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of the tent canvass Tapping in the mild, vernal breezes, he wouldn't have been convincing.
 Let him announce the entry of the Biggest Show on Earth into town, and proffer eloquent sta- tistics, and weigh Oae sawdust of the three rings in round figures. Yet. for the winter-weary toilers of city rooms, no successor to the late Dexter Fellowes, however breezy, could be a true hamburger of Spring.
 He was standing by me as I looked up and saw an amiable clean.shaven, business-like caller waiting. Gardner Wilson, who touts the Ringing Bros, Barnum & Baily Circus these days, is a gentleman and scholar, mild- manned and mildly spoken ex- ploiter. He wears clothes off the conservative mans rack and he does not carry a ruby-topped cane or wear a sparkling jewel in his cravat, as Dexter did.
 He speaks in sentences of nor- nal brevity and in words of mod- estly numbered syllable. Read fly from his lips flows the casual news of the circus, the chit-chat of the Big Tent and the mena- gerie quarters. But all reportor- ial wise, leaving out the adverbs, the elusive metaphors and hyper bole and the euphonious adject- ives that rolled off Dexter's gift ed tongue, like water of the ducks back.
 Conservatism Reigns
 So I inquired discreetly at Madi- son Square Garden where the Biggest Show on Earth f1aunts its Gigantic Host of New Sensations, and hear that such is the new untitled tone of the circus drum beaters. No one now sounding the trumpet for the sawdust spectacle, will try to emulate the incom- parable and lamented Dexter Fel- loves.
 No one will attempt to ape his royal carriage, his elegant ward robe, his flashing ornamental jew elry, his formidable walking stick, his smoothly waxed mous- tache and his war-fowing per- sonality.
 The circus folk won't risk mak- ing such pretensions. They don't dare tell man to go out and initiate Dexter's polysyllabic blank verse in the newspaper shops around the country.
 And so they decided to do ex- actly the contrary and, in defer ence to the memory of the Great est Show Man on Earth, dispatch press agents of modest mien and prosaic speech to bear the spot news of the Circus coming to town. No more mammoth phrases will defy the harried but chuck ling editor, as he scans the circus handout, and the florid speech by the circus herald is gone forever. Just One More Spring
 But what the Manhattan Fourth Estaters missed most this year was that supremely official signal of Spring.
 The elm trees in front of Rock efeller Center sprouted a green eaf, the lark hit a high note here and there, the baseball scores from training camps took their seasonal box seat on the front pages, the bus tops doffed their roofs and a vagrant squirrel turned up his nose at a hurled peanut on the grass in Central Park.
 Ads in the papers hinted that the Circus was coming to town and Gardner Wilson came down to prove it.
 But local Fourth Estaters are naturally skeptical for entirely sentimental reasons. Dexter Eel loves won't be around again to proclaim it.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
Copyright, ICs3. NEA
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In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 8.-Spring was not yet in the air, the unseason- able steam heat was oppressive
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o. To which department of the Government can send sample of ore for an analysis? Is there any charge?
 A. The United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior Washington, D. C., makes analyses without charge. Send stamped,
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e. Did Jack London study for nineteen hours day at one time?
 A. Yes; he made up two years of high school work by studying nineteen hours day for twelve weeks.
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Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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If you want a copy of our book let, POULTRY RAISING" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. 0. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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e. How much money is lost an- nually from envelopes while they are being transported in the mails?
 A. The sum of $19,553.52 was found loose in the mails in 1888, due largely to envelopes improperly sealed, or coin not being wrapped.
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lf-addressed envelope to our Ser- vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. C., for a circular telling how to obtain analyses of all kinds of clements, including minerals, oils, water, soils, etc.
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@. What are the chief develop ing substances used in photography?
 A. Pyrogallol, or "pyro," hydro- quinone and Elon, all of which are chemically related to aniline, which is used as the base of coal tar dyes.
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Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
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Reception Cake

bread loaf pans Al by 81 inches across
the top and Ok inches deep. The bot
tom and two sides Of pan should be
lined with plain white paper to make
it easy to remove cake. Bake hour
in moderate oven. $50 degrees F.
The cake my grandmother served
was uniced. And to my mind the cake
needs none. However, It can be covered
with white boiled icing, If desired.
White Boiled Icing
2 cups sugar
/ teaspoon cream of tartar
Y cup water
2 egg whites
] teaspoon vanilla
Mix sugar, cream of tartar and water
together in saucepan. Boil slowly with
out stirring until mixture spins an g.
inch thread, 240 to 242 degrees F.,
keeping pan covered for first min
utes Of cooking to prevent crystals
forming on sides of pan Pour hot
syrup slowly into stiffly beaten egg
beating constantly with ro-
tary beater. Add vanilla, and continue
beating with spoon until mixture Is
fluffy and will hold its shape This
makes enough for icing and filling for
one two-layer cake. Note-If icing does
not set so that it will stay on the
cake, add 2 to tablespoons confec-
TONERS sugar, tablespoon at time,
until mixture is stiff enough.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
SumptuOus Parties

Dinner parties which Mrs Sanders
attended in the early eighties must
have been really sumptuous affairs.
The following are menus listed in her
cookbook.
April l883-Lunch at Mrs. Botkins:
|. Bouillon in bowls-wafers- bread
on napkin.
2. Croquettes with tomato sauce.
3. Roast duck-saratoga potatoes
jelly-light rolls-chocolate.
4. Cream-wine jelly. Three kinds Of
cake.
5. Oranges - preserved fruit - finger
bowls.
g. Coffee.
April, ls83-Lunch at Mrs. Chuma-
Sero'S:
l. Raw oysters-crackers.
2. Cold turkey-tongue-ho rolls
picked pears-cranberry sauce
cold orange jelly-chocolate.
3. Mince and jam tarts.
4. Whipped cream-lemon jelly cake
5. Ice Cream cake.
6. Fruit
T. Coffee
February. 1883-Dinner:
l. Mock turtle -crackers-bread
on napkin.
2 Boiled fish with egg sauce.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
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PATTERN 865
SUeet-dnd- YOunu
Princess FrOck
PATTERN s65

Everything about this dress spells
spirited youth. A bewitching style that
will catch any young girls fancy for
informal evenings and off-campus
dates. Claire Tilden has designed pat
tern 865 in princess lines that will
make your figure slim as a pillar
fluid . graceful. And she's cleverly
added short slanting seams at each
side-front to minimize your waist.
That nice gathering at the bustline
works two ways: 1t builds you out If
you're over-large. Don't miss the novel
neckline with its surprising little notch
right in the center Have the sleeves
short, three-quarter length or long,
whichever you like best. And be sure
to add saucy bows and feminine lace
edging for an attractive trim With the
Sew chart for ready aid, this frock
will take Just a few hours work
Pattern 865 is cut in Junior and
misses sizes 10, II, IA, l6 and ID; bust
sizes %. &c. 80, "a and So. Size IA re-
quires 3B yards 39-inch fabric and
2B yards lace edging.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEAR
LY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND
STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Pattern Dept NJ. n,
70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
Sale of Montana
Jubilee Stamps
HiqhLY Successful

The one-day initial sale of stamps
commemorating Montanas admission
to statehood, held at Helena on Nov
8, yielded total income of s6,413.e4,
Acting Postmaster Fred w Mayer an
nounced.
Altogether, 213,79s stamps were sold,
and 1929 covers were Cancelled BY
a special machine which had been sent
to Helena for the occasion.
Mayer also prepared a special sheet
of the stamps for the state historical
library, writing on the margin:
This is the first sheet of Statehood
Anniversary Concentrating stamps,
sold at Helena, Mont, on the day of
issue, Nov. 8, 1899. Presented by Fred
w. Mayer, acting postmaster
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

popular both with mothers and
their good little girls. what could
be nicer than jelly's first cousin
. tender fruit paste! This is the
way to make It:
Fruit Paste
cup prepared fruit
! cup sugar
y cup corn syrup
II bottle fruit pectin
To prepare fruit. remove skins in
quarters from l medium orange
and l medium lemon. Lay quarters
fat shave OF and discard about u
OF white part. With q very sharp
knife. cut remaining rind into fne
shreds. Add y cup water and Las
teaspoon soda, bring to . boil and
simmer. covered. over . low fame
for Just 10 minutes. Stir occasion.
ally. Cut OF tight skin Of peeled
fruit and slip pulp out Of each sec.
ton. Add pulp and Juice to cooked
rind. Simmer. covered. 20 minutes
longer.
Measure sugar. corn syrup, and
prepared fruit. solidly packed, into
large kettle. flooding cup with Juice,
or II necessary. with water. "a :.
to <-quart kettle must be used to
obtain proper results.)
Bring to . boil and boil hard 8
minutes. stirring continually.
Remove from fire and stir In bot.
tied fruit pectin. Pour Immediately
into pan. SxSx2 inches. When cold,
cut In squares. Or pour into pan.
8x4 inches. When cold, cut in X.
inch cubes. Roll IN powdered sugar.
Makes about 8 dossa sluarse e
aboat 10 dagsQ eubea.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

Jelly in some form 10 the femi.
y nine choice for holiday tea par
ties-there's no doubt about It. The
very youngest generation and her
doll are well satisfied with plain
bread.'n-jelly Mother gives her own
guests more sophisticated fare, like
this holiday sandwich filling:
Fruit Sandwich Filling
cup walnut meats
cup raisins
cup dates
u cup Currant Jelly
tablespoons orange Juice
Grind nuts. raisins. and dates.
Break up Jelly with fork: add to
ground nuts and fruits. Add orange
Juice and mix well Makes 3 cups
filling.
Another delicious way Of using
homemade spreads is to cover hot
from'the-oven cake with a spiced
Jam nut glaze. such 4 quick and
thrifty frosting:
Spieed Jam Nut Glaze
l cup slfted confectioners' suea.
= tablespoons Strawberry jam
teaspoons cream
4 teaspoon salt
teaspoon grated orange rind
cup chopped Brazil nut meats
" teaspoon cinnamon
Combine sugar. Jam. cream. salt.
and orange rind and mix well.
Spread thinly over top Of hot cake.
Sprinkle with nuts, then with Gin.
namon. Cool. Makes enough glaze
TO cover tops Of two S-inch layers
(thinly). or tops Of two 9-inch lay.
ers livery thinly).
Then for holiday ntbbliag, -
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
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ton can be answered accurately:
they managed very we'll II they
possessed the ingenuity of Mrs.
Busha's grandmother, Mrs. Wilbur
F. Sanders. Mrs. Sanders came
across the plains in a covered
wagon In 1868. Her husband, as
every Montana schoolboy should
know. was the nephew Of Sidney
Edgerton, first territorial governor.
Sanders became MOntana's first
representative to congress.
Thus, Mrs. Sanders knew what II
was to try to manage a household
through the flour shortage of the
winter of 1864-1865, and later, in Hell
ena. when apples sold for a quarter
apiece-when they were obtainable.
The following recipes are from q
cookbook compiled by Mrs. Sanders
and written in a blank book in her
own handwriting. The book was kindly
loaned by Mrs Busha to The Montana
association.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
PRUNE PUDDING

! cup stewed prunes, chopped
! cup suet, chopped
cup molasses
IL cups flour
l teaspoon cloves and cinnamon
teaspoon nutmeg
l cup raisins, chopped
l cup bread crumbs
cup milk
teaspoon soda
Steam hours
Serve with hard sauce or foam
sauce.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
VEAL LOAF

Mince "a lbs. raw veal, / Id. salt
tablespoons milk, cup fine cracker
crumbs, 2 teaspoons salt. teaspoon
pepper, teaspoon allspice, II tea
spoons sage, 3 eggs. Mix all together
Press into bread pan. Bake hours,
basting every 10 minutes with little
hot water When serving, garnish with
lemon slices and parsley.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

3. Roast turkey-mashed potatoes
French peas-cranberry sauce
celery.
4. Shrimp salad-crackers, olives.
5. Georgian peaches-cake.
6. Fruit-finger bowls.
Z. Coffee"
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
FAVORITE RECIPES
OUT OF THE PAST
COOKBOOK COMPLIED BY WIFE
OF WILBUR F. SANDERS
FULL OF INTEREST
Mrs. Sanders Was One of Best Cooks
In Territory When Cakes Often Had
to Be Baked without Eggs, and Del
icacies We're Rare.

How did Montana cooks man.
age In early territorial days when
eggs often were unobtainable, and
fresh fruit was rarer than gold
nuggets? Thanks to Mrs. C. T.
Busha Of Great Falls, that ques-
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

and butter when rubbed together into
crock. Then add flour and milk. Then
work nearly an hour or till it will
cleave from crock. Fill pans one-half
full, and bake.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
TOMATO SAUCE

(For steaks. chops. etc.
pit. Stewed tomatoes
/ tablespoon butter
l bay leaf
l blade mace
l tablespoon flour
/ small onion
l sprig parsley
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
LOAF CAKE

CWithout Yeast or Eggs)
Mrs. Sanders notation: II used to
make this in 1863 1864 and 1865 when
I could not get eggs"
tumblers flour
tumblers milk
2 tumblers sugar
tumbler butter
tumbler raisins
2 teaspoons soda
4 teaspoons cream Of tartar
Spice to your taste with CHINA
mon and nutmeg
Makes two large loaves.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

Modern hostesses give teas" But
they were receptions in my grand
mothers day. Ladies in white gloves
with a discreet silken rustic and per-
fume came, chatted a few minutes
with the receiving line" and guests,
partook Of the collation. in the smilax-
draped dining room and departed
leaving correctly engraved calling cards
on silver tray.
Those receptions were lovely affairs
to my mind. And to this day, cannot
see a white nut loaf cake without re-
thin. dainty slices precisely arranged
on a snowy fringed napkin. OF course,
there were macaroons and colorful
little frosted cakes, too. But the white
nut cake on the silver cake plate is
most closely associated In my mind
with those, bygone receptions" Per
haps it's because this cake has the
dignity and delicateness which makes
it a fitting symbol Of grandmother's
receptions.
well-fitted to grace our modern tea
tables. And 1t possesses a keeping"
quality, too, which recommends It for
offer cake and tea-or some other
beverage-to the guests who come call
ing on us. Here Is the recipe for this
lovely White Nut Loaf cake which to
my mind will always be Reception
cake"
White Nut Loaf Cake
Y cup shortening (butter for flavor
II cups sugar
3 cups cake flour or
"a cups all-purpose flour
teaspoons baking powder
! teaspoon salt
cup milk
l cup broken nut meats, toasted
(walnuts, pecans, hickory nuts
or haZelnuts)
teaspoon vanilla
teaspoon almond extract
egg whites
teaspoon cream Of tartar
Cream shortening, add sugar grad
ually and cream thoroughly. Sift flour
once before measuring. Stiff flour, bak-
ing powder and salt together and add
to the creamed mixture alternately
with the milk. Add the nuts with the
last addition Of the flour. Blend in
the flavorings. Beat egg whites until
frothy. add cream of tartar and beat
until stiff but not dry and fold into
batter. Pour into two well-greased
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

Boiled frosting often becomes granny
because Of overlooking or stirring while
cooking. Add one teaspoon of vinegar
for each cup of sugar and cook the
mixture only until fine thread forms
when portion is poured from a spoon.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
Salt and pepper

Simmer slowly together for 10 min
uteS the tomatoes, onion, bay leaf,
parsley and mace. Melt butter, add the
flour and mix until smooth. Press to-
mato mixture through sieve-add to
butter and flour stirring constantly
until it boils. Add salt and pepper.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
ROYAL PASTE

:. pint boiling water-Stir thick with
flour
Set to cool.
When cold add eggs well beaten,
little salt
Drop into hot lard and serve with
wine sauce.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

Try dipping fish filets in yellow corn
meal, in milk and again in corn meal
Then fry them in deep fat until they
are well Drowned.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

To cut hard-cooked eggs evenly, use
a silver knife frequently dipped in
cold water. A steel knife may discolor
the egg white.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
LOAF CAKE

LOAF CAKE
When cake baking really was work:
4 lbs. flour
2 lbs. butter
2 lbs. and 10 OF. sugar
2 lbs. raisinS
10 eggs
OF. new milk
pit. yeast or small bowl
2 tablespoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons nutmeg
About p. m, stir butter and sugar
to cream. Take half with the flour,
milk and yeast. Have milk very warm
and flour warm. Mix up in a crock
have crock warm. Put in a warm
place and have light by morning. A
2 gallon crock would be nearly full by
morning. In the morning, add the rest
of the shortening with eggs beaten.
the raisins and seasonings. Put in pans
and let it get quite light before baking
Chop raisins and roll in flour Put milk
in pail and set in boiling water to heat
and set flour in dry oven. Put sugar
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
GNGERSNAPS

Gingerbread, gingercake and ginger
snaps must have been favorites in Mrs.
Sanders day for her cookbook abounds
with Fingered" recipes. Here's one
for gingersnaps
! cup sugar
! cup molasses
/ cup butter
cup sour milk
2 eggs
5 level teaspoons soda
S teaspoons ginger
Flour to make stiff batter
Roll very thin
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

SPICED CURRANTS
% lbs. currants
l teaspoon cinnamon
. pit. vinegar
2 lbs. sugar
l teaspoon cloves
Boil slowly 3 hours
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
Cash Prizes
tThe Turkey MONTH

will be awarded for Holiday
Dessert recipes ~ follows:
$500 for the recipe adjudged
the best
S2.0o for the second best
recipe submitted
Sl.o0 will be awarded T. the
third. fourth and fifth best.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24
WINE JELLY

WINE JELLY
l pkg. gelatin dissolved in
l pit. cold water 20 minutes
l pit. boiling water
/ pit. wine
The juice and grated rind Of 2
lemons
l Id. sugar
Strain
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

RULES OF THE CONTEST
1. Only one recipe from each
contestant.
2. Address your recipes to
Miss Kathryn G. Wynn.
Food Editor, P o. Box 1906,
Great Falls, Montana.
3. All recipes submitted be-
come the property of Miss
Wynn. Contest closes Nov.
30, 1889.
Glacier County chief., 1939-11-24

Q&YED!EHE H!EHEj
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-09
OUR CHILDREN IMPROVE

Thirty years ago the woods were full
of men and women who were sure that
their generation of children, then grow
ing up, was going to the Devil faster and
faster as the years passed.
Today, these grandparents are
equally certain that the 'grands' are an
impudent, unappreciative and Uncontrolled
flock of youngsters. In some cases, they
are jined by the parents, who generation
ago were the condemned children.
Meanwhile, the human race remains
about the same, with some improvements
noticeable. There is, we believe, little
less ignorance about certain vital facts of
life. little more willingness to frankly
face issues and, we hope, little more
charity toward other human beings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-09

and should be cleaned of sea-
weed and usual refuse every
week. Lieut.. Mccarthy, of the
c. and G. S., tackles the prob
lem earnestly and effectively as
he has been doing other civic
problems. Just above the Boca
Chica camp and beach is a nice
stretch of beach, which, if the
sand vines and grass were cleared
off, would be as beautiful as
Rest Beach is at present. With
some kind of development there
tourists would flock to that place.
Scores stopoff at Boca Chica now
intrigued with the beauty and
peace of the spot. They would
be impressed with a civic beach
there similarly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-09
T E S T Y 0 U r
X N g w L E ID G E
Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn TO
Page 4 for the answers

/. On which thermometer
scale, .Centigrade or Fab
renheit, is zero the freez-
ing point of water?
2. Name the manager of the
Washington IS e ator s.
Baseball club.
3. To what country was the
former German territory
of Mcneil given after the
World War?
4. HOW any avoirdupois
pounds are in one short
ton? -
5. What is the name of the ship
that picked up the passen-
gers of the wrecked Brit
ish flying boat Cavalier?
6. In which country is the Lake
of Bienne?
7. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word mu-
nicipal? .fp
8. Which boxing bout drew the
largest gate receipts?
8. What is the Decalogue?
10. For what government agen-
cy do the initials FPC
stand?
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GAMBLERS DON'T GAMBLE"

The title of recently published book
is, Gamblers Don't Gamble"
Neither, we say, do intelligent men
and women.
By gambling, of course, we refer to
games of chance and by gamblers to those
who make it a business to seek profits that
are unearned. We do not refer to occa-
sional chance taking that most Americans
indulge in.
Authorities advise that most gambling
games are rugged against the player. The
odds, no matter how even they appear, are
against you. Play game of chance long
enough and you will be broke. The mathe-
matics are against your winning and, re-
CARELESS of your lucky streak, the odds of
mathematics are insuperable.