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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

Housewife VIII Make "a Hit With the
Folks by Springino This
One.

Purchase fresh Goldfish or paddock
with the head left on. Remove the
head. cut down the full length OF the
fish, on the side opposite the opening
of the fish, on each side Of the fine
bones and pull out this narrow strip.
Loosen the skin at the head end OF
the fish. first on one side and then the
other. With knife and the fingers
push and cut the flesh from the large
bone, first on one side and then on
the other. In the absence of a fish
sheet" fiatten the edges OF the cover
OF tin cracker box; set this in a
baking pan and on 1t dispose about
three thin slices of fat salt pork. On
the pork dispose piece of fish to
make a layer of fish suitable for serv-
ing. Mix one cupful of soft. fine
bread crumbs, teaspoonful Of dried
sweet basil, crushed fine, one-fourth
teaspoonful each of salt and pepper.
and one-fourth cupful of melted but
ter. bacon, or salt pork fat; spread
the crumbs over the fish, first sprink-
ling It lightly with salt and pepper;
Cover the crumbs with the other piece
Of fish, trimming and setting in place
as Is needed to make compact loaf
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. dis
pose three or four thin slices of pork
above. and set to cook in moderate
oven. Reduce the heat as soon as
the fish is scared little and let cook
slowly about 80 minutes. A few min
utes before the fish is cooked remove
the pork from the tsp, cover the fish
with half cupful of cracker crumbs
mixed with three tablespoonful OF
melted butter, and set into the oven
to brown the crumbs. Serve with
drawn butter sauce. to which
chopped hard cooked" egg or two
tablespoonfuls of capers may be add
ed Basic the fish four or five times
during the cooking.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Chocolate SQUARES.

One cup of butter. two cups Of SUI
gar, three cups Of -four. five eggs, beat
whites and yolks separately; one small
cup OF ice water. two teaspoonsful of
baking powder sifted In the -four, va
nilla favoring. Cream butter and sugar
together until very light: add yolks OF
eggs Their whites. then flour. and final
ly the ice water. Bake in biscuit pans.
When cold cut in squares. Have cho.
colate frosting ready in bowl. Dip
each square in the frosting and put on
platter to dry. For cocoanut cakes
have white frosting in a bowl and a
dish of grated fresh cocoanut. Dip the
squares In the frosting. then roll In
the grated cocoanut.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
The Girls HandIcap.

In her pretty new frock sister Mabel
felt quite proud as she sat on the
front step and watched some boys
playing on the sidewalk.
After time one little boy came up
to talk to her and to admire. in his
rough little way. her bright shiny
shoes and pink sash.
"See my nice square-cut waist" ex-
claimed the grille, "and my nice coral
beads! Don't you wish you wuz .
girl?"
mo sire-ee." replied the boy. II
wouldn't want to be any girl at all.
because locke how much more neck
you hat to wash"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

The man who Thackeray calls "the
greatest wit of all time"--Dean Swift
Of st. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin
was as ready to take as to make re-
tort.
why don't you doff your hat to
me?" he asked small boy who was
coaxing along an obstreperous goat
Il WILL" said the lad, ''if your honor
win hold the goats horns!" an an
swer which delighted the dean
Youths Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
A Glad Relief.

Thank heaven. those bills are got
rid Of" said Bilkins. fervently. as he
tore up bundle OF statements of ac-
count dated October /.
"All paid. eh?' said Mrs. Bilkins.
"oh. no." said Bilkins. The dupli-
Gates dated November have come in
and ! don't have TO keep these any
longer" Weekly,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

reveal her identity as the heroine of
the episode. but she decided she could
get more fun In another way. She
made careful inquiry of her hostess as
to the gentleman's full name and ad-
dress. and next morning called him
up. When he answered, she said:
II just wanted you to know that I
took your advice, gargled my throat
with cooking soda, and was able to
go to the dinner"
"Who--who is this speaking?" came
an astonished voice from the other
end Of the wire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for Time.
WRONG SORT

A change to the right kind Of food
can lift one from sick bed. A lady
In Weldon, ILL.,, says:
\ Last spring became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. / got worse and
worse until became SO low / could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though tried about every kind.
II had become completely discour-
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought I was doomed to starve to
death. until one day my husband. try
ing to find something could retain,
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with
out distress. began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (which had been
fiabby), grew firmer. my health inn
proved in every way and every day,
and in very few weeks / gained 20
pounds in weight.
Il liked Grape-Nuts so well that for
four months ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat
ing as If had sat down to fine ban
Quet.
Il had no return of the miserable
sick stomach nor Of the headaches.
that used to have when ate other
food. ! am now well woman, doing
all my own work again, and feel that
life is worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been a God
send to my family: It surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven on it wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. fTheres reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine, trues and full Of human
interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Preserved AppIes.

Weigh equal quantities of good
brown sugar and of apples; peel. core
and mince them small; boil the sugar,
allowing to every three pounds pint
of water. Skim well and boil until
quite thick. then add the apples, the
grated peel of one or two lemons and
piece of white ginger. Boil till the
apples look clear and yellow. This
preserve will keep for years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

hit are not likely to occur often In
a game with Walsh pitching. He
is a spit ball pitcher entirely. He
uses his splitter" and a fast ball
with no curves. On this occasion.
Payne signalled for either a spit
ball or fast one, l don't know
which. Walsh shook his head in
reply, and Payne gave him another
signal to which he again shook his
head.
you don't want this one?" Payne
mumbled In his mask. but loudly
enough for me to hear as he gave
another signal Walsh nodded as
sent.
Now here Is what passed through
my mind, after listening to the hint
carelessly dropped by Payne. Two
were out at the time, a man was
on third base, who. II he scored.
would put US ahead. and the count
on me was two strikes and no balls.
My fash Of thought must have been
instantaneous. / try never to pay
any attention to the monologue of
a catcher lint pavne Ia naturally a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

that he could throw one. He simply outguessed
me and caught me in the arms of Morpheus.
He had wet the ball. while walking away from
the plate with his back to me, after getting 1t
from Easterly, thus giving no hint that he was
going to throw splitter"
Young invented this trick and applies 1t oc-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Smear Case Cheese.

Two packages neufchatel Cheese.
Cream with melted butter to make
paste. One ten-cent bottle stuffed
olives chopped very fine. one hard.
boiled egg chopped very fine. Salt
and cayenne pepper to suit the taste.
grated onion to season highly. Mix
all together and put in a large cup,
set in cold water. or any fancy mold
Let stand until Arm. Two hours is
time enough. Fine with crackers and
coffee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Let Him Do The Guessing

"Gargle your throat with cooking
soda, and | think you will be able to
go to your dinner"
''Who is this speaking?" asked Mrs.
Brown, startled.
'oh. that you will never know" an
swered the voice.
Mrs. Brown was greatly amused and
decided to try the remedy Her
throat improved and she went to the
party. During dinner. she CHANGED
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Mrs. Brown, Il Must Be Conceded,
Had by Far the Better End
Of the Joke.

Mrs. Brown. telephoning to friend
pne morning, happened to say:
Il have such bed sore throat. I'm
afraid cannot go to that dinner-party
tomorrow night"
Just then something went wrong
with the connection. and she heard q
strange voice break In:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

en-. As.will be noticed. the bowl haA
4 wide strip Of metal around the edge.
only comparatively small portion in
the center having the wire meshing.
The consequence is that this nipple
ment can be used either as spoon or
a strainer and the cook need not go
to the cutlery drawer dozen times
while preparing meal to get Just the
utensils needed for a particular task.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Luncheon Mufdn..

Cream one-third cup of butter, add
one-quarter cup sugar, beat one egg.
add three-quarters cup milk and add
alternately to first mixture. with two
cups -four. four teaspoons baking pow.
der. one-Quarter teaspoon salt. mixed
and sifted otgether. Bake in tin
gem pans about rs minutes. Makes
o dozen.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
sTRAINER SPOON is NEW IDEA
10 Only Partially Meshed and Has
Variety Of uses--Housewlfe VIII
Appreciate.

A strainer spoon. in which many
advantages are claimed by the New
York man who devised 1t is shown
herewith. The secret in this spoons
versatility lies in the fact that it lie
only partially meshed to enable It to
be used In straining, for Swimming
Jelly or soup. poached eggs. whipped
cream or for any of the myriad uses
to which spoons are put In the kitch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

two strikes and one ball on me In
a game in Cleveland. He walked
out Of the box and part way to
the catcher to receive the ball.
Easterly, catching. signed for an
offering that did not coincide
with "Cy's" idea of the exigen-
cies Of the situation. The old
fellow shook his head twice,
which Immediately forced me
to conclude that 1t would be
neither a curve nor a fast one.
Oldring was on first base at the
time. and guessed that ICY"
must want to waste one, think
ing he was going to try to steal.
When the ball came to me about
chin high, I at once concluded
that my diagnosis was the cor
rect one, and l let 1t go. But.
when about two feet in front of
me, 1t broke across my letters. a
beautiful strike, and | had not
even taken my bat of my shout
der. ICY" had dished up a spit
ter from somewhere In his as
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

time that catcher throws the bali back to the
pitcher until he delivers 1t again, a batter
should never take his-eyes of the pitcher
All of the grooves of batters are carefully
catalogued. Every hitter in baseball, with the
possible exception of Lajoie and Wagner, is sup
posed TO have what Is known to the profession
as a groove" certain real or imagined weak
ness. Some pitchers work to fool batter. and
others aim at his groove" Young and Powell
are of the second type, and 1t is this style of
pitcher that always try to make pitch to the
LIMIT, as they have to depend absolutely on
their control
The catcher Is obviously included in the
guessing match which always results when
batter faces pitcher. / recall funny instance
of Hal" Chase making Ira Thomas look like
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
to overhear the gentleman opposite
say to his neighbor:

say to his neighbor:
Il had an amusing experience the
other morning. / was telephoning,
and the wires became crossed. I sud
denly heard a lasiy's voice say: 7 have
such bad throat. | shan't be able to
go to that dinner party Just for fun.
| broke in and said: 'Gargle your
throat with cooking soda. and you'll
be all right The lady's voice in re-
ply sounded rather surprised. won
der II she took my advice.
Mrs. Brown was greatly tempted to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

spect and a remark dropped by him will give
batter the key to the situation which win
enable him to outguess the pitcher. A thing
Of this sort happened to me In Chicago one
day last season. with Walsh pitching and
Payne catching.
Payne dropped remark. which set my mind
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

sort OF instinct which some players have and
others never attain. man seems to do 1t by
intuition and often cannot tell just what con-
crete hypothesis leads him to reach certain
conclusion But believe me. 1t is a great art for
a ball player to have. great art. and one to
be cultivated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
Letter TO
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Binshanten, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root win Do For 70,

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t win
convince anyone. You will also receive
booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty.
cents and one-dollar
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
creamed sardines on Toast.

Creameu SaruInos on Toast.
One cup Of cream. one cup of grated
cheese, one tablespoon of butter. one
teaspoon OF mustard, salt and pep
per-. After cooking this. add six sar-
dimes, boned and mashed. two well.
beaten eggs. Serve on toasted bread
OF crackers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

six nickels In a game last sum-
mer. Thomas formerly played
on the Yankees, and, at the time.
Chase's sign for the squeeze
play was given by putting his
right hand to his nose. Ira had
seen him give this many times
when they we're team mates.
But on this occasion. Chase
was playing on the New York
club, and Thomas was catching
on the Philadelphia team. 1t was
in the eighth Inning with the
score tied, and a New York run
ner on third base, champing on
his spikes to get home when
Chase stepped to the bat One
was out. Hal" went through
the usual preliminaries Of knock
ing the dirt out Of his spikes, fix
ing his hat the firmer. as II he
expected to take long run and
didn't want to be called back to
get the cap. and splitting on his
hands. Then he put the first
digit of his right hand to the side
- bfe nose
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
English Rabbit.

Into a tablespoon OF ale cut two
ounces Of cheese. Add pepper. salt
and mustard to taste and melt In
oven. Toast bread, and pour ovsr II
melted cheese.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13
No Wedding Day BARGAINS.

The Husband during the quarreD
You're always making bargains
Was there ever time when you
didn't?
The Wife-Yes. sir; on my wedding
day.
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Working in combination to outguess the bat
tiers. catcher will often help pitcher out
by talking necessarily, hoping In this way to
distract hitter's attention from his business.
Street of the Washington club is one Of the
worst takers In the business. and is called in
some strata Of baseball "Gabby" From the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

Dy fayne. he can't intend 10 waste
a ball. reasoned, because the man
is on third. and he doesn't think
he is going to try to steal Then
1t struck me.
Can it be a curve?" I asked my
self surprised. But he never
throws one" | argued in my mind.
Then remembered the surprise
betrayed in Payne's You don't
want this one" The remark, mum
bled in his mask, had supplied the
key. I took chance. II was
curve. and called the turn. II
was the first and last one Walsh
ever threw me. and probably he
would have slipped it over, had it
not been for Payne's poorly sup
pressed surprise. That cost Walsh
the game. It must be remembered
by the reader that all this giving
OF signals and reasoning took place
in about a minutes time. A ball
player must think fast.
Old ICY" Young. one of the
Solons Of baseball, crossed me once
IN almost tho oarua NAV With 20
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ing right. He has almost clairvoyant ability
to outguess pitcher.
In some games. have been able to guess
right almost every time that the pitcher has
thrown the ball to me and yet have not beep'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

you can't get one by me-" his
manner appears to challenge. he
IL simply bullying with confidence.
He Is the one hitter and the only
successful one ! ever saw who appa,
rently doesn't try to guess what the
pitcher is going to throw and really
doesn't care. Pitchers have never
been able to discover any groove
that he is concealing. He simply
wades in and hits at any kind OF
a ball. He is one batter in a thou
sand.
Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit star, Is
the exactly opposite type of hitter.
He is thinking all the time he is
at the bat. figuring, planning. to out
guess the pitcher and the fielders. in
baseball parlance ito cross" his op-
ponents, a legitimate procedure. II
he thinks that the third baseman
expects bunt, he will hit it out.
He never chases bad ball, and he
makes a pitcher work to the last
notch. He worries many of the
men In the box by his restlessness.
and because he Is constantly guess
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

sure am, Tepileu CndSe, anu
he repeated the old sign very de-
liberately.
What" exclaimed Ira, you're
not giving me that sign. thinking
I'm not jerry to it?"
That's right, lra," answered
Chase carelessly. II had forgot
ten you knew. but 1t goes any
way"
This conversation was carried
on while Plank was paving
around in the box and preparing
to pitch. AS the tall southpaw
wound up. Daniel started in from
third base. Plank delivered a
perfect strike. and Chase half
hunted and hals hit the ball. which
allowed Daniels to score. "Hap
had beaten Thomas at his own
game. He had given a sign that
Thomas knew. and which the lat
ter did not for a moment think
had been passed out seriously.
Therefore Ira did not signal for a
pitchout as he would have done
II he had guessed the play was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

working and which led me to forecast what
was coming This cue and the resultant con-
clusion drew. based on the hasty hypothesis
OF Payne's remark. resulted in timely base
hit. The conditions and circumstances of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-13

early innings Of the first game,
Sweeney had his hand split open
with one Of Ford's eccentric spit
tiers. The Highlander was never
the same again. He did not pitch
the wonderful ball he is capable
Of In that series. He had no con-
fidence In the numbering Mitchell
to handle his "spitters," to think
fast: in short. to outguess the bat
tiers.
Some catchers have a very busy
habit Of talking all the time to
annoy q batter In an effort 20 dis
tract his attention from his work.
John Killing, of the Chicago Cubs.
known in baseball as a bad man
with a batter, "chewed" incessant-
ly during the worlds series in
which we won the championship
from the Cubs. He seemed to
want to distract attention from
the pitcher. A favorite line of
his was:
Now. let's try him on fast
one"
1t Is sort of an unwritten law
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verse English on 1t. 1t was case Of him out
guessing me. The veteran Cleveland pitcher
is as different from Walsh. In his style, as white
is from black. ICY" relies on a curve and q
fast ball. never using splitter" Young had
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There is a great diff
ference In pitchers. Some
are easy to outguess,
and others are as bad as Co.
a jig-saw puzzle, and
never worked out one
Of those In my life. /
know some men who
have mannerisms In the
box which betray defin-
itely the sort Of ball to be de-
livered. These little physical
eccentricities are true induces
and often cost men. who would
otherwise be successful pitch
ers, many games. 1t may be
the twist OF the wrist in throw
ing curve ball. or some motion
of the foot peculiar to a spit
ter" that divulges the essential
secret. This tell-tale sign Is
fatal to pitcher. when players
get on to 1t. and it usually does
not take his opponents long to
discover and associate It with a
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INTO an argument, and have
his pitcher shoot over a fast
one. He tried this ON me in
the first worlds series.
so they say that you are
the best base runner in the
American league" was his
opening line. well, you are
not up against American
league catchers now, young
fellow. Let's see you steal q
base II you get down"
l paid no attention to him.
although he evidently hoped
that ! would turn around and
reply. so that l would be
caught on my guard. And
not In conceit. but, as a his
torian. / relate the sequel. !
cid get down to first base.
and by pretending l was go
ing to steal, made him signal
to Overall to waste two balls.
Then. when he had to put a
strike over. I went down.
Sometimes q catcher win
oyerulay his part in this re-
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ooh. that you will never know" an
swered Mrs. Brown. laughing. and
rang off.--Lippincott's
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"whisker" trimmer of his, which
Is high. fast one in the vicinity
Of the neck, is a villainous ball.
A pitcher of Young's type would
Just as soon tell the batter where
he is going to try to throw the
ball, because it is generally known
that he Is pitching at batter's
weakness.
So batting in the big leagues is
largely game of thought. The
man who outguesses the pitchers
accumulates the most hits and
the largest batting average. Lajois
Is the only exception to this that
/ can recall. OF course. self-con-
fidence is an absolute necessity to
any successful hitter. but the
Cleveland second baseman Is more
chock full of reliance in his own
batting ability than any other
player / know. 1t is not conceit.
just faith in his eye. He shuffles
out to the plate. almost carelessly,
and bangs his bat down two or
three times as IL to say to the
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reticent man, and his remark surprised me.
Walsh had refused to pitch until he had re-
ceived certain sign This made me think
that It was not going to be splitter" or a
fast one. evidently the first two signals given.
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eleventh, and II fell OF and smashed. Krause
pitched without confidence In his catchers
judgment to outguess the batters and he lost.
The same thing was true Of Ford in the
post-season series with the Giants In the
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Of baseball to let the frrt one go by to get
look at the style. King would say:
"He liked the looks of that Let's try him
on another" Then up would come curve.
A favorite trick OF his is to get the batter