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BOW many cf is who enjoy the . mischh'voiiH and Birth* ful Mallowi Vn sc-isou ever pause to ooBdtanr what a uebt or grailtaie we owe the festive pumpkin in this connection.' .Nature's golden globe, so symbolic of all the gloriee of the autumn. HI at otice the emblem, the auiinnnition and 'he inspiration of the mystc ous holiday at the end of October. With? out the grinning jack-o'lanterns made possible by ye plump pumpkins the October frolic would lose all its zest fer Juvenile America; without the | vivid hued orbs the Hallowe'en uos te8s .-ould be at a loss for decorative leffects at dinner and party; and. fin-1 ally, without the wealth of its mellow Interior we should be deprived of that supreme delicacy, the pumpkin! pie?than which no greater culinary 1 catastrophe for both young and old could bo imagined. It is doubly diffloul to imagine how we would get along without the de? pendable pumpkin, because not with- j In the memory of the oldest inhabi? tant have we been without these har-; bingers of the waning year. We can, image Christmas without a tree il? luminated by the tiny electric lamps or conceive a St. Valentine's Day j without those convenient and conn-; cal post card valentines, because it was net so many years ago that we knew not these holiday adjuncts But Hallowe'en without pumpkins?it -s too preposterous to give credence i even for a moment. It is the pump- j kin and its products that give "go" to the Hallowe'en festival. In short, it Is what the mistletoe is to Christ? mas; what the flag is to Memorial Day, and what the firecracker Is to j the Fo-trth of July. (Ueg pardon, yoi: safe and saners). And. apt, like many another indis? pensable in this unresponsive world, the pbmpkin has had scant credit from mankind. To be sure, some i homely poet putting into verse the' look of things In the af'ernoon cf the,1 CHF. process cf preparation cf tood for a larj?e number 01 ] people is always interest? ing, but especially so when it Is pre>ared under m li tary discipline aad almost entirety by electricity, as is the case at the I'll i ted Stages Mili'sry Acidemy at West Point, where between four and fiv* hundred future generals are fed ?ach day on plain, nourishing food, prepared tn the most paUtable man ner The kitchen at West Point al waya erntpsdonsly clean, and is in? spected with even more care thsn the other departmeats of the acid-my. fir lb* officers In charge know full ??II that the kir.ii or lood cooked carefully plays no small part in the mental aad physical training of young men. "A place for everything and everything in Its place" la the motto of West Point's chef, and tbr.se who work u.ider hm dire, ion must fol? low the sense rale or be discnarged MIHtarv discipline is everywhere in evldeece. aad there is none of that bustle and searching for thine* at the last noo tte when meals are to be served, so often found at our Institu? tions. Every man ha? bis dnt o, and h<- mus' perform them h! a certain tiaee "wKhooi interfering with the work of any one else. Almost every thlng is pnepenH bv electrica b-n man must be present to touch the lever at the proper women Me?ls am r??ed prompt!, and do not vary ffte m antes during the entire year The cadets stedr by schedule, plav bv schedule and eat by schedule, and the chef plays his part when be has the meals on the mi;, lie The preparation of the fond for the naves la on* of We*' }*o at'e eaoat tn terenfirg. feattres and ha? been com? mented on atoet favorably by ,arm.. y?ar does prate HlW and then tbOMl tiie " freal oa tbi- pumpkin'' or some? thing of that sort, but what kind Of IQiMfjbllbw 's that ti-r a vegetable ?M very sight tf which Is aaHlBjll ' l aukke one':- mouth wa er. It oegbl to have a monument or be publicly at ntnieiKlcd by Congress. Nothing less. Why whisper it in shame.' ICven the Department of Agriculture, erhich knows all about very sort of fri it and (lower and vegetable and bag, n:id gets out big a:id llule bOOka on alm< ?; all of them, hag never ( printed so !?. eh as a word to help us , get better acquainted with Mr. Pnnip j k n unless ;t bo a few hints fyr housr fbri raa that want to can pumpkins? as 'i.ongh that were the only fit fatp for this boon to mankind. I But for all that there ia. so much ! mystery about the history and ante? cedents of the pumpkin, and perhaps i this is. after all in keeping with Hal ' lowe'ep s'ealth?it is kntwri thai lb" I ptfaBpkia is j distinctively Amer'can ' de licacy. To be sure, some supposed authorities advance the theory that j the pumpkin is of Astatic origin, and ,ethers are always pointing out that pumpkins have been cultivated either as a cur'osity cr'as an er'ide of food '? iu Khgland ever since the year l.?TO. However, we know that all patriotic i Americans and true friends of the pumpkin will support the contention' that the pumpkin thrived in America ' long belore it was known in any other I part of the world, and was cultivated by the aborigines of North America, j who planted it among their maze And anyway, even if we grant, for the r.ake of argument that some other' 1 ptGple saw the pumpkin first, we can 'salve our feelings with the knowledge that no other nationality has adopted the vegetable so universally and warmed to it so entin:siastieally as have the present-dav residents of the New World. And as for taking seriously the sii; gesticn that the pumpkin ought to be giant.d the significance of a national offtecas fr iTti all parts of the wot Id. Lord Kitchctier during hU recoil virit s;> ke in the mott (omptitnen* ary terras, < t the men in charge of the mess after he bad made a thor? ough inapec lon of the mysteries of the atBObrtt kttobaaj. Several Japan? ese officials have been likewise inter? ested), *r was Pr nee T**i Toa. the uncle cf the Ch.nose hmpercr. who recently came tt this country to Study army methods. All the hrejd used a! West Poi::t is baked by elec;rlc:>y and mixed ny the same power. The whole baking (rrm statt to nni*h is completed with? out the bands cf the baker touch.n< it at all except to push the pans ::;'?> the oven. The greet wreden bowl in which he do.gh Is mixtd has several funnels leading t ? it?one comes iroan the fl< ur department, another from ? be yeast, and still at* ther cont in? water* fby toArbfaag a kreee tbe faav nei ia made to open and aa much of each of the iagred-erts aa 1; required goes in o fbo mixer. Another lever sets tbe machine in mot-on and the do igh is miaaat. Tbe leaves are then cut hv tbe same power and fall from tlie rotting machine into tbe baking pan in rearular order Tbe cutter may be set frr any ?Ire and ia fre qu-n'ly used for rolls, a thousand of which are baked each day. together with more 'han rue hundred loaves of bread fmce a week fifty c'aaa m*n <ak?-? are baked these too. hv electricity. All the eggs used in nosing are beaten hy electriclt-, tno aac bendred eggs are aor? brought to tbe regulation ligktneaa wtthout the leaet !jVi 'o he cook, arho mere. tf prearra a burton atartlaar the eg: ?*?ter. and 'hen gnea of to attend to ?omethnc else The h"sa*ewi'# w*io laV-rs an hour to bring egg? to the proper llgbineno for apnanja caka ins RH la. just as it has go often bee" suggested rhat the goldenrod should | be proclaimed the rational flower, it need only be said that ihjl idea is by j no im a ... a new one. More than I cnce during the p*nt century persons I of some prominence have stiege:.ted j That the pumpkin i?e selected aa Iba i emblem of New KTiglaml. In .-upi* i t or the suggestl-in it is pointed Old thai nowhere does the pumpKUi thrr e as in the cornfields of New England. And moreover the pumpkin was one Of the first fruits utilized by the PCM ! grims w ho landed at Plymouth to ward off starvation durin;: thMr first j terrinle winters in the new land*. | Spea';ins of New England pnmpKinf. we mu.-t lit.t ignore he charge mad" I hy some grouchy persons that the I making of the old-fashioned New Kur? land puinpk n nie .s a lost art. Cer? tainly n? person who is not suffering frc m dyspepsia ought to have any ; complaint to make regarding the can more reariiiy appo iate he lahor saving quail Wii of the electrle erar beater than anyone eiae. It is no un? common thing for a hundred eg?s to be beaten la this manner, for egg en>tard is one of the tavori'e des? serts of the cadets The electric po ta o pteler is the rcee'eat labor-sav ing device n 'he kitchen a ad the in vent'on of an arm> ofhcer who waa regnrd.-d ir the best financier la the army, and whe waa at one tfme in charge of the cadefa' B'*> Throuah some unfortunate cir< umstanec* thts Officer t-nhe the law and I? UN SeTT ing a term in the mtliiarv prison a' bslf an ho< r sr? pwt Ir.'o t> the lerer to t? kalcea going, a pumpkin pies turned out in thin dayi I aad age. and no dcubi M t???11'iCttM ? , ui oi! latter-day pumpkin p e? ori*i-1 I naif d with men who dar? idealised j the kind that mother used to make." No one CM find fault with the ! M KJM of the esteem in wuirb the pumpkin is held by young America I In the e.- iraauon of bOys it v.es with ! hirkory nuts and watermelons. Jmt I as the glossy fruit Itself rivals or ??* I hats at! o'her fruit, not even except i ;g ihe apples, in braving the chill rantiima winds and even rAaUeactal 'the Prst snows. As for the grownups i f th ? pwaaptdl was ha der to prouue. I they nrgh' prixe It part highly. It li pretty mad a pare'Ie] ease wi'h the ! dandelion. Bot, then, i>erhaps. it Is j n; t human i.at ire fa art much store ! by an eatable that rnn be b;'.d in surh ! hoarattfal incasirie, for suv M cent*. ] e.rd which Is so plentltul in many j parts of the ro n rv thai It s lad to j the animals on the farm with never T7j?iu/77r of m b. th la thought of anv better fate. Just here it may be remarked that we have in A metric* no tillera of the su!! who make a specialty of rawing |>>impkfii-t as they would celery or ap p'ejs. or even Blaloai There la no "pumpkin king" and no "pumpkin belt." because pumpkin* are raised in pre ty m trh all parts of the c< uti? tty, in Kran<e, where thp pr.uipUft is a poular article, of food, the seeds of the pumpkin are .-own in April in a hot-bed under glass and after beipg carefully nurtured are transplanted to th.- open sir etartfeg Mav. I'urn|> kitif in this country pet no mch care and attention. EBrerji tuaafe gardener has a grea or or less quantity of the vines sandwiched in among hi3 other growing things :;n<! it is an eShup tcnal farmer wh< d'.:<s n t plant aompktas extensive!,- in bts corn I fields, rtnt m'ghty 'tttio hi .?d '# paid I to th.- rough-leaved vines heween the date of their first appearance above ibe kit-Scn end bj a complicate*! af? fair to a lsyma* The milk is ponr.-d h Sa:>*t *s*bed immsdrtate-ty I after nee. The wishes are pfettei ft gn. md and hat vest time ?hei ' - Miner nek' lite gleam* of gold among the withered .urn stalks. Yet, f. r .11 tMt, AnwiVun ugri ?ultiirlnt.s jhj o little attrntltn to pumpkin* ilii: i u:rrv ?'<)?. Id party ''ff all prir.es i. i Ii :i r masu Hide ef crop mid sue of Individual pumpkin*. The aha at l?i>n pilWOaTlM tu dale ??? one grown in Coloiado a fear years age) and which ineuhiiriil five loot aeroag and welgh? d 3M pounds. Km i ? true friend of the pumpkin must admit that Its pleblan nuiiie for a royal nri places it at a disadvan? tage und yet that Is hut on.- Of 'he iro'iblea Incident to ;is nomenclature. As e\ cr\ pers >n who go.ni in quest ot a pumpkin for Hallowe'en plots ran well utteat, there is only oue form ", pt mpkiii that is w< rthy of the name und (be occtsii n the shapely orb of Jog, rcund as a ball and with its j glossy surface tinted a more vivid i uriuiw than the orange fruit I'self can boast. And yet there are people j who cctifiiBe the only and orlg'nal , sliiton puie pumpkin with ts mimi r ous cousins, n. ne of win in have half its tridltk us or claims to distinction. Just becaiiHe the pumpkin belongs to the same general family as he sum? mer und cnx knock squashes and the common, lio-dll to gourd." is no rea? son why anybody should eonfese them as one and the same thing. Why even the squashes that approach most nearly to the pumpkin in color lack its rymmetry of form. The uses of the puiupk n are cer? tainly as varied as of anv truit or vegetable bin whatver Ka aalMtM it ! comes Into Its own along about Hal I loive ?? i. For one tning, that Is the ' height of the harvest baMon. for the ; OatpTdaa and the people who are I canning the delicacy or stocking the I ciliar are busy now. as are 'ikewise iiln.!.' IfouM wivea who nie u il ink j the iaahv layer, that I? fee ad just beneath the rlr.d of the p lmpkin. for ! Viiir.'iug" for the most famous of Cuf srxf S^As^y fiy XJecirx-J a large wire basket, the inevitable button I; pressed which causes the . basket to sink into scalding water. | where it receives for a few minutes and the dishes are tiioroighly washed . Another lever lifts tbem to traya, I where thev are turned out to dry. ' The dlshe? used at dinner by between 1 ten and ">0a cadets ran be washed and put away by two persons tn this in* ti. in half an hour. Itnrle Sam is an economical honaoke.-per and in slrta tnat there shall he m waste. Irdeed, the average h< isadMaaaf wi , i.i >?e surpir.-cl to leam bow eo nraiical t.ie chef at West Poin' is in h s work as is shown by the accounts ?'.??? h are turned in to the quarter roast.: each day Kven the greasy water from the kltche-i t.? turned in to profit ?? r his togi ther with the .'nip Skirpm'ngs. are rK.i red int.- t tank nn.1<rr a pavem nt in the rear of the bu;l>*ing. "When thia coola the grease comes to the surface and Is st.Imme? and arid with the offal of meat, to a soap jnaoufacturer. Apart from keeptna the fewer* free from grease its sale amounts to about f 100 per year. | Automatically opened doors lead to different parts of the < ullnary depart-1 meat, but the most useful are theoaeal which lead in and out from the news hall Two doors lead in? to this room have been placed oMe by atdi asil la' be need by weiter? aa an esrranee and another as an exf' There a plat form la front of each-one ha the dln tbe waiter appears, tray in hand, ha ing-rnoai for the exit, and the other ta he servW hall for the entrance When Ike waiter appears tray fa hand, he *V>P? on the platform, whjeb eors"* the ctonr to open aad renwttn In that position until be hats reaaaH lato the room, aad vice versa wben b? leaves Tbl? saves the lose ef dishes by aeetoVntal dreaming wheat flat, ?alter baa to peak eae* the dean aad, I.? th<> kind you know, am llt-le mv (.,/J< ??..,] to, kenaMM the, Ii) tin* ti im hin earn." AnU finally .t.nr? . In' lahea in' iK-cciiiit the de? void toi pumpkiaj foi f]aJ)owe'e> it ? Ii ,iii : it ix no slight den and either. It amount., to ? ron-Mimptiou- o? thonoOBiU upon thousands of pump bi \?iy October, e\en without anting in those which arc 'itllized hi making the pies for Thai ksgivtng reaa'a. The preeminent Hallowe'en use of lie pumpkin In, of course, for Jack-o opteni.-. You will agree that It would M not merely superfluous, bn! little ?Vofl of an insult to Insert any de -tcriptton of these nocturnal terrors lor the ilivid Pity the boy who has not in the halcyon days of his youth ujs-nly or sur epti'iously carved the Krinning teeth, staring eyes, strong nose and ?*, ufeBiVe < ars that vested tlie I litc :i| pumpkin with a sudden fe? in,!:, worthy of the most desperate cause. Perhaps It were not well In all eases either to inquire too clost-ly as to just bow the pumpkin ???, ac quired. Hut whatever le the means whereby It was apportit nrd to Its peenOBt purpose it Is a i-ife guea-s that its selection represents much tare and thought and time sent In (anvasslng the posslbilties ai.d quali? fications of candidates. Por, I e It known, the spnere of vegetable old that is 10 be toted around with a < . i dle inside to frighten mald/Mi laut? i and youngsters in the first or second nader rnd the hapless passerby must come close to certsln rigid standard of form and outline. And. then, too, it Is not advisable to have tbe "pumi> kln head'' too big. although that is a temptation, but when he Is prone to pick a 4u pound pumpkin the fars'xht ad acttlatM will recr.il that .a !W ponuder may be much more handy la the event that It is necessary to heat (Ccutinued on Tenth Page.) lessens the noise as well. This too. was an object of wonder to Prince Taai Tao. who examined it mos; min? utely. A few years ago when a -tell known Chinese official visited West Ft ti: he shocked bis retinae by ra. log 11 rough these doors again and agaia and jumping on these pmtfonas like a child at play. Since :bc Introduc? tion of these doors at West Point a like invention has been placed In sev? eral state institutions. % ? All the stiver used inhthe mesa ball is iioiishrd by electricity, and it Is re? markably how easy the most elaborate ly chased pi?-ces are cleaned and ft >w the brv.sb reaches the tiny corner* and cleans in s few minutes a piece if silver which would require bonrs of band work. The kitchen range i? a model ot cleanliness; in fact, the whole atarosphere of the k trbea sag gests cleanliness and well rooked, daintily served food. Those in author? ity realise that boys who are growing and who have as mach ?-vereise as a cadet require plenty of food and of the asaat nourishing qaali y Special dishes are prepared for the at biet? a who are ia training and certain ar? ticles of food are tabooed, pastry. Kverythlna Is snppiled by contract, ? sample of ?.s'h article hatag sanoete ted with a sealed nid AI' the meat fa sad and bandied by aad cut to the very beet vartate There Is an immense ? f where the The too. tnru? I (CoaUaaed oa Teeth Page.) 4