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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21
Daddy's Bedtime
A New Years
@fnYvy Masquerade
0&OAy That Failed

"a POW would you Hike to get dressed up in queer clothes and. putting 1
E~H false face on. parade all over town on New Years dayfT" asked
I IA daddy.
90 Heaps of funr' replied Jack, with enthusiasm.
"Horridw exclaimed Evelyn Only boys would be SO silly =44
I'm many country towns the children disguise themselves and 70 abon4,
singing songs att the doors of the neighbors.
When ! was a boy II year / took a notion to Join the boys Of the neigh
borhood on New Years morning. put o. a. old dress and a sunbonnet ~
mothers and BACKED my face with SCOT from the Kitchen range
81 met the boys on the corner, and We started gayIy out 1T hnppencd
there had been a good many parties of masqueaders out that year and people
were beginning % get tired OF their calls at back doors with cries II New
Years treati New Years treatr
After having been received rather cooly at several places I thought o.
gooing TO old Mr. Miggs', who vas our Ikman. When mother sent any at
Is children for the milk w we're always given nj apple or cookie by lin
Miggs, and told the boys i felt sure that Mrs. Miggs would not turn US away
empty handed. #$M
When W q got to Mrs Ahggs. kitchen door and began beating upon ii
tin ans W e heard a growI and n swshing of chain Then something snapped
rum, feners, rum yelled the ringleader Of our crowd The dogs
after us
I'VE ran. He was a fat dog, and the Miggses kept him chained. 10 a rue.
SO he was not such a runner IS he might have been
II was the smallest boy in the crowd and my skirt got around my legs ~
grabbed part of nay dress in his teeth and tore 1t of. With a shrek / boed
wagon. sa2 9ssa&@##s
HE was surprised to see his dog sitting under the tree watching q black
faced little monkey in a torn blue calico dress Luckily Mr. Miggs knew my
voice. Mr, Mggs took me home.
Our folks had eaten the New Years dinner. 1t vas roast goose and !
loved roast goose. Mother had a rule that meals never waited for n one. #
II was put to bed after / had been given a hot bath and son hot medt
cine j didn't even need the talking to mother and father gave m e to keep ms
from being a New Years masquerader again" assn aM4An*S
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

he imagine 1t, or did a glad light come
also into the eyes Of the woman?
How about yourself?@ he asked
when they had shaken banda.
This is my W house and ry own
sister" laughed Elkins. But where
in the world did you and Mrs. Vale
strike up an acquaintance7" He cast
an ~interrogative glance at his sisetr.
isis, you never told me-"
Sylvia glanced quickly at Walling-
ford and a deep blush mingled with
the glow from the fire In her cheeks.
She explained the circumstances and
Wallingford was quickly made to feel
that he had come to the right house.
Il will stay under one condition
only be said finally, "and that is that
you all will accept, without protest,
the Christmas gifts which / brought
for my sister and her family--with-
out question"
There was a moments silence and
the PROMISE was made. ~langhingly.
But we will have to return the ia
vor," brother and sister spoke as one
voice.
So 1t was decided.
Too bad Vale couldn't get here"
remarked Elkins, later In the evening
when, the small boy having been
tucked into bed, the three sat about
the blazing fire.
"Yes-we would have made a jolly
quartet" said Sylvia.
W~allingford was almost guilty of q
gasp. The calm, u-nconcerned way in
which she remarked that her husband
would have completed a quartet on
Christmas eve had he been able to get
there, was rather disconcerting.
Dick Elkins arose and left the room
to get the boys Toys.
"Rring down the suitcase in my
room" cried Wallingford. He was as
excited as a boy.
you win not regret having prom
tsed to accept what I had bought for.
my sister," Wallingford leaned
slightly toward Sylvia's gray dress
aud through the strands of her golden
hair, and the man In him had a strug-
gle before quenehing the light in his
eyes. It was the girl herself who
was unable to hide a tremor.
II promise" she said u~nsteadfly.
"But it seems-odd."
Dick returned, staggering under q
load of toys. Then they all jumped
gladly into the spirit of Christmas,
When my husband was living"
said Sylvia as she pinned up a tiny
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

stocking, 'he always spoke of the day
when he could do this The end
of her sentence was drowned In the
elatter of q huge box of blocks drop
ping to the h~earthstane.
Cheer up" said Wallingford;
wooden blocks don't break"
He stopped to pick the fallen toys
and wondered il the woman pinning
up the stocking beside him heard the
humping of his heart. A small box
found its way into Sylyia's hand.
Mrs. Vale, / can't keep this anoth-
er minute" Wallingford said.
"Oh, / sayl" exclaimed Dick when
the flashing diamond ring was uns
wrapped. "You shouldn't expect to
make sis take
"Yea promised" The eyes of the
two men met and Elkins knew then
and there what Wallingford's lips
would speak.
With two of the opposite sex against
her Sylvia had little chance to demur
and with a tingling sensation In every
nerve she slipped the ring on her
right hand. +
It was late the next night when the
child had again been tucked Ia bed to
dream of a wonderful day in the king
aom OF toys with three grown up peo-
ale to play with him. that the three
again sat about the open fire.
II never spent q happier Christ
mas said wailingford with q glad
ring In his voice.
Nor T." put In Dick. 'TvaIe missed
a good time all right" no added sleep
lly. isis and her brother-an-law are
quite smitten.,s And unaware Of the
havoc he had created in Wallfngford's
heart he took his departure for bed.
leaving the twofN silence.
But the sileR4~ was q complete one
--one In which spoken words and
thoughts were unnecessary. After a
moment Wailingford leaned forward
and compelled Syivia's eyes and willis
he did so he took her right hand and
removed the ring and put 1t firmly on
the third finger of her left hand.
Next Christmas" no said tenderIy,
sswe win spend at otr own fireside.
Il is all very sudden and very wonder
ful, Sylvia, but / always dc smportsnt
things suddenly and-lose Ia always
wonderfully
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

AID Wallingford been any
thing but a wealthy bach
elor and accustomed to hav-
ing everything he wanted,
the circumstances would
have seemed less Of a
calamity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21
A WORD TO THE COOK.

Do you have a well-defined plan for
the meals of the day?
Do you try to balance the meals so
that there Ia never an over-abundance
OF any one food principle, like starchy
foods, meats or sweets?
Do you plan your menus in regard
to the individuals served7 For exam
Pile, the Office worker and the out-of-
door worker need a quite different
menu. as does the growing child and
the invalid.
Do you plan when you are making
a custard to prepare enough to make
a salad dressing, too? This Is easily
done by leaving out the sugar and
iavoring until the custard is cooked,
then add sugar and favoring and you
have q custard to serve az q sauce
or a floating Inland. and to the re,
mainder add salt, mustard and pep
per and you have a salad dressing,
with but the preparation of one
Do you study the principles of
cookery and enjoy u work, realiz-
ing that 1t Is a dignified work, OF do
you call yourself a drudge? "As a
mar thinketh in his heart, so Is he"
When using cooking dishes If they
are washed at once, not allowing them
to stand, they will wash much easier
and other work that follows will not
be hindered.
Coffee is much improved, IL not
freshly ground, to put into the dry
pot and shake over the fire until thor
oughly hot.
When buying soap 1t Is economy to
get 1t In large quantities, as n gets
more for the money, and soap that is
stored and dried will last much
longer.
1t Ia a wonderful help in an emer-
gency to have a few canned foods on
hand, such as canned CLAIMS, to be
made into a delicious cnowder with
a few minutes work. or canned soups
of different kinds are quickly prepared.
and there Is nothing more satisfying
after a cold ride or for a late supper
than a cup of steaming hot soup.
There Is no bread. how well pre-
pared, that tastes quite as good as
homemade bread. TO many house
keepers who are cook and ~houseuaaid,
bread-making is a great burden. but
with the advent of the bread-rnixer,
the disagreeabls part of bread-making
is eliminated. The bread is mixed at
might, when the mar of the house
might turn the mixer for exercise. and
in the morning 1t is all ready to mix
again. and then rise in the loaves. Ii
for no other reason than cleanliness,
the bread-mixer pays for itself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21
Barnekov q Pefx
Eauer Drug Go.

while the main porttons night ne,
velvet or plaid material, and there arr
nufhberiess combinations that can be
made.
The dress consists OF waist ana
skirt. The yoke, center front and
shoulder portions of the model are cut
In one, and the side portions Of the
blouse and the under portions Of the
sleeves are cut In one. These last ara
finished az their edges and Tapped onku
the shoulder portions. The upper por-
tons OF the skirt are strafEht. The
foundation ccl--ts CO tbs .ustss evs
and circular side gorea. II the
straight portions are flnizhed xad
Tapped onto them.
For the IL year size Will be Required
aA yards OF plaid material u, = xerd4
80, Ia yards ~ inches wide, with IA
yards OF plain material ~ Or 3aNbT
1 H-s yards A Inches wide.
The pattern, Mo. Tz4a, Il cut IN sizes
for girls OF 10. II and IA years Of aEa.
and viii be mailed to any address III
the Fashion Department Of this paper.
on receipt of ten eents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

FORTUNATE III HIS DEATH
Life Of Prince imperial Would Hass
Been but Hollow unreality, Says
Archibald Forbes.

/ have seen Napoleon III. at, the
pinnacle of his hollow splendor. From
the German picket line on the sec
ond day OF August. 1870, I heard the
distant cheering on the Spicheren-
berg that greeted him and the Lao
whom he had brought from Metz TO
receive that day his Baptism OF IRE"
Again / saw him on the morning after
Sedan, rs the broken m~an-broken
In power. In prestige, in health, in
spirits-sat with Bismarck On the
grass plot in front OF the weaver's
cottage on the Donchery road
Next morning | witnessed his de-
psrture into his Welhelmshohe cap
tiyity. I have seen him d%oddering
about Brighton and strolling under-
the beech trees that encircie ChiseE-
hurst N And for the last time
of all I saw hat stolid, eareworp
face, as 1t lay on the raised pillow
OF the bier In the broad corridor of
Camden place; and when the face was
no more visible / witnessed the coffin
laid down IN the little chapel among
the Chiselhurst elm trees. I knew the
boy or the empire when the shackles
of the empire had fallen from his
limbs and he was no longer a buck
ram creature. but q lively natural lad.
My acquaintance endured into his
manhood. When the twilight was
falling on the rolling veldt OF Zulu
land, and his days work In the stan
tarw NJ SrrA - 1sI,sI s. "a ~~~oA
to me. to gossip with one who knew
the other side of the picture about
the early days OF the Franco-German
war--a war that had wrought at once
his ruin and his emancipation.
And finally, poor gallant lad! I saw
dimly through tears the very last OF
HIN, as he lay there dead on the
blood-stsined s~ward-by the Ityotyosi
river, with a calm. proud smile on his
face. and bis body pierced by count
less assegaf stabs. Men have called
his death ignoble- Petty IS was the
quarrel, wretched as was tho deser-
ton that wrought his fate, | call him,
rather. happy In the opportunity OF his
death. Had he lived, what Of arti-
ficiaIity, what OF hollow u~nreaIity
might there not have been IN store
for himl As 1t was. he had moved
in tins wurid q live ghost. Better than
this, sureiy, to be a dead hero-to
end ths N~apoiecnio s~srio-coa@dy with
his young face ~gallantly to his assafI-
ants. and HE life blood drawn by the
cold steeli-Archibald Forbes, SCI
yenirs OF Some Continents"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21
YOUR DRUGGIST
STOPS TKAT ITCH

II you are suffering from Eczema.
Psoriasis, or any otherskind OF skin
trouble, drop into our st0re for In
slant relief. We will guarantee yen
to stop that itch In two sseccndss
A csc trial bottle will prove HI
We have sold other remedies for
skin troubles but none thAttswo could
recommend more highly than the
well known compound or Oil of VIM
tergreen. Thymol and d few OTHER
ingredients that have wrought such
wonderful cures all over the country.
This compound. known as ID. DID,
Prescription, will cool and heal the
itchy, burning skin as nothing elsa
can. GET a. reguIar hottie and saa~s
ON our n0-paY 0fef.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

"I gov would you Hike to get dressed up in queer clothes and, putting i
III IA daddy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21
The Evening News
D~ailyFashion Hints
~~~a=~ BY MAY MANTON ~-~<
In ordering these patterns hs surs
TO mention the name
May M~anton.n

GleL's DRESS. Tz4s.

WITH HIGH OR ROUND NECK,
THREE QUARTER OR SHORT
SLEEVES.
Two materials are being so much
used this season that little girls'
dresses ara especially planned for
them. This one is very attractive. In
the Illustration 1t is made of checked
material combined with plain henri
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-21

shorter sleeves, Il can be made of more
fancy material and become more
dressy in effect. Light colored French
serges are being much used, and the
main portions OF the dress made of
that material and the yoke and foun-
sdation skirt of velveteen would be very
attractive, and various other combina-
lions will sugges themselves at once,
Clinton broadeioths are beautiful this
season. and the yoke and foundation
skirt could be made of that material,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
An Execution In the South,

Hall stood as motionless as the
trunk of an oak. A man will shC'Hl
nervousness with a twitch of the lips
a roll Of the eyes, or, If in no other
way, with his hands: but was just
behind him, and not finger of his
bound hands moved. The sheriff was
a very tender hearted man and a very
nervous one, and the arrangements
for the execution were awkward. Two
upright beams had to be knocked from
under the trap-door, SO that it would
rest on the short rope moose that had
to be cut before the door would fall.
AS each of these was knocked out thu
door sank an inch and the suspense
was terrible. The poor wretch must
have thought that each was the one
that was to send him to eternity
But not a muscle moved. All was
ready, at last, and the sheriff cried.
in loud voice:
MAY God have mercy on this poor
mans soul!" and struck the rope with
a common Ratchet. The black-capped
apparition shot down and the sheriff
ran. weeping, out of the door Of the
box-From "Blue-Grass and Rhode!
dendron" by John Fox. Jr.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
In This Country There Are More and
Larger Game Preserves Than
in England.

They may do some things better in
Europe, but they don't do them any
bigger, and sometimes not nearly as
big as we do in this country Thus,
it has been the popular impression
that private hunting parks and nobil-
ity went together; that it required a
lord or duke or prince-something
of that sort-to fence in hundreds Of
acres and while away the passing
hour shooting tame deer and catching
pet fish. But the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, in a pamph-
let concerning private game pre-
serves and their future in the United
States" shows us that in this we were
in error. It does not necessarily re-
Quire duke to inclose a thousand
acres for the sole pleasure Of himself
and his guests. anybody in America
can do the same thing, provided. Of
course, he has the money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
Regulating the Doses.

On the New York division the other
afternoon lady passenger halted the
conductor and wanted to know If the
town they were approaching was
Elizabeth. The conductor told her it
was Trenton. AT New Brunswick she
called him again and asked If they
had reached Elizabeth. Once more
she was treasured. Finally the train
stopped at Elizabeth, when the con-
ductor songfully announced the sta
ton and told the lady she had arrived
at her destination.
II don't want to get off there" ex-
claimed the woman. staying the hand
that offered to carry her grip. Il am
going on to New York"
"Then why did you keep asking for
Elizabeth" queried the wondering
conductor
Because I am taking medicine"
was the surprising rejoinde- of the
woman, land my daughter told me
that when the train reached Elizabeth
it would be time for another pill
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
Unhealthy SPOT for Grave.

ONUGaSSuy 0poS tST SgaVos
Whitelaw Reid tells story about
two friends of his who removed from
New York and purchased home H.
a Massachusetts village. One Of their
first visits was to the cemetery. eve
must select a burial lot," the husband
remarked. Life is uncertain, and we
had better attend to it at once" The
wife agreed, and chose site on hill
overlooking a beautiful lake. But the
husband objected. "No, Ann; it's too
much of a hill to climb. Let's look
down toward the lake." These lots
pleased Ann even better than those
more elevated. Here. Frederick"
she said, lets decide upon one of
these" Frederick looked at her in
some surprise. why, Ann" he re-.
piled, II did think you had better
judgment. I shouldn't think of being
buried in this low, marshy place. It's
the unhealthiest spot in the whole
cemetery"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
Thirty New Species Of Fish.

The wilds of Africa are just begin
ming to be accessible to the naturalist.
The country is sufficiently broken in
the interior now to allow a man to
study at his leisure without the con-
slant horror of the unknown hanging
over him. The latest expedition into
the Anfola country OF West Africa
has brought forth 80 new species Of
fish hitherto entirely unknown to the
scientific world. DR.. W. J. Ansorger
brought back to the British museum
more than 1000 specimens of all, and,
Of course, the vast archaeological world
still unexplored lies as tempting
bait to other students since the pos
sibilities Of the dark continent are
just beginning to be appreciated.
When 1t becomes possible to ex-
plore methodically every corner Of the
great interior the biologists, mineral
ogiet0 and all the others in the field
of science will doubtless make finds
that will supply material for vol
umes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
BIG PRIVATE HUNTING PARKS

From the pamphlet it is learned
That IN this country there are more
and larger private hunting parks and
fishing waters than in England.
where the old order of feudalism has
pertalned for centuries. The Blue
Mountain forest, in New Hampshire,
contains $4,000 acres, as many as the
ten largest English deer parks CON-
bined. The largest private deer park
in the land of kings and noblemen
has only 1000 acres. Besides the one
noted, there are the Grand Island pre-
serve, in New York. $4,000 and 10000
acres, respectively.
Some of the private preserves IN
North Carolina cover from $4,000 to
10000 acres, several in South Caro-.
lima exceed $4,000 acres In extent.
while one on the boundary between
Quebec and Maine comprises nearly
200 square miles, or upward Of 126. 900
acres. In the San Joaquin Valley. IN
California, are private ducking prs-
serves. one or two Of which include
more than $4,000 acres saeh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
She Knew Her Own Father.

She Knew Her Own Father.
There is dainty f1ve-year-old girl
who is the delight Of fashionable
apartment hotel in West Philadelphia.
Much association with grown people
has given her many serious little
ways which contrast strongly with
her tender years.
OF late she has been saving her
pennies to buy birthday present for
her father. and as the tine draws
near she has been much in doubt az
to what she should get.
Recently she was In street car
with her mother when an inspiration
came.
Il know what I'll buy father for
his birthday" she said.
All the passengers smiled at her
eagerness and listened indulgently to
near what she might say. Looking at
her mother she said. so audibly as to
be embarrassing:
''pu buy him bottle Of beer"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
Delicious Dessert.

Make soft gingerbread of one cup
sour milk, one egg, one-half cup short
ening (mixed lard and butter), one
half cup molasses, one-half cup sugar.
one level teaspoon baking soda, one
half teaspoon baking powder, one tea
spoon ginger, one and one-half cups
fou1. Bake in moderate oven. Cut
slices of the warm gingerbread with a
knife. Spread each slice with a thick
layer Of apple sauce and on top Of this
place mound of sweetened cream
(whipped). I named this dessert. and
l think it deserves the name it is so
good. I know you will like it. 1 had
a different name for it, but it really
was An need Of better one, so gave
Il delicious"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-01-06
QUEER Oh D LAP RELIC.
CARVING SAID 70 BE CINE THOU
SAND YEARS OLD.
Wondrous Scene Engraved on Piece Of
SandaIwood Depicts Combat at
Sea-Confiscated by a British
Soldier.

Nearly one thousand years ago
Jap, crafty with such knives and tools
as existed at that time, carved won
drous scene from solid piece of san
dalwood four feet long and foot
square. Today that carving stands in
the Office of Albert v. HUH, county
tax assessor. 1t belongs to Ernest
Feille.
A history, written in quaint Japanese
characters. twisted topsy-turvy on a
sheet of equally curious rice paper,
goes with the carving. This sheet is
still in possession of the party from
whom young Feille bought the antique.
Even il 1t were in his possession, a
linguist would be needed to translate
it. This, however, is going to be done
in the near future, when the real his
tory of the old carving will be known.
Many have puzzled to say exactly
what is sought to be shown. There is
sight Of turbulent sea, with waves
mountain high, two high proved sam
pans locked together and the crews
lighting in grim style. A man is over
board, but the combatants are paying
40 heed. One sampan is almost rail
deep in the sea, but the sturdy de-
tenders are fighting as though on
terra firma.
Traditional history says the carving
was done in the year 954. During the
Boxer uprising, when the strong arm
Of Britain was needed to subjugate
malcontents bent on destruction of life
and property, the quaint old relic
saved human life. A British soldier,
sent on a mission whose end was
death to anyone he found within a
certain house, entered, but found all
absent except one. This one he placed
under arrest, but in the act of putting
on the irons his attention was caught
by the old carving. Stopping for a
moment to examine it, he was sur
prised upon turning toward his captive
to discover that he had flown. Had
the man been taken to headquarters
he would have been shot.
The soldier confiscated the relic and
| carried it with him. Later he pre-
scented it to commanding officer and
the latter sent it to friend in the
American army at Manila. Then it
was finally brought to the United
States when the Philippine insurrec-
ton was subdued. It went from San
Francisco to New York and then drift
ed south, reaching San Antonio sew
eral years ago as the property of an
American officer. Recently there was
en- auction of old things and this went
with the balance.-San Antonio Light
and Gazette