Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1894, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. 17 NEW ENGLAND GIRL Harriet Prescott. Spofford Tersely Describes the True Type. NAMES NOTED IN LITERATURE AND ART Her Complex Ancestry and Her Many Grandmothers. FIBER OF THE PURITAN peerage Written for The Evening Star. HAVE OFTEN felt indignant with those eritics— erities who have no higher conception of a woman than her power to charm the A, Senses—who find SBN nothing better with which to characterize the New England ,\\\\ girl than accusations \\\\of @ pronunciation \\)which she never uses, \\ an acquaintance with Browning which is to her credit, and a use of . eyeglasses, which indicates at worst only a studious ancestry and an absence of Personal vanity, but which she wears in no larger ratio than that of one in a hundred. There may be girls in New England, as everywhere, who are uncouth, ignorant and unattractive. But it is impossible for any one who knows what he is talking about to call them typical. When we speak of plants, according. to Dr. Gray, the high- er grade must be taken as a pattern. And so when I call the New England girl to mind, I think in the first place of what the great Abigail Adams may have been as a girl, in the earlier time of the lovely Har- Tiet Newell and of Ann Hasseltine and the crowd of witnesses that follow them. I think of the whitesouled Lydia Maria Child, of Margaret Fuller, with her spell upon poet and philosopher, old man and young. I think of Lucy Larcom, who, if she lived near heaven, held the earth and the beauty of the earth also close in hor 1 think of Fanny Fern, overflowing with rol- licking fun; of Mrs. Stowe, with the humor that flashed in brightness through the dark pages of her book that turned the fate of @ nation. Fame’s Broad Glare. I see Mary Wilkins, the incomparable tel- ler of stories, that leave you “smily round the lips and teary round the lashes; Ger- trude ilail,that rosy, starry child of genius; Sarah Orne Jewett, with her dark and stately French beauty, sweet as any wo- man of whom ever poet dreamed. I see Gail Hamilton, most brilliant of the essay- ists of the day, with a verpetual charm for all within her personal radius. I see again ‘Annie Cary singing La Favorita, I see Ein- ma Eames as Mozart's sad and melodious Contessa, as the divinely beautiful Juillet, interpreting the innocence and strength of love in the tomb of the Capulets. I see Charlotte Cushman, who in Romeo taught men how a woman wishes to have love made to her, im her youth, with men at her feet, in her later life with all women there. I see Anne Whitney, molding the clay of oma, a little woman, perfectly modeled erself, as an antique statue, with a fire tolen from midnight heavens in her eyes. see Louisa Hopkins, in her girlhood, a Piece of pure Greek beauty, in her maturer ears with her great poem of “Mother- ood.” I think of Helen Hunt, with her Cleopatra-like variety; of | Maria Mitchell, living with the stars, her com- nions; of Louisa Alcott, the friend of Eow many hundred thousands of children; of Lagise Coulton, singing her troubadour gonss, beloved of every one; of Cella Thax- r, born of the sea and the sun. I do not need to go on with such names, to cite Elizabeth Stuart Phelps holding the gates of heaven ajar for so many a grieving heart, or Grace Greenwood, or Rose Terry, or a host of other with power, more or less; for no one denies the New England wo- %man's talent; there is only a doubt ex- pressed as to her personal charm. Yet, in ch one of these women, that I have nown, the personal charm has been more than the intellectual power. These, and guch as these, since there has been a New Bngland, since Priscilla, bewitched soldier a scholar, have been or are, among the wer of New England girls, and I cannot agine a higher phase of womanhood than fnost of them exemplify. . As She Truly Is. ‘The prevailing idea of the New England girl is a stiff piece of angular precision, narrow-minded, narrow-hearted, and ruled by an inflexible conscience. Of course, wich a young woman exists in New Eng- d, as she may in old England, as I have met her in Virginia, in Missouri, in Texas &lso. But when one hears that type spoken of as the real type, it makes one smile to look around on the young girls of Boston and the lesser towns, a generation of girls ghowing the result of such nourishment @nd hygienic care, tall, broad-shouldered, Jong-limbed, with free movements of grace, with rich color, fine features, beaming efes, with long and thick tresses, well-rounded, well-dressed, well-mannered, well-taught, moving and looking like young goddesses. She is in this generation a composite of ll her grandmothers. 'f she has the Pil- Fro firm adherence to her faith, let the ith be what it will, she has also the liber- ality of the friend of Harry Vane, the traightforward courage of the Scotch trish, the vivacity of the French, and al- ways some of the iron fiber of the Puritan her moral and mental and physical con- titution. She does not forget, it :nay he, hat the liberality was of the sort that preached-against the pernicious practice of women in going abroad with the faces un- covered by a veil—a conservative libe iy. In fact, so tremendously in earaest is ghe in whatever cause or theory she es- Pouses, that she avoids bigotry only by are. All this, perhaps, may give her a little too much sense of superiority. If she {8 in Boston, and especially if she is of the circle of the city’s chief wealth and refinement and long descent, she does not regard a member of the house of lords as more than her father’s social equal; and she fecls nearer to the English aristocracy than to that of her own country people, allowing that they have one; she affiliates more with Philadelphia than’ with New York; she knows that New York considers her provin- cjal. But what matter? She considers New York banal. With all this she condescends go sweetly that you do not always find it out. Upright Before AU. I fancy that even beyond this, and even beyond that divine curiosity which is the love of learning, her most distinguishing characteristic is her positive truthfulness. ‘A temptation to deceit or treachery would glance off from her as an arrow from armor of plate steel. It is this upright- ness, this lofty standard of rectitude, which gives her an inner pride that makes coquet- ry lapossible to her. She will not stoop to win by small and detestable arts. When she loves, it is as faithfully, as tenderly, as everlastingly as any woman ever born of woman; but she demands respect before she will accept love. If She is often un- married, it Is not b she has not the but becau standard are not plentiful. and her taste are culti- knowledge of art, und or music. She paints, au: she models, she sin The rough strengthening t till they have ma ca's and Kellogg's, have given her a pleas- ant voice, with less of the nasal twang than belongs to any other section of the ordi- country; have given her, too, by the same rocess, robust health ‘that makes self- sort possible and pleasant and otten preferable, and she is so much a mist Of the sclence of home that she can } pily make her « And I sp Neither of generations that hi 9r are -going, but of that which has come forward to take hold of the life ning, sparkling, eager fo: d the best ‘T PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. THE ENGLISH BREAKFAST. A Reason Why the Viands at This Meal Are Cold. From the New York Times. The English breakfast is a meal not un- derstood by us. It may be served in the dining rcom or in the library. It is more often “‘on call” than en famille, and there is a total absence, even in the highest cir- cles, of formality in dress or in service. ‘The viands are, for the most part, cold. The English will tell you that this is be- cause they have learned that cold meats are more digestible than hot, and that it is vulgar to eat a heavy meal early in the day, but a shrewd observer attributes their preference to a combination of lazy serv- ants and old-fashioned stoves, which ren- ders it difficult to get a “heavy meal early in the day.” x Where hot dishes are served they are apt to be “minced veal,” or a few thin, crisp slices of Irish bacon. These, with new-laid eggs, invariably boiled or steam- ed, which latter is done at table, are all that are within reach. The cold meats, ecnsisting of ham, tongue, “collared head,” ete., are placed on the sideboard. As no servant is expected to be in attendance at this meal, the gentlemen of the family go back and forth from table to sideboard serving those who ask for helpings. The thoughtless, uninitiated American might object to such confusion and inconvenience, but John Bull delights in an affectation of simplicity, and accomplishes informality in his usual clumsy fashion. Such a con- venience as a teble bell is an unknown article of furnishing. Should the servant by any chance be wanted when out of the room, even at dinner, the mistress will rise from her chair and cross to the man- tel, by the side of which ts an electric but- ton, or bell punch, communicating with the kitchen, eo A CURIOSITY OF LUNACY. Perledic Recurrence of Mani by Which the Patient Lives Three Lives. From the Hospital. There is a special form of mental disease first described in France, whose definite character is given to it by its periodicity, and hence it is called folie circulaire. In it there are three sections of the mental circle that the patient moves in, namely, elevation, depression and sanity, and in this round he spends his life, passing out of one into the other, for it is, when fully established, a very incurable disease. The patient takes an attack of mania, during which he is joyous, restless, trouble- some, extravagant afd often vicious. He eats voraciously, sleeps little and never seems to tire. His temperature is a degree or so above the normal, his eye is bright and glistent he is enamored of the other sex, he shows diminished self-control and no common sense. This lasts for a few weeks, or a few months more commonly, and then he pass- es sometimes gradually and sometimes rather suddenly into a condition of de- pression, during which he is sluggish, dull, looking differently, dressing differently, eat~ ing differently, fearful, unreliant and seden- tary in habits. This state will last a few weeks or months, and the patient will brighten up into what seems recovery, and is to all in- tents and purposes in his normal state. This, again, lasts for a few weeks or months, and he gradually gets morbidly elevated. You find he is passing through every minute mental phase and habit he did at first; depression follows as before, and then sanity; and this round of three states of feeling, of intellect, of voiition and of nutrition, goes on, circle after circle, till the patient dies. He lives three lives. eee — HE WAS NEITHER. A Cable Car Passenger’s Estimate of the Young Man Who Sat Near Her. From the Chicago Times. An elderly Irish woman who was in a Madison street car yesterday wished to get out at Halsted street. The conductor was on the front platform, so the woman, ad- dressing a gentlemanly looking young man opposite her, said: “Shtop the car.” The young man looked over her head. “Shtop the car, I say,” she repeated, glaring at him savagely. Still no response. “Didn't I tell you to shtop this car?” she shouted, gripping her umbrella. “I am not the conductor,” remarked the young man, with sarcasm, while the young women in the car tittered. “Faix, an’ you're not,” replied the Irish woman, scornfully; “an’ you're no gentle- man, nayther. Moreover, you're no blessin’ to your mother, you're not. If you were you wouldn't let & respectable woman get carried two blocks out of her way without any askin’ from her either.” —— ee Yawning as a Remedy. From the New York Herald. Yawning, though contrary to the canons of good society, 1s undoubtedly very bene- ficial to the individual. Muscles are brought into play during a good yawn which otherwise would never obtain any exercise at all, and its value as a sort of natural massage is considerable. The muscles which move the lower jaw and the breathing muscles of the chest are the first ones used during the process of gap- ing, then the tongue is rounded and arched, the palate tightly stretched, and the uvula raised. The eyes generally close tightly toward the termination of tho yawn, the ears are raised slightly and the nostrils dilated. The crack sometimes heard in the ears proves that the aural membranes are also stretched and ex- ercised, something impossible by any pro- cess but a yawn. It has recently been recommended by some doctors that suf- ferers from nasal catarrh should make a practice of yawning six or seven times a day and good results will follow. It is also considered valuable in inflammation of the palate, sore throat and earache. ——_+o+—__—_ Equality of Sex. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is natura’ for a woman to resent the imputation that the feminine mind is not so strong as the masculine, and this spir- it of independence was early manifested in a school girl living in a Massachusetts town. She had, too often, perhaps, been made to acknowledge the superiority of her brothers. One day her mother remarked upon the apparently utter lack of intelligence in a said. “They've ruined more of the gar- den than a drove of cattle would. You can teach a cat, dog, or pig something— bu "m!" replied the child, indignantly. think they know just as much as roost- ers!" see A Difference. From Puck. “Isn't it glorious!” exclaimed the enthu- siastic girl, as she leaned over the taff- rail. “Doesn't it fill you with wild delight to feel the breeze fan your cheeks as you fly before the wind, the white caps speed- ing after you?” “Yes; it's all right to have 'em speeding after you here,” replied the sallow passen- ger, “but out in Indianny——” ‘Then he remembered and became silent. —--o-— An Aerial Dialogue. From Puck. parrow—“How nice and warm this tel- hone wire is!" vallow—"Yes; there must be a prize fight or a foot ball game somewhere.” ‘ou can’t teach a hen anything,” she |+ FRESH OR STALE The Method Adopted by Experts in Testing Eggs. The Different Grades of This Article of Food—An Interesting Talk With a Juggler. From the Philadelphia Press. Telling good eggs from bad is the sole oc- cupation of dozens of men in Philadelphia, who sit day in and day out for ten hours of toll in the midst of piled up crates of “hen fruit” and pass expert opinion on more than 1,000 eggs every hour. As has been said of sorting potatoes, “it is a great strain on the judgment” and requires con- siderable skill and experience to work at successfully. This is the busiest time of the year for the “egg lookers” or “egg can- Amateur. dlers,” and they keep the air filled with flying eggs with an unerring verdict of greater reliability than the method of test- ing described by the old lady who explain- ed: “You put ‘em in salt or fresh water, I disremember exactly which, and if they float or sink they’re good or bad, I sort of forget which.” ‘The big wholesale produce and commis- sion houses each employ from one to four “egg lookers” constantly, while many of the smaller places and retail dealers do their own testing. Every egg is “‘candled,” however, as it comes Into the store, and the skilled eye never fails of differentiating fresh eggs, “floaters,” “‘settlers,” “‘hatch- ed eggs” and plain “bad eggs.” As the name of the business implies, the flame of a candle fs the chief implement of the “egg looker.” The wholesale dealers have dark reoms especially fitted for their egg testers or curtain off with heavy hangings a por- tion of a room so that all light ts shut out. Smaller dealers employ a box of the size of an ordinary soap box painted black on the inside and fitted out with two candles placed together. There are tricks in every trade, and the “egg looker” has found that the two candle-power light is best suited to his work. Three candles are too bright, which is the objection to an incandescent light. In some places a small gas jet 1s used with the flame regulated to a two- candle light. An Expert's Methods. With his flame “trimmed and burning.” the “egg looker” seats himself in the midst of various cases. One is filled with eggs, another will receive the fresh ones as they are tested, while the hopeless specimens are consigned to a third receptacle, and the doubtful results go in another crate by themselves. He takes an egg in each hand and holds the pair together close to the flame, turning them completely around with a quick movement of the thumbs and forefingers. An expert holds two eggs in each hand and looks at two of the four at The Professional at Work. a time What the trained eye gathers from this inspection may best be learned from the explanation of one of the fastest “lookers” in the city. He has a fine and praiseworthy scorn for “fakirs"” who make claims to phenomenal speed records, He was juggling eggs with the grace and dell- cacy of a Herrmann when a “Press” re- porter stumbled through the darkness of his boudoir toward the glimmering candle, whose light seemed wan and feeble. Good Eggs and Bad. Jimmie held ‘two eggs before his candle flame. Through one the light shown trans- lucent and red. There was not a dark spot in the spheroid, which looked as though made of rosy glass. The other egg showed black and dead, like a worn out planet in darkling space. Not a ray of lght came through the opaque object. It was unmistakably a “rotten egg.” “It's harder to tell the difference between a ‘floater’ and a fresh egg,” said Jimmie, as he carefully discarded the bad egg and held up another untried one beside the fresh egg. AS compared with the rosy flush of the new-laid specimen, there was a shadow in the top of the shell of the A Decided Test. “floater.” Whichever way Jimmie turned the egg, there was always a shadow on the upper part of the shell, although the rest was filled with .osy light. As soon as an egg gets a little stale,” said Jimmie, “the yolk rises to the top, while the white gets heavy and settles to- ward the pottor. This is why we call ‘em ‘floaters’ or ‘settled eggs.’ ‘They ain't thrown out, but they can’t be sdld as fresh eggs, and in warm weather won't keep long. A ‘hatched egg’ {s another suspicious character. There, you see that egg looks sort of cloudy against the light, and while the light comes through it ain’t quite clear. ‘Them ts eggs that a hen has set on a few days and then they was shipped to market. They ain't bad yet, but they turn very ‘easy.’ "” Jimmie now settled down to business and showed how a good “looker” adorns his trade. The skill was as much in handling the eggs without breakage as in,the light- ning whirl in front of the flame, and the quick glance that settled their fate. When Jimmie broke an egg which unluckily prov- ed to be very active for its extreme age, he looked much bored and apologized profuse- ly. The visitor gasped and sought tor breath. While an “egg looker” has to learn his trade and considerable experience is re- quired, the wages pald are not those of skiiled labor. Ten and twelve dollars a week are paid to fast men and the seldom runs higher. It is impossible’ to calculate the number of “egg candlers” in Philadelphia, for while the strict profes- sionals will not number 100, all of the smaller wholesale dealersoand retail dealers are expert “lookers” and have their ap- paratus in constant, use. THE JOCULAR PASSENGER. wb His Offer of a Heat! on His Knee i Promptly, Acgepted. From Tit-Bits. te It was the last orfihibtfs for the evening that went to a ci part of the suburbs of one of our chief mi d towns. The weather had turned out indescribably miserable, and {t rafhed in increasing tor- rents. The omnibud was packed to its tullest extent within. Suddenly the om- nibus stopped, and the mext moment the conductor inquired If any gentleman would mind going outside to room for a lady. “Oh,” said one of the gentlemen, joc- ularly, “she is quite welcome to get in- side and to take a seat on my knee if she cares to do it.” ‘The words were scarcely out of his mouth before a big, buxom damsel bounced in and appropriated the proffered knee. When the laugh which greeted this un- expected move had well subsided, the gentleman entered into conversation with his substantial. burden, and asked her where she was going. “Why, bless me,” he exclaimed, as soon as she had mentioned her destination, that’s my house.”’ “Yes, sir,” blushingly replied the fair and comely female, to her compantion’s utter bewilderment, “I’m the new cook.” a MR. BUPPUM’S MODESTY. His Children Reveal an Unsuspected Trait in His Nature. From the New York Sun. “I am not unduly proud of my children,” said Mr. Buppum, “but I hohestly believe that they are about as bright as any chil- dren can be. “The other day the elder—he is named after me, by the way—heard the story of Daniel for the first time. Naturally, he was interested, especially in the liona’ den episode. When the story was ended, he turned to his grandmother, who had told it. ‘Grandma,’ said he, ‘I guess that was merely one of God's jokes.’ “The same day the younger—she ts said to look like me, and is a very beautiful child—was punished for some fault. Final- ly she was allowed to return to her moth- er’s presence. She came in sobbing. ‘I feel very badly,’ she said. ‘I feel as if I was a hundred years old.’ ” Uses of Glucose. From the Chicago Times. Glucose is not as sweet as cane sugar, but an addition of a few per cent of the latter wi!l make it appear as sweet. Most of the sirups sold throughout the land are glucose containing 5 to 10 per cent of cane sirup. Pure glucose is so bland in taste, free from the “twang” of cane sirup, that it readily takes the taste of any admix- ture, and many a housewife has won- dered how a jarful of honey could come from the smail piece of honeycomb float- ing in the honey. Maple sirup is made in the same manner by the admixture of a small amount of maple sugar. Gum drops are mostly glucose. The percentage of sugar obtainable ts from corn 70 per cent, from wheat 55 per cent, from potatoes. i0 per cent. While this last percentage ds small, fhe product from each acre surpasses that of grains so much that even at a ieomparatively low price per bushel will make it a formidable competitor of grain tor the manufacture of glucose or starch, especially in regions where surface crop‘arersubject to varia- tions of temperature) shurp frosts or hot summer blasts. eove se. Administering Medic: From the Now York Télpgram, Tact and truthfulness.ghould be used in administering medicine to children, The administration of medicine to infants and children requires. both skill and tact. Meas- ures that conduce to the physical comfort of the little patient are teadily recognized and ‘appreciated, but the, good effects of a nauseous dose are pot so apparent, and children will often evince @ repuguance to taking medicine that can only be overcome by the greatest firmness and tact, Parents and nurses, therefore, should endeavor to gain the entire confidence of the child. Above all, they should never deceive it by the assurance that an unpleasant mixture 1s agreeable, as the confidence thus lost can seldom ‘be regained. Absolute truth- fulness is essential in all dealings with children, and many a child can often be induced to take a disagreeable drug if as- sured that it is for its good by some one whom it trusts. Much has been done of late years toward making medicines for children more agreeable; but there is still room for improvement, and the adminis- tration of drugs still remains a diflicult task, especially in the cases of spoiled and poorly trained children, coe Derivation of “Grass Widow.” From the Indianapolis News, The phrase “grass widow," or rather “grace widow,” for the first has no foun- dation in fect, and is simply a barbarism, or fungus, which has attached itself to the Knglish language. “Grace widow” Is a term for one who becomes a widow by grace or favor, not of necessity, as by death, and originated in the earlier ages of kuropean civilization, when divorces were granted put seldom, and wholly by authority of the Catholic Church. When such decree was granted to a wo- man the papal rescript stated ‘Viduca de gratia,” which interpreted is “widow of "dn the law of the French it would euve de grace,” which in England ives “widow of grace,” or “grace widow,” “ ” being translated as “widow.” In this novel and exceedingly interesting pa- per, Judge Turpie also makes again pub- lic two important historical facts: That the whole system of law in relation to marriage and divorce originated in the Roman Chureh, and that French was the official language and court vernacular, not only in tngland, but of Western Europe, during this period of ecclesiastical ascen- dancy. * — ne Written for The Evening Star. My @ There is a check, as round and brown as any you will see, Which yields to my caress without a touch of co- quetry ; ‘There is a waist, as firm as can be found in this broad land, Which never trembles at the touch of my encircling hand; ‘ There ts a mouth,~a gracious mouth—so fragrant and so sweet, Which never hesitates atvall my burning lips to meet; ‘There is a softly glowing eye-an eye whose primal law t Isto light up im wale at every breath I draw. + +h . Alas! that I should have to Be eye is yellow flame, 4 \ The full, round cheek is bilarwood—the slender waist the same, > > And—last and dearest of them all—the mouth, 90 sweet and ripe, \ Is polished amber, for I, bave no girl, except my pipe. * HLM. woop. From the Detroit Free Press. ~ ‘The country editer had been married about three months, and°one day his wife was talking to him in his office. “Do you ever accept poems, Charlie?” she inquired. ' “I never got but one that I felt per- fectly satistied with.” “Oh, what was it? Let me see it,” she exclaimed. “It was you, my dear,” he smiled. “There's the looking glass over there in the corner.” You don't drink cocoa Beeause you can’t digest it. dnd is a delicious food drink, oc6-s6m JOHN BULL LIKES IT The Introduction of the Cranberry in the English Market, MET WITH THE QUEEN'S APPROVAL Ignorance as ‘to the Proper Method of Cooking. COMPETITION FROM RUSSIA ——_>—_——_. Written for The Evening Star. HAT WOULD Thanksgiving be without the cranber- ry? They have not the festival in Eu- rope, and they do not know the fruit. How sad! Yet there ‘is hope for the be- \ nighted foreigners, thanks to efforts now being made to intro- duce this luscious product of the soil > of abroad. It is already making a reputation for itself both in Great Britain and on the continent, fol- lowing in the footsteps of American corn. Last year’s was the biggest crop ever gathered in the United States—over 1,000,- 000 bushels—and the principal growers contributed by agreement 3 per cent of their product to pay the expenses of in- troducing cranberries into England. A. J. Rider of Trenton, N. J., was sent across the water for the purpose. On reaching Liverpool he found in that city only one dealer in cranberries—a small girl in the market, who said she never ate her wares herself, “because they tasted like medi- cine.” She only sold them to a few Amer- icans. It was quickly made evident that in Eng- land only Americans ate cranberries, which to the nutives were a delicacy unknown. About 1,000 bushels of them were imported from the United States annually. Nothing daunted, the American propagandist went to the leading hotels and restaurants and taught the proprietors how to cook the cranberries which he furnished. They were at first incredulous, then delighted, and finally eager to offer the new food to their customers Cards appeared at the restaurants read. ing, “American Cranberries Served Today. At one popular eating house cranberries occurred in five places on the bill of fare, The small girl already mentioned sold out her stock of the fruit faster than she could renew it, and within e few eight other hucksters on the same ais! the market were dealing in cranberries. It was a positive craze. At Manchester, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh the cranberries were intro- duced in similar fashion, and like results followed. Cranberries were placed on sale. by the largest fruiterers. However, the de- mand created by the means described had one unwelcome result. Large consign- ments of cranberries {rom Russia were thrown on the market, causing prices to drop. This was wholly unexpected, and for a time it looked as though such rivalry would kill the American cranberries. To cap the climax, the Russian berries were sold by unscrupulous dealers at a lower price under the name of “American cran- berries.” The Yinkee agent made an investiga- tion, and discovered that the Russian ber- ries were of an inferior variety, known in the United States as “hog cranberries, and not considered fit for food, having very bitter and pungent taste. No time was lost in making public the cheat through the newspapers, and by threats of prosecution the dealers were forced to re- move the misleading sign. Within a few days the signs reappeared, with genuine American cranberries under them, and sales rapidly increased, while the fraudu- lent article could scarcely be sold at any rice. PGases of cranberries accompanied by recipes, were accepted by her majesty the queen and by the Prince of Wales. An important part of the propagandist’s work was to teach people how to cook the fruit. With the cranberry the situation is the same as with corn in Europe—ignorance of proper methods of cookery stand in t! way of its, introduction. Even on steamship going over the agent found that the cook was using metal utensils in the preparation of the berries. Only porcelain or enameled ware ought to be used, be- cause cranberries contain sulphuric and other acids, which act on copper, iron or tin so as tu spoil the flavor of the fruit. On each of the paper bags supplied by the agents to retailers were printed in- structions for cooking. Every person who bought a pound of fruit had recipes for preparing it in a variety of ways. The cranberry literature distributed in England has been translated into the Danish lan- guage, which answers for Denmark, Nor- way and Sweden, and it will be rendered into French and German. 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Prayer Books— A splendid showing of CATHOLIO PRAYER BOOKS here. The best you'll find. Books printed in all kinds of types and bound in all kinds of bindings—as handsome as you went and as plain as you want. Prices lower than any one has been quoting. Wm. Ballantyne & Sons, Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, joWS-Bid 423 SEVENTH ST. N.W. ries at regular intervals. Colonel C. J. Murphy, who has done so much for Amer- ican corn abroad, is interesting himself in the introduction of cranberries on the con- tinent. Mr. Rider’s most interesting and_satis- factory experience was with the English jam makers. The magnitude of the jam usiness in that country is astonishing. One factory near Liverpool covers seven acres of ground and has a capacity of 150 tons per day. This is only one of @ score of establishments of equal capacity, while there are hundreds of less size. The British are a jain-loving and jam-eating people. They may not know how to cook cranberries, but they can beat the Ameri- cans all hollow at making jam. Well, the jam manufacturers would not have anything to say to the Yankee agent. They had no time to grant the interview requested, inasmuch as they felt not the slightest interest in cranberries. Neverthe- less eight of the most prominent of them changed their minds and are now experi- menting with cranberries with a view to the production of jam for market. They have already learned how to make a cran- berry jam that is far better than any American brand, and it is not unlikely to find a sale on this side of the ocean be- fore long. The cranberry grows wild in boggy land throughout the northern part of the United States and in southern Canada, as well as in the marshes of the Atlantic,coast and the glades of the Alleghenies as far south as Virginia and North Carolina. It is found also in South America. Its name probably comes from the ullar shape of the bud, which just before expanding resembles the head and bill of a crane— hence, “craneberry,” or cranberry. The t belongs to the heath family, and is a small hardy shrub with evergreen leaves. The value of the cranberry as food was well known to the early American aborig- ines, who used it as a sauce for wild fowl and venison. They introduced it to the paleface settlers, gathering the fruit from wild vines and enjoying a monopoly of the trade. It was first cultivated about 1835 on Cape Cod, but until within the last forty years it was grown on a very limited scale. There are men in the business now who can remember selling cranberries for $50 a pushel. At present $8 a bushel is considered a fair price. Early cranberry growers were beset by many difficulties and discouragements. Few of them succeeded, simply for the reason that thoy had everything to learn, and this branch of agriculture demands exceptional knowledge and skill. 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