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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Household Hints
VINEGAB heated to the boiling
point will soften paint brushes
that have become dry and hard.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice in a
small tup of black coffee is a safe
remedy for bilious headache.
A tiny pinch of carbonate of soda or
alt added to milk as soon as it ar
rives will help to preserve it from
taming sonr.
One onnee of Epsom salts added to
a gallon of water makes an excellent
rinsing mixture for colored blouses and
Washing dresses.
To stop hiccough, give the patient
teaspoonful of granulated sugar and
vinegar. If this does not afford instant
relief, repeat the dose.
Colored handkerchiefs should bo soak
ed in cold salt water for a short time
before they are washed. This will pre
vent the colors from running of fading.
Vegetable and fruit stains on the
fingers can be removed by dipping the
fingers in very strong tea for a few
minutes and then washing them in
elear, warm water.
If you are annoyod by flies in your
bed room, soak a sponge in oil of
lavender, and tie it, to the top of the
bed. Flies hate the smell of laven
der, and will not approach it.
To clean lamp glasses hold them over
jug of boiling water until well
teamed, then polish with a dry dus
' ter. It is far less trouble than wash
ing, and the glasses very rarely break.
Every housekeeper should possess a
wooden spoon for stirring all fruits or
soups containing any acid whatever.
Never nse a tin spoon, as the acid will
unite with the tin, forming a poison
Ous compound.
The backs of all kid gloves are most
excellent for an interlining in holders,
cither for ironing or for the stove.
They give protection to the hands
without adding materially to the bulk
of the holder. Old stockings make a
pliable, soft enter cover for a holder.
It is impossible to polish glass if
washed in water containing any trace
of grease.
If one is inclined to bend forward in
walking, placing the hands behind will
help to stand erect.
If a turkey or chicken is rubbed in
side with a cut lemon it will make the
meat white, juicy and tender.
Get a cheap tin teapot to melt par
affin in and always keep it for this
purpose. Once used, you will never do
without it. The melted paraffin pour?
so easily just where it is wanted and
need not all be used at one time.
It pays to study tastes and needs
and cookery. Indigestion is the root of
jnoro evils (of tempers as well as of
organs) than is commonly recognized.
Tack the ice eream freezer as usual,"
then pour a little hot water over the
ice to start the melting quickly or fill
np to the overflow hole with cool
water.
Tender plants and sturdy trees be
some crooked and dwarfed if they meot
With too much opposition and so do
human souls. Some traning and prun
ing is good for both but it must not
be overdone. '
As soon as the apples for the salad
are cut pour a little lemon juice over
them. This keeps them from becoming
discolored an-' blends niecly with the
dressing, improving tho flavor.
If you will add a beaten egg to the
mashed potato that is to be made into
eakes, they will stay in Bhape better,
brown nicer and be finer flavored.
A cup of hot water in the oven with
eako and pastry will prevent scorching.
In baking goms or muffins one of the
enps may be filled with water instead
of batter.
A tablespoonful of castor oil around
the roots of ferns and palms once a
month will give growth and fresh
color.
Just remember to cover the egg yolk
that you did not need right away, with
water. Then it will not be dried out
and injured or useless when you want
to use it some hours later.
Fashion Talks By May Manton
POCKETS AND FLARE AT THE LOWER EDGE MAKE NEW FEATURES
OF FASHIONABLE SKIRTS.
THE LATEST DESIGNS foT practical skirts are many of them showing
inserted pockets and flaro at the lower edge and both features are much
to be desired for walking, for golf and for all outdoor occupations.
This skirt includes also a fitted yoke that is exceedingly smart and can
be made with or with
out suspenders. The
blouse that is worn with
it is a new one also
with a plain yoke and
sleeves cut in one and
full lower portions. As
shown here, the skirt is
made of epongo show
ing lines of green on a
whito ground and the
blouse is of handker
chief linen and the ma
terials are among the
smartest and best liked
of the summer, but
every reader will recog
nize tho fact that ma
terials and combinations
can be varied again and
again. For the practical
blouse, handkerchief
linen, crepe and voile
are the preferred ma
terials but this model
eould be made from or
gandie or from crepe de
ehine and become adapt
ed different uses. Sinee
the sleeves can be
either three-quarter or
full length, they suit
all needs and all occa
sions. The skirt is cut
in two portions and
when he flare is want
ed, wedge-shaped pieees
are inserted at the side
seams.' If the plain nar
row skirt is wanted, the
seams arc stitched for
the entire length. The
pockets, too, are option
al, although almost
every woman will be
glad to welcoroo them.
For general summer
wear, linen epongo is
one of the best possible
materials, but it, is easy
to think of this skirt
made of serge or ga
bardine for traveling
and occasions of the
sort or from plain linen
or galatea or any simi
lar material. In the
back view, the gnwn
is shown made of whito
linen with trimming of
applo green, making a
very dainty, summerlike
effect.
For the medium size,
tho blouse will require
Zi yards of material
97 9 Trnr,U 3l5 11
vanis 44 inches wide; Dp8iKn bT Mb-v Mr,ntot1'
the skirt 38 yards 36 8288 Blouse With Toke and Sleeve in One,
or 44, 2i yards 52 3i t0 10 Bust
inches wide. 8281 Two-Piece Skirt, 22 to 30 Waist
The May Manton pattern of tho blonse 8288 is cut in sizes from 34 to
40 inches bust measure; of the skirt 8281 from 22 to 3D waist. They will
be mailed to any address by tho Fashion Department of this paper, on re
ceipt ot IU cents for eacn.
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YEARS AGO, when a church or
neighborhood picnic was planned, a
list of things necessary to eat and
drink was struck off and passed about
among those who were to furnish them,
each one selecting the article she was
willing to supply and "nicking" it off
the list. This came to be spoken of as
"pick and nick" and in time became
changed into tho word picnic, which,
in duo course, came to be applied to
the outing itself.
OW, as well as young, look forward
with delight to an occasional day in
the open, under tho blue skies, and
take, a. new loaso of life from even so
short a period of rest and close in
timacy with Nature; so, try for sev
eral of these day excursions before
warm weather ts past. A day each
week, or even two days a month dur
ing the summer will give you new life
and prove a positive boon to jaded
nerves. A shawl, a cushion, a good
book and an appetizing lunch are all
that is needful to make you feel a
very queen. '
The following simple recipes are de
licious for the picnic lunch basket:
Saratoga Chips Slice thin, into cold
water, medium sized potatoes, and let
them stand for ono and one-half hours,
changing the water twice. Drain, and
drop into boiling water for one minute.
Drain again, and plungo into cold wa
ter. Dry between towels and fry in
hot fat until browned, keeping in con
stant motion with a skimmer. Remove
to dripping pan, lined with brown
paper, and sprinkle with salt to taste.
Recipes
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For the Fall Picnicker
Gelatine Frosting.
KE tablespoonful gelatine, two ta
blespoonfuls of eold water; when
the gelatine is soft, one tablespoon
ful of hot water. When entirely dis
solved add one cup of powdered sugar,
and beat whilo it is yet warm until
white and light; lemon to taste. Give
good measure to all the ingredients.
This frosts one sheet of eake. ,
Pear Pickles.
Select small pears (the Seckle is a
good one), pare but leave whole. They
should be ripe, but not soft. Make a
symp of one pound of sugar, two pints
good vinegar, one-half pint hot water
and a goodly supply of mixed spices;
when boiling drop in pears and cook 10
minutes, then take off the fire. Next
morning drain off liquor, boil and pour
over the pears. Do this for seven morn
ings, adding more vinegar to the liquid
if it seems to need it. Put in a stone
jar and weight down with a plate,
cover and keep in a cool place.
Coeoannt Filling for Cake.
This is made from fresh cocoannt.
Grate the coeoanut. Cook one cup of
sugar with a quarter of a cup of cocoa
nut milk until it spins a thread. Add
this slowly to the beaten white of one
egg, beating nil the time. When this
mixture is nearly cold, beat in as much
grated eocoamtt as desired. Put this
between and on top of layer cakes, and
lastly, over all sprinkle more of the
fresh coeoanut.
Pineapple Cake.
Three eups sugar, one cup butter,
five eggs, three and one half cup:' of
flour, one-half cup cold water, two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake in
layers; spread each layer with a thick
icing, then cover with grated pineapple.
Plaee on next layer end treat as before.
Quick Cake rut a piece of butter
into a cup (about one-fourth cup) and
set into the oven to melt. Sift one
cup of sugar and one cup of flour into
a bowl, with one teaspoon, linking pow
der. Break an egg into the hot butter
and fill tho cup witu milk. Add t
flour and sugar and beat the whole
wcll Bake in a moderate oven.
If you like your sandwiches thin it
is well to butter tho bread before rut
ting; then if wrapped in paraffin paper
or nn old napkin, wrung as dry
possible from hot water, they will keep
delightfully fresh until lunch time.
Hard boiled eggs, shelled when hot,
rolled in a mixture of salt and pop
per, and wrapped in oiled paper, ara
most tasty, the seasoning striking to
tho very heart of the eg;,'.
Pickles, of course, or the small, ten
der pickled beans, are a part of every
well appointed lunch basket.
The small jars in which cold cream,
beef extract or malted milk samples
sometimes come, if saved and filled
with jellies, are just the thing for a
pienie lunch, as they fit into a small
space and can be thrown away when
emptied.
Lemonade is, of course, the regular
picnic drink, but cold tea is a good sub
stitute and is even preferred by many.
Lime and grape juice are also excellent.
And with all the rest, do not forget
yonr salt shaker.
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