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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1920.
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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.
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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
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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.
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