The Paden News. (Paden, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1909 Page: 3 of 9
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THE PADEN NEWS
1
J. H. LINDSAY, EDITOR
PADEN,
OKLA.
Government Keip in Fighting Fire.
The methods of preventing forest
fires employed by the service are sim-
ple and depend for their efficacy main-
ly upon eternal vigilance. The areas
included in the boundaries of the re-
serves are constantly patrolled by a
force of rangers and guards. During
the past summer the men thus em-
ployed numbered about thirteen hun-
dred. The average area that each was
required to protect was more than a
hundred and twenty thousand acres,
says the Craftsman. The forester rea-
lizes that this is too much ground for
one man to cover properly, but con-
gress has not made the funds available
for the employment of a larger force.
Hfads and trails are constructed in
order to facilitate rapid travel from
one part of (he reserve to another and
to expedite the massing of large num-
bers, as well as to furnish vantage
points from which to conduct the fight
against the flames. Telephone lines
conneqt, rangers' stations with head-
quarters in order that fires may be
quiiilj* reported and prompt measures
adopted to extinguish them. During
the last fiscal year 160 miles of road,
33 miles of trail and 3,500 miles of tel-
ephone line were constructed in the
national forests. The officers of the
service now receive the most ready as-
sistance from persons living In the
vicinity of the reserves, and especially
from stockmen and others who use the
forests under p3rmits. The latter are
required by the terms of the agree-
ment for grazing or lumbering to ex-
tend all possible assistance in case of
fire; the former are^ beginning to ap-
preciate the fact that the forests are
the property of the people and that
any damage inflicted upon them must
entail a loss to the people at large and
most directly to the local residents.
KING OF LUNCHEON DISHES.
Chicken Saute a Real Delicacy Pre.
pared in Following Manner.
Remember in preparing this dish
that it is only one course of your
luncheon menu, so when you have
drawn and wiped your chicken dry,
cut it into small sections, discarding
the back and neck for future use in
making stock. Cut the breast into at
least three pieces, and do not use the
giblets at all. Melt two tablespoons
of clear bacon drippings and lay the I
chicken in this, turning it often so I
that it mellows in the bacon grease, 1
but does not fry brown. Cover, set
on the back of the stove, and let it
steam half an hour. It should not be
permitted to burn down. Roll each
piece separately in fine breadcrumbs
already seasoned with salt and pep-
per. Pour off any liquid or broth that
may be left in the skillet to use in
the gravy, and add fresh bacon grease
or a little butter or both. Brown the
chicken in this grease, remove, drain
and arrange on a hot platter. To the
drippings left In the pan add one ta-
blespoonful of flour, rub smooth and
then add whatever liquor you may
have poured from the chicken and half
a cup of rich, sweet milk or thin
cream. When this comes to a boil
add one cup of canned asparagus tips
which have been drained, a pinch of
ground mace, a few drops of lemon
juice and the yolk of one egg. Just
as it comes to a boil, and before the
yolk of the egg curdles, pour over
the chicken and serve piping hot.
MAKES A RICH DESSERT.
FROM THE
HOUSEKEEPER'S
NOTEBOOK
Ingenious Arrangements for
Small Apartments.
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Dogs as Suicides.
According to M. Camille Flam-
marion, the eminent astronomer and
psychologist, it Is possible for dogs to
commit suicide. We ourselves have
heard of such things and take more or
less stock in them, but M. Flammarion
believes that dogs suffer from grief
and despair and kill themselves like
human beings. His remarks were oc-
casioned by the alleged suicide of a
Saint Bernard dog who threw himself
under a motor bus in the Place Saint
Sulpice recently, an hour after the
death of his mistress. He argues that
the dog may be assumed to have
known as well as a human being that
a motor bus would crush him to death,
and when he got in front of its wheels
he probably did so as the quickest
way to end his grief at his mistress'
demise. M. Flammarion cites other in-
stances which have come under his
notice of dogs committing suicide, and
concludes that the stories are not so
incredible as they seem at first sight,
and adds that dogs may have even bor-
rowed the instinct from man. But hav-
ing given dogs credit for memory and
intense affection, says the Boston Her-
ald, why doubt their capacity for men-
tal suffering? Maeterlinck, another ob-
server of dogs, has given them souls,
as well as memory and affections.
Many a dog has died of grief even if
he did not commit suicide.
Recipe for Cream Nut Pie That Will
Serve Eight Persons.
One baked pastry shell, one pint
milk, three whole eggs and two whites,
one tablespoonful cornstarch, one cup-
ful sugar, one teaspoonful almond ex-
tract, one pint of whipping cream, and
one cupful English walnuts, ground
fine.
Way of Preparing.—Beat the whole
eggs and the whites until thick, then
add the sugar and cornstarch sifted to-
gether. Then add the milk. Place
this mixture in a double broiler and
cook, stirring all the time. When
thick remove from the fire and allow
it to cool. When cold add the flavor-
ing and nuts and fold in one half of
the cream whipped until stiff. Then
place this in the shell. Flavor and
iweeten remaining half of the cream
and whip very stiff. Place this on
top of the cream nut mixtures, sprin-
kle with chopped nuts and serve.
This is very rich and will serve
eight persons.
Salmon Patties.
These make a good dish for lunch-
eon or dinner, whether served hot or
cold. Mince freshly boiled or canned
salmon fine and season well with salt,
pepper, cayenne, and a grating of nut-
meg. Rub in a small quantity of but-
ter and bind with the beaten yolk of
an egg. Line tart tins with pull paste,
fill with the salmon mixture, cover
each with a cover of paste, trim
around the edges, moisten, and press
together. Bake in a hot oven.
Six professors of the State College
of Agriculture are making a tour
through the farming regions of Penn-
sylvania on a special "educational
train" furnished by a big railroad
company. The trip combines instruc-
tion through lectures and object les-
sons in the shape of all sorts of up-to-
date equipment for farm work, carried
on the train. One of various objects
in view is encouraging the cultivation
_of alfalfa, the hardy grass which is pe-
culiarly valued as a hay producer.
There are also suggestions for increas-
ing the output of dairy products, the
care of live stock and other matters of
practical moment. As the people flock
to the train, view the exhibits and lis-
ten with deep interest to the lectures
it is apparent that they are quite will-
ing to pick up hints that may be valu-
able in their business.
Mock Whitebait.
This is a London dish recently in-
troduced here. To prepare it parboil
an egg plant in salted water, then
cut in little strips the size and shape
of the whitebait. Shake in a plate of
flour until dusted all over, then put in
a frying basket and fry in deep fat to
a crisp, golden brown. Drain, dust
with cayenne, and serve with lemon
and slices of buttered brown bread.
Creamed Celery and Cabbage.
A palatable dish can be made of the
outside and roots of several stalks of
celery which is not tender enough for i
table use. Chop up fine with half-head '
of cabbage, boil half hour, season with
pepper and salt, one tablespoon of but-
ter, boil nearly dry, then thicken with
tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in
little cold water; add cup of cream or
rich milk.
The wife of Gerhart Hauptmann—
Margaret Marshalk—before her mar-
riage to the dramatist was for a long
time a popular member of the Lobe
theater at Breslau. She has now gone
on the stage for the second time, but
not as an actress. At a recent con
cert given by the Verein der Musik-
freunde at Hirschberg Frau Haupt-
mann played a Grieg composition,
showing that she is an accomplished
.jiollBtsL
Sour Cream Soup.
A fine winter soup, containing
enough nourishment to constitute a
full meal is made by the following
Dutch recipe: Four medium Bized po-
tatoes, one-half pint of sour cream, one
egg and one lump of butter the size
of an egg. Pare and slice the pota-
toes and boll in three pints of water.
When done add butter and salt to
taste, and then the egg and cream,
well beaten together. Do not boil
after cream is added or it will curdle.
Pour over squares of stale bread and
serve hot.
Cooked Brains.
Put the calf's or sheep's brains in
strong salt water for an hour, skin
them, put them In a saucepan with a
piece of salt and enough cold water
to cover them, a tablespoonful of vine-
gar, three or four black and white
peppercorns, sprig of thyme, parsley
and bayleaf, and one sliced onion, and
let them come to the boll.
The brains cooked thus will keep
well, and can be used in many ways,
either for breakfast, luncheon or din-
ner. served with some nice sauce.
Many persons liVe'in small quarters
from choice. Others do so from ne-
cessity. The business woman chooses
them for every motion counts in
strength and the time required to do
her housework. In cold sections of
the country, they help solve the ques-
tion of heat. It is a fact that com-
pactness saves time, expense, and
many steps in the coursft of a day.
Though we may, sub rosa, long for the
spacious rooms and large houses con-
sidered necessary by our forefathers,
reason tells us that many and large
rooms make more work. "
Many devices have been adopted to
aid the housekeeper who must live
in compact quarters. Among them is
a bed which pulls out of the wall and
can be pushed back when not in use.
Generally, it runs back into a closet,
the floor of which is raised to the
height of the bed. In this way it is
completely out of sight and takes no
room in the day time. Ventilation is
secured by openings which let in the
air in various places. People who have
tried this bed consider it practical and
sanitary. The clothes are placed in
a chest during the daytime and this
also serves as a seat.
Another labor-saving device is the
kitchenette. This is a small room,
usually six feet by four feet, much re-
sembling a closet and built in the
apartment, where it is desired to go
without a kitchen and the sitting room
is used for a dining room. This kit-
chenette holds a small gas stove, usu-
ally two burners, a tiny sink, and a
small refrigerator. The walls behind
these are lined with shelves and clos-
ets to hold dishes. It is remarkable
how much cooking can be done in
these small rooms. Some "cliff
dwellers" get their three meals
-fii them, and they are primarily
intended for persons who wish to cook
their own breakfasts and luncheons
and go out for dinner. These kitchen-
ettes are usually found in apartments
consisting of two rooms and a bath.
Life in apartments simplifies house-
keeping in many of its forms. Stairs
do not have to be-climbed, rooms are
few and conseqnent work lessened,
but the servant problem still remains
in some modified form and new prob-
lems arise in place of the old. To
meet the demands of the modern ten-
ant all kinds of apartments are erect-
ed with aids like the kitchenette, some
practical and others not. So far as
known no such absurdity as a stove
which serves as a folding bed has been
invented, but many ingenious devices
have been placed upon the market,
among them a set of springs which
can be placed over the bathtub at
night, and made to serve as a bed.
Some inventions are not to be adopt-
ed for sanitary reasons, others are
worthy of consideration. Many of
these fixtures and appliances that re-
lieve housework of much of its drudg-
ery have been patented, others are
not and can be tried anywhere.
It may surprise many to know that
some of the most novel inventions in
the way of reducing living space to a
minimum, and at the same time plan-
ning apartments so they are comfort-
able and in many cases luxurious,
come from California. The latest fea-
tures in the best apartments are so
novel and sensible that they deserve
wide attention. A handsome new
apartment consists of parlor, living
room, kitchen, private hall, private
bath and storage closet. As space Is
desirable, the parlor and living room
are made to serve a double and triple
purpose. The parlor is both parlor
and bedroom, and the living room is in
turn dining room, bedroom and sit-
ting room. So unique are the arrange-
ments that when used for one purpose
there is no indication of their having
ever been put to another use. Waste
zoom in every form is avoided, and
doors, mantels and other architectural
features are arranged so they can be
converted into a double feature.
Oft from the living room and con-
nected with it by doors, which not
only separate the rooms but are useful
in other ways, is a tiny kitchen. This
is complete and arranged Bo that an am-
ple meal can be provided in a short
time. The sink has an attachment
whereby the holes in the drain can be
closed, thus making a pan which can
be used for dishwashing. Other pat-
ents simplify work in a similar man-
ner. Undoubtedly the most uninue
features are the uses to which the
doors are put. On the in3ide of one
of the doors opening into the kitchen,
a gas stove is hung, on the other side
is suspended a dining table top, four
by six feet in size. The small center
table In the sitting room is wheeled
to this top, fastened to it by means of
cramps and returned to the middle of
the floor. This makes a dining table
for six persons. This convenience in
eclipsed by the wonders of the othei
door, for this swings on a central piv
ot so that the stove, with gas still
burning, can be turned into the dining
room and used as a hot buffet to warm
dishes during a meal. Thus the ac-
cusants of this unique apartment have
living room, kitchen and dining room
provided in a simple, up-to-date man-
ner, and few steps are required to
accomplish the work which is reduced
to a minimum.
A pretty feature in these same flats
!a a combination book case and writ-
ing desk. This is stationed to the
left of the mantel. To all appearances
this iB the only object but it serves
another purpose as well, for it Is also
a door which leads into the storage
closet. This closet is arranged to hold
the bed clothes as well as wearing ap-
parel. The bed itself is in the day-
time a handsome mantel. A spring at-
tached to the top shelf of this mantel
lets down the front to form a bed
when desired. This turning of the
mantel into a bed is a sanitary -ar-
rangement for the back of the bed
opens into a well ventilated closet.
Clamps are fastened to the four cor-
ners of the bed to hold the clothes.
When the bed is turned up in the
day time these clamps keep the clothes
suspended, and as there is a space of
an inch and a half between the various
rrticles the air can circulate freely
all day. Nor are these all the Aladdin
wonders, for the large cheval glass In
the parlor, like the mantel in the sit-
ting romm, serves a double purpose
and turns down to furnish a full size
bed with sanitary conditions like the
other.
Here, then, are living room, parlor,
two sleeping rooms, kitchen, bath
room and reception hall, with practi-
cally nothing but two rooms to care
for. In some of the new apartments
where added room is needed, a Vene-
tian blind is suspended from the cell-
ing so that it cuts the room in half.
This can be rolled up to the top of
the room in the daytime and at night
it forms a protection so that the room
is divided into two and thus gives op-
portunity for an extra couch. In oth-
er apartments screens are fitted on the
reverse side to hold extra clothing. A
new patent of this kind consists of a
screen with hooks on the back which
are concealed when hung with cloth-
ing, by canvas covered doors. Dress
boxes are utilized for seats in the day
time and beds at night in other apart-
ments.
Many of these plans to minimize
space and economize labor are worthy
of consideration. Space in the kitchen
can always be saved by using a kitch-
en cabinet arranged to hold cooking
and eating utensils. The best of these
cabinets are costly and an old book
case can be converted into one at
small expense. The newest kitchen
table is made with the molding board
under the drawer which holds knives,
forks, spoons and enough dishes for
a meal. The board slips under and
can be pulled out when needed. Hooks
are placed at intervals down the legs
of the table to hold pans and cooking
utensils that must be hung up. In one
small apartment where there was no
kitchen the housekeeper had a stand
made the right height for washing
dishes. A large hole in the top allowed
the dish pan to be inserted and a per-
forated piece of tin the exact size of
the bottom of the pan made a false
bottom which prevented particles from
settling in the pan. The water in this
way was free enough from sediment
to throw down the bathroom escape
pipes. The cooking utensils were
hung on hooks around the legs of this
impromptu sink.
How much can be accomplished in
small quarters if the housekeeper has
ingenuity and is on the alert for new
ideas! One of the latest inventions
for apartments of small space is the
sectional chiffonier. It 13 really a
drawer containing two boxes over
which another drawer the exact coun-
terpart fits. A detachable mirror rests
on top, and the whole Is an attractive
and serviceable piece of furniture to
hold clothing or anything one desires.
When more seats are needed in the
room, the two sections can be taken
apart, the mirror placed out of the
way, and the top and bottom sections
make seats agatnst the wall. In this
way there are seats for four guests
who never imagine they are sitting on
what was once a chiffonier.
Cheap Power Production
What is probably the best record ot
steam power efficiency of which there
is any record is reported in the test ot
a new type of engine which originates
in Darmstadt. The particular engine
under test had a capacity ot 100 effec-
tive horse power. The steam con-
sumption per effective horse power
was determined as 8.6 pounds, and
the coal consumption as 1.04 pounds.
Figuring on coal as costing five dol-
lars a ton in the particular locality,
the fuel cost per horse power comes'
out as low as 0.22 of a cent an hour.
The figures were compiled by Prof.
Guttermuth of Darmstadt.
The Society of German Engineers
at its annual convention held in Dres-
den empowered Its officers to negoti-
ate with representatives of the Prus-
sian government of the German fed-
eration to make arrangements for the
bringing out of thte Technolexikon,
which the society was forced to give
up about a year ago on account of
the great scope of the work involving
expenditures greater than the society
thought it could consistently make.
IN THE LITERARY WORLD
What Is Doing Among the New Books
and Authors
One of the notable recent offerings
by L. C. Page & Co., Boston, is "Peg-
gy at Spinster Farm," which will inter-
est all who ever lived, who wanted to
live, or expect to live in the country
where the expanses are great, the air
pure and invigorating, and where life
is well worth the living. The spinster,
her niece "Peggy," the Professor,
young Robert Graves, and Hiram, the
hired man, are the characters intro-
duced in "Spinster Farm" by Helen M.
Winslow, the author. All of them are
real, as well as the farm and farm-
house, and so are most of the inci-
dents.
Light-hearted character sketches
and equally refreshing and unexpected
happenings are woven together with
a thread of happy romance of which
Peggy, of course, is the vivacious hero-
ine. Alluring descriptions of nature
arid country life are given with fasci-
nating bits of biography of the farm
animals and household pets.
Another of the late Page publica-
tions is, "The Call of the South,"
writtten by Robert Lee Durham, a
southern lawyer, who is familiar with
the dramatic situations which the
book relates. The story is an absorb-
ing one, and once started it in a safe
prediction that the reader will follow
through to its conclusion without stop.
The novel has for it3 theme the pres-
ent race problem, particularizing the
danger to society in the increasing
miscegenation of the black and white
mces.
A novel of romance, love and adven-
ture, written in the best modern style,
is Colonel Greatheart, one of the lat-
est of the Bobbs-Merrill publications.
H. C. Bailey, the author dates the story
back to the time of Cromwell and
Charles I, but in method and quality
of thought it belongs to the day of
Stevenson and Hewlett.
In this story there !is variety, move-
ment, action, color. Alike in splendid
battle pictures, in the subtle fencing
of courtiers, in the flashing duel of the'
sexes, a remarkable creative imagina-
tion is at work, speaking fluently in
deeds and charmingly in dialogue. At
the touch of this imagination a host of
{characters spring into being. The
dry bones of history take on life. Each
person introduced—and many of the
famous men and women of the time
are introduced—-is etched in with an
unforgettable sharpness and precision.
This amazing gift of portraiture is not
less evident in the brief glimpse of
Charles I, that melancholy poseur,
than in the more extended and tre-
mendously dramatic characterization
of Cromwell.
Woman Known as Sailors' Friend.
Miss Josephine R. Upham has just
accepted the post of woman mission-
ary and organist in the new American
Seamen's Friend Society Institute in
West street, New York city. She has
had 15 years' experience in the work
for seamen and comes direct from the
Sailors' Haven, Boston. She Is known
personally to sailors from every part
of the world, who speak and look upon
her as their frfend. Her Influence
with men with whom she comei in
contact is very great.
Not the Right Course.
"Why don't you question the utility
of your wife's course?"
"Oh, that method wouldn't answer."
—Baltimore American.
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