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SOME CSE9 FOK ALUM.
ALUM is very useful In the home,
and there is nothing better for
mending broken dishes or a
lamp when it is loose in the collar
than alum melted and used while
hot.
Sprinkle the alum under the edges
of your carpets and in the corners,
and the moths will not bother you.
An excellent remedy for croup is
made by beating the white of an
egg to a stiff froth, then sweeten
a little, add a little pulverized alum
and give a teaspoonful every ten or
fifteen minutes until relief comes.
There is no better way to remove
any foreign substance from the eve
than to make this same mixture,
spread It on a cloth and lay it over
the eye.
To set the color in light shades of
pink and blue, soak the goods in salt
water with a small lump of alum
added and use the alum alone for
the different shades of lilac and
violet. After the color has been set
wash the garments through warm
borax suds, as the borax not only
softens the water, but helps to keep
the color in the goods.
If the feet are tender bathe them
often in strong alum and boric acid;
rubbed on when the feet are dry it
will remove any odor, but it must be
allowed to dry on the feet.
It is one of the best remedies
known to stop bleeding. A heaping
teaspoonful of powdered alum placed
in a common teacup of water will
stop the flow of blood in any ordi
nary wound where no large artery
has been severed. Snuffling a solu
tion will stop bleeding of the nose.
A teaspoonful of powdered alum
and molasses will cure the 'croup in
children.
It will also cure painter's colic.
HOME CLOTHING CONTRIVANCE.
A BUSINESS woman, to whom
neatness and a certain amount
of style are essential, has de
signed for herself a very smart-looking
tailored skirt of dark blue linen.
This is two-tiered, but very severe,
without buttons and stitched with
black. For wear with this skirt Bhe
has had made three white linen
tailored blouses, all alike, with turn
over collars and cuffs to the three-
quarter sleeves of dark blue linen to
match the skirt. She wears either a
black or blue tie and as the waists
soil oftener than the skirt the extra
blouses are very useful. In effect the
suit resembles very much the Pick
wick suits worn by the children this
summer.
Remnants of the pretty cotton
voiles with their dainty posy pat
terns may bo used for making
charming little sunbonnets for the
little daughter.
Sunbonnets are shady and gener
ally becoming, but they are not al
ways cool, especially If they are
made of heavy linen or pique, be
cause the shade frame must be made
of the material doubled and perhaps
lined with butcher's linen in addi
tion, to keep the shape.
A voile sunbonnet Is very cool,
even when the material Is doubled,
as it is quite transparent
A cording or wire along the edge
keeps the shape and a dainty Valen
ciennes edging frames the face.
The strings should be of the ma
terial, while the fullness at the back
can be held by two little rosettes and
a band either of black velvet or
colored ribbon. Washington Herald.
Fashion Talks By May Manton
A DAINTY FKOCK OF NET AND LACE.
f HETTY simple nets
I are being much
used for girls'
dresses this summer
and this one is very
dainty and charming,
adapted to parties and
dances and all occa
sions of the kind. It is
trimmed with straight
banding and is a very
simple little garment
to make at the same
time that It is a most
effective one. There Is
a lining over which the
long waisted blouse Is
arranged and which
holds It in place and
the straight skirt Is
Joined to the lower
edge. In common with
many another model of
this season, the frock
can be made really
elaborate as in this in
stance or perfectly
simple, as one material
or another is chosen.
In the back view, it
Is made of dotted cot
ton voile trimmed with
lace banding and it be
comes a simple little
dress suitable for any
summer afternoon. For
the more elaborate
frock, net is a favorite
material, but there are
others that are equally
attractive. Crepe de
chine always makes
pretty dress for girls,'
and crepe de chine is
a fashionable material.
Again bordered mate
rials can be used, let
ting the finish of the
flouncing make the
lower edge of the skirt,
the front edges of the
blouse and meeting the
edges at the center
back.
For the 12 year size,
the dress will require
4 yards of material
27, 34 yards 36, 2
yards 4 4 inches wide,
with 5V4 yards of lace edging to make as Illustrated; or 4 yards of
bordered material 22 inches wide with of a yard of plain material 27
inches wide for the chemisetto portion.
The May Manton pattern Qf the dress 8171 Is cut in sizes from 8 to
14 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department
of this paper, on receipt of 10 cents.
-Design by May Manton.
8171 Girl's French Dress, 8 to 14 Years.
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Canning Corn on and off Cob
THE following recipes for the can
ning of corn have proven both
practical and economical for the
housewife. The recipes have been
worked out and the products tested
for nearly two years.
These recipes have been nsed in
connection with the five different
types of canning devices and the
corn has been put up in all types of
containers, such as glass top, screw
top, suction top and tin cans. The
method employed is the cold-pack
method, the same as la now being
used In the best commercial factories
of the world, instead of requiring the
laborious and tedious method of
fractional sterilization of an hour
each day for three consecutive days
and the lifting of the products in
and out of the canning devices three
times. The method now employed
contemplates but one sterilization'
and turns out the product in better
shape, with better color, texture and
flavor than the fractional steriliza
tion method. By following these
recipes and methods the family can
have corn, either on or oft the cob,
throughout the year at a very rea
son expense of time, energy and
money.
Corn Off ho Cob.
Select sweet ears of uniform size
and proper ripeness. If too ripe the
corn will color while processing.
(Processing Is the canning term for
sterilization or cooking. If not ripe
enough much of the food value is
lost in cutting the corn from the cob.
Use either glass jars or tin cans. For
market purposes and greater safety
in transportation, use tin cans.
Remove husk, silk, shank, tips and
injured or defective places. Blanch
corn in boiling water or ster.m chest
for from five to ten minutes. The
time depends upon the stage of ripe
ness, size of ears and degree of
freshness. Remove the ears and
plunge quickly in cold water.
Cut the corn from the cob with a
sharp, thln-bladed knife. Pack well
in glass jar or tin can ; add hot water
and a level teaspoon of salt to the
quart or No. 3 can. Tlace rubber
and glass jar top in place, not tight.
If using tin, solder cap in place and
fill vent hole, or seal completely.
Process the corn from 180 to 240
minutes in the home-made or""not
water commercial bath outfits; for
one and one-half hours in the water
seal outfits; for 60 minutes whon
using from five to ten pounds of
steam pressure, with the steam pres
sure canning devices, and 40 min
utes when using the aluminum steam
pressure cooker outfit. After pro
cessing remove the jars, tighten cov
ers, invert to test the joints and cool.
If using tin, inspect the soldered
end caps for pin-hole leaks. Repair
all leaks, allow to stand for 24 hours.
If cans are still bulging at ends at
the end of this time, one of two
things is true the pack Is too full
or some live spores are still left in.
the can. If the latter, replace in
sterilizer and process the second time)
from 30 minutes to one hour. ,
Canning Sweet Corn on the Cob. '
Blanch in boiling water five to tea
minutes, according to ripeness, size
and freshness; plunge quickly in cold
water. Pack, alternating butts and
tips; add just a little boiling water
and one level teaspoonful of salt to
each quart. Place rubber and ton
and partially tighten. (Cap and tin
tins.) Process 180 to 240 minutes in
hot water bath; one and one-hal
hours water seal outfit; 60 minutes
under five or more pounds of steam J
40 minutes in aluminum pressure,
cooker. Remove jars, tighten coversy
invert and cool. (Heat up for table)
use In steamer, not in water. If corn
seems flat or water-logged, it had
been overcooked or allowed to stand
in too much water.)
Use one or two quart glass jars it
not needed for other products. QuariJ
jars will hold two ears, two-quart
jars will hold from three to five ears
according to size of ear. Do not can
large ears. Half-gallon or gallon tin
cans with large openings should ba
used In the canning of ear corn when!
idle glass jars are not available. Gain
Ion tin cana will hold from six tq
twelve ears. They should be graded,
to uniform size.
In high altitudes, 4,000 feet an
over, It will be necessary to increase
the time requirements in the canning
of sweet corn about 25 per cent, il
water boils at about 202 degrees
Fahrenheit and even less. k
The Jars. ;
In the average home a large nunn
ber of glass jars are idle every year.
The use of these idle jars is reconw
mended, but if none are available,
the most economical and practical
containers are the half-gallon and
the gallon tin can.
The gallon tin cans, including soli
dered-hemmed caps, will cost about
six cents apiece, but they will hold
six to twelve ears of corn, which is
enough for a good-sized family. If
the corn is removed from can and
steamed for a few minutes, it cannot
be distinguished from the sweet corn
removed from the husk in midsum
mer. The corn can be heated in the
container before opening to serve.
An ear of sweet corn on the aver
age dining car and hotel a la carte
service costs 25 cents. Considering
this, canning corn on the cob for the
market might prove a very profitable
investment for a thrifty housekeeper
and bring to her considerable pin
money. One advantage of sweet corn can
ned on the cob over other canned
corn is that all the best food values
are kept with the cob. In cutting
corn off, the germ quality of the ker
nel, which keeps up its standard, is
usually lost. This germ quality Is
the part of the corn that is sought by
rats and mice when they look for
food in the corn bin, and is the most
vital part. Much of the corn is also
rendered mushy when it is cut from
the cob.
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A wash made with a teaspoonful
of alum and a quart of water will
prevent offensive sweating.