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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
THE MASTERS AND THE MEN.

Trade pantomimes is a variation of
the old game of dumb crambo." The
players divide themselves into two
parties, called 1.-The masters" and 'the
men,"
After consultation the men agree
upon some trade or occupation which
they are to illustrate in dumb show.
The masters must guess from their
motions what trade they have chosen,
and to help them in this they are told
the first and last letters Of the word
describing ii.
For instance, the men decide upon
the word gardener" and. giving the
letters "g'' and II" they stand in line.
and each performs a gardeners work
planting seeds, moving with a
scythe, digging with a spade, wedding,
watering, etc. Not a word is spoken
and but one guess allowed to each
master. If one guesses correctly the
men 'lose their job If no one dis
covers the trade the word is told and
they proceed to act something else. IL
the masters fail twice to guess the
word the men strike" and 'quit
work" The masters then become the
men and must take their turn at panto-
mime.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12

Is often supplied by credit. Jim made
up for its absence in assurance. He
bought a lot of damaged coffee on
credit for a song. gave 1t a fancy name
and sold 1t for about two-thirds the
usual price. This succeeded so well
that within n few months he had turn
ed over several job lots of coffee that
he had bought cheap and not only
made some money, but established a
trade for his especial brand of coffee.
1t occurred to Jim one day that his
quarrels with his wife had nearly all
been from the cause of al Of suffi-
cient funds. Now that he was making
money possibly the troubles might not
arise; at any rate, they were far less
likely to arise. He began to recall the
hours he and Lizzie had spent together
when they were counting. He wonder
ed If she had tried to find him. Then
he thought what a brute he had been
to leave her without giving her any
opportunity to find him i'm case she
wished to do so. Then he wondered IL
after all he hadn't a good deal of self
ish brutality in him to have tried to
impose his will on a woman and be-
cause she wouldn't brook it and had
left him he had made the break be-
tween them permanent by taking his
departure from their home without CIV
ing her an opportunity to find him and
make it up.
The ladder of repentance usually has
a number of rounds, and Jim's had its
full share. When he had reached the
top round he felt like plunging down
headforemost on the other side and
breaking his neck. But instead Of that
he set about finding Lizzie.
That was no easy job. She had no
relatives to whom he could go for in
formation, and she was so distressed,
so poor, so broken in spirit, that she
shrank from every one who had known
her. When the baby came she secured
admission to a maternity hospital, and
when the time approached for her to
get about again, realizing that she
must work for her living and could not
work encountered with a baby. she
determined to leave it at a f~oundings'
home.
She was planning for this one day
when she saw the door of the room
she occupied at the hospital slowly
open. Then a face appeared, looking
cautiously in, as if fearing to disturb
her.
Great heavens. 1t was Jim's!
The sight of his pale wife lying there
with a little sleeper nestled up against
her was too much for Jim's equanimi-
ty. With tears coursing down his
cheeks. he stalked to the bed and took
his wife and child together in his arms.
Neither Jim nor Lizzie had any fear
of further disagreements. They would
come, but a thought of the little stran-
ger would take away their harshness,
or at least tide the parents over them.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
Women's Ways and Fancies
DANDELI0N SALAD.

Fresh dandelion leaves make n deli
cious salad. Place the greens In a large
pan Of cold water as soon as they come
from the market and wash them thor
oughly. Then shake off all the mois-
ture and set in a very cold place until
ready to serve. To make the salad.
place the leaves in a chilled salad bowl,
cover with chopped hard boiled egg. a
few shavings of young white onion.
and moisten with a good French dress
ing.
Watercress may be used as a salad
and. unlike many other greens. 1t will
serve as an attractive garnish for many
dishes. 1t Is delicious and appetizing
for a sandwich filling i'm place of the
usual lettuce leaves. To dress a water
cress salad. mix together a teaspoonful
of celery salt. a saltspoonful of white
pepper. a pinch of cayenne. half a tea
spoonful of salt and one tablespoonful
of lime juice. Then stir in gradually
three tablespoonfuls Of olive oil and
two more tablespoonfuls Of lime juice.
Blend thoroughly and season with n
teaspoonful of chopped chives and an
equal amount of fresh tarragon leaves.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
STYLE SPARKS.

Three piece costumes were displayed
at many Of the spring openings. These
included usually coat suits of serge
and taffetas, gabardines and taffetas
and wolfe and taffetas combined in self
colors only.
The frock in n piece was the usual
arrangement, with a smartly cut dressy
coat to match for wear with the.gown.
Sports suits are being made of
tweeds, serges and corduroys.
Favored styles are the gored circular
skirts Of fairly heavy weight materials
with a coat designed along English
shooting coat lines. This offers an in
yerted plat at the back and one each
side of the front portions. These plaits
extend to- the waist line only, where
the coat finishes with q smoothly fitted
circular cut peplum.
Patch pockets of large dimensions
are fashion features which distinguish
the styles Of many OF the latest suits.
As many as four appear o n a coat,
with skirts favored In like generosity
by the addition of two more.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
The Workbau.

Cross stitch In tones of blue contin-
ues to be very popular and is used
chiefly on table linen. towels and pill
lows. This design is intended for a
square or rectangular pillow; you can
use it either as printed or turned in the
opposite direction for the ends Of a
table runner.
Use any material. either white or oys-
ter gray. and work the dark portion of
the design in dark blue and for the
gray use a light blue.
Basic a piece of canvas over the ma
terial and with the newspaper pattern
as a guide count the threads as you
work the stitches. If the weave of the
canvas is finer than indicated in the
design allow two squares of the former
to one of the latter; when finished I'M
ravel the canvas and remove without
disturbing the cross stitch.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
Literary Controversies.

Famous controversies over the au-
thorship of poems include the follow
ing:
Laugh and the World Laughs With
You," claimed by four or five different
authors, is now credited to Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Her chief opponent
was John A. Joyce.
"Rock Me to Sleep was claimed by
two different authors.
John ]. ingalls,. the great Kansas
statesman and writer, had his author
ship Of Opportunity" disputed many
times.
Walt Whitman and Mary Mapes
Dodge had a stirring dispute about a
little poem, The Two Mysteries"
The authorship of S~hakespeare's
plays has been ascribed to Francis Ba-
con (Lord Verulam), Christopher Mar
lowe, Sir Walter Raleigh and other con-
temporaries.-St. Louis Republic.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
RABBIT AND SNAKE FIGHT.

A naturalist relates that he once saw
a gray rabbit attack a large black
snake which was holding M of her
young in Its coils. She fought by
springing over the snake and striking
back with her hind feet. which is the
usual mode of defense of this species.
Her blows We're delivered with force
and precision. and so rapidly that the
snake was struck nearly every time,
despite his attempts to evade them.
As she passed the snake aimed at her
with his fangs. but though he often
scratched off a mouthful of hair he
was plainly getting the worst of the
battle. when the naturalist interfered.
Another instance is related in which
a rabbit was observed to pursue a
hawk In tile act of carrying off her
young.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12

ANGULAR II is, but neverthe-
less true. that there are a great
~ many assertions on N side
or the other In couples that
have been married n year, and be-
lieve that IL statistics on the subject
could be obtained 1t would be found
that the nearer the wedding the great
err the number of assertions. There Is
a reason for this Up to the time of
marriage the parties are independent
of each other. After marriage there
are two wills. between which there
must necessarily be n certain amount
of clashing.
Jim and Lizzie Burden were one of
those couples that met, but did moi
mingle. Jim found his wife-so he
considered her-so unreasonable that
he hadn't been married a week before
the sweetness had turned to gall. Liz
zie considered herself so badly treated
that she could not possibly endure to
live with such n man. So one day
when he came home from work he
found his wife gone.
Mrs. Jim didn't regret what she had
done till she fell in with a motherly
old lady, to whom she told her story,
and the lady informed her of the cause
of their disagreement, as 1t has been
stated at the beginning of this story.
Lizzie wondered If hat was so. Then
she began to think that she had acted
unwisely. The next thing to do was
to 20 back to her home and make up
with Jim. She did not find him. The
house was shut up, and Jim had gone,
no one knew where.
When a baby was born to Lizzie she
regretted more than ever her action in
leaving her husband. The first baby
Is the first chain bound around a mar
ried ~couple-the first departure from n
romance that may have waned and
entry upon real married life. But now
that the baby had come and Jim was
not there to rejoice with her Lizzie
wept bitter tears.
Meanwhile Jim, after waiting a week
for his wife's return. got angry with
her and, declaring that he had had
enough of married life, walked off
without leaving any address. Jim was
n carpenter and had finished a job the
day of the separation. 1t was easy for
him to lose himself, and he took no
pains to leave any clew by which he
could be found by his wife in case she
repented of leaving him and wished to
return. He knew nothing about the
baby or perhaps that might have
changed 1t all.
Jim concluded to make another
change in his life. He was a born
trader and always came out ahead in
any deal he made. He determined to
leave off carpentering and turn trader.
He had left the little money he pos
sessed with his wife and hadn't a cent
to his name. But to the real business
man money is not always essential. 1t
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
The ORIGIN of John Bull.

In March, 1712, there was published
in London a satirical brochure dealing
with the events of the previous year
and bringing prominently into light
the doings of Spain. Louis XIV, Hol-
land and England. the last named
country being represented by John
Bull" The original of the character
was John Bolingbroke. minister of
Queen Anne, who in the first edition
was spoken of as Lord Bullingbrook"
and John Bullingbrook" alternately,
the title of the brochure subsequently
becoming abbreviated to plain John
Bull" 1t was the production Of a
Scotch writer, DR.. John Arbuthnot.
and not Swift, as some have stated
London Standard.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
TO DO AND NOT TO Dc

A woman who Is untidily or careless
ly dressed is quite as rude as a man
without a collar. He would never
dream of going out without something
around his throat, yet she will appear
In public with a divorce in the region
of the waist, a few buttons and hooks
missing, her hair bundled up anyhow
and her shoes down at the heel. Not
only is she exceedingly u~nattractive,
but she Is being actually discourteous
To the folk who are obliged to look at
her.
1t is usually either nervousness or
thoughtlessness that prompts a woman
to display her worst side to the world.
She will take a seat that is offered to
her in n crowded car without n word
of thanks or else will make the chival-
rous person feel still more embarrassed
by a quick and emphatic refusal to
profit by his generosity.
Or perhaps she will rush through
swing doors without bothering to no
tice If any one is likely to be caught In
the elbow people VINO are In
her way. walk on the wrong side of the
street or fail 10 remember that she
must always bow first to her male ac-
quaintances before they raise their
hats.
Consideration for others and a desire
to be inconspicuous always mark the
well bred person In public. 1t is still
more important that in the home this
consideration should not be pushed
aside like an irksome duty. 1t is a
mistake to encourage Indifferent man.
ners toward those who are lived with
day after day. 1t is just as much trou-
BILE to be rude as to be polite. and in
timacy in the home should not be made
the peg on which to hang countless
petty chickering's and little errors in
good manners.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
Baked Barley.

Soak six tablespoonful Of barley in
cold water overnight. In the morning
put the barley in an earthen dish and
pour three and a half pints OF boiling
water over it. Add salt as desired,
bake in a moderately quick oven about
two and a half hours or till perfectly
absorbed. When half done add four
or five tablespoonfuls Of sugar mixed
with grated lemon peel. 1t may be eat
en- warm. but is pleasant served cold,
nodded in cups and served with cream
or nut cream.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
Apple Eritters.

Slice thin two medium sized sour ap-
pies. Make a batter of one and one
third cupfuls of -four, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, one-quarter tea
spoonful salt, one egg and three-quar-
tiers eupful Of milk. Mix and sift dry
ingredients. Add the milk gradually
and egg well beaten. Stir in the sliced
apples and drop by spoonfuls in hot
fat which will brown a cube of bread
in sixty seconds. Drain on brown pa
per and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
To Keep Hands White.

The home worker can keep her hands
In nice condition IL she will exercise a
little care. When they have been
stained by vegetables or fruit the
stains should be removed with an acid.
lemon. vinegar or o III milk, and then
rinsed in contact with soap or soapy
water. Always rinse off all soap be-
fore wiping the handg, and be sure
they are wiped perfectly dry.
At night rub in some good cream.
powder the hands and keep them In
loose gloves all night. The hands will
be as white and soft as though they
had never done a bit of homework.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
For the Papers ounger Readers
AN INDOOR GAME.
Have You Ever Played the Game of
Suggestions?


This is a game which people either
like or dislike very much. The play
ers sit around the room or a table, and
one of them begins by naming an arti-
Gle of any kind ~whatever-for in
stance, a watering pot. The words
watering pot will Immediately sug-
gest something to the next player-say
gardener" He therefore says gar
dener." The next may be reminded
by that word of a bunch of violets she
saw the gardener carrying that morn
ing, and she says "~violets." The next
one, remembering the wild violets she
found at Ventnor in the spring, says
"Ventnor." That name suggests the
s~eashore, and the next says beach"
When the game has gone on for sew
eral rounds it will be seen that the
minds of the players have been car
ried miles away from the original wa
tering pot that started them.
1t is interesting now to trace the Sc
ries of suggestions back again to the
starting point. This is done by the
last player mentioning not the last
thing he thought of, but the thing that
suggested it to him. The r%etracing is
more difficult than the original sugges-
tons.
In. this game two things are impor-
tant. One is that silence be main
tanned; the other hat the word you
give should be suggested to you only
by the previous players remark. 1t is
more fun to be quite honest about it
and really say what was first suggest
ed instead of making choice.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
No Work sefor. Breakfast.

No work which is Mt all exacting or
difficult should be undertaken by the
child before breakfast. and this rule
applies to mental effort as surely as
to physical. If the curriculum of the
child's school demands study in the
early morning it should be prepared
for such mental effort by n suitable
meal. There a be no objection to n
short walk or to some form of light
exercise Mt this time, but the more Sc
rious duties of the day must be delay
ed until after the morning meal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
GIRL SPEAKS EIGHT LANGUAGES
At Twelve Years of Age Winifred
Stoner Has Mastered Many
Tongues-She Is Also
a Teacher.

Winifred Slower Of Pittsburgh can
speak eight languages ~fuently. She
has written ten books for babies and
is an instructor in Carnegie institute in
her home city, where she is tutoring
another youthful prodigy, Billy Walsh,
who, only four years of age, is already
fairly well educated. Despite her many
accomplishments Miss Slower is just
an ordinary. healthy. fun loving Amer
lean girl. She plays with her dolls
with as much pleasure as any girl of
her years. She is very fond of all out
door games.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
SEPARATING WORDS.
Divided They Mean Something En-
tirely Different.

l. Divide something borne or carried
and get a prickly seed vessel and the
home of a wild animal.
=. Divide a mark to be shot at and
get a dark liquid obtained from resin
Gus liquids and a verb meaning to
obtain.
3. Divide a Scotch plaid fabric and
get the same liquid and a yellowish
brown color.
4. Divide a waterproof canvas and
get the same liquid, a boys name and
a proposition.
3. Divide to upset and get a cover
ing for the head and a word meaning
magnitude or bulk.
6. Divide n kind of primrose which
grows in wet places and get a useful
domestic animal and something n is
likely to do if one tries to walk on the
ice.
Z. Divide a title of nobility and get
a piece of wood or metal long In proper
ton to its width and a proposition.
Answers. Burden. .. Target.
3. Tartan 4. Tar-paul-in. 8. Cap
size. 6. Cow-slip. Z. Baron.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
BE TRUE.

THOU must be true thyself
Il If thou the truth wouldst teach;
Thy soul must overflow If thou
Another's soul wouldst reach.
1t needs the overflow of heart
To give the lips full speech.
THINK truly, and thy thoughts
L Shall the worlds famine feed:
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful seed.
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
-Horatius Bonar.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
Liqhtninq Omelet.

Butter a baking dish and put several
strips of stale bread at the bottom.
Cut several slices Of any good domestic
or imported cheese. Beat two eggs to
a froth and add salt and pepper. Pour
on top of the bread and cheese. Put
into the oven until Drowned and serve
hot.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
ReHgious
s7a.ooo.ooo For Missionary Work.

$73,000,0oo For Missionary Work.
Nine of the ten big missionary So
%cieties. representing fully 100000
church workers, made public financial
reports for the fiscal year.
Churches IN the wheat belts OF the
far west made large contributions dur
ing the year and more than Overhaul
anced the falling off of contributions
from the south. where the low price OF
cotton seriously affected gifts from
churches of all denominations. A con-
siderable slump was also found In New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
all Of the New England states.
The statistics compiled in connection
with the financial reports show that
the American people, through their
churches, contribute $55,00O.000 a year
to home missions and $1S,000,O00 to
foreign missions, In both amounts sur
passing England and Scotland togeth-
er, the two large missionary support
ing countries for Protestants, and
France, the missionary supporting
country for Catholics. 1t cost last year
to maintain all churches in this coun-
try, including these mission funds,
$41O.OO0.OOO, and In this amount Amer
lea leads all other countries. Foreign
mission gifts have doubled in most re-
ligious bodies in America during the
last decade.
While many Of the societies which
have worked in foreign fields have
been helping missionaries sent out by
Germany, to the end that their work
might not suffer because OF the Euro
pean war, it is said that this work has
not been looked upon as the. cause for
deficits.
The most notable record was made
by the missionary societies Of the Bap-
fist church, which began the year
$276,000 in debt, an accumulation or
seven years. Every dollar of this debt
was paid off, and one of the home mis-
sionary societies ended the fiscal year
with a balance of $500.
The foreign missions fell behind
$33, 900 and the women's branch $10,-
600. AS a result of so prosperous a
year the retrenchment policy, which it
was feared the Baptists would have to
adopt, has been abandoned.
The figures of the Presbyterian home
board tell a different story. The board,
which handles about 5 1,SOO.OO0 yearly,
fell behind a year ago $13S,0O0, the
first deficit in a number Of years. Dur
ing the first six months $4,000 was
paid off by a self denial campaign, but
when the boards books were closed
for the fiscal year a slump Of $25S,OOO
was shown. This is said to be the
worst record in the history of mission
ary finances in America If not in the
world.
The home board of the Congregations
al church ended its work without debt.
and the Presbyterian and Baptist So
cieties in the south made favorable re-
ports, most of them without debt. The
Episcopal society has started an emer-
gency campaign in the hope of raising
$500, 900, but the indications are that
it will fall behind $780, 900 for the year
despite such efforts.
The enormous growth Of work is
said to be the cause of the falling of
of the Presbyterian boards, and it has
been denied that internal conditions
have in any way injured the work.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12
A Blunt Answer.

Mother Ito her daughter)-You'd bet
ter accept Peter. my dear. He Is a
nice boy, though he may not be hand
INT After all, good looks fade. don't
they. papa? NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
gende Batter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12

Why should postofice clerks be wo-
men,? Because they know how to man.
age the males.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-06-12

A carriage rug O afghan, a carrage strap, a little hood and sweater
Jacket ar shown here made of fine white wool crochet There appears to be
n revival this seasono of interest in crochet work, which calls for many nw
M interesting patterns. These pieces are further ornamened with tiny
pink embroidered rosebuds done upon the plain crocheted strips. The will
low carriage has a hood which a be placed yer babys eyes, shading them
rom The sun in case he takes a nap