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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1908)
INDIUG THE BABY FRENCH MEAT ROLLS A SE17IC8 MACHINE STOHY ECONOMICAL. USE OF ROUND OF BEEFSTEAK. tut ft Aft ill 1 lEtjSU - J 1 ;l f.i. - '(x ri 7 : ) 1 A H 1 V 1 .v m (i I ;i " ST" MS :ome to our store for your new Easter Suit you'll find that we have everything that's correct new styles,, new cloths, new patterns- It's a pleasure to wear . .. Mayer 'Bros; .Clothes for you know that they are RIGHT furnishings, hats and shoes, too a big stock especially selected for our Easter trade. Too many good things to tell you about. Come in and we'll show you. Mayer Bros. miEMAMB TIE LAffiELii Nov For ttho Summer Undormuslins Just mention of a few of lix atar extra values to be had at this time Ut the Maslta VnJerwvar V nartaneat. Children's embroidery and tucked trimated Drawers. nfStar 55e value, ages 3 to T, at. per pair 15c Sunt style Ewawwc aa above, lace trimmed, at. Pr pair . 25c Wwn'i Mnlti Drawers, ope or eioswd. taw insertion, wide raffle, rwgalar 3s Utukws, at. per pair 39c Mwst-.a Corset Covers. 4-tacfc lac ?ve, two ww of ribbon, a bars!, at 35c AU good otercaaadme, bat a SlUw suSW Croat totaj&tts ao4 i4 six nc. yxxaur efcoiev, at HALF OFF. A Crtocn-up of Oddo end Ends In UndcrmucIIns tl U triaia PwuicMt Am- $900. Cm- brt tnwicw Oon 6r 5 Tltiw $4.St mhroMet; trttaatAl SKXS To 4. lac trttawl Gowaa vca (MO ULTi fetc trim rVtticvwt aa4 a pair of $&TS vwbraMktT' aM tec triaaawiA 4rav rrsk. adi $US7 Tr lac aM vwbraMery IriKM opw Im. . U50 td 3 d a H.S? atbroMvrs' aa4 tatv iiuaa4 Drar Am- caiWrva. tor. pair $130 Twv lace aaj sMtauMr; lHaaNi Gro ws, w .T$VK 1 pairs ChiMra tacc aa4 - . .. vtMbroNfrnr? irioiaMd drawfra, fca. ....... $Ut2!x ' PRICE REDUCED ON -AUTO WAISTS". FiM barrM SMsUa Waista ita braM wppiajt sfeoaKtar IrinmiW taikw4 caCs ad collar of vaiw ia; wmt 9pri (bat bar ol for yoor choic. r a Pew t. ac v WJS M atastia rVttioiat lac. embroider; or feeae stitciMhl triatauas. extra Ml; 21 Wmm's lac &aa ewbraMery triauami Govas aad tao pairs of tTuMrx-as eakbioMery triaimed Dra-vttrs. ai icortlt ciu ywmr choice cb $1.00 Cae pair of CkUiirea s lac trimmed rmrs. morUtt 91.7a. tor 87c Tfctee pair of CiMras embroider? aaj tace traamed Draa-er. wortb per pair, $1.S; yoar cbotce. vacb ............................... .7Sc FTre pais Womeas Otra Drawers, word per pair, $l.M; yoar citoice. pair SOc IS lafaats Carriage Robes, wortb yoar cboice, eacb . .. . 75c - "Well," said Potter. "I've moved. Srer since le been in New York; I've a red in a boarding house in Gramercy place. It was a good enough place and Id probably star there for the rest ol mj life If it had not been for a voung man named Smith and his wife, who took the room next to mine and " "Ah I see." said Roysten. Tried to flirt with the pretty Mrs. Smith and the Jealous husband naturally went tor you." "Worse n that a blamed sight," said Potter, dolefully. "She went for me herself, then the landlady sailed in and finally the whole house, and if ever I rock a baby for anybody again may I be struck off life-size as a sam ple of a real idiot.. Now. anybody to look at me could. I suppose, take me for an obliging man," he added, paus ing to wait for some expression of opinion to come out of the dense cloud of smoke opposite. "Er yes. mPray go on." "Well, those Smiths began to sus pect it the minute they . saw me hadn't been there a week before my room looked as if I boarded some where -else actually that fellow had borrowed everything that could be moved, invited me to smoke my own cigars- and said be felt more ac quainted with me than be did with his twin brother found out . since he never had a twin brother. Got - so confounded chummy and so all over that I only had room enough to be chummy back again, by George, and demme if I didn't feel grateful for even that- Went borne one evening dead sleepy and beat out bad set np all night before with a sick chap and the minute I struck my room there was Smith waiting for me. Said he and his wife wanted to go round the corner on an errand, and asked me if I wouldn't just listen, and if I heard their baby cry go in and jog the cradle. I said 1 would, like an 'ass. and after they'd gone, and long before Fd begun to listen, that, cry broke out in the next room like a bagpipe. Gad. now sleepy I was!- But I went in and jogged that cradle, joshed it like the .deace, and the more I jogged the more the. little whelp yelled. - Thought, per haps. . it had the nightmare or some thing, and hauled it oat of its bunk and kind of threw it round to wake it an. but when I tried to see if it had its yes open. Til be blamed if I could find any, eyes. It went rigbt on getting redder and redder, howling like forty Semens, and finally wriggled so way :aside of itself that I couldal see any thing but dothes.- and didn't know where to take hold of the little imp. "By jot, but I was sleepy, though, and aaad eaoagb to wring Smith's neck! . I didn't know what on earth to S nerer'd been so near a cab in my life. 1 whistled to it. swore at it. shotted Ben Bolt over It, tried to look like its mother, toid it twas mnrver's awnxey's inle izzie. wixzie, dinte," bat It didnt beUere a word of it just booted two octaves higher ap and for five minutes I almost, wished I was dead. .Then I thought I'd lay it down gain never forget how awful sleepy I was guess my foot slipped or some thing; anyway, we both tea in the cradle. Of coarse, the poor little thing broke oat in a fresh spot been a fool If it hadat and I braced ap and be gan jogging that- cradle again like mad. 1 was desperate. The chandelier pagied. the pictures got to hanging crooked, the Boor creaked and the cradle cracked. You'd thought all Bedlam had a day off the little tar tar's howls weren't in it sounded as if they'd been wrapped up and laid way somewhere and just then in walked Smith and his wife and began ha apologiie for staying so long, while t made for the door. I didnt get there, however, tor Mrs. Smith was tonkins in the cradle and screaming. Where, oh. where is my angel child, rou monster of a man! And then Smith looked, too, and leaped all over me, shouting oat: 'Where is my boy, ro scouadreir Then I looked myself, and felt nearer the electric chair than I ever expected to. for that cradle didnt hare a devilish thing in it Everything was on the Boor, bat the baby was no where, and they went to clawing at me as if 1 had it in aa inside pocket. We heard It talking to itself some where, bat it might have been a ven trUoqaist the way it kept s thinking it was everywhere where It wasn't. Landlady came ap and said the: mar below had notified her that a cable car was loosw apttairs; then the other boarders nocked in and helped shake things to see if the baby woaldat fall oat. I tried to explain and said I d only been jngsiag the cradle, bat they all grinned, and one mean cuss said he gnesased I'd been jagging, if he was any judge. Of coarse the baby was all right twas ander the bed, where it had rolled itself just tor fan. for it was having a better time than any body in the room. I swore I hadn't pat it there, bat they all looked sas picioas and I left the house. Every body grown ap where 1 board now. and I keep my door locked and never oblige a Hying soul, by George?" - No Flies on Hint. Wife ( fondly Do you remember, John, how yoa used of aa evening to hold my hand, yoa tunny boy, for hours and hoars? How silly my old boy need to be. Old Boy t grumpily) Nonsense. Jane, dont be stupid. I was always practical and businesslike. I did that to keen you from the piano. Taller. Cooked with Bacon and a Slice of Onion They Afford Welcome Change in the Menu To Smoke Meat. Economical Roast. Put meat to the rpaster with water in the pan; let simmer on top of stove until tender, then put in the oven for a half hour or three-quarters to brown. Just as good as cooking In- the oven all the time. To Cook Steak. Beefsteak should not be salted till done and when ready to take from the skillet. It never should be pounded nor prodded with a fork in turning, as that allows the jalces to escape. A round ' steak, spread over with a dressing the same as used to stuff a fowl, then rolled and tied with a cord and baked for an hour is a nice meat service. -French Meat Rolls. Take a choice round of beefsteak cut thin. Cut in six-inch squares. Place a slice of bacon on each square, add one slice of onion, salt and pepper. Roll and tie or sew them-up. Lay them in flat bottomed kettle, add half a cap of wa ter, butter the size of an egg. two bay leaves and four cloves. Simmer slowly for one hour. To Smoke ' Meat. Ham or other meat treated according to the follow ing plan will be perfectly cured for smoking without first having stood in pickling fluid or brine. Take ten quarts of salt, one pound of pepper, one pound of saltpeter and three pounds of sugar. Dissolve saltpeter in a little hot water, and then mix all the ingredients' thoroughly together and rub this mixture into the meat or hams with the hand until every part is well covered. The mixture must be worked in around and-under the cen ter bone,, pushing well in with a knife. Then lay in a coot place for about two weeks.. but do not let It freeze. The meat then is ready to smoke, and will prove of excellent quality. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To clean a copper kettle rub the ket tle with powdered bath brick and par affin and then polish it with dry brick dust or whiting. , When pouring out tea one sometimes is annoyed to find the tea will run down the spout.' To prevent this rub a little butter round the outside of the spout. When thin tumblers stick together sad there is danger of breaking them, do not try to pull them apart, but pat them into a pan of warm sods. In a short time they can be easily, sepa rated. If housewives who dislike to find worms when cutting apples wonM first pat the trait in cold water they would find that the worms would leave the apples and come to the surface of the water. A -wire basket, known as a salad shaker, or drainer. Is .used to dry greens after they have been thorough ly washed. The leaves of lettuce often hold the water, even after a good shaking. Each leaf should be wiped off with a piece of cheesecloth. If not thoroughly- dry the dressing will not be evenly distributed. English Park Pie. Park pie is aa English delicacy which the American tripper never for gets. The Housekeeper has captured th recipe: Take three pounds of lean fresh pork cut Into strips as long as your finger, six large, juicy apples, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two table spoonfuls of butter, one - cupful of sweet cider and salt and mace to taste, - Have a good pie crnst for aa uppers crust. Put a layer of pork within a pudding dish; season with pepper, salt, nutmeg or mace. Xext a layer of sliced apples, strewed with sugar and bits of butter. Go on in this order until yoa are ready for the crust, having the last layer of apples. Pour in. the elder, cover with a. thick crust of good pastry, ornamented around the edge; make a slit in the middle, and hake in a moderate oven one hour and a half. Should the crust threaten to brown too fast cover with paper. When nicely browned brush over with butter and close the oven door tor a moment; then wash well with the white of an egg. Serve hot. Saaca Coloring. Bum sugar in a roast pan until it Is black. Then pour a little water at a time on the sugar, let it boil every time till it is liquid. Pour it in a little bottle and when needed take a tea spoonful of this color and mix with the sauce. Chicken and Calery Soup. Take the best part of two heads of celery. Cat it np tine and add a heap tag tablespoon of rice. Cook till soft. Take one quart of chicken broth, one pint of milk and cook all together and seasoa with salt and pepper. Yoa have a fine soup. Luellaw Podding. A most delicious podding is made by taking one cup of uncooked rice, one cup of sugar, one cup of raisins and tan cops of whole milk, measuring all In same shted cup. Stir together and bake In weU-ueaSed over for 26 hours. Do not stir while baking. This makes enough tor six or eight people. Baked MackereL Soak salt mackerel over night to remove brine; wash well, butter pie dish, roll mackerel in. flour and pat in dish, skin, side down; cover with milk, add few small pieces of batter - and bake IS minutes. "For a sewing machine agent to sell a whole consignment of another com-' pany's goods is something unusual. said the young man who smokes. "Bat that is what I have just done. I did ' it through the machinations of Mrs. Johnson Potter. Mrs. Potter is hon est. She lives np to her word. When she fame down to see about getting a machine she said some of the most astonishing things ' yon ever beard come out of a woman's month. ' "I don't want to rent a machine. ' she said, 'neither do I want to boy one. I simply want to have one sent in for two or three weeks so I can get my spring sewing done. And I don't want to pay anything for it. ' I , have spent an my money for material for new clothes and I have no money left to pay for z machine to make them on. I thou ;ht yoa might let ate have one on trial." ; "Mrs. Potter's extraordinary candor almost floored me. - " 'It is the usual supposition, I re plied, cautiously, that when we leave a machine at a house on trial the party intends to buy it eventually." " 'I know it is." returned Mrs. Pot ter, airily, 'but you have been in the business long enough to know by this time that half the people who get ma chines on those terms don't really in tend to do any such thing. They aim ply wish to get the use of a machine for a few weeks free of cost and then send it back on the ground that it is unsatisfactory. The difference be tween these people and me is that I tell yon the truth, and they don't. I don't want to boy, and say so; they don't want to buy. and say they do." "I told Mrs. Potter- that I appreci ated' her flat-footed honesty. - " "But I cant see, said I. "where we come in. What do we get oat of the deair " "Oh. as to that,' said Mrs.' Potter. T intend to try to sell a machine for i yon. The woman in the flat jctuss the hall is going to buy. and if yoa will send one of your machines around to the house this afternoon, so I can start right in sewing and show her what excellent work it does before she de cides upon something else. I am quite sure I can persuade her to buy of you. . - . - - - - "As soon as Mrs. Potter got through talking I went back and told the anat ager and his assistants what she had said. We an agreed that Mrs. Pot- . ter was a cariosity, but we didnt : know what to do with her. ; ; " 'It is my opinion." said I. that we . ought to let her have a machine as a reward for her unparalleled truthful ness. Of coarse, I" don't take- any'' stock in that yarn of hers about try ing to sen a machine far the nse of her own. Nevertheless, I think we ought to. accommodate her merely as an encouragement of veracity." "At last I talked the manager around to my way of thinking. 'Bat dont let her have one of owr nmchines. he said. "Put her oa with a renter. She win never know the dif ference. "The manager's saggestioa fired my brain with a brilliant idea. "'What's the matter." I said, "wish letting her have that second-hand af fair made by the ABC company that we got the other day in trade? We will aciei be able to do anything with t. and even if Mrs. Patter shonM smash it an to pieces we woaldat be wt anything.. "'An right." said the manager. Tt a yoar funeral. Fix her out any way -tuj please. "So Mrs. Potter got her machine. "We heard nothing from her for Jiree weeks. Then one day she came nto the otfice. She brought seven women with her. and the way they all bowed and scraped and smiled at me actually made me dixxy. - "That machine yoa seat me is a treasure, said -Mrs. Potter. Tt does the loveliest work yoa ever saw in yoar life. AU these ladies say they never saw such tucking and stitching and hemming, and they have decided to sell their old machines and buy new ones just like tt. In fact. I ajs to pleased with it that I am going to 6ay one myself, although I cant see bow I can afford it just now. We aB live in the same building, and wool tike eight machines sent ap to tha address this afternoon. "Mrs. Potter's wholesale order sor- J prised me into aa honesty that was I autdone only by her own. - "Rut we do not handle that make of machine. I confessed. "We merely happened to have one on hand. Bat we can sell yoa oar own machine at the same price. -Mrs. Potter looked at the other women collectively and individually, and the whole bunch of them shook their heads. -"So, thank yoa, said Mrs. Potter." 'We have set our hearts on that style of machine. If yoa dont handle them we win look ap somebody who docs, much as we should like to deal with yoa. "And then, before I could put in an other word in favor of oar own stack. Mrs. Potter and her seven neighbors had marched out. bound tor ton hand quarters of the rival concern. The manager' had been standing nearby and had ovexheard the whole conver sation. As soon as he caught htt breath, he did a little figuring for nsj benefit. . . There's ' eight machinea at 9St apiece gone np the spout. he said! That comes of your idiotic plan at fooling a customer with a made by another company. "