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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-31
Ar Advertisinn Show.

An advertising pantomime" is In
course Of preparation in Berlin. This
novel form OF publicity is being adopt
cd by one OF the large retail establish
mcnts OF the capital. which has com
mlssIoned a distinguished composer to
write tho music OF the production. The
plot deals with two poor children
found starving by fairy on Christ
mas eve. She proceeds TO take them.
I'm series OF scenes. through the vari.
Gus departments Of the great shop.
giving them presents. Comic charac.
tiers, clowns and n ballet lend bumor.
Gus relief 1he pantomime will prob.
ably be produced at one Of tho Berlin
theatcrs, customers at the shop recciy.
ing free tickets
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-31

With hardly any effort on the part
OF any candidate to win the grand
prizes offered by the Evening Leader.
the contest is up to a new month with
total vote of about 10000, q vote
not large enough to deter any intend.
ing candidate from entering the
contest. One or two candidates got
right down to business the first dav
and called their friends to work; one
candidate was in the act of moving.
while two others were kept at their
business constantly.
But, with a new month at hand
and with election soon to be q past
event candidates will then get down
TO earnest work to get the cream of
the business before holiday bu ing at
tracts the masses.
number of inquiries have ONE to
this office in regard to paying the
subscription and having it started at
another time. This can be done and
the votes will be issues on all pax
ments of this kind. Many who are now
taking another paper wish to discon.
tlnue 1t at some date and do not wish
TO have another paper started until
their time expires on the one that
they are taking at the present time.
In such cases, just let us. know the
date the subscriber wants the paper
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lowing each contestant to rest assur:
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tabulated and counted, and then re-
ported from day to day in the Con
test column of the Bluefeld Evening
Leader. -.
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costing the person making the nomi-
nation absolutely nothing. But one
nominating ballot can be counted for
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Y brought to this Office, will count
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KILLING THE UMPIRE.
VI Is an Essential Pars of the Grsu
b9febn Game Of Baseball.

According to bleachPr law. there are
lhree particularly iuStihable motives
Tor doing away with umpires. An
umpire may be killcd-frst. If he sees
ht to adhere to The rules and make n
decision against the home team at a
close point In The game. second, an
umpire may be Killed if he sends a
member Of the home team TO the bench
when the player in question has done
absolutely nothing but call the umpire
names and attempt to bite his ear Off
ian umpire ~has no business to be
touchyJ; third (and this is a perfect
defense against the charge OF murder),
an umpire may be killed IL he calls
any batter on the home team out on
strikes when The player has not even
struck at the balls pitched That the
balls go straight over the plate has
nothing to do with the case.
There Is ample proof at hand to
show that killing the umpire is n dis
dnctlvely American sport. Other coun-
tries have tried baseball. but they have
not tried killing the umpire. That is
probably the reason why they have
hOb MHNtu tllJuubldSLlC over baseball.
for baseball without umpire killing ia
like football without girls i'm the grand
stand II simply can't be done. That
foreign countries know nothing about
Dur king Of outdoor sports was indl-
Gated fofclbly when I'm the fall Of 1909
the Detroit team made trip 20 Cuba
under the management Of Outfielder
Mcintyre. in the entire series Of
;welve games with the Havana ard
Almendares mines not one single OBJ
lection was made by either the Cuban
players or the silent Cuban spectators
to decision OF the umpires The
Americans did not know what TO think
Of it--untlI thcy counted up the gate
receipts AZ Tho end Of tho series. Then
they realized that IN their own country
II Is The delight ~ Killing the umpire
rather than the pleasure in watching
the gape that draws the tremendous
crowds through the turnstiles. George
Jean Nathan in Harpcr's Weekly.
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A DRAWING From momerl

Jane Erin Emmett. who married Vohr
Glenn. the London painter can do ~
speaking crayOn drawing Of anybody
I'm less time than IL takes to tell n.
Once in London she met young
man in the street and never saw him
again. Some years aftcrward his
mother came TO her in grief and de.
SPAR. The young man had died sud
denly, and there was no portrait. pho.
tograph or other likeness of him to
console the family Jane Emmett did
crayon OF him from the memory Of
that chance meeting 10 the street. and
IT Is priced by his family beyond all its
other possessions.-N New York Press.
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The Prizes.

The grand prize oaered in the sub
scripron Contest is a $3.50 Hudson
Touring Car, 1911 model--a perfect
machine in every way.
Two other prizes are offered to the
second and third successful candi-
dates. The second prize will be a
$3.50 bedroom suit, while the third
prize will be an $50 diamond ring or
gold watch, as the candidate may
desire.
Any respectable person is eligible
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NOTICE TO COUPON
CLIPPERS

" Subscribers and others who
are clipping coupons from The
Leader to vote for their favor.
oite candidate are advised that
" they must be handed to the
contestant and NOT bought di.
, rect to The Leader office. The
incandidate must take a receipt
from the Contest Manager for
hc all coupons. Subscribers can
pay money at this ofie for
but cannot leave
, coupons cut from the paper.
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Piofpont Morgan Braves suporstition.

No. 13 has been avoided in Il largc
proportion of the London streets. ano
in this particular city men appear {.
be cutie as supciYii;ious AK other foll.
There Is 10 No. 10 il fIolb0pn. ThrenC
needle street. Luudcn stree: or Token
house yard. Other Leading thorough
fares from which this humber is lack
ing include the strand. In, IIaymnr.
ket, st. James street. Park lane ANA
Westbourne grove. ON the other hand.
we find Mr.. Plcrpor; MORGAN Drawing
the Superstition hy housing bis price.
less art treasures ut 13 Princes gate
And an intrepid manufactures has for
years carried on prosperous bust
ness at IL Friday street. II would be
hard to devise Il more bloodcurding
address than this.-London Chronicle.
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Everybody works at our house,
Mother and sister Anne.
Father hustles in the morning,
Getting what votes he can.
We line up all the neighbors;
subscriptions are in demand.
We're going TO win that auto.
For sister Anne.
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started and the subscriber will be
credited accordingly. Several sub
scribers have so entered their sub.
scription for the Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-31

work River Oysters, fresh. Call
Phone $50. II. f. Joyner.
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You can't collect your own rent as
12heaply as Easley & West can do it.
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FOUND: Key ring containing four
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or call at Lender Office.
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WANTED

WANTED-35 miners at once Wages
h good All machine coal. Vein
feet and up. Williamson Coal &
Coke Company, Williamson, w. Va.
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NOW FOR A MONTH
OF EARNEST WORK

NOVEMBER SHOULD PROVE BAN.
NER MONTH FOR ALL CAND,-
DATES IN EVENING LEADER.
SUBSCRIPTION CoNTEST-CoN.
TESTANTS ALREADY GETTING
DOWN TO WORK.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE:---A stock Of general mer-
achandise invoicing about $500, in
good locality> Plenty of produce of
all KINDS, In sight of both Virgin
Ian and y 6 w. depots. Would ex-
change for good farm land in right
place r. Address Pembroke Produce
CO., PembrQke, Va.
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FOR RENT:-Two nice pleasant
rooms. Electric lights and bath
4, a. Board If desired. 615 Raleigh Ter.
race.
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FOR RENT

FOR REMITTANCE cottage, suitable
FOR -'sniall family. Location COZ
Boone Street bath and Furnace.
Apply DR.. f. l.. Black.
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MONEY TO LoAN.-Twenty-five
thousand dollars to lend on real es-
tate. l.. J. HOLLAND.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

two Of fair size. Line deep tin mould
with white paper well buttered and
bake. covered. for the first hour. Re-
move the paper covering then and bake
steadily for another hour. Take off the
paper quickly and shut the oven door
gently not to jar the cake. To shake it
would make it streaky.
Mem.-The fruit must be dredged well
with dry -four before it goes into the
butter.
n. B.-This cake, if properly made,
viii keep for years, if wrapped in sill
yer paper and put into a box with a
tight lid.
The wedding cakes cut by our
great-grandmothers when brides, were
made by this recipe. with scarcely a
variation. The great loaf, iced in
emblematic figures and letterings,
was taken from its place in the mid
die of the table. stripped of the
flowers and cut paper decorations and
brought to the bride upon a broad
salver She must cut the first slice,
and this was bestowed upon the first
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

bridesmaid to be divided among other
members of the bridal train-"to be
slept on" that night.
Pieces of the rest of the loaf were
treasured by the young people present
for the like purpose. and small boxes
of wedding cake went to friends and
relatives who lived at a distance. The
remnant of the mammoth loaf was
packed away as 1 have described, in
silver paper saturated with brandy,
and shut up in a tin or japanned box.
Pound Cake.
1t was. I think, Candace, in Mrs.
Stoves Ministers Wooing," who re-
garded pound-cake making as a sa-
cred ceremonial. She must keep her
mind "perfec'ly cam and easy" while
she was about it, and to this end
packed ordinary duties carefully
upon preceding days to leave the i'm
fportant season clear
had just read the book when
worthy and notable housemother Of
the very old school presented me in
due form and ceremony with "a recipe
for pound cake which my mother used
as long as she lived. You will find it
the best you ever ate If the cake is
properly made, by yourself, my dear!
No servant can be trusted to do 1t
justice"
Recipe.
One pound of -four, one of sugar. one
of eggs and scant pound of butter. A
glass of brandy. a grated nutmeg and
teaspoonful of ground mace
The butter should be of the very best
and washed three times in ice water,
then a towel be rolled about it to alb
sorb the moisture. Warm the butter
very slightly and rub it to a cream with
half of>the flour. and. this done, rub in
the spice and brandy. Beat the yolks
very smooth. Don't stop as long as they
froth. They must be, as smooth as
cream. Add the sugar. then, alternately.
the whites beaten until they stand alone
and stiff. and the rest OF the -four When
you have done this, put all the ingre-
dents together and beat steadily for
half an hour-not a minute lessl
The last clause lends weight to the
caustic predatory remark: mo servant
can be trusted to do 1t justice" What
paid servant would beat a cake for half
hour-not a minute less?
The list OF Famous Cakes would not
be complete without a recipe for sponge
cake such as our great-grandmothers
made to a perfection we can hardly
hope to attain. l have eaten nothing
of modern make that approached in
tender deliciousness the sponge acake
turned out by this formula by those old
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
In Behalf of Daughters

IF MOTHERS OF every station were
bent upon disqualifying their daugh-
- ters for what probably lies before
them. they could not go more zealously
to work 70 secure the evil end. Our
public and private schools and colleges
keep up the standard" so fiercely that
she who would rank well in her class
has not time to make a pudding or to
hem a handkerchief during nine months
or the year. and needs the other three
for recuperation. After graduation, the
girls harness is stripped off. and she
Is turned into the social pasture for a
run that lasts until she is caught and
noosed for life.
Work and trouble will come soon
enough. Let the young things have
their day." is talk that finds as much
favor among the poor as among the
wealthy.
What do you mean to do with that
nice girl OF yours?' asked l OF my
laundress. who had worked hard during
ten years OF widowhood to bring up her
boy and girl respectfully. She must
be about f5-isn't she?"
Sixteen. mem. She's small an not
strong for her years. But she's a
smart scholard at the school, they say,
an IS handy with her fingers as you
could wish to see"
She would make capital ladys
maid, proceeded l. "Or would you
prefer to apprentice her to the milliners
or dressmakers trade?"
The mother looked hurt and wistful.
Indade. mem. an it's sorry I'd be TO
see her servant to anybody, or in any
thing but a ladylike business. where sne
could be her own mistress. She's wish
ful TO be music teacher, or the loikes
O that She's never had to put her
hand to dirthy wurrk. I'd "a rubbed
me own fingers to the bone first"
This woman had lived in this free
country eighteen years, quite long
enough to imbibe national ideas as
to kitchen and house work Her
daughter left school at 16. She had
a emattering OF algebra, history, rhet-
oric, chemistry and English literature
She could bound every country in Asia
and in Africa, and give the capital city
of every European nation; could draw
maps and recite chronological tables,
and "had had three quarters en- the
piano." She could not have made a loaf
of bread or a gown for herself to save
her soul. but was slim Of figure. with
a complexion like a paraftine candle.
At II she married a journeyman
carpenter, who took TO drink in half
years time because he couldn't have
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
Irish Potato Bread

Reading in the Exchange OF Irish potato
bread, long years faded away and l was
back in the land OF my birth.
Mrs. P.'s recipe is the genuine potato
cake. beloved in the first cool evenings
OF autumn. when served with a cup of tea.
In my own family we added butter and
little caraway seed before baking. The
other potato bread. il good. is very nice.
but is hard to get just right in a big
family recollect but one aunt who made
FBoxtie'' we all liked it. She peeled
and grated potatoes (the proportions l can
only surmise. as l never actually made it,
four or five potatoes; washed the grated
pulp in clear water and wrung II pretty
dry in a cloth. added two cups OF -four.
enough sour cream TO make a thick batter
one teasDoonful of baking soda, an egg
well beaten and little melted butter and
ban u5 he aossh abs n Dutch das Tor an
This is good either cold with plenty of
butter or sliced and fried in, bacon
dished.
Melton Mowbrays.
Some one asked for a recipe for the far
famed Melton Mowbray pies.
and cne-thfrd ham. cooked into rags. chop
Bsd BBsea s aswa and q h she fss aavs This pes i
or ssas Nix al ass
the Bottom and sides e' Of deep. ' round ias tn
dish tsuch as beans are baked inl Do not
have the crust too thin. 1t should be near
y quarter OF an inch thick when baked.
Put In the forcemeat which should be
quite iellylike in consistency by now, and
cover with paste. Bake slowly and fairly
loTg 1t is TO be eaten cold at luncheon
or at Sunday night suppers, sliced In
have a recipe for chutney which is not
generally known in this country. will
send ii if you like.
MOTHER HUBBARD" (Ann Aroor
Who is not likely. ever to find her
cupboard bare. If we may judge from her
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

OF one reader in one thousand
M Of the tens Of thousands who
fingered, enchanted. over owen
Wister's story of old and new
Charleston ever so much as heard of the
cake that gave name to the novel. until
he met with it incidentally In the second
chapter.
And 50 Insignificant q part does Lady
Baltimore play in the action and plot
OF the tale that one wonders why the
title was bestowed. All the same, it
set wits TO work all over the coun-
Try, speculating as TO the pedigree of
the cake. and housemothers TO begging
for the recipe. ] confess that it was a
proud day for ne when box within
q box arrived from dear bewitching
Charleston, S. c. which when opened
revealed, first a layer Of Spanish moss
enwrapping the inner case and pro-
tecting the precious contents; sec
ondly. enveloped in silver paper, a gen
uine Lady Baltimore cake from the
identical exchange in which John May
rant gave the order for his wedding
cake. and where the augustus" met
his fate over a slice Of the famous
cake.
L returned 70 the table" we read.
''and she brought me the cake. and I
had my first felicitous meeting with
Lady Baltimore. O. my goodness, Did
you ever taste il? It's all soft, and
its in layers, and It has nuts-but
cant write any more about 1t; my
mouth waters too much,"
Delighted surprise caused me once 10
speak aloud. and with my mouth full.
But. dear me, this is delicious,"
It may seem ungrateful in me and
Ungracious 10 the conservers OF ro-
mantle traditions tending TO augment the
charm OF the celebrated dercacy that,
since the publication of Wister's book
entwines associations OF Lady Baltimore
with Charleston as the gray moss
drapes her live oaks-it may be a dis
enchantment. I say. TO assert that the
delicious compound-"all soft and in
layers and with nuts in it"-had its
genesis in Maryland The recipe is
very cld-or so I am credibly informed
and was named for the stately dame
whose husband. Cecil Calvert, second
baron Of Baltimore. sent his younger
brother overseas 10 govern the Ro-
man Catholic colony he (CeciD had
founded and endowed. but never looked
upon with his bodily eyes. Leonard
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

things as a man had a right TO sx-
pect when he came home after hard
days work" At 20. a sickly, un-
happy slattern. with two puny chill
dren. she was more than half supported
by the daily earnings OF her faithful
mother.
The wife OF a well-to-do mechanic told
me in the presence OF her daughter.
who was to be married the next week.
that Lucy doesn't like to have me say
1t, but she has never done a days
wash in her life. Ever since she left
school four years ago it's been go. go,
go. all the time. Up late at night, and :
sleeping half the day. and then get
ting ready to go out again in the even
ing! It's TO be hoped she'll sober down
when she has home and husband 70
look after"
A young woman who had had such
home training should have been able
TO employ corps Of competent servants
and hOusekeeper to look after them.
Lucy went to live in a neat fat, fur
nished by her father. put out her wash
ing and ironing, and vainly undertook
to do her own work. Without meaning
to be extravagant. she wasted her hus-
bands income, and worried him and
herself with continual mistakes and ex-
pcDSlVe failures. he grew savage and
intolerant OF the inefficiency which cost
him dear. She grew wretched, peevish
and "deicaJe' under the pressure OF
tasks too heavy for her soft muscles
and cares that "excruciated her nerves."
The dOCtOrs-anOtner expense-Said she
had no stamina; gOssips shook their
heads over 'the way girls have Of break
ing down early" Eighteen months
ended the unequal struggle. She and
her baby were buried together.
The untaught child had done her best
to repair the fatal biEnders Of her ed
ucatiOn- So sure am I OF this in her
case and that of a thousand others that
my Indignation expends itself upon the
inconsiderate. or weakly indulgent or
ambitious mothers who let their daugh-
ters waste IN useless follies time that
should be given. in part at least, to
diigent preparation for the calling to
which they are directed by nature and
public sentiment. Not one girl in ten
thousand expects or is expected to pass
all her life in the home of her girlhood.
What censure is too harsh for the con-
duct OF the parent who. ignoring this
solemn truth. falls to instruct her iH
the practical details of the prOfessf6A
she is almost certain TO enter
MARION HARLANR