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boil in clear water until tender, then
drain and "lay in jars. Then make a
eyrup of one pound of nice brown
Bugar to one pint of vinegar and a few
cloves. Cover this pickle with the
liquid boiling hot and seal. Cucum
bers can be used in the same way in
stead of watermelon rinds.'
Another Way Pare the green from
the rind and take out the pink; cut
into pieces two inches long, throw
them into a stone jar, cover with a
weak brine (made as above) and leave
them overnight. In the morning pour
off the brine, put the rinds into a
preserving kettle, cover with fresh
water and cook until they can be
pierced with a fork. Take out and
drain through a colander. Take suffi
cient vinegar to cover the pickle and
sweeten to taste (usually a pound of
sugar to a pint of vinegar). For each
gallon of vinegar take-two teaspoon
fuls each of cloves, alspice, and bits
of stick cinnamon bark. Tie the
spices in a bag and place in the vine
gar in the preserving kettle. When
the vinegar begins to boil, pour the
rinds into it, and let them boil up for
a few minutes, then put them hot
into self-sealing jars. If the spices
are put loose into the vinegar they
will discolor the pickles and make
little dark spots which spoil the ap
pearance of the pickles. M. N. C.
Requested Recipes
"Arme ritter," or "poor knight's
bread" is made as follows: Slices
of stale bread, saturated in milk, fried
brown on both sides in butter jr lard,
is served hot, powdered with sugar
and cinnamon. Can be improyed by
putting a fried egg or some fruit on
the slices of toast.
"Friar's toast" is sweeter than "pain
pardu" (literally, lost bread), and to
prepare either, dip stale slices of
bread in milk in which has been beat
en an egg for each half pint; add a
very little sugar and fry brown' in
very hot fat. Serve with powdered
sugar. This is a luncheon dish, and
convenient for using" up scraps of stale
bread.
Tomato Omelet Peel and stew to
matoes, seasoning well with butter, a
minced onion, salt and pepper and a
rolled cracker. Cook an hour on the
back of the range; cool and stir into
it three well-beaten eggs. Have the
skillet very hot with a tablespoonful
of butter ready and cook the omelet
as usual, first on one side, then on
the other, browning nice!.
Stuffed Cucumbers Pare 'half a
dozen small, ripe cucumbers (not too
old), cut off the tip ends and extract
all seeds with a teaspoon, cover the
shells with cold water in which there
is a spoonful of vinegar, parboil them
in boiling water for five minutes.
Drain and lay in cold water; have
a good forcemeat made of either
chicken or veal; fill the shells, which
should be well drained and dry, and
lay them in a pan lined with thin
slices of sweet pork; season with
minced parsley, salt and pepper, and
a little chopped onion; put a dot of
butter on each; baste with melted
butter while cooking. Cook twenty
minutes, and pour a nice brown sauce
over them before serving.
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food
A trained nurse says: "In the prac
tice of my profession I have found
so many points in favor of Grape
Nuts food that I unhesitatingly recom
mend it to all my patients.
"It is' delicate and pleasing to the
palate (an essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream for
babies or the aged when deficiency of
teeth renders mastication impossible.
For fever patients or those on liquid
diet I find Grape-Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and( refresh
ing. This recipe is my own' idea and
is made as follows: Soak a tea
spoonful of Grape-Nuts in a glass of
water for an hour, strain and serve
with the beaten white of an egg and
a spoonful of fruit juice or flavoring.
This affords a great deal of nourish
ment that even the weakest stom
ach can assimilate without any dis
tress. "My husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders
it many times for his patients.
"Personally I regard a dish of
Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit
as the ideal breakfast for anyone
well or sick." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
In any case of stomach trouble, ner
vous prostration or brain fag, a 10
days trial of Grapo-Nuts will work
wonders toward' nourishing and re
building, and in this way ending the
trouble. "There's a reason" and trial
proves.
Look in pkgs. forM.be famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
For the Lamps
All lamp burners and wicks should
be thoroughly cleansed as often as
once a month. Take out the wicks
and put them into a pan of boiling
water, with a teaspoonful of washing
soda, set the pan on the stove and let
boil for an hour, when they should
be taken out, rinsed well in clean
water and dried in the sun. Put the
burners also into a pan of boiling
water in which has been dissolved
three teaspoonfuls of washing soda,
and boil and rinse in the same way.
Thoroughly wash out the bowl of the
lamp and re-fill with clean, fresh oil.
That taken from the emptied lamp
may be put into a bottle and used for
cleaning in various ways. When the
wick and burners are dried, return
them to the freshly-filled lamp, trim
the wick carefully, lighting it to see
if all is right, before you set it away.
All soft or tissue papers should be
saved for chimney cleaners, and when
the lamp is filled and ready to be set
away, it is better to rub the charred
edge off of the wick with a bit of
paper than to try to even it with the
scissors. One of the most necessary
articles in the home is a clear, sweet
smelling flight.
Caring for the Shoes
A shoe dressing that simply var
nishes the leather is bad; it soon
cracks and ruins the leather. Many
of the .shoe polishes on sale are very
injurious to the leather, although they
may polish readily and look nice
when in use. An excellent polish can
be made at home at little cost, and
there is always the useful vaseline
and the castor-oil bottle. These are
especially valuable when the shoes
have been wet, whether by the dew
or otherwise. To dry the shoe
properly, it should have a good coat
ing of either the vaseline or the oil,
and left to dry in the sun, after filling
the shoe with bran well stuffed in to
keep it in shape. When dried by this
means, the leather should be soft and
pliable, and a rubbing with soft cloths
will bring out a dull polish. Do not
set wet shoes away with the mud on,
but wash all mud off with warm water
and a cloth or sponge, then fill with
bran and set away to dry, treating
it to oil or vaseline as soon as dry
enough to" absorb either. Coal oil is
a good dressing.
In Favor. of theWoman's Club
Margaret fSangster, in. Woman's
Home Companion, says: "Here it is
in order to introduce the woman's
club. We women are given to fru
galities. It does not befit our tradi
tions to waste anything time, money
or endeavor. The individual woman
may be a reckless and wasteful creat
ure, but women, by and large, are good
economists. If you live in a little
village where there is no club, organ
ize one. At first it may be very small,
but it will grow. And if it does not
grow, three or four women meeting
together regularly for a definite pur
pose will do very much better than
each woman could hope to do in soli
tude. In the larger towns and cities
large and popular clubs are numerous,
and their waiting lists testify to their
importance.
"A club usually outlines a course of
study that may run ovor the mouths
of the year. Topics are assigned to
the members who prepare papers in
turn with such fidelity and research
as they can bring to the task. These
papers are read and discussed exhaustively.
"At a club meeting held In a small
suburban town I have listened to es
says, critical, historical and biography
cal, which would have done credit
to the alumnnae of our most disting
uished colleges, yet not one member
of the club had ever gone beyond
the usual high school curriculum.
"If your home is too remote from
neighbors to enable you to attend such
an association, avail yourself of a
correspondence school. A great deal
of pleasure and satisfaction will thus
come into your life, giving it what
stay-at-home women most need a
vivid outside interest and uniting
you on the mountaln-sido or the sheep
ranch with the groat, stirring world,
where life rushes on with clamor of
voices and sound of trumpets."
and polish with a soft leather. A so
lution of oxalic acid rubbed ovor tar
nished brass soon removes, the tar
nish, rendering the metal bright. Tho
acid must bo washed off with water,
and tho brass rubbed with whiting
and a soft leather. A mixture of mu
riatic acid and alum, dissolved in
water, imparts a golden color to brass
articles that aro steeped in it for a
few minutes.
For the Toilet
This is recommended for keeping
the hands of the housewife in good
condition: On tho wash stand keep
a bottle containing five parts of lemon
juice and one part of alcohol; this
will keep indefinitely. In another bot
tle keep the following lotion: One
fourth ounce of gum trugaeanth dis
solved in one pint of rain water by
standing three days; then add one
ounce each of alcohol, glycerine and
witch hazel,, with a very little good
perfume. Have also a nail cleaner,
and a bundle of soft tooth picks or
orange sticks. In washing, use only
a pure, vegetable oil soap, with rain
water, if possible. After washing
dishes, preparing vegetables, or clean
ing work apply a little of the lemon
juice, rubbing it in well, then a little
of the lotion, and in a few
minutes the hands will be soft,
dry and quite smooth; all stains will
disappear as by magic, and the nails
may bo easily cleaned. Repeat this
process five or six times dally, and
the effect will be very satisfactory.
Tho expense is very little. Almond
or oatmeal, filled into little cheese
cloth bags will be better than so
much soap.
For discolored or stained finger
nails, a teaspoonful of lemon juice
in a cupful of warm, soft water is
invaluable. This is one of the best
manicure aids; it will loosen the fing
er nails from the cuticle as well as
remove discolorations. Lemon juice
and a pinch 'of salt will remove the
most obstinate stains from the fing
ers. The peels alone of lemons or
orange will often remove stains with
out using water.
A little lemon juice rubbed .Into the
hands, face and neck at night will
not only tend to whiten, but soften
the skin. A paste made of magnesia
and lemon juice applied to the face
and hands upon lying down for a
while will bleach the skin beautifully.
For loosening tartar and sweetening
the breath, lemon juice in a little
water is excellent.
Pure wool fat (lanoline) mixed
thoroughly with an equal quantity of
equally pure olive oil, is an excellent
food for massaging the hollow cheeks.
To Clean Brass
Rub the surface of the metal with
rotten-stone and sweet oil, then rub
this off with a piece of cotton-flannel,
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