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After using a few fda'ys ra little cream
may ba added to it, as the child im
proves. Tho offensive Odor of the
evacuations should occasion no alarm.
Barley water: To two tablespoon
fuls of barloy add one quart of water
and boil continuously for six hours,
keeping tho quantity up to a quart by
additions of water; strain through a
coarse cloth.
Oat meal water:4 One tablespoonful
of oat meal to a pint of water; boil
one hour, replacing evaporation.
Arrow root water: To onejteaspoon
iful of arrow root add a little water;
rub to a paste. Add one pint of boil
ing water; boil five minutes, stirring
constantly.
Rice water: One heaping table
epoonful of rice to a quart of warm
water; letstandsQn back of stove fen
an hour, then boil slowly to one pint;
strain.
Beef juice: Take a piece of round
steak, perfectly fresh, drop on a hot
griddle for a moment, searing bothl
eicies; cut into pieces to nt a lemon
cqueezer and press out the juice. To a
'teaspoonful of the juice add a scant
cupful of warm water, also a little
ealt Do not reheat Conkey's Homo
Journal.
Watch very closely the effect of any
diet given the child. Food may seem
to disagree with it, when the- trouble
is really due to improper clothing, in
sufficient attention to cleanliness, or
irregularity in giving the food. Re
member, tho best care you can give to
your baby, depends "largely upon
brains and tho use you make of them.
Fleral Chats.
It is none too early to take thought
of your winter garden, if you Intend
having plants from your summer gar
den to fill it. Cuttings of geraniums,
and many other plants should be taken
and started to rooting. Many flower
growers sjmirty "snap" off slips and
thrust them Into .the ground beside
the mother plant, where they quickly
take root if kept well watered and
ehaded for a time. Plant a few seeds
of choice varieties of Petunias this
"SUMMER rOOD"
Ha Other Adramtages.
Many people have tried tne food
Grape-Nuts simply with tho idea of
avoiding the trouble of cooking food
in the hot montLs.
All of these have found something
beside tho ready cooked food idea, for
Grape-Nuts is a scientific food that
toL.es up and restores a sick stomach
as. well as repairs the waste tissue in
brain and nerve centres.
"For two years I had bgen a suf
ferer .from catarrh of the stomach due
to Improper food and to relieve this
condition I had tried nearly every pre
pared food on the market without any
success until 6 months 'ago my wife
purchased a box of Grape-Nuts think
ing it would be a desirable cereal for
the summer months.
"We soon made a discovery, we were
enchanted with the delightful flavor
of the food and to my surprise I began
to get well. My breakfast now con
sists of a little fruit; 4 tablespoonfuls
of Grape-Nut3; a pup of Postum,
which I prefer, to coffee; graham bread'
or toast and two boiled eggs. I never
suffer the least distress after eating
this and my stomach is perfect and
general health fine. Grape-Nuts is a
wonderful .preparation. It was only a
little time after' starting on it that
wife and I both felt younger, more
vigorous, and in all ways stronger.
This has been our experience.
"P. S. Tho addition of a little salt
In place of sugar seems to me to im
prove the food." Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Send for particulars by mail of, ex
tension of time on the $7,500.00 cooks
contest for 735 money prizes.
monthand'thoy will make fine, strong
plants by the timo you are ready for
their removal to tho houBO. Seedling
plants of many things may bo found
Under tho parent plants, and they
should bo cherished; thoy will make
fine winter bloomers.
Many things may be started from
seeda this month and next, and by
growing them yourself, quito a llttlo
sum may be saved with which to buy
the rape plants which cannot be
started except by the florist There
may be some disappointments in store
for you, even after you have dono
your best, but you will also have many
successes as well. Plants aro like
children they must have care. Be
cause a plant will livo without cod
dling is no excuse for neglecting it
The ivy geranium should meet more
general favor than it does, as slips
root readily, and tho plant is beautiful
In leaf and flower. Try a Gloiro do
Lorrainne, and see how beautiful it is.
Lilium Candidum is inexpensive.
blooms tho first year after planting,
and is beautiful in flower, but it must
bo planted in August August, or very
early September is tho timo to plant
the freesias; later planted bulbs seem
to have lost their vitality. August,
too, is tho timo to sow pansy seeds;
they will mako sturdy little plants by
ccld weather. Many other perennials
do well sown in August All plants
Intended for winter garden should bo
growing vigorously by September.
It is not easy to move one to effort
of any kind when the thermometer is
away up in tho nineties, and threaten
ing to go higher, but inclination must
give way to necessity, in all things,
and the labor required Is not very
heavy, while, if the work is neglected
now, there will be vacant spots in your
window garden next winter, and re
gret in your hearts.
Query Bx.
Anxious Mother. -For substitutes for
mother's milk for ailing babies, see
article, "Food for Children," in an
other column. These recipes were
given by the head nurse in a Chil
dren's Hospital. The baby's welfare
depends more on the watchful care of
the mother than upon any medicine;
but It may bo as weH for you to ask
advice of your physician, in case you
doubt your own ability. See also ar
ticle on "Sick Babies."
"A Busy Housekeeper." Would ad
vise you to see your family physician
in tho matter of the child's morbid
appetite. While eating nutmeg might
not be seriously harmful, it can do no
good, and the craving for gum cam
phor certainly should not be indulged,
as the drug is exceedingly harmful in
quantities, as it is a narcotic and an
irritant. For making vinegar, this
is"" recommended: Mix five quarts of
warm rain water with two quarts of
Orleans molasses, and two quarts of
good yeast In hot weather set In the
sun, with a piece of cheesecloth tied
over it to keep, out insects. Will be
ready for use in three weeks.
Mrs. F. A. R. If the cloth, is wash
able (and serge should be), sponge
the stains with warm water and some
good cleansing mixture, until the milk
is removed; then sponge well with
clear water and press. Another way.
Slightly strain the stained part over a
tumbler or basin, and with a soft
brush gently paint the stain with pure
glycerine, using only enough to cover
the stain. Let it soak through to the
other side, and then, in about ten
minutes, rinse in luke-warm water and
iron on the wrong side until quite dry.
The water should be soft water.
Housewife. To preserve pickles
from mold, drop a little grated horse
radish on top of the pickles In each
jar. This Is beneficial in other ways
to the pickle. Whatever kind of meat
is used for filling sandwiches, free It
from skin, bone and gristle, put it
through a meat-chopper, or chop very
fine. Chicken, ham, cream cheeso with
olives, cream cheese with nuts, hard
boiled eggs, sardines, lobster and sal
mon are all used or fillinir for nn,i-
wiches. Sweet sandwiches contain a,
sugni coating of jelly, Ja mor mar
malade. Finely-chopped pickles, mus
tard, salad dressing, etc., aro all used
as seasonings.
The rietlier-la-Law Question.
A writer in tho home department of
tho Inter-Ocean (Chicago), has this
to say to tho young brido who is be
ginning ,to awaken to tho fact that
her "John" is a trifle more "like other
men" than she had supposed him to
bo:
"Above all things, tho wifo should
bo loyal to her husband. At John's
first cross word let her not. en wwn-
Ing home to her motbor to tell her of
her groat unhappiness and John's bru
tal qualities. As l3 natural, tho. mothnr
will think tho daughter irfu'h abused,'
ana win attempt to straighten out tho
tangles. No man Is going to brook
interference from his mother-in-law,
at least for any length of time, and
what could have been smoothed over
in a short timo, had tho wifo exer
cised common senso, is likely to wid
en into a breach that cannot bo
healed. The young wifo ought not to
decant upon her husband'p peculiari
ties to tho neighbors. To use a home
ly phrase, it is none of their business.
If she havo grievances or suspicions,
let her keep them to herself.
"So many young wives think: "Well,
now I havo a husband, nothing more
is to bo done.' Nothing could be
more foolish, more senseless. Ev
erything is to be done. She makes a
fatal mistake who becomes careless in
her personal appearance. If she was
painstaking before marriage to gain
her husband, how much more careful
should she be after marriage to keep
him. Zankwill tells us that tho or
thodox Jews havo a custom which
compels a woman, immediately after
marriago, to shave her head of all her
natural hair and don a wig, frequent
ly hideous, in order that sho may not
gain tho admiration of other men,
forgetting,' says Mr. Zangwill, 'that
xheir husbands are also men.' "
Clever Bob.
Some sing of the lily, and daisy and
rose,
And tho pansies and pinks that the
summertime throws
In the green grassy lap of the medder
that lays
Blinkin' up at tho skies through tho
sunshiny days;
But what is tho lily and all of the
rest
Of the flowers to the man with a heart
in his breast
That was dipped brimmin' full of the
honey and dew
Of the sweet clover blossoms his baby
hood knew?
I never set eyes on. a clover field
now,
Er fool round the stable, or climb in
tho mow,
But my childhood comes back, jest as
clear and as plain
As tho smell of the clover I'm sniflln'
again;
And I wander away, in a barefooted
dream,
Where I tangle my toes in the blos
soms that gleam
With the dew of the "dawn of the
morning of love,
Ere it wept o'er the grave I am weep
in' above.
And so I love clover it seems like a
part
Of the sacredest sorrows and joys xt
my heart
James Whitcomb Riley.
rzklmg Tea.
A reader, giving neither name nor J
address, asks for specific directions for
making a stated quantity of tea. Had
Bho enclosed a stamped, addressed en
velope or oven given her name and
address, I should havo at onco sent
her tho dosircd Information, but I am
afraid tho directions, coming through
tho Homo Department may bo too lato
to help her. However, it may sorvo
somo futuro occasion, and here it is:
Tho general rulo In tea-making la
ono teaspoonful of tea-lcavos to each
cupful of water. Ono quart measuro
holds tor ordinary tcacupfuls of liq
uid. Somo people like tho beverage
not so strong, while others prcfef it
stronger; experience will teach you
to rogulato this to suit yourself, but 1
think, for worklngmen, this would bo
about right Measuro your tea-leaves,
then, four tcaapoonfuls to a quart of
water; fill your tcaiccttlo with fresh
water, just bring it to a good boil,
nnd pour tho desired amount, boiling
hot, on your tea-leaves, cover closely
and set whero it will keep hot not
boll; let stand for flvo to seven min
utos, then serve. Bo sure to havo tho
vessel in which you make yotir tea
perfectly sweet and clean. It Is as
tonishing, when ono comes to think
of it, how much badly-made tea Is
served up for consumption because of
carelessness in the matter of tho tem
poraturo and freshness of tho water
used, and tho condition of tho teapot
Different teas havo different flavors,
and all tea-drinkers do not like tho
same brand, no matter how well it Is
made. A cheap tea is not economical,
as it is not only liable to adulterations,
but a given strength calls for a greater
quantity of tho leaves.
The Button Bear.
Ono can hardly keep house without
a button bag, and hero is a pretty way
to mako one Cut out a circular piece
of material about 18 Inches In diam
eter; if you aro handy with your nee
dle, you might embroider on this plcco
scattered bachelor buttons in pinks
and blues; the bag may be made of
linen, or other smooth material; cre
tonne is good, but not as good for
embroidering as linen. Line w 1
seme contrasting color. Cut lining
just like outside, seam together, and
then sew brass rings at regular inter
vals about tho edge; run a cord In
these, and your button bag is done.
This bag iscapable of being laid out
flat, and the" buttons poked over, then,
by a pull of the draw-string, closed
again, and may be hung up by 'tho
'cord.
Dainty Tea Cletha.
Pretty "5 o'clock tea" cloths may
be made from large napkins, a pretty
design chosen and this simply out
lined with Asiatic twisted embroidery
eilk, or etching silk, If preferred, eith
er in white or colored. The design is
woven into the linen, and you have but
to follow it In outline stitch, which is
rapid work. Some of the work might
be filled in solid with Roman fldo or
Asiatic filoselle. Dolleys may be em
broidered similarly.
"Very pretty covers for small tables
may be made from black satin, sateen
or broadcloth, stamped with some suit
able design followed with Asiatic
couching cord simply couched down.
Tho work is rapid, and the effect very
handsome. Feather-stitching makes
handsome borders, done In contrasting
colors. Unbleached muslins, worked
in shades of brown, oak-leaved design,
outlined vlth brown rope or Mediaeval
silk, with veining3 put in with feather
stitching. Leaves may be filled in
very quickly with diamond stitch.
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