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spot sticks, touch it very lightly with
dear alcohol. If there is much dirt
or deep -tarnish, wash quickly with
borax soapsud3, wipe dry, then cover
all over with the wet whiting and let
dry. Brush it off with a stiff hrush
and polish it afterward with a soft
leather. Good Housekeeping.
Little Helps.
For patching rents or worn places
with the sowing machine, cut out a
patch large enough to more than cover
the place in need of repairs. Baste it
under the place so that the threads
will run with the thread of the thing
to be'pa'tched; stitch a row all around
the patch an inch from the edge; next,
turn under the raw edge and stitch it
down; reverse the work and cut the
thin or torn place out, leaving a
three-fourths inch margin next to the
first row of stitching; cut half through
the corners, turn under the edge and
stitch down.
A table Is set with a view to con
venience as well as elegance. At a
simply family table, there are only two
forks, two knives and a spoon. A
knife is used for cutting things that
are not manageable by a fork, and for
nor other purpose. Pies, cake, some
kinds of fish, tfatreos with sauce, etc.,
require the. fork only. A good rule iS
to avoid the use of the knife as jnuch
as possible.
Silk stockings should be washed in
warm water and rinsed in clear water;
turn them outside In and dip them sev
eral times into a quart of water in
which a piece of litmus as large as a
hazelnut has been dissolved; burn
some sulphur in a pan filled with hot
coals and hold the stockings over the
fumes. Turn them right side out,
smooth them-syhile damp and dry in
the shade. Ex.'
Severe pains in any of the vital or
gans, especially of the stomach and
bowels, are quickly relieved by. a per-
PB1ZK8 TO COOKS
$7,500.00 Ib Caah to be Distributed
Between now and July 1st family
cooks, whether employees or the mis
tress of the household, will be follow
ing the , plan laid down for improve
ment in cooks in a contest for 735
cash prizes ranging from $200.00 to
f5.00 offered by the Postum Cereal
Co., Ltd.
The winners must show improve
ment in general cookery as clearly
stated in the rules for the test.
No one has to buy or pay anything
whatever. It is simply an earnest
effort on the part of Mr. Post to
stimulate the household cook to more
careful and skillful cookery.
To have flight, sweet bread and
cake's instead of heavy, sour and in
digestible things. To have no more
greasy, burned or dried-out meats.
To have properly made Coffee, Postum
and tea. To have delicate and digest
ible, toothsome deserts and a table,
clean, tasty and a pleasure to look
upon.
And so $7,500.00 in actual money
will bfe spent to encourage the cooks
of the country to better effort And
you housekeepers, please forever
abandon the term "hired girl." Teach
your cook the dignity of her profes
sion, call her the cook.
If her duties include other service,
well and good, but -don't detract from
her professional title by calling her
the "hired' girl." That term don't
fit a good cook. A certificate bearing
the large seal of the Postum Cereal
Co., Ltd., will go to each of the 735
winners in this contest These certifi
cates or diplomas will be as valua
ble to the holders, as a doctor's sheep
skin is to him.
A postal card to the Cookery Dept
No. 448 of the big pure food fac
tories of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.,
at Battle Creek, Mich., will bring a
sheet of plainly printed rules for the
contest
sistent use of largo amounts of hot
water taken inwardly. The water
should not be so hot as to forco the
patient to sip slowly, it should be of
such a temperature as to allow a half
pint to be taken continuously, buttho.
hotter the better. Hot water passes
rapidly through the walls of the
stomach, and for this reason onecan
drink larger quantities of hot water
than is generally supposed.
Whenever a person is taken with
severe pains, he or she ought to take
half a pint of hot water every five
minutes until two or three quarts have
been consumed. There Is no tendency
to nausea in taking very hot water, as
is the case" with warm water; but if
the hoL water should cause vomiting,
it will be seen to be helpful, and the
treatment should be continued. Hoi
water bags or jugs filled with boiling
water should be applied to'the feet,
and also to the seat of pain. A flan
nel cloth, wrung out of water as hot
as can be handled, and laid on the
seat of pain, then covered closely with
a dry cloth, to keep in the steam, is
one of the best remedies for many
diseases of the internal organs.
All persons suffering from obstinate
constipation, from a weak stomach, .a
bad taste in the mouth, bad breath, or
similar derangement will derive great
benefit, and, if persisted in for suffic
ient time, a cuye, by taking a half
pint or pint of very hot water fifteen
to thirty minutes previous to each
meal and at bed-time. When one is
overworked, and "too tired to eat," a
"strong" cup of hot water often proves
the way for a good appetite and a
relished meal. In the use of hot water
drinks there is no injurious after-effects,
no matter hov large the quan
tity used, as 'largo quantities of water
has th.9 effect of thi owing off impuri
ties from the system, stimulating the
action of the -kidneys and bowels and
by this means thoroughly gashing out
the system. '
To clean a mackintosh, spread it
out on a table and scrub it all over
with a stiff brush, using cold soft
water and yellow soap; when all dirt
is off, dip the mackintosh through
several lots of clean water; do not
wring, but shake well and hang out
to dry in the opon air if possible, and
do not allow it to freeze while wet If
the weather is too cold, let it hang in
a cool room, but on no account put it
near the fire. Hot water must never
be used, and if there are any bad
stains, or grease marks that will not
yield to the soap alone, rub a little
turpentine on them. Globe-Democrat
Qaery Box,
Josie D. Raffia is a fiber peeled
from the inner bark of a palm tree
which grows in Madagascar. .Large
quantities of it are used in America
for many purposes. It Is very tough
and strong, and when soaked in warm
water for a short time, can be used for
binding or tying up .bundles or sew
ing" with coarse needles. Florists use
it for tying up vines, and in otfler
ways where twine might be used;
gardeners tie up bundles of vegeta
bles with it; baskets, hats, mats, and
many other things can be made of it
It is very useful.
Maudie May, Springfield, Mo. For
home-made candy, always get the best
granulated sugar, with a sparkle to it,
of fine grain and snow-white. Do hot
try to make candy on a rainy day, or
when the wind is high. To "tell you
all ab6ut making candy at home,"
would be a job for one week's work,
but you can get reliable books with
candy-making recipes for a small cost.
In almost all cook-books there are
various good recipes, and you might
try such of them as suited you. If
you will tell me the kind you want
to make, I might help you out
Monta. The candy recipe you refer
to is probably this one: Peel and
slice a common potato into slices an
eighth of an inch thick; boil this in
syrup until nearly done, sprinkle well
with ginger and dry in a slow oven..
Maplo sugar creams are made by mix
ing grated maplo sugar with an equal
amount of confectioner's sugar, aud
mix with white of egg and water
(equal quantities) Into a soft dough;
mold into desired shapes.
Carrie N'., Chicago, 111. It would
be impossible to answer satisfactorily
your question as to whether the cli
mate of Arkansas would agree with
your constitution. Only a personal
trial could demonstrate the matter.,
I would bo glad to help you, but do
not see how I can do .so. A change
of climate is often temporarily ben
eficial, at least
La Moillo, Joplin, Mo.- Annual
plants are those which attain their
full growth, blossom, bear seed and
die in one year. Biennials live two
years, sometimes blooming the first,
but usually not until the second sea
son. Perennials live many years,
some of them blooming the first sea
son, others not until tho plant is es
tablished, the second year or later.
Many of them are very hardy, requir
ing little care, and enduring severe
cold. Among" ihem are some of the
finest things wo have for tho lawn and
garden. Many biennials will not stand
our cold winters and must be treated
as annuals. 'Many of each class may
bo readily raised irom sdeds, while
others must be supplied by tho florist.
"A. H. W." asks me to say to Mrs.
M. A. B., regarding her "soggy" pie
crust, that, if the lower pie-crust is
sot In tho oven from Ave to ten min
utes, just long enough to dry, not
bake, before putting in tho filling, it
will not get soggy; If allowed to, bake,
it puffs up, but If taken out just as
the puffing begins, it will be nice.
Susie. Doilies of all sizes are used
on the teblo for nearly all dishes,
small ones for the tumblers, larger
ones for vegetable dishes, and larger
still for meat dishes, etc. "Very pret
ty ones are, crochetted or knit, or
made of tfecdte work.
"Fay," Laconta. In the morning in
the city, shirt-waist suits, or tailor
suit of cloth with separate waists are
worn. Tea gowns arc worn at home in
receiving informally a few intimate
friends; they are worn any time after
luncheon and dinner. For eyening,
gowns of tho demi-toilet order In silk,
lace, or voiles trimmed with lace are
generally worn.
' Short Iteas.
Everything, from ready-made cloth
ing to gloves, is made in "sizes," but
fow know the measurement of them.
In coats, a size is one inch; in under
wear, two inches; in socks, an inch; in
a collar, half an inch; in shoes, one
sixth of an inch; in trousers, one inch;
in gloves, one-fourth inch; in hats,
one-eighth inch.
Stripped of all titles, the name of
Edward VII. of .Great Britain is Al
bert Edward Wettin. His father's
name, stripped of all titles, was Al
bert Wettin. Like many other Eu
ropean monarchs, he is descended from
one Wettikind, who was a contem
porary of Charlemagne. Queen Vic
toria, before her marriage, was Miss
Victoria Azon. Ex.
Don't discourage the boy who asks
questions by refusings to answer them.
You may think him a nuisance, and
he may ask you some things hard to
answer, but a boy who forms this habit
It likely to become a man of common
sense, and one who has some knowl
edge of a great many things. If you
cannot answer his questions, encour
age him to find the answer for him
self. This will teach him to think.
It is not always easy to be cheer
ful; sometimes everything seems to
go wrong, even after one has tried to
do his best; and trials come to the
most hopeful which seem to bring only
failure and discouragement in their
train. In such cases, the easiest thing
to do is to sit down and bemoan our
hard lines; to wall over our want
of luck. But is it the best thins to
Dr. Shoop's
Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing If It Fails.
After 2,000 experiments, I have
learned how to euro Rheumatism. Not
to turn bony joints into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can euro tho
diseaso always, at any stage, and for
over. I ask for no money. Simply writo
me a postal and I will send you an or
der on your nearest artigglst lor six
bbttlcs Dr. Shoop's itheumatlc Cure,
for ovory druggist kecpa It Uso it
for a month and, if it succeeds, tho
cost is only $5.50. If it falls, I will
pay tho druggist myself.
I have no sam. es, because any med
icine that can affee Rheumatism
quickly must bo drugged to tho verge
of danger. I uso no such drugs, and
it is folly to take them. You must
get tho diseaso out of tho blood.
My remedy does that, oven In the
most difficult obstinate cases. No
matter how impossible this seems to
you, I know it and take tho risk. I
have cured tens of thousands of cases
in thisway, and my records show that
39 out of 40 who get six bottles pay
gladly. I have learned that people In
general are honest with a physician
who cures them. That is all I ask.
If I fail I don't expect a penny from
you.
Simply write mo a postal card or a,'
letter. I will send you my book about
Rheumatism, and an order for tho
medicine. Take it for a month, as it
won't harm you anyway. If It fails,
it is free, and I leave tLe decision
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 515,
Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, arc often ,
cured by one or two bottles. At all
druggists.
do? Will it mend matters if we ac
knowledge ourselves defeated? I
think not. Let us rise superior to
our discouragements; let us put our
strength to tho test, and prove our
selves worthy of the victory which
may yet be ours, if we but push
ahead.
Be ambitious to excel. Put tho
stamp of excellence upon whatever
you undertake; Put yourself in your
work. Be honest with yourself, as
well as with others, and do what
seems right to yourself. Put individ
uality in all you do, and then strive
to prove the superiority of the individ
ual. GivOvyour be3t energies to the
life-work you choose, and strive to
make the best of the material. Deter
mine that whatever you do shall be
well done.
Does the carpenter, ever put the
nails and hooks where a medium
sized woman, not to mention a child,
can reach them?
Are there ever but the fewest'
shelves that a woman can reach with
out standing on a chair, at the risk
of a tumble?
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