The Washington times., 1911-07-09
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| Times Inquiry Department:
Please give me, soon as possible. re-
cfpe fr blackberry wine, as wish TO make
8. F. Y.
Mash sixty quarts of berries, pour
over them six quarts Of boiling water,
and let stand overnight. Next morning
inclose the berries in a bag OF cheese
cloth, press out all the juice and meas
ure 1t, adding to each quart of juice
one pound of sugar. Put into stone
jar, cover, and allow 1t to stand three
days. covering and skimming each day.
When that time has expired, put into a
ten-gallon keg, and IL the keg Is not full
enough. add enough water to make up
| the deficiency. Lay the keg on blocks
of wood, and leave the bunghole open.
Each morning fill up the keg with
| cold sugar syrup made by mixing one
pound of sugar with one pint Of water.
Cover the bunghole with cheesecloth,
to keep out the flies and insects. Let
the wine lie five or six weeks, or until
fermentation ceases. Then bung the
keg up, let it lie four months; then
draw 1t off through a slpnon into a
clean barrel. Let 1t lie eight months
and bottle.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me the address Of Miss Anna
Held. Has Mrs. Nicholas Longworth any
\ children? Has coin that is big as
half dollar, with an Indian head on it, got
any value? Thanking you, am, MAY
Miss Anna Held may be addressed
care her husband and manager, Flor
ence Ziegfeld. Jardin de Paris Theater,
New York. Mrs. Longworth is child
less. You will have to be more ex-
plicit in your description OF your coin
before can tell you its value.
Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you please tell me how to clean a
fluffy? l have tried gasolene and different
preparations. and finally resorted to soap and
te i Hey ase sfns V W
NJ. H. T.
Try wetting your feather again in hot
water, to which has been added a little
blue. then take 1t out and shake 1t
vigorously in the sunshine, or before
fire. This will make 1t full and soft,
and before It is thoroughly dry, curl It
with a dull knife blade. The shaking
and the heat together Will separate the
fibers so that 1t will be fluffy. If this
process is not successful, steam the
feather before the spout Of a teakettle,
then proceed as before, to shake and
curl II.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish a synopsis Of Faust" and
also give me the proper pronunciation Of
'Thais' Yours. SUBSCRIBER.
The Faust synopsis was published
in The Times of April 1s. copies OF
which may be secured by calling at the
circulation department OF The Times.
'Thais'' is pronounced as though spelt
"Tie-ese," with the accent on the Sec
ond syllable.
Times Inquiry Department:
Could you tell me whether il would be pos
sible to engage a tent at Colonial Beach. |
and the cost of same, also equipment. Very
truly. SUBSCRIBER.
II you will send "A stamped, addressed
envelope. this department will direct |
you to a person who owns the tenting |
privilege at Colonial Beach, and who |
will give you all Information regard |
ing the price, location, and equipment. |
Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you through your valuable paper !
please inform my very unofficial mind why (
1t is that in the sidewalk around such a |
Ing Of trees is so backward? Some Of the |
open spaces in the park designed for trees |
have Sbeen permitted to remain vacant for |
many years There are a number of such |
places. and they detract very much from the |
appearance of the park. Very truly, |
A CONSTANT READER.
I am Informed by the Department of !
Public Buildings ard Grounds that |
the park and the space about it is as
thoroughly planted with trees at pres
cnt as is deemed advisable from an
artistic and arboreal standpoint. The
old trees were removed because they
were not thriving. ard at present those |
that are growing there are considered
sufficient for such locality and sur
roundings.