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something in baking their bread at home,
because If they do not make il they buy
i; at a high-class caterers as a rule. The
poor seem TO lose by making bread. They
have TO pay the same retail price for ma
terials as their more prosperous sisters ana
il costs them more for fuel. Yet to them
homemade bread. if they could get 1t, would
be the greatest boon. There Is all the
difference in the world between the high
class bakery under the best Austrian or
French mana cement and those miserable
shops where the poor buy. Weli-to-do
strangers from other American cities have
often waved enthusiastic over New York
bread as they are likely 10 call the prod
ucts, especially the long French loaVes
that are sent out by the best shops. But
the other kind, That is a different story.
II is OF all compounds the most taste
less and unattractive. 1t never has enough
salt or sugar in il. and reminds one OF
cotton batting in taste and appearance.
1t Is white enough. owing TO bleached
flour and light enough, so light that
when one plants down nickel for q
loaf one invests mainly in air bubbles
Beyond that one can say nothing in its
favor. And when one considers the UNI
limited opportunities ii has to become germ
infested. it is pleasanter not to think about
if Thus il is the very poor who suffer
,he most from the bread problem, and the
,,o,nen's clubs and other public spirited
nodes and persons who are interesting
themselves in the matter could hardly en-
nlov their time better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
TIE Little Box Buifdirf
BY PATTES BEARD.

Boxes of different shapes make different
kinds OF buildings. and the cover Of the
box always makes a good roof for them.
too, You see. you can have anything thar
you can think of Won't that be fInt
II you are playing on the beach and YOU
happen to have an old lunchoox. vhys
make a 1ifesaving station out of IT. You
will need nice strip OF clean sand to
work upon. and you can dig a pool near it
to represent the ocean. Then arrange
sand dunes back OF this. and make life
saving apparatus with a stick and a Bit
Of Irvine: your nfesavins boat may be jusc
shell or a bit OF wood. I am sure that
you will not need anything nicer than
either OF these. There is no end Of yood
times you can have playing with this ors'
the sand.
And, of course. IL you wish you may
make toy garage like this for your hook
and ladder company. Or. II you like. YOU
may make a summer camp for your doll I
You can lay out very pretty grounds
around your camp. too. Twigs will make.
splendid trees. All you need TO do with
them is to press their woody stems down.,
into the sod and the little trees will standi
up all by themselves.
Nov, don't you think that box makes
a very nice kind OF playthins, after all?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

If badness among men IS due 10 their
wearing close fitting. heavy hats, the halr
dresser who predicts the destruction OF
woInan's crown of glory h. the enormous
hats and close fitting hoods of the period
may be right III the shade hat is TOO
shady" says the hairdresscr. the hair
as we'll as the hat will fade as the season
advances. And if the hair never gets any
sunshine and fresh air IL will sicken and
die like tenement babies.
1t looks like war between the miliiners
and the hair dressers, who have been sup
posed. until now, TO be allies. The war cry
will be: Hair against hats-one or the
other must go"
AS proof of the hair doctor s theory. at
tenton is called to the beautiful hair of
foreign women, who wear no hats even IN
winter. Day after day they go TO work
with wind and sun and rain falling upon
their unprotected heads, and their hair IS
long and thick and fine, the envy % the
girl who covers her scauty locks and her
store puffs with Paris bonnet
When Lady Macbeth advised her husband
10 took like the innocent flower in order
the more successfully 10 carry out his evil
designs size displayed much wisdom OF IN
,nboly Kind. but she fell into one error
that she might have avoided had she ever
had chance To benefit by the superior edu-
catlonal advantage s Of The present century.
Modern science, alas has pro ed tN2t the
innocence OF the flowers IS no more . real
thins that was that OF Macbeth Sufferers
from hay fever viii be easily convinced OF
tho deadly intent that lies under the fair ez-
terror of many blossoms. but even they
would not dream Of attrbutng 10 flowers
the terrible crimes " which certain learned
persons have proved them To he guilty. y
prominent Engleh physician SAYS that
germs of skin dlsea SCI catarrh and naus
are often embedded Tn flowers sucn as lilies,
roses narcissi and gardenias. THE scent ~
gartenias, jonquils. narcIssi and white arum
lilies" SAYS another member OF the medical
profession. rs due To the giving OF by
these beautiful flowers OF volatile oils.
which by overstimuiatins the olfactory
nerves. produce headaches and occasionally
nausea.
One does not generally 20 to the writers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

Suppose you have a nice deep paper box
and a pair Of scissors. Do you suppose
that it will make anything nice to play
with? l do 1t will make the jolltest Kind
of a toy that you ever did see It will
make a real little building. like the one in
the picture here This Is the way you do
1t
Take the cover off the box. turn the box
upside down Now draw on one side.
right in the centre a big square. The
lower part OF the square, the base, should
be on the very outside edge OF the box
rim because this square Is to be the door
of the building.
The door is made up of two halves. 50
that you must divide your square into two
parts. making a perpendicular line through
the centre to divide IL.
Now take your scissors and cut right up
this line to the top of your square. Then
cut along the top line to right and left OF
the centre line. When you fold the two
halves YOU have cut outward toward the
outside Of the box. YOU will have the two
doors like those that we're made on the
little building in the picture
II you cut out squares from the card
board sides of your box they will make
windows. and YOU can have as many as
YOU please.
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THE EVERGREEN.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: One
day my friend and thought we would Ike
to have summer house in which TO spend
the hot afternoons In vacation, so we Sc
lected a spot in the rear of our garden
where small cherry tree was growing
Next we obtained some poles about five
feet high and drove these into the ground,
forming an oblong about eight feet long
and four feet wide. 1t was rather hard
work and required q good deal OF patience,
but we succeeded In the end. After that
We nailed narrow strips OF wood between
the poles and across the tops; so. after
hammering our thumbs once or twice IN
stead of the nails. we succeeded in building
the framework. Then we took the branches
Of the cherry tree and tied them to the
poles Of our little summer house. This
shaded one side and part of the top. the
other sides we covered with the branches
of other trees After putting a small table
and chairs inside we had very cosey little
place We call it the Evergreen. Hoping
this will interest you, I remain.
MYRA A. PLATT taged 49,
No. LOG Meade avenue. Passaic. n. j.
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Mortiners little dressing room, which led
to her bedroom well as into the back
yard. for they had heard two soldiers go
into the room to speak to Mrs Mortimer
and had crept out OF the way The former
were talking in a threatening way-their
superior officers having departed and with
them the restraint that they would have
imposed. The children knew perfectly well
that Mrs. Mortimer would have to show
them in the end, perhaps at the point of
bayonet, where she had buried her jewels.
Suddenly kizzie sprang up, whispering
hoarsely in Lucy's ears:
Let's save that treasure for Miss Viz
ginia. They'll make her take them to the
place but if it is gone when they get there
she can't help IL. and they can't. neither"
Kizzie, who seemed to have her wits about
her that evening, snatched up Lucy's big
French doll, saying. the two children
stole along hand in hand, Wen hide the
jar under the dolls skirts
Every one about had been accustomed to
see these two little girls playing together.
their presence unremarked quietly
and swiftly, by rounda bout way that was
less conspicuous than the regular route,
they went down to the spring under the
black gum tree. They had been afraid to
bring spade, but the jar not deeply
buriet. and, knowing exactly where il had
been placed, they raked the loose earth
away and pulled 1t out Kizzie began
smoothing the lose mould over the top.
Don't do that said Lucy. Stir it up
again. We want them 30 see that some one
has been here before them and run off
with the treasure They'll think it Is the
Yankees" kizzie hid the glass jar as we'll
as she could under the blue skirt of Lucy's
doll, and they started 10 go home.
To make long story short, the jar
hidden in the Grail cemetery where the
children had buried their pets, and they
never told any till after the war. Now
they are both grandmothers. Lucy stlll
lives in the great house" for her uncle
left It to her; and old Aunt Kizzie. as she
is called now, is the cook there. She and
Lucy are still devoted to each other. and
neither higher wages nor any other in
ducement could drag Aunt KizZie away
from her old mistress. So, although Lucy
was not the heireSs she expected 10 be
when she grew up-for she had. Of course.
lost all her slaves in the war-she still had
kizZie. for Kizzie would not leave her.
however free she might be. And all the
little children love to get their grandmother
and Aunt kizzie. too. TO tell all about what
uSed n do before the war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
Problem Of the Loaf
homemade Bread Has Become a Luxury Be
yond the Reach of the Masses.

possible TO arrive at a definite conclusion
that would fit every case. Bakers loaves
vary IN price. One can give only general
estimates. Some housewives make more
expensive bread than others. Some use fine
butter. others cheap lard. Some use pota-
toes. others prefer sweet milk. The aver
age city woman. living. as she does, in
either ar apartment, u fiat tenement
house. must buy by retail IT would be i'm
possible for her to store barrels of -four In
her pantry or buy other provisions by
wholesale. Bakers. on the other hand, buy
by wholesale.
An experiment was recently made with
batch Of homemade bread. Three pounds
OF -four. at Il cents; penny yeast cake
q. cents worth of milk and two tablespoon
ruls OF butter were used The butter, being
purchased al 81 cents a pound, cost four
cents and = traction. being almost TWO
ounces This carried The price Of the batch
I'D 20 between Is and - cents. Two
taDlespoonfuls Of sugar and a Tablespoonful
OF salt were added and gas was used as a
fuel. The mixture made three lcaVes, i
by inches ard with a depth Of
inches. 4 l0-cent loaf from Of New
Works most expensive bakeries was placed
beside one of the loavCs. II measured about
the same II WAS reckoned that for 20 cents
one could buy four loaves at the average
corner grocery that would be but abo1t an
inch smaller.
When reckoning the cost Of baking at
home do not forget the price OF the mixers
and other utensils that are needed. They
amount 10 something in the long run. The
cost Of gas or other fuel is an especially
important item 10 consider. In winter.
when the poor must run ii coal stove all the
time. whether they bake or not il is, OF
course unnecessary 20 reckon the fuel with
me cost Of the baking, but in summer,
when fuel must he ussd especially for this
,,,Iruoss. the item looms large II the fuel
must bc bought IN small quantities 1t a
.orrespondinEly high price.
kftsr coKm:s into tne subject one is
Inclined 20 believe dat &c wcli-to-lo save
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

The more conservative suffraGists over the
action Of the government in the matter of
the c5nciIiation bill has reached rather an
acute stage. she thinks. When Parliament
assemblies in December the suffragists will
give il lust three days and if by that time
trc:e is no indication Of an unbendinS Tow
ard votes for women-fZz- Whrr, bang
Things arc likely 10 happen.
a, f.. America, Dr. Shaw said, Our
ma tiouaI organization viii be pretty busy
til after November s with the state and
territorial elections We have before US. But
re'rz soine to plan some picturesque and
apgrcssivc tactics. We shall make d spe-
cial feature of suffrage motor car trips not
only in this but IN other states
DR. Shaw headed the American contin-
gent IN the great suffrage parade in LONDON
on June %, and she saws the Americans
we're received with marked kindness by the
packed throngs all along the line of march.
''Ere's good old America - they'd yell
'Ow's the Yankees? Ows good old
America ?" And the Stars and Stripes that
DR.. Shaw carried were cheered again and
gain. Dr. Shaw speaks with great enthUsi-
iisr1 of the London police. They're fine %
she saws. and any stories of their harsh
lending of suffiagist women are absolutely
untrue The stewards at meetings are
rough very often, but the police never"
Dr. Shaw came in ON the Minneapolis last
TUESDAY and left immediately Tor her home,
ia Philadelphia. returning yesterday en-
route for Massac husetts where she has lect-
ure engagements.
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A WATER MERRY. ROUND.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: /
thought you would like to hear of an ex-
perience which I going to tell you
about. Last summer / used to go rowing
great deal every day, as there was a
lake near my home. where children were
allowed to row by themselves Some OF my
friends and I used TO make talios or
long lines of boats tied together We had
great fun-as / later termed 1t. "barrels OF
fun'-as the boxts logged along on the
shallow lake Once in while each rover
would control his or her boat and sail
smoothly across the water One day We
had Il 'talio'' of this sort, and siung so
ring reminded me of a carousal. and so
proposed tying the two end boats together.
thus making a water merry-go.round rms
was done, and bv each individual rowing
with the oar opposite the way we turned
we went around and around. to our great
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Letters to tie Editor

Dear Editor: / am very sorry that |
could not thank you sooner for the pretty
prize | won. The water colors are We y
useful TO me, as | hope to become an artist.
Hoping success 10 all contestants. l rcnlai n,
yours truly, !LENR1 tCblN-
I5ayonne, y. j.
Dear Editor: received your check OF q,
which has made ne very happy. Thanking
you for the same | remain, sincerely yours,
No. l12l Forest avenue. New York City
SARA MANN.
Dear Editor: I have received the 81 prize
and I must say that I am very happy over
it, because this IS the first | ever earned.
With this dollar | am going to make one
Of my vacation days pleasant for myself
and Buster. Yours respectfully.
BERN ARD at ilL.LElI
No 81 West 18th street New York City.
Dear Editor. ! received the pretty badge
you sent me this morning, aud | want to
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than any pin / have. Yours respectfully,
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Dear Editor: received my prize. % stcr-
ling silver Tribune badge Tor which ] thank
you greatly. ! think il is a very pretty nin
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ana IL never have 20 do any work at ALL
ard YOU'D give me all your old dresses"
Aver supper that night when the white
toik we're ali seated around the parlor fire
ane Ki1zie had gone 20 the negro quarters
Tor nc night with the other slaves, Lucy's
father asked My Mortimer:
"tnole, what is that little yellow girl
/ who has been playing with Lucy worth at
market prices?"
About $3.50" said her master
Then. sir, if you'll do me that favor,
should Ike to buy her for my little Lucy,
VINO has taken such fancy to her.
i never did and 1 never can sell one Of
my slaves" said Mr.. Mortimer II don't
feel like / could do such a thing But 81
Lucy promises 20 be always good and kind
TO kizzie, and Kzzie wants to go to her, /
"ill give her her little playfellow to be her
body servant 1t shall be all duly witnessed
and attested, so that there shall never be
any doubt as to her ownership
Lucy was so overjoyed she could hardly
speak. She ran up and put her arms
around her uncles neck and Rugged and
kissed him many times OH she cried
VOC are a dear uncle, You are a dar-
ling"
So from that day kizzie was looked upon
as Lucy's property.
But both Of them stayed on at Mr. Nor
timers plantation. Lucy's father had 10
move about in the interests of business
and altogether it seemed Just the thing
that If they wanted her she should stay
where she was And she did.
But troublous times were ahead for these
people as the war came on and though
they hoped against hope that the federal
army would pass Mr.. Mortfn1er's planta-
ton by, Just before the surrender Sherman's
army encarnped In the grove around
the house
The Mortimers got warning OF Sherman's
approach, and. as was the custom then
proceeded to hide their valuables Mrs
Mortimer packed her jewelry and all the
money they had IN the house in a glass
fruit Jar. sealed top They buried it
a few hundred yards from the house, at
the edge of the swamp, under a black gum
tree. several feet from where the silver was
buried
Lucy and Kizzie. who often went to get
water at a spring near by. came upon the
grown folk as they were burying it.
Now that you children have seen this
YOU must be sure never to breathe word
concerning il 10 any one.
One of the first things the rough element
of the federal army did when they reached
a Southern plantation was TO ferret around
for buried treasure. and this home was no
exception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer had only one room
in the house reserved for their own use the
remainder Of It being entirely taken UP by
soldiers. They would not trust Lucy out
of their sight for she slept there, TOO,
and kizzie oftener than not slept on an old
quilt on the floor, for Lucy was afraid
OF something dreadful happening TO her
also.
The two little girls were crouched to-
gether one evening on the steps of Mrs
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Ho5v to 6l)ir1 q Prize.

Contest No. poet PuZzle).-Choice of a
sterling silver Tribune badge. an interest
ing book or a box of water color paints Tor
the neatest and best three answers.
Contest No. CThings to Think About
Choice of a box OF water color paints, an
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solutions.
Contest No. Our Letter BONA prize
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this heading. The letter may contain Incl
dents in your life anecdotes of pets, novel
school experiences, things seen in travel or
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- ne c ersge country woman Tie queS-
-''i o. bread which has beer aTitating the
NC" York public 50 much OF late, is ~"
AV2'eTn q al. She must make her oIn
S'eeoi there IS no alternative, and she has
y one 80 uscd 20 making j. that she does
"', MIND IL 70 any extent 1t las become
WY part % her HES work within the
-''f walls q her home 1:ut ia New York,
"''Fe fnpst women are called TO duties
'-'eiee their homes-the poor 10 earn their
40 snj those better of 10 work Tor
much or club or votes for ytomen-the
.~eSGon q braac j. z problem Of larger
:. ''aF':ons They feel that they nave no
'''e - MAJ ~ ~ hone, aid Tie average
50 bread well the least said about
81 tsc better. Anc even II Tic city
'''-en thought she had the time the prob
=" HAE1' not b solved, for homemade
'eeo is not necessarily Il success. though
'eefns like high treason to say SO Only
;, Often has Il reminded ore o. Thomas
ttcoc's rerna rls.
"ho has not met with homemade bread,
e@'| compound VI putty and leadE
- ~. iact among The shiftlcss and ignorant
"e problem might be even worse tam *
- 'i-ot - GlNS4D8t. Nt4' i4i-E
s,--ti' or their epn b1cadnahing. If any
-" requires care and intelligence in the
'sAii'g Il * bread
re satisfaction u the palate from
~ hu''" loaf OF deal homemade bread
"eFehd description. rot to mention the
=, 1"o praoe O. knowing that il was made
perfect sanitary conditions and 81
=, be>' materials of-ail,aHle. Occasion
'''e hiidE cit! housewife who refuses
:. ''l;lor There things. and in these days
mixers and gas stoves there is 40
=, 'i why = woman IN good health and
NE work lies only in the manage
-a--sl
a. - women. in -ri.- II hea,y demands
:.i-'- 4Hs ,t,-I.Ja. MAKE THEN own
~. 10y economical reasons. Whether or
e. Is really an econornv is q question
''1e olle!I tuea d-zy.1.s u. .,I.G il IL lliI-