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vinegar to make a smooth paste, then
add one pint of sugar and enough
vinegar to make two quarts In all.
Add this to the drained vegetables,
put into the preserving kettle and
cook about ten minutes, then bottle
and seal.
Green Tomato Chow-Chow Chop
fine one peck of green tomatoes, six
green sweet peppers and four onions.
Stir in a cupful of coarse salt and
.let stand over night drain in the
morning and put into a' granite pan
with good vinegar to cover. Add
one tablespoonful each of cinnamon,
allspice, and half a tablespoonful of
cloves, one cupful of sugar and cook
until soft) then seal in air-tight jars.
If preferred, the ingredients heed not
be -chopped, but sliced coarsely.
For Pickling Small White Onions
Peel and boil them in salt water
until tender, then lift into glass jars
. with a fork or perforated spoon, un
' J til the jar is filled, settling once or
;'twlce,fiH "in with"vinegar, and on top
n of each jar put a tablespoonful of
? 'ground mustard.
by placing in a tin vessel and holding
over the blaze of a lamp, taking care
not to ignite it. It is claimed that
the smoko will drive out the mosqui
toes and prevent their return for
hours.
"Sunny Jim" The Philadelphia
ice creams are made without eggs,
and are smooth, ' delicious creams.
Neapolitan creams are made with
eggs, sugar, cream and flavorings,
fruits and nuts. Fruits and nuts
may also be used in the Philadelphia
creams.
L. L. Cards "To Inquire" are
not sent by mall, but delivered per
sonally by yourself, or one of the
family, to whom the information will
be given out.
Other queries answered under oth
er heads.
,,. . Query Box
.o . -ID. D. B., Mo. This reader wishes
u'to know if any one has had exper
l, ience with the tod as an insect ex
. terminator in celler, pantry or kitch
en. Would like to hear from any
; one who has..
. P. C. Wash the colored Japanese
..floor covering with a solution of salt
and water after each weekly sweep
ing; this will keep it soft and pre
vent th,e tendency to brittleness.
T. L. M. To expel the mosquitoes,
"f'J't is recommended to take a piece of
'''gurii camphor abofirt 'as ;. large as a
''small hickory nht' and evaporate it
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THE NEW. WOMAN
' .Made Over by Quitting Coffee
' Coffee probably wrecks ct
;pefcfehtge'r'rof' 'pulherners
greater
than of
'' Northern people for Southerners use
it more ireeiy.
The work it does is distressing
"enough in some instances; as an
illustration, a woman of Richmond,
Va., writes:
'' "i was a coffee drinker for years
'' and for about six years my health
0 was completely shattered. I suffered
'fearfully with hea'daches and ner-
vousness, also palpitation of the
li; f' hof nrtr loco of nrmolfiv
-' : "My sight gradually, began to fail
f and finally I lost tfye sight of one
eye altogether. The eye was operat
: ;ed upon and the sight partially re
"' stored, then I becainev totally blind
in the other eye.
" " "My doctor used to urge me to
give up coffee but I was wilful and
'continued to drink it until finally in
' a case of severe illness the doctor
insisted that I must give up the cof
fee, so I began using Postum and in
a month I felt like a new creature.
T ofr.1Unr rrotnn1 r ViooltVi nnrl
strength. About a month ago I be
gan .using Grape-Nuts food and the
effect has been wonderful. I really
feel like a new woman and have
gained about 25 pounds.
"I am quite an elderly lady and
before using Postum and Grape-Nuts
I could not walk a square without
exceeding fatigue, now I walk ten
or twelve without feeling it. Form
erly in reading I could remember but
little but now my memory holds fast
what I read,
"Several friends who have seen
the remarkable effects of Postum
and Grane-Nuts on me have urged
that I give the facts to the public
for the sake of suffering humanity,
so, although I dislike publicity, you
.... .-.. 1-1.1. HI ,.H., Mlwrv
can puDiisn mis ieuei; it. yuu ".
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from timQ to. time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
Interest.
Contributed Recipes '
Meat Sauce Chop fine two quarts
of green tomatoes, two quarts of
yellow cucumbers, one pint of onions,
one small head of cabbage, six red
peppers (measuring to bo done after
the chopping). Scald all together in
salt water and drain. Make a sauce
of half a pound of mustard, two
pounds Of sugar, two quarts of vin
egar, one cupful of flour, making a
paste of the flour and mustard cook
ing them in vinegar before adding
the sugar. Stir into this paste the
vegetables and bring all to the scald
ing point, but do not allow to boil.
Put away boiling hot in jars. Mrs.
H. T. N South Dakota",
. Loaf Cake (with soda and butter
milk ), One-half cup of butter, one
cupful,, of sugar, .three eggs, yolks
and whites beaten separately, one
cup. of' buttermilk, two cppfuls of
flour, one-half teaspoonful off,sodn.
Cream, or beat butter and. sufear to-
gV?mui, M-uu uiu ueuiea yoiKB, in,eu
the bujtermilk and. flour alternately,
a littl.e at a time; dissolve" the soda
in a. very little cold water and add
,to thp cake batter, and last, add the
beaten whites and flavoring. Bake
forty-five minutes in a moderate
oven. Mrs. F. M. R., Colorado.
(Some cake-makers prefer to sift
the soda with the flour, then stir in,
claiming it has better results. Ed.)
Apple Jelly Select tart fruit,
wash, remove cores and (unless you
wish the jelly particularly clear)
slice without peeling. Put the fruit
over the fire with barely water
enough to prevent scorching, adding
the thin yellow rind of a lemon for
each dozen apples; simmer until soft
and reduced to a pulp; wring out
a flannel jelly-bag in hot water, pour
the fruit into this and let drip all it
will. Do not squeeze. The bag may
hang all night in some cool place.
In the morning measure the juice
and allow to each pint of juice one
pint of white sugar; put on to boil
in a porcelain-lined kettle and boil
slowly until a little will stiffen in a
saucer when cooled. Have glasses
hot and dry, and fill with the jelly,
and set in the sun to get firm. When
cold, pour over the top of each one
fourth inch of melted paTafllno wax.
Two or three quinces added to the
fruit will give a delightful flavor.
Mrs. W. D. B., Missouri.
anges and half a dozen lomons and
prepare as for orangeado; sweeten
a littlo sweeter than for drinking,
as some of the sweetness is lost dur
ing tho freezing process. Dilute with
water, adding ono quart of grape
juice and freeze. Tho ice will bo
delicious, and of a' beautiful color.
Marlon S,
Fruit Ice Cream Peel and cut In
to small pieces two oranges (remov
ing tho pith and tho seeds), two
bananas, and juice of two lemons.
Add one pint of sugar, mix well, and
put into a freezer which is partly
packed with Ice and salt. Add three
cupfuls of cream and one cupful of
milk and freeze Immediately. J. J.
Peach Ice Cream Chop two
I quarts of perfectly ripe fresh peaches
(or the, same of canned peaches)
and sweeten to tn.Rte. hnfrlnnlncr with
one cupful of granulated sugar and
adding more If necessary. Stir Into
this sweetened peach pulp, which
should bo chopped very fine, a few
drops of tho extract of bitter al
mond's, then beat tho fruit mlxturo
Into ono quart of rich cream and
turn into tho freezer. Grind until
very stiff, then grind as fast as pos
sible until the crank refuses to turn.
This will make It very smooth.
Tho Laddlo's IMousq
Mrs. H. D. T., of Iowa, says: Let
me suggest that the tape In the bot
tom of tho blouse bo fastened in
front, making it tho right size around
the waist. Then make a button-holo
in the hem on the button sldo of tho
waist, and sow a button on tho In
side of the button-holo sldo. In put
ting on the blouse, button this button
first. Tho blouse will slip on the
tape for Ironing, and there will bo
no strings to hang out, nor to draw
back into tho casing.
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Ice Creams
The " best and richest ice creams
are made with eggs, but a very good
cream can be made without them.
An excellent rule calls for the yolks
(never the whites) of three or four
eggs, one pint of cream, and about
one cupful of sugar. The exact
amount of sugar depends on tho
quality of fruit or flavoring to be
used. When pure cream is usea wuu
out milk, there is sometimes diffi
culty in freezing it, for if it is very
rich it may turn to butter, in the
process, so it is best to use half milk
nnd half cream.
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