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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

Such screen usually must be
made to order. 1t should have at
ieast Tour leaves. 1t is, though it
must be made to order, well worth
the price you may have to pay
For it.
Similar screens are prepared by
women who must combine living
room and bedroom. In such a COM
bination. the hidden side Of the
screen holds a mirror. hooks for
clothes, narrow but firm shelf for
toilet articles, shoe bags, and
pockets for various other dress
accessories
There are many very interesting
new ideas in screens One is the
use Of polka dots. Polka dotted
screens are at the moment exceed
ingly smart They cannot of
course. be used in every room, but
in certain rooms they are just
right They are made usually of
heavy glazed paper, with gold
silver or white dots on a black
background.
Another interesting screen Is
made with copies of famous por-
traits for decoration. For instance
two Rembrandt portraits on each
panel. irregularly placed at the top
They may be copied by an artist
Or they may be pasted on in the
form Of good colored prints. Then
the screens surface is vanished
and the prints become part of the
screen.
For an unusual music room an
appropriate and effective screen was
recently made Of parchment, with
old music copied on each panel
Matching it were the lampshades
for the room. The walls, Of stipled
plaster. were hung at symmetrical
intervals with interesting old music
framed in the same wood as the
frame OF the screen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
WHAT FOR PRIZES?

decided that the winner should
simply have a two-doIlar bin. from
the hostess, as her prize It seems
strange, giving actual money for q
prize. but the arrangement worked
out very satisfactorily.
Another club gives orders fnr silk
stockings These can be bought at
a local hosiery shop and they have
proved a very acceptable prize.
Sim another gives packs Of cards,
invariably.
The shops, Of course. cater to
prize shoppers. In some shops
there are special tables or counters
containing appropriate gifts for
prizes. There are many things to
do with card playing that are good
selections Besides playing cards,
there are boxes of tally cards, score
cards and pencils, table markers,
card-table ash trays and card table
covers and refreshment sets
The woman who likes to do
needlework can make lovely card
table rcfreshment sets for more ex-
pensive prizes. There is an inter
esting one with an applied teapot
at one corner and teacupe at the
others They are all put on like
pockets, and each holds q tea nap
kin This set Is unusual and very
attractive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

For whichever reason they were
Ant made. screens today serve
,hose two purposes and another.
They provide privacy, they protect
rom draugtlts. and they certainly
wake a charming bit of furniture
for our houses.
The modern house Is as much in
need of screens as the house OF the
seventeenth century. though to be
sure il is not as fun of draughts.
Rut still screens may be used to
.hield the living room into which
the outside door opens from wintry
blasts And they most certainly
ere exceedingly useful in making
the most OF small spaces
Many Of the newer apartments,
Won know, are built with kitchen
cite dinette combination rooms.
kitchen at one end. dining-room at
IN. other. Between the two ends
are shelves a little more than head
high. that obstruct the view with
out cutting OF all the air from the
kitchen end of the room. which de-
nends on the windows in the din
mg-room end. The passage be-
tween these shelves is usually
closed by a screen when eating is
IN progress.
Many an apartment living room,
TOO. has a fairly complete kitchen
cite hidden from the rest Of the
room by a big screen. Sometimes
these screens are very interesting.
The side toward the living room is
covered with tapestry or brocade or
embossed leather. The side toward
the kitchenette corner is covered
with oilcloth- and from the frame
work hang pots and pans, tea
towels and dish mops, cups and
strainers Sometimes, even, a drop
leaf shelf is affixed to this side OF
the screen and serves as a kitchen
table when a meal is in prepare ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
His School Outfit
It Need Not 30 Expensive 70 "a
Satisfactory

4 NY school teacher can ten yu1
~ that the weu-dressed school
- boy or girl is not very oftau
the expenaveiy-dress child Syn.
temat1c care and forethought SEEM
10 be Of greater importance than
tho mere spending Of money In
making for good dressing among
school children.
Handleerehie1s, Cor instance
Take the matter Of handksrchtens
Tor instance. No child Is proper3v
dressed for school without a clean
handkerchief every day. And of
course. there should be a con-
venentfy located pocket in school
suits or frockA A child who is
gwen a clean handkerchief every day
ana who has a pocket in every suft
or frock soon learns not to rnislav
or lose handkerchiefs. Now hand
kerchtefs cost very little. One mother
VINO likes to let her children have
white linen handkerchiefs because
they wash so much better than the
cotton sort buys a good grade Of
handkerchief linen by the yard or so
and cuts 1t up into squares appro-.
pirate to the size Of the child VIVA
Is to carry them. These squares she
rolls and whips in short order. using
odds and ends of time to do this
work And the cost Is Of course very
much less than would be that OF
ready-made linen handkerchiefa
It Is important for school children
to be well shod, and Of course chill
dren must have rubbers whenever
It rains or when the ground is wet.
It Is good plan to get rubbers a
little larger to begin with so that
they need not be discarded until
they are worn out There Is econ
onny In having special shoes to b
worn when rubbers are necessary
They need not be so heavy soled or
SO stout as those to be worn when
rubbers are not worn It is often
difficult to fit rubbers over the stout
shoes that are made for children In
winter, but these shoes really need
not be worn in rubber weather.
Golishes are liked by many mothers,
although it is doubtless an expensive
proposition to outfit a large FAM
ny Of children in goloshes. When
goioshes are worn pair of strap
pumps or low shoes of light weight
are all that need be worn. Rubber
boots undoubtedly last longer than
goloshes- When they are worn the
child should carry light pumps or
leather slippers in his coat pockets
or in little shoe bag, to be put on
when the boots are removed.
Stockings Problem
Stockings are always a problem,
but you will find if the stockings
are Of good quality they viii wear a
long time before there are holes to
be mended, save of course in the
heels If children do insist ON
crawling and romping around on
their knees it is not unreasonable
to insist that they should wear
leather knee caps. But these need
not be worn until they go out to
play after school hours
A childs gloves or mittens arr
difficult to keep track Of In cold
weather the trick may be accom-
plished by keeping mittens on q
string of crochetted wool and run
through the arms of the coat so that
even when they are removed they
dangle at the sleeves ends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
When Ounces Come
Good Ways to Cook Them for
Today and for Next Winter

i" HERE are many delicious ways
of cooking ounces for imme-
date use, and as many. more
Here are some suggestions for both
ways:
Ounce Custard
Rub the fuzz off the fruit with
a coarse cloth. Slice the ounces,
saving seeds and cores, and stew
tender. Strain through a jelly bag.
Measure out pint Of juice, add to
it five ounces of sugar, boil and
pour over the yolks of ten we'll
beaten eggs while hot, stirring all
the time. Pour back into a hot
bowl set this in a dish of boiling
water and stir over the fire until
the custard begins TO thicken. Pour
into glasses. chill and serve.
To Can Ounces
Cut the ounces into thin slices
like apples for pies. To one quart
jarful of ounce take a coffee saucer
and half of sugar and a coffee-cup
Of water; put the sugar and water
on the fire, and when boiling put in
the ounces; have ready the jars
with their fastenings, stand the Jars
in a pan of boiling water on the
stove, and when the ounce is clear
and tender put rapidly into the jars,
fruit and syrup together. The jars
must be filled so that the syrup
overflows, and fastened up tight as
quickly as possible.
Ounce Marmalads
Wash the ounces; peel and re-
move all discolored spots; boil the
peel in just sufficient water to cover
until the flavor is extracted; strain
through thick cloth and when this
juice is nearly cold add the ounces.
cut in quarters and cored. and
enough more water to cook them;
as soon as they are soft mash them
as smooth as possible with a wooden
spoon; weigh, and add three quar-
tiers of a pound of sugar for pound
of the fruit. Boil fifteen minutes:
then put while hot, into small molds
or cans. The juice of three oranges
for every three pounds of the mar
malade is a nice addition.
Ounce Preserves
Do not try to preserve ounces
until they begin to turn yellow. If
frost threatens, gather and lay aside
to ripen. When they are uniformly
yellow have everything In readiness
and make a morning" Of it. utiliz-
ing the skins and imperfect fruit
for marmalade or jelly. while you
preserve the finer fruit In this way
there will be no waste. Rub off the
fur" from yellow ounces, using a
coarse towel; then pare, core and
quarter, dropping the pieces into
cold water to prevent discoloration
Save skins and cores in a separate
vessel for use later. When a goodly
number of the ounces have been
prepared put two layers of the
quarters in preserving kettle,
cover with cold water and cook.
Ounce Honey
Make a thick syrup of three
pounds of granufated sugar and one
pint of hot water. Let 1t boil and
add to the syrup three large ounces
which have been grated. Boil all
together for twenty minutes. then
add a tiny bit of powdered alum
about the size Of green pea
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

kRR. and Mrs Brown were born
M in Germany, but they are
naturalized citizens, loyal to
me country Of their adoption, ana
their children. born and educated In
america. speak without the sngnt-
est trace of their parents accent
Still they understand German and
can manage to carry on a sort OF
conversation in that tongue.
you go to the home OF the
6roUns, all the Browns seem to DC
perfectly at ease in carrying on the
Conversation In English. But II
Mrs. Brown wants to speak prl-
vatefy with some member OF her
FAMILY, she makes no excuse 70
ieave the room but talks quite au-
dibly in her native tongue, confident
mat you do not understand. Vi
course these condolences are quNe
hof1ensive. They may be sus-
sestions as to the serving OF re-
Ireshments, or attending to some
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
CHOCOLATE PANCAKES

This makes a delicious dessert
for luncheon at home that Ia
quickly prepared Mix together tvo
eggs. yoIks and whites, with two
heaping tablespoons Of sweetened
chocolate that has been grated &C
unsweetcned brand is used, then
the mixture must be sweetened to
taste). half cup of milk, half cup
Of -four. Beat all together wen.
Fry IKE ordinary pancakes. brown
on both sides and ron them, lay on
hot platter. sprinkle with pow4
dered sugar and serve Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
SMART DOGS WEAR
cELLULOiD COLLARS

French women are no more
willing to see. their husbands
wear celluloid collars than Amer
lean women would be. but they
consider these accessories the
last word tn smartnees for their
dogA
A shop That spectAIizes In che
latest modes for pups shows q
collection Of ceIluloid collars In
white or stripes. cut Like mems
collars. with colored ties at the
front
To make your canine ensemble
complete you also must have a
well fitted colored suede coat
trimmed with q neat pocket or
two, from which peeps . hand
kerchief of contrasting color.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
By Mary Marshall

1.-THE screen was doubtless first invented as means of keen
ing draught where belonged Or was il first devised
to provide small sanctum of privacy in big room?
For both these purposes screens have always been useful
They familiar adunc of the welfurnshed homes of the
nobility and royalty in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
imagine Versailles without screens to keep bowling draughts
away regal shoulders when Louis XIV tried to keen his
wine freezing in his glass BY drawing near roaring fire.
place! Imagine Marie Antonette making her toilette without
aid Of screens to keep the curious and everpesent crowd
in proper reserved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

MONDAY
Breakfast
Pears
Farina Cream
Poached eggs Toast
Coffee
Luncheon
Lett over meat Spaghetti au gratin
stewed fresh plums Cookies
Dinner
Jelred beef Mashed potatoes
String beans Tomato salad
Banana pudding
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Baked apples
Prepared cereal Cream
Canned kippered herrings on toast
Mullins Coffee
Luncheon
Sliced jellied beef
Cold slaw
hot biscuits Honey
Dinner
Beefsteak Lyonnaise potatoes
Squash Sliced Bermuda onions
Cottage pudding
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Corn bread Conee
Salmon salad Toasted waters
Sliced eucumbers
Fresh fruit
Dinner
Clear soup
Purk chops cooked with apples
GRAINED onions
Rice cooked with tomatoes
Cornstarch pudding
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Bananas and prepared cereal
French toast Bacon
Luncheon
Mushrooms on toast
Pear and cream cheese salad
Waters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

boiling water. Add little salt and
pepper.
To make the FRUIT JELLY you
win need some plain lemon jelly.
When nearly set add the fresh sliced
fruit This may include, sliced
bananas, slices Of oranges, small
pieces Of dates small pieces Of pine
apple, and firm, hard grapes from
which seeds have been removed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Customs and the Formalities of Asking
the Parents Consent
Consent

there is open objection to the mar
riage he should show his good
breeding either by calling person
ally on the father or writing a
courteous letter asking for his con-
sent. Often just SUCH a letter will
tend to smooth down the prejudice
that is felt against him A frank
talk between the two men will
sometimes remove misunderstand-
ings that might otherwise persist
for many years.
The Marriage Settlement
On the continent, and here when
an American girl becomes engaged
to a foreigner of wealth or position,
there is usually an deliberately ar
ranged marriage settlement that
makes it perfectly clear just what
wealth the bride. possesses and
what her husbands income is likely
to be. The parents feel it their
duty to insure their daughter a
definite income as they wisely know
that even the most ardent Of lovers
cannot live upon love pudding and
kisses. In this country, too, it is
perfectly fair that the father or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

Screens Keep OF Draughts and Hide What w. Wan, HILL
They Also Add An Element Of Beauty to Our Room. Fur.
Pvacys SakeKtehenette Screens Are FStsJ n 10.
serveeabie Side with Hooks and Shelves.~Bedroorn
Screens Hold Minor and Toilet Accessories on Reverse
Also Considered Smart. 1~'ee'''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25

sketch, at the
decoration bright
bottom OF the
stretehed light
gold dots At the right strips
leather and the center figured ehntz
frame used to veil the ktehnette
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
The Parents Consent

X 81
The custom Of asking parents
consent really amounts to little
more than asking his sanction and
his good wishes, and there should
be nothing solemn or formal about
the procedure. A young woman
usually knows before she accepts a
sutton her parents attitude toward
him, for in most American house
holds there is free discussion on
the part of the various members of
the family-al1 the way from grand
mother to the small brother-of big
sisters various suitors. as they
come and go. And wise parents
will usually do all in their power to
dissuade young girl from encour-
aging an Objectionable wooer's suit
before he has actually declared
himself. For this reason a young
woman's consent to become young
mans wife usually carries with it
her parents acquiescence if not
their enthusiastic consent But
even when the young man knows
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-25
Customs

n our matrimonial matters we
Americans are sometimes ac-
cused of putting the cart before
the horse when we permit young
men to propose to our daughter
before they have received parental
sanction for the step. And of course
our opinion is that the Continental
manner of appealing to the parents
before appealing to the young
woman. who is after all most con-
cerned in the affair, is a piece of
absurdity.
However. in this matter as In
most that have to do with every
day manners, the middle course
proves to be the best one and al
though the young woman ought to
be the first to be consulted, the
sutton, after having been accepted
by the young woman, ought to
make speed to seek the consent of
the young woman's parents or legal
guardian.
OF course We all know that most
young women decide these things
for themselves, and, as a matter
of fact, parents are quite glad not
to have the responsibility Of select
ing anything so important as a
son law, but the custom is still
kept up. 1t is no more absurd to
cling to it than it is to cling to the
custom of asking the legal guardian
of the bride to give her away in
the marriage service, although that
is a survival from the time when
fathers actually did exercise sort
of ownership over their daughters
and women in mans household
had little more legal status than
his slaves.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
RADIO THIEF BARES
SERIES OF CRIMES

NEW YORK. April 14.-CP)-
Paul Hilton, radio burglar and base
ball nut" was behind the bars today.
He terrorized the Woodhaven section
of Queens for three months, during
which be fatally wounded one police
man. shot three others and committed
% house burglaries. His speciality was
the theft of radio sets because he
liked music. He also took jewels.
His fondness for baseball resulted
in his being caught yesterday as he
was entering the Polo Grounds to at.
tend the opening game Of the season.
He confessed TO all charges against
him.
His criminal record showed that he
had served three prison terms for bur
glary and larceny. He once played on
a prison baseball team.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
WILLIAMSON HEADS
s. A. AUTO DEALERS

W. A. Williamson heads the San
Antonio Auto Trades association for
the tenth successive year.
He was reelected president at a
meeting Tuesday with the following
other officers: J. f. Hagan, Guaran-
Tee Motor company, first vice presi-
dent; r. S. Yantis, Yantis Motor
company, second vice president; Viii,
liam Steinhardt, Crockett Automobile
company, third vice president; l.. ID.
Ormsby, Ormsby Chevrolet company,
reelected secretary.
Directors: S. W. Smith, Henry II.
Bryant, /. +. Birdsong, S. T. Browne,
Jack W. Neal, W. G. Hundley, II. +.
Dotson, w. P. Bates, w. W. Barry
and +. A. Kurtz.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14

Comfortable. Beam Headlights
ON the Better Buick add pleas
ure and great security to night
driving.
Bucks nes0 headlights furnish
a safe driving light all the time,
without binding approaching
drivers. A thumb control on
the steering wheel lowers the
beam while theypass.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14

Have you ever driven the
Better Buick!
Come in and let the car itself
show you its greater attractive
ness and value. Comfortable.
Beam Headlights are but one of
many hne.car features which
Buick, alone, offers you in the
moderate price field.
BUICK MOTOR co, FLINT, MICH.
DiSlsi0n Of GeaeTaI MoeoTs Corborafion
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
MILLIONAIRE, g.,
SHOOTS SELF DEAD

CLEVELAND. Ohio. April II
GP-Price Mckinney. is, millionaire.
who for 16 years headed the McKin-
ney Steel company here, yesterday
committed suicide by shooting at his
fashionable suburban home near here.
No cause for the shooting is known.
He owned extensive gold and silver
mines in Mexico and was rated many
times n millionaire. His holding alone
in the steel company amounted 10
500. OOO, 900,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
STUDIES
SURPLUS CROP
MEASUR RE
7 Weeks Of Public Hearing
End; See Corn Belt
Bill Changes.

WASHINGTON, April 14.-CP)-
Af{cr seven weeks Of public hearings
in9s. the House agriculture committee
vas confronted today with the task of
reaching an agreement on a surplus
cro1, bill in time 10 permit its con
sideration by Congress before adjourn
mcnt stops the legislative machinery a
mo,sth or six weeks from now.
STUDY CORN BILL.
ghe House committee wound up its
hearings last night, several hours
after the Senate agriculture committee
had voted approval of the corn belt
farm, relief bill as a rider to the coop
erative marketing measure, and lndl-
adons had been given that the pro-
poszf which would levy a fee on basic
crops to combat the drag on prices
resulting from SURPRISES, would be
Unacceptable to the administration.
The cooperative marketing bill al
ready has passed the House and is
favored by administration officials but
the Senate committees action will
bring the corn belt proposal to vote
In that chamber first. This bill occu-
pied most of the House committees
attention at its hearings, and indica
lions have pointed to its modification
in-various particulars before it is re
ported.
OUTLINE PROGRAM.
Although the corn belt bill was not
mentioned, a letter from Secretary
.lardine to Chairman Hsugen, of the
House committee, and Senator Cap
per, Republican, Kansas, formed the
basis for belief that he was opposed
10 that proposal, and it has been
known for some time that President
Coolidge expects TO rely chiefly on
his. judgment in reaching a decision
on- any farm relief measure.
The secretsry's letter, made public
after the Senate committee had ap-
proved the corn belt plan, outlined a
legislative program
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
AGENTS FIND TO
BOTTLES Of BEER

Prohibition agents Wednesday de-
clarcd that with a raid on a Vera
Cruz street house they had broken
up one Of the largest beer distributing
ccntcrs coming to their attention this
year.
Seven hundred and ten bottles of
beer. bound in gunny sacks, ready
for delivery TO smaller points of dis
tribution, were destroyed by the
agents. Three and half gallons of
whiskey also fell to their lot.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
MRS. GOODNIGHT, s.,
DIES At RANCH HOME

Mrs. Mary Anne Goodnight, wife of
Colonel Charles Goodnight, is dead at
the ranch home at Goodnight, Texas,
according TO word received by friends
in this city. She had been i'll week
and died Sunday. She was So years
of age.
Both Colonel and Mrs. Goodnight
were in the city recently in conncc-
ton with the erection of a monu-
ment TO the Old Trail Drivers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-14
IOWA HOLDS HEATED
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN

DES MONIES, Iowa, April H.
The hottest political race in Iowa in
a generation is under way, with the
Iowa Federation Of Labor at the helm,
pending the arrival Of Former Sena'
tor Smith NJ. Brookhart from Wash.
ington. John G. Lewis, president of
the State Federation of Labor, said
today that his organization would line
up solidly behind Brookhart and he
had no hestitancy in saying that
Brookhart would defeat both Cum
Minis and Howard Clark in the prim'
airy.