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JUNGLE
With Cheerups and the Quixies
-Saies
4 ? " Grace D üy Steward
IT WAS A RAINY DAY
T I ' W AS pouring. Not a ra y of sun-
sh in e g re e te d C h eeru p s w hen he
opened his eyes. All th e w orld w us
gray, a n d n o th in g could be h e a rd but
th e sound of g re a t dro p s tin k lin g ou
h is tin y roof.
“I g u e ss I sh a ll h a v e to s ta y a t
hom e today, su re enough," chuckled
he, w agging his to p k n o t; “and no vis­
ito rs will com e e ith e r, unless th e ducks
m anage to get out.
I feel a trifle
m oist, b u t It’s w orse fo r th e Q u isles
o u t th e re on th e ir spiderw ebs in alt
th is rain. Oh, B rlghteyes, Q uickear,
Soft foot, S nlffsnlff; com e here and
get u n d e r a s m uch cover us th is sum ­
m er house o f m ine o f f e r s !"
T h e Q uixles d id n ’t ta k e long in a n ­
sw erin g th a t call. T hey w ere all very
w et ex cep t Snlffsnlff, who said he had
found a big m ushroom to craw l under.
“ Now, boys. Old B ro th e r E ast W ind
h a s Ju st w h isp e red to m e th a t h e ’s go-
These Birds Wear Brown Crests With
Whits and Black Tips.
Ing to keep th is ra in up all day. W hat
s h a ll we do?
Supposing we play
g a m e s !”
“Oh, please, M r. C h eeru p s,” begged
B rig h tey es, “ tell us a s to ry !"
“Yes, yes, a sto ry ," chim ed th e o th ­
e r s in chorus, c la p p in g th e ir h a n d s
a n d sq u ealin g w ith delight.
“Oh, well, if It’s a sto ry you a re
w an tin g , you provoking young ra scals,
I suppose I cun find one tu ck ed aw ay
In my head som ew here," sa id C h e er­
ups, sm iling. “ B ut I am g e ttin g de­
cidedly dam p on one side, a n d if you
w a n t a story, you will h ave to keep
y o u r sto ry -te lle r dry in som e w ay.”
“ I know how ," crie d Q uickear. “ W e’ll
get som e big leaves and h an g them
lik e c u rta in s on th e side of th e house
w h e re th e ra in com es in." B efore
C h e e ru p s could su g g est th a t they
w ould g et all wet w hile doing It, they
w e re off and back again w ith th e
le a v e s ; alm ost before he had tim e to
p u t on Ills little red shoes and s tr a ig h t­
e n up Ids topknot fo r th e day. T hen
th e g re a t glossy leav es w ere fasten e d
o n tw o sliles of th e house in u tw in ­
kling. w ith stro n g g ra sse s and b its of
tw isty vine, and th e Jolly little Qulx-
les, all snug anil w arm , sa t dow n In a
c irc le ab o u t C heerups, th e ir eyes sh in ­
ing. a n d th e ir e a rs p ricked fo r a sto ry
“ M ost sto rie s begin "Once upon a
tim e ,’ ” said C heerups. beam ing, for
h e w as enjoying h im self Im m ensely,
“ b u t th is one s ta r ts w ith Ju st ‘Y e ste r­
d a y .’ Do you boys re m e m b e r Mr.
Hoopoe, who cam e fo r a singing les­
son ?”
“ R em em ber him ? I should say so !"
piped Q uickear. “ I w as out on the
edge of th e desert e atin g prickly pears
w ith Ja c k y .Monk, and I heard him all
th a t way. Goodness, but he m ade a
noise, w orse th a n F o u rth o f Ju ly back
hom e."
"There’s q u ite a re m a rk ab le story
about M r H oopoe," said C heerups
hastily, try in g to change the subject.
It m ade him a little hom esick to think
o f the F o u rth of Ju ly , and he saw a
te a r In S oftfo o t’s eye.
"W ell, In A rabia, which Is a country
lying beyond th e D esert of S a h a ra ami
the Red sea, fa r aw ay from our Jungle,
th e people have a legend about Mr.
Hoopoe and King Solomon, who lived
long, long ago. t im e w hen King Solo­
m on w as trav e lin g through th e desert
—for o th e r lan d s have d eserts, too,
you know —he grew very fa in t from
th e hot ra y s of big bright Mr. Sun.
T hen n flock of Hoopoes cam e and
form ed a screen Just above his head
to p ro tec t him. K ing Solomon w as so
delighted a n d thought It w as so kind
of th e H oopoes th a t he asked w hat
he could do for them a s a rew ard.
W hat do you suppose th e foolish
things ask ed fo r?
Why, crow ns of
gold upon th e ir h e ad s! O f course, the
king g ra n te d th e ir re q u est and they
w ere very happy and proud of th em ­
selves for a while, looking Into all th e
pools and even th e dew drops to catch
th e ir reflections. B ut soon m en be­
gan to tr a p them and h u n t them to
get th e ir golden crow ns. T h e Hoopoes
w ere m ost d read fu lly frig h te n ed then,
and som e o f them w ent back to King
Solom on and begged th a t he would
ta k e aw ay th e h o rrid crow ns. T he
kind king liste n e d to th e ir troubles,
of course, and gave them crow ns of
fe a th e rs in stea d of th e ir golden ones.
E ver since th en th ese b ird s have w orn
brow n c re sts w ith w h ite and black
tips. D id n ’t you notice Mr. H oopoe's
y e sterd a y ?"
"O h, yes, Mr. C heerups, we did,"
crie d th e Q uixles in glee, “fo r we
*5
THE PIG’S TAIL
NOT uncom m on b e lie f am ong
fa rm e rs is th a t If you cut off a
Idg’s ta ll he will fa tte n m ore readily
—you will h ave a good fa t hog a t
“k illing tim e." T h is Is one o f those
a g ric u ltu ra l su p e rstitio n s w hich go
hack to th e m ost p rim itiv e tim es and
can be clearly tra c e d to th a t ph ase of
n atu re-w o rsh ip — th e w orship of th e
g ra in sp irit— w hich in som e of its
form s re g ard e d th e sp irit of th e crops
a s ta k in g on th e shape, o r at lea st us
sym bolized by. an anim al. To th is day
a t h a rv e st tim e in B ourgogne, the last
sh e a f g a th e re d Is said to be “th e fox.”
A score of e a r s of g rain a re left sta n d ­
ing n e a r th e sh e a f to re p re se n t the
“ fox’s ta il.”
T he re a p e rs th en th ro w th e ir sickles
a t It and cry, "W e have cut off the
A
By M IL D R E D M A R S H A L L ---------------------
Facts about your name; its history; meaning; (Thence it
was derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel
’ V O NNE Is alm ost a nam e w ithout
a h isto ry . I t is a fem inine nam e
•lously Invented from th e tnascu-
s form for th e p u rp o se of honoring
, n a m e ; it had no p a ra lle l grow th
1 no p a rtic u la r reaso n for being. In
>rt, it Is one of th e few nam es in
mologlcMl records, w hich w ere prob-
y originally bestow ed upon some
I baby to p e rp e tu a te th e n am e of
f a th e r in the ev en t th a t th e re w as
su b seq u e n t m ale heir.
'h e h isto ry of Yvonne d a te s back
leg e n d ary tim es w hen a P e rsia n
hop nam ed Iv h a r e stab lish e d a her-
age In H u n tin g d o n sh ire In th e
ten th cen tu ry , and provided a p a ­
ri fo r m any an Iv a r o f D anish and
rm an e x tra c tio n . T h e use of th is
ne
sp re a d
th ro u g h o u t
F ra n c e,
ere It w as know n as Yvon or Ivone.
fvon becam e p o p u la r am ong the
o n lc le rs. It w as Yvon tie T aille-
a. w ho w as th e v illain in th e story
o f “ H e re w a rd " a n d his cam p of
refuge. T h ere w as also the good St.
Ivo tie C h a rtre s, who suffered unjust
Im prisonm ent, and St. Ives of B ritta n y ,
th e a d v o cate of th e poor.
T h ere h ave been scores of Yvonnes
In b allad and rom ance, to say nothing
o f m odern lite ra tu re . T hough m ost
p o p u lar In fam ilies of F ren ch descent,
Yvonne e n jo y s g re a t vogue in th is
country.
T h e opal Is Y vonne's tnllsm anlc
gem. I t Is said to brin g her th a t m ys­
terio u s fa sc in a tio n w hich is a sso c ia t­
ed w ith superw om an charm . It will
a lso g u a rd her front unhappiness. F r i­
day Is h e r lucky day and 7 her lucky
num ber.
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T h a t m a k e s fo r l ° y in te n s e .
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you
In e tr le te e t co n fid e n c e:
T h e rea e o n w h y I g e t m ost th in g s
on w h ic h m y m in d le t e t
le t h a t t a lw a y s s e t m y m in d on
th ing s th a t I can g e t
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w ere peeking from behind th e b re a d ­
fru it tre e all th e tim e, except Q uick­
e ar. who w as aw ay e atin g fru it. T h an k
you, s i r ; th a t was a lovely sto ry .”
“B ut you see now, don’t you,” said
C heerups, w ith a m erry tw in k le in his
eye, " th a t
"G o lden c ro w n s a nd a ll th e re s t
A re n o t o f g if t s th e v e r y b est."
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HE WHY «f
SUPERSTITIONS
C! / I RHAT’S
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YVONNE
Rodolpho Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierro
Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d’An-
tonguella—the full name of this prom­
inent "movie” star—was born in the
little village of Castellaneta, Italy,
May 6. 1895. It was not until after
his arrival in New York, in 1913, that
he learned to dance, and later obtained
a position in a prominent New York
cafe as a dancer. After an unsuccess­
ful tour with a musical comedy he
joined a motion picture producing or­
ganization.
McC.are N«w»i»*p«r
H. IRVING
KING
fox's ta il I" a t th e sam e tim e giving
vent to c rie s o f a ¡leculiar n a tu re
w hich m ay be w ords of som e long for­
gotten language. T h is p roceeding Is
supposed to e n su re a good crop for
next year. In S can d in av ia, E sthonla,
p a rts o f G erm any a n d am ong some
Slavonic ra c e s th e fa v o rite re p re ­
se n ta tiv e o f th e corn sp irit a p p e a rs to
h ave been th e h o g ; fo r in those re­
gions a t tim es o f p lan tin g a n d of h a r­
vest th ey pay th e sam e a tte n tio n to the
hog as the B u rg u n d ian p e a s a n ts do to
th e fox.
In C o urland w hen b a rle y Is sown
th e fa rm e r's w ife bolls a b o g 's chine
and tall. T h e ch in e Is e a te n but the
tail is cut off a n d stu ck up in the
field to Insure a “ fa t" crop. T h e con­
nection betw een th e p rim itiv e custom
of the p e a s a n ts of n o rth e rn E urope of
c u ttin g off th e pig’s tail to Insure fat
crops and th e custom of th e farm ers
of A m erican s ta te s o f c u ttin g off the
pig’s tail to In su re a f a t hog is ob­
vious.
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BBREVIATED
STORY
THE PROFITEERS
is It,” th o u g h t Jazzho, the
earth -p eo p le d o n ’t govern thernselven
m ore sensibly, a« we do up on M ar ft?
W hat they call th e high coat o f living,
fo r in stan ce— w hat 1« the range of
such a filly s ta te of thing**?”
And he decided to go to th o se three
re p re se n ta tiv e bu sin ess m en of whom
he had h e ard so often*—the bu tch er, th e
b a k e r and the c an d lestick rnakgr, and
question them .
So he stepped Into
L o in er's b u tc h e r shop and Inquired
p o lite ly : “ M ight I ask you to tell me
w hat causes th e high cost of living?”
“Selfishne** p u re selfishness,” re
plied the b u tc h e r gloomily.
lie re ­
move*! a sign re ad in g “ F ra n k fu rte rs,
80 c en ts a pound,” and replaced It
w ith one re a d in g : “ F ra n k fu rter« . 3
for M c en ts,” a n d continue*!, “ If every­
body w as satisfied w ith a fa ir profit,
like ibp , th e re w ouldn’t be no high
cost of living. T h e profiteer» I”
K needle, th e baker, In re»pon»e to
th e sam e q u estio n , » a id : “ Nobody
a in ’t satisfied w ith a reaso n ab le re­
tu rn on th e ir In v estm en t—they w ant
to hog It all, th e p ro fite e rs!"
A nd he sold a dozen ro lls to a cus­
to m e r fo r 66 cen ts, and Jazzh o w ent
to th e shop of T allow ha urn, th e candle­
stick m aker, who s a i d : "T h e high
cost o f living?
B lgglshness.
Look
aro u n d you a t th e p rofiteers I”
"I'll ta k e th a t c an d lestick m arked
$3.60," said Jazzho.
" T h a t’s |9 AO today—I forgot te
change the card," said Tallowbauux
(H bj Oeorf* Matthew A4era*.*
USE C O T T O N M A T E R IA L S IN V A R IO U S W A Y S
Man Hunts lor Duty
Where Death is Sure
H ouston.
T ex a s Som ething
In Ills life th a t "h e can n o t o ver­
com e" has cau sed a H ouston
tuan to geek d e a th —and he
w an ts It to be In a “h a zard o u s
u n d e rta k in g which will save
som e m an upon w hose shoulders
re sts th e resp o n sib ility of a
fam ily.”
T h is m an, w ith an a p p a re n t­
ly keen, p roperly functioning
mind, has p re p are d a le tte r to
Gov. M iriam A. Ferguson, ask
Ing th a t h e be assigned to a
duly “w h ere th e possibility of
death Is 100 p e r cent."
W hether . th e governor will
“call th e bluff.’’ If It be a bluff,
and w h a t th is person will do If
the g overnor ra ises th e a n te and
a ssig n s him to a p a rticu la rly
h a za rd o u s u n d e rta k in g rem ains
to be seen.
T h e m an Is o f G erm an birth ,
thirty-five y e ars of age. and
m ade a d e clara tio n o f Intention
to becom e a citizen o f th e U n it­
ed S ta te s In 1924. O ne of Ills
g ra n d fa th e rs lived In T ex a s be­
fore a n d d u rin g th e Civil w ar
T h e m an sa y s he Is u n m ar­
ried now, h a s a good position
and Is not In need of finances.
He sp e a k s E nglish, G erm an,
F rench and h a s n fa ir know l­
edge of Spanish.
He a sk s tile governor to place
him In a d a n g ero u s situ a tio n as
soon ns possible, “o r 1 will try
to bring iny days to end In th is
o r th a t w ay."
V IL L A G E Y O U T H
BECOMES B A N D IT
Goes to Sunday School and
Next Day Robs.
T oronto, t a n . —T o ro n to ’s ‘'Sunday
school b a n d it" Is a hum an enigm a who
has set crim inologists th roughout the
Dominion pondering.
On a Sunday m orning recently Percy
Borden W hite, aged tw enty, atten d ed
service in th e O rangeville United
church. On M onday m orning, Just at
tlie sam e h o u r tlia t be had e n te red the
church, W hite stro lled Into an East
end branch of th e Im perial bank here,
th ru st a revolver u n d e r th e te lle r’s
nose and com m anded him to "Stick
'em tip, a n d come through w ith your
c a s h !"
H e m ade a hntil o f 11.000, but wap
pursued and c ap tu red before lie had
gone m ore th an a block in the taxicab
w hich he lind c h a rte re d for Ids at
tem p ted robbery.
P s y c h ia trists
a re
In tere sted
in
W hite’s case because th ey believe be
m ay be th e possessor of a “dual p e r­
so n a lity "—may be a v e ritab le Doctor
Je k y l and Mr. H yde in real life.
Born and raised In th e little town
o f O rangeville, 90 m iles northw est of
T oronto, W hile hail alw ays been a
tim id, m ild-m annered youth, a regular
a tte n d a n t at church, at Sunday school
and at E pw orth league m eetings. He
h im self had form erly been em ployed
by th e Im perial bank, and a desire to
o b tain revenge for Ids dism issal may
h av e been the m otive which actu ate d
him In bis first v e n tu re Into crim e.
It Is also believed th a t W hite was
Influenced
by
rending
of
I,eslle
H a th e w a , “ gentlem an gunm an.” who
“stu ck u p " the T h o rn d ale (O nt.)
b ran ch o f the Bank of M ontreal and
escaped w ith $fl.<*>0, although he ha»
sin ce been re ca p tu re d and sen t to
K ingston p e n iten tiary .
$100 Bills Rain Down
on 16-Year-Old Boy
How Many Women Are Good Judges of Cotton Fabric«?
(P re p a re d
by th e U n ite d S ta te s d e p a r t m e n t
o f A g r ic u lt u r e »
Did you know th a t velveteen, cordu­
roy and India linen a re all cotton m ate­
rials, In sp ite o f th eir tra d e nam es or
th e ir a p p ea ran c e? T h a t th e re a re a l­
m ost a hundred common cotton m ate­
rials women use In different w ays for
fam ily clothing or household purposes?
Do you know th e difference betw een
spun and reeled silk, w orsted and wool­
en, sa tin anil sa tee n ? T h at although
we Instinctively look for goods th a t ure
“all wool and a y a rd wide," such m ate­
rial us p art-cotton serge may give very
good service considering Ils cost? T hat
p a p e r "y a rn " Is found occasionally in
fabrics, com bined w ith cotton, wool, or
even silk fabrics?
T he b u re au of hom e econom ics of
the U nited S ta te s D epartm ent of Agri­
c u ltu re In its tex tile division is stu d y ­
ing a g re at m any stu b q u e s tio n s with
a view to aiding the housew ife In the
selection of th e m ate ria ls her family
needs. W omen ought to know more
about the various kinds of fibers in each
so rt of m ate ria l, tiie best m ate ria ls for
any given purpose, and bow to m ake
sim ple te s ts for durability a n d quality
In each case. A cheap liber Is not nec­
essarily a poor Investm ent If th e p u r­
c h aser know s wliut she Is getting, if
it su its her purpose, and if th e price
Is wliut It la w orth.
F IL L C O O K IE JAR
FO R T H E H O L ID A Y S
Supply of Sweet Cakes Is
Valuable Asset.
(P re p a re d
by (h e U n ite d M la ta a U e p e r t m e n t
o f A g r ic u lt u r e .)
As th e C h ristm a s holidays draw
near, a supply of cookies, kept In a ir ­
tig h t tin s or Jars. Is a v aluable asset
to the housekeeper. P e rh a p s she has
boys and girls com ing hom e from
boarding school or college, w ith seem ­
ingly In satiab le a p p e tite s arid glowing
recollections of the good tilings m other
m ak e s; or th e holiday season brings
unexpected callers, and v isito rs from a
d is ta n c e ; or th e re Is need for a few
last-m in u te C hristum » rem em brances,
which m ay well ta k e Hie form of a
box or fancy b asket o f delicious home­
m ade cookies.
P e a n u ts or o th e r n u ts, chopped or
whole, dates, raisins, figs, or frostings
of various kinds may be used to mod
ify the recipes given below by the
U nited S ta te s D epartm ent o f A gricul­
tu re
T h e chopped n u ts and dried
B oston.— F le etin g
w ealth
m ined
down on slxteen-.vear-old Louis De
L ucca recen tly . As he hugged close
to th e wh II of a building on S la te
s tre e t to dodge th e dro p s of a lively
show er, a $100 bill floated down and
Innded Ht his feet Scarcely able to I«-
lleve his eyes, be picked It up, then
espied o th e r bills lying on the pave­
m ent.
Louis b a d Just picked them nil up
and co u n ted them , finding Ihe to ta l to
he $1,900, w hen tw o men clim bed
dow n th e fire escape of th e building,
ra n up to him and dem anded the
m oney.
Not d a rin g to do otherw ise,
T he
th e boy gave up tlie tre a su re .
m en asked for Ills nam e and a d d ress
and told him “th e re may be a re w ard ."
T h e m en clim bed back up to th e fire
e sc ap e arid Louis w ent sadly on Ids
way. W hen he told Ills frien d s about
It, th ey suggested th a t p e rh ap s Ihe
m en w e re n 't th e real ow ners of the
m oney a n d th a t be ought to tell the
police a bout IL
L ouis follow ed th e ir advice. At the
police sta tio n he lea rn ed Hint while
a police squad w as ra id in g a gam bling
ho u se In th e build in g <sie of Hie
g am b lers had throw n th e $1.600 out
o f Ihe window.
Tlie men who re­
“Just One More Cookit, Grandma,
covered It from Loula « e r e police of­
Please.”
ficers. T h e police also confiscated $1,-
900 found on th e tab le s and a rre ste d fru its m ay he m lzed w ith th e dough
fo u r men.
I o r pressed Into th e to p s of th e enoklea
a f te r they h ave been cut out. T he
am ounts used depend on Individual
Dives Into Furnace
P itts b u rg h . P a.— U nable to repel a preferences.
Drop Cookids.
sudden Im pulse. John Chick, twenty-
tw o, a "c a rry in g boy” em ployed by the
% c u p fu l m ilk
4 te a e p o o n fu le
4 c u p fu ls e l f t e d
b e k ln g p o w der
U nited S ta te s G lass com pany, dived
e o ft - w h e a t flo u r 1 '« c u p fu ls s u g a r
head first to his d e ath Into a glass
or
H te a s p o o n fu l
fum H ce at th e com pany's facto ry here. ' I ’d c u p fu le e lfte d
s a lt
B efo re he succum bed to b u rn s a
h a r d - w h e a t flo u r
I te a s p o o n fu ls
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c
u
p
fu
l
f
a
t
fla
v o r in g
sh o rt tim e later. Chick said he becam e
dizzy w hile stan d in g n e a r th a fu m a e a 3 e g g s
The fat may ba any mlld-fiavored
and w as seized w ith a dealre to plunge
th ro u g h th a opening T he esse w as r® i edible f a t The quantity given la for
ported to the coroner a s a suicide.
G otten, the b u re au points out. may
be chosen for Its low cost, ease of
laundering, coolness and d u ra b ility ;
m ercerized cotton because It com bines
durability and b eauty with low c oat;
linen for Its a bsorptive properties, re ­
sista n ce to soil, beauty and d u ra b ility ;
wool for Its w a rm th ; silk for Its g re at
beauty and d u ra b ility ; and artificial
silk, now freq u en tly called rayon, for
Its ex trem e luster. M ixtures of fibers
may be desirable In cases w here w ear­
ing quality lias not been t o g reatly
sacrificed in ord er to lower cost. T here
are also m any g ra d es of cotton, llneu
or o th er fibers, w ith w hich th e p u r­
c h asers should be fa m ilia r to som e ex­
tent. T he m ethod of w eaving a fabric
Is an Im portant point, bearing upon Its
d u ra b ility Hnd a ttra c tiv e n e ss. Such
fam iliar w eaves as th e b ask et w eave,
the tw ill or th e satin , m ean to m ost of
us e n tirely different m aterials, and In­
fluence our selection. T h e finish of a
m aterial should be understood, as, for
Instance, the difference between mer-
cerlz.atlon, w hich Is a process th a t
stre n g th e n s cotton and gives It a gloss,
and the finishes produced by applying
paste-like fillings to the cloth. T he
subject of dyes is a very large one In
Itself, tint the housekeeper enn lenrn
bow to te st w h eth er the color of a m a­
terial Is fast to the purpose Intended -
fa st to light or to w ater.
I lard or o th er fat containing no w ater.
: If b u tte r or m arg a rin e Is used one-
sixth m ore fat or two tahlespnonfula
will lie required. Place the fa t III a
w arm place until It becom es soft,
though not m elted, so th a t It may be
! com bined easily w ith Hie sugar. T his
Is Just as sa tisfa c to ry and much
quick er th an tlie laborious m ethod of
cream ing to g eth e r the cold fat and
sugar. A fter the fat and su g a r have
been thoroughly com bined stir In H im
beaten egg yolks and add a lte rn a te ly
the dry ingredients, which have been
m ixed and sifted together, and th e
liquid. At the s ta r t add only a sm all
q u a n tity of liquid. (If too m uch Is
added. It dissolve» Hie sugar, and tbo
fat se p a ra te s into large m asses th a t
m ust lie recom bined w ith the o th er In­
gredients by beating, th u s m aking use­
less th e work of com bining Hie fa t ami
su g a r In Ihe beginning.)
Add Ills
flavoring and fold In Hie well beaten
egg whites.
Drop sm all p ortions of
the m ixture on a greased baking sheet
und bake In a m oderately hot oven
(about ,'176 degrees F a h re n h e it). Tlila
am ount m akes about 611 cookies.
Crisp Cookies.
(i
c u p fu l m ilk o r
lees
4 c u p fu ls l i f t e d
s o f t - w h e a t flo u r
or
3(fc c u p fu l« e lfte d
h a r d -w h e a t flo u r
1 c u p fu l f a t (eee
p re c e d in g re c ip e )
H te w e p o o n fu l
as It
4 te d s p o o n fu ls
lin k in g p o w d e r
2 c u p fu ls s u g a r
2 eggs
3 t e » a p o o n f u 11
fla v o rin g
Com bine H ip Ingredients In the sam e
w ay us for drop cookies. Roll Hie
(lough thin, handling It no more th an
necessary, cut It In any desired shapes,
and hake the cookies on a greased bnk
Ing sheet In a fairly hot oven (ab o u t
,’176 to »00 degrees F a h re n h e it). In­
ste ad of rolling out th e dough It may
lie c hilled and all re d thinly. W hether
rolled or ftlh’Kl. chilling the dough
iiiuke* It eaa le r to bundle. T hin am ount
uinken About
th in c*>*>kl<‘*.
C hildren love p lain cookie* cut In
fancy glia pea, and If one make» c*»ok|» *
often. It may pay to base a num ber of
anim al or o th e r Interval ing c u tte r» <»n
hand. T hey nrp road** of tin and are
relatively Inespenalve.
How to Resize Rug and
Stop It From Curling
R esizing ad d s Io tin- d u ra b ility of
th e rug and m akes It look m uch bet-
te r
It can he done m home or by a
<-ur|iet dealer, says the I tilled S la te s
D ep artm en t of A griculture.
T h e rug should tie stre tc h ed tig h t
and tru e and tacked at freq u e n t In ter­
vals, face down, on a floor o r som a
o th er Hat su rfa ce w here it can rem ain
undisturbed. It should th en be sp rin ­
kled generously with a solution m ad«
by soaking and dissolving one fo u rth
pound of flake glue In one-half gallon
of w a ter In a double boiler or a con­
ta in e r surrounded by hot w ater. T h e
rng should be allow ed to dry for a t
least 24 hours. If It la light w eight,
a re Should be tak en not to put on so
’ouch glue th a t It p e n e tra te s to Lu*
right side.