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The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Brass-Wash in warm soapsuds, using
woolen cloth to polish lacquered brass
clean with cloth wet in alcohol
Copper-PeIish with hot vinegar in
which salt has been dissolved; finish off
with an oil to polish.
Nickel-Cover with thin paste made of
emery powder. with turpentine and sweet
oil in equal parts.
SteeI-To remove rust apply thick paste
OF emery powder mixed with equal parts
sweet oil and turpentine; finish by rub
bling with woolen cloth and a dry pow
der.
Rronze-Wash in soapsuds and am
monia, dry and polish with tripoli or
rotten stone, mixed with oil or par
afin. Rub of with soft cloth.
Drains-Flush with four ounces chlo-
ride of lime dissolved in one gallon OF
watCI.
Mirrors-wipe with cloth wet in aIco-
hol.
Woodwork-Wipe with soft cloth dipped
in gasoline, which will remove all grease,
finger marks, smoke, or dust.
Linoleum-Wipe up with warm water
and a little kerosene.
Gilt frames-wipe OF with soft cloth
dipped in white of egg beaten and mixed
with one ounce Of soda; afterward polish
with silk cloth.
Willow furniture-To clean or tighten,
also to prevent from brittleneSs, vet
thoroughly with warm water, dTy In sun.
Furnfture-Gcod polish is made Of one
pound melted wax, one pint turpentine.
one gill alcohol beaten in AZ the last
Apply with soft cloth and rub well.
White spots are easily removed from
furniture by holding over II IA hot iron.
When quite warm rub hard with grain
OF wood.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
Filet of Trout.

Wipe each filet with damp cloth. then
coat with beaten egg diluted with
water and seasoned bread crumbs Place
IN frying basket and cook in deep, hot
oottolene. Slices of fish may be cooked
in the same way to perfection.
Maple Layer Cnke.
Cream a scant half cup of cOttolene.
add one cup of sugar, and mix in alter
nately One-half cup of milk and two
cups of pastry -four sifted three times
with two teaspoons baking powder. Beat
WELL flavor with caramel, and add five
stiffiy beaten whites. Bake in two layers.
using three whole eggs instead five whites
for plain cake. Beat yolks and whites
st parately.
Bake about twenty-five minutes and cool
thoroughly. Spread and garnish with
whipped cream favored with a few
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
HERALD'S COOKING SCHOOL
TOEND IN GRAND CONTEST
In Entering the Baking Contest Remember that You
Are Not Competing with Mrs. Armstrong, but
Just Your Next Door NeighBOr

ular fashion display. Beautifully gown
ed women were everywhere. 1t was the
best refutation in the world of the SIAN
der that cooking is no longer fashion
able
There is all sorts of regret among
Washington housewives that the free
cooking school will end tomorrow. For
most of the lessons, although they have
lasted about three hours daily, have
nevertheless been all too short.
I'd like to go every day for a month, "
declared one little lady who hasn't been
married very long My husband says
he's noticed the improvement already"
But even if the school does end to-
morrow. there is still to-day-and the
crowds ought to be enormous. Incidental
ly. there will be things cooked to-day just
as good as those of yesterday. They
couldn't probably be better. Also, there
will be some hints thrown out to-day
which ought TO be mighty valuable to
those who intend contestlng for the big
free prizes tomorrow.
For instance. this afternoon Mrs.
Armstrong is going to disclose the mys-
terry of the way to brOil steak after the
fashion that made Delmonico famous.
Also she is going to make some oyster
and mushroom Cutlets-even the name
sounds good doesn't il? Ginger drops,
delicious little delicacies that can be
made a the tiniest of expense, are also
on the menu, and for dessert the little
teacher" is going to make some peach
meringue tarts. Altogether. to-day is
going to be a mighty hig day for Wash
ingtOn housewives who are wise.
The school to-day will begin. as usual,
promptly at 2:30 o'clock. Admission. of
course. is absolutely free, and everybody
is more than welcome. Everything that
Mrs. Armstrong does will be explained
thoroughly from beginning to end. and
there is no reason on earth why Wash
ington housewives should not cook
Just as we'll as she does, if they will
only 20 to the cooking school.
Really. you ought to go. You'll find
il more than worth your while.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

gift from her Chum. or course, there
were plenty of things to carry out the
something new" the snowy wedding
gown for example
The sentiment is such a pretty one
that brides of to-day still delight in
its Observance. Any number of ways can
be found to keep the coupIet A real lace
kerchief, an old ivory fan, a bit Of jew
clry, mothers wedding ring any of these
may be a treasured family possession
handed down from another wedding day
Every bride knows of some dainty and
appropriate accessory she can borrow
from a girl friend, and a blue bow can
be asked onto her lingerie with little
trouble. Anyway. the idea is fanciful
enough TO awaken the spirit of romance,
a spirit to be commended in the happy
bride Of all times
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
THE WEDDING SUPERSTITIONS
OUR GRANDMOTHERS OBSERVED

the veil brought over by her mother,
when, a bride she came with some
gay cavalier or some sturdy settler to
seek fortune in a new land. This car
ried out the obligation of something
old in a charming way.
For the something borrowed she asked
a girl friend, who was happily mar
ried, TO lend her the dainty ivory prayer
hook she had carried on her bridal day
favor gladly granted.
The something blue" was the perkiest
of elastics in n delicate shade of blue
with rosettes of pale blue ribbon and
forget-me-nOts and jeweled buckles, a
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

This skirt gives us a model which is
finished with either habit back or with
the usual reversed pleat. and which is
trimmed at the lower edge with a band,
which may be omitted if preferred.
Serge, cheviot linen, pongee, and other
materials may be used for this skirt,
and the band, if used, may be of con-
trasting silk or of the skirt fabric
The pattern. No. 5527, is cut in sizes
30 to 80 inch waist measure. Medium size
requires SIS yards of 36-inch material.
The above pattern can be obtained by
sending 10 cents to the Office of this
paper.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
Ham an Gratin.

Place a thick slice OF ham in a pan.
peel several Irish potatoes and put
around the ham, cover with milk, about
one pint or more. Bake slowly from
forty-five minutes to one hour or until
potatoes are done and milk has evaporat-
ed. leaving a light brown skim over ALL
This skim gives a distinctly cheesy flavor
to both the ham and the potatoes.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
Something old and something new,
SrmcfhinC borroW ed and sCmething hll

So runs an old-fashioned rhyme religi-
ously observed on grandmother's wedding
day, when not for worlds would she have
Omitted one of the something's" from
her bridal accessories. Such an over
sight would have been flying straight in
the face of fortune, and in bygOne times
brides did not tempt fate TO the extent
they do nowadays.
To keep the commands OF the rhyme
and thus secure a peaceful sail on the
sea Of matrimony, grandmother wore
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
Yelled Foulards.

Fouiards are again appearing IN veiled
effects, the new yelling being in every
shade and design, with the lovely 'chifon
cloth OF voile OF marquisette swinging
away from It In dfapery or in deep
folds or sash ends. - - i.s'
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
MORROW'S MENU,
HOW TOPREPARE IT

BREAKFAST
Chilled Grapes.
Spanish Omelet. Roofs.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Puree of Celery. Saltines.
Hermits. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Cooked in paper bags.(
Baked Halibut. Baked Potatoes.
Stuffed Tomatoes.
Cucumber Salad.
Apple Roll
Coffee.
Baked HaIlbut-Prepare two medium
sized slices of halibut. season as de-
above and insert in bag, which should
be oiled or creased slightly inside to pre-
vent fish sticking Seal and bake twenty
five minutes. Remove and pour out liq-
uid in bag which can be used as fOunda-
ton for drawn butter or any preferred
fish sauce.
Potatoes-Place six or eight medium
size potatoes in bag. close and bake.
resting on oven grating forty minutes.
Stuffed Tomatoes-Fil as desired, put a
little butter on each. place in creased
lag; bake twenty minutes.
Apple Roll-Make rich baking powder
BISCUIT dough, roll into oblong shape:
spread with apples cut fine, dredge with
sugar and cinnamon; roll up like jelly
roll pinch ends together, brush with
milk. Bake in creased bag. in shallow
tin pan: cooking twenty minutes. Serve
with sugar and cream.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Leather furnture-Clean with hot milk
and polish with thin mixture of melted
wax and turpentine.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
Yesterdays Demonstrations.

Som. people don't like tish-but its a
sure thing that those people never tasted
any like thOs,. Mrs. Armstrong taught her
pupils TO cook Yesterday. 1t was a tilet
of trout that Mrs. Armstrong prepared
ami it looked and tasted like-wel yoI
ought to Eay" been there and seen it
and tasted it for yOurself-it was almost
too good to he trae. With the trout was
ta"tare saI.c-.nG il added Just the
right touch TO round the dish off. When
the rich brown rruut'~ sides We're passed
around the pupils gasped with delight.
There was som" steamed raising bread
also, and the rich looking slices literally
melted in ones mouth. Also there was
some pimento reliSh-and finally. there
was th,. cake.
1t was a maple layer cake with all
sorts OF edible fiills and furbelOws on
top. To the eye it was thing of beauty,
and would have been a JOY forever. if
one could have resisted eating it-whiCh
one could not. To the palate. as a GER
tain obscure poet once remarked. il was
8 gastronOmic santifcation.
The pupils watched Mrs. Armstrong
bake that cake with large eyes. All
through the operation they piled her
with questions. and after il was finished.
-they-went up to the platform and asked
still more questions. Everybody wanted
10 be sure they had the secret down pat.
incidentally, the asking Of questions
after the school had let out for the day
was a new feature yesterday. ANY num-
ber of student cooks who may have
been rather timid about asking questions
right out in meeting" waited until the
crowd was leaving and then went to
the platform. seeking a bit of private
advice. And in every instance they got
it. Mrs. ArmstI Ong was tiCkled TO death
too, at the interest displayed.
Also. when that parade marched up to
the platform, il looked not unlike a reg
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Don't allow preserves to stand about
after they are cold; put melted paraffin
en-. cover with lids, wash off every trace
of sickness, and put in a cool, dark
place for future use.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Don't let them cook without stirring,
even when the fire is slow.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Don't neglect to drop apples, pears,
teaches. and all light-COlored fruit into
a bowl Of cold water as you prepare
them. to prevent discoloration before
cooking.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Don't cook preserves over gas range
without an asbestos mat.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

Tomorrow will witness the climax of
The Herald's Free Cooking School, which
has been in progress at the Arcade
throughout the week. The eliminating
feature is grand baking contest open
to every woman. In connection with this
contest I want to assure you that there
is no red tape. and that the articles you
enter will be received at the Arcade to-
morrow morning, not by Mrs. Armstrong,
but by some one else appointed TO take
charge of them until the hour of deciding
the prize awards shall arrive. when Mrs.
Armstrong will see the entries Tor the
first time.
l take special pains TO mention this
matter because of a converse tion that ]
overheard at the Arcade yesterday after
noon.
Going 10 enter the baking contest"
quizzcd an old-time housekeeper of a
younger woman at her side.
Oh exclaimed the younger home
maker. i wouldn't dare, Why, do you
think I would have the nerve to bring q
cake or nie TO Mrs Armstrong and
stand up in front OF her While she looked
ii over? My cake would look like a two
cent piece with a hole in II beside the
ones she can bake
In case any one else has this idea l
want to tell You right here. and now two
,himgs. The first l have already said,
namely. that Mis-. Armstrong will not,
herself. receive tn" contest entries, 50
that 10 one viii nave TO stand up he
fore her while she looks them over" as
the young housewife put Il.
Not Competing with Professionals.
The s~cond point want to make is
or stiII more Importance. In entering
tn" baking contest remember that you
are not competing with Mrs. Helen
Armstrong, hut with other Washington
women who have likely bad no more
advantages in the culinary art than
you have had.
You are entering the contest with
your next-dOOr neiEhbOr, and not with
profcSSiOaI cooks, you need feel no
hraTtanCy whatever.
The conditions of the contest are given
elsewhere on this page to-day. and a full
description OF the prize awards was pub
lishcd last Wednesday in The Washing
ton Herald.
Mrs Armstrong is enthusiastic over
tn" cooking 'huoI she has conducted all
week for Tn. Herald. 1t has outrivalel
those held In other cities both in at
tendau 'o and IN interest, for the wO-
men VIII have attended The Washington
Heraid'S Free Cooking School since Mon
da> afternoon have not gone to the Ar
cad" 10 loaf They have gone to learn
something and whore they expected to
learn q f..w things concerning the prop
0ratI,n o.: ..liH,n dishes. AMI about
domestic economy generally. they have
le truer hundreds Of useful things that
they VII curry into their own kitchens,
for abov" nll else. Mrs. Armstrong lee
tUT-~ have been thoroughly practical.
Sc Las given no demonstrations that
cannot be successfully repeated in just
the ti0iest little kitchen on the smallest
po:sihl- Gas rance. She has taught Moth
ing that every housekeeper cannot aD-
ply Z" her own horne. with the resultant
effect If the. conservation of labor energy
and tn. saving Il much money in Tegu-
lating her householi at the same time
having better cooked meals and greater
variety
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

DoUGHNUT DIVISION.
First-MeCray Refrigerator.
Second-BisseII Carpet Sweeper.
Third-Universal Bread Maker.
BREAD DIVISION.
First-Hygienic FiIeless Cooker
Second-Savory Double Boiler.
BAKING POWDER BISCUIT
DIVISION.
First-Universal Coffee Percolator.
Second-Lightning Ice Cream Freezer.
Third-Savory Roaster.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Don't put hot preserves in cold glasses
or jars and expect no accidents: have
the glasses OF jars in scalding water
rinse well, then fill as quickly as pos
Sible.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
PRESERVING DoN'TS.

Don't use cold sugar for jellies: meas
ure the strained fruit juice; to each pint
allow one pound of the best granulated
sugar. Put it on a platter in the oven
to heat and add il to the boiling liquid.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
THEHERALD WILLCO
BAKING CONTEST SATURDAY

As cooking school Infants and Chidren5
Dipa, Fhe Washington Herald will conduct baking the Arcade
|to-nlor
will be for
cakes loaf cakes baking biscuits bread and dough-
gold
slve medal will be
be delivered between m
will be assigned each article check bearing the same
avoid pa the part
of the judges
cookery will take place All articles must be
before o'clock
will Household
announced the cooked articles will be sold
the Infants and Chldens Dspensary.
help good besides
Washington
Herald of Wednesday, September
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
LAYER CAKE DIVISION.

LAYER CAKE DIVISION.
First-Reliable Cabinet Gas Range.
Seconds Set Aluminium Utensils.
LOAF CAKE DIVISION.
First-Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet.
Second-Pelouze Family Scales.
Third-universal Meat Chopper.
PIE DIVISION.
First-s10 Set Aluminium Cooking
Utensils.
second-one Set Asbestos Sad Irons.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29
HINTS FOR FALL CLEANING
ALL WOMEN SHOULD KNOW

Brass-Wash in warm soapsuds, using
woolen cloth to polish lacquered brass;
clean with cloth wet in alcohol.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Potatoes-Place six or eight medium
size potatoes in bag. close and bake,
resting on oven grating forty minutes.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Stuffed Tomatoes-Fin as desired, put a
little butter on each, place in CREASED
lag; bake twenty minutes.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

Nickel-Cover with thin paste made of
emery powder. with turpentine and sweet
oil in equal parts.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-29

NISdH WIFI ClOlu wet III ALCOHOL.
Copper-Pelish with hot vinegar in
which salt has been dissolved; finish off
with an oil to polish.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23
you SHOT YOUR DYING HUSBAND IN THE BACK"
ANSWER OF STATE TO GERTRUDE PATTERSON

Denver, Colo, Nov. 23.-"Shot
in the back"
That is the answer of the pros
ecution to Gertrude Gibson Pat
terson's plea that she acted in de-,
Tense of her life when she killed
her husband, "Chick" Patterson.
Special Prosecutor Horace G.
Benson harped on these words all
day long during the trial today.
He brought them up with each
successive witness, and with each
time the words came up, Mrs.
Patterson seemed to shrink lit
tie more in her chair.
But she is still certain she will
be acquitted. She was smiling
when she entered the courtroom
this morning.
why these men will never
convict me for murderi" she said,
as she glanced once more at the
jury of twelve young married
men. Never in the world!"
A. B. Shugart is the principal
witness for the prosecution. He
is the carpenter who was working
in his shop when the shooting oc-
Cured, and who looked around
and saw the end.
Shugart was put through
grilling cross-examination by the
defense today. But he remained
mistaken in his story.
He said he was working in his
carpenter shop September rs last,
when he heard two shots from the
direction of the home of E. B.
Hendrie,' nearby.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-23

his back, and she had a revolver
in her hand, and she was taking
deliberate aim at his back.
Il hollered, Don't shoot" and
as l hollered, she fired the third
time.
"The mans knees gave out
from under him, and he fell on
his face. ! never saw him move
again.
II ran toward them. AS I ran,
the woman leaned over the man.
| called again, and the woman
ran into the Hendrie yard.
'I turned the man over. He
was gasping. think he tried to
say something to me, but he
could not speak. I found a re-
volver under his body"
Shugart then identified the re-
,volver held out to him by Special
Prosecutor Benson.
THAT is the one" he said. 1t
was the revolver Mrs. Patterson
borrowed from George Strain
two days before the shooting.
The doctors testified today.
They said that Patterson only
116H pounds at the time of his
death. They said one lung was
eaten away by tuberculosis, and
the other full of assesses. They
said they did not think he could
have lived for more than two
weeks, had he not been shot.
Prosecutor Benson introduced
their testimony to show that Mrs.
Patterson's statement that her
husband mistreated her is false.
He cove pottarco,1 x1yoc FOR, 1,,ao1-
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
Total.

These twelve precincts in Ote-
70 county gave a majority of
ninety nine for the constitution
The two precincts to be heard
from, Avis and Orange, will
probably reduce the majority to
fifty or seventy five.
The majority for the constitu-
tion in the territory is between
sixteen and eighteen thousand.
The reports of the various news
papers indicate that the election
passed quietly aud without trou-
bic or friction throu ghout the en-
tire territory. Reports from ev-
erywhere are to the effect that
plenty of votes against the con-
stitution were available for those
who SO desired to vote. The So
called gang methods do not
appear to have been used in any
county or precinct.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY
PARTY IS ENJOYED
Hansen Residence the Scene Of
Merrlment
JOKES AND "JOKERs"
IN THE GAMES

On Saturday evening. January
21, Mrs. II. A. Hansen, with the
assistance Of the young folks Of
the town, gave Mr.. Hansen q
surprise party in honor of his
birthday. The surprise was a
complete success and Mr.. Han
sen was especially pleased with
the part the young ladies played
in it. Incidentally each one of
the gentlemen present made q
mental resolution TO have a birth
day party of his own in the near
future. The evenings fun was
started by Miss Celeta Lewis,
who gave q very convincing DEM
onstration of the value of shoe
polish as q facial massage cream.
Mr.. Frank Polak introduced q
little speciality of his own enti-
tied Hiding The Stick" which
convulsed his audience. Mr..
Frank Stanley gave a realistic
imitation of the barn-yard scene
in "Chanticler". His perform
ance was especially good in view
of the fact that he had come un-
prepared to give it. Mr.. Ray
mond Marsh, Forest Assistant,
announced that his birthday was
on Friday, January q, and he,
intimated that he would well
come from the young ladies the
same affectionate attention that
was bestowed on Mr.. Hansen
(New Hampshire papers please
copy). A special feature of the
evenings entertainment was an
exhibition of mind-reading by
the famous Egyptian clairvOyant,
Nine. SiroccO, who has appeared
before all the crowned heads of
Europe and officials of many of
the large cities of the United
States, such as Kerrville,. Texas,
and La Luz, N. M. Among the
guests present were the Misses
Lewis, Miss Wingfeld, Miss
Thomas, Miss Shelton, Miss
Woods, Miss Arnett, Miss Pierce,
Miss Drake, Miss Murphy, Mrs.
Neal, and Mrs. Taggart. The
gentlemen included Messrs. Rose,
Stanley, Marsh, Meeks, Farmer,
Major, Emmett Hancock, Ben
Hancock, Hunter, Armstrong,
Taggart, Polak, and Beecher.
As Mr.. Farmer had two plates of
ice-cream it may be safely said
that the affair was a complete
success Contributed.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

Last Saturday brought an end
to the most important election
which has ever been held in New
Mexico. While the election was
the most important, the voting
was not so heavy as has been re-
corded in previous elections,
where men and not measures,
were the issue. The majority Of
the voters acted upon Judge
Cooley's excellent recommends
ton: THE important thing is
to make the vote for the consti-
tuition SO large and the majority
for it so overwhelming as TO
leave no doubt in anyone's mind
how the people of New Mexico
feel on the subject of state
hood"
Both sides were energetically
at work right up to the last min
ute before the polls were closed.
The results indicate that only
the counties of Lincoln, Roose-
welt, San Juan, and Sierra had
opposition more vigorous and de-
termined than Otero county.
The following figures on the re-
turns were published Monday by
the Albuquerque Morning Jour
nal.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
The New Mexican Scores Unfair
Methods

The -anti-statehoOd papers bit
terly spoke of every one for the
constitution as belonging to the
gang, as countenancing fraud,
coercion, as being fools and
dupes. Papers like the Farm
ington Enterprise reprinted old
ISLANDERS against leaders like
Hon. H. U. Bursum, and the
Albuquerque Tribune Citizen
fairly wallowed in filth. Moth
ing was too dirty, too low, too
mean with which to accuse three
fourths Of the people Of New
Mexico who favored the constitu-
tion and statehood. Never before
have been an entire people so
foully slandered. On the other
hand, tie one hundred of the
l1S newspapers of New Mexico,
who favored the constitution, re-
Trained from such personalities
as made the Tularosa Tribune
and other papers of its ilk a dis
grace TO their publishers. They
contented themselves with dis
cussing calmly the merits Of the
constitution. 1t was the differ
ence in methods that counted as
much almost as did the merits of
the cause. II never pays TO
slander, to abuse, to yillify, to
bolster : cause BY making per-
sOnal attacks upon it advocates.
Santa Re New Mexican.