POOR LITTLE
MELLON “KIDS”
ONCt A VEER VITH
TBIM IT’S
mom papa!"
"MOIO MAMMA f
That ta the pitiful little !
tr*gody that la enacted
*•«* «eek at the front door of one of j
*d thre e year-old Paul, son aod
daughter mt Andre* W Mellon *ad
Mr* Mora McMuUia Mellon
Father and mother are struggling \
• *rrnlei j ta the drone courts to
he free of each other The children '
a** forbidden by the court to see eltb
er parent mar* often than every other
week..
Were there ever too children so
•or* beset? For more than eight
yemrs at her young life Alisa had been
gude the happiest little girl la nil
Pittshorg For sis years she *aa
gatte certala abe on* very happy
TWO. oWn a little baby bro her came .
ta keep her company, she a as positive
of It
Aad obat fia* time* Ailsa and Paul, i
»’ ai as* tW name they gar6 little t
twafWr. had Their papa «as very. 1
very r»rh Everything ther • anted
they roe Id have
Mamma—hear they did love her! I
Soe osa mt pre'ty aad she used to'
come itto the nursery every morning,
aad to* the? did play oa the floor
Aliaa. *ha *aa very old fashioned '
for her age every one said, often used
to ask Wt lather and mother if they i
h was possible for anybody j
else In the oorld to W ns happy a^Ahe !
sag
Koo in all fairy stories there Just
baa to W a Wd fairy And while tills
***** » f*«ry esory. there is a bad fairy
i« it for the 111 tie Melloa children
Beginning of the Trouble.
Leo* than a year ago every one tn ,
Pittsburg aad maey people outside of
Pittshnrg were genuinely stocked and
toaily sorry to hear that Mr. Melloa ,
aad his wtf* had disagreed
Mr Mellon, whose soul'.fa la estimat
ed ta iW million*. was very well
known throughout the btmnevs world,
and his friends were legion and loyal
Mr* Melloa was many years her
husband • Junior She had come to
Pittsburg from Dublin. Ireland as the
bride of Mr Motion, and all Pittsburg
wetgpmed her with pleasure They
liked her bright ways her keen wit.
and she was acknowledges a beauty
TW Mellons first when they had
only mile Aliaa aad later when they
had Alias aod Paul, lived in one of
tW Bo tea, bouses la all Pittsburg
la fbe.year^hat baa followed the de
etorettoo of Mr Melloa that he inter-1
ed lo free hm self from his wifs there
:.av* been occasiaaf references to the
fortunes of the t»i little Mellon chil
dren.
At first the children were permitted
to remain with their mother. Then a
.iige who had to look only through
•!.«* eyes of the cold, harsh, imsympa
• *:c law. said the children belonged
to their father. Then another Judge
said they didn't belong to either—tem
iK-rarily. ,\::d finally a Solomor.-like
. idge has wisely decided that they be
ong to both, but that they can’t have
both their father and their mother at
the same time
So now the little girl and her little
brother live In the great mansion with
servants galore
One week they have their mother
with them
The next week they have their fath
er to play with them.
Still Something Lacking.
Of coursp. Mr Mellon is Just as rich
as he ever was, an-1 everything that
littie Miss Ailsa and young Master
Paul want they still can have.
And Mrs Mellon, too. Is Just as
pretty as she ever was—in the eyes
of Ailsa and Paul. for. of course, they
couldn't well be expected to see the
lines of care that have come in her
face, nur is it likely they will notice
the one or two white hairs that trou
ble has sprinkled among the mass of
brown. Nor is It likely that Ailsa and
Paul notice a bit of difference in their
mother when she plays with them on
the floor of the nursery.
Lut they really are not very happy
Jimt as they are getting real good
and acquainted with papa again after
he has been away for a week, he bun
die-* teem up in his arms, bids them
good;by. starts off and they don't see
him again for a week.
And the very next day after papa
goes away, mamma comes rushing In.
smothers them with kisses, and when
they want to know where she has been
lor a whole we*-k. Just puts her fingei
on her lips and says. “Now. sweet
hearts. no fair asking questions."
That is the way the grave and very
wise Justice has settled the troubles
of the little Mellon children.
It was ordered by the court that
Mr Mellon should immediately se^
cure a house for the children's use.
Then they were to be installed In It
with their guardian, and Mr Mellon
was to be permitted to wish them for
nne week and Mrs. Mellon for the
next, and so on alternating until the
troubles should all be finally settled.
And that’s the way matters stand
now.
The Judge hadn't specified what
kind of a house the children should
-*»•*. so Mr. Mellon promptly went out
and found the nicest one that was va
cant In Pittsburg. It has twenty
rooms and five bathrooms, and it real
ly Is plenty large enough for Miss
Ailsa and Master Paul.
Their rooms are right side by side
and their guardian Is directly across
the hall. Then at one end of the houst
Is a very nice, pretty, sunny room^
that no one but Mrs. Mellon uses, and;
at the other end of the bouse there la
a room that Is kept for Mr. Mellon.
There * are a few other rooms set
aside for the servants, and the en
tire remainder of the house is Just one
big playroom.
There aren’t many people who have
ever beeu in this house, for the Mellon)
children are too young to have many
callers, and it isn’t likely their guard*
ian would want them to have much
company at present anyway.
If you happen to pass the house
some day you will be quite certain to
notice standing in the yard right close
by the side of the big house a tiny
little place that is just as perfect a
house as you ever would want to see.
That Is Ailsa's playhouse and It was
a present to her from her Grandpa
Mellon.
Some people used to think that Ailsa
and Paul lived there In that house, but
they really didn't, though in the sum
mer time, especially, they spent so
much time in it that it is no wonder
strangers thought they lived there.
Finest of Playhouses.
It isn't at all likely there is another
playhouse in all the world quite as
nice as this one. It has real furniture,
made to fit it; the finest little stove
you ever saw; curtains on the win
dows. and dolls—well, there are so
many dolls in the house that it really
is quite overcrowded.
Yet neither Ailsa nor Paul is any too
happy, despite everything that kind
hearted people try to do for them.
When trouble first came between
Mrs. Mellon and her husband the sym
pathy of the majority was plainly with
Mrs. Mellon. Nor has she lost one bit
of it since the case has been buffeted
back and forth through the courts.
The action of Mr. Mellon in having her
forcibly ejected from the family resi
dence, in seizing his two children, has
made some of her friends most bitter
in their denunciation of the million
aire. Vet, despite all the bitterness
that apparently exists between the fa
ther and mother, they are as united
today as (hey ever were when on the
common ground of love for their chil
dren.
LEGENDS ABOUT THE CROW
According to Roman Mythology the
Bird Was White Until Apollo
Made It Black.
It Is difficult to state the average
life of a crow, but it is certain that
its 'tale of years is much in excess of
its merits, for it can scarcely be said
to attain to a good old age. and even
in its senility it is still ripe for mis
chief. For the crow in ail ages has
reached a bad eminence. It is fre
quently mentioned in legendary lore.
According to Roman mythology its
color was originally white, and it
owes its black plumage to Aescula
pius, for his mother, the nymph Co
ronis. had a quarrel with his father.
Apollo, who so far lost temper—prob
ably he had the worst of the argu
ment—as to kill the unfortunate
nymph upon the spot. Apollo had the
grace to mourn his rash act. and he
determined that the crow should
mourn, too. and so he changed its
white feathers into black, and tbe
crow was made to “put on sullen
black incontinent.”
The crow has always been fabled
to have the gift of speech, and It was
consecrated to Apollo on account of
Its gift of prophecy. The Augurs
watched its flight as a means of di
vination. If It flew to the right it was
a most favorable omen, while if it
turned to the left It was a plain indi
cation that disaster awaited the enter
prise. Pliny also comments upon the
long life of the crow, and states that
if'it made its appearance upon the
left side it was a happy augury. He
says that its cries were an indication
| of coming rain, and that Its eyes were
valuable as charms The Latin crow
seems to have been a more worthy
and better behaved bird than his In
dian brother, who Is an incorrigible
| thief and mischief-maker, and an un
mitigated nuisance. According to Dr.
Ruckland, funeral honors were read
to the crow and the raven by the Ro
mans and the Egyptians, and he give?
the following translation In proof ol
this statement: "And the Romans per
formed funeral rites to the raven, a
flute player leading the procession,
1 borne aloft on the shoulders, of twc
Ethiopians. • Around the Marsh ol
Myris sepuchres of the crow and ibis
made of valuable stone, were visited."
No Choice.
Hubert Latham, the Antoniette fly
er, was talking at a tea to a pretty
California girl, v
"Mr. Latham," said the girl, as sh«
took her nineteenth walnut-and-let
tuce sandwich, “tell me, does flying
require any particular application?’
“Well, no, none in particular.” Mr
Latham answered. “Arnica or hors<
liniment—one’s as good as another.'
LOVE NOT FIRST IN CHINA
aaarr<spe There Is a Business of the
HuC Not i* Affair of
tho Heart.
f>rfti|s there is do greater differ
e: re ests'iog between the Chinese and
the Awiesi-an people than that be
t ane their ideas of low In fart, we
rtiwrtr do cot believe In love, for we
•re out sickly, sentimental creatures,
hat ctdd. philosophical. fatalistic be
ings V> arrange our matrimonial at
I .Ira through hard reasoaiag and not
through the tender passion
To os marriage la a serious business
af tk» heed, mod not a tight affair of
the haort la these mayituonl*! Iran*
, unar we apply the most rigid, eat
calling business principle*, aad tbs;
ta a by *a art ao successful in the
marriage ealarpriae. as are have never
trm beamed by Cupid at the game of
loee
Wo sever pay ^‘*f* at the altar
ml this stupid, bratolaee. yellow kid.
the disturber of peace, the breaker of
lash’’ . V* ■-*« .
■:;e promoter of affinity stork rompan
■ci We cannot tolerate his presence
ta China, as China is not a land of |
tovei . Consequently the cool, quiet
■Impure of uur midsummer nights are
not disturbed or spoiled by hot air
■ rom tbe wooing and cooing of sen
timental creatures.
We do not believe in love, for love is
not the greatest thing in tbe world. It
ts not even a thing nor substance. It
is simply the product of an idle brain,
the outgrowth of a drowsy mind, it is
Inconstant and unsubstantial, for its
quantitative and qualitative character
changes with the changes of scenery
and environment, and its drawing and
binding power incraases or decreases
as the square of tbe distance between
subject and object increases or de
creases. as tbe case may be.
Love is the snthitbesls of reason;
for man sees with reason nnd only
feels with love, and it is the most vio
lent form of brainstorm. Love is a
symptom of s disordered brain, as a
nightmare la a symptom of a disorder
ed stomach. It is a deadly contagious
disease, for It turns tbe strongest head
and makes the wisest man a fool. In
deed, there is no fool like an old foo;
who is affected with amoritis. Whet
a man has contrasted this love dis
ease and is under its influence he acts
in the most idiotic manner and per
forms all sorts of antics, all of which
he entirely renounces and repudiates
when he ,1s free from its hypnotic
spell.
Now are we peculiar because we dc
not agree with you in regard to th«
idea of love? But alas.' fhe work
is changing, and China Is changini
with it. The old time proven ideas
are fast giving way to the new, and
our young people are being converted
to the worship of the blind god. anc
front now on there will likely be mors
love in our courtships and divorces h
our matrimony.—Ny Poon Chew li
the Chinese Annual.
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Not Appropriate.
"A skating place ought not to hart
fixed charges.”
"Why not?”
"They ought to bo more on a atldlni
scale.”
PROSECUTED THE M’NAMARAS
- ^
In the quest of the “men higher
up.” said to be involved in the Los
Angeles dynamiting plot that resulted
in the confession of the McNamara
brothers. John D Fredericks, district
attorney, is pretty certain to be a
looming figure.
All through the trial of the broth
ers Mr. Fredericks showed an unmis
takable brand of Judgment and ene-gy.
He and his associates were opposed
by the cleverest counsel that could
be obtained, but the trial was a regu
lar progress of victories for the prose
cution, even before the later stages,
when outside events began to under
mine the case of tne defense. Added
to Mr. Fredericks' legal acumen is a
large fund of personal popularity in
California.
In addition to being a stern and
rather uncompromising individual,
Mr. Fredericks is a man of imagina
tion and distinctive sentiment. A lit
tle more than a year ago, when he
attended a meeting of the Los Angeles “Votes for Women" club. Mr. Fred
ericks was invited to attend and speak on "Woman's Sphere on Politics,"
which he did, but first he got into the program in a very unexpected man
ner when the members were asked to sing a sort of parody on “America,”
Mm. Bertha Wilkins Starkweather declining to sing the recognised version
or the ground that America was not the “land of liberty." She proposed a
substitute which called fcr women's votes and other things befre admitting
the land of liberty clause
“You are making history here tonight." Mr. Fredericks protested, “in re
fvsing to sing the national anthem. You are asking the r!ga'. to vote, but
you'll never get it by that sort of tactics. I am in favor of giving you suffrage,
but you’ll never get my vote by that attitude There is a feeil'g in your atti
tude that the whole world will resent."
That was a poser to most of the women, who speedily “reconsidered,”
and the real anthem was -*>ad aloud and then sung with enthusiasm—although
there was a pretty strong “No" vote on the motion.
Whatever may be the trend of the investigation in me present compli
cated case of labor and tl.e dynamiting outrages, it may be expected that Mr.
Fredericks will look energetically after such of the work a9 may fall properly
to the district he represent*.
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PUTS CONVICTS ON HONOR
! An interesting experiment in the
, humane treatment of convicts has
j met with the success that it deserves
and its author. Governor West, of
Oregon, at first regarded as a senti
mental enthusiast on prison reform,
is now receiving the plaudits of those
who would be doing something for
the “under dog.”
Salem is the center for a fium
ber of the state institutions, ail of
which have considerable tillable
ground surrounding them—hundreds
, of acres of rich arable valley land
ready to return to its cultivators abun
dant harvests of golden wheat. It
! was Governor West's self-imposed
1 task to bring to this work the hun
dreds of strong, naturally active men
shut up in the penitentiary. andvat
i the same time to establish a system
which would be of mutual benefit to
| the state and to the convict. The
governor declares that sentiment had
i nothing whatever to do with the
j “honor system."
me system nas worked admirably whether the men have been employed
at farming, roadmaking, brickmaking or in the shops. The men are forget
' ting earlier lessons in law-breaking and learning fresh ones in citizenship.
Suitable employment is obtained for them when they leave and the farmers
about Salem are clamoring for them, ready to pay good money and serve
good fare. No man is turned out with the feeling that he is to become the
prey of the first detective or deputy sheriff who hears of his release, a con
venient scapegoat upon whom to fasten a fresh offense. He is made to feel
that the friends he found at Salem are to be relied on from first to last. The
convicts themselves regard the workings of the honor system very seriously.
One farmer complained that he thought a road gang ar work near his
home was a menace to his property and safety. The gang was withdrawn,
but all that man's neighbors and their wives got together and gave the con
victs a dinner, with Governor West in the chair and many state officials
among the guests.
WINNER OF A NOBLE PRIZE
rror. \\ iineltn \\ein. whose pic
ture appears herewith, was recently
awarded the Noble prize for Physics.
Professor Wein Is only 47 years old.
He studied at the University of Got
tingen, Heidelburg and Berlin, and is
the author of a number of books on
Roentgen rays, hydrodynamics and
electricity.
The awarding of the Nobel prizes
is an annual occasion of great inter
est throughout the world. It takes
place on the anniversary of the death
of the founder of the fund, Alfred
Bernhard Nobel. The fund amounts
to over $£.000,000 and the five prizes
closely approximate $40,000 each.
Those for physics and chemistry are
awarded by the Academy of Sciences
of Sweden, that for medicine by thf
Caralus Institute of Stockholm, and
the literary prize by the Swedish
Academy. The peace prize is award
ed annually at Christiania. Norway,
by a committee of five chosen from
the Norwegian Storthing.
Others receiving awards were: For chemistry, Mme. Marie Sklodowska
Curie, famous for being with her husband the co-discoverer of radium. For
medicine, Prof. AUvar Gullstrand, of Upsala University in Sweden. For liter
ature, Maurice Maeterlinck. For peace. Prof. T. M. C. Asser, of the Nether
lands, and Alfred Fried, an Austrian editor, who divide the prize between
them.
TELLS OF CHINESE HORRORS
Gradually the horror of the pres
ent outbreak tn wuiappy China Is be
ing brought home to us as the news
sifts through the press censor's fin
gers- by way at private letters from
officials and missionaries who are in
the midst of the turmoil and blood
shed. To the friends here who rc
' ceive such letters details of the
tragedy of war are brought home
with stunning force.
Dr. Joseph Beech, whose portrait
Is here shown, is one of those who,
through no act of their own, are cn
i the firing line, so to say. iu the rebel
j lious provinces of China.
In a letter to a friend here in
I America Dr. Beech describes his ex
| periences after the outbreak against
the Manchu dynasty and declares
that the suffering there Is beyond de
scription. He states that over 6,000
persona were ruthlessly slaughtered,
while many women and girls cemmit
ted suicide at Chentu, West China.
wmvsc uc ia uuuuct-icu wuu iuc v^uemu racuiuuiai Cipistupai t^uargc.
He was still penned up there with the refugees In Chentu when the let
ter was written, but this letter was smuggled through the disturbed area In
some manner and found Its wa7 to the friend here, who haa made known its
contents.
E MUST never complain of our
lot; trials introduce heroism
h.iu so-engtH: ignorance the joy or learn
ing, and sin itseir the glory of salvation.
WINTER BREAKFASTS.
There are those who will say that
they want an egg. a piece of toast or
two, a slice of bacon and a cup of cof
fee. without variation, throughout the
cold months. The breakfast table
should never be so fixed in idea that
one may not look for a little change.
In some families the buckwheat cake
Is in constant demand from December
until April. The buckwheat cake is
a perfectly good cake, but we all
know when we have enough. To most
cooks and housekeepers the breakfast.
If any variety and study is put into its
menus, is the most difficult of the day.
for appetites are at the lowest ebb and
| need to be coaxed by appetizing and
dainty food.
Fortunately for those who are not
! blessed with a large amount of world
! ly goods to expend upon the table,
j fruits and foods that are cheap and
; good are easily prepared. Oranges
! are now reasonable and will be cheap
i er; grape fruit Is never very cheap
<ruit. but it is so agreeable for the
! breakfast table that It should be used
• as often as possible. When three can
i be bought for a quarter, they may not
be called too much of a luxury
-An orange, an apple or hair a
[ "rape fruit is a most gratifying be
ginning to a breakfast
i There isxsuch a variety of ways of
! cooking breakfast eggs that the
i poached, fried and “cooked in the
shell” should be varied, often.
There are any number of omelets,
which may be served plain or with
sauces, then a very nice egg dish, is
one in which the eggs are baked with
a tablespoonful of cream in small
ramekins.
Griddle cakes may be served In any
number of ways, in combination with
cooked rice, or cereals. Gems and
muffins are improved by the addition
of cooked cereal.
The coffee cake and the dougheut are
special breakfast cakes. The follow
ing recipe is the
Queen of Doughnuts.—Beat together
1 two eggs, add one and two-thirds cups
of sugar and beat until the sugar is
nearly dissolved; add a half teaspoon
of salt, one and a fourth cupfuls of
sour milk, a fourth of a cup of sour
cream, a teaspoonful each of soda
and nutmeg, and as little flour as pos
sible to handle. Set on ice to chill
and roll out as soft as possible. The
secret of a good doughnut is frying
them very soft, using very little flour.
When cold shake In a paper bag with
a few tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar.
bl WHO receives friends without
himself bestowinsr some pains
ui.on ir.e repast prepared Tor them, does
not deserve to have friends.
—Briliat-Savaria.
SEASONABLE DISHES.
The time-honored dish of roast pig
is served during the cold weather, as
pork Is best served in the winter
months.
Roast Pig.—A pig for this purpose
should not be ever four weeks old.
and should not be kept more than
two or three days after It is killed.
The skin of a larger pig will not de
velop that desirable crackle which is
one of the charms of the roast.
The pig is usually stuffed with a
poultry stuffing, though some like rice
and cheese. The fore legs are skew
ered forward and the hind legs back.
The mouth Is fastened open with a
piece of wood or a cob, and when it
is served the traditional apple is used
in its place. The ears are protected
with buttered paper while it is roast
ing. The oven should be moderately
hot. and basting often improves the
roast. The time for roasting is about
three hours.
Roast Goose.—^A young or green
goose is recognized by its pliable yel
low feet and its tender windpipe. As
it grows older the down on Its legs
disappears and the feet become dark
er in color. The skin is so fat and
greasy that a warm soda bath and a
good scrubbing is necessary to pre
pare it before it is drawn.
When the goose is drawn, wash i
quickly In clear water and wipe dry.
Roast like a turkey, pouring off the
fat from the pan. Serve with giblet
sauce, made by adding to a brown
gravy the liver, heart and gfzzard
chopped fine after boiling tender.
Stuffing for Goose.—Use hot mashed
potato highly seasoned with salt, pep
per and parboiled onions or onion
Juice. Moisten with one tablespoonful
of butter and the yolk of an egg to
each cup of potato. Sprinkle a little
sage over the potato, if liked.
Steamed Apple Pudding.—Slice tart
apples into a deep dish. Cover with
a light bread dough into which has
been worked a large speonful of but
ter. Set in a warm place for an hour,
then lift the edge and add one-half
pint of boiling water, according to the
size of the pudding. Cut an opening
in the middle and cover with an in
verted basin. Set on the back part of
t the stove and cook steadily one hour,
without lifting the cover. Serve on a
hot platter with the apples on top.
Use thick cream and maple sirup for
sauce.
F THINGS don’t go to suit
Let’s never fume and fret.
For finding fault with fortune
Ne'er mended matters yet
Make best of whate’er happens:
Bear failure like a man:
In good or evil fortune
Do just the best you can.
—Eben E. Rex ford.
SOME SIMPLE DESSERTS.
Often the word simple does not Im
ply inexpensive, as a simple gown may
be one of much cost; a simple dish
may be of few ingredients yet quite
expensive. The following is both
cheap and simple when eggs are
plenty:
Sponge Pudding.—Stir a third of a
cup of flour into a cup of milk until
smooth. Set In boiling water and
cook When cool add a half teaspoon
of melted butter and the yolks of three
eggs well beaten, with a fourth of a
cup of sugar. Cut and fold in the
whites of the eggs beaten stiff, and
after flavoring to taste set in a pan of
water and bake twenty minutes. Serve
with hard sauce. Prepare the sauce
by creaming four tablespoonfuls of
butter and add a half cup of sugar
and a teaspoonful of boiling water;
flavor with grated nutmeg and chill
before serving. Powdered sugar makes
the sauce more smooth and creamy
Cavendish Pudding.—Put a cup of
stale bread crumba to soak in a pint
of cold milk, let stand for half an
hour. Beat two eggs slightly, put in
a layer of bread crumbs In a greased
mold, then some fried fruit and bits
of butter: mix a half cup of sugar and
some of the milk and the eggs with a
little flavoring and pour over, steam
one and a half hours. Serve with any
desired liquid sauce. Lemon is par
ticularly good.
Fig Cups.—This Is a most delicious
i dessert and sounds extravagant, but
; will not prove so. Take a half a
| pound of pulled figs, steam them until
j tender in a sieve over water: cut a
j small opening in the side and fill with
j chopped salted almonds. Prepare a
j sauce of a half cup of orange juice, a
] tablespoonful of lemon juice and a
half cup of sugar: when hot drop in
the figs and simmer until thoroughly
cooked. Serve cold with unsweetened
whipped cream.
When serving tiot ginger bread for
dessert, apple sauce is a fine accom
paniment. or seasoned cream cheese
mixed with a little grated rich Ameri
can cheese and molded in green pep
pers, then when well chilled slice in
small slices and serve with the gin
ger bread or with crackers and coffee
as dessert.
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^^^STdIFLOMATIC.-A farmer out
west used to keep himseif sup
plied with coal by making faces at the
engineer as the train went by.
USING UP LEFT-OVERS.
Left-overs are like the poor, "always
with us.” and the problem how to
convert them into appetizing and
wholesome dishes is a constant one.
Especially at this season, after the
holiday dinners and entertainments,
there is always much left that is too
good to be thrown away. The ques
tionable economy of some housekeep
ers, who are most careful to save
every particle of food and convert It
with great pains and expense into
dishes which cost more than the crig
inal. cannot be too strongly con
demned. Common sense and brains
must be used in mixing food.
Turkey Soup.—The carcass of the
turkey makes a finely flavored soup.
Break the bones and cover with cold
water, adding any bits of meat thut
may be left. Bring slowly to the boil
ing point and simmer two hours.
Strain, remove fat and season with
salt and pepper. A few pieces of cel
ery may be added to the soup while
cooking, or a slice of onion, for flavor.
The ways of using stale bread and
cake are legion. The crumbs may
make stuffing for fowl or for breading
chops or crumbing croquettes, for pud
dings and griddle cakes, such a num
ber of things that never a crumb
should be thrown away unless it is to
fed the hungry birds.
Buckwheat Cakes.—Pour a pint of
scalded milk over a third of a cup
of bread crumbs and let stand thirty
minutes; add a half teaspoonful of
salt and a yeast cake which has been
softened in lukewarm water, then add
enough buckwheat to make a thin bat
ter to pour. Let rise over night; In
the morning beat well and add a ta
blespoonful of molasses and a fourth
of a teaspoon of soda dissolved in two
tablespoonfuls of water.
Good-by, Jonesy.
Donald Is five years old. and with
his parents lives over the Jones fam
ily. who sleep very late in the morn
ing. Donald’s mother spends a great
deal of' her time urging him to i be
quiet mornings so as to permit the
Jonses to sleep in peace. This has
evidently made a very unfavorable im
pression on the infant mind of Donald
Recently he met Mrs. Jones in the
ball and Informed her that he had seen
Santa Claus in one of the big depart
ment stores. "What is he going to
give you for Christmas, Donald?” ask
ed Mrs. Jojies. “Three big guns!” re
plied Donald. “And what are you go
inng to do with them?" asked the
lady. “I’m going to shoot you and
Mr. Jones, so I can play mornings!"
replied the boy.
Small Sins Only the Beginning.
It Is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins to unravel, if a sin
gle stitch drops; one little sin in
dulged in makes a hole you could put
your bead through.—Charles Buxtes
