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From the first day Mrs. S~pauldins
assumed all responsibility, and, con-
trary to a general ~supposition about
women drivers her record is some.
thing to shoot at" She never has
had a n'accident, as was confided as
she proceeded TO rap on a wooden
spoke Of her "fivver."N
How does she do it," inquired a
neighhor camper overheartng the con-
~versation.
"wen." Mrs. spaulding said. when
we got our car my husband was I'll
and too to drive. If we were
to use II It was up to me TO learn. I
always try TO treat the mechanism as
7 would anything else. and not
abuse it.. Sometimes It has taken
what seemed necessary abuse.
though"
She then related some of their trav-
els that carried than over all the
New England statea down to Florida
and up into Canada, besides the
trans-continentai tours. Tho a has
Travelled over mountain and desert
good roads and bad roads. prairie and
what the Spauldings said were the
most beautiful boulevards to be seen.
namely, Kansas City's. With Mrs.
Spaulding at the wheel the Ford has
forded swollen streams that necessi.
tated n flying start to prevent water
from stopping the engine. and has
, 1921-11-08
Women Begin
Use of Card
File In Home
Business Efficiency Applied to
Caring for the Household
Speeds Up the Housewives
Duties and Lessons Forgetting

Business efficiency methods are
rapidly becoming In the house
wffe's domain, and thu card. index
system is becoming n popular aid to
kitchen work. according to the Lon
don Chronicle. whose representative
oun upon investigation a growing
demand for the card flies.
THE card index system is very
generally used today in private kitch.
ems the Chronicles representative
was assured by n cookery expert. "It
Is not used in big kitchens over which
a chef presides, for the understand
able reason that famous chefs object
to putting their famous recipes on
record"
The card index system is in most
instances used mainly for the COM
pilation OF recipes. II was found upon
Inquiry. one housewife explaining tho
uses to which the files might DO u
as follows:
1T is not at all a question of D
Ing out cookery books on to the cards.
They are reserved for quite special
recipes which come to mo in all kinds
of ways. From South American peo-
pie ] got details Of tho dishes Of
their country which I could not have
found anywhere else. Now they are
written down In my index. Family
recipes contributed by my friends are
also found there.
Many OF my friends go further,
ana index practically the contents OF
kitchen. The quantities of stores
required monthly are filed. menus
which can be arranged from stores
which are always kept in the kitchen
n their place. and the likes and dis.
likes OF relatives who are frequent
are docketed.
For the benefit OF a maid with
bad memory. the card index records
the storing place OF kitchen
tiles which are not in constant use.
and simple reminders about necessary
kitchen rules which she is apt to for.
, 1921-11-08
Recipes Contributed By Natrona Students

The recipes given below have been
contributed by the students Of the
home economic department Of the Ma
trona County vocation school at Cas-.
per. This department. which II under
the direction Of Miss Harriet Gardner.
Is considered one of the best 1 n the
state.
Nots-. Because Of their value to
every housewife. and also as a means
of creating more interes in the i'm
portant work Of teaching domestic
science in the schools. The Review
will be- glad to publish recipes con-
tributed by the pupils Of the home
economies department Of any sef'ooi
In wyoming.)
The recipes contributed by the Ma
trona county school follow:
shrimp Wsggle &.
1 small can of tomatoes. 1 u cook
ed rice, 1 pint of cream. 1 tablespoon
chopped onion. 2 tablespoons butter
l can of shrimp.
Melt butter and fry the onion until
thoroughly cooked. Add the toma'
matoes and rice and bring to boiling
point. Clean and cut the shrimps Into
thirds and add to mixture. Heat
cream to boiling point. Mix thorough
fy and season to taste. Serve hot
With crackers. This serves six.
CONSTANCE METZ. age II.
Cooanut Biscuit
3 whites of eggs. / 1.2 cups OF
shredded ~cocoanut. 1 cup graduated
sugar.
Beat egg white Until very stff.
Add sugar and continue oeatins.
Place mixture in a double boiler n
cook twenty minutes. stirring con
stantly, being careful not to let II
stick. Remove from the fire. stir IN
the cocoanut and pour into a large
shallow buttered pan. "a teaspoonfui
Of butter for ZACH biscuit. Bake IN
oven until golden brown.
RUTH sPRoUL. ase Is.
Cherry Nut Salad
I can or 2 cups fresh black cher
ries, 2 cups walnuts
Enough salad dressing to make h
covering for each cherry. sugar to
taste.
Stone and wash cherries. Fill each
cherry cavity with nut meats. Mix
with ss,ad dressing and sugar. Serve
on crisp lettuce leaves.
MoNRoyE STEWART. age IA.
Our Orange Marmaiade: Home
Economics Special
, 1921-11-08
Ill
Keep Home OF
Dickens Intact
House Where Author Spent His
Childhood viii Be Rejuvenat-
ed and an Effort Will Be Made
to Keep Dickens Atmosphere

In America where there are SO few
book characters as we'll known as
those Of England. tho tribute accord
ed Charles Dickens' character of Da.
vid Copperfe,d perhaps cannot be
fully appreciated. There IRE no
Chuzzlewits or Pickwicks or Little
Dorrits in America. the nearest APP
proach OF a rational book per-c-
peri..-- being James Fenimors
Cooper's Hswkeye or Deerslaycr and
one could hardly imagine a library
being built around either.
But In London on the East Side
where Dickens spent some years OF
his boyhood there still stands an ar
Gent house in which the Dickens
family made its home for some time.
IL is the only remaining vestige OF
Mo famous authors boyhood and
EocAsn has decided to keep II. 1t Is
rather a squalid place in n squalid
neighborhood. but that is the very
It is to be converted into a
childrcn's library. because the need
OF the n~eighborhood is so great.
The house is Il be furnished witt
furniture to accommodate
the little tots, and is to be complete
w rcjuvenated, all in keeping. how
ever. with the original Dickens at
II is desired to raise TO-
900 pounds for the endowment OF this
library that will contain about 5000
books. The small collection of books
which Dickens owned as a boy Will be
placed here.
Tho house as Il stands is the gift
of the owner, a councillor Of tho Dor
ough of st. Pancras. Tho Rev. D.
Brett Langstaff. whose parish Is in
the ne~ighborhood. originated tho idea
OF converting the place into a child
ren's library thereby benefiting the
the neighborhood In a social way and
the memory OF Charles
Dickens.
, 1921-11-08
S ssS Womens Activities BUSINESS BUSINESS -
Council Will Help
Women Who Cannot
Help Themselv e S
Organization Formed in Lon
don to Answer to a Very
Pressing Need

The National Council Of womsn
in London is endeavorfng to help
those who cannot help themselves.
Little girls wrcnsed by unserupui.
Gus men. women sweated by their
empioyers-these and all the hun
dred others whose youth or ignor-
aneo or weakness makes them help
less are guarded by the council. EEK
plains tho Manchester Guardian, and
adds "A woman l. either well able
to look after her spiritual and ply
steal interests or she 10 pitfuiiy un-
protected. ana only the greater In
nuence OF the stronger women IN the
government OF our national life can
insure that the immense army or
weakiings Is not left entirely unaid-
ed"
Ono OF the bills whose loss was de-
piored was that giving mothers equal
rights and responsibilities with the
fathers over their legitimate infant
children. This measure was pushed
aside by the government owing 10
the lack OF time to discuss Il.
The council took up the condition
OF ome in the working tradea and
questions affecting tho treatment OF
Juvenile offenders. Matters Of this
character orer to women a wide field
In politics. They may not have sep
srato parties. but they should organ
lie to secure the enactment of leg
islation particularly affecting wom-
en- and children.
, 1921-11-08
VERMONT WOMAN AUTO DRIVER
MAKES RECORD AS TRAVELLER
Mrs. Florence E. Spaulding Makes Four Transcontinenta
Return Trips in the Same Flivver-Plans to Give Machine
Away When 1t Has Made Record of 100, 600 Miles

There's n sembiance of a Roman
chariot, or a Napoleonic waeoa, or
what many persons in various coun
tries and with different tongues re-
fer to as a Ford. that soon Will bc
sold or given away says tho Kansas
City Star. Believing faithfully that
the sins of forbears, IN this case pre-.
decessors, is transmitted unto the
third and fourth generations, and
being accustomed 20 these Sins n
new one of similar pattern will be
Bought after the goal-1o0, 900 miles
has bee reached.
So says Mrs. Florence Spauld-
ing. IS Years old wife of l.. r.
spaulding. 20, nephew OF the late
Charles S. Spaiding prophet of Kan
sas City" and author of Tho City of
Kansas and the Great Western
Plains" Il whose memory stands a
memorial tablet in Fem Valley park.
Mr.. and Mrs. spauldins are on their
fourth round trip. trans-continental
tour. The same Ford is being used
as on previous trips. .
IT guess Two made n record that
other women 'nivver. drivers can
shoot at" Mrs. Spaulding said the
other day. sitting in her motor
tent in the tourist park In North
Kansas City.
The couple arrived n week ago
last Saturday. having been on the
road from Tunbridge. VT, since Sep
TENDER l.. They VIII go to Califor-
mia, taking the southern route
through Texas. Mr.. and Mrs
spaulding have beer touring off and
every year since 1914.
, 1921-11-08
There's No Place
To Park Plates In
A Modern Kitchen
Compactness Carried to Ex-
IRENE, Woman Declares
To Be Built Larger

II ever l have a chance to build
a kitchen. I'm going to fly in the face
OF the efficiency experts and hay.
plenty of waste space in itr' saws n
woman who has been trying to adapt
modern factory methods to housekeep-
ing. according to the Tulsa Tribune.
compact kitchen is all right up
to the point OF getting the meal on
h table. Then there's no place to
park the plates OF salad while they're
waiting TO be served, and when the
table IL cleared there's no place to
park some Of tho dishes while you're
rinsing and stacking the others. Park
ing space for kitchens is my motor
The homey truth, which many
women IN modern kitchens are dis
covering. is hat the old-fashionsd
workshop had a few advantages after
all. Women who build today are apt
to make their kitchens q little bigger
than those recently constructed. They
route them so that the preparation OF
the meal may be done in a small n
compac. space. but they leave a little
room TO breathe IN.
In working away from the too-com-
pressed workshop. women are not 60
ing back to the pioneer kitchen. by
any means. but simply adding some
of It's pleasant space to tho modern
comforts thus keeping what Is best
In both.
, 1921-11-08
Unemployed Women Workers
Overlooked in Most Plans
To Adjust Labor Problems
Concentration of Attention of Situation as Re-
lates to Men Gives Rise to Danger of Neglect
ing an Important Phase of It-Half Million
Women Believed to Be Idle in England

There is some danger that
with the concentration of the
public attention on the fact
that vast numbers of men are
unemployed, the trouble arts
ing from unemployment axnong hun,
dreds OF thousands OF women will be
overlooked. This at least is true. the
Manchester Guardian points out. that
30 far there has been no great sgta-
tor in favor OF public efforts for re
lief Of the women out OF work. Miss
Margaret Borneid q noted English
social worker. gives tho following pic.
TURF OF the conditions surrounding
Unemployment of British
You cannot think OF q single WON
ems trade that has not been affected
by the alump. and large numbers of
trained women are out OF work b,
cause their industries have coms to a
stsndstiil. There are now $780, 900
women and $4,000 girls registered M
unemployed. but this represents only
a fraction OF the real trouble. because
women who have exhausted their un.
employment benefit viii not keep on
going to tho exchange. ! should say
those figures do not represent more
than 80 per cent Of the unemploy-
ment.
1--WE have news every day. Of fac.
tories closing down n largo num-
bsrs Of women consequently being
thrown out OF work. We heard def.
nitely OF the closing down of a Nor.
wich crepe factory which had en-
pioyed hundreds Of women. Many of
them had spent their whole working
lives there; some OF them had records
OF 20 years. service.
One looks at a sea OF misery nj
around and has to remember that the
only organized effort made to rerf
the distress is the domestic training
scheme which has had to be forced
OF the Government We asked
the Ministry OF Labor to undertake
a wider scheme and let us take the
inefficient workers in other industries
and train them to become more eff
cisnt. They said that the expense Of
supplying material and necessary ma
chinery would be too great The ut
most they would do was to give Us o
grant for the domestic training
centres. The real help would be to
Government orders for all sorts
of things in which women also could
be employed, and thereby stimulate
their unemployment Al we'll a. that Of
men. We believe that there 4 a great
deal that women could DO. We feel.
too, that thc snost foolish policy IL to
take any steps that curtail the home
market. Every time you cut rates
and put people on short time you in
limiting the area Of employment and
throwing people out Of work. Failing
Government schemes Of employment
we shall demand maintenance for I'M
employed women"
, 1921-11-08
Special Bank Opened
For Women Customers

Times have changed and former
things are passed away, at least as
far as women are concerned. There
has been established a special banF
ing institution for ome a forerur
ner OF other similar institution
throughout the country. and now
comes the intelligence Of a woman's
garage. exclusively for women. 1t is
not managed by women. to be sure.
but all Of its. patrons are women, and
the fact that it has been established
In Boston. of all places h most con-
sentative. Is a certain sign of he
new era OF womanhood.
, 1921-11-08

itrayersed such narrow mountain
posses that to meet another cal
would have meant O complete traffic
tie-up.
eve have seen everything In the
United States worth seeing" her hus
band said. but we're not through
yet"
Something Tapped the side OF the
tent and from under the canopy crept
a dog. Then another and another
until there were ten ranging from E
weeks to 4 years old. Mrs. Spauid.
ing explained she was a lover Of
dogs.
This little one here 10 Q weeks
old, boyn in Pennsylvania" she SAID.
That large hound dog over there is
a vagabond we picked up in vir.
ginia."
1t was tied by n long cord to a front
wheel of tho car. This was necessary
because OF rs rambling habits anc
teaching the Others naughty tricks
by leading hem astray. The other
dogs Mrs. Spaulding has raised.
They ride do luxe in two boxes on the
rear seat. the youngest and its moth
er in front where special care can be
given.
The Spauldings' accourtrements
are a tent. two cots. n 2,burner oil
stove n portable writing table the
dog boxes and other camp equip.
ment.
Mr.. Spaulding called at The Star
to inquire the whereabouts OF the
memorial tablet to his uncle. He
explained that although h prophet
Of Kansas City spelled his name
minus a gu" his brother changed It
to contain the letter which the son
After visiting here a few days the
Spauldinys will e westward again,
returning in the late winter or early
spring to their home in Vermont. .
, 1921-11-08
Montenegro Men
Are Above Work;
Let Women Do 1t
Male Folks in That Country
Conserve Their Energies
for Quarreling

Everybody works but father, he
sits around all day"
This sentiment smacks of tronv
in these days of men distrausht by
n cares incident to making both
ends mcot. but there are countrfe~
EFT In this modern world where Just
that situation EXISTS. Montenegro
the most diminutive country Of the
BALKANS. now a part Of the JuFo
Slavinn state. IN the land whore no
mar works, that Is OF the native
Sfontenegrins.
shopkeepsns there are and must
be but the shops are conducted cx.
c'usiveiy by Albanians and Germans.
Road work is done by prisoners OF
war. OF which there seem to be not
a few. The burdens Of the dairying
and agriculture av borne by the
women. whose whitening scorn a
foreigner must meet IL suggestion is
made that IL would be a more iogi.
cal order OF things II men would do
the heavy work.
Trey work. Our men are war.
-iors n must not lose their mani.
ness By doing mediocre tasks"
And so all that Is done is perform
ed by the women, while the men
swasger pleasantly about and imbibe
their plum juice brew over the IRE
in the spacious fireplace that IS n
part Of every village Inn. or polish
their hejeweled swords and pistols.
the meanwhile ordering their women
folks about.
In Montenegro man is the master
md woman the slave. and the ma
ton a warrior nation.
, 1921-11-08
Many School Buildings
Under Construction Now

CHEYENNE. wyo., Nov. 4.-The
present year is productive of more
than the ordinary amount OF school
building construction throughout the
state. the majority Of them are large
and are to be furnished with the most
modern equipment.
Thermopolis. Cheyenne. Riverton,
Kemmerer. Cody Int worland have
Just completed or are in the process
OF constructing new high school build
ings Sheridan. Torrington and Lara
milo will start construction soon.
Basin IL considering an addition to the
high school building and Casper. where
two high schools have been recently
completed. Is putting up several new
grade schools. Rock Springs will
build a superintendent home, q new
undertaking in his state.
, 1921-11-08

2 large oranges, / lemon, s cups
sugar. water.
wash lemon and oranges. slice very
thin, using q sharp knife. Put into
a preserving kettle. cover with water
and let stand over night In morn.
ing measure the liquid and add
enough more water to make 0 cups
, 1921-11-08

Miss Marion Hoiiins of West Brook,
Long Island. surprised the golf eS-
perts last week by defeating Miss
Aiexa Stirling OF Atlanta. Ga, in the
final round of the woman's national
golf tournament. Miss Stirling had
been champion for three successive
ears. Miss Hollins has been a lead
ing player for several years but pre-
viously had not been able 10 get a.
far AS the semi'finals in national tour
naments.
, 1921-11-08

Of liquid. Return to kettle with sliced
fruit. Cook slowly for two hours.
Heat the sugar end add to mixture.
Cook about two hours longer or untfi
the syrup jells. Put into glasses and
seal. This recipe makes nine glasses.
HARRIET GARDNER,
Teacher Domestic Science Dept. Z
, 1921-11-08

Champion woman ''flivver'' driv-
err Mrs. Florence E. spaulding. 65
years old Tunbridge, Va.
Her record-makcr 1914 model
Ford touring car has travelled more
than 81 5000 miles. Goal. 100, 900
miles. 1t has consumed 5071 gal
Ions Of gasoline and 1000 quarts of
of. No record OF water used.)
Average. II miles n gallon and 40
miles a quart of oil. It has worn
out twenty sets of tires. Average
load, 2.7oo pounds. Longest days
trip, 26s miles. Shortest days trip
, 1921-11-08

Belief thai the mysterious forest
fire in the Medicine Bow national
forest along the Mule Creek divide Is
smoke from n mountain moonshine
distillery is expressed by forest rang,
ar who have failed to find the fire
At a distance the smoke may be seen
but as soon as ~ arrive n
where near tho scene the smoke
ceases.
, 1921-11-08

Signed with other names IS:
Thomas Lincoln, white corn. man
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
Thus. continued Mr.. McGregor,
we have revealed TO us the religion
OF Abraham Lincoln's parents. his sis
ter. Sarah. n OF himself. He was
raised in the simple hard-shelled faith.
which in after years never left him.
We have no record OF Thomas Lin
coin or his wife ever uniting with any
church after they moved to Illinois IN
$780,"
, 1921-11-08
Records Of Century-Old Church Clear Up
Mooted Question About Lincoln's Family
Show That Great Emancipator Was Reared a
"Hard-Shelled" Baptist Deerskin-bound
Book Recording Business of Little Pigeon
Church Also Dispells Fiction About Poverty

Rolling back the mists of a century and offering the deer
skin-bound records of Little Pigeon Baptist church near Lin
coin City, Ind, as the missing link of Abraham Lincoln's re-
ligion Thomas B. McGregor, assistant attorney general of the
state of Kentucky, has given to an appreciative America sub
stantial evidence that Abraham Lincoln was reared in the
, 1921-11-08

The nations can lessen their ar-us
by shortening their reach.-Washing-
ton Post. o.
, 1921-11-08

Whoever may Discern true md. shall uow
pure enough to love them. brave enough to
strive for them and strong enough to reach
them-ElizAbeth Barrett Browning.
, 1921-11-08

The value OF . man - . rational being
turns not on external cauaafion. not on his
impulses, AZ living organism. but on his
capacity to rins ABOVE these Impulses In CON-
trolling htmsetf, and to becfns q cifiren
In . realm Of higher ends-Lord Haldansl
The state herald., 1921-05-20
Where the High
School Teachers Go


Miss Williamson leaves Saturday
for her home at Collins, Mississippi.
Miss Heidee and mother will leave
June l to spend the summer in Cali.
fornia
II is ruinored Hiss Martin and Miss
Schiller viii stay in Holyoke.
Miss Henline will spend her vaca-
tion at Liberal. Kansas.
Miss Kinney will return to her
home at Fort Collins, Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Collier will go to
Estes Park, whore the professor is
a guide in the summer, which is
quite responsible position.
Mr.. and Mrs. WikoM, after spend
ing short time in Denver, will sum.
mer in Estes Park.
Mr. Broillar will stay in Holyoke
TO continue the Smith-Hughes work.
Miss Sarah Davies will leave for
her home in Missouri.
Dir. and Mrs. Robb will visit their
old home at Clinton, Illinois.
The state herald., 1921-05-20
"WHo STEALS MY PURSE"

Shakespeare didn't have anything
a.tall on, the Herald's new printer
Ray Madison
One night this week. someone stole
his pocketbook containing few
measly shekels he was saving to buy
IA Ford car with. He says he's lucky
they left his pants. as he had them
OFF at the time. He wishes. they
would bring the pocketbook back. as
he hates to ask any merchant to
stand him on for one, so he can try
to save some more money-all print.
ers do. At present he is badly wor-
ried for fear he will get u dollar and
have nothing to carry 1t in. He says
he has not been robbed since he
went to Jerico mot Tennessee) and
that is is novel experience-and
embarrassing, some. He says he's
fraid he landed in too big town
unless he can find some motherless
young widow who will adopt him.
and that II the thief buys bootleg
with the money he hopes he will
take one big one for him.
'Tis a sad tail. with the end not
yet in sight.
The state herald., 1921-05-20
sAccALAURArE SERVICES

The Baccalaurate services were
held at the high school auditorium
last Sunday evening. A large crowd
was present To listen TO the splendid
address given by Rev. Bennett.
The program was opened by the
Junior. Senior march. led by Marie
Mclll. The orchestra played a selec.
tion.
The union choir sang nnd the invo.
cation was given by Rev. Illsley.
A male quartet composed OF Mes
sers. Bcrcman. Broillar. Hale and
Mitchell rendered u pleasing selec.
ton. followed by the rcadipg of the
scripture lesson from John VI n
saxaphonc quartet proceeded tho yer
mon.
Rev. eBnnctt was at HIS hest and
Rev. Bennett was at his best and
offered words Of advice 10 the grad.
uaiinR class The choir sang anolh'
or selection and Rov. lllslay pro
nouncei the bcnedic,ion.
The state herald., 1921-05-20
Popular Young Couple
Wed Here Saturday

A couple Of our young people sur
prised relatives and friends by HE
ing themselves TO the Baptist par
sonage last Saturday evening. May
II. and being quietly united in mar.
riage by the minister. Rev. Gray.
The contracting parties were Ear.
nest IIambleton and Miss Hazel
Smith
Mr.. IIambleton has become nc.
quainted with the people Of Holyoke
through his association with tha
Tailor Shop. He has had charge OF
the shop during the absence OF his
brother.in.law. X. z. Tate. and has
proven himself well lifted to carry on
the business.
His bride is the daughter of Mr..
aud Mrs. Fred Smith. and wen known
to Holyoke people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamblcton Will re-
side In Holyoke for tn present at
least and may conclude to locate
here permanently.
The llo!sla Joins their a:aHy
friends in wishing them long and
happy life.