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Page Two PORTLAND LABOR PRESS WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT <8- By L E N N Ä P T T M A N S T A H L Getting Fixed For A Czar COOKERY THE GARDEN tinuously at a cost of 20 cent« a year, | Peaches were never more plentiful There will come a cloudy day soon chargeable to the tenant—unburden 1 nor more delicious. Every thrifty and with it a cool tang of early Fall, the landlord. Within a year the Czar housewife is taking advantage of the This will be the ideal day to prepare would probably order his subjects to i unusually low prices, and rows of jars your bulb bed. It should be made use water continuously to prevent the an(1 glasses of the beautiful fruit ready for the bulbs which will soon overflow from the reservoirs washing grace many a table and shelf that be on the market. These days before formerly was, perhaps, a little under- the bulbs arrive are days of grace, to ^ ab°r into the Willamette. W hat s the use in having five minds stocked with this luxury. be used in planning and laying out In canning peaches be sure to use the beds. Give a little thought to the at work governing the city when they can 1 even agree on a jitney onlin-' cane sugar, a. jeet sugar, although color combinations for therein lies the ance’ A * zar could settle it in five good for general uses, is not success- beauty of the early spring flowering ,n*nutes and let big business carry fully used in the making of preserves bulbs. Make a list of what you will the people, if there’s room on the ]ana jelly- need and put your order in while the Drop a few peaches at a time into stock is full. We are as potter’s clay, to be , ... . , Who s running this town, anyway? boiling water for a minute or so. A few dollars will buy two or three shaped as the great artist, Big Bus 1 guess if big business wants a Czar, The skins will become loose and may hundred bulbs, and most of these will iness, desires. When this artist oc we’ll have a Czar, and you’ll see who’s be easily removed with a silver knife last for many years, casionally permits us to have a dol Czar. The idea of having common or rubbed off with the hand. In the Bulbb will bloom the first year in lar, he has us look at it through a laboring people managing our city meantime have a thia sugar syrup almost any soil. In congenial soil, magnifying glass so that it looks as affairs, and comparatively poor boiling on the stove. Drop in as many many 'sorts may be naturalized and large as a ferris wheel, but when we people, at that. peaches as you wish to can, allow- will bloom on year after year with- attempt to ’ hire a Czar of all the Just think of it—in the past iwo ing all to be well covered with the out further attention. It is necessary- Portlanders we will look at it with years these men have even put elec syrup. Boil just long enough to heat to take up and replant some varieties our eye at the large end of a tel tric, street lights in the outlaying the peaches thoroughly, then place every two or three years, as they in- escope and the dollar at the small unaristocratic districts, and have gone carefully in jars and fill to overflow- crease and become over-crowded. end. *o f“r a« to enlarge water laterals ing with the boiling syrup; seal at Most bulbs prefer a well-drained. After we get the < zar we shall until these poor people have not only once. sandy soil. Some manure may be used nee< a ew anal Zone scientists, t.nough water to drink but can water In preserving, the process is the to enrich the bulb bed, but commercial anitary experts, assistant engineers iawng at stated intervals. Our taxes same as canning, except a longer time fertilizer gives as good results and is and perhap.' could purchase a few were lower ]aat year even though the of cooking is required, which brings safer. Bone meal, ashes and soot gigantic second-hand steam shovels Commission started with an empty the peaches to a higher degree of make a good combination for a dress- and move ( ouncil < rest into Mar- treasury an«l this will never, never softness and sweetness. ing to be worked into the soil, quam Gulch—if big business wanted (,o We must have a ,.jty nlanager Brandy peaches are the same as The beds should be made several Big Business says so, and a man is preserved, with the addition of brandy weeks before planting, and well No need for more water mains with goirg to consider accepting the title, to the syrup. rounded up, to insure perfect drain- a City Manager. Sprinkle lawns con- Some steam roller, eh? The syrup which is left in the pot age, as the drainage is the essential ------------. ____________ after the last of the peaches has been thing. Keep in mind, when planning removed is very sweet and thick and your beds, that the beds in which the is the very essence of peach. Bottle spring flowering sorts are planted this syrup and seal. You will find it may be used for annuals and bedding —— — —— delicious as a source for puddings, plants later in the spring. Or the The need for and justice of labor There is need for labor organiza- for flavoring fruit drinks and on hot bulbs may be put in the perennial bor- organizations was evidenced last week tion right here in Portland. The cakes of winter mornings. der, to flower early and be out of the | when the unfair firm of Woodard, man who pays the smallest wages to To make peach jelly boil cut-up way for the hardv later flowers. ( larke & Co. dismissed from their employes possible, is not a desirable peaches in just water enough to keep A pail of coarse sand should be at employ a young man for not other employer for any city. The poorly them from burning, and when soft hand when planting the bulbs, and -a stated reason than that he asked for paid laborer merely exists; he cannot mash to a fine pulp and allow to drip handful placed in the bottom of each the increase of wages he had been be of any marked benefit to a com- through a flannel bag. The juice ob- hole, to insure good drainage imme- promised when he accepted employ- munity for he has not the means; tained is then boiled rapidly with an diately under it. ment with the drug concern. he dare not have an opinion, or if equal quantity of sugar for twenty Fall planted bulbs should be pro- The superintendent acknowledged he has, dares not express it for fear minutes. Pour into glasses and when tected during extremely cold weather the young man’s ability as a clerk, of what might happen to his position; cold cover with melted paraffine. The with a mulch of leaves or straw, stated that the services rendered he cannot save enough from his low peach pulp from the dripping bag Those who have never tried the were perfectly satisfactorily and of- salary to be independent, but must may now be converted into jam with Spanish iris should do so this fall, fered to furnish first-class recom- live from hand to mouth; he has no the addition of sugar to taste. Heat These grow from bulbs like the tulips mendations, but said it was the policy organization of true, steadfast, self- to the boiling point and seal. .....____ ______ and are imported mostly from Hoi- of the firm to secure their help as sacrificing, large-hearted men and Peach Tart: Sift three cups flour land. They arrive in September and cheaply as possible and as the clerk women behind him to demand justice, with one-half teaspoonful baking should be set out at once. They are had asked for a raise, he was dis- fair treatment and a living wage, powder and three tabRspoonfuIs su- very beautiful and are the cheapest missed, and without a moment’s Alone, he can accomplish nothing gar. Rub in one large cupful of but- of all irises, while their beauty is notice. against an unscrupulous employer, ter and add one-half cupful milk and more delicate in form and coloring The “six men of Dorset” served He works for what he is offered, or mix into a smooth dough of medium j than the other varieties. The other three years on the convict ship “Sue- if he dares to suggest a slight wage thickness. Fill a baking dish with I varieties of in iris s should never be cess” for a like offense. The ship increase, he is banished, not to Van sliced peaches, allowing one table- planted or bandied in the spring. Any has sailed, but Woodward, Clarke & Diemen’s Land, perhaps, as were the spoonful sugar and one tablespoonful time after the blossoms have fallen ' Co. is still with us, and still on six men of Dorset, but he receives water to each large peach. Cover o ff the plants may be taken up and organized labor’s unfair list, dealing the most severe penalty the firm is with pie crust and bake in moderate transplanted where they are wanted. out some drugs and left-handed able to impose—dismissed without oven one-half hour. Serve hot with] If the iris are transplanted at the justice, as above noticed; transact- even one hour’s previous notice. ! cream. wrong time of the year it not only ing their business in a building -rect- It is well for union men and i\omen Peach Pudding: Fill pudding dish injures the plants but loses a full cd by scab labor, and shunned by all to remember that Woodard, Clarke & with whole peeled peaches, pour in year in the plants' growth and flower true union labor people. Co. are on the unfair lint. one pint water, cover and bake until ing. tender. Drain off juice and cool. Japanese iris like a heavy and re- where the model is a three-piece o n e. Add to H two cupfuls milk- f° ur Itentive 8oil v They need a rich and Ì beaten eKKs> one scant cupful flour moist soil, but well drained FASHION’S WHIMS the blouse or bodice is lightened mixed The German iris likes any good with one teaspoonful baking- I with chiffon, and trimmed embroideries and powder’ one cuPful sai?ar, one tea- , garden soil, and should not be dis- “Thirty days hath September”—is touches of metal spoonful melted butter, pinch of salt, turbed for several years, other than the old proverb of school days for fur. Beat well four minutes, pour over the cultivation they require. There are many one-piece dresses learning the numbers of the days of peaches in the dish, bake to rich brown So much for the flower garden. If i the month and thirty busy days they of plai<' Plaid is also much used and serve with cream. you would have nice, crisp lettuce in will be too, when everything you for ^or coat linings and skirt facings. Dutch Peach Cake: Make a soft your vegetable garden until the holi wear and everything you need, from in colors’ re<1 and green are amon* biscuit dough with one quart flour, days you should sow seeds .immedi head to toe and cellar to garret needs the new ones. The red is called Gari two tablespoonfuls butter, one-half ately and give the same cara as for baldi red, for the red-skirted Italian freshening, for ihe autumn season. —. . . , . „ , . troops, and in tone is a real old- teaspoonful baking powder and suffi- spring culture. If unexpectedly cool The variety of fall apparel is great . u- i j j • j .v » . fashioned red and is very compli- cient cold milk to mix. Roll out two- weather arrives, cover lightly with and the skirts, so far, are as short mentary to the navy blue and green. thirds inch thick, lay on flat greased ; straw or light brush. A new bed of as during the summer; latpr they Worsted embroideries are much used pans. Have ready peaches, pared radishes should be planted, too. For may be even shorter, or longer; no . .. . , i to brighten the models of blue serge, and quartered. Press these into the it’s a long, long time till spring, one knows nor can they depend upon'and of dul, go,d and gHver top of the dough in rows. Sprinkle Local No. 586 of the International the fickle dame whose fancy is law in a trim the velvet gowns. Blouses and I with granulated sugar and bake w-hile Un’° n ° f Steam and Operating Engi to the Woman Who Would. oven. Cut in squares bodices are very simple with little I ¡quick neers has been organized at Hamilton, hot. The eye is again being attracted up-to-date touches in sleeves and, Ontario. to the waist line and coats and gowns manner of trimming. Many sleeves ] Peach Ice Cream: Peel and stone give some semblance to the human are of chiffon to the elbow with deep i ° n* doZen fine ripe ,peache* : crush form. Coats are of three lengths trimmed cuffs of the dress ma- with six ounces pulverized sugar. the very long coat, which entirely terial. Fullness and puffs are edging Take one quart cream, eight ounces sugar, two eggs. Beat covers the skirt, the knee length, and ¡n and &rr hr8t gaining ground by the I pulverized T ‘"'t” *’ J,"" the very short coat, or jacket, which employment of thin sheer silks and j and C°°k Unt‘' reaches the barely reaches the waist line and is chiffons boiling point; remove and strain; place in freezer and freeze. When generally worn with the dressy two- j nearly frozen stir in peach pulp with piece costumes. Many of the longer SBCl’RE EIGHT-HOUR DAY ¡1 one teaspoonful extract of almonds, coats are very close fitting The Russian blouse effect will be - Insulators and Asbestos Workers’ d Jn” h free*,nK- very popular again and gives an en- union of Philadelphia has signed an lnf ? Tw° table8P°°nfuls granu- tirely different line. The Russian eight-hour contract with employers. ted SUg“r 18 eqUBl t0 one ounce- styles are simple and youthful look- Work done after 6 p. m. and until 10 1 n p M A vn i u u i t d . t , , , . . ing, hence their success and popu'ar- p. m. gh*u be paid at the rat. of time » « A N II AKKI I RATION ity. They are belted and trimmed in and one-half. Double time shall bej Trade unionists in iw -n i. . i Th, be,,. 1 « .., i . . » « „ I , e , paid watk o n i,.™ * ,," “ “ . X Z - mu fur or simply outlined with i t Many holidays. No work » .a ll be done on unicipal ownerahip anlenP(lm7 nt to the serge dresses are trimmed after the Labor Day as the employers agree to c:»v ,-harter nenvidinw , » m e f-b io n . The coll.r, . . . th, pay lh, ^ M b i ,,» . X . ,1 V 2 , 'T J pnncM,.- o , , . ,, , Empl ANNOUNCEMENT Glory be to the saint«. A man has been found who says he will consider accepting the office of city manager if the offer is made to him. General Goethal so stated at a banquet at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesduy night, How considerate! Now all we have to do is revise our city charter, fire our mayor and commissioners, dip up the price to pay this considered of being the Czar of all the Portlanders, and watch big business forge to the forr Opening of our Ladies’ Departmeni Our Fall Styles Have Arrived Men’s Suits to Order $25.00 and up Ladies’ Suits to Order $35.00 and up McDonald & Collett, Tailors geo . h . Union Label z ; ™ , - be ,2.50 per day until August 1, 1916,1 nroDosed nmen 1» ”rL " and ,2.76 from that date until August j pcrrnitii dtyPofficials who manage ’ the 5. 1917. Only union men are to be ^ ¿ d “ ” T employed. J. ‘?ke service examination “and say EIGHT HOUKS FOR OIL WORKERS ¡„f “later unions ” ’ bU* mU8t The Gulf Refining company at Port Arthur, Texas, has accepted the eight hour principal and hereafter all work will be «lone on the shorter work day plan. About 1600 employes are af- fected. Many of them formerly labored twelve hours a day. 2 8 9 W ashington Street PURITY—THE GOLD MEDAL MILK Drug Company Still Unfair , ha„ them, Insofur as their up-to-dateness is concerned. All manners o f eol- lars are seen, an.l practically all of them are very, very high. They are more nearly mu.’flers. Many close-fitting shawl collars of fur are worn with the Russian coats. The sleeves are set in to the arm-hole, sometimes with lowered shoulder line. In dresses there is much combin- ing of different materials. Serge and taffeta, duvetyn and satin, velvet an«l broadcloth, art some of the combina- tions. These are all fur trimmed and M c C a r th y Mothers, Here’s the Proof In Competition with the Whole World—and there were Exhibits from nearly every State and Canada— P u r ity M ilk Was Awarded, by the Panama-Pacific Exposition Offi cials, 2 Gold Medals and 26 Diplomas. Purity Milk won the Only Gold Medal awarded any Portland Ex hibitor. Portland Pure Milk and Cream Co. Wholesale Department, Third and Hoyt Streets Retail Department, 132 Fourth Street OUR SECRET OF SUCCESS Our foundation was laid by a consci. nti- ¡- hard-working man, striving to render hon- y t service at a reasonable price. Les- tha: twenty years ago Mr. Staples ran the <t<»r without assistance. Now we employ i r< than twenty honest, cherful, painstakini- young men and women, ready to cate- te your wants. STAPLES, the Jeweler Optician 162 FIRST STREET Near Morrison St., Portland, Oregon « T h e M ost in V a in e , Best in Q u a lity COUPON CUT T H IS OUT Biing this ad and get our Regular 40c Bulk Coffee for 25c Only 4 pounds to each coupon MARTIN MARKS COFFEE CO. 252 Third Street Main 1893; A 18!' ’- Log Cabin Baking Co. » of Tip Top Bread Holsum Bread Twentieth Century Bakery O-r ■•« L.»efcw«. Afu, LancMon. PHILLIPS & SHINN Holsum Cakes Holsum Cookies Hplsum Doughnuts SufffM ori to WALL*« 8W BET SHOP 291% MORRISON, NEAR FIFTH A S®0*1 l',*r’ tor out-of-town ahoppen to lunch Our ranSUa and lunrhoona pooad of the rary haat and fraahaat ln«r*dl«nta to ba obtained in the Icadinc i^trUts* SOLD EVERYWHERE
