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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1914)
OUT- GINGER IN SUMMER SALADS SOME CHERRY RECIPES STRAWBERRIES GROW ON ICE HEAT CF BATTLE REAL ?&& 1 JWMMf ttc 1 1 y7i '.wi'! ) i 'II 4? ARCH0 TRIUMPH, PARIS IF It were not for cab drivers. one'B first weeks In Pails would be robbed of linguistic comfort. These men the drivers of taxis, all young and with eyes sharp and excited, and the drivers of carriages, all old and with eyes dull and heavy are trained to catch a direction on the wing, and never ask to have It re peated. The wan consciousness of talking P'rench badly Is not always the por tion of those who talk It worst. A certain self-assured type of American women employB It with a confidence unaffected by originality and peccan cy of accent. American men and sweet mothers of nmbltlous daughters a domestic combination with which Parts Is filled are least prone to make use of French; yet when they do, It Is Invariably with a charming If lim ited perfection. Fortunately out-of-door Paris speaks a language that Is beyond the tongues of man, that voices Itself In effable civic beauty, In long vlstaB, In gener ous skies, In wide avenues that lead Into fountain-spraying squares, which widen like the transept of cathedrals, and through which course In and out, round and round, like fine skaters, the autos and the peoples of the world. To see the Arch of Triumph from the Carousel, the softening sun still high over tha low built city and pale enough to be looked at, to spo the long avenue across the thin mists of evening that fall like a protecting veil, Is to feel a troubled, unreachable presence; the sense of beauty, a sense that was given us unfinished, nr rested In the making, and wbl h fades unattnlned Into mystery. Strange White Beauty. The grpen of Paris grass and the blue of Italian skies surely are the most vivid colors In the world, nnd from this green of grass and from beds of flowers, Purls builds Itself In vivid white. Tho newest building glaring In cleanliness, and the oldest grown gray and darkened, Invariably conform to this colorlessnpss In this most colorful of cities. Building material hulked on the river shore like the backs of waiting elephants. Is nil white, white stones are wheeled through the streets, white bags of mortar "v the weighted boats, while sand lies piled on the white embankments, and along the white streets, anonymr b and similar and blanched, stables and stores and dwellings wnll themselves aealnst the sidewalks. Adding the note of arllstrv that unennr.cloiislv prevails everywhere, workmen In these new white buildings wear long, white conts. while shops, and form groups of white-clad figures at little sidewalk Inns. Paris Is hnnd ninde. Fvprv embmld pred linen flower nnd pverv stone of pvpry wnll has the look of a minute and detailed attention. There Is no bl machinery. The small steam der ricks that unload the deep sunken liargeB hoist but one barrel at a time, And results grow huge under this In dividual toll. In Walt Whitman's "I.etves of Ornss" he sings praise to the strong curb of city streets. Did he know Paris, too, and the high, white walls of Its river banks, the masonry of long flights of stairs descending to the shore, the profusion of stone bridges, many arched, everywhere mnsnnrjr and unlnterruptpd securing curbs? How prodigal Paris Is of architec tural decoration, of unending elabors tlon. It Is Its soul, the expression of Its ardent quest for variety. Its nn willingness to continue uninterrupted a line or curve. They place bronze horses that rival the gold of the sun on their bridges, they fill their gar dens with white marbles, they rover their walls with chiseled garlands ither dd beauty to beauty and by itoine magic never arrive at making Iheautv overdone. There Is a spell In standing on the fUrldge of Alma toward the close of ,u when the skr Is blue and deco rated tn great banks of white clouds nd the Eiffel lower rising rrora it itt of trees bores Into the heavens, and up Into regions further off than anything nude on soiia earia. l-ll 4 Mil Sometimes when the sky Is gray the Eiffel Is hard and red, but now It Is gay as an aigrette In the city's hair. It dominates Paris as Napol eon's memory dominates France ele gant, self-confident spreading forth thin wires whose black fastenings look In the distance like little min nows swimming upward In a lake of blue. It Is a thing alone of Its kind In the world, parentless and childless. The Music of Home. It Is out-of-doors Parle one learns first, one loves first. Roses In the rose garden of Bagetelle gay, open roses, not slumbrous, but showing all themselves like the French nature. Trees round as pompons or trimmed square on top and sides, with little Iron gratings at their base to breathe through. Shrill, crazy flights of swal lows round the roofs, on which are assembled the chimney tops, wearing tin sunbonnets like so many little gray Prlsclllas. Knitting women on cars and boats and benches, flasket loads of tall bread. Sane, rosy vege tables In carts. Self-conscious dogs on leash that are permitted In res taurants and are given a chair or fed under their master's table. The bloom of moBB on tree trunks, mil- board announcing a mass of Pales- trlna (1526-1694) at the Church of St. Oervais, and at a theater a musical comedy with a title eccentric and un abashed. Tho recurring Blgn "Liber ty, Equality. Fraternity," awakening thoughts of their sinister origin. Tllack aprons of school boys, scarlot of soldiers, white robes of little first communicants mincing along like ani mated lilies. Old women In black winged white caps, baby carriages with awnings of onibnilderr ' linen nnd Spanish nurses with black man tillas falling from their hair Ex- oulslte little girls with brilliant eyes forecasting mvRtery and power, nnd smnller girls with hands and head and feet and torso daintily clothed and legs hared In length of Insourlnnt nakedness. Little twisted men who work In ditches wearing wide, deb onair sashes at the waist, and the loss happy picture of men harnessed to their heavy carts. The procession of solemn dray horses, single file, with huge fur collars that make them look like approaching buffaloes, and the crack of the whip with Its weighted handle that often falls pitilessly over the horses' heads, for Paris Is as cruel to Us horses as It la soft and effem inate towards Its dogs. Every Frenchman la an artist at heart. He has original views on Hter nture and architecture and art that would distinguish him In a country where such topics are less general. Here everyone Is well Informed and very studious; opinions are ndvanced, unconvlnclngly, naturally, In card-playing chatter. Battle of Lundy's Lane. One hundred years ago took place the bnttle of Lundy's Lane, sometimes called the bnttle of Niagara Falls, nnd which was the most sanguinary and clubbornly contested engagement fought on Canadian soil during tho War of 1812. The battle commenced nt sunset and ended at midnight. The victory was claimed by both aides. The losses In killed and wounded were shout equal. The Americans were left In possession of the field, but were unable to rarry away any of the spoils they had captured. In this ac tlon Col. Wlnfteld Scott, afterward the commander tn the Mexican war, greatly dlBtlngulshed himself, being twice severely wounded. In the same engagement the exploit of another American officer, Col. James Miller In bravely carrying one of the Drltlsh batteries, was considered one of the most brilliant exploits of the entire war. Congress voted him the thanks of the nation and a gold medal of hon or as a reward. Humbly Grateful. We can't say that w approve of tht tight skirt In all Its ramifications, ob serves an uino newapupei, nut we shall always be humbly grateful for the occasional opportunities we have had to see some of our charming girls lr; to run Id 'eu. Welcome for Its Digestive as Well as Its Refreshing Qualities Served In Grape Fruit. Ginger Is so refreshing In flavor and so stimulating to the digestion that it Is a favorite Ingredient In summer sal ads and desserts. An unusual fruit salad, suited to molding in halves of oranges or grapefruit, Is strongly fla vored with ginger ale and has bits of Canton ginger mixed with the. fruit. The recipe calls for two tablespoon fuls of granulated gelatin softened In two tablespoonfuls of cold water and then dissolved in a quarter of a cupful of boiling water. To this add one cup ful of ginger ale, the juice of one large lemon and two tablespoonfulB of sugar. When the mixture begins to stiffen stir In a variety of diced fruits, with bits of orange or grapefruit pulp and chopped nuts. This can be served with mayonnaise dressing as a salad or with whipped cream as a dessert. A pretty way of serving individual portions is to mold the ginger and fruit salad In halves of large grape fruit. When ready to serve divide each half so that each portion shall repre sent quarter the size of the original grapefruit and the fruit jelly shall have a rim of grapefruit peel only where it would come In contact with the plate. Any fruit salad mixture can b'! given a pleasant pungent flavor by the ad dition of bits of crystallized ginger. A small quantity of the syrup drained from preserved ginger makes a novel and appetizing addition to any dress ing Intended to be served with a fruit salad. CARE OF CARPET SWEEPER Proper Handling Will Greatly Prolong Its Life and Keep It Always Ready for Immediate Use. As the carpet sweeper is such an important item in my domestic work, I am very careful about It, writes a correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger. After each sweeping I take it to the, back porch, dump it on a news paper and turn the broom, brush side up, flat on the floor. I have an old whisk broom cut straight across so that the bristles are very stiff. With this broom I sweep the brush of the sweeper backward and forward. As the bristles are put into the rod in a curved line, the brush slowly revolves as the broom Is applied. I sometimes dip the brush In kerosene, which also removes some of the dust from the bristles and keeps them in good condi tion. I oil bearings of my sweeper frequently, and If there are any threads or hair at either end, I do not tear It away, but cut with a scissors. Sometimes I ubb an old comb to comb the bristles before putting the sweeper away. This Beems a good deal of care, but I find that it pays, and that perfectly working Bweeper Is nay best friend. Fig and Nut Jelly. Wash a cup of pulled figs In cold water. Put over slow fire with two cups of cold water and stew figs un til tender. Sklm out flgs and to the Juice add one-half cup of sugar aud boll until It is like thin syrup tthere should be one cup of liquid). Chop tigs and one-quarter cup of bhellcd pecans not very fine. Soak one-half box of gelatin in one cup of cold wa ter for half an hour. To the gelatin add one-half teaspoonful of lemon juice, and to the tig syrup add one- half cup of boiling water. Strain through fine sieve or piece of cheese cloth. When nearly Bet add nuts and figs. Turn into molds and set In cool place for three hours. Serve with whipped cream. Spiced Pears or Peaches. Seven pounds of fruit, four pounds of light brown sugar, one pint of good vinegar, cloves and cinnamon to taste. Pare and halve the fruit. In each half stick four or five whole cloves, break cinnamon bark and throw In. Let vinegar and sugar come to a boll. Put In fruit aud slowly boll until fruit Is clear. Seal while hot. Layer Sandwiches. Cut the crust from a loaf each of white and brown bread so they are left the same size; then cut two and one hulf Inch slices of each; spread them with a mixture of deviled ham and peanut butter, press six together, alternating the white aud brown; slice thin, and the sandwiches will look like layer cake. Fried Scallops. Parboil In hot, salted water for Ove minutes; drain and Bet them upon ice to get cold and Arm. Roll them In salted flour, next In beaten eggs, then In fine bread crumbs. Sot on Ice for half an hour and try In deep, boiling fat which has been gradually heated to the boll. To Keep Peanut Butter Moist. Always keep the peanut butter Jar turned upside down when on the cup board shelf, which Insures the last of It being as oily as the first instead of dry and bard, as Is usually the case when It stands upright. Color Returns. Many people when Ironing a dyed dress find that the hot Iron changes the color. If It Is hung In the shad the color will quickly return. When Cutting Fresh Bread. Before cutting treah bread always dip tht knife In hot water This pre vents tht bread from crumbling. DELICACIES WITH THIS FRUIT AS A FOUNDATION. Flavor Is Improved by Cooking Ex cellent Served With Tapioca Candled Cherries One of the Finest of Confections. Cherries are among the fruits that ..re much Improved by cooking. Somehow they lose none of their freshness, and are rendered much Juicier and more toothsome by slight cooking. Here are some recipes that make use of them: Cherry Tapioca. To make a dell clous cherry pudding soak one small cupful of tapioca in water over night. In the morning add a pinch of salt and cook until clear. Then add but ter the size of an egg, and one cupful of stoned cherries (the sour cherries are preferrable). Add to this a half cupful of cherry wine or a little lemon juice and sugar to taste. Flavor with vanilla, and bake until bubbles ap pear on the top. Serve very cold with whipped cream. Cherry Pie. Line a pie plate with rich pastry. Stone the cherries and fill the pie dish. Then pour over tliom four tablespoonfuls of molasses and dust over all one tablespoonful of flour. Put on an upper crust and bake one-half hour In a moderate oven. When cool dust the top with a gen erous sprinkling of powdered sugar. Candied Cherries. To make a dell clous confection, wash, stem and pit one pound of large, firm cherries, put ting a pound of sugar to one pound of the fruit. Roil the juice and the sugar to a very thick sirup. Put the cherries in this sirup and let them simmer not boil for ten minutes. Then set them away In the sirup until the next day. Then take the cherries out of the sirup and put them in a deep dish. Let the sirup boil up once and pour over the cherries. This operation should be repeated for three mornings. On the fourth morning boll the sirup almost to the thickness of candy, dip the cherries In it and let them got thoroughly coated, then place them separately on flat dishes and dry. Cherry Cordial. Very ripe cherries make the best cordial. Bruise the fruit and mash through a colander, sweeten to taste and boil for ten min utes and then strain. Boll again un til perfectly clear, skimming off occa sionally. To every quart of the cherry Juice add one gill of pure brandy. Seal the bottles tightly and keep in a cool dark place until ready to use. Germany Cherry Pie. Make a cher ry pie as usual, but omit the upper crust. When almost done, beat one egg until very light, and add to It one scant half cupful of rich cream. Pour this mixture over the top of the pie. Put the pie back in the oven and bake until the custard is set. This makes a very attractive as well as an appetizing dish. Cherry Salad. Here is a delightful recipe that calls for fresh cherries. For a course in a warm-weather luncheon it is very good. Either the large white or the red cherries may be used, and It is most effective to mix tho two colors. The fruit should be stoned without breaking the fruit, and hi the place of each stone Is placed a nut meat. Hazel nuts are the easiest to use, but any sort will do. The cherries should then be spread on lettuce leaves and UBed, or they may be stewed with sugar, water and a little lemon Juice. Cream Pie. A cream and banana pie Is very rich, but It has only one crust and so has a minimum of the least desir able element of pies. To make It heat together In a granite saucepan the maBhed pulp of two very ripe bananas with the yolks of three eggs, beaten; Bugar and nutmeg to taste, a heaping teaspoonful of butter and enough milk and sherry, or Just milk, to make a thin mixture. Pour it into a deep dish lined with crust and then fold iu the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. Bake rather slowly, chill and serve with or without whipped cream. Beef Heart With Rice. Select a fresh beef heart, and after cleansing and cutting away the tough parts, boll until tender tn salted wa ter. With a sharp knife cut In small cubes and put these In an agateware saucepan with an onion and half a greon sweet pepper minced flue. When these have boiled until tender, fry Borne small bits of bacon or salt pork In a saucepan, and add the beef heart. Have ready a platter of nicely boiled rice. Arrange the beef heart around the dish as a border and sprinkle with paprika before serving. Stewed Rhubarb. Add one cupful of sour cherries to each two cupfuls of pieplant, two cup fuls sugar, one-half cupful water and let boll up once. Serve cold. Or one may use gooseberries Instead of cher ries with the pieplant. Save sugar by adding to rhubarb after boiling. Moths In Carpets. To rid the carpet of moths the fol lowing Is excellent: Spread ft damp towel over the part affected and Iron It dry with ft hot Iron. The heat and steam kill the worms and eggs. Before Using Beeswax. When you use beeswax for polishing furniture or floors always warm It be fore using. The result Is much saving of labor and a more brilliant gloat will rtsult. Phenomenon to Be Observed on the Old "Oregon" Trail, Familiar to the Pioneers. On the old "Oregon" trail, with Its historical associations, may be found one of nature's marvels, probably not duplicated in this country, at least. Near South Pass City, Wyo., is the Pacifio spring, a beautiful spot, where the old freighters and emigrants fre quently stopped for a few days after the long, arduous trip across the bar ren plains. Here they could rest and enjoy some of the almost forgotten luxuries of life. Pacific Bprlng Is 7,000 feet above sea level, and about, at the headwaters of the Sweetwater river. Is a series of small valleys, or rather meadows, sheltered by the southern extremity of the Wind River mountains. On the north side of the hills Is what Is local ly called a "flat," where the grass grew in green luxuriance. In this tall prairie grass was found the tiny red wild strawberry. This does not seem marvelous tn the warm sunshine. But take a spade and remove the turf, and solid cakes of ice are found at a depth of often less than ia foot. The reason for this is quite simple. 'The warm spring sunshine melts the 'snow which runs down the montain jslde. This goes on until late summer and fall, when the small streams of water freeze at night. As the warmth of the sun at this season touches only the top of the mountain, the little stream soon be comes solid ice. By the action of the elements and washing of earth down the mountain, a deposit of Boil is made on this Ice, which, when the summer rolls around once more, springs Into fresh, green life. The few hours of sunshine which reaches this sheltered spot each day suffice to ripen the strawberries, but cannot melt the ice beneath them or warm the soil below the roots of these brave volunteers. Suicide Advised by Doctor. A curious letter from a physician was read in the Paris courts at the hearing of a case in which Pierre Ju- vin and Jean Jullard, chemists, were charged with the illegal sale of cer tain narcotics. The letter in question, which was signed by Doctor Gaudln, stated that the writer had treated Mine. Delvlgne Dambrlcourt, In an effort to cure her of the drug habit. After her use of morphine and cocaine had been com pletely stopped, Doctor Gauden made out for her a prescription Into the composition of which black drops (vinegar of opium) entered. The letter concluded with the following curious sentence: "This prescription Bhould be re newed according to the needs of Mme. Delvigne-Dambricourt, and I advise her to continue with it, since she finds it suits her, or if not, to have recourse to absinthe or to suicide, which 'is, after all, the best way to escape from all the manias and mis eries of existence" It was this letter which Mr. Juvin advanced as his excuse for having sup plied Mme. Delvigne-Dambricourt with black drops. The court, however, or dered both Messrs. Juvin and Jullard to pay a fine of BOO francs each. Paris Herald. Files and Fire. Fire loss in the United States last year amounted to about $200,000,000. At least SO per cent of this destruc tion, judged by European standards, was needless. All of It was a dead loss to the community, for fire insur ance merely distributes the burden. During the same period files caused disease which inflicted a money loss on the country estimated at (157,000, 000. The life cost of these two agencies of destruction Is beyond exact compu' tation. Flies caused most of the ty. phold, much of the bowel disorders of children and all the Infantile paraly. sis known. Through these diseases, the buzzing pests are responsible for many deaths each year. Fire takes a toll variously estimated, but the fig ures seldom are lower than 1,000 lives per annum. Plainly, war is not the only needless waste in the world. Flies and fire have their part Fortunately, they are easier to abolish than the "war lords," who keep Europe an armed camp. Chicago Journal. Black Cat Saves a Ship. From March 20 to April 20 the French bark Colonel de Vlllebores Mareull bucked western winds off Cape Horn. Squalls tore away her can vas and wrecked her fore and aft bridges. It began to look as If the ship would never reach Pacifio waters. Then Ml ml, a black cat, went over board. That very day the weather cleared, and the bark proceeded. Members of the crew, on the ves sel's arrival at San Francisco, said they were sure the ship would never have passed the Horn If the black cat had not been washed away. The bark left Hamburg 146 days previous to Us arrival at San Francisco. Burt Wlnntr. "I fear we are not keeping up with the procession." "How to?" "It's a, wonder some of our lady mur derers wouldu't think ot going on hunger strike." Kansas City Journal, A Friendly Suggestion. .1 can drink or let It alone." "Why don't you vary your perform ance occasionally?" "How?" "Let It alone." EXPRESSION IS NOT A MERE FIGURE OF SPEECH. Confederate Soldier Tells of the Effect That Combat Had on Himself and the Other Members of Forct In Engagement. The "heat of battle," of which poets and rhetorical prose writers are so prone to dwell, is, according to Capt, Samuel Chapman, a veteran of the Civil war, no mere figure of speech, but an absolute practical and physical reality. The men now sweating in the trenches of the fighting area in Europe are sweating not only figuratively but in the actual body, consumed by an actual, physical heat that only the fierce Are of battle can Incite. Capt. Chapman, who Is now pastor of the Baptist church at Covington, Va., was during the Civil war one of the most daring cavalrymen in the Confederate service. He served in every campaign in Virginia from the first battle of Bull Run until three weeks after Appomattox, never miss ing a chance to get into a fight. His commander often said that he would fight a circular saw. Accordingly his testimony as to the reality of the heat of battle is both valuable and timely, coming as it does when millions are now engaged in bloody war in western Europe. "The heat of battle Is no poetio phrase," said Captain Chapman, when on a visit to Washington recently. "It Is essentially a physical effect brought about unconsciously by the Intense ex citement of battle. No man ia cool In battle; he may conceal his feelings, but his heart Is going like a trip-hammer. The result is that his body be comes intensely heated. "I had a most striking example of this in the winter of 1864. Early in January of that year the command of Confederate cavalry to which I be longed was ordered to make a raid upon a Union camp of soldiers sta tioned on Loudoun Heights a few miles from Harper's Ferry. "We assembled one afternoon at Up- perville, about thirty miles south of Loudoun Heights two hundred of us. It was the coldest day that the oldest inhabitant of that country had ever seen, the mercury standing about six degrees below zero. We started on the march about three or four o'clock. As we sallied forth, we broke forth Into song, for we were all well clothed, having warm boots and overcoats, and feeling jolly and comfortable. "But, after a few miles, the songs ceased. We found that, despite our warm clothing, the bitter cold was penetrating deep Into us. Some of us hung our feet out of the stirrups to bring back the circulation. Others slapped their hands against their sides. In fact, we tried every imag inable way to keep out the deadly cold, but without avail. When we reached the vicinity of the Union camp about two o'clock in the morning we were frozen practically stiff. As we lined up for the attack, about two hundred yards from the enemies' lines, we had to take our legs in our hands and lift our feet back in the Btirrups, so entirely numb had feet and legs become; and when we came to cock our navy revolvers we found that our fingers were too numb to pull back the hammer. So, holding the pistols between our two hands, as though we had but stumps of arms, we cocked the pistols with our teeth. Suddenly, as we sat shivering there, the word to 'Charge!' was given. With the yell springing from frozen Hps we dashed forward. In less than a minute we were in the midst of the Union camp, shooting right and left. Our attack was such a surprise that the enemy had no chance to make any resistance, but fled on all sides. The fight did not last, from the time the command to charge was given until every Union soldier was out of range, more than five minutes. "When I came to myself I was sit ting in my saddle with one leg thrown over the pommel, fanning myself with my hat. My overcoat was thrown open, as was also the gray jacket be neath, and beneath that, the woolen undershirt was open down to the last button, baring my breast to the cool ing mountain breezes which at that time and altitude must have been close on to fifteen degrees below zero. In a word, I was overcome with heat and fanning and panted as though It was midday In the dog days. Around me many of my comrades were engaged In the same process of cooling them selves. "And barely five minutes before w had all been too frozen to cock our pistols or lift our feet into the stirrups. "That will give you some Idea as to whether the heat of battle is a mert figure of speech or a reality." Poker Kills $1,000 Whale. The crew of the oil steamer Cali fornia were happy on reaching port because they had captured a whale and found ambergris worth 1.000. A school of playful whales followed the vessel up the coast, and, having nothing else to do the crew tried to capture one bull In the wake of the ship. There was no harpoon aboard, to they fashioned one out ot the sto ker's poker that resembled a crowbar. After many attempts they landed ft whale by harpooning from the stern. When the carcass was hauled aboard the sight of ambergris almost caused a fight as to division of the money. Boston Globe.
