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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
Beef a la Mode NTH Raisins.

"Will you be so kind as to let me know
how to cook beef la mode with raisins?
My husband has eaten it and likes it so well
that he wishes me to make it, but 1 don't
know how. would also like to know how
10 make cottage pudding with good sauce
and just how to mix it, for my husband is
fond OF that. too. MRS. Won X"
NBEEF A LA MODE WITH RAISINS-
Cut quarter of a pound of salt pork into
strips and fry them in saucepan, with
sliced onion, in good beef gripping Lay a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
4 Messenger Bow Tragedy.

A few years ago l had rather touching
illustration of this. 1t was just befc.e
Christmas that a messenger boy came to
my home one evening with a telegram.
departed with his receipt, and reappeared
half an hour later In a state of anguish OF
mind. He had lost his pay-S5-and had
come back to see IL he could have dropped
it there. We were lis last resort, for he
had inquired at every other possible place
before coming to The bill was nowhere
to be found and the small boy-a very small
boy he was, too-forgot what shreds of
manliness he possessed and lifted up his
voice and wept.
Me mudder'll beat me when come home
widout me pay!" he sobbed Sure, I'm
afraid to go homcl'
| have said he was small. just about the
size of some of our own little lads who
had been tucked In bed for couple of hours
while this wee cnap was trotting about
earning his living. We held a council of
war, and after taking the precaution to
telephone to the Office and verify the boys 5
story we made up a collection which re-
placed the lost IS and put a little interest I
with it. One of our party interrogated
him.
Are you sure all this money goes to your
mother?" she asked. Don't you keep
part of it for yourself?"
:" Not on your life I don'tl was the
prompt response. :" Me mudder would lick
the stuffln' outen me II 1 didn't give It all
to herr'
Not SO poetical as some of the tales in
which the infant hero is described Is noblv
supporting his starving parents but prob
ably much truer to lifel
In something the same line was a story
told me once by wealthy New Englander
who prided himself on having made his own
way In the world.
I" 1 asked my father to give me my time
when l was 49," he said :" But he wouldn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
Yellop Piano Keys.

"Will YOU please advise me what will
clean the keys Of piano that have turned
yellow? r. G.
Try wping them off with a soft cloth
dipped in alcohol, rubbing with the grain,
and dry with a soft flannel or linen cloth
If this does not whiten them lay on them
strips of white Canton flannel wet with
oxalic acid, taking care the flannel is not
wet enough to drip on the wood. If the
piano is left open at times and the KEYS
exposed to the sunlight they are less likely
TO yellow than if they are shut away all
the time.
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stove that Is of no further use and l would
be so glad to have It | would be willing
to pay all express charges If L could only
get one MRS. o. s.
Has any one such a stove? In the old
days they We're plentiful enough and they
cannot all have gone TO scrap heaps Is
1t not possible that there is parlor stove
slowed away in some attic or cellar or lum-
ber room in one of the places where they
still have space for such receptacles? If
so | am sure you will agree with me in
thinking it will be of more value making
the widows heart to sing by keeping her
warm than in taking up room that might
well be filed with something OF more i'm
pcrtance to you. 1 hold the address of Mrs
o. S. and will be happy to supply 1t on ap-
piication.
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y
Training in Domestic Science.

Training in Domestic Science.
Since domestic science as household eco
nomics has been introduced into club work
] have made 1t constant study and for
five years have used every effort towards
putting such branches into our school cur
riculum. Domestic science has become a
study in the schools In all the largest
towns in Arkansas and in a few years
it will be in all our grades. l am
working at present to get chair OF
domestic science in our state university.
The State Federation of Women's Clubs
has never succeeded in getting this branch
of home making where it would do the
greatest good.
The art of cooking is necessary part
of the education of the homemakers. You
know that. l wish you would In some
way put forth suggestion that thorough
study of domestic science would give the
training necessary to efficiency and thus
add your influence to the work we are
trying to do. MRS. j. b.
/ entirely approve of training girls in
any and every branch of domestic science.
and any influence that may be mine am
happy to exert, If 1t will do any good. 1
would like to know through other work.
ers in this line and those Interested in it
the practical effects of the study in the
homes to which the girls go from school
and college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
A Double Relationship.

Thus much IN EXPLANATION. Here Is the
solution offered by . L V. IT,:
The mother of H. S. n. and the mother
of the girl he wishes to marry are half sis
tiers.
Their fathers being brothers. they are
cousins as well as sisters.
The girl and himself. being children of
sisters. are first cousins.
Their mothers. being cousins. the girl
and himself are second cousins also Cor is it
third cousinsD'
According to this the girl and the young
man are both first cousins and second cous-
ins. which adds to the deadly closeness Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of The enormous number Of
IL letters sentto The department must ask
contributors TO limit their communications 10
100 uords. except In cases Of formulas or
recipes whieh require greater space. want
all my correspondents to hare shouting in
the Corner, and if my request in This respect
is complied with ii wiR be possible TO print
many more letters.
Attention Is called 10 The fact that Marion
Harland cannot receipe money for patterns,
as she has no connection with any department
that sells them. Marion Harland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

and yolks separately, saltspoon salt, three
cups flour or enough to make good batter.
like cake, sifted with two teaspoons baking
powder. Rub the butter and the sugar to-
gether until smooth: add the beaten yolks,
then the milk, the salt. the flour and the
whipped whites. Bake in buttered mold
iii a steady oven until straw run into it
comes out clean; turn the loaf out on dish.
For sauce beat tablespoon of butter into
a cup of powdered sugar. add half cup
of boiling water gradually. and flavor with
lemon juice to taste or with sherry. and.
II you like, pinch of cinnamon.
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the relationship, should marriage be con-
tracted between them. By the long list
gave of states in which suchJmarriages are
unlawful some idea can be gained of the
estimation in which bonds of this sort are
held by thoughtful men,
Physicians have for years uttered warn
ings against marriages between cousins,
and the memory of each OF us can afford
narrowing Illustrations of the risk of such
alliances. Insanity, scrofula, tuberculosis,
inbecility are only a few OF the woes which
follow in the track of marriages between
those near of kin. They can offer no excuse
of ignorance, in this enlightened day, for
yenturing to call down the diseases have
mentioned, and other maladles as We |, upon
the heads of their children and their chill
drens children.
i trust l may have the cooperation of all
Intelligent men and women in this small
effort to protest against the iniquity Of
marriages of this class. shall be glad to
learn of any similar attempts which have
proved successful or of illustrations to re-
inforce my position
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

obligation or paying them back for what
they have done for me-
She and her husband both arrived i the
same goal but they came to it by different
ways. And, after all, what matter the
route so that the end Is the same? What
difference does 1t make If a child CON
tributes to the parents support from love
or from duty?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
Raisiin Fudge.

''Will you kindly tell me If you have a
recipe for raisin fudge?
I'D. NJ N"
have no exact direction for raisin fudge.
but looking at 1t from a common sense
standpoint 1 should think it could be made
as vanilla fudge Is made with the addition
of seeded table raisins cut in two, or of
carefully washed and dried Sultana raisins,
stirred into the fudge just before you turn
it from the saucepan into the pan, or the
raisns may be laid in the buttered tin and
the fudge poured on them AS l say, this
is only my suggestion of how it should be
made for l nave never seen it myself and
If any one has different and better direc-
ton l shall be happy to receive 1t and
print It,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

or pet animals can get hold of it. Not a
week passes that we do not see accounts
of poisonings that have taken place through
carelessness or ignorance The rats are
undoubtedly a pest. and l am glad TO put
in your way any method of getting rid of
them, but you pay a dear price for relief
from them If there is even a possibility
of any casualty from neglect to put the
stuff meant to destroy the rats where hui
man beings or harmless animals cannot
get hold of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

:" don't agree with you at ALL" she cried.
" don't think am under the least obliga
ton to my parents for borning me. They
didn't bring me here for my pleasure but
their own. and after they had me the least
they could do in common decenay was to see
that l was well cared for and brought up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
Wants Economical Menu.

would be very grateful IL some of your
shut-ins would have the patience to write
me menu Of how two persons can live
on sos month and save any money. We
want three meals a day for thirty days.
Pastry can be omitted, as neither one of
us is fond of it. We have no gas bills to
pay and 10 car fare. but pay So week for
rent MRs n n -
confess 10 oelng rather at loss to
know why this appeal should be made to
the shut-ins rather than to be able bodied
housekeepers, unless it may be that the
latter are supposed to be too busy to take
time for writing from their active duties.
Such as the appeal is l print 1t and hold
the address of Mrs. r. r. for any shut-ins
who feel inclined to assist her with her
bill Of fare and expense account. should
think 1t might interest the invalid whose
time hangs heavy on her-hands and who
holds enough remembrance of housekeep-
ing experiences to give practical advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

the world, fed, clothed, and educated me.
gave me a good home and affectlonate COM
panionship, and nothing l can do for them
in return would begin to repay them. l
shall always be in their debt
His wife broke in protestingly
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properly. Why should feel myself in
their debt?"
Her remarks sounded far less f1lial and
amiable than her husband s. but l hap
pened to know her for one of the most de-
voted and self-sacrifcing of daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

do it-made me hand over all the money
earned by hiring TO a farmer in the neigh
borhood until l was 81. Then he gave me
my freedom suit of clothes and turned
me loose. I never forgave him for treat
ing me as he did-but. after all. he had g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

that the parents should provide for the
children, and not the children for the
parents-and take the stand that the chill
dren are under no monetary obligation
whatsoever to the father and mother, but
have full light to anything they can earn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

who counted nothing a burden she could do
for her father and mother. / made re-
mark to this effect. Her retort was quick.
. do that for love, not from sense of
duty. I care so much for them that l would
give up anything in the world to make them
happy-but it's not from any old idea of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

by the work of their heads or hands.
Which side do you take?
l asked man this question while / was
pondering over the letter with which 1
started this talk.
Il feel I owe everything to my parents"
he said promptly. They brought me into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

DINNER.
Brown potato soup.
Veal outlet with tomato sauce.
Rice scalloped Ia left oyerl.
Fried oyster plant.
Cottage pudding with hard sauce
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit.
Corn flakes and cream.
Picked up Goldfish.
Graham mullins.
Toast,
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Fried panfish.
Stewes white potatoes.
Waffies and maple sirup.
Toast.
Tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup.
Baked salmon with cream sauce.
Macaroni and cheese
Stewed celery.
Lemon pie.
Coffee.
X 4:
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Apple sauce.
Oatmeal jelly and cream.
Broiled ham.
Whole wheat gems.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Salmon loaf la left overl.
Lyonnaise potatoes.
Rolls.
Jam.
Crackers.
Cheese.
Tea.
DINNER
Cream of celery soup.
Pot roast Of beef.
Creamed carrots.
Drowned white potatoes.
Mince pie.
Coffee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
To Gel Rid of Rats.

Some one has asked how to get rid Of
rats Here is the remedy: F'ifty-ive per
cent Of wheat flour. 25 per cent pulverzed
sugar. 20 per cent white arsenic; mix all to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

There are people TO-DAY who have the same
view. On the other hand, there are those
who hold the scriptural statement as law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
Wants a Parlor Stove.

am a poor widow and am in need OF
parlor stove. but cannot afford to buy
one. Perhaps some friend might have a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23


Oranges
meal and cream.
Cocoa
rup
4 st there lambs silver
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an browne
Tomaor msoup
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cores
bee efandc crams
Bakede la ovrl
ored bacon headn n cheese
cb@e
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rack la left tver.
beans heaedwn homoau
with cheeea
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

II SEND with this my attempt to an
! swer the genealogical riddle pub
lished some time since and signed
H. S. NJ If can convince him that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23
= 2:
Which Side Do You Tabe2

perfect right to do it. He Owl
until | was of agei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-23

LETTER comes to me which COM
pels my earnest thought, and which
I would like to lay before our con-
stituency. In fact. the writer of the
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
SON IS MODEL FOR MOTHER
Mans Striking Resemblance to Dead
Parent Makes Possible Painting
Of Portrait.

Kansas City. Mo-When James Con-
cannon. % years old. left here recent
" for his home near Lenora. Kan. he
was happy in the possession OF a
painted canvas on which beamed the
features OF his mother as before
death. an artistic triumph made pos
sible by his intense filial love and de-
votion and his remarkable resem-
blance to his parent.
When Concannon's mother ~ years
old. died last August, he was distress
ed by the fact that a dim old photo
graph vas the only likeness of her
he had. Realizing how similar were
his own features to hers. he consult
ed a local artist to learn whether a
iifeiike picture of his mother could be
made from the photograph and him
self. He was told that the painting
could be made for $3.50. He labored
on farm seven months and saved
the required amount. ut is an exact
likeness" said Concannon as he left
the studio with his treasure.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
MUST KEEP CLOCKS LEVEL
London Timepiece Maker Explains
Cause Of Their Failure to Stay
In Order.

London-The reason why mantel-
niece clocks so often get out Of order
is so obvious that 1t is strange that
attention to it has not been drawn be-
fore. A London clockmaker said:
1T is because mantelpieces are
rarely level II a clock meant for a
mantelpiece is not placed in an exact
" horizontal position it is sure to go
wrong. When the clock gains or loses
because of its slanting position, peo-
pie regularly move the hands forward
or backward. as the case may be. In
order TO adjust It Eventually the
clocks hands are moved about so much
that the mechanism gets out OF order
and the clock refuses even to tick.
Watches and travelling clocks are
constructed differently from the sta.
ticnary clock. and they will go in any
position That is why they are relied
upon more than the ornamental man
telpiece cloct"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
FLEES IN BIG BOX OF SHIRTS
Convict Opens Trick Lid OF Packing
Case After II Is Placed In Freight
Car at Wethersfieid, Conn.

Hartford, Conn-The Connecticut
state prison at Wethersiield all but
bought n railroad ticket for the es-
cane OF Charles Dewey. who had
served two years OF five TO nine
wear sentence for highway robbery
He concealed himself in packing box,
supposed to contain shirts, and was
carried to the freight yard by the
prison var The escape was not dis
covered until the return to the prison,
and an investigation disclosed the
empty box in the freight car.
The cover OF the packing box gave
every indication of being nailed down
tight, when in reality only one side
WAS fastened The nails on the other
three sides were driven so they came
Just inside the box instead OF catch
ing the wood A handle was fastened
to the underside OF the cover and to
this was attached heavy piece OF
wire so that the prisoner might keep
the lid from shifting
Dewey was engaged in packing the
shirts for shipment. and his oppor
tunity to get in the box came when
! TRUSTEES were carrying out those al
ready closed up. He pulled lot OF
! shirts in over himself, and the trus
! ties carried him out to the wagon ant
he was carted of to the freight car
The door OF the freight car was lei
open. and II is supposed that he es
capped to the woods.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
FRENCH SAILORS USE dope
Law Proposed to Check a
National Peril.

Parfs.-The sailors In the French
navy are become dope fiends" to
such an extent that the national eff
cheney of that branch OF the service Is
threatened. 1t Is asserted by Admiral
Belleu in a statement in support OF the
Paris Martins crusade against opium
smoking. The peril. according to the
admiral is grave and menacing. al
fecting in a widespread manner the
health OF the sailors.
The Matin has turned up 163 opium
smoking dives at Toulon alone, not to
speak OF the great number in Brest,
Cherbourg, Torrent. Rochefort and
other great French naval ports. The
opium comes from Frances lndio-
China colony.
The law in It's present state. 1t Is
said by the commandant at Toulon'
cannot be used to stop the opium evil,
This being the case, Deputy Leboucq
has given notice that at the reopenlng
OF the legislative session he Will In
troduce an amendment to the law pro
viding for heavy penalties for opium
selling. The minister of marine VIII
be questioned for his views on the
subject.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
CUBA NAUGURATtS IT'S THIRD PRtSOliI
W.. Sworn in al Havana Amid Great
Enthusiasm IL jose Miguel
Gomez Retires.

Havana Amid scenes of intense
patriotic enthusiasm. General Mario
G. Ncnocll WAS iuaugurat"d AT noon
Tuesday as the third president OF the
Cuhsu republic The ceremony took
place in the historic paloc" oi the
Spauish captains general in Havana
and WAS attended by a brilliant as
scmblacc. including a special Nm'r'
can mission. Special fotcs we're held
al night when IN" city was brilliantly
illuminated The principal streets,
lined with triumphal arches, and the
buildings drapod with the national
coIors. were througed. There were
superb electrical displays in IN" praho
and Central Park.
General Mcuucal was escorted 10
the palace by a squadron OF ruraI'S
and cavalry and was met AT the ~"
trance hv the retiring president, Gen
oral lose Miguel Come. and mem
bcrs of the cabinet They proceeden
10 the red salon. where u platform had
boon erected. on which stood the 'n-
coming and outgoing president, tue
msticcs Of the RUprCm" court ana
other disuitarics The oath was al
riuistcrcd by the chief justice, after
which President MenoCal and General
,omez appeared on the balcony oi the
,aIacc. where they We're greeted by
no plaudits of an immense gatherinS
, n the Plaza de Aramas. \ battery o'
,rilIery facing the palace, the cuban
naval vessels in the harbor and an
/ tha fortrrsses fired a national salute.
/ Immediately afterward General Come
and his family left the palace IN car
riages. proceeding to the "N-pr"Sl
dents country estate at Calabazar.
After his Inauguration. president
NenocaI received the American spe
cial mission, composed OF the thIrd
assistant secretary of state Dudley
Field Malone. Brig; der General
Enoch II. Crowder, judge advocate
general uf the army. and Edward Bel
of the I.atin-American division OF the
state department. acting as secretary
and the members of the American lie
cation.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
ASYLUM INMATE A MYSTERY
Patients Mind Blank Except That
He Served in Navy and u. s. ts
Asked TO Investigate

Rochester. Mimi officials ur the
state hospital for the insane here
have Interested IN" navy department
at Washington in an cudoavor To- as'
certain the identity OF au unknown
man who has been "A patient i'm the i'm.
stitution for five years Tho man.
unconscious and nearly dead. was
picked up In June. 1904. ON tho rail
road tracks near Wascca, and In the
following April was committed 10 the
asylum. He has never been able TO
talk. and cannot remember any OF his
family history. but can recall his life
in the United States navy.
From gestures and signs that ho
makes with his left hand. his right
side being paraly2cd. he has indicated
that he was an officer in the navy. by
laboriously writing the initials y. e.
r." It Is believed that those are he
initials of his name. but he "a unabl"
to give any idea of what the letters
stand for He has also made II plain
to the asylum officials that he entered
the United states Naval Academy at
Annapolis when boy aud served In
| the navy for many years
Also that he had been commission
| cd to carry certain documents from
| Washington to San francisco. and
| that II was Will" on hts return trip
| and after leaving Minneapolis, that
he was either thrown or fell from the
/ train near WasoCa. His continued dec
/ laration that he has been in the navy
! has led Dr \. +. Killbouru of the STATE
| hospital to- take up the matter viii
the navy department at Washington
in the hope of establishing his idon
titv. Every description possible. Dr
Killbourn says. including finger prints
has been sent TO the department
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
SENATE APPROVES NAMES OF q POSTMASItRS
Dr a a Evans Will Be the Next Col
lector of Customs at Eagle
Pass. Texas.

Washington senate in eXecu-
tive session Tuesday confirmed the
nominations of twenty-seven Texas
nostmasters and of Or. \. II. Evans.
as collector of customs at Eagle Pass.
The nomination of =. G. Henry. as
postmaster at Texarkana, was imme-
diately confirmed on its report to the
senate Tuesday and by unanimous
vote in compliment to Senator Shep-
pard. who lives at Texarkana. The
other Texas postmasters confirmed
were: J. w. Davis, Alvord; u. +.
Tarrant. Arkansas Pass; S. a. Robert
son, Blooming Grove; f. p. Oliver,
Caldwell; f.. G.. English. Cameron; l..
+. Haskell, Childress; Nina Daugh-
try, Chillcothe; Laura V. Hammer,
Claude: S. r. Haynes, De Leon; NJ. A.
Chancey. Hondo; Calvin {. Davis.
Iowa Park: W. ID. Carpenter. Kerr
Vile: NJ. J. Kivln. Kingsville; Mar
win =. ellis. Kosse; T. f. Nanlanding-
ham, Lone Oak: Charles c. Porter.
Meridian: Frank W. Kirkland. Mount
| Calm: T. A. Fuller, New Boston; w
J. Harkey. Palmer; II. l.. Brooks,
/ pearsall; Bessie Peterson, Port La
| vaca: John A. Shapard, Rockdale; j.
s. ]. Gober. Sanger; w. b. Smith,
Shamrock: J. T. Fulcher, Thorndale
and Dr. r. S. Rike. Farmersville.