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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1915)
1 V IIOMK AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION In the Home-Household Hints-Fashion Notes- May Manton Weekly Fashion Talk ''im iiiiiiii llir IMIIiir "III lie iIciicI rriclir nml iuiIiIImIi lilnl" ' " IrrrM l ur renili-rn. ll he rrcrlti Hit 1 unit I'libll.k rcrlprn, tit nit FOR THE NEW BABY . K Household Hint. KTTI.KS may be kept cleaned by boiling potato poolings I" tltom. i To cut fresh bread, heat the blade of the knife In hot water; It prevents breaking and crumbling. A few drops of blue washing fluid added to tho water In which glasses are rinsed will uinko them sparkle. Obstinate dresser drawers will run easily If removed from tho dresjor and the lower edges rubbed with soap. It la better not to put a bed spread through the wrluger after tho last rinsing: hang It on the Hue dripping wet. When buttons aro taken from an old dress they should bo strung on a string before putting them Into the button box. Patterns are conveniently marked by tying a plec,e of tho material from which the garment was cut around the pattern. The coffee pot should bo thorough ly cleaned once a week; boll it for halt an hour In a strong solution of borax and water. Rnncld butter can be sweetened by cutting It Into two or three pieces and allowing It to stand In sweet milk for six or eight hours. rtpfnr( wnshlnc lace curtntns. basto a narrow strip of muslin along the J .outer edge, allow It to remain until "tho washing and drying process Is complete. By having tho tread of tho stop made to lift on hinges, the lower step of the back stairs can be turned Into a very convenient place to keep tho family overshoes. Cut cotton hatting In small squares and bako In a hot oven 20 minutes. This makes each Manure fluff up light and feathery nml soft pillows filled In this way are as light us down. To got rid of tho smell of tobacco smoke put u lump of crystal ummonln Into n jar and add a few drops of oil of lavender. Pour it llttlo boiling water over It and lot tho Jar stund In the room. Every woman who cuts out from paper patterns knows of tho bother In pinning It flat to tho cloth. Take a hot Iron and smooth tho tlssuo paper pattoru over tho cloth and It will remain flat without plus. t. If a stove Is cracked, mix equal partH of tablo salt and wood ashes and add water to make a thick paste. Hub the pusto Into tho crack while tho stovo Is hot and tho mended places will bo ns hard as u rock. Polish freshly washed lamp cham- ncys with dry salt. nub a frostily cut lomon ovor Ink Immediately aftor It hna boon split on carget. No matter what tho color of carpot, this will tako out tho fresh stain without Injury to It. Itomove tho odor of food from a wooden chopping bowl by soaking tho bowl In boiling water In which a llttlo soda is dissolved. A tablcspoonful of soda to a gallon of water Is tho proportion. Gather horbs In tho Summer sea sou, dry thorn nud put them uway In tiny tings of cheesecloth. Tho bags should be kept In a glass jar tightly covered. When making soups or bauces, a bag of tho mixed hcrb3 is - convenient to use. A tencher of cooking says that for i- every quart of cooked vegetables four even tablespoonfuls of butter, n tea- spoonful of salt and an eighth of n teaspooufu! of pepper should ho used for seasoning. Tho sleeves and legs of old knit underwear nro oxoollont to cover a broom for cleaning dust off tho wall. Put the broom handlo in tho largo part of tho sleoves or leg ami pull It up well over tho broom. It cannot slip off ns the moro ono pulls down on the wall tho tighter tho cloth will hold, j, 853 ilIK now bnby Is such an Important person that there cannot be too much at tcullon given to his dress. Here 1 a very chcnnlng one that can bo finished with or without tho band that gives tho empire effect. It Is of Just tho correct longth to comply with tho latest IiIcub of ."health ard it can be trimmed with fine luco and Insertion and be just as elaborate as any dress tho baby will need, or It can bu fin ished qutto simply with a tiny bit of lace lit neck and sleeve edges only, to be adapted to everyday wear. Kino, dainty mntcrlalH are thovonly ones that are upproprlato. Hand sew ing gives tho most sat isfactory rosultH. Thero aro only two pieces In the dress with an open Mng cut nt tho bank nml tho m uilonit cly full tho moderately full nlcevcfl nro sowed to tho arm-holes. To inako the frock will bo needed 2 yds. Ditlt 6jr May lt4t. Infant' Tucked Dress, One Size. of material 30, or '-'? yds. In. wide, with -M yds. Insertion ami three-fourth yd heading. Tho pattern C823 Is cut hi one size. It will bo mailed to itny nddress by tho Fashion Department of this paper, on receipt of 10 cents. Arts and Crafts for Young Folk m-OTHKHS and teachers who wish l to keep the young people cheer fully busy In useful tasks about tho homo or farm mny be Interested In a project of the United States De partment of Agriculture for organiz ing farm and home handicraft clubs. Some of the arts and crafts In which tho Department's specialist In chnrgo of club work Tor the Northern and Wostorn Mates hopes to lutcrevt his boys and girls are as follows: 1. Hope tying and splicing. 2. Making seed testers ibo.x, blot tor and rag-doll testers). 3. Mnklng a hencoop nud brooder. 1. Km It tree grafting and treo surgery. C. Making a flytrap. C. Making a woodbox for kitchen or sitting-room. 7. Mnklng a blrtlitouso and watering-trough. 8. Making a hotbed or cold frame. U. Making a Mupladder or handy laddor for farm and home. 10. Mnklng one dozen vogetable iiinrkol crates. 11. Sliarponlug saw, pair of scls sors. 12. Making a medlclno cabinet. 13. Making and laying a cement walk or floor. H. Making a bookcase or library Wo. 1C. First aid to farm imple ments: (n) repair of whlpple-treo, (b) pair of shares, (c) fork handle, (d) repnlr gnte. 10. Drawing plan of 80-acrc farmstead. 17. Forging two kinds, practi cal, related to farm work. 18. Weldingtwo kinds, practi cal, related to farm work. 0. Horseshoo making. 20. First aid to household furni ture: (a) chair, (b) tablo, (c) pic ture frnmo, (d) door lock or hinge. 21. Pressing and cleaning a suit of clothes. 22. Paporlng a room. 23. Painting, staining or treating floor. 21. Making a farm dooryard gato. 25. Making a home-made flrele-ss cooker, ono of two methods. 20. Making a home cauncr, ono of two mothods. 27. Making a kitchen shelf or kltchon work chair for mother. 28. (Jet out a sot of plans and specifications for model farm home 29. Sliow how to give first aid to school furniture and equipment, such as tho repair of a seat, window, fence, broken gnte, blackboard, steps nud sidewalk'. 30. Show how to roptilr the cover or hrokou hack of a book, 31. Art metal work for house hold. 32. Modoltng In clay and plaster. 33. Leather work: repair of leather goodn or art work. 31. Fabric dyeing nud printing. :i.i. Pottery for use In tho hoiue. 30. Uasketry for uso in gather ing and marketing vegetables and fruit. 37. Making a mllkstool. 38. Momc-mado fruit Juice and cider mill. . 39. Hall lint and coat rack. Tho now clubs, It Is expected, will no merely tho agricultural clubs al ready organized among the young people and tho uow Hues of Industrial work taken up nt times and seasons when corn, pigs, chickens and veg etables do not need tho special atten tion of the boyn nnd girls. Under tho new plan each club member will probably select about 10 of tho sug gested tasks nud do each of them during convenient moments. Tho re sults of the work of all tho members of ono club will bo oxhlblted at tho ond of a year's time in a placo whero tho rost of tho community may seo what has been attemptod and pass a Judgment on Us value. Any mother or tencher who would euro to Interest hor children In any or the nrts and crafts outlined nhovo may write for further dotalls to the Offlco In Chnrgo of Club Work for tho Northern and Western States, United States Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C, Device for Sink. A dcvlco for tho kltchon sink that has proved successful In lceoplng ttio drain pipes clean Is mndo of a wood en framo and ordinary window sercon. Mako a wooden framo, about two Inches high, Just wide enough to fit nicely Into tho sink, and not qulto as long aa tho lusldo of tho sink. On ono end of this nail a board, cov ering about half tho length of tho frnme; on the other ond, on tho op posite aide, nail a piece or wire win dow screen. This dovlco may bo kept In the sink always, tho dlshpan sot on the woodon part, and anythlug poured on tho other part will bo strained berors reaching tho pipes. This may bo easily cleaned, and the wlro screening renowod at small ex penso, when worn through. It Is bettor thnn tho ordinary sink strain er, as it covers tho bottom of the sing and catches everything thrown Into It. 'M'Ple mid Odor. tJr" tliostem end of eacl .S" tli i.iiu with a po Z " tin. 1. mIi. i... ... ' . """-Ml Icoo.il .TNSfcS will mayonnaise diS HPlo shells, rcplaco ' u Carretslnl-,,,, ea8,oonfulofsnlt,onc.httS fill of sugar mid a dash iffi Simmer all until tbbCT6 u. .u.i.uii ju re and ono UtK, ful or minced parsley, let boffi servo at once. "wum Aiuili iiml f-w.. c.t.i ... : -"''v onto. little thiol prnnm in Mi ',." I,.-.. m :.!."' "M '".a nud mnko Into tiny balls. hf, J llU' lllt-l niw.tn.i ......" ...... ....v ..,.,.111,, luruuuai 13 fllfl nAlilitM l.l .1 .1 ."-"a 11 7,,,' """ rlUR wHMM Inch thick. Arrango rlngioikS leaves and place Rovoril tkjlS In the center. Serro crtia nil 111 vnnuit,. Sen lug VrncUbloi. A lllf'ri U'llV 111 inn-. ......I tubloH s to fill a ring mold ia either linlleil rlrn n, .n ........ mashed potato, turn out aretiUjj II llhlttnr. fill Ihn risnlnr lil - peiiB or any klml of vcgetiblifr sired, then placo around the outs frontage cups holding! Kccoid rn iiiiiii fir Hiiiiritnin in. him iii . " I " ... .... ttiu vuyi b4 Hiuiieii, naiicu vcgciauie. Potato mid Nut Cnxuitlbi, To one cunfiit of mailict tl til seasoned potatoes ndd ons to-lili hnmd crumbs, ono cupful of tl black walnut meals, two irtll-tai eggs, two or three tablcipooittM mill;, nml sermon with u!L wm nud n little lemon juice. Muita croquettes, dip In egg, roil li a crumbs, uml fry like, an; crone: Drnln well nud servo at on. Squash Sun (do. Heat one-half can of jquuk.Ki much of boiled Bquasb, ltd ui flue, add one tntilespoonful ollrcn HiiL'iir. one tenmioonful of ult. ti tle poppor, tho well bcatfnjolu two eggs, and 0110 and one-hl! w fills of rich milk. Then fold li li stiffly whipped white of tki W turn Into n wcii-iuiucrca ouo, until firm, and serve nt onw. Iirlixl Annlo futtard Df. "01,.... m.i.lnu nnlll ilnn led til through a colander. Thcnidim ...ll... .....1 .inn IvllllA. VtU IMA Wllin HUM Wliw ..., --" ono-hnir cup butter, one-Mlttipn gur, ono scuut teaspoon Conner Julco or ono lemon and onM nutmeg. Heat all toRotbcrKiUa with bottom cruet only. Wea covor with merlnguo anl wnl 1110 ovou. v..t..i iii.iIa. Rnmih. IlllhVII Mill!" - , .. . . t. .1.. .nilllV lU Uoll nnu masii iu ;-' . cold, bent up light with om g ueiuen ohkb, -""'"-",.,... M milk, pepper nnu Mi 'V.-rftw In a buttered baking dlib, , 2 torod bread crumbs over the to?. Dnlto in a quick u-u. ,. . . ....1. CtiiM. 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