IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
In the Home -- Fashions -- Household Hints Recipes
THE best way to prepare a new iron
kettle for use is to fill it with
clean potato peelings, boil them for
an hour or more, then wash the kettle
with hot water, wipe it dry and rub
it with a little lard; repeat the rub
bing for half a dozen times after us
ing. In this way you will prevent rust
and all annoyances liable to occur with
the use of a new kettle.
To Wash White China Silk.
When washing China silk never hang
it up to dry, but instead wring it out
dry and wrap it in a piece of white
material, leaving it this way for about
one hour. Then iron it.
By doing this you get much better re
sults and the silk does not turn yellow.
Books of Needles.
The varieties of 'needle books on sale
are legion. There is ouo that is espe
cially convenient, says the St. Louis
Star. It has a ucat little pressed pa
per cover. There are a dozen sheets,
perhaps, inside the cover, and each is
labeled at the bottom with the sort of
needles it contains. One sheet reads
"Embroidery," another "Chenille and
Yarn," and others declare by their lit
tle labels that they hold straw needles,
darning needles, upholstery needles and
sharps for ordinary sewing. One sheet
holds a little bodkin which ia nothing-
more than a ribbon needle, after all.
To Savo Time. '
Once in every two or three years mark
a stock of linen tape to its entire
length with your name in indelible -ink
When a new garment is to be marked,
cut off the tape and sew on.
Better Than Tacks.
.Widths of matting that are sewed to
gether with a loose carpet thread stitch
lok neater and wear better than -when
staples or taeka are used to fusten the
matting down.
Bloomers From Eaincoats..
Wide bloomers made out of old rain
coats will prove a boon to many moth
era, if used to tuck in the children's!
clothes when they are out aoors play
ing in the snow.
Cleaning Windovra.
A rag dipped in paraffiue will clean
windows- perfectly and give a bright
Bess impossible to obtain with water.
Tissue or any soft paper makes a good
po4isbc.'.
To Avoid Spots.
Put a ruffle on the bottom of all
krfchen aprons. You will be surprised
how many drops and spots it catches
which would otherwise land on your
ikirt below the hem of your ajiron. ,
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Omelet Will Not Fall.
Many a housewife has seen her beau
tiful omelet shrink visibly when a meal
has been unexpectedly delayed; yet it
is easy to make an omelet that will i.ot
fall. Instead of a tablespoonful of
milk or water to each egg, use a table
spoonful of white sauce. The omelet
will be much improved, both in flavor
and stability.
Buttermilk Old Beautifier But Good
UTTERMILK is an old beautifier,
but it is just as good for us as it
was for our grandmothers. They
used buttermilk before many of the
preparations we rely on were thought
of.
If yaw skin feels tired after a ride
or walk in the sun, try bathing your
faco with buttermilk instead of water.
Pirst wipe -the dust and perspiration
from your skin with a dry towel. Then
apply the buttermilk and dry your face
immediately. You will feel refreshed
and you. will have taken a step toward
preventing tan and freckles.
Buttermilk will bleach out light
freckles a4 sun tan. It will soothe
sunburn.
It will make your skin smooth a
white if used instead of water during
the hot weather. It doesn 't contain the
grease that fresh milk does and will,
therefore, not build flesh.
In massaging out the tiny wrinkles
about the eyes, if you dip your fingers
iulo buttermilk- instead of cold cream,
in addition to massaging, you will be
working iu a bleach for that dark look
that so often appears about the eyes.
It is' an ideal warm weather drink.
If you will discard tea and coffee, and
drink buttermilk instead, your complex
ion will soon become several shades
lighter and you will feel better and
sleep better.
Still another use for buttermilk which
is not a beauty hint, but makes for
daiutiness: If your lingerie is stained
or darkened by perspiration, soak the
stains in buttermilk for an hour before
washing and they will then easily yield
to soap and water.
When using buttermilk on the face,
do not let it get into the eyes, nor into
tho brows, as it will bleach the latter
and will make the eyes ache.
Buttermilk is about the cheapest
beautifier that you can get, ret if you
cave some of it within reach during
toe bummer days you will have no
teed to slowly and painfully bleach off
tan when Fall arrives.
Fashion Talks By May Manton
roast took less than three-fourths of a
kilowatt hour of energy, costing a trifle
over 2 cents.
A 4-lb. roast and six largo potatoes
were baked together at a cost of 3vv.
A 5J-lb. chicken and twelve medium
sized potatoes and toasted bread were
also thoroughly cooked for 3c. By us
ing air-tight cookers with compart
ments a 4-lb. roast and six largo po
tatoes together with a quart of tea were
corked for a cent and a half, and a 3
lb. ham with twelve potatoes and a
small head of cabbage cost a little more
to render fit for human consumption.
A 3-lb. pork roast, six large sweet po
tatoes and a can of corn and a l ib.
fruit pudding were thoroughly cooked
for a trifle over 2e. In one case a
family of three did a week's cooking
with electricity at a cost of 73c.
Recipes
THE smaller the cut of meat to bo
roasteu, the hotter the oven must
bo.
To preserve the whiteness of arti
chokes add a lump of sugar to the water
while cooking.
A tablespoonful of vinegar put into
the water when poaching eggs will keep
them from breaking.
When making a rolypoly pudding
after spreading the paste with the jam
sprinkle with a layer of fine bread
crumbs before rolling and tying. This
prevents the jam from boiling out.
No matter how much dripping is
used, fish, when being fried, is apt to
stick to tho pan's bottom. If a tablo-
spoonful of dry salt is put into the pan
and rubbed over it it will be found satisfactory.
How to Clean.
IUEN cleaning polished or parquet
flooring or linoleum which has
, bttn beeswaxed, a gaod idea is to
tie a large, soft duster around a broom,
going over the floor carefully with it
taking, up the dust without causing
any to fly about, as one does whes us
ing a hair broom and sweeping in the
usual way.
This done,' remove duster and in its
place cover the broom with a bag made
of flannelet or any material you may
have by you, sewing several thicknesses
over the part to come in contact with
the floor.
The legs of old stockings will do for
the padding, or better still, an old piece
of velvet or plush. Then hold the broom
slantwise, rubbing backward and for
ward all over the floor, thus polishing
the surface without the trouble of stop
ping. Occasionally the floor will need a
coat of floor -poluib, but the niethoi de
scribed above is easy, and one is able
to get over the work ia a few minutes
ia' a perfectly satisfactory manner.
I 8298 Surplice Blouse, 34 to 42 Bust.
With Long or Three-Quarter Sleeves.
THIS is aeason of bordered materi
als for they are shown in marvel
ous beauty and marvelous variety;
consequently, this blouse must find
ready welcome. It consists of just two
pieces lapped at the front and back in
surplice style. At whichever length the
sleeves are finished, there are pretty
and becoming frills. As a matter of
course, plain material can be trimmed
to suggest the bordered idea but flounc
ing seems especially adapted to the
style, and flouncings this year include
the regulation embroideries and a great
many voiles, crepes and chiffons.
For the medium size, the blouse will
require 2J yards of flouncing 18 in.
wide, with i yd. of plain material 36 in.
wide, Of 35 yds. of plain material 27,
l-yis. or 36 or 44 inches wide, with
2 yds of ruffling,
, The -pattern 8293 is cut in sizes from
34 to 42 inches bust measure. Ask your
merchant for these patterns.
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8293 Kimono Coat, 34 to 42 Bust.
0 SUMMER coat could -be better
adapted to its use than this one.
It is short and jaunty and, at the
same time, loose enough to allow a free
circulation of air while it is the smart
est possible. Incidentally, it can be
ade by the veriest amateur without
difficulty because there is nothing to
fit. All fashionable wraps are Ioohc
and these sleeves that extend to the
neck dispense entirely with the sleeves
that sometimes are a little difficult.
The flaring collar in Normandy stylo
gives a becoming and attractive finish.
The little strap across the back will be
liked by most wearers, but-it is not
necessary and can be omitted if a still
looser effect is wanted.
For the medium size, the coat will
require 3 yds. of material 27, 2 yds.
36, 1 yds. 44 in. wide, with J-yd. 27
for collar and cuffs.
. The pattern 8293 is cut in sizes from
34 to 42 inches bust measur. Ask
your merchant for this pattern.
Old Fashioned Souse.
Take pigs' feet and Jiead, thoroughly
clean and place in salt water to soak
for twenty-four hours. Then boil until
the bones slip easily from tho meat.
Take up and when cool enough to
handle, carefully remove all bones.
Mince or grind through a meat chopper,
season with salt, pepper and sage to
suit the taste and press in a mold. This
is very nice sliced and placed in vine
gar, or for breakfast sliced and dipped
in batter and fried.
Golden Betty.
To mako a brown betty with cheese
arrange in a deep earthenware dish al
ternate layers of breadcrumbs and thin
ly sliced apples. Senson with cinna
mon, a little clove and brown sugar. '
Scatter some finely shaved mild full"
cream cheese over each layer of apples
and when the dish is full scatter bread,
crumbs over the top and bake thirty
five to forty minutes, placing the dish
in a pan of water so that the pudding
will not burn.
Popcorn Balls.
Pop corn in popper, put in pan. Take
teacupf ul molasses, butter size of walnut
and one teaspoonful vinegar. Cook all
together until it will harden when
dropped in cold water, then pour over
corn and make in balls.
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Thick Soup.
Thick soups are often served with
croutons or toasted triangles, which
certainly add something to them. Crou
tons are half-inch dicelike pieces of
bread fried in fat until brown, while
the triangles are small three-cornered
bits of stale bread toasted or crisped in
the oven,
Electric Cooking Tried Out Here
THE municipal plant at Kansas City,
Kan., placed at the disposal of
eight representative families vari
ous electrical cooking devices with the
requast that the women doing the cook
ing make records of the food cooked
and the tiem required for each operation
No attempt was made to place the
apparatus in the hands of experienced
operators and the only instructions giv
en were that for ecoromical operation
the cooking devices should be discon
nected from the line as soon as any op
eration was completed,
' According to the reports a two pound
Table Protected.
A piece of wax paper placed under
the centerpiece on a polished table will
prevent the linen from adhering to the
table in hot weather, as woll as pro
vent a stain from cold water or an
overfilled vase or rose bowl.
Removing Bank Flavors.
To dispose of the objectionable smell
and taste in cooking utensils, in which
fish, onions, turnips, cabbage, sauer
kraut or other rankly llavored food has
been cooked, wash tl.e utensil with Boap
and warm water, and wipe dry; then
wash with strong vinegar. No trace
of the objectionable odor will be .left.