The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1908, Page 19

DOO eer 5 The Dinner Table as an Adjunct io Happiness. By John K. Le Baron. @ HD chief desideratum of life ts happiness, and there can be but little happiness without health This being true, it {8 strange that man 1s ao neglectful TAA, WHER oUF ‘ils largely originate In that much abused organ, | Dyspepsia ts"the most note !n the sublime symphony of domesth economy The skilful housewife is the ¢ her throne, I do not mean housewife, whatey fa ordant 1 American queen and the kitchen is We should not US Wo ene a virtul That man who ts crahbed and grouchy as the result of argues that ¢ is a yulgarism He should remember homas Trusser sald in the sixteenth century, that “God sendeth and give the mouth and the meat." live to eat, but we must eat to Hve, and therefore tt become: of necessity mproper diet generally h both It depends upon the enter whether a meal is vulgar or refined. Our meals should be something more than gastronomle wrestling matches, The world 1s agreed that the averaze “quick lunch” is a vulgarism and the curse of mankind, The worst of it is that we too often carry the habits thus acquired into our hom Every incal—and especially the dinner—should in its preparation bea work of art, and in its consuniption an inspiration to sociability and good cheer. | Many ac 1 transformed by the magle in- fuence of what Byron ce ul—the dinner bell.” “The true essentials of a feast < Holmes, “are only fun and feed;" and every meal should have its complenient of good cheer and fest. Let conversa- tion, repartee a ©, and then will “good digestion. v on appetite and heal A inan + ed is s. “A dinner lubricates business,” says Lord Stowell. } salesman keenly appreciates the logic of that statemer The di hour may be © most profitable and pleasant time of the day, ministering to our bodily affording rest and relaxation from dally toil and promoting the social and et side of the family, “Eat, drink and be inerry,” is a scriptura The sociability of the mark of civilization. Many savage tribes observe absolute silence meals. “The Maldivian Islanders,” says the elder Disraeli, “eat alor tribes thar are otherwise social seclude them- selves at their meuis, making eating a penalty rather than a pleasure. The conviviality and fellowship of the dinner table are steps in our evolution from savagery. | What we eat is of vital moment, but how we eat ft is quite as Important Wo rush throug at 1 ndignitied speed, in the false belief that we a mizing time, eure Drees physical wrecks and business failures that v the 1 remendously expensive ‘ Deliberation in eating 1 r nduces to mental profit, but to domesti felicity “if there is one word that ix universally significant of leve, peace, finement. social amenity, Jriendship, pure society, joy, it is the tadle,” says Beecher The woman who es the well meal £ y has much valor is to ain feasting # t © battles of the bus world, «1 as much as Ub 1 the well fed man jhas the best chances Good food pi If we Goal food hastily eaten is vulgar are going to live at all, why not right? “Glove Watch’ is Newest Paris Fad hi pose of a bizarre ornament and a aha eeeee | Hotel Rates a Penny Per Day. LD-TIM hotel ps im Ei i n nee, in the days of was 1 pent r cort #ix ents), and offere beet, mutton or pigge or fis 6 POE DLEDOLODEDY DEDEDE DELO HILEG44G6G.96- 99 FPOGDVVO99E9OL OOD DFOSO® © ¢ A Romance of Mysiery, Ps - i ss = > Love and Adventure. = ° (Copyright, 1008, by Bobbs-Merriil Co.) purse to have dropped from his waist-jovercoat collar up to his chin and with drink ed a alled upon him|}audible question: “No, 'e ain't. Goma black cavern of indeterminate dimen- oat poeket while he was sliding on his cursing the fact that his hat must ‘to stand and give an a t of him-/an’ let the fool go to ‘ell. ‘Oo wa sions. Across this he struck at random, SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS ear down tie dark stairease. To recover |stand out ike a chimney pot on a de-\self, “like a goo’ feller.” Another |'im to share goo’ liker? Not I’ * # *) walked himself flat against a wall, felt 2gbllip, Kirkwood. a young Cafornian, 8 /it meant, at the least, shelter for the \tached house, he sped on tiptoe down tempted him with offers of drink and| Joining his companion he departed, his way along to an open door and ie about to return to America he in ight, followed by a decent, comfortable |the cobbled way and close beneath the 5 » confabulation, ‘de yielded not; |leaving behir a trail of sulphi passed ‘ough (o another apartment as Hnterested in the Jatter’s pretty dauy and sustaining morning meal. rtified |house walls of Quadrant Mews. But ine to the seductive Jure e | tainted air Ws quieted grad- dark as the first. Here, endeavoring to (Poromhy. The Kir Koes by nieht tow vacant ty both he could redeem his Juggase, |half way in he stopped, confounded by picked up his heols and ran. ‘Those be-{ ually make a circuit of the walls, he succeed- lather. “Kirk vod follows to protect her. ity change to cloth more suitable for |an unforeseen diftculty, How was he hind him, remarking with resentment| Indoors Kirkwood faced unhappily |ed in throwing himself bodily across a ee cMed OD ne Ge ketecless. Dorothy fe. | daylight travelling, pawn his valuables, |to identify the narrow entry of No. % the antazing fact that an intimate of enigma o! fortuity, ndering: | bed, whicl. creaked horribly; and for a Ippsare, from, an lps wr carrie land enter into negotiations with the |whose counterparts doubiless commu- the mews should run away from liquor, | Was this by ar Miity No. 92 |full minute lay as he had fallen, scance fously guards. Kir her n'a eau steamship company for permission to|nicated with the mews from every cursed ena alia tia Meereninir ne key had fi bolts had been |daring to think. But nothing followed, ete nouse oF a, Mrs, iF atttheltl jexchance his passage, with a sur tofresidence on four sides of the city si Fink ao wink ravening | drawn on the inside; and while the Key |and he p and found a shut door eis to take her that nlxht to the vontinent | boot, for transportation on another ner, |block? aTiaia |had been one of « ary pattern and, Which let him into yet a third room, Tertved ine (atten de. net "tor itipn 4 most feasible project: A temptation! phe jow inner tenements were yet| For all their burden of intoxication, | Would no proven effectual | Wherein he burked both shins on a chatr, Shother. man atealthily dev. all but Irresistible high enough to hide the rear eleva- they knew the ground by fustinet and| with any one of a hundr mn and escaped to a fourth whowe atmos. ot Maraonauct Garctaye Into the hades omy | cout, woen—ihe risk #2 * 8 tions of Frognall street houges and the from long association. They gained on |l0cks, the finger of probability seemed phere way highly flavored with relucy £0 rina’ the und the cab have vans a |(for the sake of argument) the custe-|mist was heavy besides; otherwise he |him, Across the way a window-sash |‘ Indicate at his luck had brought |tant odors of bygone cookery, stale water PAGES ota aectacs' Stree Hatiam, and mary n watchman to have taken UP) had made shift to locate No. 9 by tick- went up with a bang, and a woman | im back to No | |and damp plumbing—probably the kiteh fare cpponanls In some mvateriaue plot, | ite |o transient residence In Number 9; 8 \ |ing off the dwellings from the corner. screamed. Through the only other en In spite of all this he was sensible en, Thence, Progressing over complain: fan ‘Known ab Mulreaav). Dory. | Posing the police to have entered wiih |1f he went on, hit or miss, the odds trance to the mews a beiated cab was little con though thia were |ing floors through what have been ¢ carries thio black bas, |him and found the stunned man on'theywere anything you please to one thut homing; its driver, getting wind of the No, %, his freedom gti! lay on the | the servanis' hall, a large room with a wanders back toward |second floor; would the watchman not/he would blunder into the servants’ unusual, pulled up, blocking the way, | Snes of the gods, his very life, helike, jtable in the middie and a number of the Nacant house. whiiner Dorothy had Kone he vigilant for ier nocturnal wa lquarters of some inhabited house and |and added his advice to the uproar was poised, ering, on @ pinna: t | promiscuous chairs (witness his torture — rauder Would not the police 1 be promptly and righteously sat} Caught thus between two fires, and | Sh! jebina), he Shaily Slundered inie the CHAPTER VII ore than ever, be keeping a war upon by the service staff while the! with his persecutors hard upon him,| In the end, taking heart of despera- | basement hallway 4 4 . thet house of susptotous pps bobby was summoned, | Kirkwood dived into the nearest. black |tion, he stooped and removed his shoca,| By now a little calmer, he felt as- to) anal) Decidedly to re-enter it would toi = : ay ' a Aldtat this’ was reall i bers (Continued : : visk. And yet, undoubtet-|. Be that as it mlght—he almost lost hole of a passageway and in sheer d precaution which appealed later to his sured that t is was , y No. 9 Frog On the Tr: il, las uavanaty nile tovercign purse] 2/8 head when he realized this--escape poration flung himself, key in hand, |sense of the ridiculous, in view of the | mall street, a 1 8 tlithe happier about | 1 Ae nett) BIE ORT Te PT n somewhere on the {Was already cut of by the Way he had agalnet the door at the end. Mark how jracket le had maised in entering, but ail, though avon momentarily f 4 1 vere Soe eee or iin davilt ae \eagand’ dl stairs; whileas his {Come Some one, or, rather, some two his luck served him who had foresworn | whieh at the moment ed most natu- | getful of ve potent 1 ” lee and night- See tie Ald cag to ree lhis fingaraethe key to the dark entry, |ear the tramping and shuffle of clumsy the key. It tarned, So did the knob, |senge. Then, rising, he held his breath, |steps to the ground floor without @ Men for he did, because lt Was fairs |witiah he hed hy force of habit pocketed (feet @nd voices that muttered indis- |The door gave inward. He fell in with |ataring and Matening. About him the) venture and found limecif wt last in Aptana’ agraninusly’ ealnine: vel sivumehadior looking the di Uinctly, One seemed to trip over some: it, slammed it, shot the bolts, and, | pitch darkness was punctuated with fad- the sal mond ghostly hall wh gling, his feet trod the path to which | He came to the Hog-In-the-Pouna, {thing and cursed. The other laughed; | panting, leaned against its panels, inn |ing points of fire, and ta Wa sane WAR Ali hed entered goine aly hours befor rere aenrenttin Lin veuln Aha aacane ) with low-turned |the volces grew more loud. They were pit of everlasting night, but—saved nol of strane ays nag ld J ae ie oe eee rf “why, : leas light Dow . . ) coming his way. He dared no longer for the time being, at all events epy—unuily # tee e can: |f a . Wh he expostulated fecbly, “1 gas lights. Down the cove all my c E, ¥ eee . ~ identity the gener might'a well turn back and beat that way Quadrant Mews slept in a dusk | vaciilate Outside somebody brushed against one trviled Ms nerves 8 aaelly. aliens a bie ry eyo Perry rar bobby over the head with my cane! but Atfully relieved by @ lamp or two | Hut—which passage should he chooge? wall, cannoned to the other, brought up |thal he was 4 IM nae | OE But at that moment lis hand was in/round which the friendly mist clung | He moved on with more haste than! with a crash against the door, and, per- | ™nrded ; are ; als change pocket, feeling over that |close and thick. |discretion. One heel slipped on a cob- force at a stands awore from his| He went forward gingerly, feeling his re ¢ ntl, owt each un same brass door key which earlier he| There would be none to see * * * | ble time-worn to glassy smoothness; he heart way Hike » blind man on » nee mound seated wep, he ¢ BE yet ereen . fad begn unable to account for, and he | Skulking { swollen with fear, |lurched, caught himself up tn time to) “Gorblimy!’ he Gesiared Seotingly re long best ambled over as rail aud lasso a a ne Bie Abin WhAn be was informing himself how very easy ‘heart beating lke @ snare drum, Kirk-|ave @ fall, lost hiv hai, recovered it,' "I'd ‘a’ ook my oath | sore 'm run in| found ¢ he walls of assuage had | gain e a " ue 01 tt Fveobe & Would hove Leon for the soversiga weed Wok bie chance Muttomlng hip Qad wes Glscuvered. A voles, maudila ‘ere! And thea, in answer to an ine Mallen away, be bad eulered & room, fet Of Une second Aight, app | | of nis| fo relegate woman to the drudgery of housework, but a g00d wealth or station, {8 mistress of her own culinary af- He SO Tis 1S THE HARO WORK HAS LET ME Ser! DID 1 SHOOT THIS SINCE. lloapep 11? Now, GEE How NICE. PAPA Fix For ‘ITTIEN BaBy! You ARE The Nicesr Eup <= ane btvening worid Daiiy Magazine, Wednesday, (“A Hazardous Business” -: Hic- ER- WOULD ~ SWEAR, THAT HIc ~Key WAS ‘THE Hic LL TRY AGAIN [ OYSTERS ece By “Scar”? — o* f | { BURGLARS? Just WHar | B HoLe Re I'M LOOKIN LOBSTER- Pr FIZ - QUAIL ~ TURKEY, To GLEEP Too | BLESS His HEART 1h GLAD HE'S SLEEPING So SoOunNvLyY Heart Topics By Betty Vincent. IAT would be a suitable and sen- Gifts for Christmas. sible Christmas present to give a W girl friend of mine, she being sixteen years of age and I having known her almost a year? I do not wish to give her anything which she might thin foolish or silly. I could spend t $4 or $5 on it, LR. If the young girl Js a book lover she would be greatly pleased with a copy of her favorite book, a set of novels or some of the new books as a Christ nas git. A pretty print or a silver pict frame a so suitable. A visit to any department store where they are show- stmas goods will help you in pretty and appropriate gift To Boom or Not to Bow, Dear Bett WAS at an affair and danced a lancers with a young man. Is i proper for nie to recognize him as a friend, wlthough [ was not formally in- tr ed to him? ih te) formally i to the young man, It is h not to bow to him when you meet again As you know nothing of him I do not advise you to continue this chance ac- while dancing troduce 1 have never been . ’ By Helen Rowland. or Girl YIVDSOIAVODOGOHGOODIVOOOISOSMOS OVE, ikea more you 8 tn it self-love, That deadly reaction ar, holds only so much honey, and the queeze out of it the less there is left The only kind of masculine love that never dies is that comes after a man has gone too far in love or wine feels so much like real repentance that he is almost inclined to be conceited about it. Of course platonic friendship is possible—tf wou live five hundred miles apart and one of you has a hump and the other is cross-eyed. No doubt it 1s nothing but liberal-mindedness that makes it impossible fora man to narrow his thought down to just one woman. When a man pulis the leaves off a daisy he says not. She lo ves wie not?” but “I love her? “She loves me? T love her not?” and he's just as much ir doubt about the answer as though it were somebody else's puzzle. The masculine affairs asas It toy oF h dea of being per his lighter sedative on hand—one for timulant and one as a s like cegtars something sacred—-a whit feetly “balanced” ts to have two love side and one for his darker side, one 10 fun being a woman, because every man treats you either like a © cow or a brass idol or the ashes of You can have an automobile or a typewriter sent up on trial, bul you've got to Never say take a husband on trust. Dye! to a middle-aged woman, nor “Diet! toa fat man -Home Hints For Busy Housewivos, | Oatmeal Stuffing. © one quart of botling wat | oatmeal enough to anake a stiff bat- ter. Add one small ctopped onion, lone stalk chopped celery, one egg, tea- [spoonful salt, ttle pepper, one good- sized apple chopped. Fill turkey and |sew up. This is superior to bread filling. | Chopped Beef Bake. AKE two pounds of chopped beef and three tomatoes, add pepper and salt to taste, add three onions chop- ped fine, then put meat in pot, sprin- kle flour over meat, and set in oven to bake three-fourths of an hour, and serve. This 1s a cheap and whole- some dish Dumplings. | Weis: making chicken and dumplings i Instead of bolling the dumplin take a part of the gravy, put in a jbake pan, then put in the dumplings, cover, and bake tn the oven until done. | To make the dumplings for a 6mall fam- | ily take two teacups of flour, one-half | teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful | soda, and three-fourths cup of butter- | | milk; dissolve soda in buttermilk. Or | sweet milk and one teaspoonful of baic- | ing powder can be used instead. Thexe 4 j dumplings are also nice with any ies of roast mber 9, ‘Meditations of —-:- a Married Man Clarence L. Cullen. Harveyized > f ae that you'd tf she|ne oO g with her Problem tn Psyc Sho asks P t 1 ba You take a look and tell 1 He : you're crazy over St done that way.| 1 me 1 no dort. actly the other way. What's the s0lU-| pink reader of the future. tion? Why fs it that, flve minutes dete you're due to start for the theatre, she | ; always discovers that slie's to sew | baggies a plece of ruching on the t f he walst? It's easy enough to make your wife {0 8" § believe that you're overworked. But t ; she's bound to wonder what's becom.) Quite trresy ing of the money that ts (not) being a earned by your overtime ‘i ; beck Sho loves to have you i endlighieray walter out a hat," because, say she tOMIARUSIOU COVER NIBNE OUT TRS ECCS | ‘such perfect taste" In hats. ‘The really- | en you go § eA RR IE and-truly answer 1s that you, t esn’'t think that salesgirl behind swollen under her flattery, will select pulcounten Haan! traunylantyawint the $58 Hd instead of the $30 tent | ec enea, had her eye on. \ e very best that you can do The long and short of this “wife's | is to stake her to a $50 near-lynx set of weekly allowance” business is that you will she Insist upon. telling dump your entire income into her lap about that blue fox set that she and she then allows you enough out of | saw yesterday priced at it for luncheon or carfare. uv? If Petrarch had even suspected his, She'll Laura of wearing a red flannel petti stacks of ten-page letters relatives and to inconse es who are little or coat d'ye suppose he'd have written 1 But she will not sit her those saccharine letters? down and write out a st of the folks She's going to send her mother a $19.99 she's got to buy Christmas gitts for. umbrella for a Christmas gift. What's) Keep tt yourself about Ninon she going to send your mother? Oh, a) d’inclos having kept the most eligible couple of two-bit handkerchiefs, or “a young men of France dancing around little collarette ts always nice and inex-) her up to ber elghty-fifth year. She'll pensive, too,” she says when you ask, keep you busy enough settling for new her about that hair puffs and things as It 4 H1E coat under [ vest is one of the latest and most approved arti- cles in men's under- wear, and this model can be made either with or without the short sleeves. 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Ever an optimistic soul, tn- 5 1 {ts Baninentad stinctively inclined to father faith with ticipating the m y On a hope, he felt supren confident other 4, indubita peaihan that arch would not prove truit- s 1 ; less, t he wov'd win early release when It c t from his temporary straits. ReralifArana, And thus {t fell out that, at the Instant: Moreover, | : that he was thinking it time to begin to 1 ; : cutie’ an craw! and hunt, his stockt feet Kirke came into contact with something lina ; a heavy, ylelding, warm ething t t 4 moved, moaned and ca hair t ae bristle and his flesh to ane We will make allowa 1 along he had gone t 1 that his antagonist of the dark stairwa would have recoyered and ma with all expedition in t t or twenty minutes, at m t ’ time of his accident. ‘To find him ta there was something ent \ he initlal s b s e to his equanimity, a t effect man evidently remained F ‘ fact had barely moved; while t that Kirkwood beard had bee Poor devil! murmured the % 1 men. “He must be in @ pretty bad way to be inued.)