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The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

~HE HELPING HAND esteems itself
particularly fortunate this week in
the acquisition Of valuable. practical
housewifery hints and helps, contrib
uted for the most part by veterans
IN the field Of domestic research
When our members have read, marked,
and inwardly digested these. they will
agree with me and return thanks, as do.
20 the authors thereof
A FURNACE HINT.-Few realize that
q heater, or furnace, is a piece Of machin-
cry and that it should be cared for &C
cordingly.
IF the furnace is hard to shake down.
put plenty Of oil on the shafting and the
gearing at the front end Of the CRATE Get
the oil upon all Of what might be styled
the vital parts OF the machine. This
will tighten the hard task Of shaking down
the cinders and ashes. r. NJ E"
No need to remind the housemother Of
the difficulty Of getting a maid Of all work
or q cook or, indeed. a woman employe
Of any denomination or nationality, who Is
willinE to /" tend the furnace" The util-
fly man Of the neighborhood must be en-
gagged to look after this end OF the house
work. or the master Of the establishment
hour Of the day. and at late bedtime. and
see to It that the family are not frozen
out Of house and home Yet stupid
woman can manage a gas range and run
q sewing machine.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

PECA USE of the enormous
II number of letters sent TO the
department must ask con-
fribufors TO limit their coHlnunicd-
tions TO 100 words. except in cases of
formulas or recipes which require
greater space. I want all my cor
respondents TO have a showing in the
Corner, and if my request in this
respect is complied with it will be
possible TO print many more letters.
Attention is called to the fact that
Marion RdrLGnd cannot Teceire money
for patterns. as she has no connection
with any department that sells them.
= Marion RdrLdnd.
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Darning Hint.

The work OF darninE, inevitable in
every well ordered household. may be
greatly reduced in the following manner:
when a large hole is TO be mended.
first, with a needleful OF rather fine cotton,
catch the edges OF the opening. in and out,
and across few times. drawing the sides
OF the chssm as near together as you can
without puckering It. Then thread the
needle with darning cotton and proceed as
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= "
An Eye for Dirt"

1t is right and seemly that We should
keep our homes and our belongings clean.
The processes OF cleansing that which 9th
eTs have soiled: mepding that which is torn
or worn. and setting TO rights that which
has been thrown out Of place-must have
been designed by our All Wise and Alto
gether Kind Heavenly Father for our best
good, or we should not be compelled to
spend one-half of our lives in cleaning I'D
and Strengthening out. " An eye for dirt "
is essential to excellent housewifery. Diff
ferent degrees Of perception diIerentiats
the notable and the negligent manager.
Perhaps you may have heard the time
worn anecdote Of the priggtsh bachelor
who laid a broom across the path along
which three girls he knew were 10 come
down TO the orchard where he awaited
them? The first jumped over the broom
kIttenishly, the second stumbled over It and
kicked It petulantly aside; the girl who
came last espied II where It lay. picked II
up and set It, brush end up. against the
porch wall. He married her, because, as
he told her on her wedding trip, he
q" wanted neither a fly away nor a sloven."
"Ialways know when she has been this
way" a cook in an American family was
overheard TO say to a fellow servant " She
sets all the brooms with the brush end up"
The housemother's action passed with the
amused maids as clear fussiness." II was
but one Of the thousand unuttered protests
which the owener OF house and home is con-
tinuaIIy making against violation OF law
and order. One sufferer relates painfully
that she has had one chambermaid for
tuepty wears ana IN all that tfme has
never seen her leave a broom standing with
the right end up.
Yet that servant must have had many sat
isfactory qualities, or she would not have
held her place for a score OF years.
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her work as well as you would have done
II had you stepped down from the platform
and seated yourself at her desk? Did the
favorite pupil whom you had guided
through the school course acquit herself
at her graduation altogether as triumph
antIy as you would have wished her to do?
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the attention OF those about you, you will
end by making them believe that what you
are shouting is a fact Cover your de-
hciencies, real and imaginary, with a well
cut and well fitting coat OF eomplacency.
Then set your wits TO work TO Justify the
brave show.
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Recipe for Potato Yeo,t.

Somebody asked a while ago for recipe
FOR potato yeast. I send one which has
been found good In my family.
Potato YEAsT-Havs ready two
quarts OF boiling water. two tablespoonfuls
each OF salt and OF sugar. two large pota-
toes. The potatoes should be pared and
grated. Stir the grated potato into the wa
ter. which should Be at a fast boil over the
Gre. Boil up well for q minute and remove
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Recipes for Uflitu Boob.

From different parts Of our widening ter
ritory We have two other communications
that should be transferred to the Everyday
Utility Book Of the careful housemother:
ITO CLEAN THE CARPET-Put one
cake OF white soap. two tablespoonfuls
each OF ammonia. borax, and sal soda into
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Clean Clothc, NTH Little WorE.

Dissolve soap in warm water into a
good warm suds: add a tablespoonful Of
ammonia TO a small tubful. Wash the
clothes in this upon the board or with the
machine. Remove the peel from lemon.
squeeze the Juice into the water in the
boiler. with little bluing, and bring all
TO a slow boil. Keep this up for ten min
utes. Take out the clothes with the stick
and drain them well before dropping them
into the bluing water.
Run through the wrinEer after the
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When Everything Goes Wrong.

Sometimes your whole being rebels
against line Of work that brings, as far as
you can see. little satisfaction to any
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Beet and lettuce salad IA leftover.
Cream cheese sandwiches "a leftover.
Ginger snaps and tea.
DINNER.
Soup Ia Jullenne.
Roast veal Mashed potatoes CrsEmsd onions
Cottage pudding Black coffee.
4; &
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Apple sauce. Cereal and cream.
omelet with hne herbs,
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON '
Cold roast veal. tomato sauce.
Potato cake "a leftover. Graham bread.
Crackers and Edsm cheese.
Cottage pudding. sliced and warmed up with
sauce IA leftOvsr)
Coeoa,
DINNER
Cream Of onion soup "a leftoyer).
Fried scailops. STUFFED sweet potatoes.
Canned asparagus tips.
Cracker plum pudding. Black coffee.
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. Cereal and cream.
Kippered behring's. Quick biscuits.
Toast. Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Hamburger steak. Fried bananas
Breakfast biscuits Tomato toast.
Cookies and tea
DINNER.
Combination soup.
Stuffed and Dreaded beers heart.
Drowned potatoes. caulinower-
Rice soufne (Ses recipe In Helping Handl.
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from the fire. Let it get lukewarm before
adding a cake OF yeast which has been
soaked in warm water. Set by in a warrD
place until II works well. Put aside in a
bottle or covered jar about half pint for
a starter and use the rest for your next
baking OF bread.
II at any time the starter seems to
lose strength, a small piece OF yeast may
be added The mixture is made fresh for
every baking, the starter being used in
stead Of the yeast cake. This quantity will
make six Ioaves OF bread without the addi-
tiOn OF water. II larger quantity OF bread
is to be baked. put In more water in making
the yeast. Grating and cooking the pota-
toes keeps them from settling TO the bot
tom Of the liquid, as they would otherwise
have q tendency to do. Mrs. +. A N"
am not the only person who. brought up
in the old style OF cookery. does not hide her
preference for sweet. tender bread raised
with home made yeast above that which
owes its pufiness to patent compressed
cakes bought from the shops. For thirty
years Of my housewifely life the yeast used
in breadmaking was brsNed in my kitchen
and kept, in winter in the cellar. In summer
in the refrigerator thank our member
for supplying Us with 4 recipe so simple and
so excellent.
Rice Souf7e.
" I ate a delicious pudding at the house
Of friend yesterday. She called Il q
rice souffie,' but / think It was made Of
rice flour, although 1 could detect soft
grains In II. l did not like to ask for the
recipe, for there we're others present.
thought 1t better to wait and write the
Helping Hand about IL.
Please Justify my judgmsntI'
MAMIE b."
With thanks for the confidence reposed in
Us shall do my best TO warrant It.
RICE SOUFFLE-Heata a cupfuI Of milk
in double boiler and when 1t is scalding
hot stir into It a roux made by heating to-
gether in a frying pan a tablespoonful Of
-four with heaping tablespoonful OF but
ter. Rub smooth IN the pan before It goes
into the milk Pour into bowl and let It
get cold Then beat into IL cupful OF cold
boiled rice. the whipped yolks and frothsd
whites OF four eggs. adding the stiffsned
whites last and quickly. Turn at once into
a buttered pudding dish and set in a brisk
oven. Bake until the soufie pufis high in
the middle and the eggs are .' set" Serve
The glory OF a souffie is to
3" pun" Eat with cream and sugar.
Some add sugar 10 the custard. but this
hazards the lightnsss OF the pudding. To
my taste 1t is far more delicate and alto
gether nicer when the sweetness is supplied
by the sugar and cream poured over II At
tables by each eater.
This Is. as You say. a delicious prepara-
ton OF rice.
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yourself Don't fall into the way Of writ
yourself.
Bear Your Troubles Gracefully.
II an evil cannot be helped meet IL like
a true woman and bear It gallantly. Don't
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

wear your nerves into telephone wires in
stead Of keeping them even and nrm.
wink-gracefully, If you can. but always
resoIutely-at the incurable after you are
assured that 1t Is beyond cure
You were a teacher in your earlier iiie-
Did your most promising scholar ever DO
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I know what your silent reply will be. Yet
part Of your discouragement springs from
your inability 70 make servants perform
their duties as you would were the places
exchanged.
Lastly, let me drop a sly hint in your
cara whisper 50 low that John cannot
catch It. Don't confess to him that you
think yourself an Indifferent housekeeperI
II Is a true saying that II you say thing
long enough and loudly enough to attract
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
We Got Ours.

Week before last, while the wealth
or was quite severe here, we were
congra,ulating ourselves that it was
not so bad with Us az with our neigh
bors all around US, east, west, north
and south, but old winter hung onto
his JOB. and Thursday and Friday
nights gave US a tonch OF the real
thing, reported at IS to 81 below
zero both nights. 1t is better now,
With the thermometer going up, the
snow gong off, and prospects OF rain.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
AMERICAS FOREMOST LADY con-
POSER,

Very few lady composers have met
with such great success as has Henrietta
Blanke l.clcher. who for the past ten
! year, lie, been one of the principal writ.
ers 70, Jrio,ue II. Remick & Co. She
first made \ reputation as a waltz writer,
and so,ilr q her waltzes. especially the
new "ro!aire Waltzes," are having a
Worldwide popularity. On the program
Of the coronation ball recently given in
London these waltaes held the place of
honor, beng pnt o N just before the inter
mission, AMI comment was made that it
was the only number on the dancing pro.
gran, written by an American composer.
She has lately written soilv very high.
class songs, and the song, Love
Dreams, is of the popular songs Of
the day. Her latest aud probably her
best song. My Only One, is, however.
destined t" o%utrival it III popularity, since
it will appeal 10. almost all music lovers,
and not alone to those who only see mer.
il in the modern classics. The lyric is
worthy OF the musical setting hat Miss
Belcher gave it. and will appeal to those
who seek merit in both the words and
music of a song. We appeud the refrain:
The stars above may shine SO bright,
my only one!
But You will De my guiding light, my
only one,
Your pre- sencr, dear, means more TO me
Than ali the dreams OF life to be;
Your kissis bl,ssful ecs,acy,
Ny only one, Ny only one,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
cl'"AMAN WAS TOO CUTE
susp!eious Of Wedding Cake Sent Hin
BY Enollshran Who Owed
Him Money.

An Englishman who was appointed
TO an important post In China got mar
ried soon after. Among the recipient,
OF the usual little card boxes contain
Ing a piece Of wedding cake was .
Chinese merchant with whom the
bridegroom had IN outstanding 40
count for goods supplied.
After the honeymoon. one OF thu
1rst persons tho newly welded hus
band met was his Celestial creditor,
And how did you like the cake! p
said the Engl!shman. laughing, ate
the usual congratulations.
"Ah. ah." returned the Chinaman
with a cunning leer, me no such BIZ
fool to eat him, sab. Me put cakee ii
fire. Burn him up. He, he!"
"Oh. that's too bad" said the Eng
Hshman. very much hurt. "You nigh
have tasted It. at least. out OF com
pliment to my wife and myself. VIII,
didn't you?"
Me too clute. sah." said the Celes
tial, with the same winning smile
You W me mopee. eah; sendee poi
son cakee: ! eat him: 1 dis; you n,
payee up. iioup.la! He, he, he'll
know you lHgleesh!"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
Mayor Harrison was busy last week

Mayor Harrison was busy last week
looking after the really needy ones OF
our city. They are very few, and
help is rarely called for. but the sud-
den and we spell Of weather
through which we have just passed,
called for help, and our Mayor was
prompt to respond. Our people are
always ready to help when called up
on, but at this time, with the storm
raging, it was impossible to call for
help, SO Mayor Harrison took hold
of the situation, and will put the mat
ter up to our charitable folks later.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
Men and Women.

Az times go on we have the two re.
suits to be anticipated. Men reach
the point-usuaily early in life-where
business Or politics absorbs their
whole attention. and they have little
time, strength or interest left for the
broader culture and the amenities Of
life. while woilen are prone to be too
much preocGulted with these things,
to the injury OF the home-not, per-
baps. III It's smooth running. for in
the average American home the
wheels OF its machinery do usually
run smoothly. though at great expense
and to the injury OF the home spirit.
If the two could be Averaged we
should more nearly approach the ideal.
Men need more relaxation, more rest.
more variety, especially as they nd.
vance in life. Women need nore CON
ccntraticn, more d~efinitGness in their
work, and especially more interest and
o different kind Of ideal In their home
rlaking.-Mrs. N. ID. Hills in the
American Woman and Her Home.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

When q prospective voter In one OF
Chicago's election districts was asked
the date of his naturalization he 70.
piled that he had taken cut his pa.
pers SO long tefors that he could not
remember Just when he had become
an American.
The oficer to whom this statement
was made was extremely thoughtful
for q moment. Then he added:
Can you remember who was the
Republican candidate for president
that year?
Sure. I don't remember who was
running for prisldint,' was the re
Spouse, but It was the same year
that Stufy McGiniis was appointed
Dog Drownder."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
CUTTING DOWN TIE FLESH
Heroic Struggles Of a Fat Nan Who
Thought h Scales Were
D%sceivine Him.

] have about ONE to the conclusion
that the good Lord intended some Of
his creatures to be fat and some thin
regardless OF medicines and so-cajled
infal!iblc cures, writes a western
man. For h long while I tried all the
alleged obesity cures and none OF
them did me any good. Then | deter
mined to starve myself and take lots
O. exercise.
All ny iife I had been e lover Of
coed eating, and counted that day
lost O. which l did o consume for
ny dinner the better part Of a sirloin
steak CO thick rs a darky's foot, WITH
al tEe Trimmings. For breakfast /
usually destroyed a platter Of cakes,
three eggs and no end Of thin-sllcod
bacon, besides fruits and two cups Of
coffee.
This lifelong system J abandoned
FOR an c4ttre month, cutting out all
the meat and about all the vegetahlcss
q pieco Of toast and glass OF milk tax.
Ing the Place Of my morning meal,
end l. little ice being the chief item
on the moager dinner bill Of fare.
Lunch I omitted wholly. In addition
| walked at least six miles every day
and uiI all sorts OF stunts In my room
with Il gymnasium outfit. Prior to
going to bed ! perpetrated ell sorts
OF muscular contortions and rolled
on tho moor till my body was bruised,
At the end OF thirty days ! felt a,
% run q three.n,ile foot-race or 60 81
Use m-G With the champion. About
u 'h;n,r, 1t occurred to me that
o. :ttt L. got weighed and l made q
see line rs tie scales. My grocer IS
sucl IA .4,ssthey were correct tc
"a cUnter ~. Iiey showed hat
lined "A f1snds n the period Of III,
hbstihence.---SacSaraN
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
To Our Friends.

We would ask u trends who have
orders Of publication, trustees sales,
administrators notices. and other
legal printing, to remember US, We
a do your work correctly and at
fair prices. Please remember and
doa't forget it..
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

A Subscriber asks how many fine
saddle horses does Circuit Clerk
Jones sport and how does he make
it riding more than n at a time
when they are going in opposite di-
REGIONS. Think our inquirer must be
4 Republican, Tor Democrats are used
~ circus riding.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
Advertising Rates.

Display advertising, by the year. to average
four inches or more, SIC. per inch each issue.
Professional cards. one inch. 50 cents pet
m NTH two inches. Is cents per month.
I,ocais-6ve lines. or over. S cents per line foI
FRS, insertion; &c. per line for each subsequen,
Insertion. In black type 10 centA per line fot
sueGt insertion
legal advertLirg al iega! rates,
Special rates on page advertisements.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

The DreSic Bros. very generously
rendered the use OF their telephone
e%xchang" nj all connecting lines to
the Citizens Club to help notify the
community surrounding Versailles OF
the coming OF the Rock Island Cream
and fgs ILam Oh Friday, Jan. 26th.
They a-e always ready to do their
share. and then some.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

Did YOU notice what al clucidatcd
calculation OF tne lpnes-Smi!ey cpl-
sode was net given in the Leader OF
last week. CIa i be they are saving
it for a t1Hb ihi, week: L. continues
to be Old Granny Gossip. - read
cr says, il on" q ia editors should
write a local item of rcws stating thu,
a drove OF steep had passed the court
house OF II, way to the Rock Is,and
depot TOR 5hIrncn,, and the olher
editor shoY'G see it,. he would a
81 don't believe ! would publish
that item "
''Wny?'
'They might not have beer
sheep"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

The Morgan County Democracy
Is IN a sorry plight, for when they do
acciden,lY elect one of their number
to Office, i. is altogether uncertain il
h: viii stay with them. especially if
ne thinks there is more money in
y other game.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

We are just now winding up our
1911 run Of job printing. We GER
salnly had a busy time of it for the
past four months, and hope to be
kept just as busy all through 1912.
let US do your JOB work.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
WCTiCE.
The Firm OF
KlDWElL &

(At Kidwell's Old Stand.)
Will continue the Undertaking and
furniture business.
We are prepared to do all kinds OF
,epairing, and furnish Farniture at
prices that will cause you TO buy.
An excellent assortment OF Caskets,
Collins, Robes, ETC., will be kept in
sock. PROMPT service, sHd salts
fiction guarantees o..
Call on, or phone rs.'
Phon~,95S.
N4pwEL.. a TALBOT
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18

The Methodist preacher. Bro. Hes.
Ter, said sunday that it was a viola
ton OF church law for any member OF
that church to sign a saloon petition.
Now about the Other churches ,
How about men2
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
DIRECTORY.
TImYs-op noru-;u rjtW-

TIMYsoP nofu-sC cJua-.
Circuit cour, 3rd Msnd'y IN Apr'i ,rI md itcr.
nay fi August and Dpceinl.,r.
Probate court Pad Mo,,ia. ~ Irnr 'iry, "a. asf
November, and 81, Monday Il AucI
County c0Git Monday III F%nnrus:,. May
August and .oveinicr.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
Bruce and the Cpider,

Apparently the little fireside stor,
about Bruce and the spider Ia In the
category OF fables. So eminent an au
,hority as Sr herbert Maxwell says 4:
Robert the Bruce"
What Is the evidence 10 bs Yount
in suppostsof Il? Not In the writing,
IT Barbour. ForG's Vt Wyntoun. thos.
most hearty contemporary with Bruce
and leaar 'itEe|y to suppress a circum
stance so picturos4ue and ILLUSTRATING
SO aptly the perseverance and IA
tlence OF the na;.oral hero under des
lerate d%ificuItlea.
NO; nothing Is heard Of this adven
ture till ,loug after Bruce and hi.
comrades had pas2c3 away, and ther
it makes its appearance III compsr,
with such trash as tlfe miraculous an
I%oarance Of The arm tQne Us St. FIJI
IN on the v or iiannochburn, anc
worthy of just about as much consid
Grafton"
So goes anothcr OF the venerate,
legends Of childEuCd.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
To End Log Rats.

Columbia rivermen believe that the
recent disasters oyertakine a lumber
Of the oc~ean'GoIns log RATS which were
being sent from the river TO California
have been the means Of sorndins tho
doom of this method Of shipping lum
Ter down the coast. In support OF
tnfs conclusion II Is pointed out n,
the steamer Carlos. on her last trim
took out a deckl0ad OF pling from
Stella. Heretofore the great bnlk Of
the pillng from that point hns bee,
shipped to California iu the form o,
rafts.-Shipping illustrated
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-18
Mon.,N CoJSYT Dry:ri,Is.

Not:,y r,t.,v ppy..,.t
Representative, J, 1 IrGrp.
Pres!dire Jui!n VT. rorr,
Judge iS, pts',ic Iho-,p sro'G,aI
sniHe "nd i3rt.!"t Wa I 1'sii" E'-
Judge Of Probate Har,"y ,. ,ci"in
Circuit 'l'FL AND h"co'd"r j'!n J. i"H'"
County 'I"r!' Nili'm h'"in'J
fr0'icu''ng Attorney u. VI. 'hr'Hev
9hc'ih 'n"'ist' 'fts
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