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The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
MAKES A GOOD, PLAIN CAKE
DeIicacy That May Be Baked in a Great Number Of Ways, as
 One May Desire.

remember reading an article many years ago in which cake was designat- ed as the rose of cookery" the term seemed to suit the dainty process Of combining all the delicate ingredients that go to the making of toothsome, dainty beautiful fragrant cake so well that have always remembered it, re- marks writer in the Pittsburgh Dis patch
 Here is a very good rule for plain, though excellent cake. It may be baked in all sorts of ways, as you will see:
 One generous tablespoonful of but ter. one cupful of sugar, one and half cupfuls of flour. half cupful of milk, two eggs, pinch of salt and level teaspoonful of baking powder.
 Stir the butter, sugar and eggs to- gether, beating them hard. Then add the flour, in which the baking powder has been mixed and sifted twice. Add the milk by degrees, beat thor oughly and bake in a moderate oven. l have not mentioned the fiayoring, bSSadSC thClS IS Wn6I6 lH6 NdllC comes in. Flavored with vanilla, rose or lemon extract and baked in loaf and iced. this is a very nice cake for ordinary purposes. Or it may be baked as layer cake, with chocolate. car amel. lemon, jelly or other filling be- tween the layers
 Often bake it in four very thin layers and put it together with very tart jelly, making a real old-fashioned jelly cake
 By leaving out a tablespoonful of flour and adding grated chocolate, very nice chocolate cake results, and this may be baked in layers and put together with a chocolate filling; very good imitation of the more ex- pensive devils food Grated cocoanut or chopped nut meats will make a pleasant addition, or raisins, entrants and spices will give you a delicious brown loaf of simple fruit cake.
 Orange peel grated into the batter makes very nice flavor; then I would advise icing the top with an orange icing, but do not put any of the Juice in the cake for it will "kill' the effects of the baking powder.
 This same recipe may be baked in gem pans and served hot for luncheon. Or the little cakes may be iced and set away for Sunday night supper. A portion of the batter might be favored with chocolate for variety and the chocolate cakes covered with a chocolate icing.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

A street suit. cut on conservative lines. which manages to be up to the minute in it's style, deserves more than a passing glance. The attrac- tive suit shown here accomplishes these things and compels attention be- cause of it's excellence. There is ev- cry reason for buying good material in suits that must stand much wear, and every reason to expect them to outlast a single season and come in handy for "knoekabout' wear a sec and season
 In the suit pictured, made of serge, the skirt is moderately wide with the fullness laid in broad plaits at each side. It is a little longer than ankle length and finished with a three-ineh hem. It is cut with high waist line, to be worn without belt, and is fitted about the hips
 The jacket is cut with straight lines like a box coat and is confined in a high waist line by narrow belt of the material. The front shows a small cutaway with little "V'- shaped vest set in, having it's point at the bust line. There are no revers, but the neck is finished with a collar of silk wired to roll gracefully
 The belt fastens with a plain metal buckle and is cut at the front to sim
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cold water which keeps the macaroni from sticking together, put into but tered baking dish and cover with a white sauce made of three and half tablespoonfuls of peanut butter. two or flour, blended together. and two cupfuls of milk. season with salt and pepper and pour over the macaroni. Cover and bake half an hour. then GOV CT with buttered crumbs and brown. A little grated cheese may be added just before the coating of crumbs is added if so desired.
 Beets With Spinach.-Pick over and wash half peck of spinach. Cook uncovered with boiling salted water in which third of a teaspoonful of been added When tender drain and chop. and add three tablespoonfuls of butter one tablespoonful of flour and one-half cupful of cream. Reheat and pack into a border mold and let stand in pan of hot water to keep warm. Serve with well-buttered beets in the center, garnish the platter with hard cooked eggs, cut in eighths lengthwise The color is especially pleasing and the combination is also good.
 Rice croauettes.-Pick over a half cupful of rice, cover with cold water and stand over night Drain, pour over a half cupful of boiling water and cook in a double boiler until the rice has absorbed all the water; then add one and quarter eupfuls of milk, three tablespoonfuls of cream. two tablespoonfuls of canned red peppers. salt and pepper to taste. Turn on a shallow plate to cool. Shape. dip in egg crumbs and fry in deep fat. Serve with cheese sauce.
 Cheese Sauce.-Melt three table spoonfuls of butter. add four of flour, and one and a half eupfuls of milk. cook until smooth season with salt and cayenne and add half cupful of soft cheese cut in small pieces. Stir until the cheese melts.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

 ing powder biscuit. Then when served turn upside down. season with nut meg, add bits of butter and sugar. if needed, and bird d's-nest pudding is ready
 most delicious hot bread is made by rolling out the dough. spreading with butter and sprinkling with maple sugar grated. roll up and cut in pin wheels, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake These will delight the little people Nuts and brown sugar may be substituted for the maple if so de- sired Cheese sticks are made in the same way only the dough rolled thin. spread with cheese and cut in narrow strips and baked.
 Biscuit mixture mixed, rich and soft and dropped into greased muffin pans to bake. giving them a nice brown crust with very little inner erumb. are delicious served with honey or with orange marmalade They may be bro- ken open, buttered and a little mar malade added and then serve with tea
 Nuts added to baking powder mix ture. or both nuts and raisins. and baked in loaf, make most appetizing sandwiches when cut day old.
 Turnover pies of various kinds, using any small bits of leftover fruit is another use to be made of this same mixture. Tarts cut in the old-fash- toned way that our grandmothers made them. and filled with jewel of jelly will delight any palate,
 Prunes, figs. dates and raisins added to loaf of the mixture makes good fruit bread that is a pleasant change from the everyday kind.
 Rolled thin like cookies and cut with a cookie cutter, two put together with a filling of cooked dates and bafed is another delicious cake
 Cinnamon bars. sugar and butter spread over thinly rolled baking powder crust, cut in narrow strips and baked makes a nice little cake to serve with salad or a cup of tea or chocolate.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

ulate two little pockets with flap fas- tening. These are finished with a small metal button. Three of the same kind of buttons finish the narrow turned-back cuffs that are outlined with a piping of the serge.
 When the material for suit of this kind is bought it is a good idea to buy an extra yard, so that when the time for altering or remodeling comes this will be available for changes in style and the replacing of cuffs, collar or sleeves.
 Worn with this comfortable street suit are equally comfortable and smart low shoes over which tan-colored spats appear In summer weather these are left off. The strictly tailored sailor hat with black crown and sand colored brim is trimmed with cabo- ehen of barnyard straw set over fiat loops of ribbon.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Self Betrayed.

A sentry was giving close attention to his post in the neighborhood of British army camp in England, chal- lenging stragglers late after dark. The following is reported as an incident of his vigil
 Who goes there?" called the sentry at the sound of approaching footsteps. "Coldstream guards." was the re- sponse.
 Pass, Coldstream guardsi" rejoined the sentry.
 "Who goes there?" again challenged the sentry.
 "Forty-ninth Highlanders. returned the unseen pedestrian.
 Pass, Forty ninth Highlanders,
 "Who goes there?" sounded third challenge.
 None of your internal business" was the husky reply.
 Pass, Canadiansi" aequiesced the sentry World-Herald
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Cranes Are Chic,

As usual in the spring of the year. the fruit of the vine appeals to fash ion. Grapes are immensely chic. not only on spring millinery, but in the form of corsage ornaments on eve ming gowns. A lovely little dance frock of white tulle over silver green pussy willow silk has punches of pale. translucent grapes on the shoulders and at the girdle. Very smart, on the other hand. is spring turban of black milan trimmed with black and green grapes and black velvet leaves. With this hat is worn an entirely new veil of sheer black mesh appliqued with green and bronze velvet leaves. The pattern is so delicately applied. and so soft in color that the effect Is very beautiful.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
 Enter the Full Skirt.

Foreign fashion experts say that the prompt acceptance of the full skirt by American women has made its sue cess certain Paris had such models ready just before the outbreak of the war. but the best London dressmakers did not think the women of England were ready for so novel and radical a change. From the tight skirts of the last few seasons to a skirt six yards around is about as revolution ary a change as is possible. Why couldn't the fashion makers have
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Venetian Stew.

Take one tablespoonful each of chopped onion, parsley, four and Par mesan cheese, little salt, pepper and ground mace. Spread this between two slices of freshly fried veal steak, leave for a few hours, then stew this meat sandwich in same pan veal was fried In, adding a little hot water or stock and butter. Serve hot
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
UnconouerabIe.

The habit of never being whipped of always keeping up the fight-that is the quaiity of the great leader. The man who never admits defeat is the man the world has to take into ac- count Time and again the foes he Is fighting may think they have him down. But before they know 1t he is on his feet sounding the advance Such a man molds events. He helps create of the prophets vision. A mighty force of the universe is the unconquer- able souli
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These shapes come in all colors and are held to the head with elastic cord which is concealed by the hair.
 Many of the prettiest hats for mid summer wear have been made of point d'esprit or plain net shirred over wire frames. Others are of net draped over light-colored silk, and fine swiss embroidery is used in the same way. Frills of lace or net made of finer side plaitings form the brims and fall prettily about the face.
 JULIA BOTTOMlEY
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

with a good French dressing.
 Chives. chervil. borage. sorrel. cress, pepper grass and mustard are all such good salad greens and may be used in combination with lettuce as salads
 A shredded green pepper adds much to the flavor of any salad as well as it's appearance.
 Make nests of curly endiye and ar range balls of cream cheese rolled in chopped nuts. Add any preferred salad dressing
 Baked Bananas.-Remoye the peel ing from half dozen bananas. Scrape to remove all of the coarse threads and lay in a well-buttered baking dish. Crate the rind of an orange and a half lemon, mix together the juice of half lemon and the juice of the orange and half the lemon and three-fourths of a cupful of sugar. Pour over the bananas, dot with two tablespoonfuls of butter and bake un- til the banana is tender.
 Potato Salad-To quart of cold cooked potatoes cut in cubes; chop fine half green pepper. two table spoonfuls of ehives, five olives, two tablespoonfuls of capers. all finely chopped. Add to the potato with half a cupful of shredded almonds or the same Of fresh grated cocoanut, six tablespoonfuls of oil small green onion. chopped and half cupful of minced parsley, a teaspoonful of salt. three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and a few dashes of cayenne pepper Mix and heap in mound. Serve on let tuce leaves.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Boiled Frostinq,

Half a pint of granulated sugar, moisten thoroughly with water sui fcient to dissolve it when heated. Boil until it threads from the spoon. stir ring often. While the sugar is boiling beat white of one egg till firm. When thoroughly beaten turn into deep dish, and when the sugar is boiled pour the white, beating together rapid ly until of the right consistency to spread on the cake. Add fiavoring if liked This is enough icing for one loaf of cake
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Ontimistlc and Pessimist.

Do you see that cheerful chap over there just lighting cigar?"
 "Oh, yes"
 Well, he's a six-months man, while the sour-looking individual talking to him is a two-year man.
 What do you mean by those terms?" "One thinks the war will end in six months and the other thinks it will last at least two years longer
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

ly, one cupful of milk. Beat one min ute and add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Bake in a hot oven twenty minutes.
 cucumbers en Surprise.-Wipe and pare long cucumbers .cut in halves lengthwise and remove the seeds and some of the pulp. Mix salmon with equal parts of celery and the chopped centers of the eueumbers, season with any desired salad dressing and fill the boats with the mixture. Arrange the cucumbers on a bed of lettuce and serve with the salad dressing
 Raised Cruliers.-Mix three and one-half tablespoonfuls of sugar and one teaspoonful of salt. pour on it one cupful of scalded milk, add two table spoonfuIs of lard When the mixture is lukewarm add one-half a yeast cake which has been softened in two tablespoonfuls of water, add one cup ful of four. Cover and let rise until light. knead and let rise again. Roll out and cut in strips four inches wide and eight inches long Cover and let rise. Twist four times, pinch ends together, drop in deep fat and when brown, drain and roll in powdered sugar
 Pepper Relish.-Wash and remove the seeds from six red and six green peppers. Add six onions and put all through a meat chopper. Put into a saucepan and cover with boiling wa ter. let stand five minutes drain and add one cupful of sugar, two table spoonfuls of salt. and one and half cupfuls of vinegar. Put over the heat and boil twenty minutes. This will
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Cooking Dried Apples.

When you cook dried apples, try adding a little grated orange peel to them before the stewing process This robs the apple of any flat taste 1t may have and gives it an added zest Crate only the outside skins. as the white in- side skin is bitter.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
To Ereshen Stale veaetables.

When your vegetables become wilt. ed and stale before you have an oppor. tunity to use them, place them for an hour or so in a gallon of water to which a teaspoonful of soda has been added They will then be just as crisp and fresh as when gathered from the garden.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Useful Hint.

When a tie or ribbon becomes wrinkled or creased it may in min- ute be made as smooth and as fresh as new by slightly dampening the wrinkled spot and then wrapping the tie or ribbon around clean, lighted electric bulb.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

stopped about half way? The change will be acceptable to manufacturer and merchant, but, as a London cos tuner points out. it will fall hard upon many women who, because of the financial stress of the war. hoped to make last years dresses serve for this spring and summer. Why not dc so nyway?-Leslie
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

OIiH as HledlItsS dishes but add va riety to the menu.
 M acaroni a n d Peanut Butter
 Cook macaroni in boiling salted wa ter. drain and pour ONpr mart nf
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Fried Bacon,

Cut slices of bacon one-half inch thick, pour boiling water over it and in the frying pan and sprinkle Indian meal lightly over them. Cook over a rather hot fire until crisp and brown. Serve on warm dish.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
if You Want to Stop a Yawn.

Press your thumb firmly into the soft part underneath your chin. There is the jap bone at each side. but you must not press this. You must take the soft middle part. and press up ward into the root Of your tongue.
 You can do this without being no- ticed at all. This is very useful trick to know when you have to sit through long. dull lectures. or listen to conversation in which you are not interested, but by which you are really bored to tears.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
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unlucky Number.

0FfNNNJ Wife tangrily) m sorry 1 ever met you.
 Husband (ealmly)-The sorrow is mutual. my dear But what could one expect under the circumstances? Wife-What circumstances? Husband-Why, the circumstances of our meeting. Don't you remember them?
 Wife-No, don't.
 Husband-Well, I do. It was at a dinner party-and there were thirteen at the table
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

Eggless Ccrn Muffins, Mix and sift one cup ful of granulated corn meal. one half cupful of flour. one-fourth of a cupful of sugar. two tea spoonfuls of baking pow der, one teaspoonful of salt, then add gradually, rrhila sfirrinC constant.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Peas and Mushrooms.

Stew fresh green peas and mush- rooms together until tender, drain and partly fill little patty shells with them, cover with a rich cream dressing and serve at once
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Bacteria Carried by Wind.

Tests by Irish scientists have shown that the wind will carry disease bac- teria 200 feet and as high as sixty feet into the air.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

Der or hlHus or HUI cakes to offer with little extra work. 4 most delicious pudding of fresh or canned fruit may be made by cover ing the fruit with afllil crust of bak.
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Perhaps.

Pa, who started the saying that a mans wife is his better half2"
 Some mans wife, 1 reckon
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To Prevent Spatters of Fat

To prevent lard or butter from spat- tering when eggs or potatoes are dropped in to fry, sift little bit of flour in the fat just before putting it on the stove.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

10TH. ne fIrSt ttUutT s h 0 ots of dandelion make a most appetiz- ing salad. Wash and pick them over careful ly and cut fine. As many of the little white buds as you can find should be added. Mince a small green onion and serve all we'll mixed
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

If you take into consideration the clothes little Cupid doesn't wear. you will no longer wonder why love grows cold
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
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It Is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery that we are the most disposed 10 picture what flowers they might have borne if they had iourished
 It is melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

It is not work. but friction. that wears out the machine. and that Is even more true of the human machine than of any other.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

When a reformer gets into office he is generally content with few alter ations of things.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Proprietorship.

Can a woman keep secret?" Yes; unless it's some other wom- ans"
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
Few Women Die Suddenly,

It is said that only one woman Is liable to sudden death to every eight men.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
MEATIEss DISHES.

Vegetarian dishes. if the combina- tions are nutritious, are desirable not
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APPETlziNG DISHES.

A hot muffin or gem at breakfast is always a welcome addition to the
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
SPRING DISHES.

As the first spring greens appear, they should be served daily in some
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13

Nature Generous to Swallow. The swallow has a larger mouth in proportion to its size than any other bird.
The Monticellonian., 1915-05-13
HOT BISCUITS.

Those who are able to make good baking powder biscuits have any num-
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Reason for Existence.

What do We live for if not to mak. life less difficult to each other?- George Eliot.
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keep and makes a fine relish to serve with meats or fish.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-25

Charity workers are guessing who
is the rich man William o. Thompson
meant in his speech-,to the State
Charities Conf. at Danville Saturday.
Thompson used to be attorney for the
U. S. industrial relations commission
and was law partner of John P. Alt
geld. What he said and the way he
said it made lot of gossip among
the peddlers of aims to the poor.
"In an industrial matter which
came up in Chicago in which work
ers in a certain trade were asking for
a living wage" said Thompson, 81
spoke to an acquaintance of a very
rich man in the hope of obtaining
the rich mans aid. was told it was
no use, because, he said This man
would rather be charitable than just
and the man has the reputation Of
giving the largest amounts to charity
of anybody in the city of Chicago"
Thompson's speech was the
fiercest indictment Of the charity
game ever delivered to an audience
of charity workers in this state. He
didn't blame the charity workers so
much as The Stingy Rich who create
paupers by low wages. The savagery
of the European war is matched by
the callous brutality of peace here in
this country where industrial mag
mates look on and say 81 should
worry while millions of people
shrivel and die from underfeeding,
bad housing, long hours of work, oc-
cupational diseases. He said:
'Underpay is the source of the
greatest number of paupers. A re-
view of wage statistics from the U,
S. census, state reports and special
Investigations show constant danger
of pauperism confronts wealth-pro-
ducing workers of this country.
''Well-known men who have made
a study of the subject say that fam
lily of man, wife and three children
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-25
WHO is THE RICH CHICAGO MAN WHO WOULD
RATHER BE CHARITABLE THAN JUST?

ABLE THAN JUST!
family requires from $500 to 81, $50
year.
"One-half the men of voting age in
this country earn less than $40 a
week, two-thirds earn less than SIS a
week, nine-tenths earn less than $500
year or about SIC week; while
among women workers two-thirds
earn less than Sc a week.
These wage conditions grow
worse. DR.. King, statistician Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, says wage-pur-
chasing power of men has declined 8
per cent since 1896 and with women
has declined 10 per cent. He says So
per cent of the families in this coun-
try earn less than $500 year.
From these figures it can be cas-
lily seen that a large percentage of
our people, even when employed, are
living in a state of semi-pauperism
unable to maintain the standard of
living necessary to life. They are
underpaid from the standpoint of
their actual needs. And the slightest
accident, ill-health or other circum-
stance which destroys their earning
power forces them into the pauper
class, as their income does not per-
NIT of any preparation against it. It
is only the tenacity of life itsef-the
power of the worker, in case of need,
to call upon the inherited strength
of past generations, which prevents
calamity broadcast over the country.
mot only in its direct, but equally
in it's indirect results, is this a serious
menace to the country. The vitality
and vigor of future generations is ef-
fected and so the sins of the father
shall go down even into the third
generation.
He pointed to the garment work
ers' strike as revolt against under
pay and pauperism and said in effect
that defeat Of the strika would he a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-25

One of the troubles with states
manship is it doesn't succeed in poll
tics.