The National tribune., 1910-01-06

in this science She has Joined a cook.
! ing school in Boston-if good cooking
/ Is appreciated anywhere 1t is in and
| around Boston-and she has started al
the very bottom of the ladder; that is
in learning how to build a coal fire ir
a cooking range. Miss Draper is going
to make herself proficient in good,
plain cooking before she attempts any
thing in the fancy line, and is at pres
ent devotng herself to the making OF
hash. a light omelet, yeast powder bis
cult, etc. If the young lady learns
nothing but to make good corn-beef
hash. she will have accomplished much
There is no dish which has been sc
undervalued as this. Its position is eX-
tremely humble. almost ignominious
Few cooks think it worth while to
spend any time or thought on lust
hash," A few junks of meat, in all
states of fat and gristle, some potatoes
little energy with the chopping knife,
and there you are! Hash, in the hands
of the right person, is a dish lit Tor the
gods. When the meat has been carefully
picked over and nicely. evenly chopped,
with twice as much potato added tthe
potatoes having been nicely boiled and
dry, not soggy), when all has been
carefully mixed and then put in a hot
frying pan. with plenty of butter, some
salt, a pinch of pepper and perhaps a
little cream. and when thoroly not
turned out on platter with the nice
golden brown crust outside. then. in
deed, may you begin to talk about
something really good. The very
thought of it makes the mouth water.
Mrs. Russell Sage is still occupied in
getting rid of the millions left her by
her late husband. She has recently
made two important gifts. the first 10
a.. Museum
York City, of the most valuable ccllec-
ton of old-fashioned furniture In the
country. This was originally plckeu
I'D. piece by piece, by Mr.. Bolles. OF
Boston, and represents the labor of 20
years. 1t contains many extremely
beautiful pieces made in Holland, Eng
land. France and America, whlch
sraced the homes of our ancestors. 1t
dates from the earliest settlement or
New England. and is valued at fully
100000 To those afflicted with the
mania for antiques, which has spread
all over the country, the contemplation
of this collection of "genuines' VIII
cause many n heart to be filled with
envy doubtless. Mrs. Sage's other gift
is to Yale University, and consists OF the
sum OF S650.000 to purchase the 3O-acre
park known as the Sachem Wood es-
tate, which the university Will use large
ly for the development of its forest
school.
Charles W. Morse, the convicted
banker, must go to prison. His appeal
for a new trial has been denied by the
Judge of the United States Circuit
Court, which was the last resort of his
lawyers The charge that the jury who
sat upon his case were more or less
under the influence of liquor seems to
be refuted by the fact that only 20 bot
ties of liquor were consumed by them
all during the trial, and that none Of
the jurors took anything after the case
had been given to them. No good rea-
son seems to have been found by the
courts to change the sentence pro-
nounced upon him more than year
ago, that sentence of IS years impris-
onment His devoted wife clings to
him as closely as ever, and will prob
ably accompany him to Atlanta, where
he will enter upon his long term. While
he has not been able TO have his SEN
tence changed, there is little expectancy
that Charles Morse will spend many
years in Jail. His conduct will be ex-
emplary, of course, and after a few
years he will be pardoned. His family
can settle there in Atlanta, and in all
probability he can see them every day.
Money will provide all the creature
comforts for him. The situation
the stain on his soul and his good
name. How keenly he and his family
feel this the public does not know, Of
course.
There is nothing that makes the
blood boil quicker than cruelty to ami
mails, unless 1t is the absurd considera-
ton which some of the pampered pets
of rich women receive when all about
them are little children suffering for
the very needs of life. Dumb animals
can be made perfectly comfortable and
given all their natures demand without
any lack of kindness on the parts Of
their masters and mistresses, and yet
without the wicked amount of money
that Is spent upon them. If there were
no such thing as poverty, with the hu-
man suffering 1t brings, then there
might be more excuse for this eXtrava-
CANT expenditure and devotion show
cred upon dumb beasts. In Minneapo-
lis the other day a pet dog in a white
velvet plush-lined coffin, ornamented
with silver hangings, drawn by black
plumed horses and followed by a closed
carriage containing its master and mis-
tress, was taken to its last resting place
near the family lot. A millionaire, who
had recently died, left a fund of s70,-
900 to take care of his favorite horses
and dogs, and a man offered $4,000 for
a cat exhibited at a cat show. which
was Indignantly refused by the cats
mistress. One of the cats kittens had
sold recently for $500. To most of us
this seems all wrong. Money is too
badly needed to ease human suffering.
Be kind to all Gods dumb creatures
Love your pets all you want to and look
after their comfort, but remember that
they are, after all, only animals.
| Frederick Remington, the cowboy
artist who died the other day in Ridge
| field, Conn, affords an excellent Illus
tration of the fact that surrounding us
| all is as good material for a book OF
picture as could be found anywhere il
we only have within us the power tc
present IL in a novel and attractive
light. While most of our budding ar.
I lists rush off to Europe or to some far.
off quarter of the globe In the search
of local color" as soon as they car
scrape up enough money to do so
Remington had sense enough to se'
that In the wild life of the Western
iprairies he had a virgin field and one
gan painting the cowboy on his buckini
bronco. and his fame and fortune wer,
made. No artist before Remington
ever painted the horse with all fou
ilegs in the air, all previous anima
painters had contented themselves b,
representing our four-footed frien,
with at least two legs on the groun,
when in the act of kicking Conse
quently when the Remington sketche
first appeared people were inclined L
make fun of them. This sort of thin
did not last very long however, an,
the spirited pictures Of Remington