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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

and well beloved by OLD and young I slip
in the venerable recipe. wrung from an old
colored cook, who ran in /" daily to criti-
else her daughter, who presided over my
kitchen during the first crucial year of
my practical housewifery. I do not like
to say how much more trying my novitiate
would have been had not hearkened dill
gently unto and profted by Aunt Jenny's"
dmonitions to her slow witted child.
Emily might not heed what was as steady
a pour 8 the patter of the rain upon the
roof " in the long season in May" heard
and pondered upon what I heard. She
never gave me the formula for her far
famed Johnny cake:
go long, Chile What you want to know
how to make II wnen you can holler ober
de fence any time O. day for me to como
and do it fur you? I amt got no use for
dem receets you young ladies is crazy
about. All my rules is pack away in de
back O. my hade. Reckon when die you'll
fin EN- dar all right!''
The inimitable laugh OF the negro-im-
ported by his ancestors from Ethiopia or
Congo-was the invariable sequel to the
conversation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cream and Cereal.
Barbecued Rabbit.
Fried Mush Cpoleuta).
Toast.
Tea and Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Clam Broth with Whipped Cream on top.
Jellied Tongue.
Potato Biscuit Qrish recipe).
Brown Bread, cut thin, with Cream CheH~e.
Canned Bartlett Pears.
Cake.
Cocoa
DINNER.
Canned Pea Soup
Dreaded and Baked Fresh Beef Tongue
Canned Stringless Beans
Baked Macaroni with Tomato Sauce
Tipsy Parson.
Black Coffee.
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Hawaiian Pineapple.
Cereal and Cream
Roe Herring.
French Rolls.
Toast.
Tea and Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Salmi of Rabbits with Potatoes Ia PaTisienn'
"a leftovera.
Bread and Butter.
Salad of strincless Beans and Lettuce "a left
Crackers and Cheese
Cookies and Jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Yesterdays Soup with Tomatoes
Sliced Beef Tongue warmed in its own grays
with Minced Aacaroni in gravy "a leftoveE1,
Drowned Sweet Potatoes.
Canned Small Bsets.
Rice Pudding with Raisips and Citrop-
Black Coffee.
IS Il
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grape Fruit
Cereal and Cream
Bacon.
Mullins.
Toast
Tea and Coffee.
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grocery boy-now she is alone again-al-
ways she must be thinking and naturally
the one thought uppermost in her mind Is
how to get out of this dreary life.
"Or we win say she is blessed with
friends. Pretty soon she hears some one
stumbling up the back stairs. This person
has been prowling around the back door
and through dark alleys like a robber. 1
am not saying that maid should the
front door, but why not eQualize the situ-
alton by providing some sort of a side en-
trance or letting the person enter the back
door through the front yard? These are
little things, but they are the ones that
count.
ITO answer your question would say
wages are not the first thing to be con-
sidered- The others think I have an
swered. A READER"
Letter Printed in Full.
say, it is well written and well expressed.
say it is well written and well expressed.
and the writer evidently possesses an I'M
usual degree of intelligence. not only for a
working girl but for any young woman.
Let me take up the points on which she
lays stress. In the first place, what she
calls g this room business
agree with her in her indignation against
the way In which some maids are housed
builder, and housekeeper I nave a clear
memory of a superb house put up IN a
country town where few feet of land more
OF less was little object, and where the
maids rooms were in the attic under the
roof, lighted and ventilated by tiny, high
windows. freezing cold in winter. stihingly
hot in summer.
Inever could comprehend, cannot under
stand now how any woman with the feel
ings Of common humanity could consent to
housing her maids in such fashion. have
known of maids whose rooms were in the
basement off the kitchen, in cubbies where
no ray of sunlight ever penetrated, and
have marveled that they were willing to
remain in any establishment which pro-
vided no better accommodations.
On the other hand. let me remind "a
Reader" that the room business " is not
always within the housekeeper's control.
If she is the owner of the house she may
be able to arrange maids room in
satisfactory way, and it is her blame If she
fails to do so. If she rents her house she
has to take what she can get, especially
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HON to Make Lohmnvcake.

The member who gave US valuable In
formation respecting Johnny cake last
week has more to say upon the same head
today.
RYE JOHNNY CAKE.-Use equal
parts of rye and Indian meal Seald the
Indian meal well with water that is actu-
ally boiling. Stir in about tablespoonful
of molasses to four OF the mixed meal.
Then wet to right consistency with cold
water. Turn into hot creased pans upon
the top of the stove. The pans may be
large or small, as you wish, but the cook
lng must be done upon the heated top of
the stove.
BAKED JOHNNY CAKE.-Stir six
tablespoonfuls [heaptngl OF Indian meal
into a quart OF milk. Salt to taste Eli
small pans with this batter, having first
heated ana creased the pans. Bake in a
he. oven. Beat the batter hard, and upon
putting it into the pans stir each up from
the bottom. Do not touch them afteFward
until they are done Turn out carefully
and eat at once. splitting with the fingers
and buttering instantly. Do not cut II.
"a ]. c."
While we are discussing Johnny cake.
better known to our forbears than to us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Real Housewife al Advantage.

"Cn the other hand. the real housewifs
has an advantage over me in that as DO
all my own work and keep regular ofacs
hours as WELL have no time to bake, and
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IL her income is limited. I know families
in which the sons and the daughters of the
house sleep in fireless rooms-not from
choice, but because the exigeneies of space
oblige the young people to take third story
rooms which are not heated.
i: j:
Conditions Worse in "Flats."
Conditions are even worse in the case of
apartment jewellers in a large city. The
mistress is blamed for giving the maid
tiny room off the kitchen with hardly room
for turning about, with a shelf fitted with
hooks underneath for the only closet or
wardrobe, with a window opening on
half-Ighted court.
But how much better accommodations are
enjoyed by members of the family? The
maid in this case takes the best the house
keeper has to give her. If the mistress had
her way she would have spacious, bright.
well ventilated chambers for every one in
the household, including the maid within
her gates. But means are limited, good
apartments are high priced, and with the
best intentions in the world the house
keeper must take what she can afford and
give the maid what she must
1 grant all that is said about the discom-
forts of small and chilly rooms. Let me say
a word on the other side. The maid who
works in our homes does not always offer
encouragement to US to do better for her.
While am fortunate enough to have in my
employ two maids who make the best of the
limited quarters they share in common, who
keep these in spandy order so that can
be sure of finding them spotless and well
aired at any time, also have recol1ections
OF other maids whose large. cheerful rooms
were kept in a state of dirt and disorder
that left me no choice between a constant
struggle with them in order to secure bare
decency or a forced indifference which
strove to forget the untidiness which made
a spot under my roof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Southern Johrmycdke.

But 1 watched her deft, swift manipu-
lations until mastered the Johnny cake.
Here it is:
AUNT JENNYS JOHNNY CAKE Gage
unknown).-A cupful of sweet milk. cup
full and half of buttermilk; a teaspoonfuI
each of salt and of soda-the latter sifted
three times in a cupful of meal; one table.
spoonful of melted butter. Enough meal to
enable you to roll the dough into a sheet
half an inch thick. Begin with two cupfuls
and add at discretion.
Knead the dough briskly before rolling it
out. Have ready a clean, sweet board of
oak, hickory, or hemlock (never of resinous
wood, buttered and heated. Set before the
red Goals under the crate at an angle that
will not let the cake slip down, and prop it
in place. Spread the dough upon it, pat
ting 1t gently to make the surface even, and
bake As soon as it is hard enough to keep
its place, set the board upright Begin
then to haste 1t with butter. lightly going
all over the sheet Do this three times.
The cake should be nicely Drowned and
crisped.
Cut with a sharp knife. held perpendicu-
larry. into squares.
Virginia water ground meal should be
used for this delicious cake. The northern
corumeai will not do. Nor does the south
ern cook put sugar into corn bread. She
holds that the meal should be sweet enough
without It,
Joints and rib roasts are expensive as
every economical housemother can TESTIFY
who tries to make both ends of the income
meet in this day. Cold meats are not popu-
lar with working men and growing boys.
We fall back upon soups and stews, and
find them palatable and cheap.
Il think one reason of the preJuolce
against stews in the minds of some Is tnat
they are seldom cooked properly. Inc
gravy is too fat or too thin. and the meat
tough am incIosing a recipe that gives
general satisfaction in my family. If you
have room. please print It,
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1V on may like to have our recipe for
80 cracklings, which every one has
on hand now.
May ask you how to clean
broad tailed velvet?
GERMAN CRACKLINGS-Two cupfuls
OF fresh sweet crackings: one medium
sized onion SLICED thin; two small apples,
pared. cored, and sliced thin. Add pepper
and salt to taste.
4" Mix the crackhngs and onions and
fry slowly; add the apples and seasoning and
simmer slowly.
Serve with dry toast FRANCES NJ
DO not know If broad tailed velvet may
be freshened other velvet may be reno
waited I have descrit cd the process so
often hesitate to repeat it here. There
fore refer your query.
The recipe is new TO me and attractive.
But do you mean by " German c-acklings -
the bits called by that name by those who
try out :" lard? To wit, the crisp remains
Of skin and meat that float to the surface
OF the lard kettle? 1 recollect that we
children begged the cook to mix them in
cornmeal pones," which then became
" cracking bread" What are German
cracklings?
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Experience of Business Woman.
The second correspondent goes into par
ticulars that are worth the study. She is
a level headed. long headed business wom-
an, VINO IS Cheating some worthy man out
of a canny wife.
" May I submit the menu for this week in
reply to your request for suggestions on
what SIS a week can be made to do for two
ordinary eaters? I made those out some
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Reopcning ''the Lists. .


Contrary to my expressed intention re-
open the lists to Nora " and her advisers
today. 1 had meant to say nothing more
at present upon the vexed question of COM
Portable living upon narrow means, par
tieularly upon the feasibility of bringing
the weekly table expenses of two people
within the compass of a 50 bill.
My change of purpose is wrought by the
receipt at the eleventh hour of two letters
which seem to me of unusual interest to
the practical householder. Neither Of these
epistles is from a married woman. Each
writer has wrought out for herself the
problem submitted to and discussed by
wives and husbands in former issues. These
correspondents are, then, women of indie
pendent thought so far the disposition
OF the allowance goes, and one of them
makes the money she spends.
1t is but fair that the class they repre-
sent should be heard. We are fortunate
in the fact that the speakers in the present
instance are fitted to see both sides of the
subject and to relate their experiences in
diligently. Both are residents Of the great
middle west.
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as she goes. I have ample means to buy
in quantities. eggs by the case from thu
country, hams and bacon by the whole
piece, and canned goods by the dozen
when they are advertised at a low price, 50
in this way save from 80 to 35 per cent on
average cost. In this way it might not be
a fair competition with those who canno:
do It
Fearing that you might think me near
by getting along on little when could
spend more, will say that our own menu
is considerably better than the one here
with submitted, for the reason that during
the spring and summer utilize my Sat-
urday afternoons and evenings and leisure
hours in putting up fruit, and have hum
dreds of quarts of all kinds of jams. jellies
sweet pickles, preserves, and canned fruits,
and from one to three of these appear on
the table at every meal. our desserts being
made almost wholly from them. Then,
too, am an expert confectionery maker.
and candles, sailed nuts and raisins, stuffed
dates. ETC., are nearly always on our table
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that laundry work. gasoline, kerosene.
and telephone must also be provided
for. At a rough estimate We may con-
clude that father and daughter sustain
healthy existence upon 90 cents day the
year round.
Tl-e start of horror with which the an
nouncement will be received by those who
sit at a. we'll supplied table may be lessened
by the reflection that after all it takes little
to meet the wants of one elderly man and
a young woman. Furthermore. that what
will feed one leaves something over for
two.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19
FIRST CANDIDATE FOR
SPEAKER OF HOUSE

Sturgis, s. While a number OF
prospective candidates for the office
of speaker of the house OF represent
atives in the next legislature for some
time have been looking over the field
with view of entering the race, DR.,
j. w. Bracket, of Sturgis, is the first
to openly announce himself as cam
didate and enter aggressively into the
contest.
Dr. Bracket was nominated at the
June primaries for representative
from Meade county n the thirty ninth
Legislative district, which he repre-
sented in the last legislature and his
reelection is considered certain. He
was a member of tie appropriation
committee Of the legislature of 1871 ]
and also held positions on the ap-
portionment committee and the com
mittee on public health.
DR.. Bracket is engaged in the drus
business at Sturgis.
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ITALY is TO GET
TRIPOLI IN TREATY

Paris, France.-The terms of the
settlement of the Turko-
Italian dispute include the tacit ac-
ceptance by the porte that Italian
occupation of Tripoli is an accom-
plished fact. Turkey being permitted
to retain a Mediterranean port at one
of the eXtremities at Lydia with a
strip of territory allowing commune
cation with the Arabs in the interior.
Provision is also made for the eX-
ercise of the spiritual suzerainty to
the sultan in Tripolitania, for the
payment of monetary grants to the
Arab chiefs by Italy, which also will
pay to Turkey annually certain
amount of the national debt, the pay
ment being guaranteed by revenues
derived from Lydia, and for the ces-
sion by the Turks of some portions
of Italian territory near the Red Sea
/ as compensation for the loss of Trip
oil.
The question of the status of the
Aegaen islands has not been raised
as Italy is aware that the power:
would not agree to their retention
by Italy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19

On Board Gov. Wilson Car, en-
route in Wilson has reason
to congratulate himself on his first
big campaign tour receptions, If the
wisdom of Alexander P. Manning,
custodian Of the democratic presi-
Dental nominees last twenty years is
worth considering. Manning's first
charge was Grover Cleveland.
81 have been out with all of then"
said Manning, Bryan included, and
l never saw crowds so big or enthus-
iasm so genuine"
Gov. Wilson is on his way to Sioux
City, where he speaks today at the
Interstate Fair.
The democratic leaders of North
and South Dakota, Iowa, and Minne-
sofa are holding conference with
Wilson this afternoon at Sioux City.
Lincoln, Nebr.-According to ar
|rangements just completed, Wilson
will spend Sunday, October q. as the
guest of Bryan at srsiews A fpec-
ial committee is planning monster
demonstration.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19
THREE ELECTION :.
CASES HEARD BY
SUPREME COURT
Electoral Contest is
Based on Three
Contentious
PARTY's PROPERTY
Is Republican Name, Now
Used for Roosevelt Men,
1t is Claimed
PARTY'S PROPERTY

Pierre, S. D.-The first case on
caii IN the supreme court today was
that in which it is sought to place
the name of E. p Stewart on the
democratic ticket as a candidate for
supreme court judge for the first
district, in which the principal con-
gention OF the plaintiff is that the
party right to govern itself remains
unless there is a specific legislative
prohibition, which is disputed by the
state.
In the case of Gray VS.. The Elec-
toral candidates, who are declared
not to be republicans and with no
right on the ballot, one of the main
contentious is that ii means political
chaos if sustained. Ii is claimed that
the Richards primary law enacted by
the means OF the initiative contains
an emergency provision and is a law
and has been in effect ever since the
enactment, that there were there
tore no legal nominations under the
old law in June, and that the only
manner in which to legally get names
on the ballot this fall is by petition,
which would mean the complete
elimination of ALI party candidates,
and putting all on the same footing
as independents regardless of party
affiliations. 1t is further claimed
that the right of the use of the name
OF republican is property right oil
that party any may not be used by
the followers OF another party. The
state presents it's case by demurrer
to All contentious this afternoon.
y,
Pierre, S. D.-Arguments in the
prohibiting judicial election this
fall vas heard here today Perry
Loucks representing the defendant
that Judges Haney, Corson and
Whiting were directly interested il
the result, quoting Judge Corson's
decision in Bank VS.. Mcguire thai
such Il cause is sufficient.
The motion was denied on tht
ground that it granted vbgkibgllq
a proper cause without Il tribunal be
fore which it can be tried.
The defendant demurred on th,
grounds that the court has no iuris
diction in the matter and the plain
tiff not properly enioined He alst
alleged no cause for action.
Null reviewed the history OF judi
cial election and showed that th'
1901 statute under which the Novem
ber election is held to be unconstitu
tional because it contravenes the dl
rect constitutional provision tha
judges terms shall be six years.
Loucks affirmed that the le2isla
ture may fix judges terms at an
time and that the plaintiff is not dI
rectly interested in the case, henc
is not a proper relator and that tn
proper remedy is not this suit bu
one OF contesting judges seats afte
election.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19
SEVEN BISHOPS TO ]
VISIT THE STAT
FOR CONSECRAT|Oh
Notable Exercises to At.
tend Dean Biller S
Elevation
PASTORS WILL GO
Probably All Episcopal Par
ishes of State Will be
Represented
PASTORS WILL GO

Sioux Falle, S. Dan important
event in Sioux Falls on Wednesday of
this week will be the conservation of
Rev. George Biller, dean of Calvary
cathedral. as bishop of the Episcopal
church of South Dakota. The SER
vices will commence at 10 O'Clock at
Calvary cathedral and admission can
be gained only by card. All parishes.
in the state will be represented by
their pastors and probably several lay
delegates.
The officials who will act at the
|consecration exercises are: Conse-
Icrators-Rt. Rev. DIR. Daniel S. Tut
tile, bishop of Missouri and presiding
bishop of the Episcopal church in
the United States; Rt. Rev. DR.. l.. r.
Brewer, bishop of Montana; Rt Rev
DIR. Cameron Mann, bishop of North
Dakota. The presenters will be: Rt.
Rev. DR.. E. S. Lines, bishop of New
ark; Rt Rev. Frederick Foote John
son, bishop coadjustor of Missouri.
The preacher will be Rt. Rev. F. X.
Brooke, bishop of Oklahoma.
The attendant Presbyters will be:
The Very Rev. William M. Grosve-
City; Rev. P. NJ. Kerridge, New Lon
don, Conn. The master of cere-
monies will be Rev. DR.. b. Ashley, OF
Cheyenne Indian agency, S. ID.
AS preliminary to the consecra-
tion exercises advance missionary SER
vices will be held, at which three of
the visiting bishops will make ad-
dresses. Commencing at eight O'Clock
Wednesday evening there will be a
reception to the new bishop at AL
Saints school.
The gathering will be one of the
most important Episcopal gatherings
of the year in South Dakota or the
northwest, with six bishops presen
and the seventh to be consecratet
during the gathering.
Dean Biller, who will be elevated
to bishop, has been rector of the loca
| Episcopal church for two or three
years and has endeared himself tt
the residents of the parish. He is ;
comparatively young man, is very en-
ergetic and considered eminentl.
Iqualified to perform the duties O
bishop.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19
TELLS SALE TO
HARVESTER TRUST
WITNESS SAYS PLANO COMPANY
WAS ABSORIsEE. THROUGH
ACTIVITY OF STEEL TRUST
HEAD.

Chcago.-EXhibits which the attor
quiring into the affairs Of the harves-
ter trust, believe will play an import
ant part in the prosecution of the suit
brought under the Sherman law, We're
filed before Master in Chancery Tay
lor by Attorney Darling for the Unit
ed States today The exhibits include
the voting trust agreement entered
into August Il, 1902, by which all
stock of the harvester company was
given into the hands OF Cyrus Nc
Cormick, Charles Deering and Geo.
w. Perkins, giving them control of
the forty million dollar combine.
Chicago Jones of Foster,
Cal, one of the vice presidents of
the International Harvester company
testified today in the government suit
for the dissolution of that corpora
[ tion under the Sherman antitrust
law that in July, 1902, he went tc
New York in response to telegram
| from President Ebert H. Gary OF
the steel corporation, and in conse
quence OF that visit the Plano Manu-
| featuring company was sold to the
| Harvester company
That was the year in which the
government charges, the Harvestel
company formed a trust in restrain
of trade. Mr.. Jones was president o.
the Plano company, capitalized a
$500, 900.
When ! received Mr.. Gary's tele
gram" said Mr.. Jones, Il went t.
New York. He took me to the oftic
of j. p Morgan G. Company, wher
he introduced me to George wv. Pei
kins. Mr. Perkins asked me whethe
wanted to sell out. | told him
would, on fair basis. didn't the
know to whom he wished me to sci
but at the end of the month, afte
seeing Mr.. Perkins about j 5 times,
, was told to whom and | agreed t
:, accept stock in the new company fo
the Plano company. | knew M
Perkins was trying to get other con
panies He said he already had a
option on Milwaukee plant.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-09-19
ARMY WORMS IN
EDMUNDS COUNTY
INVADERS ARE TAKING EVERY
SPEAR or GRASS AND VEG
ETATION AS THEY
MOVE.

Aberdeen, S. D.-H. F. Patterson
has received word of an invasion of
army worms in Edmunds county.
Farmers in that section state the
worms in swarms OF thousands, re-
Gently appeared, and that in the re-
gion attacked by them every spear
of grass and other Vegetation disap-
pears One corn field OF forty acres
was entirely eaten by the worms, ac-
cording to reports reaching here.
Thousands of dollars worth of dam
age has already been done. Mr. Pat
terson, who is superintendent of the
Better Farming association of Alb
erdeen, has gone to Edmunds county
to see if he can devise a means of rid
ding the farmers of the pe&.