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HERMESTON,
OREGON.
FOR THOSE FOND OF SALADS BIG TRUTH IN “LOAFER LAND”
Here Are Six Recipes, Affording Vari­ Job of Clearing Fields of Stumps Can
ety That Is Needed in These
Be Done on Days When Other
Preparations.
Work I* Not Pressing.
of the PARSONAGE
By ETHEL HUESTON
(Bobbs-Merrill, Copyright, 1916)
Prudence and Fairy enter­
tain the good ladies of
the congregation and the
result is rather disas­
trous for Prudence.
Mr. Starr, a widower Method­
ist minister, has been assigned
to the congregation at Mount
Mark, Iowa. He and his daugh­
ter Prudence—she is nineteen
and the eldest of five girls—
have come on ahead to get the
new parsonage ready for the
younger members of the family.
The whole town, especially the
Methodist element, is very curi­
ous about the strangers, and in­
dividually members of the
church call at the parsonage and
“pump" the girls for all they’re
worth. But the Starrs soon ad­
just themselves to their new
surroundings—and after much
preparation, Prudence and Fairy
are going to entertain the La­
dies’ Aid society. Some of the
members are arriving now.
CHAPTER III—Continued.
“Not on your life,” said Carol
promptly and emphatically ; “he’s worse
than Prudence. Like as not he’d give
me a good thrashing into the bargain.
No—I’m strong for Prudence when it
comes to punishment—in preference
to father, I mean. I can’t seem to be
fond of any kind of punishment from
anybody."
For a while Carol was much de­
pressed, but by nature she was a buoy­
ant soul, and her spirits were presently
souring again.
In the meantime, the Ladies of the
Aid society continued to arrive. Pru-
dence and Fairy, freshly gowned and
smiling-faced, received them with cor­
diality and many merry words. It was
not difficult for them ; they had been
reared In the hospitable atmosphere of
Methodist parsonages, where, if you
have but two dishes of oatmeal, the
outsider Is welcome to one. That Is
Carol's description of parsonage life.
But Prudence was concerned to ob­
serve that a big easy chair placed well
hack In a secluded corner, seemed to
be giving dissatisfaction. It was Mrs.
Adams who sat there first.
She
squirmed quite a little, and seemed to
be gripping the arms of the chair with
unnecessary fervor.
Presently she
stammered an excuse, and, rising, went
Into the other room. After that, Mrs.
Miller, then Mrs. Jack, Mrs. Norey,
and Mrs. Beed, In turn, sat there—and
did not stay. Prudence was quite ago­
nized. Had the awful twins filled it
with needles for the reception of the
poor Ladies? At first opportunity she
hurried into the secluded corner, intent
upon trying the chair for herself. She
sat down anxiously. Then she gasped
and clutched frantically at the arm of
the chair. For she discovered at once
to her dismay that the chair was bot­
tomless, and that only by hanging on
for her life could she keep from drop-
ping through.
Up rose Prudence, conscientiously
pulling after her the thin cushion
which had concealed the chair’s short-
coming. "Look, Fairy !” she cried.
"Did you take the bottom out of this
chair? It must have been horribly un­
comfortable for those who have sat
there! However did it happen?"
Fairy was frankly amazed, and a
little Inclined to be amused.
"Ask the twins," she said tersely;
“I know nothing almut it."
At that moment, the luckless Carol
went running through the hall. Pru-
dence knew it was she, without seeing,
because sho had a peculiar skipping
run that was quite characteristic und
unmistakable.
"Carol !" she called.
And Carol paused.
"Carol !” more imperatively.
Then Carol slowly opened the door—
sho was a parsonage girl and rose to
the occasion. She smiled winsomely —
Carol was nearly always winsome.
"How do you do?" she said brightly.
"Isn’t it a lovely duy? Did you call
me, Prudence?”
“Tea. Do you know where the bot­
toni of that chair has gone?"
"Why no. Prudence—gracious ! That
chair!—why, I didn't know you were
going to bring that chair In here.
Why—oh. I am so sorry! Why in the
world didn't you tell us beforehand?”
Some of the Ladies smiled. Others
lifted their brows and shoulders In n
mildly suggestive way, that Prudence,
after nineteen years in the parsonage,
had learned to know and dread.
“And where is the chair-bottom
now?" she inquired. "And why did
you tuke It?"
"Why, we wanted to make—"
"You und Lark?"
"Well, yes—but it was really all my
fault, you know. We wanted to make
a scat up high in the peach tree, and
the bottom off the chair wus Just fine.
It’s a perfectly adorable seat," bright­
ening, but sobering again as she real-
iced the gravity of the occasion. "And
1 we put the cushion in the chair so that
It wouldn’t be noticed. We never use
that chair, you know. I’m so sorry
about it."
Carol was really quite crushed, but
true to her parsonage training, she
struggled valiantly and presently
brought forth a crumpled and sickly
smile.
But Prudence smiled at her kindly.
| “That wasn’t very naughty, Carol,” she
I said frankly. “It’s true that we sel­
dom use that chair. And we ought to
have looked.” She glanced reproach­
fully at Fairy. “It is strange that in
dusting it, Fairy—but never mind. You
may go now, Carol. It is all right.”
Then she apologized gently to the
Ladies, and the conversation went on,
but Prudence was uncomfortably con­
scious of keen and quizzical eyes
turned her way.
Evidently they
thought she was too lenient.
“Well, It wasn’t very naughty,” she
thought wretchedly. “How can I pre­
tend It was terribly bad, when I feel
in my heart that it wasn’t!”
The meeting progressed, and the
business was presently disposed of.
So far, things were not too seriously
bad, and Prudence sighed in great re­
lief. Then the Ladies took out their
sewing, and began industriously work­
ing at many articles, designed for the
clothing of a lot of young Methodists
confined in an orphans’ home in Chi­
cago. And they talked together pleas­
antly and gayly. And Prudence and
Fairy felt that the cloud was lifted.
But soon it settled again, dark and
lowering. Prudence heard Lark run-
ning through the hall and her soul mis­
gave her. Why was Lark going up­
stairs? To be sure, her mission might
be innocent, but Prudence dared not
run the risk. Fortunately she was sit­
ting near tiie door.
“Lark !” she called softly. Lark
stopped abruptly, and something fell
to the floor.
“Lark !”
Tiie Ladles smiled, and Miss Carr,
laughing lightly, said, “She is an atten­
tive creature, isn’t she?”
Prudence would gladly have flown
out into the hall to settle this matter,
but she realized that she was on exhi-
“Isn’t That a Handsome Venus?”
bition. Had she done so, the Ladies
would have set her down forever after
as thoroughly incompetent—she could
not go ! But Lark must come to her.
“Lurk !” This was Prudence’s most
awful voice, and Lurk wus bound to
heed.
"Oh, Prue,” she said plaintively, "I'll
be there in a mluute. Can't you wait
Just five minutes? Let me run up­
stairs first, won't you? Then I’ll come
gladly ! Won't that do?”
Her voice wus hopeful. But Pru­
dence replied with dangerous calm:
"Come at once. Lurk.”
“All right, then,” and added threat­
eningly, "but you'll wish I hadn’t."
Thon Lark opened the door—a woe­
ful figure! In one hand she carried an
empty shoe box. And her face was
streaked with good rich Iowa mud.
Her clothes were plastered with it. One
shoe was caked from the sole to the
very top button, und a great gash In
her stocking revealed a generous por­
tion of round, white leg.
Poor Prudence ! At that moment she
would have exchanged the whole par­
sonage, bathroom, electric lights and
all. for a tiny log cabin in the heart
of a great forest, where she and Lark
might be alone together.
And Fairy laughed. Prudence looked
nt her with tears In her eyes, and then
i turned to the wretched girl.
"What have you been doing. Lark?”
The heartbreak expressed In the face
of Lark would have made the angels
weep. Beneath the smudges of mud
on her cheeks she wus pallid, and, try
as she would, she could not keep her
chin from trembling ominously. Her
voice, when she was able to speak, was
barely ri cognizable.
“We—we—we are making—mud
images, Prudence. It—It was awfully
messy, I know, but—they say—It is
such a good—and useful thing to do.
We—we didn’t expect—the—the La­
dies to see us.”
“Mud images!” gasped Prudence,
and even Fairy stared incredulously.
"Where in the world did you get hold
of an Idea like that?”
“It—It was in that—that Mother’s
Home Friend paper you take. Pru­
dence.” Prudence blushed guiltily. “It
was modeling in clay, but—we haven't
any clay, and—the mud is very nice,
but—oh, I know I look Just—horrible.
I—I—Connie pushed me in the—puddle
—for fun.” Another appealing glance
into her sister’s face, and Lark plunged
on, bent on smoothing matters if she
could. "Carol is—is just fine at it,
really. She—she’s making a Venus de
Milo, and it’s good. But we can’t re­
member whether her arm is oft at the
elbow or below the shoulder—”
An
enormous gulp, and by furious blinking
Lark managed to crowd back the tears
that would slip to the edge of her
lashes. “I—I’m very sorry, Prudence.”
“Very well, Lark, you may go. I do
not really object to your modeling In
mud, I am sure. I am sorry you look
so disreputable. You must change
your shoes and stockings at once, and
then you can go on with your model­
ing. But there must be no more push­
ing and chasing. I’ll see Connie about
that tonight. Now go.” And Lark was
swift to avail herself of the permission.
Followed a quiet hour, and then the
Ladles put aside their sewing and
walked about the room, chatting in
little groups. With a significant glance
to Fairy, Prudence walked calmly to
the double doors between the dining
room and the sitting room. The eyes
of the Ladies followed her with inter­
est, and even enthusiasm. They were
hungry. Prudence slowly opened wide
the doors, and—stood amazed ! The
Ladies clustered about her, and stood
amazed also. The dining room was
there, and the table! But the appear­
ance of the place was vastly different!
The snowy cloth was draped artis­
tically over a picture on the wall, the
lowest edges well above the floor. The
plates and trays, napkin-covered, were
safely stowed away on the floor in dis­
tant corners. The kitchen scrub buck­
et had been brought in and turned up­
side down, to afford a fitting resting
place for the borrowed punch bowl,
full to overflowing with fragrant lem­
onade.
And at the table were three dirty,
disheveled little figures, bending seri­
ously over piles of mud. A not-unrec-
ognizable Venus de Milo occupied the
center of the table. Connie was pains­
takingly at work on some animal, a
dog perhaps, or possibly an elephant.
And—
The three young modelers looked up
in exclamatory consternation as the
doors opened.
“Oh, are you ready?” cried CaroL
“How time has flown ! We had no idea
you’d be ready so soon. Oh, we are
sorry. Prudence. We intended to have
everything fixed properly for you again.
We needed a flat place for our model­
ing. It's a shame, that’s what it is.
Isn't that a handsome Venus? I did
that !—If you'll Just shut the door one
minute, Prudence, we’ll have every­
thing exactly as you left it. And we're
as sorry as we can be. You can have
my Venus for a centerpiece, if you
like.”
Prudence silently closed the doors,
and the Ladles, laughing significantly,
drew away.
"Don't you think, my dear," began
Mrs. Prentiss too sweetly, “that they
are a little more than you can manage?
Don't you really think an older woman
is needed?"
"I do not think so,” cried Fairy, be­
fore her sister could speak, "no older
woman could be kinder, or sweeter, or
more patient and helpful than Prue.”
"Undoubtedly true! But something
more Is needed. I am afraid ! It ap-
pears that girls are a little more dis­
orderly than In my own young days I
Perhaps I do not judge advisedly, but
it seems to me they are a little—un­
manageable."
Don’t you think that Mr. Starr
would save Prudence much
worry and responsibility If he
gave a little lets time to hie per­
sonal duties and a little more to
helping her manage the young­
sters?
(TO BEgCONTINUED.)
Plain Cauliflower Salad.—Boll a nice
cauliflower and break up Into flower­
ets ; serve very cold with French dress­
ing.
Beet Salad—Boll some beets and cut
into dice, add salt, pepper, a little oil
and vinegar, and let them stand an
hour; then arrange In piles on plates
ard add a tablespoonful of capers and
as many cut-up olives and serve with
mayonnaise.
Fish Salad—Pick up any cold cooked
fish or use canned salmon, arrange it
in a pile in a dish with quarters of
hard-boiled eggs, alternating with lem­
on quarters around the edge and mask
the fish with mayonnaise.
Orange Salad—Take large, seedless
oranges and cut into slices ; arrange
in a circle, the edges overlapping, and
put a walnut half in the middle of each
piece. Watercress may be arranged in
the center of the dish or not, and put
French dressing over all.
Banana Salad—Cut bananas in
halves crosswise and lay on lettuce or
by themselves on a flat dish. Sprinkle
well with chopped peanuts and serve
with mayonnaise dressing.
Peach Salad—Drain canned peaches
and wipe dry ; put a spoonful of may­
onnaise made with cream into the mid­
dle of each one. Apricots may be used
instead of peaches.
Everybody hates a loafer around
who consumes without giving any­
thing in return. United States agri­
cultural department, in naming stump
land "loafer land,” has struck upon a
big truth that every farmer should
take into consideration.
Men who have made careful study
of the situation claim that every 12-
inch stump on your place wastes 100
square feet of land. At first this state­
ment may seem somewhat surprising
and many farmers seem to feel that
by pasturing their stump land there is
no waste at all.
This is poor figuring, says California
Cultivator. In most stump fields
there is an average of 150 stumps to
the acre, some much larger than 12
inches. With an average of 150 stumps
to the acre you are simply wasting
15,000 square feet of land to each
acre, and as there are only 43,000
square feet to the acre, you are wast­
ing one-third of your land. Suppose
someone were to propose to you that
of each 30-acre pasture you shut off
ten acres for the pure joy of seeing
it wasted. You would think him ut­
terly absurd, but it is no more absurd
than to continue letting your land
He in a stumpage.
And after all it doesn’t take long
to clear off the stumps. The job can
be done on the days when you can’t
at anything else and by own­
BUILT-IN BOX FOR KITCHEN work
ing a good stump puller or being ready
with dynamite you will find a surpris­
Takes Up Little Room, and Is Most
ing lot of “loafer land” converted to
Handy Receptacle for Necessary
usefulness for the year’s end.
Wood or Coal.
LADIES! DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
Use Grandma’s Sage Tea and
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
will Know.
The use of Sage and Sulphur for re­
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates back to grandmother’s
time. She used it to keep her hair
beautifully dark, glossy and attractive.
Whenever her hair took on that dull,
faded or streaked appearance, this
simple mixture was applied with won­
derful effect.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for a 50 cent bottle of
“Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com­
pound,” you will get this famous old
preparation, improved by the addition
of other Ingredients, which can be de­
pended upon to restore natural color
and beauty to the hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied. You simply dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
strand at a time. By morning the
gray hair disappears, and after an­
other application or two, It becomes
beautifully dark and glossy.
Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com­
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire a more youthful
appearance. It is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention of dis­
ease.
Its Endurance.
“Does your wife always insist on
having the last word?”
“Yes, and it lasts all right, too.”—
I am sending a simple plan for a GOOD AS VEGETABLE MATTER Baltimore American.
wood or coal box in the kitchen—one
that will save many steps, as well as Refuse Hay, Straw Litter, and Other
Rubbish Can Be Utilized in Or­
AN IMPORTANT LETTER
muddy tracks across a freshly
chard and Garden.
scrubbed floor.
FROM A WOMAN
Leave an opening in the kitchen wall
The value of refuse hay, straw lit­
3 feet square. Then make a box Inside
ter and other rubbish for vegetable
There is nothing that will bring com­
matter on orchard and garden soil fort and renewed hope to the invalid
ISiDC The
KITCHEN
has hardly been realized. Much of this so surely as good news.
When the
FEET
material goes to waste every year that vital forces are at a low ebb and every­
might be used to enrich the garden and thing seems useless, a ray of joy and
assurance will stimulate the weary
orchard soil.
Now is the time to apply such ma­ body to new effort and energy. A let­
ter from a loved one has turned the
terials to the soil, as it will take some tide in many a siege of sickness. Dr.
time for it to decay and be of use to Pierce, of the Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo,
the soil.
By applying this fall and N. Y., has good news for every suf­
WALL
turning it under the soil will be re­ fering woman. Write him today and
DIBIK
vived and enriched and hence made tell him your troubles, and he will send
ready for preparation and planting you just the right advice to restore you
to health and bring back the roses to
next spring.
your cheeks, and without charge.
Most gardens could be made far His “ Favorite Prescription ” has been
more productive than they have been. the rescue of thousands of suffering
To do this it will be necessary to women. Many grateful patients have
begin on time. Humus is the greatest taken Dr. Pierce's advice.
Mothers, if your daughters are weak,
need in most instances, for without
it little can be done in good prepara­ lack ambition, are troubled with head-
aches, lassitude and are pale and
3 feet high, 3 feet long, 2 feet wide. tion and ample cultivation.
sickly, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip­
Barnyard manure is better than tion is just what they need to surely
Six inches from the back make a cov­
er or door 18 Inches wide. Put to­ waste litter, straw, etc., but manure bring the bloom of health to their
Is generally scarce, not enough being cheeks and make them strong and
gether with hinges.
Now, for the outside: Top, 20 available to improve the soil on most healthy. -
For all diseases peculiar to woman.
inches wide; length, 3 feet; diagonal farms. To supplement manure all
height, 40 inches, and 6 inches from waste vegetable matter should be used. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a
powerful restorative. During the last
the back make a door 14 inches wide.
40 years it has banished from the lives
Paint or varnish to match the wood­ NOVEL ROTARY SPADING PLOW of tens of thousands of women the pain,
work. Paint the outside like the
worry, misery and distress caused by
house.—Mrs. Ruth Crawford in Farm Farm Implement Recently Patented irregularities and diseases of a femi­
Progress.
nine character.
by California Inventor Has Self­
If you are a sufferer, if your daugh­
Scouring Arrangement.
ter, mother, sister need help, get Dr.
Arithmetic of Mixing Bowl.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription in liquid
There are a number of fixed propor­
Such a rotary plow as shown here or tablet form from any medicine
tions used in all recipes, and the fol­ has been used in Germany for some dealer to-day. 136 page book on wom­
lowing are standard :
time, though many details of construc­ an’s diseases sent free.
The modern improvement in pills—
One-half as much liquid as flour for tion were different. This plow is a
Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They
muffin and batter cakes ; one-third as
help Nature instead of fighting with
much liquid as flour for soft doughs
her. Sick and nervous headache, bili­
as for biscuit.
ousness, costiveness, and all derange­
One-fourth as much liquid as flour
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels
for stiff doughs as for bread.
are prevented, relieved and cured.
One-third to one-half as much but­
ter as sugar for all butter cakes.
With Restriction«.
One to one and a half teaspoonfuls
“
I
say,
officer,
can one speed on this
of baking powder to a cupful of flour
driveway?”
for butter doughs.
“Sure, sor, but ye can’t race unless
One-third as much shortening as
ye go at a walk.”—Baltimore Ameri­
flour for pastry.
can.
One teaspoonful of soda to one pint
C. E., 16—I can tell how much water
of sour milk.
runs over Niagara Falls to a quart.
Queen—Well, how much?
Bananas Filled With Cream.
C. E., 16—Two pints.—Texas Long-
Remove one section of the peel from
horn.
as many bananas as you wish to serve.
Take out the pulp with a teaspoon nnd
“I hear that Booth Chamberton
Rotary Spading Plow.
force through vegetable ricer. For six
writes no less than 20 novels a year.”
bananas allow one cupful powdered recent patent of a Sacramento (Cal.)
“He must be what you might call a
sugar, one cupful of thick cream, one- man. The blades of this spading plow literary celerity.”—Boston Transcript.
third cupful of sweet milk beaten to­ are cleared by means of the push rods,
“The Browns are celebrating their
gether, and one teaspoonful of lemon which have scraper plates mounted on
wedding next Saturday.”
Juice. Fill the banana skins and put them and are movable over the blades silver
“Their silver wedding? Why, they
on the section that was removed. Set of the spades. Thus, the plow Is made a have been married only five years.”
the stuffed fruit into a lard pail, put self-scouring affair.—Farming Busi­
“I know, but that’s five times as
on cover and pack in equal parts salt ness.
long as anybody expected them to stay
and ice. After being packed one and
married, so they feel they are entitled
to a discount”—New York World.
one-half hours they will be ready to
TOAD
IS
GARDEN
POLICEMAN
serve.
%,
Ginger Puff Pudding.
Cream one-half cupful of butter, add
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs
well beaten, one cupful milk, two and
one-half cupfuls of flour mixed and
sifted with three teaspoonfuls of bak­
ing powder, one-fourth cupful of gin­
ger cut in small pieces and one table-
spoonful of ginger sirup. Turn Into a
buttered mold and steam one and
three-quarters hours.
Serve with
whipped cream sweetened and fla­
vored with ginger sirup and a speck of
salt.
Seventy-Seven Per Cent of His Diet
la Composed of Insect«—Should
Be Welcome Guest.
The toad is a garden policeman.
Seventy-seven per cent of his diet is
composed of Insects and the remain­
der consists of spiders and worms of
all kinds.
The toad is in a position to capture
his “daily bread” with his tongue. In
this respect he is like some who get
their living by talking.
A toad should be a welcome guest
In a garden or flower bed.
=== MANY ■
Distinctive
REASONS
Why you should try Hostet­
ter’s Stomach Bitters
WHEN THE APPETITE IS POOR
WHEN THE DIGESTION IS WEAK
WHEN THE LIVER IS LAZY
Mixed Fruit Ice Cream.
Take the Juice of three oranges, WEED IS MOST UNDESIRABLE
three lemons, three bananas, and a |
BUT, the all important one
cupful of cooked apricots, three cup- 1 Keeping Ahead of Noxious Plant Re­
quire*
Knowledge
and
Persever
­
fuis of sugar and three cupfuls of
is, that it helps Nature in
ance on Part of Farmer.
rich milk ; put the apricots nnd ha- |
nanas through a sieve and mix the |
restoring normal con­
A good deal has been said about |
other ingredients until the sugar Is
weeds
and
all
will
agree
that
they
are
|
dissolved. Freeze as usual.
ditions. Insist on
most undesirable. No one cares to j
Grasping Opportunity.
grow them in crops and yet they grow,
When Whipping Cream.
"Jane, there is a friend” of mine
and that luxuriantly, if unrestrained.
To
keep
the
cream
from
spattering
who is very anxious to know If you
Keeping ahead of the weeds requires
out.
place
a
piece
of
stiff
white
paper
will marry him."
perseverance and a correct knowledge
“Tell him of course I will. Who is over the top of the bowl with a small of the beat way to keep them down.
slot In the center for the Dover beater.
her
Out of the Calculation.
"Do you think there are people up
in Mars?”
"What difference does it make?” re-
Joined Senator Sorghum. "Even if
there are they are too distant to vote
or even drag us into diplomatic con­
troversy."
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters