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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27

Amid the general rise in the price
of necessaries women are becoming
painfully aware of the increase in the
cost of one of their dearest luXuries--
perfume. For years prices of the es
sential oils out of which the costliel
perfumes are made have been steadily
rising, and now for various local rea
sons several have again taken a big
jump forward.
For example, bergamot, a base OF
many perfumes and scented hair
washes, is now very costly, because
, of the Messina earthquake, THE ber-
gamot trees which grow round Mes
sina take three years to become fruit
full" remarked perfumer. THE
earthquake first directly destroyed
many of the young trees, and in the
second place destroyed many Indirect
ly by causing their cultivation to be
neglected This produced a serious
shortage in supply, which will prob
ably continue for year or two yet.
Again, the price of altar of roses,
which for years has been high, is now
unprecedented, owing to shortage Of
the rose crop in Bulgaria, where much
of it is made.
ITO a great extent the result of this
.costliness of the essential oils is sim
ply to encourage the already great use
of the. cynthetic scents, which is sim
ply a polite name for perfumes chem
ically produced, Chemical altar of
roses is undistinguishable from the
real thing by the ordinary man, UNI
less he has the two side by side.
Fashions in scents change, as they
do in everything else. Two years ago
sweet pea was the great boom; today
everybody is buying lily of the valley,
and some really exquisite scent of this
kind is being produced. But these
whims for one thing and another are
passing fancies, due often to advertise
ment campaigns, Many old-fashioned
people still stick Loyalty to violet Eau
de cologne and lavender water are
used not so much for pertaining pur-
poses as in washes and baths.
80 far from declining, the use Of
perfume has distinctly increased dur
ing the last three years My personal
opinion is that in some cases it has
increased to an offensive extent. In
addition to pertaining their handker-
chiefs, women hang little scent sach-
cts all about the insides of their ciotG
ing"
The opinion seems to prevail that
The rage for lily of the valley is on
he wane. "The four howers-rose,
lily of the valley, violet and sweet pea
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
A NOVEL SALAD

A delicious and dainty salad-good
at all times-is made by laying a slice
of Hawaiian pineapple on lettuce
leaf Heat knife and spread cream
or neufchatelle cheese over the pine
apple; arrange pointed stripe of pi-
mento like the petals of a poinsetta
over the cheese; heap mayonnaise in
the center and put stuffed olive on
TOP.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
Sweet Potato Pie.
SHOULD A WOMAN PROPOSED

Why shouldn't women propose? The
question of the day, next to the cost
of living is womens equal rights with
man. Surely the right to vote is not
as important as the right to select
ones partner in life.
The clever cynic, G. B. Shaw, con
tends that women do propose; there
would be no marriage if they didn't;
that men are unwilling victims. He
does not say that they actually ask
men to marry them in SO many set
words; but by wiles and subtlety, by
suggestion and intrigue, they practic-
ally do all the work of wooing-like
the female of the species in the lower
world.
Never in the history of the ages
has woman made such powerful APP
peal to man for equal privleges she
is not knocking at the door; she is
breaking it down. She insists upon
doing everything he does, for she be-
lieves she can do it as we'll.
This is not only the attitude of the
suffragette, militant and peaceful;
dear me, no. 1t is the attitude of
countless thousands who are never
heard FROM the pioneers of the
woman movement, who are too en-
crossed in blazing the way to know
that they have opened a broad high
way through which the army of mere
speakers and clubwomen can pass.
1t is the thousands of self-supporting
girls and women who are toiling in
the heat of the fray and bearing the
financial burdens for themselves and
others-it is these who have gone
into the marts of men and have
wrested equal wages and equal re-
spect 1t is these who are the pio-
neers.
And now the broad highway is filled
with a clamoring throng who demand
an equal life with men. If they want
to vote, why not want to propose?
Should they begin the new idea
with this leap year? Isn't it a glo-
rious opportunity? Or should they
turn from this chance and consider it
outside of the womans sphere.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
EggleSs Dessert


With eggs still soaring, the house.
keeper should serve eggless desserts.
Here are a few that are appetizing:
A chocolate pudding is made by add.
ing three tablespoons of cornstarch
and three of sugar to quart of milk
in which has been dissolved three
squares of chocolate. A small piece of
butter and a pinch of salt are added
to take away the cornstarch taste.
Favor with a few drops of vanilla.
When thickened pour into mold
and let the pudding get ice cold.
Serve with cream, plain or whipped.
If the mold does not stiffen enough to
pour out, serve in sherbet glasses with
whipped cream on top. Stint the corn,
starch if glasses are to, be used.
A nice variation of this dessert is to
stir in seeded raisins, chopped nuts
and little citron before taking from
the stove.
Dissolve half box of gelatine into
the juice from a quart can of peaches,
add a tablespoonful of sugar if not
sweet enough. Pour some of the mix
ture into the bottom of the mold, add
white grapes and chopped nuts. When
stiffened add another layer of gelatine
and fruit Repeat until the mold is
filled This keeps fruit from rising to
the top, Serve with plain or whipped
cream.
Dip cubes of bread in milk and fry
until a delicate brown. Dust with
powdered sugar and serve with hot
chocolate or wine sauce poured over il.
Cook slowly in a double boiler a
half pound of rice in a quart and
pint of milk until the milk Is entirely
absorbed. Sweeten with three table
spoons of sugar Pour into a circular
hollow mold to get cold. Serve With
bananas, stewed figs or spiced pears
in the center and eat with sugar and
cream.
A refreshing dessert is made by u.s.
ing the juice from canndd strawber-
ries, raspberries, apricots or other
fruit. To every pint of juice add
pint of water and the juice of lem.
on. More sugar may be needed if the
canned fruit is not sweet Freeze and
serve in sherbet glasses.
Strain the juice from q can of cher
ries and place in a glass dish with
alternate layers Of sliced bananas. On
each layer sprinkle a tablespoonful of
powdered sugar Make custard from
cup of milk sweetened with a scant
cup of sugar and a heaping tablespoon
of cornstarch. Stir in cup of graf
ed cocoanut and when cold pour over
the fruit, sprinkling cocoanut on top.
Serve icy cold.
Delicious are baked apples in
thick glazed syrup. Core tart apples,
cut in half and roll in flour. Fill the
center with lump of butter and cover
thick with granulated sugar. Add A
little water and bake in a moderate
oven until almost candied. Eat with
plain or whipped cream.
These baked apples are nice filled
with preserved cherries or ginger if
more elaborate dessert is wanted.
They may be eaten cold or hot
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
The Art of Listening


A clever woman recently said there
was no longer any incentive to clever
ness, since modern life had destroyed
the art of listening; that people now
adays were too busy cultivating cpl
grams of their own and developing
their own points of view to listen to
yours.
She argued that being clever was
a waste of energy. She insists that
you can gain reputation for clever
4, ness without the expenditure of vital
force merely by cultivating the art OF
,reposeful listening
There is merit in her contention.
How rarely do we find a person who
ever waits for any one to complete
sentence! How seldom in these mod
ern days are we allowed to relate and
eXpound an experience to it's artistic
end!
How many people have the air of
merely waiting for you to swallow a
period in order to snatch your next
sentence, and there are some who
have not even the patience to allow
you to swallow your period, but rush
in and trip you on a comma, and
snatch the conversation from you
bodily.
What you are telling reminds them
of something more thrilling which
happened to them or to friend of
theirs, and Immediately you are
plunged into the midst of their ex-
perience while your own lies throttled
in your throat.
And you are forced into the atti-
tude of an antagonistic and unwilling
listener with all your forces bent upon
the moment when you can regain the
thread of your own narrative.
Learn to Listen.
So universal has this method be-
come that when by rare fortune YOU
meet some one who has the happy art
of listening you find them charming;
you sing their praises far and wide;
you herald them as clever and. com
pretending people; you seek their So
ciety, and very soon you have estab-
lished for them a reputation for cley-
erness, when in reality they have
merely given you the opportunity of
being clever.
1t is surprising that more people do
not realize the advantage of listening
well, for the charm that it possesses
is undisputed. 1t would make a novel
and attractive course in schools.
Think what delight a season Of
calm, interested, listening debutantes
would possess. Think of the ioy OF
sitting next a girl at dinner who ac.
tually appeared to follow the thread
of your conversation, who gave you
time to express an idea, and who had
not the hawklike habit of snatching
your words from your lips.
Listening Brings Reward.
And listening is such a simple art.
1t requires no eXertion, no nerve-rack-
ing effort; our grandmothers had il.
No brusque Interruptions, no violent
taking possession of conversation
was tolerated in their day
Girls were taught to listen well. 50
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
For a Good Sunday Dinner

pinch of soda, a tablespoonful of
melted butter, two beaten eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of flour and salt and
pepper to taste Drop by the spoon
full into boiling fat, drain on brown
paper laid in colander and serve
hot
Spaghetti au Gratin.
Boil a half pound of spaghetti in
sailed water until it is tender-about
| twenty minutes should suflice-take
, it from the fire, drain and mix with
, it half a cupful of your chicken stock
tablespoonful of butter, pepper and
salt to taste and turn into a large
bake dish or into individual naples
Isrew grated cheese thicllly over the
top, set in the oven long enough tc
brown, and serve.
Lettupe and Pimento Salad.
Get the canned Pimentos, rinse
them in cold water. Arrange the let
tuce on each plate, lay in the middle
of it a pimento, opening this and put
ting in the center cube of cream
cheese and folding the pimento over
it so that the cheese is half con.
cealed. Pour French dressing over
the salad.
Lemon Pie or Transparent Pudding"
Cream half a pound of butter and a
pound of sugar, whip light the yolks
of six eggs and the whites of four.
Add the creamed butter and sugar to
the yolks, the grated peel and juice
of lemon, half a teaspoonful of
mace tablespoonful of brandy and
the whipped whites of the four eggs.
Line your pie plates with a fine
paste and wash this over with the
whites of an egg; fill with the lemon
mixture. Bake in a moderate oven
and when done spread with a mer-
ingue, made of the two whites you
had reserved, beaten stiff with two
tablespoonfuls of sugar and a little
lemon juice. Leave in the oven long
enough to bring to a delicate brown
and serve the pies cold
These are expensive, not particu-
larly digestible and good enough 10
the taste to compensate for these
drawbacks.
Sweet Potato Pie.
Parboil and peel enough sweet po-
tatoes to make a pound when cooked,
let them cool and CRATE them fine. Put
with them a half cupful of butter
creamed with three-quarters of a cup
of sugar, the beaten yolks and whites
of four eggs, whipped separately, a
teaspoonful each of cinnamon and
nutmeg, the juice and grated rind of
a lemon and a wineglass of brandy.
Bake in, open pastry shells, eat and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
FAN LOOKS LIKE A BIRD

The newest theater fan looks like a
Ieathered songster come to poise on
my lady's finger. The feather sticks
make outspread wings, the handle is
the birds head, and long tail feathers
curve from the center of the top.
These bird fans come in various col
ors to match evening costumes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
PIE CRUST RECIPE.

One cupful sifted flour.
One tablespoonful lard.
One big pinch salt.
Mix Add enough cold water to
combine ingredients, just finging
them together BE careful not 10
knead, as it makes dough tough
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27

Fine Job Printing at Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
Listening Brings Reward.

And listening is such a simple art.
1t requires no eXertion, no nerve-rack-
ing effort; our grandmothers had it.
No brusque Interruptions, no violent
taking possession of a conversation
was tolerated in their day.
Girls were taught to listen well, SO
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-27
Canned Corn Fritters.

Empty the contents of a can of
corn into a colander, run cold water
over it to rinse off the liquid in which
1t was cooked, and thus rid it of the
tinny taste, then chop the corn fine.
Mix with two cupfuls of this a cupful
of milk, to which you have added a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
YOUNG ATLANTA GIRL
ESCAPES VICE TRAP
Tells Macon Police How She Was En-.
ticed TO Woman'S House.

Macon, Ga. Dec. l0,-Miss Elizabeth
Wilson. a 17-year-old Atlanta girl, was
taken in custody by the Macon police
today when found in house in the re-
stricted> district. The girl was in
the company of woman named
Hughes who according to the story of
the Wilson girl, enticed her to come to
Macon early this morning with /
promise of getting her a better posi-
ton than the one she had in an Allan
ia five and ten cent store.
When arrived here this morning, -
said the girl, "the Hughes woman met
me and took me to house where she
said we would spend the night. After
we arrived there she tried to induce
me to be a good fellow and drink beer
with her When | learned what kind
of a place | was in | began to cry
Then the police came and got us
The girl was held several hours and
late this afternoon Mayor Moore fur
nished her with transportation back to
Atlanta. The Hughes woman was re-
leased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
GOV. BLEASE PROGRESSIVE
Washington Post.)

AS | have heretofore said" remark
ed Gov. Blease of South Carolina in
the course of his speech before the
governors gathered at Richmond, TO
hell with the Constitution Thus we
have the progressive program succinct-
ly stated. The laws of South Carolina.
like those of all other states, provide
for the protection of women, but Gov
Blease does not believe in the orderly
enforcement of the law. He prefers
the rule of the mob, the blood-lust of
a maddened crowd, the fence corner
hit-or-miss trial. and a human being
hanging from a tree.
What does it matter to Gov. Blease
that in many cases where the entire
sentiment of a community is against
prisoner an orderly trial frequently
proves beyond all controversy the in
noCence of the accused? What does it
matter to this progressive governor
that an enraged mob is incapable Of
weighing the evidence for or against
the prisoner, and that in many cases,
after lapse of years, some other per-
son confesses having committed the
crime for which an innocent person
was lynched?
Is it any wonder the Constitution
has become SO irritating to men of the
Blease type, as well as to the more
dignified progressives? The Constitu-
ton safeguards the rights of the indi-
vidual, protects the minority from the
majority and insures every men a
fair trial
The progressives do not 60 quite SO
far as Gov. Blease, but their proposals
for the recall of the decisions of the
Supreme Court, and the recall of the
acts of Congress, are all directed to-
ward giving into the hands of those
who have no opportunities for the
study of complicated legal questions
the right to pass upon every question
affecting the rights of the individual
Like Gov Blease, they would have all
questions decided by the crowd and
would discard the wisdom of the gen
erations for the whim of the moment
1t would be unfair to classify the
/ progressiyes with Gov. Blease, but in
their contempt for the present system
of orderly government they seem to
have common interest. The progress
sives 90 halfway, while Gov. Blease
/ goes the whole hog, and would have
the crowd on the street corner decide
questions of human life as well as
property rights.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.

No better Indication of the increas-
ing growth OF the city could be ask
ed than the new building ordinance
recently passed by the members of
the board of aldermen of this city.
AS barometer of general progress
in a city. the houses and buildings
which its citizens erect stand forth
prominently. BY its public buildings
and the homes of its citizens shall tn
city itself be known. In the light of
this statment the Importance of the
new ordinance may readily be seen,
la its rapid growth the city of
Americas has reached that point-nay,
if the truth be told. has long ago
reached that point where the passage
CT an ordinance regulating the con-
sstruction of buildings in the city for
all times must be had Such an ordi-
nance has recently been passed.
OF first importance in the advant-
ares to be gained by the new ordi-
nance is the immunity which buildings
constructed in accordance with its
provisions WI have from danger Of
fire. The requirements of the ordi
nance are rigid Buildings are to be
CONSTRUCTED in tme city in the future
in strictly dre-proCt manner. This
bhonld serve still further to reduce
the loss of property by fire, which in
the past has been very little.
The passage of the ordinance is also
looked upon as vigorous stride for
ward on behalf of the city to secure
lower fire Insurance rates. Under
present conditions the city is in the
1sip of the fire insurance trust. which
i Ieyying rates that the agents of
lIany Of the companies themselves adj
ait are unjust and excessive. From
lis unfortunate condition of affairs
city must have relief. The new
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

building ordinance is certainly a step
in the right direction
Now that the ordinance has been
passed by the city council and has
been printed in booklet form, so that
its requirements may be easily ascer-
tanned by ali, the city will proceed to
enforce these requirements strenuous
ly The building inspector, in accord
ance with the provisions of the new
ordinance, is the chief OF the fire
department. He has been empowered
gy the ordinance to enforce the re-
uuirments made of contractors and
builders, and these requirements must
be carefully observed not only by those
who build but also by every one wHo
repairs a house within the city lin
tits.
This systematic and scientific meth
cd of supervision over the work of
construction that is always in prog
ress in some section of the city places
Americas in the same class in this
particular with the largest cities in
the country This is a needed i'm
provement. Every liberal-minded and
progressive citizen should help in ey-
cry way to see that the building in
spector is aided in his work of super
vision.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11
Americus, Ga, December II, 1912

y y \ + y + \ = r = y 4
y THE OLD.FASHTONED GARDEN =
y y \ r r y y + + r = =
tAiice e. Ives in Harpers Weekly.)
] want the oTd-fashioned garden,
The dear, sweet-scented flowers,
With yellow bees buzZin'
Through all the peaceful hours.
The gate that hung a bit awry
For little feet a-swingink,
The sod beneath the lilac bush
With early yiolets springing.
Low pinks and bouncin' BEETLES,
An marigolds in, rows,
Wee, snowy, sweet alyssum,
An dainty button rose.
White phIox, like girls in wedding
clothes,
Red peoples swayin' light
And perky, gay snap dragons,
in velvet coats bedight
The very names are music,
Like elf horns blown in dreams,
They're swayin now before my eyes
Till each a presence seems.
If God gives me no garden
in answer to my prayer,
But just keeps me a-waitin'
Till get over there.
The first thing will ask for
An keep on askin', too
VIII be an oldtime garden,
Ali shinin with the dew
An hummin' birds an butterflies,
An | among EN- kneelin,:
'Iwould even give to Heaven,
think,
A kind o. honey feelin'
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Buffalo Bob-Buzzsaw Bill and Pizen
Pete are looking for each other with
guns.
Town Marshal-Sore with one an
other?
Buffalo Bob-No; there is some
doubt as to which is the oldest in
habitant and they're going to settle
the question for all time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Courts OF Impeachment are usually
very cumbersome and ineffective ma
chimes. 1t may be of some good, how
ever. to register protest in this form,
as in the Archibald case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Here's hoping that the tobacco grow
ers in South Georgia will not cause
y SUCH a maIodorous state of affairs as
eviste in Tennessee when the night
riders get in to operation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Governor Wilson and President-elect
Wilson are one and the same persons.
Consequently it must be pretty siren
uous life the governor-president IS
leading in sunny Bermuda.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Sentiment in favor of only one
term of six years for the president
seems to be growing fast Maybe that
is one of the innovations that the
Democrats should boost along.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Governor Brown deserves common
dation for the rebuke he administered
to Governor Blease at the recent meet
ing of governors in Virginia. Geor-
gia's present governor certainly stands
for the administration of government
in due and accepted manner,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Turner county is about to spring in
to the spotlight with a full-fledged,
dangerous feud. Fearless, energetic
county officers, if that county pos
sesse such officials, may do much to-
ward preventing trouble.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Managing Editor-See here! We
didn't have line about that fire early
this morning
City Editor-No; I didn't have any
1 body to send out but the society edi-
tor
NJ E.-Well?
c. E.-Well, he simply brought in q
list of the names of those present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

The fellow who is thrown on his
own resources is lucky to escape d
fracture of his ambition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

discovered the secret of perpetual
youth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-11

Wigg-There aren't many people
who say just what they think.
WaggEPerhaps not, but ! should say