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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18


Now have a little favor to ask you.
VIII you print a recipe for candied orange
peel? I have tried time and again to cook
it In sugar sirup but it always has a strong
and bitter flavor. We love 1t so we'll in spice
and nut cake that I just hate to see 1t
waste. MRS B. F.
l know there are many of our German
readers who will read this letter with great
interest, and will doubtless wish to get the
benefit of some of the recipes from the
old German cook book The American
housewife of today will not only refuse to
take as much trouble as was done cheer
fully by the old German housekeeper, but
decline to assume the task performed as
matter of course by the earlier housewives
in this land. We are all in too much Of q
hurry nowadays to make the business OF
cookery our grandmothers did. L hope the
recipe I give for candied orange peel may
prove a success in the hands of this Corner
ite.
CANDIED ORANGE PEEI.-Cut the rind
into quarters, then into long strips, put
it in pan, cover with cold water. bring
to a boil and drain. This should remove
the bitter taste To the peel of six oranges
allow cup and half of granulated sugar
and a cupful of water put these in a granite
saucepan and bring quickly to hard boil
Add the orange peel and boil down quickly.
taking care the sugar does not scorch When
the liquid is almost cooked away remove
the sauce from the stove. stir in a cupfu,
Of dry sugar, keep stirring until the peel
is almost cold. pick it apart with a fork and
the fingers. and lay on a plate to dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

instead of a rod If you think you cannot
spare the money to buy or the time to make
cheap curtains of cheesecloth or scrlm.
X X
Eliminate Elaborate Foods.
For after ALL something is to be said
for the persons who are to spend the sum-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Work Can Be Escaned.

You have no idea how it lessons work
not to have to keep silver and brass bright
in hot weather" she said. The dampness
furnishes both SO quickly that it is one per-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
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entire summer, any more than can counsel
you to cover all your books with news
papers if you have to live with them. In
expensive curtains will protect them nearly
as we'll If you have nothing else utilize
your sweeping sheets. doubling them and
hanging them from a stout tape or wire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

way of companionshp? You speak of read
ing having a tendency to isolate them from
each other and to make them selfish Have
you tried having them read aloud to you
or to each other? Have you done all you
could to interest them in such simple en-
joyments-games and the like-that you
can have in your home at little or no ex-
pense? You say your boy gave up school
because he could not entertain his class
The boys with whom have been intimate
had no such standard of education as this.
l do not mean to be unsympathec, but
wonder IL perhaps a modification Of your
attitude towards your children might not
be healthful thing all around
/ am printing your request for the articles
your sons and daughter feel would con-
tribute to their happiness and hope some
one may respond as they wish. Also
trust that some other parents who have
had somewhat similar experiences with
children will give US the result of their
observations in way which may prove
helpful to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
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mer months IN these surroundings. 1t is
bad enough for them to be debarred
country or seaside joys and rest without
obliging them to make their habitation in
a lumber-room. Simplify your rooms
but don't strip them utterly of the adjuncts
that make home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

are SO many kinds Of them. Some are pre-
pared in a kind of pie style, although the
preparation of the crust differs good deal
from pie crust, and there are torten that
are like a loaf or layer cake prepared with
out bit of baking powder, but with plenty
of eggs and just beaten light. am an old
country German and possess precious
cook book which | brought along and am
glad if can share the recipes with any ono
Interested in German cooking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
"Chickcn a la Espanol."

AWCICIt ~ ~ A%ok0ssOts
I'm answer to one of your inquiries
wish to say that the Chicken a la Es-
panol is creamed chicken with the addi-
ton Of a chopped onion. chopped green
chill, and half cup of cooked green peas.
Canned red peppers may be substituted
by those whose taste is for milder dishes.
MRS. ]. w. c.
thank you for your elucidation and even
more for the kind personal remarks you
make relative to the Corner and the fash
ion in which it is conducted. Such words
are my reward and my encouragement.
4 y
Apfel-Studel.
. was glad to see Mrs. ]. A. LIS letter
asking for apfel- -strudel. have been try
ing for six years to find some one who knew
how to make it, 1t requires time and skill
and much practice to make it a success. as
the dough is stretched on a well Toured
tablecloth, apples are put on it, and it is
folded The beauty of it is that the inside
layers are as brown and tender as the out
side. 1t Is delicious. 1t is not pie crust
nor is it noodle dough. 1t is very rare as
only few Germans and Hungarians know
how to make it. ! hoIle some good haus-
Lld0 Will ScliQ 0ii cStioIio III Qcldu.
Perhaps Mrs. j. A. l.. referred to man
del-torte? l once had the recipe, but lost it
in a fire. l only remember it contained
eggs. butter, chocolate, and ground almonds
which took the place of -four.
MRS. c. E. NJ"
These remarks about the difficulty Of
making apfel-strudel are very consoling to
me. In response to the request of Mrs J.
A L. several sets of directions came to me.
and upon the publication of one or two Of
these was assailed with bitter reproaches
because when the recipe was used the APPEL
strudel did not turn out as it should
shranl. therefore. from printing the others
Encouraged now by the worGs OF Mrs C.
e. NJ, | print another recipe for APPEL
strudel which have received. with the
warning that l have not tried the instruc-
tions and that any one who tries them must
do it at her own risk and hold me blame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

Cream cheese.
Tea.
DINNER.
Gumbo soup.
'ot roast larded and warmed over In gravy.
Hominy pudding la leftoverl.
Creamed carrots
Brown Betty.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges
Oatmeal and cream
Fried butterfish
Corn mullins
Toast.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Salmon croouettes.
German fried potatoes.
Toasted corn mullins a leftoverl
Stewed rhubarb.
Drop cakes.
Tea.
DINNER
Clam chowder
Baked shad.
Partisan potatoes
Spinach.
Strawberries and cream.
Coffee,
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Pineapple Icannedl.
Shredded wheat biscuit and cream
Bacon.
Poached eggs.
Toast
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Mince of beef ia ieftovcrl.
Baked potatoes.
Quick biscuit.
Pineapple salad La leftoverl
Crackers.
Cheese.
Tea.
DINNER
Beer soup,
Baked ham
New potatoes boiled in ;heir jacketA
Spinach souffie la eftoverl.
Surprise pudding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
SUNDAY.

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Strawberries. eaten uncapped and dipped in
sugar.
Wheatena and cream
Smeits
Toasted English mufins
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Veal loaf
Tomato Jelly on lettuce with
mayonuaise dressing.
Cheese toast.
Orange shortcake
Tea.
DINNER.
Potato soup.
Fricasseed chicken.
Boiled rice.
Asparagus.
Macaroon ice cream
Cup cakes
Coffee
y
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges.
Oatmeal and cream
Bacon.
Fried eggs
Rolls
Toast.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed dried beef.
Baked potatoes
Asparagus toast la leftoverl.
Cup cakes ia leftoverl.
Cocoa.
DINNER
Chicken pudding La leftoverl
Rice croquettes Ia leftoverl
Young beets.
Lettuce and celery salad.
Crackers and cheese
ODcoanut custard.
Coffee.
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST
Canned pineapples
Pulled wheat and cream
Baked eggs with chopped eiblets In bottom oe
nappiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

n husband and are trying to edu-
~ cate our children and give them
better chance in life than we have
had. We are able to supply them
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
THANKSGIVING AIR
N CHURCHES TODAY
Preachers at Many Services An
ticipate Coming Of Nations
Great Holiday.

Thanksgiving Day is being antici
pated In many local churches today, al.
though. In most instances. there win
not be services until next Thursday
morning.
at the Metropolitan Baptist Church this
morning was Thanks Be Unto God
For" the sentence being left un1n-
ished. that 1t might include everything
physical and spiritual that men enjoy
today.
Three Thanksgivinss. was the sub
ject Of a sermon by the Rev. DIR. D.
Butler Pratt at the Mt. Pleasant Con-
gregational Church this morning, while
at the Westminster Memorial Presby-
terrain Church the Rev. T. r. Davis
preached on Thanksgiving in Anticipa-
ton"
A Thanksgiving praise service will be
held at the Sixth Presbyterian Church
this evening. The theme Will be BE
Thankful and the service win be in
charge Of the Rev. A. w. Spooner.
Two pastors will this evening make
Of metropolitan life the subject OF their
sermons. The City and It's Perils'
will be discussed by the Rev. ]. A.
Campbell at the First United Presby-
terian Church. The Rev. 8. Townsenc
Weaver, OF the Grace N. z. Church.
VIII at the same hour preach on The
Perils and Privileges OF the City" A
sermon along the same lines will be
that on The Progress Of the Common
People, by the Rev. DIR. James Shera
Montgomery. at the Metropolitan Me-
mortal Methodist Church.
The Rt. Rev. Lucien Kinsolving.
Bishop Of Brasil, win preach the sermon
at the Episcopal Church of the Epiph-
any this evening, his subject being
Religions Simplest Demand The
morning sermon there was preached by
the rector, the Rev. DR.. Randolph H
McKim. being special service for HI
ram Lodge, No. 10, A. +. and A. NJ.
The last Of the afternoon services at
st. Thomas Episcopal Church will be
held at 4:15 today, when the Rev. C.
Herbert Reese breaches on Work"
Beginning next Sunday, this service
win be held at O'Clock in the evening.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
JOHN n. MARBLE

The death of John H. Marble takes from the
Interstate Commerce Commission its youngest men,
Der, in point of both age and service Moreover, he
distnctively represented the application of the merit
system to appointments on this commission. He had
been an examiner, then secretary, demonstrating the
highest aptitude, ability and character in every serv-
ice. President Wilson appointed him to fill the Lane
vacancy on March last. In considerably less than
a years work he had proved that he was destined
to be one of the real forces of the body There was
every prospect that he would make career in that
particular work. and that the public interest would
benefit in proportion as he accumulated experience
to re-enforce his other high qualifications. Probably
the Youngest man that ever sat on the commission,
his conscientious over-appcation to work had most
10 do with his untimely breakdown. The case is a
peculiarly sad one, the blow to family and friends
being as severe as it was unexpected and seemingly
quite without the realm of possibility.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
SZSE
ONE OF THE "DEAD-ENDS."
Baby Specialists Thrown in a
Furry When Delegate
Springs Surprise.
By EDITH LOBERT.

Last week there foregathered in
Washington nearly 400 baby specialists.
Just about all there is TO know about
infant welfare was brought to light,
taken apart, and put together again in
a mapner that rather bewildered a lay
mind. The gathering represented the
best brains in the country on this par
ticular subject. From twenty-three
States they came to the Capital OF the
Nation-the "City Beautiful"
Between learned discourses on how to
boil the milk and why the baby
should cry between p. m. and a. m,
they were sightseeing Washington"
admiring its beautiful boulevards and
its marble palaces.
With historic facts about the Lincoln
collection juggling the vital figures on
tuberculosis. the specialists were pre-
pairing to leave Washington with a
real star-spangled opinion of its high
ways and by~ays. But one afternoon a
gentle. kindly face, and yet having an
air Of authority and capability about
her arose to address the specialits. She
didn't expatiate on the charms of the
Treasury architecture; she didn't echo
the sentiments of the megaphone gen.
tlemen about Uncle Sans backyard
being the most beautiful in the world. &"
She had less obvious but more impor-
tant things than the first to discuss,
and she had her doubts about the lat
ter, for here is what she told them:
"Of the babies born in Washington,
one in every twenty-five comes to an
alley mother. OF such alley babies. one
in every four dies the first year of life. 3"
Causes Flutter.
There was perCeptible fiutter. for II
was Mrs. Archibald Hopkins who was
making what seemed a remarkable
statement to the strangers. Hadn't they
just agreed that insanitary housing
conditions were among the chief causes
OF infant mortality? And hadn't it just
been proved to them that Washington,
with it's lack of industrial wretchedness
was the happiest most desirable place
of residence in all the world? And here
was a leader in all the city's better
ment activities calmly announcing fg-
ures that seemed more fitting for the
stock ward section OF Chicago
What's the answer?
Alleys.
dare say 1t is an old story to native
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMAMENTS.

Never before in recent times has England waken-
ed so generally to the burden of the growing naval
ornaments and expenditures. The campaign for re-
duction and relief is now taking definite and urgent
character.
The chancellor of the exchequer, speaking in the
house of commons August IS, last, declared that
public opinion quite apathec upon the expendi-
ture on armaments, and intimated further that no
government could take action leading to nterna-
tonal limitation of such expenditure without strong
public opinion on the question, the existence of
which he doubted. His own feeling on the subject
is. of course intense; he has declared that Europe
is menaced by revolution if the mad rivalry is not
somehow checked.
The English national peace council, which de-
clares il is confident that there is widespread feel
ing against the cost of armaments, and that the
danger of the immense vested interests in prepa-
rations, which are fixing themselves upon the tax-
payers in every land, is increasingly perceived is
seeking to focus public opinion upon this question
with view to obtaining that strong expression Of
or r:non without which ministers appear to be unable
TO act
Sir Algernon Firth, president of the congress of
the chamber of commerce, pointed put at Antwerp
that in 1912 Europe alone spent f366,OOOO0O on
amaments, and that at the present rate in ten years
time the cost would equal the value of the whole
mercantile marine of the world
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
THE FRIsCO's FREE TREASURY.

1t is not very long since that the game of buy
and sell, or loan and borrow, between great fnan-
cial corporation and its directors, to the immense
benefit Of the latter, was played quite regularly
That some such transactions or other would be dis
closed by any investigation of the Frisco receiver
ship that went far enough back into the past was
foregone conclusion. The sworn evidence is to the
effect that this particular lines directors played the
game like experts and stuck to it until there were
no more funds to play with.
So far as the taking of oral testimony is con-
cerned, the investigation is closed. Something else
may, of course, yet transpre that will explain away
some of the transactions. But the best excuse for
ttem that offers itself now is the fact they are not
all of recent date. Even So it is pretty poor ex-
cuse. The ethical standards indeed higher now
than they once were; but such fragrant abuse of
railroad drectorates opportunities as has been re-
counted this week never justified, never honest
The last bit of evidence produced was the list of
members of the syndicate that promoted and sold to
the Frisco the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican
railroad That list is impressive. 1t names the
chairman of the Friscos board; an ex-vce president
of the Frisco; the treasurer of the Frisco; the fc<
mer counsel of the Frisco; two receivers of the
Frisco and several directors; two large trust COM
rGnies, three large banking houses. The road was
built for 81 600 000 These sold it to their own
unknowing stockholders for $700OO00
Syndicate profits of this sort amounted in all to
over S740OOOO There is great deal of buncombe
and demagogy behind the public distrust of bankers
as class and corporations as class. The more
thoughtful element has its work cut out to keep
prejudice down and legislation temperate and wise.
Instances of wholesale looting of railroads treas
ury like this make the work none the easier. The
one comfort is that secret looting is daily growing
difficult and that it does no longer meet accept
ed business standards.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
THE GRADE CROSSING PROBLEM.

The elimination of grade crossings over railroad
rights of way is matter that commands attention in
all parts of the country. The last few years have
brought it the more sharply into view, because the
use of the automobile has vastly increased the danger
of accidents by reason of the grade crossing. The
Monday news nowadays is largely weekly casualty
summary of the horrors taking place on Sunday, the
majority of them to motor parties driving in the
country and meeting accidents at crossings
Elimination of grade crossings in this country as,
for instance it has been accomplished in England,
would cost hundreds of Millions perhaps even bill
lions of dollars 1t is of those huge tasks that
might easily enough have been accomplished in the
beginnings, when the railroads were first being
structed at modest COST but hobody then could fore
see the difficulties of today, and moreover there was
no capital with which to build the railroads any more
extensively than they were first laid down. So the
reformation of these conditions has become in
creasingly expensive year by year. Now the rail-
roads and the community together face it, realizing
that it is an affair in which responsibilities are mu-
tual
The public at large has never been rabid about
grade crossings largely because the court rulings
and legal enactments have divided the responsibility
and financial burdens between the community and
the corporations If the entire cost could be dumped
on the railroads there would long before now have
been insstent demands that the business get i'm
mediate attention, and the question Of cost would
have been showed into the background.
Public service commissions and like regulative
authorities are giving attention in all parts of the
country to this question: and through cooperation
with the railroads and the local communities are
making good progress toward doing away with the
grade crossings. The worst and most dangerous !.
naturally getting attention earliest. At best it will
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
BUSINESS CALM RESTORED.

Following the Munsey Trust Company's taking over
ness and financial Washington the clouds of
ominous portent break away even more rapidly than
they had gathered By the close of business on Sat-
urday signs of anything abnormal in the financial Sit
uaton had well-ngh disappeared, and there is assur
ing promise and universal confidence that the begin
ming of the new business week will be marked by a
resumption of conditions entirely normal.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
Bay State Women's
Club Wants Police
With Rubber Soies

MAIDEN, Mass, Nov. 23.-A Pc
titiOn TO have the policemen Of
this city wear rubber >Oled
shoes because they make so
much noise walking the streets
between midnight and sunrise
will be presented tomorrow
morning tG Chief Foley by mem.
bers Of the Maiden WOmen's
Club.
"What protection have we against
burglars il the policemen make
so much noise when they walk
that 1t is almost impossible to
sleep nights when they clatter
past residences which Lare
brick sidewalks!" the petition
reads.
Chief Foley, this morning. indig-
nantIy denied the intimatiOn of
one club official that his men
liked to wear noisy shoes he.
cause 1t guaranteed they would
run no chances of a chance OF
accosting a burglar.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
Home Club to Pick
Officers Tomorrow

That there win be no discrimination
IN membership eligibility for the Home
Club of the Department of the Interior
IL indicated by the fact that the by
laws. as drafted, provide no restrictions.
The only prerequisite for membership
Is employment in the Department Of the
Interior. In tentative draft of the
Home Club bylaws IL was provided
that all white employees were eligible.
The draft. submitted to employees to be
scanned before meeting tomorrow
evening, contained no such limitation
Temporary officers win be elected to-
morrow night.
Following is the ballot: For president,
A. A.. Jones, Secretarys office; vice
president, George Otis Smith. Geological
Survey: secretary, III. A. Rattigan, Cen
eral Land Office; treasurer, A. H
Thompson, Pension Office. Board of
McPhaul, General Land
Office: John T. Reeves. Indian Office:
John r. keenan,, Pension Office; James
T. Newton, Patent Office; E. ]. Ayers.
Secretary's office: w. s. Deffenbaugh.
Bureau of Education; Miss A. NJ. Fon-
taine, Geological Survey, w. A. Ryan.
Service, and Mrs. Edith Z.
Spofford. Bureau of Mines.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
Charge Destruction OF
Eggs to Hold Prices

Within a week special attorneys and
agents all over the country are expected
to file with the Attorney Generals office
detailed information about cold storage
houses and their handling of eggs. The
Department of Justice has been in
formed by Congressman Kenneth D.
McKellar that the cold-storage interests
Of the country, by the manipulation OF
mark cts. have caused the high prices at
present being charged for food In ad-
dition to an immediate investigation by
Congress demanded by Mr.. Mckellar.
he has asked Attorney General Mercy
nolds to assemble evidence of the re-
ported conditions, with a view to iEsti-
tuting criminal proceedings.
Congressman Mckellar told the De-
partment of Justice that he had been
informed that one storage firm actually
destroyed eggs by the carload after Its
warehouses had become taxed to their
capacity, rather than allow the eggs to
go into the retail markets and curtail
the plan of "cornering" the egg market
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

ture were piled together in a miscel-
laneous array.
Come right in." she grinned, hospitab-
ly. as we made our way up the steps.
Dainty lingerie. freshly laundered. hung
on a line. The general disarray was
typical Of the alley dweller.
All washings from downtown, are
they?" we inquired.
''Oh. yassen, yas indeed"
This is the sort Of place where babies
must struggle for existence" said Mrs.
Ricknell. And altogether too many OF
them rfnd the fight is too strong for
them. Also. this Is the sort of place
where downtown people have their
ashing done.
Il wish We could impress upon peo-
pie who are ready to help relieve dis
tress among the whites only, that this
is not race problem-it Is a human
problem. Just SO long as people allow
their prejudice to blind them to real
facts. just so long will Washington
have its alley problems"
From here We went to Freedmen's 8
court. between o and u streets and
Sixth and Seventh. over to Goat alley,
and down old o street, now Neal. Much
the same conditions prevailed, and in
most of the instances the converting of
these alleys into minor streets, eiimi-
mating the dead-ends. would partially
solve the prolem.
Influence Morals.
1T is not in terms of illness and
death alone that the influence Of the
home and its surroundings must be
measured" continued my guide. Nor
ais and love of Righteousness are factors