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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1916)
VILIAISTAS FLAYED IN RUNNING BATTLE .11. S. Troopers, Under Colonel Dodd, Attack 500 Bandits. THIRTY-ONE DEAD IN SURPRISE FIGHT Villa, With Hip Shattered, Escapes in Wagon End of Gang Seems Near 4 Americans Hit! El Paso Four hundred American cavalrymen, under the command of Colonel George A. Dodd, whirling down from the granite slopes of the great continental divide, have fallen like a thunderbolt on the main body of Francisco Villa's bandits at the San Geronimo ranch, scattering them like chaff in the wind, and driving the bandit chief, wounded and crippled, to seek a hiding place in the mountains over which he has ruled for so many years. Villa was hurried from danger in a carriage. ine Dattie opened at t o clock in the morning of March 29. The news of the brilliant exploit of the American troopers was flashed over the Mexican wires into Juarez Saturday and sent a thrill along the border. For 17 hours the veteran Colonel Dodd and his picked riders of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry drove down the valley of the Santa Maria river. At the end of a 55-mile ride they burst upon the unsuspecting camp where 500 bandits were celebrating the massacre of 172 Carranza soldiers two days previously at Guerrero. Villa, shot through the leg and with one hip shattered, was hurried from the scene barely in time to escape the onslaught of the soldiers of the North, The bandits made a brief but hope less stand before the fierce charge of Colonel Dodd and his troopers. Then they broke and fled, leaving 31 dead on the field, including their command er, General Eliseo Hernandez. Two machine guns, several horses, rifles, ammunition and equipment fell into the hands of the victors. Among the known wounded Is Pablo Lopez, Villa lieutenant in the Colum bus raid. The American casualties were four privates wounded. The American soldiers did not linger on the field of victory. For five hours they drove the enemy before them into the wilderness of mountain peak, des ert and canyon, where roads, or even trails, are unknown and where a mis step means death to horse and rider. They halted only after the chase had led them ten miles from the battlefield and the fugitives were scattered far and wide in little bands of half a dozen men each. Villa's career has ended. His power has been broken. His death or cap ture is a question only of days, per haps only hours. Such is the inevit able conclusion reached here as little by little the details of "Dodd's ride" seep across the border. It seems im possible that the crippled, defeated bandit can remain hidden long even in the mountainous wastes in which he has sought refuge. The scene of Colonel Dodd's victory Is a broad valley lying at the head of the Rio Santa Mara. On the west there are barren foothills of the con tinental divide and to the east is a trail, made famous by Villa, which leads through the Laguna de Castilla district to the ill-famed Santa Ysabel. It was at the latter place that Villa killed 18 American mining men, a crime which sent a thrill of horror throughout the United States and marked the beginning of what many believe to be the end of his blood stained career. It was toward Santa Ysabel that he was believed to have been heading when the troopers of the United States swept down from the North on his camp. From the meagre details which have reached here from Mexican and Amer ican military sources, it appears that Colonel Dodd'a men made their way unnoticed through the arroyos, or deep gulches, which split the foothills in all directions, and were almost in the camp before the alarm was given. German! Win Malancourt. Paris The Germans, in a fierce at tack on French positions northeast of Hill 295 in the Le Mort Homme re gion, some three miles east of Malan court, gained a footing in some of the French first-line trenches, but were immediately driven out in a vigorous counter-attack, according to the irench communication. The Germans have made no attempt to debouch from Ma lancourt, which they hold. The village of Malancourt was taken by storm, at tacks being delivered from three sides, and the village is in ruins. Strikebreakers Are Fired On. Seattle, Wash. A dozen shots were fired Saturday in a clash between strik- ine members of the Puget Sound Steamshipmen'g Union and alleged strikebreakers. .No one was injured. John Smith, a negro, was arrested. He said he and his companions fired the shots because they feared they were about to be attacked by strike sym pathizers, who had followed them from the waterfront Three members of the union also were arrested Three men employed on the steamer Edith were attacked and severely beaten Quake Shocks Victoria. Victoria, B. C. Two earthquake hocks which took place within a com paratively short distance of Victoria were recorded on the seismograph of the observatory at Gonzales Hill Sat urday morning. The first, which F. Nanier Denison. the superintendent, estimates to have occurred about 800 miles away, took place at 8:12, and d Dears to have been a well-defined quake, with a pronounced vertical movement. TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED IN AIR TLEET RAID OVER ENGLAND London Two squadrons of ZeDoe- lins, flying over England Sunday night in the most extensive air raid of the war, killed 28 persons and wounded 34 others in the discharge of at least 90 bombs. One detached ship, making a raid over the northeast coast, was disabled by the fire of the anti-aircraft guns, which followed the searchlights play ing on the raider. The craft was brought to earth and its crew, number ing 17, was captured by a British pa trol boat in the estuary of the Thames. The members of the captured crew re ported that they had drawn lots to de termine who should remain with the disabled aircraft and destroy it after the others had been safely landed. The task fell to the junior officer, to whom it meant practically certain death. When the patrol boat approached the Zeppelin an explosion occurred, it is thought, in the motor room. The air ship shortly afterward crumpled up. ARCHDUKE FREDERICK This It the most recent of the few photographs that have reached Amer ica of Archduke Frederick, comman der In chief of the armlet of Auttrla. In addition to the 17 unwounded pris oners there were others captured who were suffering from injuries. The Zeppelins remained at a great height in the raid, and their marks manship, consequently, was poor. In one town 11 bombs were dropped with out damage being done. Crowds on the streets watched the battle with the raiders and applaueded the land bat teries. Berlin Without Submarine Data; Washington Waits Investigation Washington, D. C. The German government has informed Ambassador Gerard that it is without official con firmation concerning the explosions which damaged the British channel steamer Sussex and sunk the British horse ship Englishman, both of which were carrying American citizens. In a dispatch dated Thursday and reaching the State department Monday Mr. Gerard said the German govern ment had only newspaper reports on the two cases and was making an in vestigation which might be concluded within three or four days. The Berlin foreign office promised to inform Mr. Gerard when the inquiry is completed. It is realized here it may be a week before all the German submarine com manders who might have been con cerned have had opportunity to report. Turks Will Accept Aid. Washington, D. C. The American Red Cross received word Monday that Turkey, for the first time, is ready to accept aid for a half-million of her citizens who face starvation. Hun dreds, it was said, are dying for lack of food. Ten thousand dollars was cabled to fill immediate needs. A message from Red Cross agents in Turkey said the American organiza tion would be permitted to help elim inate suffering throughout the country, particularly at Constantinople and sub urbs, at Adrianople, Brass and Smyrna, New Harbor Item Beaten. Washington, D. C The first effort to add new projects to the $40,000,000 rivers and harbors appropriation bill failed in the house Monday, when an amendment by Representative Teague to appropriate $400,000 for a 40-foot channel from President Roads at Bos ton to the sea was rejected overwhelm ingly. House leaders professed to see in the vote a forecast that the committee recommendation against new projects would be approved, and that it would pass virtually as reported. 38 Ships Sunk in March. London The Board of Trade's sum mary of casualties to British shipping reported in March shows that 19 steamers aggregating 44,609 tons and eight sailing vessels of 1865 tons were sunk by enemy warships. Ten steam ers of 13,532 tons were sunk by mines. One steamer of 2131 tons was sunk either by an enemy warship or a mine. Forty-three lives were lost in the case of the steamers sunk by warships and 81 in steamers sunk by mines.' Germans Repulse French Near Vaux, Berlin, via London The German official statement issued Monday an nounces that Teuton troops have cleared 1000 yards of French trenches northeast of Haucourt, in addition to the positions taken March 30. The only mention of fighting around Verdun Sunday tells of the repulse of a French counter attack after a ter rific artillery bombardment near Vaux. The Germans took 731 prisoners in this battle. U. S. WON'T ACCEPT WORD OE GERMANY Convinced Kaiser Has Entered Upon Ruthless Campaign. PREPARE INDICTMENTS ON SUBMARINES Recent Attacks on Merchant Vessels Without Warning Causes Anx ietyCrisis Seems Near. Washington, D. C. - The accumula tion of circumstantial evidence indicat ing tnat Uermany has engaged upon a campaign of submarine warfare which has no regard for the rights of Amer ican citizens traveling on merchant ships of belligerent nationality, the administration considers, has created one of the most seriouB situations which has confronted the United States since the beginning of the war in Europe. Every agency open to the State de partment is being employed in an effort to gather an unimpeachable ar ray of facts regarding the explosion which damaged the British channel steamer Sussex, the sinking of the British ships Manchester Engineer, Englishman, Eagle Point and the Dutch steamer Tubantia and the al leged firing of a torpedo at the French passenger ship Patria. All of these ships carried American citizens and all apparently were at tacked in violation of Germany's re cently assurances to the United States. The next step of the United States is said authoritatively to have been de termined upon. Unless Germany in reply to the inquiries through Ambas sador Gerard makes some statement to cause the State department to change its present intentions, it is understood that all the recent aggravating inci dents will be combined in one general formidable indictment which will bring the entire subject to a clear cut issue. Should Germany admit responsibility for any of the attacks and attempt to satisiy tne united states by saying that a mistake had been made, offer to make reparation, and to punish the submraine commander, the issue would not by any means be disposed of. It is regarded as certain that the United States will not accept such an explana tion as satisfactory, at least until time has shown what punishment actually was meted out to the offending sub marine commander and whether any value longer could be attached to Ger many s promises. In the event of Germany disclaiming responsibility for the disasters, the United States will proceed with its in vestigations to determine to its own satisfaction whether the evidence which now strongly indicates that the Sussex and other ships were torpedoed without warnnig can be regarded as conclusive proof. With such proof before it, the gov ernment probably would act promptly. Officials refrain from discussing what the nature of the action would be. Carranza Grants to United States Right to Use Mexican Northwestern Washington, D. C. One of the army's most seroius problems in hunt ing Villa was solved Thursday when General Carranza granted the renewed request of the State department for permission to use the Mexican North western railroad. Secretary Baker issued this state ment at the War department : ' We have directed Gen. Funston to tender for railroad shipment cargoes of supplies either directly to our mili tary men or to civilians. This does not involve any tender of munitions for such railroad transportation, nor does it involve the use of American military guards on any Mexican trains." General Carranza's answer was con tained in a brief message from James L. Rodgers, special agent of the Unit- States at Queretaro, saymg the head of the de facto government argeed to the commercial use of the line. Officials here assumed he would be equally prompt in notifying his offi cers on the border and that Gen. Fun ston might begin shipment at once. One-Term Bill Offered. Washington, D. C. Representative Bailey, of Pennsylvania, one of the close friends of W. J. Bryan in the house, introduced a resolution to in crease the Presidential term to six years, with a one-term limit. In a statement, Mr. Baliey said the Demo cratic party and President WiUon had been unjustly criticised in connection with the single-term plank of the Bal timore platform and pointed out that Mr. Wilson did not pledge himself to one term, but merely was pledged by the convention to that principle. $20,000,000 Bridge Plan. Oakland, Cal. The construction of a $20,000,000 bridge across San Fran cisco Bay, connecting San Francisco and Alameda counties, is a possibility of the near future, according to an an nouncement made here in which it was said that the plans for the bridge had been made and that the chambers of commerce of San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley were interested in the project. The proposed bridge would be four miles long and of an average height of 30 feet above the water, and the greatest altitude 125. Ship Yard Is Assured. Seattle Plans for a shipyard, to build lumber carriers for overseas trade, have reached the stage where options on two semi-dieBel engines have been taken, and a location for the yards is now sought in Seattle, accord ing to A. L Flewelling, of Spokane, vice president of the Milwaukee Land company. The active head of the new concern will be Harry P. Spear,- a Philadelphia naval architect and gov ernment inspector. COUNTIES TO GET 30, STATE 20 PER CENT Of LAND GRANT SALES Washington, D. C. As the Oregon & California land grant bill was final ly agreed on by the house committee on public lands Wednesday, the land grant counties will get 30 per cent of the net receipts from the timber and land sales, the state of Oregon will get 20 per cent for its school fund, 40 per cent will go to the general reclamation fund and 10 per cent to the Federal treasury. John Lind and other holders of out standing executory contracts are left out in the cold, the committee by a vote of seven to nine having decided to reject section 7 and other portions of the bill bearing on these contracts. A new provision was added under which homesteaders taking cutover lands will be relieved of the payment of $2.50 an acre, and need only comply MRS. WILLIAM ALEXANDER Mr. William Alexander of New York It taking an active part In the campaign for national preparedness. with the requirements of the home stead law. In all other particulars the bill agreed upon was the bill completed by the sub-committee. Representative Ferris introduced in tne nouBe tne Dill on which tne com mittee has agreed, and as soon a print ed this bill will be referred to the at torney general, secretary of the Inter- oir and secretary of Agriculture for comment and suggestions. It is not expected they will now pro pose material changes of policy, but the committee before reporting the bill to the house want it to have the approval of the three departments. II. S. Navy for Second Place Advocated by Assistant Secretary Washington, D. C. Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt recommended to the house naval committee that the United States navy be restored as soon as pos sible to second place among the world powers on the sea. Answering hypothetical questions by members of the committee, who were interested in comparing the German and American navies, he said the United States could outstrip Germany in a race for naval supremacy. He personally favored a building program this year larger than recommended in the administration's five-year pro- While the assistant secretary de clined to discuss naval policies, which, he said, were within Secretary Daniels' province, he gave his personal views in advocacy of large and immediate naval upbuilding. In case of war, he said, the United States would need 225,000 men fonts navy, judging from England's experience in trebling her naval forces since the war began. Big Guns Held Up. London The Parliamentary under secretary for munitions revealed to the house of commons a condition of strike promotion and what he described as a deliberate, organized policy of holding up munitions of war, which, in the opinion of Sir Edward Carson, who followed him in the debate, might justify the men involved being charged with high treason for assisting the king's enemies. James Henry Thom as, labor member and union leader, al so spoke, demanding that the men should be put on trial. Shackleton Has Supplies. London A wireless dispatch from the Shackleton Antarctic exploration ship Aurora says: "Two months' stores were left at Hut Point for the non-returned party. Ready stores only were landed for the party at Cape Evans. All the sledg ing rations were landed. The party is short fuel and clothing. The ship had meager stores. Our main diet through out our drift was penguin and seal. There were sufficient stores previously at Cape Evans." 3000 Acres to Be Opened. La Grande, Or. More than 3000 acres lying north and west of Elgin, bordering on the Promise (Wallowa county) territory, will be opened to entry and settlement May 10, accord ing to information issued by the and office. Persons having prior Valid set tlement rights or preferences will be allowed to make entry In conformity with existing law and regulations. Intending settlers are also warned to ascertain the status of the lands. I NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Portand Wheat Bluestem, 98c per bushel; fortyfold, 91c; club, 90c; red Fife, 88c; red Russian, 88c. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 22perton; valley timothy, $16; al falfa, $20. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $23 per ton; shorts, $25.50; rolled barley, $31.5032.50. ' Corn Whole, $37 per ton; cracked, $38. Vegetables Artichokes. 6580c per dozen- tomatoes, $3.75 per crate: cab bage, $1.252.25 per hundred; garlic, 10c per pound; peppers, 17i 20c; eggplant, 23Jc; horseradish, 8Jc; cau liflower, $1.501.60 per crate; let tuce, $2.253.25; cucumbers, $1.25 1.50; spinach, 90c$l per box; aspar agus, 8llc per pound; rhubarb, $1.25 2 per box; peas,, 910c per pound. Potatoes Oregon $1.501.60 per sack; Yakima $1.701.80; new Flor ida, 1012c per pound. Onions Oregon, buying prices, $1.50 f. o. b. shipping points. Green Fruits Apples, $11.60 per box; cranberries, $11 per barrel. Eggs Jobbing prices, Oregon ranch, candled, 21c per dozen; un candled, 2020Jc. Poultry Hens, 16 Jc per pound; springs, 1616Jc; stags, 12c; broil ers, 2025c; turkeys, live, 1820c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 24 25c; ducks, 1316c; geese, 10c. Butter Prices from wholesaler to retailer; Portland city creamery, prints, 60-pound case lots, strandard grades, 34c per pound; lower grades, Sic; Oregon country creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard makes, 31 33c; lower grades, 30301c; packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by job bers to producers : Cubes, extras, 29 30c; firsts, 2727Jc; dairy butter, 1418Jc; butterfat, No. 1, 33c; No. 2, 30c. Veal Fancy, 11c per pound. Pork Fancy, lllljc per pound. Hops 1915 crop, 1013c per pound; 1916 contracts, Ul12c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 2030c per pound; valley, 2728c; mohair, Ore gon, 3031c. Cascara bark Old and new, 4c per pound. ' Cattle Steers, choice grain and pulp, $8.508.75; choice hay, $8.15 8.50; good, $7.75 8.15; medium, $7.507.75; cows, choice, $6.767.50; good, $6.506,75; medium, $6.25 6.50; heifers, $57.75; bulls, $2.75 6; stags, $35.25. Hogs Prime light, $9.20 H) 9.35; good to prime, $8.259; rough heavy, $88.25; pigs and skips, $88.25. Sheep Yearlings. $88.75; weth ers, ?7.Z58.25; ewes, $6.257.25; lambs, $9.5010.60. East Seeks Wheat. Portland The recent advances in the Eastern cash wheat markets have resulted in putting more life into the wheat trade here than it has had for several weeks. Prices in the North west are now once more on a parity with Chicago, and a fair amount of business is being done in wheat. mainly the red varieties, for shipment to the Eastern states. At the Merchants' Exchange, the feeling was more cheerful and bid MME. BRESHKOVSKAYA Mms. Catherine Braahkovakaya, seventy-one years eld, known at the "grandmother of tht Ruaaltn revolu tion," hat betn exiled to Buluns, laat outpost on ths Icy frontier ef Um North Polt region. prices were readjusted in line with existing values, posted offers being to 6 cents higher than that of the pre ceding week. Spring Plowing Is Delayed. Baker, Or. While farmers are thankful that the return of winter this week has checked the possibilities of floods injuring the fields, it has set back spring plowing. Farmers had just started to break ground, with the hopes of an extra long season, when the snow and cold stopped work. With the prospect of a long season and an unusual amount f water for irrigation, much new land is to be broken and bumper crops of all kinds are expected in the Snake River country, where the season is already well advanced. Cascara Bark Is Steady In East. Portland Cascara bark in the East is meeting with a moderate demand and prices are steady there, bb here. Mail advices from London say of Cas cara: "Firmness is the continued feat ure of the market, and our American friends may spring a surprise upon us a little later on. Bright thin 1913 '60s spot. New bark is selling at 65s." These prices are equal to 12J cents for old and 11 cents for new at London. The wide range between London and American prices is due to high freight rates and scarcity of bark in England. Bulk Grain Handling Discutied. Dayton, Wash. At the tri-county meeting of the Farmers Union of the counties of Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield, the subject of handling the grain this year was discussed. The price of sacks is prcatically prohibi tive, so it is quite probable that many grain tanks will be erected prepara tory to.handling the crop in bulk, WHEN THE DINERS ARE LATE Food May Be Kept In Good Condition If Requisite Paraphernalia It at Hand. This problem confronts every house keeper In all the seasons, and per haps It Is the lagging breakfast-comers, and those who are a little uncertain at the dinner hour who riuse her the most anxiety. However, since the In troduction of hot water plates and plat ters, this has ceased to be serious a question. The food on these plates, after the nickel reservoir under them has been filled with boiling hot water may be covered with the nickel cover and will keep In perfect condition for a half or even three-quarters of an hour. The vegetables, cooked now in the three-quarter compartment steamers, may be Well kept for at least the same length of time. The roast, done In the universal covered roasting pan, will suffer none from the same length delay. Tiny alcohol burners under the lit tle chafing dishes used for saucers will keep the sauces warm, though perhaps they suffer more "than any other one thing by waiting they get too thick or dry out If allowed to stand, and their flavor Is often sacri ficed. Soup, of course, can wait with out serious injury. Fish" is the hardest article to keep warm unless it is made Into a fish tur bot. If It has been boiled, then It should be placed on the rack and placed over boiling water, so It Is steam-enveloped and covered, but If it Is allowed to stand more than ten or fifteen minutes this way It will become woolly and lose Its taste. It creamed It will stand all right In a double boil er over hot water for twenty or thirty minutes, after which It begins to get watery. Solid alcohol burners, lighted un der the chafing dish long enough at time to keep the water at boiling point in the water pan, will keep the contents warm without danger of be ing overcooked, for at least a half- hour. Any of the plate warmers placed on the dining room radiator will keep the plates warm and ready for serv ing when needed. HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS Add a cupful of cooked rice when making beef loaf and the loaf will be moist and slice firmly and will have a new flavor. After plucking and singeing fowls, dampen them slightly, sprinkle with flour, rub gently all over and wash in tepid water. Mix the salt with the flour before milk or water is added In making thickening for gravies, etc., and there by prevent lumplness. Before pouring hot fruit Into a glass dish or jar, place the receptacle on a cloth wet in cold water. This prevents the glass from breaking. To remove oil stains and paint from windows, wet a woolen cloth with am' monia and apply to the spots, rubbing briskly but not too hard. To prevent cakes, pies and other pastry from burning on the bottom sprinkle the bottom of the oven with fine, dry salt, and your cakes or pies will bake perfectly. To make a light and dark layer cake first bake the dark part, then when almost done remove from the oven pour the light part over It, put back In the oven and bake quickly. Instead of Starch. If you have found the ordinary starch unsatisfactory when "doing up" your fine white wear try making starch either of borax or gum arable, The borax method is the simpler in that It Is moroly added to the rins ing water (two heaping teaspoonfuls of borax to five r.uarts of water Is the proportion) and gives the gar ments when Ironed Just the right amount of crlspness. To make a gum arable sturch use half an ounce of the gum arable to a cupful of boiling water. Dilute to suit your taste In stiffness "and use as you would the common laundry variety. Glass Plant Shelf. It Is a good idea to have glass cut to fit a shelf on which plants stand, The glass Is easily cleaned and Baves the wood underneath. A piece of plate glass cut to fit a window ledge or top of a radiator will often fur nish a convenient shelf. A pretty tea room has Its tables covered first with an attractive pattern In cretonne, and this in turn covered with plate glass exactly fitting the tables. 8auteed Oysters. To be prepared In the chafing dish Free the oysters from bits of shell and rlnso If gritty, drain and lay on bed of coarse cracker crumbs, rolled rather coarsely, and seasoned with pepper and salt. Put enough butter Into the blazer to more than cover the bottom, lay In the oysters and turn as soon as light brown, adding more butter as needed. Serve with olives or plcalllll. Fruit Cocktail. Five greening apples, three oranges, two and one-half tablespoonfuls sugar. Remove pulp from oranges and put In bowl. Pare apples and cut In small cubes right over the orange pulp, as the orange juice koeps it from turning dark. Add sugar and mix lightly with a fork; chill thoroughly before serving, Garnish with candled cherries. Pic torial Review. Potato Soup. One large potato, peel and dice, Cook until soft In a pint of water, then rub through sieve and return to the water It was boiled In and add one pint milk, teaspoonful butter and salt to taate. Let It come to boiling point and then pour It over one egg, which has been well beaton. Stir well. Serve with croutons or crackers. Apples Red Hot. Take sevral applet, pare, core and cut In quarters. Stow thorn In a little water, but not to long as to allow them to become pulp. Sweoten amply with pounded loaf sugar and flavor to taste with cayenne pepper; color with cochineal HAS DISTINCT FLAVOR CAULIFLOWER ONE OP THE BEST OF VEGETABLES. Careful Preparation Needed to Bring Out Its Really Fine Qualities In Some Dishes That Have Indorse ment of Experts. Cauliflower has a distinctive flavor, suggesting cabbage somewhat, but more delicate. Whatever the method of preparing It for the table, care should be taken to preserve and de velop Its flavor and to keep the creamy white color which Is so attractive. This means that It must be cooked just long enough to Insure tenderness and no longer. If overcooked, the white portion turns dark and the flavor becomes strong and finally rank. Some persons Insist that overcooked cauli flower and overcooked cabbage may be the cause of digestive disturbance which Is not noticed when these vege tables are properly cooked. The following recipes are worth try ing: Boiled Cauliflower With Drawn But ter. Place the cauliflower, head up, In boiling water to which salt has been added (one teaspoonful to a quart of water) and cook until just tender, which should require for a medium sized cauliflower about one-halt hour. Then remove whole to a hot dish and serve with melted butter. Sometimes the head Is trapped In cheesecloth be fore being cooked to make sure that the delicate flowerets are not broken off. If the leaf stalks are cooked with the head, serve In such a way that each person receives a portion of both head and leaf. Creamed Cauliflower The cauli flower cooked as above may be served with a cream sauce, and the dish looks particularly well when the head Is left whole and the sauce 1b poured over It If more convenient, however, It may be broken up Into small portions, which should be arranged neatly In the dish and then covered with the sauce. Cream Sauce. This kind of sauce (so often served with vegetables) should be made rather thick for cauli flower, as follows: One cupful milk, two tablespoonfuls butter, two table spoonfuls flour, one-halt teaspoonful salt and one-fourth teaspoonful pepper. Heat the milk over boiling water; beat the butter and flour to a cream and stir into the hot milk. Cook five min utes, then add salt and pepper. In this and the other dishes referred to Bait and pepper can be added as desired. Cauliflower Baked With Cheese (Cauliflower au Gratln). Break into pieces a well-drained head of plain boiled cauliflower and fill a dish with layers (two or at most three) of cauli flower lightly sprinkled with grated cheese. Pour over all a cupful ot cream sauce; sprinkle tne top wun buttered bread crumbs, and, If a decid ed cheese flavor 1b liked, with a little grated cheese also. Bake In a mod erately hot oven until the top la a deli cate brown. Cream of Cauliflower Soup Cream soups can be made by adding the pulp of a vegetable (enough to Insure good flavor) to a thin cream sauce. A good proportion Is one cupful of vegetable pulp (In this case cauliflower broken Into very small pieces or put through a rather coarse sieve) to a quart ot sauce. Delicious Walnut Cake. One cupful milk, three-fourths cupful of butter, two cupfuls of granulated sugar, three cupfuls of flour, three even teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three eggs, nearly a cupful English walnut meats broken up. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add milk slowly, then the eggs beaten separately. Add the nuts after the other Ingredients have been thoroughly mixed. Frost each cake. Put the cakes together and mark the frosting In squares, laying half a nut In each square, or make two cakes, frosting one with white and one with chocolate. Creamed Celery. Celery two cupfuls, white sauce one cupful. ' Method: Select the tender parts of the celery and serve as a relish. The tougher, undesirable parts, break Into Inch pieces and cook until tender In enough boiling salted water to cover (30 to 60 minutes). Make a white sauce by melting one tablespoonful of butter and adding one tablespoonful of flour and stirring until smooth, grad ually pouring on the one-fourth cupful of milk and stirring until smooth, Add the cooking water. Creole Balls. Add to one cupful of milk butter the size of an egg and let It come to a boll. After the milk bolls add three cupfuls light brown sugar, getting the mixture to the boiling point as quick ly as possible to avoid curdling. Stir continually. When a soft ball will form In the water It Is done. Remove from the stove and boat, add one tea spoonful vanilla, one cupful nut meats. When It creams form In small boll shapes or mounds. Veal Balls. Eight ounces ot cold cooked real three ounces of bacon fried, two tablespoonfuls of cream, three ounces ot grated roll, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, pepper and salt Past the meat and bacon twice through the mincing machine. Stir grated roll Into cream, add egg, salt, pepper and parsley and lastly the meat, mixing all thoroughly. Form Into balls the size of a nut, boll for five minutes In soup and serve hot. Sponge Drops. Two eggs (whites) one-third cupful of powdered sugar, two eggs (yolks), one-third cupful ot flour, teaspoonful ot salt, one teaspoonful ot lemon ex tract. Beat the whites ot the eggs atlft with the salt; beat the yolks, add powdered sugar and flavoring, cut In whites and then add flour. Drop or shape from spoon Into lady's Angers on thick, buttered paper, sprinkle with powdered sugar, shake oft all that doet not cling and bake In a moderate oven.