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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of The enormous number Of
II letters sent 70 the departmental must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications to
100 words. except in cases Of formulas or
recipes Uhieh require greater spGes. ! wGnt
al my correspondents to kdpe a shouting in
The Corner. and if my request in this respect
Is complied NTH IL lOil Be possible 70 print
many more letters.
Attention Is called to he fact that Marion
HulGH4 cannot Fseefee money for patterns,
as she has no connection NTH any department
Raf sells them. Morton HorlarG.
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ing prices of flesh foods have
alarmed all classes of society. If
they are annoying to the rich, they are a
serious inconvenience to persons in mod
crate circumstances, and hardship to the
poor.
1T is folly to attempt to mitigate the
evil by boycotting the unfortunate pro-
vision merchants, who are less to blame
than the trusts that boom prices by making
corners in the necessar1es of life while
they add field to field and million to million.
Don't take alarm at what you may
think is an incendiary growlt I am no
Socialist nor yet a reformer in the common
acceptation Of the word but a practical.
everyday sort OF Householder who has
done some hard thinking upon the meat
question. That is. to my way of feeling
and reasoning, the toughest problem
now before the public. (No pun intended
and no play upon the quality of meat most
of US have to put up with nowadaysD
AS the mother of three Iusty boys. aged
from u to 20. who must be filed from the
head downward three times per day, have
no disposition to joke upon the matter.
And since grumbling only makes those who
have to listen to me uncomfortable and
does no earthly good to me, I set my wits
to work to devise tolerable substitutes for
flesh foods in our daily fare. am taking
the liberty to send you few which John
and the boys approve by word and by deed
We are not vegetarians. I wish some
times that we were at this crisis in domestic
politics. Nothing would surely bring
combination Of housekeepers throughout
a single state, such as New York or Penn
sylvania to serve no meat to their fam
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lilies for even one week. A month would
bring the beef trust sinners to their knees.
Readers of the daily papers don't need
to be told how miserably all attempts to
bind housekeepers into a union for pro-
lection of themselves and their sister suf-
ferers from imposition have failed. am
ready sometimes to declare that there is no
such thing as loyalty among US in this
respect.
1t is so much easier to smash dozen
windows of shopmen who are perhaps as
innocent as the rioters, and to drench the
meat displayed upon the stall of fourth
rate butcher with kerosene than to concen-
trate ones energies upon the task of GO
ing without meat. yet providing decently
for ones household that have little hope
of encouraging so much Is one woman to
copy my example in doing this.
X ::
High Cost of Living Hints.
Yet am sending in these proofs of
what may be done to cut down market bills
and couple with them petition that other
like minded women will contribute the re-
suits Of their experiences:
DREAMED EGGS-Boil half a dozen
eggs very hard, and when they are done
drop at once into ice cold water to prevent
the yoIks from blackening. Leave them
there until they are dead cold. Meanwhile
MAKE q ROOO OI4Wn DuCI6T, using mix IN
stead of water, and adding a little finely
minced parsley.
Peel the shell carefully from the eggs
and cut them into quarters. Arrange them
in deep dish or in naples. pour the sauce
over them, and set them (covered) in the
oven for five minutes to heat the eggs
Serve hot.
''SCAILOPED EGGS-Prepare as above
and strew over the surface Of the dish or
the naples when filed fine bread crumbs
Dot with butter and pepper and salt at
discretion.
SCALLOPS OF EGGS AND FISH
Boil the eggs hard and let them cool Make
a nice drawn butter, and when you have
chopped the cold eggs quite small, mix
with the sauce. Turn into bake dish or
nappies filing these three-quarters full
Cover with any cold fish you may have
left over. Remove all the skin and bones
and mince as fine as powder before strew-
ing over the egg mixture Bake, covered,
until the mixture is kissing hot
Serve lemon and heated crackers with
it.
Sheet Green Corn Pudding.
Green corn will soon be among departed
joys, although some canning companies
supply us the year round with an excellent
substitute So it may not be amiss-i. e.
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Sees Both Sides of Question.

No. 2 is an Indiana matron who can see
both sides of a question.
honestly believe that most of US think
the Englishwoman of your Talk has right
on her side when she tells of the discipline
in her early home. The trouble with US is
we haven't the courage of our convictions.
We lack nerve.
Figuratively speaking, our moral verte
brae are like those of the jellyf1sh We
have let our hearts away with our
heads. The thinking man or woman who
watches for awhile the antics and unlady-
like behavior of some of our present day
10 year old misses cannot help longing for
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INV" AnpIe Coke.

q saw in the exchange some time ago a
recipe for apple cake. 1t was " not bad"
but I ffatter myself that I inclose a bet
ter. Let readers judge for themselves by
printing mine-wont you2
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Never Admitted His Error.

the stiffened whites and falls soon in cool
ing. 1t is delightful, and if a little more
sugar goes into the blending, is almost as
good when made of the right brand of
canned corn as when the season is at the
height
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Loganbery Jelly.

California friend has sent me a Jar
Of delicious jelly labeled Loganberry jelly
1t Is rather more tart than raspberry, and
sweeter than currant jelly but darker col
ored than the latter Can you tell me
anything about the fruit? The name IS
queer. NJ. V. T. IPassaic. n. il
It is a new and delightful berry, little
known in the east, although horticulturists
say it may be successfully cultivated in
the middle states and farther north with
proper - mulching " and shelter during the
severe winters. The jelly and jams made
from It are deliciously piquant. I do
not know for whom it was named. but II
is a cross between the blackberry and the
red raspberry, unless am mistaken. Should
you care to inquire more concerning the
new favorite of the horticulturist. I can
give you the address of a person who can
give you all the information you need. She
is a practical householder. a member OF
our H. H. c., who has put up the berrles
raised In her own garden
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A MOTHER, Muncie,
Father Strikes a Mem Note.

No. is from a New York City father. It
strikes new note in the" opus"
Your talk upon corporal punishment
arouseS memories in my mind which are
the reverse of agreeable. We all had
fathers of flesh who chastised US accord
ing to their pleasure I'm not quite sure
I quote the exact words, but am positive
as to the pleasure section. When 1t was
their pleasure to fly into passion and take
it out upon the child who happened to be
nearest the parental hand-that child
caught it! Ny father was a good. and in
the main, a merciful man, and I often de-
served the rod. I have no doubt that I am
the better for merited punishment. I am
dead sure that am worse for the fioggings
I didn't deserve. The hot bitter thoughts
that we'll up at the recollection are as hot
and savage now as when 1 had the whip
pings and couldn't fight back because was
too small and weak.
One scar 1 shall carry to my grave
1t was upon the heart, not the back. AL
though the back was not spared, either
you may be sure! My music teacher told
me to come to him one evening because he
could not give me lesson that day. So
thinking his word was all right, 1 went off
after supper with my violin, leaving word
with my sister where 1 was going. At 8
o'clock there was an alarm of fire, and my
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girl and will no doubt remain a good girl as
a consequence.
'' 1t seems to me that no age can be set
absolutely when corporal punishment
should cease I give you herewith an Incl
dent that was related by a married woman,
who has four children. She believed in cor
poraB punishment of children by their par
ents and she said that her oldest child was
at the time IS years old and that she
whipped him when she thought he deserved
it. Her daughters were also whipped when
they nsgressed. Her children loved her
because they knew that she loved them.
She said further: We were taught at
home 20 be obedient and honorable, and
when we misbehaved we were whipped.
MY older brother was whipped last when
he was II. There were six children in our
family, three boys and three girls, and all
of US were quite grown up when we re-
ceived our last whipping. I was whipped
last when was a grown up lady. was 10
years old at the time.
80 It came about in this way. I wanted
about SIS to purchase something upon
which I had set my heart. Not being able
to get this amount when I wanted it, stole
a $50 gold piece from my father. few
days later the theft was noticed and when
nv father spoke of it I blushed with en-
barrassment This led to questioning and
after at first denying all knowledge OF the
matter I confessed. I was told to go to my
room and prepare for severe whipping.
did so gladly. hoping only for forgive
ness a"
II omit the details OF the chastiseanent
administered by the strong arm of a stern
parent To me the story is revolving, and
too trying to the sensibilit1es to be put into
print. With a majority of readers the
perusal would leave one ip sympathy with
the sinner rather than with the judge and
exeoutioner.
Our Intelligent member betrays in the
summing up the trend Of her own feelings.
albeit she tries to be Judicially calm
Editor.l
1t seems to me that it would have been
more proper in the above case If the mother
had administered the hogging, but that the
girl or young lady was deservedly whipped
is not open to serious doubt. to my mind.
" already have said more than in
tended but I think the subject ought to be
thoroughly discussed by one who, like you,
has access to the public ear No false
sentimentality should prevent the applica-
ton of the lash when experience proves
that this is the most effective remedy.
" MRS. ALICE NJ. G.. Milwaukee,
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Cannot but Think Letter Is a Joke.

No. is from Georgia mother:
Il cannot but think that the letter de-
crying corporal punishment must be a joke,
a fake letter or written to stir up dis
cussion.
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SUNDAY.
BREAKFAsT
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Smells with lemon
Corn meal mullins.
Toast.
Coffee and tea.
LUNCHEON.
Baked sawory macaronf with cheese.
Toasted mullins from breakfast.
Tomato Aspic salad.
Cream cheese and Pimento sandwiches.
Prtlne jelly and light cakes.
Tea.
DINNER
Lima bean soup.
Bruised and Dreaded cah's head.
Spinach.
Stuffed and baked egg plant
Peach ice cream (home made) macaroons
Black coffee.
X =
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Baked apples.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon.
Shirred eggs.
Rolls. Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Curr1ed eggs and rice (see recipe).
Chilled bananas.
Baked potatoes.
Thin bread and butter
Crackers and cream cheese with Dundee mar
malade
Tea.
DINNER
Mock turtle soup based upon liquor in which the
calf's head was boiled.
Lambs liver and bacSa.
Green corn pudding Csee recipe).
Drowned sweet potatoes.
Queen of buildings.
Black coffee
$s
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST
Pears.
Cereal and cream
Clam fritters
Mullins.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
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dies all the way?) I had just put my fiddle
upon the closet shelf when in came my
father. horsewhip in hand, and mad as
thunder! All he said was: You young
rascal I've caught you at last! You
sneaked up so softly you thought 1 wouldn't
hear you. but up to you, this oneeH
Without more ado. he tore off my jacket
and thrashed me until his muscle and wind
gave out He wouldn't listen to the ex-
PLANTATION I tried to stammer out between
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LUNCHEON.
liver and bacon minced and seasoned
Chopped sweet potatoes "a Ieftover). spl
Crackers and american cheese heated Cor
Toasted mullins from breakfast
Ginger ing , bread a,s and ICED h,si, milk
DINNER
Yesterdays soup
salmi of caf's head and tongue "a leftover iron,
scailoped eggplant "a leftover)
Black coffee.
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WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal and
Bacon
GriddIe cakes and maple sirup-
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
quick biscuits
Thin bread-and- butter. Dat
- Never-fail cake " and tea (see recipe).
DINNER
Potato soup.
Corned beef with drawn butter.
Horseradish sauce.
string beans
Peach dumplinss
Black coffee.
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THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST. e.,
Oranges.
Bacon and fried apples.
Graham gems.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
FrizzIed beef with tomato sauce.
Potatoes. boiled whole with parsley and butter
sauce Hal
Bean and lettuce salad.
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and was putting my overcoat when the
door opened and my mother stole in, in her
night gown. She had waited until my
father was asleep, and come up to say how
sorry she was I had been naughty, and how
my disobedience and the punishment it had
brought upon me, had hurt her.
X x
Never Admitted His Error.
1T is Thackeray who says, 1t is writ
ten that the sins of the father are visited
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THE cry all through the land just
now is for dishes that may serve
as substitutes for meat. The ris-
ing prices of flesh foods have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28

a race of mothers somewhat like our great
grandmothers.
yet! may not our way have advan-
tages above that of former generation?
Would we like to see our children under
the harsh discipline and severe punish
ments thought to be necessary in child
rearing in the time of our grandparents in
fancy? My at-grandmother came of old
New England stock. She was fond of tell
ing stories of her childhood and we loved to
listen. According to her testimony, life IN
those good old times was what our boys
would term fleryP
THE child who disobeyed her mother
was sure of punishment. There was no
escape, and it was always the rod, or some
other form of bodily suffering. popular
practice of the day was to postpone the
punishment until bedtime. thus prolonging
the agony. Granny said she often endured
the anguish of suspense all day, dreading
the chastisement that could not be warded
Off It was as inevitable the going down
of the sun.
Despite all this, Granny always main
tanned that the old way was the best. Chill
dren in those days loved and were dutiful
to their parents, she said, far more than
they are now. Better still, they respected
them. That may all be true, but that race
of mothers is extinct. The woman who
would whip her Is year old daughter. as
described in the Englishwoman's story,
would, nowadays. have the Humane So
ciety after her. Times have changed and
We must change with them. 1t may be
true-and it doubtless is-that our discipline
is too lax. Yet that of our grandparents
was too severe.
Each modern mother is a law unto
herself, and advice to how she should
bring up her children is not likely to be
kindly received.
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Crackers and cheese.
Junket and ginger waters
Tea.
DINNER
Split pea SOUP based upon liquor in which beef
was boiled.
Corned beef and potato croquettes "a leftover)
Scalloped sweet potatoes.
Dreamed carrots
Floating island.
Black coffee
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST
Apple sauce.
Cereal and cream,
kippered herring.
Potato cake.
Toast.
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Sliced cold corned beef "a Ieftover)
Scalloped sweet potatoes "a leftover).
Carrot and endive salad ca leftover.
Hot graham crackers with Swiss cheese.
Cookies and jam.
Tea
DINNER
Yesterdays soup with croutons.
Halibut steaks.
Mashed potatoes
Green peas.
Date and raisn pudding with whipped cream.
Black coffee.
x y
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Bananas.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon.
Boiled eggs.
Whole wheat bread
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Green peppers stuffed with cold haIibut "a left
for which recipe in Exchange).
Potato puff Ia leftover.
Whole wheat bread.
Cream puffs.
Tea.
DINNER
Philadelphia pepper pot (see recipe).
Fried satisfy.
Green corn fritters (see recipe).
Halved canteloupes filled with vanilla ice cream.
Black coffee.
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Sheet Green Corn Pudding.

ODeet OTeen OOTn 1uddug.
" Green corn will soon be among departed
joys, although some canning companies
supply us the year round with an excellent
substitute. So it may not be amiss-i. e.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-23
Combination of Coal Mines, Railroads and
Steamship Companies Control Transportation

New Haven is a considerable stock
holder, though claiming to have no
voice in the management.
The Southern Pacific likewise is
declared to have shown "a disposition
to restrict competition, on the At
lantic coast although its steamship
lines ARE really water extension of
that companys rail lines. In addi-
tion, the ereport says, the control of
the Southern Pacific by the Union
Pacific (recently dissolved by the
United States Supreme court) OBJ
viously tended to limit the import
ance of competition by the Southern
Paciti's rail and water route
The railroads controlling the
greatest tonnage of steamship lines,
according to Mr.. Conant, are the New
Haven system. Union Pacific-South-
ern Pacific. the Pennsylvania, New
York Central and Central of Georgia.
Nearly all the important anthracite
fleets on the North Atlantic coasts,
the commissioner says, are owned by
few great anthracite railroads.
A number of the principal canals
of the country have been abandoned
or fallen into disuse, the report de-
clares, because of failroad influence.
THE conditions here set forth"
says Mr.. Conant, Can not fail to
command attention. So far as the
eastern part of the country is con-
cerned, water lines have to a large
extent become auxiliaries or subsid-
iaries of railroads. These conditions
force consideration of the policy to
be adopted toward such water car
riers. Since water competitions has
in considerable measure been re-
strioted by failroad control of water
lines, this fact must be taken account
of. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has by recent legislation Sc
cured considerable increase in
jurisdiction over joint rail-and-water
traffic. particularly with respect to
the establishment of joint rail-and-
water rates and the equitable divi-
sion of such rates between the CO.
carriers. This is a matter of vital
Importance. If there is to be any
Continued on Page p,
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-23
Heavy Rails Will Be Laid Over
Entire System; Steel Bridg-
eS Are Also Planned.
OPPORTUNITY FOR ROCK ISLAND

Railroad men believe the Colorado
Midland railroad will be rejuvenated
in such fashion during the coming
year that it will be one of the most
efficient pieces of transcontinental
railroad track in the country. If plans
of it's bondholders' protective COM
mittee in New York are approved by
the federal district court. which re-
Gently appointed receiver for the
company, says the Denver Republi-
can.
The budget of the protective COM
mittee, which is expected to become
the reorganization committee, con-
templates the expenditure of $400,-
900 for steel with which to complete
the laying CT heavy rails over the
entire system, and as much for steel
bridges. stone ;eulverts, other line
changes and new equipment.
New. heavy locomotives will be
bought in order that the constantly
increasing freight business passing
through Colorado may be moved eX-
peditiously, and many steel cars, both
passenger and freight. will be ac-
quired. Steel passenger cars will be
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-23
NEARLY $4,000 COMING IN
1918 F0RL0CAL HIGHWAYS
Chairman Allen Announces Plans for 1913-Netwok of Roads
Over State Includes Many TO Be Constructed in Mesa
and Adjoining Counties Paradox Begging.

Eighty-eight thousand five
hundred dollars will be spent by
the state highway commission in
1913 on roads which will have
terminals in Mesa county, ac-
cording to the budget just an
nounced by Chairman c. p. Al
len.
The total cost of constructing roads
planned to network the state next
year will be close to S2,0O0,0O0.
The roads in which Mesa county
is most Interested are the following:
A highway from Rifle to Grand
Junction 40 miles long. Twenty
thousand dollars will be spent in
Garfield county and S25, 600 in Mesa
This road will run down the Grand
river and is not the road which goes
to Collbran and cuts out De Beque
and Grand Valley.
The road from Grand Junction to
Delta will cost $34 900, it is pro-
posed. Only $4,000 will be spent in
Mesa county. but $4,000 goes to
Delta II is to be 43 miles long.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-23
N MANSLAuGHTER
VERDICT WAS
DECISION Of
THE JURY

A(sentence Of from one to ten
years will be pronounced on Mrs.
Lula r. Rehkugler for the shoot
ing of Joseph Waters. At 500
o'clock Sunday morning the jury
returned a verdict of voluntary
manslaughter. The court Off
GERS were called, with the attor-
neys and the decision of the panel
was read. Mrs. Rehkugler was pres
ent. but her wonderful composure
was not affected in the slightest by
the verdict. She refused to make any
statement, except to her attorneys,
and she is said to be pleased that
more serious penalty was not i'm
posed.
The arguments in the case were
brilliant and eloquent. Each counsel
fair designed to infer the guilt or in
nocence of the defendant.
The defense asserted that Mrs.
Rehkugler defended her honor and
physical safety when she killed Wa
ters. while District Attorney Charles
worth, in a masterful deicition OF
the sad results of a lawless love.
eloquently urged the conviction of
the prisoner for murder in the first
degree. He cited the familiar picture
of Cleopatra who kissed the pale face
of her dead Antony as striking
example of an infatuation which he
declared the defendant held for her
victim.
Attorneys Welsh and Fry made
vigorous pleas for their client and
unquestionably made a profound i'm
preston on the jury.
Deputy District Attorney McClin-
took opened for the state and his
logical summary of the evidence. its
corroborative and contracdictory
phases. was forcible and effective.
Mrs. Rehkugler will probably be
sentenced tonight.