Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — Page 2

BIG MEN OF THE ALLIES IN CONFERENCE

David Lloyd-George in conference with Premier Aristide Brland of Erance. .Both holding high positions of trust in their respective countries, the grea_t physical likeness of the two tnen is remarkable. It is said that these leaders also have many characteristics in common and, furthermore, they are the best of friends personally.

FIND SKELETON ON GHOST FARM

Diggers Unearth Barrel With Bones. Baby Shoes, and Some Clippings. POLICE SEEKMJURDER TRAIL Find Is Second of the Kind in Short Perlotl—Place Believed to Be - Haunt of New York Thugs and Murderers. New York. —On the site of an old farmhouse in Canarsie, where police records show that one man was shot iand killed, workmen digging an excavation found recently the skeleton of a man who had been wounded and (buried alive more than two years ago, according to Dr. Charles W uest, coroner’s physician. This is the second skeleton found on the premises since the excavating began.

Because after the killing there the place was known as the “Haunted 'Farm” and none dared go near it, especially at night, the police believe ithat wholesale murders have been committed and bodies brought to the spot for burial by a band. The ground will be thoroughly excavated under

police surveillance. The skeletons were found at what is now Hegeman avenue and Powell .street. Morris Pilum and Samuel Block, laborers, were digging there when their picks struck a barrel about eight feet below the surface of the ground. They excavated it and found that it was heavy when they started to lift it “It’s buried treasure, maybe,” Block said, breaking in the barrel head with his pick. To his horror he saw the skeleton partly clothed in what had once been a blue serge suit.

Infant's Shoes in Barrel. Captain Carey of the Seventh branch detective bureau, was summoned and the body in the barrel was taken to the morgue. There it was examined and the police found a pair of infant’s shoes, newspaper clippings and a memorandum. The body had been jammed into the barrel, but the legs and arms had so shifted that the physician said the murdered man must have been alive and may have regained consciousness

GIRL STUDIES FOR MINISTRY

Miss Helen K reps,honor graduate of •tanford university, California, has entered a Unitarian theological school, where she is preparing for eventual ordination as a clergyman.

and struggled to get free. The frontal bone of the skull had been badly shattered and the lower jaw crushed as with a blow. The victim had a leather belt. His head had been wrapped in a newspaper which was dated June, 1914, the exact date being obliterated. The police took the clippings und memorandnm tn the station.— The skeleton found last September 12 also was partly clad in a blue serge suit and wore a belt marked “S.” The man’s skull also had been fractured. With the finding of his bones the police started an investigation. Many years ago there lived on this ground a truck farmer whose name has* been forgotten, but who erected a shanty in which he lived. Six years ago Joseph Verdone, another truck farmer, rented the land, coming from Little Ferry, N. J. Soon thereafter he was joined by a Mrs. Jenny Seeley, the wife of a neighbor, who left her husband. The police allege that Seeley, who lives In Little Ferry, often came in search of his wife and frequently there were brawls at the truck farm.

Kills Her Companion. On the morning of July 7, 1912, Mrs. Seely shot and killed Verdone. She was tried in the supreme court of Brooklyn for murder, but acquitted, on the ground of self-defense. She said Verdone was Intoxicated, struck at her, and then dashed for a shotgun. She beat him to the shotgun and killed him. After her acquittal she disappeared. After that the old farm had a bad name, and was thought by many superstitious persons in the neighborhood to be haunted. Many contended they heard “Strange noises which they attributed to the “evil spirits.” The police, b eli ev e the des er ted house may have been used as a rendezvous for murderers and thieves operating in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and that not only were persons lured there and murdered but that bodies murdered elsewhere were brought there and buried. Captain Carey said he would make a thorough investigation, and while the excavations were going on would post a;speeial guard to watch for bodies.

GIRL RAISES PIGS FOR GAIN

At Seventeen, She Is Ambitious to Become a Pork Expert—Nearly Took Prize. Holtville. Cal.—Raising hogs for pleasure and profit is the occupation of Miss Josie Fuller, seventeen, ypungest and best all-around feminine pork producer in the Imperial valley. It is her ambition to become the best expert on hogs in her district. Her herd numbers 50 and is increasing.

“Fig culture isn’t esthetic work, of course.” said Miss Fuller. "It can’t be considered a finishing school for debutantes, but there’s money in it.” She has established a record of developing her porkers for the market at a cost of 3% cents a pound. She came within half a cent of winning the Uhi-v.-rsiry of California prize, winch would have entitled her to a transcontinental trip. The judges decided she spent too much time in caring for, her liogsr"’This was charged up against profit and cut down her score.

THE FISH JUMPED INTO BOATS

Frightened by Motor Craft—Actually Imperiled Children—Appears to Be True. Waukesha, Wis. —While..boating up the Fox river a five-and-a-half pound black bass jumped into the rowboat of Lloyd and lone Thomas, aged ten and twelve respectively, children of Mr., and Mrs. E. L. Thomas, and because of the confusion that followed a serious accident was narrowly averted. Other fishermen went to the rescue of the children. It has been reported that on at least six different occasions this fall fish have jumped into boats on the Fox river. n They become frightened, it is said, when struck by the' motor boats, which they are unable to see at a distance because of the dirty water. - '

Man Marries Stepmother.

New York. —Obeying Ms ( fatherlg deathbed, wish, Royal Peck, thirtythree, has married Ms stepmotner, who is also tMrty-three.

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MAY PURIFY THE HOMELY MELODIES

New York Education Board Is Displeased With Negro Dialect Tunes. KIDS NEED DETTER ENGLISH Proposal Made to Change Wording of “Star-Spangled Banner” So Peace Lovers Won’t Balk at BloodThirsty Phrases.

New York;—A movement to “purify” America’s famous old darky songs and temper the “Star-Span-gled Banner.” in the New York public schools, was begun recently. At a conference of the highschool music teachers, at jvhich Dr. Frank R. Rix, music director of the board of education, was present, a committee was appointed to ask the music publishers and the public-school teachers to eliminate all the old negro dialect from songs printed in the textbooks.

Thus, if the movement succeeds, will future generations be without what h;i.<Y ( been a -happy part of all American homes —the quaint and typical dialect of the American negro, as expressed in “Dixie,” perhaps the most beloved song in the country, and in Stephen Foster’s famous trio, “Massa’s in de Col’ Col’ Ground,” “Old Black Joe” and “Suwannee River.” —

Are Mother’s Lullabies. For years American mothers have hummed their babies’ into slumber with these old folk song favorites. There’s hardly a lad who can’t hum “Suwannee River” or “Old Black Joe.” And their charm lies principally in the harmless dialect. There would be little left to them without that. The chief objection to the songs as they are now universally sung is a purist opposition. Instead of “de,” “cayse,” “ob,” “nebber” and “mo’e,” darky dialect, for “the,” “’cause,” “of,” “never” and “more,” the purists would substitute the English words ana insist upon careful pronunciation. It may prove a hard job, for the expressions might well be said to be born with American children, so much a part of children’s music have they become.

As to the national afithem, extremists would have attempted a capital operation on it, but for strenuous objection. A plan waJ first broached to cut out the word “fight,” as it occurs in the first verse. The objection .was that it smacked too much of war and not at all of peace. More moderate counsel prevailed. The change was not made. The only tempering now will be a slight change of rhythm in the first and third verses; and the adoption of "clouds of the tight” in place of “perilous fight” in the first verse. “Perilous” is a bit too warry, but “clouds” is not. Also the uniform key will be changed from “B” flat to “A” flat to make the singing of the song less diflicult for ordinary voices.

“Dialect Confuses Child.” The suggestions of these changes were made some time ago, Doctor Hix said, by him to the board of superintendents, but they were shelved and Doctor Hix doesn’t know whether they are dead or not.

“The reason for changing the darky dialect should appeal to any interested person,” Doctor Rix said. “We want our children to learn pure English, not a dialect. Then, also, there are many foreign children in our schools. The number is growing constantly- And dialect confuses them. It is hard -enough for them to learn our ordinary English. I think the change should be made throughout the country. “The proposed changes in the StarSpangled Banner” are suggested in the hope of making the song easier for children and the populace to sing by standardizing it and making it a much more powerful anthem.”

JAP GIRL DENTAL STUDENT

; Miss Sawiji Misawa of San Francisco is a student in a California dental kchool. After graduation she expects to practice in Japan.

POINTS ON KITCHEN ECONOMY

f Little Suggestion* That Will Be Found of Value in Every ' Home. Wash a potato, wipe dry and put It in your breadpan. It will keep the bread fresh for days. If eggs you are about to boll are cracked, add a little vinegar to the water, and they can be boiled as satisfactorily as undamaged ones. Take great care of the milk; unless you have a very cool place to keep it, boll It as soon as It arrives. Keep it covered with a clean muslin cloth.

Tomatoes should always be skinned before being using for salad. To do this easily, place the fruit In a basin nnd pour boiling water over It. Let stand a minute, and then drain. You will find that the skin can then be removed without the slightest trouble. Remember beef loses only three ounces to the pound in baking, four ounces in boiling, and five ounces in roasting. Thus roasted meat should be avoided when butchers’ prices are high. If the boiler immediately after use, and while still warm, is rubbed all over with any good household soap it will prevent rust, and will help to make the suds when the boiler is filled for the next washing day.

To clean a black dress take a dozen ivy leaves and steep them in boiling water. Leave till cold, then rub well over the stained parts. This liquid will remove all stains and make the cloth look almost as, fresh as when new. Don’t throw bones that have been boiled for sdup Into the dustbin. Put them at the back of the fire, bank up with well-dumped small coal and they will burn for hours.

Mincing machines are not easy to take to pieces for the purpose of cleaning, ~as there is much difficulty in properly replacing the parts. The best plan, and one which leaves the machine quite dry, is to take a piece of very stale bread, or, if this is not obtainable, a piece of toast, and grind it through. This will be found to collect all the grease, fat and skin which adheres to the knives. Repeat until the crumbs come out quite clean and dry, and then carefully wipe the machine with a clean, dry cloth.

KITCHEN MAY BE ATTRACTIVE

Simple Decorative Schemes Add to the Comfort of the Cook, Whether Housewife or Servant. So many people are in the habit of regarding the kitchen as a necessary evil that the idea of applying any decorative treatment to it and making it a really attractive place never seems to occur to them. The cook, whether she be the housewife or a domestic, has to spend most of her time there, and if for no other purpose than to make her comfortable and happy—incidentally thereby a better servant — the place should be made as agreeable to the eye as possible. The designers of really well-planned houses now take account of this consideration and adopt simple but well-recog-nized decorative schemes. We have something yet to learn in this respect from old Dutch and German kitchens and also from the kitchen of old New England farmhouses. —Dallas News.

Rice and Sausages.

Chop an onion, and fry it with a tablespoonful of dripping until it is of a nice golden color. Wash a teaspoonful of whole rice, put it on with cold water, and after bringing it to the boil, drain and stir it in among the onion. Add two breakfastcupfuls of stock (or water with gravy) and two sliced tomatoes, and allow to simmer until the rice is tender and absorbs the liquid. When ready stir in two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, with sufficient salt and pepper to season. Pile in the center of a hot dish. Have some small sausages nicely browned. Place the sausages neatly around. This dish is quite complete without potatoes.

Raisin Cookies.

Cream half cupful sugar with quarter cupful butter. Add one egg and creaip again. Then add quarter cup sweet milk, half teaspoonful vanilla extract and one cupful flour sifted with one and a half teaspoonfuls baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add more sifted flour to make a soft. dough and roll out thin on a floured board. Cut into rounds with a cooky cutter. Spread a layer of chopped raisins between two cookies, press the filled cookies lightly with the rolling pin, and bake in greased pans in a hot oven until nicely browned.

Oven Frying.

The best way to fry ham, sausage, bacon afid fresh or salt pork is in the oven. Use a frying pan or a tin or granite pan which is lighter "to handle and much more easily washed. The meat browns above as wsll as below, does not spatter the stove, with grease, and needs much less watching, also the extracted fat is whiter and has a better flavor than when the frying is done on the top of the stove.

Custard.

Beat slightly the Whites of four eggs with one-fourth of a cupful of sugar, add a speck of salt, a few drops of almond or vanilla flavoring, and one pint of scalded milk. Strain into molds an< steam or hake until firm. Scald another pint of milk and add to the beaten yolks of four eggs, cook until it begins to thicken and add onefourth of a cupful of sugitr and strain; flavor when cold.

ABOUT THE KITCHEN

SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS FOR EVERY CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE. How to Remedy Several Possible Defect* and Lighten the Work of the Home—Proper Lighting

Many of us read newspaper articles and books, listen to lectures and give advice on household management. But we forget to look at our own kitchens. Here are some pointed and pertinent questions for you to.ask yourself:. Is your kitchen properly lighted? Is a shadow cast on the sink by the person who washes dishes? Very often the only light in a small kitchen is In the center and, as the sink is always at the side of the room, it is awkwardly placed for the one who washes dishes after lights are on. An old-fashioned oil lamp placed on a wall bracket to the left of the sink and a foot or so above the head remedies this defect Another remedy consists In screwing a double fixture In the electric light socket in the center of the room and from one socket of this running a drop light to a hook above the sink.

Probably you cook by gas. If you do, is the stove in perfect working condition? Is the force of the gas what it ought to be? Do all the stops turn easily and are they tight? Is there any odor of escaping gas about the stove? It costs only a few cents to keep a gas stove In ship-shape, and if there is any defect in yours you should send immediately for a repair man. If you cook bv coal: Are the draughts clear and what they, ought to be? It not only saves fuel, but saves your own strength to have all these things attended to.

Is your'refrigerator in a convenient place? Ideally it should be in a recess accessible to both the kitchen and the porch, so that the ice man can fill it without going through the kitchen. It should not be*near the stove. Yet the amount of ice saved by having the refrigerator in the cellar is usually counteracted by the consequent fatigue of the cook or housewife. So have your refrigerator placed as conveniently for everybody as possible. See that the drain is clean and that it does not leak. If there are any very large cracks in the refrigerator lining, they should be repaired. Are the cooking implements convenient to the places where they are used? Are the kettles and frying pans within arm’s reach of the stove? Are soup ladles, basting spoons and meat forks within the same easy distance? Are dishpan and draining pan, with dish mop, clothes, soap and scouring implements, all neatly placed about the sink? Have you a comfortable place to mix cakes, puddings and other dishes? There is no reason why you should not be seated for a good deal of the Cooking. A high stool is comfortable and easy to move about. If possible, a shelf or table beneath a window is a good work table for the cook or housewife.

A Real Economy.

The saving of drippings is a very wise economy. “Drippings” come from the fat that cooks from the roast, that is skimmed from the soup pot, that fries out of different meats or that is left on the trimmings of the meat from the butcher. These scraps of fat meat should be put together in a saucepan with cold water, or cover them and simmer till the meat, is cooked to pieces. Set away to cool and the fat will rise to the top in a cake which can be lifted off. Turn this into a saucepan with whatever drippings you may have on hand, add two cupfuls boiling water and boil uncovered for an hour; then throw in a teaspoonful of salt and put the saucepan away. Let stand till there is a solid cake of fat on top; remove this, which makes the best kind of fat for frying.

Pot-Cheese Pastry.

One-half pound or two cupfuls flour; one-half pound or one cupful butter; one-half pound or one cupful pot cheese. Cream the three Ingredients together until thoroughly blended so that a moist dough is formed. Chill over night. Roll out the next morning, cut Into sired sliced, sweetened fruit, asapples, strawberries, Taspberries, peaches apricots, etc. Bake in a hot oven.

Cocoanut Soup.

Grate very of fresh cocoanut and let It simmer gently for a quarter of an hour ;n two quarts of beef broth. Strain the liquid and thicken with % cup of ground sice. Season with a little salt, cayehne and tnace. Just before serving, add a cupful of thick cream.

A Meatless Mince.

One large lemon, rind and juice, three apples, four ounces of beef suet, one-half pound of currants, four ounces of brown sugar, two ounces of citron, one ounce of candled orange peel, one wineglassful of liquor, one wineglassful of molasses, one teaspoonful of mixed spices.

To Mend Celluloid.

Moisten the broken -edges with glacial acetic acid and hold them together until the acid dries. .

When Cream Is Too Thin.

When cream is too thin whip add the uribeateo white of an egg.

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