DECEMBER 29, 1905
the stem; the stitches should not ex
ceed one-eighth of an inch in length,
and should be set the same distance
apart. When the . end of the outline
is reached, turn the needle and twist
the point under each stitch till the
starting point is reached.
If flowers are in the design, work
the petals in satin switches padded,
if they are not to be done in open
work. First outline the edges of all
the petals with the staying stitch, then
cover the inside of the line with three
lavers of padding stitches, made as
follows: first layer, lengthwise of the
design; second layer, crosswise; last
layer, lengthwise; work over the petala
thus padded close with the satin
stitches, taking the stitch across the
petal and working from the tip to the
base. The scollop for the edge should
be filled lengthwise with the padding
described for the petals, and 'then
covered with close buttonhole stitch.
The Commoner.
Collar and Cuffs (Coat Set)
The stylish' shawl-collar and cuffs
now worn over coats and jackets may
be made very inexpensively at home,
if one is skilled with the needle. A
very pretty, durable set may be made
of white linen, with eyelet embroidery
and satin stitch. Patterns for the set
may be purchased of any paper-pattern
agency, or the linen, with the design
s'amped on it can be had very reason
ably. Poseidon floss, embroidery cot
ton, filo silk or linen thread are suit
able threads for working the designs
used. The collar and cuffs design
should be worked on the cloth before
the pattern is cut out. A design may
he copied from a printed pattern, or
designed by the maker. The linen
on the hoop should not be stretched
too tightly, and the stitch should not
be drawn too tight, or puckering .of
the finished article will be the result.
In cutting out the finished article,
do not cut the threads of the edge.
The mitten cuff, reaching to the el
how, is characteristic of most of the
waists that are worn under coats this
winter. Dressy waists have elbow
sleeves; some waists have full bishop
sleeves, shirred into the arm holes,
and having deep, fancy cuffs, pointed
or in plain outline. Shirt waists are
made with shirt sleeves with laps and
link cuffs, or with bishop sleeves
with deep or shallow cuffs.
Shirred frocks are very much in
voeue for small cirls. and are very
attractive for older ones. The waist
is shirred to form a yoke, and is ar
ranged over a smoothly fitted lining,
while the skirt is straight, shirred at
the upper edge and arranged over a
foundation yoke. Each are Joined in
visibly at the back.
Requested Cookery Recipes
Replying to &. M.In selecting
ducks or geese, see that they have
soft, fat, smooth and pliant yellow
feet and tender wings. The meat on
the breast bone should be thick and
firm, and the windpipe break easily
when pressed with the thumb and
finger. The feet of wild ducks are a
reddish color, while those of the do
mestic fowl are of a yellow color. Af
ter selecting your duck, pick, singe,
haw and wipe thoroughly inside and
out; rub salt in with the hands, in
si'le and out, and place in a dripping
pun in a very hot oven. Pour around
the duck a large cupful of white stock,
and baste every five minutes with it.
Took thirty minutes, then try if it is
done.
Annie.- A saddle of mutton should
be trimmed and dressed at the market.
As soon as delivered, remove the pa
lvr, wipe the meat with a soft cloth
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wet in cold water; sprinkle with pep
per, salt, and place on a rack in dri -Ping
pan and dredge the meat with
lour. Roast in an oven hot enough at
the start o sear (not scorch) the out
side of the meat very quickly, in
?IeJ tor,J)reserVG. the juices. Allow
ten to fifteen minutes to the pound,
according as it is to be rare or weli
done. Bake and hour and a half
basting every fifteen minutes with the
juices in the pan.
Fried Oysters. Take the oysters
out of the liquor with the lingers re
moving air bits of shell, and dry be
tween soft cloths; season with salt
and pepper, dip in flour, then in
slightly beaten egg diluted with a
tablespoonful of cold water, then in
finely rolled cracker or bread crumbs
or corn meal. Dip thus twice. Fry
in deep, hot fat, and dip out when a
rich brown (which should be very
soon), and lay on light brown paper
to drain. Serve immediately.
Josie. To make croutons for soup,
cut stale bread into small squares and
fry in butter until a light brown.
They may be made in quantity, and
will keep, covered, until needed. They
may be made of scraps of bread, left
over, or a stale loaf may be used.
11
For Constipation
Replying to "Flotsam:" Steep two
tablespoonfuls of senna leaves in one
pint of boiling water, keeping very
hot, but not boiling, for two hours.
Strain, and put into the water two
dozen figs or large primes; cover the
vessel and simmer slowly until no
water remains, taking care not to
scorch or burn. Put into a jar, and use
as required. The senna leaves are a
very common commodity to be had at
any drug store, and not at all expen
sive five cents worth being quite a
handful.
No. 2. (Contributed some months
ago by M. G. R.) One pound of seeded
(not seedless) raisins; one pound of
figs; five cents worth each of senna
leaves and caraway seeds; pint (or
enough to moisten) of sorghum mo
lasses. Pour hot water over the senna
leaves and immediately pour it off;
throw this water away. Chop the
senna leaves, raisins and figs together
and mix with the other ingredients.
Put into a fruit jar or wide-mouthed
bottle, as it does not need to be air
tight. Half this quantity will make
a good lot. Dose, teaspoonful, more or
less, as needed, every night ijor a time,
then every other night as long as
needed.
No. 3. Teaspoonful of best olive
oil, half an hour before breakfast, and
another teaspoonful half an hour af
ter supper. The oil is a food as well
as a laxative, and acts on the liver;
it is eaten on salads, and can be used
indefinitely, as it is harmless and
nourishing. It can be had at the drug
store by the full pint quite as cheaply
as at the grocery store in so-called
pint bottles.
No. 4. Senna leaves, five cents
worth; figs, fifteen cents worth; chop
them together very finely, put in a
fruit jar, and every day eat as much
as half a fig.
Requested Recipes
Marshmallow Cake. Make the bat
ter after any good wnite cake recipe,
and bake in layers. For the filling,
boil one cup of sugar and four table
spoonfuls of water until it "ropes,
then add a half pound of marshmal
lows torn into bits, and stir until they
dissolve. Whip the whites of three
eggs until very stiff; add three tab e
spoonfuls of sugar and stir into the
syrup, beating hard all the time.
Spread between the layers while warm,
as it stiffens very quickly.
Library Paste Dissolve a teaspoon
ful of alum in a quart of warm water;
when cold, stir in as much flour as
will bring it to the consistency of
cream, beating until perfectly smooth
a yl free from lumps. Then, place it
on the stove and allow it to cook gen
uy for a few minutes, stirring well
meanwhile. Add two tesspoonrulB of
corrosive sublimate, a few drop of
carbolic acid and a teaspoonrul of tho
oil of rosemary, clovo lavender, or any
essential oil, stirring it in well. This
paste will keap a long while, and in
sects will not molest it.
S. D. Try this for tho rough,
chapped hands: Keep a cupful of corn
meal, thoroughly moistened with coal
oil, on your wash stand. Hub the hands
well with this mixture, then make a
strong, soapy lather tvlth some good,
vegetable oil soap, and wet the hands
with It, rubbing and scouring without
further wetting until tho dirt seems
well removed; then wash thoroughly
and rinse in tepid water, if the water
Is "hard," keep a bottle of saturated
solution of borax on the stand, and
pour into the water enough to make it
feel slippery about a tablespoonful
to a half basin of water. Borax will
cost from ten to fifteen cents a pound
at tho grocers' or maybe a little more
at the druggist's. Put into tho bottle
all the borax the water will dissolve,
"and then some." This is called a
saturated solution. After scouring,
rub a little oil or honey into the
hands.
Query Box
(Friends, please do not say, "I am
afraid I am bothering you," when ask
ing for information. The more you
ask, the better pleased we are; and
the more 1 am called upon to help
you, the more I must, know, myself a
sort of mutual benefit association, you
see.)
Flotsam. See "For Constipation."
Moths only disturb clothing while
packed away. Will answer more fully
in next issue.
Josephine M. G. Thanks for recipes
and kind words. Will use recipes soon.
Emma S. Liehi or white furti mnv
be cleaned with magnesia or wheat
four or corn moal. See answer to
Susie.
Ollie. The removal of moles should
not be attempted without a physician's
advice. They cannot be treated as
warts.
E. W. As I have given so many
tonics for the hair, 1 do not know to
which you refer. Will give several of
the best soon. I shall be glad to help
you.
Housewife. It was a mistake of the
types. A young goose will be better
roasted, or baked. An old goose,
boiled or steamed until done, then
browned in the oven.
Hattie S. Herb teas are made by
taking the leaves and stalks and pour
ing boiling water over them, letting
stand until cold, then strain and
sweeten to taste. Use the amount of
both herbs and water the recipe calls
for.
Olive M The trouble with the arm
is probably brought on by over-use and
strain; the treatment should be rest,
and about three times a day apply
a hot fomentation (of hot, moist bran)
to the entire arm, from shoulder down
to the wrist; the bran should be in
a bag, and should be kept on as long
as it is hot; then rub well with warm
vinegar, and after that, with olive oil.
Susie. To clean a white mohair
garment, try magnesia, sprinkling it
thickly over the garment anu roiling,
and after a few hours, brush with
a soft bruah; if not sufficiently clean,
try it again. Wheat flour, or corn
meal is also used to clean white things
white'hoods, shawls, or furs, putting
the article in a sack or pan with the
meal or flour and rubbing well until
clean, then brushing the substance
out If very much soiled, two or three
changes of the meal or flour may be
necessary.
Mrs. A. W. A "drop-leaf" table is a
board of any desired width or length,
attached with hinges to the wall or
window sill; having one or two legs,
or supports, hung by hinges to the
front of the board. When not In use,
the bomrd Ik turnad up against tho
vftll anil fastonod by a hook or hut
ton, and tho logs drop down Hat
agnlnst 1L When wantad, lowar Iho
board, and tho log will swing Into
place as support.
llouao-Mother If possible, tho table
should bo sot, in tho morning, and a
very pretty decoration may ho mado
of tho fruit that Is to bo sorved with
tho last course. Fill a hnntisonio fruit
dish, or a largo platter with nicely
arranged oranges, apples, grnpos, etc.,
and set on a bed of pressod autumn
leaves,' or moss, or a sprinkling of
couar. 'iho odgo of tho dish may
bo concealed by sprigs or parsley, or
other groon loavos, or ovon fringed
tissue paper.
Manure Water For Plants
It will depend ou tho condition of
tho plant whether liquid manure
should bo used or not. It should bo
used only on plants that are in a
thrifty condition, and that arc grow
ing fairly well, or that are coming Into
bloom, and for that reason roquiro
extra HUHtalnance. Liquid manure of
a safe strength will bo indicated by
a very light straw color; but, besides
taking tho color as a guide, try this:
Take a spray of foliage, or ovon a
leaf or wood, and dip it into the
liquid; If, after a short time, there
Is no visible evidence of Injury, It
may bo considered safe to use. If it
is too strong, tho foliage will turn
brown, or show some discoloration,
with a withered appearance. Com
mence its use by giving it once a
week; if the plunls respond to such
application, but still do not grow as
may be supposed desirable, it may
be used twice a week. Tho use of
it must he determined by constant ob
servation and good judgment. Very
often, the only trouble with "spin
dling" plants is that (hey are kept in
too warm an atmosphere, and one
which lacks moisture.
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of misappropriating funds.
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