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Show BEAVER CITY PRESS : ........J KITCHEN CABINET j I jf i (, 192. Western Newspaper Union.) Music, when soft voice! die. FACTj EXPERIMENTS IN CATTLE FEEDR the memory. In Vibrates DAIRY Odors, whun sweet violets sicken. Live within the sense they quick'' ... en. .; Rose leaves, when the rose la dead. Are beap'd for the beloved's bed; And so thy thoughts, when thou. Need Mineral Supplemei With Poor Roughage.' art gone, shall slumber ' on. P. B. Shelley. Love itself i i m f M n9t3r. COMMON , AVben poor roughage ls fej dairy cows mineral supplements shown to be necessary in a re publication of the Wisconsin (I ment station. Three cows fed ou t othy hay, corn silage and a p mixture were poor producers of In addition they were slow to br.t and when bred they tended to drj from six weeks to two months ean than three cows fed on alfalfa V' Another test on minerals that cows producing from 50 t pounds of milk daily without dW exposure to sunlight were unable maintain a calcium balance in fr bodies even though the. ration otherwise adequate. When the w were exposed to .sunlight for six b daily they decreased the loss of e cium from their bodies by 25 peri In a comparison of soy hpan t versus alfalfa hay the cows proi approximately the same amount c' butterfat and milk but the cows soy bean hay ga'iied only half ; much body welcht and ' wasted n of their hay. The results of this it , which does not . check with tests r at some other stations,! shows f. soy bean hay was calculated to worth 73 per cent as much as alii hay. In this connection it ls Intere to note some experiments that conducted in chopping alfalfa c soy bean hay. No advantage noted In chopping alfalfa, bnt i cows wasted less of the soy bean w This caused the chopping to lmpr the value of soy bean hay by 2.1 f cent. These figures Indicate that? may prove profitable to chop soy J: hay when used for feeding i. FOODS The cabbage Is one of our valuable vegetables; being rich In vitamines It Is best eaten raw, as when cooked much of the valuable food ele-e n t s are discarded with the water, when drained away, tender cabbage may take the place of lettuce in sandwich mak ing and provide a flavorful sandwich. Trim the. leaves neatv ly with scissors to tit the bread, place on nut bread with a bit of mayonnaise If at hand and cover with another buttered slice, and you have a good luncheon In a sandwich. Taken with a glass of milk It will provide a fair meal, When taking hikes such sandwiches are especially good, for they keep moist und are always tasty. Use two with the salad dresstrimmed lea-ing between as a sandwich filling, with the buttered bread. In this way the bread is not soaked and the dress Ing does not leak out. Broiled bacon with cabbage makes another delectable sandwich tilling. Shredded cabbage that has been crisped in water ts so pretty In a salad and may be used in countless ways. Take small quarters of ripe red tomatoes, place on salad plates with small heaps of shredded cabbage between each. Garnish with strips of green pepper and pipe ros.es of mayonnaise around the salad. A bit of onion will not spoil this combination. A most delightful combination Is shredded' cabbage, pineapple cut Into dice, with any good salad dressing. Salt and paprika is added to season. "German Cabbage Salad. Chop tine a firm head of cabbage with one large or two small onions. Season well with salt and pepper and pour over the following: Dice one thick slice of salt pork and try out, fry until Jhe dice are brown they should be about the size of large peas when brown. Pour this hot fat with the cubes, reserving a tablesjioonful for garnish, and mix well. Into the same pan add enough good vinegar to moisten the cabbage, heat bolliiig hot and pour that over. Let stand in a warm place until the dinner Is served. A bit of shredded cabbage added to almost any fruit or vegetable salad adds crlspness, flavor, and enhances the appearance, which is nn Important item In menu planning. Foods. ' As the cool weather becomes colder we enjoy some of the pud dings, cakes and dishes, which In our grundmotb m , es around Kris Krlngle's pleasure-lade- n tree. Presi- s Christdent Tyler himself directed one mas party for his tiny granddaughter Mary Falrlio a dressed Tyler, where dauRhter Alice, born leader, as Titania, presided from a throne specially set up fancy-dres- ' , By ELMO SCOTT WATSON AVE you ever wondered how the lenders In our land Four-and-a-H- e Christmas, whether our President and the other high officials of our government forget for that one day In the year the cares of state and, like you and me and the friends we know, become hist -plain folks,- - filled with the Yuletlde spirit? If yon have, perhaps the following news story which appeared In the press dispatches Just before Christmas last year may answer the question In your mind: WaVilnKton. Mrs. Coolia Is planning an New England Christmas dinner "with all the fixings" for her family. All the details of tho dinner have been planned by the first lady herself. AlthouKh she probably will not go Into the White House kitchen to do any of the cooking-- with her own hands, she will personally arrange the dinner Instead of leaving It, as she might an ordinary party dinner, to the housekeeper. The dinner will be typical New England repast In all waya save one: the turkey will be a "tame" instead of a wild one. The President and his family will celebrate th holiday alone. No guests are expected at the Executive Mansion. Even the Stearnses wtll not be present, as they were last year. John Coolidge returned from Amherst, December 20. without guests. The White House will boast a Christmas tree all Its own. Whether It will be kept exclusively for family admiration or placed In the East Room, where all White House visitors may see It, has not been decided. Mrs. Conlidge will not give any young people's parties for her son, .home on his holiday vacation, but as usual, young John will be the most popular beau In the capital.' He has already been besieged by Invitations to parties, and the usual crop of pretty debutantes is' waiting anxiously to see whlcb be will accept. Mrs. Coolidge has done much of 'the Christmas shopping for her menfolk, especially for her eminent spouse. She la Ihe delight of the shopkeepers. or 9:30 in the She has started her shopping at morning when the stores opened, made no special so that often clerks or feldemand for attention, low shoppers did not know they were literally rubbing elbows with the mistrevs of the White House. She usually stops later when the crowds berorre thick. Following an annual custom, Mrs. Coolidge will aid in the distribution of the Salvation army's 7i0 backets of food. CM Christmas eve President Coolidge will press a, button that will light the capital's living community Christmas tree. He and his family will listen to carol singers before lighting the tree - k which has 600 lights. It is Interesting to Dote that phrase "an old fashioned New England Christmas," because, surprising as it may sound, there was a time when Christmas celebrations were forbidden In the very eetlon of the country from which President Coolidge came. For the Puritans who settled New Eug-lunbrought with them all their prejudices against the Tulctlde celebrations, such as they bad known In "Slerrle England" during the reigns of Charles 1 and IL In regard lo their first Christmas In the New world, the Journal of John Brad ford has this entry : "And ye 25 day (Dec.) begane to erect ye first bouse for comone use to receive them and their goods." Notice that, "Ye 25 day (Dec,)'' Is not even " v y called Christmas On the following Christmas the governor Issued a special order that everybody should keep at work on the fenst day and there should be no celebration. Thirty-ninyears after the landing of the Pilgrims the Ccneral Court of Massachusetts' enacted this law: "That whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas or the like, either by forehearing of labor, feasting ir any other shall be r object to a fine of five way . , ' i . , , shillings." The lirst Christinas celenfutlon In ilnssachu setts was held by a ro.xal governor, who, with til the shut against him, used the towr. bvuse foi religious ervlces, and went with an es--. 1 . e . . , for her. r Then there were Presidential Christmases Imno those children but except twenty years, ported when Mrs. Pierce entertained her Sunday school with a Christmas tree. An article from the Star of December 27, 1S53, gives further Indication of tho Pierces' holiday habits: "On Christmas day a very eloquent discourse was delivered at street the Presbyterian church on by the pastor. Rev. Mr. Sunderland. The congregation was very large, and among those present w observed the President and his lady, both of whom were looking extremely well." The Lincoln boys were not too old to put boyish enthusiasm into their holidays. Probably the one Christmas story that has gone round the globe from the White House is he one about Tad's Indignant democracy. He iarnd, one Christmas day, a small mob of street urchins playing rather forlornly outside t.ie executive grounds. They looked cold and hungry to the r.eil-fe- d President's son, and from the depths of a generous heart be asked them in to dinner. Followed a battle royal with the cook, who solutely refused to have anything to do with such "trash," Master Tad or no Master Tad! But the boy was clever as well as generous, and. like a bud ding lawyer, appealed his case to the Supreme court of the household. Lincoln smiled and said, "Of course, let them come," and Tad, victorious, led the gaping youngsters in to a feast such as they had never dreamed existed. In 1868, the Patterson children, Andy Stover and Andy Jackson, Jr., had a fine ball given in their honor at Christmas time, the East Room being opened for dancing, and 400 of the youthful elite of the capital being bidden as guests. And then Jesse Grant, a few years later, had a party, though not such an elaborate one, but his master of ceremonies waa uone other than bi uncle, General Sherman. No special stories are extant concerning the Gar. Held or the Arthur children, but Cleveland brought a veritable fairyland 'nto "he old Mansion. Marrying there, three of his children were born during hia Incumbency, and gifts from practically every civilized nation in the world came pouring in to the feet of the little White House princesses from Santa's best diplomatic pouches. So many came, in fact, that children who had less hope of wonder in their lives benefited materially from the overflow. The quiet of the McKlnley regime went out In the scurry of the incoming Roosevelts. Christmas became gorgeous event, along with the 364 other gorgeous days of each year. - Once more Santa was hugely welcomed: stockings were "hung by the chimney with care," and a special room set aside for the presents, to which only Mrs. Roosevelt and one maid had access The one fly In the ointment, however, for a Christmas or two, was that the President, in keeping with his conservation policy, didn't quite approve the tree Idea, and the boys were keenly disappointed. Then a new Christ, mas came, and there was much secrecy on the part of Archie and Quentin. When the general presents had all been given out. their Impatience could no longer be overlooked, and the secret came i ut, Leading the way to a certain closet, Archie thre open the door and disclosed his and Quentin'l own private tree, which they had smuggled In and decorated by themselves. That tree became an instltu-tloand each year thereafter, as long as the family remained in the White House, was held to Archie's room. Some delightful tales are told on "Big Bill Taft" and his Christmas adventures when his turn came as head of the nation. On the morning of Chrlstmaa eve, 1910, Mr. Taft gave 102 fine turkeys to the married members of the White House staff, and to the single men who had no hungry mouths to feed, other suitable gifts. But the best moment of the day came when Christmas had just turned the corner. At the stroke of midnight a little band of singers debouched on the White House grounds, with trombone and hymn books In true "wait" fashion, and began the march up the curving walk to the north portico, A startled policeman ran hastily out to turn them back, but. seeing who they were and what they were about to Uo. changed his mind, and Joined them Instead. Lifting their voices fn the lovely chant or "Adeste Fideles," they progressed musically to the pouh and there stationed themselves for a full servie. In a few moments a window above tholr heads was raised, and the President, attired broadly In a blue bathrobe, Itsurd out and shouted "Meriy Christmas." The window didn't stay up long, berauxc a cold wind was blowing, but the object of the serenade stayed behind it through iho entire program, and ralntd it agRln at the end long inough to call. "Merry Christmas to you, boys, and thank you very much." "Mtr Christmas. Mr. President," the singers called buck as thy gMhcrsd up their possessions and wnil awuy into the darkness. The Wilson Christmases were, so many of them, or very quiet of the long Illness that ended them. But wben it was possible intimate friends were entHain-- as house guests. The custom of giving turkeys to the staff was con tmued. but the war other gestures, except to the flubtlng men, of small moment. , f-- Beside a Living Christmas Tree The President and Mrs ..Cool idge . Justice cort of soldiers to protect him against the wrath of the citizens. Yet In New England, as elsewhere, the Jolly spirit of Christmas finally prevailed, although It was only In 1850 that Christmas was finally made a legal holiday In Massachusetts. However, these Puritanical prejudices failed to extend to the nation's capital, which early In our history was established In a region where the old English Idea of a Christmas observance of Joy and good cheer prevailed so that almost from the beginning the day has been appropriately observed In the home of the Chief Executive, In a manner very similar to that In other American homes. How the successive Presidents have observed Christmas Is told by Alice Rogers Dager, In an article written for the Washington Star, from which the following extracts are taken : Jefferson's loss of his deeply-love- d wife before his election and his liking for extreme simplicity made bis holiday seasons quiet ones, except when some of his grandchildren came on a visit Ills two daughters were far too occupied with their own families to be much in the White House (Martha Jefferson Randolph was the mother of twelve hll dren), and it fell to the lot 6f the wife of the secretary of state to arrange such parties as were given. But Dolly" Madison was equal to those quite as much as to later ones. An incident of Christmas eve, 1815, is told In the letters of Mrs. Benjamin W. Crownlnshleld, wife of the secretary of the navy In Madison's cabinet "Last eve," she writes on Christmas day, "we passed at the President's- - took the girls with us Found several gentlemen there and a lady from Kentucky who ts come to make a visit there. She had the parrot brought In for the girls, and he ran after Mary to catch her feet. She screamed ana Jumpd Into a chair and caught hold of Mrs. Madison. We had quite a frolic there, returning aoon after I o'clock. Tea was brought In after we went Monroe, the Episcopalian, began his Chrlstmasei with service at old St. John'a, and In 1819 there was great rejoicing in the restoration of the Mansion. It becomes now the White House both in name and in fact. Its ugly war scars havlnsr been healed with paint which is annually renewed. Mrs Monroe, with her great love of punctilio and ber familiarity with forelga lands, brings the formality of the court to the New Year reception, when lr 1820, the House la again opened to the public. The Chrlstmaa carols of today hark back In thelf popularity to the John Qulncy Adams regime, when Mrs. Adams, American born and bred, but famlllat also with life shroud through her association with her husband's diplomatic years, made Christmas a time of merrymaking. Bands of negroes went about the still muddv streets, singing before the great houses. Many .of the old Enslish customs were revived along with the carols. Tule log crackled and blazed on hearths, from the Whte House to the lowl.est cabins, and the first saemb; of the season graced the week following Christ mas day. Now the scene shifts with force and rapld'tv and the frontier cross s the threshold of the south" portico In the person of "Kid Hickory " Despite til grief for his misjudged and sorely treated wife, dead of her Indignities Just three months before his Inauguration, he buried his personal feelinere nd carried on his rounh-i-ho- d way with the fortitude of the great soldier thMt he was. his most human Among characteristics, his lov of chihlren was outstanding, and his Kiandt hildrtu the Ioiielsi(tis, and the children of Francis FreMon. Ulalr, his friend, were called in to help fill the aoh. Ing void. The most enimnt!n tales are spun o "the General'- - and this Juvenile group, with theli tumultuous celebrations of the festive seasons The Tylers had not only a twelve-year-ol- d daughter, Alice, and a aon, Tuxewell, but also young, r cousins, nephews and nieces, and sgain the man sion resounded to the ring of children's voices n, ' . i d, i . ' i . cattle. llll ' , beef suet chopped tine, one cupful of mixed dried fruit, nuts or coconut, one cupful of molasses, one tablespoonful of mixed spices and one quart of cold milk. Bake three hours, stirring occasionally. Serve with cream sweetened with maple torn f Calves from low producing stock worth little more than their value venl, but those from high produc:,: strains must he assigned tnCeh grea' valuation, as they command ercelly prices as breeding stock. In the keeping of high produri' animals there ure, of course, an expenses such as Increased depre--tioand risk, Increased labor in car for the animals, nnd expenses of vertislng and selling; but It wilt ernlly be found that the value of k caives prouueeu iroin sucn bi" more than offset the added expensf raising them over und above that volved In the keeping of common std' I Combine Grandpa's Gingerbread. one-hacupful of molasses, one-hal- f cupful of boiling water, cupful of soft fat, two teaspoonfuls ot mixed spices and stir over heat until well blended. Cool, then add thre and cupfuls of pastry flour with one teaspoonful of soda and one teafpoonfuI of salt Bake In a large minutes. dripping pan for thirty-fiv- e Cottage Fruit Cake. Mix together one-hacupful each of fat, molasses, and brown sugar. Add two eggs. Sift together one and one-hacupfuls of pastry flour and one-hal- f teaspoonful each of salt, soda, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.1 Add this to the first mixture and then add one cupful of raisins, or mixed fruit, dredged with two tablespoonfuls of flour, one-hal- f cupful of outmeatg and one teaspoonful of lemon extract. Bake In a loaf pan for two hours in a sluw oven. Cover with caramel frostlf one-fourt- h one-fourt- h well-beate- n - can tf one-hal- one-hal- Quarters for Cows f one-fourt- h .ni ..,t ......... if 0tKj are to produce maximum return h their owners. Dairy cows do not ti;l long hair or surplus fnl to pr"' one-hal- ... Cold Hampers Cow A high producing dairy cow continue normal production if si exposed to seveu wenther. It Is, fore, Important if good yields are' pected to hold up through the e"' months, that all discomforts be m"' will Inated. A comfortable cow than repay for added labor for"; protection. Milk Is 87 per cent w!f and a large part of this gets !nf animal's system from thewaler trow - one-hul- ft- IT K lf Yankee Plum Pudding. Mix two f cupfuls of bread crumbs, cupf ful of suet, cupful of molasses, one cupful of raisins and one cupful ot sweet milk. Add one teusiMtonful of cinnamon, teaspoonful each of soda and cloves, and teiisptMinful each of nutmeg and sail Add one beaten egg. pour Into a greased mold and steam two hours. Serve hot with n liquid sauce. ' Egg Sauce. Bent the yolks of two until light, add f pkk cupful of sugar, a teaspoonful of vanilla nnd beat until the sugar Is dissolved with . . ... ...... i...t . inii-iicupTui or not nuiK. Add a of salt and fold In the stiffly pinch beaten whites, then serve. r .... lf mi i Well Bred Calves Most Valuable Dairy As sugar. ing. gives i . of cupful that k from her breath alone about 6 Bounds of carbondioxide ner da? i' over two gallons of water. Hen, Is perfectly obvious that In the modf tot.-,- , tnK1k llin-- i, r,i,cf oifuic tii; Ut et.nta J OLili'i luic uiuni lid tem wnereoy rnis usea, moist, air may be regularly taken out of! . stable and replaced by fresh air. Ing the winter months, the occaslit opening of doors and windows r help, but how often is this done dor: winter tnonths, atd needless to sat is never done during the night King and other authorities d stai ventilation have estimated that tie should be a continual air flow throe the stable at the rate of about 3,8 ruble feet per cow per hour. In ett' words, In a cow stable 30 feet by feet with au ceiling, there shot be a sufficient flow of air so thai quarter of the air would be replas every hour or that the air he w pletely changed In the stable six t! 6 per day. If this were done by the? opening of doors and windows, cltf suiting changes of temperatures, to the animals, etc.. would obvloii be courting disaster. Hence, a rego' f system whereby such a change of will go on continuously nnd still a"', ; the maintenance of uniform heatc": dltlons, should be the ambition off ery one Installing a ventilation ? one-hal- lf It must not be forgotten in tne srame actuany cow one pint of milk, thicken with two tablespoon-ful- s of flour, three ta of corn blespoonfuls f meal and of salt. Add one-ha- f , Modern Dairy Barn Must ; Have Good Ventilatic old-tiiu- e mm . ' them from cold weather. They more sensitive to cold winds, dn and poor quarters than any kind of farm live stock, unless " thfi nniiitrv .... ....... j, vnrm!N nimrnri. lation and sanitation should d11' conslili-ratloIn fixing up the barns or sheds for the winter meat"1 r"' |
