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CHIFFON OVER WOVEN.NET LENDS
WARMTH TO LIGHT APPEARING DRESS
Euj t Pack la Week-End S-ilea and Suitable for Dinner Wear la Dreaay Utile Blouse of Lace and Georg
tie Crepe Black Buttons and High Collar .Add Finishing Touches.
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Two Urr of chiffon, or chlfton
cttr a ubtBlltty wotid
nl at uort warmth than would
ImailnH. conllrln h lran
rarvocr o( th loo lil(. Tnta cv-loa-a
llogu, matchins talllcur of
ark aravn mohair and world rep. la
of r.a chiflan rr rrvara filt nl.
Grwn mnd voli Iobvs ir comblnad
tth blarh In Ida airdla which U
raoi tr a fltcol fouodaiion lo u
luf iha orlarvw rttrrx. A collar of
raaa) aatln novtarna turna down af lb
ark an4 iho chifCoa blouaa-fronta ara
folded hrh lo rra Ftr. Iha aopar
aaa of aach ravara havln a ptcol
firiru
llur fo rack In a wakand autt
fai. aotf auteabia for dinner r, la
Iha drar liilla liloaaa of laca and
foratca crpw la latlar In dallcata
f:. pink tint. Tba lona Ua. of
Mirk chintlllr. "f tha p'nk rrapa.
a r aetachaH to lla rrtpa founiaClon
huk la tockad at la front lo form
a vt.
IXar IMa pink cr-pa fnandatlon aoaa
a )ittiD-r of Iha blak laca. hrmmad
wtth loiu of Iha pink rrapa al Iha
ovtar Hc and ftnthwd wttb bfark
nat-foo Met down tha fronla. Black
Jm battoaa and a high black laca col
lar add Iha finiaMntt touch.
Apparently tbla raw btoua of faint
yatiow d.4rhna atlk baa borrowed from
tha aleevea to make tha cottar. for
while the cottar la eiaseratr! In
batch!, lara-e plecea ha ben clipped
from the eieT at tha outer aide of
the arm
Theee openlnaa In tha ateevea ara fln
tehed with ptrot-edctna and are
trappal arroaa with Diet laca match
tna the laca on tha blouaa front. Cuff
and collare are ateo ptrot.edsed and
tha collar la further decorated with
aematttchias. It la a moat microtias
collar and will bar careful atudr.
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Julca and add to tha pears be tore cook
tnr. Anothar nice conserve la made by
using half pears and half peaches In
the above, and omitting the ginger and
cut up lemon. L'se the juice of the
lemon, however, unless the peaches are
quite sour.
Portland. An 3 Will yon please Inform
me how mayonnaise may be kapt from
curdling? I bare very poor succesa when
follow Ins tha recipe In my coon dook.
Thanking you. MRS. D. P. P.
- Too warm a kitchen and too great
haste are tha most frequent causes of
curdling. Be sure all your materials
are cool. Don't try to work near the
stove. In warm weather make mayon
naise In the early morning- and keep on
Ice. A tiny piece of ice In the mixture
sometimes helps.
Some time ago tbe accidental use
of salt containing a small proportion
of baking soda showed me a short
cut in mayonnaise mixing. With the
egg yolks, salt and three or four table
spoons of oil I put a very tiny pinch
of soda. I add about half the vin
egar or lemon Juice and give a few
turns with the Dover egg beater; then
about one-fourth cup oil. more beat
ing, the rest of the acid and the rest
of the oil. usually about one cup. In
three or four "doses." with beating
between. It usually thickens Instantly,
even In a rather warm kitchen, and I
have never known curdling when the
soda has been used. I have also
used a pinch of soda as "first aid to
the curdled mayonnaise of inexperi
enced friends with good results. A
professor of chemistry tells me that a
trace or sodium acetate iiormea wuen
the soda and vinegar meet) is favorable
to the formation of emulsions. There
Is. besides, the mechanical effect ol
the evolved gas. Too much soda will,
of course, spoil both flavor and di
gestibility of the dressing: but a pinch
does no harm and sometimes cuts the
time of mixing in half.
ROUTINE IN SILVER ROOM OF MINT
IS PICTURED AS WORKERS VIEW IT
No Talking- Allowed and Little Whispering- Increases Until Fdreman Swoops Down Precautions to Save Pre
cious Metal Great and Windows Are Kept Closed Except for Brief Intervals.
Portland. Aus. 9. Kindly give, at your
earliest convenience, an easy racelpe for
peach Ice cream, also lor peacn aneroeu
Thanking you In advance. MRS. C. F. C.
Peach ice cream One and one-nair
cups smooth peacn putp presseu
through a potato ricer. IVi cups gran
ulated sugar, the juice of one lemon,
trained: three cups thin cream. Scald
the cream with half the sugar, cool
and place In .he freezer. Put the
lemoa luice and the rest or me sugar
over the peach pulp to prevent dis
coloration. When the cream is half
frozen and the sugar on tbe peaches
Is melted, add to the cream, freeze
firm. Remove the dasher, repack ana
let "ripen" for an hour or two before
serving.
For a lighter texture, add one sun-
beaten eggwhita at tbe same time as
the fruit pulp.
Peach shef bet Four cups water, two
cups sugar, 1 ik cups smoom peaco
pulp, juice Of one orange, two eggr
whltes beaten stiff, juice of one lemon.
Boil the sugar and water for 20 min
utes. Add the fruit juice and pulp and
freeze to a mush. Add the egg
whites. When half frozen finish
freezing as above. The egg may be
omitted for a plainer Ice or sherbet.
One level tablespoon gelatine, soaked
nd dissolved over hot water gives
additional smoothness If no egg is
used.
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Answers to Correspondents
IT UMAX TINiiUt
Teheta4. TiesM. tut a It eeerae ;aa
:. t eutae arobletna lr ea ssaar. t Waa
ler If vet wtU ele eaa for me?
far several year I save ae-J the mle
ftrraae t hae a.l ST Juv lure, I ha.-e
Vewa aatte rarest la the oaaktBg. careful.?
t;rfii eertMn. eneeeurlas vereru'tf.
iitn tae aceevr-.bed time anl eeeroa
with warn af:r a Ua er The glaasee
sa.e na eeea c:4 wttk Ita cetera.
I hae sjiifr.4 If It raa t- m frwtt
eUaet. The enie are ta a sraa.l aiace
esove aa t!vsstl atace off me taee
aaent. It awee set ee-fw to ee--ome hatea.
en e l tfte ether fruit hete s-erfe.-i:y
I enail very grataful U lea can. find
say treuMe.
T ! yea ry alacer-tv.
at Ha. J. II. O.
BY "turn." do yoo mean "fer-ment"
r atmply liquify and become a
syrup Or do the Jcltlea become
Vtou dyT It la a little hard to guea
what la the trouble, as you say you
are so careful la the preparations. Ter
tians yoa leavo your Jel.let uncovered
too Ion, so that tho tope are Infected
through daft It le generally best to
cover the e:ttes with hot parafftne just
aa imi ae ther are o-ld. atxi io trP
Km as free aa poaatbte from chancva
of duet Infection In the Interval. Ateo
be sura your parefftae is very not.
wot merely melted, but hot enough
ta stertlua the lop tf tha Jelly Than,
too. ba sura that tha Jelly Is completely
revered w-.th paraffine and thai thet-e
are no cracks at the atdea. or "pin
hales" formed by hut.ela. Inaufflclenl
covering le a tre-tuect cause of fermen
tarlon ta Jatltea.
If ware yata I wou!d give the Jellias
trie beeeM f the doubt, even If thor
ough ly covered. an4 etore them lt
sore ofher place than your present
clo-et. aa there t a poeatMltty of Ita
being lnfe.-te.l lin"l frulle would
be less ItaMe to attack than the Jelllee,
bevauee thy are. or should t-a. snore
savorlv se:et Tou muht. after taa
Ing avtra Drtvintiont aa to sealing,
give your store sfceit a teet by Icav.
lag one Jr of Jelly there and plac
ing tha others elsewhere, and so find
cut wMetner It doaa rea.ly make a dii
ferance. raet ax'l. rv Ave T Kt-xTv lafrw. me
tr.fMe-T IRe Tva-lea t prev-al cvj-
u-r h:e fr-m snnvvars I have
ae.t tMe viaeear eh heals! av4 celvt
I-uiaiti 7x la sa-anc-. I remain
ltheiva:inc tsvav bo due to a number
af e)trTerwt causes. Too atrong brine.
tar instance, or Rt long enough salting
wl'l eometirnee ca'-iae It. Wilted or
ptsle cucambara ara murt likely to
earivei thaa freak one A common
nM ts the cooking of the pickles wl:n
too t-rrtecb eigar eora K.Wmf tnesa In
weak vinegar. N'te bow an api'e or a
rrabappia w.U shrivel as a sweet picklo
If Ita akin haa not boen rlercad. or If
It haa sol had Us tlseae previously
sefteno4 enough br steaming to abor
gradaaily Iho euser aolutlon. or If It
la boUed hard ta tae arrui. la axaktagl
pickles we try to draw out some of the
natural juices with salt. Then we try
to make them tender enough to absorb
the flavored vinegar, or the syrup In
place of their own Juice. Thla Is best
done gradually. If quite sweet pickles
are wsnted. Increasing the amount of
sugar by degrees, as In the "scalding
and draining method." followed on suc
cessive mornings. A number of pickle
suecestions were given In The Sunday
orrVonten of August S. You may
And aomethlng there to suit you, or If
you prefer, you may send ma the pickle
recipe you are In the habit of using,
with full details aa to method, and 1
will try to criticise It for you and point
out possible causes of your failure.
tnta. Or.. 4us 4. Having enjoyed our
cowaeel through The Or fonts a. I am en
couraged ta come to eu with a petition,
lea ea give ill a recij'e for a mustard
Pvckta er chow how T want to use smalt
cucumbers, cauliflower, tiny onions and small
greea besra I have had thla recipe, but
luet It snanv years ag. I don't like the
sets thickened with floor or cornstarch.
Csa lot give aa atg-fastotoned atnaer-
hreed made with pleat? of egee aad sour
cream; Thanking ou la adtaare.
alK-i. H. A. D.
I wonder If the following is anything
Ilka what you want:
Chow-chow i unthlckrned) Two
quarts very small green tomatoes. 12
small cucumbers, three red peppers,
one cauliflower, one quart small pick
ling onions, two quarts young string
beans, quarter Pound mustard seed.
one tablespooo English mustard, two
taoieapoona turmeric, one tablespoon
powdered allspice, half tablespoon pow
dered cloves, one gallon vinegar. Two
small bunches of celery may be used
If liked, and a little sugar Is some
times added. Clean and prepare the
vegetables, sprinkle with salt, let stand
overnight, then drain. Heat tha vine
gar witn the spices and simmer the
vegetables In It until trader. A little
more or lose mustard or turtmerie may
bo used If liked.
I wonder If the following Is rich
enough to suit you:
ild-fashloned eour cream ' ginger
breed ne-r. a: f eup sugar, three table
spoons butter, two eggs, one cup thick
sour cream, one cup molasses, three
caps flour, one-half level tesspoon'salt.
IS Iwvel teaspoons soda. 1 level tea
spoons ginger, one teaspoon cinna
mon, er oae teaspoon grated yellow
lemoa rind. Aa ginger varlea ia
strength and aa personal tastes differ.
It may bo well to alft tbe above amount
of ginger Into the flour and to taste
tbe batter before putting Into the oven,
adding a little more ginger If the fla
vor la not strong enough.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the
egga. unbeaten, one at a time, with
osv tabes-oon flour, beating very thor
oughly between each. Add similarly
tbe luoleeeee aad sour milk, with ftour
to keen the creamed butter consistency.
aad lot of . boating- Oifl the apices, .
soda and salt with Iho flour. Bake in
two brick loaf pans or In one large
shallow pan well greased! Lino the
bottom with a piece of greased paper
(Tost or not as preferred.
It may be served hot. as a dessert,
with whipped cream aa a sauce. Iaien
cold, aa a cake, with whipped and
sweetened cream as a "frosting." It is
quite attractive and very deadly for
those who are trying to keep down
ttietr "adipose deposit." It may also be
ksaed In layers and put together with
fig or date filling, with or without
chopped nuts. The same mixture also
makes nice little cup cakes, which may
be frosted or not. as you please. If
liked, one cup seedless raisins or one
half cup. raisins and one-half cup nuts
may be beaten Into the mixture
Pendleton. Or. Mar le. Will yoo klndlj
inform mi how green peaa may be sue
ccvsfultr ilnnril? reverul limes I lisve
trtc4 to can them by putting them In pint
Jars with sufficient water to cover mem
snd boll them for several nours in
ordinary washboller. In about n days they
woi;M begin to ferment. Thanking you for
a successful way, MRS. K.
Your letter seems to have been over
looked, somehow, but I hope that you
saw tha directions for canning peas
which have been given since you wrote.
As the same method la good for string
beans and Una beans, aa well as for
peas. I will repeat'lt. In case you may
still find it helpful.
Canned peaa and beans Can only
perfectly fresh young vegetables. They
should be canned tite same day they
are picked. for peaa. It is well to
grade them. If possible (using a wire
basket! so as not to have all sorts of
different slses In one can. Place In
boiling water and boll five minutes
then plunge quickly Into cold water.
Pack into Jars, and add boiling watet
to till to overflowing, being sure there
are no air bubbles. Add one level tea
spoon saJt to each quart. Place rubbers
and tops In position, or adjust ca pa.
If screw-tope are used, partly screw
down, but not tight. Place on a rack
In a waah boiler with water to the
shoulder of the tar. Brl-gg to the boll
and boll two hours, counting from
w hen the water first begins to boll.
Kemore the jars, tighten the covers. If
screw caps are used, and Invert tq cool.
Wrap the Jars In paper, label, and
store In a cool place.
Portland. Aug. 4. Kindly give directions
frwr making a pear and pineapple preeervej
Thanking ou in aovaace. atttk a.
Tear and pineapple preserves Peal
enough rather hard cooking pears to
make four quarts when cut Into dice.
Cut up. measure, and cover with two
pounds It rupsl sugar and 1 or I level
teaspoons ginger and let stand over
night- In the morning cook slowly fot
1 mtt-,utes, counting from when boil
ing began. Add about one-half of a
large can pineapple cut Into dice. I
small lemon cut Into very small dice
without peeling, and one-half pound
almonds, blanched and cut In halves.
Boll k minutes and seal while hot.
A alee conserve In made by adding
1 cup white Sultana' raisins to the
above- oak overnight In pineapple
Boudoir Cap Gives Glimpse
of Uncompleted Coiffure.
Gathered Lace. Graduated With Deep
Frill at Hear, feed to Trim Kdge
la ew Design Anaoaaced.
ARIOUS as are the. styles In bou
doir caps, something new and
V
more charming1 thf , the last la al
ways making Its w. A new model
for an Autumn U stisseau does not al
together hide the hair beneath, which
is, of course, the main raison d'etre of
a cap of this character, but because of
the wide panels of satin alternating
with the net. It partially bides the un
completed coiffure. A wide strip of
pale blue goldenrod satin, flanked by
two strips of net. forms the crown.
After the satin la sewed to the net
the crown Is cut In its round shape
and the net is gathered closely at front
and back, the satin only slightly at
the sides, so that the chief fullness of
the cap Is at back and front, the wide
panel of satin crossing tbe top of the
head.
Gathered lace is applied all around
the edge, this lace being graduated in
width so that quite a deep frill comes
at the back, while the front Just shades
the face, "he cap is drawn up on two
lengths of satin ribbon which emerge
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Another Becoming Boudoir Cap.
from the casing at the aides and are
tied In full rosette bows. If desired,
elastic may be run through the casing
and tha bows added separately.
BULL GORES BOY TO DEATH
Mad Animal Then Fatally Injures
Man Before Being Shot.
ALLENTOWN. Pa.. Aug. 13. Charles
Knetchel. IS years old. was killed a few
days ago by an infuriated bull being
driven by Solomon Hopkins to a
slaughter-bouse. Tbe boy. after being
gored, was laid an a pile of lumber by
a crossing watchman.
When the ambulance arrived the bull
kept the police and doctors at bay a
quarter of an hour, on being chased,
the bull went on a mad rampage,
knocking down half a dozen people, one
of whom, John Charn. 23 years old. is
dying at the hospital. The bull finally
was shot by John Wagner.
Tbe boy died In the ambulance on
tbe way to the hospital.
KANSAS TO CERTIFY BABIES
Show to Be Held In Every Ton
State Next Month.
In
TOPEKA. Kan, Aug." 15. Certified
babies will be available in Kansas after
September, announced Dr. Lydla A.
Devilblss, head of the state's new Child
Hygiene Bureau, in making public her
plan of holding a baby week In every
Kansas town next fall, at wnicn time
every baby will be given a certificate
of health by the state.
Babies are to be tested and graded
according to a definite schedule which
will Include physical and mental ex
amination. Defects will be noted and
treatment suggested to restore the child
to normal condition . .'
Thirteenth Article.
BT NINA CHURCHMAN LAROWE.
IN the last letter the gold room at
the mint was described. The silver
room Is different. They bring up
great boxes of black-looking metal,
which you would scarce think silver.
A pan of It is placed before each op
erator. She weighs the coins and sep
arates those which are of right weight
from those which are too light and
must tfe sent back to be melted over
again.
Between the two rooms is one of the
foremen who keeps an eagle eye on all
the employes. No talking is allowed.
Oh. what a trial to womankind! Once
In a while some one does a little whis
pering and this gradually increases to
loud talking in which everyone except
the conscientious join.
And then the foreman swoops down
upon them, conscientious and non-con
scientious alike.
"Airing" Periods Brief.
Tou are shut up all day in bad air
except what ia called "airing time,
which occurs for about ten minutes
twice a day. Then all the windows are
opened everywhere and the current of
air pours through while you put on
your wraps on account of the draft. Be
fore the windows are opened you re
move the leather apron which connects
you with the drawer. Tou brush every
party, everything about you so that all
the particles of gold go into the drawer
and there are none left for the air to
carry away. The gold flies so, in spite
of all precautions, that the old carpets
are all burned and a large amount
towards the buying of new ones is
saved.
The Government provides a lunch
room and a maid to make tea and cof
fee and the women, bring their lunch.
Before lunch, as at airing time, the
lame cleanup must be made.
Loss Causes Long Search.
The smooth gold pieces, which are
called blanks, at the end of the day
after another tiresome cleanup are
weighed and if satisfactory, we go
home. But if the foreman swoops down
on us with the announcement "Blank is
missing." gloom settles on everybody.
for you cannot go home until it is
found, even if you have to stay till
midnight or all night you cannot re
place it.
Well, you search and sit down In des
pair, then you are prodded up again and
again until It Is found. And those
stray gold pieces will slip into the most
unheard of places. Each woman must
look In her own seat and surroundings
most thoroughly. The workers are
sensitive' about anyone looking any
where but in her own place. It Is all
foolish because there would be no in
dividual blame, but such is the case.
One day we had looked until we were
all worn out. There was a woman who
obtained her place through "influence.
(Everybody when you go in asks:
"Who Is your Influence?" and you tell
or not, best not. as you choose.) This
particular woman was a sister of
United States Supreme Judge and stood
considerably upon her dignity.
Footstool la Noticed.
She had a footstool made of a small
box with carpet tacked on it. 1 had
noticed that the carpet was loose on
one side. I. being new, suggested to
some of the women that it might be
there. They held up their hands in
horror, they were much in dread of tbe
woman and her "influence." 1 wanted
to go home so 1 summoned my sweet
est manner.
"Miss , might it not bave fallen
Into the footstool?"
It was examined, there it was and we
went home. The woman was not to
blame, but they had foolishly allowed a
supersentiveness about seats to grow
up. So you see we work hard and the
only distinction between us and the
other women as far as labor goes, is
that they are working women and we
are "ladies of the United States Mint,"
Trssk Goes Along.
Before going into the mint I moved
my belongings in San Francisco to the
Florence House, kept by a Mrs. Mann.
It was a very nice house and Mrs.
Mann was very popular. 1 said to
Mrs. Warfleld: ,
"I believe 1 will not take this trunk;
I do not need all its fine things (col
lected in European travels)."
"Oh, yes," she said, "you will need
it. so be sure and take it-"
It went with me to form another
chapter in its eventful life. The trunk
and myself were getting along com
fortably. when my friend concluded to-l
make a trip East. She had a son 18
years old and she wanted to place him
in the business college In the city. She
said:
Guardianship la Aaauuied.
"I will not go at all unless you will
supervise Basil (the son) and have him
at, the same bouse with you." I did not
know much about boys or young men
of 18. However, I agreed to manage
the youth. Upon inquiry I found that
Mrs. Mann's house was full, so I went
with my charge to Mrs. Bissett's (an
other popular house, old-fashioned
building, but reputed to have the best
table in town) and there my boy, my
trunks and I located.
While I was in the Florence it was
considered dangerous because it was
of frame, as nearly all houses of San
Francisco are, had a number of stories
and only one staircase. Fire escapes
were not In general use then. I should
not have moved for all the talk had it
not been for "a charge I have to keep."
He and I had been comfortably set
tled about four weeks when the house
burned, with all Its contents. You
know I have given you three chapters
already of the story of tbe trunk and
now we come to the fourth and last
chapter. Its end In the flames. Surely
demon fire intended to have that trunk.
We all went out of the house scarcely
clothed and glad to get out. Had I
known anything about business 1 would
have had my effects insured.
Music Hall Is Refuge.
This lire caught in the building next
us. which was all ablaze before the
alarm was given. It began at 1 o'clock
in the morning and I only had time to
spring, out of bed, seize an old cloak,
put on some shoes and rush out witn
the boy and the others of the house.
My boy was on the floor above me
and be came charging down in an old
linen duster, his oldest trousers, sock
less feet and carried a canary bird
cage In his hand. He was so excited
that he swung the poor little occupant
of the cage wildly. He never knew
where he got the cage nor to whom it
belonged. A sort of music hall near
us opened its doors to us and there the
little bird was singing in the daylight
when we left.
In the early night of the day of the
fire I found another friend, whom I
had known years before but lost track
of. in the mint. She had a daughter
about the age of the youth consigned
to me and we all four concluded to at
tend the Tivoli Opera-House and. re
paired there at 8 o'clock that night. It
was a big benefit night for somebody.
We procured seats and went in but
found the managers were unduly
crowding the house and filling the
aisles with chairs. There was no strin
gent law, against it then. Tbe Tivoli
was not considered the safest ' place
in town. We all felt uneasy, so I pro
posed we go back to my bouse, which
we did.
They left abput 12 o'clock and at
about 1 A. M. everything I had.
clothes, jewelry.' books, valuable pa
pers, pictures, everything rell a prey
to the fire fiend. Strange we were
afraid of. fire at the Tivoli . and-had ,
Jr5nk vg' H ' TV
at Nfc5fef-, ff-
gone home to escape narrowly from
one there. After I came to Portland
another home of mine was partly
washed out and burned and that time
I just got out narrowly without being
smothered by smoke.
Reports of Deaths Error.
The superintendent and my fellow-
workers at the mint were greatly
alarmed when they read the news
papers next day because they said a
number of people had been burnei. a
false report. We of the house all
stood about and watched the Are. We
could not rest on sleep we were all
crazy with excitement. Someone said
lets go and have some oysters, so
we all filed into the nearest place,
which was quite a pleasant resort. We
had been absolutely divested of al)
self -consciousness. We awoke when
some people returning from a party
dropped in. We knew some of them
and noticing them looking at us with
great curiosity we woke up to. the
fact that we were not properly
clothed. Of course they had been In
another part of the city and did not
know there had been a Are. We could
only sob out, we women, "We have all
been burned out.
Costumes of Party Strange.
Upon looking at each other we found
queer costuming. One woman had a
skirt over a nightdress and another an
old skirt pinned around her shoulders,
bare feet in some old slippers nobody
that night deemed stockings or socks
a necessary adjunct of dress. The men
were in trousers and nightshirts and
my friend's boy, as I said before,
clothed In an old linen duster that
came to his heels. We used it usually
on Summer fishing trips.
Another woman of our party, who
had very long hair which was hanging
loose, had stopped to put on a small
opera bonnet about as big and flat as
a pancake and then quite Jn the mode.
Another was clothed in a man's long
coat She had only time to get- out
and had on but little clothes when a
gentleman gallantly to&k oft his over
coat and put It on her. She never, as
far as I knew, was able to find out who
the gallant knight was. Probably he
left the town the next day and had
no time to search out his coat. I had
slipped into an old Japanese coat
with great flaring sleeves and an old
crushed strawberry hat, the rage two
seasons before and which I never In
tended to wear again.
Rings Lost In Fire.
Women in the mint have -to discard
their rings. I had become so used to
taking mine dff that they were always
reposing over night in the bureau
drawer. The fire disturbed their re
pose and sent- them to the cellar, to
gether with the rich belongings of all
the other guests and water and fire
and dirt mingled in their destruction.
Chapter fourth In the life of a
trunk it went to Its fate after this,
the third experience with fire and once
having been lost. Just before the
great San Francisco earthquake the
Florence house stood unnarmea.
After a. while came on a rreaiuentiai
election. Of course the Republicans
expected their candidates to be elected.
We in the mint made up a party and
went down to see the returns flashed
on screens. To our utter amazement
Mr. Cleveland was running up votes
rapidly. We stayed till after mid
night, until the returns pronounced a
Democratic victory. It was a crush
ing blow. We women, .there through
Republican influence, felt that we were
doomed, that our beads would soon fall
in the political basket, and so they did
a few months from the time that the
new President was inaugurated.
Doorkeeper Halda Job Envelope.
There is a doorkeeper at the en
trance where the women pass in and
out and if you are to be dismissed you
get from the doorkeeper at the end o
the day a large envelope, the contents
of which politely Inform you in elegant
language that your services are no
longer needed. The sword of Damo
cles ia.-always . banging. .at that.en-,
trance and It is amusing to see that
as the women pass out every day they
instinctively give the doorkeeper a
wide berth.
In the mint tnere Is no keeping one
for merit and dismissing another for
non-merit We were all rated alike,
whether we kept rules strictly and
were punctual or not I never was
late, never broke a rule. 1 saw others
who were indifferent as to the rules and
were not punctual stay long after I
did. It is just a question of Influence
and party strength. It is, however, a
curious and most certain fact that
when a Republican succeeds a Demo
crat a number of Democratic women
stay, but let a Democrat succeed a Re
publican and the Republican women
walk out most speedily.
Arrival In Portland Recalled.
There were several women who had
been exceedingly partisan at the time
of our Civil War and had talked very
bitterly, and still, some way, they
stayed.
When Mr. Burton went out I. of
course, thought I also was doomed. I
was gloomy and did not know what to
do. I had to begin all over again. I
had a friend who had received a polite
declination of her services when I did.
She had relatives in Arizona and I
knew them all. I thought Arizona
might be longing for me, so I went
with her. But the towns were not
large enough to want what I had to
offer, .namely, elocution and gymnas
tics, so I gave readings again and then
came back to San Francisco. Then I re
solved to go to Portland. My brother la
there. (He had been there about two
years.) At least I will not be alone.
So I came with all the capital I had,
just a poor little $200. Just that much
between me and the world. An awfully
blue prospect, was it not? My friends
came to see me off and we said our
farewells. Then came, the parting
with the dearest one. We did not
know it was to be the last. She died
in a few years, before I had seen her
again.
I made up my mind, no matter what
occurred, I did not want a political po
sition again. Civil service rules did
not prevail then and 1 do not know
that they really do now, except in
name. A political position when lost
leaves one high and dry. . You have
learned the work and when you have
lost the place you do not know what
to do next You have to begin all
over again. I think I might have
gone back, through the influence of a
United States Senator I had known
from childhood, but gloosjrty as 1 was
and hard as future life seemed now, I
forbore to ask the aid. Many times
in my life when great reverses have
come and Lave appalled me for the
time and almost broken down my
courage, they have turned out to be
blessings.: '
- On the steamer coming to Portland
we had a remarkably rough passage
and were four days on the ocean. Then
I was so ill that I cared for nothing,
had no time to think over what seemed
an awfully gloomy prospect with a
poor, little $200. -
Brother's Help Valued.
But when we came Into the river,
seasickness over, I was alternately di
vided between raptures over the beau
tiful scenery and despondency over the
prospective struggle to win self-support
In a strange place. To be sure, my
brother was there, but he had cares
of his own and. as usual, I wanted to
be independent He was the best and
most devoted brother woman ever had.
Ae was only a few years older than I
and. as later, he had made bis own way
in Portland and was fairly prosperous
and stood by to aid me. I did not ac
cept financial aid except in the form
of a small loan, which I paid off before
he died. We were constantly to
gether. We had no immediate rela
tives, so were all in all to each other.
He gave me many presents and extend
ed many favors.
My brother nad lived many years in
Virginia City, had made considerable
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