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Evils of Easy Divorce.
!
Margaret Sangster*s Opinion on One of the Most Im
portant Questions of the Day—Children Suffer
When Family Ties Are Broken.
■Y MARGARET E. SANGSTER. and father to son, when divorce on
The divorce laws of this country foolish and capricious grounds in
hire dissimilar in many important granted in a family There are In
particulars in different localities. In stances on record and to be' seen in,
(some of the states divorce is easily the smart society'ot America at this;
•obtained on the ground of incompati- period, iu which the mother, the,
ibility or on almost any pretext that daughter and the granddaughter of a
(enables a dissatisfied husband and single line have successively discov
(wife to sever the bond that has hither- ored that permanence in marriage was
to united them f°r tkertl impossible, and have made
Infidelity, intemperance and deser- a wreck of their homes in conse
'tion are three of the most cogent rea- Quence.
|Sons presented in the divorce courts No matter on whom the blame may
>and in a majority of the states; if rest, those who really bear the bur
!the complaint is proven on any of den and the shame, if shame there
[these grounds, the decree of separa- be, are the sons and daughters. Not
•tion, either limited or absolute, is merely while they are in the nursery
(granted without much demur, in one : and the schoolroom, but later, when
:er two of the older and more coaserv- the youth is approaching manhood
jative states, notably in the south, and and the girl in her beauty and sweet
on the Atlantic seaboard below Ma- ness begins her life in society, do
Boa’s and Dixie's line, unfaithfulness the shadows meet around them. No
to marital vows is the only cause com- j sensitive girl can be entirely con
monly offered by uncomfortably j tented and satisfed if her father and
mated people, with any hope of gain- ; mother are living apart, if she must
ing their end. Nonsupport of a wife • visit one by permission or by stealth,
Iby a husband is a ground for divorce • or if she have the strange anomaly of
•accepted by the courts in a large num- a stepfather or stepmother who hay
• her of states, and with much reason, taken the place of a living parent.
! Yet when all is said there remains Where marriage is looked upon as
•this stigma that divorce rests on too sacramental and the church refuses
[flimsy a basis, that there is no uni- its sanction to the marriage of those
jformity in our laws in this depart- who are divorced, there is considera
jment so that people are divorced and tion for the welfare of children un
remarried with undue haste, while it known when marriage is regarded
ils quite possible that a man and merely as a civil contract that may
• woman who live in lawful wedlock be dissolved if sufficient pressure be;
jin one state may be regarded as un- brought to bear on the situation,
imarried in another, and if they live The root meaning of sacrament is
'together do so under the ban of open fidelity to an oath, and people need
immorality. not be either religious or devout to
To assert that people never make understand sacramental obligation to
jmistakes in the closest of human rela- ward the family. If religious and de-s
Itions and that divorce should never vout, it Is difficult to see how they
Ibe granted except on the one ground can accept marriage except as it
|of infidelity, is to affirm an opinion wears sacredness, partakes of the na-,
ithat in some cases would inflict use- ture of a covenant and is, in a word,
(less and intolerable suffering, and do sacramental.
•no good to any of the parties con- |n Marion Crawford’s recently pub
;cerned. But to permit divorce to be fished novel, “A Lady of Rome,” there
ieasy, to let the state consent to a is shown with consummate skill the,
•change of partners in marriage as possibility of setting the solemnity and j
children change places in the old the permanence of marriage over pas-:
igame of stage-coach, and to remove sion, dissension ai.d mistrust. Peo-|
'wholly from divorced persons a re- pie may not be happy in marriage,:
•proach when they remarry as they they may even, as in this noble story,!
jOften do, in precipitation and by evi- be extremely wretched, but they may
[dent pre-arrangement, is to strike a behave with courtesy, forbearance and
(blow at the foundation-stone of so- dignity, and they may set far in the ■
iciety, the family. foreground the welfare and the fu-: j
Everything stable In civilized life ture successes ;n life of a child,
•depends on the Integrity of the family. Children come into the world by no
■The family is the greatest of human volition of their own. No human be- !
■institutions. It preceded the state and ing is consulted beforehand as to his •
•the church. When the family is no willingness to accept the joys and sor- •
(longer regarded as sacred, when its rows of this chequered existence. ;
•responsibilities are trampled upon, Once a child is here, the first duty of i
,and husband and wife in mad selfish- the family is to the child. The real !
[ness forget the claims upon them of sufferers in easy divorce are not the •
^their offspring, there is the greatest parents, but the children.
•danger that the nation will follow (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
the fate of effete and corrupt nations _. ... —“——n—~
•In the past. Birthday Party for Young Girls,
i , , , , , A young correspondent asks for
, _ ideas for a birthday party for girls who
1H n eff/1d,v0rce will be 13 years old a few days before
J r V8(1P ,10 Se!’ Christmas. For fun I should be tempt
t3 °“e °ften d0es' \fatber and moth- ed to try the ‘ peanut party ’ outlined
chiid^»nawhoC^ho°iHtehd HS|OVfr the in this week's Paper and then nothing
,'hi nMn T? urn elr UtTSt could be Pettier than the Christmas
t m il Li H le ones cling- green for decorations with red candles
;lng in the sweet simplicity of child- ^ m
jet, aiFa/iHnn f. * in the cake and on the table. To make
•Ish affection to father and mother *1 , » x.
Talnly try to unuderstand the discords ,h* Z™, *** t ^ ^
that ruin their home. The love of f86 Ia° ernS ™ni the ceihng thaving
their little loyal hearts is given alike a roWdIafnal,y from corne,r t0 corT
to father and to mother. If by the “r- As „the yf" 18 8° nfrly fone }
adjudication of a court they are torn Z
trrom the arms of one and placed in i_, , ,
,the care of the other, they begin a ™ak® a charming placei card. If they
(maimed and mutilated life. c°uld be decoi;ateci Wlth ,snap sbots ofl
' , . , , Dirthday girls so much the better;
. . .. . at any rate they could have an appro
-their little mates because there is priate quotatioa written on them.PP
S°me' For refreshments serve a fruit salad
(thing Queer and odd that they can- ,n a banana boat or an apple cup,
■ ■"'* t**1 *n'. . brown raisin bread, sandwiches,!
Children have a strange capacity .. .. 8tick candleSi maccaroon lce|
'/or suffering when they are forced . . ..
. ... . . , , , cream, chocolate and the birthday
lout of the sweet and safe seclusion . ,, ,, ,.
. . . , , . cake. When the candles are blown;
•of a sheltered home, and are too . . __ . . . . , ■
.... . .j .. , . , out each one must make a wish for
*arly thrust under the lime light of , . , . , .
... .. .. . the honored ones who celebrate,
publicity. They are often reticent __
•and hide their real thought and con- To RedUce a Double Chin,
•lectures from those around them, but -j-q reduce a double chin anoint it
•when thejr live in an atmosphere with a good skin food, then, picking up
(teeming with suspicion and distrust, jbe gesn between the thumb and first
'when servants gossip mysteriously finger, roll it firmly but gently. Sponger
(within their hearing, and people £be chin afterward with cold salt
•about them talk in hushed whispers, water.
[they grow too early familiar with the_
.language of the scandal. The taint Most of the new evening hats are
of evil stains the purity of their souls, made without, bandeaux, but if one is
It even seems at times as if a curse required it is usually covered with
descended from mother to daughter tulle to match the hair.
In the Latest Styles.
Blouse of guipure Virnme wi charming negligee of silk pongee in'
ibands of black velvet. \)n each side , t , It , trimmed with
of the front these bands are finished ®mpire 8tyle- u is tri“med ,
With an edge of pale blue liberty form- bands and ruffles of Valenciennes lace,
luc a sort of little waistcoat v which also form the collar.
The sleeves are finished at the The girdle and the knot, with long
jelbows with b»nd« of the liberty and ends are of ribbon,
grills of toce. - — th
FINEST ON EARTH.
SUPERB CARRIAGE BUILT FOR
PHILADELPHIA BABY.
{Proud Father Spared Neither Expense
Nor Time in Providing Hia Heir
With a Magnificent Vehicle
for Hie Daily Rides.
Master Harold Nulton, the four
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Nulton, of Philadelphia, rides in
the finest baby carriage in the world.
The carriage, not counting time and
labor, cost $840, the price represent
ing the material alone.
Master Nulton is not wealthy, nor
iheir to millions—possibly not to thou
sands. He lives with his parents in a
jmodest cottage out near Fairmount
park, and his father works for a mod
erate salary for a firm of commission
men down town. The baby carriage,
with its gorgeous trappings and expen
Eive material, is the only unusual fea
ure connected with the baby’s life,
but it is unusual enough to attract
the attention of hundreds of persons
who sees it in the park on fair after
noons.
In July, when the baby was born,
Chester Nulton vowed that it should
have the finest baby carriage in the
world. Before he went into the com
mission business Nulton was a car
riage maker. He had learned the
trade as a boy, and always had a taste
for mechanical work, especially for
fine cabinet work. The first step he
took toward building the finest baby
carriage in the world was to order a
set of wheels made of pure silver. The
hubs, the frame work and the springs
were made of finest burnished copper,
while the canopy top of the baby cab
was fastened to the body with a socket ;
joint of brass, and attached to the
joint itself was a shield of pure gold,
covering the joint and ornamenting
the side of the cab.
The metal fixtures. Including wheels,
running gear and the gold hardware,
all were designed by the proud father,
although the work was done by others.
;But he insisted upon doing the wood
work himself.
For the body of the baby cab he se
lected mahogany and white holly. The
rich, deep red wood he cunningly
joined to the pure white of the holly
so that the mahogany formed the out
side of the cab and the holly the in- j
side. Both woods were polished to the j
highest degree, and in the mahogany
;he inlaid the initials of his baby in
ivory at each side, and in front placed
a tiny crest in gold burled in the dark j
wood.
He worked for three weeks building
and finishing the woodwork for the cab
jand planning the framework of the
icanopy. The canopy itself is the real
iwork of art of the entire thing. It Is
of mahogany and holly, as is the bed,
but the white and wine colored woods
he cunningly carved and shaped so
that they appear to be woven together
alternately, both inside and outside.
So beautifully is the inlaying done
that the top appears to be woven of
interlacing white and wine colored
wicker work and, even at close inspec
tion, the effect is that of woven work.
A month after the baby's birth,
when it was ready for its first ride out
doors. all that was needed to complete
the finest baby cab in the world was
the tapestry fittings. For these Nul
ton chose white and wine colored silks,
with silver and gold cords and tassels,
and for a robe he selected a deep wine
colored satin, edged with gold cord.
Master Harold already has become
one of the most notea babies in Phila
delphia—and incidentally his father
has been offered a big price to make a
duplicate of the cab for a multi-mil
lionaire. Nulton refused to do it, de
claring he was satisfied to have his
baby own the finest baby carriage in
the world.
A Gift of Solomon’s.
In the ancient cathedral of Genoa
a vase of immense value has been pre
served for 600 years. It is cut from
a single emerald. Its principal diam
eter is 12% inches and its height 5%
inches. It is kept under several locks,
the keys of which are in different
hands, and it is rarely exhibited in
public, then only by an order of the
senate. When exhibited It is sus
pended round the neck of a priest by
a cord, and no one is allowed to touch
it but him. It is claimed that this
vase is one of the gifts which was
made to Solomon by the Queen of
Sheba.
Treed by a Bear.
For three hours H. J. Wells, a farmer
living near Malung, southeast of St
Paul, was held up on a slim sapling a
few yards away from his house by a
hig black bear.
Wells had gone through a small
woods in search of some cattle which
had strayed, and as he went along the
trail was confronted by a bear which
rose upon his haunches as if to attack
him. Wells, being unarmed, threw
his hat at the bear, and while the ani
mal worried it, the farmed climbed a
tree.
The bear found the tree too small
for it to climb, and after spending
three hours gnawing at the roots was
finally driven away by a small dog,
which had been attracted by Wells’
cries for help.
Spartan Upbringing. *
Lord Kitchener’s father, who was
rather a Spartan parent, was also s
soldier; but in Ireland he turned his
attention to breeding pigs as a source
of income. Kitchener and his brother
thad to drive the pigs to market. They
were sent off without breakfast, ahd
bad to do without their meal on their
return if their pigs remained unsold.
DECISION EASY TO ENFORCE.
Judge Had 80 Mutilated Bird That
Resiatance Wat In Vain. #
Judge Loveland of Strafford, Vt., a
classmate of Daniel Webster In Dart
mouth college, resembled him in some
things. He did not like to have any
body get the best of him.
On certain occasions “an oath” was
an absolute necessity to him, although
of a different type from those he was
in the habit of administering to oth
ers.
Not long after his appointment as
Judge he and a party of acquaint
ances were invited to Christmas din
ner at a friend's house. To him was
•-- I
“The Court Rules That You Lie
There.”
assigned the honor of presiding at the
head of the table to carve the turkey.
He had never done such a thing in his
life, but did not like to decline, neither
did he wish to acknowledge his ig
norance. Consequently, he went about
his task, apparently as unconcerned
as any of the party in waiting.
The wing was the first part he at
tacked. and only after much hacking
and cutting did he at last succeed in
cutting it off. Then he took the leg
and found that still more difficult to
manage. He worked at it very quiet
ly for a time, as he could not work
and talk, too. Finally, after consider
able maneuvering to find the best
place to strike, he brought the knife
down with almost herculean force,
completely severing it from the body.
In doing this he gave the body such a
twist that it slipped from the platter
onto the tablecloth beyond, minus both
wing and leg. He dropped the knife
in dismay, the perspiration oozing
from every pore of his body when he
saw what he had done.
“Well.” he said, "d—n you, the court
rules that you lie there; you can
neither fly nor run.”
LONG-LOST WATCH FOUND.
It Disappeared in War Times, Forty
Five Years Ago.
A gold watch lost by the Polk fam
ily many years ago was recovered
recently in Springfieid, Mo. The watch
was owned by Dr. William J. Polk, an
uncle of James K. Polk, a former pres
ident of the United States. He lost
it during the war.
A jeweler in Sprnigfield, Mo., bought
a gold watch recently from a stranger.
The gold in it was worth $35 and that
was the price the jeweler paid for it.
Upon the inside of the case was en
graved:
: A legacy to :
: Dr. William J. Polk :
: from :
: Mrs. Sarah J. Polk, 1843. :
: From Dr. Polk :
: to Allen J. Polk, 1860. :
A card in the back of the watch
showed that it had been repaired by
Thomas Gowdy of Nashville. Tenn.,
December, 1852. Under this card was
a circular piece of white silk, which
to one of a romantic turn voiced some
tender sentiment of the past.
A remarkable thing about this old
and well-worn timepiece is that it still
runs.
The attention of Major Dorsey
Berry (who is one of the Polk family
on his mother’s side) was called to
the watch and he immediately placed
himself in communication with Mar
shal Mayes of Nashville, Tenn. In
reply he received a letter from a di
rect descendant of Dr. William J.
Polk, expressing his appreciation of
his kindness and marveling over the
strange recovery of the watch. Its
disappearance bad always been a mys
tery, though the supposition was that
it had been stolen during the war
In the letter was a check covering the
jeweler’s price and a request that ha
express it to a granddaughter of Dr.
William J. Polk, which was complied
with.—Kansas City Star.
IS PUZZLE TO ANTIQUARIES.
Mystery in Ancient Tombstone in Eng
lish Churchyard.
The stone, which is of Saxon origin, 1
is in Heysham churchyard, on the
I
shore of Morecambe bay. The carv
ing upon it is believed to illustrate 1
the death of Adam, the story of the
cross. Eve and Seth on their way to
Paradise, and the garden of Eden, but
it has long been a puzzle to antiquar
ies. There is no trace of lettering
upon it.—London Sketch.
Chicken Skin Gloves.
Gloves of chicken skin were In
vogue in the early part of the 17th
century. They .were used at night to
give the hand whiteness and delicacy.
LOBBY FABLE LASTS
BELIEF DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE
COUNTRY.
That Moneyed Interests Retain Rep
resentatives at the Capitol to
Corrupt Statesmen Is
Fixed Idea.
The advance guard of the People's
Lobby has arrived in Washington. Its
members are familiarizing themselves
with the looks of the capitol, the
Washington monument, the Smithson
ian Institution and the Botanical Gar
dens.
The People’s Lobby is based in part
upon a belief that is firmly fixed and
widespread among a certain class of
people throughout the United States,
namely, that Washington is littered
and clustered with "lobbyists for big
interests” while congress is in session.
This belief is a curious instance of
how tenacious of old stories a certain
element of the American population is.
Belief in the perennial existence of
a big Washington iobby is a sort of
tradition. A great many years ago,
and especially during the period im
mediately following the cival war,
there were a few well-known high liv
lers in Washington who had the name,
whether rightly or not, of being pretty
I strong at the capitol.
These men were all in their graves
long before the beginning of the ninth
decade of the nineteenth century. They
all died in obscurity and as a rule in
poverty. Whatever pull they had ever
enjoyed and used had been taken away
from them.
Around these few men clustered the
vast bunch of bribery stories that have
been handed down through the years.
Most of these yarns are simply incred
ible. The late John Chamberlain, than
whom no man of his day knew more
of the inside doings in Washington,
used to lie back in his big chair and
laugh until his sides ached when these
narratives were repeated to him.
For example, there is the old, old
story of the poor but stubborn repre
sentative in congress whose vote was
badly needed in certain Pacific rail
road legislation. He took dinner with
the so-called Pacific lobbyist one even
ing. The lobbyist helped him on with
his overcoat when he took his depart
ure.
Out in the street the poor but stub
born representative dug his hand into
his right hand overcoat pocket to get
his gloves. Instead of his gloves he
found some things in that pocket that
crackled most pleasantly. He took
the pleasantly crackling things out of
the pocket and carried them to the
light of a street lamp to have a look
at them. *
They were five $10,000 bills. The
poor but stubborn representative was
not, of course, required to entertain
any idea as to how those five $10,000
bills got into his right hand overcoat
pocket. He voted for the measure in
which the lobbyist was interested, of
course.
This yarn has been resurrected and
reburnished year in and year out ever !
since the reconstruction period. The
reasonableness of the story is indicat
ed by the kind of currency the lobby
ist is said to use in his business
110,000 bills.
Almost all of the money in the over
coat pocket yarns make the bills of
:he $10,000 variety. A poor repre
sentative in congress, struggling along
>n his salary in so expensive a city as
Washington, would of course be fixed
cut by a smart lobbyist with $10,000
Jills as being the Kind of money that
would attract the least attention when
ie began to spend it.
Yarns In which lobbyists are pic-1
:ured as purposely losing vast sums
>f money at poker to senators and rep
resentatives whose votes they wanted
ill date back to ante-bellum antiquity,
jut once in a while^this old legend is
•ehashed even in modern times.
There are scores and hundreds of
obbyist stories, most of them in a
sort of hereditary circulation in the
vest and south, that are wholly and
ibsurdly unbelievable by- any sane
nan familiar with legislative condi
ions in Washington at this or any
jrevious period. Many of the yarns
ire the more or less exaggerated stor
es of lobbyist happenings in connec
tion with corrupt state legislatures
idapted to non-existent conditions In
Washington.
The mythical woman lobbyist of
Washington, too, has been ludicrously
sxploited, very often in novels that
Dretend to portray official and legisla
ive Washington. The woman lobby
st is generally a strapping, queenly
jerson, with inky masses of hair and
lashing black eyes—the conventional
stage adventuress of the ten-twent‘- ,
hirt’ theatrical circuit—who holds the
lestinies of dozens of madly infatu
ited senators and representatives in
he palm of her lily hand, who visits
hem in their home libraries in the
niddle of the night to demand that
hey do her legislative bidding or be
:r-r-ushed, and who sweeps with The
jdora stride through the corridors of
he capitol, withering her enslaved
awmaking victims with her baleful
•
gillies and at the same time diffusing
a captivating aroma of orris.
Right along, every year, session
after session, men come to Washing
ton to attend to matters before con
gress. They represent certain inter
ests and they make no bones about
acknowledging it. They always know
what they or their principals want
If they get it, well and good. In that
case they pack up their grips and go
away from here well pleased. If they
don't get it, they pack up their grips
and go away from here not pleased at
all.—New York Sun.
OLD MAN CROWDED OUT.
Plaint of Old Darkey Who Wanted
Job as “Watcherman.”
An old-time southern darkey called,
at the office of Engineer Commission
er Biddle the other day. Opening the
door just enough to allow his body to
squeeze through, and leaning heavily
on a stick, he hobbled up to the desk
of Secretary Garges, bowing profuse
ly at every step.
“I hope I sees you-all well,” was
his salutation. "I’s lookin' for a job
as a watcherman, an’ I wuz tole dat
dis is de place to cum.”
“Take a seat, uncle,” said the sec-:
retary, “and tell me of your quali
fications to fill that somewhat oner
ous position.”
“Say dat agin, boss,” said he,
scratching his head.
“I mean what experience have you
had in that line.”
uii, yassir, i se naa spenence aii
rite. Yas indeedy. I'se wukked in
the ditches for thirty year or mo’,
but de boss dun discharged me coz I
cayn’t handle de pick as fas’ as dem
yung buck niggahs on de job, an’ he
says l’se too ole. Yas, suh. hit's a fac’
dat I am ole, but yit I has to live, an’
I don’ wonter go to the po’ house.
Seems dat dey ain’t much use in dis
worl’ foh an ole man no moh. Dem
young niggahs cum outen de schools
wif deir book lamin', can writ deir
name an’ such like, an’ takes de
bread outen de mouf of us po' ole
folks dat nevah had dem ’vantages,
Befo’ de wah I wuz a han’ in de cot
ton fields an’ I’se been a ha’d wukker
all my lif’.”
“All right, uncle. I’ll take your
name and address, and you shall have
the first watchman’s job that becomes
vacant,” said Mr. Garges.
“Thankee, boss, thankee—de Lawd
tak’ cyar of yeh"—and he hobbled out
again.
WANTED TO SEE PRESIDENT.
Young Marylander’s Hallucinations
Cause His Arrest.
Policeman Hopkins, of the Sixth |
precinct, was standing at the corner i
of Pennsylvania avenue and Third ;
street northwest when he was accost
ed by a young man who wanted to
know the way to the White House.
"I want to see the president,” said
the young man, “to show him the dev
il’s confession.”
Policeman Hopkins took him to po
lice headquarters and introduced him
to Sanitary Officer Sroufe.
“My name,” said the stranger, “is
James Nathaniel Edmund Combs, and
I’m from Great Mills, St. Mary county,
Maryland.
He told the sanitary officer that the
Lord had appeared to him and told
him of the confession made by the
devil. He lfad labored upon the writ
ing of the confession for about a year,
tie stated, and the amount of writing
be had done convinced the sanitary
officer that he had not overstated the
time he had been engaged upon the
work.
The police surgeons passed upon
tiim as being harmless, and suggested
that he return home. Combs agreed
to return, and said the president could
destroy the manuscript if he read it
ind thought it was not worth publish
ing.
Mrs. Morton Leaves Washington.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton has decided
:liat life at the national capial lacks
:he flavor of yore. After spending
several thousand dollars having the
mansion on Rhode Island avenue re
modeled, she has turned it over to the
secretary of state and will divide the
winter between southern Italy, Spain
ind New York.
No residence in Washington has a
more brilliant social history than the
Mortons'. Built by Alexander Graham
Bell, the inventor, it was purchased
sy Mr. Morton when vice president. 1
rle pronounced it the most elegant and
lommodious house in Washington.
It was afterward the scene of the
wonderful triumphs of Countess Mar
guerite Cassini and of the deplorable
allure of her foster father. Count Cas
sini, the Russian ambassador, in the |
liplomacy relating to the Russo Japa
lese war.
Mrs. Morton occupied her home for
he greater part of last season and re
:eived the homage of all society, from
;he White House down the list. Her
laughter, formerly Duchess de Valen
cy, now known as Miss Morton, was
sronounced by Sir Mirtimer Durand as
he most beautiful American woman
whom he had ever seen.
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GOOD DRESSING FOR SALAD.
Some Ingredients That Improve Old
Time Mayonnaise.
This Is simply a good mayonnaise
fo which capers, pickles, olives, pars
j|ey, etc., are added to make a pleasing
acid sauce for fish, tongue, broilec
chickens, crabs, eto.
To make it, mix together in a sm&l
^>owl one saltspoonful salt, one-hali
paltspoonful paprika, or white pepper
and one teaspoonful each mustard anc
sugar; have in readiness the yolks 01
two eggs and a half or whole cup ol
olive oil that has been chilled on the
ice. Break the egg yolks into the
jnixed condiments and begin beating
with a fork or wooden spoon; then
commence adding the oil, very slow
at first, beating with a fork or Dovei
egg beater. As the yolks begin tc
thicken, the oil may be added more
rapidly, and now the Dover beater is
the thing to use. Keep on adding oil
until the mixture is so stiff that the
heater refuses to turn, then thin with
lemon juice or vinegar or half and
half. It will require from three tc
four tablespoonfuls according to taste.
A mixture of tarragon vinegar with
the other vinegar or lemon juice is
^specially appetizing. When the prop
er consistency add at the last, still
Sbeating, a few drops of onion juice,
one tablespoonful each chopped olives,
jcucumber pickles and parsley; also,
Jf desired, an equal amount of capers
,or nasturtium seed. A few of the nas
turtium leaves chopped fine are also
.esteemed by many. This sauce will
keep for days in a cold place. Before
making it see that the bowl and egg
heater are chilled as well as the in
gredients.
MANY REMEDIES FOR STAINS.
Comparatively Simple to Remove
Blemishes From Fab res.
Stains from milk, cream, meat,
jblood, sweet oil: Soak in cold water
for a few minutes, then rub on soap
‘and wash well in cold water.
Pitch, tar, wheel grease, machine
oil: Rub lard or butter into the
stain and let stand half an hour, then
scrape ofT the pitch or tar. Wash in
cold water, rubbing plenty of soap on
the stain.
Grass stains: Soak in alcohol or
molasses.
Fruit, tea, coffee, cocoa, or choco
late stains: Spread the stain over a
Imwl and pour boiling water through
until the stain disappears.
Vaseline stains: Soak in alcohol or
kerosene.
Iodine stains: Wash with alcohol,
ether, or chloroform.
Scorch stains: Wet the stain with
soapsuds, then spread in the sun;
cover the wet stain with starch made
into a paste with soapsuds.
Ink stains: There are several pro
cesses for removing these stains, but
owing to the various methods of mak
ing ink. a process that will be suc
cessful in removing one ink may have
no influence on another. Here are
some of the simple methods: Wash
the stain in several cold waters and
then with soap and water: wash in
sweet milk; soak in sour milk; wash
in clear water and then in a solution
of oxalic acid, then wash thoroughly
in cold water.
HOG OF BRILLIANT COLOR.
West African Animal One of the Most
Brightly Colored Mammals.
That really beautiful species the
Red River hog of West Africa is now
well represented in the zoo. In com
mon with other juvenile wild pigs the
iRed River hog is striped in the early
(part of its life. When about three
months old it loses these markings,
and the body has a spotted appear
ance.
i ne adult is one of the most brii
liantly colored mammals in existence
but its bright red hue no doubt har
monizes with its surroundings, the
soil in many parts of West Africa be
ing red. It is of an elegant shape and
with its tufted tail and long, penciled
ears has considerable pretensions to
beauty.
Though it has not the enormous
tusks found in many of the wild swine
the Red River hog is not devoid of
means of defense. Its face is pro
tected by hard callosities on each side,
just below the eyes, and there is a
bony ridge on each side of the upper
jaw. And that these growths are not
merely ornamental is proved by the
fact that this animal can hold its own
with the wart hog, a species provided
with formidable upturned tusks.—
Westminster Gazette.
Cooking and Spoiling.
There are three kinds of cooking
negative, neutral and positive. The
first is no cooking at all; It Is only
spoiling good material; it is simply
jabbing wildly at a delicate duty. The
neutral sort is the kind where a per
son eats and doesn't know it—just
swallows and goes; no sentiment, no
behuty, no delight in it. The third is
where the light of the mind and the
grace of the heart join in the delicate
mingling of the material, and touch
this and that feature of the process
rerlfVl tVl A IahaIit .. r
One Subject Barred.
In taking testimony in the Colion
will case in Washington, a quick-wit
;ed old lady had been on the stand for
some time on behalf of the proponents
>f the will. She had testified, among
>tber things, that she was the editor
)f the Book of Lineage of the Daugh
:ers of the Revolution—of which the
ate Mrs. Colton had been a member,
loe Redding took her under eross-ex
imination and he commenced in a
■asual way:
"I suppose, my dear madam, that
rou and Mrs. Colton may have com
pared your respective ages in some of
rear conversations?”
“Never,” replied the old lady; “I
sever asked her age. I would not dare
ake such a liberty even with myself.”
Mr. Redding made one more effort.
‘Ah!” said the attorney-, “but I can
ind out both of your ages in the Book
pf Lineage of the Daughters of the
Ete volution?”
"No, you cannot,” replied the dame.
‘It is against the constitution to men
:ion any member's age; it would break
ip the society.”
And Joe gave up in despair.—Ex
hange.
Carelessness in Sending Money.
Carelessness in sending money
through the mails is commented upon
in a bulletin just issued by the post
office department. One case is given
where the dead letter office received
a letter from abroad, which had been
addressed to a missionary in Africa.
His name was given, but no post of
fice address. The letter had been
handled in various post offices there,
as well as Europe, and then returned
to the United States. It was opened
by the dead letter office, and found to
contain $400 in gold certificates. The
department has learned the sending
office, and believes the money will be
restored to the sender. The post of- j
flee department says the letter Is
signed by a woman, but her name and
address will not be made public.
Cure For Cold.
Remember that colds are infectious
to some extent. As a preventive, oil
of eucalyptus is found very efficacious.
A few drops on a lump of- sugar is
curative if taken at the first symptom
of a cold and prevents the catching of
one if you have been exposed to the
'nfectioa.
---^ v#i me acuipior
who rounds the white muscle of
Venus’ shoulder, or of the artist who
ibiends in a flower the tints of another
■world.—Ohio State Journal.
Sour Milk Cake Without Eggs.
Cream together a cupful of sugar
and half-cupful of butter; add a tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in a cupful
of sour milk, a teaspoonful of cinna
mon, a half-teaspoonful each of cloves
and nutmeg, a cupfu 1 of chopped
raisins or dates and two cupfuls of
flour. Mix well and bake in a moder
ate oven.
Expensive Pink Tea.
“The next time I have a tea.” de
clared the society man, “]'m going to
hide my telephone some way or other.
At the last tea they caught sight of it
on the table the first thing. Let’s
make it a telephone party!’ they cried,
and proceeded, one at a time, to talk
to everybody they knew and didn’t
know.
“My telephone bill that month was
exactly $12.90,” he finished with a sigh.
Seeking.
This always is a dirty world to peo
ple who seek nothing hut: dust.—Chi
cago Tribune.