Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — Page 3

The GENEVIVES I KNOW ALSO their Jamies

The Genevieve Who Is a Noble Nagger

The Genevieve that I am going to tell you about la a noble woman. And besides that, she is sure that everyone else ought to be a noble woman, too. She used to say to a flirtatious girl friend: “I do not see how yon can Justify yourself In acting to Clarence as If you enjoy his society, when only last week you told me you were in love with Wllyum. This Is not the course of a truly noble girl; and I always thought you had such high standards, too.” Then her friend would say: “Oh, goodnesß, of course, I am In love with Billy; but I can enjoy the society of Clarence; too, can’t IT Billy knows all about Clarence, anyway, and, besides, there isn’t anything to know. He is Just funny—-weH, he Is a little In love with me, but not enough to hurt. Why, it Isn’t imiy>rtant.’’ Then Genevieve would feel awfully about It, and make It the subject of serious conversation, compeUlng gay little Clara to turn herself inside out as to action, and chasing every Uttle motive to its lair with utter unrelenting. Well, In the course of time Genevieve married, and the James she acquired was one of those blunt-fea-tured, good-enough looking Jameses whp build bridges and know about construction and concreting and steel girders, and the strength of the span and things like that —things requiring Borne concentration and nice calculation, and an absolute knowledge of matters and a power of taking responsibility; because otherwise things might fall down rather disastrously. Thus, in his curious masculine way, lames had quite a himself. • v Well, one day after they had been married awhile, James happened to mention that Johnson had been in the office looking for a job. He- said Johnson was a good man and he thought they would put him to work. Genevieve looked at him in dumb horror—but-it didn’t stay dumb. “Do you mean to tell me, James,” she said, in as sepulchral a tone as so

"It Shall Never Come Under My Roof.* happy a new-made wife could say it, “do you mean to say that you consider Mr. Johnson a good man?” "None better In his line,”' replied James cheerfully. “He is a crackerjack at handling men, and we need such a man Just now, having to start on a big bit of construction work very soon.” r . < \ * "James,” wailed Genevieve, “James, do you mean to say that you have forgotten that Mr. Johnson jilted Dorothy Blake? That they were engaged and he flirted with that horrid Mrs. Ranbler till it broke Dorothy’s heart? Do you call a man like that a good man?” "Oh, by the way, that's a fact,” observed James obtusely, "he did rather go the pace last year. But I saw Dorothy out with young Mlllyuns yesterday, and it looked as though he was mending her heart all right. And Johnson is a peach to manage men.” "But, James, you do not understand me,” urged Genevieve. “Mr. Johnson lp not a good man. He is a very bad man, indeed, and I should wink my husband would have too much principle to employ him.” "Oh, ls’that what you’re getting at? Well, Blake is a fine executive, Genevieve, and the firm ought not to recognise little personal affairs. After all, Mrs. Ranbler was a widow, ho there wasn’t anything actually criminal about it, was there?” James heard a few of his Genevieve’s' serious views during the honeymoon and before, but he simply looked at her with admiration as a peach of a good girl, you know. B did not Interfere with business. But this time it was serious, indeed. auoGenevleve gave .James mighty little vast about U. At last, she was told that she did not understand business. Then she inquired if her husband wag to lower his standard of right and

By HELEN HELP

said: “Well, Genevieve, we need our job, I am not arranging matters for my firm, thank you.” ... “Genevieve,” says James some time later, “two of the men I graduated from Tech, with are in town and I would like to bring them home to dinner tomorrow. I guess I’ll bring quart of fizz with me. They’ll like it.” “I will be very glad to welcome your friends, James,” says Genevieve, “but I draw the line at liquor. It shall never come under my roof.” "Why,” says the bewildered James, "you used not to mind—” > "That was before I had a serious responsibility of bringing up a child properly,” says Genevieve. “But Jimsey Is only three months old —what harm can It do him?” Well, Genevieve was right enough, perhaps. She knew just what the atmosphere of the home ought to be from the first, and she was going to keep it that way. And she did. Jimsey kept on growing up and the atmosphere of the home came to be something like this Jimsey being three years old and a capable young citizen. "Doesn’t little son know that it is very wrong? Isn’t Jimsey sorky? Why isn’t Jimsey sorry? But Jimsey ought to be sorry. * Oh, Jimsey, you hurt mamma so when you are not sorry. Doesn’t Jimsey know that his little heart ought to be clean and good?” And all that little Jimsey really needs Is a light but rapid hand Spiled externally a moment, and the words, spoken In a clear, calm voice, with a downward inflection: "You mind mb.” Sooa.!jlmsey would learn to recognize kindly authority, and after awhile be old enough to see the value of exercising authority over himself. But James is told about Jimsey and he, too, must look sorry and probe after finer feelings, ’While Genevieve says: “I don’t see where he got such a disposition—but, perhaps, If one appeals to his better nature —” And then she looks at Jameß and James’ better nature all curls up and* crawls into its nest and hibernates, while his worse ( nature is on the Job, trying to dbdge'this noble woman’s case of conscience. James’ firm now says: “He is a good than, but you have to let him proceed on his own lines. Well, he is worth thousands every year to us.” Genevieve’s friends say: “She is a lovely character, and isn’t it a pity that her husband has such a cold, hard nature? And as for that child, he Is such a torment” And Genevieve’s very dearest friends say: “Heavens, how she does nag that poor man! And as for Jimsey!” (Copyright by Associated Literary Press.)

That the motorist w?s rich beyond the ordinary dreams of avarice everything went to show; and he stood haughtily silent when the magistrate, in the usual form, asked him if he had aught to say why sentence should not be pronounced. Haughtily silent and with lip slightly curling he stood. “It is the order of the court, then,” the magistrate went on, “that you pay a fine of $1 ” “One dollar?” the motorist gasped. “One dollar —and costs amounting to 57 cents.” . The man’s panoply of disdain wad broken through. He winced visibly. A shadow of pain flitted across Us face. "Mon Dienl Is there nowhere In this mob-ruled land that a person of real consequence may exceed the speed limit without loss of self-re-spect?” he cried. Flinging a piece of gold on the desk, he fled without waiting for his change. —Puck.

Language Studies In Dutch Sehools.

“While the percentage of educated persona in Holland is not greater than in the United State? I am Inclined to think that more attention is given in the public schools of Holland to instruction in foreign languages than there 1* in this country,” said J. A Grutterink, an engineer of The Hague, here on a mission for his government “In our Dutch schools it is part of the course of Instruction to teach the three principal languages—French, German and English. / “When a pupil reaches the period of graduation he murft take an examination in these languages as well as in other studies. It therefore Is not strange that a person of fair education in Holland Is able to speak English at’least”

Lights on Battlefields.

One would suppose that powerful searchlights would Illuminate fields of battle best by night la order to discover and bring in the wounded. But experiments In France prove the contrary. They are of small benefit because the slightest obstruction—such as a house or slight Irregularity on the earth’s surface—will create a great cone of shadow, within which nothing can be seen. The best device tried so far is the individual acetylene lamp, carried on the backs or Ip the hands of the hospital corps when going over the field with their Utters.

Humiliating.

Seme Precepts in the Winter Manage ment of the Brood Sow

Our object in the care and feeding Of the brood sow during the winter should be the production of a large, vigorous, even litter of pigs and such a condition of health in the sow thgt a generous milk flow and a kind disposition will be guaranteed for the nourishment and protection of the pigs after birth. Feeding and exercise are the two items which have a particular bearing on these results. - Feeding.—l. In the fall of the year the sow should be in rather thin condition as the result of a maximum of grass and exercise and a minimum of com. 1. About the first of November, or a week or ten days before the beginning of, the mating season, the feed should be increased so that she will be gaining at mating time. Observation and experience together seem to indicate a relation between this improving condition of fleßh and the prompt appearance of heat, susceptibility to impregnation, and also, to the size of the resulting litter. 8. The sow should be fed during December and January so that a medium condition of flesh will be maintained without loss. During February she should gain in weight and somewhat in flesh until the week of farrowing. The medium condition of flesh is not only in keeping with economy in feed bills, bu| what is more important, it conduces to the general health of the sow and her disposition to exercise. The improved condition of flesh is desired during February as a store of energy to support a generous milk flow after the pigs are born, and,’ secondly, to furnish a liberal supply of food for the growth of the pigs In embryo, which

First Year Stud nts —Purdue School of Agriculture

The freshman class in agriculture at Purdue this year Is the largest in the history of the school. One hundred and thirty-three young men enrolled during September for the regular fouryear course. This is a2O per cent. Ipcrease over the class last year. The records show that a number of these* men have taken one or more years academic work in some of the secondary schools of the state. This is a significant fact, because it shows

SAVING SEED CORN

G. L CHKBTH. I.| irklulwl 1- v . fa.- a i t? 9 rtraae unnrersuy Agncoicvu utcuioa

Many farmers in Indiana bare bad a seed com patch this season. Many others have a special part of the field from which they will select seed for next year. It Is very Important, therefore, that after time has been spent raisins and selecting this com that some attention should be given to the proper drying and sating of same. Much corn that Is Intended for seed Is Injured by improper methods qf drying and storing. It Is most liable to Injury during the first month or six weeks after husking. The outside of the ear may be dry and hard, but tfce cob and points of the kernels still contain much moisture and It Is this that usually cause? much molding or growing or iajury from (feezing. Cora selected from the field should not be thrown In a heap or placed In -sacks. This Is sure to result In Injury. It Is Important that every ear be so placed that It will be subject to a free circulation of air. It Is most Important that £ke corn be protected from the rains and the snows since no grain absorbs moisture more resdlly than does

By PROF. W. W.

SMITH, School «f Agricakera

Pardo* Uiioariky Agricultural Frtraifcn

takes place chiefly during the last month of the gestation period. 4. During November and December com can be safely relied upon as the main part of the ration, especially if the sow is mature and access is had to grass or other green feed. Without these, and with a sow which is immature, it is'safer to supplement the corn;by feeding oats, a little shorts, oilmeal and tankage. Oats, however, are usually too high-priced to feed generally. Clover or alfalfa or cowpea hay, fed whole or in the cut condition, makes an unusually good supplement to corn. Their more general use would greatly improve the present practices. 6. Some excellent rations during the late winter are the following: (A) Eight parts of com, four parks of shorts and one part tankage, by measure. (B) Equal parts com and shorts with all the legume hay desired. (C) Five parts of com, one part bran and one part of linseed oilmeal. Exercise. —Exercise and fresh air are necessary to good health and the maintenance of thrift and bodily vigor. Upon the general health and vigor of the sow depend: 1. The regular appearance of heat 2. The number of eggs produced. 3. Her susceptibility when bred. 4. The successful nourishment of the pigs in embryo and the ease' of pigging. 5. The disposition of the sow. fl: Her capacity to secrete a generous milk flow. There are, of course, other factors which affect these results, but that exercise is one of them, and of particular importance, cannot be doubted.

that thinking young men in Indiana are beginning to realize v t6e value of an agricultural course whqn compared with the other college conrses. They see the opportunities that the farm offers and they have come to Pufdue to learn the how and the why in agriculture. The class as a whole is a fine' lot of fellows who with four years' training will represent a strong factor in Indiana agriculture.

corn. If the corn is thoroughly dried and kept dry, no amount o? freezing will Injure It. See that your corn Is

Left—tA convenient and eatiefactory rack made with lath end 5-Inch fence boards. Right—A desirable way of storing small amounts of seed corn. properly dried and stored. This will means mudh towards securing good seed for the 1912 crop. The dormant period should be a time of general cleaning and putting things in shape among the trees.

SOME DAINTY APPLE. DISHES

Toothsome Concoctions Easily Pro pored From This Most Health- - ful of Fruits. Apple dompote.—Four apples, onethird cup sugar. Wash, core and,pars the apples. Boil sugar and water five minutes. Cook apples slowly In covered pan until clear and tender. Remove to serving dish. 801 l syrup several minutes longer until thick. Four over apples and serve cold. Apple Compote.—Pare four round apples, core, fill with sugar, little butter, and one raisin. Fat in baking dish, add hot water until apples are half covered, sprinkle well with sugar and bake until soft. Serve in ico cream glasses, with own juice. Children's Apple Bread. —An oldfashioned dish for children Is prepared as follows:' One quart of com meal, one pint of ripe chopped apples, three tablespponfuls of batter, a pinch of salt and one and one-half caps of war ter; sweeten as desired and bake as ordinary com bread.

HINT FOR CANNING TIME

Economy Is Found by Practical Housewife In Providing New Rubbers Each Beason. It will be found much more economical when canning fruit or vegetables to always provide new rubbers each season, for by doing this one need not exert oneself when opening the jars, as the robber can be caught with a knife edge and tom out when one wishes to open them. It not only saves the ekertlon, but saves the jars from cracking once ever so often when in the act of opening, making the contents unfit to use on account of the danger of there being tiny pieces of glass in them, and also it averts the necessity of turning up the edge of the lid with a knife, thus making it liable to admit air at the next season’s filling. New rubbers make a sure success, but old ones are a gamble. Tear them oft when opening the jar and the lid will come off easily.

HOW TO REFINISH FURNITURE

•imple.Directions by Which Wood Can Bp Made to Look as Good as New. Take a piece of No. 2 sandpaper and remove all varnish or marks from the wood. Take a piece' of doable zero sandpaper and rub the wood until it fs perfectly smooth. Apply a coat of varnish any color desired, and when this is absolutely dry rub it smooth with double zero sandpaper. Apply a light coat of colorless shellac and. when dry rub down with a piece of worn-out sandpaper, then apply one of the following: For.dull finish rub with crude oil and powdered pumice stone. For bright finish rub with crude oil and finish with a good rubbing with a flannel cloth.

German Pancake.

Mix six ounces of flour with one ounce of melted butter, the yolk of an' egg and two tablespoons of water; beat well. Add a pinch of salt and very gradually beat in half a cup of rich milk. This batter is better made two or three hours before using. Just before cooking add the beaten white of an egg. Have an omelet pan hot and put in butter or oil; pour in the'hatter, which should be an elgth of an inch thick. When cooked on the bottom put in a hot oven to cook on top. Slide out of tbe pan, serve with an apple sauce or with lemon quarters and sugar.

Washing Lace Curtain.

For one pair of curtains, three parts of soft water, one bar of good soap shaved and put into, the water, and let almost boll; then add three tablespoonfuls of coal oil, put In the curtains and boil twenty minutes; rinse In two waters; starch. One tablespoonful pulverised starch, one teaspoonful gum arable; pour on three pints of boiling water. Do not Ist boil. Dry curtains on stretchers or pin on sheets on the floor.

Lemon Tea Cakes.

Rub one-half pound butter in one pound of flour, add one-half pound of line sifted white sugar, grate hi rind of two lemons and squeeze in the Juice of one, add two eggs. Mix all well together, roll and cut Inte desired shapes and bake in a slow oven.

Clingstone Peaches.

In preparihg clingstone peaches for canning, if you will cut them around, instead of lengthwise, and then give each end a little twist, the halves will come clear of the stone. Do this be fore peeling, as after peeling they are too slippery.

Congress Cake.

One cup sugar, one-half cup butter creamed, two-thirds cup milk, 1& cups flour, whites of two e£gs, one-half teaspoon cream of tartar, one-fourth teaspoon saleratus, one-half teaspoon salt, lemon to flavor.

Oakland's Cake.

Two eggs, two cubs sugar, one cup sour milk, one cup butter, one cup chopped raisins, three cups flour, one teaspoon soda, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, dove and nutmeg.

Maple Syrup Cake.

One cop syrup, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup soar milk, one egg, scant one-half cop butter, ony teaspoon soda. Mtn quite soft and add ginger and caar da if desired.

ON COOK’S DAY OFF

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO HELP PUZZLED HOUSEWIFE. T" ■ - ' , v ' V'W: Gives Mother Chance to Tost Now Dainties—Simple and Tasty Dishes That Will Make Agreeablo Change for Family. In small households the cook’s day out frequently represents, all that is 008iest and most enjoyable In the way of a little dinner or supper. It is looked to by the house mother as * time for testing any new dainties of which she has heard without interfering with the cook's domestic sway, and by the family as a species of delightful picnic, especially Intimate and informal. A quick and easy "vegetable” course for such a meal la Welsh rarebit, with spaghetti, for which the paste is boiled as usual in salted water until tender, then drained and stirred into a thin, smooth paste. To make the "rabbit," grate the cheese or cut or crumble It In small pieces into the cold milk, which heat slowly until the cheese has melted! Stir together and serve at once. This dish can be prepared with a remnant of macaroni or spaghetti on the chafing dish. For a quick roast instead of a leg of lamb boy the rack with chops, and cook it under the gas broiler. A rack of from two pounds up can be broiled In an bony or less. Hamburg steaks, a good choice tor such occasions, can also be delicately broiled under the gas flame Instead of cooked tn the pan, and to many minds the flavor is greatly improved thereby. Onion juice Is much better than the usual chopped onion for these steaks. It comes put up in bottles, or the onions may be minced in the meat chopper, and a tablespoonful or two pressed out. Another substantial offering for the picnic menu is ham patties made of about two kitchen cups of cold cooked ham minced fine and stirred into four cups of bread crumbs, the latter moistened with milk. To this add a large lump of butter and any seasonings liked. Pour the batter into gem pans, filling about two-thirds only. Now break an egg over each little section, sprinkle over more of the bread crumbs and bake until brown. A combination of a substantial order for hearty appetites and extremely good is baked macaroni with minced ham. Frequently at such times the, housekeeper will substitute a cold dish, which can be prepared well In advance, for the hot roast or broiled meat. A hearty course of this kind Is chlekea salad served In a ring of ham jeUy. For a dessert which requires no cooking, break Into pieces about a dozen maccaroons. Cut into quarters at the same time some candled cherries. To a cup of double cream add about three ounces of sugar, and beat the cream stiff, flavoring with a drop or two of sherry or any extract perfprred. Stir lightly into the cream the macarocns and the cherries. On each dessert plate pat a slice of canned pineapple, and heap upon this a portion of th& cream mixture and serve ail very cold.

AILAROUND the HOUSE

•.. —r —■ - 1 To prevent tomato soup from curdling add hot tomatoes (with sods) into the thickened milk. If doughnuts do not : take on a golden brown crust as soon a* they are dropped into the lard, it is because It Is not hot enough. . Kerosene win remove spots and stains from the enameled basin sad tub in the bathroom. It should bn washed away with warm water and soap so as not to leave an unpleasant odor. Even delicate glass can be safely washed in very het water if slipped In edgewise. Insects like neither salt nor alum, and enough adheres to tbe carpet to keep them away. ' Starch should be mixed with soapy water, for thus tbe linen will have a more glossy appeafcnce and be less likely to stick to the iron. Clotheslines and pegs win 'last much longer If they are boiled, for ten minutes wehn new. It is a good plan to repeat the boiling occasionally. A good knife cleaning board is made by taking a piece of board ten Inches long and six inches wide. Tack on to this a piece of Brussels carpet and sprinkle with fine emery. Knives rubbed on this will clean bell and with little labor. To remove grease spots from carpets mix fuller’s earth and magnesia together in equal (byi scraping and pounding). Pbhti thisinto a paste with hot water and spread on the spots. Next day brush off and. if necessary, repeat the When, after much service, a broom becomes shorter on one side than the' other, and the ends of the straws as shsrp as needles, dip it in hot water and trim it down quite evenly wtthj the shears. The result will be a ! broom as serviceable as when new.

Rod well Cake.

One cup soger, one-half cup butter, one-half cup milk, one cup sifted fiourj one teaspoon cream of tartar, one-hair teaspoon soda, two eggs. . r.,* T' 7-‘" ■ V£, ?