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t. FEBRUARY 17, 1911 The Commoner. 9 clean as the hands, and the stockings changed before becoming much soiled. Common yellow licorice root chewed is a sweetener of the breath and is claimed to relieve a sour stom ach. It used to be an old, much used "stand-by" for bad breath. General Household A plain pongee can be washed in warm soapsuds, carefully rinsed and ironed when quite dry. If sprinkled for ironing, it is apt to spot. For cleaning shiney coat collars, use an old toothbrush; dip this in naptha, then give a few brisk rubs to the shiny places and ,it will be clean. Delicate velvets may bo cleaned in this way. For colored hosiery, add a gill of vinegar to each half gallon of the last rinse water and hang to dry wrong side out; this will prevent streaking, and the dingy, rusty color sometimes shown. For the removal of milk, stains from woolens, get a ten cent package of soap bark, put half of it in a ves sel and cover with boiling water; let steep where it will keep barely at the boiling point for an hour; strain, and wash the milk or grease stain in this, rinsing when clean. Or,, the spot may be sponged out with the soap bark tea. To harden soft soap, add to each gallon of boiling hot soap half a pint of clean bairel salt, stirring it in well. Pour the mixture into broad, shallow vessels or pans, allow to cool, then cut into cakes or bars and stack up to dry. Skirts that have become damp should be first dried thoroughly in the sunshine, If possible, then shaken out carefully to remove all dust. Bindings, facings, and plaits at. the HEREDITY Can Bo Overcome in Cases The influence of heredity cannot, of course, be successfully disputed, but it can be minimized or entirely overcome in some cases by correct food and drink. A Conn, lady says: "For years while I was a coffee drinker I suffered from bilious at tacks of great severity, from which "1 used to emerge as white as a ghost and very weak. Our family physi cian gave me various prescriptions for improving the digestion and stim ulating the liver, which I tried faith fully but without perceptible result. "He was acquainted with my fam ily history for several generations back, and once when I visited him he said: 'If you have inherited one of those torpid livers you may always suffer more or less from its inaction. We can't dodge our inheritance, you know.' "I was not bo strong a believer In heredity as he was, however, and, beginning to think for myself, I con cluded to stop drinking coffee, and see what effect that would have. I feared It would be a severe trial to give It up, but when I took Postum and had It well made, It completely filled my need for a hot beverage and I grew very fond of it. "I have used Postum for three years using no medicine. During all that time I have had absolutely none of the bilious attacks that I used to Buffer from, and I have been entirely free from the pain and debilitating effects that used to result from them. "The change Is surely very great, and I am compelled 'to give Postum the exclusive cdlt for it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, , , Read "The Road to Welville," In pkgs. "There a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A. new one appears from time to time. They - re genuine, true, and fall of human tntorcet, bottom should bo made tidy, replac ing anything worn or frazzled. Un der arm protectors should bo re moved as often as necessary and scrubbed with a' brush dipped in quite warm water to which plain white soap and a little ammonia have been added, then dried in the open air. Fresh air and sunshine aro the best disinfectants known. Contributed Recipes Colonial Gingerbread This is a loaf cake. To make, put a cupful of New Orleans molasses in a mixing bowl with a half cupful of butter and a' half-cupful of sugar; over this pour a cupful of boiling water in which a level dessertspoonful of soda has already been dissolved. Stir well and let the mixture cool, then add a cupful of chopped walnuts and a cup ful of chopped and seeded raisins, a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, and lastly, two "well-beaten eggs. Bake in a shallow pan and serve warm from the oven. Fruit Flavoring This Is made from the peels of lemons and or anges. Soak the peels over night in salt and water, and in the morning drain and cover with fresh water, and bring to a boil. Drain again, throw the water away, and cover again with fresh water, adding enough sugar to make a thick syrup. Bring to a boil and let the peel sim mer in this until It has becomo ten der, and by this time the syrup should have thickened considerably, but not to the candying point. Re move from the fire and put into self sealing jaTs at once. Some of the peel, chopped fine, with a little of the syrup added, gives a delicious flavor to cake; when preparing for the cake, chop the peel fine, add con fectioner's sugar and sullicient water to make it of the right consistency. Endive Sauce Clean and trim off the outside leaves and place the en dive in a stewpan of boiling water, boiling it for twenty minutes, then Immersing in cold water. When cool, squeeze each leaf separately to remove as much water as possible, then remove the roots and chop the leaves fine. Put the chopped leaves in a stew-pan with two ounces of fresh butter, salt, sugar and nutmeg to taste as seasoning cook five min utes, stirring constantly, moisten with a cup of white broth, cover with buttered paper, put on the lid and let simmer gently for half an hour; then add a ladle of white sauce, half a pint of sweet cream, reduce quick ly over a brisk fire, rub through a sieve and serve. Requested Recipes Hot Chocolate for Vanilla Ice Cream Place one pound of light brown sugar in a graniteware sauce pan, and with It two ounces of scraped bitter chocolate, one-fourth pint of fresh milk and an ounce of best butter. Boil together until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water, then take from the stove and flavor with vanilla. Pour into the sauce boat and servo hot with each portion of cream. The cold cream Immediately hardens the hot sauce, which forms a smooth coating over it. The two do not unite, and the taste of the two separate flavors Is delightful. In (preparing the sauce care must be taken that It is not boiled too long, else the coating will harden too much, making it difficult to manage with a spoon or fork, while if not boiled long enough, the two flavors are apt to blend. Expe rience alone can teach the exact stage when done; it may be made early and re-heated before served. Rhubarb' Meringue Cut six large oranges . in halves and remove the centers with a sharp knife and squeeze the Juice into a basin. Put into a sauce pan one gill of water with half a gill of sugar and let boil. Wash and slice thinly ono pound of nice, red rhubarb and add to the syrup; cook all gently for half an hour and strain the juico Into a baBin. Placo the rhubarb in tho or ange hulls and pour tho juico of the oranges and rhubarb into a clean saucepan. MU in a basin two table spoonfuls of corn starch with a littlo cold water, stir into the boiling juico and cook five minutes, stirring all the time, and then pour over the rhubarb in the orange skins In equal quantities. Beat up stiffly tho whites of three eggs, add thfeo tablespoon fuls of sugar and beat again for five minutes. Put tho mixture into a forcing bag and tube and force it out 1n equal quantities over tho rhu barb; set in a quick oven for ton minutes, and servo very cold. Cider Sauce Cook sweet apples just enough not to color tho inside of tho quartered apple, using cidei as the only liquid. Cook slowly and keep covered closely to confine the steam, as but littlo cider should be used. Query Box M. M. According to Plncus, tho life of a hair ranges from two to six years, after which It falls out and Is replaced by a new hair. About fifty or sixty hairs are normally shed every day. Mrs. L. To clean tho window shades, spread the shade flat on a large table, and heat thoroughly without scorching a pan of corn meal. Rub the shades with tho hot corn meal, using a circular motion, rubbing vigorously. When tho meal Is soiled and tho curtains look clean, take a clean dry cloth and dust off all traces of tho meal, and the dirt and dingincss will go with tho meal. Try it.. "Distressed" To take tlfo mark- J ing ink out of linen, try a saturated soiuuon oi cyanurot or potassium applied with a camol's hair brush. After tho ink disappears wash tho linen in cold water. . O. H. Tho nicotine in tobacco is said to bo ono of tho most deadly poJsons known, and it certainly is a poison to tho body and tho nervous system. It is strango that any sen sible person will encourage its uho S. K. Charcoal is not used much for. cooking except among tho very poor, or whoro gas, gasoline, alcohol, or oil cannot bo had. When used, it phould be set out of doors, or where a draft will carry tho smoke or gas outside. Edna S. All goldfish aro not nec essarily gold in color; some show black markings, and some aro entire ly black, while others aro a pale yellow, white, pink, crimson, and rarely, blue. Goldfish, If given in telligent care, make interesting pets, as well as beautiful bits of color in an aquarium. Eugeno D. A tortilla is a largo, flat cake made of corn meal mixed to paste with water and baked on a largo, flat earthenware disk called a "comal," and set on a fire of sticks; it is tho bread of the peasants of Mexico, and Is universally eaten, oven by the bettor class of people, who prefer it to white bread. -?. Latest Fashions for Readers of The Commoner .' 8870-8871 IADlES COSTUME Waist 8870 .cut in sizes: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Inches, bust meas ure. Skirt 8871 cut in sizes: 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inches waist measure. Requires 6 yards of 36-inch ma terial with lJ& yard of 36-inch ma terial for the tucker for the 36-lnch size. This calls for two .separate pat terns which will bo mailed on receipt of 10c for each pattern. 8007 IADDES HOUSE 1RESS Sizes: 32, 34, ,36-, 38, 4Q and 42 inches bust measure. Requires 8 yards of 36-Inch material for the 36 inch size. feh. If llfflr7 SnSlSC 8855 GIRLS' DRESS Sizes: 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Requires 2 yards of.-44-inch ma terial for the 'dress and yard of 36-lnch material for the tucker for the 6-year size. 8800 LADIES DRESSING SACQUE Sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. Requires 3 yards of 44-inch material for the 36-inch size. 0. . ? ?L til M Wmf8$sj THE COMMONER will supply its readers wjth perfect fitting, seam allowing patterns from the latest PaTis and New York styles. The 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. sonablo styles for ladies, misses and children, mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents. In ordering patterns give us your name, address, pattern number and size desired. Address THE COM&ONEIt, Pattern Dept, Lincoln, Nebraska. - VuOj v fW &i , I
