TITE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, PORTXAND, DECEMBER 3, 191G.
ERMINE IS CORRECT WITH ALL "GASLIGHT"
COSTUMES BEFORE OR AFTER DINNER jiOUR
Small Pelisse, Cut Cape Fashion, la Quite a Sufficient Wrap Even on the Coldest Nights While on Way to Play by
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BY "evening," one means after the
lights appear. Ermine is correct
with all "gaslight" costumes,
whether worn before or after the din
ner hour, and many formal affairs take
place in the late afternoon, these Win
ter days when artificial light is neces
sary after 4 o'clock. The stole and
muff pictured accompany a theater
frock of white soiree silk with pearls
at the throat and in the hair. With this
lovely white costume, the snow-white
furs, relieved with touches of black in
the trimming of ermine tails, is won
derfully effective.
A quite sufficient wrap, even on the
coldest night if one journeys to the
play by limousine or taxi is the smal
ermine pelisse, cut cape fashion. The
deep points falling over the arms make
the little cape extra warm and the big
collar may be wrapped closely about
the throat. This is a very handsome
theater wrap, for not only is the fur
ermine, the costly, but the lines are
particularly smart and modern. The
dainty wrap is worn over a theater
gown of orchid pink faille matinee, one
of the loveliest of new evening silks.
Distinctively of this season are fur
sets for dressy wear combining two
furs and velvet In what may be con
sidered by the real fur lover as a
somewhat "fussy" effect, though it has
Fashion's full and unqualified ap
proval. The collarette pictured here is
of brown velvet, skunk and ermine,
jabot ends of skunk with velvet puff
ings between the fur bands, rippling
below revers of pleated ermine. The
round muff of ermine has a wide
center band of skunk and velvet puff
ings. To Keep Lemons.
Lemons may be kept a long time
Iwithout becoming dry if put into a jar
of water with a lid. Change the water
once a week if the lemons are to be
kept long. When used they will be
found quite as firm and juicy as when
fresh.
Answers to Correspondents
PORTLAND, Or., Xov. 18. Kindly give
at your earliest convenience a recipe for a
white fruit cake. Also can you give a
recipe for plum pudding that is not so ex
pensive as the real English kind? Thanking
ou, MRS. M. B. T.
Following is the recipe for a white
fruit cake that I have found very pop
ular: A pudding can be made as plain
or rich as desired by varying the
amount of fruit and shortening. When
very little shortening Is. used, some
baking powder or soda and molasses
will be needed, the amount Increasing
i,n proportion as the shortening is re
duced. Below are some typical plainer
Bteamed puddings:
White Fruit Cake One pound sugar
'(2 cups), 1 pound flour (4 cups,
measured after once sifting), pound
butter (1V4 cups, or 1 cup butter and
Ji cup crisco), 12 egg whites, 1 pound
blanched and shredded almonds, 1
pound candied pineapple, 1 pound white
Sultana raisins (or red candied cher
ries), white meat of 1 large cocoanut,
2 teaspoons (level) soda, 44 teaspoons
(level) salt. Flavoring may be added
if liked, but is not really necessary.
Sift the soda and cream of tartar with
the flour. Cream the butter until
white. Add the sugar and beat light.
Have egg whites beaten stiff, add grad
ually with a little of the flour to pre
serve the consistency. . When half the
eggs are in, add the fruit cut up and
mixed with the flour. Add remainder
of egg and flour. Bake in ftans lined
with double-greased paper. Cover with
paper at first. Follow general rules
for cake baking. Frost with any pre
ferred white frosting or (better) leave
unfrosted. If preferred, homemade can
died orange peel may be substituted for
the citron, and homemade light colored
crystallized cherries, or crystallized
pear chips may replace all or part of
the red cherries or bleached Sultanas.
Candied ginger is liked by some
makers. These quantities will give
two large cakes (about 4 pounds each).
They may be made into one by baking
in shapes suitable for putting together
with almond icing. Two pounds of al
monds and 2 pounds mixed light fruitj
may suit some tastes better than the
proportion of almonds and fruit given
above.
Carrot Plum Pudding One pound
grated carrots (red part only; put the
core into the stock kettle), pound
very 'finely chopped suet, 1 cupful
sugar, 1 cupfuls flour, 1 teaspoonful
salt. 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1
teaspoonful cinnamon. 1 teaspoonful
nutmeg, 14 teaspoonfuls cloves, 4
pound currants, 1 pounds stoned
raisins. For a richer pudding add
mixed shredded preserved orange,
lemon or citron rind and nuts or al
monds, the total quantity not to ex
ceed 6 ounces. Mix all the ingredients,
using no liquid (the carrots' supply
that), place in greased cups, or in a
pudding mold, and steam the cups 45
minutes to one hour; the large pudding
two to three hours. Serve hot, with
any of the usual plum pudding sauces
or witn whipped cream.
.Graham Plum Pudding One-fourth
cupful melted shortening, cupful mo
lasses. k cupful milk. 1 cupful gra
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ham flour, 1 cupful white flour, tea
spoonful soda, teaspoonful baking
powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 cupful
seeded raisins, 1 cupful currants, 1 cup
ful chopped mixed peels and nuts
(optional), 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1
teaspoonful allspice, teaspoonful
ginger, teaspoonful cloves, grated
rind of 1 orange or 1 lemon. Mix and
steam as above.
Pancake Flour Pudding One and
one-fourth cupfuls pancake flour, 2 ta
blespoonfuls molasses, 2 teaspoonfuls
mixed spices, H cuphil sugar, 2 table
poonfuls melted shortening. Milk or
water to make a stiff drop batter.
Steam as above.
ASHLAND. Or., Nov. 27. Please give a
recipe for tomato jelly salad. I make it with
gelatine, but it is not firm. Should I heat
the tomatoes? Thanking you, R. L. R.
The tomatoes 'are to be cooked soft
and strained if raw; merely pealed and
strained if canned, and then stiffened
with soaked gelatine in the usual way,
using 1 tablespoon dry gelatine to 1
pint tomato pulp. The tomato jelly
may be simply seasoned with salt and
pepper if the tomatoes are full fla
vored. Sometimes, especially if canned
tomatoes are used, it is wise to sim
mer them before straining, with a little
additional flavoring, such as onion,
green pepper, celery, tiny bit of bay
leaf, a few pepper corns, and to add
a small quantity of lemon juice or vin
egar with a mere trace of sugar be
fore straining. No exact rule can really
be given, because personal tastes vary,
and so do tomatoes.
For a small family mould the jelly
in small cups. When stiff unmould in
a nest of crisp lettuce leaves and serve
either alone or. combined with addi
tional materials, such as peas, chopped
green pepper, asparagus tips, chopped
olives, choped nuts or chopped celery.
Any of-these might be moulded in the
jelly if liked. The mayonnaise or
cooked dressing, as preferred.
For a large number make the Jelly
a trifle stiffer by adding more gela
tine or reducing the amount of liquid
and mould in a square pan. For service
unmould and cut into neat squares or
diamonds, or serve in slices on lettuce,
as above.
Excellent tomato Jelly may also be
made from canned tomato soup, as fol
lows: To one can of condensed tomato soup
add H can of boiling water, 1 teaspoon
of sharp vinegar, or sherry if preferred.
of a grated onion, 4 of a green
pepper, not too finely chopped, and
bring all to the boiling point. Season
to taste with paprika and salt. Dis
solve V4 box of-gelatine in cold water,
then pour the boiling soup over the
gelatine and stir well. Pour into small
cups and place in refrigerator until
chilled. Serve very cold.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 22. Will you
kindly tell me. through next Sunday's Ore
gonlan, how te prepare dressing and roast
domestic duck? I have roasted them, but
they are not as tender as I think they should
be. Thanking you in advance;
MRS. L. G. F.
Tour reply would have been in last
Sunday's Oregonian, but was delayed
by the same accident that caused dis
appointment to the many correspond
ents who had requested the "Brother
Killer" recipe. I hope it is not too
late to be of use.
(1) Your difficulty with toughness
is probably due to lack of care in
roasting. Begin with a very hot oven
(to keep in the juices) and then cool
it off so as to give slow cooking, to
make the meat tender. A very tough
goose or duck may be steamed a little
before roasting.
(2) The dressing is almost entirely a
matter of personal taste. Stiff apple
sauce (with or without bread crumbs
and onion) is liked by many; others
prefer equal parts of crumbs or cooked
rice or potatoes and cooked chopped
onions, seasoned with sage pepper and
salt; or a mixture' of equal parts of
crumbs," chopped cnions and apples may
be used, with or without a" seasoning
of sage. Use salt and pepper to suit
individual taste. Apple sauce should
be served if apples are not used in the
dressing. Celery and orange salad
(with French dressing) is a "classic"
duck accompaniment when apple sauce
is not used. A bread and (cooked)
celery dressing might be liked by those
who object to onions.
PORTLAND. Oij. Nov. 18. Will you tell
me what to do -iWth the drippings, suet or
whatever It is called, left from a beef roast?
I do not care to use it for frying. Could I
use It In place of the suet I use in my etfam
puddings? Can I substitute a dark Karo
syrup for molasses in a recipe calling for
It and still use the soda? Isn't baking
powder usually used with syrup? I thank
you. MRS. W. C. M.
The soft, drippings may be clarified
and used for shortening in plain things
such as eggless cakes and cookies in
which molasses and spice are used. The
harder fat is suet, and can, of course,
be used for puddings. If both are
clarified together they may be used in
puddings calling for only a small
amount of shortening.
Karo syrup should not be used with
soda, but with baking powder. Mo
lasses contains an acid which unites
with the soda to give off the gas which
"raises" the mixture.
Following is a gluten bread recipe
omitted in a recent reply to a corre
spondent: Gum Gluten Bread One-half yeast
cake, 2 cups lukewarm water or milk,
3V4 cups gum gluten (ground), tea
spoon salt. Soften the yeast in V4 cup
of the water and mix thoroughly to a
rather stiff dough, using more gluten
if necessary to keep it from sticking
to the board. Shape into a loaf, or
two loaves, as preferred, place at once
in a buttered pan for it to rise to
about double its bulk. This should
take about 2hi hours. Then bake 4S
minutes to 1 hour, according to size of
loaf. Do not have the water too warm
or the "rising temperature" too high,
or the bread will be sticky.
Gluten bread, made as it should be.
without any starch, or at least with as
little starch as possible, is never- very
attractive and cannot have the tex
ture of ordinary bread. Many of the
so-called "gluten flours" on the mar
ket are unsuited for strict diet pur
poses, though they . make more at
tractive bread. It is best to use the
brand of gluten flour selected by your
physician if a strict diet is ordered.
Success with gluten bread, besides de
pending upon the flour used, is largely
a matter of "knack" and skill, as much
as of proportions as given in any recipe.
The addition of an egg, well beaten, to
the yeast- bread mixture sometimes
makes the bread more attractive to
the patient.
PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 25 Kindly give
recipe for "nougat frosting." Thanking
you. , MRS. F. S. O.
I hope the following is what you
mean:
Nougat Frosting Boil S cups sugar.
1 clip thin (or cup medium thick, or
cup thick) glucose, to the "soft
ball" (238 to 240 degrees Fahrenheit).
Pour half of this upon the stiff-beaten
whites of 2 large eggs, beating as for
ordinary frosting. Let the rest of the
syrup cook to the "very hard ball" (255
to 2 60 degrees Fahrenheit). Combine
the two, beating well; add, when it be
gins to thicken, 1H teaspoons vanilla
and 1 cup mixed walnuts arrtl crys
tallized fruits, all chopped. Put on the
cake while the nougat is still soft
enough to run level and show a fine
gloss. Decorate when nearly firm with
a wreath of holly and mistletoe, done
in cherries, citron and blanched al
monds. Success with the frosting de
pends upon exact recognition of the
"signs" (not to be described in print)'
of exactly the right temperature of the
mixture and the texture of the com
bined whip. Four cups of sugar and
3 egg whites would be needed if you
like a very thick frosting. Again, the
quantity is a matter of to.ste, cost and
digestion. This soft nougat frosting
may 'also be made by cooking all the
syrup to 255 degrees Fahrenheit and
then combining it with the eggs. This
way is quicker, but the other way is
generally easier for an unpracticed
hand. Another variety is cooked in a
double boiler after beating in the eggs.
Another kind has gelatine or dissolved
marshmallows as one of the ingre
dients. Ordinary well-made "White
Mountain Cream" is really a "nougat,"
and will suit some tastes better than
the above. Success with soft frostings
is more a matter of deftness of. hand
and exactness of observation than of
"recipes." I find six people may fol
low the same frosting recipe and get
six different textures and degrees of
success.
T"
Bronze Boots Very Much in
Favor This Season.
Modern DrrM Boot Is Far Cry From
Sturdy Footwear of Ten .Years
Ago.
MOLE and mink are the furs that
travel together Just now in fash
ion's estimation. Who would have
thought, two years ago, of putting mole
and mink together; but the combina
tion today is particularly smart. Twi-light-and-dark
wraps for- wear over
dinner and evening frocks are of
matched moleskins, with broad border
bands and collars of mink, the more
mink the better.
One does not, however, see mink
wraps trimmed with mole, though that
may come with Midwinter. The fa
vored lining color seems to be a very
pale corn color, and the popular or
perhaps one should say. the select lin
ing material, is satin, or- the shimmer
ing, satin-textured soiree silk, which
comes in such delicate colorings.
"Very good-looking reticules for the
ater or calling use" are of dark-gray
velvet, drawn up on black cord draw
strings and forming a pouch shape, a
big black silk tassel swinging from
the bottom. A narrow band of black
fur is set around the bag. three inches
below the shirring that holds the cord
drawstrings.
Be careful to match the gray velvet
exactly with sewing-silk, and sew on
the fur with tiny stitches, by hand.
Cotton thread, or carelessly matched
thread or silk, give such a belonging a
cheap, second-class appearance sugges
tive of the bargain counter.
FROCK MAY BE "DRESSED UP"
FOR ALMOST ANY OCCASION
Belongings Picked Up With Discriminating Eye' Add Incalculable Style to
Dress and Do Not Represent Any Great Expense.
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SMART SMALL BELO.VGIXGS THAT "DRESS IP" THE COSTUME.
NEITHER the collar and cuff set
pictured, nor the fur-trimmed hat
and bag of taffeta, represent a
great deal of money in themselves, but
their style value is quite incalculable.
By aid of such small belongings, picked
up with a discriminating eye in the
shops, a simple frock may be "dressed"
up and made ready to meet almost any
afternoon occasion except a formal re
ception or wedding. The collar and
cuffs are of oyster white broadcloth
and the illustration shows that the
materials have been generously used,
while the big cuffs extend considerably
beyond the sleeves.
Velvet buttons add an effective trim
EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE INTO THE
OREGON COUNTRY AND HIS TRIALS RECOUNTED
Visit of Indians in Same Year to St. Louis to See Red-Head Chief. Who Quarter of Century Before Had Visited
Their Forefathers, Also Pictured by Eva Emery Dye.
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STORIES OF OI.I OREGON BV
EVA KM Hit V DYE
The stirring tales of old Ore
gon, with all their wonderful
color, life, romance and historic
i accuracy, as related by Eva
Emery Dye in her famed book,
"Stories of Old Oregon," are be
ing presented In installments In
The Sunday Oregonian, with il
lustrations provided by the au
thor. Mrs. Dye, who is a resident of
Oregon City, has writteni a num
ber of remarkable, books, includ
ing "McLoughlin and Old Ore
gon" and "The Conquest." These
books brought into life and be
ing the treasured characters of
Lewis and Clark, Dr. John Mc-
Loughlin, Sacajawea and others. '
The stories of old Oregon are
made simple for the special ben
efit of children. Other chapters
will be published in succeeding
issues of The Sunday Oregonian.
Bonneville.
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HEN Bonneville came." What
a legend that has come to
be! B. L. E. Bonneville was
United States Army officer who
ming and gray and white silk tassels,
weighting the corners of the collar and
the edges of the cuffs, are still further
effective. The collar and cuffs are per
fectly plain in other respects, but ail
seams are stitched with silk and silk
was used to sew on the ornaments.
Cotton thread has a provoking way of
garnering dust to itself and should
never be tolerated in a dainty belong
ing of good material. Very smart is
the little hat of dark green silk, with
a narrow fur band and a saucy ostricb
tip for trimming.
The bag to match Is of green silk
and velvet with bead and silk embroid
ery, and from the velvet pouch depends
a fur brush to match the fur on the
hat.
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wished to emulate the deeds of Lewis
and Clark. Obtaining leave of absence,
he was fitted out By merchants of New
York, in 1832. for a trapping and trad
ing expedition.
That same year "Nathaniel J. Wyeth,
of Cambridge, fitted up his wonderful
amphibious wagon, a boat on wheels,
that was to . cross all the lands and
waters to Oregon. The Harvard stu
dents called it "The Natwyetheum."
Bonneville and Wyeth met beyond
the Rocky Mountains. The "Natwye
theum" had been abandoned far b&ea
as impracticable. But Bonneville took
20 wagons, loaded with Indian goods.
over the Rockies and cached them on
the Green River the first wagons that
ever crossed the range. Captain Bonne
ville was ' utterly bald. Whenever he
pulled off his cap the Indians rose up
to gaze with exclamations of awe and
wonder at the shining white pate that
could not be scalped.
After many adventures among the
Blue Mountains and much kindness
from the Nez Perces, Captain Bonne
ville reached Fort Walla Walla, on the
Columbia River. .Here he was cordial
ly received by Pierce C. Pambrun, of
the Hudson's Bay Company.
"And now," said Bonnveille to his
worthy host, "If I can purchase of you
a few supplies "
The hospitable host of a moment be
fore became suddenly cold and formal.
"However I may feel inclined to assist
you personally. Captain Bonneville, I
feel in duty bound to the Hudson's
Bay Company to do nothing to encour
age other traders in this part of tho
country." And so Bonneville left,
empty-handed.
Indians Flee at Approach.
"I will get supplies. I will trade with
these Indians!" indignantly vowed the
Captain.
He did come back with supplies from
Green River, but the Indians, once so
friendly, fled at his approach. Not a
horse, iot a dog, not a skin, not a fish
would they exchange for all his beau
tiful gifts. They had been warned
not to trade with these Americans.
Bonneville was obliged to kill some
of his horses for food. Absolutely
boycotted out of the country, he turned
again toward the Rockies.
"But I will return." said Bonneville.
Captain Wyeth had already gone
down the Columbia, but somehow his
salmon fisheries did not prosper. The
Indians brought him rotten fish. The
Hudson's Bay Company hired his men
away. He built Fort Hall, on the
Snake River; the Hudson's Bay people
built Fort Boise near it and paid the
Indians more for their furs; so in a
short time Wyeth was obliged to sell
his establishment to the Hudson's Bay
people and leave the country. It was
always that way; American traders
found It hard to compete with the Hud
son's Bay Company.
In the same year that Bonneville
crossed the Rocky Mountains four Ness
Perce-Flathead Indians entered the
City of St. Louis and asked to. see the
Red Head Chief who, a-quarter of a
century before, had visited their fath
ers in the far Northwest.
AmnaKsadora Are Received.
General Clark, now Indian agent for
all the Western country, shook his sil
ver locks with roars of laughter at
this reminder of his youth. Very well
he remembered his Nez Perce friends,
and with fatherly kindness that ever
had won all red men he received thes9
ambassadors of a tribe farther than
the farthest that had ever visited St.
Louis.
"We have been sent by our people,"
said the Indians, "to obtain the white
man's Book of Heaven."
Realizing the import of their visit.
General Clark sent them to a young
Methodist missionary, who, as best he
could, told them the story of the Bible.
Then they were feasted and shown the
city. They visited theaters and
churches, . saw steamboats and tall
houses, but in this unaccustomed life
the two old men died. Early in the
Spring, 1832, on the first steamboat
that ever ascended the Missouri, the
two young men started on the long
journey homeward.
The story got into the papers. "The
Indians of the far, far West are calling
for the Bible!" The churches were
startled.
Methodists.
"Let us go!" said Marcus Whitman
and Henry Spalding, the Presbyterians.
"We will go!" said the Catholic fath
ers, De Smet and Blanchet.
In 1834 Jason Lee. Daniel Lee. Cyrus
Shepherd and P. L. Edwards came with
Wyeth to Fort Vancouver. "Bless me.
bless me!" said Dr. McLoughlin to Ja
son Lee. "Are yon going to settle among
those Nez Perce Indians? No, no; that
is too far away. We need you right
here in the Willamette Valley. We
have ' Indians of our own." So Jason
Lee went up the Willamette and built
his log mission 10 miles below the
present City of Salem.
The Nez Perces of Idaho to this day
tell of the chiefs who went to St. Louis
for the Book: Two old men. Black
Eagle and Man-of-the-Morning. who
had known Lewis and Clark on their
Western journey, and two young men,
Rabbit-Skin-Leggings and No-Horns-On-His-Head.
George Catlin, the fa
mous artist, met them on the boat and
painted their portraits.
in 1S36 Dr. Whitman, and Mr. Spald-
ing came over the Rocky Mountains
with their brides, the first white wom
en that ever crossed the continent.
Indiana Greet "White Women.
"They are white squaws, white as
snow," was the word that flew into the
Indian country. Nez Perces. Flatheads.
Snakes, Bannacks came out in hun
dreds to meet them. When the two
brides alighted at Green River scores
of Indian women pressed to grasp their
hands and kiss their cheeks.
"Thar," said Joe Meek," an American
trapper in the mountains, "thar are
Immigrants the Hudson's Bay Company,
cannot drive out!"
"These teachers have come to bring
us the Book of Heaven," said the In
dians. They looked -at the women, and
they looked at the wagon that rolled
creaking along. Wonderful sight! They
poked it with sticks, and examined the
wheels, and named it the "horse
canoe." "The way is so rough, you cannot
get the wagon through," said the trap
pers. But the Indians said, "Go on!"
and put their shoulders to the wheels.
And that was the first wagon ever
brought into the Oregon country. At
last they reached the Columbia, and
visited Dr. McLoughlin at Fort Van
couver. That story you will find in
"McLoughlin and Old Oregon."
Dr. Whitman settled among the
Walla Walla Indians, where now stands
the beautiful City of Walla Walla and
Whitman College, in the State of Wash
ington. It was all a flower-decked
prairie then, with herds of spotted
cayuse ponies. Mr. Spalding located
among the Nez Perces, on the Clear
water River, near the present site of
Lewiston, Idaho. Schools were opened,
and orchards planted and gardens. The
Indians learned to cultivate their fields .
and went to school to read along with
their little children.
Ship Brings More Teachers.
Soon after the arrival of the Whit
mans, a ship came in from sea. bring
ing more teachers for Jason Lee's mis
sion on the Willamette. Among them
was a beautiful young lady who be
came the bride of Jason Lee. This was
the first Anglo-Saxon marriage on the
Pacific Coast. Some time when you are
in Salem, go to the cemetery and read
the inscription upon her tombstone:
: Ber.eath This Pod :
: The First Ever Broken in Oregon :
: For the :
: Reception of a White Mother and Child, ;
: Lie the Remains of :
: Anna Maria Pitman. '
: . "Wife of Rev. Jason Lee, !
: and Her Infant Son. :
Jason Lee was sent back to the States
in 1838, in the interests of his mission,
and while he was gone she died. In
1840 Jason Lee came back by ship
around Cape Horn with a mission
colony of 57 men. women and children,
the first large accession of American
immigrants .to Oregon. The mission
was removed to a healthier location,
and out of it grew the present capital
city of Oregon, and Willamette Uni
versity. Builders of cities and carvers
of states were those old heroes of 80
years ago.
In 1838-33. Blanchet came from
Canada and DeSmet from St. Louis and
set up the first Catholic missions.
DeSmet located among the Flatheads.
in what is now a part of Montana, so
at last the anxious Flatheads had their
prayer granted for a teacher of the
Book of Heaven.
In 1842, one hundred and nine people
on horseback arrived at Whitman's
mission. dusty, sunburned. ragged,
weary.
"Where are your wagons?" was Dr.
Whitman's first inquiry.
"We broke them up at Green River
to make pack-saddles," answered the
immigrants. "They told us a wagon
could never cross the blue mountains."
"All a mistake! All a mistake!" cried
the vehement doctor. "Yonder is my
wagon, brought over the Blue Moun
tains. Look at your women, tired to
death on those hard-riding horses.
Oregon never will, be settled until we
can bring wagons."
Then and there while doing every
thing he could for the weary people.
Dr. Whitman resolved to go back and
lead a wagon train to Oregon.
It Is a long story. He went back for
many things on that wonderful Winter
ride that has been told in song and
story. A brave young lawyer, Asa
Lovejoy, went back with him as far
as Bent's Fort, on the Arkansas River.
Then Whitman pressed on alone to
Washington and to Boston. Meantime
he people were gathering on the
border. Already the long train of
wagons was far out on the River Platte
when Whitman joined them on that
memorable May in 1843.
"Worthy Suggestions Given.
To Remove Mildew Rub the spot
with soap; scrape chalk over it and rub
it in well; then lay on grass in sun.
As it dries wet it a little and it will
r n m a nn with twn snnllrntinna
Dried Celery for Winter Use Save
all leaves of celery and toss up and
down on tin plate over small gas
flames or on top of kitchen range until
crisp enough to roll in hands. Sift
through fine wire sieve and you will
have celery flavor for soups and to
sprinkle through potato salad all Win
ter. Safe Home Treatment
; for Objectionable Hairs
(Boudoir Secrets.)
The electric needle is not required
for the removal of hair or fuzz, for
with the use of plain delatone the
most stubbon growth can be quickly
banished. A paste is made with water
and a little of the powder, then spread
over the hairy surface. In about two
minutes it Is rubbed otf and the skin
washed. This simple treatment not
only removes the hair, but leaves the
skin free from blemish. Be sure you
get genuine delatone. Adv.