THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, FEBIU'ATCY in. 1901.
THE SNAKES' PARADISE,
By W: A. FRASER.
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Barnum's man la the east, told Be that we'
had overfed him.
When we brought the python In, the even
lng of his capture. Ramls, an Oorlah, felt , reet 0f tne QaB wno had waited.
of these big creatures.
He had known a python once, many yards
In length It was, who had a tooth for fish.
He would go to a large pond, twlit his tall
around a tree on one tide, stretch his body
across, grasp a tree on the other side with
his teeth, and, swinging his body like a
(Copyright, ISM, by W. A. rrxser )
The Borongo Islands He about halt way
between Calcutta and Rangoon. When the
snakes die they go to the Borongos. That
Is their paradise; there they hold high
carnival. I spent three years) among them
and know of these things. From' the giant
python down to the fleadjy 'karalt they arc
all there, all the ophidians. Even the salt
water snakes, that are all poisonous they,
too, are there. - -
Two Europeans had preceded me on the
Borongos, so there was considerable natural
history on tap when I arrived, and we
rapidly acquired more. One can't live
among snake without studying them, they
insist uDon It.
An eternal war raged on the island be
tween the forest growth and the sea.
The Jungle crept down from the hills and
pre-empted every foot of land In tight: the
. . i . i i i . a. fm I
-ea rusuco up ir.ru . " "" out Into the jungle. Then he went out and
the grasp of the gtant creeper and Its more ,urroua(3la8 counlrT. vhea he
tatelr brothers of the timber growth. Tnl. . ' J . . ,
little clearing. -worked Into tiny rice-fields . , ' ... " ' !
like yellow mosaics, by the "; we them down at the small end. 1 tried to
but specks on the green map of the Island s
I tnM tn tin nr.
There were also close calls In that plaee
He were sitting on the verandah one
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r,c.D "t " i1:..' and to, got mto violent argu
JUSgie QCDriB ucu m I mn. n-r tnm.lhlnr Vfif hA hlftttanwt In
lap liuc "tic -v-K- . .. ... I Amrlc TV. f-... - In
the usual evening dress; while Townsend.
who 'bad Just come down from 'Akyab. had
only taken "h's coat' off. and was wearing
a shirt with starched cuffs. Tills was a
trivial thing, and we rather felt the lnnova
tton, but It had much to do' with (he subse-
cuect events.
might be well he had nerve and Judgment
even close to that of a sahib.
Emir Ally was In the lead. When he came
to the steps Savage Jerked out an expres
sion that called his attention to the
tableau. Gathering his loongy tight about
his loins, he slipped along the veranda
like a shadow, grasped the fallen dais, and.
poising his black, lithe body for swift, strong
stroke, brought the sword through the aft
with a swishing cut that laid a full-grown
cobra In two neat pieces almost at the
Once an evil spirit whispered to one of
our party, Ben. stationed at Kyouk Phyou.
and he bought a pair of king cobras
(hamadryas) for 15 rupees. They were
very rare, and he meant to send them to
the London Zoo. They were a beautiful
pair, each being about ten feet long. They
water out upon the land. Then, you see,
he ate the fish.
Ramla watched my face narrowly when he
had finished, and. seeing that I believed,
told me a second Oorlah tale. Another
snake preferred deer and game of all sorts.
He bent down trees and vines and made two
converging stockade-like fences, running far
Our bungalow was built on disputed ter-
rltorv: a bit of sand beach Inside or a oar-
....... .. .. . ,,e ere sitting on ine veranaan one
hammock back and forth, throw all the I were DU, la x wlln ,iats up the front.
and for a time It seemed an interesting
Investment.
Kyouk Phyou Is an old penal settlement,
and most of the native workers are exiled
murderers, or worse. Ben's brothr was
married, and his cook. Sundoo, was a past
master In crime. Bat 83 a cook he was
satisfactory until his horoscope came Into
conjunction with the cobras. The master
was away, and the Memsahlb was alone
In the bungalow, when Sundoo took It upon
himself to become suffused with gin, or
arrack, or something that made him aspire
to great things. He spoiled the dinner,
but that was nothing a trifle, not at all
worthy of Sundoo, and Sundoo drunk. He
threw the spoiled dinner away and drank
out of a black bottle.
Rama! but he wanted to do something
then he thought of the cobras. That was
because of the black bottle. He got them
both out of the box, somehow, and twined
them Mednsa-llke about hit neck and arms.
They knew he was drnnk Just as a horse
knows and did not hurt him. When tho
Memsahlb told the butler to bring in the
dinner, he went out to the cookhoute and
looked In at the bamboo door where sat
The argvmcnt had reached that point it Sundoo with the cobras on his shoulders.
t'non mv first Introduction to the dining
room I observed a long-handled fish spear
placed within easy reach. "Spear flsh from
the verandah?" I asked Mr. Cooke, nodding
towards It.
"No. snakes." he replied laconically.
As we sat down to the table I noticed
Cooke and the other veteran raise their eyes
Instinctively and scan the leaf roof.
"By Jovet there's one'" exclaimed Cooke,
reaching for the spear. "Look out. you fel
lows!" and he deftly dislodged a long, "big
headed green snake. It was. an arboreal, or
tree snake, and poisonous. Then we ate
tor tiffin In peace. .
Scarcely a day .paused during the rainy
season tbaj-one -or more snakes wero not
killed In the. bungalow During the hot, dry
months they burrowed, when the rains
came they were flooded out of their holes
and were always heading for the pleasant
shelter of our leaf thatch. Also there were
rats there for them to stalk. There was no
celling to the bungalow, so we could plainly
see the creatures colled up between the
leaves or lrlnr along the bamboos of the
roof. It wasn't exactly soothing to the
nerves. No man went Into a dark room
without a light; no man put on a boot with
out first turning It upside down; nor was
any one's bed left, day or night, without
tve strong mosquito curtain tucked In all
around.
After I had been there about two weeks
and my aerr-Y had become the sum of my
exlstence-l got my first fright. I was awak
ened from a sound sleep by a stinging pain
In my thigh. As I awoke I threw my hands
up. and a soft, mobile body went hurtling
over my-bead against the mosquito net. i
realised that I had been bitten by a snake
T JkiA n fttvA tft nnitnlnr In th
M of th curtain, but came away from which something had got to be done. A Then he ran dllegently across the fields
I !.h nit nt ih nrttnn. It was too many acres of fields before he stepped.
in . n.rt m-.. . uiht. Without unneccs- hot for violent exercise. I Presently the Memsahlb called loudly for
ary delay I arrived In that room. "Look here, you fellows- said Towns- her dinner and the cook went In with , ls
..U. r,.t.... t ..i.i ... M.i.n "i n n fS r..'t. n wroni." two friends. It ts a terrible thing to
by a cobra." Then he did what no other man in that, do. but Sundoo bad taken gin. or arrack, or
"If you don't get out of he- and Jet me bungalow ever dld-went Into his room something from the black bottle V "d with
Heep you'll be.blttea by a cluV rfsponded without a light, and commenced fumbling drunken miscalculation
-...f..i .i . .v. .ki f, . n,.n v- hoard Memsahlb would be pleased with the ex-
Hen arowfcHJ-., ion was utwuw .u, - '1-- - it-,.- .v.. 4.1
j-v r . , r- 1 . ,!. if -n.r hnif tir- .nH th . hlbltlon. When sne fal
;,n . ik.f- in3v',-.. ..t, i r. : V -1 next Instant he darted out on the verandah nlm that he had failed in his efforts to
" ".. S ? XrF ?' .TtFV va?T.?r' . 1 K.-n v n ,h. orm hr . .t,Ve." amuse: so He went cacx. cneapiy enouga.
nil fiTntMnV in ni voice told It was no I he gasped.
Ink this time! '. ' '. ' Bell reached down the swinging lantern.
Jumping up hastily be' look thelight and and we explored for the trail of the ser-
xamlned the spot where I had felt the pent.
..in Thr tir nnueh. were two tlnv "Here, about the cuff," said Townsend,
punctures, such as a cobra's fangs would
have made, fringed by a drop of red blood.
Then Bell became frightened also. The
talking had aroused Cooke In the next room
"What's the shindy, you fellows T' he In
quired, sleepily. "Going to have a smoke V'
"I've been bitten by a cobra, and haven't
an hour to live." I replied dramatically.
"Come on. we'll kill him though." I added
and the others followed In ominous silence.
Cooke held the light and Bell lifted the
rurtaln with commendable caution while I
1
HEWAS TO CLEVER TO STICK HIS HEAD INTO THE BAMBOO NOOSE.
And there right enough, on the starch-
stiffened cuff, half an Inch from his wrist.
were two little pln-llke pricks, with a
greenish-yellow circling them where the
poison had dried Into the linen. That was
all; there was no mark on the arm not
a scratch. We went in and interviewed
the snuke with a light, and a couple of
sticks. He was lying colled up on a small
Inclined hand mirror which stood on the
tabic. As Townsend reached for the paper
i the snake had struck. It was a karalt. most
stood with a heavy stick ready to have my feared of all snakes by the natives. They
revenge. There was nothing to be seen. "T imi 11 a man icom -
"He's under the pillow I threw him over time into :ne eye 01 a xarau ne xu go
hlbltlon. When she fainted. It occurred to
B 1 t . : . 1
' ana put ine King cooras in tar uui, nuiu
lng them for having frightened his mistress,
It Is not written in any book what punish
ment Sundoo got for that when the sahib
came home, but Sundoo knows. He will
never forget.
my head.1
Bell quickly turned the pillow over, and
X dark body scuttled down the white sheet.
It was a rat!
"Let him go." I said! The stick dropped
from my hand, the perspiration found its
stark, staring mad. The eye Is small, red.
and perfectly devoid of expression.
Later on my companions went to other
parts.
Each evening I killed an hour or so of
way through the closed, drawn pores of ray the monotony by 'walking up and down the
forehead, and my heart went rippety-tat. a path in front of the bungalow. A big cat
hundred and twenty to tho minute. It's was my usual companion. HU method of
not good to feel that you've been bitten by Introducing himself to my notice was gen-
a cobra. I erally abrupt. He would He In wait. and.
as I came along, spring out upon me. alight-
One day Lah Boh, headman of the Mhug I ing against one of my legs. At other times
coolies, brought me the startling informa- I he would lie on his back in the path and
tion that a snake, about a hundred feet
long, was lying In the Jungle waiting to be
caught. A couple of coolies, under Lah
Boh s direction, prepared a snare. A rope
was made fast to two long bamboos with
a noose in the center Taking my ll-bore
to prevent a surprise from the big fellow,
we followed Lah Boh. The snake was an
Immense python, about twenty feet Ion:
He was lying, evidently asleep. In the Jun-
Ule. I sat on a log and held the gun on
claw at my feet as I passed,
One evening Just after turning Into the
path from the bungalow 1 felt something
soft and yielding against my foot. Thinking
it was "Billy." I gave the mats a gentle
push. As I shifted the something I taw
a twisting gieam 01 wnue. not at an line
the soft gray of "Billy's" fur. Of course I
knew what that meant. Jumping back I
brought down my walking stick on the
twisting thing and yelled for a light. The
him. while the two Mhugs, each grasping I servants came running from the cook house
ine of the bamboos of the snare, edged along with a lantern, and I saw that I bad laid
cautiously until they had slipped the noose out a most villainous daboia. One touch
over the sleeping monster's bead. Then from the cat-like fangs on my cotton-hosed
they pulled back, and as the rope tightened Instep, and within an hour I would have
about his slim neck, bedlam let loose. I been dead.
The leaves swirled, and branches flew, and I One of our party had occasion to visit a
It was as though some giant were snapping 1 Mr. Savage, a half-caste land owner on the
a yellow twenty-foot whip-lash In the hot other side of the island. He went In
Burmese sunlight. The two men rocked I boat; . and while the coolies were bringing
back and forth, nearly Jerked off their feet I up his traps, went up to the bungalow.
at times. Lah Boh and I laid hold of the I He was sitting in a big chair on the veran
bamboos with them, and In the end the I dan. talking to Savage, when he felt some-
mottled thing, like a queer-patterned chain, I thing drop from the leaf-roof on his
'was beaten. Then he sulked.
They dragged him out to the pathway in
triumph. As be lay on the hard ground.
his big ugly bead flattened out, he seemed
perfectly Indifferent to our presence. He
looked so lazy-like that I went up and In
cautiously touched him on the nose with
my foot. It was as wise as kicking a brick
In a hat. Like the stroke of a boxer's
arm his hideous head, with the meerschaum
colored fangs, shot out. Luckily Lab Boh
was holding one of the bamboos, and, ob-
shoulder. Leisurely he started to rise to
see what had fallen, when the other man
cried out, "For God's take don't move
keep rerfectly still!" Dunlop knew what
that meant.
Stealthily the old man took a Burmese
dah Oword) from the wall, and. cat-like,
crept toward the white man with the thing
on his shoulder. Within striking distance
he paused, and ratted the dah high in air
to cut the thing .In two with cne swift down
ward stroke. Then his nerve, rattled and
serving my approach, kept his end of the 1 tugged at for sixty years until it was weak.
rope pretty taut. Even now I shudder as
I think how close be came to my foot.
He was kept for a long time in a big
box and we fed him generously on chickens
too generously, for he died, and Gaylard,
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failed him. and the sword clattered from hli
numbed fingers to the floor.
"My God! I can't do It." he whined. n
a broken voice; and reeled back against the
wall, where he stood staring with weak eyes
at tho sahib and his burden.
Dunlcp neither moved nor ipoke; bis only
tafety lay In keeping perfectly still mo
tionless. It might be minutes, cr a
thousand years; they would have to watt
till the bcatmen came. What would happen
then he could not tay. He could feel the
clinging, pulling thing on his right
shoulder There was an undulating pres
sure that told blm the head of the snake
was swaying back and forth Just above
hut neck.
Then the song of the Madrattl boatmen
as they came swinging along with his lug
gage broke upon his ear. Those tin
thickened voices carrollng the coarse re
frain to the time of the measured trot
wire angel voices. What would the muddle
brained coolies do, he wondered. If "Emir
Ally, hit trusted servant, saw the tola's It
After that the hamadryas were sent up
to my bungalow at the Borongos. I did not
know that their sole article of diet was
other snakes, and tried them with rats
mice, frogs and birds, but they would cat
none of these.
One day a dissipated young rock snake
about four feet long, swaggered Into the
bungalow. now the hamadryas bad
always appeared as though they were spoil
lng for a fight, so I transferred the larrikin
to their box. His advent started a civil
war; the two cobras rolled up their sleeves
and went at It, while the newcomer
cowered in a corner, with his bead hidden
under the folds of bis body.
It was a terrible battle. They grabbed
each other by the neck with their fangs
and coiled their bodies together; they
threshed up and down the big box until one
was beaten. The defeated cobra tlunk Into
a corner, coiled himself up and strove to
hide his bead under the colls, as the rock
snake had done. The victor stood over htm
striking viciously upon the slightest move
cent on his part. Then, when thoroughly
convinced that all the fight had been
knocked out of bis mate, the conqueror
pulled the Intruder from the other corner
by his head and swallowed him. It took
about six minutes for him to accomplish
this feat.
All the bones in a snake's head are loos
and they can even shove one maxillary, or
side of the Jaw, forward. Independent of the
other, and the cobra shoved this snake
straight down his throat by means of these
flexible teeth. That solved the food ques
tlon. After that when snakes strolled Into
the bungalow they wound up In the bama
drya's box. There was always a battle and
always a feast afterward.
They were very pugnacious, those two
and sometimes fought each other whe
there was really no purse In sight. When
I caught them at this I used to pull the
slide door in the top of the box and whip
them with a small cane.
Every morning the servants soused the
box with water to cleanse It. One day
while It was being washed out I heard
great commotion and cries of "The snake
Is out!" The servant all fled except
China-Burmo lad named "Joe." He told me
the cobra had gone Into the provision room. I
I rigged up a short bamboo snare and went
on a shikar for the naga. I found blm
among some cocoanuts on the floor. When
I went In he raited his body about two
feet and hissed loudly. I tapped him on the
note with the bamboo, and. remembering
the whippings I bad given him in the box.
he dropped and gilded in and out among
the cocoanuts. But he was too clever to
stick his head In my bamboo noose; he went
under It and orer It, but never through it.
Once or twice he raised up threateningly,
but a tap from the bamboo brought him
down again.
At last. Just as he had evaded a care
fully planned trap and was gilding by, I
Impatiently forgot all caution, and, pos
sestsed of a sudden impulse, darted out my
hand and grabbed him by the neck. My hold
was so close to his head that there was no
chance of his striking me while I held on.
I could feel the pulling back of his muscles
and gripped him with much strength.
As I emerged from the storeroom even
Jce took to his heels.
The problem of how I was to get rid of
his snakeshlp bothered me considerably as
I trailed him toward the box, at arm's
length, to prevent his reaching my body. At
the box I pulled the upper slide, put his
head at the opening, and, feeling bis
muscles set In that direction, released my
hold and stepped back quickly. He gilded
quietly In, I closed the lid and took a big
lungful of air. It is not a pleasant thing
to capture a cobra with the bare hand.
Standing behind hit chair at tiffin Joe J
asked me In an awed voice ' Master not
afraid of snake
"No," I replied scornfully, so snake hurt
me." Bat then you see Joe had also taken
to the Jungle and had not seen my face
when I was loaded up with the beset Ir
thing.
Cooke was a man of much guileless faith
and once, when I was away, a snake cbaraer
came along and persuaded blm to lean him
the hamadryas for a few days, he would
break them In and bring them back. Per
haps he did break them In we never knew.
The hamadryas Is wondertuly like a bull
dog. He Is pugnacious In the extreme al
ways ready to fight. He Is the most terrible
nake among all the ophtdla; he is big and
trong and quick and his venom is as fatal
as that of the cobra dl capctlo. But with
II this he seems to have the tame tolerant
good nature toward those he feels have a
right over him that the bulldog possesses.
The snake charmer finds blm docile. Here
Is an authentic incident.
A friend of mine living in Kyouk Phyou
had a little boy about C years old, who used
to play beneath the bungalow He often
chattered about his playmate, the snake,
but no attention was paid to this. One day
the father saw the boy squatted on the sand
under the bungalow throwing pebbles and
little sticks at a huge hamadryas, which
was gilding about, not offering to hurt the
little fellow, But when the man appeared
the cobra became enraged and attacked
him, causing him to beat a hasty retreat.
He got his gun and shot the king cobra
dead.
It seemed that the hamadryas had been
nesting in one of the numerous rat holes
under the bungalow, and the boy had often
played with him. He declared there were
wo of the snakes there, but if I remember
right they never saw the other one.
The daboia russellli Is a sluggish beast,
and yet possessed of a devilish quickness.
You may step over him and he will He I
apparently asleep, touch him and he will
strike with the rapidity of lightning and
the fatalness of a Borgta. Tbe danger from
the daboia and his brother in sin. the karalt,
Is great, because of their lethargic Iniquity
The cobra will get out of the way if he
can; these two will not. I have often I
brought my foot down on tbe neck of a
daboia as he lay In the sun and watched ,
the ugly, squirming head with its big fangs I
When I was stationed in the JuDgle back
of Kyouk Phyou a friend wrote asking
for a good specimen of tbe daboia. He
wanted him put In a bottle of alcohol, with
out being smashed up any. In a short time
I secured a snake from the roof of the hen
house and carried him Into my verandah.
got a large pickle bottle and tried to
shove him into the neck of it with a pair
of short fire tongs. The snake was in
tensely sluggish, and 1 grew a little care
less. Presently the tongs slipped from his
neck, and as I reached to catch him again
he struck.
His action was so quick that I had no
time to draw back the sixteenth of an inch;
but I think his body must have come In
contact with the tongs as I held them out.
for somehow he Just failed to get home.
I fancy that the nasal plates of hit armored
head touched my thumb.
On one occasion the sister of one of our
party spent a few days on the Borongos.
She slept In a small bungalow beside ours.
The second morning. Just after daylight, we
were startled by piercing screams from the
little bungalow, and rushed out In time to
see her come headlong from her quarters
In sleeping garments only. It was the usual
thing a snake.
When the first opened her eyes she dis
covered a huge reptile sis" feet long colled
on top of the mosquito curtain Just over
her face. The warmth'of her breath had
evidently attracted hlm'.lo that spot. He
was promptly killed.
The little tales that' f have told here of
snakes' ways are absolutely true. There are
others In connection with tbe natives, more
horrible, dealing with the death of the poor
creatures from snake bite.
Emir Ally's father was killed on the
Borongo by a huge python crushed to
death, and others of the natives were killed
also. Yearly in India a matter of lO.OOO
die of snake bite. I never knew but one
man to recover and his recovery was only
partial, I fancy.
Dr. Vincent Richards, who was a great
authority on poisonous snakes, in Calcutta.
was showing a cobra to a friend. He was
holding the snake by the neck with his
right band and pointing at tbe fangs with
the left, when the reptile suddenly struck
him on the end of the finger. He had all
tbe appliances at hand, and took prompt
action. He recovered, and I saw him a
few weeks afterward. But he died In about
a year, and friends assured me that he
never fully worked off the poison.
Science stops when confronted with the
virus of the cobra It can do nothing. Per
manganate of potassium, ammonia, alcohol
and the other vain things which have been
tried are all futile. There is no hope once
tbe poison enters the blood and this it
does with frightful rapidity. Even the mon
goose, the natural enemy of the tnakc.
must depend solely upon his agility. Quick
as the cobra is, the little creature who flies
at his head so fearlessly Is quicker, and
crushes his Bkull with strong, sharp teeth.
But let those terrible fangs Induct the Bor
gian fluid into the blood of the mongoose
and he, too, must psy the penalty of his
temerity.
And the evil docs not stop with the death
of the victim, for the poisoned blood Is
quite as virulent, it injected, as the original
death fluid. It is true that the immediate
amputation of a toe or finger may prevent
the Induction of the virus into the vascular
system, but tbe action must take place at
once. The snake uses this awful weapon
to capture his food victim the poison par
alyzes the quarry, and the snake swallows
It at his leisure. Tbe poison han no eCect
upon tbe reptile, either taken into the stom
ach or Injected into its blood by another
snake. The poisonous snakes do not kill
each other by means of tbe poisons, but
an innocuout serpent dies quickly when
struck by a poisonous one.
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oak rrro by mall.
Fried CVrpa! Mush. Maple Syrup.
Beef Croquettes Tomato Sauce.
Potato Maflin. Coffee.
lA'NCH.
Stewed Tripe (with Tomatire )
Coffee Cake. Stewed Fruit.
Cereal Coffee.
DINNER.
Spinach Soup.
Baked Pork and Beans.
Stewed Tomatoes.
Corn Salad.
Orange Jelly. Cake.
Coffee.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST. " '
Mandarin Orange.
Cereal with Cream.
Lamb Chops. Creamed Potatoes.
Muffins. Chocolate.
DINNER.
Clam BoulUon On cups.
Baked Ham. Cider Jelly.
Par?nlps. Potato Croquettes.
Creamed abbRe Iettuee Salad.
Neapolitan Pudding.
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Sweetbreads Creamed (with mushrooms.)
Deviled Almonds.
Cheere Sandwiches.
Tea.
from a side table, and for the luncheon, this and spoon are required. With a plain
is an effective way of arranging the table. salad serve thin vrnfers and cneese, or
For ordiaary dinner service all knives , cheese tandwiches, cheese fingers, etc.
and spoons to be used through the raeal : When salad and salad plates arc removed,
should be placed at the right of each cover again remove any crumbs from wafers.
or plate; forks at the left. The silver The hostess always serves tee nessert.
should be arranged in the order in which It Very often when rather an abundsnt din
is to be used; the piece first used put ner has been served tho dessert I re
farthest from the cover. Tumblers for , placed by coffee and some piquant for-
water and glasses for wine, place at the tlgn (?) cheese, such as Roquefort or
right of cover at the upper corner, the Gargonzola.
wine glasses in the order according to The coffee is served la a demi-tasse,
wines served, observing same rule as for sugar always accompanying it, and tome-
the silver, so no false- moves will occur on times cream, but the latter is not consld-
the part of the guest. At the left of cover 1 ered good form and certainly Is adding ln-
or plate, place the folded napkin aad the suit to injury when tbe digestive organs
bTead and butter plate, if usea. At no time- are aircaay quite suacieauy ibxbu.
sr.UVI.r. FAMILY DIVMMIS.
TABLE AND KITCHEN, j
Practical Suggestions Atout Foodsnd the !
Preparations of It
Tabic Arrnnceiiiriito. Courari and the
r r lor.
In all households where some degree of
ceremony Is observed in serving the family
dinner tbe first essential in obtaining good
table service is a moderately Intelligent
butrer or waitress.
The blundering efforts of a stupid or
badly trained servitor In the dining room
Is not only an offense to nice customs, but
makes the position of the possible guest
quite as uncomfortable as that of the
hostess.
The serving of the meat may not be com
plicated or difficult, but there is always the
possibility of peculiar situations arising.
which only a watchful. Intelligent servant
can ward oft so skillfully as to leave guests
and even the hostess unconscious of the
averted contretemps
In most bouses a neat, bright girl is to be
preferred, for obvious reasons, A well
trained and self-sufficient butler is ex
pensive, and rather a "white elephant" In
a family of moderate means and social am
bitions. When but one or two servants are
kept the second girl generally performs
the duties of waitress
She should be tajght to be noiseless and
deft in her movements about the dining
room and table, neat and dainty In ap.
pearjnee and observing tbe same rule in
regard to serving. She must show perfect
indifference to tbe conversation carried on
at the table, and know Just when to appear
and disappear, as tbe mistress should not
be obliged to resort to a call bell, unless at
the final ending of the meal: for, with the
placing of the dessert or coffee, the wait
ress' services and attendance are no longer
required.
Tnble A rraimcinrnt.
First of all tbe table aust be covered aith
a silence cloth. This is a matter of econ
omy as well as nicety. The soft padding
protects the table from hot dlthes and also
preserves the table linen, preventing Its
wearing around the edges, where even tbe
neatest darning is to noticeable. Double-
durlnsr the serving of a dinner should the
place In front of each diner be left without
a service plate.
"ervtnic the Meal.
The first course may consist of oysters.
, .u fa.hlnn cflTTP
soup. or. as is bu m- -
savory tidbit, such as canapes. Place the
Boup plates when filled from the right of
person served and upon the plate which
already be there. When removing plates
take them from the right, but when passing
anything which the person at table must
help himself to it must be presented at the
left. The soup may be nrougai " lo-u'
in soup plates, but much the better way is
to serve it from the tureen at the table.
With the soup may be servea ratcer iuicr.
miarei OI preaa nna
sippets, which are small rectangles of toast j
or canapes, nutter snouia uui ut k')
with bread for the soup course ana in ici
many diners dispense with butter entirely. !
coasldertng the many sauces sufficient, and
eating sparingly of bread at this meal, as It
is rather superfluous.
When removing the soup course the wait
ress should first take away the tureen and
then the soup plates. Trays are not used
In serving except when the diner is ex
pected to help himself from the dish offered
him.
If flsh be served It may be placed on the
Individual dishes by the host at table or
previously carved and arranged in the
kitchen or butler's pantry. In the latter
case the sauce served with the flsh should
be passed at table, in order that it may
be hot.
When flsh Is not served the roast and its
accompanying vegetables come after the
soup. When the carving is done at the
table, according to the English fashion, the
roast should be placed before the carver,
tbe plates In front of him. the carving knife
at right of roast and carving fork at the
left. Tbe knife rests are found a great
convenience to the carver and a protection
to the table cloth. When the meat course
is finished first remove knife and fork
then the meat platter, then the plates, one
In each band, but never pile thom up. Then
follow the bread and butter plates and then
relishes, after which tbe crumbs should be
removed with silver tray and scrapes, a
napkin and china plate are sometimes used, t
but there is some questton as to the nicety .
of this practice I
The English fashion is to serve the salad
with the meat course, but Americans give '
a more distinctive feature to these dishes .
and unless game and Its accompanying '
salad la served it forms a separate ecursc
Sometimes the salad dressing is made at
When finger bowls are necessary they
should be placed before each guest before
the coffee Is served, each finger bowl placed
oa a small faacy plate with tiny dolly ua
der the bowl. The bowl should be about
one-third filled with lukewarm water, a
thin slice of lemon, or if such Conors as
nansles, violets or rose leaves placed la
the bowl, a pretty fancy Is to place two
candles, a pink wintergreen drop and white
peppermint, on tbe plate beside the bowl.
Pure Food
None bat AdtertlsSnr of Thoroughly Re
liable, Pure and Healthful Foods Will ,
Be Accepted for These Columns.
Ktfory-iiTa-yi
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It Is made by the
Battle Creek Sani
tarium Food Co. . .
Expert Fathers of Cereal Foods.
Every pack-se cf genuine Gronolx bears
a picture cf .he Battle Creek Sanitarium,
Battle Creek. Mich. Sold by aa grocers.
Bew&re cf imitations. Scad 30 lor ea
plecf G-ta'To.
D-'ntCa-rasl Cereal and- sicca well
it l tares the nerves strong.
Dally Mrnna.
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
' Oranges.
Cereal. Cream.
Uver and Bacon Itolls.
Brown Sauce.
Baked Potatow. Rolls.
Coffee. . ,
l,CNCir.
Ham Rflth. Slewed Potatoes.
Celery. Grated Cheese.
Cereal Coffre.
DINNER.
Scotch Broth.
Beef a !a Mode. "Carrots.
Sweet Potatoes. Glazed.
Orange and Banana Salad.
Coffee.
FRIDAY. .
BREAKFAST.
Fruit
Cereal with Cream.
Scrambled Egg. Creamd Pptatoes
Popovers. Coffee.
L.l'NCH.7
Oyster Stew. Wafers.
Celery. . . . '
Tea Cakes. Egg Chocolate.
DINNER."
Tomato Bisque.
Steamed Cod. Sauce Hollandals
Potato Balls. Parsley Butter,
Browned Parsnip.
Cottage Pudding. Lemon Sauce
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grape Fruit.
faced canton flannel made especially for the table, a much better plan when tho
this purpose is best. Over this cloth place plain French dressing Is used on green
the damask cloth, arranging very smoothly, salads, as they then lose none of their
When one has a highly polished table of crltpness and freshnets. at they will If al- .
some handsome wood, piste and service lowed to stand for any length of time after
This gives glimpses of the table between, made by tbe host or hostess, using a thor-
This arrangement is nt advisable when ougbly chilled bowl that has been rubbed
hot dishes are to be placed on the table inside, witn a little onion oerore Dnngir.g"
as asbestos mats must be placed under ea h to table. Have the oil and vinegar in i
dish to protect tbe table. But when all the cruets, and both perfectly cold. Beside j
carving and serving of bet focds Is done , these, the pepper and salt and salad fork
am. WVWAdl & S ICbta.1 bbbVI
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Cocoa
combines Strength, Purity and Solubility. A breakfast
cupful of this delicious Cocoa costs less than one cent.
Sold at all grocery alortt order it next time.
3S
Goes Twice as Far
as Lard or Butter!
IT IS EASILY DIGESTED AND
ALWAYS CLEANLY, WHICH
LARD IS NOT.
Wesson's Salad Oil
it fir prtaur value thin the rtneit Im
ported qEic oil aad hit the tame flavor.
Aik your fntnilj r racer fat it and mi
rood meoay.