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13 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION In the Home - Fashions - Household Hints - Recipes LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING. DELLA PHILLIPS, of Balboa, Cal, i an expert on light housekeeping. She says: "Having 'light-housekeeped' in vari ous places in California, often with limited facilities at my command, and knowing there are many women doing likewise, I thought perhaps tome of my experiences might be helpful. In meet instances the stoves provided for cooking were either oil or gas without ovens; and when in the eonrse of time the desire for some home-made bread or cake assailed me, I east abont for some means of gratifying it It was then that I discovered the manifold use of a common briek. I found that this brick, placed over one of the holes of the gas plate, would bake potatoes beautifully if they were put on top of it and cov ered with a pan or pail large enough to slip down over the brick. On this same briek I baked corn bread, putting it U a shallow granito pan, and cover ing it as I did the potatoes. It soon baked through thoroughly, but was not brown on top, so I removed the cover ing, placed a greased pie tin over the top a plate will do and inverted the bread until it was brown on the top side. The bread was really quite good. I even baked biscuits in this way, and though not quite so good as if baked in an oven, they were a welcome relief from a long siege of baker's stuff. I found that I must bo careful not to have the gas burner too hot. "I tave also baked all of the above mentioned articles and eveu cake on an oil heater, dispensing with the briek whieh is necessary when using gas be cause of its greater heat and using the covering previonsly mentioned. Cake dough, made thinner and less rich than ordinary dough, can be baked exactly as griddle cakes, and becomes quite light and fluffy. The pan should not be as hot as for ordinary griddle cakes. Bueh cakes are very good if eaten Immediately. Household Hints The Cleansing Problem. AFOBMTJLA for cleaning ordinary brassware is half an ounce' of starch, six ounces of rottenstone, one ounce of sweet oil and one ounee of oxaUe acid. Mix into a paste with water. All kinds of nickel ean be kept in good condition by using a mixture of equal quantities of aleobol and liquid ammonia, stirring in whiting to the consistency of exeam. Alcohol applied to gilt frames will freshen them, and oil paintings may be safely washed with warm water. Marble should be wiped off with a tag moistened with kerosene. If stained, apply a cream made by mixing together one ounce each of common soda, pumice stone and fine salt, afterward washing off the salt water. Piano keys sbonld be wiped with a damp cloth. An application of spirits of turpentine will tend to whiten them. The Screened Farmhouse Porch. The large screened porch which con nects with the kitchen is almost indis pensable now that its advantages are better known. If large enough it may be divided into apartments where wash ing and ironing may be done, where most of the meals may be served dur ing the summer months, a sleeping porch, sitting porch, a porch for stor ing perishable food as butter, milk, meat and many other things. Screened apartments are becoming more and more common in both eity and county. To Seal Bottles. Bottles may be securely sealed in the following manner: Melt together a quarter of a pound of sealing wax, the same quantity of rosin and two ounces of beeswax. When the mixture froths, stir it with a tallow eandle. As soon as each ingredient U melted, dip the tops of the corked bottles in the mixture. It . will completely exclude the air. To Make a High Chair. To make a dining-room chair higher for a child, a simple way is to serew four door hampers into the legs of an ordinary chair. This Is a good idea when a child is too big for a high chair, bnt not big enough for the usual Fashion Talks By May Manton AN UP-TO-DATE BATHING SUIT. BAUUINU' SU11S Bi- ways f o 1 1 o w the J' , general trend . of fashions and this summer there must be some sort of flare over the hips if they are to be truly smart This one is designed for small women as well as for young girls and is made with flounces that pro duce the needed effect while they do not add any considerable weight. The raglan sleeves are new also and thorough ly comfortable, alto gether the suit is an ex tremely practical one as well as in the height of style. In the picture it is made from silk Berge and the silks that are especially made for salt water use are the fav orite materials and most satisfactory ones, but there aro always such stand-byes as mohair and light weight serge to be depended upon. Quiet, conservative col ors, sueh as black, dark blue and brown, are apt to be tho favorite ones, but this Bummer the pre vailing note of bright color frequently is found in the trimming. In this instanee the suit is blacck and the trim ming portions are tango yellow banded with black and tho trim of a three-piece skirt and a blouse that are joined one to the other and, if the flounces are not wanted, the plain skirt ean be used. There are separate bloomers that are shapely and well fitting. For the 16 year size, the suit will require ii yards of material 27, SJ yards 36, 2i yards 44 inches wide, with S of a yard 27 inches wide for the trimming, 10 yards of braid, 3 yards 27, 2J yards 36 or 44 inches wide for bloomers. Design by May Manton. 8261 Bathing Suit for Misses and Small Women, 14, 16 and 18 Years. The May Manton pattern of the suit 8261 is cut in sizes for 14, 16 and 18 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on reeeipt of ten cents. ehair in the dining-room. If the bump ers are stained like the ehair frame they will not be noticeable. Choice of Kitchen Utensils. Selection of kitchen utensils is large ly a matter of taste. The very best of enameled 'ware will chip. But an ar ray of pans, double boilers, a pint cup, kettles and cookers all in blue certainly make an attractive vitchen. Then there is a green and white ware, an inexpen sive gray enamel and aluminum. The latter has been found satisfactory, even though it is a bit more costly. w w w To Pack China, When moving, a new way to tacit china that is valuable, as well as deli cate, is to wrap each piece carefully in paraffin paper and sink it in the flour. barrel. A delicate piece ol Wcdgewood china and a piece of valuable statuary were paeked in this way and neither pieeo was injured. Of course, the flour barrel must be reasonably lull or. Hour, t Taking Ink Out of a Eng. , Tou should wipe up the ink with a damp cloth, using buttermilk imme diately after. If this was not done at first, tho best thing to do is to scrub with a fine brush and ivory Boap. Then put about three tablespoonfuls of ammonia in a pint of luke warm water and was tho spot clean. When dry, the rug will be as bright at tver. To Avoid Molding. Warm bread or cake, and in fact, warm food of any kind, should never be put away in a covered tin or dish. The steam makes molding certain. Vegetables become soggy and unfit for food when treated in this manner. Wash Vegetables In Salt Water. By washing vegetables in salt water all bugs, worms or insects of any kind come to the top. It is especially well to do this in washing greens, lettuce, celery, cabbage, etc,, as they so often have insects or worms almost the same color, which are bard to see. When Steaming Potatoes. When steaming potatoes put a cloth over them before putting tho lid on. They will take much less time to eook and be much more mealy when done in the ordinary way. He was poorly clad and dirty a tramp in appearanee and his com panion was of tho same stamp. His companion was reading a piece of news paper, and now and then leaned forward to comment on the news. "What do you think of thieT Feller drowned in a beer vat in Milwaukee yesterday I " The other rolled his eyes and said: "Oh, death, where is thy sting 1" A hot wnter platter is s boon to the home wife whose "mi folks" an frequently lata in tinner, Recipes Omelet With Curry. BEAK eight fresh eggs into a bowl, add two tablespoonfuls of milk, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of curry powder and two i<HnoonfuIs of pepper. Sharply beat up with fork two minutes. Heat a tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan drop in eggs, briskly stir with fork two minutes, let rest half a minute, fold up two opposite sides and serve hot. ' Breakfast Bread. Boil a pint of milk and with this and two-thirds of a cake of compressed yeast make a rising. When light, mix in one small cupful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter or pure, lard. Work in just enough flour so that yon can handle the dough, flour fh pastry board well, roll out tha dough to a thiekness of not more than half an inch, and lay it into two good- sized pans. Make dents in the dough with the finger tips, say six to eacn loaf of bread. Drop a bit of butter into each dent, and sift sugar and einna. mon over the whole, in the proportion of a tablespoonful of sugar to a tea spoonful of cinnamon. Let this rise second time, and when light, bake in quick oven fifteen or twenty minutes, Norwegian Prune Pudding. One-half pound prunes, two ecups eold water, one eup sugar, one-inch pie stick cinnamon, one-third eup boiling water, one-third cup cornstarch, on tablespoon lemon juice. Pick over and wash prunes, then soak one hour in cold water, and boil until soft; remove stones, obtain meat from stones and add to prunes. Then add sugar, cinnamon, boiling water and sim mer ten minutes. Dilute cornstarch with enough cold water to pour easily, add to prune mixture and eook fivo mm. utes. Remove cinnamon, mold, the chill and serve with cream, Cream Puffs. One eup boiling water, one-half eup melted butter, boiled together. Whil boiling stir in one heaping cup of flour. As soon as it eools add four well-beatea eggs. Bake in greased gem pans im moderately hot oven about forty-fir; minutes. Cream for Filling One and one-hall pints milk heated to a boiling point ia double boiler. Add one cup sugar, tw tablespoons cornstarch and two egg beaten together. Cook until it thickens. Yon might flavor the cream with va nilla or lemon. Stale Bread Left-Oven. There is always great waste in bread as well. Stale bread can always be utilized It may be dried out thorough ly in the oven and then crushed to powder for breading croquettes or veal chops or cutlets. Or else it may be soak ed in milk and used for pudding. It is all these little economics which' tend to reduce the cost of living and make the business side of the kitchen a profitable instead of an extravagant part of household management Date Cake. One cupful sugar, one large teaspoon ful butter. Cream sugar and butter, then sift two cupfuls flour, one tea- spoonful baking soda, one teaspoonful cloves and one teaspoonful einnamon toi gether three times and add to sugar and butter with one cupful sour milk. Then add twenty walnuts and one-half pound . bake in loaf pan in slow oven for about forty minutes. www Baked Indian Pudding. Boil one pint of milk. Pour it grado ally on a teacup of Indian meal, stirring all the time. Cool it. Add three eggs, beaten very light, one tablespoonful of flour, half a eup of sugar, half a tea spoonful of einnamon, a little salt and one pint of cold milk. Bake one and a half hours in a but tered dish. Serve hot, with hard saue, To Prevent Fat From Sputtering. To prevent fat from spattering, whea frying eggs or bacon, put a pinch ol flour in the fat this helps to keep the stove clean and save you many a burn from the bet fat.
