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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
SLIGHT HOME FRUIT GARDEN
While No Less important or Numer. ous They Are overshadowed by
 Big Commercial Orchards.

With the growth of the commercial fruit interests of the United States the home fruit garden has been lost sight of. Only a few years ago the owners of home gardens not only led in the production of fruits, but were our au- thorities as to how and where to grow them. Today these gardens, while no less numerous or important, are over shadowed by the orchards where fruit Is grown for commercial purposes.
 While both the home garden and the orchard are essential to the good Of the community, they bear very differ ent relations to the fruit interests Of the country as a whole. The home garden Is always the forerunner of commercial development, and even in those localities where climatic and soil conditions are adverse to conducting such industries on an extensive scale the home fruit garden of the enthusi- astic amateur is certain to be found. All the success attained today by the fruit interests of the United States has grown out of the persevering efforts of a few men whose home fruit gardens served not only as testing stations for determining the fitness of given sorts for new and untried localities, but they
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Strawberries and currants Between
 Grapevines.

were the propagating grounds from which sorts of the highest quality and greatest commercial value originated.
 The inhabitants of this country are notably fruit-loving and fruit-eating people. Notwithstanding this. how ever, fruit culture has grown to be classed among the specialties, and few persons who consume fruit are actual growers. The possibilities in fruit cul- ture upon restricted areas have been very generally overlooked, with the result that many persons who own city lot, a suburban home, or even a farm, now look upon fruit as a luxury. This can all be changed, and much of the land which is now practically waste and entirely unremunerative can be made to produce fruits in sufficient quantity to give them a regular place upon the family bill of fare and at the same time add greatly to the attrac- tiveness of the table and healthfulness of the diet. The home production of fruit stimulates an interest in and a love for natural objects which can only be acquired by that familiarity with them which comes through their culture The cultivation of fruits teaches discrimination. A grower is much more intelligent buyer than one who has not had the advantages of tasting the better dessert sorts as they come from the tree. If every pur- chaser was a good judge of the differ ent kinds of fruits, the demand for fruits of high quality, to produce which is the ambition of every anna teur, as well as every professional fruit grower, would become a reality. But until some means of teaching the differences in the quality of fruits can be devised the general public will con- tinue to buy according to the eye rather than by the palate. The en- couragement of the cultivation of fine fruits in the home garden will do much toward teaching buyers this dis elimination.
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 kle with sugar: add half a nut meat and bake in quick oven.
 Hermits.-Take a cupful of thick sour cream, two cupfuls of brown sug- ar, one cupful of chopped raisins, two thirds of a cupful of butter, two we'll beaten eggs, one teaspOonful each of soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg with flour to make as stiff a dough as can be stirred. Drop by teaspoonfuls on well-greased pan, leaving plenty of room for them to spread. raisln or nut may be added to each to improve its appearance.
 Deviled Egss.-Cook six eggs hard. cut in halves lengthwise, remove the yolks and mash with fork. adding enough thick. sour cream to moisten i; add mustard, salt and little red pep per. If cream is too sweet add dash of lemon juice and put back into the whites.
 Sour Cream Pie-One cupful of sour cream, twO-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk. one-half cupful of chopped rais- ins, one and a half tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one tablespoonful of four, one teaspoOnful of cinnamon, the yolks of two eggs and a little salt. Bake in one crust and use the whites of the eggs for a meringue.
 Graham Biscuits.-Take table spoonful of sweet and one cupful of sour milk, one cupful of graham flour, one egg. one teaspoonfll each of soda and salt Mix well and bake in we'll greased hot gem pans.
 Sweet Potato Pie.-Take a cupful of sour cream, one cupful sugar, one pint of mashed sweet potato, the yolk of four eggs, one teaspoonful of cinna- mon, one-half a nutmeg. salt, all well mixed together. Bake in one crust and spread with strained honey while hot Or meringue may be placed over the top if preferred.
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MAKE WALNUT GRAPHING WAX
Formula Given for Making Mixture That Thoroughly Heals Wounds
 Apply With Brush.

Walnut grating wax is made as follows:
 Five pounds of resin, one pound of beeswax, one-half pound of charcoal and one-quarter pound of raw lInseed oil.
 Melt the resin and cut the beeswax into small pieces. When the resin is melted, add the wax to 1t, and after the wax is melted, add the charcoal and stir thoroughly. When the char coal has been thoroughly mixed with the resin and beeswax, take from the stove and add the linseed oil. When this mixture cools 1t Is a hard black cake.
 For use in the orchard a piece large enough for the amount of grafting to be done should be cut from the cake and melted by heat. If the weather is cold or if there is large amount of grating to be done, the grafting wax can be kept soft by putting the dish In which 1t Is kept over some hot coals In a pail. The wax should be applied by means of a brush.
 This Is a very good wax for graft ing purposes, as 1t will thoroughly heal the wounds and does not soften during hot weather.
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 milk differs, there can be no fast rule for addition of soda, usually half tea spoonful to a cupful of milk is suffi- cient. When in doubt add q bit of bak- ing powder to help in the rising.
 Sour cream may be used in place of butter for cakes and various dough mixtures, the amounts varying accord Ing to the richness of the cream.
 Cottage Cheese.-There Is no more delicious dish than this when well sea soned. Pour two quarts of hot water Into two quarts of thick, sour milk, and let stand until the curds begin to form, then drain through bag and let stand overnight. Season well with cream, salt and a bit of red pepper. mixing it well until smooth and fine.
 Cheese Baiis.-Add two tablespoon fuls of softened butter to cupful of cottage cheese, unseasoned, add salt and red pepper, then form into balls the size of walnut, roll in chopped nuts and set aside to cool and become firm. Serve with lettuce salad.
 Corn 5read.-Separate the yOlks and whites of two eggs, beat the yolks, add a cupful of sour milk to which has been added half teaspoonful of soda, stir in one-half cupful of flour, one cupful of cornmeal, half teaspoonful of salt, beat thoroughly, then add the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in gem pans 90 minutes.
 Breakfast Muffins.-Dissolve half a teaspoonful of soda in a cupful of sour milk, add the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, stir in cupful and half of flour and half teaspoonful of salt, beat well, then fold in the whites of two eggs. Bake in greased muffin pans In quick oven 20 minutes.
 A little sour milk added to the buck wheat cakes adds a rich brown color to them, making them more palatable md more nutritious.
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old with cream.
 Apricot Dessert.-Moisten two ta- olespoonfuls of gelatin with one-half ,upful of cold milk, add one and a half cupfuls of hot milk scalded Tn a double boiler. Soak twelve apricOts overnight in water to cover. Boil five minutes in the same water with half .upful of sugar. Use more If the fruit very acid. Carefully peel the apri- .ots, mash. add two tablespOonfuls of ,emon juice and mix with the milk and gelatin. Mold to harden. When serv- ,ng, turn out the mold on platter and garnish with sweetened whipped rream. Sprinkle with two tablespoon flls of chopped pistachio nuts.
 Pineapple Supreme.-Grate pine apple or use a can of grated pineapple add sugar to sweeten. Soak two ta- blespoonfuls of gelatin in little wa ter and add to a cupful of hot milk. Cool and add the pineapple, then stir In a pint of whipped cream. Pack in mold and set away in ice and salt to become firm. Occasionally open SUI rIhts- "hth serving heap on small plates, mark with fork to initiate the whole pine apple, sprinkle with macaroon crumbs and decorate with a few green stems cut from citron.
 German Cheese cakes.-Beat the yolks of four eggs with a pound of cottage cheese, eight tablespoonfuls (half cupfuD each of flour and sug- ar. Add little salt, a pinch of ground mace or nutmeg and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten stin. Add sufficient milk to make a batter the consistency of griddle cakes. Line a baking tin with a sheet of buttered paper. spread the mixture uniformly .hici, sprinkle with ground cinnamon and a few entrants over the top and oake in moderate oven.
 Tutti Fruit Short cake.-Prepare the short cake as usual. split and but ter quickly and spread at once with the following filling: Cook together Tor five minutes two cupfuis of thick Hewed rhubarb, and one-half cupful ach of dates and raisins finely chop
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An Execution,

JOhnnie's father had comfortable income that did not require that he should have any settled occupation, and the only thing in the nature of work that Johnnie had ever seen him do was 10 write checks. At school Mary an- nounced that her father was doctor.
 My father is lawyer" said Ed ward.
 Johnnie thought moment, and then said: My father pays his debts.'
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other way to cook ham is to add q cupful of sweet cider with a bit of sugar and mustard and bake as above. Vinegar and water may be used in place of the cider or just vinegar, us- ing two tablespoonfuls, and sprinkIing the top of the slice of ham with brown sugar and mustard.
 Sour Cream Cake Without Egss.- Dissolve teaspoonful of soda In a tablespoonful of water in a mixing bowl, add a cupful of thick sour cream, a half cupful of New Orleans molasses and cupful of brown sugar. Stir until the sugar is well dissolved, then add three cupfuls of four, tea spoonful of cinnamon, half a nutmeg, a saltspoonful of ginger. beat until smooth, then add a pound of raisins that have been fioured with two table spoonfuls of flour. Turn into a square pan and bake slowly for one hour. Keep In a we'll covered tin box four days before using.
 Sugar Cookies.-Cream two cupfuls of sugar with one cupful of butter, or any shortening preferred, add two well-beaten eggs and beat until light Add alternately one-half cupful of milk with one cupful of four sifted with a half teaspoonful of salt and one and half teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Then add more four to make mixture to handle and roll out Cut with a cooky cutter and sprinkle with white sugar just before putting into the oven.
 Chopped Steak en casseroIe.-Put two cupfuls of finely chopped steak in a well-buttered casserole. season with celery, salt, pepper, mace and little mushroom catchup or worcestershire. Surround the steak with rice, pour over two cupfuIs of boiling water and bake for an hour and a half in a mod crate oven. Keep covered while cook ing. Serve with tomato or brown gravy sauce.
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good milk, add q little brown sugar mixed with a quar- ter of a teaspoon ful of mustard, salt and pepper if needed and bake slowly until the
 milk is absorbed,
 then brown. An
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few:
 Quick Cream Cookies. Take a cupful of sour cream, one cupful of sugar. one egg, two and a half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, and salt, flavoring to taste. Drop by spoon fuls on well-greased
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ped. Spread over each layer and then over the top. cover with sweetened whipped cream. This dessert may be served without the whipped cream, with sugar and cream.
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KeKHCHN GBlNER4zHH zHH

The world is always willing to give a man boost after he has climbed pretty close to the top.
 Some men regard failure as being se-eiy unable to fool all of the people all of the time.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22

pint of apple sauce with fourth of a cupful of su- gar, an eighth of a tea spoonful of cloves and a
 teaspOonful of cinnamon. Add a pint of cold cook ed rice and a half cup full of seeded raisins. Put all in a we'll but tered baking dish, dot with bits of butter and bake. Serve hot ar very
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22

Remembrance Is the sweetest flower Of all this worlds pertaining: Memory guards 1t. sun or shower:
 Friendship keeps 1t blooming
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Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be hap py is 10 help make others so.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22

ally made rom sweet, simple sub stltuting half the quantity of soda or a teaspoonful or two of sour milk,
 for the usual
 amount of baking powder required. As the ncility of
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
In 1892

Willie-Pop, why did the people il Columbus time believe the world wa round7
 Pop-Principally because they didn' think Columbus was on the snuara
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22

Of what shall a man be proud If he is not proud of his friends ?-Steven- son.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE.

Cut slice of ham an inch thick, place 1t in a baking pan covered with
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
MORE SOUR CREAM DISHES.

The number of ways of serving sour cream as food has not yet been writ
 ten. The following are a
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22

Milwaukee has 22 charitable organ izatiOns.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-22
sooD THINGS FROM SOUR MILK
 AND CREAM.

There are many dishes which may oe made with sour milk which are usu-
 ,Dada frnr,
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DESSERTS AND OTHER GOOD
 THINGS.

An unusual way of serving rice il pudding is the following: Season on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
INSTRUMENTATION
Tennis Honors in Year of
Unprecedented Conditions
Victory Over Niles in National Tournament After Latter
Beats Williams Gives Him First Rank-Misses
Brown and Bjursedt Close Match
BY Fred Hawthorne

wear quite repete with surprises courts
was 1917 taking the places of those
widely known stake except the Junior
end boys events the trophies in competition
- r. e action taken bv the United States National
which ruled such things the desire TO assist the
government in recruiting volunteers for war duty
These then prominent factors namely the sitting
active competition call of duty for the majority of the FIRST
reersas in of the most important urna
nent toward the end of the season.
The season was raugt dire possibilities regarded the
welfare game this country particularly after the announcement
was made that would be the informal
variety yet splendid spirit shown by those players who did compete
saved day and made the notable in many ways
Murray at the Top
Robert Iindlev Murray the spectacular California Meteor
resident Of the East gained place American lawn tennis
remarkably and sustained playing in the national tournament
the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills L. H. IN
August Murray William Tiden 3D. Craig Bde and
John R. the final round where he cashed with
Nathaniel W. Miles, Boston, who had lowered the coors of the great
Richard Williams 3D. the semina round by score OF 3D.
Wiams defeat at the hands of crushing blow
the national who had figured Dick wengh
nvince served show that not Williams wonderful
plav that he put three months Psburg and then face
man of Nes abr primed for meeting with hope Of
When Niles took the Murray therefore, there
who expd to see the with the honors But the
fight toward the heights was not to be stopped by any human
agency and Niles went down the path Of defeat by score
He struggled as best he could against the crushing
irresistible Murray only that there man
who could withstand the Of the Golden West on this OCCASION
Womens Supremacy Undecided
While Williams still retained Murray had
Blue Ribbon of the courts for
STAR in the East few weeks previously and had been
playing since his reign national champion 1915
was called back before the Forest Hills meeting enter
the navy else he might have disputed Muays path the
top. go.
tanned her actually defeating Miss Marion VanderhOef
of the wmn national tourney at Philadelphia in June
She Mary K Browne of California engaged in long series
of matches fund which Miss Browne out in the
ead but the question supremacy must be left to 1918
Charles Garland Pittsburgh the national Junior title and
Vincent Richards YOnk captured the national boys championship
outdoors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
British Athletes
Killed in Battle

LONDON. Dec. British sports
men continue to fall in the great war,
the latest casualty list issued contain
ing the names of prominent athletes IN
every branch of sport. Lieutenant Il.
c. B. James, killed. rowed in the Eton
college boat at Henley and was cap
tain Of his college boat at Oxford.
Captain W. l.. Carver, killed, was in
the Rugby fifteen and cricket eleven
when at Hereford School. and after
ward captsned the Weston-super-Mare
cricket and hockey clubs. Captain S. +.
Ayres, killed, was one Of the best dis
lance runners in the south. He won
the South London Harriers mile in
1910 and 1911, and led their team home
in many an interclub race.
The death in action Is also reported
Of Gunner Sidney Martin, who made a
great namc for himself at swimming
and water polo, assisting the Croft
House S. c., Sheffield, TO win the York
shire water polo championship. He
was an export in lifesaving, and also
won the swimming championship OF
Sheffield. Soccer football has lost two
splendid players in Lieutenant Hughie
Cameron, who was a member Of Clap
ton Orient, and Lieutenant 7. G.
wheateroft, of Swindon Town. The
latter won his international cap against
Ireland in 1907 as an amateur and be-
fore going 70 Swindon played for Full
ham, Derby County and Reading.
Major the Hon. l.. II. Tennyson, the
Hampshire County cricketer, is offcl-
ally reported wounded for the fourth
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
College Rowing Will
Be Nearer TO Normal
Bids Fair to Occupy Place of
Prominence During 1918.
Declares Mapes
By Charles Hal.ted Mape,
hartman Board Of Stewards Inter

ny NiAdilCo tdlotCo NidpCo
Chairman Board Of Stewards Inter
collegiate RotOing Association
While It Is still too early 10 state
definitely the outlook for competitive
rowing during the coming season, I feel
confident that the sport will occupy a
position Of Importance in the athletic
activities OF the Eastern colleges in
1913. AS means OF physical develop
ment and recreation rowing has always
held deserved prominence in the ath-
letie life Of the undergraduate. There
is, moreover. under tho present condi-
tons, an additional and pressing need
for a continuation Of the upbuilding of
the collegian both from a bodily and
mental standpoint. ] know of no bet
ter form Of exercise 20 help 10 achieve
this than rowing, with its demand for a
perfect coordination of mind and body
in the individual oarsman and the crew
as whole.
That this is thoroughly realized by
those in charge of athletics at the vari-
Gus colleges which have sent crews TO
both Poughkeepsie and New London in
recent years is shown by the plans TO
continue rowing, even though IN q mod
ifed form. during the coming season.
There will be both indoor and open
water training for the oarsmen at Co
lumbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Yale,
Harvard and Syracuse. lnterclass and
college regattas will be held and under
certain conditions there is a POSSIBLE
ity OF some inter-Varsity competition,
although not upon as important scale
a. that which marks college rowing in
normal times.
Fall practice was held at majority
Of the institutions which have support
ed crews in the past. and reports from
all these centres indicate that the stu
dents eyinced marked interest in the
sport. when the number Of unusual
activities which are now part OF reg
ular college work Is taken into con.
sderation. That this same interest. and
enthusiasm will continue throughout
the winter and increase with the com
ing of spring appears quite certain.
Rowing will be supported so long as II
does not interfere with the more I'M
portant duties Of the undergraduate in
his relation 10 his college and the eoun..
try at large, and those In charge OF
the sport can be counted upon TO see
that this danger line is not oyerstepped'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Motor Boating
ToBe Kept on
Normal Scale
By Albert L. Judson
President American PotCer Boat
Association

President American Pot0er Boat
Association
Increased activity and enthusiastic
efforts to keep alive the interest In sll
departments Of motor boating are the
programme mapped out for 1913 and
following years by the American Power
Boat Association. which is composed OF
$50 clubs in the United States and Can
ada.
Two years ago the association, fol
lowing the wishes of prominent govern
ment officials, expressed In consults-
tions and in correspondence, decided
TO urge its members to see that the
boys were kept actively at work on the
boats. The same action was taken AZ
our annual meeting last October, so
that we will continue all our regular
racing fixtures for motor boats during
the ensuing year, always providing that
they will not interfere with any sug
gestions or orders by the United States
naval authorities.
The great value OF power boats 90 q
means Of defence or offence has been
clearly demonstrated since the outbreak
Of this virtually worlds war. Our as
ISOLATION is not made up Of individuals.
bat is membership Of clubs, and We
have surprisingly large number OF
men ready, willing and available, many
Of whom are competent navigstors,
gasolene engineers, sailors, and fitted
10 fill other useful working positions
auxiliary TO the efforts of the United
States Navy.
At very short notice We can put into
service large number of men
thoroughly competent 20 take full
charge and operate n motor boat feet
We therefore intend TO continue our
national and local championship races
as a great means Of keeping alive the
interest in motor boating.
The most important of our racing FIX
lures is the Gold Cup challenge race, 20
be held az Detroit about the beginning
OF August, and two weeks later the
Thousand Islands Championship race.
will be decided. A new series Of cham
pionship motor boat contests has been
arranged to take place at Toronto, Can
ada, about September I, and the annual
championship races at the Long Island
Sound Regatta Association and the
South Jersey Motorbost Association
will be held.
During the latter part OF August the
annual New York 10 Block Island and
return race for seaworthY cruisers will
furnish plenty Of interest, while the
New York 20 Albany and return event
will take place as usual on the Hudson
River. Several local regattas and fxt-
ures have been arranged for az widely
separated places IN this country and
Canada, 80 that the coming year bids
fair TO be an unusually active one for
owners and crews Of all classes OF
power boats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Camp Football Games
Net Soldiers 100000

CAMP SHERMAN. Ohio, Dec. Ia
Seven football games played by the
Eighty.third Division eleven OF Camp
sherman, ohio, have Melted more
than 100000.
Major Erie Fisher Wood, assistant
TO Chief Of staff, who acted as bust
ness manager Of the gridiron sggre.
CATION, has not yet received the Of
hcial returns from the cities where the
games were played, but he estimates
that this sum Of money has been re-
allied.