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Evening journal., 1911-01-05
FINISHING TOUCHES
GO on B. 6 0. BRIDGE

The contractors building the new
bridge for the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad across the Brandywine
creek are now doing the work of
weatherproohng the cement bed for
the new rails that are to be laid
across the structure When this is
done the bridge will be nearly com
pleted. There will be but two tracks
on the structure.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05
PRAYER sERyIcEs AT CENrRAL

Much interest is being shown in the
evening meetings by which the Week
Of Prayer is being observed at Cen
tral Presbyterian Church. There
viii be prayer meetings tonight and
tomorrow night at quarter to eight.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05

"The Rues of the Came" by Stew
art E. White; "The Mistress Of Shen-
stone" by Florence l.. Barclay; "The
Old Flute Player" by Edward Mar
shall; "The Red Symbol" by John
lronside; Paradise Lost" by Mil
ton; Discovery Of America" (two
Vols.), by John Fiske
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ASK PASTOR BACK
FOR EIGHTH TINE

Brandywine NJ. e. Church at it's
fourth quarterly conference last night
asks for the -eturn Of the Rev. H. P.
Turner as pastor for another year. It
will be Mr.. Turner's eighth year at
the church.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05
Thief Got Ducks and Geese.

For the. second time within a few
weeks Edward l.. Longs poultry
house, near Twin Oaks, on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, was visited
early yesterday morning by thieves
who got away with several ducks and
geese.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05
Dinner For Insurance Men.

The Home Life Insurance Com
pany Of America will give dinner
TO its local representatives in the
Hotel Wilmington tonight Represen-
tatives from the home office will be
among the speakers and a profitable
evening is assured.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05
nenih nf Mrs. MnrYeI.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Jan. 5.--Mrs. Mary =.
Marvel. wife Of Gilbert Marvel, Of St
Jones. as years old died of paralysis
at her country home. Beside her
husband. one son, Barrett Marvel.
survives. Interment was made to-
day at Barratt's Chapel.
Evening journal., 1911-01-05
BIC COmpany EIection.

The Fame Hose Fire Company will
elect officers at a meeting to be held
tomorrow night
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Girls That Smoke.

A PROPOS New York's fashionable
IA hotel that permits ladies TO smoke.
Nine. Simone. the Partisan actress, said
the other day:
We'll, why shouldn't ladies smoke?
There's nothing ungraceful in the habit
On the contrary. to see a pretty woman
with d cigarette is a very charming pic
ture.
Those who object to smoking among
women have never, perhaps. seen smok-
ing done decorously. Their idea of smok-
ing is that of the old Provencal woman.
"A society girl, calling on this old
woman in her cottage. took a cigarette
from her gold case. fitted it in a tube
of amber, and said:
You don't mind if l smoke, do you?
why, OF course, not, dearie. OF
course not said the old woman. Jeanne,
she added to her servant, go fetch a spit
toon"
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Yer later that his back was broken-that
his spine. at least. was badly hurt, his
skull fractured, and that he was pretty
seriously smashed up generally. Weaver
smiled. The surgeons told him that may
be he would never be able to walk again;
they said that paralysis either total or
of one whole side was pretty sure to fol-
low as a result of his injuries. But he
kept on smiling.
Before long the surgeons prophecies be-
gan to come true. A month or after
the accident Viewers left hand, arm,
foot and leg began to feel numb-as If
they were asleep" The feeling grew
worse, spread over the whole left side,
and finally. less than two months after
he was hurt. that entire side was dead,
helpless. paraly zed, so far as any feeling
or ability to move was concerned. And
that is it's condition today. The surgeons
told him he would always be that way
that there was no hope whatever that he
might recover or even improve.
Then he began his fight to escape from
the cot and the invalid chair From sur
geon to surgeon he was sent Messages of
every kind and every known form of
therapeutic electricity were tried, with
out avail. Finally Weaver, drawing his
totll disability pension of $72 a month,
came to the home in Washington.
Here he continued his struggle to get
out of that wheel chair-as he expresses
it, ito get his feet on the ground again"
His brain wasn't paralyzed. even if his
left side was. He used his New Eng
land inventiveness and ingenuity, his
western never-say-die spirit and his pen
thought he had the right idea, and
skilled mechanic made a harness for him.
Weaver buckled it on. helped himself to
his feet-and crumpled down in a heap
81 TI,< I,1tA
But he kept right on. He studied the
harness.. inch by inch. He saw where it
should be changed here and there; he
worked out better joints and braces, bet
ter connecting rods. belts and bands, and
then had another harness made The new
one was different in many ways from the
first. Weaver put it on one day, grinned
his irrepressible grin at the gray-haired
vets who sat shaking their heads at
him in ward II. got to his feet-and
walked
1t was like learning all over again, he
says, and. of course. it was. Three years
Of confinement to wheel chairs and hospi-
tai cots gets man out of the way of
walking. But one day, a few weeks ago.
Maj. Webb, surgeon in charge of the
hospital at the home, met Weaver walk
ing in the grounds. The major rubbed his
eyes.
Here" he cried, what are you doing
out here?"
Getting my feet back on the ground
again" grinned Weaver.
But you're paraly zed-you can't walk"
exclimed Mai. Webb.
you see me doing 1t, don't you
maior?" Weaver replied.
Maj. Webb says he has never seen any
device like the one Weaver has invented
He says, further, that 1t undoubtedly
works 1t is a combination of leg and
body brace, harness and spine support, SO
arranged that the injured spine is held
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VsMG WOODEN PAppLL TQ WoRKME. ToNRANf

nodded for centers is fine when dipped
in a pale pink coating Favored with rose.
Centers for chocolates are made in pre-
cisely the same manner. For coating,
use confectioners bitter chocolate. Shave
it fine, place In the bowl and melt by
setting the bowl in saucepan of water
or near the fire. Do not allow the chocO-
late to become too hot, but he sure all
the Jumps are melted. Dip the same as
directed above, laying the bonbons on
waXed paper to cool and harden.
Jets 'bittersweets" or butter choco-
lates"-these are three names for the
same sort of bonbon: a sort, by the way,
that usually sells at a consdera bly, high
err price than the ordinary chocolates.
They are very rich and very delicious.
and few amateur candy makers know
how they are made. The process is SIM
plicity itself.
Add to a lump of fondant, slightly flaw
ored with vanilla. little less than one
third its bulk of best creamery butter.
Work and knead the mass until the but
ter and fondant are thoroughly mixed.
Roll into balls, allow the balls to set and
harden a short time. then dip in chocolate
That is all there IS to IT.
To make sweet chocolate coating. mix
a sufficient quantity of hard fondant
with shaved chocolate, melt and proceed
as before. Do not allow this to become
too hot. else it will have a tendency to
run and will not harden quickly.
Maple favored bonbons are made by
flavoring the fondant with maple sugar
cooked in with the granulated sugar dur
ing the initial process; you can buy
havoring substance called mapleine,
which. used in very small quantities,
gives the exact maple flavor and at the
same time colors the candy the proper
maple tint.
To make creamed grapes. select sound
malaga or tokay grapes, break them
from the punches. leaving each grape on
a bit of its own stem. Have your coat
ing melted. favored and cOlored as de-
sired, but be sure that it is not quite as
hot or as thin for dipping bonbOns.
Dip the grapes, one at time, by the
stem ends. into the coating and lay aside
on waxed paper. If you want them to
show no fat sides, hold the dipped grapes
by the stem ends until the coating has
hardened, which will be only a moment.
and then lay them aside. Other small
fruits, such as Strawberries, cherries.
etc. may be coated in the same way, If
you have them.
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fancy prunes-are delicious and whole
some. AS a variety, crush English wal
nuts or almond meats fine, mix the
crushed nuts with the favored fondant
and stuff the dates or prunes, rolling the
fruits afterward in the sugar.
By following the directions given here,
and with an assortment consisting OF
sugar, cream Of tartar, red, yellow ard
orange, strawberry, maple and pistachio
tiaVors, creamery butter, chocolate, cam
died cherries. citrOn, walnuts, almonds,
dates and prunes, YOU can make fifty or
more styles and varieties of bonbons-
various favors and mixed flavorS, every
tint and shade imagina ble-in short, an
assortment equal to that found in even
the very best confectioners' shops. The
cost will average - inclusive of every
thing. down to the gas or other fuel
even at the present advanced price of
sugar. And you Will have the satisfac-
ton Of knowing just what is in the
candy, and that it is as clean and whole
some anything else that is made in
your own kitchen.
Marshmallows, light and fluffy, are es-
pecial favorites of both children and
grown-ups, and a Christmas evening may
be enjOyaby spent in toasting them over
fame or in front of the CRATE. There
are many varieties of marshmallows. the
plain vanilla, chocolate. lemon. almond
and cocoanut being favorites. Gelatin is
the base of all the marshmallows de-
scrbed here. and the candies made in this
way are wholesome. Soak a tablespoon
full of any of the standard gelaths in
one-third cup of cold water. One cup of
sugar dissolved in one-third cup of water
must be placed over the fire uptil 1t comes
to the first boil; pour this mixture into a
deep mixing bowl and add the gelatin.
Let the combination stand until cool
enough to bear the finger, when a pinch
of salt. and a half teaspoonful of vanilla
extract should be added, after which the
mixture should be whipped until 1t is Of
such consistency that it will spread nicely
in the pan. With confectioner's sugar
dust thickly the pans into which the
marshmallow is to be poured for mold
ing Set in cold place until thoroughly
chilled. When the candy has thoroughly
stiffened it can be cut into cubes or any
desired shape. For the plain marshmal-
lows cubes should be cut.
For the chocolate candy dip the cubes
in the following preparation of chocolate:
To four tablespoons of cocoa. or grated
chocolate, add five tablespoons of granu-
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Poor Sophia's Case.

DR. RONALD H CURTIS, the well
- known zoologist, said in q recent
lecture in Charleston:
81 take no stock in all these yarns
about the disinterested affection Of ami
mails. An animals affection is parasitic
your dog loves you because you feed 1t.
Analyze these yarns about animal af-
lection, and they turn out like Sophia S
case.
There was a rich old maid who had an
ill-natured cur named Sophia The old
maid died, leaving her fortune to her
nephew. who had lived with her. 1 met
the nephew one day and ventured to
offer him my sincere sympathy. He said I:
Yes. it s very sad And the morning
after my aunt's decease the dog Sophia
also died
Grief. | suppose?' said !.
No said he; 'prussic acid
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Watch in a Pearl.

This country undoubtedly holds the
championship in the matter of huge
clocks. France answers by making a
watch whose case is a single pearl.
This timepiece has just been finished by
a Paris jeweler. after fifteen months OF
the most exacting labor. Cutting the
pearl was not the least difficult thing
about this novel watch
The pearl was three-fifths Of an inch in
diameter. The works of the watch are
considerably less than half an inch in
diameter. and thin I'm proportion. Yet
they were made with as much precision
as a full-grown watch. and have all the
up-to-date improvements.
There is no danger OF these pearl
watches becoming common. The cost,
which included the price of the pearl. was
$1,000
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lated sugar and five tablespoons of boil
ing water. Stir thoroughly and place
over fire, stirring until the chocolate is
smooth. After the cubes have been
dipped set them aside to dry. The
creamy center, with the chocolate coat
ing. makes a delightful combination.
Cocoanut squares are both attractive and
delicious. Cut squares from the plain
marshmallow, and roll in grated cocoa
nut before dipping in the confectioner's
sugar. Cubes may also be rolled in finely
chopped nuts.
Lemon marshmallows are not commonly
known to amateur candy makers The
body Of the candy is the same, except
that in place of the one-third cup of
water added to the sugar to dissolve it
the same amount of pure lemon juice is
used Allow the mix ure To Stiffen in
the same way, and prepare the cubes as
desired. Almond marshmallows are per-
hapS the most delicious Of all, being made
just as the vanilla ones are made. using
three drops of almond extract and add
after beating the mixture until it begins
to thicken. A toothsome tid-bit is pre-
pared by dates or figs with the vanilla
or lemon marshmallow for centers.
Fudge, the school girls favorite. and
one Of the easiest candies made, which
adaptS itself beautifully to the chatting
dish. is a deservedly popular candy. The
brown nut fudge Is perhaps most often
made. Two cups of brown sugar, one of
white, a lump Of butter the size of a
walnut and enough cream thoroughly to
moisten are boiled together until a ball
Is formed when dropped into cold wa.er.
Have ready q cup of chopped nuts pour
the boiling mixture over them and stir
until it begins to stiffen. Pour this on
buttered sheets of tin or into shallow
tin pans. When nearly cool mark off
into squares.
Chocolate fudge is as easily made by
putting together two squares Of grated
chocolate, two cups Of granulated sugar.
one-half cup Of light brown sugar
and three-fourths cup Of sour cream. This
should be cooked until it will form a soft
ball between the fingers when dropped
into cold water. Remove from the fire.
add teaspOonful OF vanilla, and allow
1t to stand about five minutes before
beating. Stir the mixture until 1t be-
gins to thicken, pouring quickly into
buttered pan.
In making eocoanut or white walnut
fudge no brown sugar is used To two
10 ,y 4
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the National Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home. is probably the
youngest veteran drawing
total disability pension from
Uncle Sam for injuries received in the
line Of duty. A check for s72 per month
goes to him quarterly-the iarges'
amount allowed by law to totally de
abled private soldier
Further. Edgar S. Weaver-former
trooper in the 14th United States Cavalry
totally and permanently paralyzed in the
entire left side, and with no hope or pos
sibilitv of cure or even of relief-is prob
ably the first man so afflicted who has
been inventive enough to devise and per-
feet apparatus by means Of which he Is
enabled to leave his wheeled chair and
walk about. Weaver has done this, and
he takes daily walks about the grounds
of the Soldiers Home. after having been
for several years confined either to
hospital cot or a wheeled chair.
Left an orphan by the death OF both
parents while he was a small lad gain
ing an education by his own efforts; do
ing a successful brokerage business in
San Francisco before he had reached
his majority; keeping his head above
water during the trying days OF the
earthquake and fire, only to be engulfed
and wiped out in the panic of 1907: en-
listing in the regular army in that year;
thrown from his horse and crippled for
life a year later; planning, thinking
studying day and night, to devise a
means of releasing himself from the
bondage of invalid chair and cot: finally
succeed ng and inventing a harness,
brace and mechanism that enables him
to walk again. This. in brief, is Wea-
vers life story. And he is not yet TWEEN
ty-tive years of age.
Young Weaver was born in Massa-
chusetts near Boston, where some of his
relatives still reside. His parents remov-.
ed to California while he was little more
than a baby. Beginning with the death
of both parents when he was only six
years cd, and continuing to the day at
Point Bonita when his horse was caught
I'm a stampede and he was thrown from
his saddle and against telegraph pole,
Viewers life story is one of struggle and
bad luck" Enough of the latter seems
TO have been crowded nto this mans
quarter century OF existence to put the
average man down and out FOR all time.
But not Weaver.
He Is a mixture of New England de-
termination and western optimism, and
through al! his misfortunes he has re-
tained the indomitable cheerfulness that
sparkles IN his eyes and breaks forth in
his ale: he has never lost the never
say-d'e spirit that kept him going through
the cataclysm that smashed San Fran
cisco-the spirit that made him refuse
to accept the verdict of a score OF the
biggest surgeons in the service of the
United States, that he would never be
able to walk a step again.
After the death Of his parents Weaver
grew up in San Francisco, picking up
better than average education as he grew.
While yet in his teens hs was doing bust
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ness for himself When the earthquake
came along, with the fire following it, he
was running prosperous commission
brokerage business of his own. He wealth
cred the two calamities. Then came the
panic of 1907, and he was wiped out-lost
every dollar he owned Everything was
gone but his Yankee pluck and his west
ern optimism.
Weaver went into the regular army and
was assigned to Troop Nj, 14th U. S. c..
where he put in his spare time studying
and reading law.
riding herd on the troop horses at the
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erect the useless left side and shoulder
supported, and the limp. useless left leg
held in position SO that it can be used
in walking. A peculiar form of joint in
the leg brace at knee and hip. is Weav-
er's own invention: in fact, every detail
of the device is new and original with the
inventor.
The apparatus works, in walking, by
means of a surprisingly ingenious sys-
tenn of straps, webbing and bands, the
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BRACE.

He wants to reduce the weight to about
five pounds and also to cut down the
number of straps and buckles, it
requires about five miRuteS-after prac-
tice-to put the present harness on and
four minutes to take 1t off. When 1t is
on the device is wholly concealed under
the clothing; not a strap, brace or band
shows. Also when it is on Weaver is
liberated from his wheeled chair. He
"gets his feet on the ground" and walks
Meanwhile Weaver continues his study
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walking motion being impaired by the
action of the wearer's right side and
shoulder. With the harness Weaver
walks all about the big grounds at the
home, where he used to confine his trav-
els to those walks and paths that can be
navigated in a wheeled chair.
Mai Webb and the authorities of the
home have interested themselves In
Weaver's invention and have taken steps
to protect it by patents, a firm of patent
attorneys having the matter in charge.
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1t is the inventors purpose to place the
device within the reach of any paralytic,
no matter "how fixed" financially, as
with this harness he believes that any
person paraIyZed as he is will be ena bled
to walk about with comparative freedom
and security. He is working out further
improvements to strengthen and reduce
the weight of the harness
The present model weighs about seven
pounds and has more than thirty buckles.
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BILE slab as a kneading board. When the
navored and colOred cream is sufficiently
worked break off bits, roll them into balls
or long shapes and lay them aside On
walked paper. You can make up as many
of these balls of cream as you wish, as
variously favored and tinted as you may
desire.
When YOU are ready to dip the bon
bons place a good sized piece of your
cream in the small bowl. havoring and
coloring to suit Set the bowl in the
saucepan of hot water on the stove; stir
and mix the heating cream until 1t is
wholly sOftened and smooth. Remove
saucepan and bowl from the fire to the
work table: take the already formed balls
of cream, dip them one at a time into
the hot coating using a thin-tined sill
yer fork: drop them on the sheets Of waxed
paper, where they will cool and ha den
in a few moments These are tne pialh
bonbons At the stores they will cost.
say 60 cents pound. They have cost
YOU not to exceed 10 cents per pound,
to which must be added the work of
making them
II the cream has been rather harder
than necessary at first you can soften
it while working in the flavor and color
by adding a few drops of water-just
enough to bring the mass to the proper
consi stency for working and rolling out
into shapes Hard fondant-which is al
ways cream" to a professional confec-
tioner-works better for dipping and coat
ing than does a cream that is too soft.
To make various sorts. suppose you
color some centers very pale pink,
fiayorinE with rose. For dipping these
make the coating tolerably thin and very
hot; leave 1t white and flavor family
with vanilla. The pink centers will glow
family through the white coating. and
the blend of rose and vanilla is delicious.
Other combinations readily suggest them
selves.
Candied cherries stuck on top Of the
coated bonbons while they are still warm
add a decorative touch; or roll the
cherries inside the centers. Halves oil
English walnuts may be used, either as
a finish or inside the bonbons. Candied
citron cut into narrow strips half an
inch long and placed on the tops of long
shaped bonbons colored a faint green
or pale yellow adds variety. Shredded
cocoanut worked into the cream and
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of law and declares his purpose of fitting
himself for admission to the bar. AS he
Will not be twenty-five years old for some
months, he ought to have a long career
as lawyer. He certainly has brains
and determination enough to win out at
almost anything
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cup of sour cream and a pinch OF soda
This may be favored as wished though
lemon is preferable with the cocoanut and
vanilla with the walnut. Boil the mixture
until it will test as given above, when
either half cup of grated cocoanut or OF
chopped English walnuts is added. and.
after beating until 1t begins to thicken.
follow directions as for o...er Judges.
Divinity fudge Ia the best OF the
Judges, and for making q pound of the
candy use one cup Of white sugar, one
cup of hot water and third cup Of gold
en- corn strip. While this is cooking beat
very stiffly the white of one egg Pour
the boiling strip over the egg white into
deep bowl, beating the mixture all the
time When the strip has been added
pour cup of chopped nuts into the fudge
and when stiff drop by spoonfuls onto
buttered plates.
The varieties of Turkish paste which
most often are made are the lemon and
orange Lemon paste is made from one
level spoonful of granulated gelatin
soaked in one-fourth cup Of cold water
Boil together two cups of granulated
sugar with the juice of two lemons to
which enough water has been added to
make a half cup Of liquid. When this
mixture boilS for ten minutes add the
gelatin and boil for five minutes Remove
from the fire and pour in an unbuttered
pan, where 1t must stand Tor at least six
hours. at which time il can be cut into
squares and rolled in confectioners sugar
Orange paste is made in the same man
ner, using the juice OF two oranges and of
one lemon. While the mixture is cooking
1t has been found that 1t improves the
flavor to add a piece of orange rind which
should be removed when the cooking is
finished. Finish the orange paste by the
same directions given for the lemon.