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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

1.-THE guest room of the house is an
- indication of the spirit of the
hostess.
said that! We who are women
and have Judgment enough to4consider the
matter carefully would be sorry to think
the statement true.
Think for a moment of the guest rooms
where you have spent one night or more
during the visits you have made
Stranger or as a welcome friend, or stop
nearer home and look with UMPIRE JUDGED
eye at the guest room in your own house.
If you reflect little, fancy your ex-
perience will prove to be the same S mine.
While there are many places where have
been deliciously comfortable, the memory
abides with me of chambers in which
have felt sunk in tine depths of forlorn-
ness from the lack of attention my hostess
had bestowed upon the ease of her guests
One recollect with especial distinctness
had been sent a delegate to q conyen-
zion and the arrangements made in advance
that 1 was to stay at the home of an old
family friend Instead OF being met at the
station by my hostess to-be. a substitute
awaited me with the information that my
friend had been called out of town by the
sudden and alarming Illness of her mother,
and that my entertainments had been as
summed by one of the few unappropriat TED
hostesses of the convention I smothered
the pangs of Inconsistencies that assailed
me and prepared myself to make the best
of conditions and to compert myself as
willing if an unexpected guest.
will spare you some of the details 1t
was muggy weather in late spring, the
house was atrociously overheated, and
we had roast pork and mince pie for dinner.
! ate lightly despite the we'll meant efforts
Of my host to ply me with food. and. plead
ing fatigue after a hard days travel, went
early to my room. yearning for my bed
Possibly there may be a harder bed some
where in the habitable globe, but if so
have never met it, The pillows were large
and Iumpy,. the sheets were too short and
came up from the bottom soon as I was
between them. When tried to light the
gas TO remake the bed I de the harrow
ing discovery that there were matches
in the room. 7 Strengthened the covers as
well as 1 could by the sense of feeling. but
by the time this was done was too nervous
TO sleep, Notwithstanding my WEAKNESS.
tossed restlessly most of the night, longing
to know the time, but unable to see my
watch; devoured with thirst after the pork
and mince pie. but afraid to start in search
of the washstand, lest might never find
my bed again.
BY the time morning came I was in the
grip of sick headache which held me a
prisoner for two days, during which I
tossed on my finty couch and agonized
with inconsistencies and longing for my
very own bed. -E
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

that I have been wond ering IL through
your corner 1 may be able to get some
quilt pieces, new ones, of all kinds, and
some sect music which some one is
through with. 1 would like it instrument
tal for the piano, up to the fourth grade
My only child suffers from incurable spinal
trouble. 1 will gladly pay postage ex-
press on anything I get. MRS. L. r.
Here is an application that ought to go
straight to the hearts not only of other
shut-ins who can sympathize with the
sufferers but also of the well. strong per
sons who can come and go az they please
and seek their enjoyment outside of their
homes when they wish. don't believe any
of US who have this blessing can guess
what it must be to be really shut in and
incapable of independence.
Won't some of you who have the joy of
health forget your own interests long
enough to make a search through your
piece bags and music racks and see il
there are not some items there which may
mean little to you but will bring a meas
ure of happy occupation and pastirne to
those whose best pleasures fall far below
those you take as an every day matter of
course?
Such an application this Is practically
sure of a generous response and know
I am not making 1t in vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

upon it and flour your hands. Knead the
dough by pushing it from you with the
palm of the hand and drawing it back with
the fingers. When you have worked it for
ten minutes turn it into a bowl, cover it
with a towel or with one of the perforated
covers that come on bread mixers, and let
it stand in a warm corner until 1t has risen
to twice it's original bulk. This will prob
ably take about six hours. Turn it on the
board again, divide it into three equal
parts, two for bread and one for rolls,
knead each about five minutes, put the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

~ WANT a recipe for. good white
~ bread. how much flour is to be used
in it and how to mix it A recipe
would be most thankfully received.
Mrs. Won k
" have been keeping house long ana
am fairly successful in everything cook
with the exception of my bread. I have
tried a number of different methods, but
none is successful VIII some one kindly
tell me the exact proportions for two
small loaves of bread and a small pan Of
rolls? 1 would like to make the latter
in the evening with yeast. and mix it in
the morning. Can you tell me exactly how
long to let sponge rise and how long to let
it remain in the pans? I live in a steam
heated house and can always keep bread
in warm place away from draft.
These two queries were lying on my desk
partment when the following letter, writ
ten in answer to the appeal of another cor
respondent, came into my hands. 1 give
it as a reply to both the above.
In response to a. request for a bread
formula I would like to give mine, in which
I use potatoes I certainly have most de-
Iicious bread and my recipe is so simple
that 1 would like to lend helping hand
as I much interested in this Corner.
These are the directions:
Select one good sized potato, slice and
boil until done; mash smooth with a po-
tato masher. You should have a quart
and a half of the potato water. Break
up ohree-quarters of a cake of yeast, put
1t into a cup of warm water to dissolve.
When entirely smooth pour the yeast into
the potato water stirring in enough -four
to make a batter stin enough to drop from
a spoon. Set in a warm place to rise. This
] do at noon.
Before going to bed my sponge is up.
light as a cork. Then / make it up stiff
by taking one cup of sugar. one large ia
blespoonful of cottolene or lard, and one
half tablespoonful OF salt. put these into
my mixing bowl then turn in my sponge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

rooms of others for moment and look at
your own. If you were visitor would you
be content with 1t. if its comforts were
backed by hearty welcome, or do you rely
upon the latter to make up for deficiencies
in the way of conveniences for washing and
dressmaking? Is there nothing you can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

tents and should be utilized to help make
your guest room hvable.
If there is no opportunity for washing &C
commodations there and the friend must
share the family bath room, at least have
a towel rack in the spare chamber and
a place for nail and tooth brushes and pow
ders and lotions OF various kinds there or
above the wash stand in the bath room.
Make your friend feel that there is a place
prepared for her and that she does not have
to take pot luck. so to speak, with the rest
of the household when II comes to ablu-
tons!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

drawer bureau with two of the drawers
filled with your own belongings and but
one drawer left for the guests clothing ana
toilet articles. Don't offer a closet half'fuil
Of your best frocks. so that the impress
sion is made that you have to turn yourself
out to let the visitor in.
II the room is small study compactness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

But always I bore in my mind hospitable
and crowded home in which I made some
of the most delightful visits of my girlhood,
where the guest chamber was a hall room,
termed by the family . the shelf" There
was space in IT for nothing but the single
bed the small bureau, the timer wash
stand, and the diminutive table and a couple
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

two ioaves In creased pans, and set them
to rise for about hour.
If the loaves seem large divide the guam
tity of dough. A good sized loaf of bread
should bake in three-quarters of an hour
in a moderate oven. 1t is a mistake to
make the loaves too large.
Lay, piece of brown paper over the top
of them when they go in and remove this
at the end of fifteen minutes. When you
take the loaves from the oven leave them
in the pans for about ten minutes, then
take them out and tip them on their edges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
IMPORTANT NOTICE

because Of the enormous number Of
IL letters sent to the department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications to
100 words, except in cases Of formulas or
recipes which require greater space. Oant
oil my correspondents to haze shouting in
The Corner. and if my request in this respect
is complied wfh ii toiR Be possible to print
many more letters.
Attention is called 10 the fact that Marion
H6Tland cannot 1eceioe money for patterns.
as she has no connection Uih any department
that sells them. Marion HdrIand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
Scripture Coke.

A. K E. asks for recipe for scripture
cake and copy the following from one of
my books:
g One cup butter Judges 5-251. three and
one-han cups flour IT. Kings, 4-22l, three
cups sugar Jeremiah. 6-20I, two cups rais-
ms IL. Samuel 30-12I. two cups figs IT.
Samuel, 3O-12l, one cup water IGenesis, "a
III. one cup almonds [Genesis, 43-111, six
eggs Isaiah, 1O-14I, one tablespoon honey
EXODUS, 1921, pinch of salt [Leviticus.
10 -13I, spices to taste II. Kings. 10-1Ol, two
tablespoons baking powder II. Corinthians.
5-6J.
50 Follow Soiomon's advice for making
good boys and you will have good cake.
proverbs. 23-14l. Nuts should be put in
last, the raisins should be seeded, the figs
chopped. and the almonds blanched and
sliced. and all these well Toured to pre-
vent their sticking to the bottom.
"E. H c."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
Hard Rye Rolls.

Would one of the readers OF the Cor
ner be so kind to send a recipe telling
me how to make hard rye rolls?
Z" READER"
I shall have to depend upon one of our
housekeepers to reply to this question.
Rolls made of the ordinary rye bread 1
know. but not the variety known as " hard
rye rolls" Does the adjective apply to the
way in which they are mixed or the man
ner in which they are baked? shall hope
to receive directions for them which can
be published here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

A good many years ago ate some scrip
ture cake " made by recipe something
like the above, though 30 far as my recol-
lection of it goes there were fewer ingre-
dents, the almonds being left out anC
honey used for the only sweetening, in-
stead of experimenting it with the sweet
cane from a far country" OF jeremiah.
which Is made an equivalent for sugar T.
the recipe just given. The cake was made
and sold at q church fair for the beneE
of some worthy object and was quite goot
enough to be bought and eaten for iu
own sake. I shall be Interested to hea'
of the success following it's manufacture
by the Co.nerites - and thank E. II. c.
India Ink in Linen.
Kindly advise me how to remove India
ink from linen. MRS A. E. c."
There are several methods for removing
ordinary ink from white wash goods. One
of them is by the use Of chIorinated soda,
which can be procured at any drug store
and will take out ink If the spot has not
been washed with. soap and water. 1t
should be rinsed out as soon as the spot has
disappeared by the application Of the soda
A well known firm puts up a preparation
which will take stains from linen. One of
the best and most harmless processes is
that of immersing the stained article in
milk and leaving 1t in this for some time.
The soaking may be repeated several times
until the spot disappears. 1 hope one of
tnese modes may prove successful, and IL
any of our constituency holds the secret
of some preparation which will take ink
out without inturing the fabric shall be
to put it in these columns for
the benefit of US all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
Recipe for Rocks.

VIII you please tell me how family
bread is made? I inclose my recipe for
rocks, which am sure you will like.
Three eggs. one and a half cupfuls -four.
one cupful butter or part butter and par
dripping; one pound raisins. one teaspoon
full soda dissolved in one tablespoonful hot
water; nutmeg or cinnamon to taste; a
pinch of salt, flour enough to make a bat
ter that will drop from a spoon. They must
run little in the pans and must be baked
IN creased ting. NJ. L. r.
The request for recipe for family bread
has been answered in the early portion of
this talk and hope may prove what you
wish. Thank you for the recipe for the
"rocks." They sound good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.
Crackers.
Tea.
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Crackers.
Tea
DINNER.
Tomato and pea soup "a leftover).
Roast chicken
Baked macaroni
Spinach souf1e "a Beftover).
Mince pie.
Coffee.
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges.
Mush apd milk
Bacon and eggs
Whole wheat biscuit
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Gibiets on toast Ca leftover
Mush mullins Ga leftover.
Baked potatoes
Hot gingerbread
Chocolate.
DINNER
Cream of potato soup
HaHbut steak.
French fried potatoes.
Green peas.
Lemon meringue pie
Coffee.
SATURDAY..
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cracked wheat and cream
FIshballs.
Rolls.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Salmf of duck "a leftover
Milk toast
Plain boiled potatoes
Cookies.
Orange marmalade
Cheese.
Tea
DINNER.
JuIienne soup.
Baked Hamburg steak
Fried bananas
GRAINED carrots.
Cracker pudding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST
Grape fruit.
Oatmeal and cream.
Fried scallops.
Rice mullins.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Jellied ham
Dreamed potatoes
Apple and celery salad
Cookies.
Preserved ounces
Tea.
DINNER
Beef broth, with macaroui.
Roast veal stuffed
Stewed chestnuts
Caulihower
Sweet potato puff. with wine sauce.
Coffee
X s:
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced pineapple
Hominy and cream
Mince of ham toast leftover from the
jellied ham).
Graham gems
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese fondu.
Fried homdny "a leftover.
Baked potatoes.
Apple sauce
Ginger snaps.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of celery soup Outside stalks left
from salad.
Sliced cold veal.
Potatoes hashed and Drowned
.Caulidower soufie
Coffee. jelly. and cake.
Coffee
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TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Shredded wheat and cream
Bacon and egES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
Words of Old Song.

Can you give me the words Of the old
song called Forget-me-not am happy
to send you the recipe for velvet sponge
cake asked for by Maria NJ. Sc
The directions foE velvet sponge cake min
appear elsewhere. 1 am sorry cannot
give the words of the song Forset-me-
not. but I am sure some of the Corner
ties . viii be able and willing to send Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

of chairs. Yet the furnishings were skill
fully arranged to make the most of the
limited space and the supply of towels.
toilet needfuls, writing materials, and the
like were as generous as though the room
had been ten times it's size.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Fried scrappls.
Baked sweet potatoes.
Baked bread and cheese
Cookies
jam.
Tea
DINNER
Tomato soup, without meat.
Curry Of veal "a lefbover).
Boiled rice.
Chilled bananas.
String beans.
Chocolate blancmange
Coffee
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WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Grape nuts and cream.
Bacon and fried apples.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Clam fritters.
Creamed potatoes.
Honey.
Tea.
DINNER
Split pea soup.
Baked liver
Mashed potatoes.
Rice croquettes "a leftover)
Spinach.
Date pudding
Coffee
Il y
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples.
Oatmeal. jelly and cream.
Parsley omelet.
Rolls
Toast
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Minced liver "a leftover
Potato cakes Ca leftover
Scotch scenes.
Jam
Cream cheese
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15
Guest Room Comforts.

This is an extreme case, perhaps, but
have YOU not known instances like it? How
often do you visit a friend and find every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

Work over your dough for rolls. adding
couple of tablespoonfuls of butter to the
dough, make them into rolls and let them
rise to twice their first bulk before you
bake them. They will require from fifteen
to twenty min utes baking in a good oven.
I hope with all my heart these directions
may help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

do to remedy the shortcomings of the room
as it now is?
A great deal can be done If you will set
your wits to work. In the first place, grant
the guest the space to which he or she is
entitled. Don't let q friend find three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

To While Long Hours Away.
81 am a shut-in and have been for nine
years. The hours drag So heavily for me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

falls right for one who wishes to read her
self into drowsiness. The shades at the
windows are dark enough to exclude the
morning light.
y !:
What You One a Guest.
Do hear you say that you cannot spare
a room like this for chance guests that you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

~ WANT "a recipe. for. good white
~ bread how much flour is to be used
in it and how to mix it. recipe
would be most thankfully received
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-15

TIME guest room of the house is an
b indication of the spirit of the
hostess
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
500 CHILDREN IN
COPPER FIELD
SCHOOLS ON
STRIKE
Compulsory Attendance Law
Will Be Enforced and Wig
orous Prosecution of Parents
Will Follow.
RECALCITRANTS ARE
FIRING ON MOTOR CARS


~ AfAfA-A4 WIZ ~ NNHhftANN AAAA AAAs .
Calumet, Mich. oct THE SYM
pathetic strike Of school children IN
the <eweenaw county copper strike
district spread today and five hum
dred arc now out The Ahmoek. New
Aiiouez and Mohawk schools are az
fecled a special meeting OF the
school board was called 40 deal with
the situation. ID is said the compul-
sorry school attendance law viii oe up
held and that Wholesale prosecutions
of parents VIII follow IL the children
do not return 90 school at once. This
morning "a parade OF four hundred oi
the striking pupils was held az
Ahmeek.
Seventy -nve strike breakers arrived
last night for tho Quin 81 and twenty
arrived today ior the Calumet and
nccla.
Automobiles are siill being hred on
in the Koweenaw district. The ma
chine of Calumet man WAS struck
iast night. the bullet shattcrug the
wind shield
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07

Washington, oct EVERY avail
able government wireless WIS spui-
tefing out messages towards Alaska
today calling TOR reports on the de-
stfuctive storm al Nome one brief
reply came from the Nome life saw
inE station, saying tho water front
had been devastated In "A tidal storm
The Red Cross appeared 10 extend Us
aid rs soon as tho needs could be
learned The revenue cutter Bear.
now ~ Nome. has capacity for
bringing about 1850 people "a seattle
Officers here thought steamships
which weathered the gale IN the sen
cut Of Nome would bring others.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07

Washington. oct 7.-GeorRe IT,
shlbiey. director Of the bureau az poll.
ticai research before the senate COM
mittee renewed his charge that
"trusiocrats" had driven college pro-
fessors who "espousc the cause Of the
people from their positions. senator
Weeks demanded that SHIRLEY name
professors who had been thus treat
Cd.
prof Edwara W Remis. OF Chi-
caFo University" replied shihley.
twas discharged because he attacked
the Chicago Gas Trust John r..
Commons. Of Syracuse. was disoharF-
Ell for voting Cor William Jennings
Bryan. James Allen Smith. of Mar
ietia. ohio. was driven from his place
The president Of the United states had
q narrow escape because be adyocht-
Cd the short ballot But he continued
in the service az the people aand has
now triumphed"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
STRIPE DREAMER sTHA
HELD 4 pltIGONI

Trinidad Colo Oct Frank
Karea who with his brother Eris
Kares. wus reported to have been
dragged from buggy Dos striking
miners at Ludlow sunday night and
beaten, is Hill being held prisoner az
The Ludlow camp
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
WALTER WEINMAN
STATE AGENT
Prominent Young Business
Man of This City to Control
Sales of Haynes Automobiles
in New Mexico.

Walter Weinman, manager Of the
mems department of tho Golden Rule
Dry Goods company and ono OF the
most widely known OF Albuquerque
younger business men, has secured
the state agency Tor the Haynes auto
mobile ana b. cquipping an attractive
salcsroom on South Firth street, just
on Central avenue. Herbert GALES
will be- associated with Mr Woman
az salesman in charge, Mr Weinman
retaining his present connection with
the Golden Rule company
a carload at 1914 Haynes cnrs in
GLIDING both four and siX-cylinder
models, will arrive within the next
ten days. Mr. Welnmun says ana win
be- Immediately placed ON display ia
the saiesroom.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
POLICE ON LOOKOUT
FOR NEGRO SUSPECT
IN LEEGS0N CASE

fBS leased Wire "a Evening Herald.
Chicago. oct Acting on inr
formation hy man who saw Miss
ida Loesson walking west In West
Seyenfy-flrsi street nt O'Clock last
saturday evening, accompanied by "a
negro. Instructions we're given the
police today aa follows.
ARREST FOR murder ana robbery a
copper-sklnned negro. five feet ~
inches or Elk feet tall; weighing be-
tween $50 and 100 pounds Well
dressed. square shoulders. erect car-
rlage. Wore black soft hat and gray
coat"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
Three Unidentified Bodies Are
Washed Ashore in Wake Of
Terrific Hurricane Which
Sweeps Over Nome.
HELP FROM OUTSIDE
PRESSING NECESSITY
Solitary Wireless Message
From Scene Of Tidal Disturb-
ance Confirms Fears Of
Washington Officials.

t1y Lensca Wire 10 Eeenfne HERALD. !
Nome, Alaska. Oct. THE storm
Y abating- Three unidentified bodies
have been washed ashore. Five hum
ared persons are homeless. Help
from outside viii BE- necessary
The steamships Victoria navajo
and Corwin are safe a, anchor seven
miles out.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-07
NEGRO KILLED IN
WILD RACE RIOT

Joliet m oct IA race riot
broke ont this afternoon when me-
groes tore down the inil ia che VII
lagc of Romeo. seven miles west 81
here. 90 rescue one Of their number
ono negro was killed. alN deputies
were sent iO the scene and Immediate
ly lelephoncd Tor reinforccmclts'