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skin and hair In skin ure hair Stepmother of Mint Julep Romance and poetry have delighted to weave garlands with which to celebrate and perpetuate the glory of the blue grass in old Kentucky famed for Its fine horses beautiful women and GRAND 8TAIRWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE DECORATED THE FOR mint NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION WHEN THE PRESIDENT MRS AND has been designated as Kentucky TAFT DESCEND THIS STAIRWAY THE OPENING OF THE GREAT the home of the mint Julep and its RECEPTION IS SIGNALED colonels have become famous all over The “social season” in Washington zens and dazzling in their uniforms the world for the easy and graceful with the assembling decorations and orders way in which they drink whisky with opens nominally In reality it blooms fully The officers of the army and navy a little dash of sugar and a sprig or of congress rival them however two of mint in order chiefly to over- only with the White House reception in their gay on New Year's day This" is always uniforms come the necessity for a large amount as they come next in The true one of the most beautiful functions of the line of water in the beverage the winter The great conservatories Kentuckian doesn’t want his whisky More soberly clad senators and repinto which one enters from a back resentatives and other officials follow drowned It transpires however that the real door of the Executive Mansion are them and then comes the motley crowd home of the mint and the mint julep rifled for choicest flowers with which of the "general public" rich and poor Palms and small and great every room Is right here in Missouri whose crop to decorate Every one enjoys a of mint last year amounted to 7653 ferns add their touch of summer green handshake with the president and his here and there and the ladies appear or enough to make 1224320 wife then passes on into the Red pounds In their freshest toilettes one This amount Includes the marRoom and beyond Occasionally Juleps It is truly the president’s reception hears a stranger say: keted product only no account having “My father He and his wife are supposed to be went to school with your father” or “I been taken of the countless thousands alone durDid a were in of when which knew receiving were of Juleps though baby you point compounded you ing the year with a base of the undi- fact the wives of cabinet ministers you ever hear your mother speak of luted moonshine They stand in Miss Sally Sparks?" and other quaint whisky that never and other ladles assist line in the Sometimes upon “Blue Room” and intimate speeches paid a cent of tax — St Louis Star of the hearing one the face of the president perhaps the most beautiful White House parlors in its furnishings set conventional lights up and his ACCURACY of pale blue and gold smile falls like a mask It is a sight From eleven in the morning until worth seeing one or later the procession Never have a more cordial and soof guests flies by First comes the cially accomplished host and hostess supreme court in a body headed by presided over the White House than the chief Justice Then approach the President and Mrs Taft The commembers of the diplomatic corps most ing New Year’s reception there may of them far more stately and distin- confidently to prove one be expected guished in manner than our plain citi of the most successful in its history The Old Man With the Scythe Time’s New Lucky Bag Chicken and Salt Pork Singe a young chicken remove pin off the neck on a line with top of the wing bones cut the chicken down through the backbone and clean on the Inside wash and dry both inside and out flatten the in a double breast with a cleaver roasting pan lay several thin slices of fat salt pork on these lay the chicken skin side up dredge with flour and lay over the top several thin slices of pork turn in half cupful of hot water or broth cover and let cook one hour and baste several times with the dripping in the pan dredge with flour after each basting more broth may be added if needed feathers cut IT HE —Chips Doling Out Knowledge Mrs Chug water — Josiah what is the origin of the name Milwaukee and twhat does it mean? Mr Chugwater— It comes from the Latin word mille meaning a thousand Milwauand Wau Kee a Chinaman Think you kee a thousand Chinamen can remember that? Found WONDERED the Answer WHY Was "Coffee’' Many pale sickly persons wonder foi Years why they have to suffer so and eventually discover that the drug — caffeine — in coffee is the main cause oi the trouble "I was always very fond of coffee and drank it every day I never had much flesh and often wondered why was always so pale thin and weak “About five years ago my health completely broke down and I was confined to my bed My stomach was in such condition that I could hardly take aufflclent nourishment to sustain life “During this time I was drinking coffee didn’t think I could do without it "After awhile I came to the conclusion that coffee was hurting me and decided toxgive it up and try Postum I didn’t like the taste of it at first but when it was made right — boiled until dark and rich — I soon became fond of It "In one week I began to feel better I could eat more and sleep better My sick headaches were less frequent and within five months I looked and felt like a new being headache spells entirely gone "My health continued to improve and today I am well and strong weigh 148 I attribute my present health pounds to the qualities of Postum" Read "The Road to Wellville” in “There’s a Reason” pkgs Ever read the above letterf A itw One appra ri from time to time They re KglM) true aad full of hicas la terea t of popularity gingerbread the small has greatly fry It would be far better for the children if the school stores sold this dainty rather than the “tootsy rolls’’ and other penny confections and if these same children could say “Of all the cakes my mammee bakes give me good gingerbread” It is good and good for theln and grownups too especially those who are taking on too much flesh Poor Ilepzibah Pyncheon’s first customer to her little shop in “The House of Seven Gables’’ was a small boy attracted by a Jim Crow in the window executing his renowned dance” in gingerbread "Shakespeare makes one of his clowns say: “An I had but a penny in the world thou ihouldst Lave it to buy gingerbread” In several countries of Europe hot used to be hawked about gingerbread (n London there were gingerbread booths by the Thames In Holland it was in greater request than elsewhere and its manufacture guarded with a Jealous secret and the recipe’ handed down as an heirloom from! father to son One of the most unique uses of the hard ginger cake was to have it as a barometer These wre made In the form of a man or woman The slightest change In atmosphere has an effect on hard gingerbread the slightest moisture makes It soft In dry weather it is hard and tough In a French story this barometer is called the “General” Each morning asks his servant "What does the general say?” The man applies his thumb to the figure and says: ‘The general feelB flabby about the chest you’d better take your umbrella” There are many facts entertaining about gingerbread in Borne of the curiosities of English literature Soft Gingerbread — Mix together cup of brown sugar and a scant half cup of meat drippings Add one egg well beaten cup of light New Orleans molasses and a half teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon Into cup of boiling water stir one even teaspoon of soda Fold in one and cups of sifted flour Bake with a slow fire for half an hour if baked in a sheet or a little less If in muffin pans Serve warm I— Gingerbread cup of sugar cup of molasses cup of sour milk cup of ’"butter and lard mixed scant teaspoon of soda one egg teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon cloves of ginger and two cups of flour of this is sufficient for a meal II — Cream Gingerbread cup of brown sugar with cup of lard and butter mixed Add one of molasses teaspoon stir two even of soda in one cup of boilteaspoons ing water then add two and cups of flour and spices to taste Lastlly add two well beaten eggs among waned offered “Yes Henry I’ve traveled into ew cry corner of the globe" “The globe is a spherical body uncle Therefore It has no comers!" GOOD FOR YOUNGSTERS AND GR0WNUP8 PURE FABRIC LAW DF1RD0CK IDEA Projected Amounts Bill Would of Cotton Wool in Cloth t Reveal and The the Marevening a new version of an old saw After they had passed a couple of damsels one of the young men took his stand at the curb and gazed up and down the bridge in“What are you looking for?’ quired his companion Pointing to the girla the young man answered: “I’m trying to see a white automobile" — Youngstown Telegram ket street viaduct the other BEAUTY 18 GINGERBREAD Would Bo Better for Children If 8chool Stores 8old Gingerbread Rather Than "Tootsy Rolls” and Other Confections paper SKIN PRAISE new year wonderful has a way of coming once round in twelve months seeming so much the same when it dawns upon us as the one Just passed that we hardly realize another one has been added to those who answer to the roll call of Time When we do realize it there is always a bit of silence except with the children — with them is everything new as we think of the fresh book of leaves three hundred and that opens in its whiteness for ub to fill the pages And we hope that the record will be better than any previous one whether good or ill And we put up a little prayer that we may “make good” our nobler resolves and “measure up” toward our high Ideals so that the world shall be better for our having lived this year Master Offers It is a good time to be optimistic Bag of Mystery to believe with that— Browning "God’s in His Heaven! All’s well with the world” when time begins his white roses at us and throwing every passing year puts Into his laden wallet a little light from the eyes So may the New Year be a tjf a little bloom and softness from the happy one to you happy to many a little gloss hnd color from cheeks more whose happiness depends a the hair little lightness from the W on you! So may each year be step and bestows upon us in their sj happier than the last pnd not a varied assortment of odds stead the meanest of our brethren or and ends which are as to value exsisterhood debarred their right-actly what we choose to make them ful share in what they were a needs It little moral alchemy to formed to enjoy— Dickens turn them into gold and diamonds pearls and opals but with this transtouch Time’s gifts are — a forming growing patience which brings sweetness and gentleness in the train And all of these write themthings selves on ageing clearly enough faces sometimes what beautifying was once almost destitute of charm sometimes and what spiritualizing once was beautiful in form and color but lacked the loveliness that results from an equal balanco of mind and a Hail and Farewell! Cannelon of Beef of yesterday’s Chop the remains beef mix with of a pound of minced ham season with pepper salt grated lemon peel and a little onion moisten with yesterday’s gravy with a little flour stirred in and bind with a beaten egg or two make some pie paste or such as you would use for roll into an oblong sheet dumplings put the beef mince in the middle and make the pastry into a long roll inclose at ends with closing the meat round caps of pastry the edges pinched well together lay in a dripping side of the roll downthe joined pan ward and bake to a good brown To Clean Irons When irons begin to grow rough and smoky rub them well on a board on which has been sprinkled a little fine salt This will prevent them from sticking to starched articles and will It is a good make them quite smooth plan to rub each iron on the beard before putting it back to beat so that no to be burnt on Btarth will remain When ironing starched things rub the flats over with a cloth slightly moistened with paraffine before using It makes them slip over the surface like magic heart A New Year's Wish I wish you happiness throughout the coming year and tho’ I may not always tell you so the thought and the wish will be yours Just the same Whatever comes to Joy or success you it will make me glad r Bananas With Pecan 8auce Chop up half a pound of pecan nuta and stir them into a pint of cream Add to this four tablespoonfuls of and any flavoring sugar powdered that is preferred and pix It all toSlice eight bangether thoroughly anas and pour the sauce over them Serve cold — Harper’s Bazar PLAN TAFT’S TO SAVE PARTY to President Wants Republicans a Genuine Unite and Legalize Tariff Commission — Next Year’s Budget Will Be Fully Ona Billion By GEORGE CLINTON Washington — It Is said on seemingly good authority that President Taft has given his sanction to a bill far reaching In its effect which will compel the affixing to clothB which enter Interstate commerce of a statement of the amount of cotton and of Thla measwool which they contain a ure Is called here In Washington “textile pure food bill" The framer of of the measure Victor Murdock Kansas says that no reason exists why the consumer should not know how much wool and how much cotton he Is getting In his clothes Just as he knows under the pure food law how much adulteration he la getting An effort la being made to get the two Republican factions in congress It Is to pass a measure of this kind expected tjiat there will be a good deal of opposition and It may be that the “pure fabric law” will have as as that long a journey to passage which the pure food law took before It arrived at ita station on the statute books ' Taft’s Tariff Commission Plan As a fixed dally task President Taft Is laboring to bring together the Republican factions in congress in order that he may secure legislation legalizing a genuine tariff commission One year ago Mr Taft might have worked nights as well as days along the same line of endeavor at and the end of 24 hours he would have been at the beginning for the were so hosregulars and Insurgents tile to one another that attempts Jo patch a peace would have been met not only sulkily but defiantly This year Mr Taft bo the men close to him say has some real hope that he can Induce Mr Cummins Mr La Follette Mr Murdock and others to link arm with Mr Aldrich Mr Hale Mr Boutelle and others and to present a united effort on behalf of a tariff commission It remains yet to be seen whether the president will be successful but the politicians say be thinks If a genuine tariff commission is sanctioned and is allowed to go to work In a businesslike way to pass on “proper and Improper duties" that the Democrats next year when they are In control of the house will not think It wise to upset the legislation All this Is mere speculation but It casts a light on one of the chief ends of tbe ad ministration’s and on endeavor winter tbe views of some of the Republicans of what they must do in order to save to their the presidential election party 8hall We Fortify the Canal? The layman who is neither a legislator nor an army officer would find himself unquestionably confused but probably interested if he were here to listen to the arguin Washington ments for and against the erection of fortifications by Uncle Sam to guard the Panama Canal A great many of the legislators are opposed to fortithe fying waterway while virtually all the army officers are In favor of It President Taft has endorsed the fortification plan strongly in his annual message In which he says: “It is also well known that one af the chief objects In the construction of the canal has been to Increase tbe military effectiveness of our navy By convention we have Indicated our desire for and indeed undertaken its universal and equal use Failure to fortify the canal would leave the attainments of both these alms In tbe position of rights and obligations which we should be powerless to enforce and which could never In any other way be absolutely safeguarded against a desperate and Irresponsible enemy” The arguments which pass between the legislator and the army officer on the question of whether or not big guns ought to be placed on tbe Isthmus run something like this The legislator says: “The canal should be neutralized and all nations should be asked to bind themselves to preserve Its neutrality In this way we will be saved tbe expense of fortification and all danger of the canal’s destruction in time of war will be averted” The army officer says: “An ounce of gun metal is worth a pound of neutralization If a country at war with the United States finds it to its advantage to blow up the canal the canal will be blown up The promise to keep the peace would be whistled down the wind in a minute The only way to keep the enemy off Is to stand him off with a gun The canal cost hundreds of millions Under neutralization It could be destroyed In a night" Budget at Least a Billion At this stage of the session of conof the gress some appropriation bills have been little more than skeletonized but It Is perfectly even at this early date apparent that the expenses for the next fiscal of the government year will be at least 11000000000 Years ago representatives of the party in opposition used to speak of the extravagances of their and say that they wera opponents bent on giving the country a "billioa dollar congress" At the time this charge was considered to be one of the highest flights of rhetorical extravagance and It la doubtful If even those who made it thought that the day would come for scores of years when congress would be called upon to appropriate In a single year for the expenses of the government Natural growth Is responsible in a measure for the vast Increase In the of running Sam’s Uncle expense household Twenty years ago th® 0 navy cost us each year about now It costs about $1400000001 neThe acquisition of the Philippines an Increase cessitated In the army and the army appropriation bill la bigger than ever Naturally all departments have grown at a pace In keepin population ing with the growth and so today much sooner than waa the “billion dollar congress” expected is an accomplished fact The presidents of the United States one after another always have urged difference no It made economy Democrat whether It was Cleveland or Harrison or any other president the plea for economy went from the White House to Capitol hill each year In the past year perhaps the saving admonition baa been more sharp and pointed than before for apthe president with other parently American citizens has been somewhat staggered by the mere sight of exthe figures In the government’s pense account Taft Wants Just Debts Paid No president however no matter to which party be has belonged ever has asked congress to refuse to sik thorlze the payment of Uncle Sam’s President Taft has urged just debts economy constantly but like other before him be this year has presidents urged strongly that congress do justice to the persona who have valid claims against the government and who cannot get their money Uncle Sam has a court of claims The judges are aa hard worked as and perhaps harder worked than any of the other federal Jurists They are obliged to pass Judgment on the validity of claims made against the United If the States by private Individuals courtflnds that the claims are Just all It can do is to say so and to Inform congress that the United Statea owes Henry Nelson or Phillip and such a sum of such Then Henry Nelson and Philmoney lip Stuyvesant go to congress and ask that the money which really belongs to them shall be paid and congress Of course usually turns a deaf ear claims are paid from time to time but many a man with a bill which the courts have O K’d waits many a long year before he gets his money and then he does not get all he deserves for no Interest is allowed In his message to congress this year President Taft urged the payment o$ of Uncle Sam the just indebtedness “Tbe delajr He says this pointedly: that occurs in the payment of the money due under the claims injures aa he reputation of the government an honest debtor and I earnestly recommend that these claims which come to congress with tbe judgment and approval of the court of claims should be promptly paid” Two Cavalry Leaders Die 'j two officers of high rank Recently on the retired list of the United Statea army have died one in this city and one In Virginia just across the Potomac river Major Generals Wesley Merritt and Eugene A Carr died on the same day Both were cavalry leaders and one of them Merritt died within sight of a battlefield on which he won fame and the stars of a major general when he was only years of age Both Merritt and Carr were burled a few days ago In the cadet cemetery at West Point on the Hudson river where they lie close to another famous cavalry leader George A Custer who was killed In a fight with the Sioux Indians on the Little Rosebud June 26 1976 Custer like Merritt at was a major general of volunteers the age of years General Merritt was one of the familiar figures on Pennsylvania avenue and on the streets about Lafayette Square Despite bis age his frame was well knit and erect his eye was alert and his cheeks bad the red hue Not long ago I saw of early youth the general standing In a driving snow storm outside the little Episcopal church of St John’s where many presidents have worshiped The general was waiting his turn patiently until that part of the services were reached when persons who are not pew holders are allowed to enter the sanctuHe paid no more attention to ary the howling elements than If he were a boy of twenty-onand he looked as If he were good for a quarter of a century more of life and yet today he Is dead Carr Famous Indian Fighter Eugene A Carr like Merritt was His rise was rapid a West Pointer and he was one of the few officers of the United States army who received commissions by acts of congress because of conspicuous personal gallantry in the field Carr stayed in the regular service at the close of the civil war and waa sent to the plains to begin the untried Like Genduty of fighting Indians a remarkeral Miles Carr developed sense They won able plainsmen’s perhaps even more fame as Indian fighters than came to them as fighters against men of thler own color |