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The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06

coffee infusion, add a cupful of coffee
and pour into sherbet cups stirring
well to mix with the junket, sweeten
to taste and let stand in a warm room
to become firm, then chill.
On a hot day there is nothing more
restful than meal out of doors. If
1t cannot be taken in the woods or by
a stream, the grounds at home or even
the porch will be good substitute.
A screened In porch, if near the kit
chen. makes an ideal dining room for
summer weather.
Salmon Salad-To a can of salmon
add one cupful of cucumber pickles
finely chopped, one and one-half cup
fuls of oyster crackers, crushed fine,
mix with salad dressing and serve on
lettuce.
Custards of various kinds and flavors
make most wholesome desserts. cup
custard is easy to prepare and when
chilled is especially dainty. Slightly
beat two eggs to a pint of milk, add
sugar and fiavoring and pour into
the custard cups. Set the cups In a
pan of hot water and steam until the
Sttll " tiic Nv
move and set on ice when cool to chill.
Jellles and gelatines are delicious
combinations with fruit and nuts,
served with whipped cream. Lemon
jelly served with chocolate
blanc mango is a combination not very
common, but very good.
Such desserts may be prepared the
evening before while dinner is In
preparation or early in the morning.
A light dessert should follow heavy
dinner, especially during the hot
weather.
Date and Orange SaIad.-Peel and
carefully remove oranges into sec
tions, mix with quartered well washed
dates, adding a little diced pineapple.
Serve on lettuce with any good dress
ing mixed with whipped cream.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06
The Kitchen
Cabinet 40

The people people work with best are
often very queer;
The people who are peoples kin quite
shock your first idea.
The people people choose for friends
your common sense appal;
But the people people marry are the
queerest folk of all
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06
Nuu. MlAtn. n.eaQ
Excellence Accounted For.

Excellence Accounted For.
Mother" said little Roger. 81 know
why Norah's cookies taste so good.
She always sings when she is mixing
and the song gets into 'em."-Boston
Transcript
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06

5 G q 5 o n / n g. A
tablespoonful or
two of butter from
each meal will
season a dish of
vegetables. Other
fats may be as
wholesome an d
cheaper, but but
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06

In America we understand by equal
ity, not that we are all equals in
learning. in intellect. and so forth. but
that we are all equals in the power
to be good and honorable and gen.
erous.-Senator Dolliyer.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06
SUMMERY DISHES.

Junket is so easy to prepare and sc
easily digested that 1t makes an Ideal
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06

Sumlner TOOU.
Coffee Junket.-
To a pint and n
half of IN IL k
warmed to new
milk temperature
Il d d a jun k e t
tablet dissolved in
a tablespoonful Of
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06
HELPFUL HINTs-rAsrY FOODS

Bits of butter left on the bread and
butter plates should be saved for
The Colorado statesman., 1921-08-06
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado

(western Newspaper unon News ser'iosl
COMING EVENTS.
Annual Monte Vista Stampede at Monte
Vista. Aug. g. 4. 8.
Morgan County Fair. Fort Morgan.
AUG. 2t-26. w. j. OFT. secretary.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
SABBATH DAY" NOT SUNDAY
Modern Writers Display an Amazing
careIessness In Their Misuse
Of the Words.

In English there Is not more def
mite word than sabbath, yet 1t is used
with an Amazing carelessness as
synonym for Sunday. The writer's and
translntOrs of the New Testament use
sabbath correctly, says writer In the
Brooklyn Eagle.
1t is always Hebrew and In no In
stance is 1t associated with the New
Testament dispensation-now univer-
sally known as Christianity. Indeed
the apostles were severely rebuked by
the Jews for breaking the sabbath.
Christians cannot break the sabbath,
for they do not have 1t to break.
Sabbath and Sunday are observed
on separate days. but this Is not nee
essary. as astronomy shows that the
Identity of days from year to year Is
impossible; since the yenr and dny
are incommensurable. The leap years
show that any given date varies n
day; even this does not correct the
dates, as other corrections-the cen
turlal leap years-become necessary.
There Is IL still deeper reason for dis
carding the severity OF the sabbath,
namely. our seven-day week Is UNI
counted thousands Of years older than
the book of Genesis. Evidence Is very
strong that 1t was founded on quarter
Ing the sidereal month-the "true
month";" Long before anything even
approaching astronomy arose man no
ticed that the moon slowly moved into
another group Of stars each night. and
by rough eye measurement, completed
her revolution In % days-"the IS
mansions of heaven" of the Chinese
and japanese.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
coURTEsAN OF LOVELY ORIGIN
Lady Hamilton Rose to High, "
Anomalous, Position, Solely
Through Her Great Beauty.

Lady Hamilton. who. during the
latter part of the Eighteenth century,
was a world figure. and whose activ-
tiles did much to change history, was
horn Of a blacksmith and cook. The
time was to come when she wns bed
fellow with the queen of Naples, and
close friend to kings and princes. ms
we'll as the wife OF the British ambns-
sador to Italy. and mistress Of the
great Nelson. but 1t was ms Emma
Lyon that she began her career OF
mastering power and authority by her
woman's beauty and wiles.
While walking along the street at
the age Of sixteen she saw an old
schoolfellow In the hands of press
gang that was about to convey him
aboard n British ship bound for forced
service. She went to Captain Payne.
commander Of the ship. and begged
his release. The captain ngreed-on
a condition. The girl accepted II and
gave up her honor to save her friend.
The captain paid dearly for his act
shortly afterward. as the young beau
ty went about the town charging up
bills of enormous amounts, and he
was forced to settle.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
PIoneers' Prairie Bunk.

The necessity of finding n more con-
venIent and comfortable place than
the ground upon which to sleep pro-
duced the "praIrie bunk" This one
legged bedstead. now n piece Of furni-
ture Of the past, was improvised by
the pioneer in unique manner. a
forked stake. was driven into the
ground Mt n proper distance from the
corner of the room and upon It poles.
usually Of hickory. were laid reaching
from each wall. These poles. where
they touched the walls, rested In the
openIngs between the logs or were
driven into auger holes. Upon these
miles Stats OF clapboard were placed.
or linden bark was interviewer from
mole to pole. Sometimes an old-fnsh-
Toned "cord bed" was made by using
bnsswood bark for the cord. On this
framework the housewife sprend her
straw tick or piled the luxurious
mound Of her homemade feather bed.
Such a sleeping place was usual!
known ms n "praIric bedstcnd." but
sometImcs 1t was called n "prnirie
rascal."-MIldred J. Sharp, In the Pal
impsest.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
Commodore preble,s Temper.

Tile hasty temper of that early hero
Of the United States navy, Comino-
dUre rrcble, says n writer In the Bos-
ton uernld, furnishes the basis for an
amusing story that people of the older
generation used to enjoy telling.
The old sea fighter. II seems, was
testy chip. One afternoon his wife
was entertaining several lady callers
ut their Portland home. Just rs they
were going out they heard n trcmen-
dous racket on the floor above, and
down the front stairs came crashing II
lnrge and very solid table. II badly
frightened the callers, who were lin
gering In the hall for n parting word
"Why, Commodore Prcblc!" cried
his wife. ''whnt are you doingy
"rhnt. Mrs. PrebIe," roarcd the
commodore, lis my blasted temper j.!
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
How Old Armor Wa. Made.

Ancient nrmOr cost money. COM
plete iron suit of exclusive design
might "stick" the purchaser for as
much rs $1,000. which was grent
sum In those days. Baronial gentle
men, however. had their own profess
sionnl nrinOrers to turn out such
metal garments. The common soldiers
went to battle with nothing better to
protect them than leather jenkins and
steel caps. Recently samples were
taken from a dozen of ancient pieces
and nut through n chemical and micro
scopIcnI examination by experts In or
der to find out something about how
the stuff was made. II was found
that all the pieces thus tested were
made from very pure wrought iron.
converted into steel by the old "cenen-
tntIon' process The original Iron
was produced much like our modern
wrought iron. II was cnrbonizcd.
hammered into sheets and the sheets
welded together. The whole was
then hammered into shape while heat
ed and plunged into water thus pro.
ducing the final hardening.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
COVERED HEADS IN CHURCH
Before the Year 1861 Men Did Not
Remove Their Hats During
Religious. Services.

About 1861 nm agitation commenced
to hive men remove their hats In
church-Pepys makes gentle fun of 1t.
The custom was first to remove the
hat to cover the eyes In prayer, and
later 1t WINS tnken or altogether.
The Introduction of the wig helped
the custom-for 1t proved difficult to
keep ones hat on over Il tousled
mass Of false curls. This also led TO
large hats with plumes going out of
style.
Then, instead of wearing hats In
doors, men went to the other extreme,
and often carried them In their hands
when out of doors. The Puritans In
England continued to wear their
broad .brimmed hints, however. Indoors
and out.
Mems hats and clothing were
changed with the French Revolution;
wigs went out. and then with the rise
of Napoleon. dress became military
In style. In 1915. during the Restora-
ton period. arose the ''stovepipe hat"
and breeches, ut the same time be-
gan to be worn to the ankle.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
ReIiaion In Everyday Life.

The widespread impression that re
lIgion is n thing Of life .aIsrt and not
nm essential part of profitable life Is
at the bottom Of all our social prob
lens. Were the people tnught, not
merely preached to on Sundays. hut
taught in school from infancy to old
age. that to deal justly. to be kind
and generous. and to revere the pow
crs above earthly powers. our social
affairs would soon assume, or approx
Innate. the conditions contemplated by
the Master. In these more enlight-
cncd times men want to know the
ynlue of religion ns personal asset
in life rather than n promised assur-
ancc OF peace and comfort after
death. An occasional sermon on the
value of religion as personal nsset
In social and business life would he
helpful to many toilcrs.-Ernsm'is
Wilson.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
SAYING 1T WITH FLOWERS
Pretty Japanese Custom That Is Re-
0arded as Inseparable From the
Period Of Courtship.

The Japanese counting Is MS apt
60 start in flower message rs any
other way, the lovclorn swain indi-
eating his passion by tossing II pale
plum blow into the litter as the oh
jecl of his regard Is carried by him.
II she osscs 1t out his suit is reject
81 bu! II she fastens 1t mt her kimono
A.rdle the affair may go forward. An
other method Is for the lover to slip
Up to his loved ones door at mid
lipht and fusten n spray of blooming
celastrus alatus above the door. The
next morning he walks by the house.
u the spray Is still there. all is over.
But If II has been taken In, or II 1t
has been wntercd, he knows the maid
is his
The actual terms of the marriage
settlement are carried on by n go-be-
tween, always man, we are told.
\ complimentary present" Is then
sent. and If 1t Is accepted The
bride and her entire family are In
honor bound TO go forward with the
ceremony. The groom then sends her
Sixty prescribed gifts that include SILK
of certain length and folded In IL
certain way; garments, slken bags
of rice and swcetmcats, and barrels
OF wine. The latter the bride, MS IL
rule presents to her parents, ana the
contents are drunk in cups little lhre-
err than thmblc. The groom also
sends n long piece of white SIR Tor
the WclIIn, unrmrut. and II piece OF
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
R.e,p. for Good Memory.

Rose. the garrulons domestic. can
give you facts OF MISREPRESENTATION
al, dramatic. scandalous-riglt on the
hat without moments hesitation.
"How do you manage to remember
nil these things, Rose" inquired her
employer the other day.
Then Rose came back with the In
fnlible rule for memory training.
an tell ye, na'am." says she. "All
me life never a lie I've told. And
when We don't have to be tnNin' yer
memory 20 be rememberin' whnt ye
told this one or that one or how ye
explained this or TINT We don't over
work It and It lasts We, good as new.
forever"
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
Blocks Easily Removed.

A prominent tradesman in south
west London expostulated with n gang
of rond rcpairers regarding small
mountain Of wood blocks dumped In
front Of his premises.
The protest being ignored. he sur
reptitiously stuck card. bearing the
Inscription: "Please take one" on the
offending heap.
The philanthropic suggestion was
quickly acted on by passers-by. and
more than hnlf the blocks had disap-
peared before n vIgllnnt policeman re-
moved the cnrd.-London Express.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

"You often hear 1t said that Mrs.
Glithery has all the brains In the Glith-
cry family"
.Hut Mr. Glithery is successful
business man,"
"Oh. yes. However. he merely makes
money. While slipping tea and smok-
ing n perfumed cigarette. Mrs. Gllth-
cry can discuss more abstruse qucs-
lions that have nothing to do with
homework, or the upbringing OF the
GlIthery twins thnn any other woman
in her et"-Birminghnm Age-Herald.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
Heard and mv,..eh. Defended.

DR.. Arjan Das, in the Indian Mcdi'
cal journal, dcplores the fashion Tor
cropped hair which Is gaining In India.
He says hair Is an additional ornn-
ment for rich woman. and often the
OILY ornament Of the poor. The shay
ing Of mustache and the epilation OF
nasat hairs Ia bad. as they prevent the
iAtfo4oetion Of even minute particles
- 4nseentering the nose. Worse still
y ~ 3ncreaslng practice Of shnving
- bGned. rs this protects the throat
eers dental neuralgia. Shaving
me the fashion both with
nd Mohammedans, though n
AN among the Inter IN
I respect.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
PREFERRED TO LIVE ALONE
Watsr.Hes Chose Lonely Existence In
English Pond to the confine.
msnt Of a Menagerie.

Two years ago large and lntelli-
gent water-hog from South America,
tired Of the local British menagerie
which exploited him and his brethren.
crept away. and took up his abode In
a pond at MannIng's feath, Sussex
There he lived a hermit-like existence,
swimming and diving, or scrambling
along the fringe Of the pond by way
Of exercise, and harming no man, UNI
til quite recently a young foal dlsput-
ed his claim to the lake. The three
feet-long water-hog had the impu-
dence to chase the foal, and suffered
death at the hands Of gamekeeper
for his mIsdemeanor. The hogs life
In the Sussex pond Is regarded as all
the more strange because few OF his
species have survived the English
climate. Such creatures abound on
the river banks In South America.
and, while possessing the skin and
bristles of an ordinary hedgehog, can
swim and dive like fish, often re-
naming under water for lengthy
periods. They have long. curiously
nodded teeth. which enable them to
grind to pulp the vegetable matter
that forms their sustenance, and al
low 1t to pass down the very narrow
passage of their throat. They bark
and growl like dogs. and are alto
gether unpleasant animals when
reused. The Manning pond specimen
was regarded by the villagers as quite
harmless, however. and they deplored
Its untimely end.-London Mail.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27


same kind. Last fall an agent came
along. selling II soap that would do
everything you can think Of. from
identifying the female complexion to
chasing the cows out of the corn. The
agent talked as though he had eight
day works in him. like our old grand
fathers clock, and he didn't make any
impression until he said the soap
would heal all skin diseases Of man
or beast. 1t happened Mt TINT period
that Mr.. Curfew had an Imitation bird
dog that he traded good watch for.
and gave dollar to boot, said dollar
having been extracted from my pri-
vute savings, and never returned.
"This dog had the mango or some
dsagrecable disease that caused him
to itch in the most reprehcnsible man.
ner. He was always scratching and
rubbing against everything he could
find. first and last. One day he up
set my parlOr table and broke all my
best china. which had placed on the
table few minutes before. He also
upset the sewing machine and the
rhurn. and l don't know what else.
$50 when Mr.. Curfew heard that
the agents soap would cure skin dis
enses. he insisted upon buying cnke,
and after he had gone he begun to
wash the dog with that marvellous
soap. don't know what Ingredients
said soap contained. but after 1t was
rubbed into the dogs skin that I'M
fortunate animal became frantic and
acted ms though It's reason tOttescd on
It's throne. Mr.. Curfew tried to hold
the beast. and 1t reached around and
bit his ear almost on. and Of course
he released 1t then, and the uproar
he made. rs he danced around the
house, holding his ear with one hand.
and sunmoning the police with the
other was simply scandnlous.
meanwhile the dog ran on, en-
tirely demented. Mrs. Turpentine
was crossing the road pushing her
bnby buggy, when the animal collidcd
with said vehicle and spilled her on
spring into the mud. ! am willing
to admit that such m experience was
nggravating, but don't think 1t was
ladylike In Mrs. TurpentIne to come
uNeT " lily WIN iVi h"''s ~
FAINT under her arm. and shake her fist
under my nose. and tell me that for
five cents she'd pull all my hair out.
"Old Mr.. Poppinjay was standing
on the corner. leaning on his cane.
waiting for street car, when the
crnzy dog ran against his cnne and
he took II header into the gutter, and
l really felt sorry for him when l saw
him going home ten minutes later.
dripping slush and mud like n sea-
serpent. but. couldn't sympnthize
with him SO very much when he
picked up a brick ms he was passing
our place and smashed a panel in our
front door.
"For two days people were coming
here claiming TINT we ought to REIN
burse them for damages done by that
dog. 1t seemed TINT the unfortunate
animal made circuit Of the town,
and left n trail Of desolation behind
him. He upset six pans of milk for
Mrs. Trumpetar. and scared Smiths
family horse so 1t ran away ana in
jured several members Of the family,
md killed eight prize chickens for Mr.
DIppy, and l don't know what else
In view OF which, l think we can
struggle along without any Of your
marvellous sonD."
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

tempted to do some idlotic thing, and
have to suppress such impulses with
II mailed fist. It's all the outcome Of
he's bnck number. He wants to
assure the plain people that, notwith-
standing his grny whlskcrs and string
halted legs, he's Il fOur-horse team
with dog nMIcr the wagon, when
It comes to athletic skill.
81 was in the livery barn the other
evening, when young Fretsirgcr he
gan explaining that he had hccn tob-
ing boxini lessons from one of the
old masters. He had learned all the
tricks of the game, and was just suf-
fering agonics because there was no
body present who would stand up and
exchange scientific swnts with him.
an my younger days, If do say 1t
myself, was II star performer in
the ordinary knock aforementioned
form of combat, hut never was worth
shucks mt boxing. Nobody knows that
better than ] do. Why, then. did !
inform Frctsingcr that | would he glad
to spar II few rounds with him? II
surely was vanity and nothing else.
! had an Idea that, while he might
have plenty of the fancy stun on
hand. ! might land one of my old-timc
haynnkcrs: In which ease felt sure
the town would soon he ringing with
the story of an old mans prowess.
$50 took or my long jimswineer
cont. and my vest, and stood up for
battle. IF anybody tells you, my
friends. TINT Fretsinger doesn't know
how to WELD his hands. you may re-
gard the story ms II roorback. ] never
saw fists so numerous as on that occa-
sion. couldn't see anything else for
while, and they landed on me In
many unexpected places. and j don't
remember n time when / was so en-
harrasscd.
"Fretsinger explained aftcrward
that he merely tapped me gently be
cause was n venerable man, old
enough to be his grandfather. In that
case | never want to become involved
In an argument with him when he Is
in earnest. I had n black cy" for n
week after this recital, and my nose
has never satisfied me since. Every
time | came downtown. l had to eN-
plain to II thousand people that black
ened my eye while splitting kindling
or that dropped n sad-iron on 1t.
There is nothing more humiliatins
than n black eve. and ] made M my
mind that I'd try to rcaliZe my adj
yancrd age thereafter. and behave my
self like n grave and reverend man.
"Hut no sooner had my eye recov-
cred than ! was in trouble again. !
saw some young men wrestling and
paused to poin, out that they didn't
know the rudiments of the game.
assured them that in my younger days
was holy terror. md | didn't think
that my hand had lost its cunning
II would afford me genuine happiness.
I said. to show them how wrestling
was done In the palmy days Of Null
doom and Whistler.
$50 I removed my coat and vest and
went into executive session with
husky young man who had no respect
for gray hairs. I am not sure about
what followed. but | think he must
have thrown me over his head. Any
how, made n great dent In the earth
with my person. and was so sore for
two weeks that | had to take myself
around In II whcclbarrow. of course,
| am determined to make no more bad
breaks Of the kind. but haven't much
confidence in myself, md tomorrow
you may see me climbing Il tree half
4.
to rob birds nests"
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

"Does your wife object to your
playing golf!'
mo, we've made compromise"
"That soi'
"Ycp. She's perfectly willing TO have
me play the game but she insists on
my not talking about 1t after l get
home"
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

"Oh, i have no
doubt 1t will re-
store hair to bald
heads and make
hi ok ems lay
eggs" said Mrs.
Curfew, sarcas-
ticnlly. II feel
quite satisfied It's
made Of barks and
buds and healing
herbs, but I don't
want any of your
marvellous soap,
having had expe-
ience with other
nnrvels Of the
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
GAY OLD MEN

S(CAM JAGWAY was trying to be
~ funny, this morning." related
the horse doctor. "He saw some boys
turning hnndsprings, and undertook
to show them how the trick used to be
done in the halcyon days, and the doe
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

"Hcre is fine tonic which will
quickly bring back your husbands ap-
petite"
Dear me, doctor, I've been getting
along so fine with my market money
since he lost his ppctite.'-Boston
Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
Catarrhal Deafness requires constltu.
tlonnl treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is n constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In.
famed condition OF the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube When this tube it
naamed You have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing. and when II In entire.
ly closed Deafness IL the result. UnleH
the Inflammation can be reduced. your
hearing may he destroyed forever
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the blood the mucnus sur
faces OF the system thus reducing the In.
Illumination and restoring normal condi'
tons.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
f. j. Cheney * Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27
CLEANING THE DOG

sSTHIS Is the most wonderful soap
Il ever offered the public" ex.
planned the voluble agent. as he opened
his grip. ut will clean anything un-
der the sun. 1t will remove grease
spots. polish tInWnre="
The Meeker herald., 1921-08-27

British merchants nre planning ex-
hlbitions in large cities Of China 10
recover tneir commercial position lost
during the war.