Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1913 — Page 3

ACROSS THE ROAD

Timed His Proposals Most Inopportunely, but Always to the Same Woman. v

By SUSANNE GLENN.

John Kennen had always timed hla proposals most inopportunely. Such a statement might give rise to the supposition that he had proposed to inany women, when the truth of the ease is that he had merely proposed many times to one woman. “And what he > sees to be so ‘gone on’ In Louise Atwood beats me," the neighbors were fond of declaring. “She’s always been an independent little piece, w'tyle John is the kindest fellow in the world. He had ought to know what she is like, living right acrbss the road from her all his life, but they say love is blind, and I guess John goes to prove it!” John was thinking about his proposals as he rested on his porch one evening, watching through a screen of fragrant apple blossoms the glint of Louise’s white dress on the porch across the road. “That first one Was about the worst,” he decided between puffs from a pipe, “for I’ve never been so scared since, and Louise haß never been quite so superior. I declare, I thought she’d say ‘yes’ long before this. I fail to see the sense of waiting till the best part of our lives are over, for marry me she surely will, some day. Guess it’s about time I did something beside just propose.” When Kennen presently .sauntered across to occupy the comfortable extra rocker on her porch, Louise Atwood felt no surprise. Grass had not grown in the path between the two houses since John was old enough to appreciate the attractiveness of his tantalizing neighbor. “It’s so absurd of John to suppose I should wish tp marry him after having seen him every day of my life in this tiresome way," she thought, watching him leisurely approach. “Men seem to be JUBt clear conceit, anyway. Why should I marry any one, when I’m perfectly comfortable and happy here by myself?” She smiled patronizingly as he settled himself in the big arm chair.

“Louise, I’ve come over to ask you a question,” he stated with a directness that had not characterized his previous declarations, "possibly several questions,’’ he amended, Louise merely smiled. “My first question is not a new one, but it is final —will you marry me, Louise?’’ “Gracious, who do you expect would accept such a heartless proposal as that?” "I did not much expect you would,” smiled John serenely, “but I thought it safe to try once more, at least. It Isn’t lack of ‘heart’ that is the trouble, Louise. You know I’ve put heart enough into the others to satisfy any woman. I had hoped you would see fit to accept me, some time, still it is comfortable to have it settled definitely. I hope we can continue to be friends just the same?” "We always have been friends,” murmured Louise, with a lack of her customary superiority. "We’ve been more than friends,” he \ corrected; “that is why it is a bit perilous to drop back upon mere friendship. But we are both pretty sensible, so I guess we’ll make it go.” For some minutes he smoked in silence. “There is one thing I hope you will always do, Louise,” he continued presently. “I hope you will always feel free to ask me wljen you want help about the things I’ve been in the habit of helping you with. I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I was courting you, but now that that is at end I shall not feel justified in coming over here with the freedom of the past. If you understand why, this will not disturb you—perhaps it will even be a relief,” he added.

“I trust you will always feel free to come whenever you like,” said Louise, Ignoring his supposition. "That’s mighty kind and neighborly In you,” agreed Kennen as he rose to depart. “And that reminds me, Lou, I’ve rented the cottage to a woman from Anderly who wishes to get out in the country for the summer—-Airs. Carlton her name is. I hope yoell like her. She seems a pleasantspoken person.” Louise shivered ff little —the spring night had turned suddenly chilly, and she went In and closed the door. Not once during the weeks that followed did she receive a call from her one-time lover. To be surei, he shouted friendly greetings across the road or waved as he scurried past in his runabout, and Louise began wondering' how long it would take time to effect that patch about which she had so often fretted. She was setting plants in the vegetable garden the morning he met the new renter at the station. ' - ' ' Louise had never done the transplanting alone before, and bad peVer realised how tedious the task might be. In fact, when she came to think about it, Jphn had always helped with all the undertakings that had made her place a model of attractiveness. “But I am glad he does not come,” she assured herself repeatedly;. “it is not right to receive so much from him when I means to give nothing in return.” As the summer passed time did not appear to hang heavy upon the callable hands of John Kennen, for he was bestowing all those attentions at the little cottage across the road that he had once lavished upon the unappreciative Miss Atwood. While Louise laboriously repaired her broken trap

lis, John was fashioning a fine new model for Mrs. Carlton’s roses! Long after heat rows of transplanted vegetables were putting out new roots in the cottage garden, Louise shed actual tears of vexation and weariness over the seemingly endless task of finishing her own. Louise knew that the' neighbors were noticing. “They, think I’ve been jilted, and I cannot tell them the truth about it,” she said grimly to that inner self to whom lonely people commune. “Well, haven’t ytfu?” retorted that impertinent other self. “If I have, it is my own fault, and I shall have to endure it,” she said aloud. “I expect this is good for that pride and independence of which people are always complaining!” “Whoever dreamed of John Kennen acting in this way,” people seemed to delight in telling her. “We never supposed an idea of marrying ever entered his head, he has always been so quiet—never hunning round with the girls like most boys.” “Well, he is certainly making up for lost opportunities,” smiled Louise as the little runabout whizzed past with the new neighbor in the place she once' occupied by right of first choice. Louise chanced to be on the front veranda where that extra rocker always flaunted its emptiness at her the afternoon they brought home the runabout slowly, with a limp figure crumpled up on the seat. Somehow she forced herself to remain behind the blinds while they carried him in, and-while the doctor arrived hurriedly and Mrs. Carlton bustled about. Somehow she forced herself to listen to neighbors who endlessly repeated how he had unhesitatingly run his machine into a treacherous ditch to save a child that had started heedlessly to run across the road in front.

No, he was not hurt seriously unless other symptoms developed, tbo doctor assured every one. He needed good care more than anything else at present, and he was likely to get that. When they had all gone she sat on in the welcome darkness behind the vines watching the lighted windows across the road. She was not conscious of Mrs. Carlton’s approach until she was very near. "Will you come over, Miss Atwood?” she requested. “Mr. Kennen has asked to see you.” It seemed to Louise that she could never force her feet along that path Where the grass was already beginning to creep in. “Why, Louise, did I frighten you, sending for you like cried John cheerfully, if weakly, when he saw her face. “There is nothing to make you look like that. I just thought I could go to sleep better if you’d come over and say good-night to me, and Cousin. Martha said she did not mind calling you.” “Oh,” whispered Louise, with a sob. “Why, Lou,” he said, holding out his unbandaged hand entreatingly. Louise dropped to her knees beside him. “John, do you suppose you will ever again ask me to marry you?” “I don’t believe it will be necessary, my girl,” answered John Kennen, simply. (Copyright, 1913. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

YIELDED ALL BUT ONE POINT

Even Approach of Death Could Not Make Man Give Up Every Claim of Distinction. “Yes, this is an emblem of mourning for one of my relatives," said the man with the black band around his’ sleeve. “Yes, he was an uncle. He wanted to live awhile longer, but he was taken two weeks ago.” “Wanted to see another Washington’s birthday, eh?” was asked. “Yes, that was it. He was an old man, and he claimed that once he saw and talked with Washington. We knew that he wasn’t old enough for' that, but he stuck to his story and was often written up for the papers. Three days before he died, but when he knew he must go, he said to me: “ ‘Homer, I’m not exactly sure the man I talked to was Washington. It might have been someone else.’ “Next day he was uneasy for a while and then said to me: " ‘Homer, I don’t think I was ever within a mile of Washington. I’ve said that I was, but; I’ll take it back.’ "The next day, and three hours before his death, he called me to his bedside and Bald: “ ‘Homer, I’ve been thinking about Washington.’ “ ‘Yes, uncle.’ “ ‘lve finally made up my mind that I never met him.’ “ ‘Well, don’t worry about it’ “ ‘But I once came pretty near It, Homer.’ “ ‘There, there, uncle.’ " *l*ll be darned If I didn’t see his tracks in the mud and foller ’em all of 40 rods!”’—Baltimore American.

Cotton Ropes Do Not Tire.

Cotton ropes used for power transmission purposes do not seem to be bo exposed to mechanical “fatigue” or weakening through long continued use as one would naturally suppose this not very strong material to be. At least this appears to be proved by experiences with such ropes, where, in one Instance, twenty-four cotton ropes one and three-quarters inches in diameter employed for direct transmission of 820 horsepower from a twen-ty-eight foot flying machine.

Down the Line.

“To operate a department store suecessfully, you gotta understand women.” “I s’pose so.” “For Instance, a lady who comes in for a paper of pins begins operations by looking at refrigerators or lace curtains.”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IXI>.

DRAPING MOTOR VEIL

AUTO NECESSITY HAS BEEN MADE A THING OF BEAUTY. Charm Is All In the Manner In Which the Chiffon Is Adjusted, and Femininity Has Made the Most of It The motor car is responsible for a lot of the fhost alluring little styles that ever were. All\the clever little caps and bonnets <pre so becoming and so comfortable there is no telling where they will lead the feminine world to in the matter of headgear. When a man gets himself up for motoring he usually looks like a death’s-head at the wheel or a monster from some other planet. You look at him and think of dusty roads, flying gravel and fearsome speed. But the auto togs of women are delightfully suggestive of pleasant drives and Jolly times. It Is the veil that makes possible this triumph for the gentler sex. And here is the very latest way of wearing it: It looks like the Persian veil or wherever in the far Orient the idea

same from. You see, the goggles may be put on with it when necessary—and taken off very easily any time; which is a good thing, for no stretch of the Imagination can make them things of beauty. Like a number of things in this world, usefulness is their only reason for being here; hence they are dispensed with whenever possible. This veil is Juet a two-yard length of veiling chiffon hemmed et the ends and tacked or otherwise fastened to one of the many soft caps and bonnets that are provided for the motorist. If you choose to go to the extreme of the mode yqu can follow out the oriental suggestion in the veil and wear a turban of silk wrapped about your head.

NEEDS OF THE SMALL GIRL

Simplicity Combined With Comfort Should Be the idea in Fashioning Attire for Children, s Do not sacrifice utility and practical usefulness to fashion, and yet secure individuality and artistic grace, which is a necessary attribute of children. Simplicity combined with comfort should characterize the attire of little people. Children are no longer dressed in garments which prevent free movement of the limbs. Material and style are all-important. The fabric should be soft and durable. Low price in materials for children’s wear is an extravagance, for a cheap stuff always looks what it is, and does not wear well. Linens, pique, chambrays and ginghams are all good, and they can be bought In tempting colors’, well worth the having.'

BRIEF FASHION NOTES

Cubist designs are seen even In some of the new corset materials. The black and white combination In footwear continues to be liked. The crown dent is a smart feature of the new felts for country wear. Chamois yellow is one of the colors seen among girls’ topcoats. Nothing equals white chinchilla for the fashionable sports coats. Gold and green ia fast coming to be one of the favorite combinations. All lace underwear is distinctly In the mode. Frequently such garments are made over net. , The newest collars on the fall coats are fastened up high at the neck to allow for cold weather.Draped coats are liked for dress wear; simple, straight cut garments for general utility purposes. Coat chains are being made of beads; steel intermingled with cut coral are favorites! The most fashionable corset simulates the uncorseted figure. Stiff or constrained lines are a thing of the past

Beads Tone White Costumes.

Inexpensive glass beads can be worn to give the right tone of color to the all-whits costume. Opaque beads are sold in chains sufficiently long to go about the neck and drop in a V-llne in front—a line which is artistic and much more becoming than the round neck line—for prices varying from 60 cents to $1.50. These beads come in various shades of green and are especially effective in jade color. They are also sold in yellow, red and blue.

One-piece dressy are best for cttflß dren from one to twelve years of agST They foil easily from the shoulders, and all pinafore frocks are easily made. Guimpes are a great invention, as they may be changed so often to freshen a frock. Instead of being made yoke depth, the guimpe should be extended to the waist on summer dresses. They are easily made at home. .. It is surprising how much these little articles cost when purchased ready made. Lawn, tucked batiste, swiss, dimity, lace, allover embroidery, cross-bar materials, —nets; —etc., may be used for guimpes. Be careful that nothing is fantastic, for children are very sensitive as to ridicule. They look charming in picturesque dresses, and all the clear, pure colors suit them. Tana and buff color, and most greens wash well and are cool looking.

YELLOW MALINES IN ORDER

Material Extremely Popular Just Now and Bids Fair to Remain In Fashion Some Time. The yellow malines girl promises to be a feature of the world of fashion for the next month at least. Fashion is so fleeting that a longer period of popularity can scarcely be promised her. But surely this much is certain, that the tint of yellow between ecru and corn color, brighter than the first And lighter than the second, is in vogue, and is denoted on costumes by maline net accessories. . For the girl’s hat It is used in ruches and folds. For her neck it spreads butterfly wings in bows and floats over her shoulders in a light scarf for the evening. This tint is used with white to such an extent as to lead to the coining of the phrase, “the summer daisy girl. The tart little bow of stiff malines, yellow of course, twisted about the handle of her parasol with three or four' large white artificial daisies, helps to make her in keeping with this name. A yword more is in order about the scarviss of this flimsy, slimsy material. They are made of the widest goods in the tint to be had, and are cut very long, full two yards and a half, sometimes three yards. The ends are cut straight and left unhemmed, and the scarf is worn over the shoulders or within the cloak in as fluffy a mass as possible, not crushed down. The result la a rather ethereal, wrapped-in-the-clouds effect. Flesh tints are also popular for these scarves, and some other shades are used as well. The dampness of sea nights Is fatal to their loveliness, but for those elsewhere they are wearable and charming.

To Set Colors.

To set colors, use salt, vinegar, sugar of lead or alum in the following proportions: To one gallon of water, one-half of a cupful of vinegar, or two • cupfuls of salt, or two tablespocnfuls of alum or one tablespoonful of sugar of lead. Salt is usually best for browns and reds, vinegar for pinks; sugar of lead for lavendera, and alum for blues. The best way is to make a test of the solution. Let a sample remain in a solution over night. Allow to dry, then wash. Drying after setting a color prevents fading.

Ribbons on Bags.

The wrist ribbon has almost taken the place of the strap on the modish handbags. Ribbons appear on leather bags as well as on silk ones. They are certainly more in keeping with the hot weather, says the Washington Herald, and they can easily be renewed when too frequent use wears them threadbare.

New Shoe Buckles.

The most up-to-date shoe buckles are of French brass filigree with settings in Bulgarian colors. The prices for these conceits range from $3.50 to $7 a pair.

DAINTY MORNING DRESS

Model of White Cotton Crepe With Tiny Red Flowers and Buds. Loose Blouee With Lingerie Veit Wide Bolt of White Satin.

FROM THE PINEAPPLE

SUCCULENT FRUIT THE BABIB OF MANY DELICIOUS DISHES. May Be Utilized in Preparations for Immediate Use or for Preserves That Will Be Welcome In the Winter. The pineapple should be joyfully wet* come, for it is Cheap, has good keeping qualities and a clean, delicious flavor. Here are some good pineapple dishes, as given by the Delineator: Pineapple Omelet—‘Beat three eggs thoroughly with a tablespoonful of sugar, adding at the last a pinch of salt and a teaspoonful each of lemon and pineapple juice. Have the omelet pan hot and well greased, sides and bottom, with a teaspoonful of melted butter or oil. Turn in the beaten eggs, and as they cook, break the omelet once in a while with a silver fork. When still moist, sprinkle on top half of the oatmeal, a cupful of chopped or grated pineapple, canned or freßh, fold over the other half, Bprinkle with sugar and serve immediately- e3l - Pineapple peel and dice enough pineapple to make about three pounds. Place in preserving kettle with a pound of sugar and a quart of water and cook until very soft. Mash and strain. Return to the kettle, and to each pint of juice allow a pound of sugar. Cook-to a rich slrup and bottle while hot. Use patent stoppers or sealing wax to make airtight. This will be ready for‘use at any time for sauces or cooling drinks. Pineapple Sauce for Ice Cream — Put a cupful of fresh pineapple juice In a saucepan with a cupful of granulated sugar and cook ten minutes. Add the beaten yolks of two eggs, and whip with an egg-beater over boiling water until foamy. Take, from the fire, add the whipped whites of eggs ahd serve hot with ice cream. If the pineapple sirup is used, omit the sugar.

Preserved Pineapple Uncooked — If one has a good cold cellar or storeroom the fresh pineapple may be grated and preserved uncooked. Allow a pound of sugar to each pound of grated fruit and let stand in the refrigerator for twelve hours. Then pack into sterilized jars, screw tight, and as an additional precaution cover the top with sterilized cotton batting and tie down firmly. Keep in a cold, dark place. Pineapple Jelly—Pineapple jelly is worth while preparing for winter use. To make it, pare ripe pines and grate them and to each cupful of grated pulp measure out a cupful of sugar. Add half the sugar to the fruit and let it stand in a covered earthen dish for three hours: Then boil it, very slowly, in a granite or porcelain saucepan until the pulp is soft. Do not use tin, as the pineapple juice sometimes injures the surface of this metal. Let the pulp drip through a jelly bog over night. The next day heat the rest of the sugar on shallow platters in the oven, and in the meantime boil for 15 minutes the juice which has dripped through the jelly bag. Then add the hot sugar, let it melt In the liquid, but do not let it boil any longer, and pour it into glasses.

Before Mayonnaise.

In the days before the art of mayonnaise dressing was known to every good cook the English had a very fair substitute for it which they used with' their salads. It was called “an artful mixture,” and doubtless as much ingenuity was used in its mixing as the modern cook uses in 'making mayonnaise. It consisted of mustard, oil and vinegar, "artfully” mixed to a smooth dressing. At her discretion the cook might add the hard-boiled yolks of new-laid eggs, if before adding them she carefully rubbed them to a powder. The recipe, though , somewhat vague, suggests a dressing with claims of attention to the lover of good salads.

Hard Sauce.

A good hard sauce for any pudding is made with half a cupful of butter, beaten to a cream and thickened with a cupful’ of powdered sugar. Whip, an egg white, light and stiff, season It with a grain or two of salt, and a good deaL of nutmeg and fold it lightly into toe butter and sugar.

Remedy for Lumpy Salt.

There is nothing better than rice for keeping salt from packing in the shakers and refusing to come out. Heat a teaspoonful of the rice and put It into the shaker. It will absorb the moisture, and the salt will come out dry as the sands of the desert, and the rice will keep it moving when shaken.

To Whiten Clothes.

White clothes that have become yellow may be whitened in the following simple manner: After washing them In the usual way, lay them to soak over night In clear water into which a teaspoonful of cream of tartar to a quart of water has been put. W lien ironed they are as white as snow.

Potato Soup.

Heat one pint or more of milk. Put through vegetable squeezer any potato left from dinner. Stir into milk until of praper thickness. Bring to a boll and season itfftfr pepper, saK and onion juice. Nice for supper on a cool evening.

Dressing for Cold Slaw.

Two tablespoons whipped cream, two tablespoons vinegar and one tablespoon of sugar. Delicious on lettuce as well aa cold slaw.

HE CARRIED AN UMBRELLA. A dear old lady who was very “sot* in her prejudices was asked Just why she didn’t like a certain man. Sue had no particular reason that she could think of at the instant, but she had been so emphatic in her expression of dislike that she knew she would Tiave to find some excuse—at once. Just at that moment she happened to glance out of the window and saw him passing by. He carried a neatly rollfed umbrella though it hardly threatened rain. Quick as a flash she answered her questioner, “He carries an umbrella whether ift raining or not—he is a ‘softie.’” ... “But,” said her friend, also looking out of the window, “here comes your son William, and he is carrying an umbrella." This did not stump the old lady, "But that’s another matter —1 don’t like him anyhow—and besides, it all depends on who carries the umbrella,” she replied triumphantly. That is the position some people have taken regarding that wholesome and refreshing beverage Coca-Cola. They have said a good many unkind things about it and in each instance have had it proved to them that their not true. Finally they seized upon the fact that Coca-Cola gets much of its refreshing deliciousness from the small bit of'-caf-feine that it contains. They looked upon that as a splendid argument against it. Then, like the old lady who was reminded of son William, they were reminded that it is the caffeine in their favorite beverages, tea and coffee, (even more than in Coca-Cola) that gives them their refreshing and sustaining qualities. But does that stop their criticism of Coca-Cola for containing caffeine? No —their answer is similar to the old lady's—they say “But that’s another matter”—what they mean is "Being prejudiced against Coca-Cola and liking tea or coffee, it all depends on what carries the caffeine.” We think the joke is on them—for caffeine is caffeine, and if it is not harmful in one it can't be harmful in another. We all know that it is not harmful in tea or coffee —that it is really helpful in whatever it is—this is bound to include Coca-Cola.. Of course, the truth is, that having started an attack on false premises and having had what they thought were good reasons for criticism proved to be no reasons at all, they are grasping at an excuse which does not exist, to explain a prejudice. So you see, after all, it all depends on who carries the umbrella to people who are determined to be unfair. Let us be fair.—Adv.

Lo, the Poor American!

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