Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1910 — Page 3

After Fifteen Years

Melvin Taylor and Adelia Scott had lived next door to each other all their lives, yet they had not spoken for 15 years. forty now, with a powdering of white in her brown hair, was sitting in the old grape vine swing, swaying idly to and fro. Her soft eyes were fixed on the toe of her small shoe as it lightly touched the green turf. Overhead the April sky was cloudless; around her was growing grass and young springing flowers. In her heart was a great yearning' tor happiness—a renewal of the joys that had belonged to her girlhood; the dreams, the Ideals that were hers before the awakening. From the other side of the dividing lilac hedge came the fragrance of tobacco and the sound of men’s voices, growing nearer. “Women are naturally stubborn,” Melvin Taylor was saying in a disagreeable tone. “If May has quarreled with you, Walter, you might as well give her up now and be done with it—no matter how deeply you repent. What apologies y.ou may offer however humble yourself, take my assurance she will not forgive you.” “Rubbish!” retorted Walter Stone, laughing. "May and I have had a disagreement, but I know we shall make it up—who knows when—perhaps today! As for the rest of womankind, they are all like May, I do believe—sweet and forgiving—only some clumsy brute of a man like you or me—” *. “I’ve had my experience,” interrupted Taylor brusquely. “I was engaged to marry what I believe to be

Swaying Idly to and Fro.

the sweetest girl In the world. We quarreled a week before our wedding day—ls years ago, I wrote a note begging her to forgive me—” Their voices died away as they passed beyond hearing, and Adelia still swayed to and fro In the grape vine. Now her face was white. So Melvin Taylor had made overtures of peace and she had never known it She, too, had written a note to him and hidden it in their true lover’s postoffice—a cup-like hollow in the old apple tree that grew in the lilac hedge. Day after day, 16 years ago, she had gone to the hollow—but there was never a letter; and her wedding day had come and gone and she had never been a bride. Invitations had been recalled, presents returned and bridal garments hidden from sight, while Adelia picked up the difil threads of every-day life and learned to meet Melvin Taylor npw and then and greet him with a cold little inclination of the head. With a sudden impulse she left the grape vine swing and sought the old apple tree. The lilac branches had grown unpruned until their smooth green stems quite hid the cuplike hollow. Adelia stood on tiptoe and thrust her little hand into the old letter box. The hollow was empty save for a few dead and crumpled leaves and a gathering of moss. Just as she withdrew her hand her fingers were caught in a warm, strong grasp. With a faint cry of alarm, Adelia tried to Jerk her hand away, but in vain. "Who is it?” demanded Melvin Taylor’s voice from the other side of the hedge. “Release me at once.” commanded Adelia angrily. “Oh!" There was enlightenment in his tone; but the grasp only tightened its hold. "If the faintest instincts of a gentleman,” began Adelia after m while. “I haven't," returned Mr. Taylor eoldly. Adelia leaned against the rugged trunk of the old tree, her white, outstretched arm gleaming against the brown bark- Her eyes were shining (like twin stars and her breath came iin little gasps. “What —what do you want?” she .found courage to ask after another painful silence. There was • moment's hesitation

By Clarissa Mackie

and then: “I placed a note in here 15 years ago,” he began lamely. “Well?” “I never received a reply,” he said gruffly, his hold on her hand tightening cruelly. “You are hurting my hand,” she said with a little cry. “You hurt my' heart 15 years ago,” retorted Melvin stubbornly. After a long silence Adelia’s voice came faintly over the hedge. “I, too, placed a note there —15 years ago and—” “And?” queried Mr. Taylor. “I never received a reply to my note.” “The—dickens!” Mr. Taylor whistled softly. “I never got It, Adelia! Do you mean to say you never got a note from me the day after —after we quarreled.” “I never received any word from you.” Adelia’s voice was tremulous now, as she added: “If you will release my hand- 1 -”. —— He relaxed his hold reluctantly, and Adelia slipped down in a crumpled heap in the soft turf at the foot of the apple tree. “Go, Adelia,” he said gently. It is too late for me to offer you any apology for my long silence; I wrote you a letter, asking your forgiveness and I placed it here in the hollow—l believed you were hard and unforgiving when I did not receive any answer a Pd I grew more angrv with you, instead of seeking an explanation. Your little note, as well as mine, was probably taken by some marauding catbird to build his nest in the hedge. I think I shall go away now—l have been such a fool I want to seek the uttermost ends of the earth to try and forget my folly!” His voice regained its bitterness. There was a long silence after that. “I am here, Melvin,” said, Adelia. “May I corfie over?” he asked in a strange voice. “Yes,” she said softly, but not so softly that his eager ears did not catch the longed-for words. Presently he was beside her, the old boyish smile on his lips, the old lovelight in his eyes, the old happiness in his face. Adelia flushing rosily, leaned for support against the apple tree and her downcast eyes dared not meet his questioning ones. “Will you forgive me, Adelia?” he asked holding out his arms. “If you will forgive me, too,” she said sweetly, turning a radiant face up to him. And then she came to him, all her sorrows stilled, all her happiness restored ten-fold because of the pain she had endured. Overhead the April sky was cloudless, underfoot the green grass was starred with dandelions; there in the shade of the beloved old apple tree, Adelia’s youth came back to her, with happiness and love and all the old Ideals.

Ten thousand guineas were given by C. Wertheimer, at the sale of the late Baron Schroeder’s collection at Christie’s a few days ago, for a sixteenth century biberon of carved rock crystal mounted with enameled gold. It is made in imitation of some fabled monster which its designer may have imagined to be a sea serpent, but the body of which, lost in a series of flutlngs, resembles more closely that of a water fowl. The crystal neck and body is mounted with enameled gold, and is poised like a wineglass on a crystal stem, also mounted very beautifully in gold and enamel. The lid of the biberon is surmounted by a statuette in enamel of Neptune sitting astride a Triton, and in this, every other portion of the decoration, the work is of unsurpassable delicacy. It is thought to have come from the hands of Daniel Mignot of Augsburg, who made it for the Emperor Rudolph ll.—London Graphic.

For interior illumination it is of decided advantage to have the rays of the lamp directed up to the light colored celling and then reflected below. This makes a light which is almost ideal, but in, lamps designed for street illumination this is not to be desifed, for such rays are lost entirely. The members of the New York section of the Illuminating Engineering society recently had their attention called to a new device which has been invented by Dr. Clayton H. Sharp of that city, who has devised a reflector consisting of a pair of parabolic mirrors arranged to throw the rays in the direction of the street, so that all the light will be used to tbe best advanage. The claim is made that instead of haying the streets lighted in spots, as at present, a continuous degree of illumination Is provided.

Walking through the pastures of Dresden the Gossiper found many small deep boles In the earth which he supposed were those of field mice. Instead, however, he learned that they were made by great spiders with bodies beautifully marked in bfhck and gold and half as large as henß* eggs. lA bite from one of these field spiders ’’Would make a man -remember.—Kennebec Journal.

High-Priced Biberon.

Light That Is Ideal.

Field Spiders of Maine.

CAKE AS THE FOUNDATION

Without Special Pains Being Taken With This Charlotte Russe Will Not Be Success. To make a really delicious charlotte russe prepare, first of all, a very delicious sponge cake after this formula: Four eggs, beaten separately. Into the beaten yolks beat again one cup of sugar and to this add half a cup of potato flour., Into the flour must previously have fbeen sifted three-fourths of a level teaspoonful cream of tartar and one-fourth teaspoonful of soda, the same of salt. Add, finally, two teaspoonfuls lemon extract and the white of the egga. Bake in a charlotte russe pan. Remove the center, leaving a hollow shell. Fill this hollow with flavored, sweetened whipped cream or with ice cream, in any flavor liked, or Bavarian cream if available for the purpose, - The Bam e cake may be baked in ordinary tins for 45 minutes, when it yields a soft and very light sponge loaf.

The LAUNDRY

White Floating Soap.—Four quarts fat, any kind will do; two ten-cent cans of lye, and ten quarts of water. Put water in an old boiler, next the fat, then the lye. Let this come to a boil and boil three hours, slowly. When the soap becomes flaky and the liquid looks clear and boils over the soap, it is ready to skim. Line a wooden box with a piece of wet muslin, skim out soap, and put in the box to. drain about 12 hours, and cut in bars. This will make 12 large bars of hard, white soap. It may be used for any kind of washing. Take a little of the soap and press in the hand. If it sticks to the hand and looks greasy, it needs a little more lye, if too flaky, more fat. The liquid can be used for scrubbing. To Remove Iron Rust. —I am a laundress and I iron rusted a fine night dress of a rich bride and was almost frightened to death. I had a basket of tomatoes and I knew the material wouldn’t stand anything strong, so I cut a tomato and rubbed each spot and put the gown out in the hot sun for a while and when I went out to see, to my delight the Iron rust had disappeared as if by magic, and has been tried often with best results.

Ribbon Cookies.

Mix fire,' after your favorite recipe, a batch of white cookies flavored with lemon. In another dish mix a batch of chocolate cookies, flavoring with vanilla. Roll out chocolate cookies quite thin, then roll out white ones, same as chocolate. Place one on top of the other and roll as jelly roll. Take a sharp knife and cut slices from the roll, turn them over and lay them in baking pan. When cooked they are a delight to the eye as well as the palate. Make molasses cookies, cutting them in strips with sharp knife, about the length and width of lady fingers. When baked and while warm spread with good jelly and press two together, making a dainty cookie sandwich.

To Hang Skirt.

An easy way to hang a skirt when yduj are making one at home is to lay on the floor a book, the thickness of which is the desired distance of your skirt from the ground. Then put on the skirt, adjust it firmly at the waist, and stand beside the book, so that the material touches or lies over it, and turn slowly around. It is then an easy matter for a second person to turn up the hem or cut off as may be desired at the line indicated by the edge of the book and you will find your skirt perfectly level.

Almond Ice Cream.

One quart of cream, eight ounces of sugar, four bhnces of shelled almonds, one teaspoonful of caramel, one tablespoonful of vanilla extract and four tablespoonfuls of sherry wine. Blanch and roast the almonds, then pound in a mortar to a smooth paste. Put half the cream and the sugar on to boil; stir until the sugar is dissolved, then add the remaining pint of cream and the stand away to cool; when cold add the caramel, vanilla and sherry. Freeze and pack.

Pear Sponge.

Cook some small pears, peeled, halved and cored, in a vanilla sirup till quite tender and till sirup is thick. Arrange in a glass dish some lady fingers, wet with a little sherry, lay in the Tears; set away to get very cold, and when ready to serve heap whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with vanilla, on the dish.

Potato Salad.

• To one quart of mashed cold 'potatoes, slice one cucumber, one green pepper, and two small onions, add onehalf cupful of chopped celery, two small radishes chopped; mix With mayonnaise dressing and serve on lettuce leaves.

New Potato Hint.

Don’t stain yotir fingers scraping new potatoes. Put In cold water for a few minutes, then rub with a small place of burlap or coarse cloth, fehlch removes every particle of skin.

CARE OF THE RUGS

THEIR WELFARE IN SUMMER 18 ALL IMPORTANT. Should Be Thoroughly Cleaned and Aired Before Putting Into Stor-age-Some of the Best Methods of Caring for Them. The good housewife Is naturally concerned about the summer welfare of line rugs, and she realizes that If they are used in the hot months they won’t be so resplendent In winter. Simply putting rugs away in the proper manner for the summer will sometimes renew fading colors to an astonishing extent. Before sending the rugs on their storeroom vacation the chamber itself Bhould be well cleaned. Use perfectly cold water for the scrubbing and naphtha soap; then when floor shelves and painted walls are dry»go over all the woodwork with clean rags smeared with kerosene. The mothmiller has no fondness for petroleum and so this device alone will keep it out of the storeroom. The rugs themselves must be’thoroughly beaten, cleaned of spots and hung in the broad air for some hours. A Turkish rug will stand a soap and water scrub admirably and where it is feasible a light one may be put entirely in a tub and washed like a sheet. After the airing beat the rugs again, using a strong rattan beater, then spread l smoothly and spray with a strong black pepper tea. Have prepared some wooden rollers about two inches through and as long as the rug is wide. First put over the rug a sheet made of newspapers pasted together, then place the roller on top of this at one end of the rug and begin to roll, keeping the wooden prop straight all the time. Cover the roll with more paper pasted together, then insert it in a round bag made.of tough j manila paper and paste all the loose j ends securely. As long as there are i no loose seams in this outer bag no j moths can get in, but a further pre- ! caution would be to spray the bag lightly all over with pepper tea. <■ Cheap rugs and old carpets will not need quite so much care, but if they are to be kept entirely free of moths they should be looked after. Beat, sunbrush and spray these in the same way as rugs, then roll them between newspapers, with a thick sprinkle of gum camphor between the folds. Cover the piles of loose rugs or carpets with burlap, or more newspapers, to keep off dust.

Breaded Salad Eggs.

These dainties are liked by almost all children old enough to eat them, and if there is any objection to the bread the eggs can be prepared without it. Boil the eggs that will be needed until sure they will be hard and mealy. Leave them for half an hour in cold water, then peel and cut in lengthwise slices. Scoop out the yolks and work them to a paste with olive oil or a little sour cream; add salt and a squeeze of lemon juice and then put in enough toasted crumbs, finely powdered, to make a mixture dry enough to pick up in the fingers. Stuff this in the white shells, cover each one with a sprinkle of crumbs and set in the ice box until needed. At the utmost two halves—a single egg—is enough for an eight-year-old stomach, for these eggs are very substantial.

Onion Salad.

When baking, new beets allow two extra ones for this salad, as the baked beets has a finer flavor than plain boiled beets. Spiced beets can be used or canned beets, but the baked beets give preference. Cut the beets into quarter-inch slices, then into strips. Cut a medium-sized Spanish onion into quarters, then slices. Scald and drain quickly and while still hot marinate with a spoonful of fresh dressing and let cool. If yon have enough tender white celery to make a cupful into dice, add to the beets and onion. Also a tablespoonful of capers or chopped pickles. Season to taste with salt and pepper, mix and mask with a good dressing.

Ice Help.

After placing in ice chamber of refrigerator sprinkle the ice with coarse salt and coyer with a clean cloth; over this put a newspaper, tucking both in tight about the edges. The moisture caused by the salt on top of the ice will make the cloth adhere to the ice and the cloth and paper combined will practically exclude the air. No food should be put into the ice chamber of the refrigerator, as the'; lid or door to the same ought never to be opened except when absolutely necessary.

To Cook Veal Cutlets.

To cook veal cutlets or steak, so It will be as good as chicken, egg and crumb it and fry brown in hot grease. Then put in a bakingpan and add enough hot water to not quite cover the meat and cook in the oven for an h °ur. It will be so tender It can be almost cut with a fork and is as good cold as hot.

Dainty Dessert.

Place two tablespoonfuls of apricot Jam in dessert glasses and heap over it the whites of an egg beaten stiff, to which has been added one-balf dozen maccaroons cut fine, one tablespoonful powdered sugar and vaofllg. to taste. Whipped cream may be substituted tor the beaten egg if a richer dessert is desired.

SENSATIONAL PLAYER OF THE GIANTS

Manager McGraw of the New York Giants has always expressed confidence in the ability of First Baseman Merkle to play first class baseball. The judgment of the scrappy little manager has been more than vindicated by the playing of Merkle so far this season. His batting and fielding have been far beyond the expectations of the New York “fans.”

ALTHOUGH it takes four men to make an Infield and only three for an outfield there are more good Infields than outfields. It seems to be easier to find four inflelders who as a group measure up to standard than to find three such outfielders on one club. True, the infields have more chance to show what they can do, but the fine* work in the outfield, such as throwing and cutting off the long hits, doesn’t appear even relatively as often a* fancy'infleld work. There are only three outfields in the big leagues which for ground covering, throwing and speed in getting after long hits rate up to A 1 grade. These are the Detroit, Chicago National and Pittsburg outfields. Notwithstanding Pittsburg’s bumps this year Clarke, Leach and Wilson are three sweet gardeners. Hoffman, Schulte and Sheckard are an outfield hard to improve on, while Cobb and Crawford are pippins with either Mclntyre or Jones in left classy enough to fit in nicely. Lewis, Hooper and Speaker of the Red Sox make a pretty nice outfield and one likely to get better. The best infield in the country is that of the Athletics —Davis, Collins, Barry and Baker. It can hit, run bases, and on defense is nearer to air tight than any other present-day quartet. Stahl, Gardner, Wagner and Lord are a fast four, without the class at all corners of the Athletics. Chance, Evers, Tinker and Stelnfeldt make a strong cordon, but one which has a shade less of the fire of youth of the Athletic four. Merkle, Doyle, Bridwell and Devlin are a combination not as evenly balanced in ground covering ability as could be wished, the greater ability being on the left side. The New York Americans’ Infield is also out of balance, having a preponderance of ability of. the right side. Cincinnati’s infield is well balanced, and so is that of the Phillies. Pittsburg’s always has lacked finish at first base, but a hummer otherwise. Cleveland’s is stronger in the middle than on the extremities. Brooklyn’s is not fast individually, lacks stability as a whole, but is likely to improve. Bresnahan has a tidy infield and one that can cover lots of ground from first to short inclusive. Take any of the present Infields and they do not outshine bygone infields of the Tenney-Lowe-Long-Colllns standard or of the Doyle-Reitz-Jennings-Mo-Graw standard. But then those two were in a class by themselves in their day. As a whole the infields of the present rate up as high now as then. Were there one 12-club league nowadays it is probable that more, highclass infields could be put together than were found 15 years ago. The old question of numbering the players on the field so that they can be picked out by reference to the score Sard has come up again. Some fans want this system introduced, claiming that it would add to the pleasure of witnessing a contest to be able to glance at a huge number on the back or chest Of an athlete and then refer to a card and pick out his name. There is no chance, though, of any such method being introduced. It would oe a bit of humiliation to the playors

First Baseman Merkle.

to have to wear such pictures on their manly forms, which is entirely unnecessary. To be sure, a fan who is not personally familiar with all the athletes sometimes has to ask his neigh-' bor the identity of certain players, but that is a small matter. With jockeys and bicycle riders the case is very different The former ride in all kinds of weather conditions «md very often it is utterly Impossible te recognize the boys in a big field unless they are provided with a-- large identification slip in the form of a number on their backs. The same Is true of bicycle ridera. But the ball player is different His calling is a higher one than either of the others. His personality is more evident to the spectators than that of the jockey or a man humped over a machine. He is an individual, not a piece of machinery. He is not a driver of a horse or of an automobile, but an artist in his way. It would be as foolish to compel him to wear a huge disfiguring number on his back as it would be to inflict the same neecssity upon a star actor or singer. It doesn’t hurt anyone to ask his neighbor a question as to a player or two, if he Is watching a game in a; foreign city, where he is not familiar with all the athletes.

DIAMOND GOSSIP

Pitcher Krause of the Athletics may* not pitch again this season. His arm has been troubling him all season. Twoi specialists examined his arm the other! day and said that he would have to! rest up or he might never pitch again.. Manager Mack told the youngster tot go home and take a complete rest. Uncle Ben Shlbe is sorry that he dldl not build a larger park two years ago.; shlbe park Is already too small to hold! the crowds that Want to see the Athletics every afterhoon when they are* at home. Umpire Walsh was attacked and «e~ verely beaten by the crowd at Zanesville, 0., the other day after Lejauna made a home run and won the game at Evansville. The minor league fan hankers after excitement all the time. Thertvare two good Indians in the American association. Pitcher McGlynn and Pitcher Leroy are both descendants of the original inhabitants of this country and both are pitching) grand ball this season. Manager McAleer of Washington is using Lefty Lellvelt on first base in. place of Unglaub, who has fallen away* in his batting and John Henry, the Holy Cross recruit, hack of the bat. The Cleveland team has paid $7,009 for Outfielder Jackson of the Southern league. The youngster has been the sensation {n fielding and batting all this season