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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
New Firm In ElQ;n.


was closed in which X. NJ.
Young and f. X. Wolcott purch.
ased the stock Of foods and fix.
lures of j. p. kennemur at cost
and carriage. Invoicing was
commenced at once and the new
proprietors are now in full swing
under the firm name of Young
q Wolcott.
Mr.. Kennemur has been en-
gagged in the mercantile bust.
ness here for about three years
and during that time has made
a large number Of friends by his
courteous treatment and square
dealing. lie expects to take q
rest for two or three months and
then go into some KIND of busi-
ness in a larger place.
The members of the new firm
are not strangers here. MIR.
Young has been connected with
the Weber Hdwe Co. for about
one year and started to handl-
ing the farmers cream which
has been a great benefit to Ell
gin. Mr.. Wolcott has lived here
for several years and is known
as pusher in everything he
goes at.
These two young men conduct
ed stand here the 4th of July
and if they sell goods all the
time like they did that day, they
will set the fastest pace ever
seen in Elgin.
T. Ryan attended the Sterling
fair Wednesday.
G. B. Stackhouse was in Cyril
Tuesday on business.
On Tuesday the Elgin buyers
paid IL cents per pound for cot
ton.
d. f. McAnaw transacted
business in Oklahoma City Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Crosse of
Carnegie were here Monday on
business.
Wendell Wettengel has taken
the agency for the st. Louis Sun
day Dispatch.
j. Schoneboom left Wednes-
day for Glasco, Mont, where he
expects to locate.
l.. c. Chamberlin Of the Beav-
er Bend neighborhod was here
tuesday on business.
Mrs. Addie Cremer and son
Albert visited her daughter-in- l.
law in Apache Sunday.
WM. Blunt returned Monday
evening from Kansas, where he
had been during the summer.
The stronger the firms the
better they are prepared to serve
you. Ribeln, Stone & Walker.
The merry-go-round was un-
loaded here Monday for the
Sterling fair, which closes Fri
day.
Light showers and cloudy wea-
ther have prevailed this week
but the ground is wet down only
about an inch.
Mrs. J. e. Davidson has been
suffering with a fclon on hel
right thumb so had it lanceC
Tuesday morning.
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Sterling Fair.
The Sterling street fair open.
ed Wednesday but there was no
a large crowd in attendance.
The merry-go-round would moi
run, which was quite a dis
appointment to the smaller
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their own reeeptacles. or do you drop alb
into the basket al random? When you
clear away your cishes DO you have place
for everything and every thing in its place.
or Go you stick the different pieces just
where II happens to be convenient at the
moment? When you leave your bathroom
after tubing Is the wash cloth hung
up 10 dry, the soap dish rinsed out, the
towels in their proper place. the water
split about the basin wiped up, or is the
room in confusion because you plan to
come In after breakfast and put 1t all to
rights at once?
Not all the care and planning will save
you general cleaning once In a while. No
matter how careful you are dust win ao-
cumulate In out OF the way corners, dirt
will be rubbed into tho carpet and rugs.
and hangngs will become dingy and pa per
grimy. But you may postpone that evil
hour, you may stretch the intervals be-
tween regular cleaning bouts il you viii
only clean as you 60
And it doesn't really take any more time
or as much
But l can't stop to do all that picking
up when I am In a hurry to get to break
fast or to keep an appointment or sonls-
thing OF that sort" hear you protest " IL
did would keep other people waiting and
make everything late and inconyenient.'
Not II you planned your work with the
extra two or three minutes in mind.
or course, emergencies arise sometimes
when il is impossible for you to keep your
house as you would like 1t kept. when u
sudden call drags you Off. leaving disorder
behind you. But this is the exception, not
the rule. THAT may be the habit of put
ting things away when you have done
using them, of picking up the odds and ends
when their use is over, OF throwing the
solled clothes into the basket or bag, In
stead OF on the floor of laying the hand
kerchiefs or the gloves In the case, instead
of on the bureau, OF sticking the pin into
the cushion, instead of dropping It beside
this.
All little things, as 7 have said. But
have you ever noticed how small disor-
der, how slight a dust or displacement It
takes to make a room look untidy and
slovenly7 1t not, think about 1t now. Re-
fleet upon the impression It gives you when
you go into your kitchen and find tho
soIled spoon, the unwashed dish left there.
after the work of the day is done, and the
place should be spotless. Don't you have
an instant sensation of irritation and dis
appointment? The maid who has done this
or who has left her stove Uttered with
crumbs or spotted with grease, who has
not brushed up the Hour that has fallen
beside the bag. undoubtedly thought that
It made no difference, since she was going
TO give the room a good redding-up the
next day. yet to you the disorder made
all the difference between good and " slop-
ny" housekeeping. Apply the principle to
the manner In which you conduct the care
of your own room, your own clothing, your
own sewing equipment. and see IT, after all.
the same truth of the advantage of keep
ing clean. rather than OF making clean.
does not run all through your home making.
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Some Southern Recipes.

For the benefit Of Mrs. p. A Mci and
others l inclose recipes for some southe IN
dishes. | have lived the greater part of
my life in the south and SO understand the
cookery Of that section.
g Cow peas Tor black eyed peas, which are
really beansl I cook just as l would navy
beans. Soak them a few hours and put
a few slices Of salt pork in with them.
Grlts are used a good deal In the south and
are prepared much the same as rice Put
into boiling sailed water. Grits should not
b, washed and rice should be put through
at least three waters to remove all the soap
stone from the rice.
Rice purlough Is made with different
meats and have forgotten how It is made
with tomato. Chicken or rice purlough Is
fine When the meat has been boiling until
It lacks about thirty minutes OF being done
you should have little more liquid than
IL you lad meant to have gravy. ard sen
son well with pepper and salt and some
butter While boiling slowly stir in
enough rice 10 make 1t thick when done
STEAMED POTATOES Fry three or
four slices OF salt pork and when done pour
enough hot water on Il to MI the frying
pan or skillet preferably the latter) two
thirds full; then slice into Il nve medium
sized or large potatoes Season with salt
and pepper and when cooked allow them
TO brown before taking them from the yes
sci. Either sweet or white potatoes can
be used in this way and sometimes | even
slice large onion IN with the potatoes
SPANISH STEW-Coek together for
one hour medium sized orion. sliced, one
can Of peas. one can of tomatoes. Sea-
son with salt, butter. and black pepper
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KEEPING CLEAN VERSUS GETTING CLEAN.

a wild Irish girl" a feather Drained Mt
tie thing, who was an excellent worker
and most Industrious, but lacked balance
and judgment in many ways.
Yet the fashion in which che managed her
dishwashing might have served as an ex-
ample to older and more practiced work
ers. She started ner dinner In good time
and washed her utensils as she finished
with them.
While we ate the soup she had served
she took up the rest of the dinner. brought
1t in to US, did the necessary passing and
waiting, and as soon as she returned to
the kitchen attacked the soup plates. BY
the time we had concluded the meat course
and were ready for our salad or dessert
she had only clean dishes in the kitchen,
and she washed the pieces she had brought
out from the dining room while we ate the
final items of our dinner.
Before our coffee was done, II we lin
sered over 1t, she had. eaten her own meal
in tidy kitchen and washed the dessert
plates Her dishwashing was all out OF
the way almost as soon as the dinner was
at an end.
am not sure II she could have managed
SO well II we had had a larger family.
There were only three or four OF US, as
regular thing-but | am inclined to think
that even then she would not have left a
great pile of dishes TO wash during the
evening. ~
Often 1 have tried to induce other maids
to follow the same plan. but they have
their own ways, which they like better, and
as no principle of great Importance is in
volved l am willing to let them do their
work as they ike best.
II you do your own housework you can
not adopt the practice of my wild Irish
girl" and yet you could learn a lesson
even from her-a lesson to apply to other
branches of home making. Why is 1t nec-
essary to leave work of cleaning or of
putting to rights to accumulate until
there is a big task to accomplish. instead
of doing it as 1t comes? why not keep
clean instead of getting clean?
Consider such simple matter as the
state in which you leave your room in the
morning. l take 1t for granted that you
have hung your skirt and waist to air when
you removed them the night before. and
that you have left your shoes out of the
shoe bag for the same purpose.
Do you put them away, all of them, when
you take from the closet the garments you
are going to wear In the morning? Do
you lay your comb and brush back on the
tray and your nall file in its place? Do
you hang your towels where they belong.
or do you let them lie where You have
thrown them down, with the idea that when
you come to make the bed. or when your
chambermaid comes 10 DO 1t. everything
can be gathered up and put where it be-
longsr
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Candied Rose Leaves.

VIII you kindly give me recipe for
making crystallized rose leaves?
MRS l.. J. A"
CANDIED ROSE LEAvES-Let half a
pound OF granulated sugar. half cup Of
water. and three drops Of lemon juice boil
In perfectly clean saucepan. without stir
ring Test by dropping little in iced water
and when 1t viii break apart and stick to
your fingers 1t is ready to take from the
fire. Stir until II Is cool and the liquid
begins to whiten and granulate, and before
1t is actually cold and stiff dip your rose
leaves into 1t. rolling each leaf round as
you take II out Spread on a buttered or
oiled pan to dry.
This is rather difficult work and requires
quick handling. a knowledge OF the right
stage at which 20 dip the rose leaves, and a
good deal of experience and skill to manage
successfully
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and small pinch OF cayenne. II any OF
this stew is left over put 1t into the next
days soup. F. L.
These are good recipes, | am sure. and
l am glad to have them. The black-eyed
peas are among the articles 1 always ask
Tor when l 60 back to Virginia on a visit,
and l was delighted not long ago to learn
that could find them In a northern mar.
ket What you call purlough . i'm
agine is the dish which is correctly spelled
" pilau " or plaff." and is originally a
Turkish dish, although II has many modii-
cations. Under any name It is good and
introduces the variety In the table which
we are all asking for So do the steamed
potatoes and the Spanish stew.
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OES any one among my readers recol-
lect the Gypsy Breyton books? They
were written many years ago, and
made charming reading for young
girls-and for old girls. too.
gypsy was a harum-scarum. lovabie
hoyden. full of impulses to fun and mischief
as well as to good works, and one OF the
most interesting chapters tells Of her ef-
fort to put her room in order after her
mother had talked to her OF the effect Of
sioveniiness and carelessness on the char
acter
When the chamber is finally cleaned, the
bureau drawers reduced TO tidiness the
rubbish cleared out, Gypsy surveys the
result and wonders how long the place
will look like thati
Don't you sometimes have the same feel
ing when you inspect room or a closet
that has just been cleaned and straight
ened? And do you ask yourself why It is
that things can't always be In order?
don't want to turn this talk into series
Of citations from children's books of a
past period, but cannot forbear to quote,
as l have done often before. from the rule
laid down for Rollo by his mentor, Jonas
that when once order has been established
you cannot take anything out OF place and
fail to put It back where it belongs without
" breaking the spell" I don't know a
more valuable precept than this, which
emphasizes the difference between keep
ing neat and clean and getting neat and
clean.
The latter course Is that of the unframed
houscworker, the former is the plan fol-
lowed by the woman who puts her brains
as well as her back into the care of her
house.
We have all seen Illustrations ofsthe way
IN which the ordinary maid runs her de-
partment. Don't you know her kitchen
after she has made baking, prepared her
Sunday dessert. and cooked her dinner
1t is little short of chaos. All her utensils
are soiled, usually all her dish towels are
damp or dirty. her kitchen sink is piled
high with unwashed dishes, scraps of food
cumber the plates heaped on the table.
odds and ends of all sorts are scattered
about :" in most admired disorder
When everything is at It's worst, after
she is weary with the toll OF the morning,
she turns in and +" makes a big killing
10 use sporting phrase and scrubs and
scours until the kitchen is spotless and she
herself Is worn out.
Now ! admit that sometimes It is impos-
sible to avoid a certain amount of con-
fusion and dirt, but I do hold that this
should be an unusual experience and not
an every week or an every day occurrence
How do you other seasoned housekeepers
feel about It?
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''ERsA H.
Feels Tired in the Morning.

wish you would tell me some way h.
which l can brace myself up In the morn
ing. I sleep only fairly well, and when
first get up feel as though could hardly
drag myself across the room. After have
had my coffee and breakfast 1 begin to
feel little brighter. but generally 1t is IL
o'clock before | am equal to anything.
What medicine could take to make me
brighter when | get up? ID. l. r."
IL medicine liz what you wish go TO your
physician for II. But before trying drugs
let me advise few honeiy measures.
Wren you get up IN the morning take ?.
hot tub bath and follow this by a cold
sho@er-it you can stand tia friction
with a rough towel ard an alcohol rub
down. Have few vigorous calisthenics
and practice them either before or after
your bath. Stand by an open window.
well wrapped up. and hil your lungs
with fresh air, taking at least ten deep
breaths. drawing them in slowly and
exhalng them deliberately. See IL this
does not make you feel better even before
~ brace yourself with coffee Be sure
that the sewerage OF your body Is I'm perfeet
condition and II you wish 20 get up feeling
rested don't become too Tired before Won
go 70 bed. l wonld like TO know Row late
YOU sit up and II you are In the habit Of
eating imprudenty late az night
Unless You nave some chronic complaint
or are much overdone there Is no reason FOR
your getting up after even a fair nights
sleep feeling worn out Use your common
sense about yourself II you eat late at
night let 1t be either fruit or matted milk
or era aeker and a glass Of hot milk, or.
better still leave food alone after dinner
and refresh yourself At bed time with
large glass OF fresh. cool water.
After you have pursued this regimen for
a while | snail be glad TO hear from you
again and TO know the result of The sx
pertinent.
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"The Rose of Baltimore. 4"

In answer to the inquiry OF Mrs. f. L..
S. would say that the poem Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight was written by Rose
Hamwicke Thorpe.
Now. ! have a request to make on my
own behalf. Can any of the readers send
me the words Of an old time song and the
name of the author? 1t was called The
Rose of baltimore Perhaps some Of our
southern sisters may remember It. My
mother, who has been dead over forty
years, was born in Baltimore. and the
song was a favorlte of hers. 1t may have
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of the enormous number Of
II letters sentto the department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications TO
100 uords. except in cases Of formulas or
recipes uhieh require greater space. uant
all my correspondents 10 haze shouting in
The Corner. and u my request in this respect
Is complied uih II uM Be possible 70 print
many more letters.
Attention is called 10 the fact that Marion
Hnland cannot reesipe money for patterns.
as she has no connection uih any department
hoi sell, them. } Morton Hnldnd.
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stray papers as she spoke and putting them
into neat piles. y Just want to make things
look decently in case | should get run over
by an automobile while I'm out. Id hate
to be brought home on stretcher and have
my desk looking like destruction!"
WIS convinced after that this girl
kept her bureau drawers in state of com
paratlve neatness and 1 was prepared to
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learn that she had hangers for her clothes
and certain hooks on which to put certain
frocks!
When you come to examine this habit of
orderliness from the standpoint of the time
IL takes think you will flnd that II de-
mands less leisure and labor than the GUS
tom of permitting everything to get messy
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other windows, and I thought I'd just rub
them out instead of waiting until had to
wash them ALL" she said.
That Is the sort OF thing I mean. You
recognize its value in many places. You
would not wish your room TO get in a hope
less state of dirt and dust before you
touched II with broom. On the contrary.
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before you make a business Of restoring
cleanliness and neatness.
A few weeks ago l missed a pair of lit
tie curtains from one of the windows and
on inquiry found that the maid had washed
them out and was pressing them Off. She
explained her course.
They got dirty before the others did be-
cause that window is open more than the
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'Oh, don't bother 10 put your desk
straight" heard a woman say Impatient
ly to another not long ago. What is the
good of a rolltop desk IL you can't slam 1t
shut and hide the disorder? Leave all that
picking up until you come home"
'1t won't take minute" said the other,
gathering together letters. envelopes and
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HON One Girl Managed.

In all the years have been manager OF
my home and the employer OF maids have
found but one servant who followed the
plan would myself have pursued in wash
ing the dishes from meal Oddly enough,
she was what some one of my friends called
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in youth or childhood. and it would be
real joy to have them restored to us COM
plete with their freight OF early assoca-
tions, I hold the address of Mrs. J. i. NJ
and trust there may soon be cali for It
from some one who can supply her with the
words and music of the song her mother
sang to her nearly half century ago.
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bed, and leave the business of slowing them
away until a more-or a less-convenient
season?
These are trifies, but they will show you
what mean and win indicate in meas
ure the way in which you conduct your
whole mode of life. II you are untidy inone
direction. you are likely to be untidy IN
another
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Tho Recipes Wan,cd.

will greatly appreciate !. If YOU VIII
print a recipe for Spanish chicken and one
Tor making tuta-frutti cake. Z. A.
l wish l could help you, but IL know
these two dishes II Is by ether names than
those you have given them. Is 4 Spanish
chicken, : -haps. what have eaten-and
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MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

been old in her day. but | have never heard
It sung since ler death. Yet 1t is con-
stantly singing In my ears, and l would
love to get It. have tried in leading music
stores. but in vain. The following is the
first verse and the refrain as nearly as l
can recall them:
Twas a public promenade
One bright October morn,
Twas there | mot a lovely maid
In the tide Of fashion borne.
Her lips were like the cherries
just blushing on the tree,
Her voice, o. II merry.
Like fairy songs at seal
O. a lovelier maid I never saw beforel
with eyes bright,
Like stars at night
The Rose Of Baltimorel
MRS ]. f. NJ
l print this verse and hope 1t may bring
a response In the shape Of the remainder
of the song. Nearly every one of us has
some such memory as this of songs heard
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cooked-as " Creole chicken? Won't you
give me description of this and of tutti-
frutti cake? Then may be better able to
help YOU out. Or II any of ths many good
cooks among our constituency have recipes
for either or both of these dishes, won't
they expedite matters by sending me the
recipes that I may print them here. not
only for the benefit of e. A but for the
many others who are on the alert for good
new dishes?
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waiting until great pile Of them is soilec
and sour.
Garry this principle throughout your
daily employment and see how It lessons
labor and saves time When you have
finished your mending do you put the nee
dies in their book, the thlmble and spools
in their pockets the tape and buttons in
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made with this is the dandiest Of all lemon
piesl s. d.
Thank you for the Information. Ii would
be tragedy to have the F." "dandiness " OF
the pie lessened by a mistake in the guam
tity OF bread required
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For a Lonely Evening.

Has any one a violin she would like to
dispose Of? l am girl dependent entirely
upon myself and find my evenings lonely
IN my room l have a gift for music. ss-
pecially that with the violin, and should
be so grateful IL you could obtain one fos
me.
ssERSyA H,
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Dan,pfnudeln.


mothers Exchange from B. L. of Montclair
N. J.. for dampfnudeln' and am glad to
send It. I was unable to write II earlier
because Of an injury to my arm. Dampf-
nudein IL made up OF the two words.
damp which means steamed. and
nudeln.' which In English would be dunn
pings. Here is the way TO make them:
To one and half pounds of -four add
half a yeast cake. an even teaspoon OF salt.
mix just as you would bread dough. using
enough milk to bring 1t to the dough con-
sistency After you have kneaded It well
Iivide it into four parts and set 1t to rise
When 1t is ready for the oven put the dough
into a deep earthen dish, using enough to
cover the bottom, adding to 1t first a tea
spoon OF salt and two heaping tablespoons
of lard. Cover the dish and leave 1t in the
oven for half an hour. The bottom will be
brown and the top of the dough white.
Slice and eat 1t as you would warm bread.
with stewed prunes.
. have another recipe for a dish which
we make and eat as we would bouillon. For
this put a quart OF milk over the fire in a
double boiler When 1t is boiling add to It
teaspoon of cornstarch mixed to a
smooth paste with cold milk. two even table
spoons Of grated horseradish and an even
teaspoon Of salt. Boil up together for three
minutes and serve. MRs l.. p"
should think the last recipe might have
the name OF cream Of horseradish soup,
and that il might be a little hot for the
tender palate But am glad TO have these
recipes, for we have many German read
ers who win hall with JOY directions for
making the dishes they used to eat in the
fatherland.