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14 HOME AND "FARM MAGAZINE SECTION In the Home - Fashions - Household Hints -- Recipes WHITE broad was said by experts, or by thoso who claim to be ex perts, to be much superior to brown bread a few mouths ago, and we woro told that the idea of eating gra ham bread or any bread containing part or all of the bran of wheat and other portions of the grain which are taken out in the bolting process was old fashioned and might lead to injury. Now come the medical inspectors of the French army, a group of very dis tinguished physicians and scientists, who say that bolting pushed beyond a certain limit eliminates the useful ele ment of flour in moro than one respect and does nothing but improve the color of the bread. When white bread is used exclusively they have found that the men eat and need more meat, but When the flour is only partially bolted and only the coarser particles of the bran aro removed the soldiers are in better health and they eat less meat, which results in superior economy and efficiency at the same time. The method of bolting flour was invented some cen turies ago and it seems about time that the relative values of white and un bolted flour wero settled, but the doc tors can no more agiee about it than they can about the therapeutic value of alcohol. Recip es Substitute for Eggs. When the cake-maker hesitates to begin her baking for fear of extrava gance in eggs, let her try gelatine in their place. A tablespoonful of gela tine added to a cake batter will equal three eggs. Dissolve it in a little cold water and add enough boiling water to make a cupful. Beat it with an egg beater and add to the cake, and see if you can tell the dijerenco. ' Spanish Beefsteak. Take about two pounds round steak an ineh thick, pound until thin, season with salt and cayenne pepper, cover with a layer of bacon or salt pork cut in thin slices, roll and tie with a cord; placo in a covered baking dish and pour around it half a cup each of milk and water; cook two hours, basting oc casionally. Potted Steak. Three pounds of bottom round steak, iix onions (medium size), one cupful of diced turnips, ono cupful of tomato juice, two cupfuls of green peas, one tablespoonful of salt, one-eight tea- spoonful of popper. Cut the steak in pieces suitable for serving, dip in flour and brown well in drippings. Add the onions, turnips, tomato juice and seas onings and barely cover with boiling Water. Simmer until tender (about two and one-half hours), replenishing the yrater if necessary. Salted Almonds. Blanch by pouring boiling water Over them and rubbing the brown skin off with a cloth. When blanched and dry, over each cupful pour one table spoonful olive oil. Let stand one hour. Sprinkle one tablespoonful salt over each cupful. Mix thoroughly. Spread on tin pan. Place in warm oven ten minutes. . Graham Gems. One pint of sour or buttermilk, 1 tea Upoon soda (stir well), half cup sugar, half cup molasses, 1 cup of flour, half eup corn meal, 2 cups graham, 1 tea spoon salt. Bake 30 or 40 minutes in a loaf or gem pan. This is fine. Good Supper Dish. One cup rice, washed several times; oak 1 hour in warm water; then put on to cook with 1 quart tomatoes, 2 me dium sized onions, minced fine; 1 table ipoon of butter, salt and a pinch of red pepper. Cook one hour and serve pip ing hot. To Preserve Butter for Length of Time. Work out all the buttermilk, use rock salt, ppr' ' airtight jars or cans, keep in a com j...;ce and you will have good butter all summer or longer if desired Apple Salad. Choose a solid apple, peel and scoop ut the inside, leaving just a shell of the apple. Chop half a cupful of nuts and mix with the chopped apple taken from the inside and a quantity of may onnaise. Fut back into the shell and serve on a lettuce leaf. German Potato Salad. Six medium sized potatoes, one-fourth pound fat bacon, one small onion, two teaspoons salt, one-fourth teaspoon of black pepper, one-half cup hot vinegar, one-half cup hot water, two tablespoons salad oil. Cut bacon into small dice and put into frying pan over a slow fire. Shred the onion into a large bowl. add salt, hot vinegar and hot water. When the fat is a light brown eolor ana the dice well crisped, add onion turn-1 ing slowly at first. Serve on crisp let tuce and garnish with pickled beets. Baked Bice Pudding. Boil ono-half cup of rice in plenty of water, and when cooked drain, put in buttered pudding dish with one pint of milk, four level tenspoonfuls of sugar, nutmeg to taste, one-half teaspoon of salt and two or three eggs. Bake as you would custard, stirring frequently, until custard begins to form. Tapioca can be used the same way by soaking one-half cup of tapioca over night, then drain and proceed as above. Bake in a moderate ove- so custard does not boil. Kitchen Tables. There are kitchen tables now with tops covered with zinc. Where there is no room, and where you can not afford to put in a kitchen cabinet, a table of this kind will prove very satisfactory and is inexpensive. A top of this sort is easy to keep clean and is indestruct ible. The white oilcloth makes a neat table, but it has to be renewed often. An old-fashioned marble top or a slab of soapstone is fine for making pastry or candies of the cream variety which require a board for kneading and molding. Tongue and Egg Salad, Cut cold tongue in thin slices, then cut again into pieces about ono inch square; arrange a layer of tongue on fresh lettuce leaves, and on the tongue place a layer of hard-boiled eggs sliced thin; then another layer of tongue, and cover all with a good mayonnaise. Dec orate tho dish with slices of cold beets and parsley. Jellied Meat, One cup of beef which hag been cooked and put through food chopper, half cup bread crumbs, salt and popper to taste, mix well. Stir into this two thirds cup of boiling wator which has had one-half an envelope of gelatin dis solved in it. Pack in a tin and set in a cool place, after which it can be sliced. Window Draperies for Country Homes. Dotted or figured swiss is charming for the window draperies in the sleep ing-room of a country home if the col ors harmonize with the wall paper and other things in the room. Kaw silk, sundour or a mercerized material are also all right. The Fireplace in Summer. Make the fireplace attractive in Sum mor by having a box to fit it, the box to be filled with soil and used to hold ferns transplanted from the woods. A white birch log may be cut the desired length and placed in front of the boi to hide it. It will give the effect of ferns growing behind the log. Fashion Talks By May Manton Kitchen Motto SOMETHING a little unusual as a kitchen help found its way to one woman m kitchen a framed copy of one of Robert Louis btevenson g prayers. "The petty round of irritat ing concerns and duties," to which he referred, seemed to her a particularly appropriate phrase for the domestic routine. His petition for help to perform them "with laughter and kind faces" is a good tonic with which to roll up one's sleeves and plunge in. "Give us to go blithely on our business," prayed the brave poet, stricken as he was with mortal disease; and the housekeeper echoes the prayer however weary she may bo. This idea is worth imitating. Stationers and art dealers lurnisn an attractive selection which find their way into many offices and homes. The fashion of introducing them into kitch ens might be followed with advantage. Th reason why opali are an often lost from their tutting 1 that they expand with heart more than other precious Btonea, and consequently fores open the go'i which holda them in placo. Household Hints 8211 Two-Pieco Flounced Skirt, 22 to 30 waist, WITH OR WITHOUT RUFFLE. Everything that flares to produce a wido effect to the skirt is fashionable. This one is mado with two circular flounces. It is very simple and very smart and it can be treated in a number of different ways. As shown here, it is all of one material but the flounces could be mado of plaid or other fancy material while the skirt is plain, or, if the material is heavy and it is desirable to reduce the weight, thin silk can be' used for tho skirt beneath the flounces while the lower portion only is of the material. Tho model is a good one for all reasonable materials. Tho heavier ones will require only to be stitched on tho edges, the lighter ones, such as taf feta and other silks, can be finished with little plaitings of ribbon of nar row ruchings of tho material or in any mannor that tends to give the effect of fullness at the lower edges. For the medium size, the skirt will require 2j yds. of material 27, 44 or 50 in. wido, with 2f yds. 27, 2J yds. 44 or 02 in. wide for the flounces; width at lower edge 3 yd. and 20 in., for medium also. Ask your merchant for this pattern. 8215 Two-Piece Skirt for Misses and Small Women, 16 and 18 years. WITH BUSTLE EFFECT, IUGII OB NATURAL WAIST LINE. Here is one of tho very newest skirts. It is made in two pieces but there is a seam at the front and one at the back in place of the sides and the fullness that comes at tho front is laid in plaits. At the back there is a quite novel treatment, the skirt being slashed and joined to a yoke while the outer portion is arranged to give a bustle effect. Ihe model can be used with success for the Spring suitings, for silk and also for linen and tho like, for it is rcaliy very simple and means no complication that will prove a hindrance to tho laun dress. In the picture, tho material is taffeta and the simply Bitched edges mako some thing of a feature. For tho 16-year size, the skirt will require 8J yds. of material 27, 26 or 44 in, wide, i'he width at tho lower edge is 3 yd. and 33 in. The patter- of the skirt 8215 is cut in sizes for 16 and 18 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on ecoipt of ton cents. Ask your merchant for this pattern. Use vinegar instead of water to thin paste, and the paste will not spoil. Ordinary adhesive plaster will mend satisfactorily a rent in an umbrella, A cloth moistened with camphor will remove white spots from furniture. White or very pale shades of dress goods can be successfully dyed any color. To civ a soft tread to oilcloth, ai well as to increase its length of serviee, put a layer of sawdust on the floor be. fore.' laying the oilcloth. Plant brushes that have become dry and hard may be softened by immers ing in boiling vinegar for u few nun. utes, aftorward washing in strong soapsuds. In addition to trimming the stems of cut flowers to Testore or preserve their freshness, place a small piece of char coal or borax in the water. U roees, add salt. Contrary to belief, a cedar cheat may bo used in any room and will go well with any furniture. As a util ity article, it is used by itself and in most cases tbe natural finish is to be desired. Waxed floors may be kept in excel lent condition by rubbing once a week with a mixture of equal parts of tur pentino, sweet oil and vinegar, using a soft cloth. Tolish afterward with a soft rag, which may bo wrapped around a floor broom. To clean matting, brush it free of all surface dirt and then scrub it with bran water or with water to which a small quantity of salt has been added. Rinse with cold water, run as ary as possible and hang on line to complete drying. Do not use soap, wnicn ua a tendency to turn matting yenuw. Tim best silver polish is of whiting, either fluid or moistened with alcohol or sweet oil, prepared chalk, cream of tartar, milk or a solution or aium. Moisten the whiting with soapy water, rub it over the silver carefully and al low it to dry; then rub it off with very soft woolon or linen clotn. THE UNTRAINED MOTHER. PROBABLY the idea of training the children aright started with Mosea, Solomon prodded it along a littlo. But no ono seems to have given any admonitions about trailing the pnrcn'1. No doubt all the rules for bringing up children wore laid down by the par ents themselves, so, of course, thoy complacently think they are quito cap able of rearing children properly. But many paronts need training quite at much as tho children, and many a young boy or girl whose life Is wrecked is primarily not to blame for it. The real cause lies not with his or her will ingness or deception, but with the par ents, who lacked the training that fitte4 them to guide the Uvea of others. V