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The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

lppo Egallto after haylnB Vo'ou
for tho death OF Louly AVi hou w
stand for an hour bktoro MS own
head was cut Off II is huoh reincul'
horod for Ita orgies duIS Ting tho Re-
genoy. y.
But to mans credit, bel noted thot
this old palace 10 most VViug Io
momborod because here enlilIo Dup' D
moulIns harangued the po4pio ahu ,uu, u'p,
tributed green leaves o\u Iel,lou '
thom to tako tho bastilo thko neNC uey'
Napoleon /, used the old II o'uco ue u
resting place for his horoosA 'ltor o"on
campaign, (,,u
Almost all the oharaeters oy BIB llu'
man Comedy passed through H. ~
was the homo Of tho worldtB Vioos
whore mon oomo and went, n uinplod,
shouted, loatlod, blaaphomod\ u wop
tho haunt Of gamblora and lltberuhos,
Of officers on half.pay, raaeala1 on iull
pay, Of milllonaires who camel 10 pos
Bess everything and DohemlHhs VINO
came TO 500 everything,
But all aro gonol Now ON dlnob
thoro with ghosts, Tho eoycNrs aIo
Rtlll correctly laid In tho reatev uranus
bearing illuatrlous names, buQ ow Iow
diners darten their doors, EVERY thlhs
speaks Of q world that has paBsS u anu
of vanished society
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

The saw NY Ia cutting the leaves on
New EnRlands naples and tho spruce
bud moth In attacking the balsams,
which aro needed for pillows and for
Chrintmas trees, stIll nobody Ia do
ing anything TO increase tho number
of tho birds,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

A New Jersey man claims that he
has perfected an invention whereby
peas can be mado to grow by cleo.
trlcity, That may help some, but
wouldn't Il DO more effective II no
could induce electricity TO kill the
weeda2
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

A man arrested In Chicago for be-
ing drunk confessed that hla wife, n
mllliner had sent him out 10 buy
ahread and he had spent the money
bor drink lila wife pleaded TO save
him from Jail, on the ground that she
needed him homo TO do the house
Worh,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

our army has adopted n new form
or sword which Ia said TO bo highly
effective We can picture n gallant
officer, sword In hand, battling with n
gatlIng gun at distance OF n milo
and half
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14
cav bia School Of Whales.

New York,-Captain Collins OF the
Wilson liner GalIlco, which arrived
here says ho passed through n school
OF fifteen big whales of Roekaway,
lie threw coal az them 20 scare them
away from tho propeller,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

II In interesting to read that n
Housatonlc woman dug twenty good
sized potatoes and three small ones
from one Hill few days ago, but
what was her husband doing moan
while?
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

over four thousand killed them
selves in the United States last year.
But, still, that left = fairly reassur-
ing proportion OF the population that
yet believed life In worth living
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

A young woman In Now York wa
teraido resort came near being
drowned by her hobblo skirt. stll
style IN not worth being cause II
Il Ia not TO have ita martyrs, ae well
m ita yotaflea,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Since correspondent has rotallated
with some heat, saying that mans
garb is idiotc, We shall have to con-
cede that at least It Is slightly mar
tistic.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Great excitement has been caused
an London because the king and queen
went TO vaudeville show What
they want now Ia TO get up a con.
vontion on the American plan n they
wish 10 DO up to date IN their amuso'
manta and want some excitement
(which In really worth while,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Bboemakera are proyefbially III shod,
nut II would seem an u the men In tho
rittnburg factory who struck because
while they turned out COO bathtubA n
day they had none to use themselves
had something 10 complain o.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14
Fears Fish Had HydrophobIs

New Fearing that piokerel
that biz him on the too had hydro,
phobla, Fred Henry OF llrooklyn has
sent tho head OF the neh 10 the Pan.
teuf institute for examination,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Ono thing which Berlin Ia certain
20 do In 1915 Ia to dwarf Stockholm In
Olympic crowds The ton'to'ono ad'
vantage in population settles that
point far In advance,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Every time we hear that a pleasure
boat has knocked hole In battle
ship wo are led to wonder why tho
government doesn't build feet OF
pleasure boats.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Since a telephone girl is said to have
won a prince, lots Of girls VIII prac-
tice saying Number plee-usT In
dulcet tones.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Observing tho oddly unbecoming
costumes affected by avlotrices, one
marvels that any girl ever cherishes
aspirations TO fly,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

What brings the blush of shame to
the Chicagoan's cheeks is the taunt
that the largest flsh in Lake Michigan
can be caught on a pinhook!
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

A statisticlan tells US that the wo-
men Of Paris outnumber the men by
100000. Now we know why rich
Americans like Paris,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Some men are born enemies OF man
kind. and some develop the habit OF
getting their hair cut on Saturday att
ernoon
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

According to reports the ballot this
fall In Oregon will be nine feet long,
and yet women insist that they want
it.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

vacationers have no ambition to
~come back"
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

No matter what may be said about
the weather man, it can not be dehleu
that he is hot stuff,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

A man never enjoys his summer
vacation so much as when he returns
home to get a square meal.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14
Laundered pllla Are Out.

Washington, Uncle Sans flret
batch OF laundered bills, amounting 20
100000 was put IN circulation,
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

It's a heap easier to denounce the
bad habits of the other fellow than
It is to renounce our own!
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Girls in tight skirts-well, the less
said about them the better.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

The gondoliers Of Venice have gone
out on a strike, leaving the public 10
paddle its own canoe, so to speak
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

: Dealers in evaporated eggs do not
always succeed in evaporating the
smell.
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Golf a rich mans game? Non
sense! Just look at the number OF
poor players!
The Harrison times., 1912-09-14

Speaking of refreshing subjects
motoring party IN the Alps was lost
the other day In snow drift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Don't Judge Self Too Harshly.

In the first place they Imply that you have been following some course of which you disapprove since you ind it necessary 10 make a change. If you have really thought that something has been seriously out of the way with your conscience and l would rather condemn your point Of view than you In other words, 1 feel that the recurrence of the anniversary has led you to look with more severity on your own actions than they really deserve ana that you are judging yourself too harshly in your desire to make new start With the new year
 We are all of us more or less the slaves of other peoples theories. 1 may nave tolo you before of the friends who one day called on member of that body whom l have heard described as !" nasty -partieu- lar 1" housekeepers. The visitor had to listen for an hour to the methods her hostess followed In her home, how she took down every picture every week and wiped it off before replasing 1t, how all the woodwork was secured every other day, how the rugs and curtains were never allowed to go week without a shaking and stunning.
 When she f1nally escaped after the re- eital of these details she was in state of such deep depression at her own sloven- Illness in contrast with this pattern of per lection that she felt she must attempt some reform or lose her self-respect permanent ly. She sought her house over for some thing which shrieked for cleaning and found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
* < Presenting Veqetdble Marrops.

'' 1 have just seen in your Corner a re- quest for recipe for preserving English vegetable marrows. A friend of mine used to prepare them in this way, but I have not the exact directions. I wish l had. MRS. K
 am glad to be able to gratify your wish, as correspondent has sent me In two rec ipes copied from an old English cook book, one of which she hopes is that desired by another housewife who asked for the direc- tions for making the sweetmeat.
 TO PRESERVE VEGETABLE MAR ROwS.-Ingredients: Equal quantities of marrow and sugar. lemon and ginger. Method: Peel some good marrows and take out the seeds. Cut the vegetable into pieces of the size of large walnut, boil them with their weight in sugar until the pieces, which should be shapely, are trans parent Use no water. Flavor with lemon or ginger. or both as preferred.
 VEGETABLE MARROW PRESERVED WITH GINGER.-Ingredients Same IS above Cut the marrow into strips. remove the pulp and seeds; to each pound of mar row allow one pound of lump sugar; lay the marrow and sugar in pan all night; to every five pounds of marrow add two ounces of ginger cut into pieces and three lemons, with the thin peel cut into small strips and the juice strained. Put into a preserving pan and boil gently for four hours. Take care not to let 1t boil fast or it will crystallize. II. l.. +.
 <: :f
 Becoming q Member of Corner.
 How may you become member of the Corner, or, as l like to call 1t, the Helping Hand Circle? Some of the charter mem bers will have it, The Helping Hand club" To all it is a big family bound to- gether by common desire to make the world better and therefore happier because we have lived in it--because we are now living in it! The manner of initiation is the simplest one can imagine. Just watch your opportunity to help somebody by writing to me, in care of the paper fin which you read that somebody wants something you can give, and forthwith see to it that the said somebody gets it, It may be missing lne of a poem or the poem entire, the name of town or of . chemical agent,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

ffr OR long time I have scanned tt - your columns in search of help
 in my particular case, and all
 though l have found many good
 things, the one thing I especially want at this time has not come to light. As it is absolutely necessary for me to do something to help out get up luncheons for the teachers in a nearby school, but find it hard to arrange pleasing and satis- factory menu with profit to them and to me. Twenty cents is the price paid for each luncheon. and the girls are always hungry, so they require a substantial meal l need help especially in the matter of in- expensive desserts, soups, and salads. Please bear in mind that the food must be cheap, yet as good as possible. Can you make any helpful suggestions?
 " MRS. V. NJ"
 In this day of high prices you set your self rather difficult task when you try to provide good and substantial luncheon for the price you name. 1 take it for granted that you have certain luneheons planned for certain days, as in that way you can prepare a quantity of material at one time, thus saving more money than if you were to supply a number of individual dishes.
 Soups are always economical and If well made, nourshing. If you keep on hand good pot of stock you may vary the soup with each passing daH adding vegetables. tomatoes, beans, etc, to suit your taste. For instapce if you have strong, cleared stock on hand. you may put into 1t on Mon- day soup greens. cut into dice of uniform size, boiling these until tender, and serv- ing some of the vegetables with each bowl of soup. The following day you may strain out any bits of vegetables that remain. adding to the stock capned tomatoes, and seasoning and boiling up once. Then rub soup and tomatoes through the colander. return to the fire, add some boiled rice. and, if you wish thick soup, thicken with Drowned flour wet with cold water. An other day you may add onions. and when these are stewed until soft strain them out and thicken the soup with flour wet with cold milk. adding enough milk to make the soup light in color. Or if brown onion soup is preferred, thiclSen with Drowned four mince the onions and return to the soup. cheap and good broth may be made of small beans such as are used for baking Soak these over night. boil to a soft mass. season well, add little kitchen bouquet and if the puree is too thin. thicken as desired. l have mentioned only a few of the many nourishing broths you may serve.
 Salads are rather expensive on account of the oil that is as a rule used in the dressing. But oddly enough, my mall today contains a recipe for cheap salad dressing sent to me by correspondent have not had time to test it, but pass it on in the hope that you may find it of use. 1t certainly is inexpensive. The reader who sends it writes:
 "This salad dressing will keep for months in a cool place. The ingredients are one tablespoonful of sugar. one tablespoorf'ii af noug, enc tablespoonful ct mustard. pinch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

Forgive me If 1 say that he cannot, through the Corner. I regret to be obliged to make this statement, but as letters from other men have come to me with the request that they be printo in my column, 1 have good and sufficient reason for declining to give the desired address to other masculine correspondents. We do not run a matrimonial agency, and when we published Emily F. letter we did not mean to imply that she was seeking husband.
 am glad to add that kind hearted women have been interested in her case and have written sympatheticany of it. One, woman whose experience has been some what like Emily Els own. writes the fol- lowing letter, which | gladly publish:
 Il have just read the communication from Emily F. Ihave sometimes thought I would reply 10 other queries that have appeared in your Corner, but have not done so, as my time Is very full. However, now l am writing at once, chiefly because of my sympathy for Emily F. As l read her letter there came to me the mem ory of my own suffering along these lines, suffering that was like hers in almost every detail It is as fresh in my mind as If it had happened only yesterday, but it was fourteen years ago. It appears from the letter in question that matters have not changed one iota for the conscientious and refined girl, who, from necessity, must accept a position in domestice service. l am a church member and two of the fam flies I lived with were those of ministers of the denomination to which belong and two others were members of this same church. These families lived in different places-New York. Albany. Tivoli-on-the- Hudson, and Los Angeles. Yet in every place l had the same trouble and lonei- ness to contend with that Emily F. men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

tions l would go to clubs and socials, but as soon as the other young people discovered what my work was I would be summed by them all. Nobody knows how much I suffered, and you will hardly believe me when l tell you that the most pain was caused by the actual church mem- bers, who would be friendly enough with me until I was obliged to say where l lived and what my work was. From that time on l would scarcely be noticed. Yes, the memory of it all is still bitter to me, and the only way out of 1t, so far as l could see then, was to change my occu- patton or to marry. did the latter rather against my true inclination, for reasons which I need not state here. In some cases-in many cases-the choice would have proved disastrous. It almost dad in my own case during the first years after my marriage But now as each year opens with little more brightness in it than the previous one held, do not regret the step I took.
 "The only course can suggest to Emily F. is to get away from the cities and take a position in the country or in some small town where she will find herself treated as one of the family in many respects, and where she will meet other young people. and where 1 know for certainty that she will spend many pleasant hours. am acquainted with just such young peo- pie in rich and growing district from which we moved six months ago. Such persons are to be found all over the coun- try away from the large cities. At all events, the country districts offer chances for the attainment of something better in life than Emily F. appears to find, sit uated as she now Is. I wish I could help her. MARY H.
 A straightforward, womanly letter l wish that the writer had given me her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Mother Gipes Too Much.

Almost always such conditions are in measure the fault of the mothers passion for giving up everything to those she loves The path of self-denial Is laid down for all of us, but the trouble with the mother ii that she desires to walk it not only for her self but for all those she loves. To change the figure little she smooths the rough places for them to such an extent that they have no chance to develop the muscles that comes only from exercise When ther hard time comes-as come 1t must, sooner or later-it finds them unprepared to en- counter strain and stress because all ther lives they have been spared the efforts which would have fitted them for the strug- gle and work that was surely awaiting them.
 So l am not counseiing you to mere easy self-indulgence by my advice concern ing New Year resolutions. Try to look at yourself, your family, your surround ings with fresh, unprejudiced eyes, and see if they do not need the change l nave indicated. Then tabulate the few resolves you feeel justified in making and cast be- hind you the Idea of reform merely for re- forms sake.
 Do you recoIlect the story of the little girl who had been sent by her mother to pray for forgiveness for some childish naughtiness? When the culprit returned from her enforced devotions she wore a look of uplift and superiority that pro voked the mothers curiosity.
 70. yes, I asked God to forgive me, said the child in reply to the inquiry. asked him and he answered me. He said ; Don't worry bit, Mary Ellen. I've got lots of little girls up here worse than you are!''
 Lay the like hattering unction to your soul. There are lots worse than you are and the energy you expend on resolutions for conquering inconsiderable failings is better disbursed on care for your comfort and growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Seems 10 Be Penance Time.

OGCHiS tO DC I CItuHCG uIiS.
 This Is a sample of the way in which we are all of us led into making New Year resolutions Other persons have done 1t from time immemorial, it is the accepted penance for tnis season and so we search our minds for flaws which we can resolve to correct.
 l don't mean to say that you are perfect and that there is no place for improvement 1 do atii.m that unless you are d4.lerent sort of woman from what 1 hold you to be you do your best all the year through and that 1t is a big mistake to sit down and try to rake up peccadilloes that you feel ought to be reformed.
 A great disadvantage in making what might be called periodical resolves Is that you are pretty sure to break them and that shakes your confidence in yourself and dis courages you in the attempt 10 change con- ditions you feel to be undesirable.
 Yet, since the new beginnings arc the life of perseverance l would advocate a few efforts at remedy, partly as tribute to the time honored New Year custom and partly because there is a certain impetus given by the date and you might as well get the benefit of it.
 If you are the representative, careful wife and mother and housekeeper, always thinking of yourself last always spending yourself for others, the first reform l sug- gest is that you should plan to be little more lenient in your direction of your own life and conduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Resolve to Do Pleasant Things.

It Is along the same line when you de- termine to spare yourself more in a num- Der of ways during the coming year than you have in the one that is just closing. Have you ever noticed that the prevailing tendency of New Years resolutions is to- ward something hard or unpleasant to do? You make up your mind to be more par ticular about keeping your house swept and scrubbed, to deny yourself luxuries to which your heart clings for the sake of some good object, to get up earlier in the morning or to do heavy reading. Rarely, if ever, does any one resolve to stop doing difficult things and do something agree able. Our Puritan conscience always in- clines us to think that unless a course is rather unpleasant there is no genuine virtue in it.
 Try to break away for a moment from this point of view and consider the duty to your self and others of resolving on little self indulgence. Decide that one of your New Year reforms will be that of lying down for ten or fifteen minutes every day. Convince yourself that you are walkingin the path of righteousness when you treat yourself to an occasional outing, when you bestow more attention upon your clothes and your own pleasure, when you lay aside for a while the ultra-consciousness with which you have scourged yourself to effort when your worn out body and mind were crying for rest and relaxation
 I acknowledge Ii is new departure in first of January resolutions to make them in favor of yielding to temptation instead of resistance. But be honest and tell me if 1t is not harder struggle for you to take the repose and the recreation you need when you must do it at the expense of some one else than it would be for you to re- nouace personal ease for the sake of your family.
 We are all of us too prone to seek our own development at the cost of those we love most dearly. You exclaim at this,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

"He works so hard in school time?" Probably he does but he has the strength for it, and while extra sleep may be good for him. you may notice that if there is skating frolic or any other festivity on hand he can arise early and make no plea for his need of more sleep. Of course, he likes to lie abed. You would like it, too, if you had the chance, and you needthe rest and slum- Der far more than the hoy does Let one of your resolutions be to give your son and daughter the chance to learn the beauty of unself1shness for the sake of their moth CTS comfort and happiness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Tor Whitening Clothes.

Will you kindly insert in the House mothers Exchange recipe for a washing fluid that will whiten my clohes? F, H."
 To make the washing fluid. dissolve can of potash in two gallons of boiling water If you cannot get the potash, use some lye that you have tried and found good. Add to the mixture a half cup of household ammonia ana half cup of pulverlzed borax. stir the mixture. take from the fire. cover closely, and, when lukewarm, pour into bottles. closing these with rubber cor6s. When ready to use this mixture for whitening your clothes, put the boiler of water on the stove, shave into it q half cake of a good laundry soap, and bring to the boil. Stir in teaeupful of the washing fluid. l take it for granted that the clothes will have been soaked over night and soaped in the soiled spots. Put them now into the boiler and boil hard for twenty minutes then turn them into the tubs. When washed clean, rinse well in two waters