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Evening journal., 1912-06-17
Good Things
to Eat

TUE season for shorteake has arrived.
but making a good strawberry
shortcake Is an art Some cooks make
II too sweet, others too heavy. The
layers Of the cake should be thin. but
light and without too firm a crust.
Plenty Of Strawberries should be used
IN the filling. A strawberry shortcake
is seldom perfect without whipped
cream. whipped whites OF eggs are
sometimes substituted. but with lndlf-
ferent results II plenty OF whipped
cream is used and the berries are mel
low and rich from standing In the sun
shine, and last but not least. II the
dough is light and faky. strawberry
shortcake Is a dish NJ for the gods and
rightly deserves its international fame
as an American favorite. The average
sauce served with a shortcake is a
failure. especially the cloying hot
lsauces often used II the berries are
mot juicy. pure strawberry juice slight
lly sweetened may be passed with the
Whipped cream. The Juice will have a
delicious flavor II obtained from berries
THAT have been standing with sugar
under strong sunlight for several hours
soda or sour cream or milk usually
lmakes tenderer cake than one calling
flor baking powder and sweet milk
when sour milk or cream is not at
hand try the following recipe with
sweet milk and soda and cream Of tar
tar.
sift together twice one pint and a
half Of hour. half teaspoonful OF soda.
a pinch OF salt and rounded teaspoon
full OF cream Of tartar Rub through
the mixture half a cupful OF butter.
Upon the proper mixture OF these in
gradients success depends. Add cup
full Of milk. stirring II In quickly. Roll
II out to a third Of an inch IN thick
ness II rises considerably In cooking
Bake IN two layers until done IN the
usual biscuit oven Spread one layer
thickly with crushed and sweetened
berries Place the other on top OF IT,
Cover the top also with berries and
place the cake back In the oven to
stand for five minutes. leaving the
oven door partly open Serve at once
with whipped cream.
PinesppIe Pudding.
Place in a saucepan to melt three
ounces OF butter. When melted add
three ounces OF -four and one pint OF
milk Bring to the boil stirring all the
time Take of the fire and add three
ounces OF sugar the yokes OF two eggs
and pineapple Juice. Put In a pie dish
the contents OF a small tin OF pineapple
chunks. then pour the mixture over and
put in the oven TO set. Beat the whites
OF the eggs 70 a stiff froth and spread
over the pudding. then return It to the
oven for a few minutes until nice
brown color.
Beefsteak with Horsersdish Sauce.
Some epicures declare that a perfect
steak demands no sauce, its flavor not
being capable OF improvement but II a
sauce is to be used nothing could be
lmore acceptable at this season than
lhorseradish butter. Pound in a mortar
one teaspoonfui OF grated horseradish
and mix with II an ounce OF good but
tier. Season with a little salt and pep
per and II Is ready TO serve with the
steak II may. however. be nodded into
neat shape and decorated with a few
lsprigs OF parsley.
Evening journal., 1912-06-17

In preparing the mint tea the bowl n
kept closely covered until the contents
are cool: then strain. pour into bottle
that can be closely corked and set on
the Ice. When wanted. ice should bt
pounded very hne and a little sugar
added II liked Some prefer the tea un-
sweetened. but II IA mel - MATES
OF choice.
Evening journal., 1912-06-17
Crepe de Chine Makes Smart Lingerie


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
An Issue That Has Come to stay

Nothing that the republicans of
 either faction can do will change the
 tariff issue Neither Taft, nor Roose-
 welt, nor the republicans in the Sem
 ate, even when they pull together, can evade the issue. They have loaded the metal bill up with preposterous amendments that have no metal in their make up, but in the end they must act on the schedule free from Canadian reciprocity and a duty on paper.
 Taft pleads his tariff board, and it is very thin subterfuge. He is still a proteetionist. Roosevelt admits he is one, and all he says is that more of the protection profits should go into the workingmen's pockets. Neither standsfor arevenue tariff on straight away downward revision lines. Neither holds out any relief to the millions of consumers who have been and are overtaxed through vicious and unjust atriff rates.
 The object of the Senate in attach ing amendments to the metal bill that are not germane is to get an early ad- journment and to relieve the party of the unpopularity of veto. It will miscarry. There must be a square vote on the metal bill and all other tariff bills.
 The cotton bill is to be sent to the Senate, and other bills will follow un- less the Senate meets the issue fairly and squarely. This must be done if is to come before De- cember. The tariff has come to stay and no tricks of the republicans in Congress or in the White House can divert attention from the tariff. The democrats favor a revenue tariff and the republicans favor a protection tariff, and the latter should deal squarely with the people. The demo- crats intend to see that the responsi- bility is placed where it belongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
General Grant and Third Term

General Grant was not a dema- gogue, and when he sought a third term in 1880 he acted through Roscoe Conkling and other friends. He did nothing of an undignified nature him. self, He, in fact, kept out of sight as much as he could. A noisey, abusive, egotistical hotspur did not appear in presidential pre-convention campaign until the Roosevelt battle was begun. Happily for the respect and decency of the country it is now ended, and the convention is about to meet.
 In the convention of 1880 the first vote was Grant 3O4, Blaine 284, John Sherman 93, Edmunds 34, Washburne 30, Windom 10. The thirty-first bal lot carried Grants vote up to 308, and on the thirty-fourth ballot he re- ceived 313, his highest third term vote. On this ballot Garfield received 50 votes. Up to the thirty-fourth bal lot he had received but one vote. On the thirty-sixth ballot in the second week of the convention the record stood: Grant 306, Blaine AZ, Sherman 8, Washburne 5, Garfield 399. James A. Garfield thus became the nominee of his party, and he was easily elected.
 Grant did not withdraw, and he re- tained his strength to the last. No one disputed theNvalue of his services to the union cause, no one under rated his greatness as soldier. He was denied third term because the people did not desire change the traditions of the government. His tory is about to repeat itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
ORIGIN OF THE CHIMNEY

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 In the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum no discovery appears to have been made of anything approach ing the nature of the modern chimney. The earliest mention of the chimney seems to be in an ancient venetian in scription over a doorway, where it Is written that in 1347 certain chimneys in that location were demolished by earthquakes. It is by conjecture only that we are able to say that the chim- ney was known in ancient Italy. Sen eca, who lived during the first century of our era, invented a species of tube which he affixed to the length of the wall, and 1t seems to have run through floors Through this the heat passed from subterranean ovens called 'hypo- causts," of which remains were found in buried cellars of houses built on the bay of Naples. But In this there is no evidence of any chimney in the modern sense or even of any kind of stove. Before the invention of the chimney fires were made in excavations or pits opened beneath the floor of habitations III aDout the center ol tHe rootii, dS lne Exquimaux do today. The hearth of the ancient Romans was in the porch, but the fires lighted there were not designed to make houses habitable seem- ingly, but were merely an indication of hospitality to friends. The houses when occasion called for heat. were furnished with firing pan and bellows carried from @o kxrc ell i,, more or less constant operation day and night in very cold weather. In the early centuries of the middle ages there seems to have been no attempt made to perfect the very elementary fashion of house warming. Before the seventeenth cen tury there is no direct evidence avail able that satisfactory method had been found to evacuate the gases liberated by combustion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
The Trip fO Baltimore

The Birmingham Underwood March, ing club will leave for Baltimore a week from next Saturday night and it will go with full ranks. The state of Alabama should send to the nation al convention not less than 0,000 Un- dcrwood boosters. The trip is mex pensive and the object in view is enough to stir the enthusiasm of every democrat in this state.
 If Oscar W. Underwood's chances for being nominated for the presi- dency were bright when the Birming- ham Marching club was organized few months ago, they are many times brighter now. Our Alabama statesman occupies by far the best tactical position of all the aspirants for the presidency. Without any flourish of trumpets or beating of tom toms Underwood's strength has been in-
  creasing rapidly. Other candidates will go into the convention with their full strength, but they will not gain votes after the first ballot or two. Un- derwood's inherent strength will de- velop with each ballot until the great democratic leader is nominated.
 It will be grand day for Birminp- ham; a grand day for Alabama: A grand day for the south, and every democrat in this part of the country, who can possibly take week off. should make it his business to supple ment the organized marchers and par ticipate in the shouting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
COLONEL BOWIE AND THE BULLY
By sylyanus cohh. Ir

By Sylyanus Cobb, Jr.
 PON certain occasion, in his early
 manhood. Henry Clay was travel
 ing in a public stagecoach in Ten nessee. His fellow passengers were a young lady and her husband-and a man in the front corner so mufrled up in a fur lined cloak that his features were concealed. He appeared to be rather un- der than over the medium size and was evidently enjoying a refreshing slumber By and by big brown faced. brawny Kentuckian got into this coach, smoking rank, coarse grained cigar He gazed around fiercely, as though he would i'm press upon the minds of his new com panions that he could chew up and swal- low anyone who dared to interfere with him. In short, he was half horse and half alligator, with a goodly sprinkling of panther and grizzly bear thrown in. He puffed forth huge volumes of smoke with out the least concern for the comfort of his companions.
 Presently the lady, who seemed to be growing sick, whispered to her husband, and the husband, in the politest manner possible, asked the stranger If he would not throw away his cigar, as the smoke greatly discommoded his wife. With an impudent, swaggering stare the fellow re- piled interlarding his speech with several oaths:
 T reckon I've paid for my place. I'll smoke as much as I damned please, and I'd like to see someone try to stop me-
 He looked dangerous as he glared around, and it was very evident that he was use dto quarreling and strife and fur thermore a struggle with him might have been deadly one. The young man who had spoken to him shrank back and was silent The lady lowered the sash by her side for a breath of fresh air.
 MT. Clay felt every gallant instinct of his soul aroused He considered for moment whether he should interfere and found himself reluctant to draw upon his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
Trim gallants, full of courtship and
 state. -Loye's Labor Lost.
Speed At Sea a Public Demand

The Senate committees report on the Titanic matter is lame when it att tempts to put upon Captain Smith and Managing Director Ismay all the responsibility for driving the ship among the icebergs at the rate of 24 1-2 miles an hour. Captain Smith lies at the bottom of the sea and mo one appears to defend him. MT. Is- may says he did nothing to induce Cap tain Smith to drive the ship along at the fastest possible speed.
 But the speed mania cannot be showed upon the dead captain of the lost ship in this manner. A vast num- Der of globe trotters and commercial men must share part of the respon- sibility in any just analysis. The ship that can make the fastest run is the ship that is always crowded and that can command the highest rates. The speed mania is not personal in the sense that Captain Smith or even Mir. Isnay are responsible for it. The travelling public is affected with it, and so long as it remains attractive just so long will it go on. It is more a public malady than a personal re- sponsibility. Whatever Captain Smith did in pushing his ship along was done in obedience to the obsession of those who frequently go down to the sea in the fastest boat of the period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
THE MoTORBoAT
From the Cincinnati Times-star.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 Motor boating seems to resemble the profession of moonshining, as elucidated by Uncle Jed Watson. 'If you shoot a revenooer" said he, they hang you, and if you don't, he burns your still"
 Every Saturday and holiday there's motorboat race being run off some where. These events are attended for the same reason that people go to watch aeroplane flights There is always the chance that something may happen. The other day Broker Kennedy. at the wheel of his boat, Rane IT., was annoyed to see his engineer rise hurriedly from the en- zine, describing a few parobolic curves in so doing and rush around the newly painted boat with his clothes aire. The engineer dived into the wet. When the flames got to MT. Kennedy, he did like wise. Then he caught rope thrown to him by woman, alone in another motor boat, and who in the excitement of the moment forgot how to stop her engine. "So there I was" said MT. Kennedy tearing through that nice Hudson river , at the rate of 15 miles an hour. I was just like one of these skipping bugs you see on stagnant water. The rope would slacken, and I'd dive, Then it would tighten, and I'd come out of that water plop-and skim along the surface-bIm, bim, bim-until by and by dived again baughr'
 Being a phonetic attempt to describe his experiences. off at a little distance another motorboatman, seeing the trouble that MT. Kennedy was in. forgot himself and grabbed the wrong lever on his en- zine. It kicked him right up into the air and dropped him on a hitherto unin- habited piece of river. Fortunately, only his right arm was broken. Commodore Stuart Bacl1ton. on the same day, took out his hydroplane Baby Reliance for race with the Vita Junior. The Baby Reliance hit a log, which smashed through her tender hull, and without slaskening speed she plunged to the bot tom of 90 feet of dirty water Blackton and his mechanic were picked up by an excursion steamer. The Vita Junior also being a hydroplane. got so far up on her hind legs when they gave her speed that she turned turtle. At top speed about two-thirds of her hull was out of the water, so that she rested on her tail. Her crew hung on her slippery hull until a kind friend came out with a launch. The next boat out, the Tiny Tad. dropped her propeller and another thrilling rescue was staged, to the delectation of those on the veranda of the club house One is reminded of another of Uncle Jed Wat sons stories, 'They was eastern dude come into the mountains" said he, what didn't like the taste of our likker It was too peppery like, says he. So one day a passe of the boys throwed him into the run, and never pulls him out ontwell he was that full of water 1t were runnn' outen his years. Then they hands him a tincup of maountain dew. Burn or drown, dang ye,' says they Burn or drownr" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
BONNIE JEAN

By Robert Burns. Of a the airts the wind can blaw,
 l dearly love the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives,
 The lassie loe best: There wild woods grow, and rivers flow, And mony a hill between; But. day and night. my fancy's flight IS ever wi my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers.
 I see her sweet and fair; I hear her in the tunefu' birds,
 I hear her charm the air; There's not bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me O my Jean. Oh, blaw, ye weslin winds, blaw saft
 Amang the leafy trees; Wi balmy gale, frae hill and dale,
 Bring hame the laden bees; And bring the lassie back to me
 That's aye sac neat and clean: Ao smile O. her wad banish care,
 Sac charming is my Jean. What sighs and vows amang the
 knowes
 Hae paSs'd atween us twa: How fond to meet-how wac to part,
 That night she gaed ava. The Powers aboon can only ken
 To whom the heart Is sefz That nane can be sac dea4to me
 As my sweet. lovely Jean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
PREPARING FOR THE NAVY

Mrs. c. R. Miller in Leslie's.
 E The pay of mldshipman is $500 per year and this begins on the day of his admis- sion to the academy. He at once spends $22Oe4 for clothing, bedding and other equipments, some of which are as follows: A rug for 70 cents, hair pillow for 75 cents, six pillow cases for 72 cents and stx sheets for $4.a0. So it can be seen that his apartments will not be luxurious He must deposit s60 when he enters, and this will be credited on the books of the pay officer to be expended by the direction Of the superintendent in the purchase of text books etc.
 When he has fully been entered as a midshipman it is the aim of the officers in charge to educate the young man to become competent naval officer-to be- come master of the art of maritime war fare, to be a gentleman as we'll as an of- flcer and to hold honor and duty to coun- try paramount to everything else. The neatness in dress of the officer of the United States navy is proyerbial and only those who come In close contact with them can appreciate the change four years at the Naval academy can make in the habits, dress and manners of a young man, to say nothing of the excellent edu- cation he receives.
 Tho midshipman has few luxuries at the academy. His room is furnished in the simplest style--an iron bed, a bookcase, a cupboard. a washstand, study table and chair go to make up the furnish ings The walls are bare, and if he has a picture of ''the girl he left behind' it can be tackled inside the door of his cup board. Each midshipman occupies room alone These rooms are in suites for two men, with a shower bath to be used by both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
How the Senate Will Vote

An accurate poll of the Senate shows, it is asserted, that the final vote on the resolution declaring that Lorimer is not entitled to his seat will stand 54 ayes and 39 nays. Some of the negative votes are waverinp. and all feel that the time has come when Lorimer should come to the re- lief of his friends, for his case is hopeless. Twenty-four republicans and 30 democrats will vote against him, while 25 republicans and 12 democrats will stand by him. Three are classed as doubtful"
 The case is remarkable one. The progressive republicans to a man are against Lorimer. It is the "old guard" that still supports him, and they are not strong enough to keep him in his seat.
 It is claimed that Vice President Sherman did secure from Lorimer a promise that he would resign his seat, and the promise was recalled by wire while Sherman was speeding to Wash ington. As matters look now Lorimer not only will not resign but he will make a speech before the Senate in defense of his seat. The case is sim ply without a parallel in the entire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Busines. Conditions satisfactory


 Earring the short Hull owing to the near approach of the two great national conventions, the first half of this year will have witnessed a high degree or business prosperity" said Charles T. Erleiner of Philadelphia. Not the high est stage of prosperity, but I would say a high degree compared with the last few years. The great activity Tn the steel trade alone would indicate sound business conditions. The steel business Is the best barometer Of all
 'I am not connected in any man ner with the metal trades, but have been in position to feel it's effect on commerce generally. The crop out look is excellent and with anything like normal harvests we will have great boom in the coming fall. That Is the talk-at least in large business cen ters. One of the most encouraging facts about the trade situation Is that in spite of a great deal of politics or dinarily calculated to retard business trade activity has kept well in evi- dence in the recent past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
Anna steese Richardson, in the July Nc Calls.

Anna Steese Richardson in the July Me-
 Calls.
 ~ CANDALS seldom arise In circus life
 It has been said that this is largely 0< due to the fact that couples are bound together by professional interests. To quarrel means to break up the team or troupe, and reorganize. But l believe the reason of their clean lives lies deep CT than this. They are healthy, normal, wholesome lot of men and women, proud of their good names. Young girls are not permitted to travel among them unchape- roned If mothers cannot come with the girls they must be under the care of fathers, older marrier sisters or relatives who are responsible and strict. A per- former who pays court to young girl is expected to announce his intentions in short order. Otherwise he will be os- tracked.
 Social lines are drawn as clearly among perform CTS under the big tent as in your town. The arstocracy is made up of per formers who have descended from circus people, or who have married into old cir GUS families. When the spectacle of Cleo patra was first introduced into this circus, the dismay of the old performers was comcal to witness. It brought among them new element, unchaperoned ballet girls. In the end, it was almost neces- sary to use as ballet girls, wives or women relatives of performers or attend ants.
 As usual among girls of this stamp, there arose jealousies and quarrels in the dressing rooms. One day when Mrs. Bert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-10
Sign of Prosperity

"The homely saying that 'straws show the way the wind Is blowing is very applicable and one who is at all ob- servant can get line as 1t were, on current conditions and events" said railroad conductor.
 For instance, I have noticed a great number of announcements of pienics and outings that have taken place or will take place this spring. This, l take it, Is pretty good indication that the Birmingham district is industrious ly prosperous-which, by the way, Is fact, for workmen are In demand ev- anywhere. When people indulge In this class of recreation they are generally, doing well and welcome such opportu- mites for a little wholesome enjoy ment
 Then. again the promoters of these affairs know that when times are dull and work scarce their venture is sure to prove a failure; hence 1t is that when we observe an abundance of out ings it is a reasonably sure proposition that industrial conditions are good