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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

- pave you a plate rail in your din
ing room? If you have 1t prob
ably is treated in such way
Il i that it is an addition to the
room. But you have only to
shut your eyes and call up pictures of
numerous other plate rails to realize that
this narrow. unobtrusive little shelf may
be the biggest sort of blemish to an 9TH
erwise well furnished room.
Think of the plate rail wherein reposed
q broken-spouted teapot, rubbing elbows
with a little red glass tumbler decorated
with a white stag-a tumbler somebody
brought YOU when YOU were child from
a county fair held somewhere. Next to
that Is plate--it never was considered
In quite good taste, as far as its colorful
decorations went, to use for bread or cake
But up on the plate rail il is in semi
shadow and you trust to luck and the
darkness that its garishness is not ap-
parent.
Then comes a cracked crockery mug
that one of the children used to drink his
milk from And next to that is a cut
the way. is badly broken. Perhaps there
is a small picture in wooden frame-a
hunting scene. very likely-and plaster
cast of some cherub or other
If you have never seen plate rail of
the sort described you are indeed lucky.
Most of us have seen them at close range
and know all about their dusty, ugly, con-
giomeration of objects which nobody
loves
There are other plate rails which are
made the Storehouse Of beautiful objects
and II these objects are really beautiful
and are well arranged these plate rails
are infinitely better than the sort first de-
scribed. But even this second sort of plate
rail may be all wrong. for the fact that
an object Is beautiful and even valuable
does not always mean that Ii is going to
look well when it is set in a row with a
dozen other different beautiful objects.
Sevres plate may look quite out of
place standing between a Wedgwood tea
pot and a jug decorated with Kate Green
away children. And a lovely piece of
modern Copenhagen pottery may put a
Pompeiian lamp out of countenance-or
vice versa.
To be sure of good results in a plate
rail- all the dishes or other ornaments
that are to go on 1t should be chosen with
due regard TO their appearance when they
are grouped.
If you have a blue dining room and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Entertaining at Thanksgiving.

n KANY suitable decorations readily
W suggest themselves for the Thanks
giving dinner table Autumn leaves,
with scarlet flowers. mound of chrys-
anthemums showing several different COL
ors and a mass of them in one tint to
create color scheme are effective. yell
low and white chrysanthemums used with
old silver and unshaded candles in brass
is a pretty combination. A beautiful COM
bination is that of yellow chrysa nthe-
NUNS and punches of violets. For a
thoroughly typical decoration pumpkin
centerpiece. the pulp and seeds removed
and the shell piled with fruits mixed with
autumn leaves is often used
Fill the pumpkin half full of crushed
tissue-paper TO support the fruit and let
trails OF srlilax or asparagus fern fall
over the sides and wreathe the base to
take away the stiff effect With such a
centerplece tiny pumpkins for each place
make a pretty favor that adds desirable
color. Little boxes of pumpkin shape can
be filled with candied chestnuts These
are easily prepared at home by boiling
peeling and simmering in a thick strip.
after which they are rolled in sugar and
laid on oiled paper.
If preferred bonbons or sailed almonds
may I'LL the pumpkins. In keeping with
this vegetable scheme use carrots for
candle holders. Choose those of large
equal size, standing them on the larger
end, which is cut off smooth and the can
die slipped in socket cut out OF the
other end for the purpose.
An appropriate favor for the Thanks
giving dinner is Il card on which a
thanks verse" Is written, one of these
being placed at each plate. Let those
seated on one side of the table read their
on the other side read theirs at the con-
clusion OF the meal. The verses may be
taken from the Bible may he selected
from poems They may range from the
devotional word OF thanks to lines about
the old home, a subject which is always
uppernost in the mind at the Thanks
giving season II desired. small pictures
of scenes in the early history OF the
country may be pasted on proper mounts
for distribution as souvenirs. The guests
may be asked 10 describe the scene or
the event of the picture, and II there are
several guests who are blessed with good
conversational powers the table talk will
be delightful.
In order 10 make a Thanksgiving din
ner and party a success there are Few
things that hostess must remember
among which are the following: Forget
yourself for that day. Be utterly un-
selfish. Don't worry about your mis-
takes. Laugh IL anything goes wrong.
Give every one something to do. keeI
girl from being wallfiower. II you
can't make the young men attentive &c
her, give her dozen little things to dc
for you, which VIII make her feel i'm
portant and not neglected. If any of the
young men are shy, keep them at your
side as aids. Don't refer TO the fact tina,
they are shy or try TO tease them. Don
give them time 10 worry about their
hands and feet their manners Send
them here and there and they will forget
themselves in their interest in helpine
YOU. Avoid the mistake OF calling OF
the popular young men to do your err
rands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09


WeH Tf AHE A 4sY THE AT
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AP TEoSr RN WI9 II RE e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

V7HAT culinary genius was the in
w ventive goose breeder who first
thought of making foie gras, For
foie gras is not merely the liver Of the
goose; ii is the fattened liver of a goose
which takes special tending to produce.
And If the truth must be told. the geese
that render this delicacy usually are kept
in dark cages where they can move only
a few inches. In this prison they enjoy a
regal fare, being fed as much wheat -four
paste as they will swallow. After three
weeks of this treatment they are in con-
dition and their livers then weigh as
much as three pounds.
For some reason the industry of produc-
ing foie gras has not been taken up in
this country. and If you want this deli
cacy you have to pay for the imported
product. 1t comes in various forms. but
the most usual. and the most delicious. is
the pate de foie gras-the liver cooked
and spiced, and packed in tins. A small
tin of this delicacy costs about 80 cents
that is about the cheapest you can get.
The trimmings left from the livers when
they are made into pates are cooked and
favored, and sold in tins as PURGE de foie
gras. This product is, of course, not SO
expensive-a small tin can be bought for
"A cents. But, to the taste of many. ii is
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or pins or a jeweled band. The whole
effect is one OF neatness. There is no
struggling hair on the neck, and even
about the ears the hair must be neat.
OF course the high Psyche knot is an
impossibility under a low-crowned hat.
The knot would bulge the crown out of
shape and the crown would fatten the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

AS for mother just now, she knows it
Is time to make the Thanksgiving mince-
meat, SO it may grow rich and ripe with
its own sweetness. All your leftover
fruit juices can go into this II you are
going to make it in quantity. and in case
of large family this is very good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

Don't interrupt people who are having
good time in their own way to try 10
make them happy In your way. and don't
keep on playing "A game when the inter
est in il flags. Don't insist that your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Coiefure

knot or puff. Hence the new coiffure lie
infinitely more suited to evening than to
day wear.
In the daytime, especially under a hat,
the hair must still be arranged fatty.
either wound about the head or else
knotted neatly at the back or sides Of
the head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
By Proper Arrange
ment of What
Goes On 1t, Strip
May Be Made
Beautiful Addition
to Room, and Not
Scrap Heap for Dis
carded Ornaments
and Bric-a-Brac.

p AVE YOU a plate rail in your din
ing room? If you have. 1t prob
ably is treated in such a way
I that Ii is an addition to the
rooru PINT Won have only tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Wild Grape Butter.

Some Of the most stunning evening
toilets show panniers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

SUNDAY MENU.
BREAKFAST.
Grape Fruit or Stewed Prunes.
Baked Oatmeal
Broiled Finnan Haddie.
drilled Sweet Potatoes.
Corn Bread.
Coffee.
DINNER
Cream of Celery Soup.
Olives. Homemade Pickles.
Roast Leg OF Lamb. Mint Sauce.
Currant Jelly. Mashed Potatoes.
Escalloped Tomato.
Lettuce Salad
Cheese and Crackers.
Apple Dumplings. Cider Sauce.
Nuts.
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Dreamed Potatoes. Cold Sliced Lamb.
Olives. Cheese.
Ounce Sauce. Nut Cake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Care of Your
Hands When
Ii Is Chilly
{ ternal Vigilance
Necessary to Keep
Them in Even
Passable Condi-
ton During Win
ter, and Since They
Are Wonan's Most
Expressive Be-
longings Care Is
Worth While.

VERY season and every occupa-
ton is heset with difficulties for
the woman who would be beauti-
~ full And the hands come In for
their share of trouble In the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
Cobb Standing Slim Chance
OfEquaLing Anson's Record
To Stack Up With Veteran Pop" Cobb Must Stick in
Big League Company Is Years or More and Make
Batting Average Over 80; Other Good Batters.
D FRANK 6. lIENKE.

= Jew YORK, Dec. 30.-Wiu Ty
~ Cobb go down in baseball his
- tory as the greatest batsman Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

Ell PasO Optical Co., Inc, opticians to
the advertisements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
TO FRAME SCHEDULE

Schedules and bylaws for the City
Basketball league Of 1914 viii be adopt
ed at an early meeting of the directors
and representatives of various teams
who have applied for entrance into the
circuit. Nothing has been definitely
decided except that a league will be
organized, to consist Of six teams, en-
bracing nearly all the associations rep
resented on the floor last season. It
is prgl7Rble that the league viii start
not lsL5r than the middle of January.
That the high school Tigers, 7. NJ.
c. A., Catholic Athletic association, and
an Independent team of soldiers from
one Of the cavalry troops or infantry
companies along the border Will enter,
is practically assured
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

Z est record for consistent 800 hitting
! in baseball history.
AnsOn's Grand Total.
But wonderful as are the records OF
the four already mentioned, they do
not compare with that compiled by
Cap" Adrian Arson, who began ms
it in 1897. After p years as a big
Lacquer, cap" retired with a grand
I batting average of .337-a record that
most likely viii stand all the on
slaughts of time.
Only four times in those p years did
Arson fail to hit over 300, and two
Of those years he was unable to do
himself full justice because Of illness
and injuries. In 1887, his best year, he
laced out PA hltS for an average OF
.421-One point short Of the mark made
by LajOie IA years later.
Wagner, with five years to go, and
LajOie with four more to travel, have
chance to equal and perhaps beat
slight. Both men have reached a point
where Father Time calls a halt. Both
have slowed up, not enough to send
them to the discard for another year or
two, but so that it seems certain that
added years and the resultant stiffen-
ing of the joints and muscles viii
move them from the big league spot
light before they have Travelled the
road as far as Arson did.
Lajoie is something like SO or SO now
Wagner is 40 and taps" we fear,
must sound for these grand old veter-
ans before they can reach the 22d
milestone Of their major league ca
reers.
Cobb Probably Won't Equal Arson.
The chances of Cobb or Jackson
equaling Anson's record are much
slighter than that Of their two veteran
rivals. To take Whirl at AnSOn's rec
crd, Cobb must remain in the majors
10 more years. He is q or % now, and
- years viii bring him at or over the
the 40 year mark. Even if he remains
In the majors for that period. Cobb
must hit for an average better than
$40 for each of these 10 years to beat
-AnsOn's record.
Jackson's chances are even more re-
mote. "ShOeleSs Joe" already "A years
of age, must remain In the majors is
years more before he has a chance to
have his record compared with AnsOn's
And that would keep Joe in the big
leagues until he is AZ, which stacks up
as one of those called rarities.
Assuming that Joe does remain in
the majors for IS years more he has
to club the hOrsehide each and every
year from now until 1881 for an aver
age around 800.
Cobb and Jackson have a chance to
tie or beat the records made by Lajoie
and Wagner-but the chances are slim.
To equal Wagner's record of II years
as a 800 batter, Cobb must hit over the
800 mark for the next nine years as
Cobb has sWatted over 800 only since
1906, averaging only .240 in his first
year out. Jackson, to tie Wagner's rec
ord, must hit 800 or over for the next
13 years.
To beat Lajoie's record of .351 for IS
years, Cobb must hit slightly over $3.50
each year for the next nine years and
Jackson must hit around .S4O-which
is some job even for sluggers of such
wonderful ability as Tyrus Cobb and
Joe Jackson
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

NJ COBB 60 down in oasep YAH his
\ tory as the greatest batsman Of
all time2
Or viii Joe Jackson, now thunder
ing along at a mighty clip. compile a
record before his playing days are over
that viii overshadow the wonderful
performance Of the smuggling Georgian?
or have Arson, Wagner and LaJOle
already made records that never Will
be eQualled or beaten?
Or Will the future bring to the fore
some batter with such a wonderful bat
ting eye, such wonderful batting skill,
and such mighty power in his arms
that he viii shatter the records made
by this wonderful qUintet2
A bevy Of questions, these, and ones
that time alone can answer.
Were you to ask today which Of the
quintet is the greatest batter that ever
stepped to the plate, mighty chorus
would tell you Cobb, another chorus
would shout "AnsOn," and an equal
number would name Jackson, Wagner
and LaiOie And, as we view it, every
one would be right and no one wrong.
Such a statement seems odd, but it
isn't. Each member Of this wonderful
quintet has established certain records
that no one ever has equaled or even
where Jackson shines.
Jackson, the baby of the quintet has
been in the major leagues only four
years. Yet in that time he has amassed
a grand batting average Of .39l--a rec
ord without parallel in the history of
the same. None of the other four hit
for such an average in their first four
years in the majors, nor did they ever
hit for .391 for any four successive
years.
Cobb. in nine years in fast company
has dubbed them out for a grand aver
age of .371-anOther mighty record. In
addition to this Cobb has led the
American league in batting for seven
successive years-frOm 1907 to 1913 in
clusive-and in 1911 he hammered out
PAS hits, the greatest number Of safe
ties ever made by any man in one sea
son.
Cobb's record, no doubt, viii stand
all the Onslaughts Of time. Perhaps
some day there viii come a man who
can bat 81 for nine straight years,
and there may come a man who can
lead his league for seven straight
years, but il is beyond the power of
our Imagination to conceive a time
when there will come one man who
viii duplicate CObb's dual feat
LajOie's Long Distance Record.
LajOie, the wonderful Cleveland in
fielder, has collected an average of
.351 for is years-the greatest slug
ging accomplishment for such period.
LajOie led the league four times in
batting and in 1901 batted for an aver
age of .422-the best average ever
made in any one season by a batter
In addition to this, LajOie pounded out
200 or more hits for five years and
made 1892 hits in PIP games-dn aver
age around I Is hits per game.
Wagners batting average for II
years in fast company is -344, not such
a wonderful record as Lajoie'ss but
more remarkable in one respect-neYer
in those II years has he failed to bat
800 or over. This establishes the great
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

Joe Wood. star twfrler of the Boston
Red SoX. who manager Bill Carrigan
viii depend on to keep his team in the
1914 race in the American league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
TELEPHONE RATES
TO BE INCREASED

Telephone rates for homes viii be
81 so after January 1. Representative
of the Tri-State Telephone company
have been canvassing the city and no
tifying the telephone patrons that the
rates for the home phones will be in
creased from 81 to $3.50 after the first
OF the year. Party line systems will
be installed where it is desired to keep
the monthly talk toll down to 81.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
GAGE AGAIN CALLS
OFF PROPOSED FIGHT

Prescott Ariz., Dec. 3O.-Once more
Franlie< Q has been compelled to
CALI round bout with Babe
W weeks ago Gage waN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

est record Tor consistent 800 hitting
in baseball history.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30
JOCKEY HURT AND
TWO HORSES KILLED
General Spill, In which Five Horses Z
Pile Upon Each other, Occurs on
Juarez Track Monday.

Five horses fell at the JUarez track
Monday afternoon during the running
Of the second race. One of the horses
running N the bunch at the three
eIghths pole, jumed on Martin Chavis,
who was leading. The horse went
down and four other horses and their
riders piled in a heap on the track.
Jockey O'Brien received a fractured
skull and the other riders escaped with
minor injuries.
Katy Conner, one Of the horses in
the spill, received internal injuries
and had to be shot. Henry Williams,
another horse, had a broken leg and
was also killed. John R. Clay had a
broken leg but is being cared for in
the hope that he will do for breeding
purposes King Earl, J. II. Reed and
Martin ChaVis received injuries but
will not be out of the running in the
future.
Jockey O'Brien was sent to the hos
pital in Ell PasO and the other boys
received treatment at the track.
Ell PasO Optical Co., Inc, opticians to
the st.-Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

IL, second; Gordon Russell, 106 Gentry
12-1, third Time, Ill 2-5. Hobnob, Sir
Fourth race, five and one-half furlongs,
selling. three year Olds and upward, value
S300-High Street, los Carter IL, won;
Jessup Burn. 1913 (CIaver) 6-1 second; Gem
nell, III Loftus) As, third. Time, 1905.
Janus, Annual Interest, Hazel c. No Quar-
ter Rosemary ran.
Fifth race, six furlOngs, purse, two year
olds, value S3O0-FlOrin. 10 (LOftus) As,
won; SUperl, 102 (AdcDOnald) 12-1. second;
1:12 3-5. May L. Droll, DalstoR, Roy, Dick
DOdie ran.
Sixth race one mile selling. three year
Olds and upward, value S30O-BOnnie
Chance, 1O4 (NeylOn) rs, won; Henry Wal
bank, 113 CIV. McIntyrel 12-1 second; Ia
1888. Cantem, Peter Grimm Gold Of Ophir
ran.
Our Savings DepOsitors
Are requested to leave their pass
books for entry of interest to January
1, 1914.
Security Trust q Savings Bank.
ADVERTISEMENT
The ordinary cost of a Want Ad in
The Ell Paso Herald is % cents. It
reaches an average of about $4,000
readers each issue.
ADVERTISE the selling points OF your
real estate candidly and convincingly.
Tell your story on the Want-ad. page
of The Herald, and you viii reach
thousands Of prospective buyers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-24

In the open yellow pine forests of Washington and Oregon a coIlapsible blow is being used in digging fire lines to stop surface fires. The pow can be dismantled and folded into com pact form, so that it can be packed on horseback, and weighs only 40 pounds When in use, one man with a, horse can do the work of 20 or Dnore men working with shove1s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-24
NEW BUILDINGS
 TO COST S19,6O

Seven permits to build the aggre- gate cost of the work to $19,608 were granted by the building commission CTS at the meeting last night as fol- lows:
 The Sprague Meter Co.,, brick and concrete block storage building, west side of Water street.
 J. Ruderman, one story frame stor- age shed, north side No. 1SO Wheeler avenue.
 H. l.. and l.. R. Blackman, one family frame dwelling, west side of Gurdon street.
 Mrs. Laura Mead, two family frame dwelling, north side of Autumn street.
 W. w. Gould, one story, cement block garage, south side No. 87 Pros pect street.
 H. c. Freshour, concrete block ash bin and pit, east side No. 2s0 Harriet street.
 Mrs. Anna German, three story frame and brick building, north side of State street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-24
PUCClNl HAS NARROW
 ESCAPE FROM DROWNING

Pisa, Italy, Sept. 23-Giacomc Puc- cini,, the composer, had a narrow es- cape from drowning to-day on Lake MassaciuccoIi, on the shore of which he has a villa. While steering his motor boat he came into collision with another motor boat containing the members of his family.
 Both boats were badly damaged and began to fill rapidly. Other boats rushed to their assistance and Puccini and his family were taken aboard.
 Giacomo Puccini, educated in Mi Ian, under the master Ponchiel1i, was born in Lucca, Italy, in 1858. He is the composer of the operas 'tManon Lescaut,'' La Boheme, "La Tosca,' g Madame Butterfly and La Fanciu1- la del Vest Puccini comes of a. musical family, his great-grandfath- CT, Giacomo Puccini, who was born 1712, being well known for his church compositions. Giacomo Puccini stud jed music under his father, well known 1tbrettist.
 Madame Butterfly was first pro- -duced in. Milan in 1904. His Iatests opera, ''The Girl of the Golden Vest the scene of which is laid in the United States, was sung for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 10, 1910. Enrico Ca- ruso, Emmy Destinn, Pasquale Anna to, Dinh Gi1ly and Adano Didur were the interpreters of the leading parts and Arturo Toscanini was the conduc- tor.
 While in England Signor Puccini had rather pathetic reflection on the tions on the reported intention of reported intention of Andreas Dippe1 to exclude Puccinis operas from Chi cago saying: "I regret MT. DippeI Is not going to produce my operas"
 When the composer visited this country in 1910 he stated that he 'Ioved'' our country and intended to visit it whenever he had an oppor- tunity. He declared that his mem ory of America was one of Nan end- less dream of banquets and kindness shown by Americans He said he would next come incognito and study the country calmly and at his leisure