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unheard of before-"what was the teach
er giving them?' They mad been brought
up in an atmosphere OF suspicion. and
they doubted the existence Of anything
quite so pretty as she depicted tree.
Not many blocks distant a poor, de-
formed and dusty tree struggled for ex-
istence among the dust and cobblestones
of that ugly part of the city. Here the
teacher took her class, and proved TO
their open, yet distrustful minds that
there was such a thing as tree. She
told them how much more beautiful
trees were m better surroundings. She
unfolded to them many wonderful facts
about trees. and. wide-eyed and happy.
they went back to the darkness Of their
narrow tenements, with the JOY Of the
knowledge of a tree worm in their little
hearts. Next day the most adventurous
little boy In the class led troop OF chill
dren to see The wonderful sight. That
IL a tree!" he proudly declared. and the
little ones looked and admired and held
him for a hero among them, for had he
not discovered a tree?
II takes so little effort, SO little time
to teach a child a few Of the simplest
lessons of springtime in the world of
Nature, and when the May-day parties
gather in pleasure grounds to dance and
feast and play at miniature royalty the
little ones will garner ten times the
pleasure their outing affords IL some one
will point out to them the meaning OF
what they see; some simple secrets of
springing grass and budding tree; Of
creeping vines and blOssoming shrub. II
means so much to the child and so little
to the grown people to give Just the few
lessons in Nature that will make each
month bring its harvest of happiness to
the developing mind. And. oh! 1t means
~ 10
attuned to the quiet. noble, lofty and
beautiful life that Nature leads and
which she is only too willing to teach
her children.
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Hints to the HOusekeeper

it always gives the impression of whole
some cleanliness and refinement
In small house or apartment this
is secured first by attention to the
walls and curtains. Papers are SC
cheap now that there is no reason for
allowing the same wall paper to re-
main on for five or ten years. Espe-
cially If room is used a great deal
as common sitting-room. the paper
should be torn from the wall at least
once every two years, and a fresh
covering. put on. Wall paper catches
every odor. Then draperies of all sorts
should be shaken frequently in the
open air and hung in a good breeze
surely four of five times a year
Among the small helps in keeping a
house fresh is care in having the
kitchen door shut when any cooking
is going on. Many housewives forget
this very important trick, or IL they
remember it they have to warn their
servant continually. Also fat should
not be tried out in the kitchen. 1t
taxes weeks 10 ria the front rooms
of the greasy odor. To prevent the
odor of cabbage from filling the house,
place a small quantity of granulated
sugar in an old saucepan and allow it
to burn on the stove while the vege-
table is cooking. or boil a small bag
filled with sugar in the same kettle.
Never a morning should pass with
out allowing a good current of air to
pass through all the rooms. Open
every window on the floor top and bot
tom, so as to create a draught. Other
wise the air will not sweep into every
nook and Granny. II the calendars and
pictures blow in all directions, tack
them in some other spot, where the
air cannot get at them. At night, be-
fore the family arrives home raise the
windows for a few minutes again, but
not long enough to chill the house.
Lastly, watch the sewerage carefully.
All drains should be thoroughly
cleansed once a week. 1t is also wise
to keep a disinfectant in the bathroom.
II scented soap is too expensive for
every day use, have a cake on the
shelf and it will keep a delicate sweet
ness in the room. Have the upper sash
of the bathroom window lowered all
the time at least half an inch.
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slips into the dressing-room ostensibly to
check her wraps; in reality for one last,
| lingering glance in a mirror. And she is
a most unusual girl if between the acts
she does not catch a glimpse of her 4ses
in the tiny mirror now set into most Of
the opera glass cases and bags
Many partner has lost step with you
in the dance not because her ear is jill
attuned 10 music and rhythm but be-
cause she has just passed a mirror and
she happened to see how much prettiey
than usual she was with eyes frightened
by interest and cheeks slightly flushed by
action. When you are uttering a with
cism or telling a really good story at the
dinner table is there anything more mad.
dening than to look up and discover tie
pretty girl on your right or left, or even
opposite you, is listening in appearance
only. while her real interest is concen-'
trated on the mirror which forms the
base of a floral centerpiece? II is GER
tainIy a shock to ones pride 10 divide
conversational interest with tn" great
question. II wonder if any hairs have
strayed out of my pompadour?"
Walk down the avenue with a pretty
girl and see where her attention and her
gIances stray. To the passing show OK
carriages and rival feminine beauty on
her left. or to the mirrors which line the
shop windows on her right? Unless she
is a most extraordinary young woman the
mirror wins every time.
1t is a twentieth century habit that is
making girls self-conscious. uninteresting
and overweeningly conceited. If it is an
outgrowth of the beauty culture habit
American men who are really responsible
for the American woman's passion TO be
better looking have something to regret
along these lines. Vanity is bore.
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Work and Play in the Household
EDITED BY FRANCES MARSHALL
The Call of Spring to the Children

The call OF the spring time is in the
blood Of us all, and there is not a child
In the world too friendless to be remem-
happy circle Of May party for a days
outing In a park. The poorest waif OF
the darkest tenement may reign a queen
Tor one brief day, queen with panoply
and state that meets all the require
ments Of title In her happy young eyes
She may choose her king with royal
seriousness, and the two will rule over
loyal and enthusiastic subjects during
the shining hours Of one bright May
day.
What grown-up person bercft OF a
childhood under the tutelage of nature
may measure the joy of a child in May
day attire? The child feels all the I'm
portance Of a regal position. and, what
is better still, tries to I'LL the position
regally. The world is a green kingdom
whose every blade of grass points a new
joy; whose every leaf whispers a mes
sage Of happiness. There are the mar
wells Of the red-bud tree to study. with
Its crimson glory dyeing the May-tide
with crimson. There are the wings OF
the maple tree flutterilg like tiny birds
TO tell the leaves coming after, to shell
ter from summer heat and to turn up
silver Innings to the rain cloud like a
cloak over the green surface before the
rain. There are the golden fringes Of
willow trees. some mysterious gilded
fluid running like molten sunshine
through the sap and tingeing all their
trailing branches. Best OF all, to the
child. under drifted brown leaves peep
the first violets. Did you ever, as a
child. lose the thrill that comes when
the first violet is gathered? The anxious
moment when the brittle stem is pulled,
carefully, so that the whole stem, even
to the bit Of white at the bottom, may
be secured? Every child loves to poke
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-03
The Evils of Mirror Gazing

Modern bypaths of beauty culture are
rapidly destroying the truth Of the old
saying that a mirror never hatters.
Whether this is because inventors have
acquired the art - building mirrors that
gloss over defects and soften blemishes,
or because modern beauty methods have
brought around the condition in which
the best Of a woman's points are empha-
sized and her physical deficiencies are
spared. the fact remains that the mirror
is no longer a truth teller. and the prink-
ing or self-study haF'' in the mirror is
one of the dangers which the coming girl
faces both literally and figuratively.
She is acquiring the mirror habit. for
getful Of the fact that the sheet Of quick
silvered glass shows only the most super
fc.-I attractions in a way that is apt to
cause her to overlook the more subtle yet
powerful attraction of the mind. the soul,
the personality.
The girl who sits in the chair of the
beauty doctor before the mirror. in which
she watches the delft movements of the
masseuse of the hair dresser. falls under
a fascination peculiar to the twentieth
century II she is naturally good looking
and does not require artificial aids, she
resorts to her own mirror and is lost in
contemplation not unmixed with triumph
at the thought that she needs no artificial
assistants.
Go where you will in the business or
the social world and you will have this
mirror habit thrust upon you in a dozen
ways. The shopgirI of whom you would
buy gloves turns abruptly from a stolen
glimpse into the vanity bag which she
carries along with her pencil and sales
book on her belt or aprong string. The
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made. preferably, from a piece OF an
old sheet of soft linen: and over this.
again. should come the washable pad
of stockinette.
There is no need of an upper sheet.
as the baby will be wrapped in a soft.
warm blanket before being laid in h.S
snug little nest; nor should a pillow %"
used, as he will be infinitely better on
without one.
The coverlet should be light of weight
but well wadded, with three or four
thicknesses of silkoIine over the cotN
ton filling. Down filings should never
be used for a baby's pillow or cover
let's. as the particles Of down. filterinG
through the covers, will almost certainly
find their way into the nostrils and
mouths, and thence into the lungs and
air passages.
To this cause, in fact, may ne traced
many of the membraneous affections
from which babies suffer. and which
often lead to serious troubles Of the
nose, ears, throat, and chest.
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two cupfuls of meat and season with
salt and pepper. If the ragOut is used
for a breakfast, most persons will pre-
fer it without other seasoning. II it is
to be served for luncheon. a piece Of
onion. celery and green pepper may be
cooked with the meat Serve II on toast.
Fondu on Toast.
Toast six slices of bread and keep it
hot on a plate in the hot water pan. The
bread may be sauted in butter If il is pre-
ferred. Beat six eggs very light and stir
into them six tablespoonfuls of milk or
cream. Season with salt and paprika.
Put a tablespoonful of butter in the
blazer. and when II bubbles turn in the
egg mixture. Draw this from the sides
to the center as ii heats and do not let
it burn in the middle. AS soon as 1t be-
gins to thicken. add fourth of a cupful
of grated cheese and stir until II is
smooth. Pour over the toast and serve.
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ROOMS THAT HAVE A
FRESH, SWEET 0DoR

why is it. Mary. that after eating g
frst-class dinner at your house ono
never feels sleepy and stupid? Every
where else 1 go and even in my OWL
home, il We have dined especially well
/ always have an overpowering desire
to throw myself on the couch for q
nap. and all the other guests usually
look as though they would like to dc
the same"
The woman addressed looked up with
a smile of appreciation
1T is so nice Of you to say that. be-
cause it is something I have really
made a study of, and you are the first
person who has ever remarked about it.
j do it by keeping pure air in the room,
and 1 promise you this is no easy task
in my small apartments. But 1 accom-
plish it by throwing the windows open
wide, top and bottom. for at least fifteen
minutes in cold weather, both in the
dining-room and wherever We are to sit
afterward. During the meal there is al
ways a window open in some other part
OF the mouse, ana Wnen We move 10 tue
sitting-room, one of the dining room win
dows is thrown up. So long as one has
plenty of pure air to breathe there is
little trouble with indigestion. and that
is the only thing that makes a person
feel heavy after a good dinner
Another trick Of the woman who en-
tertains is to keep a bowl of fresh water
in a room where guests are to be for any
length of time, and if her vases are not
filled with flowers, she puts fresh water
in them as well. Both these schemes
work admirably in preventing the air
from becoming stuffy when many persons
arc breathing 1t In a rather crowded
space.
This problem of keeping rooms in a
house fresh and sweet at all times is
one which every housewife should be
interested in. Nothing is quite so pleas
ant as to enter e home where the atmos-
phere is free from all suggestion of cook
ing. smoke Of any kind or stale air. for
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its tiny finger under the stem to help It
out of the earth. Every child loves to
find the longest-stemmed and deepest
tinted violets, and in May there are fed
sequestered hooks In forest, roadway, or
park that have not nesting In them
blue-eyed vioIets that look back into the
blue eyes OF child and teach IL the
unspoken language OF spring.
heedful mother will notice how the
little ones who have learned something
about nature will eagerly search for
twigs or different bushes and trees that
are about to put forth leaves or flowers
They gather these with joyous minds al
ready seeing upon the twigs the unfurlel
leaf; the radiant blossom They love to
tell about the possibilities in those I'M
calmly little twigs whose brown is Just
tinged with the sreenish-red hue of
sentient life. II put in water and Kept in
suitable place they will burst into
beauty some time before their sister
twigs upon the trees have fulfilled their
promises.
Careless people are wont to say: "oh.
every child may see a tree. Most streets
have trees upon them. There are plenty
Of parks for children to play in and
~ dismiss the entreaty ola duty neg
lected. How are the children to know
the trees? How are they to seek the
parks? Who will open their ignorant
young eyes to the beauty OF what they
sec? AS a matter Of fact, hundreds of
thousands of them In a great city never
see tree until some kind man or wom-
an seeks out the tenement waif and leads
ii for a few days of almost delirious Joy
into the country.
Away down In a dark narrow street In
the East Side of New York a teacher
tried to tell her class about trees They
were mysterious things to the little inter
ested children. Something harder to I'M
derstand than Jack tire Giant Killer"
An abnormal man they could quite COM
prehend. but thing undreamed of and
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Tasty Menus for a Week in Nav

sunday.
BREAKFAST:
SCRAMBLED EGGS
TOAST
MARMALADE
COFFEE
DINNER:
CREAM OF CORN SOUP
ROAST CHICKEN
NEW POTATOES. WITH PARSLEY
BAKED ONIONS
VANILLA ICE CREAM WITH STRAWBERRIES
SUFFER:
ANCHOVY TOAST
VEGETABLE SALAD
BREAD AND BUTTER
COCOA
DROP CAKES
FRUIT
Monday.
BREAKFAST:
OMELET IN CHAFING Dish
SALLY LUSN
COFFEE
GREEN PEPPER AND RICE SALAD
MINCED CHICKEN SANDWICHES
HOT CHOCOLATE
LAYER CAKE
CHICKEN AND TOMATO SOUP WITH RICE
BROILED BEEFsTEAk
NEW POTATOES
VEGETABLE SALAD
CRACKERS CHEESE
COFFEE
Tuesday.
BREAKFAST:
ORANGES
UNLOCKED CEREAL
CDDDLED EGGS
TOAST
COFFEE
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LUNCHEON:
HAsHED BEEFsTEAK On TOAST
LETTUCE SALAD
BROWN BREAD AND BUTTER
MARMALADE
TEA
DINNER:
POT ROAST
HORsERADIsH SAUCE
MASHED POTATOES
DREAMED ASPARAGUS
PRUNE WHIP
Wednesday.
BREAKFAST:
STEwED RHUBARB
DREAMED CLIPPED BEEF
WHEAT MUFF1Ns
COFFEE
LUNCHEON:
BACON AND FRIED TOMATOES
BROWN BREAD AND BUTTER
COOKIES
TEA
DINNER:
CLEAR STOCK sour
WARNED OVER Pot ROAST
SCALLOPED POTATOES
DREAMED CARROTS
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Thursday.
BREAKFAST:
HOMISY
CODDLED EGGS
MARMALADE
TOAST
COFFEE
LUNCHEON:
FONDU on TOAST
Drowned WAFERS
LETTUCE AND MAYONNAISE
JAM
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CEAFING DISH DAINTIES.
tn Breakfast omrIet.

The woman who has mastered the art
of turning out a chafing dish omeIet I'M
scorched and unbroken has reached a
high degree in chatting dish lore The
flame OF the best of lamps is much hot
ter directly under the center of the dish
than at the sides. Eggs cook very quick
ly. The secret OF success lies in keep
ing one hand on the handle OF the blazer
and in moving the dish about so that
every spot of the bottom shall have an
equal heat Since eggs should cook
slowly, lower the blazer IL the lamp per-
mits. II not, hold the blazer high above
the flame.
The utensils required arc a cup and
bowl for the eggs. revolving eggbeater.
a tablespoon. saltspoon and the blazer.
The ingredients wanted are eggs, cold
water, salt and pepper and butter Allow
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Anchovy Toast.

Saute six slices of bread in a table,
spoonful of butter in the blazer and
spread with anchovy paste. Keep them
hot in a dish submerged in the hot water
pan. Cook tablespoonful Of butter until
1t Is a golden brown. Stir in a cupful of
hot water seasoned with beef extract and
kitchen bouquet and salt Add two table
spoonfuIs of chopped olives and a table
spoonful of chopped green pepper. Cook
until the sauce thickens. Turn it over
the toast.
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DINNER:
NOODLE SOUP
SEEF CR0QUETTES WITH TOMATO SAUCE
STUFFED PEPPERS
LEMON JELLY WITH WHIPPED CREAM
Friday.
BREAKFAST:
DREAMED GOLDFISH on TOAST
CORN MUFFTNs
COFFEE
LUNCHEON:
BANANA SALAD
wATERCREss SANDWICHES
MARMALADE
wAFERS
TIA
DINNER:
CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP
BROILED BLUEFIsH
DREAMED POTATOES
CHOW CHOW
TOMATO SALAD
CHOCOLATE CUsTARDS
Saturday.
BREAKFAST:
ORANGES
DREAMED BLUEFIsH
COFFEE
LUNCHEON:
DRIED PEA SOUP
ROLLS
COOKIES
RHUBARB
DINNER:
CREAM OF SPINACH SOUP
BROILED LAMB CHOPS
PEAS
MACARONI Az GRATIS
LETTUCE SALAD
LEMON MERINGCE PIE
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pepper and two tablespoonfuls of finely
minced onion and cook five minutes with
out browning. Then turn in half a cup
full of clam juice, tablespoonful Of salt.
dash OF parika, the hard parts Of twelve
soft shell clans chopped fine and the
soft bodies of the CLAIMS. Cook another
five minutes, stand the blazer in the hot
water pan and cover it to keep II hot,
Toast on an asbestos mat or a chatting
dish toaster slices of thin bread. Butter
and serve the clam mixture on them.
RnEout of Cold Meat.
An appetizing ragout Of cold beef or
ether cooked meat may be served from
the blazer. Have ready the meat. which
has previously been cut into small pieces
and boiled very tender. and the Hqurr
in which II cooked. Make a roux in the
blazer of two tablespOnfuls of butter and
one tablespoonful of flour. Add a cunful
of the liquor in which the meat is
cooked and stir until 1t thickens. Stir in
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After the omelet is cooked and before
II is folded. any preferred seasoning.
such as chopped ham, minced parsely,
sweet green peppers, Jelly, cheese and
the like, may be spread over it.
Hamburg Steak.
Many persons object to the odor and
smoke at the table of sauteing chops and
other meats. Hamburg steak is just the
thing for them. Put a tablespoonful of
butter into the blazer. add half pound
Of meat two tablespoonfuls OF hot water,
and salt and pepper Stir the meat and
cook it quickly, serving it just before it
has lost the last tinge of pink. or jIst
after II has turned a delicate gray, &C.
cording to taste.
Clipped Smoked Beef.
Cut the beef into small pieces and
cook 1t for five minutes in half a cupful
Of water. Meanwhile blend a table
spoonful Of -four with a tablespoonful of
butter. Add to the cooking meat and the
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liquid the butter and the -four. and cook
Until it thickens. Stir cupful OF cream,
and when 1t is thoroughly heated beat in
an egg. Cook for one minute and pour
over toast.
ChnanR Dish Chicken.
Select a spring chicken, clean and cut
it into four pieces. Put a tablespoonful of
butter into the blazer, and cook in 1t
a teaspoonful II very finely minced onion.
Then put in the chicken, cover and cook
slowly until II is tender. Remove the
chicken and turn into the dish half a cup
full of cream with which the yolk of an
egg has been mixed. Season with salt
and pepper and heat thoroughly. but do
not boil Just as the flame is extin-
guished, add half a teaspoonful of lemon
Juice and put The chicken into the sauce.
Pepper Roast with CLANS.
Let a tablespoonful of butter bubble in
oh
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Chndng Dish Chicken.
Pepper Roast with CLANS.

Let a tablespoonful Of butter bubble in
the blazer. Add a finely chopped green
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FOR THE CHILDREN: Wednesdays child has join
hohock her garden red and make ribbon
and dress blue and will have picture for book
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THE IRISH STANDARD
Catholic KNIGHTS of America
Felix Gaudn Supreme President Catholic Knights of America

sssT16saeesssssssssess,sssssssssssss
admitted from ages 10 to so years,
and can take $3.50, $500, $1,000 or
$4,000 of insurance.
Women are admitted from ages
IS to 40 years and can take insur-
ance up to $1,000.
Since the organization of the
Catholic Knights of America the Or
der has lost by death 1850 of it's
members, and it has paid $685.
5l5.14 to the benefciaries of it's de-
ceased members. And it is paying at
present nearly $600,000.00 annually
to the Catholic homes of departed
members.
At the extra session of the Su-
preme Council c. X. of A. held in
st. Louis, Mo-, August, 1904, the
only one in the history of the Order,
the Catholic Knights of America re-
adjusted it's rates and adopted ac-
cording to it's own experience what
is known as the Fraternal Congress
Rates. This rate has been approved
by the insurance commissioners of
the country as being adequate, and
already nearly twenty States of the
Union have laws to the effect that
fraternal orders must adopt this rate
if they desire to continue to do bust
ness in said States.
These rates have placed the G. K.
of A. in the enviable position of be-
ing among the strongest of fraternal
orders, as it's pro-rata share in it's
re=erve, or what is known as the
Widows and Orphans Fund, is larger
than that of any other fraternal or
der doing business in the United
States
The Catholic Knights of America
is thoroughly Catholic, for our Con-
stitution requires all members to be
practical Catholics. And it not only
looks to the Spiritual welfare of it's
members during life but also when
they have passed away, for it is a
part of our Constitution that each
branch of the order must offer at
least one Mass annually for the re-
pose of the souls of our deceased
members, and this makes an annual
Offering of 525 Masses. And in the
past 81 years over $4,000 Masses
have been offered for the benefit of
our departed members.
The Catholic Knights has received
the approval and blessing of the late
Pcntiff, Leo XIII, on several occa-
sions; the present Holy Father, Pope
Plus X, has also bestowed his bless
ings upon the order on eight differ
ent occasions.
No Catholic Fraternal Insurance
Order has the honor of having as
many prelates among it's active men,
bers as the G. X. of A. AS we have
among the illustrious members of
the hierarchy-one Cardinal, two
Archbishops and fifteen Bishops, be-
sides over eight hundred priests, and
this of itself ought to be sufficient
to commend the Catholic Knights of
America to the good Catholics of
this Country.
The Catholic Knights of America
in the future like in the past will
stand for God, for Country and for
Home.