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' ' . ; , ' - - - '' - - - - -"'i--'-'' ' ii' -, ' A. Scrap Rook for the Busy Woman Do You Know-How , . t y- x,7- I Jf K -v- o v, . V HOW LONG SHOULD ENGAGEMENTS LAST? BY MRS. McCUNE. , to bring up, or have inherited a load or a piece of cardboard the same size and THEY had ju com from the ed- lebu 'rom P"renU- He cannot just- cover it with a piect of cotton wadding, ding of a pair of people who bad ,Jr ,W ,uch DurdeI, 4 0 m)' Fasten the' glass to the cardboard with been engaged to marry lor nearly h,ve eom to hi wW-Iect i lel" clothes pins that have patent springs, forty years. The Precipitate Girl gave fr1?- So ,l P"1- r wai 1)o Blue-print paper may. be bought of any rent to Ioiie sunoressed mirth. "Did vou ever sre . more absurd spectacle r she demanded. "That slout old bachelor and that wriuklrd old maid! Coming down the aisle they loooked as though they' were headed straight for Paradise 1" "They arc headed for Paradise," as serted the Abiding Character soberly. "Their way of gacing at each other con firms my opinion that a girl can very well aflord to wait indefinitely for the man she has promised to marry if she continues to love him." "You mean. to say that had I promised tt nflrv Nn, f Ilia tiifftt afhnnl Knv who graduated In our class that I should continue to wait ten year, or more for him to make enough of an income to support mi ?" "Yea if you continued to love him as much at you did when you agreed to marry him at tome future time." "And abandon all prospects of having tome better chancet' to marry?" ex claimed the Precipitate One. The Abiding Character smiled, at though she- were governed by tome tecxet. tender thought i Ypti would not consider that any other possible chances to marry could be better than the ene which you had promised to take if yon were convinced that the first man was the right one for you. no matter how he might imprest any other person." "How could I know if he were Tvfr. r !..' r..ki ..rl. ,4 ii.lf in th. ton. of the PrJpiU. One. "Yon would know," .aid the Abiding Character, with conviction. "A girl of average intelligence and a heart of the right ort alway. know, when she really love, a man-even though she a.a. ,n n,rv th.i mn Tl rvt.. . I. - M. nM,-r errt fill ,-t.anre to wed him. But the Know, how she feel, toward him. However, we re not discussing the girl who permits the worm of concealment to prey upon her cheek, but the one who believe, that the mm whom she loves loves her B- Ilie mM WIUJIII nii iu,. caute he hat loll hr so. After few .,r ,.f heimi cneved to him the would know whether or not lie were worthy of her, no matter what any one else might say of him." "Only a thoroughly selfish rn.an would permit girl to wait indefinitely for him. Today's bridegroom knew that hr roiildn't afford to marrv while his invalid mother lived. Had I been in hi. fii.wre . nlace. I d have quickly sent him cm his way!" eiclaimed the Precipitate One. "Not under similar condition!, " de- nied the Abiding Character. "She did the one thing that she could do simply - wailed " "Do you 'honestly believe that 'the waitine meanwhile cierwng in a conn- try store made her happy?" demanded the other. "Hapnine. is such a relative condi tion," replied the Abiding Character. "Our friend was ever looking forward, with anticipation. Never looking be hind with rrgret." "N,n.eTi.e I" ejaculated the Precipi tate One. "She must have regretted the smooth cheeks that had wrinkled, the bright ees that had faded, the brown locks that had turned to gray I Her wasted 3 ourh! The children that will nccr be born to her! All sacrificed to a nun who nut ms moiner ueiore the woman he professed to love most in the world. Mothers are so utterly self ish !" she emu luded angrily. The Abiding Character laughed soft ly "Thai is an unwise as well at an unjust statement, because soneday you may be the dependent invalid mother of a dutiful -.hi. Moreover, prolonged en gagements are not uniformly caused by mothers Frequently the engaged man has trials known only I his tiancee. He tnav haxr an atthVtcd i-trr r hruthrr to sujipuit. orphan nictis and nephews .T J" ' , - , I y , , ' ' I Heat half a cup vinegar; thicken 'ith " , . ...'' I "..-, . ; 7 w ' - y LJ '" ( i ' , t 1 two teaspoons cornstarch in one-fourth fc.,..-. . a. r''-w -"i"'r-f ; ,'. -- r '.. I 1 cup water; one teaspoon qmstard, half " "" "' "'" Jt'.ftf ..mi it-vf I ... .1 'ou "um lnc man w,lom ou lcrm ,A 'l0 bein ole olJ bachelor tmon' ms mea frienl? "' X"" neve tnat ne secretly envies tliosc for your initial trial. Tins is to serve as friends the families which are growing the negative. Now place the blue-print, up about them? Don't you know that with the yellow side tip, un. the card itis conscience tells him that he was board. Arrange the specimefi neatly and wrong to ask a woman to marry him at smoothly upon the paper. Place over it some very vague date, the while he tell the glass and fasten in place. Print himself that he cannot give her up?" in the sunlight until the paper shows "Certainly I agree to all that," assent- deep bronre tints. Remove the paper cd Uic other. "It is eaacty in line with from the glass and wash in running wa my argument that a girl is foolish to ter until the white it clear. wait more than well, say five jtears, for a man. I could contently live in a ih"k wi,h man w,hom 1 "uld ,0.' ! enough to marry, she added, with a note ox conscious vinue in ner voier. "So could most of the women whom we both know," said the Abiding Char acter. "The bride of today would have done as much. But she did not have the chance to. She could simply an ticipate the time when she could wholly devote herself to that fat, florid, gri tled man who, in the guise of a hwer. appears utterly absurd to you, and so noble to her. She dor in t see the year, B4ve wrought him." Then, of court, yem imagine that he doesn't notice the toll which Father Time hat made her pay?" The Precipi tate One was almost sneering. The Abiding Character's reply came promptly . Certainly he does not ser Had he come to regard h she truly ..-a faded old t.;d m'le and a rather tmud manner-the would instinctively havr ' SnA '-ey would never he 4. 'at hllt " themself clearly, they view the other through rose-colored glass." "Romance is still with them, sneered ll,e Hrecpitate One. "Yet, it is," replied the Abiding Char after stoutly. "Granted that thev !,! absurd to the world Granted that r mance is enpeciea to tici. awue iu mane -- - . . . room for reality or passion, when one ' has turned the quarter century mark Granted that at fifty-eight youth sMelu- sions are far, far in the misty" back ground. Nevertheless, it was better for today's bride to have waited for her bridegroom, .ince she believes that he wat worthy of waiting for, whether he was or not in the opinion of the rest of us. than to have married some man wnom sne iiKeu ics. "The village gossips say that as a girl s',e bid many well-to-do admirers. Had she married one of those men she might liaVe had everything which she has done without during the best years of "ee life a luxurious home, a family, a leading position in society I Every thing nc miii Not nappy it me pusDana wno pro- vided the home and the position were not the man whom she loved," denied the Abiding Character. "Well, I limply could not go through what she't gone through with for any' man', take. The indefinite waiting would have driven me to desperation!" exclaimed the Precipitate Uiw. -I De- live that it's every woman's duty to hertelf to extract the utmost happiness from life." "So do I," agreed the Abiding Charac ter. "From my viewpoint the xwnman i" r m.. to wait indefinitely to marry him gets the utmost out of life. The world may say that Uie is sentimental and foolish- K)ap absorbent cotton, rolls of baud ly romantic. But she and he-the per- nlasier and an a,,,li.,l lamn ,r.. sone most concerned -know better.' O KING blue-prints of flowers is an excellent way to pass time away and amuse children. The .apparatus needed is simple. A printing frame is necessary and if you can't do an hcttrr ou rin make one at honn-. Uu a pteca of glass 4 by 5 inches. Cut to Rest Easily? P"tograpner or aeaier suppl.es. The cinating. Gat 1)R an ordinary sore throat, with loss of voice or huskmess, dip a folded handkerchief in cold wa- ter. Encircle the necJi with the wet " . handkerchief and cover it with several fulds of old flannel. One night s appli- cation is usually sufficient to relieve slight cases. D tlN'T throw away your empty cof fee cans or other cans of tame sire, but make a kitchen set. Re- inove the paper from the outside and gjve j, a coat of paint an1 with a Jma Drnsh and contrasting color mark the name of the article salt, ginger or w hatever you w ant them Jo hold. They make a very neat set. I N these ,days of saving, little daugh ter s hair ribbon, should be made to do duty as long as possible. When soiled they may be thorouehlv cleaned by shaking for a few seconds, U; naf a minute, in a solution of soda teaspoon baking soda to one quart of boiling water. Kinte the ribbon in cold water, dry for two or three minute, in a towei anj prcss wjth hortron. This process removes all dirt, as tuggested, but does not injure the color. AN article not to be forgotten when taking little children from home is a medicine chest containing vaseline, nflistard plasters, witch haiel, boracic acid, bicarbonate of toda, tal cum powder. rator oil. alvcerin. bran- Jy, a rliniraj thermometer and a silver looon aI1( jpr.c. A hot-water bae.. among theabsolutc necessities. EXCESSIYK use of certain portion of the brain tends to withdraw the. nervous energy from other portions, so that one part is debilitated by excess and the other by neglect. For example, a person uiav so th.i-t the brain power in the excessive uc of the. in arcnitect s T.x metl.od of work fas- ttJS'"" I her a simple leaf of flower I r n I t: I Oi- I ; m--A m m m j ,n , i i, - 1 I L. Mi ... . u...... . . .. ..'..,. . . " ' '' .- w A ww 1 i ","h. I teaspoon sail, pincn oi cjciimc fi'f1-' 1 ' . J (this may be mixed with water and I . cornstarch) add one egg well beaten and 'f,jf J one CUP m',li and cook unt'' ?nick- -7 A;7 nerves' ol motion by hard work as to leave "little for any other faculty. On the other hand, the nerves of feeling and 0 thinking nut o , i u ill.. " v - draw the nervous fluid from the nerves of motion and thus debilitate the muscles, MOST excellent rrmedt for nams A in the soles of the feet or ankles after a long tramp is a warm bath into which put a few drops of carbolic a acid. It will give such relief that in an hour one wUI ree." to liikillK an. other tramp. Here is one that has proved itself to be of great worth when the feet are tired and ache and one like a Trojan at home. When entertain- then the flour and baking powder with can not tell just where or how, but are, '"g palled or painting became irkome, 1 sufficient milk to make a stiff bntter. oh, so tired. Take a lemon, cut it in dropped them and found other diver- Well grease a pudding basin and fill one half and rub the soles and all over the sions. You see I did as fancy suited - I haTT with corn syrup. Pour on this the instep. A SIMPLE effective silver polish may be made as follows: Four ounces of oil of sassafras, S cents' worth of pipe clay. Mix the pipe clay into the oil until it becomes a thick liquid. Rub smoothly over the silver and let stand for about five minutes. Then shine with chamois or soft cloth m K you have not a kitehen closet to I hang rooking utensils in. get a large T box, place it in the corner nearest your stove, paper it inside and drive nals in the sides on hieh to hang dif ferent articles. Have curtains for the front and cover top with oil cloth, which will also give you a h.iiidy kitehen table at a very small expense. W HKN darning; a tarc hole in a stocking first sew netting on the hole. Draw the thread in the UMiat way through the mchr, kip ping r ery other meh. so that . hen you darn trosswise you will have meshes to darn through. No matter now large the hole U, vou can darn it ecul and ft good shape, and ave time, HREAD the sewing machine with fine thread on top and a coarse thread in shuttle. Stitch the part to be shirred or gathered. Adjust the fulness by drawing the coarse under thread, and you have an even shirring, more true than can be attained, by hand or machine attachments. C&ntentment BY EDNA EGAS. , AVOM.tN of fifty-five has found the secret of youth, and discover ed the well-snrinff nf contentment. 1 Jr tfi read, and vmi havr an ven &hirrilik5. 11 Her rosy cheeks and sparkling eye. bear ,ry on and half tuP c'nnr1 """ ite , her siorv "A. , irl nf ,ev,n- to". ,wo tablespoon, butter, two taMe- teen 1 married an indulgent man who yearly increased his salary-working up from fsi-tory clerk to treasurer. As we Hum i.MUiy un iu iii.nuiti. . 3 1...1 unj. ... 1 .. . ui. . ;..j..i. t.u 1 in., va ni v.. iiiuyijr lwo ambitions, to entertain and to paint. "I strove to be an ideal hostess. I studied painting with the best teachers. 1 also read the bookt I liked, which means I didn't always read the ones best Ior ",e 1 was told 1 hacl possibilities in art Yet I was constantly discontented- everything interfered with tne attain- ment of which I dcramed My health was unequal to my ambitions. I took f re- quent trips while my poor husband toiled as a typical parasite. Yet nothing made me happy. "Four cars ago my husband's health failed and we retired to our summer cot- tage in a sleepy village. Since our in- come was none too large, I opened a gift and novelty shop for wealthy sum mcr visitor. 1 worked with a um he- cause I had a definite purpose. I have increased my business yearly and ri- panded it to a mail order trade-in the winter. I am constantly on the watch for new thing to fill my shop shelves. I am bringing in a good income and my husband and I are both surprised at the business acumen I have revealed , "Th? greatest surprise to me i4 my rhange in health and mental attitude I hae an altogether new vim and 'go I never tire a in the old days. I hae actually forgotten about my body,' and if there is anything wrong with it 1 am too busy to know. Resides, I am happy as never before, because I hae purpose in activity. "In real woik I have attained the bod ily vigor and mental content I vainly sought in dawdling parasitism I can look hack over the ears and didn't become the Mioietul -ee why 1 pamier I lunged lu be It a beuu wluia 1 Genera Salad. With a sharp knife, score a Greek cross on a smooth red tomato. Cut out the pulp a slight deptll, and fill the cav ity with cream cheese. Serve in the white hearts of lettuce with French dressing. Krd Cross Salad. Place syme cream cheese on the white hearts of lettuce, and on top of the cheese a Greek cross cut from sweet red peppers. Serve with whipped cream, salted and slightly flecked with paprika or cayenne. Score on a tomato a triangle, a six pointed star by placing one triangle over another; a circle; cut out the pulp to a slight depth and fill the cavities with cream cheese. Serve on the whitehearts of lettuce with French dressing. SOUP Delicious Soup. Take two green sweet peppers, two onions and mine fine Add one tea- spoonful of butter and simmer cm the stove (do not burn It) for about 10 min- utes. Then add two cups of tomatoes and a quart of water, Salt and pepper to taste and a little sugar. This make a delicious soup without the use of meat. You can add a little carrot and celery, but it i fine without them. Tomato Soup. One can of tunutq soup, fin can with tame quantity of hot water, half a cup of cream, tablespoon of sugar. Bring to a boil. Ajdd one tablespoon of flour dissolved in half a cup of milk and cook until thickens, then add a large ta blespoon of butter before serving. Bean Puree Snap. Two cups baked beans, three pints of stock, two slices onion, two stalks cel- ,P00", flour' hal teaspoon salt. Mix " ""greuienis, ' simmer aoout one hour. Strain once or twice, as it it a .njooth soup. If no stock, use three ..t .1.. J.. . i. ' ana "lrc CUP or colJ bean a PUDDING Roth's Padding. Half cup butler or butter and lard, tame of sugar, two egg', one full cup flour, two teaspoons baking powder, one cup corn syrup, little milk. Cream but ter and sugar together, add beaten eggs, miature jut made; cover well with thick greased paper or a cloth, and boil one and one-half hours. ("onYe Souftlr. One and one-halt cups boi!cd cfhv, halt cup milk, two-thirds cup sugar' one tublespoou powdered gelatine, ani!!a, three eggs. t'.N.k in double lioiler like Spanish cream, beating in n;g wh te, after it comes from the stove, PIE Elderberry Tie, Make ordinary pie crut ; put one ta ble.opuoii of stiai, luff a tablespoon thought T worked at painting I nerr realty did so. 1 dahblcd and made out because of sur.ie native talent, for whieh I deserved no credit. Had ivmin'-'iu forced me to devote myv!f to pjintirs as I have to my Iiop, my name won!! have been known in art Hut you see I thought I was content with fnitenii ttll. after o long a timr. T have rome to know better through having jiicUUi-g dctnuu to UtV flour on bottom crust; fill with berrie sprinkle a pincrrof salt on them; put half cup sugar, half tablespoon flour on ber ries to take up juice. A little nutmcf; or cinnamon; put on top crust; wet with cold water; bake a golden brown. Can not be told from blueberry Mother's Prune Tot Fie. Put one pound of prunes to scale la water over night; in the morning ttew and sweeten them to taste. When don let cool. Make a baking powder biscuit dough, roll out to a quarter-inch in thickness ; line a square biscuit pan with the dough and fill with the stewed prunes; sprinkle thickly with flour, to as to thicken the juice, and cover with a top Crust. Bake in a moderate oven. Serve hot, cut in squares, with sweet ened thin cream. LEFT-OVERS UMEROUS palatable combination of two or more food materials w hich can be prepared by tha housewife with but little trouble to them selves will supply the major part of a well-chosen meal. Such combinations should be used very frequently to limj plify and make more economical tha serving of a rational diet for the family, say specialist, of the United States De partment of Agriculture. Combining left-overs into a paJatable dish, for ex ample, effects a considerable saving in materia!, in fuel and in the labor of preparing meals and of cleaning cooking utensils and dishes. Good use thut it made of food which might otherwise be wasted, when one dish it prepared, cook- ed and handled instead of several. The character of any one of the daily meals should be determined by that of the other meals that are served. A light breakfast and a light supper or luncheon, for instance, usually makes desirable a heavier dinner. In torn families the preference may be for a hearty breakfast Md . light supper, and to on through a siderable range of individual tastea. If the meal is to be a light on ffw combination dish, together with tha bread and butter, which usually accont pany American meals, may be all that) is wished. If the combination dish forms ffM central part of a heartier meal, it U la accordance with our usual food cus toms to serve with it, in addition tea bread and butter, such foods as garden vegetables, fruit, (freth or cooked). ao4 simple dessert. , . . . Good planning necessitate, ro tneprto. V " has been suggested, in order that all th varied mitriuve substances which thu body requires may be snpplied. Tlie following arc some suggestion for a fewof the many nutrition com bination dishes which may be prepared without too much trouble from staple food materials and common left-avers and for other foods which csn accom pany them to make a well-rounded meal : Spaghetti or macaroni or rice cooked with tomato, onion or green pepper, end cheese or cheese sauce Served with White, graham or whole-wheat bread and butter, and stewed or sliced fruit and simple cookies. Boiled rice baktd ( scalloped with minced left-over meat, chipped beef or fvcsli or canned fish Served with Hcet, dandelion or other greeiu dressed with peanut. ! r, cottonseed or other table oil, with vmccar and lemon juice enough to llavor the dressing, and wheat, corn or rye brrad and honey Boiled rice scrambled with egsfn Served with A vuccuhtit v-M.tS'r Mi'-h a stewed loinatoe. canned crn, grctrii peas or bn". brr.i'l and butter, ntits and rait in, ur other dried fruits. dreen peas and canned salm-rfi with while tie timkrittd ntilk) sau. er ed w itli Corn l.s-ad and sIt..p Mi at pie f m or fish With rom .iu xptn t e cut) r potato rnitt. Served with ' Turnip, carrots, onions or parsnips aiid biscuits and butter. With i-uxk jclljr or hot UiocbMie