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I - THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1920. 7T S jT AH ousewite s By Mrs. Christine Frederick, The Distinguished Authority on Household Ktitcfoacf. SUPPOSE I hare advocated clothe, how to keep meals warm T IBomo dozen times the Ides that there should be a "busi ness, corner" la every home for the housekeeper or the one who man ages the home. This must be some place, however small, where may be kept the books, the clippings, the recosds and bulletins of Inter est to the home and Us manager. The back hall Is a good place where such a corner and lta shelves and table could be ar ranged, but any part of the house will do, so long as there Is one such definite place. And yet I seldom see a home where such a corner is made and used- I have been a guest In many hundreds of homes, and H is the exception to And one which has a definite place where the house-' keeper manages her business. But, I repeat, she must have it! I was talking with a.n important business man recently, and he told me that he was selling complete "business libraries" to various Arms. The firm buys the books and allows the employes to use them even Insists that they do so. But on the same day the publisher of many well-known household books bemoaned to me that "wo men don't buy household books," and that it was the unusual woman who was willing to spend $2 on a book, although she would pay that sum for a lunch with a friend (over In half an hour) or for a flower bowl or a ticket to a show. I once had several long discus sions with another publisher when I suggested to him that we prepare a course on household efficiency and sell it by mall in parts. As my readers well know, there are many correspondence courses for men on various business subjects, and they sell readily. Indeed, there is scarcely a young man who has not taken a correspondence course in this or that "institute," even while occupying some good position. But women .will not pay for books, for information, for service or courses of study so they tell me! And yet, on the other hand, I have letters by the hundreds from women asking for Informa tion on various subjects how to exterminate Insects, how to wash Problems of Health and PLEASE give me the correct proportions for a woman five feet, eight Inches tall. FLORRY. . The ideal weight for a woman of Ave feet, eight inches ranges from 140 to 1S7 pounds. You can easily compare your measurements with those of the ideal average figure of 6 feet, 3.2 inches. The neck should measure 12.2 Inches; chest (normal and measured beneath the breasts), 28.8 Inches: chest (expanded), 31.4 inches; waist, 25.6 Inches; hips, 8.". 2 inches; thigh, 21.8 Inches; calf, 13.3 inches; ankle, 8.1 Inches; fore arm, 8.6 Inches, and wrist, 6 Inches. I CONFESS to a neglected case of dandruff lasting over a year. If I cure this condition now is there any hope that my ' hair will become soft and lus trous and recover its lovely rich brown shad again ? DISCOUR AGED. There is always hop o! improve ment if you will Lake steps at once to rid yourself of this dandruff. But you are paying for your neg lect in the loss of color and In the premature grayness of hair that now afflicts you. However, you will aoon be blessed with r healthy and attractive head of hair if you will wash the hair occasionally with this: Yellow oxide of mer cury 10 grains Glycerine 1 dram Alcohol 8 ounce Don't forget that this is poison if swallowed. Household Helps Kerosene on Tin. CLEAN tin utensils with kero sene. It gives a most excel lent polish. Reheating Jam. HARD and sugary Jam can be made as good as ever by plac ing it In the, oven until the sugar melts, then remove and cooL Oiling the Stove. RUB oil upon iron cooking Men ells and iron top of jthe stove. Leave on a few moments and then cover with alum. After cleaning this off they will look like new. Home-Made Starch. GLEANSE and peel a large raw potato. Grate very fine and pour, over it a quart -of boiling water. When cool strain through a sieve. ifeV Books ever a ionf period, how to clean a room, etc. They uk question after Question of me And other experts; but why, Instead, don't they Uke a course in their own business of homemaklng? Even although a woman la Inex perienced in her own work she won't admit It. She does not wish to become a "better manager," as a man wishes to become a better executive. In some strange way, every woman believes she Is a born housekeeper, or, at least, that no one else can tell her more than she herself knows! Unfortunately this is a fatal at titude for any one who wishes to Increase in efficiency. It is abso lutely necessary to be willing to know more, to want to read more, to find out more and surpass your present information and skill. Did I tell the readers of this page that I visited a fine hotel in the West recently, and while there made the acquaintance of the two French chefs? I had a long talk with Pierre, and he told me that every Sunday when he was at home he thought of a new dish to make. Then be told his wife he wanted the kitchen to himself, and all day he worked at that dish, making it. several times. He took a paper devoted to the noble art of the cuisine and he had a faded photograph of himself and hia class at some school of chefs in hia own country. Training, you see, constant training, and continuous desire to improve makes Pierre worth the fat check he draws down every week from this famous hotel. I use this Instance only to show that cooking is something in which even a man can take pride. House keeping Is a subject bo varied and wide and far-reaching that we would not have time, even in one life, to encompass it. It even has k Its "trade papers," and almost ' every month sees some fine book on a subject connected with home making published. I know that A woman who has read a book on the subjeot would not aek mo "If peanuts are the same as matf or "why do you wash flannels In warm water?" I am glad to answer questions from reader, but, nevertheless, every housekeeper needs certain books In her business corner to keep her Informed and up to date. And any Beauty Solved I WILL be so' thankful It you Will give me a remedy for my skin. It Is full of blackheads and pimples. It is also terribly dis colored and pains me greatly at timet. NANCY A. It may be possible that the soap you are using does not agree, with your skin. Try pure castile soap for a change. Qentle massage with a sterilized piece of cotton, followed by an application of the following, Is very good to remove blackheads and pimples r Fuller's earth 4 drama Glycerine 3 drams Vinegar 2 drams THE shape of my mouth troubles me a great deal. It ia rather large and my lips project outward, giving them a very thtok and ugly appearance. They worry me all the time. I do wish yon conld advise me of some way to Improve them. MRS. R, R. A simple method is to massage the mouth dally but gently, pinch ing the parts yon want to reduce and rubbing the superfluous flesh upward and back toward the facial region. .Here is an astringent prep aration which will help to decrease their else if massaged into the Hps for five minutes every day: Cold cream 1 ounce Pulverised tannin........ 1 oram Alkanat chips 1 gram Sweet Butter. A CLOTH wrung out of cold water and placed .over a dish of butter will prevent Its be coming rancid. Sponge in Umbrella Stand PLACING a sponge In the bottom of a china or porcelain um brella stand will often keep it from being tracked. Dry Bird Perches. INSTEAD of washing the wooden perches In a birdcage, which causes dampness and gives the birds rheumatism, clean them wit sandpaper or a knife. Mending China. ' BROKEN china after mending thould be allowed to "set" in a bo of sawdust Place tn any desired position and Its own weight will hold the piece steady until the cement hardens. "The beauty ol the hands suffers worst in Winter when the eold winds chap them so badly." Photograph Poatd by MISS GRACE DXRLING at CAMPBELL STUDIO good book store will reveal many of these. , In addition to the many books and magazines dealing with house bold problems there are dozens of leaflets issued by either the State or the national food departments. Every housekeeper should send her name and address to her State ag ricultural college and home eco nomics station and ask for all bul letins they publish on home topics. The CorneU Agricultural School at Ithaca, N. Y., has a splendid se ries; so also have many of the Western colleges. They all will he Bent free to residents of the vari ous States. Send your name to the Depart ment of Publication, Food Admin istration, Washington, D. C, and ask to receive the small monthly leaflet which lists the Farmers' Bulletins and others on topics Appetizing Menus for the Week MONDAY Breakfast Cereal, Sautage Ball. Fried Sweet Potatoet, Toast. Coffee. Luncheon Potato Loaf Surprite, Scalloped Tomatoea, Lemon Pie. Dinner Left Over Meat Pie, Buttered Turnip. Apple Float, Coffee. TUESDAY . Breakfast Pnmei, Oatmeal, Griddle Cake, Syrup, Coffee. Lwnchcon Bread Crumb Soup, Fniit Salad, Vanilla Wafer. Tea. Dinner Corned Forequaiiet of Lamb, Turnip, Potatoet, Cabbage, Cornstarch Pudding, Coffee, Tested By Mary Molasses Sauce. B OIIj 1 cup- molasses with 1H tablespoons butter tor 5 min utes. Remove from fire and add 1 tablespoon vinegar. Maple Nnt Sauce. REDUCE 1 cup maple syrup to about cup by Cooking slowly. Add U cup chopped nu. meats. This may be served" elthe hot or cold. Marshmallow and Brown Sugar Sauce. MIX 1 cup brown sugar with 1U cups boiling water and cook about 20 minutes. Pour on to 1 cup marshmallowB, beating vigor ously. Flavor with a few drops of vanilla and serve hot. Mock Cream. SCALD 2 cups milk over hot water. Mix 2 teaspoons corn starch with 2 tablespoons sugar and stir Into scalded milk. Cook until smooth and creamy, stirring constantly. Chill and add H tea spoon vanilla and 2 egg whites beaten until stiff. Coffee Sauce. BEAT 2 eggs, add cup sugar and teaspoon Bait Add tt cup clear hot coffee and cook over hot water until thick, stirring con stantly. Chill and fold in y cup of cream, beaten until stiff, Just before serving. (C) 1920, IntenutloBsl ' 'Z .s'r xf:i,y ft at 1 t s V-f s.'TS- v.f -V . 'f- ' which have to do with the home. I wish some State or big philan thropy would devote money to the purpose of giving many "short courses" to housekeepers all the time. At this moment of writing I know three girls contemplating exchanging a typewriter for an egg beater and marrying this Spring. Each of them has asked me to tell them wnere to go for a "short course" in household management, and I don't know where to send them! They don't want to teach, and so the regular courses of do mestic science are too long, as well as far too expensive. But they want to know at least the rudi ments and principles and have a few weeks' practice before promis ing a young man to feed and care for him ever after. In the old days girls learned at their own parents' homes, but as neither of these girls WEDNESDAY Breakfast Cereal with Chopped Date Scrambled Egg. Coffee. Luncheon Bean Timbalei, Mock Bechamel Sauce, Stewed Prune, Tea. Dinner Lamb Rechauffe with Tomatoes, Macaroni and Onion. Cauliflower, Spanish Cream, Coffee. THURSDAY Breakfast Stewed Applet, Rice Omelet, Toatl, Coffee. Luncheon ' Baked Stuffed Onion, Cream Sauce, Spinach Salad, Tapioca Cream, Dinner VejetaMe Soup, Brown Fricassee of Fowl, Steamed Rice, Cranberries, Banana Sponge, Coffee. FRIDAY Breakfast Orange. Fried Fish, Whole Wheat Muffins, Coffee. Luncheon Club Sandwiches, Celery. Cocoa. Dfnfter Oyster Bisque, Left-over Chicken Salad, Hot Rous. Canned Pineapple, Cookie. Sweet Sauce Lee Swann, VShSmS The Well-Known on Caramel Saface. CARAMELIZE 1 cup BUgaf care fully. When melted add 1 up boiling watjr and cook very gently about H hour. Chopped nut meats may be added. Butterscotch Sauce. MELT 8 tablespoons butter, add S tablespoons sifted flour and blend welL Add 1 fenp water' and cook until smooth and creamy, atiiTina- constantly. Then add cup molassee, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon vinegar and bring to boiling point Lemon Sauce. MIX h cup sugar with l table spoon cornstarch and add 1 cup boiling water slowly, stirring constantly. Boil 8 minutes, re move from fire, add 1H table spoons butter, m tablespoons lemon Juice and a pinch of aalt A grating of nutmeg hi sometimes added. The Juice and grated rind of 1 orange may be substituted for the lemon and nutmeg. Canned Fruit Sauce. HEAT li cups canned fruit Juice. Thicken; with 1 table spoon cornstarch mixed with a lit tle cold water, or fruit Juice. Stir constantly until, smooth and creamy. Add 1 tablespoon lemon Juice and . cup " sliced canned fruiti If necessary add more -sugar to the fruit Juice before reheat ing it futon Berries, las. Onat A ' has a home or mother, who shall instruct and guide them? And so I say, let women work to influence the State or a club or any organi zation to sponsor a series of "short courses" in the problems of home- making. Meantime, we can buy books on the subject,' read housekeeping periodicals and subscribe to a cor respondence course If we need it When I visit gentlemen on busi ness I see In their offices not one but many publications dealing with the particular business in which they are Interested. But on the work desk of the home woman what do we Und? We should find, besides the typical "women's mag azines," many "house organs" and "trade papers" and all the books and bulletins which will help her keep house better, more easily and with less cost. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAT Breakfast Baked Appl es. Oatmeal, Toatted Muffins, Coffee. Luncheon Baked Bean Salad Tomato Jelly and Celery, Rods. Sherbet. Dinner Baked Fish, Creamed Peat and Potato JUflt. Sifted Egg Yolk. Asparagus Salad, Pumpkin Pie. SUNDAY Breakfast Prunes Cooked with Lemon, Cereal, Coffee Cake, Coffee. Dinner Saked Beef Loaf, Potatoes, Buttered Parsnip, Celery, Rice Pudding, Coffee. ftvpper Creamed Salt Codfish in Toast Ramekin, Buttered Beet, Apple Sauce. Recipes Writer Cooking. Hard Sauce. 'ASH and cream cup butter. Add 1 cups sifted powdered sugar gradually and heat until very creamy. Add teaspoon vanilla or 4 'teaspoon lemon. Hard Brown Sugar Sauce. WASH and cream cup butter. Add 1 cup sifted brOwn sugar gradually, beating until creamy.' Add 4 cup rich milk very slowly, beating vigorously. Flavor with a few drops of vanilla. Banana Sauce. CREAM 1 -tablespoon butter, add 1 tablespoon sifted 'flour and blend well. Add cup sugar and beat until smooth. Add V cup scalded milk and stir until thick end creamy. Add 1 slightly beaten egg yolk and cook gently 2 or 8 minutes. Add 1 banana which has been scraped and pressed through sieve. Mix well and chill. Then fold in Vi cup cream, beaten until stiff, and a tiny pinch of salt. , Chocolate Fudge Sauce. MIX 4 ounces of chocolate, melt ed over-hot water, with cup sugar and 1 caps water. Cook until creamy. Blend 1 table spoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon butter and stir into hot syrup. Stir until mixture bolls, remove from stove, add 4 drops of vanilla and serve with or without the addition of a few marshmallows cut into quarters. BrlUli Higlitf EeMrrel, Beautiful Hands By Lina Cavalieri, The Most Fimous Living Beauty. 4 TO assure beautiful hands, and that in the shortest possible time, massage them with a simple cold cream and wear rubber gloves at night. But the glores should be at least two sites Jarger than the kind yon wear in kids, and they should be punctured as freely as the top of a pepper-box.. Ventilation is highly necessary to the health of the hands and of the owner of the hands. For a cold crem for the hands at the night toilet I can recommend this mixture very highly: Sper maceti, 2 ounces; white wax, 1 ounce; almond oil, 2 gills. To whiten and soften the hands this has many advocates, and I see no objection to its occasional use. Ammonia is too powerful for regu lar use: Olive oil, 1 wineglass; ammonia, 6 drops. Hero are two pastes tfTat are also excellent to be used as a night cos metic with gloves: Rosewater, ounces: honey, 4 ounces; yellow beeswax, 2 ounces; myrrh, 1 ounce. Thki can be prepared at home, if you desire. Melt the wax, stir the powdered myrrh while hot and add the honey and rosewater, drop by drop. If the preparation seems to be a bit too thick to handle com fortably thin it with a few drops of hydrated glycerine. Another delightful paste has the following Ingredients: Tincture of bensoin, 2 drams; fresh yolks of eggs, 2 drams;, rice flour, 1 dram, rosewater, 1 ounce; oil of sweet almonds, 2 drams; glycerine, 1 dram. But remember, this Is a home preparation, and because of the perishable nature of the eggs can only be kept for a few days. Now, as to the best way to mas sage the hands. For the face I use a rotary motion, but for the hands a lengthwise one. I can best de scribe the massage for the hands by asking you to draw upon your imagination. Fancy you are wearing a pair of glqves fer the first , time. Imagine, also, that you have accurately fltted the fingers and that you have now only to see that the glove- fits smoothly upon the back of the A "Nothing But the Truth" IF yfu want to celebrate Wash ington's Birthday with a party that is brand-new and that means fun from the beginning to the end of the evening, invite your guests, to a "Nothing But the Truth" Party, says Miss Alice Bur rell, author of "The Party Com plete." During the evening your guests must promise to tell nothing but the truth and to answer truthfully all questions asked of them. Of course, they can refuse to answer If they prefer, but In that case they must pay a forfeit. Prepare lists of questions which could be asked and give each guest a different list. This is Just with the idea of sup plementing his or her own Inge nuity. Of course; It might not be necessary to use these lists. But it is well to have them at hand in case the game lags. An appropriate game to play at a Washington's Birthday Party Is "Historic Sketches." Each, guest is given a piece of paper and a pencil. At the top of the paper Is written some incident in history which the guest is supposed to illustrate "Washington Crossing Numbers for A FAMOUS New York under wear manufacturing firm is advertising to dealers who purchase from it the following: "Tell your customers not only to buy their underwear a half-dozen sets at a time, but to have them marked 1, 2, 8,' 4, 5, 6 and wear them that way. The average fel low, goes to the bureau drawer and pulls out whatevera on top. as a result some sets wear out sooner than others. And no set gives all the wear It should. The only thing to do is to rotate them." As a writer In Printers' Ink points out, this Is a suggestion de serving ofwide attention. It la a well-known fact that two pair ot shoes worn alternately not only wear twice as long as one pair, but perhaps two and one-half or three ' times as long. In the old days when the old fashioned razor was In universal use the wise shaver kept a whole set of razors and used them ro tatively. The man who can afford hands. You stroke the back of the right hand gently, but firmly, with the fingers of the left, and the left hand with the fingers of the right Do this at least twenty times for each hand. Then lightly pinch the ends Of each finger, pressing the Sides of the fingers between tha thumb and the second finger. Some excessively nervous or anaemic persons are annoyed by cold, moist, clammy hands. This is a remedy that Is safe and effica cious: Tannic acid, 10 grains? tincture of benzoin, ounce; elder flower water, 3 ounces; rosewater, 6 ounces. If the -soap you use seems to roughen the skin then try the liquid sort for a change. If the trouble still persists then substitute fine almond meal, a handful for each cleansing of the hands. Tincture of benzoin Is also a good softening agent for the water, and its odor is' most refreshing. Four drops to a quart of tepid water are sufficient. f "How can I have nice, Boft, whitn hands, though I do my own house work?" This Is a question that many housewives are continually asking me. By thoroughly drying your hands after washing them, and by wearing loose, protective gloves as much as you can about your work. A good plan, after you have washed the hands. Is to dip them into a little of this mixture, rub bing it well into the skin itselfr Glycerine, 1 ounce; lemon juice, 1 'ounce. The beauty of the hands suffers In different ways at different times of the year. The Winter is the worst, for then the cold winds chap them so badly, especially if you are the least bit careless about drying them thoroughly. For this dis agreeable . condition I have used with good results a lotion made as follows: Glycerine, 1 ounce: spirits of win. 1 ounce; violet extract, 1 ounce. Pour over the hands after washing. If, however, the chapping has made the hands too sensitive to bear the glycerine, try this: Oil of almonds, 1 ounce; lime water, 1 fluid ounce; borax, 6 grains. Party the Delaware," "Washington at Valley Forge," "Washington Chop ping Down the Cherry Tree," "George and Martha Washington at Mt. Vernon," and so forth. When the sketch is made the "artist" must sign his or her name under the title and fold the paper 60 that 4 he title Is not visible. Then the sketches are passed to the left from one guest to the other and each person Is asked to write the title of the picture as he thinks it is. r Finally all the sketches are given to the hostess, who shows each picture, reads aloud the titles that have been given It by the guest and finally reads the real title. A prize is given the one who receives the greatest number ot correct answers. Decorate your table with cherry red and green ribbons or crepe paper. Ia the centre of the table place a potted plant an azalea laden with candied cherries. At each, place have little boxes of cherry wood which the guests will take home. These boxes can be filled with round cherry drops. Unci erwear It keeps two or more automobiles' and uses them in turn. He finds) that they not only wear longer, but give better service. As the Cockney said, "It aint the 'eavy 'untin' that 'urts the 'orses' 'oofs It's the 'ammer, 'am mer, 'ammer on the 'ard 'Ighway In other words, it is constant repe tition that wears ont an object quickly. Inanimate things are often sur prisingly like living beings in this respect A horse or a mule work all the better for the rest over Sun day, and the same thing is to be observed In the case of a motor, a razor or a fabric. What the advertiser says of un derwear is equally applicable to shirts, ties, socks, trousers, skirts and other articles of human use or wear. The customer will mot only derive more comfort -from ro tation, but will gain the sort of service that will bring him back as a steady customer. 7 - J: 4
