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Stamina and Endurance Also Needed
for Consuming "SimpIe Little
Dinner" in Roumania.

An interesting personal experience
was an invitation to dinner with a
real Roumanian family Tin Bucha-
rest). What seemed to me count
less array of dishes containing most
delectable dainties was arranged on a
sideboard In the apartment where we
were received.
First came pastrama, small pieces
OF mutton grilled with zuika. q Kind
OF native rum. This pastrama has q
marvellous favor But a person eat
ing 1t for the first time cannot swa!-
low IL. He chews Ii and chews Ii like
a piece Of American gum, first In one
cheek and then in the other. without
knowing what TO do with 1t. II is All
embarrassing situation, because the
pastrama is served in the reception
room and you are expected TO talk
while you are eating II. l received
my portion in an unguarded moment
while conyersing with an enchanting
girl in a pompadour. Then we went
into the dining room.
One course followed the other. One
eats-at first In an inquiring spirit.
because the dishes are all novel. and
later because he likes his food-fOr
three or four hours. At the conclusion,
the hostess apologies for the simple
fare. explaining that the occasion Is
intended merely TO be an informal. In
innate little dinner affording an op-
portunity TO discuss music and other
immaterial things with the artist
Leo Slezak. formerly Of Royal Opera
Company of Vienna, In the vierns
Neue Freie Presse.
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or any fruit, place in wire cake rest
or a dish drainer. In this the air sur
rounds the fruit so it is not necessary
to turn 1t, and there will be no bruised
surface resulting from a fiat, hard
surface A basket of well-cured hay
is an ideal receptacle for ripening
pears, but it will be necessary to
watch and turn them.
To keep brown sugar moist. place a
bag of prunes in the same box with
the sugar. The prunes will give of
enough moisture TO keep the sugar
from drying out and Jumping.
The broiler pan is easily cared for
if there is kept in il when using
enough water To cover the bottom. All
Cat that drips into it will be saved by
skimming off when cool, or if not to be
used may be put into the soap fat.
There is never any danger of blazing
pan if this method is followed.
When using the meat grinder, finish
by grinding through it some dry bread
or cracker crumbs. This viii clean
the grinder quite we'll; finish by using
the coffee percolator brush.
For one who travels often it Is wise
to keep the small bag packed with
the necessities adding the clothing
takes but little time, but the forgotten
tooth brush or tooth paste is SO easy
to leave out
When vanishing the floor, place the
pail or dish OF varnish used In hot
water 10 keep II thin; 1t spreads better
and goes farther.
A wall cleaning preparation which
may be made at home and is equal to
any proprietary one Is this: Sift one
heaping cupful OF -four with a table
spoonful of salt Mix one tablespoon
full of kerosene. two OF vinegar and
two Of ammonia with one-haf cupful
Of warm water. Blend with the -four
and cook until smooth, stirring con-
stantly. Knead an gou would bread
dough, and when smooth break Off into
balls and rub the paper as you would
use an eraser.
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amount. mix with finely shredded red
pepper and serve with a mayonnaiSe
which has been mixed with a little
whipped cream.
Concordia Salad. - Mix together
two parts of shredded Chinese cab
bage and one part diced pineapple.
one part of orange pulp and one part
of seeded white grapes Lay on we'll
bIanched lettuce and serve with
mayonnaise. GarnfSh with a cherry.
Perfection Turnips-Peel and dice
fine-grained mild turnips and cook
until tender in boiling sailed water.
Drain carefully and to each quart Of
diced turnips add two tableSpoonfuls
of butter Let stand on the back part
of the stove until the butter is alb
Sorbed Just before serving pour over
them one cupful of highly seasoned
white sauce and serve very hot.
cauliflower With Mushrooms
Break into flowerets one head Of
cauliflower and cook in boiling sailed
water until tender Prepare rounds
of toast. butter and heap with the
caulifower. Pour over them the fol-
lowing sauce: Chop one cupful of
fresh mushrooms and put them with
their juice and two tablespoonfuls of
butter into saucepan. Use a cupful
of the juice If canned and add some
Of the cauliflower liquor If fresh
mushrooms are used. Simmer until
the mushrooms are tender, then add
one cupful of cream or top milk, boil,
thicken with two tablespoonfuls each
of butter and flour cooked together,
add one teaspoonful of salt and pep
per TO taste.
Celery With Pigs in 5lankets.-COOk
celery I'm one-inCh lengths until tender.
season we'll with white sauce and
place in the center of a deep platter.
Around this serve oysters wrapped in
bacon and cooked until the bacon is
crisp. When oysters are not to be
had. serve veal birds in the same way.
Eggs and Mushrooms With Holland
aise Sauce.-Lay a nicely poached
egg on rounds of Well buttered toast;
sprinkle lightly with salt aod paprika
and pour over Hollandaise sauce, to
which a cupful of mushrooms, which
have been cooked in butter, have been
added.
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instinct II defense led me 90 step
aside. so that | should have my back
to the wall. Harris sat in the swivel
chair, with feet elevated on the desk.
sardonically grinni.g at me over 3
half-chewed cigar tilted between his
teeth. a white rag was bound round
his head. through which few drops
of blood had oozed leaving a dark
stain Leaning against the wall OPP
posite was Waldron, one eye half
closed. and his lip split. giving 10 his
face a look of savage brutality, rem
dered peculiarly sinister by a grim
effort 10 smile Costigan remained
motionless, with back against the door.
as though thus barring all possibility
of escape l had walked into their
trap. and the jaws had closed
The grin on Harris face maddened
me. Well 1 said coldy, 1T was a
stall. was it? What is the idea:"
He laughed. without changing his
attitude
This happens to he our turn TO
play. DAILY he returned, apparently
wen satisfied with his smartnesS.
Then you have nothing II tell me-"
a lot to tell you. But first of an YOU
are going to tell me few things.
Push back your right sleeve TO the ell
bow, shirt and all"
whats that for"
Never you mind what its for; you
do what l say. if you know what is
best Tor Yourself
I looked at the faces Of the others,
but they were hard as flint My hest
fancy caused Harris to lower his feet.
and sit up angrily.
Push up that sleeve. you, or III
have Waldron do it for you. We've
got YOU foul. you foOl,'
l stripped back my sleeve, exposing
my right forearm. vet never remov-
inS my eyes from their faces. Harris
and COstigan bent forward. intent on
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-16
ONE THING SHE HADN'T LOST
Pupils Statement Of Fact Probably
Gave Music Teacher Occasion for
Deep Thought.

A well-known music teacher in At
ianta was giving q lesson to a talent
ed but careless pupil and was rapidly
losing all patience with her Finally.
at a most complicated part of a diff
ficuIt piece, the pupil lifted her hands
from the piano and made a wild dash
fer her handkerchief to stop a threat
ened sneeze. II was the last straw.
WAS there ever such a girl" eX-
claimed the teacher, thrusting her own
handkerchief at the offender you
lose your position, you lose your fin
gering. you lose your handkerchief
you lose everything J"
Not quite everything" said the pu-
pil with a smile. Il haven't lost my
temper"
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New "Drop the Handkerchief

The players pair of. Join hands
and stand in a circle. One couple.
hands Joined. run around the outside
OF the circle and touch one player OF
another couple on the back. This Is
done instead Of dropping a handler
chief
The couple touched, with hands still
Joined, must chase the first two and
try to tag them before they reach the
vacant space In the circle. II the first
two are tagged they must be eft"
again. But II they are not the second
couple is at"
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CHAPTER x-continued.

%
My glance wandering about the
room aimlessly fell upon the valise in
one corner. 1t was just where l re-
membered leaving it when 1 went out,
yet l saw something which surely
resembIed a slash in the leather. ]
crossed over. and bent down; it was
a slash. the clean cut of knife, run
through both leather and cloth. Who
ever had done the deed had been I'M
able to operate the lock, and had
Csed the blade as a last resort, Slit
ting the entire bag wide open. / in
serted my hand and felt within; moth
ing seemed missing, or greatly dis
turbed. l explored to the bottom, and
then sprang TO my feet in startled
amazement-the dagger I had con-
cealed there was gone
Good God what could be the mean
ing of this? She had worn that orna-
ment in her hat openly, purposely, to
fool me into believing her innocent.
There could be no other explanation
She had confessed being at the hotel,
seeking TO locate me, and the number
of my room. What would prevent her
coming up here unobserved, then,
while l was out, and gaining entrance?
And who else would have any reason
TO thus search through my things, and
abstract this important evidence of
crime4
Yet how did she know I had it?
How did she even suspect L was the
first to discover the dead body, and
bear away with me the tell-tale weap-
On with which Alva had been muir
how-onIy she alone had special rea-
son TO regain possession of that knife
And she had even dared later to flaunt
it in my very face, to show it to me
in her possession, just as though it
had never passed out of her hands !!
Here was revealed a depth of duplici-
~, criminal audacity, not to be eX-
pressed in words; this soft spoken
girl, this woman to whom l knew I
had given my heart, stood revealed
now In all her hideOusness-a muir
deress, a thief, scheming criminal,
coolly concealing the trail of her crime,
and using her very charms of face
and manner to conceal from me her
true nature.
Perhaps she would see me again
perhaps The lie was yet warm upon
her lips. She had gone away laugh
ing at the simpleton who had believed
her, the dupe who had so easily been
deceived by her smiles. The chances
were she had disappeared already,
left the city, assured that
no evidence now remained behind to
ever connect her with this TERRIBLE af-
fair. She cared nothing for mel
had been q mere tool, plant In her
remained merely in her mem
DRY as something to laugh about. an
other victim. blind, cropping fool, with
whom she had played to her hearts
desire.
1 sat with my head In my hands
at the mutilated bag, racked
with anger and misery. / had been
easy, a mark Of derision and ridicule;
a mere screen for her to hide behind,
while her accomplice, if she had one,
escaped with the spoils. Then the re-
action came; the thought that per-
haps / had not read the story wholly
Alright; the faint hope that it might
not prove exactly as l had pictured in
my first Wild burst of passion. 1t was
too infamous, too unthinkabie. Why,
If she was guilty, should she have re-
manned in New York? Why should
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are Bactrian Camels-and that means
that we're of the family who always
have two humps.
"'That's the number of humps 10
have Oh yes, 1 wouldn't want TO
have less than two humps.
1.-TWO humps show a generous spir-
it, a most generous spirit
Every once in awhile Cam Camel
walked over from his yard and put his
head over the partition where Mrs
Camel and Baby were and talked 20
her
Cam Camel was out in the yard
while Mrs. Camel and the Baby were
back in the zoo house. Leading from
that house in the back was another
yard. but Mrs. Camel and Baby were
quite quiet in the house.
Mrs. Camel wanted 10 be alone
with the baby and have mother-and-
baby talks.
she liked 10 chat eth Mr.. Camel.
but If he came around he would be
jealous, she knew.
$50 the zoo people had a board
fence put up between Mr.. Camel's
=
she and the baby were.
Mr.. Camel could talk to his mate
all he wanted to and she could talk
to him, and he could look at the baby.
He liked to wander over from his
yard every few minutes OF 50 and
gaze at the little camel baby.
He liked to take a great interest.
and he wanted to ask his mate, from
time to time. how everything was in
her place-even though he could see.
Yes, this was the way he liked It
Camel and he liked to be able TO see
his small son but he was better on
being separated by the fence-like par
tition over which be could see but
through which he could not go.
For if he We're able 10 go near the
baby he might become Jealous and
give it a shove or a push or an angry
little bite.
This way he was free from temp
tation.
For Mr.. Camel liked girl babies
best He would not have been Jealous
Of girl baby. but he was a little jeaI-
Gus of boy baby.
He knew that Mrs. Camel liked a
hoy baby better than she did girl
baby.
"She wouI5 make a pet of her son
while he would make a pet of his
daughter
Yes, that was the way It would
always be-if there were a girl baby
he would pet it more than Mrs Camel
and with a boy baby she was peIung
the attention he usually received.
$50 he was pleased with the way
things were. He could not act upon
any jealous feelings he might have.
He could not hurt his son-and looking
at him now he knew that really he
did not want TO hurt him.
HE talked TO Mrs Camel and she
talked 10 him. They had little grunr-
ing conversations and both were very
happy.
They're not letting people see
me yet said Mrs. Camel. They're
leaving me with my baby and only the
keepers are watching Us. They're let
ting me get 70 know my baby and his
dear little ways They're not going 20
let me get nervous and worn out
keeping my baby from the crowds
who'd put their fingers through to
stroke him That's all very well after
a little while, but at the first / want
TO get to know my baby 80 very.
very well and to have him all, al
20 myself,'r
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the operation. but WaIdron never
shifted his position. Harris slapped
a hand on the desk, and gave utter
ance to an oath.
by Cd, Dan. we're right This
birds not Daly!'
Not in a thousand years he amt.
He's sure a deadringer. though"
Harris Strengthened up, the same
hateful grin still exposing his teeth.
We've got your number this time,
son." he announced. Harry DAILY has
tattooed anchor on his right arm.
l didn't know it. but Dan did. I'll tell
you what made US wise. In the shin
dig over at Perond's tonight, card
case was Jared loose from your
pocket. There was only one kind Of
card inside, and that wasn't DAILY by
d-n sight / told Dan about it.
and he was for getting a squirt at
that right arm. Said for me to CALI
you up at the number you gave me,
believing that If l threw in CON
enough you'd come over here. l asked
for 'G 145,' the operator there named
yer, and it was the same name what
was on them cards. SO now we know
yer're a dirty liar and spy. Mister
Philip Severn
You called me DAILY Yourself Har-
ris," 1 said quietly, realizing the game
was up. but not vet sure of their in
tentions. Il merely let it 60"
sure: hut what was the game? You
amt no fiy-cOp?"
Nothing of the k L."
Then you was after the dough.
That's what l thought; you and tta
girl are in cahoots. Well. what did
you do with it,"
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she have sought me out. or listened
so intently to the quarrel OF those two
men at Perond's7 What could she pos
sibly gain by thus overhearing the tale
OF their failure, IL she already knew
who was the murderer Of Alva, and
what had become OF the spells?
I could ask these questions, but not
one was answerable. They merely
Knocked me with their emptiness.
Then, shrill and insistent, the tele-
phone rang.
My heart was beating like trip
hammer as took down the receiver.
Who could be calling me at this hour?
Who except she alone In this city knew
my name and hotelf
sHulIo."
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i1lohlx comnIimentarx.

I'VE are going TO hold you. Mr.
Bagrox for $4,000 ransom" said the
leader of the band of kidnapers.
"YOu fiatter me-" responded the vic
tim. bowling cOurteously. 4 am not
BagrOx the banker. but a citizen of no
financial worth whatever. I know OF
no one in the world who would pay
10 cents 70 secure my release So
you can imagine how l appreciate the
compliment. "-Kansas City Star.
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Beyond Compass of One Mind

Prof. J. ]. Sylvester. the English
mathematician. who died in 1897. is
said to have been the last man who
ever thoroughly familiarized himself
with all branches Of mathematics as
known in his day. The subject is now
so vast that no human mind could pos
sfhly master the whole OF Il.
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d | z S pOOnIul or
two of vinegar,
and let it boil a
few minutes and
the OdOr will dis
appear.
When ripening
fruit such as
pears, tomatoes
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will appeal to the house
wife, these recipes have
been gathered. Those
who have never grown
or bought the crisp
white heads of celery
cahbagd or Chinese cab
bage have something
still 10 look forward To.
Sbrad the dpS - q
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chinese Divide Prnhts

In China 1t is a custom widely OBJ
served for a shopkeeper 10 divide
about 10 per cent OF the profits among
the employees at the New Year.
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A Question of Identity

The New Minister-"DO you know
who l am. my little MANI" Little
Billie-"Certainly. Don't you know
who Won arer''
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The Kitchen
Cabinet

1871. Western Newspaper Union
Life without hope draws nectar in a
sieve:
And hope without an object cannot
live.
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WAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

To serve the common everyday
in some new ways that
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Every task wrought out IN patience
Brings a lesson TO the doer.
JOY comes to the waiting worker,
But eludes the swift pursuer.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

After cooking fish wash the dish
well and add clear water with ia
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GUEST MUST HAVE APPETITE

To BE CoNTINUED1
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New-York tribune., 1921-04-22
Hylan Wants Herald Sq.
Renamed for Roosevelt
Asks Aldermen to Take Action,
Declaring Busy Center Typi-
fies COlOnel's life

Mayor Hylan yesterday sent a COM
munication to the Board Of Aldermen
suggesting that the name Herald Square
be changed to Roosevelt Square. There
is now an application before the Com
mittee on Public Thoroughfares Of the
Board to change the name Of the
square to Bennett Square, in honor of
the elder and younger Bennett, former
~ editors of The New York Herald.
In his letter to the Aldermen, the
Mayor said:
"The New York Herald has gone from
Herald Square and, without doubt, you
Will deem it proper in the near future
to rename this important center which
something like quarter of a century
ago was named after the newspaper
that then took up its abode there. One
name above all others comes instantly
to the mind Of every American. every
FNew Yorker, as the one prominently
to be chosen for this square in the very
heart of the city, where the life blood
of the great Metropolis flows ceaseless-
ly, in full tide day and night. 1t is
the name Of that great American, that
great New York citizen, Theodore
Roosevelt
mo section of the city could more
fittingly be given his name than this
central. busy, cosmopolitan spot where
many streams of traffic converge and
cross above, below and on the surface.
and where every phase of the city s
life is represented. 1t is typical of his
busy many-sided life, always at the
center and heart of everything thai
concerned the welfare of his fellow
citizens"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-22

Mrs. Ethel Kluge cried when she
learned that Judge Lewis had lust
signed divorce decree, granted to
William B. klugc, after default hear
ing in the Superior Court
1T means social ruin for me-" she
said. I'll be disgraced in nv clubs.
Suicide is the only thing left for me.
I'm going to kill myself"
Kluge, who is manager Of the Chi
cago branch Of the Racine Tire and
Rubber Company, and his pretty wife,
3 prominent club woman, agreed on
February ! to try the matrimonial
scheme of Fannie Hurst, a magazine
writer, who believes that husbands
and wives should live apart.
kluge had accused his wife OF ex-
travagance, and they resolved to live
apart for four months, seeing each
other only when both wished Mrs.
kluge was 20 receive an allowance and
spend 1T as she wished.
In accordance with the agreon ent
Kluge turned, their home at TOO Cor
nelia Avenue over to his wife. He
moved to the Clarendon Beach Hotel.
Precisely three weeks later kluge
filed suit for divorce. In his bill of
complaint he accused Mrs. Kluge of
impropriaties grave enough to con-
stitute a breach of the trial mar
riage" agreement
New-York tribune., 1921-04-22
Seek Stevens's
Will in Fight
For$5,O0O,OOO
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stove and few bent and worn cooking
utensils.
In this room the old man preferred
to live the last ten years Of his life.
although he owned what was once a
handsome estate on Bav Twenty
seventh Street. in the Bensonhurst
section Of Brooklyn.
Here Mrs. Stevens, said to be very
much younger than her husband, lived
while the recluse was occupying his
queer dwelling above the curb market
Brooklyn friends of Mrs. Stevens de-
MED yesterday that the couple had
been estranged. They declared that he
lived in the Bensonhurst house for
many years, but when he became feeble
he found the, long trip to and from
his Broad Street office too much for
him.
Gradually ne got into the habit of
sleeping in his office chair, going to
Brooklyn only two or three times a
week, and finally he had the cot put
in and his Brooklyn neighbors saw
him no more.
Although he was we'll known to old
timers in the financial district, Stevens
was rarely seen on the street during
the daytime.
After the tumult of the surging curb
market had subsidized and the human
tide had drifted northward, the aged
eccentric used to totter forth and wan
der around the deserted streets.
Men who knew him we'll in Wall
Street declared that he gave generously
to the poor and during the last month
of his life contributed about $500 to
charitable institutions.
During the time that Stevens was
lying at Trinity Hospital, in Brooklyn,
quently.
At the Bensonhurst house yesterday
Tribune reporter was refused ad-
mittance.
Neighbors said that young Mrs.
Pagan had visited her mother early
yesterday morning. Mrs. Pagan spent
Wednesday night at the Biltmore, but