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THE WHITE HOUSE AUTOCRAT.
PRESIDENT M’KIN JIEY ALLOWS HIS
STEWARD LAiyuE AUTHORITY.
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Washington, Dec. 29.—1n the season of
state dinners there are two autocrats of
the White House. One is the President;
the other his steward. The one proposes;
the other disposes. Though the President
chooses his guests, the steward may cut
down the list. Indeed, it may also be said
that at this season the President surren
ders his place as head of the first house
hold of the land. Before the great Dewey
dinner days were spent pruning the list
of guests to the limit prescribed by the
autocrat of the kitchen. Many a man of
rank owes his rejection on that occasion,
not to the President, but to the steward,
who declared that juggling with the board
for an eternity would not make space for
■.one man beyond the seventy-four pro
tided for. The White House now has
two kitchens, a private dining room, a
state dining room and the great corri
dor for emergencies. In this new kitchen
ail the preparations are made for the
great state dinners. The old kitchen still
answers the demands made upon It by the
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WHITE HOUSE DINNER INVITATION.
modest entertainments of the President’s
family. The new kitchen, though com
plete and convenient, is not elaborate. The
loom is about twenty-five feet square and
well lighted. Along one side runs the
great range, fully fifteen feet long, with
Its warming rucks covered by un enor
mous iron hood. Along the walls are the
Khtdves and tables. Running down
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time and labor. As ir, i Jr e tiled—an ar
rooms of the While House ffie Increscent
arches which supi>ort Ihe celling and the
structure overhead, may mar the effect
for some. Near the kitchen are the china
closets and supply stores.
Marketing for file Executive Family.
Contrary lo all tradilions, the supplies
for the Wh'te House dinners are obtained
In open market. Such is the excellence of
the Washington -markers that it would
scarcely be necessary to arrange for these
supplies tiefore ordering the dinner, la
fo merdnys the White House fowls, meats
and fish were obtained direct from farm
or shore. This is no' longer the practice.
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DIAGRAM OF TABLE WITH GUEST'S' PLACES MARKED.
Ids tradesmen before hand of the coming
date of the dinner and its probable menu
and the choicest products obtainable are
gathered lor his inspection.
The market opens at 6 o'clock In the
rrornlng, and shortly after that hour ie
o\er run with the buyers for the Washing*
t< n hotels and the providers for the scores
o p irate lamlios who emertaln lavishly
dining the social season. It therefore be
hooves the White House steward to make
an early visit. He is invariably among ihe
flist. lie chooses for his dinner the finest
meats to be obtained of the score or more
butchers; he chooses the fluent fish and
shrll .fish from the fish stalls, and the
cholc- st vegetables from the farmers. He
hit* his own wagon and driver end as soon
m Ms shopping list Is . xhausied the pur
chases are driven direct to the White
House. By I o’clock that morning the pre
paration of ihe dinner has begun.
In Ihe Kitchen.
The usual kitchen force of ihe White
House consists of one cook und a couple
of helper*. For the preparation of the
• Hie dinners three Frenc h chefs are ,m
-pluftd. They repair* two InJfwrs cach.snd i
the kitchen is a scene of sizzling activity j
for the day. There are meats to be boiled j
and baked and roasted; vegetables to i
prepared; soups brewed and fancy dishes
arranged The bread used is also baked
at the White House. The steward takes
little part in this preparation, however;
though he superintends all. His task hae
been the compilation of the menu, the
choosing of the china and the settling and
decoration of the table. But as he is res
ponsible for ail, he superintends each in
detail.
Setting the Table.
If the number of guests exceeds fifty,
the table I* spread in the central cor
ridor. if less, the State dining room is
used It Is interesting to note the at
tempts which have been successively made
to increase the seating capacity of the
State dining room The original table was
a rectangular affair, seating thirty-six
guests. When this became inadequate a
thell was constructed similar In outline
to the figure eight, which, placed atop
the table increased the seating capacity
to fifty.
The number of guests, then, controls the
choice of a dining room. During the after
noon the table Is prepared and its setting
arranged. For this purpose the steward
chooses one of the many sets of china be
longing to the White House. Each mis
tress of the White House has exercised
her inclination in the choice of a service
and handed it down to succeeding admin
istrations as a valuable souvenir of the
maker’s art during that period. The re
sult has been the accumulation of half a
score of china services, each fully ade
quate even for one of the great dinners
given at this day. One of the services in
use to-day was designed and ordered by
Mrs. Lincoln, another by Mrs. Grant, an
other by Mrs. Harrison; Mrs. Cleveland
contributed two exceedingly beautiful ser
vices and another will mark Mrs. McKin
ley’s regime.
The size of these services may he better
understood when it is known that one of
Mrs. Cleveland’s services consists of thir
ty dozen dishes. One of Mrs. Cleveland’s
services Is Invariably used at the dinners
to-day. It is considered the most beauti
ful at the White House. Around the
flange of the plates is a broad band of
rich red. The other pieces are similarly
decorated with plain centers. All the
White House services are decorated in Ihe
I■'*>■s of taste. The coat of arms of the
i included in the deoora
t quentiy displayed on tITe ca t
of our multi-millionaires. The glasses are
cut simply with the President's coat of
j arms. The spoons and knives and forks
are marked, democratically. ’’Presidem’e
House.”
The decorations of a state dining table
is always marked by extreme modesty
There is no attemi* at elaborate dis
play. Numerous bouquets of choice roses
or orchids are scattered along the center
and bouquets and boutonnieres of similar
flowers placed by the plates of the ladies
and gentlemen. Ail is so arranged that
though the table presents a vision of un
-1 usual beauty, there is no sense of the
over-powering in decoration. Numerous
cundelabru add to the scene with their
soft lights.
Extra Walters.
A score of waiters are employed to serve
the dinners. These are readily secured in
Washington, where the waiter is at his
best. The waiters arc usuauy colored
men. though under the Harrison admlnis
trat.rn Steward McKim chose white wait
err In preference This unique departure
has not been followed by his successor
The waiters are not chosen lightly. There
are numerous temptations in their way.
both from the richness of apparel and
Jewels of the guests, and the liquor which
an intemperate mutt could readily And oc
casion to consume. Only men whose hon
esty and sobriety Is beyond all question
are employed. They are called upon for
similar service from time to time and
find the employment pleasant and remun
erative. They are required to report at
the While House late on the afternoon
of the dinner, and ure divided Into squad,
and thoroughly drilled le th. part each
is to play In the evening’s entertainment
Ihe dumb. waiter of the White House
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has not the capacity necessary to carry
the dishes from the kitchen to the dining
room flJor. So six or eight of the waiters
ore detailed to carry the dishes from the
kitchen up ttie flight of stairs leading di
rectly to the butler’s pantry; to retu-n
empty dishes to the lower floor; ond band
the portions from the carvers to the wait
ings line of servers.
Each waiter is supposed to serve four
or five guests. He receives the d.shes
from the carvers so adroitly carved that
though the form of the roast o’ fowl is
preserved the guest can readily separate
a portion. He watches closely to the
needs of the guests under his charge.
The President a.l his wile are served by
their personal servant. The White House
dinners are served ideally, ii is said, for
the waiters are noi mere machines, but
nun of judgment and action. For their
two or three hours’ work they are paul
$4 or 15, and this, in connection with the
natural prestige of a waiter who serves
at the While House, brings to the steward
the best assistance the city affords.
Expensive Housekeeping.
II is impossible to furnish in detail any
estimate of (he materials and foods used
In the preparation of a slate dinner. When
it is considered that only the choicest bits
are served, the supplies purchased for a
dinner of seventy must he something ex
traordinary. A roast of lamb, or fillet
of beef, for instance, is served but to four
or five persons, and Ihe choicest morsels
only are eaten. Of a fowl the breast alone
is carved. The same fastidiousness is ob
served throughout every course.
There are never more, than twelve
courses to n White House dinner. Asa
usual thing the courses range in number
from eight to twelve. They are served
without haste, but still in such succession
that the dinner may not seem to drag.
An entire dinner in this manner Is nerved
within two hours, and some of Ihe most
noted dinners of the last two years have
been served In even less time. As the
dinner always begin at 8 o'clock, the
White House guests are not given to late
hours.
Official precedure at a stale dinner Is
one of the most delicate questions with
which its managers have to deal. There
Is no one more sensitive than the average
diplomat. At a diplomatic dinner preced
ure Is determined by ihe official rank of
a guest and his seniority in point of ser
vice in Washington. So well are these
gradations established that an error would 1
he Inexcusable. All confusion, however. Is
avo’ded by a custom which conveys un
mistakably to each guest the exact posi
tion he Is expected to occupy at the ta
ble. Before entering the .lining room each
guest is given on envelope enclosing a
card on which is printed a complete dia
gram of the taMe with the various seats
numbered. The name of the lady he Is.
expected to take into dinner Is also written
on the card. A cross Is also drawn through
the number of the seat the guest Is to oc
cupy. The possibility of mistake is further
obviated by placing at each plate another
card wiih the guest’s name written across
its face.
The seats of least honor are at the ends
of the tabe. The President sits in the cen
ter of o r,e ol tne long sides. The seat next
cuSf'tMjr is directly opposite. At the diplo-
Presl t. nfs-s. it has heretofore been the
by the British am.to be occupied by the
rank to the President arfrtw*,into dinner
matie corps. During this
however, the invalidism of Mrs. McKinley
has occasioned a change. The President
keeps her always by his side, and Mrs
McKinley sits between the President and
tile British ambassador. The seat opposite
is now occupied by Secretary Hay. There
are no leases or speeches.
When the dinner is finished the President
and his wife rise as a signal that the ser
vice is at an end. The ladies nass to the
reception rooms, and the men to the smok
ing room where coffee, liquors and cigars
are served. The gentlemen pass some time
in informal conversation, and then join
the Jadies in the reception rooms. Here tea
is served. Custom prescribes that none
of the other guests shall leave until those
of the highest rank have taken leave of
the evening s host and hostess. Out of
consideration to ihe o*ber guests the=e of
ficials leave immediately after tea has
been served. The other guests follow clo e
ly. so that the entire company has left the
hite House by 11 o’clock.
Frank Cauldwell.
A HEROINE OF THE LITE WAR.
Now- York. Deo. 29,-Tho monument
erected by the Daughters of the American
Revolution to the memory of Rubena
Hyde Walworth, whose name Is numbered
with heroes of the Spanisb-American war,
was unveiled the first anniversary of her
death, in Greenrldge Cemetery, at Sara
toga. 4
The monument, designed by Mr. C. B.
Canfield, stands upon a raised terrace at
the head of the main avenues. When the
American flag, which formed its veil, w’as
drawn, Ii revealed an obelisk of pure
"hite granite, perfect in its architecture.
It Is 32 feet high and 7 feet 6 inches
square at the base. The name and in
scription are in letters of bronze. It is
usually the work of many years to raise
a fund and erect a monument to a hero,
hut scarcely eight months have elapsed
since the Mary Washington Colonial
Chapter, under the efficient auspices of
Miss Lillian Montgomery, first sent out
letters and began to make requests for aid
in the undertaking.
The Saratoga, the Manhattan and the
Yonkers chapters lent their aid
The requests were quickly responded to
Miss Helen Gould sent SIOO. and *IOO was
contributed without delay, bv the Olvm
pia Club of small boys while some of the
poor soldiers who had been nursed by Miss
Walworth’s tender care, unable 'to do
more, sent offerings of 30 cents.
Miss Walworth Is a hero>of the noblest
kind. When the war with Spain broke
out she was teaching painting hi a New
York school. Her family, who for gen
er.Uiors had sent a sen to war to tight
for his country, had now no son t 0 Ke 7,j
She resolved to go. to nurse the soldiers
After a shori preparatory course at the
Saratoga Hospital, she went to Fortress
Monroe; later to Montuuk. where she took
entire charge and was the only woman
In the Detention Hospital, a place filled
with malaria, yellow fever and diphtheria
What she was to the* poor sufferer* ia
beyond power of description.
Even when Camp Wlckott le arnt a pest
ho!e she refused to Lave until she had
cared for ihe last patient, and soon ufter
Ihe last one had gone from her care she
100. fell 111. The end oon followed Ty
phoid fever was not long In taking her
Kwav.
H* r name wl'l b# hani-a <iown with ch*.
nanv f the l)pvfl wiio <Jo*u their I
liven tor their country * Hag. •
THE SPRING TIME FIGHT.
CAPTAIN JAC K BBMO\ TELLS OF A
great gorilla battle.
The Giant Ape* Were Fighting; for a
Mate and an Alwiy* Yonng Mw
cleft Were Too Strong: for the Beat
Effort* of the Conning of Middle
A are.
New York, Dec. 29 —The boys ai ihe club
had been te.ling, and hunting
stories, and the talk oad drifted arounl
to lights in general when Capt. Jack Ben
ton entered the smoking room. “After the
adjustment of our little unpleasantness
with the South/ ’remarked Capt. Jack, “I
drifted back info civil life. It seemed
monotonous, however, after the excitement
of campaigning and receiving an offer to
go to Africa and collect animals for men
age: les I jumped at it. My work took me
Into the interior of Upi*t Guinea, which
was then about as wild a country as there
was in thei world/
*Tne morning 1 le t camp to make a
circuit of some tr'up* we had set in the
night, and, as I wasn't on the lookout for
big game, I took on y a light rifle with
me. Trudging through t'ne woods I came
on n little clearing and there, not 50 feet
away, I saw a big male goril'a. He was
on all fours, half squitting on the ground.
“Equipped with on y a Jight rifle I had
no ambition to meddle with the boast. I
slipped back into the underbrush and was
about to make off as quietly as possible,
when *he peculiarity of the gorilla’s ac
tions attracted me. He seemed to be try
ing to lo k as amiable as was possible for
such a monster, and a second glance show
ed me the reason for this. At the right
of the clearing was a second gorilla,
smaller, but equallj ferocious looking, a
fitting mate for the first, big brute. I had
tvide tiy discovered a gorilla courtship.
“The mate gorilla trying to attract the
attention of the female by uncouth mo
tions, was beginning to advance clums ly
towards her, when suddenly a dull ‘Boom,
boom’ sounded from far away in the for
est. Up to that instant the male gorilla,
while savage looking, had given no sign
of being angry, but now all was changed.
His huge Jaws shut together with a snap.
“Then through the silence which had
fallen on the jungle when the first sullen
challenge was heard, came a sharp bark,
followed by a deep humming sound. It
was terrible battle call of a full-grown
gorilla, the cry sfent out when he is about
to fi&ht to the death for a mate. At the
end of each echoing challenge the hairy
giant beat with trs big hands on his
chest, while at other end of the clear
ing, waiting to b?stow her hand on tho
victor, sat the fertale gorilla whose charms
had inspired sucl jealous rage.
“Suddenly ther was a little flurry ai
the left end of tie clearing, and the chal
lenger broke thre igh the bushes into plain
sight. He was worthy to do battle with
the first giant. I could see he was a
veteran, with thf scars of many battles on
him. His big 1 :>s were rolled up in a
grim snarl, sh< ving broken teeth and
great gaps, 4he suit of former battles*.
Both gorillns Wire taller than the aver
age man as thej stood on their hind feet
for battle, but t elr enormous breadth of
chest and shoubers made them look like
squatting, hairy ionts. In fighting ability
each seemed eq al, for while the second
older gorilla ha< evidently been in more
battles, yet the one I had first seen in
the jungle had n advantage in strength
and youth.
“Neither of th* b?g animals wasted time
in preliminaries: they had worked them-
selves up into sucAi an insanity of rage
that only killing would satisfy. Each ad
vanced on hia hind legs until with'n six
feet of the other. Then the younger gor
illa began to fight. Stepping forward with
marvelous quickness for suiii an ungain
no merfc 1 a fail-like blow’ with
big-boned framr o f filVo',adonis/‘Toubl
have wnhstood it . But , hp o](J
':' any de,th grapples to
as ih. h 80 " ar ' y * n ,h ‘ H S ht - Even
as the big arm swung arcund he sprang
th/rid, , C ° minß , in * lO *> as to miss
the full force of the swirg. The next
he vonn e own arm round
the jounger gorilla’s beck enclrellne- i,
Inx h hl >Ur fPe ‘ ? f steel \nuseles ond hold
ing his enemy s Lead stiff unriaht so
that he could not bring torribfe teeth
into play. Then the old gorilla onened
his heavy jaws, and gett\ 1K a firm „ r ,
on the right shoulder of Hi, young" gor
illa. held on like a bulkA tearing h .
way through the knotted mVse e and sin
ewa and shoulder I,lade of opponent'
‘Vi /u Same ,ime the left Vrm P of the
old fighter wrapped itself about the young
er gorilla in u rib-breaking gA V
“ I . t *f s 0,1 for an Irstan! however
that things looked* so desperaV f" The
younger fighter. The first gori it,
<iid fighting ability and tiWendous
strength showed themselves. WffirMng
up his left arm he fastened his V>ng fln
sys about his antagonist’s thrl.t and
tried to break his grip and shove hetul
back. At first the only effect of tL w?,-
to make the ohl fellow lighten his X-in on
the other’s shoulder. Then the A,Ler
gorilla put forth all his strength. iWuld
see the muscles of his arm. shoulder* and
back gather themselves into big knot si and
bunrh up as if they would break thrdurh
the skin. The murderous deep-set Xes
started forward, until they were level Vh
the cheek bones. A Jast desperate effo-t
end the big head went back, the tightV
oiosed jaws of Uje old gorilla tearing oil
flesh nnd sinews ns they were shoved
away Dl!t nol un-grlpped. Then the old',
fighter s right arm slowly and reluctantly
uncoiled from the other’s neck The
younger gorilla had broken the death grip.
Both big fighters were momentarily free
and stepped back to regain breath nnd re
pair injuries.
"Although wounded, it was the younger
gorilla that made the attack. This time
he did not waste any efforts on blows with
his huge paws. When they had approached
almost within striking distance the young
er of the lighters made a rush. He re
ceive.! a blow on the head that would
have crushed a man’s skull. It scarcely
staggered him. Then both his long arms
wrapped themse’.ves about his opponent’s
neck, and holding hie antagonist tightly
clasped, he began biting with fierce en
ergy, not a steady gripping hite: hut furi
ous. tearing gnashißgs, which ripped skin
and flesh from face and shoulders and
chest.
“The older gorilla was taken by sur
prise ai this sudden rush and change of
tactics by his opponent. But though at
a disadvantage, he was too old a fighter
to he easily dismayed. First he secured
a grip on hi* opponent’s throat, and strain
ing every muscle tried to tear himself free
from (he infuriated grasp of the younger
biast. He might as easily broken a steel
cable as the strangling hold of his enraged
opponent. Then the older fighter relaxed
his grip on the other’s throat, and plac
ing both his big human-like paws on the
younger * face tried to force hi* head
back.
"This brought out a terrific trial of
strength. If Ihe old gorilla could force
the other’* head back, he would be free
and might perhaps break his enemy’s
neck. Each of the huge fighter* seemed
to know this and put forth all of their
giant strength. Back, shoulders, arms and
neck were called Into play, the heavy
muscle* rippling up and gathering Into
bl* knot* The snarling growl*, whleh
l.*d nm-h-d tne t sinning of the fight, h*.l
died away Each animal was sibi;!. A
n til tee#* ocetued to tufi fallen on the,
whole Jungle, and the crackling of the I
twigs ard dry leaves seemed unnaturally i
loud as the two gigantic lighters came to j
the supreme strugg.e.
“For what was probably half a minute. ,
but seemed an hour, the two semi-human I
shapes stood there putting forth every en- I
ergy. At last the younger fighter's face
was within two inches of his opponent’s
head. The younger gorilla made a su
preme efTort, twisted his head suddenly,
and before his opponent could dodge had
fastened his teeth in a death grip on the
throat of the veteran fighter.
“The veteran was borne backward, car
rying his foe down with him. Unless h*
could loosen the grip on his throat he was
doomed and the old fighter knew it. Over
and over on the ground the two huge
apes rolled, figh‘ing desperately, but with
out sound save for the shrill hissing of
their breaths as it was forced from their
heaving chests. The veteran of many a
hard fought Jungie battle knew’ his ow.t
end had come.
“Up to this time the battle had been
fought in silence, but as the old gorilla
gave up the contest and felt the teeth ot
his antagonist sinking deeper and deeper
into his throat, the pain was greater
than he could hear. He broke into a
wailing cry that echoed through the jun
gle. I have heard the death cry of many
an male, but never a call like that of the
dying gorilla. For it was not like an
animal-, but the wail of a man in overmas
tering pain, a choking halt sob, half
shriek. Again end again it rose up. I
lifted my rifle and then lowered it, for
I could not help the old gorilla, and to
meddle in that fight with only my light
rifle meant my own death. The half
human wail broke out again, but while 1
was standing irresolute it ceased. The
fierce, hard fighting, hard biting younger
goriila had been working his way through
his antagonist’s throat and had at last
bitten through the windpipe. The great
fight was over, and the veteran of many
similar contests had met the fate he had
meted out to others.
“I watched the younger ape. as if fas
cinated. while he wreaked his revenge on
the body of his dead enemy. Then with
a start it occurred to me that I would
suffer a similar fate, if I stayed in that
vicinity. But I had no real cause for
anxiety. The gorilla had other matters
to think of. The last glimpse I had of
the conqueror was as. with the glare or
battle still in his eyes and covered from
head to foot with his own blood and that
of his enemy, he marched off in triumph
toward her for whom he had fought so
desperately and so well.”
FOUR CAPITAL, EASY RECIPES.
An Ideal sponge cake should resemble
its namesake only when that article is of
the best quality, close and soft, like vel
vet. If the following advice is followed,
two bowls and a half pint cup are all the
dishes needed for perfect results.
Break four eggs carefully, the yolks
into the mixing howl, the whites Into a
deep pint bowl. Now with a double wheel
ed beater whisk the eggs (first, without
fail, adding a pinch of salt) until stiff
enough to allow inverting the bowl while
the contents are in. Measure an even cup
ful of fine granulated sugar, powdered w 11
not do, as the result will be tough. Beat
half of the sugar little by little into the
stiff whites and put aside. Next, beat the
yellow, the same length of time as the
whites (watch the clock) adding the sugar
after the first beating, exactly in the same
way. Stir into this the finely grated yellow
peel of half a large lemon or orange and
a tablespoonful of juice. Measure strictly
three parts of a cup of flour. See that the
oven is right; grease a brick-shaped pan,
with paper on the bottom, then toss the
white into the yellow in the mixing bowl
und blend briskly with the beater. Beware
of beating after the flour is in, upon this
rock amateurs split. Sprinkle the flour in
little by little, folding it under with the
big spoon. Just as it is put in the oven,
sift fine granulated sugar over the top,
this gives the desirable brown, rather
ii crust. Bake in a steady oven
first. At the end or tms-rfrfiw t{y ■IClP..a.t
straw without taking out. Take out of the
pan as soon as the cake may be handled
and place on an inverted sieve.
Only two bowls to wash, the one that
held the whites almost unsolled, and the
other scraped clean: Ten minutes is am
ple time to allow- for mixing this cake. A
shallow dish with a “whisker” mav be
used for whipping the whites if preferred
Perfect Potato Salad.
The French have a secret with regard to
potato salad, that, while very simple, yet
if known and applied to one American
dish would change its character much for
the better.
We. each one of us, can bring to mind
the wholesome flavor of potato and dish
gravy from a joint of beef, as this is of
ten the first taste of the family dinner we
have been allowed after illness. The
Frenchman’s secret enables us to impart
this flavor in combination with the relish
of a salad If we have at hand a small bit
of coarse gravy meat or a tiny pot of
beef extract. The meat is to be heated
through and every trace of juice pressed
out and salted to taste, or enough of the
extract used to give a good meat flavor
to four tabiespoonfuls of hot w’ater. The
potatoes are to be cooked as "waxy” as
possible. With old potatoes this can be
done by throwing them into the collander
and spreading them out one by one to be
come thoroughly cool. When preparing the
salad each thin slice of potato is to be
immersed Into the beef juice just long
enough to take the flavor without becom
ing moist enough to break. When the oil,
pepper, salt and vinegar are added and ali
gently tossed, the salad is ready to send
to table. Finely chopped parsley Im
proves the appearance, but It is not called
for in .the above recipe, while the beef
yravy is insisted upon.
Whipped Apricots.—Just cover half a
Pund of evaporaied apricots with luke
warm water and allow them 10 stand over
night. In tlie morning stew gently with
hail a cup of sugar until very soft. Press
through a coarse sieve and put aside un
til very cold. Just before serving beat
up briskly with the well stiffened whites
of two eggs with a tablespoonful of gran
ulated sugar to each, beaten in after they
are stiff, a pinch of salt must surely he
added before whipping. Serve in a glass
dish surrounded with a custard made from
the yolks of the eggs and flavored with
vanilla.
Evaporated peaches are also delicious
prepared In this way.
Baked Potatoes and Cheese.—When po
tatoes are boiled much of the potash salts
contained in this vegetable when -aw is
wasted in the water. When baked these
salts are retained and therefore the com
bination of cheese with potatoes cookel
in tills way is not only toothsome, but
easy of digestion, the natural salts taking
the place of the bicarbonate of potash.
This makes a dish good to look upon
os well as savory in flavor if prepared
thus: Wash thoroughly rather large
even-sized potatoes, bake until soft when
pressed between a cloth, but take can
not to overcook. For six potatoes have
ready a cup of grated cheese. Cut ex
actly In half, taking care to keep the
skins whole. Scoop the potato out with
a fork into a hot dish, sprinkle the cheese
through, odd two tableipoonaful of hot
m Ik. pepper and salt to taste. Whip
the whole lightly hut thoroughly, with a
wire heater or fork, put back In the skins
allow a little knob of the filling to ap
pear in the center where the potato is
Joined, as if it had burst open naturally
while baking. Hub each "knob" over
with beaten egg. return to the oven long
enough to brown nicely an*) serve
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FRAMING THE BRIDGES PICTURE.
The Mat Should Be Either of the
Stuff off Her WeililiiiK or Traveling
Gow 11.
New York. £*<> 9Q -it is not unusual
' ’ iox: who is going away tor an
extended trip, o, j- * 4 „
city, to give pho
tographs to the most intimate of her
friends before leaving them.
One such bride, who is given to doing
things unique and original, determined to
frame the pictures thus given, and to do
so in an appropriate manner.
They were to be mounted under glass
in the manner familiar to all, and known
as passepartout, but instead of the usual
mat of linen or cardboard, she used a
material which was especially appropriate
ami one which made frame as well as pic
ture worthy of being preserved among the
family heirlooms.
The p cture which she gave her moOier
had a mat of the white satin which had
been used for her wedding dre=s and
across one corner was a bit of the lace
with which the dress was trimmed.
To a sister she gave a picture also
mounted in the white satin, but with a
design of orange blossoms embroidered
upon it; while the mount for the one
given her maid of honor was of ihe white
satin embroidered with a graceful div
of bride roses. K 3
Friends less near received pictures
mounted with the goods which had gone
to make up the different gowns of her
trosseau The mount made from the ma
terial of her “going away gown” had for
get-me-nots embroidered in small scatter
ed sprays, while some of the silks and fig
ured goods were made up plain, being suf
ficiently decorative in themselves
In each case the mounted picture was
bound to the glass with a narrow strip
?° f ‘ father in a shade to correspond
with the color of the mount. Upon tho
back of each was plainly written the name
and date of the wedding;.
It is needless to state that the gifts were
prized as the pictures oione never could
have been, and it is safe to nredw
other brides will follow the graceful fash-
Julia D. Cowles.
CONSOLING FACTS FOR SPINSTERS.
A School for Wives Has Helped
Spinsters to Fln-1 Mates.
Someone is proposing a Husband's
Union, for the protection of husbands- * U st
what they seek to be protected from ,t
not yet stated. But the union is intended
for all the down-trodden of the land; that
is of the male portion. Possibly the
union Is to be founded on the sam lines
as the School for Wives, lately established
tn England.
bet< K r i ar t ,he roarriage sehoois
which are being developed in Germany on
very practical lines. U is for girls and
women only and the value of such a train
ing cannot be overestimated. Girl- leave
the marriage school competent to "under
take the management of u house-and a
husband. The girls.who have graduated
frm thes. schools have been extrat
In gi-tilng married, so it is sa t,i k
BOcU l >' which has been orgun-
SSy ft? ohia'd ~ h O, C V“ h <nsura*nce
"IKUIS. its object is to provide for thou,
women who either cannot or will I n !
vide themselves with husband" The
premiums, width ore „t various seal,"
begin at the age of 13 ,„! end al 40 a
period at which It is supposed most of
the members will have ", of
though, of n,arn.,r'V b rtmg X
esse, ih, woman receives an snnulfv r,„
life If, however, .he m'.rrul
time sfter or before . . ... “ ,,y
..... v *he forfeits ~i
ing by c hence wC,' UnXoUely
hopes to provide (or its members doomed
to single blessedness.
Old maids in the United States are out
numbered by the bachelors, although it is
popularly supposed that the contrary is
the case. To come to exact figures there
are 7,427.767 bachelors and 3,221,494 spin
sters. This is upon the authority of a
government report. Even in Massachu
setts, where it was thought that old maids
constitute a large portion of the popula
tion. they could each find a husband and
then not exhaust the stock of single men;
for there are 226,085 men and only 219,255
women who have no yet entered into the
bonds of matrimony.
New York state has 120,000 more bachel
ors than spinsters. Only one slate in the
union has more female celibates than male
and that is California, in which there are
59,456 of the former and 22,829 of the lat
ter. The state of Washington has per
haps the largest excess of forlorn single
men —80,537 all told, unmarried damsels
numbering only 9,181.
Out of an equal number of bachelors and
widowers between 25 and 30 years of age,
thirty widowers remarry for every thir
teen bachelors to enter the bonds of hy
men for the first time.
For every spinster married between 30
and 65, two widows are remarried. Both
facts are eloquent in favor of the com
parative advantages of matrimony.
In olden times, a tariff of matches was
established in France, in which the va
rious degrees of wealth necessary for a
girl to enter the different ranks of
French society were set down as follows:
A young woman with a dow-ry of 2,000 to
10,000 francs a year was a match for a
retail trader, a lawyer’s clerk or a bailiff;
a dowry of 12,000 entitled one to aspire to
a dealer in silk, a draper, an innkeeper,
a secretary to a groat lord; one with 20,000
francs might look as high as an advocate
or a government officer of considerable
rank: one with from 30.000 to 100,000 francs
might hope for a marquis, a president of
Parliament, a peer of France, a duke.
THE NEW CENTURY.
S.ini- Rueer Calculation* a* to Tlmo
and Units.
New York. Dec. 29.—When do we enter
the twentielh century? In 1900 or 1901? The
dispute is not anew one. Similar question*
were raised in 1799, in 1699. and even as far
back as 1599. A learned German of two
• enturles ago made this the subject of a
learned disquisition, which gave rise to
quite a literature, pro and contra. And In
1800, Paris witnessed a comedy with the
title: “Mon dieu, en quel siecle vlvons
nous?”
And yet. says Camille Flammarion, the
famous French astronomer, the answer to
the question is simple enough. Ten is the
sum of ten units, and the number ten is
one of them. There was no year 0 in the
Christian era. The first year of this era
was the year 1. Therefore the twentieth
century begins in the year 1901, and not in
1900.
The first year after the birth of Christ
passed without special notice. As much
may be said about the second, third and
fourth. In fact, more than five centuries
had flown before the people realized that
they had entered anew era. For the Chris
tian era was established early in 532 A.
D.. by a Scythian monk. Dionysius, nick
named Exiguus, because he was small
of statur- . Dionysius the Small assumed
that Christ was born on Dec. 25, 753 yeaie
af er the supposed foundation of Rome; so
the 751 th anniversary of this more or less
mythical event became the first year of
our era.
Later on It was found that the little
monk had made a big mistake, and that,
thanks to him, the Christian era had been
started, not at the birth of Christ, but
four years and seven days later. This
is why the Authorized Version of the Gos
pels places the birth of Christ in the
year 4 B. C.
The German scientist of 1699 mentions
this in his pamphlet, but the error,
though acknowledged, is suffered to re
main. But such as it was, the era of
Dionysius Exiguus had no year 0. Its
first year was counted as A D. 1, its
tenth at A. D. 10, and so on. And yet
the world at large has made up its mind
that it will enter the twentieth century in
January, 1900.
No one doubts that 100 includes its hun
tliedth unit, but strange to say, accord
ing to the ideas of individuals as well as
nations, Ihe world entered anew century
on exchanging 1799 for 1800. Truly fig
ures are almost as illusive as facts.
The French astronomer Is perfectly pos
itive that on Dee. 31, 1900, exactly at mid
night, our nineteenth century will vanish
into eternity, to give place to the next.
Exactly at midnight; these three words
suggest another puzzling problem: What
country will be the first to enter the twen
tieth century? If we reckon the hours
moving eastward we find that when the
clocks strike midnight In Paris it will be
1 a. m. in Vienna; 2 a. m. in Suez and
Sebastopal; 3 a. m. in Teheran; 4 a. m. in
Tobolsk and Bokhara; 5 a. m. in Colombo;
6 a. m. in Calcutta; 7 a. m. in Singapore;
8 a. m. in Shanghai and Seoul; 9 a. m.
in Yeddo and full moon of Jan. 1, 1900, in
the Chatham Islands.
j On the other hand, if we make the
same reckoning moving westward, we find
; that precisely at the same time it will be
7 p. m. in New Y'ork, 6 p. m. in Chicago,
4 p. m. in San Francisco, 2 p. m. in Alas
ka, 1 p. m. in Honolulu, and finally, exact
ly noon of Dec. 31, 1900, in the Chatham
Islands.
To remedy this discrepancy, Camille
Flammarion suggests the world should
agree to lay down a line of demarcation
somewhere tn the wastes of the Pacific,
ocean, east of Kamchatka and west of
the Caroline Islands. If this suggestion
be accepted, the Americans in the Phil
ippines, the Russians in Kamchatka, the
English in New Zealand and the French
in New Caledonia will all enter the twen
tieth century at about the same time.
Yet the savage inhabitants of Chatham
Island will be in advance of them all, as
they will have lived through twelve hours
and four minutes of the new century when
Paris prepares to greet its arrival with
raised glasses of champagne. This, how
ever, is only justice; as, for the Chatham
iles. this new oenturj is likely to be the
last. Since 1830 their numbers have
dwindled from 1.500 to about fifty, chiefly
owing to the fact that their nelghliors.
the Maoris, esteemed them as a table
delicacy, making it the rule that the Chat
hamite should collect wood for the fire at
which he was presently to be roasted.
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