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eigners on their rides or walks abou, the
city and surroundings. This was a meas
ure Of protection.
The Persians are good cooks Of their
own Dishes" remarked Mrs. Russell,
thoughtfully. They cook rice in some
of the most delicious ways imaginab BILE,
and their bread. though queer looking.
grows upon one. 1t is made of the
whole wheat, ground up by the individual
and made into thin batter. This is
poured into a shallow pan and baked In
hot gravel; and if you do not mind biting
a bit of gravel now and then you will
have most delicious bread, which is
even better when it Is toasted.
THE vendor bakeS it in sheets two feet
or more in length, foot in width and
about half an inch in thickness. When it
sheets across his shoulder and starts
out selling his bread literally by the
yard at the rate Of about . cents per
sheet"
Both Mrs Russell and her daughter
talk entertainingly of the most distress
ing feature of Persian life. the absence
of the native women from all functions
and social life, and their really delight
full visits among these women, who, ike
children, eager to see their foreign
hospitality in their power. This usually
takes the form of superabundance OF
food. Whenever foreign woman is to
be entertained at tea the whole estao-
lishment of women will be in hutter Q.
preparation, fixing UP great variety OF
dishes with but scant regard for time,
season or harmony.
x 4
Give me a Christmas in Finland!
exclaimed Mrs. Rheta Chide Dorr, edi-
tor of the Suffragist when asked where
in her travels she had found the most
unusual Christmas.
Last Christmas was not my hrst WISH
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MRS WlfRdAN SINISTER Hcl1E
- THEY klAr1I4A

- Finland, as l was i'll Helsingfors
during the Russian bonbardment; but
that visit was not conducive to COM
Portable sightseeing. and ever after
of winter and under more peaceful con-
ditions So the Christmas holidays
found me a member of a house party
on a large ancestral estate deep in the
heart of a great forest.
This estate covered $4,000 acres The
mansion itself. huge old feudai castle
set in the midst Of this vast stretch of
trees, has been the cherished inheritance
years The present head of this
baronial estate is prominent and
wealthy judge Of Finland.
christmas day." continued Mrs. Dorr.
'.is the day of days in that land. for
upon it are held the annual festivities
Of the peasantry In the afternoon in
the great dining hall banquet is given
for the heads % the tenantry. On an
enormous table were beautifully spread
all the national dishes many of which
had never seen These men-there
were about thirty of them-and their
wives We're the guests of honor, the
baron. his wife, family and house
guests eating at side tables and walt
ing upon them.
zone dish of national popularity is
queer kind of salt fish that takes about
a week to cook, including all of the
different courses of preparation it is
put through When 1t appears on the
table it is a jelly. Then there are ever
so many CONNECTIONS. Finland is poor
IN vegetables, but rich in small fruits
and berries, and these the Finnish wom-
en- turn into the most delicious of con-
serves and sweets.
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it just like we do in the states she
said, land labored long and patiently with
her cook. man-oh. yes, all OF the serv-
ants are men. the women are secluded.
you know-until she made him understand
that the dressing was to be seasoned
with onion. plain onion.
Xxx
The turkey looked all right. and gave
forth very savory odor. but when daddy
carved it-well. that was different The
onions rolled out large, whole, and raw:
just like base balls! And some of them
never even hesitated. but made trail
straight across the cloth In their mad
speed. Why, they were SO raw that fork
would not penetrate them; and the turkey
itself was not much better. The whole
thing had to go back to be cooked over
again. The cook was distressed. He
thought mother wanted the turkey stuffed
with the onions instead Of seasoned with
them. The trouble was with mother s
knowledge of the language; and after
that she either made them understand by
signs. or she got an interpreter"
Though our plum pudding had come
all the way from England" said Mrs
Russell. land many dalnties had arrived
main feature of a Christmas dinner. In
the afternoon. skating and horseback rid
ing took up our attention"
Teheran has very primitive skating
place close to the bazaar. the chief amuse-
ment place of the city. 1t is made by
simply throwing up wall of mud about
thirty or forty feet high. and of about the
same length. On the north side of this
is dug long, shallow trench only few
inches deep, into which the water from
the cutters is diverted. This freezes at
night, and the wall keeps off the sun in
the daytime. so that all who wish may
try skating. Every night more water is
thrown over the pond SO as to keen up
the ice. At night the place is lighted by
torches.
On another Christmas day there the
weather was so delightful that a party
set out for a camel ride with dinner out
OF doors. A Cossack guard of two or
more riders always accompanied the for
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discussing a shopping trip. lit Is more
than likely that shall spend this coming
Christmas and perhaps even one or two
more in prison. You know. my sentence
am arrested on my return-well. OF
course. I shall get out as quickly as l
possibly can. but it could not possibly be
before Christmas"
You do not seem to be worrying about
it." ventured her caller.
'Why. no." Mrs. Pankhurst answered,
as though astonished at the idea that she
should be unduly concerned over the
prospect OF another prison term. "fhat
Is what my work for the cause brings to
me to endure. Women the world over will
win their enfranchisement when they
have faith enough in their cause and
courage enough to take what their work
in its behalf calls upon them to endure.
Say this to the women OF America for me
as my parting word to them"
:: x
Mrs Charles W. Russell and Miss Lucy
Virginia Russell, wife and daughter of
the United States minister to Persia.
have just returned to the United States
and to the National Capital after three
year sojourn in that rather inaccessible
land where nobody ever hurries or takes
note of the passage Of time.
1.-THE Persians do not observe Christmas
at ALL said Mrs. Russell. but all Of the
English and Americans join forces like
one big family to make the day resemble
home as much as possible.
Eyes, we had tree. though they are
scarce and very expensive. for everybody
is anxious to util' re the scanty vegeta-
ton in identifying the gardens We did
not have either evergreens or holly or
cranberries, but Lucy" indicating her
daughter received large box of m,stIe-
toe which was welcome reminder of the
states Then at Teheran there was the
usual exchange of gifts and calls. In our
own celebration. which was by the merest
chance confined to our own family, we
had a most amusing as well as one of the
most disappointing incidents.
1--WE were bent upon making things as
homelike as possible. and SO had a turkey
for our dinner. Though one can get tur-
keys there they do not begin to COM
pare with the American bird, for, in the
first place, they are not cultivated: they
Just run wild through the streets and
pick I'D what they can find in the way of
food. Having obtained my turkey. the
next problem was to make the Persian
cook understand how wanted it
cooked"
Miss Lucy broke in with reminiscent
laugh Mother was determined to have
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congressman Enjoy Odd Experiences i'm Pamama4

messenger. He is Charley Pearce, a
colored man. who used to be a barber
in a Washington hotel. Travelling
through a cement plant at Gatun. PEG.
pied exclusively by Jamaicans and
Bardadoans l noticed the colored
gentry looking UP in amazement at a
colored man being with &C ngressional
party-the information having preceded
us that a party was about to make a
tour of investigation. When Charley
had wandered some distance away from
us one of the Jamaicans' curiosity got
ahead of him, and he asked, in awe;
Who is the distinguished colored gen.
tleman?' ! told him gravely that
Charley was the United States senator
from the District of Columbia. Charley
is now being called Senator OF the
District of Columbia.
Panama has about 100000 souls
Indians, negroes, Spaniards, Chinese
brewed population and no mistake I
heard while down there or an irish girl
who was in love with Chinaman. Her
friends tried to dissuade her from mar
rying him, but she met them with the
world old argument that she loved
him and he loved her, and she married
him, regardless. She Is happy, too
.It is a novel sight to a newcomer In
Panama to see one of these people come
into the Chinese stores-the Chinese
are the merchants--and ask Tor q
penny's worth of sugar and the same
amount of kerosene perhaps. and even
a penny's worth of ice. No other ma
ton on the globe would bother with
such buying. and. recently. when q
certain rotten scheme tried to bleed
the Chinese. the Chinks simply shut up
shop, the truck growers joining the
merchants. The whole 1000 just quit
and went inside their houses and
stayed They tied up things about
right 1t was while We were there. and
the ladies of the party were anxious
to buy laces and embroideries. ETC., for
Christmas. but the yellow men were
obdurate.
IF they had been Americans in like
fix there would have been revolution
right then and there, and as FAR as m
concerned certainly would have been
glad to see the scheme.s down there
whipped to a finish. They get the Chinese
to emigrate by paying them 500 for q
peonage of twelve years, and the poor
slaves are faithful as dogs. honest, pa
tient and reliable. The cause of the boy
colt was a demand of the Panamans
for 500 in gold from each Chinaman In
rights of citizenship.
AT the end of five days. when there
was no food for the poor-the United
States commissaries, of course, being
closed to all but government employees
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the conveyance. Arising heavily. the
Oklahoman looked over the group.
Are there any suffragists on this carp
he asked.
There was no reply.
Because If there are said he. ''they
can stand. They are equal to men. Ii
there are any other women. though.
they are welcome to my seat"
Then ne strobe to the rear Of the car
and became immersed in moody silence
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Tor the peasantry was and is always
the crowning event of the day. To
this are invited all of the peasants.
their wives and children; and they ali
come, too; nothing could induce them
to stay away. Despite the bitter. in
tense cold. which has way of keep
ing temperature around 80 and 40
degrees below zero in this part of the
country. they come from all corners Of
the estate.
Last year was just sample Of the
regular holiday, frolic. There was
distribution of gifts. and. of course. q
supper In all Of this the master OF
the castle was the leading spirit and
his family. guests. and even the
ed to participate in making things
pleasant for the peasants and their
families.
''The days following there were Won
derful drives through this still more won
derful forest, with its dense shadows and
frozen lakes. And whenever there was a
rise Of good hill the children were al.
lowed to climb out of the big droskies or
sleighs, all of which are drawn by three
horses with their queer yokes. and have
frolic In the snow with their American
sleds. Oh. yes. wherever the children
"Sul Tie SicuS were pOunQ TO 20. and
they were tucked away in these great,
capacious sleighs.
I'VE wore snow boots, fur coats, hoods
and fur gloves, and were so wrapped In
furry robes that the cold did not have a
chance to get at us. But the most un-
usual feature of this experience was the
modernized part. Here was tn vast me-
dieval palace. with all Of its ancient US
ages and traditions being faithfully OBJ
served. and yet there was the frequent
and insistent tinkle of the telephone bell.
But what was even more amazing was
the remarkable extent of telephone serv-
Ice Why. every forester's hut throughout
that domain had a telephone connecting
II with the office n the castle where the
manager kept tab of affairs! Whenever
a sleigh ride was planned some forester 8
hut was rung up, fifteen or twenty miles
away. and his wife instructed to have
coffee for the party from the castle at
or whatever hour We were due to arrive.
Santa Claus does not have the stand
ing among the Firms that he has among
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Mrs T. J. semi,
RECALLS ACHRISTrIAS
MSrTKA ALASKA

supply of peanuts and a large stock vi
popcorn which We ad taken for the
child's amusement We filled the stock
ings with oranges. peanuts, popcorn balls
and the different kinds of candy which
by way, the children of the Arctic did
not care for at all.
Christmas morning Marie found a
tree b-azing with about TWENTY-FIVE can
dies and festooned with chains Of pom
corn and tinfoil, cornucopias and silver
dollars Candy wrapped i'll tinfoiD. She
was so delighted that she declared the.
tree smelled just like our pine woods at
home.
THE party was scheduled for 2 O'Clock
and the Eskimo youngsters made a rush
for the cabin as soon as the word came
that everything was ready. They were
seemed to tire of looking at it, But when
Marie tried to make them believe that
trees like that grew in the ground in
her home land they only laughed and re-
minded her that they had seen that tree
made. Each child was given half loaf
Of raisin bread and a stocking. and after
a lively afternoon OF games. they went
away with the first taste of Christmas
that had ever come into their lives
Mrs. Peary laughed as she spoke of
their Christmas dinner. 1T was all out of
cans" she said. land though we did not
have any turkey, there was nobody any
where around US to make us feel bad by
letting us see or smell their turkey, SO
we made up what we lacked In the way
Of a conventional bill Of fare by an
abundance, and we relished our canned
roast beef, tomatoes. dandelion greens.
corn and baked beans We also enjoyed
good plum pudding. In the evening !
made q big pot of chocolate, and saw to
II that each of the crew had his share
md ole hoIf lnof nf oiciy, 10
Every one on board agreed that, taking
the darkness and everything else into con-
sideration. 1t was pretty good Christ
mas for ship frozen solid In the ice In
the arctic night"
MY Christmas In jail.'' Mrs. Emneline
Pankhurst, the English militant suffra-
gist. repeated the question with a smile
that bespoke instant comprehension OF
the object of the CALL But. you see,
got out. No, do not know why | was
released, but they let me go several days
before Christmas and nearly month be-
fore my sentence had expired"
During her recent visit to Washington
this wholly feminine, yet most aggres-
sively militant of the English suffragists
was asked to describe some one Christ
mas in her life which most wildly i'm
pressed itself upon her mind.
My daughters two-month sentence ex-
PRED three or four days before Christ
mas she said, but the militants had
planned a big demonstration for Christ
mas day just outside the prison, in case
she was stil in prison then. / have al
ways thought that the prison officials
considered it wise to release her; and no
doubt they concluded it would be a good
idea to get rid of me also. for We poth
were told to be ready to leave together
within half an hour and to go away I'M
mediately. None of our family or friends
knew anything about it and We shpped
away to the country and spent q que.
holiday among friends.
But" she went on as calmly as though
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What's the Answer?

alta Bill
Murray. represent
alive from Okla
hoina. is the victim
OF a story which Is
going the rounds
just now. 1t ham
pened on a street
car running in the
residential section
OF Washington.
The car was well
crowded when the
big Ok a h O man
climbed on board.
He found a vacant
seat and soon aft
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and no one was working in the gardens.
the opera bouffe government offered to
settle with the Chinese for So instead Of
the 500 at first demanded.
Mr.. Byrns of Tennessee did not go with
the party this time. but he. too is an
old member of the committee and he
seemed to enjoy an incident of previous
trip which crossed his mind as the sub
to tell IL. IL was with equal parts OF
reluctance and chuck'e that he told of
himself and Representatives Kinkead OF
New Jersey and Sherley Of Kentucky co.
ing in bathing one morning.
The congressman got a native boy TO
row them out to q sheltered cove which
was well known as swimming pool.
but they found some native women and
other quarters The boy guided them to
pretty good place and soon he was
sitting on rock as guardian, while the
three congressman forgot they were men
as Riley talks about in his ''Or Swimmin'
Hole"
1t was Byrns who happened to think,
as they got little farther out, of sharks,
and he called to the boy to know IL
there were any about The boy. under
standing that the question was Of the
Immediate time. waved his arms and cried
out b-okenly that "Toboga Bill was
around there" Toboga Bill was big and
old and well known as a shark.
Never was there such scrambling. The
boy meanwhile, realizing that the men
thought Bill was right on them. kept
crying out and waving them back. Al
together il was a laughable scene.
us Toboga Bill a man-eating shark"
asked Mr.. Byrns. breathlessly. as he
reached and clambered up on the rock be-
side the boy.
"Oh. yes" was the nonchalant reply.
"but he no eat you'-which was meant to
be consoling when translated.
Representative Rauch Of Indiana said
that some Of the congressman do not pre-
pare properly for the trip down. their
minds. of course. he added. being given
to more serious affairs than mere clothes.
About the fourth day out the blue
uniforms of the officers disappear and
white duck takes rank but the member
of Congress yields to the forces of nature
only gradually. He begins to shed eau
tiously. / remember once on a previous
trip when cursory glance showed that
Fitzgerald was on deck without a vest.
was wearing q seersucker coat.
Sheriey was unchanged. but Uncle Joe
alongside Of Capt Skillings' im-
white duck, stood admiring his
lower extremities, and calling the at
tention of all of US to the fact that no
had put on his linen pants."
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The Real Thing.

Re pre- s entative
James c. Cantrill
of Kentucky boasts
a residence In the
most aristocratic
part of the old
state. His district
) the home Of the
thoroughbred horse
and Of Henry Clay
for, of course. the
horse Is first In the
affections of the
true Kentuckian.
On Cantrilfs of
fee wall, In the
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and instead of drinking water from the
sWamps we used the milk, always COO
One man from Oklahoma invented q
cocktail but the mixing is secret, !
guess.
"One interesting local feature was
when the salt sea water poured into the
canal, and the deep-sea fish died from
contact with the fresh water, and then
as the fresh water swept out into the
shadows the darkies and vultures
fought to gather the dead. 1t was the
same when the fresh water. with its
fish, was turned into the salt side.
1.-The United States has taught these
darkies, and about everybody else, too,
down there, every idea of sanitation
they have. The Y. NJ. c. A. is also
teaching much.
ION Sunday nights we listened to the
municipal band and watched the crowds.
something which never becomes mono
tonous even to an old-timer. The youn 2
ladies parade with their fathers up and
down the streets, while the young men
go in opposite directions together. This
is part Of the real business of Latin
American courtShip.
THE lotteries. of course. are an insti-
tuition. I saw old women and children
running crafty about the streets. amid
the motley crowds, selling the tickets.
and every morning there is a mob of
them before the doors of the Tivoli
Hotel.
1.-The zone is now covered with ia
maican women. They are large like the
men. and always wear the bandanna
headgear, the BarbadoanS having rabbit
ears made in theirs, the others merely
drawn back plain from their faces
Representatives Bor'and and Fitzgerald
We're presented with monkeys while
there. Mr.. Borland took his to the Zoo
upon arriving in Washington. and it is
related upon authority that Mr.. Fitz-
gerald's monkey has presented him with
seven more of the female of the
Species"
Representative Barchfeld of Pennsyi-
Vania is old at the Panama game ana
mas been going down for years as an
interested member of the House. This
was his sixth visit. He spoke of the
trip back, which was unusually pleasant.
II suggested a spelling bee, and a
list OF 500 words was made out. Mrs.
Fitzgerald and the big doctor"-he is
about six feet three and says he is the
infant Of the family-"were last on
the floor. Campbell of Kansas was the
hrst to fall down. and on the miserable
little word Seize. He put the i be-
fore the e. and we certainly laughed
at him. for he sat by himself for some
time, exactly like a little boy in the
corner at school.
we had some amusement with our
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1UNDEKQHE6 B& WHITE DOME(111
LogicaI-Of Course!

Among the young
members Of the
House who are
making their mark
may be found
Representative Cur
ley OF Massachu-
sets. who seems
likely to follow in
the shoes of Mayor
Fitzgerald as the
political leader of
the democratic des-
tinies of Boston.
Curley likes q story
and would rather
tell than hear one.
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which Is one Of the secrets Of his sue
cess in politics. for he always has some
thing on tap. A few days ago he hap
pened to wish an illustration Of how an
IrIishman could get himself out of diff
Guilty and told the following yarn:
Pat and Mike had both come over at
the same time and had been in the coun-
try for only a short time when they de-
cided that they ought to write home.
Pat. as the best scholar, was to handle
the work for the two OF them and sta RI
ed out. while Mike leaned over his Shout
der watching. Half page had been Gov
cred with a laborious scrawl when Mike
stopped and pointed at word
"Phat the devils that wird, Pat?' he
asked.
"Orll be dommed av OF known"
Thin phat's that wan there?'
Doomed av Oh know that aither."
"Sure, Pat, how dye suppose the folks
to home can rade If We can't rade phat We
write yerself?
Get along wild vel Sure. amt they
bitter edicated than we are?'
Robert e. Difenderfer. representing the
eighth district Of Pennsylvania. takes
great interest In the exterior OF the
United States Capitol, inasmuch as he
was brought up in the house-painting
trade
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An Ultimatum.

r epre 8 entative
Webb Of North
Carolina was the
captain OF the dem
ocratic base ball
team which burnt
the iron OF defeat
into the hide of the
republican elephant
last summer. He
has until recently
been most loyal to
his team; but now
that the days Of
the winter tanning
league have begun
he has been per-
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honor shifted uneasily In his seat. flushed
to the roots of his hair and strove to
utter some ! ,lite contradiction. for Ken.
tuckian is gallant even at the point OF
the bayonet-
And pray. madam" he stammered.
that man an Omission OF the glory OF old
Kaintuck?'
why" laughed the lady. you ought
to make 1t complete by adding the photo
Of q horse of pretty girl and then q