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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Branded Peaches

Peel the peaches, which should be firm, and weigh them. Allow to four pounds of fruit one-half pint of water, pint of brandy, and three pounds of sugar. Put the sugar and water in the preserving kettle, and as soon as they begin to poll lay in the peaches and cook gently for 70 minutes. Take out the peaches with a split spoon and pack in jars. Cook the syrup for ten minutes more, add the brandy, bring just to the boiling point and take from the fire. Fill the jars to overfowing with the scalding liquid and seal immediately. (By request of core spondent)
 Grape Jelly
 Wash the grapes but do not bother to stem them, and put them, still damp, Tn e kettle. Do not add any water. Cover closely and boil until the grapes are soft and broken. Pour into a colander, rub ping the fruit through this, then strain it through a jelly bag. Measure this Juice and to each pint or 1t allow pound of granulated sugar. Put the sugar Tn shallow pans in the open oven to heat, taking care that it. Goes not get hot enough to melt. Put the juice over the fer and boil steadily for 20 minutes be- fore adding the heated sugar After the sugar Is added bring just to the boil' then take from the fire and pour into Jelly glasses tBy request of correspondent)
 Hospital Patient
 "l Will you send me the name and ad- dress of the hospital patient spoken Of Tn your most helpful Corner? l am mem Der of the Order of Kings Daughters, and shoud like to send her a word or cheer-a little token of loving thought
 .2 l should like to have the address of any who have either books or maga- zines they are through with and are Will ing to give away. l will gladly send for them. especially anything on psychology. "3. I have two pairs of shoes that be- longed to my dear mother They are but little worn and are soft and comfortable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Old School Books

q have a number of old school books
 that l would gladly give to any one who
 is willing to pay express or postage on them. They are all in fairly good condi- tion, although some have their covers
 somewhat scratched, as would naturally
 be the case with children's books. A few are stlll in use In the public schools of
 Texas The following are those I offer: Rand McNallys Elementary Geography: Fourth Reader, published by Woodward Tiernan Publishing company; Holmes Fifth Reader Wentworths Primary Arithmetic Swinton's Language Primer. Grammar and Compositions, Swinton' s First Lesson in Our Country's History, two copies of the History of Our Coun-
 try. by Cooper, Estil ( Lemon; Third
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Keep the Complexion Beautiful Nadine Face Posvdes

In CFec" D
 Produces a soft, velvetJ appearance so much ao. mired, and remains unti washed of. Purified b7 a new process. Wiii no' clog the pores. Harmless, Pr vents sunburn ane re. ,rn of discolorations' WHITE, FLESH. uyHyY RYIyNETJE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
Aid for Stricken Family

Aid Tor Str1cken Famlly
 'I come to you for aid, not for myself. but in behalf of poor family, whose breadwinner, a man with wife and three small children, has been stricken with that dread disease-consumption I want to ask if there is a member who has a copy of Science and Health she could spare for this man. 1t would be greatly appreciated. ELIZABETH K A direct and touching appeal to the Christian Scientists that will not pass unheeded. I shall be most happy to pass along your name to those who can spare the book you think would be helpful to the sufferer.
 Black Beauty"
 T. l have copy of Black Beauty which I will send to some child who has few books.
 '2 Has any one some fairly late pop ular sheet music to pass along?
 g. I enjoy reading your department, only it makes me unhappy sometimes that l haven't more to give to the needy appl- cants. MRS. W. s. Black Beauty" was given away almost as soon as you put it at our disposal. You deserve to get the music, but you must await the returns from the publica ton of your wish. Nothing hangs upon our hand. Certainly not good music. The "unhappiness' you feel because you cannot do more to help the needy is wholesome, and honorable to you. He who sits down satisfied when his own selfish desires are gratified is slow of heart and wit. The reflex action of kind ness shown to a fellow being twhether grateful or noD is the specific effect of benevolence, bringing its own reward.
 -
 Postal Cards
 '1. If you will send me the address of $. k. D. I shall be glad to send her number of postal cards that I have saved in the hope that l might be able to pass them on.
 '2. Some time ago I received a report for the knee brace that l offered. l duly forwarded 1t, but I have heard nothing further concerning it. I trust the woman asking for it received it.
 MARY J. w. You may hear yet. As frequently hap pens, your address may have been mis- laid. I am unwilling to believe that Providence member is discourteous or un- grateful. Our contingent there usually come up fully to my expectations of them and their deeds
 The address of IS. F. D." has gone to you by mail. l thank you for asking for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18

Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Go. Chat. tarooga, Tenn, for Special Instruc. ti0us, and 64 page book. Home Treat ment for Women." sent in plain wrap per. on request.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
PRESENTS FOR BABY.

A pretty baby book TO keep a record
of the little ones progress for the hrst
three years You might embroider a
linen cover with the bGby's narae or
appropriate flowers.
Gold or silver safety pins, a rattle,
rubber doll, or animals, or q silver
spoon marked with the baby's initials,
Your own work can take the form OF
knitted jackets, caps, bootees, or any
other of the many and varied little
garments designed for baby.
A hand-rainted china poTder-box or
mug would be delightful if you are
able to paint A little carrying ham
mock of maGTamie work makes a nov
ell and acceptable little gift.
Clever needlewomeu have endless
possibilities before them, ranging
from little silk kimonos, embroidered
flannel pettico&ts, hand-worked bibs
to daintily worked cot or perambula-
tor covers,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
NEW YORK A TOWN OF
VARIED EATING PLACES

There are dozens Of French restau-
rants in the lower part of the city,
and they receive a large patronage
not only from their own nationality
but from the cosmopolitan New York
er, who likes to dine in odd places and
consume strange foods. The pint bot
tie of Italian wine served gratis APP
parently also serves as some induce
ment to the customers of the Anglo
Saxon type. In some of the restau-
rants the newcomer cannot get in
without the formality of an introduce
ton.
The curious visitor to New York
will find quaint little restaurants tuck
ed into all sorts of places. Down
town there are the chop houses, where
the customers are put into little
booths and served after the German
and English way Then the Oriental
has taken his place among metropo-
Titan restaurateurs Chinese dishes,
and some that never came from Chi
ma, are popular offerings on his bill
of fare. Chop suey is said to have
been devised by a Chinaman in Anne
RIGA, who figured out dish which
he thought-and rightly-would APP
peal to his patrons of the New
World.
Italian restaurants have a promin-
ent place in the New York eating
house sections. They do not draw
their patronage from the crowd that
nightly fills the show places in the
bright light section of Broadway.
Some of them are mainly patronized
by the Italians themselves, men and
women coming from various parts of
Italy frequently having special res
taurants where they can meet their
friends and fellow townsmen. But a
good many places draw their Glen
tele from native New Workers who
have learned to prefer the italian me-
thod of cooking and like the atmos-
phere of camaraderie which prevails
in these places.
Many of the small bakeries have
restaurants attached, where the pub
lie is assured of excellent pastries in
connection with their meals. The ma
jority of these are operated by Ger
mans, and they have quite a clientele
who appreciate German cooking and
the care that is invariably associated
with the handling of the food by
the motherly German frau"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
SUGGESTIONS FOR
CORNMEAL COOKERY

teaspoonfuls OF baking powder Bake
in muffin tins.
Hominy Mullins.
Beat two tablespooufus of lard and
one of butter into two cupfuls Of boil.
ed homiuy then stir IN a teaspoon
rul of salt and the beaten yolks Of
three eggs. Mix well, put in three
cup.uls of milk, a large cupful of
Houu and two teaspoonfuls of balins
powder Las, of all whip in the beaten
whites of the three eggs. Bake in small
Jirs These are also good if made
with sour milk. in which case & tea
spoonful of baking soda dissolved in
warm water is substituted for the bak-
ing powder
Baked Hominy or Hominy Pudding.
Work a tablespoonful of melted but
ter into two caps of cold boiled hominy
whip in two beaten eggs, a teaspoon
full of sugar and salt to taste Beat
until smooth and free from Jumps
Thin with two cups of milk, whipping
well, and bake in g. well-greased pud-
ding dish This makes an excellent
vegetable and with the addition of
two taJresuoo1fuls Of sugar IS n
nursery dessert which Will not be
despised even by the grown-ups
Indian Fruit Pudding.
Follow the recipe for boiled Indian
pudding, but stir a cupful of seeded
and chopped raisins and carefully
cleansed cmrants into the pudding
Just before it goes into the mold or
the bake dish. The fruit pudding
may be either boiled or baked.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
Ne NewyWeds and the Pres ent Hlah Cost of Llvlnn

She had been in town shopping anC
she had waited to take the SIS trair
home, so she could meet her husband
AS the train whirled through the
deepening twilight into the country
tkey,-thOugh the man did most o.
the talking,-discussed finances. They
hadn't been married long, one could
tell that from the conversation; but
he was becoming slightly worried
only slightly as yet, about expenses.
Il gave you five dollars only yester
day." he said. He didn't say it dis.
agreeably. They hadn't reached that
stage-yet And it's all gone, isn't
IT,"
Yes she replied lightly. Seems
to me, you don't any more than get
money nowadays before it's gone. 1t
was dollar for this, aid fifty cents
for that, and by night, had scarcely
any left
He was silent moment. and
what you've got here" pointing to her
packages, cost about three didn't it?"
Yes she replied in the same
rather Indifferent tone. She began to
enumerate what she had bought.
He took out pencil and paper and
commenced to figure.
Our gas bill is awful" he said. Il
came down stairs THIS morning at
quarter to seven, and the girl had the
gas lighted in the dining room and
the gas radiator going. She said she
lighted them when she came down.
az six o'clock, mind you. The room
was so hot | had to open the doors"
Yes, the gas bill is pretty steep,
I'll tell her to be more careful"
Thus the conversation ran on.
There was no disagreeable wrangling
They were people of fairly good in
come, that could be cleaned from the
talk, But the cost of living was be-
ginning to pinch the mans pocket
book.
The point of the whole thing, how
ever, was the womans unconscious
Indifference, not wilful Indifference,
but unconscious Indifference, to what
the man was driving at, At times,
there was a tense note in the mans
voice, as if he felt something must be
done. But through it all she was gay
and light-hearted; and finally, to
divert his attention from what she
evidently considered a disagreeable
subject she began extolling the beau
ty Of her engagement ring. 1T GER
tainly is pretty, Jack" she comment
ed, 81 like the setting, and that is a
dandy little diamond"
The man said nothing, but the wor
ried look did not leave his face.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06

One has not passed the restaurant
district of New York when he gets
beyond Forty-second street and
Broadway. On into the hundreds
where Broadway is edged with trees
and the busy business life of ;hC city
has merged into the quieter atmos-
phere of the apartment house section,
there is a restaurant life which is be-
coming more widespread with every
year. 1t lacks the hustle AID glitter
of the bigger places further down
town and has a spirit of it's own.
People come to these uptown restau.
rants not so much t. see and re seen
as to enjoy one an,thcrs company
and get a good meal. It is no: the
familiar family dining place where the
small fiat dweller goes out to get a
bite to eat when there is something
wrong with the cooking apparatus in
his own place. But still these lcstau-
rants have something of the family
atmosphere because they shelter many
parties from the expensive Broadway
apartments who find it pleasant to
take advantage of the thoroughnes8 OF
service and excellence of cuisine
The automobilist does a great deal
toward developing these uptown res
taurants, as the brisk drive through
the bracing air for which New York
is famous is the best sauce for Gre
ating an appetite. Not a few re3tau-
rants depend almost entirely upon
the automobile parties for their Glen
tele. The man who owns an automo-
bile knows what good food is and
insists on getting it and generally has
the wherewith to pay. His patronage
has enabled the proprietors CT these
restaurants to secure the highest ex-
cellence in his food and make the
serving of it the last word in the wait
er's art.
The cabaret show is a new feature
of metropolitan life that has been re-
Gently added to the numerous cafes in
and about Broadway. Many of the
performers are stars in their line and
receive salaries that rank with those
obtained by the stellar lights in vau-
deville. When the cabaret show first
appeared it seemed for a while that
it's life would be short, because the
owners of theatres said that the res
taurant proprietors should be com
PEELED to pay a tax the same as other
places of amusement.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
SHARING IN EASTER

To have lost no joy, buried no hope,
known no suffering Is 10 come to East
or Day with little sense of its mean.
ing and fellowship. Only those who
have deeply suffered can enter deep.
~ into its glorious message.
Easter is the symbol of life triumph
ant, life more abundant, life rejoic.
ing over death. 1t is the birthday
Of immortality, to be celebrated by
all men with gladness. Whatever
hope has been defeated in our lives,
Easter offers us victory. The dead
we loved are not dead; they live for.
ever in newness of life, awaiting our
entrance into immortality. The
things we have hoped to do. the
things we have longed to reach. are
only anticipations, after all of what
the soul shall possess in the larger
life that Easter foreshadows.
In our modern living, Of the day
and for the day. the thought of i'm
mortality is often pushed aside. East
er bodies it out afresh-immortal love,
immortal life, endless joy, everlasting
hope, clarion-call of power.-Harp-
er's Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
woMAN's VS.. MANS LIFE.

Life has been sifted, strained, twist
ed, warped, compressed, prettified,
decorated, falsified, and expurgated
for me. This keeps me a humble lis
tener to mems conversation. am
always trying to exc out my scanty
meal at lifes table with the crumbs
from theirs. For, considered from
one point of view, the dullest man
who ever lived is more interesting
than the most brilliant woman What
he knows he knows. What she knows
she guesses. All women are Helen
KelleTs-modified
| have never adjusted myself to
this injustice. l eavesdrop shame
lessly in public conyeyances to the
man-talk about me. 1t is a matter
for genuine heartbreak with he that
l cannot frequent the smoking-rooms
of trains and steamers. How / envy
man his ample, unquestioned social
freedom, his privilege of social initia-
tive, his spiritual privacy, his ninety
nine per cent of laughter on the hunt
or of existence, his crisp, racy ex-
pressive vocabulary Occasionally l
get brief sip of what daily the av-
erage man quaffs in huge bumpers
and how sparkling and intoxicating 1t
seems.-Inez Haynes Gilmore, in Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
EzGIa5IGtI-

She was really neither a heartless
nor an Indifferent woman. No doubt,
in the main she thought she was per
forming her duties as wife and house
keeper quite satisfactorily. And if any
big trouble came along, she would re-
spond splendidly to the demands
made upon her But she simply didn't
comprehend the present situation, nor
enter into her husbands anxiety. She
seemed to have unbounded faith that
his salary would stretch indefinitely,
and that since. clothes and food and
shelter were necessary, the money
would De forthcoming to pay for
them.
But there is trouble ahead. More
homes have been wrecked by the
financial question than by almost any
other problem that enters into the
matrimonial voyage. If the man says
rothing and tries to carry the burden,
and strains every nerve to meet ex-
Penses, he eventually breaks down, or
becomes such a business machine that
he is no longer a companion, But
more frequently, he does as did this
man, talks the matter over pleasantly,
at first, and tries to make his wife
see the gravity of the situation. If
she fails to do so, sooner or later
there are bitter words and accusa-
tions and recriminations, and the
peace of the home has departed.
The salary that might be stretched
at one time will not, on the same
scale of living, stretch now The wife
has a big problem on her hands to
make buckle and strap meet. And
when the husband sounds the first
note of warning, she shouldn't turn
the matter aside as of no importance.
But she should grasp the seriousness
OF it, and get right on the job of MAX
ing income and outgo match.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
MENpING HINTS.

In making thick frocks of serge or
other material, always lay a piece OF
the material at the elbows and under
the arms between the Inning and the
outside material. When the frocl
wears it can be neatly darned down
with very little trouble, and the patch
will not show. A length of material
should always be kept to make ravel,
ing with which to darn wollen frocks,
This saves the trouble of matching
the material in darning wool. Failing
this, darns should always be made in
wool, the finer the better, as the darps
are not so perceptible as when silk
or cotton is used.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
HIS AWFUL FEAR.

Little Robert and his seven-yeGr-old
sweetheart were in bathing together
for the first time.
why, Lille" he said, regarding her
with a critical eye, "your legs are so
thin I'm afraid you have pneumonia"
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
SUCH BEAUTIFUL WORDS.

Dorothy was only five years old, but
she had already begun to make plans
for the future. She unfolded one of
them to her mother one day
When ] grow up I'm going to have
two children" she said; I'm going
to name the first one Anemia and the
second one ria!"-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
GINGERBREAD.

Mix together one cup of New Or
leans molasses, add one-half cup of
sour milk, into which a teaspoonful
of soda has been stirred. Melt and
strain one-half cup and put in a pinch
of salt. Use -four enough to make a
soft batter. Beat the whole well and
add ginger and cinnamon to taste. A
few raisins and a little sliced citron
is welcome addition to this really
excellent cheap gingerbread.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
Ginger Candy.

Ginger Candy.
Put one pound Of loaf sugar into a
saucepan, with two tablespoons of
water, and a small piece of bruised
ginger. Let sugar dissolve slowly and
come to the boil.
Stir in four ounces of honey and
boil again for fifteen minutes. Add
small piece of butter the size of a
nut and boil mixture until it will
candy when dropped into cold water.
Remove the ginger and pour on to a
buttered plate, and when cold break
up into small irregular pieces.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
AER BUSY LEE.

Aunt Martha spends all day long
hiding her silver in flLv different
places to defeat the burglars she is
perfectly sure are coming here
"Goodness!"
And she spends all night hunting
for it and gathering it into one pile in
case of fire. "-Harper's Bazaar,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-06
LIVING ON 500 A MONTH.

Harpers Bazaar is running a prize
discussion on The Wife's Share Of
the Income" Among the interesting
contributions women are sending in
is the foregoing, clipped from the
April Bazaar:
We live in a small Western town.
My husband is employed in the bank
at a salary of one hundred dollars a
month. One of our wedding presents
was bungalow home. When the
question of expenses first came up be-
tween my husband and me Jack said:
CAS- we have no rent to pay we ought
to save that money and invest it. I'll
make bargain with you. If you save
that amount out Of my salary you
may have it for your very own, pro-
vided you will invest it, say at the
end of a year, in some way that our
bank approves"
That offer interested me greatly and
we planned a schedule of probable
expenses. 1t proved reasonably ac-
curate At the end of the year l had
saved a little more than the amount,
for began at the start to put aside
fifteen dollars each month, never ny
another months income,
and | had put my savings in the bank,
which paid me a small interest. Our
schedule was Approximately as fol-
lows: