Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 24, 1913, Page 7

| PAGE SIX Mrs. Barton's Bonnet By M. QUAD Copyright, 1913, by Associated Lit- erary Press. One day, years and years ago, an im- portant event took place in the life of Mrs. Moses Barton, residing in a New England village. In the days of Mrs. Barton the wom- en of the land, from high to low, wore bonnets. Mrs. Barton’s bonnet, at the time the important event happened, was seven years old. It had gone through many trials and tribulations and had become almost a wreck at last. The geod little woman must have a new | one, and she sighed at the thought. Moses was a man who bung on to his pennies to the last. The campaign must be got under way, however, and when he came in to rest his back from hoeing in the garden she trembingly | | old bonnet.” “Why do you call it old?” he asked. “Because it’s seven years old.” “Well, isn’t my Sunday hat nigh fif- “Bat other women are getting new bonnets,” she mildly protested. “But you have got nothing to do wu other women’s souls. If they hae ,‘ather have new bonnets than go | ven when they die, that’s for | to. be them . say. You can have 2 shil- lings,to U3 pome ney, ribbons to trim with, bur: , it Must stop there for two | or three yen S longer. That settim | but no muiiim SO. Next day the ‘'™portant event took place. Moses: va vuldn’t give up the price because he: \Was stingy. If the wife could get $4} .oF $5 some other k wuld proba 1Y not object to ng it in) a , bonnet. d and iron, for % neighbor? Could she make a new" ray,” Carpet for | ome of them? She was SCheming | away. when the matter was se ‘ted for A for a her Moses was going away ‘week .to visit a relative, and she »Vould | go-to, the big huckleberry marsh’ .22¢ | pick:and sell berries | Providence ought to feel very temdler’ | toward a woman with a seven-year-old y bonnet, and it surely did in this case. | 49006660600 Mrs. Barton arrived at the marsh, | © but hadn’t picked a berry yet wher ! % she came upon a horse bogged in the | < swamp. mal. The thing to do was to throw away the pail and make tracks and y the owner of the helpless horse. at’s just what Mrs. ton did, and went to the swamp and alot of men pulled Of cou ful. He knew that a neighbor would’; as a reward, and he what could be done. Barton nima! out. e the owner w: as very grate- an present Mrs. et,” was the - reply. that her present. s old and that her | husband thinks it ought to last seven to kno 3 | Moses, I have been looking at my | it. There were tears, | Could | with confectioner’s or boiled frosting. | able paste that may be smoothed out | Z le Cream of Oysters. It belonged to a village mer- | 6 chant and was a fine and valuable ani- | 2 These Will Give Relish to the Christ- THE CHRISTMAS CAKE. Its Making and Decoration an Im- portant Task, The Christmas cake is generally a fruit cake. Most people prefer it toany other kind. This has advantages for the housewife, for it can be made weeks before Christmas and so save the trouble of preparing it in ber busy hours when the Christmas feast must be thought of. The fruit cake most generally served is a dark one, but the Boston Cooking School Magazine suggests a very nice white fruit cake made as follows: Take six ounces (three-fourths of a cupful) of butter, eight ounces (one cupful) of sugar, eight ounces (two | cupfuls) of flour, one slightly round. 3 |ed teaspoonful of baking powder, six whites of eggs, one pound of blanched almonds sliced thin, half a pound of light colored sultana raisins, half a | pound of crystallized pineapple cut in | | | FRUIT CAKE WITH LACE COVER. | bits, half a pound of citron sliced thin | and half a cupful of grated cocoanut. | Mix in the order given. Bake in a! | loaf about an hour and a quarter or j in two brick loaf bread pans about | forty-five minutes | Cover with almond | paste mixed with egg yolks and pow- | dered sugar and, when ready to use, From four to six ounces of paste, two to three yolks of eggs and confection- er’s sugar to knead the two into a pli- with a rolling pin are required for | the first covering. The cake may be served with a handsome fitted lace cover like the one shown in the picture. 229O29OO8OGOO® ROAST GOOSE DINNER. Cabbage. tufted With and Sage. Apple Sauce. S Mashed Potatoes. Hubbard Squash. } String Beans. > | Potato Salad 2 VARDORVOVAVA9000000000000000000000000000008 A GOOD TIME TOSTART NOW We wish to thank all of the contestants and all of their friends at this time for the big business they have given us. We wish you continued success throughout the contest, a Merry Xmas Grand Prize DECEMBER 24, 1913 a samme = Piano Contest ' YYWOPVVEVODOOVH90000000000100000000001 > <= © aes rm w and a Happy New Year. - | Just one to make votes with every trade book sold from now until Jan. Ist. Special for December only. 50,000 votes given with every $5 Trade Book sold Second Prize more week in December, and we want ita record breaker, so will give 100,000) for new subscriber ‘ or renewal to the Now you can increase your standing. Herald-Review at a $1.00 | per year Get subscription : blanks at the office. Third prize “But it was a present to me” “Then give it right back!” The wife told him the story of the bogged horse, but: he insisted that an eight dollar bonnet’ was an invention ef Satan and:could: not be allowed in the house. Then something almost miraculous- happened. The little and humble Mrs. Barton stood right up before-her husband and sald: ‘erosswise and dispose on the tomato, “J shall’ keep the new bonnet—so | “T shall—I shall—I shall!" | “You will take it back to Mr. Brown | and tell him you had rather have $2 | im money.” “L never will!” | “Then I will leave the house!” Despite the- threat she refused to obex and’ he went to the house of a sister to:pass. the night. That sister didn’t’ have an eight dollar bonnet, and she didn’t want ber sister-in-law erowing over her, and so she naturally braced’ the husband up to carry his point Atmost before breakfast next morn- thg it was known all over the village thet Mr. and Mrs. Barton had quarrel- edi about her new bonnet and separat- ed@ The wives naturally said: “Why, the old curmudgeon! Did you ever hear of the like?” And the husbands naturally said: “Barton has done perfectly right These seven and eight dollar bvnnets are bringing ruin upon the country!” Before the sun went down that even- ing the villagers were divided into two fsetions and taking things very seri ously. The row was stil! on and botter than ever when Mr. Barton fell into the river and was rescued in a half drown edcondition. Among those who entled to see him after the water had been gumped out was his parsca. “Parson. do you think I'm in the wrong?” asked the revived “1 snrely do.” “Where was | wrong?” “In not spending the same amount of ™money on new clothes for yourself to match the bonnet.” Two days later the row wax at an end und everybody shaking hands and Gerrowing or lending tea and coffee dressing. mas Feast. 93 e z Salads are an attractive addition to} $ au any meal, and for the Christmas din- — ner it is worth while making a speciat | he merchant kept a general store, | effort to provide a nice one. Hothouse-! waich included even millinery, and the vegetables are generally available at } wife selected an eight dollar bonnet | 15. season and give a special relish to-| end carried it over. There were thanks ie Pep trate } , . the Christmas fare. nd tears. in return. Mrs. Barton eould Fruit salads are equally desirable, | ardiy contain herself until her hus-/, ¢ apse | ee Se cies ‘ad the bon- | Ut are not so gener ally popular as the: | and reached home. She had the | vegetable combinations | get on when he entered ane ip nm | Two nice salads are suggested by the | Take it off!” he. growled after one | po ton Cooking School Magazine. One| glance of these is an egg salad made thus: | of the dressing on the lettuce. Cut the For one large or two small portions. there are needed two half inch thick slices of a good sized tomato, one ten- der hard cooked egg. feur lettuce leaves: and two tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise Set the tomato over a little eggs in quarters, remove the yolk to a sieve, cut the pieces of white in halves | the pointed ends to the center. Dis- pose the rest of the mayonnaise at the a Oe | A RR ——— ey ere TWO HOLIDAY SALADS. Ls points where the pieces of white meet. Sift the yolks over the dressing. 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