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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1915)
PMfegmd !IWittiM HOME AND FARM MAGA3INE SECTION 12 i In the Home-Household Hints-Fashion Notes-Recipes I J. ft' CV lit r i,r Tfce 1'illtor will ! pinned to rtctUe unit publlnh hint of In terest io our render. Household HIilN. GCT a cheap tin teapot to melt par affin In nml always Keep It for this purpose. Onco used, you will never do without It. The molted par affin pours so easily Just wlicro It Is wanted and need not nil be used nt ono time. When the whites of eggs refuse to stiffen for cakes, stir In a little bak ing powder. If food burns In n nice, new enam eled dish, put In a tnblospoon of sal soda, fill with water and boll. A tablcspoonful of castor oil around the roots of ferns and palms once a month will give growth nud fresh color. Taste soft blotting paper on the bottom of ornaments, vat.es or flow er bowls and they will not mar pol ished surfaces. a The only way to be sure of having a tidy mantel in living-room or kucii cn seems to be not to usc It nt all or to omit It altogether. Everything about tho kitchen Bhould be washable walls, wood work, floors (or floor covering), shelves, furniture and utensils. . If you will add a beaten egg to the mashed potato that is to be made Into cakes, they will stay In shape better, brown nicer and be finer fla vored. It pa s to study tastes and needs and cookery. Indigestion Is the root of more evils (of tempers as well as of organs) than Is commonly recognized. Pack tho Ice cream freezer as usu al, then pour a little hot water over tho Ice to start the melting quickly or fill up to the overflow holo with cool wator. If you have not an Ice shaver, or It Is lost or broken, try something even better. Crack the ice In small pieces and put them through tho meat grinder. If starched clothes become wet lth rain while on the line do not tako them down. Allow them to re main till dry and they will retain their original stiffness. A cup of hot water In the oven with cake and pastry will provent scorching. In baking gems or muf fins ono of the cups may be filled with water Instead of batter. As soon as the apples for tho salad arc cut pour a little lemon Julco over them. This keeps them from becom ing discolored and blends nicely with the dressing, Improving tho flavor. JtiHt romembcr to cover tho ogg yolk that you did not need right away, with water. Then tt win not no dried out nnd Injured or useless when you want to use It Homo hours later. If n enrmont becomes scotched In Ironing, lay n wet cloth over tho place nnd pass a hot Iron over It, causing It to steam freely, Itepeat until tho mark disappears, which will not be long unless It Is really burned. Utilizing left-overs Is not an ccou omy if It requires too much tlmo or labor, or too expensive additions to mako them palatable. Sometimes scraps mako much bettor fresh eggs than anything else. Tho chickens really need some of them. If you want to transfer a pretty pattern that you soo In n nowspuprr, put a plcoo of carbon paper (If you haven't any, sovcrnl RhcetH can bo gotten for fi cents nnd each may be used tnnumcrnble times) faro down on your fabric, then put tho news paper over nnd traco tho nutllno of tho design with a Blimp pencil. Meal times should bo contented, comfortable, cheerful times, for the sake of tho health and happiness of tho family. Do nut select tlioao oc casions for gencrnl fault findings and scoldings Just be.caiiFo ovoryono Is handy ami cannot get away easily, (t seasons of reproof nnd correction must com, let It bo lator, nud be tween IndlvlduuW. May Manton Weekly Fashion Talk A' WITH THE NEW POLONAISE IjIi mo puiuuuim: cifects nro ibii Innnlilo. Hero Is an exceedingly hand some gown. It Is mndo of velvet with broad cloth nnd shows n pol onaise, which Is ono of the best liked, over a clrculnr skirt. Tho full fronts of tho polonulso and tho full bnnk of the skirt portion nro especially Interesting f o n t u r o b . Tho full fronts do nwny with over-sovcilty and tho full back gives grace ful folds nnd linos. Tho combination of ma terlals shown hero is ono of tho best nnd most fashionable, but thcro nro many ways In which this suggestion can bo tisod. Chnr incusc with volvot would bo pretty, or broadcloth throughout would be liaudsomo with the v o s t nnd sleeves perhaps of charmeusc or of vel vet, or the sleeves could match tho polon aise, or tho entire gar ment could be of ono material with tho vest only of n different ono and In such cases n faucy brocaded silk would mako u good ef fect. Tho skirt Is JiiBt In ono piece closed nt tho back nnd this clos ing enn be made by means of n seam or with overlapped edges. The polonulso Is really a simple garment to mako nnd an exceed ingly smart one, nml lolls Its own slory. Tho sleeves are of tho set In sort, nnd there Is n tittle standing collar that finishes tho neck edge, nnd In this cuho both tho collnr nud sleeve edges tire cov ered with fur banding. For tho medium slzo the polonnlso will ro qulro C yds. of material 27. 3 yds. 3G or 3',i yds. 11 In. wldo, with 2 yds 27, Hi yds. 3G or A 1 In. wide, for tho vest and sleoves; for tho skirt yds. 27, 3 yds. 3C or 2',S yds. II In. wldo. The May M a n t o n pattern of the polon nlso 8 177 Is cut In sizes from 34 to 12 In. bust mnnutii'A nf flirt iLlif 8H1-A in sizes from 2i to 34 waist measure. They will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Depart incut of this paper, on receipt of 10 cents for each. Dittm t 1(47 xti9tn 8477 Shirred Polonaise, 3$ to 43 bust. 8441-A Circular Skirt, 24 to at waist. Efficiency in Electric Lighting PAMILIARTY breeds neglect, to paraphrase a popular quotation, nnd especially bo In the case of electric lighting. When tho electric lights nro first Installed In the house n great deal of Interest is taken in lamps and fixtures. The lights are usually iustnlled in accordauco with tho best methods to inburc good light at tho greatest economy. After n fow weoks the novelty wears off and tho family forgets all about the electric lights, taking them as a mat ter of fact, and from then on they nro too often neglected. Lamps and shades go undustod, and It takes but a tiny film of dirt and dnst to Impair the efficiency of tho light. Lamps burn out and are replaced by any old lamp which can bo found. Empty lamp sockets can bo found In the "spare" rooms, and are usually not noticed until company comes; then there is a scurrying around to find lumps, or an oil lamp has to bo pressed Into service. An Illuminating engineer of the Ocneral Electric Company, in a re cent discourse, gave the followlne helpful rules for caring for electric lights In the homes to tec u re the bent light efficiency at the greatest econ omy: Dust lamp globei and tbadw as often as the furniture Is diluted, or at least once a week, Keep a supply of unused lamps, of various slzos, In tho house. Don't wait until tho lamps nro broken or burned out beforo securing now lamps. Don't keep empty lamp sockots nbout the house. Keep nil sockets filled with tho proper slzo lamps. When n lamp burns out, or is broken, don't .rcplaco It with tho first lamp available. For lustunce, n 20-wntt lamp should not bo re placed with a 40-watt lamp, when tho former is the proper size to uso. Tho Inttor slzo doubles tho cost of the service. Don't use light-absorbing shndes Just because they look pretty. Uso reflectors made purposely to direct the light as necessary. Don't use focusing reflectors whero a diffusing reflector Is proper. Use small 10-watt lamps for porches, Kails, entrances, etc., where a little light Is necessary, but no great amount of illumination re quired. Don't 11 so old carbon lamps Just be cause they are cheap and handy. iuer arc expensive in me enn, re quiring three times as much current as th no Mazda bulbs and giving a poorer quality of light. The IMItor n III hf reflpeK, rrvrUe nnd iml.n.k . .' 'norltt Allllinu tl I-.,. "'" r 1-IIUUIliK, NTO n quart of boiling milk iUr , cup of corn meal, and a qu Jf sliced sweet apples; add n 1' of salt, nnd a cup of mowS?0? thoroughly. Add two quft'S pour Into a buttered dish, and b vl inflow oven for four hour?ft Hard Sauce. Ileal one-half cupful of butter ui, agftoi'. m" '""".ft llulter Pudding. Sift together one and one-half cups of flour, ono teaspoon of baktni powder, and ono-hnlf teaspoon of sal ; rub In one tablespoon of butter add two wol beaten eges, and ""' Pint of milk Flavor ,?lth' nut ? pour into well buttered pudding dirt nnd bako 3B minutes. Sen e whs elder sauce. no 1Ul Uuclipsia Same. Boll two ounces nf nriin,i i.. Into in one cupful of milk for itilniiinn Tlnni 1. ..-11. . . "" ......UH.O. wrai uiu yoiKS Ot two ectl with one-lmlf cunfni nf o.,. : one-hnlf nlll of mm. ,i.i .'. .!" chocolate, and strain, ileturn to the flro nnd stir until thick as honey w.j;.. ,viiiui, uuu nun (me teaspoon- 1111 111 uAiruci ui vnilllin. Apple Snnw. Dent, tho wllltnil nf Hirnn . 1. . verv stiff froth, mill .. raV..iq ". sugar nnd two cups of nice white aiunuu uppicH, a juuo nt a time, beat In tr nil thn wlilln Wiv. .viii. . -..- lard as snuco, made as follows: To cups of milk, tho yolks of three cks threo or four tablespoons of sugar' u pinch ot salt, and flavoring to suit! Foamy Siiure. Ilent tho whites of three eggs to a froth, but not stiff, ndd one cupful of flno sugar, nnd beat again. Add tho Julco of a lemon nnd nour nr nil ono coffeo-cupful of boiling mlllc, stirring all tho time. A tablcspoonful of currant Jolly may bo substituted tor tuo lemon Julco, when the sauce Is to bo served with n pudding coa tulnlng no fruit. Ulrd's Nest Pudding. Faro nnd coro thrco apples, and cut ench In two crosswise, place each half In a small buttered mold; (111 the centers with bolted rlco well spiced nnd sweetened, and surround the applo with a custard. Put tho small tins in n largo 0110 containing hot wntel-, nud boll slowly for halt an hour. Sot tho wholo In the oven to brown slightly, nnd when done .turn out on Individual dishes, let cool a little, nnd pile, with whipped cream, placing thrco colored sugared aid' ends In the center ot each. Applo Custard I'uddiiip, Stow 11 quart of pared and quar tered sour apples In half a cup ot wator. When soft, stir Into them tho Julco of a lemon and Us grated rind; or, If tho apples nro very sour, ndd half a teaspoon of clnnnrnon, or a llttlo grated nutmeg. Heat Into the fruit two tnblc3poons of butter, three of sugar, and two cups of flno bread crumbs. Whip two eggs thoroughly, nnd ndd them Just ns tho batter Is to bo turned Into a buttered baking dieb. Ilnko at least three-quarters ot an hour In a medium oven; If too thick n crust Is likely to form on the top, cover with a pinto. Sorvo Tvlth bard or liquid snuco, or with cream and sugar. Applo I'uddlng. Buttor a pudding dish and corcr tho bottom with wholo apples, rred and cored, as many as can be ar ranged without crowding. Tart apples should bo used. Then mix flvo tea Bpoons of flour, a pinch of salt, and a pint of milk, adding the milk a llttlo at a tlmo so as to prevent lumps forming. Beat tho yolks and-yultes of throo eggs Boparatoly, and add first tho yolks and then tho whites whipped to a stiff froth. Pour this bnttor at onco over tho apples, ana imirn tnr nn tinnr in n moderate oven- Servo with olthor a hard sauce, cream and sugar, inaplo syrup, or m suueo. If a sweot pudding is pre ferred, put sugar and spices In tM centers of tho apples, and add Du a cup ot sugar to tho batter. mw