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MAY 17,' 190?
The Commoner.
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"wn-fffRr&''W?SJ?BW'4"' 'iuus"-"
restraint continues, and- counts for
much in all their relations." Success.
, "Be sure you have your own ap
proval first and last If you resolve
that you will never forfeit confidence
in yourself, and that you will never
take chances of your own disapproval,
whatever you have or do not have, you
.will have a bulwark which will be
your stay whether in prosperity or in
adversity." Marsden.
. For Girl Stenographers
A girl who wishes a position as
stenographer has a good chance for
employment during the summer
months, as there are frequent Adver
tisements for substitutes for regular
clerks, away on a vacation. Such
work must, at the best, be but tem
porary, but capable girls sometimes
get steady positions in this way who
have tried in vain for an opening dur
ing the busy season. Being painstak
ing, they made a good impression on
their temporary employer, who men
tioned to some friendthat he had a
fine substitute, and this friend, need
ing, or knowing some one who did, a
stenographer, was glad to give her em
ployment. Another excellent chance
for a girl who Is sure of her speed is,
to call at the office of the machine she
is familiar With or in the habit of using
and take an examination of her speed.
If this is satisfactory, there may be
immediate employment in the office,
or her name will be put on the eligible
list, and when applications are made
for stenographers as they often are
in such cfilces she will be recom
mended. Housekeeper.
The Charcoal Iron
One oJ oar leaders writes of an iron,
used by his mother, which was self
heating, and asks where one can be
had now. Thfc old-fashioned charcoal
Iron, with removable top and hard
wood handle, in the body of which1 a
fire Was kindled, using charcoal as
fuel, was self-heatihg, regulated to any
desired heat by a little "damper" n
the back end. This damper was usu
ally left open, and the motion in Iron
ing clothes created a draft, the lit
tle smoke made passing out of a sort
of chimney at the top of the Iron. The
housewives who used them and many
did either bought their charcoal of
' the dealer, or made their own, char
ing wood, and sifting the ashes from
the charred coals, and keeping the
.coals as fuel for ironing day. To in
crease the heat at any time, the iron
was set in the draft, with the damper
end to the door, and soon heated up.
The charcoal iron can still be had from
large hardware dealers, or from the
"department" or mail order stores, and
,will cost about $1, exclusive of freight
'charges. It does away with the hot
fire on ironing day, and one can do
. good -work-with it
Query Box "
Mrs. A. PT. See "Whitewash" in.
another column.
-' S. M. Rinse the calico in salt water
to brighten colors. -
M. S. For the ticks on the children,
use camphorated oil in the day time,
and at night wash with tar soap,
changing clothes to sleep in.
L. S. To sweeten the cellar, use
plenty of whitewash on the walls, and
set pans of unslacked lime about on
the floor.
"Subscriber"- Cultivated . parsnips
do not become "poisonous, but get
tough and lose their flavor when be
ginning to grow in the spring. "In"
the paper is correct not "on" it
Sallie G. To remove the scratches
on furniture, take a gijl of sperm oil
and one teaspoonful of turpentine, add
mix well; apply to the scratches with
a woolen cloth and lots of energy.
, Fannie Don't starch your ,colored
clothes. Wash them in thin starch,
as you would in soapsuds, rinse, and
dry; they will be stiff enough. Col
ored muslins should be washed ina
lather of pure white soap and cold
water. If the color Is green, add a
little ammonia; if black, a little salt.
M. It.-To paste the oil cloth on the
walls, make a paste as for paper and
to each pailful of paste add a hand
ful of glue, previously softened and
liquified. Flow the paste on the walls
as well as the cloth, and hang the
cloth as you would paper.
Housewife Corrosive sublimate and
wood alcohol, one ounce to a half gal
lon, Is one of the best liquid bug de
stroyers known. Use a common oil
can with a long spout, inject into crev
ices, spray the edges of baseboards,
joints and rough places on the bed
stead, and the seams and corners of
the mattress. Shut up the room for a
day after doing tills. Have prepared
only enough for use at one time, as
both the sublimate and the alcohol are
deadly poison, and should not be left
setting about where there are carelcas
people or children.
Some Timely Recipes
Strawberry Float Make a custard
with the beaten yolks of four eggs,
one pint of milk, four tablespoonfuls
of sugar, a pinch of salt, and half a
teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring. Beat
the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth,
and drop them In large spoonfuls Into
a pan of boiling milk, cook a minute,
turn over carefully and cook a min
ute longer. Lift out with a skimmer
onto a platter or large plate. The milk
may uo tnen used for tne custard. rut
a layer of fine, ripe, sweetened berries
in the bottom of a deep glass dish;
pour over it a layer of the custard,
then alternate layers of berries and
custard until the dish is nearly full;
the custard should be very cold, so as
not to combine with the berries until
just before serving. Heap the whites
of the eggs on top, and garnish with
fine large berries.
Creamed Chicken Dress and joint a
young chicken as for frying; have a
deep baking dish on top of the stove
with bottom and sides freshly greased
with lard. Roll the pieces of chicken
in flour, after salting to taste, until
entirely covered with the flour; lay
each piece quickly Into the hot baking
pan, and cover with a quart of rich
sweet milk that has previously been
heated until just at the boiling point
Cover the pan closely, and as soon ns
the milk begins to boil, which should
be very soon, put into the oven, and
bake slowly for half an hour or so.
Remove the cover, turn the pieces of
chicken, replace cover and bake until
tender, which should be in another half
hour. The milk will have formed a
delicious jelly with the flour' and juices
of the chicken.
Stuffed Tomatoes Remove the stem
ends of any number of tomatoes, scoop
out the inside, taking care not to break
the skin; then fill with the following
forcemeat: One cupful of boiled rice,
one cupful of finely chopped bread
crumbs, tablespoonful of minced oniou
browned in two teaspoonfuls of but
ter, and a few sprays of parsley Tor
garnish. Serve with pork chops.
Some Contributed Recipes
Strawberry Shortcake Sifted flour,
two and one-half cups; melted butter,
three tablespoonfuls; baking powder,
two level tablespoonfuls which should
be sifted with the flour, small pinch
of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar
mixed with one cupful of sweet milk.
Mix lightly and knead as little as pos
sible to make smooth. Cut the dough
into four pieces, roll to fit the baking
tins, spread each rolled section "with
butter, folding two of the buttered
sides together, which will allow them
to separate easily. After baking, open
nnd spread again with butter, fill each
layer with berries sugared to taste,
piling one layer on top or theother,
and cover the top layer with whipped
cream, or a layer of sugared berries.
If the Imking powder is very strong,
less may be used, making a very light
dough. .
Grandmother's Pound Cake Take
one pound of the fine-grained granu
lated sugar and mix It well with
three-fourths pound of butter by nib
bing; then break nine eggs Into a sep
arate dish and beat (yolks and white)
until a stiff froth; then slowly stir to
gether eggs, butter and sugar, adding
one pound of Hour, beating slowly.
Beat all together until light, and bake
one and one-half hours In a slow oven.
Take time to beat well.
Irish Potato Salad One quart of
cold-boiled potatoes, one pint of
chopped onions, four hard-boiled eggs;
chop all together, mix well, add vine
gar, salt, pepper and oil to taste, and
stir thoroughly. Let stand half an
hour to blend flavors.
Salad DressingOne large cupful of
rich milk, one cegt tablespoonful of
flour, same of sucar. teasnoonfjil nf
grouud mustard, two teaspoonfuls of
butter. Place nearly all the milk In
a double boiler on the stove, and rub
r.p into a paste the flour, mustard and
sugar with the rest of the milk; when
the milk boils, add the rest of the in
gredients, stirring and cooking until
inmnnfli nn1 lillr. 41mn nll ,-.4 1..-!..
slowly, dnegar, salt, pepper and oil
to taste. The butter may be omitted
and the satae quantity of olive oil
used in its stead.
"Chicken Pic"
Answering "A Subscriber" Clean
and cut up a pair of tender young
chickens and put them In a sauce-pan
with just enough water to cover them;
add a quarter of a pound of butter,
and salt and pepper to taste. Cover
tbe vessel and let them stew until
tender enough to remove the bones.
Make a rich biscuit dough with one
quart of flour, salt to taste, half a
pound of butter and quarter pound of
lard (or all lard will do), and four tea
spoonfuls of baking powder sifted with
the flour. Mix with cold milk or wa
ter, lightly not too stiff, kneading
just enough to make it easy to handle.
Line-a deep pan with some of the
dough, if an under crust is desired; if
not, put a layer or tne boned chicken
in the bottom of the pan, puj: bits cf
butter over It, sprinkle well with sift
ed flour, and then 'another layer of
chicken, butter and flour until all the
cnicken is in the pan. For the pie, a
gill of flour and a quarter of a pound
of butter is enough between layers.
Have the chicken broth boiled down to
one pint; pour into the pan three gills
of rich sweet cream and the pint of
broth. Roll the top crust one-half inch
thick and lay on the top of the chicken,
crimping the edges; cut two slits in
the top crust to let the steam out. Bake
slowly until done, and serve hot, cut
ttng into suitable sized pieces 'and
dishing, serving the gravy with eacli
piece.-
portions usod in tho woll-known
"government whitewash," for out
side work. The proportions given
will mako a largo amount, and it is
claimed to bo as good and lasting as
paint for outside work: Take orio
half bushel of fresh, unslacked
lirao; pour ovor it enough boiling
water to baroly covor Jt cover tho
barrel to keep tho steam in; and '
whon slackod strain tho lirao
through a wiro slovo; add to it one
peck of clean salt previously dis
solved in warm wator, tlirco pounds
of ground rico boiled to a thin paste,
and stirred in boiling hot; have pre
viously dissolved one pound of clean
glue by first soaking until soft in
cold wator, then putting into a small
kettlo and sotting inside a larger onb
containing water, wlifnii fa !
I kopt boiling until tho glue Is dls-
ouivu. x-uur una giuo into tno lime
wator, and add five gallons of hot
water to tho mixture Stir it woli,
and let stand for a few days, cover
ing from dirt. When ready to use,
it should bo put on very hot, and for
this purposo should bo kopt in a ket
tle on a portable furnace. About one
pint of this mixture is supposed to
covor a square yard on tho outside
of a house. Coloring matter may
bo put in, and made any desired
shade. Greon must not bo mixed
with lime, as tho lime destroys tho w
green color, and tho color is sup
posed to affect tho whitewash so as
to mako it peel and crack.
Cnr tains
Wliitewosh
Get stone lime which is fine artd
Well burned and free from shale. It
must be unslacked. The amount of
lime must be governed by the amount
of whitewash you wish to make. , A
piece as big as a man's doubled fists
will make a pailful of whitewash. Put
your-lime In a pail, tub, or whatever is
suitable for the amount, and pour oil
enough boiling water to barely cover
It, and leave until It has broken to
pieces, after which slowly add enough
water to make it like very thick cream,
Btirring until smooth. Take out enough
of this lime into your bucket to make
what you wish to use, and thin it down
with water to the proper consistency
adding a double handful of common
salt to each pailful of whitewash,
which prevents it from peeling off and
adds to its brightness. Do not put
the white wash on too thick as this
is one cause of its peeling off. For in
side work, where the plaster has a
smooth finish, for each pail of white
wash use a large teaspoonful of Terf
etian red, powdered finely and well
mixed with the whitewash. This
will give a nice rose-tint Other colors-
may bo used.
No. 2 This is said to be the pro-
Window curtains are to softon, not
exclude tho light, and should bo
made of materials which will best
serve such purposo. Casement net,
fish net, swiss muslin, bobbinet,
scrim, madras, chintz, cretonne, tho
new soft sateens, raw silk are all
used. Bobbinet, edged with a good
quality of lace, and a band of inser
tion, lasts well, and looks well; dot
ted Swiss may bo ruffled, or left
plain with a suitable homr will wash
and wear well, and Is cool and in
viting. To off-set shrinking when
laundered, the hem raav bn tnrnnri
several times and hand-sowed, or
several tucks, hand-sowed, may be
run near tho bottom, After washing,
the surplus material may be left out,
and the length of tho curtain un
changed. Curtains should hang straight, and
may bo sill-length, or just escape tho"
floor. For a large, or double win
dow, curtains sill-length may hang
at each side, with a valance across
the top.
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Mode the Suggestion
A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know tho effects of special food
on his customers. A Cleveland gro
cer has -a long list of customers that
have been helped in health by leav
ing off coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee.
He says, regarding his own exper
ience: "Two years ago I had been
drinking coffee and must say that
I was almost wrecked in my nerves.
"Particularly in tho morning I
was so irritable and upset that I
could hardly wait until tho coffde
was served, and then I had no ap
petite for breakfast and did not feel
like attending to my store duties.
"One day my wile suggested that
Inasmuch as I was selling so much
Postum there must be some meritln
it and .suggested that we try it. ' I
took home a package and she pre
pared it according to directions. Thro
result was a very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared
and today I am all right. I would
advise everyone affected in any way
with nervousness or- stomach
troubles, to leave off coffee and hr '
Postum Food Coffee." "There's a
lieasonv Head, "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
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