Typist
and Trifigr
"1 want to know," said the Tr'.fior.
"I Just want to know how long he is
going to be that's all."
He seated hiu.feif comfortably as he
poke that is to sr.y. as comfortably
as the limi t.'.t iotis of oillce furnituro
permitted In the only arm chair In
the room, and. crossing his leg;, di
rected a gracious suille at the typist,
who sat with the fingers of one dainty
band poised impatiently over the k. j
Of the typewriter at the other side of
the table which divided them.
"I am sorry I cannot tell you," re
plied the typist, gating pointedly at
heap of unanswered letters before
her. "I do not know how long Mr.
CsJthrop will be exactly."
"Ah." observed the Trlfler In a
meditative tone, "there are so very
few things are there not? so very
few things In the world that anybody
doe seem to know "exactly. rerhaps
R has never struck you l.o.v difficult i:.
la to acquire exact knowledge of al
most anything?"
"No," said the Typist, "It never
has."
"1 thought it probably hadn't." ad
mitted the Trifler affably. "Vet. take
quite a common illustration. If you
ask a passerby the time, he will either
tell you off hand, or he will glance at
bit watch if hs is a polite person
and tell you that it is about half-p.-.;t
three, say. or twnty minutes to f i
ts the case may 1 e -r.rcreas. In po'.r.t
of fact, it never ii within five minute.?
of the time he Sjserts. 11. s watch Is
wrong, or he hr.?n't taken the trouble
to count the divisens cn the dial be
tween each fine minutes. What a
wonderful thing that typewriter cf
yours is!"
This tyreTlterl" She looked v.r
t him with mild surprise. "Why. i;
is quite an ordinary ere."
"1 suppose so." agreed the Trifler.
a Mule regretfully. "And you really
can write with it?"
"Well, I should not be here if I
could not," retorted the Ty-l:t.
"should I?"
"I don't know," said the Trifler.
Tm here, and I can't."
"Oh. that's quite different Besides
she glanced at hi-a defiantly
"what are you here for?"
Tor the matter of that." replied
ta Trifler. meet:::? her glance with
-mruffied composure, "what are ycu
iare for?"
The Typist colored violently. r.d
"Mr eyes dropped asain to the pile of
'afters In front of her.
"I thick that is rather an lmpertl
imt question." she said i-. a low
'one.
The Trifler gavo an audi! " - sleh.
"It seemed to me rather . pertinent
ae," he remarked, in - ;..sappointed
dee. "Of course, y . Lnow what I'm
:re for?"
"To see Mr. ..it.-.rsp you told n:e.
Tut he's no !u I told you."
"It doesa't matter at all." rejoined
"i Trifler airily. "I'll wait. I have
othing to do for the next hour or so.
ad this is er" he gazed round the
Mm with expansive appreciation--in
extraordinarily comfortablv cf
oe." "Hadn't you better go?" asked the
ypist in a low t-ne.
"Go! Before seeing Caltlirop? Why,
J would never forgive me." protested
Trifler. "I couldn't really dream
.' going yet Besides"
"I don't see that there Is any 'be
dea' to keep you here," sr.id the
ypist
"They say love is blind." murmured
: Trifler, with an air of philosophic
jstraction.
"I don't urderstand you!" said the
ypist, drawing herself up.
"I am not in the least surprised r.t
lat,' said the Trifler amiably. "Very
w people do. It hns long been my
.te to be misunderstood. Yet I
"ped" he paused and looked at the
ypist a little unsaslly. "I hoped," he
peated by-the-bye, there is to
inn In hoping, is there?" he bro!:e
f to Inquire.
"None that I am aware of," she re
led, with her chin in the air.
"Well, then, I hoped you did," he
-plained in italics.
"Hoped I did?" She affected an
Imirable bewilderment "Hoped I
d what?"
The Trifler spread out his haad3
;th a gentle deprecating gesture.
"Ton compel mo to be explicit" he
postulated. "It's so much less em
" rrasslng to approach these er
eHmlnarles in the elliptical manner,
icept," te added 83 an after thought
."hen you have a typewriter handy."
1 haTe no wish to compel you to
- anything." retorted the Typist.
nd It Is quite time I returned to my
rk; so If yea will kindly allow me,
Claverir.g " She made him a
Je Ironical bow. nri was In the net
weeping past vhen the Trifc-r.
th Incredible dexterity, caught her
the wrists and draw her back s'de
y so that she ficed him Involun-lit-
"How dare yov?" c-'.ed the Typist,
higgling to frfe herself.
1 am a man of s'r'rlv extraordinary
lrage," he errlaireJ. Now. loc't
- look at rre look me straight
the eyes! Toi kno- It and you
re known It. yo i oh-tlv.ate, willful
1, for months pst! I love you. Oh.
I Tove yon there lint the least
stake about that vrhatever. Cut
at I want to kr-ow is whether you
me? And I hp.ro e-we htre to-
for the pi'.rro'e of finding out.
d and I believe" he give a Hud
ickle "bcl'e-e I hive fr.ind out!
'1 r c-r.v - T?"
""j - ! i! Vr.ow vrht
you have found out, or what you
haven't!" pleaded the Typist, her
cloak of dignity falling suddenly from
her and leaving her defenceless and
exposed to the arrows of the one great
enemy whom never girl vanquished
yet "Let me go please!"
"I thought so," murmured the Trif
ler. "You do."
"I don't" she protested.
Then 1 can't let you go till you
do, he remarked Judicially. "I'm very
sorry."
"Oh well, then. If you must If you
Insist "
"I Insist." said the Trifler firmly.
"Well, then, you you have."
"You mean you do?" he inquired.
"It's It's the same thing Isn't it?"
faltered the Typist
"Practically," he admitted, after an
Instant's reflection. "The proposition
therefore stands thus: I love you
you love me. Ergo, we love each
other. The proposition, by a logical
sequence of ideas becomes converted
Into a proposal. Which you accept"
"I didn't say so," answered the
Typist
"Say so now, then." directed the
Trifler.
"What do you want me to do?" she
asked, temorixlng.
"I want you to marry me. I hope
you don't mind marrying me? It is.
I believe, the usual thing under the
circumstances."
"Marry youl" She gave a low lit
tle laugh. "But you know I am only
a poor Tyrist. find you you are
what are you. I wonder?" She paused
to reflect
"My friends." he replied, "have
most unwarrantably got into the habit
of calling r.:e a Trifler. A man's
friends are rarely distinguished for an
exaggerated courtesy in their esti
mates cf him. My enemies" he con
sidered an Instant "well, I cannot at
the moment recollect that I have any
enemies. In actual fact. I am an in
dividual of extreme earnestness and
with an absorbing passion for acquir
ing knowledge r.-d other things; you
among them. Since you left home a
week or two r.j.o. and decided to exist
Independently In a small though luxu
riously suite of r.partraents of your
own, you sec I could tot very well, be
ing a youn? and s-ddy bachelor, cll
upon you. ttls a young and bewl'.d
eringly lovely spinster, at your own
private residence, without running
some risk of offending the proprieties.
And so I was obliged, you understand,
to come here to this office In order to
well, to f.nl out what I wanted."
"Tou said you you came to see
Mr. Calthropl" retorted the Typist a
little resentfully.
"I shall see him later," replied the
Trifler, with an airy gesture. "The
fact is, I have already seen him. Cal
throp is a pretty intimate friend of
mine, and he arranged to give me a
clear hour alone with you in the of
fice this morning; he won't be back
for" the Trifler carefully consulted
his watch "fcr another ten minutes
at least"
"Ohl" exclaimed the Typist, "you
you wicked fraud! Then you actual
ly had the auCadty to arrange it all
with Mr. Calthrop beforehand?"
The Trifler s::.il.;d with infinite com
placency as he folded the Typist clos
er into his frock coat.
"Actually!" Le replied. Emeric
Hulme-Beamaa la the London Sketch.
Science sr.d the Future.
Prof. Edward L. Nichols, in his ad
dress a3 retiring president of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, used these sug
gestive sentences: 'U'lth the develop
ment of the doctrine of energy has
come the conviction of an end of the
world, inevitable, ?s the death of the
inevitable. In neither case, however.
Is longevity to be regarded as neces
sarily, beyond human control." Pro
fessor Nichols then went on to say
that biologists ure beginning to inti
mate the possibility, remote but think
able, of a considerable extension of
the term of bodily life, and that it is
equally conceivable that the human
race may so modify and control con
ditions as grer.tly to prolong its ca
reer. The means to this latter end, he
Indicated, are the checking of waste
fulness affecting animals, the soil, the
forests and the streams; the solu
tion of the problem presented by the
gradual exhaustion of nature's sup
plies of coal and petroleum; and the
search for ways to utilize. In the form
of mechanical energy, the radiation
of the sun.
"A Ssund Eox."
Take an ordinary rubber hand and
stretch It between the thumb and tore
finger of your left hand. If you pick
it with the fingers of the right hand
and let go suddenly, it will make a
sound which ycu can hear distinctly
enough yourself, but which will not
he audible to any One a few feet
away. But if you were to fasten the
elastic, with a pin at each end, to an
empty wooden box, only not so as
to touch the wood. and then twang
It, the sound would be much louder
than before. That box Is the "sound
box," or "round-board," and all string
ed instruments have one. In some
shape or other. From "From the
Drum of the Savage to the Great Or
chestra"' in the St Nicholas,
Playgrounds In Boston.
Boston women established the first
playground In 1903. Last yer there
were el.eht, aid pearly $3,000 was ex
pended, or abo-.'t Jt for each child, a
very chep price for the amount of
good obtained. The Playground learue
Is the came of the society of the piny
ground, boys thorn-elves, who wer.r
buttons av.i discipline all bad boys,
thus msk!r! the government e-"iy
enough for t':o e In chare. Nrf Op
least i:r.rr-" n' rr "! the r'""
irro'inds in 'I nt r':- is st'd to he thnt
Involved ': " r.'lf-'---.:-:
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOAlSBUfe&
I ill flit
Farmer in Pike County, Ark.
Upset a Story Belief
PEBBLE WAS A DIAAOND
IU ricked It Ip WliHe Walking
Along a Country Ilund In the Sum
mer of 100(1 It Was a Shining lilt
of Stone CniiM-0 the Upsetting of
Strongest Ik-ll. fs of Geologists.
When that farmer out In
Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark.,
picked up a shining bit of stone
while walking along a coun
try road In the summer of 1906, a
pebble that later on was shown to
be a diamond, he had little Idea that
he was the cause of the upsetting of
one of the strongest beliefs of geolo
gists. This was the opinion that dia
monds never would be found in the
North American continent In their
natural surroundings, or "matrix,"
In a genuine diamond "field."
Murfreesboro is about 100 miles
southwest from Little Rock and the
"diamond field" is owned by two com
panies of local capitalists, who are
working It under the usual secret
conditions that attend labor of this
sort. The country is particularly
favorable to outdoor work, for the
climite is mild all winter long, a riv
er runs through he property, there
is an abundance of timber and coal
is cheap and easily obtained Not all
of the 600 acres in the two farms to
wieh the "diamond field" is limited
is of importance, for the area of
peridotlte rock that shov.-s near the
surface of the grsund is only forty
acres In extent. The "field." how
ever, is still further extended, to an
area of 100 acres, by the spread of
the "decomposed perldotite, or por
tions of the original formation that
has 'crumbled away by the action of
the elements.
It over this small area that the
two companies are at work now with
drills and the usual accessories of
diamond mining. Up to the time, in
Au-t tst last, w hen Dr. G. F. Kunz
o. Tiffany's made his first scientific
report of tk discovery of the "field,"
about 140 diamonds had been picked
up. but since then no report has been
made of what further quantity has
been found. It is known, however,
that the operating companies have
reached a depth of 200 feet, and the
peridotlte rock shows no signs of
either change or giving out. It i3
also definitely known that a depth of
15 feet below the surface good-sized
diamonds have been found in the
rock, or "matrix."
Of the 14 0 diamonds that were
found up to Aucust last, they ran?od
In color from the purest white, like
the so-called "river stones" of South
Africa, to tinted brown, gray, others
almost black and yellow, some of the
latter being of a pure lemon color.
The largest stone found thus far,
weighed 6 1-4 carats, this being an
absolutely pure pellucid white, free
frcm Inclusions, while others we'jrh
ed C carats, several Z. 4 and 3. while
the smallest rantred down to 1-G4
carat, the general average being
aoout 1 carat
As to just what commercial value
thU "Held" hr.s. o one whose opinion
is cf value, will l.i-ard a guess now.
It has already, however, caused Dr.
Kunz to revls-? the opinion he ex
pressed In his b-ok on diamonds,
publl-hfi seventeen years ago. as o
the lark cf the probability of these
precious stonc-s sver being an im
pcrtar.t mineral product of this coun
try. The future o. this genuine dia
mond field, which Is of the same
fcr.'.aiion precisely as the famous
"blue ground" of the KImberly
mines., lies now in the hands of the
companies who are operating them.
When a Little Rock Jeweler came
East a year ago with samples of the
diamonds found In Murfreesboro he
was surprised to learn that Dr. Kuni
and the other Government gem ex
perts knew far more about the Ar
kansas fields than the persons who
lived there.
That this "field" of perldotite was
not strange to Dr. Kunz Is explained
by the fact that it was first described
as long ago as 1S42 by the State
Geologist of Arkansas, and was sub
sequently "mapped" by another
geologist In that State's employ. But
nothing was ever done to find if the
precious stones were In the rock un
til the chance discovery In the sum
mer of 1906. Diamonds have been
found from time to time In this coun
try ever since 1830 on the eastern
slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
ot the western slopes of the Cascade
and Sierra Nevada Ranges, and In
Wisconsin, Michigan. Ohio and In
diana. It was known that those
found on the mountain slopes came
from their normal geological abiding
place; but the actual source had nev
er been discovered Those picked up
In the Middle Western States were
also known to have been carried there
by the flow of the glaciers from Can
ada In prehistoric timet. One curious
and practical effect of the finding of
this curious bed of peridotlte in Ar
kansas. Is the starting out of several
exploring parties along the line of :
the new Canadian railroad, that Is I
to run from Qirebec to Winnipeg, to I
search for the peridotlte formations j
f'crit which those glacier-borne d'.a-
tnonJa found in these States came. ;
In view of the remarkable develop
iT Dt of mineral resource of the On
tario Province wlthit the last few
years ro one will be surprised If dla
nend fields are found there too.
f fxt I ' 1 i
Spea'er at Torjito Council Serrea
"Vulcar Vmei Who Run Off
with Other Women's Hutta ids."
Toronto. Ont. At the meeting of
the World's Congress of Internation
al Councils, held here at which won,
en delegates from twenty-two nations
assembled, Mrs. Symes-Thompson.
the representative of Great Britain,
said:
"One-half the women In asylums
are there because of their husband3,
and one-half the women id their
graves are there from the same
cause."
The speaker, termed the ultra-fashionable
of English society "that
smart set, that small and vulgar ret
which carries on to the intense dis
gust of all right-thinking people."
And to emphasize her opinion of
the English woman of to-day she add
ed: "Those vulgar, welldressed women
who rush off with the other women's
husbands."
Mrs. May Wright Sewell, of New
York, contributed this:
"A great many marrlaces are made
because the woman thinks she Is go
ing to be kept. Until the economic
conditions are altered the woman will
never have half a sho'.v."
Mrs. E, B. Grannls, of New York,
read a paper on "Marriage Iiws and
Divorce." The meeting pronounced
its anathema on the present marriage
laws, and denounced the expense and
publicity of divorce proceedings as
the reason so many wives suffer with
no chance of relief.
All In all, it was a bad day for
mere man.
GREATEST OF THEATRICAL MANAGERS.
CHARLES FROHMAN.
He will have three hundred star ac
tors under his management this sea-
WENT CRAZY ON A LIGHTSHIP.
Loneliness and Heat Make Man a
Maniac Captured with Pie After
Desperate Fight Aloft.
Detroit Mich. Dennis M. Scadden
of Cleveland, 3T years old, second en
gineer on the United States lightship
station on the southeast shoal in
Lake Erie, forty-five miles north of
Cleveland, went violently insane on
Sunday last, and before he was land-
ed in St. Mary's Hospital here he ter
rorized the crew of the lightship and
also of the steamer Wainwright
A piece of pie was the bait with
which the man was overpowered after
a desperate fight in the steamer's rig
ging. Scadden was a new man on the
lightship and the loneliness wore cn
him, and this, coupled with the ter
rific heat of the shij out on the luke.
drove him Insane.
After a hard struggle the other
members of the crew succeeded in
putting him in irons. A signal of dis
tress was answered by the Wain
vtricht. A boat was sent for the trans
fer of Scadden. His leg irons were
loosened, and the moment he reach
ed the Wainwright he broke away,
with his hands still manacled and
rushed to the masthead. All efforts
to recapture him were fruitlera for
more than eight hours. He fought
back the sailors with his cuffed hands.
Toward the end he began to weaken,
as he had eaten nothing from Sunday
at noon, and he cried for food. The
cook finally climbed the rigging with
a piece of pie in his hand. Scadden
grabbed this and began to devour it
The cook, while his attention was dis
tracted, threw a rope around his
body, attached It to a tackle and
the maniac was lowered to the deck.
Food Values of Chuck Steaks.
Detroit. Mich. Cheaper cuts of
beef contain Just as high food values
as do the tenderloins, the porter
house steaks and the Juicy sirloins,
although they need to be chewed a
while longer because generally tough
er, according to a report made before
the Biological Seminary section of
the American Chemical Society, which
is holding Its annual convention here.
Six Coyotes Killed by Woman.
Vallcjo, Cal. A new record la
coyote bounties has been set by Mrs.
George Raney. wife of a Capelle Val
ley farmer. The State pays J10 for
each pelt. Mrs. Raney killed six of
the pests in less than an hour and
has just had her c!ai:'i for $50 ap
proved. Lightning Kills Dog H Girl's Lap.
Daubury, Conn. A bolt of light
ning that struck the country res'
feme of Oscar B. Williams near New
Fairfield, killed a pet dog that Mr.
Williams's daughter. Miss Sadie Wil
liams, was fondling, but left the young
woman unharmed. The lightning left
no mark upon the animal.
if
TTTTTTTj
I Household j;
?4'"M-'
BRIDAL LINEN SHOWER.
Girl Friends Made Gifts In Novel
Manner.
The girl friends of the "bride-elect"
planned out their gift giving in a de
lightfully novel manner.
All Sheila was permitted to know
about the affair was that It would be
a linen shower. Po with this for the
motif Sheila and her mother got up a
very attractive table, carrying out the
spinning idea.
A small gilded spinning wheel was
the centerpiece from which radiated
' spokes" of gold colored floss over the
white cover, reaching to within twelve)
Inches of the edge of the table. The
cobweb was completed by weaving
lengths of the floss between.
Strands of floss radiated from the
wheel distaff to each plate, where
they ended In small glided spiders, the
candle shades of white linen were
decoratei with tiny gilded spiders
resting oh small cobwebs.
Luncheon was served at seven
o'clock, the fun of the gift giving
cr.mlng afterwards. The menu was as
follows:
Clam Cocktails.
Celery. Rolls. Olives.
Spring Lamb. Creamed Potato Balls.
Asparagu3 Tips on Toast
Lettuce with Whipped Cream Dress
ing. Olive Sandwiches.
Vanilla Ice Cream.
Bride's Cake.
Coffee.
The Ice cream was served In glisten
ing cobwebs of spun candy. The cake
was iced smoothly in white icing and
when firm, icing tinted a golden huo
was drawn over it with a fine pointed
brush to simulate a cobweb. In ths
midst of the web sat a large gold
spider. On the rpun enndy ice cream
holders a rpider irouched on the edsj
with a folded paper tucked under its
legs on which was written a bit of
dorgerel of which the following is a
fair sample:
"Will you walk into my cobweb?
Said the spider to the heart.
('Twas a spider owned by Cupid)
And he played a double part
Ihe way into my cobweb
Is up a golden stair,
Alas! I fear the simple heart.
Walked straight Into the snare."
When Sheila entered the parlor at
a given signal, a large hoop was lifted
over her head, with its snowy pack
ages dangling all around her. Twelve
girL had contributed for this part of
the surprise. A large child's hoop had
been wound with broad white tape,
end the gifts, wrapped In white tissue
r.nd tied with white ribbons were
filmed to the tai e with safetv pins.
The gifts varied according to the
circumstances of the giver and the
skill in fancy work9, from sheer, ex
jensive lir.en to the finest linen, lawn
or muslin. There were lovely drawn
wcrk centerpieces, turn-over collars
and so on, down to simple sweeping
caps and laundry bugs.
After they had enclosed the bride-to-be
In the hoop tl e twelve merry girls
held it up and danced around her for
v. turn or two, :.:i 1 then stopped, when
Sheila was asked to remove a gift
from the hoop. Upon unwrapping the
package she found an original rhyme
or verse appropriate for the article.
For a handkerchief:
"May this filmy handkerchief,'
Ne'er wipe away the tear of grief."
For a duster:
"Unromantic dusters we,
A homely part we play,
Little elves of shine and sheen
To chase the dust away."
The dance was resumed at the end
of each presentation and the fun con
tinued until the last gift had been re
moved from the circle.
Then there walked Into the room a
ghostly company In winding sheets
with their heads covered with pillow
cases. After a dance as wlerd and un
canny as they could make It the
spook array was removed and folded
up to be taken homo and laundered,
then returned to the bride, done up
suitably. In sets, and tied with rib
bon. Another clique of friends had found
their inspiration for a novel way in
w aicn to give their "love token" (
from Mother Goose's nursery Jingle of '
"the maid In the garden." They de- f
...fuucu timcu uuura xor a tew mo
ments and every one was turned out
into the hall. When they were allow
ed to come In they saw the historic
maid, whose nose the blackbird nip
ped, "hanging up the clothes."
A square of brown denim was laid
In the center of the floor and the bor
der of a walk defined with paper
chrysanthemums in all colors, "a gav
Ktrden of flowers." Paper grass was
dropped in between the flowers. A
yeow ribbon was stretched across
tho "Garden" and tied to the back of
t chairs, and handkerchiefs ot
drawn work, embroidered, initialed
and plain, were hung upon the line In
ft dainty array, with tiny gilded
clothes pins.
The evening's Jollity finished with
dancing. The spiders used for the ta
hle were of the variety that the toy
vender on the street dangles from a
string, making the lops more. These,
when glided, made very life like look
ing spiders, and they are not expen
sive when purchased by the doien.
Motes and
Of Interest to Women Reader
DRYING VEGETABLES.
How the Thrifty Housewife May 51V
Expense cf Buying Jars.
To have many ho:ne-cnnned veguu.
hies lor wluter use, the expense of
buying glass Jars Is quite a tax on He
pocketbook. but the young housek".(.
er who needs all her Jar: for fruit tasy
dry many of her vegetables and sua,,
of the small fruits with excellent
suits. Green shell beans, If suliti
and dried quickly by the stove cr lit
a sunny place, are jqunl to the canai
ore Lima beTns sr? delicious afr
beinx dried In this way. Corn sho'.iK
be boiled Just enough to thicken tta
milk, and then shaved from the r
and dried. It should be spread cit
thinly or It will sour before sufflcleniiy
dried.
If one dries but a small quantity at
a time, they enn be spread upon pin:ei
and dried, but If more ore to be nr
pared a home-made evaporator is vt
convenient to havo. Tha dlHijrui
shows pla'nly the construction, ar.1
of course It can he made any siw.
The four uptight pieces should e.;.-a
have a wire nail driven part way ir.:
the bottom to protect the wood fruia
direct contact with the stove. The
trays have a simple frame-work of
wood, and are covered with wire nct
ting or this cheese-cloth. These p'.x
upon the cleats which hold the u;
rights together. There may be is
many trays as one chooses. In ur.ins
this evaporator do not place over a
hot part of the stove, for the obj
Is to dry. not to cook.
Vegetables or fruit dried in this ay
must be soaked in cold water ox ex
night Kathleen Abbott
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A bit T rhubarb . bbed on
the hands will remove the
stains.
Eat plenty of dandelion
greens. They are a line tonic.
A few drops of ammonia on
a dry cloth will clean the rub
ber rollers oi your wash wring
er. A large glass bottle is the
best receptacle for vinegar.
Handkerchiefs ironed in the
middle first are not so apt to
pucker.
Slowly sip a glass of pure
warm mlik Just before you g.i J
to bed and you will have a
peaceful sleep.
A toy washboard ..'ill do nice-
ly for wa-.hii.g ribbons and laces. J
As a substitute for oyster
crackers, toast slices or bread j:
and cut in squares. 4
To keep ostrich plumes dur-
ing the summer, p'ace in a glass
Jar and screw on the top. This T
will keep them dry and away
from moths.
1 ..V-n-4.
How to Make Good Starch.
It is an art to make good starch. T
make thick starch use eight times a
much water as starch and a quarter
teaspoonful of lard, borax or sperma
ceti to one quart of water. Salt may
also be added. These ar put in. whes
the starch begins cooking. Bluing is
added when ready to use. This
starch has twice as much water a
thick starch. If one wishes to this
starch already made, jse hot water.
Starch that Is thoroughly cooked will
not stick. Partly ccked. it is milky;
when done It Is clear.
Make a smooth paste with cold wt
ter; thin by as much more cold water.
Add boiling water, stirring fast K
the paste lumps, stop adding hot watf
and beat the lumps out Cook over
the flame when all the water has boer
added. After five minutes, finish cook
In., over water. Keep covered an"
hot till ready to use.
Texas Has Woman Historian.
Mrs. Percy Pennybacker of Austis.
Te.. National Auditor of the Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, Is passing
the spring In New York and Washing
ton gathering impressions on the UnJ
and other timely topics. Mrs. Penny
backer wrote the history of Texas
which is used In tue public schools ot
her own and in adjacent States. She
Is a fervent advocate of historical tt
cietles. She believes in every count
of every State in the Union having a
historical society and keeping a coat
plete record of every man who tit
served the public In uny capacity.
Giving Medicine to Children.
To give a etiild quinine put whit
of r?g in spoon, quinine on the ci.
and with a toothpick rope the ess
around the quinine. When taking c
tor oil hem a cup; to It put a ktt:e
hri wr.ter. lemon Juice, tho castor oit.
and uce iur-oj J.;lto.