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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
5
The French cavalry captain Le Comte de Sabron raises a motherless Irish terrier named Pitchoune. He dines with the Marquise d Esclignac and meets Miss Julia Redmond, an American heiress who sings an English ballade that lingers in his memory.
In a Paris salon a Count de Sabron skips dinner due to a sick friend, prompting sharp judgments from the Marquise d Esclignac and a skeptical teen, while Pitchorne bonds with Miss Redmond and Sabron’s absence deepens the social tangle as plans shift and loyalties form.
Pitchoune repaid what he was given and adores Sabron with ecstatic devotion. He shadows his captain and watches for the uniform he admires. Sabron frets over illness that kept Pitchoune from the Chateau and recalls a careless invitation. Madame d Esclignac probes who the sick friend is, realizing a misstep by the colonel.
Sabron longs for a change as autumn gilds the grounds of Chateau Esclignac. He visits the deserted terrace with Pitchoune the dog, hopes for a new post, and meets the Marquise d Esclignac and Miss Redmond by a yellow motor.
Sabron receives a minister of war notice ordering him to Algiers. He frets over unattainable love with Miss Redmond while warm memories and a singing companion Pitchoune stir longing. Amid winds from Tarascon to the Midi, the captain plans harsh fighting and a harsher choice.
Benjamin and his sister Lillian discover a magical rock that grants wishes. They conjure apples, a bear, a table piled with sweets, a coat and skates, and a cow. The rock works only from sunrise to sunset and teaches a moral about selfish wishes.
A scene shows Miss Redmond and Madame de Esclignac pressuring Sabron as Pit chorne lies cared for after a bicycle accident. The chauffeur aids and the officer agrees to a dinner while the father longs for the minister of war to change quarters.
Robert Louis Stevenson notes that appreciation of beauty is capricious and fleeting. He says nature may reveal itself suddenly after many passings, transforming a familiar scene into vivid reality like Wordsworth’s daffodils by the lake.
A distraught man seeks a meal to satisfy complex dietary needs. He asks a waiter if beefsteak is nitrogenous and whether fried potatoes are rich in carbohydrates, then declares to have hash instead.
A New England clergyman with limited recent pulpit time faces a child’s pointed question about his vocation. The five summer old asks if his father is a real preacher and whether he is “much” of a preacher, prompting humorous family reflection on his calling.
A playful riddle compares a wise man to a nall, noting his head keeps him from going too far and misjudging distance. The line hints at prudence and restraint as the key to wisdom.
G H Corsan of the University of Toronto urges a municipal and school based swimming program. He argues swimming strengthens the heart improves health and protects against corset wear and sedentary life while promoting relaxation and skin health. He notes rising drowning deaths and says boys and girls should learn to swim in schools.
The article describes a card on the forefinger with a coin atop. A quick horizontal strike sends the card away while the coin stays, illustrating inertia. It cites other demonstrations such as dust shook from clothes, knife striking a coin pile, and a Japanese brick balance trick.
A New York letter to the Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a renewed roller skating craze with many rinks full and a 24 hour race drawing crowds. Managers say skating improves modern dances and raises casual skaters to near expert level, rivaling other contests like the one step and fox trot.
Little Elmer, a new goat owner for a week, complains the pet is troublesome. His uncle asks about the animal and Elmer replies the goat headbutts too much, a behavior noted in the Continent excerpt.
This recipe list highlights multiple methods to prepare asparagus including baked with cheese, fried in fat, creamed with rich white sauce, in rolls with egg and milk sauce, baked in layers, served cold with mayonnaise or hollandaise, and simple boiled with butter or lemon. It emphasizes its health benefits and frequent serving.
A simple deodorizer uses cloves scorched with orange peel in the oven to mask cooking odors, a method suited to private homes and exclusive apartments. In country homes dried clove sprigs scent linens for winter, while lavender in small bags freshens linen closets.
A pantry tip suggests frying doughnuts beside a dish of boiling water. Dip the doughnuts in the water to remove grease and improve healthfulness. After cooling, skim the fat from the water and reuse it, noting how much fat can rise.
A historical dessert method combines orange juice and sugar dissolved then mixed with chopped maraschino cherries and whipped cream. Gelatin dissolved in cold water is stirred in before molding and chilling in ice and salt for three to four hours.
A simple sponge cake uses two eggs one cup sugar half cup hot water one cup flour and a pinch of salt with baking powder. Beat yolks with half sugar add water then remaining sugar and flour sifted with baking powder and salt fold in stiff whites and bake twenty minutes in a medium oven. Flavor to taste.
The article suggests seasonable fish ideal for fried breakfast dishes during Lent. Perch butter fish porgies flornders river bass weakfish whitefish and smelts fry well with potatoes prepared creamed or baked to form a delicious morning menu.
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