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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Raisin Fudge Recipe.

have much pleasure in sending you A
recipe for raisin fudge. requested by D.
M. NJ.
~ Three cups brown sugar. half pint
cream. two squares chocolate. hair pound
seeded raisins When the sugar and cream
boiling add the chocolate and then the
raisins. Boil about thirty minutes Take
from the fire. let it stand few minutes
then add one teaspoon vanilla and beat until
thick. Spread on buttered plates and cut in
squares.
An easy way of making creams ia to
mix the icing with the sugar with the white
of an egg, adding" any fiavoring desired.
Mix till firm enough to mold. or 1t can b.
rolled out and cut into shapes Peppermint
creams are good made in this way Flaw
ored with almond or vanilla, the cream
makes a nice stutfing for dates RI.
Thank you much for the recipe. bava
eaten raisin caramels, but they did NOT
contain chocolate. and am glad to get this.
Sandwich Recipe.
see that Reader offers a Bible. and
II my request is not too late should he
glad to receive 1t. and will return to the
sender the parcel post stamps upon re-
ceipt OF the book. l am sending a simple
way to make a delicious sandwich: Fry 10
cents worth Of nice sliced bacon crisp: boil
three eggs hard; grind or chop these and
a small onion fine,f and mix with mayon-
naise and put between thin slices OF but
tered bread. F. s"
am sorry to report that the Bible had
been given to another applicant before your
letter was received. but print It In the hope
that some one else may have Bible to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Stains in White Goods.

Stains in White Goods.
Will you please reprint the coffee cake
recipe which appeared In the Corner re-
Gently? BY some accident the paper con-
tanning II was destroyed and | am anxious
TO get the directions | send you a recipe
for caramel pie in answer to the appli-
cation for It, VIII you also kindly tell me
how 10 take fruit stains out of white goods
after it has been boiled? l have several
good candy recipes l will try to send la ter
N; n"
Another recipe for coffee cake has ap-
peared since the one of which you speak,
and l hope you have seen it and found 1t
satisfactory. Thank you for the directions
for caramel pie and for the offer of the
candy recipes. | shall be glad to use
them. AS to the removal of the fruit
stans. they are more obstinate after
the goods with them on has been boiled,
but steady, persevering effort will take
them out in time. You can moisten the
spots with lemon and salt and lay them
In the SUM- or with damp cream Of tartar.
and sup-them, or with oXalic acid-but this
must he washed out within ten minutes
after 1t has been put on or 1t will injure
the fabric. Repeat the process number
OF times and the stains will yield to the
treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
SOMETHING CONCERNING STEP PARENTS.


ferers by the second marriage of either par
ent?
With all loyalty and affection for my sex.
| must say. however. that l. feel in most
cases 1t Is the fault of the mother When
woman with children marries a second
time she is much to blame IL she does not
protect the children of her first husband
occasionally one meets d man who objects
to tho presence of his stepchildren, and
is perhaps jealous of his predecessor in
mis- wifes affections, butNI am inclined to
believe this is the exception. and not the
rule.
l have known OF numerous cases where a
second wife has stipulated that the children
of the first wife should be banshed, but
few have come my way where the second
husband has made such a demand relative
to his stepchildren. He may not be fond
of them, but he does not, as a rule. refuse
them bed and board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Some Better than Real Parents.

To offset the Instances of heartlessness
CAP give you chapter and verse for ex-
ampes of generosity which could hardly be
excelled or even equaled by the childrens
own parents. One case 1 know of man
who married widow with two sons. and
forthwith took them into his heart and life
as though they were his own l do not
believe their own father could be wiser.
more loving. more liberal. more sympathet-
ic than is this stepfather. His stepsons
say that they can see no point in which
ne offers from an own father-unless 1t
mey be in greater understanding and de-
voticn. This may be unusual instance,
but l have known others which almost
equsled 1t. where the stepfather, both of
boys and girls, held a standard that the
actual parent would have to work hard to
conform to.
or course. there is a measure of criticism
bestowed upon the stepfather that the own
father would never receive, but the jud,-
10. nj awarded him is as nothing COM
pared to that received by the stepmother
PI obably in some cases she deserves the
worst that can be said of her. | have al
ready referred to the women who demand
that the children of the first wife shall
HeFe' pe perIlllteu 10 i've at nome, and
have known of many of these and heard
authentic tales of more. There seems to be
streak of jealousy in some women which
is retroactive and extends to the dead first
wives. and also displays itself in conduct
towards their offspring.
Perhaps the feeling is not acknowledged,
but It's existence seems to be the only tho
ory ly which we can account for the treat
ment the stepchildren endure. Actual
cruelty may rot be shown, but The stepchil-
dren receive a severity of Judgment and
discipline, a measure of neglect, lack or
comprehension and sympathy which dis
plays itself especially when the second wife
has babies Of her own to whom she gives
her love and attention.
Yet there is much to be said for the step
mother, who has had many unjust accu-
sations. In the first place. she is subjected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

@HE following letter has just come to
me from one of the readers of our
Corner She Is moved to write by
i communication asking for toys for
some children whose stepfather
thinks the purchase of playthings waste
Of money:
win you not give us talk on this step
fathers sin of omission? Do you not think
when a man voluntarily assumes the rela-
tonship of father he shirks If he does not
live up to the tacit agreement to be good
father and kind to his children? Alas. there
are many stepfathcrs who think their step
children owe them an apology for being.
and act accordingly.
THE case of which you write has excited
my pity for these poor little ones. and my
indignation towards their stepfather and
towards their mother. She is as deeply to
blame as he, In that because he Is prob
ably kind to her, she allows him to take
all pleasure away from her helpless chill
dren. only allowing them to exist-for that
is what 1t amounts to. Children deprived
of toys, of pretty clothes, of little presents
and pleasures-is 1t not pitiful? wish that
stepfather could see himself as others see
HIM and could realize that he-perhaps an
honest man-has failed to give the children
what he morally and In some states legally
owes them
There is no doubt that some stepfathers
need to be aroused to a sense OF their duty
but what about stepmothers? Don't all
s,epparents occupy positions where they
get riticsm-some etimes deserved. some-
times unmerited?
+ or my own part, l confess to large
measure of sympathy for stepparents |
an, not one myself. and didn't have them.
but or the principle that the looker-on sees
most OF the game l consider am In posi-
tion 10 give an unbiased opinion.
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write to me for the address of tl-s crippled
fellow townsman.
Easter Sunday in II.
"Will you kindly tell me on what date
Easter Sunday occurred in the year 1871?
MRS. A M"
am sorry to say that I have no means
of ascertaining this Pc. haps some one
may possess an old prayer book giving
tables of the dates on which Easter Sunday
has fallen and can enlighten this corre-
spondent / shall be happy to print the
information in the Corner.
4. Il
Recipe for Candying Fruits.
Il will be so grateful for a recipe for
candying fruits such as sliced oranges and
lemons and such whole fruits as cherries.
plums, etc. Please state in what condition
the fruit is best to use, ripe or green.
MRS So
Certainly not while green! The fruit
should be ripe. yet firm; gathered before
it reaches the overripe stage, which. how
ever delicious when it Is to be eaten at
once. is not best for fruit to be candied
CANDIED FRUITS.-Make sirup of
one cup Of granulated sugar and one Of
hot water. and boil them together for half
an hour, steadily. not furiously. without
stirring. Dip the point of a fork into the
sirup at the end of thirty minutes. and il
it spins a thread it is ready for use. Set
the vessel containing it in boiling water.
Have your fruit ready prepared. the
oranges cut into slices, or, much better.
divided into lobes. with the white skin re-
Il. he cI, ri nd MI or od nd
all as free from moisture as possible. Put
each piece on the end Of q large upholster-
ing needle or small steel skewer and dip
into the sirup. then lay on dish which has
been oiled or buttered lightly and let cool
there. A good deal of practice is required
to make fresh candied fruit well, and unless
the plums and fruit Of this sort have been
preserved or otherwise cooked in advance
they will not keep so well as the crystal
lized fruit of commerce.
4
Mothers Delicious Cookies.
. In reply to Mrs. Z. ks equest for what
she calls confinement cookies send her
the following recipe which from her de-
scription 1 think must be what she wants
although have not known them under the
name she gives for them.
OiHEHS DELICIOUS COOKIES
Ten eggs boiled hard, Two raw eggs. one
pound best butter half pound shelled al
monds, one lemon. little cinnamon, one
wlnegiass brandy, one pound pulverized
sugar. about one and half pounds -four
These quantities make about 100 cookies
and. like fruit cake. they Improve with
age. To make them. Sc saucepan of boil
ing water on the stove. and when it is at a
hard boil break the eggs carefully, one at
a time, dropping the whites into a deep
porcelain dish and setting it away in a cool
place. Put the yok of each egg into half
an egg shell and lay in the boiling water.
cooking the ten until boiled hard yvi,-u
done take them out and lay on platter to
cool. In the meantime wash the salt our
Of the butter and cream 1t with the sugar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

t. tests that the real mother would never
ha ve@su What in the latter is called neces-
sary discipline of a child In the step
mother is termed needless severity. The
Judlcicus letting alone. the wise depriva-
tion Of undesirable amusements that every
mother finds obligatory at times gets no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

Come. come!" l interposed. " Don'i
you give your own children midday din
ner and light supper and make them &C
to bed early and to sleep without light
Yet you certainly are not cruel'
That's different" she said. with final.
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aEoE Az AzAvy 5yEo p4oEnv5 1ZHo ZAELp


charity when exercised by the stepmother.
More than this, mother knows some-
thlrg of the nature of the boy or girl who
is bore of her bone and flesh of her flesh.
and understands how to handle contin-
gercies which are alien to her in the child
of arother woman. Her mistakes meet
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The way IN which that child is forced
to have an early supper instead Of sitting
up to dinner with her father and is obliged
to go to bed in the dark is abominable. :"
woman declared the other day in my
hearing That's what comes of her father
marrying again, F."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

US know homes where the children are Ill
regulated overindulged at one time. un-
wisely rebuked or punished at others?
Have we not all wondered why Mrs. Blank
does not manage her children better. why
she let's this girl run the streets at un-
canonical hours and holds the rens too
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tight on that reckless boy, of hers? We
are sharp in our Judgments perhaps; but
our most cutting criticisms are milk and
water compared with the censure we would
give If Mrs. Blank were stepmother and
these were the children of her husband 5
first wife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

I'm Just discouraged little step
mother bemoaned herself to me once.
" No matter how hard try to act towards
my husbands children as If they were my
own people persist in looking crosseyed
at me and telling me that of course 1 can't
understand the feelings of a real mother!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Who WiH Help This Woman2

| am looking for someone who Will bo
good enough to give me pieces of cloth
lace, etc Some articles of this sort were
offered not long ago but fear by this time
they nave been given away. l would be SO
glad TO receive help of this kind. am the
wife of superannuated M e. minister and
find We need things like bedding and warm
clothing which we find hard to secure with
out giving UP some things we need Just as
badly. So l have decided to try to earn
money at home, and il / only had remnants
of cloth and the like could make up many
pretty things to sell. | have many things
against me-first that am almost shut
in. and, second, that am not near rich peo-
pie who could buy my wares. Yet hope that
In time | may find myself gettins 4ers
Tor layettes. embroidery. knitt!nf nd
eroeheting. While in India before was
married received fancy prices for my point
lace. for my friends there knew | was work
ing Tor mission and helped me gladly.
II could get materials ! am sure could
make good beginning which would enable
me to make money for myself and my hus-
band NRs l. n"
This letter viii Interest not only members
of the large and wealthy denomination to
which the correspondent belongs but also
those who are eager to do anything in thar
lJwer TO aid a woman who is striving 10
support herself II the writer's nlmble
nngers have not lost their cunning she
should be able TO fashion dainty and tempt
ing objects which would bring her good
money, and when she receives the gifts
which am sure the readers viii be happy
TO send her the world will seem a better
and brighter place TO her. Even the left
over scraps of nansook. lace. trimming.
and the like which are of no use to you may
be of help to her l hold her address
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viii, none of the patience which are ac-
corded those of the ordinary. inexperienced
Amother.
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Tended Her as Their ODn.

When finally she sank into her last =iil-
ness. after having been many years q
widow the stepdaughters hastened to her
eide. They tended her they might have
done their own mother. Her means were
slender and the last expenses were heavy.
but the stepdaughters took them all. since
the half brothers were unable to assume
them. Some one spoke TO one of the step
daughters word of commendation OF their
conduct.
Both women hurried to disclaim any
credit 1T is the first chance we have ever
had to do anything to show mother how.
much we loved her" said one OF them bro
kenly. No one will ever know all she
was to u.s. and everything we could do
would be too little to make up to her for
all her goodness and love to us our whole
lives through. She was the dearest mother
that ever lived"
What one stepmother has done La within
the reach Of others-and the case have In
stanced Is by no means singular. know
other stepmothers hardly second to this one
mothers who may in their hearts recog-
nlze a difference in their feeling towards
their stepchildren and their own offspring.
but who keep it so close secret, II differ
est never guess 1t. The mark they have
set may be high one, but It is not unat-
tainable.
So there is no reason for discouragement
on the part of either stepfathers or step
mothers. 1 am reminded of the irreverent
story of the small child who. when told to
confess her wrongdoings to her Heavenly
Father and ask his forgiveness for piece
of naughtiness. informed her mother after
wards that he had assured her that he had
lots of little girls up in heaven worse than
she was!
The stepparents may comfort themselves
in their trials with the reflection that there
are many worse sinners than those who
do their best. according to their lights. for
their stepsons and stepdaughters and that
the mere fact that they are what some one
has unkindly called second hand
parents need not prevent their being first
in the hearts of those they have adopted as
their own
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give you. l have kept your address and
will send 1t on application. Thank you for
the sandwich recipe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

Chicago-a great wealthy city famed for
Its good and generous deeds I shall hope
for an early request for the address of n
A. +.
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Outfit for a Motor Tnin.

VIII you please give me a little In
formation about what to take on motor
trip? A friend of mine has invited me TO
go with her for a week in July motoring
through New England. and as have never
had such an experience before don't know
what to take. II have to get special
outfit I'm afraid l can't afford it. What
am | obliged to have? +. L. ].
A special outfit is not needed at all Wear
any ordinary light wool suit you are not
afraid Of hurting-a one piece dress or a
skirt. blouse. and coat. Provide yourself
with duster or long coat OF pongee or
brilliantine or silk, unless you have one al
ready. This is advisable II you wish TO pro-
tect your clothing, but have known motor
lists who managed comfortably without one.
Wear a small. closely fitting hat and tie
1t securely with long veil. II you are 60
ing TO, stop at hotels carry an afternoon
frock into which you can change. your toilet
articles. plenty OF cold cream and powder.
and a couple of changes of underwear, a
pair of slippers and any other necessities
such as you would require for a week S out
ing. Don't feel you have to spend much
money and be prepared to have beautiful
time!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
Needs Wheeled Chair.

- write to ask II a friend of mine could
not get an invalid chair for her husband,
who has been paralyzed for eight years
and 10 entirely helpless. When she goes
- work she has to leave him alone, with
nobody even to give him drink Of water
The chair he has now is a common rocker,
and they both would be very thankful II
they could get . wheeled chair.
MRS w B."
Several wheeled chairs have been askei
for lately. but l hope the stock at the dis
posal of generously inclined friends is not
entirely exhausted. ne man whose need
OF one is so great lives in Freeport Ill,
nand there may be some one in that town
pho has such chair to give away andwilI
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My opinion Is that I'm long sight better
to them than their own mother would ever
have been. but whenever they do anything
out OF the way every one says: 'Whatca
you expect OF the poor children when they
have only stepmotherT"
1 grant it is dlscouraging, and yet thu
stepmother sometimes has her reward.
The ndings of one such came to me only n
few months ago. A woman had married q
widower with two daughters and had taken
them to her heart as though they we're hers
b. birth. Even when her own childr en-
came to her she was unchanged to her step
daughters. AS they grew up and went to
homes of their own she saw them less often.
but the tie between them and their STEP
mother remained close and warm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06

, HERE are SO many Helping
Is Hands in YOU corner who are
ready to reach forth to others
less fortunate than themselves
that make bold to tell them of
,hx saddest case that has ever come under
my observation.
Al the Oak Forest infirmary, Illinois,
IN ward ul-.. lies a colored man about 40
Years old. with locomotor ataxia In Its
worst form. lie Is tota- J ina ana para
lyzed to such an extent that he must lie
on one side until some one comes TO turn
him; cannot sit up and cannot feed nim-
self--as helpless as babe. he mas no
relative or friend in the world. and for
three years and four months no kindly
voice has come to ask him how he feels
or to give him a cheerful word. friend
of mine, while visiting her father, also sad
ly afflicted, interested herself in his case
and asked him what he V ould l-e to have
He said he would be ready to die II he
could only taste a pork chon nee more as
he hadn't had one for y-9.s. --e doesn't
complain. excepting of loneliness. and
when on her next visit she brought him
pork chop sandwich and some fresh straw
berries his ecstasy was pitiable. When he
passes away he will be buried right there
BY the county, as there Is no one to care or
know.
q II some generous hearted persons with
leisure could only make his last days, OF
necessity dark. less lonely by going to see
him and doing little things for him that
mean so much to the sick and afflicted. 1t
will be a godsend TO the poor man. who
can do nothing all day but lie. think. and
wait for the end.
Pardon ME for introducing an interest
OF my own in this connection, but can you
tell me how l can clean .e lace yoke and
cuffs of brown silk dress without touch
ing silk? M L. c.
! do not think 1t should be necessary for
me to add any words Of my own to this
appeal. The condition of the man is
enough to touch the hearts of those dis
posed to help the afflicted. and to such
shall be happy to give the sufferers name.
nope there will be no delay in bringing
him what little comfort may be supplied to
him by friendly hearts and hands.
AS for the cleaning Of which you ask,
know of no method by which 1t can be done
without removing the yoke and cuffs from
the dress Even dry cleaning wo2ld not be
successful. fear. If the lace is fastened
directly upon the silk.
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Criticism Often Unjust.
Think of it minute! Don't we all of
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.T-v HERE are SO many Helping
Hands in YOU corner VINO are
ready TO reach forth to others
less fortunate than themselves
,hot | make bold to tell them OF
The Washington times., 1913-06-18

Washington sporting followers are
going to have the privilege Of seeing
more boxing matches at the Maryland
social and Athletic Club atArdmore, Nd,
as a result of the successful entertain
ment that was seen there last night.
when four matches were staged within
the squared circle.
That this sport has lost none Of It's
popularity with the public Is proven
by the fact that the Maryland Club
was hacked to the doors with enthu-
siastic admirers Of clean boxing, and
the success of last nights bill points to
many future entertainments 'here' pro-
yided the sport is not abused
Tommy" Lowe, considered the fast-
est article in the District of Columbia
kmmIe 10 IoloIA sBM SuII sQ| uIq?lA
Dougherty, of Baltimore, In the big
number on the program; weighing tga ggora IN
showed plenty of punch throughout the
entire match. Indeed. until the opening
of the fifteenth round. II was impossiple
to pick a winner, the work OF both nav.
ing been on a par. Going INTO Ihe iast
the Balsimorean off his feet, Lowe
showed his very best form. II was the
telling punches he succeeded In lanuing
in this session that caused Referee Fat
OConnor To award tne udtCn W nI.l.
Experts of the game and sporting
writer's were unanimous in the belief
Dougherty was putting up the best
match Of his life, and his ability 70
meet the attack Of Lowe throughout
fourteen grueling rounds. was a sur
prise to those who have seen the Monu-
mental City boy work before. 1t was
not until the bout had about reached
the limit that Lowe started in with
the blows that had every appearance
of putting his opponent to sleep. and
won for him the decision
Joe Thomas, of Washington, presented
by far the most interesting preliminary
rounds. They went six innings when
Referee Baum, who oniciated In the
preliminaries. decided the match q
draw Thomas placed many timely
blows, but none of them seemed to have
anything behind them. Ketchells blows
were also of the tapping variety, and
for this reason neither fighter could
be declared to have an advantage.