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SEPTEMBER 9, 1910
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tako cheese sliced thin and put be
tween two slices of bread. Then, in
a soup plate, beat up one egg; add
about one cup of milk, salt and pep
per.; dip your sandwiches in this and
then fry on both sides in butter. Or,
you may leave out the egg and just
use plain milk; or tako plain bread,
dip in hot water and fry in butter.
Every way is good try them all.
Mrs; W. A. T.
If not too much burned, scorched
clothes may be made all right by the
patient uso of onion juice. Mix it
with an ounce of fuller's earth, a
little shredded soap and a wineglass
full of vinegar. Heat the mixture
until the soap is dissolved, then wait
until it is cold before applying. Rub
it well over the scorched place, leave
to dry, then put the garment in the
regular wash.
Fine linen is continually in danger
of iron rust, and unless such spots
are attended to at once, there is lit
tle hope of removing them. Soak
tho spot well, as if for general wash
ing, pass a hot iron over a wet cloth,
and when the latter steams well, put
it under the stained garment. Then
on the upper side of the goods rub a
little oxalic acid where the spots
show. Tho action of the acid is has
tened by the heat and moisture, and
tho rust will disappear; wash tho
whole garment immediately with
soap.
. For Dyeing Summer Goods
Many times it becomes a matter of
economy to dye garments made of
summer wash goods, because of fad
ing, or streaking which necessitates
special treatment. After preparing
according to the directions on the
package of dye, these goods should
lie in a weak dye for a long time,
rather than a short time in a strong
dye. After rinsing from the dye,
pass 'such goods through a hot, clear,
well-strained starch solution colored
with a little of the dye liquid 'in
which the goods were colored. Treat
as you would starched goods in the
laundry, and this will give body to
the goods and fix the color. Use
the starch quite thin. When lifting
the goods, do not wring, but squeeze
the goods with the hands and let
drain dry; then starch, but do not
wring, squeezing as dry as possible
with the hands.
add five or six tablcspoonfuls cf
sugar, beating in gradually, and
heap on the pic; set in oven and
slightly brown.
Two-Crust Lemon Pie Ono cup of
sugar, juice of ono lemon and grated
rind of half; small piece of butter,
size of a' walnut; ono and a half
tablcspoonfuls of flour; one cup of
warm water; thoroughly mix and
pour between two crusts and bake.
Cranberry Pie, two crusts Tho
cups of wholo cranberries, one-half
cup of raisins, ono cup boiling water,
ono cup of sugar, ono teaspoonful of
vanilla. Boll together before putting
between tho crusts.
Mock Minco Pie Ono largo slice
of bakers' bread, cut ono inch thick,
or its equivalent; one cup of hot wa
ter poured over tread. One cup of
butter, and half a cup each of vin
egar, sugar, raisins, ono tablespoon
ful of all kinds of spices mixed. Boil
up well, then bako between two
crusts.
Another One cup each of sugar,
bread crumbs and water, half a cup
of vinegar, one tablespoonful of but
ter, one teaspoonful each of cinna
mon and cloves; ono cup of raisins;
boil and bake between two crusts.
Theso recipes aro recommended.
Try them and report.
Sweet applo stain is difficult to re
move, though a bleach like Javollo
Water is almost certain to remove tho
yellow spot from whito materials.
Some Requested He-prints
Equal parts of strong tea and lin
seed oil, about a pint each the
stiffly-beaten whites of two fresh
oggs and two ounces of spirits of
salts; mix all and boat well. This
Is said to -bo an excellent lloor or
furniture polish. For furniture, put
a few drops on an old silk cloth and
rub vigorously, going over a small
spaco at a time. For tho floor, apply
with a cotton or wool cloth in the
samo way.
The Ant Question
Mrs. M. P. S., Nebr., says: "I find
that prevention of evil is more satis
factory than sterner methods. Could
flies be kept at a distance by sprink
ling pepper on windows and door
sills, I should prefer resorting to
this method instead of screens and
poison; to prevent bed bugs becom
ing troublesome, I apply turpentine
occasionally to places where they
might frequent, thus keeping them at
a distance. Nearly all kinds pf in
sects can, by proper precautions be
kept out of tho house.- When it
comes to rattlesnakes, I take to the
killing process as quickly as possible,
If weapons aro at hand but not
murdering. Maybe, in a more en
lightened age, ' snakes will not bite,
and cause people to act against their
desires; but as It is, I mean to act
in small, as well as in great matters,
as if in the presence of the Lord."
) Contributed Recipes -
These are all pie-filling- recipes,
contributed by Mrs. W. A. T., New
.York:
Lemon Pie with Frosting One
cup of sugar; one heaping table
spoonful of corn starch; yolk of two
eggs. Mix welj. Then add the juice
of one lemon and grate or shave in
about half the yellow peel and one
cup of water. Boiling water hastens
the cooking, but cold is just as good
if there Is time. Cook it well, and
fmt In a previously bated crust.
,$yhlp the whites of two eggs stiff,
Keeping tho Clippings
In nearly every paper or magazine
we get, there is something we should
like to keep for future uso or refer
ence, but once the paper is laid away,
it is like hunting tho "pin In tho
hay-stack," and we might as well call
it lost. It would be best if we would
clip the article and at once paste or
pin it in the scrap book; but we do
not like to destroy tho paper until
all the members of tho family are
through with it. A good way, in such
a case, is to mark the article wanted
with a colored pencil, but the ordi
nary 'lead -pencil will do. -In the
meantime, have this holder retfdy for
it when it is clipped: Take two
pieces of cardboard, or stiff paste
board such as may be furnished by
an old pasteboard box, 5x9 inches.
Make any number of t envelopes of
tho wrapping paper which comes
around your purchases from tho
store, using an opened envelope for
patterns, 4x9 inches in size. Punch
two holes in the bottom of tho en
velopes, making corresponding holes
in the cardboards. Run a tape, or a
ribbon through these holes, with the
cardboard for cover, and tie the rib
bons so as to hold all safely. On
the front cover paste some pretty
picture, and keep this where you can
"lay hold of it" at any time.
Removing Stains
Make a solution of tartaric acid by
dissolving one teaspoonful of the
powder in a half cupful of water.
Dip iron-rust spots In this and hang
in the sun for a few minutes. Usu
ally, tho spots disappear as if by
magic. If the stain is of long stand
ing, a second or even third applica
tion may be needed. This must bo
used only on white goods, as it will
take out all color. It Is harmless to
fabrics, Is a vegetable acid, and acts
like lemon juice, only more power
fully. To remove stains of medicine and
liniments, try this: Ammonia will
remove cod-liver oil stains; Fuller's
earth made into a thick paste and
applied to tho spots will remove
them. For iodine stains, strong am
monia should be used until the color
fades, then wash as usual In tepid
water and strong soap.
Puro alcohol will removo grease
stains from cloth and serge without
injury to cloth or colon Sour milk
will remove Ink stains, If applied at
once.
Hot milk Is splendid for removing
fruit stains, though boiling water Is
equally good If tho goods are white.
Some Pickle Recipes
Sweot Mixed Pickles Cut Into
small pieces whatever combination of
vegetables you like cauliflower,
string beans, young beets, sweet ap
ples, radish pods, small cucumbers,
minced cabbage, etc. Steam these
until quite tender, and pack In pickle
bottles or jars. Make a syrup of
three pounds of light brown sugar,
and ono quart of good vinegar, put
ting it over tho Are to boil. Make a
cheese cloth bag in which put an
ounce each of unground spice, cloves,
mace, a stick of cinnamon broken
into short lengths, n tablespoonful of
celery seed and a few peppor corns..
Put a half teaspoonful of salt in tho
boiling syrup, drop tho sewed-up
spice bag into It and let boil for about
ten minutes. Pour this syrup over
tho pickles In the jars, and cover.
For three successive days, drain off
tho syrup, heat to boiling and pour
over tho pickles again. Then cover
closely and put away for tho winter.
Sweet Pickled Tomatoes Uso tho
small yellow tomato when they aro
barely ready to turn color, but must
not be soft. Prick each tomato two
or three times with a large needle
and soak a quarter of an hour in
salt water. Then take out and put
into jars. Make a syrup of one pint
of vinegar and three-fourths pound
of yellow C. sugar and a pinch of
salt; when brought to a' boll, add
half a dozen cloves, as many allspice,
ono pepper corn, a half stick of cin
namon, a leaf of mace, a chip of
ginger root, and have the spices tied
up in a cheese cloth; drop into the
syrup and boil ten minutes. Take
out the spice bag, and put the toma
toes in the kettle until they are well
heated through, but do not allow
them to boil, then lift with a skim
mer and pack in jars. Boil the syrup
twenty minutes longer and pour It
hot over tho tomatoes in the iars,
filling all spaces. Tho next day pour
off tho syrup, re-heat and pour over
the tomatoes; do this for three times.
Let get perfectly cold before screw
ing on tho top, then seal and away
for tho winter.
good and havo no such effect. Here
18 a good formula for cold cream that
la harmless: One-half ounco of whito
wax and four ounces each of spermo
cctl And oil of nlmonds molted to
gether until soft, then add a few
drops of desired perfume, and whilo
the mixture In warm beat creamy
with ah egg beater; keep In small
jars in a warm place; If tho cream
inclines to bo hard, warm and add a
llttlo more of tho oils and beat again.
For a mild soap, add five parts of
honey to four parts of any good
vcgetablo oil soap, and thrco parts of
white wax; stir togothor over a slow
heat, and add ono dram of benzoin
and ono part of storax; Uso by mix
ing with a llttlo water and uso as any
soap, and it will cleanso beautifully
and leavo tho skin in good condition.
For tan, ono ounco French oil of
jassamino, one ounco oil of swoot al
monds, two ounces limo wator and
ten grains of borax; mix woll and
apply at night; wnsh off in tho morn
ing and uso a little cold cream to
offset any irritating' effect of th
lotion.
WANTED MORE
For tho Toilet
It is claimed that soap should not
be used on tho face, but that cold
cream should be used plentifully, al
lowed to remain a few minutes, then
wiped off with a bit of cloth; then
wash the face with a mild soap and
warm water, rinsing with cold water,
then drying. The cold cream is usu
ally a preparation of whito vaseline,
wax and some perfume. A very good
cold cream is made at homo in this
wise: Four ounces of white vaseline,
and half an ounco of whito wax.
Melt the wax and vaseline separately,
each In a double boiler, then beat to
gether with a few drops of favorite
perfume added. This can be put into
small Jars and covered, keeping In a
cool place. The cold cream acts as a
softener of tho sebaceous matter in
the pores, and of the dirt and grime
in the seams of the skin.
As some may object to the white
vaseline, claiming that it will Induce
a growth of hair on tho face, there
aro other Ingredients that are just as
A hypochondriac friend of a Nan-
tasket man, who was visiting tho lat
ter s placo on tho coast of Massachu
setts, imagined that ho was deriving
some benefit by reason of tho sea
water ho was drinking.
Ono day, as the two strolled along;
tho beach, tho hypochondriac said to
his friend:
"Dick, this seawater Is really help
ing my dyspepsia. I've already tak
en two glasses of it this morning.
Do you think I might take a third?"
"Well," returned the friend with
a gravity equal to that of his friend,
"I don't think a third would b
missed, Tom." Lippincott's.
"NO FRILLS"
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Just Sensible Food Cured Him ,
Sometimes a good, healthy com
mercial traveler suffers from poorly
selected food and is lucky if he learns
that Grape-Nuts food will put him
right.
A Cincinnati traveler says: "About
a year ago my stomach got in a bad
way. I had a headache most of tho
time and suffered misery. For sev
eral months I ran down until I lost
about 70 pounds in weight and finally
had to give up a good position and
go home. Any food that I might
uso seemed to nauseate me.
"My wife, hardly knowing what
to do, one day brought home a pack
ago of Grape-Nuts food and qoaxed
me to try It. I told her It was no
uso but finally to humor her I tried
a llttlo and they just struck my
taste. It was tho first food that I
had eaten in nearly a year that did
not cause any suffering.
"Well, to make a long story short,
I began to improve and stuck to
Grape-Nuts. I went up from 135
pounds in December to 194 pounds
tho following October.
"My brain Is clear, blood all right
and appetite too much for any man's
pockctbook. In fact, I am thorough
ly made over and owe it all to Grape
Nuts. I talk so much about what
Grape-Nuts will do that some of tho
men on tho road have nicknamed mo
'Grape-Nuts,' but I stand today a
healthy, rosy-cheeked man a pretty
good example of what the right kind
of food will do.
"You can publish this If you want
to. It Is a truo statement without
any frills."
Read tho llttlo book, "Tho Road
to Wellville, in pkgs. "There's
Reason."
Ever read tho above letter? A aew
one appears from time to time. They
aro genuine, true, and full of humaa
interest.
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