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SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
Birmingham Girls Honorees
At Tate Spring Bridge Party
Other Birmingham People in Attendance—News of Travelers
in Various Quarters—Arrivals and Departures Noted.
A Bit of Gossip—Musical Matters—Equal Suffrage
Notes—Other Affairs of Passing Interest
By MYRTLE MILES
with the heat curling the leaves, lading
the flowers and destroying the last vestige
of energy and enthusiasm in the summer
stay-at-homes, it is small wonder that the
social barometer is accordingly low'.
Yesterday a well known society matron
said: “This year I have tried postponing
my usual trip until the heat is over, so
that I may return home feeling fortified
for my winter duties. But I believe it is
a mistake; next year I am going away
somewhere and get cool if I fail to have
a moment’s pleasure during the winter
as a result.
“The heat has literally ruined by dispo
istion, made me a scold iYt my house and
a shrew when I go anywhere,” she con
tinued, with much spirit. “I have threat
ened to leave my husband and to w hip my
son, and you know he is almost a grown
man. But evidently the ill effects of the
heat are effecting people generally in thei
same way, for, added to my other woes,
my cook failed to appear Sunday, and I
have found that he is in jail. “Disorderly
conduct” is the charge. So here I am, ab
solutely limp mentally and physically—
■without a cook. 1 wish 1 had gone away
in the early spring and waited for frost
tu bring me home. Summer time is too
much for me.”
• * •
Miss Belle Carney, a suffragist, whose
ability and forcefulness as a speaker are
recognized throughout the south, has been
engaged to spend a month In Alabama
this fall, leading in organization work.
The local association has secured her
services for a week and she will also
spend a similar'period in other cities of
the state.
Plans for the winter campaign for equal
suffrage indicate that a systematic and
thorough canvass will be made at least in
Birmingham, with additional pressure
brought to bear in other localities for the
formation of leagues. Mrs. Hundley, pres
ident of the Birmingham association,
stated yesterday that it is her plan to,
make a house-to-house* canvass in Bir
mingham. During Miss Carney’s presence
here the work will be carried on accord
ing to a division of the city in sections,
With lectures and other propaganda work
arranged for every quarter. Mrs. Hund
ley plans to attend the fair in Montgom
ery the last week in September and will
have her car in the parade, as well as con
ducting state-wide propaganda work from
a booth at the fair. She w-ill also go to
Tuseumbia about that time with a similar
motive and hopes to collaborate with the
state president, Mrs. Jacobs, to effect or
ganization in the three cities, Sheffield,
Florence and Tuseumbia. The local or
ganization expects again to maintain a
booth at the state fair in Birmingham.
MR. AND MRS. JARNAGIN EN
TAIN AT TATE SPRING HOTEL
Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Jarnagin entertained with an auction
bridge party at Tate Spring in special
compliment to her nieces, Miss Joy Tom
linson and Miss Bland Tomlinson of Bir
mingham, and her house guest, Mrs. A.
Percy Lockett of Knoxville, Tenn., who
is delightfully known here.
Among those present were; Miss Bland
Tomlinson, Miss Frances White of Bir
mingham; Miss Johnson of Chattanooga,
Miss Bucke of Tifton, Ga.; Miss Hawkins,
Miss Jennie Mobley, Miss Josephine Mob
Icy of Atlanta; Miss Reynolds, Miss
Jones, and Miss Will Skeggs of Knox
ville; Mr. Ed Ashe of Knoxville, Mr. F.
B. Tomlinson of Tate, Tenn.; Mr. Bryan
Tomlinson of Birmingham; Mr. Steve Mc
Manus, Mrs. Lovelace of Alabama; Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. S. Scott, Mrs. Hallibur
ton of Tennessee; Miss IIton Fisher of
Morristown, Tenn.; Mrs. Bandy of Illin
ois; Mrs. A. B. Anderson of Tate Spring;
Miss Nam to Condon, Mrs. Martin of Mem
phis; Mrs. V. D. Holloway of Knoxville,
Mr. Martin Condon of Memphis, Mr. Mil
ler, Mr. Dalton, Mr. Barr of Birming
ham, Mr. Martin, Mr. Henderson of North
Carolina, M. C. A. Miller, Mr. Gentry,
Mr. Banker of Atlanta, Mr. L. Thomp
son of Memphis, Dr. Sherrill of Raleigh,
Mr. Vardamon, Mr. Hobb of Alabama, Mr.
Marr of Nashville, Miss Brock, Miss
Graves of Louisville. Mrs. Graves of
Louisiana, Miss McClellan, Miss Burns
and Mrs. R. M. Miller of Charlotte, N. C.;
Mr. Nicholson of Mississippi, Mrs. J. W.
Johnson of Chattanooga, Mr. R. M. Mil
ler, Miss Burns of Texas, Mrs. W. D.
Davis, Mrs. J. R. Probasco, Mrs. Rich
ard Hardy of Chattanooga, Miss McKim- \
moil of Chattanooga, Mrs. Lockett of!
Knoxville, Mrs. Pearson of New York
city, Mrs. McManus of Knoxville, Miss
Kaly of Mississippi, Miss Miller, Mrs.
Cantrell, Mrs. Armstrong of Chattanooga,
The new facial
treatment
Try it tonight
( To keep your skin 60 that you can al-4
ways be proud of it, the following treat
ment is the most effective you could use
—•better even than massage.
! Just before re
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of Woodbury's
Facial Soap and
hot water. Rub
iti Imiher in. Af
ter this, rinse in
warm, then in
cold water. Then
nib for five min
utes with a lump
»f id.
Woodbury’s Facial Soap cleanses the porea
and acts as a tonic to the skin. This treatment
with it causes the skin to become more active,
so that it clears, colors and nourishes itself.
Continue it every night for a week or two and
you can ’see the difference. Start tonight.
Woodbury’s Facial Soap costs 25c a cake.
No one hesitates at the price afivr their first cake•
~‘Jhtiryf8
For 10c, samples ol
Powder. Andrew let
Cincinnati, Qi«Wi
Airs, courtney of Asheville, Mrs. Miller
of Charlotte, N. C\; Mr. George White of
Chattanooga, Mr. Marta of Atlanta, Mr.
E- H. Johnson, Judge Steen of Memphis,
Mr. Mackey of North Carolina, Mr. G. J.
Ashe of Knoxville, Miss Kern of Salis
bury, N. C.; Miss Dugas of New Orleans,
Mrs. Rousselle of New Orleans, Mrs.
Barrington of Montgomery, Mrs. Hanson,
Mrs. J. \V. Tomlinson of Birmingham,
Mrs. Loveman, Mrs. Vardanian, Mrs. Mc
Cormick, Mrs. Sheppard of North Caro
lina. Mrs. Marie of Atlanta, Mrs. Allen of
Tate Spring, Mrs. Gillespie. Mrs. McKin
ney and Miss Margaret McKinney, Miss
Annie McKinney of Knoxville. Miss
Brownlow of Knoxville, Mrs. T. M. Rags
dale. Mrs. C. H, Tomlinson, Mrs. O. R.
Tomlinson, Mrs. J. R. Jarnagin of Tale
Spring, Mrs. Council of Amerieus. Ga.;
Mrs. Mobley of Atlanta, Col. and Mrs. A.
B. Andrews of Raleigh, N. C.; Miss
Gibbs of Raleigh, S. Cecil Ewing of Nash
ville.
The first prize was given to Miss Ealy,
the second to Mrs. Shephard. The gen
tlemen’s first prize was won by Dr. Sher
rill, the second by Mr. Scott and the
consolation was drawn by Mrs. George
B. McCormack.
MME. BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLER’S
VIEWS OF MUSIC STUDY
Mme. Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler, the dis
tinguished Chicago pianist who lias been
heard here on several occasions, sailed
from Europe the other day aboard the
Imperator. Just before sailing she talked
with a correspondent of the Daily News
of Chicago about the wholesale invusism
of foreign countries by American music
students, and gave some clever ideas as
to the study of music abroad and in our
own country.
“I am sorry to sav that much of this
mad rush to study in Europe is due to
foolish mothers who make their daugh
ters’ education an excuse to leave their
husbands and live abroad a few years,”
said Mme. Bloomfield Zeisler. “If your
cultural atmosphere can also £>e made
equal to that of Paris, Berlin and Munich,
the last argument of those insisting that
it is necessary to study abroad is van
quished. Though much is being done in
this respect much more remains to
done.
“The atmosphere of true cuture which
the European gets is growing rapidly in
sucii art and musical centers as New
York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.
“Nearly every one admits that American
teachers are equal to most of those in
Europe. Indeed, some of the most noted
teachers of France and Germany are
Americans who were practically unknown
while they lived at home.
“The chances are that a young musician
studying in America under a good Amer
ican teacher receives better value for his
money than if he studied abroad. It is a
fact that some of the greatest musicians
had a foreign education, but true genius
will shine anyw'here. And wrhat becomes
of the thousands who go to study in Eu
rope every year and are never heard of?
“Certainly there is less shameful exploi
tation of students in America than there
is abroad. Students can live in American
< ities just as cheaply as in Paris or Ber
lin and local opportunities to hear t^e
best music at moderate prices are plen
teous.
“Students must throw themselves pas
sionately into their art, must mingle much
with one another for mutual stimulation,
must read good musical papers, keep
themselves broadly informed and not let
such trivialities as calls and teas interfere
with their daily practising.”
PERSONAL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ford and Miss Vir
ginia Ford plan to leave tomorrow or
Thursday for Canada to be absent the
remainder of the summer. Mrs. Ford's
friends will be glad to learn that she is
improving after her recent illness with
fever. ' » '
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Cecil and their son,
Alex Cecil, Jr., expect to leaxe next week
for Detroit and the lake country. They
expect to spend a short time in New
York before returning home.
* * t •
Mr. E. (l. Chandler will leave, in a few
days for Baltimore to return home with
Mrs. Chandler. An operation on Mrs.
Chandler’s knee at Johns Hopkins hospi
tal was pronounced entirely successful
and messages as to her convalescence are
very reassuring. Mr. Chandler was with
her at the time of the operation, but was
recalled to Birmingham on business.
* * •
Mrs. Joseph Cook and her daughters,
Miss Mary Myrtis Cook and Miss Lula
Cook, have returned from Hendersonville,
N. where they spent a month.
* • •
Mrs. J. B. Shropshire and Miss Helen
Shropshire have returned from a pleasant
visit to Gadsden, Anniston and Piedmont.
• * •
Miss Agnes Bethea, accompanied by
Mrs. B. W. Toole of Talladega left sev
eral days ago for Brevard ami Lake Tox
awa.v, N. C., to be absent several weeks.
• • «
Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Herzfeld. have
returned from Borden-Wheeler Springs
after spending several weeks.
* * •
Miss Bessie Bethea and Miss Haywood
Molton, who were members of a delight
ful ltoushe party at LaFayette, have re
turned to the city.
♦ • •
Miss Mary Bethea plans to attend the
Virgina Intermont college at Bristol,
Va., this winter. She will leave Septem
ber 9.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. D. Vorenberg are at
Mount Clemens, Mich., for the summer.
* * *
Mrs. Fannie Herzfeld left yesterday
for North Carolina to spend the remaind
er of the heated term.
• * •
Mrs. Benedict Boshwitz. who has been
tlie guest of Mrs. W. G. Kilgore in Tus
caloosa, is expected home today.
* * *
Messages from Mr. and Mrs. Richard
W. Massey received yesterday were sent
from I.os Angeles. They will go to
Salt Lake City this week to remain un
til September 1, when they will begin
the return trip home.
* * *
Miss Margaret Mabson of Troy is the*
guest of her sister, Mrs. Hendon, and
Mrs. V. R. Jones.
• • •
Mrs. Frank Mabson of Union Springs
is spending a week with Mrs. V. R. Jones
on Cottonwood avenue.
• * •
Mrs. Oscar Hundley went to Pell City
yesterday to take part in a debate on
the question of equal suffrage. She will
return home today.
• * *
Maj. and Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler will leave
September 1 for Atlantic City and later
New York.
* • •
Mrs. Leopold Loeb, who has been quite
ill, is greatly improved and will prob
ably be able to be out in a few days.
• • *
Miss Aileen Jordan and Miss Thelma
Jordan are visiting friends in Amory,
Miss.
• • •
A congenial party of Montgomery and
^CoBtluued on L«mt Page)
MRS. SUZANNE ROGNON BERN ADI—
STORY TELLER AND STORY WRITER
a nj- DOLLY DALRYMPLE
MRS. SUZANNE ROGNON BERNARDI
Telling a Group of Children a Story at the East End Park Playground
Photo by Oscar V. Hunt, With Stephenson Studio.
v/ue vjj. tne must unique ana interesting
women who has been in Birmingham re
cently is Mrs. Suzanne Rognon Bernardi,
who haa a national reputation as a “story
teller” and a story writer.
Working in co-opejation with Mr.
Thomas Slator Settle in the Playground
movement, Mrs. Bernard! has already
made her impress upon those associated
with tills work, and in addition to this
through the curtesy of that always en
terprising and public spirited firm, Love
man, Joseph & Loeb, she has been kindly
granted the u$e of their large, spacious
Furniture Rooms to gather about her the
children of the city, who want to hear
her recital of experiences throughout the
land, told in her own inimitable manner.
On Thursday afternoons of each week
Mrs. Bernardl visits the differnet Play
grounds and the scores of children, as
well as the Director of each Playground
have been deeply Interested in the work
sho is introducing.
On Tuesdays and Fridays of each week
Mrs. Bernard! is at Loveman, Joseph &
Loefo’s, where from 4:30 to 5:30 in the aft
ernoon the young people meet and are
regaled with her clever stories.
Story telling is an art in a class all to
Itself.
Kitty Cheatham has made herself be
loved the world over by her exquisite
recital work for childlren—and when she
appears in New York the “S. R. O.” sign
is always in the foyer of the theatre.
Mr. Charles Washburn is another artist
who combines the art of story telling with
his wonderful musical talent, and his in
fluence on the child mind has been re
marked in every place throughout the
country in which he has appeared in this
capacity.
Mrs. Bernard!—in a way—has a different
method from £ny other story teller.
Her work, except in few instances, has
been absolutely gratis—her love of chil
dien and her interest in them, inspiring
her with a desire to inculcate into the
child mind, the power of expression and
the gift of understanding, by the simple
method of repeating to them the stories
of the classics—thus developing the power
of reproduction.
Alert, enthusiastic, her earnest brown
eyes and her kind, expressive face, give
her an agreeable address, and interest
ing personality and it is not to be won
derea at that “her success 'in her chosen
field has been phenomenal.
A few afternoons ago between her vis
its to Neighborhood House and the East
End Park Playground, Mrs. Bernardl
dropped into see me to tell me about her
work.
“I wish you could have seen those dear
little children over at the Neighborhood
House,” she said enthusiastically, “I told
them an Uncle Remus story—about Mr.
Bear and Brer Rabbit, and they played
it out, makin gthe little sand pile houses
and understanding every word that I told
them, thus carrying out the Freebel idea
ef developing tho child mind, a definite
form of expression which is so often re
pressed because of a lack of understand
ing.”
“What stories will you tell the children
during your work here?” I asked.
“Mainly stories of travel, beginning with
Japanese stories,” said Mrs. Bernard!.
“For instance, at my premiere at the
Playgrounds last week, I told three of the
most beautiful of the Japanese classics,
The Moon Child,’ ‘The Two Bamboo
Trees’ and ‘The White Hare and the Croc
odile.’ These are stories that I have told
over and over again in the Japanese mis
sions out in California, and it was there,
too, that l taught a Chinese kindergarten,
1 shall take up China next, and then the
Eskimo stories.”
“For ten years,” Mrs. Bernardl con
tinued, “I was with my brother out in
Alaska, sent there by the University of
Pennsylvania to{ collect Eskimo myths
and legends. There I lived among these
people—just across the strait from Asia.
I taught the only Eskimo kindergarten
that has ever been taught and I became
very much attached to those people. I
was a charter member of the Keyoyad
Kozga, the Auroa Club, which is the most
Northern of any organization affiliated
with the General Federation.”
"How did you happen to take up the
w'ork?” I asked. “It is so unusual.”
“Through my kindergarten work,” was
the answer. “I am a native Kentuckian
and had my kindergarten training in
Louisville under Miss Pattle Hill of the
Teacer’s college of New York* and from
that evolved my study of play and Its
relation to tne educational growth of the
child.” Particularly during the summer
time does the child mind run riot, given
over as it is more to physical pleasure and
amusement. In fact, story telling has be
come almost a lost art In these modern
times, and only recently, W'ith a revival of
interest in child welfare, and tho develop
ment of the child, come the realization'
mat me natural mental loot! must be
given to the young, not only during school
hours, but during vacation time as well.”
“How did you become affiliated with the
Playground association here?” I asked.
‘ Mr. Settle had heard of my work out
in Seattle,” said Mrs. Bernard!, "and it
came about in that way. The Seattle
Playground movement Is second to none in
the civilized world. I wish you could see
the magnificent work that has been done
in that far away western city. For in
stance, the playgrounds there are now
governed by the children themselves who
elect their own mayor and board of gov
ernors. A significant fact and a prophetic
one, as to the ultimate triumph of woman
suffrage, was illustrated in one of the
prominent playgrounds in Seattle, just be
fore the franchise was granted to women
in Washington. A little girl who was run
ning for mayor of a certain playground
was elected over one of the most popular
boys in the city, and it was considered
quite a feather in the cap of the younger
suffragists.”
“I started my work in Seattle,” Mrs.
Bernard 1 continued,” through Dr. Mat
thews of the First Presbyterian church,
who had converted the basement of his
church into a day nursery for children.
There were at that time 25 children being
taken care of and the salary of $50 that
was paid the matron was turned over to
me, which in turn I used to rent a larger
and more commodious place, and when 1
left there 57 children were in the kinder
garten and more than a hundred were Do
ing cared for while their mothers were
out at work each day. This day nursery
and this kindergarten is now maintained
by the society women of Seattle, and re
cently at a card party given for its ben
efit, 000 women were present. That is the
way they do things out there in the west.”
‘‘I have recently had an interesting ex
perience up in northern Alabama,” con
tinued Mrs. Bernard!, “where I have been
studying and collecting games, old and
new, of the mountain children of that sec
tion. You can’t imagine what wonderful
researches I have made in various locali
ties, and, by the way, I didn’t tell you
that I taught the Congo negro kindergar
ten work at the World’s fair in Chicago
an unusual experience, inasmuch as they
didn’t know one single word of our lan
guage.”
Mrs./ Bernardi’s work in Birmingham
will be of untold benefit to the children
of the city, as well as their parents—and
the opportunity to her h^p should not be
overlooked.
She is a woman of charming personality,
3 brilliant newspaper writer, beautifully
educated and a thorough master of her
work, and everyone who has had ihe
pleasure of meeting her has expressed the
highest admiration of the splendid mo
tive that inspires her to give her talents
to the work which she is pursuing.
IOY DD YOU WRITE
=lOVE*LETTER? 1
DOLLY MADISON AND THE “GREAT LITTLE MADISON”
Nine years more than a century ago,
September 15, pretty Mistress Dolly Todd
was married to the “Great Little Madi
son” at the home of the bride's brother
in-law, George Steptoe Washington,, at
Harewood, Va. The wedding was attend
ed by many belles and beaus from all
sections of the east. Dorothea (Dolly)
Payne was born in North Carolina in 3768
of Quaker parents. Most of her girlhood
was spent in Hanover county, Virginia,
and when she was 18 years old she gave
tier hand in marriage to Friend John
Todd, her father's choice as a husband.
Whether Dolly loved John Todd, or
merely acquiesced in the marriage in
obedience to the w ish of her parents, his
tory may never know, but that she made
him a good wife and a mother for his
wayward son, all chroniclers agree, while
she mourned sincerely Ids untimely death
three short years after their marriage in
Philadelphia.
, Hut it was only a little more than 11
months later that the ambitious and at
tractive little widow had become Mrs.
Madison. She was only 22 at the time
and was said to be unusually pretty. Her
beauty. Indeed, became almost at once a
matter of some worriinent to the sober
elders of the Friends’ meeting at Fifth
and Arch streets, Philadelphia, one cf
whom once said to her in gentle reproof:
“Tleally, Dolly, thou must ldde thy fa.i.;
there are so many staring at thee. ’
I. , . ........__
it was iiuring one or the wanes trom
church that Mr. Madison siuy Mrs. Todd
for the first time and was so struck with
her appearance that tie did not rest until,
an introduction was procured. This took
place at the home of Mrs. Lee, and al
though Madison was 20 years her senior,
the courtship was started at once.
The rumor that they were engaged
reached the presidential mansion, and
General and Mrs. Washington were very
much interested. When they met the
“Dolly, is it true that you are engaged
to James Madison? If it is s^do not be
ashamed to confess it; rather be proud,
for he will make thee a good husband,
and all the better for being so much
older. We both approve of It; the es
teem and friendship existing between my
husband and Mr. Madison Is very great,
and we would wish thee to be happy.”
And thus the rumor grew to be an es
tablished fact, and in September Mrs.
Todd left Philadelphia to drive to Hare
wood, her sister's place in Virginia, where
the wedd'ng was to take place.
The life of the Madisons was an ex
emplary happy one. It was in this devot
ed fashion she would begin her letters
to Madison: “My Dearest Husband: A few
hcuis only have passed since you left
me, my beloved, and I lind nothing can
relieve the oppression of my mind but
speaking to you, in this, the only way.
i shall be better when Peter returns with
news, not that any length of time can
los^.cn my First regret, but an assurance
that you are well and easy will con
tribute to make me so.
“The doctor, during ids short visits,
i talk? of you. He regards yoi more man
any m&n he know s, and noth m3 could
please him so much as a prospect of pass
ing ids life near you; sentiments so con
genial to my own, and in such cases, like
dewdrops on flowers, exhilarate as they
fall. Adieu, my beloved, our hearts un
der Hand each other. In fond affection
thine. “DOLLY P. MADISON.”
And again with, even more sentiment:
“Philadelphia. October, 30, 1805.
“I have at this moment persued with
d: light thy letter, my darling husband,
with its enclosure. To find you love me,
seems to comprise all my happiness. Fare
well. my beloved one. “DOLLY.”
These are mere extracts of the letters,
which contain generally information on
household affairs, and a little spicy gos
sip. Mr. Madison was a grea; letter
writer, and the pubfished vciume3 con
taining these letters Is most charming.
Daring the eighty-third and last year of
her life, her mind seemed vary busy with
the past. She caused old letters to be read
to her, which brought In their train
memories and associations unknown to
those around her. When she died her re
mains were eventually placed beside those
of her husband in the cemeteiy at Mont
pelier, Va., near the monument over the
grave of her Illustrious husband.
Thursday—Edward Irving to Jane
Welsh.
SOME HELPING HAND
HINTS FOR THE HOME
By MARIAN HARXAND
Peanut Fudge
Mix two cops light brown sugar and
one cup cream and cook together until a
soft ball of it will form in cold water.
Take from the tire and beat until almost
stiff, then spread the candy over a plat
ter of previously prepared peanut meats.
The critical point is to know when it is
beaten just enough. It must begin to look
thick and hard before it is' put with the
nuts.—Kindness of H. M.
Mock Angel Cake
Sift well one cup line granulated sugar,
one and one-half cups flour, and three tea
spoons baking powder. Pour over this
one cup scalding hot sewet milk, stid well,
fold in the well beaten whites of two eggs
and a teaspoon of vanilla. Bake in an
ungreased pan for about 45 minutes in a
moderate oven. Easily made, inexpensive
and nice.—Kindness of Mrs. J. P.
Device to Relieve Deafness
"Kindly let me know where I can get a
device for relieving deafness, an ear trum
pet or phone. I greatly need one.
"MR. B.”
Every large drug store has a depart
ment of surgical appliances, comprising
rubber tubes for various remedial pur
poses, ear trumpets, nursing bottles ana
the like. At one of these you may And car
trumpets and other patented devices for
assisting defective hearing. We cannot
name shops or factories in the Corner.
The information above given should guide
you.
Harriet Monroe’s “Shadow Child”
"Have you any way of getting Harriet
Monroe’s ‘Shadow Child?’ It appeared at
one time Jn a Chicago newspaper. I cut
it out, and since my last housecleaning L
have been unable to find it. Do you know
if. ‘Mother o’ Mine’ is by Kipling or not?
I thought it was, but have been unable to
find it in his works.
"MARGUERITE F.”
The only means of getting what you
want through the Corner Is that I now
take in laying the query before our mem
bers with the request that they will look
up the ‘‘Shadow Child,” and make her
substantial by forwarding the story(?) to
you. I likewise submit the second in
quiry. That is, unless you mean "O,
Mother, My Love,” by Eugene Field. You
will hear from readers in time. We sel
dom ask questions of this sort without re
ceiving intelligent answers.
A Baby’s Layette
“I should like your advice as to what an
infant's trousseau should consist of. L
am inexperienced and among stranger.
I will thank you for your kind answer.
“A YOUNG MOTHER."
. The old rule of “a dozen of each article
of clothing and four dozen napkins” is
subject to variations arising from taste
and means. I advise you to go to the heat
store you know of and inquire for the ,n
fant’s outfitting department. There you
will see layettes (not trousseaus!) In com
plete sets, and differing in quality and
price the means of purchasers. The sales
woman will tell you what make up a
“set,” and assist your selection. This is
the easiest and Surest way of securing
the outfit. Written directions are long and
insufficient at the best. You have my con
gratulations and best wishes for a happy
issue of waiting and pain. The best in
vestment a woman can make is healthy
children. Should their lives he spared they
bring in richer dividends than houses,
lands and stodks,
Pinapple Spots in Dress
“Please advise me how I can clean pine
apple spots from a charmeuse dress. 1 am
afraid to use anything before asking your
advice, because even water stains the ma
terial. TE8S."
Stuffs that take “water rings” are well
night incorigible under home treatment.
Professional cleansers have their trade
secrets, rarely imparted to amateurs. You
may try sponging the spots with ether or
chloroform, and whe nit has taken out the
original stains, attempt to remove the
“rings” left by the detersive by gently
scratching the outer edges with the finger
nail, always toward the center of the spot,
blending it with the silk surrounding it.
Wait until the spots are entirely dry be
fore doing this. I have removed “water
rings” from silken fabrics by thi« ,
process. It must be performed with care
and skillful manipulation.
Dustless Mops and Dusters
“Will some on» .tell me how to make
dustless mops and dustless dusters? 1
hope to see a recipe soon.
“MRS. If. F.”
If you are a constant reader of the Cor
ner you must have seen the directions for
making “dustless dusters” published some
weeks ago. Upon the chance that you
have not, I say here in brief what was
told then: Wash the dusters well in soft
water and soap, rinse three times, dry and
lay in kerosene for ten minutes, then
wring the dusters until no oil drips from
them, and dry in the shade. Thus treated
they absorb the dust without scattering it.
he process should be repeated whenev er
the cloths become stiffened by dirt.
Butter Frosting for Cake
"I have been looking for a recipe for
what is called butter frosting tor layer
cakes, but have failed to find It. Have
you ever published one? Our local bak
eries and delicatessens are selling It.
Sometimes they have a devil food cake
with a part of the frosting white and part
black, or rather dark brown. The white
is white and the brown is about tlie color
of chocolate or a little lighter, but uo
chocolate is in it. This frosting is de
licious, rather creamy and soft. I have
been buying cakes with it on for about
a year, but have found no one who could
tell me how it is made. The girl at tlie
bakery calls it butter frosting, and the
brown she calls maple frosting, although
there is no taste of maple sugar about it.
“MRS. C.” ,
Butter frosting under that name is a
stranger to me. The member who is
wiser upon this point will please favor us
with tin* formula. It will he for the public
good. The dark filling Is probably cara
mel.
Items Referring to Bernhardt
"May I ask yiq^to aid me In obtaining
magazine articles, newspaper clippings,
or books containing information concern
ing Mine. Bcrr,ihardt? HKLBN C."
Referred! I do not know whether nr
not any bi"griHihy of the famous actress
lias over beefr published In book form.
Yon may ascertain tills hy hii|ulry at your
public library. It Is possible that some
reader can supply you with cuttings or
the kind desired. I cannot think it prob
able.
Home for a Worthy Woman
"We have a cool country home. My
wish is to find some worthy, quiet, healthy
woman who would like to help me do light
work, and be company for and wait upon
my mother, who Is not well. Some one
needing a change from the city’s noise
and heat might be willing to come. We
live 60 miles from Kansas City. I will add
my mite: To clean fine slaves or strainers
w hich are clogged nib bard with dry ao.ip,
then pour boiling water througli them.
"CORA O.”
We thank you for the housewifely hint
and insert your request In full. It may
catch the eye of a woman who is longing
for a change of air and scene, and has not
the means of procuring them.
Kecipe for Tutti Krutti
"Would you favor me with a recipe for
making tutti fruttl? I had It but mislaid
It In moving, so now rail upon you to help
me. I am Inclosing a stamped and self
addressed envelope for reply.
"MRS. C. W. O.”
You must know by now that recipes are
not scntYiy mail. We advised you to lids
effect by |>ost. Select the fruits that hap
pen to be iu season—berlres, pineapple,
oranges, grapefruit—and shred them tint?
with a fork. Mix well with the silver fo.lt
and pack into wide mouthed, self-sealing
jars. To each quart jar allow four table
spoons of white granulated sugar, stewing
It between tre layers of fruit. When the
jar Is brim full uor In slowlv white
preserving brandy, letting it filter in slow
ly until every crevice is tilled. Screw
down the tops and set the jars, wrapped
in paper, in a cool, dark place. It will l e
ripe In six weeks, and keep indefinitely.
If you mean what Is sometimes calk'd
rrtilt salad and sometimes tutti fruttl, it Is
simply a judicious selection of ripe fruits,
the larger cut into tiny dice, the berries
left whole, all sugared lightly and put Into
cocktail glasses. Just before It is served
a spoonful of sherry Is poured into each
glass. The mixture should be ice cold.
Sticky Table Top
“I have an old mahogany table T have
repainted mahogany color. It looks all
right except the top, and that just sticks
to everything. Can some one tell me whut
to do with it? PERPLEXED.”
If the table be real mahogany It Is a
pity it was painted at all. It would have
been far handsomer had It been cleaned
and “restored” by competent hands. Were
It mine I should have the paint scraped
off, the surface rubbed smooth and var
nished. But I submit the tale of your per
plexity to wiser readers. What can be
done with the heirloom?
“ T A M A JIM ’ ’WIL SO N
VISITS OLD HAUNTS
Washington. August 18.—"Tama Jim"
Wilson of Traler. la., former secre
tary of Agriculture and holder of all
records for cabinet service, visited his
old haunts today on his way back to
Iowa from Scotland. Officials and em
ployes of his old department held an
Impromptu reception.
Pat Crowe Identified
Washington, August 18.—Pat Crowe, the
kidnaper of the noted Cudahy case, was
positively identified here today In the
government hospital for the Insane, where
he was confined after being sentenced
for 30 days as a vagrant for bathing in
% park fountain. The police doubted his
sanity because he said I? was Crowe.
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