A View in Bangkok.
AT Singapore the traveler hound
for Siam quits tin* liner and
embarks upon one of the
small steamers which take
the mails to Bangkok. The steamer
makes for the low nmngrove-frlnged
shore which marks his destination and
presently enters the muddy Bangkok
river, writes 1*. A. Thompson in
“Siam.” On either side stretch salt
marshes, soon hidden behind the lux
uriant vegetation. Here on the oozy
banks are fern-like attap and rank
tropical growths, half submerged,
while rising from the firmer ground be
hind are the slender trunks and grace
ful fronds of urecti and coconut palms.
Bangkok is twelve miles from the
coast in a direct line, but so tortuous
is the river that it is fully three hours
before we arrive. Here a score of
small steamers are anchored In mid
stream. Others He alongside the
wharfs, together with sailing vessels
of nil descriptions: merchantmen from
Europe, rice boats from up country,
and fishing boats from the gulf. Every
where we see Olilnese toiling. Boats
ply to ami fro between the banks, and
every now and then the little vessels
are set dancing and plunging in the
wash of the steam launches which tear
by. At length we, too, draw In to a
wharf and land amidst piles of goods.
Motley Throng in the Street.
Behind the wharfs and mills which
line the river <>n its eastern side, we
come upon a long street, white and
dusty In the dry months, and In the
rainy season a lane of mud. Here at
ail seasons a motley crowd of Chinese,
Siamese, Malays, Hindus and Mahom
etans jostle each oth. r, while coolies
toil along at a foot pace with 'rick
shaws In the last stages of dilapida
tion. A crazy gharry, hearing a dis
tant resemblance to a London growler
and drawn by a diminutive pony,
humps over the uneven surface, and
on one side of the road electric trams,
packed with natives, are screeching
along the ill-laid track. None of these
methods of locomotion appeals to us,
nor do we feel inclined to mingle with
the throng of pedestrians. However, if
we are lucky we may find near l»y a
stable, at which we may hire a pair
liorse gharry, a sort of miniature vic
toria. We will not look on while the
ponies are being put in, for it is not
well to know exactly how much string
is list'd in iht' composition of our har
ness. It is certain that the proportion
is large, hut if only the reins hold out
we must he thankful. * * *
On either side are rows of one
storied wootlen houses. The shops on
the ground floor are quite open to the
street, and we can see Chinese carpen
ters, tailors and bootmakers at work
Inside, while elsewhere cheap cotton
goods and hardware are displayed.
Now and then we pass a Chinese joss
house with fantastic roof-ridge, and
through the open door we see an altar
decked with tinsel and peacocks’
feathers. * * *
Official Quarter and Royal Palace.
Our driver expects us to direct him
at every step, so If we say nothing he
will keep straight on and we shall pres
ently come to the old city wall, white
washed now, and much disfigured with
telegraph wires, but with picturesque
battlements shaped like the leaves of
the sacred Ho tree. Within we are at
once sensible of a great improvement
us we bowl over the well-kept surface
of a broad avenue, planted w ith plane
trees, and bordered by neat rows of
Prick houses. As we cross a canal we
catch a glimpse of trees reflected in
the water, and trim lawns, and beyond
them pagodas blazing with pure gold
In the sunlight. This is the official
quarter. * * * Here, too. Is the
Royal palace, whose brilliant roofs
and iridescent spires are seen over the
dazzling whiteness of the outer wall.
just outside the city wall Is the
Golden Mount, a bell-shaped mound,
faced with brick, but so overgrown by
trees that it has the appearance of a
natural hillock. On the summit Is a
little shrine surmounted by a pagoda,
and to It lends a flight of steps, wind
ing about a hill. From here we look
down upon a forest of palms and plane
trees, through which break the red
roofs of the houses. Everywhere ris
ing above the trees are graceful spires
anti the manifold roofs of temples.
with their tiles of rich orange or deep
purple, great splashes of color against
the clear blue sky. To this place we
may often return to watch the dawn
stealing over the paddy fields, whilst
at our feet the palm trees rise through
a veil of purple mist; or when at
evening the pink rays of the .setting
sun are shooting halfway to the ze
nith we may come up here and see tho
thousand pinnacles of Bangkok, out
lined in the rifts between low-lying
clouds against a smoky orange sky.
KEEP BUSY AND LIVE LONG
Notable Examples of Longevity
Among Men Who Have Elected
to Remain in “Harness."
Maybe it used to be that “the good
die young,” but it doesn’t look as though
they're doing it now.
Take, for instance. Rev. Albert Vo
gel of Jeannette, I’a.
lie's one hundred and two years old.
lie’s never smoked or chewed tobac
co or drank intoxicating liquor. Never
quarreled or fought with another man.
Always trying to do good and to i>er
suade others to behave themselves.
Rev. Mr. Vogel is the oldest active
minister of the gospel in the United
States.
Hard work, lots of walking and an
occasional fishing trip is his formula
i for a long and happy life.
And this reminds us that Rev. Dr.
Aaron E. Ballard is president of the
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting associa
tion. New York, and is ninety-eight
years old.
“I never would have lived to this
age,” Doctor Ballard said, “if I had re
tired at sixty and commenced twirling
my thumbs in idleness.”
So it seems the good don’t die young
—if they keep busy.—New York
World.
SAYINGS OF CARNEGIE
Educate man and his shackles fall.
I hope Americans will some day find
more time for play, like the wiser
brethren on the other side.
Immense power is acquired by assur
ing yourself in your secret reveries
that you were horn to control affairs.
The day is coming and already we
see it dawn, in which the man who dies
possessed of millions of available
I wealth which was free and in his
hands ready to be distributed, will die
disgraced.
Labor, capital and business ability
art' three legs of a three-legged stool;
neither is first, neither is second, neith
er is third; there is no precedence, all
being equally necessary. lie who
would sow discord among the three is
an enemy to all.
The first and most seductive peril,
and the destroyer of most men, is the
drinking of liquor. (Mr. Carnegie him
self was a total abstainer, and gave
iiis employees at Skibo castle a 10 per
cent advance on their wages every
year they reported that they had not
touched liquor).—From the Books and
Public Addresses of the Ironmaster.
Fish That Spin Silk.
Silk stockings are very expensive
nowadays, says Pearson’s Weekly.
The most costly of all this kind of
hosiery, however, is made from (dlk
which is not the product of the silk
worms, but a species of shellfish called
j a pulna.
The pulna makes its home in the
warm waters of the Mediterranean
| round Sicily. It has nn odd little tube
! at the end of its tongue.
I Out of this tube, spider fashion, or
silk-worm fashion. It spins a silk thread
with which it fastens itself to any
rock to which It wishes to adhere.
When the puina moves on to fresh
: feeding grounds its silken cable is left
[ behind. This cable, which is called
byssus, the Sicilian fishermen gather.
: Byssus weaves Into the softest, finest,
; sheeniest of fabrics; but it is very rare,
and the stockings woven from it con
sequently arc—as has been said—ax
ccedingly expensive.
Not understood, we gather false Im
pressions,
And hug them closer as the years
So by,
’Till often virtues seem to us trans
gressions.
And thus man rises, falls and lives
and dies,
Not understood.
FOOD FOR THE DAY.
The simplest foods well rooked find
served tire the most satisfying to the
majority of people
for every day.
Coconut Bisque.
—Grate one coco
nut without reniov
ign tlie brown skin,
cover with one
quart of water boil
ing hot, and let
stand until cold;
strain through a thin cloth, and add
the juice of one lemon and sugar to
taste. Serve cold, preferably.
Eggs De Lesseps.—Saute the eggs
In a pan with a small amount of but
ter. taking care not to break the yolk.
Then place them on a hot platter and
dust with salt; brown the butter in
the frying pan. adding a tenspoonful of
vinegar to four eggs, and one tea
spoonful of minced parsley. Serve
with calve's brains that are boiled, sea
soned and sauted in butter, then pour
the sauce over the eggs and brains.
Claridge Beef Heart.—Wash and re
move pipes from the heart, wipe dry,
stuff with an herb stuffing, tie secure
ly and roast for about three hours in
a moderate oven. Remove strings,
serve hot with gravy poured around.
Stuffing—Chop one ounce of suet
fine, add two cupfuls of bread crumbs,
one chopped onion; season with pars
ley, thyme, pepper, salt and bit of
grated nutmeg. Mix well and add one
whole egg to bind it.
Sauce—Mix three large ripe toma
toes, two sliced onions, two cupfuls of
stock, juice of one lemon and a ten
spoonful of prepared mustard. Cook
15 minutes, mix with a teaspoonful of
cornstarch dissolved in cold water; rub
through a sieve, reheat and add a ta
blespoonful of chopped parsley.
Fish With Green Pepper.—Take one
and three-fourths cupfuls of cooked
fish ttrid one cupful of white sauce.
Cook a half a slice of onion in butter
until brown, add salt, pepper. Par
boil tt pepper, then cut in strips and
add to the fish, onion and white sauce.
Serve hot.
Celery Toast.—Cut tender stalks of
celery into thin slices and cook in
salted water until tender. Use but
little water, so there is none left when
cooked. Add cream to cover, season
with pepper and salt: add flour with
a little cold milk, mixed to a paste un
til thick. Prepare buttered toast and
pour 'the celery sauce over it. Serve
| piping hot.
He either fears his fate too much,
Or his desserts are small,
That dares not put it to the touch
Determined to Bain all.
DATES MAKE MANY DELIGHTFUL
AND WHOLESOME DISHES.
A few dates, a handful of nuts, n
hit of bread and butter, a glass of
milk, and one is well fed.
The date is valuable
food, and it is refresh
ing occasionally to cut
loose from modern cook
ery and enjoy first prin
ciples.
Date and Apple Pic.—
Line a pie plate with a
rich crust, till with a
mixture of chopped dates
and apples, using one cupful of dates
to two of apple; sprinkle with cinna
mon, sugar and dot with hits of but
ter. Cover with a top crust and hake
in a moderate oven one hour. Serve
hot or cold with whipped cream or
a la mode.
Date Sandwiches. — Remove the
stones from well-washed dates and cut
! in strips; add an equal quantity of
pecan meats, cut fine; mix with a lit
tle creamed butter; add a dash of
salt and spread on slices of bread.
Stuffed dates make a most dainty
little dessert when one does not wish
anything more filling. Stuff with fon
dant. cream cheese, or with nuts, as
sill are good.
Date Cream Puffs.—Fill cream puffs
with a mixture of nuts, dates and |
whipped cream; roil in sugar and
serve. The puffs, if made very small,
look more dainty and go further.
Date Bread.—Make a sponge wifli
one quart of lukewarm water, half a
compressed yeast, cake and a teaspoon
ful of salt, one and one-half pints of
flour. When light and spongy add
half a cupful each of sugar and mo
lasses and flour to make a drop bat
ter; add two capfuls of chopped dates:
knead and ltd rise. When light, mold
Into loaves; rise again and bake 45
minutes.
Date Pudding.—Take two-thirds of
a cupful of chopped suet, one cupful
of bread crumbs, one egg well beaten,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one cup
ful of milk, one cupful of stoned dates
cut fine, one teaspoonful of vanilla,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a
half-teaspoonful of salt and enough
flour to make a drop batter. Steam
three hours and serve with an egg
sauce.
A chicken salad which is different Is
one using a small supful of chopped
npple with the celery and chicken,
adding the usual dressing preferred.
Gorgeous Ribbons Reflect Autumn
The goddess of the looms must have
lingered about American silk mills
when designers were planning this
season’s ribbons. And she was in n
happy and opulent inood, for the ut
most in weaving has blossomed in
ribbons that are all the way from gay
to gorgeous. The richness of au
tumn's colorful-days, with sunshine
and moonshine, all are reflected in
brocaded ribbons heavy with gold and
silver threads and very brilliant in
sheen and color. So much beauty
lures one away from the considera
tion of its price which is very high.
But only small quantities of the
most gorgeous ribbons appear in any
apparel or dress accessories, except
for evening dresses. In these wide
metal-braided ribbons are used with
some generosity. Mostly the wide and
brilliant ribbons are used for making
shopping bags and purses, in the
crowns of hats or in sashes on hats
and for vests in dresses and suits. In
evening dresses of tulle or crepe or
lace they make brilliant panels or
girdles and occasionally a handsome
afternoon frock looks to them for
a touch of splendor in the girdle.
But bugs nnd purses account fo#
more yards of magnificent ribbon than
other accessories. Between now and
Christmas there will be a lively busi
ness at the ribbon counter where
mountings for bags are sold along
with the ribbon to make them. In
the picture above a purse and a bag
are shown. The .long purse is a black
satin brocaded in silver. And the bag
is in brilliant colors striped with
black, mounted on a black celluloid
frame.
The story of plain sntln ribbons, for
little bags and numberless other
trifles that women love. Is much long
er than that of the splendid brocades.
There are innumerable trinkets made
of ribbon. A little face powder bag
of satin ribbon is shown in the picture.
It has a small round mirror in the bot
tom and narrow satin ribbon handles
that draw up and close the top. It
serves to carry a small box of powder
and a convenient puff.
Hair ribbons for little girls are
shown in many pretty striped vari
eties and taffeta remains tlie favorite
for hair bows, which with hags, keep
a gay stream of ribbons flowing over
the ribbon counter.
There Are Many Fancy Suits
A stroll through establishments. j
tvhoSe styles we know to be authorita
tive soon verifies the assertion made
by manufacturers that tailored suits
are growing fancier. That is the first
impression to be gathered from almost
any display. Ilut one must not draw
conclusions too quickly. It lias come
to the place where there are several !
distinct types of the tailored suit, in- i
eluding the knock-about suit, the walk
ing suit and the promenade suit (which
must be another name for what we j
have known as the formal suit.) The
knock-about and walking suits will
please those who are wedded to severe
tailor-made, while promenade and
formal suits are for those who like
departures from this type.
I’robably the influence of French
ideas has promoted the success of the
fancier tailored suits, for the severe !
type has never been a favorite with
Paris. Where there is no place for a
gay or frivolous or dainty touch to ap
parel. French designers seem to feel .
hampered; they do not like the type 1
of suit that attends strictly to the j
business of being practical and well
made. They delight in unexpected lit- j
tie decorative touches that have no
reason for existing, except to be in
teresting and good looking.
All the new glove finish fabrics—and
their name is legion—promote the
cause of fancier suits. Duvetyn,
velours, duvet and their like, are very
soft with surfaces that vary, but are
iever bard. Close behind them tria>
tine and gabardine lend themselves to
promenade suits by their texture. A
fine example in a tricotine model for
fall and winter wear is shown in the
accompanying picture. It shows al
legiance to the last decrees for longer
skirts and coats and presents odd em
placements of material on the skirt
and coat, with braid, buttons, and but
tonholes cleverly managed to elaborate
both. The collar is unusual with
straight rovers that extend over the
shoulder and widen at the back into
a small square cape. The coat is open
to the waistline at the front, making
plenty of opportunity for a fancy
blouse or vestee. The choker of fur is
a separate affair. The choker collar
is everywhere present, but Is often
convertible and is either of fur or fur
fabric or of the material In the suit.
Belts are narrow and may be taken
off so that the suit is worn with or
without them. Occasionally a suit is
shown with two belts, one of the fab
ric and one of leather. Not all coats
are long. There are those of the short
ripple variety that seem to be liked
best In the dressier suits. Their bodies
are seuilfitted. Sleeves are long and
plain with occasional narrow turned
back cuffs for a small pointed flare,
and skirts are ankle length and only
moderately narrow, the hobble variety
never having achieved success among
smartly-dressed women.
“Can you be satisfied here, MaudT*
asked Mr. Rurrowes.
“Well, I don’t know. It's pretty hard
to tell,” replied his wife. “It Isn’t the
elfy I shall miss, It's the people. They
will all be different, of course.”
“Yes, I suppose so. I remember
how dissatisfied Ruth was when she
and George went out West.”
Joe’s sister, Ruth, was frankly dis
liked by her sister-in-law. Maud had
come nearer quarreling with her than
any other member of her husband’s
family. The classing of her sister-in
law's case with her own raised a spir
it of opposition within her.
“If he thinks I’m like Ruth he’ll find
I’m not."
She quickly thought of the reasons
for moving to the quiet country place.
They had been such sound reasons*
too. Several times the doctor had ad
vised fresh country air for her.
“And just because I saw a woman
in a funny sunbonnet while I was out
there I am stopping it all. I won’t be
so foolish. I’ll make the best of it
anyway.”
Joe still stood absently tapping the
window pane. Maud touched him on
the arjn saying, “I’m goieg to like it,
Joe. I’ll get acquainted witli every
neighbor and I II make them like me.”
His face grew lighter as he looked
at her. “Good for you, Maud. When
we take the car out it will be better
for you.”
"Oh, yes. 1 11 take you down to work
every morning and call for you every
night. I'll give everyone round a
spin.”
“We’ll have parties and invite nil of
our old friends out,” said Joe.
"And don’t forget the new ones.
' They’ll have to come to our parties.”
In due time the car arrived. Joe
had fixed a part of the barn for a
I garage. Every morning Maud took
1 him to work.
“Why don’t you go for a ride morn
ings, Maud?” Le asked.
“I’m afraid I’ll miss someone who
calls to see me.”
“I never thought of that. Hasn’t
anyone called yet?”
“No one yet.” she said.
lie tried to console her by saying
that everyone was busy at that time
of year. Hut the busy time passed
and no one called. Maud Rurrowes
lost Iter pink cheeks and the wistful
look was always in her eyes. Mr.
Rurrowes asked their family doctor
to come down to spend the day. “Just
look her over without her getting sus
picious Doc,” said Joe.
“I thought the country would agree
with her. There’s lots of company
round here isn’t there?”
“That is (lie trouble. She likes com
pany and has always had lots of it. I
can’t understand why people don’t
call.”
Summer was nearly gone when .Too
again thought of the doctor.
“I'll get him down to see if she’s im
proved. and If she hasn’t we’ll go
straight hack to the city. She was
happy there.”
The doctor called again. Maud was
very pleased to see him, but did not
go from place to place, bidding him to
follow her.
"This will never do,” the doctor
said to himself. “She’s lost interest
and lost her courage.”
“I’m going to give up tills place and
go back to the city,” cried Joe ex
citedly.
“I don’t think that will do,” re
plied the doctor.
“Why, why not?” inquired Joe.
"Because Maud is not strong enough.
You must make her take an interest
in things.”
“How can I? If people won’t he
friendly I can’t make them,” replied
Joe. very much puzzled.
“Well, do something. You must
tiling of something, hoy.” said the doc
! tor, as he boarded the train.
A day Inter Joe complained of not
feeling well, “Oh, I hate to go to work,
hut I suppose I must,” he said. An
hour later he came hack home. Maud
cried out at sight of him. His face was
swollen and red. “Oh, what Is ttie
matter. Joe?”
"I’m sick. I guess I'll lie down fur a
\yhile."
“I'll get a doctor,” said Maud.
“There is one at the village.”
“I won’t see him. If you get anyone
call our old doctor. There’s a tele
phone* at the next house.”
Maud dreaded to go to those people
who had never called on her. She
tapped at the door and a woman ap
peared. “May I use your telephone?’*
“Surely.”
"Is this I>r. Jones? Come right out
to tl'.e house. Joe is sick. On, can’t
you conic before night? I’m all alone.**
When she finished talking with Ihe
doctor the woman touched her arm.
: saying, “You are all alone. I’ll go right
hack with you.”
Maud told her the story of her lone
liness. “We thought you did not want
us to call. Then we—hesitated. One
of the neighbors heard you make fun
of Miss Field’s sunbonnet and she is
the dearest woman in the world.”
“I’m so sorry, hut It’s all right now..
Isn’t It?” sobbed Maud.
Joe wished to see the doctor alone.
“What’s up Joe?” asked the doctor.
Joe answered In a whisper, “I put
poison ivy on my face. I knew tlu»y
would come in sickness and It worked.
They have been coming all day. But
fix me up. Doc. I must go back to
work.”
’CcDyrlff* *> 1919. McClure Newspaper Syn
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