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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 13 In the Home -- Fashions Household Hints -- Recipes CAREFUL MARKETING. THE art of marketing properly is one which requires considerable study and skill, and tho exact needs of the household should be ascertained to a nicety. There is no peed to buy four herrings when three are ample, neither is it wise to buy perishable goods in large quantities. Where ono person has to pluu the en tire work of the household special care must be devoted to the marketing to allow sufficient time for tho cooking and leave the mistress of tho house leisure to attend to domestic matters. A list of the various meat, fish, veg etables, etc., which are in season each mouth should be kept handy, and when the housewife takes her walks abroad to. do the required amount of shopping she will 1 now exactly what can be found in the shops and by careful ex perience note where the best quality o goods can be obtained for the small est possible expenditure Food of poor quality is never eco nomical. Doubtful eggs are a most un satisfactory investment. Far better pay a little more for a reliable article than make an unwise purchase. This same remark applies to fish, meat and vege tables. All goods which deteriorate quickly should bo renewed daily. Butter should be as pure is possible and after pur chasing should be removed from the paper aud kept in a copl larder till re quired. Tho choice of eggs is always rather a precarious venture, one fairly reliable proof being that if (lie eecr appeals clear when held before a lighted candle jt may generally De assumed that it is fresh, Fashion Talks By May Manton Recipes FOK white bread, soak one cake of year foam in warm water till soft and pnffy. Pare and boil two me dium potatoes until just done. Tour the water into a stone vessel, mash potatoes smooth, pour tho potato water on them and stir; then strain through a wire strainer, put back into stone vessel and add one tablespoon of sugar and stir. As soon as cool enough, add the yeast and stir well. Set in a warm place till it rises; take one-half of this next morning and tiBe one pint of warm water and enough flour to mako a smooth sponge. Stir this over and over (not round and round), until it is u smooth, fluffy sponge. Set in a warm place, but do not cover too close. A thin cloth or lid that does not fit tight is best. When light, mix with flour to a smooth dough and salt to taste. Knead well and set to rise. When very light, mold and put in pan. This makes four nice loaves. Bake ono hour and turn out on clean cloth or paper, but do not cover till cold; then put in box or stone jar and cover. Bread should be baked and out of the way before noon, and you will never fail to have sweet, white, flaky bread. Tho other half of the yeast will keep for several days, for the next baking, if kept in a cool place. Croquettes of Macaroni. Boil one-quarter pound of macaroni in salted water until very tender. Drain and toss in saucepan with one table- spoonful of butter, half an ounce of Parmesan cheese, quarter of an ounce of cooked tongue cut in dice. Spread on a buttered platter, cover with but tered paper, press it well down and set away to eool. Divide with a knife into five parts, roll each one in grated cheese, then in beaten eggs and in cracker crumbs. Drain and serve on a folded napkin. Pancakes in England. We will eat pancakes, but their preparation is no longer heralded by ringing the church bells. The "pan cake bell," however, was formerly sonndod at 11 o'clock on Shrove Tues day, and its effects have been do scribed by Taylor, the Water poet: "As the clock strikes 11 there is a bell rung, called tho Tancake Bell, the sound whereof makes thousands of people distracted and forgetful of man ners and humanity.. Then there is a thing called wheaten flcur, which the cooks do minglo with water, eggs, spice and other tragical, .nagical enchant ments, and then do put into a frying V E N mid-summer brings the demand for such a pretty little jacket as this one, for there will be eool evenings if not eool days, and seaside and mountain resorts are sure to bring such re quirements. The model is one of the smartest possible and also one of the simplest. The circu lar lower portion pro duces the fashionable ripple and flare while the raglan sleeves moan pretty folds and grace ful lines -without any necessity for fitting. In the picture, one of the pretty two-toned taffe tas is trimmed with plain color and the coat is jnst warm enough to bo acceptable on sum mer afternoons or early evenings. Girls who arc planning fall outfits will bo glnd to know also that the model is an ex cellent ono for the com ing season. It includes all the newest and lat est features. For the 16 year size, the coat will require 3J yards of material 27, 3 yards 36, 2J yards H inches wide, with I yard 27 inches wide for the collar and cuffs. The May Manton pat tern of the eoat 8301 is Desien bv Mw Manton. 8301 Short Coat for Misses and Small Women, 18 and cut in "izea for 16 anfl 18 Tears. J 8 vears. Women Need Standards of Value " 1IAT women need most is au edu cational campaign along the line ofstandardization of values. The bargain sale makes victims of women at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars npont by the storekeeper. That he gets a good percentage of return value on his hundred .million output shows how much money Mrsv Housewife wastes by confusing yellow price tags with the actual needs of her homo. Not knowing standard values is the great bugbear of the American purse. The American woman needs to put her mind to work and determine for herself whether she is buying the real article or not. The article bearing the yellow bargain tag is almost never cheap. The big colleges are taking in hand the girl who will be the Mrs. House wife of tomorrow, and through Domes tic Science courses aro teaching her to know values and to make a business of keeping house. Today, science invades and controls tho whole house, including laundry and kitchen, says The Mother's Magazine. In Madison, where the Uni versity of Wisconsin is situated, many of the town laundresses have availed themselves of Domestic Science lec ture? and the result is the best grade of laundry -work at moderate cost. Before tiie opening cf this course at the univer sity, it was almost impossible to have good laundry work dono in the city or to find trained domestic servants. Scientific laundry work is taught, not only here, but nt other universities. Through the introduction of oxygen powder as a cleanser, the uso of safe acids for fixing colors, tho abolition of the old-style hot starch and the proper holding aud folding of clothos, laundry labor has been greatly reduced. There is no part of housework which cannot be performed more easily if only a little common schso is applied and if tne nousewne avails uerselt ot only a small part of the good things that are ; done by science for the homo. Housework is not drudgery at least it need not be. It is only one kind of human service. Wo were all born for service, and woman's best service is given in the home. Household Hints THE stove front can be painted with black stove enamel instead of blacking it daily. If oatmeal is put to soak overnight in cold water it will take only half the time to cook it in the morning. The juice of a lemon added to a pan of water will freshen wilted vegetables. Let them stand in it for one hour. It is a good idea to have a good-sized kitchen salt shaker filled with a mix ture of salt and pepper. This saves time in seasoning. The odor of kerosene lamps can be stopped by putting one teaspoonful of fine table salt into each lamp. The salt should bt changed once a month. It is a good idea to rinse muslin hangings, children's dresses and pina fores in alum water. It will render them non-inflammable. Good flour adheres to the band, and when pressed tightly, remains in shape and shows the imprint of the lines of the skit of the hand. Tomatoes are delicious broiled. Cut them in thick slices and broil tbem over a hot fire; when they are done, butter and sprinkle with salt and pep per. A paper blanket folded over the outer edge and top of ice in the refrigerator will save the iceman's bill Baking powder biscuits can be spreafl with mayonnaise seasoned with chopped mint and will mike delicious sand wiches. TEACH GIRLS TO SATE. T is no particular hardship to learn to save money. It is something that has to be learned; it rarely comes naturally. If the girl who earns five dollars a week and pays two and a half for board can be depended upon to pat a dollar of the remainder aside, well and good; if not, she should bo en- eouraged, nay, even compelled to do so. A bank book is a great help in these matters, and if she is not willing to put in e dollar at a time, she should hand it to her mother or father until it becomes ivo. When the postal banks, which are reaching out for just these small pavings, become established througho tutha country, they wil be an infinite help. For Uncle Sam disdains the largo depositor, and will not accept more than a hundred dollars c month from anybody. But he gladly furnishes a stamp book for the stray dimes. I The girl who saves a dolar each week will have fifty to pend on a summer ' visit or some pretty clothes it matters little what she spends it for as long as i tho habit of thrift-is established. And the irl who pays her board and saves ; a little, is the really self-respecting ; wage earner. She is neither a spend thrift nor a slave, and she is self-sup porting. She is getting more out of het work than tho mere occupation or the mere money. She is forming habits of industry, thrift and independence. pan of boiiiug suet, until it is trans formed into a flip jack, calcd a pancake, which ominous incantation the common people do dovour groedily." Beet Relish, One quart chopped cabbage, cooked; quart chopped beets, 1 pint grated horseradish, 2 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon black pepper, quarter teaspoon cay enne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt. Cover with vinegar and put into jars. Wrap in paper or keep in dark place. Wil) keep indefinitely. m m English Mustard Fickle. Ono quart of small or midget cucum bers, 2 quarts of small ouious, 2 quarts of string bennB, 8 quarts of greon to matoes, chopped coarse; 2 heads of cabbage, cut coarse; 2 heads of cauli flower, 1 quart of small muskmelons, 6 red peppers, 4 tablespoons mustard seed, 2 tablespoons celery seed, 2 tablespoons ground allspice, 2 tablespoons ground cloves, 3 cups sugar, two-thirds cup ground mustard, 1 ounce turmeric. Salt to suit, also vinegar. Pickle the beans, onions, melons, cauliflower each as they are ready in the summer, and seal un til frost. Salt the tomatoes over night, drain; mix all ingredients togqthcr, cook drain: mix al ingredients together, cook with plenty of vinegar and add as need ed. There are 37,800 autoi in MinneioU. ROMPERS FROM OLD SHIRTS. HOT every mother knows that she can make perfectly good rompers for the baby out of her husband's old colored shirts. No matter how expensive the mate' rial of which the shirt is made it soon rubs through at the collar, leaving the rest of the garment practically unworn. The material is much more expensive and usually prettier than the chambray or gingham which the average mother buys for the rompers which Going-on-Two wears regardless of sex. There is a saving of time as well as material, for tho pattern may be so laid on that the buttons down the front of the shirt come at the back of the romper. This leaves only the button holes in the seat to be made. The little, sleeves come out of the big ones. By taking caro to make them lone enough in the seat the rompers may be outworn and outgrown at the same time. Another advantage is that in winter they accommodate the baby's skirts. On hot summer days these may be dispeoscd with entirely. A romper pattern with pleats should be selected, so thnt piecing if necessary may be in- , visible.
