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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Extra Fine Piecrust.

One cupful of lard. two cupfuls o.
-four, one tablespoonful of lemon juice,
three-quarters of a teaspoonful of salt
one egg and sufficient cold water to
hold the mixture together. Sift the
-four and salt into basin. Flour the
blade of knife and chop the lard into
the flour. being careful to keep the
-four between the blade Of the knife
and the shortening When the mix
ture looks like meal add gradually the
egg, well beaten, and mixed with the
lemon juice Roll the pastry into
bali with the knife. 1t may be used at
once, but it will be improved if allow
ed to stand in a cool place for one
hour. This pastry should be rolled out
once and handled as lightly as posi-
BILE. Bake in a hot oven. Lemon juice
makes gluten of flour more elastic, SO
that dough stretches rather than
breaks as paste is rolled out
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
A.Trip Into Space.


eff you could ride from the earth 10
Abba Centaun on q train going at
the rate of a mile a minute you would
reach your destination In 100000
years." says John Brashear In the
American Magazine. AT the rate
sound travels If a song were to be sung
on Alpha Centauri it would be $780,
600 years before We could hear It This
neighbor of OUTS is $4,000, 900. OO0, 900
miles away. A spiders thread from a
cocoon reaching to it would weigh 500
tons.
"Our earth in its revolutions on Its
own axis and its trip around the sun
and outward into space makes jour-
ney Of 9s4, OOo, 900 miles year, but the
old clock never varies. There Is never
a Jar or tremor, and we are back again
on the hundredth Of a second. Do
you know 1t would have cost me ST.
100000, 900 If 1 had had to pay my way
so far at the rate Of 2 cents mile dur
ing my journey Of seventy-fve years
To ride from the earth to Alpha Cen
tauri would cost S7OO,OOOOOO,OOO."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
A Phrase Explained.

Medicus tells us that it makes him
mad whenever he sees some writer u.s.
ing the old southern phrase 1.-The spit
an image" without showing any knOwl-
edge of what it means. Medicus says
that he has even seen 1t spelled thus:
1.-The spittin' image" So we have seen
In the works of an English novelist:
Hes the spit and image Of his ia
Their, as they say in America"
And an American short story writer
makes a negro character say:
"Yassuh. He's de spittin' image OF
his ma"
The phrase was originally the spirit
and image" explains Medicus. OF
course that means thIt ore person is
both mentally AMI ph~.;i' ally like an
other. Southern people are careless
about their RS. so TIE phrase became
''the spit an image" and 1.-THE spittin'
image."-LouisvilIe Cnurier-JOurnal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
What Am IL

I've wrecked trains; I've saved a
rich mans life and of course married
his beautiful daughter; I've committed
murder; I've preached the gospel; I've
found treasure; I've led armies to vic
tory; I've been a king; I've seen hell;
I've toured heaven; I've made men
slaves and freed them; I've threatened
women's honor and saved it; I've con-
demned to death the innocent and CIV
en- liberty to the guilty; I've built ma
lions and destroyed them; I've created
drought and brought food; I've chang
ed poverty to riches and robes to rags;
I've fought in the Crusades; I've gone
through the Revolution; I've made men
Of politicians and politicians Of men;
I've tortured Christians as a pagan
and as a Christian enlightened the
heather; I've been lawmaker and law
breaker; but. with all, I've made the
world progress-I am imagination
Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Flowers and Leaves.

Flowers are produced by the sacri-
fee of stem and leaves, which subordi-
nate their own functions to the making
Of seed to carry on the species. In the
late summer time, when plants have
Powered and set their seed, the leaf
spirit seems again to assert itself and
in many instances becomes 80 strong
that the miracle of its self sacrifice Is
revealed. One often sees roses, after
producing perfect blossoms, producing
some which push out a small bunch OF
green leaves from the heart, or perhaps
the axis of the aborted stem grows
right out from the middle and bears a
small secondary rosebud. This Sec
ondary rose is generally smothered In
a calyx more like a conglomeration of
leaves than any ordinary calyx, the
calyx showing a strong tendency to
revert to the leaf form.-Edinburgh
Scotsman
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Sea Dips a Century Ago.

Seaside Dathers can obtain their dips
under easier conditions now than a
century ago if Erridge in his history OF
Brighton draws a true picture of the
morning scene at that popular resort
toward the end of the eighteenth CEN
fury.
Each man." he says, runs to ma
chine ladder as it is dragged out of the
sea and scuff1es who shall first set foot
thereon. Some send their footmen and
contend by proxy. Others go in boats
or on horseback to meet the machines,
so that a tolerably modest man has gen.
orally some hours for contemplation on
the sand, to the detriment Of his shoes
as well as the diminution Of his pa
tience."
When impatient souls took to bath
ing from the beach without machines
the town authorities fined them gum
cas- for each offense.-London Chroni-
Gle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Value of Good Manners.

Good manners, like the gold at the
foundation of all money, are current
the world over. Emerson noted this:
"Give a boy dress and accomplish
ments and you give him the mastery
Of palaces and fortunes wherever he
goes. He has not the trouble to earn
or own them; they solicit him to enter
and possess"
"An your Greek" Chesterfield wrote
to his son, "can never advance you
from secretary to envoy or from envoy
to ambassador, but your address, your
air, your manner, If good, may"
1.-The difference between a well bred
and i'll bred man is this" Samuel John
son said, zone Immediately attracts
your attention, the other your aversion.
You love one until you find reason to
hate him; you hate the other until you
find reason to love him."
Civility, polished manners, mean
much to youth in his first position.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Es,f of n Wild Boar,

The boar is a terrible enemy and also
an alarmingly agile one. An English
sportsman tells Of a splendid escape
made by one Of these creatures In
India.
This boar, which had been hard press
ed, galloped into a nullah, a very
sharp, deep cut, more like a narrow
chasm than a ravine. Down this,
along the bottom Of it, he raced, fol-
lowed by a man on a swift horse.
The banks on each side overhanging
the boar were six feet or more In
height Suddenly the creature turned
a sharp corner, which hid him from
view. Then by tremendous effort he
scaled the bank and gained the top.
He turned short around, leaped the
entire width of the nullah and landed
safely on the other side, clearing both
horse and rider as he jumped save for
the mans pith helmet, which he knock
ed of. He had escaped by a narrow
margin.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
N.mino . Famous Dish.

II you sre a gourmet you Ike lob
ster. The man who made lobster Ia
Newburg famous refused to have his
name go with 1t. He gave Delmonico
the recipe. and Del gave the dehcacy
the name it bears today, while that OF
the benefactor Is never heard outside
of the little circle In which he lived
Well, the creator Of the dish was
Benjamin Wenburg, New York bro
ker. He used to take his luncheons at
Delmonico's downtown place, not many
blocks from the Battery. When he told
Del how to make lobster la Newburg
it had no name then-Del put 1t on
his bill and called 1t lobster la Wen
burg.
wenburg got angry about 1t and told
Delmonico If he didn't remove his
name he would feed elsewhere. The
big caterer reversed the first syllable,
and the title has been what you have
been accustomed to see ever since
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Whim of a Great Actor.

Salvini, the great Italian tragedian,
made 1t a condition that none Of his
sons should act in Italy so long as he
remained on the stage. So Gustavo was
banished to the other countries OF the
continent and acted In Russia and
Austria with some success. Alexander
learned the English language and
played in this country until he died at
an early age. Tomaso Is now an actor
in Italy and is said to have inherited
to a greater degree than any of his
brothers the talents of his father.
Salvini was married twice; first to
Clementfne Cazzola, an eminent italian
actress, who died, leaving him three
small children Many years later he
married an Englishwoman named Lot
tie Sharp, by whom he had two chill
dren. His grandchildren have attract
ed attention In art and other circles In
Italy-Argonaut-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Stupendous Surnames.

The bearers of some of the surnames
which appear in medieval documents
must have been glad of an excuse to
change them. Apparently this was
done. for the more grotesque have
either vanished or have been modified
out of recognition. Among the former
are such names as Alice Thepunders-
stepdoghtre. Mazelina Stabwourchman,
Frethesanccia Del Countynghouse,
Godisman Attestretesende and Thomas
Wrangwisshe. which certainly have no
claimants nowadays.
Many surnames derived from trade
or service have been contracted, such
as lie Lindraper into Draper, LIE Cou-
hirde into Coward, LIE Chapelayn into
Chaplin and lie Gresuenour (gros We
neur) into Grosvenor.-LOndon Opinion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
ORIGINAL "Annie Laurie"

annie Laurie" as written and sung
by William Douglas, differed greatly
from the version familiar today. 1t
had only two verses, and the second
ran:
She's backit like the peacock,
She's breistit like the swan,
She's limp around the middle,
Her waist ye weel MIGHT span,
Her waist we weel MIGHT span,
An she has a rolling zee,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doun and dee.
It was Lady John Scott who wrongly
attributed the original to Allan Gun,
ningham, who made the rough smooth
in the existing verse. added a third and
wrote the familiar tune. Annie Lau.
rie," by the way, was a great favorite
with the English soldiers in the Cri.
mea.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Hydroaeroplsnes.

The idea of the hydroaeroplane was
suggested in patent specifications by
Hugo Matullath ~ ,.cw York in 1899.
but it had its prG"ti'''l ori"'n in Glenn
Curtiss, who added GuI,S 40 the aero
plane with which - WIS experiment.
ing over Lake Keuka in 1908. These
were placed under each wing. so that
in case of accident the machine would
not sink. Langley md others had
made their experimental lights over
bodies of water for like reasons"
Probably the first to make the floats
an integral part of his machine was
Fabre, who on March 2S. 1910. made
the first flight with Il practical hydro
aeroplane at Marti"nes on the Seine.
Curtiss soon abandoned floats and built
boat bodies. and for this accomplish
ment he received the Aero Club of
America trophy in 1911.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Buttons.

The Elizabethan era gave vogue to
the button and buttonhole. two inven-
tons which may fairly be regarded as
important, since they did much to rev.
olutionize dress. The original button
was wholly a product of needlework,
which was soon improved by the use
of a wooden mold. The brass button
is said to have been introduced by a
Birmingham merchant in 1850. 1t took
200 years to improve on the method
of sewing the cloth upon the covered
button. Then an ingenious Dane hit
upon the idea of making the button in
two parts and clamping them together
with the cloth between.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22

mattered quite so much. Society, ex-
cept where it was necessary as part
Of her husbands official life, has never
interested her.
1t is rumored that Mrs. Hughes is an
antisuffragist. She has been so close
to her own family and her home that
she has not seen the urgent need OF
suffrage for women as women more In
public affairs see it. Always Mrs.
Hughes has spent much more time In
study, charity and church work than In
any other pursuits.
Mrs. Hughes is an ardent advocate OF
all kinds of athletics. She has person
ally superintended the education Of her
three daughters, Catherine, Helen and
Elizabeth. Helen graduated two years
ago from VaSSar. and next fall Cath
crime will be a student of Wellesley.
Perhaps the charity that has been OF
first importance to Mrs. Hughes during
the past few years is the woman's eve
ming clinic in Washington, which gives
medical advice to working women for
nominal fee.
VI 4AoShSoB "AN
know her best, speak of her as splen
did representative of American wo
man, a woman whose home and family
have always come first even when hel
duties as wife of a member of the su
preme court were the heaviest. Will
Mrs. Hughes the fine arts Of homemak
ing are the best. She is proud OF hel
reputation of being an excellent cook.
Mrs. Hughes sews, because to her i
ID a much more fascinating occupation
chan bridge, and it has been said tina
this clear thinking woman, with he
steady, quiet eyes, believes that th'
modestly dressed woman is Away
sure of being herself, because she Il
bigger than the dictates and vagarie'
Of every passing fashion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Hiuh Callinq.

Little Walters uncle was attached to
the commissary department Natural
" little Walter wanted to know what
that meant. His father explained that
1t was the commissary's duty to supply
the soldiers with food and drink and
the like. The very next day a lady
came to call and asked Walter how his
Uncle Paul was.
Hes fine" said the young man.
Hes a waiter now."-New York Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Eootqear.

The shops are put to it these days 10
keep up with the demand for fanciful
sport shoes. Woman has become used
10 having her feet eIQuisitely dressed
and refuses to don any old shoe for
athletics. The country club type OF
sport shoe is Of white washable hd.
with trimmings Of colored glazed lid
In the shape Of tip and saddle" as
the shoe salesman calls the curved
strip Of kid which crosses the toe back
Of the tip. All white shoes are OF
washable kid and come In high or low
style, the high laced sport shoe with
white rubber sole being on the whole
smarter than the low Oxford. Still.
many women prefer the Oxford. which
leaves the ankle free, and the new
glazed kid trimmed white Oxfords are
very smart indeed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
ABOUT HANDBAGS.
Infinite Variety of Styles
For All Individual Tastes.

Everywhere one goes the new hand.
bags are most noticeable. Here Is a
new fashion which has definite variety
No two Of them resemble each other.
Any woman Of taste can design her
own handbag and have something Der.
sonal and unique.
These bags are on the order Of the
famous pocket Of Lucy Lockett-that Is
to say, they are Of the reticule type and
hang over the arm by ribbons or chains.
They seldom have the gate or silver
frame, but draw up through rings or In
simple old fashioned style through a
fold.
These bags are sometimes knitted
bead affairs. A very stunning one Of.
ten seen is so large one expects to find
fancy work inside. 1t hangs over the
arm by long platinum chains The up
per part is of suede leather, the lower
part knitted in varicolOred stripes.
There are also saddlebag shapes which
hang over the arm. These are made
of dark MORE silk, generally heavily
embroidered and fringed with several
colors of beads. Others are embroid-
cred with steel or silver beads.
One extremely large silk bag has q
heavy silver frame. The bag part Is
made Of beautiful brocade. often inter-
mingled with gold or silver threads and
fulled into the silver fgTme. 1t Is so
large and the chain 50 long that when
held over the arm it drops more than
halfway down to TIE knees.
The only sort If arm bag which re-
sembles those carried last season are
small shapes, the frames all covered
with striped or plain taffeta. These
should match the dress worn. The
bead frame bags often have little all
over patterns of contrasting colored
beads.
An bags. whether of the reticule or
frame bag type. are fitted inside with
the usual small mirror. pocket powder
puff, etc. A very odd fancy of the mo-
ment seems to be to go gloveless. The
gloves are buttoned or snapped togeth-
er at the last fastening and thrown
across one end OF the bag, saddle bag
style. 1t looks very odd to see these
white gloves. more or less clean, dan
Cling over the bag.
For a shopping bag the very fat, thin
envelope type seems to be the most
popular. The polished and seal feathers
are the most seen. and this bag has
generally leather handle on one side
which can be slid along until it is a
mere hand strap through which to
thrust the hand.
Hand or arm bags show signs Of wear
quickly. and nothing takes away from
a costume more than a shabby bag.
This new style may be easily fashioned
by the girl at home, for the inside OF
the bag is lined and faced with flat
pockets to hold the vanities. which may
be taken from old cases and recovered.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
CANDIDATES WIFE
Some Interesting Facts About the
Life of Mrs. Charles e. Hughes
PREFERS HOME TO SOCIETY.

sho 10 No CIubwoman and 10 Also
Said to Be i-suffraee-She d.
lights In the Fine Arts of Hememak-
Ing.
Women all over the United States
are asking about Mrs. Hughes, want
ing to know something about this quiet
little woman whose husband is the Re
publican candidate for president
Washington has discovered that Mrs.
Hughes is about the only person in its
official who's Who" who has success
fully managed to keep out Of the lime.
light of official and social publicity.
Mrs. Hughes is not a clubwoman.
She has always preferred to capitalize
home. To her nothing else has ever
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
A Glimpse of Heaven,

Paterfamilias-Wel Mr.. Smith, I'm
pleased to see you at our humble board
for the first time Now, is there any
particular cut you fancy?
Prospective Son-in-law-Oh.n no. thank
you. think
Youngest Daughter Of the House
Dad. aren't you going to ask Cissie7
You know what a shindy she kicks up
IL she doesn't get first pick.-London
Opinion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
An Emerald Vase.

A vase cut from a single emerald has
been preserved in the cathedral in Cen
Ga for GOO years. 1t is the largest gem
Of the kind in the world, its diameter
being twelve and a half inches and its
height five and three-quarter inches.
Every precaution is taken to insure
safe keeping. Several locks must be
opened to reach it. and the key Of each
lock is in the possession Of a different
man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
InHammations.

o Characterization Of the sur
q face Of the body is often a valua-
9 BILE means of relieving internal
q inflammatory conditions and Of 4
q checking beginning illnesses Of Z
. the inflammatory type. In such Z
q affections as common colds, bron-
= chitis. pneumonia, stomach and 4
q bowel troubles Contamination
= relieves congestion and pain.
8 There are various ways Of pro-
8 ducing reddening Of the skin
y (counterirritation). The mustard
o plaster is probably the most sat
. isfactory means Of producing
. quick counterirritation of large
q surface
. At the beginning Of all diseases
. Of the chest or Of an intestinal
= tract counterirritation Is a val
= liable treatment in conjunction
= with free cathartics "a dose Of
= castor oin and rest In bed.
= These methods should be carried
. out while waiting for the arrival
= Of the medical attendant It is
= rarely q physician can reach q
. patient before some time may 4
= have elapsed. and during this in
= terval home treatment is advisa-
= bic to relieve distress and pain
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
That Berry Tart.

Mix together with knife or fork a
quarter of q pound Of butter with q
pound of self raising -four and a pinch
Of salt. Beat two eggs, mix with two
cupfuls Of milk and add slowly to the
aour and butter. Mix well and roll out
IN q thin sheet Cut with circular cut
ter and put the circles In muffin tins.
FIJI with rich stewed raspberries, bake
for q quarter Of an hour and serve very
cold with whipped cream.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
A Queer Creature.

Queer that while the male seal Is a
bull and the female cow their young
ster is not called calf. but pup.
Why seal fisheries" too. when the
seal is not Il fish?
And why should the seals breeding
place be styled a rookery?
1t looks as if this strange creature is
only a fish in common parlance while
at sea. On land Tor ice) it is classed
popularity with animals or birds.-Ex-
change.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
HHail, Columbia

"Hail, Columbia" was written In
1889 and 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
In 1914. Hail, Columbia" was first
called General Washington's March"
the music having been composed by an
orchestra leader in New York and the
words written to be sung when Wash
ington went to New York TO be inau-
gurated president April 80. 1889. Lat
er it was called The Presidents
March" and finally Hail, Columbia"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Why He Was Proud.

In a particularly desolate region Of
the country two travellers came on a
tumbledown shack In the midst Of filth
and barrenness. They were discussing
the improbability of human beings liv-
ing there and did not see a forlorn lit
tie boy sitting in the edge Of the weeds.
He arose with a proud flush on his
face. Eye needn't make fun of It..
'Tain't our'n. It's Jest rentedr-Ex-
change.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
The BEGINNING and End.

Fond Mother-It was at this point in
the enhancing landscape that my
daughter received a declaration and
accepted. Friend-And tell Us the rest
Of the romance. Fond Mother-Un-
fortunately that Is all there was.-Meg-
gendorfer Blaetter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Butter From a Tree,

One shea tree beside each mans back
porch would cut a big slice Of butter
or the monthly food bill In Africa
vegetable butter is made from the fruit
Of this tree. and it is said to be of
richer taste than any butter made from
cows milk-alleged or actually scraped
from a churn and squeezed into the
wooden mold which leaves a yellow
rosebud on top of the cake. The Arabs
used it in early times.-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Easy Money.

MRS. Blossom is all smiles this
morning."
Eyes. She is going downtown to
spend q rain check"
what sort is that?"
"One she got from Mr.. Blossom by
crying" Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Woodwork.

Els It your intention to offer your
enemy an olive branchT
"Tm not sure" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. well try out the olive branch
proposition. But We'll fix the thing so
1t can be turned into an ak handle-"-
Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
Her Uplift Scheme.

what is Gertrude Gadder's latest
fad?
prison reform"
"Along what linesr
"She thinks every convict ought to
have a canary In his cen"-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
The Assent Sarcastic.

He (at the end Of fishing story
Ny word, 1t was a monster! Pom my
word, 1 never saw such a fish In my
lifel She-I don't believe you ever
did!LLondon Mail.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-07-22
From the Starr 70 You.

Somewhere beneath the stars there
Is something that you alone were
meant to do. Never rest until You have
found out what 1t is!-John Brashear
In the American Magazine.