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SOME USES FOR A I.IM .
LUM 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 b< ther you.
An excellent remedy for croup is
made by beating the white of an
e&K 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 eye
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
tho 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.
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A DAINTY FROCK OF NET AND LACE,
»■v HETTY simple nets
m uch
for girls'
dresses t h i s summer
and this one Is very
r~
are heine
u sed
h
, „ «
charming.
adapted to part.es and
lt cans are still bulging at ends at
the end of this time, one of two
things is true— the pack is too fuIK
or some live spores are still left la
the can. If the latter, replace la
! sterilizer and process the second tlmw
from 30 minutes to one hour.
Canning Sweet Corn on the Cob.
Blanch in boiling water five to ten
™inutes, according to ripeness, sis«
and freshness; p unge quickly in cold
water. Pack, alternating butts and
ftdd
mtJe b
watef
one ,e v tl t
oonfu, of Balt to
dances and all occa each quart. Place rubber and tojj
sions of the kind. It is and partially tighten. (Cap and tip
trimmed with straight tins.) Process 180 to 240 minutes In
banding and is a very hot water bath; one and one-halt
6imple little garment hours water seal outfit; 60 minutes
to make at the same under five or more pounds of steam}
time that it is a most 40 minutes in aluminum pressure
effective one. There is cooker. Remove jars, tighten covers^
a lining over which the invert and cool. (Heat up for tabid
long walsted blouse Is use In steamer, not in water. If corn
arranged a n d which seems flat or water-logged, It had
holds It In place and been overcooked or allowed to stand
the straight s k i r t is in too much water.)
Joined to the l o w e r
Use one or two quart glass Jars if
edge. In common with not needed for other products. Quart
many another model of jars will hold two ears, two-quart
this season, the frock jars will bold from three to five ears^
can be m a d e really according to size of ear. Do not can
elaborate as In this in- large ears. Half-gallon or gallon titt
s t a n c e or perfectly cans with large openings should ba
simple, as one material used in the canning of ear corn when
or another Is chosen. idle glass jars are not available. Gab«
In the hack view, it Ion tin cans will hold from six tq
1 r made of dotted cot twelve ears. They should be graded
ton voile trimmed with to uniform size.
lace banding and It be
In high altitudes, 4,000 feet and
comes a simple little over, it will be necessary to increase
dress suitable for any the time requirements in the canning
summer afternoon. For i of sweet corn about 25 per cent, 11
the m o r e elaborate I water bolls at about 202 degree^
frock, net Is a favorite I Fahrenheit and even less.
,
material, but there are !
ip,lc j ar8.
•>
others that are equally
[n
averag0 home a large numq
attractive. C r e p e de
of giass jars are Idle every year,
chine alw ays m a k e s
UB0 of these Idle jars Is recoinw
pretty dress for girls, txientled. but if none are available*
and crepe de chine is
m0Bt economical and practical
a fashionable material. containers aro the half-gallon and
Again bordered mate- the gallon Un can
HOME CLOTHING CONTRIVANCE.
S g the" finish*'of ’the
The gallon tin cans, including soU
BUSINESS woman, to whom
« v ~
1 dered-hemmed caps, will cost about
neatness and a certain amount
«lx cents apiece, but they will hold
lower edge of the skirt, six to twelve ears of corn, which la
of style are essential, has de
the
front
edges
of
the
signed for herself a very smart-look
enough for a good-sized family. If
blouse and meeting the
ing tailored skirt of dark blue linen.
the corn Is removed from can and
e
d
g
e
s
at
the
center
This is two-tiered, but very severe,
steamed for a few minutes, it cannot
back.
without buttons and stitched with
be distinguished from the sweet com
For the 12 year size, removed from the husk in midsum
black. For wear with this skirt she
the
dress
will
require
has had made three white linen
— Design by May Manton. 4% yards of material mer. The corn can be heated in tho
tailored blouses, all alike, with turn
container before opening to serve.
8171 Girl’s French Dress, 8 to 14 Years.
27, 8U yards 36, 2%
over collars and cuffs to the three-
An ear of sweet com on the aver
yards
44
Inches
wide,
quarter sleeves of dark blue linen to
age dining car and hotel a la cart«
with
6H
yards
of
lace
edging
to
make
as
illustrated;
or
4«i
yards
of
match the skirt. She wears either a bordered material 22 Inches wide with % of a yard of plain material 27 service costs 25 cents. Considering
black or blue tie and as the waists Inches wide for the chemisette portion.
this, canning com on the cob for the
soil oftener than the skirt the extra
The May Manton pattern of the dress 8171 Is cut in sizes from S to market might prove a very profitably
blouses are very useful. In effect the 14 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department investment for a thrifty housekeeper
suit resembles very much the Pick of this paper, on receipt of 10 cents.
and bring to her considerable pin-
wick suits worn by the children this
money.
summer.
One advantage of sweet com can«
Remnants of the pretty cotton
ned on the cob over other canned
voiles with their dainty posy pat
com is that all the best food values
terns may be used for making
are kept with the cob. In cutting
sterilization
or
cooking.
If
not
ripe
charming little sunbonnets for the
following recipes for the can-
little daughter.
I n,BE of corn have proven both enough much of the food value is com off, the germ quality of the ker
Sunbonnets are shady and gener- |
practical and economical for the lost In cutting the corn from the cob. nel, which keeps up Its standard, Is
ally becoming, but they are not al- i housewife. The recipes have been Use either glass jars or tin cans. For usually lost. This germ quality is
ways cool, especially if they are worke<i out and the products tested market purposes and greater safety the part of the com that is sought by
rats and mice when they look fo>
In transportation, use tin cans.
made of heavy linen or pique, be for nearly two years.
food in the corn bin, and Is the most
These recipes have been used in
cause the shade frame must be made
Remove husk, silk, shank, tips and
of the material doubled and perhaps connection with the five different injured or defective places. Blanch vital part. Much of the corn Is alsa
lined with butcher's linen In addi types of canning devices and the com in boiling water or steam chest rendered mushy when it is cut from
corn has been put up in all types of for from five to ten minutes. The the cob.
tion, to keep the shape.
containers,
such as glass top, screw time depends upon the stage of ripe
A voile sunbonnet is very cool,
even when the material is doubled, top, suction top and tin cans. The ness, size of ears and degree of
go w ns
method employed is the cold-pack freshness. Remove the ears and SPECIAL- -
as it is quite transparent
A cording or wire along the edge method, the same as Is now being plunge quickly in cold water,
ORDER
keeps the shape and a dainty Valen used in the best commercial factories
Cut the com from the cob with a
TODAY
of the world. Instead of requiring the sharp, thin-bladed knife. Pack well
ciennes edging frames the face.
The strings should be of the ma laborious and tedious method of in glass Jar or tin can; add hot water This handsome
terial. while the fullness at the back fractional sterilization of an hour and a level teaspoon of salt to the suggestion for
can be held by two little rosettes and each day for three consecutive days quart or No. 3 can Place rubber a Christmas
a band either of black velvet or and the lifting of the products in and glass Jar top In place, not tight. Gift complete
colored ribbon.— Washington Herald and out of the canning devices three If using tin, solder cap In place and with cotton
times. The method now employed fill vent hole, or seal completely. to embroider.
contemplates but one sterilization Process the com from 180 to 240 (Speeify ini
and turns out the product In better minutes In the home-made or hot tial wanted)
shape, with better color, texture and water commercial bath outfits: for ONLY—
] flavor than the fractional sterlliza- one and one-half hours in the water-
'tion method
By following these seal outfits; for 60 minutes when ' 99<*
recipes and methods the family can using from five to ten pounds of fiEEDLE-
¡have corn, either on or off the cob, steam pressure, with the steam P1**** cBAFT
throughout the year at a very rea sure canning devices, and 40 min- s]IOp
son expense of time, energy and utes when using the aluminum Rteam
A bsolutely Pure V egetable Soap and ¡uonpy.
pressure cooker outfit. After pro-!
A,der
High Grade Toilet Preparations.
cessing remove the Jars, tighten cov- 1 "Vtland, )re.
Com Off the Cob.
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100* Agents
Wanted 100* and Se,ect
Bweet ears of uniform
°
proper ripeness. If too ripe the
If using tin. Inspect the soldered
A wash made with a teaspoonful
SCHWINGE BROS. CO.
com will color while processing. end caps for pln-hck leak
Repair of alum and a quart of water will
220 Madison Street, Portland, Ore. (Processing is the canning term for all leaks, allow to stand for 24 hours.: prevent offensive sweating.
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C a n n in g C orn on a n d o f f Cob
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