FEBRUARY 21, 1908
The Commoner.
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very thin, then add these to the stew,
with salt and pepper to taste, and
cook all until the vegetables are soft;
thicken with two tablespoonfuls each
of butter and flour cooked together.
At the last add a tablespoonful of
finely chopped parsley.
Good Gingerbread Melt one-third
cupful of butter in two-thirds cupful
of boiling water; add one cupful of
good molasses and one egg, well
beaten. Mix and sift two and three
fourths cupfuls of once-sifted pastry
flour, teaspoon and a half full of soda,
half teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoonfuls of ginger. Add this to the
first mixture, beat thoroughly, turn
into a buttered and floured shallow
pan, or individual pans, and bake in
a moderately hot oven for thirty
minutes.
A White Sauce To be used with
toasted bread, is made as follows:
Melt five tablespoonfuls of butter in
a graniteware saucepan; add three
and one-half tablespoonfuls of flour,
and stir until thoroughly blended,
then pour on gradually, beating all
the while, two cupfuls of scalding
hot milk; let come to the boiling
point, but do not let boil; have your
toast nicely browned and laid in a
dish, and pour over - it this white
sauce. Serve hot.
Bacon, next to butter and cream, is
the most easily assimilated of all
fatty foods.
the amount when one is normally
strong.
Try to do everything in Its own,
regular time; if you don't, things
will accumulate until nothing will
set them aright but a regular over
hauling and upheaval. Don't leave
little things to be done later. There
is no time like now.
At the paint stores, raw umber,
burnt umber, burnt sienna, or yel
low ochre ground in oil can bo had
in small cans, or the dry powder may
be used, if one has skill to mix.
Clear turpentine is required to thin
the ground colors or act as a medium
for the dry colors, and any painter
will tell you how to use them. Paint
is better than the scrub brush, and
"livens" up the house wonderfully.
Begin the house cleaning with the
cellar. Overhaul all vegetables,
fruits and mouldy places, removing
all decaying matter and scattering
plenty of fresh lime about to absorb
the moisture. Rotten wood and
rusty metals are about as bad as rot
ten vegetables.
and cast them under the foot of our
neighbors. Hundreds of healthy
souls perish through being poisoned
and weakened by our groans and
complaints. We loose our loads from
our own backs and cast them an
stumbling blocks under the foot of
our friends. Wo have no right to
pollute the air that others must
breathe with the wanning and cleans
ing of our Individual wounds."
Aids to Honso Cleaning
Linoleum or oil cloth should have
a coat of varnish (a hard dryer) sev
eral times a year. Inlaid linoleum,
though at first cost more expensive,
is much cheaper in the long run, as
it keeps its colors as long as a piece
of it remains.
Sweet oil and turpentine, equal
parts, to which has been added a lit
tle burnt umber for color, ,well rub
bed1 into scratched on furniture will
hide them. Apply only a little at a
time, and rub until perfectly ab
sorbed before beginning another.
Do not make the mistake of get
ting up two or three hours earlier
on the morning when hard work is to
be done. It may save a little of the
daylight, but it is an extravagance of
health and strength, and will make
the rest of the day harder to endure.
After a day of unusually hard
work, do not attempt to do little jobs
by lamplight. Be just to yourself,
and do not overtax yo'ur powers. One
hour of work when the system is
over-fatigued is harder than twice
quired depth and shaped like tho
skirt-bottom, undornenth; thon cover
the lining goods with a shaped band
matching the skirt in color, finishing
it at the bottom with a hem of the
same width of tho false tuck. Tho
lining goods may ho left out, If da
sirod. This is a change from tho
hip-yoke, which some do not like.
For a pillow cover, get a line qua-'
lty of double-fold gingham, thirty
two inches wide. One-half yard will
make two front covers. For cross
stitch work, get No. 12 knitting cot
ton, and work any design liked. To
finish, add a hack of some plain ma
terial chambrcy will do, to match
the medium shade of the check.
There should be two ruffles the un
der one being made of the plain
J goods, and tho upper one of white
Notes for the Hewing Hoom
For torn lace, lay a piece of plain
net under tho torn place, draw the
edges of tho lace carefully Into place
over tho netting, baste the edges and
press with a hot flat Iron, thon darn
down. If carefully done, the tear
will not show much.
To lengthen a dress skirt, use the , goods sheer enough to show tho color
present hem for a false tuck, setting of tho under ruffle, but with body
a piece of lining goods of the re- enough to keep its shape.
COFFEE DRINKING
A Doctor Says it Weakens the Heart
"In my opinion," says a well
known German physician, "no one
can truthfully say that coffee agrees
with him, as it has long since been
proven that caffeine, contained in cof
fee, is an injurious, poisonous sub
stance which weakens and degener
ates the heart muscles.
"For this reason the regular use
of coffee, soon or late, causes a con
dition of undernourishment, which
leads to various kinds of organic dis
ease. "Convinced of this fact, I have
often sought for some healthful bev
erage to use instead of coffee. At
last I found the thing desired in
Postum. Having had occasion to for
bid people using coffee, whose hearts
were affected, I have recommended
Postum as a beverage, since it is
free from all injurious or exciting
substances. I know this from re
sults in my own family, and among
patients.
"Hundreds of persons who now
use Postum in place of coffee, are
greatly benefited thereby.". "There's
a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
For the Housewife
No matter what kind of furniture
you have, you want to keep it look
ing nice. It is not so much the ma
terial, as the care one gives it which
counts. A dining room table may
be made of pine lumber, stained or
grained and varnished in imitation
of hardwood, and if not allowed to
be scratched, rubbed or defaced, or
if hot dishes are not allowed to bo
placed on it. it will always look -well;
the table cloth may not be linen, but
a cotton covering may be hem
stitched, or scolloped with button
hole edge, or it mav have any other
protty, durable finish, and if kent
free from stain and daintily
laundered, it will suit every pur
pose. Very good s'oins for soft wood can
be made from package dyes. One
package of terra cotta dissolved in
one quart of water makes a good
cherry stain. For mahogany, dis
solve one package of terra cotta and
one-fourth package of slato in a
quart of water. For black walnut,
use one package of terra cotta and
one of slate. Dissolve according to
directions on the packages. Finish
with a coat of shellac or varnish.
If your kitchen is on the shadv
side of the house, and is not suffi
ciently supplied with windows, either
have more windows put in which is
much the better way or paner and
paint with a light yellow color. So
much of the housewife's time is spent
in the kitchen that it should have a
very comfortable asnect. and light is
one of the foremost essentials.
When washing bottles, cruets, and
the like with small necks, put into
them with th water a handful of
crushed eere-sholls, shake well, and
the inside will be beautifully scoured.
Dried beans, pas, or popcorn may
be used: but fine gravel is one of
the best things if it can be had.
For the greasy sink pipes, dissolve
a handful of potash In boiling water
and pour down the pipes. Boiling
water alone is good, but tho potash
forms a kind of emulsion with the
grease, turning it Into the nature of
soap. The best way Is to keep all
greasy water out of the sink.
When Silence is Golden
A writer in Folk Lore says: "We
know how to be silent when we are
happy. Each one swallows his dose
of happiness by himself; but his sor
rows perhaps an insignificant
scratch on the heart he proclaims
to the public. Ho shows it, shouting
to the world to come and see it. It
is not healing one wants, so much
as sympathy. We throw the
remnants of our food from our
houses and poison the air of the
town; In the same way we discard
fm mir kouIs all their filth and
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