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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

together well. and pour into hole in the center the boiling water. stirring the dry mixture down into it with wooden spoon. Cover with cloth and let 1t stand until 1t is lukewarm. Dissolve the yeast cake in warm water and beat into the batter with cup full of flour or enough for a tolerably stiff batter Let this sponge rise until 1t Is light Then work in more flour if needed to make dough as stiff as may be stirred; beat In the raisins or nuts, and turn into pans for the last rising.
 Bake three-quarters of an hour"
 HANNA M" The cold pickle for cucumbers would seem to be in high favor just now. Yours is practically the same as that sent in by " Avis Gray" Out of the mouths of two such witnesses the fact of it's excellence should be established
 Your oatmeal bread should be an ap- proved substitute for cake in the hands ana mouths of the boys and girls Should noi raisins be halved and seeded. then dredged with fiour7
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

DEcAUSE cf he enormous number of
 0 letters sento he department ! must ask leonsibutors to limit hei, communications to WOO uords. exeept In cases cf formulas or ,eeipss uhieh require sreater space. want oH my correspondents to haue shouting in the Corne,. and t my request in his respect is complied uih n wil bs possible to print manv more letters.
 Attention is called to he faet hot Marion Haland cannot rseeice money jor patterns. as she has no connection with any department that sell, them. Marion Hyland.
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Another T'on1oto Butter Recipe.


 From Memphis, Tenn, we have a recipe for tomato butter which differs materially from many of the dozen others that have been contributed in response to the request for that conserve. l publish 1t, that the querist may make her own selection. It will be observed that this, too. may be made of canned tomatoes if the fresh be unattainable.
 TOMATO BUTTER scald twenty pounds of ripe tomatoes and remove the skins. Put them into a porcelain lined kettle with four pounds of apples, pared. cored, and quartered. Set the kettle over a moderate fire to cook slowly for one hour, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom. Add the juice of four lemons and a tablespoonful of ground ginger. Cook and stir continually until the tomatoes, etc., are educed to the consistency of mar malade. Put into jars and seal Keep In a cool. dry place Mas w. j. H." Our correspondent adds postscript to correct a defect which must be patent to every experienced housewife who has cooked tomatoes
 "P s.--This recipe was given to me by a friend who assures me that 1t is all right. But 1t seems to me that the addition Of sugar and spices would improve the tomato butter"
 I say nothing of the need of spices, but the mixture, as it now stands, would be intolersbly acid even for pickle l in- yariably add dash of sugar to any prepara- ton of cooked tomatoes. Heat increases the acidity natural to the vegetable. and a little sugar modihes the sharpness. When tart apples (nade more sour by cooking) and lemon juice combine to increase tho acid, few palates would relish the " but ter"
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- AITHFUL are the wounds of a Ft E friend"
 This Is especially true when the blow is dealt by a hand so tender g as that which takes me to task Nor a fact plainly but not harshly stated
 bme weeks ago. As my readers know 1t # my custom (and my pri riyilesa) to base ,ur weekly talks upon suggestions supplied ,F intelligent correspondents who have thu tbod of the Corner at heart and are friendly So the editor thereof
 "Will you permit real friend of the s5orner to say a word of regret for some
 hing you have published? have always been pleased with everything of yours that y have read until you mentioned the fact that insane asylums contain a large num- Der of housewives and of farmers wives st struck me that the poor, tired worker S4ho wants some sister woman to help her hught not to be told of the fate of so many 5 | her class. I think you did not realize the harm the statement might do In recent humber of your paper there was an article
 which said that the blues are only a
 form of insanity. If this be true. wonder lf those thus afflicted are bettered or |cheered by the information
 !" Please accept this as word to the wise KENwooD.'
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sent there few months before. I had let myself run down, so to speak, until then. That woke me up. 1 determined that l would do something to keep me out of the rut in which they were all running. I was fond of botany at school and had taught 1t in Boston, I began to look for and to analyze and collect and classify flowers. If you would like to see my herb- arlnm?' she paused to say diffidently.
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Formerly Boston School Teacher

In our half hours chat found out in- cidentally. that she had been public school teacher in Boston before her mar riage, although born and brought up in a farm house. Her first year in her new home she frankly confessed, had almost driven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
 Hop 10 Make Rran Mufms

Can you let ms nave a recipe for oran mullins such as oaa buys in the restaurants of department stores? B. ""
 Referred 1 havo no formula which would be satisfactory. Watch the Corner for . reply from some housewife who knows how the bran muffins are made.
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skins and pink meat. We have many and would like to dry and pac., some of them.
 Mas. II. NJ" This request comes from California, where 1t is not unreasonable
 This Is the only recipe at my command for drying figs. I offer 1t in the hope that 1t may be what you wish:
 CANDIED FIGS-Simmer the figs until they are tender in enough water to cover them. Then take them out with a skinner and spread upon paper lined platters to dry and firm Set the platteys in the sun Make sirup of half the weight of the figs in sugar and cup of cold water for each pound of fruit. Boil until it Is clear and entirely free from scum Put the figs into this and simmer ten minutes. Take them up, drain free of sirup, and spread as before upon broad dishes lined with thick paper that will absorb the slrup. Leave in the sun for three days, taking them in at night. Then pack in boxes. with waxed paper be- tween the layers.
 Should a better recipe be offered. 1t will be printed with thanks. It may be that you do not want the sugared figs
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her mad with Loneliness and the incessant round of drudgery.
 She saw that her neighbors were no bet ter off. They toiled all summer long at the washtub and ironing board and over the
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church In summer, and a succession of stormy Sundays would often keep them al home for a month at time In winter.
 What frightened me most of all was the discovery I made at the beginning of
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addition of starch in the laundering makes them look like real linen or canvas.
 I get the coarsest I can find
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29
Sauce for Suet Puddines.

In our family we have used to our com plete satisfaction the following formulas Make the disposition If them that pleases you.
 SAUCE FOR sUET OR BERRY PUD- DINGS.-Cream half cup of butter with small cupful of sugar and a tablespoonful of cornstarch. Stir into this gradually teacupful of boiling water. Now add half glassful of red currant jelly. the juice of an orange. and cupful of hard cider which has been boiled down. Cook five minutes.
 LIQUOR FOR CUCUMBER PlL ,<LES. -One cup of fine salt, one gallon If vinegar, one cup of ground mustard two cups of sugar Pour cold over the cucumbers.
 "I have found that this pickle keeps the cucumbers crisp and isless trouble than the boiled liquors usually made for the purpose.
 OATMEAL. BREAD tfine for children) Two cups of oatmeal. one cupful of In- dian meal. eight pints of boiling water. one tablespoonful of salt a dessertspoonful of sugar. one cake of yeast. flour for stiff bat ter one cup of raisins or nuts.
 MIX oatmeal. cornmeal sugar. and salt
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AA 0oa@s R5i he nlixture' paste. This gar gradual
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Candied Figs Recipe.

"Will you kindly send me a recipe for drying figs? Those we have have green
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Hop 10 Frv Green Peppers.

FRIED GREEN PEPPERS-Extract the seeds from sweet green peppers. taking cars
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 pared squash. The tn two months and lies.
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l- ROM an honored and beloved corre- |- spondent we have a communication that will meet with a cordial recep- |A tion from every member of the fam fly to which she owes allegiance. and which owes her big debt for services rem |lered.
 It does heart and eyes good to see again her familiar signature:
 MY REGENT DISCOvERIES.-One lated last year was brought about by the Failure of the cucumber crop In this region. |so invented mock cucumbers for pickling. MOCK CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-We bad a large yield of small. unripened Huh bard squashes. I cut some of these into |,rettily shaped pieces, pared away the |Bkins that were at all hardened. leaving them soft and natural. Then they were dropped into g pickle prepared thus: "To one gallon of cider vinegar. not too |Strong, allow two cups of granulated sugar. Pne cup of salt. and half cup of ground mustard
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Hint in Cooking Meats.

' AGAIN-I add to all my meats in boil- ing half a cup of vinegar. a tablespoonful of sugar, and a teaspoonful of soda. Don't be afraid to try this for beef pork, mutton, chicken, etc. The combination is particu- arly useful in an oven roast or in pot roast. rendering tough beef thus treated as tender as veal and imparting delicate and indescribable flavor to the gravy as well as to the meat.
 Confidential with my sister housemoth er) If in making your next gravy you will drop into 1t a wee bit of asafetida, half the size of green pea. having first dis solved 1t thoroughly in boiling water, you will never omit 1t afterward.
 "I have high reputation hereabouts for delicious gravies and this has much to do with it.
 Some day I will, if you wish, send you a recipe for my exquisitely tinctured rosa conserve. It Is made of wild roses tha, clothe our hills with glory In summer time
 "AvIs GRAY" It goes without saying how glad we shal be to get the formula for rose conserve. The name has an oriental flavor that sug gests Lalla Rookh and " Arabian Nights
 A French chef once whispered to me of the wee morsel of asafetida, but have never dared try 1t. Your word is strong con frmation of his advice.
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Caramel Pie Recipe.

VI" uHIeI tt lkeCIPcs
 As have kept boarders for six years perhaps few Of my tested recipes may not come amiss to the housemothers of the Helping Hand.
 CARAMEL PIE-One cup of sour cream one cup of sugar, half cup of chopped raisins, pinch of soda Put over the fire and cook until the mixture is dark. Make a paste of tablespoonful of flour with a little cold water and stir into the caramel Cook until 1t thickens. Flavor with vanilla. Bake with top and bottom crusts
 '' MRS. J. E. H." woman who has catered successfully to mixed company of boarders for hal. a dozen years should be prime authority upon culinary experiments. Let us have other novel recipes
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|" specific and regular occupation in some thing one really likes to do."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05
UNCLE SAM ADOPTS "BABY"
Tiny Mail Sack Originating in CHI
caao Already Saves $5oo,0oO
for Government.

Chicago, Ill.-Chicago has a new
baby" It was born in the postofiice
and has been adopted by Uncle Sam.
It weighs only one pound, but as
typical Chicago "doer" it is as big as
a mastodon. Already it has saved
Its great foster parents half mil
lion dollars and it is less than a
month old.
The new creation is a small mail
sack, the baby Of the bag department
of the United States mail. 1t was
created from the needs Of the great
mercantile and publication concerns
sending out vast quantities Of mail.
Some time ago the department ruled
that in order to handle such matter
more expeditiously the publishers
must route 1t.
1t further was ordered that the mat
ter be tied in bundles and then put
into United States mail sacks Of the
various sizes furnished by the govern
ment. In one of these tiny sacks as
many as 800 pieces of small mail may
be bagged. In label holder is slip
per a narrow card bearing the name Of
the postoffice destination, whether 1t
be st. Louis or the Philippines.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05
"Cover Up" Judge Tells Her
Frock Of Maid Cut Too Low for Kan
sas City Court and He Suggests
That She Change Clothes.

Kansas City, Mo.-When Violet
Miller sixteen years old, took her
seat before Judge Porterfield in the
juvenile court, her eyes were moder-
ately downcast
She was not aware that the Judges
evea were fixed sternly upon her.
when she looked up, however, she
hastily drew the lapels Of her fashion
abla coat over the deep V-shaped cut
Of her frock That's right" the judge
said u think I'd cover up If were
you"
Her arrest was on complaint Of Will
liam Zimmerman, her employer who
accused her OF taking $50 from the
caah register Of his cigar stand. That
q no way for a girl to Dress" said
me Judge. "You should so home and
out some clothes on"
Judge PoSterfeld said that unless
Miss Mlller's mother takes her home
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05
Drink Nothing at Meals
Nearly All Dishes Contain Sufficient
Liquid to Serve Purpose OF Sys-
tenn, Says Physician.

Paris.-"We drink too often" was
the burden of lecture given before
the Academy Of Science this week by
DR.. Paul Fabre, which has attracted
a good deal of attention.
DR.. Fabre declares the human body
really requires extremely little IL
quid, except in cases of low diet or
great muscular exertion, and he In
Weighs against the array of glasses
Of different shapes and sizes placed
before each guest at dinner as a relic
Of barbarism.
It is easy and vastly better for the
health, he says, to drink nothing at
meals and he points to the fact that
stout persons undergoing obesity
treatment are able to do this, as evil
dence Of the truth of his contention.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05
OLD PENAL COLONY
How Australian Settlements
Have Been Transformed.
Crimes Carnival Ended-Desoendants
Of English Malefaetors Thrifty
and Law-Abldlns and Their
origin Forgotten.

Melbourne, Australia. The position
which the Australasian colonies are
gaining in the world. particularly
since their federation on the plan OF
the United States, has attracted the
attention Of the world to them and re-
called the singular and striking fact
that great penal colonies, where at
one time disorder and crime prevailed,
have become orderly and strictly self
governing communities.
The story OF the penal settlements
Of Australia and Tasmania. and the
carnival OF cruelty and OF crime that
attended the convict system, is most
remarkable in the light Of subsequent
events. The crimes for which con-
victs were sent from England TO
Botany bay and Van Dlemen's land
we're in great part abominable, and
the expiation was certainly terrible.
The conyicts were put at work in
the broiling Australian sun. often
they worked in chains, and the chains
we're not counted as diminishing their
capacity for hard labor. Even the
best conducted of them were let out
TO farmers and the proprietors OF
sheep ranges. II these farmers hap
pened to be humane, the convict might
be reasonably happy. But in many
cases the farmer regarded his con-
vict helper as a slave, as indeed he
was, and a beast Of burden, to be used
as cruelty as possible.
The result was that as many OF the
convicts as could do so escaped to the
woods and became "bushrangers" or
bandits, They preyed on the natives
and on the settlers, committing rob.
berries that were not infrequently at
tended with murder.
They became such a terror to the
peaceful settlers that when Mike
Howe proposed a peace, in which he
was to be treated as a gentleman"
they were very glad to make the ar
rangement. But the encouragement
at Sydney refused to give his sane
tion to the pact, and Howe took to the
bush again. He was pursued by
troops, and in a dreadful hand to
hand conflict was overcome and be-
headed by a gigantic soldier known as
big Bill"
Howe's followers continued the war
relentlessly, but at last there came
change. The conyicts tired Of bush
ranging and little by little settled
down to good conduct. The system OF
penal settlements was abolished. No
more convicts came out from England.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05

in a great number of combinations
and is often made of hair braid or
other pliable braid. The upturned
reVer is omitted and the hat finished
with a band of heavy lace, applied to
the braid, in some Of the handsomest
models. 1t is beautifully developed
in fine black hemp or hair braid, with
the upturn covered with cream satin,
to which applique lace is mounted, or
rufles Of fine, very narrow Val lace
are applied. Standing sprays of flow
ers called "stick-up" effects, cockades
and feather stick-ups are used for
trimming This is a charming hat
and has been made of all sorts of ma.
terials A French pattern in this
shape is made Of fine Milan braid in
bronze and trimmed with a wreath of
roses in several colors, sewed fiat to
the band about the head. This is a
hat for maids and the younger ma
irons.
The walking nat pictured here is
made of soft mixed braid, over a
wire frame. Several colors appear in
the braid, with a strong blue pre-
dominating, showing glints of red,
brown, purple and natter blue a sort
Of dark mother-of-pearl coloring called
"macre," which appears in so many
braids this spring.
This braid is sewed, row on row, to
the upper and under brim. The crown
is a plateau of the braid sewed sepa-
rately and afterward draped over the
frame. This is one of the hats that
may be successfully made at home If
one starts by selecting the right
frame. 1t Is trimmed with a large ro-
sette, sewed fiat to the crown. The
rosette is made of changeabIe blue
and black taffeta ribbon with a large
velvet-covered cabochon in black at
the center. A rosette of wide velvet
ribbon, made of side plaits, arranged
about a cabochon at the center, makes
a handsome finish for this model
The same hat made in lighter
braids, is trimmed with flowers in
Wreath, rosette or standing sprays.
This shape is almost universally be-
coming and is to be worn we'll down
over the head; it is one Of the best
models to choose for "all-round" wear.
No hat, as a matter of fact, is exactly
suited to all occasions, but this one
will be appropriate for all ordinary re-
uuirements and is suited to I'll ages of
grown-ups.
The derby hat in straw, follows
closely the lines Of mems derbys, and
finds many admirers in the cities,
where it is worn with the tailor
made" gown. It is trimmed with a
gay cockade or brush, and worn far
down over the head.
The "Wilhelmina," shown here, is
one of the great variety of shapes
having the Dutch cap as their inspi-
ration. This one has departed so
far from the original model that one
hardly recognizes it as belonging to
the class 1t is mode over bonnet
like wire frame, of a silky, fluted
braid in dark amethyst shade The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05

crown Is heightened and finished with
an upturn covered with silk, about
the sides and back This silk is
changeable amethyst and rose taffeta.
The hat is finished with a large clus-
ter of locust blossoms in light anne
thyst, blue and pink colorings. which
is posed at the back
There are many developments OF
the quaint Wilhelmina bonnet. less
extreme than the smart model shown
here. Lace and flowers trim them and
they are bewitchingly pretty and
feminine looking. Almost any face
may find the particular variety of this
shape which is becoming and novel
combination to be noted when one
takes up the selection of the Easter
hat
The most beautiful and becoming
Of all hats is the wide-brimmed pic
ture hat. It may be worn by any one
on the sunny side of sixty, or on the
other side, for that matter, by those
whose looks and bearing belle the
years It is made of all sorts OF
straw-braids; chip, Milan, hemp, leg
horn, hair Tuscan, etc, and Of nets or
laces or chiffon In fact, every mil
linery fabric is brought into use for
the picture hat
This year many Of the shapes are
manufactured with a black velvet
hauge or border on the under brim,
or the entire under brim is faced with
black velvet. The hemps, chips and
Milans are dyed in many colors, Mat
tier and light blue, rose and hello
trope being the favorites. Those
shapes that are faced or bound with
velvet provide the easiest and most
satisfactory selection for the amateur
milliner. Such hats are trimmed
with quantities of flowers, and both
silk and velvet ribbon help out IN
their decoration. A fine Milan, in the
natural straw-color, trimmed with
roses in their natural olorings and
with black silk or velvet ribbon,
makes a combination always beAuti-
full. The same is true of other braids.
The Panama has entered the field of
the picture hat also. 1t is now manu-
featured in shapes with wide brims.
It remains to be seen whether or not
this incomparably beautiful braid will
strike the right note in flower
trimmed picture hat.
Among these various hats there is
one for every woman. Let her not
underrate the Importance OF finding
her own, nor forget the charm OF
flowers. Now that they are so fash
ionable let each one do something TO-
ward the brightness of Easter by
wearing them. Since the days of the
flower-laden Merry Widow" such
adorable hats have not been shown
az those which have aRived with
leap year. There is no reason why
the affair of the Easter hat should not
be settled to everybody's satisfaction.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-05
WOMAN FAINTS OVER STOVE
Venerable Widow, a Pillar Of Fire, Is
Soon Roasted Alive-Rescuer
Is Burned.

Ashland, Pa.--Seized with a spell of
weakness while banking down the
kitchen fire to retire for the night,
Mrs. Mary Bechtel, widow, fell
across the stove here.
In a moment her clothing was
afame from head to foot, and she ran
screaming to the home of her son.
two doors away. Screaming with
agony, the aged woman had to be
overpowered before any assistance
could be given her, by which time
she was so badly burned that death
followed as she was being hurried to
the Miners Hospital
In trying to wrap carpets around the
blazing woman Mrs August Bechtel
was terribly burned on the hands and
arms.