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THE NEWS A New Vegetable the Dashsen. A new tuber which has received (he little doc didn't 'call on ner for a day or two, and next time he dropped In, Jim Moffat wa there, hav 1AM alesjif GOTO 10 ME All USE VEGETABLES Dutchy and Little Doc IMS mm New York's Famous Old Hoffman House to Be Razed NEW YORK. The old Hoffman house, famous for nearly half a century, and one of Manhattan's leading bostelries in the palmy days, Is to go. It will follow the equally famous Fifth Great White Way, when Martin's, at northern limit of the night-life dlstnict When the original Hoffman bouse plat now has been sold for $3,500,000. Jjj Along with the Hoffman house proper the purchaser bought the old Hotel Albemarle, now an annex of the Hoffman house, and on the Bite of the two will be erected a 16-story office building.

The immediate success of the Hoffman house In its first days led to fre quent additions, so that, up to a few years ago, the Hoffman, with the Albemarle included, occupied all the Broadway frontage, at Twenty-fifth street In its best days, the Hoffman house vied with the Fifth Avenue hotel. at Twenty-third street and Fifth avenue, which, some five years ago, gave way to an office sky-scraper. The Fifth Avenue was the headquarters of the Republicans and the rival Democrats took up a reservation in the Hoff man. Grover Cleveland stopped there frequently and was staying there when elected to the presidency the second time. Gen.

Benjamin Butler and Gen. Winfleld Scott were regular patrons of the hotel. An outgrowth of the Fifth Avenue hotel is the famous Amen Corner, an exclusive organization of newspaper men and politicians who hold annual dinners and pull off stunts like those of the Gridiron club In Washington. Behind the elevator in the Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the buffet, were two seats, joining at a right angle, and upholstered in red plush. These seats were hidden from the lobby, and formed an excellent place for quiet conversation.

The late Senator Piatt, former Governor B. B. Odell, the late Mark Hanna and many other Republican politicians of that day, along with Sam Elythe, Eddie Riggs and other political writers, used to meet there each afternoon for conferences. Somebody dubbed the red plush benches the Amen and the name stuck." The formal organization grew out of it. Baby Shoppers Wander Far From Their Firesides PHILADELPHIA.

After an all-day search for curtain poles, in which their wanderings led them hither and yon over West Philadelphia, two tired and hungry and discouraged four-year-olds were found, two miles away from their homes, and restored to their Avenue hotel, the Bartholdi and the other landmarks at Twenty-third. Broadway and Fifth avenue into that bourne from which no superannuated hotel returns. With the passing of the Hoffman house, famed in song and story as well as in the hearts of the millions who have in times past made the old place their temporary home, there will be nothing left but Madison Square garden to remind the old-timers of the days when Twenty-Third street was the heart of the Twenty-fifth street, was almost the was built the ground cost $5,000. The So much for the unearned increment friendly boxing bout. If all of this had been taken into consideration by Joseph Hamlin.

burglar, before he attempted to enter- Miss Campbell's room, he would not be in the city jail waiting for swelling to leave his eyes so that might view his surroundings. He did. not know, however, Just where he was going, and climbed over the transom of the room In which the young lady. ULsvrlf HAVE YOU AKY anxious parents. They had no curtain poles.

Early in the morning the mother of John Young, four years old, of 3716 Baring street, told him to run out to a nearby upholstery shop to get some curtain poles. The junior Young went to the corner of Lancaster avenue and Thirty-eighth street, and proposed to his young friend, Thomas Griffin, also' four years old, that they do the shopping together. some attention from the bureau of plant Industry is the dasbeon from tropical countries. The plants re semble the caladlum, which is such a popular ornamental plant and the taro, which provides the "pol" of the Hawailans, and which is a staple food in many tropical islands. The dasheens may be served like potatoes, boiled, fried, creamed, but to many are, like potatoes, most acceptable when baked.

They have a rough outer coat ing, which may be partially removed before cooking If entirely pared there Is a tendency to discolor, as with potatoes. More detailed information regarding this new introduction and its preparation will be sent free to the housewife who applies to the United States department of agriculture. The Importance of Properly Cooking Starch. Starch cookery is a very Important subject That starch may be thor oughly cooked it is essential that ev ery starch grain be brought into contact with water of at least 140 to 178 degrees F. In the case of starches separated from the plant cells when they were formed (arrow root, corn starch, etc.) cooking is a sjmple matter, and long continued cooking is seldom needed to make them palatable and in good condition for digestion.

The selection of potato starch In stead of corn or wheat starch for thickening sauces in accordance with the custom of French cooks Is rational, since it does not require so long boiling to Insure the best results. In the case of starch still enclosed in plant cells as Is the case with the starch present In cereal breakfast foods, etc. long cooking is desirable in order that water may penetrate to each individual starch grain and unite with it to form the well cooked material which is considered most wholesome. Starches from different plants or plant parts differ In the. form of the starch grain, so that starches of various kinds can be identified by the aid of the microscope.

But from the culinary standpoint they are practically Interchangeable, and one formof starch may be substituted for another In nearly all cases. Just as we may substitute the yam or a dish of rice for the potato as a vegetable" so we may use starch from the potato, or corn, or wheat, or rice for thickening gravies or making puddings, making slight changes in proportion, according to the expansive powers of each kind. Suggestions Regarding Succulent Roots, Beets contain a larger percentage of sugar than most vegetables, and should be baked or steamed to retain as much of this as possible. At all events, they should be cooked in the skins, and the tip of the root and a portion of the leaf stems should also be left on until after cooking. Even so, some color and sweetness are lost in the water in which they are cooked Radishes, red or white, when a little too large to eat raw, may be cooked like turnips and served with a white sauce.

Raw carrots often are eaten by children, and are advocated by those who believe in the use of raw foods. When grated, raw carrots may be used in soups without further cooking, or added to salads The carrot contains so much sugar that its use for sugar making in the same way as the beet has been seriously considered The parsnip Is said to have been cultivated-even before the Christian era. The woody fiber of these roots is softened by freezing without injury to other portions. Hence they are left In the ground until the frost comes or even through the winter But the roots must be used before they begin to grow again or they lose their sweetness and get The larger ones are likely to be less sweet and more woody. Small parsnips Just from the ground in the spring will cook in less than a half hour.

If steamed in their skins, they lose less sweetness than by boiling. They should be peoWd after cooking, and served plain or with white-sauce, or sauteed in butter or mashed and made into fritters. They may be made into a stew with potatoes, onions, and milk. The vegetables sometimes known as the "oyster plant" is the "salsify," which Is most available for use during the late fall and winter. The root turns dark quickly if the skin 1b removed before cooking, and after paring should be dropped at once Into vinegar and water to prevent discoloration.

After boiling for about thirty minutes, the salsify may be served with butter or white sauce or mashed and made Into fritters. Their Gteat Scheme. A local recently married, hit upon a scheme for saving what they figured was Just about right Each month they would save a certain sum each day. The first day one cent the second day two cents, third four cents. Each day the amount was to be doubled until the end of 30 days; By that time they would have a tidy sum laid away.

Before starting the husband figured out Just how much would be accumulated in this way. After laborious work he found the amount to be something like $5,300,000, so after considering the matter they decided that one dollar a week would be about their speed. Youngstown Telegram. Rello of the Past "Seems to be a diversity of opinion about one thing." "What Is that? "Some old fogies seem to thin a trunk strap Is more efficacious to reforming a bftd boy tbas a suspenfisj Katvi ing apparently been restored to favor. And though Miss Lida was friendly enough with the little doc, anyone could have seen that things weren't quite the same.

For however small a man may be, it Is expected that he will do something when he gets a hit across the mouth. Instead of picking himself up and smiling, as the doc had done. Aud Miss Lida was certainly placed in an un comfortable position, for no girl likes going with a coward. Three days after the episodo Dutchy's friend Hinkman came run nlng into the doc's office. "Dutchy's got the fever, doc," he said.

"You won't remember what did to you, doc? He's scared out of his wits, doc, and thinks he's going to die." "All right," answered the doc. He got up and went round to the shack, in which Dutchy lay upon his bed, tossing and muttering deliriously. It was the last case in Sapphire, but it was the worst. The doc had pulled the rest through without a single disaster, but this seemed hopeless from the first During the next three weeks the doc put in nearly all his time with Dutchy. He told Hinkman to Call him any.

hour of the night When Dutchy seemed worse. He persuaded Miss Lida to" lend her aid and between them at last they got Dutchy out of the valley of the shadow. It was an awful time, said Hinkman. Dutchy dimly recognized the doc and thought he was trying to poison him. Sometimes fie fdught so hard that it was all they could do to keep him from Jumping out of the window.

The little doc showed' a good deal of strength, Hinkman reported, in such encounters. Finally Dutchy, out of danger, and weighing about one-third as much as he had done, lay on the bed, conscious, and looking up at the doc with a sort of dumb dog gratitude expression. "Doc," he had the grace to say, "I'm sorry." "That's all right, Dutchy," the little doc answered, smiling. The days passed, and evidently the doc had succeeded in squaring himself with Miss Lida, for they sat together on the stoop every afternoon now. And there was not a man in camp but vowed the doc was a white man, and that he would give his life rather than let anyone say the op posite, or lay a finger on the doc again.

Well, Dutchy went North to convalesce, and at last the day came when he stood before the doc, who was still sitting on Miss Lida's porch they being now engaged and spoke up much less sheepishly, but still sort of ashamed. "Doc, I've come back and I want to thank you," ho began. "That's all right, Dutchy," answered the doc. "Are you ready now?" "Ready? For what?" asked Dutchy. "Why, for your thrashing," an swered the doc, as If surprised, and he went down.

"Put 'em up, Dutchy," he said. "You see, 1. couldn't strike a sick man, and I knew by your look and your pulse that you were getting ready for a siege with typhoid. But now I'm going to lick you." Which he certainly did. When it was over Dutchy's face couldn't have been recognized by his own mother.

But then we found out that the doc had been the featherweight champion at Princeton. "Now come along to the surgery, and I'll sew up your wounds. No charge," said the little doc. Dutchy was the sort that couldn't rest until he got even. He threw the shoe after the wedding and struck the doc behind the ear.

That settled all scores. CUSTOM OF TEA DRINKING Love Brewed the First Cup, According to a Legend Believed in China. The Chinese claim to be the first users of tea as a drink, and how it originated is fold in a pretty little legend that dates from 2,000 years before the coming of Christ, says Ireland's Own. A daughter of a then reigning sover-eigri fell in love with a young nobleman whose humble birth excluded him from marrying They managed to exchange glances and he occasionally gathered a few blossoms and had them conveyed to her. One day in the palace garden the lovers met and the young man endeavored to give, her a few flowers, but so keen was the watchfulness of her attendants that all she could grasp was a little twig with green leaves.

On leaving her room she put the twig in water and toward evening she drank the water in which the twig had been kept. So agreeable was the taste that she even ate the leaves and hrtalks. Every day afterward she had bunches of the tea tree brought to her, which she treated in the same way. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, the ladles of the court tried the experiment, and with such pleasing results that the custom spread throughout- the 'kingdom and the great Chinese tea Industry became one of greatest businesses in the world. i Way to Clean Lamp Glasses.

Here is an excellent way to clean lamp' glasses: Hold them over a Jug of boiling water until they are well steamed; then polish with a soft dry rag. This Is a much easier way tfeaa washing them, aad tba glasses Tcry breikk. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT EX-' PERTS GIVE RESULTS OF 8TUDY AND EXPERIMENT. UNDERGROUND VEGETABLES Soma Facts About Roots and Underground Stems That Are Eaten as VegetablesCooking Starch. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of 'Agriculture.) Nearly all roots and underground stems that are eaten as vegetables contain large quantities of water, in addition to starch or some similar material, a little nitrogenous matter, and mineral matter.

The roots and stems Btore materials for future growth during favorable seasons. Plants that store most of their food as insoluble starch fas potatoes and cassava) are known as "starch-bearing plants," while those which store much of their food in the form of soluble carbohydrates (sugar in the case of the beet) which give the root a more or less Juicy character are classed as "succulent In northern regions the potato is the most important of the starch-bearing plants. In the southern states the Sweet potato is more generally used. One reason why the potato has be come such a favorite is doubtless its lack of pronounced flavor. It harmonizes with foods having a more positive taste, and one does not tire of it as one would of the continuous use of turnip or squash.

Then, too, It is easily grown, gives an abundant yield, and may be readily stored for winter use. How Much Should Potatoes Weigh? Potatoes should weigh 60 pounds to the bushel, or 15 pounds to the peck. As three or four average potatoes will together weigh one pound, a peck should number from 40 to 60. The oftener potatoes are handled in their transit from producer to con sumer the poorer their quality and the greater the' percentage of refuse. When received from the market it Is desirable to sort them carefully, that those of the same size may be cooked together smooth, medium ones to be baked: large ones to be steamed In their skins; and imperfect and infer ior ones to be pared before boiling.

Any portions that are dark-colored or green should be removed, as they may impart a bad flavor to the rest Sprouts should be broken from potatoes before cooking. When potatoes are old and wrinkled they are much improved by cutting off the ends or by partially or wholly paring and by soaking in cold water for several hours like dried beans, etc. In fact, inferior potatoes of any age are much improved by paring and soaking. Where potatoes are inexpensive or the parings can be fed animals it is often a profitable custom to pare before cooking, since thus imperfections and strong-flavored portions are disposed of, leaving a nearly pure starch, comparable to arrowroot or tapioca and ready for the table as soon as cooked; this is true notwithstanding that careful investigations have proved that such cooking causes considerable loss of the nutrients in the potato. When potatoes are the only vegetable attainable it might be wiser-to cook them without paring, so that Lihelr mineral salts may be retained, but people who use salad plants and other vegetables freely are Justified in considering chiefly convenience and palatability In the preparation of these tubers.

Often it Is a convenience for the housekeeper who has several dishes to prepare at once Just before dinner to have the- potatoes pared earlier in the day. Most good cooks believe it is wiser to discard the water in whicn potatoes are boiled, as it is likely to be strong in flavor. Potato flour may be found in large groceries and is used In cakes and for thickening purposes in much the same way as cornstarch! Sweet potatoes are -not strictly tubers like Irish potatoes, but are tuberous They should be kept in a dry place ifpossible at a temperature of from 50 to 65 degrees F.l Because their sweetnesB is to some extent lost in water, they are better steamed than boiled, and baking is a favorite method of preparation. After steaming they may be sifted and used in puddings or pies like squash and added to breads, particularly corn-bread. Sweet potatoes are sometimes canned and are often dried like fruits for family use.

A flour is also made from the sweet potato. In southern homes the sliced sweet potato (often first parboiled) has always been cooked with sugar, butter, and other seasoning. Such dishes, under a variety ot names, are now general vr.v';;:;; When sweet potatoes are baked the process should not be too rapid, but should continue for an hour or until the skin separates from the pulp, and In the case of the varieties moist when cooked, until the sirup condenses, and the pulp grows moist The negroes in the southern states bake them In the ashes in the fireplace; and as soon as on meal la ever put In these ccc3eS Vs nzzt, By FRANK FILSON Copyright. WIS, bj Q. Chapman) Nearly all the boys liked the little doc when he came to Sapphire.

He wasn't much of a man to look at, but hlB big head was chock full of learning, and he was as affable and friendly as anyone. The only man who didn't take to the dob was Dutchy, the bully of the camp. Dutchy was sullen enough and minded his own business in general, but when he had two or three drinks in him he would start out to find trouble. He generally found it, and, being the kind who picks upon a smaller man by preference, he usually gave better than he got. -The doc was a young fellow, and pretty Miss Lida, old man Pearce's daughter, who had been East to school, seemed -to like him well enough.

It made most of the boys rather sore to see a pretty, clever girl like that take up with such a little runt. However, that was her business and nobody thought any the less of the little doc for succeeding where sq many of the rest had failed. Besides, there was an epidemic of typhoid that fall, and everybody pretty much scared. Nobody knew who was going to be the next victim, and the doc was working with might and main to shut off the spread of the disease. However, he found time to sit for half hour on Miss Lida's stoop occasionally, and fan himself with a palm leaf.

The bpys who used to go there and weren't invited so much now used to grit their teeth and go around a block so as to avoid seeing him. But still, it wasn't a case for a personal grudge. At least, except with Dutchy, who, being naturally a boor, and never having succeeded in making any impression on Miss Lida's heart, set out to "That's All Right, Dutchy." 1e ugly. He used to scowl at the lit tle doc when he met him. But on a certain night Dutchy, having bad more than was good for him, felt in the mood for trouble.

Jim Moffat and Phil Duggan, who were seeing himjjack, at the request "of the town marshal, tried to pull him past the stoop, but Dutchy shook them away and stood facing the lit tie doc, who was fanning himself at Miss Lida's side. If you're a man you 11 come down from behind a woman's skirts and talk face to face! screamed Dutchy. The little doc came down. Miss Lida let out a cry but there wasn't anything to be done, for Dutchy was a big man and he could have smashed Phil and Jim with a blow of his fist, to say nothing of the little dofiV The doc came up to Dutchy and looked keenly Into his eyes. the furor Teutonicus, I see!" he said to himself, as though sum ming up the condition of a patient And then, while Dutchy.

was still showering him with insults, he caught hold of his hand and felt his pulse, quite in a professional way. "You'd best go home to bed, Dutchy said the little doc. Dutchy stared at the doc in speech less anger for a few moments, Then he shot out his big fist and caught the doc on the mouth, knocking him down and cutting his lip open. "Have you spunk enough to fight, you little shrimp he roared. little doc, very pale, stood before Dutchy, not attempting to- defend VHor roared Dutchy.

"Nice sort of man you're going to get, Miss Lida. Why, I'd fight the little whlppersnap--per with one hand tied behind me." Then, heing Bomewhat pleased with his work, Dutchy permitted Duggan and Moffat to lead him still breathing threats of what he was going to do to the dochext time caught him on Miss Lida's porch. What Miss Lida said to him is she sat in a sort of daze the little doc was being knocked However, it ni-ii-M-j After a while they forgot the errand, and wandered off in search of new excitements. As the hours wore on, the parents of both children became frantic, and notified Special Policemen Roseboro and Farmer of the Sixteenth district also Captain Cameron's office. The special policemen scoured West Philadelphia in two automobiles, but found no trace of the four-year-old shoppers.

Bravely efcamped upon an old plank, hand clutched in chubby hand, two youngsters were sitting alone in a vacant lot at Forty-ninth street and Ches-. ter avenue just at sunset. Ten-year-old Thomas Dickson of Thirty-eighth street and Lancaster avenue, who thought he was doing some traveling himself, stood still in boyish amazement as he caught sight of the pair. He whistled through his teeth, and, frowning, descended upon them with reproving air. After reading them a youthful riot act as to the sin of keeping one's mother waiting for curtain poles the whole day long, he notified Mrs.

M. Dailey of Forty-ninth street and Chester avenue, a friend of the Young family, and she telephoned of the safety of the four-year-olds. Burglar Is Cruelly Beaten by an Athletic Girl LOS ANGELES, CAU When she was a student in Los Angeles high school Miss Gladys Campbell of Maple avenue, could lift a 50-pound weight; many of her boy friends have gone down to defeat at the hands of the nine- teen-year-old girl when engaged, in a H'V--'. was sleeping. Things started to hap pen with the awakening df Miss Campbell.

An alarm clock thrown with unerring aim hit Hamlin on the side of the head; before he could recover from the shock a silver hairbrush closed one eye, while Miss Campbell's fist -accomplished the same purpose for the remaining optic The handle of a. tennis racket fractured a rib, and the business end of a dumb-bell served to send the intruder to the land of dreams until the arrival of the police. In order to make sure of a good job, the young lady took the sheets from her bed and bound the man and threw him out of the door to the front yard. Here he was found by the police. In the city jail Hamlin through his swollen lips has made a vow never to burgle again.

Takes Role of Mother to Boys in U. S. Navy INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Mrs. Emma Ellis received another letter the other day from one of her boys.

She gets letters of this kind every day and answers them quickly. The letters are from boys In the navy who have no (WWSr 5KW.lt 1 mothers, and they write to mothers in Indianapolis who have adopted the young bluejackets by mail. The idea came to Mrs. Ellis half a year ago, but no one save the moth-. era, commanding omcers in me navy training camps and the sailors themselves knew about It until recently, tor Mrs.

Ellis did not seek publicity. "I knew how lonesome motherless boys in the navy must be," said Mrs. "I wrote to several com manding officers in the navy trains ing stations asking for names of boys who have to mothers and ho wcu like to correspond. The list has steadily grown. I never a vs-to write to these boyanntil I have learned to know her personally as a Christian woman, well educated, who can feel deeply.

be lutnt 1' accomplished letter-writer one who can Ivi'm ih-i r-w-t to her." 1 Mrs. Ell's Ip3 nv rtiE a -i i 1-.