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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
VINEGAR FROM FRUIT PARiNGS
VIII Be Found Equally, If Not More,
Satisfactory Than That Bought
at the Store.

1t is not every one who can make
his own cider vinegar. and it is al
most impossible to buy vinegar with
the assurance that you are getting
the real article: but every housekeep'
er in the land may have a good.
wholesome vinegar by saving that
which usually goes to waste
Fruit parings of all kinds, and
grape pulp make excellent vinegar.
Place them in a wooden barrel or en-
ameled vessel-never in tin or gal
vanized one-and pour over them SUI
f1cient water to cover
When they have stood thus for sew.
eral days. and are visibly fermenting
SO that the pulp easily comes to
pieces. strain the liquid portion on
into another clean vessel and add wa
ter sweetened with sugar. house mo-
lasses or sorghum. Tack cloth over
the opening instead of stopping tight
ly. SO that the air can escape. and IN
a few months you will have vinegar
equal almost to cider
II 1t seems too weak when sour
add more molasses or brown sugar
Another thing that will aid fermenta
ton is little cooked mush.
When the vinegar is made. 1t should
be racked of or put into clean yes
sells and kept tightly closed. as any
sediment will tend to cause a bitter
taste. II no apple parings are used
a decided apple flavor may be impart
ed by adding some boiled dried ap
pies while fermenting.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
Ready for Emergencies.

A problem that confronts the
suburban hostess is her ability to pro
duce good meal on short notice to
the unexpected visitor.
True hospitality consists in welcom
ing your guests with cordially and
seating them to whatever menu II
served the family.
BY keeping a shelf IN the pantry
supplied with articles necessary to
furnish the extras which are needed
for hurry call. you can bolster up
the family dinner, and fortified with
these reserves. you can supplement
any meal with soup. salad or cold
meat. and save the nerve-racking ex
periences of those who find them
selves confronted with unexpected
guests and a deficit in the supply
shelf
This emergency shelf should always
be supplied with standard soups. veg
etables. a package of macaroni. a jaI
of cheese, olives. pickles and a bottle
of salad dressing. a tumbler or two
of jelly, some fruit preserves. a car
Vt chicken, OK tongue and veal or ham
loaf
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24


of the Pacific is. in some re-
" spects, disappointing. The
ocean traveller, accustomed to
more temperate ATTITUDES,
misses the bracing quality of the At
lantic breezes, the shifting panorama
of sea whose winds are never the
same, and whose restless moods find
no counterpart in the monotonous blue
pillows of the South Pacic.
1t is a shipless. deserted ocean,
where, unless there blows up hurri-
cane, there is no change in the unwa-
vering current of the mild trade winds
blowing steadily in their allotted
courses the whole year around. Sea
and sky unite in a monotony which is
only broken by the wonder Of the sun
sets. And it is warm-uncomfortably
warm-"beastly hot" as the English
man will say when he reminds you
that your tepid, salt water bath af-
fords you no relief. Yet, when the
Handicapped headlands of Tahiti come
up upon the horizon. you remember
only that you are at last in sight of
those tabled wonde-lands, the "Islancs
of the Blest."
To those to whom the isles of the
South Seas mean little more than 4
school book memory. or a mental pic
ture drawn from Stevenson's letters,
from Pierre Lott. or the tales Of Jack
London. q reminder may be necessary.
The Society islands, a colony of the
French republic, are situated approx
mately 1000 miles south of our own
Hawaiian isles, 1000 miles south
southwest of San Francisco, upon the
direct route of New Zealand, and in Is
degrees of south latitude
Commercially, as well as In point of
size and in population. Tahiti is the
principal island of the group. the CAPT.
tai city of Papeete, whose population
represents perhaps one-third of the
whole colony. lying under the lofty
mountains upon its western shore.
In Cioud-Capped Tahiti.
Comfortable 8,0OO-ton steamships
carry you there from San Francisco in
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
To Keep Grapes Fresh.

The great thing in keeping grapes
fresh is to keep them from the dry
ing up process, but they must not be
immersed in water or handled in any
way. In cutting grapes to be kept
fresh, an inch or two of stalk is left
on each side OF the twig that bears
them. and to each end of this stalk
Is pitted bulb of rubber or glass
containing sterilized water. The
whole is then hung up where the
grapes will swing free and the water
in bulbs is sucked up by the stalks.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

IL days. a voyage which represents
nearly one-half of their running time
to Sydney, Australia, the final port Of
call. Three days out from the Golden
Gate you are in the tropics. You don
your white duck or pongee, your Eng
lish and Australian friends cease from
troubling you with strange questions
about your country" and the after
noon game of cricket upon the boat
deck appears less inviting.
A day of excessive heat and humid
ity confronts you in the "doldrums,"
but. after crossing the ''line," the
southeast trades begin to blow in over
the bow, and you are in comfort for
the rest of your journey. Shortly be-
fore Tahiti is sighted. the steamship
passes the first land visible since leav-
ing San Francisco-the outlying atoll
of Titiaroa, and four hours later you
enter the narrow opening IN the bar
rier reef, and are at anchor of the
waterfront of Papeete, with the
French tri-color flying above the
white government buildings. and from
the staff of the giant semaphore upon
the hillside behind.
No understanding of conditions. So
cial. commercial, or otherwise, upon
the islands, can be reached without at
least fundamental conception of that
peculiar topography which explains to
a great extent the limitations to which
they are subject, both as place of
business and as a permanent place of
abode. Taking Tahiti as typical-and
in nearly every sense save for unusual
size it is-we find a body Of land, cir.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

defiles between these ridges, the
mountain streams, fed by innumerabla
waterfalls, find their way into thu
broad lagoons within the coral reefs
which protect the low-lying shores.
Vanilla and Cocoa.
Encircling this UNEMPLOYED and inac.
cessible interior lies that species Of
alluvial plain which comprises the
only inhabited portion Of the islands
Here on the gradual slopes between
the rugged mountains and the sea
coast-well shaded. as is necessary
the vanilla grows; and. covering the
wide beaches, the cocoanut-that 9TH
err staple of island production-rears
it's tufted branches Of palm-like leaves
above the curving and graceful trunk
SO familiar to the eye.
From every viewpoint, excepting the
picturesque alone, the islands may be-
said to consist entirely of this narrow
plain. in places but few rods wide.
and rarely attaining greater width
than half q mile-according to local
measurement, perhaps kilometer.
The fact that the arabic land from
which the islands derive their wealth
Is thus limited in extent may be sum-
cient reason in itself for the fact that
during the past decades these coun-
tries have made 50 little advance com
mercially, and are still comparatively
unknown.
The raising of vanilla and cocoanuts
is still almost exclusively in the hands
of the natives, who farm and cultivate
on a small scale, who hold under q
complex system of titles and who are
content to cultivate the land only to
the extent necessary to satisfy their
simple needs.
They control the land, are loath to
part with 1t to the foreigner, and. b.
ing satisfied with conditions as they
are will not trouble to increase it,
productivity under his direction.
"Copra" and vanilla are raised and
cured as they were 40 years ago. and
as the demand for both articles Is un-
limited. and they represent substaa-
TALLY the entire export trade Of the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

f.oeh he tried to figure make his toilet his rummy little
dggn" He found impossible
he the
difference
rather aggressive He anab the
neckband Of his shirt Well Jov
Tell berh?"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
NATIVE DANCING GIRLS

cular in shape. approximately 30 miles
in diameter, of markedly volcano
origin, and covered with a tumbied
mass Of jagged mountains. whose hisn'
est peaks plunge into the clouds at "
altitude of nearly 5000 feet. From
these towering SUBMITS, the land faus
away in sharply defined ridges. co.,
cred from top to bottom with the IN
penetrable masses of the 'lantana, :
dense, tropical growth which reacn0
a height of IL feet and makes climpms
or exploration impossible, except WIN
the aid of natives armed with ING
machete. Down the dark and marrow
islands, it can easily be seen tnA'
while present conditions exist, Dusr
ness conditions will remain unchanseu
also
And present conditions have PEG.
bettered by the apparent poiicy =
laisser-aller pursued from the oesm
ming by the French. A protectors
since the days of Louis Philippe
colony almost as long-its masses.
have built roads. drainage and Ws'e.
systems, and district schools. Ihes
have aided the work of the misS'S-
aries; their government has been ~
ternal in many senses OF the VIZ
Yet in matters of commercial adVan0v
ment a certain energy seems to ny.
been lacking, which cannot Do
solely at the door Of the trop's-
climate.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
New Chocolate DaInties.

Chocolate sardines are a recent ad
dition to the list of chocolate dainties
They are dapper little fish. three OF
four inches long. packed in proverbial
fashion into tinfoil box. which Is q
good imitation. even to the gilt letter
ing, of the box their fishy brothers
are packed In.
Another chocolate dainty is the but
terfly. With wings outspread-and
that Is the only way he can hold HE
wings-he measures four or FIVE inches
across. He comes in a box shaped
just to fit him. decorated on its cover
with butterfly in colors.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
HANDY 1oaster.

II you have an electric fiatiron.
make a. little metal stand that will
hold the iron in place when standing
upside down. The hot ironing surface
can then be used. when the current ia
turned on. for number of purposes,
such as toasting marshmallows. frying
IN egg or heating water.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

To Keep q Sponge Clean.
To keep a sponge sweet and clean
work the juice Of . lemon into it oc-
casionally. rinsing 1t out we'll In warm
water.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

Many a man sacrifices his pr1nc'p
to success, and considers tna'
getting 1t cheap at that.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

sAuooioe. Auo Gull Is gone, IOToV0T, perhaps, anu
there was $54 Of 1t. but Jerry has his watch safe
and sound, all because he played a new variation
on the First National Bank" wheeze
Jerry came to the city to view and buy the
latest sartorial effects for he wanted to get him.
self "all logged OUT" he's authority for that. He
had the $54 and yearning to convert every cent
OF It into beautiful wearing apparel. Dressed in
his old regimentals. he departed for home yester-
day, however.
The prospective fashion plate arrived In the
evening and went to a rooming house. His room
was entered his $54 taken and his confidence in
Kansas City lodging houses shattered to bits He
reported his loss to the police and asked where
and how he might obtain money on his watch to
defray expenses back to Oklahoma. He was d.
lunicipal activity. the city pawn shop.
you keep your watch when everything else was
officially in charge Of the citys three-ball palace
'ound my toe and then pulled my sock on over the
18th it that way"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
He Was lust Over, but He Will Learn in Time

ITTsBURGH PAocas around the Pennsylvania station are laugh
through
Engshman his Mexico the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
He Wrapped Watch Chain Around His Biq Toe

NsAS CITY MoAhoueh he lost all his dder wiser
IA kHigan
IN the Of preserving vauables
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
Mouse Multitude Released in "Move" Theater

W1SI1beratng multitude q
caught more than 200
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

y ing over the story told by one of the conduct
had q little experience with a young Englishman
other morning Reginald was typically British
and evidently of his native heath for the first
time in his life. He had landed from the liner
in the forenoon. In New York, and was taking the
first evening train for the southwest Therefore
he not in the least familiar with the intrica-
cies of the uptodate steel sleeping car.
"Rummy little diggings" was what he said when
shown his berth. and the net for his clothing
catching his eye, he "lawfed" and exclaimed:
Clever idea: to catch me II fall out Of bed.
what?"
But 1t was in the morning that his troubles be-
gan. Like most untraveled Britishers. he did not
like to ask questions and he did not want to make
q fuss So when he awoke and found that he did
not have much time until the train would be in
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

MILWAUKEE WIS.-Liberat1ng multitude Of
W1 theater caused much Joy to a gang Of Is boy
part Of the proprietor. In q spirit Of deviltry the
field rodents in North side vacant lot and went
with them to the Queen moving picture house at
Thirty-third street and North avenue.
The mice we're there released late in the after
noon The show was to open at o'clock in the
evening.
When Mrs Margaret Klofta. charwoman, ar.
rived to do her work. she found the lobby alive
with small rodents which upon her appearance
scampered in every direction.
Contrary to feminine precedent Mrs Klofta.
instead Of screaming seeking the safe altitude
OF convenient chair. took commanding posi-
ton and applied broom with deadly effect.
Having slaughtered many and driving the rest
OF the mice to the basement. Mrs. Klofta turned
on the youthful perpetrators Of the alleged Joke.
a handy pail Of water in Mrs. Klofta's hands sent
Sharp. Walter Dunn and Roy Fremond, aged eigl
for disorderly conduct. Sharp disclaimed any inte
mice and cause probable panic In the evening
Someone kicked the pail and the mice came
on . string. They ran in the lobby and went all
What did you catch them fort" inquired the
TO nishtsn women 70 death" volunteered J
Lads IS each.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24
Foolish Doinqs on the Roof Of Big Building

LEvEIAND said the whose
about stories high There no
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

with
ball He initiated pitcher winding and hurting EN-
thought
back In the
think that enough
exercise in the noon"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

, y OYAGING on the calm belt"
\ i of the Pacific is, In some re-
. spects. disappointing. The
II ocean traveller, accustomed to
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-01-24

noon there are foolish doings on that roof.
Il suppose they are Office boys. junior clerks
and other Youngsters who work in the building.
After lunching they to feel as playful as kit
tens At any rate, they 60 up on the roof every
noon and cavort around. They go in for any sort
of horseplay that occurs to them. Sometimes they
give limitations of a ball game; other times It's
q prize fight
Now there's low ledge along one side OF the
roof and taller building on the other But at
the back there's straight droop OF several
stories with no more guardrail than an cave
trough. That's precisely where the boys find it
to do their acrobatics and dramatics
THE other day was watching them in mingled
ou WAS amusing another with imnerSonatiOnS of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-09

with plain front sections which are
darted and have under-arm cores,
Others are in surplice effects, the
crossover pieces being drawn tightly,
over the bust. High girdles are ALSO
In fashion, which are Of the same
height all around. reaching a point
even with the base Of the bust. Some
times the girdle is drawn in at the
front. Again 1t may have buttons
from the top Of the lower edge. Over
these fitted girdles the bust would
fall loosely if it we're not supported
by the corset.
There are also low-bust corsets for
the slender and compact figures, which,
Will wear garments suitable for them.
There are also models designed es.l
pecially for dancing, which have al
shorter skirt in front and elastic In.
serts in the back. The tops of these
are low, and there is an elastic band
around the top edge from side to side.
For the schoolgirl there are low and
medium-sized corset waists with long
corset skirts and front steel fasten.I
Ing These corset waists SO closely
resemble the regular corset that
young girls feel quite satisfied with
them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-09
English eyelet embroidery is revived

English eyelet embroidery is revived
for lingerie dresses Usually they
have colored silk slips below.
There is a great difference between
the old and the new style Of high-bust
corsets. To preserve the large waist,
which is still fashionable, these new
corsets are made with full back.
Some also have small gussets under
meath each shoulder blade, while 9TH
ers have sufficient fullness to form a
ripple at the top. The skirt OF these
ccrsets Is long over the thighs in the
back, with q slightly shortened line
in front, the fiat back and the large
waist with slight curve at the side
fronts. The materials are soft and
2liable and the boning light.
The reason for the change of cut
Of corsets is the semi-ftting character
of the fashionable dresses and waists,
which makes necessary corsets which
hold the bust in a slightly higher posi-
ton. These dresses are not tight, but
the are semi-fitted, with dart over
the bust to accentuate the curve,
whether the garment fits snugly or
otherwise.
These bodices are in several STYLES.
Some are buttoned straight in front,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-09
HELPS THE IVORY WORKER
Rat in lts Search for Toothsome Nor.
sci Unwittin0iy Gives Aid
to the Carver.

There Is a curious but little know
fact that well illustrates the ravages
that rats can inflict on the hardest
substances with their sharp little teeth
Many Of the elephants tusks import.
ed into London for the use OF ivory.
ornament makers have their surfaces
grooved into small burrows of unequal
depth. as II cut by a very sharp-edged
instrument. Surely no man can have
taken the trouble to do that, for what
would be the profit OF his labor? The
rats are at the bottom of the mischief.
They have found out the tusks that
contain the most gelatin or animal
glue, a sweet and delicious morsel for
the rats dainty palate; and having
gnawed away as much as suited their
purpose, have left the rest for the
ivory-cutter. He. for his part, is able
and willing to profit by the fact that
the rats have made clear.
The ivory that contains a large
amount of gelatin Is softer and more
elastic than that which does not; and
as elasticity is the thing most needed
for billiard balls, the ivory-worker
chooses this rat-marked ivory, and
turns 1t into beautiful. elastic billiard
balls. The elasticity Of some Of the
balls is so great that II thrown down
forcibly on a hard pavement they will
rebound into the hand to the height Of
three or four feet.-YoutL's Com
panion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-09
Good Advertising.

Who gets your divorce for you this
timer"
He's q new one. His name II
Gouge."
is he working 1t up all r1ght?"
Il should say he was! Why, he used
to be the publicity man Of Barnum's
circus!"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-09

Nothing Too Good for Law Breakers.
What lot of shabby old school
houses your town seems to have"
We'll. yes But you ought to see
our new jail-there amt hotel In the
state that's half as comfortableL"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-25
Three
vR|1S AGAINST
COAL MAlGNA1ES
-Four Barons Must Stand Trial
for Alleged GovefDment
fraOdS
Rolling Recalls. Dispute That
Resulted 10 MCNab's
Resignation

San Francisco. Eaal, Jan. PA =
dismissal was granted Of the indict-
ments against Sidney Smith, Robert
Bruce, directors; and Joseph Schmitt,
treasurer of the Western Fuel com.
pany.
They were charged conspiracy to
defraud the government by getting
tariff rebates on coal which was nev-
er imported or reshipped.
OF the eight original defendants,
four others must stand trial. They
are General Manager Smith, Superin-
tendent Mill, Weighers Smith and
Mayer, employed by the company.
The eighth man, President Howard
died Thursday and the indictment
against him was dismissed on motion
by the government
Saturdays ruling was watched with
interest by the attorneys. Recalling
that last summer Attorney General
ordered John McNab,
then United States district attorney,
to try the other cases before Sidney
Smiths, who went free today. and
when McNab objected the dispute
eventuated in McNab's resignation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-25
hAY1I REVOLT
IS rebellion
AGAINST U. 5.
Island Situation Demands
Serious Attention Of
Government
Of Public Safety
Removed Customs
Officials

Washington, D. c., Jan. 24.-The
Haiten revolution has reached such
proportions as to demand the seri-
GUS attention of the state depart
ment.
The success of movement of this
kind might be regarded as direct
challenge to the administration po-
licy of disapproval OF the friction Of
governments by force without refer
ence to the forms Of their constitu-
tion.
News was received from the Amerl-
can legation at Port Au Prince that at
Cape Haitien, threatened by the re-
bells, the citizens formed committee
of public safety and removed the gov
ernment customs officials and placed
a commission in charge.
Port De Paix surrendered to the
revolutionists and fighting is in pro-
gress at st. Marie, recently captured
by the rebels.
No information was given regard
ing the attitude to be adopted by tho
state department.
Port all Prince-The revolutionary
is gaining headway in the.
southern section of Hayti. The posi-.
ton of the government is considered
critical. The absence of foreign war.
ships for the protection Of foreign
residents is regretted.