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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24

now time was flying. and Aunt Selma
had me by the arm, and any moment ]
expected Bella to pounce on US
through the doorway and the whole
situation to explode with a bang.
1t was after eleven before they were
rational enough to discuss ways and
means, and, of course, the first thing
suggested was that we all adjourn be
low stairs and clean up after dinner
could have slain Max Reed for the
notion, and the Mercer girls for taking
him up.
"Of course we WILL" they said in a
duet What lark" And they actu-
ally began to pin up their dinner
gowns. 1t was Jim who stopped that.
oh, look here, you people, he OBJ
jected, I'm not going to let you dc
that Well get some servants in to-
morrow. I'll go down and put out the
lights. There will be enough clean
dishes for breakfast"
1t was lucky for me that this started
a new discussion then and there about
who would get the breakfast. In the
midst of the excitement l slipped
away to carry the news to Bella. She
was where l had left her, and she had
made herself a cup of tea, and was
very much at home, which was
natural.
DO you know" she said ominousIy
that you have been away for two
hours? And that | have gone through
agonies of nervousness for fear Jim
Wilson would come down and think
! came here TO see him
tTO BE CONTINUEDD
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
PhiIadeIp Iphia Ice Cream

Allow a quarter of a good vanilla
bean and seven ounces of sugar to
each quart of cream. Split the bean
in halves, scrape out the seeds and
mix them with the sugar Cut the pod
into small pieces, add to it one-half
the cream, add the sugar and stir In a
double boiler over the fire until the
sugar IS thoroughly dissolved and the
cream hot. Strain and stand aside to
cool. When cold add the remaining
cream, turn the mixture into the freez-
ing can, pack and turn rapidly until
the mixture begins to freeze, keeping
the motion perfectly even. Turn more
slowly for a few moments, remove the
dasher, repack and stand aside for
two hours to mellow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
FINE POINTS ABOUT SOUPS
Delicate and Proper Blending Of
Savors Is About the Chief
Thing to Remember.

Often 1t Is the small attentions or
lack Of them which makes or mars q
soup. The methods have always been
very clear to the initiated and the
painstaking But for those who dc
not know a few careful suggesttons
from Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt
Book, which are put in such detailed
form that they cannot but be helpful
She says:
savors is the chief art In good soup
making. Be sure and skim the grease
off the soup when 1t first boils, or II
will not become clear. Throw In 8
little salt to bring up the scum. Re
move all grease.
Be sure and simmer softly and
never let soup boil hard.
Put the meat into cold water and
let 1t grow warm slowly. This dis
solves the gelatine, allows the albu'
men to disengage and the scum tc
rise and diffuses the savory part OF
the meat. Be sure not to leave any
fat floating on the surface. A quart
of water to a pound of meat, or a lit
tie less, is good rule. Soup made
of uncooked meat Is as good the SEQ
ond day If heated to the boiling point
If more water is needed use boiling
hot water, as cold or lukewarm spoila
the soup. It Is thought that potato
water Is unhealthy, and therefore dc
not boil potatoes in soup, but boil else
where and add them when nearly
cooked The water in which poultry
or fresh meat is boiled should be
saved for gravies or soup next day. Ii
you do not need it give it to the poor
Keep the vessel in which you boil
soup covered tight, that the flavor be
not lost.
Never leave soup in metal pots, as
sometimes a family Is thus poisoned
Thickened soups require more season
ing; nearly double the quantity used
for thin soups.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
MUST BE PERFECTION
SALAD NEVER A DISH THAT CAN
BE SIGHTED.
Clear Judgment and Much Care for
This Absolutely Indispensable Ad-
lunct of the Modern Din
ner Table

Among the luxuries of our bills OF
fare there is not one that is more ap-
prec1ated by everyone than a we'll
made salad: there is no department Of
cooking that demands clearer Judg-
ment in making and serving than this
same salad; while all kinds, from the
richest to the simplest, depend on the
materials selected and their wise COM
bination.
All salads should be served very
cold and long standing Injuries them.
Therefore make the dressing and place
it near the ice in the cooler before pre-
pairing the salad proper. When ready
to serve, chill the bowl and the fndi-
vtdual salad plate If you would have
your salad at its best.
Bread and butter sandwiches or
Boston brown bread thinly sliced
and delicately spread with fresh but
ter and filled with shredded lettuce
leaf sprinkled with ground nuts may
be served with any salad. But with
lobster, shrimp or fish salad, "bru-
nettes" are the proper caper; they are
made from the white bread and butter
sandwiches filled with Neufchatel
and minced cress. Mutton sandwiches
are liked with vegetable salads. They
are seasoned with herbs, as mint, pep
per grass, celery, salt, curry and
minced pickles.
For potato salad prepare cheese
straws, or spread graham bread with
a mixture of snappy cheese and the
hard boiled yolk of eggs and seasoning.
The homemade cheese straWs are far
better than the made ones, that are
sold in cartons, and will keep as well;
they may be reheated just before US
ing.
Miss Graueps recipe for cheese
straws: These are particularly nice,
and, If cut evenly, look dainty. Crate
three tablespoonfuls of dry, highly sea-
soned cheese, to it put one-half pint Of
sifted flour seasoned with salt and pap
rika; rub together with tablespoon
of butter and cold water as for pastry.
Turn onto the Toured baking board and
roll out thin. Cut half the paste into
straws and the rest into rings. Bake
until yellow and crisp in a moderate
oven and serve with the straws laid
in the rings.
Rich and elaborate salads are served
as a course by themselves, but when
salad is to accompany a meat course,
1t should be simple in character and
served on individual salad plates. Very
often the salad is placed on such plates
and the dressing passed with it on a
separate boat or bowl; this manner has
much to commend it.
With duck, rich fish and water
fowl, acid salads are served These
are made with good allowance of
lime, lemon juice or Tarragon vim
egar. Cheese is passed with all green
salads and black coffee and saltines go
with all accompaniments
Sweet drinks, as punch and fruit
drinks, are never served with fruit or
sweet salad.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
WejQhts and Measures.

London has what New York has
not, namely, cheap and easy access to
authoritative standards Of weights and
measures. At the Royal observatory
of Greenwich these standards are
fixed on the outside walls, so that any
shopkeeper or householder or other
doubling Thomas can go at any time
and get information and an easy con-
science without waiting for inspectors
or red tape unrollers. The various
lengths are decided at Greenwich by
passing the measure to be tested be-
tween raised points in metal plates
There is a pound balance there by
which any weight may be verified. In
Trafalgar square there are standards
of 100 feet and one chain $50 feet) on
brass plates, with accurate subdi
visions. These brass plates are set in
the granite steps on the north side
of the square There are other sets of
standards in Old Palace yard. New
York might have them outside the city
hall and in the public squares here
and there.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
Wash Eandkerchiefs

Delicate handkerchiefs can be wash
ed easily at home, and careful han
ding causes them to wear much long
er than when they are laundered in
city laundry. Wet them, rub with
good white soap and soak in tepid wa
ter over night. Squeeze out and place
in a small enameled pan. Cover with
cold water and half teaspoonful of
powdered boraX. Boil slowly, pour In
to basin, add cold water and squeeze
out all the soap. Immerse in clear,
tepid water and rinse about in this.
Then plunge into cold water tinged
with blue. Leave for half an hour,
squeeez and dip into a light stiffen-
ing. Squeeze and roll carefully each
handkerchief in a towel. Then iron
with a moderately hot iron
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
By his friends. Jimmy was rotund ana
looked shorter than he really WAS. His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do SO. his
art Is considered a huge joke. except to
himself. II he asked people to dinner eV-
eryone expected frolic. Jimmy marr1es
Bella Knowles: they live together year
and are divorced Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
Of his divorce. Those who attend the
party are Miss Katherine MCNair, who
every one calls Kit. Mr.. and Mrs Dallas
and a Mr.. Thomas HARRISON a South
American civil engineer. TIE party is In
full swing when Jimmy receives teie-
gram from his Aunt Selma. who will ar
rive in four hours to visit flm and ms
wife. Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marries she doubles
his allowance. He neslects to tell her OF
his divorce. as she is opposed to 1t. JIM
my takes Kit into his confide rce, he tries
to devise some way SO that is aunt VIII
not learn that he has no !"nger a wife.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess for
one night, be Mrs Wilson pro TEN. Kit
refuses. but is finely prevailed upon TO
act the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
had never seen Jim's wife. Jim's Jap
servant is taken III. his face is covered
with spots. Bella, Jimmy's divorced wife,
enters the house and asks Kit who Is be-
ing taken away in the ambulance? Bella
Insists 1t is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is Wei
and is in the house. Bella tells Kit IL
wasn't Jim she wanted to see, but TAXA
hira, the Jap servant. as she wished to
secure his services.
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wheel might at any time number him
among the victims who were hanged
on high gallows in the market place
every Friday to strike the Khalifa's
terror home to every heart. 1t was also
a vast harem where women raided
from many tribes were herded togeth-
er to give the fanatical Baggara fore
taste of their bestial Paradise.
Eleven years ago it was death or
captivity almost worse than death for
any white man found in the Khalifa's
sphere of murder, robbery and rapine.
Today you step into steam tramway
car in Khartoum, which takes you to
steam ferry; and from that again you
board another car and are set down In
the heart of this once-terrible Omdur--
man Even in what is still complete
ly native rabbit warren of a city there
are signs of the tidytng-up process on
every side. Police Post" you see
written up at frequent intervals. Gov
eminent School," &c. M. s. Dispen.
sary," the placard of an English fire In
surance office on a storehouse, the
tall, spindle-shanked but eminently
soldierly Soudanese sentries at the
barracks, the numbered armlets which
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
A Nice Question.

'1t is, indeed, problem" says the
man with the deep-set eyes, rubbing
his chin thoughtfully.
What is a problem?" asks the man
with the detected mustache.
IF man Is born hairless, would he
be bald?"
"Surest thing you know"
"Perhaps-and yet. Listen. In or
der to become bald it is necessary to
be provided with hair Badness Is the
condition occasioned by the hair fall
ing out. Ergo, if a man has no hair
to lose he can never become bald. Do
you see? You might as well try to
play the market with no money as to
get bald with no hair to lose and
make you bald. I confess that in one
analysis 1t would seem that the man
would be bald, and yet, as say, how
can he become bald If he have no
hair to lose originally? You might as
well argue that man who never was
fat can become thin, when he has no
flesh to reduce. And yet, again, Ia
king the other view of 1t, II the man
have no hair he necessarily is bald,
but still how can he be bald II he
never had the opportunity to be-
come"
But the man with the detected mus
tache is ringing for the ambulance.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
Stuffed Eahhane

Choose firm, solid white cabbage,
remove the outer leaves, and with a
very sharp knife remove entirely the
heart. Put it into cold water and let
1t slowly come to the boiling point
and scald ten minutes Remove onto
kitchen platter and when the first
heat passes off place a green pepper
stuffed with little highly seasoned
force meat, carefully raise some of
the leaves, and put some of the force
meat between them. Add a dash of
pepper and salt and cover with
cheesecloth binder. Place it now in
a stewpan with bunch of sweet
herbs, Glove, pint of stock and wa
ter enough to cover it. When slowly
boiled until very tender, but not all
to pieces, drain carefully. Strain and
thicken as much of the gravy as will
be needed, pour over the cabbage and
serve garnished with parsley and beet
roses
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Why, the man wouldn't expect me to
leave; l would have 10 play out the
wretched farce to the end!
I'll go down and see them off, |
finished lamely, and we went together
down the stairs.
Just for the moment l forgot Bella
altogether. found Aunt Selma
honneted and cloaked, taking stirrup
cup of Pomona for her nerves, and the
rest throwing on their wraps in hur-
ry Downstairs Max was telephoning
for his car, which wasn't due for an
hour, and Jim was walking up and
down, swearing under his breath.
With the prospect of getting rid of
them all, and of going home comfort
ably to try to forget the whole wretch
ed affair, l cheered up quite lot.
even played up my part of hostess, and
Dallas told me. aside, that I was
brick
Just then Jim threw open the front
door
There was a man on the top step,
with his mouth full of tacks, and he
was udiiluS SOluGlulLS W tuS uoOl,
just below Jim's Florentine bronze
knocker, and standing back with his
head on one side to see If 1t was
straight
What are you doing?" Jim de-
manded fiercely, but the man only
drove another tack. 1t was Mr.. Har-
bison who stepped outside and read
the card.
It said Smallpox"
Smallpox" Mir. HARRISON read. as
if he couldn't believe it. Then he
turned to us, huddled in the hall.
1T seems 1t wasn't measles, after
ALL" he said cheerfully. Il move we
get into Mr.. Reeds automobile out
there, and have a vaccination party.
suppose even you blase society folk
have not exhausted that kind of diver
sion"
But the man on the step spat his
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Egyptian Cafe.

pie to other capitals, depends upon
u.s." said these BritOns, filled with
great hope and pride: and they map
ped out the place accordingly
Even in the native town away back
from the river there is order and de-
sign. Passing through the vast open
space of Abbos square which will in
time rank as one of the finest In the
world, you come to the markets, rows
and rows of straw hut5 with a man or
woman sqLatting in each, ready to
chatter interminably for the eggs or
tomatoes or the chickens or the green
stuff spread on the ground outside AS
you wander through. lCok along every
street of low mud houses and you will
see it stretching ~ay dead straight to
where the town ends on the desert.
For a complete contrast go over to ON
durman. Eleven years ago this was
still the Dervish capital, the residence
Of the false prophet who made his poN-
or felt over nearly half Africa, It was
a slave-trading certeT. vast prison.
where every man felt himself a cap
i've and knew that a turn Of Fortunes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
CHAPTER v.
From the Tree of Love.


There is hardly any use trying to
describe what followed. Anne Brown
began to cry, and talk about the chill
dren. (She went to Europe once and
stayed until they all got over the
whooping coughD And Dallas said he
had a pull, because his mill controlled
! forgot how many votes, and the
thing to do was to be quiet and COM
Portable and we would get out in the
morning Max took it as a huge joke,
and some body found him at the tele-
phone, calling up his club. The Mer-
Ger girls were Historically giggling,
and Aunt Selma sat on a stiff-backed
chair and took aromatic spirits of am
ncnia AS for Jim, he had collapsed
on the lowest step of the stairs, and
sat there with his head in his hands
When he did look up, he didn't dare
20 look at me
The HARRISON man was arguing
with the impassive individual on the
top step outside, and | saw him get
out his pocketbook and offer a crisp
tund 9 of bills. But the man from the
board of health only smiled and
-arkrd at his offensive sign After
while Mr.. HARRISON came in and
closed the door. and we stared at one
arcth her
Il know what I'm going TO do,
a d. swallowing a lump in my throat
I'm going 10 get out through a base
men widow at the back. I'm going
e. =: q.
oae." Aunt Selma gasped
- up and almost dropping her
ana -caia bottle. My dear Bella!
iigGle2''
Jimny groaned at the foot Of the
stairs. but Anne Brown was getting
ever her tears and now she turned on
nc IN a temper
ITS all your fault" she said. Il was
going 10 stay at home and get little
styer--"
~. ell. you can sleep now" Dallas
n.oa- n "Thereu be nothing to do
bit stseD
j thipk you haven't grasDed the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24
MAKING Artificial Rain.

In the town of Irondequoit, N. Y
bordering Rochester on one side and
Lake Ontario on another, more fruit
is raised than in any other place Of
eaual size in the United States.
This pre-eminence of the Ironde-
QUOT farmers is partly due to their
novel way of watering their farms
The water itself comes from various
sources; some from Lake Ontario,
some from small ponds on the farms
themselves.
Wherever it comes from it is forced
10 work by electricity. The farmers
tap the wires of the suburban trolleys
Of the Rochester Railway and Light
company. This current operates the
motors which by 60-pound pressure
force the water through pipes so that
it fails like a gentle summer rain.
1t IS so scattered by this pressure
that the air above the fields is full of
mist. In winter the greenhouses can
he Watered the same way.
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situation. Dal," said icily. There
will be pieuty to do. There isn't q
servant in the house!"
No servants!" everybody cried at
once. The Mercer girls stopped gig
Cling
Holy cats!" Max stopped in the
act of hanging up his overcoat. DO
you mean-why, can't shave myself!
I'll cut my head off
You'll do more than that" | re-
torted grimly. You will carry coal
and tend fires and empty ash pans,
and when you are not doing any of
those things there will be pots and
pans to wash and beds to make"
Then there was a row. We had
worked back to the den now, and |
stood in front of the fireplace and let
the storm beat around me, and tried
to look perfectly cold and Indifferent
and not to see Mr. Harbison's shocked
face. No wonder he thought them a
lot of savages, browbeating their host
ess the way they did.
It's a fool thing anyhow Max
Reed wound up, Ito celebrate the an
niversary of a divorce-especially
Here he caught Jim's eye and
stopped But I had suddenly remem
bered Bella down in the basement!
Could anything have been worse?
And of course she would have hys
terra and then turn on me and blame
me for it all. 1t all came over me al
once and overwhelmed me, while
Anne was crying and saying she
wouldn't cook if she starved Tor IL
and Aunt Selma was taking off her
wraps. l felt queer all over, and sat
down suddenly. Mr.. HARRISON was
looking at me. and he brought me
glass of wine.
1T won't be so bad as you fear,
he said comfortingly. There Will oe
no danger once we are vaccinated, ano
many hands make light work. Iney
are pretty raw now, because the thing
is new to them, but by morning they
will be reconciled"
1T isn't the work: 1t is something
entirely different" | said Ard it was
Bella and work could hardly be
spoken in the same breath.
If l had only turned her out as she
deserved to be, when she first came,
instead of allowing her to carry
through the wretched farce about see
ing Takahiro! Or if 1 had only run
to the basement the moment the
house was quarantined, and got her
out the areaway or coal hole! And
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-24

Under costly canopy
The village blacksmith sits;
Before him is a touring car
Broken to little bits,
And the owner and the chauffeur, too,
Have almost lost their wits.
The village blacksmith smiles with gies
AS he lights his fat cigar,
He tells his helpers what to do
To straighten up the car,
And the owner and the chauffeur, too
Stand humbly where they are
The village blacksmith puffs his weed
And smiles a smile of cheer
The while his helpers pump the tires
And monkeys with the gear
And the owner and the chauffeur, too.
Stand reverently near.
Behind the village blacksmith In
The portal Of his shop;
The shop is very large in size,
With tiled roof on top
And the owner and the chauffeur, too
At 1t were glad to stop.
The children going home from school
Look in at the open door;
They like to see him make his bills
And hear the owners roar,
And the chauffeurs weep as they declare
They ne'er paid that before.
He goes each morning to the bank
And salts away his cash;
high silk hat and long frock coat
Help him to cut dash
But the owner and the chauffeur, too,
Their teeth all vainly gnash.
The chestnut tree long since has died.
The smith does not repine;
His humble shop has grown into
building big and fine,
And it bears Garage above the door
On a huge electric sign.
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the donkey boys must wear-all tell
the same story, not of "civilization,"
but of Strengthening out. Whether In
it's crowded, narrow, awnins-hune
bazaars, where you greedily seek lit
tie shade from the burning sun, OF
down by the river, where the export
trade in gum and grain is busy, ON
durham seems to be still heaving a
sigh Of relief. The people are cheerful,
but there is a shade of apprehension
in their faces yet. And here, far more
than in Khartoum, with its English
gardens and English faces. you realize
why.
II. HAMILTON FYFE.
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And Vet He Lived

Spotted fever" received some queer
treatment in John WesIey's day. ac-
cording to Wesley's Journal of Septem,
Der. 174G. A man named John Trem.
bath had the fever and Wesley wrote ::
1T was the second relapse into the
spotted fever, in the height of which
they gave him sack. cold milk and
apples, plums, as much as he could
swallow. can see no way to account
for his recovery, but that he had not
vet finished his work.