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USE ONLY NECESSARIES1
AR may destroy aHttle of your
ses, one-quarter cup cornmeat, three
quarters teaspoon salt three-quarters
teaspoon ginger. Cook the' milk and
the meal in double boiler for 20 min
utes; add molasses, salt and ginger. Pour
you do? Just do what the United States Into greased pudding dish and bake two
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W comfort ' But if we win, your
kaiser, wins you know the fate of Bel
gium. There ii the truth. What can
Food Administration asks you to do. It's
not bard, but it is necessary.
Eat only as much as you realty need.
Buy only two pounds of sugar per
person per month.
(You may have as much corn syrup,
molasses, sorghum honey and maple
syrup as you like)
Use not more than one pound of fat
per person per week.
Use not more than two pounds of
meat per person per week. -
Use cheese, pinto beans, toy beans,
nuts and fish.
Use every drop of milk.
Give the children whole iro'tk.
Don't use more than two and a naif
pounds of wheat flour per person per
week. i
Make this amount less if you can.
This amountjf wheat Hour Includes
hours in slow oven. Serve with top
milk. This amount wilt serve six per
sons.
8EEIKG IT THBOCGEC.
Tor example America should look to
England," were the words of an emi
nent public speaker just recently re
turned from studying the war situation
urboth England and France.
"England has literally pushed every
thing aside and turned her energies and
her industries towards war," be con
tinued. "That which has nothing to do
with war has been practically elim
inated. It is almost impossible to get
for love or money taxicab in London,
a city "where there used to be standing
at the curbstone waiting for you. And
the pleasure car simply does not exist
any longer. It is species -entirely.
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the amount you use in bread. All bread, .
homemade or baker's should contain 20 The speaker; went on emhusiasticalry.
per cent of cereal other than wheat to tell how. step by step, all the unessea
Use other cereals as much as desired, tials of life had been eliminated, in Enff-
Dod't do any deep fat frying.
Don't eat midnght suppers.
Don't hofi food.
Deny yourself pastry.
HATE T1CT0RT WESTS LIKE
THESE.
Breakfast
Oatmeal ith dates. Top milk. No sugar.
Browned potatoes.
Girnbread. Jam.
Coffee.' Milk for children!
Leach, .
' Polenta (corn meal and cheese).
Oatmeal cookies. Canned fruit.
Dinner.
Soup with barley. """
Mashed potatoes. Baked beans.
Creamed cabbage with a little cheese.
(No bread of any kind.)
Indian pudding.
Oatmeal Cookies.
One tablespoon vegetable oil, half cup
boney, one egg, one and a half cups oat
meal, one-quarter teaspoon salt, one and
ahalf tablespoon rice flour, half tea
spoon baking powder. Combine the oil
honey and beaten egg. Stir in the oth
er ingredients. Drop from ft teaspoon
on a greased pan or baking sheet and
bake in moderate oven about IS min
utes, i ,
Indian Podding.
land. He used as an example the um
brella industry. He said that when
England considered that enough umbrel
las had been made to- supply her needs,
she shut down the factories.
"As a country England has figurative
ly set her teeth in the war and has given
up everything else to fight it through to
the finish." said the speaker.
"I tried an experiment in several of
the big hotels in England," he went on.
"I tried first by requesting, then by
wheedling and finally by bribing the
waitress to get me another order of
bread.
"Do you think she would? Not a bit
of it I She stood- firm to her first as
sertion, 'each patron is allowed but two
ounces of bread for dinner.'
"And it was war bread at that .
"It was the same thing with meat and
the same with sugar," he continued.
"The five ounces of meat and that is
a very small portion when cooked, and
the 2-7 ounce of sugar were put before
him and neither money nor wheedling
could get him more."
This is typical ol the situation in
England. No one can be bribed or
wheedled into deviating one step from
the path which leads to "Winning the
Four cups milk, oue-third, cup molas- War."
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A HARMLESS lotion for chapped keep up steady long reaching move
lips and hands is made of glycer- ment. This reduces the tops of the arms
in cut with lemon. It is as heal- and removes the fat about the neck,
ing as it it softening. Persons who Then take a duster and dust the legs of
fear to use grease or oils on their skin chairs and stretch to the tops of doorsf
find almond preparations and especial- to get a steady bending and stretching
ly the milk, a substitute, in that it feeds movement The treatment tikes about
the tissues. A hacking cough is quickly two hours a morning, and by abstem-
relieved if a single drop of oil of tar is inous eating and occasional cups of hot
placed on a piece of lump sugar and water with salt during the day, also one
eaten slowly. This also gives relief to after retiring, the 'desired result is ob-
persons with an incurable cough.
taincd and the health improved.
WELL-KEPT hands are always v OUCH hands are the bane if the
desirable, no matter hcjw many YJf sewer. To avoid this, first wash
, other charms a girl may pos- V the hands carefully before be-
sess.'A month's treatment according to ginning work. Rub away all roughness
'these directions will make a big im- with a pumice stone. Then bathe the
jwovement in anyhands. Each night hands with good elder vinegar. This
just before retiring scrub the hands in is said to make the skin toft and
water as hot as can be comfortably smooth.
borne, then rinse In several warm wa
ters, and after drying, before the skin
deep between two layers of muslin.
Fold the two edges of muslin carefully
to keep the poultice from running out.
F your eyes smart or burn on awak
ening, don't blame it on the glori
ous sun. In point of fact the fault
usually lies In the eyes themselves. Some
persons with unusually sensitive eyes
may be affected by the early morning
light but as a rule the smarting sensa
tion in the morning is an indication that
something is wrong with the eyes, or
the system. It is believed by many ob
servers that "rheumatic" people are fre
quently affected, as well as those with
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W'fEN making . flaxseed poutllce eye defect. But in any event the day-
' put the seed in a bowl, add boil- fight should not be blamed for eye
' ing water slowly, stirring con- symptoms. Indeed, daylight is a rem-
stantly until it is the,, right consistency edy for, rather than the cause of sroart-
for soreading. Spread half an inch ing eyes.
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SHABLE cape gloves are ex
cellent for everyday wear. They
are particularly smart in oyster
white with rather heavy stitching on
the back. If one Is careful, and pos
sesses a wooden glove stretcher for the
drying,, these gloves may be washed
successfully many times over.
F you are fond of wearing white
crepe de chine waists and are anxi
ous tokeep them from turning yel
low, wash them in cold water with a
hard, white soap. Cold water and soap
will take out the dirt just as well as
warm water. Dry in the shade and
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LONGEVITY
BY MRS. McCUW '
rr-vVERSTUDY" during two and
II one-half years in col"-(r st
Bee Davis home an invalid.
Her brilliant hopes were gone for
nothing, she felt and she believed she
had less than nothing to look forward
to. Her mother mourned the evils f
higher education; her father railed at
colleges for women. Be bad entered
college the picture of health. She. delv
ed enthusiastically into work, mado
brilliant freshman and sophomore rec
ord and took summer courses besides.
She began her third year last fall now? '
she is an invalid from "overstudy," pale,
uninteresting, her body a nuisance, her
brain a fevered mass. She has wept
barrels over "lost chances," "cruel fate."
"Why, why," she asks, "has this hap
pened to me?"-
Strange to say, her question has)
found an answer that has startled tha
little girl into seeing exactly what
Overwork" and "overstudy" are. Aft
er she went home feeling her lift and
usefulness had been cut short, sha
learned that the hygienic referenco
board of the Life Extension Institute,
is showing the sick and suffering that
life and usefulness need not be cut
short but may be lengthened, deepened
and broadened, hence human happiness
and a "sense of enjoyment in all Efc
activities" increased; that much Illness
is inexcusable and that human folk, in
cluding college girls, can work without
"overwork" and. go through college,
without "overstudy."
Through this rrWans Bee learned ex
sctly three simpSe secrets that sh .
should have learned before she went fc
college. The first of these revealed to
her that ventilation, loose, porons
clothes, outdoor recreation, outdoor
sleep, if possible, and deep breathing.
press with a warm but not hot iron. If
these directions art -followed you will
not find your crepe de chine waists turn- u Titaj to j,, ufe and health. Now
ing yellow.
A DISCARDED powder box with a
perforated top may be made to do
duty for a hatpin holder. Thfe box
may be covered with a piece of fancy
ribbon if necessary. The hatpins are
thrust into the openings at the top. To
present the holder'f rom being top-heavy,
fill it half full of commeal.
A CHINESE merchant gave this bit
of information when a rare teaset
was purchased from him. Before
using del'cate china, place it in a pan
of cold water and let it come gradually
at college Bee had ventilated when she
thought of it and when it wasn't too
cold, had never considered whether the
clothes she wore were made for physical
efficiency, had been too busy to take
regular outdoor exercise and to bent
with long study to breathe deeply.
The second of these long-life secrets
related to food : "Avoid overeating and
overweight Eat sparingly of meat and
eggs. Eat some hard, some bulky, and
some raw foods. Eat slowly." For two
years and a half Bee had eaten many
times little and hurriedly of whatever
hinnnuit to be convenient hence she
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group of crack-brained visionaries, as
wild a fantasy as the famous flying ma
chine of Darius Green. I Once read a
pamphlet written by an engineer of note
in his own era wherein he proved con
clusively that trains could never be op
erated at greater rate of speed than wJrt j4 Uifi
twelve miles an hour.
Woman Isjust beginning to wake up
to the fact that the whole field of ad
venture Is as open to her as to man.
Especially so now, for the advenfure of
the future will be largely in the mental
realm.
to a boil ; allow the china to remain in had become anaemic and underweignt
the water until cold. This tempers r-j,e of the life-extension prin-
china and makes it eapable-of standing pa taught the'anaemic young Invalid
heat that work, play, rest sleep, and serenity
are needful to well-being. Work only,
FIRESIDE and targe upholstered c jj observed at college. Too busy
easy chair seem to demand to piayi too hurried to rest" she had
something as a protection, which, 0ften studied late into the night nod
perhaps, accounts for th revival of got np without sufficient sleep. More
chair backs and head rests. Some of mr hurry, worry, and strenuous striv
the new chair backs are strips of Ros- g destroyed her mental and Pari
sian crash, with cross stitch pattern naUy.
across the bottom. The designs are pine
trees, brilliant birds or even baskets of
flowers. Others are made entirely of
coarse filet crochet in cotton or raffia
twine, either square or oblong in form.
All sorts of quaint old patterns are
used. They are really "old, tidies, smart
and up to date. Head rests of patch
work applique are now being jnade.
These are particularly nice in a bed
room, where a counterpane of patch-
NEED OF
COMRADSHIPv
HERE is a little story recently told
by an army officer, which Illus
trates how we need each the
in daily life. ;
When some of the men on tEe ether
side first faced the enemy they were
pathetic failure on the Eghting line. As
individuals they were brave, splendid
-irttrpv r si. Inn. . im . MiM,
things. Is there somewhere boys, but when they went torwaro so ax
some supreme oracle who de- tack they had no solidarity. Their ad-
1...1,.. ,. .,1. , w!V. vance fell to pieces, lneir lines oia not
abroad representing Dresden shepherd
esses or Greek goddesses, ladies of the
Women Coming to tha Fore
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BY EDNA EGAN.
OMAN has been so long admon
ished it has been, "Don't
don't" to them, "Don't" here.
and "Don't" there, "and "Women can't
do this" and, "Women can's do'that"
that it's a little difficult for her to real
ise that a woman can do anything she
sets her mind on.
I read an Interesting article not long
ago in which that statement was flatly
alreadv essaved one branch of it To
his own satisfaction at least he has
proved that there is communication be
tween the living and the dead. I do not
know whether time will proclaim him
nr,ii exntorer of the unknown, or a
Mrs. Browningjnight have ranked first . mere former of dreams;' I can only
with her. "Sonnets from the Portu- mumbc to mySei ,ie pra)er: "Oh.
guese." Sir Walter Scott once remark- heIp me to opcn mind."
ed of Jane Austen, "I can do the grand
bow-wow style myself, but she etches
on ivory." Consider x also the Bronte'
sisters. There are those critics who re-
'Sir Oliver Lodge, a great scientist has dnquecento, or of the harem? If so.
Handkerchiefs
ffets eooL rub in warm olive oil or
coa butter (either is very nourishing
i the skin), and work and rub the
hands together In the saine manner as
when washing them. Do this for about
w EAVING powder or rouge on the
face all night is enough to ruin nt no doubt sincerely maae:
the most beautiful skin, and its "Women will never carve a Winged
e.ct on a complexion which has no Victory, compose a Fifth Symphony or
gard Emily Bronte, not Charlotte, as
one of the most startling examples of
genius in English literature.
real claim to beauty Is nothing short Tristan, invent a new cause, create a
of disastrous. Powder is usually put on great poem like Faust paint Las
.1 j.... !.'. with over a eoatinor of eold eream ta make nki or enneeive Hamlet"
LTarel, and slin on old loose gloves. It stick, and this paste left on all night Never it a long word. Perhaps she u"Sr Impossibility. But time, the satir- oef jn crosl.5titch. Most of- these
" The voice of the multitude iterates
and reiterates: "It can't be done. It
never has been done, and therefore !t
never will be done," and establishes by
Meni- precedent ana tact ana irreiutaoie logic
that the enterprise is an absolute and
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A handkerchiefs a sentence or We merely obey.
phrase of embroidered writing
may be seen. Maybe it is only a name,
the signature of some friend who has
been requested to write his name on
your handkerchief instead ef in your
autograph album. Or again it may be
your favorite motto, which you think the
fashionable world would be better for
knowing, so you flaunt it from the cor-
vance fell to pieces.
hold.
Were they sneered at as poor sol
diers? Not at all Good generals un
derstand the psychology of humanity.
They were withdrawn to the rear and
ordered into close formation. Then, el
bow to elbow, they were marched and
drilled and counter marched and
marched again. There were several
weeks of that of drilling in close
formation, elbow to elbow.
Then they were sent back to the front
rank trenches. And when they were
thrown forward in attack their lines
held. There was almost half a mile be
tween man and man m some vi, those
charges, but the lines held. Far flung
in battle line, with great gray gaps ot
ELL served food shows that the emptiness between man and man, they
cook takes pride in her work, fought as if they had stood snouioer to
but the best cooked food served shoulder, buoyed up by warm human
a careless or slovenly style is unap- presence.
what mysterious influences guide him
in his decisions? Who - decided, for
instance, that this was to be a Russian
year? Is it nothing to him that high
Cossack hats are hopelessly unbecoming
to the average American woman's coun
tenance? How does he settle what is
to be the fashionable fur? Does he hi
bernate all summer in Cold storage and
wake up muttering "skunk," while his
minions wait around his couch to waft
the fateful word over a waiting world?
Such speculations end in nothingness.
Cut a little tip off each glove finger, as clogs all the pores. The skin subjected never will; who can say? But because st proves tne taitn 01 me pioneers,
hands so incased need ventilation. to this treatment is pasty, sallow and she has not yet achieved the highest ar- Harvey, who discovered the eircula-
without life, and usually the pores are tistic expression is no positive reason tion of the blood, was one of the fa-
rpc timnle method to reduce enlarged from the deposit of powder, that it is beyond her grasp. Anyway, mous host who have provided amuse-
H wciclit which has been used with It seems so delightful to slip into bed she has some Ifery creditable seconds. If ment for their generation.
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urrat success: Kise early ana at once wncn one is very urea, ana so
and
h hour walk in the air. warn- impossiuie naru iu ihkc me ume
ing a steady but alert gait On return- energy to give the fate a good cleaning,
ing home drink a cup of hot water with But really it is worth the effort to stay
plenty of salt After a light breakfast, up ten minutes more and wash out all
leaving the table nqt quite satisfied, take vestige of cosmetics. The nightly
a hand working vacuum cleaner or cleaning should be the mrt important
cartel sweeper with IonB handle, and and the most thorough of ail. If it is
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Shakespeare hadn't written his sonnets, provoked that laughter which has been
1 ' 1 compared to the crackling of thorns
under a pot The first builders of rail
ways came inTor their share of deri
sion, for 1 numoer ot years tne iaea
properly done, all that wilt be necessary
in the morning will be the cold sponge
off. At night however, the dust and
dirt of the day has settled on the face
and it takes a good cleansing with cold
cream to get it off.
handkerchiefs are embroidered in black
on colors or in colors on white.
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FOR clothes that have pots of ink
or wheel grease. If they do not
come out with kerosene, soak the
spot with thick sour milk. Let stand a
few minutes and then n b and spots will
disappear. For kerosene spot or grease
spot on hardwood floor, take a table-
petizing and reflects on the housewife.
The old time wreath of greenery that
was placed about the meat platter day
after day, or draped around the center
of the table, has been abolished and al
most forgotten. It was neither artistic
"Why? you asx.
Because of the elbow to elbow con
sciousness each man had gained of his
mates during weeks of drilling in close
formation. Now out in the murk of No
Man's Land they could not see each
nor useful; a garnish or any decoration other, but they felt each other. Eaca
should answer these two uses. Flowers man knew that when he came upon tha
are the most beautiful of all decorations, enemy his comrades would be there
and arc used for the center of the table distant perhaps, but held close in a
and for favors. If. bouquets are common cause.
grouped for -guests they shoulj be laid And there lies human nature in in
at the left hand side of the plate. Thoje stark simplicity. Lonrliness we tan eo
for the women may be good sized, but dure: but of "alonrmss" we have an un-
of building a trans-continental railroad spoon of soda with boiling wafer and
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast throw on greasy spot. Wipe off with
was regarded as the crazy dream of aN towel; great help around the kitchen.
the men's must always be small; just
large enough for the coat lapel. It is
the fashion to have the place flowers
correspond to the center dccoralioss.
cndurable fear. Fighting alun againtt
a hostile world which may cut us e-nj
from everything we hold dear it Ux
snuck for nine out of Ua el sst