Indiahoma Champion (Indiahoma, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Indiahoma Champion
VOL. II.
INDIAIoA\, OKLAHOMA. Till ItSlUY, MAY HO. Hill
NO. 38.
Belinda's
By CLARISSA MACKIE
(Copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
At tils first meeting with Belinda
Howe, Jack O' en determined that the
charming girl should become hla wile.
On and after their tenth meeting he
rssolved to ask her the all-Important
question that must precede an en-
gagement, but his courage was not
equal to his desire.
"I'll ask her tomorrow," was al-
ways his desperate promise when his
courage failed, and many tomorrows
had become todays and yesterdays,
and etlll the question was unasked,
yet he almost knew, without being
conceited about the matter, that Be-
linda cared and that her affirmative
answer would be forthcoming when
he asked her.
Time and again he had gathered
his courage and on each occasion his
tongue had clove to the roof of his
mouth when Belinda's brown eyes had
shyly dropped before the love light
In his.
Occasionally he raged at himself for
his stupidity. "If she only knew what
a consummate ass 1 am she wouldn t
have anything to do with me. he
groaned one day.
Perhaps Belinda knew—or guessed
the state of affairs!
"I'll ask her tomorrow—sure!" he
said one evening after he had re-
turned from a dinner party where he
had taken Belinda in to dinner, ana
sat beside her In ecstatic wonder at
his great good luck.
Tomorrow came and with It a note
from Belinda saying that they were
all going down to Sea Sands that day
for the week-end and she hoped Mr.
Owen would be sure to accept her
mother's invitation to accompany
them.
Mrs. Howe's invitation came In the
same mail and Jack accepted It de-
lightedly. Then he made hurried prep-
arations for the journey because he
wanted to be sure and catch the same
train that Belinda was going on. He
went to the station and engaged a
seat, trusting to his customary good
fortuno to find it placed next to Be-
linda's chair, .
It was next to Belinda's seat, but
on the other side of Belinda sat a new
man—a foolishly grinning idiot with
his hair parted In the middle and a
dimple In his chin. This was Jack's
summary of the masculine charms of
Mr. Harry Brompton.
Belinda was interested in Mr.
Brompton, so deeply interested that
she only spared an occasional smile
for Jack, who sulked openly and de-
termined to ask her the fatal question
that very night—if he got a chance.
When they reached Sea Sands and
the Howe's motor vehicles were tilled
with the expected guests it was found
that Mr. Brompton was seated beside
Belinda In one car while Jack Owen
was squeezed between Mrs. Howe and
her private secretary, a little pale
black-eyed being who shivered with
the excitement of the coming week
end gaities, of which she would only
snatch an occasional glimpse.
"I'll show him!' sputtered Jack
fiercely as he noted the devoted atti-
tude of Mr. Brompton's by no means
Ill-looking head.
It was an added Irritation to find
that Mr. Brompton was to occupy the
pleasant room which Jack Owen had
always occupied on his frequent visits
at Sea Sanda. The room now ap-
pointed to Jack was pleasanter than
the other, but jealousy is fed by lu-
tie things like this and Mr. Owen be-
came positively unhappy over the
matter.
By the time Jack was ready for din-
ner the situation looked very bleak.
He was positive that Mr. Brompton
had been a dark horse In the race for
Belinda's heart and band and he was
sure that gentleman had won out, and
that the engagement would be an-
nounced tonight.
He hoped It would not be announced
at the dinner table—he was positive
that he would be unable to control
his features. Yet it looked ominous
enough. As he tallied the guests who
would be there he realized that they
consisted of old and Intimate friends
of the Howe family.
Harry Brompton was the only
stranger to him. He wondered vague-
ly if any of these friends were related
to Mr. Brompton or was the prospec-
tive bridegroom an orphan like him-
self?
He went down to dinner In a mood
of black despair.
"Dear boy!" murmured Mrs. Howe,
as he stopped for a ^ord with her.
We are so delighted about little Be-
linda!"
'Then It is decided?" he asked in
hollow voice.
She looked at him in a puzzled way.
"You mean about announcing it to-
"'lle nodded grimly. He could not
speak. . _ .
"Oh, yes—of course you do not
mind ?"
jack's face hardened. Of course
they had thrust the knife In, but they
needn't twist it aroundl
••No, indeed, Mrs. Howe. 1 am de-
lighted, of course!"
"Poor boy!" she murmured sym-
pathetically. "1 suppose you are fright-
ened to death—do go over and talk
to William. Belinda has hurried us
so only notified us this morning and
insisted on its being announced to-
night." „
"That's all right—don't mind me,
faltered poor Jack and strolled over
to William, who was Belinda s father.
"Keep up your courage, old b°y-
whispered Mr. Howe. "Brace up-lt
can't happen but once, you know.
"I won't give" any one a chance to
let it happen to me again!" grow e
Jack fiercely, but William Howe was
happily hard of hearing, and at
moment dashed away, tor dinner was
announced.
"Mighty kind of 'em to be so care-
ful of my feelings," thought Jack as
he tried to quell a murderous thrill
at sight of Harry Brompton's care-
fully parted curly hair.
Belinda came in then—a wonderfu -
ly radiant Belinda in pale pink satin
veiled with white lace and with pearls
about her throat. She included Jack
In her swift survey of the room, an
he saw that a rosy wave of color
stained her cheeka from brow to chin
and left her pale.
His own heart did not leap in re-
sponse to her passing glance as It had
been wont to do. it felt quite cold
and still. It did not throb even when
he found that he was to take Beltnda
In to dinner. His face was like a
white mask as he gave her hla arm
and led her to her Beat.
To his relief Belinda did not talk
much to him. She seemed absorbed
In conversation with Harry Brompton
on her other hand, while Jack was
not obliged to talk, for a lady beside
him chattered foolishly from course
to course until dessert was reached.
An unusual silence camc upon the
company as Belinda's father slow y
arose holding his wine glass.
"Friends," he smiled upon them,
"may I ask you to drink to the health
happiness of one who Is very dear to
me—my daughter, Belinda, and her
future husband, Mr. Jack Owen.
"It Is a joke!" gasped poor Jack
as the company merrily drank to
their health and happlnesB. 'There
must be a limit to—
Nobody beard his voice save
llnda, v hose hand sought his ana
pressed It significantly.
"I'll explain afterwards, Jick! she
said hurriedly. "You must respond to
the toast."
"It's true, then?" he asked dazed
ly.
"Of course—stupid!
Afterwards they commented on the
brilliant speech of Jack Owen.
• Didn't know It waB in him to be s
funny!" commented one. h„H.ln..s
• Enough to make any one hilarious
to win a girl like Belinda Howe! re
torted another.
-Who is this young Bromptonr
"Oh 1 don't know—some Wend
from 'the west who inflicted hUn>Mr
upon them this morning and had to
be invited dow®."
After dinner Jack Owen foundI Mm
self mysteriously spirited away to the
"cove in the library. Belinda wasbe-
him very pale, very qul t Souna.
from^he company in the,distant draw-
,n6 room came faintly to them.
"Oh, Jack, do you mind? aanea
Belinda after a long silence.
"Mind?" he asked, still dazed at
strangeness of the whole thing, and
suspecting a trick of some sort.
■Mind being engaged to me? she
faltMind being engaged to your he
QQte.ri "Why Belinda, darling,
Xt trylM u>
mc. ■ «*<• <■ :r.
around her now. and bis lips e
pressed against her wonderful hair
"I didn't understand, you see _
"T knew you wanted to, only y
were so diffident -oh, Indeed, sir, you
Z recovering rapldly-and It was the
only way. You know this Is leap
year!"
NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER
fcARE OF REFRIGERATOR
Fine Recipe for Preparation of Thl
Wholesome and Appetizing
Dish.
Rinse meat In cold water, tie or
skewer Into shape, cover with cold
water and heat slowly to boiling point;
remove scum and simmer until tender,
about four hours for a piece weighing
five pounds, the time depending upon
the cut of the meat. Remove from wa-
ter, keep hot and cook potatoes and
turnips in the liquid. These should be
pared and the potatoes left whole.
The turnips should be sliced cross*
wise. Cook the carrots, cabbage,
beets, etc., apart In some of the corn
beef water, allowing one hour for the
boiling of the paretf carrots, one hour
for the washed cabbage and one hour
for new beets, four hours for old.
Serve on a very large platter, the
meat- in the center, the vegetables
grouped about It. Garnish sparingly
with parsley.
But the possibilities do not end here
—there are remaining besides many
other dishes adapted to these cuts—■
made from the heart, liver and kid-
neys of the beef creature. When us-
ing kidneys always soak over night to
remove the strong flavor.—National
Fpod Magazine.
•HOULD BE THOROUGHLY WASH.
ED OUT TWICE A WEEK.
HOW TO HAVE AIRK KITCHEN
Problem Is a Simple One and This So-
lution Will Appeal to
Housekeeper.
We have solved the problem of how
tft have an airy kitchen in summer In
this way. Remove both sashes and
tack wire netting from top to bottom
outside of window space so the blinds
may be closed over It or windows put
In in case of stormy weather. (Wire
netting may be found In various
widths at a good hardware store). Th«
circulation of air thus afforded
through the top of the room gives
great relief to the head of one obliged
to spend much time near the cook
stove. Remove shades entirely or roll
to the top of windows. If the sink or
work-table be placed where the morn-
ing or evening sun shines in the eyes
of the worker, blinds or curtain should
be adjusted for the time to keep out
the sun. Then at night by leaving the
outside doors open and hooking
screens the kitchen will be cool by
morning.—Harper's Bazar.
SOME TIPS ON CAKE MAKING
Valuable Suggestions That Will Help
Housewife Along Road to
Success.
Journalism Not His Forte
Anthony J. Drexel Btddle, the mil-
lionaire sportsman of Philadelphia,
who is equally at home In the
room and in the prize ring, told the
members of the Chicago Athletic asso-
ciation the other evening of bis early
pxnerlence in Journalism.
"As a youth my great ambition was
to be a reporter," he said, "so 1 went
to my uncle, George W. Cbtlds Drexel.
who was editing the Public Ledger.
He gave me a place on the local staff,
and the city editor assigned me to a
district in which the city morgue was
located. On the first day of my assign-
ment the body of a man was found
In the Delaware river and brought to
the morgue. Scenting a possible mur-
der mystery, and seeing also an oppor-
tunity to gain journalistic fame In a
single day. I hastened to the office and
wrote a thrilling story, which was
largely imagination. In concluding
gave a graphic description of the sup-
posed victim, saying that "the man
was attired in a black mustache and
clothes of the same material.'
"My wonderful story filled about ten
lines of the next day's paper, and I
received a summons to my uncle's of
flee- 'Tony,' he said. 'I can get you
a place on this paper, but I cannot
keep it for you.'
"My journalistic ambitions ended
then and there. Since that time I have
confined my activities to banking, with
occasional flyer Into amateur
pugilism."
Cleanliness la important In Keeping
Food Untainted by Various Odor —
Ammonia Water Is Bast for Waah-
Ing the Box
Twice a week at least take out all
|ood and wash the box with strong
aihmonla water. Don't use soap ex-
cept when things have been Bpilled.
Work quickly, using hot water and
wringing the cloth out well. Wash
removable shelves at the sink, keep-
ing the door of the ice box close*.
Care must be taken that particles of
food are not pushed into the crevlcea
and allowed to remain. Sometimes a
lining of galvanized tin becomes dark
looking. This Is dirt. It should be
scrubbed oft thoroughly at the begin-
ning of the season with Bcouring soap
or powder, and if the box la looked
after systematically it will not appear
again.
Food spilled by chance at any time
must be washed up at once.
Flush the drain pipes at least every
other day. Remember the ice often
deposits soli. Use boiling water for
this. Buy a brush like those employed
for baby bottles, but with longer han-
dle, that will extend down the drain
pipe. Between applications of boiling
water use the brush. You will ba
amazed at the dirt It collects. Put
ammonia or sal soda In the water and
pour it from a utensil with a small
mouth like a .-akettle. Uae two
quarts, at least.
Don't use wooden or tin dishes lot
putting away food. Both create odors.
If possible, have a Bet of common
earthenware dishes solely for Icebox
use Keep butter and milk in sep-
arate compartment. Otherwise keep
them tightly covered. Both absorb
odors quickly.
Don't put foods wrapped In paper
in the Icebox. Paper gives out a
pungent odor.
Always close the door of an lceboi
as quickly as possible. Take out all
that will be needed In the preparation
of a meal at one time, if you can. Fig-
ure on what Is wanted before opening
the door. It will save ice.
Many housekeepers advise keeping
a lump of charcoal in the lcabox al.
:he time to purify It and absorb odors,
if the box Is kept clean by regular
washings, the right dishes used, and
care exercised in shortening the stay
of strong-smelling vegetables in It
uncovered, there will be no odors to
absorb.
Have the tins greased, the oven hot
and everything ready before begin-
ning to mix the cake, as delay in get-
Rolled Oats Bread.
Two cups boiling water, one-half
cup molasses, one-bait tablespoonfu!
Suffrage.
What will you women do with the
vote when you get It?" aBked the man
sarcastically.
"Well," replied the bright woman,
we'll try not to be too busy to go to
the polls to use It."
Not the Airship's Fault.
"So your airship was wrecked In
the blizzard. I thought you consid-
ered It perfect?"
"The ship was perfect," replied the
inventor, stiffly. "The air was at
fault."
ning io mix J cup molasseB, one-unu ^
ting It baking when it Is once mixed ^ on<j tabieBp0onful butter, one-half
Ib dangerous. Many cooks prefer lard agj. (.g^e dissolved in one-half cup
to butter for greasing the titis, as the ]ukewarm water, one cup rolled oats,
butter Is apt to blacken the cake. four nn(J one.haif Cups flour. Add boll-
Beating eggs and butter makes water to oats and let stand one
them light, but beating flour makes hour; add molasses, salt, butter, dis-
solved yeast cake, and flour; let rise,
beat thoroughly, turn into buttered
bread pans, let rise again, and bake.
By using one-half cup less flour the
dough is better suited for biscuits, but.
being soft, is difficult to handle. To
make shaping of biscuits easy, take
up mixture by spoonfuls, drop Into
plate of flour and have palms of hands
well covered with flour before attempt-
ing to shape.
Dividends From Smuggllf fl-
Italian custom house officials have
Just discovered a large contraband
"company," with headquarters in Milan
and Lucerne, which regularly pays div-
idends secretly and whose field of op-
erations extends across a large tract
of the Swiss-Italian frontier, from the
shores of Lake Maggiore up to Lugano.
Over 1,000 persons are Involved in the
■operations, and there have been many
arrests recently, though a number of
those Implicated have escaped from
Italy by crossing the frontier into
Switzerland, where of course they can-
not be arrested. The contraband goods
consisted chiefly of saccharine, Biigar
and Swiss watches, which were smug-
gled across the frontier in trucks with
the connivance of several railway em-
ployes
Moon Blindness.
A naval correspondent has written
from Port of Spain. Trinidad, stating
that in his travels he had come across
many cases of moon blindness, caused
by men sleeping with the moon shin-
ing upon them, such cases occurring
There is in friendship something of
all relations, and something above
them all. It is the golden thread that
ties the hearts of all the world.—John
Evelyn.
principally In the tropics and the Med-
iterranean.
Strange to say, adds the Trinidad
correspondent, men so affected can see
in daylight, but cannot do so when
dusk sets In.
It tough. This Is why flour should
always be added to a cake last, and
as lightly as possible. In adding the
whipped whites of eggs, as In maca-
roons, fold them In lightly so a a not
to break the air cells.
When a cake cracks open as It rises
It is a sign that too much flour has
been used. If It rises In a cone In the
center, the oven 1b too hot. In filling
cake-tins you should let the mixture
be a trifle higher on the sides than In
the middle.
Frenoh Omelet.
Beat four eggs lightly, whites and
yolks together. Add four tablespoon-
fuls of cream, a teaspoonful of salt
and paprika or white pepper. Put a
teaspoonful of butter on a clean hot
omelet pan and turn In the eggs. Pick
up the cooked eggs from the center
with a fork, allowing the uncooked to
run under. Continue until the en-
tire mixture is soft and creamy. Place
over a hot flre to set and brown. Fold
and turn out on a hot platter.
Beet Relish.
One quart boiled chopped beets, one
quart raw cabbage, one cup grated
horseradish, one-half cup g-anulated
sugar, one tablespoon of Bait, one-half
teaspoon of black pepper, pinch of
cayenne. Cover with vinegar and keep
from air.
Woman and Baseball.
One reason a woman never really
enjoys watching a baseball game is
because she never can tell when the
umpire ought to be killed.—Galveston
News.
When You Want a White Dress.
To take the color entirely out of a
cotton dres*, afttr it has become
somewhat faded, boil the dress in
cream of tartar water. A perfectly
I ?fhlte dress results
Chicken Pates.
Chop the meat of cold chicken
coarsely aud season well. Make a
large cupful of rich drawn butter and
while on the flre stir In two eggs boll
ed hard and minced very fine, alsoa
little chopped parsley, then the chick-
en meat. Let the mlxfcre almost boll.
Have ready some pattle pans of good
naste bike quickly to a light brown.
Slip from the pans while hot, fill with
the mixture and set In the oven to
heat. Arrange upon a dish and serve
hot.
Salad Eggs.
Put a layer of cream or Neufchatel
rhpese Into a tablespoon and hollow
the center. Fill with chopped celery
mixed with mayonnaise and cover with
more cheese, rounding It over like an
osk Slip the cheese off on to a cup
of lettuce leaves. If the celery
Is sliced crosswise in thin
«vhi be better than ^hen chopped.
Very large stalks rnuBt be split to con-
sent size before slicing. in mak-
ing a delicate salad one can afford
time to prepare the materials Just
right.
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Soule, J. S. Indiahoma Champion (Indiahoma, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912, newspaper, May 30, 1912; Indiahoma, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc167615/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.