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14 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION In the Home Fashions - Household Hints -- Recipes jyEXT to the baby's food itself, the I If care of the nursing bottle is by far the most important thing to be considered, for without absolutely clean bottles no baby can be expected to thrive. The bottles should never be washed with soap, indispensable as that commodity may seem to perfect cleanli ness. They ought not to be allowed to stand after they are empty, but should be immediately washed in cold water, then filled with a weak solution of boric acid, which not only assists in steriliz ing them, but keeps them from collect ing dust. If the borie acid solution is not used, then the bottles should be corked with dry antiseptic cotton to avoid the settling of any dust. Nursing babies are particularly sub ject to sore mouths in hot weather and the greatest care must, be taken with the nipples used on the bottles. There should be a clean one for each time the baby is fed, so that it will not be neces sary to use a nipple more than once a day, and after each time it is used it should be thoroughly rinsed and Doited, then placed in boric acid solu tion until used again. This solution, which is such an in dispensable article in the nursery; is to he had ready for use at any drug store, or a much less expensive form may be had by purchasing the crystals and making up the saturated solution. Separating Honey. To obtain strained honey, separating the honey from the wax as it conies to us in the frame, place the frame in a bowl in the oven, just warm enough to melt the honey and wax; then remove the frame and let the honey stand until cold, when the wax may be skimmed of the top without any trouble. " Water Stains on Furniture. To remove water stains from var nished furniture pour olive oil into a dish and scrape a little white wax into it. This mixture should be heated uu til the wax melts, then rubbed sparing ly on the stains. Finally rub the sur face with a soft linen rag until it is, restored to brilliancy. Eemoving Paint From GIa3s. Take acetic acid and dilute it one naif in hot water, then aply to the paint pots on the glass while it is warm. Jieheat if it gets too chilled. The hot acid will not hurt the band3, fabrics or the glass, but it must be kept from children. To Carre a Fowl. Begin by sticking the fork into the wing and drawing it toward the ieg, with the point of the carving knife un derneath; take off the wing at the joint. Next slip the knife between the and body on that same side, down to the joint; with the fork, turn the log back and the joint, with the knife, may be easily separated; than divide the leg and second jo!r.t. These should bo laid at once at one end of the plotter as cut or on a hot phte in front of the host, r-ree the breast cr white meat from the same side. If this is sufficient for the first serving, do not carve any more; if not, proceed as directed with the other side. New Potato Baker POTATO BAKER recently placed on the market consists of a bot tomless pan having a gratclike top on which the potatoes are Hid. At the edges of the openings are up right metil s'.rlps which servo to hold the potatoes in place and f.vevf at th.fffi from rolling togetiier, while t!'! oy.ti ings permit a free cirou'.aiija if l.nt kir fur baking. This 3ov:e is Jwiguhd to bo ufv,d id. ar. oven. KniTfcE are ct?-Aj r.-.ra c.i tociilr wilii nulla added to :!'; m !y .-.d !h.-r-"Uritj brick. . . i . Hi 1 Fashion Talks 8217- Semi Princeeso Gown, Si to 41 Bust. With Thme-Piece Skirt, Thxee Quarter or Long Sleeves, BY MAY MANTON. jB'ST such a simpie gown as this one 4 belongs in every woman's ward robe. It is simple to make and it is easy to slip on and off, it gives pretty and becoming lines and, withal, it can be laundered with eas. The plain three-piece skirt is joined to a Gunple blouse and the right side of tho gown is lapped over the left sufficiently to allow closing for a portion of the length only although, as a matter of course, the buttons and button-holes can be extended to any depth. Such a gown is, of course, especially adapted to wash able fabrics and this season there are the simpler cotton crepes and very at tractive ginghams and li:ien3 from which to choose. 1'or the medium' size, the gown will require 5J yards of material 27, 4J yards 16 or 44 irebes wide, with j of a yard 27 inches wide for collar and cuffs. The width at the Iowa edge is 1 yard and 23 inches. The pattern of the gown 8247 is cut in sizes from 34 to 44 inches bust meas ure. Ask your merchant for this pat tern. Hints On Fashions FOR EVENING toilettes fashion is putting the hair high on top of the head and adorning it with pins aad combs. The use of plaid and Roman-striped ribbon for girdles is more and more pro nounced as the season advances. The small turban is the proper thing, but it has a rival in the manadrin with a bandeau and ties of ribbon velvet. It is modish to wear a bracelet with the evening frcck. It should fit the wrist closely and bo put cn just above the hand. The chin strnr. of peer's, fastened on '.lie tc.p of the heal with a bunch of straight ostrich j:ljir.33, in tne of the ni-v i;le:i3 in evening coiffure. T'..e latest boots for street wear are Xced at ths top, and Che low ones for c. .:g wear are strapped acrooa tho iiilii iidwilu ey;!ii'.ri;u velvet r.t riblia. IB By May Manton ' 8245 Fancy Blouse, 34 to 42 Bust. With armbole edges that can be laced or seamed together, wit'a elbow or long sleeves, witi or without peplum. BY MAY MANTON. EVERY VARIATION of tho loose sleeve is to be uoted in the new blouses. This ono :s peculiarly at tractive, and entirely novel. In a gen eral way, the effect is that of the Jap anese blouse, but really the sleeves are separate and the armholos are big. Tho edges can bo finished and Inced to gether or the conventional seam cau be ur.ed a3 liked, but tho lacings are un usual and smart. Tho peplum that is joined to the lower edge makes an in tercsticg feature but it is optional, la the front view, the peplum is made of the trimming material and tho sleeves match the bloine. In the back view, there ii a suggestion for trimming ma terial that gives more of a guimpe ef fect. Both are in good stylo aud blouses of this kind will t9 made from the lovely cotton materials as well as from lace, net, crepe ue chine ana tue line. The model is an exceedingly smart and new nie and, at '.ho same timo, so simple that tho making represents ab solutely no difficult. The neck edge is finished with a band that stands away from the figure in 'the latest style. For the medium size, the blouse will require 2 yards of material 27, Z yards 36 or 41 inches wide; or 1J yards 27, J yards 36, J yards 44 inches wide for blouse, with 11 yards 27 or 36 for slfevis to make as shown in back view; i yards 27 for peplum aud trimming. Tho pattern S245 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 inches bust measure. Ask your merchant for thi3 pattern. Uses For Lemons I here are a few of the useful things you can do with it: Eemove tartar from teeth and warts from the hands. Chow a tiny piece of yellow rind and sweeten the breath. The strained juice of half a lemon in a cup of tea or coffee with often re lievo a Bick headache. Chilblains will respond quickly if a slice of lomou is bound on when retir ing. Lemon juice, sugar and white of egg will relieve a racking cough. Lemon juice will remove fruit, mil dew and ink stains from whito fabrics; iron and rust from marble or any house hold article. Lemon and water will whiten clothes that are yellow from lying in bureau drawers. Recipes A FLANK STEAK may be made par ticularly appetizing when stuffed and roasted. Remove the skin from a four-pound piece of flank. Place on one-half of tho meat a stuffing made from softened breadcrumbs, well sea soned with sage, minced onion, salt and pepper. Roll the other half over the first and tie or sew the edges firmly together. Coat the outsido of the meat with a paste made by rubbing together one tablespoonful of flour, two of but ter and ono of boiling water. Place the roast in a well oiled baking dish and bake in a moderate oveu until tender. Serve with stuffed onions and a rich brown with sauce made from tho stock in the pan, Chocolate and Bice Meringue. Two cupfuls of milk, one-fourth cup ful of rice, one-fourth teaspoonful of butter, one-third cupful of sugar, one squaro of melted chocolate, one-half tea spoonful of vanilla, one half cupful of seeded raisins, two eggs. Scald the milk, add tho rice and salt and cook until tho rice is soft. Add the butter, sugar, melted chocolate, vanilla, raisins and the beaten yolks of the eggs. Bake in a moderate oven until firm. Cover with a meringue made of the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff and. sweetened with three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Serve with whipped cream. Scalloped Codfish. One cupful of cooked rice,, ono cup ful of grated cheese, ono cupful o flaked and cooked codfish, one cupful of buttered crumbs. Soak tho flaked codfish in cold water for two hours, place in hot water to simmer for ton minutes and drain. Arrange tho rice, Cheese and codfish in allernato layers in a baking di3h and moisten each lay er with milk or cream. Cover with but tered crumbs and place in a hot oven to heat aud to brow ntho crumbs. Shredded Crab. An easy way of serving crab meat in the shells is to shred it and mix 'it with a dressing mado of four table spoonfuls of oil, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, s.'ilt, white pepper nnd cay anne. Return the dressed crab meat to the cleaned shells and garnish each with a thin slice of lemon, cut in two pieces, and two or three green sprigs of pars icy. Crab meat may be prepared in the same way heated, then returned to tho shells, and eaten hut. For Piemakers. A saltspoonful of baking powder put in the meringuo for pies just before the meringuo is placed on tho pie will keep it from falling as soon as tho pia is removed from tho hot oven, as so often happens. Lemon juico will bring out tho flavor of fresh fruit cakes, especially those with molasses. Minted boets, pototnoa and cuciimburi acrved with mayonuaisse make a good naiad. For The Camp Fire A CONVENIENCE for camping and picnic parties is the broiler pic tured here. A pair of frames at tached to an ordinary griil, or toaster, and a small tripod support comprise; the outfit. The frames and tripod are ma3 of stout wire. With the grill thus sus pended over a fire, nearly anything cat be cooked as easily as at home. Ilia light dessert should always Zollu a kcavf dinner, and vim versa.