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Important Vitamins
(Pi'epared br 1 H mttii BUt Peirtmnl
of Agriculture.!
When neither the food supply nor
the purse limits the selection of food,
It is possible to afford so large a
variety that the homemaker may
choose somewhat at random within
each of the food groups and be rea
sonably sure of meeting the food re
quirements of the family. When, as
In the drought-affected regions, variety
must be greatly curtailed because of
food shortage and lack of 'ready cash,
tt is necessary to weigh with the ut
most care the contributions made by
each food material to the dietary. The
subcommittee on nutrition, working
under the direction of the national
drought relief committee, which In
clude representatives of the co-operative
extension service and the bureau
of home economics of the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
prepared a list of foods that for the
money invested In them offer good or
excellent returns, in terms of vitamins,
protein, and minerals. This list Is part
of the material assembled to aid pro
fessional nutrition workers who are
called on to advise families In the
sections where one-sided diets are
common.
Modern Kitchen looli
I Are Necessary J
No workman can do good work
with poor tools, and many a house
wife struggles needlessly with a balky
egg beater, dull or broken knives, or
Inadequate cooking utensils. A house
keeper of ten years' standing was seen
trying to turn fried eggs with a paring
knife. When asked why she didn't
ut a pancake turner, said she'd never
owned one. Check over the kitchen
equipment and see if some of the dis
satisfaction with "kitchen drudgery"
may not be remedied by adding a few
time and labor saving devices, or by
replacing wornout pieces.
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Evening Fairy Tale for the Children jj
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The Fairy Queen took a trip with
some of the other fairies to where the
banana trees were growing.
The fairies were so tired from the
trip that they fell asleep, but Just as
the Fairy Queen was about to go to
sleep she noticed that the leaves of
the banana trees all around were
laughing, actually laughing.
"What are you laughing for?" asked
the Fairy Queen.
"We're laughing because we're al
most ripe. It's so Jolly to be almost
ripe."
"Well, of course, I don't know," said
the Fairy Queen. "I've never been a
fruit, so I don't know what It would
be like to be ripe or unripe."
"Ah, but we have such a glorious
time growing, and while we last, we
are so happy," the banana trees said.
"Don't you last long?" asked the
Fairy Queen. "Of course, I can un
derstand that the bananas wouldn't
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Use of Chemicals
Medicine Dropper Handy When
Prpar6 br tin I.'nltM SfitM Otosxtmeot
of Arlcultur. t t
There are a few common chemicals
which are necessary to remove stains,
and these should be kept In every
household. Some of them are poison
ous, so don't put them in the family
medicine cabinet or In the pantry.
The chemicals most frequently needed
ere Javelle water, potassium perman
ganate, oxalic acid, ammonia water,
tnd carbon tetrachloride. Keep thuse
cut of reach on a high shelf, together
with a medium-sized bowl, a medicine
dropper, a glass rod with rounded
ends, several pads of cheesecloth or
did muslin, a small sponge, and sheets
of white blotting paper, suggests the
bureau of home economics of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. If the natu-3 of a stain Is not
known and It does not appear to be
greasy, sponging with a wet cloth mpy
le effective. Try this on some part
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in Low-Cost Foods
The food groups mentioned by the
committee are: Ceroids, milk and
choose, eggs, loan meat and flsh,
fruit and vegetable, sugars, fats.
Among th Inexpensive protective
food listed, with a rough Indication of
what each furnishes to the diet, are
Included: Milk, eggs, lean muscle
meat, liver, kidney, tlsh, shellfish, veg
etables, Including tomatoes, thin green
leafy vegetables, potatoes, and certain
root vegetables, dried peas and beans,
fruits, wholewheat products; wheat
germ, rice polish, molasses, not highly
refined ; butter, cod liver oil, pure dler
brewers' yeast. These foods, many of
which can be grown on the farm, are
recommended In addition to the
ce ills, fats, and sweet foods on which
too many families depend entirely.
AROUND THE HOUSE
Never beat a cake after folding In
the egg whites.
A child's honest questions deserve
honest answers.
Rill out pastry with light, quick
strokes. A heavy hand has ruined
many a good pie.
Keep overshoes and raincoats clean
and In a cool dark place. Rubber de
teriorates rapidly in heat and sun
light To loosen dirt and save time and
wear in laundering dirty garments, wet
them, rub soap on, roll them up. and
soak them In a small quantity of wa
ter overnight
After emptying a Jar of fruit wash
and dry the Jar, put the top on at
once, and put the Jar on a shelf re
served for the purpose. When can
ning season arrives next year much
trouble In gathering and matching
Jars and covers will be saved.
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By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
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last long if there were many people
around as fond of them as I am.
"I am devoted to bananas. Yes, you
really might say that I was devoted
to them.
"So are many of us In Fairyland,
too, and, of course, in the world of
people as well."
The banana leaves laughed again.
They made such a lovely sound as
they laughed.
It reminded the Fairy Queen of the
sound of a gentle summer rain.
"Some of our cousins have traveled
on boats," the banana tree said.
'Some have gone on trains, too."
"Hut tell me why you don't last
very lung?" the Fairy Queen asked.
"Because," said the leaves, "we are
cut down when all our fruit has been
taken.
"We are not nice any longer. We
can never do the same work again,
you see.
"But there are shoots that are taken
to Remove Stains
CMS.
H.
Removing Stains With Chemicals.
of the garment that will not show, un
less you are sure the fabric will not
water spot or lose Its color. Chem
icals should not be used until after
water has been tried, except when the
fubrlc Is unsuitable for water treat
ment. Potassium permanganate can be
used In removing certain stains from
all white fabrics except rayon. One
or more repetitions of tho treatment
may be necessary In the case of per
sistent stains. Any pink or brown
stain left by the permanganate Is re
moved by applying hydrogen peroxide
made very slightly acid, If not already
so, with hydrochloric, acetic, oxalic, or
tartaric acid. Oxalic acid In saturated
solution, or lemon Juice, may also be
used on cotton, linen, or silk for re
moving potassium permanganate
stains. Follow by thorough rinsing.
Potassium permanganate Is suggest
ed for tuklug out mains made by writ-
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Plaids Are in Fashion
M IBM - I
Women who make It a point to de
clare the new fashions are coming
out in frocks of printed silks both
the heavier and sheer weaves which
play up plalded design In Its every
mood. In fact all along the high
ways and byways which lend through
the realm of smart patterning one
encounters plaids in some form or
another.
The versatility displayed In the new
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from our roots. These are started oft
again, and they do the same work as
we have done. v
"Aren't you sad that you don't do
the same work over again your
selves?" asked the Fairy Queen.
"No," said the leave cheerfully, "It
"What Are You Laughing For?"
Is enough for us to do our work well
once.
"That's all we want. That makes
us very happy. We love the warm
sun and we have had our reward for
our work.
"We have jrown beautiful and ripe.
Ah, ha, ha, we're getting ripe now."
The Fairy Queen's mouth watered
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Recipes That Will Appeal to All
For a delectable dessert that Is not
only beautiful to the eye, but satis
fying to the pal
ate, try:
Orange Crssm.
Soak two taWe
spoonfuls of gel
atin In one-quarter
cupful of cold wa
ter and dlssolvo In
one-half cupful of
mm
hot orange Juice, adding one-half cup
ful of sugar. Fold In one and one
half cupful of whipped cream and
Ing Ink, leather, mildew, Indelible pen
cil, perapl ration, tea, tobacco, tomato
vine, and turmeric, the yellow Ingredi
ent In curry powder.
The bottle in which oxalic acid Is
stored must be marked "Poison," and
kept out of reach of children. To pre
pare a solution, dissolve as many crys
tals of the acid as possible In a pint
of lukewarm water. Put into a bottle,
stopper tightly, and use as needed.
Apply to the stain with a medicine
dropper or gluss rod, and after allow
ing It to remain a few minutes, rinse
thoroughly in cleun water. Neutralize
with a solution of ammonia.
Oxullc acid Is mentioned In connec
tion with removing some writing Ink
stains, iron rust, medicines thut con
tain metallic salts, and some forms of
mildew. It Is ulso used ufter treat
ment with permanganute, when the
latter leaves a residual stulu.
By C1IF.RIE NICHOLAS
! a flmnfOWrtonC I ,1
plaids adds seat to their vogue. It Is
possible to secure at modest ot as
flamboyant a plaid as one may wish In
the new materials. The same may be
said of the equally as smart stripes.
In fact the problem is, whether to
choose plaids or stripes, and the sureot
day of being right Is to Indulge In
both, for these gay patterning! are
made use of not only for the dresa or
blouse entire but In the way of ac
cessories such as scarfs, girdle and
other trimming touches they are en
livening many a spring costume.
In addition to plaids and stripes
there Is a third candidate for favor
paisley print There's nothing smarter
and so uumlstaksbly new as a blouse
or frock of paisley prlut All to which
end now the other little. fairies were
waking up.
They were both rested and hungry.
Such a banana eating party as they
had, and the bananas seemed much
pleased In their banana fashion that
they were so much liked.
Hut after It was all over and the
eating and the talking was finished,
the Fairy Queen went back to Fairy
land with the other fairies, and there
she told everyone bannna tree history,
which they were all so glad to hear.
And she had a big bundle of ba
nanns. too, which the bannna trees
had sent to Fairyland as their gift
!& Ull. Wftrn Nwi.pr Union )
Spider's Valuable Secret
Vast engineering schemes at pres
ent unthotifht of would be possible If
science could reveal the secret of the
spider's web. If man could mak ropes
and cables with the approximate
strength of a spider's web, suspen
sion bridges could be thrown across
on small cables, and, being light and
easy to anchor, there would be no
limit to their length.
By NELLIE MAXWELL
one-half cupful of orange pulp cut
fine. Serve with a fruit sirup.
Tapioca Cream. Take one-third of
a cupful of quick cooking tapioca, add
one-half cupful of sugar, ono-fourth
teaspoonful of salt and one quart of
milk. Cook in a double boiler (stir
ring often) for 15 mlnutos. Add one
egg yolk slightly beaten, one teaspoon
ful of flavoring and cook for a minute
or two, stirring vigorously. Ilcmove
from the fire and add the stiffly beaten
white of the egg. Chill and serve in
glasses with crushed fruit.
Chocolate or caramel sauce or maple
sirup with a few chopped nuts may
serve for variety In sauces.
Fold whipped cream Into the pud
ding and serve with orange sections or
bits of pineupple.
Fold In chocolate sauce mixed with
whipped cream. Canned fruit sauce,
coconut, marshmnllow sauce or canned
Bacon Drippings Add f
Flavor to Food
Bacon drippings add flavor to every
food that Is cooked In them, or In
which they are used. The drippings
ure especially good In sauces for
meats and vegetables. When added
to the dressing for fowl nnd other
meuts, a particularly rich fluvor Is
produced.
Limelight
goi to prove that a derided Innova
tion has tahen place so far us the
new palternlngs are concerned, In that
the gay stripes, plaids and paisleys
are a distinct departure from the
usual florals which for so long a time
have held tho center of the stage.
The plaid silk which fashions the
modish afternoon dress In tho picture
Is choicely conservative at the same
time that It Is decidedly modern In Its
technique, Tho wavy lines which so
delicately and gracefully trace a plaid
patterning nre black ngulnst a palo
blue background with tiny red dots
scattered In pretty confusion through
out the entire, design.
Black buttons effectively trim this
frock nnd tho color scheme Is further
stressed In that a black belt, black
scarf and black gloves are worn with
this costume.
(. 1111. Wm Nowtpir I'liloa )
In the winter mouths salsify, or as
It Is often called, oyster plant, appears
on our markets. Sometimes a home
maker finds when she has pared and
cut her salsify It has turned dark. It
Is not altered In food value when tide
happens, but It Is not sightly. To avoid
dlfllcqlty, drop It Into cold water as
soon ns tt Is cut, snys the bureau of
home economics of the I'nlted States
Ik'partment of Agriculture. Salsify Is
served In a white sauce more often
than any other way, but It may also
be dipped In flour and frl1.
t bunches tatnirr or
oyeter plnnt
I lh. molt.t butter
or other tat
I tba. flour
1 cup milk
S up. salt
I'epper
1 tbi. rhop4
parilejr
Wash the salsify, scrape, cut Into
small pieces and drop Into cold wa
ter to prevent It from turning dark.
Boll In an uncovered pan In a small
quantity of water for 30 ndnutes, or
until tender, and drain. Prepare a
ssuce of the fat, flour, milk, salt and
pepper, pour this over the rooked Mi
nify, reheat, and srve with the
chopped parsley over the top.
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Tasty Confection May Be
Made of Pumpkin
A delightful confection may be
made of Much squares of lis red pump
kin. To a pound efthese pieces, three
quarters pound of sugar Is added, and
allowed to stand overnight. In the
morning tho sirup may be drained off
and rooked until It coats the spoon,
after which the pumpkin, one lemon,
and a tahteeponnful of preserved ginger
are added, and boiled until the pump
kin Is clear. The pumpkin should be
simmered until the sirup Is ahsorbed,
ami then lifted out and drnlio-d llrt on
plates, then on a scrreii covered with
cloth. Whi-n It Is no longi-r sticky.
It Is rolled In granulated sugar and
packed In glass Jars.
Mannrri of Men
William of Wykelmm wrote nf,
the doors of New collet, "Milliners
niakyth man." , , . No citizenship
ran be good In which Imllvlduifls are
not willing to siihonlinatc their own
Individualities to some extent for the
advantage of others ... A race
or a generation without any concern
for good mnmiers would almost cer
tainly In like degree lack unseMih
ness. From "Kdiieatimi and Life," by
F.rnest Martin Hopkins.
fruits all make delectable sauces for
the pudding. .
Club Cookies. Take one cupful of
shortening, one cupful of sugar, one
egg, one half cupful of sour cream,
one half teaspoonful each of soda nnd
cream of tartar and three riipfuls of
pastry flour. Mix as usual and pat
the dough out to two Inches thick and
chill overnight. Roll and cut Into any
desired shape. Bake In moderate
oven ten minutes.
Filling. Take one cupful of stewed
stoned prunes, one-half cupful of
stewed apricots, three tablespoonfuls
of lemon Juice, one-fourth cupful of
sugar and onehalf cupful of prune
or apricot Juice. Cook together, add
ing one tablespnonful each of butter.
Cool before using.
. 1131 Weatern Newapaper Union.)
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' Ancient Ophir
Ophlr was a seaport or region from
which the Hebrews In the time of
Solomon obtained gold. The precise
geographical situation has long been
a subject of doubt nnd discussion. It
was probably In India or perhaps
southern Arabia; at any rate, It ap
pears from scriptural mention of tho
place that It was accessible by water
from the towns on the Bed seu.
Don't Orerdo It
Like everything else In the world, a
greenhouse Is delightful only when
thero Isn't too niinli of It. Wouiun's
Home Compuulou.
8 Salsify or Oyster Plant cj
g as Winter Food c
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Can I Leant
lo Fly?
I,y William U.NcUon
JULCeJUUwt A.At (JLRJJaeeiBJlAA4
Showing the Inspector
TAKICOFl'S, landings. vertlcnl
banks, and n tnllspln were nil In
cluded In tho next lesson. I was at
the controls, bul I hud a passenger.
And he was a critical one. too.
Instructors nt the flying school
where I took iny course are "chocked"
periodically by an Inspector who fllei
with the student, lie picks students
who, the records show, have had wldo
ly varying "hours" to Indicate they
should know,
"Taxi out, take off, fly around the
field to tho left and land." be or
dered as wc climbed Into the plane.
The air was smooth sr.d I was
"hot" for both of which I whs grate
ful. The tuke off. trip around and
landing were nil smisith enough. He
said nothing about them,
"Now go up to 2.INHI feet and watch
for my signals Fly sway from the
Held for a short distance."
Ho called for right nnd left turns,
road following, and right and left
vertical hunks. I iniiniigeil, aotneh. w,
to put the plune through each maneu
ver without bis help and was rongut
mating myself when lie suddenly shut
off ihe motor a id called for a "forced
landing."
As we neawl the field I picked out,
be opened the throttle and we Boomed
up. He signaled for a climb, which 1
combined until we reached S.tssl feet.
J'hen he cut the motor and shouted:
"Can you bring It out of a tallapInT
1 nodded "yes."
He pulled the stick back and, at
we itallcd, put on full right rudder
and e fell off to the right and Info
a tultspln. I nst end t looking straight
ahead, as I bad done before In spins,
I followed the advice of other stu
dents and looked upward at the horl
son. A body of water flipped past Just
as we locked n to the spin. When
It w". nt past again I neutralised the
controls and a half turn later pulled
back on the stick. We came out per
fectly and toy fmr of tullsplna was
gone. I knew where we were at all
times end I was not sick.
He, apparently eailslled with my,
exhibition, signaled for a landing, rut
ting the motor nr. be did so. We were
too iilgh so I threw in sn "8" turn to
lose altitude nnd gunned the motor
when I saw were undershooting.
He nodded approval of both maneu
vers. e
Eight and Spot Landings
UNCLK SAM'S Hepnrtineut of Com
merce believes that persons Seek
ing pilot's licenses should be able to
do crliiln things with the machine
they desire permission to operate. To
a sci' rln In the appllcnnt's atlllty to
meet (he severul requirements ot eoco
class of llcerse, a lest flight Is given.
For the prlvute pilot's Heron i that
test Includes "tlgur" eights." "spiral
glides." "take-offs," and "spot land
ings." As I bud had everything but the
figure eights, spiral .glides and ot
landings, my liixtructor was hack a It h
me again the next Icksou to show me
the eights and spot lninllng.
"We'll use those two trees they are
a quarter of a mile apart os pylons."
my Instructor said, pointing them out
"Make your first turn Into the wind
and try to bold your bank until one
end of the figure eight Is made. Then
level out, ity to the older pylon and
reverse the tu'i.."
It sounded easy but holding that
turn uround the In was dlltlcujt. A
half doen trips around Ihe figure
eight course, however, polished me up
illlclenlly for the next step.
"Now we'll use those two trees,"
and he pointed out two much e iser
together. "You will have to bank al
most vertically."
The "tight eights" were easier for
me. Satlsllef with my grasp of the
maneuver, be signaled for a return to
the lield.
As we flew to the landing he spoke
again.
"See that big tree down there? Put
(low, i on a liiw with It. Cut be motor
wherever you think Is right. Don't
gun the motor ex ept to clear It."
F.stiuiiitliiK our distance away and
up, I cut the motor to Idling and Cart
ed (he glide In. Forbidden to gun the
motor, is I tin rt be,1!! doing Id prac
tice, 1 missed the murk by 1 city
block,
"There Is ro trick to spot landings,"
my Instructor oxplii'iied. "It Is mere
ly j mutter of practice. I'll tuke you
around once, then you do It From now
on make all of your bindings spot.
That Is the only way to leurn to do
It by I'oiiNltifit practice."
He took the controls nnd we roared
around the pattern again. I iiunle
mental notes of Inmlmuiks for each
thing ho did, but was forced to (list
en rl them. He overshot Ihe spot line,
Disgusted, bn 'w around ngiiin and
that time put down perfectly over the
line.
Iffl IS.1II. Wi'xturn NnwKiinpnr Onion.
First Arithmetic Book
Cocker's Arithmetic,' lliu Hint com'
plelu mntitml for "numerlsts," win
published on the'lld of Kept ember,
1(177. by Kir linger L'Hslriifige. The
author, who died before It was pub
lished, became proverbial In Kngland
ns n tmiHler of tmiilieiniillcnl subjects.
Ills book was n "best seller" for iiear
ly a century,