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The Commoner.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER ,
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Tha Splaner.
A Bilvery web, with walls spun thin,
I found just now o'orhead, within
A corner of my room.
And as I watch the quaint design,
So crafty In its shimmered shine,
I dread to break the loom
That builded such a house of dreams,
Like rainbows round the spinners
gleams
Of every hope and fear.
A single breath may tear to shreds
The wondrous greys of tinseled
threads,
So shining bright and clear:
But never will he lose a day,
Although I brush his web away,
And Bcattor every trace;
And without noise or movement
rough,
Through patient hours and days
enough,
His homo ho will replace.
Florence Richmond.
Plat Irnus.
A ilat iron . should be washed and
kept clean. They should be rubbed
over with coal oil or beeswax when
sot away to keep them from becoming
rough and rusted. Flat irons should
not be left to stand on the back of
the stove, to heat and cool, as by this
treatment they are said to "lose their
temper" that II, they will not hold
heat when in use. As soon as done
using them they should be cleaned
and put away in a dry place.
For ironing shirt waists, cuffs and
collars, a polishing iron Is a necessity.
They are a little more expensive than
the ordinary smoothing iron, but for
successful work they are indispens
able. To polish a collar or cuff, after
having Ironed tha garment in the us
ual way, take a damp cloth and rub
over the parts to bo polished. Then,
with a well-heated polisher, proceed to
rub and polish 'mtil the desired gloss
is. obtained. If one carefully directs
each movement of the Iron with swift
and oven strides, even thin goods may
be Ironed before they are dry, and
made to look like crepon, instead of a
smooth madras or muslin. If one at
tempts to iron ith a flat iron that is
not hot enough, they leave ugly
smirches on the clcthes.
It is a good plan for the young
housekeeper to Lrst get a good, relia
ble range, oven though she must use
gocds boxes for seats and table and
other furnishings until her purse is
replenished. Visit stores where good
kitchen utensils are kept, and see how
many useful things may be bought for
a dollar, and, instead of planning how
few she can skimp along with, let hef
get one or more really good articles
an often as she has the money to pay
for it, and plan to have all that is
needed to mako her work effective.
There is no extravagance so great as
that of being wasteful of one's self.
There is a vast difference between
a dish-cloth and a dish-rag. Some
people never have anything but a
dish-rag, of whatever material it is
made. A dish-cloth is always clean
and sweet and takes much of the
drudgery away from the after-meal
'service, but a dish-rag usually holds
disease and death in its stiff, stained
folds. The child who considers it a
disgrace to be in need of examination
by a boavd of health will, when a wo
man, consider It a disgrace to use a
dish-rag about her housekeeping.
Tested Recipes.
Oyster cocktails are served very
often at the beginning of a dinner or
lunch instead of oysters on the half
shell. For these do not use large
oysters, but blue-points or a small
oyster such as is usually served raw.
To prepare them, mix the strained
juice of half a lemon, one-half tea
spoonful of vinegar, one-half tea
spoonful of horse radish, eight drops
of tobasco sauce, and half a teaspoon
ful of tomato catsup. Add eight oys
ters and let them stand five minutes.
Multiply the ingredients according to
the. number of guests served.
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Chicken patties, served instead of
chicken pie, are made as follows: Heat
one cupful of white stock and one
cupful of milk (or all milk may be
used) ; stir four tablespoonf uls of flour
into four tablespoonfuls of butter un
til perfectly smooth; add the hot
milk, a little at a time, cook two min
utes, or until thick and smooth, then
add two cupfuls of cold chicken
chopped and sersoned to taste. Line
patty pans with puff paste, fill them
up with the chicken mixture, cover
with the puff pasto and bake in a quick
oven. Half canned mushroom and
half chopped chicken make a delight
ful combination.
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Almond kisses are made thus: Whip
the whites of four eggs until perfectly
stiff; stir Into them half a pound of
pulverized sugar and one cupful of
blanched and powdered almonds. Drop
In spoonfuls on well-buttered paper,
about an inch apart, lay the paper on
a half-inch board and place in a slow
oven until they begin to turn yellow.
wrinkles. Overcome these, and the
wrinkles will disappear. The wrin
kles of aged people are caused by the
skin losing its substance, and for these
skin food and massage are the only
remedies. Here is the recipe asked
for:
"One ounce each of whito wax and
spermaceti, two ounces each of cocoa
nut oil and lanolin, and four ounces
of oil of sweet almonds. Melt these
together in a porcelain vessel, then
remove from the stove and add two
ounces of orange-flower water and
thirty drops of benzoin. Beat brisk
ly with an egg-beater until it Is
creamy. Apply this to the face care
fully at night and wash off in the
morning with water and castlle soap."
In drying the face, rub upward, rather
than downward.
Roll Cake
The Kitchen.
The kitchen is" tho key-noto of the
bouse, and a great deal of the com
fort, to say nothing of the health, of
tho family depends upon the furnish
ing of this department. No matter
how skilled the cook may be, If she
must deal with unsuitable utensils and
worry over a poor stove, tho result
will Inevitably appear on the table,
and have its effect on tho family di
gestion. If any room in tho house
must bo neglected, let It bo any other
than the kitchen. The best range is
none too good, and will, with care, last
a life-time, whin a cheap stove is
dear at any price, and will soon need
repairs, if, indeed, it does not need
repeated replacing with another.
One-half cupful of butter creamed
with two cupfuls of sugar, three cup
fuls of sifted flour K four eggs, one cup
ful of milk; salt, spice, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Beat well after
all ingredients are together and bake
in long narrow tins. The cake, when
done, should be in sheets less than an
Inch thick. Try with a broom straw,
and turn bottom upward on a board.
Spread the upper side with a thick
layer of. preserves, cream, chocolate,
jelly or other. Ailing; begin at one
end and roll carefully. Pin a towel
around it to hold until cold; cut slices
from ono end.
Per Coughs and Colds.
For a cough which is simply annoy
ing and prevents sleep, give a few
drops of spirits of camphor on a lump
of sugar, or the beaten, white of an
egg with the juice of a lemon and
sugar. Or, apply a few drops of fresh
lard and spirits of turpentine to the
chest, covering witn several thick
nesses of flannel.
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One of the simplest and surest rem
edies for a cough is to lay on the
throat and chest a towel, or other
soft cloth that will lie closely against
the skin, wrung out of cold water and
closely cover it vith several thick
nesses of flannel. Renew the cold
cloth as often as it gets warm, slip
ping it from under the flannel and re
storing it so as not to expose the
throat and chest to the air when
changing it. One - two applications
will usually be sufficient for even se
vere cases. In the nervous trouble
known as congestion of the larynx,
where great difficulty in breathing is
experienced, the cold compress acts
like magic. This is a sure cough rem
edy, always at hand and costing noth
ing. 0 O
The following is strongly recom
mended: Two tablespoonfuls of flax
seed, one tablespoonful dry hoarhound
and one quart of water. Boil these
together half an hour, strain off the
liquid, and to it ad' one sliced lemon,
one sticit of black liquorice and one
ounce of gum arable; boil twenty
minutes and strain while hot. A ta
blespoonful of vinegar may be used,
in case no lemon is to be had. The
dose is a teaspoonful for a child, and
a tablespoonful for an adult, three
times a day.
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An excellent remedy for a cough is
made by putting an egg (shell and
all, as nearly whole as possible), Into
a pint of pure cider vinegar, letting it
stand until the egg is entirely eaten
up by the vinegar. Add enough sugar
to make a good syrup, and it is ready
for use. Dose, teaspoonful three times
a day.
Wrinkles.
A correspondent asks for a sure and
inexpensive recipe for the removal of
wrinkles. I have been trying to de
cide whether I ever worried enough
about their coming to try to find one.
As I do not recall having done so, I
must give her one from the note-book
of a sister editor, who recommends it.
Wrinkles are caused by some facial
habit; so long as we have emotions
and allow them to control the muscles
of our face, just so long will we have
aide nicely faced with taffeta. With
this may be worn a pretty under
sleeve, and this gives a woman an op
portunity of wearing her white shirt
waists all winter with their elaborate
vestings and their pretty sleeves.
Many whito lace yokes are mado
from very heavy lace which may bo
laundered. Heavy Irish crochet Is
much' used, and many novelty laces
serve the purpose very well. Several
lace yokes should be provided, one of
which is as large as a cape, cut round
ing in the neck, used to throw around
the shoulders of an old gown. An
other does not quite reach the shoul
ders, and buttons or fastens in tho
back, or may be secured wita littlo
fancy pins. Some yokes, while quite
deep, are also high in the neck, and
takes the place of a fancy stock.
The woman who understands fancy
work, and has the taste to apply It,
may look well, all the time and in all
her gowns, at but little expense.
Scientific Cooking; as a Profession.
Miss S. E. Wentworth of Boston was
a graduate, with honors, from Vassar
college. It must have been inspiration
that put it into her mind to become
a scientific food expert and ease tho
stomach tortured race of a little of Its
woes. She entered the Massachusetts
Institute for Technology and put her
self under the instruction of the ac
knowledged food expert of America
we are proud she is a woman Mrs.
Ellen H. Richards. There Miss Went
worth learned to feed people hyglen
ically so satisfactorily that lv.rs. Rich
ards asked her to go into the Boston
New England Kitchen and run it,
with Mrs. Richards herself as advisory
board. The kitchen was established
in one of the districts of Boston In
habited by the oor that the women
might buy good food cheaply and at
the same time learn . something about
preparing it themselves.
But once she had learned her pro
fession as food expert, Miss Went
worth was in demand in many places
at once. "An insane asylum in Illi
nois wanted her to plan meals for Its
2,000 patients and 300 attendants. She
went there and did this six months
for them. Then she was wanted at
tho Massachusetts General hospital.
She took charge of its kitchen and,
while improving the food of patients
and attendants, saved the establish-
BUSY DOCTOR
Sometimes Overlooks a Point
Pr the Sewlnsr Ream.
A woman skillful In the" use of
sewing implements can fashion her
dress-skirts for the coming season by
simply box-pleating the skirts all the
way around with the boxes Inverted
and stitched flat to knee length. At
the bottom they can flare. In order to
bo dressy and distinct from the rainy
day look of the short skirt, the skirt
must be very long and very full.
Dress sleeves aro slashed on tlie
outside with the slashing reaching
nearly to the elbow, and tho Inner
The physician is such a busy man
that he sometimes overlooks a valua
ble point to which his attention may
be called by an Intelligent patient
who is a thinker.
"About a year ago my attention was
called to Grape-Nuts by one of my pa
tients," says a physician of Cincin
nati.
"At the time my own health was
bad and I was pretty well run-down,
but I saw in a minute that the theories
behind Grape-Nuts were perfect and
it tho food was all that was claimed
for it it was a perfect food, so I com
menced to use Grape-Nuts with warm
milk twice a day and in a short time
began to improve in every way and I
am now much stronger, feel 50 per
cent better and weigh more than I
ever did in my life.
"I know that all of this good is due
to Grape-Nuts and I am firmly con
vinced that the claims mado for tne
food aro true. I have recommended
and still recommend the food to a
great many of my patients with splen
did results and. in some cases the im
provement of patients on this un0
food has been wonderful. .
"As a brain and nerve food, In tact
as a general food, Grape-Nuts stanas
alone." Name given -by Postum w.$
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