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Henrietta D. Grauel
Adulterated Foods
What indication of character is given
foods by the labels on cartons and cans
is a question that few answer alike.
A well prepared food, pure, wholesome
and praiseworthy always bears the
name of its packer or maker, but adul
terated and badlv made articles often
hear addresses that are misleading or
fictitious. So perhaps the safest way
to secure pure food is to study manu
facturers' names and select package
foods by this test.
Housekeepers have had so much in
struction regarding adulterants in the
past four years that they have their
suspicions easily aroused and dealers
are finding that it is difficult to sell
indifferently good foods.
Though labels are sometimes bard
tn understand, if not intentionally mis
leading, the price of an article will
often enlighten the buyer. Almost all
food now has a certain money value,
and if these staples are offered at "bar
gain" prices you may be very sure
they are not good bargains.
The best and only sure way to detect
ndulteration is by chemical analysis
and this is one rea-son why educators
insist on the practical value of chem
istry in our schools. Girls with even
n little knowledge of chemistry will be
able to lell when there are impurities
in foods.
I'erhaps nothing is so adulterated as
1 utter, for there is not enough pure
butter produced to supply the current
demand for it in any month of the
year. Process butter or renovated but
ter anil oleomargarine are frequently
mixed in with butter or sold for it.
Here is a test for butter that anyone
may make. Put a bit of butter, as
large as a marble, ill a big spoon and
heat it over a low flame. Stir it with
a straw or a wire as it heats. Pure
butter will boil quietly and have much
foam on it. Renovated butter sput
ter sand pops and oleomargarine has an
odor of tallow when it is very hot.
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! There are other (Kfiiple tests like this
: that the majority of housekeepers know.
For instance; sugar, salt, baking pow
der and cornstarch should dissolve com
pletely in water. If there is a sedi
j ment "or any color, they arc impure.
Genuine coffee can be distinguished
' from coffee ground with chicory or
cereuls if a tablespoon of it is put into
a tumbler of cold water, for the coffee
will float but the added ingredients will
! sink and leave a trace of color as they
; go down.
The tests that we judge most often
j by are appearance, odor and taste, and
! the experienced housekeeper can usual
. ly fyt a correct opinion of ,the purity
i of foods by this. But a short course
I in domestic science will give any worn
! an "a reason for the faith within."
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
.Mrs. R. asks: "Wher« can I buy
! asbestos for making table matsf"
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| hardware dealers and stove makers and
I you can have it cut any size and thick-
I ness vou like.
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Mrs. .1. J. D. asks: "Can pure or
grain alcohol be used in alcohol lamps J"
j Reply.—Yes, but it is more expensive
j than denatured alcohol which is in-
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i BLIND MAX'S PENSION RAISED
Abraham Mowery to Get $24 a Month
Through Ruplcy's Efforts
j (Special to the .Star-Independent.)
Washington, D. C.,, March 13.—The
last omnibus pension bill signed by the
President carried an appropriation for
pensions for twenty residents of the
State of Pennsylvania. Of these twenty
| bills, nine were Introduced by Con»
| gressman Arthur R. Rupley, of Car-'
lisle. The following persons, for whom
Congressman Rupley introduced special
bills, will receive pensions or incrpasep
in tho pensions which they are now re
ceiving:
Mrs. Mary A. MeElwee, of Carlisle,
pension increased to $24 a mouth and
j the provision inserted that at the death
I of Mrs. MeiElwee her dependent daugh
ter, Miss Maggie J. MeElwee, will re
ceive a pension at the rate ut sl2 a
month during lie, lifetime.
Mrs. Mary K Diehl, of Carlisle, sl2
a month; Mrs. ( arrie San no, of Car
lisle, S2O; Charles U. Burns, of West
Fairview, increased to S3O; Abraham
Mowery, of Harrisburg, who is almost
totally blind, increased- to $24; Mrs.
Susan Dovenor, of Shippensburg, S2O;
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Kendig, of Newville,
S2O; Edward H. Richards, of McKees
port, sl7, and Mrs. Katharine Ann
Fisher, sl2
During his term in Congress Mr.
Rupley has secured tihe passage of six-
I teen special bills, >n addition to aiding
in having a large number of cases fa-
I vornibly considered in the Pension Bu
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"I shouldn't advise that. But we
have gone astray. You ought not to
see him again."
"It is a hateful world!" Elsa ap
pealed to the wife.
"It is, Elsa, dear. But James is
right."
"You'll get your balance," said the
guardian, "when you reach home.
When's the wedding?"
"I'm not sure that I'm going to be
married." Elsa twirled the sunshade
"I'm Not Sure That I'm Going to Be
Married."
again. "Oh. bother with It all! Din
ner at eight, in the big dining room."
"Yes. But the Introductions will be
made on the cafe veranda. These peo
ple out here have gone mad over cock- !
tails. And look your best, Elsa. I
want them to see a real American girl
tonight. I'll have eome roses sent up
to you."
Elsa had not the heart to liim
that al' interest in his dinner had
suddenly gone from her mind; that
the confusion of the colonel no
longer appealed to her hitter malice.
She knew that she was going to be
bored and miserable.
When she was gone, the consul gen
eral's wife said: "Poor girl!"
Her husband looked across the room
Interestedly. "Why do you say that?"
"I am a woman."
"That phrase is the City of Refuge
All women fly to it when confronted
by something they do not understand.''
"Oh, but I do understand. And that's
the pity of it."
CHAPTER XIV.
According to the Rules.
Elsa sought the hotel rickshaw
stand, selected a sturdy coolie, and
aßked to be run to the botanical gar
dens and back. She wanted to be
aiona, wanted breathing space, wanted
the breeze to cool her hot cheeks. For
she was angry at the world, angry at
the gentle consul general, above all,
angry at herself. To have laid hersel!
open to the charge of indiscretion! To
have received a lecture, however kind
ly intended, from the man she loved
and respected next to her father! To
know that persons were exchanging
nods and whispers behind her back!
It was a detestable world. It was
folly to be honest, to be kind, to be
individual, to have likes and dislikes,'
unless these might be regulated by
outsiders. Why should she care what
people 6aid? She did not care. What
made her furious was the absolute
stupidity of their deductions/ She had
not been indiscreet; she had been
merely kindly and human; 'and if they
wanted to twist and misconstrue hei
actions, let them do so.
Once or twice she saw inwardly the
will-o'-the-wisp lights of her soul. But
resolutely she smothered the sparks.
The coolie stopped suddenly.
"Go on,*; she said.
But the coolie smiled and wiped hi*
shaven poll. Elsa gazed at the hotel
veranda in bewilderment. Slowly she
got out of the rickshaw and paid the
fare. She had not the slightest recol
lection of having seen the gardens :
More than this, it was a quarter t< j
seven. She had been gone exactly at
hour.
"Perhaps, after all," she thought, "11
am hopeless. They may be right; 1.
ought to have a guardian. I am not
always accountable for what I do."
She dressed leisurely and with cal I
culation. She was determined to con
vince everyone that she was a beau
tlful woman, above suspicion, above
reproach. The spirit within her was '
not, however, in direct accord with
this determination. Malice stirred into
life again; and she wanted to hurt
someone, hurt deeply. It was only the
tame in spirit who, when injured, sub
mit ted without murmur or protest
And Elsa, only dimly aware of it, was !
mortally hurt.
"Elsa," said Martha, "that frown i
will stay there some day, and never go
away."
Elsa rubbed it out with her finger
"Martha, do you recall that tiger in
the cage at Jaipur? How they teased
him until he lost his temper and came
smashing against the bars? Well, 1
sympathise with that brute. He would
have been peaceful enough had they
let him be. If Mr. Warrington calls
to morrow, say that I am indisposed."
Martha evinced her satisfaction
visibly. The frown returned between
■ Biisa's eyes and remained there until
she went downstairs to Join the consul
general and his wife. She found some
very agreeable men and women, and
some of her natural gayety returned.
At a far table on the veranda she saw
Craig and Mallow In earnest conversa
tion.
She nodded pleasantly to the colo
nel as the head boy came to announce
that dinner was served. Anglo-Indian
society had so many twists' and rami
fications that the situation was not ex
actly new to the old soldier. True,
none had confronted him identical to
this. But he had not disciplined men
all these years without acquiring abun
dant self-control. The little veins In
his nose turned purple, as Elsa
prophesied they would, but there was
no other indication of how distasteful
th 6 moment lyas to him. He would
surely warn the consul general, whc
doubtless was innocent enough.
They sat down. The colonel blinked
"Fine prssage we had coming down."
"Was it?" returned Elsa Innocently
The colonel reached for an olive and
bit into it savagely. He was no fool.
She had him at the end of a blind
alley, and there he must wait until she
! was ready to let him go. She could
harry him or pretend to ignore him, as
suited her fancy. He was caught.
Women, all women, possessed at least
one attribute of the cat. It was dig
glng in the claw, hanging by It, and
boredly looking about the world to see
what was going on. At that moment
i the colonel recognized the sting of the
' claw.
Elsa turned to her right and en
gaged the French consul discursively;
; indeed, she gradually became the cen
i ter of interest; she drew them inten
I tlonally. She brought a touch of home
to the Frenchman, to the German, tc
the Italian, to the Spaniard; and tlu
British official, in whose hands th«
civil business of the Straits settle
ments rested, was charmed to learr
that Elsa had spent various week-end:
at the home of his sister In Surrey.
1 And when she admitted thaf sh«
was the daughter of General Chet
wood, the man to whom the Indlar
government had cause to be grateful
upon more than one occasion, for th<
solidity of his structures, the colone'
realized definitely the seriousness o:
his crucifixion. He sat stiffer and
stiffer in his chair, and the veins li
his nose grew deeper and deeper it
hue. He saw clearly that he would
never understand American women.
He had committed an outrageous blun
der. He, instead of dominating, had
been dominated by three faultfinding
old women; and/without being'aWare
of the fact, had looked at things from
their point of view. A most Inconceiv
able blunder. He would not allow that
he was being swayed less by the admis
sion of his unpardonable rudeness on
board than by the immediate knowl
edge that Elsa was known to the Brit
ish official's sister, a titled lady who
stood exceedingly high at court.
"Miss Chetwood," he said, lowering
his voice for her ears only.
Elsa turned, but with the expression
that signified that her attention was
engaged elsewhere.
"Yes?"
"I am an old man. i am sixty-two;
and most of these sixty-two I have
lived roughly; but I am not too old to
realize that I have made a fool of my
self."
Interest began to fill Elsa's eyes.
"It has been Fald," he went on, keep
ing the key, "that I am a man of cour
age, but I find that I need a good deal
of that just now. I have been rude to
you, and without warrant, and I offer
you my humble apologies." He fum
bled with his cravat as If It had sud
denly tightened. . "Will you accept?"
"Instantly." Elsa understood the
quality of courage that had 6tirred the
colonel. But ruthlessly: "I.should,
nowever, like your point of view in re
gard to what you consider my con
duct."
"Is it necessary?"
"I believe it would be better for my
understanding If you made a fyll con
fession." She did not mean to be re
lentless, but her curiosity was too
strong not to press her advantage.
"Well, then, over here as elsewhere
In the world there are standards by
which we judge persons who come un
der our notice."
"Agreed. Individuality 1B not gen-
I eraily understandable."
"By the mediocre, you might have
i added. That's the difficulty with lndl
| viduallty; It refuses to be harnessed
by mediocrity and mediocrity holde
the whip-hand, always. I represent
the mediocre."
"Oh, never!" said Elsa animatedly.
1 "Mediocrity is always without cour
' age."
"You are wrong. It has the courage
of its convictions."'
"Rather Is it not stubbornness, will
ful refusal to recognize things as they
are?'
I He countered the ouestion with an
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other. "Supposing we were all lndt-1
viduals, in the sense you mean? Sup- j
posing each of us did exactly as he
pleased? Can you honestly imagine a
more confusing place than this world ;
would be? The Manchurlan .pony Is
a wild little beast, an individual if
ever there was one; but man tames
him and puts to use his energies. And
so it is with human individuality. We
of the mediocre tame and harness and
make it useful to the general welfare
of humanity. And when we encounter j
the untamable, In order to safeguard \
ourselves, we must turn It back into i
the wilderness, an outlaw. Indeed, I
might call individuality an element,
like Are and water and air."
"But who conquer fire and water
and air?" Elsa demanded, .believing i
she had him pocketed.
"Mediocrity, through the individual ,
of this or that being. Humanity in the
bulk is mediocre. And odd as it seems, 1
individuality (which is another word
for genius) believes it leads medi- J
ocrity. But it cannot be made to un
derstand that mediocrity ordains the
leadership."
"Then you contend that in the hands
of the stupid lies the balance of!
power?"
"Let us not say stupid, rather the
unimaginative, the practical and the
plodding. The stubbornest person in
the world is one with an idea."
"Do you honestly insist that you ar« j
mediocre ?"
"No," thoughtfully. "I am one of
those stubborn men with ideas. I
merely insist that I prefer to accept
the tenets of mediocrity for my own
peace and the peace of others."
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Mali anoy City, March 13. —Threat-!
eued with a strike unless they rein
state two union men for whom they
said they 'could find no work, the Kaler
Brewing Company solved the problem
of re-employing the suspended men at
full pay and stationing them on iluty
in front of the Williams hotel, where*
thev idled all day with nothing more
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York, March 13.—The cigar indus
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