HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
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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.