JUNE .30, 1911
The Commoner.
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rubbing with a mixture of one part
soft water and two parts of rotton
stone, polishing afterwards with a
dry pie.ce of leather or flannel.
For cleaning stained glass-ware,
Buch as bottles, try tacks, small
pebbles, or crushed egg-shells -with
plenty of soapy water. For stains
in custard cups, use flannel, dipped
in whiting, and for tea stains, use
coarse, common kitchen salt, rubbing
it with a damp rag. Stains from
wax candles are removed by fine
emery powder.
To remove coffee stains, even
where cream has been put into the
coffee, which happen to get on table
linen, rub the spots with pure gly
cerine, and afterwaTds rinse in luke
warm water.
For small holes in granite ware,
press soft putty into the hole, mash
ing it in both the inside and outside
of the vessel, then set away until the
putty gets perfectly dry and hard.
It will l)e like a rivet.
To wash cut-glass articles, wash
in soft warm water to which a little
bluing is added. Use a soft cloth in
drying, and you will have a fine
polish without rubbing.
To mend rubbers, 'when the shoe
splits down the side, as soon as the
tear Btarts from the edge, place a
stout piece of lining cloth inside and
sew with strong thread all around
the coming rent, and it will not tear
further.
If the shoe-string breaks where
another is not at hand, do not tie
or throw it away, but lap the broken
ends an inch deep and sew together
on the sewing machine; it will be as
good as new, eo far as use is concerned.
Gleanings
Dr. John Elliott told the members
of 'the Federation of Child Study in
New York the other day,, that the
children of the present day are
"sadly in need of disciplining."
Private schools are full of ill-bred,
bad-mannered, superficial children,
who are spoiled for the most part,
he said, by their own parents.
A Parisian newspaper gives, as
the seven qualities preferable in wo
men, goodness, orderliness, devotion,
thrift, gentleness, intelligence and
amiability.
In Austria, a woman was recently
sent to jail for opening her husband's
mall. She began a suit for divorce
with evidence obtained from a let
ter, and her husband retaliated by
sending hor to jail for opening the
letter.
May 27th was the forty-sixth
birthday of King George of England,
and was celebrated with a brilliant
display of military pageantry. May
26th was the queen's birthday, and
was celebrated with great rejoicings
in England and other British coun
tries. She was born in 1867, and
is forty-four years old.
A Lawton, Okla., doctor has just
discovered that women live longer
than men, and also finds that women
do not die unexpectedly as often as
men, are not bald, require less oxy
gen, endure more heat, and are
"more likely to survive hanging."
There are fewer idiots and cranks
among women, but more geniuses
among men. "
Recently Mrs. Wilhelmina Paton
Fleming, of the HarvaTd university,
died. She Is said to have done more
for the science of astronomy than
any other woman in the world, and
than most men. She was the only
woman that' Harvard had honored
with an official appointment, and she
worked for thirty years in the obser
vatory. She was born in Dundee,
Bcotland, in 1857, and before her
marriage taught school.
Seasonable Recipes
An exchange publishes this recipe:
Mash strawberries to a pulp so that
ao lumps are left, then to each cup
ful of the pulp allow two cupfuls of
sugar, stir well and leave overnight,
and in the morning Btir again well
to seo that the sugar is all dissolved,
then put into glass jars and seal
without cooking.
If you happen to find that the
green peas you got at the market
are too old, or too ripe for tender
cooking, use them to make pea soup.
WaBh the hulls, and pick out any
imperfect qnes, then alter taking out
the peas, put the pods over the fire
in a little water just enough to
cover the pods, and boil until they
look pale and faded, then strain off
the water and throw the hulls away.
Put the shelled peas into the strained
water and cook until they can be
mashed through a Bleve or colander,
adding more water, if needed to the
peas while cooking. To the pulp add
sufficient milk and water (equal
parts), and thicken with a table
spoonful of butter and the same of
flour rubbed to a pasto; season with
salt and pepper, let boil up a few
minutes to cook the flour, then
serve.
Grape Juices For the best grape
juices, use Concord, Isabella or black
Hamburg grapes. Prepare one quart
of grapes by picking over carefully
and washing quickly, removing the
stems and draining at once. If
washed before taking from the
stems, the juice is not lost. Put
into a double boiler with a very little
cold water enough to barely cover
the grapes. Heat slowly until the
fruit begins to soften, then pour into
jelly bag and hang up to drain; do
not squeeze. When all the juice
has dripped through, add to the
juice one-fourth Its quantity of
sugar, heat again very hot, keeping
just at the boiling point for one
hour, but do not let boll. Put into
clean, well-scalded bottles, cork
while hot and dip the neck of the
bottle in hot sealing wax. It 1b
best made in small quantities, as
heating large quantities made at one
time requires too long boiling, which
injures the color and flavor.
Requested Recipes
Dill Pickles The following will
make Ave gallons of fine pickles, and
will cost very little: Get five cents
worth each of whole black peppers,
cloves, and mustard seeds, a handful
of bay leaves, one pint of horse
radish grated, and a small bunch of
dill. Put all together except the
mustard seed; put into a jar a layer
of the mixed spices, then of small
cucumbers, until the jar Is full, In
alternate layers. Then pour into the
jar two quarts of strong vinegar, one
quart of water and three-fourths cup
of salt; last sew the mustard seed in
a' cloth large enough to cover the
pickles, and on this cover lay a
weight. The dill 'and horse radish
and bay leaves should be put in
layers with the spices.
Mustard Pickles For every gal
lon of vinegar use one cup of mus
tard and one cup of salt; use small
cucumbers for this pickle. Pack the
cucumbers into the Jar, and pour the
vinegar over them. Will keep with
out sealing, but must bo covered
closely.
Mayonnaise Dressing Break the
yolk of an egg into a soup plate and
stir it until smooth. Have a small
pitcher with a cup of best olive oil
at hand, and also the strained juice
of a' lemon; stir with a Bilver fork
as you drop the oil into the egg, drop
by drop, until the mixture thickens;
then add a little of the lemon juice,
then more oil by drops, and continue
until all the oil is taken up by the
egg. It must bo added very slowly,
or the mixture will curdle. If the
mixture curdles, set- aside, break
another egg and mix the first grad
ually Into this yolk. All Ingredients
should be ice cold. Bait should be
added the last thing, and a little
mustard may bo added to the ogg
yolk before beginning with the oil.
There aro many recipes for making
mayonnaise, but in all of them, the
oil must bo beat in drop by drop,
with briBk beating.
WOULD BAR LIQUOR
Special dispatch to tho New York
Times: Atlantic City, May 27.
Tho Rev. Dr. John F. Carson, In dis
solving tho 123d Presbyterian
general assembly today, declared
that it had been an epoch-making
body, and that every commissioner
should appreciate the privilege of
attending it.
Tho temperance address by Wil
liam Jennings Bryan last overling
made a profound impression, and in
fluenced tho assembly, In its closing
hour, to adopt a resolution petition
ing the United States government to
bar the use of Intoxicating liquors
from all diplomatic functions. This
was the resolution which was Intro
duced by the Rev. Walter J3. Camp
bell of Indianapolis:
"Whereas, Wo as a nation havo
abolished the uso of intoxicating
beverages from both houses of con
gress and our army and navy, and,
"Whereas, The example of this na
tion has a powerful influence over all
other nations; therefore, bo it
"Resolved, That tho general as
sembly hereby petitions the authori
ties of our government to discoun
tenance tho uso of intoxicating
liquors at all diplomatic functions
both at homo and abroad, and that
a copy of these resolutions be sent
to tho secretary of state."
SOMETHING GOOD, ANYWAY
LIko a strong wind from tho west,
freo, terse forceful in his speech,
lowly, affable, obliging In his man
nor, piorcing, intense, satisfying in
his sincerity, Hon. William Jennings
Bryan, thrlco d of on tod for tho presi
dency of tho United States, swept
into Atlantic City as lively, activo
and Interesting as ever.
Tho Nebruskan spont a romark
ably busy day In Atlantic City.
Arriving in accordanco with tho
truo "commoner," in an ordinary
day conch on an ordinary way train
that stopped at most every white
washed fonco between horo and Cam
don, Bryan "hit tho town" Just as
wo lmnglno he best likes to "hit" a
town.
Politically, tho people do not ap
pear to want Bryan ism. In fact,
thrlco they have rejected it very de
cisively. Yet, casting politics and a
fow radical Lovornmental theories
asido, it muBt bo admitted that Bryan
is a groat character. His personality
will livo long nftor his physical being
is forgotten. For Bryan must bo
classed among tho "greatest of
Americans" outside of politics.
Atlantic City certainly enjoyed his
company and his speech-making.
Thoso who agreed with what ho Bald
found him a patriotic marvel; those
who disagreed with what ho said
found him at least intensely interest
ing. Nebraska certainly has a uniquo
man in Bryan. She will be admired
for Bryan, if not for Bryanism.
Atlantic City Daily Press.
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