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THEIR FIRSTTURKEY.
Howard Fielding's Reminiscences of
the Thanksgiving That Followed
His Honeymoon.
HE WAS THE CHEF DB CUISINE.
Painful Confession of His Better Half That
Inspired Him With a Great Deal
of Moral Courage.
BHATING THE FOWL'S WHISKEES.
Tity Lulii Eta WHa i Bolkng Pin and Hurswly
Craped a Bij Explosion.
rwnrrrix roa thx disfxtcili
At the coining of this Beason, memory al
ways carries me back to the first Thanksgiv
ing Day in that household of which I am
the nominal head. Not a line of the picture
Jades beyond recall; partly because I date
the best blessing for which any man can
offer thanks back to that period, and partly
because the dinner at our flat that day left
an everlasting impression uu my digestive
apparatus.
We had been married but a few weeks,
and I had much to lie thankful ior. Maude,
too, seemed resigned. Even that dinner, if
I had knawn 1 was to survive it, might have
had a silver lining. It is natural to sup
pose that we could have wished to dine by
the licht of the honeymoon with only each
other for company, Maude was so proud of
her home, and "I was so proud of her, and
we were both so proud of me. as a man
whom even the most indUcritninating and
nearsighted observer would recognize ns a
model husband, that we resolved to ask Top
Kevnolds up to dinner. I will remark, in
parenthesis that Tom, being discriminating
and far-sighted, stayed away on this occa
sion, but we expected him, and made
preparations to fill him with turkey, pie, and
a desire to forsake the lonely path of celibacy.
A VERY LIBEEAL MAX.
The servant told me to order my turkey in
ad vance.and she suggested an eight-pounder;
but as I walked to the butcher's shop, the
warm, expansive generosity of my heart rose
up and protested against such niggardliness.
An eight-pound turkey might be the right
sort of a bird for a bachelor to take home to
his lonely apartment, and cook over an
alochol lamp. I could see, in fancy, some
poor solitarv man gnawing an eight-pound
turkey by the dying embers, withronly one
plate and one chair, and the spirit of deso
lation for company. But for a married man
whose heart was on both sides of the table,
and his friend on one end of it, no lean and
scanty fowl would answer. I would not have
Tom to go awav and say "poor Howdy; now
that he is married, he has to ccouomiz?, and
live on eight-pound turkey."
"Give me a large one, fat, 14-pound
turkey." said I to the butcher, "and dont
try to'palm off an inferior bird upon us, for
my wife can tell his age without looking at
his teeth."
And the butcher cut a pieee of "sirloin"
Meak off the under side of the round, and
swore that his word was as good as his
bond.
THE SEBVAXT DISAPPEAEED.
On the evening before Thanksgiving our
servant went to call upon some friends, and
I am sorrv to say that her absence was pro
longed SO days" beyond her intention, by
judicial interference. But the turkey ar
rived on time, and he was a fine biped, as I
remarked to Maude, after receiving him
Irnm the hands of the butcher's bov. Maude
looked nervous, and asked if I didn't think
Bridget would come back in time. I said I
didn't, and then added that I was awfully
sorrv my own little Maude would have the
trouble ol cookiuc the turkey, but that the
pie-sure to be derived from eating a turkey
which she had cooked would unlit a man for
properly appreciating the joys of paradise.
She turned her lace away, and had a small,
convulsive Miasm, which I attributed to
gr Hilled vanity.
The miuutrs flew by and Bridget did not
come. Wc had breakfasted on selections
from the cupboard, with coffee of my own
preparation. My coffee may not be as clear
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II
Julius Enters the Oven.
ps some, but it is a wakeful and meditative
fluid which I would not recommend to sin
neis. MAUDE MAKES A COhTESSIOjr.
By 0 o'clock it became evident that the
preparation ot that turkey would devolve
upon Maude. She was pale, but outwardly
calm. We invaded the kitchen together.
The turkey lay upon the table, and his di
mensions were imposing and awful. Maude
ast one long, pallid stare at him; then she
rew a gasping breath, turned suddenly and
ci 1 lound her with her face buried in a
iiow.
hat's the matter, Maude?" I asked.
l he turkey wou't bile jou, he's dead."
"bo away. llotidjr," said she. in a voice
.errupted by sobs. "'You ill never love
any more. I have deceived you; O
eily deceived vou, I cannot, cannotcook.
ive me to my remorse."
My dearest love," said I, endeavoring
to laugh, "vou never told mc jou conld
.. It I thought so, the responsibility is
Itv mine. The mistake arose from my
tal inability to imagine anything
h you could not do if you tried."
A LITTLE BIT DUBIOUS.
uude dug her head into the pillow, and
ited in saving that she was a wicked,
uful woman. I perceived that a change
cues was necessary.
Iv dear," said I, "arise and see me
It will do you good."
e allowed an eye to be visible, and
e was an incredulous look: in it.
an you bake a turkey?" she asked.
eop!e don't bake turkeys," said I;
v roast 'em. I don't pretend to be a
i-liit on the subject, but I, can cook in
uerai sort of a nay, and it's my opinion
between us we can get up a dinner
as Tom never saw before."
e went out into the kitchen and started
e. It was getting late and time was
ious, so I sprinkled the fuel liberally
Juliets Takes a Shave.
fe1' r.
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with kerosine oil, opened all the draughts
and let her hum. Then we approached the
""Maude," said I, "this bird it all right
except his complexion. He has a dark, dis
sipated look which I don't like."
"It's because he hasn't been shaved,"
Maude said. "The little feathers haTto be
cut off close to his skin."
THEY SHAVED THE TUCKET.
"Don't they burn 'em off? I've heard
about singeing fowl. Of course they do.
Just lift off that stove lid and we'll improve
his personal appearance in a hurry."
Maude lifted the lid, and a column of
flame rose half way up the ceiling.
"You'll burn him all up if you put him
in there," cried Maude, and she hastily re
placed the cover.
"We never can serve him up with those
whiskers on him," said I, looking ruefully
at the turkey. "I guess we'll have to come
back to your original suggestion and shave
him."
While Maude prepared some bread crumbs
lor "stuffing," I got out my razor and tried
to scrape the turkey into ihape. But he
didn't take kindly to a dry shave. I had to
lather hits. I felt so much like a barber
while I was engaged in this process and the
poor turkey looked so human and wretched
that I got to talking to him. I called him
Julius Caesar and asked him his opinion on
various topics the tariff, the weather, and
the condition of trade. Afterwards I in
quired whether he would have bay rum or
"tonic"; and then I gave him a wet sham
poo in a large pan, and called "nextl"
These trifling pleasantries put Maude in
good humor, and she said that cooking was
a good deal easier than she had supposed.
EAUMED THE LOAD DOWJT.
Wc encountered some difficulties in stuff
ing the turkey, owing to our inexperience,
but with the aid of the rolling-pin as a ram
rod I at length succeeded in concealing the
bread crumbs which Maude had prepared.
Then we sewed him air tight with a darning
needle. After these formalities I put Julius
on his back in a pan; poured some water
over him, peppered and salted him, and
offered him such other delicate attentions as
were suggested by recollections of mygrand
mother in the old Thanksgiving and Christ
mas times down Bast.
We had conducted these operations in the
dining room because it was large enough
for two people to move about in without
knocking each other down. I now raised
the bier of Julius and bore him towards the
kitchen. But the stove had been busy dur
ing my absence. It was absolutely redbot
in every part, and the paint on the opposite
wall was beginning to blister. When I put
mv bead into the room my hair curled up.
I stopped so suddenly that Maude ran vio
lently against me and bumbed her nose on
my shoulder blade. She screamed, and I
dropped Julius on the floor.
A VERY WARM PLACE.
I consoled Maude for her mishap, and by
that time the open door had cooled the
kitchen so much that I could get inside and
pick up Juliu-, hut neither Maude nor I
dared approach the stove near enough to
open the oven. I lost nearly all of my
moustache in various reckless attempts.
Finally I got the blower and poker from the
parlor grate, and by holding the blower be
fore my face like an old Roman's shield I
managed to get near enough to open the
oven door with the poker. Then by the
same tactics I slid the corpse of Julius into
his crematory and shut him up.
"There's one good thing about a fire like
that," said I, with the air of a ten-thousand-
dollar chef de cuisine, "if anything gets
within fen feet of the stove it's bound to be
cooked."
"But wou't he burn?" said Maude. "I
should think one of us ought to stir him or
turn him over now and then."
The suggestion appealed strongly to mv
judgment, so I lashed the poker to the end
ot the broom handle, and thus made a
weapon of great culinary usefulness. When
it was done, we inspected Julius. A great
and alarming change had come over him.
He did not appear to be burned, but be had
swelled to the siz.- of an ostrich. His skin
was as tight as the head o' a drum, and it
had stretched till it was transparent. He
was such a fearful looking object that
Maude ran away, to weep, but the sense of
a deep responsibility would not permit me
to desert my pos-. I selected a long fork
and approached the oven.
JULIUS WAS RELIEVED.
"Julius," said I, stabbing him with the
fork, "what makes you act this way?"
Julius replied with a long, plaintive
whistle, after which he resumed his natural
form, or thereabouts. I decided that his
sudden inflation had been due to steam fiom
the moist bread crumbs. I told Maude that
the danger of an explosion was over and she
consentrd to return. Together we watched
and tended Julius with affectionate care
during the next two hours, and at the end
of that time he was no mean bird. We had
discovered the mysteries of "basteing," and
Maude had concocted a gravy. We had
baked sweet potatoes, machine-made mince
pies from the grocery store, and cafe noir of
my own preparation, which was as much
blacker than ordinary black coffee as a negro
is darker than a white man.
But Tom didn't come, and I was greatly
disappointed. I wanted to point to that
turkey with pride and say that my wife
cooked it. Then if Tom noticed anything
funny about the turkey he wouldn't blame
me.
LASTED A LONG TIME.
We had to eat it all alone. We only made
a good beginning at dinner; and we dined so
late, after waiting for Tom, that we hadn't
much appetite for supper. For breakfast we
hadn't much appetite, either that is, not for
turkey. I have a secret suspicion that
Maude lunched oil' something else, for Julius
showed no signs of diminution when I re
turned for dinner.
Maude had tried vainly to get another
sen ant during the day, but she had failed;
and so to save her the trouble of cooking
anything, we had Julius tor breakfast. I did
not eat heartily, and neither did Maude.
When I lelt the house I advised her to take
a good, square lunch, and remarked by way
of inducement that she was looking a little
thin.
The ghost of Julius haunted me during
the day. I had mildly suggested to Maude
that we might have something else for din
ner. butshesaid it would be wasteful. 1
took occasion to invite several friends home
to dinner, but they all had engagements.
Then I meditated sending a telegram to
Maude that I was detained down town, but
that was too mean. I could not leave her to
face Julius alone.
THE LAST OP JULIUS.
Maude had endeavored to disguise Julius
in a stew, but I recognized him at dinner
and my appetite fled.
"Maude," said I, "don't you think our
poor old washerwoman would like the rest
of this stew?"
"No use. Howdy," said Maude, "this
is only just part of him."
For five days nobody came to help us onfi
but at last my sister-in-law. hearing that
Maude was without a servant, came around.
to see us. tone agreed to cook the dinner,
TiVing the Turkey.
and when I took my place at the table, be
hold, there were the bones ofVulius in a
soup. Maude took one look at him and left
the table.
"Jennie," said I, to my sister-in-law, "is
all that turkey in the soup?"
"Why, yes, Howard, I believe so," she
said surprised.
I lifted the tureen from the table and
poured the contents out of the back window.
It struck on the janitor's head, bat I paid
bim for a hat and a vest and an injured dig
nity, without a murmur, for the ghost ot
Julius was laid at rest.
Howard Fieldiho.
IN THE GOVERNOR'S GIFT.
The Various Offices Mr. Pattlson Will Have
to Distribute Among His Democratic
and Republican Supporters How the
Various Places Pay.
The best paying offices Governor-elect
Pattison will have to give out, says the
Philadelphia Press, are the Attorney Gen
eralship and tho Secretary of the Common
wealth. The former receives a salary of
$3,500, but the fees of the office make it
worth, in the estimation of leading lawyers,
anywhere between J16.000 and $18,000 a
year. The salary of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth is only $1,000 a year, hut he
also receives fees which bring his salary up
to ahout 512,000 or 513.000 per annum.
Either ol these officers are better paid than
the Governor, who receives a salary of
510.000 and no fees.
The other offices which the Governor has
the power to fill, together with the salaries
attached, are as follows:
Adjutant General J2,flOO-
bupcrlnteodentot Public Instruction z,ouo
Insurance Commissioner 3,000
State Litiranan 2.500
Private Secretary to Governor 2.500
Executive Clerk 1.500
Assistant to Executive Clerk: 1,300
Messenger 1.200
Page 300
Night Watchman 900
Factorv Inspector 1.500
Kight Uitumlnous Mine Inspectors, each. 2.000
Seven Anthracite Mine Inspectors, each.. 3,000
The Governor has almost twice as many
more appointments, but they are nearly all
to positions of honor with no salaries at
tached. .There are also some offices in Phil
adelphia that he has to fill, and they pay.
He will have the appointment of four mem
bers of the StatePharmaceutical Examining
Board. This is one of the boards that pay.
Its duty is to examine all persons who may
desire to enter the retail drug business in
the State, and to investigate all violations
of the law, and prosecute all offenders. He
also appoints the members ot the State
Board of Health. The members of this
board are paid their traveling and other
necessary expenses. The State Fisheries
Commissioners and the Geological Survey
Commissioners are also appointed by the
Governor, and are paid their expenses. The
members of the State Board of Charities re
ceive similar compensations.
In addition to these he appoints all of the
managers of the Danville, Warren and Har
risburg hospitals for the insane, three man
agers of Dixmont Hospital and five mana
gers of the Norristown. The nine trnstees
of the Miners' Hospital at Ashland are also
appointed by him, as are the five managers
of the Huntington Reformatory, the five in
spectors of the Eastern Penitentiary and two
of the five inspectors of the Western Peni
tentiary. In case of vacancies in any of the
State or county offices he is authorized to fill
such vacancies until the next general elec
tion. STAB OF THE SOUTH.
Appearance of the Fourth Largest Diamond
In the World.
The largest out
diamond in the world
is the Orloff; the sec
ond in size is the Pitt,
or Begent diamond;
the third is the Flor-
Star of the South as entine, or Grand Dia
Founa. jaoad; the fourth is
the Star of the South
This great stone is a
gem of singular beau
ty, fonnd by a negress
at work in the mines
of Brazil in 1853. It
was at first sold $15.-
Star of the South as
000, but subsequently
cuiatae new.
realized $400,000.
The cutter was Voorsanger, of Coster's
great establishment, at
Amsterdam, and in his
hands the diamond
lost rather more than
half of its original
weight The reflected
light is . perfectly
white, hut, strange to
say, it assumes by re
fraction a certain rose
Star or the South aitint, very agreeable to
Cut Top View, the eye. This prob
ably unique phenomenon is due, no doubt,
to the peculiar prismatic form imparted to
the crystal, perhaps unconsciously, by the
cutter.
THE SCOTCHMAITS THISTLE.
An
Old Story explaining Why It is the
National Emblem.
The story goes that many years ago an
army of Danes landed on the Scottish
shores, and, finding that their approach had
been unheralded, determined to attack the
Scotch army by night. Approaching the
sleeping camp with the greatest caution,
success seemed almost certain, when sud
denly there arose from one of the Danes an
awful scream, which aroused the men they
were about to attack. The screaming in
vader couldn't be blamed when it was
known he was barefooted and had stepped
on a thistle; but the sturdy Scotchmen soon
armed themselves, fought well, and van
quished their enemies.
To show their gratitude for the plant that
had been their salvation, it was determined
that the thistle should be the emblem of
Scotland, and the motto, ".Nemo me impune
lacessit" (No man provokes me with im
punity), is one of the most applicable ex
tant. However, the bride assumes it for
good luce, and not because she wishes to
be aggressive.
SOUB FOOD AND C0KSTJMPTI0K.
Dr. Salisbury's Experiment on Guinea Figs
In Regard to Tuberculosis.
Xtw York Tribune.
Dr. Salisbury has spent many years in ex
perimenting upon different animals, and has
given most ol his life to the study' o
phthisis. He experimented upon 200 guinea
pigs at one time, half of which he fed upon
certain kinds ol sour food and the rest upon
street diet.
The pigs which were fed upon the sour
food died from consumption within a short
time, while the rest lived. This goes to
prove his theory that tuberculosis of the
iungs is caused by certain kinds of food.
Not Keachlng the Goal.
Boston Courier.
Now out on the campus,
AH blowing like grampus,
The lusty collegians gather in squads.
The hair-backs" and "rushers,"
The "tickers'' and crushers.
Disporting like wild Bacchanalian gods.
Now londly a wrangle,
Now tied lu a tauirle
A very grotesque anatomical mesh
- Now bedlam begetting.
Now puffing and sweating
Like farmer with barnful of buckwheat to
thresh.
And wnen, at conclusion,
In gory confusion
The bones and the features from campus are
picked,
'Twonld seem that, as show forth
The gashes and so forth.
The coal is the one thing that hasn't been
kicked.
Without doubt the most wonderful
remedy lor pain is Salvation OiL It sells
for 23 cents.' " "
THE ' PITTSBURG . DISPATCH, SUNDAT, NOVEMBER . 23
THANKSGIVING MENU.
Ellico Serena Gels Up ail Ideal Din
ner for Kelt Thursday.
SHE STEAMS HER FAT T0KKET.
How to Prepare the Dainty Dishes That Go
Along WUh I(
HINTS FOE QDEENS OP THE EAKGE
IWBITTSH TOB TKB PISPATCH.1
Thanksgiving Day, as we are accustomed
to it, is distinctively and peculiarly an
American holiday; and, although it is now
by custom and unwritten law a permanent
institution, yet it is difficult to determine
how it came'to be so. The authorities which
pnrport to be authentic as to its origin and
the circumstances vihich have brought it
ahout do not by any means harmonize. It
is, however, agreed that a very common and
prevalent notion that it is traceable to the
Puritans and Plymouth Bock is an errone
ous one.
The fact is well prayed that many days of
fasts and likewise of thanksgivings were
appointed to be observed in England in the
time of Queen Elizabeth. During the Rev
olution fast days and thanksgivings were of
frequent occurrence.' After peace was es
tablished, efforts weru made in some of the
States to keep a stated day annually for a
thanksgiving, but this in many cases was
bitterly opposed, but always on political
grounds. Those who doubted the expedi
ency and even the right of a Governor or the
President to fix a day and set it apart for
that purpose were of .all parties. Among
them was Thomas Jefferson, the author of
the declaration.
CUSTOM dBOWN 1KTO LAW.
But now it seems to be an accepted insti
tution, and as such it is a singular example
of custom making lav. For the President
wjben he issues his proclamation fixing the
day and requesting the people to observe it,
has, so it is said, no warrant of law" for it;
but singularly also almost every State has
by law declared the day which the Presi
dent shall appoint for Thanksgiving a legal
holiday.
But it is as one of the great social festi
vals that the majority of people now regard
this day. More and more is it looked for
ward to with anticipations of pleasure, as a
period of joy and gratefulness when there
shall be a family meeting, when friends are
to be invited and expected to partake of our
hospitality, when the table will be supplied
with good cheer and everybody is expected
to be responsive to those generous feelings
which are round us and touch us on every
sine.
On these occasions that cheerfulness and
those offers of welcome must not be for
gotten, lacking which feasts olten prove
tasteless. None knew this better than Lady
Macbeth, whose breeding and courtesy will
not be questioned. She notes that her
husband at the banquet cannot touch his
food, and she says in queenly fashion:
My royal lordt
You do not give the cheer; the feast is sold.
That la not often vouched while 'tis a making,
'Tis given with welcome. Xo feed were best at
home;
From thence, the sauce to meat is ceremony;
Meeting were bare without It.
And now to dinner: 3
THANKSGIVING MENU.
Raw Oysters,
Thin Slices of Buttered Brown Bread,
Cream Soup,
Salted Almonds, Celery, Olives,
Boiled Fish. Cream Sauce. Boiled Potato Balls,
Steamed Tnrkev, Oyster Dressing,
Giblet Sauce, Jellied Cranberries, Baked Ham,
Baked Macaroni, Creamed Cauliflower,
Simmered Onions. Whipped Potatoes,
Sweet Bread Salad,
Cheese Straws,
Squash Pudding, Mlnce'Pie,
Nuts. Frnlts, Raisins,
Coffee.
Bi.'W OTSTBKS.
For eacn gaest serve three large oysters,
garnished with thin slices of lemon.
CKHAM SOUP.
One quart of good veal stock: one onion and
three potatoes cut in small pieces and a bit of
mace.
Boil these in the stock for one hour, very
slowly.
Add a pint of rich milk (or a pint of milk and
cream), a little mincrd parsley; 'a tablespoontul
of four (or arrowroot) mixed In a little milk or
cold stock, and a teaspoonf ul ot butter.
CREAH SAUCE FOB FISH.
Pat in a double boiler one pint of cream or
equal parts of cream and milk.
When it begins to boil stir in four rounded
tablespoonruls of butter, rubbed with four level
tablespoonf als of flour.
Season with salt and add a tablespoonful of
chopped parsley.
STEAMED TUBCET.
Select a young, plump hen tu. key, have it
carefully drawn and well spchiged with water.
Dissolve a little baking soda and rinse out
the inside.
Wipe dry, and rub all over (Inside too) with
salt and pepper.
Fill with the dressing, sew up, truss, and lard
with a thin strip or two of salt pork.
Suspend in a steamer over a pan to catch the
drippings. If the turkey is large steam lor
nearly three hours, then place in the baker on
a meat rack, baste frequently with some ot the
gravy and turn until every part Is richly
uruwueu.
OYSTER DRESSING.''
Take a pound of stalo bread, grate, and mix
with two beads of celery the best parts
minced, a half pound ot melted butter, a dash
of cayenne, white pepper and salt to taste, and
such sweet herbs minced as are desired.
Take two quarts of oysters, put them singly
into a colander, remove any bits of shell, dash
with cold water and add to the bread crumbs.
Strain the liquor, moisten the dressing with
parts of it, and fill the turkey.
Baste frequently with equal parts of the
oyster liquor and water.
JELLIED CRANBERRIES.
Pick and wash a quart of cranberries.
Put In a stew pan with half a pint of boiling
water.
Cook for ten minutes, add a pound of granu
lated sugar, cook ten minutes longer, and turn
into a wet mold to cool.
BASED HAM.
Soak a ham over night in plenty of cold
water.
bcrapc. trim, cover with a thick batter, or
paste, of flour and water.
Place in a bake pan on a rack, and, if large,
allow 25 minutes to the pound.
When done remove batter and skin, dredge
with bred crumbs, and brown. Garnish with
crisp parsley.
The ham may also be baked in spiced vine
gar, sweetened.
It should be basted frequently.
BAKED 1IAOABONI.
Put halt a pound of imported macaroni to
boil in plenty of cold water.
When the boiling point is reached add a lump
of butter and a level teaspoontul of salt.
Boil steadily for 10 minutes drain and arrange
in layers with bread crumbs, a half pound ot
grated cheese, a quarter of a pound of butter
and such seasoning as is required.
For the last layer have plenty of cheese and
Just a sprinkle of bread crumbs.
Cover with a pint of milk and set in the oven
just long enough to brown.
Too long baking renders macaroni tough, and
1 may also add that it is more tender when put
to boil in cold water. The opposite course u
pursued by many cooks.
CREAMED CAULIFLOWER.
Select firm, white lioads, remove the outside
leaves and immerse in cold saltwater for an
hour before conking.
Wrap in netting or cheese cloth, plunge into
plenty of boiling water, well salted, and cook
until render.
Drain, remove the cloth and serve hot, with
cream dressing.
SIMMERED ONIONS.
Select small white onions, cover for a few
minutes with boiling water.
Change the water, add a little salt, and sim
mer slowly for an hour.
Drain, return to tho fire, put in a large lump
of butter, season highly, and pour in some thick
sweet cream. ,
Do not stir the onions while cooking.
WHIPPED POTATOES.
Boll potatoes of uniform size in salted water
until tender. .
Drain and beat light and creamy.
Whip into the potatoes with a large fork two
tablespoonf als of melted butter, and enough
hot milk to soften them.
Serve steaming hot. '
SWEET BBEAD SALAD.
Soak the sweet breads in cold salted water,
removing skin and fl.bersj parboil 2D minater,
and when cold cut In small pieces and mix with
chopped celery.
Hcrve witu mayonnaise (resting.
CHEESE STRAWS.
Three tablespoonfuls of Parmesan, or any
other good, rich cheese, three tablespoonf uls of
sifted flour, one teaspoonful of butter, half a tea
spoontul of salt and the yolk of an egg, beaten
with a tablespoonful of Ice water.
Stir these ingredients together until smooth
and add the beaten white.
Divide into two parts and roll thin on a
floured molding board, .
Shape into small rings, and cut strips about
fonr inches long and one-balf inch wide.
Place both on creased paper In a baking pan,
and bake for 15 minutes in a very moderate
oven.
They should be of light brown color. Put the
strips in bundles and place in the rings. Cheese
straws may also be tied in bundles with a bright
ribbon, or piled, log cabin style, on a fancy
dish. 9
SQUASH PUDDING.
Take half a winter squash, cut in pieces, re
move the seeds and steam until tender.
Scrape the pulp from the rind, press through
a sieve and to one quart add five level table
spoonfuls of butter and a quartof boiling milk.
When cold add a level teaspoonful of glnsor,
a plnrh of Bait, a pinch of allspice, two table
spoonfuls of cinnamon, a pound of brown
sugar, and the yolk of eight well beaten eggs.
Mix well and itir in the whites of the eggs,
beatm to a stiff froth.
Bake in a moderate oven in pans lined with
rich paste.
As the mixture should be thick as boiled cus
tard it mav be necessary to add more milk.
The quantity of spice may be increased if the
taste requires it.
CHOICE MINOE-MEAT.
Take 4 pounds of choice rump steak, which,
by boiling, will be reduced to two pounds.
Chop it fine and mix with it i pounds of
chopped apple, three-quarters of a pound of
good beef suet (skin removed) minced to pow
der, two pounds of currants, washed, dried and
floured, a quarter of a pound of citron, minced
and floured, the jnlce of one lemon, the pulp of
one largo orange, 4 tablcspoonfuls of pow
dered cinnamon, one heaping tablespoonful of
powdered clove. Z pounds of sugar, part of It
brown, three grated nutmegs, three pounds of
raisins (stoned) and boiled untii quite tender.ta
cupful or two ot the raisin liquor, some good
sweet cider and a cupful of sweet pickle syrup
or vinegar.
Add more sugar and spice If necessary.
Bake in rich paste with or without npper
crust.
If baked without an upper crust, cover with
greased paper, and when done spread with a
meringue of the whites of egg beaten to a stiff
froth, and sweetened.
BALTED ALMONDS.
Shell a pouud or more of almonds, cover with
boillnsr water and let stand for afewminntes.
Throw them Into cold water and rub the skin
off with the ringers.
Moisten with fresh butter or olive oil. sprinkle
with salt and set in the oven wnich should be
moderate for ten minutes to brown.
COFFEE.
Let the coffee be pure Mocha, picked over
land. Have it coarsely ground, clarified with gen
uine Russian Isinglass.
Serve it hot and strong. ELLIC2 Serena.
CHIMPANZEES WITH T0ECHES.
Wonderful Story of Their Performances
Touched for by Emln.
TheMsongwa forest is infested by a tribe
of chimpanzees of great stature, who make
almost nightly raids on the villages and
little plantations of the Msvra natives, carry
ing away the bananas and other fruits, says
Stanley in bis book. There is nothing very
remarkable about this fact, 'since many
kinds of animals make pillaging forays
upon the habitations of men; but the sur
prising part of Emin's narrative is the
statement that, to these thieving raids, the
chimpanzees make use'of lighted torches to
hunt out the fruit
"If I had not myself been a witness of
this spectacle," Mr. Stanley reports Einin
as saying, "nothing would ever have made
me believe that any race of monkeys pos
sessed the art of making fire."
On one occasion, Emin says, a chim
panzee of this intelligent tribe stole a drum
from the huts of his Egyptian troops and
made off with it, beating it as he raD. The
monkey took the drum to the headquarters
of his own "people," who were evidently
much charmed with it, for the Egyptian
soldiers often heard the monkeys beating
it vigorously, but irregularly. Sometimes
in the middle of the nicht some sleepless
chimpanzee wonld get up and go to beating
the arum.
BAD PATENT LAW.
The Bell Telephone litigation Shows a
Weakness In tho System.
The number of claimants of priority of in
vention in the Bell telephone suits, and in
several other cases where important electri
cal interests were involved, has shown the
necessity that the law on this subject should
be very clearly defined, both for the preven
tion of future litigation and the protection
of existing interests. It has been decided
by the Commissioner of Patents that the
mere statements of an applicant for a patent
that he disclosed the invention is of no
avail, either to constitute evidence of dis
closure or to impart sufficiency to a state
ment of facts in themselves inadequate, un
less he states by what agency the disclosure
was made and the details ot which it con
sisted. Sketches and models should be pro
duced, if possible, or else reproduced from
memory. If verbal disclosures are relied
upon, the language is to be stated as nearly
as possible.
THE BUXE OF TEE E0AD.
An Old Piece of Poetry That Embodies
the Regulations of English Custom.
In the event of the adoption of the sug
gestion that the rising generation should be
taught the rule of the road, a correspondent
in the Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle, S3ys the
lesson could not be more pleasantly con
veyed than in the following old lines, the
second quatrain of which is not so generally
familiar as the first:
The role ot the road Is a paradox quite,
Both in riding and driving along;
If you go to the left you are sure to be right,
If you go to the right you are wrong.
But in walking the streets 'tis a different case,
To the right it is right you should near;
To the left should be left quite enough of free
space
For the persons you chance to meet there.
"
Lady Stndent In Gown.
Philadelphia Kecord.l
The students at the Women's Medical
College on North College avenue have, for
some time past, been discussing the ques
tion of donning a distinctive gown
and cap while in attendance at the colelge.
The war upon the subject is vigorous, with
the chances, of the govrn and can being
1. adopted, as shown in ine sketch above,
13
- 1890.
f OR NEXT THURSDAY.
ihanksgiving Eecipes From the Good
Wives of Washington.
MRS. LOGAN'S FAMOUS MINCEMEAT
Boips, Pies, Cakes and Paddings to Go
With the Savory Turkey.
STOMACH TICELESS FOB NOTED MEN
rCOItEiSPONDEXCI OF THE D1SPATCB.1
Washington-, November 22. Thanks
giving comes next Thursday, and prepara
tions are going on at the homes of our
statesmen in Washington. It used to be
that most of the prominent men ate their
Thanksgiving dinners in their own States.
This was when it was not the fashion to
bring their families to the Capital. Now
the most of our great men are rich men.
They own homes in Washington as well as
elsewhere, and many of them keep their
families here the year round.
There will be at least $100,000 spent in
Washington next week on Thanksgiving
turkey, and the mince meat in the markets
could not be packed into a freight car. A
great deal of money will be spent here in
charity. The churches are organizing, and
it may be that some of the Cabinet will do
as Secretary Whitney did, and give each of
his department clerks an order for a fat,
round turkey. The President's turkey will
probably come from Bhode Island, and
there is no doubt that he will as usual re
ceive a number from different parts of the
country. Mrs. Harrison has not yet planned
her Thanksgiving dinner, save that she has
decided to have roast turkey, cranberry
sauce and pumpkin pie.
THE XHANESaiYINQ BOASTS.
I have visited during the past week a
number of leading ladies, and baveprocured
from them recipes for Thanksgiving dishes,
and" points on Thanksgiving dinners. Every
woman has some new idea to offer, and the
advice of all is the result of their own per
sonal experience. Mrs. Justice Field tells
me that she received a number of angry
letters from temperance women because she
once advised that the Thanksgiving turkey
be fed on English walnuts and sherry a few
days before it is killed. But she tells me
that the bird likes to feed on it, and that it
makes them delicious and tender.
Mrs. Representative Henderson, of Illi
nois, says that the tnrkey should be roasted
about three hours, and that she stuffs it with
a pint of oysters, two stalks of celery, and a
raw egg. Into the mixture she puts two
thirds of a cup of butter, chops the whole
very fine and seasons it with salt, pepper
and nutmeg. When her turkey is done, it
is a dish fit for the queen. Mrs. Congress
man Smith, of Illinois, stews her turkey a
halt an hour before she roasts it, and she
roasts it in a covered pan in order to pre
serve the flavor and the steam. She has a
giblet gravy she makes by boiling the gib
lets, then chopping them, and after season
ing and thickening with a tablespoonful of
flour wet with cold water, let3 them simmer
for an hour longer and sends them to the
table.
IN G ALLS OUGHT TO BE FAT.
There is no better cook at the Capital
than Mrs. Senator Ingalls. She can cook a
turkey to the Queen's taste, and if John J.
Ingalls could be fattened by anything, he
would be a very Falstaff from the appetite
created by the visions of Mrs. Ingalls' roast
duck. She roasts her ducks first, then
when they are cold she puts them into a
stew pan and boils them for 15 minutes with
one pint of tomatoes, a tablespoonfnl of
onion juice, some salt and pepper, a little
cornstarch and two dozen olives, and serves
it hot.
Another famous cook is Mrs. John A.
Logan. It is from her that I get my recipe
for Thanksgiving mince meat, and this is
the way she makes it:
Two tiounds of beef. choDDed fine, after bolne
cooked; two pounds of suet, chopped flee; four
pounds of raisins, four pounds of apples, eight
oranges, the peal of half a pound of citron, all
chopped fine; one ounce of cinnamon, one of
allspice, one of nntmeg and two pounds of
brown sugar.
There is nothing nicer than the salad as a
Thanksgiving entree, and Mrs. Logan has
given me the following directions as to the
dressing of the salad dish:
Take the white inside leaves of cabbage and
make a border, not allowing the leaves to fall
too far over the sides of theVdlsb, or make a
border of curled lettuce; then place the salad
Inside, smoothing It nicely, slice four small
cucumber pickles lengthwise, which will make
eizht nieces: pass each piece through a white
rine of a hard-boiled egg and place them here
and there; or you can place all the ends to
gether in the center of the dish, allowing the
other ends to diverge.
This will form a kind of flower.
It will look prettier if a small round slice of
jelly Is placed where the ends meet;
MBS. MOOBE'S THANKSGIVING FISH.
Washington is a great fish market. Both
ocean and lakes send their choicest to our
table. Mrs. Surgeon General Moore excels
in her cooking ot fish, and this is the way
she prepares white fish a la creme:
Kubthe fish well with salt and put it Into a
kettle with just sufficient cold water to cover it
As soon as it comes to a boil, set it where it
will simmer for one hour.
Then drain it well, and remove the large
bones.
Put one ounce of flour into a sauce-pan, to
which add by degrees a quart of milk, mix very
smooth, add one large onion sliced, a bunch of
parsley, a little nutmeg, salt, pepper to taste,
place all over the fire and stir constantly till It
becomes thick, then add a auarter of a pound
of butter pass it through a sieve place a little
of the sauco upon tho dish in which the fish is
to be dished, then pour over the fish the hot
sauce, set In a warm oven and let it brown.
The white of an egg well beaten and spread
over it will make it brown better.
To prevent tho china dish from breaking or
discoloring, place it In a pan of hot water be
fore setting in tho uven.
Once tasted will never be forgotten.
There are no better livers in the United
States than the officers of the army and
navy. The wives of our admirals are, as a
rule, splendid cooks, and the following
from Mrs. Admiral Selfridge is rich and
luscious. It is a spiced gravy for turkey or
goose, and it reads:
MBS. SELFBJDOE'S SPICED GBAVT.
Take the giblPts and pat into three pints of
water, when it boils add a pinch of salt, skim,
and add a few cloves, whole pepper corns and
ground orange peel, and chopped half onion;
let it boll one honr; then toast half a dozen
crackers very brown, add half a class of red
wine, let it boil until the giblets are perfectly
tender; then add a piece of butter half the size
of an egg; put into a spider with two spoonsfnl
of flour, and brown well; while quite hot pour
into the gravy and stir well; when smooth, pour
back again Into the pot.
Let It all simmer f ora few minutes, and when
it is done, strain, braid the liver and put in.
Mrs. Colonel Ernst is a noted New Eng
land housewife, und her squash pie is one of
her specialties. She warrants it good if prop
erly carried out, and it will be an addition
to any Thanksgiving treat. It reads as
follows:
One 8miH squash, Doll tender with sufficient
water to steam It. and rnb through a sieve; one
pint of milk; one egg to each pie, equaling
three eggs to a pint beat the eggs very light,
sweeten to taste with brown sugar: add a pinch
of salt; two giated nutmegs.
Stir all well together and place on the deep
plates already prepared with the pastry.
Sift a little sugar over the top of each to
assist in the browning.
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Bake in a moderately hot oven for about one
hour.
Another recipe from the same source, for
oyster soup, is truly delicious :
Two quarts of strained oysters; boil three
pints ot milk; braid ud two teaspnonsful of
flour with one onnce of butter: one teaspoonf u
of white pepper; two teaspoonful of salt.
Let the milk come to a boll, then add the
mixtnre and toss in the oysters, let them boil
up once no longer add a teacupful of rich
cream.
Before dishing, add two wine classes of
Madiera. 'This soup is best made about ten
minutes before serving.
MBS. TUCEEB'S CBANBEBBY JELX.T.
Cranberry sauce is an important Thanks
giving item, and the following recipe 'for
cranberry Jelly has been tested again and
again, and has never been found wanting.
Mrs. General Logan's daughter, Mrs. Major
Tucker, gives it to me. It reads:
Boil one quart of cranberries with sufficient
water to prevent them from burning; strain
through a sleye; add sugar to taste, and again
boll until thick.
Pour Into a mould and set aside until cold,
when It can be turned out.
Mrs. Senator Dolph has written ont for
me two recipes, one for spice-cake, and one
for snow pudding. Either will be found de
licious. The spice-cake is made as follows:
One cup water; one cup butter; one cup
syrnp, or New Orleans molases;one and one
half cups sugar; three cups flour: three eggs;
two toaspoonsfnl (moderately full) yeast pow
der: two teaspoonsful (heaping) ground cinna
mon: one teaspoonful (moderately full) ginger;
one-half teaspoonful all-spice; one-quarter, or
less, teaspoonful cloves, mace and nutmeg,
(each.)
Here is the recipe for snow pudding:
Soak one-half box gellatine In one half pint
of cold water for an hour.
Then add ODe pint boiling water, stir till dis
solved: add one cup of sugar, and the juice of
two lemons.
When partly congealed, whip in the whites of
two eirffs.
Prepare the gellatine over night. To be.
served with whipped cream or custard,
A THANKSGIVING MENT.
Here is a menu ot a Thanksgiving dinner,
written out lor me by the authoress, Cath
arine Owens. It is certainlv a good enough
dinner for anvone. and it is a specimen of
one of the best dinners in Washington:
Oysters on ice.
Transparent soup.
Baked fish.
Small German potatoes tossed in oiled butter.
andjnstnecKea wiin very nueiy
chopped parsley.
Sorbet.
Braised turkey. Green peas.
.Koast ducc uniciten pie.
Boiled tongue.
Apple pie. Salad.
Salted almonds
Crystalized almonds.
Coffee. Fruit.
Etc.
The wives of the generals and admirals
excel not only in making fancy dishes, but
in getting np the plainer articles for the
table. Of course, everyone wants home
made bread for Thanksgiving, and I will
let Mrs. Admiral Crosby of the Navy, tell
bow yon make it:
Two quarts of flour: one teaspoonful each of
salt and lard; onetcacnpful each of yeast and
milk; a little sugar If desired; thin the dougn
with cold water, and knead about 20 minutes or
longer; pnt in bowl to rise over night, moisten
ing with a little melted lard on top; in morning,
or when light, put into loaves and set in same
place, then bake.
It may be that some of the readers of the
above will not know how to make the yeast,
and I add this recipe from Mrs. Crosby. It
will beat any baking powder in existence:
Rare six or eight potatoes: cover with about
half gallon of water; boil until tender then
place in bowl; one teacupful each of salt and
suear: throw the water and potatoes through
the colander, and if there is not water enouzh.
add cold water; when it is cool, add one teacup
ful of old yeast; Bet in warm place for several
hours: then keep In cool place.
Will keep several weeks.
MBS. SENATOB CABLISLE'S MAYONNAISE.
My next recipes come from Kentucky, a
State famed for its hospitality. They are
penned in the handwriting of Mrs. Senator
Carlisle, and she warrants them good. The
first is for mayonnaise. It is:
Take yolks of three eggs, juice of one lemon;
small pinch cayenne pepper: one-half teaspoon
ful salt; one teaspoonful vinegar; one-quarter
pint best olive oil, and teaspoonlul prepared
mustard.
Put yelks in a china bowl and mix in salt and
mustard.
Stir with a fork and drop in the oil slowly
until it thickens, then add the lemon juice and
vinegar, stirring constantly until thoroughly
mixed.
Another of Mrs. Carlisle's famous recipes
which is made as follows:
Two pounds raisins; 2 pounds currants; 1
pound citron, cnt fine: 1 dozen eggs, beaten
separately; 1 pound dark brown sugar; 1 pound
butter, creamed; 1 tablespoonful allspice; 1 tea
spoonful cloves; lgoblet brandy; nutmegs; flour
and fruit separately: 1 pound flour and 1 tea
spoonful baking powder.
With this recipe, I close my list of dishes
for your Thanksgiving dinner. I can assure
you" that the recipes are all genuine. They
are the result of, years of experience, and
they have tickled the stomachs of statesmen
and Generals. That they may also be suc
cessful, and may tickle yours, is tbe wish of
'Miss Gbondy, Jb.
WANTED TO KISS SUCCX
A Female Whose Desire to Make a Fool
of Herself Was Suppressed.
New York frets.
Last week Signer Sued, the faster, had
many lady visitors. One of them insisted
on kissing him. Succi was willing, but the
ever watchful reporters insisted on getting
close to the pair for fear the woman would
slip him some food during the process. This
so discouraged the lady that she gave np
the attempt, and the "gallant signor was
forced to content himself with blowing her
a kiss.
Two or three gifts were received by Succi.
One wan a small papier mache skeleton
labeled, "Succi, forty-fifth day." This
seemed to please the signor greatly. Some
other idiot sent bim a lot of sandwiches and
fried oysters by a messenger boy. As soon
as the box was opened the signor sprang
about four leet away, evidently being afraid
that he would be accused of breaking his
fast if he remained near the seductive
bivalves and sandwiches.
A CAI'3 LONG PAST.
It Was Packed In a Box and Took a Seventeen-Day
Voyage.
New York Tribune.
Among the steerage passengers landed at
the Barge Office yesterday waaMrs.Fisher.
She was a passenger on tbe Guion steamer
Nevada, from Liverpool, and came frdm
Birmingnam. When she left home she
packed a big box full of her most valuable
possessions, and took it with her. Mrs.
Fisher had a cat, a pet cat, to which she
was much attached, and the cat reciprocated
the affection. It was with tears that Mrs.
Fisher packed her box and thonght that
she must leave pussy behind. That was 17
days ago, and yestwljy Mrs. Fi3her and
her box were landed at the Barge Office.
When the customs officers opened the
box which Mrs. Fisher had packed with
tears, out popped pussy, looking exceedingly
hungry and emitting a plaintive "mew."
The felii.e Succi immediately got a good
meal, and Colonel Weber Las decided that
he need not be returned as an assisted emi
grant. The Editor Talked Shop.
Light. -
"Fivo dollars first insertion, with head
on." huskily whispered the editor, as he
paid hia fine next morning for a plain
drunk, and hurried out of jail.
FOB 20 JDJLITS
From date of this papar. Wishing to introduce our
CRAYON PORTRAITS
and
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BE SURE 'XO l aiENtlTtON
BOWSER HAS AHOBBY.
This Time He Proposes to be Athletic
and Get' Very Strong.
BUMPS HIS HOGGIN WITH A CLUB.
After Kecovering Ha Declares His Wif Hit
Him With a Hammer.
REMARKABLE FEAT UPON THE BAB
LAEGE bundle.
yT tied i
A
a IA evenn
with ropes,
up to the
e the other
evening, writes
Mrs. Bowser, in
the Detroit Fret
Press, and I had
not had time to pry
into the contents
when Mr. Bowser
came in. I waited
until after snpper
and then asked:
"Have you got a
new hobby, Mr.
Bowser?"
"Did you ever
know me to have a
hobby, new of
old?"
"You
are re
crarded as a man of hobbies."
"I am, eh? Then it is by a few idiots!
No man in the country is more clear of hob
bies. I am often told that I am too prac
tical." "Well, what is in the bundle?"
"A doctor's prescription health muscle
longevity. In other words, I don't pro
pose to pay any more doctor's bills."
"Why, you have wonderfully good health,
Mr. Bowser."
PBOPOSED TO STAY HEALTHY.
"And I propose to keep it, I haven't
been exercising enough. I have brought
home a small outfit."
"I think it is foolish and useless. You
are strong and healthy, and yon can make
no change for the better."
"There you gol Always opposing every
thing I dol I wouldn't have your spirit for
a boat-load of gold."
Ko more was said, and he got out the tools
and lugged bis bundle upstairs and began
fitting up a gymnasium. In about an hour
he called me up. He had two weights at the
end of two cords running over a pulley, and
as he worked one and tbe other he said:
"This exercise strengthens the arms, shoul
ders and chest. I leel like a new man al
ready. See those clubs?"
"Yes."
"Well, those are Indian clubs. They are
more particularly for the arms. They are
worked thus and thus and "
He was swinging them over hl3 head, and
one fell on his bald pate and he sank down
as limp as a bag. I tore off his collar, ran
and got water, and by and by he sat up and
asked: "What was I doing?"
"Exercising with the clubs. I knew you'd
do it."
"And when my back was turned you hit
me on the top of the head with a hammer 1"
"Of course not. How can you be so fool
ish ?','
He maintained an attitude of severity
toward me for about an hour, and then
slipped back upstairs to practice with the
dumb-bells. I slipped up after him, pre
tending to hunt for an old coat, and pretty
soon I asked him what particular benefit
he expected to derive from the use of the
bells.
"Develop the arms and chest, of course,"
he replied.
"But you weigh 200 pounds now."
"That's nothing to do with being strong.
It's muscle I'm after."
"What for?"
"For fifty reasons. Suppose I should be at
tacked by a loafer?"
"Yes."
"Suppose I grab a burglar here in the
house?"
"res;"
"Suppose a footpad should try to hold me
up?"
"What would you do?"
"Do? Do? Watch met"
AJT EXCESS OP BBAVEBY.
He began making vigorous motions with
a ten-ponnd bell, and a catastrophe followed.
He hit the wall with it. let go his hold, and
it fell upon bis foot. Then he yelled. And
whooped. And howled. And hobbled
about, and said he'd get even with me if it
took a thousand years.
"Are you blaming 'me, Mr. Bowser?" I
asked, as I found a chance to get in a word.
"Of course you're to blame!"
"What did I do?"
"No matterl I expected it from the first,
hut it's along road which has no turn, Mrs.
Bowserl You just waitl"
I got him down stairs and rubbed his foot
with arnica, and after two or three days
it was all right again. I think he enjoyed
being asked why he limped, and I think ba
told all inquirers that he had just put up a
CO-poundbell when the roof of the house
gave way and a portion of tbe chimney fell
upon his foot. I heard him hammering
away upstairs again, and I went up to ask
him what he was doing.
"Arranging the bar," he replied.
"What for?"
"To exercise on."
"Whv, Mr. Bowser, you are not going
into practice again, are you?"
"Certainly. I am not to be dismayed by
two or three slight accidents."
"I wish you would let it alone. You are
clumsy and awkward, and you will hurt
yourself severely before you know it,"
"Are you talking to me?"
"Of course."
"Clumsy and awkward, eh? That's all
rightl Just what I might expect from youl
That's reason, however, why I should persist
in this."
"Well, if you get hurt again don't Mama
me.
"Humph! get out of the way."
"What are you going to do?"
"Practice on the bar. Look out for my
legs!"
I think he tried to catch one of his feet on
the bar, or to let go and swing with one
hand. At any rate he suddenly descended
to the floor with an awful crash, jarring the
center-piece loose in the next room below,
and bringing up tbe cook to inquire: "Is ha
dead this time ma'am? If so, let me con
gratulate you J'
SnE HAD CUT THE BOPE3.
He wasn't dead, but he bad bruised his
hips and shoulders and lamed his back. It
took me a full hour tn get bim to bed, and
he had nothing to say until I telephoned for
a doctor. Then he suddenly observed: "I
suppose you have already destroyed the evi
dence of your guilt,"
"What do you mean?"
"The ropes suspending the bar. Some
one- cut one of them while I was perform
ing!" "And you lay it to me?"
"1 have nothing to say not just now. If
alive to-morrow we will end this state of af
fairs in as satisfactory a way as possible. In
order to shield you as long as possible I
shall tell the doctor that I fell down stairs."
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