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r THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER - 5. 1917. 11 rWElla Fleishman: iaemide ivcnneriy ASST EDITOR. 1$ ome Economics Edited iu Irtna. OC. Gross DCMtSTIC SCItHCC QEPAHTMtNT CENTRAL UIOH SCHOOl Using a Candy Thermometer. So many people are making' candy ior the soldiers that I have been asked to repeat the material published last year concerning candy testing. We all can make a few kinds of candy without accurate testing; but in the making of new kinds it is well to have a safe guide. There is no doubt that using a good thermometer is the very safest way to make untried candies. I can make that statement from per sonal experience. The material below is taken from a very accurate little candy cookbook published a few years ago by the Home Economics depart ment of the University of Chicago. In using a thermometer as a test, be sure that the mercury bulb of the thermometer is completely immersed; thatl-he thermometer does not touch the bottom of the pan, for the pan is hotter than its contents; and that you take tha candy from the stove as soon as the desired temperature is reached. "The different stages of sugar cook cry in candy making are soft ball, hard ball, crack, hard crack. "The sugar and water boiled to gether reaches the soft ball stage when a portion dropped into cold water can be gathered up with the fingers into a soft ball. 236 degrees to 242 degrees Fahrenheit. "The hard ball stage is reached when the portion tested forms a firm compact ball. 254 degrees Fahrenheit. "At the crack degree, the portion tested becomes slightly brittle arid can no longer be molded into a ball. In other words, it is the point at which ranrlv first hecome 'snaODV." 260 degrees to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. "The hard crack js the stage at . w'Al the portion tested becomes ha"nd brittle. 290 degrees Fahren heit Soft Ball Candies. Fondant. Fudge. Hard Ball Candies. CHOCOLATE CARAMELS. 1 Vi c sugar. ' . . U e. butter, or butter H-lb. chocolate. substitute. 1 c. molasses. 1 t. vanilla. 1 scant c. milk. Few grains salt. Boil all ingredients together, ex cept vanilla, to the hard ball stage. Add vanilla and turn into greased pans. When .copl, cut in squares, shape with two knives into cubes. , VANILLA CARAMELS. U c. molasses. Hi c. sugar. 1-3 c. butter or sub-H c. 'water. . stltute. Make same as chocolate caramels and flavor with vanilla. :. Crack Degree Candies. Butter Scotch. Taffy. Divinity. Popcorn Balls. .. 4 CHOCOLATE MOLASSES KISSES. 2 c. light browa sugar. t. salt. 1- 3 c. corn syrup. U-lb. chocolate. 2- S c. water. , 14 t. peppermint cs 1 c. molasses. sence. L' T. butter., - . . Put all ingredients, except' salt, chocolate and flavoring, over the fire; boil rapidly to crack stage. Pour onto a greased platter; pour the chocolate, melted 6ver, hot water above candy; when the candy cools on the edges, with a spatula or the fingers, tur,n the edges towards the center; continue this until the candy is cold ' enoligh topull; pull until cold; add the flavoring, a little at a time, during the-pulling; cut in short lengths and wrap in waxed paper. Hard Crack Degree Candies. ALMOND TOFFEE. 2 c. light btown augar.2 t. butter. 1 T. water. S oi. almonds. 1 c. molasses. " , " Boil all ingredients, except al monds, without stirring, to hard crack stage. . Blanch the almonds, and while the toffee is cooking heat slightly. " Grease a flat tin and sprinkle the warrii almonds over it; pour toffee over the nuts. When set, imark into bars, and break when cold. Wrap in waxed paper. Not Too Early for Christmas Cake It seems like a long time until Christmas, but it is none too soon to begin the Christmas cake. For this time-honored sweet, as we all know, is only the better after standing for weeks. Here are two recipes for rich cakes that would be better at Christ mas time than the day they are baked if you go right to work at them now. The brandy may be omitted from them: " . English Plum Cake One cup of butter, creamed; two cups of white granulated sugar; four eggs, beaten light; one cup of sweet milk, four cups t fl,-,.,r cUteA with half a teasooon of salt; one even teaspoon of baking soda and two teaspoons oi cream ui t-irtiv nnf run of currants, one cup of candied orange and lemon peel, sliced tine; one wine glass oi rrcucn brandy. This makes two loaves. Cook in bread tins two hours in a rather slow oven. . This keeps two months or more, and should be wrapped in waxed paper and kept in a stone crock. Dark Fruit Cake One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two pounds of seedless raisins, one-fourth of a cup of citron, one large teaspoon of ground cloves, one large teaspoon of allspice, one egg, one cup of warm black cottee,- one - cup or moiasses, three cups of flour, three-fourths of a pound of currants, three large tea spoons of cinnamon, one large tea snoon of grated nutmeg and one tea- spoon of sodas , In order to make a cheap filter, take a large flower pot and stop the hole in the bottom of it by placing a piece of sponge in it. Cover with a few inches of powdered charcoal, fill with watery and let it stand over a pail or tuV supported by two or three sticks laid across. The water filter ing through the charcoal will be freed from all impurities and will be fit for the family use. The charcoal should be changed every three months and the sponge several times a year. Recipes that Save Meat for Uncle Sani Peanut Butter Soup. One cup strained juice, one-half teaspoon salt from canned or feXv grains paprika, stewed tomatoes, one half cup peanut butter, two cups hot water. Thoroughly mix peanut butter and hot water, then add the other in gredients. Cook for 10 minutes in a double boiler, and serve with croutons. Peanut Butter Loaf With Tomato ' Sauce. 1 tsp. chopped 1 e. una breaa onion crumbs 1 e. ground pea-1 tsp. salt nuta or peanut but-l egg ter 1 o. milk Mix, form into loaf, put in tin and bake. Baste with peanut butter dis solved in hot water. Tomato Sauce. 4 can tomatoes 4 tbsp. flour I tsp. sugar garin. I peppercorns i tbsp. flour , . Bit of bay leaf I c. bouillon or con- tsp. salt . (omnia Brown the oleomargarine with car rot, onion, bay leaf, thyme and parsley; remove seasonings, add flour, stir until Welt browned, then add to matoes and stock. ; Bring to boiling point and strain., Prune and Peanut Butter Salad. Wash one-fourth pound-prunes and cook until tender, but not until they fall apart. Remove stones, chill. Fill each vwith one-half teaspoon of pea nut butter and chopped celery mixed. Serve. PffAJt Butter Custard. I c. evan ated 'i c. sugar milk, f 2 tbsp. peanut but 1 K o. water ter 3 egg 'A tP- .alt Beat egg slightly, add sugar and salt, pour on slowly the scalded milk and water in which peanut butter has been dissolved. Strain, pour in but tered custard cups, Set in a pan of hot water and bake until firm. Peanut Butter Candy. Emt tw '.Housewives i c. vpbratc"d Ia- milk (diluted) 2 c. sugar c. Vrrlbest nut butter Add sugar to milk in pan and let boil five minutes. Take from fire, set pan in another of cold water and stir until cool; add the peanut butter, and when almost cold cut in squares or mold in any shape desired. (Paste these recipes in your war cook book.) To mend broken china, mix well a teaspoonful of alum and a table spoonful of water and place in ,a hot oven until quite transparent. Wash the broken pieces in hot wa ter, dry, and while still warm coat the broken edges thickly and press to gether very quickly, for it sticks instantly. The National American Woman Suffrage association is preparing for its 49th annual convention, to be held in Washington in December. 'Mrs. W .K. Vanderb?V who is now in charge of the eastern service in France of the American Red Cross, has received the "gold1 medal of the French Foreign Ofrice, which is be stowed for acts cf .great devotion. Tlans are under discussion for an appropriate observance next year of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Mrs. E. D. N. Southworth, the pop ular novelist. In an opinion rendered by the at- . I t C ...!, rmV t- ihf xorney-gcuti ai v oumn v-i governor has the right to award schol arships to women as well as men to the State Medical college. Flips mav be kent from damaging gilt frames, by going over the frames with a soft brush dipped in a pint of water in which three or four onions have been boiled. In order to clean .black cloth and yet preserve or restore the color, sponge With logwood and ammonia. Infuse the logwood chips in a jar of boiling water placed-' in a pan, strain and use cold, adding a tea spoonful of ammonia to half a pint of logwood. This solution should be guarded as a poison. To remove brown marks from dish es caused by baking in the oven rub them well with salt. While fruit pits are baking they may be prevented from boiling over .by adding one tablespoonl'ul of corn L x -(pH to the fruit. The sugar, fruit aV orn starch should be heated be forY V g the crust. M paint from clothing sat utw -tnov upots two or three times with equal parts of ammonia and tur pentine and then wash out in soapsuds. A good frosting for the glass that imitates ground glass quite well is made up as follows: Sandarae, 18 parts mastic, four parts; y.enol, 80 parts, i.nd ether. 200 parts. Clean the glass thoroughly and then apply quickly. Activities oi WoiniieE Anna Ansberry. 23 years old, is j town marshal of Veedersburg, tnil. A campaign is planned to organize the 50,000 woman wage earners of Wisconsin. Ficrtitv ner cent of the women eli gible to vote in the United States are married. , frr than 1 069.000 women over 21 vears of age in New York state arc foreign-born. fins nf the larcfst and Ihost suc cessful apartment hotels in New York City is managed by a woman. T ivnorianrt it is mandatory to em ploy at least 70, per cent o"f female labor m all industrial plants. The Pennsylvania railroad now em ploys women in almost every capac ity, excepting the actual running of trains. . ' . Miss Carrie F. Fiske. a school teacher of Lexington, Mass., has re tired after 45 years of continuous service. Mrs. Mar . Prindle of Minneapo lis, who ' 90 years old, is proud of her rec J of knitting five pairs of socks i.i three weeks. A woman, residing on . a farm in western Canada, and whose son had been killed in the war drove 14 miles to attend a Red Cross meeting. Fraulein Marie Beuder, a teacher at the Royal Music High school of Charlottenburg, i? the first . German Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. A Hlrtlidar Gift. Tear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl U yean of sue hiu) I know a vary (L. r and good frl.uid of 2ft. Kerently I have been accept ing pn nls from witm. such as books by good authors, or sonu. useful school prraent, with the knowledge and consent of i:'y par ents. I have known this man for four ytar nmth la a student of Columbia. Now, Minn Fairfax, I wleh to know this: Is I proper for me to give him a present for his btrih dayf ANXIOUS. If you ran sew or knit .t would be very nice for you to givo this man a bit of your own handiwork. Tou might aven monogram ono or two handkorohlers for hint. In any event,, give him Just ft little remembrance to Show that his young friend appreciates all his kindness to her. Your own photo graph In a pretty frame, or even a birthday cake which you and your mother had made, would be In good taste. Uet a little per sonal touch Into your gift. Make It some, thing that will show how his little school girl friend appreciate thla man's thoughtfut. no. Kntlrely Correei. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am puzzled as te what to do about my bridesmaids. I have chosen the six chums, but before asking them I must have this Information: I want the first two in the bridal march dresae In the same color and alike; the next two U a different color and alike, and the same with tho last two. What puzzles ma la. do I have to bu them their dresnes or how am I to go about It? The aame h in question about my maid of honor and also the little flower girl. Mi father wishes ma to have a large wedding, ' hut I am puzsled at this so I will wait foi your answer before asking those whom 1 choose. MARION I ',' H Is perfectly correct for the bride to tetl , her attendants hat color schema and gen eral arrangements she desires to have used , at her own wedding; but It ts not customary ' for het to purchase their gown IS I Madam! Don't be blinded! ii U x - woman to be given the title of pro- II -J " V I I lessor ot music. 1 1 X F I I Miss Kate E. Turner, recently 1 1 ZZ ": " "" ' ) I nominated as principal of the Bav I 1 A . -m h-'- " HT"" I I u;,i.. n:r. ,..ui .1,- I I , . f 11 i I , to be named as head of a Greater I I ' 1. f ' fp -H I New York school. 1 1 J I I TIia Vu VnrL- Yu- 1-Tavn rOT.Se,ng are DC,nl.H iCTMfffl. HHmRS ' roomseach with ' -rZ ji ' "h'iij-,ij; : " mmiLLmtm wmiJA, ' ' fi Wy. neftne.vi.tEVa!i7 'valuer. I ' R JlJ "S tlf C'lt 5 m JJUUvItIIuI "- :.. Pliusted In heart of dir. fiully sew. 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E-Z" shade softens and diffuses the light '.I -t ! e .... . . . mm mac eye-comtorting semi-indirect ettect so desirable in home lighting. It is economical on Aaf the gas gives three, times the light of an open flame burner., No chimneys nor cylinders to keep clean nor to break. No other incandescent, lamp approacnes it m economy of upkeep. The mantles arc small and cost little, are power ful and last long. A See-Easy " man will call at your - home. . We want you to ' see the many aavaniages or tnis marvelous new light f J Omaha J Erery "CE-Z' Light ia ejulpped with a Webbach "C-C" Lighter th pilot light thtt doe not blow oat It consume, about half the Kns nied by the old-stjle pilot, and (Tires small useful amount of liKOt bo groping for th fix tare. ..Ci"." 1j' ..'T -.- .'' 't, .:! -:- - -, . , . ; - -, ..... , . . A aiJa