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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
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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.
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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,
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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