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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Origin of a "Best Seller

series of daily essays which became
nationally famous under the book IT,
tie, my Summer in a Garden"
Il have been asked that question
many tines" said Mr.. Warner, land
| have always said that did not
know exactly how l came to write
those daily articles. l suppose it was
a sort of literary lark. l lived in the
center of colony Of well-known lit
erary people. Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe was my neighbor, and so was
Mark Twain, and there was the charm
ing literary circle which met at the
house of Francis Gillette, who had
been United States senator and was
the father of William Gillette, the
actor. We all had little plots of
ground attached to our homes, and
some of us undertook to have kitchen
gardens. We used to have great sport
in describing our experience with pus-
ley weed.
"One day I though l would turn my
attention from the heavier sort of
editorial work to sort of recrea-
ton, to writing a little sketch each
day that would hint at the expert
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
FOR THE WARMER DAYS
HoT.WEATHER DISHES coNCocT.
Ed ~ FAMOUS CHEFS.
New and PaiatabIe Food to Tempt
faded PaIates-HoW Brook Trout
Are Served at New York
Swell Hotel.

The chefs of New York hotels have
invented many new dishes for the
hot days: every housewife will be in
terested in them, as they suggest new
and palatable food for jaded palates.
At the Waldorf-Astoria are brook
trout with sauce au blue. The trout
are taken alive out Of a fountain basin
In the grillroom, then dipped into boil
ing water. When properly done they
are served in a delicious sauce made
from old Burgundy and other ingred-
tents, which are a secret of the in
ventor, Chef hence. Cooked in this
way, one only knows the delicious
flavor Of brook trout.
Another Waldorf-Astoria surprise is
Foster salad, made by cutting in
halves large King of Siam oranges,
scooping out the pulp, lining the shells
with small leaves of lettuce, returning
the pulp mixed with tinely-grated
pineapple, sprinkling with Jamaica
rum, covering with mayonnaise, dust
Ing with paprika, then setting each
half orange on leaf of lettuce or a
plate, ready to serve.
Chef Huguet of the Hotel Knicker-
booker, has a number of new spring
dishes with which he is delighting the
patrons. One of the most popular of
his surprises is the following: Take a
Boston duckling, very young one. In
a baking pan put layer of sliced
Spanish onions and some pats of
sweet butter; sprinkle with salt and
pepper; lay the duckling on the prep
aration Of onion, put it in a hot oven,
and let 1t cook about forty minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven, take
the duckling out of the pan, lay it on
a platter, pour glass of white wine
and glass of old Madeira in the pan,
put 1t over the fire, let it come to a
boil, then add one large glass of veal
stock, two fresh tomatoes, peeled and
sliced. Cook for thirty minutes, strain
the gravy through cheese cloth
sieve, add one ounce of sweet butter
and half a glass of curacao
In the meantime peel a lemon and
an orange, slice these In julienne
style, blanch in water and add to the
gravy. Pour it over the duckling very
hot. The duckling must be laid on
slices of toast on a hot platter, with
a slice of orange on its breast and on
each side. Serve sliced oranges with
this dish.
?wo-thirds whole onions sliced, one
third tart apples cut in Gices Smoth-
err together in closely covered dish,
arr1 serve in border around calves
liver saute in sweet butter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16

Hard soap is good to rub on the fiat.
iron to make 1t smooth.
To remove stains from the hands
use tomato Feelings or tomatoes.
To freshen stale crackers put them
into hot oven few minutes.
II oilcloth is rubbed with milk onca
a week it keeps looking fresh.
A little mutton tallOw in the boiled
starch will make the clothes shine
Keep a steel hatpin in the kitchen
for testing potatoes and other vegeta-
bles to tell when done It will not
break them as fork sometimes does.
To prevent fruit pies from running
over when baking, pin strip of mus
lin about an inch wide around the out
side edge. Remove the strip as soon
as the pie is done.
To make clear coffee mix a beaten
egg into one pound Of coffee. This
will keep and IL easier than mixing 4
small amount as used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
It Was Not 4 Legal Laugh.

It Was Not 4 Legal Laugh.
Talking over the telephone consti-
tutes a personal conversation, but
laughing over the telephone may not
be a legal laugh. This is the offhand
opinion given by Municipal Judge Ed
win K. Walker.
The question arose in a lawsuit be-
ing tried between E. Goodfriend, 1888
South Halsted street, and H. Klug-
man, 491 Wells street. Goodfriend
sued for the price of a fur collar that
did not suit him.
Did you have a personal converse
tlon with Klugman about this collar?"
Attorney Lloyd NJ. Brown asked.
NO." Goodfriend replied, Il talked
to him over the telephone. He didn't
talk much, though. He began laugh
ing as soon as he heard my voice."
We'll, that was personal CONVEX
saticn," replied the Judge.
HE laughed loud at me and seemed
to be mirthful because did not get
what I wanted when l bought the col
lsr of him."
I'VE won't consider that legal
,laugh." Judge Walker said.-Chicago
ilnter.Ocean.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Lemon Cake In Three LAYERS.

Whites of three eggs; one cup sugar.
one-fourth cup of butter; beat thor
oughly, then add one and a half cups
flour with one and a half teaspoons
baking powder carefully sifted to-
gether, half teacup of sweet milk,
and after good stirring together d.
Vide into three parts for the three
layers and bake. Cover the layers
with a sauce made as follows: Beat
together the following ingredients and
cook until thick, stirring constantly:
Yolks of two eggs, juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one-half cup of
sugar, 0ne-f0urth cup of butter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Charles Dudley Warmers Explanation
of How He Came to Write His
Famous Book, my Summer
In a Garden"

After brilliant career as an officer
in the Civil war, Gen. Joseph r. Haw.
ley returned to his home at Hartford.
Conn, at the close of the hostiltties.
He proposed beginning over again as
an editor, for he was the editor of a
Republican paper at the time he laid
down the pen to open the first recruit
ing Office in the state of Connecticut
in response to Lincoln's call for VOL
unteers on April Is, 1861. And "a
hours after the call had been issued,
he had raised his states first COM
pany Of volunteers.
General Hawley, however, was
obliged to defer that purpose. for. in
1866, he was elected governor Of Con-
nect1cut. A year later, when he re-
turned to private life, he brought
about him an ably body of associates,
five In all, who bought the Hartford
Courant and consolidated with it the
Hartford Press, of which General
Hawley had been the editor before
the outbreak of the war. One of these
associates was Charles Dudley War
ner, who was known to a circle of cul-
tivated literary men and women as a
master of English style, but whose
name was not then familiar to the
public.
General Hawley's election to the
lower house Of congress in 1868 and
his long service in that body followed
by four terms in the senate) made it
necessary for Mr.. Warner to assume
the duties of editorial chief of the
Courant. 1t was while he was serv-
ing in that capacity that Mr.. Warner
began the publication of daily series
of articles without the slightest
thought that upon this trifing work,
as he called it, was to be based his
mastery reputation, and that by rea-
son Of 1t he would join the ranks of
those who in that day published what
nowadays we would call a best
seller"
While Mr.. Warner was occupied with
conducting the department entitled
THE Editors Drawer" in Harper's
Magazine, a task which he assumed
in 1884. asked him If he would tell
me how he was led to write the little
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Refused Chief Justiceship

around, looked at me intently for a
moment, and said: Mr.. Carlisle, want
to nominate you for chief justice of
the Supreme court of the United
States: will you accept?
THAT was the first suspicion had
that the president had borne me in
mind in connection with the vacant
chief justiceship. For myself, l had
never even connected myself with the
position. Therefore, his words came
to me with the suddenness of wholly
unexpected blow. was startled-yet
I knew instantly from his manner that
he wanted an immediate reply.
AT that time all my aspirations
were directly in line with a political
career. The whole situation confront
ing me, in view of the presidents rev.
citation, passed through my mind in
stantly, and l made intuitive Judgment
l told the president that as great as
was the compliment, and distinguished
as was the honor, nevertheless my
Judgment was that must decline the
chief justiceship. He looked at me
regretfully for moment, and then
took up again the business we had in
hand
Il have often wondered" concluded
Mr.. Carlisle, whether or not I made
a mistake in declining that unexpected
offer of the chief justiceship."
It may be set down as a practical
certainty that had not Mr.. Carlisle de-
clined that offer the closing years of
his life would have been happier than
they were to him as a great lawyer
with few clients in the city of New
York
copyright, 1911. by f. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
MOST USEFUL KITCHEN TOOL
Invention Of New York Man Speedily
Removes Eyes From Fruit
and Vegetables.

One duty that takes up a lot of the
cooks time and tries her temper and
patience is the operation of remov-
ing the eyes from fruit and vegeta-
bles. 1t is usually accomplished by
digging the eyes out with the point of
q sharp knife. A New York man has
designed little implement which
does this work in jiffy and which
should prove a popular kitchen tool.
The eyer is a simple affair. a wooden
handle having spoonlike metal pro-
lection. The bowl of the spoon is
very sharply pointed, however, and all
the edges are sharp. Consequently,
eyes can be dug from pineapples, pota.
toes or other fruit and vegetables with
the greatest case and speed by mere
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16

as shown in illustration. An old ham
die from a broom or mop will an
swer the purpose splendidly; this is
set into hole bored in the top of
brush and further strengthened by
mailing three short strips of metal to
the handle, and also to the top of
brush, as illustrated. BY changing the
position of handle upon brush, this
can also be applied to adapting an or
binary floor brush to window wash
ing brush.-HOmestead
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Rhubarb Short Cake.

Make dough as for dumplings.
Roll out and divide in two pieces.
Spread one with soft butter, lay in
a creased pan and cover with the Sec
ond piece. Bake in a quick oven and
when done carefully pull the stwo
layers apart. Arrange on a platter
with layers of stewed rhubarb be-
tween and over the top. Serve with a
cold custard sauce or sweetened
cream
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Ex-Governor Adams, at Alfalfa Ban.
quet In Colorado, Points Moral
With 4 Good Story.

Ex.Gov. Alva Adams was the guest
Of honor at the recent alfalfa banquet
in Rifle, Cola banquet wherein ap-
peared alfalfa biscuit, alfalfa-stuffed
turkey, mashed alfalfa, alfalfa-leaf
spinach, alfalfa tea and cider, alfalfa
salad and alfalfa toothpicks.
alfalfa is delicious" said Mr..
Adams at the banquet's end, as he
drew his napkin across his mouth. Il
have eaten and drunk heartily of it.
can only speak of it In terms Of the
highest praise.
THE people misjudge alfalfa. They
misjudge it as the billed clothes story
misjudges the civilization of the west
According to this libelous yarn. a
Harvard professor visited the west on
a geological expedition. In Albertus
he put up with a rancher. The first
night on the ranch he slept In his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
When Speaker, Carlisle Was Offered
Position by President Cleveland
and Afterwards Thought He
Made Mistake In Declining.

With Mr.. George F. Parker, the b.
ographer and intimate friend Of Grover
Cleveland as my authority, l told re-
Gently that John G.. Carlisle, lieutenant
governor of Kentucky. member of con-
gress for six and speaker of the house
for three terms, United States senator
for three years, and secretary of the
treasury throughout President Cleve-
lands second administration, refused
to become chief justice of the United
States when President Cleveland, to-
ward the close of his first term, Of
fered him the exalted post. Today, in
Mr. Carlisle's own words. | tell how
that offer was made and how it was
refused-a hitherto unchronicled bit Of
national history, and one Of dramatic
simplicity while it was happening.
Mr.. Carlisle himself was the first to
let it be known privately that he had
been offered the place of chief Justice
Of the United States by Mr.. Cleveland.
A few days after Mr.. Cleveland's fu-
neral, in 1908, when Mr.. Carlisle had
been practicing law not too success
fully in New York for a number Of
years. he said to friend:
Il owe much of the success of my
career to Grover Cleveland. l also
owe to him an expression of conf.
dence which have never before made
any reference, except to my immedi-
ate family. l called one morning in
1888 upon the president; as speaker Of
the house of representatives l had
some official business to transact
with him.
He received me cordially in his pri-
vate Office. Suddenly, while we were
chatting about the business in hand.
he arose from his chair, went to the
window which gives upon the south
lawn, or White House lot, thrust his
hands In his pockets, and stood for a
long time looking out of the window in
the direction of the Potomac. knew
from his manner that he had some
thing on his mind. Then, as suddenly
as he had left his chair he wheeled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Baked Eous.

Soak one cup of breadcrumbs in one
cup of hot milk for Is minutes; stir in
one tablespoonful of butter, the yolk Of
one egg, one tablespoonful of grated
cheese and one teaspoonful of minced
parsley; pour the mixture into deep
pie plate, cover and set in a quick
oven for six minutes; then uncover,
break as many eggs on the bubbling
surface as the plate will hold; sift fine
buttered breadcrumbs over the top
and put in the oven till the whites are
set. Serve in the baking dish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Edward Eggleston's Failure to Equal
His First Success Was Due to
Fact That He Scattered
His Abilities.

At one period in his career Donald
G. Mitchell, better known to the world
Of readers as Tx Marvel, creator of
"Reveries of a Bachelor" was tempt
ed from his retirement at 'Edgewood,"
his farm, then upon the outskirts of
New Haven, Conn, to assume the ed
itorial management of weekly pub
LEGATION called Hearth and Home"
Mr.. Mitchell, however, found the
post somewhat irksome, and further
more 1t interfered with the literary
work he was doing at home. 1.-THE
editing of this periodical is Of itself
not irksome," he explained, "but it en-
tails two or three trips week back
and forth between New Haven and
New York, and for that reason have
given it up"
Mr. Mitchell's successor as editor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Deviled Meat,

The wings, drum sticks and side
bones of chicken or cold, rare beef or
underdone mutton may be used. One
tablespoon butter, one teaspoon Of
vinegar, one of Worcestershire sauce,
one-half teaspoonful of made mustard
and pinch of cayenne; make sauce
of the butter, vinegar, etc.; mix these
thoroughly, make cuts in the meat
with a knife, rub this sauce into them,
rub the chatting dish with little but
hot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Genoa Dish.

Stew one dozen tomatoes until soft,
add a little sugar, salt, and cayenne.
Put through colander, return to fire.
In frying pan heat three large ia.
blespoonfuls of butter, break into 1t
rapidly six eggs, stirring all the time.
AS soon as eggs are broken and mixed
add the tomatoes, then add quickly
three tablespoonful of grated Par.
mesan cheese. Eat with brown bread.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Laundering Creme,

To launder cotton crepe waist
soak for an hour in lukeWarm soap
suds, using any good soap. Then
wash carefully so as not to stretch.
Shake we'll and pull lengthwise. Hang
on coat hanger and put in the sun to
dry. This helps to keep the shape
across the shoulders. 1t is best to
cover the coat hanger with a Turkish
towel or clean cloth. 1t Is also a good
plan to tack a piece of tape from the
neck to the armhole. When laundered
in this manner crepe waists will retain
both their appearance and their
shape
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Spanish Cream.

Soak one-half box gelatine in one
quart OF milk for one hour. Then nut
on the fire and stir until it begins to
thicken. Add the yolks of three well.
beaten eggs and cup of sugar. When
1t comes to the boiling point strain
into a mold and flavor with vanilla.
Beat the whites with three table.
spoonfuls Of sugar, flavor with vanilla.
and use az sauce when the cream
is ready to serve.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Stuffed Veal Hearts.

Trim thoroughly, wash and fill with
a stu1fing made of seasoned bread
crumbs, chopped and seasoned meat
or sausage or mixture of both. Fas.
ten the top with few stitches and
thoroughly brown the hearts in few
spoonfuls of fat in hot pan. Place
in a saucepan, point downward, pour
in cupful of stock or boiling water
and cook slowly one hour. Place in
the oven Is minutes. Serve instantly
on hot platter and plates.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
ButtermiIk Biscuits.

Here is recipe for buttermilk bis
cult: Two cups of good buttermilk,
one mixing spoon of cream, two tea
spoons "a little rounded) )of soda, two
teaspoons also of cream of tartar (the
cream of tartar in rule for biscuit is
right, so don't be afraid), good pinch
of salt and flour to make stiff enough
to roll out and cut. Either dissolve
the soda and cream of tartar in milk
thoroughly or else sift with the -four
as preferred. Bake in a quick oven.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Fruit PinwheeIs.

Two cups flour, four teaspoons of ba.
king powder, not very full, one tea
spoon salt, two tablespoons sugar, two
tablespoons butter, two-thirds cup
milk, one egg, one cup raisins, one cup
currants and little citron. Roll one
half inch thick, brush with melted but
ter, then add the fruit Roll like jelly
roll, cut one-half 7nch thick, then bake.
The icing is made of powdered sugar,
with little cream and vanilla Spread
with knife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
MuIIiqatawney Soup,

Take three quarts of liquor in which
two chickens have been boiled, and
add four onions, one carrot, two tur-.
nips and one head of celery, cut up
fine. Set over hot fire until it begins
TO boil and then aside to simmer for
20 minutes. Then add one tablespoon
full OF curry powder and -four. Mix
we'll and boil three minutes and strain.
In serving add some pieces OF the
white meat of the chicken. II too
thick add boiling water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
A Man of Mystery.

The death has taken place in Dun
fermline, Scotland. of a man whose
identity has been mystery for ten
years, says dispatch.
Ten years ago he was seized in the
streets Of the town with a stroke of
apoplexy. He was picked up by a DO
liceman, but it was found that he had
been struck deaf and dumb. A stran-
ger to the locality, he could neither
read nor write, and his identity has
never been established.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Guard Against the House FIv

We now know that malaria owes it's
existence in the human system to
TIE agency of mosquito; that an
ceher mosquito transmits the deadly
germ of yellow fever, and that the
filthy house fly, altogether too COM
lion in our homes, may be under GER
tain conditions the means of convey
ing the germ of typhoid from filth to
articles Of food.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
A Milliner's Aid.

An excellent preparation of stain
less glue for millinery purposes has
recently been put on the market.
KID, velvets and tapestries, as we'll
az the most delicate silks and satins,
may be glued on buckram frames
without injury to the material. The
glue is water and weather proof and
Will not dry or peel of. The lovely
floral effects and smart butterfly and
CHILL designs, shown by the leading
ruilliners, may be contrived at home
with a little ingenuity and the aid of
most welcome millinery requisite
Vogue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
ASPARAGUS Omelet,

Beat five eggs separately, add two
tablespoonfuls of thick cream to the
yolks with a tablespoonful of butter,
salt and pepper to taste. Fold in the
frothed whites, mix we'll, add a half
teaspoonful of baking powder and a
teacupful of steamed asparagus tips.
Melt a medium sized lump of butter
10 the frying pan, pour the omelet in.
Fly a delicate brown on both sides
and serve at once.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Creamy Potatoes.

One quart of sliced potatoes, two ta-
teaspoons butter, two teaspoons salt,
o1e-eighth teaspoon pepper, three
quarters pint of milk; wash and pare
tie potatoes, cut them into thin slices;
pat all the ingredients together in a
c1nall cooker pail or pan, set this in a
lsrger cooker pail of boiling water;
when it is steaming hot, put the small
u,ensil directly over the heat until it
bills; replace it in the pail of boiling
water, set in cooker for one hour.
Serves four persons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Queen Of PuddjnuS,

One pint of fine sifted bread crumbs,
one quart of milk, one cup sugar, yolks
of four eggs, piece of butter the size
Of an egg (some add grated rind Of
lemon) make until done, but do not al
low to become watery; spread with a
layer of Jelly; whip the whites Of eggs
to a sti6 froth with five tablespoons
sugar and juice of one lemon; spread
on top and brown; serve without
sauce and very cold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-16
Glazed Fruits and Nuts.

Boil without stirring 10 or Is min
utes, one pound of granulated sugar,
one-half cup of water. When brittle
remove from fire, add tablespoon
lemon juice and let it stand over hot
water. Then on the end of hat pin
immerse sections of oranges (all
diced), grapes, figs, almonds and wal
nuts set on oiled paper.