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Maryland
Cooking
BAkEO APPLES.


One dozen red apples, remove the
core from the blossom end past the
seed pod, but not all the way
through. Place in 4 pan with the
stem end down. In the hole left BY
removing the core put:
N teaspoonful cinnamon.
u teaspoonful butter.
Pour over each apple q quarter
Of q cup Of sugar. Pour in the pan
enough water to keep from burn
ing. Cook until q syrup II formed.
Remove from the pan. place on q
dish with stem end up and pour the
syrup over them.-Mrs- VIM. Beall.
sTEWED CARROTS.
Scrape six medium sixe carrots.
Cut in quarter-inch slices. Place
in pan, cover with water and cook
until nearly done. Then add l cup
butter, 1 tablespoonful sugar, salt
and pepper to taste. Thicker with
q liberal teaspoonful corn starch
Mrs. Nm. Beali.
Copyright. 1920. by Mrs. Percy Duvsil)
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sesssd me. II know he liked me.
Grace"
II don't think you understand ex-
actly what I mean. Edy dear" Grace
interrupted. not q bit ruMisd ey my
bad humor. 'Of course II the other
girl had been employed. well. you
couldn't help that. But what was
trying to impress on you 10 this: I'm
afraid that as long as you so around
with that too gsod TO be true atti-
tude you aren't going to get very
far"
Grace was quiet q minute while
she seemed to be massing her artil-
lery OF words. Grace had . way OF
sort of picking her words. especially
when she was iecturing me.
Listen to me, Edith" she contin-
ued, and 1 listened. ! always listen
when Grace calls me Edith. because
then know she's getting quite seri-
Gus. And also I know that usually
she's going to hand out some good.
II want you to believe. Edith" she
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to Care
for Baby
By Brice Belden, NJ. D.

Oy DIICC DCANCA, NA' O'
(TAts u the yoxrtee~tA " the series
on "Cs,tn0 for the BODY" Epery
~sotker should read and soce these
ovtSciss.)
@ow'S milk Is the best avail
able substitute for mothers
milk. and all substitutes other
than the milk Of animals lack the
elements essential for the proper
development OF the baby,
II the baby 10 to be artificiaffy
fed. he should have clean milk from
healthy cows. This milk should
not be given to the baby after It
Is forty-eisht hours old in the
winter, and in the summer he
must have 1t before 1t Is twenty
four hours old. Milk for babies
should never be obtained in bulk,
but should be of the bottled va
risty marked certified" and these
bottles should be put into q re-
friEerator as soon as they are de-
livered.
Milk which has not been kept
severe illness in children. Also
feeding temperature by means of q
severely Ill.
Although cows milk can be modi-
fed to approach the quality OF
mothers milk. IL can never have
certain elements which render
mothers milk the perfect food for
babies. Cows milk has a little
more than half as much sugar, and
it's fats and proteins are OF a Diff
ferent kind and are more difficult
to digest Also II has about three
times As much protein and salts.
1t is more likely to be contami-
mated.
To modify cows milk sugar may
be added to bring 1t up to the
standard of mothers milk, and II
must also be considerably diluted
with water 1.-TWO parts Of water to
one OF milk for the early weeks;
equal parts after three months).
Lime water may be used to aid d.
Hestion tone or two ounces to each
twenty ounces Of fiuid).
To modify cows milk sugar may
be added to bring IL up to the stand
ard of mothers milk, and II must
also be considerably diluted with
water (two parts Of water to one Of
milk for tho early weeks; equal parts
after three months). Lime water
may be used to aid digestion Zone or
two ounces to each twenty ounces Of
fuid).
When sugar. 10 added to cows
milk. either our common granu-
lated cane sugar, milk sugar or
matt sugar can be' used. Two level
tablespoonfuls OF cane sugar to
each twenty ounces OF milk will
bring 1t up to the natural proper
tions.
When milk sugar Is used II will
take three tablespoonfuls. rs II II
tighter than can sugar. To pre-
pare the sugar IL should be dis
solved in boiled water and altered
through absorbent cotton, IL there
Is q deposit.
Te be esnti.uea Saturday.
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had . little Of your spirit.
Grace"
I'll you'll forgive my being so
serious, won't you. Edy?" Grace
pulled the knitting from her bag.
and I knew the lecture was ended.
But ! know that II you look for
good thinSs you'll hnd them. You're
too young. and too pretty. Edy."
Now. don't be q hatterer. Grace.
old dear" I silenced her. Il may be
young and may be what you and
some few others call pretty. but
what are youth and beauty when one
is alone In the great city. and--job-
lea?' I spoke light-heartedly. al
though I didn't particularly feel
light-hearted.
The truth is my heart was heavy
within me. And At twenty-one q
girls heart may be heavier within
her perhaps than at any other age.
The future looked dark. l felt with
4 comedian I'd heard the week be-
fore at Keith's Theater. that I had
q bright future behind me-
And not without cause.
GETTING AWAY.
For q year and q half had known
freedom. or the nearest approach to
who 10 watched over and chaperoned
By such q conscientious old dear a.
Grace, and her conscientious old
darling OF q husband can know.
A year and half ago had united
the apron strings which bound me
to an ever-watchful and the dearest
mother in the world And had left
the village and home behind me.
Washington had called-Washtng-
ton. the Nations CapitAl-with its
far~reaching call for aid in carrying
on the great war had called to me
in my little home village down In
Georgia, and I had answered.
1t hadn't been an easy 1o6-Eet-
ting permission to leave home and
journey SO far away. But I had
patriotic mother and had had q
father killed in that other war. So
when the question WAS put squarely
to my mother-when she learned
that Thousands Of girls actually
were needed to carry on tho great
work in washington-she had given
her consent
But there had been restrictions
Before allowing me to depart for
foreign and treacherous fields, she
had written Grace Ellsworth and
Bob, and had made arrangements
for me to make my homo with them.
And Grace and Bob had met me at
the train. And they'd taken me to
their home, and they'd treated me as
nearly like . daughter as it's possi-
bio for a man and woman who
aren't more than ten years your
senior to treat you.
Grace was an old friend Of the
family. She had been brought up in
my home town, and had been . very
good friend Of my older sister--the
only sister had in fact-who Is
married and now lives way out in
California
Te be esntiaueA tomorrow.
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$500

SsIKNEw II was too good to be
4 Ifrd stopped q minute to think
what q dear moralixer and phiioso-
phsr Grace Is I'd probably never
have let the exclamation slip. But
let Il slip did. And Grace bit at
II like q big bass bites at minnow.
Grace seldom lets an opportunity
pass to do q little phi'osophixing.
but---I love her just the same.
whats too good to be true. Edy?"
she asked. And the way she said
1.-THE soft inquiry in her voice,
the fact that she stuffed her knit
ting into the bag and gave her en-
tire attention to me. told me moro
plainly than any OF Mr.. Webster's
mere words that was In for q lee
ture.
"why. that job business. Of
course" I answered. ] whirled on
myself when came in from my trip
dovntown--my daily Job hunting
expedition. Quite casually ! began
pulling of my gloves-just a. cas-
ualiy a. Grace had stuffed the knit
ting into her bag-and prepared to
listen. II knew somebody'd have 1t
before l. got there. And" It's aw-
fully hard to resist the temptation
to kid Grace occasionally, "And, gee
Grace, he was the best looking
mani"
Grace answered good humoredly.
But" quite seriously. "tell me more
about it." ...
There isn't much to tell" an
swered. and I emphasized the words
by kicking my pumps or to rest my
weary feet. admit was q bit
runled, and was tired-tired Of
looking for work. and of-of every
thing. 'It's Just like said. knew
1t was too good to be true! got
there ten minutes too late. Jobs
gone! That's ALI"
TOO GOOD TO DE TRUE.
That's just what was trying to
get at" Grace answered, still in
the same calm, cool voice. I'm
afraid-you won't mind my saying
1t, viii you, Edy. dear-but I'm
afraid it's your attitude, your gem
eral outlook on life, more than any
thing else that's keeping you from
getting q position!"
What nonsensew probably
spoke more brusquely than / ordi-
nariiy would have spoken to Grace.
She really 10 an old dear. But she
hadn't been walking the streets of
Washington all day, and she wasn't
Just about broke, and she wasn't
facing tho prospect Of having to re-
turn to q little country village, or
else marry willard Saunders, and
What nonsense! I repeated. And
this time I tried to speak a little
more graciously.
I'm telling you, Grace, that this
other girl had Just been employed
when / got there. Not that the man
wouldn't have been glad to have
me-" again the spirit Of teasing pos
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SEND HEN ANOTHER.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

know q nice little girl in Oak
ton, Va. j went with her when she
was In Alexandria. She went home
and I sent her a letter and did not
get any answer. Her mother and
father will not let US 20 together.
love her and she loves me. she
says. She is eighteen and am
twenty-five. I wish you would tell
me what to do to see her. Must I
90 to sec herr ! am no cake-eater.
n. II. r. II.
Your letter may have been inter
cepted. Write her again and send
the letter registered and request a
receipt You will be able then to
nnd cut who signed for IL, and II
she actually did see it.
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Advice to
Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
DON'T DO 1T.


DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
i have been going out with q Eel.
low quite often OF late. have
looked up his rating and nnd his
salary 10 not As much as mine.
Now, Miss Fairfax, I would like
to know IL 1t would be perfectly
proper for me to offer to pay my
share OF the expense when we are
out together? don't feel like TAX
ing money from one who isn't
making N much a. I.
A READER OF THE TINES.
Don't spoil the pleasure of the
young man by such q suggestion,
but manage to keep your pleasures
within his pocketbook. II he be-
gins to suggest extravagant parties,
plead for more simple ones. How
do you know he has no outside in
come7
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cocoAHur JELLY LAYER CAKE.

IN cups -four
2h teaspoonsful OF baking pow
der sifted together
u pound butter creamed with 1
full cup Of sugar
egGs beaten separately
Save the white Of egg for icing
cup Of milk and
IL teaspoons OF vanilla extract
Nix sugar. eggs milk. butter and
extract all together and add nour
with baking powder. Beat all to-
gether until light and huffy.
BOILED ICING.
cup Of sugar boiled with Ia
cup Of water until IL forms q thread
when tested. Beat the white OF
eEE and gradually add the syrup
and .beat until IL gets hard enough
to spread: add h teaspoon vanilla
extract Put. jelly between tho lay
ers and spread Icing all over top
and side Of cake. Sprinkle all over
top and side with shredded cocoa
nut.--Mrs. p. J. venexiani 602 Third
street northwest
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When a Girl Marries
A Story of
EARLY Welded LIFE
BY ANN LISLE.

w yHEN Envy Aason's eyes
w lifted from the octsgon
gold piece In my hand and
fixed themselves on my face. their
expression was inscrutable. But
her own embarrassment at being
discovered on her return from the
ravino had vanished.
Something you found?" she
asked.
seised the opportunity and re-
peated the half-truth:
Something ] found"
TT may be valuable" she went
on.
Undoubtedly is" said in q
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Is Marriage
A Success?
WANTS ADVICE.

To the men readers OF your
column:
what would you advise = little
mother Of twenty to do in q case
like this? When out in public my
husband Is always attentive and
pretends he thinks the world Of me
but in the secrecy OF our little
home has only abuse and disre-
spect for me.
Can anyone imagine the mother
OF . ive month old baby being
treated As though she were an
world to do this for I am not =
street runner and do all my wash
ing, cooking and all necessary
things to be done to make my home
as comfortable as possible.
would not like to leave him for
the sake of my baby and tho fact
that he may change. I have never
forgotten my marriage vows In
spite of the unhappiness am en-
during and day In and day out
have kept my nose to the grind
and been a dutiful wife and q good
mother. The old saying IL "For-
give and fcrGet"-but you cannot
apply this to everything.
HOPEFULLY WAITING.
HASN'T MET RIGHT SORT.
Just finished reading IN Mama
Valley Bach's" views with relish.
want TO say the little lady call
Ing herself Not . Washington Girl"
probably hasn't met the right sort
OF men-men who have too much
respect for themselves than to lie.
really think "A Mama Valley
Bach" is the right sort and would
like to hear more from him.
There are still few old-fash-
toned girls who would love to sit
In the parior and listen to hts views
on subjects that interest him.
BROWN EYED BALTIMORE
LASsIE.
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DEVILS FOOD.

Four eggs, u cup Of butter. J cup
of sweet milk, 3 cups OF flour,
heaping tsAspoonfuls Of baking
powder, 4 squares OF bitter choco-
late, IL cups OF granuiAted sugar.
Cream butter and sugar. Sift flour
once, add baking powder. 'sift sugar.
whip eggs until light, add milk,
flour, and beaten eggs to creamsd
butter and sugar, stir until smooth,
melt chocolate. stir in batter. Bake
in jelly tins.
= Ice with boiled frosting.-Mrs. W.
H. Doffermyre. 1887 East Capitol
street.
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voice hoped suggested eiaberaO
nopchAiance. -
Then in silence TO which We
tacitly agreed. we turned back. AZ
we hurried along. ! tied the coin
into the handkerchief again and
slipped both carefully into the
bosom Of my dress. T.
Envy had worn blue ever since
had known her. Blue brought out
the soft texture OF her skin and
aecentuated the cornnower tints in
her eyes. Blue made her young
boyish and gay. In black Envy was
almost haggard. She looked years
older-as IL youth had passed her
while TO make an effort to retard
its going.
At last she turned her head and
spoke In that well remembered.
husky voice OF hers. But II wasn't
deliberately sweet and alluring
now. II had q note I couldn't In
terpret.
TRIBUTE TO FRIENDsHIr.
II want TO talk to you about
Valerie Cosby" she began. I've
It's all clear In my mind. almost
just ahead Of you and slipped away
without your knowing. But / wasn't
ready" $500
I'm glad. you're wcarin. black"
I said almost before realized what
was saying. "It seems q sweet
and honest tribute TO friendship"
Then I realized that there was q
new look in Evelyn Aason's eyes.
1t was shy and pleading, but, above
all. II was understan nding and ap-
proving.
Our hands went out. and ciaspsd.
Fingers intertwined hard. with the
pressure of sudden kinship.
''I'm wearing black" replied
Envy. simply. "for the man loved"
Before could bring q reply to
my astonished and trembling lips,
Envy went on:
81 sent for you to tell you that
that and one other thing. thought
1t was going to be hard, but sud-
denly I don't dread II \ bit"
Don't tell me one thing It hurts
you to say. Evvy. understand
without another word" protested.
"It seems strange for US to be
understanding each other and see
ing each other, doesn't t?' asked
Evvy. shyly.
We both laughed q bit to relieve
the tension. Then Envy plunged
eagerly ahead.
"Anne, IT, you're ever tempted 70
blame val-for anything. or my
poor Sheldon. just stop and re-
member what I'm going to tell
you. The wreck that day was my
doing. I'm the one that caused IL
ALL"
Don't blame yourselr'-I be.
gan. but she swept me aside.
II am to blame, though. For
years I'd been playing fast and
loose with SheIly's love. I was
contemplate enough not to want
1t because T was sure 1t was
mine. laughed At. his-pain ana
chased rainbows. wanted the
unattainable. Now that it's too
late, / know that, all 1 ever wanted
of life-reaily wanted. mean, was
Sheldon's love. The biggest thing
life could have given me would
have been to be his wife. But I
threw my chance away. And then
DEATH
"You poor darling" I cried.
Perhaps there's q bigger plan in 1t
all than we know. Death took
him from YOU
But Envy interrupted in turn,
and again her face wore that
strange look Of triumph IL had
worn as she faced US over Shell
don's dead body.
Death gave him back. she said
r In q voice that startled me.
Ts be. continued Saturday. .
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DEVILS FOOD CAKE.

Two cups brown sugar. half cup
butter, four eggs. retain the whites
OF two for the icing. one cup milk.
(sou), one teaSpoonful baking soda,
two squares Walter Bakers choco-
late melted, three cubs flour. two
teaspoons vanilla.
Icing-The whites OF two eggs.
one pound xxx sugar. beat well,
4 bit Of vanilla--Mrs. Clarence
Thomas. TT Massachusetts avenue
northeast.
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BOOKS
rHAr AFFAIR AT THE cEpARs. BY
Les Thaysr. Garden City. N. z:
Doubieday, Pare 4 Co.

Les Thsysr. Garden city. N. z:
Deubieday, PaSs 4 Co.
In this, Mrs. Thayer presents that
rarity OF rarities--a really clever
detective story that strangely in
trigues the interest Of tho reader
from the start and never lags q mo-
ment throughout She has also
produced q really likeabie detec-
tive who forms q radical depar-
turc from type and generally acts
like q real human being.
IL 10 . tale Of heautiful and viva
cious Betty Austin, married, through
. misunderstanding. to . man she
did not love. Suddenly the man in
whom her affections are really CEN
tered docs return and with start
ling swtftness . drama Of incalcul-
able motives and ever-bafninx per-
sonAlities Is prscipitated about the
strange death OF her husband.
Suspicion is directed in turn
against each Of q group of persons
Who were near At the time, and In
true novel fashion the real cuiprit
proves to be the ono who appears
most innocent .
It 10 an excellent story OF It's
type and is commended to the gen
sral reader. -J..'.t
The Washington times., 1921-03-03
ORANGE CREAM LAYER CAKE.

ORANGE CREAM LAYER CAKE.
I cup sugar.
u cup Crisco.
Whites OF 3 egGn
" cup svaported, milk diluted
with " cup water.
4 tablespoon baking powder.
cups flour.
1 tablespoon orange extract.
Cream. sugar and crisco: add eGgs
and beat together. Add milk.
diluted with water) slowly, after
this 10 thoroughly mixed. add one
cup Of -four. then baking powder,
then the other cup Of hour. Add
orange extract last and beat again.
Spread In creased pans and bake In
q moderate oven.
' ICING.
III lbs confectioners sugar. -.
n cup (bottied) cream.
teaspoon orange extract.
ColorinG. e.. ........
Nix together gradually sugar and
cream, stirring all the while to
avoid lnmps. Beat TO hne creamy
appearance. Add extract and ceioe-
Ing. Spread ON iayera Decorate
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CHOCOLATE CAKE.


cup Of butter. ...
"a cups Of sugar.
cup OF cream.
3H cups of -four.
2 teaspoons' Of cream OF tartar.
teaspoon OF soda
Whites Of 8 eggs.
u teaspoon OF vanilla.
Beat butter to . cream. adding
sugar gradually. Add vanilla and
beat until smooth. . Add alter
nately 4 little at 4 time, milk ana
fiour. Tho fiour being sifted three
times with the cream Of tartar and
soda Beat whites OF eggs until
dry, and add to batter, folding In
very lightly without beating.
Bake in three Krcased layer cake
tins, in moderate hot oven about
twenty minutes
CHOCOLATE FILLING.
Il lb. Of chocolate.
2 cups OF brown sugar.
I cup Of white sugar.
cup OF milk.
1.tsaspoon Of vanilla.
Put sugar and milk In saucepan,
place on hot nre and stir until IT
boils. wNen 1T makes q soft Dali
when dropped In cold water. ade
chocolate. Let the chocolate meit,
then remove from hres and beat
until creamy. Add. vanilla ana
spread between layers Of cake.-Ars.
A. X. Hail. East Falls Church. va
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SILVER CAKE.

Ten eggs, whites: flour. five cups;
sugar, three cups; butter. one cup;
milk, one cup: baking powder. two
heaping teaspoons; one teaspoon OF
vaniilsL-Mrs. c. Franklin Mckay,
1919 Massachusetts, avenue north
west.
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Prize Cake Recipes
..., .... ga these
ARE WASHINGTON'S BEST
these

with icing that has not been color
ed--NRS. ORPHA HOLDINGS DIES
MARAls. lSs North Cafoiins ave-
uue, southeast.
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The yearly coal production OF the
world 10 estimated at. slightly under
t.6oc, 600 900 short tons. Of which
mined In the United States.
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CocoANUr LAYER CAKE.

IL cups sugar.
y cup butter.
eggs, leaving out whites Tor
icing.
cup milk.
1 teaspoonful vanilla
~ cups nour.
. teaspoons baking powder.
Boiled icing.
n cup water.
2k cups sugar.
eGg whites beaten stin.'
1 cocoanut.-Mrs. T.. r. Clarke.
Vienna, Va
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r PROXIES: 4 R.ysss, y'.'s
DOUBLE REGENERATION
By FRANK r. ADAMS.

(~Prexies..a Ce~nepolitan rredsc-
tiens aIm based on the story ~
Frank n. Adams. will be released
as q Paramount PictUreD
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ADvERTIsEMENT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-01
BOARD OF INQUIRY
|. TO SEEK CAUSES
OF FATAL BLAST
Defective Rack Thought Cause
of Aberdeen Explosion Which
Killed Five Yesterday.
BY International News Service.

ABERDEEN. Nd. June la board
Of Investigation, headed by James
Kirk. Of the Ordnance Department.
and including Capt. stribling and
Capt. csroiin. are today investigating
the bomb explosion at the Proving
Grounds here yesterday. which result
ed In the death OF ave and injuring OF
eleven persons. The board will re-
port its findings tomorrow to Lieut..
Col Herman w. Schulz. in command
of the Proving Grounds
In commenting today upon the ac-
cident Col. Schulz said; 'It Is most
Unforeseen and unfortunate AFFAIR.
II might have been due to defect
either of the bomb or of the rack in
which Il was suspended. We have
been doing more OF this kind OF work
than any other place in the country
and this is the frst accident OF its
kind we have had.
The eleven injured men are In the
Proving Ground Hospital. where. Il
was said that three were so. seriously
hurt they may die. The explosion oc-
Cured when tests were being made
in preparation for the experiments
which will be made of OF the Capes
when the effectiveness of airplanes
In bombing battleships and other
navy craft will be tried out.