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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

A young girl in her second season
out was describing a dinner party she
had given to a friend from Washing
ton.
Mrs. De We're acted as chaperon,"
she mentioned, incidentally.
l checked the rush of the narration:
WAS your mother ill?''
20. no. She attended TO all the ar
rangements, like the angel she is; but I
who were to be with us. and ] told her
she would be more comfortable in her
own snug sitting room''
@8 ] CHANGED to know that the mother
who had acted as caterer or angel is
extremely fond of young company
as she phrases it. And there flashed
Into my mind, with a new and startling
light upon it, the memory of a talk /
had with her year or so ago. 1t sound
ed odd TO me then that the merry ma
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
PROGRESS IN THE HOUSEHOLD

How are you proving your appre-
citation Of this sublime devotion-the
one disinterested passion known 10
Einful humanity-the parent love to
which the All-Father likens his own
boundless lover ] do not ask how you
are repsying it That you can never
do
Coming down TO details and ilustra-
tion: Those households DO not keep
abreast with the progress Of the age
IA which the children are not better
educated than the parents The ex-
ceptions 10 this rule arc so few and
far between that we need not stop 10
notice them. The world sweeps for
ward at a dizzy pace, and we would
not have our children thrown off into
space. Ny gardener told me, last
year, that he had not thought of TAX
ing out naturalization papers until
his boy began TO talk OF the politics
he had heard at school
Il want him 10 take his stand with
the best Of them when he grows up"
NV butcher has never mastered the
English language, but he is sending
his daughter TO girls college.
Il shall never be shentleman, he
told me, as I remarked upon the en-
gaging young daughter who brought
stood waiting respectfully in the
background until he had taken nay
order. But she shall be a ladyi She
win be my bookkeeper when she is
said not a word 10 dash his hopes
and cloud his dreams. But I saw in
Imagination what manner Of lady"
re viii be when her course is fnisheA
[e IS making money and she VIII
be pretty. Does any one. except the
doting father. believe that she Will
take a seat behind desk in his shop?
Is il worth while TO raise the child
so far above the station in which
those who gave her being were born,
in which they live and in which they
viii die, leaving all their substance to
those who viii try. for the rest Of
their different lives, to forget the
parents TO whom they owe prosperity
and education?
Let me tell you true story: In one
OF the New England states lived
bright boy whose father was a small
farmer. as his fOrefathers had been
He had no ambitions for himself; he
had one for his only son. The lad had
talent, said the teacher OF the district
school, and when he was graduated
there at the top of his class his
father strained every nerve and sinew
20 send him TO a preparatory school"
IN a distant town There he was fitted
for Yale College. Two vacations were
spent away from the farm as tutor
for the younger brothers of a class
ward changes as radical as those
which had made Z. spruce, handsome
fellow out Of gawky rustic, the
proud parents did not guess it in the
ecstasy OF their love and pride. The
the savings bank-never a large sum,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

made soup of the. cheap cut. if nothing
else. Or put it through mineing ma
I have never seen real plum pudding
tEnglishl made with. -four, or Irish po--
i;ato tato cakes made with eggs and milk 1
years. too.
How to,Cook Beef Kidneys
Cut the kidneys into round slices about
half an inch thick Dredge thickly with
nour nn'as seasoned 9 I'd with pepper, salt and all
When the red juice comes to the surface
OF the slices, turn each and cook the
Take up and keep hot while you make
the the gravy by pouring hot water inte the
boil up and serve.
Carrot Pudding
Take of -four, sugar and scraped car
rots, each quarter of a pound, half a
pound pour. ns,s Of potatoes mashed latter boil
a little minced lemon peel and some
Boil in a cloth four hours
Marmalade Pudding
the sas auastsr quantity sf pound y et nssl ue'
ounces Of -four: 2, ounces Of sugar;
masds sg Boil afse Il neggssassa ana e 6Sss
s,oth, snd hoT, or steam in bowl for an hour
A B. c. CLOS Angeles. cal.,.
The conditions governing the Los
Angeles garbage pals are not indigo
nous nor yet peculiar to that climate. 1t
Is the DID, old story of irresponsible hire
Angs and negligent employers. Whose
own sheep are not" might be written
upon the walls of thousands of kitchens
and pantries the world over Always
and everywhere it is a violation OF the
golden rule. The employe who is as care
1ul with the property Of master or mis-
tress as of his or her very own is the
faithful and wise servant on whom
the Lord of US all has pronounced a
blessing.
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that 1 am like a COW that has gone dry.
up for beef"
Her daughter would have been shocked
by the coarseness Of the imagery. To
me il was as sad as death.
Some Of these useless "old folks at
home" have a fashion in our day OF put
ting themselves out Of the way by seek
ing bed in the river or going 20 bed
IN the sitting rooms. where they are sup
posed TO be more comfortable than in
the drawing rooms they will call par
lors." and forgetting TO turn on the gas.
The mother who compared herself
to a mileh COW wandered from homo
one snowy night when "the young peO-
pie had friends downstairs and was
found by a passerby, who recognized
home.
Temporary dementia.r said the doc
tors and the family I held my incOn-
0snlent We tongue she has slept the sleep
heard OF her release / prayed that he
who remembered in his last agony the
mother who bore him. commencing her
with his parting breath to the disciple
whom he loved. would make up TO her
for what she had missed in her earthly
home.
o, ye children OF a larger growth than
the babies who cling TO the mothers
knees, asking no other home be MERCY
fuI TO your parents.
I saw the other day a letter from a
nne young fellow, who had buried his
mother, to kinsman whose parent stil
lives
Don't, beg OF you. wait, as I did.
until your mother has passed from
earth TO let her know how dearly YOU
love her. / would give worlds to recall
mine for one hour that might tell her
what she was 70 me-
while the day lasts Begin ths
pious task now.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
7E} ID VER PLATN TALKwih grown Up CHILDREN

first boy was born, that he shouldn't
suffer as l have in the company of
learned folks Nor feel as if he was
standing at the door of big temple
what he was fair crazy to get into,
and bruising his fists a-knoeking on
the panels. Please God, says 1, my
boy shall be equal to the smartest of
them And l kept my word with him
and the rest of them. They are chill
dren no man could ever be ashamed
of. AS for their mother an Newell"
forcing a sorry Taught often tell
her we had ought to be satisfied to sit
on the fence an see them go by
He would stare in uncomprehending
amazement If he were called heroic"
And you, his educated" boys and
girls. would smile superior TO my
"fancies" were i to apply the epithet
to him in your hearing.
To you it. is the course of nature
-"boosted" occasionally by Provi-
dence-that he should toll for half
century in the underground mine in
order that his offspring may disport
themselves gallantly in the sunlight
Do you ever for one honest minute
put yourself in his place and ask
whether you, at his age. will be con-
tent with the place on the fence, while
your children march at the head Of
the procession, band playing and flags
flying?
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
4 Big kitchen or SmaH2N

A BREEZY letter from California
"A opens the discussion upon the
= - question: "A Small Kitchen or a
Larger
BY all means, the small kitchen; not too
small. OF course. And with cupboards, ta-
bles and everything convenient. and plenty
of light and fresh air in It
even ike things hanging up around
Mandy that are used right along. Different
win things which are used only occa-
If some of the admirers of large Kitchens
had 10 do all the walking it takes to get
only little breakfast-for Instance, between
Sink and table and stove and pantry-they
might change their minds. Then ii isn't
SSn!y the unnecessary walking, but the time
Also. If some of them had to scrub a
large moor every week and sweep ii every
day. they. might think it was foolish when
Sot at all necessary and that the time
might better be spent some other way
Even linoleum has to be scrubbed every
other week. though the week in between il
may be just washed with warm water and
soap. not mopped. that is a sloppy
way. as the edges do not get cleaned so
Wen and the floor not so egell as when IL is
taken piece by piece and the water
changed. Also the mopboards are liable TO
get splashed with the mop. and the splash
Ing is not always cleaned OFF. Some advise
washing linoleum with milk TO make IL
bright. If l knew a floor had Just been
washed with milk. ] should wash IL over
again with soap and water to get the milk
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE OF the enormous
n number Of letters sent to
the ETchGA0e, must ask
contributors to limit their COM
f'lHHicGtionS 10 100 acords, ercept
in cases of formulas or recipes
l0hicb require greater space. /
tcdnt all my correspondent to
haze a Shogin0 in the Corner,
and If nty request IN this respect
Is complied a1ith, it l0fH be posSi-
bic TO print many more letters.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
Value of Food

From a letter teerning with practical
wisdom, but which is, unfortunately. too
long for our Corner, I extract certain
passage
Cannot we have more discussion Of the
comparative values OF foods? We prepare
dishes with great regard 70 taste and ap-
peararce. but little 10 their nurrttive
properties and effect upon the bodies they
are 70 build up. wonder how much sick
OF these matters? We like and prepare the
heavy dishes our grandmothers cooked. ig
noring the changes in our modes OF life and
the absence of the need in our less-robust
bodies of her pork pies and doughnuts.
Foreigners come to this warm climate and
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

tron should lapse into a pessimistio
vein when the topic was our children.
THE truth is" she said, dreamIly.
looking past me into the fire. there Is
no use upon Gods earth for parents over
80 years old. Their children don't need
them any longer. and they have served
them for SO long they are not ft for
any other place. l often say to myself
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
Sensible Food for Chickens

Another and one of the most charm
ing letters l have had in a month of
Sundays has lain in the right drawer
happy day in which I could find room
for at least one-third Of 1t in the Ex-
change Since there is little chance
that the day and the hour will ever
come, / set my teeth upon a fragment
of the epistle and hold 1t fast for the
benefit of poultry keepers.
After telling how she is laughed at for
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
SATURDAY

BREAKFAST
Grapefruit. cereal and cream bacon ana
fried tomatoes. graham gems, toast tea
LUNCHEON
Yesterdays chowdsr. potato pufr "a Left
over. toasted gems from breakfast corn
starch hasty pudding with hard sauce.
DINNER
Beef gravy soup. roast and stuffed shouf-
der OF lamb. green corn pudding cream
peas. custard pie, black coffee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

cooking potato peelings. our sound
hearted and level-headed housemother
goes on to explain why this is done:
put on to cook any turnip and potato
PeehnSS l may have from the days cook
ana lei them simmer al the back OF tho
range all day or all night. When done.
y Iney are ppingi hot; then add some
CASTOR drippings and pepper, and thicken
y with cornmeal. Very little meal will
oo ! serve this to MY chickens hot. upon
2 board scrubbed clean. As a result.
have eggs all winter. when my neighbors
lay. Moreover, my fowls are fat. and
don't hang arouhd my back door on winter
Gays, hungry and cold Our eggs are
laIge and fine. sell them lall / can
spare) for 30 cents a dozen. at this season.
30 much for feeding them upon trash"
,n Mnieh your farmers wife had not time to
B, B. Cwachapieague. yirgnia).
Once upon a time I passed whole
winter in the country and fed my
chickens exactly as you relate. The
farmers wives who were my nearest
neighbors whispered darkly Of the
cruelty of stuff1ng fowls before they
were TO be killed for eating" That
none OF them died from the hot
messes' dealt out to them daily is 10
TINS day marvel in the neighborhood.
IN Easter week ! gathered 2l0 eggs
from forty hens. / have never doubted
since then the possibility Of making
poultry pay, provided a woman attends
10 the chicken yard and understands her
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
.NAa4AA Aooko~S
Family Meals for a Week
DINNER

Mock turtle soup Coased upon liquor IN
Which the calfs head was parbOiled). pep
pers stuffed with forcemeat and served with
gravy. string beans. green corn on the cob.
homemade ice cream, Lady Baltimore cake.
black coffee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
To the Economically Inclined

May I join your circle and contribute
Few well-tried and economical recipes?
Go on welding your club! We need
lessons in the noble art Of making both
ends meet Improvidence will never
cease out of the land.
Don't let the garbage can subject
crop crop Il wish you could see some OF
Eeles. Ends of loaves, fruitcake. cold
meat, green peas. remnants Of salads
tnat took both time and money to make,
etc 1t is no wonder so many money
earners go out OF the world by gas and
other routes
cuts"-the cheaper the better. or so I
think don't give any of them to- the
ooS. as IN. M. G." did She might have
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
Cheese Pie

A Constant Reader (Atlanta Ga.) asks for
e recipe for cheese pie. Mine may suit
her. as all who taste 1t want more"
One cupfLl Of -four and q pinch of salt
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
KEEP STEP WITH THE TIMES

Our girl wonders. impatiently, and
often angrily, that elderly people will
not learn to keep. step with the
times" She is sure that she would
strain every power of mind to do this
much for one she loves as her parents
profess to love her. She is graduate
of q fashionable college and she has
had two years abroad as "wind-up'
of her education. She has never be-
thought herself that the mind has
muscles as the body hath, and that
they stiffen with disuse. Her father
has bent energies and intellect for
fifty years to the accomplishment of
one object, namely, to earn enough
money to make his family comfort
able and happy and to secure for his
boys and girls the advantages of edu-
cation and breeding he never had.
It have missed them all my lifel" he
said to me in rare moment of cont-
dence. II made up my mind, when my
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST

BREAkFASI
Pears cereal and cream bacon and green
peppers. mullins toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cheese soufie. cornbread, salad OF lima
beans and lettuce. with French dressing;
crackers. toasted: canned peaches and gin
gersnaps, tea.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

mind then and there that mother must
keep out of the drawing room" she per-
sists in calling the 'tparlor'' when your
friends visit you. From the bottom or
your vexed soul you wish that she were
more presentable and more amenable to
the instructions with which you ply her
in season and out of season. You can
not comprehend why she Will not learn
the ways you have introduced into the
household. She and your father never
recollect that the latest meal of the DAY
is no longer supper" but "dinner, ana
con-" Nothing will induce your father
not to touch his fish with his knlfe, ana
he ignores fingerbowls and tucks ms
napkin into his collar before attacking
his soup. Mother speaks of her maids
as girls and actually told Mrs. iau-
ton the other day that she had met tnat
1ady's baby in the park and had quite
a chat with that nice-looking nurse
girl of yours. In fact, we. got real
chummy over. the pretty baby"
She has antiquated notions about dress,
verify believe. the only respectable
woman in town who ties her bonnet un-
der her chin and parts her hair IN .tns
middle. plastering it down each side OF
her face as she wore 1t fifty years age
She is the dearest thing IN the
world, of course, and your father one
of the best of men-but. socially, potn
are absolutely "impossiblev The
word, as used by the up-t date fash-
ionist expresses what / could not say
in a column of closely printed matter.
The bars it sets between the speaker
and outsiders are as high as heaven
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
THURSDAY

BREAKFAST
Melons, cereal and cream. ola podrida
omelet, hot biscuits. toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Philadelphia scrapple. salad Of corn and
lima beans "a left-over). crackers and cot
tage cheese, dish OF fruit. lemonade and
DINNER
Yesterdays soup. beefsteak a Ia Chateau
BRAND, stuffed eggplant, young beets boiled
with the tops on. coffee junkets cake. blasck
cofes. Y
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
TUESDAY

BREAKFAST.
Apple sauce, eaten with cereal and cream
baked eggs. French rolls. toast. tea and
LUNCHEON
Seallop OF chicken and oysters Qeft over
from Sunday. baked potatoes. tomato
toast, blanc mango
DINNER
Spinach soup "a ieft-over). baked calf :
head. lima beans fried bananas. Indian
meal pudding, black coffee
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
FRIDAY

Oranges, cereal and cream. salt salmon
broiled- with sauce tartars: potato biscuits,
toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Stew OF beef and mushrooms "a left-overl
French fried potatoes breakfast biscuits-
split and toasted: bread and berry pudding
tea
DINNER
Goldfish chowder. baked srnelts unashA4
potatoes, salad OF young beets "a left -over)
hot crackers and gruyere chesse, Watars
melon. black coffee
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
MONDAY

BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream, bacon. boiled
eggs, brown and white bread. toast tea
LUNCHEON
Buttered shrimps thin whole wheat bread
and butter, cress sandwiches with French
dressing, heated crackers with toasted
cheese. apple merjngue pudding. ice-eold
DINNER
Okra soup biased upon liquor IN which
chicken was boiled). mutton chops. spinach,
baked rice Ca left-over), floating Island,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST

Melons. cereal and cream. Goldfish balls,
Boston brown bread. toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
JeIlied bouiIlon. cold meat. egg salad with
mayonnaise dressing. crackers and rogue
fort cheese. peaches and cream. sponge
cake. iced tea.
Corn and tomato soup, boiled fowls. Span
ish rice, lima beans. prune and nut jelly,
cake. black coffee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

n EDITORIAL critic, and presum-
ably a college-bred man, was
II pleased 10 say OF an article OF
mine a while ago: Marion Har-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
SEX EVEN IN BREAD MoLDs
Scientific Discovery That Will Tend
to Astonish the UnthinkIng
layman.

Among the many extraordinary
theories introduced by recent micro
scopic studies is that of sex in bread
molds. After years of patient re-
search it is announced that distin-
guished scientist has found that these
minute fungi, the lowest order Of plant
life, possess the characteristics of
plants Of the highest type, and have
the power of reproducing their kind
from two distinct and different races,
in addition to giving new life from
one. The precise meaning and value
to organic evolution of the fact that
in such low forms of life as the COM
mon molds male and female should be
as sharply differentiated as in human
beings are far from settled, but the
discovery, If it be discovery, is
most important contribution to the
fascinating pursuit of the unknown in
nature. Some of the microscopic
slides show, it is claimed, groups of
fungi which form the product of
mated bread molds once separated by
thousands of miles. To the unscientific
eye they appear as pretty miniature
forest jungles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
LOOKING INTO THE.FuTuRE
3. !. n. n ~ 20 49,.
Vision Of What May Come to Pass
In the Encouragement OF Ex- n
listing Conditions.


The man of the future sat patiently
darning the family socks. From time
to time his mild blue eyes glanced
YEARLY round at the pile of mending
at his elbow, and he sighed as he
thought of Murphy, the raw Irishman,
who needed incessant instruction in
the most elementary details of the
culinary art. Two noisy, sturdy girls
romped tom-girlishly about the room.
aggravating his headache, while their
gentle little brother sat quietly by his
fathers side, studying pictures in an
old book of bygone fashions. which
appealed naturally to the domestic in
stinct of the little man.
Look. father" he murmured, point
ing to an old print of the year 1909.
See what queer clothing that man
has on. What are they? Did men
really wear these, then?"
Eyes. DEAR" replied his father, lay
ing down his needle for moment and
bending over the page. 81 never saw
any, but father once told me that
grandfather wore them when he was
boy. They called them trousers!"-
Tit-Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
Minute Measurements.

Because the balance wheels of
watches expand and contract with
changes of temperature they run
slower and faster, according to cir
cumstances By making them of diff
ferent kinds of metal. having different
degrees of expansion with increase Of
temperature, the effect of their
changes on the running Of watches
may be almost entirely eliminated
But in dealing with such a problem it
is necessary to know the expansibility
of the metal employed.
A means of measuring it is fur
nished by an instrument called a
dilatometer, in which system of deli
cate levers or chain of gear wheels
magnifies the motion of a pointer over
a graduated scale hundreds of time.
At meeting of the Physical society
in London not long ago dilatometer
was exhibited which had magnifica-
ton of 1,500 times, so that the change
in the length of a piece of steel caused
by single degree of rise or fall Of
temperature was clearly measured by
it, -
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
Cats Sense of Locality.

A kitten about six months old was
taken to house few miles distant
from it's birthplace, confined in room
and tenderly cared for during week.
and then set at liberty. 1t was sup
posed to have become habituated to
its new surroundings, but it returned
to its old home on the day of Its re.
lease. The sense of locality and di.
rection was exhibited still more strik.
kingly by an old tomcat, which was
stolen and carried distance of 20
miles. confined in a bag. The cat was
imprisoned, but made it's escape, and
in a few days reappeared in pitiable
state at the home of its former mas
ter, which was separated from that
of the thief by high wooded cliff
Scientific American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
Medal Received

Martin Smith received his medal
last Saturday from the State of New
jersey for service during the Civil war
1t is made of bronze metal and is
about the size of half dollar in silver.
On one side is the following inscrip-
ton: Presented By the State of New
Jersey to Veteran of the Union Forces
in the Civil War 1861 to 1885," And
on the other "Ready to Die for the
Honor of Our Country" AS stated
heretofore Mr.. Smith first served a
year in regiment from New York
and then Joined veteran regiment in
the State of New Jersey:
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-04-21
Fine improvements

One of the finest improve ments be-
ing made this spring is new cement
sidewalk that ls being put down from
the entrance to Maple Grove Cemetery
north to the road running east and
west. The distance is 80 rods and the
work is being voluntarily done by
Messrs. Owen Davis and John Rosen.
beck who line on opposite corners a,
the north end Of the walk. The ex-
pense to these two gentlemen will ag-
gregate about five hundred dollars. OF
course it will add many dollars to the
value of their property.