davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
DECLINE OF GOOD READING
Point Made At Educational AssoelssJoa
Convention Would Seem 20 %
Well Taken.

The central importance Of readfnH
vas the theme of much Of the discus
sion at the recent convention of the,
National Educational association at
Salt Lake City. Mr.. Rice, state IL.
brary clerk OF Wisconsin. told how
that state prepares lists Of suitable,
books for rural libraries, and offers,
the books at 3l.7 per cent. discount.
It also requires teachers to pass an
examination in library training. which
Mr.. Rice considers more Important
that algebra. though the comparison
seems odd. Mr.. Caxton, United States
commissioner Of education. who fol-
lowed. declared literature the most
important Of all school subjects. and
observed that any man who will read
thoughtfully four good books . year
will be well-educated man BY the
time he has read 100. That may de.
pend somewhat on the books. for not
all good hooks reward that kind Of
reading. though the greatest usually
do.
It 10. at any rate, q hind Of reading
mainly because there is 30 much to
read that 1t IL difficult to let the mass
90 and concentrate on one author, one
book, one page. one word. A nne old
classical professor used to grow in
dignant at proposals to teach boys to
read Greek like English; it would be-
more to the point. he said. IL we could
teach boys to read English like Greek
We can hardly expect them to forget
their mother tongue for the sake Of
learning to pay proper attention to the
details of good book. yet there 10
something in this view; much Of the
benefit of the classics comes from be-
ing forced to pay attention to details.
Such careful study Is quite possible in
English. but the temptation Is to skim
over the surface.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
New Author.


Mr.. Cory is greatly given to study.
His wife. on the contrary. never reads
at all. She does, however. occasion.
ally take down q volume in order to
show some sympathetic interest In
her husbands favorite pursuit.
One morning, during breakfast, Mrs.
Cory remarked:
II took down Q book yesterday by
an author named Voliv. ID he consid-
cred good writer?"
''Voliv. my dear7" queried tho hus.
band. in perplexity. ~Voliv. did you
say?"
"Yes." she replied. I'm get Il and
show you" ,
Leaving the table. she soon return
ed, bringing book which she handed
him. It was volume Of Browning's
poetry and had been bound with NO
name on the back, simply bearing tho
legend, 'Vol. w."
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Roxbury Cake.

One-half a cup of butter, one cup Of
sugar. one cup Of molasses. one cup of
sour milk. four yolks Of eggs. three
cups of sifted -four, two teaspoonfuls
Of cinnamon. one teaspoonful of
cloves. grating of nutmeg, two tea.
spoonfuls Of soda, whites Of four eggs,
one cup Of currants or nut meats.
= Prepare In the usual manner, slft.
ing the soda and spices into the flour
and then sitting the whole together.
The. recipe makes three dozen small
cakes.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Cram Of Corn aoup.

One can grated corn, one pint boil
ing water. Cook gently 20 minutes,
then rub through a sieve. Melt two
tablespoons butter. When bubblinl
add two tablespoons -four, one tea
spoon salt and dash white pepper and
stir in . smooth paste, then add gradu'
ally to It one pint milk and cook until
smooth and creamy. Stir ill the time
Cook Eve minutes on back Of the
stove. where It will not burn. and odd
corn: beat thoEoughly and ssryA
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Good. substitute for Butter.

a. Good. Substitute for Butter.
An economical substitute for butter.
especially for use in seasoning vege-
tables. etc, is made by frying out ham,
bacon or poultry fat, either raw or
cooked. also the droppings from sau.
sages. or the fat skinned from soup
or gravy. allowing to each half pint
a small onion, little thyme. tea
spoonful Of salt and a little pepper.
Try out at low temperature. strain
throufh cheesecloth and keep in .
sold place.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Homemade Syrup.

The very best substitute for maple
syrup is made In the following way:
Mix together one pound of dark brown
sugar. one pound Of granulated sugar,
one-half pint Of water. one teaspoonful
of vanilla. Put on the fire and bring
to a boil and allow to boil for two or
three minutes When cool 1t il ready
to serve. 1t is very appetizing and
much purer and cheaper than any 9th
er imitation Of maple syrup.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Fried Kidney.

Clean kidney and cut up. Put table
spoon Of fat in frying pan. add onion
to taste cut up. fry in fat until onion
10 brown, then put kidney In, add salt,
pepper. garlic and celery to taste.
When the onion 10 brown In the fat
add two teaspoons Of -four and brown
In fat before adding kidney. then add
meat stock or water. and cook for
one and one-haf hours. Cook in .
large frying pan with cover on until
kidneys are we'll cooked. Just before
serving add vinegar to taste II you
choose.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
THREE DELICIOUS PIES
INTENDED FOR THE PRINCIPAL
COURSE At DINNER
Dtsak and Oyster Combination 10 Q
Famous English DIsh-veal and
ham Also Form Good
=. Ingredients.

kump Steak and Oyster Pie-One
sound of rump steak, rs oysters. half
Blade Of mace, one tablespoonful wal
nut catsup, piece of yellow peel Of
lemon, salt and pepper to taste. cup
Of gravy and half.pound Of paste. Cut
che pound Of steak in small collops,
Aour them. Put puff paste, or good
light paste around the edge Of bak.
Ing dish, or deep pie dish. Then put
In alternate layers Of the rump steak
and oysters, filling the dish. Season
each layer with salt and pepper. Pour
In large spoonful Of the gravy; cover
the top. glaze. make the opening in the
center and bake. Put the strained
aiquor Of the oysters in saucepan; add
the boards or gills. which should be
clipped from the oysters, the bit OF
demon peel, blade Of mace, the catsup
and remainder of the gravy. The orig.
inal recipe calls for a glass of port
wine, but that is not essential. When
the pie is done, the gravy Is made very
hot and poured into the pie at the
opening in the middle.
e Veal and Ham Pie-These are the
directions for making Mrs. Bofin's IA
nous "weal and hammer" that "mei
Tered the organ" Of silas Wegg;
Take the thick part of the breast Of
veal. removing all the bones. which
are put in for the gravy. stewing them
slowly and long time. Put layer
Of veal, pepper and salt, then thin
sprinkling Of ham, cut in dice. II
boiled; or chop finer If raw ham is
used. Then add more veal and so on
until dish is full. A sweetbread may
be cut up and added to this pie, or the
same amount of mushrooms. Or you
may use forcemeat as in Windsor pie,
or one made of hard-boiled eggs. Pour
in half cup Of the gravy, which must
be cold as we'll as all other ingredients
when the cover of paste is laid on for
baking. Finish same as Windsor pie.
= vermicelli Pie-Butter rather we'll q
deep baking dish. Have ready two
ounces Of vermicelli boiled and
!: drained. Put 1t in the bottom of the
! baking dish. Season the inside of four
:: dressed pigeons with salt and pepper
and stuff with piece of butter. a few
bread crumbs. q sprig Of parsley.
minced, then put in the pigeons, breast
downward. Border the dish with puff.
or good paste. Cover with thick lid.
and bake in a moderate oven. When
done turn out carefully on to heated
dish with the vermicelli on top. Maca-
ROM or spaghetti may be used instead
Of vermicelli.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Sour MIX pouohnuts.

Two eggs well beaten. add one cup
sugar, one cup Of sour milk. one tea
spoon Of soda In the milk to foam.
one teaspoon Of melted butter, lit.
tie salt, nutmeg, and don't forget to
add a pinch Of ginger to make them
Tight Now sift in flour with one tea
spoon baking powder. Mix soft az
can be handled. They are nne rolled
In sugar while hot.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Ieorot Cigars Is Inches Lena.

S0osVs O50atS 10 tuVuVv G0u0s
Ever smoke an Igorot cigar7 asks
Power: Well, these Igorots. in the
philippine islands, make . cigar that
in one respect is like the old.time
Christmas plum pudding-it lasts q
week. It's IL inches long and three
to I'VE inches thick. Old man Is. rolls
the Gig. and smokes It an hour; then
Misses Ig. and oil the little lgs. taks
their turns. BY about the fourth day Il
must need cuspidor attachment to
keep It In operation. One smoke liko
tbs would last some people . lifstina,
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Chicken Pie.

Chicken Pie.
Parbofl the chicken one hour. Add
10 the water salt, pepper and a cup
full OF milk thickensd with two table
spoonfuls flour. Line a deep dish with
a very nice paste. put in the chicken
(cut up). add gravy. Cover with paste
Immediately. Make small hole In
center OF. pie and ornament with
cross strips Of paste. Bake 46 min.
ute0. -
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
useA for eoap.

Before driving q nail or screw into
hard wood run II into q piece Of soap.
1t will then go in as easily as II 1t
were soft wood. and you will see to
your Joy that there uill be no danger
of the wood splitting. as is often the
case.
II your door sticks or bureau draw.
ers do not run smoothly. rub the edge
with dry soap. any kind, and they will
move more easily.
This also can be applied to the cord
Of stuck" window with immediate
results.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Lemons for Pie.

I ind 1t q great help when grated
lemons are needed for pie. instead Of
grating to cut in pieces and remove
the seeds. then put. through q food
chopper. using the hne knife blade,
writes q contributor to the Modern
Priscilla. 1t ID a saving of time. This
can be applied to citron. flgs and nuts
for fruit cake.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
currant Cake.

Three eggs. one cup sugar. one-half
cup butter. one-half cub Of milk, two
cups Of flour. one cup Of currants. one
half teaspoon Of baking powder. one
Of vanilla. Sprinkle sugar over top
Of cake before placing 1t In oven. and
sprinkle It with powdered sugar. b.
fore cutting.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15

Corn Soup.
One pint heated milk thickened with
ono tablespoon butter blended with
one tablespoon -four. Add one-hali
can Of corn, salt Ready to serve vhsa
Aaahod through. 90"
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Crust Wheat Meal,

Put one pound Of -four. a pinch Of
salt and a half teaspoon Of baking
powder into a basin. Mix them we'll.
then rub into, them six ounces of
fresh butter. Work the mixture with
a knife or fork into a paste by the ad.
dition Of half pint of water. Roll It
out once or twice and 1t will be ready
for use. Sufficient one pound for q
pudding large enough for three or four
persons.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
AppIe John.

One generous pint Of flour. two tea.
spoons Of baking powder. two table
spoons butter. one cup milk. Make 1t
to At dish in which are sliced about
a quart Of apples. Put 1t on top OF ap-
pies and, bake When done. reverse
1t and cover with Q cup of sugar. .
little spice and butter. Serve hot, with
milk or cream.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Goldfish Salad.

Put a piece of white Goldfish to soak
over night. In the morning pour OH
the water. put on fresh cold water and
let come to scald. Try. and If still
salt, repeat, as 1t wants to be tender
and soft like fresh fish. Pick up. in
flakes. cut hard.boiled egg in pieces.
mix with it some chopped lettuce. line
a dish with crisp leaves. cover with
the mixture and pour salad dressing
over It.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Crab Sauce.

Crab sauce for fish is almost as good
as lobster sauce. To make 1t pick out
the meat from boiled crabs and dice t.
Make cupful of rich cream sauce or
drawn-butter sauce and add mace. salt,
cayenne and the diced or shredded
crab meat. Let 1t all simmer gently.
without boiling. for q few moments,
and serve hot.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Tomato Oysters.

Tomato Oysters.
Slice green tomatoes and take out
the seeds. Lay in sailed water for 20
minutes: then take out and drain. Dip
each piece In beaten egg. seasoned
with salt and pepper. and roll in -four
or fine bread crumbs. Fry a nice
brown in good drippings or vegeta BILE
fat Serve with a dish Of creamed
macaroni or curried rice.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
cress Salad.

Pick, wash and Grain two heads let
tuce and break into pieces, mix with
some watercress. shredded celery and
a few leaves Of mint: put in q salad
bowl, sprinkle with salt. pepper, sugar
and lemon Juice. and pour over q salad
dressing: garnish with slices Of hard
boiled eggs and picked beet root
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
.MarshmaIlow Dessert.

.MarshmailoW Dessert.
Cut marshmallows in small pieces
and add to them half - large . qpan.
dty Of English walnuts broken In
pieces. MIX them together with
whipped cream and sasvs In glasses.
vsxy cold
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
For the kjddles.

Here is a simple and healthful con-
lection for the children. Take ono
cup each Of raisins. ngs. dates and
nuts, grind all together through the
food chopper. mix thoroughly. sprinkle
with pulverized or confectioners
sugar, roll to q half.inch. cut In bars.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
srol,ed Salt Fish.

-.' Hrolled Salt Fish.
q Soak one-half pouna salt nsh. cut
in one piece. one hour in lukewarm We
ter. Drain, put In baking pan. dot
over With one tablespoon butter, and
bake about Is minutes IN . hot oven.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Hot. Clam Broth;

Wash and boil about two dozen
clans in one pint Of boiling water.
Boil ten minutes, remove the shells
and strain the liquor. Season With
pepper. Serve hot with tablespoon
Of whipped cream seasoned with salt
IN each cup. Serve with croutons.
The Irish standard., 1913-11-15
Cheap Coffee Jelly.

Cheap Gomez Jelly.
Measure your leftover coffee and
sweeten we'll. To each pint add Q
level teaspoon Of gelatin dissolved In
q little cold water. Pour into mold
and ct with whipped cream
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
AMATEURS NOT TO COMPETE
Secretary Sullivan Refuses TO Consider
Proposition Made by President
Gustavus r. Kirby,

Secretary James E. Sullivan of the
Amateur Athletic union and other Of
fcials of that organization, including
Supreme Court Justice Barlow S
Weeks and Frederick ". Ruben of
the Metropolitan association, refuse
to consider seriously the proposition
made by their president, Gustayus T.
Kirby. that amateurs be allowed to
compete against professionals in track
and field sports.
Pointing to the fact that the ancient
Olympic games were killed by pro
fessionalism and that modern profess
sional field and track sports had lost
prestige through Betting and kindred
evils, Sullivan said fatty that he would
never give his consent to the plan.
He further stated that he would sever
connections with the a. A Z if the
scheme should be attempted
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
slRTYs PLAYING HURTS GAME
Football! Facing Its Doom Because of
Unnecessary and Unfair Rough
ness, Says George 4ioff.

"The existence OF football will be
threatened. sooner or later, unless
growing tendency to forget the lesson
Of some years back and return to the
practices which put the sport on trial
for it's life is checked"
This is the recent declaration of
Athletic Director George Hoff of Hi.
nois university, and one Of the best
known men in the athletic world. In
explanation he says:
Il refer to unnecessary and unfair
roughness. do not criticize hard play
ing, and football as a matter of fact
s rough. But | have noticed a grad
nal introduction of the same tactics
which nearly cost the colleges their
iavorite game
This year l have seen neck wiring
ing. l have seen players drag their
feet over the head of an opponent.
Piling up even when easily seen to
be unnecessary, goes unrebuked.
The blame for the existence of this
tendency is to be placed on the heads
Of INSCRIPTIONS coaches and compla-
cent gridiron officials 1t is a matter
Of common report in the football
camps of the middle west institutions
that certain coaches make no bones of
encouraging their men to lame and to
slug if they can get away with it.
Their linesmen threaten and curse
their opponents. hoping to lead them
into a display of honest and almost
justifiable physical retaliation.
For the most part western officials
have ceased to pay any attention to
unnecessary roughness, Let 'em
fight It out seems to be the implied
attituCe of many officials, especially
the younger ones. And the team that
attempts to be square gets the worst
Of it, / am a believer in football as a
square, manly sport. if properly super
vised. would regret to see it lost,
but l firmly believe that after success
with the new style of game all will go
for naught unless coaches and officials
see that the practices / mention are
eliminated
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
FOOTBALL AN ANCIENT GAME
Played at Derby as Early as Third
Century in Commemoration of
Victory Over Roman Legion.

Football is probably the Oldest of
our national games. At Derby a game
Of football was played as early as the
third century, in commemoration Of a
victory over the Roman Legion at
Chester. says the London Chronicle.
The first football used in the annual
game-still played each Easter-is
said to have been the head OF Dan
ish invader In the isle Of Purbeck.
too, the free quarrymen from time
immemorial have perpetuated their
claim to a grant of land by kicking
a football across il. In the fourteenth
century the game was so popular as
to call forth an edict forbidding it. on
the ground that it interfered with the
practice of more martial exercises.
IN later times Shakespeare referred
contemptuously TO the game, but per
haps few would be able to turn up
readily the passage in king Lear
describing "a base football player
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
TRACERY IS TO BE RETIRED
Announcement Made That August Bel
mont's Famous Colt Has Run Last
Race-Won Many Stakes.

The famous racing colt Tracery, be-
longing to August Belmont of New
York. has has run his last race. ac-
cording to an announcement made re-
Gently. The colt for which 5000 900
was refused by his owner on Septpm-
Der 80 last. is to retire Immediately
to the stud. He was restricted 10
walking exercise when he was
scratched from his next weeks en-
gagement
TraceTy is regarded by racing men
as one Of the best colts ever bred.
He is a four-year-old son Of Rock
Sand. the English stallion. by Topiary,
and was first brought out for the Eng
lish Derby in 1912, when he ran third.
In the St Leger stakes OF $32.500 at
Doncaster he was victorious at g 10 l..
and he won the Sussex stakes at Good
wood in the same year
While Tracery vas running for the
Ascot gold cup ir June this year he
was thrown by a sufragette, Mailman
Hewitt. who sprang on TO the course
and tried to stop him while he was
running at fun gallop
In July this year T5acery won the
Eclipse stakes ~ Sandown and later
In the season was plac "a second in
the Jockey club stakes a Newmarket
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29

avoided. for at best their effect is only
for that day, while a genuine remedy
like Syrup Pepsin acts mildly but per
manently
1t can be conveniently obtained at
any drug store at fifty cents or one
dollar a bottle. Results are always
guaranteed or money will be refunded.
You viii find it gentle in action, pleas
ant in taste, and free from gripping.
and its tonic properties have a distinct
value to women. II is the most widely
used laxative-tonic in America today
and thousands Of families are now new
er without it,
Families wishing to try free sam
pie bottle can obtain II postpaid by
addressing DR. w. b. Caldwell. 203
Washington St. Monticello. III A
postal card with your name and adj
dress on il will do
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
CANADA WINS AGAIN
This Time at the International
Soil Products in Oklahoma.

Last year and the year before, and
the year before that. the farm prod
'ucts OF Western Canada carried off
first premiums. championships and
honours, together with medals and d.
plomas, feats that wera likely to give
a swelled head to any other people
than those who had so much more be-
hind. At Columbus, Ohio, and then
again at Columbia, North Carolina, a
farmer of Saskatchewan carried of
the highest prize for oats, and in an.
other year, viii become the possessor
of the 81 500 Colorado Trophy; anoth.
'er farmer made two successful ex-
hibits of wheat at tho biggest shows
in the United States; another farmer
of Manitoba won championships and
sweepstake at the live stock show in
Chicago, and this year expects to du-
pHcate his successes of last year
These winnings are the more credita-
BILE as none of the cattle were ever fed
any corn, but raised and fattened on
nature grasses and small grains.
At the Dry Farming Congress held
at Lethbridge in 1912, Alberta and
Saskatchewan, farmers carried off
the principal prizes competing with
the world. The most recent winnings
OF Canada have been made at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where seven of the eigh-
teen sweepstakes rewards at the In.
ternational Soil Products Exposition
we're taken by Canada in competition
with eleven states.
The chief prize. a thrashing ma.
chine, valued at $1,000 for the best
bushel Of hard wheat. went to Peter
Gerlack of Allan, Saskatchewan. Mon
tana took four of the sweepstakes.
Oklahoma four, and Nebraska two.
Russia sent one delegate, Spain
had two, Belgium three, China four.
Canada fifty, Mexico five, Norway one.
Brazil three.
In the district In which the wheat
was grown that won this prize, there
were thousands of acres this year that
would have done as well Mr.. Gerlack
is to be congratulated as well as the
Province of Saskatchewan, and West
'ern Canada as a whole, for the great
success that has been achieved in
both grain and tle-Adyertisement
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
What is Woman. S
Beauty but Health !?
And fhe Basis of Her Health and
PigOr Lies ira fiie Careful Reg
ufdrion of TIe BogcekS.

If woman's beauty depended upon
cosmetics. every woman would be a
picture of loneliness. But beauty lies
deeper than that II lies in health In
the majority of cases the basis of
health, and the cause of sickness, can
be traced to the action OF the bowels
The headaches. the lassitude. the
ssllow skin AID the lusterless eyes are
usually due to constipation. So many
things that women do habitually con
duce to this trouble. They do not eat
carefully, they eat indigestible foods
because the foods are served daintily
and they do not exercise enough But
whatever the particular cause may be
it is important that the condition
should be corrected.
An ideal remedy for women, and one
especially suited to their delicate re-
Quirements, is DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin. which thousands OF women en-
dorse highly, among them Mrs. c. s.
Vance, of 5ll S. Ray St, New Castle,
Pa. At times she had spells of indi-
gestion so severe that she thought she
would die. Syrup Pepsin regulated her
stomach and bowels, and she attrib-
utes her excellent health today to this
remedy.
All the family can use DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin for thousands of moth
ers give 1t to babies and children II
is also admirably suited to the require
ments OF elderly people, in fact to all
who by reason of age or infirmity can.
not stand harsh salts, cathartics, pills
or purgatives. These should always be
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-29
English Woman Wins
$3.50 on Two Races

The Cambridgeshire handicap,
the last big race Of the year, was
marked not only by the queens
visit to Newmarket, but by one OF
those lucky shots which fire the
ambitions of the punters.
Mrs. Clayton. wife of Major Clay
ton, who has the reputation of be
ing one of the handsomest women
in English society, invested a SOY
ereign'on Fizyama. a rank outsid-
er, which won the Czarewitch at
so to 1. She placed her winnings
on another outsider. Cantilever. for
the Cambridgeshire, and Cantilever
romped home. His starting price
was 33 to 1, so Mrs. Clayton peck
eted $3.50
The British racing public recent
~ has been hard hit by a weary
succession of outsiders wins.