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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
FUN ON ST. VAL ENTINE'S DAY.

The girl who is tired Of the sameness
Of parties will find a valentine evening
a refreshing change.
Invitation cards may be of red hearts
Il from cardboard, and it would be
pretty to have larger sized ones hung
between the pOrtiereS Of the different
rooms. while a bunch of little hearts
ranging in size from one to four inches
hang from the chandeliers. Try to
have the decorations in red.
Each guest should be presented with
a cardboard heart cut five inches high
by four inches broad and with program
pencil attached. The hostess should
explain that on these are 10 be written
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
EE'S young widowed mother call.

EES young widowed mother call
ed him her little protector. and
the sense Of responsibility
which this involved gave him
an old fashioned manner which con
trasted strangely with the almost baby
face and bright curly hair.
The good doctor, as Lee called him.
was resting after a busy day when a
childish step sounded in the hallway
and a child's sweet treble said:
"Will nervous you, doctor. if l come
in and call on yon?"
"Why, no, my little man. l am glad
to see you. Draw up that chair here
close beside me-"
The doctor wisely refrained from TAX
ing him on his knee, which would have
seemed to the child'S mind to reflect
somewhat on his manly dignity.
"And what have you been doing to-
day, my oy-bnying valentines for
your Swoethearts:"
81 have only one. doctor-my moth
err" the child replied. with a touch of
old time chivalry. land l cannot quite
decide what kind of q valentine will
make her the happiest. That is one rea-
son why l wanted to talk to you to-
night. l thought you. being a man.
might help me to decide what she
would like best. although she says she
does not want me to buy her one. that
l am her valentine INC an EXCEEDING
~ precious one"
His mothers constant companion. her
grownup expressions sounded strange
coming from the f~ive-year-old lips.
did you Yer have a valentine. doc
tOr-a lady valentine. ! mean:'
did Il" and a sober expression
crept into the good doctors eyes. "YeS,
my little but it was q long time
ago. before there was any small boy
named Lee"
"And where did your valentine go,
doctor: Did she get lost:"
Eyes. Lee. l lost her.
"And can't you find her again, doc
tori"
81 would like to-"
"Perhaps I could find her for you. 1
can walk a good many blocks. Does
she live here in Denver, doctor:"
Yes. dear"
"And you could not find herr That
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Old Spanish Bun.

Two and One-half cupfulS of brown
sugar. three-uuarterS cupful of butter.
three-quarterS cupful Of milk. three
cupfulS of flour. W ~teaspoonfuls Of
cloves. two ~teaSpOOnfulS of cinnamon,
M grated nutmeg. five beaten eggs.
three teaSpoonfuls of baking powder.
Mix we'll and bake in a large bread pan
in a slow oven for forty-tive minutes.
Ice with 4 plain white frOSting,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Embroidering a Little Girls Clothes.

The mother who can embroider can
dress her children more daintily than
her neighbor who has no skill in nee
dlework. A baby's kimono frock of
holland tinted silk is prettily trans
formed when a swift needle has
wreathed around it q circle of French
knots and a garland Of forgetmenots.
The little girls play dress Of blue serge
may be boldly sewed with wooden flow
erS in gay DESIGN.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07

the words which can be formed out of
valentine"
Then, too, have a large red cotton
heart pasted on a small sheet and let
each guest, after being blind1ulded. try
to pin to it tiny white cotton arrows. to
see which one can come nearest the
center
Have the supper served at small ia
bles, each one decorated with Il few of
the tiny hearts scattered over the white
cloth.
After supper prizes should be present
ed to the winners of the different con-
tests and may consist Of heart shaped
photo frames covered with crests.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Royal M uffins.

Beat three eggs, add one pint of milk.
one half t~easp"onful salt. n teaspoon
full sugar and sufficient flour to make a
drop hatter-ahout three cupful> into
teaspoonfulS baking powder. Beat hard
Tor n minute. fill creased muffin cups
or pans two-thirlS full. bake in hot
oven about twenty minutes.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Odd Pieces Of Soap.

Put your small pieces of soap into a
little bag and toss it into the wash
boiler. When the washing is done the
undiSsolved pieces will still be in the
bag for neXt wash day instead of on
your best linen, where they will make
Scorrhed places when irOned.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Left I've Oysters,

Fried oysters which have been left
over may be minced and have added to
them an equal quantity of chopped eel
cry. This should be mixed with may
OnnaiSe and served on Il leaf of lettuce
between slices of lOt buttereu toast. \
bit of bacon or ham laid on top gives
Qn additional relish.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
Pa Had Experience,

"Pa. what is an alibi?' AN alibi.
son, is proof that you were not at !,
certain place at a certain time. Yon
probably won't need an alibi until
after you are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Age-Herald,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07

FOR THE RECIPE BOOK.
Potato Croquettes.

Take three cupfuls Of mashed pota-
toes and two we'll beaten eggs. Form
in croquette shape. Dip in beaten eggs
and again in cracker dust. Fry in deep
tat.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

food, and clothes, and pleasures for
the children. He doesn't even have
an identity. nor a name. He Is only
papa" even to his wife. And she
never thinks of consulting his pleas
ures or preferences, nor doing any
thing for his enjoyment He Is sup
posed to get his reward in life from
observing the children have every
thing done for them.
A RARE BREED
Now and then we do observe one Of
these masculine angels, and see q
man who has no life outside of his
children; but the breed is rare. The
average man is sufficiently fond OF
his offspring. but because he loves
Johnnie and jamie. and Mary, 1t has
not inoculated him against a taste
for q few other outside pleasures.
He wants his wife's society, II he
loves her. and he wants to go about
a bit. and he resents having his nose
put so completely out of joint by tho
pink fists of a baby.
Right here is where the wife's
problem comes in--shall she go with
husband, or stay with baby? If she's
OF the ultra ternal sort all of her
instincts urge her to stay with the
children. She'd rather talk baby talk
to a gurgling infant than to hear the
most brilliant dinner partner con-
verse at his most inspired moment
Shed prefer telling about little Red
Riding Hood to round eyed child to
seeing a Belasco opening. She'd rath-
er dance the baby after his bath than
to be the belle OF the finest ball in
the city.
But-and it's a capital BUTT she
won't go with hubby. hubby goes
alone, and while she's holding the
nj Ie y ~
sleep and hearing their prayers.
hubby is mighty apt to be holding
some other womans hands and saying
some things that aren't his prayers to
the other lady
And the result is that by the time
the children have got to the place
where they don't need mother, and
mother begins to feel the need of a
husband again. she finds out that hus-
band got lost, strayed or stolen while
she was neglecting him.
Women may resent this state of
affairs as much as they please, but
their resentment doesn't alter human
: nature. Men are going to be men
to the end OF the chapter, and it's
going to be eternally true that the
woman who keeps her husband has
got to keep her hands on him all the
time, and she's got to pet him, and
humor him, and go along with him,
or else he'll leave her.
In reality, children will bear a lit
tie neglect better than a man. and
they aren't in half as much danger of
being kidnapped as husband is.
Moreover, you can hire nurses to look
after your children and keep them
entertained. but a woman leaves her
husbands entertainment TO other
people at her peril. Therefore, the
woman who has to Choose between
the two, sings her husband to sleep
aud spends the evening telling him
fairy tales rather than her baby.
The trouble is that most women
do too much for their children and
too little for their husbands. This
isn't fair. The man who supports
the family is entitled to a run for his
money, even from his own wife and
children.
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tars filed with a thick creamy sub
stance.
search meY' shrugged Warren, In
vestigating 1t with a spoon
|, "That's Creme de Zeigny, Monsieur.
seWill you have sugar with it?''
"Pll try it straight first.
"Oh, it's delicious. dear" exclaimed
Helen, enthusiastically. Its sort OF
sour. salty and sweet. More like
delicate liquid cheese.
VERY SMOOTH
"Bv Jove, that is pretty smooth
admitted Warren. Isn't this the stun
the Thurstons raved over when they
got back last year? Well have this
often-that's sure.
when the waiter had cleared of the
table, Warren lit his cigar and turned
over the check placed unobstrustvely
before him.
.Ten francs-S2t Well that's what
cali a good run for your money
Everything specially cooked too-and
that was a whole chicken. To get
dinner like that in New York. you'd
have TO order 1t a la carte. and with
that wine it would cost you not a cent
less than So"
Now aren't you glad we didn't
stay at that other restaurant" In
sisted Helen with a true feminine
persistency. "The food couldn't have
been any better, You see I didn't
find such a bad place after all"
But Warren was no longer in an in
f1ammable mood The excellent din
ner had had a most pacifying effect
on his temper. So to this rather in
discreet remark. he only shrugged a
good natured:
"Umph, that's right-rub 1t in''
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
Their Married Life

DARIs at 7 o'clock of a summer
evening. The cleaning lights,
: the gay gowns OF the women. the
trees, the outdoor cafes-Heien. cling
Ing to Warren's arm, walked down
the broad boulevard athril with ths
glamour Of 1t all.
1t had been just four hours since
they arrived from Cherbourg-tired,
dusty, travel stained. But now rested
and in cooler clothes, they started
out to find, as Warren expressed it.
"a place to feed
Where should they go? Helen sug-
gested a number of well known
places tnat she had read of in the
guide book. But Warren was deter
mined to have their first dinner at
a restaurant he had been particularly
years before.
Although he had forgotten the
name, he had felt confident of his
sense of location. Tney had taken
bus to Porte St. Martin and had
walked several blocks In what he
felt was the right direction.
Must be around here somewhere,
frowning down a street that was
plainly unfamiliar. II don't believe
they've moved.
isn't that a restaurant over there
where the lights are?' asked Helen
hopefully. :,
"By Jove! believe that's the place,
as they crossed the wide street. IT
have sworn 1t was on the other side
Entering, they were met by an ON
cfous head waiter, who hustled ahead
ushering them to a table in an inner
room.
"Oh, we don't want to sit back
here" objected Warren. Give US q
table out on the veranda.
SORRY, monsieur, but they're all
taken"
.sWhy, there's half dozen vacant
ones UP at that end"
They're all reserved, monsieur,
repeated the head walter steiidly.
Warren turned to Helen with q
scowling so they know that game
over here. too. This fellows looking
for ave francs. Well. what do you say
Want to sit back here--or look UP
some other placer"
"Oh. dear, let's go somewhere else
resenting the supercilious air of the
head walter, who stood by impatiently
tapping the dinner card with his
pencil.
outside Warren demanded curtly.
ssNow where to? It's getting late and
I'm hungry We don't want to wan
der around all night. you know.
But, dear. we don't want to stay
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there. That man was almost inso-
lent"
HE BLAMEs HER
Well, you're pretty darn particu-
lar as usual throwing the respon-
sibility upon her. Wed have been
sure of good food there. anyway But
you're always kicking. Suppose you
find a place now
Helen realized that Warren was on
the verge of one of his irritable
moods, when he would blame her for
whatever happened. however fncon-
sistent or unjust. He had had moth
ing to eat since that early and unsat-
isfactory luncheon on the train. 1t
was critical moment, and she was
desperately anxious to find some
other good restaurant at once-be-
fore his growing hunger increased
his irritability.
They walked on for several blocks,
Helen gazing anxiously in every d.
rection, while Warren maintained the
scowling, sullen silence that always
foreboded storm.
''Oh, there. dear" eagerly, as she
caught sight OF a balcony, high above
the street, with white clothed tables
and rose shaded lights Doesn't that
look like good placer?
You can't tell anything about these
strange places in Paris growled
Warren. May be rotten. But we've
got to eat somewhere. Come on. And
we'll stay here--understand? Whether
we get a table you like or not. No
more trotting around for me to-
night"
Helen followed Warren up the
broad. red carpeted stairs. hoping
desperately that at this place things
would s'go right"
The first glimpse was disappoint-
ing. The room was crowded. Would
they have to go somewhere else?
AS they stood uncertainty at the
doorway, couple rose from most
desirable table on the veranda-one
that Helen had seen from the street.
II they could only get that!
The next moment the head waiter
was bowling them toward 1t. TWO
other walters rushed forward with
fresh linen and silver, and a third
placed a footstool at Helen's feet.
"Oh, dear, it's a wonderful place,
sinking back with a sense OF infinite
relief that a critical situation had
been safely passed.
Well. we'll not get enthusiastic
till we see what the foods like
grunted Warren. somewhat appeased
by the attention they had received.
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Their First Dinner in Paris Is
Astonishingly Cheap and Good
by MABEL HERBERr URNER

BERT URNER
Il can't make anything out Of this"
scowling at the menu, which was IL
legib1y written In French with pale
purple ink.
win you have our 5 franc table
d'hote dinner, monsieur" asked a
waiter at his elbow.
"Umph. you speak English? Well,
that simpIifies things. What do we
get with that dinner"
SOUNDS GOOD"
"EIors d'oeuvres. potage, fish, en-
tree. roast, salade, entrenmets and
bottle of red or white Bordeaux"
THAT sounds pretty good" as
sented Warren. ''All right, We'll try
it,
To Helen the atmosphere OF the
place and the street scene below was
one of enchantment. She was De-
ginning to feel the charm OF Paris.
With the hors d. oeuvres and nrst
glass Of wine. the scowling frown on
Warren's brow had relaxed, and with
the thick green Saint Germain soup
he grew almost genial.
Just taste that fish! It's great.
What they call flet OF sole at home
Is only founder. We never see the
real thing there. This is an all right
place"
HE FEELS BETTER
"Oh, I'm so glad we found this.
dear; for felt you were getting out
OF humor and would blame me for not
staying at that other place. ex-
claimed Helen. who, womanlike, al
ways wanted to 90 back over situ-
alton, instead of being content to
leave well enough alone. And / could
not bear to have our first dinner In
Paris an unhappy one"
WHO in thunder was going to
make It unhappy. unless you were?'
growled Warren, who hated post
mortems What the devil are you
harping on 1t now for. anyway"
"Oh. only meant. dear" began
Helen, Fastening to conciliate. But
Fortunately at this moment the
waiter uncovered the fowl. roasted to
a delicate brown, and Warren's at
tention was diverted from Helen's un-
tactful remark.
Dear, there's not so much differ
ence in the gowns worn by the
French women. commented Helen.
now anxious to change the subject.
There aren't any sensational dresses
here. That woman over there In pink
is rather striking, but any OF the
others might be In New York"
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:: Husband or Children ::
BY DOROTHY DIX

~ RoBABLY the most difficult prob
lem that woman ever has to
face is when she is required to
nold the scales OF justice between her
husband and her children, and de-
cue now much of her time and at
tention belongs to EACH
or course, there are women who are
temperamentally all wives. There
are other women who are. by nature
all mothers. For these the question
settles itself. There are also some
women fortunate enough to be mar
ried TO men who are as instinctively
paternal as they are maternal. These
also happily escape having to try to
unriddle the riddle of whether 1t Is
pest and wisest for woman to spoil
her littlest baby or her biggest baby
Much is to be said on both sides
OF the question. On the one Is a
mothers duty to her children, her
responsibility for them. the fact that
they are better of with her than
even with the most competent serv-
ants. On the other side IS the diff
Guilty that the woman who ceases to
be a wife, for the sake Of becoming
a nurse maid to her children, is
mighty apt to lose her husband in
the process, and that the wife who
won't go with her husband when he
wants her to go is left behind. Like
wise IL is true that little Johnnie can
be safely left alone in his crib with
his bottle of sterilized milk, while
If big John is left alone he is apt
to wander forth in search of bottles
that are unsterilized.
HE is PROUD
One OF the things that women can
never understand Is that, except In
rare cases, a baby, even his own
baby, is the most uninteresting lit
tie animal in existence to a man. He
is proud of ii, and he is fond of 1T In
a theoretical way, but he's bored stiff
If he has TO spend more than five
minutes at time in the infants So
ciety. For the life of him. he couldn't
spend hour after hour as a woman
does, palpitating and thrilling over
the mere sight Of a little red. squirmy,
wriggly thing with no more express
sion on its countenance than a cream
cheese, and with about as much In
telligence as an angle worm.
Therefore, when he comes home of
an evening. after having paid his
compliments to Miss or Mr.. Baby. he
wants some rational amusement. He
wants his wife TO sit with him and
talk TO him after dinner, as has been
their won't. or to go out with him to
the places of amusement they have
been IN the habit OF frequenting.
On her part the woman is abso-
lutely obsessed by the baby. She
can get all the excitement. all the
amusement. all the pleasures she
wants by watching the cute way the
baby breathes and the wonderful way
1t opens its eyes and shuts them
again. She would be perfectly bliss
full If her husband would sit on the
other side of the cradle and rhapso-
dize with her; and if he won't, she
leaves him to read his paper alone
while she worships at the shrine of
the cradle. AS for going to place
Of amusement, she wouldn't think of
doing such thing. Something might
happen TO baby while she was gone.
1t is literally true that there are
many homes in which. after the COM
iRg Of the first baby. the man of the
house simply exists as a purveyor OF
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Well, this isn't the sort of place
where you'd see much in the way Of
dress. Some night I'll take you to
supper at Maxims. The gowns there
will be striking enough"
"Oh, are we going to Maxim's?" de-
lightedly. Il thought 1t was a dread
full place"
Not so dreadful as they want you
to think-that's their best asset.
You'll find 1t pretty tame. More than
half the crowd will be rubbernecks
like ourselves"
But Helen had read and heard
much of Maxim's. and as she minced
over the fruit salad she gazed down
on the gay boulevard IN eager antici-
patton of supper there.
Dear. what is this?" as the waiter
placed before them two small brown
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
|DoYouKnou
+: That

. The French people are great chicken
.raisers. return gives the income
derived by them from this industry as
$soO. 100000.
The largest opal in the world, weigh
ing II ounces, is worth $500. 600, and
belongs to the emperor of Austria.
:: Thrushes don't take much sleep in
summer. They rise soon after and
don't go to bed till 9.
- Every square mile of the United
States has 80 inha bitants to the aver
aAge..
: "A cod weighing ~ pounds lays
s:'hsarly, 100000 eggs.
= :. 4. pretty ceremony took place at
= Newcastle recently. when the customs
.'of s'ssRarge day" were observed, and
tie. mayor and the corporation sailed
up the riyer to claim the soil" of the
Tyne, The greatest moment of the
! ceremony is the landing, when the
mayor has the delightful. If invidious,
privilege of selecting any young lady
he .pleases from the assembled crowd
and giving her a kiss and a sover-
efgns The sheriffs also choose fair
lady on whom to bestow a kiss and a
gift, and the mayoress is expected to
make some useful present to the dam
.sel kissed by his worship.
: High speed is being added to lux
ury as a feature of Canadian travel.
The Canadian Pacific railway is plan
j. nlng to run what will be the fastest
transcontinental train on the ,Ameri :
can continent. With an average
speed Of so miles an hour for so hours
end. II hours allowed for stops, the
, new train will cover 1900 miles be-
: tween Montreal and Vancouver in ~
hours-a saving of 23 hours on the
fastest train on this system now run
.Jiing.
Failing IN her plan to end her life.
after seven different attempts in as
many months. Laura Griffith of At
rantic City has developed a more
cheerful view OF life. and has
signed on as a bareback rider with
q circus AS a persistent fatalist,
laura, who is about Is years old,
holds the record. She has tried the
poison cup, the glittering dagger and
the more prosaic method of taking a
running start and butting her head
against a telephone pole. So regu-
.larly was she admitted to the city
hospital during the last year that a
cot was labeled Laura Griffith
and was held in readiness for her
ut all hours Of the day and night.
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SOFT ANSWER

A man from Buffalo went into the
drug store opposite the Alexandria
last night, and stepping UP to the
crowded soda water counter, asked for
a pineapple soda
fat faced young man, with hair
neatly plastered down on his forehead
handed out the beverage.
After taking one long draught the
Buffalo man started and, pointing
int the glass. said:
What's that In there?"
THAT" replied the fat faced one,
without blink or an instants hesi-
tation, that. sir, is a piece OF pine
from the pineapple. In the straw
berry season you'll often find straws
of the strawberries"
Oh murmured the Buffalo man.
evidently satisfied.
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SHE LOST IT

Mistress (hurrying frantically)--
Mary, what time is II now?
Maid-Half- f-past 2.
(. Mistress-Oh, I thought 1t was
latert l still have 20 minutes to
catch the steamer
Maid-Yes, mum. l knew ye'd be
rushed, so l set the clock back 80 min
utes, to give ye more time.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
Grab Meat ou Gratin.

~ RAB meat au gratin is a thing
most of US order in restau-
rants because we never have
1t at home But have been teach
ing my fellow members In the All
Aboard" company how to intro
duce "crab meat" into the home
menu, and now I am ready to take
the public into my confidence.
Blend a lumb of butter midway
between a walnut and an egg in
size with -four and stir to cream
Then add one pint of cream and
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

An author who was present at the
first night performance of a very sue
cessful play written by a rival de-
clared afterward that Ii was the
poorest piece he had sen.
Then why did you not hiss it?" In
Quired a friend.
Impossible" was the retort; "a
man can not hiss and yawn at the
same time
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

season with salt. pepper. paprika
and dash of grated onion. To
this add two hard boiled eggs
which have been thoroughly
chopped. and two green peppers
cut in shoestrings. Stir in one
quart of selected crab meat and
one wineglassful of sherry. Heat
this in q chafing dish or nickeled
saucepan, and when 1t Is bubbling
add cup of grated cheese.
Serve, taste--and delicious"
will be the verdict. l am sure.