Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1911 — Page 3

WOMAN'S REALM

USING RIBBON ENDS DAINTY TRIMMING MAY EASILY BE DONE AT HOME. . ~ Really No Task at Alt to Turn Out Most Effective-Ornamentation for All Kinds of Pretty Boudoir Baskets. Dainty in color and workmanship are the little baskets that depend on their trimming of ribbon flowers for the delicate effects for which you must pay a pretty pride if you cannot make them. But you can! So buy your ribbon in pale pink, old rose, moss green and the soft yellows. Purchase little baskets ®f fire reed or sweet grass and them follow directions. For the preliminary step in rosemaking, take a piece of narrow ribbon and fold it in the center as you need it Over your finger roll the end and sew at the lower edge. Keep up this rolling process until the flower is the size that you wish. When making leaves, gather the ribbon at one end so that the pointed effect can be easily obtained. The narrow green ribbon twisted forms an effective stem. After making a number of roses pf different sizes and a supply of leaves,

apply them by strong thread to the basket to be ‘decorated. The little French* basket shows a line of rosebuds around the base and a cluster of flowers and leaves at one side., The high handle is wrapped with green ribbon tied in a bow at the side. On a little sewing basket with the silk top roses are used in another way.

CUT OF THE NEW CLOTHES

Really Few Fundamental Changes Will Be Noted in Styles for the Coming Reason. Beyond the all-important advent of the trouser skirt no fundamental changes, and few even of a secondary order, have Been made in styles. Skirts are no wider and some of the modes are narrower than ever. Possibilities, however, are held out of their being rendered less inconvenient and dangerous by a plait or two hidden beneath an overlapping breadth ’ and other similar devices. Coats are almost invariably short, but they continue to set close /to the hips, while not made to tighten in at the waist. Empire styles of waist prevail, the skirts coming up higiPand both costumes and dresses always belted in about the natural waist, often right under the bust. Many of the smart dresses have trains, but such an addition is not considered obligatory by any means and dresses without them are reckoned quite as smart Trains are always narrow—a large percentage do not exceed in Importance a prolonged panel. Slight modifications have been made in sleeves. The fashion of cutting in one piece with the shoulder no longer reigns supreme. Half long and three-quarter long sleeves are cut slightly wider and all sorts very straight. Boleros have have been revived, but as part of the costume or dress bodice, not as separate garments. Wide collars are retained, but revers enjoy less favor and are either omitted dr rudimentary.

Unfrayed Scallops.

Some housekeepers object to the buttonholed scallop on embroidery because it frays in washing. This can be overcome in several ways. The surest is to buttonhole a second time over the purled edge, when the scallop has been worked and cut out. Another method is to run the outline of the scallop with machine stitching before buttonholing: or in cutting leave a narrow margin and turn back under the scallop and hem to the material. If these are too much trouble, at least wash the linen before cutting out. The material shrinks and is much less likely to fray. Where the entire piece is not washed the embroidered edge can be dipped in lukewarm water for a few minutes, then Iron dry and later cut out close to the purled edge.

Straw Flowers.

Flowers of colored, straw are popular as trimming. Black and red flowers have yellow centers and there are various striking color combinations. They represent edelweiss, dahlias, roses and poppies in natural tints and shapes.

A serpentine line of tiny ribbon ends, made of baby ribbon, decorates the straw case. A straight line of flowers twines over the strap handle. Green silk is used for the shirred top, although any serviceable figured silk will be just as attractive. The fittings of this basket are in pink the same shade as the flowers on the outside. Roses are used on the cover of an oblong shape. They also appear in

groups of three at each side. Dark green ribbon is strung through the straw and decorates the handle. A rose' with green leaves is attached to the top of the handle. This shape is always procurable and can be changed completely in effect by the addition of ribbon flowers. A rose in a circle of leaves is used on a round flat basket Small buds of ribbon are attached to green stems and hang from the handle. The basket is lined with green silk stitched in pink or yellow to repeat the color ot the flowers. On another little suggestion there is a Vandyke effect of ribbon. • Both upper and lower rims are wound with ribbon. Large roses are surrounded by ribbon leaves. They are placed at the lower ribbon points on the Basket Perhaps the exquisite work of the empire days in France is convincing proof of the charm of ribbon-trimmed baskets and bags.. They are beautiful examples of handiwork, and in the return of this style of decoration all women can rejoice, for it can be done at home.

DRESSY LITTLE WAIST.

This dressy waist is of white silk voile, trimmed with narrow bands of embroidery and a, wide band of black velvet, forming a corslet. Over all are wide bretelles of embroidered linen, with applique rosettes of Irish lace. The guimpe and undersleeves are of fine white lace.

Stylish Chains.

Long chains of ornate style are high In favor with the spring tailormade. Nearly all the smart models have n breast pocket into which to tuck the end of the chain, and to it may be attached the watch, change purse or small vanity case of the sort that only lately reached this side of the water. After all, it matters little whether or not anything is attached to the end of the decorative lorgnette chain, as its apparent purpose is hidden in the pocket There is no end to different varieties expressed in the combinations of these little affairs. Many have several different semiprecious stones mounted in odd shapes, while others are more conservative in pearl decoration.

Two Season Frock.

Fine serge may be used for the underskirt of a foulard to make a very serviceable dress. For instance, a black foulard with a floral design of red is hung over an underskirt of red* stitched black serge, the girdle and tunic hem being black satin, and the yoke tucked red chiffon. This is a frock that could be worn equally well early in the spring and In the chill days of fall.

WHERE MANY SCHOOL TEACHERS MET DEATH

UTICA, N. Y.—This city has not yet recovered from the shock occasioned by the terrible railway accident in which so many Utica school teachers lost their lives near Martins Creek. The train which left the track and rolled over in the ditch was bearing the school teachers to Washington. More than ten persons were killed out- ? right and many wpre so badly injured that the death list has been growing daily.

TO TEACH FARMING

Commissioner of Massachusetts Board of Education Approves. Hoped to Disseminate Principles Broadcast Throughout Commonwealth and Bring About, Reclamation of Abandoned Farms. Boston.—After many years of discussion a definite program, arranged by David Snedden, commissioner of the state board of education, has been submitted to the legislature whereby it is proposed to have scientific farming taught in the public schools and its principles disseminated broadcast throughout the entire state. By his program the commissioner hopes to bring about the reclamation of abandoned farms and a general development of agriculture along expert lines. His recommendations call for the establishment of six state agrlcul- ’ tural schools and an agricultural department in every high school in the state. Not only Is this sweeping addition to the system of the state approved by the educational authorities, but it is supported as a thoroughly practical measure by Secretary J. Lewis Ellsworth, of the state board of agriculture, whose knowledge of farming conditions and possibilities is unquestioned. That the farming population will be increased and that the “back to the land” Impulse will be gratified with a certainty of success by the city bred high school graduates of the next few years are results to be expected. Also, it is the most practical step toward utilizing small plots of land in intensive farming. On this point Secretary Ellsworth says: “From the agricultural standpoint the recommendations of the state board of education are very welcome, and they bear out the conclusions that progressive farmers have arrived at. The scientific instruction in farming as a life work is needed just as much as the vocational Instruction in other lines. “The farmer today knows this, and with the teaching of boys in high schools or separate agricultural schools we will receive recruits for the farm work of the future. “General instruction in agriculture will be of special value in fitting the students for working profitably small plots near our large cities where there is a ready market This calls for intensive fanning to achieve the fullest profits, and the graduates of these schools will be fitted for such work.” The importance of his recommendations is dwelt upon by Dr. Snedden, who has spent the last year in investigating the special needs of agricultural education. One of the most important of these as It is set forth in the carefully considered report of the board, is: “The growing commercial and industrial school facilities open to boys and girls fourteen years of age and older tend to lure away from the land and into congested centers, in the absence of competent and attractive agricultural education, many young people whose natural aptitude would make them. If properly trained, better and more prosperous citizens In the country. X • "Financial aid for agricultural education suitable for adults and for college students has for a half century been furnished by the commonwealth and by the federal government. State aid for vocational training of the secondary grade in agriculture is, moreover, entirely in keeping with state aid for Independent Industrial school work and to some extent bar been provided for. "The slow development of secondary agricultural schools, the testimony of farmers throughout the state, and the demand for the Investigation which was made hy the legislature of

1910 are evidence of the need of additional legislation providing for this kind of agricultural education.”

HEDGEHOG FIT FOR EPICURE

Maine Advocates Say Bounties Caused Great Waste of Good Food—Preferred to Skunk or Muskrat Machias, Me. —“It is a shame,” says a lover of hedgehog meat, “that the people of Maine have remained In Ignorance regarding the delights of eating roasted hedgehog for so long. If they had been utilized as food those 150,000 dead hedgehogs for which Maine has paid out $38,000 in bounties would have kept two regiments of soldiers in meat for six weeks. It was a cruel and wanton waste of precious food." The advocates of hedgehog meat as part of the regular bill of fare assert that in England the average poacher prefers a hedgehog to a hare for breakfast. In Michigan the legislature has placed a perpetual close time on hedgehogs, so that persons lost in the woods and without food may find meat to satisfy their hunger and kill it without the aid of shotgun or rifle. It is asserted on good authority that more than 20 men are saved from starving in Michigan every year because hedgehogs are abundant and easy to capture. When a Maine Indian has his choice of a hedgehog, a skunk, a woodchuck and a muskrat for dinner, he will select the first named invariably, and take the skunk as second choice, leav-

WOMEN HUNT FOR GOLD

Clergyman's Widow and Authoress Plan to Aid Poor With $20,000,000 Cocos Treasure. San Francisco.—Although numerous tales involving the search for hidden treasure on the little - island called Cocos, off the west coast of Costa Rica, have been related, none is as strange as that told upon the arrival here of the steamship Stanley Dollar from Ancon. Seven men and two women were taken from Ancon aboard the Stanley Dollar and landed upon the treasure island, which for over half a century has been the Mecca for adventurers from all over the world. The party possesses two tons of supplies, boats and a chart of the treasure. Not only is the band of adventurers led by the women, but in case the search for the reputed $20,000,000 treasure is successful the entire amount is to be used for the benefit of the London poor. Mrs. B. Till, commander in chief, is the widow of a noted London clergyman, while Miss L. B. Davis, the chief aid to Mrs. Till, ie said to be a literary woman of note. Intensely religious, both women have been connected with philanthropic "work in London for the last decade, and it is with the expectation" of so expending the vast lost wealth of the Peruvians that the expedition was organized. The women believe it especially appropriate that the treasure should be used for religious purposes, for the bulk of it was taken from the Lima cathedral when the Peruvian capital was threatened by Chileans. For safe keeping all the altar pieces, consisting of the rails, Images, the Madonna and the 12 apostles, were placed on board the American ship Mary Deer. The figures were all of solid gold and life sized. Besides there were millions in precious gems. The manner in which the chart came into the possession of the women is strange. Cared for during his last illness in Landon by Mrs. Till and Miss Davis, an aged and dying former pirate confessed his complicity in the stealing of the treasure when he and the crew of the Mary Doer mutinied.

Ing the woodchuck, which is the only one of the lot a Maine white man will taste, to the last. Unlike the skunk and the woodchlek, which are lean and unsavory except fcr a few months in the fall, or the muskrat, which is never fat, and which has a strong flavor in spite of parboiling, the hedgehog is always in an edible condition, and has meat that is as tender and white as that of a spring chicken. The method of cooking a hedgehog is so simple that a novice can learn in one short lesson. When the epicure is permitted to make choice he should shun the large, old males, which at times weigh 30 or’4o pounds. The preparation consists in removing the viscera, washing out the interior and filling the cavity with slices of fat pork, peeled raw potatoes, sprigs of spearmint and wild celery from the brook. Then, without removing the quills of skinning, the body is plastered thickly with wet clay, , from the nearest bank. The muddy, bulky mass is thrust into live coals and covered with blazing fagots, to be roasted for two hours. On removal front the coals, the clay is found to pave been baked into a hard and solid mass, which must be bi*oken open with an ax or v a heavy stone, whereupon the skin and quills of the animal cling to the clay wrap ping, and fall away, leaving the clean, white meat ready to be eaten. Ten years ago the Maine legislature passed a law providing for a bounty of 25 cents a head on all dead hedgehogs brought to the town clerks. An appropriation of SSOO for each of the years 1901 and 1902 was made, but when the total for th? two bounty years reached $38,000, the legislature quickly repealed the law.

killed the officers of the ship and sailed away from Callao. The mutineers hastened toward the Galapagos islands, but, being intercepted by d man-o’-war, went to Cocos island, where the treasure was hastily cached, and the pirate sailed away. The Mary Deer was overtaken by a Peruclan war ship, and with the exception of two men all were put to death. One of these was the dying pirate. In proof of the truth of his story, it is said, the aged man surrendered to his nurses a portion of one of the Madonna’s ears, which was found to be made of pure golft.

MAN’S TIME IS WORTH MONEY

Suave Stranger Made Two Hours and Half Stay of Montana Rancher Cost Him $1.72 a Minute. Chicago.—lt cost John Kafman $260 to stop 150 minutes in Chicago the other day. He was here from Alberta, Mont, on his way to Pittsburg, where he was to meet his wife. Thia is hlf time table: 'Arrives at Central station 7 a. ta. Meets a suave stranger 7:30 a. m. Takes a drink with him, 7:45 a. m. 1 Has his pocket picked, 7:47 a. m. J Discovers the fact 7:55 a. m. Talks to the police, 2:80 a m. Back to Montana, 9:60 a. m. “The stranger made a hit with me because he said I looked like a western breeze,” said Kafman. “I gSiess he meant a zephyr—something soft and easy. Fm going back to Montana to wire my wife to come on alone and rail the police as soon as the train gets into Chicago.” '

Would Have Real Utility.

Champ Clark proposes an inquiry to determine the direct and incidental cost to the United States of all th© wars waged since 1776. Among the many ways in which such figures would have utility would be in affording instructive comparisons between expenses on a war footing and expenses on a peace footing under standpat control.

HINTS FOR THE COOK

RIGHT AND WRONG WAYS OF PR*i PARING MEAT. v ! —— -Simmering* and "Bolling" Are Differ, ent Things—Steaming Excellent , for Cooking Large Joints— Braising Pan Useful. The ordinary housewife rarely underatands the meaning of the words “boll” and "simmer.*’ Water boils ati eea level at 212 degrees Fahrenheit;) at high altitudes it bolls at lower temperature. We find by experience that meat becomes tender more quickly at simmering point—a temperature of 180 degrees—than when it is boiled at 212 degrees. Simmering Is whew the bubbles form on the bottom of the vessel, safely pass through the water and rupture at the top, says the Christian Science Monitor. This is not the boiling motion. To have a piece of boiled meat rare, juicy and tasty the outside must be thoroughly sealed, the same as in baking. To do this, put the meat into boiling water, bring: quickly to the boiling point, boll for 20 minutes, then push the kettle back where the meat will simmer 15 mln-, utes to each pound. If the meat is to be served rare 12 minutes will be long enough; on the other hand, it It is to be well done, cook it 20 minutes to the pound. Even when well done it should be juicy, tender andi palatable. Boiled meats are more easily digested than baked meats, even when baked meats are carefully cooked.; Broiled meats are preferable to those cooked in a dry pan, and dry-panned! meats are far superior to those fried;: In fact, fried meats have no place at a well-regulated table. Steaming Is an admirable method of cooking tough meats, or large joints like a leg of mutton or a ham. This may be done in a common boiler, using sufficient water to create a good, volume of steam. Place the meat in the boiler, on a rack, above the water. As the water evaporates replace it with boiling water. Do not check the boiling or you reduce the heat and soften the surface of the meat. Braising is a cross between baking and boiling. This method is largely used for tough meats. A braising pan is a baking pan with a tight-fitting cover. These pans are sold under the astonishing name of "roasting pans;”; roasting means to cook before a fire;; you cannot roast in a covered pan. These pans are, notwithstanding their illogical name, admirable utensils in which to cook fricandeau ct veal, beef a la mode, leg of mutton, braised beef, or. an old turkey or fowl. Place the meat in the pan and partly fill the pan with boiling stock or water; add, if you like, a sliced; onion, a bay leaf and a little chopped celery. Cover the pan, stand tn a very hot oven and bake for three or four hours, according to the size and the kind of meat. A leg of mutton will require two; beef a la mode four, and! fricandeau of veal three hours. VeaL to be at all edible, must be very well cooked.

Nut Bread.

Beat up one egg and beat into it one-quarter of a cupful of sugar; add one teaspoonful of salt and two cupfuls of milk. Mix four teaspoonfuls of baking powder with four cupfuls of flour and sift this into the other ingredients, adding at the same time one cupful of chopped nuts. Stir these all together ujitil smooth and then make into two loaves; let them rise in, pans for 3d minutes and then bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven.—Harper’s Bazar.

Second Serving.

Instead observing roast beef cm its second appearance cold, prepare it asfollows: Lay the slices of cold beef in a dressing made of a saltspoonful of white pepper, twice as much salt, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and three tablespoonfuls of olive oil Mix well and pour over the beef. Leave for an hour, then drain each slice, dip into a thick fritter batter and fry in deep fat to a golden brown. Serve very hot.

Little Economy.

There is nothing so small that you. cannot save money on IL Make your pillow cases, for instance, of tubing. Then when they begin to get thin in the middle, you can rip the closed end and sew them again so that the creased-edge of the pillow case will be now the middle of the flat side. The worn places are thus brought to the outer edge, where there is practically no wear upon them.

Flour Starch.

Mix first with cold water the flour. Then pour on gradually boiling water and boil till clear. Strain through cloth. Add bluing. For table linen add few tablespoons to rinse water.Clothes keep stiff longer and more satisfactory than by using regular starch.

Snicker Doodles.

Two cups of sugar, two eggs, cup sweet milk, six tableapoonfuls melted lard, cup chopped raisins, one quart flour, ~ tablespoonful of-cream tartar, half teaspoonful of soda; flavor to taste. Drop with teaspoon on greased pan and bake in hot oven. ‘ k

Cutting Butter.

To cut brick butter for table use, tear strip of oiled paper wrapping, place on butter the desired thickness, and cut through. Butter tn square* doss not break or stick to the knits. j