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*& 's m&rT?tvt**.#****'" • . - - - X ' f> .V „:V? jr; . •• •: T" ; •';/ , • V-ferf? VS& *vr f^J / t <<• . imm s \mmu WfWrW rrt&jj&k '"' y SWi r.-*>f? 5fe •.>.rs#> • ' < ' ' . cy"v&&§^» •• - ~. V * * N V f , c ^ v f ^ ; ; ?i ' km* j3T«£ SiSSta In the Winter Garden By Temple Bailey IFTEEN years had been allow­ ed, under the plan contem­ plated, for wip­ ing out or pari fvine the sav­ ages of Formo­ sa. But now it accomplished In­ side of a twelvemonth, and the Japanese government has made a special appro­ priation of $7,17"),000 to pay the military expenses. This is on account of the camphor business. Fn til recently the entire world has practically depended for its supply of camphor upon Japan, which has held a monopoly of the produc­ tion of that necessary article. But the Germans have begun to nianufac ture artificial (synthetic) camphor on a large scale, and thus are competing In the market to an alarming extent. It is very necessary under the cir­ cumstances that the supply from Japanese sources shall be maintained, lest it be replaced and crowded out by synthetic camphor. The camphor trees which formerly grew plentifully In Southern Japan have been to a groat extent destroyed, owing to neg­ lect of a regulation that used to re- Coi>yriglii. lyio, by An«ociat«d Literary Pre ro&rtOSAJi JYARRJOR A"# 30AT also cont&loe much Sold, added that the Atayal faces very elaborately, and gant huts of bamboo, over It should be tattoo their build ele- tbe door­ ways of which are hung a^s trophies the skulls of wild boars and apes, and sometimes those of Japanese and Chinamen--the latter with pigtails quire the planting of one seedling for sjj]j picturesquely attached. fevery tree cut. and so the Japanese are obliged to look to Formosa, where the camphor laurel flourishes over a great caU:,; r.f rv in virgin forests. Unfortunately, it is in the moun­ tainous interior of Formosa that the camphor laurel grows--that is to say, In a region which has been since pre­ historic times, and is today, under savage dominion. The savages who occupy this territory are very fierce, and earnestly addicted to head hunt­ ing. Hitherto the camphor of their forests has been obtained onlv with their consent, and it has been custo­ mary to pay money to their chiefs as an inducement to refrain from destroy­ ing the distilling outfits. Neverthe­ less, trouble has been frequent, and the stills have been constantly de­ stroyed. An unlimited number of laborers can be hired in Japan for ten cents a day; but not for any such price, nor for many times that much can men be obtained to go into the forests of Formosa, cut down the camphor trees, and distill the gum. at the serious risk of losing their heads. It is well known that the Japanese do not lack brav­ ery; but head hunting to the Formo- san savage is a religion; nothing from his point of view is so impor­ tant, and he will lie in wait for many days at a time near a lonely path in the woods for the sake of getting one chop at a passing camphor seeker. Formosa is a big island--as large as Sardina and Corsica put together. It is 235 miles long and 75 miles wide. More than half of its entire area is to­ day in the possession of the savages. For some years past Japan has pur­ sued a rather interesting method for the purpose of bringing about their eventual subjugation. She has estab­ lished a "guard line" all around the mountainous interior, with small mili­ tary outposts at intervals along it, and has pushed this artificial frontier "steadily forward, so as to restrict the wild people to a slowly but surely di­ minishing domain. They make bags of a peculiar net­ work expressly, to carry human heads. One chief, when captured and about tu uc rACt'uifu, otiJU. i ua»c t of death, I have taken ninety-four heads and wanted only six more to make the hundred." History tells us that the Spaniards took possession of Formosa in the year 1526. They were expelled by the Dutch in 1642. Nineteen years later a Chinese pirate chief named Koxinga drove out the Dutch and proclaimed himself king of the island, but in 1682 tfco OJiisoss dethroned tils successor and Formosa remained a province of the Middle Kingdom up to the war be­ tween China and Japan, as a result of which it passed into the possession of the Mikado's empire. A glance at the map will show that Formosa is really the northernmost isl­ and of the group which we call the Philippines, being situated only a short distance to the north of Luzon. Its wild people are undoubtedly of Malay origin. But its earliest inhabi­ tants were black dwarfs, belonging to the same race as the pigmy negritos who still survive in small numbers In Luzon. Many of their skeletons have been found in the mountainous inte­ rior, and it is reasonable to suppose that they were exterminated by the savages who now occupy their terri­ tory. As already stated, these savages have never been subdued. From an ethnological point of view, they are more than ordinarily interesting. Their garb ranges from nudity to gay- colored garments of their own weav­ ing, made from the fibers of banana and ramie. The women are kindly treated and have equal rights with the raen. But if a wife loses her husband ftfter the birth of a child she is not al­ lowed to marry again, the idea being that her business thereafter is to at­ tend to the upbringing of her off­ spring. Twins are a bad omen, and among some of the tribes it has been customary to tie them to a tree and permit them to perish. Sickness is supposed to be a punish­ ment inflicted by the spirits of the dead. Dreams afford a medium through which the spirits of the dead communicate with the living. The Atayal and Paiwan groups believe the virgin forests to be the abode of the spirits of th"!r •'"•pRtors and on this account trees within certain desig­ nated areas are never disturbed. Old men and. womin have supernatural powers of the kind usually attributed to witches, and for this reason they perform the religious rites for the tribe. Spirits of dead persons other than ancestors are dangerous and possibly malevolent. The Atayal consider that the ghosts of their forbears will not be satisfied unless a human head is part of the offering made at ceremo­ nials. Likewise in the case of a dis­ pute between two persons the spirits of his ancestors will guide and pro­ tect the one whose cause is just, so that he may obtain the first head and thereby win. The soil of Formosa is exceedingly rich, and nowhere is a finer quality of tea produced. The eastern half of the island is covered with jungle, In which grows the valuable creeper known as rattan But the most prec­ ious vegetable product is camphor, which is the resin of a tree that grows to huge size, sometimes attaining a diameter of twelve feet. The only way to gei the camphor is to chop the tree into chips, which are subjected to a crude process of dis­ tillation, the vapor, when condensed, being depositedMn crystals on bamboo screens. This is crude camphor, which comes to market in wooden tubs. It is refined by redistillation. At the present time Japan exports about 5,000,000 pounds of camphor annually, one fourth of It being ship­ ped to the United States. It used to be refined in Europe and America, but now the Japanese refine their own comphor and ship the finished pro­ duct. DAISY CAME FROM ENGLAND u/ iiiio iLicai i t •Ai'ccieu mat within fifteen years of the present time the entire island would be brought under civilized control. But commercial necessity has made neces­ sary a change of plan. Camphor must be had, and it has been decided to wipe out or pacify all the savages within the coming year. They can take their choice which it shall be Like the Pestiferous Sparrow, This Import Also Has Become a Pest. From Memorial day to the Fourth of July the large white daisies in some form, dwarf or tail growing varieties, are found in abundance, decorating (long preserved in memory of Sir William Keith and the gay life here of the dashing, pleasure loving lieu­ tenant governor) has of late become known as "the home of the daisy." HIGH MORALS IN AMERICA lUCil V-11VJ1 ̂ C VWlilXl It Mlttll UtT* w *** uuiiuuitiMV,, Their numbers are not accurately tbe unimproved grounds of suburban :nown, of course, but it is understood country seats, and yet proving a daily lhat they are split up into no fewer annoyance to farmers throughout the than 723 tribes, whose villages com- hl l ls and valleys of eastern Pennsyl- prise from three to upward of three vania, according to a correspondent hundred houses. of the Philadelphia Record. No soon- The tribes are divided into nine er aro thf ' large dais ies gonG for the groups, which are mutually hostile, 8eason than the l iUlp nxeyes and the and which differ one another in cus- 0,her whl te and yel low blootns w, th toms and languages. Some of them. dark centers- known as Au- particularly at the south end of the gust dals ies- and onJy exclamations island, have already been p*rtlv clvl- of de , ,Kht an(1 rapture are heard from lized, and there is even es.ahMshed the appreciative youngsters who are lized, and there ts even established among them a sort of rural free deliv­ ery mail service, by native letter car "out a-diiisying While the daisies have been well riers. In the central range of moun- known both ln and P^ise for tains dwell the tribes of the Vonuum m«n?. many summers, it is only very . . . _ fAOPntlv thot tha roonnnnlKUUiT rvf group, which are very fierce and en terprising head-hunters. In 1905 they became so troublesome that a military attack was made upon them, result­ ing in their partial .pacification. The Atayal, or nothern savages, aie the largest and most powerful group They look upon head-hunting as the England recently that the responsibility of their introduction Into this country has been credibly fixed. Horsham township is declared to be the offend­ ing community, and Sir William Keith, first lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, the individual who brought "the flower weed" over from chief end and aim of existence. A hu­ man head is necessary as an offerii.g ln all their religious ceremonials. When a dispute arises between indi­ viduals, decision is awarded to the one who first secures a head. A lad is not recognized as adult until he has taken a head. But it must be the head of a Japanese or Chinaman. It has been a mystery to many Pennsylvanians, where the daisies are the thickest and their history evi­ dently the most familiar, as to why they have become known ln the past as "park weeds." The reason is ex­ plained when their source of intro­ duction is taken into consideration. They received the name from Graeme Their customary method is to lie in pi I m V irom uraeme wait It, th. inn.,. V° Park ' the Montgomery county home wait ln the jungle, near a frequented path, several of them together, in the of Governor Keith. Since the historic Keith mansion hope of obtaining the much-coveted >,.« » iveitn mansion uiucncovexea has been in ruin and even the ancient Standard Higher Than In England, American Tells British Royal Commission. R. Newton Crane, senior counsel to the American embassy in London, told the royal commission on divorce in England recently that there is a higher standard of morality in Amer­ ica than in England. He admitted that divorce is more prevalent ln this country than ln any other country in the world except Japan, but contended this was due to the fact that persons of respecta­ bility had come to regard divorce as a firmly established institution, de­ signed to cure unhappiness. J. A. Barratt, of counsel to the American embassy, pointed out that there are more varied causes for di­ vorce In European countries than ln the United States. In Austria "in­ vincible aversion," in Hungary "vexa­ tious mortification," in France "prodi­ gality and violent disposition," in Swe­ den "opposite of feeling and thought amounting to hate" and in Formosa "loquacity" are considered sufficient grounds for divorce. In Algeria, where there are thirteen causes, "previous wooing in which no final acceptance or refusal has been made" was a cause of divorce. Bar­ ratt argued there is not a single cause of divorce in any state in this coun­ try that cannot be duplicated in Europe. It was a quaint little coffee house In the heart of the city, and yet with­ drawn a l it from the noiso of traffic by lie width of the yarrt ln front. The house next door had a yard, too --a yard In which a stont cutter had set up certain tall monuments and crosses and other funerea; articles of his trade. "It's a case of eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die,' " said Judith Dane as she ar.d Jack Mere­ dith took their seats at a little table "Why <uiy man should havtr chosen to fix up a place like tWs with an outlook that siigges-ts th'i graveyaro i can't un­ derstand." Jack laughed. "Well, don't look out of !he window, Judith." lie advised. "It's cheery enough Inside and one needn't be on a search for the grue­ some." Judith took ofT her vtli and punched the long pin through it vindictively "You'd be gruesome if you were as blue as I am." "I am blue," he said *1 shall at ways be blue until you promise to marry me, Judith." "Don't," Judith protested, "I'm too tired to argue." "You needn't argue," he eald. Judith looked at him reproachful­ ly. "Speaking of tombstones," sh« murmured, "you knew that Felicia Farnswortb was dead?" "You don't mean it!" l es Juuiiu s *uice was trem­ ulous. "She took cold when they played at one-night stands You know what a tour like that menns. Jack?" "No wonder you are blue, said Jack pityingly. "She was my best friend," Jack re- Sho was my best friend," Judith said. "Not your best friend." Jack re­ minded her softly Judith reached out her hand to him. "I don't know what I would do with­ out )ou, Jack," she siaid. There was silence after that in which Jack studied the menu, and Judith's pvpr took in tho details of the little room. It was a cheery place, with an open fire at ope end There seemed to be only one waiter in charge. He was a little man with a smooth face and -a bald head. His suggestions to Jack thowt-d a nice discrimination and an epicurean taste It wa3 a cold day and th- hot soup brought Judith's spirits up with a bound. "An hour ago," she said, "when I met you I was tired aad cold and hun­ gry, but I uiu not know iL i was too blue ^to know anything." "If you would let %ie take care of yoi* always," he began, but Judith in­ terrupted him. "You always get back to that sub­ ject," she complained. "There couldn't be a better one," he Insisted "Why won't you marry me, Judith?" "Because I don't believe In mar­ riage," she said positively It was at this point that the waiter came in with the hot oysiers bubbling in the chafing dish Juditu exclaimed over their deliciousness "Mv wife cooked them," the waiter explained, his face beaming "it is a recipe she brought from down south." Then he went away ami Jack said to Judith, "Did you see the look in hie ng ha oriQl/g r\ f hip 11 •; f; • "> Pi;" * is the way I would look it' you would marry me." Jack," Judith Faid seriously, "can't von ever get away from that sub­ ject?" I shall never get away from It." he saii. ' until you say 'yes ' " "We will finish up on crackers, cheesy and cofTee," Jack said to the waiter when he came back And then he and Judith settled down to the long, confidential talk In vliich she told of her troubles on the road "I found out," she confided, that I am not made for an actress I might as well go into somebody's of­ fice ana tap a typewriter or Into some­ body's kitchen and cook." "Come into my kitchen and cook," Bald Jack hospitably He was very serious as he learned of the troubles, the hardships of her winter "I felt at times," siu said sad­ ly, "as If there was nothing left to live for " "Vnu have no business to feel that way," Jack said. "Y-ou are young and pretty and life is before you More­ over, you Are a woman and you won't be happy till you have lived the life that belongs to every woman. You need a home, Judith, a p :ace where you can be comfortable an! cozy and watch for your husband at night " Judith sighed. "Women of my tem­ perament," she said, "were not made to sit at home." The waiter had come back with the coffee and crackers and cheese. When he placed it before them he went over to the" wide window wher*? stood the little row of cedar trees and holly bushes that gave the place the name of "Winter Garden.' and spoke to some one behind the scretru of green. Presently there stole through the room the sound of music. "It is the 'Spring Song," " said Judl'h. "Why, Jack, that Is the touch of an artist, I wonder who is playing?" The little waiter beamed down on them, brushing crumbs unnecessarily from the polished surface of the ta­ ble. "It is my wife," he said with a deep note of pride in his voice. "Before she married me she was <x great mu­ sician." Then he went away erd Judith stared at Jack. "Oh! What an awful thing," bfce said "It is a strange thing," Jack agreed. "J want to see her," Judith said. "I want to see if she i« young and pretty, or If she is old and ugly--he is such a commonplace little man--she must be old and ugly." Bnt the woman behind the screen was not old und ugly, for as Judith rose and crossed the room, there was a glimpse of white and a little figure in a snowy apron that covered her from neck to hem. In another moment she would hare been gone had not Judith stopped her. "I heard you play," said Judith, im­ pulsively, "and I want to hear you again. The little woman smiled radiant­ ly "There are things to do ln the kitchen," she said, "but," and again she smiled. "I love to play " This time she played the "Intermezzo." and the haunting strains crept tarough the room. "And yet she married a waiter," Judith murmured "Jack, 1 am going to ask her whv sb.6 i6ft her music for marriage." The coffee grew cold, and the wait­ er worried while the two women talked, and when Judith came back her face was very white, but there was a look in her eyes that Jack had not seen before. v "O, Jack," she said breathlessly, as she sat down, 'O, Jack!" But when the waiter had brought hot coffee she told him the little story "She used to play in Europe. She Is a German and had wonderful talent But she is not very strong and she grew sc tired of the travel, and she grew sc tired of the people who ad­ mired her for her music, but who xiever seemed to see the woman under neath, and ibis man. Ibis waiter, (;ang ln the same concerts in which she played. They loved each other, but she feared marriage. And then one day he lost his voice. She Logged him to marry her, saying that her mon­ ey would support them both willing to eftcriflce herself now that he was In trouble. But he would have none ol It. He would not let a woman support him. He ceme to America to find work and after a while she came to play And one night after the concert she went with a gay party to a fashion­ able restaurant and there she found her former lover waiting on the table "Well, that was th^ beginning. She gave him her address and made him come to her. Then she tolci him that she was miserable, that there was no happiness in the life she was living, thqf cVin wanted to be witti hini nnd let him take care of her. She wanted to be free from the demands of the public. If she played shj wanted to play because she loved her art. And at last he yielded, and with the mon ey that she had saved they came here and set up this little ulace And she cooks and plays and she is happy." It was snch a simple little story. I and yet somehow it seemed to clutch | at their hearts . I "It is something to have a home, Jack," she said. > "He caught at the slight hope in that change in her eyes and voice "Judith," he said, "I wannot give you the variety that your life offers now, and a lawyer with a good practise is a busy man, but I want to take care ot you." She had been deeply moved by the story of the other woman. "When she was telling me I seemed to see myself moving from # place to place, never satisfied, always wanting something, always wanting you, Jack " It was the supreme moment, but as Jack laid his hand on Hers the waiter entered with a slip of paper, which he handed to Jack "It's the recipe for the oysters, sir," he said, "I thought you£ wife might like to cook them." Jack gasped. "Will you cook them, Judith?" he asked suddenly. "Will my wife cook them, Judith?" And Judith still with that wonder­ ful light in her eyes, took the paper from him. LUNCHES FOB MIDDAY MtU Some Suggestions Which the Houe#> Wife May Find Helpful These Hot 8ummer Days. Here are some suggestions to the housewife who has to put up lunches for the midday meal: Cold baked beans with brown bread and baked apples. Mayonnaise of cold fish with graham bread and lettuce. Pecan and celery sandwiches sea­ soned with onion juice. Potato salad with sandwiches, made of hard boiiea eggs. Corned beef with rye bread, horse­ radish. and shredded cabbage. Cold chops of pork, lamb or mutton wrapped In wax paper. Apple sauce or stewed prunes with gingerbread or molasses cookies. Broiled salmon with chopped celery and mayonnaise with white bread. Sausage sandwiches with pickled onions, and whole wheat or rye bread. Cottage cheese sandwiches with pickled beets and entire wheat bread. For a wholesome and nutritious sweet stuff dates with peanuts or wal­ nuts. Lettuce leaves between slices of white bread thickly spread with pea­ nut butter. Salads of every kind make desira­ ble additions to lunch baskets and may be carried safely if packed In covered Jelly or marmalade jars. TO MAKE DELICIOUS ICE Orange Granite Is a New One--More Cooling Than Creams in 8ummer. Six oranges, a pint of orange juice, a pound of sugar and a quart of wa­ ter--these are the materials needed to make a delicious ice. Ices are more cooling than creams in the summer, because the water and sugar and fruit Juices digest far more easily and quickly than cream and milk. To make the granite, boil the water and sugar together for five minutes. Peel th« oranges, separate the sections, remove eeeds, white skin, and every bit ft connecting tissue. Throw the pieces of fruit into the hot syrup, stand aside for an hour to cool and then drain the syrup into the ice cream freezer, add the orange juice and freeze. When frozen stiff mix in the pieces of orange, and serve in glasses. Mcxlcs." Kisses. Put into a saucepan two cupfule grated maple sugar or maple svrup and one-half cupful milk. Cook gently until a little dropped in cold water will ball if rubbed between the fingers. It will take ten minutes or a little less to reach this stage. Stir constant­ ly while boiling, as It scorches easily. Add a heaping teaspoonful of butter, and as soon as melted remove from the fire and beat steadily until the mixture looks creamy and slightly granulated. Stir in at once a pound of English walnuts, broken (not chopped) Into small pieces. Beat hard and turn Into buttered tins to harden. / You can use brown sugar if you have no genuine maple, but add a tea- spoonful of the maple flavor th^t can be purchased at any of the large gro­ ceries. MAKING OF CAKES ART REQUIRES CARE AND JUDG­ MENT ON PART OF COOK. Vary Best' Ingredients Are Essential --Order In Which They Go To- • gether and Exact Care in Measuring Important. The old-fashioned mother taught her daughter cake making as the climax of the art of cookery, especially if she ttas thrifty. Nowadays a girl often starts in with cake making, perhaps because the materials for cake do not seem as expensive as formerly, when the teacher was so loathe to see them wasted cn experiments that were more than likely to be failures. It.requires great care and judgment to mix and bake cake, greater perhaps than is needed for preparing any other one thing that goes upon the table. The very best ingredients are essen­ tial, and the order in which they go together as well as the most exact care ln measuring them Is important. And there is more precision needed-- in the baking. Though the making be right all may ga aglee ln the baking. Sodden centers, pale, sticky surfaces, charcoal bottoms or tough entirety are results not uncommon when the inexperienced make cake. Some cooks classify cakes as those with and those without butter, and do not Include in either class ginger­ bread, wafers and cookies or dough­ nuts. There are yet other things that seem to be neither cake nor pastry, but are called either, according to lo­ cality. Those cakes which have but­ ter as an ingredient are perhaps the more difficult to make, though sponge cakes are not at all the easiest of things to have turn out rieht to a T. Sponge Cake I.--Beat lightly two eggs, add three-fourths cup of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of water, three- fourths cup of flour, with one-third tea- spoonful of soda. Bake quickly in a hot oven and serve while fresh. Sponge Cake II.--Four eggs, one cup of sugar, two cups of flour, two tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, rind of one-half a lemon, two-thirds cup of boiling water. Beat eggs light, add sugar, sift baking powder and flour and stir with the egg mixture, then add boiling water and flavoring, beat well and bake in a cake pan in a moderate oven. ' Molasses Sponge Cake.--One egg beaten light with one-fourth teaspoon­ ful of salt, ono 'cupful molasses, one- half tablespoonful of melted lard, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of soda dis­ solved in one-half cup of boiling wa­ ter, one pint sifted flour. Beat until light, bake ln a moderate oven. Serve warm. Lancaster Pickles. Two quarts onions, two quarts cu­ cumbers, two quarts cauliflower or cabbage, two or three green peppers (take seeds out). Chop all fine, or put through food chopper, and let stand in brine over night. Drain and scald ln weak vinegar, with a lump of alum in it. When cold pour off vinegar and add dressing: Ten cents' worth of d . a i ~ ~ - J JUUBiaiU, UUUCC verier* r oovu, one cupful of flour, one gallon of vine­ gar, two eitpftils of sugar. Add all the Ingredients. Bring to a boil and seal tight. This is fine with meat. For Salty 8oup. If your soup is found too salty, add a few slices of raw potatoes and cook a iittie ionger. The potato wiii absorb the surplus salt. It will save time if a frying pan or griddle is wiped with a piece of old newspaper to remove the Burplus grease before It Is washed. Some people like the unsweetened juice of a pineapple added to mayon­ naise, especially when the mayon­ naise is used on a fruit salad. . Boil dried beef a few minutes in water to remove the salt and to make it. tender. Put the beef into hot but­ ter, fry brown, make gravy with flour and milk, boil for a minute alid serve with small pieces of toast. Blueberry Sherbet. To make this summer time copcoc- tlon let a quart of blueberries jind three cups of boiling water cook to­ gether in a covered vessel for six or eight minutes. When the berries are soft, strain them through a fine wire sieve or a square of cheesecloth, press­ ing out all the juice--there should be just about a quart of the liquid. Add a scant cup of sugar and the juice of a large lemon and freeze as usual within water ices, until the the mix­ ture is stiff enough to eat. Dropped Biscuitti. At night make up the dough in the usual way for light bread and let it rise over night. In the morning, be­ fore kneading it. break off a piece of the dough which you think wouia bw sufficiently large to supply the neces­ sary wants and roll it out the same as you would for the regular yeast pow­ der biscuit, about a quarter of an inch thick. Take a skillet and fill it two- thirds full of goc^ lard, let It get boil­ ing hot, then cut your biscuits out and drop them in. They will puff up and turn brown, leaving a hollow Inside. Serve while hot and break open, put­ ting the butter on the inside. Do not cut open. trophy. Thus civilized existence anywhere trees and shrubbery in its famous uooryard have largely died out, the near to the savage border is beset with profusion of daisies surrounding the no little peril. At the same time, the old home have been the most brilliant land of the Atayal is particularly monument to the days of colonial gov- temtping by reason of its richness In ernment in provincial Pennsylvania forest products, especially camphor. U The old ruin of a mansion house The Deft Hand. The Widow--Oh, Mr. Smith, you'll never make me believe that? The Candidate--I said I had never loved a woman till now; not that no woman ever loved me; 'course, I wouldn 't say anything so stupid as that.--Throne and Country. Silk-Hatted Peddler Turned Down IhB chief of Chicago's license bureau and the mayor's secretary are •till wondering today why a man at­ tired ln the height of fashion and be­ decked with diamonds should want a pushcart peddlers' license at the rate Of $1 a year. B. Chenkln, who pre •ented a neatly engraved card show- ins him to be a real estate broker, With moaey to loan on mortgages, ap for the license yesterday. "What do you want with a push cart license?" asked the astonished chief of the bureau. "Well, I don't push the cart myself any more," was the broker's reply, "but one never knows what may hap­ pen. and I want It rehewed. I've had one for eighteen years." The license was refused and Mr. Chenkln went away declaring he would take the matter into the courts. The Credit 8ystem. A South side woman makes frequent purchases at a near-by drug store, and always has them charged. She often takes her five-year-old daughter with her. One day recently the child made her way to the store alone, walked ln, picked up the pro­ prietor's cat and started for the door. "Here you have my cat," called out the druggist. "Charge it," said the child, and kept on go4ng. At last accounts she still had the cat.--Kansas City Post. Thr i f t a t the Pa lmis t ' s "I had a client the other day the lines of whose hand jjpeiled money," said the palmist. "Before I got through with him I found that he did not need to come to me to be told that Thrift Buch as his sweeps a man on to fortune regardless of the palmist's art The man had only one hand. I read that. When I had fin­ ished he said: 'How much?' "I named my modest price of one dollar a sitting " "A dollar?" said he. 'That's out­ rageous. You read only one hand.' " That is not my fault, said I. 'If you had another hand I would read it.' " 'AH for a dollar?" said he. "I said 1 would. " 'Then,' said he, 'this isn't fair. I only pay half price for my manicuring and when I patronize a paimst who reads pplms at the rate of a dollar a pair 'expect a rebat#.' "He handed out a half dollar, and I took it. 1 was so amazed at the ra­ pidity with which my prognostication was coming true that if he had re­ fused to pay anything I doubt if I should have har nerve enough to put up a fight." Rapid Writers. First Reporter--DeKanter, the ac­ tor, tells me be Is golug to write a book on the stage. Second Reporter--Well, J don't sup pose It will take him more than a day or two. FVrnt Reporter--A day or two? Second Reporter--Yes; haven't you ever noticed bow rapidly actors write on the stage? Schumann's §lster-ln-Lsw Living. The sistsr l»-l*w of Robert Schu mantt hi »U1I Ivitu* Her tiaine Ih Ma rie Wleek. recently took part ID a concert In UerJln Though she U 78 years Id, her Augers stltl glide niin bly over the keyboard Formerly sh< was anesUMtmad pianist, though over shadowed by Usf Clan*, Brown Bread Muffins. , Break into bits sufficient stale bread to fill a quart measure. Cover with a pint of cold milk and soak till soft. Beat to a smooth paste, add the well beaten yolks of three eggs, a table- spoonful of melted butter, and three- fourths of a cupful of graham flour sifted with a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Fold in the w«ll beat­ en whites of the eggs. Bake lu muffin pan twenty minutes in a quick oven. A Novelty In Jellies. Delicious jellies may be made by substituting milk for water. Take a packet of Chlver's Jelly, cut it in small pieces, put it ln a basin and stand over a saucepan of boiling water until it melts. When lukewarm, add a pint of cold milk, stir It well, pour into a mold and let it stand until set. Qreat care must be taken not to add the milk until the Jelly is nearly cold or it will curdle. Grapefruit Hint. The grape fruit for breakfkst rhould be cut in half the night before, the seeds all carefully removed, and sugar sprinkled over the fruit, which should then be placed in the refrigerator over night. The result is a delicious fruit for breakfast, sans all bitter­ ness. Spiced Grape Jelly. Sight quarts of grapes picked from stem, one quart of vinegar (If strong, dilute), two ounces of cinnamon bark, one ounce of whole cloves Cook well, strain, let stand over night, strain again. To one pint of juice use one pint of sugar. Asparsgus Shortcake. Make a white sauce and add small pieces of cooked asparagus, pour this over some large baking powder bis­ cuits split hot, serve with bard boiled eggs out up. To Iron Woolens. Instead of ironing underwear di­ rectly with the iron on them (which disintegrates the fiber and puts them in an early grave), put a common sheet of newspaper between the clothes and the iron, and note the re­ sult. The came applies to woolens and any other fabric. If goods of deli­ cate shades are being ironed, .use pa­ per without printing on it. The fur­ ther advantage of the process is this: The Iron runs smoothly over the pa­ per without sticking, and It does not pull the clothes out of shape, as la the case when a cloth is interposed, as the paper surface is flat, stiff and smooth. A Macaroni Sauce. The following rule for a sauce to be served with macaroni or the Italian polenta is given by the wife of a well- known Italian grocer: Cook a round­ ing tablespoonful of finely minced onion and a half clove of garlic brown ln a rounding tablespoonful of butter. Moisten with three tablespoonfuls ol the water drained from boiled maca< roni and half a tablespoonful of beef extract When the sauce boils add four dried mushrooms that have soaked until they are soft and cook tor five minutes. Turn it over the maca­ roni or polenta. To Clean Bedticks. To clean bedticks, apply Poland starch by rubbing it on thick with a cloth, place in the sun; when dry, rub it if necessary. The soiled parts will be clean as new. Veal Loaf. For every cupful of meat add a «up- ful of ground or grated bread crumbs when making veal loaf. The loaf will not be so Bolid and heavy, It will be less expensive, more wholesome, and more delicious. Orange Filling. One orange. Orate the rind and squeeze the juice, one egg, one table­ spoon corn starch, pinch of salt, two* thirds cup sugar, two-thirds cup of wfe ter. Cook until thick. This is dslli clous.