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utes, then served with a little rich
milk, butter and a few cracker
erumbs, will be a brand new dish to
many.
Cauliflower, that delightful “educat-
ed cabbage,” will never become dark-
encd in cooking if prepared in this
way: Add the salt after the vegeta-
ble has been partly cooked and re
move the Instant it Is done.
When cooking a cabbage whole, slit
it down the center in both directions.
Mayonnaise dressing Is the favorite
for all vegetable salads. Carrots.
beets, peas are used often as a gar
nish In a vegetable salad, adding the
color which makes the dish so attrac
tive. Beets and carrots are finely
ground when used In this manoer,
adding plenty of salt to season.
Watermelon Cocktail,
Cut thick slices of ripe water melon,
remove the seeds and cut with small
fancy cutters into different shapes,
or use a French potato cutter. Place
in chilled glasses and pour over a thin
coarsely and
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FRM NNN
R. MONARCH BUTTERFLY
gazed up at the smiling, happy
face of Mr. Sun. Then he looked
down at the milkweed plant upon
which he was perched,
“I'l bave to leave you,” he said to
the milkweed plant, “but you wi come
along, too,” he added, as once more
he looked at Mr. Sun,
Mr. Sun blinked as much as Lo say
that that was right,
What a life his had been, the Mon-
arch thought to himself, Did people
!
a "a “,
ever realize what a thrilling, égelting,
sweet life a but
went back in bis butterfly mind
over the summer,
He hadn't remembered when he had
been but a little egg on one of these
milkweed plants. Nor did he remem.
ber when he had hatched out into a
sirup made of lemon julee, peel and
sugar, boiled to a heavy sirup.
Muskmelon is especially good pre
pared in balls and dressed with a
ginger sirup.
Carameled Potatoes and Chestnuts,
Peel and cut Into halves eight
sweet potatoes; cover with boiling
water and let cook until nearly done,
then drain, Cook one
brown sugar In a saucepan
boiling water carefully
til all is dissolved. I'ut the potatoes,
a cupful of blanched, cookéd chest
nuts into a baking dish In layers, with
the sirup; sprinkle with salt and bake
until very tender,
and cook un
(& 1928. Western Newspaper Union.)
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. Some > Hints
By VIOLA BROTHERS SHORE 3
FOR THES GOOSE—
,
A MAME gi sarcastie
keepin' a
secr.® he
first place.
get awful
woman not
told her in the
nn
abo a
All men
compliment.
of losin’
butt
are Jealous, but it's no
They're just as afraid
their back hair or the main
off their suspenders,
You're on'y rich when there's noth
in® more you want. ut how many
people starts pilin’ up a fortune fro
that end.
FOR THE GANDER-—
Even dirt has its good sgide to the
street cleaner,
“Dangerous Curve Ahead” ain't
tiny black and white eaterpiilar. But
he had been told that be had been a
dear little baby caterpillar, and then
life had begun in earnest for him.
My! He shivered as he thought of
it now-~that day when he had been al-
most trampled upon three times!
What a day that had been.
Then he had changed into a beau
green sult with gold decorations.
And ever since he had left off that
suit for his present one he had de
cided he would not change again,
“If 1 did,” he said to himself, "it
would upset all the Rules of Butterfly
Air.” He spoke of It as Butterfly Air
instead of Butterfly Land, as he spent
so much time in the air,
“Besides,” he had decided, “every
one knows me as 1 am now, At least
1 hope they know the Monarch! |
hope when they see a handsome but
terfly of brown with smart black lines
and white-spotted black wing edges
and head decorations that it is a Mon.
arch they are beholding.
“But if they don't know that, I'd
like to tell them a secret. We're al
ways in the neighborhood of the milk.
weed plants from the time we're
babies until we're quite grown up.
And if 1 could put up Butterfly signs
to direct people to our homes 1'd print
on the signs:
“*To the Milkweed Plants In the
Country Homes of the Famous Mon
arch Butterflies.”
Lately he had been very glad that
butterflies could not put. up signs tell
Ing people where their homes were,
for he had had several narrow es
eapes from butterfly nets.
“And now I'm going on my jour
REE KEE RE KE)
only a warnin’
Car,
for the guy driving a
If you done wrong, it's better not to
talk about it. If you done right, It
ain't necessary lo.
learn to play the fiddle,
long you watch your
You ean’t
no mailer how
brother practice.
{C epyHEht. )
Sleeping with their mothers was fa-
tal to tw:onty-nine Virginia babies In
10268, » _ording to statistics just an-
nounced by Dr. W. A. Flecker, regis
trar.
. &
HHH
RE you paying proper attention
to your social environment, or
are you drifting along without giving
it a passing .thought?
At some unanticipated moment your
social standing may change your
whole future for better or worse, the
transformation coming like a thunder
clap from a clear sky.
You cannot hold relations with the
vulgar, the indolent, the immoral or
the depraved without becoming con-
taminated, even though in the begin-
ning you had no fear.
There is always danger somewhere
about our human houses that a bit
of glass may be broken, and in the
same sense, there is to be found in
our spiritual structure a weak spot
which under ft certain blow will yield
when least expected,
All evils work through
which band man to man,
They ar» ever present waiting an op
portunity to overthrow and to destroy.
In our passage through life, and es-
pecially in youth, when character is
forming and talents are building, we
need the stimulation, the guldunce,
and the control of superior minds.
These Influences are essential to
proper moral, physical and Intellec.
tual development.
And in all the ramifications of life,
if you will look Into the subject with
seriousness and analyze it !npartially,
you will find that social environment
bas much to do with success,
The worst part of social influence
is that i acts undesiynedly and with-
out any intention of accomplishing
results,
Yet the effect
with mind Is such that
produces good or evil,
Discuss with lofty minded men
and women any common-place topic
and you will come away from thelr
presence with nobler thoughts and
higher ideals,
the forces
of contact of mind
it Invariably
HE advice to read the dictionary
is serious.
I admit it
while away time that must
on a sick bed
It is not the kind of literature
which gets you out of yourself when
you are low spirited, and helps you
to forget your troubles.
Nor Is it the sort of mental tonle
you need after a hard day's work at
the office.
Jut It Is a very excellent book to
read, nevertheless—and by “read” 1
do not mean to glance at it to find
the definition of a word, but to fol
low page after page for as much as
half an hour at a time,
If you will do that every few days
you will begin to find It Interesting
and make a habit of It
dictionary reading by ac
is not just the book to
be spent
I began
cident,
I was looking up the meaning of a
word which 1 had encountered in an
other volume, and the definition of
the next word caught my eye.
I discovered that this word
also a stranger to me.
I ran my eye along the page, and
learned that | was in company about
which | knew very little.
was
ney,” he said, “but before 1 go 1 shall
pay a farewell call on my old friend
Sir Clouded Sulphur Batterfly.”
The Monarch left the milkweed
piant and took one last look abont him.
“1 haven't left anything behind,” he
sald “because 1 never take anything
with Te. 1 don't need a toothbrush
and | don't need a washrag. All |
need Is myself,
“And that | always have. Perhaps
1 should not speak of myself in such
a fashion, but when & butterfly is
about to take a great long journey he
cannot think of such little trifles,
“Ah, what a time I'll have. And Mr.
Sun will go with me. For Mr. Sun
and I are she best of friends.
“But of course I must say a good-by
to Sir Clouded Sulphur Butterfly.
That 1 must do, and then 1 will be ali
ready to start,
“Helgh-ho,” he sald,
“1 do belleve,” he added after a mo
ment, “that 1 will sing a song about
Mr. Sun.”
This was the Monarchs song:
The Sun is high and mighty,
And yet he's not a snob;
For he doesn't turn his face aside,
But will smile at. any old mob.”
“Oh, that Is a fine song,” sald Mr.
Sun after the Monarch had finished.
“I am truly delighted.”
“You deserve it, you deserve IL."
sald the Monarch, as he started off
for the last call he was to make be
fore he took hig Journey south for the
winter months,
“Thank you, thank you,” called Mr,
Sun after him. “I cannot! begin to
tell you how pleased 1 am. But per
haps I'll be able to show you in my
sunny fashion.”
(Copyright)
By JOHN BLAKE
So 1 kept on, and read six or seven
pages, and found all of them worth
while,
* *
1 knew, of course, that 1 would not
acquires a vocabulary In any such
fashion as that, but it did help me
to think about the meanings of words,
and to discover several which |
thought I understood Lut which 1 had
not understood at all
These stuck in my mind, and some
few of the gthers did.
We use words as we hear them
psually. Our vocabularies are mosts
ly formed by those about us, to whom
we listen,
Unless we “have to be shown”
which means that we have naturally
inquiring minds, we take the con
nection In which the words are used
for granted.
And glancing through the diction
ary discloses an gstonishing number
of mistakes which we have made
throug! life,
* * *
Exact use of words Is very impor
tant.
We must think exactly to think
well, and as we have to think in
words we ought to acquire the best
possible equipment to think with,
Pick np a good dictionary, and open
it anywhere.
Run your eye down the page.
meanings, and derivations,
Notice the use that is made of the
words by suthors who are quoted.
That in itself Is Interesting, and
you will be delighted every time you
discover a quotation you know, as a
child Is delighted by seeing a familiar
face In a crowd.
Keep a good dictionary by your
desk,
Use It to look up the strange words
you meet with—and while thus using
Note
0
Just as practice Improves capacity
to play the plano, or operate a sew.
ing machine, so will the practice of
mingling and associating with su-
perior men and women Improve your
chances to find the field of greatest
usefulness, where you can work and
hold up your head in the clear light
of day.
Old Dog Tray was of excellent re
pute, and until he wns found in bad
company he was gencrally respected
but after that, he was doubled and
looked upon with suspicion.
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No Putting Off
“My boy, think of the future” *Ii
can't; it's my girl's birthday, and |
must think of the present”—New
York Central Lines Magazine.
GIRLIGAG Wo
prac. I by The Bel Eraas dees
“it's a good thing the road to de
struction is broad, in a way" says
Penitent Penelope. “it gives you room
to make a turn.”
it, read on down or up the
examine into twenty or fifty or a hun
dred other words.
You wil be surprised,
the mistakes you have been making
but at the improvement jou wil
make In your own -speech,
{Copyright )
page, and
not oniy at
FEHR R ERE REE AREF HRP REV AED
THE SUNSET
HOUR
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
HRN ERR R RN
ERE R EERE REEERRERFERRRLRRTS
PDX his been dark,
with care,
But night is a roseate affair.
Many a day has come and gone,
The sunset loveller than the dawn
And so 1 do not mind the years
As my own sunset hour appears
The flags depart, the bugles cease
3ut evening shall have more of peace
and
& 1 i
fam Pea
Let youth go forth tc battles youth
Cares more for triumphs than fo
truth.
Let youth seek treasures It may hold
Age finds that there is other gold
Let youth a kingly crown desire;
Age finds that fame and titles tire
Let youth seek other splendors, |
Find beauty in the westward sky
For one, the world to really know
Must see it In the sunset’'s glow,
Though down the road the shadows
run, ‘
They point the pathway to the sun.
And, when the sun has passed awn
You who are young will have to stn
For heaven youth will have to wait
But we, the old, are near the gate
(8 1928. Douglas Malloch)
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Triumph Over Ill Fate
Eightyeight years ago, Miss Lucy
M. Blanchard of East Poultney, Vt,
them a child, fell down the cellar
stairs and was never able to walk
again. Now at the age of ninety-one
Miss Blanchard lives alone, gets her
own meals and needs no attendant.
“My wheel chair takes me around as
my feet did,” she says. When a young
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crutches, but she has not used them
since 1806.
Over—and Quer
There's nothing a man likes better
than having a woman make over him,
and nothing he hates more than hav-
Ing one try to make him over.—Cla-
cinnati Enquirer.
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