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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
Brides Diary
Handy Notebook

It's funny what lot there is for a
bride to learn. 1t seems to me am
picking up something new every time
l go anywhere to talk to anyone.
Yesterday I was in town shopping
and met Mary Williams mother.
She asked me to have lunch with her
On, the way up to the restaurant we
passed a table heaped up with mems
stockings. They were really wonder
full bargains. / wanted to get some
for Jimmie. but when went to pick
them out realized that hadn't an
idea what size he wore. Mrs. Will
liams was consulting little red-cov-
cred book that she had taken out O.
her bag.
When she had finished she told the
man to send to her address half
dozen pairs of tens and another half.
dozen pairs of elevens When we had
ordered our club sandwiches and cof-
fee asked about the little book. Sha
told me that she had lost out so often
on real bargains when she was shop
ping that she had made herself little
book that contained the sizes and ali
the rest of the information that she
might need about all her large family.
/ wish you might have seen the book.
/ was so thrilled with it that bought
one myself before left the store. and
last night made Jimsie tell me just
what size shoes, not that would ever
buy him shoes of course, but I thought
l might as well be thorough; stock
ings, collar, shirt and all the rest Of it
And put myself in, too. for one is al
ways forgetting. Mrs. Williams even
had her family's likes and dislikes in
her book to use when ordering meals,
when selecting Christmas gifts, etc.
Such a book really is an asset to any
one, and feel sure that shall never
go in town without mine being slowed
away in my bag ready for an emer
gency If it comes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
How to Boil
Potatoes Properly

Boiled potatoes, the simplest of all
vegetable foods, may be delicious and
fit for a company dinner or soggy and
unit to eat despite their apparent
perfection. It all depends on the cook
ing. Many excellent cooks pursue a
certain habit OF cooking potatoes, re-
CARELESS Of right or wrong, and they
are accustomed to the flavor of the
spoiled dish.
There are positive rules about cook
ing potatoes and other root vegeta-
bles based on tests and comparisons
of various methods. For example, po-
tatoes and every other root vegetable
should be sailed only after cooking,
never before. To salt it before or dur
ing the cooking process will invariably
make the vegetable tough.
Whether pared or cooked in jackts,
potatoes and every other vegetable
should be placed only in rapidly boil
ing water. If dropped in cold or luke
warm water the moisture will be alb
sorbed by the vegetable during the
cooking, spelling both flavor and tex
ture. Potatoes should be snowy and
creamy-or "mealy'-and if perfect
potatoes are used they can be cooked
this way regardless of whether they
are new" or "old."
To mash potatoes, first scrub them
with little brush. Then pare or
scrape off the skin as thinly as pos
sible. Drop in rapidly boiling water
and cook until tender. Drain and
shake the saucepan near the air for a
few minutes. Or drain well, then
cover the saucepan and heat few
moments. This will absorb the excess
moisture and dry the potatoes.
Dreamed or mashed potatoes should
be mashed so there isn't single lump,
then beaten with fork or a strong
egg-beater. The lighter and whittier
i they are the better the potato will
taste. Add little cream or top milk
to thin if desired.
If potatoes are to be cooked in their
jackets scrub very thoroughly. When
almost cooked add half-cupful of
cold water, then let it come to the
boiling point and the potatoes will
surely be tender all through.
These potatoes may be used in many
ways-for lyonnaise or scalloped dish,
hashed brown, and to be stuffed with
cheese, meat, tomatoes or other vege-
tables.
A very palatable way of preparing
potatoes is to first boil them with OF
without the skins. When tender
brush all over with melted butter
which has been seasoned with salt and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01

pretty thoroughly, comb it back
straight from the face or part it on the
side, depending on how you dress your
hair, and push in the combs, letting
the hair puff between them to make
the wave Start by pushing in a row
of combs straight back from the fore
head and ears, but push the next row
forward, and the third row also for
ward. The first time your wave may
not be so successful, but after while
you will get the hang" Of it and be
able to give your hair just the proper
shaped wave you want
Dry It Quickly
Tie veil over your head and turn
on the electric fan. This dries the
hair quickly and makes the wave
Lacking the electric fan, fan it your
self with a newspaper OF large palm
leaf fan, or sit in the sun for a few
minutes. One cannot go to bed at
night very well with combs arranged
for a water-wave, but 1t is handy
way Of getting a quick wave in the
summertime.
Another way to do is to use wide
ribbons or tapes, and tie them around
the head. coaxing the hair into ridges
between the rows of ribbons. Often
by dampening the hair, pulling it into
points on the forehead and tying
single filet around the head for an
hour or so. that straight, limp look
will be taken away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
To Wave Hair in
Warm Weather

The Girl With Straight Locks Has
Hard Time of It in Summer
Yes. it's discouraging to sally forth
to the hairdresser's, pay fancy price
for a wave to re-establish ones self
respect, and then to have it disappear
an hour later from Precipitation and
the humidity Yet that is what hap
pens too often to the straight-haired
girl in hotweather. Nothing isworsc
than straighthair in summer, the time
when she wears hat only when
necessary and cannot conceal its
straightness with a veil when she does
wear her hat.
One of the best ways to get very
fine homemade wave in summer time
is the water wave. This takes very
short time; one can do it almost while
one is dressing. 1t will not work so
well for the girl whose hair is wiry
straight unless she uses some sort OF
of a wave fluid in the water with
which to moisten her hair.
Get Some Side Combs
First of all you must supply your
self with a number of small side
combs; it does not matter how cheap
they are. so that they are smooth. II
will take at least ten to wave the front
and sides of the hair. Wet the hair
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01

pepper, and bake in a hot oven for a
few moments until light brown. These
potatoes are crisp on the outside and
deliciously soft and creamy within.
For potato salad, pare the potatoes,
cut in halves and cook in hot water
to which a small onion has been add
ed. This will impart a sufficient
though slight onion flavor, always an
improvement to vegetable salad OF
any kind. When the potatoes are ten.
der set aside to cool. Cut into small
cubes-about half an inch-and add
seasonings and dressing.
To this may be added beets, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, slices Of hard-boiled
egg, whole sardines and any other
cooked vegetable at hand. A table
spoonful of celery seed added to the
dressing and thoroughly mixed with
the potatoes will give it an unusual
and delicious favor. superior even to
the fresh celery. A plain mayonnoise
is usually<too thick for potato salad,
but if thinned with light French
dressing little oil and more vine
gar being used-it is lighter and more
palatable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
Citrus By-Products

By-products of >citrus fruit grown in
this country are beginning to assume
commercial importance Our lemons
last year yielded 100000 pounds of
citric acid. 100000 pounds of citrate
of lime. and $4,000 pounds of lemon
OIL
About twenty concerns are engaged
in the manufacture of orange by
products and their total output last
year was in the neighborhood OF g.
000.O Oe pounds. including marmalade,
jellies and candied peel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
When Does a
House Look Cool

Have you ever noticed in going into
your friends houses on a very hot
summer day how much cooler it seems
in one than in another And in a
great many cases if you should look
at the thermometer you should find
same in both houses This is because
some women have faculty for max
ing house look cool whether it is
or not. And when that is done half
the battle is won.
How do they do it? We'll, in the
first place all the heavy stuffed fur
niture is covered, and not covered with
those deadly pale linen covers of a
decade ago, but with a cool lowered
cretonne, gingham or plain green, blue
or pink chambray. No house could
possibly look even livable with the
faded covers that so many folks en-
|shroud their chairs and sofas with in
the spring. And no house will look
cool and comfortable on hot day II
lit is Uttered with bric-a-brac and
cushions. All such things are put
away in the house that looks cool
even on the hottest and most sultry OF
days.
Summer curtaining
Another mistake that people make
in getting house ready for summer
lis to take down all the curtains. This
is relic Of the old days when everv
housewife felt that she must drape her
windows with heavy lace draperies
next the glass and velvet overdrapes.
lit was no wonder one wanted to put
them away in summer. They were ex
|pensive and one COUNT afford to have
them wear out in the hot sun and dust
that will come in when the windows
are open, they were so hard to do
|up that one would rather have them
put away in box and know that they
were there than have to wash and
and they were so heavy, too, that no
air could get through them even II
one did raise the windows occasion.
ALLY. And so in the summer most OF
us suffered the long bare windows
with the sun beating in unless the
blinds were down.
No one can make room look liv.
able and cosy with long bare windows
| If one must have heavy lace curtains
that one Doesn't want to wash often
use them in the winter, but do make
little thin ones just for summer out
of cheesecloth with hens or even rick
rack braid sewed to the edges. They
will wash and do up as easily as 6
dish towel, and when you see how
dainty they look you will very likel,
prefer them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
Did You Ever
Dream Of Paper

White paper seen in dream, say
some of the mystic interpreters,
means good news on the way, while
colored paper is an omen Of treachery
at work against you. There are others
of the oracles who say that white
paper in a dream means innocense
and leave the application Of the orac-
ular utterance to the reader. These
same mystics see in dream of writ
ing paper a warning of chinanery
working against the dreamer. The
first set of mystics. it will be observed,
attach this signihcation to colored pa
per instead of writing paper.
Printed paper this second set OF
mystics considers to be significant OF
good faith when it appears in dream.
Decorated paper they consider to be
emblematic OF deception. Still other
mystics see in all sorts Of paper simply
a prophecy of tidings on the way to
you but are non-committal as to the
nature of those tidings. To dream OF
seeing printed paper is asserted by a
number of the oracles to mean brief
happiness. Wall paper in a dream is
asserted by some of the mystic inter-
prefers to be an omen Of obstacles
which you will have to overcome In
order to achieve success.
To dream that you are tearing paper
off the wall is looked upon by most
mystics as significant Of prosperity,
some of them say great prosperity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01

The emerald has replaced the ruby
as the most precious stone in exist
ence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
Branding Walnuts

The California Walnut Growers As
ISOLATION believes that it has at last
got a practical machine for branding
each individual walnut. A prize OF
$4,000, offered for contrivance that
would do the work, has been won by
A. S. Wysong of Los Angeles. Thus
we may expect that before long the
shell Of every California walnut tina.
we buy will bear q trademark.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Mayor M'Curtaire's Wiid0aU
Fired Upon Near Home
Bullet Whizses BY as She Walks
in Garden; House Raided
During Nighe and Desecr0fesF

CORK, Sept. 25.-Mrs. Thomas Mac
Curtain, widow Of the Lord Mayor of
Cork who was assassinated in his home
last March, reported this afternoon that
shot was fired at her to-day while she
was walking in the garden in the rear
of her house.
Mrs. MacCurtain said she heard the
bullet whistle past, and Immediately
ran into the house. Her niece was
standing near, Mrs. MacCurtain de-
clared, but neither saw the person who
fred the shot, which came from the
direction of the road overlooking the
garden.
Mrs. MacCurtain asserted that the
residential portion of the house, which
had not been occupied since the Lord
Mayor was killed, was broken into and
raided during the night A photograph
of the late Lord Mayor was destroyed,
she said, the 1915 proclamation of the
independence Of Ireland pierced with a
bayonet and an Irish Volunteer cap be-
longing to her late husband carried
away.
It was reported to-day that during
the night the military raided between
twenty and thirty private houses in
various parts of the city.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Valera Sends Sympathy
Note sO Mrs. MacSaUiney

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Eammon
De Valera, president of the provisional
Irish republic, to-day sent a message,
to Mrs. MacSwiney, wife of the Lord
Mayor of Cork. 1t reads as follows:
1--WE I'VE grieve with you in the tension
of your long agony. The silent masses
now dumb at the outrage on humanity
being committed by the British gov
ernment cannot storm your husbands
prison. They will not, however, forget
They now see in its nakedness the
hypocrisy of the plea with which that
government recently called on the
millions Of the noble minded Of the
world to assist it, and they will yet
rock that Bastille of the subject ma
tions-the British Empire.
"Please tell your noble husband and
have conveyed to his comrades suffer
ing with him the heartfelt gratitude
of the Irish nation and the Irish race
and may God give you all His consola'
tion"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Japanese f vOr
Commission Plan to
Settle Race Issue
Newspapers Advise Patience
i'm Handling California
Question, ,SayingAnyO Other
Course Would Be Suicidal

TOXIC, Sept. 25 (By The Associated
Press).-Suggestions that joint high
commission be appointed to find solu-
tion of the California problem appear
to be favored in responsible circles
mere Viscount Kentaro Kaneko. Privy
Councillor; Viscount Eiichi Shibusawa,
chairman of the Toxic Bankers Associ-
alton, and Premier Hara have been con-
ferrlng frequently, and the impression
mas been gained that the proposition
tor a joint commission was the oul-
growth of meetings of prominent~Amer-
lcan and japanese in this city iasl
spring.
Details of the plan are as yet nebu-
]ous. hut the Asani Shimbun, of Osaka
says the underlying idea is for Presi-
dent Wilson to name a commission, in
cluding the Secretary of State, some
Senators and Representatives, and also
we'll qualified Japanese like Viscount
Takaaki Kato, former Japanese AM
bassador to Great Britain. Succeeding
steps, the newspaper says, would be
Japanese lnsistence upon treaty rights,
and then an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States, asking that
operation of California statutes be
suspended.
Unnamed peers are quoted by the
newspaper Chu-o Shimbun, of this city,
as counselling the government to ex-
ercise the greatest patience in dealing
with America, as they are positive any
other attitude would be suicidal. They
point out that if she resortcd to arms
Japan's first step would be necessarily
the withdrawal of all Japanese in
America, which, they assert, would
greatly please Americans"
Suspension of commercial inter
course would have the most dire conse-
quences to Japan, they declare. and if
Japan should succeed in landing troops
on American soil the Americans would
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
British DenOunce
Irish Inquiry Plan
Urged lin New, York
Investigation by U. S. Conn
mission Into Conditions
i'm Erin Resented by Press
as a Piece of Impudence
From Tho Trtbune's European Bureau

From The Trtbune's European Bureau
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Sept. 25.-Keen resentment
is felt in England, by liberal as we'll as
conservative opinion, regarding the
plan launched by The Nation. Of New
York, to send commission of inquiry
to investigate Irish atrocities.
When word of the proposal was first
received here it was put down as so
much Irish propaganda, and it was
never believed that the investigation
actually would take place. 1t is incon-
ceivable from the English point Of view
toward international usage. This coun-
try would no more approve Of such a
proposal than it would condone the
establishment here of an "impartial'
tribunal to investigate the Chicago race
riots, with the fares Of witnesses paid
to enable them to come over and testify.
The Daily News. which in its edi-
torial opinions is extremely sympa-
thetic toward Ireland, says:
1--WE don't see much hope Of good,
but great chance rather of serious mis-
chief in the appeal which the editor of
The American Nation is making for
setting up an American commission to
investigate Irish atrocities. 1t seems
on the whole the worst possible way of
seeking to amend the horrible state of
affairs in Ireland. 1t won't help the
Irish and it may easily end in set
ting English and American opinion by
the cars. Frankly, it is mere piece
of impudence."
Another English newspaper strongly
advocating the cause of Irish self-gov-
ernment is The Westminster Gazette.
1t says:
There are always people in all coun-
tries who do foolish things. The pro-
posal of The New York Nation is from
one of the number. 1t is put forward
to prevent the rapid growth of anti
British feeling in the United States,'
without regard to the effect it would
have on feeling in this country and in
Ireland. AS regards the feeling in Ire
land, Sim Fein welcomes The Nations
proposal and is anxious to send its
best witnesses. British interference
with constructive republican. enter
prises and the justification of a ma
jority of the so-called outrages will be
the two chief allegations aside from
admitted reprisals by the police in Ire
land"
DUBLIN, Sept. 24.-Councillor Der
ham. of the town of Balbrggan, near
Dublin, announced to-day an invitation
hao been received by the chairman of
The town commissioners Of that place
to 60 to America to give evidence be-
fore the of One Hundred, which was
formed recently there to investigate
the Irish situation. He said he had
sent reply, saying the chairman of
the town board was in Jail, but that
he would go instead Councillor Der
hams own house was burned in the
recent raid on Balbriggan by "Black
and Tans," who fired several dwellings
as reprisal for the shooting of two
poiicc officers.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

Lament and an independent judiciary.
Confusion of authority always leads
to tyranny. You must choose the time
you deem best in consultation with the
government to bring about prudently
the desired notifications of the con-
stitution."
Before this could be done, the Presi-
dent said, there were three other prob
lens, such as reconstruction Of the de-
vastated regions. thorough enforce
ment Of treaties and vigilant guarding
Of the rights of new nations.
"Our democracy builds legitimate
hopes on the progress Of the League Of
Nations" President Millerand con-
tnued. "Justice will be none the less
certain to result in powerlessness and
defeat If it is not supported by force"
The Cabinets declaration, read in
the Chamber of Deputies by Premier
Leygues, said:
"The ministry which presents itself
collaborators in the policy to which
the National Assembly has given strik-
ing appreciation in elevating the Pre-
mier to the highest Office in the repub-
lie. Called upon by the chief of state
to the high honor of succeeding him
at the head Of the government, l shall
be inspired by his example. shall
devote myself to carrying out his pro-
gram and his work. The principles
which shall guide rne Cabinet are
those presented to the two chambers
on January %.
Reviews Cabinet Policy
'It will suffice to recall them briefly:
Regarding internal affairs, to defend
our liberties and laws, to strengthen
and improve our republican institu-
soL ~
awaited by our democracy and to pay
lilies of our glorious dead the sacred
debt we have contracted toward them
Regarding foreign affairs, to exact q
strict application of treaties, not to
permit the limitation of any of our
rights, make Of the League of Nations
living, powerful organism to end the
era of great wars, and to constitute
the army and navy as part of our
policy to maintain our prestige at the
height to which it has been lifted by
our victory"
Premier Leygues, after setting forth
this policy, said "France offers the
most magnificent example of moral
force and civic virtues ever given by a
people in the calm and order it main
tains after its trials. Nothing has
beaten down its courage. With the
battlefield hardly cold it began to act
and think, and great rumble of life
rises from the factories and fields
Great creative enthusiasms are awaken
ing, and it is with calm and intrepid
look that the country appraises the
hard task remaining to be accomplished
to close Its wounds and repair it's
ruins"
Frances gratitude to the Allies and
to the soldiers was expressed by the
Premier. "To US falls the honor of
finishing their work in peace" he said.
"It is with this noble object we ask
your cooperation"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
SIS, ,44O,6l8 State
Income Tax L aid
BY New York City
Total Revenue Derived From
Assessment, ,$36,6l9,O87; {;
Payments Next Year Will
Not Begin Until April

With the collection of New York
States first income tax complete, Niles
R. Becker, deputy director in charge
'of the work in the city, has announced
that he is preparing for the next
collection. The tax for next year, ac-
cording to a ruling of the Legislature,
will not take place on the same date as
the Federal tax and the residents will
be greatly relieved of double task.
State Comptroller Eugene M. Travis
announced that 588,373 residents paid a
tax on their incomes. Many non-resi-
dents who paid the levy under protest,
with the statement that a test case
would be made, failed to make any such
test.
Figures given out yesterday by Mark
Graves, Director of the State Income
Tax Bureau, show the amount received
from residents and non-residents to-
tailed $36,619,087
An analysis Of the figures shows the
largest receipts were from the metro
politan district, comprising Manhattan
and Jamaica. Manhattan went over
the top with $22,413,9 ,978.96, from ,75O
taxpayers. The amount Of tax collected
in the Brooklyn Office was S2,469, ,912.42
from 93.539 persons. More than 2l.00C
filed no tax returns.
The residents of the Bronx contrib
uted $556, ,728, from 22,726 taxpayers
while White Plains came through with
$617 400. 1t is estimated that more
than $4,000 no tax returns were flee
in New York City alone.
Several thousand blanks, checks ant
money orders were filed by mistake
with the State Income Tax Bureau
With both the Federal and state ia,
falling due on the same day, official:
say the people carried heavy burden
Next year assessment will not begi1
until April.
The officials Of the bureau made
it plain that there is still force o.
Investigators combing New York City
Brooklyn and upstate cities for persons
who failed to pay the tax. Wilfret
Earl Youker, assistant director il
charge of the investigation work, sait
that he found three principal classes
of delinquents. He divided them a
follows: Persons ignorant of the law
others who are careless and more VIII
feel they are not subject to the tax
He said that the investigators foun,
the latter class to be in the majority
Field auditors under the direction o
James J. Donovan are conducting OK
aminations Of returns which failed t.
pass muster in Albany.