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constituent of cheese. When cheese
can not be eaten raw, try cooking it.
L. L. Wo are told that, to get
the maximum amount of mental
work out of ourselves, we should be
very abstemious in everything. Men
or women who have done the best
work in the mental world have been,
in nearly all cases, very small eaters
and drinkers. People who have to
live by the work of their brains
should never resort to alcoholic
stimulants; a cup of freshly-made
coffee will enable them to do far
more and better work, leaving no
bad effects behind. If much exercise
Is taken, or travel, more food should
be taken.
Mrs. G. W. W. A bland soap may
bo made by adding five parts of hon
ey, four paTts of castile, ivory, or
other good white soap, and three
parts white wax. Stir together over
a slow heat, and when all is melted,
add one dram of benzoin and one
part of storax. This may bo used
with a little water and will cleanse
the skin effectively. The oat meal
recipe is perhaps as follows: Make
a flannel bag about four Inches
square, and put into it all the scraps
of nice toilet soap as they accumu
late; add to these scraps about their
own quantity in oatmeal, and use the
bag when washing. Or, pulverize
one pound of pure castile soap,
put over the fire with a little water
and stir until smooth, then turn into
a dish and when cool add a few drops
of any preferred perfume, and beat
with a silver spoon until it creams;
thicken It with oat meal or com
meal, and keep in small pots with
cover pasted on, opening" only as you
use, as exposure to the air will hard
en. A smaller quantity may be
made.
Contributed Recipes
Doughnuts One half cupful each
of cream and buttermilk, one tea
spoonful of soda, a pinch of salt,
half a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg,
a pinch of cinnamon, and flour
enough to make a dough as soft as
can be handled. Roll with as little
A LITTLE THING
Changes the Home Feeling
handling as possible; cut in shapes
and fry in very hot lard smoking,
but not scorching hot, when the
dough is dropped in. Mrs. A. T. G.,
Colorado.
"When Eggs are Scarco" Stir to
cream one cupful of sugar, half a
cupful of butter, and add one cupful
of sweet milk; then stir in two cup
fuls of flour with which three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder is well
sifted; use, any desired flavoring.
This will make two large layers if
baked in jelly pans, but a large cake
may be made by observing the same
proportions. Any preferred filling
may be used. II C.
Rye Cakes Beat well two eggs
and stir in gradually a pint of luke
warm milk; into, this stir enough
rye meal to make a thick batter;
add a teaspoonful of brewer's yeast,
or like proportion of any good yeast;
stir lightly and cover the basin with
a cloth, 'setting in a warm place to
rise. When the surface is covered
with bubbles, turn it out on a board
and form into flat cakes with the
heel of the hand; bake on griddle
and serve hot or cold. Mrs. F. M.
W., Illinois.
French Mustard Slice a large
onion and soak it in one pint of
strong vinegar for twenty-four
hours; put the vinegar on the stove
and let come to a boil, then add the
following ingredients mixed to a
smooth paste with vinegar: One
cupful of dry mustard, one table
spoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful of black pep
per and a pinch of cayenne; stir
while it. boils' to thicken. If too
thick, thin with vinegar. Julie D.
Mustard Slaw Shave and shred
sufficient cabbage very fine; place m
a deep dish, sprinkle with salt and
pepper, mix well and set aside. For
the dressing, take one heaping tea
spoonful of corn starch dissolved in
a little water, two-tnirus or a cup
ful of sweet cream, one well beaten
egg, a teaspoonful of made (or
ground) mustard; put the egg, cream
and dissolved corn starch in a small
vessel and set this in a larger one
containing boiling water; let boil
and stir until it thickens, then beat
in slowly half a cupful of vinegar;
pour this over the cabbage.
tons, a coarse thread Is needed; for
gathering, medium coarse; for stitch
ing on a machine, fine, and for hand
hemming, still finer. Many sowors
will find that number eighty will glvo
better satisfaction than number sixty.
Strong thread and stitches aro need
ed in sewing on buttons, and espe
cially boot buttons, and the thread
should bo securely fastened and cut
off from each button, not carried
from one to another, as, if the thread
Is carried along so, if one button
comes off others quickly follow.
The Bnby
A great many of our babies aro
going to have a "second summer,"
this season, and very good caro must
be taken of them In order to keep
them well. Many diseases and much
suffering could bo avoided by a very
small amount of care In feeding and
nursing, and mothers should ac
quaint themselves with these neces
sities, depending more upon such
care than upon medicine. If a baby
is kept clean and dry and given sult
able foods, with a clean, well-aired
bed for tho night, and clothing dur
ing the day to suit tho atmospheric
changes, there would bo little neod
of the doctor's vlaits. There should
bo allowed no soro places, or chafing
between folds, from neglect. These
things sometimes appear as evidence
that tho child 'is out of health, and
attention should be at once given its
diet and habits. Tho treatment fo
nearly all children's complaints
should bo guided very largely by
common sense, and the mother
should bo its best nursd, thoroughly
acquainting herself with its every
mood. The cutting of teeth should
not bo regarded as a' disease. A
healthy, well cared for and properly
fed child will cut its teeth with no
difficulty whatever; but as children
aro usually treated, it is a very criti
cal time with them. Over and inju
dicious feeding, unwholesomo foods,
and unclean nursing bottles cause a
great deal of trouble.
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Coffee blots out the sunshine from
many a home by making the mother,
or some other member of the house
hold, dyspeptic, nervous and irritable.
There are thousands of cases where
the proof is absolutely undeniable.
Here is one.
A Wisconsin mother writes:
"I was taught to drink coffee at
an early age, and also at an early
age became a victim to neaaacnes,
and as I grew to womanhood these
headaches became a part of me, as
I was scarcely ever free from them.
"About five years ago a friend
urged me to try Postum. I made
the trial and the result was so satis
factory that we have used it ever
"My husband and little daughter
were subject to bilious attacks, but
they have both been entirely free
from them since we began using
Postum instead of coffee. I no longer
have headaches and my neaitn is
perfect.
If some of those nervous, tired,
Irritable women would only leave off
coffee absolutely and try Postum
they would find a wonderful change
in their life. It would then be filled
with sunshine and happiness rather
than weariness and discontent. And
think what an effect it would have
on the family, for the mood of the
mother is largely responsible for the
temper of the children.
Read "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
For the Home Seamstress
In darning hosiery, the majority
use too coarse a thread, whether cot
ton or yarn, making a thick ridge
around each hole so heavy that it
very shortly pulls out of the adja
cent material. It is always advisable
to use a wooden darning ball so that
both hands may be free. The edges
of small holes are generally curled
up, and should be straightened out
flat, and the hole be made as small
as possible; then, when the darning
Is complete, hammer down the ridge
that has been made around the edge
by the stitches. Large holes in the
heels of stockings are usually best
mended by putting on the inside a
patch of stocking material and hem
ming down the edge of both hole
and material without turning in the
edge. An entire new heel may be
cut out and seamed up in the middle
to meet the original back seam, and
neatly hemmed onto the stocking.
Fine, close stitches, are a nuisance
in basting, or where the stitching
will have to be ripped. If the stitch
is too fine and tight, the cloth will
often give way or cut before the
thread will yield. Where there is
firm wear on a seam, as in sleeves
and bodice, the stitching must be
strong and fine; but the long Beams
of skirts may have a coarser stitch,
and trimmings of lace and braids and
millinery trimmings should be put
on with coarse stitches so as to be
easily removed.
If the thread is too coarse, both on
the machine and in the hand, the
cloth will often tear away from it
The thread should suit tho material.
For button holes and sewing on but-
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