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"THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1912. NEW YORK ICE CREAM GOES ALL OVER WORLD Tliis City's Mnkr Often Senf, lo I'tiris for Social Af fairs Tlicro. ICK IS IKA It IX FHAXCK Tope l,co A to of Dolicncy Mnilo by Aniorican Wife of Pupal (HII I'll. Much Up cream mode In New York Bnos by i iicss ims.HciiKer Hhlpa to well In tin American who reside In Paris and Its vicinity ."cvcral months u year. A recent order Is fur 1,000 Rations of vu iillln, peach and strnwlierry llavor.i to I'p served nt a wedding breakfast In Paris. The cream Ih packed In steel cylinder. heavily plated with sliver on the Instill! and nlcltclled on the exterior. While this province of export trade comes to u small figure In comparison with staple products.. It Is rapidly ex panding and Koes on every month In the year. The demands were until lately I'onllncd lo Americans, but of late the rich members of the. colonies of South Americans, Turks, Spaniards, Persians and former occupants of high places In the olllclal and commercial life of the Knst Indies who nre living In luxury In Paris nnd Its vicinity nr buying Ameri can Ice croam, fancy confections, can dled nnd preserved fruits, oysters, lob sters, orannes, lemons, plums and tho highest grades of especially made to or der American cigars nnd cigarette. The factor of cost does not enter Into the consideration of any of these con sumers. Ocean and railway charges on domestic len cream to Paris are so high ns to make the final cot something more thnn doubln the New York city price for the best makes. Two lines of express passenger ships plying between here and Kurope buy from local Ice cream makers milllclent cream of half a dor.cn tlnvors to serve during each round trip. Ice cream, water Ices and Human punch are Ital ian Inventions that have not become In large demand r. ay where In Franco or Great llrltaln. liven In P.onie, where Ice cream and Roman punch came Into use among the rich as far back as 00 years ago, both dishes almost went out of use in recent years, and wore revived only a few years ago by a daughter of Itlshnp Klllot of (leorgl.i, who became the wife of on olltcer ot tho Papal Guard at the Vatican. She, noting the wilting effect of a lung spoil of hot wenther on the Pope, l.co XIII. . made for him with her own hands for n long time Ice cream, water Ices nnd Koman punch from recipes us I In her girlhood home. The Pope's Kief physician became so fully con vnci' 1 of the food alue of the ice cream nd American grnhnm Hour bread sent i ally 111 the Pope at noon that he gavtf tinier that the Pojie's Junchcon should bp a dish of the cream nnd two slices of graham bread with butter whenever tho noonday temperature exceeded !0 1 purees Fahrenheit. The results were so beneficial to the Pope that Intelligence thereof got about In the court nnd other circles of thigh society of Italy, and tho luncheon of wholesome Ice cream with graham, rye or barley bread became ultra fashion able In very hot weather. First class Ice cream, such as can be had In abundance and at a small price all over our country twelve months In tho year, cannot be had even In the most fashionable restaurants or clubs In France. This Is due to several causes. In the first place, France ranks almost nt the bottom ns to dairy prod ucts. Nine-tenths of the farms of the republic nre small holdings owned by an Ignorant nnd unprogressive class of men nnd w;omen, too mean to make dairy farming what It is In the Scan dinavian countries, Holland and Ilel glum. Pari hns of nil tho world's Vap Itals the poorest servlco of cream and ndlk. None of the railways possesses any thing comparable with the high veloc ity milk service trains which en nble the people of nil large American cities to have early every morning all the milk nnd cream they want, and at very low prices, as compared with those which rule In the large cities of Eu rope, Th laws of France against un healthy cattle nnd unwholesome cream nnd milk nre severe, but they are slow In operation, and ns tho nvernge French officeholder does about na much work In a month ns an American officeholder performs In n day, ho Is rarely a deter rent agent as to offences against the jiurn food or sanitary laws. Nearly all of tho potable water of T"ranc Is high In alkaline matter, and this explains why French milk, cream nnd butter compnro so unfavorably w'!h tho same, products produced In America, Scandinavia, Holland, Great llrltaln nnd Ireland. Most of the French domestic eggs nre from rundown stock, small In size nnd very low ns to quality. Ice Is very dear In France, only nbout 2 per cent, of the French families re siding where summer Is hot uso len In any way. A French family buying Ice In months other than July nnd August would be accounted by Its neighbors as htark mad. In all the cities and large towns of Franco even the well to do buy cooked and uncooked food In hand to mouth quantities nt shops. Less than 1 per cent, of the bread, rolls nnd pastry consumed In French homes Is home made. Hundreds pt kitchen conveniences In uso In this country for many years are unsnlable In France, because the people have not 0 notion of what they nro intended for. Vhc French dt most of their cooking ii copper vessels, snld to be tin lined, but which are lined with a mlxturo of tin and lead. This accounts for the extraordinary number of cases of verdi gris nnd lend poisoning In France. With iwor milk, cream nnd eggs, antl omited ice cream freezers, of patterns obsolete In this, country since 1850, and uiUi very dear Ice, nnd lack of delivery wagons, the few nmnll confectioners of France cannot mnko prlmo Ice cream that will satisfy Americans. Rven among the few confectioners of Paris who make special efforts to draw trade from Americans, low grade lard Is used o make a body to their len cream, and tw v inn tonka Instend of vanilla beans in the so-called vanilla Ico cream, nnd chemicals Instend of fruit extracts to produce, other flavors'. Trade unionism N so powerful among the cooks of France that no bluo ribbon thttf will condescend to nllow an lco crenm maker to enter the kitchen of which he Is the ruler, nor will ho allow nny kinds of the hot rolls and biscuits liked by Americans to be made In the kitchen. Much that enters the kitchens of the rich Americans and others In France Is already cooked or partly cooked, nnd on these foods and all else Hint comes In commissions aro paid by tho venders to the bead cook, who, In turn, passes fractions down the line, until even tho scullory maid has a small rnkeoff on all that comes In, and likewise on tho kitchen refuse, sold to buyers. The ever growing demand upon the local trade for Ice crenm, rich cakes and many other Amerlcnn delicacies by rich citizens possessing residences In Paris and London Is due In great Part to thn revolution against the tyranny of French und English house servants In Paris and London that Is being quietly waged by the bright nnd well educated Aineilcan women who head these households. Most of these women are graduates from American schools that tench tV arts of the household, especially tho clean and wholesotiip system of American cookery ns developed within a few years In thousands of colleges and private and public schools. ' To such women the chattering of French chefs about cookery Is regarded as like tin- cawing of crows, and Hint Is why so many French chefs nnd their usslstnnts have been discharged from service to well to do Americans who possess homes In Furope nnd Amerlcnn trained cooks und assistants put Into the places. The best of these are men trained on North Atlantic passenger ships nnd on American coastwise and lake and river passenger steamships. These men know how to make the choice dishes of all countries, nnd they excel In making pastry, candles. Ice cream nnd water Ices from recipes originated by the good livers of the North, South, Knst and West of tho t'nlted States. A New York caterer who does a big business In shipping Ice crenm, fancy cakes nnd confectionery to rich Ameri cans In Kurope says that the trade was originally set Into being by officers of the navy nt their repetitions on ship board In foreign waters. The recep tions cost Hip olllcers much more than they can afford to, spend, but they uro of great Indirect value In building up foreign demands for certnln American dishes that cannot be properly made without the use of certain American In gredients nnd cooking and serving utensils and appliances. A view identical with the foregoing Is held by the head of a greut candy mak ing company which to-day has 6,000 foreign ngencles In ports visited by our warships. None of those ngents has been In this country, nobody connected with this local industry has been abroad to see thpse ngpnts. Thp trnde came through the fact that for a num ber of years Hip young ottlcers of the nnvy in outfitting for foreign voyages have taken nlong some boxes of very fine domestic candy ns gifts to young women coming on board nt the recep tions. The young women would nfter ward gu to their local confectioners nnd call for the American candles by the names of the makers. As some of the foreign confectioners possessed the business acumen to give customers what they wanted, they ordered the goods In this country, an-i In that way a largp trade has bepn developed In all port ubcoad that nre visited by our warships. TO TRY NORTHWEST PASSAGE. mSDCTH AV THE NEW FALL STYLES IN PATRICIAN SHOES NOW READY PRICES 3.50. 94.00 AND 3 ftjsm ma m -oaj w mr Maw jrmvwrajo. VomrKlnn Rxplnrer Will Attempt In Mnkr It In Mar Next. AsrlMoil by ICIng Haakon nnd the Queen of Norway, Christian Leden, the Nor wegian explorer, will attempt to make the Northwest Passage In May next through the straits between Victoria Island and! King William Land He will lie accom panied by several Herman scientists. Lc-dcn will make a special study of the Rklmos of these regions. He will at tempt the passage from the western en trance, travelling from the mouth of the Mackenzie ltleer to the Arctic Ocean by Norwegian whalt-lmat as far ns StapMton, liny, I'otitltiiilnB the Journey ns far 11s pos- j slide In i:klino kayak, then by dog team. The party will be prepared for an absence of three years Mr. Leileii Is a graduate of I'.frlln Uni versity ami has made preilons explora tion in tlret-nland on behalf of the Punish and Norwegian Governments. Ills reason for making tho passage from west to east Is that Capt. Amundsen, bis famous coun tryman, who was the first man to reach the south pole, Is also the only man ho has made the Northwest Passage, but travelling from east to west, Almut 130 other expeditions hne unsuccessfully I mnde the same attempt, Among these was the famous Franklin expedition, con-1 slstlng of 12!) men, every one of whom j perished In these regions, , Christian Iden's expedition will be very lightly equipped, as the members In-1 tend to subsist almost entirely on what they shoot. The expedition will tie financed by the Norwegian Government and as the principal object Is scientific discovery It will seek to procure speci men of Kklmo manufacture for the museums at Ilerlln and Chrlstlnnla, as well as fucts relntlng to the country. ttttiy? mmrr tiivo rvvr n a tt m WiAJJ xivncfi uaio un jwicx. Schooner Itrsenril School Teacher, 1 Ills Wife nnd Baby. Aru, Samoa, Aug. 18. With the ar rival of the Peruvian schooner .Cludad Perez here Is brought the tnlo of the wreck of the Dutch bark Java, sailing from Hongkong duly 2 bound for Punta Arenas, nnd of tho probable loss of Capt. Strlrkjon nnd four seamen and the rescue ot n Spanish school teacher named Fortes with his wife nnd Infant daughter. Fortes relates that when he became convinced that the Perez could no longer weather the gale he hastily pre pared n small raft from the schooner's cargo of lumber, had the iialiy lashed to his own neck nnd shoulders and forced his wife upon the planks. Then In spite of Capt. Strlckjon's warnings he pushed nwoy from the battered craft. Half an hour after this the captain and crew left the Java In the only life boat, hut within a hundred yards of the schooner thn boat wan capsized. Fortes saw but one pallor after this, and he was swimming toward the almost wrecked vessel. For three days and nights the lum ber raft with Its three souls aboard drifted before the gale. The Cludad Perez, bound for Apia, picked them up on tho morning of the fourth day, August 12. nnd brought them to this port, None of the trio appears to hnve suffered seriously by the long hours of exposure to hent nnd wavo and the elght-months-nld Infant least of all. ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE MAN. He WHS M Person Who Asked MraiiKor t J'""1 Illra fit. A stoy Is told of old New York nnd ofj how HIP expression ruiuim-iifti iiiiin meant a man In whom one rnuld not place confidence at all. It Is said that some years into a very well dressed man with a courteous address was wont to walk up und down the principal streets of tho city. Whenever he met a stranger who looked hopeful to him he would approach the man and with the most delightfully frank manner ho would ask: "My dear sir, have you confidence Enough In ine, an entire stranger to you, to lend me $5 for an hour or two7' And It Is said that the mnn made an extremely good living by this very simple I menus. In AVE,J9VT020 New York's Shopping STRBBT. Center Dine in Our Restaurant, Eighth Floor, you want to enjoy a dainty luncheon. Popular Prices Quick Service and hear Mile. Antoinette Cantarctli and Miss Marie Bubin in Grand Opera selections, with Nahan Franko's Orchestra. Express Elevators direct. Distinctive New Fall Millinery One of Paris some only. the last Hats from of Plush with hand Plume $125Q COMBINING beauty, style and quality at most moderate cost. Our leadership in Millinery is due to our always adhering to above policy, and to-day our display knows no rival in New York. Ostrich Trimmed Ostrich Trimmed Ostrich Trimmed Hats at $5.98 Hats at $8.95 Hats at $12.50 At each one of these prices we show the smartest trimmed dress hats of the day. Of course we have many handsome hats ' at much more money, but those we have specialized on, and are very proud of the result of our efforts. Our Untrlmmed Hat Sections Our showing of Fine Black Velvet Hats, In smalt practical shapes, medium and large shapes and artists' Tarns, is wonderfully complete. Most of the shapes are Paris hats, copied by us, and therefore exclusive. Our prices are $2.98 and $3.98. Fine Velour Hats Hatters' Plush Hats and Hoods In back wjth tiacle velvet under By far the best values in town, brim, the most desirable Hats made, See our Hats at $.1.98 and $4.98, when oil is said and done. A hand then compare with the others. some showing at $2,98 to $4.98. Our Free Trimming Service is much more than words can imply, we put style and chtcntss to every hat we trim, that is if you will allow us to. Of course, we ask you to buy your hat and materials here. Never Before at This Season Women's $25 to $39.75 Tailored Suits 750 Suits in the Lot Positvely the smartest Models in Town, To-Morrow $2259 JT is really impossible to say anything here that would do these Suits justice. They are without question the most remarkable values we have ever seen and you know we have a national reputation for our suit values. HT-Thlrd FUor. No Mall Order. We purchased them from one of New York's leading makers, who had them made up ready to ship only last week to a large western house that has suddenly suspended business, and the order was cancelled. Needless to say we bought them at a sacrifice for no other reason is it possible to sell them at $22.50. The Styles. All the authentic models are included. Many !re exact copies of Paris creations, elaborately trimmed suits on which rich silk braids and velvet are used. New vestee effects detachable, permitting two stylet of wear. Beautifully embroidered suits, striking new fancy backs, braided edge, plain tailored, new collars, some embroidered; all the correct coat lengths, straight or cutaway; newest model, high girdle shirts. The Materials Kvprr dMlrable ma terial U Included. Hed fnrd cord, broadcloth, cheviots, HwnitKer mix ture, men wear citki'h and Hide wule fnhrlcH, The Workmanship Every milt N man tailored and Irhed with I'cau dp l.'ysne or Skin ner'H Kiiuranlred khMii, elegantly flnlilieil;Komp have ellk lovered xlilelds. The Colors Include nil the new xh.idexfnr Fall nnd Win ter wear nnil every size from :I4 In rs Inch huM, iHHiirlne all n very be coming model This is a vantage of it. once in $22.50. a season opportunity try to take ad- All the Wanted Silks at a Great Saving ONE of those strong value-giving introduction events planned to put you in touch with Fashion's demands at p rites that will further emphasize the silk-selling supremacy of this store. All the wanted and scarcer elsewhere silks await your choosing from a further emphasize specially arranged showing. 5,000 Yds. of Charmeuse Meteor, No one questions the leadership of this charming silk fabric it is supreme to-day and bids fair come. This particular item is 40 inches wide, very sheer quality, in a gorgeous range of colorings , $2 Quality, at 1 S1 lft Yd ir to retain the lead for many months to 7 r I - " ngB embracing the very latest street and 1 .1. evening shades. Extra special to-morrow at ' $1.75 Changeable Corduroy i $1.25 Colored Dress Corduroy mt g 79c Colored Costume Corduroy 5,000 Yds. 50c Satin Messalincs i 27-inch. Shown in the vari- QQ 27-inch. One of the best I IJf 27-inch. Extra fine corded ( Qs 18-inch. 48 distinct street OQf ous color-combinations for ' OL sellers of the season in a full ' JU effect, in a good range of col- f T and evening shades to choose JfL, Fall costumes; yard ) range of street shades; yard J orings; yard . . .J from; yard .... .J $2.25 Satin Brocades All 27 inches wide in splendid array of colqrs, yard, at. . $1.85 Satin Brocades 20 inches wide, particularly adapted fcr lining extra, at, yard $3.50 40-in. Brocaded Chnrmeuse; yd $2.29 $4.50 Brocaded Crepe Charmeuse; yd.. $3.48 $4.50 42-in. Imported Brocaded Charmeuse: yd . . ... $.MS $1.25 24-in. Changeable Pcnu de Cygne,yd.75c $ 1 .00 Fancy Marquisettes, etc. , yard 29c j$1.35 ) The Fashionable Black Silks At most unusually low prices to-morrow. We pride ourselves on our Black Silks. They are positively the best money can buy quality and service in every yard. $6.00 44-in. Black Faille; yd ... $4.25 $1.25 40-in. Black Chiffon Marquisette 78c $1.5042-in.BlackGrenadine;yd $1.18 $1.25 35.in. Black Paillet de Soieid . $1.75 36-in. Black Faille Francais; yd $1.38 $1.75 36-in. Black Moire Velour; yd $1.35 $1.50 36-in. Black Satin Majestic; yd.. . $1.19 $1.75 36-in. Black Satin Imperial; yd. . . . $1.2? $2.00 40-in. Black Charmeuse Meteor; yd . . $1.38 $3.00 40-in. Black Pebble Charmeuse; yd.. . $2.10 83cf$4.50 40-in. Black Brocaded Charmeuse; yd $3.48 $3.50 40-iri. Black Brocaded Satin Charmeuse $2.68 $3.50 42-in. Black Crepe Royal; yd. . . $2.59 85c 35-in. Black Paillet de Soie: yd 49c $1.75 Colored Satin Majestic 36-inch. Rich, heavy cloth, latest Parisian colors. Extra special, yard . . ... $2.75 Brocade Charmeuse All 36 inches wide, richest effects imaginable, pure silk, yard $2.00 24-in. Costume Velveteen; yd $1.19 8Sc 24-in. Colored Pongee de Chene; yd 48c $1.00 36-in. Colored Dress Poplins; yd 59c $1.00 35-in. Colored Satin Messalincs; yd. 65c $1.25 36-in. Colored Imperial Messaline;yd.88c 11.88 j Oriental R.ugf Week Begins To-Morrow r Continues All the Week Positively the Greatest Display and Sale of Rare and Beautiful Rugs Ever Announced to Our Patrons. Prices Are as Low as You Would Pay lor Fine Domestic Rugs. THOSE decorative and highly artistic floor pictures that represent a lifetime of labor in fact, these rugs being made on primitive hand looms right in the homes of those who weave them, the histories, romances, hardships and misfortunes of the weavers are woven in the woof and warp. Every fibre of wool is hand combed and vegetable dyed. Before the rugs reach the American marts time and hard usage have softened the bold, barbaric colors until they take on a soft sheen that cannot be obtained in nny other production. tjr fourth rinor. We send our own representative to Constantinople a man who has had a life-long experience with the collectors and rug merchants and who knows their manners and methods of dealing. He is able to buy rugs at prices that make possible the great low-priced sales wc hold. Included in Rug Week Sales You Will Find Several Hundred Oriental Rugs from the Collection of Tudjor Mehteberan, the Eminent Rug Merchant and Connoisseur of Stamboul, Turkey. This alone should attract every Connoisseur from a hundred miles around, and, best of all, we have priced these wonderful Rugs at the same low prices as our own stock for RUG WEEK. " K.ihltilllon of Silk IVilnrr lluir trom llclnit, IVrl. urplriliir the brlieaillue f HI. John the iliptli. Tliln rug rontnlm I?" rnuro lnnt tn Hip auiirr lachi woven n' l!ken ihrwln. nlzr lftxin lei-i. price av.r.nn Q.50 '49 $15.00 Beluchistan Rugs Handsome hnndmade Orien tal rugs at the prie of J uomesuc rugs. wrc price . $79.00 Kashmere Rugs For den or dining room. Dark, rich colors, with large neomtl- $ Ik "V75 ncai aesigns. ones uwui 7(x10 ft. Rug week price.. .5245.00 9x12 to 10x13 ft. Royal Serrapi Rugs These nre not Turkish. They are the old type of Persian Serrapi shipped direct $14 COO from Tabriz by camel train and boats to I mJ Constantinople. Rug week price . Beautiful Shirvan Rugs An extraordinary value. Magnificent nip. Every rug a blare of Si K..00 color and design. Value I $22.50. Rug week price Rare Royal Kazak Rugs Values up to $50.00 $60.00. Sires about 4x6' to 7 ft. Special Rug week price nnd ft. $ 29M Beautiful Royal Kirmanshah Rugs $34.00 Persian Moussoul Rugs Every rue is in perfect condition. I us- s19.su trous sheen like silk. Rich colors. Size 3'x6 ft. Rug week price $147.00 Persian Mahal Rugs Rich, warm red grounds, with attractive nnd intricate ollover pa' SOW SO U f terns. Sizes about 9x12 It. Rug week price These crgeous pieces, wonderful in their opalescent shimmering of color, arc known as the palace rugs of the Shahs. Sizes about 9x1 2 ft. Rug week price inet.oo 3x6 to 4x7 ft. Rare Oriental Rug That ore regular $50. CO to SfO.GO valuer From the (.aucasus and K .lib Lt.ini, uvai(..n. tu week price .... $350 to 5450 Royal Meshed Rug Unparalleled in their beauty fp.i1 rich cr. ering. Sizes about Si OflO 9x12. Rug week I Cl Drice. 0 Persian Iran Rugs, Sizes About 9x12 ft. Soft, warm color tones, with Persian con ventional floral figures, particularly adopting them to library or living room use. Kus week price . . 110 .00 $40.00 Royal Wilton Rings, 9x12 Made of the finest quality worsted. Variety of new patterns, week price t . . ... Rug 529 $32.00 9x12 Seamless Royal Axminster Rugs The greatest rug vrlue offered to the New York public. Woven in piece 22M Simpson Crawford Co.. Sixth Ave., 10th to 20th St . in New York' Shopping Center I A ORIGIN OF BLACK MARIA. BREAD WITHOUT KNEADING. Hr ArrrtlnB Nnllorn Colonial Se urrM Mnde Nam Pnmom. A terror to evildoers was ltn real orig inal niack Maria, anil qulto hi useful In htlpliig to keep the jhmicc hs the black Murla of to-day. Illack Mail.t lived in Boston and In Colonial tlme. Hhc was a KlKflntlc negrciis, named Marl.'i I-ee, and Him was mistress ot a sailors boarding Iiousk down near the wharves. Hnllora cam to her from all over the world, They were often awlld, rough pet, but they never gave Maria any trouble, for her hugn slzn was well balanced by her prodigious strength. It la told that rlie, oner brought three drunken nnllorn at once to the lockup when they had grown too obstreperous to be kept longer In the house. The fame of Maria's strength grew, so that she became of great assistance to tho authorities for when men got to bo vio lent or quarrulHomo Illack Maria waH pent for and soon reduced the unruly to obedience, In time, her reputation spread all over Boston, nnd the lawless element grew so afraid of her that often the threat ot sending for Illack Maria was enough to quell tho worst cases of Insubor dination. Hew people know of niack Maria l.ee as tho boarding Iiouho keeper of Culonlal daya, but sho handed her name down as a menace to the vlcloua of future genera tions, In tho modern JoJI wagon. To "send for thn black marl a" Is as much .it a threat now as It was In Maria Lee's times. Flft-Vcr-Olil llri-opi- World Well for llnuirnlrea, Bread making without kneading seems tomowhat of h novelty, but thin recipe Is oicr fifty years old and comv 'rom the housekeeping book of an uld liidy who uas a noted cook. The recipe Is railed "Aunt Vary's Bread" and runs as follows: Tnkn one quart of milk and water, half of each (blood warm two tablespoon fills of granulated sugar, one tablespoon fill each of butter mul sweet pure lard, cr.D-lialf teuRpoonful of salt, ony cake of compessed yeast and enough twlco sifted ilour to make a soft smooth iiuiigh, Hub tho butter and lard into the floii", Hilt In the sugar and salt. Dissolve the yeast In a little water from tn one quart oio add. Begin with a uinall amount of (lour, and mixing with a spoon, and beat ing thoroughly, gradually add more flour, until It Is dry enough Just not to stick to the pan. Do not touch It wlfti your It'indx. When dry enough, set It to rise In a warm place. The next morning, or when it Is suffi cient!) risen, take It up on nur floured hands, touching lightly nnd gently Just enotigl tn mould It Into InavcH, mil put It In pans tn rise again from about fifteen minutes to halt an hour- When It beglnn to hlltter put Into a moderate oven. This will make two medium size loaves that will cut an smooth as cake. If It browns too inpldly, paver with paper, te prttent the crust fiom getting tough. TJIE BEST CURED MAN. j "There was a man In our town." said . the one who told tho story. "Well, he j was about the tallest and thinnest man 1 ever snw. Ho looktd to be about seven feet high, and I believe he was pretty I near it. One day an odd character met him In the street and stopped him. j " 'Kxeuso me, air,' he began, 'but have , you ever hod the dropsy?" "'No,' said tho tall man, with dignity,! 'I've never had tho dropsy. Why do you ask?' " 'Well,' said the odd character, looking him over, beginning nt his feet and cran ing his neck n his glance travelled up waid to take In tho entire altitude, 'I was Just thlnkln' If you'd ever had the drop sy ' and again his glance travelled nil the way back to tho feet If you'd ever hnd tho dropsy ' he repeated, 'I was Just thlnkln' you wux nbout the beat cured man I eer seen,' ' A Childhood n.ilntr. To make "Aunt Mary's franklin cakm" take ono pound of sugar, three-fourths of a pouno of butter, one-half teacup of milk, a scant teaspoonful of soda, a wine glassful of wine, brandy or tosewater; a teaspoonful of nutmeg grated, the sanni amount of ginger and Mfted flour enough to roll nut smooth. Cut Into Mllliill ralfu b.i j , , , ,1-,1,,-b, art- " . , ln a ll,ll'k "V''n- makes a u,m utiiviuun cnae. AN UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY. Old Bromer ITiiler, hnvlng been a trip Pie for a long time, didn't get about mueh: but one clear, moonlight night he looked out and decided he would attend prayer meeting. Thn pastor, accustomed to the faithful, familiar faces of his little Wednesday evening band, soon spied Brother Foster mid said: "I tee we have. Brother Foster with us to.nlght, Brother Foster, can't you say a few woida and tell what the Lord has done for you?" Then Brother Foster, with difficulty scrambling to his feet and leaning heavily on his crutches, responded; "Well, he'a mighty nigh ruined me!" The granaries of America are bursting with wealth and there is prosperity in the book publishing world Read the Autumn Literary Number of The New York Sun to be issued on Saturday. October 19th.