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RECORD.
VOL. 0.
KENNA. CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1912.
NO. 4 1
THE
KENNA
THE INITIAL "Mn
Romance" in a lady's Shopping
By BRYANT 2. C. ROGERS.
And as for Royal being iu love,"
stad the widow Rexford, to the caller,
"it is not true, though I wish It were.
I should dearly love to know that he
was settled down In hU own home."
"But he Is not a cynic?"
"Oh, dear, no. It la Just that that
well I can hardly explain. Ho wants
rousing up, as It were. Admiring?
courtship and marriage seem prosy
events to him. Therevwlll have to be
adventure with This falling In love."
' Royal Rexford, only son of the
widow, had reach .d the ace of twenty-
four without ever having fallen in
love, it couldn't even be said that he
had flirted He could waltz ancfplay
bridge and render himself agreeable
ftt "afternoons" and week-ends, but It
-Stopped there. He didn't favor wo
man suffrage, and he didn't say a word
against it It was .ust that he was
not interested beyond a mild and par
donable curiosity. His Intimates of
ten wondered what would arouse his
..emotions, but they had waited in vainv
On a certain afternoon Mr. Rexford
left New York for Hartford. He waa
neither elated nor cast downJIe
didn't care whether he went or atayed.
He didn't care whether he went be
yond Fall R.ver or got off there.
Every chair in the car was taken, but
he didn't care t size up his fellow
passengers. In an' Indifferent sort
of way he acquired the knowledge that
there were three or four young ladles
among the travelers, but what of it?
There were also ladies and fat men
and lean men.
Mr. Rexford passed most of the time
in reading. When he reached
Journey's end he was In no rush to
leave the car. It thereby happened
that hd was the last one out, and as
he passed down the aisle he saw a
shop jlng-bag reposing in- one of the
chairs." They have been left behind
hundreds cf timeb by hundreds of wo
men. According to nilo and law and
several other things. Mr. Rexford
should have panned on and lef ihe
porter to find the tag and turn 't In
to the lost property offlco. If not that,
then he should have turned It In him
self. .
But Mr. Rexford didn't do any such
thing. The sight of that bag with its
silver "M" on the side aroused a faint
interest in his breast It seemed to
say to him: "Pleaso take care of me,"
and he walked out of the depot with
the baa: cuddled ud under hu rm h. I
expected to meet thb loser any minute.
out -he did not return - The treasure
went with the flnJer to a hotel for the
night, and reached I'cw York with
him the next day
Most persons would have opened
that bag within an hour, but Mr. Rex
ford didn't. He waited until hiB re
turn, ana then be only took a peek
just enough to fipcover a roll of false
hair arid a powder-puff. There 'were
other things further down, but he kept
hands off.
Mr. Rexford had not Intended to
appropriate anything. What he meant
to do was to find the owner, but in
his own way. That way was by ad
vertisement in the papers and when It
came out it read:
"Found, on the Hartford train, on
. the 29th, a ladies' shopping bag bear
ing the Initial 'M.' Address Box 42."
The brief advertisement was placed
in four papers, and the loser would be
almost certain to see it. She did see
It She lived Just outside of Hartford,
and would be greatly obliged, and so
forth.
Mr. Rexford didn't follow the usual
mode of procedura in such cases. He
was not a bit curious, but with that
bag nicely wrapped up in scented pa
per he made his way back? to Hartford
and to the uurburb where was located
the homo of the loser. It was so kind
of him, said the spinster of forty, and
it was so careless ol her.- Her name
Transplanted Rubber Trees Thrive.
Experiments covering a number of
years In transplanting rubber trees
from the original stock seem now to
have Justified the efforts of the grow
ers. The former supply came almost
entirely from the district bordering
the Amazon and Its feeders, but In
recent years transplanting has been
practiced on a rather large scale, the
original stock . having been taken
from the old rubber districts and
cultivated In portions of Brazil remote
from the bs river. On compwjy,
was Morgan, aM that accounted for
the Initial. Excuse her for a mament,
please. M.ss Morgan left the room
to inspect the bag, and when she re
turned she fairly threw it at Mr. Rex
ford's head along with the exclama
tion:
"Sir, you are co gentleman I"
"What what is ltr
"I repeat it, sir, h.nd if my brother
were here you would have to pay for
this insult!"
"He .s here, sister!" replied a deep
voice from the front hall. and. In
walked a man lcoklng for trouble.
"Really, I do understand," said
Mr. Rexford.
"Then take time out on the corner
to think It over," answered the broth
er; and he threw the caller out doors
and the bag after him.
There was a mlBtrke somewhere,
and Mr. Rexford bega. to feel the
emotion of curiosity. There was no
mistake about, his having landed in a
heap, at the foot of the steps, but why
should Miss Morgan's bag have fol
lowed him? He bad come all the way
from New York to restore it, and now
Bhe would not have It It was no use
to ring the bell and ask for explana
tions. The broth jr lingered in the
ball ard had his coat off. Mr. Rexford
did the right thing by returning to
New York and 'discovering another
letter in answer to his ad. This an
swer was from a Miss Merrltt. and lo!
she. also lived near Hartford and was
entitled to use .he Initial "M." He
would think her a very careless girl,
and she would admit she was. but as
an offset wasn't it '.Imply beautiful to
discover that there were a few honest
people still left In the world? Re
gretting the trouble she would put him
to. and thanking him a million times
In advance, he might express the bag
to and so forth.
Many men would have done soand
said the matter could go hang. butiDau,. ne of them was Immediately
Mr. itexford didn't A faint sniff of
romance was in the air. He waa
aware of emotions to which he had
heretofore been a total stranger. Back
he went to Har.foru. It' was eight
o clock in the evening when he gazed
into Miss Merit's eyes and wondered
whether she was ufty-Cve or sixtj.
Simpers and so glads! So sorry he
had gone to all the trouble he had.
She wis sure that he was one man out
' o luuusana. tine una reaa or suca
gallant actions In bocks, but never ex
pected to meet the hero of them. She
had hesitated to write nim, not know
ing but he might be a confidence man,
or want a missive from her to levy
blackmail. She now saw that she had
wronged him and oust beg his par
don a million times over. Once she
had written a letter to a' man about
investing In silver mine stock, and
in her Ignorance of the wiles of the
world she had poured out her heart
80 etru8,r'y that It had cost her S300
to get her letter back. It was because
of this sad experience that she had
written so formally to Mr. Rexford.
Now that they aad met and he had
seen her and she bad seen him, she
was sure be would forgive.
Yes, Mr. Rexford would forgive. He
would even praise her maidenly dis
cretion, but was that her shopping
bag? Shopping bags with the Initial
M on them were so numerous that
a mistake was easily made.
Oh, there waa not a doubt In the
world about ownership. That bag had
called up too many sad thoughts for
her to be mistaken In It It had been
a gift from a dear friend a very dear
friend. Indeed, she was not ashamed
to admit that she and that very dear
friend had been betrothed only the
week before he bad been run down
by an auto. Yes, she had loved and
lost, but .
"Will yon please make sure of the
bag. Miss Merrltt?"
She opened it and plunged In her
hand and thn stood up and shouted:
"You bold, bad man!"
"What Is It?"
"Here take It go! I was right In
thinking you a scoundrel of the black
est dye. Oh, if I were only a man!"
When Mr. Rexford got back to New
Tork he had the bag with him, and
he found a third letter awaiting him.
The bag, so the writer said, waa care-
during the last year, gathered 193.750
pounds of rubber, compared w'ltij
41,983 pounds In 1910. The estimate
for the curernt year Is 325,000 pounds,
all of which comes from the interior,
far from the Amazon. Popular Me
chanics. Women's Aid Fund.
Among the bequests left by Mr.
Henry Seymour Trower, of Surrey.
England, whose estate Is of the gross
value of fl.841,605, Is on of $50,000
to form t "Women's Aid Fund," to
lessly-left behind when she left the
train at Hartford, and she would be
only too happy to pay any costs and
get her property back.
Mr. Rexford started on his third
Journey. He waa sure of the curiosity
and romance now. He found Miss
Merriweather at home. He found her
petite and amiable. Almost her first
greeting was a laugh as she said:
"The whole family will feel re
lieved now."
"Sure It's yours?"
"Of course. Here's some false
hair for slster-t-a bottle of hair-dye
for mother a pipe and tobacco for
father a Jlmplng Jack for bub, and"
"My card tells you that I am, Mr.
Royal Rexford, of New York."
"Yes."
"And I want to to "
"You want to see father?"
"No er nor. That Is not Just now
but soon!"
Miss Merriweather puzzled a mo
ment and then the blushes came. 8he
didn't exactly know what she was
blushing for. but she keeps It np as
often as Mr. Rexford lands in Hart-
lord, and that Is once a week. And
Ms mother has. had to explain to sev
eral friends:
"Oh, yes, there can be 'romance In
a lady's shopping bag as well as In
saving a maid irom drowning."!
(Copyright. 112. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Season on One Golf Ball.
To the ordinary golf enthusiast
whose expenses for lost balls are us
ually the chief Items unless he be a
liberal patron of caddies or the club
veranda, the feat of a member of the
New York Newspaper Golf club may
seem miraculous. This -man began
playing at Van Corxlandt park as soon
as the grounds were opened last Mav.
and started tha iDD.nn uHtfc
"borrowed" by a friend. The second
was stolen the next uay by a prowling
youth, who made, off before the owner
could recover Lis property. This left
the golfer with one ball Although he
never falled t0 play at ,eagt flye d
( a week 8,nce May 15 th man Btm
na8 the identical ball with which he
began the season and-with which he
: has done all his playing so far As
a result of careful playing the ball is
not "sliced
or cracked, and a good
wash every two days and r coat of
white enamel make the veteran piece
of gutta percha look like new.
Same Old Discontent "
,A recent English traveler In Balu
chistan had. from a holy man In that
country a story about Moses which
does not appear in the Scriptures, yet
which has Its pertinence to this mat
ter of politicians proposing to do away
with all the evils of the human lot,
says the Century Magazine. The pat
riarch was sitting In his house very
sad,, and the Lord said to him:
"Prophet Moses, why art thou cast
down?" "Alasl'sald he, "I see so
many people sorrowful. Some are un
clothed, and some are hungry. 'I pray
thee make all happy and contented."
The Lord promised It should be so.
But soon ' Moses was again discon
solate, and once more the Lord asked
the cause. "Lord." cried the prophet,
"the upper story of my house has
fallen down, and nobody will come to
mend it; they are all too busy enjoy
ing themselves." "But what am I to
do?" "Lord, make the people as they
were before!"
He Wanted His Deserts.
Patrick, lately over, was working In
the yards of a railroad. One day he
happened to be In the yard office when
the force was out. The telephone
rang vigorously several times and he
at last decided It ought to be an
swered. He walked over to the lnstru.
ment, took down the receiver, and put
his mouth to the transmitter, Just as
he had seen others do.
"Hillo!" he called. .
"Hello!" answered the voice at the
oTer end of the line. "Is this elght-slx'one-
five-nine?"
"Aw, g'wan! Phwat d' ye tlnk Ol
am a box car?" San Francisco Star.
assist married or unmarried women
with medical care and nursing, so as
to help them In the rearing of their
offspring. The fund la to be adminis
tered by Mrs. Caroline Huth, Mra.i
Margaret Samson, Mrs. Edith Weath
ered, Mrs. Sophia Allen, and Freder
ick Morris, the honorable secretary of
the Marylebone branch of the-Charity
Organization society.
The man who goes out to meet
trouble never happens to take the.
wroog road.
SWEETS FROM MAPLE
DELICIOUS CONFECTIONS FOR
THOSE FOND OF FLAVOR.
At This Season the Sirup Should Be
at Its Best, and Here Are Five
Ways of Employing It to
Best Advantage.
Maple Charlotte. One cup of grated
maple sugar, one heaping teaspoon of
powdered gelatin, one pint of milk,
two eggs, two tablespoons of granu
lated sugar, one teaspoon of vanilla
extract and a half cup of chopped
walnut meats. Dissolve the maple
sugar in a half cup of hot water. Dis
solve the gelatin in the milk and set
on the fire. When boiling, add the egg
yolks, beaten with the sugar. Stir
over the fire till it begins to thicken,
then remove from the fire and stir
into it the stiffly beaten whites of
the eggs. Add the dissolved maple
sugar, vanilla extract and the wal
nuts, chopped. Pour Into a wet mold
and turn out when firm. This Is de
licious with -whipped cream.
Maple Bisque. One cup of maple
sirup, four eggs, two cups of whip
ping cream and a few chopped nuts
Put the maple sirup and the yolks of
the eggs Into a saucepan over the fire
and stir until they come to a boil,
then strain and cool. Add the whites
of eggs (stiffly beaten) and the
whipped cream. Pour Into a wet
mold, cover with buttered paper and
the lid and pack In ice and salt for
four hours. Turn out and sprinkle
chopped nuts on the top.
Maple Russe. One cup of maple
sirup, two cups of whipping cream,
the yolks of four eggs, a half cup of
boiling water, one and a half table
spoons of powdered gelatin, a few
ladyflngers. Line a charlotte russe
mold with the ladyflngers split In
halves Dissolve the gelatin in boiling
water and whip the cream. Scald the
maple sirup and pour it In a fine
stream on the beaten yolks of the
eggs, stirring constantly Cook over
hot water until the mixture will coat
the spoon. Add the dissolved gelatin,
strain and cool Heat thoroughly,
add the whipped cream and pour the
whole Into the prepared mold. Turn
out when firm.
Maple Pudding. Heat two- cups of
milk, stir in two tablespoons of fine
tapioca, cook for twenty minutes
and remove from fire. Add the well
beaten yolks of three eggs end a pinch
of salt. Stir again over the fire till
It thickens, then allow it to get cold
Add one cup of chopped nut meats'
and two-thirds of a cup of maple
sirup. Pile the stiffly beaten whites
on the top and serve.
Maple Cake. Sift two cups of
flour with one aud a half teaspoons
of baking powder Into a basin; rub
in one tablespoon of butter and add
two well beaten eggs, half a cup of
milk and one cup of maple sirup Mix
and add a half cup of chopped raisins
and one cup of chopped English wal
nuts. Bake In buttered and floured
cake tins In a moderate oven
Cupboard for Cooked Food.
I have been using for several years
a home-made food closet which has
proved to be a great convenience,
writes a contributor. In varm weath
er, as I have no ice, I cook often, and
place the food, until wanted. In the
closet, which Is well ventilated and
safe from files and ants. It stands In
a cool room with open windows. It Is
four feet high, five feet long and two
feet wide with three shelves. It has
four short legs which raise it from the
floor about six inches. The legs rtand
In small pans of water containing a
little kerosene. Two doors with panels
of fine wire netting occupy the entire
front The food closet Is neatly paint
ed and varnished and Is both orna
mental and useful, not only In sum
mer, but In cool weather find It a safe
and handy place to keep cooked food.
"Rocks" Are Good to Eat
One and a half cups of sugar, half
a cup of lard, half a cup of butter,
two eggs, one cup of sour milk, two
cups of oatmeal, three cups of flour,
one teaspoon of baking soda, one tea
spoon of cinnamon, half a cup ot
chopped walnut meats. Beat the but
ter, lard an J" sugar together until
creamy, then add the eggs well beat
-en, the sour milk, oatmeal, raisins,
soda, flour, currants and walnuts. Mix
and drop on a buttered pan and bake
Id a moderate oven until ready.
PREPARING SALAD AND FRUIT
Methode.That Are Not New, But Have
Successfully Withstood Test
or lime.
Escalloped Squash. Cut the squash
into small pieces and boil until ten
der, but not soft enough to mash. But
ter a baking dish and cover the bot
tom with a layer of squash, over
which sprinkle a little salt, a little
sugar and a few bits of butter. Keep
doing this until the dish Is full On
top, In addition to the seasoning, add
a little grated nutmeg. Pour in about
two-thlrda of a tup of milk and bake
In a moderate oven. Serve hot
Egg Plant Salad. Cut the egg plant
in quarter-Inch slices, pare, sprinkle i
with salt and pepper and saute them . '
quickly in hot butter. Drain on cheese
cloth; when cold, cut them In dice.
sprinkle on them some minced water
cress and cover with a cream salad
dressing made by stirring three tea
spoons of grated horseradish, three
tablespoons of lemon Juice, one-half
teaspoon of salt and a dash of paprika
uj ul iiiick wnippea cream.
Baked Quinces. Core and -pare
eight ripe, Juicy quinces. Put them
Into a buttered baking dish and fill
the cavities with sugar. Sprinkle the
remains of three-quarters of a cup of
sugar over them and add one and a
half cups of water. Cover and bake
until soft In a moderate oven, basting
often. Quinces require a long time for
cooking. Serve hot with butter and
sugar.
Red and White Pickle. Select one
large or two small heads of cauliflow
er, break Into bits. To this add one
half pint of small onions, two red pep
pers. DIsFolve one-quarter pint of
salt In sufficient vinegar to cover vege
tables. Let stand over night, drain
In morning. Heat one quart of vine
gar and two tablespoons of mustard
until It boils, put In vegetables, boil
15 minutes, bottle and seal.
SEEK WELL-BALANCED DIET
Of the Utmost Importance to the
Health and Welfare of All the
Family.
It is the duty of the housewife to
furnish a 'well balanced diet to the
members of her family. By taking
something from each group of food
materials she will be able to supply
all of the five food substances pro
tein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals and
water which are necessary. The
correct proportions of each, however,
must be determined by the Individual
requirements and peculiarities. Ap
petite, age, Eex, occupation, climate
and season must all be considered
when making a well-regulated diet for
the normal person.
"It should always be remembered
that th6 ideal diet is that combina
tion of foods which, while Imposing
the least burden on the body, supplies
It with exactly sufficient material to
meet Its wants.' and that any dis
regard of such a standard must in
evitably prevent the best develop
ment of our powers."
The vegetable foods peas, beans,
lentils and nuts, particularly peanuts
that may In a measure supplant
meat.. should often be found on the
table. Ine peanut paste or butter
made from finely-ground nuts Is
pleasing to Ihe taste and very nu
tritious. Peanut-butter sandwiches
make a wholesome lunch for school
children.
Beef Balls.
Cut beef from top of round In
strips, and scrape. Season this with
salt and form Into small balls,, using
as little pressure as possible. Cook
the balls for one minute In a very
hot frying pan, shaking the pan con
stantly to keep them rolling. The llt
He balls will be lightly browned all
over, looking like chocolate. To serve
them temptingly, pile a few on a pret
ty plate. In a tiny pyramid, with a
sprig or two of parsley, and narrow
strips of crisp toast.
Cleaning Leather Bags.
Shabby leather bags may be Im
proved In appearance by being rubbed
over with well-beaten white of an
egg, and then polished with beeswax
and turpentine, the final rubbing be
lng given with a soft, clean cloth.
Apple Float.
Press one quart of nice stewed ap
ples, from which all surplus" liquor
has been drained, through a sieve. Add
Juice of one lemon and sugar to taste.
Beat into it the whipped whites of
thru ggi. Serve at once with cream.