Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-31
SUGAR and SPICE
And All That's Nice
BY SHERRY

Everywhere she goes, Miss Eleanor Wilson, daugh
ter Of President Wilson, jots down in a diary her i'm
pressions OF people, places and things What inter.
esting reading fifty years from now.
It Is an interesting fact that the hapless young
queen, Marie An,oinette, wag a pupil OF the great con-
poser, Gluck, at Vienna. The bride OF Louis XVI. wsz
an accomplished linguist and musician and had she
lived in happier times there is little doubt that her
culture, which was Of the broadcast kind, would have
placed her in the first rank OF distinguished rulers.
And now comes the ideal bachelor. And he had TO
die. In his will he bequeathed q trust fund TO bea..
tify and brighten child life In Empcrja," which. as
all well informed people know, is in Kansas. The will
In almost pathetic terms, specifies that the income
from the fund 10 to relieve all suffering and distress
among children and to provide worthy children with
suitable clothes to attend school and Sunday school
without being forced to betfay the badge OF pow
erty." What an ideal will, and what depths OF sym
pathy for the tragedies Of childhood does it reveal!
Captain Heritage was the name OF the children's
bcneealtor, and truly what a heritage he has bestowed
upon the less fortunate youth OF his city, who will not
soon forget their earliest Lesson, perhaps, in what con-
s,itutes true benefcence.
The San Francisco Chronicle is responsible for
The statement that there are no old maids in Siam.
After a girl reaches a certain age, without having
selected a life partner, she becomes a daughter OF
the king" and thereafter is not permitted a voice in
matters matrimonial. The process is unique. There
happens to be a law in Siam to the effect that any
prisoner in the penitentiary can secure his release by
merely s%ignifying his willingness 10 marry a "daugh-
ter OF the king and If more or less high in the august
monarch's favor, he will be presented with a bride
from this class. Wait till suffrage reaches Sian!
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Miss Anna Pavlowa, the famous Russian dancer,
has introduced a new game at the royal court at
London. 1t IS called %"hoopaa,"@ and the sfafPs Ahna
promises to- bring the craze to America when le
comes, in October. North Dakota cannot affOrdetc
dispense vita It, and-wno knows -"hoopla" may pc
the fayorite diversion Of. the Country club ere another
season has passed. "Hoopla" can be played by any
number Of persons, is an outdoor game and sayors OF
the court of Louis XIV. 1t is played with hoops and
sticks, or wands, and is most graceful.
A suggestion or two from a current magazine are
each worthy OF attention. One recommends cat taiis
for soft pillows-the idea! Even though twenty feline
guests appear all at once, never shall We be found
guilty OF stufing pillows with their beauty spots. And
the other is a mild injunction to put away two pig
barrels OF apples for the. holidays-"one for home
use and the other for the poor around you" I'm
this looks good-provided we're the poor. And OH the
cover of this same magazine Is the picture Of q girl
with a darning basket full of apples on her lap, with
the inscription underneath--'Plent of Thrills'-Cn
the New Serial").
Oliver Moresco offers q prize of $1,000 for the
words and music Of a song for dedication use in the
new play, peg o. Ny Heart" 1t ought to be called
Plague, o. NJ Brain"-such an offer.
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The Delineator has been Offering a Housewives.
department, devoted to choice recipes sent in by
housekeepers from every state. from the one dedi-
Gated to North Dakota, the. following recipe for army
Doughnuts' called attention to Bismarck's supremacy
in the field Of the inviting breakfast delicacy: Two
well beaten eggs, one cupfuls Of sugar, one teaspoonful
OF ~softened butter, q pinch Of salt, one teaspoonful of
soda. two teaspoonfuls Of cream Of tartar. one tea
spoonful Of vinegar, and flour to roll easily. Cut in
circles with = biscuit cutter. then stamp out centers
II with q smaller cutter and fry in hot fat. These are
delicious. X. OF course we'll try them.