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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-02-21

III tiiC iCiCtl ttEt 1odt lo1 tlit
 District of Alaska. Division
 No. 1, at ketchikan.
 James C. Leask, Plaintiff.
 VS.
 Flora Leask. Defendant. To Flora Leask. Defendant,
 Greeting:
 Tn the name of the United States of America, You are hereby commanded to be and appear i'll tha above-ertiil" Court, holden at Ketchikan in said Division of said District. and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entit- led action within thirty days from the date of the service of this summons and a copy Of the said complaint upon you, and, if you fail so to appear and answer, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint, a copy of which is served herewith. This action Is brought to secure a decree of divorce from defend ant. The order for publication Of this summons is dated Feb. 18th, 1913, and directive pub llcation for the period of once week for six weeks. Defend ant is required to answer within thirty days after last publlca ton.
 And you, the United States Marshal of Division No. 1 Of the District of Alaska. or any deputy, are hereby required to make service of this summons upon the said defendant ana each of them as by law re- olired and vuu will make d"e return hereof to the Clerk ol this Court within forty days from the date of delivery to VOL. with an indorsement here- on of your doings in the prem lises.
 Seal of Court In witness whereof, l have here
 lo set my iand and affixed
 the Seal of the above Cour'
 this Ath day of Feb. A. D.-
 1913 ] F. W. PETTIT. Clerk.
 F.. s. STACkPOLE, Deputy
 CHAS. H. COSGROVE. ke.ch- ikan, Alaska, Attorney for Plaln- Tiff. .o,e First publication Feb. 2i, 1915 Last publication, April I, 1913
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-02-21
No. 174 k-A Summons

m the District Court for the District of Alaska. Division No. 1, at Ketchikan. James C. Leask, Plaintiff.
 VS. Flora Leask. Defendant. To Flora Leask. Defendant,
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at Zimmerman's. ....ads

China Noodles, best ever. al the Owl. Try em and you'll like lem.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In tho Commissioners Court for ketchikan Precinct, Div. ision No. I, District of Alaska In Rr0hata.
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A good Vitagraph comedy at the Dream tonight. adv
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New York and London prices paid for furs at F. J. Giimores
 Advertiser ment.
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Tho Daily Miner, $1.o0 per mo.
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"The Spanish Cavelier' at the Dream tonight. adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

does not yearn to know how she has pro-
gressed with the story she is writing. what
difficulties she has met in finishing the por-
trait she Is painting. or the bust she Is
modelling. how she has practiced her play
ing or her singing for SO many hours with
such and such results.
Still less does he desire to be called upon
t. admire the work OF her hands and brain,
to listen to her story, to look at her paint
ing or modelling. to submit to her perform
ance OF the latest piece of music she has
learned or composed He is worn out anc
worried about business. and the thing
needs In a wife Is not stimulant but
poultice.
This masculine attitude Is naturally n
tensified If the wifes attention tothe work
ings of her talent have interfered with he
care for her husbands comfort. With a
the sympathy that one woman can feel fo
another, there is not wife among us VIII
will not admit that it Is pretty hard on
man to come home from work to an Ill kep
house which has been neglected while tn
should have been housekeeper has bee
writing. or painting, or sculping,
playing. or singing | think you will
agree with me in the statement that II sh
couldn't look after her husband well bein
because of her devotion to her art or Graf
she would have done better to remain singl
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II Places We're Reversed.

do not forget your statement that yo
dc not neglect your home. but you say ais
that you feel your talent should come frs
IN that case do you blame your husband 70
feeling q lack of enthusiasm for the work
that you put ahead of him? How would yol
like 1t yourself IL the positions were re
versed? Perhaps you would not mind hi
having celebrity which made you obscur
in comparison. but that man is a mary.
who enjoys being scheduled as his wife
consort and not possessing a reputation
his own. | have known one or two men
whose generosity or devotion or sense of
humor was sufficient to allow them to flgur
cheerfully as " Mr.. Mary Ann Jones'" bu
they were phenomenal exceptions to the
general rule.
What, then, are you or other women like
you to do with talent they are sure they
possess? Are you to hide 1t in napkin or
bury 1t out of sight? What Is your duty to
yourself and to your husband and children ?
Nc specific answer can be given which,
will cover all cases. Circumstances modify
the individual decision.
The first point you must make sure to
yourself is that you actually have a talent
One dictionary defines the word as
:, mental power Of a superior ORDER :" SUI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

the jars full. 1 screwed on the tops at once
and hard The pumpkin will not be good If
any air gets into the jars. They should be
kept in as cool a place as possible with
out freezing: If kept in warm pace the
pumpkin will ferment.
would ike 10 say TO +. A. c., who
speaks of the two simply contemplate
children that | don't blame them 40
doubt they had been spo.aed and ne -er
taught to mind. The stepfather has a ri hit
to correct them and the mo ,her has a r.gnt
and should insist upon their minding l.
had a son by my first husband and since
1 married again | have had two children.
/ love them all alike and my husband
says my own son Is as dear to him as ais
ow But from the beg inning l insisted
that he should obey his stepfather as long
as the latter boarded, clothed. and schooled
him. There are some mean stepmothe-s 8
and fathers and really | sometimes belle
good ones are hard to find. | had mean
stepmother myself. but as long as my son
is under age he has got to show obedience
and respect to us both.
Win you k.ndiy give a good recipe for
salad dressing with olive, oil? | have al
ways made it without oil.
" MRS e. A. p"
THANK you for the d.recLions lor ca l.
ming pumpkin and keeping it aftsr 1 IS
canned as we'll as for your utterances on
the stepmother aid father subject think
you are right in expecting obedience and
respect from your children either to their
own or their step-parents as long as tn y
are under your roof. but my own expert
ence goes to prove that this demand does
not have to be made or enforced with the
well trained child. iAe takes respect and
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obedience as matter of course. no mat
ter what has age.
Here are two recipes for salad DRESSING.
with oil. the first rench dressing the
second mayonnaIse:
or the rencn dress ng mix a half tea
spoon OF salt. a saitspoon of pepper. and
a taolespoon of vinegar until well blended
and then stir into the mixture three or four
tablespoons of good olive oil. IL should
be thick and smooth before using and the
process Is FASTENED If the ngi eoients and
utensils are cold or If a piece of ice lss rred
with the dressing. The consistency of
good cream is about right
For the mayonna. Sc have the bowl or
soup plate in which IT is to be mixed. tae
fork, the oil. vinegar. and egg cold. They
should be on the ice for an hour or so before
making the dressing. ,Put the yolk of the
egg INTO your bowl or plate with q half
teaspoonful Of salt and saltspoonful OF
ispper. small pinch of dry mustard and
the juice Of half lemon. and as as
these have been mixed with "a lew strokes Of
the fork beg.n adding your oil. u drop at
time, and stirring in each drop befo.e
you put in another. by the tine you have
used a tablespoon of oil the dressing will
have begun to thiCken and when tn4s stage
Is reached you can add the Oil more rap
idly. until you get to putting IN a teaspoon
full. or more at once. should 1 become too
thick to stir readily thin with little vim
egar. adding this cautiously. and tnen ut
in more oil until you have the quantity
you wish. One egg yolk will take q pint OF
oil. Put II aside on the zee until It is need
1t should be like heavy double cream.
If you wash to increase the quantity hip
the white of the egg 10 a sin froth just
before serving the mayonnaise ana beat II
lightly into the yoik mixture. Should the
dressing curdle when half done. set At aside
begin aga.n with another egg, and VIII sn
the dressing Is again thick stir in the cur
died portion carefully. as you would the
oil. Tins dressing is easily made and is not
IA ted GUS performance after you have had
a little practice with It,
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Details Nav Borc Him.

Even If your husband should not lose his
money making capabilities l have never
found that little extra cash comes amiss
when the boys and girls are growing up
and wish small luxures and diversions that
the stated income of the head of the house
may not suffice to supply. If you are sklliea
with your pen. or your brush, or as
musician. and can make profit from your
original productions in any of these iines
or ly giving lessons In them, be thanktul
for the faculty. and do not let your graft
tude sweep away your reticence and iead
von TO chatter about your gift and Its work.
ings.
For II ia ten to one TINT your husband
will not wish to be told of those details OF
vour work which you find absorbing. Ihey
ara likely to weary him and whatever else
Won do with your talent don't bore your
husband with 1t. You may love TO near
oil he has to tell of his pursuits. but that
doas not mean that he will be thrilled by
vours. Bear this in mind and spare him.
Bring to the work which falls to your lot
n large portion of patience. determine
ton that your husband, your home. and
your children shall never suffer for lack
of attention because God has honored you
with a gift which should be a JOY to you
and O blessing to others. Your lot will be
less easy than II you had nothing to call
you from your duties as wife, mother. and
housekeeper but the talent has its COM
pensations in a joy unknown to those who
lack 1t. Let this Joy offset the annoyances
and inspire you to make of yourself some
thing worthy your gift and which will com.
mend it to others besides yourself.
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have said that there are two reasons
why you should practice real talent, IL
you have one. The first have given. Tho
second does not fall behind It in importance.
II your ability is something that will
bring in money you cannot afford to let is
lie idle. In these days of quickly made
and quickly lost fortunes it is not uncom-
mon TO see the woman who started married
life as a cher shed and we'll cared for WHO
slip later INTO the position of bread win
ner for the family. Your husband may
object to your eultisating your talent now
and be quite Wiling further on in life to
accord you the privilege of supporting him
by the exercise of that same talent. can
hardly advise you to point out this possi-
bility to him when he laments or objurgates
your gift; still less can l counsel you 10
remind him OF it If the hard days should
come None the less. you do well 10 keep
the contingency N mind. and IL you have
talent which possesses commercial value.
don't let 1t become rusty from disuse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Man Needs a Poultice.

More than this, he has conviction, found
cd on centuries Of tradition and experience,
that he and his home and his comfort are
the first business of the woman he has mar
ried
When he has been working all day and
comes in tired at night, his impression is
that he should find awaiting him a charming
woman, eager TO know what he has been
doing and how he is feeling. ready to sub
ordinate her individual concerns to his COM
for and happiness. not absorbed in her
personal pursuits to such an extent that she
must force them upon him when he wants
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:, AM writing II you about matter
~ on which I Borely need advice.
am a womah with a talent and 1t Is
giving me great trouble. Before
married ny future husband was
,oud of i'll compose music and play the
ano-but now 4 seems to bore him. don't
lleye | neglect my home. but of course
II I have ajhuty towards my God-given
ient and thlt this comes first. | don't like
e think thst my husband Is Jealous Of my
gi.. and of me reputation 1t wins me, and
can see he is not pleased when spe nd
rerai houfs a day at my p-acticng. and
Of an he islbored when talk of my work
my success. | feel 1t would be sin to
g up my work and yet don't know how
Ella to brig peace Into the family. Won't
/. advise me? MUSICIAN"
lave seen many cases like yours Once
IL great while husband is found who
ishesl the came opinion OF his wife 8
SIS It's taat he did when he was only her
a4 but he Is rare exception. AS gen.
fsi hing. am afraid husband drifts into
is rental position of valet. and his wife
8 to be heroine to him. You may say
81 indicates that he has the soul of a
Hsf and perhaps 1t does. All the same.
nwontedly generous and phenomenal
3 s of perception II he does not. soon
s3 marriage. reach the point where he
ICES that all glory given to her is in
aae taken from him. and resents it.
sf sannot be more than one head of the
n and II the wife has conspicuous
she Is thrust into the position OF i'm
.e and the husband is secondary
s9n aias ration, Naturally he does not
like It.
Even without carrying matters so far as
this the husband is not prone to enjoy the
wife's talent when 1t is introduced into do
nestle life. Interesting at first. 1t quickly
develops into possibility of boredom when
[ loses its novelty.
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This does not mean that you are to neglect
everything else to exercise 1t unless you are
In conditions where this can be done with
out any one suffering by It, Certainly as
a married woman, you have claims upon
you which cannot be ignored, and your duty
is to study how to meet home responsibilities
squarely and yet not to let them interfere
with the workings of your talent.
This is difficult. but not impossible. 1
have the honor of knowing women who
have followed their art or their craft stead
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THE WIFE WITH A TALEN 7.

lily, conscientiously, and profitably for years
and whose families have not suffered by the
practice of the housekeeper's mental
powers 1t is hard labor and requires
thought and tact and skill. but 1t can be
done
Let me say as parenthesls that y talent
is not necessarily for original production
that can be accomplished at home. One
woman has a gift for the organization Of
church work. another has ability to run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Hon 10 Maize Rhubarb Wine.

"Will you please print recipes for rhu-
barb wine and rhubarb vinegar? | have
heard OF them. but have not been able to find
a recipe for either B K"
am sorry to say have no good recipe
for rhubarb vinegar. but / hope some one
may send one which l can print for your
benefit. The other recipe is as follows:
Boil the rhubarb In a double boiler. adding
no water except that which adheres to it
after you have washed 1t and cut 1t into bits.
When the rhubarb has cooked tender press
out all the Juice and measure ii, putting
to 1t as much wa,er as you have Juice.
Sweeten to taste. add cup of brandy to
each gallon OF the liquid. bottle. and seal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Canned Corn on The Cos.

81 have been reading the Helping Hand
steadily in the hope that you would print
some way OF canning corn on the cob.
have eaten II often. but don't know how to
can IT. VIII you please send me the recipe?
" Mrs. ]. II. T.
As have said before many times. car
not send recipes by mail in any circum-
stances and in this case 1 am even more
limited. / have never seen or eaten canned
corn on the cob Can any one who has ssl
how II 10 cannede
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

perior intelligence" special aptitude"
Do you who believe yourself possessed of a
talent think 1t comes under one OF these
heads? You see that leaves a pretty WIDE
field for opinion. Your talent, according to
the third definition may be an aptitude for
some kind of domestic work-cookery. sew
ing. the care of children-as well as a line
demanding purely mental ability, but these
are not what you are likely to mean when
you speak OF your " talent" Almost In
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Bow Wants a Wheel.
y =
Invalid Wants Phonoprabh.

have been sick for seven years. suf-
ferng from spinal trouble. and for the last
two years have been confined to my bed.
VIII you please ask your friends II any.
one has phonograph | could have for /.
time? 1t may not be long that | can use
1t, and II you fnd anyone who could spare
1t to me. will you ask him to visit me?
They could see how | am liked. am
young man and like music. M. M. X"
"A young man and sick for seven
years. two OF them bedridden! II sesms
little enough for some well. strong person
who can go and come at pleasure 70 spare
a phonograph. especially when the plesder
feels 1t may not be long he can use n"
VIII not some one write TO me soon for his
address?
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follows her talent can say that she is of
those who will have trouble in the flesh.
For no talent can be fulfilled in the best
way among countless Interruptions and
calls upon the time and energies-and yet
these are what you with an unmistakable
talent assume when you marry and raise
family. You must resign yourself to have
to listen to the baby when you are str.v-
Ing to write immortal prose; to be willing
to leave your paints to dry while you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16

WAS deeply impressed by letter In
regard to stepmothers and fathers by
F. A. G.. The word stepmother 4"
holds terror for some grown people.
as well as for children. and, In this
lies the trouble with many good women who
Try to fill the place of mothers. Study
a child's disposition and work on it. instill-
ing the best ideas. conquering bad temper.
so that the child will be unconscious of your
motive. giving.it no opportunity to be stub
born In yielding to your solicitations that
1t should be good.
" \ quick temper and impatience are two
things to be watched In governing children.
I know mother whose peculiartles
towards her own daughter led outsiders
to believe she was the ohild's stepmother.
but her (the mother's) impatience and lack
OF affection in dealing with this child drove
the latter to unhappiness. So the DISPOSE
ton has much to do with the case. both in
children and mothers. and the stepmother
held as one reigning terror over children
should be relegated to the past and called
phantom of the dark ages. No such
thing as stepmother should be acknowl-
edged, but good women trying to I'LL the
dead mothers places. and children should
be trained to this idea.
"In Cs letter about jelly making she
recommends tomatoes for acidty in fruit
juices, for jellies. etc. l have done some
expermenting, too. used cranberries
and they were a bowling success. Last
spring when cranberr.es were cheap put
vp a gallon with view to their use in my
fruit juice when making jelly. and the re-
suits were fine. | have little or no luck
with my strawberry jelly. in fact it has
been nearly a failure. but with cup of
cranberry juice it proved to be a success.
and was most beautiful to look at My
blackberry and Scuppernong wines got a
dip of the juice and were splendid.
"A. s. D."
am glad to have good word said about
the stepmother matter and | am also glad
for the suggestion as to the cranberry
Juice in jellies / only wish 1t had come
earlier for 1t would have been of practical
benefit to me personally. Moved to emula-
ton by the letter of the correspondent who
told how she made jelly from her peach
parings with the addition Of q few tart
apples. l washed my peaches carefully be-
fore peelng them for preserving and
brandyng. and put the parings over with
lust enough water to keep them from
scorching. boiled them to a pulp with a
reasonable number of tart apples such as
I had previously used for jelly. strained
the juice, put the sugar with II and pro-
ceeded as in ordinary jelly making. The
cooled liquid absolutely refused to g iell. -
boiled It again and added lemon juice as
] had done when making peach jelly from
the fruit but with no success Finally I
canned the hot syrup and put 1t aside to use
as pudding sauce: 1t makes excellent
sauce for Ice cream and for number Of
puddings-b but have no peach jelly.
If muster up courage to try again with
the peel ngs next year shall reinforce the
liquid from them with modicum Of cram
berry juice and hope for better results
II any one else has had similar experience
with the use of peach parings in jelly shall
be glad to hear of 1t.
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making a general topic of 1t but dwelling
on the question as to whether 1t is a real or
an imagined talent. Does that make any
difference?
1t surely does. and the cause for this APP
plies to all women with talents as we'll as to
the correspondent whose query started the
discussion.
For two reasons. The first Is that II gift
has really been bestowed upon you, 1t Is
your bounden duty to make the best of 1t.
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Directions for Canning Pumpkin.

Some one asks for a recipe for aan-
ming pumpkin. wish to say that last year
put some UP and it was as good all year
as freshly ste~ed pumpkin. | pared the
pumpkin and sliced .t'thin. mashed it. I'D
put 1t in an enameied preserving kettle |
put in a little salt-about a tablespoonful
to a gallon and a half Of pumpkin-and
added just enough water to cover it. l
cooked it until tender. had the Jars. tops.
and rubbers ready in hot water. and filled
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A Wfea talent Quickly Develops into Possibility Of 9oredo
Boredom When Loses It's Novelty 30

charitable and philanthropic institutions or
t. do sociological research Their task s
harder by far than that of the wife and
mother who can cultivate her aptitude in
her own house. and often such talents as
these must be shunted to one side and left
In allegiance until domestic circumstances
are changed SO as to free the would-be
worker from inevitable cares in her home.
* *
Home Comes First.
To the married woman with children who
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An appeal OF this sort always touches the
heart OF a child lover and l am sure the
plea will meet a response. hope there
are some of the Cornerites who can look
up the little toy hungry youngsters and
try to put a little amusement In their way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
Requests Loan of Machine.

am expecting to give birth to my third
child before long and would much like to
have sewing machine. As our circum-
stances will not permit me TO buy one. |
write to ask II any Cornerite has one she
no longer uses and which she would b.
willing to give to lie in exchange for pl Ia
sewing. | would only ask the use of the
machine for month and l hope there Is
some one who can grant my wish.
mas. G."
This seems a moderate request and have
little question that there will be some one of
our cornerites who will be glad to let Mrs
q. have the use of sewing machine for a
month in exchange for plain sewing
\ II
Gales for Christmas Tree.
I" / read that some one asks for direc-
tions for tree cake icing. BY this think
she means cakes to be put on the Christmas
tree. and so lnclose the recipe in the hope
she may have as good results with ii as
l have had. | have been using it for ten
years and my boys say It's the best cake
of all cakes as they believe Sant Claus
makes them. Here is the recipe for Christ
mas tree cakes: Two cups sugar creamed
with three-quarters OF cup Of butter,
seven well beaten eggs. one teaspoon "a
nilla, two heaping teaspoons of pulverlzed
carbonate of ammonia. dissolved in little
milk. enough -four to make a stifr dough.