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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

Should any of our members offer to yor
q small bookcase or set or shelves for which
he or she has no further use. will yor
think of me? I love my books as might
them decently.
% Mrs d. H L.
It Is seldom that I insert appeals for
gifts in this column. This is, to my APP
prehensioh, case quite out of the com
mon I submit it to those members who
live near enough to New Jersey to take
into consideration the feasibility OF send
ing to the clergyman S widow the " lodg-
ing " she would give ner books. She does
not ask for a new case. Many families
have discarded their bookshelves for larger
to accommodate growing libraries. These
outgrown cases would bring little from a
second hand furniture dealer. May not the
widows heart be made to sing for Joy at
Christmas time?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
Hon 10 Pdck Legs.

have read several times OF a recipe
for packing down eggs for the winter Al
water-glass. but forget the exact nro-
portions with which it is 20 be cornbinea
with water. Could you inform me win re-
gard to this method9 AND do YOU oons,9o.
it as good as II is represented to be7
MRS. F. b."
Mix one part Of " water glass o.. rslitcs..
OF sodal with fourteen parts or clear v,atsr
Let It stand until II is a saturato SOL
ton" That Is. until the siIicate Of so6.
IS thoroughly dissolved. and the water 49,,
al il can take care OF. Now. pacl. ~.
eggs. small end down, in large crocl.
and cover three inches deep with the sol,,,
ton Cover the crock and set In a coot
place. e'Oi
1t SHOULD be known that all the evgs ,.,,.,
WISH TO preserve need not be packed do,,..
at once. You may collect them o. "a
day and add to the store until the oroc,. T..
But-every egg must be perfectly rooe,
Dne doubtful ovate VIII spoil all.
have never packed eggs away ii, ..,
manner but ] am assured by tbose M
have done it. year after year The. ..
suceeeus IN every case in which these iir.,.
lions are faithfully obeyed 0''e &c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
Making Plum Pudding.

PLUM PUDDING-Cream one-rourth
pound OF butter with one-haf pound of
graduated sugar; add one-h hail pound Of
chopped suet, one pound cleaned currants'
one hound seeded rafsir,s 4vvn "a blespoonfuls
of minced citron (all the fruit dredged with
f1our). one-half teaspoonful each of ground
mace and cloves, one cupfuI OF milk. the
yolks of six eggs beaten light. and the
stiffened whites alternately with five cup
fuls of flour. Last of all stir in a gill OF
brandy. Put into a creased pudding mold
and boil for five hours. Set away until
ready to heat, then steam thoroughly until
heated all through, and set in the oven for
five minutes TO dry. Pour brandy over
the pudding just before sending to the
table and light it. Stick a spris OF molly
in the top of the pudding. Serve with hard
sauce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

flesh and smooth, dark legs, and a breast
bone that yields slightly when pressed by
light finger.
The turkey matter settled. you may dis
miss it from Your mind, especially If you
have the forethaught to tell your market
man Of the cranberries, celery, and other
vesetab les which you want sent home with
the fowl 1t is wonderful what peace Of
mind YOU viii achieve in remembering that
your dealer has your list in hand, and that
no matter how many other customers fol-
low you. you viii have a right TO his best
Now. stin a week before the festival
set yourself down and consider just how
much of the cooking can be done Immediate
ly. The mince meat, for which will give
recipe in this talk, should be prepared at
least a fortnight before Christmas. Six
weeks before would not be too long Your
pastry can be rolled up and kept on the ice
for Some days. or. better still. your pies can
be made one or two weeks before they are to
be eaten. In the days when our mothers
were young, they made up . patches = of
mince pies that lasted for a month or six
weeks. and the last one of them was better
than the first Therefore make your mince
pies now. And if your plum pudding is net
yet ready. give it, too, your immediate at
tention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
Marion HarIand's Mince Meat.

Another delicacy4 which belongs to this
season. and is better for standing several
days after cooking, Is the short, crisp, old
fashioned cruller. In my own family 1t las
for a half century been customary to fry
crullers. made according 10 time honored
recipe, before the Christmas rush invades
the kitchen. I will give this recipe also that
my readers may go and do likewise. Tat
the results Of the formula into a closely
covered stone crock. and keep in a cool. dry
place. When ready to serve, dust lightly
with powdered sugar, although the direc-
lions demand that this shall be done also as
soon as the crullers are taken from the
boiling fat. But a second application will
enhance their toothsome properties.
Salted nuts may be gotten ready several
days before Christmas and put into a glass
jar with a tightly fitting top. Keep this in a
cool room or on a window sill where rain
will not touch it. Cheese straws are i'm
proved rather than harmed py standing for
two or three days before serving-but they,
too must be kept in a dry atmosphere. A
certain hickory nut cake. suitable for
Christmas. Is richer If it is not cut for sew
eral days after it is taken from the oven.
Think what it will mean when you get all
these things out of the way long enough be-
fore the holiday for you to have at least
three days in which to pick up loose ends
Does it not put a new light on Christmas
eve and Christmas day? It actually gives
the mother opportunity to think what the
festival means. time in which to rejoice with
her boys and girls. leisure in which to join
with them in delight that there is one day in
the year on which all may be as little chill
dren, because on that day 1000 years ago
a little child was born.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
artificial Rose Beads.


"I inclose a formula for making rose
beads without using rose petals that may
interest readers who would like to make
them in the winter when living roses are not
to be gathered except by rich people and
professional florists in glasshouses-
Three ounces of rose sachet powder.
six ounces OF. powdered orris root, 5 cents
worth gum tragacanth, a small bottle of
rose water
Soak the gum in warm water until X
makes a thin jelly. then knead it with the
other ingredients into a firm paste. Roll
between the palms Of the hands into pellets
of the desired size and shape, and stick each
upon hat pin to dry, taking care that the
pin pierces the center and that the beads
do not touch one another.
They may be made Of other powders
with flower water to correspond.
II made beads from rose petals according
to formula which you sent to me. I was
quite successful with them, and have added
a string Of them to my growing list OF
Christmas gifts-rea dy-already. A. p
And l. too, have it in my mind to delight
three chosen friends with necklaces made
from genuine rose leaves. gathered in
The rich, midsummer prime
and MADE TO order BY the deft fingers of the
California member from whom I got the
formula sent to you. Ny own string of per
fumed beads is proudly worn upon state oc-
casions- As the room warns they exhale n
faint fragrance that brings to my fancy
the bowers in which they grew. A girl
writes to me that her great-aunt has neck
lace over fifty years old which is still redo
lent of rose breath. The pretty industry
lately revived has in it a touch of poetry and
romance. I find myself murmuring to my
secret soul when the soft waves of exquisite
sweetness greet my senses. a fragment OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

spoonful each OF cloves and allspice; two
tablespoonful each of cinnamon and mace;
a tablespoonful Of ground nutmeg, a table
spoonful of salt. two and one-half pounds OF
brown sugar. a quart of sherry, pint Of
brandy.
Mix well together all the dry ingredients,
taking care to incorporate thoroughly the
spices. Last Of all stir in the sherry and
liquor, reservlng little Of each to add when
you make the pies. Pack away in a crock
until needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
IMPORTANT NOTICE

~ ca USE Of the enormous
- number Of letters sent to the
department must ask con-
trlbutoTs to limit their con1n1unico-
ftoHs to 100 words. except in cases of
formulas or recipes which require
greater space. Z want all my cor
respondents to hare showing in the
Corner, and if my request in fEis
respect is complied NTH it will be
possible TO print many more letters.
Attention IS called to fhe fact that
Marion HarIdnd cannot recefpe money
for patterns, as she has no connection
svIfh any department that sells them.
, Marion HarZaTld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

an old song our mothers loved. Are any
modern ballads half SO sweet and will they
live one-tenth a long?
Long. long be my heart with these memories
filed
Like the vase in which roses have once been
distilled.
You may break. you may shatter the vase il
you will
But the breath of the roses will Iinger there
STILL
Try your hand upon the artificial beads
until gardens are again in bloom. Then,
send to me for the recipe for real rose bead
necklaces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

this trouble
A KENTUCKY HOME MAKER
When we can, as old fashioned folk put it,
= make one hand wash the other" we are
wise to do it. And here right under my
hand is letter from another quarter of
our territory that fits into the note from
the distressed kentuekian:
My heart is so full Of sympathy for the
housekeepers of whose dismay at the in
roads of the ineffably odious crimson ram
pier we read in almost every issue of House
hold Hints that I beg them to try my rem
edy for the plague.
In our sunny New Mexico these horrible
insects thrive wonderfully. We have be-
sides them the coroco.' 1t belongs to the
same infamous family. but is much worse
and more difficult 70 exterminate.
Believe me. I have had my experience
with both these horrors, The treatmens
which viii indicate have never known to
fail.
Let the druggist prepare for you the
following mixture:
One ounce of corrosive subIimate. half
an ounce OF muriate of ammonia, clear
water enough to make a pint of the liquid.
You may be obliged to get physicians
prescription for this, as you must recoIlect
that it is a deadly poison With a brush
and a dish which you must never use for
anything else wet the cracks in furniture,
the backs of pictures. the under side Of
chairs and tables. and the cornfces and
crevices of walls and base boards with this
You cannot reach all the eggs nor all the
bugs but do not be discouraged by the
thought The vermin will die when they
walk over the spots STEPPED IN the poison.
Repeat the process at intervals Of two
Or three days as long as any trace of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
Homemade Liniment.

You advocate the use OF vegetable sim
pies so often and warmly that I am en-
couraged to send in a liniment I know
from experience and from observation OF
its effects. to be excellent for sprains and
stiff joints
Two ounces Of Mayweed blossoms and
some OF the stems. Some call II dog
fennel Steep in a pint and half Of grain
alcohol. 1t is better than arnica. One
ounce OF NORWOOD improves IT,
Bruise the green stalks OF NORWOOD
in vinegar. There is nothing better for a
sprain. Mrs. S.
It happens that I can subjoin a word
to this prescription. The dried worm
wood. to be had from any druggist. STEPPED
in hot vinegar and bound upon a sprained
Joint Din man or BEAST then kept hot all
day or night by frequent relocating. IS mar
velously speedy and thorough In healing
the hurt. 1t alleviates the pain within
an hour and supplies " the wrenched
muscles Like our correspondent. I speak
from experience and from much observa-
ton Of the benefits gained from this " sim
pie"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

C r. S remains. The end will be peace
I was obliged to anoint picture mold
ings. door castings. backs of bookcases, and
even floor cracks, but my trouble was soon
over I have never seen the enemy since
the course of treatment was completed.
When the articles are once thoroughly poi
soned the trOubls is at an end.
Mrs. w. S. H"
I do not doubt the truth of our viva ious
correspondent story. The efficacy of cor
rosive sublimate (mercuric chloridel as a
destroyer of noxious insects has long been
established beyond doubt. Our foremoth-
ers used it more freely than We dare to do
since some scientific writer's have made
known the possibility that the dried par
ticles, in mingling with the air. may be in
furious to human life. wish our chemists
Would tell US just how much reason We
have to shun this possibility as danger in
the household. It has been so plainly
serted and insisted upon SO strenuously
that we cannot IGNORE it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

BREAKFAST.
Grape fruit. Cereal and cream,
F1nnan haddie. seotch-Irish, potato cake.
Toast, coffee and tea
LUNCHEON
oyster bisque in cups.
Cold corned beef cut very thin.
Hot pork and beans. Boston brown bread
Isteamedl.
Saratoga chips.
Lettuce and tomato aspic salad.
Crackers and cheese. Cookies and canned
cherries. Tea
DINNER
Mock turtle bean soup. Roast duck, apple sauce,
Mashed potatoes, Carrots and green peas,
Sweet potato pie. Black coffee
MONDAY
BREAKFAST.
Hawaiian pineapples. Cereal and cream.
Bacon and fried mush.
Toast. Whole wheat bread,
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON
Scrambled eggs and tomatoes, done in the chafng
dish, Potato puff ia left overl.
Fried Boston brown bread Is1icedJ.
Devonshire cream and narmaIade with
toasted crackers, Tea
DINNER
Yesterdays soup. salrni Of duck apple sauce.
Stewed satisfy, Kohl Rabi,
Farmers rice pudding. Black coffee
y *
TUESDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges. Cereal and cream.
Clipped beef. hroiled. Graham biscuits.
Toast Tea and coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

~g } the overwrought. hurried, and har-
ried housemother there often comes
tie thought that Christmas prepa a
tons crowded as they are into tie
few days preceding the great festivs J.
are such a tax upon nerves and strengt 4
shat they leave her wearied to the point Of
exhaustion ard with the question deep
down in her heart" Is ii all worth while ~
Unfortunately. the question does not al
ways lie hidden in the depths Of her inner
consciousness. Occasionally her WEAKNESS
of mind and body FORCES from her lips the
irritated query. or an exclamation Of relief
at the end of Christmas week that the
hubhub and hustle are over
:. Bless the Lord. that's done for whole
year. / hearG one woman burst forth.
And so seIf-absorbed was she that she did
not note the look OF panied surprise in the
childish eyes lifted to hers To the owner
OF those eyes. Christmas was a bit of
Paradise come down to earth. The mother
had sent the first cloud across the heaven
of his rapture nwittingly she had taken a
drop of sweetness from chid's cup, had
added a feathers weight to the sum Of
human woe.
do not censure the mother for her
WEAKNESS, but, as such a condition Of mind
as she has when weary Is not the one with
which to greet the day of days. let US see if
there is not something that can be done
to avoid such a mental state. 1t is trite to
say that there Is a right and wrong way
Of doing things. but the fact that a saying
is trite makes it none the less true And
in our Christmas preparations, there is
certainly q very right way of getting ready.
;: X
address Gifts in ADVANCE
To do the right thing, one must determine
what is the wrong thing that one may avoid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

bear repetition, although It IS not new to
most of
A Friend in Need.
MY husband-a clergyman-d1ed two
years ago. He had preached for forty
six years, without being able to lay aside
money for old age
Last spring I found that my limited
means would not allow me to board any
longer and I went to housekeeping in
few rooms.
My books are packed in the upper par
OF my kitchen cupboard. They are grow
ing musty. being closely packed. and
probably the steam of the kitchen reaches
them. I have no other place in which to
put them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
RION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

bizarre IN mixture, vet which were IN
mistakably pleasing to the taste. that
am careful in pronouncing even yak-a-
rneen unpromising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

Pigs IN Blankets
have just tried with such good results
the recipe for cream pufTs sent in to me by
Mary B. b that I must thank her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

~ y ILL YOU tell me how to get rid
"A 4 of red rOvers that have got into
Wv the rafters of our log cabin?
It is scrupulously clean, and it
IS only lately that I have had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

LUNCHEON.
Breakfast biscuits, warmed in oven,
Peanut butter sandwiches, Warm gingerbread.
Scotch marmalade. Tea
Combination vegetable soup [made Of remnants
OF left over soup. carrots and peas, satisfy
and Kohl Rabbi.
Beef's heart, stuffed. Dreaded and baked.
scanoped tomatoes. Spinach.
Indian meal pudding. Black coffee.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST
5aked apples Cereal and cream.
Sausage and griddle cakes. Toast.
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON
stew OF beefs heart with tomatoes Ia left overl.
Pickles. Yesterdays pudding steamed.
Dinner
Reef soup with noodles biased upon liquor in
which heart was parboiIedl,
Pork tenderloins. Canned string beans.
Spinach souf1e Ia left overl.
Cottage pudding Black coffee
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST
oranges. Cereal and cream.
Bacon and fried apples.
Corn meal mullins.
Toast. Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON
Potpie OF pork tenderIoins Ia left overI.
Toasted mullins from breakfast.
Bean and lettuce salad Ia left overI.
Crackers and cheese. Doughnuts and tea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

DINNER
Beef soup from yesterday with macaroni and
Parmesan cheese,
amburger steak. Fried bananas
Drowned sweet potatoes,
Poor mans pudding.
Black coffee.
X X
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges. Cereal and cream. Bacon.
Poached eggs on toast. WafHes and honey.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Hash Of hamburger steak and mashed potatoes
Ia left overl.
Chopped sweet potatoes la left over1,
Lettuce and mayonnaise sandwiches.
Cookies and canned peaches
DINNER
Tomato cream soup without nleatI,
Boiled cod with egg sauce,
Mashed potatoes. Canned green peas.
Floating island. Black coffee
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Canned pears. Cereal and cream.
Bacon. Mullins, Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Clam pates. Potato croquettea Ia left overI.
Hot biscuits. Dutch apple cake,
Tea
DINNER.
Yesterdays soup with the addition Of green
peas left over from dinner.
TimbsIes Of goldfish la left overI.
Fried French potatoes,
stewed celery Lemon tarts.
Black coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

bear repetition, although it is not new to
I most of US.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-14

iron, TO administer the government eco
nomically and i'll doing that to levy
only the amount of taxes. direct or
through a tariff. which will meet the
expenses Of the government.
Am | 4 believer III he income tax"
said the governor in response to lues-
ton. Most aSsureGly," he continued,
"Without such fax the expenses of
the federal government. which now
amount to billion dollars per year.
cannot be fairly distributed. They are
now collected by tariff and other taxes
on consumption, and the enormous
vested wealth Of the country escapes
A few states have undertaken to tax
incomes, but. rs | am advised. with lit
tie success. Changes of legal residence
are too easy to make. The efficiency
of a federal income tax has been
proved. The ievyin@ Of one would help
secure the lowering OF tar.C taxes. 50
greatly and generally desired, while
the people will watch more closely
what is done with their money when
they know they are paying taxes and
how much"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-14

the first test as to the efficiency Of tho
Sherman antitrust law when applied
to prevent an illegal combination OF
railroads. Mr.. Harmon won, and the
combination went by the boards.
Of il similar character We're the suits
against the Freight Traffic association
and the Addyston Pipe company. Har-
mon was successful in both, and thus
was established tha law as it stands
today.
There is all odd series Of coinci-
dences in the careers of Governor Har-
mon and President Taft. Always Har-
mon has followed Taft or Taft has
followed Harmon. Harmon resigned
as judge in Ohio, and Taft took his
place. Then Mr.. Taft became solicitor
general of the United States. Harmon
followed him to Washington as cabi-
net member Will he follow Taft to
Washington again?
Governor Harmon was born in New
town, Hamilton county. O.. Feb ).
1916, and he therefore is in his sixty
fifth year. One not acquainted with
this fact would take him to be no more
than fifty-fvc. He is just as vigorous
is Il man OF many years under fifty
five and as fond Of sports and of the
out of doors It's Il schoolboy. He rides
with the gr1,e of Il regular army cav
alryman. PLAYS golf, completes with the
crack rife sDvtS of the o. y. q. annual
L. TO
Michigan every summer for his vaca-
ton and fishes and fishes, and he is 6
baseball fan of the species that records
each play made during a game on a
score card.
He was for years pitcher in a nine
composed of business men who met
every Saturday afternoon out in the
suburbs of the Queen City to try dia-
mond conclusions with teams from
other localities. Judson Harmon new
err missed Il game while he was in
town. He would go to the ball field,
shed his coat and collar and wade in
and pitch nine straight innings with
all the vigor of a big Lacquer.
Mr.. Harmon's father was a Baptist
minister, and from him he received his
early education. In 1866 he graduated
from the Baptist college at Denison.
Licking county. and in 1892 the school
honored him With tne degree OF Ii. ID
He attended the Cincinnati Law school
and graduated in 1869.
Mr.. Harmon's idea of what Democ-
racy should do can be summed up in
the closing words Of an interview
which he gave. as follows:
81 take it that the true platform of
the Democracy is the preservation to
the utmost of the rights of the COM
mon MANTLE man who has not might
or wealth to twist the current OF
events to suit himself, to observe to
the strictest possible degree the limits
Of authority imposed by the constitu-