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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

The Department OF Psychology az
Columbia University has proved by a
series of actual experiments that the
popular belief i'm the benefit Of coffee
at breakfast is we'll founded
Sixteen persons of both sexes and
of different ages were formed into
two squads The members OF the first
called the caffeine squad" received
every day from one to siA strains Of
caffeine in capsules Ga cup Of ordinary
strong coffee contains about two
grains) The members of the second
or control squad" received capsules
containing non-stimulating sugar Of
milk, or fruit syrups similar in taste
and appearance to the caffeine solu-
ton. So that during the tests, no
person in either squad knew whether
he or she was receiving caffeine or
not.
"On certain days says Good House
keeper, the caffeine squad received
control doses-that is, substitutes for
coffee, and on some days no dose what
ever, the elaborate system by which
the drug WIS administered or withheld
making it possible to observe every
variety of effect from its use and
non-use"
The subjects were carefully tested
by many processes, ranging from the
simplest muscular exercises, requiring
only rapidity of motion, to tests which
necessitated apparatus sufficiently fine
to record mental aud motor process
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
TABLE DECORATIONS.

For the decoration of a Spring lunch
con nothing is loyelier than the com
bination of the delicate pink apple
blossoms combined with pussy will
lows. In setting the table never YER
load the surface with a number of
small dishes, many wine glasses, or a
quantity of silver. In the arrangement
of dinners and luncheon there is de-
cided tendency to simplicity of eff
feet. Not only is the menu shorter
than in former years, but the dishes
are lighter and not so rich, the equip
ment Of silver, glass and china not SC
elaborate, and the display Of flowers
in better taste
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
COFFEE is BENEFICIAL

or occupyn- uar ountho1sardth OF q
second
on the days when rha subjects To-.
coivod no oa0e.u. their mental and
Rotor efficiency naa found TO reach
It's maximum between ron and twelve
i'm the morning, and then TO decline
steadily throughout tho remainder Of
the day on the other hand those
dosed with from two To- four grains
OF caffeine Cequal TO from one TO two
cups Of coffee showed am increase IN
efficiency throughout tine day. and
even the next morning, without e To-
newal of the stimulant. they would
start on the higher level Of efficiency.
proving the stimulation of the caffeine
to be without harmful reaction or after
neryelCssness.
Larger doses of the drug, from four
to six grains, gave varying results.
With the smaller subjects. these doses
frequently produced insomnia and dis
turbed sleep. but the big fellows, who
weighed about one hundred and
seventy-fye pounds could consume, it
vas found, considerably more than
six grains without being disturbed in
the least
Two facts stands on. from these
experiments. One, that small amounts
OF the stimulant, from one to three
grains, produce the greatest increase
in efficiency; the other that in purely
mental processes the increase is more
marked and the effect more lasting
than in cases where muscular effort
accompanies the mental activity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
THE SIMPLE WEDDING.

The quiet wedding seems TO be far
more usual now. 40 longer is it con.
sidered an alarming symptom of ecceu-
tricity TO be married without brides
maids. best man, a churchill of specta-
tors, red carpet, cabs, huttouholed cab,
men nourishing berlbhoned whips, old
Jokes in the yes.ry weakened with
tears. rice, yolley of flowers old boots
and shoes and slippers, a parade OF
presents, breakfast frock coat, orange
blossom, satin, and so on.
Man has always quailcd before such
a catalogue, but woman appears TO
have reveled in it, but The general
fashion for simplicity involves the sim
pie wedding. The red carpet is fol
lowing the seyeu-course dinner and
bridesmaids are Joining the other
ghosts Of the past
There are still. OF course, many elab'
crate weddings, but they are not by
any means so usual as they used tC
be-paruculgrly among the middle
classes. Even at the most fashion
able" churches the number of quie
weddings increases steadily, The typ
cal wedding of The day is a little gatf
erue of relatives
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
THE NEGLECTED. MOTHER.

1t was my lot to be present when a
wife sought to impress her slow-witted
or ss-punctilious husband with the
eminent propriety of paying his week
ly visit to his invalid mother. She
lived in another town, and the hush
and had busy day before him.
But, my love, you know she will be
looking for you and worrying if you
do not come. She says she looks for
ward to your Wednesday visit as the
event of the week. 1t is a shame to
disappoint a sick woman. You really
must sacrifice your own inclinations
and let business 30 sometimes, when
your duty to your mother interiors
with them" she purred on, and on,
and on, until the baited man Jumped
up in a yillainously bad humor, and
muttering something about "naggng,
rushed off to his train.
II wonder, sometimes, if it can be
my duty to risk making my husband
angry with me in order to hold him
to what | think is his duty" explain
ed the wife as the front door slammed
behind him Il positively dread t
have Wednesday come around"
! The mothers funeral was appointe,
for that day week, Thenceforth tn,
son had his Wednesdays free. Marion
Harland, in Harper's Bazaar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
GIRLS AND THE NEW DANCES.

Alice Duer Miller is writing in Harp
er's Bazaar for May about society's
new dances-the Turkel Trot, Grizzly
Bear, etc. Among other things, she
says:
Imagine a maiden aunt. a belle, let
us say, of twenty-five years ago, tran
sported after a long absence into a
ballroom of the past winter. She
would be struck at once by many
changes; a lesser Formally, a greater
gaiety. The old-fashioned cotillon OF
her day would be gone; there would
be a smaller number of couples in the
conservatory, shorter pauses between
the dances, and a general business-likC
air that dancing and only dancinG
was the order of the day. 1t may be
that if our supposititious aunt were
a sentimentalist, as maiden ladies o
fifty are apt to be, she might regre
those empty conservatory corners, ant
feel that something Of romance ant
something of dignity had disappeared
and that the entertainment had NOR
the quality of a child's party than
full-hedged ball.
If it were given under the most COZ
rect auspices, her regrets might 90 n
further, If not, she would presently b
surprised to see, as the band began
strange, syncopated measure, that tn
couples were no longer dancing in IN
attitude to which she had been a
customed-the woman's left hand o
the mans shoulder and her right han
out from her body Both the VOL
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

He was middle-aged man with a
fringe of gray hair around the bald
spot on his head, a portly figure, and
a complexion that showed he was
familiar with the good things OF the
table.
He stood in his business office and
with distinctly bored, Indifferent
air listened to what small, nervous
man with thin gray locks and a droop-
ing gray mustache was hastily telling
him.
The one was a picture of success;
the other, of failure. The failure IVES
working hard to make good. Success
showed plainly that it was not only
an act of great condescension on his
part to listen, but that really, he had
little time to waste.
At last with a negative, the portly
one turned away, and the little old
man went out. He came back again,
however in few minutes, and with
IN effort at bluff, called out in rs
hearty tones as he could, "Oh, say,
Douglass, forgot"
| The other with a face of wrath at
this familiarity from Failure appeared
| from an inner office. His manner was
even more cool, bored, condescending
| Clearly Failure need hope for little
! from his hands.
But why is it necessary to treat in
] such a way a fellow-being trying to
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
CORRECT SPEECH.

In threading the maze of correct
usage in the case of pronouns, we are
lost because we fail to keep in mind
the relationship between the pronoun
and the verb. Whenever the prououn
of the first person is the subject OF
part of the subject of the verb, We
should say, "I'; whenever it Is th'
object or part of the object of tn,
verb or proposition we should say
me"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

Continue to blow until a sufficiently
large bubble is formed, then olsen
tangle it from the funnel by turning
he latter carefully at right angles,
the finger being applied meanwhile to
the opening of the tube
In like manner a bubble may be
blown over little pinWheel made from
paper The wheel may be set in rapid
motion by a current of air blown
through the ever useful straw, the
bubble increasing in size as long as
the wheel is kept spinning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

ans hands would be on, or even dang
ling over, the mans shoulders, while
with steps initiated rather from the
buzzard than the turkey the couples
Oscillate instead of circling.
In other words, she is witnessing
for the first time one of those new
dances, so called because no one cares
to remember to what primitive times
and emotions they may be traced"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
A KITCHEN HINT.

You who find it difficult TO cut mn
a rough-skinned pumpkin will find the
kitchen or woodhouse saw the most
convenient article. for the purpose as
it is superior to the sharpest knife anc
far less dangerous.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

half teaspoonful of salt and one OF
soda, and beat lightly with pint of
buttermink. Serve hot with molcs-
ses.
Whole Wheat Mullins.
Sift a cup of one-half of whole wheat
-four with one-half level teaspoonful
of soda and the same of salt, add a
scant cup of thick sour milk, two
tablespoonfuls of molasses and a well
beaten egg. Bake in moderate oven.
Corn Cake.
Mix well, and sift one cup of corn
meal, one-half cup of flour, one heap
ing teaspoonful of baking powder, one
half teaspoonful of salt and add to
this three tablespoonfuls of molasses,
one-half cup of sweet milk, q table
spoonful of melted butter and one egg.
Bake in a sheet in moderate oven
Little Spice Cake.
Cream together one-half cup each Of
cottolene and sugar and molasses,
then stir in four yolks or two whole
eggs and beat we'll Add alternately
one cup of sour milk and two cups of
flour which has been sifted with a level
teaspoonful each of soda, cinnamon,
ginger, and half as much of salt and
cloves. Place in muffin tins, sprinkle
thickly with chopped nuts, and bake.
Molasses Cake.
Mix in order given, one cup of but
ter and the same of sugar, two cups of
molasses, five cups of flour, salt, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and
four or five beaten eggs. Spices may
be mixed with flour to suit taste.
Indian Pudding.
Cook one cup of corn meal with two
quarts of milk in a double boiler for
one-half hour. Add to this scant cup
of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of salt
and the same of ginger and a little Gin.
namon. Bake very slowly for three
hours. Serve hot with either butter or
| cream. This must cook slowly or it
will separate.
Ginger Loaf.
Place in a bowl a cup each of mo-
lasses and sour cream, and mix into
this two rounding cups of flour sifted
with two level teaspoonfuls of soda,
the same of ginger and a little salt.
Add a well beaten egg, mix thoroughly
| and bake.
Wash rice, mix ingredients and poul
into buttered pudding dish; bake three
hours in very slow oven, stirring three
times during first hour of baking, t.
prevent rice from settling.
Indian Pudding.
Five cups of scalded milk, one-third
cup of Indian meal, one-half cup Of
molasses, one teaspoonful of salt, one
teaspoonful of ginger.
Pour milk slowly on meal, cook in
double boiler twenty minutes, add mo
lasses, salt, and ginger; pour into
buttered pudding dish and bake two
hours in slow oven; serve with cream
If baked too rapidly it will not whey
Ginger may be omitted.
j cereaIine Pudding,
Four cups of scalded milk, two cups
of cerealine, one-half cup of molasse'
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of but
ter
: Pour milk on cerealine, add remain
ing ingredients, pour into buttere,
| pudding dish, and bake one hour il
slow oven. Serve with cream.
Spiced Layer Cake.
Cream one.half cup of butter an,
add a scant cup of molasses. Mix thi
} with three-fourths of a cup of waite
= and add to it two and one-half cup
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
ASPARAGUS


out the TubberS and stand the jars in a
washboiler. protecting them from con-
tact with the bottom by a wooden
rack or layers of hay. Do not let the
jars touch each other; keep them sep
arated by cloths wrapped about the
jars or the clothesline twisted between
them. Pour in cold water to a little
over half their height, cover the boil
er, bring quickly to the boiling point
and cook continuously an hour and a
half Scald the rubbers Place on
jars. lifting out one at a time, fasten,
replace and cook thirty minutes long
er. Remove, screw as tightly as pos
sible and when cold set in cool. dark
place. This calls for asparagus Of
good size.
Asparagus omeIet.
Break four eggs into a bowl and
beat until light and toamy without
separating whites and yolks. Add four
Tablespoonful of cream or rich milk, q
salt spoonful of salt and a dash of
pepper. Have a smooth, clean omelet
pan ready and melt a tablespoonful Of
butter or vegetable oil in it, fitting it
so that it will run all over the pan to
grease the sides as well as the bot
| tom. When kissing hot, pour in the
egg mixture AS it cooks, prick in
, several places with fork in order to
allow the uncoOked portions to run
under, sift with fork until the whole
is of a creamy consistency, Have in
readiness several spoonfuls of cooked
asparagus points, mixed with little
melted butter, a few drops Of lemon
Juice and a teaspoonful of chopped
parsley. Spread lightly bnt evenly
over the top Of the omelet, double over
dextrously and shake out of the pan
on to a hot platter, If liked the edges
of the omelet may be garnished with
more asparagus points.
Scrambled Eggs With Asparagus.
For every three eggs allow a hal
cupful OF asparagus tips, and a table
spoonful of water to each egg Sal
7 end pepper to season. Put table
t spoonful of butter in the frying pan o.
chatting dish and when hot turn in the
2 egg mixture. Stir with fork unit
= creamy, then serve on toast alone
+ as desired.
3 Asparagus and Cheese.
Cook the vegetable as usual, drai
r then put in a casserole, sprinklin
e each layer with grated Parmesa
l. cheese and salt and pepper to season
J. Just before serving cover the top G
Il the. dish which had cheese for the las
e layer with drawn butter, return to tn
d oven a moment and serve.
5 Asparagus With Parmesan Cheese
VI Having boiled the asparagus fc
IS twelve minutes arrange in a dee
IS earthen dish or casserole in layer
e with grated Parmesan cheese betwee
Brown a piece Of minced onion in bu
ter, sprinkle over the top of the dis
Is then sprinkle with grated cheese al
* fresh bread crumbs and cook tifteC
In minutes in a moderate oven.
D, EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
r. -
H. The new large hats are round al
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

earn q living? We may have to turn
down the man who comes to us with
some proposition We may have no
time whatever to waste on something
! that interests not at all. But for that
reason need We treat the one who
comes with it, as if he were the scum
of the earth; or, If Wa do not go quite
to that length, as if he is so far be-
meath us as to be scarcely worthy Of
our august notice? Why cannot we
recognize the humanity in him, the
effort and be as gracious with the
ungracious No" we are compelled to
give, rs possible?
And even with the one who persists,
who will not leave, though we have
intimated we have no time to waste,
can We not be firm, but still courte-
Gus? We should not let the unmitigat-
ed bore entirely quench the spirit Of
brotherhood in our heart
| For we do not know just how help
full the kindly spirit may be to the one
who is endeavoring to make Roadway
against odds A gracious mo" can
take away some of the sting Of the
refusal
The art of being graciously ungraci-
Gus Is worth cultivating. 1t takes
some of the thorns out of other peo-
pies pathway; and it develops in our.
selves a spirit of kindness and broth.
erliness that is far better for us than
an over-developed ego.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

As asparag gus is feature of the
vegetable market and home gardens
just now, a few words about it's an
cient and honorable lineage as record
ed in bulletin put out by the De-
partment of Agriculture may be OF
interest.
Its use, first as medicinal plant,
then as a vegetable, is as old es the
"Grampian hills" on which it grew.
The old Roman writers praised it's
virtues with enthusiasm and the bon
vivant counted it one OF the delights
of his table. For want of better
way, the sprouts were preserved by
drying, as is done by thrifty farmers
wives today, in order to lengthen the
natural season. So much had the
gardeners of tha+ day improved the
natural variety that Pliny records
spears of it weighing three to the
pound. Introduced by the invading
Roman soldiers to the GauLs, Germans
and Britons, it soon became one Of
their most priced vegetables. and 400
years ago its use was general in near
ly every part of Europe. The early
settlers in America familiar with its
use, brought the seeds of the plant
with them and though not native to
this country it found it as congenial
to its tastes and habits as did the set
tiers themselves. Indeed, New Eng
land writer to a London paper in
1912, speaking of the plants" which
had sprung up since the settlers had
planted and fed cattle in these parts
declared that asparagus thriyes ex-
| ceedingly,"
Soaking Asparagus Lessons Its Value
As Food
\ point for the city hcusekecpeI
to bear i'm mind if he has to keeI
asparagus several days before cooking
IS to ser the lower part Of the stalks
in cold water
. The market men know this, too a:
we'll as the fact that it increases the
, weight of the vegetable. If asparagus
is sold by the bunch instead of b!
weight the careful buyer would no
mind so much, but if she is defraudeC
by purchasing watered asparagus sh
should protest. According to the Gel
man Experimental Institute at Geiser
helm on the Rhine, the weight by tn
+, absorption of water of submerge
asparagus is increased about ten pc
cent in two days, while the yegetabl
, loses some of its nutritious compoI
p ents, especially those containing Nitro
gen and mineral matter. The resu
of experiments with asparagus who's
cut surface had been dipped in melte
t parafin to coat, showed that asparagu
e thus treated absorbed considerabl
d more water but retained more of il
n alimentary value than that which va
n placed in water without first coatiT
II the cut surface with parafiin.
e Canned Asparagus.
eel Carefully trim and wash asparagl
e, in cold water Pour over it boiliI
y, water and cook fifteen minutes. Ora
and cool Arrange neatly heads u
in straightsided jars and fill to owe
in flowing with water that has been DO
ed and cooled. Lay on the tops wit
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

A boiled apple pudding served with
hot molasses is one of the most deli
cious desserts, and general favorite
Here are a few of the innumerable
ways in which the housewife may use
molasses:-
Rolled Oats Bread.
Two cups boiling water, one-half cup
molasses, one-half tablespoonful salt,
one tablespoonful butter, one-halt
yeast cake diss olved in one-half cup
lukewarm water, one cup rolled oats,
four and one-half cups flour. Add boil
ing water to oats and let stand one
hour; add molasses, salt, butter, dis
solved yeast cake, and -four; let rise,
beat thoroughly, turn into buttered
bread pans, let rise again, and bake.
BY using one-half cup less flour the
dough is better suited for biscuits, but,
being soft, is difficult to handle. Tc
make shaping of biscuit easy, take up
mixture by spoonfuls, drop into plate
of flour and have palms of hands well
covered with flour before attempting
to shape.
Third Bread.
Two cups lukewarm water, one yeast
cake, one-half tablespoonful salt, one
half cup molasses, on cup rye flour,
one cup granulated corn meal, three
cups flour. Dissolve yeast cake in wat
mix thoroughly. Let RISE shape, let
rise again, and bake as entire wheat
bread.
Rye Gems.
One and two-third cups rye flour, one
and one-third cups flour, four teaspoon
fuls baking powder, one teaspoonful
salt, one-fourth cup molasses, one
and one-fourth cups milk, two eggs,
three tablespoonfuls melted butter.
Mix and sift dry ingredients, add mo.
lasses, milk, eggs, well beaten, and
butter. Bake in hot oven in buttered
gem pans twenty-five minutes.
Corn Cake.
One cup corn meal, three-fourths
cup -four, three and one.half teaspoon.
fuls baking powder, one teaspoonfu,
salt, one-fourth cup molGsses, three
fourths cup milk, one egg, one table
spoonful melted butter. Mix and sift
dry ingredients; add molasses and
milk, egg well beaten, and butter;
bake in Swallowed buttered pan in hot
oven, twenty minutes.
Poor Mans Pudding.
Four cups milk, one-half cup rice
one-third cup molasses, one-hRlf tea
spoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful Gin
namon, one tablespoonful butter.
Boston Brown Bread.
Mix together and then sift, one and
one-half cups each of corn meal ant
graham flour, one teaspoonful Of salt
and two (leveD of soda. Add scam
pint of buttermilk or sour milk, {
scant cup of molasses and pour int
a we'll buttered mold. Steam two anC
one-half hours. Excellent.
Steamed Corn Bread.
Mix two cups of corn meal with
scant cup of flour, little salt and
teaspoonful of soda. Add to this tw
and one-half cups of milk and one-hal
cup of molasses. Steam as above
= Good either hot or cold
Ginger Cookies.
Prepare mixture as above, addin
one-hGlf cup of sour milk while mi1
ture is soft, and using only enoug
flour to roll gently like doughnut'
Make about one-third of an inch THO
and bake in moderate oven
EggIess Pan Cake
Mix thoroughly, in order given, tw
cups of corn meal, one of flour, one
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

Double and triple skirts are fashion
able for lingerie dresses.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

The new large hats are round and
very fiat.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

Black with brown is just now in
great favor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
Canned Asparagus.

Carefully trim and wash asparagus
in cold water. Pour over it boiling
water and cook fifteen minutes. Drain
and cool Arrange neatly, heads up,
in straightsided jars and fill to over
flowing with water that has been boil
ed and cooled. Lay on the tops with
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

A boiled apple pudding served with
hot molasses is one of the most deli.
cious desserts, and general favorite.
Here are few of the innumerable
ways in which the housewife may use
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25

half teaspoonful of salt and one OF
soda, and beat lightly with a pint of
buttermink Serve hot with molGs-
ses.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-25
Third Bread.

Two cups lukewarm water, one yeast
cake, one-half tablespoonful salt, one
half cup molasses, on cup rye flour,
one cup granulated corn meal, three
cups flour. Dissolve yeast cake in wat
mix thoroughly. Let rise, shape, let
rise again, and bake as entire wheat
bread