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The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

cess or disappointment in the mat limonial lottery
 Afterward there is feasting Alp pies and nuts are devoured in abun dance. The nutshells are burnt and from the ashes many strange things are foretold. Hemp seed is sown by the maidens, who each be i, .e5 if ne l,2 back she will see the apparition of the man intended for her future husband
 Half A Joke
 T.esS surerSt.tious practices, the remains of Druidism. are almost Is popular today among certain class es as they were among the Irish maidens in the long ago.
 The young may begin the cere- monies of Halloween as a jest, not nj-,ing in the c nSalucnces. bu: underneath the merry exterior is the half hope that there may be something in it"
 One of the most interesting eX.
 
 3eriments of the present day is to pare an applet must be a pippn, " the way then holding the par ing by one end, swing it over the. shoulder alAl let it drop. Any we'll regulated apple pairing will form it. self as it falls into the shape of the ,- if ial of hiS ntbnr., ny not see the initial, but the girl will be able to recognize it at once.
 More trying tc the nerves i; the next test, but it is reasonably cer tain to produce results. The girl CT man who would read the future must take candle and go alone rt) tEe darkest lcnel'ast room e the house. He or she must look irto the mirror. By the flickerins; light of the candle the future wife or husband is almost certain to be seen peering into the mirror over the shoulder of the seeker after hidden knowledge.
 Perhaps the most poetic test Of all is made when the guests have all departed and the girl is in the privacy of her own room. It is to ascertain whether CT not her lover is faithful
 The chief difficulty with this test for girls in this Northland is the scarcity of roses at this time of the maiden, lucky enough to secure roses may try:
 She plucks two roses with long stems, names one for herself and one for him, then goes at once to her own room without speaking to anyone. There she must twine to- sether the stems of the two roses and repeat the following lines, gag ing intently on her sweetheart's rose: Twine, tWine and intertwine,
 Let my love be wholly mine,
 If his heart be kind and true,
 Deeper grows his roses hue
 If her lover be faithful the color of his rose will grow darker and more intense
 There are many cases on record of roses that have changed their hue. But in each case it is only fair to say the only witness was the person most interested
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 HOUSEWIVES DRUDGERY.
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 Housewives work far too long hours. Those critics Of the woman at home who think that she ought not to go visiting or shopping, fail to realize that in doing both she is only obeying the call of tired nature for variation in the monotony of her daily life.
 The work of tired people is quite worthless the tired cook spoils the dinner; the worn, out housewife is no companion to her husband: : she is as irritable as he is, at the end of her day.
 Lcng hours impair vitality, whether the worker is man at his job a woman drudging about the house, with no prospect of a break in her day. A tired person., We are told, is really a poisoned person-poison- ed by his or her own waste products.
 If in spite of possible criticism the woman who has much housework to do determines to do it in less time, and to assert her right to a certain amount of leisure to be spent in gadding, should she so will it, visiting friends or in tour of the shops, she will be all the better for it at the end of her day.
 It has been for years the habit of statisticians to speak of house. wives as of mo occupation" though theirs is the most wearing and monotonous of all occupations, and the one whose daily round and common task" carried on year af- ter year is likely to have baneful effect upon their mentality.
 There is 10 one with more right to a certain amount of free time
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
MEAT SAUCES.

In making meat sauce of any kind 1t Is wiser to blend the flour with the melted butter. By doing quickly cooked and the butter is absorbed.
 When the flour is mixed with water and then stirred into the liq- uid at least ten minutes of boiling s required to cook the flour and even then 1t may have a raw taste. Another difficulty with sauce made this way is that the butter does not blend, but rises to the surface of the liquid.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
Timely 1 Hints for the Housewife

Last week I told of the eating customs in Guatemala and named some of the articles of food. The following seven recipes are among the best known and most popular both in Mexico and Centra! America
 SOFA DE FlDEo (sPAGHETTD.
 Break one half pound of spaghetti into a kettle of boiling water to which has been added a little salt. Let the spaghetti boil for fifteen minutes, then pour off all the water and add a tablespoon of butter While the spaghetti is boiling fry one thinly sliced large onion in an abundance of hot fat. Add the brown onion to the spaghetti with half a can of tomatoes Sprinkle the whole with two tablespoons of Parmesan cheese. Add one red Chilli pepper cut into rings or thin slices, with the seeds removed Pour hot water enough over the whole to allow for boiling until the spa ghetti is thoroughly cooked, but be careful not to allow it to become watery. Serve with additional cheese
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

needles into pieces about foot or more square. These make eX- cellent dishcloths for saucepans and pie dishes.
 Equal parts of linseed-ol and limewater make a soothing mixtur.' for burns.
 Black stockings will always keep good color if. after washing, the. are rinsed through blue-water
 Before laying oilcloth, put layer of sawdust on the floor, and it will give a sCft tread tS the feet. as wei! as preserve the oilcloth.
 Wax paper is an excellent article to have in the kitchen. As saver of space in the refrigerator it can not be beaten. Many foods may be wrapped in wax paper.
 To prevent a glass or cup from cracking when a boiling mixture is poured into it. try putting a silver spoon in and pouring the mixture on
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
Halloween and Its Unique Customs

Whether our ancestors of Colonial days did the frivolous things ou Halloween that are done in this day. is not a matter of record but certain it is that they indulged in festivities in which the beautiful dances of a hundred years ag1 played a prominent part In this, our day. the festival is celebrated most often with pranks more or less foolish. and with the efforts of the unmarried of marriageable age to look into the future for solution 5 of some of the problems of life generally for a peep at the husband to-be.
 Supernatural Influences.
 Halloween keeps itself so con spicuously in the public eye each year that All Saints Day with it. unique customs, is passed over with out a thought by the general public in the United States. And yet it., as well as Halloween, is picturesque ly celebrated by the creoles of New Orleans in the fashion of their fore fathers in France. and likewise by the Filipinos in our new possessions
 Indeed, there is a close link bind ing Halloween All Saints Day and All Souls Day. The first is the name given to the night of Oct. 31, as the eve or vigil of All Saints or All Hallows' Day. Of all nights in the year this is the one upon which supernatural influences most prevail. The spirits of the dead are supposed to wander abroad, to- gether with witches, devils and misunderstanding elves. In some cases the spirits of living persons have the supposed temporary power to leave their bodies and join the ghostly crew.
 Children born on this day preserve through their youth the power to
  But often the latter reveal them selves to ordinary folk to advise or warn them. Hence it is, accord ing to tradition, the night of all nights for divination. More impor tant still. it is the best time of the whole year for discovering the iden- tity of ones future husband or wife. This fact, more than any other, keeps interest alive in Halloween.
 A Custom of the Druids
 One of the curious English GUS toms of All Hallowe en or All Saints Even, as it is called by some of the early English writers, is build ing bonfire on rising ground. This is a relic of Druidism When the fire burns out the ashes are collected into the form of a circle. This is edged by stones, one being placed by each member of every a stone be moved or broken by the next morning, the person rep resented by that stone is doomed to die within the year.
 In Ireland magic ceremonies are celebrated around these fires, to counteract the influence of witches and demons, and to enable the young 10 DrO9nOSticatc their sue
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CARE OF THE SKIN.
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Almost everyone here has rain barrel which they keep for wash day purposes, but while it is nice to have soft water for clothes, it is of far greater importance to keep enough on hand for face washing. Rain water softens and beautifies the skin. If you do not have rain water sCGten the ordinary wate. with pinch of borax if you have reason to think that it is at all hard.
 As woman gets older, the skin needs more and more care, for Ma ture is less active in renewing it and throwing off impurities. There is also apt lC be lack of natura' oil. and this is why women. as years go on, Deed to use creams of some Skin that is allowed to become dry wrinkles easily; it is far easier 70 prevent wrinkles than it is to cure them, and the first step in prevent ing them is not to allow the skin to become dry.
 There is no question as to the necessity of toilet creams; the only question is, what kind? This de bends on the skin and the purpose for which the cream is to be used As a substitute for soap. cleansing cream is necessary. This may be a soft ointment or liquid but it should be absolutely free from harm ful ingredients such as mineral oils and preservatives, and should be soft enough to be rubbed freely over the skin without causing any friction.
 4 cleansing cream will keep the face clean, soft and we'll fabricated and it's use will do much to prevent wrinkles, sunburn, freckles and roughness, but it contains no heal ing properties, neither does it fat ten nor feed the skin.
 A very young face, as a rule, does not need massage, but as a wo- man approaches thirty. and, unfor- tunately, sometimes younger, the fatty tissue beneath the skin begins to fall away and in consequence, hollows and lines and fine wrinkles about the eyes begin to appear. It is then that We resort t. ma sage which means the proper manipula- tion of the face 50 as to strengthen the muscles and feed the skin.
 The skin can only be fed in two ways-by means of the blood and by absorption from outside--and to do this we must use with the mas sage movements proper cream.
 There are only few fats that the skin can absorb, and skin food therefore must contain such fats if it is to be of any use in removing wrinkles. A proper massage cream or skin food, wrinkle paste, as it is sometilnes called. is much thick CT than a cleansing cream; it is apt to be more expensive. but it need not be so freely used, ana a small jar of it will last a long time.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
PUChERO.

Choose lean beef or mutton and to four pounds allow four quarts of water, one large carrot, two onions, half of an ordinary sized cabbage, one small squash, four or five potatoes, half a dozen radishes. Put the meat in the pot with the water, peel and slice the carrot and onions, cut the cabbage into three or four pieces, also the squash, which should be peeled and the seeds re- moved. Peel the potatoes and cut in halves and add all to the meat. Add also teaspoon of salt and let all simmer for four hours. Remove the meat and the vegetables and stand aside to keep hot. Strain the soup. skim off all the fat and
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
TO REMOVE TASTE OF FISH.

We all know that even good wash ing will not always entirely remove the smell and taste of blOaters or other fish from forks, but if they are allowed to stand in basin of tealeaves, and then rinsed, they will be perfectly free from 1t.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
TO BRIGHTEN GILT FRAMES.

Rub them with freshly baked bread moistened with ammonia; or try the older method of washing them ill water in which onions have been boiled, and to which little sulphur has been added. The sulphur aids in keeping the yellow color.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
TAM

This best known of Mexican dish es is also made from the tortillas after they have been patted into shape. are filled with force meat which may De of chicken or pork are then rolled and covered with corn husks, after which they are boiled for three hours.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
FRIJOLES.

Be sure to obtain rich brown Mexican beans and boil in salted water until they are soft enough to mash Cover the beans well. and little by little. keeping sufficiently moist to prevent burning and to al low the beans to become quite soft. Put a generous quantity of lard in a deep frying pan and when very hot add the mashed beans, little by little, cooking slowly for one half hour Season to taste and serve. To valy the dish, slice dried Chili peppers and add to the beans while boiling.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

Instead of using an expensive enamel paint to paint kitchen shelves a plain white paint may be used When dry, paint over with a coating of thin hot starch This gives the same gloss as enamel and will not come off when washed
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

than the housewife. and it behooves all women at home to improve their work within the house by occasion ally seeking stimulus out of it.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
ENGAGEMENT GIFT,

One can Luy nothing more ap propriate for bride-elect than a set of perforated patterns of her initials, says an exchange.
 Get all kinds and sizes from tiny handkerchief initials to the three inch Old English letters, and com monogram in two or more sizes.
 A charming addition is collec- tion of cross-stitch initials, simple as we'll as elaborate; these should be worked with bright wools, or mercerized cottons, on strip of canvas, in simpler style
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
ARRoz Y HUEvos (RIcE AND

Wash one cupful of rice thorough ly, then drain and let stand for half an hour Put piece of butter size of an egg in deep frying pan, add the rice and let cook for 0ne-half hour, stirring constantly Poach eggs (one or two for each person as preferred). When rice is ready spread on large platter, placing eggs on top. Serve hot.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
Panama VaneyR.R.
TIM E CARD.

Effective April 19, 1915. Subject to change without notice Train for Chatanika Daily Except
 Sunday.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
BLAMING OTHERS.
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Don't be the sort of girl who is always blaming somebody else for whatever goes wrong There is a lot of shirking in the world. but the shirking of ones share of the blame for mistakes or mishaps is the worst there is
 Some of us are mighty clever in getting clear of blame, and have a flow of eloquence when it comes to proving that it's someone else's S fault that is little short of marvel ous
 Now, none of us are perfect It is a sure thing that we all have our faults, and to be forever putting ourselves in right and the other fellow in wrong is a certain method for getting ourselves just naturally disliked
 There is something fine about ad- hitting instantly where you have been at fault that arouses admira tion. The girl who cheerfully takes her share of the blame is going to be popular, with a kind of populari- ty that won't wear thin with time
 This doesn't mean that we should martyrize ourselves and grab all the blame in sight. Going around with the martyr pose is a self right arus, tiresome business; most mar tyrs simply love to be misunderstood and abused. until one fairly hates to find fault with them even when they deserve it. But to be always blaming others for whatever hap pens that shouldn't happen is a mean, cowardly sort of thing to do And the world has no use for coward, male or female.
 Don't fuss when blame comes your way, and don't act hurt and insulted. If you have made a mis- take stand for the results without ill feeling, and let the matter drop as soon as the explanation is over. After all though yoI may some times get into hot water through you will also get permanent re, spect and admiration from your as sociates and friends, things very we'll worth having in the long run.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11
SOFA DE ARROZ.

The sopa de arroZ is made from rice, as it's name implies Wash one cupful thoroughly, then drain and let stand for half on hour Put one heaping tablespoon of lard in a deep frying pan, add the rice and let cook for one-half hour, stirring constantly. Add one onion, green pepper, one ripe tomato, minced, and stir the whole in one quart Of boiling water, add salt to taste and let boil until the rice is quite dry. eggs cut in quarters.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

LITTLE HELPS.
 Save all odd bits of twine, knot them together, then knit with steel
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

season with pepper and more sall if required.
 CHILL CON CARVE
 For the foundation select good lean beef, cut into dice and fry in a generous quantity of smoking hot lard. When the meat is Drowned well remove from the fat and arrange nicely on a platter with the Chili sauce poured over it. To make the sauce use canned tomatoes; stew until they are reduced to a pulp. Add onion cut into shreds (about one onion to one can of tomatoes) and as much red Chili pepper as liked. Stir all together until the onion and pepper are thoroughly cooked, then press through a sieve and thicxsn slightly with butter and flour cooked together until brown.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-11

season with pepper and more sall if required.
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CRETONNE JACKETS.

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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-13
BEST TIME TO HAVE
 THE COWS FRESHEk
More Time for Caring for Animal and Her Products in WintCr
 Than in Summer.

CBy C. A. HUTTON. University Of Ten
 nessee)
 There are several adv antages in having the COWS freshen in the fall of the year instead of in the spring. There is more time on the farm for caring for the COW and her products during the winter months.
 Cows will give better yield Of milk than if they freshen in the spring. If they are properly cared for and fed, they will milk well when fresh; then, when the grass comes in the spring, it helps to keep the milk flow, so that the fall fresh COW will milk better through out the year than the one that fresh- ems in the spring. The COWS will be dry during the hot summer months, when pastures are short and flies are bad. More attention can be given to caring for the calves, and they will be ready to turn on pasture in the spring when grass comes.
 There is more demand for milk and butter during the winter months, and the price is higher than in the summer. If COWS are bred so as to freshen in the fall, they will give better cash re- turns from the sale of their products.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-13

able dishes and giasswa.e and n plate rail to display decorative porcelain. You cannot vary the furnishing of dining rooms except in details. but there are great opportunities to en, courage Individual tastes in the large front room.
 A bungalow which has an elegant appearance from the street is much sought after by prospective builders This design may be built on a rather narrow lot, because it is only 25 feet wide on the ground. Of course. allow ance must be made for the dining room projection, also the box window in the front bedroom. as we'll as the wide overhang of the roof
 Bungalows all require wide cornice projections which take up more room on the lot than the foundation. The superstructure is really more promi- nent, because it stands up in plain sight It is not sufficient simply 10 place the building far enough within lot lines so that the drip from the roof escapes the next door neighbtr.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-13
One of the Prettiest Designs That Ever Came From Brain
 of Architect.
MAY BE BUILT ON ANY LOT
put Not Altogether Necessary m This case-Rooms Arranged
 With the Idea of Com
By WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mir William A. Radford will answe questions ana give advice FREE O. COST on all subjects pertaining 10 tn subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacture. he Is without doubt, the highest authority on an these subjects Address all inquiries to William A Radford. No 1SS7 Prairie avenue. Chicago. III. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 Odd in trim, but exceptionally neat and pleasing in appearance is this beautiful fve-room bungalow. The size is 27 feet inches by 40 feet 6 inches cn the ground. but 1t has an overhang o! nearly four feet.
 IL is known and spoken of as the prettiest bungalow in town, and the owner admits that there may be some truth n tbe statement
 The cobblestone porch abutments. perch stair walls, piers and chimney are prominent features of the eXte' rior decoration scheme. but the shin gle siding. the wide projection of cor nice, and the shape of the roof all help There are differences among the windows that vary the window proposition and help to keep up inter est. The different parts of the house are not made all in one mold as for merly, but the general design is ad- hered to, without repetition. In this window scheme there are single win dows do1ble windows. and one frame holds five two-sash windows separated cnly by the sash-weight boxes. but ev- cry window in the house is bordered around with the same plain white casing.
 There also is a similarity in elsz- ing. put II is difficult to find two win Gows that are exact duplicates Of each other. There is a general combination of large lights in the lower sash and small lights in the upper sash, but they all fit into the perspective to take their proper place in the com. pleie picture.
 There is considerable width to the front steps and the front walk The front door also belongs to the new wide order of house building, which means that broader ideas have pre-.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-13
SUPERIOR QUALITY
 OF BERKSHIRE HOG
Animal in Good Condition Is At- tractive in Appearance-Noted
 for Prolificacy.

In general form a modern wellbred Berkshire, in good condition. is sym metrical throughout, attractive in ap- pearance and recognized at once as an animal of more than ordinary worth.
 The improved Berkshire is further characterized by the superior quality and proportionate quantity of its flesh. which is tender and juicy. the hams and shoulders being nicely marbled with fat and lean meat, while the sides are also noted for their excellence in these respects, making them espe- cially desirable for curing as bacon
 There is less loss in dressing a we'll fitted Berkshire than in dressing any other kind of hog From the fattening pen to the packing house he suffers less loss than any other breed, and after he has gone through the curing process and has found the consumer the percentage of waste Is the smallest of any breed
 rserkshire swine are also cted for their docility and prolificacy. the sows usually bringing large filters and proving themselves gentle uothera