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decade an eccentric baby is born whose
unruiy stomach refuses to be comforted
by the mothers milk or any ingenious
substitute containing milk He. must be
brought up on barley water or other
starchy foods. He flies in the face of
law and gospel by the untoward be-
havior. All the same. the idiosyncrasy
is not TO be disputed.
Perhaps one child in a thousand,
after passing babyhood, cannot drink
milk, and really dislikes it. This es-
tabnshed, it is folly to force the per-
feet food upon him or her. 1t is a pity,
always, for nature DEGREES that young
things should be nourished, flesh, bone
and muscles, by the Iacteal fluid that
stands in every tongue and land as the
symbol Of healthful sustenance. 1t is
highly probable that the fugltives from
Egyptian bondage had lost most of their
focks and herds in the desert, where
they would not have found bread but
for the miracle of the mama, before
they encamped where they beheld a
cross, ''the swelling food,' the land
flowing with milk and honey. Litera-
ture, sacred and secular, abounds with
proverbial sayings that prove the clue
Of the one, only and perfect diet "The
sincere milk of the word" 'the milk Of
human Kindness" are specimens of
hundreds Of phrases confirming the fact
of general faith in its universal vir-
tues. Yet there are adults, sane and
normal in all else. who cannot digest
milk. 1t makes chem bilious; 1t causes
heartburn; it is too laxative, or maybe
too astringent. Whatever the plea,
truth underlies it. Certain digestions
refuse to assimilate the vaunted natural
sustenance Of all mankind.
WHEN MILK DISAGREES
That milk. however fresh and rich,
is to some a bile-engendering diet is
not to be questioned. In such a case,
If it be considered expedient for one to
drink it regularly. the addition of a tea
spoonful OF limewater to each glassful
viii counteract the evil tendency and
not affect the taste unpleasantly.
Mothers who are made uneasy by the
breaking out Of a red rash upon the
bodies Of nursing or feeding babies, ap-
parently in perfect health, may find a
cure in this simple precaution The
aikali combines pleasantly with the oily
properties of the milk and makes It
digestible.
1 provoke contradiction in asserting
that rot one person in ten drinks milk
properly. read a while ago In q
popular novel by famous author of a
skilled nurse who gave a glass of milk
TO typhoid patient which ''he swal-
lowed at a guip." Had the nurse under
stood her duty she would have insisted
he should sip It slowly and take a long
time in getting it down. The gulp
left it a hard curd in the stomach. /
suspect that much of the discomfort
attendant upon milk-fed diet with
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:" The PERFECT FOODs,

when our bantlings outgrew bottle ana
feeding cup, we passed the patented
treasure on to our poorer and ignorant
neighbors Are there patent pasteur-
izers? And In what does the difference
between the old wrong way and the new
right way consist?
Another blow to former belief and GUS
tom is dealt when the milk of one
COW" theory is exploded. We used to
rest secure that we were doing the lat
est and best thing for our babies In
making sure that each nursing got
daily and constantly the milk from one
COW. selected as especially healthy and
well fed. Mothers went to infinite pains
to assure themselves of these essen
tials to the little ones welfare. Often
we went cut of town a month earlier
IN the season than was our wont. to
settle ourselves where there could be
no doubt on this point. In my own
country home one particular cow was
known Familiarity as "baby's foster
mother" The milk drawn from her
was kept by itself and the child had no
other In the city, we thought we secured
the same end by paying two or three
cents extra quart for zone cows milk
from honest % venders who got sup
plies straight from the country and kept
the lone cows" elixir OF life in sepa-
rate can on the wagon. My optimism
IS of stubborn strain. but it had
staggering blow early one morning
when CHANGING to look out of my win
dow into the quiet street, 1 espied the
honest countryman filing the reserved
little can from one of the larger,
Then, 1 was furiously and righteously
indignant. In the light of later informa-
ton scientific and warranted) I know
that the man was really in advance OF
his generation. and entirely justiiable
in the deceit For it would appear that
the blend of lacteal fluid is preferable
to the product of single COW for nur-
sery uses. Why, l am too obtuse to
comprehend much less to define to my
fellow-ignoramuses.
This enigma is, likewise referred to
our professional staff.
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the money with which to buy clothing
and groceries by the sweat OF his face
all the long summer day? 1 have seen
the experiment made many times and
with such pftiable results that the vision
of homegrown fruits and vegetables no
longer attracts me. 1 own that family
of simple habits and an assured income
of S1200 per annum may live comfort
ably, If frugally, upon a quarter acre Of
ground, every inch of, which Is forced
to do its best by the Skilled labor Of
man who has no other profession.
The trouble is that so few young
couples have dividends. ETC., that justify
this pastoral OF suburban possibilities.
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Snggeshons

4 will send few ideas that might heiD
some IN household labOrs -~
J. When silking corn. use stir whis,x
r,ssoa When & necessary to keep broken eggs.
water and keep in a cool place. "'n Soio
When layers OF cakes persist in Slidin1
press three or four woode, foofhei-IS9..
,,nrogEn ,nrosE from the top. pinning the isyess
4 For mayonnaise dressing. alwav. r.s
an egE three OF four days old. Faiiara -
orten due TO too-fresh egg -
. Keep letter file hanging - e..
htcnen wall on which to hang raper ~, - -.
8 a tiny pinch OF salt sprirlx - - n, -.
POT or couee VIII settle Il effectualiv
- md my perforated cover indisDe,..
re. 1 use Z for cover in trying b-r-.
er. steamer and colander. a-a-
Wilted Lettuce.
8. Fry some bits Of bacon Aaa o,.-A.,.
~ vinegar. salt and lunp OF b,fts--
Wnen 0oinng add two whole er~s ,,1 81. 20
uhtll they are barely set TiIrn a. ST. ss.l
over pan OF lettuce that has beer oIa,.sScao oa.So
eroken INTO bits and well drained. Tos- III
Iogetner thoroughly and send - -. - - -
at cnse In covervd dish - eaos
JENNA Delano r-aft
AS you may observe that vo,,r 49, 49,
nlnts Is one short. I must teli vo,, ~
ally ---~1~enl-
May l ask If wilted lettuca =. -a.u-
patataple! We cook lettuce somefirnss
and like it. But willing Is s,1ifa =.
otner process. Have you tried It FOR
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Onion Juice

!. Please tell me what you mean By
onion juice Does Il come put up in
cans or bottles. or how 10 II made?
2. Please also tell me why architects and
builders show 50 little common sense as
almost invariably to put bathtu1s directly
under windows. Is Il that they think bath
rooms need no ventilation7
PUZZLED (Chicago).
l. Onion Juice IS made by mincing an
onion and squeezing out the juice
through netting or cheesecloth. It Is a
more delicate .navoring than when the
chopped or sliced onion is used.
2. fancy because the bathroom Is
generally rather small and the bathtub
large in proportion. 1t must be near
the window If you would have the room
well lighted and aired.
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

bacon. broiled tomatoes. graham biscuits.
toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Beef stew Ga left-over). stuffed potatoes,
cress and cottage cheese salad, crackers
tea
Yesterdays soup with the addition Of to-
matoes. Dreaded mutton chops green peas.
poets mscaroni pudding with currant sauce,
black coffee.
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST
Blackberries. cereal and cream. panfsh.
potato biscuits, toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Plain omelet stewed potatoes. beet and
lettuce salad. thin bread and butter. crack
ers ana cheese. canned pineapple, cake, lea.
DINNER.
Clear tapioca soup. Brunswick stew
Susing one fowD. rice croquettes. spinach.
perry dumpings with hard sauce. black
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST
Grapefruit. cereal and cream bacon,
poiied eggs, hominy mullins. toast, tea and
LUNCHEON.
brunswick stew (warmed over). baked
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have us comprehend. In sheer despair
how to handle this twig of our subject,
l call upon our own competent and
patient STAFF of chemical experts and
physicians to instruct us in the mys-
teries of pasteurizing. We learned read
lily and gratefully how to sterilize the
baby's food, and as / have said, he
appeared to our dull eyes to thrive
thereupon. We bought sterilizers, and
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S. ?. C. a.

Please tell me how the agent o.. -.
p C. y. Is appointed we have no
orancn OF the society in these parts and
witness more or less cruelty -
NfERESTED (Osceola Mills. Pal.
Write to the secretary OF the state 40
ciety IN Philadelphia for inforunatiork
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Salad Dressings

TO salad makers who would econousiza.
II ~ the yolk OF one egg to one CUP Of
OIL, tnuS reducing cost and frnprovfn- ~
quality OF the mayUnnaise 80
=, French salad dressing may be mixed
an1, sna KEPT IN fruit jar for weeks. Shake
NJ p. Davenport Iowa).
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sweet potatoes radishes graham bread.
berries and cream. cookies. tea
DINNER
Spinach soup. veal outlets string beans.
squash. currant tarts. black coffee.
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SUNDAY

BREAKFAST.
Raspberries and currants. cereal and
cream. fshbails. cornmeal mullins, toast,
LUNCHEON
Barbecued ham. toasted mullins from
breakfast tomato and lettuce salad, thin
whole wheat bread ana butter. huckleberry
cake and cream cheese. iced lemonade
DINNER.
Cream OF lettuce soup, roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding. stuffed eggplant, Drowned
potatoes homemade fruit SURPRISE" cake,
black coffee.
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biscuit, nibbled between sips. tones the
digestive apparatus tt It's work
For uncounted generations the best
substitute for the natural nourishment
of the young of the human species was
held to be cows milk. diluted with one
third part OF hot water and slightly
sweetened. Then arose the scientific
dietist in the majesty of modern re-
search and taught US to sterilize milk
into the exact component parts and
proportions of mothers milk. Thou
sands OF babies were saved aliye yearly
Cor so we believed) by this system. In
this twentieth century we are informed
by these same wiseacres-or their i'm
mediate successors-that, milk should be
pasterrized, if we would get the full
values of the perfect food. Sterlizing
was blunder throughout, they would
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MONDAY

BREAKFAST
Oranges cereal and cream, broiled bacon.
French rolls. radishes. toast. tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cold ham, egg and lettuce salad. heated
crackers and cheese. steamed brown bread
baked eustard and cookies. iced tea.
DINNER
Green pea soup. yesterdays roast re-
chauffe la Milanaise with sultana raisins
and pine nuts, or shredded almonds In
gravy). scailoped eggplant "a left-over)
chopped and Drowned potatoes "a left-over5
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II Seasonable Reci0e
Green Tomato Minct

The exchanges is full OF good things I
am venfurfng TO confribute something OF
my own that think will be acceptable to
others.
Green Tomato Mincemeat.
One peck OF green tomatoes; five pounds
OF brown sugar. six apples: two pounds OF
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MODERN METHODS ARE

Flet-dwellers and cottagers get the
perfect food in covered bottles. and set
It away in refrigerators, without lift
ing from the surface the thin paper cut
10 At the mouth Of the flask and de-
signed TO shield the contents from dust
and germs. Our grandmothers would
have cried out Historically upon such
'shiftless methods" The truth IS that
we could do nothing wiser in the change
OF circumstances. Milk is a ready alb
sorbent OF OdOrs and. inevitably, OF
germs harmful TO the human species
To leave Il IN an open vessel In the
modern refrigerator, and a near neigh
Dor to meats, salads. fruits and cooked
vegetables, is TO invite infection. The
milkman builded better than he knew
IN devising the air-proof paper cover
ing for his wares. You should leave It
IN place until the bottles are drawn
from the refrigerator 10 be emptied for
use. You do better still TO leave in
place the cOrks that are sometimes set
over the paper casing. II was said by
them OF olden time that the cream
would not rises satisfactorily unless il
had air. We must content ourselves
with the top OF the bottle" and not
risk germs and incipient putrefaction
by exposing the milk to such air as we
breathe.
You cannot be too careful about let
ting the contents OF the flask stand
upon the kitchen table after opening it.
MIX turns with amazing rapidity
when taken from the ice and left In a
warm room. This same turning Is the
housewives bugbear. She encourages 1t
ey taking the bottle or pan from icebox
or cellar half an hour before the milk
Is to go TO the table or be cooked. The
path 10 drinking glass or saucepan
should be as short as it can be made
one Of the numberless stubborn veri-
lles mat give the lie direct TO scientific
Sheofles, however stoutiy bolstered they
may be by demonstration and learned
names IS that the perfect food does not
agree with all Of Us. About once in
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those with whom 1T does not agree" is
due TO neglect of this simple rule. Teach
be drunk in leisurely fashion, with
long breathing pauses between the sips.
Iced milk, swallowed by the half pint
on warm day, when one is hot and
1t should never be inflicted upon an
empty stomach. A slice OF bread or a
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FRIDAY

=
Oranges. cereal and cream. baked eggs.
graham gems. toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Mince OF veal on toast, baked tomato
toast. string bean salad on lettuce with
French dressing. warm gingerbread and
lemonade.
DINNER.
Goldfish hisque, corned beef. young turnips,
mashed potatoes. berries and cream, cookies,
black coffee.
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SATURDAY

BREAkFAST.
Berries and cream. cereal. bacon, fried
honliny. toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cold corned beef. potato pun Ga left-overl.
quick biscuits, honey with biscuits for des-
sert. iced tea
Split pea soup cannelon OF beer and po-
tato ca left-over), baked bananas scallop
OF sweet potatoes, rice and raisin pudding,
black coffee.
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TUESDAY

BREAKFAST.
Stewed rhubarb. cereal and ere;
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IN oLDEN TIMES

Coming down TO everyday facts,
milk is as sadly misused as any other
article Of food. In the times when we
lived in houses Of our own and had
pantries, and II we dwelt apart from
towns, even joyed in the possession Of
real storerooms and closets with
windows in them that could be opened
at viii, canny housemothers held
certain notions concerning milk that
were discarded with the incoming OF
the food Of folk for whom room must
be made by abolishing separate resi-
dences and economizing ground space.
Our foremothers maintained that
milk should be kept in broad, open
vessels in a cool place, free from dust,
and be left undisturbed from the time
It was strained into the shining pans
until the thick cream was daintily
SKINNED off If the milk were pure
and rich, there was a second rising,
and this when removed to the cream
crock. left the milk less blue than
much that Is sold to US for table use.
According TO the dairy rules Of that
era, cream did not rise freely unless It
had air. IN the Scientific" dairy Of
today 1t is still separated" from
open vessels. shallow and wide in pro-
portion TO their height
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"Our foremothers maintained that
milk should be kept in broad,
open vessels"
n - IS - they al It!

" HAT is what they call it.
Chemists cold wives" IN the
fables" we are now taught to
discount disdainfully) and up
to-date writer's upon dietetics concur
IN the verdict: Milk is the one and
only article Of diet that should be as
simulated by every human stomach.
Treatises and items are written upon
milk. Legislators make special laws
defending the purity OF what the
milkman hawks from door TO door in
town. and the farmland pumps from
the udders into a pail that may or may
not be clean. with hands that are sell
dom washed between dinner and sup
per.
After reading columns topped by
scare heads and pages bristling
with statistics. one might expect the
thoughtful student TO feel something
akin 10 reverence IN surveying the
mill1man's cargo. and TO handle ones
cream ing reSnecffullv
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A LTHOUGH ''ruere man." I am al
~ ways interested in your department.
Silicate OF soda (water glass; will
It may be had from any druggist
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
FOREFATHERS' CELEBRA.
TION.
A Successful Anniv ersary Gather
ing last Wednesday.

The 29Oth anniversary of the landing
of the Pilgrims was commemorated in
most fitting and happy fashion, under
the auspices of the Middlebury Histori-
cal society, at the Congregational
church on Wednesday evening, Dec 81.
The address was delivered at five
O'Clock to a fair sized audience.
Scripture was read by the Rev. Mr..
Esten of the Memorial Baptist church,
and prayer was offered by the Rev.
Doctor Corkran of the Methodist church.
The choir sang America" Mrs.
Hemans's ode, ''The breaking waves
dashed high" and Mendelssohn's II
waited for the Lord" the music of the
evening being under the direction of
Mrs. Miner. Governor Stewart pre-
sided. The address was novel, timely,
and, very practical consideration of
"The Pilgrim as a Business Man." 1t
dealt forcefully, too, with present-day
New England conditions and the
certainty of their being bettered by a
re-adoption of the Pilgrims business
principles. 1t is safe to say that not
in many years have the participants
in this annual festivity been favored
with a more suggestive, thought
provoking address.
The below-stairs celebration had
much of its old-time quality and was
correspondingly enjoyable. The supper
of the Labarree ladies was appetizing
and the after-supper programme a
pleasing combination of song and senti-
ment. Governor Stewart again presid-
ed and the speakers were the Rev. Mr..
Esten, Doctor Collins, Superintendent
Barss of the Vergennes Industrial
School, Mr.. Sewall, and Professor
Wright. The various musical numbers
were delightfully."- rendered by Mrs. Cot
trell, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Howard and Doc
tor Cunningham, Mrs. Miner being ac-
companist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
ColIeqe Notes,

College closed Thursday noon for the
Christmas vacation, which lasts until
January 3.
Professor Burrage addressed the Y NJ.
G. A. in the Hemicyce Tuesday evening
on the subject, 1.-TWO Christian School
masters" The meeting was well at
tended and his remarks were listened to
with much interest.
The announcement of the football
ms" has not been made yet, on account
of the fact that both resident alumni
members of the athletic council have
been out of town all the falL The
awards will probably be made soon after
the opening of college in January, at
which time the reports of the treasurer
and manager will be given.
The Kermesse, which was given Tues
day evening in the town hall by the
College Young Women's Christian asso-
citation, was decided success, both
socially and financially. Booths, at
which candy and fancy goods were
sold. piled a rushing trade throughout
the evening, and the programme was
received with applause. 1t consisted of
folk-dances by groups of girls costumed
to represent the countries of Hungary,
Ireland, England, Russia, Sweden, Italy,
Germany and Scotland. The merriment
was continued by cake-w walk contest,
the cake being furnished by the ladies of
the faculty, and the contestants being
the various groups of girls who had per
formed the folk dances. The Russian
group, consisting of Misses, Wood, Vos.
burg, Brodie, Agnew and Caswell took
the cake" which they promptly cut into
pieces and auctioned off to the audience.
Many college and townspeople were
present and passed the evening very
enioyably,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
Christmas Entertainment.

The Congregational Sunday school en-
joyed its Christmas entertainment and
annual mite-box opening last Friday
evening. There were exercises by the
children. after which refreshments were
served and games were p layed.
The boxes, on being opened, were
found to contain fifty dollars, which will
go toward the support of a colored girl
in Fiske University.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-10
As to Debating Foreign Missions

Mr.. Watson says he would be willing to debate
with William J. Bryan Yes, we understand. AS
well might Goliath have sent word to Saul, eff
you will let me select for you your champion, I
will fight him. Mr.. Bryan is a noble, good man;
but the who is competent to speak on
mission methods is Mr.. Ellis, who has personally
investigated the conditions mission grounds
And with this man. Mr. Watson declines to de-
bate.-The Presbyterian of the South.
Is verbal debate the only and the best
way to discuss a great question? Could such
a vast subject as Foreign Missions be salts
factorily handled In one speech?
Would it not be far better to allow me to
be heard in The Christian Imdew, The Wes-
zeyaqa Christian Adpocate, or some other de-
nominational organ? I am perfectly willing
to discuss the matter with Ellis, Broughton,
or anybody else-but do not intend to have
wordy battle with any clergyman, or any
paid partisan of the Boards.
In either of the two JEFFERsoNIANs, any one
who desires to defend prevailing methods can
get all the space he wants. This includes DR..
Brought0m and Mr.. Ellis.
In the March number of Watson's M0ga-
zine will be printed long, strong letter, at
lacking my position-also my reply to same.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-10
Socialism and the Home

Dear Sir:-Please state in the next issue of
your Jeffersonian how Socialism would, should it
become ruling power, affect the home
Yours truly
HOMER LAMAR THOMPSON.
Young Harris, Georgia.
ANSWER.
Will have to do this in the series of Maya
zine articles, and would prefer not to go into
it now
Will say, however, that when ceremonial
marriage is abolished, as the Socialists pro-
pose, few wives could hold their husbands for
life; and few children could identify their
fathers. Socialism would relieve the husband
of the duty of supporting the wife and child;
and these would owe no definite, prescribed
duties to husbands and fathers. The State
aoouzd take the place of the Head of the
Family. To the State, wives would look for
their maintenance. To the State, children
would look for support and education.
Besides, Socialism is antagonistic to the
private ownership of any land. Consequent
ly, all the foundations on which homes are
built would be destroyed.
Such papers as The appeal to Reasom and
other Socialist publications intended for con-
sumption By country people, are lying, shame
fully, on this matter of the Home, and Of the
private ownership of land Eugene Debs has