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era Cirsiizafion •■■>••
Few j arts of the British empire
havt caused Great Britain the anxiety
she continues to feel about her Indian
possessions. Every movement Russia
has made in Central Asia looking to
ward ths concentration of the in- !
numerable -rates added by force to
the Russian empire has been watched
from tie Indian frontier by argus
e\ed Britons. Both Russia and Eng
land have made careful surveys of
the frontiers, and each government
has built an 1 continues to build strat
egic railroads along the enormous and
difficult boundaries. Russia is known
to have long been in possession of i
several plans for a descent upon In
dia. and the British have for years
been evolving quite a> many plans in
tended to checkmate any movement ;
of the kind.
Ar the present time the British are
engaged in the pleasant task of as
suring the northern neighbors of In- j
dia of their friendship, with the ob
ject of forestalling any similar device j
upon the part of Russia. Old treaties
long since in abeyance or quite inac
tive. have been renewed, and new ones
signed. Last year two missions were
sen out from India to carry this ob- ,
^TheArrur <f Afghaneste/t
Jeer inf ) effect. That commanded by
Younghusband, which invaded Tibet, j
was ungraciously received, and al- j
though a treaty was signed in the For- !
bidden Land, Lassa, it is admitted
that the success of the enterprise was
not nr accompanied, by serious incon
veniences.
Late in November a British mission
was dispatched to Kabul, the capital
city of Afghanistan, where better
luck is believed to have attended it.
The mission is headed by Louis Dane, J
Foreign Secretary for Simla, who is
accompanied by H. It. Dobbs, his sec
retary ; Major W. Mallison, It. A :
(.apt. Victor Brooke. Ninth Lancers,
and a Bri’ish doctor. The necessity
for this visit arises from the fact that
the agreement made with the late
Amir, Abdurrahman, terminated at his
death in 1901. Since that time the son
and successor of the late Amir, Habi
bullah. has been proving himself loyal
to British interests in the absence of
any binding documents. He has re
peatedly dispatched assurances to the j
Viceroy ot India of his devotion to j
t e British. Nevertheless it was con
sidered that his affection would be
more convincing if he set liis royal
hand and seal to it.
Several matters need discussion,
and one of them is the question of the
British subsidy, to which the Amir is
entitled. The present Amir has not
drawn the annua! subsidy of 180,000
rupees (about $80,000) since he
ascended to his kingly dignity. He
had no agreement with the British
and did nor need the money, for he is
rich and life in Afghanistan is not ex
pensive.
Afghanistan, which is about twice
the size of the United Kingdom and
lias a population of about 4.000,000,
has been an independent state since
the beginning of the eighteenth cen
tury, prior to which time it was part
of Persia, while its province of Kabul
was in the Mogul empire. It is walled
in by some of the highest mountains
in the world, which almost completely
surround it. leaving less than half a
dozen so called passes by which the
country may be entered. Only half
of these arc of use for strategic pur
poses. and £ven they are so treacher
ously situated that a large army might
iie am lhilatod by a comparatively
small force.
The Afghans, all of whom are Mo
hammedans. are a warlike people,
which fact, added to their strong po
sition. renders their independence
comparatively safe. England has
burned her fingers more than once in
dealing with the Afghans, and Rus
sia has not Micro ded in winning them
over, although she has spent a quar
ter of a century coaxing.
There are few countries on the
globe, not excepting Tioet. which are
more inhospitable to foreigners than
Afghanistan* Placed by nature as a
buffer between two powerful rivals,
Afghanistan is a country where every
one is suspected as a spy of either
Russia or the British. In Kubal there
are no foreigners. The last one was a
Mr. Freischer. a German gunmaker.
who was murdered in a mysterious
manner a few months ago. A womar
physician, an Englishwoman, has been
in Kabul for three years, and declares
that living in the capital is like be
ing on a different planet. "The uni
versal atmosphere of suspicion, the
ever-present knowledge that keen Af
ghan eyes are watching every move
ment. combined with the knowledge
of isolation from the civilized world,
have not a beneficial effect upon one’s
nerves, and after a pro*onged stay one
comes perilously near a breakdown.”
A British agent, a Mohammedan of
ficer of the Indian army, resides in
Kabul, but he might as well reside at
the North Pole for all he is allowed to
do. He seldom goes out. r.o one dares
visit him and the orly opportunity
he has for displaying himself is to be
present once in a while at a durbar or
levee of the Amir. It is admitted that
he is entirely without influence. The
Russians, however, have not even a
rrehead for an agent, and two Rus
sian spies were only recently caught
and sent to pi Ison—and disappeared.
Habib’.illah Khan, the present Amir,
has seen something of the world. He
and his brother visited London in 1S9(>,
and both were made G. C. hi. G. As
far as may be. in a country without a
single mile of railway, the Amir may
he said to be progressive and up-to
date. He has surrounded himself
with the latest inventions in lamps.
Moves, pnonograpns ana uicjcies. ixe
i- also to be s. en driving out at iimes
in an English automobile, while a
sewing machine has been introduced
into his harem.
Habibullah Khan is a very busy
monarch, and while he lovt s sport, a
weakness which endears him to the
British, he never permits his private
pleasures to interfere with public
business, a virtue which he might im
press upon his more civilized friends.
He takes a commendable pride in his
gun factory at Kabul, which daily pro
duce 20,000 cartridges, fifteen rifles
and two guns. For nearly two years
little work has been done in this fac
to ry for lack of material, but apart
from this enforced stoppage the fac
tory lias been in constant operation
since 1880.
It is the Amir's custom on Naw Roz
—the Mussulman’s new year—to ex
amine all the guns, rifles and appurte
nances turned out of the workshops
during the year. The guns, etc., are
laid out for inspection at Shahrara. a
summer palace, which lies about a
mile from the city.
Among the sports held in high favor
by the Amir are hawking and cricket.
He usually has his falcons with him
when out shooting, to fly at wounded
birds; but on some days he will mount
horse and go away to the neighboring
hills. He seems insensible to fatigue
on these occasions, but his suite usu
ally returns with him in the evening,
hanging limply in the saddle.
The Amir two years ago divorced
all his wives but four, and ordered
that his subjects content themselves
with a like number. One of these
four wives is of royal birth and lives
in a separate house. She is said to be
an ambitious woman, who wears Eng
lish dresses, although a woman who
saw them declares they are of styles
fashionable thirty years ago.
TRUTH PUT TO THE TEST.
!n Spite of Warnings. Nothing Really
Terrible Happened.
Jerry had been taught that it was
a sin to lie, so of course he never
meant to lie. Whenever he did stretch
the truth, which occasionally hap
pened in spite of his good intentions,
he did so merely through the exuber
ance of his lively imagination. One
lay, just as Jerry perpetrated one of
his whoppers, the recently mended
heel of his shoe came off. His moth
er noticed both the accident and the
'apse from truthfulness.
“There,” she said, severely, “see
what happened to >ou as a result of
t
Afghan Irregular Soldier.
your wickedness. Hereafter, whenever
you tell a falsehood something ter
rible will happen to you.”
“Will my boot heel always come
off?” asked Jerry.
‘Quite likely. If it isn't that, it
will be something equally had.”
For several days after that Jerry
talked but little, and what few state
ments he did make were carefully
weighed beforehand. One day upoi:
his return from school he betaine less
cautious and entertained the family
with the account of an incident that
had enlivened his trip home. The
story seemed quite plausible, and no
body would have even thought of
doubting Ins veracity had not Jerry,
after looking at the heel of his shoe
explaimed triumphantly:
“There! It didn't come off that
time! Better look at yours, mamma.”
Monument to Lord Baltimore.
The Society of Colonial Wars will
erect a monument to Cecilius Calvert,
Lord Baltimore, in the city named
after him.
Amir Inspecting Troops at the Feast of Sacrifices.
Educator Decries Militarism.
Chancellor McCracken of New- York
university will not allow his students
to accept the invitation of an inaugu
ral committee to go to Washington
with a brass hand and flying colors
and march in the inaugural procession
of President Roosevelt. The chancel
lor said: “There is altogether too
much of a trend in the United States
toward marching and drilling and
armies and navies. 1 am not so much
objecting to the cost of army and
navy as 1 am to this attempt of the
Inaugural committee to make holiday
soldiers out of college students. We
don't want -college students to turn
soldiers. I believe the president, if
consulted, would tell the students to
stick to their work.”
Didn’t Notice It.
She was fat, but very little more
than half of 40. Standing directly in
front of her. but not facing her. in the
crowded West Madison street cable
car was a feather-weiglit^man hanging
to the end of a stra-p. Small as he
■was, his weight snapped tS,e strap
\ w hen the ear jerked forward after
1 stopping at a crossing, and the feath
j erq-weight fell into the fat girl’s lap.
! She seemed to pay not the slightest
J attention. The little man leaped to his
| feet, turned and bowed, and apolo
gized profusely. He went on talking
to the young woman for about thirty
seconds, assuring her that he would
not have had the accident happen for
anything in the world.
“What happened?” snapped the Tat
one, as she glared at the little man.
“Why, I fell into your lap. I'm—
I’m—awfully sor—”
And she put her r.ose in the air and
turned away.—Chicago Irter-Ocean.
Germany’s Auto Corps.
Germany’s recently organized vol
unteer automobile corps is already re
joicing in a new service uniform. It
is khaki in color, and is accompanied
by yellow boots, or shoes and gaiters,
and the weapons ’worn with it are a
navy revolver and a large deerknife.
This addition to the German fighting
l forces will tike part In the maneuvers
| to be held this year.
Only One Way to Save Him.
“While the religion of some men
is intellectual.” said a well-known
New York clergyman, "the religion
of many is a thing of emotions.
"Back in my boyhood days I re*
member a man in the country whc
lised to go to camp meetings; after
singing a few inspiring hymns h«
would become to outward appear
ances the happiest and most pious
man in the camp. But his emotion
would always die out and his religion
wouldn’t tide him over to the next
meeting.
“A cynical neighbor of this man’s
once remarked that the only way to
save his soul was to get him happy
and pious in one of the meetings and
then kill him.”
Royal Bridge Players.
The popularity of bridge shows no
sign of abatement, says the Ixmdon
Express. Both the King and Queen
find in the game a great lecreation
of an evening. Their majesties play
for low points and always pay their
, losses before rising from the table.
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Cecelia Loftus Explains.
“Look at those letters and tele
grams.’’ Cecelia Loftus in Cleveland
last week pointed to a table on which
were scattered many communications
of both the mail and wire variety.
“There is a pile of inquiries and ad
monitions, all to the effect of ‘You're
not going back to vaudeville, are you?'
They came as the result of an an
nouncement made a few days ago
concerning my appearing in vaude
ville for five weeks at tin* conclusion
of my present season. But I don’t be
lieve I’m ‘going back’ to vaudeville
even if I am going to vaudeville. Peo
ple have been considerate enough to
»ay they enjoy my imitations. I
can't make an entire evening's enter
tainment of them. Therefore they
belong in vaudeville. And sc it is
with many entertaining acts. They
are worth fifteen or twenty minutes
in themselves, and six or e'ght of
them make an interesting perform
ance. Yes, vaudeville is a worthy in
stitution, and, as its patrons continue
to demand better grades of acts, it
will continue to rise in standard, and
be where it should be, side by side
with the -so-called legitimate. How
ever, as I said before, many of my
friends are shocked at my ‘going
back.’ And this makes me look for
ward to what I may expect in criti
cism from some of our satirical re
viewers.
“Picture," she said as she poised
an imaginary pencil over an imagi
nary pad, “picture my reviewer writ
ing with the satisfaction of self
smartness something after this fash
ion: ‘Cecelia Loftus, erstwhile
"Cissy." is back in vaudeville, where
she has always belonged. She tried
to 1* an actress, but it wouldn’t go.
and now she's doing her imitation
stunt again, and it's really very good.
Come again. Cissy, but always in
vaudeville!’
“I’m going to keep on trying to be
come a recognized real-for-sure ac
<ar
non of “The Shepherd King,” and will
manage the young star for five years.
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”
is being booked for several years
ahead. The demand for the play is
enormous in all sections of the coun
try.
Ethel Barrymore is an accomplished
musician and pianist, and whenever
there is an afternoon concert of note
where she is playing she is sure to
be present.
Mine. Sarah Bernhardt is to make
another tour of tin3 United States, this
time under the management of Lieb
ler & Co. The tour is scheduled for
the coming fall.
Grace Filkins is to return to the
stage. She has affixed her name to a i
contract with Fred C. Whitney for his
“The School for Husbands” company,
to be produced in April.
Four stars 01 the near future are
playing in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch” at the Boston. They are
Madge Carr Cook, Helen Lowell. Bes
sie Barriseale and Will T. Hodge.
Ward and Vokes have announced
their intention to dissolve partnership.
Mr. Ward will stay under the Stair
management in a new play, while Mr.
Vokes will continue in former pieces.
Fritz Williams is one of the leading
members of the cast of “Letty” with
William Faversham. He has not been
seen in Boston since he played in
"Little Mary” at the Park last winter.
Amelia Bingham is playing an en
gagement with the stock company at
the Alvin theatre. Pittsburg, controlled
by Harry Davis. She began her visit
with a revival of “The Frisky Mrs.
Johnson.”
Laura Burt has secured the right of
a play founded upon the book “John of
Strath bourne.” The dramatic version
is being made by her husband. Harry
Stafford, now with Sir Henry Irving’s
company.
The starring tour of Ida Conquest
has been brought to a close and her
company disbanded. Her play. “The
Morey Makers,” was a noisy farce
fess if it takes until I am 90,” and
«"ie stamped her toot determinedly.
The Irwin Epigram.
May Irwin loves epigrams, whether
they he polite or just forceful. Her |
newest comedy is chock full of them,
and a few of her favorites follow:
"A champagne appetite and beer in
come is all right if you have a big
enough beer trade.”
"When a man marries a woman he
takes her for better or worse. Mine
took me for worse and I made good.”
"An accommodation liar soon trav
els like a lightning express.”
“While running an automobile, al
ways keep your eyes on the road and
the rest of your face in the wagott.”
“I know enough about an automo
bile not to buy one.”
“When you have nothing to say, say
it and retire.”
On Purpose.
It is told of Fred Stone of “The
Wizard of Oz” that on one occasion
he did not appear at rehearsal. Julian
Mitchell, the stage director, was
angry. He sent a note over to Stone's
hotel, in which he said: “If you do
tiis sort of thing again I will be com
pelled to cast you from the cast of
“The Wizard.”
A few minutes later Mr. Mitchell re
ceived this answer from Mr. Stone:
“Dear Julian: Let him who is
without sin cast the first Stone.”
Greenroom Gossip.
It is reported that J. M. Barrie is
writing a new play for Ellen Terry.
Hattie Williams is to be starred by
Charles Frohman in a musical “Jane.”
Chauncey Olcott is to appear next
season in a new romantic Irish drama.
By the will of Anne Jane (Mrs. G.
H.) Gilbert, she leaves personal prop
erty to the value of $10,000.
Miss Kate Roberts has returned
from a world tour In vaudeville, to
ibin “The Earl and the Girl” company.
Eleanor Robson is an American act
ress, but she has several English act
ors supporting her in her company
playing “Merely Mary Ann.”
William A. Brady has purchased an
interest in Wright Lorimov's produc
I
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and utterly unsuited to the actress
methods.
M- Antoine has taken “King Lear”
oft the hill at his famous theater in
Paris because his voice could not
stand the continued strain of the part.
He will soon do a modernized version
of “Tartuffe."
David Eelasco is seeking a new
star to send out next season in “Sweet
Kitty Bellairs” to succeed Henrietta
Grosman. The latter closes her sea
son in the play in April, and will then
leave Mr. Eelasco.
The engagement of Agnes Ardeck,
leading woman with Creston Clarke,
and Malcolm Bruce Milne, barrister.
Middie Temple, London. England, is
announced. The wedding will occur
early in the spring.
Oswald Yorke, who is in a congenial
character with Annie Russell's com
pany in “Brother Jacques." played
her lover in both “Mice and Men" and
"The Younger Mrs. Bailing” last sea
son. Then he married her.
The organization presenting Ibsen’s
"Ghosts” under the direction of the
George H. Brennan company, is mak
ing its farewell tour this season. Next
year the management has completed
plans for a prolonged season tfn Lon
don.
Frank Vernon, the English produc
er. who is a member of Miss Viola Al
len’s company, is an interesting per
sonality. He has made nine produc
tions of the classics in London and
has essayed important roles in nine
revivals.
Paula Edwards, the star cf “Win
some Winnie,” will apuear next sea
vn in a musical comedy, “Tie Maid
and t» e Mask,” which has been writ
len with her talents in view. The
production will be made on an elab
orate scale.
Alter participating in thy dismal
failure of "In Newport" in New York.
Fay Templeton Is preparing to appear
in a revival of “Florodora” at ’.1 c New
fork Casino. She will have the role
of the widow, creat'ed by Edna Wal
lace Hopper.
“Letty,” the title role in Pinero’s
new play, is an interesting companion
study to the manicure girl in “The
Gay Lord Quex,” by the same drama
tist. The part will be played here by
Carloita Nillson in William Faver
sham’s company.
Isabel Dumont and Janet Beecher
have been selected, with the approval
of Charles Dana Gibson, to portray the
two American girls in “The Education
of Mr. Pipp,” a play founded on Mr.
Gibson’s series of picture's bearing the
same title. The two men in pursuit
of these girls will be played by B«ware
Brayton and Herbert McKenzie. Dig
by Bell will appear as Mr. Ptpp.
1 WHAT TUBERCULOSIS COSTS |
I Immense Monetary Loss Caused the Country
5 by fts Ravages—How to Retain ^
HealthandSodily Vigor T
Cost of Tuberculosi®.
Dr. Harmon Biggs of New YnrTt '
iAmerican Medicine), after a careful
estimation, places the annual expense
of tuberculosis to the people of the
United States at $330,000,000.00. He
first calculates the loss r« New York
city by putting a value of $1,500 upon
each li« at the aven ge at which
deaths from tuberculoids occur. This
gives a total value of the lives lost
annually of $1,500,000.00.
But this is not all. For at least nine
months prior to death these patients
cannot work, and the loss of service
atone dollar a day, together with food,
nursing, medicines, attendance, etc.,
at one and one-half dollars a day, re
sults in a further loss of $8,000,000.00,
making a yearly loss to the munici
pality of $23,000,000.00. For the whole
country the 150,000 deaths from tuber
culosis represent in the same way a
loss of $330,000,000.00.
Dr. Biggs also states that the total
expenditure in the city of New York
for the care of tuberculous patients is
not at present over $500",000,00 a year;
that is, it does not exceed two per cent
of the actual loss by death, etc. “if
this annual expenditure were doubled
or trebled it would mean a saving of
several thousand lives annually, to say
nothing of the enormous saving in suf
fering.” Further evidence of this is
afforded by the fact that in the last
twenty years the total number of
deaths from tuberculosis in New York
has decreased instead of increasing,
although there has been an increase
of 70 per cent in the general popula
tion.
Oil Rubbing.
Clothing exposes us to great dan
gers. We wear too many clothes.
We dress too warmly, so the skin be
j comes relaxed, and loses the power to
j take care of itself, and this is the rea
j son oil rubbing is necessary. The
simple removal of a thin layer of oil
by a hot bath may be sufficient to
| cause a man to take cold, so this must
be replaced by a special oiling, or
some other treatment, in cold weath
er.
People who are very susceptible to
' cold, should be rubbed with oil after
j each bath. Oil rubbing is especially
needed in cases in which the skin is
| dry, through deficient activity of the
| oil glands of the skin. Great care,
! however, should be taken to avoid too
I vigorous rubbing in the application of
the oil. as sweating is very easily pro
duced. to the disadvantage of the pa
tient. In the treatment of infants and
children, a marked and most favor
able effect upon nutrition is produced
by oil rubbing. Application of oil
after cold baths encourages reaction.
In most cases of chronic dyspepsia
when accompanied by emaciation, in
diabetes, and in most cases in which
malnutrition with dryness of the skin
is a prominent feature, oil rubbing is
a valuable curative agency.
Plato called a man lame because he
exercised the mind while the body was
allowed to suffer.
Horrors of the Cocaine Habit.
The following illustration of bad ad
vice in the lecture room is probably
not an exceptional case. A professor
of materia medica lecturing on cocaine
called it one of the greatest of all
stimulants and perfectly harmless.
He cited his own experience of its
good effects, and advised the class to
test it personally in debility and ex
haustion. Of a class of thirty-two who
listened to this advice, five became
cocaine takers within two years. Ten
years later thirteen of this class were
drug and spirit takers. In all prob
ability, the use of cocaine was the
starting point of their addictions.
Four died from the direct use of this
drug. Evidently more than half the
class l ad followed the advice of the
teacher and were wrecked. A few
years after, the professor became an
invalid and retired' from the profes
sion, a victim of his own counsel and
confidence in cocaine.
When anything is growing, one
formatory is worth more than a thou
sand reformatories.—Horace Mann.
Tuberculosis Rightly Classed.
The Health department of the city of
Philadelphia has decided that in future
tuberculosis shall be classed with
other diseases that are dangerous to
the public health, such as smallpox,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, and other
contagious maladies. The law in
Pennsylvania and most other States of
the Union requires that every case of
contagious disease shall be reported
to the Health department. Hereafter
all cases of tuberculosis must be so
reported by the attending physician.
The purpose of this law is to enable
the Health department to take neces
sary steps to prevent the extension of
this disease by disinfection of the
apartments which have been occupied j
by the patient, and by instruction of
the patient and the patient’s friends
how infection from the disease may be
avoided.
This *aw is a good one. and ought
to be entoiced in every civilized com
munity.
Body and mind are both gifts, and
for the proper use of them our Maker
will hold us responsible.
Simple Living and Longevity of the
Brazilians.
According to a writer in a contem
porary magazine, "the Brazilians, when
first discovered, lived the natural, orig
inal life lived by all mankind, as fre
quently described in ancient histories,
before laws, or property, or arts made
entrance among men. The Brazilians
lived without business or labor, fur
ther than for their necessary tood. by
gathering fruits, herbs and plants;
they knew no drink but water; were
not tempted to drink or eat beyond
common thirst or appetite; were not
troubled with either public or domes
tic cares, and knew no pleasures but
those simple and natural in character.
“Many of these were said, at the
time the country was discovered by
the Europeans, to have lived as long
as two hundred years.”
This was without doubt an exagger
ation, but that they were very long
lived is evidenced by the fact that
within the last quarter of a century
there was an cld woman living in Rio
Janeiro at the remarkable age of one
hundred and forty-one years.
Beauty of form and face are the nat
ural results of right living, and to try
to get them in idleness by the aid of
massage, drugs, or physical culture, is
lo undermine the foundation for all
charm. Nature intended that we
should he of use. whether we are
genius or common clay, and nature
rules. We can’t cheat her.
The Quiet Way Best.
What's th#» use of worrying.
Of hurrying.
And scurrying.
Kveryhody Hurrying
And breaking up his r<»st.
When everything is teaching us.
Preaching, and beseeching us
To settle down and end the fuss.
For quiet ways are best?
The rain that trickles down in showeva—
A blessing to the thirsty floweis—
And gentle zephyrs gather up
Sweet fragrance from each 1 limming cu, .
There's min in the tempest's path.
There's ruin in a voice of wrath.
And they alone are blest
Who early learn to dominate
Themselves, their violence abate.
And prove by their serene estate
That quiet ways are best.
Exercise gradually increases the
physical powers, and gives more
strength to resist sickness.
HEALTHFUL DISHES.
.
Fruit Nectar—Take Concord grapes
or any kind of berries and put into a
stewpan with a small amount of
water; boil ten minutes, stirring oc
casionally. Strain first through a sieve
and then through a cheese cloth. Add
one-third sugar to two-thirds juice and
boil briskly for fifteen minutes. Put
in bottles and seal. When used add
either hot or cold water, to suit the
taste.
Macaroni au Gratin—Break enough
macaroni into inch lengths to fill a
cup and cook in one and one-half pints
of boiling water in a double boiler un
til tender. When done, drain and sepa
rate by dashing over it a little cold
water. Mix with the macaroni one
cupful of cottage cheese, one table
spoonful of cracker crumbs, rolled
fine, one fourth cup of cream and one
half teaspoonful of salt. Put in an
oiled graniteware dish and bake until
brown.
Vegetable Bouillon.—To one and
one-half pints of bran (pressed down),
add two and one-half quarts of boiling
water. Allow this to simmer for two
hours or more; strain, add one pint of
strained tomato, one stalk of chopped
celery, one large onion and one half
teaspoonful of powdered mint in a
muslin bag. Eet this simmer togeth
er for from half an hour to an hour.
Add water to make two and one-half
quarts of soup. Strain, add onn tea
spoonful of salt, or more if desired,
and reheat for serving.
On each bread-and-butter plate put
a pat of coeoanut butter, two nut
cheese straws, and a couple of bread
or cream sticks tied together with yel
low and white ribbon.
Golden Salad.—Prepare eggs by
hard boiling them. Cut, when done,
into two parts; remove the yolks
without breaking the whites, mast
them and mix with enough mayon
naise or boiled salad dressing to bind
them. Fill the egg-white shells with
the prepared yolks, and stick the two
half whites together, thus forming
whole eggs. Out one end flat, and
stand an egg on a lettuce leaf on each
salad plate. Around each egg put a
circle of mayonnaise.
What They Were There F:or.
Admiral Dewey tells of certain cere
monies once held in connection with
the erection of a tablet to the memory
of a naval hero, during which a well
known clergyman of Baltimore, a rela
tive of the deceased, was irvited to
deliver the dedicatory sermon.
Among the interested spectators
present on the occasion in question
was an old colored woman, a servant
in the employ of a friend of the admir
al’s, who was much put out by what
she deemed the excessive length of
the imported preacher’s discourse.
“I declare to goodness,” said she,
In speaking to some one on the sub
ject, “dat Baltimore preacher cert’n'y
did carry on lika he thought he was
do whole thing! Don’t you s’pose dat
man could see ever’ one come to hear
de Marine Band?”
More Than He Ordered.
Diner—I say, waiter, there’s a
chicken in this egg. Hello, what are
you doing?
Waiter—Changing your check, sir.
Chicken is 50 cents.—Boston Tran
script.
A Literary Confidence.
Not long ago the Toastmaster, ac
cording to the Atlantic, happened to
overhear a worthy nursemaid cx
changing literary confidences with the
cook, apropos of a historical nove.
which was then the best selling book
of the minute. “Sure it’s a fine
book.” testified Maggie heartily, and
tnen soon, as if puzzled by her own
inaptitude, “but somehow I ain’t very
far with it.” Exactly. Neither was
the Toastmaster very far with it Bo
tween a book written to be sold bv
the hundred thousand and a book
written to be put away jn a draw*
hke Pride and Prejudice” and the
first draft of “Waverly,” it is toler
ably easy to say which is the more
bkely to prove permanently readable.
Sure to Please.
When the stage manager told the
heavy man he was to play a ce™
part the actor said: lam
I *ave never seen the play.
ence?t’^Dk 1 ShaU Please lhe autH
“Sure.” said the manager
die Ln the first act” Y°U