The Washington times., 1911-09-30

Times Inquiry Department:
please give me a recipe for elderberry wine
- ohIjge Mrs. B. T.
The following is the recipe you de-
kire: Elderberry wine-RemoVe the
stems from % pounds ripe elderoer-
ries. put the berries in large ket-
tie with SO quarts Of water ADD l
ounce of whole allspice and ounces
of ginger root, place over the hre ana
boil one hour, then strain the juice
through a cheese-cloth, press out the
berries, put the liquid in large tub,
add 45 pounds of sugar and 4 ounces
of cream of tartar. stir till the sugar
ts nearly dissolved, cover over with
a cloth and let stand two days; then
nour the liquid in key. leave the
bunghole open and cover II with
small stone. keep the keg In cool
cellar and stir the same every other
day; let it lie until fermentation has
run its course, which will take sew
eral months; then add one gallon OF
the best French brandy, bung up the
kee. and four months later pour the
wine in bottles. cork well, and lay
them on the cellar floor.
Times Inquiry department
Kindly inform me where live bait can be
procured for fishing purposes. and whether
there is any sold near the big basin7 L. s.
You can get live bait at Whites
sporting store, and 1 am also told that
you can sometimes buy live bait at the
boat houses near the big basin.
Times Inquiry Department:
Can fly screens be taken out of the win
~ nit
O' f'0'Uu'''e' A DAILY READER
No; you run a risk Of being bothered
with mosquitoes if you take out your
hy screens this time of the yesr.
Times Inquiry Department:
To what extent and in what manner is a
civil service employee barred from participa-
ton in political campaigns under existing
rules? What is an offense and what is the
penalty? There seem to be many opinions
on the subject. VIII you kindly give me
oblige, A CONSTANT READER.
The Civil Service Commission can send
you circulars which can explain the
above inquiry in a thoroughly satisfac-
tory and reliable manner.
Times Inquiry Department:
/ take the pleasure to write to you to see
AZ you think you can help a poor girl. l
am just eighteen years old and think
lessons but being poor and not able to pay
81 lesson l ask you kindly what to do.
Is there anyone who would take an interest
in me? !. remain, Truly yours,
Miss J. R. NJ.
There are very good vocal teachers in
the city who do not charge 81 a les
son. II you send me a stamped, self
addressed envelope will gladly put you
in communication with some of these
teachers.
Times Inquiry Department:
viii you please publish in the Inquiry
Column the names of the present Cabinet
officers and the State that each is from: also
the names Of the Chief Justice and each OF
the Associate Justices and the State that
each is from. and oblige A d. r.
The Cabinet officers are: P. c. Knox
OF Pennsylvania, Secretary Of State;
Franklin McVeagh of Illinois, Sec
rotary Of the Teasury; J. NJ
Dickerson Of Tennessee, Secretary
o. War: G. W. WickershauA OF
New York. Attorney General Of the
Department Of Justice; F. II. Hitchcock
OF Massachusetts. Postmaster General;
G. L. Meyer Of Massachusetts,, Secre-
tarV OF lne navy w. L. flSHer' u
Illinois, Secretary Of the Interior;
James Wilson OF Iowa. Secretary Of
Agriculture, and Charles Nagel OF
Missouri, Secretary Of the Commerce
and Labor Department. The Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court is Edward
White Of Louisiana. The associate
justices are: John Marshall Harlan. OF
Kentucky: Joseph McKenna, of Cali
Iornia: Oliver Wendell Holmes, of
Massachusetts: william r. Day, Of
Ohio; Horace Harmon Lurton. Of Ken