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throw into rapidly boiling salted wa
ter, and keep furiously boiling for
half an hour with just enough wa
ter to prevent scorching. Then drain
through a sieve or fine colander, put
Into a dish or pan and set into a hot
oven for a few minutes, not letting
It brown.
Fruit Cup Five tablespoonfuls of
good Ceylon tea infused in one quart
of boiling water; let stand five min
utes, steeping, then strain, and pour
over two pounds of granulated sugar.
Cook this to a thick syrup, cool and
add to the juice (strained) of six
lemons, six oranges, one pineapple,
one quart of berries the fruit to be
according to the season. Add one
teaspoonful of vanilla extract and
one teaspoonful of almond flavoring
extract. When ready to serve, add
a quart of any filtered, mineral or
ice water and serve cold. This quan
tity should make one gallon of liquid
and may be increased or diminished,
keeping the above proportions.
Tomato Jelly For eight to ten
persons, the following will be suffi
cient: Three cupfuls of water, one
and one-half pounds of fresh toma
toes or the same of canned, one slice
of onion, one stalk of celery, one
tablespoonful of tomato catsup, one
tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar,
whites and shells of two eggs, six
whole white pepper corns, one bay
leaf, one blade of mace, teaspoonful
of salt, half teaspoonful of sugar,
two whole cloves, red coloring mat
ter sufficient. Put three heaping
tablespoonfuls of powdered gelatine
into a sauce pan, add the water and
all the other ingredients except the
coloring, and beat over the fire until
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HOME TESTING
A. Sure and Easy Test on Coffee
To decide the all important ques
tion of coffee, whether or not it is
really the hidden cause of physical
ails and approaching fixed disease,
one should make a test of 10 days
by leaving off coffee entirely and
using well-made Postum.
If relief follows you may know
to a certainty that coffee has been
your vicious enemy.. Of course you
can take It back to your heart again,
If you like to keep sick.
A lady says: "I had suffered with
atomach trouble, nervousness and
terrible sick headaches ever since I
was a little child, for my people were
always great coffee drinkers and let
us children have all we wanted. I
got so I thought I could not live
without coffee but I would not ac
knowledge that it caused my suffer
ing". "Then I read so many articles
about Postum that I decided to give
it a fair trial. I had not used it two
weeks In place of coffee until I be
gan to feel like a different person.
The headaches and nervousness dis
appeared and whereas I used to be
sick two or three days out of a week
while drinking coffee I am now well
and strong and sturdy seven days a
week, thanks to Postum.
"I had been using Postum three
months and had never been sick a
day when I thought I would experi
ment and see if it really was coffee
that caused the trouble, so I began
to drink coffee agajn and inside of
a week I had a sick spell. I was so
ill I was soon convinced that coffee
was the cause of all my misery and
I went back to Postum with the re
sult that I was soon well and strong
again and determined to stick to
Postum and leave coffee alone in
the future."
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
Reason." '
Ever read the above letter?, A new
one appears from time q, time, They
are genuine, true, and fall of human
interest.
boiling; remove tho whisk and allow
to boil up, draw to one sido and
cover for fio minutes. Pour two
quarts of boiling water through a
jelly bag, then tho Jelly and add the
coloring. Pour into a wet mold. It
may bo poured into a ring mold and
when turned out salad may bo served
in tho center. Good Cookery.
Slimmer Laundering
For navy blues in cotton or linen,
rinse in a thin staTch water made
a deep Indigo blue, always rising
soft water. They should not bo
made stlffer than now cloth.
For stiffening thin black goods,
use gum arable water, or very thin
glue water. The best way is to wash
in very thin starch water, using no
soap. No extra starching will be
needed.
Black lawns, percales, dimities and
other mourning goodB, where tho
color is apt to "streak," should, after
washing, bo rinsed in water to which
turpentine In proportion of one table
spoonful to each pailful of water has
been added. Black sateen skirts
should be treated the same.
The same proportion of turpentine
and water should be used for deli
cate pinks, greens and lavenders.
These colors must not be rinsed In
blue water, as it gives them a dirty
look.
"Shepherd's plaid" in fine black
and white checked prints, should be
dipped In a hot suds when washed
clean, which will give them a fresh
look, clearing the white.
When a muslin becomes limp with
out being soiled, freshen without
washing by sprinkling with gum
arable water, then Iron. When
starching such goods, turn wrong
side out, dry In shade as rapidly as
possible, sprinkle and roll in a damp
towel for a little time, then iron on
the wrong side and press all rough
seams.
If so unfontunate as to scorch any
article, liang It in the hot sunshine
and, unless too badly scorched, it
will clear. White goods should be
wet and laid on the grass in tho hot
sunshine, repeating until the scorch
disappears.
Try to have soft (rain) water for
the rinsing, If not for tho whole
washing, as the bluing is even In
soft water, while with hard water it
is apt to cause it to streak.
Some Vegetable Recipes
String Beans Remove the strings
from one quart of beans, cut each
pod through lengthwise twice, then
cut into two Inch lengths; parboil;
put into tho stew pan an ounce of
butter, a teaspoonful of sugar, pep
per and salt to taste; saute (cook
in this butter for a few minutes)
until the butter is absorbed, then
add a very little stock, or water, a
half teaspoonful of lemon juice, and
let simmer until perfectly tender.
String Beans Snap, after string
ing, into short pieces and, If the
beans are not quite fresh, let He in
cold water for half an hour before
cooking, then throw into boiling wa
ter and cook rapidly, uncovered, for
at least an hour, but they will prob
ably require much longer cooking,
if they aTe not tho golden wax beans.
At the end of the first half hour,
change the water and add an ounce
or two or fat salt pork to the water;
cook until done. The water should
be nearly all cooked away, and the
remainder should be used to make
a drawn butter sauce, which should
be poured over them when dished
up; or they may be seasoned with
butter, salt, pepper and a little thick
cream. It is better to cook In soft
water, but If the water is hard, a
bit of bicarbonate of soda ag large
as a small pea will soften it suffi
ciently. Corn Salad Three stalks of cel
ery chopped fine, mixed with half a
can of corn or with tender greon
corn, with a nlco salad dressing.
Corn and Tomatoes Cut a slice
from the top of each largo smooth
tomato, scoop out tho seeds, leaving
tho inside liko a cup. Fill with
grated corn seasoned with buttor,
popper and salt, cover with tho tops,
pour a little water in a buttered pud
ding dish, sot tho stuffed tomatoes
in, cover tho dish and bake in a mod
erate oven for an hour.
Applying Designs for Needle-Work
Thero aro two ways to apply a de
sign to tho material on which It Is
to be worked. If your material is
sheer, such as handkerchief linen,
lawn, batiste, and tho like, tho simp
lest method is to lay the material
over tho design and, with a well
pointed pencil, draw over each line.
If tho material is heavy, securo a
piece of transfer or Impression pa-
por; lay It, faco down, upon tho pa
per, then draw ovor each lino of tho
paper design with a hard pencil or
tho point of a steel knitting noodle.
Upon lifting tho pattern nnd trans
fer paper you will find a neat and
accurato impression of tho design
upon tho material. If you would do
tho work successfully, you must soo
that your material is lovol cut and
folded to a thread, and that your
design is placed upon it ovonly at
every point. When placed accurate
ly, socuro tho design to tho material
with thumb tacks or pins so they can
not slip during tho marking. Trans
fer paper comes in whito, black, blue,
rod and yellow. Uso tho llghtor col
ors when possible, as tho black or
blue aro so Uablo to crock. Do not
rest your hand or fingers upon any
part of the design you aro transfer
ring, olso tho Imprint of hand or
Angers will bo ns distinct upon tho
material as tho drawn lines. Fash
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Latest Fashions for Readers of
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2952 Ladies' Shirt Waist. Any
of th6 sheer white materials, such as
lawn, batiste, organdie, muslin or
any material on that order may bo
used to advantage with this waist.
Seven sizes 32 to 44.
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29 4 G Ladies' Fivo-Gorml Skirt..
A plain and simple model, suitable I
lor any oi tno wasnauio .materials
or for sergo or Panama. Seven
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Consisting of a Shirt Waist Having
One-Piece Plain or Regulation Shirt
Sleeves, and an Attached Nine
Gored Skirt. This model is a simple
one for the plain every-day model
made up in gingham or chambray.
Seven sizes 32 to 44.
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25 5 9 Ladles' Shirt Waist with
Seamless Yoke. A good model for
almost any material that the wearer
wishes. Six sizes 32 to 42.
2945 Girls' Sailor Dress, Closing
with Buttons Down the Front and
Having a Removable Chemisette.
Plain colored linen, Indian-Head
cotton, madras, mercerized, poplin or
rarquet cloth aro good materials for
this model. Five sizes C to 14
years.
2947 Misses' Serai-Princess Dress
with Empire or Regulation Waistline
at the Back. Dotted foulard with a
yoke and insertions of cluny lace
makes this a pretty model for best
i wear. Three sizes it to 17 years.
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