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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03

Robert W. Herter, Lawrenceville,
Mo, who had been bothered with
kidney trouble for two years SAYS;
II tried three different kinds OF
kidney pills but with no relief. My
neighbor told me to use Foley Kid
noy Pills. | took three bottles Of
them, and got permanent cure,
recommend them to everybody"
Curtin Drug Co, north side o.
square; Curtin Drug Co, west side
Of square. d& W
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03
FIRST Methodist Church.

Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Sacramento service at II a. m.
Epworth League at : p. m,
Preaching at SIZE p. m.
Strangers AT home With us. Cor
lial welcome to other church mem
Ders whose pastors are out of city
J. A. Whitehurst, Pastor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03
Notice

+ has been called to my atten-
ton that bicycle riders are violat-
ing the city ordinance by riding on
side walks. This is a strict viola
ton and must be stopped at once
loo r. B. Prince, Mayor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03

Hay foyer and asthma make Au-
gust month OF intense suffering
TO many people FolegAs Honey
and Tar Compound gives prompt
ease and relief, and is soothing and
healing to the iaflamed membranes.
VIM. NJ MeretfeW, n Searsport.
Me, says: "A few doses of Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound relieved
me of a severe attack Of asthma
and less than a bottle caused Il
complete cure. = Refusee substi-
tutes.
hrlin Drag Co., north side of
square; Curtin Drug Co. vest side
of square d&,w
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03

When you go TO pay your Iesst
bill take your statement with YOU
TEXAS Power & Light Co 145
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03

LAfHES-Ne do cleaning, pressing
and repairing. do it right, employing
the most skilled workme0 and do
it at right prices. Phone IT'S. Mat
Co. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-03
Suits for Dilolc"

Addran Manner vs. John Howell
Manner
George Turner VS.. Florence Tur-
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w r Daniels VS. Willie Daniels.
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Texas fer 1oe o"els cur
Tins ThafHat
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-02

T----s- S1SGl j<f
D7pTcN(3
'Do your work. says Uncle
salt, what if politics is rank-put
stop to probe and think-grab a
problems great which are vital to
"Do. your work. says Uncle
haiti when the mighty powers t
Raise your cabbage and your SOU
the bosses run the nation, never X
DO your work, says Uncle
with conditions as they stand-do
YOUsto to join the fight for the
plodding soul, segregate your Iii
exalt. Do gour work, says INCL
WANTED TO KEEP WORD
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. a.
There was not a dry eye among
the surgeons and nurses of the
Emergency hospital when the
body of 7-year-old Catherine
Kinstler was taken away today.
The little girl was fatally in
jured by a freight train in the
railroad yards yesterday. All.
the way to the hospital, she chung
to a few chips of wood.
When surgeons discussed the
amputation of her right leg,
which had been frightfully crush
ed, Catherine cried:
"Cut it off if you want to" she
said. "Do anything you want,
only let me go home to mamma
and papa tonight with this wood.
I promised my mamma I would
bring home a lot of wood"
Fr7F
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-02
WHAT WILL POLICE SAY?

New York, Oct. 2.-Lady Duff
Gordon, international authority
on what women wear. is about to
spring new one.
1t is a peekaboo skirt which she
is importing from Paris. Lady
Duff Gordon says it will be very
popular. She hasn't figured on
the police yet.
"The skirt is very tight from
the waist down" she says. "The
lower part is of the sheath variety
with cores opening to just above
the knees on both sides. A back
view of the wearer's knees is
given through a slit at the back. .
Anthony Comstock tainted
when he heard about the propos-
ed new skirt.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-02

But still. she begged pitifu1ly to
be taken home that she might
keep her promise, Early today
she died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

and elevating influences the separation of
mother and daughter becomes necessity
bereavement borne for the good of the
child. In other circumstances, the mother
shirks a sacret duty In committing the
growing girl to strangers. 1 know that
am in woefully small minority in these
Views. But do not speak unadvisedly.
IL had a lovely home in a city where
there were as fine schools as could Ds
found on this side of the Atlantic Yet
my mother was overpersuaded by my IA
theirs relatives to send me to famous
boarding school a hundred miles away.
They represented to her that young people
brought up in the shadow of the family
rooftree were always narrow and provtn-
ciaI. Moreover, that l must be removed
from the temptations of society. etc we
hear the stuff often enough to know II by
heart! I attended that school four years
graduating creditably In that four years
l learned more of the wickedness of the
world than I could have imbibed at home
in a hundred years. granting even that l
read the yellow journals daily.
Lying petty thefts. gossip of the mean
est and most vulgar kind, heart burning
and jealousies defamation and revenge
full tricks were the least OF the evils TO
which we were exposed and to which the
average girl takes as naturally as the chic
of the slums to the manners and speech OF
her region. I wonder, often. what mothers
who have been through the fires them
selves are thinking OF when they deliber-
afely push their pure minded. clean tongued
girls into it.
But in the case you have submitted u
the constituency, we have a sinister ele-
roent that is not common. This mother Is
sending a derelict to the school Has she
never read David Copperheld.' 1 wonder?
Has she forgotten, II she has known the
story. how the vindictive stepfather or
dered that the boy who had defied his au-
thority, biting his finger while under the
ash, should have a card pinned to his
Jacket lettered He bitesI
In sending her girl from home because
she lies, steals, and gives way to ungovern-
able paroxysms of rage she brands the
poor, mismanaged creature in the sight
of neighbors. teachers. and fellow pupils.
Has she never heard the homely adage,
Give dog bad name and you may as well
hang him .?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Care of Rugs and Carpets.

No matter what the size or quality of a
rug, it is a mistake to shake it by the end to
beat 1t free from dust. The force required
to grasp 1T securely and the sharp snap and
jerks are ruinous to the binding and fringe
A rug sometimes becomes badly creased
To remedy this turn it upside down and
wet the crease with a moistened broom
until the rug is quite wet. Stretch the rug
tight and let 1t remain overnight after
lacking it with timed lacks. which do not
rust
Here is a good way to clean carpets
without taking them up-it will also clean
rugs thoroughly: Sprinkle them gener-
ously with yellow cornmeal that has been
well dampened in weak ammonia water
Sweep off in few minutes and you Will be
surprised to see the clean and bright ap-
pearance Of your carpet and rugs.
Should you accidentally spill oil or SCOT
on your carpet, you can extract all the
oil by covering the spot with buckwheat
flour, allowing it to remain several hours
before sweeping. Repeat again If not all
removed by first application. To get rid Of
the SCOT. you will need to spread some
coarse salt thickly over the spot. Let 1t
remain a short time and when swept off
you will find the black spot removed. This
remedy will not hurt the finest carpet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

same. which have served to my family
for the last week, you may find useful
Our family consists of my husband. a
school girl of ID, a Boston BULL and the
writer. We are all well. strong, and of
hearty appetite. The daughter has milk
whenever the adults have tea or coffee
u save every scrap For instance. if
we are to have creamed potatoes, the small
quantity of -four left in the dish in which
have mixed mullins supplies sufficient
thickening. We make six good sized muf-
fins at time and by using the yolk of an
egg morning and the white the next
I make one egg do for two days. All
eggs are washed and the shells used
for clearing coffee. Celery tops are dried
in the fall, also parsley. The rougher
outer layer of vegetables are cleaned and
go into our soups, etc.
a. I canned grape juice in October at an
average expense of cents a quart. To-
matoes cost me 8 cents can, and blue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

five minutes to the pound. Basic several
times to keep the crust from scaling Off.
When the ham is done, take off the crust
and peel away the skin. Have ready the
beaten yolk of an egg and plenty of fine
crumbs. Wash the hot ham with the yolk
and strew thickly with crumbs. The ooz-
ing fat will be absorbed by the crumbs and
season them we'll Set aside until cold.
then stick cloves in the top. put a frill
of fringed paper about the knuckle, and
garnish with red beets and parsley.
I must refer to readers the request for
pikIets. I have no recipe for making them
- y
Another Answer 10 Mora.
Il have on hand still many and in
teresting answers to =" Nora " that must
slip in one now and then for the general
edif1cation.
A Detroit, Mich. woman has the chair
today, and fills 1t well.
The menu and expense account for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Letter No. 2.

May 1 say something about the story in
able temper whom the mother is giving up
as bad job .?
Il am not mother. 1 have never mar
ried. but 1 do recollect my own early girl
hood. and my experience may be of some
benefit to somebody.
1 had bad temper and was given to
quick, snarling outbreaks upon slight prov
ocation. My brothers and sisters are all
quick tempered. suspect it was inner
tied from our mother. My own temper is
now pretty well under control. 1 think nv
efforts to conquer it and to control myself
were suggested by reading Indian stories
and their splendid self-mastery which
commanded my admiration.
That girl is not beyond the reach of
help at Is. The mother should study her
child and cater to what interests her, so as
to become her companion. Probably the
mother has peppery temper of her own.
in which case she should never lose IL In
the presence of the girl. Perhaps the child
is excessively shy, therefore lonely. If
this be true the mother should see that she
gets her rightful share of wholesome social
life. That is what I was-shy, and conse-
quently lonely and sensitive. A fair sup
ply of good books saved me. There was no
one intelligent enough to understand what
1 could not express
Although quite religious, lied when
conceived it to be necessary and 1 don't
remember having felt any remorse or re-
greet for the sin. don't know just how
bad that poor girl is, but 1 know 1 was
pretty bad myself to start with. although
always admired good things-vtrtues and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Getting Ready for Summer.


There used to be a theory that stoves
could be taken down and woolens put
away in May. The time when that could
be done safely has passed and the theory
with it.
Now we wait until June IS well upon
US before we Danish the means by which
we keep warm; and sometimes we do it
with trembling even then.
The climate seems to be changing with
the rest of the world, and not until the
proverbial first hot week of June has as
sured US that summer is really upon US
do we attempt to put away furs and
woolens.
Hot work it is. too, If 1t is TO be done
properly. The garments must be we'll
brushed well beaten, well summed, If we
hope to be secure against moths. They
should hang out in the hot sun and the
fresh air for a couple of hours, at least,
and that after thorough cleaning. before
they are put up.
Cotton cloth and newspapers in plenty
must be at hand. as well as a paper of big
pins and gum camphor or moth balls or
whatever else we to impair the appe-
tites of the moths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

When ink is spilled on carpets or rugs II
should be covered Immediately with salt.
and keep putting on salt until there is no
sign of the ink through the salt, let 1t re-
main overnight and when you sweep II on
next morning there will be no sign OF the
ink left on the carpet.
When taking up carpets there is no neces-
sity for the clouds of dust that some women
let loose in the air by improper manage
ment. If paper laid under the carpet
the work is easily done. After drawing
all of the tacks without turning up even
a corner OF the carpet. begin at one end OF
the room and, with an assistant, carefully
roll the carpet from one end to the other.
Lift it carefully and carry It to the clothes
line Draw the papers, with the dust on
them, carefully together, placing them on
top of each other until all are in a pile.
Fold them over to prevent the dust scatter
ing off, and carry them outdoors to be
burned. Sprinkle the floor with cold water
and sweep up, then wash with soap suds,
and the task is accomplished with no dust
TO settle on the walls.
X =
Novel Sandwiches.
The great desire for novelty in all things
does not even exempt the hostess who Is
ever on the lookout for the sandwich which
is so new that It has never been served.
imagine the quest not dihhcult one. but.
alas! it IS for to make a sandwich dainty.
pretty, tasty and not mussy is an art not
learned In a day.
If celery, lettuce, olives, peppers. or
cress are to be used they should be allowed
to chill before using. Tomatoes and fruit
are also pared and chilled.
Chicken Hvers. sweetbreads. chicken. o.
shellnsh should be boiled and cooled before
fe hoe Il
heavy and must be cold.
Now, word as to the bread. This Is OF
the utmost Importance; the regular sand
witch loaf one day old is all right for or
binary use. Bread having close grain is
the most satisfactory.
Nuts. should be bIanched and chopped or
ground before they are needed. Fish pastes
can be made in the morning and are all the
better for seasoning through
NUT CREAM ROLLS.-Put three table
spoonfuls OF ground walnuts into enough
apricot brandy to cover them; add two tea
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and a dash
of nutmeg: let stand several hours; drain
and add two spoonfuls of whipped cream
Beat smooth and spread thinly on one
slice that has been previously buttered and
the crust cut Off. roll carefully and tie with
white baby ribbon. Dip the ends Of the roll
in whipped cream, then into powdered nuts
and draw a spray of parsley through the
bow.
FISH SANDWICHES per
haps, are the most popular so we win take
them first Remove skin and bones make
paste by adding the juice of a lemon
olive OIL the Juice of a small onion and salt
and pepper to taste. Make a smooth mix
ture and spread thin. Lobster. shrimp. and
crab meat chopped very fine may be used
in the same way.
TUEDa Ant,
Three chicken livers. six olives the Juice OF
an onion, one green pepper. a few sprays OF
cress. and a stalk Of celery. Chop TO a
paste and add TO a package Of cream cheese.
Work well. add pepper. salt and mayon-
naise with q spoonful OF whipped cream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

arouse that temper needlessly. Little low
ing surprises that show your loving
thought of her may soften her apparent
hardness of heart. Letting her know that
she is regarded as a reprobate Will imbit-
ter her.
know many girls who have been
harmed in this way and who would better
be dead than alive. If the mother is weary
of the long. hard battle let her ask herself
whether selfishness or love for the child
moves her to put her into a school. She
says she doesn't want a reformatory, yet
this is what she is seeking. r. J.'
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principles and worthy actions. That
proved that was not wholly depraved.
This mother Is evidently trying to
shift responsibility by giving away her
child Not many true hearted women
would be willing to do that. This leads me
to infer that the greater need for improve
ment is in the mother herself She says
her means are limited Do unlimited
means make good people? The distracted
woman must look for her child's good
points and, having found them. she must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
BAKED Ham, Virginia Stplc.

VIII you kindly give me a recipe for
baking ham in the southern style, ais }
one for English piklets-a breakfast bread {?
Z" A SUBSCRIBER"
BAKED HAM virginia Style) Wash
well and soak all night. In the morning
trim away with a sharp knife the rusty
underside and edges. pairing the fat care
fully. Wipe dry and cover the underside
with thick paste of hot water and -four
Lay it upside down in the dripping pan. with
enough warm water and vinegar to keep it
from burning-say enough to stand an inch
deep all around the ham. There should De a
ia tablespoonful of vinegar to each quart of
warm water. Fit a cover closely over the
pan to keep in the steam and bake twenty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

L have never been able to see. from
my Individual standpoint, how any mother
can resign her daughter to the guardian
ship of another until she is of maria geable
age and ready to do her share in the home
and nursery.
- To tell the unvarnished truth. do not
believe in boarding schools for girls whose
parents can give them equal educational
advantages at day schools in their own
home towns. If family is isolated by geo.
graphical position from all good schools
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
IMPORTANT NOTICE

DE CA USE of the enormous
IL number of letters sent to the
department must ask con-
tribufors to limit their con1n1unica-
tiOns to 100 words. except IN cases of
formulas or recipes which require
greater space. I want all my COR
respondents to hare a showing in the
Corner. and if my request IN this
respect is complied 5vith If will be
possible to print many more letters.
Attention is called to the fact that
Marion HdrIoyld cannot recefpe money
for patterns, as she has no connection
with any department that sells them.
Marion HdrLand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

berries Is. All our salads are served with
French dressing. Mayonnaise is expen-
sive.
So much for background. During the
week we entertained two guests, making
a total of sixty-five meals served. The
average was about 1-5 cents for each Of
US.
- Present prices OF food: Flour. per
pound, cents; butter 4S cents; lard, 16
cents; porterhouse steak, 30 cents; pork
sausage. IS cents; roasting veal, 20 cents;
eggs, per dozen, 40 cents; potatoes, $1.35
per bushel; oysters, 40 cents per quart;
milk, 81 for thirteen quarts.
served three persons (and one dog)
three meals daily and two meals to guests
for $5.9T for the week. That, as I have
said. averages 1-5 cents per meal for each
eater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Recipes for Vdrious Dishes.

With the menus I send some recipes
for dishes introduced in it that may be
useful.
''EGGLESS CORN BREAD (original rec
pe)-Three-quarters of a cup of yellow
meal and the same of wheat flour. One
tablespoonful of sugar or molasses. Half
a teaspoonful of salt Half a tablespoon
full of melted lard. Two rounded teaspoon
fuls Of baking powder. Sweet milk to mix
to consistency of cake batter. Add short
ening last Bake in large pie plate in n
quick oven, fast at first, then slowly.
Bake from twenty to thirty minutes. ac-
cording to the heat of the oven
"EGGLESS GINGERBREAD-Qu
ter cup of shortening. Half 6 cup each of
sugar and of molasSes. A teaspoon
full of ground cinnamon A quarter tea
spoonful each of ground cinnamon, nut
meg, cloves, and salt. Half teaspoonful
of soda (ample measure). Mix above in
gradients, then add half g. cup of water
and two scant cupfuls of flour. Beat hard
and long and bake in q sheet
=" Pardon this long letter. am deep
ly interested in solving the serious problem
Of feeding family with nourishing salts
fyings and varied meals at a moderate
outlay. I think If any intelligent woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

baking powder. and one teaspoonful of
lemon extract. E. s.
The brie1ets fill in the chinks well. A
mission not to be despised in human beings
or in recipes. Have you ever thought what
a useful agency that of " chink filler - Isl
How the winds of chagrin and disappoint-
ment would whistle and moan through the
social and domestic structures if the chinks
were left open? There is big lessons to US
all in the idea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
Letter No. 4.

You have warned the masculine men,
Der not to sign himself A Mere Man
am not, as my boys say, stuck upon the
phrase myself. Yet 1 arm difident in en-
tering the Corner devoted mainly to the
genter sex. 1 venture a protest against
that sad mother banishing her child be-
cause she cannot any longer endure her
temper Does she expect hired teachers to
be more charitable in judgment and gentle
in treatment than the mother who bore her7
If not can she coolly contemplate the
probability that the spoiled child Will be
cruelty punished-that II her spirit II
broken it will be by violenoe7
Il know what 1 am talking OF. The un-
written history of reformatories comes to
light now and then. And a reformatory is
what this woman is looking for. deny It
as she will.
In the name OF heaven and common
humanity, let her keep that high strung.
badly brought up child at home and begin
over again to do a mothers duty by hsri
Who wants a child that has no temper7
Doesn't she know that the high tempered
who learn to control themselves make the
finest men and women?
PArBRFAMIL1As"
I halt here for lack OF room We have
other letters that would add interest to the
symposium. We have devoted all the
space we can spare to it
L forbear to comment upon those we
publish. But I offer a word of explanation
TO the correspondent who refers to the
mention by the mother of her " limited
means" She intended. undoubtedly. to
intimate that she cannot afford to place
the derelict " in expensive school