Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 23, 1910, Page 14

Ceuntryman and City Man Found Everywhere—It is Human to Imitate Vices Contrasted—The Cynic is Rather Than Virtues—It is Not Right to Attribute False Motives for Kindly Deeds—Irust in One’s Fel- lows Pays in the End. (Wrhten Specially for The Bulletin.) I am not of those who think only evil of city life and «city dwellers. There are good poifts about the city, and some of the elect saints live in pepulous towns. We farmers have no monopoly of the land’s virtue and in% telligence. When, election times, the politicians slobber over us as being the bone and sinew and brain and heart of the nation, they are simply trying to get us ‘to turn the grind- stone which sharpens their axes. We may be quite saline, but we are not all the salt of the earth. There are men Hving in the city who can tell the truth and act it as unswervingly and as un- finchingly. even if not quite so blunt- iy and dogmatically, as we. It wouldn’t harm us a little bit if we could learn an occasional lesson in suavity from our city neighbors. A pill is no less effieacious and often more takable when sugar-coated, ner is it necessary to use a ten-inch rifled cannon in shooting English sparrows. There are certain admirable human trefts which thrive in 'the city atmo- sphere. Likewise there are certain which are not admirable: It is a curi- cus custom of that strange thing we ! “human nature” that it seems prone to evil as the sparks fly up- waré. When it sets out to imitate others it almest invariably begins by fmiteting the bad and not the good. A good many country people, thrown into summer aesociation with city guests or visitors, consciously or un- consciously are imitating them all the rest of the year. I think I see more and more of thts each season. Some few of the characteristics which used to differentiate the countryman from the cityman are growing less distinct. As in other directions, the imitation is more noticeable ip the black than in the white. In at least one direction, where the city might better have @opied after the old-fashioned country, the country is aping the Town. ‘Cyniocism used to be a city trait. You may be sure that the Frenchman who waid two generations ago, “The more 1 see of men the better I like dogs,” Mved in Paris and not out in the coun— try. I shall never forget how horribly umcomfortable I was made for a long when I firet went to the big city e by the constant and universal to eir of susplolon which enveloped all whom I met. They were more urbane than my boyhood mentors of the hills and nolds they wore more genial out- &ey ‘were more voluble in their on-pflmcnu they were less dogmatic and contentious, more deferential and Altogothor. they were much pleasanier to meet—for a time. sooner or later, in two out of every three you came to see the sus- picion of you, the distrust of you, the doubt of you, the veiled watchfulness of you which lurked forever on guard bedind the smiling outside. One grew used to i, of course, and came to take it a® he took bursting water pipes and obstructéd sidewalks—as one of the necessary accompaniments of city Mv- Ing. But-I ewn that it was a sort stimulant and head-clearer to me w‘hqn I returned to the country, to find men more apt te dlurt out their real eenfiments. It was a famous German who sai “I always call a spade a spade and Herr Schmidt an ass!” That German lived in the country, your bottom dolar on it! ,City visit- tors, accustomed to the suave ameni- tles of city intercourse, used to find you may bet this rural trait drritating ana often offensiva. They see less and less of &t, every year. That is, I think they must see less of it,«tor I notice a mearked change in the last score of sumsmers. It isn’t so much that my netghbors are less outspoken and blunt n their.denunciations of L] they dislike, but that they are acquir- ing the vice of cynicism; the haibit of suspecting everyone; the disposition to aseribe unworthy motives to every ac- tion. ‘That word “cymnic” comes from the Greek word for dog. I am not quite sure whether it means that the cynic i one who thinks all others are dogs, or_ just ‘that he. is himself a puppy. Webster, I observe, inclines to e latter view. He defines a cynic as snarler,” and the adjective “cynical” as “having the qualities of a surly dog.” Now, this is most emphatically not an admirable phase of feeling. The old hymn used to explain that “Dogs delight to bark and bite For *tis their nature to.” But hymn books and sane philosophy agree in assuming that there is some difference between the nature of men and dogs. It seems to be the opinion of the average dog that every other <dog bas hostile Mem.iom: toward him, and that it is his business to get the first grip. When men take a similar attitude toward their fellows and con- ceive that all men are always actuat— eded by selfishness or greed or un- m&y motives, they simply do what 0. leally, you know, this isn"t what they were made two-legged and erect for—to imitate the quadrupeds.’ Talking with one neighbor, the other da the conversation drifted round to tl(‘n I alluded to what I thought -. hishly creditable action by a cer- tain Jegislator. “Oh, "well,” was the response, “I s’'pose he thinke it'll make him some votes, next fall.” A little Jater, talkipg with another about some recemt revelations of dbhnnecty in The Cowardly Burglar. ‘The armed burglar prowing about at night, who selects houses to enter where women may be thrown inte ter- rible panics by his sudden appearance, who confronts men only when they are uiterly Wfll for wesitance, who craelly s at defenseless people Seeking means of escape—in such a creature not a trace of the hero could possibly be feund. Kipling wrote a story. dvom two snakes and a mon- ga Ewvery boy should read *“Rikki kiti Tavi” €or ideas on ocowardice and hewcism. The armed burglar who stealthily crawls upon his victim in the dark is like the poisonous snakes, s public life, he pooh-poohed the whole matter. “They're just makin’ a scape- goat of this man,” he declared. “He's no worse than the rest; they're all grafters, only he happens to have been found cut.” Some rs ago, Neigh- bor Sherman made him a “split-log drag” after the western fashion, and proceeded to put in a lot of unpaid and volunteer work on the roads, a half mile each side of his house. He final- ly stoppea it, I suspect quite as much out of anger at the cyncical comments made on his action as from any other reason. One man would want to know how much.he was going to get from the town treasury for that sort of “boy-work;” another hinted that he must be looking after a nomination for road commissioner! one even denounc- ed him for putting in his time near his own place, and not going around the mountain to a stretch of road, six miles distant, which needed work more —and, incidentally, was near the crit- ic’s own barn. Not one, outside the two or three who are Sherman’s cron- ies, seemed able to imagine the actual fact, whiich was®that he was anxious, as far as possible without neglect of his own work, to be of service to his neighbors and his town. Once, when I was trying my best, at cost of some money and a good deal of trouble, to serve a little bunch of people who needed the service, one ot them came tg me and said, frankly: “What do you get out of this? I know you're feath- erinx your own nest, some way, but I can't see how, and I'm curious to find out.” Last fall Sister Hanna discov- ered that she had two big bulbs of a certain lily which Molly Waterhouse had admired greatly while in bloom. She carried one of them over and gave it to Miss Molly. “Humph,” said that kindly creature, when Mrs, Hanna was | well out of hearing up the road, “thinks she’s paid me now for them hot biscuits and pies I took over to her time to bake, I s’pos Now, brethren, and sisteren, it is robably true that a good many of us long to the order of goats. Per- haps the majority will have to go to the left when the general roll is called. Very likely we are a bad lot, as a whole. But even the criminal law re- quires us to presume a man innocent until he is proved guiity. The laws of manly honor and of neighborliness are even more stringent. Here and there are burglars and murderers. But we do not watch every one who comes on our farms for fear that he may steal our diamonds, or bludgeon us to death. I don’t believe if I should jump over the fence into the fleld where you are planting potatoes that you ‘would in- stantly suspect me of intending mur- der, and make a break for your gun. Why should you suspect me of any other hidden motive—before I gave you reason for suspicion? 1 have no vocation to reform the cit- If city life results in cynicism. T am neither capable of changing it nor responsible for it. But didn’t used to be cynical. We some- | times had enemies whom we openly hated and vituperated. We had learn- ed certain men—that we must be on the lookout against them if we didn’t want to be “skinned.” But it wasn't our habit to look gift horses in the | mouth, nor to assume, when somebody | offered us a “chaw” of tobacco that he was preparing to beg a whole paper We've got all the bad hab- its, as is, that are safe for us. Why, in the name of common sense, should we tmitate this imported air of cynic- ism? There are lots and lots of good men and women; the woods are full of them; most people who are out of jail deserve to be out of it; the chances are certainly even that Jones is as decent a fellow and as kindly and as honest and as well meaning as we are our- selves; why not treat him on that as- sumption, till we have evidence of the contrary ? 1 can’t guarantee that this habit of trust in omne’s fellows will cure the grippe or reduce the cost of living. But I honestly believe that the general practice of it would hasten the millen- nium by at least fifteen minutes, and hunch the’ eartly paradise several inches nearer the boundaries of Con- necticut. The effect of it upon its practitioners would be even more sal- utary. Do. you suppose the first set- when they had to take their artillery with them every time they went out to hoe corn, from fear of the Indians? Imag- next tlers really enjoyed farming, ine y'ourse]t grubbing away at the! o quack-grass, next June, with a dull hoe in one hand and a musket in the ! other, a powder-horn over the right shoulder and a bag of slugs over th left, a spare flint in your pocket and a boiler iron shirt on to stop possible ar- | rows! The physical annoyance of such an accoutrement could hardly have been greater than the discomfort which comes from wearing continualiy an armor of suspicion and cynicism. It's far, far better, and oh, so much more comfortable to keep on the right side of the universe! And trust begets trust; confidence wins confidence; vau carry a club handy when you pass the ugly old buck who stands glaring at you with lowered head, but you pat| and caress the trustful lamb that runs bleating up to you for a bit of apple. “Since there’s so much had ln the best of us, And so much good in the worst of us, It hardly behooves the best of us Harshly t0 judge the rest of us.” ‘THE FARMER. Jjudging the cr(mmals He isn’t responsible.” “Poor felow! is a remark one may hear; and It has less sanity, after all, than the newshoy's remark, “Gee! I feel like killing somebody,” hecause that particular boy undoubtedly was controlled, in a degree, by his sense of hu‘n:mr His sniffling elders, who #ay “poor fellow,” are llable very soon to send flowers to cell No— at the jail. See straight, think straight is a good motto in euch matters. Don't mistake 4. reptile for & hero: den’t place laurel on the brew of a miscreant. —Spring- field Republican. An Editor’s Boycott. The fruit-growens have quit bring- ing the editor any peaches, and so we not propose to boom the crop by advertising # every time ice forms this spring.—Griffin News. Fortune in Milk. There’s’ & fortune in skimmed milk, says a scientist. Save your “cream.” —Clavelasd Lesdec when her baby was sick and she hadn't | we farmers | wind blows. 'S “ - It is true every garden ought to pro duce two crops of some kind. The sec- ond crop in many lots:is weeds. Adeepflrrowaaflammm derned reliable signs of spring. The man who doesn’t like to putter is allus slack about the little details on the farm or in the factory. A city man who grows a crop of let- tuce feels about as well over it as the farmer who grows a good crop of on.- ions. Sari-ah likes to have her city cousins come on a visit if they don’t come without giving notice and show signs of leaving when her patience is worn out. .~ If the women who raise turkeys for pin money got as many dollars for ‘em as they chase ‘em miles, they would be a mighty sight more profitable. Ben Berry says his boy has the spring full of handsome trout. which will sell to city mem with $40 rods at good prices soon. The country papers carry just as ®oo0d recipes as the high-toned maga- zines. Miranda Moses serves maitre de hotel butter to Herman Fridays for his fish and then brags about it. Cy Cymbal’s 5 year old boy has been corying for a week for a baseball plate. Cy cannot make him understand that it is something the player stands on, not eats from. If the farmers kept their fences up like these smart politicians they would- n’t find themselves in the doldrums quite so often. The farmer's wife who insists on having flowering shrubs and plants in the yard gives the place a becoming style. Everybody wants high prices for =hort hours and full price for short weight, and we all wonder what the matter is. The gardener who starts his squashes or cucumbers in an old sod under cover has them well advanced when it is time to set them out. I notice Bill Stiles is allus telling ‘what fhe is going to do. If he had a habit, of telling what he has done, things would look different up to his place. Among hens the Rhode Island Reds look like the lmboring class; and their fine brown eggs keep them in public favor. Their works do praise them. Good Reads. Connecticut is not the “onl; bble on the beach” as regards i p‘e‘ood roads” difficulty. Qut the big and flourlshing state nl Illnois, with its great “windy city” they are also hav- ing. “a time” over thig question, nnd to bring intd clear Hght, say; Lanz, secretary of the -uw- l'ood roads legislative committee, the faults of the present extravagant and hap- hazard regime, the committee proposes to investigate the methods of the high- | way commissioners of every county in | in 1&he state. r. Lanz says enou; money for road making and brld:g ‘buil = is levied by the state to e it the best { and most comprehensive system of public highways in the union, were the funds but legitimately and economical- ly expended. The vast sum of eight mxlllor; dollars 'was levied in taxes last vear for,K road and bridge purposes, and the claim is made that through the incompetence and lack-of co-ordi- nation fostered by the existing obso- lete method of procedure nearly three- quarters of this big stack of money is wasted. Illinois, it appears, is “up against it,” in two particulxrl regards havi good roads. The 1 is unfavorab! and stome is scarce. The scarcity stone out west is somewhat nm-.un‘ to New Englanders, who happen to take @ |j0urney through some of the western states, and the westerner from those states who comes east is at once struck and astonishedto see stone in tremen- dous abundance as here in Connecticut, for example, where a farmer’s crop of stone is immense. The stone fences around farm lands here in New Eng- land and the myriads of stones and rocks on the farms are curiosities to westerners. But ta return te Illinois and her roads. It appears, as we learn from the Chicago Record-Herald, that that big and unusally up-te-date state of Illinois has had in wveogue d in operation for years, the old, old, plan of “working out” the good roads tax. That plan once was widely -prevalent but is now discredited, appears hat now in control of the state's roads and highways there are four thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine commis- sioners. N wonder Illinois is discon- tented. The good roads movement cails for centralization of power.—New Haven Journal Courier. Efficiency in Government. Armies have their shirks, their cof- fee-coolers, their = stragglers, their hangers-on; but these are not a whit more detestible than the voter who makes merchandise of his citizenship or the one who is found doing business with such patrons. th are exeres- censes on the body politic, and should be no more tolerated than the man spotted with leprosy or - v{lth smallpox on the streets and public highways of the country. With men in office and such a constituency behind them, efficient government ‘is impossible and a government of, by and for the people a hiss and a by-word in the estimation of all who have any praper gon: ption as to what government.should If there is to be that high de.ru of efficiency in govermment, -it must begin with the people. All of them may not fully realize it, but they are the source of all power. If they will be as careful in doing their part of the public husiness as they are in their own affairs. (and their business is at th: bal}llot lmxl)l ‘t,he‘ time -will come when there wi e less complaint of grafting in public * pinchcq bus- iness will be dome with ‘n waste and millfens of dollars now being squandered will remain in the pockets of the taxpayers, or if not there it will be spent in a manner that will be of great benefit to the people of the nation, the state and to municipalitiea. —XKnoxville Jou and Trlbm Would Finish Them. Taft is too fond of critics: he could cru effectively by sit . and taking a rest.. patch [ THREE PRIZES MONTHLY: ; $2.50 to first; $1.50 to second; $1.00 to third. Award made the last Saturday in each month, EVERY WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The Bulletin wants good home letters, good business letters; ful lettens of any kind the mind may suggest. Wednesday of each week. Write on but one side of the paper. Address, SOCIAL CORNE.R EDITOR, Bulletin Office, Scope of the Social Corner. Friends Are Worth More Than Money Editor Social Corner: We think it would be much better to write in- structive letters to help all of the large family the Social Corner is getting to be than to make it an aim to get a prize. Friends are worth more than money—Ilet us all get acquainted and see what we can do to help make oth- er's life worth living and to make im- provements that will be useful after we are no longer known in the Social Corner. A boy of 17 thought it a good plan to make a basket and fasten it on the front end of the electric car (as he said), to trip up any one on the track and tumble them into the bas- ket and thus save His plan was soon put into use and the fenders on the electric cars hout the country are the‘results of the boy’s idea, which made him a rich man. Perhaps some of the writers in the ONE HELPFUL, HAPPY FAMILY. ‘We are glad to see the interest in the Social Corner Increasing and we hope those who are prompted to contribute to it will write on the spur the moment. Never mind the day of limitation, for letters received after ‘Wednesday will appear the following week. We intend to ‘iva uu wldut to the writers in expressing their views and opinions. Corner must become one helpful, happy family. -!dlhr Ioeill b They lhollld be in hand ll?; Norwich, Conn. of people get good from novels which other honest folks pronounce to be de- moralizing. It is the condition of the individual mind which determines what a body will get from a A clean mind finds pleasure in noble sentiments and the cultivated mind enjoys every- thing which cgntributes to high think- ing or pleasing med‘lw]t;oom K-MARK. Norwich, How to Make a Summer House. Editor Social Corner: A neat little summer house may be made at small expense where there is an open cerner to a yard. A frame can be set up from fence to fence, and be roofed and sided with coarse wire netting and then be covered by morning glories and ‘tall nasturtiums and it will bower of flowers all the ¢ime. In these days of Japanese morning es, of white and rose moon-flowers, and of .«.., o8 ¥ A nhll locb!caflwr Ml:mv.r’ o‘ in this g‘o tullovlnl recipes would.be ‘boncm to nuu of the sister: ‘l'hev are thorow reliable. and I am sure if direc m :r?“!oflwed, will give pleasing re- ul : Sponge Cake—One pound granulat- ugar, lo €ggs, one ml-’om flour, julce of one small lemon; beat the sugar and yolks of to a cream, and the whites to a » troth fold in the white to the eream, add extract, and lastly sift in the flour, ‘bake in a moderate oven forty min- taken fn mixing. It has been used in my famjly for forty years, and is de- liclous. When "cl are 25 ecents a dozen it h . pensive cake, as it makes sised loaves and requires no but ef. Ginger Jumbles—One coffee enp mo- lasses, one-half cup butter filled up wlth bofllnl water, one teaspoonful dissolved in hot water, one well- buun egg. one. tablespoonful ginger, one tabléspoonful cinnamon, a little salt, and flour enough to mko the consistency of sponge cake, which wiTl be about three cups full; & mixing spoon on tin Mm a moderate over fifteen minutes, Parker House Rolls—Take two n- blespoonfuls of sugar, two fuls of butter, one-half east in one-half cup warm water, then add Social Corner can give some one a helping hand and other improvements can be made as useful as this boy’s basket. The Soclal c:n-ner is growing better every week and some time in the future what a grand thing it would be for all the writers to meet and have a social chat and exchange thoughts, ideas and problems which would help one and all much more than prizes. RURAL DELIVERY. R. F. D, No. 76. A4 A Little Comforter. Editor Social Corner: I have been made aware what a great comfort a little thing may become, and I wish to tell the readers of the Social Cor- ner about it. It is no more than a thin pillow made of down, of feathers or of lamb’s wool. and kept constantly on the bed. It discounts the hot-wa- ter bottle because it is always ready and never heavy enough to be an- noying when applied to the tenderest spots. It will check those little deep muscular pains in the shoulders or the knees, overcome colicky pains, warm up the feet and promote the comfort of a person more than can be imag- ined or told. I have summered and wintered one of these little comfort- ers and to it I owe many a good night's sleep. It is easily made and never in the way. SOPHIA. Preston. Woman Suffrage. Editor Social Corner: A man Wwor- thy of “the suffrage” must first be hon- est, and a gentleman. So a woman, to be entitled to the same privilege, should be a lady, pos- sessed of all the qualities the term im- plies. Willing and earnest 'to grant to high and low all possible courtesy. If the object of womean suffrage to better present conditions it would seem that the conduct of a few women in our land would certainly hinder their right to vote. This element, added to the many ex- isting, could in no way better the gov- ernment of our country. No right minded man or woman but must deplore the action of any person who could affront the nation’s presi- dent, at the capital, in the way we so lately read of. N. Norwich. (We wish a man had to be honest and a gentleman to have the right to vote, for that rule would wipe out the bribers and the floaters and the graft- ers. The premises unfortunately are not correct.—Editor Social Corner.) Good Reading. BEditor Social Corner: “A call to good reading” came very favorably to my notice. I agree with the idea that more thought should be given to good reading. I have been surprised some- times to see many young people so en- grossed in wnnhleu literature. Select good books and build up a force of thought, as true cultivation of the mind tends to intellectual culture. It is chiefly through books that we en- joy intercourse with superior minds and are given most precious thoughts. In this t age of improvement these silent teachers are accessible to the multitude, and of unspeakable good to the individual. ‘There is much pleasure in history, biography, travels, poetry, these volumes are invalu- able for reading amd instruction; and to my mind far superior to a large part of the worthless books that find their way into the hands of many of our young people. I will say with “Rural Delivery,” let us all use our influence for better reading among our friends. ARETHUSA. Cute Caged Bird' . Editor Social Corner: I suppose some of your readers keep caged birds and perhaps not a few have killed them with kindness. It never pays to be too fussy with a pet bird and the plainest sort of food them in the best condition. Pet birds know all mem- bers of the family usually, although they show special preference for master or mistress. They always recognize a stranger and eye him with suspicion. I nearly spoiled a canary once by giv- ing it mixed seed and dainties—when worn. When canaries show weakness a rusty nail in the water will prove to ‘be a tonic; and if mixed seed is being given plain seed should be substituted. Old bird keepers know this, but it may be a help to amateurs. Preston. not impressed alike by the We differed in m(mmo : r ! Lobb’s magnificent striped and bioteh- ed nasturtiums such a little place may be made inviting and furnish greens for the table. This will be a restful spot to sit in and read occa- sionally, or for meditation. At all events it will be a pretty yard decora- tion—a pleasant playhouse for the children, just as good as a terft and less expensive. FLOWER LOVER. Norwich. On the Raging Main. Editor Social Corner: I take pleas- ure in writing a story about a plum pudding, also the recipe in rhyme. It was about the stormiest voyage I ever saw. We left the Hook on No- vember 5, 1839, in a regular blow, and struck worse weather off the of New Foundland, and it grew dirtier every mile we made. The old mnan was kind of gruff and anxious like, and wasn't easy to manage. This ain't no Ohristmas story and hasn’'t any moral. I was second mate and knew the cap- tain pretty well, but he wasn't so- ciable and the nearer we got to land according to our dead reckoning (we hadn’t been able to take observations) the more cross-grained he got. I was eating my supper on the 24th, when the steward came in and says he, “Captain, plum pudding tomorrow, as usual, sir?” It wouldn’t be polite in me to what the captain replied; but m- steward he dldn't mind. All that night and next day, the 25th of December, it was howling storm, and the captain he kept the deck. About 3 o'eclock Christmas day dinner was ready, a precious hard it was to m dinner from the galiey to the cabin on account of the green seas that swept over the ship. The old man, after a bit, came down and says “Where's the pudding The steward came in juut then as pale as a ghost, and says he, showing an empty dish: “Washed overboard, sir.” Just then the cook came into the cabin with a dish in his hand, saying: “Here’s another pudding,” and set a good sized pudding down on the tabie. Then the old man unbent and went for that pudding and cut it in big hunks, helping the passengers last, with a kind of triumphant look. He hadn’'t swallowed more tham a single bite when the nrat mate came running “Lizard Light on the starboard bow, and the weather brightening up. “How dees she head?” “East by north.” ‘““Then give her three points more rnortherly, sir, and the Lord be praised.” And the mpflin swallowed his pud- ding in three more gulps and deck, just saying: “I’knew that pudding would fetch 1t,” and he left us. We were in Liverpool three days afterward, though a ship that started the day before us from New York has never been heard of since. Here is the plum pudding in rhyme: To make plum pudding to the cap- tain's taste, So all may be eaten and none go to waste, of raisins and currants, and bread crumbs all round; Also suet from oxen, and flour a Take pound, Of citron well candied, or lemon as good. ‘With molasses and sugar eight ounces 1 would, Into the&r first compound, next must basted, A nutme well grated, ground ginger well tasted, With salt to preserve it, of such a teaspoonful; Then of milk half a pint, and fresh eggs take six; Be sure after this that yeu properly mix. Next tie up in a bag, just as round as you can, Put into a capacious and suitable pan, Then boil for six hours as hard as you cam. A READER. Norwich. Neglected Cats. Editor Social Corner: I wonder how many people realize how much suf- fering there is among the cats in thi city. I know some people do not care for cats, but it is to those who love the useful as well as companionable little creatures that I make my plea. Every day I see any number of cats suffering from mange, cruelty, neg- lect and starvation; poor, helpless lit- tle kittens crying for food; little strays that someone has dropped, wandering about the streets, the object of a kick here or a blow there. I know of one policeman in this city who never sees a cat on the street that he does not kick at it savagely, often@ither maiming or killing the animal. Again, among the French people there seems to be a superstition, or a law, relative to kiffing kittens. Their cats will breed and these kittens in their turn will breed and 4in three years there are perhaps fifteen or twenty cats sprung from one source. These cats are a nuisance as well as a cause for pity. I know of one fam- ily which rather than kill the kittens, gave Httle blind, helpless, new- born things to a neighbor’s children to play with. ‘There are two ways of getting rid first place book. be a glord salad Banies time four cups of sifted fleur, set on back of stove to rise for twenty-five min- utes, roll out on moulding bomrd until 3-4 inch thick, cut with round outter, fold over, et rise twenty-five min- utes, bake in a moderate over for 20 minutes, This is a valuable recipe for many who would like to have hot bis- cuit for tea, as the whole process can be covered in one and one-half hourw. They are nice served with salmon sal- ad. Individual Tomato Salad—Take & smooth roungd tomato, chill thoroughly, gash a cross through tomate, and scoop out the size of a nut from cen- ter of top, into this put one table- spoonful m‘mlao. which will grad- ually drop t the opening, mak- ing an lttmtlvo as well as an appe- t:f'n‘ dish, BServe om crisp lettuee X Balmon Salad—One can Cnmnbh river salmon, one cup peas, okod and eooled, flake the salmon, add the pesq marinate it thoroughly with the dressing, s¢rve on a bed of crisp let- tuce leaves, A reliable brand Peas is the Blue Pete W we capnot get the fresh vegetable, Mayonnaise Dressing—Take the yvelk of one egg. add a mustard spoonful ef mustard, 1-4 teas ful pepper, a saltspoonful salt, stir well with a eil- ver fork;” add best Juice if and vinegar untfl of Mressing has been obtaimed. Hinte Worth Knewing—In boiled custard, al s remev: he scalding liquid from fre, add # to the beaten eggs, then rsturn to the fire, ceok ut five minutes or untll the custard will coat & spoon. ™ en- tertainments it is better to serve a simple meal perfectly than to attempt more elaborate one, imperfectly pre- pared, M. BE. M. Norwich. Anxious for Another Cold Plunge. Judge Parker's refusal to ny that he would accept the democratic nom- ination, if offered, is only other proof that hope springs eternal.—Pittsburg Despatch. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the most effective medicine for the complete purification of the blood and the complete renovation of the whole sys- tem. Take it this spring. Get 1t today in usual liquid form eor tablets called Sarsatab: 100 Doses $1. —— ey PLUMBING AND GASFITTING. JOHNSON & BENSON 20 Central Avenue. SLATE ROOFIN Metgl Cornices and Skylights, Gutters and Conductors, and all kinds of Job- bing promptly attended to. ‘Tel. 719.: The Vaughn Foundry Co. 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