FEBRUARY 28, 1908
The Commoner.
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bake in a moderate oven. (Recom
mended.) Herb Stuffing for an Old Fowl
Take about three-fourths loaf of stale
bread, slice and moisten with boiling
water; chop an onion very fine, and
add to the bread with pepper, salt
and seasoning to taBte (sage is gen
erally used), and stir until thor
oughly mixed; let the dressing cool,
then filling the hen with it. Poultry
seasoning is liked very well for
dressing.
Puree soups are good for the Len
ten season. Boil potatoes and mash;
season well with salt, pepper and but
ter, and add hot milk until the mix
ture can be poured through a sieve;
serve quite hot. Peas, beans, corn,
tomatoes may all be used for puree
soup.
Carpets and Comfort
One of the greatest foes to health,
and one inveighed against by nearly
all reformers, is the carpet which
covers the whole extent of the floor
surface. The rug, which admits of
a bordering of bare floor is consid
ered an improvement, but is still bad
enough. A bare floor can scarcely be
tolerated by the home-maker, be
cause of its unsightliness and call for
constant sweeping, wiping up, pol
ishing, scouring and dusting, besides
the oftimes unbearable noise made by
walking over it, moving furniture,
and letting things fall on it. The
still-further discomfort of contact
with the hard surface by the women
who mostly affect thin soled foot
wear in going about the housework,
is anything but pleasant, while physi
cians tell us it is responsible for
many "nerve" things that afflict the
sensitive woman.
The big, heavy carpets were a
back-breaking burden to take up, air
and beat, while, if sent to the pro
fessional cleaner, they came home
ruined, and a few such journeys fin
ished their usefulness. The large
rugs are little better, because women
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding
are not as strong as they used to be
in the old days, and even the small
rugs require more strength than the
average housewife possesses in order
to shake them free from dust. The
compressed air method of cleaning
house is still too expensive for the
housewife of small means, while the
proverbial "strong young girl" of
whom wo used to read so much as
bobbing up in emergencies is now no
longer to be found. The "hired man"
has already given up his job and gone
to the factory. What are wo to do?
If some one would only invent a
"ways and means" within the limits
of our purses, by which the floor
coverings could be kept free from
dust, what a blessing it would be to
the tired woman! I wish some of
our women who have solved the
problem to their own satisfaction,
would send in some "helps" for the
woman who is still in the throes of
doubt. Let us hear from our good
housekeepers. The suggestions they
offer will be put into shape and
passed on; think of the good it might
do!
A lady writer who not only has
done good literary work, but reared
a family, found in Grape-Nuts the
ideal food for brain work and to de
velop healthy children. She writes:
"I am an enthusiastic proclaimer
of Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. I
formerly had no appetite in the
morning and for eight years while
nursing my four children, had insuffi
cient nourishment for them.
"Unable to eat breakfast I felt
faint later, and would go to the pan
try and eat cold chops, sausage,
cookies, doughnuts or anything I
happened to find. Being a writer, at
times my head felt heavy and my
brain asleep.
"When I read of Grape-Nuts I be
gan eating it every morning, also
gave it to the children, including my
ten months old baby, who soon grew
as fat as a little pig, good natured
and contented.
"Within a week I had plenty of
breast milk", and felt stronger within
two weeks. I wrote evenings and
feeling the need of sustained brain
power, began eating a small saucer
of Grape-Nuts with milk instead
of my usual indigestible hot pud
ding, pie, or cake for dessert at night.
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for mo
and I learned to like it. I did not
mind my housework or mother's
cares, for I felt strong and full of
"go." I grew plump, nerves strong,
and when I wrote my brain was ac
tive and clear; indeed, the dull head
pain never returned."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
For the Batli
Bran for the bath is recommended.
The bran used is the ordinary wheat
bran fed to stock, and can be had
cheaply at any feed store. Too much
should not bo purchased at once, in
order that it may be fresh and sweet.
To use, make a cheese cloth bag to
hold one or two quarts, and fill with
the bran one quart size is suffi
cient for most people and lay this
in the bath, which should be quite
warm water, until it is thoroughly
soaked; squeeze in the water until
it gives to it a "bubbly" appearance.
The- bag may be used as a wash rag,
scrubbing as you would with soap.
Bran water lias a remarkable cleans
ing effect, even in the laundry. If
one can have a thorough massage
after the bath, it will aid greatly in
bringing out the strength and steady
ing the nerves, but if not, a good
rub-down with a Turkish towel
should follow the bath.
For toilet purposes, make little
bags holding two or three spoonfuls
of either oatmeal, or bran, and use in
place of soap after filling and letting
lie in the water a few minutes.
In the morning bottle the clear
liquid, and after meals, when acidity
is felt, add a tablespoonful of this
to a glass of hot water, and sip it
from a spoon, as hot as can be com
fortably used. Wood soot contains
potash, lime and magnesia, ammonia
and creosote, and Is a valuable med
icine. Liquid magnesia, or nibbling dry
magnesia, drinking a pint of hot
water five minutes after, is good.
Or, the hot water alono may be taken,
with great benefit. Quantities of
water, the temperature that is most
comfortable to the stomach, but hot
enough to stimulate tho stomach, is
good treatment. It is recommended
to take tho water drectly from the
boiling tea kettle, sipping it slowly
with a spoon, thus losing as little of
tho heat as possible.
Very cold drinks should not bo in-
Houso Cleaning
The house-cleaning season is not
one of dread to all housekeepers.
Things get so dreadfully dirty
through the winter months, that
most of us are glad of the chance
to air and scour. Where wood or
gas is used for fuel, the necessity
for a thorough overhauling is not so
glaringly apparent as where coal is
used; but the neatest housewife is
appalled at the amount of dust, soot,
grime and discoloration which takes
literal possession of every inch of
surface, both of walls and furnish
ing. Even rooms which are little
used show the settlings of tho at
mosphere, and lamps add their share
to the untidiness of everything one
touches.
While "haste makes waste" in this,
as well as in other lines, it Is well
to take the work "by littles," doing
whatever can be done at an early
date. Remember that March is the
month for the most effective warfare
on the "little brown bug." Give him
no quarter.
dulgod in. Especially Mhould cold
drinks be avoided in canes" of chronic
constipation, or when the cold water
lies "like lead" in tho stomach for
somo time after drinking it. It is
better to drink plenty of water than
too little. Many people especially
women, boast that they drink no
liquids except at tho table, and do
not know what it Is to bo thirsty.
Drinks should bo let alone at tho
table, but freely taken between
meals, and the last thing at night. If
possible, do not let the young peoplo
contract the tea and coffee habit. If
they must use a hot beverage, let it
be hot water, seasoned with milk and
sugar; but even this should not bo
allowed at meal time. Dieting Is
more profitable than drug-taking, and
far less expensive, leaving no bad
, after-effects. Frequent fasts arc ben
eilcial. whether in or out of health.
Latest Fashions for Readers of
The Commoner
"For the Stomach"
There is nearly always, with thin
people, an excess of acid in the stom
ach and blood, and this should be
washed out with alkaline hot drinks.
A domestic remedy for dyspepsia,
recommended by some of our best
nhysicians, is made by pouring a,
quart of boiling water en half a pint
of clean hard-wood ashes, adding ai
tablespoonful of wood-soot, well
stirred and left to stand over night.
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In anklo length. Striped or plain
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eighths length. Covert cloth Is a
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Four sizes, C to 12 years.
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or serge. Six sizes, 32 to 42.
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