Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1912 — Page 2

Tea in Suite A

BRUCE MACDONOUGH

(Copyright, 1812, by Associated IJtersry Press.) “Evelyn, you dear thing!” Amy kissed her friend rapturously as they met in front of the tall studio building. Miss Beers laughed as she returned the greeting with equal warmth. "What are you doing here, country mouse?” she asked. "Visiting Genevieve Blake; she’s my cousin, you know. They have Just moved into the building behind you—' it’s the quaintest place; full of artists and writers and the most charming Studios—l helped them move in yesterday, and I’ve only lost my way twice in the great-barn of a building. Come in now and have a cup of tea.” “Some other day, Amy. You must be topsy-turvey up there now.” “No, indeed —the suite is furnished completely. All we had to do was to Settle the little things around. Genevieve and Ned have gone down to see their publishers and we can have a cosy time together. I told Mary to heave some tea things—it’s her afternoon out.” As she spoke, Amy led the way toward the elevators. “It’s on the seventh floor,” she remarked as they shot upward. “Genevieve wouldn’t have any other—she’s very superstitious, you know, and seven is her lucky number.” Amy continued to chatter as they left the elevator and walked down the long corridor. Her cheeks were unnaturally pink and her gray eyes wore rather a strained look so thought Evelyn Jteers, who looked in vain for some trace of the old happy, light-hearted girl Amy Gay had been before she and her husband of a few months had gone separate ways. “Here it is—suite A—and, I declare. If that careless Mary hasn’t left the door open.” Amy pushed the door wide and ushered her friend into a small inner hall. From there itwas a step into a tiny reception room furnished In tan and dull blue, with a wicker tea table standing Invitingly ready near an open window. “How charming!” exclaimed Evelyn as she laid her parasol aside and drew off her gloves. Amy busied herself with the teakettle, lighting the lamp underneath with quick, nervous gestures so contrary to her usually tranquil manner that Evelyn was moved to venture upon the forbidden topic. “I met Allen the other day,” she said casually. “Yes?” asked Alien’s wife. “He looked very down ” began Evelyn, and then stopped short at the look in Amy’s face.—“l beg your pardon, dear,” she ended quietly, “you said you didn’t care.” "I don’t,” declared Amy in i crisp tone.

“Let us talk of other things.” Evelyn proceeded to do so, relating at considerable length the pleasures she had enjoyed at a recent house party in the country. “Is that where you met Allen?” demanded Amy. "Yes.” “I thought so—he always goes down to the Delmans’.” She stirred her tea thoughtfully and, without lifting the lids that drooped over her eyes, she asked in a low, embarrassed tone: "Did he ask about me?" “Not a word. I saw very little of him, anyway; he spent most of his time on the bay with Dick Delman.” “Was Kitty Tain tor there?” asked Amy. “Yes.” “I suppose Allen liked that—he used to think a lot of Kitty before he fell in love with me." “I tell you he didn’t have much to do with any one save Dick.” “Of course, you wouldn’t tell me, anyway,” nodded Amy. "I remember Ben Herring once said that it wasn’t human nature to resist Kitty Taintor’s charms.” “Nonsense! Do give me another cup of tea, Amy, and tell me what your future plans are." “I haven’t made any,” hesitated Mrs. Gay, as she peered into the teacup. Evelyn was silent. Amy Gay had been rather a spoiled daughter, and it was inevitable even to the most generous friends of the young couple that sooner later Amy’s imperious temper must clash with the strong will of her husband. Allen Gay would be ‘snder with his wife, but if he was right in his contention his will would not bend. .“Where is Allen stopping?” inquired Evelyn, after a while. “Ned told Genevieve and she told me that Allen had removed all his things from the house and had furnished a studio in the city here. I haven’t been down to Hillcrest to see If it is so—l might meet him and that would be embarrassing for us both. Some day Genevieve will go down and investigate.’’ “And if it is true that he has left the house for you to occupy shall you go back tberef** “No! " cried Amy sharply. “You don't know whet you ask, Evelyn. Why, all the happiness of my life to

bounded by the walls of Hillcrest—we planned the house together.” Evelyn looked bewildered. "But my dear, If you feel 'that way—why, love cannot have died and perhaps—perhaps there is a chance if you two should meet again.” But Amy’s protesting hand silenced her. "No,” she said tragically, "it is all over. I told Allen I never wanted to see him again—and he as much as told me the same thing.” "And you don’t want the opportunity?” Tears rushed to Amy’s eyes. “It is too late, Evelyn. He would never forgive me—but —but I shall never be happy again—without him.” “Amy Gay!” Evelyn dropped upon the floor beside hpr friend. "Well?” asked Amy. “If Allen met you half way—would you be reconciled?" Amy shook her head dolefully. "He never will stir 'one step to meet me—it must be all or nothing with him. His mother told me that the Gays were always that way.” “And you cannot see your way clear to make the first advances?” “No —no—-I " could not bear the thought that he might turn away from me. Let us talk about something else, Evelyn—l want to forget him—l will forget him!” She rattled the teacups and made a fuss over pouring another cup of tea for her guest. Evelyn Beers arose and straightened her hat before a Venetian mirror. A vista of the adjoining room was reflected In the mirror and what she saw there held Evelyn petrified with wonder. It was a long room furnished as a studio, and standing before an easel with palette and brushes In his Idle fingers was Amy’s husband. He wore a paint-stained blouse and as bis patient brown eyes met the astonished ones of Evelyn Beers In the mirror, he calmly wiped his brushes and came forward. * Evelyn turned swiftly to Amy. “I thought you said you didn’t know where Allen was,” she said accusingly. “I don’t know.” “If you will come here —and look Into the next room ” Amy was beside her In an Inst&nt "Oh!” she cried sharply. “What does it mean?” She looked from the familiar surroundings of the tea table to the studio furnished with her husband’s treasures, saw him standing there, eager-eyed and with hands outstretched. J*l must have come Into the wrong apartment—lt is so like Genevieve’s —this little room is exactly like It in every detail —but the studio.” “This Is suite A, on the sixth floor,” explained Allen Gay, gravely. “Oh, what a dreadful mistake!” cried Amy with burning cheeks, for the situation had Its ludicrous side. “We have eaten your cakes and tea and 7” “I prepared them for you, Amy,” he said softly, and as he came forward Evelyn Beers slipped quietly from the room. “I have always thought that some day you might come back —come home to me, and so I’ve always had this table ready for you—lt made It seem as though you might drop in any moment.” He laughed awkwardly, but a pulse throbbed In his throat Just -above his stiff collar. Amy’s fair face was hidden in her hands. “Oh, Allen,” she sobbed, “I was too obstinate to meet you half way, and you have come all the way to meet me! Fate must have sent me here, because I would not come myself!” As his arms closed around her once more she whispered tearfully: “I wish there was some penance I could perform to atone for my wickedness." “We have both done penance, sweetheart,” he said gravely.

How to Look Thin.

How black clothes deceive the eye, often to the advantage of the wearer, was explained by Professor Stirling, F. R. S., at the Old College of Science, South Kensington, England, in a lecture to members of the British optical convention upon Optical Illusions. “My advice to a lady or gentleman suffering from excessive rotundity,” said Professor Stirling, “Is to stick severely to black. Light clothing adds considerably to one’s apparent bulk.” Professor Stirling demonstrated the point by exhibiting simultaneously white figures on a black ground and black figures on white ground. Although all the figures were the same size, those in white upon black appeared to have much greater dimensions.

Story of Lady Grange.

A romance of St. Kllda is the story of Lady Grange. Wife of an eighteenth century Scottish lord of session, she was for some mysterious reason seized and carried off in the dark; she knew not by whom, and conveyed by night journeys to the Highland coast, and thence by sea to St. KHda. There among the few inhabitants she remained for several years a prisoner, provided, however, with a constant supply of food, and a woman to wait upon her. No inquiry was made for her, but at last she conveyed a letter to a friend by the daughter of a catechist, who hid it in a clue of yarn. A ship was sent to rescue her, but her jailers got wind of it and transferred her to the island of Herries, where she died. London Chronicle. ’

Out of Reach.

.. Townley—" How’s the new cook getyingnn?’' Subbubs—“l don’t know. She doesn't leave her address.” —Boston Transcript. x

PRESERVING JUICES OF STEAK

Great Point to Bo Remembered When Broiling of the Meat Is 0 Undertaken. In an article on “The Appetizing Beefsteak,” in the Woman’s ' Home Companion, Fannie Merritt Farmer, the well-known cooking authority, presents' a number of recipes and gives the following general advice about steaks: “The underlying principle which governs good broiling is this: One side of the meat must be quickly seared, the meat must be turned, and the other side quickly seared. This prevents the escape of any of the Juices. Turn almost constantly for the first minute of the cooking, then the meat must be cooked on one side, turned and cooked on the other, to suit individual taste., "The best cuts of meat fol* broiling are porter house, sirloin, crosscut of rumpsteak and second and third cuts from top of round. Porterhouse and sirloin cuts, although commanding about the same price per pound as the cross cut of the rump, prove more expensive on account of the greater loss in bone and fat. Round steak Is very juicy, but, having coarser fiber, is never as tender. ■» Neither is the flank end of a porterhouse very tender. For this reason, it is a good plan to cut it off before cooking the steak and use it for meat cakes (Hamburg steak) or a small stew, or perhaps a small beefsteak pie. Cut out the tenderloin and reserve it to be cooked for one meal; cut off the flank and save It to be prepared for another; then broil the sirloin for dinner. The bone may be used to give added richness to the stock, If the flank end is utilized for a stew.”

Household Westions

Always use soft water for washing purposes whenever possible. Wash a little paraffin in the blacking to Increase the brightness of the polish. To take away the oily taste when using oil for frying, make the oil very hot and then fry a piece of onion in it, and when brown take it out. One of the most useful herbs in cookery is thyme,, which is Invaluable for seasoning forcemeat, meat balls, etc. Both lemon and common thyme should be stored. To remove machine oil stains, cover them with lard for several hours, and then wash with soap and water. When the lard is washed out the spots will have disappeared. When darning stockings run a thread around each hole before beginning and draw until the edges lie flat. This makes the hole appear smaller, and it will be much easier to mend. To keep a zinc-covered kitchen table bright rub It occasionally with a cloth dipped In vinegar. To dry a one-piece frock and have It keep Its shape, slip it on a wooden coat hanger that you have first covers ed with a couple of folds of old muslin.

Barley Soup.

Three ounces barley, 1% ounces stale bread, 1% ounces butter, onequarter ounce chopped parsley, onequarter ounce salt. Wash and steep the barley for twelve hours in onehalf pint of water, to which a piece of carbonic soda, the size of a pea, has been added; pour oft the water not absorbed, add the bread crumbs, three quarts of boiling water and the salt; boil slowly in a well-tinned covered pan for four or five hours, add the parsley, butter, white pepper about half an hour before the soup is ready to serve.

Mother’s Surprise.

Take half a square loaf of baker’s bread, cut into thin slices, crust and all, and butter them; peel, core and cut up sufficient quantity of good baking apples to be in proportion. Take a pie dish, line it with bread and butter; put a layer of the apples at the bottom, then of sugar, thenxif bread, and so on until the dish is filled. Bake until the apples are perfectly soft; turn out in a dish and serve. It should keep its shape and taste almost like a sweetmeat, all the ingredients being thoroughly blended in baking. .

Brain Cakes.

Wash the brains thoroughly, first in cold and afterward in hot water; remove the skin fibers and then boil the brains with a little salt for two or three minutes. Take them up and beat them in a basin with some very finely chopped parsley, sifted sage, salt, mace, cayenne pepper, well beaten yolk of an egg and a gill of cream. Drop them in small cakes into frying pan; fry them in butter a light brown color. A little flour And grated lemon peel are sometimes added.

Cherry Vinegar.

Pour one and one-half pints of vinegar over two quarts of red cherries, let stand three days, then strain. Measure and to each pint of liquid add one pint of sugar, boll twenty minutes and bottle. Dilute with iced water when serving.

A Late Fad.

Patch pockets are a feature of the tailor-made skirts; and instead of placing the solitary specimen allowed to each skirt high bn the left side it is rather novel to see it Just beneath the frill of the skirt.

QUEEN CANDACE'S CITY IN THE SOUDAN

7 - A T the conclusion of three seasons’ excavatlons, we are now z 1 able to trace the \ \ growth and realize the 1 general appearance of [Uf" Meroe, cnce the cap- ; bX/ ital of ancient EthiA/V opia, In the Sudan, ulrcx between Atbara and Khartoum. The whole site included several distinct portions. Near the river was the Royal City with Its palaces; beyond that a large area forming the township, In which were the dwellings of artisans, and doubtless of the soldiery; while, interspersed, there rose here and there great temples and public buildings. Further still towards the east (about three-quarters of a mile from the

river bank, and just on the further side of the modern railway) on the outskirts of the desert, Is -jar^vast —Necropo11s, extending two or three miles to the north and south, containing thousands of ancient tombs and burying - places. Still further In the desert, the Sun Temple stands alone; and beyond that again, some distance to the northe a s t, are the well known pyramids. North and south of the central area there are now extensive woods of stunted mimosa, so that the limits of the township are not yet determined; but in the former considerable buildIngs containing baths and yielding Meroltlc Inscriptions have been found in a clearing m .0 r e than a mile from the city.

That which we call the Royal City is a four-sided enclosure, 1,000 feet by 500, surrounded by a stone wall, about fifteen feet in thickness, built of splendid ashlar. The height of this wall must have been originally, may suppose, thirty or forty feet: at one point it is still preserved to half that height. There are two main entrances in the middle of the eastern walls, which are its longest sides; and two posterns, one to the north and one to the south. In the southern part of the enclosure are the royal palaces, built, like the walls of this citadel, in the age of the Ethiopian King Aspelut, or Just before In the seventh or eight century B. C.

Naturally, we have not yet been able to penetrate to the bottom all over this area, for many later buildings nearer the surface must be examined first, The original plan of the whole city is thus not yet clear; but several of the earliest buildings have already been examined in the northern portion: amongst these are several columned halls. It was under the threshold of one of these that, last year, we found the Bronze Head of Augustus, which had seemingly been carefully buried out of sight. In one of the Royal Palaces we also had the good fortune last year to be able to locate the ancient treasury, and though this had been completely ransacked and its walls destroyed, two pots, full of gold, and containing what was more important for us, inscribed jewels were found hidden under the foundation of neighboring walls. By the side of this palace, the past season’s excavations have brought to light the Royal Baths, decorated with colonnades, frescoes, glazed tiles, and remarkable statues based on classical models, as will be seen from the accompanying photographs. Outside the city wall, to the east, is 'the' great Temple of Ammon, the axis of which, from door to altar, is about 430 feet in length. The central avenue, with its columned halls and sanctuaries, has now been excavated, so that you may walk along its original pavements, see where animals were sacrificed, where the great swinging door closed off the sanctuaries from the public hall, and finally, reach the high altar, which remains in its original position. It is of black stone, decorated with carvings in relief; and at the foot of it, during our excavations, we found actually the last votive offering which had been placed upon it. Passing then, still eastward,

Don’t Really Seek Worms

Observant Woman Thinks the Fact of Hens Scratching Soli is Merely Old Custom. Nothing cheers me more than to sit An a bigrock in the barnyard and watch the hens walking about Their very gaits pleases me—the way they bob thein heads, the “genteel” way they have at picking up their feet, for ail die world aS tnojlgh they cared

through the Temple of Ammon, there IS found a decorative klosque, outside Its main entrance; and to the south is a great building, recently found, which we have not yet completely excavated, though we have determined that It contains more than forty chambers. It was probably the official palace In the early centuries A. D. To the north of these greater buildings is the great area to which we have alluded, wherein were the dwellings and workshops of workers in metal; and, beyond these, extensive

Love Not Severed By Death

Instances, Not Too Well Authenticated, Where Affection Has Existed Beyond the Tomb. Each year during the month of May, a number of romantic persons, usually lovers, visit the grave of Abelard and lleloise, in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, Paris and place on it a tribute of flowers. , The bodies of these noted unhappy lovers were originally buried at Tours, and were removed to Pere la Chaise in 1800. Helolse survived Abelard 21 years, and the Chronicle of Tours reports that when the tomb of Abelard was opened for the body of Heloise, Abelard held out his hand to welcome her. This legend has been approved by a French author, who gives other like instances, one of a senator at Dijon, who, having been buried 28 years, opened his arms to embrace his wife when she was lowered into the same tomb. The politeness of French husbands, their tender conjugal civilities.

Highly satisfactory results have just been obtained in the series of experiments carried out to test several methods of dropping bombs from aeroplanes on a given spot. Though they are far from having reached perfection, two appliances Invented by the Farman brothers, have already given great satisfaction to “army .experts. Details of their mechanism are, of course, kept secret, but as regards one of them, it Is known that the method employed is that of, first of all, locating the target by dropping a dummy bomb, which on exploding spreads out

where they stepped; the absent and superior manner In which they "scratch for worms,” their gaze fixed on the sky, then cock their heads downwards with an Indifferent air, absently pick up a chip, drop it and walk on. Did anyone ever see a hen really find a worm? I never did. There are no worms in our barnyard, anyhow; Jonathan must have dug them all up for bait when he was a boy. I

Firing an Aero Bomb

pottery kilns, in which the last embers of the fires remain, with innumerable vases and fragments thrown around. Passingstill eastward, we seethe tombs, marked on the surface of the desert either by a low mound or a ring of stones. Their chambers . are gained generally by a short slope from the east. Inside, the dead lay upon their beds or upon mats; great storage vessels for water and other drinks occupied the northern end of the chamber; while smaller objects, baskets, vessels, and dishes of better quality were commonly arranged around the head at the southern end. In obedience to primitive Instincts, a warrior was burled with his weapons, which were of Iron (namely, sword, dagger, spear, and knives); and ths huntsman with his bow. In one case even the hounds of the huntsman had been immolated and buried with him. In the broadest of the green valleys that lead down from the deserts, the Sun Temple Is found rising up in a series of terraces, surrounded by .a beautifully designed cloister, its sanctuary gained by a flight of steps leading upwards from the east. This chamber was paved and walled with glazed tiles, many of which remain In their original position. It’ contained an obelisk or altar dedicated to the sun, and other emblems of the cult, including a large solar disc. The outer walls of this building are decorated with scenes representI Ing the royal progress after victory. 1 Amongst these scenes are those which ■ indicate the torture and sacrifice of ! captives; and In a smaltTjhamber attached to the southern wall of the temple there was found, burled, a quantity of jars filled with charcoal and what seemed like cremated human remains. Such, in brief, is the general outline of the city, but there are a hundred featured of detail which could not be visited In a day, nor described within the scope of this short article.

have been conceived by everyone, but they must not be permitted to carry off these posthumous honors as a monopoly, nor must the sex feminine for an affection that extends beyond death. It is related that Queen Margaret of Scotland, many years after death, when it was found necessary to remove her body from DunfermIlne abbey, where it lay beside her husband. King Malcolm, refused to budge. The body was so heavy there was no moving It. The monks were at a loss what to do; when one of them suggested that the queen refused to be moved without her husband. Malcolm was then raised and immediately the body of the queen resumed its ordinary levity and the removal was made.

Life Is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. O! be swift to-love, make haste to be kind.—AmieL

a white powder easily' visible to the pilot. This bomb once dropped, the machine is turned back, and the pilot, knowing his height by his barograph and the speed at- which he is flying, can by means of an aiming apparatus and the ordinary principles of gunnery locate his next shot to a nicety. The other apparatus, much more, complicated, requires to be handled by. an experienced officer, and therefore, can only be employed in two-seated aero-‘ planes, carrying besides a pilot, a bomb-dropping specialist.—Leslie’s.

have even tried throwing some real worms io them, and they always respond by a few nervous cackles, and walk past the brown wrigglers with a detached manner, and robins get them later. And yet to go through all these forms and we continue to call it scratching for worms. —From “The Jonathan Papers,” by Elizabeth Woolbridge.

Argentina’s Splendid Corn Crop. Argentina’s corn crop for th?* yMS Is estimated at 8,000,000 tons.