The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1908, Page 3

ADMITTED TO HAVE BEAUTY AND ARTISTIC CHARM, Perfection of Weave and Design Also Gives Them an Interest—Some Ideas for Furnishings in Proper Blends. Hand woven rag rugs are no lon confined to country bunga low use. Their artisti charm have won for them 4_ place among the unpretentious apartment studio and bedroom furt Their rare tones and colors make them a harmonious note in any but really elegant the perfection of the weave and de sign gives them an interest that is lacking in n the more expen- sive styles of floor coy Now that s« ments have taken ecraft, and other i ing out hand-woven ra their own made to chance to obtain size, colo and styl hey are in expensive and when by reliable weavers the dyes are all vegetable and the materia! the suitable for the purr Vegetable dyes are used exclusively for made quired their reproduction in the firm cotton cloth in weaving. Other “dyes are said withstand the light and the and tear, while the nec to keep almost any kind floor covering look ing well is all but ve The pez browns this met! equally i ing. with house and beauty and ngs. blendings of the city settle > rug weaving ms are turn- up t rstituti designs and in an patterns excellent desired order, there is rugs of any made of best these rugs when they are properly when certain tints are re- st and the great care ised ug not to general wear ary of apt to prove disastrous to the ns dyed after nd, what is colors are last- s of a solid tone warp have striped the weaving alf a century or more made in checks, s have a hit and miss quaint, to say the least a bedroom wall on which ens, Son white borders in imitation patterns in use ago. Others while stil design that i If one has butterflies or certain varieties of flow ers predominate as a decorative figure *then rugs. following this idea are easily made to order at any of the places where this work done. A genuinely effective and unusual rug seen the other day at a rug ex- hibition had butterflies of pale yellow and brown across the border of a yel lowish brown The butterflies looked as though they had _ been worked in afterward, for they were a closer weave than the body of the rug The same idea was carried out in a bird design for border ca a studio rug. For dens and studios these quaint @oor mats are most attractive. In the dull rich greens and dark tones fa vored by owners of studios and dens they are more satisfactory and harmo. nious than an inferior Oriental rug For bedrooms and bathrooms a rag rug has few equals in the way of floor coverings. The most delicate pinks, blues, violets and yellows may be had for bedroom use hea of are othe same is rug a to match the color of the other furnishings, while for bath room floors rugs of sizes cffered in more practical shade: they are easily washed the delicacy of the color really makes very little dif. ference, and certainly a light tug is daintier in a white bathroom One featr these rugs, and espe- cially of the coar yY woven one that they do not hold the dust various are As colored re of Ss They RAG RUGS POPULAR | | col oundings, and | about half an inch i | the style rugs in | turned on end -with-the is given to | | deep to hold are so loosely woven that dust filters | through the meshes and the rug itself escapes the dirt that would cling to | almost any other style of rug Stuffed Apple: cooking school the follow rule Remove a thick end of large apples ing. Then scoop out A Boston recommends stuffed apples from the suitable for teacher for slice stem ba some of the pulp, making large cavi- | ties. Cut one-third the pulp that has been scooped out into small pieces. Add an” equal quantity or maraschino cherries and pecan nuts, both cut in 4 pieces. Put the mixture in the apple cups and set the cups in a shallow pan. Sprinkle each with a teaspoon ful of Bake long enough to soften the apples, but not long enough for the cup to lose its shape. Take the apples from the oven and add to each a teaspoonful of maraschino and sherry sugar To Clean Skirts, Hang the skirts om the line; give them a good beating, then whisk them off with a clean brush and dampen in ammonia and warm water. If there are any spots rub with a sponge or black cloth (if the skirt is black) ‘dipped in equal parts of alcohol, am- | excellent | three | of strong coffee monia and water. After the skirt is thoroughly cleansed, brushed and dried, lay it on a skirt board and pin ach plait down in its proper fold, cover the skirt with a piece of woolen goods which has been dampened, then press. Reheat Cereals. When cooking any kind of breakfast food cook enough for two mornings. What left from the first morning put in a bowl and mold. Next morn- ing turn bow! upside down in colander ‘over saucepan of boiling water and heat thoroughly You will find the breakfast food just good the second morning as the first Green and Gold Salad. Select the heart of a crisp head of lettuce, and put two small pieces on each plate Over lay several Ee tt pples. Serve yith Frer n slices of Tae Sn peerepralte aaa | pour over RECIPE FOR PIE CRUST. Care in Its Preparation Is a Highly im- portant Matter. Pastry flour made process of grinding is ered best for pastry, but ill answer. For and lard, half hough clarified chicken ir make a good p. each pie that aeaping c cup sho salt and ter all Sift by the old sually consid- any good flour the shortening, but- and half best, drippi of beef, be utilized. To pie crust, allow for to have two crusts a half each and enongh is or k may p sifted flour, a scant ening, a saltspoonful baking pow to stiff. ave ingredients and utens cold flour, salt fe Phen cut in the lard or with the tips of the fingers, | the flour 2 mealy.” Add cold water, a little at a time, to mix to a stiff dough, toss out on a lightly Soured molding board and pat down to n thickness. Flour rolling pin, then with a light, deft touch roll out the crust into an ob- long sheet. Put the butter on in little dabs here and there, sprinkle lightly with flour, roll over and over, turn half around, pat out and roll again. Then roll over and over } a jelly roll and divide in the there is time, set these in the ice chest, each piece rings of pastry in cente i 1 and chilled, take out and fit the plate with an Double over, lift light- s down the no air bubbles the crust come of the plate. Brush and dust the with the fingers brush with the white to prevent soaking. Roll of the paste into a strip half an inch wide and place on the edge. Turn in filling and if an upper crust is to be used, as in the case of a mince or apple pie, wet the rim again before putting on the upper crust. Roll out che latter in the same way as the under. Fold over and make several fancy slashes in the center to allow for the escape of steam, then lift onto the pie. Press the edges of the crust lightly but closely together and push the two crusts away from the edge of the plate which gives them a chance to expand. Bake in a moderate oven. roll one piece t« inch to aie ly and lay in th center so ther and t the of just to the edge the rim with bottom « cold wat dipped in i cr of an e. oul some the PRESERVED APPLES ARE GOOD. How They May Be Made Ready Immediate Use. for Pare and core as many apples as will cover the bottom of a preserve kettle, eight or nine large ones will fill a medium sized dish. Allow three-quar- ters of a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit. Make a rich sirup, when it boils clear drop in the apples and the peel! of a lemon cut thin. They should boil slowly, turning them over occasion- ally; if they are good they will keep their shape and look transparent. About three-quarters of an hour will be long enough to cook them, when they lock yellow and clear they are done Lift them into dish sufficiently the juice. When the fruit is done let the sirup boil a few minutes longer then pour it over the apples a with gage on the top ¢ almonds and the gs a preserved green- each apple. Blanch place them in a Ornament sweet circle around White Ribboners’ Mince Pie. For those who object to mince pies as usually made, on the score of their the following To non-temperance is commended chopped meat allow seven bowls of chopped apples, three bowls of seed ed raisins, three sugar, a half pound of chopped prunes, a quar- pound of shredded citron, a pint a quart of currant or tablespoonful each allspice and cloves, being recipe of suet, bowls one bowl of bowls of ter grape jelly and of salt, cinnamon a | with a teaspoonful each of mace and pepper. Add the was boiled in which the meat the grated rind and liquor with | juice of two lemons and a little vine- gar to give the necessary tartness. Scald as soon as made and pack in close covered glass jars to prevent fer- “Kitchen Minded.” Kitchen minded” is an epithet ap- plied to women who are too much en- grossed with domestic affairs. The word is evidently meant as a reproach. No doubt there are women who give too much time to the kitchen, as there are othe who give too little. Who will undertake decide just how much time is enough? That a woman should grow to like the place in which she f her time is not strange She become parlor- minded; but like George Eliot, enjoy a clean kitchen best of all. to passes most © might many Baked Cabbage. An excellent way to utilize cold cab- bage is to put it in a baking dish and it sufficient dressing to cover, made in e proportion of one tablespoonful ch butter and flour to one cupful of milk. Pour over this one well beaten egg, and cover with bread crumbs dusted with melt- ed butter. Bake 45 minutes. of When Icing Runs. When boiled icing runs, as it will persist in doing if not taken off at ex- actly the right minute, it can be stiff- ened by putting the liquid, even after it has been mixed with the white of egg, back on the stove for a few min- utes. Set the dish on an asbestos mat and stir till the icing begins to look | creamy. | not FOR PERFECT SOUF iT MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO BOIL HARD. Old-Time Recipe fer One Kind That Has Been Highly Praised—Dev- iled Kidneys and Other Chaf- ing Dish Specialties. In Goldsmith's amusing essay on that imaginary character, Mr. The. Cibber, he speaks his fondness of the good things of this life. He loved good cleuhes 3, and was too particu he obtained them. In his old and green peas z when he could gct To make this s¢ of shin of beef a which of ar how it. ip tee six pounds large knuckle of of meat water. allow if any can had so the yor there lean ham of the have a quarter carrots, a small head , a bunch nine pep- per-corns > and add three good lumps Cui the into pieces of three inches squa the butter into the boiler and slightly brown the stirring up the pieces from below with a wooden spoon. Be very careful not to let them burn in When © slightly browned stir in the boiling water, and as the scum rises at once take it off. When no more scum is thrown up put in the vegetables and spices. The soup must now simmer gently for six hours, and there should be no further stirring up from the bottom. When the six hours have passed remove it from the let it settle, skim off the fat F an be done now, and th the soup through a cloth or strainer. Every particle of fat can be when quite cold. Now carefully take off the clear soup without moving the sediment that re- mains, which sheuld not be wasted, but used for gravies for poultry. The art of making good soup is in never allowing it to boil hard. Flavor-~ ing is one essential, and if in making this soup both be aitended to all will agree that Mr. The. Cibber was a man of good tas Deviled kidneys are prepared by taking two fresh, firm lamb kidneys, washing skinning them, cutting in the usual way and fastening the sides back with tiny skewers. Then take a lump of butter and heat in a chafing dish until it is very hot Put in the kidneys, cook them three or four minutes, turning from side to side. Then turn the slit side up and put a bit of butter in the center of each, sprinkle over a little salt, some paprika, mustard and chopped parsley. Risotto is made by using a quarter pound of cooked rice, one small onion finely chopped, butter, some grated cheese, pepper and salt. Put the onion in the chafing dish with the butter and begins to brown. Then ¢ and a cup %f good soup stock. When the stock has been ab- sorbed and the rice seems tender but firm, in the salt, pepper and cheese little garlic is said to im- vor of the risotto, which veal, six trimmings much the bette I must be two s best quality of four onions of celer of savory quar ing of try be “or s of pound of ene turnip. a four , ene ofr of sugar. meat . put soup meat, the least en pass taken off them open prove the fi is an Italian dist Shrimps cooked with rice are appe- y prepared. Take half shrimps and pick them over carefully Melt a large piece of butter in the chafing dish, stir in half an onion chopped fine, add a half cup of cold boiled rice, half a cup of sweet cream, the ps, a tablespoonful of tomato ketchup and let the whole cook gently f few minutes, then‘serve in hot » slices of toast. ng and eas a pint of fre shr plates or on er Macaroni De Bos. of oysters, one liquor trom one can of toma- one-half pound of American cheese, one package of macaroni, one- quarter pound butter, salt and pepper taste. Boil the macaroni for 30 minutes, blanch in cold water; prepare liquor from oysters and tomatoes, cut celery fine and boil until celery is ten der. Throw in the oysters and allow to curl. Have macaroni in dish and put all together oken or grated cheese and mix thoroughly Place little lumps of butter the top and allow to bake to a golden brown. One pint stock celery to the edges large baki Put on t ov When the Cleck Stops. Take down, screw off the back, blow in it to take out some of the dust the pendulum is straight, little kerosene in a cup, dip a the oil so that about one drop will adhere to it. Apply the oil to the frame where the axle comes through, putting about one drop on each axle at back and face of works. Also put a few drops on the mall wheel wt the pendulum swings from rew on back, set cloc! back in place, start and it will run for a year or two. it are a Cream F ke one-half die, pick ay ing tablespoonful of through; then stir in one tablespoon ful of flour, moistened in one envful of cream, or rich milk, and let it cook for five minutes; add k of one egg, a dash of pepper, and one teaspoonful of grated cheese. When,smooth serve mmediately on hot 2 sh vith parsley nd of finnan-had and cook in one heap. butter till heated toast Cranberry Stew one quart lf cup of water of wo ¢ age he ate ortolans | d drank gravy soup | of C. H. Parker of Boston, Member of Class of 1833. Boston.—Samuel D. Parker, Bos- ton’s new fire commissioner, has the distinction oldest college s of being livi graduate Charles in May cret of a cla of seven graduated from Harvard in 1833. the son of the of Harvard Parker, 92 member and that He Henry was OLDEST HARVARD GRADUATE. | i i | | j has lived all his life in Boston, where he was born. Some of the changes that have come the college and community since he was an undergraduate are reflected over in a letter which Mr. Parker recently wrote to the Harvard Bulletin. In those days the college catalogue was a phaphlet of 32 pages, and there were 200 students in the undergradu- ate department The college faculty consisted of 12 members—the Hon Josiah Quincy, president; the ‘Rev Henry Ware, the Rey. John S. Popkin, John Farrar, Edward T. Channing, Charies Follen, Charles Beck, Cor- nelius C. Felton, Benjamin Pierce, tu- tor to seniors; Joel Giles, tutor to soph- omores; Henry S. MeKean. tutor to juniors, and Andrew Preston Pea- body, tutor to freshmen. Dr. Pea- body continued in the service of the university much later than any of the others and he died in 1893. Charles Henry Parker comes of a long-lived family, his father, of whom the fire commissioner namesake, Samuel Dunn Parker, died in 1873 at the age of 93, being a member of the ass of 1799 in Harvard. Parker is in excellent health, reads without glasses and has the use of all his faculties unimpaired Mr. Parker has been twice married, but both his wives are dead. He has had eight children of whom five sur- vive, three sons and two daughters. Two of his sons are Harvard men, the present fire commissioner being a member of the class of 1891, and Charles Henry Parker Jr. of the class of 1896. is WHERE ENGLISH IS UNKNOWN. Schoocis in Remoie Sections of Texas Attended Only by Mexicans, Carrizo, Tex.—There are a number of communities in this part of the Rio Grande border where the English | The Ameri- these border coun- and is confined al languag not can population of ties very small is spoken. is American School in Rural Ranch Dis- trict of Texas. most entirely to the larger towns. the rural ranch districts the children are brought up knowledge of the English language. They have little conception of the meaning of United States citizenship. The public free school system of the state extends even to the most remote parts of the big commonwealth and the Mexican children are placed on the same footing as other children who live in the more enlightened parts of Texas. There are public schools in the border counties which attended exclusively by Mexicans. The teachers of these schools are Mex- and s of them have no knowledge They conduct Spanish and their l in that language. usually are The school structures. In} Mexican with no several icans of English thei t hing in pupil iene Hide tots schools small* adobe Leaves Hote! on Account of Pet. La Miss and she even ds the same vanine that are the manage- hotel at Water w Miss Jan- nite in the ain in that srformance of me, love my dog,” is ntim ‘s theater, en- with trav- d was given a mid- where they refused to luncheon at automobi her Haven, t. She mary a’s Native Population. } tire population of Si- s net exceed 700,000. SSS SESE | Cee \ MEREDITH, “THE MASTER,” CELE- « BRATES EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY. ! His Long and Hard Struggle for Rec- ognition—Now Regarded as First in Ranks of English Novelists. London.—Gio-g Meredith, whose eightieth birthday was celebrated the other day by the pouring forth of glow. ing tributes to his genius by the entire | British press, has been hailed as “The Master” for years by the Eng lish critics and by English writers. “The king of all,” he was termed by Robert Louis Stevenson, who was one of the most enthusiastic admire of Meredith’ son, too, who used to speak of “Rhoda Fleming” as “the strongest thing in English literature since Shakespeare adding quaintly that if Shakespea could have read the work he would have jumped and cried: Here’s a fellow.” Despite all the large part of the tually the «ntire many us s genius. acclaim, both from public and from v literary world, with which he is now greeted, it has been only duri the last years that Meredith has come into @ own. Not until 1885, when “Diana of the Cross- ways” appeared and when the novelist was 57 years old, did Meredith obtain general recognition “No man,” one of Balzae’s biographers has written, “ever battered more furiously at the gates of fame with masterpiece after masterpiece and no man ever saw those gates yield more slowly inch by inch. If those words were true of Balzac, they infinitely more true GEORGE MEREDITH. of Meredith The English novelist did not begin to attain fame, in the general sense, until he was almost as old as Balzac was when he died, fa- mous for years. George Eliot and Swinburne, Brown- ing and Tennyson, might write and speak in praise of Meredith during those long years of obscurity, but they could not force the public to take Meredith to heart Even to-day Meredith is not a “popular novelist.” 3ut his genius is recognized, his place is assured, and he stands in the very forefront of men of letters who write in the English language And Meredith, in the opinion of the critics, has both what he is because he remained true to himself. No lit- erary drudgery for no writing out of his heart in book after book which failed to bring him fame, no repetition of disappointment ever made Meredith weaken one jot in hold- ing ideals which his genius the true ones. By and persistence, little less, perhaps, than by h its bread, ideas and told sheer to him were strength brains, It was Steven-| 4 TREASURY POST FOR CCOLIDGE. Nominated to Succeed J. H. Edwards as Assistant Secretary. Washington.—Louis A. Coolidge, who has been nominated by the presi dent to be assistant secretary of the treasury, in place of J. H. Edwards, resigned, directed the literary bureau of the Republican national committee in 1904, and has been editor of the Congressional Directory and indexer of the Congressional Record. From 1883 to 1888 he was connect- ed with the Springfield Republican and became private secretary to Sena- tor Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu- LOUIS A. COOLIDGE. and continued in that position until 1891 For several years Mr. Coolidge has represented the Boston Journal and the York Commercial Advertiser He chusetts, 46 years graduate of Harvard. Although Mr. Coolidge has given a@ great deal of attention to politics and newspaper work, he has found time to write several boo among them “The Show at Washington” and “Klondike and the Yukon Country besides contributing regularly to dif. ferent magazines of the country. Mr. Coolidge is a prominent figure in clubdom, being a member of the University and Republican clubs of New York; the Cosmos, University and the Gridiron clubs of Washington being the president of the last named in 1904. is a mative of old, and a A WEIRD CARRIAGE. Venerable Fragment of Antiquity Still to Be Seen in Malta. London.—To a world accustomed to ride in its automobiles, there is some thing almost uncanny about this ven erable fragment of antiquity. which may be seen almost any day in the streets of Malta The vehicle belongs to an -elder|; lady who has come down in the world, and this clusmy calessa is practically the only remaining testimony to her former greatness The old dame is very religious, and, though poor, still drives to and from church in her re markable carriage. It volumes for her courage that she should consent to enter the calessa at all, for it the horse were to speaks ) Remarkable Carriage Still in Use in he has made the world with the laurel As long spoke of Meredith as rs English lite Meredith had of th now the as a poet crown him ago.as 1862 Swinburne “one of the lead- ature.” By this printed two vol- poems and several novels, The Ordeal of Richard ranked as one of the works. It was that Meredith first e date umes of among Leverel best of author's indeed to ite 1851 then, began w In from erary he published “Poems,” and shout his active lit- life, he has published books of every years But, while admirers, his his work as a thro poems few his far writer of prose. ve many rse s e must rest on One Meredith's has difficulties in becoming been of the the road “popular” Crit years i of a novelist his style. have been attacking for of «€ many of His and } ing his con- but his mode style been ridiculed, heed thoughts has demned been Meredit has ¢ n no to have come e Mere. s langua involved 1 with I too ob. verbi such have beea} and | the | | ¢ sationalis Malta. fall, the occupant would have quite as uncomfor the cab able an ex of lence as hansom to grief. considers that th her conveyance i quite as out-of-date as the chariot, the aged lady's pluck seems greater than ever sul unfortunate te t a when the steed co And 0} when one attached to noblesse oblige, and true to the traditions of her erstwhile grandeur the aged dame sallies forth in all the pride, pomp, and circumstance of her crazy carriage, and wil! no doubt con tinue to do so until death claims eithe her or her ancient horse Trick of the Chinaman. One partic fact develeped in the! course of the trial in the Massachr j setts superior court of nine Chinamea| charged with the murder of one their countrymen, and that is no Chinaman when using a revolver ley els it straight at a person or at an ob- ject, but rests the muzzle of the “gun” on his left forearm, and with the right hand holding the butt discharges the weapon Counsel wa d an explanation, but could not obtain it, and later a member of one of the tongs in the corridor was asked for a reason. “Don’t know why a gun is used in that manner,” was the response, “un less it insures more secrecy than the American way. For instance, a China man may wrap the gun in the folds of his sleeve, leaving only the barre! hole free. Then a shot may be fired, when it would appear as though the one who discharged the weapon had his arms folded. There would be no glint of steel and nothing but a cur! of smoke to tell who discharged the weapon.” ———