THE COURIER
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A COOKING CLUB INCORPORATES
AT a recent meeting of the DebutantB Cooking club in Omaha
the .following articles of incorporation, prepared by Mr.
Croroot, the attorney, were enthusiastically adopted:
KNOW ALL WOMEN AND SOME MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS: That wo the undersigned prospective mistresses of soveral
kitchens in theso whereabouts, having been informed of the fact
that our elder sisters, and some of the younger Bisters of some of
our friends, and some people who aro not sisters at all, anticipate
associating themselves together in a Cooking club, not to bo outdone,
.welldone or overdone by said soveral sisters, do hereby organize and
incorporate under the laws of the state of Nebraska and the cook
book of tho Debutant's Cooking club, of the city af Omaha, county
of Douglas and the state of Nebraska.
The existenco of this corporation shall begin on the first Thursday
after tho second wash day in Lent in tho year of our Lord and tho
panic, 1894, and shall continue until at least ono representative of
tho beasts of the earth; one of all the products and fruits of tho
field and BaldufT; one of all tho "piscatorial inhabitants of tho sea,
the ice chest and our laundry; one of tho birds of the air and tho
several collegjs shall have been learned of, found, obtained, dressed
or undressed, prepared, cooked flavored, masticated and discussed
by each and all- of us and by the mother of ono of us.
The principal place of business of this corporation shall be in tho
whereabouts kitchens aforesaid and the attached back porch.
Realizing that in an institution of this kind, each member will at ono
time or another, or all the time, desire to force particular ideas as to
the fitness of things on tho whole company, thereby causing much
trouble, many hard feelings, bad appetite and floods of tears, we
hereby agree to avoid all such squabbles by defining rules and
therefore adopt the following:
BY-LAWS. '
I
The principal officer of this institution shall be the Supreme High
Priestess of Pastry, whoso duty it shall be to settle all disputes, be
head all fowls to be prepared by this club and to eat what is left of
all meals served by this organization.
II
The second officer in authority shall bo tho Lady Custodian of
Utensils, whose duty it shall be to locate gridiorns, provide kettles,
lasso clothes horses, pickle jars, and see that all utensils are proper
ly washed in Florida water and returned to owners.
Ill
The remaining members of the club shall constitute the Board of
Directors, whose duty it shall be to clean fish, chew gum, frappe
water, stew gossip, polish lobsters, dress salad, undress eggs, pick
chickens, build fires, gild bucks, smoko hams, freeze cream, burn
fingers, knead dough, need help, stuff turkeys (and themselves,)
boil onions, boil over, jell Jellies, roll balls fish balls, cheese balls
find fault, Ioso tempers, roast each other, drop eggs, drop plates,
chaf dishes and cook books.
IV
No lady having false teeth can be eligible to membership in this
organization.
V
Gas stoves being unnecessary will not be allowed in the club.
VI
Chickens which wear last years feathers cannot be patted by
members of this club.
VII
All dishes served by this club must be distinctly, labeled.
VIII
Olives vyill be served once each month and no lady will bring
valises to the table; others must not.
IX
The official text books of this club shall be: Mrs. Glass' Cook Book
and Dr. Brown-Sequard's "How to Treat Indigestion.
These bylaws may be rehashed or amended by a two-thirds ()
vote of the club.
In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this
1st day of March. A. D. 1804.
Helen Burns, May Smith, Flora Dandy, Maizie Webster, Jentie
Cady, Hattio Colpctzer, Sue Nash, Mary Yates, Margarot Palmor,
Clara Brown.
Tho seal is one club made pio which, consequently, can-novcr bo
broken.
On the first Friday after tho first luncheon was held tho following
amendment was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, thero is on this day universal dissatisfaction among tho
members of this organization, bo it hereby
Resolved. That in tho futuro cheese balls aro forever obliterated
from the curriculum of this school.
Our great Wool Dress Goods clearing salo begins Monday Juno
4th, lasts five days. Their entire stock of Dress Goods will bo sold
at wonderfully low prices, preparatory to their inventory. 40 inch
all Wool Henrietta worth up to 81.00 at 49c and other goods in pro
portion. Come early for first selection. Herpolsheimer it Co.
A DANCER.
In the lamplight's glareshe she stood, the dancor tho Octoroon
on a space of polished wood with glittering sand grains strewn; and
a rapid, rymthmic tune, from tho strings of tho mandolin, leaped up
through tho air in viewless flight and passed in a strident dim. Her
eyes, like a fawn's, were dark, but her hair was as black as night,
and a diamond's bluish spark from its masses darted bright; whilo
around her fingers blight clung a web of laco she wore, in curving
lines of unhidden grace, as she paused on tho sanded floor. Then
the clashing music sprang from tho frets of the mandolin, while the
shadowy arches rang with insistent ecnoes thin. And there aB tho
spiders spin dim threads in a ring complete, a labyrinthine wheel sho
wove with the touch of her flying feet. To the right she swayed, to
the left, then swung in a circle round, fast weaving a changing waft
to the changing music's sound; as light as a leaf unbound from tho
grasp of its parent tree, that falls and dips with tho thistledown,
afloat on a stormy sea. And wider the music spell swept on in a
jarring sound; advanced and rose and fell, by gathering echoes
crowned; and the lights whirled round and round o'er tho woaian
dancing there, with her Circe grace, and passionate face, and a dia
mond in her hair.
A FRATERNAL SOUL.
He was a commercial traveler of the more flashy type and had jnst
finished telling a startling story to his newly made acquaintance in
the car.
"That rcmindsme of one of Munchausen's yarns," remarked the
victim, for want of something better to say.
"Munchausen, who is he?"
"Why, don't you know about him, ho is the most collossal ex
ample of mendacity that cvilization has produced.'
A brief painful silence ensued, which was broken by the traveler
in a tone that was almost timid.
"Excuse me, my friend, if I seem inquisitive, but would you mind
telling mo what house ho travels for?"
New Duck Suits, new Wrappers, new Waists, new Fans at Herpol
sheimer & Co.
ANOTHER CIPHER.
"Miss Cayenne seems to favor the Baconian theory," said ono
amateur actor to another.
"Do you think so?"
"Yes. She told me that she herself Had observed a cipher in
Shakespeare."
"Yes; she told me the same thing. T asked her when it was and
she said it was when I played Hamlet."
Peculiar to Itftelf.
So eminently successful has Hood's Sarsaparilla been that many
leading citizens from all over tho United States furnish testi
monials of cures which seem almost miraculous. Hood's Saras
parilla is not an accident, but the ripe fruit of industry and 6tudy.
It possesses merit "peculiar to itself."