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The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
Wdy to Clean Kitchen Walls.

In the hope of helping others as have
often been helped. shall try to ten OF one
way of Tightening housework.
The upper part of my kitchen is painted.
and every spring and fall 1t Is the worry OF
my maids Life to wash or the streaks and
grease that have gathered upon walls and
ceiling. No matter how little water she
sleeves. This is the oontrtvance that abates
the nuisance:
I'VE get the hot water tank a-boihng
hard; then We put plenty of soap or, II We
prefer. a good cleansing powder into pail
and set 1t under the hot water faucet. turn
on the water. and close the doors and win
doxs. When the ceiling Is streaming with
vapor from the boiling water a well wadded
broom Is used to wipe OF the dirt.
The steam will carry up the fumes OF
the soap or the cleansing powder, and acts
like a charm.
Here is nice way of cooking wild rab-
bits or other game:
"POTTED RABBTT-Ciean and joint the
rabbit and lay in vinegar and water for
some hours. Then put It into a stone crock
with q large sliced onion. teaspoonful Of
salt, half a teaspoonful each Of pepper and
paprika, and a pinch Of cayenne When the
rabbit Is nicely packed in. cover with sliced
salt pork or bacon; pour IN enough water
to cover an; At on a close lid and cook fer
an hour and q half IN theoven. Just before
serving take OF the cover and brown the
bacon. Drain of the gravy; thicken with
Drowned -four, boil up once and pour back
over the meat in the crock. MRS. J. 6. t.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
Spoiled Child Social Nuisance.

l asked myself the same question yes
terday when a year old girl who, with
her mother, came up in the same elevator
with me in an apartment house.
She slapped her mother twice, and said.
Il won't, tell you" three times before
l parted gladly with them. The upper
turbed demeanor of the parent showed how
accustomed she was to the conduct OF the
object Of her cruelty. Had the child been
trained to respect her mother in action and
in word it would not have been possible
for her to get up the shameful scene She
would not have known how 10 carry it
through.
spoiled child is social nuisance and a
domestic plague. The parent who infiicts
it upon society or the home circle sins
against propriety and common humanity.
Her chief sin is against the child himself
Uutausht in youth my heart to tame.
The springs OF life were poisoned
wrote the most unhappy OF English poets.
He made no secret in familiar talk with
acquaintances of his aversion for the moth
er who had neglected the duty OF training
his wild impulses and fiery passions. Thou
sands OF other women who believe that they
love their offspring fondly have reaped
the whirlwind Of dismay and heartbreak-
II is not the humored and petted child who
paws the mother who let him bring him
self up" the tribute Of loving duty in after
days. In Withholding punishment for will
full wrongdoing she is guilty Of rank cruel
ty to her offspring. She puts mingled
seed into the fertile soil committed TO her
tiIlage. The harvest will be his. 1t is her
best beloved who. in later years,
VIII gather IN the sheaves
And cursing her, will burn her tsres
If. indeed, he so far seeks TO repair the con-
sequences OF maternal cruelty as TO try TO
get rid of the evil grain.
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MOTHERS PROTEST AGAINST MATERNAL CRUELTY.

they are frankly and blatantiy d1soee-
dent.
I have seen her smile as Is year old
lad told her when asked to do an errand
at the grocer's that he had something
else to do" II she wanted the article
named she would have to do her own
trotting."
1t was her boast that neither she nor the
father " had ever laid the weight of a hand
upon one Of the children in punishment
She would rule by love. not fear"
She is today the Ioneliest woman in the
land. Her husband is dead; two OF the boys
are Vagabonds upon the face OF the earth;
another Is a pensioner upon the mother.
whose slender income barely supports her
self; a fourth has made money and means
TO keep IL for his own family. His lady
wife does not visit her husbands mother
once year. "A good sort Of old fashioned
person, who spoiled her children to death.
and who Is now reaping as she has sowed,"
ried and scattered in three different states.
Not one has ever offered a home for the
mothers old age. Selfish. exacting. with
out natural affection" unamisble at home
and unpopular abroad. they are yet just
what the mother made them
Do you ask what she promised to herself
In the practice Of what call the refinement
OF cruelty to those she held to be dearer
than. her own soul?
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Some Welcome Mem Recipes.

Il have been helped so much by your
suggestions that hope these send may be
of use to some one else. give two direc-
tions for turkey stufing. One is the south
ern style:
Brown a tablespoonful Of butter. stir IN
two medium sized onions, sliced. a Glove OF
garlic chopped fine: stir and cook for three
minutes Add a tesspoonfuI Of curry pow
der which has been dissolved in table
spoonful Of milk. and cook three minutes
longer. stirring all the time. Add half a
pound OF finely chopped pork tenderloin
and cook over a slow fire fifteen minutes.
Cool, add three cups of we'll cooked rice. one
teaspoOnful salt, a quarter tesspoonfuI
black pepper. a cupful Of melted butter
and two well beaten eggs. Mix and II is
ready to go into the turkey.
ITO make a sausage and English walnut
stuffing put teaspoonful OF salt and pint
of English walnut meats in a quart OF boil
ing water for twenty minutes. Add four
tsblespoonfuls Of chopped onion and the
liver of the turkey. chopped fine. to two
tablespoonfuls OF butter. brown in the fry
ing pan. stir all together, and mix with the
drained and minced walnut meats. and a
pound Of sausage. Use for stufing turkey.
For a boiled raIstn cake cover a cupful
and a half of seeded raisins with two cupfuls
Of water and simmer twenty minutes, cream
Of cupful of sugar with a
quarter cupful of butter. mix with II half
cupful OF the water In which the raisins
Were cooked, beaten egg. a teaspoonful OF
soda dissolved In hot water. a teaspocntul
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

When she had gone had the whole miser-
able story. Ny friend is used to courtroom
scenes and slum visiting, but the expert
ences OF the day had shaken her steady
nerves.
The woman had seen had been a cham
bermaid before her marriage 70 a hard
working mechanic. He lived but two years
after the birth OF their only child. HIS
life insurance and what the widow could
make by sewing and house cleaning kept a
little home for the mother and boy and
provided decent subsistence.
Ny Dick was all had, she had told my
friend, " and 1 tried to bring him up COM
fortably. I never refused him anything he
wanted. He had as good clothes as any
gentIeman's son and everything that I
thought would make him happy. l never
struck him, no matter how bad he behaved.
and when he got into trouble with the neigh
bors-for he was a very high strung boy-I
always took his part. People used TO say 1
spoiled him. but you see loved him too
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hear such a statement. There are scads
OF happy marriages, but I believe you
will find them among the people who are
obliged to work and econOmize. There were
five sisters Of US at home and We all mar
ried good. steady men.
Mrs. VI. A. c."
A thoroughly commonsensible, frank.
and womanly letter that winds up OUT
weekly talk fitly and well. call atten-
ton to the last sentence but one, as en-
bodying a gem of truth more TO be desired
than tones OF sentimental! rhapsodies not
one Of which could be rightly labeled
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4 Commensurate Letter.

II noticed the advice you gave to c. W.
regarding the making of butter from the
milk of one COW. On the farm when
had but little cream to churn placed it
in a hah gallon fruit jar, sealed it and
rolled it about on my lap. either with my
hands or by making a cradle Of my apron
by catching up the two corners. We used
two ounces of salt to the pound OF butter.
Salty butter does not go SO fast
Referring to K. DIS letter on the
'vexed question: If she will attend q
smaller church she will no doubt receive
kinder treatment. I am glad to say that
know of no friend of mine who viii look
down on a woman because she is a hired
girl There Is vast difference between
Christians and church members The
former are usually found in the little
ecclesia' holding up the hands OF the
minister who breaches Christ and him
cruciied.' /
Regarding the mating of June and De-
cember, the first question to answer II.
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Do | love him. Then al other points
must be taken up-dispositions. etc, and
principally his ability to support one and
for how long. ! hesitated for months be-
fore giving my answer 10 the man whose
name I bear and l have never regretted
my choice. My husband is almost twenty
three years older than ], though he looks
much younger. He was a widower with
two daughters, the elder but four years
my Junior and the younger eight years
old. The elder daughter is now most hap
PLY married and l know holds me as dear
as l do her. l was not we'll acquainted
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
IMPORTANT NOTICE,

because Of The enormous number Of
IL letters semitic The department. must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications 10
100 ruords, except in cases of formulas or
recipes which require greater space. / rant
all my correspondents 10 hare shouins in
The Corner. and if my request in this respect
1: complied uhA it ril be possible 10 print
many more letters.
Attention is called to The fact that Marion
Huland cannot reeeire money for patterns.
as she has no connection uih any department
hat sells them. Marion Ha1land
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Nth the girls before / married. as l met
my husband in the office where 1 was en-
ployed. The little girl is now IL years
old and while she has been a trial Cshe
vas six years without a mother can see
the results OF my training and have high
hopes for her. Understand. both girls
have wonderfully sweet dispositions or
things might not have run so smoothly.
Dickens Annie Strong says. There can
be no disparity in marriage like insult
ability of mind and purpose
You told one woman who said she was
happily married that you were glad TO
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A Spoiled Bow.

The shop in which my first purchases
were made was not crowded. Next to ME
at the counter sat a pretty woman, well
dressed and with all the hall marks Of the
gentlewoman. She was buying gloves for
her year old boy, chatting pleasantly
with the saleswoman while they consult
ed as to color, etc. They had agreed upon
a soft shade OF tan when the !ountster put
in an oar:
Il say, mamma, l want white gloves!
All the boys wear them at parties"
But. my son. these are for church!
This lady will tell you that gentlemen
don't wear white gloves to church. and
when they are out walking or riding"
Both women laughed and the boy blazed
furiously:
Il guess know what want! I'll have
white gloves or IL have none! That's all
there is about it.!
He jerked his hand out of the saleswom-
ans hold. doubled his fist and thrust it
into his pocket, scowling up at his mother
who patted his shoulder soothingly:
There, my darling! you shall have the
white gloves when you are invited to your
next party. 1 promise it. Now let this
lady fit you TO pair such as your papa
would wear. Won't he be pleased and
surprised when he sees them on Sunday
morning."
The daring kicked the counter fiercely
and kept his hands in his pockets.
I've said 1 want white gloves and I'm
going to have them"
"Sh-sh-sh." The poor woman glanced
nervously at the bystanders attracted to
the vicinity by the child's loud tone and
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you sayf All dshti But III have you know
that I'll have II In for you when get out!
You may look out for me and don't you
forget it!'
A torrent Of filthy blasphemy ended the
outbreak as he was hustled from the court.
Esop tells a revolving fable Of the muir
derer who. on his way to execution, asked
as a last favor to be allowed to kiss his
mother at the foot Of the scaffold. As the
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

tablespoonful OF -four, one teaspoonful OF
salt, two tablespoonfuls OF sugar. one table,
spoonful Of mustard. half cupful of vine
gar. and fill up the cup with water. Heat
the vinegar and water in a saucepan.
Cream the dry ingredients 10 a paste with
little cold water. and when the vinegar is
warm put the two mixtures together. Cook
them slowly after mixing. When the con-
tents OF the saucepan are thickening. beat
the egg light. remove the mixture from the
fire, and stir in the egg. Return to the fire
and when it begins to thicken again remove
and whip light with an egg beater. lit
tie butter improves the flavor. This will
keep for a week and may be thinned with
sour cream.
Occasionally. when making cake that
requires the whites Of two eggs, have used
the yolks for this salad dressing. 1t is
quite as good as when q whole egg is used
and a little more yellow in color.
"A. B. X"
congratulate you warmly upon the sue
cess of the bread. Some housekeepers of
many years standing never acquire the art.
! am proud and glad to have been the means
to so desirable an end.
The address of the shut-in has gone TO
you by mail I thank you for interesting
yourself in him.
The salad dressing Is unique I shall try
it. But why cream when the only hint of
that ingredient is in the suggestion as to
thinning it with little sour cream?
Yet 1 know OF cream cakes that never
saw drop Of the tactical fluid! The absence
of oil lessons the cost Of your dressing.
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LIT gives me pleasure to inclose most
~ excellent recipe for which inquiry
was made in the exchange not long
ago.
PIE PLANT MARMALADE-
Three pounds Of pie plant Calias rhubarb).
three pounds of sugar. one pineapple, two
oranges. the juice of one lemon.
"Our neighbors think it delightful, and
II is a welcome change from canned fruits.
A f. j.
1t sounds good. OF course the fruit is cut
into dice and mixed with the sugar, then
boiled down into marmalade. wish you
had told US IL any OF the orange peel should
go into the conserve. I infer that It may.
since you specify that the juice alone of the
lemon is to be used. Will you not tell US
more OF the process and thus let us have
another chance Of hearing from you?
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

DINNER.
Mulhsatawney soup. based upon 10 cent can
and treated with wine and lemon Juice
Rolled rump steak. Dreaded and baked.
with brown gravy.
Creamed onions.
Fried bananas.
Baked caramel custart
Black coffee.
4 4
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal and cream.
Plain omelet-
waffles and maple strip.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Stew Of beefsteak and oniors Ia leftover).
Fried French potatoes.
Thin bread and butter
Lettuce and apple salad.
Crackers and cheese.
Gingerbread.
Tea
DINNER.
Yesterday soup.
Boiled oodfsh with lemon sauce
Mashed potatoes.
Canned green peas.
Apple pie and American cheese
Black coffee.
* q
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal and cream.
Dreamed eggs
Rice mullins.
Toast.
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Scrap soup compounded OF divers leftovers.
Fried bacon and apples.
Hot graham gems.
Potatoes boiled whole. with butter and
parsley sauce.
Eagle cake and tea.
DINNER
Potato soup "a leftovsro.
Fish pudding "a Ieftover)
Riced and Drowned potatoes
Canned corn fritters.
Cracker plum pudding with. hard sauce
Black eo6S
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IN America. nave sat QulSlIy III lug
~ editorial chair and let other mothers
and grandmothers, with spinsters.
fathers, and elderly bachelors. have
their say anent family gOvernment-or the
lack of the same.
Open discussion is good for the health of
any subject, provided the debate be kept
within the bounds Of mOderat ton and rea-
son. Our correspondents have been courte-
Gus and charitable in judgment, albeit their
opinions varied widely. One and all, they
have had what exhorters term - a realizing
sense" Of the importance OF the theme.
The girl of today will be, as We all know.
the woman OF tomorrow. The boy is the
man in making. Young minds are as wax
quick TO take the impressions that will be
found clear and sharply defined upon the
marble Of character and intellect when the
human creature attains maturity. Thus far
We all agree. There is not a flaw in the
theory nor in the consensus of opinion that
the mothers is the leading influence in
training the child The least original Of
our thinkers could dribble treatises all day
upon the purify, the disinterestedness. and
potency Of maternal devotion.
The caption of this very plain talk then
reads like CHASTITY anomaly. A mother
may be negligent, careless, occasionally
Iorgetful mistaken in judgment and weak
~ induIgent. She never is consistently
cruel"
had another topic in my mind this morn
ing when l sailed forth to do a holiday
errand or two and TO call upon a friend
who is actively interested in all branches
Of what is known gener5caEy az " welfare
work"
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belligerent action. 81 tell You what We
will do! Get the tan colored gloves today
and the white on Monday. You are sure
to want them for a Christmas party. Come.
pet! We have a great many things to buy
and you are to have ice cream soda when
We have finished our shopping. There's
precious Lowell"
NIX! Not II l know It! I'll have white
gloves before I bulge, or ri know the
reason why. Seem is believin'i"
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Hon Others See Ii.

The Saleswoman laughed outright, sus-
pect, TO save the mothers feelings by as
Stunning the affair to be a joke Some OF
the spectators stared in disgustful amuse-
ment; others seemed to see no novelty in
the exhibition. l had no patience or time
10 wait for the result Of the battle. Prob
ably there was a compromise.
After all. what difference does it make?"
/ heard a woman say behind me as left the
shop. Her companion had remarked that
she would like TO box that boys ears"
" All children have obstinate turns" con-
ttnued the speaker. They viii come out
all right when they are old enough to be
ashamed Of themselves and TO care what
people say OF their naughty behavior. As
to boxing their ears. don't believe in beat
ing children. 1t is sheer barbartty!
The friend with whom I was TO lunch had
another visitor when ! arrived and I was
ushered into the room adjoining that in
which she sat to await her convenience l
had a full view OF the visitor through the
open door. She was plainly dressed and
elderly. and her face was blotched with
weeping. While she talked she wiped her
eyes again and again and her voice broke
piteously. Ans &alE
I was not near enough to hear what she
said, but her tone was Geprecatory. I
fancied she was pleading in favor OF her
self against an accuser. 1t was assursdly
not my friend, whose face and voice were
eloquent OF the softest compassion
As the woman arose to go her raised tone
brought a few sentences to my ear:
And TO think, ma'am. that I never de-
MED him thing he asked for in all his
life! l would have lain down and died TO
make him happy. And the tears start
ing afresh-" after all that you heard what
he said 10 me the last thing"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
Bran Mullins.

Bran Mu1unS.
~ " asks for a recipe for bran muf-
fms. l inclose mine:
Buy bran -four from a feed store. not
the prepared bran that comes in pack
ages. One cup of sour milk. one teaspoon
ful OF baking soda. four tablespoonfuls OF
molasses. one teaspoonful OF salt. one and a
half cups of whole wheat -four. and one
cuptul Of bran Mix thoroughly and bake
slowly from thirty TO thirty-five minutes.
This bread moldf quickly. so do not Try
to keep it long. but make It fresh often.
Sweet milk will do II you have no sour.
Even water may be used in the place OF
milk. but the bread is not so nourishing
when mixed with water. Do not sift the
bran. Pick out the oats and chafr II there
are any in the bran. 1 bake these mullins
in tin gem pans. not in muffin rings.
- F."
You have saved me the trouble of writ
ing out a recipe for bran mullins. OF" health
bread" as the querist calls IT, which came
by the same mail with your formula I
thank you.
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much to cross him. As said. 10 his mother
didn't do all she could to make things pleas
ant for him who would?"
The lad grew up undisciplined, bad tenn
pered, a rowdy. and a thief. Several times
he was arrested for misconduct, brawls
in the street and in low resorts and for pill
feringI His mother appeared in the court
and paid the fine imposed or pleaded with
the magistrate to "let her boy on that
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Our constituency grows apace in Grand
Rapids. Wis. from which the foregoing
highly helpful letter is written. The recipe
for cooking the wild rabbit-known at the
south as hare might be dignifed by
the title OF hare en- casserole" It Will
be no more savory than in the hornely crock.
but II sounds better. Try 1t, Send to table
in the casserole (crock).
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munity cursed by their pranks. Her hus-
band was easy Of temper and devoted TO
his business. He left the management Of
the children to the mother. serene in the
belief that her love for them could not
lead her astray in the work. II she were
a slave to their caprices she Rugged her
chains. When they chose to obey her
they did as they were hidden. II her
wishes did not tally with their inclinations
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"a born mother" as all her acquaintance
said when one child after another was laid
in her arms. and each rapturousIy well
coined She bore and brought UP seven to
mans and woman's estate and knew no life
outside OF her home during their homage.
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weeping woman lifted her face for the
caress the miscreant bit OF her ear.
In part punishment for her cruelty to
me-" he said TO the Mortified beholders-
She never restrained me as a child. I
am what my mother made me.
Coming down to the cruel mother of the
twentieth century there arises in my mind
the thought Of one OF the tenderest hearted
and most loving women have ever known
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Bran nufhns Csee recipe).
Toast.
Tea an. coTee.
LUNCHEON.
Remains Of salmi. warmed over.
Sweet potato scalioped in pate pans
"a leftover.
Breakfast mullins.
Roman salad
Crackers and American cheese
Cake and cocoa.
DINNER.
Tomato bisque
Rabbit 60 casserole Use recipe).
Mashed potatoes
Canned asparagus.
Steamed fruit pudding
Back coffee.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Hawaiian pineapple.
Horntny boiled in milk. eaten with cream
Bacon rolls.
Quick biscuits.
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
steyed rabbit with rice balls "a leftover).
Potato cakes "a leftover.
Canned asparagus with cream dressing
(see recipe: q leftover.
Breakfast biscuits, with honey.
Tea
DINNER.
Canned corn soup mixed with yesterdays bisqus.
Cats liver Ia Angla1se.
Mashed turrips.
Spinach
Floating island.
Black coffee.
IL II
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples.
Cereal and cream
Bacon and fried hominy "a leftover).
Graham bread.
Toast.
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Calls liver, sliced and cold
Soufne Of spinach q leftover).
Baked sweet potatoes
Graham bread and cream cheese sandwiches
"a leftoverl-
Jelly roll and To-
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istrate. moved by her misery. told her in his
hearing that boys as wicked as he had been
reformed by the regimen Of the institution.
she entreated him TO do the best for her
boy. If he will come out all right at the
end OF three years then let him stay his time
out for Gods sake" she sobbed.
The convict turned savagely upon her:
That's all you have to say for your only
child, is ?" he srowled. Three years, Gid
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" warranted not to fade or go to pieces in
the wash"
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Slave 10 Her Children.

1.-THE worst boys IN the neIghborhood.
was the unanimous verdict of the CON-
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He was 10 when he was arrested for steal
ing wine, whisky and tobacco from rum
hole downtown. The theft was proved be-
You'd q doubt and the sentence imposed was
three years In a reformatory.