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THE - OREGON SUNDAY ' JOUBNAL, . PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH , 21, 1920.
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Vacuum
By Mrs. Christine
The Distinguished Authority
AFTER almost every lecture
women ask, "What vacuum
cleaner do you recommend,
Mrs. Frederickr It Is evidently a
subject In which women are keenly
Interested, especially since so many
of them are doing their own work
and since sweeping with the old
corn broom la so unsatisfactory.
Now I never "recommend" any- '
thins; but I am willing to tell why
I think certain makes preferable
er what are the good points of this
end that cleaner and why. But 1
the first thing to understand is the
principle underlying all vacuum
cleaning.
In the first place every vacuum
cleaner operates on the principle
of suction. This suction or with
drawal of air Is so directed to the
dirty carpet that dirt is pulled or
sucked out of the fabric and con
ducted Into what Is called a "dust
bag." No matter what the make,
this principle of 'suction holds good.
But what makes the suction?
This Is caused by some sort of
"fan" which Is operated by a motor
or by a bellows operated by hand
power. Now it follows that the
strength of the suction depends on
the strength or quality of the
motor. That Is, If we have a motor
of little power it will follow that
we have little suction.
The first thing for a prospective
customer to notice Is the motor of
her vacuum cleaner. If possible
select a motor made by a well
known tlrm which specializes In
motor manufacture, even though
the rest of the machine be as
sembled by another firm. And
don't expect , to buy a high-grade,
efficient motor for too low a price.
A good motor alone, whether for a
sewing machine, a washer ,or a
vacuum cleaner, will cost from $18
to $20 and up. In other words, the
woman must not expect to get a
Vheap" machine which will give
good, permanent service.
We have said that the motor
sucks up dust or such dirt as may
he said to be almost microscopic
unless taken in a mass or handful.
(However, on every carpet there
will be found what we may call
"thrums," threads or pieces of
waste which are not dust proper.
Such threads cling to the carpet
and cannot be removed even by
-vacuum cleaning. They tiave to be
brushed off. Therefore the Ideal
..cleaner is that which has a brush
attachment or in which the suction
Is sufficiently powerful or so man
ipulated ai to remove threads and
waste as well as dnst.
In the old days (which are really
Beauty s Question B
WHAT can t do to make my
oily skin, look dry! CON
STANT READER.'
Avoid vanishing creams or cos-l
metlcs of any kind, except a little
powder occasionally. Cold cream
can 'be used with a facial massage
once a week, but not any oftener.
To overcome that excessive oili-l
nesa bathe the skin frequently with
a simple camphor water lotion.'
which' is astringent in its effect and
will minimize the sebaceous secre-j
tion by contracting the glands
and other vessels containing it.
Avoid the use of glycerine when
the skin is oily. Rosewater is good
and so also is the following prep
aration :
Bicarbonate of soda 1 ounce
Powdered orris root....! ounce
Pulverized stpermaoetl. . ,yz dram
W
HAT will cure painful toe
nails TK. C. R.
Stop wearing shoes that cause
any undue pressure over this re
gion. The rubbing qt an ill-fitting
shoe will create more painful gran
ulations and ingrowing toenails
than anything else. Bathe the feet
nightly in hot water and then .ap
ply a good antiseptic lotion to the
nails. Pare them carefully and
. keep a piece of absorbent cotton
under the corner of the nail until
the ingrowing tendency is cured.
Cutting a V-shaped piece out ot the
centre of the edge of the nail will
also help to remedy this condition.
How 'to Make L
EVERY housekeeper knows
that a lemon pie may be a
failure or a success accord
lng to the method of making.
Have you ever had the experi
ence of baking & lemon pie and
baving the filling become thinner
the longer it baked? This may oc
cur if the main thickening agent Is
cornstarch or flour instead of eggs.
The reason is this: The acid of
the lemon with the heat changes
the starch to sugar. To prevent
this, do not add the lemon to the
filling until you have finished cook
ing the filling. Place the filling iir
a baked crust In other words, do
: not add the lemon to the, filling and
then cook for any great length of
time.
The following method ot com
bining ingredients for, a lemon pie
will faring good results, says a
writer in American Cookery;
Cleaners
Frederick,
on Household EiBciency.
not more than six years back)
vacuum cleaners were made very
heavy. The machine Itself was
heavy and the hose was almost as
large as a street fire hose. But
this kind of vacuum cleaner was
soon found to he too heavy for the
average woman to lift and move
about. So has arisen the type
called the "portable" cleaner,
which Is more like a mop handle
fitted with a foot at Its base.
In this type the parts are gen
erally aluminum, which makes tt
much easier to lift and also much
neater In appearance. The rubber
hose Is eliminated and the foot of
the cleaner Is pushed, directly over
the carpet, (back and forth like a
carpet sweeper, but with a slower
motion. The current is transmit
ted through a heavy wire tubing,
'which is fitted with a plug and
which may be attached to any elec
tric light socket.
Speaking of sockets reminds me
that there is now on the market
what Is called a "two-way plug."
This enables the use of both a
light bulb and a utility at the same
time. In other words, it is not nec
essary to unscrew a bulb in order
to Attach a vacuum cleaner or
other utility. Several of these two
way plugs would be useful in any
home.
We spoke a moment ago of the
strength of the motor. However,
lei me give a warning: It is not
wise to purchase a cleaner with
such a strong motor that it will
remove the nap from the carpets
as Well as the dirt.
I have known of several cases
- where beautiful rags were injured
by the use of a too powerful
cleaner. In my own experience I
have found that what are com
monly Called "Jute" rUgS Or "Jap
anese fibre" rugs must never be
cleaned in this manner. The cross
weaving Is not securely woven in
and a, high-powered Meaner Just
sucks up the rug piece after piece,
leafing only the canvas back. So,
beware!
The nest cleaners to-day are
made with acts of attachments, and
It Is worth while for the woman
to purchase such attachments at
the time she buys her cleaner..
I don't know how It is, but many
women seem quite crasy to buy
"attachments" of some sort, such
as for a sewing machine, and then
never use a single one of them.
I'm quite sure that this is true in
regard to the average woman who
pays for a tucker, a plaiter or other
tcceasory, and I am afraid that the
ame is true of the woman who
buys a vacuum cleaner set of tools.
This contains a wail brush, a mat
tress tool, a floor polisher, a drap
ery tool, etc. But there is no rea-
ox
WHAT should I do to remove
wrinkles from bit neoV
I want to snake It plump and
pretty. ANXIOUS.
A very simple way of removing
those telltale wrinkles from the
neck is to bathe it several times a
day with the following astringent
lotion:
Witch hazel
.1 ounce
Rosewater
. .1 ounce
Then at sight rub Into the skin
a good skin-food like lanolin.
H
OW can X rid myself of
freckles?"-CONSTANCE.
Here la one of the best freckle
remedies I have aver used:
Lactic aeld 4 ounces
Glycerine 1 ounce
Rosewater ounce
Apply a small quantity of this to
the unwelcome spots every night
before you retire.
IS there any permanent way of
removing superfluous hairs?
KATy.
There are a number of prepara
tions that will overcome this
trouble temporarily, but why
bother? Unless it is very conspic
uous I do not in the least object
to this growth. It is like the down
on the peach. And who can truth
fully say he prefers the appearance
of the smooth-skinned apple or
pear to the peach?
Pi
emon
le
Mix cornstarch and cold water
and add to boiling water. Cook in
double boiler until transparent
- Mix the sugar and butter and add
to the cornstarch mixture. Mix
lemon juice and yolks of eggs, add
to mixture and remove from fire.
Place filling in haked crust Cover
with meringue and brown in oven.
To make a) "one-crust pie"
stretch the pastry over the outside
ot the pie plate and press the edges
firmly against the edge of the plate.
Prick the centre of the crust with
a fork.
. The baked crust will be of the
desired shape and can be easily re
moved from the pie plate and put
, on a large plate or platter ready
for the filling.
The above method Is very simple
and will save the housewife the dis
appointment of the shrunken and
misshapen one-crust pie.
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"The setting of a pair of beautiful eyes are almost as important as the eyes themselves.'
Photograph Posed by MISS GRACE DARLING at CAMPBELL STUDIO
son why such attachments cannot
be made of real Value.
During the annual house clean
ing is the time to get 100 per cent
out of a vacuum clearer and Us
attachments. Why drag mat
tresses out into the yard and thrash
them for an hour with a wire car
pet beater when three times as
much dust can be removed while
the mattress rests quietly on the
bed and the mattress cleaning tool
is used on it? Why need one get
up on a rickety stepladder and use
one's hands to dislodge the dust
from the door ledge when every
particle can be removed by the use
of the vacuum wall cleaning at
tachment t
Pillows, tufted cushions and all
similar forms of padded and cov
St. Patrick's
Irish. Pancakes.
QCALD 1 cup milk with 3 ounces
O batter. Add gradually 1 pound
whole wheat flour and teaspoon
salt. Beat thoroughly. Roll out
about 4 Inch thick, cut into
squares and cook on a griddle,
turning often, for an hour or more.
Serve with "butter and Jam or pre
serves. Cream of Green Pea Soup.
DRAIN 1 can green peas, rinse
with cold water and set aside,
if time permits, to reoxygenate.
Add 2 cups cold water, 1 teaspoon
sugar, 1 "small onion, 1 teaspoon
salt and a dash of pepper, and cook
f ently hour. Press through po
tato ricer, reheat and combine
gradually with 2 cups white sauce
made as follows 3 Melt 2 table
spoons butter, add 2 tablespoons
flour, blend well and gradually add
2 cups milk. Stir constantly until
smooth and thick. v
Perfection Salad.
CUT 2 cups cold cooked chicken,
in small cubes. Wash, scrape,
it necessary, and dice 2 cups ten
der white celery. Wash, skin, seed
and cut in halves about 1V& cups
white grapes. Mix lightly and
marinate with enough French
dressing to moisten. Set in ice box
until ready to serve. Arrange in
small nests of crisp lettuce leaves,
decorate with a little cooked
cream dressing and sprinkle finely
chopped pistachio nuts or parsley
on the dressing. This is an excep
tionally good salad.
Appetizing Menus for the Week
t TUESDAY I WEDNESDAY t THITltSnAT I FimiV t SATURDAY I
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Cereal.
Sliced Bail an e.
Creamed
Dned Beef,
Thin Cora Bread,
Coffee.
ZttitcTteon
Boiled Salmon,
White Sauce,
Green Pea.
Apple Turnover.
Breakfast
Cereal,
Hot Dates,
Potato Omelet,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Carrot Soup,
Left over Salmon
and Potato Balls,
Buttered Beet,
Soft' Ginger
Cookie.
Dinner
Bo3ed Tongue,
Baked Potatoes,
Spinach,
Home-made
Fickle,
Tapioca Pudding.
Cream.
Red Kidney Beans
wun spaghetti
and
Broiled Baeoa,
Jellied
Cooked Dressing.
Q 1819, Intanatiaul Teatorq Sarrloa, Ine.
f,
ered furnishings can be thoroughly
cleaned in a short while by the use
of a vacuum cleaner. Bookcases,
ornaments and all kinds of grill
work can be "thoroughly cleaned
only by the vacuum method, I
never knew what it was to have a
thoroughly clean typewriter until
I had used a vacuum cleaner on the
bottom of It The result was mar
vellouB. The old Idea of cleaning was
merely the scattering of dust, while
the new idea is absorptlon. When
we use the old corn broom we
never really remove the ddst from
the room at all. We merely teat
it out of the floor covering into the
air, from which It falls for us to
remove again. The result is what
we might call a vicious, circle.
Day Recipes
Savory Green Sandwiches.
WASH about cup butter and
heat until creamy. Add a
very little green vegetable color
ing, taking care not to get butter
too green.- Drain 6 anchovies, wipe
perfectly dry, remove bones and
pound to a smooth paste. Add
gradually to the colored butter.- If
desired, add a little finely chopped
parsley or cucumber pickle. Use
as any sandwich filling. Three sar
dines may be substituted for the
anchovies.
Green Mayonnaise.
COOK H cup green peas, 1 leaf
mint, 1 sprig parsley and a
few spinach leaves until tender.
Press through fine leve. Add
enough of this vegetable pulp to
thick mayonnaise dressing to sea
son and color It This is to be
served with cold mutton or lamb.
When wanted to serve with fish
omit the mint leaf.
Spinach Souffle.
MELT 2 tablespoons butter, add
2 tablespoons flour, H tea
spoon salt and a dash each of pep
per and mace. Blend well and add
cup milk gradually, stirring con
stantly until smooth and thick.
Add or 1 cup finely chopped
cooked spinach. Beat egg yolks
until. lemon colored, gradually add
reheated eauce and spinach mix
ture, beating constantly. Fold in
stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs and
pour into a well-buttered baking
dish. Bake in a moderate oven
until firm in centre.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
St. Patrick' D7
Breakfast
Stewed Fruit,
Hominy,
Scrambled Egg,
Toad, Co See.
Luncheon ,
Potato Soupt,
Moulded Spinach,
Shamrock. Rolls,
Tea.
Dinner
Rout Limb,
Potatoes!
Crtea Pea.
Perfection Salad,
Tiny Sandwiches
Green Butter,
Pistachio Cream,
, Coffee,
Breakfast
MasheJ
Potato Cakes.
Salt Mackerel,
Toast,
Tomato Jam,
Cottee.
Breakfast
Boiled Rise,
Apple Sauce,
Bran Muf in,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Creamed Potatoes,
Hot CbecM Toast,
Sliced Tongue,
Pickled Beets,
Boston
Brown Bread,
Tea.
Dinner
Breaded
Fish Chop,
Tomato Sauce,
Mashed Potatoes
Boiled Onions.
Lemon Jelly.
Stewed Prune.
One-eg CakeT
Dinner
Left-over Lamb
in Casserole
with Vegetabkt,
Virginia
Spoon Bread,
Lettuce Salad.
Rice Pudding,
firest Bxitala Slants Bwetttj,
The vacuum cleaner stands at
the head of the list of all utilities
of the absorptive type of cleaning.
For the woman who does her own
work there Is unquestionably no
other one piece of equipment of
such every-day value. A room
which is vacuum cleaned stays
clean for longer than the room
swept with a corn broom, even
when perfectly swept. To-day our
Standards of cleanliness are higher,
end What was considered clean
even a few years ago does not
meet with the demands of the mod
em housewife.
Stop, look and purchase the
best make of cleaner that your
purse affords, and rest assured that
your household tasks will be
easier. '
By Mary Lee Swann,
The Well-Known Writer s9td
Lecturer on Cooking.
Shamrock Bolls.
QCALD 1 cup milk, add cap
w butter, 1 tablespoon sugar and
1 teaspoon salt Cool and when
lukewarm add M yeast cake, dis
solved in 2 or 8 tablespoons luke
warm water. Add 1 cups flour
and heat 15 or 20 minutes. Cover
and set aside to rise until light and
spongy. Cut down and add about
1 cups flour or enough to make
a dough that can be easily kneaded.
Let rise again, toss out on slightly
floured board, knead and make
very small cflover leaf shapes.
Each roll win require 3 or 4 tiny
balls of dough -and one small piece
rolled to represent a stem. Place
in a greased baking sheet, cover,
let rise and bake in a hot oven.
Cream of Spinach Soup.
PICK over and wash"l "cuartof
spinach. Cook in 1 cup salted
water with, a small pinch of bay
leaf until spinach is very tender.
Press through sieve. Melt 2 table
spoons butter, add 2 tablespoons
flour, 1 teaspoon salt and a dash of
pepper and blend thoroughly. Add
2 cups milk and stir until smooth
and creamy. Combine with spinach
iralp, mix well and serve hot
Pistachio Ice Cream.
OOALD 1 quart rich' milk with X
O cup sugar. Cool and add 1
tablespoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon
almond extract. Color as desired
with green vegetable coloring.
Freeze, using three parts ice and
one part salt.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Stewed Fruit.
Cereal,
Corn Muffin.
Coffee.
Luncheon
Breakfast
Oranges,
Oatmeal.
Buttered Tout,
Coffee.
Dinner
Smothered
Chicken,
Cream Gravy,
Masbed Tornips.
Potato Balls.
Currant Jelly,
Biscuits,
Baked Apple.
Supper
Scrambled Eggs
Reheated Biscuit.
.Apple Sauce,
i Tea,
Lima Bean Puree J
Battered Tout.
Apricot Trifle.
Tea.
Dinner
Beef BaB with
Spinach,
Baked Potatoes,
Cranberry Jelly,
Baked Chocolate
Costard.
Coffee.
Tke Eyes'
By Lina Cuvalieri,
The Host Famous Living fietaty.
jTf BBS surroundings, fthe eyes
I x 'tjralimostfc as
the eya themselves. Keep .
Haei away ftom the eyes by keep-
?ng them well rested. Also mas
sage lightly about them tor four or
five minutes. Never longer, be
cause too much massage will tire
the exceedingly delicate muscles
about the eyes and cause them to
eag.
Massage them Just before retir
ing with any good cold cream. Rub
with a light rotary motion with the
tips of tire second and third fingers,
outward and away from the corners
of the eyes. With the same fingers
stroke the muscles that He along
the upper edge ot the cheekbone.
The stroke should be a slow, sweep
ing one from the lower corner ot
'the eye to the'edgefhVhalr-lineT
Never touch the soft, flabby skin
beneath the eye with any but the
gentlest pressure possible. Other
wise it will make wrinkles. A
third valuable Stroke is above and
along' the upper edge of the eye
brows. It is most soothing and
restful.
The eyelashes depend for their
length and beauty upon the condi
tion of the eyelids. Do not allow
them to become inflamed. If they
are irritated the lashes will be
weakened and will stop growing or
will fall out. To make them grow
long and evenly they should he
clipped two or three times a year.
If the eyelashes grow thin and
straggly looking it may be because
the eyes are strained and the lids
inflamed. To remedy such a con
dition I recommend the following
prescription-: Rosewater, 1-3 glass;
witch hazel, glass. Warm and
apply by opening the eye when cov
ered with an eyecup full of the mix
ture, thus giving the eye a thor
ough baih.
Another remedy which I will give
will quickly allay a more serious In
flammatory condition of the eyes:
Camphor water, 1 ounce; powdered
borax, 3 grains; infusion of sassa
fras pith, 2 ounces. Apply with an
eye-dropper, the glass tube with a
rubber bulb attached that can be
obtained in any drug store. Apply
as frequently as is needed to allay
the inflammation.
The growth ot the eyelashes can
be promoted by frequent brushing
with an eyelash brush, also by care
fully clipping the ends twice a
year. Brush the lashes upward and
the brows toward the temples,
An '.'All G
SEND your" invitations written
in green ink on pale green
paper. Furnish green hair
fillets for the girls and green rib
bon for neckties for the men.
These Bhould be made in sets hav
ing no two sets alike, says Alice
Burrell in "The Party Complete.',
You can very easily accomplish
this by varying the shade of green
just a little or the width of the
ribbon.
Each man must go to look for
the girl whose ribbon matches' his.
When he finds her she must tie his
tie and he must adjust the fillet
on her hair. No matter how gro
tesquely arranged the ribbons must
stay that way. They are partners
for the evening.
Limericks are good fun for a St.
Patrick's party particularly if
they are personal. Before your
guests arrive write the first line of
a limerick on a separate sheet of
parser and pass them around for
the guests to complete. For in
stance "There once was a girl
named Jeannette," and so on, using
the name of each person at the
party.
Give a certain length of time for
the limericks to be written and
then collect them and read them
aloud. They should be voted upon
by the guests and the best should
be awarded a prize.
"The Blarney Stone" is an amus
ing game, that you will want to
play. Bring in the biggest stone
Household Helps
Basting Velvet,
USE sewing silk instead of Cot
ton when hasting velvet and
there will he no traces left when
the stltohes are removed. -
To Whiten Clothes.
CLOTHES that have become yel
low should be washed as
usual and then soaked overnight in
water to which cream of tartar
(one teaspoon! ul to a quart) has
been added.
Cleaning: Lamp Chimneys.
IN peeling potatoes do not discard,
skins, tout place in vessel and
cover with water. Pnt in chimneys
and set to simmer for three hours
on back of stove. They will be as
bright as new when taken out and
rinsed and dried.
Settings
training the arch to he high tad
piquant. For eyebrows that are
weak and thja this lotion is excel
lent and , should be applied fre
quently: Bulphate ot quinine. 10 -
grains ; Ott of sweet almonds, 1
ounces.
The eyebrows should be kept
clean by brushing ; with a tin
eyebrow brush. Half a dozen
strokes upon each eyebrow are
enough. The lashes should be
brushed upward. That makes them
curly. Sometimes eyebrows grow
unevenly. They begin well, but end
drearily, In a straggling line ot
sparse hairs, or in no hairs at all.
Massaging the scant part of the
eyebrows with lanolin will improve
them wonderfully.
Occasionally the eyelashes show
a bothersome tendency to curve in
ward, usually, on the lower lid. To
insure comfort and avoid danger
ous irritation of the eyes they
should be removed by careful
manipulation of hair forceps made
especially for the purpose.
Girls often aSk me how to make
their eyelashes darker. There ara,
plenty of dyes and stains for the
eyelashes, but I do not recommend
them because they are likely to be
injurious. The application of any
one of them to the eyelashes by an
unsteady hand might allow some
of it to get into and so permanently
injure the eyes.
Eyelashes are often too light be
cause they are faded. To restore
them to their original color, try
clipping the ends carefully but very
slightly every two months. This
sometimes strengthens, stimulates
and so darkens them.
If your eyelids are encrusted
when you wake -up in the morning,
don't attempt to remove the en-
crustatlonL. until you have first
moistened them with a lotion from
your eye-cup. The best one for
this purpose is made by dissolving
an ounce of boracic acid in a pint
of rosewater.
Styes-are . ugly and disfiguring.
In their first stages they can be re
moved by bathing with peroxide ot
hydrogen, or by applying ethereal
collodion with a camel's hair brush.
Do not get any of this into the eye
itself, however. If the condition
has progressed far. a tiny flaxseed
poultice soon brings it to the "ripe"
stage, after which it can be lanced
by an ordinary needle that has
been sterilized by passing ft
through a flame.
Party
reen
that you can get and place it on J
.table or a pedestal. Tell the mea
one by one, to kiss the Blarney
stone and pick up one of the cards
lying beside it. On this card was
written the name ot the girl to
' whom he must pay the most extrav
agant compliment that he could in
vent Here is a guessing game that yon'
will like. Write the following
seven questions on a card, leaving
room to insert the answers:
What Indian Dance would SL
Patrick have prohibited? Answer i
The Snake Dance.
What Irish city means a top of el
bottle T Answer Cork.
What Irish county would make
good Winter coatf Answer
Ulster. What does an Irishman refuse to
eat at breakfast? Answer
Orange.
Why Is arpaste diamond like afl
Irish clover? Answer It's a sham
rock. What country has fit. Patrick's
colors? Answer Greenland,
Why should a pine tree he made
St. Patrick's emblem? Answer
It's evergreen.
For refreshments serve potato
salad, celery - stalk, olive sand
wiches, pistachio ice cream and
cake with green Icing. Decorate
your table with green crepe paper
and flowers made' green by putting
the steins in green Ink. Sham
rocks are also appropriate for the
table setting.
Peripiration Stains.
R1
UB perspiration stains with
soap slightly dampened and
ltythe garment in the sunlight to
Bread in Pea Soup.
PUTTING a piece of bread into
bet Soup prevents the Teas
from sinking to the bottom of the
saucepan and turniig.
Darning Stockings.
SILK-finlshed crochet cotton Is
excellent , for darning cotton
stockings, because the mended
places will 4e soft and won't hurt
the -feet, as often happens with
ordinary darning cotton.
: ; ; A Sink Apron.
MAKE a small oilcloth apron
and keep hanging near the
sink to wear when washing dishes.