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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

- LII trustworthy recipes that offer
~ substitutes for meat just now are
~ particularly acceptable to the thrifty
Householder. 1t is not only that we
are more healthy for eating less
flesh food in hot weather, but the Ubiquitous
rise in the price of meat from one end to
the other of a land Of peace and plenty has
aroused the righteous Indignation of all
classes. While by no means sure that the
right way to meet the wrong is to boycott
the vendors of the dressed meats. who are
not the chief offenders, I maintain that the
Judicious manager of the home is wise in
cutting down the allowance of heavy foods
until these calamities be passed.
Said a rich matron to me last week: 1t
Is not that we cannot afford to pay a third
more for our meats and poultry than we
did a year ago. Personally should not
feel it. But have other and better uses
for money than unfolding extortioners
who are grinding the faces Of the poor.
will be partaker of no mans sins. So we
are on the qui vive for whatever will take
the place of meat in our family fare. For
tunateIy the summer is rich in fruits.
vegetables, and eggs, and we can get fresh
fish at reasonable prices. So my butcher
pockets less than half as much OF my
money as he had six months ago.
:" No. have not Joined a housekeepers'
league. Nor do I excuse the women who
drenched butchers stands with kerosene
some weeks back Two wrongs never
made right, and they never will. II those
women had spent the amount OF energy
in studying how to do without meat and
yet nourish their families that they ex-
pended in kerosene throwing and fighting
policemen, their end would have been
gained sooner and more surely
Plain talk. this. and altogether apropos
to the practical menus this clever woman
put on her own table. She is. by the way, a
resident OF New York state and conversant
with the state of New York markets. Her
scalloped salmon is a capital " hller," even
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES boys. Her
potato salad might well be the main dish
Of family supper, supported by crackers
and cheese. quick biscuits, and plain
cake made fine by her strawberry icing.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

DINNER
Yesterdays soup.
Cold lamb with mint jelly.
Young beets.
Summer squash.
Berries and cake with cream.
Black coffee.
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TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit or oranges.
Cereal and cream.
Shirred eggs. (See recipe.)
Graham biscuits.
Toast
Tea and, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Mince of lamb with risotto.
Baked potatoes.
Souff1e of squash "a left over.
Ginger snaps and cream cheese.
Iced tea.
DINNER.
Cream of tomato soup.
Calves liver FAnglaise.
Green peas.
Corn fritters.
Floating island.
Blacls coffee.
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WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Hawaiian pineapple
Cereal and cream.
Bacon.
Waf1ez-
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese in scallop shells.
Green pea pancakes (eleft over1.
Potato salad. (See recipe!
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Pot and Stove Lid Holder.

Z" An excellent holder for all sorts of lids
is made from two inch pieces of tape, about
eighteen inches long. Tack up behind the
stove, about six inches apart, with bottom
strip taut, and top strip rather loose. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

unwtllingness to resign their companion
ship and is resigned'to what viii be for their
best good.
"I am a mother who loves her boys, but I
would sacrifice their society If by doing so 7
could provide for their future. They are IL
and 13 years old. They lost their father by
an accident when the younger of the two
was an infant. appreciate how much they
need fatherly care and guidance to prepare
them to be good men and worthy citizens.
Their ancestors were God fearing peo-
pie, and the Inheritance must tell with my
children. They are dear, obedient boys and
feel sure they will make good if they
have the chance.
4 am convinced that there are noble
men and women in this great city of Chi
cago who are fortunate in wealth but I'M
fortunate In being childless who would
gladly open arms and hearts TO worthy,
unfortunate children If they knew where
to lind them. MRS. M. H"
These excerpts from letter committed to
my discretion are printed here in the hope
that the mothers se1f-Sacrihce for what she
believes to be the best interests of her boys
may catch the eye of some one who feels
for her and is ready and able to put them
into the path she would choose for their
future course. Underneath the apparent
calmness Of the story lies anguish none
but true mothers can comprehend. Her adj
dress is with me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

Crackers heated
Plain cake with strawberry icing.
(See recipe.)
Tea
DINNER.
Asparagus soup.
Saint of calves liver (a.left over).
Mashed and Drowned potatoes.
Stew'ed satisfy.
Berry shortcake.
Black coffee
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THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
BerriesI
Cereal and cream.
Bacon and fried apples.
Toast.
Cold bread.
Coffee and tea.
LUNCHEON
Tomatoes stuffed with forcemeat and baked
(Forcemeat based upon remains of liver
and gravy.)
Potato biscuit "a left over).
Remains of potato salad from yesterday.
Heated crackers and cheese.
Crumb pudding.
Tea.
DINNER
Mutton broth.
Beef steak.
Young onions.
Sweet potatoes.
Marmalade omelet-
Black coffee.
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Berries.
Cereal and cream.
Fried perch or other pan fish.
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lids are stuck through the bottom strip,
the larger ones first. Then they are stuck
in, one above the other. The knobs or
buttons holding them in thus make an ideal
rack Above the rack is a twelve inch shelf
covered with blue figured oiIclOth, seal
Hoped on the edge. On this shelf are the
stew kettles. pans, and broilers.
MOP RAG.-An extremely good mqp
rag may be made by ripping or cutting
apart discarded stockings and sewing them
together until as large as desired.
SARAH e. 81
take pleasure in Offering the above prac-
teal suggestions by a new contributor who
has our sincere thanks. We should be
glad to hear further from her, and to hold
out the right hand Of fellowship to her.
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Homemade Fneless Cooler.
This item is from one OF our stan of prac-
teal chemists, whose contributions are al
ways welcome being practical and pract-
cable to the average houseworker:
1t is not every woman who can afford
to buy such a fireless cooker as was
aauded to the skies a few weeks ago
by a member. 1t deserves all she said OF
1t. Every woman may make a hay or cot
ton or newspaper stove that will do the
work of the day In homely, yet efficient
less cooker was in the country, where the
only available materials for the construc-
ton OF the wondrous labor and fuel saver
were stout wooden box and plenty OF
soft hay. called in the gardener to my.
help, and deposited in the nest we prepared
covered saucepan full OF oatmeal por-
ridge that had come to the boil upon the
stove The cook stood by, respectful and
increduious; the gardener was audible in
his doubts.
Ten hours thereafter the saucepan was
exhumed and yielded up porridge smoking
not and deliciously tender. The second
essay was with certain hard unripe pears
shaken from the tree by violent winds be-
lore their time. We pared them without
coring; cooked them ten minutes after the
boil was reached (Which left them as hard
as before) and buried the covered sauce
pan in the hay. They emerged after siz
hours seclusIon so soft that straw
pierced the cores"
A really good fireless cooker is the most
valuable bit OF furniture one can have In
summer kitchen. If you cannot get one
exercise ingenuity in the manufacture OF .
HPme made substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
Corn bread.
Toast.
Tea and coffee.

Corn bread
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Lambs kidneys. deviled.
Chopped and sautes sweet potatoes
"a left over).
Toasted corn bread from breakfast.
Canned fruit and cookies.
DINNER
Yesterdays soup.
scalloped salmon. (See recipe)
Potato croquets.
Green peas
Berries and cream.
Black coffee.
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SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon.
Boiled eggs.
Sbortcake (piain).
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
salmon scallop. sliced and fried "a left over).
Potato croquets "a left over).
Shortcake from breakfast.
Crackers and cheese.
Maccaroons and iced tea La Russo.
DINNER
5 Combination soup" Obased upon 10 cent car
of beef soup, with the addition of rem
nsnts accumulated within three days..
Beat steak and kidney pie
"a left over. mushrooms added. etc.).
Cauiinower.
Young turnips-
Lemon Jelly and sponge cake.
lack cofrea.
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cheer are to be had in these wayside " ar
bors."
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Recipe for Hdssenpfefer.
"Of late have read number OF recipes
all difenent-in your Helping Hand for
hassenpfeffer. I feel constrained to send
mine by the belief that although it may be
a little more troublesome than some of the
others, it will pay for allsthat in the result.
ct am conside cred a pretty 6afr cook by my
friends, and I could send you tried and
approved recipes by the dozen if I had time
to write them out.
HASSENPFEFFEK.- two rabbits
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Butter Applies Nth Brush.

now considering
Butter Applies Nth Brush.
would set you right as to the quantity
Of butter needed to keep the lamb from.
burning. 1t is true that the papers should
be well creased on the inside before any
thing goes into them. This is done with
melted butter, and the butter Cor lard or
dripping) is applied with a brush t. all
parts of the inner side OF the bag. AFTER
the cooking begins. the flow of natural
Juices from the meat keeps the surface
moist and secure against the risk Of burn
ing
Chops and outlets and chicken, which one
would brown, should be Dreaded thickly
all over before going into the bag. They
will brown beautifully II this is done.
The biscuits would not have stuck to
the paper had this been properly washed
on the inside with melted butter as have
described Not one fraction OF an inch
should escape the brush.
Potatoes may be boiled and likewise fried
in the bags. I doubt II a tyro could do
the latter feat. The temperature of the
range must be watched and regulated most
judiciously If one would turn out crisp,
delicately Drowned potatoes. Tt is con-
coded by experts in the art that beef can
not be roasted properly in the paper bag,
whereas mutton, veal, lamb. and chicken
may be cooked to a turn thus. Beef Is
said to be too watery for the process. Even
when Dreaded. 1t is not what we would
have 1t.
OF the dumpIings may say, as with the
biscuits, the fault is first with insufficient
and uneven buttering, secondly, with the
uneven heat.
I have sat down to more than one paper
bag meal conducted by experts. In each
case the coffee was an ignominious failure.
Don't attempt it,
Nellie" Hard 10 Convirpcs.
Our Connecticut correspondent, with
Yankee shrewdness. appreciates the al
most impossibilIty Of inducing the d" cook
of commerce to spare herself the drudg-
cry of dish, pot. and pan washing by the
use Of the French device so triumphantly
exhibited In it's finest demonstration by
the master of culinary art at his recent
visit to our shores. Sever may preach and
our Householder may practice in the sight
of Nellie" and her compeers without
shaking her detestation of them nasty
paper bagsS
Which brings us to the novel and strik-
ing aspect of the situation set forth by
the Jersey "gudewife." Her figures are
startling in the summing up.
commend her simple story to the
thoughtful Householder. Eighty dollars
per annum for kitchen utensils that cannot
be carried over to the morrow may well
make one hesitate to adopt the new fashion.
So far as my knowledge of the history Of
paper bag cookery goes. this Is the first
time the noneconomical side of the inven-
ton has been brought forward. OF course
as our New Jersey busy bee points out. the
one way of " downing " the objection is by
manufacturing bags that shall be asgood in
quality at one-tenth Of the present cost.
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PER BAG COOKERY IN AMERICAN KITCHENS.

and stewed tomatoes. Then for dessert,
baked apple dumphngs. Black coffee. OF
course.
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Mother Would Make Sacrifice.

Z" The mother who has not the means or
the strength to assist her boys to secure a
bright future, yet desires with all her soul
to enable them to play the part of men in
the world, puts aside the selfish thought of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13

of recounting them that make her story
amusing reading. She may congratulate
herself upon possessing a sense of humoP
that should tide her safely over more for.
midabIe domestic reefs than those we are
now considering.
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Nellie Cipes Her Notice"

She was crying again. and to cheer her
lp q bit told her about Gen. Grant, who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-13
Encouragement for Susan B."

Encouragement for Susan B"
If you can find room In your corner
Tor this note, will you kindly convey to
Susan B. one hearty word of encourage
ment In her proposed tea house >?
Next to low cab fares, there is moth
ing the returned European tourist signs
Tor so earnestly and vainly as for that old
world blessing, the country tea house.
IF Susan B. lives near Chicago, I
shall be glad to bring the location before
the clubwomen Of this city so far as pos
sible at this season when most of the clubs
have adjourned for the summer.
TEA DRINKER."
Susan B." writes from a town in New
Jersey, rather nearer New York than
Philadelphia. If she were in your vicinity
she would call to talk over the i" tea house %
scheme with her well wisher. Icannot but
believe that she will be ENCOURAGED to
carry her scheme into practical operation
by the intelligent approval Of yourself and
others who have Travelled abroad and
learned for themselves what comfort and
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-U LLY a year has elapsed since the
-. marvellous innovation upon estab-
lished culinary custom in the form OF
paper bag cookery was first exploited
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cheer are to be had in these wayside ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22
SHOOTS WOMAN, THEN SELF
Negro Kills Himself After
Wounding White Victim.

After firing FIVE shots into the body OF
a white woman, Charles Lee, negro,
killed himself instantly by sending a
bullet into his heart last night The
woman is in a serious condition in Har-
lem Hospital. Her name is Mildred Kelly,
thiTty-five years old. Three or four days
ago she went 10 board at the apartment
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Agrett. at No. 2
West 18th street. Sunday Lee found out
where she was and tried TO see her. but
she kept away from him.
Agrett went home last night about s
o'clock and tried to open his door. but It
would not open, even though 1t was I'M
locked. He heard groans, and called
Patrolmen Gurn and Ellis from the street.
They showed their way in, and found the
woman bleeding on the floor. In the other
end OF the room stood the negro, but as
they entered he killed himself.
The woman was shot I'm each hand, IN
the leg and twice In the head. Lee lived
M No. 70 West 1891 street and was
chauffeur for wholesale concern In West
10Th street. Agrctt. who is the Janitor OF
the West 18th street house, said the
woman was once wealthy and lived In
Astoria. where the negro was her chaut-
fcur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22
FILIPINOS SMOKE MORE
Prosperity Reports Show In.
creased Cigar Consumption.
From The Tribune Bureau.


Washington, Oct. 21-Prosperity In the
Philippines is reflected in the annual re-
ports OF the collectors Of internal revenue
and of customs The figures seem to
show that the natives are becoming In
veterate smokers.
In the report on cigars manufactured
during the last fiscal year 1t is explained
that the increase of 1l5.o00000 over 1906
IFS due I'm part TO their increased con-
sumption In the Islands and in part TO
the shipments to the home markets" In
1906 there were 169, 10000 cigars made, and
2Si,oOO.C coo we're manufactured in 1912.
During the year ended June 30, 1912, the
total Internal revenue collected amounted
to So SOP OSi Is. an increase Of S9S9,0lS 50, or
1913 per cent, over the preceding year. Re-
ceipts from new sources amounted to
$3.50, ISL 20, while S52S, 167 was the result Of
increases in the output Of taxable prod
ucts and TO improved conditions. The
cost OF collection amounted to 3.OS per
cent
An increase Of s625. s7s "a in the amount
OF import duties is reported by the COL
Iector Of customs. This is largely due TO
the larger amount of rice Imported, be-
cause Of the failure Of the crop In the
Philippines. The total customs revenue
accruing to the Insular Treasury was
$. 90S, 123 CA, and in addition $3.50 723 % was
collected at Jolo and Zamboanga and paid
into the treasury OF Moro Province.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22
NAVAL HEADS CONFER
Discuss Economy and simpliti,
cation of Methods.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Oct IA conference OF
commandments Of naval stations in the
United States and it's possessions was
held at the Navy Department to-day, and
discussed matters looking toward uniform
economy and the simpllhcauon Oh aaiiilh-
istratiye methods. The Secretary OF the
Navy has planned for series OF ihese
conferences, believing that pracucaI re-
suits can be obtained.
One of the important problems 10 90
taken I'D will be as 10 whether mecIall,CS
In navy Yards should be placed uhuer
civil service Most Of the mechanics are
anxious to have the civil service eAteilueu
TO them, but II was learned To-Day tLVn ii
an authoritative source that II - uou u1nda
that such a recommendation will be mace
the belief OF navy officials being that pet
fer service is secured under present CON
ditions with lust as much protecuon 10
the men. The report OF tie commanaanIIS5
ON this point will not be made punhc uhul
II has been passed upon by fEes4uen'
Nearly all the important stations were
represented to-day. Rear Admiral AiDert I,
II. Willis, director Of the navy yaruS d.
the Navy Department, made snort
sneech. Among the officers present were
Rear Admiral Frank +. Beatty, COIL CON-,
mandant OF the Washington YARD he d
HJmiTal De witt Coffman, OF the Boston
Hovv Yard Rear Admiral James NJ.
Helm. Charleston s c.; Captain william
y Fullam, Great Lakes, Illinois; captain
caGrGe " Kline, Guantanamo, CUBA
Gantsin Henry T. Mayo, Mare ls!ahu,
cal: CAPTAIN Albert Gleayes, New 1o iIr,'
Rear Admiral Robert Nj. Doy!e' 1 NVLiGaH'
Va: CAPTAIN Albert w. Grant, Phi,adeI-
mia. Rear Admiral Charles b. 7. Moore
Eavita p /, and Captain Charles Z.
Rogers Portsmouth, y. HI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22
TRUST COMPANY SUES BANK
Charges Unlawful Payments to
Executor of Estate.

Tho Central Trust Company began a
suit yesterday against the Mount Morris
Bank for the alleged unlawful payment OF
5000 10 Edward \. McQuade who was
the executor Of the estate OF his grand
father, John McQuade. a wealthy con-
tractor The trust company is the sub
stItuted trustee for the estate.
The plaintiff company says that Nc
Quade unlawtully drew checks on the
bank, and that the latter should have
known that the checks should not be
honored. II is alleged that McQuade rem
dered an accounting OF his eXecutorship
H. 1910, and that the Surrogate decided
that ;sl .2i3 had been improperly drawn.
The Central Trust Company says that
the former executor drew checks to other
persons to whom the estate was not OBJ
ligated and TO himself
II IS further alleged that he made prom
issory notes and discounted them at the
defendant bank. McQuade was director
and stakeholder OF the bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-22
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Monday, October
81, 1912.
ARRIVED.

Steamer America QtaD, Genoa October 7,
Palermo and Naples O. 70 fairfield, soar
Co, with 201 cabin and 1893 steerage pas
sengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar az
midnight, goth
steamer Wayerley Br Hamburg September
20 and Shields october /, TO simpson. Spence
& Young, with sugar. Arrived at the Bar al
3 80 a m. 1852.
steamer Albinga Ger, Port De Paix octo-
Der 2, Gonaves I, Port-au-Prince g, Jeremie 7,
AUX cages 5, Cartsgena II, Porto Columbia
and Santa Marta 13 Kingston IS, Jeremie and
Port-au-Prince l6, to the Hsmburg-Amercan
Line with ID passengers mails and ndse
Arrived at the Bar at a m.
Steamer Creole. New Orleans October 10. to
the southern Pacific Co, with passengers and
mdse. Left Quarantine at 1925 a
Steamer ManChioneal (Nor). St AIMS Bay
October H. Montego Bay 10 and Port Antonio
10, 10 the United Fruit Co, with fruit. Ar
rived at the Bar at
Steamer La Touraine Q'r). Havre OCTOBER IL,
20 the Compagnle Generate Transatlantldue
with l3l second cabin and 574 steerage pas
sengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at
a m.
Steamer Alberto Trsves dtaD, Marseiies
September q and Lisbon October g. to ] w
Elwe co, with mdse. Arrived al the Bar
at noon.
Steamer Paula Ger, Hamburg October 4, to
David T Warden, In ballast. Arrived at the
Bar az 1878 p m.
Steamer FL Occidente. Galveston October 10.
to the Southern Pacific Co, with mdse Passed
in Quarantine at 1880 m.
Steamer Jefferson, Newport News and Nor
gers and mdse. Passed in Quarantine at 2;2o
m.
Steamer Iroquois. jacksonville October 10
and Charleston 10, 70 the Clyde SIS Co. with
passengers and mdse. Reported of Highlands
at 5:O2 m.
steamer Manzanlllo Cuban Havana octo-
Der rs, 70 the New York and Cuba Mail Sc
90, with sugar. Arrived at the Bar at 2:3i
m.
steamer jamestown, Newport News and Nor
folk, 10 rhe Old Dominion SIS Co, with passen-
nd Frfee Passed N Quarantine a ia
D m.
Steamer Mama Hata Baltimore. to ths
New York & Baltimore Transportation Co,
with mdse. Passed In Quarantine at 604 a
Steamer Colorado, Galveston via Key West,
10 the Mallory SIS Co, with passengers and
mdse. Passed in Quarantine at e:25 M
Steamer Orland CNor), Tuxpan October and
Arrived az the Bar az II m, 10th.
Steamer Ancon. Cristobal october "a, 10 the
Panama Railroad SIS Line with So passengers,
malls and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at SOS
4 m.
Steamer V Lucksnbach, Aguadilla October
Is, Mayaguez II and San Juan 10, 20 the In
sular Line. with 40 passengers mails and
mdse Arrived az the Bar al 1857 m.
Steamer Columbia lBr), Glasgow and Mo-
Vile october IL, 20 Henderson Bros. with 81
passengers and mdse Arrived at the Bsr at
1918 a NJ.
Steamer Algonquin. Azua October 49, san
Domingo CITY and Macoris "a, Sanchez and
the CLYDE SIS CO. with 81 passengers, mails
and mdse Arrived at the Bar at 600 m
Sandy Hook. y J. Oct 81, 900 p n--wind
east light breeze; partly cloudy; smooth sea-
SAILED.
Steamers Madison. Norfolk and Newport
News; Colon, Cristobal Coppename Dutchh,
Demerara: Onondaga, Brunswick.