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lest extent wit hair, Slowly expel
ing the air, lower the arms to the
sidee again, Repeat this movement
twenty titres. '
There is a tight way and a wrong
way to sew, and she who pursue:.
the right way arises horn her sew-
ing after a day's work greatly bene-
fited. She may be weary, but her
weariness is that derived from
healthful work; like the weariness
which follows a game of tennis, for
instance, but the woman who habi-
tually takes the wrongposition runs
a great risk of developing indiges--
tion, to say the last, if not More
serious lung trouble.
CAKE.
German Apple Cake.—One pint
flour, one-half teaspoonful baking
powder, one-half teaspoonful salt,
mixed and sifted ; rub in two table-
spoonfuls of butter, and one beat-
en egg, and milk to make thick bat-
ter. Spread one inch deep in
greased shallow tin. Have ready
several pared, cored, and quarter-
ed apples. Press points into dongh,
sprinkle thickly with sugar mixed
with little cinnamon. Bake in hot
oven.
Christmas Cake.—Two pounds of
flour, one pound and a quarter
currants, one pound and a quarter
raisins, three-quarters of a pound
of candied peel, two ounces of al-
monds, half a pound of Mater.
three-quarters of a pound of lard,
one pound and a quarter of granu-
lated sugar, one tablespoonful of
baking powder, two teaspoonfuls
of mixed spice or a few drops of
essence of lemon, eight eggs, and
a little milk, Stone the raisins and
wash thoroughly the currants,
blanch and chop the almonds cue
the peel very fine and mix all the
fruit well together. In another
bowl mix the flour, baking powder
and spice. Take another bowl and
beat the butter and lard to a cream ;
add the sugar, then the eggs (well
beaten); next add the fruit, then
last of all the flour; beat well and
pour into buttered tins. Bake from
two and a half to three hours. The
oven must be hot at first, and then
cool down. This makes an excel-
lent cake.
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SWEETS.
Indian Griddle Cakes.—Sift to-
gether three coffee cupfuls of yellow
ecrnmeal, ono cupful of #lour, one
teaspoonful of brown sugar, half
teaspoonful of salt, and a heaping
tablespoonful baking powder;
then mix to a smooth hatter with
two eggs beaten well with a pint of
sweet mills., Bake, brown on a hot
griddle. Serve with maple syrup
and .butter.
Ginger Mudine.-Into one -ball
cupful of New Orleans molasses
stir one-half teaspoonful of soda,
enc -half teaspoonful ofsalt, one
teaspoonful of ginger, one-half cup-
ful' of granulated sugar, and one.
tablespoonful of melted butter. Into
two and one-fourth cupfuls of sifted
flour stir one and ono -half teaspoon-
fuls of soda, then add these to the
ingredients with molasses and thin
to a batter with a cupful of sour
milk. Beat well, fill buttered muf-
fin tins partly full, and bake in
moderate oven for twenty minutes.
Buttermilk Biscuit. --Sift a quart
of Over, then stir into it a heap-
ing tablespoonful of baking powder
and a teaspoonful of salt. Melt two
leveltablespooufuls of lard and mix
with the flour, then' moisten to a
soft dough with a pint of butter-
milk, into which . one-half a tea-
spoonful of soda has been dissolv-
ed. Roll out to half an inch thick-
ness and cut into the usual size bis-
cuit, handling as little as possible.
Bake in e, quick oven.
Graham Griddle Cakes.—For
these are required a. pint of gra-
ham flour, one-half pint each of
yellow cornmeal and flour; with
these mix ane -half teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of brown su-
gar, two heaping teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, and after they are
thoroughly stirred together mix to
a batter with one-half each of milk
and water and one egg, well beaten.
The griddle must be hot to bake
these cakes brown. Serve with
cream and grated maple sugar.
Buckwheat Cakes.—This is an old
and well liked recipe. For the
cakes are required one and one-
half pints of buckwheat, one cup-
ful each of yellow corn meal and
flour. Stir these together, then add
three heaping teaspoonfuls of bale -
leg powder, a teaspoonful of salt,
and a tablespoonful of molasses,
which will add to their brownness
when baked. Mix to a batter with
water, not too cold. The cakes
should be mixed just before they
are needed for baking. Serve with
maple syrup and plenty of butter.
Johnny Cake.—One egg, one
tablespoonful lard, one pinch of
salt, one cup of sweet milk, two
scant cups of flour, one teaspoon-
ful baking powder. Mix well and
bake in quick oven for twenty
minutes.
1
IN THE SEWING ROOM.
It may surprise most women to
learn that it is not conducive to
good health to sit in a rocking chair
while sewing if the material has to
be kept on one's lap. A rocking
chair throws the body out of bal-
ance by pitching it backward at an
unnatural angle. In it the muscles
of the front of the body—the
muscles of the chest and diaphragm,
—are contracted, the chest is made
hollow, the ribs are pulled dowel,
and the back is rounded.
A chair with a straight back
should be used, and the body should
be held in the same erect position
that the cutting table requires —
chin and abdomen in, back straight;
chest out. Of course, it is neces-
sary when sewing on the lep to
bend forward, but the bending
should be done from the hips—the
back should not be rounded. Sew-
ing at the machine properly con-
dueted is an admirable exercise. Be
sure to sit erect, bending only at
the hips, and you will find the rapid
pedaling will be beneficial as a
healthful exercise.
Correct sewing is readily govern-
ed by a few simple rules, which, if
followed out, make the plying of
the needle and thread an exercise
which deepens the chest, improves
the carriage, strengthens the back
and shoulders, clears the complex-
ion, and brightens the eyes.
In the first place the sewing room
should be well ventilated. The air
in it should be as fresh and pure
as the air ottt of doors.. Three op-
erations
erations
go on in the sewing room
—vizi.: cutting, the seamstress
standing at the table; stitching,
seated at a machine; sewing, with
the material: in the lap, In cutting
the, manner in which the seamstress
bends ever the table is everything.
The following exercise taken two
or three times a day is a wonder-
ful help toward correct bending at
the work table, that is, bending
without" constricting the chest or
abdomcn. Stand perfeetly erect
with the heels together, the thin
u l abdomen in, the (hest out, the
sok" straight. Slowly filling the
with air, raise ilio arms, held
the lidos outward, um
t over the head,
hands meet, the
Date Delight—Two cupfuls of
light brown sugar, one cupful
granulated sugar, one cupful of
milk, one cupful of chopped dates,
one tablespoonful of butter, and
vanilla flavoring. Mix sugar and
milk together and let it come to a
boil. It is dens when it will form of ex eririrents undertaken by Prof,
a soft ball. Take from fire and beat Eneson, of winch the German.
till creamy. Stir in dates spread scientific review Microcosmos gives
and cut. an account.
Toothsomeness --Stone a quantity Seven years ago Prof. Busson
el nice firm dates, stiff with Neuf- transferred a culture of bacteria
ehatel cheese, rell in lemon juice, coli to a glass tube filled with
and then in powdered sugar. These chemically pure water, which is a
make a delicious after dinner sweet. germicide as rt
Bonbon Bolls—Chop equal quan-
tities of figs, dates and pecans.
Mix them with a little cream, roll
into balls, coating the outside with
sugar.
Gingerettes.—Cut preserved gin-
ger in small pieces and pour. fon-
dant ever them; before this sets
lay on a strip of ginger so as to
have a piece on each strip when
cut into oblongs. These are especi-
ally nice for luncheons.
e ...UCHESS OF CONNAUGHT
H. R. H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
left open, just throw into them a
small handful of sand and a little
Gold water. Shake a moment and
you will be surprised at the result.
They come out as clean as new.
How to get rid of rats—Get piec-
es of unslaked limo and scatter
BAD SCHOOL BOYS.
Disquiotiug State -of Afnirg ill
German Schools.
A shocking state of things has
come to light in 0 German school.
A week or two ago a pupil almost
abotut the places they. came from succeeded in shooting dead a
and by running over it their feFtench master who he thought
get burned and they run away andtreated him harshly, and now a
never 'comp again and do not. lie oonspiraey has been discovered
about the place dead, among certain of the boys to mur
Wallpaper Gleaner. a ono heaping der the principal of the gymnasium.
cup sifted flour, one tablespoon The ages of the conspirators
salt, one tablespoon coal oil, two
range from 13 to 15. They had
tablespoons vinegar, two, table bound themselves in writing; lots
spoons ammonia, one hal up. Boli were to be drawn to decide who
water. Mix in a small kettle. Boil should ,shoot the principal, and
until flour is well scalded and moil the murder would have taken place
sure is used up. Stir continually ac planned had nota teacher come
Remove' from stove and knead, „w across a, letter in the desk of one
the hands until ready for use. Make of the conspirators which put .the
into balls and rub the walls with authorities on their guard.
e.this. What is still further disquieting
is that the case has brought to
VITALITY OF BACTERIA. light several instances showing of
what the apparently innocenelook-
Microbes Show Remarkable Reeup- ing German schoolboy can be imp-
erative Powers. able. At a school in Halle -on -
Seale some boys made an attempt.
The extraordinary vitality of to bribe the owner of a restaur
bacteria is illustrated by a series
• aaords no nettles h-
ment for the microbes. Yet that institution "none of us is sure of
didn't kill the baeteria, In the his life.". No doubt such oases are
period stated they had prospered exceptional and,as the Minister of
and increased. e Education says, they do net occur
The explanation given is that as through any fault of the teachers.
soon as the water became tinged, But it is disquieting that they
however slightly, with alkali de- should occur at all.
tacked from the inner wall: of the-,
test tube it lost its germicidal pro- PARK LIKE STREETS OF PARIS
perties, and those bacteria that All wide Paris streets are in ef-
had succumbed at first provided feet"'parks. They have rows of
food for the survivors. shade trees. Many of them have
A striking experiment was that a central park strip planted with
made with bacteria of . cattle dis- trees, grass and flowers, and
ease, which seventeen years ago benches are placed here. Along.
were preserved, baked and dried on the chief streets are perhaps 100,-
silk threads. They were supposed 000 trees, a large number for a city
to he quite dead, but after they .so compactly built.
were transferred to. a slab of gelatine t
"NOT PLAYIN':"
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Cold rain water and soap will
remove machine grease from wash-
able fabrics.
The teapot should be carefully
dried after washing keep it sweet.
Before turning out a pudding let
ant with. $80 to supply one of their
teachers with a glass of liquor of found expression in the usual out -
their providing, .such as it was his ward, Oriental; symbols of grief,
custom to drink nightly. The sackcloth and ashes. His dismay
restauranteur pretended to consent, was shared by the Jews in every to her everlasting shame to refuso. 'different to those of English ser
and it was found that the liquor province. (3), their mourning being got identity as a Jewess was un- varus. The cook's sole duty is to
supplied by the boys contained a known in the palace, but it Would cook, usually
mortal dose of arsenic.
A director of another gymnasium
is reported as declaring that in his
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
INTERNATION,�4-L LESSON,
NOVEMBER 5.
Lesson 1'I.—Esther pleading for
people, Es'th. 4,1 to 5. 3. Golden
Text, Psa. 145. 20.
Verse 1. Mordecai—Itis ancestry.
and relation to Esther are describ-
ed in Lather 2. 5-7. It is interesting
to trace his lineage back to Saul the
son of Kish, and that of Haman
back to Saul's enemy. Agag (Esther
3. 1). The unselfishness of Morde-
cai appears in his reporting to the
king a murderous intrigue, thus
proving his loyalty, though a sternly
patriotic Jew, to a foreign rifler.
Also he is the constant promoter of
the interests of his lovely }yard.
Though in the end he receives high-
est honors, 'he never seeks them.
Ail that was done—As described
in the previous chapter. His know-
ledge of the peril of his people
plunged him into despair,, which
THE WEST AFRICAN SERVANT'
LICFE AND:DUTIES OF THE
puSIi7t I41A�1: DOTdESTICo
The Cook Must dove An Asslsiant,.
No matter Bow LIAht
Itis Duties.
Business had compelled me
kc up.my residence et koreados, r.
i West; Africa, and the first ofiet"1i'°'
of my partner and ,mys~:?l were
clir`Peted tow arcs . e r aging a staff
of `tbp e „ firs stai'f; w, fedora,*
usually oensiated of a cools, a. "big.
boy" and a "email boy."
Applications were. nnmereufe..
and each boyne he sought ernpioy-
ment produced his "book,,' or•
testimonial, from, itis last master..
If ;the "book," upon inspection,.
proved satisfactory, we proceeded
to inquire what wages were want-
ed. Cook asked $7.50 to $10 a
month, "big boys" $4 to $5' and
"small boys" $2.50 to $3,60. Le.
addition to the pay, they invari-
ably asked for "shop money" at,
the rate.of 50 cents a week.
THE 000K SUPERIOR -
The' cook we engaged did mot.
profess to be an expert ie culinary
art, but said he was "fit for cook
small -small," and as he looked.
clean we decided to try him. He.
peeved o dismal failure, clean-.
liuoss.. being his only' strong. point.
Of buttered and poached eggs he.
know nothing, and Ms.omelettes
and pancakes were similar to each.
other in every respect, being toughy
leathery, and quite uneatable.
(Jur next effort to procure a•
e
It was the law. But a king who ucoeeded�in getting hold was also a lofoavery
eared so little for the custom of superior person, who had been
the court as to violate its seclusion cooking - for a mess where wages
for the wanton pleasure of his de- uyere higher, and he did not like
benched companions and who show- the comparatively low pay of $10
ed himself otherwise fickle and va-, a month. His downfall came about
cillating, as well as willful, would when we asked him to make a -
not be.belked by a rule of etiquette. cake. He looked at arta in ind'g
pe Think not . . thou shalt es- sant surprise, and said: ' `W'hat 1.
cape -Mordecai will not lot oven Man stake cake for $10 amome 1
Itis deep- love for his kinswoman Ino fit:" Needless to say, his
departurein the way of the execution departure was sudden and ire-
mediate.
BRIDED .TO BE GOOD. '
Our farmyard, which consisted of
a couple of dozen ehiokens, was
a source of greatinterestto the,
boys, the head one having been
promised a brilliantly -colored
of 'his plan. His words are a stern
rebuke. and •stir the conscience of
the queen.
14. Deliverance . from An-
other place—Ib is sometimes com-
plained that the book of Esther
gives; no evidence of religious faith..
But it is difficult to read the story
without feeling that the interven- handkerchief after twelve eggs had
tioa of Providence is its key. This been produced, ashy this bribe we
statement of the watchful'Morde- hoped to -check the possible disap-
cat is nothing if not an utterance
of faith. He is so thoroughly sure
pearaaee of the eggs.
All' sorts and conditions of na-
that a divine destiny awaits his na- tives endeavored to obtain °e.eon-
tion; that, even, if Esther should ployment with a white man—Krocr--
1ail them, there is still relief. But boys from the Liberian coast, the
he will not surrender this °envie- more edueated Accra boy, and]joh
boys from Niger delta, whose an-
cestors not many years ago were
not 'unwrongly suspected of " dis-
playing a partalty to human
sacrifices.
The life and duties of the domes-
tic servants in Africa are very
tion that she has come to the king-
dom for just such a time. It is to
the everlasting honor of Esther
that. acting upon this impulse ,,f
her cousin's faith, she no longer
hesitated. Mordecai, on the other
hand. was certain that it would be
it was found that after this long
it stand three or four minutes for period of inactivity they soon took
the steam to escape. nourishment and were as virulently
poisonous as ever.
To test the freshness of eggs drop
them slowly into a bawl of water,
and if the small ends come up they
are fresh.
Rub the hands with celery after
using onions, and the pungent, dis-
agreeable smell will soon disappear.
Flour baked in a tin dish till it
is well browned is a very good
"coloring" to keep ready Inc use
When making coffee in a jug,
place the ground coffee in a muslin
bag, heat the jug, and use perfect-
ly boiling water.
Choose lugs for household use
which are wide enough at the top
1 i• with
thorough w
o£a g
to allow g
cloth.
the hand ora
Frozen meat should be gradually
thawed by being placed in the kit-
chen for several hours before it is
cooked. If cooked at onee it will
be tough.
Meths can be prevented in car-
pets by scrubbing floor With hot
strong salt water solution before
laying the carpet and frequently
'sprinkling the carpet with .salt be -
sweeping.
To clean your rugs pub them up -
Ride down on bed springs laid down
out in the yard. Beat there thor-
oughly, then turn them over and
sweep. `Phis saves the dirt from
the ground getting into the, mets.
To clean fruit jars filet have'hrrn
exposed to dust and dirt, pos<l,',,,
If a man doesn't look out for
himself he will never be able to get
a look -in.
You can always get a lot Inc your
money by patronizing a real estate
dealer. •
Pat, thinking to enliven the
party, stated, with watch in hand:
"7'11 presint a box of candy to the
loidy that makes the homeliest face
within the next three minutes."
The time expired, Pat announced:
"Ah, Mrs. McGuire, yoti get the
prize," McGuire,
But, ',,protested Mrs.
"go 'way Vivid ye I I wasn't playih'
at all."
'"T?i4nk of i
C4) 4111
--
I I just planeed one can of peas and ono of tome-
accompanied;1 p
in true Eastern fash-
ion, by loud and bitter lamenta-
tions. Their fasting is the nearest
approach to anything like a relig-
ions act in the book.
5. Esther—She had been an or-.
phaa of obscure origin, reared in
the home of her own cousin. After
spending a year in preparation at
the palace, she had been chosen es
queen from among the meet beau-
tiful maidens of Persia. The new
name given her, Teter, was that of
o Babylonian goddess, equivalent
to the Greek Aphrodite. In her ig-
for not more than
be discovered, and he would per- two, people, often for only one. Yet
ish along with the other Jews. in spite of these exceedingly light
16. If I perish, I perish The duties, no self-respecting cook will
chances of life and death hung upon work without a "cook mate," who
the king's holding out the royal assists him in cleaning the pots,
scepter, or failing to do so. She pans, and galley, and occasionally
was his favorite, but another favor- cooks a meal. . The "mate" re-
ite before her had been hurled oeives little or no wages, possibly
down to an ignominous end._ The $1.25 a month "shop money," as
power of the king was absolute, he is glad to give his services in
but his subjects stood in mortal ter- order that he may obtain a 'good,
ror of it, for it was wielded, not knowledge of cooking.
according to justice, but caprice. The cook does all the marketing,
In a similar instance, Nehemiah for there are no butchers', green
norance of the course of events, she lifted up his heart in prayer, We grocers', or fishmongers shops on
could not understand the meaning l have no intimation that Esther did the coast, and all fresh provisions
of Mordecai's sackcloth, and, so so Hauch. But the order relating to are bought from the market wo
sent fresh raiment for him, and fasting among her people, and her men.
when he refused it made further in- own purpose to fast, is an index of LAX NOTIONS,
her spirit. It: is fair to conclude,
that Iter courage was supported by
true fifth•
queries as to what it was and why.
In her lofty position she never for
a moment forgot her kind benefac-
tor. Prom childhood she had fol-
lowed'. his command, and even from
her royal elevation she looks tep
to him with.rcverent admiration.
8. The broad place—The wide,
open square of the city of Susa, or
Shusan, one of the three capitals
of the empire.. It was situated in
the province of Elam, to the north
of the Persian Gulf.
7. The exact attln of money—As de-
scribed in Esther 3. 9-11. Haman
Was demon of fierce enterprise, de-
eermined that nothing should a ne s trouble.
thwart his will. When he had once should not escape us. She was ar- �' Good "boys" shine.most when on
formed' his villainous design, he rayed in all the gorgeous splendor'trek, At the end of the day's •
1 clinched his. proposition to the king of her royal apparel (1). Her beset -
by march, and as' soon as the carriers
by the offer of a huge bribe, equal tiful face shone with. the :light of have put down their loads, chop,
to the revenue of a, kingdom. her unselfish purpose. How could boxes are unpacked and chairs and
such l lin s l '
the
disdain s h ovo es
should n king
she shot
r her that
Chargeg.
8.
g
1. On the third day -0f the fast. bo ." The lab er's duties are con -
See verse 18 above. Her standing fined to domestic work, for he is
thus bravely in the prohibited inner sent about on numerous messages,
court must excite the admiration of fields for balls at tennis, acts as
every reader of this story. It was caddy at golf, and accompanies his
a hard duty. But she recognized master when he dines out, in order
the fact that the favor and influ- to wait upon hint.
once she enjoyed provided the only Dishonest servants are the ex -
means of escape for her people, end co tion, but although the "'boys"
that, therefore, hers was a great regard their own master's ;proper-
respoueibi1ity. ty with respect, their ideas regard -
2, She onsained favor in his night ing,the property of others are more
d
—The fact, as wellcouraf as the resouEsthrcere• lax' and sometimes lead them into
f ] s ange o
The "big boy" is responsible for
all the in>,enor of the house, and.
has for his assistant the "small
—Mordecai saw that • the disaster
that seemed to await his people
was 'due entirely to the affront he
had offered Haman. Hence he
called upon every possible resource
in order to avert the calamity. The
punishment for his offense wasall
obit of 'proportion to his guilt, and
both his fastings and the forceful-
ness of the entreaty he sends to Es-
ther show that ha was inspired by
the highest motives,
11. The inner court—This was lo-
cated just before the king's cham-
ber or throne room. it was trice
trate her east
net prostrated b
She had P y
to a silly vanity in the sensuous life
of thepalace, brit had consecrato,l
it to lofty uses.
Touched the top of the scepter—
A mark of devotion and gratitude.
3. The half of the 'kingdom — A
common proffer of the flattered
pride of kings (compare Mark G. 92)..
Father—Yoit mustn't cry for ib;
wait till you are older. Tommy --
Then -1"11 be too oid to ay.
"Gee 1 Now tell mc, as man to
tablesp laced before one in a
Winkling. The nook anti his mate
are busy lighting a fire, "hotting
them water" for the evening tub,
and preparing the dinner, whiles,
rho "boys" aro busy putting up
camp -beds and mosquito curtains.
On such, occasions good "boys"
are worth' every penny of their
Pay,end bad. 'boys" ere deserv-
ing of the hiding they may expect
from a justly incensed master,
•s
"Well, Elsie, and how do you like
that anyone, no mattes how high man, what. would yell do if you wore your new little si;+ter4" "Why, she
he stood in Inc favor of the king, married • to tat hwomen o' You seems rather dieagroeable, but
imperiled his life by going unhidden tell me what- you would do :Tat don't von think it's A mistake tq
into this place of royal retirement. married to her," ' ,ice .too ]tastily r