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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-07-04

The Railroad Trainmen Of Illinois
ere strongly organised for legislative
and other WORK
They number over 10000 members
IN Illinois and ere an intelligent relia'
bic and earnest body Of men. whose
power for good In the state cannot b
everestimatel.
roliowins ass the divisions. num-
borS and names Of their Legislative
committee and o6lcers:
LDolOl.ATIvD COMMITTEE FOR
ILLINOIS.
Divioioa number: committeeman
1rDA ana alternateS:
I. Thos. 3. Hayes: r. B. Carr.
Il. ". q. Swing; A. p. Danforth.
q. \ II. Jones: =. a White.
70. n L Piper: J. J. Klickenger.
70. ". ". Carroll: ". W. Donlsy.
q. O. @. Parker: A. J. Frasisr.
%. q. ,. Conlsy: J. r. zoll.
%. Jas. W. Finley: J. @. Paul.
%. ]. n. Kelley; @. A. Watters.
"a. Q. p. Bemis: D. 9. Nichols.
lo1. ,. q. Thomas; Jerry McCarby.
100. ,. 4 B1edsoe; A. J. Douglas.
III. J. L Davis; G. T. Harris.
10. =. D. euShrua: W. Erickson.
10. ,. l. Howard; A. NJ. Barnes.
~. T. ,. Phlessr; J. H. voss.
1oe. ". p. oheehan; W. H. Devlin.
10. Q. n. Dalton; H. b. Holt
13S. q. q. McCarty; p. o. Rourks.
30. Jno. Fowler; n. lnsham.
900. O. O. Craig; r. Trogden.
81. L. y. Hough: B. =. Bradley.
81. =. 3. French; q. W. Melbourne.
90. ". 4. Sharpe; @. H. Stanley.
90. J. L Lamport; J. G. Mc0uan.
toS. W. J. Smith: P. H. o'Connor.
90. D. W. Marshall: T. Nitson.
40. u. =. Cooper; A. 8. Kuyksndall
So1. D! Q. Craig: J. A. Bonham.
90. u Tread; W. N. Stevenson.
80. D. Nancy: @. q. Blackburn.
80. II. HIN; y. @. Ziel.
80. A. W. etewman; w. p. Whaley;
81. ,. p. Mile; q. .. Flanagan.
60. D. =. Congdon: J. .. ehorteil.
SECRETARIES.
(oiving Division Nos)
I. q. n. Baldwin. 9S33 vincsnnel
Ava. Chicago.
u. D. d Hushson. 337 Lewis o.
Blue Island. nj
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Pictures From Stamps.

COME one has got some pretty pic
- lures made of Cancelled postage
stamps. The idea has been incorporat-
ed In a children's book. One sheet con-
tains a colored picture. the opposite
sheet contains an outline picture. The
color is supplied by pasting in place
cancelled postage stamps of various de-
nominations.
In the colored picture the kind of
stamps to use is clearly indicated.
Yet SO clever is the use of the stamps
that the pictures made are really de-
cidedly attractive.
Just to show what can be done in
this way, some large pictures made
with postage stamps have been
framed and exhibited. One shows
a young woman in her room. The
paper shows design of green of con-
ventional order. made with narrow
clippings from the edge of green
stamps. The young woman wears a
neglige made of stamps. SO cut that the
lines and folds of the garment are
gracefully made. In her hand she holds
bunch of violets, made from purple
stamps. and on her dressing table is a
rose from a red stamp, in a tall, iri-
descent vase. very skillfully made from
bits of colored stamps. The spread on
the bed is made of other stamps, and SO
are the chinta hangings. The whole
idea is clever, and really interesting
results may be had after little
practice.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
WHY STOP KNITTING
WHEN THE WAR ENDS?
WHEN the war stops, will the knit
" ting stop?


)" ting stop?
That is what many observers of wom-
ans wartime industry wonder. To be
sure, knitting for the soldiers of Eu-
rope and for the thousands and mil
lions of women and children that their
fighting makes destitute will no long
er be necessary. That probably will
stop?
But why stop knitting altogether?
There are thousands of worthy causes
to knit for in this country.
Perhaps you know some poor fam
lily for which you could knit If you
do. knit useful and attractive garments
for it's members. A sweater apd cap
for each child would prove a real boon.
Perhaps a shawl for the mother. or
even an afghan which could be used as
a bed covering. would not be beyond
your capabilities.
If you know of no individual tamlly
for which your knitting is needed
look up a hospital that deals with the
poor Many of them would welcome
well made and practical garments. Es-
pecially those convalescent hospitals.
wherein patients spend mucn tIhe OUT
of doors, are in need of warm woolen
garments. Find out from them exactly
what garments are needed and pledge
yourself to make a certain number in
specified time. Your help Will be
welcomed.
CrocHel'Hss VI CouA Se' 40 eS ooS@oA 90
knitting, and almost anything, save
socks and stockings, that can be knit
ted, can be satisfactorily crocheted
So whether you know how to handle
crochet needle or knitting needles
your work will be needed.
Don't drop the commendable habit Of
industry you have acquired because
the wars great sorrow has touched
your heart Remember that thousands
of persons in times of peace would be
the happier and the healthier If your
fingers retained their busy habit.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
All Around the House.

IL THERE is fuel economy: Remove
the ash pan from the base burner.
after shaking down all loose
ashes. You can bake rolls. meats. pies.
puddings, beans, etc. In here just as
nicely as in your oven. Cover them to
keep free from any stray ashes. On
top of the fresh coal you can bake
your potatoes.
Protect your polished floors from
scratches by covering the feet of all
chairs with felt. An old hat may be
cut up for this purpose. The felt may
be glued to the feet.
With a little care you can sweep tho
dirtiest carpet without raising much of
a dust by placing outside of the room
Wet your broom. knock it against the
side of the bucket to get out all the
drops, sweep a couple of yards, then
rinse off the broom again. Continue
this until you have gone over the en-
tire surface. If the carpet is very
much soiled the water should be
changed several times. Slightly mois-
tened Indian meal Is also good to use
sprinkled over the carpet.
fastened on the clothes poles. Then, as
soon as the wash is taken down from
the lines, put the pins at once into the
box and they will be there all ready
for the next wash day. The cover on
the box, of course, keeps the pins pro-
tected from dust and the moisture in
the air prevents them from drying out
and splitting.
An ordinary piece of kitchen soap is
one of the best of lubricators. A corner
of the cake rubbed on the metal of a
latch that will not work. on the cords
of a window that sticks, on dresser
drawers or doors that will not open
and close easily will remedy the matter
in quick time.
The principal objection raised against
tinware is that 1t rusts 80 easily. but
as 1t is SO cheap and has so many dis
tinctive uses it Is we'll to know how to
Offset this disadvantage. Before using
la new tin rub it well with fresh lard
inside and out. Put 1t into the oven
and let it get hot. When thoroughly
heated put 1t away. 1t Will not rust
after that, no matter how often IT Is
washed.
Have you a set OF cheap casters on
the legs Of your kitchen table. so that
you can roll 1t about at ease instead OF
lifting It and straining your back?
Have you a pair of sharp scissors hang
ing i'll a convenient spot to use in
Evening star., 1914-12-27

ed, with two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder. Next add one pound each
chopped almonds and dates and quar-
ter pound shredded citron. Lastly fold
in the whites of seven eggs. Pour into
buttered layer cake tins, and bake IN
very moderate oven. When cold pre-
pare the filing.
Over five tablespoonfuls of pure gum
arabic pour a half cup of cold water
and let it stand until dissolved. Put
this over the fire with a half cup pow
dered sugar and boil without stirring
until little dropped in cold water can
be rolled to a ball between the thumb
and finger. Have the white OF a large
egg beaten to a stiff froth. Take the
sirup from the fire and strain grad
ually into the beaten white of the egg.
beating the latter steadily. meantime.
Flavor with vanilla and pour over the
layers of cakes, spreading smooth with
a knife dipped in boiling water.
Drop Wine Cakes.
Put into the mixing bowl one cup of
New Orleans molasses. one cupful Of
shortening. butter and drippings mixed
and softened In the oven. one cup OF
sugar and one cup of sour milk in
which has been dissolved two scant
teaspoonfuls of soda, a teaspoonful
each of ginger, cinnamon and allsplce,
one cup of currants dredged with flour,
and flour to make about as thick as
for fruit cake. Drop from the point OF
a spoon onto a paper-llned tin ana
bake in a rather hot oven.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Short Cuts for H0ws@ke@pers

. trimming and cutting vegetables. etc?
Have you hundred other such trifiinS
| little helps in your kitchen to save
your back and feet?
To remove unsightly scratches from
mahogany furniture caused by pins,
| meat and rub we'll on the scratch and
| it will disappear like magic.
A splendid cement for china is made
as follows: Into a thick solution OF
gum arabic and water stir thoroughly
, plaster of paris until the mixture is Of
the consistency of cream. Apply with
| brush to the broken edges of tb-
| china and join together. In three days
the article cannot be broken in the
same place The whiteness of the CO.
| ment also adds to its value.
Five-cent bread tins filed with water
and set out of doors every night dur
i ing freezing weather will yield neat
little blocks of ice which can be easily
transferred to the refrigerator in the
morning.
When washing and rinsing colored ma
terials. add a tablespoonful of EPSON
salts to each gallon of wafer. and even
the most delicate shades will neither
fade nor run. Serge and similar mate
rials which have been dyed black, car
be safely washed In this way without
any risk Of the dye running. Oil of
eucalyptus sponged gently on the spot
will remove grease or oil stains from dell
cate fabrics.
A warn or faded rug or strip of mating
can have a piece of burlap stitched
smoothly on top and the ends fringed.
The weight of the mating makes the
burlap lie fiat on the floor. A service
able bath rug is made by stitching COM
mon table oilcloth to a strip OF mating
or a piece of ingram carpet. The edges
should be bound or turned under and
stitched to prevent fraying, and the oil.
cloth used for the right side.
Oilcloth and linoeum may be treated
similarly. but either must be painted ff
the surface is worn. ii there is hole in
the oilcloth, cut it out until the edge is
firm and strong. Place a piece of any old
floor oilcloth beneath and mark the
edges Cut the patch and slip n into the
upper portion. Glue muslin to the back
and run glue into the creyices.< When
painted, the patch is concealed. Limo
leum may be mended in like amer
When painting. draw a border edge with
chalk and paint IT lighter than the CEN
ter. Ochre is clean color. Mixed with
a little white paint 1t takes clean yell
low tint. The center should be tan or
olive green. Olive is very pretty. but
tan does not show the dirt so quickly,
especially if the oicloth is in the :
kitchen.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

lukewarm milk that has n third of a
compressed yeast cake dissolved in 1t.
Let the batter stand overnight, and
in the morning add an ounce of cara
batter in warm place to rise, and
when double its bulk roll it into a
sheet, about quarter of an inch thick.
Cut into oblong cakes about two and a
half inches wide by five inches long.
By the time all are cut out the first
will have risen enough to bake. Put
into a moderate oven and let stay until
they turn to a delicate brown. Brush
over with milk when taken from the
oven to give a glossy surface.
German Coffee Cake.
Take one scant tablespoonful of but
ter and one of lard, one-quarter cup
of sugar. one beaten egg and three
quarters of cup of milk; sift together
two cups of -four and one and a half
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and
mix with the other ingredients to make
a batter that will spread; spread in
buttered dripping pan. sprinkle with
sugar, cinnamon and fine cut almonds
on top. then with the thumb make
drop in little Jumps of butter about
as large as maroles; bake in quick
oven and eat with coffee.
Coffee Spice Cake.
Put into a pan one cup of sugar,
one cup Of Porto Rico molasses and
two-thirds of a cup of butter. Add
one cup hot coffee that has been turned
over a teaspoonful of soda and stirred
till it stopped "purring." Mix well,
then add one-half pound of seeded
raisins, a teaspoonful each aloes, cin-
namon and nutmeg. and about three
cups of flour or enough to make as
stiff as fruit.
Sour Milk Cake Without Eggs.
Cream together a cup of sugar and
a half cup of butter; add a teaspoon
full of soda dissolved in a cup of sour
milk, a teaspoonful of cinnamon. a
half teaspoonful each of cloves and
nutmeg, cup of chopped raiSinS or
dates and two cups of -four. Mix well
and bake in a moderate oven.
Marble Cake.
This is made with two separate bat
ters, a light and a dark one, the latter
being almost black with spices or
chocolate, as preferred. For the light
| batter, take one-half cup of butter, one
| -four. sifted with two teaspoonfuls
the whites of four eggs and tea
spoonful extract of lemon. For the
dark cake, If made with spices, use
one-half cup butter, one cup brown
sugar. two and a half cups of -four
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
of milk and a teaspoonful each of Gin
namon, cloves and allSpice, Both bat.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
Hints for College Girl.

EOR the college girls room the color
+ scheme should be studied. The
white bedspread may have a pretty
border of yellow pennants In stencil
around the edge. The cushion may be
yellow, with 1915 or any other numeral
in one corner, embroidered in black
floss. The washstand and dresser COW
ers may have the girls initials. and
also the crossed pennants, in yellow.
Let the college girl who Is to furnish
her own blanket and desires the col
lege monogram or letters on 1t choose
a blanket whose border is one OF the
college colors, and then cut from broad
cloth letters Of the other color and ap-
pliuue them on the border, or choose
an all-white blanket and apply the let
ters In the college colors In either linen
or silk,
Evening star., 1914-12-27

over last years gowns. The tradition
is wrong, but tradition dies hard in a
man, If one can ever say that it dies at
all. A persuasive woman may chloro-
form it, but it has an uncomfortable
way of coming back to life.
The problem of shaping long coat
into a short one is not sufficiently
difficult to give one any alarm. The
problem of changing a narrow skirt
into a full one taxes the ingenuity OF
a skilled specialist, unless there Is a
full, long tunic which can be used as
Evening star., 1914-12-27

the skirt itself by lengthening it and
dropping the lower skirt.
The fashion for tight-fitting hip
yokes in whatever form they are made
instantly suggests itself as first aid
to the injured. The material in the
lower skirt can be used for the yoke,
and, as it is now allowable to use an
extra wide, loose belt that looks like
sash at the lower edge of the hip
yoke, one can find in it convenient
way of Disgusting the juncture of the
two materials.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

the women who read newspapers for
information concerning apparel do not
want ito be neat, but not fashionable" !"
They much prefer the other way round.
Somewhere, somehow. in the far
away past, there grew up in mans
mind a tradition that only a r1ch.
worldly woman wants to wear fash
ionable clothes, and that every other
kind Of woman in the world is striv-
ing to avoid them. and that what she
most wants to know is not how to buy
this years clothes, but how to make
Evening star., 1914-12-27

If a coat has full circular peplum
attached to a slim body part near or
below the waist line, 1t can be cut
off at the hip line. or it can be lifted
entirely. leaving only the short, slim.
top part, which can be finished with
a wide band of fur or embroidery vel
vet or even a belt slipped through
broad ornamental slides.
1t was a foregene conclusion that
with the incoming of tight-htting
yokes and any kind Of ornamental
trimming at the hip line. which SO
Evening star., 1914-12-27

and file of women In American life who
ardently desire the latest thing at the
smallest cost
They get it. And this condition in
American life opens up such an illumi-
mating chapter on apparel in general
that 1t is temptation not to go on
with it, 1t is a phase of Woma nhood in
this country that no men understand
except the wholesale apparel ones. One
of the greatest struggles, for instance,
that writer on fashions has is to per-
Evening star., 1914-12-27
No Doubt About Short Coats.

! Another disastrous turn Of affairs in
the matter of apparel as regards those
who own their winter costume and
have no more money to spend Is
| the rapid gain of the extra short coat.
1t actually shrunk from the knee line
to the waist in a few weeks. This was
the work of Callot, who kept on ac-
centuating the short Jacket until Amer
ica accepted it.
The most fetching and original shape
in short jackets is in direct contrast
to all the other upper garments that
women wear; it buttons in a straight
first sight 1t is puzzling. You don't
know whetlaer 1t is bodice or a coat.
1t is. slightly full at the neck or the
shoulders or below a shallow yoke; this
of fur which does not quite conceal the
waist line,
Another shape fastens down the front
and Is slightly gathered into three
inch band Of fur. embroidery or
beaded work. This is the original CAL
lot model which she sent over in Sep
tember, made of black velvet trimmed
with a narrow band of ermine and
bands of white porcelain beads.
Still another shape has a loose belt
which runs across the front and fin
ishes with a gunmetal buckle. and has
pleated fullness exactly at the sides
| Those that are in the trade think the
| latter model will be SO popular tina,
fastidfous women will avoid IT.
Exclusive Cut Impossible.
| The wholesale trade here turns out
new styles in stupendous quantities, as
| the German empire turns out soldiers
| It is we'll nigh impossible to have an
Individual style. One can only hope tc
make it exclusive by the richness OF
material, the excellence OF cut and tne
| personaI selection of clever touch. AS
| for having a cut that is exclusive, one
may as well cry for the moon Ane
this disadvantage to the fastidious per
| sons is an advantage to the great rank
Evening star., 1914-12-27

ters are made the same-rubbing but
ter and sugar to a cream, adding the
beaten eggs, then -four sifted with
baking powder, the extracts and milk.
Have in readiness paper-ltned tin
and with large spoon drop In the
two batters alternately. marking the
light on the dark In circles and waves.
Bake in a rather quick but steady
oven.
Fruit Cake Without Eggs.
Cream together one cup of sugar and
a half cup of butter. add a saltspoon
of salt, half teaspoonful of cloves.
gratings of nutmeg and one cup of
seeded raisins. Dissolve a teaspoonful
of soda in a little warm water and stir
it into a cup of sour apple sauce; add
to the ingredients in the bowl, beat
, thoroughly and add two cups of sifted
-four. Bake in a loaf until well done.
but not scorched. The oven should be
slow. Properly made this cake Is
moist, delicious and extremely cheap.
Soft Ginger Cake.
Put into a pan one cup of mola asses,
three tablespoonfuls butter. softened
and one cup of sour milk, into which q
heaping teaspoonful of soda has been
stirred. Add a teaspoonful of ginger
and the same amount of cinnamon
with flour to mix soft. Bake in a
steady oven.
Tutti Frutta Cake.
| To make the layers, CRATE. three
! ounces chocolate. Beat half cup OF
butter to a cream, then gradually beat
| in a cup and three-quarters of sugar.
When creamy. beat in half cup OF
milk, half a teaspoonful of vanilla
| three eggs well beaten. the chocolate
and lastly a cup and three-quarters
sifted pastry -four, sifted again with a
teaspoonful and half of baking pow
der. Pour into well buttered shallow
| tins and bake twenty-five minutes In q
| moderate oven. The filling is made in
| this way: Soak two tablespoonful
granulated gelatine in cold water to
cover. let it soak half an hour. then
melt over the teakettle: beat two cups
| granulated sugar, with eight table,
spoonfuls water until it will thread
ten pour in the melted gelatin with
| a teaspoonful of vanilla extract and
! beat in a cool place until white and
thick; toward the end of the beating
stir in various kinds of crystallized
fruits, citron, orange and lemon peel
cherries. etc, with half as many nuts
almonds. butternuts or English wal
nuts; both nuts and fruits must be cut
in very small pieces.
Tutti Frutti Cake With Marshmal-
low Filling.
! Cream together one small cup each OF
sugar and butter. Add alternately in
| small quantities one small cup of milk
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CAKES FOR THE NEW YEAR
a teaspoonful of mixed spice and pour
the hot beverage over them.


the hot beverage over them.
Temperance Loving Cup.
Mix together the juice of five lemons,
i've oranges. two grape fruit, one pint
strawberry sirup and one can of grated
pineapple. Make a sirup, allowing one
cup each of water and strong tea and
two cups of sugar. When cold add to
the fruit mixture with enough more
water to make gallon and a half OF
the liquid.
Old Virginia Pound Cake.
Beat together to a cream one scant
pound of butter and a pound of pow
dered sugar. Separate a dozen eggs,
whites and yolks. whisk the whites to a
stiff froth and whip the yolks until
ilemon colored and thick. Add the
yolks to the creamed butter and sugar.
Stir thoroughly, fold in the whites and
stir again. Sift a pound of flour and
add lightly, little by little, stirring only
enough to mix smoothly. Pour into
pans lined with buttered paper and
| moderate oven. Take care not to
stir or shake the pan until the cake
| Is well set.
This is the genuine pound cake which
4
and grated rind of lemon may be
used or little fine-cut citron or pre-
served ginger be added at the last.
Genuine New Year Cakes.
| To make the genuine Dutch New
Year cakes beat to a cream one pound
of sugar. one-half pound of butter and
one-quarter pound of lard. Add cof-
fee cup of buttermilk, which is better
than any sour milk that can be used
and a level teaspoonful of soda, dis
solved in a little milk. Add salt
spoonful of salt and a handful of cara
way seeds, then -four to make stiff
These need quite a little mixing. Roll
| thin and bake in iron molds, cutting
out with jigger. Some of the old
dutch families still have In their pos.
session these molds. representing birds
on branches. baskets of grapes or horns
of plenty, and use them religiously
every New Year. These cakes can be
made only In cold weather, on account
of their richness. -.
Palmer New Year Cakes.
l. Beat to a cream half pound of but.
tier and a half pound Of sugar; add two
and q half pounds of pastry -four ant
mix we'll; make a hole in the center
of the mixture and pour in q CUP OF
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SUNDAY MENU.

SUNDAY MENU.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Apricots.
Cereal.
Broiled Ham.
Euckwheat Cakes. Maple slrup-
DINNER.
Auchovies with Lemon.
Celery. Olives.
Leg OF Mutton. Caper Sauce.
Currant Jelly.
Mashed Potatoes.
Caulifower Cream sauce.
T.,nstn JeIIy or Sa ad on Lettuce.
Cheese Straws.
Frozen Plum Pudding:
preserved Peaches. ciykoecAs.
Black Coffee.
NEW YEAR COLLATION.
Afternoon or Evening".
Consomme In Cups.
olives Salted Almonds
Creamed Oysters In Cases.
Cold Turkey and Ham
Assorted Sandwiches.
Pineapple salad.
Evening star., 1914-12-27

-HE custom of drinking anothers
health at New Year Is as ola
il as history. But while our for
bears felt that their wassah IL
bations were not complete without aie'
wine or something stronger, the ma
iority of Americans today prefer some-
thing that cheers without tnebriatihs.
A delicious fruit punch calls for solio
quart of fruit cut up and mixed TO-
.ether. Over this is poured a thick
sirup of sugar and water that has been
boiied, allowing a pound of sugar to
Two quarts of water. Add the juice OF
six lemons, pour over the fruit and
cool. When quite cold, add charged or
nlain water and pour over ice in the
nunch bowl. The fruits used may be
sliced oranges. pineapples. bananas,
white grapes, etc.
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Tutti Frutti Cake With Marshmal-
low Filling.

Cream together one small cup each Of
sugar and butter. Add alternately in
small quantities one small cup of milk
with two and half cups of flour sift-