Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 May 1912 — Page 3

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Woman's

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Nothing could be more dignified and becoming for the elderly woman with silvery hair than the coiffure model seen in the illustration. The hair is waved in deep undulations and is drawn softly away from a center part. If the hair is not abundant a very small "rat" should be pinned at the back of the head, over which the ends of the hair may be smoothly drawn and arranged in the center of the head in coiled effect.

REAL LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING. Ingenuity an Essential; but, Given Tnat, Prabltm Is iiit Easy. One light housekeeper says that when she first tried it she found it the

y .heaviest work she had ever undertaken. But now she has discovered the secret k In selecting quarters she says to be careful to get rooms that are sun lighted. Having got quarters, the furnishing problem begins. This was the way she solved it. says the New York Post: "We got plain, unstained white pine furniture and stained it gray. A fairly good sized table, two straight chairs, two wicker chairs, which we left in their natural state, and a comfortable rocking chair, one of which I picked up at an auction sale, completed the furnishing of our living room. The wicker chairs needed, cushions, and at the shops they were $2. So we bought a cotton comfortable for 75 cents and cretonne for 00 cents and made our cushions. We had chosen a soft gray wall paper, and the colors in the cr tonne were of old blue. "We had a gray rag rug on the floor, with an old olue border. Our curtains were of cheesecloth, which we hemstitched at night after we came from our work. "We needed a bookcase, and one of the girls conceived the idea of talcing three of the boards that dress goods come wrapped around, putting spools between and stringing the whole outfit, together with strong cord. We stained that gray, too, to match the other furniture. We made two of these 'bookcases for the living room and one for each of our own rooms. "In the matter of bed covers one of the girls had an idea which turned out happily. We bought a sheet of soft light wool from one of the department stores for $1.G5 and covered it with ten cent silkaline. This, with one pair of blankets, was ample. In the early fall we began our quilting, none of us knowing a thing about it. What we turned out were not products that our grandmothers would have boasted of, but the tackings held, and the comforters were light and warm, costing less than $2.50 for each. "A dressing table was made out of a pine box with a mirror over it Thb whole thing was covered with silkaline, and the only cost was for the mirror. Our dining room was in brownish tints, and our curtains were, we thought, artistic triumphs. We bought crocus bagging and hemstitched it, and we found it artistic, and the curtains never got dirty or didn't show it if they did. Cluster Vases For' the Table. It is quite new to omit the formal central vase and arrnntre four long low f. ones in the cent'er of the tabk- A graceful collection of this kind )( white Dresden, with flower clusters, low and long. The little vases are bell ; shaped, the central one about four inches high and a shorter vase on ach side. Nothing is more springlike than four of these cluster vases, irregularly placed and filled with short stemmed flowers.

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Arrangement HOUSE PLANTS. House plants should be watered only when they need it. Surface wetting daily is worse than none at all. The plant should be soaked so that water runs out of the hole in the bottom of the pot. A good sized watering pot full of water is the proper allowance for a twelve inch pot. It is well to let the soil dry out, as that gives a chance for air to penetrate the soil. When a plant wilts and grows 1 t t t f t J, yellow repot it. Dead leaves and t v twigs should, of course, be plucked off. Ferns demand sunlight. t

Of Interest to the Younö Folks

DUMAS WAS FOND OF DOGS. Great Romancer Wouldn't Permit Stray Pack to Be Driven Away. Fondness for dogs has been a marked characteristic of many famous men. Of the great romancer Dumas it is told that he once had a dog as hospitable as was his master and that tho dog once invited twelve other dogs to Monte Cristo, Dumas' palace, named after his famous novel. Dumas' factotum in chief wanted to drive off the whole pack. "Michel," said the great romancer. "I have a social position to fill.. It entails a fixed amount of trouble and expense. You say I have thirteen dogs and that they are eating me out of house and home. Thirteen I That is an unlucky number." "Monsieur, if you will permit me, there is nothing left for me to do. 1 must chase them all away," said the servant "Never, Michel: never!" replied the great writer. "Go at 'once and find me a fourteenth dog." i Our Faces Not Our Own. "My boy," said a wise father, who knew how to play and be a chum with his twelve-year-old lad, "you do not own your own face." The boy looked puzzled. He had come to the breakfast table with a frowning clouded countenance and had started moodily to eat his food. Everybody felt the shadow of his ill spirits evident in his looks. His father's unexpected words brought him back to life, and he looked up with a half guilty expression, but he did not understand what was meant "You do not own your own face," his father repeated. "Do not forget that. It belongs to other people. They, not you, have to look at it. You have no right to compel them to look at a sour, gloomy and crabbed face." The boy had never thought of that, but he understood and did not forget Christian Herald.

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: THE COOKING SCHOOL. ! Onion Dumplings. Peel as many medium sized onions as dumplings required, allowing one for each person. Make a small hole in the center, put inside a small piece of butter, pepper and salt. Iieplace a little of the onion scooped out. Roll each onion up in a nice suet crust, tie up in a floured cloth and boil about an hour and a quarter. Serve with stewed beef or hot gravy only. Boil a pint of broken spaghetti in salted water for twenty minutes, then drain. In a saucepan put one heaping tablespobnful of butter, one cupful of cheese, grated fine; one-eighth of a teaspoonftil of salt, a dash of cayerine and one-half cupful of milk and stir over the fire until the cheese is nearly melted. Take from the fire and add the yolks of three eggs, beaten, and mix with one-half cupful of milk. Stir in the spaghetti and turn into a buttered dish. Bake in a very hot oven until a light brown. A cupful of cocoanut beaten into a pint of cream that has been whipped light and dry and flavored with a littl.e extract of bitter almond makes a fine filling for layer cakes or may be served in a cake that has had the inside part taken out and the outside left for a shell. Steamed Beef. Have the ribs removed from a two rib roast. Boll up and tie with a cord, llinse in boiling water, place it in an inch of boiling water in a three quart tin pan whose depth equals the height of the roast. Cover tightly and set in a moderate 'oven for three hours. After it has cooked about an Jiour sprinkle with a teaspoonful of salt. "When done let it stand for ten minute's in a hot oven uncovered. This is more tender than the usual roast. Remove the meat i and thicken the liquid in the pan with one and one-half teaspoonfuls of flour. For Party Prize or Bride to Be. A box of sachets for a party prize or engagement present consists of ten oblong sachets, two each of blue, pink, green, violet and canary. Each sachet is made of thin muslin three inches long and an inch and a half wide. The bag is stuffed with scented cotton or with Florentine orris. The covers are made of satin or messaline, and the tops are tied to form a narrow frill. The bags are placed side by side in a Jong narrow box or in double rows in a wider box of water v color paper. When given for an engagement present it is effective covered with white satin with the monogram of the bride to be embroidered on it. The Best Lemonade. It won't be long before the cold lemonade will again come into its own. Here's a hint for making lemonade. If you want it to be extra delicious pour into it the juice of a small pineapple that has been squeezed nearly dry. Ginger ale is also an addition, but many people do not like the snap' of ginger. Stains on Leather. To remove ink stains from leather take one pint of linseed oil (boiled) and half a pint of vinegar (added when cool). Pour a little on to a soft clqth and rub gently till the ink stains disappear. Foster Parents In

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Photo by American Press Association. Strange as it may seem, nevertheless it is a fnct that the rabbit in the illustration was mothered by the cat which is seen drinking from the same pan as her queer foster child. ' Foster parents are by no means rare among animals. Two little pups lost their mother when they were only a few daj-s old, and a kind mother cat adopted them. Another cat alienated the affections of four little chickens, sleeping with them to keep them warm and allowing them to roost on her back. She took care of them until they were able to take care of themselves.

BOYS WHOM EVERYBODY LIKES.

The boy who never makes fun of old age, no matter how decrepit or unfortunate or evil it may be. God's hand rests lovingly on the aged head. The boy who never cheats or is unfair s in his play. Cheating is contemptible anywhere and at any age. His piny should strengthen, not weaken, his character. The boy who never calls anybody bad luimcs. no matter what anybody calls him.

RICE FEEDS HALF THE RACE.

796,000,000 Human B.ings Use This Grain at Thtir Chitf Food. The value of rice as an edible product can scarcely receive, more striking confirmation than is given by its extensive use. It is almost the only food of from one-third to one-half of the whole human race. The population of China is 404,000,000, and rice forms the principal food of its people. India has 273,000,000 people, and the same statement may be made with reference to their use of rice. Japan has a population of 39,000,000, and rice forms 51 per cent of their total sustenance. The population of the remaining rice consuming countries of Asia and Africa may be roughly estimated at SO,000,000. Thus it appears that no fewer than 700,000,000 human beings, or 54.2 per cent of the total population of the earth, have rice for their principal food. This fact alone stamps it as the earth's most important cereal. THE START OF BANKING. Present System Had Origin in Genoa In the Thirteenth Century. The Palazzo San Oiorgo, on the Piazza Carieamento, Genoa, has played an important role in the history of this Italian city and of the Avorld of business. It was built in 12G0 by order of Gugh'eimo Boccanegra, captain of the republic of Genoa, and after serving as his residence was the headquarters of the celebrated company and Bank of St. George. Our modern system of banking sprang from this historic edifice, and the Societa delle Compere di Saif Giorgio was the first limited liability company. The architect of the palace was a monk named Oliviero. Although its architecture has undergone a number of changes, the facade still speaks eloquently of the thirteenth century. Its arcades, with pointed arches, are exceedingly charming. TODAY'S WORK. Round out today's work. Make today your best day the day you finish things. Don't let the fag ends of the last hour's task fray over to discount tomorrow's successes. Don't let the unsettled problems of the now wait to sap tomorrow's strength. When tomorrow becomes today 'tis too precious to putter away on yesterday's leftovers. The started task is never so easy as now the unfinished task never so difficult as tomorrow. Drive straight through the day's work as though the winds of destiny were at your back. Honor a new day with a new task. Finish today's work today. Business. Tree That's 6;200 Years Old. The distinction of being the oldest living thing is claimed by Mexican botanists to belong to a cypress tree of Chapul tepee. Its trunk is 118 feet in circumference, and from the annual rings it is assigned an age of about 0,200 years. Detroit Free Press. The Modest Toiler. Fellers reckon they could do Better work than me and you. And they Could most likely, too, But they don't. Seems a shame, as you'll agree, That the world's work has to be Done by folk like you and me, But it does. Newark News. the Animal World The boy who is never cruel. The boy who never lies. Even white lies leave black-spots on the character. The boy who never makes fun of a companion because of a misfortune he could not help. The boy who never hesitates to say "Xo" when asked to do a wrong thing. The boy who never quarrels. The boy who never forgets that God made him to he a joyous, loving, helpful being. Philadelphia Public Ledger.

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The WeeVs Illustrated Story Independent of Father

By ELLA TANNER-BRUSH

WITH an impatient gesture Mr. Samuel Layton laid down his evening paper. "Hang it all, Fred and his wife are going away again! This is the third annual disappearance they have made, leaving town in the spring and not returning until fall. Where in creation do they go? Fred must make money somehow. He never asks me for a cent and lives like a nabob during the winter. It's too much for me." Mr. Layton frowned heavily as he concluded his soliloquy. His keen mind and indomitable will had enabled him to solve the difficult problems of life and had raised him from the plane of poverty to that of great wealth. Notwithstanding his shrewdness, however, he had not been able to fathom the secret of his son's ways and means. Fred Layton had finished his college course and gained renown on the gridiron and in other athletic sports, but he had failed utterly in his studies and had announced his intention of marrying Miss Edna Morris, a pretty girl, but decidedly poor. But Mr. Layton had planned that his son should wed the daughter of his partner, Miss Mattie Walton, and thus succeed to great wealth and the entire control of an established business. This difference of opinion between father and son led to a stormy interview, during which Mr. Layton declared that if Fred married Miss Morris the parental purse would be closed against him forever. With a shrug of his broad shoulders, the young man had intimated that he could take care of himself and did not propose to ask his father for financial aid. A mouth later the young people were quietly married. They established themselves in a cozy little flat in a fashionable neighborhood. They lived well, dressed well, entertained their friends and to all appearances were prosperous. Mr. Layton naturally thought this condition of affairs could not last, and he smiled grimly as he thought of the conditions he would make when his son came to him for aid. As the months passed by without such an appeal the old gentleman grew more and more mystified. He made many inquiries as ti his son's source of revenue, but only discovered that when Fred acd his wife returned from their summer outing they brought back a snug sum iu cash with them. Mr. Layton scanned the papers diligently to find out where they went. He inquired at the postoffice for their summer address and even telephoned to the owner of 'the fiat, but no knowledge could be gained. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Layton disappeared as completely for a time as if the earth had swallowed them. The father grew restless and nervous, his digestion became impaired, and he went from place to place upon the plea of regaining his health, but in reality in the hope of solving the mystery about his son. All in vain. "I can't stand this an- longer, doctor,'5 declared Mr. Layton one day when his physician called. 4I must find out where Fred goes and what he does. I suppose it is mere curiosity, but I must fathom 1?he boy's secret I've been used to solving problems and can't endure failure." 'I'm sorry I can't help 3ou, Mr. La5'ton,M replied Dr. Brooks, "but if you don't stop this roving about from place to place, eating all sorts of food, j'ou'll be dead in another year. Go up to the Mont Alta House, in the Alleghenies, and stay a month. I was there last year, and the table was excellent, and the air and water are life giving." "The Mont Alta," repeated Mr. Layton. "I've heard of the place, but it didn't amount to mch a few years ago." "It's under a new management now,'

Cleveland Plain Dealer. returned the doctor, ,fnnd is a srrlotb first class house." The Mont AJta House was even more than Dr. Brooks had said. The table was so excellent and agreed with Mr. Layton so well that he became robust again. Upon one thing he resolved. and that was to secure the dief of the house if that person conld In had fur money. Accordingly he wixt for the chef. "I would like to" Mr. Layton stopped suddenly and stared h:nd at the chef; then the light of ivcognüion came into his face. "Prf this is the way you make a living, you young rascal. Aren't you. ashamed to disgrace me by doin.i such work?" "Not a bit," returned Fred Layton coolly, taking an easy chair and surveying his father with an amused smile. "It was the only thing 1 could "So this is the way you make your living, you young rascal." do that paid decently. My wife and 1 leased the place, and she looks after the upstairs, while I boss the kitchen. We've done pretty well and expect to buj the place this year. I have an option on it." "Suppose your fashionable friends had seen you in your present costume. What then?" sneered the old gentleman. "Well, they didn't, father," Fred replied, "so there's no use guessing what I would have done. I changed my name to Lataine, however, to save your pride if I were discovered." "Well, I'm glad you had enough sense to do that" Mr. Lay ton's tone was more pleasant "How in the woi-ld did you learn to cook? You do it well, I must say." "At home, sir." The son laughed at his father's odd expression. "You remember when I broke my leg? Well, it was pretty tiresome being caged up in the house alone, so I struck up u friendship with Antoine, your French chef. The old fellow took a fancy to me and initiated me into his art It was only a diversion to me then, but it came in handy when I started in this business." "Fred, send for your wife," said Mr. Layton abruptly. When Mrs. Fred appeared the old gentleman continued: "You're a pretty pair of independents, aren't you! 1 like your spirit and want yoirto stop this business and live with me. Will you do it?" "Just as soon as the season, closes we will, father," they replied, "and until then you shall stay wltli us."