TllE OMAHA DAILY HE 15 8 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1001.
IOLA'S SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
Frsd Funiton, PighUr, nd Hii AdTn
turoai Garnr in Many Landi.
PAST MASTER OF THE STRENUOUS TRIBE
A llccnril Alnio.t I'hihIiik llpllcf In Hie
Arctli. In (,'iilinn .lutmlrn nnil In
(lie Philippine A llrlK
n ill it lit :w.
Born November 6, 1865; a university stu
dent at 16, ueK&papcr reporter nt 18; rail
road trainman at 23; government botanist
at 25; explored tho Yukon at 27; n South
American planter at 29; fighting In Cuba at
31; colonel of tho Kansas volunteer at 33;
brigadier general of tho regular army at 36.
Such Is tho biography In outline of General
1'rcdcrlck Winston, captor of Agulunttlo.
lted-hcadcd; red-blooded; small In stature,
a giant In cxperleuce; true son of llomany
In peace and of Erin In war the adven
turous career of Funston stamps him as a
modern knlght-crranti a sixteenth century
hero born 300 years or so too'late. It Is not
surprising, relates tha llontoii Transcript,
to Ond that In Frederick Funston's vclnj
runs Celtic blood, mingled with that of the
American pioneer. Ills paternal grand
father, whoso name he perpetuates, was
Frederick Funston. born In County Done
gal, Ireland, In 1S00. Brought to America
by bla parents In 1806, tbu Ural Frederick
grew up In Kentucky und Ohio, tho old
northwest territory. Hero, when he cama
to man's eatato, ho married Julia Stafford,
also of pure Irish extraction. To them, In
1836, was born Edward II. Funston, father
of tho present Frederick. Ho Borved In tho
civil war ns a lieutenant of artillery, and
beforo koIiib to tho front married Anno
Kllza Mitchell, sitter of his battery's cap
tain. Her father was born In Ireland, and
her great-grandmother wus a sister of
Daniel Boone. From this anceatty ramo
tho fighting blood of tho captor of Agul
naldo, born November 9, 1805, the oldest ol
tho six children of thla marriage.
After tho war the Fuustous removed to
tho Kansas farm, whoro they still reside.
It Is 242 ucrcrt of Kansas prnlrle, Carlylo
being the nearest postotflce, and Iota tl)9
nearest town of any size. Hero Edward H.
Funnton prospered, agriculturally and po
litically, since for eleven years ho served
his district In congress, the Kansas record.
Hero grew up as n farmer-politician's Bon
Iho present brigadier general of volunteers.
In the public schuols and In the Statu uni
versity Funston hail th reputation of being
a bookish rather than a studious youth,
Mediaeval roniauco, heroic poetry, and,
above nil, tho lore of days when red blood
ran rtddcr In green forest or hedgerow,
hold hl.i attention oftentimes to thtf ex
clusion of the proscribed curriculum. It was
typical of tho man who later ploughed
through hundreds of miles of Arctic snowa
und tropic Jungles with Kipling's "Mul
vaney" and "Uarrack-Hoom Ballads" In a
haversack which was all too small for the
cotrmoncr necessities of life.
IIIh I'lr.t rnlliirc.
It was before he went to tho university,
however, that Funston made his first In
glorious attempt to enter tho army. As an
early friend of his 'tells the story, It was
when Funston was a mero stripling and
when his father was a congressman. ' Fred's
father," says this friend, "had at bis dis
posal, subject to competlttvo examination, a
cadetshlp and Fred, after practising at
marksmanship nud sword exercise for
months, went Into tho examination confi
dent. That's tho way ho W built. Ho
thought that tho cadetshlp was a suru thing.
His father thought so, too, and no doubt
helped Fred nlong as much as posblblc. In
the examination were half a dozen farmers'
sons, among them a fellow named Charles
Crawford. This Crawford know a thing or
two himself and had a much batter all
round store of knowledge than Funston pos
sessed. ' When tho papers woro examined
Crawford wns found to ho tho wlnnor by a
handsome margin, with Fred a poor second.
Tho disappointment nearly brolio Funston's
heart and be was as savago as a bulldog
for months nfterwnrd. Fred was named as
tho alternate, nnd ho bad a gloum of hope
that Crawford would he killed In a cyclone
or get struck by lightning or get crippled In
a railroad smashup, nnd that as alternate
he would go to West Point after all. But
Crawford was an unusually healthy fellow
nnd went to the Military academy, whore he
was graduated well up In his class. He ac
cepted a lieutenancy In tho army and In the
Santiago campaign was breveted captain for
gallant conduct under tire. He is now a
lieutenant In the Twenty-first Infantry.
Fnlllng West Point Funston entered tho
university. As a student Ills adventurous
spirit manifested Itself In the thousand nnd
ono pranks that make undergraduate life
worth living, and besides In not a few pe
culiar to himself. It Is possible that his
mind was further stimulated to unrest and
rravlng for new things by tho necessity of
periodic wage-earning to continue his edu
cation. An n Nrwnpnurr Sinn.
It was at one of theso times that Funs
ton "brbke Into". th newspaper business
nnd out. Tho story Is variously told, so
variously that sorao of It very likely Is
apocryphal, but It Is too good to supprcit
In tho Interests of mero facts when proper
allowance can ho modo and when one can
not bo certain that 11 Is not all true. As
tho story goes, Funston secured a proba
tionary Job on a Kansas City paper, got a
lucky "scoop" tho first day, followed It
up fairly well, nnd so, was tho man sent
In response to a request from a country
dally at Fort Smith, Ark., for n flrst-cless
roan to holp run tho paper. This Is tho
point whore tho story becomes variegated.
Tho least plcturcsquo version which In the
saso of any other man than Funston would
be tho safest to roly on Is that Funston
look sides unwisely In a murder case pend
ing before Judgo l'arker, tho famous "hans
Ing Judgo" of Fort Smith, nnd that his
honor, in tho course of a resulting con
fidential conversation, told him that Jour
nalism wns not his profession and that the
cllnnto of Arkansas was estnsmely un
healthy at lhal particular season. Con
tempt of court Is a serious matter, even In
Arkansas, and If such a hint was really
-Ivcn, Funnton may bavo taken It, and the
Kamas trnln. Tho other version and It
Is characteristic whether or not It is true
Is that In tho height of tho political cam
paign the editor went nwny for n coupla
of days, leaving Funston In charge of a
paper which was, llko all others In Arkan
las, democratic to tho chases. The next
Issuo contained a double-lcuded editorial
innounclng that tho paper hud supported
tho democracy of Pulaski county and Ar
kansas in splto of Its career of hluudor,
ctlmo and corruption, but the patience of
tho editor was nt last exhausted and here
iftrr It would support the party that awed
he Union, freed the negroes and paid the
intloual debt. Funston ended his Journal
utta career tho following day.
Other Inter-unlverslty years haw his
ulents turned to good account, financially
ind blographlcally. In 1SS8, for Instance,
le becamo a Santa Fo trainman, combining
kith, other duties that of guardian of the
allroad peuca and oppressor of the exuber
ince of cowboys from Kansas City to Albu
luerque and the gulf. Ills, weight as a
toulh ho Is today only 5 feet 4 Inches tall
ind Vii pounds or so In weight was not
lllowed to handicap him. as Is witnessed by
he traditions of the line and tho dusty file
f damage suits still In the archives of the
logged Kansas City supreme court. In the
ollowlng year his fancy took him to the
tocky mountains, where he earned money
for his university expenses as a guide.
This proved, In n way, a turning point, for
shortly afterward ho quitted the unlvcnlty,
leaving behind him a reputation as on orig
inal funtnaker nnd, as a bequest to the
faculty,, divers satirical nicknames, which,
thoy say, stick to this day.
Drsth Vnttcy mill the Vtiktin.
On leaving Lawrence, In 1890, his father,
still a congressman, secured his appoint
ment as botanist In the Department of
Agriculture. After a trip to Montana and
the Dakotas ho was attached to tho party
which mado the first government survey
of Death valloy, the famous California
death trap. Seven mouths were spent In
this work, and Funston is tho only man of
tho party alive and sane today, ten years
after tho survey. In 1891-92 the govern
ment sent him to make a botanical survey
of certain parts of tho Alaska coast, and
In 1893 he returned to the Arctic and made
a similar survey of the Yukon. He climbed
Chllkoot pass, then an untrodden pathway,
and went down tho Yukon to Porcupine
river and up that to Itampart House, an
abandoned Hudson Bay company's trading
post far within the Arctic circle. Here he
wintered with a missionary named Pratly.
Indians brought rumors that the American
wballng fleet was being crushed In the
Arctic ocean, 200 miles to the north, and
with an Indian guide Funston started to
snow-shoe to the scene. They lost the way
and, after traveling soma 600 miles, wore
piloted by other Indians to the fleet, which
was found not to be In trouble. It Is re
lated that Funston was nono the less heart
ily welcomed and that the effects thereof
nro still a tradition of tho Arctic. Tho re
turn to Itampart House wns safely accom
plished, and with the advancing summer
Funston floated down tho Yukon to the
mouth, bent on his botanical buslners. The
specimens ho gathered are In tho Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington. He
was picked up by tho revenue cutter Bear
and reached civilization again In tho fall of
1891.
I'lUtliiK for Culm.
Trying to start a coffco plantation In Cen
tral America gave Fuustou several fruit
less months In tho tropics and then a Job
as assistant auditor or the Santa Fo rail
road brought him to New York. These
tasks woro too commonplaco with the torch
of tho Cuban Insurrection burning ns a
beacon to his adventurous spirit. Ho Joined
a filibustering party which tho Dauntless
landed at Caraaguay In August, 1S96. He
was assigned by Garcia to the artillery arm
of tho InBurscr.t service nnd mado sec
ond In command to Osgood, tho Pennsyl
vania foot ball player, who was soon to lay
down his life for the Cuban cause. When
Osgood foil Funston was mado chief of ar
tillery, nbout which he knew far less than
ho did of tho cultivators and ploughs of his
father's farm In Kansas. He studied his
guns with tho oyo of a Yankee however,
and soon had them under due discipline
nil hut tho dynamite gun. This wns a new
thing In warfare, and a poser for Funston.
But let Funston tell it:
"Well, I looked her over and prodded
around her for a day or two until I found
from tho printed directions that came with
her which end wns tho shooting ond. I
didn't let tho Cubans know that I wan'
scared, but I was. Wo got Into a llttlo
mlxup one day and tho old man sent for
tho dynamite. I waltzed her out, kept tho
directions In my head as woll ns I could
and loaded her up. When tho order camo
I sighti'd her and let her go. For a second
sho seemed to wheeze. 'It's all up' I
thought; tho Cubans ran, but I didn't dare
to; it wan only a second and then she
coughed nnd the air In the Spanish fort
was filled with misfit logs nnd debris and
I kuew It was all right, t turned around
and grinned like a cat that swallowed tho
canary and no ono knew that '( had fin
ished making four or five kinds of a fool of
myself. After they had set ''em up In tho
other alloy wo rolled 'cm again."
Twenty-three battle's In Cuba, was his
record with his guns. Casgorra was tho
first Important action. At La Machuca he
boro a charmed life, but In a lesser action
shortly afterward a shell crippled his arm.
Onco he was captured and sentenced to
death, but escaped. Later still a steel
tipped Mauser bullet pierced his lungs.
This healed, but tho fever struck him
down and compelled his return to the
United States to recuperate, a colonel In
the Cuban service.
Colonel of Kniima Volunteer.
As ho was preparing to return to Cuba
tho Maine was blown up nnd In his certainty
that war with Spain would result be
nwnited the Issue. It was not for long.
Governor Leedy of Kansas called for vol
unteers to make up three regiments of
Infantry and, knowing of Funston's Cuban
service, telegraphed for him. and at To
peka offered him a regiment The com
mission was accepted and tho task of whip
ping tho Twentieth Kansas Into shape was
begun. This fell largely upon tho two
majors ono a second lieutenant In the
regular army, tho other a rallltla colonel
for tho day after the regiment went into
camp Colonel Funston was detnehed nnd
ordered to Tampa on special duty attached
to the staff of General Miles to advise him
as to the Cuban army. Three days after
Funston reached Tampa his regiment was
ordered to San Francisco, but It was In
such poor shape that It was held there
for drill. When General Miles started for
Cuba tho latter part of Juno, 1S98, Colonel
Funston asked for orders to rejoin his regi
ment, and by October 26, when it sailed
for1 Manila, had welded It Into a first-class
military organization.
Three weeks before ho sailed Colonel
Funston met Miss Ella Blankhart of Oak
land. As Impetuous In love as In war he
wooed and won her, the marriage taking
place tho day before the transport sailed.
There are divers stories as to how Mrs.
Funston mado her trip to Manila. One has
It that she went on board the transport In
the army blue of a private of the Twentieth
Kansas, for the orders denying passage to
army woraon were very strict. But at all
events the bride of a day was successfully
got on board and sailed with her husband.
KIkIiIIiik l Ute l'hlllpplnoa.
The Twentieth Kansas was iu at the fall
of Manila, and had lieen In garrison but
a few weeks when the break with Agut
naldo's troops came. Funston's regiment
whs quartered In the Blnondo district of
Manila, and swiftly took up Its allotted
position when the Nebraskans were at
tacked on tho night of February 4, 1S99. At
daylight Funston led a chargo which car
ried two lines of works, only to be obliged
to retire, since the regiment was directly
In range of tho navy's guns. This whs a
gallant achievement, but It was In thq later
campaigning that Colonel Funston first
camo commandlngly Into public notice.
With his Kansans and the Montana vol
unteers ho waded and swam the river be
foro Malolos In April, 1899. In tho face
of rifle fire from entrenchments, stormed
the works and took tho first Filipino capi
tal. Beforo Calumplt the same thing hap
pencil. At the hend of a handful of volun
teers Funston Bwani tho river In face
of a hot fire, dragging with them a heavy
rope. Landing In front of the Insurgent
trenches they tied It to a tree, forming a
line by which several boatloads of Ken
were ferried over. Then charging the
trenches Colonol Fuuston drove out tho de
fenders and held the bank tilt the malu
bedy effected a crossing. The Insurgents
rallied and attacked, but too late, the re
united American troops Inflicting a severe
defeat.
It was a llttlo later In this year that
Funston sent to General MacArthur, who
asked bow long he could hold a certain
position, the famous reply: "Until my
regiment is mustered out!" This Incident
was cabled home, and the terse answer of
the Kansas colonel caugh,t the popular
faccy not only In Kansas, but throughout
the country. A story that this Incident
was n "fake" was settled by Funston him
self, who has stated that the phrase Is
historically correct. It Is engraved upon
the blade of a magniricent sword presented
to Funston by the people- of Kansas when
the regiment was rautttercd out, October
28, 1899.
William Henry White, who originated the
query, "What's the matter with Kansas?"
wns a claxsmnte of Funston nt the Kansas
State university and to him tho Chicago
Tribune attributes this story of Funston'
collrgo days;
"He Is not afraid of anything that can
walk. Once the town's bad negro tried to
run over Funston. The darky weighed
pretty nearly "00 pounds and was a scrnpnur
with a razor record. Funston was 5 feet 3
Inches and weighed about ninety-flvc. He
bluffed tho colored brother to a standstill
and went for a warrant and marched the
boss bully through the main streets of
Laurence at the point of a gun."
THORP'S COUNTRY MANSION
Jiiekr)' llulliln lllu; llniinr nt (tenet n
for Which lie linn No
I'.c.
When Charles A. Thorp, the Jockey, re
turned from the San Francisco races the
other day, ho had his first vlow of the
magnificent mansion he has erected In
Geneva, Neb. Beautifully furnished, stocked
with books, pictures, statuary, bric-a-brac
and everything that could possibly cngago
tho Interest of n widoly traveled con
nolssour, this Is tho most palatial homo
withlu a radius of many miles, but Mr.
Throp will not live thore. After investing
all his funds In this property and in farms
of the immediate vicinity, he tins decided
finally that Geneva Is too slow for him.
Ho will take up his aboda In Now York
or San Francisco, nnd will leavu tho man
sion to his wife's foster mother, Mrs. C. II.
Bassctt, who will llvo thero alone, attended
by a single servant,
Geneva Is tho center of a prosperous
agricultural community. A town less fitted
to a man of Thorp's tastes and habits could
not bo found upon the map. Puritan In lis
morality and Spartan In Its religious zeal,
it Is flat and featureless. Tha topography
of Its site is broken by not bo much as u
knoll or brook, and tho only reason for
building a town there seems to have been
tho fact that It is tho exact geographical
center of Fillmore county exact to tho
fraction of n mile. There Is llttlo doing
save traffic In plows. Indeed, the town's
prodigality of plows Is the seventh wonder
of that Bection.
Wo in h ii In (he (.'imp.
What, then, wus tho lodestono that at
tracted to this haven ot repose tho natty
little Jockey who had won honor at
Brighton Beach and who had doffed his cap
In recognition ot npplnuso at Sheepsheud
Bay? According to local tradition, this
mysterious magnetism was mado up of two
distinct elements. Tho first was a lovo of
speculation; thn second, tha lovo of a
petito llttlo girl In a shirt waist and n
natlor hat.
Thorp was at tho homo of his boyhood
lu Whiting, la., in the curly '90s, when bo
learned that thero was a good chance to
loan money on Nobraska farms. A suc
cession of poor crops had made money
scarce In the Antelope state, but hadn't
materially affected tho racing Industry.
Thorp thought ho heard the knock of For
tune at his door, and decided to let her
In, so he went to Geneva and loaned monoy,
taking mortgages on sovcral farms by wny
of security.
Whllo negotiating these loans he chanced
to meet Miss Alice Greer, adopted daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. BaBsott. Because sho
was "dlfferont" from tho girls ho hud
known, he fell In lovo with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Bassctt opposed tho mar
rlago strenuously. Thorp, to them, was a
horso Jockey, and that was enough. He
might bo made of gold. It made no differ
ence. It was money made upon tho race
course, and henco made by questionable. If
not dishonest, means. They would us soon
think of marrying Alice to a smuggler or a
road agent.
I.ii vr I'lnd. a Wny.
But love triumphed, us It usuully docs,
and beforo Mr. Bassctt died three years ago
ho had become reconciled to his son-lu-law.
Now Mrs. Bassott Is quite proud of tho
llfe-slzcd portrait of "Charlie" In tho par
lor, which shows him In cap and boots,
with u red blouse and a riding whip.
Meanwbllo the mortgages held by Thorp
had matured, but he didn't foreclose. Ho
had bis wlfo, and could nfford to bo phil
anthropic, so ho extended the notes from
time to tlmo until all were redeemed. But
In the Interim ho had become Inoculated
with what ho calls the "agricultural bug."
He wanted to bo a landed proprietor, so
bought two farms outright, stocked them
and entrusted them to overseers. He still
has the farms.
It Is supposed that his wife had some
thing to say about tho building of the man
sion. Doing n bird of passage, he had
about as much use for a big house as a
child has for tho moon. All ho wanted was
a place to keep his scrnpbooks, which con
tnln, among other things, two obituaries of
hlmsoif written about ten years ago ns a
result of his having been dumped by his
horse ahead of tho ruck on the first curve.
But now that he has the house, the ques
tion Is, What shall ho do with It?
This, In brief, Is thte story of why
"Charlie" Thorp loft tho vortex of metro
politan life for the dead monotony of a
country vlllago, where his scarlet livery
seems a desecration of the Sabbath-llko
culm.
Till) Ol.l) TIMWIM.
Captain George W. Htlllwell uf Brooklyn
celebrnted his 91st birthday last wvek. He
Is now tho oldest living member of tho
famous Long Island family, which Is also
noted for longevity.
Two -istcrs of General Georso 11. Thomas,
thn distinguished union commander, nro
still living at the old family Kent in South
ampton county, Virginia, In the house
whore he and they woro born. Miss Judith,
the elder, is nenrly 90 years old nnd Miss
Anne Is ten years younger.
Gnllus Hitter von llochberger. Imperial
nnd royal counsellor of the Austrian court,
is believed to' bo the oldest duly quulltled
physician In tho world. Ho was born on
October 15. 1S03, and Is therefore 97 years of
uge. He hue been practising for seventy
ono years and stilt gives medical udvlce.
Probably the rildest mull c.irrlur In iii
United States Is Samuel Gibbons of Hogden
vllle, Ky. Ho In Til years old iiml fop sixty-
mi rar, nun nuruiy hii intermission,
ho hus been In the employ of the govern
ment as a mull carrier. His career in this
cnpaclty was begun in 1836. when ho whs
11 years old. durlne the "Old mknri"
Jackson administration.
Tho oldest bachelor In tho world Is Noah
Itiiby, who has reached tha rcmarkablo ngo
of 129 yenrs. Ho Ih un Inmate of tho
almshouse at New llrunswlck, N, J., where
he has lived for thirty-live years. Ruby
says ho whs born In Gates Court Iluuso
N. C, April 1, 1772, Possibly his longevity
Is accounted for by the Indian blood which
he Inherited from his rull-blooded redskin
father, Andrew Mass. Noah boro tho name
ot his mother, Morning Haby,
is Universally Accorclea tne lJrelercnce on account of its
High Quality, Economy and Delicious Taste.
sota it sii groctry
TABLE AND KITCHEN, j
Practical Suggestions About Food and Hit
Crepitations of it. f
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Unity .Vlciiti.
TIIl'ItSDA Y.
U HE A K FA ST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Creum.
Hamburg Steak. Creamed Potatoes.
Sally Lunn. t , Coffee.
l,t NCIT,
Potato Soup'.
Slices Cold Roast Wnl.
New Turnip. Creamed.
Spinach. Cucumber and onions.
Floating Island.
Coffee.
DlNNHIl.
.Mutton and Durlry Hniip,
Dccfs'cuk Pie. Mushed Potatoes.
Stewed Carrots.
String Dean ShIiuI.
Fruit. Cake.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Rolled Rice. Rhubarb Compote.
Plain Omelet. Lyonnnlse. Potatoes.
Toast. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Stewed Scallops. Tomatoes.
Hashed Brown Potntocs.
Lettuce.
Cocon.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Maonrnnl uir Clratln.
Asparagtin with Eggs. 'Fruit Salad.
Cheese. Wafers.
Coffer.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Krult.
Cereal. Cream.
Rrolled Mnm.
Kitten n Bonne Feinnie.
Corn Mutllns. Cream.
LUNCH.
Broiled Soft Shelled Crab.
Tomato Mayonnalfo.
Strawberries. Creum.
Chocolate.
DINNER.
Okra Soup,
Pot HonM. Drowned Potatoes.
Stewed Cabhagn. New Heels. "
lettuce S.tlatl.
Rhubarb Pudding. Coffee.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Sweetbreads Rrowned in Butter.
Broiled Tomatoes.
Rico Cakes. Coffee.
DINNER.
Clear Soup with Rice.
Stewed Chicken. Asparagus;
Stewed Onions with Tomatoes.'
Strawberry Shortcake. Cream,
CofToo.
SUPPER.
Creamed Mushrooms lu Chatlng Dish,
Chopped Nuts and Dato Sandwiches.
Fruit Cumpotiv Caku.
Ten.
HOW TO SERVE Hill IJAIlll.
i .
lirent Variety of ' AiipotlsliiK Dishes
I'uknIIiIc from the VeKetnlile.
Rhubarb is eaten ns a fruit, though it
belongs to the vegqtables. As Its food
valuo Is very small,! It Is esteemed mora
for its diuretic properties and agreeable
flavor.
While a native of Europe, It Is llttlo
known thero as a food, Its uses being prin
cipally medicinal. In this country It Is
moro universally used for the table, though
wo do not generally recognize Its possibili
ties In the way of supplying a great variety
of appetizing dishes, as most of us aro
familiar only with It in tho form of rhubarb
plo or sauca.
Whllo soma authorities consider It unfit
for food, there aro others who udvocato its
use, and considering - lt3 medical virtues
deem It a very worthy plant to ad& to our
list of edible vegetables.
Tho objection to- Its-, uso lies In tho fact
that It contains a large amount ot oxalic
acid, and this acid Is less wholesome than
tha other fruit acids.
Thero are some conditions of the body In
which it Is wise to aold eating- rhubarb or
its kindred, sorrel o.r ,tomatocs or such
plants as abound li io .oxalic compolids;
therefore, persons,, qitftcrlpg from acidity
should eat of, thcaa-. unbalances very
sparingly and In soirie aggravated cases,
not at all. -
Tho red variety Is-.the richest In flavor
and should bamscd for., making wine If you
deslro a rich quality. 1
Rhubarb will make a. delicious win",
which Is said to so closely resemble cham
pagne as to deceive connoisseurs, Mid Is a
much safer bevorago to Indulge In if you
wish to avoid unpleasant after effects. Tho
plant that Is forced for tho early spring
markets Is moro tender and contalna much
less oxalic acid.
Prepared with rice, dates or raisins, this
kind makes a very suitable dish to tcrvo
to tho children nnd will ho bcncflclj', to
them after, perhaps, a too protracted diet
of dry foods. It muy also be oaten by thoso
who cannot Indulge In the plant when It
has Its acid qualities more fully devi.Joiwd.
In Cnmlilniitluu.
Rhubarb may be used ns a 'aals for m;ry
dainty preparations, and Its susceptibility
to other flavors will cuablo you to crtato
pleasing varieties. Orange or lemon peel,
chopped nlmonds, raisins, haunnsi'i, straw
berries and lemon Julco may bo used to p.lvo
agreeable changes.
But when using lemon ;nl otlutr acid
fruit Juices, remember the conditions which
may make these combinations hurtful to
those who should not indulgo in too acid
foods.
In order to raakn rhubarb palatable to
some eaters, an excessive amount ot bugur
must be used. This gives the sweet nctd
flavor they enjoy. Only the after remits
can determine whether this Is harmful for
tho individual eater or not. It nature dic
tates, and not a perverted and iidulged
taste, It Is safe to trust to her guidance as
to our bodily needs and cravings for cer
tain kinds of food.
Ilnkvil Hlmliurh.
Baked Rhubarb Requires less sugar than
stewing Peel the stalks', selecting red rhu
barb. Cut Into Inch lengths and place In a
stone crock. Add one part sugar to two
parts of the fruit, unless you like it very
sweet, then add nearly half and' half; ar
range tho fruit and sugar In layers; use no
water, Stand tho crock in a pan of hot
wnter cover and set In, the oven and bako
until the pieces nro clear. This may bo
used for a m:r'lnguo by lining a shell of
good light pastry, covering tho top of the
fruit with n meringue and coloring a deli
cate brown In tho oven.
Rhubarb Compote Cut- red rhubarb Into
pieces threo inches long. Cover with cold
wnter and set over a moderate tiro whero It
will verv slowly -ome to the boiling point,
but do not allow It to boll, Drain tho water
off carofully. or tuko the rhubarb up on u
fork, keeping tho pieces v. hale. Measuro
tho water and to each pint add a pound of
granulated sugar. Boll until it becomes a
syrup, then pour over the rhubarb. This Is
nice served with plnln boiled rice for a
simple dessert.
Rhubarb FrltterB Select jhe smuller
stalks of tender, fresh rhubarb. Cut Into
pieces two Inches long; cover with cold wa
ter and steam until tender; drain and
spread on a platter. Make a syrup of sugar
ind water, flavor with a little hrandy. Pour
tores order It neit time.
this over the rhubarb and let stand until
pcrfcilly cold. Drain off syrup, dust the
rhubarb thickly with grnnulatcd sugar.
Make n fritter batter In usual way, dip tho
Pieces of rhubarb In the batter nnd fry In
deep hot fat
Rhubarb Souffle Pare" and cut tho rhu
barb Into small pieces, add enough uter to
keep from burning, and a pound of susar to
each quart of rhubarb. Stew until tender,
then press through a sieve. Measure your
rhubarb, and to each pint take threo krs;
separate nnd bent the yolks very, very light
and ndd to the rhubarb. Mix well, ihon
whip the whites to n stiff froth and fold Into
the mixture. Throw Into n udl-butl red
dish and bako In a quick oven ibnut halt
nn hour. When It cracks open on top It U
done.
Rhubarb Cobbler Fill a deep, butlcred,
earthenware pie dish with rhubarb cut Into
pieces nn Inch long. Make a batter of eggs,
flour, milk and salt, allowing a law table
spoonful of flour to oach egi; and Milk
enough to make a batter UiIck as for fritter
batter. Pour this over the rhubarb und
bake until the pudding Is light .mi! nicely
browned.
Rhubarb Taplocu Prepare th" thibarb
as for stewing; place In h .Icon taking d'sh
and add sugar enough. It sweeten well, a
little Hnr'dded oraugu peel, salt and dot
with bits of buttor. Add oik quar. of water
lo holt a cupful of fltui tapioca. Add a
pinch of salt and cook In n douhlo boiler fur
fifteen minutes. Thou p'ur t" thi ihti
barb, cover the dish and !m'o half an uour.
Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
Rhubarb Cream Pic Ono cupful ot rhu
barb cl npped fine or grated, one cupful of
cornstarch with a tablespoonful of
i sugar, a pinch of salt, a grating of nutmeg
or lemon peel. Moisten n tablespoonful of
corn starch with a tcaspoonful of
cold water; then fill the cup up with boil
ing water, stirring until dear. Beat the
yolks of threo eggs until light, and ndd
them with the corn Klarch to the other
materials. Line n plephite with good light
paste, llll with tho mixture and bake In a
moderately hot oven until custard Is set.
When done and cooled, cover with a mer
ingue mado with the whites o( the eggs and
half a cupful of confectioner's sugar, llrowu
dollcatcly In tho oven.
Rhubarb Sherbet Wash the stalks and
cut into pieces one Inch long, To u dozen
stulks add three pints of cold water. Cook
In a double boiler until tender. Flavor
with grated lemon or orange peel or
brandy, nnd sweeten to taste. Let stand
In a cool place for several hours, then strain
and chill. Serve with shaved lee.
Bottled Rhubarb Wash and peel tho rhu
burb and cut Into small pieces as for plos.
Fill gl.us Jars, packing closely nnd cover
with freshly drawn water. Put on the
covers and let stand over night. By next
morning you will And that tho water has
sottled In the Jars. Fill them up with fresh
water and seal the Jars closely and put
nwny for winter use. This will require less
sugar than fresh rhubarb and Is nice for
pics or sauce.
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