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until you have 1t the consistency Of a cream
gravy; put in four tablespoons of good
cider vinegar. three tablespoons of sugar.
a small lump of butter. salt and pepper to
taste, good sized onion. minced fine; boil
all together and add the meat Bring to
good boil and it is ready to serve. You can
use water instead of the soup stock, and
more or less vinegar as you prefer.
"Will not you give recipe for a good
lobster salad and for gVen peppers stuffed
with rice? Miss l.. A"
Thank you very much for the recipe.
Other directions have been sent to me for
sour meat of various kinds. but yours ap-
peals to me especially. 1 am glad to give
you the recipes you request.
LOBSTER SALAD-If you cook the lob
sters yourself. select rather large ones,
plunge them head downward into a pot of
boiling water and cook for about forty
minutes. Break the shells carefully. re-
ject the stomach, the spongy fingers be-
tween the claws and the shell and the vein
in the tail. Cut the meat into neat pieces.
mix with it little mayonnaise. arrange
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lies close under the skin and you frequently
lose it by peeling the apple before cooking
4 !.
Needs Wheel Chair.
Is there space in your Corner for this
request? An old man 7S years of age has
lain for two years in a small back room
with only one window. He is paralyzed
from the hips down. II he had wheeled
chair he could enjoy life little better.
Isn't there some one of a benevolent turn
who will give a chair to one so afflicted?
Mrs. M. M"
AS sit here at my window and look out
on the sweet greenness of the country and
feel the delicious air that blows across
grass and flowers try to think of what it
must be to lie in what the poet Heine used
to call mattress grave" and my heart
aches with pity for the poor man and with
thankfulness for my own blessedness. Isn't
there some one who can help this poor old
prisoner to have change from his bed and
chance at some life outside of his small
back room !?
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pg~q HREE letters of the same type have
reached me at approximately the
same time:
l turn to you for help and advice.
l am in the beautiful city of Los
Angeles. a recent widow, trying to forget
my sorrow in this glorious country and to
find new interests in life. / wish / could
md some other woman, left alone like my
self TO whom 1 could be helpful COM
health, of pleasing address. neat habits
and others have said l am of an amiable
disposition and good company. 1t is the
lonesomeness that eats the heart out of me.
! walk the crowded streets of this beauti-
full city, all about me strangers, and go
home without having spoken a word to
soul all day Do you know of any societies
out having to pay too high dues? l can
furnish good references T. B."
As ! have often Sid before, it is impos-
sible for me to Rake through this col
umn applications for paying positions
If L. B. seeks d position as salaried
companion there is nothing l can do
for her, but from the tone of her let
ter l think she is seeking a friendly
association which will lessen the loneliness
from which she suffers. Can any of our
Los Angeles members answer the queries
about the societies and lodges? hold r.
BIS address and will be glad to give it to
any one who can supply information that
may cheer her life little.
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on lettuce. pour a mayonnaise dressing
over it, garnish 1t with the claws of the lob
ster and with hard boiled egg cut into
eighths. Serve cold.
GREEN PEPPER STUFFED WITH
RICE-Cut the stem end from sweet green
peppers and remove the seeds with spoon
or small knife. taking care not to bring
your fingers into contact with them any
more than necessary, as they burn. Parboil
the peppers for ten minutes. drain them,
set them on end. and fill them with boiled
rice. Moisten this with little gravy or
stock or with melted butter and set them
in the oven. covered, until they are hot
through-about ten minutes. If you wish
you can mingle little meat with the rice
or pour tomato sauce over it after it Is in
the peppers. Serve with or without gravy
poured about the peppers on the dish.
Some Fruit Combinations.
Here are some fruit combinations we
like. When apples are plentiful we can
them and cook parings and cores for juice.
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Receiped Help from Corner.

send you an excellent recipe which
hope you will publish. am the woman
VINO wrote to you last fall asking for bits
OF calico. and have received much needed
assistance through your corner. / have
eight children, the baby now IS months
old. l have a certificate and will teach
school next winter at $55 per month, and
we certainly are glad to be able to help
ourselves to some extent. A. AZ
Thank you for the recipe, which will APP
pear in another column. am glad to
print your acknowledgment OF help re-
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~ I Err mother has no influence over
her at all! She tries to keep her
at home. but she will run the
streets with the other girls. and
there seems to be no way of re-
straining her"
The friend who made this remark was sit
ting with me on the veranda of her home
in a little town. Pretty houses and pleas
ant verandas stretched about us, before
off to one side hung low line of smoke
which marked the location of the "plant y
which employed most of the wage earners
Of the town.
Inc girl 10 whom we referred was an at
tractive young thing of perhaps 10 or 20
who had passed the house while we were
talking. laughing and chatting rather loud
iy with knot of her companions. had
met her before and the recollection of the
pleasing impression she had then made
upon me had called to my lips the wonder
that her mother did not keep her at home
in the evenings.
" But that seems dreadful to me, said.
The idea of a mother being unable to re-
strain girl of that age 1t is the time the
child needs her mothers influence most.
And frequently it is the time when she
has it least!'
Is there any one reading this who has not
had the chance to observe this painful fea-
ture of life In our small towns and villages?
/ know one may notice the same sort of
thing in large cities as well, but the little
country town is supposed to be preeminent-
ly a place of homes. There are not the al
luIements and temptations there which are
supposed TO attract the girl from her small.
close room in the great city.
If there is one locality where family life
at its best is needed it is in the little town
Yet it is there that the lowest order Of
morality is often found among the young
people; it is there that least restraint is
exercised by the parents over their sons
and daughters.
You mustn't think there is anything
really wrong about Janet +" my friend
broke in upon my musings. " She is per-
fectly good, straight girl, but she is des-
perately headstrong and does as she
pleases without listening to any one"
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choose intimates she would not have alto
gether liked. But If she had once come
to me and said tenderly that she feared
this or that friendship or habit was not for
my best good and asked me to believe she
knew what was wise for me and to have
confidence in her-why, I cannot imagine
my withstanding her for momentn'
Because she had never let you slip
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to know anything they are nagged and
scolded and forbidden to do harmless things
until at last when the time comes for
the parent to forbid something actually
wrong the children have lost all conf
dence in her judgment. If you fuss with
a girl as to what shoes and stockings she
shall wear and make a big fret over nom
essentials you can't expect her to pay much
attention to you when you try to check
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to retain your love and trust. great
many mothers don't seem to recognize the
necessity of this and when they have oc-
casion to call on your belief in them it is
not there to respord to the call. It's hard
work being the right kind of a mother.
you knowr'
Perhaps it is, and yet doesn't the effort
pay? What is there in the world that
pays better after all?
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ences and would like place in Los Angeles
or Pasadena. L prefer the latter. R."
Another chance for companionshp for
some lonely one, and this is perhaps an op-
portunity for the writer of the first of the
three letters l have put here together.
Please observe that all three writer's re-
quest and offer references.
\; Il
Inexperienced bat Energetic.
Will you kindly tell me how an mex
find employment? Would there be any
opening in the cities for such woman in
settlement work? If So how could she pro-
cure the position? Until now have been
one of the homemakers, but am entirely
alone. with only small income. can
furnish the highest references as to my in
tegrity, etcl but am not trained for any
special line of work. l am well educated,
but have no particular talent unless it Is
to fill position of trust with good com
mon sense honesty. and determination to
drown sorrow in hard work. If you will
give me advice will be greatly indebted
to you. JEANET NAMELEss.
No name and address accompany this
communication, and all the help can give
must be through this printed page. Ny ad-
vice to you Is to go to some bureau con-
nected with the Young Women's Christian
association and see If they cannot suggest
a field for your ability. You ought to have
no trouble in filing the place Of matron in
home or something Of the sort. or In be-
ing a parish or district visitor in connec-
tion with church or charitable activities.
AS to settlement work, have my doubts.
My decided impression is a. certain amount
of training is demanded now Of those who
take such posts, and that mere good will
without preliminary drilling is no longer
sufficient Can any of our readers make
further suggestions that may aid this cor
respondent?
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Then there are some mothers who ap-
preciate the risks run by their daughters.
but like the mother of the girl of whom
1 spoke at the beginning of this talk have
no influence with their children.
g How do the mothers lose control Of their
girls?" L asked my friend one day.
By overworking their influence on un-
important matters" she said promptly.
" From the time the children are old enough
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own will and way in order to hold our
daughters close to us? Why should we
not keep young with them and share in
their friendships and in their interests?
We cannot take part in every pursuit. TO
be sure, but we can keep their confidence
on all that concerns them and listen with
unfeigned eagerness to their accounts Of
what they are doing or planning to do We
can welcome their friends to the home and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Common Sight on Nice Eocnings.

During the fortnight l spent with my
friend l had the same sight brought to my
eyes every pleasant evening. Clusters and
couples of girls roamed the streets until
all hours of the night. apparently unafraid
of late hours despite the fact they must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Home for a w oman.

The second letter is from Eagleville Mo-:
Do you know of woman between 25
and 50 who would be glad of good home
and what clothes she needs and would be
willing to help or rather to do light house
keeping? There are but three of us in fam
ily-my husband. my little girl, and myself.
My little girl is 6 years old. My husband is
away from home for all meals except break
fast and away from in the morning until
in the evening. We live just one mile
from town and are thinking of moving into
town. OF course, the main thing is to get
some one who would be kind to my little
girl. She is nice to get along with. could
furnish references as TO this l want some
one who is honest. clean. and cheerful, also
who likes children. If there is any question
to be answered further I would be glad to
write. would want good references from
any one who came and would furnish the
same. l am sure the right person would
not be sorry for answering this. MRS W."
If the writer of the first letter and this
applicant could only get together it might
be possible for them to arrange a partner
ship. / print the letters of both close to-
gether. and if no partnership comes of it
they may make other relations which
would be satisfactory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

When we are young we naturally look
forward to events affecting us personally
which the future may have in store for
us. As we grow older we appreciate the
fact that our first hand sensations are
things Of the past. We have known the
joys of youth, of love, of marriage. of
motherhood. Life holds no great novelty
for us, unless it may be that Of pain. but
we have The sweetness and blessedness of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Care of Figs.

Care Of Figs.
Can you or some OF the Corner advise
me regarding the care of figs, both for
home and market. My husband has pur-
chased and we have moved on to a fruit
ranch. and the fig crop will be large. OF
which We know nothing
''MRs. n. c. f.
Have you thought of writing to the d.
partment of agriculture for advicef I
think you could get II from there: or can
some of our fruit growing friends counsel
you through our columns or by personal
correspondence? I have your address and
VIII furnish II to any one who can assist
you I wish | could.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

vicarious joys in the lives of our children.
What mistake we make IL we fail to
provide happiness for our old age by bring
ing up our children to be the men and
women we wish them to be!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Planting Under Moons Influence.

| am writing to you relative to planting
under the moons influence. have found a
scientific farmer and seed man who pub
fishes a book on the subject and sells 1t.
ordered one and am we'll pleased, as had
heard so many different opinions on tho
matter. Such vegetables as potatoes, bsets.
etc, should be planted at one time in the
moon or you may have more vines than
vegetables. Peas, beans, tomatoes, and
cueumbers must be planted at another time
of the moon. Celery. corn, parsley, onions.
ETC., at still another The writer proves his
theory by pictures of tomatoes planted in
different times of the moon when they have
reached the same age. Cucumbers for table
use should be planted in different time OF
the moon from those for pickles I will
surely let you know how'we succeed with
our garden after following his directions.
" If the home grown citron can be used
after being candIed in fruit cake the same
as the fruit we buy from the shop would
like the recipe. also for preserved citron.
MRS. G. T. A.
As | have already said know nothing
positive about planting in the different
phases of the moon. although have heard
theories about it all my life from farmers
wiz beHcFtu III II absolutely. L snail De
interested to know how it works in your
garden. AS to the citron, the melon we p,I-'
up under that name is an entirely different
thing from the citron of commerce, and
while an excellent preserve. could not be
used in the place OF the other citron in caked
or mince pies with similar results.
4 X
German Doughnut.
Can you give me a recipe for q German
doughnut which English speaking people
call windbags? The Germans call 1t win
bidel, and when asked what it was in
English I was told I do not know cor
tainly, but l think they are called wind
bags If you can give me the recipe you
will oblige me greatly. A READER"
Here is an opportunity for some Of our
skillful German housemothers to give US
some help l do not think have ever
appealed to them in vain and there il every
probability that shall receive as full an
answer and as many recipes for g wind
bags as did when / asked the American
contingent how to make cornmsal stu0ng
and butterscotch PIE.
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ceived and the news Of your promised po-
sition. 1t does me good to record any
good fortune that comes TO our brave
women who make the best of what they
have. =s-------
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Had Confidence in Mother.

1t all seems so strange to me " unused.
When a girl often did things of which
my mother would not have approved, l am
afraid-small things, to be sure-and fire.
quently longed to go my own way and to
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her in the way she behaves in public or
the boys and girls she chooses for her
companions and friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Wants a Place 10 Stau.

4" am an orphan and just convalescent
from an operation for appendicitis would
like some place to stay for company in ex-
change for my board. with some widow who
lives alone or with some married woman
whose husband is away good deal and who
does not like to stay by herself. / can do
my own cooking and dishwashing and
would be willing to do the woman's patch
ing, etc. can furnish the best Of refer
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Some Fruit Combinations.
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.


~% ~% I
Roast mr~uu~ ~
Mdasann isn cream
bw ~ edbua
redh
cheese
n soup h left 1
al
~ Potato pna a uL
""s s"1A sss "a ss.n am iss..
onnua uuunaw nhamn hroeL no liver
'SS" Hot '"S "aA
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Substitute for Olipes.

L have seen directions for preparing
green plums to take the place Of olives.
but cannot remember the process. Will
you please give the recipe for olives made
of green plums and also for the genuine
olives? MRS q. 3.
For instructions for this must turn to
our California constituency. have to
own frankly that I have never heard OF
making mock olives from green plums and
wonder very much II they would have the
peculiarly nutty flavor that marks the true
olive. The preparation of this for eating
is also outside my knowledge and would
be glad to receive directions for the work
and print them here for the benefit of others
who may own or manage olive orchards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Youth Not Naturally Bad.

And when we look at the matter carefully,
how much do we have to renounce of our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Recipe for Sour Meat.

Some time ago woman asked for .
recipe for making sour meat, as she called
1t. l wonder if she would like my way
of making what we call sour hash? We
think it is just fine. To make it 1 call for
a 10 cent soup bone with meat and not
much bone-boiled meat or leftover meat
may be used; cook it till tender and re-
move from the fire. When cold cut int
small squares. Brown a heaping table
spoon OF flour in frying pan over not
too ho{hre and stir into cup of soup stock
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Err mother has no influence over
81 her at all! She tries to keep her
at home. but she will run the
streets with the other girls, and
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-03
WILL ERECT PRIVATE HosPITAL
VIII Be Located on Seventh street
Northeast, the Property of Dr.. 55
III e, u. Hall ~ 's3 H

4. a private hospital will be erected BY,
D: =. p. Hall near his home on Sew
.enth street northeast, to be completed
this fall s3sa ss
Dr. Hall has purchased the two lots
adjoining his property on Seventh
stree. and will erect three-story
frame building, 36x46, feet, which win
accommodate IL patients The third
story Of the building will not be finish
ed until later time. A full basement
will also be built, on which work has
already been started. The building
VII be up-to-date. An elevator will be
installed for the purpose Of transfer
ring patients to the second and third
floors r
The contract for the erection of the
building has been let to j. G. Ander-
son Of this city and it is expected that
it will be completed before the cold
wes ther comes.
Miss Ella Burnham, who has complet-
ed :. course in a hospital in st. Paul,
will have charge of the institution, she
having taken the course for this spe-s
cial purpose.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-03
JUSTICE, NOT VENGENCE

-. Paul Dispatch: If he has been
correctly quoted. tho county attorney
OF Red Wing might benefit himself b.
reading the memorable sentences of
Ia1siel Webster relating to the duty of
the officer who represents justice and
the yaople in all criminal prosecutions.
A p.rusal Of the same Grafton might
BE- read without harm by prosecuting
Officers all over the state. The law is
just. not vindictive. The prosecuting
officer is the agent Of justice, not the
aveu@er of the law. It is the duty Of
county attorneys to assist in melting
OFT exact and even justice, acquitting
the i;1nocent and convicting the guilty.
!. is entirely proper for county at
tcrras, to frame above his desk the
motto. ''Let No Guilty Man Escape,'
but ii is the undoubted duty of the
same official to aid justice in determin-
in2f me innocence or guilt, not to secure
:e~viction where the doubt is on the
side Of the accused. Prosecuting Of
fr2re are few and far between who
subscribe to the doctrine that it is bet
ter THAT ninety and lime guilty men
esd ape than one innocent man suffers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-03
HUSBAND knew OF ::
HIS WIFE'S CRIMES
Tells Police Woman Confessed
to Him. Recently.

Minneapolis, Oct 2.-Mrs. Ida
lockwood, the woman who has adj
mitted that she murdered one of her
children and is suspected by the po-
lice of having killed five others, con-
fessed two weeks ago to her husband,
Ole lockwood, that she had killed
their nine-year-old daughter, Viola, he
declares.
He starred to the police station to
surrender his wife to the authorities,
forcing her to accompany him, but
her entreaties made him turn back.
His statement contained the declar-
alton that his wife admitted also the
murder OF three other children in ad-
dition to Viola.
Breaking the silence that he had
maintained since his wife's arrest
lockwood made tbs statement to the
Minneapolis police and addel the
crime of arson to that of murder.
with which he had already charged
the woman. Broken in spirit, he
trembled and almost wept as he de-
tailed his struggle between love for
his children's mother on one side and
regard for his duty on the other.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-10-03
NEW GARNISHMENT LAW

Ma0kato Free Press: The recent
legislature amended the statutes provid-
ing for the garnisheeing Of wage &C.
courts, and as the change in the law
has become known there has been
stirred up considerable activity among
collectors and owners Of old accounts.
l:tier the former law, $25 was ex-
en1ET from garnishee out of any wage
account due. Thus a man might be
getting 800 month. but if he was
pad weekly in installments of $25 his
waves could not be garnisheed
t>:'!er the new law the exemption
is Increased to $35, but with this i'm
portant change, that the exemption is
out OF the total amount due for thirty
.dayS-no matter whether wages are
paid weekly or monthly. Thus the wage
account can be garnisheed for the
month and man earning more than
$50 month can be garnisheed for the
amount over and above $35 which he
has due him for wages.