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Bv Mrs. Christine
The Distinguished Authority
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HAT is the kitchen? Is it
Wnot the -workshop of the
home? If so, should it not
then he arranged bo that the work
may proceed with the least possi
ble expenditure of time and effort
on the part of the -worker?
The kitchen should he small,
compact and arranged to avoid all
possible "waste motion." Good
sizes are 9 by 11 feet, 10 by 12 feet
or, in large homes or in" the coun
try, 16 by IS feet; but the smaller
the room and the more centralized
Its equipment the easier the work
will be. The detached pantry of
olden days Is far better replaced by
a built-in or portable kitchen cabi
net The elimination of even the
butler's pantry in the small Irome
" gives more floor area to more im
portant rooms, and places the work
table and utensils at the place
where they are most used, instead
of 20 or 40 feet away. .
One of the most important new
ideas concerning t the kitchen la
that of the "grouping of tools."
This means that all preparing tools,
such. as mixing bowls, beaters and
food supplies, as well as pans,
should be located in, over or near
the table -where they are used. In
this way the worker loses no time
getting and carrying back the tools
. she needs. This idea of grouping
can extend to placing the pots and
skillets near the stove, arranging
the coffee pot and coffee supply,
the bread and bread knife, etc.,
where they -will be convenient to
each other. The further this idea,
of grouping is carried the more
efficient the work -will be.
i In many kitchens we find the
ink next to the stove. But we do
not -work from a sink to a stove,
but from a table to a stove. Really
stove, sink and table should all be
within a few feet of each other.
The table, however, or preparing
cabinet, Is best situated alongside
the stove, so that as soon as foods
are prepared they may be laid la
or on the stove without a single
waste step. The refrigerator or
storage, the preparing table, the
ctove and another small serving
table should all be regarded as part
of'one group or chain of steps at
one side of the kitchen. At the op
posite side, and kept separate,
should be the stack table or drain
to the right of the sink, next the
sink,' then the left drain, and at the
extreme left, shelve or closet la
which to lay away dishes. Thiav
Secrets of
THE upper part of my arms is ;
'much too large la propor
tion to the Test of them. I would '
like to know what to use to make
them smaller. 12. V.
Heavy dumb-bell exercises are
specially valuable for reducing the
size of the upper arm. These ex
ercises should be taken Immediate
ly after arising before ao open win
dow. Then massage the arms vig
orously, using talcum fwwder in
stead of cream. Afterward; give the
arms a good salt scrub with cold
water as cold as you can bear it j
PLEASE tell me how to get rid
of pimples, blackheads and
awfully large pores In the skin.
A. B.
The alleviation of Such blem
ishes in the skin can only be in pro
portion to the length of time they
have endured, but If you will perse
vere in your efforts to ged rid of
them, you will surely accomplish
the desired resuUs. Remember
that spasmodic attention is of very
little value. Wash the face thor
oughly at night with tepid water
and a mild soap. Then apply some
of this ointment and leave on over
night:
Salicylic acid 60 grama
Pure lard SO grams
To close the enlarged pores
bathe the face daily with the fol
lowing astringent lotion:
Rose watct 6 ounce
Elder-flower water ..... 2 ounces
.Tincture ef benzoin. :..'2 ounce!
Tannic acid 5 grains
Household Helps
Prying Doughnuts.
WHEN frying doughnuts drop
a pared potato into the boil
ing grease to keep the fat from
burning. .
Dyeing Thread.
WHEN dyeing an article that is
to be made over, it Is a good
scheme to color two spools of
thread or silk at tie same time, so
they will be sure to match the
inateriaL -
Saving a Penny.
WHEN; your Welsbach burner
becomes blackened its life
and brilliancy may be prolonged by
lighting It, turning the flame down
low and then sprinkling a handful
of salt over the burner. This ab
sorbs the blackness and leaves the
burner almost like new.
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Kitck en
Frederic!:,
oa Household Efficiency.. '
plan I dividing we wtcnen into
two distinct; processes preparing
and -blearing' away permits the
most step-saving and the least con
fusion. ; , '
Cvery piece of equipment should
be set at the right height, so that
the worker need neither stoop nor
stretch unnecessarily. The sink la
generally set too low. It should be
placed at a height of 34 inches
measured from the top of the roll
rim to the floor; some women pre
fer even 38 Inches. Tables and
stoves which are too low may be
blocked up. Ironing boards are
frequently too low. and thus neces
sitate great extra strain on the part
of the worker. If possible all the
working surfaces should be the
same! height, so that articles may
be moved from one to the other
with the least effort. ,
A dark kitchen is as much a bug-a-boo
to the modern housekeeper
as the old-fashioned roomy kitchen
with I its step-wasting area. Plenty
of light is an absolute essential
both to good work and the happi
ness of the worker. Windows set
high in the wall give more light,
more air, and do not "have sills
which act as "eatch-alls." . There
should be adequate light on the
preparing table, the stove and the
sinkj This is oftenhest provided
by windows on opposite aides of
the room, thus insuring cross ven
tilation as well.
Many persons prefer the single
central drop light .In the kitchen,
but there is much to be said in
favor of two units, one throwing
light over the sink and another
over the stove and preparing table,
so that the worker shall not stand
in her own light. An excellent plan
Is t have a set of small window
units over the sink, thus allowing
plenty of air and light on the work.
A transom window means better
ceilmg Ventilation. Some kind of
ventilating fan is often needed,
such as the -ventilator, which may
be put in the flue; the register,
which may be placed in the ceiling,
or an electric fan.
No one item la so Important as
the! color tones used m this work
room. Nothing like a dark blue,
brown - bilious green or any shade
which fa depressive should be used.
Excellent choices are warm gray,
light apple green, cream, pntty or
; Vivid blue or yellow. For all
, around ; utility nothing beats the
warm-gray or putty, both of which
arei good-looking, without Involving
Beauty
AM Just five feet flu . and
weieh 135 pounds. Please
tell me how I can reduce my
bust end back as 1 am very stout
there. B. P. S.
You are only about fifteen pounds
overweight Try cutting down on
your diet somewhat. Take a light
lunch, or no lunch at all, for a time,
and you will be surprised and de
lighted with the difference in your
figure. , Massage your back and
bust dairy with this, which is as
tringent in lta effect and will help
pull off the superfluous flesh:
Witch fcaze! .... 1 ovnci
Rose water 1 ounce
I AM tn a terribly anaemic con
dition. Do you know of a
simple remedy for this? J.M.O.
I Besides an abundance of mild ex
ercise In the open air, always stop
ping before you are tired, you
should massage the face and body
-With nourishing oils such as lanr
lin and olive oil. You must also
feed yourself generously with
thickened broths and rich soups.
Ham, bacon and mutton are great
rebullders of the weakened system,
while butter should he freely eaten.
For the anaemic, all kinds of fresh
fish are nourishing. So are eggs,
hominy, bread and cakes, as welj
as cornstarch and tapioca pudding.
j Smboth Gravy, i
TO make smooth gravy put a
tablespoonful of flour in the
fat in the pan. Mix well and. add
water, stirring carefully until thor
oughly cooked. t
"To Hemstitch Curtains.
CURTAINS may be easily hem
stitched by pulling the usual
number of threads, basting the heu
to the far edge of the pulled threads
and then stitching on the machine.
Afterward pull the hem back to the
near edge of the pulled threads.
Care of Poultry.!
REMOVE wrapping paper as soon
as the fowl is brought from
the market. -Cut off any tainted
parts and place the fowl on a clean
dish in the refrigerator. Wipe
with a clean, moist cloth just be
fore cooking. .
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the labor which a white kitchen is
sure to entail. Painted wood and
trim are much better than stained
or varnished finishes.
-The Ideal wall for the kitehen is
Appetizing ' Menus for the Week!
MONDAY P
Breakfast
Cereal, j
Fried Mush,
Syrup.
Currant Jems,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Potato and -Bacon
Chowder,
Toast,
Lettuce Salad.
Baked Apple
Dumpling.
Dinner
Tomato Soup,
Stuffed Vegetable
Marrow,
Potatoes,
Cauliflower,
Green Cages.
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Cereal with
Sliced Banana.
Codfiih Omelet,
Potatoes,
Muffins, Coffee.
Luncheon
Welsh Rarebit,
Frail Salad,
Cookies,
Tea.
Dinner
Scalloped
Oysters,
Gslery,
Rolls,
Lettuce Salad,
Lemon
Meringue Pie,
Coffee.
Are Women
By Bene Bache.
rOMEN are called the weaker
Bex referring, of course",
to iheir physique. But are
they really weaker?
Muscularly, yes; that much must
be conceded. Vitality, bowerer, Is
more important than muscle, and in
this respect women are undoubted
ly superior to men.
The fact is easily proved. They
live longer, as is shown by the
longevity tables which are the basis
of the business of insurance and
a.nnuity companies.
It is a matter of common obser
vation that women endure with
Impunity exposures to cold which
would be dangerous for most men
theif clothing much less thck than
men's in Winter, their shoes inade
quate and often cut low, in severe
weather, etc. -
Most women become mothers,
thereby enduring frightful consti
tutional shocks which men do not
encounter. Yet they live longer
than men.
Take the case of 1,600 boy babies
born on the same day. Let us sup
pose that you were one of them.
When you were ten years of age
how many of those babies were
stal in the land of the living? Less
than three-fourths of the whole
original number. More than 25 per
oent were dead.' Only 733 survived.
But take 1,000 girl babies, all
born on the same day. Seven hun
dred and sixty-six of them will sur
vive to celebrate their tenth birth
day. Here is a difference of thirty
three survivals, or over 3 per cent
in favor of the girls.,,
But, again, let us suppose that
you were a boy baby. You went to
school and afterward to college.
. You are now getting along in years,
and every now and then your mail
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a hard finished coat of plaster,
painted in oil finish, not the "flat"
which is very difficult to keep
clean. The base or wainscot may
-tj oi washable flclothor tile, but
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
, Cereal
fi(h Dates.
Canned Corn
Griddle Cakes,
Syrup, Coffee.
Luncheon
Lima Bean Souo,
Whole Wheat
Bread.
Carrot
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Crapes, Oatmeal,
Broiled Tripe,
Hashed . Potatoes.
Coffee.
Luncheon
Vegetable Hash,
Lelruce Salad, '
Indian Pudding,
Molasses Sauce.
Dinner
Lamb aad Rice
Timbales,
Savory Piroienio
Sauce,
Asparagus,
Pea and
Carrot Salad,
Pudding,
Coffee.
, FRIDAY
Breakfast
Apple Sauce,
Bacon and Eggs,
Muffins. Coffee.
Luncheon
Cream of
Parsnip Soup,
Spinach on
(Garnished
with Eggs),
Junket with
Poached Apricots
Tea.
Dinner
Matelote of
Haddock,
Potatoes,
Asparagus.
Marmalade,
Tea.
Dinner
Corned Lamb,
Boiled Potatoes,
Boiled Turnips,
Steamed Cabbage,
Indian Pudding,
Coffee.
Sliced Pineapple.
Sand Cookies.
Stronger Tkan "Men?
brings you a black-edged card from',
the secretary of your college class
notifying you of the demise of a
Classmate. -
"We certainly ere passing off the
stage," you say to yourself, rather
gloomily. But, then, It occurs to
you to remember that this passing
off business began as far back as,
your freshman year, when at least
one or two of your classmates died. .
Indeed, it could not be aald to have
begun then, for deaths occurred
now and then In the prep school.
If a man finds himself still alive
at fifty years of age he may con
sider himself a lucky survivor, for
very nearly half of the male babies
born on the day of his own birth
have already passed away. To be
exact, only 51S male infants, out of
every 1,000, born into the world are
destined to see their fiftieth birth
day. But how is It with girl babies?
The longevity tables show that, out
of 1.000 of them. 664 will live to e
fifty years .old. The difference
there means1 the survival, at that
age, of forty-six more women. -
It Is ,very interesting to contero
plate the case of 1,000 average hu
man beings born on the same day, '
and to observe how their departure
from the world Is regulated. But
in considering the problem It is bet
ter to separate the sexes, because
women live longer, than men.
What biologists call their "viabil
ity" their power , to survive is
greater. 1, '.
About 104 boy babies sre born
for every 100 girt babies, but the
boy babies die so much faster than
the girl babies that at the end of
one year the surviving girls out
number the surviving boys. They
have a better hold on life.
But let us consider 1,000 babies,
born on the same day, taking one
sex at a time. When twenty years
have passed 713 out of an original
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SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Sausage Balls,
Apple Rings,
Potatoes,
Quick Biscuits,
Coffee.
Luncheon
Breakfast
Crape Fruit,
Cereal,
Butter Cakes,
--i Coffee.
Dinner
Boiled Beef.
Boiled Potatoes,
Horseradish
'Sauce,
Stewed Celery.
Coddled Pears
with Cream,
Coffee.
Supper
Eggs Poached ia
Asparagus,
Toast.
Tea Cakes,
Cocoa.
"Toaiq
Rice with Onion
m Casserole,
Prune Whip,
Tea.
Dinner
Beef Birds with
.Tomato,
Mushroom Sauce
Cahoaee.
Mashed Potatoes
Pudding.
Fruit Sauce,
Coffee.
1.000 bor babies Will be alive anJ
grown to manhood. But 744 out of
1,000 girl babies Will reach twenty
years of age."
When the surviving girls are
thirty years old 100 of them "will
be living. But Only 669 of the boys
will reach that age, approximately
one-third of their number "losing
out" In the life game before they
get that far along.
At forty years 639 of the girls
will survive, but only 605 of the
boys. At fifty there will still be 564
of the girls living-rrather old girls
by this time--again3t 61S old boys.
At sixty there will still be living
45S of these old girls, but only 89 3
of the boys. The boys bare takes
a slump. At seventy there will be
only 239 of the boys left, but of the
girls there will be 299.
At eighty there will be 115 aged
women ,to represent the original
1,000 girt' babies, but only eighty of
the boy babies will be hobbling
around and complaining of their
aches and pains. At ninety there
will be thirteen old crones left
alive, but only seven decrepit and
toothless old men waiting for the
. grave to swallow them up.
A famous mathematician once
published a formula for reckoning
any person's "expectation of life"
supposing, of course, that the per
son at the time la not sufferisg
from any mortal disease. You want
to know how long yoa may reason
ably expect to live. Well, then,
subtract your present age from,
eighty-six, divide the remainder by
.two, and you have the number of
years that are likely to be before
you. Thus, if you are fofty years
old, the remainder Is forty-six; di-
' ride by two, and you have twenty
three more years
But if you are woman you must
add three or four years, because
women, on an average, lire that
much longer thaa men.'
Britaia MU Swerved.
i
this is not necessary, Both
walls and the- trim should be
light, and the celling treated
white coat of kalsomiae each
Signs -of. Old Age
By Lina Cavalierf,
The Most famous Living Beauty. .
ARB you facing the fact that
your neck is beginning to
took old? Is the skin grow
ing loose and flabby? Are the mas
cles saggiag? Is the skin looking
yellow and wrinkled? Is It no long
er source of pride and pleasure
-with you to wear a V-shaped or
low-cut gown?
Do not despair, for the ageing
seek is not an Infallible sign of
growing old. It Is only one of
them. And you have my assurance
that you can make it look youthful
again. For proof of this let me
point you to the great singing
teachers, yes, and the great singer
who are their pupils. Almost
Ivery one of then indeed, 1 can
think of no exception, has a round,
white, youthful-looking throat.
But while this Js. true, tt is also
true that you should begin giving
the neck special attention before
you are thirty. It were better II
you began when you were twenty-
five.
First, look to its careful feeding.
Give it at least ohe good meal a
day bf rubbing cold cream liberally
into the front of the neck at night
before retiring.
Look very carefully to . the poise
of the head. If the head be held
proudly, the chin up, the muscles
of the neck will also be held firm.
But if you permit the head to droop
the neck muscles will share the
sagging.
Never He with the head high.
One small pillow is enough for any
. one, except the insomniac. If you
can dispense wjtb'the small, flat
pillow and lie with the, head and
feet on level, so much the better
for the neck;
The neck thus trained', and with
the additional training of deep
breathing,Jearhed by vocal lessong,
should neve grow old. I advise
very woman to take vocal culture
.for herself, even though ene have
no liking for music, simply for the
take of the beauty of her neck.
But if these preventive measures
have been neglected and the neck
is losing its roundness and firm as
pect, then ybu must have recourse
to the great body builder, massage.
There is a special massage for the
neck and It must be- intelligently
given. ,
First, strengthen the chin mu$
t cles by pressing firmly upon them
with the backs of (he hand. Turn
the hands, with the backs upward,
and letting the finger tips meet be
For Company Dinners
By Mary Lee Stvanni
The W ell-Known Writer and Lecturer on Cooking.
Oysters on Half Shell.
SERVE to each person six choice
' oysters on deep halves of shell.
Arrange on plates of crushed ice.
Place M lemon in centre of each
plate,
Oyster Cocktail.
PICK I over and rinse Vt dozen
small oysters. Mix with 4
tablespoon tomato catsup, H tea
spoon lemon juice, 1 drop tabasco
sauce, pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon
finely chopped celery and xk tea
spoon Worcestershire sauce. Chill
and serve. This amount la suffi
cient for one person.
Sardine Cocktail.
REMOVE bones and skin from' 1
small box of choice sardines.
Pick sardines into flakes. Mix with
Vs cup tomato catsup, tablespoon
Worcestershire sauce. A teaspqon
tabasco sauce, Juice of 1 lemon and ;
a pinch of salt. Chill thoroughly
and Serve In small tomato shells in
bed of lettuce leaves or scallop
shells placed oa a bed of crushed
Ice.
Smoked Salmon Canapes.
SLICE smoked salmon as thinly
' as possible. Cut rounds i Inch
thick from stale bread and fry in a
little butter until delicately
browned. ' Cut salmon same size
and place on bread. Decorate with
sifted hard-cooked egg white, finely
chopped green pepper and finely
chopped pimento. , .
Savory Canapes.
PAS3 cup cooked ham and ii
cup cooked chicken through
the food chopper, and pound to
paste with Vt cUp butter, 1 table
spoons chutney, salt and pepper to
taste, and a pinch of curry powder
if desired. Spread on rounds of
bread which have been, fried in a'
little batter. Arrange a narrow
.border of finely chopped or sifted
egg white and yolk.
Engagement Luncheon Canapes
CUT heart-shaped pieces about
' V. Ineh thick from stale bread.
Brush slightly with butter and
brown delicately. Drain canned
pimentoes and dry them thoroughly.
Cut out heart-shaped pieces with
cutter used for bread hearts. Fry
them in a little butter until deli
cately browned. Place the pimento
hearts on the toast hearts. Ar
range a narrow edge of finely
chopped parsley all around the
pimento and serve very hot.
neath the middle of the chin, preffl
with all your strength on the mus
cles of the chin, working backward
and upward behind the ears to the
hair-line..
Second, with the tips of the fln
' Rers quite meeting at the point of -the
collarbone hi front, draw tha
hands with long, slow strokes up
ward to a point beneath the ears.
This is a good muscle building
movement. .
Third, "Slap the neck smartly with
the palms.
Fourth, "lift" th tendons at the
side of the neck that are inclined
. to grow more prominent and ropey
each year. This lifting consists la
seizing the tendons in a firm grasp
and seeming to wise them to meet
the head. This is painful and may
. evea cause a slight" headache at
first but these are only Nature's
protest against the unaccustomed..
itfven Nature is an old fogey about
innovations.
v Fifth, grasp theJarge muscles at
the back of the. neck and connect
ing the shoulders, and "lift" these '
also. Raise them as though it were
your purpose t place them in the
curve 9f the neck. This should be
followed by a vigorous kneading of
the muscles.
The aim of all these masaag
movements is to promote circula
tion in the neck. The yellowing,
withered-looking skin denotes that
the blood flows weakly in that part
of the body. The flabby muscles
indicate that the muscles Jiave not
been well exercised. A good de
veloping exercise for the neck is
to let the head lie back as far as
possible oa the shoulders, then roll
Blowly from one shoulder to the
other. - -
The hands should be immersed
in nourishing cold cream before
"feeding' the throat muscles. This
is one of my favorite formulas for
a nutritious cold cream: Almond
oil, 1H ounces; lanolin, J J ounce;
spermaceti, euncs; witch hazel,
ounce; tincture of benzoin. U
dram. . .
m Avoid high, tight collars. Wear
soft silk and muslin linings next
the throat for black or colored col
lars. If it is necessary to wear
costumes wltk high collars on tho
street, change them at once for col
larless gowns when you are at
borne. They are much more be
comlns; la every way and are in
finitely better for the throat an
neck. .
ESqnefort Celery.
TVTASH and scrape tender stalks
of celery. Beat Roquefort
cheese until creamy and pack it
into celery stalks. Sprinkle cheese
lightly with finely chopped olives,
pimentoes or green cucumber
pickles.
Baked Oysters.
CELECT choice oysters on the
half shell, allowing 5 or 6 to
each person. Place them in a bak
ing paa and on each oyster place
a tiny piece of bacon. Bake in a
rather quick ovea until the edges
of the oystera curl aad the oysters .
themselves are plump. Garnish
with lemon and parsley.
Crab Plak Cocktail.!
TVTAS1I greea peppers and cut
VV in halves crosswise. Removo
veins and seeds ami place in ice
box to chill. Mix tablespoons
tomato catsup, 1 tablespoon grated
horseradish, Vs teaspoon Worcester
shire sauce, tablespoons lemon
Juice and a pinch of salt. Pour
into greea pepper cups. Arrange
pepper cups allowing one to each
serving) on heart lettuce leaves,
place crab flakes around each cup,
chill and serve
Tomato Canapes. '
A"TJT rounds ,"" inch thick from
stale bread and toast on one'
side. Spread untoasted side with '
, butter which has been beaten until
creamy and seasoned with anchovy
paste. Then cover with a thick
slice of peeled ripe tomato and
spread the tomato evenly wita well
seasoned mayonnaise dressing.
Sprinkle with sifted egg yolk and
then with sifted egg white. Gar
nish round edge with thin ring of
green pepper and place a slice of
olive and a tiny sprig of parsley la
the centre of each canape. -
White Fruit Cocktail.
WASH, skin, cut la halves- an4
remove" seeds from choice
white grapes, or stone and slice
canned white, cherries. Remove
larger pieces of grape fruit pulp,
freed from white portion of the
skin. Combine equal parts of the
grapes or cherries and the grape
fruit pulp and set in Icebox to chill.
Place in crystal cocktail glasses
and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
If the cocktail is to be served dur
Ing the Christmas season garnish
with maraschino cherries or place
a sprig of holly on the plate hold
ing the cocktail gla33.