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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-31
GIVE A COFFEE PARTY
CHANGE FROM THE "TEA" THAT
IS 50 POPULAR.
Hostess Can Provide Delightful Enter
tainment at Comparatively Small
Cost In a Fashion That 10
Somewhat Unusual.

Why don't you give coffee? Have
you ever heard of one? 1t Is like a
tea, excepting that coffee instead of
tea is the chosen beverage, and In
stead Of sandwiches and cakes of the
usual sort all the food seems to have
come straight from a German coffee
shop.
This rather unusual form Of enter
tainment is given in the morning.
Cards are sent out with the words
Coffee and Prom II to 1" written
on them. Or, IL the Coffee" is to be
very small, the invitations may be
given by telephone. For one OF the
charms OF the Coffee" is that 1t is
informal.
In the dining-room the table is
spread with lace or embroidered
luncheon cloth-something rather elab-
crate can be used-and in the center,
instead of flowers, is a big silver tray
heaped with fruits made of marzipan.
Half dozen German cakes are placed
on the table. There are small German
almond cakes on plate covered with
lace dolly. There is a cake board on
which is big coffee ring, with wide
bladed silver knife beside 1t. There is
a cheese cake cut into narrow, wedge
shaped pieces. And there are other
German sweets of the sort that can be
bought at a first-class German delica-
lessen or bakery or made at home ac-
cording to recipes in German cook
cry book.
At each end of the table is an urn
or percolating coffee pot over an all
cohol flame, for coffee is the only bev-
erage served. 1t is served in large
cups, breakfast size, and with it are
passed cream and sugar.
German Doughnuts.-Here is reci-
pc for one German delicacy that may
be served with the coffee. Scald pint
Of milk, and while it is scalding hot
pour over it pint of flour. Beat until
smooth and then add half teaspoon
full of salt, and COOL Add the beaten
yolks Of four eggs, tablespoonful OF
melted butter, half cupful of sugar,
cupful Of -four, two teasponfuls OF
baking powder, teaspoonful OF al
mond or other favoring and the beat
en- whites Of four eggs. Add more
flour II necessary to make soft
dough. Roll out and cut and fry gold
brown. Drain on thick paper and roll
In sugar.
German Apple cake.-For German
apple cake. sift pint Of flour with one
and a half teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der and half teaspoonful Of salt.
Add two tablespoonful OF butter, rub
bling 1t in thoroughly, and then add a
beaten egg and milk enough to make
a thick batter. Spread the batter in
a buttered tin to the thickness of an
inch. Over the top spread quarters
or eighths of peeled and cored apples
and sprinkle with sugar and CHINA
mon. Bake in hot oven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-31
When Warming Over Meat.

The best way to warm up roast of
meat is to wrap 1t in thickly creased
paper, and keep 1t covered while in the.
oven. BY having it covered the steam
will prevent the meat from becoming
hard and dry, and it will become heat.
ed through in less time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-31
KIN Germans to Get Clothes.

Protection against the cold was not
difficult. Wooden garments had been
distributed literally and in case these
were lacking one could always find a
chance to "snipe" some German, steal
The evening world., 1914-05-07
HI,MRI.E.
tfrcm the kamas city s,srD

a few years ago a revival was held "
u Kansas town and among the converts
was man who for years had not beci
on speaking terms with one Of his neigh
bors, relates Tom McNeal. The revival
list insisted that one Of the frat things g
Christian should do was to forgive his
enemies. The new convert was som,
what reluctant about doing this. bu'
finally made up his mind that 1t was his
duty to effect a reconcilia tion. He ao-
cordingly went over to his ncighbor'!
house and. calling him to the door. Of
fered his hand. saying: Jim. I've CONF
over to shake hands with you since
got the grace of God In my heart.
feel humble enough to shake hands will
N doy"
The evening world., 1914-05-07

"Mr.. A. r." writes Really, II ! could
find true rmeiy to increase my weight
s6ould be the hsppiest woman alive. ] am 90
The evening world., 1914-05-07
FAITH AND WORKS.

triom the Detroit Free Pres)
DO you believe In Santa Claus.
Wiiie?"
sure do! Don't I always start In
bein' good n week before Christmas?"
The evening world., 1914-05-07
MAY FREE CONVICT
TRANSFORMED BY
BRAIN OPERATION
Removal of Splintered Bone in
Head Makes Murderer a
Different Man.

TRENTON. y. j., May His rea-
son restored and his whole nature
changed by an operation on his brain,
Jonas Szikely. who IL serving IA term
OF thirty years in prison for murder.
probably will be set free 10y the New
Jersey Court of Perdons, 1t was said
here to-day.
Szlkely's case Is one of the strangcst
In the history OF ciiminology. At
tackled one evening while on his way
home. he was struck on the back Of
the head. He killed his assailant. but
when arrested he apparently had no
recollection OF what had occurred.
Six months ago Dr. Martin W. Red
dan. the visiting physician at the
state prison. decided to perform an
operation on Szlkely, his idea being
that part of the skull where the man
was struck was pressing on tho brain.
His tneory proved correct. A splinter
OF bone was found ON the brain and
removed.
HIS ENTIRE NATURE CHANGED
BY OPERATION.
As Szikely recovered from the in
fiuence Of the ether persons near him
were astounded TO hear him utter
fragments OF English. which. since his
incarceration. no one had heard him
speak. Afterward II was observed
that the mans whole nature changed.
Before the operation he had been lit
tie more than brute, shrieking unin-
telligibly. eating his food with his
fingers, surly in behavior and vindic-
tive toward the prison guards.
But with the fragment OF bone re-
moved from his brain he became
quiet, polite, obedicnt and seemed
eager to help those around him. The
Pardons Court, learning Of his strange
change, appointed "A committee to In =
vestigate is case. The committee
has just completed report in which
II says:
Instead of the brute features and
expression Of before the operation the
man now exhibits bright, kindly
countcnancc, is quite intelligent and
mas shown one of the kindcst and
sweetest dispositions to be found
anywhere.
"Now that the man has been re-
stored 10 himself he should receive
fun pardon"
The evening world., 1914-05-07
WOMEN AND WORRY.

From the Toledo Baicl-
women never have been wholly free
from worry" remarked the Man on the
Gar. Il can remember when the an
chorngc OF hustle was constant
source OF apprehension"
The evening world., 1914-05-07

j. I. ., writes. Il have tried numerou,
remedies for stomach disorders. IN digestion gds
vl,ns after eating, and have found no relief.
Please prescribe,
Answer The hest and most effective treat
m nj il tablets 'iulTptlnr. Obtain in sealed
carton. Silh ilil directions.
The evening world., 1914-05-07

Full Length and Width
With Extension Rod
Made Of excellent quail
ity Scrim with pretty
edges and insertinss Of
Filet end Cluny laces:
Complete with a good
Eourth
The evening world., 1914-05-07
BY THE AUTHOR OF
"RAFFLES,"

A thrilling new serial story
by L. w. Iiornun9 begins
in Sunday World, May 10th.
Edition limited. Order from
newsdealer to-day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

loves is singing and shouting and leaping business. A proper man ought to run his business not only on right lines, but on loving lines. He must serve his employees and his patrons to make his business go. Now when he can serve them not only for his own sake but for theirs, because he loves them, he is walking with God. A mans business ought to sing, and the song ought to be "Love, love, lovel"
 And don't let any man think that he can stand off and pitch a few dol lars on the drum, or a few millions, and satisfy the demand in this matter. A man must give himself, his intelli- gence, his warm sympathy, his will, his force, his tender feeling, his hope, his faith, his love-his whole, quiver- ing, live, God-filled self.
 H. M. EDMONDS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
LUKE M'EUkS SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 After man has been married long enough he will make fad of anything but his wife.
 I am strong for the progress we have made in the sciences. But I am leary about whisky that ages 10 years in 10 months.
 The fellow who wasn't there is always the lad who knows just exactly what you should have done in an emergency.
 The novelsts get lot of dope on the woman hater.' But I have roamed around long enough to know that there ain't no such animal.
 Some fellows would sell their thoughts for a penny. only they are afraid of be- ing arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses.
 One reason why most of us are im- provident is that there arc a million ways to spend money, but only one way to have it.
 When a man owns a dog he usually be- lieves that the dog has more sense than all of his neighbors put together.
 There are white blackbirds and black swans, but there never was a man who could live happily in the same house with his landlord.
 A wife hates to admit that her nus band is right even when he admits that he is wrong.
 After you get through quarreling with another party you can always think of a lot of bright, sarcastic remarks you might have made and didn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

Ed Howe in E. w Howe's Monthly.
 We hear a good deal lately of the awak- ening of the publ conscience; of big things to be accomplished morally. It's a pity we do not hear more of the need of con- mon honesty, fairness, and politeness among the people.
 Let any business man tell his story of the meanness of customers, and you will begin to realize that We should neglect big things while and attend to little things.
 What we need is not the awakening of the public conscience. but cleaning of the public conscience.
 We are studying psychology when we should be studying physiology.
 In looking up at statesmen we stub our toes on rocks that should be removed from our bad roads; we abuse palpable stomachs three times day to listen to talk about impalpable cures.
 Instead of perfection we should work for plain, plug fairness, politeness. and common sense.
 The storekeepers and bankers even tell farmer. And in every town you hear of enough dishonesty. lying. gossip. rudeness and miscellaneous meanness to suggest the necessity of an assistant devil.
 One devil is not enough, the old scratch should have at least 100000 assistants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

Lafayette Young, editor of the Des Moines Capital, who recently visited Bir- mingham, sent a letter to his paper, a copy of which appears in The Age-Herald this morning. He expressed himself with enthusiasm regarding the Birmingham district while he was here and what he wrote for The Capital is in the enthusi- astic vein. His letter will be read with keen interest In referring to Birmng- hams population he has the figures too low. A conservative estimate places the population now at 1S0 ,0oO--not 15o,ooo as ex- Governor Conner was quoted as saying it was. The World Almanac for 1913 credited Birmingham with 150,00O inhabitants, and the almanac for 1914 with 1SO0Oo. Today 190.000 would be about the right figures. But MT. Young's letter puts this city in such a fine light that little discrepancies will not count. Birmingham boosters will feel grateful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
The System Successful

After years trial, the success of the system of working our county con- victs on the public roads seems as- sured. While the expense of in augurating the system has been some what heavy, yet the results so far are all that could be desired.
 The health of the convicts has been excellent. In fact only one death occurred during the year. The men are more contented than when in the mines, and, according to the officials in charge, do their allotted tasks willingly. Not one instance of cruel or brutal treatment has been recorded.
 The employment of convicts on the public roads does not in any way enter into competition with free labor. The finished product of convict labor most to be desired is a good public road a road which belongs to the people and does not have to be disposed of, as is the case with the manufacture or the production of any commodity, no matter what it may be.
 The convicts are on the public roads of Jefferson county to stay. They have been proven by their works and the time will never come when the people of Jefferson will go back to the lease system with it's attendant abuses. It is the cry of humanity above the clamor for the dollar, and, as is the case in almost every state in the union, the cry of humanity has met hearty response from the people; and in dealing with those who have been convicted of crime, it is reforma- tion rather than harshness or com mercial gain that is sought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
A Busy Novelist

An Interview with Robert w.. lCbamhers. creator of "best sellers, recently appeared in a New 1ofK newspaper. The fact that MT. Cham Ebers is free from "artistic tempera- Iment" was emphasized by the man who wrote the interview. MT. Cham lbers, it, seems, writes novels Tn much the same way, or rather with much the same mental attitude toward his work. as the man who runs a butcher shop or bosses a factory. In short, he looks on novel writing as simply business which he makes profitable bv unremitting labor He doesn't wait for an inspiration to strike him, doesn't endeavor to create an "atmos- phere" by all sorts of wierd perform ances, but sits down at his desk and writes practically the whole day long every day. He has about forty novels to his credit, and as the result of his industry he prospers exceedingly.
 A great many people say that the Chambers. novel is not a great novel, never has been and never will be. Still. he turns out workmanlike books and there is no gainsaying the fact that he makes the business of being a novelist extremely profitable. His popularity is great and his following surprisingly large.
 What if he does take a practical view of his calling and refuse to as- sume the pose of an esthete? Whether or not the public owes him debt of thanks for his books is matter for the critics to fight over and settle to their own satisfaction. The public should certainly be grateful for at ]east one writer who is modest, in spite of success, and lives the normal, healthy life of man who enjoys his work, but has no foolish affectations. IWhether you like his books or not, say rfhose who know MT. Chambers, you cannot help liking the man himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Uncle Sam on the Lookout

The federal authorities are observ ing a sharp surveillance upon the latest enterprise in the interest of ,colonizing Liberia with negroes from the United States. Uncle Sam has for sometime kept his eye upon the promoters of the "back to Africa" movement who is waiting in Galveston for tramp steamer from Portland, Me-, htat is to carry colony of sev- eral hundred negroes to the African republic.
 Admittedly the government is upon general principles unable to check emi- grafton of either white or black people to whatever country they may desire to go, but there is plain duty which the United States owes its citizens that the government officials recog- nize and which they are endeavoring to discharge. That duty is to detect fraudulent schemes of any and all character and warn the prospective victims of their impending danger.
 This is by no means the first "back to Africa" movement that has devel- oped and most of them have never been inspired by the spirit of philan- thropy but upon the contrary selfish motives and pecuniary considerations have ever been the propelling motive. Hence every recurrent movement should be subjected by the national thorities to the closest and most rig7T scrutiny. Ordinary prudence and common humanity call for such a course in ordinary circumstances, but the movement under present consid- eration requires special investiga- tion, as majority of negroes are sim pie minded and credulous so that they more readily become the victims of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
A Dangerous Issue

The brief campaign for the gov ernorship between B. B. Conner and Charles Henderson promises to assume many angles and to bring forward a number of questions vital to the peo- pie of Alabama.
 One subject which has been brought to the front in the past few days is the former governors action in the miners strike of 1908. This is mat ter which should not be made foot ball of politics. Governor Conner is upon strong ground when he stands upon his record during that strike. He brought an end to lawess condi- ton which had threatened to place Alabama in the list of states in which it is dangerous for men to earn their living honestly and as they please.
 The strike had reached the stage where houses were being dynamited, trains were being fired upon, assassin ations were being committed and the then governor chose the most prompt and effective method of putting an end to these acts. And he won the approval of the law abiding people of Alabama.
 The injection of this matter as an issue in the present campaign is full of danger and may lend encourage ment to lawbreakers and lead them to feel that some future executive will be more tolerant of their desperate and barbarous crimes. Alabama wants no repetition of the reign of terror which was threatened in 1908 in the Birmingham district, but which was prevented by Mr. Conner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
Big Business

''Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me-" Matt. 25, 40.
 Jesus has an uncomfortable way of hauling us to the earth and making us face practical accounting. We may have transfigurations; we may have spiritual ascensions; we may be caught up into third heavens of religious exaltation, but Christ wants to know if it all issues in loving serv- ice If not it is vapid, air-baiting, unavailing. q may be and do va riety of things, but if 1 have not love-sounding brass, tinkling cym- bal"
 Here is our test of love to God. "If man says love God, and hateth his brother, he is liar" And here is our recipe for increasing love to God. Let man fling himself into service and he will find himself fleeing back to God for new communion and in- spiration. Further, he will be con- tinually meeting with new manifesto tions of God in men, and new evidences of Gods willingness to give grace and strength.
 This law of service is no little piece of prettiness to preside over mans writing a note of sympathy or giving a quarter to beggar. It must walk through every hour of his day and every avenue of his life, like some Morse giant claiming it all for his own. Here is no minstrel to beguile empty hours. Here is king and knight and hero and minstrel and all.
 A man must give himself in all phases of his living unto the business of loving service.
 Loving and serving are not avoca- tion, but vocation; not pastime, but business. And all parts of ones life must be in this thing if one is going to do antyhing big and worthy with it. Home life, street life, business life, all life, must be in it up to the lips and head over.
 Any business that isn't a serious business is a dying business. And any business that not only serves but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Interesting Coincidence

The Merchants and Mechanics Trust and Savings bank was five years old to a day at the close of business April II when a statement of its condition was called for and we are quite proud of our showing said President W. A. Porter
 "Yes, we organized for business April II, 1909. It was no merger proposi- tion We opened our doors without a depositor's name on the books. We have grown steadily from the beginning. In the five years we have paid out S1S, 900 in dividends, and as our surplus and undivided profits amount to about s3o,0o0 We have earned $4S,O00 during our short period of existence. The Mer- chants and Mechanics Trust and Saw ings bank has made lots of friends and we are grateful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19

l" HE famous French trial of Ar
 thur Le Roy Dubourge for the
 X murder of his wife, in 1872, Is of more than the usual interest, for 1t may be said that the question of the so -called "unwritten law of which we hear so much every now and then, orig mated so far as present day generations are concedned, in the long controversy that followed this Dubourge trial
 No French trial of the nineteenth century created so much controversy as did that of this wife murderer. The press discussed the affair at great length and Alexander Dumas fills, rushed into the fray with a pamphlet entitled, "EHomme Femme in which he expounded his views of the social position of women, and held that man whose wife became unfaithful had clearly a right to kill her. Others an- swered this pamphlet, and Kill her, and "don't kill her" became a stock phrase Of the time and vaudevillists turned the serious controversy to ac- count in song and jest. A number of domestic melodramas with this murder as the theme were produced from time
 
 to time.
 The story of the crime is as follows: On Sunday, April 21, 1872 young man of good family. named Arthur Le Roy Dubourge-dark, thick set, and fairly handsome-resided with his wife at No, 14 Rue des Ecoles. Paris AL most from the time of their marriage he had suspected her of infidelity, for it appears to have been union, not so much of love, but of family conve- nience. On this eventful day he was apprsed of the fact that his wife was secreted in a room of their home with her lover He gained admission to the apartment, rushed upon the guilty spouse and stabbed her with sword
 stick. inflicting on her. in fact, no fewer than 15 wounds.
 The fury of the husband increased when he found that the rival in his wife's affections had made his escape through the window of the room. Rush. | ing downstairs Dubourge apprised the house porter of his deed, and then | jumped into a cab and drove away to 1 surrender himself to the police. His victim was removed to the Hos pital de la Pitie, where she died soon after she was admitted. Dubourge was, in spite of this, released on bail. while the lover, Count de Precorbin, | was arrested and kept for sometime in | strict confinement.
 | In June Dubourge was placed on trial ! at the Paris Assizes and the story of | his marriage was then fully unveiled | to tho public. It was one of those
 family arrangements so often devised l among the French. Before the mar | riage, 1t was brought out, that Denise 1 Mcleod, the wife. was in love with
 young Precorbin. It is said that the
 marriage had hardly taken place be- fore the wife conceived the greatest antipathy for her husband. and be- | fore long they ceased to see each
 other except at meals.
 The trial was highly sensational ] affair. The courtroom was crowded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
FIFE SAME THING
om the Washington Star.

from the WaShlngton Star.
 Secretary Garrison, apropos of hls bill for creating six vice admiraIs said at a luncheon:
 "The bill will make things better from diplomatic standpoint though the actual working of the navy will remain the same. Yes, the navy It. self will be like Brown
 Brown. idle through slack times. started to tramp to Buffalo. by way of the Erie canal to look for a job.
 He met on his way good many canal boats coming up and down. and finally. stopping canal boat captain. he offered to work his passage
 The captain took him on and set him to leading the horses along the towpath.
 He led the horses for two days. thinking hard. On the third day ne. had thought 1t all out and he resigned
 By the powers, he said, I might as well walk as work my passage"