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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Cookery
Points
How to Cook Prunes.


A housewife has this to say about
prunes:
seldom have I found oven so called
etewed prunes properly cooked abroad.
They should never be boiled. That
Bpoils the favor. This is the way we
western cooks stew them: Cleanse
thoroughly, soak in water ten or twelve
hours, adding a little graduated sugar
when putting to soak, for, although
the fruit Is sweet enough, yet expert
ence has shown that the added sugar
changes by chemical process into fruit
sugar and brings out better the favor
OF the fruit After soaking the fruit
will assume Its full size and Is ready
to be simmered on the back of the
stove. Do not boil prunes. That is
what spoils them. Simmer, simmer
only. Keep lid on Shake gently. Do
not stir and never let boil. When
tender they are ready for the table.
"Serve cold, and a little cream will
make them more delicious. Added
Just before %simmering, a little sliced
lemon or orange gives a rich color and
favor to the strip. Many housekeep-
ers think that If they pay a fancy
price for large prunes they secure fruit
OF better favor, but the small varie-
ties are frequently just as sweet and
Just as finely favored"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Household Jottirus,

Never go In for cheap dish towels II
you dislike dingy effects. Linen ones
keep much whittier than cotton, as the
latter turn gray from constant use,
however carefully handled.
Never let dish water dry In the tow
els. They should be washed after each
using, and once a day a bit of washing
soda may be added to the water,
Rinsing in cold rather than hot water
keeps the towels whittier.
Before using the inner dish Of the
new casserole put it in q pan filed
sto7e and and BB raithagF IS set 1T 1t 81 S6uf BACK Mt It
minutes. This tempers the earthen-
ware and makes cracks less common.
Tiled v~estibules, especially the old
fashioned black and white tiles, may
be kept shiny by rubbing once a week
with a little hnseed OIL Polish with q
dry cloth or channels.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Parsnips With Cream.

Take some nice fresh parsnips, peel
and wash them, then cut them into the
shape of olives, using only the outside
part for the purpose. Put them into a
saucepan and cover them with cold wa
ter seasonedswith a little salt and lem
on juice. Bring to a boil, then strain
and put into a clean saucepan with
two heaping tablespoonfuls Of butter.
Add half a cupful cream, a little pep
per and salt and a quarter of q cupful
Of white sauce. Put the lid on the
pan and cook very gently for thirty
minutes. Sprinkle with a little finely
chopped parsley and the strained Juice
Of half a lemon and turn out on to a
hot dish and serve at once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
The Evening" Chit Chat
By RUTH CAMERON

existence with your eye firmly fixed 0 Il some definite goal, instead
Of just drifting IT, is wise.
But to keep your plans to yourself until you are very nearly ready
to execute them; not to do too much talking about that definite goal is,
to say the least-expedient.
A Young girl In our neighborhOod bought an automobile recently.
Most Of her friends we're vastly surprised.
Why? Because Elaine had never mentioned her intention Of owning
a machine?
Quite to the contrary.
Because she had mentioned it 80 often and talked about It for SO
long a time that we had quite gotten over expecting her to really do it,
There are people who can't conceive a plan without being fred with
an uncon-SoHabe desire to communicate 1t to the public.
The houses they are going to build, the trips they are going to take.
the courses If study they are going to pursue, the wonderful things they
are going to buy form the chief topics of their conversation.
And at first we listen to them with confidence and interest
And then-wel everybody knows the classic little boy who cried
"wof, wof' when there was no wolf, and what happened when the wolf
really came.
Some day when by some strange chance our friend Of the much
pressagented plans does build the house or go abroad, or buy the horse
o take a course in botany, we car scarcely believe that the thing has
actually been done.
love books and people without too much prelude.
Don't you?
The kind of books that start you right in with something happening
or being said-a swift bit O. action Or a Illuminating conversation; the
kind Of people who surprise you by referring casually to something they
nave done instead II grandIoquenly discourang OF what they are going
to dc.
made upon his work was that there "a always too much Introduction
How many of US are making the same mistake in writing our lines!
Let your actss speak their own prologue and write their own intro
auctions and you will find yourself with a much more attentive audience
than words will ever bring you
M
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
ROWDYS NOT WANTED.
McAleer Would Fire Man Who Did
Not Act Like Gentleman.

STlCc WOUlo II TiEft WIN DES
Not Act Like Gentleman.
Although he was none too gentle
In his treatment of umpires or fans
In his ball playing days, Manager Nc
Aleer Of the Washington Americans
Is working with all his might and
main to help along Ban Johnson's
millennium plans.
McAleer has very pronounced ideas
as to the value Of courtesy, decency
and exemplary conduct as financial
and Artistic assets on a ball team,
with one of his men Is when this man
offends somebody who may be willing
to give up a half dollar to see Nc
Aleer's boys play ball
tThe days Of the rowdy and OF the
tough on the ball fed are over" said
McAleer. 'I'd fire a man of the team
as quick for forgetting to remember
that he WAS a gentleman as l would
II he broke one of the established
rules OF the game"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Cna Woman,a Wav.

"a new dish every day" was the
self imposed task of a young wife who
was In possession Of a new home and
plenty Of time.
Although she had never cooked be-
fore in her life, her shining new
kitchen was a lure she could not
resist, much to the delight Of her hus-
band and friends.
She bought cookbooks, studied in
gradients and proportions and de-
voured magazines devoted to things
culinary. In the end she developed
into a real wizard of q cook, and she
originated dainties that sent the most
blase of epicures into ecstasies of en-
1oyment.
She discovered that possibilities of
food combinations are practically in
exhaustible, and she still pursues the
rule of something new every day
a rule entailing very little extra labor
and a world Of enjoyment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
OLD CHELSEA DESIGN.

An Up to Date Idea For tho Needls-
woman.
This delightful old Chelsea design
on the cushion illustrated presents a
beautiful and gorgeous piece Of color
ing. 1t ia composed Of a bird and rose
and Is reminiscent Of a piece Of old
Chelsea china, from which 1t takes its
name. The design also resembles this
beautiful old china in coloring, and
the embroidery is carried out ia q
new brilliant thread which Is now so
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Compot4 of Rice With Pears.

Wash two-thirds Of a cupful Of rice,
add n cupful of boiling water and
steam until the rice has absorbed the
water. Then add one and one-third Of
a cupful of hot milk, one t~easpoonful
Of salt and one-fourth Of a cupful of
sugar. Cook until the rice IS soft and
turn into a slightly buttered, round,
shallow mold. When shaped remove
from the mold to a serving dish and
arrange on top section Of cooked
pears, drained from their strip and
dipped In macaroon dust. Garnish be-
tween sections with candied cherries
and pour over the pear sirup.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

throughout or of two, one being used
for the skirt and another for the panels
or the skirt can be finished without
the panels just as preferred. When
the panels are omitted, front and back
cores are stitched to give a box plat
effect but when the panels are used,
they are simply scanned to the side
cores.
The skirt is cut in six cores. The
panels are quite separate and finished,
and are arranged over it. When the
high waist line Is used the upper edge
can be boned n under-faced or can
be arranged over webbing. When the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Watched.

mo, Herbert" whispered the maid;
you mustn't put your arm around me.
We are watched"
Herbert looked around the dimly
lighted parlor.
"Oh, yes" he smiled; II see there's q
rubber plant at the other end Of the
room"
Ssh! There's another one that you
don't see. Johnny's hiding there
Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

skirt IL QUITO the natural waist line.
IT is Joined to a belt.
For the medium size will be required
III yards of material 27. so yards So
or a. inches wide, when material has
figure or nap; 8 IA yards p, 3 IL yards
Sc or 2& yards "A when material has
neither figure nor nap; for the panels
WIN be needed 2h yards q, IL yards
SO or Al inches wide. The width OF
skirt at lower edge is "a yards.
The pattern, No. 7108. is cut IN sizes
for a %, ~, 26, %, 80 and 80 inch waist
measure, and will be mailed to any
address by the Fashion Department of
this paper on receipt Of ten cents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

although the design itself and the light
and shade In the finished work are
extremely well illustrated in this pic
ture these are only a part of the
beauty of the cushion when finished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

popular. The most brilliant and yet
the softest tones Of coloring are OBJ
tanned in this thread, and they are
blended in such a way In this design
as to give a most beautiful effect. The
ordinary black and white illustration
is quite useless for showing this, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Tho Difference.

A teacher asked her class In spelling
to state the. difference between the
words results and Consequences"
A bright girl replied, Results are
what you expect, and consequences
are what you get."-Harper's Bazaar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Sweet Potato Croquettes.

To two cupfuls Of hot riced SWEEP
potatoes add three tablespoonfuls OF
butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt, a
few grains of pepper and n beaten
egg. Shape into croquettes, dip IN
crumbs, egg and crumbs again, Try IN
deep fat and drain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
smaat Potatoes on sroehette.

Wash and pare potatoes and cut IN
one-third inch slices. Arrange on
skewers in groups of three or four
parboil six minutes and drain. Brush
over with melted butter, sprinkle with
brown sugar and bake in a hot oven
until we'll Drowned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Peach jelly.

Peel and stone q peck Of peaches.
slicing or cutting them, and add to
them a dozen cracked peach pits. Cook
until the fruit is broken and soft,
then strain and measure. Return to
the fire, add the juice of q lemon and
boil for twenty minutes. Stir In a
pound Of heated sugar for each pint
Of juice, boil up once and pour into
glasses. This will make a delicious
jelly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
sw... Potatoes, Southern Style.

Bake six medium sized sweet pota-
toes. remove from oven, cut In halves
ienethwise and scoop out inside. Mash,
add two tablespoonfuls of butter ana
cream to moisten. Season with sat-
fefll skins and bake five minutes IN
Net oven.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

T o N
and other annoying
symptoms, and l
can truly say that
E. Pinkham's
V egetab Bile Com
pound has proved
worth mountains of
to me, as it
restored my health
strength, l
forget to tell
friends what
E. Pinkham's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
CHANGE
in WOMAN'S
LIFE
Made Safe by Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound.

Graniteville, VII was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
The Evening News
DailyFashio Hints
La ordering these patterns be sars
70 mention the name
"kIay Mantos"
By NAY MAkTON

SIX GORED SKIRT, 71Os.
With or without Separate Panels and
Back Panel That Can Be Made with
Square or Round Lower Edge.
The skirt with separate panels is a
fevorite one just now and Is utilized
in a great many different ways. This
one can be made of one material
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
MUTUAL CONCESSION.

MI SONOESSiON.
Minds the most congenial and
seemingly formed to ~coalesce In the
sweetest union may sometimes, by
missing the precise moment Of x
PLANTATION after a slight misunder-
standing, separate forever. Let
us learn a lesson from this undenia-
BE fact which may be useful to the
proudest heart and the most deli
cate sensibihty there is no pride
so high nor deicacy so refined as
to be above the aid Of mutual con-
cession.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15
Salt With Vegetables.

= "A good vegetable rule is salt with
vegetables that are green, no salt III
those containing starch or grown IN
foreground. Most vegetables are put
On In boiling water. though some
housewives make exceptions to this
rule.
yaIiow Candies.
TaIlow candles In 1880 commonly
substituted the tallow dipped sphnters
bf wood previously used
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

MISS SELMA PETERSEN, Fat
Dresser and Manicure. Also high.
class Hair Goods and Combings made
up.
DIR. ]. MORROW, Chiropodist, Friday
and Saturday. Corns, Bunions, In
grown Nails, etc. 81 Smith st. Phone
25S-J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-15

The attention of the thrifty mother is directed to o
scene of busy times. School days are here. We have
clothing during school days. Come in; see our stock.
Our liberal terms will help you clothe the family.
The Lamar register., 1911-03-15

dagoes and two bull dogs owned
by Chas. Baldwin. The fight was
to be to the finish for a wager but
after one twenty minute round
the dagoes throwed up the sponge
and admitted the bears defeat.
1t was a lively scrap while it last
ed.
W. A. Leonard returned from
an extended western trip last week
and says there is no place like
Lamar. (After 20 years he Is still
of the same opinion.)
The Lamar Cornet Band was
giving an entertainment to raise
funds to buy uniforms.
The Register was poking fun
at the English claim that the South
African gold mines would beat all
the United States production. lit
is no joke now as in q few years
the English boast was made good
The Lamar register., 1911-03-15

procity will pass the incoming Dem
ocrauc house OF representatives
by a larger majority than was CIV
en- it in the last session. and the
New York Herald, which has made
canvass OF the Incoming senate
says the reciprocity measure will
surely pass the senate.
Whether the Canadian govern
ment will ratify the measure re-
mains to be seen There Is very
strong opposition in the eastern
province of Canada to the pact.
One thing may be of benefit. The
special session will not act hastily
on the measure and thus will give
the friends and foes of reciprocity
opportunity to fire all their argu-
ments and influence at congress
sor the information Of that body an
of the country.
The real apprehension. however.
is that as the Democratic party is
pledged to practical free trade
tariff. It may not only pass the
treaty but insist upon downward
tariff revision all along the line
and thus disturb for the time being
the general business of the coun-
try.
Before the ground has been all
threshed over the American Farm
sr may reach the conclusion that
he should not have listened to the
Democratic and insurgent cry Of
knocking out the tariff but siren
ously adhered to the tariff laws
Mckinley and Dingley. which
gave the farmer the greatest de-
gree of prosperity he has enjoyed
in the history Of the United States.
National Farmer.
The Lamar register., 1911-03-15
CITIZENS CONVENTION
Largo Turnout and Much Enthus-
taGm Marks Opening Of City
Campaign

The campaign for the election
OF the new city government for
the ensuing year was opened by
the citizens party with a rousing
mass convention at the city hall
on Tuesday evening. The council
room was packed with citizens of
the town and there was marked
enthusiasm on the part of the
crowd. Chairman Chas. Maxwell
called the convention to order and
on motion of F. ]. M'Carty the
chairman was unanimously chosen
to preside over the meeting. The
convention got down to business at
once and nominated a ticket COM
posed of w. NJ. Dickinson for may
or and Fred H. Kelsey. w. A.
Leonard and James O'Malley for
trustees. A committee on vacan-
cies was on motion appointed by
the chair as follows: J. C. Ford.
W. A. Merrill and J. w. Bent. Chas
Maxwell was elected as chairman
for the ensuing year and Geo. B.
Merrill as secretary.
After speeches by T. J. Sayler.
F. ]. M'Carty. Chas. Maxwell. w.
c. Gould and others the conven-
ltion adjourned.
The ticket nominated is equal
to any ever placed before the vot-
ers of Lamar. 1t Is composed of
some of the most enterprising and
successful of the young business
men of the community. They are
men not only of ability but of the
highest standing for honor and in
tegrity. and II elected will make
= splendid set of city officials.
The campaign promises to be
warm one although a little slow
an starting. The anti-saloon part
will hold their convention on Thurs
day evening Of this week.
The Lamar register., 1911-03-15

The next meeting of the Arkan-
sas Valley Commercial Association
of Colorado will be held at Las
Ankmas on March 22nd and will
be devoted to the formulation of
.Ians for a campaign in behalf Of
goods manufactured and sold is
the Arkansas valley of Colorado.
Arrangements will be made at that
time for valley-wide movement in
behalf of the patronizing of home
industry, and as this Is one of the
most important subjects ever tax
en- up by the association. the in
crest ..,in be great and this con.
ierence will be the largest ever
held by the valley organization. A
special car of Pueblo manufactui
ers and jobbers are going to Las
Animas at that time and there will
be a large representation from all
parts of the valley.
An urgent invitation is extended
to all manufacturers, wholesalers,
jobbers and consumers in the valley
o come to this meeting and a
special Invitation has also been ex-
tended to the newspaper men to
be present.
The question of the use of wal
ley made goods" by the people of
the valley was taken up at the last
meeting Of the association and 1T
was then decided to make con-
certed movement for home industry.
The results of this coming confer
ence will be far reaching. 1t Is a
meeting in which the whole valley
should be intensely interested. for
If the people can be persuaded to
stand firmly In the use of goods
manufactured In the valley busi-
ness conditions will be vastly ben
Gifted.
A most interesting program is
being prepared for this meeting
A delegation from the local COM
mercial club will go to Las AMI
mas next Wednesday and take part
lin Ia DoseesAin0a
The Lamar register., 1911-03-15
The Canaliam Reciprocity

The farmers. particularly in the
middle west. who are protesting
against Canadian reciprocity. and in
fact lower tariffs. made a mistake
in not voting last November in ac-
cordance with their present senti-
mants.
Every farmer who reads the
newspapers will not have to be
told that nearly every newspaper
in the country denounced the Payne
Aldrich tariff law because 1t was
not low enough. and such Republi-
can leaders as Beveridge. La Fol-
lette. Cummins. and scores of
others lambasted the Payne bill
because 1t did not reduce the tar
iff low enough. In the big cities
and towns the howl was raised that
the increased cost of living was
due to the increased cost of farm
products. and the millions of wage
workers Joined with the farmers
and voted for a change. The last
election went Democratic insofar as
regards the house of representa-
;ives solely in response to the de-
mand for tariff revision downward
in the necessaries of life"
The National Farmer believes II
was a false hue and cry then, and
does now. 1t doesn't believe such
! reduction will cause any cheaper
meats or other farm products until
enough is raised to over supply the
country. II the reduction on Euro
pean imports should increase In
portations and force a reduction of
wages in this country. thus reduc-
ing the capacity of the wage work.
IT to buy farm products. there Of
course would be a reduction In con-
sumption.
The farmer who opposes reci-
procity does so on the ground that
it fails to give in return for the
Concessions which his interests
grant a sufficient amount of Can
adian trade favors in which he Is
directly concerned as an offset to
loss in his returns upon agricultural
products.
II this s true the farmer has a
right to his protest. but the other
side of the contention is that the
,rotest is not we'll grounded, that
even now we export many times
more farm products into Canada
every year than Canada sends here.
Lumberman are opposing the
Canadian reciprocity treaty on the
ground that Canada markets one
billion feet of lumber annually in
he United States. that by reason
eastern market Canadian lumber
coming in free will give the Cana
dians a great advantage over the
lumbermen in this country. Under
reciprocity lumber will come in free
the present duty of $1.25 a thous-
and being removed.
Experience in tariff legislation
demonstrates the difficulty of suit
luc WibuS6 VI Oil pSOpiSs Aho
manufacturer wants some protec-
ton and the farmer wants his own
products protected and wants TO
buy his stuff with the tariff off.
under the assumption that the tar
iff causes high prices. which every
free trader has always preached
In season and out of season.
The real mischief was caused
when the people listened to the
siren song and voted men into
congress pledged to reduce the tar
iff to a free trade basis.
The Republican senate prevent
ed the passage of the Canadian rec
iprocity bill which passed the house
by Democratic votes. and the DEM
ocrauc majority Is assumed to be
big enough to pass the measure
through both houses at the ensuing
special session.
No doubt is expressed by the best
.uxhor1tv IN xha rouutrv that roci.