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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

moderately firm dough, knead until hands
become dry, place in creased bowl, cover,
and let rise about two hours. When Light
mold into loaves and place in we'll creased
baking pans, cover, and let rise again for
about one hour; when light bake in a quick
oven where it should brown in from fifteen
to twenty minutes, then reduce heat until
baked An ordinary loaf requires about
fifty minutes.
THE beating of batter and kneading of
the dough is of as much Importance as the
ingredients you put in to make good bread.
Seating, and kneading add the air which
is necessary for the development of yeast.
Greasing the bowl and keeping bread well
covered while rising prevents crust from
forming on the top which if allowed to form
and kneaded into the dough causes streaks
through the, bread. Potatoes keep the bread
moist and give it nice favor. Use no
flour when molding into loaves and handle
as little s possible. To be sure bread is
ready for oven, put flour on the finger and
make an impression in one of the loaves. If
the impre ssion remains the bread will rise
no more, if'it disappears give 1T a little more
time When baked remove from pans and
do not cover with cloth until cold.
''I trust this recipe is not too long, but
1 could not condense it, as this is just the
way L have always made it. am also In
closing a good cookie recipe, which con-
tains no shortening or milk They are ex-
cellent for children.
CHILDREN'S COOKIESTwo pounds
brown sugar, one cup warm water. tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in the water, one
teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful ALL
spice, one teaspoonful anise seed, yolks OF
three eggs, pinch of salt. Use enough -four
to make a soft dough. Cut with cookie cut
ter, place in well creased pans, and. bake in
hot oven. If cup of nuts of any kind is
added 1T improves the cookies very much.
4 hope these recipes may In some way
help others. MRS. w. s.
Thank you very muchi think good
recipes which have been tested and proved
always help others. L have yet to meet
housekeeper who was not on the lookout
for hints to vary her table. for directions
to help in the preparation of attractive and
inexpensive delica cies. All thanks to those
olour constituency who endeavor to supply
this want,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Grapefruit Mdrmalade.

"Win you kindly give me a recipe for
orange marmalade, using oranges. lemons.
and grapefruit? MRS. J. r. b.
BY a happy coincidence another CORE
spondent sends by the same mail which
brought me your request a recipe for the
conserve you wish She calls it a. grape
fruit narmalade," but it contains all three
of the fruits you mention, and whatever
name you call it by don't doubt it will
taste as good.
GRAPEFRUIT Neutrality-suspicious.
grapefruit, one large orange, one large
lemon. Scrub fruit, cut in half. seed and
take out cores. Chop or shave the fruit
very fine, saving every bit and every drop
of juice. Measure these. and to every cup
full add two cupfuls of cold water. put in
agate or china vessel and let stand for
twenty-four hours-longer will do no harm
in cold weather. Put on the stove and let
1t come slowly to q boil cook for twenty
minutes after this and set it away for
twenty-four hours more. Then measure
again. and for every cupful allow a cupful
of sugar; place this in a shallow pan in
open oven; put fruit on the stove and bring
again to the boil, and boil hard ten minutes.
Put in the sugar, boil moderately until the
fruit jellies on spoon dipped into it. Fill
your glasses with the hot mixture. and
when the marmalade is cold pour over the
top of each glass a thin film of melted
paraffin. The amount 1 have given will
fill ten ordinary jelly glasses and will keep
for years
Sometimes I make the marmalade with
out the grapefruit. Occasionally use the
oranges and lemons. and just before put
ting in the sugar stir in quart of rhubarb
stewed without sugar-but L allow sugar
for it Often 1 use other fruits than the
rhubarb-pears, peaches, etc.. but always
stew 1t until soft. Be sure that the skin of
the fruit is very tender before putting on
the sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

- HAVE been thinking a great deal
Do lately OF the position held by the
grandmother in many homes. In
some OF them she is loved and hon
ored and seems happy: In others
there II apparently no place where she is
needed and she feels that there is no place
for her in the world-nobody really wants
heri
After q good deal OF thought I am forced
to believe that the main cause Of the dis
satisfied state of such q number of the
grand1nothers OF this age is simply and
entirely the way they were taught in their
earliest youth.
Had they learned In the most impress
sionable age the great advantage OF read
ing good books-beginning with the Book
of books, the Bible-their minds would
have become so conferred on higher
thoughts, higher ideals, that the petty an
noyances of life would make no impression
on them.
May I give you an object lesson--in-
deed, a little ego? I am now as years old
and life Is as sweet and enjoyable as when
] was 16. At years of age began to read
good books and as grew older my great
love of reading increased until at II had
read Plutarch's 3" Lives" Primes" Travels
in the Holy Land" and other kindred works
In the evenings my sainted father always
read some uplifting book TO u.s. thus more
and more filling my mind with inspiring
thoughts and giving me an optimistic view
of life. An ardent love of nature was
early instiIled in my mind by daily walks
in the lovely woods and fields.
" Now 1 am not only a grandmother. but
q great-grandmother and life Is just as
pleasant and satisfactory as it was when
1 was young in years. 1 do not feel q
particle older than did in youth and enjoy
life with the same zest. G. HI. K.'
A letter such as this comes peculiarly
close to me- lam not great-grandmother
but 1 have grown grandsons and have
the advantage of you in years, since have
passed my eightieth birthday. But increase
of years has not lessened my interest in life,
nor my enjoyment of the many dear and
beautiful things our heavenly father has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Maids Often Like Children.


when first came over" my waitress
once told me, "I had q great deal of
trouble knowing what the lady of the
house meant when she talked about q
platter. Sure at home it's always a dish,
and what you call pitcher we call jug
Ipronouncing it 'toog'l. I was terrible
greenhorn.
Was she more Of one than the average
American girl would have been If trans
ported to Ireland and obliged to accus-
tom herself to the nomenclature taken for
granted there?
With all the desire In the world to make
matters easy for my employees, and with
the practice long years of housekeeping
have given me in simplifying my directions
for their benefit, still find myself brought
up now and then with a sharp turn be-
cause have not sufficiently considered the
slow workings of the brains with which 1
have to deal 1t is not week since 1 was
hurrying through my directions for dinner
in order to get to another duty when I
was checked in the midst of my instruc-
tons by the look of noncomprehension on
my cooks face. had told her to add to-
mato to the bean soup of the night before
to serve French fried potatoes and spinach
with the steak, putting enough cream in
the spinach to soften 1t, and to make q
cottage pudding-and at this point saw
the dazed expression which meant that
communication was stopped.
I checked myself. "You understand
about the pudding, Bridgetr' asked.
mo. ma'am. It's the soup I'm thinkin'
about. Is the tomatoes to be put into 1t
sthrained or onsthrained?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

incorrect language or take unfair ioerties
win, English grammar In order to make
ourselves understood by those who WORK
for us and whose vocabulary differs from
ours On the contrary. we should enlarge
their range and teach them new words ana
phrases But let understand the ois-
advantages under which they labor anu
exercise for their sakes q little of the pa
tence we would like to have displayed for
u II we were placed In similar circum-
stances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
IMPORTANT NOTICE
BECAUSE Of he enormous num5e, Of

DECAUSE Of The enormous number Of
~ letters semitic Che department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications to
100 suOrds. except in cases Of formulas or
seeipes phieh require greater space. I pant
eli ing correspondents to haze shotoins In
Gle Corner. and If ing request in this respect
% complied NTH IL uil Be- possible 70 print
msng more letters.
Attention % called b de fact that Marion
HrE0sd eannot sseeius money for patterns.
Gs she has no connection With any department
dat SCI, them. Marion Hayland.
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recollection of his remark I infer that he
had called us. that my sister had heard and
obeyed, and that I had been too much abb
sorbed in the kittens even to hear him. 1
didn't deserve that spankng-but in those
days parents seldom stopped to inquire
closely into the justice of their corrections.
1 had appeared disobedient, therefore I
must be punished
Not only in the nursery and with small
children is it well to cultivate clearness
in giving orders and to make sure you are
comprehended before you condemn for fail
ure to obey. The same rule applies with the
maidservant Within our gates.
A good many years have passed since I
told a newly landed Irish maid to throw
out of pot the water in which cabbage
had been boiled. She stood uncertain for a
moment and looked at me with uncompre-
hending eyes.
Throw the water away" I repeated.
Pour it Off the cabbage"
And as she still did not move lifted the
pot myself and turned the water Off the
vegetable. A great Hight of comprehension
broke over her face.
30. it's waste it you mean." she ex-
claimed.
We had each of US added word to our
vocabularies.
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A better drilled mind would have set
aside the query concerning the soup until
the other orders had been received and
understood. Budgets brain ceased work
ing at the first obstacle in the way of
smooth comprehension. She had heard
nothing beyond the initial order. and while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

cook. The turkey was stuffed with some
kind of a cornbread or corn meal stufhng
and I have never found anyone who could
give me the recipe. 1 consider II the mos.
delicious turkey dressing I have ever eaten
and If possible would like much to obtain
the recipe. Can you help me?
M. A. v. W
Again 1 must ask the help OF my con-
stituency. 1 am not familiar with such
stuff1ng you mention. 1 have eaten stuff
fling for poultry of oysters, of chestnuts, of
bread. of sausage, of potato, and divers
other compounds, but the cornmeal or corn
bread stuffing is a novelty to me, and would
like much to know how to prepare 1T.
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quite as likely to have been misconstrued
as understood. That way of teaching a
child what an order really meant may not
prevail with this generation, but like some
other old fashioned methods it possesses
many advantages and it might make for
good If applied to our employees as well as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

they feel childish unwi11ingness to own
their inability to understand the directions
they receive. Do you not recollect how
as small girls when We started off hot-foot
to carry out an order or to deliver mes
sage We used to be caught back by our
parents with the warning: Say over to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

building. One of the heavy pieces OF tim
Der was lifted with the wrong end fore
most
Reverse that beami shouted the direc-
tor. The men went on unheeding.
Reverse that beam, say!" he called
again, with no more effect Another over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

DINNER.
Chicken rack soup.
Lambs liver en- casserole.
Fried bananas.
Corn pudding.
Irish potato pie and cheese.
Black coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples and cream.
Cracked wheat.
Ffshballs.
Graham mullins. Toast
Tea. Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Minced liver Ia leftover)-
Toasted Sally Lunn Qeft over from the day
before).
Saratoga chips
Hot gingerbread
Cheese.
Chocolate
DINNER.
Tomato bisque.
Broiled bluefish.
Potatoes boiled with parsley sauce
Green peas
Brown Betty.
Black coffee.
y. !:
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Mush and milk
Baked eggs Bacon.
Toast.
Tea Coffee
LUNCHEON.
BIuehsh scalIoped with solid part Of tomato
from can used for yesterdays bisque-
Minced white potatoes. creamed "a leftover.
English mullins, toasted.
Crackers. MarTnalade.
Too
DINNER.
Split pea soup.
Boiled leg of mutton with caper sauce
string beans. whipped potatoes
Charlotte russo.
Black coffee.
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to our children. I fancy we would some
times find amusement in discovering how
our instructions had been translated.
A young college graduate was in charge
of negro workmen who were carrying some
beams from the place where they were
stacked to the positions awaiting them in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Often our maids

seer possessed of less book learning and
more experience, elucidated the order.
What you talkin' about 'varsin ~ he
growled soornfully. Then to the men:
" Eend for eend, you fools!' And the beam
was swung at once into its proper position
do not mean to imply that we should use
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Child Often IN Dreunrldnd.

More than this. the child is sometimes
waEdering In dreanland, Immersed In the
new and strange sights and sounds he is
constantly encounter4ng. He In too far
away to grasp q brisk order. especially when
couched IN q phrase which il new to him.
He looks dazed and Ids hesitation is taken
fer sulDenness or unwiHtngness 10 obey.
Be sure that he Is not uncertain instead OF
disobedient when he Is slow to do as he is
told.
lone spanking had m my childhood
which I have never understood" a grand
mother told me the other day. IL was
about years old and my elder sister and
1 were out in the yard contemplating the
charms of a nestful of kittens. was bend
4ng over them, lost in admiration, when my
father grasped me by the arm. shook me
and gave me three or four quick spanks.
When I tell you to come. you are to
come. understands he said. From my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Olive Preserving Recipe Sought.

VIII you kindly print a recipe for pre-
serving olives? NJ. s. s..
I wish I could help you. but do not think
1 have ever heard of preserved olives. You
come from a region where olives grow, and
should be in a better position than to Sc
cure recipes for them Cannot some of our
California contingent help US out? I will
be glad to get and print the recipe you wish.
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me just what You are going to do wheE you
get Thereon just what you are going to
sayt If you have such experiences as
were mine you recall even yet the con-
fusion which encompassed you when you
had to put into words the orders you had
accepted mechanically and which were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Fruit Cake That VIII Keep.

In order that those who have any doubt
as to the last statement may have the
chance to prove it give with this a recipe
for fruit cake.
I inclose you directions for fruit cake
which will keep for one year or twenty
five with the right care. and is better after
one month than when first made. The
recipe has been in our family for FIVE gen
erations at least, and was used by my
mother at her wedding and again at her
golden wedding two years ago.
FRUIT CAKE1Two and a half pounds
white sugar, one pound butter, one pound
flour. dozen eggs. Beat eggs, add sugar
and butter creamed together, and -four
Add two pounds currants, one and one-half
pounds raisins, and one pound shredded
citron, dredged in flour, and two ounces
each of allspice and cinnamon, and one
ounce grated nutmeg. Bake in a very slow
oven about FIVE hours and watch constantly,
as 1t will burn easily. MCC"
A cake with such pedigree as this should
be worth having and 1 follow II with in
structions for another which is almost as
well recommended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Cornneol StuHng.

Some years ago partook of a Christmas
dinner cooked. I believe. by southern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
MAKE YOUR ORDERS PLAIN TO MAID OR chill

~HE discussions we have had recently
on this page concerning family gov
eminent have called forth the fol-
lowing letter:
Mrs. L. V speaks from the law
and the gospel. We ought not only to
think it'over' but to use the child's think
An doing The little brain is a thing
apart. Make note of it's individuality. its
peculiar TRANSACTIONS and understanding of
your words and you may find the lie an up
side down truth, the disobedience an effort
to work out conflicting orders. Pity the
sorrows of the first born! Baby talk has
gone out of fashion, but the baby brs:n.
IL still with us. Here is an illustration
OF the sort of orders sometimes given: Will
liam Ebenezer Jones' 1 insist upon implicit
obedience. Come here immediately Which
word does the sinner comprehend?
MELNAn''
And the writer gives other instances to
prove her point that often child's appar-
ent naughtiness Is due to failure to grasp
what the command means.
II we think It over. imagine we win agree
with thu haby,s champion. Probably it is
impossible for any grown person to under
stand just the confusion that fills a childs
mind at the orders he receives. To say ne
feels as we would Il we were amongst for
eignsrA, not q word OF whose language was
known to US. does not put the situation
strongly enough Such position Is banning
20 the verge OF distress. and yet we usually
bring to II an amount OF mental training
and experience which IN q measure fits US
to meet tho emergency. The child has no
such background. He is m q new country
with no remembrance of similar edgencies
to reazsrre him az to the possibility OF
surrounding the immediate difficulty. The
familiar person to whom he has always
turned IN trouble II the one who now
pJrmGes him into perplexity by using I'M
known words and giving him directions he
utterly fails 30 comprehend and he has no
speech I'm which to tell her his dilemma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

LUNCHEON.
Hash from steak of last night.
Fried hominy Qeft over from the morning
before).
Sweet potatoes fried in slices "a leftover.
Cheese. Crackers.
DINNER.
Mutton broth with barley.
Roast chicken.
Creamed turnips.
Boiled rice with cheese sauce.
Prune and nut Jelly.
Coffee.
.: x
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST
Grape fruit.
Cracked wheat and cream.
Bacon and fried apples
Griddie cakes.
Toast.
Tea Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Giblet omeiet (giblets from last nights
chicken.
Scalloped rice with cheese "a leftover.
Corn mullins.
Lettuce.
Crackers and cheese.
Cookies. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Cream of turnip soup ia leftover.
Chicken pie "a leftover)-
Mashed potatoes.
Brussels sprouts.
Cottage pudding.
Black coffee.
y -
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Oatmeal and cream.
Sausages. Waff1es.
Toast.
Tea Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Clam fritteFs.
Potato puff Ca leftover1-
Quick Sally Lunn-.
Preserves. Waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01
Another Fruit Cake Recibc.


. send a fruit cake recipe which has been
used for years without failure, and will I
hope, be of interest to some of your readers
FRUIT CAKE-One and half cups
butter, half cup each of butter and OF lard.
three eggs, grated nutmeg, a teaspoon
ground cloves. three teaspoons ground Gin
namon. teaspoon and half baking soda.
a cup each of currants and of raisius. the
latter cooked in little water until tende,
and all the water cooked away a cup sour
milk, cup nut meats. walnut or any kind
you choose. three cups -four. MRS G. b."
All these cakes have their place In the
commissar1at and are perhaps of most use
to offer on state occasions. For this reason
their keeping qualities are valuable
since IL wrapped in cloths and shut away i'm
tightly closed tin box they are good for a
much longer time than a simpler cake would
be. Although expensive in material, they
should only be eaten in small quantities
because of their richness and so are not
so costly in the long run as a palmer cake
that would be served In large portions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-01

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grape fruit.
Boiled rice and milk
Fried scallops
Popovers.
Toast.
Tea. Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Veal loaf
Baked sweet potatoes.
Egg salad with lettuce and mayonnaise-
Sliced oranges and sugar
Home made jumbles.
DINNER.
Cream of onion soup.
Roast pork with apple sauce and Drowned
potatoes.
Ladies' cabbage
Tapioca custard and nut cakes.
Coffee.
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced pineapple
Oatmeal jelly and crssm
Bacon Poached eggs.
Whole wheat biscuit.
Tea. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold sliced pork Ia leftover.
Potatoes mashed and Drowned "a leftover.
Apple sauce.
Toasted biscuit left over from breakfast
Jam.
Tea
DINNER.
Brown potato soup
Beefsteak.
Scalloped cabbage IA leftover
Boiled sweet potatoes.
Steamed suet pudding
Black coffee
4 =
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Hominy and cream.
Bacon. Scrambled eggs.
Mullins. Toast
Tea Coffee.
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1 had gone glibly on to pudding she was
still struggling with the sthrained or
=" onsthrained 4" state in which the to-
matoes were to go into the soup.
=
Patience Should Be Exercised.
Often our maids are like children in that
Arizona republican., 1913-12-28
TO LEAVE FOR LOS ANeELEs-

=
 Mrs w. H. Seeley, her sister Miss Me
 Neil, and Billy Seeley Jr, will leave
 tomorrow morning for the coast. They
 go from Phoenix to Los Angeles for
 the benefit of the health of Mrs. See
 ley, this climate not agreeing with her
 as it should.
 PEARSON BACK FROM SOUTH-
 A. C. Pearson. state agent of the Mar shalltown Buggy company, arrived
 from the southern part of the state last night, having been away for month, during which time he has visited Pima, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Santa Cruz and Gila counties. Pearson states that conditions were never better, and laughs at the talk of hard times. He finds every one along the border en- thusiastic about the benefits to be de- rived from the new currency bill and says that the state IS in an excellent financial condition.
 PATENT MEDICINE, DISAGREE ABLE, DISGUSTING AND OBJEC- TIONABLE ADVERTISING do not contaminate The Republicans columns. Subscribe now at our Special $500 Bar gain offer, read the clean home paper. Clean news, clean advertising is The i Republicans slogan, join the big happy family of Republican readers.-Adver- tiSement. tf
Arizona republican., 1913-12-28
LOCAL WEATHER YESTERDAY

Deficiency in temperature yesterday. degrees
 Deficiency in temperature since first of month, 36 degrees.
 Accumulated deficiency in tempera- ture since January l. 4S6 degrees.
 Deficiency in rainfall yesterday, .02 inch.
 Deficiency in rainfall since first of month, 24 inch.
 Accumulated deficiency in rainfall since January l, 240 inches