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The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

let it stand for half an hour. Squeeze out
all surplus water This is absolutely neces-
sary. the water being poisonous. Put the
vegetables into a deep pot. cover with boil
ing water, and cook for twenty minutes.
Drain through a colander and return once
more to the pot. Stir in a lump Of butter,
half a teaspoonful of parsley. half a cup
full of milk. and blend with 1t a table
spoonful of corn starch wet up with cold
milk.
Let all boil for ten minutes over a.
slow fire. and serve hot on dry toast
HUNGARIAN FIELD CABBAGE AND
NOODLES.-Grind in the meat chopper one
large head OF cabbage and one small onion.
Add salt and let it stand half an hour.
Squeeze out all the liquid until the cab
bage is quite dry. Put four tablespoonfuls
of lard or good beef fat in a deep pot
When the contents are smoking hot stir in
the cabbage and cook covered for some .
minutes to color it to golden brown. Stir
often to prevent scorching.
Have ready pound Of broad. nat
noodles. Cook tender in boiling water; salt
10 taste. When done. drain in a colander;
then blanch by pouring cold water over
them TO get rid of all the gluten. Turn
the same color as the cabbage-a golden
brown-mix all together and thoroughly;
add Inch of paprika and serve hot.
This may be served as vegetable Oh.
with the addition OF sugar and spice, as Z
meat spice Mas. L. ..
Other recipes describing the cooking OF
cabbage are in reserve. The advocate Of
the vulgar vegetable" " has the courage
OF her convictions. and she may bring read
ers ignorant OF the virtues she attributes
to It around to her way Of thinking. Her
well prepared formulas are novel and un-
American. They may be none the worse
for that!
To those who are tempted to make trial
of the recipes let ME drop a word that
may save annoyance to other dwellers
under the same roof with the enterprisinH
cooks. When the cabbage goes into the pot
do not put on the lid. Strange to say, the
unpleasant odor does not diffuse itself 50
rankly and generally through the house IL
cooked uncovered. Set near It on the range
another uncovered but smaller vessel con-
tanning half a cupful OF vinegar. Set this
to boiling briskly and keep 1t up as long
as the cabbage Is in cooking. II will go
far toward killing" the peculiar smell
which has done more than anything else
to create prejudice against cabbage. /
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Mistaken Viep of Economy.

HlStu(CH ICW " ASOtOHy'
THE most exasperating thing about such
methods is that she believes all this stow
ing away of trash is commendabIe fore
thought and economy, when It is nothing
of the kind"
l shall let the anonymous lecturer keep
the floor for a minute longer, before dis
miss her with hearty thanks for saying
what I had 1t in my mind to write when
that blessed article fell in my nay:
Fire is the great purifying agent Look
through your house and sort out all the
old letters and papers, patterns long since
out of date, rags old felt and straw hats
no longer fit for wear; bOnnets. feathers,
and artificial flowers, trousers, dress coats;
by all means old boots and shoes. paper
boxes, bricA-brac, coupon pictures and
chrOmos, and last. but by no means least
calendars!
The most hopeless feature in this mag
pie habit is that the hoarder is honestly
OF the opinion that principle lies at the root
of it. In WORD, that she is practiciEg a
virtue in accommodating rubbish. Were you
to reason with her upon the manifest folly
of cluttering closets and drawers with what
there is no probability OF converting into
aught useful or ornamental for L dozen
years TO come, she would pelt you with
text and proverb until you would retire
from the field. silenced and not convinced
She holds her own. doubIy convinced and
VoIuble.
Acknowledge to her thai nothing eatable
should be thrown away and you are at her
mercy. You cannot refute the assertion
that our grandmothers bequeathed to US
much that IS passably useful and GeciGedIy
curious in the way of attic treasures. She
win not see that other methods of house
wifery have fallen to our times.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

yolks Of two eggs, a scant teaspoonful OF
salt. a very little cayenne pepper.
Trim the tough part away from the clans
being careful not to cut into the soft part
(ThIs may be done before luncheon is
served) Melt the butter over boiling
water, stirring constantly. When 1t Is
creamy add the wine, gradually. Beat to-
gether tke yolks and the cream, and add.
gradually. stirring all the time. but not
rapidly. As soon as all the ingredients are
mixed, turn in the clans, and cook until
they are plump.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

I thought not, when I made a rapid COM
putation of the time lost while or a maid
put on hat and coat, hunted up pennies
for the purchase and expended ten or fifteen
minutes Of a busy morning in going for
the paper and twine. Both are clean and
the stock is continually renewed, or SO
often that they do not encourage microbes
to nestle and breed IN fold and coil
Nor are ends Of ribbons and bits Of velvet
and silk, remnants Of cotton fabrics ard
woods, silks and linen floss, packed neatly
in box OF drawer. with the definite design
Of sending them away at sight of the next
call upon correrites for contributions to the
portiere or patchwork guilt. or a sIumber
robe, arrested in the hands Of aged women
and helpless shut-ins for.the want Of these
materials-in the least bit like rubbish. It
is capital and of no mean sort.
Keep it wisely and lovingly IN circuIa-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Chatting Dish Used Freely.

1t is safe TO compute the number OF
families that have an early dinner on Sun
day and supper in the evening at 10 per
cent OF the population. Perhaps so per
cent Of housemOthers get the evening meal
while the maids Of all work $50 called from
custom and tradition) are taking their ease
with acquaintances " abroad Being one
OF this class. l make liberal use OF the
chatting dish. May I submit a dish that is
received rapturously by my little brood and
contentedly by my John?
TOMATOES AND EGGs.-Put a table
spoonful Of butter in the frying pan. and
when it hisses cook in It q small onion
chopped fine. In two minutes after the hiss.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

Quick biscuits with syrup or honey. Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Smoked salmon, boiled and shredded, then sauts
and served upon toast.
White potato pun Ia left ovsrl.
Thin brown bread and butter.
Junket and cake. Tea
DINNER
Split pea soup.
scallop Of turkey and oysters Ia left overl.
Rice and cheese [reclps given last wsek1.
Canned string beans. Apple dumpllngs.
Black coffee.
): s.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Canned cherries Cereal and cream.
Bsrbecued rabbits. Mufins and toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Saimi Of rabbit Ia left overl. Cream toast.
Mufins left from breakfast. Celery salad.
Crackers and cheese Currant buns. Tea
DINNER.
Turkey rack soup Ia left overI
Irish stew Baked macaronL
q. Mashed turnipS Bread.
crumb puddinE-susarIess, with hard sauce
Black co1es.
4
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST
orsnE.s Cereal and Cream.
Sausage and Eriddle cakes Toast
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON
Remains Of Irish stew.
Mincs Of maearoni and tomatoes =
IpGrtly q leftoyerl.
Potatoes In P1riEisnns
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

-
" |" woman VINO has her own worS
to do, sends three or four chill
dren TO school. and has then d
thousand and one things TO do
before they and her husband come home to
supper?
If she would take ten minutes late in
the afternoon to bathe her aching feet in
tepId water in which hi: Of washing soda
is dissolved. then soak them longer in
plain tepid water, dry, and with q piece
of sandpaper rub down any Csllous spots,
finally drawing on i pair Of fresh stockings,
she will feel rested and ready TO meet them
all with a smile.
Now that the chilGren are settled again
in school, it is the mothers duty to supply
them with good, wholesome food. Have
we'll cooked cereals and cream for break
East and if they come home al noon, in
Etead of giving them tea and pastry and
rich cake. have q plate OF nourishing vege-
table soup awaiting each. A soup bone may
be bought for 10 cents. Well bOiled-that
Is. slowly and Iong,-and with a few vege-
tables cooked into it, and. when the meat
is tender. with this put through the meat
grinder and stirred into the soup, the bone
will supply dinner for the hungry bairnies.
TO SAVE STOCKINGS-A piece of
velvet pasted in the heel Of the shoe will
make hose wear much longer than II this
were omitted.
Mothers need never be bothered with
vermin in childrons heads II tincture Of
larksPur be literally applied at the first
appearance Of the pests. and the head be
washed in clean water next morning. Re
sult-a perfectly clean head! MRS J. Z"
An esteemed correspondent from whom
we have heard before. and always to our
pleasure and advantage
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Tho Ways to Cook Cabbage.

wish you would write an account OF
the luncheon at which this menu Is used.
am sure It would be entertaining reading
for US all, and vary the routine of the
Helping Hand most agreeably. Let Us have
1t. Will you?
Have you never noticed how seldom
cabbage appears upon the tables OF refined
and stylish folk? Or known how much
nourIshment there Is in a vegetable
esteemed vulgar
so sure am I that It needs only to be
better known to be rightly valued that
am sending several recipes for cooking It
in the hope Of convincing certain super
cilious housemothers Of Its qualities.
CREAM OF CABBAGE.-Grind to-
gether in the meat chopper a huge head
of cabbage, q stalk OF celery. and q large
onion. Add two tablespoonfulS Of salt and
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

ready. You tell me that you have one Of
the latter. II you will send stamped
and self-addressed envelope to me 1 shall
give you the name of q, little manual which
will be a safe guide in all pertaining to
chatting dish cookery. When you see the
title you may understand why I GO not
publish It here.
LUNCHEON MENU.
CServed from chahng dishcs)
Bouillon-
Clam la NeWburg.
Sweetbreads with mushrooms
Saratoga chips. Finger rolls.
Creamed tomatoes. Thin bread and butter.
Lettuce salad with French dressing
(made at table,.
Crackers and cheese.
Charlotte russo Black coffee.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Denim Bag for Waste Pdper.

II the reader who recalls sundry utter
ances Of mine respecting paper and twine
is inclined to call me down for Inconsistency,
put upon record here and emphatically an
exception in the matter OF these articles
Or. to speak more plainly. to insist that
they are valuables and unless tom and
clipped in slovenly undoing Of parcels, that
they are never rubbish.
Have a stout bag Of denim. or cretonne or
brown linen bound all around with tape or
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

that all may be shipshape for the clean
New Year, have mercy upon others. Use
less things that cost money are always and
everywhere an extravaganza.
While paper mills and scavengers endure
ard furnaces roar and spades and back
gardens are to be had for the asking, cast
tradition to the winds and meet the New
Year with a house that's clean every whit.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Chdfng Dish Menu Requested.


A club Of which I am a member will
meet with me shortly. I'd like to change
the usual order of things by serving some
thing from the chafing dish Kindly tell
me what the menu should be.
All 1 can make in the chafing dish is
Welsh rabbit and 'creamed lobster I'd
like the whole luncheon to be served from
the chatting dish. I have four pans to cook
from, as a friend has a chafng dish. We
might, with these. prepare the whole
luncheon in the presence OF the guests.
Please advise me what to have besides
creamed lobster. MRS. L. D."
As you have learned by letter. it is utterly
against our rules to send recipes by mail.
Our correspondents is already so heavy
that were we 10 undertake to answer such
requests as yours by post the load would be
intolerable. 1 am especially sorry in your
case because I should like to help you out
in this particular line.
shall submit q menu which you may
find available at some future meeting Of
the club. have an earnest desire to be
represented at that AFFAIR. Ny daughters
belonged to clubs in their girlhood-salad
clubs and German and French reading
clubs. and know what fun they had in
getting ehafng dishes and percolatorB
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Mushrooms Codrselp Chopped.

SwEETBREADS WITH MUSHROOMS.
-ParboiI. blanch. and slice the mushrooms
before they are brought to the table, and
chop a dozen fresh mushrooms or half a
can Of French (champignonsl coarsely. A
gill of mushroom liquor. a tablespoonful Of
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

tion of what were genuine economies three
quarters OF a century ago. How every par
ticle Of grease was saved for making candles
and soap, how orange and lemon peel was
dried and pounded in a mortar for flavor
ing puddings and creams-and an hundred
other expedients were practiced for which
there is now not the glimpse Of use or occa-
sion,
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Pass Good Things" Along.


Keep them going while they and you are
alive-the reading matter for which We
publish appeals every week. When you
have read all out OF book that you can
get from II, pass it over to somebody who
cannot AFFORD to buy 1T Hand your daily
paper TO the man in the back street to whom
a penny looks as big as a dollar to you.
and Inquire in what home or hospital the
religious weekly you take as a Sunday
afternoon service will be most acceptable
If your laurdress or charwoman can
make use Of the cracked bowl, the chipped
Plate, and handleless cup you would push
out of sight upon the back shelf IL YOU
kept 1t. reserve the shelf for better pur-
poses and let her have the crockery.
Broken china. wisely kept for show"
was thing Of the past. Now It is clear
rubbish and an eyesore
AS for soiled and out OF date cards and
calendars and pictures which have stood
in storeroom, closet. or garnet. we'll back
in the cubby hole" even If they arc Dor
traits that whatever their first estate now
resemble nothing upon earth or nobody now
living. stay your resolution upon the name
less esssyist dictum, fire is the great
purifier" Turn your eyes away from be-
holding the burnt sacrifice 10 decency and
order, If sentiment be too strong for Won.
but cremate the rubbish! The demolition
is economy, not Wastefulness. Nothing
that is worthless can be said to be wasted
no matter when and how Destroyed
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

ing reComm"nces turn in ha'f can OF
toma toes, seasoned with pepper salt but
ter and a dash of sugar to take off the
sharp acid taste of cooked tomatoes. Cook
In tie pan FOR ten minutes. and lift from
the flame Have the deeper saucepan ready,
buttered literally. and pour the hot mix
ture into It. Set over the flame again, and
as the contents bubble drop in five eggs
without breaking the yolks Just slip them
in gently from the shells. Let them simmer
slowly, lifting from the bottom Of the pan
with a fork. not stirring them as you would
scrambled eggs. When the eggs are firm.
serve. The tomato sauce imparts a fine
flavor.
You might call them eggs poached in
tomato sauce if you like. Mrs. lie B.
A waggish youth complains that
"poached eggs have no temperament" in
cline TO his opinion. but the deficiency must
be supplied by the process described by
our member. In our household the fore
going supper dish figures occasionally on
Sunday night or at a week day luncheon.
but with a difference. The dame who pre-
sides over the chafng dish breaks the eggs
in stirring. and adds small cupful of hot
cream to the mixture a minute before serv-
ing. Either way is good.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

to hold something else. Rags aRd garments
are poked here, there, and everywhere,
because she intends to make quilts. or
mats, or some of them may come handy
some time.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

90. they go back TO the mills and are
ground up again as good as new to make
a fresh set Of newspapers. It's sort OF
endless chain businesS-a resurrection
don't you see?"
My thoughts flew to the closets crammed
with old periodicals collected from year to
year by our thrifty housemother back in
the country: harbors for germs and dust
have in mind an attic piled to the caves
at the far end with copies Of the paper
father o." has taken for thirty years His
children will disinter them when he dies.
Then they will not be eligible for the mills.
Their end is to be burned.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Materials Prepared Beforehand.

The charlotte russo is prepared before
hand. The lettuce. Of course, requires no
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
ADVERTISING TALKS.
(Continued from page ~.

we can sell this article at $1.76,
regular value So?
"And on a larger article, say
a $50 article, aren't we justified
in saying that our price is
SALTS, real value $50?
My answer was:
"There is no reason why you
should not use a comparative
price, if you want to, but why
should you not say in your adj
vertisement something like the
| following:
1--WE bought these goods at
a discount of 10 and 5 from the
regular price, which enables us
to SAVE you "a cents on a So
article and $7.25 on a $50 ar
ticle ?"
"Why not do this with every
article you sell at a specia ]
price? Why not BACK UP
THE STATEN E Mt WITH
PROOF, if necessary?
at is a CONVICTION with
me, based on a long experience,
and after obtaining the opin-
| ions of hundreds of people in
| all walks of life on the subject
that THE AID YER TT S E.
lMENT THAT GU OT + S
STRAIGHT PRICES, without
any attempt at alluring COM
parsons, is the advertisement
that, in the long run, gives the
advertiser the CIR f A T f S I
RESULTS"
We had some more talk on
these lines, and at its conclu-
sion we both agreed that AID
VERTISING WILL II A V f
GREATER FORCE when all
advertising that's print e d is
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVABLE.
To be continued,
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24

by unearned increment? Merely the
value added to land by the increase
in the number of people living on it
or near il.
The streets OF a growing city in.
crease in value all the time, just as
n city lot does. The street railway
increases its traffic as the town
grows, the waterworks increases the
number of its connections, the tele-
phmone increases the number OF It's
subscribers. There is constant rise
in values in a growing town. That
rise In the value of the streets ought
10 be kept for the city, not for the
benefit OF stockholders in public SER
vice corporations. AS the value VI
the street grows, the return ought TO
grow, too.
II our cities had been conducted
upon that basis in the beginning. the
Present taxes would be greatly re-
duced. One OF the very best ways to
achieve this Is, where II Is possible.
TO have the municipality both own
and control the public service plants.
Most of lis used to be opposed 20
municipal ownership, and with very
good reason. But there is a brighter
day dawning. We are certainly get
ting ahead There Is no doubt about
IT,.
This is a kind of conservation that
lies at our own doors-the conser.
walton of municipal resources.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24

ton that lies at our very doors-the
conservation OF municipal resources.
Not long ago my wife said to me:
"A city ought not to require taxes
from its citizens. II ought to be able
to pay dividends on the property II
owns"
That seemed TO me at first like
willo.the-wisp. well adapted for the
feminine mind TO pursue, but the
lady argued the case and the moro
she argued the more she convinced
me. Her argument was an spplica-
ton to purely municipal questions OF
theory very similar 10 that set forth
by Henry George in Progress and
Poverty"
She said: Take this city. The land
which underlies IL would be worth
for farming purposes 500 to $3.50 per
acre: now II is worth, parts OF II,
many thousands of dollars for small
frac tion of an acre.
How did that value arise? Why, II
arose because the city has come, be-
cause people built houses close TO
each other and started industries.
That Is the value the city gives.
Where the city gives value, II has
the right 10 take value-it has the
right to draw its income from the IN
creased value OF the land. So that II
a city were caught young and the
property OF the city were conserved
| for the common benefit, there would
be no need OF levying any other tax
upon its citizens. on the contrary,
the city could pay dividends to those
citizens. In such case the city sim
ply taxes the value that 1t gives;
taxes nothing else"
The town OF Fairhope, on Mobile
bay, is an example to the point Fair
hope was settled by some people
from Iowa. They determined to start
the right way. They took the town
young. The citizens leased the land
from the municipality and built their
city, and they have been running IL
for about 10 years. They are able to
carry on their government without
any taxes; to pay the state and coun-
" taxes: TO have free telephone
system, schools, public library, and
a free public dock. The town is said
to be prosperous.
/ Such examples are comparatively
rare in this country compared TO
those abroad. There Is in Sweden q
town by the name OF Orson which,
without any taxation, supports n
street railway for the free use OF MI,
a library and public school. and
pays its own taxes to the govern
ment. II does this from the product
of trees that are grown In and around
the town.
Mr.. Ockel, in the Westminster Re-
view, mentions the fact that in Ger
many there are now 1,500 villages
that are supported from the product
OF communal land. without taxation
Upon the inhabitants, and that con
siderable number of these towns
aud villages actually pay dividends TO
their inhabitants. This is done large
ly from the products OF communal
forests.
In some cases the yield OF these
forests is very great. They have 4
fine forest near Zurich (Switzerland)
from which the net return. Is about
S12 per acre each year.
II course, IL the municipality has
enough land to do this sort OF thing
It can ray its own expenses. The
trouble is that hardly any OF our
American cities were caught young
enough.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24

Thud-You have the wrong verb, |
tell you.
Slap-No, haven't. got the wrong
hen.
Thud-Let me demonstrate, my
man. There are two words, ''lie" and
"lsy." For instance, the hen lays
and you 'lie."
Slap-That's what always thought.
But the other day heard the hen
cackling.
Tnud-And you went out and found
that the hen had laid2
siap-No, went out and found that
the hen had lied. There wasn't the
sign Of IN eggi
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
q$EIas s7SSsyex:xm:z3@zg'.
YQ h|!!!ls - @NSM a

Which fact is respectfully referred
to the Rev. Wilbur f. Crafts, the
Honorable Senator Jake Gallinger
and others who are so strenuously
interested in a crusade by the United
States against the use of opium In
China.
The Honorable Joseph Weldon Bail
ey says there will be no tariff COM
mission. The Honorable Joseph says
he is opposed to tariff commission
and will take steps to see that there
will be none. The Honorables AID.
rich, Dalzell ct al, are equally Or
posed, but are not equally outspok-
en-.
Mr.. Hines of Chicago, who lobbied
for the lumber schedules In the tariff
bill, is now In Washington lobbying
for Lorimer. What is Lorimer to
Hines?
The newly elected congressman
from. the second California district,
William Kent, says that Senator La
Toilette Is the logical candidate for
the presidential nomination in 1912.
Even so, Billy cannot claim to be the
original LaFollette man.
Sincerely, RATH
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
ToDAY's GOOD SHORT ONE.

Didn't you promise never to do Il
again."
Yes, sir"
And l said I'd whip you IL you did,
didn't II"
Yes, pa; but as didn't keep my
promise | won't hold you to yours. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-24
From Another Point of View

grounding his shadow
Illinois against the bbing of legislatures
and left Wonder
npwsy Virginia did II?
bankrupt and her personal property worth
sssv S''. - ~"'s4'r
Goodvins
IT, they would only hurry that convention
1all
ofe
rsptsd to
1l6sts has -.
which
xhfs ~Nu&tu snaer