The Hermiston herald., October 05, 1918, Image 6

FOR THOSE FOND OF SALADS BIG TRUTH IN “LOAFER LAND"
MWU
affording Vari-
Hera Ara Six Recipes,
•ty That Is Needed in These
Preparations.
Prudence and Fairy enter­
tain the good ladies of
the congregation and the
result is rather disas­
trous for Prudence.
Mr. Starr, a widower Method-
let minister, has been assigned
to the congregation at Mount
Mark, Iowa. He and his daugh­
ter Prudence—she Is nineteen
■nd the eldest of five girls—
have come on ahead to get the
new parsonage ready for the
younger members of the family.
The whole town, especially the
Methodist element, is very curi­
ous about the strangers, and in­
dividually members
of
the
church call at the parsonage and
“pump" the girls for all they’re
worth. But the Starrs soon ad­
just themselves to their new
surroundingsyand after much
preparation, Prudence and Fairy
are going to entertain the La­
dies’ Aid society. Some of the
members are arriving now.
CHAPTER III—Continued.
"Not on your life.” said Carol
promptly and emphatically ; “he’s worse
than Prudence. Like as not he'd give
me a good thrashing into the bargain.
No—I'm strong for Prudence when it
comes to punishment—in preference
to father, I mean. I can't seem to be
fond of any kind of punishment from
anybody.”
For a while Carol was much de­
pressed, but by nature she was a buoy­
ant soul, and her spirits were presently
soaring again.
In the meantime, the Ladles of the
Aid society continued to arrive. Pru­
dence and Fairy, freshly gowned and
smiling-faced, received them with cor­
diality and many merry words. It was
not difficult, for them ; they had been
reared In the hospitable atmosphere of
Methodist parsonages, where, if you
have but two dishes of oatmeal, the
outsider is welcome to one. That is
Carol's description of parsonage life.
But Prudence was concerned to ob­
serve that a big easy chair placed well
back In a secluded corner, seemed to
be giving dissatisfaction. It was Mrs.
Adams who sat there first.
She
squirmed quite a little, and seemed to
be gripping the arms of the chair with
unnecessary fervor.
Presently she
stammered an excuse, and, rising, went
into the other room. After that, Mrs.
Miller, then Mrs. Jack, Mrs. Norey,
and Mrs. Beed, in turn, sat there—and
did not stay. Prudence was quite ago-
nized. Had the awful twins filled it
with needles for the reception of the
poor Ladies? At first opportunity she
hurried Into the secluded corner, intent
upon trying the chair for herself. She
mt down anxiously. Then she gasped
and clutched frantically at the arm of
the chair. For she discovered at once
to her dismay that the chair was bot­
tomless, and that only by hanging on
for her life could she keep from drop­
ping through.
Up rose Prudence, conscientiously
pulling after her the thin cushion
which had concealed the chair's short-
coming.
“Look, Fairy !” she cried.
“Did you take the bottom out of this
chair? It must have been horribly un­
comfortable for those who have sat
there! However did it happen F
Fairy was frnnkly amased, and a
little inclined to be amused.
"Ask the twins,” she said tersely;
"I know nothing about it.”
At that moment, the luckless Carol
went running through the hall. Pru­
dence knew it was she, without seeing,
because she had a peculiar skipping
run that was quite characteristic and
unmistakable.
“Carol !" she called.
And Carol paused.
"Carol!" more Imperatively.
Then Carol slowly opened the door—
she was a parsonage girl and rose to
the occasion. She smiled winsomely—
Carol was nearly always winsome.
“How do yon do?” she said brightly.
"Isn't It a lovely day? Did you call
me. Prudence F
"Yes. Do you know where the bot­
tom of that chair has gone?
"Why no. Prudence—gracious! That
chair!—why. I didn’t know you were
going to bring that chair in here.
Why—oh. I am so sorry ! Why In the
world didn't you tell ns beforehand F
Some of the Ladles smiled. Others
lifted their brows and shoulders In a
mildly suggestive way. that Prudence,
after nineteen years in the parsonage,
had learned to know and dread.
“And where is the chair-bottom
now F she Inquired. "And why did
“You and Lark?”
“Well, yes—but It was really all my
fault, you know. We wanted to make
a seat up high in the peach tree, and
the bottom off the chair was just fina.
It’s a perfectly adorable seat," bright
ening, but sobering again as she real-
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Everybody hates a loafer around
Plain Cauliflower Salad.—Boil a nice
who consumes without giving any
cauUflower and break up into, lower thing in return. United States agri­
ets; serve very cold with French dress
cultural department, in naming stump
lug.
land “loafer land,” has struck upon a
Beet Salad-Boil some
big truth that every farmer should
into dice, add salt, pepper, a little oil
take Into consideration.
and vinegar, and let them
Men who have made careful study
hiur; then arrange in piles on plate
of the situation claim that every
ard add a tablespoonful of capers an
inch stump on your place wastes 100
as many cut-up olives and serve wit
square feet of land. At first this state­
mayonnaise.
. ment may seem somewhat surprising
Fish Salad—Pick up any cold cooked
and many farmers seem to feel that
fish or use canned salmon, arrange
by pasturing their stump land there la
in a pile in a dish with quarters of
hard-boiled eggs, alternating with lem­ no waste at all.
This is poor figuring, says California
on quarters around the edge and mas
Cultivator.
In most stump fields
the fish with mayonnaise.
there Is an average of 150 stumps to
Orange Salad—Take large, seedless
the acre, some much larger than 12
oranges and cut into slices; arrange
inches. With an average of 150 stumps
In a circle, the edges overlapping, and
to the acre you are simply wasting
put a walnut half in the middle of each
15,000 square feet of land to each
piece. Watercress may be arranged in
acre, and as there are only 43,000
the center of the dish or not, and put
square feet to the acre, you are wast­
French dressing over all.
Banana
Salad—Cut bananas in ing one-third of your land. Suppose
someone were to propose to you that
halves crosswise and lay on lettuce or
by themselves on a flat dish. Sprinkle of each 30-acre pasture you shut off
ten acres for the pure joy of seeing
well with chopped peanuts and serve
It wasted. You would think him ut­
with mayonnaise dressing.
Peach Salad—Drain canned peaches terly absurd, but it is no more absurd
than to continue letting your land
and wipe dry ; put a spoonful of may­
onnaise made with cream into the mid­ Ue In a stumpage.
And after all it doesn't take long
dle of each one. Apricots may be used
to clear off the stumps. The job can
Instead of peaches.
be done on the days when you can’t
work at anything else and by own­
BUILT-IN BOX FOR KITCHEN ing a good stump puller or being ready
with dynamite you will find a surpris­
Takes Up Little Room, and Is Most ing lot of “loafer land” converted to
Handy Receptacle for Necessary
usefulness for the year’s end.
Wood or Coal.
beets and cut
stand an
By ETHEL HUESTON
ill IMI
Job of Clearing Fields of Slumps Can
Be Done on Days When Other
Work Is Not Pressing-
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“We—we—we
are
making—mud
1 we put the cushion in the chair so that
it wouldn’t be noticed. We never use images, Prudence. It—it was awfully
that chair, you know. I'm so sorry messy, I know, but—they say—it is
I about it."
such a good—and useful thing to do.
I Carol was really quite crushed, but We—we didn’t expect—the—the La-
true to her parsonage training, she dies to see us.”
“Mud images!” gasped Prudence,
struggled valiantly and presently
brought forth a crumpled and sickly and even Fairy stared incredulously.
“Where In the world did you get hold
smile.
But Prudence smiled at ber kindly. of an idea like that?”
“It—it was in that—that Mother’s
That wasn’t very naughty, Carol,” she
said frankly. “It’s true that we sel- Home Friend paper you take, Pru­
dom use that chair, And we ought to dence.” Prudence blushed guiltily. “It
have looked.” She glanced reproach- was modeling In clay, but—we haven’t
fully at Fairy. "It is strange that in any clay, and—the mud is very nice,
dusting it. Fairy—but never mind. You but—oh, I know I look just—horrible.
I—I—Connie pushed me in the—puddle
may go now, Carol. It is all right.”
Then she apologized gently to the —for fun.” Another appealing glance
Ladies, and the conversation went on, into her sister's face, and Lark plunged
but Prudence was uncomfortably con­ on, bent on smoothing matters if she
scious of keen and quizzical eyes could. “Carol is—Is just fine at It,
turned her way.
Evidently they really. She—she’s making a Venus de
Milo, and it’s good. But we can’t re­
thought she was too lenient.
“Well, it wasn’t very naughty,” she member whether her arm is off at the
An
thought wretchedly. “How can I pre­ elbow or below the shoulder—”
tend it was terribly bad, when I feel enormous gulp, and by furious blinking
Lark managed to crowd back the tears
in my heart that it wasn’t!”
The meeting progressed, and the that would slip to the edge of her
business was presently disposed of. lashes. “I—I’m very sorry. Prudence.”
“Very well, Lark, you may go. I do
So far, things were not too seriously
bad, and Prudence sighed In great re­ not really object to your modeling in
lief. Then the Ladies took out their mud, I am sure. I am sorry you look
You must change
sewing, and began industriously work­ so disreputable.
ing at many articles, designed for the your shoes and stockings at once, and
clothing of a lot of young Methodists then you can go on with your model­
confined in an orphans’ home in Chi­ ing. But there must be no more push­
cago. And they talked together pleas­ ing and chasing. I’ll see Connie about
antly and gayly. And Prudence and that tonight. Now go.” And Lark was
swift to avail herself of the permission.
Fairy felt that the cloud was lifted.
But soon it settled again, dark and
Followed a quiet hour, and then the
lowering. Prudence heard Lark run­ Ladies put aside their sewing and
ning through the hall and her soul mis­ walked about the room, chatting In
gave her. Why was Lark going up- little groups. With a significant glance
stairs? To be sure, her mission might to Fairy, Prudence walked calmly to
be innocent, but Prudence dared not the double doors between the dining
run the risk. Fortunately she was sit­ room and the sitting room. The eyes
ting near the door.
of the Ladies followed her with inter­
“Lark !” she called softly.
Lark est, and even enthusiasm. They were
stopped abruptly, and something fell hungry. Prudence slowly opened wide
to the floor.
the doors, and—stood amazed! The
“Lark !”
Ladies clustered about her, and stood
The Ladies smiled, and Miss Carr, amazed also. The dining room was
laughing lightly, said, “She is an atten­ there, and the table! But the appear­
tive creature, isn't she?”
ance of the place was vastly different !
Prudence would gladly have flown The snowy cloth was draped artis­
out into the hall to settle this matter, tically over a picture on the wall, the
but she realized that she was on exhl- lowest edges well above the floor. The
plates and trays, napkin-covered, were
safely stowed away on the floor in dis­
tant corners. The kitchen scrub buck­
et had been brought in and turned up­
side down, to afford a fitting resting
place for the borrowed punch bowl,
full to overflowing with fragrant lem­
onade.
And at the table were three dirty,
disheveled little figures, bending seri­
ously over piles of mud. A not-unrec-
ognizable Venus de Milo occupied ths
center of the table. Connie was pains-
takingly at work on some animal, ■
dog perhaps, or possibly an elephanL
And—
The three young modelers looked up
in exclamatory consternation as the
doors opened.
“Oh, are you ready?” cried Carol.
“How time has flown ! We had no idea
you’d be ready so soon. Oh, we are
sorry. Prudence. We intended to have
everything fixed properly for you again.
We needed a flat place for our model­
ing. It’s a shame, that’s what it Is.
Isn’t that a handsome Venus? I did
that !—If you'll just shut the door one
minute, Prudence, we’ll have every­
thing exactly as you left it And we’re
as sorry as we can be. You can have
my Venus for a centerpiece, If you
like.”
Prudence silently closed the doors,
and the Ladles, laughing significantly,
“Isn’t That a Handsome Venus?"
drew away.
bition. Had she done so, the Ladies
“Don’t you think, my dear.” began
would have set her down forever after Mrs. Prentiss too sweetly, “that they
as thoroughly incompetent—she could are a little more than you can manage?
not gol But Lark must come to her. Don’t you really think an older woman
"Lark !” This was Prudence's most is needed F
awful voice, and Lark was bound to
“I do not think so,” cried Fairy, be­
heed.
fore her sister could speak, “no older
"Oh. Prue," she said plaintively, "I’ll woman could be kinder, or sweeter, or
be there in a minute. Can't you wait more patient and helpful than Prue."
just five minutes? Let me run up­
“Undoubtedly truel But something
stairs first, won't you? Then I’ll come more is needed, I am afraid! It ap­
gladly I Won't that doF
pears that girls are a little more dis-
* Her voice was hopeful. But Pru­ orderly than in my own young days!
dence replied with dangerous calm :
Perhaps I do not judge advisedly, but
"Come at once. Lark.”
It seems to me they are a little—un­
"All right, then," and added threat­ manageable.”
eningly, "but you'U wish I hadn't”
Then Lark opened the door—a woe­
ful figure ! In one hand she carried an
Don’t you think that Mr. Starr
empty shoe box. And her face was
would
Prudence much
streaked with good rich Iowa mud.
worry and responsibility If he
Her clothes were plastered with It One
shoe was caked from the sole to the
eonal duties and a little more to
very top button, and a great gash in
helping her manage the young-
her stocking revealed a generous por­
tion of round, white leg.
Poor Prudence ! At that moment she
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
would have exchanged the whole par-
nonage, bathroom, electric lights and
Out of the Calculation.
all, for a tiny log cabin In the heart
"Do you think there are people up
In Mars?’
might be alone together.
“What difference does It make?” re-
And Fairy laughed. Prudence looked
“Even tf
at her with tears in her eyes, and then Joined Senator Sorghum.
there are they are too distant to vote
turned to the wretched girl.
“What have you been doing. Lark? or even drag us into diplomatic con-
The heartbreak expressed in the face
of Lark would have made the angels
weep. Beneath the smudges of mud
Grasping Opportunity.
on her cheeks she was pallid, and. try
as she would, she could not keep her
chin from trembling ominously. Her
I am sending a simple plan for a
wood or coal box in the kitchen—one
that will save many steps, as well as
muddy
tracks across a
freshly
scrubbed floor.
Leave an opening in the kitchen wall
3 feet square. Then make a box Inside
isiD T*B
ENTCHPP
IIIIL
3 feet high, 3 feet long, 2 feet wide.
Six Inches from the back make a cov­
er or door 18 Inches wide, Put to-
gether with hinges.
Now. for the outside:
Top, 20
inches wide; length, 3 feet; diagonal
height, 40 Inches, and 6 Inches from
the back make a door 14 inches wide.
Paint or varnish to match the wood­
work.
Paint the outside like the
house.—Mrs. Ruth Crawford In Farm
Progress.
12
GOOD AS VEGETABLE MATTER
LADIES! DARKEN
YOUR GRAY MA
Use Grandma’s Sage Tea
Sulphur Recipe and Nob
will Know.
The use of Sage and Sulphur ,
storing faded, gray hair tois" re
color dates back to granannatini
time. She used it to keep NeA
beautifully dark, glossy and’anerhe
Whenever her hair took on th"
faded or streaked appearan.," 9"
simple mixture was applied with.
derful effect.
’*
But brewing at home is mus. .
out-of-date. Nowadays, by ask,"
any drug store for a 50 cent botti. 51
“Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur""
pound,” you will get this famo.
preparation, improved by the adais
of other ingredients, which can bet
pended upon to restore natura #
and beauty to the hair.
A well-known downtown dr
says it darkens the hair so uaS
and evenly that nobody can tell it S'
been applied. You simply dampen,
sponge or soft brush with It and ar,
this through your hair, taking or
strand at a Urne. By morning 6
gray hair disappears, and after a
other application òr two, it become
beautifully dark and glossy. .
Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur co
pound is a delightful toilet requisit
for those who desire a more youth«
appearance. It is not intended forth
cure, mitigation or prevention of di»
ease.
Its Endurance.
“Does your wife always insist «
having the last word?”
“Yes, and It lasts all right, too.—
Baltimore American.
Refuse Hay, Straw Litter, and Other
Rubbish Can Be Utilized In Or­
AN IMPORTANT LEITER
chard and Garden.
FROM A WOMAN
The value of refuse hay, straw lit­
ter and other rubbish for vegetable
matter on orchard and garden soil
has hardly been realized. Much of this
material goes to waste every year that
might be used to enrich the garden and
orchard soil.
Now is the time to apply such ma­
terials to the soil, as it will take some
time for it to decay and be of use to
By applying this fall and
the soil,
turning It under the soli will be re-
vlved and enriched and. hence made
ready for preparation and planting
next spring.
Most gardens could be made far
more productive than they have been.
To do this It will be necessary to
begin on time. Humus is the greatest
need in most instances, for without
It little can be done in good prepara­
tion and ample cultivation.
Barnyard manure is better than
waste litter, straw, etc., but manure
is generally scarce, not enough being
available to improve the soil on most
farms. To supplement manure all
waste vegetable matter should be used.
NOVEL ROTARY SPADING PLOW
Farm Implement Recently Patented
by California Inventor Haa Self-
Scouring Arrangement.
There is nothing that will bring com-
fort and renewed hope to the invalid
so surely as good news.
When the
vital forces are at a low ebb and ever,
thing seems useless, a ray of joy end
assurance will stimulate the weary
body to new effort and energy. A la­
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tide in many a siege of sickness. Dr.
Pierce, of the Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo,
N. Y., has good news for every sul-
fering woman. Write him today and
tell him your troubles, and he will send
you just the right advice to restore you
to health and bring back the resat»I
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His “Favorite Prescription” has been
the rescue of thousands of suffering
women. Many grateful patients have
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Mothers, if your daughters are weak,
lack ambition, are troubled with head-
aches, lassitude and are pale and
sickly, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Presen
tion is just what they need to sure
bring the bloom of health to the
cheeks and make them strong and
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I
For all diseases peculiar to wean
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If you are a sufferer, if year dP
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The modern improvement in P
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help Nature instead of fighting “
her. Sick and nervous headace, -
ousnees, costiveness, and all denpg
mente of the liver, stomach and
are prevented, relieved and cure. [
Arithmetic of Mixing Bowl.
There are a number of fixed propor-
Such a rotary plow as shown here
tions used in all recipes, and the fol­
has been used In Germany for some
lowing are standard :
time, though many details of construc­
One-half as much liquid as flour for
tion were different. This plow is a
mutiin and batter cakes; one-third as
much liquid as flour for soft doughs
as for biscuit.
One-fourth as much liquid as flour
for stiff doughs as for bread.
One-third to one-half as much but­
ter as sugar for all butter cakes.
With Restrictions
!
One to one and a half teaspoonfuls
"I say, officer, can one speed on M
of baking powder to a cupful of flour
driveway?”
J
for batter doughs.
“Sure, sor, but ye can’t race
One-third as much shortening as
ye go at a walk.’’—Baltimore A"
flour for pastry.
can.
' I
One teaspoonful of soda to one pint
C. B„ 16—I can tell how much "I"
of sour milk.
runs over Niagara Falls to » I" I
Queen—Well, how muchi
I
Bananas Filled With Cream.
C. E., 16—Two pints.—Texas "
Remove one section of the peel from
horn.
as many bananas as you wish to serve.
Take out the pulp with a teaspoon and
“I hear that Booth char.,
Rotary Spading Plow.”
force through vegetable ricer. For six
writes no less than 20 noves,
bananas allow one cupful powdered
“He must be what you mig"".
recent patent of a Sacramento (Cal.)
sugar, one cupful of thick cream, one-
literary celerity.’’—Boston T"
man.
The
blades
of
this
spading
plow
third cupful of sweet milk beaten to­
are cleared by means of the push rods,
"The Browns are celebrating “f
gether, and one teaspoonful of lemon
which have scraper plates mounted on silver wedding next Saturday, m
Juice. Fill the banana skins and put
them and are movable over the blades
“Their silver wedding?
on the section that was removed, Set
the stuffed fruit Into a lard pall, put of the spades. Thus, the plow Is made a have been married only five X.
“I know, but that’s five “s
on cover and pack In equal parts salt self-scouring affair.—Farming Busi-
long as anybody expected thenni
ness.
and Ice. After being ____________
packed one and
married, so they feel they ar*
one-half hours they will be ready to
to a discount’’—New York worn
serve.
TOAD IS GARDEN POLICEMAN
Ginger Puff Pudding.
Cream one-half cupful of butter, add
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs
well beaten, one cupful milk, two and
one-half cupfuls of flour mixed and
sifted with three teaspoonfuls of bak­
ing powder, one-fourth cupful of gin-
ger cut in small pieces and one table­
spoonful of ginger sirup. Turn Into a
buttered mold and steam one and
three-quarters hours.
Serve with
whipped cream sweetened and fla­
vored with ginger sirup and a speck of
Mixed Fruit Ice Cream.
Take the juice of three oranges,
three lemons, three bananas, and a
cupful of cooked apricots, three cup.
tuts
ofsugar and three cupfuls or
rich milk; put the apricots and ba.
nanas through a sieve and mix
other ingredients until the g(
issolved.
Freeze as
the
usual.
When Whipping Cream.
To keep the cream from spattering
out, place a piece of stiff white pane
over the top of the howl with sman
glie tn Ika _ _ _ __ _ _ -
Seventy-Seven Per Cent of Hie Diet
la Composed of Insects—Should
Be Welcome Quest
The toad is a garden policeman.
Seventy-seven per cent of his diet la
composed of Insects and the remain­
der consists of spiders and worms of
all kinds.
. The toad 18 in a position to capture
his daily bread" with his tongue. In
this respect he is like some who get
their living by talking.
A toad should be a welcome guest
lu a garden or flower bed.
WEED IS MOST UNDESIRABLE
Keeping Ahead of Noxious Plant Re.
quires
ance on Part of Farmer.
Knowledge and Persever-
A good deal has been said about
weeds and all will agree that they are
most undesirable.
No one cares to
grow themin
crops and If yet
they grow,
and that luxuriantly.
unrestrained.
Keeping ahead of the weeds requires
Perseverance
and a. * — correct
(a) (56 kigngss e.
. knowledge
. awm.
== MANY”
Distinctive
REASONS
Why you should try Ho
tor’s Stomach Bitters
WHEN THE APPETITE I "
WHEN THE DIGESTION
WHEN THE LIVER « " I
BUT, the all importan"
is, that it helps Nature "
restoring normal cor
ditions.
Insist
on J
HOSTETTER"
Stomach Bitter