sts | mountain." | gin in ee = pS od Bean ia Wha Ls. NE of the most serviceable tabloids of proverbial philos- Ophy transmitted to us by an anonymous benefactor is: 'If the mountain will not come to "Ma- hhomet, Mahomet go to the It is the quintessence of €°mmon sense, Put into general prac- tice, it would lengthen the average of | human longevity more. effectually ; than all the discoveries of remedial | Betence have succeeded in doing during | the last century. Translated into non-figurative lan- Guage, it directs that when you cannot do the thing you-would, do what you can and be convinced that you have done your best. The foregoing didacticism had its ori- a@ conversation overheard in a street car one morning last week, when must the smell of the spring that had come in , very deed was jn the air--the smell! of budding leaves and bursting blossoms Joying In deliverance from winter bond- age---the indefinable delicious essence of new life informing the no longer stag- nant earth. We all know it by the feel- ing thereof,-and not one of us can ac- count for it any more than he can deny it. It had penetrated to the heart of the city, and the women opposité me in the car were--as an old writer has it~ "wondrously commoved thereby." YEARNING FOR COUNTRY "I declare, when I went into my back yard this morning and smelled the dew on the grass, I could have cried with homesickness for the country,"' said one of them. 'I was brought up in a little village where we had our own vegeta- bles. It is hard to get used to the with- ered, stale stuff sold as 'garden truck' in the markets, That's what they éalled it in the old tlme, I get tired of pota- toes, turnips and carrots by. the .time spring is here, and we won't eat canned goods," a * "Right you are!" struck in her com- panion. "Nasty, doctored trash, that tastes like nothing the Lord of the earth ever made! I often tell my hus- band that I wouldn't' mind staying in town all summer, as we expect to do this year, if I had a bit of something Juicy and green once in a. while. There's a taste of the ground, so to @peak, about freshly picked lettuce, te- matocs and rddishes--not to mention @reeén corn and peas--that money can't Whe LFOWEL DSA L2VALIZDLE LUD « Grass is better than bricks and mor- tar or asphalt in the back yard. Rows of thrifty "garden truck" are better than turf, which feeds nothing and of- fers a monotone of verdure from month to month. Bestir yourself to make the parallelogram or square blossom and bear for the service of man and the de- lectation of woman. Have every avail- able foot of tillable soil spaded up, ma- nured and raked smooth. It is getting late to raise certain vegetables from the seeds. You may buy young plants from market-gardeners or seed shops at as- tonishingly low rates. Two dozen tomato vines planted against the sunniest wall, and, as they grow, trained upon a low barricade of sticks, will bear all sum- mer long. Choose a cool, shaded corner for lettuce, If you have such, make a retreat for the succulent deli- cacy. Have a movable screen of reeds or woven twigs with which to protect the lettuce bed from #he noonday sun. Take it down at night and do not put it up on eloudy days. By a little care in this respect you will secure sweet salad. As the first supply of plants shows a tend- ency to run to seed, have a second and none a third instalment ready to take its place. Lettuce that grows in the sun gets bitter, and when the head elongates into a stem, it is pastworthy. Radishes also thrive into juicy mild- ness in the shade, although they will bear more sunshine than lettuce. If set so near a brick: wall as to feel the ra- diated heat as well as the direct rays of the sun, they will develop too fast and become pithy and pungent. Here, too, it is wise to have a -succession of crops. Manage this by judicious re- newal of young plants or by sowing seeds at different times. Green peas should be planted early in the season, Give them rich earth, plenty of light and heat, arid water often should the season be dry. Train upon sticks against the wall. If you have room for two crops, plant a second three weeks after you put the first into the ground. This will insure a succes- sion of "messes" of the incomparable vegetable, which is never eaten in per- fection unless it has been gathered on the same day it is cooked and _ served. We never buy market peas nor green corn in city shops. Flavor and sweet- . Sy ot PAN Nay oy * WILOOCIUAE Eze oe ness depart with handling and trans- portation. Cucumbers take kindly to back-yard culture. They fiourish under direct and radiating being of tropical origin. They, too, should be eaten soon after they are gathered. Horticulturists hold "that, if plucked while the dew is on them in the early morning, they are more wholesome and have a better fla- vor than if one waits until the sun has warmed them. ice until you are ready to prepare them for the ta- ble. Plant peas against. the wall and set a row of string beans in the outer edge of the same bed. They require simi- lar conditions of exposure and culture, interfere with sunshine, Keep. on 'and in growing do not each other, PLANT SWEET HERBS bed of sweet Do not fail to have «a herbs in a sheltered corner of the minia- ture kitchen-gard2n, Parsley, sage, mint, sweet marjoram and thyme come up year after year from the roots. They are hardy and thrifty, needing no care beyond weeding and occasional pruning. The .same may be said of chives, justly prized by the skilful salad maker as im- parting a delicious finishing touch to the odor and taste of lettuce, tomatoes, etc. For tools, provide yourself with a spade, a rake, a small hoe--that will go easily bétween stems and leaves where a larger utensil would: bruise and break --two trowels, one larger than the other, and a pair of pruning sclgsors. Of this outfit the trowels are the\most valuable to the woman who farms her own back yard. I speak with authcrity, having been a diligent feawer-gardener since my childhood. With the large trowel dig deeply to turn up the soil to the air and sunshine, especially in dry weather, With the small, work more gingerly by Cs Bi rgdaes Laelen? far BARTELL IRIS among delicate fibers and tender leaves, smoothing and patting gently when the weeds are extracted and the soil loosen- ed. This process of breaking and crum- WJ iLT2LO te Eee Sore Lo LLC SEHR. bling the earth fine, that moisture may penetrate it, is an important matter, but discretion should be observed here. The zealous and unpracticed gardener is in danger of digging too much and too often. Do your weeding by hand until the seeds are fairly up and the stems have gained wood or fiber. Nature may be trusted to take eare of them thus far. Do not stir the soil about a trans- planted herb or slip or root until it has taken firm hold of the new ground. Let it send out roots below and healthy shoots above before you ply the trowel in its immedia® neighborhood. In giving this advice to those who must make their summer "change" without leaving town or village or sub- urban quarters, yet who hunger and thrist for fresh esculents, and, what is almost as wholesome, the smell of up- turned earth and the sight of green and growing things, I do not assert that you will be able to furnish your table all summer long with salads and roots and legumes. I do affirm that you may in- troduce agreeable variety into your family bill of fare and get diversion and outdoor life for yourefagged and har- assed self: if you are the owner or lessee. of a_ thirty-five-foot square of arable soil, and have a genuine desire to get near to Nature's heart. Marin tH arlarsr, =m ....FAMILY -MEALS FOR A WEEK.... kkotecting £ettice Ska ELC Sta" Housemothers' Exchange LEASE tell me how .to prepare crys- P tallized violets? 2. We used 'to have the most dell- I should like to The filling was the only recog- mushrooms and cious. yol-au-vents in Italy. have a recipe for the same. of a rich, greenish brown, nizable ingredient being stoned olives. 8. Do you know of an Italian method of eooking chicken (braised, I imagine) which looks like our smothered chicken, but the fowl is disjointed before it is cooked, and the flavor is different. It was always served with salad. Let 'me offer in part payment for the in- formation I hope to receive a proved recipe for beautiful and delicious marmalade? Bight oranges, 8 pounds of granulated sugar, 3 Jemons, 22pints of water. ' First morning--Wash the fruit thoroughly and, with a sharp knife, cut it into thin slices without peeling. Remove the seeds and the smal] epd slices and put into a bowl with the "Water. Leave thus for twenty-four hours, Second morning--Put the fruit and water on the stove and bring to, a boil. Keep this up for an hour. Remove from fire and add the sugar to the contents of kettle while hot, Third morning--Put the fruit back upon the stove and cook steadily for two hours. Fill jars with the hot marmalade, and seal. a a, thief and 'a robber in accepting your. "beautiful" recipe when I cannot return, as a partial equivalent, the recipes you wish to get. I have kept house in Italy for two years at a time, and.visited the I feel like a fairest land upon the globe at sev- eral other times. Yet I,do not rec- ognize the vol-au-vent or the smoth- ered chicken. Chicken is invariably accompanied by salad there, and f recollect that the fowl is _dismember- ed before it comes to table. I do not recall that the flavor was unlike that of roast chicken. In the hope that one or more of our readers will tome to our help, I publish your pleasant letter. Two Protests As I foretold, the economical menu sent in by a member of the Exchange has been fallen upon vigorously by other housetnanagers. I have room for but two protests today: Though "a mere man," I venture to say a word respecting the $3.80-per-week menu printed by you as a communication from a practical housekeeper. in her expense account she makes no al- Jowance for potatoes, rice, tea, salt._or spices. Add these to the totah and you would have at-least $4, With all due respect to "One er," I should not care to be her "John" if I were to be limited to that menu. I could, unaided, eat all she has provided for $3.80, ahd would 'be hungry at the end of the week, We are two in our home, and here is an approximate estimate of our weekly penses: Milk, 85 cents; meat, $1; eggs, $1.20, « and other provisions in like. ratio, could gnanage on §6 per week we think ourselyes fortunate Housemoth- would sntly " Our second protest is from a woman and a housemother, 3efore getting to her, let mo thank "A. W." for the sound sense of justice displayed in his letter, Of his wife it may evidently be said that 'the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her."" He is not afraid @x-¢ If we . litely, "Will you have an egg?' They as politely declined. Afterward five recatied that they "would like to have one."' It is a farce enacted daily in some homes, It is a sham only second, if at all, to the sin of overeating and: overdrinking on the part of those who care nothing for the happiness of others long 4s they idle and feast, 80 The Father has provided abundantly for us all, and means that we shall live and Jet live, Please give us truthful weekly accounts. Help From a Masculine Membe Still another masculine membei takes pen in hand to help the sister- hood. He is not a stranger to the Exchange, and is welcome whenevet he steps upon our stage. From "Mrs. S. L.'s" fll-starred. venture in soap-making I infer that she used the wrong alkali in saponifying. her fat. If she used potash instead of soda, the result would be soft soap, or, if the proportions were not well adjusted, the result might be what she describes. A 'potash soft soap may be changed into hard by bolling it in a kettle and adding gradually common table salt in small quantities until a drop of the Ving mass, taken out with a stick, yields ee pressed between the fingers, firm "white flakes, A gocd way of making soap at home igs this: Make a strong lye with one dram of commercial caustic soda and one ounce of water, and then a weak lye with one dram of caustic soda and two ounces of water. Boil the weaker lye solution with one and @ half ounces of beef tallow for half an hour in a vessel but half filled with the mix- ture, and then add the strong lye grad- ually while the boiling continues, When, after a while, the mass becomes thick and frothy, test it by taking out a drop on a_ gtick, which, at this stage, should, if pressed between the fingers, so- lidify into firm, white flakes. At this june- ture add half an ounce of common salt; boil for about five minutes longer, and let the mass quietly cool, .When the soap has cooled, test it again by boiling a small sec- tion of it with water, and if it form a tur- bid solution, it still contains. some unsaponi- fied tallow, n which case add to it weak lye and con- tinue boiling until the sample gives a Gear solution in water. Add, again, table salt, and let it cool, If tt-is desirable that the s80ap should have the property of fonming a strong lather. use half the quantity of beet tallow and substitute for the other half cocoanut oil. Any quantity of soap may be botled in this Miaoner by obse ying the above proportions, Ce ser RE ay The above ig wortny of respe: tention, since "Rosicrucian'"' cal chemist. A Ha rd: Prokiees . I was delighted with your reply to "H., Buffalo, N.. Y.'". My life experienas has been a parallel with hers. I tried to sup- port myself and a dear old mother by tak- ing boarders, and. made a comfortable home for her for a while. When she was disabled by sickness and age my time was divided between her and the house, and I did justice to neither, At the ripe age of S eg is a practi 92 my mother died, and I was a nervous wreck. i] Tell me. merse, of a good old ladies" home. Some day I shall need one And how should I go to work to get a position as -housekeeper or companion to an elderly lady? I am a skilled housekeeper, and cat give excellent references, Can you sug- geat a path for me to take? ' Advertise in a daily paper, and like- wise in excellent family week- ly religious paper. Your case not singular. I wish it were less sad, Parents should shrink from burden- some or is mays buy. They're fine for the blood, too. I ing dutiful ehildr feel as if I could live and die happy if fateh: Sak aay (SUN Beth Agee tins Sic aka ae ee we : F Dp might be tempted to extravagance. . Shs ORS 1d Infirm, "rankly, sci pees age acid ped eee SUNDAY : DINNER, LUNCHEON. FRIDAY a saa ne pice ws ee me do not think that they owe it t hee plac @ country. @ have BREAKFAST, Veal and sago soup, mutton chops en Mince of veal on tomato toast (a left- BREAKFAST. irit ve should have = fe shee OS those whose duty it is to care for the a ack yard, where there are Ilac Oranges, céreal and cream, ham omelet, casserole, spinach souffle (a left-over), over), tried French. potatoes, lettuce salad, Stetina ehubark anil cream acled colle spirit, we should have: fewer peti- Gs IAB wh ata ee ne ' bushes and a few old rose trees, but, as rico muffins, toast, tea and coffee. Soin eae maxes ; me a dumplings crackers and cheese, bananas and cream, soaked in milk, eaten with the rhubarb, * tlons that we "would not publish é En hes , O-are -aere without their you say, it just makes mé homesick' to LUNCHEON ice, black. cofi¢e. cake, cocoa. = boiled exgs, pe Bae and coffee. these dreadful $4-a-week lies! Men own , a ahd consent. For my own JINNER, sUNCHEON, R rans ols} . . " sare, Sie refer = " me" look at them. I think, sometimes, I'll Beef loaf, grapefruit galad, peanut butter TUESDAY z PS copies res ee inn need i Hay oi Sen sicaae are unreasonable enough already, part, I should prefer:to go to avhome h th d sandwiches, Saratoga chips, sugar ginger- _ Be atid Glasgow broth, beefsteak, asparagus, Fricasseec eggs with drawn. bu ter, tomato 1 bel ager gi ag ; rather than 'tie a clog about the neck ave them dug up and thrown into the fan he . ba a ts BREAKFAST. sweet potatoes, tapioca pudding, black cof- toast, string bean and lettuce salad (a left- BUR SARE OS gees woman, and OER Child' oe garbage wagon. They are worse than read and canned pears (home-made), tea, Bananas and cream, ie tees stewed Tee. a crackers and cheese, chocolate fifty more say the same in effect, a child of mine." nothing." DINNER. Potatoes, muffins, toast, tea and coffee. panes DINNER Sittth (We: pedples-cvery.. day : ' . : ls gee NNDR, people every day in the week Pe : '] my spt fg Clearly, Mahomet and the mountain aeoes ith oat bai nh are iesh Lig Dee DON, THURSDAY Chowder, salmon stesks, potato puff (a and niné Meals for her "friends," 'One Remov Ing Spots ] rom Silk : "tea ongue with sauce tartare, spinach, young Eggs and tomatoes (cooked in chafing ' BREAKFAST. left-over), salsify fritters, strawberries and nother" ot in forty-five meals for Will you tell me how to remove spots from are not likely to get together with this beets, rhubarb tart, black coffee. dish), potatoes a la Tyonnaise, baked Zerrles, rice and cream). Philadelphia Cream, snace rons sbiacic Conse: or Slgpcents per Meal. a brown sille dress without discoloring it? ae hes grumblers, Yet each knew tee: watercress salad, bread pud- gcrapple, rolls, toast, tea and coffee. SATURDAY e ers om 'ihe. buy Agia gic Bs years unused, J fear , = 8 * je ea, Kk Atoes, cab 8 & . : . at she wanted, and their needs wero MONDAY DINNER. LUNCHEON. BREAKFAST. 1 butter to last six da = 1@ same. I came home to find in the BREAKFAST. Potato soup, veal cutlets, green peas, Savory beef stew (a left-over), sweet Oranges, cereal and cream, bacon and thie: gee Cocaine iohwaps Try sponging the spots with a milan. morning mail a letter I shall soon print, Oranges, hominy and cream, fried calf's stewed tomatoes, charlotte rysse, black potatoes (a left-over), asparagus a la vin- eggs, corn bread, toast, tea and coffee, mt dae har.dehn dG. is bo Abie tune see eee AS ~ . Lp Saleen vaso dn part, from a shut-in who has whiled bee pea French rolls (heated), toast, tea coffee, aigrette Rbennads rice custard pudding LUNCHEON. on this fare? Bread, 26 conte!" nants Riouie it ' ee age in equal i and coffee, Been (@ left-over), tea. Creamed salmon (a left-over), potatoes dream out the whole list? Js the 2AMS. Snoule Ms fall, resort to pure away the long wintry days by raising LUNCHEON, WEDNESDAY DINN boiled whole with parsley sauce, fried Hetlon desig to cherr up the chloroform... If the . mildew. i beans and tomatoes in window boxes. Cold tongue (a left-over), baked crea BREAKFAST. Re: mush, Swiss fritters with lemon sauce, tea. y, who Alt our streets Ino these: hard ; AN Moe ' : ; : 3 ' eam 3 : SAKFAST. Yesterday': soup (a léft-over), lamb"s . T have been selty, but did i changed the original color, toueh with In her circumscribed world the prophet ithe' An eee salad (a left-over), Grapefruit, cereal and cream, bacon end AGae ah Cabasthle®. anine -beehe? wudehed DINNER. find what she gives prevaliing prices in Rlecho!l Gi hove "you 2 wa 5 G custards and 'fled hominy ic. sul ex ¥ i ees ae 4 Macaroni soup with Parmesan cheese, that great town. ¥ n ane woman 2 " Ma may not be and the mountain have met, cookies, abe hominy, quick biscuits, toast, tea and potatoes, lethon jelly and , sponge cake, rof#st lamb, green peas, ereamed parreta: who. caokel five so't-botiod for a break forced, ns a last resort. to have the = : bleck coffee, orange pie. black coffee. fast fcr nitfe people. All were asked po- Bown dyed 1 yvmmmander-in-chief 'at least, Alas! his wi PApe-s Mean Accare mulare wi 5 cee ; ae : Se BENEATH THE Col i) | ACE commanfer-in- hiet it de st Al : h ' with grape-shot. President Ulysses -- Popular with the army. On' the day begid a few vears ago over. the finances CARRIED OFF 'TO SKA remarked to a Lisbon correspondent a 4 4 ' shee ragged and torn beneath the Fleurcaux, a negro deck-laborer from Proclaimed hiiisel! president ~ he shot ch Santo: Domings Presiaent Rooase- ot few days ago. thatthe worst ¢onstees voll hace, his énormous black feel were. Jemaica, + nrade imseke lor of tour. polities one in cold bl 4 ; Be a Rae : eB : ta) : ' vi ---- inntoe 1 y. : 'bo a an Me - anh ti rae re ag puts __ Himeett "tuler of a pe of pose ments in. colt Ylood' yet has threatencd {hissin no \ncertaia Ap Buglish Viear 'Taken Cawilitingty Uns mighh be: placed™-upba: his: disape ' a é aay . ex ' a ld ne was patheti-" Santo Domingo, calmly told me at din- ¢ The z ete hy . '4 ; ae, * language several times. ali teng Vivaeo "" yearahee, he was bare te" Pemaniias PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF Pais Cenk OL: i Sea _ ber one evening in 1897 that he had Ne : sith ticles ON SE SPIER co, In Brazil, without being able to sehd ' : ab. He was typical of the linselled squal ~¢hot his own brother. was tested most remarkably at the fall. PRECAUTIONARY After a Voyage of 6,090 nvles, as the "any message vo his friends or relative "oO » nale Your ven |: F f Panties , ; pay Ss: rhe i eae = OF, IN A » eee ' cae § : +} ° any WBE 5 Mens t Tae Se NAYTI. or of the Black Republic--that mo "He was plotling-° against me," he ton "Geni ed e he it faeries be result of a thoment's carelessness, and 'phe voyuge jasted eight days, offleers ory suv Liat ' oy tals wht RE pres 5 4 > AIOXIS rot a Ppene fs -- SAa P. note aie. Sees pty tal < hoe ane . F et ery af Spo where African sav- explained. "I asked him to dinner and pega So the ie BP ich sees ae Fhe sexton of a negro church was after a visit to South America. lasting arid passtugers doing thelr 'best aaneas -- ager & > 5 are > vel ver crow. ' r " ji " J it v) eC. tbe 16, AG ri Wy in " = tis AQ r alej when, ; . ~ . : agery and fefishism are veneered over' gave him of 'the hest dishes. Then, : se closing the windows one windy Sun- just two hours, a Buckinghamshire vi- lace him and to. provide him 'with hy a Tithe French polish and plenty of after we had finished the coffee and, howled around the house for his blood gay. morning during service when he car, the Rev. RB. F. Ashley Spencer, of "eiothes, of which he was, of course, in ; "tT! "wo Tetishi 34 pe ies = } t days. believing. ri Pape ey. r % 2 African Savagery and Fetishism Stik gold lace, -Hqueurs, a file of soldiers came in to Hee iharsenpe eed Ph Seek i oe was beckoned to the side of a young Tylers Green, has returned to Liverpool. absolute need, Reaching Pern' yshaico Hold Sway in the Black WHOLESALE MURDERER. lead him oft is ech ae He tried to ihe 'money with hini Yet they--dared Pr. Soe the widow of a certain a Ss eae at See on he dnstantly cabled home, reporting hig . : ; draw a revolver; but TI was ,too quick t ' ere A rOHNLAUS, February 21 Jast for a month's rest and isadventure : Republic. Fer «generations past the -Havtian. te. tie o.. . ae mot profane the Jegation,."and the Vaya, an i apa ae Bee ae S Aas Shape os misaxventure, : Presi aie rate ee tks ed Fright fr him "amd shot him first." French Charge d'Affaires escorted hirn Wy hy is you sheltini does winders, change. On February 26 he went on He found that a steamer, the Thames, Se © re Se Ree sidents he ads through blood- ae IAA ' Teas {2a French steaiier in peace Mr, Jones?" she demanded, in a hoarse pbcard the liner Araguaya to see a sailed for Maderia very shortly from When TF landed at Port-awPrince, On shed to a throne.' and ruled hy the HE IS: IGNORANT AND BRUTAN. Ee ee ee wa . avhisper, "De air in dis church is suf- fpiend in crossed meer : Yee : : the firss of Several visils to Mbyli ands <word. Christophe. who made himse fie oe ose The handful of whites who run busi- en sen ote : = - -uiena. Engrosse in conversation, he Bahia, and went to that place400 miles Santo Domingo, I was met on. thi UB ea nedorl! saat cepAniod fie taetetng a HE ws fayht "Our the chaos of pesses-or plantations in the Black Re- ocatiy now!" - : paid mo heed to warning cries and the from Pernambuco, by sea, At Bahia hilt Gir "te Meee enboaleee Ease alae om poe # ¥ an Sei M PATONG oul of which the present public have suffered terribly in. recent ; Is de minister orders, replied ralsing of the anchor, and was sudden- he found time to go ashore, and had Makoto Ss AES oR a OF NOEEG CURES ani' tanquises was st president, Nord' Alexis, emerged into years, for Alexis has encouraged their the sexton, obstinately, "Its a cold ly alarmed by the throbbing of the precisely two hours in which to explore in a cocked bat, gold laced coat, monster of tperedible depr WW: He ceunramat powcr: He te can: Bonoront : See ny "T} c SASS es aia om ; fete 3 gearlet brecches, wriles Claude Blake in gjarder ; oh dd Vdamatie jupreme power; He. is an ignorant, plunder and, mabireatment. But they day, Mis' Thomas, an' wo ain't goin' screw, He rushed to the vessel's side the continent of South America before tis Lede: Mall: WeLwee ra eat i par Ge URE brutal, seaile-kegro with absolutely no have hung on to their investments in lo take no chance o' bosin' any 0' de to find that she was already moving, the Thames seed, He returned in that ce { OOK cies 4 ® + ¥ cS iy a khe ae Se fa os Se ee : WV set = nd quatiticn tons for his position exeept a the hope that. the 'United States will lambs o' dis fold while dere's a big and that it was impossible fo get ashore. vessel to Lisbon and. from {hat cily : OMS QUICOr, AU ME HOOKER KO Me ef clhairng thy stieets of Port Prince nuldog courage, which has nade him assume control over the country, as it debt overhangin: dis church." Vainly protesting, and fearing, as he took passage to Livanpeal, : :