The Blackfoot optimist. [volume], April 27, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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When Cadmus made the alphabet
He started in with A, 13. C,
And all the letters deftly set
Right down to final X. Y, Z—
It may be that with Jocund zest
He tapered off the list with
But, anyhow, he did his best
And left his efforts then to stand.
He did not let his hair y row long
And organize a high-browed cult
Arid pose, with dreamy speech and soni
To illustrate his great result;
He did not don a long-tailed coat
And high silk hat, and go around
To talk until he had sore throat
From telling folks what he had found.
He did not have his picture made
With one long finger on Ills cheek
In a most thoughtful posture laid.
His eyes upturned, as though to seek
The secret of all mysteries
That are by mortals never seen—
Ah, no. No pictures such as these
Appeared in any magazine.
And Cadmus did not make his plan
A form of party polities
And tell his eager fellow-man
To watch for his opponent's tricks.
He did not in the congress plead
For heavy funds to subsidize
"W hat block-equipment he might need
To help his letters make us wise.
'Tis strange, when you consider it,
That Cadmus mad.' the alphabet.
He was a man of little wit
Or he'd have known what he might get.
He simply wrote from A to Z
Fuch letters as he thought he must
And never seemed at all to see
The chance he had to form a trust.
Willing to Help.
"Ah," signed the beatileous damsel
In distress, also in the wild and wool
ly west, "1 know I might raise suffi
cient funds to take me to my home
If 1 could once get the ear of the
banker, but every time I have called
he has been too busy to see me."
"His ear you want, leddy?" asked
Toothless Timpkins. the Terror ot
Tombstone. "Jist his ear?" He drew
his bowie knife and with his eyes
flashing, asserted:
"Say the word, and I'll get ye both
his ears and one or two of his fingers.
It never shall be said that Toothless
Timpkins stood by and saw a sufferin'
female in need of assistance."
Answer for the Anxious.
"Ambitious" writes: "How may I
ascertain the quantity of hay that
will be raised on a field 367 feet 9
Inches long and 268 feet 6 Inches
wide, with a Jog in the west side
where a big oak tree stands, and a
•trip ten feet wide running through
It as a lane?"
Wait till the hay grows, then cut It,
curt it, and weigh it, Ambitious.
Come again, when you want informa
tion. That is what we are here for.
We might give you a formula for ma
lting a preliminary calculation, but
the plan we suggest is certain.
The Timber Trust.
Woodman, spare those trees.
Torch not a Ringle bough.
The lumber prices please,
For they are rising now.
Don't even scratch the bark—
We'll let them stand awhile
Ard by ways shrewd and dark
Send up the price a mile.
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Electrically Put.
" 'Mrs. Duzzltt attracted much com
ment when she appared In her latest
ampere gown,' " wrote the market re
porter, who had been detailed In a
pinch to sub for the society editor.
"Don't you mean empire gown?"
asked the city editor, glancing over
the copy. "Must have made the mis
take because of the way some of those
folks give the word 'empire' the real
French twist, hur?"
"No. I mean ampere 'all right,"
.argued the market reporter. "It was
abocklng."
Gave Himself Away.
"Isn't the music divine tonight? I
can fairly drink it in."
"I suspected that you had been to
several bars."
Earnest Ernest.
Mamie—Why, Ernest, do not heat
your sister so cruelly!
Ernest—Aw, this ain't cruel. I'm
only showin' her how old John L. used
to meet all comers, an' she's howlin'
at the referee.
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Temptation
Brewer shrugged bis shoulders a lit
tle angrily, for the idle remark Irri
tated him.
''It's so," persisted the speaker.
"You've tlie best chance on earth to
te dishonest if you wanted to and
never be s speeted. Lucky for the
banks—and lucky for you—that you're
honest!"
The words repeated themselves in
his mind as Brewer walked along.
Crayfoot was right. Brewer, an ex
pert man on safes, time and time
again again held the secrets of hank
vaults in his mind, with no man to
stop him should he choose to dispose
of the night watchman and, opening
those vaults, relock them after help
ing himself. It was indeed lucky that
he was honest.
With the speculative smile still curv
ing his lips he turned In at the Guth
ries' house, springing up the steps
with the eagerness which was always
his when Gertrude Guthrie was near.
As she came toward him, smiling.
Brewer thought again, as he had
thought innumerable times before,
how all things beautiful should be hers
by right—beauty of surroundings, of
garb, of jewels. That she should he
wasted In obscurity seemed a crime—
and the Guthrie family was In only
moderate circumstances, with all the
longing of those poor for generations
for the power of wealth.
That evening he discovered that ex
citement swayed Gertrude's parents.
Evans, the millionaire, had of late
shown marked preference for Ger
trude's society. So In her mother's
heart a wild hope had sprung to life.
Brewer, who always had been cordial
ly welcomed before, felt a chill in the
air.
"You forget," Gertrude's mother told
her when she had promised Brewer
that she would go with him to the
theater the following evening, "you
forget that Mr. Evans said he might
call."
Brewer, watching the color come
and go on the girl's face with a queer,
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rhoking sensation in his throat, knew
that to Gertrude also Evans was a ;
glittering prospect.
Walking slowly homeward, thinking
it over, he could not blame her. With
the possibility of losing her. despera
tion began to tinge his thoughts. He
was still going over the same weary
round mentally the following day as
he worked on the time lock of the
Eastern bank. Into his musings, clear
and sharp like a stroke, floated Cray
foot's idle suggestion as to his chances
to enrich himself.
His hands trembled as he worked
on. Once or twice he glanced, half
frightened, into the interior of the
vault, where he had no right to go.
Strange thoughts disturbed his Brain
and his lips tightened Into a line as
lie planned—for it could do no harm
to plan. It really was very simple.
The only drawback was that eventu
ally suspicion would narrow down to
him. By then, however, he could have
his plunder safely concealed. They
could prove nothing and Gertrude
would believe In him.
This thought brought the first chill,
for how could he face her. she believ
ing in him? He remembered her
trustful eyes and breathed hard. Then
he remembered Evans and again took
up his planning with tightening lips.
There was a queer medley in his
brain several nights later when he
again sought Gertrude. He had a mad
fancy that he could better crystallize
his plans if he were in her presence
and could hear her voice. Since temp
tation had beset him he had existed In
a daze, thinking, planning, always
planning.
His eyes were feverish as he bent
toward the girl when conversation
lagged. "Gertrude," he asked, huskily,
''would you give up Evans—would you
marry me if I had money—and could
give you things?"
Startled, she looked at him and then
6he smiled, the half sad, tender smile
women give those for whom they care
In spite of all.
"But you'll never have money,
Louis," she told him. "You are not one
of the kind of men who get rich."
Brewer saw only the smile. "I shall
be, I tell you!" he said. "And then—
you'll marry me?"
She drew back and her face whit
ened as her eyes searched his haggard
face.
"No," she almost whispered, "no. be
cause if you came to me with a for
tune In your hands, Louis. I'd know
that you hadn't got it honestly."
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As Brewer gazed into her eyes he
felt helplessly that they saw far down
into the secret recesses of his soul,
were reading the blackness of the
thoughts there. He felt that she was
shrinking from him in a pawning hor
ror. His face dropped into his hands.
It was as from a distance that ho
heard her breathe his name. ''Louis,''
' she said, haltingly. "I don't under
1 eland. Why should you so misjudge
me? Why should a question of wealth
enter into the subject of my—marry
ing you? If I cared, you know? Do
'you think so poorly of me as that?"
The man, raising his head, saw her
breathless, flushed with the effort of
her words, with that little smile of
tenderness and self giving. A loathing
j of himself, of the sin that was seared
on his soul, overwhelmed him, swept
him out into the full current of life
Egain.
"Oh," he breathed, as he bent over
her hands. "Give me time! Give me
a chance to show what I can he, Ger
trude, with your help!"
MUST BE PERFECTION
SALAD NEVER A DISH THAT CAN
BE SLIGHTED.
Clear Judgment and Much Care for
This Absolutely Indispensable Ad
junct of the Modern Din
ner Table.
Among the luxuries of our bn's of
fare there is not. one that is rr.or? ap
preciated by everyone than a well
made salad: there is no department of
cooking that demands clearer judg
ment in making and serving than this
same salad; while all kinds, from the
richest to the simplest, depend on the !
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materials selected and their wise com
bination.
All salads should be served very
coal and long standing injures them.
Therefore make the dressing and place
it near the ice in the cooler before pre
paring the salad proper. When ready
to serve, chill the bowl and the indi
vidual salad plate if you would have
your salad at its best.
Bread and butter sandwiches or
Boston brown bread thinly sliced
and delicately spread with fresh but
ter and filled with a shredded lettuce
leaf sprinkled with ground nuts may
he served with any salad. But with
lobster, shrimp or fish salad, "bru
nettes" are the proper caper; they are
made from the white bread and butter
sandwiches filled with Neufchatel
and minced cress. Mutton sandwiches
are liked with vegetable salads. They
are seasoned with herbs, as mint, pep
per grass, celery, salt, curry and
minced pickles.
For potato salad prepare cheese
straws, or spread graham bread with
a mixture of snappy cheese and the
hard boiled yolk of eggs and seasoning.
The home-made cheese straws are far
better than the made ones, that are
sold in cartons, and will keep as well;
they may he reheated just before us
ing.
Miss Grauel's recipe for cheese
straws: These are particularly nice,
and, if cut evenly, look dainty. Grate
three tablespoonfuls of dry, highly sea
soned cheese, to it put one-half pint of
sifted flour seasoned with salt and pap
rika; rub together with a tablespoon
! of butter and cold water as for pastry
; Turn onto the floured baking hoard and
roll out thin. Cut half the paste into
straws and the rest into rings. Bake
until yellow and crisp in a moderate
oven and serve with the straws laid
in the rings.
j Rich and elaborate salads are served
! as a course by themselves, but when
I a salad is to accompany a meat course,
! it should he simple in character and
served on individual salad plates. Very
often the salad is placed on such plates
and the dressing passed with it on a
separate boat or bowl; this manner has
much to commend it.
With duck, rich fish and water
fowl, acid salads are served. These
are made with a good allowance of
lime, lemon juice or Tarragon vin
egar. Cheese is passed with all green
salads and black coffee and saltines go
with all accompaniments.
Sweet drinks, as punch and fruit
drinks, are never served with fruit or
sweet salad.
Stuffed Cabbage.
Choose a firm, solid white cabbage,
remove the outer leaves, and with a
very sharp knife remove entirely the
heart. Put It into cold water and let
it slowly come to the boiling point
and scald ten minutes. Remove onto
a kitchen platter, and when the first
heat passes off place a green pepper
stuffed with a little highly seasoned
force meat, carefuly raise some of
the leaves, and put some of the force
meat, between them. Add a dash of
pepper and salt and cover with a
cheesecloth binder. Place It now In
a stewpan with a bunch of sweet
herbs, a clove, a pint of stock and wa
ter enough to cover It. When slowly
boiled until very tender, but not all
to pieces, drain carefully. Strain and
thicken as much of the gravy as will
be needed, pour over the cabbage and
serve garnished with parsley and beet
roses.
Wash Handkerchiefs.
Delicate handkerchiefs can be wash
ed easily at home, and careful han
dling causes them to wear much long
er than when they are laundered in a
city laundry. Wet them, rub with
good white soap and soak In tepid wa
ter over night. Squeeze out and place
In a small enameled pan. Cover with
cold water and half teaspoonful of
powdered borax. Boil slowly, pour In
to a basin, add cold wa'.er and squeeze
out all the soap. Immerse In clear,
tepid water and rinse about In this.
Then plunge into cold water tinged
with blue. Leave for half an hour,
squeeez and dip into a light stiffen
lng. Squeeze and roll carefully each
handkerchief in a touel. Then Iron
with a moderately hot iron.
A Novel Relish.
Guests at an informal luncheon
were at first puzzled by a dainty look
ing relish brought on with the meat.
Not until tasted was tlie secret re
vealed, when they discovered that the
crisp, brown little tubes, about two
inches in length, were of celery. Large,
firm stalks were chosen, and after he
ing cut were dipped in egg and crack
crumbs, fried in deep fat or
j sauteed in butter, aud were served
! with a brown sauce. In the original
' instance this vegetable was served
with to»vl. B is also nice with lisli,
icnamid in the chafing dish with oys
iters, etc.
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study the book of directions and fol
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low It carefully.
Food rich in carbohydrates tends to
the production of fat. and fat hens are
not the best of layers.
Bulky food serves to promote diges
lion and health.
A ration rich In carbon will pro
duce too much fat.
It is not necessary to build elab
orate poultry houses.
Too highly stimulating food is apt
lo cause liver troubles.
Bed beets, either cooked or raw,
are excellent for fowls.
The best preventives for mites are
cleanliness and sunlight.
Geese should have access to green
forage as early as possible.
Having chosen your Incubator,
It Is very bad policy to feed the
hens nothing but corn; but it is be
ing done by many Feed a variety.
The trap nest is the only device
that will pick the laying from the non
laying hens with absolute certainty.
The waste from thè barn floor, corn
sheller, hay yards, etc., make excel
lent scratching material for poultry.
For all, the production of eggs is an
important object in poultry-keeping;
for the great number of people it is
the main object.
For the chickens alone you will find
a feed mill pay, but it is a wiser plan
to buy one large enough to handle
feed for all stock.
To produce fertile, hatchable eggs
that will bring forth vigorous, livable
chicks we must have healthy, vigor
ous. breeding stock.
GREEN FOODS FOR CHICKENS
When Scarce or Difficult to Obtain It
Is Wise to Allow None of Feed
to Go to Waste.
When green food is scarce or diffi
cult to obtain it pays to plan some
way to prevent ils being wasted. Cut
two pieces for the ends of a box, each
twenty-four inches long, getting prop
er curve by using a compass. Make
the back of the holder of thin boards
four feet long and twenty-four inches
wide, and nail one end in place, hing
Saves Green Feed.
ing the other end and using small
straps of leather to hold it shut. Cov
er the holder with coarse mesh wire
netting 'and hang it in a convenient
place high enough so that the fowls
cannot roost on it, yet so that they
can feed from it readily. Use hangers
of wood, tin or leather.
This box will enable the fowls to
pick at the green stuff, whether it is
clover, grass or chopped cabbage,
without danger of the mass becoming
soiled or destroyed by the chickens
scratching in it.
FEED HOPPER FOR POULTRY
Device Shown in Illustration Will
Hold Several Days' Supply—Will
Be Found Handy.
Where it is desired to keep the
feed before the poultry, or any grits
or shell, the hopper shown In Illus
tration will be of value, as this may
be built to hold several days' supply,
says Homestead. By constructin'*
partitions Inside r: \ several kinds
of feed may be fed from the same
hopper.
The sides are constructed in the
manner shown; cutting same from a
board, that Is the same width as the
Feed Hopper for Poultry.
i i,1K * n tlle tray
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width desired for the hopper, to
these are nailed boards to make an
nn°n tray at the bottom, with the bal
auce of hopper inclosed. The feed
placed in the top will automatically
replace that in the tray, as fast as
the tray is emptied. The tray should
not be too wide, about a two and one
half inch space is ample; then the
hens cannot spoil the grain by stand
Geese More Profitable.
Geese will undoubtedly prove more
profitable than chickens or turkeys,
considering the amount of the cost of
feed and labor, for they do not require
near so much care and attention as
fov. Is and the feed is a small consid
eration, for their principal food is
grass, weeds, clover, alfalfa and such.
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LUCILE'S
DIARY
"Yesterday moving Betty tele
phoned to ask It 1 was going down
town. If you are," she said, "1 should
like to have you buy a pair of long
white gloves for me to wear to Bob's
fraternity assembly tonight. I've just
discovered that 1 haven't a presenta
ble pair, and, of course, Boh wishes
me to look my best, for he Is chair
man of the floor Committee. I'm so
busy today that I just hate to go
downtown."
"I'll be glad to go for you," I said.
"It's awfully good of you to make
a special trip, Lucile," she exclaimed.
Then I hurried away, for 1 wished
to be early at a sale of lingerie frocks
that I had seen advertised. I tried on
nine or ten of them before I could
come to any decision, and then I had
three sent home on approval, for I
don't-believe In buying thoughtlessly
or carelessly.
By the time I had finished this
rather exhnusting work it was noon
and I fell that I needed a more sub
stantial lunch than I could afford to
buy, so I went over to father's office,
but he was out. I knew it would be
useless to wait for him, so I started
back to the retail district and was
walking slowly down La Salle street
when I met Wlsner Lee. I told him
how I happened to be in that part of
town.
"I shall be delighted If you will take
lunch with me," he said.
Of course, I protested that I wasn't
hungry, hut he just laughed and took
me to a cafe, where we had a delight
ful meal.
We ate slowly and lingered over the
dessert. I was startled to find how
late It was when we rose from the
table.
"Let's go to see the pictures at
Barndale's," suggested Wisner.
"Oh, have they a new collection
there?" 1 asked. "I should love to go,
but I have to buy a pair of gloves for
Betty."
"We can run into one of the shops
and get the gloves and then go on to
Barndale's," said he.
So we walked to the store where
Betty trades. 1 selected a pair of
gloves and had them charged and sent
to Betty.
"I teel quite out of It," I said, laugh
ingly. ''You know that before Uncle
Boh married Betty he used to take tut
to his fraternity dances."
"Why can't we have a little celebra
tion of our own tonight?" asked Wts
uer. "If we can't go to the assembly,
we can go to the theater. We'll just
get some tickets before we see the
pictures."
1 was dressing for the theater in the
evening, when mother came into my
room and asked for Betty's gloves.
"Betty's gloves!" I repeated. 1 was
fixing my lialr in a charmingly quaint
style which I had seen that afternoon
in one of the most beautiful portrait#
in the collection.
"Yes, Betty's new g'.oves that you
were to buy for her today," said
mother. "Bob Is downstairs waiting
for them."
"Why, I had them sent to Betty at
her home, of course," I explained.
Mother left the room, but before I
had got even one side of my hair done
she was back again.
"Bob wants to know what time you
bought the gloves," she said.
"Somewhere between three and
four," I replied.
"Well, then, of course they won't be
delivered tonight. Why didn't you
bring them with you?"
"Now, mother, you know very well
that I couldn't carry a package to an
art exhibition."
"Well, I don't see what poor Betty
can do," sighed mother.
1 stopped right in the middle of do
ing my hair aud hunted up some white
gloves. "There," I said. "Tell Uncle
Bob to take these to Betty. She and
I wear the same size."
I regret to say that Betty often vlo
lates good taste by venting her 111
humor over the telephone. This morn
ing she called me up to tell me that
my ''carelessness" had just about
spoiled her evening.
"What do you mean?" I asked, with
dignity.
"You sent me a mlsmated pair of
gloves and I did not discover It until
I was In the dressing-room at the as
sembly hall."
"No one would notice the difference
at night," I replied.
"I think," returned Betty, icily, "that
any one would notice the difference
between a two-button street glove and
a shoulder length glove. It wasn't
very pleasant for me to have to ap
pear with hare hands and arms at the
most formal affair of the season. Bob
was dreadfully annoyed."
I started to say something sym
pathetic to her, but she had broken
the telephone connection. Bettv nt
times Is oO abrupt as to he pos.tn
rude.
Queen Took Blame.
In the days of his youth Sir Charles
Dilke showed ardent Republican ten
dencies, and made many speeches In
I the house of commons and through
out the country against monarchy
Perhaps the best comment on the
episode was that of Queen Victoria
herself. It has been said that ! hike's
father had been on terms of intimacy
with the prince consort. The queen
recalled that she had stroked Dilke's
haps." she said, "I rubbed it the
vrong way."
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To And the sum of 2 and 2
You take a clean, white sheet—
But first of all that you must do
Is sit straight in the seat,
With toes at 45 decrees.
And back almost at plumb.
Your legs right-angled at the knee
Then you attempt the sum.
The sheet of paper you must place
Upon your desk Just so,
Then with a pen and Ink you tr.'Ve
A line, above, below. J
And one upon each side as, well,
And draw them wlthout^olot—
In that case, any one c/uld tell.
The sum cannot be got.
Don't be Impatient. Now you write
The dale up at the top;
Be sure don't hold your pen too tight
Or let the inksp.t drop
Upon the sheet, fer then the blame
Would be seveiVt for you.
Now In one corner write your name—
For thus the sunt we do.
Now, having thus prepared the sheet
You set the figures down—
Be sure you get them very neat
Or else on you we'll frown.
And now you—Ah. It Is too bad!
Reciting time Is through.
Some other day we'll learn to add
The figures 2 and 2.
Promising Youth.
"But, daughter," asks the kind cld
father, "has this young man who
wants to marry you any prospects?
Is there any evidence that he is able
to support a family or that he will at
tain a position of prominence? I don't
keep up with tilings and people as I
should, and i don't know much about
him except that he seems to be a
hustling young man."
"Why, papa," answers the hapi4
girl, "he is the catch of the season
He is being investigated by four legis
lative committees, and three maga
zines are running exposes of his busi
ness affairs."
How It Worked.
"I hear that your minister intro
duced quite an unusual Idea at the
Easter services," says Mlggles,
"He did," replied Riggles, "but it
didn't succeed. He had all the ladies
check their bonnets In the lobby,
thinking that this would keep their
minds on the services while they
were in the pews."
"And did it fail?"
"I should say so. The ladies all
staid out in the lobby after their hats
were checked, to examine the bonnets
at their leisure."
Retaliation.
"John, dear," says the fond wife, "I
was rummaging through an old trunk
today, and 1 found a poem you wrote
to me before we were married. Don't
you want me to read it to you?"
"Amaryllis," declares the husband
a desperate gleam coming into t
eyes, "If you read that thing to me, .
swear I'll get that old picture we had
taken, in which you insisted upon
resting one hand on my shoulder and
holding one of my hands In your other
one, and have it framed and hung In
the library!"
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She Did.
"Yes, I proposed to her."
"You did?"
"Yes, and she laughed."
"She did?"
"Yes, evidently she was delighted."
"She was?"
"And so I came away."
"You did?"
"Because it was apparent that she
was too anxious to wed me."
"She was?"
"Yes."
"Uh-huh."
Mutual Confessiu; s.
The druggist met the chiropodist on
the street.
"Hello," said the druggist, "I was
just on my way to your office. I
wanted you to treat a corn for me."
"I'll be back In a moment." said
the chiropodist. "I am only going to
your store to buy a bottle of your own
make of corn cure "
In the Poker Game.
She—Why do you 'oo' so tired and
haggard? Were jou called too early
this morning?
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