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THREE EXTRA. GOOD SALADS
Considered BY Chefs Of the Respective
"rscountrjes to Be Among the Y
Best Possible.

',Mexican saIad.-Cut one alligator
pear in half, remove the pit and pare
It. Fill it with heavy mayonnaise. to
which plenty of chopped walnuts have
been added t.. make it thick. Lay on
white lettuce leaves and garnish with
segments Of grape fruit and. heap some
nGyonnaise in the center.
. German SaIsd.--Boil and dice pota.
toes, for salad in the usual way, add
two .tablespponfgls, !, Of minced onion
and tablespoonful Of chopped pars-
lsE, .Make;a boiled salad dressing and,
when cool, add the. juice Of an onion
eapd q small cucumber 4, seeded and
chopped fRe-. Boil, hard and cut in
.slise,six eggs, Mix the sslaq, Inc tIie
ibowl With lettuce leaves, put, il salad
and y,gagpish .the edge With the eggs
that' haze. baeR dgiJppeq IA spmt q TIE
dressing .,Ppt ap olive ring oA each.
/ French, ssIad.-SStuf stalks Of en-
dive with roquefort cheese, let mari
nate .iR French, dressing 20 minutes.
slip q. red Repber ring around each
stalk and lay en-. green lettuce leaves.
Add little of the French dressing be
fore serving.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
USES OF SAIL: ]: /.

Salt is a splendid cleanser Freely
used in the kitchen, it keeps sinks.and
vessels clear from grease and smell.
The best place in tHe pantry for an
egg is in the salt ~ ss
Salt cleanses an uaghtens carpets.
Sprinkle salt on an ostrich feather
before recurring itBefore the hre. with
a knife
When fruit or Wine stain is made
on the white tqbleclotR. cover it imme-
!diately with salt.
d Wash wickerwork in salt and water.
Stand the stalks Of flowers in warm
and salted water to. revive the bios
SONS. Z
. Put salt on the stove when grease
has been spilled and raises a disagree
able, smell; on the sink If vegetable
water has been poured down.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
War HeIps American Music.

PhiIadelphia.-The European war ia
proving a great boon to American mu
sicians, composers and teachers, &C
cording to DR.. Hugh A. Clarke, profes
sor of music at the University of Penn.
sylvania, who addressed the annual
convention of the Sinfonia Phi Mu Al
pha fraternity.
"The war has been the means Of
overthrowing the great European fe-
t:sh which was held sacred by Ameri-
cans" he said Formerly no Ameri-
can artist could appear as a soloist
with an orchestra unless he could claim
foreign finish.
"The American public is beginning
to see the true worth of their artists
and will hereafter furnish the support
which they have SO long denied"
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
ARE REWARDED FOR HERoISM
Fifty.Nne British officers Honoreo
With the Distinguished
Service Order.

London.-The Distinguished Service
order has been awarded to SO officers
of all arms, from the special reserves
to the guards. Thirty-nine OF them
have been given to lieutenants or Sec
ond lieutenants.
Among those receiving the award is
Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker. 1t was
given him for conspicuous courage
with the advance squadron at Kruiseik
in bringing wounded men out of ac-
ton Under a heavy fire"
Lord Innes-Ker, who is a captain in
the Royal Horse guards, recently was
reported as having been wounded in
action
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
ADAPTED FOR SEWING-ROOM
"stltch-ln-Tlme" Board VIII Rsi Found
Of Practical Use and Pretty
Decoration. s't -

A dainty and decorative ''stitchIn'
time" board is thing that should find
place in every home, and IL is also
useful article to- givetas q small
present Boards of this kind can be
made in a great number Of different
shapes and forms, and fh4our sketch
may be seen a particularly neat and
ornamental board for hanging upon
the wall at some convenient spot
where the articles 1T contains may be
ready to hand whenever they. are re-
quired.
For making it, cut out a diamond
shaped piece of stiff cardboard, meas
uring six and a half inches each way.
This card is smoothly covered on both
sides with pale gray watered silk, the
material being cut out in two. pieces,
stretched tightly across and sewn to-
gether at the edges, which are after
wards finished off with a pale pink
silk cord, arranged in. three. little
loops on either side and again, at the
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
RUSES FOOL THE GERMANS
Indian Troops Praised by General
French for Their Initiative and
Resourcefulness.

London.-In report on the British
operations in Belgium and France
Field Marshal Sir John French says OF
the Indian troops:
Since their arrival in this country
and their occupation Of the line allot-
ted to them l have been much i'm
pressed by the initiative and resource
displayed by the Indian troops. Some
of the ruses they have employed to de-
ceive the enemy have been attended
with the best results and have doubt
less kept the superior forces in front
of them at bay.
"Our Indian sappers and miners
have long enjoyed high reputation
for skill and resource. Without going
into detail, l can confidently assert
that throughout their work in this cam
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and left and as his eyes met mine he

and left and as his eyes met mine he
said:
1T is fine to see ones little world
again. asked myself when l went
away If l should ever see this little
doll again"
How Wives Meet Their Husbands.
While his wife told him all the
small happenings of the last three
months he continued to kiss his
diminutive heir. Some wives who
come far to see their husbands are
less lucky, for the regulations are
very strict. However, conjugal love
inspires some ingenious ruses.
There is young woman here who
is the wife of an officer on the firing
line. Knowing the difficulty of ap-
preaching the lines, did not conceal
from her that her enterprise seemed
doomed to failure, but she smiled
quietly and assured me that, never
the less she would see her husband.
After enjoying my astonishment, she
explained that her husband had writ
ten her that he goes almost daily to
carry orders on horseback, Is kilo-
meters (nine miles) behind the lines.
She had only to go to a certain vii
lage and wait between six and nine
o'clock in the morning in church
where he would go daily until he saw
her. They could thus meet and no.
body would be the wiser.
81 am leaving for this village at
four o'clock tomorrow morning" said
the young woman. Il do not dare to
go to bed tonight for fear l should
oversleep."
Lives In Cellar Eight Weeks.
Last night there was in the dining
room a family Of ragged, taciturn
peasants from some untenable farm
near the front. Beside them a soli-
tary young woman ate without appe-
tite. She was from Reims, where she
had been living in cellar for eight
weeks. In countenance Of cada-
verous pallor shone two blinking eyes
with reddened lids. From the sleeves
of her black dress issued white flesh
less arms on which the veins stood
out like cords. Her whole appearance
bore witness to terrible debility and
her bearing still breathed dread. AS
she bent down to rearrange her skirt
with her hand her wedding ring fell
and rolled away. II am SO thin 1t
won't stay on my finger any more"
she said Insignificant though the in
cident was it was more moving than
can say.
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HONOR IS PAID DEAD DOG
marquis, RegimentaI Dispatch Bearer,
is,Mentloned In French Gen.
eral Orders.

Dunkirk-Marquis, the regimental
vlspatch dog Of the Twenty-third
french infantry, has been mentioned
3 tne orders of the day, having fallen
! uaty at the battle of Sarrebourg on
'ae Belgian frontier.
At this action it became necessary
", " an officer to send report immedi-
Icy 70 his superior, but at the time
- Serman fire was too intense to al
NV a man 20 cross the fire zone and
sion. WIN 'ne iniS
Vn he ran, across the flre-swept
sOne' and arrived nearly at the OBJ
.scIlve point Rhen Germln ball
h suuck him in the right side and
aought him down. He struggled to
- ~ ieet though losing a great deal
Olood, and dragged himself up to
" position where the oificer was d.
~. ,lsS'lng section of machine guns. He
N \. iall the order, redds ned by bis
and breathod his lit.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
Fresh Parsley and Celery.

4 little green parsley or green tips
Of celery are often needed in winter.
and in order to preserve them take
a good-sized fruit can and in the bot
tom but half-inch layer of salt, and
layer Of parsley or celery and re-
peat, using alternately half-inch layers
Of salt and two-inch layers Of the
green foliage. Press-aowh and fill the
can as full as possible before screwing
on the cover. Parsley and celery pre-
served thus-wilre keep all winter.
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top and bottom. A fiat oblong cushion,
covered with. pale pink silk. and edged
with fine claret-colored silk cord car
ried into three little loops at each cor
ner is made separately and sewn on
in the center of the board The up.
per edge of the cushion is left free
so that small pair of scissors can
be slipped behind it In the manner IL
lustrated.
On either. side of this cushion, two
reels of cotton, one black, the other
white, are suspended with loops of
narrow pale pink ribbon. At the low
er point a small pocket is sewn into a
little frill at the edge% in which a
thimble may find a. place, and a long
loop of pale pink ribbon, with a bow
at the top, is attached to either side
Of the board by which it may be sus
pended ,frome.a. nail in:the4wall.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
HAS A BARBARA FRIETCHIE
South African Woman Binds on Brit
ish Flag and Dares Beers to
Molest 1t.

London.-South Africa has Bar
bara Frietchie. She is Mrs. Pienaar,
who resides at Winburg, Union Of
South Africa. When General De Wet,
heading the rebels, captured the town,
some of his troops hauled down the
British flag from the courthouse and
flung 1t in the dirt. Mrs. Pienaar
snatched it up and brushed it off and
bound it around her waist.
"You daren't touch it, she declared.
"Pn carry it and when decent people
return we'll hoist 1t again"
Dispatches say Mrs. Pienaar was
cursed by the rebels, but they did not
offer to molest her.
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The handle Is made of two strands
Of wire twisted together, and the ends
run through the sides Of the box in the
manner shown in the small sketch on
the right of the illustration. The wire
is afterwards covered with narrow rib
bon twisted round and round 1t, and
the handle is further ornamented wlsh
Fmart three-looped bow of soft satin
ribbon, and ends that hang downwards
The exterior of the holder is strimmed;
with a. fiounce of lace .afa sufficient
length. to entirely, hide the box, and at
the upper edges it IS finished of with
fine silk cord. !.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
Round Combs for Children.

Now that vogue DEGREES that the
hair must go back of the face, that
children's interesting foreheads may
show, the old-fashloned round rubber
comb has come into its own again.
Last winter young New York mother
made hunt through the shops trying
to find one of these combs, but her
search was in vain. Yet now the
combs are with us again.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
FOR HOLDING THE TRINKETS
Little Receptacle Always Handy to
Preserve the Always Aooumulat-
ing Odds and Ends.

A dainty little receptacle for odds
and ends is shown in the accompany
ing sketch, and it can be easily made
with the aid of small circular card
board box and some remnants of soft
silk, lace and ribbon.
Quite a shallow box should be Sc
lected If possible, but if this should not
be handy then deeper box may, with
out trouble, be cut down until the re-
quired shape has been obtained. The
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
Wounded Officers Tell of Fierce
Hand to Hand Fight
With Bombs.
WIVES RISK THEIR LIVES
Meet SoldierHusband at Front Just
for a Kiss or a Word as They
Pass Through Town
Pathos in Many Reunions.
Rv RENE ARGOS.

correspondent of Chicago Daily News
Near the French Front.-Two
wounded French officers have given
me an account of the recent fighting
near Berry-au-Bac. They came and
pounded on the door of this wayside
inn 12 kilometers az miles) behind
the firing line late at night. The pro-
prietress, fearing that gendarmes had
come to arrest her for selling drinks
after eight o'clock, did not answer
at first, but new pounding. kicking
and shouting caused her to change
her mind.
There entered a second lieutenant
and an adjutant, both wounded, one
supporting the other. One was wound
ed in the arm and one in the
leg. The second lieutenant was
gay and looked we'll, but how shall
describe the poor adjutant? A
rough beard filled the hollows of his
cheeks and his pale blue eyes shone
with fever. He fell moaning into a
chair and seemed to lose conscious
ness until plate of steaming soup
was placed under his nose.
Wounded Soldiers Tell Stories.
Wine and the warmth of the room
gradually terminated him and he be-
gan to relate his exploits. Both Off
GERS belonged to the same regiment
Of infaEtry and both were wounded
the day before. The lieutenant's first
words we're:
You cannot imagine how strange
It seems to see civilian again. For
three months l have seen nothing
but French and German soldiers and
had begun to believe that there was
not civilian left in the world"
These men had been fighting vir-
tuaily every day and night in the
last two months. Their trenches had
oeen advancing steaCily at the rate
Of about fifty yards a week. They
mad attacked the German trenches
hundreds of times and been attacked
an equal number of times. Proiec-
ules had torn their uniforms. Their
regiment, digging underground, had
mere and there burst into the midst
Oh the German trenches. The other
evening section of their comrades
composed Of so men had been sur
prlsed and captured. The adiutant
could not get over this.
Those lazy rascals fell asleep de-
spite the music Of the shrapnel," he
SAD. 1t is true they had not silent
ior several days and nights before"
Attack the German Trenches.
Ihe Lieutenant then related how he
ana his companion were wounded. To.
Wara ten o'clock on the preceding
evening it was decided to attack the
german trenches. The French 81.
lently left their underground coverts
ana crept forward. They were dis.
covered when a few yards from their
soal' but 1t was too late and the Ger
mans were overwhelmed.
We saw them running like rats
~. %Io thelr hole" said the lieutenant.
having advanced so yards at one
suoke, it was necessary for us to
nold this precious gain. Naturally,
ue herman trenches were arranged
lot defense toward tba Eronoh
trenches. Now the French set to
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
: Wash pay Hello.

When using bottled bluing the com
mon tendency TO pour in, too much
can be overcome by removing the cork
and cutting triangular slit the en-
tire length Of the cork Reinsert cork
and the bluing will come out very
slowly. This saves pulling the cork
each time you have occasion to use
the bluing.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
Boil Button MoIds.

A sewing hint worth remembering
is the necessity for boiling button
molds that are to be covered with
wash materials before they are Gov
cred. This will prevent the coloring
in them from coming through and will
save the trouble of recovering every
time the dress is washed.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
sTa eleah RoaAter.

To clean the double roaster fill the
under pan half full of water as soon
as the meat and gravy are removed
and place on the front Of the stove.
When dinner is over and all the other
dishes done, clean the roasting pan in
the usual way and you viii have nc
trouble with It.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
Plated Handhaiaas. ! :

A blue silk handbag fS made with
plaits running across; mot up and
down, as they often run, 1t is a nov
city, and therefore win probably be
the object Of a good; ;deal,6f attention.
It is finished with a strapehandle O.
the silk. 4 ~
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Vienna.-Austria has bestowed the
cross of the Francis Joseph order on
the wife of lieutenant who followed
her husband into the field and even
into the trenches, and displayed con
spicuous bravery.
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Where He nets Hla TraInInn-

Eyes, he's an awful, hustler. AL
ways ahead of time. Seems to an
ticipate everything. Used to be- q
newsboy."
81 see Probably sold six o'clock edi
tions at noon!"
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paign they have fully justified that rep
utation.
THE general officer commanding the
Indian army describes the conduct and
bearing of these troops in strange and
new surroundings to have been highly
satisfactory, and l am enabled from
my own observations to fully corrobo
rate this statement"
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08

work to make the trenches defens.
lble from the other side. Sacks of
cement were hastily brought, dipped
into water and laid end TO end along
the trenches and packed with dirt.
The French then desired to rest a
little, but the Germans, wishing to
win back the lost position before the
French completed the defenses,
poured out of their earthworks and
advanced.
HurI Grenades as Foes Advance.
Don't speak word, ordered our
captain. Keep still, bring Up some
boxes of preserves quietly and wait.
The Germans came forward at a dog
trot in compact masses. Wait, re.
peated the captain. Don't fire a
single shot. We are going to play a
little game of massacre. Let each
man take two grenades and keep well
hidden behind the sacks
when the Germans were only a
few yards away the captain shouted
at the top Of his lungs: Use all the
grenades you wish, my children The
terrible bombs bursting in the ranks
caused unbelievable carnage"
"They yelled like pigs iiayed alive, u
said the lieutenant placidly. 1T did
not take long to clean them up, but
several of them fired back at us while
retreating. This is how we two were
caught"
Gives Autoist Password.
These little hotels close behind the
lines present an ever changing va.
riety of war pictures. Besides wound.
ed soldiers there are others who come
on errands and who want a solid
meal before returning to the trenches.
Here, also, are refugees from villages
under fire and women come to try
and see their husbands who are
wounded or stationed in the neighbor.
hood. Transport automobiles stop
before the door, the Chauffeurs buy
each other drinks and depart with
faces somewhat redder than before.
Yesterday | saw noncommissioned
officer carefully confding the pass
word to an automobilist who desired
to continue along the road.
Near by was another noncommis-
stoned officer hugging a little child
with exuberant joy, while his wife,
who had just arrived, stood by. This
soldier had not seen his little family
for three months and wished to have
everyone share his pleasure. He
turned his beaming countenance right
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ro prevent NM seorohInnl

Before heating milk in saucepan
always rinse the pan with water It
prevents the milk from soorching
afterwards.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08
After You cook 'Fiilsh.

Cleansing with mustard IS said to re-
move the smell Of fish from kettles
AID frying pans
The Southern herald., 1915-01-08

His soldier comrades are raising a
fund for a monument on which is to De
inscribed "Marquis-Killed on the
Field Of Honor"
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interior of the box is slightly padded
with cotton wool and then loosely lined
with soft silk. and to do this it may be
necessary to first pierce holes in the
card for the needle and thread to pass
through.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18

wrangling and pickering of the parti-
sans of the contesting candidates, who
were about as close to a physical en-
counter as they could get without riot.
About midnight he sauntered down into
the hotel lobby, where the delegates
were swarming like bees and fussing
like cats and dogs. and encountered
Charlie Sessions and the rest of the
newspaper correspondents. They had
just come from the telegraph office
where they had filed their final stories
on the days developments.
Where have you been all evening,
Bertf" asked Sessions. I'VE have been
looking for you. Did you get your story
offs"
Eyes, 1 got my story off," responded
Bert. 81 just been 1oafing around"
What kind of story did you writer"
inquired Sessions.
Guess 1 got a pretty good story"
said Walker. "'I couldn't make anything
out of this" waving his hand at the
milling mass of delegates, so 1 just
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Our Washington Letter
By CHARLES PAPPAN

articles not now included in the exist
ing law. Among those added by the
Secretary's plan are gasoline, crude and
refined oil, automobiles according to
horsepower and many other articles.
Leading Republican Senators like Gal
1enger of New Hampshire, Smoot of
Utah, Oliver of Pennsylvania, Curtis of
Kansas, and others, are opposed to any
war tax in time of peace. They will
not only oppose the adding of new
articles but will oppose any extension
of the present war tax law, which ex-
pires January /, 1916.
There are some Democrats in the
Senate and House who are opposed to
the plans of the Secretary, but as the
Democrats have a majority of 20 in the
House and a majority of 16 in the
Senate, they believe that the plan will
be put through.
The condition of the National Treas
ury is still giving some trouble. The
expenses for this fiscal year have ex-
ceeded the income by $46,317, 513.O0 and
the disbursements for the month of No
vember were about ten million more
than the receipts for that month.
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THE MONTHLY

crowd in the hotel Hobbies until evening
without being able to make heads or
tails of the mix-up. Finally he gave
up In disgust and went into retirement
to write story. He didn't know what
was going to happen, and didn't think
anyone else did. He did know though
that he was working for Republican
paper, and that it should be his policy
to minimize factional differences and ex-
ercise an influence for party harmony.
So he wrote a fine story, detailing
how tremendously things were moving
at the convention, explaining the fine
spirit prevailing and announcing that
the leaders were working out a pro-
gram which would bring unity in the
convention and send all the candidates
and delegates home happy. 1t was per-
haps eight o'clock in the evening when
Bert finished his story and turned it
over to the Western Union operator.
After eating supper, he purchased a
magazine and went to his room to read
in peace and quiet, undisturbed by the
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Page Six

counties in the district, and the fight
bore a direct relationship to a big fac
tional row then on in the state. The
convention was held at Garnett, and as
political news goes, it furnished mighty
good stuff. All the larger papers sent
special representatives to Garrett to
cover the convention. Ordinarily, Frank
FARRELL would have covered the conven-
ton for the Capital, but something in
terfered to keep him at home and
Walker was pressed into service. He
journeyed to Garrett with Fred Van
dergrift, Charlie Sessions, Jesse Leach
and some of the other newspaper writ
ers who were always in evidence at
conventions in those days, arriving the
forenoon Of the day preceding the con-
vention. The fight was a warm one.
Everything was at skies and sevens, the
atmosphere was charged with rumors
and counter rumors and it was hard
to even guess at the outcome. 1t was
particularly hard for Bert. Never much
of politician, he milled around with the
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Helping the Boy on
the Farm

CONTINUED from page f0ur)
that gave us some enlightenment on this
matter. Two well dressed boys of some
fifteen or sixteen years of age and evil
IDENTIFY friends met on the sidewalk and
one addressed the other thus after
few preliminary words of greeting:
Say Bill, let's go down the street and
have a game of billiards. I know
good place down here where we can
sneak in and no one will ever ask us
our ages" We did not know the boys
and may never see either of them again
But the answer of the other relieved
us of whatever apprehensions we may
have had Nav, Fred, we've got fine