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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Miss Rivero, daughter of the Cuban
minister and Nine. Rivero entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss
Elizabeth Crenshaw. The other guests
were Miss Helen Hardy, Miss Carrie Lee
Chamberlain, Miss Anne Seymour Jones,
Miss Virginia MILAN, Miss Margaret
Smith, Miss Frances Efinger, Miss Kath-
crime Hitchcock, Miss Dorothy Taylor,
Miss Ruth Rice and Miss Carlotta de
Pena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Rev. and Mrs. George w. Atkinson, jr.
will be at home, 1925 21st street north
west. tomorrow from to Z o'clock. NJ
cards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

The Mount HolyOke Alumnae Associa-
ton of Washington was entertained at
a tea yesterday afternoon by Mrs. James
II. Hensley, the guest Of honor being
Miss Della Torrey, who was accompanied
by Mrs Taft. Miss Torrey was stu
dent at Mount Holyoke In A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14
MARRIED.

Continued on Tenth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Mrs. Edear Frisby and Miss Frisby will
be at home February Is and will have
with them Mrs. Edgar Raymond Frisby
lately returned from Manila, p. 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Mrs. L. B. Swormdedt will be at home
tomorrow for the last time this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

The President and Mrs. Taft will go to
the theater tonight, and Miss Taft will
attend a dinner party given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Cobb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Mr.. John H. Bankhead, jr., wife and
daughter are guests of Senator and Mrs.
Bankhead at the Arlington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Mrs Wickersham will go to New York
tomorrow for visit of several days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-14

Dr. Biscoe entertained at double box
party last night at the National Theater
in honor of Miss Dorothy Gray Brooks,
a debutante. HIS, guests were Mrs!
Brooks, Miss Elizabeth Noyes, Miss Dor
othy Taylor. Miss Emily Beatty. Miss
Estelle Crane Mr.. T. Kent Roberts, Mr..
Dunbar Dobson, Lieut.. Coleman, Lieut.
Harrington and DR.. Hume.
Miss Gladys Mcmillan of Colorado
Springs will spend a week here with her
grandmother, Mrs. Mcmillan, before join
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
WORTH KEEPING IN MEMORY
Garnered Wisdom That Has Been
Handed Down Through Genera
tlons Of Housewives.

When making sweet croquettes add
a little sugar to the crumbs in which
the croquettes are to be rolled
Cold water is preferable to warm
for scrubbing doors because 1t does
not sink into the wood and so dries
quickly.
Holding tomatoes over the gas
flame will cause skin to burst and
come on easier than when scalded,
and the tomato will be less mushy
than when scalded
Neglected brass may be polished
with a paste Of powdered bath brick
and oil. Take two pieces Of the brick
and rub together. This makes a finer
powder than If scraped with knife.
Cut hams may be kept from mold
ing If the cut end is wet with vinegar
each time after cutting. Vinegar will
also keep beef fresh for time when
you happen to be without ice tempo
rarily.
To frost over a window without
darkening the room. dissolve EPSON
salts in hot water and paint over the
window while the water is hot, then
allow to dry. This is easily removed
and is entirely Opaque while on.
Fringed cloths are often quite ruin
ed in appearance at the laundry. They
may be made to look like new for an
indefinite period If. when they are
starched. little care be taken not to
starch the fringe Fold each cloth In
four like a handkerchief and then
gather the fringe of each part into the
hand and hold 1t firmly while you dip
the middle only into the starch. When
the cloth is dry shake the fringe well
and comb 1t with a specially kept
toilet comb, and 1t will fall as softly
and prettily as when new.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10

utes the hive was empty and every
bee clinging to the man. He stood
not daring to more than wink an eye.
Then the woman sat down on the
doorsteps and began;
Wiring my brakes neck. will you!
Steal my gooseberries. will you'll Try
to rob me OF two feet of land the
whole length of my farm, would you!
Sue me because you haint man
enough to fight fairl You are in a
nice fix, you areI"
Widow, isn't there any way can
get these bees OF me?" carefully
asked the man.
You can scrape EN- offl"
Il wish you would run for help"
'I'n do nothing OF the sortl"
But l can't stand the strain for
long"
Then sit down to It'll / didn't ask
you to come over here. What's that
paper about?"
ITS notice that you must cut
down that tree by my barn.
"Oh, 1t is! Making me more trou-
BILE, are your Well, I'll cut It down
after the bees get through with you.
I'm going into the house now to read
the newspaper for a SPELL"
She had been gone twenty minutes
when she heard the widower calling.
AS she appeared in the door he said:
Il shall drop dead in five minutes
morel"
Il don't think So" she replied. "Mr.
Roberts. hain't mad at you-real
mad"
Nor at you"
Its Jest that we kinder misunder-
stood"
Il think so."
"rm hard and willing worker, and
you are the same"
YES" .,
"Pm all alone in the world. and so
are you"
Jest so.''
"And-and-?"
The widower waited a long minute
and then said:
"Scrape 'em on and hive 'em up
End we1l be married next week."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
BROUGHT OVER FROM SPAIN
Three Recipes That Have Found FaV-
or Because of Their Really Ex-
cellent Qualities.

Chicken Spanish.-Chicken cut into
small pieces and fried brown in its
own fat and half cup olive oil; add
Glove garlic, medium sized onion, half
can tomatoes. pepper, salt. five cloves.
two dozen sllspice. one bayleaf. Stew
slowly one hour. adding a little water
If necessary. Thicken with flour and
water Just before serving.
Spanish Summer Squash.-FTy in
butter an onion and three green pep
pers chopped fine; add three ripe to-
matoes and stew well, seasoning with
salt and teaspoon of sugar. Add sum-
mer squash, sliced. and fry until soft.
Spanish Shrimps Large onion, six
green peppers chopped fine and fried
in butter; add two large tomatoes and
cook we'll; then add pinch of soda
and cup of cream; then can Of chopped
shrimps.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
WHEN MRS. DUFF is AT HOME
Subtle Aroma In the Front Hall and
Conversation Over Telephone
Alike Proclaim It.

Mr.. Dun is the tenant of the second
floor front. His wife has been away.
Mr.. Dun himself may be encountered
about in the halls. He is large man
with a considerable girth and a face
that one knows to be youthful for his
age; he cannot be under thirty.
Recently the second floor hall be-
came fragrant with the odor Of per-
fume. Mrs. Duff, presumably, had re-
turned Yes. Mrs. Dun was at the
telephone She calls, 'HelloI" very
sweetly, in two syllables. Mr.. Dufrs
first name, 1t appears. is Walter. pro-
nounced by his doting wife also in
two syllables, walter" Mrs. Dun
bleats. It seems, in two syllables. Mr.
Duff's middle name evidently is
Honey"
Mrs. Dun said over the telephone
that she had been ba-ad." She said
it oh, so sweetly. She had. she raid.
taken a little walk and had stayed
too long" and she had been away
when he had called her up. But she
had had the "best little time" She
was going to work now, "ohi so
har-rd." She was going to clean out
the bureau drawers and that little
box" and unpack her trunk and put
away her things. No. she would be
careful not to overwork herself. She
would see him. Walter Honey Dun,
when he came home from work. Good.
bye. little boy" she said
Then she called up a creamery. She
wanted the creamery to send her,
please. a pint of milk. and the small
est Jar it had Of cream cheese. How
soon could those be sent pleaseH
oh-hI not till then2 Well, she sup
posed she would have to wait.
The second floor hall is fragrant
with the odor of perfume
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Kitchen Line.

A convenient clothesline for the
kitchen or other place where a clothes
drying line is sometimes needed. is
rolled into an oxidized copper reel
case about five inches in diameter.
This reel screws to a wall or casing
and hook is put up in casing on
another wall. When the line is want
ed It is stretched across the space
between the two and is fastened by
ring over the hook. the reel mean.
while catching 1t automatically and
keeping 1t from slipping. When the
line is not in use 1t is out of the dust
IN the reel casing The line is "a feet
long. It would be a convenience for
the kitchen veranda or porch Of the
summer cottage.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
MAKING Nut Mullins.

Two cupfuls Of -four. half a tea.
spoonful OF salt. three teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder. one cupful Of milk.
half a cupful Of chopped nut meats,
two eggs, two tablespoonfuIs of sugar,
three tablespoonfuls of melted butter
and half teaspoonful of vanilla ex.
tract. Mix and SIC the dry ingredi'
ents, then add the beaten yolks OF
eggs, butter and milk. Beat well. add
the vanilla extract and the stiffiy beat
en- whites of the eggs. Divide into
buttered and Toured gem pans. bake In
a hot oven for twenty minutes,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Puree of Green Peas.

This is well liked luncheon soup.
Heat pint of canned peas in their
liquor and pass through a puree and
add two cups Of hot stock. enough
fioupr blended with butter to thicken
and seasoning to suit the taste. AT
the last pour In a cup Of rich hot
cream. Other dinner soups and purees
made in this way are carrots. arti-
chokes. celery. lettuce, spinach. beans
and caulitlower.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Cream Of Watereress Scum.

Wash, pick over and chop fine one
bunch of watercress, add to three cup
fuls of veal stock, bring to a boiling
point and let simmer ten minutes;
then strain through double thickness
of cheesecloth. Melt four tablespoon
fuls butter, add five tablespoonfuls
-four and add to the stock Cook un-
I'll mixture thickens. add a cupful Of
cream or rich milk. season with salt
and pepper, Put in few drops OF
green vegetable color. reheat and
serve with squares Of bread nicely
Drowned.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10

sponged with cold water and polished
with soft silk cloth.
Valuable oils should be protected
with glass. This has all the good ef-
feet of varnish without any of its dis
advantages.
When choosing pictures, If you have
no artiEtic sense. have some artistic
friend or an artist go with you to
buy. Also follow this rule when hang
ing the paintings. 1t will pay in the
end. for pictures carelessly arranged.
will mar the beauty Of an otherwise
handsomely furnished room.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
no Improve Leather chaIrs.

When leather chairs have become
worn and rough looking they may be
improved by rubbing with the follow
ing mixture:
Take one part vinegar to two parts
Of boiled linseed oil Apply this to
the chair and polish with soft
cloth.
This will greatly improve the ap-
pearance of the leather and will also
act as a preservatlve
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
About Pictures.

pictures are often neglected and al
lowed to get dull and faded from want
Of a little attention. II they be en-
cravings or water colors, as soon as
any deposit of dust is seen to have
worked itself through the frame the
picture should be carefully taken out
and cleaned by crumbling piece Of
soft bread and rubbing It over the
surface OF the picture. This win re-
move all dust and any other mark that
has been made on the print
on paintings should be carefully
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Hiving the
Bees
.s
BY Clara Inez Deacon


Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
When the widow Skinner sold her
farm on the High Hill road and
bought another in the Red Bridge
neighborhood she became the nearest
neighbor of farmer Roberts. widower.
Why they took an aversion to each
other at first sight neither OF them
could explain, but an aversion there
was where there should have been
neighborly friendliness.
Farmer Roberts made up his mind
In day, almost, that he should neith-
ier borrow nor lend any tools or Inn
plements of any sort. The widow
made up her mind Just as quickly that
she wouldn't be friends with a man
who threw stones at her geese the
very first day she moved in.
There was the widower who needed
q wife, and there was the widow who
would have been much better OF with
husband to manage things, and In
stead OF taking the sensible way they
avoided 1t.
What l want her to understand"
said the farmer to a friend, lis that
II any OF her hogs git into my 'tater
field | sh'ant spare her cause she is
a woman"
or course the widow heard Of the
threat, and she wouldn't have been a
.free-born American woman II she
hadn't answered back.
The old skeesicks, but he hadn't
better pick no fuss with mel The
first time | find that jumping old COW
OF his in my corn he'll see that I'm
not a helpless woman"
There are even more chances to
pick a fuss with neighbor in the
country than in the city. 1t was not
long before one of the widows hogs
came squealing home with bleeding
ear. He had rooted under the line
fence and feasted on the widower's
potatoes A week later the jumping
COW came home minus horn. The
widow could throw rock or handle a
club as well as a man.
There was a creek flowing through
both farms. One day the Widows
ducks took a voyage Of discovery up
stream. Farmer Roberts waited until
they reached his line and he wrung
the neck Of the old drake who was
acting as pilot. The body was tossed
back on the widows land with a grin
of satisfaction. She discovered 1t.
and day or two later the widower's
biggest and favorite rooster lost his
life while exploring a strange barn
yard.
Things like these do not pass in the
country without being commented on.
A minister in the village three miles
away heard OF them and drove out to
talk of peace on earth and good will
to men, but he rather muddled In
stead Of helping things.
Am | going to take his sass Just
because I'm a womanI" demanded
the widow. mo, sirl He begun this
ERE fuss, and he's got to come to me
and say he's sorry before I'll stopl"
'Yon see." said the widower when
It came his tuPh TO talk. "she never
asked me question when she came
to buy that farm. Just went right
ahead as II she's bought farm every
week in the year. II shed been the
right kind OF a woman she'd have
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Considerable STANDING.

rs he a man of considerable stand
ing?"
"Oh, yes. very considerable, in fact.
see him standing every evening. He
and l usually go home in the same
street car"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10

come to me tor advice. never
and I'm not going to begin now.'
OF course, things could not go on
long without legal trouble.
The widower picked some goose
berries over the Widows line, and she
sauntered out that way and called
him thief. This epithet. being over
heard by a third party. constituted
defamation OF character, and suit was
brought. While the law was delaying
the case to let 1t get ice-cold, the
widow helped herself to pears from a
tree clearly the property of the Wild
over. He was on the watch for overt
acts and called her a robber. The
epithet was not overheard by a third
party. but she insisted on bringing
suit Just the same, asserting that the
man made many gestures with his
hands as he talked. II
The minister drove out from the vii.
lage again. This time he took an.
other tack. He began on the widow
with:
mrs. Skinner. you are a lone wom-
an"
but nobody can scare mel" was
her prompt reply.
mo, OF course not, but how much
better not to have cares and worries
and troubles You being a widow.
and Mr.. Roberts being a widower, it
would seem to me that"
Hold right on. Mr.. TaylorI" she
interrupted Il know how It would
seem to you, but you can save your
breath. A widow don't have to marry
some old poke Of man to keep her
rights"
"The farms ad1oin. and you could
be so happy"
"Yes, the farms adjoin, but the
widow and widower don't speak and
never will" .-.---'
IF you and MIR. Roberts would sit
down together and"
but we won'tI He's the sort OF a
man who thinks he can boss the
earth, and I'm the sort OF a woman
who can be coaxed but not be driv."
Maybe Providence will come to
the rescue" sighed the good man as
he turned away.
"Mebbe She will, parson. II She
don't there1l be about sixteen more
lawsuits before things are over with" {"
Mr.. Roberts proved Just as stub
born.
"Parson. It hain't that I'm mean or
sot in my ways" he explained. but
it's that folks have tried to walk over
me roughshod."
Meaning the widow1"
Just so. 1t won't do no good to go
OH and talk. She's got to be brung to
time, and III. going to do 1t II it
takes my farm"
One day farmer Roberts was legally
deputized to call on the widow Skin
ner and notify her to cut down a
tree which was a menace to his barn.
1t was a warm June day. The widow
had two hives Of bees, one OF which
had already swarmed that day and
been hived, and the other was getting
ready to. The widow sat on her back
steps, empty hive waiting, and a tin
pan to drum on by her side. The
widower advanced, paper in hand and
something like a grin on his face.
He was about to be told to skate
right of that farm when the bees be-
gan pouring out of the hive that had
been waiting, Before the paper could
be presented or the widow beat her
pan, the insects began alighting on
the farmers shoulders. He had kept
bees in his day, and he knew that to
rush at them or run away would bring
about a painful calamity. The woman
retreated a few feet, and in ten min
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10

Half the night waste in sighs,
Half in dreams I sorrow after
The delight of early skies;
In a wakeful doze sorrow
For the hand, the lips, the eyes,
yor the meeting Of the morrow,
The delight Of happy laughter,
The delight of low replies.
-Tennyson.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
A Man to Be Avoided.

"Harduppe makes me think OF a
busy bee"
industrious, is her"
"Oh. not in that way-nearly every
one he touches gets stung."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-05-10
Tit for Tat.

He-"Madam, you promised to obey
me. Do you do it?" She-"Slr, you
promised me your worldly goods. Do
1 get 'em?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

IT'S cruel, cruel, world"
A Shopper said one day,
Il find the costly trimmings
On my hat are just plain hay.
But then they're very stylish,
And I'll leave 'em on, l guess,
For even if they're sphony'
They're fine match for my
dress" I.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15
Picked a Lemon.

"Oh DEAR" said a maiden bold,
81 fear that I'm getting old,
I'm going to look out
For a Leap-Yea ear hold-out,"
She did, but is sorry, we're told.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15
COOPERATIVE STORE SAVED INDIANA TOWN AND
DROVE WOLF, TO THE WOODS

Shirley, Ind, has solved the
high cost of living.
The solution is cooperative
store. 1t is a general store, car
rying everything that people who
work have to buy. There are D.
600 people in Shirley.
Noble Van Meter came to the
rescue when hard times gripped
the town. He Called a. town
meeting. Shirley was boiling
with socialists and there was a lot
of hot speeches. The other mer-
chants simply raised, cain when
they heard about the proposed
coop store PLAN; it would ruin
their business: But they had had
their chance and failed to make
good.
The coop store was started in
March, 1911, capitalized at S.
600.
Stockholders buy things at &C
tual cost, plus just enough to run
the store. Anyone can buy stock.
1t costs $40 share. One share
gives a man all buying privileges.
People who. are not members
must pay regular price for what
they buy; this profit goes to the
stockholders up to 8 per cent.
Any profit over that amount is
paid to the stockholders in pro-
proportion to what they have
bought. To justly distribute this
surplus, credit slips are given
with each purchase and called in
at regular intervals.
In four months Lee Ayres got
$l1 rebate on his $10 stock. This
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-15

ED INDIANA TOWN AND
%, THE WOODS ,
The brotherly spirit of the
store is shown when a man gets
sick. He is refunded his stock
money and given 80 days to take
it up in. Meantime his buying
privilege is continued gratis to
help him out.
The matter of graft and one
man control are carefully safe
guarded. The stock limit is $50.
Every man has one vote regard
less of the amount of stock he
owns. Everyone who has any
thing to do with handling the
money is under heavy bonds. Di-
rectors go over the books month
ly. -..,-
Noble Van Meter delivers all
town purchases in small wagon
which he hauls. For what is the =
use of hiring a boy and keeping a
horse?" he asks; chat would
make the people pay more for
what they buy
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-29
DEATH OF MRS.
ELLEN kEARNEY BASCOME.
kearney Who Figured in New
Mexico History.

Mrs. L. Bradford Prince, state re-
gent of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, has received word
from st. Louis of the death of Mrs.
Ellen Kearny Bascome, a daughter Of
Major General Stephen Watts Kearny,
whose entry into Santa Fe and proc
lamation to the Mexican people, is
one of the great events in New MeXi-
co. II will be remembered that Mrs.
Bascome was in Santa Fe few years
ago at the unveiling of the oil por-
trait of her father. which she gave to
the New Mexico Historical Society.
Mrs. Bascome was a prominent figure
ia st. Louis society. She was mem
ber of the Holland DANES, Colonial
Danes, United States Daughters of
1912, Daughters of the American Rev
olution, Colonial Daughters of the
Seventeenth Century, Hugenot Soci-
ETY.. Daughters of the Mexican War,
Daughters OF Guadalupe and honorary
member of the Spanish War Nurses,
she having sent at her own expense
23 war nurses to the front during the
war with Spain. For 4G years she
was member of the board of mana
gers of the Episcopal Orphans Home
and for 80 years its treasurer She
was born in 1S43 at the Jefferson Bar
racks, St. Louis. She was married in
1866. to Mr.. Bascome, an insurance
man and former British consul. An
only son, Western Radford Bascome
is a civil engineer in New York.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-29
FLOOD REFUGEES ARE
RESCUED FROM RAFT.
Half Breed Cherokee and His Squaw
Found Floating in Starving Con-
dition After Long Trip.

(By Special LEASED Vine 20 New Mexican)
New Orleans, La, June 29.-Two
thousand flood refugees, made home
less by the Mymelia creyasse waters
are being fed and housed at the Unit.
ed States naval station here. Several
hundred others are being cared for
at other nearby points. The food wa
ters about the suburbs are gradually
receding Mike Walsh, a half-breed
Cherokee, and his squaw, were res
cued yesterday from a raft on which
they had floated from southern Okla
homa. Walsh could speak little Eng
lish but indicated to his rescuers that
when the floods visited the state sew.
eral weeks ago he and the squaw were
forced to seek refuge Oh the raft and
with a small amount of food had re-
mained on it ever since. The mans
leg had been fractured and both he
and the woman were in a half starved
condition