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PROPER CARE OF FOOD.

t. OOD may contain sufficient nourish-
ment to give it high value. and yet
if proper care is not taken of it the
food may become poisonous. There are
many things that influence the whole
someness of food, among them being
the air, the dishes in which the food is
placed, the ice box the cellar or closet
where it is stored and the other food
with which it comes in contact.
The foods that spoil easily are milk.
cream, uncooked meat. uncooked fish,
certain fruits. such as peaches and
plums, and vegetabl that wilt easily,
such as lettuce and spinach
Never leave milk or cream uncovered,
as they readily take up the odors and
fiavors from other food. Unwrap meat
as soon as you receive it, and wipe it
off with a clean cloth that has been
wrung out in cold water. 1t will keep
better and longer if you wrap it in
wax paper until ready to use it. Tn
cooked fish should be closely covered
in lard pail before being put in the
ice box Since odors always rise.
strongly favored food should be put on
the upper shelf of the ice box All
fruits should be kept in cool, dry
place and spread out, if possible. 1t is
not necessary TO put them in the ice
box. Always wash fruit before eating.
Vegetables that are to be eaten in
raw state should be dipped quickly in
boiling water to destroy any germs,
and then put in cheesecloth and placed
directly on the ice to preserve their
crispness-
The foods that do not spoil so easily
are eggs, butter, fruits such as apples,
oranges and lemons. cooked meat. and
, cooked. salted and smoked fish. Wash
eggs soon you receive them. II
butter is not well covered, il will take
| up the odors of the other food in the
/ ice box, and this spoils it for table
use. Do not put warm meat or other
| warm food of any kind in the ice box.
| The foods that can be kept a long
| time with proper care are flour. sugar
salt. coffee. tea, spices and chocolate
All these should be kept closely COW
cred. Cereals should be kept in COW
cred glass jars, and not bought in larg
quantities. because. If they are kept too
long. insects are apt to develop in
| them. To prevent the formation of
| mold. cheese should be wrapped in a
clean cloth, moistened with vinegar
and kept in a cool, dry place. Never
allow the contents of a can to remain
| in it after the can has been opened
| All canned goods will taste much bet
ter if the contents are emptied and al
lowed to stand for an hour to get the
air before being cooked, and the LIQUID
should be drained off as soon as the
can is opened, and cold water poured
over the contents. such as peas. beans
and asparagus.
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attractive than all lace. The latter
shows off better a border to the
linen.
Experienced laceworkers can make
their own background. but the safer
plan is to buy the flet net 1t is cut
into the desired size and sewed into a
frame to fit.
There are only two stitches used In
filet lacemaking, the cloth stitch and
the darning stitch. The former is a
weaving of the threads into one an
other, as cloth is woven, while the
darning stitch only runs one way, the
meshes of the net supplying the
, threads in the opposite direction. the
needle going in and out of them, as
in darning.
One works from a pattern on card
but I have also seen designs in cross
work that were very effective when
worked into filet net. The work is al
ways done from right to left, the pat
tern followed by counting the meshes
carefully in each direction. The thread
ed needle is passed up through the
mesh, the end of the thread to be
knotted invisibly to the mesh. Then
the needle is taken in and out. accord
ing to the pattern. In retracing it is
always a good plan to pass the needle
twice over the mesh. either going or
coming. This will keep the outline
clearer. as there will then be no draw
ing or pulling. The edges will be
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points battery announced that the days
work was over and benediction was
then pronounced by Rev. B. Swallow,
cha plain of the Department of the
! Potomac.
The day was a beautiful one and it Is
estimated that between $4,000 and 30.-
600 people attended the services All
the departments of the general and
municipal governments, the banks,
courts and principal places of business
were closed, to give all a chance OF
participating In the ceremonies
Simple exercises In keeping with the
spirit of the day were also held at the
Soldiers Home, Oak Hill, Congressional
and Glenwood cemeteries.
The amphitheater at Arlington was
built in 1873 for the memorial day
ceremonies. 1t was put up hurriedly
after the design of Gen. Montgomery
Meies Twenty-Five carpenters, twelve
bricklayers and thirty laborers worked
on it and completed the structure in
| less than month. Plans have been
made for years to erect a finer building
| for this purpose, but the present one,
while lacking In form and style, still
retains a characteristic beauty. The
slender piers and the overhanging
vines have lent an added attractiveness
| to the original design.
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4Z h 6eRealnlg Literature ana Arte N1nfff1H

an and Immediately clenched SO tightly
in the rigor of death that the woman
could not release herself. so she took
Perry's knife from his pocket and cut
the hair free A keen-eyed reporter
saw the strands clutched in the dead
mans hand the next morning and be
gan quest for a woman with that
peculiar color of hair. Several pos
sible suspects Immediately came into
view, and the plot of Mr.. Hughes story
thickens from the start. He departs.
however. from the progressive method
of development and reverts couple of
wears to trace the career of Merry
Perry" Merithew to its tragic end,
bringing into view a wide range OF
metropolitan characters and types, from
the plutocratic society leaders ana
their beautiful daughter down the scale
to the drug using gunman and ms
gang. with many diverting people be-
tween these extremes. Pictures of the
slums alternate on the screen VII.
scenes in high life. 1t is vivid story.
told with verve and dramatic
strength, but unfortunately 1t Is
founded upon a physical impossibility.
Medical records may be searched In
vain for a genuine case of rigor mortis
setting in so instantaneously as to
make a captive through the clenching
of a dying mans hands.
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the truth concerning this character is
slowly surmounting the body of roman
tic myth. in which. for something like
ten centuries. Alfred has been more or
less enveloped This study of Alfred
the Great by Beatrice Adelaide Lees is
in part progressive, in part corrective.
Modern historical research has added
matter. indubitably new. to the subject
This substantial material has conspic-
uous place here. The scientific method
of study, too has acted upon the vol
luminous Alfred text after the fashion
of a chemical ANALYSIS, resolving into
it's separate elements the blend of fact
and legend surrounding this character.
This analysis has enabled the writer
to preserve the verified facts and to
discard much of the legend 1t is by
the expert use of these Instruments of
historical investigation that the au-
thor has here rounded out this authen-
tic survey, and up to the present this
complete survey. of the greatest force
in English history before the coming
Of the Normans.
EMPTY POCKETS. BY Rupert Hughes,
author of What Will People Say?"
|. etc. illustrated by James Montgom-
cry F'lagg. New York: Harper &
Bros.
When Perry Merithew fell dying on
the roof of New York tenement house.
far from his usual haunts. his hand
gripped the copper hued hair of a wom-
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A Spirited Speech.

Mis- JANE ADDAMS, the morning
1V4 of her departure for The Hague
peace conference. said:
Some of our public men have criti-
cised this peace conference. Their
criticism. however. seems to me worth
less. for il Is perverted by a bellicose
spirit-like the litterateur's after-din-
ner speech, which was perverted by a
spirit of another sort.
This speech ran:
Its in his wunnerful insight inter
'uman nature that Dickens scores over
Thackeray, but on the other hand it's
in the brilliant shafts O. satire together
with a keen sense of humor that Dick
cry scores over Thackens. My point is
this-Dickery is the humorist and
Thickens is the satirist; but. after all
hic-it's absurd t'instoot comparisons
between Thickeray and Dackens.'
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and portrait work in oils and the work
in water colors, together with the
studies made in the composition class
The preponderance of color gives this
great hall a particularly striking ap-
pearance.
On the fiat wall are shown the works
In water color, and, as usual, these are
of exceptional merit and interest. 1t is
hard to draw the line between profess
sional artists and students. as no artist
ever ceases to be student, yet mum
ber of those enrolled in this class have
had work accepted not infrequently by
the larger exhibitions. hence might be
termed professional painters. These
constitute, however, only a small part
of the whole class, which from first to
last upholds high standard of excel
lence. The subjects selected as studies
have been well chosen and very skill
fully arranged, but more, the treatment
is in almost every instance extremely
clever and Intelligent. To all 1t must
be plainly manifest that this work
is not produced through use of a for
mula, but by Individual initiative under
wise guidance. And this is indeed the
only way to develop art.
1t would be difficult to praise too
highly or enthusiastically some of the
studies of flowers and still-life objects
shown in the water color section, for
not only are they fully professional,
but even in this category of exceptional
interest and character-vital. artistic
and expressive.
How differently these flowers are
painted from the way they were com
monty painted a few years ago. These
really seem to have life and to be sur
rounded by atmosphere. Doubtless TINS
way of painting has been borro~ed
from the modern Dutch school. but we
in this country have made it peculiarly
our own.
The water color class has adventured
this year into new fields. working now
and then from the draped or costumeo
model, and with remarkable success
One hundred or more delightful httie
sketches full of daring and spirit are
shown as a result of this experiment
The work in oils is Of necessity some
what heavier and more academic, put
in this too, real progress is shown.
The studies are real studies, well drawn:
firmly modelled and promising OF
stronger accomplishment in the future
The composition class work also
shows distinct development and evil
dences much latent talent Never be-
fore has this class made SO good
showing.
To those who have studied art the
exhibits shown in the big classroom
opposite the hemicycle and In the three
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BY HELEN HOWE.
Porch Needlework.

Those who do fancy work will soon
be looking for something to while
away the hours in the garden or on
the veranda. Making genuine filet lace
suggests Itself as suitable occupa-
tion, since the work can be put down
and taken up at any and all times.
Filet lacemaking is a most fascinat-
ing pastime. but the beginner must
not attempt too much at the start She
should content herself, say, with work
ing initials first before attempting the
more intricate floral and conventional
designs.
Initials in filet are considered a very
smart decoration for household linens.
as sheets. the best towels, pillowslips.
tea and sideboard cloths.
Here is illustrated a centerpiece that
appears to be quite an elaborate bit of
work at first glance. on account of its
size-20x2O inches-but the middle is
of linen. it seems nonsense to put
rich lace there. since it is always more
or less concealed under the flower
stand. To my thinking, the combina-
tion of linen and lace is often more
Evening star., 1915-05-30

THE TOURISTS MARITIME PROV
INCES. By Ruth Kedzie Wood. au-
thor of The Tourists California"
etc. Illustrated New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co.
Routes of travel for Americans are,
for the time being. turned back largely
upon America itself. Therefore. the
tourist corners of this country are TAX
ing on a new Importance. Information
concerning these is making a fresh ap-
peal Just at the right moment there
comes to hand an admirable guide to
the picturesque maritime provinces of
eastern Canada. Every quality that
marks the good guide book appears in
this one Points of interest, routes.
rates, description, bits of history-all
of the multitudinous details of trav-
ell are here set down in clear, con-
venient instantly available form. But
the book is much more than the bare
catalogued facts of getting from place
to place of lodging. eating and moving
on. Without in any way taking away
from it's mere utility as a guide. the
author has succeeded in saturating n,
with the joys of travel. The picturesque
and romantic nature of the region is
diffused here, the fragrances of its his
toric youth remain, the story of its
progress runs beside, and portraits of
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6HHE closing exercises of the Cor
II coran School of Art were held
Friday evening in the Corcoran
Gallery, when the gold medal and other
prizes were awarded. The annual exhi-
bition of students work will, however,
remain open to the public until the end
of this week.
This exhibition is not only larger
than ever before. but stranger. and the
aggregate showing is of such character
that it cannot fail to arouse interest
and call forth much communication.
Miss Cecilia Beaux, in an address on
professional art schools at the recent
convention of the American Federation
of Arts, said that the works of the
ultra tra-impressionistS, or indeed those
of the mysterious post-impressionists,
were as a rule no less inteiliglble TO the
general public than the average output
of professional art school, and TO a
great extent this is very true. The word
exhibition is as a rule associated with
the display of finished product, whereas
the work set forth in art school eAhipi-
tions is merely that In progress-lnee :
beginnings which are mere tokens oi
awakening talent and skill. II, theIe-
fore such an exhibition Is really "or .hs
it must not to any great eAteH' III
clude finished product :.
The Corcoran Schools exhioitioh rs rs
excellent in this respect this year IL
Gives the strongest possible evidence
that there are here gathered togetner
earnest students, who are honestly Ia :
horing to attain high results in tnis
-,ar,icrIar field. 1t is not apparently
the ideal to produce finished work; out
70 make studies with the chief object
oF acquiring knowledge and faciliis.
Wbether the work examined is IN the
sptioue or life ii presents the appear
ance of genuine study-real working
drawings. e,,a .h,.
xear wifi; the students work. as wen
as the classroom opposite. but three
scboolrooms downstairs and portloH
of the lower loan room in the ealiefy.
There is an enormous amount OF ma ,
rerial shown and all that is dlspiayed
has been selected from much more pro.
duced. The school has an enrollnien. I
Of a bout 100 students. and ITS outpul
Gives proof of exceptional earnestness
and industry on the part of the studen,
body. .,a ,,f.
. In the hemicycle are shown the NE
and ANTIQUE drawings entered IN com
petftion for the soid ana oronEe
medals, the still life ana drapeo iiie
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the negro himself. under tremendous
difficulties and opposition. to learn
things. to know more. to be more. 1t
is story of progress so rapid that
reaction against ii set in. bringing
period of stagnation and depression to
the movement BY way of many ad-
vances and retreats gradual improve
ment was secured up to the point of
something like an organized plan for
industrial education and even for the
higher education at public expense
Apart from the fund of information on
the subject which DIR. Woodson has
here offered. the supreme point of this
study is the unconquerable will of the
negro to learn despite any obstacle
that might supervene. 1t is this spirit
on the part of the negro. rather than
any other influence. that kept alive
even a Pickering flame of desire on the
part of the white race to give the black
man his chance. The book as a whole
is an 1llumina ton of the recent develop
ment of education among the colored
people.
ALFRED THE GREAT: The Truth
Tellers: Makers Of England. S4S-S08.
By Beatrice Adelaide Lees author
of King Alfred to Edward L." etc.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Libraries of mixed fact and fiction
have already been written around the
compelling figure of Alfred the Great.
AS research methods improve. however.
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G UMMER schools of art have within the
~ last few years become both numer-
Gus and popular. The very first estab-
lished in this country was probably the
Chase School at Shinnecock Hills,
L. L.. which came into existence about
twenty-five or more years ago Now
there are the Woodbury. School at
Ogunquit. the Hawthorne School at
Provincetown. the Art Students League
Summer School at Woodstock, n. y:
the Darby School. in Pennsylvania, to
say nothing of a summer school at
Saugatuck on Lake Michigan and a
school at CarmelbytheS in Cali
fornia, nor those of the universities.
such as Harvard and the University of
New York. The majority of these
schools have siX-week course and af-
ford not only the opportunity of work
ing in the open. but of coming in con-
tact with other workers.
10 OSTON is planning the establish
~ ment of a children's museum of
fine arts. the first of it's kind in this
country, if not in any country. This
undertaking will be under the direc-
tion of the Settlements Museum Asso-
citation. with Fitzroy Darlington, cura-
tor of the print department of the Bos-
ton Museum of Fine Arts at it's head.
The association is to collect, hold and
distribute works of fine arts and fine
handicraft for the special benefit of
the boys and girls of Boston. the little
citizens" The museum to be built viii
serve as distributing center, and ex-
hibits will be loaned to the settlement
houses, schools and the like. and even
in some instances to individuals, that
they may for brief period take them
into their homes The system OF dis
tribution will be worked out on the
same basis ii has already been done
by the public libraries.
1t is said that this children's museum
will be a sort of Kindergarten" in its
relation to the "grown-up' museum on
Huntington avenue, and that the In
tention Is to engender therein real
love and familiarity with art on the
part of the little children. 1t will be
interesting to watch the development
of this experiment.
10 OSTON may also boast the possession
" of the first hospital to be erected in
this country in which works of art have
been made an integral part of the design
This is the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for
Children.
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matters move smoothly and rather
more equitably to the common goal of
all proper minded maidenhood

matters move smoothly and rather
more equitably to the common goal of
all proper minded maidenhood
THE PRIMROSE RING. BY Ruth Saw
yer. New York: Harper & Bros.
May day. it seems. has a May-eve. one
j quite as portentous. too, as Halloween,
or the eve of Christmas, or the New
Year. On May-eve fairies are afoot,
and IT, by hook or crook, one can pro-
duce primrose ring for their accom-
modation. about anything under the sun
may come to pass by mere wishing
for it. Even the cast-iron hearts of
boards of trustees for charitable hos
pitfalls and incurable wards may be
reached by a conjunction of May-eve
and a primrose ring. And that is just
what happened in this story. IT is true
that a very nice girl. the one in charge
of the incurable ward, was the minis
ter plenipotentiary from the fairy ring
to the board of trustees, and this fact
might have helped the matter along
bit but it certainly had nothing at all
to do with the fundamental facts in the
case. This is charming little ro-
nance. with the pity of homeless and
stricken children touching it, but with
deal of high-hearted courage also
animatng it. 1t gets into the heart of
the reader. even as the incurable ward,
with its leader and its appeal. finally
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Character Readings.
s A MANS characteristics

ss A MANS characteristics come out
~ in marked way In the
trenches" said r. W. Kaufman, the
war correspondent, in his New York
skyscraper fiat.
Every bone in my body aches a
Belgian soldier said to me, one day.
He was racked with rheumatism, after
week up to his waist in mud. Yes
every bone aches
Be glad you're not a herring then
said Belgian, on my other side-and
it was easy to see that this chan was
an optimist.
'Nandervendter has just had his
head blown off by a she'll This was
the sad news passed down a Belgian
trench after cannonade.
"'W here's his head? He was smoking
my pipe said. in anxious tones, a SOL
dier who in real life was. of course q
trust magnate. or captain of industry"
Evening star., 1915-05-30
Pickled Mushrooms.

Id EEL some young muchrooms. sprinkle
with little salt and pepper and put
with little salt and pepper, and put
in saucepan with a blade of mace.
Set over a gentle fire, and as the juice
runs from them shake them well in the
pan Keep them over the fire until all
Of the juice is dried into them again,
shaking frequently to prevent burning.
Now put ~ much good cider vinegar
into the ,.. as Will just cover them.
When it comes to a boil. seal at once
into glass jars. and keep in a cool.
dark. dry place.
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Andrews to the Cosmos Club of this
! city. AS the house occupied by the
Cosmos Club was at one time Mrs.
Madisons home, this disposition of the
painting seems eminently appropriate.
Mr.. Andrews based this portrait upon
a likeness Of Dolly Madison painted by
Gilbert Stuart, still in the possession
of a member of the Madison family. a
copy of which Mr.. Andrews made for
the orphanage on 14th street of which
Mrs. Madison was at one time regent.
He also utilized as further data a
miniature of Mrs. Madison and one of
her sister. Mrs. Cults, whom she was
said to have strongly resembled, loaned
wife of Gen Williams. to whom they
had come by inheritance.
The dress-yellow satin in empire
style with a beautifully embroidered
white satin petticoat-was worn at one
of Mrs Madison's receptions by the
rick's wife, who loaned it to Mr.. An
drews. Yellow was Dolly Madison's s
,favorite color.
T Mrs. Andrews, who was at the time
the picture was painted one -of Mr.. An,
dreVe' pupils. posed for the arms and
neck, and other pupils gladly gave
similar service.
The canvas originally was intended
companion to the Martha Wash
ington now in the White House. and
the White House at full length step
ping out upon the lawn, or rather down
grass bordered path. The figure is
youthful and full of grace. the face
picturesque and possessing much charm.
The picture has been much exhibited
and now finds in the Cosmos Club of
which Mr.. Andrews was a member,
fitting permanent home.
1T will not be long now before ma
u jority of the local studios will be
closed for the summer season. Mr..
Messer goes shortly to New York,
where he will spend a part of the va
cation time reading. resting, visiting
the galleries and meeting with the
artists who In that great city at all
seasons come and go. Mr.. Brooke will
be in Warrenton in June and possibly
stay through the summer. Miss Perrie
and Miss Critcher both go to Cape Cod
Mr.. Powell expects to spend the great
er part of the summer at his country
home In Virginia. where this year he
expects to receive limited number of
pupils.
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firmer and a little heavier looking than
the other parts of the lace.
AS one gains experience she viii be
able to gauge the length of the thread
required to work certain part of the
design and SO avoid knotting where
the knot might show. 1t is needless to
say the knots must come on the under
side of the work, if they have to be
made other than at the beginning or
the end of line. A narrow crochet
flet edges the centerpiece.