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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-02
of Richmond.
Invites Your Account.

Its methods are up-to-date, and the
efficiency of the service it renders its
patrons signifies it has a thoroughly
trained organization ably guided by a
directorate of practical business men
and bankers, whose personnel and
financial strength have elected the con-
hdence of the business community.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
HERE1sls' HAWAIIAN DELlcACY
Sweet Potato Dish That Is Worthy
49,, Of a Place on American
80 Tables.

Hawaiians make a unique
sweet potato dish and call 1t koele
spalan Mash some fresh boiled sweet
potatoes, reheat them in cocoanut
cream which is given below. and
serve hot.
For the cream, CRATE a cocoanut.
heat it slowly in half pint of milk.
when the boiling point is reached
strain it through bag. Squeeze the
bag thoroughly to extract as much of
the flavor and juice as possible, and
Sc will be ready for use. The CREAM"
sc preferred, need not be strained, but
simply poured over the mashed po-
Stato and mixed through it. Add
large spoonful Of butter and let the
mixture become very hot and then
serve. If the mixture is formed into
cakes and fried brown in butter it will
make novel and delicious dish at
luncheon or whenever croquettes are
appropriate. Use the ingredients in
proportions to suit the taste. The CO.
coanut cream just mentioned is also
used by Hawaiians with bananas in a
pudding and in various other dishes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

houses all alike would be monotonous.
The great hue and cry to-day is SIM
plicity. You hear it from everybody.
The tailor tells you modesty and
plainness are being recognized as new
er before; that you are playing safe
and displaying excellent taste. Yet
you will quite agree that there is a
difference between simplicity and Sc
verify, also that compromise be-
tween the two is just about the thing.
In defining individuality Webster uses
the phrase separate and distinct from
others of the same species," so that
individuality does net necessarily
mean originality. Be that as it may,
under Webster's def4ition, If your
house has certain features separate
and distinct from those Of your neigh
bors, it has individuality, although an
exact duplicate of some house in an
other community might keep 1t from
being original. A house or building
without individuality is invariably de-
signed by somebody who has had his
originality and initiative crushed out
of him or he never had any in the
arst place, so there is really strong
relationship between originality and
Individuality. If your Individuality
takes the form of good taste. let the
scjghbors say what they will. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Inasmuch as It cannot be said there

Inasmuch as It cannot be said there
is any typical American town house
and no such thing as a country seat
(exce,t Biltmore in North Carolina),
also taat our American cities are veri-
table architectural museums, there is
no li,Yit to individuality in any Sec
ton Of the country today. The term
country seat" is used in the Euro
pean sense as an extensive and costly
mansion detached by a spacious park
and forming the central feature of the
estate. The profuse expenditures upon
the houses at Newport, Bar Harbor,
LenoX and Tuxedo make them inter-
estlng examples, but not sufficiently
isolated or uniform in character to
cor ttitute a style. In fact, the suburb
an slouses Of any of the important
citi.Is are more representative and
typical, yet the scholarly, accurate
Preach renaissance reproductions
and recklessly crude examples by
Amateurs only help fill the museum
they do not represent anything typi-
cally American unless we are a ma
ton of freaks.
But, according to the best authori-
ties, we did have an American style,
or at least colonial period when Sir
William Chambers was the leading
English practitioner, and the studying
and copying of details from the con-
temporary architecture of that time
produced pleasing and well-propor-
toned houses, even in remote country
districts OF America. The :act adds
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
PeddIer to Peach Kinu.

Down in the state of Georgia they
have peach orchards where one can
walk mile in a straight line and not
get beyond the end of a row of peach
trees. After the civil war any one
could go through the same country
and see nothing but cornfields. Now,
more peaches are produced on the
Georgia soil than in any other portion
OF the United States, with the possible
exception of California This revolu-
ton in horticulture was brought about
by Connecticut Yankee. j. H. Hale
as boy began his start in life by car
rying fruit and truck in baskets to
Hartford, Conn, and selling it from
house to house. He finally accumu-
lated enough money to plant little
orchard of his own in the suburbs of
Hartford on ground that people said
was unfit for any crop. Hale thought
differently, and when his orchard grew
from an acre to over 100 acres and
his income from the peaches to thou
sands of dollars a year. they realized
that they had been mistaken.-FrOm
the BOOkkeeper
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

structure. This house is designed to
be 30 feet wide and % feet long, ex-
elusive of the porch. The reception
hall is 10 feet inches, by II feet in
size. The parlor at the right Is II
feet by 10 feet inches in size, room
large enough for most any family.
That leads us to remark that the So
called parlor has become the princl-
pal room of the house now. It really
is not parlor, but living room in
which all the members of the family
gather of an evening. No longer is it
an apartment shut off from the other
part of the house and used only when
the minister calls or when sister i,
married. The parlor used to be a
sort of holy of holes, sacred against
the approach of the small boys mud
dy feet. The furniture was covered
with canvas and there was an air of
frigidity about the room that has en-.
tirely disappeared in these later days.
1t now is a room to live in That is
the kind of a parlor that has been
designed for this house. 1t is provided
with a CHEEKY fireplace and is well
lighted by three windows.
The dining room also is of good size.
being IL by II feet in size. The kitch-
en- is II by IL feet in size, and the
pantry is conveniently placed between
the dining room and the kitchen.
On the second floor are five he'd
rooms and plenty of closet room in
addition to bathroom.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Australian Gives Up $1,000 for Small
Particle Of the Spineless
Cactus.

Wizard Burbank says that though
some dishonest dealers both in this
country and in Europe have been Of
fering specimens of the so-called Bur-
bank spineless cactus for two years
the first genuine specimens were put
on the market only last summer.
He has been experimenting with the
production of a spinless opuntia, or
prickly pear, for II years. Specimens
were sent to him from all over the
world and thousands of seedlings
were raised every year, but most of
them were grubbed up as unavailing.
The original successful plant has
grown in three years to a height
Of six feet and is over six feet In di.
ameter. The thornless varieties can
not be raised from seed, but are
propagated only from cuttings, which
must firss be wilted in the sun for a
useS ~ iHo before they will grow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
WHY THEY MISSED THE BEAR
Or'cer's Story Of VolIey Fire That
Went Wide Of the Mark
"8ear Ague.'7

This being the middle of the omen
season for deer, the subject of big
game is frequently discussed just now
at the various gatherings of men in
this city. Naturally the ailment known
as buck fever" is often referred to bv
story tellers.
THAT reminds me of something
worse said hunter the other day.
II reminds me of bear ague.' Never
heard of it, Ell? Well I first encoun-
tered it in Wrangell narrows. Alaska.
number of years ago. We were on
the old surveying steamer Patterson.
just as we rounded a point of land
not more than 200 yards distant a big
black bear was seen on the beach
looking at us. Eight men took I'D
rifles at once and were about to shoot
when l told them to wait and fire
all at once in volley when I gave
the order. They all took careful
beads on the beast. Ready, fret
shouted
There was rattle of musketry as
the eight pieces were discharged, and
every one looked to see the animals
death throes. There was the bear
running up the hill as lively as a Jack
rabbit. Not a shot had hit him. Bear
ague, that's all. Every mans hand
was trembling SO he couldn't hit a
house. Buck fever's nowhere along
side of it,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

g., 10 - much in her right"
muttered TIE good-hearted waiter as
he cleared away the last glasses.
All! It would have been better II
you had never gone into the music"
sighed the grandmother II thought to
do well-to make lady Of you. But
1t would have been better If you had
married Beppo then, when he had
saved good, money to buy a boat
with Now who knows where he is?
Who knows If he still thinks of you?"
ward him, for he is man of honor"
The lightning flashed and spat, and
the thunder crashed, and the rain
fell in sheets, and she hurried her
grandmother within doors.
But when it was all over, and the
stars spangled the sky. she peeped
out into the cool, rain-washed street,
and smiled to herself again. For in
the distance mans voice caroled:
E Sc vorrete far con me ALI amors,
vi chiamero la donna del milo core,
it sang, and it seemed to voice her
thought.
Dear Madonna" she murmured
softly, thou hast protected me in my
foolishness, make me now fortunate
in better choice. Reward that poor
man-who has truly been patient-rc-
ward him, for he Is u man of honor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
TRY THESE "BREAD BOXES"
Idea That VIII Be Something Of a
Novelty to Many Of Our
Readers.

BREAD boxes are an artistic, cheap
and delicious way to serve many en-.
trees as eggs, chestnuts or greens.
They are easy to make but compara-
lively few women understand it.
Cut stale bread, at least two days
old, in four-inch cubes, having first
removed crusts.
Dip each cube into slightly beaten
egg and fry in boiling lard, in frying
basket Remove when golden brown
and drain on brown paper.
Cut out square from one side of
the cube a quarter of an inch smaller
than the box and dig out the crumb.
leaving the sides and bottom about a
half-inch thick.
Before using set the "bread boxes"
in a hot oven to heat through, fill
with whatever mixture is desired and
add the lid or not as preferred.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Tourists in Cuba.

"Cuba, and especially Havana and
Santiago, expect the greatest number
OF tourists from the United States the
coming winter that has ever visited
the island said Jose Morales of Ha-
vana. Last winter the number Of
Americans far exceeded any previous
number, but this year we expect twice
as many visitors as we ever had be-
fore. The political troubles in the
island, last winter probably kept a
number of people from visiting US, but
now that all difficulties have been set
tied, and in view of the improved
business conditions in the states, there
is every reason to believe that our
hotels will be taxed above their ca
pacity.
Improved transportation facilities
from the United States, and the great
er ease with which tourists can travel
through Cuba, together with thebetter
hotel accommodations to be had, are
other factors that will enter into a
big increase in the number of visitors
Cuba is rapidly becoming a popular
winter resort of American people, and
you can be sure they are welcome"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

we'll executed, leads off the concert,
but the little crowd is we'll enough
pleased But if the listeners would
make excuses, the master will not,
and the pathetic eyes of the flute play
er, turned deprecatingly upon him,
seem only to influence his ire.
The pretty violoncellist, however,
seems to take the vituperation with
something like scorn; her quiet eyes
wander over the heads of the crowd
into the dim steepness Of the salita
yonder, and presently, just as the an
cry conductor has finished solacing
himself with the blatant humors of a
comic duet with the soprano, and Is
about to command her services once
more-lo, she has forgotten that she
owes any services at all! For out of
the dark hole that she has been
watching, someone issues whom she
has waited for; the bent and feeble
; figure of an old woman totters for
ward into the gas-lit piazetta. and
needless of music and conductor, the
girl dashes out through the crowd !;
DIG puSACS I'LL Ou6u IL I'LL Su0 reaches
/ tie old woman, and merrily setting at
naught the Mortified remonstrance
with which the latter lifts her sha-
king old hands to heaven, the tall,
young figure leads the old one very
tenderly forward to the front rank,
where the mobility" and gentry sit
and places her in a chair at their
side.
Every head is turned to look, as,
with gay smile and reassuring ges.
ture, she glides back into her place.
1T is her grandmother, who
brought her up" whispers waiter.
The great wind that, born of those
storm clouds over the distant Alps,
swept presently over the limpid lake
was not more furious than the storm
of abuse that rushed over that Ma
donna head when the concert came
summarily to an end.
us it for this, then, that have fed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Paid High Price for a Leaf

after that" says Mr.. Burbank in the
Philadelphia Record, they will root
anywhere, any end up-even in your
overcoat pocket or on the floor hack
of the stove"
A single leaf of the best variety of
the thornless cactus, the Santa Rosa.
was sold for $1,000 to John M. Rut-
land OF Melbourne, Australia, with
the right to sell in the southern hemi-
sphere, and one leaf of another vari.
ETY. was disposed of to the same Aus.
trallan horticulturist for $500.
"The forage proposition" continued
Mr.. Burbank, "is by no means all
there is to cactus culture. The fruits
have wonderful possibilities. Many Of
my helpers prefer pear to aprioots or
peaches and myself find it delicious.
There is great variety in the taste Of
the different sorts, and my ambition
now Is to produce type that will
bear distinct varieties of cactus fruit.
the same as different varieties of ap-
pies are characterized by different
flavors."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Raoout of Beef.

Cut two pounds of real coarse beef
snto dice, fry five minutes in hot drip
ping fat, in the same fat two minced
onions, six small green peppers, or
five larger ones, which have been par
boiled, then cooled before they are
minced. A teaspoonful of minced
chives, three large tomatoes, peeled
and sliced; six chopped olives; and a
teaspoonful of sweet herbs, season
with pepper; and when the mixture
has cooled five minutes add tea
spoonful of vinegar. Turn all into a
saucepan. cover closely, and stew an
hour or until the meat is in bits. This
Is nice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Masterpieces o. PAINTING,

The authorities have never been
able to agree on the xan greatest pic
lures in the world. It has been q
prolific subject for artistic spats for
these many years, and doubtless will
continue to be as long as time shall
last. There is no doubt however, as
to the first three masterpieces.
Raphaels "Sistine Madonna" is uni
versally acknowledged to be the su-
preme picture of the world, although
at one time this eminen: place was
held by THE TRANSPORTATION" also
by Raphael.
The second place is held by Domeni-
chino's Last Communion of St.
Jerome" The third greatest master
piece is Titian's "Martyrdom Of St.
Peter
The following list of paintings are
pretty generally rated among the
worlds greatest:
Michael Angeles Last Judgment"
Rubens' Descent from the Cross" Da
Vincis Last SUPPER" Murillo's MA
DONNA" Titian's Holy Family" Cor
reggios Holy Family" and Botticel-
lis Assumption of the Virgin"
Some of the authorities contend
that Van Dykes portrait of Charles l.,
long acknowledged the finest example
of portraiture, should be in the list
of the ten greatest in the world.
Still others think that in the list
should be Fra Bartolommeo's "Ma-
donna della Misericordia" and HOl.
bein's Dance of Death"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
New Wireless system in Ruee;,

The military department at St. Pc.
tersburg is taking considerable inter.
est in new system of wireless teleg-
raphy which has been invented bv q
RUSSIAN student. 1t is claimed that
messages have been sent from St.
Petersburg to Sevastopol and received
accurately. One of the principal fea.
lures of the new system is that mes.
sages cannot be tapped by outside sta.
lions, and it is intended to build =
station in the Ural mountains to con.
meet with similar station to be built
In Vladivostock. The station will be
built by the military engineers at a
cost of about $4,000 gold
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Curried Apples.

A dish to serve. with pork chops is
made of thin slices of apples and on
ions fried together in butter, with a
sprinkling of curry powder as season
ing. A recipe similar to that just
given is foreign one called Madras
curried apples. Peel and core four
sour apples. Cut them in rings.
Sprinkle with a little curry powder,
and fry till brown, adding as they
cook few shallots cut in thin slices.
Cover the mixture and let it cook un-
til done. Serve on platter with
boiled rice and curry sauce.
For curry sauce use white sauce
favored with curry or drawn butter
or black butter sauce favored in the
same way and prepared from the drip
pings in the pan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Aluminium Coins for Franz.

1t is expected that aluminium coins
OF low value will be in circulation in
France by the end of this year. It is
Interesting to note, in this connection
that the adoption of NJ. Naquet's prop.
osition for an aluminium coinage in
1871 would have resulted in a heavy
loss to the French treasury Although
experts declared it to be Impossible
that the value of the metal should de.
crease. it has now fallen to nearly half
the price ruling at that time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Crouton8,

Crusts are used in cream soups and
afford an excellent way for using stale
bread Cut stale bread in one-third
inch slices and remove the crusts.
Spread thinly with butter. Cut slices
in one-third inch cubes, put in shall
low pan and bake until delicately
brown. stirring occasionally and
watching carefully that the crumbs
may brown evenly. If you are tired of
cube-shaped pieces. by way Of variety
cut the buttered one-third inch slices
into strips. making small finger
shaped pieces, which, when Drowned
tn the oven are called imperial sticks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Apricot Soume.

Put six ripe apricots into sauce
pan, add quarter-pound of sugar and
a quarter Of a pint of water; stir till
cooked; rub through sieve and lay
aside. Blend two tablespoonful of
flour with one heaping tablespoonful
of butter in a saucepan over the fire,
gradually add one gill of milk; stir
till it boils, then add the apricot PURGE
and boil again for eight minutes.
Remove the saucepan from the fire,
add the yolks of three eggs one by
one, then the whites of four eggs
beaten up very stiftly. Pour into but
tered mold and bake in moderate
oven for 80 minutes. Serve at once.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

weight to the argument of the best
designers to-day, that prolifcness
means ruin.
Custom has decreed a certain uni
formity in the fashion of wearing ap-
parel, and any too radical departure
from the well-recognized lines, border
ing on freakishness, is not counten-
anced by those who believe in dig
nifty, conservatism and good breeding,
and freakishness is individuality car
ried to the extreme and beyond the
confines of good taste, whether in
wearing apparel or houses. We stand
for more freakishness in the latter
than in the former, however, because
if you are fortunate enough to own
lot and enough money to build res
idence on it, the plan, general appear
ance and style are considered your
business, and community with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
A Dainty with Tea.

A nice little dainty to serve with aft.
ernoon tea or cup of chocolate or
coffee is composed of crackers COW
cred with sugared nuts. Any kind of
thin cracker may be used, some per-
sons preferring a slightly sweetened
wafer, others liking thin cracker or
sailed wafer. For the mixture stir
together a cupful of confectionery
sugar, a quarter of cupful of
chopped nuts and quarter of cup
fui Of cream, lastly whip in the white
of an egg beaten to stiff froth.
Spread spoonful of this mixture in
center of the cracker and brown in a
quick oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
A Fish Story.

"Speaking of fishballs," remarked an
ardent New England admirer of that
form of food, Il will tell you the sad,
sad truth about them.
''lf you order them in Boston they
are practically all fish. Yes, sir.
Solid. bona fide fish. Move west a
bit-to Albany, say. What happens?
The amount of fish in each fishball has
dwindled. Proceed to Buffalo A
certain self-assertiveness begins to be
apparent in the potato that is COM
bined, in fishballs, with the fish On
to Cleveland! Fishballs there are
half potato, half fish, with the accent
on potato. On to Chicago! There po-
tato has the upper hand"
He groaned.
How is it in the far west?'
He leaned forward
i've never dared travel farther
west than Chicago!' he whispered
hoarsely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Delicious CroQuettes.

A nice supper dish is one of potted
beef and mashed sweet potatoes thor
oughly mixed together. nodded in the
form of croquettes and fried in but
ter. The mixture should be seasoned
with salt and pepper ane the mashed
sweet potatoes entirely 5reed from
Jumps. Use about one-tGrd potted
beef to two-thirds sweet potato. Fry
the croquettes until rich brown and
take care that they do not burn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

present to the eye if these decorI tiors
were absent. We may venture the az
sertion that if we are ever to have al
American style of architecture it prov
ably will be no great departure from
the general design here shown. While
individual taste must find expression
the utility idea and the idea O: SIM
plicity will control all other consid.
erations.
The square, clean-cut house makes
an economical use of materials pos
sible and reduces the cost of tho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

world is full of critics, and because
these neighbors do not like thing or
even because you do not like it, for
that matter, does not make it taG.
The house here displayed has in
dividuality because it has character
It has lines that are not apt to be
duplicated by other houses in the
same community. The dormer win
dow. for instance, is introduced with
decorative treatment that relieves the
house of a sense of severity it might