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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-10-04

The Chinese republic lost 500 SOL
diers when party of retreating Mon
gols set fire to a forest in which the
soldiers were encamped for the
night.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO EVERY WOMAN
JULIA CHANDLER
QUAINT And NOVEL
CHRISTMAS PARTY
At Which All the Decorations Were
of White and Silver.

Here Is how holiday party was given
once upon time not so very long ago.
II was in frigid country. where snow
and ice are to be found a good six
months Of the year, but where hospitality
ana winter sports are proverbIaI It
was a white AFFAIR, with quantities Of
silver decorations, which were lovely.
the invitations were on heavy white pa
per ornamented with wreaths in silver
and silver lettering. The big music
room was Gorgeous with silver tinseI and
holly wreaths tied with red ribbon and
silver gauZe. The combination was
lovely. The lamps We're shaded with
white and silver and the candle shades
for the table were OF white and silver
The first game was a pretty one:
large wreath OF frosted holly leaves was
suspended by silver cords; in the center
was cluster of silvered sleigh bells.
Each guest was handed three white rub
Der balls and allowed three throws at
the bells II any throw made the bells
Jingle a prize of silver paper box of
silver-wrapped bon-bons was awarded
Then silver-leaved wreath WAS laid
Nat upon the table containing a number
Of white candles. The guests were
blindfolded and the one who succeeded
in blowing out the largest number OF
candles at one blow was given a Christ
mas box tied with silver cord which
said For a Blower" and was found to
contain a handkerchief In this game
the prizes were the same for the boy
and the girl.
The dining-room table was a thing OF
beauty; it was first covered with cotton,
sprtnkled with quantities Of diamond
dust, the edge Of the table outlined with
silver leaves and the same leaves sur
rounded the plates. A small Christmas
tree was in the center, trimmed entirely
in white and silver, with red electric
lights. Just imagine how pretty il all
looked. The place cards were frosted
silver and white bells and were hung
from the tumblers by silver-paper birds.
large white cake with red candles was
cut with ceremony and favors OF silver
We're found inside for the guests.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
CHRISTMAS SHIPS
SAIL FOR EUROPE
Mauritania and La France Garry
Holiday Loads for Americans
Abroad.

New York. Dec. 17.-with tons OF
Christmas gifts and hundreds OF Christ
mas passengers. the christmas ship"
Mauritania sailed at O'Clock this even
ing on a special schedule arranged to
get her people to Great Britain and the
Continent in time for the holiday.
Not the least important OF the gifts
Santa Claus has intrusted to the liner is
a Christmas tree for a baby, just about
three months old, who is probably lying
all unconcerned in a gold crib at
Caesars camp. Wimbledon, Surrey
England.
The baby is the sO-called s60.0OO.OOo son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynn Wander
bilt- The tree was lately cut at Saga
more, the Vanderbilt Adirondack camp.
and II is being personally conducted to
England by the babys parents.
There were 5000 sacks OF mail on the
Mauritania to-day as she made ready for
her unusual sailing.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm. the English. &C
tor, was a passenger. He has just wound
up an eight-day visit to this country for
the purpose Of seeing some Of the lead
ing plays of the sea son.
On La France, another Christmas ship,
which sailed to-day for Havre, was
Charles NJ. Schwab, who booked himself
as ]. II. Ward, because according to Of
dcials, he did not want to be bothered.
George Randolph Chester. creator Of
]. Rufus Walingford. with his bride and
her oOlored maid. was another passenger.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
UNIQUE BURIAL
EXCITBS POLICE
Trail Auto After Ashes Have Been
Dumped in River, Per Request
of Dead Man.

New York. Dec. IA dying mans
wish that his ashes be cast into East
River on his birthday caused wild COM
motion early to-day in the morgue
among the police OF the East Twenty
second Precinct Station.
Keeper Thomas Connolly was stand
ing in the doorway OF the morgue at
the foot OF East Twenty-sixth Street
when a touring car drove up and two
well-dressed men stepped out. One OF
them had bundle. After glancing
cautiously about them they made their
way to the river and cast the bundle
into the water. Connolly felt sure that
the couple were disposing of a dead
body, and he noted the number of the
machine. then sent telephone calls to
all the nearby police stations.
Detectives from the Twenty-sixth
Street Station traced the automobile
to the undertaking establishment in
Twenty-third Street. There the mys-
terry was cleared up. Thomas Fay,
manager of the undertaking establish
ment, explained that a bundle had been
thrown into the East River. and that
1t contained the human ashes of Alex
ander Mcconnell, a wealthy dry goods
merchant. of Montreal, Canada About
two and half years ago, Mr.. Fay said,
Mcconnell made an agreement with
undertaken that after his death his
body should be Cremated and his ashes
held until the ensuing December Is.
his birthday, and then cast into East
River. Three months ago. during a
trip to this city. Mcconnell died in a
hospital. and the agreement was duly
carried out The two men were depos-
iting the ashes in the river at midnight
when the morgue keeper detected them
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
A Smooth White Skin
That DefieS Weather

During the coming months of biting
winds and intense cold, you who would
keep your skins smooth, white and
velvety, should turn your attention to
mercolized wax Nothing else will so
effectively remove a chapped, rough
ened or discolored surface. By grad
ually absorbing tine weather-beaten
cuticle, the complexion is kept in per-
feet condition, and even the beauty OF
expression appears more pronounced
If your skin be blotchy, pimply,
freckled, coarse, sallow or over-red,
why not shed it? One ounce of ordi-
nary mercolized wax, to be had at any
druggists, will completely transform
the most unsightly complexion in less
than a fortnight. Use the wax nightly,
like cold cream, washing it on morn
fngs.
If weather. age or poor health has
marred your face with wrinkles, here's
good news. You can quickly remove
every line by using a harmless, re-
freshing face lotion prepared by dis
solving OF. powdered saxolite in u pit.
witch hazel The firmer, smoother skin
the more youthful appearance, even
after one application. viii astonish you.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
WANT MORE SANE
NEW YEARS EYE
Committee in New York Planning
Big Celebration in Public
Parks.

New York. Dec. IA committee ha.
been formed for the purpose of endeavor-
ing to have a saner and less rough
celebration in New York for the ending
of the old and the coming of the new
year. The plan is to have large meet
ings in such places as City Hall Park.
Union Square. Madison Square. and other
spots suitable for a celebration. This
celebration TO consist Of singing OF old
songs, music by bands with a grand
chorus of America starting a minute be-
fore tho new year begins.
The committee which has sent out n
call for contributions to aid the affair,
says this will provide a saner way to
celebrate the beginning of tho new year.
MIR. Refs one of those who took the
initiative, tonight said:
q was impressed last year by TetraE-
zini leading the singing On the streets
of San Francisco. II gave me an Idea
that the celebration should be something
different than the wild Broadway revel
of noise and carousing. We have invited
all the singing societies. The Salvation
Army will abandon its watch meetings
and assemble in Union Square. There Is
a absolutely no religious touch to the AZ
fair"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
SUGGESTION FOR A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT

The very old houses and the very new
ones are the ones which have the fire
places for the old-fashioned log fires.
A reaction against prosaic steam radi-
ators and gas pipes, concealed under as
bestos. has set in. 30 that even the plain
est of the new houses has its tiny log
fireplace in the best room of the house.
Consequently andirons are a gift that
will be appreciated by any one who has
moved into one of these homes.
They can be bought in the stores as
cheaply as $50 a pair, and are not apt
to run much above 81 for the very large
iron ones.
Black iron is not expensive and is made
into all sorts Of quaint patterns. Some
times It is in the form of a pair of owls,
who perch before the blazing logs while
the freight blinks and winks through
their glass eyes in the most Gerry way
imaginable.
Brass andirons are the dressiest, and
really the prettiest, too, their one OBJ
lection being that the coating over the
brass is apt to wear of, and then they
have to be polished every week or so.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Brass and Copper Sets.

Brass and copper have somewhat su-
perseded silver in popularity for mems
desk sets. for these frst-named metals
require so much less care and cleaning
that they are more practical for Office
use, and even for the den" The price
OF them ranges from $3.50 to so for
the brass. and for the hammered copper
about $50 is the average price About
the same pieces are in each set. the diff
ference in price being due to the quality
OF decoration. weight OF metal. and gem
eral workmanship. Some of the sets
are open" that is, one may buy special
pieces. adding or emitting others, and
this is the most sensible kind of a set to
invest in. for the individual needs are
shown for the desk, or for the reception
room. These are exceedingly charming
and dainty. and. of course. easily kept
clean.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Women Determined to Break
Corner in Storage Eggs
Crusade Is Just Beginning of Effort to Force
Other Foodstufs to Respond to Call
for Lowered Prices.

tfous. appetizing. and still within the
reach of family funds, has come to take
on more serious meaning.
And in the settlement house sections
there's where the real pinch comes.
But housewives everywhere, except In
homes where money does not count are
complaining that the continued effort To
keep the table well spread and the high
prices that stand in the way are really
getting on their nerves." for it is an
unequal sort OF struggle
Hence the exit from the clubs to the
markets, and hence the grim determine
ton.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
The Kitchen and the Table
BY Ida AMEs WILLIS.

en- is not very palatable unless seasoned
highly and with good judgment.
Dutch Apple Cake.
Add to two cups OF -four half teaspoon
full of salt and two teaspoonfuIs baking
powder. Mix we'll and add two table
spoonfuls butter. rubbing in well. Beat
one egg light and mix with two-thirds
of a cup of milk. and add to the dry
ingredients and beat all well together
Spread the dough about half an inch
thick on a buttered baking pan. Pare,
cut into eighths four large apples re-
moving the core. Press the sharp edge
OF each apple section well into the dough.
placing them I'm rows. Sprinkle well with
sugar and a little cinnamon or nutmeg
Bake for about twenty-five minutes in
a quick oven. When done cut into
squares and serve hot with cugar and
cream, as a DESSERT or cold like cake
Cabinet Pudding.
Boil a cup OF large raisins until plump.
then seed them in cold water. ScaId
pint of milk in a double boiler. Brush
a melon mold well with butter and line
It with the raisins. which can be made
to stick II the mold is placed in cracked
ice or snow to harden the butter. Then
put in a layer of stale lady fingers or
sponge cake, a layer of raisins more cake
and so on. Separate three eggs and beat
the yolks very light with three table,
spoonfuls graduated sugar and a pinch of
salt. Turn the hot milk slowly into this
mixture and cook moment to set the
egg: then pour over the cake and raisins.
Cover and steam for an hour. Allow
little room for pudding to swell.
Rub one-half a cup of butter and half
cup of light brown sugar to a cream:
Their place the saucepan over the fire to
heat. Beat very light the yoIk of one
egg and pour the hot butter and sugar
over it, beating rapidly. Return to the
fire for a few minutes. Cool slightly, add
a little grated nutmeg. and serve.
Remove skin and bones from three
slices Of fresh Goldfish and cut each slice
into two pieces. Season with a little
salt and plenty Of pepper, and dredge with
flour. Dip each piece in beaten egg and
then into cracker meal and saute in hot
fat. Have ready a dressing made by STIR
ring an ounce of butter to cream. adding
q tablespoonful Of lemon Juice, a table
spoonful minced parsley, and eighth Of a
tablespoonful of grated nutmeg. Spread
this over the hot fish and serve. Other
fish may be done in same manner.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
MRS. REID ACCEPTS
ENGLAND'S OFFER
British Warship Now Ready to
Bring Ambassadors Body to
America,

London, Dec. 17.-President Taft. re-
plying to Premier Asquith's cabled Of
fer OF British warship as a funeral
ship for the removal OF the body Of
Whitelaw Reid TO America, said he
would prefer TO leave the matter to
Mrs. Reid. Mrs. Reid accepted, and the
warshfp is now lying coaled and ready
at Portsmouth. The body will be con-
Voyed to Portsmouth Saturday morn
ing, leaving Dorchester House on a
gun carriage before the Reid. family go
70 Euston to get the Cunard boat train.
The King has deputed Prince Arthur
OF Connaught. who represented him at
the MikadO's funeral, to attend the
Reid memorial service in Westminster
Abbey as his representative.
The funeral services in New York
will probably be held at the Church of
the Incarnation. and il is possible that
Bishop Greer will officiate. The re-
mains will be inferred at Sleepy Hol-
low.
Among the additional kilograms of
coincidence received by Mrs. Reid to-
day were those from the Duke and
Duchess of COnnaught. Prince Arthur
OF Connaught, Woodrow Wilson, and
Lord Rosebery
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
HAMMERsTEIN WINS SUIT.
ImPresnriO Gets Verdict of $50, G25
Against Lyric Tenor.

New York, Dec. T.-Oscar Hammer
stein won a verdict OF S29.625 by default
to-day against FlorencIo Constantine, the
lyric tenor. A jury in the Supreme Court
awarded the damages after Hammerstein
bad testified that the tenor broke his con-
tract with Hammerstein and thereby for
feited $4,000 under the terms of the con-
tract. The interest on the $500 accounts
for the verdict
Constantine is alleged TO have deserted
Hammerstein in 1903 to sing with the Bos-
ton Opera Company at a larger salary.
lie is also being sued by Miss MarcelIe
ROntsbOt, another member of this COM
pany. for his failure TO keep an alleged
promise of marriage. She wants $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
PROBE CONTRACTS.
Grand Jury investigation of Grand
Trunk Takes New Turn.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Federal grand
jury is still hammering away patiently to
get at the real facts in the proposed new
Traffic and trackage agreement between
the New Haven Road and the Grand
Trunk of Canada.
Most of the witnesses examined to-day
were persons who had contracts and
other business relations with the South
ern New England Railroad, whose con-
structiOn to Providence and Boston in
OF der to give the Grand Trunk ssaboard
connections in New England was stopped
cOincidentally with the formulation of the
proposed new trafic agreement.
Vice President Timothy T. Byrnes of
the New Haven, whose relations to Presi-
dent Mellen are very close, will be called
as a witness tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Money Missing; Hold Messenger.

Chicago. Dec. T.-Raymond Rogers,
express messenger In South Chicago, is
held at the police station to-day because
he failed to deliver a package containing
$4,000 to the National Bank there Rog-
ers started out with a load Of pig-iron
for a foundry and the package contain
ing the money. The pig-iron was deliv-
cred. Detectives followed Rogers about
South Chicago most of the day. He
hauled trunks. suit cases. coal and cord
wood. Finally the dectives caught up
with him. Rogers. produced the pack
age. The money was short sos. Rogers
could not say where the money had
gone, but remembered that some Of the
pig-iron fell on the package and broke
II OPEN
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18

party dress for the young girl. and is
just the thing for this time OF the year,
when there are so many social affairs.
The frock closes at the back and the
three gOred skirt has pannier. The gar
ment Is delightfully."- carried out in satin
and chiffon, or it may be made OF one
material II desired.
The pattern. No. 6G51. is cut in sizes
II, 16. and is years. Medium size will
require 35-s yards OF 40-inch figured
goods and 21-S yards OF 4O-inch chiffon.
The pattern can be obtained by send
ing 10 cents to the Pattern Department
Of The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Chocolate Cake.

One cup Of sugar. Onc-half cup butter
two small eggs. One-haIf cup milk, one
half teaspoon soda. one large cup flour
one teaspoon cream tartar. one teaspoon
vanilla, two squares chocolate. Cream
butter and sugar together. add yoIks OF
eggs well beaten, then milk in which
soda has been dissolved. Sift flour and
cream tartar together and add to this
then vanilla and melted choco-
late. beat well and fold in whites of
eggs. beaten until stin. Bake forty-five
minutes. This makes one large loaf
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
FrIcnssce Tripe and Oysters.


Cut a pound OF honeycomb tripe in
narrow strips; add to it a small cup of
water and a piece of butter the size of
an egg. Dredge with a heaping teaspoon
full of -four; season with salt and pepper.
and let simmer gently for about half
an hour. Add equal quantity Of stewing
oysters and their liquor. heated and
strained. and cook until the oysters
plump up; serve at once, on toast or
plain.
SmOthered Chicken.
Split a tender chicken down the back:
season it with a teaspoonfm of salt
quarter of n teaspoonfuI OF pepper and
place in a shallow roasting pan with a
cup OF boiling water. and cook tender.
AS soon as it begins to brown, make a
paste of two tablespoonfuls each of but
ter and flour and spread over tine
chicken.
Basic every ten minutes with the drip
ping in the pan until brown. Set the
pan containing che dripping over the fire
and pour into il a cupful of rich milk.
Stir until it bolls; season TO taste with
salt and pepper, and pour over the
chicken before sending to the table.
Coffee Jelly.
Soak quarter of box of gelatine in
half a cup OF cold water until tender;
then add a cup of boiling water and
cup OF very strong coffee and from one
half to two-thirds of a cup Of sugar,
according to taste. Stir until the gela-
tine and sugar are dissolved; then strain
and cool in a mold. Turn out to serve,
and heap whipped cream around the
mold. To make the coffee, take two
tablespoonfuls of fine ground to one cup
Of water.
MarEuerites.
Take one pound of almonds and blanch
and chop them. Whites OF three eggs,
beaten stiff; to one-third of the beaten
egg add enough powdered sugar to make
q thick icing. spread this over salted
wafer crackers. Mix the chopped nuts
with the remainder of the beaten egg;
spread this mixture on top of the icing,
place the crackers thus prepared, in a
pan and place IN very moderate oven
to brown slightly.
Chicken in Jelly.
Meat may be cut and scraped from
roast of boiled chicken left from pre-
vious dinner. Season to taste with salt,
paper, and celery salt and four drops
OF onion juice. Bread up the bones Of
the chicken; cover with water and boil
down to one cupful. Put fifth of a box
Of gelatine to soak in quarter Of a cup
OF cold water. Put the chicken into
the stock that has been strained and
seasoned with salt, pepper, a dash Of
paprika and little lemon juice Add half
teaspoonful Of curry powder to the
chicken, or four mushrooms, cut into dice,
simmer ten minutes. then remove from
the hre and stir until gelatine is all dis
solved. Turn into a mold and sit in
cool place to harden, II you are short
Oh chicken you can add hard-boiled egg
sliced thin. or dried ham or tongue. and
instead of the lemon Juice few tiny
pickles sliced wafer thin Jellied chick
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Labor Men UrEe Change.

Harrisburg. Pa, Dec. 1.-THE legisla-
tive committee OF the State Federation OF
Labor to-day decided to submit to the
Legislature a bill for the popular election
of State factory inspector and for the
election of deputy inspectors in their
various districts. The committee will alSI
submit bills requiring railroad train
men to have three months experience be-
fore being permitted TO serve regularly
and providing for semi-monthly instead
OF a monthly pay. The initiative and
referendum viii be the next subjects con-
sidered.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Cupid is doing a big business with the
actresses and actors Of the big Hippo
drome spectacle of Under Many Flags"
Scarcely had the wedding festivities Of
May Carlisle ceased when another mar
rage took place on Thanksgiving Eve,
when Thomas Mansfield. one OF the rug
ged. FOSTERING soldiers Of the great Scot
fish Highland scene. took unto himself
pretty, blushing bride in the person
Of Miss Emma Kettel The ceremony
was performed in the rectory of Sacred
Heart Church in West Fifty-first Street,
Manhattan.
Joseph and His Brethren by Louis
n. Parker. will be the next spectacle TO
be produced at the Century Theater, New
York. and will follow the lines of mag
nitude laid down by its forerunners. The
Garden Of Allah and The Daughter of
Heaven
Charles Frohman has engaged Edith
Wynne Matthison for the chief part in
Henry Kistemaecker's play. The Spy"
This will be Miss Matthison's first re-
turn TO Mr.. Frohman's management since
1908 when she and her husband, c. Ram
Kennedy, were first brought to America
by Mr.. Frohman for the first New York
performance of the morality play, "Ev-
eryman."
When arrangements were made to open
Mrs. Fishes annual New York engage
ment six weeks before the date origi-
nally set her Out-of- town bookings were
cancelled up to the holidays. New York
having taken so strongly to The High
Road" negotiations are now under way
looking toward still further cancellations,
SO that the new Edward Sheldon play
may remain in the Hudson until well
into the new wear.
George Backus has been engaged by
Klaw & Erlanger to play an important
role in Primrose the play in which
Elsie Ferguson is to star. Mr.. Backus
is one OF the leading character actors on
the stage, and is particularly Unidentified
with lovable. human types. He made a
great hit as Jimsie Smith in Paid in
Full and once starred IN "Christo-
pher, jr.''
Frederick warde may go into vaude-
Vile.
David warfieId is to go to the Pacific
Coast for an extended tour.
The Whip the big Drury Lane melo-
drama now playing at the Manhattan
Opera House.. is to be moved intact to
San Francisco at the conclusion OF its
New York run. Negotiations have been
in progress for several days between
Commissioner Meyerfelt Of the San
Francisco exposition. and William A.
Brady and Comstock & Gest. with the re- |
suit that the melodTama has been def |
nitely decided upon as one OF the fea- |
lures Of the fair.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Mai. e. c. wagner Dies.

PottsvlIIe, Pa, Dec. H-Maj. Emil c.
Wagner, superintendent OF the Stephen
Girard estate in Schuylkin and Column
bia Counties and a member OF the
American Institute OF Engineers. died
early to-day, aged sixty-seven. Maj.
Wagner was president of the First Ma
tionaI Bank Of GIrsrd and very wealthy.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18
Find Body in Fire Ruins.

Pittsburg, Dec. ia body. believed to
be that of Col. John A. Taylor. q prom
trent local oil man, was found this after
noon in the ruins OF the Library Place
Apartments, which were destroyed by fire
Friday. The body was removed to q
n,orgue, where an EFFORT to positively
identify II will be made.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-18

Little Falls, n. Y. Dec. T.-Eighteen
children in the families of textile workers,
whose heads are on strike here, were
shipped out of town to-day by the In
dustriaI Workers of the World, who are
in charge of the strike here. The police
made effort to interfere with the depar-
ture of the children as was done at Law
renee, Mass. last winter when riotinE
ensued.