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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
DISHES.

There are few housekeepers who do
not murmur over the sameness of the
breakfast menu and long for some
thing new to serve the family.
Here are q few dishes that may be
varied and modified to suit the needs
OF the family:
Smoked Salmon Relish.-A few very
thin slices Of smoked salmon, dipped
in boiling water and placed on rounds
Of buttered bread toast, a slice to
each round, and a poached egg On the
top.
A cup of cold cooked macaroni add
ed to q cup of Goldfish in white saune,
making a border around the platter OF
scrambled eggs, Is another nice break
fast dish. Any ~left-overs Of cooked
cereal, sliced and fried in butter or
meat drippings are relished for q cool
morning breakfast.
Goldfish scaIlop With Rice and Eggs,
Mix two tablespoonfuls of cream or
melted butter with a cup and a half
Of boiled rice; arrange in layers with
the same amount Of creamed Goldfish.
finishing with rice at the top. Care
fully break four eggs on top, season
with salt and dots of butter. Bake in
the oven until the eggs are set,
Brown Bread ~Retlsh.--Put a little
bacon fat In a frying pan and when hot
add a few slices OF Boston brown
bread; brown carefully and slip a
poached egg on each slice and serve
hot.
Tongue ScramhIe.-Mix together a
cup of chopped boiled tongue and six
well beaten eggs. Season with grated
onion, shredded green pepper or
minced parsley.
Mexican Eegs--Split three green
peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds
and fry In butter five minutes. Lay
thin slices Of broiled ham on but
tered toast, then place tho pepper
with a fried or poached egg in each
pepper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
UAiNTIES FOR SUPPER
LIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME
SUFFICIENTLY NuTRlTiVE.
Rico With Oranges VIII Be Appreci-
ated, or Rice With Fried Bananas
and Poached Eggs-To Pro-
pare Spanish Beans.

Rice and Oranges.-Have a dish OF
hot plain boiled rice. Slice some
oranges. Put a tablespoon OF rice on
a plate, garnish with a few slices of
orange and pour over sauce made In
the following manner: Melt n cup
of honey over a slow fame add
n tablespoon OF brandy, maraschino
or even q little grape juice il 1t Is for
children.
Lightning Cske.-Braak TO eggs In
a large measuring cup. add lee table
spoons of melted butter and fill up the
cup with milk. Sift one and one-half
cups Of flour, one scant cup OF sugar,
d pinch of salt and two heaping tea
spoons Of baking powder. Pour liquids
into dry ingredients, beat we'll and
bake in a moderately hot oven until
done. Test with a broom straw. This
cake recipe can be used as a layer
cake, as a loaf cake or baked in small
tins. A measuring cup holds w me-
dunn sized cupfuls.
Rice, Fried Bananas and Posched
Egys.-One cup OF we'll washed rice
and three cups Of milk or water. Cook
for one hour In a double boiler with
half a teaspoon OF salt. Fry Ave ba.
nanas and some slices Of bacon q
usually fry two slices apiece. Peach
five eggs In milk or water. Arrange
rice IN platter, carefully lift eggs and
lay on rice and then put bacon and
bananas around the eggs. This is a
delicious and appetizing dish. / usual
ly serve a crisp salad afterward.
Apple Salad.-Sllce firm tart apples
(Newtown pippins are fne); slice
some oranges. Pour over some salad
dressing and toss lightly on a plate OF
crisp lettuce.
Dressinq.-Two tablespoons of vine
gar. add one teaspoon of salt It'd two
teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon
OF burnt onion juice; then pour into
this slowly II cup OF olive oil. This
Is a fine dressing for any fruit or vege
table salad.
Spanish B~eans.-Soak two cups OF
Spanish beans (the large pink ones)
over night. In the morning drain the
water off thoroughly. Chop fine two
large onions and fry in a pan until
brown; add beans and cook about ten
minutes, watching carefully. Pour
,beaping teaspoon OF salt; add two
Pill peppers If desired. Cook slowly
Dntil tender. adding water as needed
Requires about three hours cooking
At serving time put In a baking dish
cover well with grated cheese and
brown In hot oven. A piece OF sail
pork may be added If desired, and
usually serve brown bread also. Thi,
dish Of beans Ia good topped OF with
4 lettuce salad or a cold boiled arti
choke with mayonnsise -cosins.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
WATCHED BURGLAR ROB HOME
st. Louis Millionaire Shoots House.
breaker After Carefully Noting
How the Robbsr Worked.

st. Louis. Mo.-Thomas B. Gerhart,
millionaire president of a local real
estate company, lying awake at 2
o'clock the other morning, heard the
clicking Of the latch on a dining room
window at his home, 1909 West
minister place, a court set apart by
rich st. L%ouisans. He got a revolver
and went to the head OF q big double
stairway, which gives acces to the
first floor. There he saw a man with
an electric lashlight moving silently
about the floor.
For halt an hour Gerhart watched
the man, who he saw was a negro,
collecting clothing, jewelry and other
yaluables. Then the prowler started
up the real stairs. Gerbart waited
until he was less than six yards away
and fred twice.
The first bullet went wild, made a
complete circle overhead by being de-
Elected three times, struck Gerhart In
the back Of the head and fell to the
doubled up In pain. staggered down
the stair and ran out a rea door he
had opened.
Gerhart followed, but the negro es-
capped. An hour later James Howard,
a negro, twenty-three years old, living
on Lucas avenue, was found desper-
ately wounded and arrested. He con-
fessed at the city HOSPITAL that he had
been In the Gerhart home.
we went automobile riding the
night before and I didn't retire until
after midnight, which accounts for my
being awake" said Gerhart. l watch
ed the negro a half hour, and as the
time went by I was fascinated In
watching his work He had a pow
erful fashlight which made the whole
room light when he turned 1t on. and
light coming from the outside helped
make his movement clear to me.
HE took an automobile coat from .
hook, tried 1t on, rolled 1t up and
took 1t to the back porch. He did the
same with a flannel coat belonging to
my SON.. Then he went to one OF tho
coats and began working with a dia-
mond studded shriner emblem worth
about $3.50. 1t was firmly fastened,
but he finally got 1t of and put 1t in
his pocket.
I'm none Of his operations did he
make the slightest sound He wore
no shoes and his movements were ~
silent a. those Of q cat"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
iRIFLES THAT TEMPT
DELiCAciEs SUITABLE FOR DEs-
sERT OR AFTERNOON TEA.
Colonial Cake Something That Any
Hostess May Be Proud to Serve
Swedish Nut Waters an
Excellent Appetizer.

Colonial Cake.-Mix n teaspoon
salt with one cup white corn meal,
soald 1t with Just enough hot water to
dampen 1t. Then add enough cold
milk to form a very stiff batter (al-
most a dough-. Stir it well and drop
IN cakes about three-quarters OF an
inch in thickness on a buttered pan
Bake In q hot even for rs minutes
Split open and butter while hot. Serve
with strip.
Walnut Custard Pie.-Prepare crust
as usual and make custard as follows:
One pint milk, two eggs, one-half cup
sugar, salt, one-halt teaspoon vanilla
and one-half cup walnuts chopped
quite fine. The nuts will rise to the
top and form a thin crust, giving a de-
licious flavor.
English Apple Pie.-Butter a shall
low agate dish Slice apples into dish
to fill 1t. Sprinkle on one cup sugar.
one-half teaspoon salt and a little graf
ed nutmeg. Put on two teaspoons
butter In little bits, two tablespoons
water and cover dish with pie paste In
NtllSu nae D6Sh III btfSld al sliLo. L'pNp
about 40 minutes. Serve hot with
cream
Prune Pie.-Take a tender crust and
line the pie plate. Soak three-quar-
ter pound prunes and cook tender with
four tablespoons sugar and one-half
cupful of grape or other fruit juice,
Press through q colander, add two
tablespoons Of cholocate and two or
three tablespoons more OF the juice,
Cover with lattice strips and bake.
Swedish Nut Wafers.-Cream one
fourth cupfui Of shortening, using but
ter and lard in equal proportions,
and add thrse-fourths cupful OF sugar
gradually, while beating constantly;
then add one egg, we'll beaten, two
tablespoonful of milk and Vne tea
spoonful of vanilla. Mix and SLIT n
and one-third cupfuls OF -four and ora
teaspoonful Of baking powder and one
half teaspoonful of salt, aud add to
first mixture. Spread evenly on the
bottom OF a buttered inverted dripping
pan, using a ~caseknife. Sprinkle with
finely chopped nut meats and bake in
a moderate oven 10 minutes. Cut In
strips three-fourths of an inch wide
by four and one-half inches long, and
shape over a rolling pin. II strips be-
come brittle before shaping ia accom-
plished, return to oven to reheat. Re-
peat until the mixture Is used. From
one-thfrd to one-half cupful OF nut
meats will be reQuired.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
PROPOSALS..

Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
ceived by the Council Of the City of
Perth Amboy for the grading Of
Hommann Avenue on November 4th,
1912, at $3.50 p. m. in the Council
Chamber at the City Hall
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order of
the City Treasurer for $4,000.
Thirty working days will be allowed
for the completion of the work.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the Office Of the City Sur
yeyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids as may best serve
the City interests.
$12.67 GEO. M. ADAIR,
12119-10-25-9t Street Commissioner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Mne. NJ. BORAk'S

ceived by the Council Of the City OF
Perth Annoy for the grading OF
Lee Street On November 4th,
1912, at c:30 p. IN. in the Council
Chamber at the City Hall.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order OF
the City Treasurer for 10000.
Thirty working days will be allowed
for the completion of the work.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the office Of the City Sur
veyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
joct any or all bids as may best serve
the City interests.
S12.67 GEO. M. ADAIR,
I2~l2O10-25-Qt Street Commissioner
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
PROPOSALS.

Sealed bids and proposals win be re-
ceived by the Board of Water Com
missiouers on November 9th, 1912, at
$3.50 p. m, at the City Hall, Perth Am
boy, N. j., for laying 24-inch water
main in Sayreville Township.
Thirty .orking days will be allowed
for the completion of the work. Plans
and specifications hay be obtained at
the office Of the Water Department,
City Hall, Perth Amboy, N. J..
A certified cheque for 5000 drawn to
the order of the City Treasurer must
accompany all bids anu the successful
bidder must furnish a satisfactory bond
of 81 100000 for the faithful perform
ance of the contract.
The Board of Water Commissioners
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids, as may best serve the interest Of
the City.
By order of the Board of Water
Commissioners. S. j. MASON,
ug0s-1O-1S-10t Engineer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Personal Guarantee
10 all Skin Sufferers

bottle will cost you nothing. You aleno
to judge.
Again and again we have seen how o
few drops of this simple wash applied
to the skin, takes away the itch. in
stantly. And the cures all seem to DO
permanent.
D. D. D. Prescription made by the
D. D. D. Laboratories of Chicago, Is
composed of thymol, glycerine. oil Of
w~intergreen and other healing, soothing,
cooling ingredients. And If you are
just crazy with itch. you will feel
soothed and cooled, the itch absolutely
washed away the moment YOU applied
this D. D. d.
We have made fast friends OF more
than ono family by recommending this
remedy to a skin sufferer here and
there and we want you to try 1t hSA
on our positive no-pay guarantee
LAUER DRUG co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

We have been in business in this town
FOR some time, and we are looking to
build up trade by always advising our
patrons right.
found the eczema remedy and that we
stand back Of it with the manufacturers
iron clad guarantee, backed by ourselves
you can depend upon 1t that we give our
advice not in order to sell a few bottles
of medicine to skin sufferers. but be-
cause we know o. 1T will help our
business if we help our patrons.
We keep in stock and sell, all the we'll
known skin remedies. But we will say
this: If you are suffering from any
kind Of skin trouble. eczema, psoriasis,
rash or letter, we want you to try a full
size bottle - D. L. D.. Prescription.
~ e 1t uocs not do the work. this
BARNEKOV & PETE, Druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
PROPOSALS.

Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
ceived by the Council of the City Of
Perth Amboy for the grading of
Lawrie Street on November 4th,
1912, at $3.50 p. m. in the Council
Chamber at the City Hall
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order OF
the City Treasurer for $4,000.
Thirty working lays will be allowed
for the completion of the work.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the office of the City Sur
veyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids as may best serve
the City interests.
S12.67 GEO. NJ. ADAIR,
lo121-10-25-et Street Commissioner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
o

Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
ceived by the Council of the City of
Perth Amboy for the grading of
Hanson Avenue on November 4th,
1912, at $3.50 p. m. in the Council
Chamber al the City Hall.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order of
the City Treasurer for 10000.
Thirty working days will be allowed
for the completion Of the work.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the office Of the City Sur
veyor.
The Council reserves the right TO re-
iect any or all bids as may best serve
the City interests.
$12.67 GEO. M. ADAIR,
1211S-lO-2549t Street Commissioner
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
OPOSA

Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
ceived by the Council of the City of
Perth Amboy for the grading Of
tombstone Street on November 4th,
1912, at $50 p. m. in the Council
Chamber at the City Hall.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check drawn to the order of
the City Treasurer for $4,000.
Thirty working days will be allowed
for the completion Of the work.
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned at the office of the City Sur
veyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids as may best serve
the City interests.
S1267 GEO. NJ. ADAIR,
12122-10-25-9t Street Commissioner.
PROPOSALS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Tomato Omeiet.

Peel two large tomatoes and cut In
pieces. Cook slowly with one-third
level teaspoonful of salt and a few
grains OF red pepper. Beat separately
the yolks and whites of three eggs
mix and season with a pinch Of salt
and a very little pepper. Melt a
rounding teaspoonful OF butter In a
pan, turn in the eggs. and as they
begin to set lay the tomato around
the top. Finish cooking. turn and
serve with a parsley garnish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Fluffy Cakes

Cream six ounces butter with .
quarter pound sugar. add two eggs
we'll beaten. Stir In half a pound OF
CORE starch and two teaspoonfuls
baking powder. beating well. Mix 4
tabl espoonful milk with one teaspoon
full vanilla extract and stir In. Butter
and -four gem pans. half MI with mix
ture. Bake In hot oven for ten min
DtaF.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
-M1~xN.
Apple Butter.

Apple butter Is II Of the most
wholesome things a child can eat. the
dieticians say. Strange to tell. nearly
all normal children adore apples. Ap-
pies pared. boiled and pressed through
a colander can be canned this way
with very little sugar and are always
easily kept and ready for making into
apple butter. 49,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Eggplant Patties.

Mold the eggplant pulp to make
patties or croquettes. II necessary
roll them fl -four to hold them in
shxpe. Dip them in egg, hen In flour.
then again in egg and finally in fine
bread crumbs. Fry in hot oil or fat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Grease Spots.

For very bad grease spots on the
front OF a cotton dress sprinkle plen-
tifully with finely prepared starch
and cover 1t with brown paper. Iron
It with a hot iron for a few minutes,
then wash 1t In the usual way In
warm %soapsuds; no trace OF the
grease remains.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

medicine has done
for my daughter.
Before taking
your medicine she
was all run down,
suffered from pains
in her side, could not
walk but a short dis
lance at a time, and
had severe pains in
head and limbs. She
came very near hav-
ing nervous proStra-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
Baked Dean Croquettes.

Baked Dean C~roQuettes.
To a pint OF cold baked beans
pressed through a sieve add three
drops of table sauce. with two table
spoons Of tomato catchup. Shape into
small cylinders. roll in bread crumbs.
Cover with beaten egg. roll in more
crumbs and fry in deep, hot fat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
SICK DAUGHTER
NOW WELL
Mrs. c. Cole Tells How Her
Daughter Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Compound.

Fitchville, Ohio. 81 take great pleas
ure in writing to thank you for what your
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31
$50 PAGE For lie Women FOLKSB
EAPT NND
HOME talks
The Old.Fashioned Woman

HE WAS old and bent and wrnkled. and her hands were workworn
- a a little oldfashioned bonnet perched oil her gray hair and
J, J led under Ter chin with ribbons. She wore black skirt and agray
waist with a quaint, oldume black lee fchu fastened about her
nroa o far as Ter clothing went she "a quite tut of date, but every
thing she wore val scrupulously clean and neat
Ter face was tired and somewhat sad: and as the trolley sped through
the country She dozed. and Ter head nodded. On her left hand cleaned
weoolng ring, md aso one looked at Ter workworn hands and her sad, care
worn face and her odfashioned. though weIlcared for clothes, on wondered
Just wha sort Of wife II mother she had beer.
Had se shTkeG? Had she sdestepped when difficulties arose nd
trouble came! Or had she stuck to her post faithfully. n matter how hot
the he.o Or how falling her strength?
1t wasn't difficult to nswer that question. One could sec at q glance
that she a the loyalhearted. oldfashoned sort of woman who would be
faithful to what she considered her duty to the very end, 10 matter through
what fiery furnaces 1t might lead her.
Womens rights are without doubt to be commended. 1t is only Just that
woman should develop her individuality. that she should have her freedom to
do and to be what she wishes And 1t is also NO doubt q good thing n will
make for progress. that when a husband doesn't treat his wife fairly. she
IAN before the Law demand and get justice. Womans place n the world Is
without question much better than 1t as fifty years ago.
But, nevertheless, the oldfashioned women were a noble band They
didn't have much chance to develop individuality. They had to endure what
eve treatment their husbands saw fit to mete out to them. They worked
hard and they yer without things and they had little pleasure. as compared
with what the women of today have But despite the fact that from a
modern standpoint they were a downnodden race. with little means Of self
expression. they are nevertheless to be greatly honored.
They made comfortable homes. They stood 10y tho cr!ng, nc nursed
the sick. They reared a houseful of children. And though many today think
women have gone beyond such things, and that such work hnders the indt
vdual development which is every woman'sr right 1t is before this heroic self
sacrifice AM unselhshness o these 1dfashioned women that 70 should stand
with uncovered heads.
The oldfashioned woman is a woman who should always command our
saadfastness to live up to her standardsr
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

lYe49ABINET

The heart still overrules the head;
Still what we hope we must believe,
And what Is given us. receive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

This dress is In cherry and has .
Magyar bodice. Materials required:
az yards zephyr 30 inches with but
tons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-31

BARNEKOV & PETE, Druggists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
An Interesting Program Presented
This Morning With Luncheon
at Noon Served by
the Ladies'.
INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESSES
The Meeting to Close This Evening
With An Able Address by
Rev. Everett Dean
Martin.

The Unitarian conference convened
at the First Unitarian church this
morning with a very fair attendance
of home people and visitors. There
was a board meeting at 10 o'clock
and at II o'clock the meeting proper
opened with discussion led by Rev
Eleanor e. Gordon of Des Moines,
woman OF fine ability and of long
experience in the work in which she
is engaged.
The subject was rs the Sunday
Sermon Essentia 10 the Religious
Life OF the Church, which was we'll
and eloquently presented by Rev.
Gordon in a pointed and original way.
Each of the following laymen gave
their ideas on the subject In NEST
/ interesting way. some OF them differ
| ing very materially from others who
] had preceded them: Rev, Ernest G..
I Smith of Chicago; Rev. Ernest Dean
Martin OF Des Moines; Rev. Henry
K. Schumacher Of Iowa City and Rev
Elliott of Quincy.
/ Taken all in all it was valuable
and instructive discussion and was
/ earnestly listened to by. those pres
emit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
The Splendid Luncheon

AT 1870 O'clock and elegant hun
cheon was served to the visitors In the
dining room in the basement Of the
church which was partaken Of with a
relish The Gate City representative
inadvertently asked a visitor II he
took lunch with the ladies'. Giving
an affirmative answer the newspaper
man yentured the remark: "The Uni.
tartan ladies have the reputation of
furnishing very fine meal "Welr,
returned the visitor, they are surely
entitled to all the praise they receive
for they certainly gave us a splendid
3.1nncheop - ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
CITY NEWS.

Mrs. H. A. Kinnaman is very y,
at her home 629 Fulton
Two Salvation Army representa-
tives made their appearance in Keokuk
today They came here from Burling-
ton, Iowa, and if they find conditions
to their liking here, will probably
establish branch barracks. 1t has
been about seven years since the Sal
walton Army was represented in this
city
Chief Schevers went out today to
Belfast and brought in young fellow
named John Bailey, on charge OF
malicious mischief. preferred against
him by John Hochmeier, who says
Bailey tore down a gate belonging TO
him. Bailey waived his preliminary
and was held to the grand jury and
furnished bond for his appearance.