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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

Notwithstanding the various and elaborate
sauces that prepared by the skillful house
wife for the improvement of the oyster, the cpl
cure knows that the antve flavor is best. He
always cats his oysters from the shells (which
are embedded in crushed ice) with only a drop
or two of lemon juice, else entirely with
out condiments.
Nevertheless oyster cocktails have become quite
popular a savory tid-bit with which to begin
dinner They daintiest served on ice
on the half-shell with the served 10
cups made of lemon shells, or in cocktail
glasses.
Sauce for Cocktails: One cup tomato catsup.
one-half teaspoon onion juice, One-quarter tea
spoon salt teaspoon horseradish, tea
spoon sugar, one tablespoon lemon juice and
three drops tahasco. Mix well and keep on Ice
several hours before using.
Fried: Drain large oysters and cover with ice
water for five minutes. Drain, dry, crumb dip
in beaten well seasoned egg, and crumb again.
Plunge into hot fat until brown, brown In
skillet in butter and lard.
Scalloped: Sprinkle buttered bake dish with
fine bread crumbs. put In a layer of oysters.
then sprinkle with salt, paprika and celery and
parsley chopped fine. Continue until dish is
full add cup rich milk and two tablespoons
butter In bits Bake 20 minutes
Roasted: Delicious luncheon dish. Drain
pint oysters and place on pan. Put in hot oven
on buttered pan until edges begin to curl.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

Season. add two tablespoons butter and turn
ont over small pieces of buttered toast. Gar
nish with parsley.
With Macaroni: Cook threc-fourths cup macs-
rOni in boiling salted water until soft; drain :;
put layer in buttered bake dish. cover with
oysters, sprinkle with salt, pepper, flour and
bits Of butter; repeat and top with
crumbs. Bake half hour I'm hot
Stuffing for Turkey: Season dried bread
crumbs with SALT pepper, parsley, thyme and
sage, and mUisten with bits of melted butter
Heat one-half pint oysters, add to dressing and
stuff the turkey.
Salad: Parboil oysters in their own liquor
with one tablespoon vinegar; remove at once
and cut into small pieces, rejecting the hard
parts. Marinate one-half hour in French dress
ing. Serve on lettuce. garnish with sliced hard
boiled eggs and cucumbers cut lengthwise.
Stew: Drain quart oysters. Heat liquor
to boiling point. strain through cheesecloth, add
oysters and cook until oysters plump. Re-
move with skinner, place in soup tureen with
butter, salt and pepper. Strain liquor, add
quart milk, heat and pour over oysters.
Bsque: Cook tablespoon OF flour with same
amount Of butter and add cup hot cream or
milk. Add enough hot water to strained oyster
liquor to make quart, mix with it pint
chicken stock. one tablespoon minced parsley,
bay leaf, blade Of mace, one teaspoon WOrces-
tershre sauce and seasoning to taste. Simmer
moment, add the white sauce and boil. Serve
with waters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
ri Tell Pcpa!" Said Sonny
What Grandmother Did Then Was a SuffCiency-A
Little Talk on Boy Management by Cynthia Grey

was so disguised that she calmly laid the
yOungster over her knee one day and adminis-
! tered a thorough and complete spanking.
There" she exclaimed. Tell your pa that
his mother gave you just what you deserved
To mother she said. for her blood was up:
''You are rea4ly 10 blame. daughter, for you
should have settled him the very first time
he threatened To tattle. Boys are really natur-
ally chivslroas and that trait is q good fOunda-
tIon to work on. Children easily
spoiled. II you would just make sconny feel
that he is your protector-that he is the man
Of the house while father is await would Ne
the making Of him. Appeal TO his latent SENSE
Of responsibility, talk with him, reason with
him. and I'll wager he'll not threaten you again.
on the contrary, he'll soon be telling the chill
dren what a dandy ehum mother is and how
he is taking care OF her. l know, for I've
lived long enough 20 be sure OF where j stand
Try IL. you'll find I'm right"
AID wasn't grandmother right? I'm sure
Of il. The sooner the facility for doing things
ana the accompanying sense Of responsible ty
for the doing are taught children the more firm
ly will a love Of the duties become n part Of
their characters.
Wise mothers will begin nt the cradle TO
adopt this theory 10 the mental, moral AMI
nhvsical uplift OF their little ones. Every chile
i Born with a wonderful instinct for good in
Its heart. and the mothers power to stimulate
this natural desire is almost unreasonable.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

Father was = commercial traveller and seldom
1t home. Consequently his -s-yesr-Old son was
20 him the most marvellous boy he'd ever seen
He couldn't understand how be. with all his
shortccg ings. ever had the luck TO be father
&c a boz like bis.
When mother saw fit TO ehde this prodigy
father was horrified- ~ course mother knew
fuxt bow vexatiCus sonny could be occasionally
during the days that father was away. but
father ouly knew him at his best Mother had
q snenking belief that she wasn't firm enough
with her small boy, but il was easier TO drift
and 50 Il went on
To sonny father Was q rever-fsiling source
Of Interest. What wonderful tales OF the big
world ~ could tell. And. then. too. father ap-
preciatetI hItn. So sonny angel child
While be was being 50 delightfully."- entertained.
what chiIid wouldn't bef
We'll. snany soon discovered that father didn't
aunrove when mother sroldcd. and he was cun-
uInx enough 20 make the best 81 it-for he did
nate &c he corrected So h. Esi for mother
snd the next time she rrbuksi him he astound-
I'd her hy uhImperin=- IN tell papa On you!'
Mothfr iumeGiately surrendered and smO;heret
the vouuSsfer with careSSes. saying Co herself:
ssNavAt I am too severe with the child"
This trump card he usri more and more often
With telling effect mother. but his dag 81
rpckoriuc eamc- After Erandmothe-- papa :
nosher had overheard il a time or two sh'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

lightly with the rice and bake it in the
oven.
Sweet Dessert.-Put boiled rice into a
mold and set on ice for several hours.
Turn out on platter and surround with
whipped cream. Decorate with maras-
chino cherries and marshmallows.
A la Nikko.-Make a custard with
yolks of two eggs, one-half cup sugar
and one pint milk. Cook in double boiler.
Flavor with finely chopped ginger. Serve
very cold as a sauce for cold boiled rice,
nodded.
Salad.-Beat into cold boiled sailed rice
olive oil, lemon Juice and cayenne pep
per to taste. Serve on cress or lettuce
and garnish with minced parsley.
A novel Japanese salad which is de-
licious and elaborate, means much pains
taking care on the part of the house
wife. The result, however, repays her:
Coat the inside of a border mold with
a thin layer of aspic jelly. Cut trufle
into stars and diamonds. Cut hard boil
ed white of egg into long thin strips,
then arrange truffle and egg in design
over aspic at sides and bottom of mold,
after dipping in melted aspic. Cut a lit
tie lettuce into sheds. Put into dish with
a few peas, add three tablespoons aspic
and the same amount of mayonnaise.
Mix md pack into mold carefully. Fill
mold 18th melted aspic and leave until
set.
For t J center cut cooked beans into
shreads, put into dish with the same
amount diced cucumbers, little chopped
truffle and a few slices of beet. Season,
the moisten with mayonnaise. Turn
border into broad fiat dish, heap up the
mixture in center, put a tablespoon dress
ing on top and garnish with fancy shapes
of beet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Is Your Daughter Anemic?
Then Profit BY This AdUiCe
By ALICE n. QUINN.
Professor OF Domestic Science.

by IN ventilated sleeping rooms. The chila
requiring a highly nutritious diet. requires also
a great deal q fresh air TO oxygenste the tood
properly. Health is impaired much by WITH
ated air as by stale food and II is as necessary
20 have pure fresh air for our lungs as good
food for our stomachs.
II Is a great misfortune 20 indulge children
aud allow them 10 form habits OF dislike for
certain articles Of food for it Is often mortity'
ing In later life and may even be a serious
obstacle 10 normal development. The practice
OF eating whatever Is given should be early
inculcated. Cnless the taste be inherited, the
dislike OF food often occurs a. result o.
suggestion. The child should early be taught
20 say. ''No, ! thank you. when he Is offered
something that Is not agreeable 20 him, IN
stead OF the abrupt reply, Il don't like II.
Vegetables should be given in abundance, since
the vegetable prOteid carries with IL a large
amount Of potassium salts, which are the pre-.
dominating salts In muscles, neutralize acld
products and foreStall rheumatism. Children
viii often refuse green vegetables which arr
essential m providing certain acids. 1ry pre-
seuting the vegetables I'm more palatable or at
tractive forms and when this fails use them
I'm SOUPS or purees. Onions among the finest
nerve toncs have. and IL spring onions are
chopped and spread between slices Of bread ana
butter they form a sandwich w-.ch. II eaten
at night will do a good deal toward purifying
the blood and securing good nights rest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

The aEasuie condition 50 often observed IN
school girls usually arises from one or two
causes Girls apt % take much less exer-
else than boys. and therefore become eonSu-
pated-In vhIch coalition food is not properly
assimiiated and anemia results. This may often
be regulated By larger supply Of green vege-
tables OF fruit in the diet In providing
larger bulk % food Auacmia l. q dearth NJ
red blood eoTPuScles; these provided nor
naiIy BY animal food that contains maximum
Of Iron and material necessary for red corpuscle
making when girls refuse meat. especially
beef. they are losing from their diet a much
needed element: AMI the result Is often the
tain. pale. ti-cd looking student. Good food and
fresh air far better than medicine In over
coming this coalition
IL 8 most undesirable that either boys or
girls Be Permitted tasks before breakfast. where
IL Il Unavoidable the child should be given
q glass 80 hot milk cOcoa With bread and
butter before the exercise The breakfast taken
usually from 70 o'clock should be substan-
tial q cereal with sugar and cream. protein
IN the form % meat fish OF egg. good wheat
brcsd and rleuty q butter. and sweets In the
fern. Of strG ed fruits, marmalade OF jams
Give the csrrsl. not the Jam. first in the mesl.
IL l. not unco-lnon 10 see children coming 20
the breskfast table with poor sPPetites. caused
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
WHEN TO RISE

-N RESPONSE 10 many queries /
am going 10 talk today on the &C.
casioas for rising. l think. on the
whole. that the fundamental pTin-
eiples are easily mastered. and upon
these you can base your actions. using
tact and a general spirit OF kindness and
regard for other peoples feelings.
a any instance when d certain hos
piIaIIty on the part OF a hostess is TO
be shown. you should rise 10 greet your
guests When callers enter your draw
ing room at an afternoon tea, you. as
hostess. should rise from a group with
wnOm you have been chatting and step
forward TO meet the newly arrived
visitor. II IS not necessary for the
other members OF the circle to rise al
the Introduction OF the guest
If however. a very old man or
woman should enter a room. whether
you are guest or not. you should show
your respect for gray hairs and rise at
an introduction and ofier the most con-
venient chair.
When a man Is introduced to a woman
A. Is not necessary for the latter 10 rise,
except In cases OF elderly persons or OF
diEnitaries 10 whom you wish 70 show
a certain formal respect
Men should always rise when a woman
Is standing. IL Is not necessary tnat
A quick automatic standing position be
taken. but there should De no nesltAncy
on the part OF a gentleman 20 rise
when women enter a room and 70 see
dat they are comfortably seated BEFORE
he sits down. He should rise. Also
~.hen an older man enters his presence.
II IS a very easy way to show respect
fo- his father for his pastor. Tor ms
white-haired uncle. Right here let me
urxe that you, my dear readers. insist
upon this Difference from your brothers
o. your friends. Request that they
show this little mark of respect JUST
thtnr 70 do. and few men will refuse.
Children should be taught 70 rise
when their parents or older reIAtion,s
er.er Z room They should oner theiI
ria - and remain staining until theiF
r. 4-s seated.
% rising shows your shougntiulnes1
Hll-deservsd respect. then oy an
meme rise. These two p0iHts snoulo DC
TIE guiding stars in your actions
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

lbs, MINI.
Brookville, Ohio.-"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. A neighbor
recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to me and l havo
become regular and my nerves arc
much better. Mrs. Il. KINNIsoN,
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities. periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostratiOn.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Apblying for a License

Dear Mrs. Adams
license must he give all particulars re-
gardinE his former marriage. such as names
OF contracting parties, ages, when ana
where the event took place and cause OF
divorce who the plaintiff is and conditions?
SupposnE this all took place in another
state, will the clerk or some county onclal
send back to said state for confirmation OF
truth OF his statement before granting the
license, or issue the license at once?
ANXIOUS.
A young man applying for marriage
license is under obligation to answer all
questions asked him by the clerk, and
the clerk has the liberty to ask any or
all of the questions you mention. You
must have with you the papers proving
your divorce before the license will be
granted you.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Irritation TO a Dance

Dear Mrs. Adams -
/ have been placed in O very embarrsss-
ing position and should like u have your
advice received an invitation to dance
bearing the name of the young man with
whom was 20 so. I had been with him
many times and considered him one OF my
best friends. The Invitation contained the
programs which were to be filled BY the
night OF the dance. However he did not
speak to me about 4. but at first ] con-
sidered Il merely negligence on his part and
allowed many OF my dances to be taken:
The night came: yet he said nothing; l
then was told that he had asked another
girl 70 attend q dance given by his fra
ternIty He treats me as he always did,
and we often paint together as before.
Friends have told me that / should turn
him down: what is your opinion in such
a case7 BETTY b
I don't believe the situation is quite
clear TO me. II the young man invited
you to go with him and then failed to
make his appearance at the proper time,
he was most rude to disappoint you.
You would be justified in asking him
for an explanation. II would be better
to hear his reasons before turning him
down"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
FROM ToKlVSG1 "
coon BO1K ~ES}5S$2 &

Rice is the Indispensable food of the
orient, and it is interesting to know the
various ways it is cooked and served
Rice as a vegetable.-Soak one-half
cup of the rice over night. Cook in veal
broth until grains are soft. Make a
sauce with two tablespoonful of butter
melted before the fire, two small table
spoonfuls of flour, pepper, salt and one
large cupful of rich milk. Cook it until
creamy and add it to the rice. Pour all
into a dish, cover it with crumbs and
bake it until brown.
n la Yokohama.-Take one cup of
boinled rice. the same of white sauce and
one-half cup of minced tongue. Mix all
together lightly. Place it in a baking
dish, cover it with grated cheese, and
bake until 1t is well Drowned on the top.
serve hot
With Tomatoes.-Soak one-half cup
rice in cold water over night. Next
morning put in double boiler and add
fresh boiling water and a pinch of salt.
Cook until soft, without stirring. Take
a cupful of stewed fresh tomatoes and
flower 1t with cugar, pepper and salt,
thicken 1t with butter and -four. mix it
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
ADVICE ON SOCIAL
CUSTOMS
asking Permission to Call

Dear Mrs. Adams.
/. should a young man. rather init
mate friend. ask me IL he may call Tor
the FIRST time or should tell him that
he may call? At ABOUT what time should
he come and leave7
? Is il proper for either OF US 70 wear
formal evening dress. and should the
young man bring a box of candy at the
nrst OF at any other timer
3 II young man Is introducing
young lady friend. who should he men.
lion nrst. and what is the proper form!
What should the young lady do?
l. II is better to let the young man
ask permission to call. The time ne
should call depends upon the custom OF
your vicinity. The usual hours, now
ever are from to 10 o'clock.
2 Formal evening dress is not worn
when informal calls are being made. II
a man wishes to bring box OF candy
TO the young lady upon whom he is call
ing. he is at liberty to do SO.
8 A Young man introducing lady TO
a lady presents the younger TO the older,
IL there is any noticeable difference In
their ages. A young man IS always pre-
scented to a woman in the following
manner: Miss A. may I present Mr..
b." The introduction may be ac-
by a repetition Of the Names
{ smile and a polite bow.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
CaUalieni's Ten Rules
for Beauty

y /. When your mirror tells you
= you are not looking well, rest
= 2. To keep the hair beautiful
y wash 1t once a week.
. 8. To Keep the mouth young,
. massage with your little fingers
= the lines of petulance from nostril
. to lip.
. 4. To have always a youthful con-
y tour, keep the line of the jaw as
y thin as a knife edge.
y 5. To keep the nose shapely,
y give it frequent massage.
= 6. To keep away the ugly,
, middle-aged redness of the nose,
use hot congresses on it.
Z. To keep the tired lines away
, from the eyes. battle the lids and
= skin about the eyes with water
as warm as you can endure it.
s. To make the eyes always bril-
Q liant, battle them as often as you
. do your face. Use an eyecup filled
y with rose water.
g 3. To avoid the multiplied chin,
. sleep with the head low, the lower
. the better.
= 10. To refresh the dry, withered
& skin, battle it often in water as
= warm as you can endure.
. ~%->-0%~~oN-~>>% ~1-~-o~~->%
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

white or ecru," says a fashion note.
Possibly you had nouced it,
Secretary Ballnger finds he is lin
( bad" equally in the city of Washington
and in the state o. Washington.
Daily fashion hint: Tan Oxfords and
an overcoat make a combination that is
taboo by the best society.
Senator Eugene Hale, more firmly
than ever, is CONVINCED that he will not
be a candidate for reelection in Maine.
Since New York's population has
grown to 4,700,050 the American colony
in that city must ne more lonesome than
ever.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Difference in Height

Dear Mrs. Adams. -
Do you think that a man should marry
a girl taller than himself? VIII II Gauss
her discomfort and modification in the
future? MY sweetheart is a couple Of inches
taller than /. For myself that makes no
difference but a friend who is an fastener,
ike herself says she would be rioiculed by
her friends and in time would dread to be
seen with me.
Kindly tell me II you think II would be
wise for me to Invite her to accompany my
sister and myself on a two or three ION ms
trip7 JOHN "a
The difference in height should not
and does not make a particle OF difer-
ence where love is concerned. II you
and your sweetheart are perfectly salts
fed with one another. what should you
care about the opinions of others?
IL your engagement has been announc-
ed. II would be all right to send her an
invitation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
II Miscellaneous Shower

would like to give a miscellaneous
shower for friend of mine. Should
have music and dancing. or have q supper,
and are men supposed to attend? Would
II be proper to have II three months before
she is 20 be married? Is 1t necessary to
s'e ANXIOUS TRINA.
II would be very nice for you to pro-
vide music and a supper for the guests.
Young men are seldom invited to a
shower for a bride. for the simple rea-
son that one does not care to put them
under any obligation. Three months
prior to the wedding is not too soon to
hold the affair. 1 think 1t would be
better to send each friend a personal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
good does evil enough.

good does evil enough.
Less.ng-A single gratful thought to-
ward heaven Is the most complete
prayer.
William Barnes, Jr., of New York. is
quite correct in regarding T. r. as
menace-to Barnes.
1t is possible that the fire started un-
der Senator Hale may be kept going I'M
til Frye is reached.
Maine went Democratic not because IL
loves the Democracy more, but the
standpatters less.
The bobinette guimpe may be either
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

Separate the clay, and IL becomes a
white earth, fit for the finest porcelain;
or If it still further purifies itself, you
have a sapphire. Take the SCOT, and if
properly treated it will give you a dia-
mond. While, lastly, the water. purified
and distilled, will become a dewdrop, or
crystalline into a lovely star. Or, again.
you may see as you will in any shallow
pool. either the mud lying at the bottom
or the image of the heavens above.
Spanish proverb: Whose does not
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30

ing down the aisle in the theater for .
riTl friend in the audience to speak out
loud TO attract his attention? ROBERT.
1. 1t would be rude and unkind to the
Young lady Surely the ten or fifteen
minutes intermission could be enjoy
ably spent in conversing with her.
q II the friend Is not sitting next TO
you, It would be better to show signs OK
slight bow.
g. Some young men wear the full dress
suit between the ages you state, but
the majority wear tuxedo.
such actions would be most i'm
proper A dignified young lady Will
never try to attract attention to herself.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
In Irritation to Visit

Dear Mrs. Adams.
l would like to have your advice. l am
a man OF p years. I have written to
girl OF IS to come to see me in my home S
has sister who would like to come.
Would It be all right for me to tell her =, 70
nav whole or half OF the fare for the nrst
s"'' A FRIEND.
Unless you are engaged to the young
members of your family. you should not
have extended the invitation to her:
Since the invitation is issued. II would
be wise to ask her sister to Visit you
at the same time. Do not pay sllhst
oirI's fare
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Personal Notes

Dear Mrs. Adams. . =, a, -
viii YOU please tell me when It IL good
form to use correspondence cardsH WouIe
II be bad taste to write a few words OF
coincidence on a card to friend who Eas
lost her mother? VIII you please Suggest
something suitable and apRroRTla7te 10 u say
to herr EIHELhN W.
Tho correspondence cards may be USED
for PERSONAL notes such as invitations
notes of sympathy or congratuIatl ton:
Sriand on a card, but let your words Of
sympathy spring from your heart.