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The Commoner.
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THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
Better to Climb and Fall.
Givo mo ft man "with an aim,
Whatovor that aim may bo,
Whcthor it's wealth, or whothor it's
famo,
It matters not to mo.
Lot him walk In tho path of right,
And koop his aim In sight,
'And worlc and pray in faith alway,
With his oyo on tho glittering tooiglit.
Givo mo a man who says,
"I will do something woll,
'And mako tho flooting days '
A story of labor toll." .
.Though' tho aim ho has ho small,
It Is bettoY than nono at all;
With somothing to do tho wholo yoar
through
Ho will not stumblo or fall.
But Satan woavos a snaro
For tho foot of thoso who stray
With never a thought or care
Wlioro tho path may load away.
fTho man who has no aim,
Not only loaves no namo
iWhon this llfo is dono, but ton to ono
Ho leaves a record of shame. -
Givo mo a man whoso heart
la filled with ambitious flro;
,Who sots his mark in tho start
And keeps moving It hlghor and
hlghor.
Bettor to dio in tho strife,
Tho hands with labor rife,
and washing. And It might not bo
out of place, good mother, to remark
that if you have many steps to tako
tho samo advlco will .serve your own
stockings as well as thoso of tho lit
tlo .ones.
Could your great-grandmother look
down upon you she would givo you hor
smiling approval at this revival of ono
of tho old-tlmo lost arts. Sioux City
Journal.
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Car of Tellet Article
Hair, brushes, tooth brushes, nail and
hat brushes are so gonorally mounted
in silver or silver and ebony that they
require a good deal of attention, as
tarnished mountings aro as bad as
shabby flnory. Silver backs of brush
es, if rubbed daily with a chamois
leathor, will seldom need a regular
cleaning. Occasionally moisten a lit
tle whiting with alcohol .and brush
tho silver witlt this. Brush out again
and polish with a, soft chamois. Ex
change '" '
To Dresi a Bed.
Many otherwise good housewives
fail to oxorciso either good Judgment
Than to glide with tho steam in iti'l or taste in tho dressing of beds, and
idle dream,
And load a purposeless life.
Btttor to strive and climb
And never to reach tho goal,
Than to. drift along 'with time,
,An aimless, worthloss soul.
'Ay, bettor to climb and' fall,' '
Or sow, though tho yield bo small,
Than to throw away day after day,
And never to strivo at all.
Anonymous.
' A To Make- Stockings Wear.
Children's stockings aro an expen
sive item of dreBS, so that any plan
which will mako thorn last is wel
comed by tho economical mother. First
of all, be willing to 'save money in
tho "long run" by spending It- gener
ously at the outset. Mark them well
with tho child's monogram. -These
Initials can bo had, in any combina
tion of two letters, at tho department
stores. By offering her some slight in
centive the dear little owner may gen
erally be inducod to sow them neatly
upon her own stockings.
"Boforo beginning your "stitch in,
time,' ivhich is the most worthy and
usually neglected of all housewifely
arts, array yourself in your most at
tractive and restful house gown. Place
your pretty work basket bosido you.
Bo sure you have silver-handled scis
Bors, and every dainty to tempt you
often to sow. Put on your aristocratic
gold thimble, for any woman can take
finer, prettier stitches when wearing a
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pure goia thimble. Now tako tho
blessed little stocking (and it is
blessed, for it will not bo long your
privilege to darn littlo stockings, do
fast do the baby foot stretch out), turn
It wong side out, and placo jt upon
the darning gourd. Run the heels
and toes up and down with good ball
darning cotton. Be sure to tako a
long stitch and then a tiny stitch, put-
ting tho stitches side by side. Rein
forced in this way the heels will with
itand many month of hard wearing
for this reason some hints may be
useful to the "woman wh'o does not
-know." '
In the selection of drapings for a
bed, nothing that cannot be wash'ed
'slibhidoailolve'pn the Wd either
winter or summer, and the house
keeper who has not a retinuo of ser
vants to ajttond to such things can
save horself a vast amount of work
by avoiding 'too fancyand compli
cated bed dressihM. rha n
woman likes such things, but she
should call Into oxerciso hor common
sonso.
The Ideal conditions for restful sleep
necessitate c6ol, clean sheets, a pair
of light blankets' and .plain "white
spread, which' should belong and wide
enough to well cover the bed and pil
lows and to reach well down the sides-
and foot. Seattle Times.
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Cooling Dishes For Warm Weather.
"Warm weather having returned, one
of the most perplexing questions aris
ing in the mind of many a good house
wife is how she may succeed in mak
ing her table as dainty and inviting as
possible. During the heated term
many persons are more or less-troubled
with loss of appetite, and yet
the cure may bo easily effected when a
dainty dish is unexpectedly presented.
Some of tho following recipes may
help the troubled ones out of their
difficulties; but that success may be
attained one point is quite essential
that the ingredients aro always care
fully measured. The following brief
explanations Will be found useful: By
a cupful is always meant tne half
pint measuring cup. Eight rounding
tablespoonfuls are equivalent to a cup
ful. There aro threo teaapoonfuhr in
a tablospoonful, and there are four
saltspoonfuhr in a teaspoonful. A
speck is one-thirty-second of a toa
spoonful, or is as much as can be
measured on the point of a penknife.
Flavorings and seasonings aro al
ways measured level, while all othor
measurements aro "rounding, that is,
Just as high abovo the spoon as -tho
spoon Is dcop.
Nowadays the desire for meat is
naturally less,1 frying to tho warm
weather and thd dxorbitant prices, yot
soups are always necessary for soma
tables. Soups mado without stock,
such as cream, soups, aro considered
lostf heating. Theso aro much more
dolicious when mado of fresh .vege
tables, rather than canned. Peas, as
paragus, tomatoes, etc,, ,all givo deli
cate flavors.
Salads ara also copling, palatable
and wholesome during tho summer,
and these are within the reach of all.
Boiled Custard. Ono pint of milk,
yolks of four eggs, half a saltspoonful
of salt, half a teaspoonful of vanila,
threo tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Scald the milk, beat tho yolks,-'add
tho sugar and salt and beat well. Pour
tho hot milk slowly on tho eggs, ani,
when well mixed, pour all back into
tho saucepari. Stir constantly till
smooth and thick as cream. Strain,
and when it (is cool add the flavoring
Strawberry Sherbet. Ono ' quart
strawberries, one pint sugar, ono pint
water, juico of ono lemon, ono gener
ous tablespoonful of gelatin.
Cover the gelatin with cold' water
and let it stand, for one hour. Mash
the berries through a colander. List
tho water come to a boil; add the su
,gar and. gelatin a'ndstir until both.,are,
'dissolved; add the lemon juice and'
strain all over tho crushed berries.
When cool, turn into tho freezer
and freeze tho samo as ico cream. Half
a pint of cream may bo whipped, and
added just before the sherbet is packed
down, and if it is used It should pQ
thoroughly stirred up.
Little Neck Clams on the Half
Shell. Get tho, clams very fresh and
wash them well unopened. Place thorn
on ico for two or threo hours, or un
til very cold. Open and arrange them
on a bed of watercress and garnish
with lemon.
Egg Timbales. Seven eggs, 'two
cups of milk, ono teaspoonful of sait,
quarter of a teaspoonful of white pep
per, two teaspoonfuls of chopped pars
ley, half a teaspoonful of chopped
onion. . , ,
Beat tho eggs with a spoon until
well mixed; add the salt and pepper
and the onion, chopped very line; next
the milk, and see that all the ingred
ients are well blended. Chop tho
parsley quite fine; butter some tlm
bale molds and sprinkle well with the
chopped parsley; fill about two-thirds
full with tho egg mixture. Set the
molds into a pan of hot water, letting
it come three-quartors of the way to
the top of the molds; placo in a mod
erate oven and steam fifteen or twenty
minutes, till firm in the center, or un
til, tried with a knife, it comes out free
from the mixture,' Servo with the fol
lowing: Cream Sauqe. Two tablespoonfuls
of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour,
ono pint of milk, half' a teaspoonful
of salt, eighth of a teaspoonful of
white popper.
Heat the milk and add the season
ings. Cream the butter and flour we!!
together; add this to tho hot milk and
stir until smooth and creamy. Strain
on a hot platter, sprinkle with chopped
parsley and turn tho timbales from
the molds into this sauce. Stick a bit
of parsley into tho top of each and
servo at once. , .. .
Pineapple- and Celery Salad. From'
a can of pineapple strain off tho juico
and cut it into small pieces. Wash
and scrape an oqual amount -of colery, .
cut into pieces the samo. size as tho
pineapple. Mix together. Selected,
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'TaBs'so Sorryi"
A' child camo to her father yesterday,
Wet-eyed and trembling-lipped', yet f
.unafraid,
And pardon for some wrong deed
sweetly prayed. .,
"I am so sorry1,'' low I heard ,her say;i '
"Father, I did not mean to disobey."
Quickly the Borrowful father bent
and smiled,
And drew hdr to his breast. Then,
reconciled,
Tho little girl went singing on her ,
way.
So, dearest Father, irso, old In years, ,
And yet a child, in that I blindly do
Wrong deeds that, hurt and grieve .
you every day
Come, unafraid, yot trembling and -in
tears, w . .
"I am so sorry I have troubled you!i."
Father, I did not mean to disobey." .
Ella Higginson, in the July Wo- -man's
Homo Companion.
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How to Make a Happy Husband. '3;..
Rule 1 Make him comfortable.- . ' .
. Rule 2 Be sure to make himroal ..
comfortable. . .. . .:iAn7
Rule 3 Be very sure to make', htm
very comfortable, and then let him
alone to enjoy tho comfort Kate ,Ty- """
son Marr. . . V
Summer Drinks.
A long series of "Dont's" might, bo
written about summer drinks. Don't
drink too much ice water better none
at all. Don't flood your stomach with
alcoholic preparations. If you must
have something else than cold water,
try -these recipes for cooling drinks:
Lime Frappo. LImo water ice, lime
syrup, soda to fill glass.
Claret Limeade.-'-Claret syrup,
wholo lime, crushed ice, soda. '
Chocolate Punch. Two ounces. -of
chocolate syrup, ono egg, cracked ice,
milk to fill glass, whipped cream on,-
top.
Cherry Cobbler. Cherry cobbler,
syrup, ice, Sbda, trim with fruit J
Training For Motherhood.
Upon the women who expect to bo
mothers and the young girls who hope
to bo married and rear families tha
great responsibility of tho iuture geu-
erations lies.
Yet not qne in ono thousand seems
to consider this a fact "
The Ignorance and the indifference'
of women in this important matter,
are little short of criminal.
Scionco may some day create a newi
method of peopling the world. Bufi
up to the present time there "has been
but one way we are all born of wqi
man. ' j
The tremendous and overwhelming:
responsibility of mothers during the
months preceding thS birth, of a child
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