Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — Page 2

MARTHA HAD TACT

By GERTRUDE TAATJES.

'Dbra Stanton paused in the midst of her ironing to gaze wearily at the heap of unfinished clothes in the basket. She was so tired she would like to put the rest away, but there wu that pink dress of Mollie’s to be gotten ready and shirts for the boys and their father. Mechanically she started to Iron occasionally stopping to wipe the beads of perspiration that gathered on her hot forehead. Once in a while a cool breeze reached her from the open window, but the kitchen was unbearably hot. The door s bell rang, and as she turned to answer it she. brushed back a few loose strands of gray hair with her hand. There was no life in her movements, every bone in her body ached and cried out for rest. “Martha!” she exclaimed, as she recognized her visitor. -- - ----- - “Yes, Dora,” the other said, "are you surprised? Didn’t you get my letter?” “I got your letter yesterday; but have been so busy that I haven't found time to read it,” Dora replied. "Well, I am sure that’s a nice thing to do with a sister’s letter,” Martha answered, and followed her sister to the kitchen. “Haven’t you got it hot in here, Dera?” she exclaimed. “And mercy, look at that pile of ironing! No wonder you look all dragged out. What are you trying to do jto yourself?” Her sister smiled wearily, “Did you think I had nothing to do but sit down?” she asked. They fell to talking of other things and Martha told of how she« had written she was coming for a few weeks’ rest, “but I am sure if anyone needed rest it’s you,” she concluded. Supper that night was unbearable to Martha. She couldn’t see her sister slaving so for her family. Thia for John, that for Dick, this for Mollie! It was really wicked for Dora to work the way she did, and looking at her brother-in-law Martha felt a rush of resentment toward him for calmly accepting all of his wife’s attentions to the entire neglect of herself. “No wonder he looks so fine,” she thought. "He is at least five years older than Dora and looks ten years younger.” Supper ended, Martha expected her sister to sit down and rest, but Mollie, aged, twenty years, couldn’t help with the dishes as she was going out “Mother, did you Iron that pink dress I told you to?” she asked, and on being told “Yes,” went to get it The next minute she was calling to her mother that there was a button off. "Why didn’t you sew it on, mother?” she cried. “I didn’t have time, Mollie,” her mother replied. t Then Dora, busy washing the dishes, dried her hands and went to the foot of the stairs in answer to a call from her husband. ‘‘Say, Dora, where’s that blue and white shirt of mine?” he queried. “I didn’t get it done, John; It was so hot today, and I felt tired. Won’t you wear one of the others?" "Well, it’s mighty funny I oan’t have the one I want,” he answered crossly. “But I didn’t suppose it mattered,” Dora replied soothingly. “Here, I’ll bring up the ones I Ironed today,” and she went to the clothes horse and took down several shirts and brought th6m to her husband, patiently waiting while he grumblingly selected one; then having seen that he had all the articles that he possibly could need, she started down the stairs again, when an urgent call from one of the boys brought her to their room. When she came downstairs again, after having settled the affairs of the family, she washed the dishes. Her sister was sitting waiting for her. “My sakes, Dora, if this is What you go through every day it’s a wonder that you are not dead. Why do you wait on them so?’ But Dorn told her that she had done it is long as she could remember, and it wasn’t any use In stopping it now; it was her duty. “Well, I would like to know what they would do if anything happened to you,” Martha said, “and you owe It to them and to yourself to take better care of yourself.” The next day was a repetition of the other, and Martha Endicott had hard work to keep from saying what she thought. No, It wouldn’t help to Interfere in that manner, but she felt that she must find some method of saying her sister from her unnecessary and unappreciated sacrifice. Of course, there was no need of IL They were all big and able to help themselves, but had acquired the habit of depending on the mother for everything, and Dofra’s love had fostered selfishness. The next day Dora complained of a headache and after much urging Martha succeeded in getting her to bed. At first Dora rebelled at going to bed when there was so much to be done, but the need of rest telling upon her she soon fell asleep, and Martha thought of a plan to keep her there until she was rested out and her family had learned to do without her. Dora was not really ill. but she soon would be if she continued the way she was going, and her sister felt that she had to be broken of the habit of catering to her household. The family bad to be taught to depend more on itself. “Why, they are worse than babies,” Martha muttered to herself. Martha knew of one way of making her sister remain in bed, and having made sure that her sister slept she pinned her hat on and slipped softly, silently out of the back door? Down

the street she went, never pausing until she reached her destination. A neat ma|d opened the door, and In answer tor&er question as to whether Doctor Morton was in, the doctor himself stepped out of bis office. “Why, Martha Endicott, how do you do?” he exclaimed, and laughingly asked her if she had come to see him because she was sick. Martha, a picture of health, joined in the laugh, and began to tell him her real reason for coming.

"Dora is just killing herself for her family, Doctor Morton, and what’s more, she is a most willing martyr, as she believes It Is her duty. Now, I want you, as an old friend of the family, to help me save her from herself,” and Martha explained her plantohlm. “Come this afternoon and pronounce her very ill. Give the sickness some mysterious name, and leave some harmless medicines for her; frighten her into taking care of herself and prescribe absolute quiet and rest, and I will attend to the family."

“Just the thing, Martha,” the doctor answered. Martha got back without being missed, and later, going into Dora’s room and finding her awake, she put her hand on her sister's forehead and exclaimed that her head was hot, and that she was going to call the doctor. “Nonsense, Martha,” Dora said. Later In the afternoon Doctor Morton called, and his grave looks and mysterious words frightened Dora into submission. “But I don’t feel sick, doctor,” she declared. “I am only tired.”

“That Is just how your kind of sickness affects people,” the doctor told her. “You could go on and on until the en<| without noticing it, but now that you have taken this in time, I believe a few weeks’ rest will soon put you on your feet again. Now I want you to promise me to do as I tell you." Martha got supper ready that night, and as John and the children came home, met all their questions regarding the mother with a finger on her lips and whispers accompanied by very grave looks. Her brother-in-law grew very anxious as he looked at his wife In bed and saw the row of medicine bottles on the little table beside her. He sat holding her hand long after Martha left them.

Mollie surprised her aunt by taking hold at once and helping to get the dishes done and the house tidied, while the two boys chopped and brought In an enormous pile of wood for their aunt’s use. Doctor Morton called every day, and at the end of a week decided that Dora could get up and walk about her room. John Stanton was happy to see his wife up once more, listened eagerly to the doctor’s Instructions and readily promised to follow them; Mol--116 and the boys were taken Into their aunt’s confidence, and willingly agreed to all she suggested. After another week of resting Dora was pronounced cured, but the doctor warned her to be careful not to overwork, as that would put her health In danger, and Dora, feeling as if born anew after her weeks of rest, was too anxious to keep her precious health to disobey him. In spite of the fact that he had declared his patient entirely cured, Doctor morton continued to call, and Aunt Martha’s rosy cheeks grew even rosier with his visits. One day he found her alone in the garden, and taking both of her hands in his he told her the old, old story. “Martha, you were just made to manage people, and I need to be managed. Won’t you manage me, dear?” he coaxed. Martha has proven a good manager. (Copyright, 1914. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

Better Homes for Farmers.

• The providing or popularizing of inexpensive but well-arranged and wellbuilt farm houses is a part of the program of the federal department of agriculture. The avowed purpose involved in inducing these better housing and living conditions Is to Increase the efficiency of the tenant fanners, whose ranks are rapidly growing. The number of rented farms in the United States has increased more than 824,000 in the last decade. Conditions on many of these farms are not of the besL Outbuildings and field equipment may be modern, but sanitation generally has received but sinall attention from the owner. Good sanitary equipment le not always easily Installed In rural dwellings and It is usually expensive. Not much attention, likewise, has been paid to the Interior arrangement of the houses, so that the housewife has not had at her command the laborsaving conveniences that dispense with the drudgery of heir tasks. W. A. Etherton, an architect in the department argues that it is ae profitable to improve the bousing conditions of the farm worked ae it is to Improve the housing conditions of the Industrial worker. Hence the desirable designs for farm tenants' homes prepared by the departmenL

She Knew.

The teacher had given the class a talk on household pests. “WhaL now, Is the greatest foe the housewife has?” he asked. Up went one little hand. “All right, Mary, what is it?” “A husband," came the quick reply. —Philadelphia Ledger.

Which, No Doubt, She Kneaded.

"Did you read. In the paper where a woman stabbed her husband with s bread knife?*’ "No. Probably he was crusty to her when she asked him for some of his dough.”—Boston Evening Transcript

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BOAT OF ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION THAT CAPSIZED

This is the boatload of natives, part of the Roosevelt expedition in South America, that capsized in the Duvlda river, one man being drowned. The photograph was taken by Leo Miller, one of the naturalists of the party.

BLOODY DEEDS DONE

Pirates, Pestilence and Storm Have Scarred Vera Cruz.

Buccaneers of the Spanish Main Have Plundered and Burned and Committed Other Atrocities Repeatedly in Ancient Port.

New Orleans. —Bloodshed 18 not new In Vera Cruz. In fact, no city on the continent has witnessed such devilish cruelty, such plundering, burning and ravishing, as has this place of the “True Cross.” Since Cortez landed, In 1518, there has been a succession of strife and pestilence which can be paralleled In few cities in the world. Beplstoled buccaneers, in all their awful glory, have raided the port time and again; It has been a point of vantage which has called forth the lustiest fighting in the many civil wars that have swept Mexico and it has always been selected as the landing point for foreign foes, writes Paul Norton in the New Orleans Times-Democrat-Picayune.

Whenever any of the numerous pirates who preyed on the rich shipping of the Spanish main wanted to “singe the beard of the king of Spain” they would attack Vera Cruz. Lorenclllo, a famous pirate of the early days, with 800 of his cutthroats, slipped by the sleeping cannoneers at the fort, surprised the town, killed thousands, outraged its women and stripped the city of its valuables. Hundreds of persons were driven into the cathedral, men, women and children, black and white, and held prisoners. When the doors were opened four days later most of the inmates were dead from suffocation.

As the gateway through which all the commerce with Spain was conducted, there always were great stores of valuable property on hand. This was true particularly just before the sailing of the galleons, which usually traveled In fleets owing to the menace of pirates. By learning of the schedule of the galleons the buccaneers generally dropped in when the Supply of treasure was great. Nicolas de Agrlamonte, another highwayman of the deep, pillaged the town some years after the visit of Lorenclllo. He enriched himself with 17,000,000 In silver awaiting transportation to Spain. By way of appreciation he took prisoners 300 of the citizens of the town and marooned them on the Sacrifice islands, patches of sand not far from the coast, where they died of starvation. The' anniversary of this calamity is observed by memorial services to this day. While the blood of thousands has flowed through the streets of this illfated port, the toll of war and violence Is insignificant In comparison with the deaths that have come from pestilence.

Until 1850 the city was surrounded by a mighty wall. This great bulwark may have saved the city on a few occasions from attack, but cutting out the healthful sea breeze made it a pest hole compared to which Guayaquil is a health resort. Yellow jack in all Its terrors was never absenL Smallpox, bubonic plague and the other offspring of the dirt and squalor of the middle ages were always present. It was only In recent years that modern sewer and drainage systems were Installed, which, with other sanitary precautions, has changed the place from a death-dealing focus to a health resort. The harbor at Vera Cruz has little natural protection. Before the building of the present breakwaters the northers which characterize the Mosquito coast dealt the struggling city almost 'as severe blows as did the pirates and the diseases. Modern engineering now protects the city and gives a limited area In which the ships can anchor behind the seawall. Due to the hatred of the Spaniards, Vera Crus once wm ground to powder. At the,close of Mexico’s war for Independence, in 1821, the Spaniards •till held the fort of San Juan de

Ulua in the harbor. Learning that he soon was to be ordered to evacuate, the commander hauled his heavy guns to the city side of the fortress and fired into the town until all his ammunition was expended. No building In the place was undamaged. So great was the havoc that It was with difficulty that the lines of the streets were re-established. As there was no warning of such action, the Inhabitants were forced to flee to the sand dunes which surround the city, after the hail of solid shot had begun. Trails of blood led from the choked gates of the ill-starred town. In 1838 the French bombarded the place. In 1847 General Scott favored the Veracrusanos with a terrible bombardment. ’ In 1859 Benito Juarez was besieged In Vera Cruz by the troops of Maximilian. In 1861 the French fleet again took the place. During the revolutionary period, which was almost continuous previous to the opening of the regime of Porflrlo Diaz, this port and its revenue always were objectives. During the Madero revolution, for the first time, a period of civil strife passed, during which Vera Cruz was unmolested.

DROVE SHAH FROM BERLIN

Rumors of Brusque Imperial Action Lent Credence by Watch Kept on Potentate.

Odessa. —It Is rumored here that the recent re.turn of the former Shah of Persia was the result of pressure brought to bear upon him by the Russian ambassador at Berlin, where the Shah has been for several months undergoing treatment for diabetes. It is understood that Sir Edward Grey was told by Russia that she would not tolerate any further attempt on the part of the Shah to regain the Persian throne and thus cause another grave disturbance. A Russian adjutant attached to the suite of Mohammed All is keeping a vigilant watch on his movements and

Sir Edward Grey.

on the comings and goings of the Persian emissaries. The Shah is very quiet and secretive.

Loses Suit tor Damages.

New York. —After three minutes* deliberation, a jury decided against Mrs. Lena Israel, who sued her step-father, Isaac Goldman, to recover |5,000 damages for spanking her four years ago.

Remove Brick Wall to Save Man.

Mohegan, N. Y. —Adolph Hartley, weighing 267 pounds, could not be rescued when he fell and stuck In a narrow areaway until part ot a brick wall was removed.

Watch Saves Man’s Life.

New York. — A gold hunting case watch saved Rudolph’M. Hoffman’s life when a highwayman shot at him. The bullet wedged itself in the watdh.

INDIANS AT PENN MONUMENT

Many of Biackfeet Tribe Pay Reverential Respect to Memory of Great Man at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa.—A dozen Blackfeet Indians from the Glacier National park reservation, in Montana, visited Philadelphia recently en route home from the Shrlner’s convention, which they attended in Atlanta. The Indians visited Penn Treaty park and enacted a tribal peace ceremonial before the Penn monument in perpetuation of the memory of the founder of the City of Brotherly Love and his fa-

Indians Honoring Memory of William Penn.

mous peace treaty with the Lenl Lenapes which was signed on that spot in 1683. This photograph shows Medicine Owl, “Spirit or Medicine” man of the Glacier park tribe, and Chief White Calf, paying their reverential respects to the memory of Penn. Medicine Owl Is shown praying to the “Great Spirit of Peace.” 1

THIS STORY IS UP TO DATE

Electric Creaturts Besiege Ship In Gulf Stream, Sailors Assert on Reaching Port.

Boston.—A remarkable story is told by the crew of the British freighter Rochelle. According to stories by several of the men, the delay was duo principally to electric fishes, otherwise known as torpedo fishes, which were 'attracted by the steel plates of the vessel, and fastened themselves by hundreds against her bottom andl sides. The steamer was in the Gulf Stream, north of Cuba, when she began to sldw down. The officers were unable to explain the change In the progress of the crafL Several sailors said they felt a tingling sensation about, their feet and 1 finger tips. The steamer was held; back strangely. Membeys of the creel became alarmed. A sailor looked over the side and says It was plastered with strange-looking fishes. They were two! pr three thick along the port side under water. The starboard side also! was covered. As the Rochelle moved north and got out of the warm waters of the stream the fishes dropped off and the vessel resumed her speed.

"Follow Your Hunch."

Chicago.—The Natural Science club at a meeting devised a program of thought vibrations to save the 12,000 persons In Cook county who are contemplating suicide according toCoroner Hoffman.

Second Appendix Cut Out

Mount Hope, N. Y.—The appendix of Frahk Davis, removed ten yearn ago, grew again and had to be cut out a second time to save his life.

FOR FIRELESS COOKER

EXPERT ADVISES SOME NEW AND DELICIOUS DISHES. How Requisites for Any Meal May Be Prepared Through the Agency of the Latest Kitchen LaborSaving Device. Some new things which may be prepared in the fireless cooker were presented by Miss Fannie Merritt Farmer. Following are the recipes: Cracked Wheat. —Soak one cupful of cracked wheat in five cupfuls df cold water two hours. Put over flame and bring to tlje boiling point; add salt and let boil set three minutes, stirring constantly. Set pan Into a larger one containing boiling water and cook in a flreless cooker over night. Serve with sugar and cream. Smothered Haddock. —Cut fish into fillets and season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Arrange fish in kettle, cover with prepared tomato soup; over this put a second layer. Place kettle in a larger one containing boiling water and let water continue to boil for three minutes. Cook withor without radiator about 45 mln* utes. , Roly Poly.—Remove fat, skin and bones from a loin of lamb. Remove meat from eight veal chops, arrange the eight pieces of veal, separated by a thin piece of fat salt pork, close to the lean meat of the loin. Season, with salt and pepper and sprinkle with a rounding tablespoonful each of finely chopped carrot, celery and parsley. Roll as tight as possible, put over a few strips of very thin fat salt pork and fasten with a string to keep meat in shape. Dredge, roll with flour and brown in a pan placed over gas flame. Cook between two radiators two and one-half hours. Scalloped Egg and Potato With Cheese.—Arrange alternate layers of cold sliced boiled potatoes and sliced hard boiled eggs, and on each layer of egg arrange one-half of thin sliced onion which has been parboiled for one-minute. Pour over a thin sauce flavored with cheese, salt find pepper to taste. Cook over one radiator one and one half to two hours.

String Beans With Cheese.—Remove strings by cutting entire length of each side, then cut beans into two-inch lengths. Plunge into cold water and allow them to remain until all the beans drop out, which " may afterwards be discarded. Cook pods in boiling water, allowing onequarter teaspoon of soda to two quarts of beans, for five minutes; then cook over one radiator two hours. Drain thoroughly, put in serving-dish, season with salt and cayenne, add onehalf cup of graded rarebit cheese and one quarter cup of heavy cream. Stir until well mixed, sprinkle generously over top grated Parmesan cheese and dot over with one tablespoon of soft butter. Reheat in hot oven dr under gas flame. NUt Butter. —Mix and sift two cups of bread flour, one cup of grahamflour, one cup of brown sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder and one teaspoon each of soda and salt; then add two cuds of sour milk and one cup of chopped or coarsely cut English walnut meat. Turn into bread pan and bake in fireless gas range with the gas on for 16 minutes and abont an hour after gas is turned off. Black Eyed Susan.—To one cup of brown bread crumbs add two and onehalf cups of scalded milk and let stand until mixture cools; then add two eggs slightly beaten, one tablespoon of butter, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon and one-quarter teaspoon each of clove, nutmeg and salt. Bake between two radiators. Serve hot with sugar and cream. —Boston Transcript.

Fruit.

A delightful way of serving ordnges to an invalid la to press all the juice into a glass with a lemon squeezer; add pulverized sugar to taste and serve with chopped ice. If fresh fruit is denied a patient, stewed fruit may be permitted. In order to secure the very best flavor in apple sauce, which invalids will relish, wash and quarter the apples, remove the cores and stems and stew gently without paring. Then press the soft mass through a colander and beat either with or without the white of an egg until it is light and foamy, sweetening to' taste.

What to Do With the Covers.

Save the covers of cocoa or mustard boxes to use for cleansing frying pans and saucepans. Hammer down sharp side. Scrape with the sharp lower edge. The rounding corners of the covers fit in the round pans much better than anything you can buy for the purpose.

Regent’s Punch.

Three lemons, 1 pound sugar, 1 quart* pineapple juice, 1 quart very strong oolong tea and 1 quart carbonated water. Served in the center of ‘a large block of ice, hollowed out to make a bowl, it is very attractive.

Strawberry Sponge.

Try this dessert: Take sponge cake, cut in slices, put preserved strawberries • between slices and pour the julde over it, then cover with whipped cream and dot over the top witn straw utjiTHm,-.

French Chef’s Advice.

Soup should never be salted while cooking until it has been thoroughly skimmed, as salt prevents the scam from rising.