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The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
Mrs. Selwin Tells a Little Story

SORROWS that had grieved me sore
seemed Of little consequence when
! looked back on them.
II poured my whole heart out into
words and told him things | had
never owned to myself.
and then I made a great mistake.
Instead OF mailing that letter
thought would read 1t TO him.
had a foolish notion that would
like to see his eyes kindle. to feel
the clasp Of his outstretched hands
as I read 1t; to know the touch OF
his lips at the end.
wait, dear. I want to read you
something. ! said as he took up his
paper.
HE laid down the sheet with a
slightly irritated air. but was 80
full Of the mood OF the afternoon
that even then I did not realize that
the time was not propitious.
Before the hrst paragraph was
finished ne had begun to finger his
paper. but ! went bravely on read
ing q few more sentences. but felt
that all my beautiful sentiment, all
my pent.up emotion. all the love
was voicing was wasted on a disin-
terested listener.
"It may seem trivial, but that mo-
ment held one Of the bitterest pangs
I have ever known.
Tears were at my eyelids. was
choking 30 that could not speak.
Life had turned In q moment from
rose to ashes.
II believe, Margie. that every mar
ried woman has had more or less OF
an experience like this-moments
when her whole love-world seems a
bowling wilderness and at such
times she sometimes wonders why
nature implants In the breast OF
woman this hunger for love that
will always understand and then
destines that she shall never be sat.
isned.
"A few days afterward I learned,
my dear. that my husband had been
ali the afternoon much engrossed In
financial problem which must be
solved within the next so days.
His mind had been away on in
a different direction. and II was i'm.
possible TO bring II back immediate.
" to the memories Of early youth.
mi Iowa"
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

Dear Mrs. Selwin Is such comfort
10 me. She In one Of the few old
women | have known who Is always
ready to say. Take heart. child. |
have been through the whole OF IL.
II In not love or the lack OF love
that Ia making you unhappy. N Is
the restiessness and imagination OF
youth that speaks
Most women" she said this
morning. when was speaking to
her about Donna. never learn that
the only tragedy OF humanity Is
that, not withstanding its great sym
pathetic heart. ready and willing 10
give and to receive. each member
Of the human family must live and
die alone.
81 remember" Mrs. Selwin said
Ia q reminiscent tone. "of q time
some years ago when rummaging
through some forgotten boxes
came across copy Of a letter that
I had written TO my husband many
years before and straightaway my
heart went sailing out on the sea OF
memory with Love as the pilot.
II sat down and wrote another let
ter to my husband in which poured
out all the loving thoughts that had
been in my somewhat lonely heart
for years. A wrote found had
much for which to be thankful--the
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

Prudential. Miss Marie Guerin
will act as hostess. The marriage
OF Miss Ruth Guerin and Burton
John Plumley will take place Satur-
day, April 20.
Sarah NJ. w. Sterling tent, No 3,
Daughters OF Veterans. will give a
card party Wednesday afternoon, at
2 o'clock. in the home Of Mrs. A.
x. McMullen. No. 962 IL Mt. FL
liott-ave.
o
The last OF the series OF fve in
formal dancing parties arranged by
the educational committee of the
Federation OF woman's clubs will
take place Wednesday evening, IN
the Federation clubhouse.
o
Mrs. Charles A. Dean, Jr, Will
give a matinee party Wednesday
afternoon to see John Drew In THE
Chief" in the Detroit opera house,
in honor OF Miss Mercedes Mulkey
and her bridal party. Afternoon tea
will follow In the Hotel Pontchar-
train.
t.H-O-
Mrs Emelinc Pankhurst. the no
ted british sufsragist. will be the
guest OF Detroit suffragists, Friday,
May 6. Mrs. Pankhurst will be
entertained at an informal recep-
ton and tea. Ia the afternoon. In
the Congressional Union headquar-
tiers, No. l22 Farmer-st., and in the
evening will speak In the Board OF
Commerce auditorium.
o
Oliver Newberry Brooks, infant
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Brooks. Jr. was christened Easter
Sunday afternoon. in the home OF
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

II may not be too late now for
the kitchen gardener TO start his
compost heap and use II on this
years garden. especially for late
crops. But II he can't he will have
good fertilizer for next years gar
den.
By means OF the compost, the
gardener can get the greatest value
out OF the leaves plant stems, ma
nure. lawn cuttings and lime.
Choose sheltered corner, prefer
ably under roof or covering TO
keep the rain OFF. Over layer OF
manure sprinkle one of earth. choos-
ing loan rather than clay. then a
layer OF vegetable matter. leaves,
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
COMPOST HELPS VEGETABLES
GROW; MAKE 1T YOURSELF

grass, plant stems. etc. another
layer Of manure, sprinkling OF
lime, another layer of earth and so
on.
II should not be allowed 10 get
too dry, and should be watered oc-
casionally so decomposition is not
arrested-but not too much water
for that is as bad as none at all.
When the whole heap has become
one resembling the soil you get in
your flower pots at the greenhouse,
you may use il on your garden or
in the hotbed next year
As quickly as one compost is
ripe start another.
There is no surer or better way of
giving vegetables better plant food.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
urn sia:
mliIy aad BEAUTIFULLY

Mary r. Cellnan's Gray Half
Color kestorer 10 the original prep
aration for safely and quickly re-
storing the natural color to gray.
faded and bleached hair In Q few
days. Leaves the hair clean. 6u6y
and natural.
Pre- TrIai Package and special
comb. Test Il on . lock OF hair.
This test will prove more than any
thing We could say In an advertise.
meut. Write now and % ssvs TO tell
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

Mrs. Brooks parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Handy Newberry. Dry
brook. Crosse Pointe. The Rev. Jo-
seph A. Vance, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church ohlciated.
Bankim G.. RAY will give talk
on Social and political conditions
in India under British rule" We'd
nesday. at 1918 o'clock, in the Ho.
tel Griswold, before the University
OF Michigan club. Mr. Ray is ma
tive of India, Brahmin, and dis
ciple OF Rabindinrah Tagore. the
Hindu philosopher and poet.
o
Cadillac camp. No. 1903. Modern
Woodmen OF America. will give an
entertainment and dance. in Odd
Fellows temple. West End and JEFF
ferson-aves.. Wednesday evening,
April 90. A mock trial" will be a
feature OF the entertainment pro
gram.
W ~ - - pi' ia - aNO
three weeks special courses In do
nestle science To begin this week.
A marketing class will open Wedncs-
day afternoon and visits will be
made by the members OF the class 10
grocery. meat and fish markets, and
practical lessons will be given in the
selection and purchase OF provisions.
\ bread.making class Will be started
Friday afternoon.
o.
The annual y hop of the Univer
sity of Detroit, in Columbus temple,
Monday evening. was delightful
function. The ballroom was artist
cally decorated with flowers and
greenery. The grand march was lod
by Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur O'Connor
and Miss Janet Mcleod and Philip
Buchanan. About 400 guests attend
ed.
o.
The Detroit Athletic club observed
it's first birthday anniversary, Mon
day. with q dinner-dance. The club
was beautifully decorated. the dinner
tables being especially pretty with
spring flowers and shaded candles.
During the dancing which continued
until midnight. hundreds of rose col
ored balloons we're released TO float
above the heads of the dancers
Charming favors and souvenirs were
la1ishly distributed The large
crowd of the earlier hours of the
evening was supplemented at II
o'clock. by the after-tneater visitors.
o.
been elected by the members Of
their respective reviews, as the most
popular young woman in the Wo-
mans BENEFIT association of the Mac
cabees, In Detroit. and will enter the
diamond ring contest OF the "Macca-
bee Peace and Prosperity" celebra-
ton: Banner review No. 2. Miss
Maud Bissett: Progressive review
No. 4, Miss Mabel Roeilm: Glover
Leaf review No. 5, Miss Elizabeth
Campbell; Sheridan review No. IL,
Miss Evelyn Salmoni Detroit re-
view No. IS. Miss Marguerite Lyons;
United Review No. 80. Miss Marie
Schakett: lvanhoe review No. "a,
Miss Emma French: Star review No.
80, Miss Marie Olsewaske and Ma
varre review No. 81, Mrs. Anna
Earle.
Delegates to the, twenty-hfth ID.
A. r. continental congress in Wash.
ington last week. will report In the
meeting Of Louisa st. Clair chapter
to be held Thursday morning. April
"a, In the Century building. The
chapter was represented by the fol.
lowing: Mrs. Henry Bourne Joy.
Mrs Frederick T. Ranney. Mrs. VIE
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
Concert to Aid Red Cross.

Two hundred of the most attrac.
tive young women of the Canadian
border cities will give an entertain
ment in the Windsor 'armory the
last three nights of this week, under
the auspices of the Border charter,
Daughters of the Empire. for the
purpose OF raising funds with which
to- buy the colors of the Ninety
ninth battalion and for the Red
Cross work being done by the chap
ter. 1T Can be Done" is the name
OF the entertainment and IL is a
spectacular revue interspersed with
dances and patriotic songs. The
armory will seat 5000 persons. All
the boxes have been reserved and
seats are going fast.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
PURE FOOD
Conducted by PAUL PIERCE.

which onions were cooked. Bring
TO the boiling point and add onion
pulp. Again bring TO the boiling
point and season with salt and pep
per- Beat the yolks OF three eggs
until thick and lemon-colored. aud
add TO first mixture. Then cut and
fold in whites OF three eggs, beaten
until stiff and dry. Turn into but
tered baking dish anG bake in a
moderate oven rs minutes. Serve
at once.
Deviied Potatoes.
Two dozen small new potatoes.
one teaspoon mustard. two hcaping
tablespoons BITTER, one-fourth tea.
spoon pepper. one teaspoon salt, two
tablespoons vine gar, one cup lard,
two egg yolks.
Boil the potatoes until nearly done.
Peel them, heat the lard in . frying
pan and fry the potatoes until they
are a nice golden brown color. Melt
the butter in the saucepan and add
the pepper, salt. mustard and vine
gar. Now place the potatoes In the
saucepan and let them simmer three
minutes. Remove them TO hot
dish. Add the egg yolks TO the
I sauce, pour it over the potatoes and
serve. Two dozen potatoes will
serve six persons.
Cabbage ScaIiop.
Season highly any left over cooked
cabbage, mix with white sauce in the
proportion of one cup sauce to two
cups cabbage. Butter a baking dish
put in the mixture and cover with
buttered crumbs, using one table
spoon melted butter to one-third cup
dried and rolled breadcrumbs. Bake
in a quick open until the sauce 1rb'
bles through the crumbs and they
are brown Individual ramekins may
be used instead OF the larger dish.
Hoilandaise Potatoes.
Cut potatoes in small cubes until
one pint is prepared. Put these to
| boil in salt and water for 10 min
utes Drain, and add one cup hot
milk Cook until the potatoes are
quite soft. Take the yolk OF one
egg well beaten, one teaspoon melt,
ed butter, one tablespoon lemon
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

juice, one-half teaspoon salt. dash
OF pepper and little chopped par
sley. and pour quickly into the pota-
toes. stirring while so doing 10 pre-,
vent the egg firm curdling. Serve
on buttered toast and garnisb with
parsley.
A New Sandwich.
Serve this sandwich AZ your card
club luncheon. TAX equal parts OF
beef tongue and boiled mushrooms
chopped. Put together With French
mustard and serve in buttered bread.
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25
Varied and Delicious Recipes.

Selected by Ohio Marie Hsrdesty,
general secretary Associated Ciubs
Of Domestic Science.
Pressed Chicken.
Add TO a chicken Just enough hot
water TO cover. simmer until meat
| drops from bones, remove from
liquor and chop both dark and white
meat. Season with paprika, salt,
, one-fourth teaspoon grated onion.
Simmer liquor down TO half pint,
then mix with chicken ard pack into
loaf pan. Place weight on top for
IL hours, rnmould and garnish with
parsley.
ScaIIoped Eggs.
Boil six eggs 20 minutes Mako
pint OF white sauce. Moisten one
cup cracker crumbs with one-fourth
cup melted butter Chop fine one
| cup any kind OF cold meat. Remove
the yolks Of the eggs and chop the
whites fine. Put layer of crumbs
in butteIed baking dish. then a
layer of chopped whites, white sauce.
minced meat yolks rubbed through
a sieve and so on until the material
is used, having Inc buttered crumbs
on top. Bake till the crumbs are
brown.
Scotch Eggs.
One cup lear cooked ham. chop
ped fine, and six hard boiled eggs.
Cook one-third cup stale bread
crumbs In one-third cup milk to n
smooth paste; mix it with the ham.
Add one-half teaspoon mixed mus
tard, one-half saltspoon cayenne and
one raw egg Mix we'll, remove the
shells from the eggs, cover them
with the mixture and fry in hot IA,
two minutes. Cut in half lengthwise
and arrange each half in ped OF
parsley. The contrast between the
green. red, white and yellow is very
( pretty.
Ssvory Custard
For each person allow the yolks
: of two eggs. Add them, thoroughly
! beaten. tC one cup beef TEA, together
with a dech of pepper and one salt
spoon salt. Pour into buttered Gus
tard cup and let stand in the oven in
/ hot water until set.
Sweet Potatoes En- Casserole.
Pare about eight sweet potatoes
of the same size. Cut these in
! halves lengthwise. cover With boil
! ing salted water and let boil five or
six minutes, then drain carefully.
/ Melt one fourth cup butter in q cas-
serole. put in layer of potatoes and
! sprinkle them thickly with maple or
| brown sugar: Put in another layer
! of potatoes. dot them with bits of
| butter and sprinkle with sugar and
a little salt. Cover the dish and set
| TO cook il moderate oven. After
| 20 minutes remove the cover and
| add, il the potatoes seem dry, a lit
tie butter and sugar melted in hot
water, and let cook about ten min
utes longer. When lone the pota-
toes should be moist with syrup. and
there should be a little syrup i'll the
dish
Onion Souffle.
Cook onions in boiling sailed
water until soft; drain and force
through a sieve. There should be
one and one-fourth cups onion pulp.
Melt four teaspoons hutter, add four
tablespoons -four and stir until VOL
blended Then pour on gradually.
while stirring constantly, one-third
cup each OF cream and water In
The Detroit times., 1916-04-25

liam Carlyle Barbour, Mrs. William
= McLennan. Mrs Charles S. Lewis.
Mrs. j. G.. Albright, Mrs. Charles G..
Easley and Mrs Writ Payson Doty.
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ne ORIGINAL color before u turssd ray; Mss y
Secular n ~ slse 81 your druggists. or VII MI
your order direct. Clever Imitatcra. not being
able 70 Initiate the prspesesSon itsss seve eopssd
one Iabplo almost word fof woro. TO % ssfe
ED surs. ssmsobes The name.
0wy1. 49, os11uDo o1Bs - - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
n DenniSon and Wife,
Of Boston, Missing
Three Days.
WOMAN'S BROTHER
OFFERS 81, 900 REWARD
Raw State Governor Asks
New Hampshire Ex-
ecutive to Aid.

co,sb-ook. y. X, Sept 23.-Every
-, IN Dixviue Notch. near here, all
40 workers OIL Henry S. Hale's twenty
s,--. CO Eas. Colebrook, and the en-
~. force Of employees OF the Connect
,-. Valley Lumber Company and the
,,,sr.s.onal Paper Company are beat
,r ,hs woods for twenty miles around
tonight
Somewhere n the forest, which
stretches away 20 the north for miles,
.-broken and virgin, are Mr.. and Mrs.
T. Deanison. Of Boston. or their
so5ies. They have been lost since
Wednesday afternoon.
W Der-.soa is a former Assistant
rls,rc. Attorney OF Boston. He and
.svi.s cane 10 Dixviile Notch on Sep
..-ber T. On Wednesday afternoon
hey we've seen strOlling from their
.o,sl the Ba,sams, toward the woods.
Si,,s then the forest has swallowed
,nen utterly.
Telegram Reveals Absence.
Tie man and his wife had been gone
,4,rty.fo-- hours before they were
Used. Il: was the arrival of a tele-
r-,n which led 20 the discovery that
',.'- beds had not been slept in the
rrtt before. Their maid had supposed
,.cT had spent the night with friends
vs5 have o camp a. Millsfeld, four
zen miles away. They haG not been
seen there.
AZ p.xyille Notch a search party
vas iu~el. ately organized. BY that
the B. had grown dark. but the men
obtained Cas0.ene tFches from the
hotel Al night long they beat the
woods. sweeping in long flaming line
through rhe darkness. At dawn they
returned. soaked with dew, and torn by
branb.es They had found no sign Of
The missing couple.
Pr this time the whole countryside
lad been notified, and a still larger
party gathered sc the hotel. The
owners o. the lumber and paper mills
,'osed their plants and brought their
entire operating forces 20 aid in the
search. Henry S. Hale's string OF dairy
farms were also stripped Of men. The
whole body plunged into the woods and
al day long tramped their depths,
shouting and firing guns. They re-
,1rusd a. nightfall without a single
ttlce q Mr. and Mrs. Dennison.
Four Hundred in New Search.
his morning they started out again,
roE four hundred strong, intending 70
spend the night In search. They have
dragged the nearby lakes and streams
without result, and are penetrating
deeper and deeper into the forest.
until late tonight they had found
-o.h.rg.
Daniel II. Coakley, brother Of Mrs.
Deunison, arrived to-day, and at once
o4ered $1,000 reward 10 any one who
should ind either OF the missing
couple. Governor Mccall OF Massachu-
se-ts has also wired 20 Governor
Sounding Of New Hampshire asking
nat everything possible be done 70
ind them.
There are berries aplenty In the
woods a. this time Of year. Those who
knew Mr.. Dennison best take a gloomy
outlook of the situation. They say
hat the man mad had experience IN
the woods and could not have remained
lost for three days.
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many honest differences Of opinion. not
as 70 the object. but as 10 the method.
When men say. We must not permit
any organization 20 neglect the in
terests Of society / say Amen; but
what ! want 20 sit down and discuss
with you is, How are We going TO pre-
vent IT,
The only thing worth talking about
IN politics or any other sphere is the
constructive idea, How are you going
10 do itP We all know. or. az any rate.
We pretend 70 know. what We ought 70
do. but we do not all know how 20 do
It, and the very difficult question which
the American people is now face TO
face with, and which they are going to
settle. IS this: How are We going 70
organize our partici patton as partner
in the settlement OF disputes between
capita and labor. which interrupt the
life of the nation?' | invite all sub
scribers 10 suggest a method.
IL laid programme before Congress,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

way OF the passage Of the bill. Now.
TINS was because the proposal was
reasonable and was based upon right.
Government Supreme.
The business Of government is 70
see that no other organization is as
strong as itself. to see that TO body
or group OF men, no matter what their
private interest is, may come into COM
petition with the authority Of society.
and the problem which Congress. be-
cause Of the lateness Of the session,
has FOR few months postponed, is
this problem:
by what means are we going TO
obhge persons who come 10 a contro-
versy like this 70 admit the public into
the partnership by which the thing is
discussed and decided? That is not an
easy problem. A great many different
methods have been proposed. and one
OF the reasons why Congress thought
1t necessary 70 postpone the decision for
few months was that there were so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

enemy made an attack in force on Hill
POS, south Of Novavss. the principal
point in the line We occupied recently.
Small detaehments succeeded in break
ing into some Of our trenches. from
which they were driven out promptly.
AT dawn the enemy renewed his ef-
forts against the same positions,
launching a. the same time an attack
on Hill IA, northeast OF Monfalcone
Everywhere he was repulsed decisiyely.
The violence OF the attacks. which cost
me enemy very dearly. demonstrates the
importance attached by him 20 posses
sion o. these two hills. which. however.
are strongly held BY our troops"
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S-HOUR LAW JUST,
WILSON ASSERTS
Continued from page 1

70 accommodate a difference between
some q The employees OF the American
railways and the executives Of the
Amer-ca- railways, and the distressing
thing discovered was that on the one
hand tcele was unlimited suspicion and
dr-r1s- % the other side, and that that
s1splcior and distrust was returned by
,,s Other side IN full measure. The
executives did not believe IN the SIN
esrity o. tte men, and the men did not
believe lo the sincerity and fairness OF
re executives. and while arbitration
sas being discussed l had this sad
uo1g1- that arbitration Is word as
1oc-s.el w.-h The dealings Of hostile
interests l. is an alternative Of war.
There ought % be no such thing as
re contempt OF hostility. as be-
tEeen men whose interests are the same
ard Who should cooperate together.
dad, therefore, 10 came upon me with
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have been received In large numoer1
from all the city high schools and from
secondary institutions throughout the
country. From Maine TO Texas mel
have written for applications.
Tomorrow the new acting DEAN Mar
shall s. Brown. Will take Office in place
OF Dean Archibald L. Bouton. OF the
College OF Arts and Pure Science. Dean
Pouton obtained a leave OF absence Tor
one year 20 pursue special wots III
English literature at Harvard Shive,-
sitv. and Brown. head Of the depart
rnent OF history and government, was
chosen 20 fl the place for the year.
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THRONC TO ENROLL
AT NY. u. TOMORROW
Large Number of Applications
Received from Students.

New York University tomorrow vii!
register the freshman class. A large
number OF prospective students IS ex-
pectsd TO report at the gymnasium to
enroll for courses a. the heights divi-
sion OF the university. Applications
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by which. az any rate. a beginning
might be made in that direction, and
that programme is going 20 De pro-
ceeGed with. l. is no fun talking IN
less you can expect 70 DO something.
The only zest that ever comes INTO
affair. for a man with red blood IN his
veins is the rest that comes when ne
is put 20 il 20 think out dlhcu!t
thing and DO it."
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AUSTRIANS REFUSED
ON CARSO PLATEAU

Rome. Sept. 23.-0u the Carso
plateau. over which the Italians are at
tempting 20 advance in the direction
OF Trieste. a heavy attack vas made
last night By the Austrians. They pen
etrated Italian trenches, the War Once
announced to-day, but subsequently
were driven out. The statement says:
"On the Carso plateau last night the