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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
SLAVE FoR CHRISTMAS cir
Now the Old Negro Who Was Pre-
sented Believes He Was Well
Remembered, Too.

I was an only child, reared down
in Virginia, and / always had
Christmas gifts galore, says a writer
in the Baltimore News. Had to
hang up shoe bag with ten pockets
in it. Then the gifts would spill
out. But / remember one Christmas
gift my father gave me.
| woke up bright and early one
Christmas morning to find a jet
black negro boy l had never seen
before standing by my bed. He was
grinning from ear to ear.
"Where did you come from?"
"Out of the Jones family, sar."
"What are you doing here?"
"Your father done give me to you,
sir, as a Christmas gift, vas sab. He
said / was to be your valise, yes sab.
l sure am yours"
"What's your name?"
henry, san.
And we played together many
happy years in the dear old Virginia
sunshine. Henry is an old man now,
a porter on the Pennsy. 1 came over
from Philly with him the other day.
'Henry, 1 am going back to the
old town."
"Gard bless you, sab; give 'em my
love. Mr.. Hawks, do you remember
the morning-the Christmas mornin'
old master gave me to you?'
"Indeed, l do"
swell, sab, l think we both got
a Christmas gift that mornin'."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
spleed Beef Relish.

Take two pounds of raw beef and
chop very fine; add half teaspoon salt,
quarter teaspoon pepper. half tea
spoon sage. and two tablespoons melt.
ed butter Roll two crackers very
fine and add to the mixture and bind
together with two beaten eggs. Shape
into a roll and bake, basting often
with melted butter and water. Slice
cold. Serve with horseradish mayon-
naise.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
MoIasses Pudding.

Mix together one cupful of finely
chopped beef suet, three cupfuls of
slfted flour. one teaspoonful and half
Of salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon.
a half teaspoonful each of mace, all
spice and cloves. and one pound of
seeded raisins. Add one cupful of
milk. one teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in a little hot water and stirred
into one cupful of molasses. Turn
into a buttered mold and steam stead
lily for four hours. Serve with hard
sauce.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Drawn Butter or White Sauce

Cream one tablespoonful each OF
-four and butter until thoroughly mix.
ed. Add to one cup of milk cream or
white stock and cook until the flour
and butter are well mixed. Season
with salt, also pepper if liked.
If brown sauce is desired, put a
tablespoonful Of butter in a pan and
put over the stove to heat. Sprinkle
into 1t a tablespoonful of water, and
brown. stirring constantly. Then add
gravy, stock or water until 1t thick
ems.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Lsmon Puddlna.

Cream one cup Of sugar and three
tablespoonfuls of butter, add yolk OF
four eggs, then two cups bread
crumbs and one quart mile with juice
and rind of one lemon. one teaspoon
full OF salt; mix till smooth. put in
creased baking dish and bake; beat
whites OF eggs with one cup pow
dered sugar and juice Of one lemon:
spread on top OF pudding and brown
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
THIS CROOKED WORLD.

Crawford - Everybody wonders
at your good judgment. How do you
manage it?
Crabshaw-Just a little system 1
worked out. Whenever l find I'd
like to do anything 1 make up my
mind it's something I'd better not
do."-Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
MAKES COMPLETE JOB.

Mistress Ito new butler)-Oh,
james, l found this bowl Clipped
and cracked in the pantry this aft
ernoon.
James-I am not the culprit,
madam; l never chips nor cracks
When 1 breaks 1 smashes utterly
Punch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Rice puddlno.

One pint milk, two tablespoons OF
rice. Let them come TO a boil. stir
in two tablespoons Of sugar. half
cup Of seeded raisins, a lump OF but
ter. Flavor with cinnamon. and bake
until thick.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Coffee Charlotte.

Soak one-fourth box of gelatin In
one cup of milk until II is soft. then
turn over IT one-half cup OF strong
boiling coffee and stir until 1t is dis
solved Add three-fourths cup sugar,
and when cool stir In one cup of
whipped cream.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
GULF.

'But now that these sisters are
married, social gulf separates them
hopelessly."
"Indeed?"
eyes. One of them married a me-
chanic and the other mechanician."
Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Potato ErIttsrs

Crate six cold boiled potatoes, add
one pint OF cream or milk. enough
-four to make stiff as other fritters.
yolks of three eggs. then the beaten
whites. little salt, and fry In hot
lard. They are delicious.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
AS GOOD AS sUcKwHEAT.

People who are fond of buckwheat
cakes are reminded that something
at least equal, if not superior, to
buckwheat is -four made from sor
ghum seed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
Potato Salad.

Four large cold potatoes. one small
onion. one hard boiled egg, all chopped
fine. Season with salt and paprika.
place on lettuce leaves. pouring over
the salad a thin mayonaise dressing
P~ --s4s6gs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
LIFE ON THE FARM.

"Hiram wore a mustache last
year. This year its chin whiskers."
"He always a great hand for ro-
tation of crops" Louisville Con.
rier-Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
NEW PoETEss.

Miss Amy Lowell, sister Of Presi-
dent Lowell of Harvard, has issued
a volume of poems.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-03-11
PROOF.

Knicker-Is Jones original?
Bocker-Very; he never describes
himself as a live wire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
English Suffragists Wrong

The friends of equal suffrage America with
approval upon the of violence by which
gists seeking establish their England
1t evidently wise effective policy because it is
winning policy The headlines which chronicle daily
incidents carry the idea that the English suagsts losing
hope Of success
On the other hand equal suffrage winning steadily rap
idly America Four years only four satesCoorado
Utah Wyoming and Idahogave the suffrage to women Two
years California and Washington voted full suffrage
In the last November election Oregon Kansas
ka joined the suffrage column, and Michigan really
Ten give than million and half of Amer
the right to vote.
During the week past the legislatures of Nevada
and South Dakota voted submit the question popular
the election Both the great
commonwealth of New York have voted the suffrage PROPOSE
January 1918 has been the greatest suffrage
history.
Sufragst America American appeal
and justice The English on force
The weaker party should appeal force
succeed by force
is experience and the argument that have established
English the American suragsts would small hope Of
against the majority opposed to them cue
of the urag to be violent Too many England are
asking If the succeed establishing legal right
through unlawful methods violent conduct might thew not
if the suffrage given violence and
ilegaty other which they themselves
minority
The of America have proved their right the fran
hise and demonstrated their fitness
wiser policy of they gaining everywhere-and will
continue ganexcep where stupid pre
be accessible human responsive human
rights.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
The Nations Right to Tax Incomes

After their long fight for Federal income the Hearst
record with satisfaction the final complete and rrevocab
establishment of the principle for which they commended
specially edng observe the rivalry and emulation of the
ra state legislatures in their eeventhhour struggle
the winning side
The of Delaware Wyoming New Mexico and New Jersey
complete the tale of the necessary threeorts of the atesh
three spare Thryegh of the oryegh have recorded their
approval of this of the Federal constitution
The question settled for good and all The Federal
UNREASONABLE which the
the national wealth prosperity the
congress THE WAY IS NOW OPEN TO RELIEVE THE OVER
LADEN SHOULDERS OF THE POOR AND TO TAKE THE TAX
BURDENS OFF THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE
In the words of William E. Gladstone the income "a
colossal engine of finance 1t has driving power
budget strength
gigantic private the be
strength for the onwealth.
consideration of great Importance connection with this
constitutional amendment the days of
the demonstration that affords of the continued mobility
ustabeness of the fundamental law of the United
been said and believed during the last generation that constitutional
had impossible with the expansion
of the country the method of eectng such changes had
complex and required the meeting of too many minds
We know that this is the We know
still of mind about essential things We know
the people still rise emergencies
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STILL SOVEREIGN AND
CAN MAKE AND REMAKE CONSTITUTIONS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
Henry Fielding
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

man and English Fieldings he said
in his grandiloquent yet earnest
fashion; THE successors OF Charles
the First may disdain their bretn-
rem in England, but the romance OF
Tom Jones will outlive the pal
ace Of the Escurial and the Imperial
Eagle of Austria"
A most admirable character, de-
spite his undeniable weaknesses
was Henry Fielding. A blood
of the blue bloods, he did not al
tempt to lean upon his high-boln
kin, but, like the Il man tha'
he was, struck out for himself "
win or lose upon his own merits
Before swinging into the pa'H
that nature had fitted him TOT n'
tried almost everything in the way
of literature. and whether success
full or unsuccessful, he ever proven
himself the same brave, hopelui'
undaunted soul. With truth mas ~
been said that no man ever Wrot'
under more desperate and pitlaOi.
circumstances. Yet there was Nv
appreciable diminution IN tHe
splendid force of his humor' a.
shook off his troubles like slan''
and gave no sign of the pain al IL,
heart save in the fiercer enersS
his blows. ms,
With the publication OF %"
Jones" and amelia" Fleiulhs
financial distresses passed ava
and he became at once fairy com
Portable and solidly immortal y
is only now and then, anu alnons
bookworms at that. that the nam,
of the literary light who Jileu :.
discourage Fielding is ever spoNs.,
while the man he would
buried in oblivion is one of the ~.
erary kings of the earth ano " -,
tined to remain such until (as $50
itself is no more.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
Garrett P. Ser
Writes on y
The Flight Over the A
Pyrenees
The Descendants of the Cavern
Dwellers Have Now Rivaled
the Birds at the Place They
Crowded in Caves.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

TT is only four years ago since
Wilbur Wright drew multitudes
of wondering spectators to-
gether at Pau, at the feet of the
Pyrenees in France, to see him sail
in his aeroplane. in circular flights,
a few yards above ground.
To the mountain eagles watching
him from the mighty peaks which
look down upon the valley of Pau
he must have resembled barn
yard fowl trying to fly over fence.
II they possessed a sense of humor
they would have smiled at the sug
gestion that that awkward, circling
affair, away down in the bottom
of the valley, would soon be dis
putting with them the high empire
of the air.
Rose to Height of 5000 Feet.
A short time ago the French avn
ator, Bider, starting from Pau,
where Wilbur Wright had first
proved to doubling Europe that
man can fly if he will, rose. in
steady flight, to an elevation of
5000 feet, and then sailed serenely
over the great mountain barrier
that separates France from Spain,
looking down upon the towering
peaks and the lofty home of the
eagles, and demonstrating that
those mountains which from time
immemorial have def1ed armies and
stood like an impregnable wall
against invasion are no obstacle to
man when once science has given
him wings.
At the present moment such a
feat is hardly more than a spectac-
ular performance, and some per-
sons decry it as an unnecessary
risking of life But it Is a great
achievement, all the same-one of
those achievements the risks of
which must be taken if mans mas
terry over the earth Is to be COM
pleted. It Is to the honor of human
nature that men exist who are
willing to take their lives in their
hands for such a cause. That flight
over the Pyrenees is worth dozen
battles. 1t is a triumph won for
the whole human race.
The rapidity of the progress made
in the art of aviation has almost
no parallel. 1t is so swift that 1t is
hardly appreciated. 1t is only lit
tie over two years ago Tin Septem-
Der, 1870 that Chavez made his
attempt to cross the Alps in an
aeroplane. He did not attack the
entire width of the range, but start
ed from its lofty dividing furrow.
the valley of the Rhone in Switzer-
land, and sailed from Bigue over
the Simplon pass into Italy, and he
lost his life In descending at Do
modossola. about % miles from his
starting point.
The Freakish Accidents.
Bider crossed the Pyrenees with
out stopping and kept on over Spain
until he had traversed a distance of
about ESQ miles, when he landed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

NNE hundred and eighty five
years ago, December %, 1927,
young man of twenty, just
through with his studies at the
University of Leyden, entered tile
sanctum of one of the leading lit
erary lights of London, handed him
a small manuscript, and asked him
to be kind enough to read it and
give his opinion of it's merits. In
very short time the piece was re-
turned with this somewhat discour-
aging Endorsement: 81 would not
advise you to suffer its presenta-
ton to the public"
And yet the young man in ques-
ton was none other than Henry
Fielding, the creator of the modern
novel and the author of the immor-
tai Tom Jones'"
1t is said that Aeschylus, the ia
Their of the drama, had as his char
acters the gods, while Sophocles
was the first to introduce real flu-
man characters and real human
concerns.
Strictly speaking, Richardson's
Pamela" was the pioneer novel of
modern times, but, like the dramas
OF Aeschylus, it was more super
nal than earthly, and it was given
to Fielding, in his Joseph An
drews," Fielding, in due time, gave
the world his masterpiece, tom
JONES'" a book that will live as
long as human nature itself en-
dures;" for in all probability hui
man nature will always be the pie
bald miscellany we behold it to-
day, with its mingled yarn of good
and ill.," with its bursts of great
heart and slips in sensual mire."
Not far wide of the mark was the
illustrious Gibbon, when, after re-
ferring to the kinship Of the Ger
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

without accident, to renew his SIM.
ply of petrol. His average snasd
was about Sc miles an hour 4.
was probably less than an hour !,
crossing the mountains. HEAVY
rain throughout most of the trim
did not stop him.
Nearly simultaneously with n.
der's fight, three other aviator.
were killed in attempting feats not
comparable with his in apparent
perilousness. In fact, it will h.
found, from the records, that mos,
of the fatal accidents with aero.
planes have occurred in circum.
stances where no special danvs,
was apprehended. There must he
some explanation for this, and il
probably, in some cases at least
to be found in carelessness, or lack
of foresight.
One day we read Of man who
ascends to a height exceeding that
OF Mont Blanc, and comes gliding
down safely to the earth with the
steady swoop of an eagle and
smile of triumph on his face. and
the next day we hear of another
who is killed by the falling Of his
machine from u height of only
few hundred feet.
Sometimes it is an undiscovpred
weakness in the machine that
causes the disaster, but that ought
to be almost entirely avoidable
Sometimes it is, apparently. loss
OF self-command at a critical mo-
ment. Bider was almost frozen bv
the cold air over the Pyrenees, but
he kept his head, and he had made
sure that there was no defect in
HIS machine.
They Dwelt in Caves.
Often the trouble arises from
treacherous air currents, or the So
called "holes in the air." where the
atmospheric pressure unaccounta.
bly, falls, as if the aviator had
plunged into a partial vacuum. This
danger can only be overcome by
further study of the eccentricites
of the air and by continued expe-
rience.
1t Is an interesting reelection that
this really successful crossing of
great mountain range by man in
mechanical flight has been accom-
plished in a region where some Of
the first representative of our
race, untold thousands of years ago
dwelt In caverns of those very
mountains and used their rude
weapons of stone to combat man.
moths and cave bears and saber-
toothed tigers-beasts that have
now disappeared from the earth.
In the brains of those troglodytes
unknown to them, Iurked the spark
Of divine intelligence which was, in
the long course of evolution, to en-
able their descendants to fly with
the birds over the shining peaks at
which they gazed with awe from
their cavern doors, never dreaming
of the might that was in them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
The Real Causes of Domestic Misery
By DOROTHY DIX
By WINSOR M'CAY

The answer to this assertion is
that there's nothing the matter
with the home of today, nor the
mothers of today. The people who
talk about how superior things
were in the times of our grandpar-
ents belong to the has-been class
who are forever telling us how
much better the tallow candles and
the stage coach were than electric
lights and the automobile are.
Our grandmothers and our moth
ers were good women and good
mothers, and did the best they
could for their homes and children
according to the light they had, but
they didn't know the first thing
about housekeeping, nor child-rear-
ing, according to modern stand
ards. Nor didn't put in a 1.-THE OF
the thought. nor intelligence, on the
proposition of making a home or
bringing up their children that
their granddaughters do.
We are forever hearing about
how the women of the past devoted
themselves to their children, and
how the women of today neglect
theirs. But did you ever go to
some old country church yard and
look at the lines of little graves in
every family plot? You will see
four-five-six. sometimes more of
these heart breaking little mounds,
showing how the babies died
through their mothers lack of care
of them. You will not see anything
like that in a modern cemetery.
and the reason for it is the unceas-
ing care, the sterilization of the
milk, the work and watchfulness
that the mother of today gives to
her babies, and that enables her to
raise even delicate child.
Mothers of the Past.
The mothers of the past felt that
they had done their full duty by
their children if they fed them and
clothed them, and kissed them
when they were good, and spanked
them when they were bad The
mother of the present belongs to
Mothers clubs ana Child Study
clubs, and brings every particle Of
intelligence she has got to bear on
doing the best she can for her Off
spring. Instead of neglecting her
duties as a mother. she overdoes it.
As for the housekeeping. not one
of us but would be Mortified at our
grandmother's slipshod way OF do
ing things, at her lack of knowl-
edge of food values and sanitation,
and her wasteful extravaganza in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

Mrs. Pankhurst hits the nail on
the head" notes contemporary.
Mrs. Pankhurst evidently is a re-
markable woman, in the use OF the
hammer either on nails or plate
glass windows
Since Mahomet Rockefeller
would not go to Mountain Pujo in
Washington. Mountain Puio went
to Mahomet Rockefeller on Jekvl
Island. Not dignified, but how
could Mountain Puio help him
self?
Senator Bailey's farewell ad.
dress will not be printed as a pub.
lie document. Even so deprived.
however, the republic probably will
survive
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

While stocks on the New York
exchanges continue to go down
down, down. the good cotton Of
the South and the honest wheat of
the West are daily bringing their
owners more money.
~
Pretty soon some tank contem-
oorary viii project the suggestion
that the crematory wrangle was
put on in Atlanta solely for the
purpose of furnishing "a counter
part to the New York subway fight.
~
The Civil war was not rebel
lion observes The Savannah
News, No more than was the war
led by one George Washington,
anyway
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

The festive germ. the lively mi
crobe and the enthusiastic bacillus
may be observed occupying ring
side seats at the finish fight be-
tween Battling Woodward and Kid
Crematory.
~
Aiken, S c., is an interior win
ter resort Of many delightful fea-
lures, but this season the Beaches
are attracting most of the atten-
ton.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07

A Chicago man, arraigned in
court, claimed the right to swear
when he mashed a finger with a
hammer. The precedents are
against him. The falling down of
the stove pipe is the only occasion
that confers immunity for such in
diligence.
y y
Ma5querading as plain clothes
men" of the vice squad is rapidly
becoming one of the principal in
door sports in Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-07
Halcyon Days Are Past.

ooh. yes, the home is great, and
women are great, and our homes
were greater in former days-the
days of our mothers, when there
was no clamor for the ballot. The
home today is not SO great as it
was in former days. The deplorable
state of our homes is the doleful,
sociological fact OF the feverish
question of the hour, the craze for
suffrage"
The apostle of the old man.
seems to be also the apostle of the
dodo. for the man Who eats out of
his bucket at noon and brings it
home full of kindling Is about as
extinct as the NEUROLOGICAL bird.
Also. it may be remarked In pass
ing. that the halcyon state OF az
fairs. from feminine standpoint,
where men created condition of
refuge where a woman and her pri-
vate fortune were immune from
even the creditors who had fur
nished her with food and Paris
clothes" and exc from her hus-
band. does not exist. as every wom-
an will testify who has a little
money of her own.
The one interesting thing. how
ever. in Congressman Bowdle's
diatribe on women is his assertion
that our homes were greater in
former days, the days of our moth
ers and that the deplorable state of
the home at present is the result Of
the craze for suffrage