davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-01

You can buy during Removal Sale Mon
arch Range for only $53.46. Way last Janu-
airy we bought whole car load of Monarch
Ranges-this was the best buy we have ever
made-no sooner had we placed our order than
the price of iron and steel started to go up and
up. 1t was little late in the season to pur-
chase so many ranges, but we didn't worry
we knew that when fall came that people would
fall all over themselves to buy Monarch Ranges
at the price we could sell them-the old price.
Today you can buy Monarch Range at this
store at last years price, You can buy any
style or kind you desire, it will be delivered i'm
mediately and you can pay cash or take year
to pay for it,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
MANY WAYS OF GARNISHlNG
Hostess Will Find 1t Easy to Select
Method Of Improving Appearance
of Dishes Served.

For garnishing meats, fritters of
vegetables are delectable and potato
cakes and c%roquettes fried golden
brown In deep fat are also used in the
same way.
If you want color on the fish plat
ter to go with the vegetables, bright
red pimentos furnish 1t. A can Of
these will last all winter, as only a
little Is needed. When you have
opened the can use what you need and
then remove the remainder to n glass
jar and cover with cold olive oil and
they will not spoil.
Tomato Is also a bright garnish and
Is liked nodded in aspic, but the olives
that you buy ready stuffed with pimo-
las lend themselves to decoration
readily. Slice them across the
stuffing and you have little green rings
with red centers that improve Il salad
in a jiffy.
Mashed potatoes can be formed into
baskets and baked SO they hold their
shape, and rice may be mixed with but
ter and chilled to form Il holder for va
riouS foods, but these fancies are diff
cult to carry out and are not worth
while. Anything that indicates that II
great amount Of unnecessary trouble
has been spent displeases thoughtful
persons and is apt to be absurd. "To
know when to stop is to know Il whole
lot" Mark Twain made one of his
characters declare, and this applies TO
~garnishing as well as to other things.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
FOR HEALTH IN HOUSEHOLD
O~bservances That Seem Simple in
Themselves, but Really Are Of
the Highest Importance.

Is there Il thermometer in your liv-
ing and sleeping rooms?
Are the living rooms kept at a
temperature not exceeding 10 de-
gress?
Have you any method of ventilat-
ing the top of the rooms where foul
air Is apt to collect?
Are your windows arranged so
that they a be lowered from the
top?
Are your sleeping rooms kept cooler
than your living rooms?
DO you open your chamber window
and turn back your bed covers as soon
as you are dressed?
Do you open your closet door at the
same time?
Are all living rooms and sleeping
rooms aired each day?
Does the member of the family who
is the last to retire thoroughly air the
living where the family has been
sitting during the evening, In order
that the foul air may not have a chance
to circulate through the house during
the night?
Time and money spent in attaining
these ends will be well invested, and
the householder will be rightly repaid
by increasing vigor, comfort and hap.
piness Of every member of the family.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Thinos Worth Knowin0.

When washing and rinsing colored
materials, add one teaspOOnful EPSON
salts to each gallon of wafer and even
the most delicate shades will not run
nor fade. Serges or merinO dresses
which have been dyed black can be
safely washed in this way without risk
of the dye running.
When your frontInced corsett won't
lace tightly to give the straight-frOnt
effect, cut down the back, sew two
pieces of strong goods, one on each
side (cut smaller at top so the bust
won't be too large); sew two seams
down the back to insert the small
whalebOne. You will have a pair of
corsets to lace tightly in front.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

dress is farther away from simplicity
than any other and we are looking for
further surprises.
Here is a frock Of serge, trimmed
with silk braid, that scorns all in
tricacies in construction or decoration.
1t presents its straight lines, almost
unbroken from shoulder to hem, and
its even rows of braid, SURF of COM
polling admiration. The devOtee of
the tailored suit will be easily recon
clled to this aspirant for %favors, in
place of the skirt and coat that have
held first place so long.
The usual order of things is re-
versed in this skirt, for it is fulled
into the waist at the front and back,
while the panels at the sides are
plain. The short bodice follows the
lines Of the natural figure, and a belt
Is simulated by parallel rows of
braid stitched at the waistline. 1t
fastens at the left side with snap
fasteners and has an open throat that
accommodates a plain white collar
which may be Of Organdie or crepe.
The sleeves are plain and are not mar
rOwed or widened at the wrist. This
Is in keeping with their finish Of clean
cut rows of braid. Large, fiat pockets
ut each side of the skirt are covered
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
DADDY'S EVENING
UEAIRY TALE -
bx MARY GRAHAM BONNER
THE RATS.

"Mr. and Mrs. Muskrat," said Daddy,
"had been very much worried about
their fur in the summer. 1t had been
far from nice and they had looked
quite plain and ugly. .
"rDear me-" said Mrs. Muskrat, 4
wonder If we will ever look the same
again. We used to be so g%ood-lOoking.
"Do l look as wretchedly us you
dor asked Mr.. Muskrat, not very po-
litely.
eff anything you look worse said
Mrs. Muskrat.
"Mr. Muskrat did not seem to be in
the least offended. He simply shook
his tail, which Is so much like Mr..
Rats, with no fur or hair OF it, and
he sighed u%nhappily.
"When the fall came along their fur
began to improve.
LOOK = said Mrs. Muskrat to her
husband. we are growing better look
ing every day.
"'Quite true, my dear said Mr..
Muskrat. You are almost cookbook
Ing now
"Isn't that s%plendidT said Mrs.
Muskrat. And you yourself are look
ing quite distinguished and stylish
"'Ah, it's the cold weather that
agrees with u.s. said Mr.. Muskrat.
eyes, lone Of these summer eli
mates for me- said Mrs. Muskrat.
That's really why we look so ugly in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

is not measured by the richness of ma.
terial used.
1t seems that the term sports
clothes" is destined to cover attire for
all outdoor life-or at least that sports
clothes will hardly be considered out
of place anywhere out of doors. They
appear to have made for themselves
a permanent place.
One of the new fabrics used for
sports suits is shown above. 1t has a
silky crepelike surface, substantial
weight and durability. 1t Is one of
several new fabrics, each with a name
of its own, hal have made a place for
themselves which promises to be en-
during.
In the suit pictured, the skirt is
made of a crOss-barred pattern in the
material in which bright colors are de-
fined against n plain ground. The
sweater coat has Il wide shawl collar
of the cross-bar. Very large pearl
buttons fasten the overlapping ends
of the belt. Just now suits of this
kind are worn with plain blouses of
crepe de chine or of linen or fine cot
ton. The vogue of sports clothes
have given colors n wonderful impetus.
On plain grounds, broad stripes, cross
bars, disks and checks appear in bold
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Cheap Substitute for LinoIeum.

An inexpensive and sanitary sub
stitute for llnoleum can easily be
made by pasting together three sheets
Of brown paper used for wrapping up
goods. After thoroughly cleaning the
floor a sheet of the paper should be
pasted down and allowed to dry. Then
a second sheet is laid down and al
lowed to dry before laying a third
sheet. If n pattern floor covering is
desired, ordinary wallpaper serves the
purpose admirably. 1t is pasted to
the top sheet of brown paper already
laid. The whole, being thoroughly dry,
a coat Of sizing Is applied and left to
set, after which a coat Of good var
nish completes the process. This floor
covering has all the advantages of real
linoleum and may be washed and pol
ished in the usual way.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

''> -" ''ht oii't
If 1t is not overdone will not offend the
most fastidious.
Onion Soup.-To four gOod-sized
onions chopped very fine, add two thin
slices of bacon, cut in small bits. Let
this cook until the onions are soft and
the bacon brown. Add two cupfuls of
cold water and let it come to a boil.
Mash the onion with a large spoon do
not pour off the water, but add one and
ii half cupfuls of rich milk season
well with salt and pepper and "A table
spoonful of butter. When eggs are
plentiful beat up IN egg and pour the
soup over it just ut the time of serv-
ing. Flour and butter cooked togeth-
or. using a tablespoonful Of each, will
make a sufficient binding. Serve with
out straining.
Fried Apples.-Corc nice firm apples,
cut them into slices. half an inch thick,
dust lightly with sugar and cinnamon,
roll them in flour and cook in Il little
hot suet when brown on one side, turn
on the other. Dish with the slices
overlapping and serve with chops.
Consome Royal.-Take Il knuckle of
veal and three pounds of n shin of
beef; cut the meat from the bones,
crack the bones. Put two tablespoon
fuls of sugar and one sliced onion, over
the fire, cook until brown; add the
bones, meat and six quarts of water Z;
cook at a simmering temperature for
three hours, then add one carrot, one
turnip. one onion, half a cupful of Gel
cry tops, all chopped; six cloves, two
bay leaves and "a bit of red pepper.
Cook one hour longer, and strain.
Huntington SaIad.-Cut pared ap-
pies into balls with a French vegetable
cutter, lay them in a French dressing
to season. Just before serving roll
in salad dressing and chopped nuts
and with a tOothpick insert a small
strip of green pepper or a stem of
parsley for a stem in each.
Onion Baked in Their Skins.-Place
the onions unpeeled in a baking dish
with a little water and bake until ten
der, then peel and cut open. Served
with butter, pepper and salt they are
delicious.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

TOUR tablespoOnfuls of sugar, the graf
ell -rind of Il lemon, the juice of tw,
oranges, II cupful of crumbs, Il tea.
spoonful of salt. Add sufficient or.
ange or grape juice to moistcn. Use
the crumbs only as it is ready to use
Deviled Oysters.-Drain and wasl
fifty oysters. Throw them into a hot
saucepan and shake until the runle>
are well curled, using the liquor. Take
out the oysters, saving the liquor and
chop them fine with Il silver knife
Rub together four tablespoonfuls each
Of butter and flour; add the oyster
liquor and sufficient milk to make q
pint stir until boiling, add the oys-
ters, two beaten eggs, Il teaspoonful
of salt and a dash of cayenne. Re
heat quickly without boiling and serve
on squares of buttered toast.
Swedish Apple cake.-Nake a thick
sweetened apple sauce. Fry bread
crumbs in butter. Put a layer of
crumbs in Il baking dish, cover with
apple sauce, cinnamon, and repeat un-
tile the dish is full. Have the last
layer crumbs. Bake slowly and turn
out and cool. Serve cold, covered
with whipped cream.
Supper Dish.-Take a few stalks of
celery, half a Spanish onion. minced
fine and simmered in sailed water UNI
til tender. Season with paprika, white
pepper and twO-thirds of Il cupful of
cheese that has been finely shaved,
then add n beaten egg, "A tablespoonful
of butter and Il Tablespoonful of
sugar. Beat all together briskly for
a few minutes and serve On thinly-
sliced, new bread.
Quick Apple Pie.-Add a favoring
of cinnamon and butter to n well-tla-
vored apple sauce, stir in three-fourths
of a cupful of crumbs, and when well
absorbed put into a baked pie shell /;
cover with II meringue and brown in
the oven. This is IA most wholesome
and delicious pie.
German Potato SaIad.-Cool eight
medium-sized potatoes in their jack
cts, and when partly cool cut in cubes,
mix with one dill pickle, cut fine +;
three stalks of celery. finely cut, two
slices of bacon broken in bits and the
bacon fat poured yer the potato; add
a chopped onion, heat in the frying
pan n half cupful of vinegar, when
boiling hot pour over the salad and
serve at once.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

ferent fiavOrs in the frOstings. BY
adding richness and flavor to Il cake,
frosting has Il long list of things in its
favor.
The uncoOked froStings are especial
ly economical in the time saved in the
preparation. The tlavoring is entirely
preserved in the frosting AS the heat
in baking destroys much of the volatile
faYors.
While the cake is cooling the frost
ing should be made, and if it is to be
served at once, the kind of frosting
best to use is the uncooked one. using
the white of an egg, beaten adding an
equal volume of water or fruit juice
and powdered sugar to the consistency
TO spread. If it must stand. cover with
Il damp cloth. If fruit juice is not
used, any flavor desired may be add
ed with the water.
Plain Boiled Frosting.-Beat the
white of an egg until light and while
beating, have cooking Il cupful of sugar
and a quarter of a cupful of water,
when the sirup is h%oneylike in consist
ency pour three tablespoonfuls over
the beaten egg, continue beating. and
continue cooking the strip until it
hairs, then pour the remainder over
the egg slowly and beat until stiff
enough to put on the cake. A frosting
made in this way will keep longer,
will have a shiny surface and a creamy
consistency underneath.
When frosting is overlooked and be-
comes o hard after beating, add a
little lemon juice, boiling water or
cream very small amounts will make
the frosting smooth. If it is too thin
add a little powdered sugar to thicken
it. The frosting will not be as good,
but better than to try to use it too
thin.
Atmospheric conditions often play
havoc with boiling sugar. A damp
rainy day the frostfng is apt TO be
sticky, Eve when boiling as usual.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
As Handsome a Couple as Could Be
Found.

the sulnme We don't like it and it
doesn't like us. It's a regular game of
tit-for-tat that we play with the sum-
mer months
and still more time went by and
every day Mr.. and Mrs. Muskrat looked
more beautiful. Their fur became very
fine and they knew they were about as
handsome a couple as could be found.
"They were very clever too, and
avoided all the traps that were set for
them, and all the ways the big Men
who came out with guns had, they dis
covered, and got the best Of them every
time.
""The very idea,' said Mrs. Muskrat.
Just because we're handsome they'd
like to use us on their fur coats and
dresses. l can be just as stylish here
without going on any dress or coat
""They say we keen them warm
said Mr.. Muskrat.
"'Well, we can keep ourselves warm
said Mrs. Muskrat, and they were more
careful than ever not to be caught.
How they disappointed the hunters.
They had been seen and almost caught,
but every time they had been able to
get away and the Men who hunted
were very cross about it..
""Those muskrats always get the
best of us. There are two we've seen
again and again. And they're the same
two every time. How smart they are !!
But what good fur they would make
"Mr. and Mrs. Muskrat thought that
If they were so smart they would not
make good fur at all They would SIM
ply refuse to make good fur!
"'Well,' squealed Mr.. Muskrat to his
wife, I'VE always have our good bank
to 60 to for u sleep, and we love to
sleep, don't we, my lover
".Ah yes squealed Mrs. Muskrat.
we do like a little nap, and the warm
snow keeps us so comfortable"
Daddy !" exclaimed Nancy, "do they
sleep under the snowy
Il don't see how they can keep warm
that way" said Nick. 1.-THE idea of
calling the snow warm-and yet I've
been warm when I've been buried in
the snow for fun. But for a long time
and to sleep there! Ugh!" And
Nick shivered thinking about it.
"The Muskrats," said Daddy, "bur-
row under the snow in the side of a
bank and there they sleep during the
winter. But they do not sleep all the
winter like some of the Animals do.
They have to keep awake when danger
is near and they have to be on the look
out that they are not trapped and
caught.
"And from the way Mr.. and Mrs.
Muskrat planned everything they did.
and from the way they escaped so
many times from all the Men who were
hunting them, 1 am quite sure they will
live a long time. For If they escaped
from some of the narrow adventures
they have had, l I'm sure there are no
more dangerous adventures that they
cannot get away from!
"We can just imagine, too, how often
Mr.. and Mrs. Muskrat call each other
beautiful now that it is winter and
their fur is so perfect"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Nu.. MA..~tpQ

An additional diaphragm features q
new telephone m%outhpiece to absorb
outside sounds that make telephoning
difficult in noisy places.
Mattresses and pillows used in the
United States navy will in the future
be filled with kapok. a vegetable fiber
which is light and buoyant.
South American countries are find
ing the United States their best mar
kets for hides. Two-thirds of the hides
exported from argentina In the first
half of 1916 were sent to the United
States.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Aromatic Spice Apple.

This harns back to the days when
our grandmothers were young girls,
with all of the girls love for fra
grant scents and odors. A small red
apple is selected, ARE being taken
that 1t is a perfect one, and the en-
tire outside IS covered with cloves,
the small ends of which are stuck
into the apple until non of the skin
of the latter is exposed. When dried
in a. cold room overnight. an orna-
mental bow is tied to the stem and
the aromatic apple is then ready to
impart its delightful fragrance to the
articles in trunks, drawers, etc.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
In Woman's Realm
Success of 0ne-Piece Dress Well Established, and Now Begins Exer.
else Of Ingenuity in Designing Variations So That This Frock
Won't Become Monotonous-Chat on Sports Clothes, When
to Wear and What Materials Should Go into Garments.

The success Of the o~ne-piece dress
goes without saying-it is already n
thing of history. And now begins the
exercise of ingenuity in ringing
theme, so that the one-piece dress may
II no risk Of becoming mon0tonous.
This has already been done with so
much %cleverness that the One-piece
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Hot Biscuit.

Three cupfuls of flour, two table
%spoonfuls of baking powder. three
fourths of a t%easpOonful of salt, three
tablespoonfuls of butter, three-fourths
to one cupful of milk.
Mix and sift the flour, baking pow
der and salt together twice; then cut
in the butter with a fork until it is in
fine bits. Add the milk gradually, just
enough to make a soft dough. Do
not handle any more than is necessary.
Turn out on a Toured board and roll
to about ~three-fourths of an inch thick
ness. Cut, then place on a baking
sheet and bake in a hot oven from II
to 10 minutes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Fragrance We Want.

ut won't blow away" said a sales
man who was recommending a new
sort of perfume. "You can't wash 1t out,
even. 1t sticks" That is the sort of
fragrance we want in our lives, the
kind that is not dissipated by the first
breeze we encounter, the kind that
will endure the soaking of everyday
difficulties and come through tri-
umphant. Is your sweetness the sort
that is sweet when first put on and
then gone, OF does it stick?-Girl's
COMPANION.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

woven for them. special designs In
these goods and in other goods are
made for them, and these designs are
made up in special ways. Sports
clothes are spirited, ultra modern, ex-
presslve of the of today, and
more or less elegant. They are be-
coming-like everything else-mOre
and more luxurious. But their elegance
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Beefsteak Puddino,

Select nice beefsteak, cut in squares,
one onion, to two cupfuls of flour for
crust. one Of chopped suet, a little salt
(no baking powder of any kind). Line
a bowl with crust, put in steak, onion,
a little salt and pepper. Just cover
with water. Shake a little flour to
thicken gravy. Cover up with crust.
Steam continuously for three hours.
This is delicious.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
GATHERED BRIEFS

Sugar cane in Cuba, set out in virgin
land. may be cut for 80 years without
replanting.
New Zealand is said to have mineral
waters of far greater therapeutic
strength than any of the famous wa
tiers of Europe.
High freight rates to South America
are holding back shipments of build
ing material. especially lumber and
cements, the rates being reported five
times as much as before the war.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Bad COMPANY.

Bad company is like a nail driven in
to a post. which, after the first and
second blow, may be drawn out with
little difficulty, but being once driven
up to the head, the pincers cannot take
hold to draw it out; this can be done
only by the destruction of the wood.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26
Finely Tucked Organize Collars.

On the simpler frocks see at Yvette
Guilbert's recital there was an indica-
ton of a vogue for crisp collars of
finely tucked organdie of dainty hand
worked design, either plain or COM
bined with the finer laces, some high
and doubled suggesting the coat col
lar, others quite wide, reaching the
edges of the shoulders.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

with braid and bound with 1t, in the
best ann of the tailor. "Well-tail-
Ored' is written on this straightfOr-
ward, businesslike dress, i'm its fine
adjustment to the figure, and in the
precision and faultlessness of work
manship which commend it.
Sports clothes are a new dispense
ton and they have brought about a
new order of things. Special goods are
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

Ute IVfTVN TTUUC Ut
fruits cannot be Objec-
tiOnable:
Vegetarian Mince Pie.
Mix n quarter Of II
pound of candied cher
ries, half a pound of cit
ron and orange peel, n
quarter of a pound of
a h e d Il m on d $.
chopped fine; a Level
1enSnOonful of cinnamon
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

tullt IeuluIc VI u
good frosting, but
they also preserve
the cake, keeping II
moist and fresh
longer than the
uncovered cake.
Flavor is also add
ed to q cake by
proper use of diff,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

are probably guilty of having your
white or ~light-colored parasoi hanging
uncovered in the closet. You realize
that this is bad for the sunshade, but
you have been too busy to make a
cover. You will then be glad to learn
that a white stocking makes a splendid
cover for the purpose. If one is not
long enough sew two together.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

but enchanting colors. This season
stripes are broken with figures in
contrasting colors and the introduc-
ton of Chinese and japanese motifs
has proved a valuable acquisition in
working u color schemes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-26

FrTVt3 vi Il TVN vi EUT
lie in the meat, and re-
move them before the
roast is served. so that
any member of the fam
lily who has unreason-
able prejudice against
garlic will not need to be
disturbed. A slight fla
vOr of garlic in many
dishes will greatly i'm
tho ihn lnrnn anl