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The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Child Often in Drednhdnd.

More than this, the child is sometimes
wandering in dreamland immersed in the
new and strange sights and SOUNDS he is
constantly encountering. He is too far
away to grasp a brisk order. especially when
couched in phrase which is new TO him.
He looks dazed and his hesitation is taken
for sullenness or unwiringness TO obey.
Be sure that he is not uncertain instead Of
disobedient when he is slow to do as he is
tod.
One spanking I had IN my childhood
which I have never understood" a grand
mother tolG me the other day. - was
about years old and my elder sister and
I were out in the yard contemplating the
charms of nestful OF kittens. l was bend
ing over them, lost in admiration. when my
father grasped me by the arm, shook me
and gave me three or four quick spanks.
When l tell you TO come. you are to
come, understand he said. From my
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

~HE discussions we have had recently
on this page concerning family gov
ernment 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 chlld's think
in doing so. The little brain is a thing
apart. Make note of its individuality, its
peculiar translarions 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's brain
is sull with US. Here is an illustration
of the sort Of orders sometimes given: Will
liam Ebenezer Jones, insist upon implicit
obedience. Come here Immediately! Which
word does the sinner comprehend?
"MELNAE."
And the writer gives other instances to
prove her point that often a chiId's appar-
ent naughtiness is due to failure to grasp
what the command means.
II We think it over. imagine We will agree
with the baby's champion. Probably II is
impossible for any grown person TO under
stand just the confusion that nils a child $
mind at the orders he receives. To say he
feels as We would If we were amongst for
eigners. not word OF whose language was
known to us. does not put the situation
strongly enough. Such position is banning
10 the verge OF distress, and yet We usually
bring 10 it an amount of mental training
and experience which in a measure fits US
10 meet the emergency. The child has no
such background. He is in a new country
with no remembrance Of similar eXigeEcies
TO reassure him as to the possibility OF
surmoUnting the immediate difficulty. The
familiar person 10 whom he has always
turned in trouble is the one who now
plunges him into perplexity by Using un-
known words and giving him directions he
utterly fails to comprehend and he has no
speech in which to tell her his dilemma.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

own and I feel as does Ruskin that We
should all build ourselves nests Of beautl-
full thoughts to be a refuge for US as the
years go on. am fond OF saying that the
sugar OF life is in the bottom OF the cup.
Love of God and nature and humanity,
faith in them all and an interest which takes
US outside OF ourselves and helps US to live
in the lives Of others is the prescription to
cure morbidness and dissatisfaction and
keep US full of life and courage and JOY
TO the very end.
Are there not numerous other grand
mothers who feet as we 90 and would like
TO tell us what means they practice to pre-
serve their zest in life?
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incorrect language or take unfair liberties
with 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 and
phrases. But let US understand the dis
advantages under which they labor and
exercise for their sakes a little of the pa
dence We would like to have displayed for
Us IL We were placed In similar circum-
stances.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
IMPORTANT NOTICE

DECAUSE Of the enormous number Of
IL letters sentto The Department. ! must ask
contributors 10 limit their communication, 10
100 uords. except in eases Of formulas or
recipes uhiah require greater space. ! pant
al my correspondent, 10 hare shopins In
The CoTnz. and if my request in this respect
L, complied uih II 1iR Be possible to print
many more letters. (
Attention i, called 10 The fact that Marion
Harldnd cannot reeeire money for patterns.
q, she has no connection uih any department
that sells them. Marion Harlan6.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

10 make a soft dough. Cut with cookie cut
ter. place IN well creased pans. a nd bake in
hot oven. II a cup OF nuts OF any kind Is
ADDED It improves the cookies very much.
hope these recipes may in some way
help others. MRS. w s."
Thank you very much! l think good
recipes which have been tested and proved
always help others. 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
osour constituency who endeavor to supply
this want!
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to our children. 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 Washington herald., 1913-01-26

A better drilled mind would have set
aside the query concerning the soup until
the other orders had been received and
understood. Bridget's 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 Washington herald., 1913-01-26
MAKE YOUR ORDERS PLAIN TO MAID OR CHILD.

building. One Of the heavy pieces Of tim
Der was lifted with the wrong end fore
most
Reverse that BEAM! " shouted the direc-
tor. The men went on unheeding
Reverse that BEAM sayi" he called
again, with no more effect. Another over
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quite as likely to have been nisconstrued
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 II might make for
good II applied to our employees as well as
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

DINNER.
Chicken rack soup
lambs liver en- casserole.
Fried bananas.
Corn pudding.
Irish potato pie and cheese.
Black eoffee. -.
4 =
FRIDAY: IS
Baked apples and cream
Cracked wheat
FfsbbaIIs.
Graham mufins. Toast
Tea Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Minced liver "a leftover).
Toasted Sally Lunn Oeft over from the day
betore).
Saratoga chips.
Hot gingerbread
Cheese.
Chocolate.
DINNER
Tomato bisque.
Broiled bfvedsh.
Potatoes boiled with parsley saues.
Green peas.
Brown Betty.
Black coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAFAsr.
Oranges.
Mush and milk.
Baked eggs. Bacon
Toast
Tea. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Riuensh ecslloped with solid par Of tomato
from can used for yesterdays bisoue.
Minced white potatoes. creamed "a leftover,.
English mufins, toasted.
Crackers. Marmalade.
Tea
DINNER
Split pea soup.
Boiled leg OF mutton with capsr sauce.
String beans whipped potatoes
Charlotte russo.
Black coffee.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

FRUIT CAkE-One and a half cups
butter. half cup each Of butter and OF lard.
three eggs. a grated nutmeg. a teaspoon
ground cloves three teaspoons ground cir
namon a teaspoon and a half baking soda
a cup each OF currants and Of rasins the
latter cooked in a little water until tender
and all the water cooked away. a cup sour
milk. cup nut meats. walnut or any kind
you choose. three cups flour. Mrs. G. ;"
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 II wrapped in cloths and shut away in
a 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 palmer cake
that would be served in large portions.
Miscellaneous Recipes.
CHOCOLATE CHARLOTTE RCSSE-
Melt one ounce OF chocolate over hot water:
then add to 1t one pint Of thick cream.
stirring thoroughly: season with sugar to
suit. Set away to become cold; then whip
until thick. Fill sponge cake cups with
mixture or healp 1t on sponge squares
CHICKEN TCRNOVERS- Make a rich
baking pow6er biscuit dough; roll out one
fourth inch thick; cut into squares: place a
spoonful OF minced chicken seasoned with
herbs and onion, and moisSen with cold
gravy: fold dough over: brush with milk
and bake about fifteen minutes. Serve
with left over gravy. to which add the
chopped giblets.
APPLE GRAHAM PUDDTNG-PIacr a
layer of graham crackers in bottom of but
tered pan: then add layer OF pared. cored.
and chopped sour apples; continue with
more crackers and apples until pan is two
thirds full. Beat one egg with one fourth
teaspoonful salt: add one pint Of milk: turn
over the apples and crackers and bake in
moderate oven until PUFFY and brown.
ORANGE SACCE-Thieken one pint or
orange juice with one Tablespoonful Of
cornstarch; cook until transparent and
sweeten to suit.
ELDERBERRY TARTS-Cook the Der
ries in very little water until tender enough
TO press through a sieve. Add the Juice OF
one-haR lemon to each cupful and sweeten
to suit. Line patty tins with pie crust:
fill with the mixture and bake. Serve cod.
RICE PUDDING WITH FIG SAUCE
Press hot boiled rice into buIered cups:
then slip out on q hot dish and pour the
sauce over. Look carefully over the fgs to
be used: place them in pan and cover with
cold water; cook until tender: chop very
fine and press through a coarse sieve. To
this pulp add the Juice of one half lemon
and sugar IL not sufficiently sweet.
BOILED BEEF. DUTCH STYLE-wipe
three pounds of beef cut from the rump.
then place IT in a kettle in which is some
hot suet drippdngs. browning well. Add
medium sized onion cut in slices, a large
carrot scraped and cut into slices an inch
thick. level tablespoonful of salt. and
cover with boiling water. Place on she lid
and simmer until the meat Is tender. II
may be left whole, but will require less time
to cook tender IL cut into pieces about ths
size of small apples.
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they feel q childikh unw1lingness to own
their inability to understand the directions
they receive. Do YOU not recollect how
as small girls when We started on 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 Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Another Fruit Cake Recipe.

II send fruit cake recipe which has bean
used for years without failure. and will. I
hope, be Of interest to some of your readers.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

me just what you are going TO Go wheE you
get theTe-or just what you are going TO
say" II you have such experiences as
were mine you can recall even yet the con-
fusion which encompassed you when you
had to put into words the orders you had
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

seer, possessed OF less book learning and
more experience. elucidated the order.
a. What you talkin' about 'varsin 80 he
growled scornfully. 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 Washington herald., 1913-01-26
Olive Preserving Recipe Sought.

viii YOU kindly print a recipe for pre-
serving olives? NJ. S. S"
I wish l could help you. but DO not think
I have ever heard of preserved olives. You
come from a region where olives grow, and
should BE- in better position than to Sc
cure recipes for them. Cannot some of our
California contingent help US out? ! will
be glad TO get and print the recipe you wish.
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had gone glibly on to pudding she was
still struggling with the sthrsined " or
" Onsthrained" state in which the to-
matoes were to go into the soup.
* 4
Patience Should Be Exercised.
Often our maids are like children in that
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grape fruit.
Boiled rice and milk.
Fried scsllops
Popovers.
Toast.
Tea Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Veal loaf
Baked sweet potatoes.
Esq salad with lettuce and mayonnaise.
Sliced oranges and sugar.
Home made jumblee.
DINNER.
Cream OF onion soup.
Roast pork with apple sauce and Drowned
potatoes.
Ladies cabbage.
Tspiooa custsrd and nut cakes
Coffee,
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced pineapple.
Oatmeal jelly and cream.
Bacon. Poached eggs.
Whole wheat biscuit.
Tea. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold sliced pork IA leftover.
Potatoes hashed and Drowned Ia leftover).
Apple sauce.
Toasted biscuit left over from breakfast
Jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Brown potato soup.
Beefsteak.
ScalIoped cabbage "a Ieftorer).
Boiled sweet potatoes
Steamed suet pudding.
Black coffee.
4 y
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Horniny and cream
Bacon. Scrambled egp.
Mufins. Toast.
Tea. Conea
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Fruit Cake That win 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
fve 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 CAKE-Two and a half pounds
white sugar, one pound butter. one pound
-four, 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, tredged in -four. and two ounces
each Of ailspice and cinnamon. and one
ounce grated nutmeg. Bake in a very slow
oven about 1--WE hours and watch constantly,
as II will burn easily. NJ c. C."
A cake with such a pedigree Is this should
be worth having and follow II with in
structions for another which Is almost as
well recommended.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

LUNCHEON.
Hash from steak Of last night.
Fried hominy def over from the morning
before).
Sweet potatoes fried m slices 70 leftover.
Cheese. Crackers
Tea
DINNER.
Mutton broth with barley.
Roast chicken.
. Creamed turnips.
Boiled rice with cheese sauce
PRIME and nut jelly.
Coffee.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grape fruit.
Cracked wheat and cream.
Bacon and fried apples
Griddle cakes.
Toast.
Tea. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
GibIet omelet Cgiblets from last nights
chscken).
scalIoped rice with cheese Ca leftover).
Corn mufins.
Lettuce.
Crackers and cheese.
Cookies. Cocoa
DINNER.
Cream Of turnip soup "a leftover).
Chicken pie "a leftover.
Mashed pota
Brussels sprouts.
Cottage pudding.
Black coffee.
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THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges
Oatmeal and cream.
Saussges. waffies.
Toast
Tea Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cam hitters.
Potato pun q leftovsr).
Quick Sally Lunn.
Preseryes. wafArR
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Cornmedl Stuhng.

Some years Ago partook of a Christ mas
dinner, cooked I believe. by a southern
cook. The turkey was stuffed with some
kind OF a cornbread or corn meal sturfing
and have never found anyone who could
give me the recipe. 1 consider it the mos:
delicious turkey dressing have ever eaten
and II possible would hke much to obtain
the recipe. Can you help me?
M. A. v. W
Again I must ask the help Of my con-
stituency. 1 am not familiar with such a
stufiins as You mention. have eaten stuff
hng for poultry Of oysters. Of chestnuts OF
bread, OF sausage, of potato. and divers
other compounds. but the cornnSeal or corn
bread stufiins is a novelty to me. and would
like much to know how TO prepareit.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

- HAVE been thinking a great deaf
~ | lately of the position held by the
grandmother in many homes. In
i some Of them she is loved and hon
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powdered sugar. spread on the pie. brown
lightly, and eat very cold. FRIEND"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

MT. VERNON.

At the First Baptist church. Sunday
morning, the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Whea-
ton, will take for his subject "Amazia Il
the Hireling."
At the M. E. church, Rev. Mr.. Glid-
den's subject will be THE Dignity of
Parenthood." In the evening there
will be a union service at the Metho-
dist church.
Mrs. Hiram Comstock is visiting her
sister in Wiscasset.
Elwood Bailey of Winthrop Center
was at the Mt. Vernon House recent
ly. having with him jolly auto party.
Many from town are attending the
Pennington fair this week.
Recent guests at the Mt. Vernon
House include l.. c. Holden, Gorham; (;
c. Nj. Macleod, Boston, Mass; G. d.
Bolbrook. Portland; Dr. and Mrs. l.. Ia
Austin, Miss Estelle Austin, Miss
CAROLYN Stevens. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Z.
Fuller of Waterville; A. J.. Newman,
Auburn: Chas. Wheeler Chesterville.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
ENos BAckAcAE AND
KIDNEY DISORDERS
Croxone Helps Lifeless Organs Re
qain Health, Strength and Actlv-
ity.

1t is useless dangerous and unneces-
sary to be tortured with the DIGGING
twisting pains of backache or suffer
kidney and bladder disor-
ders when Croxone is guaranteed 70
promptly and surely relieve all such
misery. sr.f
/ Croxone masters these troubles pc
cause it quickly reaches the, cause oi
the disease II soaks right into the
stopped up, inactive kidneys, through
the me embranes and Innings; cleans OUT
the little filtering glands; neutralizes
and dissolves the poisonous uric acii
and makes the kidneys filter and slfs
from the blood the waste and poison :
Gus matter that clog the system an 4
cause such troubles.
1t does not matter whether you havss
but slight symptoms or chronic, ag-
grayated case, it is practically I'M
possible to take Croxone without re-
suits.
| An original package of Croxone
costs but trifie, and all druggists are
authorized to return the purchase price
}if you are not entirely satisfied the
iyery drst time you use it.-Ady.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Rose Cafsas Rswad Gets
-Four M0aths in JAIL
In a Search ard SeizHa Case,
Thursday MNnlag.
Albsrt Msservsy Gissn q Like San
isncs In Illegal Possession Case.

AS the result of an early morning
trip. Thursday, to the Togus region, bS
| Deputy Sheriffs Buckln of Litchfield
Bullock of Windsor and Jones of Hal
| lowell, Mrs. Rosie T.. Howard is . pris-
| oner at kennebec Jail, where she will
serve a term of four months imprison-
ment, in default of payment OF a fine
and costs, which sentence was imposed
upon ner by the municipal court
Thursday forenoon, The woman Is well
kncwa in the courts of several counties
Of the State under the various names
of Carson. Woods, White and Howard.
the entries in the court records cover
ing a long period of years, but her
maiden name, Rosie Carson, Is perhaps
the best remembered.
The deputies reached the Carson
home, which is located on the Thomas
ton road, in the town of Chelsea, at
about $50 IN the morning Upon
searching the house for liquor, they
found two pint bottles of whiskey IN
the pockets of an overeoat which was
hanging in the entry and more else
where. The total amount of liquor
found was three pint bottles and TOUR
half-pint bottles. They also found in
a covered basket some empty bottles.
Wher the officers arrived at the house,
Rosie was evidently just preparing TO
make her morning toilet, and after get
ting one glimpse from window OF the
party in front of the house she fled up
stairs, dropping in her flight bottle,
which the deputies heard as it fell al
the ton of the stairs, and afterward
found,
Rosie was brought to Augusta, and
at about 10 o'clock was arraigned be-
fore Judge Lancaster of the municipai
court, en- a charge of search and seiz-
urn. She had no counsel, and entered
a plea of not guilty. Her line of de-
fence was that the house where she
vas living was not hers-that she bad
leased 1t to ALERT b. MeserNey, and
that the liquor found was not hers.
Mr. Meseryey was in court, and took
tie witness stand in behalf of the re-
spondent, claiming that the liquor seiz-
ed had belonged TO him, but that did
not result to any material advantage
to Rosie, for the court held her guilty.
and imposed a sentence of Sle0 ana
costs and so days in Jail, and in de-
fault Of payment of fine and costs, 6o
days additional. The respondent was
not inclined TO part with any portion
of her hard-earned cash, and decided
that she would take the jail sentence
Size was. later, committed.
It should be stated, also, in eonnec-
tinn with the case, that matters eid
not turn out for Mr.. Meservey Just as
Re evidently had anticipated, for fol-
lowing his claim that the liquor seized
had belonged to him a warrant was
served upon him which charged him
with the illegal possession of intoxieat-
ing liquors. He pleaded not guilty to
the charge, but was declared guilty,
after which the court imposed like
sentence to that visited upon Mrs.
Howard Meservey appealed from the
decision of the court, and furnished
bonds in the sum of $500 for his appear
ance at the January term of the su-
np1-i0r COllrt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

Look al that dove said one of Au-
gusta's prominent citizens, Thursday
as the bird was feeding along Water
street. See how he walks" BY the
time that these remarks were conclud-
ed, several men were looking at the
bird The dove took steps that resem-
bled in Il good many ways those that
the hobbIe skirt lady of today takes.
The gentlemen. who first remarked
about the strange stride of the bird
had noticed the regularity for several
days past but had never discovered
the cause of the fact. Finally one of
the party drew close to the dove and
discovered that Il had been caught in
a snare some time, and then freed it.
self, leaving the hoop about its legs in
such a manner that it was unable to
take any Very long steps. e.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03

Friends of Mrs. Sarah Marshall, who
is visiting relatives in Somerville,
Mass, will be sorry to learn of an accl-
dent which befell her, a short time
ago. Mrs. Marshall was visiting at
the home of daughter, when one day
as she was descending q. flight of
stairs she slipped and fell. striking on
her head and shoulders. At first it
was thought that she had been seri-
opsly injured, but later examination
revealed the fact that no bones wer
broken. In spite of this she received
such severe shaking up, and was
obliged to take her bed. Latest re-
ports were to the effect that she was
getting along nicely and that she
would suffer no Ill effects from the ac-
cident. -E-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
No indigestion, no sour, sassy
stomach or dyspepsia. Try it!
:

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. OF
Mrs. Dyspeptic. jot this down: Pape's
Diapepsin digests everything, leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. No
difference how badly your stomach IS
disordered. you get happy relief in
five minutes but what pleases you
most is that it strengthens and regu-
lates your stomach so you can eat
your favorite foods without fear. Most
remedies give you relief sometimes
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-10-03
Ugh! Not Calomel, Oil or Salts,
Take "California Syrup OF Figs"

physic. Don't think you are drug
gng your self or your children. be-
cause this delicious fruit laxative can
not cause injury. Even the most
delicate child can take it as safely as
robust man. 1t is the most harm
less, effective stomach, liver and bowel
cleanser, regulator and tonic ever de-
vised.
Your only difficulty may be In get
ting the genuine, so ask your druggist
for 80 cent bottle of California
Syrup of Figs" then see that 1t is
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company" This city has many
counterfeit fig syrups," so watch out.
ADV.