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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1907)
MAUCH 29, 1007 The Commoner. 11 ; '..lf$k&. plant them in a bed in full sunshine. Have your ground previously enriched with old rotted manure (cow manure Is best), and set the plants out caie f nlly the latter part of April or first of May, according to climate. Mulch twice a year; in winter, just before freezing weather to protect from alter nate freezing and thawing in spring, and in early summer to shade the roots. Cut off every rose as it fades, and keep the ground well watered. There are so many beautiful ever blooming roses now on the market which are either "hardy as an oak," or hardy with protection during se vere cold in winter, that one can hard ly be forgiven for not having roses all the season. Mailing plants do not give a great amount of bloom the first season, and unless one is impatient to see what the flowers are alike, it is well to remove all buds and let the strength of growth go to the bush or vine until along In the late summer. Everblooming roses usually make their best growth, and give abundance of bloom during the cool, moist weather of the fall months. Rules for the Short Girl Don't, if you are short, wear tight-fit-ting clothes; the little short, thin woman who puts on skin-tight gar ments will look weazen, shriveled up, old; will have the dried-up appearance which belongs to the aged. If you are little, add to your height by dressing your shoulders broad. No one can tell why it is, but the broad shouldered girl always looks taller than she is. Shoulder-puffs, fat eleeves, and all sorts of devices for increasing the breadth of the should ers, were invented for the short girl. They are becoming, and the modistes cling to them. Long skirts will make the short girl look taller; these increase the appar ent height, and make the short girl graceful. They may not be hygienic, but they are immensely becoming. A trained gown will .add height and dig nity to the wearer,- ,j The short girl should wear stripes running lengthwise; she can wear the princess dress, and get herself up in trimmings running from head to foot. All of these will make her look taller, and are permissible; but she must not overdo, nor make herself conspicuous, nor wear many frills. Prills will make her look old and fussy. The hair should be dressed high, with a comb to make jt still higher: but she must avoid the grotesque in everything. To cultivate suppleness and graceful movements of body and limbs will also add to her apparent height very much. Fashion Magazine. Do not buy "left-over" fall-planting bulbs: tliey are no account These may bo planted as late as the first of Jan uary, but: after that they are so weakened that they will seldom grow -surely not bloom. Bulbs that have flowered in the house, especially those that have been grown in water arc1 hardly worth bothering with. They may be planted in the border, and left to take care of themselves. In two or throe years they will give bloom again. GOOD NATURED AGAIN Good Humor Returns With Change to, Proper pood. "For many years I was a constant sufferer from indigestion, and nervous ness amounting almost to prostration," writes a Montana man. "My blood was impoverished, the vision was blurred and weak, with moving spots before my eyes. This was a steady daily condition. I grew Ill-tempered, and eventually got so nervous I could not keep my books posted, nor handle accounts satisfac torily. I can't describe my sufferings. "Nothing I ate agreed with me, till one day, I happened to notice Grape Nuts in a grocery store, and bought a package, out of curiosity to know what It was. "I liked the food from the very first, eating it with creanjj and now I buy it by the case and use it daily. I soon found that Grape-Nuts food was sup plying brains and nerve force as noth ing in the drug line ever had done or could do. "It wasn't long before I was re stored to health, comfort and happi ness. Through the use of Grape-Nuts food my digestion has been restored, my nerves are steady once more, my eye-sight is good again, my mental fac ulties are clear and acute, and I have become so good-natured that my friends are truly astonished at the change. I feel younger and better than I have for 20 years. No amount of money would induce me to surren der what I have gained through the us of Grape-Nuts food." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Mtoad to Wellvillc," In pkgs. Don't "spade" up ground. Use a spading fork; it is much lighter than a spade, and breaks up the ground better. The little "hand-hoes" that one can use down close to the roots of the plants are better for flower gardening than the long-handled gar den or field hoe, as it is lighter, and can be used about delicate plants. One's Best" Dress The average woman is obliged to limit her wardrobe. One frequently meets women who appear smartly dressed, and who possess only one cos tume that may be strictly called "every-day." The smartness is not in duced by chance, but is rather the re sult of intelligent planning; the one dress must be strictly correct. If rightly selected, it may be made suit able, for wear at all kinds and condi tions of day functions not strictly for mal. It must suit one's own Individu ality, and she who anchors to the strong rock of simplicity will make no mistake. Delineator. For the Toilet For the removal of moth patches Oiver spots), this salve Is said to be reliable: Two and one-fourth ounces of cocoa butter; two and one-fourth ounces of castor oil; forty-five grains of zinc oxide; two grains of ammon ia ted mercury. Mix well. A thick coating of this salve should be applied to the discolorations at night; when commencing the treatment, It must be remembered that patient perseverance in the use of the remedy Is the only way by which satisfactory results can be obtained. An application for a few times, then letting it go for awhile is worse than useless. In the meantime, the general health, especially keeping tee liver active, must be attended to. This recipe is given by The Demorest Magazine. A few mouthfuls of lime water, or a few drops of the tincture of myrrh in a tumbler of water used as a mouth wash, will sweeten an unpleasant breath, and a small piece of orris root, if chewed, will give an odor of violets to the breath. A teaspoonful of pow dered charcoal, mixed into a paste with honey, will not only sweeten the breath, but will prevent bloating of the stomach after eating. Powdered charcoal can be had at any drug store. It is claimed tnat the taint of onion on the breath may He got rid of by swallowing a mouthful of vinegar, or drinking a half-cupful of hot water in which a pinch of soda has been dis solved. As onions, when eaten with vinegar still taint the breath, it might be better to try the old remedy of chewing browned coffee. , If possible, do not use cheap soaps. They maybe all right for laundry pur poses, but a cheap, alkaline soap makes the skin dry, peeling and scaly, if not chapped and sore. One who handles fine sewing or ombroldory threads, or writing paper should have smooth hands, and this eau only be had by using as little soap, even of the best, as possible. Some Salmon Recipes A Breakfast Dish. Put a pound can of best salmon into a sauce pan and cover with boiling water, and cook ten minutes. Open the can and remove the salmon, drain off the liquor, take out skin and bones, place in a hot dish and pour around the fish the following sauce: One cup of milk, two level ta blespoons of corn starch, the salmon liquor, one level tablespoonful of but ter, one egg beaten, one-fourth tea spoonful of salt, and a pinch of pepper. Heat the milk to boiling, thicken wltn the corn starch, add the butter, salt, pepper, salmon liquor, and egg, stir ring well. Serve hot. Salmon Chowder. One-fourth pound of pickled pprk, two large onions; cut. these fine rfnd braisee In same pot m which the chowder is to bo made, for about thirty minutes. Add to this one can of tomatoes, one green pepper cut tine, and one quart of water or bouil lon. Let this cook one hour. Add one pound of potatoes cut in small pieces; cook twenty minutes and add one pound can of salmon, one pint of milk or cream, and four or five broken crackers. Season to taste. This should servo a dozen persons. Scalloped Salmon, with Green Peas. One can of salmon picked over and broken Into small pieces (re.moving skin and bones), one can of green peas, two cupfuls of thin white sauce, and cupful of bread or cracker crumbs. Butter a pudding dish, sprinkle with the crumbs, put In' a layer of salmon and a layer of -peas, cover with the white sauce. Repeat until all Is used. Cover well with buttered crumbs and bake in a hot oven until crumbs are brown, and serve hot. White Sauce. Two level table spoonfuls of flour, two level table spoonfuls of butter, one cup of hot milk, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and pinch of pepper. Melt butter In saucepan until it bubbles; add the flour, salt and pepper, stirring until blended smooth; then pour in the hot milk gradually, stirring and beating: cook until it thickens, which should require once boiling up. Alaska Pack ing Association. Salted Almonds To prepare thorn, first shuck them and then blanch them by pouring boil ing water over them, and letting them stand a few minutes. Then drain them and put them In cold water. The skins can then be rubbed off with the hands. Then dry them with a cloth, or put them near the fire for a short time. When dry, to each pint of the blanched kernels add two tablespoon fuls of salt and two tablespoonfuls or melted butter, stirring them thorough ly. Spread thinly in shallow pans and bake in an oven. The oven should be rather cool, so as not to brown them too fast; about twenty minutes Is re quired. Then turn them from the pan on plates to cool. By salting almonds and peanuts at home, they can be had fresh when wanted, and are not so expensive. "Corns" Somebody says, without the least at tempt at being original, that "Corns are troublesome things." We, who have suffered from them, can heartily endorse the sentiment The worry is to find a way for their permanent re moval. They come, whether or not one wears a shoe that fits, or one too large, or too small, too short, or too long. What will help one will not help another, and I have never heard that any one has advanced Just the theory of what does cause them. We are told by physicians that their presence is due to some condition of the blood, out nobody seems to know just, what that condition Is, or how to remedy It Rubbing castor oil on the corri. sev eral times a day, Is suggested; for soft corns, painting with iodine Is good; Ihls at least kills the pain, and the cal lous may be rubbed off with the tollot pumice. Salicylic acid, as, much as ...ill It.. i a " -W. . win ne on a ten-cent piece, stirred Into is much vaseline ns the acid w ill hold. and used on the corn three nluhts in succession, is recommended. The feet should then be soaked In quite warm water, and the corn gently drawn (not dug, or cut) out. 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