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The Commoner.
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tion of the ruinous weeds you men
tion, put a bunch of thrifty shoats
to pasture on the ground for soveral
months. If the weeds are in patches,
make a hog-tight fence, turn in the
shoats and give the "rooters" full
swing, until the ground is hare, then
feed them on the ground for a while,
letting them turn the soil upside
down as they will. A movable fence
is least trouble.
S. M. A woman is wise to show
herself willing to wait upon her hus
band to a reasonable extent; but if
the husband imposes upon her, not
only allowing, but expecting her to
drudge beyond her strength, she is
doing both of them an injustice, and
she is exceeding her wifely duties.
A wife should be helpful, but there
are limits beyond which she is fool
ish to go. She has her own work,
and.-the husband b-is.
Some Contributed Recipes
Apple Snow Bake two sour ap
ples until done; then take the pulp
of. these, one cupful of fine white
sugar, the white of one egg, and beat
the mixture together for fifteen min
utes; serve as a dressing for apple
pie, baked with or without a top
crust. The amount is enough for
two pies, and is not unlike whipped
cream; it may be used for puddings.
Apple Dumplings One cupful of
lard and butter mixed, one quart of
flour with a half teaspoonful of salt
and three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder sifted with it; mix with sweet
milk, or cold water about two
thirds pint. Prepare and core some
nice, tart apples; roll out dough
enough to make one dumpling, and
put the apple in the dough with a
tablespoonful of sugar, pinch the
dough together, and lay in a pan
with water enough to half cover the
dumpling, and sprinkle nutmeg over
the top. Put into the water in the
pan a half cupful of sugar and but
ter the size of an egg. Put into the
oven and baste the dumplings while
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts
The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways, in addition to
what might be expected from its.
chemical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
wheat and barley, is thoroughly
baked for many hours and contains
all the wholesome ingredients in
these cereals.
It contains also the phosphate of
potash grown in the grains, which
Nature uses to build up brain and
nerve cells.
Young children require propor
tionately more of this element be
cause the brain and nervous system
of the child grows so 'rapidly.
A Virginia mother found the value
of Grape-Nuts in not only building
up her own strength but in nourish
ing her baby at the same time. She
writes:
After my baby came I did not re
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said I could not nurse the
baby as I did not have nourishment
for her, besides I was too weak.
"He said I might try a change of
diet and see what that would do,
and recommended Grape-Nuts food.
I bought a package and used it reg
ularly. A marked change came over
both baby and I.
"My baby is now four months old,
is in fine condition, I am nursing her
aid doing all my work and never
Jelt better in my life." There's a
Keason."
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cooking about three-quarters of an
hour. Serve with a nice sauce.
Corn Oysters Scrape sweet corn
from the cob, or grate It; take one
cupful of corn and two eggs and
make a batter with this by adding a
little milk and flour to have the bat
ter sufficiently thick to lift with a
spoon, and fry it in butter to a nice
brown on both sides.
Potato Loaves Take finely mash
ed Irish potatoes, mix with them a
teaspoonful of finely chopped onion,
a dash of salt and a dusting of pep
per to taste, with melted butter
enough to moisten the mass. Roll
into small cones and set under a
roast of meat for about twenty min
utes before it is done. The cones
should receive the drippings of the
meat. Serve with the meat.
When roasting mutton, lay sliced
ripe tomatoes over the roast to add
to the flavor and neutralize the
grease.
Vegetables, may -be cooked to 'a
mush, rubbed through a sieve, with
stock enough added to thin, and
served as a puree.
Some Sweet Potato Recipes
Sweet p'otatoos are best baked in
the oven, second best steamed, and
third best when boiled. The follow
ing are a few ways in which the
vegetable is voted as "very good."
Glaced Sweet Potato Bake the
potatoes for one-hour having them
all as near of a size as possible;
pare off the skins and cut into halves
or quarters, dredge with flour and
lay in a bake pan, flat side down.
Spread over them bits of butter and
sprinkle them with white sugar, set
the pan in the oven for twenty min
utes and serve when nicely browned.
Pried Wash and scrape off the
outer skin; bake for half an hour,
then cut into slices and season with
salt and pepper. Heat in a frying
pan some pork or ham fat and on
this lay the slices; let cook until one
side is browned, turn and brown the
other side and serve hot.
Sweet Potato Pie Bake six sweet
potatoes for half an hour, then grate
them; beat half a cupful of butter
and one cupful of sugar to a cream,
and add the beaten yolk of three
eggs, the grated rind and juice of
one lemon, and add to this by de
grees the grated potatoes, beating.
To this add a half a gill of sweet
milk, put the mixture in a deep pie
dish, and bake for twenty minutes;
cover with the beaten whites of the
three eggs as a meringue, and brown
in the oven for a few minutes.
Creamed Potatoes Scrape the
skins from two pounds of sweet po
tatoes, slice them thin lengthwise,
and lay them in a bake pan; sprinkle
over them four tablespoonfuls each
of sugar and softened butter; dust
with flour, and pour over them a
half a cupful of water and the same
of sweet milk; set in the oven and
bake for one hour. Serve hot.
Plain Baked Potatoes Wash and
scrape the skin from large, smooth
sweet potatoes, and lay in a mod
erately hot oven, and let bake for
one hour, or longer,- according to
size. When soft, take out of the
oven and cover with a towel to keep
from getting hard on the outside.
Serve with butter.
the middle of the plaid or stripe and
see that the checks or stripes are
alike on the edges. The samo should
be done when cutting a circular
skirt. Place the edgo of tho cut gore
on the width for a circular skirt to
tho uncut material and match tho
crosswise stripes, moving the gore
up or down a block or stripe until
it matches exactly. Then lay the
cut edge of the second gore to
tho uncut material and match as bo
fore, continuing this until all the
skirt Is cut out.
In stitching hems on table cloths
or sheets, begin a little way from the
edge of the material, sew back to
tho edge, down the opening in the
hem, and then on in the usual man
ner. This will prevent the ragged
frazzle seen on so many comers
when the stit.ches break or come
loose.
Make the children's guimpes on
waists to which the little petticoats
may bo buttoned, to prevent tho
gulmpo slipping up above tho dress.
Cheap muslin can bo used for tho
lower waist.
If tbo hems on thin material aro
turned by hand and pressed with a
flat iron, one can sow closer to tho
edgo, and sow laco on at tho samo
time.
In folding a skirt, close tho
placket fastening and place it flat
against the exact middle of tho front
breadth, bringing a fold down each
side of tho garment and leaving tho
front breadth flat and smooth.
Grasp the skirt band of each of theso
side folds and fold the skirt In
threes. This is usually about tbo
width of tho front breadth, so that
it is kept without wrinkles.
Soreno B. Payne, chairman of tho
ways and means committee of con
gress, was renominated at Auburn,
N. Y for tho thirteenth timo.
For tho Seamstress
In setting on cuffs, stitch on the
wrong side Urst, then when the cuff
is ready to stitch on the right side,
any crooked stitching will be on the
wrong side instead of in view. In
making loops for a dress, run the
thread over a .small lead pencil and
cover the threads with ' uttonholo
stitching. In mending gloves, slip
a marble on the glove finger and
darn against this, saving the finger.
It is sometimes very hard to
match plaid or striped goods with-
iwocHnir the material: place the
center of the front gore exactly over I
Latest Fashions for Readers
The Commoner
of
2498 Ladies' Coat in 27-inch Length
known as tho "Clarico Vance." An ex
cellent .model for any of tho season's
now coatings. Sovon sizes -32 to 44.
2507 Glrl' Dress, with Plaited Skirt
and a Separate Guimpe, Having Long J
or Thrcc-Quartor Sleeves. Cliallis,
sorgo or mohair are all available to
this stylish little frock. Five sizes
C to 14 years.
253G Ladies' Ono-Piocc Circular
Skirt, in Medium-Sweep or Round
Length and with an. inverted Box
Plait at Center of Front and Back. A
pretty model for broadclotii or serge.
Seven sizes 22 to 34.
2518 Ladles' Combination Brassiere
and Circular Open Drawers. Persian
lawn, thin cambric, nainsook or batiste
are all used for garments of this sort.
Seven sizes 34 to 40.
2337 Ladles', .ducked Shirt-Waist,
with Front Yokp and Three-Quarter
Length Sleeves. ,Tho model here illus
trated was developed in dark green
taffetas with Yoke of all-over crcarn
.colored lace. Six sizes 32 to 42.
2337
2529
2516
2529 Girls' Tucked Apron, with
Front and Skirt Portion in One. Flno
lawn, nainsook or batiste combined
with embroidery insertion and edging,
this is a neat little school model. Five
sizes 4 to 12 years.
251 C Ladles Slxteen-Gored Circular
Skirt, Closing with Buttons down the I
i'ront ana waving an inveriou uox
Plalt at Center of Back. A good model
for almost any material. Eight sizes
22 to 3C.
2223 Ladies' Work Apron, Over
sleeves and Cap. Cross-barred ging
ham is the best medium "for sets of
this description. Three sizes small,
medium and large.
2223
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