HE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 9, 1918.
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COMBINATION OF BLUE SERGE KNICKERS AND
MIDDY BLOUSE POPULAR WITH SUMMER GIRL
New Work and Play Togs Are as Graceful as a Short Skirt and Quite as Modest for Active Exercise Sleeve
less Sweaters Latest Creation for Athletic GirL
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of too prreat heat, and the ventilation
is necessarily poor.
Cherries usually dry In two to four
hours if unpltted, or a little longer if
pitted! Start the temperature at 110 de
crees Fahrenheit and raise to 150 de
grees Fahrenheit. The fruit should
not be dried too hard, but should be
leathery and pliable. .
They should be "conditioned" before
being stored. This means that they
should be placed in boxes and poured
from one box to another once a day for
three or four days to mix thoroughly.
Any that are too moist or too dry can
be removed. Those too moist can be
returned to the drier for a short time.
You would do well to ask at the Public
Library for bulletins on the drying of
fruits and vegetables that will help
you in planning an inexpensive and
suitable drier. The Oregon Agricul
tural College has a bulletin on this
topic; there is a Farmers' Bulletin from
the Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, IX C and one on home canning
and drying, published by the National
War Garden Commission, Washington,
D. C. Any of these can be obtained
on request.
You might also crystallize a few of
your best cherries, though this takes
sugar, and is. therefore, not to be rec
ommended as much as plain drying.
ONE of the most attractive outfits
in the wardrobe of the Girl
Scout's organization is this com
bination of blue serge knickers and
middy blouse of white duck. The
plated serge knickers are as graceful
as a short skirt, and quite as modest
for active service, and the middy is so
comfortable and roomy, giving perfect
freedom
arms in sports like of these admirable sleeveless sweat-
canoeing, tennis or sailing. A knotted
tie of heavy silk makes the informal
middy very smart. Laced canvas
sneakers support the ankle, yet allow
perfect freedom for foot and ankle
muscles.
Every Camp Fire girl, and every other
girl looking forward to a Summer of
out-door enjoyment, will possess one
ers, which give comfortable warmth
across back and chest, yet leave the
arms quite free for active exercise.
The sweater illustrated is of light
brown wool with a purled lower sec
tion that clings gracefully at waist
line and hip. Worn with a simple out
ing frock of white linen or crash the
knitted sllpon adds a charming bit of
color to the out-door costume.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
PORTLAND, May 22. Dear Mies Tingle:
I noticed an inquiry about jelly from Ore
iron grape. The low-growing Oregon grape
in alt -s a rich. tart, dark-colored Jelly, which
la. In mv JudBment, delicious with meats.
It Jells'" readily, too. The fruit of the
high-growing kind is less Juicy. I never
used It but once, finding it somewhat acrid
and bitter. The Oregon grape is really a
barberry.
Your remark about salal reminds me
that we have found that fruit somewhat In
sipid alone, but have liked it combined with
wild blackberry In a Jam which has much
the flavor of black huckleberry. The salal
gives the huckleberry flavor, salal (Gaul
therla) being a close relative of huckle
berry (Vacelnium). and the blackberry adds
richness and tartness. I doubt If salal alone
would make a Jelly. Everyone knows the
virtues of black huckleberry, but not so many
know that the red huckleberry, though not
"Jelling" very readily, gives a oeauuiui,
delicately flavored, red preserve.
Wild gooseberry Is another native fruit
-which mixes well with salal, and Is also
good alone. I hope these "few feeble
words" will inspire someone more familiar
with the subject to give her experience.
MRS. A. M. V.
Many thanks for your so-called "Tew
feeble words.' which should certainly
be very useful not only to my corre
spondent, but to many other readers
who may be able to utilize these wild
fruits. I have used the red huckleberry
for pies, but have never met enough
wild gooseberries for Jelly making. I
Judge they would be as excellent for
jelly as the ordinary green garden
gooseberry, which makes a confection
equal to the famous (Dut. to my mind,
somewhat overrated) guava Jelly.
Lewiston, Idaho., May 22. "Sub
scribe?" asks in The Sunday Oregonian
In regard to making Jelly of Oregon
grape. Having had several years' ex
perience in making Jelly from this
berry I can assure her that it can be
done.
The Juice of the Oregon grape alone
makes & wild, strong Jelly that is suit
able for cold meat, etc., and too strong
for "spread." A combination of grape
and crabapple (about half and half)
is fine. Grape and plain apple Is just
about as good. I can much of my Ore
gon grape Juice and in the Winter,
when making apple sauce, I use the
peelings and cores for jelly. As this
"Jells" very easily a proportion of
about five cups liquid and four cups
sugar is good. ' S. G. J.
' Your suggestions are certainly ex
cellent and I am sure my correspond
ent will thank you as I do. The plan
you mention of putting up fruit Juice
In the Summer and making it into
Jelly with apple parings, as occasion
offers, in the Winter is a very good
plan not only for Oregon grape, but
tor other fruits that do not "Jell" easi
ly, such as strawberry and cherry.
Moreover, it is often a saving of fuel.
labor and sugar as well as utilizing
the good material in the apple peelings.
Fruit Juices can be sealed in ordl
nary bottles if the proper method is
used, and this is often very conven
lent when there is an abundance of
fruit and a somewhat limited supply
of cans and jelly glasses.
Cancentrated fruit juices sweetened
with a little corn syrup or very small
amount of sugar as well as corn syrup
will help to save sugar and money next
Winter when the pancake season is at
its height.
NASEL, Wash.. May 8. Dear Miss Tingle:
Will you please publish directions for can
ning salmon? I usually use "Economy"
Jars for all- my canning, but have been
wondering If I might get a jar with straight
ides, so that it could be removed in better
shape than from a Jar with a "shoulder."
D. M. H.
Canned Salmon in Glass Jars. Clean,
scale and scald the fish. Take out the
backbone, cut the fish to fit the Jar,
as nearly as possible. Fill up with
cold water, -salted to taste, with or
without a little pepper. Adjust the
lids, putting on only one clamp, or
screwing not quite tight, and set the
prepared jars on a wooden rack or
pierced board in a wash boiler. A
steamer or a regular "home canner" is
better, but quite good results are pos
sible with the wash boiler. Put the
Jars "overhead" in hot water. Keep
boiling for three hours, counting from
me time actual boiling begins. Add
boiling water from time to time to
keep the water over the necks of the
jars. Keep the lid on the boiler. Re
move the jars at the end of three hours
and see that the caps are tight and se
cure. Do not put the hot Jars to cool !
in a draft or upon a damp or wet sur
face. "
Any cooked fish may be freed from
bone and packed into clean sterilized
Jars, covered with salted water, or vin
egar and water, with or without a few
pepper corns and cloves, and then fin
ished by boiling three hours as above.
Some makers like to salt the salmon
slightly and let it drain for a few
hours before packing into the cans.
Others omit the scalding, but as this
shrinks the fish a little it makes pos
sible a closer pack in the Jars. One
teaspoon salt to each quart jar is
usually enough, though a little more is
liked by some people. Some house
keepers add one or two tablespoons of
vinegar with a clove or a few pepper
corns to each Jar.
In regard to the cans without a
shoulder, there are large commercial
cans of that shape which could doubt
less be used for domestic canning if
your dealer can supply them, and there
are (or were, I have not inquired this
year) pint economy jars without a
shoulder. These, however, would be
rather small for canning fish, unless
for a small family. In the latter case
they might prove more convenient than
the larger ones. If you use cans with
rubbers, be sure to get a good brand.
"Good Jjuck" rubbers are recommended
by the Department of Agriculture. Be
sure you have the right size and test
for elasticity.
the process of drying? Or could they be
candied or preserved In such a way as not
to have much liquid around them so I
could ship some of them to our relatives
out of the state? I thank you for your
information. MBS. S. H.
Yes, the cherries can be dried either
with or without stones.. They are
easier to dry unstoned, but though
there Is some loss of juice they are
much more convenient to use if they
have been stoned before drying, so as
to be used like raisins.
There are several types of drier that
can easily be made at home, and the
drying can be done in the sun, or over
the cookstove, or with the aid of an
electric fan, as may be most conven
lent. Drying can be done to a certain
extent in an ordinary oven with the
door open, but there is always danger
TOLEDO, Or., May 4. Dear Miss Tingle:
Will you please give a recipe for
sour cream cake, sour cream cookies, and
good, plain, home-made ice cream? My
cakes seem too rich or not enough so. We
have no way of -marketing our cream, so
use It for fat. Has sklm-mllk a rood value?
Would it he all right to can tomatoes,
prunes, other fruit or fruit butters. In new
syrup cans that can be sealed tight?
Thanking you in adtance. E. B.
Success in cake making depends
partly on good proportion, partly on
good methods of mixing and partly on
baking. It is always safer to weigh
the materials rather than to measure
them, especially in using the sub
stitute flours. Your cream also prob
ably varies in richness. You might try
the following. It will not. of course,
be as light a cake as if made with
wheat flour, but we must not use any
more wheat' flour for cakes until the
harvest:
Sour cream cake 1 cup thick sour
cream, 2-3 cuV sugar, 1 cup syrup. 3
eggs. 1-3 cup sour milk. -1H teaspoons
salt. Vi level teaspoon soda, 4 level tea
spoons baking powder, I cup rice flour.
2 cups barley flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla
or hk teaspoons grated lerrTOn or
orange rind. . If a chocolate cake la
liked add two squares melted chocolate
or four to six tablespoons cocoa, with
one teaspoon cinnamon.
If a spice cake is liked, add one tea
spoon each 'cinnamon and alsplce and
, teaspoon each ginger, cloves and
mace (or any other preferred mixture
and proportion of spices) and. omit the
vanilla.
Beat the cream with the sugar and
egg yolks, then add the syrup and
sour milk with a little of the flour
alternately to ' keep a good creamy
batter consistency. Add the sifted dry
ingredients and flavoring, then the
stiff beaten egg whites. Bake about
one hour in a tin lined with greased
paper; start with a moderate oven and
raise the temperature slightly after 2D
minutes.
Skim milk Is a valuable food. It is
usually so abundant on the farm that
its value in the diet Is overlooked.
Quart for quart it contains a little
more protein and a little more milk
sugar than whole milk, but much less
fat. Because of the lack of fat it can
not be used in place of whole milk for
children. It Is, however, a most valu
able adjunct to the diet on meatless
days and the cheapest protein food for
the farmer's table.
Aside from its food value skimmed
milk adds much to the quality and
flavor in cooking and Is a first aid in
converting left-overs into palatable
dishes. Milk used in bread In place of
water adds as much protein to a pound
laf of bread as there is in one egg.
It gives a softness of texture to bread
trrat adds particularly to the palatabil-
ity of graham or bran bread.
Cereals cooked in milk instead of
water gain in flavor and food value.
A particularly nourishing dish is pre
pared by cooking down 10 to 12 parts
of skimmed milk to one of rice, oat
meal or other cereal. Where this is to
be served for a dessert, use one-fourth
cup of rice and one-fourth cup of sugar
to three cups of milk., Cook until thick.
This can be uBed in place of cream
with stewed fruit.
Milk soups or purees are made with
skimmed milk and the pulp of beans,
Deas. onions, potatoes or celery. Fish
chowder made with milk is a most sub
stantial meat substitute. A few
oysters or shrimps, or a little smoked
or salt fish or a little meat or fish
stock will suffice to lend flavor to a
milk soup. With the additions of pota
toes and onions it becomes a chowder.
Skimmed milk thickened with rice
flour and served hot on hard toasted
bread or toasted biscuit mnkes an
economical and nourishing dish for
breakfast or supper.
Cottage cheese, made of ekimmed
milk, may be served not only in the
PORTLAND. May- 22. Dear Miss Tingle:
I am enclosing herewith a recipe for oat
meal bread, which I have worked out and
which my family likes better than any
thing we have used so far. I am wonrler
lng If others might not like It. also. Very
sincerely. MRS. H. G.
Oatmeal and Wheat Bread, Mrs. H. G.
To 5 cups boiling water add Vi tea
spoon salt and 4 cups rolled oats. Boil
to a stiff mush. When cool, add about
a pint of potato' yeast, tablespoon salt,
tablespoon of sugar, tablespoon of fat.
1 cup white flour, set to rise if con
venient, over night when light add
flour enough to make a stiff dough.
Let rise. When light shape into loaves,
or rolls, and let raise again; bake a
little longer than white flour bread.
Many thanks for your recipe. I am
sure the bread would be good, but for
present use it contains too high a pro
portion of wheat flour. Wheatless
breads are what are wanted now by all
loyal Oregonians.
PORTLAND. May 21. Dear Miss Tingle:
Will you please Inform me through The
Oregonian if Royal Ann cherries can be
dried at horne.so they can.be used as. dried
prunes during the Winter?. If so, what is
SMART KNITTING BAGS POPULAR
WITH WOMEN OF ALL CLASSES
Well-Equipped Toilet Case Is Splendid Gift for Man, Whether En Route
for France, or on Business Trip to California.
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LL kinds of knitting bags are on
the market but the most exclu
sive sort of reticule to swrlng
from your arm when you wear your
best frock is this de luxe affair, made
of handsome striped satin and opening
with a covered metal frame. The bag
is capacious enough to hold a sweater
in process of making and several other
little feminine needfuls may be tucked
inside. An overnight supply of gar
ments and toilet requisites may be car
ried in it, provided the knitting in hand
is nothing more sizable than socks or
wristlets.
The bag pictured here is of blue and
gunmetal striped satin with covered
frame and knobs of bright metal. The
silk, handle matches' the bag and inside
there is a lining of pale buff satin with
several little pockets for the safe stow
lng away of small belongings.
A splendid present for a man,
whether he be setting out for "over
there" or only on a Journey to Callfor
nia. is this well-equipped toilet case
that may be spread out flat in a dress
ing room or hung up conveniently
against a wall. Besides the panel with
strap-holders for toilet requirements,
there. Is a deep lengthwise pocket and
two small flap-pockets at the top of th
case. Securely held by the adjustabl
straps are all the needfuls for good
grooming: hair and clothes brushes.
comb, toothbrush and tooth powder,
shaving and hand soaps, talcum, drink
Ing cup and razor case. The traveling
kit is made of khaki, leather bound
and with' leather strap for fastening.
PROMINENT WOMEN DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES
BY SERVICES IN CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY
Miss Margaret Kay, of Detroit, Serves as Hospital Nurse Lady Pembroke Wears Uniform f Red Cross, as
Does Queen Helena of Italy "Songs Will Win War, Says Emma Roberts.
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TO Miss Margaret Kay, a society gin
of Detroit, belongs the distinction
of being one of -the first American
nurses who has seen service at the hos
pitals receiving the wounded from the
front to return to America. In her
service overseas Miss Kay Also served
in the Ambulance Corps. In which there
no official garb, but each member
provides her own. Miss Kay's hospital
rvlce was in an American hospital in
France.
Many ladles of the British peerage
are wearing the uniform of the Red
Cross and performing the work of
nurses In hospitals while working for
the soldiers. Lady Pembroke, wife of
the fifteenth Karl of Pembroke, has
been serving as a nurse at home while
her distinguished husband is with the
army at the front. Before her marriage
she was Lady Beatrice Paget.
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An American woman has leased the
splendid Kenwood estate In Hempstead,
now owned by the Karl of Hansfield.
formerly the home of the Grand Duke
Michael, of Russia, who was obliged
to sell the property because the Rus
sian revolt deprived him of his In
come. The woman who win preside
over this property as its lessee Is Mrs.
William B. Leeds, widow of the for
mer head of the American tin plate
trust and for a time president of the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Rail
road. Mrs. Leeds has been reputed one
of the most beautiful of American
women, and is living in England to ed
ucate her young son. The engagement
has been reported of this wealthy wom
an to Prince Christopher. youngest
brother of ex-King Constantlne, of
Greece.
Queen Helena! of Italy. Is one of the
royal patronesses of the Red Cross hos-
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pitals of Europe who is honored for
her unselfish devotion to the cause
and personal work. A recent photo
graph of the queen In her Red Cross
costume has reached the Cnited States.
Due to her kindly interest. many
soldiers of the Italian army have been
made to experience the beneficence of
the work of mercy done under her di
rection. "Song will win the war; a nation is
what its songs are," is the declaration
of Emma Roberts, the contralto whose
voice has been heard by thousands,
and who was recently elected to repre
sent America's best type in the music
festival at Ann Arbor. Mich., and at
the great musical event at , Bethlehem,
Penn., in May. "Don't you see that the
songs of the allies express a people
bound to conquer.' says Miss Roberts.
"A nation is represented by its songs.
The national anthems of America,
France and Kngland are spiritually up
lifting and inspiring."
usual way as a savory meat substitute.
but also in salads and sweet dishes.
Slightly sweetened It is excellent with
fruits, especially with strawberries.
Well seasoned white sauce or cream
dressing made with skim milk can be
used with bits of meat or nsh to make
ttractlve dishes, or with warmed-over
vegetables. Cheese added to the sauce
gives another variation. This can be
served on rice, macaroni, hominy, or
cauliflower. Rice or potato flour
(mixed with cold milk) are used for
thickening the hot milk.
Skimmed -milk can be used in mak
ing such dishes as blanc mange. Junket,
tapioca, custard, cornstarch, rice and
bread puddings. In fact skimmed milk
Is an ever ready help in many forms
of cooking, and if used freely, will
take the place of meat to a very con
siderable extent.
It would not be safe to use syrup
cans for putting up fruits or acid vege
tables such as tomatoes, as the acid
would act on the tin. The tins would
need to be lacquered inside before they
could be used for this purpose. They
might rfosslbly be used for corn or
string beans. I hope you saved a re
cent answer in this column about the
use of these cans.
Do you want a straight cream, a cus
tard, a junket, or a fruit ice cream?
I can give you whichever would be
most convenient for you. Will you
write again? I will give you a cookie
recipe next time.
Wearing of Deep Mourning
No Longer Necessary.
Fashions of Honr Are Conservative
And Dlsjnifled.
PORTLAND. Or.. May 22. Dear Miss Tin
gle: Will you kindly tell me whether large
Crlsco and syrup cans could be used for
putting; up eggs In waterglaas. Directions
say to put them In a stone crock, but the
cans would be very convenient for me If
they can be used., Thanking you in ad
vance. MRS. W. V. G.
I asked the opinion of experts at the
Oregon Agricultural College last year
and was told that tin cans were "un
satisfactory," but on the other hand I
know a number of people who have
used them for several seasons without
bad results as to the eggs though the
tins rusted.
Some Helpful Facta.
If you rub dry soap on soiled spots
and let stand a few minutes before you
clean with gasoline you will have bet
ter results. Be sure there is no water
in the gasoline. Always commence at
outer edge and work toward the center.
To remove oil from a carpet lay a
blotter on stain and place a hot Iron
on it; repeat several times, using a new
piece of blotter each time until sTaln is
removed.
To clean bathtubs or washbowl use
dry baking soda on a damp cloth. Wipe
off with a cloth wrung out In clear
water.
Boil borax water in white enamel
pots and pans and wipe off with salt.
Glycerin is good for removing coffee
stains. Wash out with boiling water.
Hard soap and cold water will remove
wheel grease.
Olive oil is very good to rub on the
hands before washing to make the
hands nice and clean.
To remove grass stain, rub lard on
spots and wash with soap and cold
water.
To clean highly-polished furniture
use equal parts of olive oil and vinegar,
shake well together and apply with a
soft cloth and dry and polish with an
other soft cloth.
After washing, wash boiler; rub all
over with kerosene and keep like new.
Plaster paris casts can be kept like
new by dipping in a strong solution of
alum.
Iodine stains can be removed with
liquid ammonia; wipe off and rinse with
cold water.
Canned Ostrich Eggs to Find Market
in London.
Signs reading "Newly canned ostrich
eggs for sale" may soon meet the eyes
of the housewife looking Into the win
dows of grocery stores in London, says
the Popular Science Monthly for June.
This statement is based on the fact
that ostrich eggs are being packed ex
perimentally in South America for
shipment to England in liquid form.
One ostrich egg is equal to about two
dozen hen's eggs. If the canning of
these eggs proves successful, it will
mean the salvation of the . ostrich
growing industry, which has suffered
considerably as a result of the war,
I It will take a large family to consume
I one DreaKiast egg. - -
IF the prevailing sentiment against
the wearing of deep mourning a
sentiment that seems to be growing
every day shocks your personal sensi
bilities a little and causes you a little
personal resentment, think it over!
Do high courage and deep mourning
go well together? Are optimism, cheer
fulness, the determination to win the
war at all costs, enhanced or deterred
by surroundings of gloom and depres
sion. Would the yards of crepe and
full black fabric that represent a cer
tain comfort and surcease to your own
bereaved heart, help or hinder the
other woman, from whom great sacri
fice is demanded, if one more needed
soldier is to go to the front?
Is the Insistence on personal mourn
ing apparel a selfish consideration, or
not?
Courage is as important as money,
ships or men. You cannot give
money, perhaps, or men, or ships to
your country, but can you give more
courage to the hundreds of people you
meet every day by sacrificing personal
prejudices and making your appear
ance suggestive of hope, and not of
gloom? Thousands of women have
thought this over, and have put aside
their mourning habiliments because it
is war time, and patriotic considera
tions are more important than per
sonal ones.
It is not necessary for bereaved per
sons to dress in bright colors or In
gay modes. The fashions of the hour
are conservative and dignified, and
there are many shades of blue, gray
and other neutral tones, and many
combinations of black and white that
should not offend the bereaved spirit,
especially when it is upheld by the
ideal of helpfulness to the greater
number.
Secret or Wily Snake's Glide. .
Did you ever watch a snake gliding
over the ground in graceful curves and,
did you ever stop to think of the me
chanical principles involved in its mo
tion? The snake moves along the
ground in undulating curves produced
by the contraction of the longitudinal
system of muscles In alternate sections
of its body. That alone would not pro
duce a forward motion, however, were,
it not for the friction of the scales on
the under side of the snake's body
against the roughness of the ground.
By bracing the rear part of the body,
the forward part is enabled to gild
forward and by reversing the process
the rear part is dragged forward to a,
new position. Popular Science Month
ly for June.
Sand-color tweeds and navy blue
serges are used a good deal, and a cer
tain waterproof material is used for
coats.
gHDVANCED PRICES for
certain iNemo moaeis are
a certainty on July 1. Higher
prices for other models are
inevitable in the near future
much to our sincere regret.
Furthermore: Itmaysoon
become not only a matter of
price, but a question of
making corsets of standard
quality at any price
To millions of women, Nemo
Corsets are almost as essential as food.
This" suggests the wisdom of securing
enough of your favorite Nemo model
to last until the market for corset
materials is again normal.
KOPS BROS, Mfrs. of Nemo Corsets, Hew York