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THE OBEG OX SUNDAY JOURNAL,, PORTLAND, SUNDAY 2IORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1920. Buying Canned Goads . By Mrs. Christine Frederick, , The Distinguished Authority EVEN though a consumer may purchase) products by trade mark, it Is Important for her to know something about the sixes of the cans In which foods are aoM. Perhaps you hare noticed that some cans are larger than others, or thai, for Instance, peas gener ally come in smaller cans than do tomatoes. But many consumers do not understand that all cans, whether they be for soup, vege Ubles. fruit or something else, are put out in a series of standard sizes. These standard sixes depend on a corresponding standard weight of the can's content. The following shows the standard sises ot cane, the weight of their contents aid the products they are generally . used for: No. 'i Weight of contents, 4 to 4 ounces: used for sardines, meats, pastes, condensed milk, "samples," etc k. No. H Weight of contents, 7 or 8 ounces: used for shrimp, lob ster, dams "flat," salmon and Tart ous potted delicacies. No. 1 (short) Weiaht of con tents, 10 ounces; used tor soups, potted or boned meats, tomato or other purees. No. 1 (whole) or No. 1 Welht of contents, 16 ounces; used tor peas, pineapple,, sliced peaches, "flat" or "tall" salmon, tomatoes, etc. (This is the standard 1 pound or 1 pint can.) No. 2 Weight of contents. I pound 4 ounces; used for small veg etables and small fruits like ber ries, grated and chunky styles. No. IV (tall) Weight of con tents, 1 pound 4 ounces; used for many large fruits and vegetables, baked beans, asparagus, tomatoes, etc. No. 3 (regular) Weight of eon tents, 2 pounds 1 ounce; used for large fruits, peaches, pears, baked beans, cold tomatoes, beets, spin ach, etc. No. 3 (tall) Weight of contents, 2 pounds 6 ounces; used for same products as No. 3 regular. No. 10 Weight of contents, C pounds 6 ounces; used for eorn on cob. sauerkraut, soups, etc , There is no number on a can to Indicate its size, but this can easily be determined by noting the weight, which is always printed In small numbers somewhere on the can. If the contents as Indicated on the label read, for example, "1 lb. 4 os." Don t Look By Jane SOME people art looking for love and never find It, while others are busy about other 'things In life and Just by mere chance bump right into It Ant theirs is always real love! There Is not&jng to enchanting as a "found love." The. botanist experiences just such a thrill when he looks behind a massy Stone and sees a rare and dainty flower, hitherto unknown to him. He may be looking for another flower, but this new, wonderful flower fills him with untold pleasure and more than repays him for his woodland tramp. And so the business man or woman may be interested in other matters of life, and right while they are In tent and interested in their own line of work find this new and wonderful thing called love. But the man or woman who goes out in the world with the thought, "I must find a wife" or "I must find a husband" always bungles things up. They always find what they want that is, they find the man and they find the woman, but the question arises. "Is it the right man and Is it the right woman?1 Did they find what Cupid intended them to find? Just because you ere ready to marry, as far as your financial cir eumstances are concerned, or be cause you feel lonely, Is no reason you should marry. You must not chase Cupid for a, happy marriage; wait until you feel the point of his arrow. Love at first sight is usually a surprise love; a case of meeting some one and instantly feeling that "you belonged." A love of that type is nearly always a happy one . and so much better than a case of marrying your sister-in-law's sis ter or brother-in-law's brother! When you chase Cupid you force him to draw his arrow against his Judgment; but love at first sight or a surprise love is natural and therefore real! A man who is hunt ing a wife Is really more particular and harder to please than man . .who falls in love unexpectedly and marries "for better or for worse." ' Household Hints Sweet Oil for Knives. JUR ft tittle sweet oU Into, ft Jar and let the rusty knives stand in this three or tour days; then rub with emery paper and polish In the vsual way, . SelrvrTftjed Linen. DONT cut off the frayed edget of collars and cuffs, for this is liable to loosen the weave of the fabric and make It wear out more quickly. Stage, them with ft lighted taper. r':--,-V; r-- -, .. -v.-t sTQSDlCAfA Veptevhet til on Household KBictencj. we kho by referring to our table that this is a No, 24 can. Few consumers Would enter a store and say to a clerk, "Let me have some underwear? without giv ing details of style, she, whether wool or cotton, etc Nor would the efficient buyer say to the butcher, "Let me have ten cents worth of meat without specifying what kind of meat and first finding out' the price of that kind per pound In or der to know hew much she s'hould receive for ten cents. U Is Just as careless to buy canned goods with out reference to the size ot the cans. As an experiment the anther asked for "a can of tomatoes' In several stores. She was banded fire different liies of cans, varying in weight from 10 ounces to 2 pounds ounces or from the No. 1 "short" to the No. 3. Five differ ent else eans, all In answer to the same request for: a "can!" The grocer knows the various size cans by number. Therefore if you ask for them by number you can be sure of getting the exact amount you wlsbv, Potatoes are purchased by the bushel, milk by the quart and sugar by the pound; la other words, these staples are sold according to a measure and paid for accordingly. Why not similarly measure the weight and amount of canned, goods in determining their cost? unless the oonsumer knows the weight and quantity she cannot be sure she Is getting her money's worth, or which of two brands are most sat isfactory, or what is the true value of canoed goods featured In adver tisements. For instance, if a can of flsh flakes is advertised as selling for 40 cents, how can the value of this particular offering be determined unless .the consumer knows how much flsh flakes she usually gets for 40 cents? A special announce ment may feature canned peaches t'only 20 cents per can." How can 'the consumer estimate the value unless she knows the sizef Sup pose she Is familiar with the price of a quality table peach in a No. 3 can 2 lbs. 4 os. which is 30 cents. The kind advertised may be a No. 1 can, containing only 10 ounces. It so, the peaches are much more expensive than those she has been bufng. . It is possible to estimate the true cost of product and compare its for Love! Baird Surely few women would bo ti happy m their engagements It they knew their fiance was' looking for ft wife before he met them! They would prefer to- think that they, alone, inspired him into matrimony and set his heart on fire! And what man would love his wife If he knew that any man who came along would have done just as well? All engsgements and courtships are .based on the principle , that there Is only one YOU. Love is supposed to be for the Individual, tor "the only one." Unless you firmly believe that no two on earth were ever as deeply in love, as you are, love Is not real!. And the mo , ment a man or ft woman" realises that they were merely wanted to fill a vacant spot In someone's life and a epot which any man or woman could have filled just as well, love, In Its real, romantic sense,- is lost Real love must have , its ego and feel that no one else could ever fill that void! The girl who finishes school and then sits down to wait for the first man who wishes her hand usually has a very unsuccessful married life But the girl who goes to business, teaches school, does mis sionary work, paints, studies music or in any way follows out some bent of her own, meets men ot her own type and unconsciously Is sur prised by love. And her marriage is very apt to be happy because she, meets men who are interested In the very same things in life which she likes. Ano. so the man who goes about his work, his own line of business and interests, finds a real wife and helpmate in time. But if he is just aimlessly looking for a wife he may select some doll baby type or some woman who 'las tastes and aims which will never interest him. He may meet his . wife right in his own office, he may meet her at . a lecture, at a church social, . an art exhibit, aboard a pleasure boat or any where his tastes and bents lead him. but if he Is not looking, for her she will be a surprise and "ft thing of Joy forever." . Wire Rangers. INSTEAD of cord for hanging up brushes, brooms and dustpans try using a small wire, which will not soil or wearout so quickly. smesmmmemmp Hanging a Skirt FOLD the skirt directly in the middle 'of the front and back breadths, then fold again, keeping the band even. Run a long hatpin through. the band and slip the pin over a neoK or nau. I' c.:-1 r.vi'.i. r- lit it' If V' . i Famous Beauties of cost with that ot other foods only by knowing the net weight con tents. For instance, the nsual "tin" of sardines weighs 4 os. and costs from 20 to' SO cents, so that sar dines actually cost from 60 to 80 cents a pound. This Is mentioned not to disparage this delicacy, but merely to show that by estimating price by weight ft clearer Idea of the cost per pound Is obtained. Many kinds ot fish and other Appetizing Menus MONDAY 1 TUESDAY Brtakfait Stewed ApHcote, Scrambled Eggs, - Toast, Ceffte. iicAeo Btaiu and Nut Breai. Hot eric Cecea, ' Dinner Root Ribs of . Pk. Appk Sauce, Sweet Fetatee, LeltM Salad, , , MeiJe Blase Maage. Breooit Prase, Cereal. Baked Bacea, Cora Mafia. , . Mu. 4 Qwee aa4 Rice Leadoe, RoB. Pttt, Biewait. Dinner Veal Cadets, Baked Potalee. Buttered Sqeath, Temale Salad, Crepe Spent, ' Cub Cake. Carefully Tested Vegetable Recipes Hungarian Potatoes. SLICE 2 or 3 small onions and fry ' them In 2 tablespoons butter or butter substitute and S tablespoons bacon drippings. Add 9 or 8 pota toes, cut into slices, sprinkle with salt and paprika. Cover with boiling water and cook gently until tender. Brown and serve hot Ctelery, Oriental Style. TNlCB pound fat tender teal U or lamb. Fry until delicately brown.- Pice 4 stalks celery, taking pains to cut celery diagonally, and add to the meat Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add 1 or 2 tomatoes, cut into small pieces. Cover with water or stock and cook until meat and celery are very ten der.' When mixture is done add i well-beaten eggs mixed with the juice of Vt lemorL m. Sweet Potatoes with Nna. B" OIL potatoes and cut them into long slices. Place on a greased baking dish, cover with finely chopped pecans or parched peanifts. sprinkle lightly with butter and brown In a hot oven. Vegetable and Lamb in ' Casserole. DICE 1 pound of fat tender lamb. Cut egg plant into sznal) pieces and dice 1 cup string beans, S celery leaves and 3 tomatoes. Finely chop 2 onions. Season to taste with salt pepper, parsley and, if desired, a suggestion of mint Turn alt the ingredients into a but tered casserole and bake until veg etables and meat are tender. 4U1 1920. lateraaUoaal ft. . 7 - .v- Stage and Screen, No. 13 EVA LE GAlNNE (Photo by SARONY.) foods come in flat as well as tall tins. The tall No. 1 weighs ex actly the same as a flat No. 1, but the flat can generally costs 10 or 15 cents more. This is because, as . in salmon, for instance, a solid piece of fish Is cut right out Of the best portion of the salmon, whereas the tall can Is filled with smaller pieces, which makes the packing less expensive ' It la economy to purchase canned foir the Week wTDnESDAY THURSDAY. Breakfast Bananas, ' rtroAT Breakfast 0 ran get. Cereal, Codfish Omelet, Toast, Cofee. Imnehedn Spaghetti (Italiea Style), Cucumber Salad, Apple Sauce, Gingerbread, Dinner Cold PetRoast (Sliced Ta), Dclmeaica Peteiees. Asparagus. Cocoaaut TimUle. Cofee. breakfast BaV4 Apple. Sauted Cereal, with , Mapje' Syrup, Cofee. Luncheon Mock Chicken Salad (left-over Pork), Bitcuitt, Prune Whip. Dinner BraUed Steak, Creamed Potalee, Turnip Salad, Sponge Cake with Fruit Sauce, Sofl-Boiled Efg. uralMua. Muffins, Jam, Cofee - I&ncneon Oreea Pepper end Beef Hash. Reheated Muffins,! Piaaapoie Salad. Oatmeai Cookie.' Dinner ?ot Roast, Browned Potatoes, Okra. Tomato Salad, Chocolate Bread Crumb' Podduif. Tin Ifnm T.ern .Qvvtmm Tho Welt-Known Tomatoes with Horseradish Sauce. REMOVE the skins from ripe to matoes and cut them In halves, crosswise. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, brush with melted butter or oil and broil I minutes. Place on round pieces of buttered toast, place a little horseradish sauce on each piece ot tomato and garnish with parsley. Horseradish Sauce, WASH H cup butter and divide Into 2 parts. Put 1 piece in, saucepan with 9 egg yolks, H table spoon vinegar and a little salt , Cook over hot (not boiling) water until thick,' stirring constantly. Add the second piece ot butter and stir until thick. Then add the third piece and continue stirring until .thick. Cool slightly and add 4 tablespoons grated horseradish. Fold in 2 tablespoons cream, beaten until stiff. Cabbage Scalloped with JTomato COOK a head Of Spring or Sum mer, cabbage . until tender. Drain and chop fine. Press 1 can of tomatoes through a potato rker. Ad& 2( teaspoons salt a dash of paprika and t tablespoon onion juke. Gook tomatoes until thick, stirring to prevent burning. Thicken with 44 cup flour blended with 4 cup butter. Pour alternate layers of cabbage, well seasoned with salt and paprika, and tomato Into but tered baking dish. Sprinkle- with fine buttered crumbs and bake until well heated throughout eeatu eerrlce. Use. 1 goods In quantity, there .s a con siderable reduction in goods bought by the case. It is also most helpful to write in the kitchen, notebook the con sumer's experiences with various brands, sises and grades of canned goods; also the number of portions In a can, the quality trade-mark and other facts which will enable her to do future buying most eco nomically and easily. SATURDAY Breakfast Stewed Pigs, Dried Beef, Hashed Potatoes SUNDAY Breakfast Fruit, Oatmeal, Plain Omelet, Toast. Cofee. Dinner Thin Cora Bread. Cafe. Zfvno&ee Egg Salad (Garsished with Broiled Steak. Mashed Potatoes, Scalloped . Em PUnt. Sliced Tomatoes, Lord Baltimore Cake. . Supper Cream of Celery Soup. Savorv SaBowkaes, Cocoa. Smoked Salmon), Biteutt, - Rice Pudding. Dinner Baked Bean. Brows Bread, Lettuce and Tomato Salad. Apple Porcupine, nenmts; Writer Salsify with Fine Herbs. r ASH and scrape 1 bunch salsify. Let stand IS min utes in cold water to which a little vinegar has been added. Cut In Inch slices and cook in Boiling salted, water until tender. Drain and add to 3 tablespoons melted butter. Reheat and add V& teaspoon finely chopped chives and 1 tea spoon finely chopped- parsley. Sea son with salt and pepper. Quick Potato Puff. MIX 3 cups hot riced potato. cup scalded milk, cup but ter, 2 teaspoons salt and paprika to -taste, ' and 1 finely oainced jr chopped canned plmiento. Beat with egg-fceater or whisk until light Turn into buttered baking dish; brush lightly with slightly beaten egg yolk and bake In a hot oven until delicately browned. f Stuffed Egg Plant RUB 3 small egg plants with"o3 and place in a hot oven about 10 minutes. , Drain on unglazed pa. per. Scoop out Inside and chop finely. Melt 2 tablespoons butter, add 3 tablespoons finely chopped onion and cook unto onion is soft and yellow. Add 3 tablespoons raw rice. Vi crushed clove of garlic and cdfefc about 5 minutes. Then add egg plant U thick tomato puree aid salt and pepper to taste. A dash of nutmeg is often added. Bake about 40 minutes, add 3 slightly beaten egg yolks and fill the egg plant shells with this mix ture. Sprinkle with buttered crumbs and bake until the crumbs are brown. re4 Britain ftlshU fteserveO. !j '- a - ' sr.. 1 :- 1 1 . 1 - XX NJUUU VJ 2? Linn Cavdieri, , Thi Most Famous Living Bisatj, TTTTHETHKR she admits . it X openly or not every wo-' man knows.' deep down in her heart that a good complexion Is the most precious gift the gods can bestow upon her. Even for a man it paves the Way to success In tbe great adventure of business, friendship and love. It is not too much, therefore, to Insist that one good half-hour day shall be given over to Its preservation and care. The best time to devote to this most thorough toilet of the day Is just before retiring. The reason for this is 'bvious. The skin has lost its pristine freshness by more or less direct contact with the dust and grime which most of us meet with out of doors. When the face has been carefully cleansed we can not only sleep better but we can feel reasonably sure of the skin be ing clean in tbe morning. Because ' while we are in our bedroom with the blankets 'and sheets around us there is but slight chance of any oiling agent rettling upon the skin. Even at that every really fastid ious person always Insists upon lav- . ing the face once more in cold water immediately upon arising. Another and more cogent reason for this house-cleaning' of the face at night is that the day'a grime should not remain on the face and neck, because it will become firmly Imbedded In the pores. In this way a whole crop of unsightly come dones and pimples will result Furthermore, some of this accu mulated soil .of the day is ground into the skin and eventually makes its way into the circulation, and is thus carried through the body. After you have donned a loose wrapper or robe, preparatory to taking your comfort for the might you should wash your face, not with water at first but with cold cream. When a good coating of this has been applied leave it. on for a tew moments until the skin has ab sorbed all the oil it can take up. Then use a soft cloth to wipe off any excess moisture that may re main. You are now ready for the real "Pmcka-Penny" Wives By Fay TRB wife who firmly belleres I '"a penny saved Is a penny, earned" Is a wise ' woman. Sometimes, ' however, a woman saves so many pennies that her husband becomes easily satisfied and forgets to bring in the dollars. "Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of them sabres" is a splendid adage. But lffa wife takes care ef too many pennies the husband may become indolent and then the dollars will take care of themselves by slip ping Into other men'a pockets. The- "pinch-a-penny" wife can crush every Inch of ambition there is in her husband. She can take the "get-up" out ot him quicker than rain can take the starch out ot a gingham dress. 8he can teach him to live on dog biscuits and condensed milk so well that he loses all his appetite for beefsteak: and fresh cream. 8he can show him where to get such a cheap suit and , hand-me-down overcoat that his desire for homespun and broadcloth quite vanishes. She ean make him rent such a cheap "flat" that he is ashamed to give his ad dress to his old friends. And she can scold him so much for bringing her an expensive bunch of floors, or a choice box of- candy that he will ever afterward seek the five-and-ten-cent counters. Such a wife does not allow her husband to put Bis best foot for ward. She keeps him from meet ing the men of his own class by putting the money which he should invest in a sensible business suit Into the bank.' 8he is like tbe man In the-Bible who burled his one talent She Is so afraid that she will lose her pennies that she hides them Instead ot sending them after the dollars 1 ; Making Your FOM three to four pints of cream, depending on Its rich ness, are needed to make one pound of butter. It may be well for you to experiment with a smaller, quantity : at first says a writer In American Cookery. Beat It with a Dover beater In a large bowl -until the butter forms, clings to. the beater and separates from the whey. The weight of the butter thus made will enable yon to Judge how much cream you' will need to make two pounds of butter. This larger Quantity could very well be beaten In a bread-mixer r you lack a regular churn. Tbe cream should be cold and tbe mixer turned rapidly at first; more slowly as the butter begins to form. It will look like fine "curds, at 'first dis tributed through the cream. lompiexion bath with tepid water and a mild sosp. A word ot caution, here, Be sure your facecloth is above re proach. It must be redolent of fresh air and sunshine. In fact it should smell as sweet and clean as your own dainty lingerie, all laid out fresh from the laundry, ready to be put on in the morning. I feel' that too much stress can not be laid upon this polnt,'becausX so many women are Inexcusably careless about their washcloths which are often used day after day, without any airing whatever. Yoa should have at least two or three In constant use. It that happens to be out of the question, then avoid the sodden, halt-dry washcloth as you woul the plague. I would much rather use the palms of the hands Instead. The best? material for washcloths is the coarse, natural raw silk, but this is not always easy to find. The next best thing Is the open mesh weare, so that the air will circulate through it more freely. Never rub the face hard. A hard rubbing, loosens the skin, -causes the muscles to sag and makes wrinkles form. A mild soap that agrees well with your skin is an essential. Experiment until you find one that does not roughen the skin or cause the face to peel. Do not have the water too hot because this means that the pores will be opened and tbe skin ren dered unduly sensitive. Of course, if you feel you must havejhe water yery warm in order that it may be properly cleansing in its effect then you must rinse the face after ward in cool (not cold) water to close the pores and tone up the skin. Now you are ready to give the face its final cold cream bath. No woman who really - tries to take care of her complexion can afford to omit this. .The cold cream bath at night la the principal thing that prevents wrinkles by keeping tbe skin well oiled. X good skin food, such as lanolin, may be used In stead of cold .?ream for the face bath If preferred. Sinclair. "Nothing succeeds like success," and no man can look like a success if he is fed upon a continuous lean diet and pinched Into a suit two sises too small. Such a husband will assume a meek, small voice and an awkward manner. He will lose his original personality. He canpot meet men who are well fed and wellNgroomed face to face as' man to man. He will be obliged to give up the dollar game and go into .the penny game. Neither Is such a wife fair to herself. If she goes about shabby her husband will soon forfeit all respect for her. And besides put ting Cupid to flight she will still further injure her husband's busi ness prospects by her failure to look as well as the wife of the suc cessful man should. It should be a wife's duty to make the most of her husband's ability. And the wife who does not know when to make "a good show ing" is in the same class with one who puts a candle under a bushel This poor, blind, saving woman Is really worse than the spendthrift who keeps the stores booming and her husband awake all nigbt scheming how to pay her debts. At least the spendthrift Is not "keep ing a man back" she Is Just push ing him at top speed. Sometimes he skids and turns turtle and some times he runs along all right But anyway he is going! While the "plnch-a-penny" wife thinks she is helping her husband she Is literally digging bis grave for him in tbe business world. It Is quite as bad to stand still as It Is to speed! Tbe "plnch-a-penny and the. spendthrift Ideas of .life are both wrong. Somewhere between them, lies the happy medium which the wise woman will try to attain. Own Butter When it forms in lumps the size of a nut or larger, strain off the whey or buttermilk and" wash tbe butter In a very cold water, work ing It with a wooden spatula and changing the water until the last shows no trace of milk. It may be salted with one tablespoonful of fine salt to every cup ot butter and then allowed to stand In a cool place until firm enough to mold. Butter made at home will cost three or four times as much as that bought in the market; that Is. if the cream to make it has to be pur chased, for the cream, being more perishable, had to be sold at a very much higher figure proportionately. The home-made butter, too, will be nearly white If made at a time of year when tbe cows are not grazing in the pastures.
