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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-03-16
Die SdGrfs bes Snieftsnansss.

9as 9lu9e bat beim Renif)en Die
bohite 8olGfommenbeit zines Sin.
nesoreans erreift int6 nuB oIs ems
Der groBten 8un6eriperfe Der Ratur
beseidnet iperben. Damit oarf obsr
nitt seiast iein, 6ab es Inn Die an.
bern 2ebeneien better beiteat mare,
penn iie 1bnlite 9ligen beiGBen, tpie
Der Renih. SSebes Sbier bat ieinen
beitimnten 9ebens- unS @irfungs.
freis, an ben al feline @ieenidaften
angepabt limb. un6 ipenn man ir.
genowo einieben Eernen fam, 6nb es
teinen 3ufaa giebt, 10 lit es in Der
9etradtung Der 3ooIoeie. 9eicn6ers
punoeriome appornte iin6 Die 9u.
gen Der sSSnieften nit ibrer 8ieIbeit
bon 2inien. Die tpie Die 9IGden zines
reid 9ei6liffenen 9iamanten foIiet.
tenarti9 nebeneinonber iteben. 9IGein
6urd bies glitge fam, nie Or. Belt
Dor Der @eieaid)aft fir geatur. unb
SeilfiInoe in Dresden aiiseefiibrt bat,
Die 8e0iugrns erfiilt per6en, boB
bas 6amit begabte Gbier fotpobI in
Der Rdbe ruie BEL i9neIlern Slug aud
auf aroBere @ntfernuns gut ieben
mub. Die Sebih6rfe itebt allBer6em
patiirIih in einem geipiiIen 3uiam.
menbang nit Der @robe 6es Sbieres,
70 Sab es ni6t iiberraf6en fam,
penn eine Siene un9efGbr auf elm
9entimeter 9lbitan6 ebeniogut fiebt
ipie elm Wtenid auf einen Neter. 9a.
fir lit Die 'Sebib6rfe ober auf cine
febr betrGd)tlide, uno Stpar gang be.
ion6ers in ben gerinsiten @ntfernun.
gen bonn ange.. 90 bat Or. 8eit
feitseitelt, 6db Snieften 6unfle
Punfte uunitteIbor Dor ibrem Gi,ae
nod bemerfen fonnen, tpenn iie nlr
cine SroBe bon 1 bis 8 Souieno.
iteI WilIimeter befisen. @enn 6os
aufloiungsoermosen 6es menI6Ii.
den eIuees ols bic Ginbeit aenon..
men pirs, 70 betr6st es bel Der 81.
belle 60. BET Der 8iene 80, BEL Der
SIiege 2T0, BEL Der ameiie 492 uno
beim Sbrtpurm 804.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-03-16
A1ltser urbitreit.
ees ais Sauseninis tHtrrSts altsRs Gets SsAa
bss SsHamsHt bts gstsTs an.

7 Gin erbitierter @rbIreit beifraftiat,
tpie Der a8oIan6 bon Berlin" su en-.
sdbIen neiB. aligenbIidIid bie @emii.
tber in SdIeiien. Sort lit auf ieinem
Sbloiie Ster3eroorf BEL geamsInu
Der @raf George BON Saurnta, sSrei.
berr BON unO 5u Der SeItid, geItor.
ben elm @oelmntn BON oltem
Sdrot uruo 3orn, Der iein 9utterbrot
init feinem 8utid)er tbeilte, 10 oft iie
Suiammen nod Der 2peisitaot geams.
Iau 5ii Wnrfte fubren Seine @erao.
belt un6 ietr unaftbaItbaper Red,ts.
finn botten linn 6as Gnieben BEL bod,
lirt6 nieorig geiid)ert, un6 tpenn man
bic uro 6a iiber ieine @epaltiateit
fpotten borte, 10 bat er Die Spotter
Biri6anSen eemodt, iroem er nid,t
mir ietpe Sitter iduIOenfrei auriid.
IieB, ion6ern foear etne runSe 0til.
lion Wtarf oniammeIte. Oiele Sitter
itnb 6ieie Wti[lioH 6lI6en nun ben
@eeewitan6 Oes grbItreites. Ueit Der
@r1fin 9foia BON 8urnbraro-5tllp
pad perbeiratbet, mar @rof Saiuno
8ater bon iets 9in0ern, 5fpei God.
tern ino bier Sobnen. Ser @rofen.
ftano pererbte iid nit oem Si0eifom.
nib Ster5enoorf iiber Dos Der ieipei.
lige 8eiiser Don Go6es uegen frei
berfiigen fam. Bon, ben bei0en |
So6tern 6es @pofen lit 6ie 1lteite an |
ben @rufen Sobann 9aptiIt bon Bal. |
leitrem, ben 5peiten Sobn 6es ebe.
maligen Observation-Disclosures. Der.
beiratbet, Die 5ipeite tit 0be @attin oes
@rafen 9l6aIbert BON Strofnpis, Der
bier in Berlin bei einer8erIif)eriings.
geieqi6aft an Ieiten6er Stelle tb1tia
lit. @rdf Sourrro bat mtn in ieinem
Seitament feTren Glteiten Sobn, Den
Sreiberrn @rnit b. Saurnla, iiber.
gongen itnb ieinen ppeiten Sobn, ben
Sreiberrn Srieori6 b. Saurrna, gum
@rben bes Stoeifonuniiies ut6 oes
@paferttiteIs eingeiest. Ser Sreiberr
@rnit tpar ebenlols 2ertttnnt bel Sen
12er 9roeonern IN @reien ur6 mub.
te, tpie man iagt, ben abfffe6 neb.
men, neil er in Sanitober, auf Der
Heiti6ule, I'M &ortenipieIe 5u itarfes
Bed batte. Der aipeite, Sreiberr
6rie0rtb, lit 9eiitnant oes 10. 1Ia-
neneginlenis in 3iiGi6uu uto nit
Der 5reitn @Iiiabetb @en3el b. Stern.
bad, aus iebr gutter uro permogen.
Der bobmiid)er SantiIie, nerbeiratbet.
Ser iibergougene 8ruoer mad,t Dem
iiin9eren bas @rbe Itreitia, ober DIE
Spmpatbien in Sdlefien iinS a1rf Ser
Seite oes 3iiui6aiers, bo man fpeiB,
iuie Oiel 9lerger unb llngenpah benz
oIten @rafen ietn alteiter Sobn berei-
tete. Damn lit nod Elm oritter Sobn
oa, Der aud friiber Sffi5ter mar @r
belt es nit ben lleberIieferupgen lei.
mes Ston6es lno ieines Saities per-
etrbar, cine befannte Dame Der Der
finer SaIbiuelt nit ieinein 0amen 5u |
idmiiden. @eeenfu6rtig ndbrt iih
oieier Sretberr b. Saurma ifIeht
Int6 reft IN Boris ols = 9baiffeur
'iner automobiloroiffe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-03-16
Cine Sd)nlseidJidJte.

ssn Der bumoriitiiden 3eitiarift
.Budt. s'irr" era1EIt e,h 9eh:cr bic
foIgenoe edJuIseididi,: Gs NOR rel
erite S6uItae. Wtiitter, Shtueltern,
Eanten un6 ionitiee 9lnperpanote
batten enoIif) Die aIaiie pcrIaiicn
unb id befuno mid NIT meineu Sun.
gen allein. Sbre anfdEslide Sbeu
iinS gefIomlnenbett b1tte ib blrd
eine IuItige @eidi6te periheudt. Sn-
oem i'd Die aleinen ibrer Sreuoe iiber
oas eben @eborte iiberIieb, benuste
i'd bic 10 eutitanbene tleine Bnuie
ihneu oa5u, meine Bidder i'm 4atbe.
oerIaubfahe in Sronune 5u brineen.
8loeIi6 ertonte binter mir elm Pfiif.
@ntriiitet iiber 6enStorenfrieo orebte
i6 mid Inn uno rief lnut: .8el6er
gieI bot oenn oa eepfiffen9" 9ie
Sungen iisen mGusdenitin. Gin
giiblein aus Der erIten @anf 5eigt
mir oienItbefIiiien ben MiiietbGter.
gaodoem oieier feline eeIinoe S6eIte
meg bot, tpenoe id mid nit Dem itoI.
sen 9epubtiein, eine quite RIaIien.
ois5ipIin boIten au f6nnen, pieoer
meiner 8eidl6ftieuna 3ii. gI6sIih
ert6nt elm nelier Bfiff. ettpos Iouter
Ioaor nod uIs Der erite. @eraerIid,
iiber Den erIten WiBerfoIs, fdnaube
id in Die 5ulnmmen fnbrenoen Sun.
gen binein: .@eld,er gieI bat 6enn
i6on wieoer gepiifien2" Na6 Ian.
gem Suden miro mitSiIfe oes oienit.
boren @eiItes BON Der eriten 9anf
Der neue 6redoahs ent6edt un6 ct.
mas nodbriidlif,er aeidoIten. gs
ioIgt onoobtspole Stine, Die id,
idneu oo5u ausnlise. ben Stun6en.
plan au ourdfIiegen. ben mir Der
Serr Teftor an Die Sdronftbiir ae.
hGnat hat Somitag2 9lbo! glur
.orei StrHSenl 9lusae5eidnetl 90
fann man fir Sonntaa perreiien.
llno ole 5relbe bariiber entIodt aud,
mir mpiatiiriih einen gfiff. CT.
ifroden fnbre i'd berum. Sollten bic
Siingen etpa meinen Nfiff aebort
boben2 = &iftial SEER 2ebrer",
meloet nit aeni6tiger 0tiene Der
aIeine aus Der eriten @unf, ,Serr
9ehrerl @s bot idon pieoer Elm GieI
sepfifienl"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-03-16
RarIamentariide siturbnnas.
EBts lie Bel ben SsIisSrtrsterH In ezsIiiAsa
tiHterhauie stbrduaGa ".

Die iest i'm engIii6en llnterbauie
gebrGu6libite Sisoronung bat lid
auf gang natiirli6em 8ege aus Der
@nhpidlung oes Bartebpeiens uno
Der Barteioronung ergeben. Sn ben
Porlamenten friiberer Srbrbunoerte
puBte man nod ni9ts Don elmer
S6eibung in 9febte uno 2irfe, Die
ortIihe Erennung trat erit oonn elm.
ols gei6loiiene Barteien ii9 i'm Par'
lament als eeidIoiiene Barteien ge.
geniiberitan6en. gtab Der lest idon
mebr oils bun6ertidbriseu ueberIiefe'
rung iist alrf Der reften Seite Dom
Spenfer (BrGiiSenten). auf Der lin
TEN bonn @iugange, bic Regierungs-
partei, Die rS5ns", olif Der ortoeren
Die Sppoiition, Die gSuts". Sour Die
iriide Bartei peritoBt eegen oieie
Drbnung, ieitbem iie unter Der Sub
runs 8arneas CUR intraniigenten
Acknowledgements setpor6en lit. sic
iist ieitOem INNER auf Der Sppoii'
tionsieite, auh 6ann, ipenn tie, mie
gum 9eiipieI i'm Sabre 1898 unb
eegenlp6rtis, geraoe3u elm Stiid Der
&egierungsportei aus4naht. Gin
id)nruIer Gang tbeiIt Die beioen
2anesieiten, Iotpie Die an oieien iid
bin5ieben6en bier Heiben bon abge.
orSnetenbGnfen uno fiibrt su ben an
ben 2Gng@p1nben befinoliaen aus-
eangstbiiren, bic in Die inneren @an.
beIsGn9e fifbren. 9luf beioen Seiten
bnben nun Die eften 9Gnfe eine be.
ionoere 8eoeutlrng, uno 5lpar Dor
alIem Sieienige SGlfte Der eriten
ganfreiben, Die, bonn ausgang aus
betra6tet, ienieits bes ifeibenoen
Guergonges Iiegt. Sier nimmt i'm.
mer Die iepeilise &eeierung 8las,
auf Der eriten 8anf Der gegeniiber.
Iiegenoen Seite bic auIest ubsetretene
@egierune, iotpeit iie aus Mitglieoern
bes llnterbauies beitebt. auf beioen
Seiten oes Saiies pfleeen ouf Der
erIten 9ant linterbaIb bes Guepgan.
ges oieienieen Dsitglieber Der 8or.
teien iif nieber5ulaiien, Die oamit
ibre groBere llnabb6ngigfeit BON Der
Reaierung ODER BON Der offi5iellen
Siibrung Der Sppoiition tunogeben
poIlen. 8enn gum 9eiipiel einDtini'
iter feline @ntlaiiuus nimntt, neil er
nit Der Yolitif oes 8abinetts niht
eia,peritanb@ lit, 10 pablt er an ie'
ner Stele ieinen BIas. 8ns bas
@e6t auf Die Sise i'm allgemeinen
betrifft. 10 lit elm ioldes bonn Sauie
bur9 gei6IuB nienals onerfannt
porben, aber Die 9eiesAng Der eriten
9Grfe bat iid bod allmdbIid 5u
einem ieIten @eipobnbeitsreht ber'
nuseebiIoet. Sir Die iibrisen Mdse
gilt aIs @runbias, bob berienige
glbaeorSnete, Der i'm SaoI Dor befn
@ebet anipeienb 1T um6 einen be.
ftimmten 8Ios Surh &uFesen ieines
Suites ODER elmer 2arte fir iih reier.
Dirt, bieien BIas fir ben san5en
Sisungstag als ben ieiuisen bean.
ipruden oarf, aud tpenn er iib aeit.
weiie peri6nIih aus oem SuaI, ie.
bod nidt aus Dem 9ereid bes Bar.
IamentsgebGuoes entfernt. angeiebe.
men uno alien WiteIiebern bes Sau.
Ies ii6ert Die aqieits beobadtete Cite
ben eetpobnten Sit our9 Die sanae
Seiiion binour6.
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eaashanuo & @bomina Ballet.
(eaareI 9fuie.l
pnifdtu @rauioii nnb RiIf,s- NdI

Hnti6tH 8ddnfon unb gBIIftssHdTTt.
Raa ssrTaEsu @nantou I'M m, o.no z m
A.Q0. son unN On RsrdsHs. Nm 3 40 wrv
ana an @sdtutdasn uus dIs ud6fcTotrs'
lsduta Wiuutsu. unb um ZOO msratna -
SruNidstH uuh aHs nd6fsTae~hs ,sudH,id sp'
HH'sn Ma unt i-FiuHvs 70 no Wadbis. IN mH.
Fst.Ta II Riuuisu ibdttr auFcmms-h.
grvr'esdas. muir Ia Titteian drbdiisuh ~'-
s1'u 5oautou dfs StuHbs iddIi6. dus"'
nemmsu Ssuutdas unt Rtitrtddsr. son "a
4"v1,ua Via 80 asenbe. unh .rsftn In snH.
Hks.~art N Tpiuussu fpdter eif
Ntsteves N'ena ,wifA.s Geranlsu. @an VT,
5azI. RuHs parF. 4sstsvsbura uuh THumor,
e4tebs SsAr~Tdu FHv dss6HksfVvheYute aHot
Xsst is avast am a. Suttf9N7,
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Der reidIia fonnte ididen
eiHit in Der 8iiite 8rob,
Ser tpirb aud mid erquiden
@ait Speiien IN Der Rotb.
Das 2eben brinst &dmpie unb
S&la&ten. bic our9geiodten per.
BEN miiiieu. ie tapferer mon 1T, Sefto
bsHer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28

ing plum pudding would be NgoodE
 We'll have lemon snow or something light and cooling, and save the plum pudding for New Years. I'm going to make individual pies and Kather1ne's can be of chopped apples and raisins, with crusts of split pilot biscuit" ''Dicky's and mine will be mostly apples, too, and only yours and father 8 full strength cried Lesley with such an air of triumphant shrewdness that Hester could not help laughing.
 .We must make one big one for Mar tina's family and get out trifes ready for them," she declared. You're going to give your doll things to Maria, aren't you? And Frederick has mended up his sled for the boys. I have a box of old clothes for my contribution. I shall have to rip and sponge them or mend up the available garments, for despise giving away anything that's ragged or dirty.''
 "How I wish we were rich, mother, and didn't have to scrimp and save and do our own work and make cheap pres- entsY' exclaimed Lesley suddenly, breaking off her thread with resentful emphasis.
 This was such an unexpected speech that 1t was half minute before He's ter was ready with reply. We are rich, dear, in my sehse of the word," she said at last, because we live we'll within our resources, even though our scale of living doesn't in- cIude some pleasant and desirable things. The only really poor people and many of them pass for rich-are those who are on the verge of financial, nervous or spiritual bankruptcy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28

in turn, the general motive, so ito speak, of the dinner developed. When the soup appeared, served in gold banded plates, it bore on its surface a single star cut from red pimento, as the first suggestion of Christmas. The entree sounded still clearer note, the red and gold ramekins in which it was served resting on their saucers, sur rounded by wreaths of par !? M 2 2? piled, or whither it tended. Although it was, of course, in the skillfully man. aged color transition that the unique charmaof the dinner lay. the menu will perhaps be of interest as one which is appropriate to the season without in any way infringing upon the tradi- tional dinner of Christmas day. It is given below, with the recipe for the roast pig, and others which may not be familiar:
 Grapefruit cocktail Cream of asparagus soup
 Olives, celery, salted nuts Sweetbreads la Newburg, in ramekins Roast pig with German forcemeat,
 drowned sweet potatoes, tart
 apple sauce in jelly cups
 Endive and celery salad
 Biscuit glace
 Nut waters and small cakes
 Coffee
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28
A MODEL
 HOUSEWIFE
How the Christmas Dinner and Holiday Festivities Were Managed in
 se ssrtHer 5Menage ssa
A PARTY AND A DINNER.

hTH the coming of December the Mayos settled into the winter rou- M tine, in wh ch the alarm clock,
 the school bell, the ash sitter and tho snow shovel played prominent parts There were special interests, too proper to the month-the question pf presents, of holiday observances and that general overhauling of account books and weighing of relative values by which we chasten our spirits at the >lose of the year. Hester was good economist and planned her expendi- sufes carefully, but she made it a car final principle to leave herself mar fin-some spare change of time, money and strength, available for contingen- cies: for, as she said, 'T don't mind counting the quarters, but I hate to count every Quarterr' By giving up this margin and stretching her re- sources to the utmost, she might have held her own in somewhat fashion lble circle which had shown itself ready to welcome her; Hester was very human and sometimes longed for the Eayeties that were just out of reach, but she was too sensible to sacrifice he margin which meant freedom and safefy. Possessing to the full a wom- ans taste for pretty things" she pre- ings to a prevailing impression that mother was too busy to plan belated Christmas gift or tc welcome a fellow II he s'came along in"
 This iA perhaps. the place to say a word about accounts. Hester kept hers Arrupulously, balancing her book every
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28
A COLOR
 DINNER Unique Plan For Christmas Eve Function in Which Courses Suggest the
 Gee asion
BY ANNA M. SMITH.

IN PLANNING this dinner it was the
 especial aim of the hostess to make 1t peculiarly appropriate to
 the season without trespassing upon the menu and the scheme of dec oration which belong to Christmas day. Having been brought up in the good old traditions of Christmas holly and Christmas turkey, it seemed little less than sinful to forestail this most ancient and honorable of feasts by serving its specialties on the day be- fore. The dinner and accessories, evolved in conformity with this view, were sufficiently novel and beautiful to be of interest to any hostess en- tertaining at this season.
 The guests sat down to a round table, covered with white iamask. In the center stood a large cut glass bowl, filled with low masses of evergreens and the deep green Christmas fern, it's base wreathed about with ground pine. Over these lay soft white cotton, glistening with diamond dust (other- wise mica dust) in realistic imitation of snow. The four candlesticks were of cut glass, their shades white, edged top and bottom with the snowy. SparAIlng cOICOn ana ITlnge0 With cry6- tai beads. Placed between were bon lon dishes of cut glass and silver, con- taining white cream waters and glace bonbons. Snowballs, bought at a caterers, with bonbon boxes filled with candy hidden inside, stood at each cover near the place cards, which were white, with the names in silver. The first course, grapefruit cocktail, which was in place when the dinner wns served, carried the effect still Farther, the standards of the exquisite, slender-stemmed glasses being buried in the same glfttering snow which formed the keynote of the scheme of decoration. Altogether the table pre- scented picture which was wintry in- deed, but very beautiful
 As the courses followed each other
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28
XzY CHRISTMAS GIFTS

by their top edges as already described in connection with the album Some of the prints will, doubtless, be horizontal, others vertical, and the position of the calendar leaf may be varied from top riety is secured. When the prints are rather small two can often be used on one page; for instance, on top at the right, square print; at the left, just a little higher, a vertical calendar leaf; on the bottom, at the left a horizontal print reaching about two-thirds of the distance across the mount, and the re- maining space at the right filled in with a quotation from some favorite author or poet done in neat lettering.
 One who is handy with pen or brush
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28

leaves. At each plate there was a
 miniature log cabin of breadsticks con- cealing the butter balls, while the plate
 cards consisted of oblong crackers
 bearing the name in white frosting, a marshmallow rabbit with pink candy
 eyes standing guard in one corner. Every dish fiourished a rhyme, and the nut salad which. though dis
 guised by dressing, required no guess ing, and that's a blessing; the cake, compounded, 1t appeared, by "a learned cook, and full of dates as a history
 book; and the bonbons. which, though 'mild-eyed and tame," declared with spirit that they were "a part of the game"-an came in for share of ap- plause. But the keenest shafts were reserved for the young hunter whose
 habits inclined him to rabbits" and who finally brought down specimen that made his cheek pale, a sight so amazing rewarded his gazing-such very short ears Such a very long taill''
 When the party adjourned to the kitchen in search of molasses and pea
 nuts Hester went with them, not to diminish the fun, but to make it a funny, and before o'clock her guests had gone home irr state of sticky beatitude and the celebration" was over.
 fRleSSSO ILIOCeuIS,. now muCn they do think of a few extra touchesr' He's | ter observed, as she brushed up the debris. 'I sometimes have bread pud- ding for lunch-nothing in the world but stale bread and milk and an egg,
 but pint or so of pink pudding sauce
 makes them fancy they're having a treatv
 What are you planning for Christ
 mas by way of pink pudding sauce? ?'' asked her husband indulgently. Don't introduce too many novelties, for be- lieve we all like the familiar ways best"
 ''I agree; and nothing shall interfere with the stockings or the Christmas eve l service; and hope Lesley hasn't grown too dignified for blindman's buff. Pm still wrestling with the question of presents. I did want to give Frederick | the set of woodworking tools that he has been begging for so long, but that | means handbook and a course of
 lessons, and I'm afraid we can't afford ft.'
 Begin with good book and a few of the simplest tools, and if he has a taste for the work he'll find a way to l get the rest for himself. I've seen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28
beautiful carving done with a jack knife by a man who never had any

beautiful carving done with a jack
 knife by a man who never had any instruction"
 Hester nodded assent, adding pres ently: Lesley has set her heart on a topographic outfit and shall see that she has it, for she needs that sort of training, and too much sewing is bad for girl of her age. Even Katherine begins to want to be making things, and I shall get her crochet hook and some bright colored worsteds." I'll tell thee, wife, we'll have our daughter bred
 In bookeris' cookerie' needle. thimble, quoted MT. Mayo teasingly. "'Let her be taught to shun all delud- ing;
 To roast, to toast, to make a pudding; To knit, to spin, to sew, to make-''' "She shall not! She shall be trained in philosophy and the higher mathe- | matics! protested Hester in mock in- dignation.
 What arc we going to have for Christmas dinner, mother?' Lesley the frills on chafing-d dish apron for Julie Fenard.
 Roast ducks and mince pie for 1he 1 main dishes, think. A goose is really | the orthodox bird, but ducks are less expensive and more generally satisfac- | tory"
 :.Are ducks stuffed just the same as
 turkeysT' pursued Lesley, who had skinned chestnuts for the capacious craw of the Thanksgiving bird. "No; just read this over aloud, for
 I've almost forgotten what I do use,'
 returned her mother, producing writ ten slip from the cupboard. Lesley took 1t and read as follows: Stuffing for Roast Ducks.-To one pint or two cups of mashed potatoes,
 seasoned as for the table, add one cup
 of fine bread crumbs, one cup of fresh | country sausage fried lightly and | broken up with fork, one beaten egg, half an onion grated and half a tea spoon of powdered sage or other sea- soning to taste. Before stuffing the birds rub them inside and out with a "Yes,t that's very good Ducks are fat and rich favored, and need sour
 relishes for an adjunct-currant sauce or some sour jelly, and either tart apple sauce. or apples cut in rings and fried l in the super1uous fat" 'Kath crime is too little to eat mince pie, isn't she? We ought to have something else for dessert--a nice blaz-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-28

lection by starting them overnight in a double boiler; when she used sauce pan she avoided waste by setting it in the sink, tightly covered. for five min- Breakfast foods were daringly mixed, the white and brown granulated wheat preparations, for instance, forming an excellent combination. Baked apples, rrunes, oranges, chopped figs or dates, added to the cereal, furnished fruit, and for drink the children had milk, barley coffee or cocoa shells.
 Hester seldom embroidered a centre piece, but she never lacked for a living one: flowers in their season and in the winter months a growing fern, globe
 filled with sQuaw vines or a glass bowl containing g. miniature rockery, among whose pebbles and moss hepaticas, vio- spleenworts uncurled their fairy fronds Every fall, too. she collected a box ot autumn foliage-glowing maple leaves sprays of sumach and crimson black berry vines, all pressed and tightly waxed with a warm iron. Airy maiden gathered and preserved, and surpris- ingly pretty decorative effects were produced with these simple materials. Hester, having a margin of resources put much wit and love into the family festivals that are so dear in the re IuciuDIdACc. 4uc yQuI6 AOlhS were c1i lowed to choose their own birthday celebrations as far as possible, and
 Frederick, whose anniversary fell or the eighteenth, proposed this year tc invite three of the fellows" to sup per, and have a. candy pull in the even. ing. Hester called to mind g few good
 games, planned a spread that could be
 made ready -betimes, and put on ar
 old red silk dress which her son con- sidered the height of elegance. Wher
 the boys appeared they were set tc hunting for nuts to crack" the nuts being walnut shells containing riddles
 and conundrums, glued together in pairs and ingeniously hidden where dis covery was least likely.
 These nuts, with the guessing in.
 volved and a subsequent award o1
 prizes, kept the party busy until sup per was announced.
 The simple menu consisted of rabbit pie-Frederick had recently gone on his
 first rabbit hunt and brought home g squirrel-with saratogas, caramele6 sweet potatoes and currant jelly, eel cry and walnut salad and a spicy lOa1 of date cake iced with maple sugar and encircled with a wreath of red maple