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DECEMBER 8, 1905
an economic measure for costuming of
grown ups, it is well to know that,
by a judicious combination of colors,
many beautiful shades may be brought
out without having to go to the
trouble of discharging the original
color from the fabric to be dyed over.
Here are some of the combinations,
copied from an exchange:
For a blue fabric or article, a dye of
cardinal, or dark wine gives a wine,
or plum color; garnet dye gives
maroon; crimson dye, or maroon
give3 plum; yellow dye gives green;
old gold gives olive green; dark green
dve gives bottle green; green dye
gives peacock blue; orange on light
blue gives brown; terra cotta gives
brown, and brown gives a dark brown;
indigo blue gives navy blue, and
magenta gives purple. All of the new
colors are deeped and lighter, accord
ing to the light or dark color of the
material to be dyed.
For a red fabric, violet dye gives
maroon; purple, a wine color; mag
enta, crimson; seal brown, a seal
brown; brown dye, a brown color;
indigo blue, gives navy blue; light
blue gives purple; terra cotta gives
terra cotta; old gold, mahogany;
orange or yellow, .a scarlet; crimson,
garnet, dark wine, maroon, or cardinal
gives the same color; black, gives
black.
For a green fabric, violet dye gives
a dark blue; orange makes it olive
green; indigo blue makes bottle
green ; light blue gives peacock green ;
yellow dye gives a brown green, and
old gold gives a still brighter green.
In dyeing any fabric, the lighter the
original coloring, the nearer the new
effect -will be to the dye used on it.
The Commoner.
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Salads
Chicken Salad. Take the skin and
bones from two cold, boiled chickens,
and put the meat in a chopping bowl;
THE "COFFEE HEART
It is as Dangerous as th- Tobacco or
Whiskey Heart
"Coffee heart" is common to many
coffee users and is liable to send the
owner to his or her long home if the
drug is persisted in. You can run 30
or 40 yards and finl out if your heart
is troubled. A lady who waB once a
victim of the "coffee heart" writes
from Oregon:
"I have been a habitual user of cof
fee all my life and have suffered very
much in recent years from ailments
which I became satisfied were direct
ly due to the poison in the beverage,
such as torpid liver and indigestion,
which in tur made my complexion
blotchy and muddy.
"Then my heart became affected.
It would beat most rapidly just after
I drank my coffee, and go below nor
mal as the coffee effect wore oir.
Sometimes my pulse would go as
high as 137 beats to the minute. My
family were greatly alarmed at my
condition and i.l last uirther per
suaded me to begin the use of Pos
tum Food Coffee.
"I gave up the old coffee entirely
and absolutely, and made Postum my
sole table beverage. This was six
months ago, and all r ills, the indi
gestion, inactive liver, and rickety
heart action, have passed away, and
my complexion has become clear
a d natural. TI.e imprcvement set
in very soon after I made the
change, just as soon as the coffee
poison had time to work out of my
system.
"My husband has also been greatly
benefited by the use of Postum, and
we And that a simple breakfast with
Postum is as satisfying and more
strengthening than the old heavier
meal we used to have with the other
Kind of coffee." Name givea by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a .reason. Read the little
Jook, "The Road to -WellVille," . in
Pkg3.
fm.a"d wash one dozen celery stalks,
put into the chopping bowl with the
chicken, and chop fine; rub the yolks
of six hard boiled cgra very fine,
season with half teaspoonful of salt
one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper one
teaspoonful of dry, powdered mustard,
and stir into this the yolks of four
raw eggs. Have half-pint of white
vinegar boiling; put ii.to this vinegar
one-half pound of good butter; when
melted, stir in the prepared eggs and
set the mixture aside to cool. If too
stiff when cold, add enough sweet
cream to make it right. Mix thorough
ly with the chicken and celery and
keep it cool until ready to serve.
Nut and Celery Salad. One cupful
of English walnut meats; put in pan;
add one slice of onion, a small blade
of mace, and half a bay-leaf; pour
over this one large cupful of boiling
water and boil about ten minutes, or
until the walnuts will blanch easily;
drain and dry the meats in a towol
and cut into small pieces; mix this
with finely chopped celery and mayon
naise dressing. Form cups of lettuce
leaves and serve the salad in these.
Salmon Salad. From one can of
salmon separate bones, skin and oil
and break up into small pieces. Chop
three large, cold boiled potatoes into
dice, powder the yolks of three hard
boiled eggs, season with one-fourth
teaspoonful of salt and a pinch of
pepper; mix together and pour over
all a dressing made as follows: Yolks
of two eggs, one level teaspoonful of
mustard, one level teaspoonful of salt,
one-fourth level teaspoonful of cay
enne pepper, one-half teaspoonful of
the white of an egg, one-half pint of
salad oil, two level tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar and one-half cupful of whipped
cream. Mix the eggs, mustard, salt,
pepper and white of an egg with a
fork until smooth; stir in gradually,
drop by drop, the half-pint of salad
oil. "When it begins to get very
thick, put in a little lemon juice, al
ternating oil and lemon juice, beating
all the time. Lastly, beat in the
vinegar, little by little. Just before
pouring over the salad to serve, add
the whipped cream, folding it in. The
whipped, cream minimizes the taste of
the oil. This is the recipe used at the
World's Fair by the Alaska Packers'
association.
A "Boiled Dinner"
One of our readers asks how to get
up a "boiled" dinner, as she is new
at the business of cooking. For the
foundation of the boiled dinner, a
small ham, or shoulder of pork, pre
ferably fresh, or a piece of corned
beef (home-cured, is best,) or even a
piece of salt or home-pickled pork Is
good. Cook the meat early enough
to allow the liquor to cool, that the
surplus fat may bo removed from it
before putting in the vegetables. If
corned beef is used, it should be
washed and soaked in cold water for
several hours, then put on to cook
in freshly boiling water and kept
boiling slowly; (simmering) until ten
der, skimming until it is clear. Leave
kthe meat in the water until it cools.
then take out, ana let tne water get
cold, when the cake of fat can be
removed. For cooking the vegetables
or whatever kind chosen, take part of
the water in which the meat was
cooked, and cook each kind of vege
table to itself, in a separate kettle.
Arrange so as to have all kinds done
at the same time; some kinds take
less time for cooking than others,
and nothing should be either under
or overdone. Potatoes, turnips, car
rots, parsnips, cabbage, or any vege
table usually cooked with meats will
ITIAWGI
In serving, place the meat in the
center of the platver, and arrange the
vegetables around it in an attractive
manner; or. serve the meat on its
flatter, using vegetable dishes for
the vegetables,' and serving as re
quired. For n family dinner, the
small individual dlshos or platter aro
seldom used, but you can ubo thorn
it you prefer to keep the vegetables
separate, and to servo thorn all at
once. Bits of parsley, onion at or
w tn the dinner Is said to absorb the
odor of cabbage or other vogetablos
that might unpleasantly taint the
breath.
Query Box
(Quite a few queries aro answered
under other headings. Others have
been answered by mail. If further in
formation is wanted, do not hesitate
to ask.)
M. S. I should not advise you to
varnish your straw matting, as, if
much used, the varnish will cause the
straw to crack.
Marlon. The better way to learn
how to do a thing is to do It. Theory
and technique are all right, but prac
tical knowledge gaiued by experience
is best.
Hostess. Now-a-days, when, as you
say, "everything gets into the news
papers," it is wise to treat the re
porter courteously, giving out what
you are willing slrould be used, and
asking him kindly to leave out mat
ters you do not wish made public.
Reporters are generally sensible per
sons. M. R. As to whether the average
farm woman could keep her house as
nice as that of her village sister,
would, I should think, depend on what
the farm woman does outside her
housework. A great many farm
women have too many tasks outside of
her house to allow her to do justice
to the inside. Most of them do the
best they can.
Mrs. J. B. A trained cook tells us
that "drop" batter has so much
flour in it that it "drops" or breaks
when poured; a "thick" batter pours
like heavy cream; a thin batter flows
like thin cream. Two cupfuls of
flour to one cup of milk will usually
make a drop batter; one and a half
cupfuls to a cupful of milk, a thick
batter; one cup of flour to one of
milk, a thin batter.
Tillie's Mother. To lengthen the
lassie's skirt, where the upper part is
all right, cut a ripple flounce of the
required length, face it with a two
inch bias strip, open the lower edge
of the skirt-hem and insert the top of
the ripple and stitch fast. Or, make
a straight ruffle of the required length,
allowing for a one-inch hem, open the
lower edge of the skirt hem and set in
the top of the ruffle, making several
side plaits at each seam of the Bkirt
to give fullness about the feet.
Anxious Mother. It would be a
good idea to dress the table in plain
cloth and napkins, if only of common
cotton cloth, and teach the children
table manners and a proper use of
the napkin, so that when away from
home they may be at ease and not
mortify you and distrust themselves
from Ignorance. Very neat doileyS
may be made from the pretty table
oil cloths to be found at any store,
finishing the edges In various ways,
and their constant use c3fc be made
educational without increasing the
laundry work.
Robert J. To take the "bagginess"
out of the knees of your trousers, and
give them the "fold" in the legs you
so much .admire, turn the trousers
wrong-side out, fold flat at the seams
and lay on an Ironing board; moisten
the "bagginess" thoroughly with a
spbnge, or lay a rather damp cloth
over the bulged place, and press (do
not iron; your mother or sister can
tell you the difference in the two
terms) well with a moderately hot
iron; continue this until the goods
"shrink" into place. Then, turn the
garment right-side out, fold the leg
seams exactly together; lay on the
ironing board, place a damp cloth
over the goods and press-each leg
iiopnrnloly with a hot, honvy Iron. A.
littlo practice will mnko you "per
fect," and you can always keep your
garmont looking frcah, If not ne
glected too long. (2.) No, indeed, I
do not blame n boy for wanting to
look nice. Wo all llko nice looking
boys.
The Watch no a Compaes
A writer In the Woman's Homo
Companion gives tho following method
of determining the quarters of tho
compass by tho watch: "All you
have to do in to lay your watch in
your hand, flat In tho palm, with tho
hour-hand pointing In the direction
of the sun. The point exactly midway
between the hour-hand and tho flguro
XII will bo due south; It will bo re
membered, however, that during tho
time from 0 o'clock in the aftornoon
to G o'clock In tho morning, our rulo
gives the north point instead of the
south point. In the southern hemis
phere, tho rulo is reversed."
To Polish a Mirror
Have a piece of fine sponge, u soft
cloth and piece of old, soft silk. Theso
must bo kept perfectly free from dust
and dirt, as the least grit will scratch
he tine polished surface of tho glass.
With a little spirits of wine, or equal
parts of gin and water, sponge off all
spots; then dust quickly over the sur
face fine powdered glue, tied in a
muslin bag. Rub off lightly .and
quickly with the soft cloth and polish
with the old, soft nllk. The etIgon of
the frame must not bo touched. Ex.
Floor Polloh
Put two ounces of yellow beeswax
and a half ounce of white wax, shaved
fine, into a pint of turpentine and let
stand twenty-four hours. Dissolve
half an ounce of white castlle soap
In half a cupful of boiling water;
when dissolved, pour Into the turpen
tine mixture; mix thoroughly, and set
the vessel containing it In a pot of hot
water in order that It may bo warm.
Apply, a very little at a time, to the
floor with a flannel cloth, doing but
a small space at a time and doing it
well, polishing it 'Vigorously. Do not
attempt to wax a floor unless you aro
prepared for hard work, and plenty
of it. Otherwise, it Is best to try some
other floor finish.
Invalids Can
Earn Money
You can stay in your sick
room and earn money f$
to iooo, perhaps more.
The .work is easy and
pleasant, and there is no
chance of not making
money. We have done all
the preliminaries. The end
and the reward are yours.
There is more in it for
well people; but enough in
it for sick people to make
it worth doing.
The Curtis Publishing Company
E 72 Arch St, Philadelphia
Publishers of
The Ladies' Home Journal
The Saturday Evening Post.
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