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r TTBiHW ? , - r .-' ul The Commoner. JANUARY 27, 1911 . sliced (all of them). Cook ten min utos, then add two peeled and sliced potatoes. Make ready a rich biscuit dough, and when the vegetables are about done, turn the mixture into a baking dish suitable to set on the table, and cover with the crust and bake. There should be plenty of gravy in the dish in which the mix ture has been cooked, and this should be poured into the baking dish under the covering crust. A Cold Day Dinner Got a piece of cheap beef and cut into slices or small chunks. Season with pepper and salt, roll in flour and put into a bean pot or deep skillet and set in the oven to cook for three hours, after covering with boiling water. One hour before serving, put in some Irish and sweet potatoes which have been washed, peeled and scalded; add a generous piece of butter and finish baking. Another way is to use up ragged scraps of meat by cutting in to small pieces, season with salt and pepper and add equal measures of prepared turnips, parsnips, carrots, potatoes, kohl rabbi, and a piece of butter as large as an egg. Add to this aB much pork as would make two chops, cutting the pork into bits. Cover with just sufilcient boiling wa ter to keep from scorching, adding more as it boils away, and cook for four hours In a covered pot set in the oven. Either of these dishes can be cooked without extra fire, on wash day, or when ironing is to be done; or If the fire in the range Is to be kept up for any purpose. These are both dishes for the fireless cooker. Requested Recipes Cream Chocolato Cake (This was published recently, but Its republi cation was requested, as it was found to be "very good.") For first part, take one-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, three eggs beaten separately (and whites folded in last of all the ingredients), and one teaspoonful of baking powder. Second part: One cupful of grat ed baker's chocolate, two-thirds cup ' .! CHEATED FOR YEARS Prejudice Will Cheat Us Often if Wo Let It of sugar, half a cup of milk, yolk of ono egg beaten well. Put the second part over tho heat In a doublo boiler, let come to a boil stirring all the time; then let stand until cold; then stir in a level tea spoonful of soda dissolved in a lit tle hot water and mix this part well with the first part, adding beaten whites now. This may.be used as a layer or a loaf cake. For frosting, boil up one cup of sugar and half a cup of water until it ropes, and turn this over a well beaten egg white, beating all tho time until it is cold. A teaspoonful of thick, sweet cream added, and tho flavoring as liked, are great improvements. Ono can not fail with it except by getting in too much flour, in which case it Is not so soft and delicate. (One of our readers who used the recipe thinks there is too much chocolate used; but tastes may differ.) Prunes in Jelly Cook large, sel ict ed prunes slowly in a little water un til tender, being careful to keep them unbroken; drain and lay in a glass dish. Make a jelly as follows: Soak one-half box of gelatin in ono cup of cold water for one hour; add ono cupful of sugar, Juico of two lemons, the grated yellow rind of one, and two cupfuls of boiling wa ter. Strain into a deep platter or shallow mold when cold, cut in small cubes and turn over the prunes just before serving. The jelly should be made the day before using. You will be astonished to find how largely you are Influenced In every way by unreasoning prejudice. In manyv cases you will also .find that the prejudice has swindled you, or rather, made you swindle yourself. A case in Illustration: "I have been a constant user of Grape-Nuts for nearly three years," says a correspondent, "and I am happy to say that I am well pleased with the result of the experiment, for such It has been. "Seeing your advertisement in al most all of the periodicals, for a long time I looked upon it as a hoax. But after years of suffering with gaseous and bitter eructations from my stom ach, together with more or less loss of appetite and flesh, I concluded to try Grape-Nuts food for a little time and note the result. "I found it delicious, and It was not long till I began to experience the beneficial effects. My stomach resumed Ub normal state, the eruc tations and bitterness ceased and I have gained all my lost weight back. "I am so well satisfied with the result that so long as I may live and retain my reason Grape-Nuts shall constitute quite a portion of my dally food." Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine true, and fall of human ftoterefft Waterproofing for Boots Mix twenty parts of boiled linseed oil, four ounces of powdered resin and four ounces of sliced or shaved beeswax and put In an earthen jar or tin can. Set this in a vessel of boiling water on the stove, but the water must not boil up into the can; let heat gently until all the ingre dients are melted and thoroughly blended by stirring. The result will resemble cart grease, and must be rubbed into the shoes or boots when wot, and the more rubbing the better. Stains of Fabrics This is said to remove stains from silk without injuring the color: Five parts of soft water and six parts of powdered alum. Boil a short time, after which pour into a vessel to cool. Previous to using, the mixture must be warmed, then the stained places washed and left to dry. Long-Stemmed Violets There is a general complaint that early violets are too short-stemmed, and here is a remedy, which should be cut out and pasted in the scrap book, where It can be got at when wanted: Pick all the early appear ing buds for at least a week after they begin to come; do not let any bloom. Then do not pick any more of the buds, but sprinkle the beds once a week with a solution of nitrate of soda, one ounce of the soda, to one gallon of water, dissolv ing thoroughly. This will cause tho plants to bloom abundantly, with long stems to the flowers. For Worn-Out Brussels Carpet Where tho cheaper grades of brussels carpet are used, the nap wears away, leaving the carpet smooth and colorless. To make good use of this, try painting It. Have the carpet thoroughly cleaned, all rips sewed up and damaged places mended, then tack smoothly on the kitchen, or other floor where.lt Is to Ue. Have soaked overnight one pound of glue to one gallon of wa ter, and in the morning put the glue pail into another pail containing boiling water, as is done with a double boiler, and set over the heat, stirring frequently until the glue is thoroughly dissolved. Let this cool: than., with a brush -a naint brash ts best, give the carpet ft coatlnjc with tho glue, which is called sizing tho carpet. Lot this stand for a day to dry, then go over it with a coat ing of paint, as you would paint a floor; lot this dry for a couplo of days, then give It another coating, and after tho second is thoroughly dry, give it a third coat, following this when dry with a coat of floor varnish. Warm, pleasing colors aro liked for this maroon, rod yollow, or brown; but a dark green Is liked very well by some. This should bo cared for as any linoleum. A worn rag carpot may bo treated In tho same manner and will wear a long timo. Timely Recipes Baked Apples Wash And coro, but do not peel, tart applos; cut into eighths, put a layer in a baking dish or pan, Bprinklo .over it two table spoonfuls of sugar, then another layer of apples and moro sugar; pour over this half a cup of water, cover the pan or dish sot in tho oven and bake for ten minutes, then take off the lid and bake ten minutes longer. Serve this hot with a meat course. Boston Brown Bread Mix half a pint of rye meal with half a pint of granulated corn meal and the same quantity of whole wheat flour. Measure a level teaspoonful of bicar bonate of sodium, dissolve it in a tablespoonfiil of warm water; add it to a cupful of New Orleans molasses, mix well, and add one pint of thick sour milk, or buttermilk. Add a teaspoonful of salt. Pour this quick ly into the dry ingredients, mix thor oughly, turn into a well-greased bread mold, tie down the cover, place in a steamer or in a kettle, and steam over boiling water for four hours, not allowing it to ceaso boiling. A Cream and Soda Cake Dissolve a level teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda In two tablespoonfuls of warm water, and stir It Into a half cupful of New Orleans molasses, mix and add quickly ono cupful of thick, sour cream, a cupful of sugar, tablespoon fill of cinnamon and two and a half cups of pnstry flour. Beat three minutes, stir In one cupful of seeded and chopped raisins after having floured them with an extra half cup ful .of flour; bako slowly. Anything mado with soda and sour milk must bo quickly put together, as tho gas is liberated tho instant tho soda I? mixed with the milk, and It must bo quickly incorporated with tho other ingredients. The loss of the gas loaves tho cake or bread flat and sodden. In making soup Btock, cover the meat to be boiled with cold water and let simmer, instead of boll. This will draw out tho Juices and flavor ing. In soup-making, it is necessary to soften tho fibres so the juices will flow out, thus getting all tho nourishment in tho water, instead of having it in tho meat. Leggings should bo mado for tho littlo children, and for tho small ones, knitted leggings aro much worn. For older children, leggings may bo mado of Jersey cloth, of leather (this being for boys), .and of cloth and velvet. Theso are en "My made at homo, or may be bought, ready-made, at tho stores. Latest Fashions jor Readers of The Commoner 8708 LADIES' COAT DRESS Sizes: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Inches bust measure. Requires seven and five-eighths yards of 44-inch material for the 36-inch size. 8852 LADLES' APRON Sizes: Small," Medium and Largo. Requires six and "one-fourth yards of 27-inch material for tho medium size. ill A Ji p L9 883G GIRLS' DRESS Sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Re quires three and one-half yards of 44-inch material for tho 8-year size. I 882S BOYS' SUIT Sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. Re quires two and one-eighth yards of 44-lnch material for the four year size. THE COMMONER will supply its readers with perfect fitting, seam allowing patterns from tho latest Paris and New York styles. Tho de signs are practical and adapted to the home dressmaker. Full direc tions how to cut and how to make the garments with each pattern The price of these patterns 10 cents each, postage prepaid. Our large -catalogue containing the Illustrations and descriptions of over 400 sea sonable .styles for ladies, misses and children, mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents. In ordering patterns givo U3 your name, address, pattern number and size desired. Address THE COMMONER, Pattern Dcpt., Lincoln, Nebraska. -