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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
Canadian Pudding.

+s-fFs A-sE - FEVE.EABL- - T.sFFyETEfE - = .grpa EHiEF-
Make sauce OF q quart sliced ap
pies, one-third cup sugar one-third cup
water. q little nutmeg; stew gently.
then pour into buttered pudding dish
ana pour over 1t the following batter
one pint -four. . egg, salt; a cup
milk, two level teaspoons sugar. one!
half tablespoon melted butter. one
teaspoon cream Of tartar. one-half to-
spoon soda; bakeinsa moderate oven;
serve with the following sauce: Ons-;
half pint boiling water. one-half tsarr
spoon salt, one tablespoon cornstarch,I
teaspoon Of butter; soak this TN slt;
'thickens. then cool sbsfore adding one
cup sugar beaten With yolks oe two
eggs. Lastly. whip In sumy. beatsn2
whites Of eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
SURE TO GET MIXED, 7 W
Hoteikespsr's Reasoning Settled Al
Argument About Clean Plate
for the Drummer.

The drummer from New York was
making his first trip through Maine
and had travelled up into the Aroos-
took region, where the towns are
small and far apart and the chief prod
ucts potatoes and Christmas trees.
Here he stopped ver night In .
hamlet that possessed merely q very
primitive inn. At dinner there was
no soup, but he was served with hsh.
Then instead OF his plate being
changed the waitress came with 9
platter Of meat and placed q generous
helping carefully on one side OF the
fish bones. The drummer did not balk
at that, for he was very hungry and
ready to pass over almost anything
for the sake Of q good meal. and he
though it might be the regular Maine
style.
Presently, however. the girl brought
in another platter full Of pieces Of pie
and one OF these she slid on on b
same plate. Then the traveller thought
It time to call a halt, for he had no
yet become used to pie with nsh
flavor.
The serving maid was . bit uncer-
tain whether he could have the clean
plate he requested and called the
landlord in, to whom the guest ex-
planned his trouble. The host listened
attentively. but when the drummer
finished he withered that modest New,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
P F'EE:TI'TIlIlcoAT Of THE MOMENT.
Garment Amazingly Light but Ps~
fsctly Suited 80 the COSTUMES
Now Being Worn.

Quite the most desirable petticoat
is made OF the very finest OF silken
jersey in charming colors. pale pink,
flesh color, blue. green, yellow. Vic
let, brown. or black and is mleagerly
trimmed around the hem with
nounces. Those for evening wear
show lace or tulle or insets 81 en-.
broidered flowers. The petticoa4
weighs about an ounce and is %
thick az. vel, we will say tissue
paper.
These frail, delicate and ethereal
garments take up no room whatever.
beneath or above the corset, OF tri-
cot in most instances; the bust u,
lightly held by a lace, embroidery or
soutien gorge tied over the
shoulders with satin ribbons that with
decollette evening gowns can readily.
be displaced.
The "plastique'' OF the female form
divine has. like everything else. UNI
dergone aSradical change within re-
cent years. and our great-grandmoth-
ers would open wide their eyes In
establishment at the reed.like silhou-.
cite OF the actual epoch, but would
they admire 1t? @ III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
rha Mhlta slaxen

The late George W. Vanderbilt was
a scholar and, like most scholars, he
little sympathy with the hypo-
critical white slave" movement that
publishers and impresarios and film
Arms have been fostering for the
sake OF gain.
Mr.. Vanderbilt. after one Of his rare
Visits to the stheater. said to q Wash
ington reporter:
These are queer times, reactionary
times. Why. from the talk at the the
ater last night I really believe the
public wants the managers to stop
being white slave missionaries and 70
cial evil reformers and to 90 back to
simply play producing"
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and threaded through eyelet holes. a&
the waist with pale blue ribbon. An
edge and frtll Of lace gave their pretty
flniehtnK touch.
Fate az n hafnln.

Happily for the public's eyes the
hatpin is doomed by fashion. and
while women are ordering black hats
IN preference to any other. . number
OF shapes have beeny introduced that
require no pins.
Long hats Of the canoe order arc
one OF the novelties that are set Arm
ly on the head and the heightened
crown allows OF the hair being dressed
high on the head. Very few fashion.
able women In Paris wear hatpins.
which have long been spelling the vel.
vet and other costly hats
Perhaps the elastic Of the old days
will return. but at present there Is n o
indication Of the revival Of that Gus
tom. E II s&.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
TheLand Of Broken Promises
! (coeyrishl 1914. ~ Funk 4 hun.<y)

Financially considered, they had
done just that-for, for every Amerl-
can dollar in their pockets they could
get two that were just as good, OK
Hcept for the picture on the side. This
in itself was a great indictment for a
ready spender and. finding good com
5pany.4a at the Fortuna hotel bar. Phil
bought five dollars worth of drinks,
threw .down@a five-dollar bill, and got
back FIVE dollars-Mex.
The proprietor, a large and Jovial
5boniface, pulled on his fiscal miracle
with the greatest good humor and
then, having invited them to partake
OF a very exquisite mixture of his own.
Invention, propped himself upon his
elbows across the bar and inquired
with an ingenious smile:
Well, which way are you boys
travelling; II ] may ask?"
"Oh,Sdown below a ways answered
De Lancey, who always constituted
himself the board Of strategy. Just
rambling around a little-how's the
country around here ncw7'
%4ET tOu, QuloLtts 4uASl: SO dSauAcA uOAa
host. These MexicanS don't like the
cold weather much--they. would freeze
you know, II It was not for that zarape
which they wind about them sol
He made a motion as OF a native
wrapping his entire wardrobe about
his neck and smiled, and De Lancey3
knew that he was no Mexican. And
yet that soft which away" Of his be
5trayed q Spanish tongue.
"Ah, excuse me-. he said. taking
quick advantage Of his guess. ''but.
from the way youspronounce that word:
.zarape'1 take It that aa.y' YOU speak Span
.tsh."
No one BETTER replied the. host,
smiling pleasantly at being taken at
his true worth, since / was born in
the city Of Burgos. where they speak
the true CastiIan. 1t is a different
lang cage, believe me. from this bas-
tard Mexican tongue. And do you
speak Spanish also?" he inquired.
falling back into the staccato OF Cas-
tile. 3sSs
NO indeed!nn5 protested De Lancey In.
= very creditable imitation; nothing
but .; little Mexican, to get along with
the natives. MY friend and$I are min
mo mon. M aafn15 MI the connt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
The New Shoe.

One or the most sensible Of recent
fashions Is the salome shoe With it,
band around the ankle. which keeps
the shoe UP on the heel. This is the
more necessary as the front part of
the smart, uprto-date shoe Is much cut
away, so much 30 that Il Is really diff
shcultsto keep It on the foot. White.
.gazalle and antelope, besides the welEs
known tan, are the ,favorits colors for
iootgear: Later on more pronounced
ttints will be seen, blue. green. red
purple, matching the gown;or its trim
mings. 34s tS5:
The high heel persists In Paris the
wearers little guessing the trouble
they are laying up. for themselves;
their spines=and their knees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

Juan de Dios But certainly a man &c
devoutly named could never descend
to reading much of Don Joo-an!" L
"Ah, nc" protested Don Juan, roll.
ing his dark eyes and smiling rakishly,
mot moch-only the most interesting
passages!""s 8
He saluted and disappeared in q roar
of laughter. and De Lancey turned
triumphantly on his companion. q self
satisfied smile upon his lips.
"Aha!" he said; you see? That's
what FIVE dollars worth OF booze will
do In opening up the way. Here's our
old friend Don Juan willing, nay. anx-
ious, to help us all he can-he eees I'm
a live wire and wants to keep me
around. Pretty soon we'll get him
feeling good and he'll tell us all he
knows. Don't you never try to make
me sign the pledge again, brother
2 few shots just gets my intellect
to working right and I'm crafty as
a. fox. %%$ ''EE 5Gs
Did you notice that coup l made
asking him IT, he was q Spaniard?
There's nothing In the world makes a
Spaniard SO mad as to take him for a
Mex1can-on the other hand, notning
makes him your friend for life like
recognizing him for q blue-blooded
Cast1llan. now maybe our OLD friend
Don Juan mas got q lew OF moor Or
islhS blood IN his tveins-to put 1t po-
Htely, he raised his tenor VOICE
and improyyised-
Jest because my hair 10 curly H:
OATS no srea y to call m esshine!
mo" agreed Bud, feeling cautiously
Of the walls and Jest because you're
happy ia no reason 9 singing 50
loud. neither ..s@ These here partitions
are made t Of inch mel boards covered with yti
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
- Z
CHAPTER VI.

81 II the Eagle Tail mine had been 10,
Gated In Atzona---or even farther,
down In Old Mexico---the method Of
jumping the claim would have been
delightfully."- simple. @
The title had lapsed. and the land
had reverted to the government--an3
It sneededSin Arizona%was q new set Of
monuments, location notice at the
discovery shaft. pick and shovel
thrown into the hole, and q few legal
formalitles. 5%
But In Mexico It is different. Not;
that the legal formalities are lacking
far from it--but the whole theory Of
mines and mining 10 different. In Mex.
leo q mining title is. In q way. q lease,
q concession from the general gov
eminent giving the concessionnaire
the right to work . certain piece OF
ground and to hold 1t as long as he
pays a mining tax Of three dollars an
acre pear year. 81
But no final papers or patents are
ever issued. the possession OF the SUR
face OF the ground does not 20 with
thu, right to mine benath5i 1t. and IL! GER
tain parts OF Mexico no foreigner can
hold title TO either mines or land. t
a prohibitedsor frontier zone, eighty
kiltometers in width, lies along the In
5ternational boundary line. and In that
neutral zone no foreigner can de-
nuunce asmining claim and no foreign
corporation can acquire title to one.
The Eagle Tail Wa lust \ III inside n,'ildte' the ths'
zone. H s5s9 =
But-there il always q 'but" when
you go to . good lawyer--while for
purposes Of war and national safety
foreigners are not allowed to hold land
along the line. they are at perfect lib.
5terty to hold stock In Mexican corpora.
lions owning property within the pro:
3hibited zone; and-hereJi s where the
graft comes in---they may even hold
title In their own name IL they first
obtain express permission from the
chief executive OF the republic.
Not having any drag with the chief
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
JUST The RIGHT TOUCH.
HEMsTITcHlNG ADDS DlsTlNc-,
: TON To3ANY GARMENT.
Popular Trimming May Be Dons On
Sewing Machine II One 10 Careful !.
and VIII Follow Dlreo-
: - @Et tions Given. 4

The home Qreaemaker snOVl0 give
thanks that one Of the most popular.
trimmings In fashion today Is hem
stitching and its sister, the picot edge.
No fabric lends itself SO we'll to this
form of decoration as tafeta- Styles,
too, are simple! Hemstitching a. q.
trimming gives the garment quite the
professional touch. s
OF course few need to be told the.
stitching is moro effective II put out to
be done, but in remote places n can
not always find q person to do 1t. How
ever. a very good substitute may be
produced on the ordinary sewing ma,
z chine. &Ey% y
To make a hem haste q strip OF ma
tterial to the portion of the garment,
cutting it the desired width. Then.
place several thicknesses OF newspar
per between. When the material -
firm basting is unnecessary; the seams
can be laid together. but in the case
OF anything so fragile as chiffon It
must be properly basted. Otherwise
1t will pucker and draw. Now put
under the machine and seam, using a;
loose stitch. The paper can be taken.
away and the material drawn gently
apart, when a row OF stitches closely
resembling hemstitching will be seen.
The raw edges are turned back and
lightly caught down with the needle
and fine thread. TO make aspicot; edge
cut through the hemstitching. S
Hemstitching put out to be done.
costs ten cents q yard, little enough,
for such q pretty and fashionable trim-
ming. The hem must be bastedS In:
evenly before sending the stitching.
out. In; the case OF chiffon It Is very
necessary to draw q thread as q guide.
to. cutting straight. It is impossible.
to make an eyen hem II this Is omitted:
Not one In = thousand can cut chiffon
perfectly straight trusting to the eye
alone. andSunless q hemstitched hem.
Is exactly8,even all the way through it,
beautyits lost. SS##s$ 4
When one wishes aspicot edge no.
hem Is set in. The material 10 sent.
With Just the raw edges cut perfectly.
even; whether on the bias Or the,
straight OF the goods. The operator
runsSth the stitch half an inch fromsthe
edge. 90 this should be allowed for
when cutting the materih.
When It comes home. pressgWith .,
warm iron and cut through the line Of.
stitching. This creates picot edge.
andssis used to finish the edges Of col
lars. sash ends. cravats and runes:
2Hemstitching Ii. Of course. more sub
stantialSthan the picot edge. but both
are decorative. Very often the stitch
s. used Independently 4of a seam, as.
for instance. the collar and cuffs viii
be traced in q design to be gone over
on the hemstitching machine. This
with assspicot edge Is very pretty and
dainty looking. 85s
@Asimplefroc with collar, cuffs and
sash all trimmed with the stitches
named viii suggest good taste and
style. 4 #S$ q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

trains in the world-rich men who. II
they were late at the Office, fred the
clerk.
Hence the confusion, not to say
CONSERVATION. when the train jerked
to an unexpected stop half way be-
tween their western station and their
destination.
Second after second rushed by. and
still the Acne Limited moved not.
Grated ticker!"" moaned Harvey
T~ickertacker, In the parlor car, If it
doesn't start In ten seconds. Adulter-
ated Peanuts, Preferred, will be out
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

ball, made like the accompanying illus
tration. Two circles. forming top and
bottom Of the bag, each an inch In.
diameter, are cut out Of heavy white
muslin. Around the edges. OF these
circles is sewed a straight piece Of
muslin three-quarters Of an inch wide;
and four inches long. This forms the
foundation bag, which is torbe filled
with emery powder and tightly sewed
up. A bright piece OF velvet. the
width and q bit longer than the strip
OF muslin cut on the bias and gathered
ut top and bottom, is then fitted around.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

~ tR7lES@4EFa4 I$i
and We speak the best we can. How
isFFthis district here for work along our
line q" Z.
..None sbetter!. cried the spaniard.
shaking his finger emphatically. cit
sisi Of the best, and, believe me. my
friend; we should be gladxto have you
stop with US. The country down be-
low Is little dangerous---not now,
perhaps, but later. when the warm
weather comes On. 9s5
"But In Fortuna---no! Here W are
on the railroad: the campi Is controlled.
by Americans; and because 50 many
have left the country the Mexicans'
viii sell their prospects cheap.
.'Then again. IL you develop . mine.
near by, 1t will be very easy to sell It
and II you wish to work It. that 81
easy too. I am only the proprietor Of
the hotel, but II you can use my poor
services in any way I shall be very
happy to please you. ~ room? One,
Of the best! And II you stay week
or. more i will give you the lowest
rate"
They passed up the winding stairs
and down along corridor, at the end
Of which the proprietor showed them.
into a room, throwing open the outer,
doors and shutters to let them see the
view from the window.
Here is q little balcony" he said,
stepping outside, where you can sit
and look down on the plaza. We have
the band and music when the weather
is fine. and you can watch the pretty.
girls from here. But you have been in.
Mexico-you know all that" And he.
gave Phil q roguish dig.
"Bien, my frien', I am glad to meet
you" He held out his hand In vel
come and De $Lancey gave his IN re-
turn. my name." he continued. lis
Juan de Dios Brachamonte y Escalon:
but with these Americans that does
not go. as you say, so in general they
call M Don Juan i
There Is something about that
name-I do not know-that makes the
college boys laugh. Perhaps 1t is that
poet, Byron, who wrote SO scandalous-
ly about us Spaniards, but certainly
he knew nothing OF our language. for
he rhymes DON Juan with new one and
true one!' Still; I read part Of that
poem and it 10. in places. very>interest-
1ng-yes. very interestng-but Don
Joo-an!' Hah!"
He threw up his hand in despair and
De Lancey broke into q jollying laugh.
We'll. Don Juan" he cried. I'm glad
to meet you. My name Is Philip De
Lancey and my pardner here is Mr.,
, Hooker. Shake hands with him, Don
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
i TO BE c~ONTINuED.)

""Just listen to this passage: Outside
the wind moaned increasingly, It's
voice now that of q child which sobs
within itself in the night, now that OF
woman who suffers great pain alone.
as women have suffered since life be-
gan. And. mingled with the swailing
ofsthe wind, rain fell-fell heavily. In
termittently, like tears wrung from
souls of strong men,"
"Well?" said the author.
WELL" retorted the publisher. why
not say simply 1t was rainings-
Pittsburgh Chronicle TELEGRAPH.
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of my reach and I'll lose $4,000. 900.
and my carefare home!"' T
This is terrible!" cried Knocke-
Teller Morgan, laying down n cluD
copy Of Three Weeks" II I'm eight
seconds late this morning, Standard
Bay Rum will be ruined!"
And SO 1t went from n end OF the
car to the other. And still the sec
onds went by, and still the Acne
Limited moved not. ..fE
After ten e~xcruciating minutes the
conductor walked through.
"Sall right" he shouted. "Sau
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

%5fsss sS"S - SSE'7
bestowed upon Hooker and Delaney
the task OF finding an honest Mexican.
and keeping him honest until he made
the transfer.
While the papers we're being made
out there might be great many
temptations placed before that Mexi-
can-either to keep the property for
himself or to hold out for bigger + e
ward than had been specified. After
his, experience with the = aristocratic
Don Cipriano Aragon3y Tres 5Palacioe,
Kruger was insfavor Of taking q chance
on the lower classes. He had therefore
recommended to them one Cruz Men
tdez, q wood yender whom he had
known and b~efrtended. as the mansto
play the part. Ss$ 5
Cruz Mendez. according to Kruger.
was Woodworking, sober and honest
for Mexican. He was also simple
minded and easy to handle, and was
the particular man who had sent word
that the Eagle Tall had at last been
abandoned. And also he was easy to
pick out, being : little. soneaeyed man
and goingsby the name OF Ell Tuerto."
So, ii pursuance OF their policy OF
playing 4 waiting game, Hooker and
De Lancy hung around the hotel for
several days. listening TO the gossip
Of Don Juan de Dioa and watching for
5one-eyed men with prospects to sell.
In Sonora he is poor and unimag-
NATIVE man indeed who has not at
least one lost mine or ".prospectos,St to
sell; and prosperous.looking strangers.
riding through the country, are often
jbeckoned aside by halfsnaked paisanos
eagerSto show them the gold mines OF
the Spanish padres for q hundred dol
lars Mex S
It was only . matter Of time, they
thought, until Cruz Mendez would hupt
them up and try to sell them the Eagle
Tail; and It was their intention re-
luctantly to close the bargain with
him. for q specified sun. and then
stake him to the announcement fees
and gain possession Of the mine.
A. this was ~ commonplace In the
district-no Mexican having capital
enough to work aclaim and no Ameri-
cah having the right to locate one-it
was avery natural and inconsptcuous
way Of sjumping Senior Aragon3y Tres
Palacios, abandoned claim. IL they
discovered the lead Immediately after:
ward 1t would pass for q case Of fools
luck, or at least 30 they hoped, and.
riding out q little each}day and sitting
on the hotel porch with Don Juan the
;;Srest, Of the time. they waited until pa
tience seemed nc longer q virtue,
Don Juan" said De Lancey, taking
up the probe at last, 81 had . Mexican
working fol, me when we. we're over in
the s~ierras-one Of your real old
time workers that had never been
spoiled by IN education--and he was
always talking about La Fortuna !
guess this was the place he,meant, but
1t doesn't look like it-according to
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: "|-TT ~ ~ ---71 - ~ :
,carlvla and

Thomas Carlyle and. his wife were
20 Northumberland that it is sad
to think Of; Il, Replying to . letter.
Of his describing his fantastic terrors.
she wrote: For heavens sake get
into q more benignant humor. or the
incident will not only wear q very
original aspect, but likewise q very
heart-breaking one. I see not how I
am to go through with it."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
SIMPLY HAD TO STOP TRAIN


The Acne Limited from zingville
to New York sped along the steel rails
IKE an extra well,greased streak OF
lightning. Not for forty years had
the Acne Limited been a second late.
It couldn't afford to be. It carried
more brokers than any other three
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
Chicken chutney.

To finely minced chicken, dark and
light meat together. add six olives
and six tablespoonful raistns chopped.
fne. the juice of one onion and enough
East Indian chutney sauce to make,
6asspreadingS paste. Use whole wheat
bread and cut into inch-wide strips;
pile log-cabin style on a napkin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22

In Fewer Words,

II will take your novel," announced
the heartless publisher. "if you will
cut it down by half" 7re+
The budding Hall Game cast up his
hands,. ~ a
".Cut it?"I he cried. Impossible!
Every word is vital" !
"1ndeed?" replied the publisher.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
R6ubarb Sponge.

Rhubarb sponge Is made q for jelly.
hut when it begins to thicken the beat
en- whites Of three eggs are whipped
IN until the jelly 10 quite sti6. Serve
with whipped cream or q thin custsrd
made from the yolks of the eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
Hint to Mothees,

When washing soileds diapers, put Z
tablespoonful each Of borax and am-
monia in the boiling water. Rinss
wen. This makes the diapers soft
and white and thsy will not chats TIA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
When eustles Arsa5eother.

a8gM$SHNvh0ns 6heetoo$Aro%a Bother.
ancefrocks Of tulle and lace show;
garlands Of roses, usedfto catchsups the
jtulnie dirapery3 IL hustle s3efect across
the back Of the hips.One would
scarcelySScare to sit wearing such
e rose garland, but then II is seldom
one wants to sit down at 4 dance, these
.daSs. One r%esourceful sdressmaker at
jtaches these hustle garlands at one.
end. only. The other end is snap-but-5
toned against the skirt drapery and III
= seccad the garland may be unfas-t
tened and allowed to fall down at the.
side Of the skirt. This. II its wearer:
wants to sit comfortably for a long
3p~riod, as att supper, Il an agreeable
arrangement.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-22
, Yorker With 4 look Of sco'rn and do

Yorker With q look Of$ecOrn and do
manded:
al What do you want OF all them diff
ferent plates. anyway? Have you got:
partitions on your insides ~
And the drummer. realizing that the
hotel q charging him only $3.50 a,
day, which had been exacted in adj
vance, meekly subsidized and ate his.
pie humbly.