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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

- HAVE six children, four in school
" and the two youngest, aged 4 and 2
l at home. Our home is considered
] a happy one and I'm often asked
how manage to have the children
obey so perfectly and without question, and
why they get along together without fuss
ing, and why it is that can have so much
company and the children never give any
trouble when they are told to wait at meal
times. etc.
II don't want you to think am bring
ing up II horde or angels, for they are all
healthy. normal children. Bat want 10
ask ysn fast II sou think our training
~nl hol6 sosd when they are men and
women and t. there is chance OF their
on.d.enes heinE f@oTn fear.
- must admit :hai my husband and l
are old fashioned. We pelieve that II We
spa. tire rod We srcil the child, and that
a ch..e lefs 10 i,sels wiil bring its parents
10 shame, ard los more N that line. l am
trusting lilat Il ws trnir, then, up In the
way they should 60. when they are old they
Nil not depart from II. Ifmy husband and
differ anas.: n point of discipline We never
let .he children know ths. we differ and
they never appesl from one parent to the
other. VIII you tell me what you think
the outcome viii he?
1T thinI. It is great pity that as rule
children are 50 bad They seem to d. the
controlling .r.tead Of the parents. OF
course n ere are still exceptions, but can't
blame all the badness on the children. for
thay are largely wha- their parents make
tse,n. it aeerns great pity eor children
70 h.. allowed 20 grow UP with s:ich shock
,ns disrespec. for :heir elders and with bad
manners generally. ss.ieve that 1t Is just
MS true that child has q right to be well
raised as to be we'll born, and we hear
10 much Of the latter Just now.
MY children and are congenial.
give them good magazines and books and
discuss ali their little trials at school and
outside with them. Nothing Is too mys-
ter,ous or too sacred for US 10 talk of to-
rether IN reverence and strive never to
break a promise. whether it Is for conIec-
,ionery or for a punishment. never WIND
one OF them II am angry or out oil humor
myself and there are many times whenl
would rather have II put on me than on the
child. II. .. II
l printed a good deal Of your letter and
only wish I had space to put it all in
; You ought to know, if you have followed
our corner closely, that l hold firm Ideas
as 70 the necessity OF reaching children
absolute o.edience and that believe that
when ycu train lip a child in the way he
should 60. re 10 practically sure not to de-
part rom !. wEen Se Is older.
Ny theory is that children recognize and
srprecia.e tuss.cs IN punishment and
that 4 :cu arc As strict in keeping your
r-orn;se in b%xchts Is you are in penalties
.hAy vii! Lave respect and love for you
that Kill last tier lives through.
As s.eard mother say orce. - am
strict in enforcing obedience with my chill
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celery. black pepper, and salt to taste. Mix
the dressing moist with the liquor in which
were boiled the siblets-the neck, liver,
gizzard, and surplus fat-making it into a
soft dough. Stuff turkey with this and
bake to a good brown; a quart of oysters
may be added to the stuffing or a little but
ter, if this is needed.
To make the cornbread for stufing take
one quart cornmeal two cups buttermiik,
one scant teaspoon soda, three eggs, half
cup lard, one teaspoon baking powder, salt
to taste. Bake in a loaf like cake. for
about forty-five minutes.
Biscuit for stuffing takes one quart
flour one cup buttermilk. one level tea
spoon soda lard the size of an egg, one tea
spoon baking powder, salt al discretion.
/. l.. b. OAKMAN'
Although l called a halt while ago on
recipes for cornmeal stuffing l am breaking
my resolution in favor of this direction. 1t
comes from Alabama and is therefore es-
sentially southern: it makes no mention of
parboiling the turkey, and in other respects
differs from any other recipe which has ap-
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Hon One Boy Repaid.

Suppose dad had taken your view of
things and had looked out for number
one what kind of fellow would you be?
% You want to save money for yourself
and from the tone of your letter l would
surmise that you are not far past 20. What
do you figure on doing with your money?
Ill We ture the assertion that you either
want to spend it on yourself or that you
are paying attention to some young fiuf-
~ ruffles who has won your tender young
heart and that you want to make her father
believe you are able to take care of two
- So long as all the children are helping
l doubt if any of them expect you to take
home all your money. but they have a right
to expect your assistance in proportion to
what you make.
Ill give you a sketch or how handled
ny own funds after leaving home to earn
\ living and 1t did not prove disastrous.
Dad and mother sacrificed to keep US
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FEW weeks ago printed on this
~ page the letter OF young man who
asked my opinion as to the justice
OF his family's expectation that he
should contribute a large proportion
Oh MS wages toward their expenses. They
had Kept him at school past the legal re-
ouirement, and had made sacrifices to do
this. lie did not think, however, that their
elalm upon him was fair, and stated his
case for the decision of others
AS you know. 1t is the invariable practice
OIL the Corner to give both sides of case
hearing This is the custom | follow
IN printing the letters that have come in
reply to the young mans presentation of
his position. They vary in their view of the
matter and you will be interested, as am.
IN learning what there Is to be said for and
against the theory that the children should
contribute to the support of their parents
The writer of the first letter takes
firm stand. He says:
A few words to your young man who
asks the Corner If he should be expected to
contribute to the home fund after he is able
TO earn his own living.
Being young man myself, and the
second child in family of six children.
ask the inquirer few questions which will
enable him to co little thinking for HIM
self.
Is 1t any wonder that your parents don't
own anything il they have raised a re-
spectacle family OF five children and kept
sou in school until you were 10?
Didn't they keep you looking about as
we'll as the rest of the kids in your classes?
Didn't your dad have several chances
during your life to better his own financial
condition IL 1t had not been that he would
rather keep the children in school?
How many of the fellows in your crowd
were permitted to stay in school as long as
you did, and If you had been taken out of
school the first time your parents needed
Your help in a financial way would you be
competent TO hold the position you speak
of as paying a great deal more than the
others are getting?
Didn't it make you squirm little to
admit that your sisters were taking all their
money home?
% DID boy ever do anything for father
or mother that was not appreciated?
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Sandwiches Left from a Lunch.

Please tell me II there is any way to
use sandwiches that are left in a lunch
basket. My husband and children take
their lunch every day, the children to
school and my husband to work. and some
days they leave almost all of their sand
witches uneaten. So far | have not been
able to get them used up except by feed
ing them to the chickens. and that is a
waste N. b. H."
Have you ever tried toastng them or
frying Them in little hot butter and serv-
ING them as a sort of a side dish at supper
/, or breakfast? Or you may take the filling
rom them and add it to mince or hash
ard toast or fry the bread TO put under
stews or minces. If you wrap the sand
@iches in waxed paper they will not dry out
SO much and might be used even the day
after they are made, unless the filing is
too moist. Can any other houseke epers
offer suggestions for disposing O these left
overs? I agree with the correspondent. in
thinking 1t waste of time and material to
make sandwiches and then feed them to
the poultry
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Way 10 Care for Recipes.

am making my first bow to the corner
asking for reprint of recipe that cut
out and tried and liked. ] was saving 1t
for a. special occasion when the children
surprised me with cleanup and IN some
way lost the clipping. / am in hopes that
the correspondent who sent it the first
time will recognize 1t from the description
and send 1t in again 1t was caramel cake
which she said was not like devils food
IN construction or in taste, though it con-
tained a cooked portion. like that cake
The filing or frostng was pulyerized SUI
gar and lemon juice We liked it better
than devils cake. ] viii send recipe
which have not seen elsewhere.
9 l.. l.. NJ
l hope the friend who supplied the cara
mel cake directions in the first place may
send another copy of it or that some one
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addition 10 Bran Diet.

" am a newcomer and would like to
add my mite for the benefit of the bran
devotees" 1t is a recipe of my own for bran
pancakes:
r"One cup of bran. one cup Of flour, two
heaping teaspoons baking powder one pint
of milk. two eggs, half teaspoon salt. Mix
dry ingredients thoroughly. beat yolks and
whites separately, and fold in the beaten
whites last. This is enough to serve three
robust appetites or four slim ones. and Is
pronounced good to eat. We use soap
stone sriddle. MRS. G. A M
In these days OF much dieting when bran
bread. bran biscuit bran mullins and the
like are constantly recommended by phy-
sicians, It is a boon to find a good method
by which ones quota Of bran may be made
palatable.
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trouble, and | wished to make my John a
little more comfortable.
After wearing it for some time the rup-
ture seemed to be lessenng in size and
finally disappeared lie began leaving off
the truss by degrees, at first on days when
he could be at home. and at last stopped
wearing it altogether He has not worn II
for over year now, with no sign of the
trouble reappearing. l hope | have made
this clear as l feel sure it will help others
as it has US. A NEWCOMER.
Thank you very much for the suggestion
as to the berries and for the account OF
how to make the pad. You have certainly
won your place in the Corner. even as a
newcomer, and | shall hope to hear from
you again soon and often. You undoubt-
edly possess the helpful spirit which marks
our Coruerites.
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kids in school and give us all high school
education, and we all graduated.
when 1 left home at the age Of is.
started out at $40 a month. Dad was max
ing $500 year had to keep UP appear
ances to hold his job, and still had to sup
port the remaining seven Of the family. He
was 5000 in debt for groceries and clothing
which had gone through the stomachs and
on the backs of six husky kids.
For three months dad sent me 80 eacn
pay day to make up my deficit. Next 1op
paid me $25 and l sent home So Of it. Tne
next job paid $50 and dad received 81 oo. Inc
next was $50 and sent home $50 OF 1t. inc
next was $50 and dad got $50 Tnen
pulled down 800 and managed nicely on
$50 and saved part of it for myself.
At the age of % l had helped the old
folks out to the tune Of $1,000 in casn
had $500 In the bank to get married on
and had an income of over $3.50 month.
Take my advice and give the folks at
home at least half of what you make over
and above what it costs you to live, until
you are %. If they need 1t that long. Liner
think about family of your own.
THE satisfaction OF knowing that you
have done your part will repay you 9
thousand fold for the few copecks which
you have to give up toward the support oil
dad and mother. Y. y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

cry salad, jellied chicken or meat, tiny
chicken pies sandwiches. baked custards.
jellies blanc manages, cakes of all sorts
candies, and other delicacies which could
be made in advance and did not have to
be kept hot
Under the cover OF each basket was a
knot of ribbon, and the mate to this was
worn by the girl who packed the basket.
The man who bought it sought her out,
and the two ate their supper together. If
any of our readers have further sugges-
tions to make for such baskets l would be
glad TO get them
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Rich and Wholesome COOLIES.

fAIH ana " HOiNsOufG SOOHICS.
About twenty years ago Jewish wom-
an gave me a recipe for what she called
confinement cookies. which l have since
then lost | would like much to make some
now. but cannot remember all Of the in
gradients The cookies are rich and whole
some and are good for any one that is i'll
or convalescent All can remember about
making them is that hard boiled eggs.
grated, and glass of good brandy are used
in the making, and since these are unusual
cookies | write TO you hoping some reader
may know what 1 mean and be so kind as
to enlighten me. MRs. Il. X"
These cookies are entirely unknown to
me, and l shall await the answer to Mrs.
L. X. 5 query with much interest and
curiosity The information she wishes is
pretty sure to come, for we have many
Hebrews among our readers and some ons
OF them is likely to see this request and
reply to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Drop No. I for a Time.

This Is q letter which rather restores De-
lief in the possibility of filial devotion and
LOYALTY. Here is another by one VINO
looks at the matter from a similar view
point:
by the young mans own admission
he had been kept in scnool until 10 years
old, and that in itself represents great
cost in actual money, not TO mention years
of toll and self denial endured bv his pa
rents, that he might obtain an education.
"If Young Man will drop number ones
interest and Importance for the time being
and cheerfully contribute practically all his
earnings to the family purse. become un-
selfsh-as he prescribes for the girls-and
feel proud Of the fact that he is able to
help pay off the family debts. he will. in
a measure. have repaid his parents for
earlier hardship and earned place among
self-respecting citizens. whether his course
will be appreciated by other members of
his family or not. This has no bearing on
his moral obligation. T. s."
couple of other writer's take the same
line:
Yes, Young Man. if you would help at
home, mother and father would appreciate
your kindness. Parents always do, espe-
cially IL they are in debt and don't own
anything and if they kept you at school
until 10 they certainly made some sacri-
fees. Now that you are in position that
they helped you gain you should feel CRATE
full enough to aid them to pull out of debt.
I don't think it is to your credit to have
bills hanging over them that possibly were
incurred to help keep you in school. To
my mind children should help parents If
they need it; if not, they should pay board
M. H.
Great sacrifices should be made to give
children a good education and part Of the
education should be that they are to recon-
pense their parents when through school.
The case you gave of the small boy was
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pitiable, for his mother was illiterate and
did not see the necessity Of an educatio
for her son. Children should be made
to understand if their help is needed, and
if so, it should be willingly conceded. They
should have an allowance to spur them on
and they should pay their board. l.. H.
4 \
A Mothers View.
These are the most striking of the letters
I have received taking the stand that chill
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Ing sadly needed by the modern YOUTH
have thought as I do on the subject for a
long time and feel 1t afresh every time
hear mother say to an erring child.
That's the thanks | get for shaving for
you! Personally / love boys so much
that l would lie and steal and commit three
fold murder for them to save one hair on
their heads, and If 1 knew today they would
turn out ungrateful 1 would so on as
have before and work and pray and love
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THE DUTY OF THE WAGE EARNING CHILD.

another phase OF the topic we are consider
ing. This time 1t is not from parent, but
from a sister.
am a working girl in a poor family
where each one must contribute to keepup
the home. Last spring my younger brother
graduated from the high school and was
determined to go away to college, as many
of the other boys were planning to u - in the
fall. As it was principauy my wages which
had kept him at the high school, ne looked
TO me, as matter or course, to go right on
and see him through college.
. 1 was anxious to give him his cnsnne.
yet thought it was good deal for young
woman to continue to sacrifice good time
and nice clothes and all the things belong
ing to youth when he had already had a
much better education than 1 could ever
hope to have. Still 1 was expecting to 60
ahead and help him. when one day mem
toned my Intention before large group OF
girls. One of them said, after a pausss
Don't do that. l would like to keep every
one from doing as 1 did
She then told me how. ny oonstantdaily
sacrifice, she had helped give her brother
a liberal education, because sne loved him
and wanted him to have his chance. and by
the time he was through college he was
about engaged and ready to marry, and felt
he had no particular obligation to his fam
lily. That was several years ago, and now
he has a good salary and doesn't do any
thing for his people The girl spoke with
great bitterness, and when she had finished
three other girls said they had had similar
experiences.
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about the best way TO love her children.
l do not say this because of her attitude
towards the subject under discusslon-the
question as to whether or not child should
contribute to the support of his parents
but because the mother who makes slave
of herself to her sons and daughters is rob-
bing them of a part of their development,
which consists in self-sacrihce and self
denial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Nice Things for Lunch BASKET.

II wish you would suggest some nice
things to pack into basket for lunch. 1t
is for basket lunch party, where the
baskets are to be auctioned off.
NINE. X"
| have taken part in such basket lunches
as these and know how attractive they can
be made. At the church party where the
first / shared took place each basket was
packed for two. and they contained va
riety OF dainty dishes-chicken salad, lob
ster salad, salmon salad. tomato, and cell
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dren l punish them severely when they
deserve it, but all the time just love them
to death and they know 1t! !" Mingle ten
derness with your justice and they will be-
lieve in you.
Your account of the congeniality exist
ing between your children and yourself is
a pretty sure evidence that you are fol-
lowing a wise course with them. If more
parents did the same there would be less
trouble with unruly and disobedient young
sterS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04
Way TO Freshen Berries.

Now that the berry season is not far
ahead, would like to tell you how freshen
red raspberries; any berries may be treat
ed in the same way. Look them over and
wash them, put them in glass fruit jar
and screw down top, then set the jar next
to the ice for some hours before using, and
note the change. | have kept them per-
fectly twenty-four hours.
wish every one having to wear a truss
for rupture might know how my husband
was cured | took two rounds of silk a
little larger than the pad on the truss.
sewing them together by stitching a small
circle in the center; opening the edges,
laid roll of cotton between them and over
cast the edges, thus forming ring, and
sewed it fast to the pad. did this because
the hard pad, pressing directly upon the
rupture, chafed it and caused more or less
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soul has lived and will live on forever. L
think that perhaps they were happier far in
spheres ethereal, but l chose to bring them
into this vale of tears, consequently it is
my duty to give them all In my power. to
slave for them and to make their lives as
pleasant and happy as possible.
They owe me nothing. absolutely moth
ing. Not even the adopted child owes it's
parents anything. People, as rule, do not
adopt children because of largeness of
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4;
Southern Stufing.

In reply to the request Tor oornmeai
stuffing for roast turkey send mine. which
is considered fine by those who have used
1t. The secret of success lies in measuring
the soda Just TO suit the acid in the milk.
L never put sage in turkey dressing, for
think it spoils the favor Of the turkey.
"Crumble up fine equal quantities Of
light cornbread and light rich biscuit; add
one cup chopped onion and one of chopped
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For Three months Dad sent Three ozza1g each pada

heart for suffering humanity, but because
their lives are lonely and they think that
a child will brighten their homes.
However, when my boys earn a compe-
tence they will have to pay board. not be-
cause they owe me for past plum puddings
and apple dumplings, but to teach them the
value of five dollar bill-a branch of learn
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peared for this dressing. 1t ought to make
uncommonly good eating. and am glad to
make room for IT,
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He Snlks Al the Time.

This was the first time any of these
girls had ever talked like this and I felt
heartsick. L could see that the other
girls in the office where this talk took place
who are using some of their money for
themselves are happier and more indie
pendent than those who felt they had been
uptustly treated and could never hop, to
get back any of the money they had paid
out.
80 explained to my brother that night
that If he expected to go to college he would
have to plan some way to help himself.
although / would help him through busi-
ness college. He couldn't believe II at
first and when he had to understand he was
furious. He said 1 would spoil his life.
Then when fall came and the athletic
season opened he was just crazy, for hs
wanted to get to college in time for foot
ball But l couldn't see why he couldn't
so to work as we'll as myself and l held
out.
He sulks all the time and says have
ruined his life and we can hardly live
with him / wanted him to work his way
through college, but he scorned it and
said you can't do justice TO your studies
and to athletics and If he couldn't go right
he wouldn't so at all.
so tnere Is Wnele we dte' hih Hhaoo
To feel guilty and selfish. but the girl in
tne office says she Is worse off than ever
before. as she has nothing for her work,
is growing older. and. worst of ALL is dis
ilmsioned. e. A. IL.
Is the matter settled to the satisfaction
of the Cornerites? There is enough va
riety of opinion to give fair choice as to
which is the right and wise course TO
follow
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them and slave for them and with my dying
breath pray for their happiness. regardless
of what they owed me and what they didn't
pay MRS l.. n. p"
\: i
Teaching Her Boys 10 Be Selfish.
l am sorry for the woman WI , wrote that
letter. She has something yet to learn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

- HAVE six children, four in school
" and the two youngest, aged and 2,
at home. Our home is considered
a happy one and I'm often asked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-04

FEW weeks ago I printed on this
page the letter Of young man who
asked my opinion as to the justice
OF his family's expectation that he