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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
DAUGHTERS of Revolution Meet.

Boston, May 15.-The General So
.ciety Daughters of the Revolution met
in the Hotel Vendome Tuesday for its
annual convention with the president
general, Mrs. Adeline F. Fitz, in the
chair.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Vincent Astor to Marry

New York, May 15.-Reports that
Vincent Astor, who, upon attaining
his majority will take charge of the
Aston millions, will marry Miss Mar
garet F. Andrews, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul A. Andrews, were revived
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17

president and the presentation to him
of the charter Of the university and
the keys Of Nassau hall. These exer
cises were followed by the presidents
inaugural address, a hymn and a
benediction
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
LIGHTNING Kills Woman.

Sioux City, Ia, May 13.-While loox
ing out of the window of her farEi
home near here Friday, Mrs. George
Saunders was killed by bolt of light
ming Four children in the room were
unframed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
MINNEAPOLIS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Revised Returns Show Colonel Carries
Civ and County in Primary

City and County in Primary.
Minneapolis, May 14.-With only
80 delegates not reported of a total
of 610, unofficial but revised returns
for the Hennepin county presidential
primary held Friday show: Roose-
welt, 352 delegates; Taft, ITO; La
Toilette, 81; fusion sc. In a num-
Der of precincts especially in the city,
the names of the same delegates ap-
peared upon both the LaFollette and
Roosevelt tickets, which have been
listed as fusion candidates.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Water Highest Since 1908.

La Crosse.-With a rise of four
teen inches recorded in forty-eight
hours, the Mississippi river reached
81 feet on the government gauge,
the highest stage of water since
1908.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Judge Tarrant Dead.

Milwaukee.-Judg Warren D.
Tarrant of the circuit court is dead
after an illness of two weeks, fol-
lowing an operation for Appendicitis.
He was f. years of age
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
His Talent.

Settlement Worker-So this is your
small brother. What does he do all
day?
Little Mother-Smoke a cigarette
for the lady, bub, and swallow de
stub!-Harper's Bazaar.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
siberia's Quartermaster Arrested

San Francisco, May 15.-Quarter
master Meyer of the liner Siberia, in
from Honolulu, was arrested here by
federal customs officers Monday. The
nature of the charges have thus far
been withheld
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Recalls Soiied Bills.

Ottawa, Ont, May 1.-THE minis
ter of finance has asked all banks to
turn IL for cancellation all dominion
notes that are soiled, the government
having decided to get soiled money
out Of circulation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Holland Minister of Marine Quits.

The Hague, May 13.-Vfce-Admira
J. Wentholt. minister of marine, re-
signed Friday in consequence of the
defeat in the chamber of deputies of
the proposal to build battleship for
service in the Dutch East Indies.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
indians Hold Medicine Dance.

Rhinelander-The annual medi-
cine dance of the Wisconsin Chippe-
was is being held at Sugar Camp.
Members of the tribe made the yearly
pilgrimage from all parts of the
northwest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Choose Two, Sets of DELEGATES.

Eureka Springs, Ark, May 1.-THE
Republican Third congressional dis
trict held two conventions at the same
time in the courthouse here Sunday
Two sets o. delegates were elected to
the Chicago convention.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Eeudist Victim Callahan Dead.

Lexington, KY, May 14.-Edward
Callahan, former sheriff Of Breathitt
county and noted feudist, who was
shot from ambush ten days ago, died
at Crockettsville. Pneumonia devel-
oped in wounded lung.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Exceeding the Limit.

The fresh young man seated himself
beside g handsome girl on the train.
Going far" he inquired
you are, sir; much too far was
the chilling retort
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Finds Father,s suried Treasure

Kent, O., May 14.-Charles Ramsey.
colored, unearthed a box containing
$500 in gold coin and paper while
spading for onions here Sunday. His
father. Jonathan Ramsey, a former
slave. had buried it 20 years ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
TWO OFFICERS SHOT DOWN.

Man and Three Sons Held for Assassi-
nation in Florida.
Gainesville, Fla, May 14.-Marshal
c. H. Slaughter and Deputy Sheriff
Charles White of Archer, Fla, were
decoyed to a lonely spot and assas-
sinated.
J. A. Manning, another deputy,
feigned death and escaped after be-
ing wounded. He shot one Of the MUIR
derers, capturing him and his three
sons, who are now in Jail.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Harmonious.

1.-THE view you get from the top of
the hill is not beautiful, but 1t Is con-
sistent."
Consistent How"
"All you can see with the naked eye
is bare expanse4"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Chief of Police Drops Dead.

Binghamton, n. Y, May 13.-Police
Chief Burdette Abel dropped dead at
his desk at headquarters here Friday.
He was sixty-eight years old and had
been member of the police force for
forty-nine years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Dale to Have English Church.

Neenah.-A Baptist church has
been organized at Dale and a regu-
lar pastor will soon be appointed.
This is the only English church in
the town.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17
Chicago. Nav 16. 1912.

chicago, May TO, IyI2.
Cattle-Beeves, 6.0O@90O; stock
ers and feeders, 4.3006.75; cows
and heifers, 2.S0@7.60; calves,
5.5O@S.50.
Hogs-Light, 7.3007.75; heavy,
7.35 @7.S5; rough, 7.35 @7.55; pigs,
47506S5.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-05-17

Minneapolis, May Is, 1912.
Wheat-No. 1, hard, LIS; No.
l, northern, III IL; No. 2, northern,
LIS II. Corn-No. 3, yellow, 78c;
Oats-No. 3, white, sac. Rye-Noe
2, 88c. Flax-2.16 Il.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-28
"A TOUCH OF LONESOMENESS FOR OLD TIMES
SHOWS WHAT MONEY CANNOT BUY


cited his wife's wonderment. He
was CARRIED in heavy cowhide
boots, coarse, shiny trousers held
grotesquely in place by a stained
leathern belt, a blue flannel shirt.
and, last and most abominable,.
his grim face was adorned with
black biar pipe reeking with the
fumes of cheap tobacco.
Hiram Morton, hev you gone
crazy" She said, as she surveyed
him with undisguised horror.
mo, Mirandy, l hev not gone
crazy" said Hiram, seating him
self by the stove. Crossing his
long legs and resting his head in
his hand, hunched over, he pulled
violently at the pipe, the distilled
sweetness of which gurgled in the
stem and emitted a pungent,
searching odor. 4
"Seein' as you and the hired
girlzwuz gone, I thought I'd put
on my natural clothes again and
feel like a man once more" said
Hiram, defantly.
. Mrs. Morton sat down and
looked at her husband. Truly
here again was the old Hi Nor
ton the backwoods had known
for so many years. She re1nem-
bered the shack at the edge of the
woods, the trees, the stumps, and
later the well titled fields, then
the forest of derricks replacing
the forest of trees, and the money
which burdened their bank &C
count and finally caused them to
abandon the homestead and
4.
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able pride how the aristocrats of
the city had welcomed them, and
again she saw for the first time
her rugged spouse dressed in the
clothes of a gentleman"
Hiram had found none of these
things to his particular liking.
On this evening he had found
himself alone for the first time in
many months, and old longings
stirred within him. He assembled
to the garnet and hauled from a
corner an old and dust-covered
trunk, hair trunk that he had
brought with him into the west
when he was youth. He, had
taken this trunk with him when
he leftthe farm, and in it were
packed the hibiliments of his past
self.
He now paved them over with
growing satisfaction, which so
far mastered him that he re-
moved his tailor-made garments,
and, DOMINIC his castoff working
clothes again; stood forth a man,
as he had called himself, clad in
coarse cloth and shod with heavy
boots, brother to the sturdy oak
and the stalwart elm, man ham
pered by no prophecies and re-
stricted by no customs.
He had grown bold and ven
tured down into the kitchen,
where he sat by the big range, so
unlike the cook stove of the past.
He lit his pipe as he had done of
old when the angry winter blasts
II -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
HAM

must therefore depend upon the 'hom'
made products OF the specially shops foi
breads. cakes, etc, which makes 1t a biz
more expensive OF course, to live on -
a week one must be willing to have the same
thing more than once a week. as find that
a can of soup or of vegetables makes six
dishes, which means three meals for two
people, and one has to plan to make them
different and not to tire OF them. have
been surprised at what delicious combina-
lions could be made from little odds and
ends. thus using up every scrap.
Il find that such despised articles al
prunes, apple sauce. carrots. etc. can be
made delicious by proper cooking. as well
as many kinds of cheaper meats. II they
would be welcome 1 will be glad TO give
some of the simpler recipes that others have
said were exceedingly good that 1 mako
The greatest feature, though. is in utiliz-
ing everything; nothing goes to waste In
our house, even the bones are scraped. tina
bits from the plates cut up, and the erusts
broken and all put out for the birds that
congregate by the dozen for their break
fast every morning on my back porch In
winter.
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upon order and cleanliness. But in nine
cases out of ten the maid resents it and
feels reason Is on her side wnen she keeps
her room as best pleases her.
To this day have a sick recollection of
the big front room 1 gave my maid of all
work in country town house years ago.
The back room was sort of overflow bed
room, used when the chambers on the sec
ond floor were cverfull. Going up to put
this back room in order in preparation for
a guest 1 was met by a sitting odor from
the closet which opened into the closet in
the maids room. Investigation disclosed
unemptied and fostering Stops, unwashed
clothing. and a veritable pesthole which
might have been found in a low tenement
among ignorant foreigners. This in a New
England town and with a well recon-
mended and apparently neat maidl 1t took
fumigation, scrubbing, and airing for days
to sweeten that room.
Another point to be made. My experience
leads me to think that many maids prefer to
sit in the kitchen. When they go into
houses of their own 1t is quite likely thar
the kitchen will be the usual family sitting
room as 1t has been in the homes from
which they came. The mistress whom cir
cumstances forbids giving her maid pleas
ant bedroom should make up for it by
rendering the kitchen as attractive as pos
eible.
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Kitchen Pleasant Sitting Room.

To make another personal reference, I
may say that the tiny kitchen which Is all
apartment life permits me to have is as
pleasant a sitting room when the days
work is done as any housekeeper would
wish to have. The floor is covered with
linoleum with a couple of small rugs, the
tubs, table, and shelves are protected with
white oilcloth- Curtains hang over the
shelves holding the pots and pans. rows of
dishes are ranged on the open shelves, and
there in comfortable chairs, under a low
swung electric reading light, my maids sit
with their sewing or reading or letter writ
ing in the evening. None of these adjuncts
is expensive and there is no reason why any
maid should not have them. The mistress
is to blame is she does not supply them.
AS to the matter of the guests coming
through the back alley and up the dark
steps, I agree with my correspondent in
thinking that there should be a side en-
trance, when this is possible-but it cannot
always be attained ] do not see what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAN

time ago in response to Nora but hesi-
tated to send it in for fear that might
be disbarred for cause from the contest.
In the first place 1 am not a really truly
housewife I am simply a successful bust
ness woman, who became tired of board
Ing and set up my own establishment
found it lonesome and expensive, and then
took boarders to share both the home and
the expenses.
II do not have TO set a table on SIS q
week unless I choose. as I could spend twice
that If I so wished, but look upon home
keeping In the light of real profession
and like TO pursue 1t along as scientific
lines do my business. Again. have
a bit of artistic temperament in that 1t
seems a sin to see the smallest particle
go to waste. and I find a great source OF
economy in making use of everything.
take more pride in making perfectly de-
ncious dish out of a leftover than in serv-
;-g a seven course dinner that costs SO.
and I can do both.
- In the second place have an advantage
over the housewife who must buy each day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27

less than that. We use from one to two
dozen eggs a week-strictly fresh country
eggs-and at least two pounds of butter.
We have fruit once day, and twice If we
have no other dessert We have both fresh
and canned fruits, and quite often fresh
radishes, lettuce, and onions. do not I'M
dertake to enumerate everything. 1t would
take up too much of your valuable space.
I do not enjoy living upon So a week!
There is little or nothing left for outside
things which 1 should love to have We
have proven, time and time again, that 1t
may be done for a short time at least OF
course fuel and clothes could not be
bought out of this amount, but we find that
upon $40 week we not only live, but we
save little.
1 forgot TO say that we have big, fat
cat who comes in for his share of good
things to eat DOROTHY ELEANOR"
Condensing this CHEEKY. unaffected state
ment, we deduce the fact that two adults
supply their table with nourishing food
and enough OF it to satisfy healthy appe-
tites for a fraction more than 20 cents
day. For less than that, when we consider
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Decided advantages IL, Its Favor.

On the other hand, 1t possesses decided
advantages, which should be as strongly
emphasized as the pleas against 1t. The
lack of freedom is in certain degree a
protection. The long hours may be offset
by the fact that the maid at work lives In
a home where she would be cared for If she
were i'll, considered If she were in trouble,
where a days indisposition does not mean
a docking of wages.
She is paid better than any other class of
unframed laborers- The fluctuations of
food prices, the cost of coal, the rise Of
rents do no affect her. Her wages are clear
profit in this way, since the only absolutely
inevitable expense to her is her clothing
and in many households part of this is
provided by the housekeeper. Her aprons
and her working frocks are almost always
paid for by the mistress.
More than that, since the natural goal of
nearly every girls ambition is a home of
her own the maid in domestic service Is
fitting herself for this. realization of her
hopes as she could in no other employment.
When she goes to housekeeping from the
factory or the department shop or the office.
she goes into conditions for which she is
totally unframed.
Not SO the living out girl" If she has
made the most of her opportunities she is
able not only to keep house but to make
home such as has been her dream. The
thought of this should sustain her in the
midst of good many Inconvenience and
drawbacks and always she should bear in
mind that the way to better the conditions
under which she and her class live
is to raise the standards of the class ITSELF
A few more girls like our correspondent and
the mistresses would feel themselves en-
couraged to do anything in their power to
promote the comfort and well-being OF
maids.
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Housekeeping Made Science.

- was deeply interested in the articles
published in the Helping Hand upon Low
Cost of Living
I am a young, unmarried woman, but
1 have kept house long enough to have
brought expenses down Cor up to a science.
For most OF the year my father and myself
compose the family I have to cater for.
Our income never exceeds $40 a week.
We own our house and do my own bak-
ing. Otherwise we could not possibly
bring expenses down to this sum. We live
in a small town where prices are not so
high as In the city
Out of this So a. week we must pay for
telephone, laundry Il do no washing or
froning), gasoline and kerosene, besides
what is provided for the table. We have
plenty to eat and fair variety. We even
entertain company occasionally.
We seldom allow our weekly meat bill
to exceed 20 cents, and frequently 1t is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Typographical Error.

I'm a late number of The Helping Hand
IF. z. M speaks of cold water sauce in
a recipe for meat pie How is cold water
sauce NADER
How do we obtain pineapple Juice
mentioned In another recipe in the same
issue?
II hope soon TO be able to lend hand
I'm your wonderful work.
" Mrs. z. 3. z"
"Cold water sauce " is a palpable typo
graphical error. 1t should be simply " a
quart of cold water" How the sauce "
slipped in is one of the mysteries of the
composing room. I thank you for giving
me the chance to correct this one of many.
Pineapple juice " is obtained by mine
ing fresh pineapple and squeezing out the
Juice through a cheesecloth bag.
Your contributions viii be gladly re-
ceived.
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Good Fortune Hard TO Believe.

When a housekeeper has had a success
sion of maids of the latter sort it is not
always easy for her to adapt herself to the
change when one like my correspondent
comes into her home. Missionary work is
doubtless commendable and If a maid is
careless about her chamber, leaving her
garments strewn about 1t, never taking the
pains to keep 1t clean even when time is
allowed her for the purpose, the mistress
should perhaps follow her up and insist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
Hon TO Make Almond Rings.

Kindly publish a recipe for ALMOND
rings. Also let US know II. in making
these, better results are gained by the use
of yeast or without it. f. L w.
lam ashamed to confess myself Ignorant
of what is meant by almond rings II they
are ever made with yeast If this be not
what you refer to, 1 must appeal to our
ever kind and always intelligent constitu-
ents for help in satisfying you
ALMOND R4--GS.-Beat the yolls Of sin
eggs light and smooth Cream together
one and a half cups of sugar and three
quarters of a cupful of butter. Stir into
the creamed sugar and butter a cupful OK
minced almonds (minced fne) and tea
spoonful of ground cinnamon. Now beat In
the whipped eggs alternately with three
even cupfuls of dried -four. into which has
been sifted three times a teaspoonful Of
baking powder.
Line your pan with well buttered paper,
and with a spoon drop upon this rings Of
the soft dough. forming neatly. Bake
quickly.
A little practice is required to enable one
to make the rings. Once learned, the
trick" is easy.
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TRIALS OF MISTRESS AND MAID.

n WELL written. well expressed letter
~ has just reached me. 1t is headed,
- Mistress and Maid " and runs as
follows:
I'm afraid when I start to write
On this subject I won't know when to stop,
for there is so much to be written about it
I want to write this, hoping that some one
may benefit by a kindly suggestion. as it Is
well meant If ladies would listen to the
intelligent, competent working class of girls
there would be more harmony between the
two factors.
I'VE have all been maids In our family
snd have dealt with all sorts of people.
One of us remained at one place on and of
for ten years, another five years, and we
could still go back to either place. Now. we
didn't hold those positions for that length
of time because the people were especially
kind or because we had a private sitting
room, bath, etc, but merely because We
always tried to do our duty.
THE places were just of the ordinary
kind. We had the same bare, cherries,
sometimes cold room that one sees allotted
to the maid the world over. the same dirty
bath tub In the basement.
"That, I think, Is the bone of contention
between mistress and maid-this room bust
ness. If a girl likes to stay at home even
ings where will she sit for the hour or two
that are hsrs2
Orerwork a Frequent Complaint.
First of all, a girl should not be SO tired
by night that she just wants to flop into
bed. She can't well maintain any degree of
intelligence by always being too sleepy to
read, or she can't do much toward her
hopeful box If her poor hands are too
'twitchy' to hold a needle. Well. then,
wen say this Is a good place and the girl
Is full of ambition, so about $3.50 p. m. she is
ready to sit down to sew.
" She goes up to her room and finds 1T an
even temperature OF about so degrees. In
the front part Of the house no doubt the
windows are open. Mr.. Puppy is standing
at the open window, glad of the breath of
air, that in the room Is too sitting for even
him
THE only thing to do Is to go down to
the kitchen again-1t Is ardeast warm there.
The gas Is away up near the ceiling in the
center OF the room. She ought to stand
under The one jet in order to see what she is
doing. She has been alone all day, save for a
few minutes chat with the milknan and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-27
IMPORTANT NOTICE

DE CA US of the enormous
- number Of letters sent to the
department must ask con-
hfbutors to limit their conln1unica-
lions to 100 words, except in cases of
formulas or recipes which require
greater space. I want all my cor
respondents to have showing in the
Corner. and if nay request in this
respect is complied with it will be
possible TO print many more letters.
Attention Is called to the fact that
Marion HULdRd cannot receipe money
for patterns. as she has no connection
with any department that sells them.
Marion Hartdnd
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objection any mistress could make to the
visitors entering by the front yard on their
way to the back door, and am inclined
to think she is a rather unreasonable per-
son when she does 1t.
For my own part feel wish to do all in
my power to make home so comfortable
that 1t will encourage girls to enter domes-
tic service. I grant all that can be said
of it's drawbacks, the long hours, the Sun
day work, the absence of a certain degree of
freedom, the foolish prejudice against
service"