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A TOKEN OF GOOD-WILL.
" A smile costs so little and means so
much, it has a power peculiarly Its
own. It can help, encourage, inspirit.
It buoys up the receiver and about him
I sheds the radiance of its beneficent
I light. It is "twice blessed; it blesses
I him that gives and him that takes."
I It is n token of good-will and kindness
I of nature. A smile is a potent influ-
I ence for good; it lightens burdens, and
1 to the erring and repentant it is like
I an extended hand, to cheer on and up
lift.
TL A smile never fails in its mission.
Even the hardest face will relax in rec
ognition of the good-will extended.
Do not grudge this simple but ef
fectual means of cheering your fellow
creatures along life's rough ways.—
American Queen.
SIIE WROTE 5000 HYMNS.
Though she has been blind since she
Was six weeks old, Miss Frances Jane
Crosby, as she is generally called,
though her real name Is Mrs. Alexan
der Van Allstyue, has written more
than 5000 hymns, many of them known
all over the world. And though she
Is now eighty-three years old, rather
feeble and totally blind, she still travels
to evangelistic meetings in various
cities and gves readings and lectures.
Her home is in Bridgeport, Conn.
Among the most famous gospel
Ajhymns written by Miss Crosby ure
■ ' those beginning: "Safe in the Arms of
Jesus," "Pass Me Not, Oh, Gentle
Saviour," "All the Way My Saviour
Leads Me" and "I Am Thine, Oh Lord;
I Have Heard Thy Voice."
Save for tho heavy green glasses she
Is compelled to wear, there is little
In Miss Crosby's manner to indicate her
sightlessness. She reads her notes,
printed in raised letters, with almost
Imperceptible movements of her An
gers, and turns her head as though
glancing about the audience.
"Hymn writing is my life work,"
says Miss Crosby, "and I cannot tell
you what pleasure I derive from it. I
believe I would not live a year if my
Work were taken from me. A great
many people sympathize with me, but,
although I am grateful to them, I
really don't need their sympathy,
tafhat would I do with it?"— Chicago
r3(burnal.
THE WIFE'S ALLOWANCE.
Should the wife have an allowance, a
definite sum set apart out of the family
Income for herself, or should she have
to ask her husband, as if it were char
ity, for money with widen to buy her
hats, gloves, ribbons and the thousand
and one needful trifles? Men are apt
to think that because women do not do
the work for which they (the men) nre
paid, they have no part in earning it,
and are sooner or later inclined to ask,
"Where Is the quarter I gave you yes
terday ?"
Marriage is a partnership in a special
sense, In which the man is generally
the bread-winner; but it by no means
follows that the woman is merely an
ornament or a doll arrayed In pretty
dresses or house-gowns. In the ideal
home the wife hears her share of the
V burdens that must come, it would
seem, to all of us. She keeps the house
more or less elaborately, nccording to
tho clrcumstnnces. If she has one
servant or more, her burdens take
Other forms than If she did her own
work. If she has children, there Is the
responsibility of caring for them and
training them. The mother's influence
upon her children for good or evil is
very great. If there are guests at the
home, the matter of entertainment
largely devolves upon the wife. Her
duties are multifarious, and when she
has done all, she is expected to be a
companion for her husband, and to be
Interested in 'he things in which he is
r Interested. All this Is just as much the
contribution to the household happi
ness and comfort as the money the
husband brings homo every week. In
business matters the wife should be
treated like a business partner; she
.should have an allowance, and should
, not have a false sentiment about asking
\ for It—Woman's Home Companion.
AMERICAN HOSTESS.
Commenting upon the American
practice of having the hostess at re
ceptions assisted in receiving and en
tertaining her guests by a number of
friends, an Englishwoman says that
the fashion is one that might well be
copied in her country. "In England,"
she says, "no matter how largo a party
may be, all the guests are on the qui
vive until they have found the hostess.
They give a scanty attention to any
friends they may meet; they dare not
have tea or settle down into a com
fortable talk until they have reported
themselves, as it were, to their superior
8 officer. 'First find your hostess,' is the
■ 1 unvarying rule of English etiquette,
' although she is too busy when found
to do anything more than shake hands
with a mechanical smile. She remains
fjrnily fixed by the doorpost at the
head of the stairs as long as she can
bear it, so that her guests may get
their greeting off their minds as soon
as they come. Now the American
plan is quite different. When a hostess
gives a large crush over there, she in
cites two or three of her friends or
relatives to act as deputy hostesses.
They stop the whole afternoon, devot
ing themselves to looking after visitors,
effecting introductions, offering re
freshments, and generally promoting
the enjoyment of others. They are eas
ily known, the outward and visible
sign of the assistant hostess lying in
the fact that she Is without any hat
or bonnet. One of these women often
relieves the hostess for awhile by
standing by the door to receive, so that
the latter can give a little Individual
attention to those she wants to sny a
word to. The American guest hopes
to see his hostess later on, but he does
not worry until he does sec her. Our
own system has its good side in the
Importance it gives to the mistress of
the house, but there is something to
be said for the American plan on the
grounds of comfort."—Brooklyn Eagle.
.J^EJearth
BQUDQIR#
Marie Ilall, aged eighteen, recently
made her dehut as a violinist in Eng
land, and a great future is predicted
for her.
Mrs. Marsylla Keith has celebrated
her 110 th birthday anniversary at her
home in Montgomery, W. Va. She
was born in South Carolina.
Mme. Sarah Grand is described In an
English periodical as heing at tills
time "a bright, pretty woman in the
prime of life, with a charming person
ality and winning ways."
During the past year over forty
women have been Installed In the
ottlecs of architects as assistants, and
what is even more to the point, they
are paid the same amount of salary
as the men.
Mrs. Nellie Benson, wife of a colored
druggist of Richmond, Va., who passed
the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy
examination, is the first colored woman
to receive a certificate from the board
and the third one to make the attempt.
St. Louis has a real princess for her
visiting lists. The distinguished resi
dent is Donna Miriam Celli, the
Princess Lignorl, whose mother was an
American woman and who has come
from Italy to bfing up her children in
America.
The German Empress cares far less
for Jewels than any other European
sovereign. However, she lias some
very magnificent ones, and when she
appears at the court balls she is re
splendent with Jewels. Five million
marks, or $1,500,000, is the rough esti
mate on the value of thes • gems.
One woman has made a success of
marketing, not for the wealthy class,
but for the woman who has to go to
business, yet wants her meals at home.
This woman goes every morning to
the home of the busy woman and finds
what is needed; then she goes to the
large markets, and as it sometimes
happens some of her customers want
the same thing, she is able to buy large
quantities at considerable saving to the
consumer,
. ,
The newest tweeds are flecked with
white.
The long silk coat is no longer con
sidered smart.
Pink is the favorite color for tea
gowns Just now.
Voiles and aeoliennes will be much
worn and will be trimmed with plaid
or flowered silks.
Coarse canvas will be very popular
and will be used for smart little coats,
as well as gowns.
From present indications the Colonial
bow shoe so fashionable last summer
will be relegated to second place this
year.
For outing wear this summer white
in wash suits will take precedence,
while bright tints will be quite notice
able in woolens.
The embroidered belts are things of
beauty. They are often the single fea
ture of a tailor suit that distinguishes
it from a dozen others.
Tho accordion pleated chiffon waist
of the same shnde as the skirt revived
last autumn still enjoys Dame Fash
ion's favor for this season.
Pretty tea gowns are made In tho
Russian style. They are generally
made of some soft white material and
are trimmed with Oriental embroidery.
Sleeves made in handkerchief points
will remain In fashion for a long time.
They will be carried out in heavy mate
rials, though far more suitable to light
ones.
The so-called "picture" sleeve is quite
popular for house gowns. This is a
long, floating model that discloses the
whole arm or else the uudersleevc of
lace or chiffon.
Many of the tailors are making a fea
ture of fancy stitching. One tailor,
who may always be depended upon for
originality of design, is using in place
of fancy stitching a fine soutache
braid. One of his recent gowns is of
blue veiling, trimmed with blue silk
straps, with a big soutache used in
place of stitching.
The tassels that have been used so
much for the last year have retired
and given place to small silk covered
balls. These ornaments are generally
made by hand and to match an indi
vidual suit. They give character to a
costume, for, although in regard to ma
terials suits may be duplicated over
and over again, the trimming may ba
original.
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CORK LEG MADE A HERO.
jeK**aQfc* APTAIN TOM LORD, of
8* —.*35 the Twentieth Infantry
$ ( j * Regiment, has figured as
the hero of several amus
******* lug anecdotes, due to the
fact that he wore an arti
ficial leg, the result of having had one
leg amputated Just below the knee,
says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When walking he limped very little,
and a person who did not know would
never have suspected that he was
minus a leg. Some years ago, at the
Standing Rock Indian Agency, the
Sioux were indulging in the sun-dance.
In the sun-dance the bucks, in their
war paint and feathers, arrange them
selves facing the setting sun, and at
the appointed time begin their wild
dancing, slashing themselves with their
knives meanwhile, so that they soon
become covered with blood. This is
accompanied by chanting in monotone,
each warrior calling 011 the Groat
Spirit, the sun, the white man and all
his fellow-bneks to witness his bravery.
The dance keeps up until the Indians
fall from sheer exhaustion. It was
deemed advisable to have troops on
hand in ense any trouble should occur,
and, accordingly. Captain Lord's com
pany was ordered to the agency.
On the evening of Lord's arrival at
the agency he met a young brave who
had cut himself more than usual in the
dance. The Captain asked him in a
contemptuous voice If he thought he
was a brave man, to which the Indian
replied with a guttural "ugh." The
officer then told him if he and the
other Indians wanted to see an ex
hibition of the white man's bravery
they should come into the agency at a
certain time the next day.
At the appointed time Lord entered
the room, to find it well filled with In
dians, sitting, or rather squatting, on
the floor. Going to the middle of the
room, he talked to the Indians about
their sun-dance iu a contemptuous
manner, and wound up by calling them
a lot of old women, which, to the In
dian, is the greatest insult. When lie
had them sufficiently worked up and
the Indians were restless, he said;
"See, my red brothers; see the white
man's bravery."
He then raised Ms wooden leg nnd
drove ids sharp hunting knife through,
so that It came out 011 the other side.
"See, too," he added, "I am a medi
cine man, for 110 blood comes."
This was enough for the Indinns.
One by one, without a word, they rose
nnd walked out of the room, each
buck's face showing plainly his respect
for the bravery of the white officer.
By night the Indian village had disap
peared and not n Sioux was to be seen
about tlie agency.
HUNTING THE MUSK-OX.
Hunting musk-oxen in northern
Greenland and Grinnell Land, though
entailing a great deal of work, is not
difficult, and seeing the animals is tan
tamount to securing them. Either
from natural stupidity or as the result
of their freedom from molestation in
their Arctic fastnesses, they are com
paratively tame. A large herd, on the
approach of men nnd dogs, leisurely
forms in a bunch, tails together, heads
radiating, calves, if any, under their
mothers, nnd the big bull lender stand
ing outside of the bunch, head down
and pawing the ground, ready for a
charge in any direction. Single nni
mnls, or two or three together, run
only to the nearest rock, ledge, hill-top
or other natural feature, whieli may
ftffbrd them some protection in the
rear, when they turn nnd face the
enemy, falling an easy prey to the rifle.
As will easily be seen, this peculiarity
means their extermination in any lo
cality within a very few years after
man gains a foothold.
If there is not much skill required in
killing musk-oxen, it frequently re
quires a quick eye and trigger to save
a dog from being crushed or tossed,
mangled, into the air. It also requires
some experience to kill each nulmn!
with a single bullet. With the light
cartridge of the Winchester cnrblne,
the only safe shot is back of the fore
shoulder, through tho heart or lungs,
nnd In late fall and winter, when the
animal's coat is very thick and heavy,
even this Is not always sure. With
the 45-90 cartridge my own favorite
shot is just back of tlie enr; frontal
shots are entirely useless unless the
bullet can be placed over tlie lowered
head into the back of the neck or under
the muzzle into the chest.
Though the danger to a man from
the charge of the musk-ox is very
possibly n real one, I have never yet
seen any member of any of my parties
in peril even of a slight accident on
this account.
Tho skin of the musk-ox is too heavy
for any use except as bedding, though
the short-haired skin of the legs I
have occasionally usod for heavy win
ter boots.
The meat of tho musk-ox is as good
as any beef, nnd it Is only when the
animals are allowed to remain un
cviscerated for a night or a day after
being killed that the meat acquires any
musky flavor.—Commnmler Robert E.
Peary, in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
LONE SURVIVOR'S STORY.
A snilor of the name of Hellsten. the
sole survivor of the British steamer
Cambrian Prince, from Coquimbo for
Mlddlesborough, which was wrecked in
the North Sen, was landed by the Brit
ish steamer Clnverlng, which rescued
him from a boat. The rescue was ef
fected with difficulty, owing to tho
high sea that wns running at the time.
Hellsten says that the Cambrian
Prince was unable to make Middles
borough owing to tlie severe weather
nnd was driven hither and thither nt
the mercy of the waves for six days.
While the wind was blowing with al
most hurricane force, an enormous sea
hit the steamer and suddenly bore her
down to such an angle that her cargo
of iron ore shifted and prevented her
from righting herself. Succeeding seas
completely overturned the steamer and
she sank in a few minutes.
Hellsten and four others scrambled
into a small iron lifeboat and succeeded
in casting off and getting away from
the sinking vessel. The boat-contained
110 provisions and nothing with which
to bail. The sens continually swamped
the small boat, washing its occupants
out. They righted the boat and
clambered into it several times, but
eventually one after another became
exhausted by the struggle in the ley
water until three of tlie men were
lost. Another went mad from his suf
ferings and leaped into the sea and was
drowned.
The storm gradually subsided. Hell
sten drifted for twenty-six hours with
nothing to eat or drink. When 110
sighted the Clavering he was almost
exhausted. He tried to shout nnd
waved his hands feebly. The steamer
saw the boat nnd bore down to it, and
finally got Hellsten aboard.
The crew of the Cambrian Prince
numbered twenty men.
DARING WORK BY JAPANESE.
A recent occurrence in British Colum
bia furnishes a striking instance of tho
daring and dexterity of Japs. A party
of eight were at work in the woods
cutting shingle holts when one noticed
the eyes of some animal glittering in a
dark hole in a hollow tree. The Japs
rigged up a cage in front of the hole,
nnd then proceeded to smoke the ani
mal out. In a few minutes a she-bear
leaped from the hole, only to find her
self a prisoner in the cage. At once
the Japs began to dance around the
cage uttering shouts of joy.
A minute later a male bear, whoso
presence they had not suspected,
tumbled out of the hole and charged
them. They ran for a short distance
nud then one, n man named Nlshimito,
stopped and with one bound wns on the
back of the monster. He was able to
hold the animal until Ills comrades re
turned. nnd then all eight threw them
selves upon bruin, bearing him to the
ground by sheers force of numbers. A
lively scrimmage followed, while one
of the Japs hurried for a rope. lie re
turned to find the bear utterly exhaust
ed, and in a short time the Japs had
both animals securely trussed up, after
which they hauled them into camp.
All eight were scratched from head
to foot nnd had their clothing badly
torn, but received no serious wounds.
It is likely that the Vancouver zoo will
soon be richer by two bears ns a result
of the dnring exploit. This is the first
time in British Columbia that full-sized
bears have been captured alive without
the use of traps or firearms.
SAVES A THOUSAND LIVES.
Many years ago the American war
ship Delaware came near foundering
off the coast of Sardinia while luffing
through a heavy squnll during a morn
ing watch. The "unauthorized letting
go of the fore sheet" alone saved the
ship from going down with 1100 souis
on hoard. Tlie first lieutenant, after
ward Commodore Thomas W. Wymnn,
with difficult climbing, succeeded in
reaching tlie quarter deck, where,
snatching the trumpet from the officer
in charge, ids first order, given in a
voice heard distinctly fore and aft, wns
"Keep clear of tlie paint work!" This
command to hundreds of human beings
packed in tho lee scuppers like sar
dines in a box instantly restored them
to order and prevented a panic, they,
naturally, feeling that if at such a
time, with a line of battleship on her
beam ends, clean paint work wns of
paramount importance, their condition
could not be u serious one.
LASSOED MEN FROM DEATH.
A comboy named Wilson, by his
clever use of the lasso, rescued two
young men, Frank Ilammitt nud Harry
Webster, from death in the Republi
can River in Nebraska. The river was
a swollen flood, filled with ice. Tlie
young men were capsized out of a row
boat iu midstream, nnd were swept
away by tlie current. For a mile they
kept above water by clinging to cakes
of ice. As the cm-rent whirled them
nearer the shore ropes were thrown to
tlie youths, but the icy water having
completely liumbod their limbs, they
were unable to grasp them.
Wilson came along on horseback,
nud, riding along tlie bank, threw ills
lariat. Tile rope unwound through the
air, and a shout went up when it went
over the body of Hammitt. Wilson
quickly turned his cow pony and drew
tlie man to shore. Ho then repeated
the performance with Webster.
A DARING GIRL.
Miss Daisy Mlddleton, a pretty Min
neapolis girl, recently had a very thrill
ing experience in the forests of north
ern Minnesota, having undertaken a
tramp through the snow-clad wilds for
100 miles north of a railway.
Her object ill making the journey
was to take up a Government timber
aud stone claim, which she succeeded
in doing after much exhausting travel,
with tl.o aid of a professional timber
cruiser.
While forcing licr way through the
dead and down timber of tbe North
western wilderness Miss Middleton
wore men's clothing and slept iu the
open nlr at night with a temperature
twenty to thirty degrees below zero.
There ore few women, even in tho
strenuous North, whose hardihood lias
carried them to such risk in the pur
suit of dollars and adventure.
Americans bought in Paris last year
$25,000 wortli of goose liver pie, $28,000
of human lialr, and $120,000 worth of
mushrooms.
DOES COLD CROW?
Seems to, In Its Wild State, Rat Not Afte*
It Hue Become Civilized.
Some reasons for answering this
question in the affirmative are given
by Popular Mechanics; which warns
the reader, however, that he must not
expect to grow, gold eagles from dol
lars. Says the writer:
"It has been found that gold nuggets
under favorable conditions actuallyin
crease in size. Gold is known to have
grown on mine timbers which have
long been immersed in mine water. In
the California State Mining Bureau
Museum there is a specimen of a piece
of jointed cap and post taken from the
Comstock, where it had been under
water for years, in which gold has
formed in the joints and pores of the
wood. Gold is constantly being formed
In rocks and veins and placers. Jnst
what it is that the baby gold forma
tion feeds on to effect its growth is
not known; if it were, a new and won
derfully lucrative Industry might be
born and all other kinds of farming
save the growing of gold might tem
porarily be abandoned. The formation
and growth arc due to mechanical and
chemical action. As in the ense of the
animal or vegetable, existing gold has
existed in some other state before as
suming tts present form. Waters
which percolate through the earth's
crust are said to contain substances
from which gold is formed. Thus gold,
like the animal and vegetable, must
have water In order to thrive. The
gold In the water Is deposited when
it meets the proper precipitant. The
precipitant may ho an earth current of
electricity, some vegetable growth or
chemical In the rocks. It has been
claimed that the nuggets found in pla
cers are the formations from the
waters that percolate through the
gravels, and are not from decomposed
quartz, as generally supposed. Those
who so contend cite the fact that in
the centre of nuggets can often lie
found a small grain of iron sand. This
was the nucleus around which the
earth current of electricity created or
deposited In electroplating. During
long ages this influence was at work
causing the gold to form around the
little grain of iron ore, and then grow
to become a bright, shining nugget
of gold much larger and purer than any
ever found In the veins of ore."
Venezuela's Wealth.
"One of Nature's most generous en
dowments to Venezuela," says an
article in Fearson's, "is rubber, for
which the demand of the "world is in
creasing, while the resources are by no
means keeping pace with civilization's
needs. With the wants of the world
increasing in such enormous strides.
It is only a question of time when the
production of rubber must be under
taken upon a large scale and under
regular methods of planting, culture
and harvesting. Venezuela offers here
a rich field to enterprise; for, rudi
mentary as are the methods of the
present, they produced 440,000 pounds
from the Rio Negro and Orinoco val
leys alone, one year ago. Explorers
in the upper reaches of the Orinoco
and Rio Negro have reported that there
are available about G,C00,000 rubber
trees, counting only those within a
certain distance of navigable water.
Every tree is good for about five
pounds of crude rubber per annum
making the possible annual output of
the two valleys 30,000,000 pounds. At
present it is no more than 400,000
pounds. If the tree survive the at
tacks of inexperienced or improvident
gatherings in its youth, it is good for
a century of prosperity."
Time Well Invested.
Mr. Isaac B. Price, of Grecnport,
who has just celebrated his 101 st birth
day, attributes his long life to the fact
that he always takes at least a full
hour to each meal and thoroughly mas
ticates his food.
If Mr. Price has pursued this plan for
eighty years he has spent 44,600 hours,
or five years, more on his meals
than he would have spent if he had
shortened them to half an hour apiece,
If by this investment of time he has
added thirty-one years to his life he is
at least twenty-six years ahead.
Very likely there is something in the
Greenport patriarch's theory. Physi
cians say tliat cereals are not digested
by the gastric juice, but by tho saliva
Without thorough mastication, there
fore, they are not assimilated and do
moi% harm than good.
A simple meal lasting an hour—not a
Van Wyck beefstead dinner, of course i
—would probably pay several hundred
per cent on the investment of time in
the shape of increased longevity.—New
York World.
Gorman Market Aesthetics.
Americans visiting Mannheim fre
quently comment on the attractive
meat shops to be seen here, writes
United States Consul Harris in a cur
rent report. This attractiveness is se
cured largely by tho use of ornamental
tiles for floors, walls aud even ceilings
Olid counters.
The tiles on the wails are similar to
those used in bathrooms in tile United
States. They are generally of light
shades, arranged in patterns of artistic
design. The floors are also laid with
tiles of different colors.
In one of the most attractive of these
stores the walls are of Ivory-colored
tiles, with panels of flowers and other
designs. The counter, which runs along
two sides of the room, Is of the same
ivory-colored material, ornamented In
gold. It presents a rich, handsome ap
pearance. Even the bookholdcrs, scales
and gas fixtures are tiled. The general
effect of the room is suggestive, above
all, of cleanliness.—New York World.
Wolves nml Foxes.
Wolves can, and often do, run fifty
to sixty miles iu a night. I-'oxes travel
great distances ill search of l'ood. Nan
sen saw an Arctic fox out on the ice
4SO uiiles from the Asiatic coast.
. HOUSEHOLD
■■JBL' AFFAIRS
MUTTON PIE.
A mutton pie may be made equally
■well from cooked meat, but will not
have to cook more than thirty to forty
live minutes so as to bake the pastry.
Take a couple of steaks off a leg of
mutton and cut the meat into square
pieces, removing all skin. Have on a
plate a heaped tablespoonful of flour,
a teaspoonful of chopped onion, the
same quantity of chopped parsley, with
pepper and salt to taste. Dip each piece
of meal In the flour and pack It lightly
in a pie dish, scattering over all the
remains of flour, etc. Fill up the dish
with stock, water or gravy. Cover
with a good crust and bake steadily
for one and a balf to two hours. Let
the oven become cooler after the pastry
is done.
WAYS OF SERVING POTATOES.
The potato can be plain boiled, baked,
fried in chips, ribbons or straws, or
baked in its jacket.
• * •
Potato Balls—Pass a pound and a
half of nicely boiled potatoes through
a sieve. Put a gill of milk into a stew
pan, add an ounce of butter, half a
teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of white
p<¥>pcr and a suspicion of powdered
mace. Stir until thoroughly blended,
then add the potato and continue to stir
till the paste is quite smooth. Take off
the fire and add the yolks of two eggs
and the white of one. Turn the mix
ture onto a floured board, and when It
has cooled a little form into small
balls. Roll these balls in the beaten
white of egg and then In flour and
fry in deep fat. Set the balls 011 white
paper at the mouth of the oven to
dry and then serve on a fblded napkin
garnished with sprigs of parsley. Po
tota balls are appreciated with hot or
cold meat. For a chango they may be
brushed over with milk and baked.
*
Itnllan Potatoes—Rub a white fire
proof clilua dish with a clove of garlic,
then butter It and sift bread crumbs
lightly over. Slice some cold boiled po
tatoes into this, place a few bits of
butter over, a seasoning of white pep
per and salt and a few white bread
crumbs. Repeat this till the dish is
full, then cover With fine bread crumbs
to which has been added one?fourth
of the quantity of grated cheese. Uako
for twenty minutes in a quick oven,
and serve with finely chopped capers
scattered over.
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Potato Mold—Slash some potatoes
smoothly, add some butter and a little
milk to mako smooth, but not wet.
Season to taste with white pepper and
salt and add enough chopped parsley
to make it look pretty. Press into a
greased mold and bake for half an
hour. Before serving dust with bread
raspings.
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Potato Fritters—Bake six or eight
large potatoes, scoop out the inside und
pass through a sieve. Add to'this half
a pint of milk beaten with two eggs,
an ounce of parmesan cheese, a piece
of butter the size of a walnut, pepper,
salt and nutmeg to taste. Stir to a
perfectly smooth batter and fry as or
dinary fritters. Drain on thick paper
and serve very hot on a folded napkin
with a little dry salt dusted over.—
Washington Star.
Before bread is cut for thin sand
wiches it should bo buttered.
All fatty tissue covering the shoulder
or leg of mutton should be removed be
fore roasting to prevent the strong odor
and flavor.
If the bread knife is heated new
bread can be cut as easily as old, but
the knife will eventually be ruined
with the heating.
A dainty salad is made by shredding
fresh pineapple or lettuce hearts, and
serving with mayonnaise dressing.
Serve with cheese sti'aws or wafers.
Some dainty flower dishes for the
table are in the shape of swans. They
are made of semi-opaque glass and
are to be tilled with violets or other
small flowers.
A new English photo frame of silver
is absolutely plain, very highly pol
ished, with the band one inch wide.
These come in three styles, square,
oval and round.
To save darning and to increase the
wear of children's stockings put a
piece of wash leather at the back of
their shoes. This will prevent the
slioes slipping at the heel.
The little brown or blue earthenware
cups for baking custards and other
dainties are very convenient. Topovers
are delicious baked in them, so also are
soft cornbread, rice muffins and other
breakfast breads.
Water for boiling fish should always
be at the boiling point when the fish
is put in. Salt and a few tablespoon
fuls of vinegar should also have been
added. The latter is said to keep the
flesh firm and white.
Glass towels should never be put In
the weekly wash, but should be laun
dered separately. They should bo
washed in hot soap suds as often as
they are used, rinsed 111 clear water
and hung in the open air to dry.
The most recent idea for plants, in
stead of the ordinary jardiniere, is an
ornamented flower pot of terra cotta in
a rich shade of red or of buff. Theso
are really quite effective for the porch.
In doorways, corridors or balustrades.