IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
In the Home-Household Hints-Fashion Notes-Recipes
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The Editor will be pleased to
receive and pub I lab hints of
tereat to our readers.
May Manton Weekly Fashion Talk
Household Hints.
ALL paint marks can be removed
from overalls by letting them
soak for a day In turpentine.
Tea stains should be rubbed with
glycerine before the fabric is washed.
Should fresh paint be spilled on
the floor, pour some vinegar on it
at once and wipe up with a soft cloth.
Wine stains which have dried on
the table cloth or napkins should be
touched with a few drops of whisky
before the linen is sent to the laun
dry. Precipitated chalk is excellent for
cleaning tarnished silver. Place a
little in a saucer and add just enough
liquid ammonia to moisten it. Rub
this lightly over the silver, and the
stains will quickly disappear. Then
wash in hot suds, dry carefully, and
polish with a clean chamois, leather.
Wet fruit stains on woolen with
tepid water, then rub on dry starch
and hang out in the sun. Washing
in kerosene before washing with soap
and water is another way of taking
out fruit stains.
When it is necessary to iron a
rough-dry garment at once, try this
method: Damp it, roll tight, wrap
in a cloth, and then in paper, and
put it into the oven while the irons
are heatiug. Evaporation will cause
it to be thoroughly dampened in a
very few minutes; but care must be
taken that the oven Is not hot enough
to scorch the things.
Mix a small quantity of soft soap
with the same proportion of pow
dered starch and salt, and the Juice
of a lemon to remove a mildew stain.
Apply this mixture to both sides of
the stain with a small brush, and
If possible, let the article He on the
grass all day and night until the
stains have quite disappeared. Then
wash In the usual way.
' Add two tablespoonfuls of soda to
four quarts of water to clean enamel-
ware. Immerse the discolored uten
sils in the water and boll for half an
hour; then scour them, using some
of the soda water and a stiff brush
If the stains are persistent boil a Bee
ond time and use sand with the soda
water for the second scouring.
To remove a cinder or other foreign
substance, lay over, the eye a cloth
on which has been spread the beaten
white of an egg, with a little sugar
and pulverized alum added.
Cold rain water and a good soap
will usually remove machine grease
stains.
Silver or gold jewelry may be sat
isfactorily cleaned by addiug a'tea
spoonful of aifimonia to a cup of
water and applying with a rag.
Paint stains that are dry and old
may be removed from cotton or
woolen goods with chloroform. It is
a good plan to first cover the spots
with olive oil or butter.
Olive oil is excellent for the health.
A tablespoonful of it three times a
day is recommended by many physi
cians as a means of warding off ap
pendicitis. To "set" the color in light shades
of pink and blue soak the goods in
salt water with a small lump of
alum added. Use (he alum alone for
the different shades of lilac and vio
let. After the color has been "set"
wash the garments in warm borax
suds, which will help to keep the
color in the goods.
In washing chintz, wheat bran will
be found more satisfactory than soap.
Tie a quart of bran in a piece of
cheesecloth and use this for rubbing
on the material as one would soap.
Do not use too hot water and rinse
and blue us one would if washed in
the usual way.
Add a little vinegar to some warm
water when cleaning leather furnl
. ture, using a clean cloth or sponge.
Wipe with a dry cloth. Then, to re
store the polish, put two teaspoon
f uls of turpentine with the whites of
two eggs; beat a little and apply with
a clean flannel cloth. Dry with an
other cloth. All the cloths used
should be soft and absolutely clean.
IN THE FASHIONABLE REDINGOTE STYLE
The Cdlter will be please to
receive and publlsa favorite
reripea.
Dtrtt y Mty lint,
t$l Tunic Dress with Low Belt for Mines and Small
Women. 16 and 18 yeara.
EVERYTHING that
gives the redlngote
suggestion Is fash
ionable this Winter.
Here is a dress that
can be made just as it
Is shown here, of one
material, or with skirt,
vest and sleeves of a
contrasting material.
This drawing was
made from a frock of
gabardine with edges
. bound with s f 1 k e n
braid, the color being
midnight blue, but one
could think of many
ways in which the de
sign, could be used.
This frock is an essen
tially practical one, if
the skirt, vest and
sleeves were made of
charmeuse satin, or
made of velvet it would
'be somewhat more
elaborate In effect. If
the entire redlngote
were made of velvet
and the skirt of broad
cloth, It would be a
still different result,
and tf plain sergo were
used for the redingote
and Roman stripes for
the skirt and vest, it
would be a useful
frock, but different
from this one. The de
sign !s adapted to all
these uses and also to
a great many others,
Already many families
are making up dresses
In cotton stuffs, pique
and the like. Pink or
blue linen or poplin for
the redingote and skirt I
with white collar and
cuffs scalloped, would!
be pretty, and scalloped
edges are exceedingly
fashionable. The skirt
la In two pieces, with a
plait at ach side seam.
The waist and tunic are
finished separately and
joined one to the other
and the waist portion
includes the vest.
For the 16-year size
will be required 6V&
yds. of material 27 in.
wide; 5V4 yds. 30, or
4 yds. 44 in. wide,
with 8 yds. of braid.
The May Manton
pattern No. 8451 is cut
in sizes for 16 and 18
years. It will bo mailed
to any address by the
Fashion Department of
this paper, on receipt
of 10 cents.
Sending a Kitchen to the Fair
A COMPLETE kitchen with a real
stove, Refrigerator, sink, work
table and other necessaries is being
sent by the Department of Agricul
ture to San Francisco for the fair.
This kitchen Is not a "model" in the
sense that every housewife Is to try
to make hers as nearly like it as pos
sible, but is rather a composite of
many possible model kitchens which
Is designed to illustrate various es
sential principles of convenient kitch
en arrangement. The American
housewife, for whose special benefit
the model has been constructed, must
judge from it what appliances and
improvements in arrangement will
best fit her peculiar household needs
and those of her purse.
One general idea emphasized by
the Department's San Francisco
bound kitchen Is that the size of the
ordinary kitchen should be small
rather than large If the room Is to he
used only for the preparation of the
meals. It should be as compact as
possible to save traveling back and
forth. The stove, table, and sink
should be as near together as Is con
venient, and the distances to supplies
and the dining-room or pantry sin uld
be short. On the floor of the model
room the distances most commonly
traveled in preparing and serving
meals are Indicated by straight lines.
"The fewer ornaments the better
in a housewife's workshop" Is the
text of another lesson of this little
exhibit. Corners are roundod; sur
faces are plain; there are as few
moldings as possible to catch dirt
wnicn must be removed with so much
effort. One feature Is a table with
legs that may be raised or lowered
to suit the height of the worker.
Th refrigerator, as it stands.
would never In the world recommend
Itself to any thrifty housewife, for
one part of it U lined with solid
porcelain, another with enameled
steel, another with zinc painted with
enamel paint, and another with un
palnted lno. However, this refrig
erator preaches a sermon of Its own,
for the advantages and disadvantages
of each particular lining are ex
plained in labels attached. Each
woman who reads may look for what
suits her own refrigerator, and
housewives from the north or from
the south, from a high, dry region
or a low, moist region may each de
cide which feature 1b most adaptable
for her own use and pocketbook.
A stew kettle Is shown in several
common materials in the model
kitchen, but no particular make Is
recommended. The aim is to show
Vogeluble Variations,
WHEN plainly cooked vegetables
begin to pall, a variation in
the manner of cooking has quite the
effect of a new substance, and there
are many ways of cooking and serv
ing every kiud of garden product to
make It more appetizing.
Cabbage Hash.
Chop fine equal quantities of cold
boiled potatoes and cabbage (boiled),
and salt to taste. To a quart of the
vegetables add one-half to three
fourths of a cupful of sweet cream
and let simmer until thoroughly
heated through.
licet s.
Wash the beets well, cook until
tender, drop into cold water and slip
off the skins, then cut In eighths
lengthwise. Make a sauce with two
tablespoonfuls of butter, four table
spoonfuls of lemon juice, one-halt
teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayeuno
and let boil up once, then pour hot
over the beets just before serving.
Diced Turnips.
Peel and slice the turnips and cut
in dice an inch square, boll until
tender In as little water as possible.
To one quart of turnips add one
tablespoonful of sugar, and salt to
taste. When they are boiled as dry
as possible, add two or three table
spoonfuls of cream mixed with one
well-beaten egg.
Raked Cabbage.
Chop three pounds of cabbage, stir
into It one tablespoonful of flour, one
teaspoonful of salt, a dash of red
pepper, one teaspoonful of dry mus
tard, two tablespoonfuls of butter and
one-half cupful of water. Put Into
a buttered casserole, dot with bits
or butter, cover, and bake in a hot
oven for one and one-fourth hours.
Vegetablo Oysters,
Scrape and rinse the roots, and slice
them thin, throwing Into vinegar
and water to keep them from turn
ing dark colored. Put into boiling
salted water and boll until tender.
Make a sauce with the beaten yolks
of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls each
of flour and thick sweet cream, mix
well and add gradually one pint of
the water In which the oyster plant
was boiled, and two tablespoonfuls of
butter. Place over the fire to boil
until the thickening Is well cooked,
pour over the oysters and serve hot.
Curried Carrots.
Cook one and one-half pounds of
small carrots, peeled and cut in quar.
ters lengthwise. Scrape and chop one
small carrot and a small talk of cel
er, and fry to a light brown in one
tableSDOOnful of butter Thnn nrfit
one tablespoonful of flour, one des
sertspoonful of curry powder, and
cook slowly for five minutes. Add
one-half of an annifi. nppipri Mrcd
and chopped, one-fourth cupful of
smea tomato puip and one and one
half cupfuls of vegetable stock. Cov
er, and let boll gently for 20 minutes,
strain, return to the fire, season with
salt and pepper, and add the carrots
and two sliced hard-boiled egges.
when all are thoroughly hot, serve
in a border of boiled rice, garnished
with parsley.
sauce pans or kettles made of steel,
aluminum, enamelware, copper and
earthenware, and descriptive labels
explain how each material excels in
Its own way and its disadvantages.
On the walls of the model are
shown samples of the more common
floor coverings and wall finishes with
labels setting forth the relative mer
its andd rawbacks of each. Linoleum
and oil cloth have their strong points,
and so havn tinted nnintoi dhj un
dressed wall surfaces. Varnished
wall paper is good for some purposes
and unvarnlBhed for others.
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