The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 29, 1908, Page 3

es ‘ ‘plaster and wherever evidence of de- THEOLOESTGHURGH HONOR CLAIMED FOR BUILDING AT SANTA FE, N. M. Foundation Laid in 1541, But Struc- ture Has Undergone Many Changes Since Then—Has Historic Old Bell in Belfry. Kansas City —The ancient Santa Fe eburch at Santa Fe, N. M., is the old- est house of worship in the United States, according to the claim of the Christian Brothers, the Catholic order which has charze of the edifice. | “Brother David,” who looks after the | spiritual welfare of the parish, says | the records of the Christian Brothers show that the foundation of the Santa Fe church was laid 1541. The next} eldest church building in this country fe the mission of San Xavier, situated near Tucson, Ariz n a Papago In- dian settlement re is a dispute as to whether the n Xavier mission Was started in 1547, as is claimed by some, or at a ljaier time. Coronado, | who is said to have laid the corner-} atone of the mission building, was in Spain in 1547 nd is believed by} those who have investigated the facts bearing on the subject that the Santa Fe church is 10 or 15 years older than the San Xaviér mission building The construction of the Santa Fe ed- | {@ce was slow work. ‘he more expert artisans hall to brought all the way from Spain. Indians were forced to perform much of the hard manual labor, such as making the adobe bricks er blecks which were used in the walls and carrying them to the places where they were laid. The walls of the building three to five feet thick. That the sun-dried clay blocks t be are from Ancient Church at Santa Fe, N. M. were strong serviceable is at- tested by the that they have with- atood the ravages of the elements for mearly 400 years and still are in ap- parently as good condition as when they were first placed in position. The church has undergone many im provements since first it was built. It mow has little resemblance to the eriginal structure. The adobe outside walls have been smoothed over with and cay was shown repairs were made. The ancient belfry has been remodeled to such an extent that its appearance is entirely changed from that of the original structure. The old bell, which is said to have been placed in the church at the time of its completion, mow occupies a position just inside the entrance door of the church. The bell of itself is a relic that attracts the at- tention of all who visit the historic place. It was cast August 9, 1356, as is shown by the date which is molded upon it. The tone of the bell is mel- low and musical and can be heard a great distance The distinguished honor of ringing | this ancient bell is accorded to but} few persons by “Brother David.” Presi- | dent Roosevelt is one of those who} was invited to sound for the tones of | the bell. This was in 1903, when the} president visited Santa Fe. The chief executive of the nation pulled the rope with a vigor that caused the bell to give forth a tone that was heard far beyond the limits of the parish. This bell is said to have done service in Spain for nearly 200 years before it was brought to the ancient pueblo of Santa Fe and installed in this church. Tw the times when the church edifice was used as a fort to ward off attacks ef the Indians the bell was used to sound the alarm to the settlers of the Santa Fe district when the Indians swooped down upon the pueblo When the church was built and for a aentury or two afterwards the open- iugs in its walls, now fitted with win- dows of glass, were covered with woven Indian blankets when storms came. Ordinarly the openings were left free of obstructions and the pure air of the mesa swept through the building. The bare ground served for a floor until 1710, when a puncheon floor was put down. Since that date tae interior of the church has been ornamented with a gallery. The walis of the edifice are adorned with a num- ber of paintings, some of which are the work of old masters and are very valuable. Additions to Solar System. i The known number of little mem- bers of the solar system continues*to fmcrease every year. Up to June ijast tae number to which permanent desig- mations had been given was 635. Many reported discoveries turn out to be simply the refinding of asteroids al- ready known. Fifteen irstances of this kind occurred in 1906 and the first half of 1907. —Youth’s Companion. | while Col “ WETMORE AGAIN A SENATOR. Rhode Island Deadlock Broken en |APPetizing Ways of Preparing the Gieves of That Eighty-Fifth Ballot. Providence, R. I—George Peabody Wetmore was re-elected to the United States senate on the first ballot cast in both branches of the Rhode Island general assembly the other day, re- ceiving a total of 68 votes. Col. Rob- ert H. I. Goddard of this city, the Dem- ocratic and Lincoln Republican nomi- nee, was’ given a total of 36 votes, Camuel P. Colt of Bristol received five votes. The voting was a continuation of the balloting which occupied much of the time of the general assembly at the GEQQGE -P-WETTIORE last session, which at the time of ad- journment was still in deadlock. The first ballot of the session was the eighty-fifth in the contest Senator Wetmore was the Repup- lican candidate for re-election, and as the Republicans have 72 votes to 39 of the Democratis and Lincoln party, a united vote, it was believed before the balloting began that he would be returned to Washington over Goddard. Both candidates were in the contest at | the last session, but Col. Samuel Pom- eroy Colt polled a majority of the Re- publican votes. Senator Wetmore lives in Newport. He was born.in London in 1846 during the visit of his paremwts abroad. He was graduated from Yale in 1867, was governor of Rhede Island from 1885 to 1887 and was elected to the United States senate by unanimous vote in 1894. He was re-elected in 1901. He is a millionaire and a social leader. A REMARKABLE CHIMPANZEE, Takes Daily Bath and Eats Breakfast with Mistress. London.—England is much interest- ed in a young chimpanzee belonging to Miss A. F. Hall, which is being brought up with about as much care as would be bestowed on her if she was a human being : Every morning, Miss Daisy, for that is the chimpanzee’s name, has her bath. She is then dressed and con- ducted to the breakfast room of her: mistress’ house, where she sits at the table with the family and feeds herself with a spoon ; For the balance of the day, she is subjected to humanizing and educa- tional influences to which her mistress says she responds in a most satisfact- ory manner, so that she grows in knowledge and good breeding very rap- idly Miss Hall has high aspirations for her little chimpanzee. She confident- ly expects to teach her to do a great many things no other chimpanzee ever has done. She declines to state the limit of the possibilities she conceives of when she thinks of Miss Daisy’s fu- ture. It may be she hopes to send her to Girton college, where England's most aristocratic young women get their higher education Smokeless Coal. A London inventor claims to have discovered a process for producing smokeless coal, apparently by dis- tillation of coal at a low tempera- ture. This, after filtration, is said to deposit a very brilliant substance, the heating properties of which are far greater than those of the original coal, and which is absolutely free from smoke and dirt. The inventor con- tends that efforts to overcome the smoke plague have hitherto been un- successiul, because they have been made in the wrong direction, and that by the extraction of the smoke-produc- ing material in coal before being burned, he has been successful in pro- ducing a smokeless coal. Sir W. B. Richmond, president of the Society for the Prevention of Smoke, bas } the point of boiling, stir in the neces- VEGETABLES IN NEW GUISE. Odds and Ends. To serve cold turnips af‘ractively, heat a cupful of soup or gvod stock; add a cupful of bread crumbs and sim- mer for five minutes. Add the mashed turnips, two or three tablespoonfuls of cream and the requisite amount of salt and pepper. When thoroughly hot turn in the beaten yolk of an egg; cook for a minute or two longer and serve quickly. If some of the large stalks of cel- ery have been left from dinner and the capk does not desire to make them into soup stew them until tender in slightly salted water; then drain them through a colander and chop fine. Add cream, melted butter, beaten egg, and salt to taste, and to each pint of the mixture one level teaspoonful of ba- king powder that has previously been sifted into a little-tiour. If the batter is not of proper consistency, a little more flour may be added, for the mix- \palm of the hand. ture must be thick enough to drop properly from the end of a spoon into the deep fat in which it should be fried. Even the radishes Jett on the table may be. served a stively if this formula is followed: Let them cook until tender in just enough boiling water to cover them. .Keep the sauce pan securely covered until the rad ishes are done; then uncover and re- duce the liquor one-half. Add an equal quantity of milk, and, when at sary amount of flour and butter to thicken the sauce appropriately. If you have never tried this experiment in cooking radishes the result will be certain to prove a pleasing surprise. WHEN CARPET BECOMES BARE. | Devices by Which Its Usefulness May Be Prolonged. In the case of a bare carpet three courses may be followed. A new one may be substituted, the old one being relegated to 2 room of less conse- quence; or a squ?re may be put on top of the old; or a manipulation of the widths may be attempted, banishing the worn parts to obscure corners un- derneath rugs or pieces of furniture, | where they will scarcely be seen and not trodden upon. A word of advice may here be given about regulating the wear of stair car- pet. Each length of it should always be at least half a yard longer than actual- ly required, to permit of changing the tread. In laying such a carpet for the first time have the surplus half yard at the top. After the first time it is taken up, when relaying pull it over the step a few inches, and so on until the surplus half yard is all at the bottom; then the carpet could be reversed and this process repeated, with the result that some years will be added to the life of the carpet. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Iron rust can be removed with salt mixed with a little lemon juice. For clothes that fade, put one ounce sugar of lead in a pail of rainwater. Soak overnight. A spoonful of vinegar put into the water in which meat or fowls are boiled makes them tender. To clean decanters put a teaspoon- ful of salt in each decanter, moisten with vinegar, shake well to clean the inside of bottle, then rinse thoroughly with cold water. When mixtures have been burned in granite ware half fill the utensil with cold water and add a little washing soda or soap powder. Heat slowly to the boiling point, then empty and wash as usual. When 2 broom is beyond use for sweeping purposes it will be found ex- cellent for scrubbing the kitchen floor. Go over the floor with the broom and hot suds, then mop with clear water. Never use a good broom for this pur- pose. Frozen Souffie. A frozen dessert which is a sort of first cousin to the souffle family—in- deed, it bears the family name—will be found a welcome change when one is tired of the more usual creams and sherbets. Soak one-half box gelatine in one half cup cold water. Beat the yolks of four eggs with one-half pint sugar, and add one pint fresh pineapple juice j and another one-half pint sugar. Strain into a pan and put the pan inside an- other pan containing shaved ice or ice water. Dissolve the gelatine in one-half cup boiling water and strain it into the mixtur Beat this without stopping, and as it begins to thicken add one pint of cream which has been previously whipped and drained. Mold and freeze. Baked Bean Salad. Pee} and slice fine eight small on- ions, pour cold water over them and press hard with the hands to remove the strong taste. Drain well and put in the salad bow] with three cups cold baked beans. Toss lightly, add a tea- spoonful salt, a half teaspoonful pep- per, two tablespoonfuis salad oil, a teaspoonful of white sugar and a small. cup of vinegar. Mix. Garnish with lives, green or the ripe black ones, gard-boiled eggs sliced and lettuce. Corn with Macaroni. Break one-fourth of a package of macaroni into small pieces and cook in boiling salted water. Have ready one can of corn stewe* and seasoned Place the corn and macaroni in alter- nate layers in a buttered baking dish; moisten with one cupful of sweet milk, dot with bits of butter and bake until nicely browned. HOW TO WASH CHAMOIS. Kind Should Be! Cleansed in Bath of Soapy Water. Every woman is under the impres- sion that chamois skin gloves are srand till she has tried to pair. They are said to wash so easily that the one who has a pair seldom makes any attempt to keep them clean in the beginning. She is sure that all she has to do is to give them a care- less scrubbing to make them as good as new that she doesn’t take even the ordinary precautions. Wait till she has tried washing them just once, and then hear her denounce anything made of chamois skin forever after. They can be washed to look like new, however, if one but knows the lit- Ue trick of leaving the soap in to keep them soft. Again, it is bad policy to. wash them on the hand, as they are sure to stretch this way. Rather cleanse them by the squeezing method, rolling them up in a little ball in the Wash in several waters, all soapy, and finally pull into shape without rinsing. Do not streteh them in the least, but after working the fingers into shape hang them in a current of air, but not near heat of any kind. When dry give them a vig- | orous rubbing with a brush te bring up the nap. OLD-FASHIONED STYLES LIKED. Odd Shapes in China Are in Favor This Season. Old-fashioned styles in china will prevail this season, and to the unini- tiated much of the new dinner ware will "appear cheap because the shapes are odd rather than pretty. For this innovation possibly the craze for mission furniture in dining- rooms is responsible, for many of the designs are in keeping with this style of furnishing. As to the decoration on these--mis- sion sets—small, plain-looking nose- gays of flowers in one color are used throughout each service. This orna- mentation is in just such plain shades as green, blue and red. There is a marked change in the shapes of the dishes, for the square vegetable dishes and sauce boats, the latter made in one piece, with the dish it rests upon, have returned to favor. Flat meat dishes follow the lines of the covered ones and are decidedly angular. Small butter plates are shaped square to match, and so are many of the smaller side platters. Maple Sugar Cake. This is a recipe not generally known, but it has been tried with great success. For the layers rub to- gether one cupfui of butter and two; cupfuls of sugar until they form a cream. Add the yolks of four eggs beaten lightly, three cupfuls of sifted flour, half a cupful of milk, the whites of the eggs whipped to a froth and lastly one teaspoonful of baking pow- der. Bake in jelly pans. For the fill- ing boil one cupful of maple sirup un- til it threads. Pour slowly upon the white of one egg, which has been beaten stiff, beating steadily all the while. Continue beating until the mix- ture is cold and thick, then spread be tween the layers and on the top. If desired still richer stir half a cupful of butternuts, which have been chop- ped fine, into the filling just before spreading on the cake. New Use for Tabie Oil Cloth. A woman who is always discovering things about the house that nobody else ever thought of says that the oilcloth used for kitchen tables makes an excellent floor covering if used over felt padding. It has the merit, moreover, of com- ing in daintier patterns than the or- dinary oilcloth used for kitchens. It can be kept perfectly clean by scrub- bing with soapy water made from & good white soap. Do not rub the soap on the oilcloth itself, but instead make a strong suds. The strong yellow soaps used in most kitchens will soon | Wear off the luster of the oilcloth and make it dull and shabby looking. Wipe the floor perfectly dry with a clean; | soft cloth. Turkish Delight. Soak an ounce of gelatine for two hours in half a cupful of cold water, Dissolve two cupfuls of granulated sugar in half a cupful of cold water. As soon as it boils add the gelatine and | Flavor | cook steadily for 20 minutes with the rind and juice of one orange and orange flower water or rose water. Turn into tins wet with cold water and when set cut into squa Rolk in a mixture of cornstarch and confec- tioner’s sugar. A few chopped nuts may be added to the sirup when it iq taken from the fire. ' New Idea in Napkin Rings. An embroidered napkin ring is @ pretty noveliy. The design is wor in the solid satin hea limen; then the Hi carefully basted aleng the e tonboled with smail sca! tonholing fast lining t tc. and has ition! treme po.nt Th othe straight and a sma!l pear! button sewed on about two inches fr end. The loop :astens over this the ring is complete. Delly Verden Care One cupful white - ecupful of buticr beaten to a whites of three eg2zs beaten froth, one-half cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuis of flour, one teaspoonful eream tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda, flavor with lemon; beat the yolks of three eggs with 15 spoonfuls of powdered sugar; put the frosting: on the cake as soon as removed from oven. i ps, the but. ng and One ead is pointed loop ai the end outside the wash a4 ze, and this ts but.| Settlement Comprises 1,000 Acres— Many Japs Becoming Naturalized. San Antonio, Tex.—Friction tween the United States and over the immigration of Japanese la- borers to this country, which brought on race riots in San Francisco and elsewhere on the Pacific slope, lends j interest to the immigration of Japan- ‘ese to Texas, through Mexico. The movement rose to a considerable im- portance in 1904 and 1905, and | Teached its climax in the early part j of 1907, when great numbers of Jap- \ anese entered Texas They came in | Japanese House in Texas. bodies of 30 or 40 at a time, each group having a leader. As many as 400 or 500 of them were in San An- tonio at one time last spring, and for several months displaced the negro servants, especially as coachmen. Then suddenly all of these men quit (their positions and embarked on a train for the northwest. Many of the Japanese, however, who have come to Texas have come in good faith as settlers. Some of them, especially the lony at Web- ster, in Harris county, in this state, have signified their intention of be- coming American citizens. The Six- ty-first district court of Harris coun- ty has granted to some of them pre- liminary papers as proof of the “dec- laration of intention.” The question has been risen as to whether the Jap- j anese are eligible to American citi- zenship. It is stated that a federal judge in a western Texas district has held that the Japanese are eligible, and it is probable that at the end of the term of qualified residence no objection will’ be made to the final naturalization | This colony in Harris county occu- pies about 1,000 acres of land, nearly all of which is under cultivation, the most of it being planted in rice. They | also cultivate vegetables and fruits, and have proved themselves success- ful farmers. They have built them- selves comfortable homes and have to a great extent adopted American cus- ; toms. They have a _ Presbyterian | church and a preacher trained at the | Union Theological seminary in Vir- ginia. About four years ago a colony of Japanese settled on the Mitchell lake farms, south of San Antonio. The Mitchell lake farms are under irriga- tion and the Japanese have held their own with the Germans and the Bo- | hemians, who have been the most suc- cessful farmers in this part of the country. One of the most successful of this | colony, named Porido, took advantage jof the influx of his countrymen last | winter and had some Japanese car- penters in the party build him a Jap- | anese house. It is rather a quaint | and graceful type of architecture and is well adapted to this climate He | lives there with his wife and two chil- dren, The oldest, a boy about three | years of age the first Japanese | child born in Texas. | LORD CURZON AN IRISH PEER. Ex-Viceroy of India Elected to Va- cancy in House of Lords. London.—Lord Curzon of Kedleston, ex-viceroy of India, who by the recent | { LORD CURZON. became a o fill the vatancy is caused by the maine. has a special rieans in view of the 2d in 1996 r ef Chicago. He R Alfred N Baron in Dublin Irish pee. repre- in the jeath of Lord Ik aterest t who olden ountr Lord Curzon was rvorn in 18 and en 1886, as for the Langashire. He ; the east» be ! ore he was n le a vie which of j ice he held from i898 until 1995 | a i { uservative outhport di aveled ext in CFO. letter that we didn't sever the one that we tw get back out‘of the ' Neopolitan } two | tablespoon | Add two qua of dale, a JAPANESE COLONY IN TEXAS. (COON DINNER MENU {| EASILY PREPARED BY THE AVER- be- | Japan! AGE COOK. Everything, from the Caviare Canapes to the Delicious Dessert, Well Within the Range of a Modest Kitchen. A delightful dinner for 12 persons, which was largely prepared by the practical hands of the hostess, may interest our readers. The center- piece was a very large epergne of cut glass heaped with fruits, and the menu was as follows: Canapes of Caviare. Oyster Cocktail. Clear Soup. Roast Turkey with Chestnut Stuffing Giblet Gravy. Mashed and Stewed Po-: tatoes. Celery : Cranberry Sauce. Brussels Sprouts. Cauliflower. } Waldorf Salad on Lettuce, Mayonnaise.} Old-fashioned Suet Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce. ; Ice Cream. Orange Sponge! Cake. Coffee i The caviare canapes were made! from half slices of rye bread. These! were buttered and spread in three! strips with caviare, minced white! onion and chopped hard-boiled egg yolks The caviare was in the center and the onion one side, and the eggs on the other, with a little chopped parsley over all The cocktails were made as usual, with oysters surrounded with tomato catsup and lemon, and served in tall glasses. The home-made sponge cake was a great success and can be dupli- cated by following this rule: Orange Cream Layer Cake. One and one-half cupfuls of sugar, which must be pulverized. Three eggs beaten entire with the sugar. It is wise to sift the sugar if at all lumpy. Sift 14% cups of flour into the mixing bowl with three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix the beaten eggs and sugar into the flour. Beat all together until light, adding half a cup of hot water and the juice and rind of half an orange. Have the water on to boil and the orange prepared before the cake is begun. The other half of the orange will be needed for the filling. There- fore, grate the rind entirely and squeeze out all the juice, then meas- ire half the rind thus grated for the eake and half the juice. While the cake is baking in layer tins or a shal- low pan, which will allow it to cut in squares larger, the filling must be made. Orange Cream Filling. One large cupful of milk put on the fire to ld. Take two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of corn starch and a half teaspoonful of flour. Mix these dry and shake gradually into the hot milk. After it thickens —meanwhile it must be well stirred —add a beaten egg. Beat this in thor- oughly, then add the grated rind and juice of the half orange. Cool and fill the cake when it, too, is cool. It will keep for several days. Old-Fashioned Suet Pudding. One cupful of melasses, one cup- ful of sugar, either white or brown; one cupful of chopped beef suet, one eupful of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the cream, a pinch of salt, flour and spices. It must be made quite stiff with flour, noticeably so when dropped from the spoon. For ices use cloves, cinna- mon and allspice, a teaspoonful each. For the fruit have ready a cupful of chopped raisins, of the seedless kind, a cupful of currants, a half cupful of slid citron, a cupful of chopped figs. Grease two lard pails of small size. Allow for swelling. Steam for an hour and a half. Weight the pails down with iron. Keep one pudding and reheat it another day For the sauce take one tablespoon- ful of butter, tablespoonful of flour, stirred together while melting. Add half a cupful of white sugar and eupfuls of boiling water Stir until this has thickened. Then add the beaten yolks of two eggs after the sauce has been removed from the fire. Flavor with brandy or wine, or else lemon room For Sunday Dinner. This recipe makes a Sunday dinner and a wholesome, nourishing Monday luncheon, From the shoulder of lamb have 2¥, pounds of meat cut in chop shape. Brown them nicely in a of butter or drippings in preferably an iron one. boiling water, one tablespoon of rice, one of flour, small onion, a little parsley, salt and pep- per to taste. Cook slowly one hour, then make dumplings of one large cup of flour, sifted with one heaping tea spoon of baking powder, a pinch off salt, and one of sugar, milk to mal soft dough, softer than biscuit dough, stir with a spoon; do not roll out or eut with knife, simply break off little pieces of dough and drop in aged | kettle; cover closely and cook for 20 minutes. a large kettlh Parsnip. Balis. Mash fine one pint of boiled pars- nips, add two tablespoonfuls of mel- ted butter, a high seasoning of salt and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Stir over the fire until hot, take off and add one well-beaten egg. When cold make up into small balls, dip in egg, roll in bread crumbs and fry golden brown in cd at Eton and Ox.| deep fat or saute in a little fats Molasses and Cranberry Pie. Four cups cranberries, chopped or put through food cutter, two and a half cups of sugar, one-half cup molas- ses, butter half the size of an egg, three tablespoonfuls corn starch wet with little cold water, one pint boil- ing water poured over starch, stirring as it thickens. Mix all together and bake with two crust{\