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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-01
VARIOUS USES FOR
YOUR SOUR CREAM
Recipes for Delicious and Wholesome Cakes, Cookies
Fried Cakes and Pie

one-half teaspconful each Of salt and
soda, one of baking powder; vanilla.
Bake in three layers. Use nut filings.
Spice Cake.
Three-fourths CT a cupful of sour
cream, three-fourths Of cupful Of SUI
gar, yolks Of two eggs and one whole
egg, two cupfuls of sifted flour, one
teaspoonful each of baking powder.
cinnamon, cloves and nutmegs, one
half teaspoonful of salt and soda. Bake
in three layers, and put together with
boiled frosting.
Plain Fruit Cake.
One cupful of sour cream, one cupful
of brown sugar, one-half cupful of mo-
lasses, three cupfuls of flour, one cup
full of raisins one cupful Of chopped
walnuts. Spice to taste; one teaspoon
full of soda in tablespoonful of hot
water, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one
egg.
Black Cake (Used Since 1929
One cupful OF sour cream, one cupfu
of molasses, enc pound Of sugar, one
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HINTS FOR :
THE HOUSE

0UR supply Of dishcloths giving out
~ when we were at an isolated sum-
mer cottage, friend recommend
ed ordinary white mosquito netting.
It sounded absurdly inadequate, but
proved more satisfactory in every way
than the cloths woven for the purpose.
1t was thin enough to go easily into
pitchers and small cups; it was pleas
ant to handle; it scalded and dried cas-
lily and quickly; and 1t was so cheap
there was no temptation to keep 1t
after it began to grow dingy. 1t was
necessary to make the cloths dcnole
and large-say IL by "a inches. =. y.
n FAVORITE amusement with my
little ones, when shut In on ac-
count of bad weather or illness, is to sit
at the front window and guess what will
pass. One decides it will be a man, an
other a dog, and the next a girl, and
when it is near meal time we add Father
to the list It keeps them busy an hour
if Mother will play too, so 1 often take
my sewing and join in the game.
w. H. w.
A PRETTY scheme for the dinner ta-
( BILE is to have on each bread and
butter plate the butter nodded in three
balls the size of cherries. Then take a.
sprig of parsley, cut off the foliage, and
with the large stem standing up and
each of the three branching stems at
the ends stuck in a butter ball, the er-
feet produced is a luscious bunch OF
cherries. A. 3.
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baby basket where lay the mysterious,
the unnerving embodiment Of all my
previous theories and problems. The
theories melted like air? Think of
the bath alone, with an interested but
ineffective young Polish servant girl
to help. Oh. the poor nervous fingers
unbuttoning tiny garments, and oh.
the utter agony of lifting the tiny,
squirming, wailing creature into the
watert In the midst Of these heroic
struggles Grandma arrived. And
Grandma bathed the baby-I must say
that!
"Well, at night my husband came
home. and by that time l was ready
to fly into his arms in tears. Grand
mas ideals--I declare they were no.
different from those of any mother in
the tenement! She simply refused to
make use Of the fire escape for the
baby, though I explained how an UNI
the, wind. It was cruelty to keep a
month-old baby out Of doors! And
when I told her about a physicians
family I knew in Brooklyn, whose ba-.
b1es actually slept out Of doors all
winter and summer, Grandma just
mark that I had once been a sensible
girl, but she could see l was being
ruined by my husbands freakish
friends!
GAS for discipline! When the baby
cried, Grandma proceeded to quiet him
by the most direct means. She didn't
use whiSkey, but she used another mar
cotic, that Of petting and rocking. Hab-
it's? What would a month-old baby do
with habits? asked Grandma. And as
the days went by, with much coddIing
and the display Of bright objects be-
fore his eyes, she proceeded to hurry
up his growth
'"These ways are the traditional WIS
dom of grandmas, you know. I have
come to the conclusion they are charac-
teriStic of every race Of grandmas on
the globe, from the Sicilian grandma to
the grandma from New England. But
science says they're. wrong. We were
faithful and bold, and we tried to give
the first principles Of baby raising to
Grandma. We told her a baby was
vegetative organism, not a social being.
or at least mainly that. We told her
babies must not be mentally stimu1at-
ed any more than they must be given
coffee or tea. We explained that the
baby's brain attains almost it's full
adult growth in the first year, and that
all the baby's strength was needed
simply for thia rapid grOwing-especial-
ly all his nervous energy. Consequently
the shielding Of babies from all strain
or excitement. Bright lights must be
kept away from his eyes, sharp noises
from his ears. He should be allowed
| free motion with his arms and legs
any amount Of activity from within
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HURING three generations Of cooks
IL these recipes for the use of sour
cream have been in use, and can
always be depended on to give fine re-
suits.
Feather Cake. e.
One cupful of rather thick, sour
cream, one cupful of sugar, two cupfuls
of sifted flour, one egg, one-half tea
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful, level,
of soda dissolved in a little water, one
teaspoonful of vanilla, one teaspoonful
of baking powder.
a., Nut Cake.
Three-fourths cupfu, of thick, sour
cream, one cupful of sugar, one and
ione-half cupfuls of flour, one cupful
of chopped English walnuts, one egg,
one-haif teaspoonful each of salt and
soda; flavor to taste. Bake in loaf
nearly an hour in moderate oven.
Layer Nut Cake.
One-half cupful of rich, sour cream,
one cupful of sugar, two cuPfuls OF
-four, measured before Sitting, two eggs
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pound Of flour, one pound of currants,
one pound of raisinS, one-half pound OF
citron, one-half pound chopped figs,
one-half pound almonds, three-fourthS
of pound of butter, ten eggs lQeaving
out the white of tWO), one ieaSpoonful
of soda, two of cinnamon, one of cloves,
one of allspice, four tablespoonfuls of
orange marmalade. Bake very slowly.
Cream Cake.
One cupful Of sour cream, one cupful
Of sugar, two cupfuls Of -four, two tea
spoonfu1s Of baking powder, two eggs,
one-half teaspoonfui of salt and soda;
vanilla. Bake in gem pans. Sprinkle
graduated sugar over before putting in
hot oven.
Gingerbread.
Three-fourths of a cupful of thick,
sour cream, one-half cupful of molasses,
one-half cupful of sugar, two supfuls
of flour, two eggs, one rounding tea
spoonful Of soda, one tablespoonful Of
ginger, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
one Of lemon extract, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt. Bake in gem pans
frosting.
Southern Gingerbread.
One cupful of thin, sour cream, two
thirds cupful of butter, one cupful of
moIasses, one cupfuI Of brown sugar,
two cupfuls of raisins, four eggs, one
and one-half quarts of -four, one table
spoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful each
of soda, cinnamon, cloves, grated lem
on peel and nutmeg.
Plain Gingerbread.
One cupful Of sour cream, one cupful
Of mola sses, one-half cupful of sugar,
one egg, one teaspoonful each of soda,
ginger, cinnamon, allspice, salt, two
| cupfuls Of flour. Bake in fiat tin and
frost.
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Cookies.

Cookies.
One cupful Of sour cream, one cupfuI
of granulated sugar, one egg, saltspoon
of salt, one teaspoonful of Soda one Of
favoring. Stir stiff with spoon, take
small quantity On board, roll, sprinkle
sugar and cinnamon on top.
Fresh Cookies.
Two tablsspoonfuls of sour cream,
two cupfulS Of sugar, two cupfuls of
chopped raisins, one cupful of butter,
two eggs, one cupful Of chopped wal
nut meats, one teaspoonful each Of soda
and cinnamon, one-half grated nutmeg.
Flour to roll.
Cream Cookies.
One cupful of thick, sour cream, two
cupfuls of sugar, one cupful Of butter,
two eggs, one teaspoonful Of soda, salt
and havoring to taste. Flour to make
as soft as can be rolled. Sprinkle with
sugar.
Quick Cream Cookies.
One cupful Of sour cream, one cup
ful OF sugar, one egg, two and one-half
cupfuls of flour, one level teaspoonful
each OF soda and salt; flavor. Drop
with teaspoon on well-buttered pans.
spat down and sprinkle sugar on each.
Also one-half nut meat on each.
Ginger Cookies.
One-half cupful of sour cream, one
and one-half cupfuls of molasses, one
quarter cupful of hot water with one
teaspoonful of soda in it, one teaspoon
full of salt, two teaspoonfuls Of ginger;
mix as soft as possible to roll.
Thick Ginger Cookies.
One cupful of sour cream, one cupful
Of lard, one cupful of mOlasses, one
cupful of brown sugar, one tablespoon
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graham -four, one egg, one teaspoonful
each of salt and soda. Have gem pans
hot.
Graham Biscuits.
One and one-ha1f cupfuls of graham
flour, one-half cupful Of white flour,
one tablespoonful of brown sugar, one
egg, one teaspoonful each of salt and
soda. Wet with thin, sour cream.
Roll one-half inch thick. Bake slowly.
Sweet Potato Pie. 4.s
One cupful of sour cream, one cup
full Of sugar, one pint of mashed sweet
potato, yolks of four eggs, one tea
spoonful of cinnamon, one-half a nut
meg, little salt. Mix and bake with
one crust. Cover with meringue or
spread while hot with strained honey.
Sour Cream Pie.
One cupful of sour cream, two-thirds
cupful of sweet milk, one cupful of
sugar, one-half cupful of chopped
raisins, one and one-half tablespoonful
of vinegar, one tablespoonful of flour,
one-half teaspoonful Of cinnamon, yolks
of two eggs, little salt. Bake in one
crust. Use whites for meringue, with
four tablespoonfuls of sugar; brown.
Deviled Eggs.
Boil six eggs hard, cut in halves
lengthwise, remove yolks and mash
with fork, adding enough thick, sour
cream to moisten, add mixed mustard
salt and little red pepper. If cream
is too sweet add dash of lemon juice
and put back into whites.
Cream Horseradish Sauce.
Beat one-half cupful of thick, sour
cream, add a. little salt and sugar and
heat in One-half c1IDfuI of grated horse
radish. Serve with cold ham.
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full OF ginger, one teaspoonful each Of
SALT soda, cinnamon and cloves. Flour
to roll. Cut rather thick.
Fried Cakes. =
One cupful of sour cream, one cupful
OF sugar, two eggs, beat, add one level
teaSpOOnful each of salt and soda one
half nutmeg, and -four to roll using as
little as possible. Cut and fry in deep
fat. Use thin cream.
Fried Cakes.
One-half teacupful of thick, sour
cream, one cupful Of buttermilk Cor
sour milky, one egg, one cupful of
sugar, one level teaspoonful of soda,
one of salt. Flavor to suit Flour to
roll-fry in hot fat.
Hermits.
One cupful Of thick, sour cream, two
cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of
chopped raisins. two-thirds cupful of
butter, two beaten eggs, one teaspoon
full each soda, cinnamon, cloves and
nutmeg. Flour to make stiff as can be
stirred. Drop by teaspoonfuls on we'll
bYttered pan. leaving plenty Of room
for them to spread.
Cream Biscuits
One quart Oh hour with one teaspoon
full each Of salt, soda and baking DOW
der rubbed through; then add two large
tablespoonfuls Of thick, sour cream to
the milk used in wetting; mix, handle
lightly and bake in hot oven.
Graham Gems.
One large tablespoonful of thick, sour
cream, one of sugar, one cupful of
sweet milk, one cupful of sour milk,
one cupful of white flour, one cupful of
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of the mothers ignorance, but many
Of the mothers were suffering from
weaknesses and organic troubles that
were the direct result Of the failure
of the hospitals to give elementary
instruction. How many a mother is
there in this neighborhood whom I
knew four Or five years ago as a
blooming young woman who is now
worn and old from the unnecessary
effects Of motherhood"
Suddenly the Little Mother broke
out: But there's one respect in
which tenement house mothers have
better chance than we who call our
selves of the classes They have no
reIativeS!''
When I looked mystifed, she con-
tinued: 81 came home from the ma
ternity hospital, and with my hus-
band sat looking helplessly across the
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faced young woman entered the kit
chen with large clothes basket in her
arms.
Good morning." she cheerily called.
TIL be with you in a moment. Let me
get this youngster on to the fire escape
Tor an airing"
And sure enough, there in the basket
lay one of my walters, only now he
was a picture of pink-and-white con.
tent. and quite to my establishment
basket, baby and all were put out OF
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neither know them nor apply them. and
that just these simple points make up
much of the hard missionary work in
this tenement
This was the calisthenics Of mater
nifty, the Little Mother said. OF the
deeper hygiene, the mothers of the
tenement were even more ignorant.
1--WE fought the fight of rational vege-
tarianism," she said. Here were the
most stubborn prejudices, next to the
prejudice against fresh air. You'll be
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-01
Cream Horseradish Sauce.

Beat one-half cupful of thick, sour
cream, add a. little salt and sugar and
beat in one-half cupful of grated horse
radish. Serve with cold ham.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-03-01

One large tablespoonful of thick, sour
cream, one of sugar, one cupful of
sweet milk, one cupful of sour milk,
one cupful of white flour, one cupfuI of
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
JOHN BYRON TAYLOR
WEDS HIS STENOCRAPHER
SOn-in-laW of Governor Flower.
Whose Wife Divorced Him,
MarrieS in Delaware.
ONE LICENSE is REVOKED
He and Bride, Who Was Mrs.
Macmillan, Deceive Phila-
delphia Authorities and
Go to Another City.

John Byron Taylor, the divorced nus
band OF Emma Flower Taylor, only
daughter of the late Ex-Governor Ros-
well =. Flower. and Mrs. Edith B. Mac
MILAN, of No. 1lS West I'D street, his
stenographer were married yesterday at
Wilmington Del The ceremony was
performed by the Rev DR.. George J..
Wolfe at his home. Mr.. and Mrs Harry
b. Logan and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson II.
Waters, all OF New York were the wit
nesses
Accompanied by the witnesses, Mrs.
Macmillan. who is thirtytwo years old,
and Mr.. Taylor. who is forty three years
old, left this city early Yesterday for
Philadelphia. where they obtained a
marriage license. but because they re-
fused TO give satisfactory answers a
clergyman who had been asked 10 marry
them refused TO do so.
Then they headed for Wilmington,
reaching there at O'Clock. Mr.. Taylor
then went to the home Of Magistrate
Gluckman. where ne obtained a marriage
license, for which he paid So. Then they
went to the home Of the Rev. Or Wolfe,
two blocks away. where they waited for
the witnesses 10 arrive
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
WOMAN KILLS A WOMAN
Says Victim, Sc, Ten Years Her
Senior, Ruined Life.
NO WARNING OF INTENT
Two Concerned in Lynn Tragedy
Long Were Friends and
Neighbors.

Lynn, Mass, March 6.-Walking up &c
her friend and neighbor, Mrs. Florence
ingalls,. fifty-six years old on the street
tonight, Mrs. Jessie Chapman. forty
six years old. pulled a revolver from n
handbag and killed Mrs. Ingalls, almost
instantly, six bullets entering her body
Mrs. Chapman was arrested and adj
mitted the shooting
Mrs Chapman, who is the wife OF
Charles s Chapman, a shoe worker
lives on Fair Oaks avenue. while her
victim. the wife of a special officer
Charles ingalls,, resided almost directly
across the street. The two had been
friends for several years and had never
had any serious quarrels, so far as is
known.
Two small boys who witnessed the
shooting said Mrs. Ingalls, was walking
along the street and was apparently un-
conscious of the presence of Mrs. Chap
man until the latter woman stepped up
behind her and, touching her on the arm,
exclaimed:
Are you Mrs. Ingalls?'
Turning quickly. Mrs. ingalls, recos-
nized her neighbor in the dim light, but
before she could speak Mrs. Chapman
drew a revolver from her handbag and
fired six shots. Every one of them took
effect in the body of Mrs. ingalls, and
she fell dead
Without turning to look at the body
Mrs. Chapman fed 10 the home of an
other friend, Mrs. Kate Eaton. She was
found there later by a policeman and
confessed 70 the shooting. When asked
for an explanation of her act Mrs. Chap
man at first, according to the police
said:
She ruined my life
When pressed for further details, she
replied:
My husband was not 70 blame az
all"
The dead woman was the mother o!
three bows, one Of whom Is blind. Mrs
Chapman has no children.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
BOUGHT HER OWN HUSBAND
Man Sold to Work Out Sentence
for Violating Liquor Laws.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Asheville. n. c.. March 6.-P. II.
Thrash. man worth $4,000 and Of an
infuer tial family, was to-day sold at
auction by the county commissioners,
his wife getting a thirty-day lease on
him for 500 cash. Thrash has been
convicted In superior court for keeping
linuor wholesale to be sold to retailers
in this prohibition section, and had been
sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and
the costs Cf prosecution. amounting TO
S4OO. and serve thirty days in jail.
Judge Long, in response 10 the tear
fuI appeals of Mrs Thrash. made an
order that il they desired the county
commissioner might hire Thrash out for
the thirty days for not less than $500,
and to-day the board decided it pre-
ferred the $500 to Thrash and asked for
bids Mrs Thrash was the only bidder.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
AlRMEN ENCIRCLE TRIPOLI
italian Balloons Drop Bombs Into
Turkish Camps.

Tripoli. March 6.-Two dirigible bal
looms were sent out yesterday by the
italian commander on their first air voy
age over Tripoli and its environs. on
GERS in the dirigibles dropped bombs into
the Turkish intrenchments.
A battalion of Askarts Gtalian native
troops from Eritrea) had their baptism
~ fire in CARRYING out a reconnaissance.
They attacked a superior force of Arabs
and fought well. Finally they were COM
peIled TO retreat, but did so in order.
until they reached an open space. where
they wheeled and drove off the enemy
by well directed volleys The Askarls
had nine men killed and thirty-seven
wounded.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
ENGLISH POLICE Seek
CHR|STABEL PANKHURST
Admit Suffragette Was Not Ar
rested, as They Had at First
Reported.
NO BAIL FOR LAWRENCES
Organization Has 100000
Fund, Which May Possibly Be
Drawn Upon for Window
Smashing Damage.

London, March 6.-Persistent securing
Of London by the police has failed tc
hnd the suffragette leader, Miss Chris
label Pankhurst. although it is said that
she has not left the city. The police an
nounced last night that she had beer
arrested, but subsequently admitted that
such was not the fact. A sharp watch
is being kept on outgoing steamers at
various ports.
\ warrant for Miss Pankhurst's ar
rest was issued with those for the arrest
u Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick P1thick Law
renee the charge against her being the
same as that against the Lawrences-
conspiracy and inciting to commit ma
licious damage 10 property.
No recent move Of the government has
caused the suffragettes as much alarm
as the threat 10 attach their organiza- =
tions S50OOOO campaign fund to satisfy
claims for damage done in the recent
rioting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence. joint
editors OF Votes for Women" who were
arrested last night, and Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst and Mrs. Tuke, the last two
of whom were brought from Holloway
Jail, were arraigned at the Bow Street
Police Court this afternoon on a charge
OF conspiracy and melting to commit
malicious damage TO property. The four
prisoners were remanded by the magis-
trate for a week. bail being refused
Archibald Henry Bodkin, counsel for
the Treasury, prosecuted on behalf OF
the government. He briefly opened the
case, pointing out that under the con-
spiracy statute instigators as we'll as
perpetrators of riots were liable to terms
Of penal servitude.
Recent events. he said. had shown the
necessity Of protecting the community
by invoking the criminal law and pun
ishing with the utmost severity the
leaders who had by their speeches and
writings stirred up a lawless army.
Formal evidence was then given as to
the arrest of the prisoners and the case
was adjourned.
Representatives OF American HeWSpd-
pers attempted to-day to see Miss Alice
Morgan Wright, the young Albany, n. Y,
woman sentenced to two months in
Holloway prison. The authorities re-
fused u permit her to be seen. She and
the other victims of the police raid are
held iIcommunicado and all are being
forced TO work
Miss Wright will have no favors
shown her, the prison superintendent
said. She will be compelled with her
sisters in misfortune TO scrub the floors
Of the prison. clean the windows, wash
and iron the clothing, etc, used In the
prison. and when not employed In this
way will have to sew on coarse bag
ging. making sacks.
Miss Wright came over to London
from Paris early Monday to participate
in the window smashing campaign. Sh-
told the proprietor OF a private hotel
at Deyere Gardens that she would prob
ably be arrested, but II not she would
remove her trunk on Tuesday Since
her arrest he has not heard from her.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
LAYS 3 EGGS IN % HOURS
Barred Plymouth Rock Said to
Have Worlds Record.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune


Abingdon, Mass, March 6.-The goose
that laid the golden eggs is the only kind
Of an egg layer which d. X. Hubbard. a
farmer of this town, will admit has any
thing on a Barred Plymouth Rock hen
which he asserts has made a worlds
record in the last forty eight hours.
Hubbard always thought well Of the
Barred Plymouth Rock hen. anyway.
She has been laying eggs right along
during the cold weather, while the other
hens have been doing nothing except
laying back. AS a result he has been
favoring the Barred Plymouth Rock.
"The pesky creature appreciated it,"
declares Hubbard. And in proof of his
claim he exhibits three perfect eggs
which he swears the hen laid in twenty
eight hours.
IT'S a worlds record, and I'll match
her against the world" he says.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
NEW TRANS-AMDEAN ROAD
africa La Paz Line Reaches Ele- :
vation of $4,000 Feet.
fBy cable TO The Tribune

London, March News has been re-
celved here by a British firm of con-
tractors of the completion OF a railway
across the Andes, from africa to La Paz.
rbe lire, which is 275 miles long. has
boen constructed in accordance with
treaty arrangements entered into be-
t,yecn the Chilian and Bolivian govern
nants in 1904 The work was actually
heour by the former government, but in
Anril 1909. the British firm undertook
80 comrlete the line and supply the roll
ing stock ter e2,950oO0.
The tine named in The contract was
three years. This remarkable line.
which reaches an elevation OF $4,000 feet
ab,va sea level. will he opened on Au-
ous, 8 tie anniversary Of the indepen-
dence of Bolivia
New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
TO BAR DRINK FOR WOMEN
AntiSaloon League Would Stop
Store Trade in Liquor.

Albany, March 6-That women VINO
are too proud to go to the corner saloon
for whiskey for medicinal or other pu'-
poses ought not to be allowed to get It
in a department store" was one Of the
arguments for the Mckee bill prohibit
ing the sale of liquors in department and
grocery stores at a hearing to-day he
fore the Assembly Excise Committee.
The bill was opposed by representa-
tives Of several large New York depart
ment and grocery stores. who denied the
assertion made by advocates Of the 9ro-
posed legislation that liquor could be
drunk by the glass in the stores.
The bill was advocated by the Anti
Saloon League and other reform organ
izations.