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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
What He Missed.

My wedding was not far in the past
and I was giving dinner party for
several bachelor friends Of my hus-
bands. I was especially anxious for
things to run smoothly, as one Of the
party was somewhat Of an "old fame"
and wanted him to see just what a
wonderful housekeeper he had missed.
The maid was new, so to be perfectly
sure that all would go well I ordered
the dinner in complete detail the pre-
vious evening.
In bringing in the soup the maid
spilled a serving on the very man that
I was planning to impress. When the
meat course came on there was an abb
sence Of potatoes, and on asking for
them I was Informed that we were
out of potatoes and she had forgotten
to order them.
Needless to say that my face did not
need the aid Of any drug store for suf-
fcient coloring, while the face Of the
young man in question reflected, I
thought, positive relief that he had es-
capped such extreme lack Of manage
ment.-Chicago Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Secrets Betrayed In Sleep.

ut is much more usual for people to
swear than to sing hymns In their
Sleep" says DR.. q. Coplans In q letter
to the British Medical Journal. Doc,
tor Coplans has been patient in a
military hospital.
1.-THE percentage Of takers is aston
fishing; go per cent Of the men in my
ward INDUCED In 1t. The maximum
period is from IL to 2 q. m. Often a
sentence is begun clearly, but trails
of In a blur. One patient, by-no-
means pious Scotsman, startled me at
1:2O by singing in stentorian voice,
Abide With Me- The melody and
words were perfect.
zone speaker will start another 60
ing in an adjacent bed. Your sleep
talker will answer a question, and
there is no doubt that people give
away secrets"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
yesetabIes Cooked Properly.

Vegetables Cooked Properly.
Fresh vegetables, served freely, spell
vigor and freedom from sickness fol
those who eat them. They keep the
blood a. It should be and the whole body
in good condition. The whole family
will ask for second helping If the vege
tables are cooked 80 they are refreshing
and palatsble.
Vegetables just out OF the garden taste
best when simply oooked-steamed
boiled, or baked-and served with lit.
tie salt, butter, milk or cream. Often q
heavily seasoned sauce covers up the
more desirable vegetable flavor.
Overlooking of vegetables impairt
their flavor. Very delicate fsvors are
destroyed, while vegetables with very
strong flavors, such az cabbage or onions,
become disagreeably strong II cooked
too long. Overlooking also destroys the
attractive color of some vegetables.
Cook summer vegetables as soon after
they are gathered az possible, In order to
preserve the flavor. II they must be
kept over, keep In the Ice box or some
other cool place.
Let wilted vegetables soak in cold
water to freshen them. If vegetables
must stand after pairing, cover with cold
water to prevent willing and discolora-
ton.
Before cooking, put head vegetables
and green's In cold water for one hour
with tablespoon of vinegar to remove
insects, then wash very carefully.
Drain all boiled vegetables as soon as
tender-they become soggy If allowed to
stand undrained after cooking. The
water drained off may be saved for soup
stock.
Most vegetables are better when cooked
in small amount of water because a
part of the mineral salt dssolves out
into the water and is lost If the water
ia thrown away. Cook whole when pos
sible.
Tender spinach or lettuce leaves re.
quire no added water for cooking. If
thoroughly washed, enough water will
cling to the leaves to prevent burning.
Delicately favored vegetables should
be steamed or cooked slowly in q small
amount of boiling water until tender and
the water boils away.
Strongly favored vegetables may be
cooked uncovered In large amount OF
rapidly boiling water, and the water
changed several times during the cook
ing.
Starchy vegetables should be put on
and cooked in sufficiently large amount
of boiling water to cover them. Boil
gently and keep kettle covered.
The time required for cooking vege-
tables depends on the kind, size and age
Of the vegetable. Judgment must be
used in deciding when they are quite
done but not overdOne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Ices and Sherbets.
STRAWBERRY ICE

STRAWBERRY ICE
Boil one quart water and one pint
sugar 20 minutes; when cool, add juice
Of one large lemon and one quart crushed
straw berries; partly freeze, and add one
cup of unwhipped cream.
PINEAPPLE sHERBET
grated pineapple
pint water
lemon
pint sugar
l tablespoon gelatine
Boil sugar and water five minutes;
add dissolved gelatine and, when cool,
add lemon and pineapple; freeze until
snow white.
STRAWBERRY sHERBET
One quart berries, crushed to paste;
three quarts of water, juice of one lemon,
juice of one orange; mix and let stand
for three hours; strain out the juice into
one pound of sugar; stir we'll; set on Ice
until ready to use.
ORANGE ICE
4 cups water
2 cups sugar
cups OrduSo JuiC6
IA cup lemon juice
Grated rind 2 oranges
Grated rind l lemon
Combine ingredients in order given
and freeze.
FRUIT ICE
2 oranges
2 lemons
2cups strawberries or raspberries
2cups sugar
21.2 cups cold water
Rub the fruit through coarse strainer
into q bowl. Pour the cold water
through the strsiner. Add sugar to the
mixture, stir and freeze.
LEMON ICE
The juice of three large lemons, one
pint sugar; mix sugar and juice and
freeze slightly before adding one quart of
milk or cream; ice cold.
CARAMEL ICE CREAM
quart cream
IL cups sugar
Put the sugar into granite pan over
the fire and keep stirring until it is all
dissolved to q light brown syrup. Then
pour into the cream and let dissolve;
then add one teaspoonful of vanilla and
freeze. This 10 very delicious.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
MAY BE mPHeEMclAA COINS
Recent Discovery Made In California
Has Given Archsologlsts Some
Food for Thought

Examination BY Prof. Oliver M.
Washburn Of six coins discovered in
a canyon Of the foothills back OF
Berkeley, Cal, and described by him
as being Of undoubted antiquity, has
stimulated the belief Of archeolo-
gists that the ruins Of an ancient city
exist In that locality. Antiquarians OF
the University of California, where
Professor Washburn is assistant in the
department Of classical archaeology,
favor making excavations In an effort
to determine the existence Of impor.
liant evidence as to the early history
Of this continent.
The coins were discovered by Ches-
ter K. Frost, an Oakland shipbuilder.
While on trip he was digging In the
canyon when he uncovered mis-
shapen copper coin. He prosecuted
his work and was rewarded with five
pieces Of copper, unquestionably mint
ed by hand, according to Professor
Washburn, and containing inscriptions
In Greek and Latin. Two Of the coins
are blackened beyond recognition by
the action Of the elements, but through
their irregular shape and general mint
ing are described as antedating the
oldest known Roman coins.
The coins are family embossed with
the facial contours Of divinities or leg
endaries in tempered copper. Coin e1-
perts advance the opinion that the ma
terial used fixes remote period Of
manufacture, because tempered copper
In coin manufacture is more or less a
forgotten art.
One of the coins Is about the size Of
q dime and bears certain resemblances
to early Phoenician money, which bore
the characteristic enclosing Of wom-
ans head.
One version advanced is that the
Berkeley coins were brought to the
California coast by Phoenician colo
nists who preceded the early padres
to the bay district.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Potato Biscuits Are Delicious.

For change from biscuit made entire
~ of white -four, try this recipe for te,
biscuits. Less liquid Is required wher
mashed potato is used because of tn,
liquid contained In the potato.
Q cups sifted -four
teaspoon salt
8 teaspoons baking powder
8 tablespoons shortening
cup mashed potato
Liquid sufficient to mix
Sift together twice the -four, salt and
baking powder. Cut or rub into this the
cold shortening. In the same way, rub
into this -four mixture the mashed DO.
,ato. Finally add just enough cold
liquid to make the mass cling together.
Dopot knead. Place on Toured board.
Roll until one.half inch thick and out
into rounds. Place these In lightly
Toured biscuit tias and bake IL to 20
minutes in moderately hot oven. Bake
all potato breads moro slowly thant those
made with -four alone.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Pop Corn .s Food.

Besides being . source of entertain
ment for the children, pop corn, which
10 the corn kernel cooked whole, instead
Of being ground and then cooked, obvi
ously has high food value, ~ we'll u
a good taste and when properly prepared
for the table 1t may acceptably take The
place of many of the breakfast foods
now on the market. Pop corn may be
eaten with milk and sugar like other
breakfast cereals, or the parohed kernels
which do not "pop ont" can be ground
ike coffee, and eaten with cream and
sugar or can be boiled with water and
served like oatmeal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

BE PREPARED FOR VACATION ILLS
Change of food and water sometimes
causes indigestion that leads to sick
headaches, biliousness, bloating, sour
stomach, gas, bad breath and coated
tongue. Foley Cathartic Tablets should
be in every travellers grip. They act
without pain, gripping or nausea. They
are fine and wholesome physic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
splced vinegar-dood Pickle Flavor

Spiced vinegar is used In making
pickles, for favoring gravies, potato
salad, and similar dishes. For picking
it is especially valuable, as the flavor
from spiced vinegar is the same al
through the pickles, while II pepper
cloves and dill are added directly to the
pickles the flavor is more concentrated
at the places where these spices are put
The herbs from which the spiced vine
gar is made may be used as a garnish by
mixing them in the pickle.
An excellent spiced vinegar is made
by filling a vide-mouthed bottle or 9
fruit jar to within two inches of the tor
with spiced plants of different kinds
such az slices of horse-radish and onions,
umbels of dill, ripe seed of white mustard
and celery, green seed of nssturtiums,
fine stems and leaves of tsrragon, basil,
and sweet marjoram. A pod of red
pepper may also be added. The bottle
or jar is then filled with vinegar, heated
to 1902 F., corked or sealed and left fol
about three weeks. At the end Of the
three weeks, strain the vinegar and fill
in small bottles. Cork and seal with
mel.ed parsff1n or sealing wax.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

HOUSE WORK IN HOT WEATHER
Hot weather brings no relief from
homework drudgery. If anything, wo
mans work Is more trying. Overworh
and worry cause kidney trouble, result
ing in backache, sore muscles, stiff joints
rheumatic pains, tired feeling and Other
distressing symptoms. Foley Kidney
Pills help weak kidneys.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
DON'T KEEP POISON IN YOUR

When the kidneys are properly doing
their work they eliminate from the cir.
eulation waste products that poison the
blood II permitted to remain In the sys.
tam. Foley Kidney Pills help the kid.
nsys, ( remove the poisons that cause
aches and pains, stiff joints, sore mnsolss,
lame back, rheumatic pains. ns
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
YOU'LL DO BETTER AT HOME

Sufferers from bay fever and asthma
who can afford to travel are now seeking
relief at health resorts. Victims COM
PEELED to remain at home find relief In
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Al
lays Inflammation, soothes and heals raw,
painful bronchial tubes, and helps to
overcome difficulty in breathing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

A young lady said to young man at
q Washington dance:
"Are you the same young man who
ate 30 many of my bran mullins at the
Red Cross last fall?"
"No," be answered, "and what's more
the doctor says never will be.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

Kathryn-I think girls are silly to
want to marry those snippy young lieu
tenants. Ishall never marry an officer
below the rank of colonel.
Kitty-You're sensible, dearie. Gen
erals are likely to be of more suitable
age for you.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

Mrs. Justwed-You wrote me only
from time to time while you were gone
and you said you'd think of me when
everything else was forgotten.
her Husband-But, my dear, every
thing else hasn't yet been forgotten.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
TO KEEP THE CHILDREN WELL

TO KEEP THE CHILDREN WELL
Mrs. Amanda Flint, New Philadelphia
O., writes: II heartily recommend Fo
ley's Honey and Tar. It relieved my lit
tie girl of the worst tickling cough. She
was so badly annoyed ct night I tried q
great many things, and found nothing to
help her until ! got Foley's Honey and
Tar" Contains no opiates. Best fol
any cold.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
GROWING OLD BEFORE YOUR TIME

Kidney trouble tends to "slow up"
men and women In middle life and they
fear onooming old age when it is only
the kidneys that are at fault. Foley
Kidney Pills assist Nature to restore q
sound, healthy condition and to Danish
backache, soreness, lameness and stiff
ness, puffy eyes and other symptoms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
NOTICE.

To whom IL may. concern: That I,
VIM. q. Hall, will pay no bills contracted
by Waldo n. Hall Of Bryant Pond,
Maine, or collect any wages from this
date. Signed By
1885 WI. d. HALL.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
Versatility.

"can't you add up column Of figures
correotly?"
"CertsInly. have added this column
M repeatedly, each time with different
result. I am sure one of these answers
must DO right"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
WANTED.

Mattresses, chambermaids and
chauffeur. Fares paid both ways.
EAGLE MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
1885 Jackson, n. II.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

"The young bride across the way
treats her husband like dog"
"Poor fellow"
"Don't pity him. She's always fuss
ing over him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02

A carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner
should be used In the daily cleaning Of
the carpets and rugs. Ayacuum cleaner
operated by hand or electric power re-
moves practically oil the dust and dirt
from carpets and rugs In dustlsss man
nsr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
WANTED.

A first class man 10 . shop oo' oS
Plumbing and Heating. Must De go orI
workman in these lines. Stesdy W."
and good pay 10 right party. heie''''''
required. Address
PARIS MACHINE co,
( ssn South Paris, Maine
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-09-02
HOMEMAKKRS COLUMN.

ON topics of Interest to the ladies
II solicited. Address: Editor HOn1HAK1RS'
CoLuM, Oxford Democra*. South Paris. Ne
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
Herrnione Forever!

In the resolutions by the unorthodox
Socialists declaration is made for a
dictatorship. A dictatorship implies a
dictator Who is he to be? Nominations
are in order.
There is Max Eastman; but if radical
In politics, about which he knows little.
ne IS conservative concerning poetry,
about which he knows much. The i'm
portant "free verse" wing Of the Left
Wingers would plump against him.
There is "Jack" Reed, close friend of Villa
until Lenine inspired him with deeper
admiration; but he has never been able
to conquer the Harvard accent. Debs
and Haywood are in Jail, and mot so
placed as to make campaign. Berger
has too much pro-German flavor. Alger-
non Lee--well, his name is Algernon: {:
that seems to settle him. Morris Hill
quit has the claim Of having been born
in Russia, but his health is such that he
is in bourgeois sanatorium and is COM
promised by having been attorney for a
coal company. The Bolshevik cupboard.
it seems, is rather bare Of dictator
material. The favorites are scarcely
bloody enough for the job. Handy meets
the last objection, but his careful toilet
suggests the boawgeoise.
May we venture to suggest the name
Of Hermione. True, as her press agent,
Don Marquis, has admitted, she is bald
inside her head, but is there any objec-
tion? She can parrot Lenine as we'll as
another. 1t is also true she is of the
gender which has been excluded from
public affairs, but there is new era
and sex is no bar to full equality. Were
not Rosa Luxemburg and Louise Michel
women? Get the banners out. Hermione
forever!
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
The Price
TO tho Editor of The Tribune.

''o GOttOT o! 1 ne 1T1O1L7le.
CIR: Opened on the very day Of the ar
mlstice more than seven months ago.
the great German Peace Offensive ap-
proaches climax. Baf1ed in its main object
OF dividing the Allies and associated govern
ments, it has nevertheless achieved important
results. 1t has had time enough and, with
the help Of Lenine, money enough to foment
and sggravate discord in many countries, to
distract and dispel the energy Of at least
some Of Germany's foes, further to weary
the Allied peoples and their armies, to ma
terialize that discomfort which becomes in
evitable among battalions held interminably
IN leash, and to magnify the chorus of
Bring Our Soldiers Home" If the Prussian
military Baboon cornered and at bay arises
Tor last death grapple, its burst of vitality
should cause no astonishment, for it has
had half a year to recuperate, during
which Paris has been talking Of the moral
wave that is "sweeping the hearts of
men"-but not Of apes.
Now becomes manifest the price Of an
idealism which chooses not to face but to
ignore ugly and inconvenient facts in human
existence. Insistence by Mr.. Wilson on the
Letter of the league of nations before the
Spirit was ready, on building temple Of
Perpetual Peace before the foundations
were laid, on crediting the baboon with a
soul when nearly all men still knew it for
an ape and nothing more, has not been the
least factor in producing the threatening
confusion of to-day. If the peace treaty
must be signed by the Allies in blood and
by the bayonet in order to give some
slight degree of reality to another "Scrap
of Paper" who is to blame?
AN AMERICAN FROM ABROAD.
Staten Island, June 81, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
The Irish Drive
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: This mornings "Times" quoted Mr.
Ham, of the St. Regis, as saying that there
is no reason why drives for the Irish Re-
public" should not take place in his hotel
as we'll as drives for Armenia, Serbia. etc.
If Mr.. Haan is correctly quoted, his remarks
betray a queer logic as we'll as queer brand
Of Americanism.
The drives for Armenia and Serbia were
undertaken either to relieve famine among
friendly nations, caused by German barbar-
ism, or else to help our friends and the
friends of our allies against our common
enemy. The drive for the Irish Republic"
is essentially an insult to a nation that IA
both our friend and our ally, and is assist
ance given to political body, which, so far
from helping in the prosecution of the war
has always~given aid and comfort to tho
enemy.
1t was the Sim Feiners and the friends
Of the "1rish Republic" who stoned orr
sailors IN Cork, who abetted the dastard]v
treason of Sir Roger Easement and. who
when all the forces Of right were straining
3
IN death grapple with Germany and when
men OF honor and courage from every other
part OF the English-speaking world. as we'll
as from France, Belgium and Italy, were
striving with all their might to avert deadly
peril, refused to enlist in the fight rejected
conscr1ption, and showed in all ways possible
that they were on the side of the unspeakable
Hun And 1t is such people that dare to come
now, asking US for sympathy and money.
Those OF US who have given the most
precious things we have-the lives of our
sons-to the sacred cause cannot patiently
listen to this appeal from such source.
nor can we countenance such an attempt
applauded- If not actually fnanceo by Ger
man propagandists, to make a division be-
tween America and England, Americas great
ally. ALEXANDER DIANE
New York; June 26, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
Force in Costa Rica
To the Editor of The Trfhnne

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The appreciation Of the conditions
that have resulted in the impasse in the case
of Costa Rica, which you made the subject
of your editorial Of yesterday, "House Rules
IN Diplomacy" Is correct and very pertinent
IN 80 far as it reveals the hopeless contradic-
ton of two policies which the Department Of
State has maintained in regard to Costa
Rica and her dctatorial government. But it
IS mistaken as to some substantial facts
You say that Tinoco seized the Presidency OF
Costa Rica by force and that his title was
confirmed by election. 1t would require
complete reversal Of all principles of public
law and Of all notions OF public morals to
maintain that an act of treason and violent
usurpation constitutes a title to the Presi-
dency of republic. AS to the confirming
elections, it stands to reason that they were
a farce conducted under armed coercion.
Your assertion that revolution against
Tinoco is meant to reinstate me in power is
erroneous have on many occasionsdec Jared
that under no circumstances would pretend
to hold or accept any public office in Costa
Rica. My efforts and endeavors are ami
mated only by an earnest and disinterested
desire to free Costa Rica Of Tinoco's tyranny
and to reastablish, through free elections,
constitutional order
ALFREDO GONZALEZ.
Former President Of Costa Rica.
Nsw York, Jane rs, 1919. IL
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
Turkeys Plea in Avoidance

The plea made to the peace conference
by Damad Ferid Pacha, the Turkish en-
voy, was engagingly ingenious. He
draws distinction between the Turkish
people and tho wicked, unrepresentative
government which plunged them into the
war. This discrimination is not alto
gether unfamiliar. The United States,
we were told for time, was not waging
war on the German people, but on their
misrepresentation government. That
Qualification did not survive the clash of
arms in Germany's case. In the peace
treaty the sins Of Germany's rulers were
justly visited on the people Of Germany,
even unto the second generation.
What Damad Ferid Pacha says has.
OF course, certain basis Of fact behind
1t. Enver Pacha, Talaat Pacha and
DJemal Pacha, the members of the Youno
turk trlumvirates, rushed Turkey into
tho war in pursuance Of bargain with
New-York tribune., 1919-06-28
In the Other Fellows Place

1t is not always easy to put yourself
IN another's place. The principle is
praised, but not invariably practised.
But the rule Is worth honoring, not
merely when it helps out your prejudices,
but when travelling in contrary direc-
tion.
Suppose in London you encountered
solicitors for funds which it was adver-
tised would be used to drive America
out Of Porto Rico; suppose you saw the
British and Porto Rican flags draped to-
gether; suppose, further, that recently
Americans had been fighting with the
British and that the Porto Rican ele-
ments that were asking the contribu-
tions had been picking at this country
when in trouble. In these circumstances
probably American blood would boil and
you might break out in denunciation.
Would your feelings cool when at an or
der from hotelkeeper you were thrown
out?
An American, as he is an American,
and as he is a lover Of fair play, should
Be able to understand how the Briton
felt in New York when he was landed
on the sidewalk because he expressed
disapproval Of the public collection Of
funds to be nsed, If opportunity offered,
to buy arms to start an insurrection
against the peace of friendly ally.
On the score Of prudence and tact, it
Is well at times to have eyes that see not.
But put yourself in the other fellows
place!