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The Washington herald., 1913-02-24

much literary culture and large expert
ence In public affairs
At fourteen Bryant prepared a collec-
tion Of poems. which was published the
next year. He entered Williams College
as a law student when he was sixteen,
but left without taking his degree. He
practiced law for time and disiiked II
exceedingly. His fame as a poet was es-
tablished when he published his second
volume OF verse, which contained The
Ages" In 1872.
When he was thrty-ohe he definitely
abandoned the law and went to>New
York. and the next year he became edi-
tor of the Evening Post. with which
paper he was connected until his death.
Journalism did not seem to inspire him
with any great degree of enthusiasm. for
he wrote: IT have given up my pro-
fession. which was shabby one. and
am pot altogether certain that I have got
into a better"
Bryant was neither a fluent nor pro-
life writer. but an extremely careful one.
His manuscripts were 20 filled with cor
rections that they could scarcely be read
by those who knew his handwriting best.
He was very strict in his use of Eng
lish. He once said: II do not recall an
instance where l was tempted to use
foreign word but upon search I have
found a better one in my own language.
When he was practicing law at Great
Darlington. Mass, he was married. He
wrote to his mother: II have not play
ed the fool and married the Ethiop for
the jewel nher ear have looked many
for goodness of heart and ingenious
and affectionate disposition. a good un-
derstanding, &c. and the character of
my wife Is too frank and single-hearted
to suffer me to fear that 1 may be dis
appointed. / do myself wrong. I did
not look for these or any other qualities.
but they trapped me before I was aware.
and now I am married in spite OF my
self"
For many years Bryant was the most
distinguished man In New York. in ap-
pearance and In honor. He travelled
much abroad. His feats in walking were
the establishment OF those who knew
him. Even at eighty few young men
could keep up with him in his walks.
lie died in iSIs. at TIE age Of eighty
three from the result OF a fall. His
last works Of Importance were ransia-
tons of the ''lliad" and Odyssey"
which many American critics rank above
any that had appeared up to that time
In English.
Every day a different human interest
story will apear in The Herald. You can
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Associated Newspaper School plan.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
Ny FRANCES SHAFFER.

But everybody has it,
And there you arei
And there's the secret Of many a finan-
cial failure, many a nervous breakdown.
and. il the truth were known, many
an unhappy home ...
II is the secret. too. of those awful
bills rolled up to enable somebody to
follow the pace, and TO walk side by side
with others who have wealth sufficient
that they. need not strive.
1t explains, in part, what a doctor
who has since arrived" once called
the winter of his discomfort" He was
young, j stranger I'm town.. and. did not
know in just which section to locate He
looked the ground all over and finally
selected a location that seemed very
promising. II was peopled by folk who
ran all the way from the comfortably
rich, and even a bit higher. And he
thought there would be no trouble there,
for money came pretty easy and luNu-
ries seemed as frequent and as much In
evidence necessities
But he had an awakening. For as first
one. then another. drifted to him for
professional advice and treatment he
learned that in many, many OF those
prosperous-loOking homes there was the
same pinching TO make ends meet. the
same lowering on the brink of debts.
and the same failures that he would
expect 10 find in homes where economy
was the necessary order OF the day
Seemed Very small.
He learned something more, for he
found that debts were contracted lightly
and airily. to he met-when they got
around 10 them some time, and alas for
him. frequently never at ALL And the
trouble. as he saw it. was that many of
those families We're desperately striving
20 live up TO standards quite beyond them.
irving to do what some of their friends
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THE SECRET OF MANY n
FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN
Hopering on the Brink of Debt in Order to Live
Up to Standard Above Us Brings
Untold Misery.

and neighbors found perfectly easy be-
| cause they had the means. So hard they
! tried and, so signally they failed that
never. yet had they caught up to those
bills of his
He had reached point where the fall
the first few years when he was finding
his way had been desperately hard. And
somehow those folks, with their preten-
tfous homes, their foolish ambitions. with
no background at all. to him looked very
inconsequential and very small
And he wondered If, after all, they
would not be better satisfied, happier. and
far more respected IL they took their in
comes, whatever they were. and appor-
toned them out in a wiser way. For
when standards of living are away up
and resources away down, somebody is
bound TO feel the pinch and to pay in the
end.
Perhaps most of folks are guilty to
certain extent. They feel that some i'm
portant things must be achieved, whether
they can afoffrdff them or not. Every
body" has them, and it is sort of lonesome
TO sit outside the gates where every
body" abides, and so they foolishly pay
the price that lets them in.
But there is a day OF reckoning, and
it comes in a hundred different ways.
But, most disheartening OF all. 1t comes
with the knowledge that when every
thing is totaled up. the side that Is la
beled expenditures has overdrawn the
other side and they stand confronted
with the awful specter of debt.
And when the last count is in. what
have they gained?
Hours and hours OF worry. for one
thing. very insecure position for an
other. and an uncomfortable way of liv-
irI for SS
something worse. to stand confessed of
failure in a simple matter of adjustment
adapting money expended to money
earned.
Time Certain to Come.
1t is right satifying-yes. very satisfy
ing indeed-to some aspiring souls to
feel that they have Just as choice pos
sessions and just as many Of them as
their neighbors, that they can entertain
as lavishly. live as well and make as fine
showing. But the time is certain to
come, sooner or later, when nothing will
count but background of ready money.
1t sounds a bit practical. n bit unideal
and maybe a bit unworthy, but then life
does grow very practical at times,
friends fail. positions slip away, and re-
sources go to pieces.
And then-what of the days Of striv.
ing. the futile ambitions. the unwarrant-
ed standards OF living? There is no
sweetness in those remembered pleas
ures, because, deplore It as We may,
friends and acquaintance do not meas
Ire us by what We were and by what
We could do yesterday; they take us for
what We are and what we can do to-day.
And when the old ways of living have
fallen by the wayside OF extravagance,
the sorry fact remains that old frier--
old hopes and old possibilities
one, drop out. too. a-d 81
menting.
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MAKERS OF AMERICAN POETRY
Learn One Thing Every Day"
No. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT T-(l7s4-lS7S).

Copyright, i,i3. By the Associated Newspaper
School, Incl
A poet who accumulated half a million
dollars through his own efforts, poet
who lived up to his dictum that mo
gentleman should talk Of his love affairs
or his religion must have been truly
a great man. But William Cullen Bryant
did not make his fortune in poetry. but
in journalism. Two years after his death
the New York ESening Post. of which
he was editor and half owner, was sold
for ssoe.too. The average price he re-
ceived for his poems. including "Thana-
topsis. THE Death Of the Flowers.
THE Past" and ode to a Waterfowl"
was 500 each.
This troubled him not at all, for he
once wrote: after all. poetic wares are
not for the market of the present day..
Poetry may get printed in the news
papers, but no man makes money by II.
for the simple reason that nobody cares
a fig for it, This was true of Bryants
poetry In commercial sense only.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
ARION GESANGVEREN
GIVES FOURTH MUSICALE
Large Audience Hears Good Pro
sranne Under Leadership Of
Karl Holer, Director.

A programme of much artistic meri,
consisting of compositions of many mas
ters and moods was creditably rendered
at the fourth musicale of the Arion
Gesangvarein at its clubhouse before
a large and appreciative audience, last
night Among the most pleasing fea-
lures was the trio for violin, cello and
piano. ''Serenade" by Widor and .'Liebes-
garten," by Schumann. with Paul
Schwarz. violin; Paul Rooster, cello. and
Robert Schroeder, piano. Mr.. Schwarz
made a most favorable impression. his
work being full of feeling. correct in in
terpertation and accomplished technique,
The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club
received enthusiastic applause for their
finished presentation OF Memoirs dc
Nevins.'' by De Loss, and ITO Wild
Rose" by MacDoweH, with Walter T.
Holt. director and the following artists
d. W. De Loss, E. II. johnson, r A
Koontz, Phil F1oria. S. II. Beck, C. G.
Sando. W. 6. Whitman. ]. b. Trotter
and Dufour Brown. Arthur E Middle
toms bass solo Down in the Dungeon"
by Kreusche, was rendered in fine style
as was the banjo solo American Rondo.
by Stuber. D. Brown. being the player.
Others contributing to the programm.
included Maurice Fitzgerald, who SANG
the tenor solo. For You Alone BY
Geel. and Miss Edna HiIlyard. who sang
the soprano solos, Judith" by Con
come, and "Carissima," by Penn. ii. L.
SALESMAN accompanying on the piano.
The Arion's presentation Of "HeimAt.
liebe," by Wengert, was heavy 1t was
lacking in feeling and harmonious CO.
operation between the tenors and basses,
the cause of this deficiency being the
irregular attendance of the members at
rehearsals and their indifference to the
work before them. The Arion will eel
ebrate its anniversary festival Wednes-
day. March l..
The annual masquerade ball Of the
will take place at the club
house this evening.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
NOX mccain LECTURES
ON CANADA OF TO-DAY
New Series, Of Traveltalks Started
with One On Neishboring
CountYy.

Nox Mccain last night inaugurated his
rev series Of travel lectures at the Co
iumbia. taking his fellow travellers on a
picture pilgrimage through Canada and
the Canadian Rockies" Before the end
of his course. Mr.. McCain's travels will
take him far from the scenic splendors
of the Canadian wilds. for his other sub
jects include a glimpse Of many of the
interesting places in The Balkan
States" a camera and word picture CON-
parison of Turkey. Yesterday and To-
day. q journey through France. from
Paris to Monte Carlo and visit to
the land of the Arabs, visiting "Tunis
ard the Sahara
across Canada from Quebec to the Pa
cifc. While in the quaint old Canadian
city he secured many views of those
sites famed in connection with the Eng
lish occupation. together with numerous
others showing the Quebec Of to-day as
compared with the Quebec of old. To-
ronto and Ottawa also were visited. as
well as the old town of St. Anne. from
whence Mr.. Mccain made his way West
to Winnipeg. the metropolis of the Cana
dian Northwest.
Leaving the wheat fields of Manitoba.
Mr. Mccain made his way TO Banff. the
first OF the tourist towns in the wonder
full Canadian Rockies, there securing
many excellent colored views of the splen-
did sights which greet the eye in every
direction.
Mr.. NcCain's still colored pictures
faithfully reproduced the almost inde-
scribable beauty of the mountain scenery
around Banff. Laggan, Field. Glacier. and
the other places at which the lecturer
halted.
This afternoon. at $50. Mr.. Mccain will
repeat Canada and the Canadian Rock
ies," and next Sunday evening will make
a picture pilgrimage through The Bal
kan States"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO EVERY WOMAN.
CHANDLER
FRILLS OF FASHION
Seen IN THE SHOPS
Spring Dads" Look Mighty Attractive
in the Show Windows Of
The Large Stores.

The newest jabots are of chantilly lace
and satin.
A color of the moment is Nell rose. Ii
Is a deep cerise.
Some Of the most effective frocks have
bugling as trimming.
Three piece costumes will be very
fashionable this season
Picot edge ribbons promise to be very
much used In millinery.
Turbans OF tulle and lace are worn
with evening costumes.
Some Of the newest suits have three
quarter length sleeves.
The newest evening wraps are short
and three-quarter length.
Three-quarter length draped coats are
very much in fashion.
Dinner and reception gowns will have
generous trains this spring.
The bolero is much trimmed and has
grown larger and fatter since the fall
styles opened.
One charming blue chiffon blouse Is
tucked from shoulder to waist. while the
sleeves are OF the plain chiffon.
Another Transformation is the bell
sleeve. but this is modified and not so
baggy as 1t once was.
There Is little perceptible difference in
the increased size OF tailored sleeves. but
In soft flowing materials the change is
quite apparent.
Drapery. which tapers to a point
touching the skirt az about half way
between the hem and waistband or skirt,
is a new mode Of trimming dresses.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
TRUCK SKIDS: FIREMAN HURT.
Charles Ward Thrown when AP-
paratus strikes CurbipR.

No. ) truck, en- route to a fire. turned a
corner at Wisconsin Avenue and + Street
Northwest at such speed yesterday morn
ing that the rear wheels skidded across
the street and struck a curbing. injuring
one fireman and demolishing a forty-foot
ladder.
Charles Ward. the fireman who was
thrown to the ground. was painfully
bruised and cut, but he refused to go to a
hospital Other firemen on the truck
narrowly escaped seriously injury. The
truck was put out of commission and re-
turned 10 quarters.
The accident occurred while the truck
company was responding to an alarm of
fire at 32l2 Street Northwest. The blaze
was due to a defective fiue and caused
no damage.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
THE TABLE AND KITCHEN
Marrow Ball Soup.
BY Ida AMES WILLIS.

Take a piece OF marrow the size Of an
egg and melt slowly. Cool slightly, and
add set of bread crumbs, yolk OF one
egg, salt, nutmeg to suit the flavor, and
mix well with little cold water. Take
up a teaspoonful and drop II into boil
ing stock. Do not cover the kettle. II
the balls fall apart, mix in more bread
crumbs. Let the balls boil about three
minutes.
Mutton a Ia Nenison.
Three days before il is needed place
five or six pounds of leg OF mutton in a
pickle made of two-thirds vinegar to one
Of water. sufficient to cover the meat.
Add one large onion. sliced. and two or
three bay leaves. Turn the meat twice
per day. When wanted to use take from
the pickle and roast same as other meat.
Season il well.
Farina SouHie.
In one pint of boiling milk dissolve .
lump OF butter the size of an egg. Stir
in three-fourths of a cup of farina, half
a cup OF sugar, pinch of salt. Boil five
minutes Beat two eggs separately, the
yolks very light and whites to a stiff
froth. Mix all thoroughly. add a tea.
spoonful Of favoring, and bake three
quarters of an hour. Serve at once.
Lemon sauce.
Take three-fourths of a cup of sugar,
half cup butter, one egg, the juice and
grated rind Of one lemon, one teaspoon
full nutmeg, and half a cup of boiling
water. Put into a saucepan and sit over
the teakettle in which the water is boil
ing, and stir and cook until the sauce
is smooth and thick
Lobster . Ia Newburgh.
Take the meat of a lobster weighing
nearly two pounds cut in small slices
Put into chafing dish or saucepan, add
a tablespoonful butter, a saltspoon of salt
and dash Of red pepper. Add half pint
of milk and let boil ten minutes; then
add three well beaten eggs mixed with
a gill of whipped cream. Let boil up
once and serve Immediately.
Pulled Bread.
Trim the crust from a loaf of sponge
bread and then pull the crumb of in
long narrow strips. Lay them on a bak-
ing sheet and place in the oven and
toast a nice brown.
ScallOped Apples.
Peel, core, and slice sufficient apples
to fill baking dish. well buttered; put
ting in the, apples alternately with stale
cake crumbs and a little melted butter,
using two tablespoonfuls butter to a pint
oe apples. Let the last layer be q thick
one of the crumbs. Bake in a moderate
oven until the apples are tender: then
beat together two eggs and two table
of sugar. or more IL the ap-
pies are tart. Add cup Of milk and
pour over the apples and bake Q rich
golden brown color.
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Graham Pudding.

Take three-fourths of cup of sugar,
half a cup of butter, a little salt, one
| small teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
| the milk. one cup stoned raisins. one cup
bread crumbs. and two cups OF graham
or entire wheat flour. Steam three
| hours and let stand in the hot oven for
| fifteen minutes to dry off. Serve with
lemon sauce.
Currant Jelly.
Dissolve three tablespoonfuls of home
| made jelly in half a cup of hot water.
Add a teaspoonful lemon Juice. a grating
of nutmeg. and stir over hot water for
| a few minutes.
Soft Ginger Bread.
This will keep a long time, and makes
a fine cake for travellers lunch. Sift
two quarts OF -four several times, with
an even Tablespoonful baking soda Mix
into 1t a cup Of butter and a pound of
moist brown sugar. Add to the mixture
a pint Of New Orleans molasses Of pur-
est quality. Add from four to six we'll
beaten eggs, quarter of a cup OF ground
ginger, same of cinnamon. a teaspoonful
salt. Make a soft dough. too soft to
handle. Lift out on a board with a
broad knife. and spread it to an equal
thickness, and cut in squares. Lay them
in baking pan same distance apart and
bake in a quick oven.
Tomato Soup.
Let the canned tomatoes stew gently
Just long enough to soften through
When they are soft strain them through
a soup strainer or coarse wire sieve un-
til only the seeds are left in the strainer
Measure a pint of the LIQUID. add tea
spoonful of salt, a quarter teaspoonful
pepper and half a teaspoonful Of soda
and set where it will heat slowly
Meanwhile make a white sauce with
two level tablespoonfuls butter. two Of
flour or cornstarch, rubbed together un-
til smooth; then add two cups of sweet
milk. Stir until 1t comes to boiling point.
Add this to the tomato and again strain;
return to the fire and let get steaminz
hot before serving.
Afacaroni and Apricots.
Stir twenty halves of apricots in one
cup Of granulated sugar and enough
water to cover well and make a good
sirup when cooked. Before taking from
the fire add a heaping tablespoonful of
brown hour and cook until the sirup
Is heavy and smooth. Parboil ten sticks
Of macaroni and allow to simmer in
milk until all the milk-a pint--is alb
sorbed. Stir frequently to prevent stick
ing and add two ounces Of sugar. Pour
all the juice or siTup of the stewed
apricots on the macaroni, cover well and
set back on the stove for fifteen min
utes; then take on and allow. to cool
When cold arrange the macaroni in
pyramid form and cover with the apri-
cots. placing them in layers around the
macaroni
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
Is Father to Thirty-seven.
TO Tho Washington Herald.

Grand Forks, y. Oak. Feb 2S--f>ather
of thirty-seven children is the distinction
Possessed by ii. T. Hertsog. a farm
er. living near Palermo. Three times
has Hertsog married widows with large
families. Mr.. Hertsog Is seventy years
of age, looks like a man of sixty,
takes care of -thirty-five head of cattle
and eleven horses, grew 100 bushels of
grain last year and hauled it to market
himself
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24

When a package Of manuscripts was
left at the office Of the North American
Review. William Phillips read them to
r. II. Dana, who was associated with
him editor.
You have been imposed upon, Phil
lips" said Dana mo one on this side
the Atlantic is capable OF writing such
verse"
One of these poems was "Thsnatop-
sis" and it was with difficulty that the
editors could be convinced that il was
written by a youth OF nineteen.
Bryant was a precocious child. He
was born in Cummington. Massachusetts.
November J. 1894. and he knew the al
phabet when he was sixteen months old.
He was sent to the district school before
he was five. and soon thereafter was
exploring the large library of his faith
er. DIR. Peter Bryant, a physician of
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
Onelet.

One egs to a person. one tablespoonful
Of milk to each egg. pinch of salt Beat
yolks and whites separately, but do not
beat stiff for plain omelet, only frothy.
Mix yolks and whites at last moment.
Start on top of stove till settled, then
shove frying pan in oven until medium
well done before folding filling.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
aid Rice Soup.
menting.

LII a small white cabbage, re-
all the stalk and cut the leaves in
rather large pieces. Put these with half
cup of washed rice into two quarts of
light stock and add half a can of tomato
soup. Season to taste
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
Rubber over.hoe. Saved HI. Life.

SJaclal To The Washington Herald.
Grand Forks. n. Oak, Feb ca-Rubbei
overshoes saved the life Of Harry Lee.
a switchman. when he was struck by
an unprotected trolley wire. The switch
man was riding on top of a car wheu
the live wire hit him across the fore
head. knocking him to the ground. The
contact of the heavy electrical current
was broken by the rubber overshoes and
he escaped without injury.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
Scaled Like a Fish

MIR. P. ]. Weimer. of Pennsylvania. a
sufferer from Eczema. writes:
81 scaled like a fish-had two doctors,
but got worse all the time-after using
only three bottles OF ID. D. d. / can
truthfully say ] am cured,
This d. ID. ID. Prescription is a mild
wash scientifically compounded from
wintergreen. thymol, and other ingre-
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24

comes here Wednesday that It is not be-
cause Mr.. Chaloner doesn't want to see
the song bird who reduced his brother
to an assinine state, but simply because
''self-preservation is the first law OF na-
ture.'
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24

An old custom II giving away penny loeres Of
bread the mogning Of funeral is recalled by the
prcsentation 10 the county at Lincoln.
England, Of loaf dated Is7s Tho loaf given
away at the funeral II CORY Wood. who gor-
error of the castle. Lincoln. and died ou February
L. III,
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dients. which penetrate to the disease
germs. This cooling wash destroys the
germs and throws them off. leaving the
skin smooth and healthy.
We guarantee the first fuil-siZed bottle.
You are to get it and decide II 1t /.
worth the price II not. pay nothing
O'DonnelIs Drug Stores, 9th and F sts.
NV, and Sd st. and Pa. ave. Sc.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24

No injurious parafin injections or in
struments used. No time wasted with
Massage Creams, Bust Compounds, Oils,
Lotions, rollers, cups, bandages, cleo
:ricity, hot congresses, vapor baths, or
tiresome exercises.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
For q Disordered Stomach

Hon's Lemon Seidlitz is the greatest
thing in the world. 1t Is prescribed by
physicians everywhere. and for sale by
all druggists.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-24
.Cottolene
food Is never Greasy

cottolene is a vegetable fat
made from the purest and
choicest cotton oil. It con-
tains not an ounce of hog fat.
cottolene makes delicious
pastry-crisp and flaky. For
frying, it can be heated to a
much higher temperature
than butter or lard, and forms
a coating which prevents the
absorption of the fat
Cottolene is every bit as
good as, and much cheaper
than butter for cooking. It is
far better ~
than lard; tits \ |
richer, andk,lu-AI
will 60 one
third farther VI !I:Is
than either. It
is the most
economical en-
cooking fat !
on the market.
TIE n. Z FARBANx COMPANY