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14 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION In the Home Fashions Household Hints - Recipes T.KARNED BY A WOMAN. fMX little daughter wears bloomers Ut instead of petticoats beneath her dresses. I have learned to have most of her dresses for a sea son of one prevailing color, as. bine, and then sho can wear any pair of bloomers with any dress, if needful, says sirs. . W. iymmes in Northwest Farm stead. The men folk of my family prefer roller towels mado of mealbagn to those made of common toweling for use when doing dirty work, and they last three limes as loDg. I have learned not to bny material for afternoon dresses which one can soe tirough. as it necessitates daintier un derwear, and more washing and iron ing. Pretty ginghams and linens are jnst as nice, aid yon can wear colored skirts beneath, and your plain corset cover:. - A bottle of glvcerinc and bay mm, equal parts, is a cheap and excellent preventive ox eore and chapped hands. After digging potatoes it is very popu lar with the good man of the house, who says it relieves the dry, unpleasant feel ing caused by handling the potatoes. Some time ago two of the loops used to button my hnsband's fur coat gnve out, and we could get no more at the store. 1 stitched a picec of shoestring together, made a loop, and sewed it onto the coat. It Bcrved just as well as Doughton ones. Fashion Talks By May Manton Household Hints Rnbbir.g the pancake griddle with a raw potato will do just as well as greasing with lard or butter. To save gTer.se whjn frying dough nuts put half a teaspoonful of ginger in tho grenso vhen hot To ramove paint splashes on the win dow glass, moisten the spots with a strong solution of soda, then rub hard. Wet shoos should bo stuffed with paper, which will absorb the moisture and prevent tho shos from getting hard. Kettles may bn easily cleansed of unpleasant odors by dissolving a tea spoonful of suJa and washing them with it. Hang woolens out on the lino drip ping vet, without wringing them at all. if dried in this vay they will not shrink. liuy five cr.nt.i' worth of gum arabic. Dissolve it in warm water and yon will have a better nnd cheaper mucil age than yuii enn buy at the store. Scorch i:i::r!s on linen may bo re moved hy rubbing with a fresh cut onion, the garment being soaked in coll water at't( r. K'ul gloves may be cleaned, when slightly soiled, with a small piece of oiloJ silk wound tightly about the fin ger and rubbed vigorously over tho sur face of the glovo. The old-fashioned woman who used to have a good bawl every day now has a daughter who doesn't dare shed a tear because her cheeks aro pow dered up like a niarshmallow. To remove paint from glass, wet the window with either warm or cold wa ter and rub a coin over it. A half dollar is the most convenient size, and will remove the paint without scratch ing the glass. Unless it is actually stormy, plan to Bpend a part of every day out of doors. We ought to be shut up in a tenement house till we learned how to enjoy and appreciate our sunshine and fresh air, Cooks who are exceptionally partic ular about the materials with which they work, use rice flour in place of cornstarch- for thickening purposes. They consider the reBults a trifle more delicate. If, in preparing asparagus, the tough ends of the stalks, tnstead of being thrown away, are stripped of the hard outside skin, they will be found when cooked to be as tender and palatable as the rest. Here is a certain cure for soft corn. Dip a piece of soft linen rag in tur pentine and wrap it round the too on which the corn is night and morning. In a few days the corn will disappear, bat the relief is instantaneous, 8209 Guirnpo With or Without Sleeves for Misses and Small Women. 16, 16 and 18 Years. With or Without Sleeves. Guimpes make very important fea tures of the wardrobe this season for there are a great many fancy jackets and coatees worn. This one has tho Medici frill or collar that is always pretty and becoming and the sudplice fronts that are new and smart. Not is much in use for such garments this sea son and is always dainty and pretty, but almost anything that is pretty and fine and soft can be used. If liked, the guimpe can be made of a slightly neavier material while the surplice por tions and the collar are of net. The sleeves are full below the close-fitting caps which makes them especially de sirable for wear beneath the little coatee or over-blouse. As a matter of course uie Meoici collar can be omitted if a plainer blouse is wanted, but it iB new and smart. To give a still daintier ef fect, the chemisette portion can be em broidered in some design, For the 16 year size, the guimpe will require 2j) yards of material 27, 1 yards 36, 1 yards 44 inches wide if made with sleeves; 1J yards 27, 1J yards 36, 1 yard 44 if made without sleeves and 15 yards of banding. The pattern 8209 is cut in sizes for 14, 16 and 18 years. Ask your merchant for this pattern. Thimble Club Contest 1. What the fanner does to his sheep? Shears. 2. To pick one's way! Thread, 3. What is thrown away! Waist, 4. A sign of servitude! Yoke. 5. A berry f Thimble. 6. A blowf Cuff. 7. A company of musicians! Band. 8. Deep sea animal and part of his body? Whalobone. 9. An exclamation f A-heml 10, A kind of music f Piping. 11. Necessary to bang a picture, and part of the human body! Hook and eye, 12. A piece of furniture and a meas ure t Cotton. 13. Money and a derogatory adjee tivel Cashmere, 14. A grassy yard! Lawn. 15, Preposition and a fisherman's term! Overcast. 18. What the cook does to the tur key ! Baste. 17, A part of an eatable animal f Mutton leg. 18, Part of a door! Panels. 19, A negative! Knot. A prejudice! Bias. A king's followers! Train. Used in a broker's business! 8244 Blouse for Misses and Small Women, 16 and 18 years. With Long or Three-Quarter Sleeves, The bloiiBe with Normandy collar is a very new one, very smart and very attractive. This one is made from organdie which is the latest cry and wnicn manes the daintiest possible blouses. The model can be used, how ever, for any seasonable material, the crepe de chine that will be worn all summer quite as well as the cotton and linen ones. Cotton crepe makes up most attractively and is extremely smart, and the voiles of tho season are un usually attractive for there are a great many shown in embroidered figures as well as the plain material. The combi nation of the raglan sleeve at the front and the kimono at the back is espe cially smart. This blouse is all white but touches of color are fashionable and white voile or cotton crepe for the blouse with the collar and cuffs of yellow or cerise would be charming or the blouse could be made of color with trimming of white. For the 16 year size, the blouse will require 2i yards of material 27, 1J yards M, 1 yards 44 inches wide, The pattern 8244 is cut in sizes for 16 and 18 years. Ask your mcrcuant for this pattern. Recipes 20, 21. 22. Tape. 23. A portion of armor! Shield, Strawberry Souffle, Beat tho whites of seven eggs to a stiff froth, adding sugar to sweeten then beat in gradually a quart of ripe berrios, or the well-drained berries from a can of preserved or canned strawber ries. Turn into a buttored pudding dish and bake for one-half hour in a steady oven. Serve at once with whipped cream. Strawberry Cockades'. Fill small glasses with halved or sliced berries and pour over each glass of fruit the following syrup: One cup of strained clover honey, tho juice of one-half lemon, and one pint of cream, whipped stiff. Sprinklo with freshly grated cocoanut. Rhubarb Pudding. Wash, peel and chop enough rhu barb to measure 1 quart. Add 2 cups of sugar, i cup of water and boil un til the rhubi.rb is tender. Thon add 1 tablespoon of buttor, 1 cup of chop ped raisins, 1 teaspoon of lemon ex tract, 1 tablespoon of grated Jemon peel. Butter a baking dish and put in a layer of bread crumbs, then one of rhubarb, and continue until the dish is full, having the last layer one of crumbs. Bake half an hour and serve with cream sauce. Com Bread. The following recipe for corn bread you will find delicious: enp shorten ing (lard), 1 egg, 2 cups sour milk, 2 cups corn meal, either white or yellow, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 tea spoon salt, 1 teaspoon nutmeg. Mix the corn meal and flour, salt and nut meg together, then add milk and then egg. Tut your lard in last and have it good and hot, then pour the mixture iu a hot pan that has been well greased. Quick Nut Loaf. Mix and sift two cupfuls of breaj flour, one-third cup of sugar, four tea spoons baking powder and one teaspoon of salt. Work in, using tips of fingers, two and one-half tablespoons of bntter and two of lard, then add one cup 0! milk, one egg, and one egg yolk well beaten and one-half cup Knglish wal nuts, meats broken in small pieces. Beat thoroughly, put in bread pans, cover and let stand twenty minutes. Bake in a moderate oven from forty to forty-five minutes. If allowed to stand twenty-four hours this makes nice sandwiches. Date Suet Pudding. Stone and cut into small pieces One pound of dates. Chop six ounces of fresh beef suet and mix with it three- quarters of a pound of fine bread crumbs. Sprinkle a small cupful of sugar over the dates and thon add them to the suet and crumbs. To one well beaten egg add one-half cupful of sweet milk and stir into it a half cupful of flour that has been sifted with one tea spoonful of baking powder. Mix all well together, flavor with a wineglass ful of sherryj turn into a well-greased mold and steam for three hours. Serve, with a hot eggnog sauce, Indian Cutlets. Mix with a quarter of a pint of water a teaspoonful of coriander seed, the samo of powdered ginger and a small onion, finely chopped. Take two pounds of tender veal, cut into neat cut let shapeed pieces and soak in the above mixture one hour. Then roll and fry a light brown. Sprinklo a little salt over each and squeeze a little lemon juice over them the moment of serving. Scalloped Oysters, Drain the liquid from a quart of stewing oysters and set it aside. In the bottom of a buttered bake-dish strew a layer of crushed cracker crumbs; sea son with paprika and salt; dot with butter and wet with oyster liquor and nunc in equal quantities. JNext put a layer of oysters, seasoned in like man ner, then more crumbs, proceeding thus until the dish is full or you have used up all tho materials. The top layer should bo crumbs with a double allow ance of butter. Pour in the rest of the liquor, cover closely and bake. At the end of half an hour or when the sur face begins to bubble remove the cover and brown lightly. . How to Cook Dried Peas. Place a lump of soda the size of a walnut in a saucepan of cold water, add tho peas to this and bring to the boil; allow .them to boil for 40 minutes. They will then be beautifully soft and well cooked. If for soup, add to the stock, otherwise thoy should be drained in a colander, buttered and peppered, and set aside for a few seconds for the but ter to melt well into them, . - White Fruit Cake, Mrs. Joscphus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, is a native of North Carolina, and she gives the recipe for the famous North Carolina white fruit cake. It is as follows: Cream together one pound of butter and one pound of sugar. Add tho beaten yolks of ten eggs, two grnted cocoanuts, two pounds of citron, sliced thin and cut in littlo pieces; one pound of al monds, blanched and broken in small pieces. Dredge fruit with flour. Flavor with mace and nutmeg and a wineglass ful of brandy. Fold in the well beaten whites of the eggs. Mix as for pound caker