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The Spectator., 1915-07-02

tests are absolutely unreliable. The only way to be sure of the kind of mushroom is to study it. No hush room which is not positively known should be used for food Anybody with very little training may learn to identify the field mushroom, which is one of the most common and best fla vored varieties. The inky caps are another which are easily learned. Study them carefully and take no risks, for experts are often deceived in kinds not we'll known.
 Alcohol for cleaning mirrors is a great saver of time. Moisten a cloth with water, shake over it little al cohol and rub over the mirror It will clean very quickly and be we'll pol ished
 Cook strongly favored vegetables in an open dish. such as cabbage, turnips, onions and cauliflower. The odor will not scent the house as permanently and the vegetable will be most digesti- ble
 When possible have a meal as often as convenient on the porch or lawn On hot day there is nothing more restful than meal out in the open. It will not be too much work. the chil- dren will think it is fun to do their part in the getting ready. In many homes in a screened-in porch makes a fine breakfast room, which is being used more largely during the heated tsrm.
 Orange Sherbet.-Take one egg, one quart of milk, one pint of cream, the juice and grated rind of three oranges. the juice and grated rind of one lemon. and two and half cupfuls of sugar. Beat the egg and add to the milk; cook until the egg is cooked. cool. add to the cream. Dissolve the sugar in the fruit juice and add to the other mixture. Freeze as usual.
 Fruit Cream.-Take the juice of three oranges, three lemons and three bananas. mashed through a sieve. add a pint of sugar and quart of thin cream freeze.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
"ONCE-OVERS'

It is an easy mater to follow lead CT, but there is no glory-or money in it.
 It Is the man with initiative who forges to the front. The world is look ing for leaders.
 Business is seeking men who have the ability and judgment to go ahead and blaze the way for others.
 If you are content to take the path beaten smooth by hundreds who have preceded, you will remain follower
 You may make mistakes. of course; all men who lead make mistakes, but even your mistakes are valuable. Ev- cry successful man has made some errors.
 Be original Try to do things in different and better way than other men in the same line. Work out a plan: consider 1t from all angles; then give it trial-not half.hearted one, but one backed with all the vigor you possess.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
The Search for Beauty.

Utilizing the face mask as means of beautifying the complexion has been in vogue for many years. Henry III of France was vain enough to affect 1t in order to keep his skin fair. The face mask. again. was part of the beauty treatment that Marguerite dc Valois followed and the celebrated Roman Empress Poppaea was another of it's votaries. It was smeared inside with a beauty-giying cream and worn at night Not every woman. however. cares to sleep in mask.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

pint and half of milk add cupful of strong coffee infusion Sweeten to taste and add junket tablet dissolved in a tablespoonful of the coffee Pour into sherbet cups and serve with whipped cream when the junket is firm.
 Veal loaf.-Boil pound of lean veal in water to cover. When done take out the meat and simmer the stock until reduced to half cupful. Add this, with salt. celery salt. grated peel of lemon and juice of half, to the chopped veal and tablespoonful of ham. Mold and place weight on the dish. The next day 1t may be turned out and sliced. Garnish with lemon and parsley.
 Pineapple Filling for Cake.-To a can of grated pineapple add half cup full of flour. mixed with a little water. one-haf cupful of sugar; if too sweet. less sugar; cook until smooth and thick. and cool before using for fill ing. This may be made the day before using
 Salmon Salad.--To a can of salmon add one cupful of cucumber pickles. one and a half cupfuls of oyster crack CTS. crushed fine; mix we'll and moisten with salad dressing. The pickles should be chopped.
 Prune FIip.-Take thirty prunes, a half cupful of chopped nuts. the whites of four eggs, four tablespoon. fuls of sugar. Stew the prunes until soft. chop with half-cupful of wal. nuts. add sugar and fold in the beaten whites. Bake in buttered pan set in hot water. Serve with cream.
 Strawberry Shortcake.-To a quart of four add two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder a half teaspoonful of salt. two tablespoonfuls of sugar. and sift well. Cut in three tablesponfuls of shortening and add milk to make soft dough. Bake in two layers with butter between. then the cake can be easily split; add butter when baked and cover with crushed berries. Serve with whipped cream.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
THOUGHTLESS

Envy is the droppings from the en. zine of success.
 Some men go to church just to get away from home.
 We admire good talker who knows when to shut up.
 A girl reads love letter over and over until she gets another.
 A woman's idea of a mean husband is one who refuses to talk back.
 If you ask a woman for a reason, give her time to make one up.
 Frequently when a girl preserves mans letter 1t gets him in a pickle. When fame does come to the aven age man it roosts on his tombstone
The Spectator., 1915-07-02


 oranges. and pour over the juice of half lemon. Heap on lettuce leaves and serve with French dressing. To make the dressing use one table spoonful of mild vinegar and three of olive oil. Beat well; add half tea spoonful of powdered sugar. cayenne and salt to taste. A drop of tabasco may be used instead of the cayenne if one has 1t.
 Banana Trifle.-A dainty dessert which is easy to prepare is made of half cupful of peanuts. one cupful of mashed banana, and a half cupful Of grated cocoanut. Arrange on a small plate and pour over orange juice.
 Cherry Ambrosia.-Soakf four table spoonfuls of pearl tapioca in a pint of water overnight. The next morn. ing. stone enough cherries to make a pint of fruit add to the tapioca the juice of the cherries mixed with pint of water: let simmer 20 min utes; add sugar to sweeten, then the cherries and cook four minutes long, CT. Set on ice and serve with whipped cream.
 Raspberry Whip.-Crush cupful of cherries, add cupful of sugar and beat into the whites of two eggs un- til stiff. Serve in sherbet glasses with a few whole berries on top.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

mushrooms should be peeled and then throw them into salted water. so that if there are any insects the water will draw them out. Then drain and wipe dry; put into saucepan with but ter and stew them we'll covered so that the flavor will not be lost.
 Broiied Mathematician large even-sized mushrooms, peel the caps. remove the stems and place them gill side up on broiler. put a bit of but ter in each cap and place over the heat Cook until thoroughly done. season with salt and pepper; serve hot.
 Mushroom and Veal Ragout.-Take equal quantities of cold cooked veal and pun balls, mince all together; oth- CT kinds of mushrooms may be used as well. Mince fine small onion and add to the mushrooms and meat into pan with some cold meat gravy. and water enough for moisture. Add pep- per. salt and butter to season, and cook until tender
 5reakfast Bacon With Mushrooms. Take dozen good-sized mush- rooms. clean and lay aside; cook break fast bacon until crisp; remove the bacon to a hot platter and add the mushrooms; cook in the bacon fat until tender, season with salt and pep per and serve with bacon and but tered toast at breakfast.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Marriage as a mere institution be- gins to lsok like last year fashions.
 Tame canaries return to the cage Set wild bird free and it knows bet ter.
 As well love marble statue as man with none of the ills that flesh is heir to.
 A woman knows when she's lost her illusions just as definitely as if her pocket had been picked
 What a bore a divorce must be without correspondent! It's worse than a wedding without a bridegroom!
 Don't let people snub you because you are divorced. Snub them first. It's ten to one your divorce is really more virtuous than their marriages.
 Give an idealist the wrong sort of love affair and he'll race through the seven ages of man in as many days all the way round the vicious circle.
 Many illusions are mere conventions and inheritances without value. Just because we have inherited jewels from our grandmothers it doesn't prove they are not paste.
 The crows feet show that a wom an has kept young too long. She may not have preserved the youthful soft ness of her complexion, but she has preserved the youthful softness of her heart.
 If woman is thirty years old and has baby face she's a thousand years old by nature. A tender-hearted wom- an could not live to even thirty and not show signs of what her pity and sympathy and unselfishness have caused her
 Don't consider that because you are necessarily a sufficient chaperon for yourself under all circumstances. Re member you are as much unmarried as married-if not more so. There fore take care that the married part of you chaperons the unmarried part very vigilantly.
 T. en lessons than are ever taught by marriage.-From Love Letters of a Divorcee.' Doubleday, Page X Go.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
BETWEEN OURSELVES

The only time woman will confess her faults is when talking to someone who won't believe she has them
 If she likes a man in the real way he is a hero in her eyes when he takes a dose of medicine without complain ing.
 There is nothing wrong with a wom- an having been a college graduate if she will occasionally let her husband forget it.
 When someone starts out with a little tin bucket you may know that for half an hour preceding there was a frantic search all over the house to find the lid.
 Hes generous provider," young woman will admit grudgingly of her husband. We'll" her mother will say out of a lifetime of experience of fight ing with privation and poverty: What more can woman want?'
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

The sedate city of Elizabeth, N. J., having checked the speed of automo- piles and motorcycles. considers it. self strong enough to regulate the speed of baby go-carts. There is where the city dads are riding for a fall.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Walk fast until you get there
 then stand fast.
 Business is naturally unsteady
 when money is tight.
 Nature heals-but the doctor
 always makes out the bill. A volume of smoke will bring
 tears to the eyes of the reader. The most disagreeable rela-
 tion one can have is a car buncle.
 A boy who is whipped unde- servedly is the victim of Q mis- placed switch. Silence is about as much evi- dence of wisdom as a paper col lar is of shirt Money may not bring happi- ] ness, but no man is willing to take anothers word for it. During courtship woman may cling to a mans neck, and after marriage she may walk on it.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

eggs to a pint of rich milk, reserving one white from the three. Into the bottom of each custard cup drop a small bit of jelly, pour in the custard and when baked garnish the top with the white of egg and color with some of the jelly.
 Coffee Junk ket.-TO A
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

tOadStOOl Il d s m Q n [. ..
 Most people speak of the unedible mushroom as a toadstool. but there is no such distinction. Mush- rooms are edible and poi sonous; those which are not edible are also mush- rooms. The so-called tests, blackening of a sil- yer spoon, and similar
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

seekIng, IS SO inviting and wholesome when well preparss that it
 should be studied so that the common varie- ties may be gathered
 without danger of get ting the poisonous va rieties. The cans of the
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Stainless worth Such as the eternal age of virtue saw Ripens meanwhile. all time shall call
 it forth From the low modest shade. to light
 and bless the earth.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Just for a change. Grove City, Pa. reports that it has no jail. no saloon. no dance hall. no poolroom and never had a police officer. The population of Grove City is not stated.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Catawfssa. Mo, has developed a mining craze and St. Louis men are building a stamp mill costing $50. .0O0
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
Nu4 h44~e4Q
Diplomatic.

Mrs Owens-"M Mercy. John. there isn't thing in the house fit to eat. owens-'1 know it, Kate; that's why brought him home to dinner. want him to see how frugally We live. He's my principal creditor. Boston Tran. script.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

New York yearly spends $10.000, 900 in charity and on benevolent institu- tions under municipal control.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

with their own foliage A basket of strawber ries, raspberries. cur rants or blackberries with the green leaves make a most attractive fruit dish.
 Fruit Salad.-Slice to gpfhor twn hapapaa tuc
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Cleveland has just paid $32,000 for a 20-acre site for a municipal sew age disposal plant.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
AROUND THE CITIES

New York women promise to build a $250,000 home for newsboys.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

As a safety first measure. Milwau- kee is giving the skim milk tint to it's water supply.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

This is the season when we read of families with mushroom appetites and
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
A Profit Sharing miI,lo,a,r,

Elias Derby of Salem. Mass who was the first millionaire in the United States. practiced profit-sharing with the sailors of his merchant ships.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Tame canaries return to the cage Set wild bird free and it knows bet ter.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
SU M M ER FRUITS.

There is no more attractive way of serving fruits than fresh and garnished
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
REASONABLE DISHES.

A pretty custard to serve as a con pany dish is prepared thus: Use thre
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Pride Is ono of the seven deadly sins, but it cannot be the pride of mother In her children. for that is compound of two cardinal virtues-faith and hope--Dickens.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

It is common remark. confirmed by history and experience that great men rise with the circumstances in which they are placed
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
COOKING MUSHROOMS.

This delicious vegetable which may be had in many localities just for the
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Marriage as a mere institution be gins to lsok like last year fashions.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

As well love marble statue as a man with none of the ills that flesh is heir to.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

A dead fish will float down stream, but it takes a live one to swim against the current.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

II is easy enough to be pleasant. When life goes by with song. But the men worth while are the men with a smile.
 When everything goes dead wrong
 Ella w Wilcox
The Spectator., 1915-07-02
APHORISMS ON DIVORCE

After all. the main cause of marital unhappiness is marriage.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

A woman knows when she's lost her pocket had been picked.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Most girls allow their ideals to d velop into mere husbands.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

Talk is cheap. and most women lik, bargains.
The Spectator., 1915-07-02

What a bore a divorce must b' than a wedding without bridegroom
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
SideHghts of Teachers Meeting
as Picked Up at Headquarters

Helen Weeks at the end Of the table said
meekly. don't know"
well. you can az least tell me one or
two Of the candidates. can't youf' per-
sisted the teacher.
mo. don't know" neekiy complained
Miss Weeks.
We'll" exclaimed the teacher. with a
sauoy swish OF her furs. II had been
sitting at that table all day. ia know
something"
Principal Vernon q. Mays Of Lincoln,
and superintendent y. u. Graft OF
Omaha. are lonesome ON the executive
committee OF the association. II hap
pens that most OF the others have left
the state c. NJ Barr OF Hastings has
gone 20 Milwaukee. Frank r. Biers OF
David City is gone. Charles Arnot. for
merly superintendent OF Schuyler school,
has abandoned school work and is now In
the banking business at Fremont o. w.
Neil Is teaching at stevens Point Wis.
This exceptional desertion OF the state
and the profession by members OF the
executive committee has left the ranks Of
that committee thin. They win be boil
stored up Saturday morning for the count
ing OF ballots by corps of girls who
will be employed to aid In this work.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
STATES CASE FOR
CHILD PLAYGROUND
Society Too Long Has Neglected
Those Who Are to Be Future
Leaders Of Nation.
TELLs WIDE GROWTH OF IDEA

Superintendent English OF the Re-
creation board addressed the physi-
cal education section Of the teachers
convention yesterday morning at
Central High school on THE Rela-
ton OF the Playground to the Com
munity."
During the reading OF his paper
Mr., English mace the following
statements:
The playground and recreation move
ment has come to stay The student Of
social conditions must como TO the con
clusion that modern society has too long
neglected those who are to be the lead
ers OF the nation IN the future.
The sentiment in favor OF organized
Fairgrounds and recreation centers has
had a phenomenal growth and makes tn
teresting the facts concerning the re-
creation movements in all the COM
munities throughout this country. The
figures below have materially increased
during the last two years, In 1918 3l2
cttieA OF more than 500 population.
maintained q. total Of ItOl Fairgrounds
and recreation oenters under paid super
vision. The growth Of the movement Is
indicated by the fact that seventy cities
started supervised Fairgrounds for the
first time IN that year.
"seventy-nine cities In 1918 reported
that school houses were used as re-
creation eenters, and fifty-five other
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
TOLL or YOUNG OFFICERS
IN ENGLISH ARMY HEAVY

Correspondence Of The Associated Press)
LONDON Oct 2S.-The toll OF young
officers IL especially heavy Just now,
as the subalterns OF Kitchener's army.
which Is at last In action are in great
part lads out Of the upper schools and
colleges Recent casualty lists show, TO
take one example, that out OF iS2 officers
killed IN action, i02 were under % years
OF age and OF these eighty were under
81 years There were five aged rs years.
ten agsd 10. thirteen aGed % and fifteen
aged n years. They included the sons
OF lawyers. olergymen, military officers.
doctors and members OF Parliament
Thirty-one OF the lost were only sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06

by massive walls Of masonry and brick
five feet thick.
In the dim light of a candle the weird
lattice work of interlacing bars of steel
which form the sixteen cells, each ten by
twenty feet. may be vaguely SEEN Around
the inner cage leads a narrow corridor,
where the custodian OF the vault may
make his rounds of inspection. Upon
a transverse central corridor the cells
open. Each door is fitted with an in
genius device for fastening, which will
not catch until the door is entirely shut
and the key removed.
Each of these cells will hold s65oo,ooO,
or 200 tons of silver dollars, or a grand
total OF $500 net tons, equal to lOo,Ooo,0OO
silver dollars. II the corridors were
used for storage this aggregate could be
increased to Sl2s,oOO,OOO.
Some practical idea of the extent of
this treasure may be formed when it Is
realized that to transport 1t would re-
ouire at least 1.S00 wagons, which would
extend In a continuous line about fifteen
miles or, II loaded on cars. would make a
train nearly four miles long.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
Russia Sentences
Officers of Ship
Licked by Emden

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD. Oct. 25,--Russia's way
with the inefficient Is illustrated In the
report OF the court martial which has
Just sentenced the captain and lieutenant
commander of the Russian cruiser Jems-
chug. which was destroyed by the Ernden
AT Penang a year ago. Both officers were
accused OF negligence,
The court found both officers guilty
and. taking into consideration their
hitherto unblemished record and their
brave service during the Russo-Japanese
war" passed the following sentenoe;
Both officers TO lose all civil rights.
to be dismissed from the imperial service
and deprived OF all decorations. Captain
Baron Tcherkasoff to lose his rank of
baron and be sent to Jail for three and a
half years; Lieutenant Commander Kuh-
bin to be sent to Jail for year and a
half"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06

W. H. Morton in the course OF his teach
ing career has arrived back home and Is
now teaching IN jefferson county. whore
he was born IN a sod house thlrty-three
years ago. He n superintendent OF
schools at Fairbury. where he succeeded
A l.. Caviness.
Superintendent A. L. Caviness, who
was mead Of the schools at Fairbury for
many years, is now head Of the Kearney
public schools. Caviness. while at Fair
bury. had the reputation of selecting
about the finest corps OF teachers OF any
school Of the size in the state. 1t was
considered quite an honor to be selected
as a teacher by Mr. Caviness.
who's running for officer That is
the question many Of the teachers ask
when they enroll and are handed bal
lot to cast their primary vote. The half
dozen girls, headed by Belle Ryan, who
are handling the work OF registration.
are exceedingly mum on the subject for
they are not supposed to suggest candi-
dates to the incoming teachers. That
would be electioneering, or '1egging' for
someone So when q teacher all bundled
In furs and muff. swished up and asked.
Whose running for PRESIDENT Miss
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
WALSH SAYS MANY DO
NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH

MILWAUKEE, Nov A-'Congress and
the nation for the first time VIII be off,
ciAlly advised soon OF what many oitiHens
have known for n long time that vast
numbers OF the nations workers received
wages too low to maintain decent EXIST
ence for themselves and their families"
said r. r. walsh OF the federal industrial
relations committee before the Wisconsin
teachers convention this afternoon.
ut will show that the economic power
Of the employer In industry where wage
earners are unorgAniEed has made him
not only the political and social dictator,
as well as the Industrial dictator, but has
left the worker with a political freedom
of little immediate value" said Mr.,
Walsh.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
WHERE MILLIONS ARE STORED
A Look Into the Monster Vault
which Holds the Govern
,uantss guruIua


Young man." said a United States SEN
ator to a clerk I'm Washington, who was
talking about retiring when he made
million dollars, "a million dollars Is
heap of money"
But q million is trifie to Uncle Sam.
Imagine q ed-million-dollar vault!
There is such a vault In Washington. and
this is what II looks like:
Descending into the depths OF the mas
sive foundations OF the treasury. about
thirty feet below the surface OF the pub
lie thoroughfares outside. and crossing
. dingy. dimly lighted. bare apartment.
a great square Of steel. standing partly
open In a steel easement, suggests the
entrance to the new vault
The door, about eight feet high and six
feet wide. is six inches thick and weighs
5000 pounds or two and one-half net tons
To move 1t on its tracks into its steel
easing requires the desperate exertions
of five men. A lock one foot In diam
eter. throws the powerful bolts into the
slots in the frame and time lock holds
hem there.
Passing through the Jaws of this mon
Jter of human contrivance against bur
glarious attempts. the chill. damp air
and inky darkness suggest the strength
and isolation OF this vast treasure box
II u eighty-five feet long. nifty feet
wide and twelve feet high. surrounded
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-06
URGES LIBERAL USE OF
WATER BY YOUNG WOMEN

Addressing the biological section Of
the State Teachers convention yester-
day afternoon at the Young Mems Chris
tian association. Gertrude Gardner of
the Kearney State Normal urged young
women to be liberal with the use of
water for internal and external purposes.
She urged that girls learn more of
themselves through the schools and
made plea for physical efficiency which
is the foundation OF success.
The value of the human body in its
economic and racial relations should be
given more attention In the school room
she maintained IN her paper on Per
sonal Hygiene for Young Women"