipes for
"soupe magre,'' warranted wholesome
and unquestionably cheap may be re-
garded as an indirect tribute to our
vegetarian readers. The more effectu-
ally and acceptably we can lessen the
quantity of meat consumed by the aver
age American family the better for
their health and purses.
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OF waterway be used to set fast the
colors il mixed goods. Black is kept
from "dingying" and browning by mix
ing oxgall in the water in which the
gown is soaked before washing.
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TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY

BREAKFAST
az ei61s p cereal and cream. scrambled err.
aug aug man, brown biscuits toast tsa 40
LUNCHEON
1StdoU[y stew OF oeefsteal- and peppers a
IeIt-oVerl. stuffed potatoes ton5afo asn4o
saIad. 9d. hlackberrtes and cream, sxrlesS
Succotash soup "a Isft-over). brown
tLlcassee OF chicken, boiled rice, Ina
oeans watermelon, black corrss.
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THURSDAY

BREAKFAST
Fears and peaches. cereal and cream
odGon ooiled eggs. rice mullins toast. "a
LUNCHEON
Casserole OF potato and cheese fried oota.
toes. una beans and lettuce salad, baksA
sweet apples and cream. gingerbread tea
DINNER
Clear soup. with croutons; chfcken ara
mushroom pie "a left-overl. green corn.
young carrots. queen OF puddings, biack
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Pimento Sandwiches

Run a pint, can Of pinentos through
the meat grinder. Grind also two German
breakfast cheeses. Blend with these
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Spread
upon thin slices of unbuttered bread The
ptmentos we get are put UP in olive oil
and skinned, SO need further prepara-
ton
The amount given here will make filing
for two Decent loaves of sandwich bread.
l think l have solved the servant girl
problem for myself by employing a Japa-
nese boy. He is clean, cheerful good 70 the
children and honest. While he is not
very fine cook. he serves well and does not
object to company. superintend the cook
ing, planning each meal. and If necessary
make salads and desserts. l am quite con-
tented with the arrangement.
Il hope | have not ''butted in.'' as my
eldest boy puts It. l have never written
to you before. but l always read the Esx-
change. Mrs. C. H. clos Angeles, CALI
Now that the ice is broken, will you
not carry on the good work thus
auspiciously begun? Tell us more of the
Japanese servants. 1t is possible to get
them at the east. Is not the foreign
language a serious obstacle to employ
ing them? How do you issue orders?
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
FRIDAY

BREAKFAST
Melons. cereal and cream. h,,tts-N.A
corn bread. tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Sardines. Dreaded and baked WITH I.-no-
sauce: baked tomato toast stewsd 5orsfos-'
cut-up oranges and sugar. cake, tea
DINNER
Clear soup. win carrots and corn Ia tast.
over): baked bluefsh mashed ,c~...-..
peppers stuffed with rice. swiss fritters
with hard sauce: black corree.
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Is conscious of. In fact, she intimates
that they were Instrumental in the cure.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
For the Member Who Wanted
Buttermilk POP

II gives me genuine pleasure 10 be able
TO meet a want OF a fellow -housemot1er
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Cheese Pie

A California member sends in a
recipe for which request was made
a while ago.
One pint of cottage cheese. l cup of
sour cream, not too acid. into which have
+ been put a quarter steaspoonful of soda,
beaten separately. the whites added last.
This Will make one large square pie
two round pies of medium size.
SOrnahOdV asked
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SATURDAY

bFtEAkEA5I
Grapefruit. cereal and cream. lambs ffvss
s 1no oaSon, sranam and white bread toast.
LUNCHEON
scalloped oysters. thin brown bread ska
ou1.sr, potato cakes Ca left-over). sli ed
DINNER
scotch broth. creamed fish hreadad IN
lert-over)s baked tomatoes. vegetable mar.
row, prune pudding. black cofrsA.
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~NAs1>s- HaeLo>,ps<'
Family Meals
For a Week
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Melons. cereal and cream clam frittsr.
soSsnern soran oalter bread. toast. tea an1
LUNCHEON
,sg1+ ssg54s,sd eesf; with cream gravy; whole
deV1led eggs served upon lettuce Wits
French dressing: crackers and swiss cheEss-
psdcheS and cream, cake. cocoa.
DINNER
Black bean soup. pot roast Of veal. green
nngers. black cofree. ~%
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
kToit. cereal and cream aaIt EuaakaRwR
ssn wiSn tomato sauce: French rolls. toast, tsS
LUNCHEON
Cold ham, sliced thin: eheess c1xtarA
soaSa, S osKed potatoes. peppernuts, appls
DINNER
Waterways soup with croutons veal aeal.
ioP q leftover. Boufie OF green pssS n
coffee. SAN34As' RsscS
TUESDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges cereal and cream, bacon ana
as srso eosa sonatoes. cream biscuits toast. taa
LUNCHEON
fa1 siys: s1, brains fried, buttsrsd rice. break
roouerorr cheese dressing: fruit. xfnxsr "a
DINNER
oplnacn soup a la creme beefstaa< .oA
$500 peppers, succotash, sduaGh r,eaa6
snorteake, black coffee.
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fingers and munched neatly to the
last crumb, without danger to dress or
carpet. 1t is, when rightly made,
toothsome; it hould be graceful in
form, and if the truth were written,
1t is popular still with those who dare
not avow their preference for the
multum in parvo morsel above the
crumbly, buttery wedge of pound or
fruit cake, passed with afternoon tea,
or at a standing reception with no
plate to speak of to receive it.
Nor need the antiquated "koekie"
be plebeian in appearance. Ice it, If
you will; instruct the tinsmith to in
vent graceful and fancifu1 shapes for
special occasions. Heap the cookeys
tastefully together, and see If you
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cannot restore 1t to it's time-honoreo
and lawful place.
AS one step, and a long one to this
end. accept with my best wishes for
your success in the enterprise certain
recipes l know to be trustworthy.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-04-07
High School Play.

Sweet Lavender, comedy
drama in three acts, will be pre-
sented by the pupils and teachers
of the High School at the Marion
Opera House. Friday evening.
April Is. This play was written
by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, the
celebrated English playwright,
concerning whose methods and
ability two articles have appeared
in recent numbers of the Satur-
day Evening Post.
The members of the cast were
selected by competitive readings
and are as follows:
Horace Bream, a young
American Homer Moore.
Godfrey Wedderburn. a
banker Maurie Boston.
Clement Hale, his adopted
son j. M. Halves.
Richard PhenyA a
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-04-07

barrister Jno P. King.
DR.. Delaney, a fashion
able physician Raymond Olive.
Mr.. Bulger, a barber and
hairdresser Jesse Wolf.
Mr.. Nav. an aged
solicitor Coleman Foster.
Minnie Gilfihian, niece of
Wedderburn Evalyn Clement.
Ruth Rolf, housekeeper for
Phenyl Mary Coffield.
Lavender, her. daughter
Ada Ford.
Mrs. Gilfillian. Wedder-
burns sister Lena Holtzclaw.
The Marion Orchestra will
furnish the music.