'AUGUST 15, 1911
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The Commoner.
tlon that they Intended to try her re
cipe. Salads may be made of canned
vogeables, but of course, the fresh
ate better.
For the Toilet
Cucumber Cream This recipe can
not be excelled, say those who have
tried it. In order to have the best
results, you must have all utensils
scrupulously clean and ingredients
properly measured and weighed. Cut
up enough green (ready for table
use) cucumbers to weigh two
pounds: mash them in a wooden
bowl and let them stand all day (if
no wooden bowl, then use china or
glazed earthernware) ; molt three
and one-half ounces of oil of sweet
almonds, two and one-half drams
of white wax and nine drams of
spermaceti, over hot water; strain
the liquid from the cucumbers and
heat it a little- so it will not chill
the melted oils, and stir in the
melted oils gradually, beating all the
time; set in the ice chest when the
ingredients are well blended, and
let harden; then beat with a wooden
spatula to separate the watery from
the solid part; pour off the water
and beat in half an ounce of glycer
ine without heating, working with
the hands. It will become thorough
ly incorporated into a cream. Put
into small china or glass jars, pour
a little rosewater over the top, cover,
and keep in a cool place. This is
cheap, and delightfully cool and a
good bleaching cream. Do this now,
while cucumbers are plentiful.
The hair should be kept scrupu
lously clean, and after the shampoo
should not be arranged until per
fectly dry. At best, during hot
weather, the scalp will give out more
or less moisture, and if not cared for,
the hair will have a sour, musty
smell that is anything but pleasant.
Many women, no matter how much
they bathe, have a disagreeable odor
about their perron, especially from
the axilla, and it la useless for such
persons to try to destroy tho smell
with perfumes. Tho one way to ac
complish its destruction is to bo
careful of tho diet, and cleanse from
within, keeping tho excretary organs
active, and take tho nicest caro of
the person otherwise. It is a symp
tom of some disorder, and tho dis
order, not tho symptom should bo
attended to.
GET POWER
The Supply Comes From Food
Miscellaneous Recipes
Baked Green Peppers Tho pep
pers must be perfectly green not a
hint of red or yellow about them.
Cut off the stem ends, take out every
seed, and soak for an hour in salted
water, drain, and pour boiling water
to cover them, which 'will partially
cook the shells. Let stand in the
hot water for f.ve minutes, then
drain and fill with stuffing made as
follows: For six large green pep
pers, take one cupful of cooked,
minced meat, two medium sized to
matoes, two tablespoonfuls of bread
crumbs, half a teaspoonful of salt,
tablespoonful of melted butter, and
meat stock or gravy to moisten well.
Chop the meat fine before measuring,
and peel and dice the tomatoes. Mix
all together, fill the pepper shells,
sow on the tops and put in a baking
pan large enough to hold them
nicely. Put into the pan a table
spoonful of butter, a' minced onion,
and enough water to come half way
to the top of the peppers; bake twen
ty minutes, basting several times,
and when done lift out tho peppers,
thicken tho juice in the pan and
pour it over the peppers, and serve
hot. W. M.
and look Just as well, that it Is bet
tor for you to tako tho matter into
consideration.
Many housewives use scrim, or
Swiss, dotted or plain, or barred or
plain muslins, and theso materials
make charming curtains that may be
laundored as often as you wish, and
will last a long tlmo. They may bo
lace-trimmed, or hemstitched, or
ruffled, or just a plain hem. Tho
pair of curtains will cost less and
look a great deal better than lace,
and it will bo a comfort to you to
know they can "wash," without pull
ing into holes.
Tho Cellar
tic a pieco of outing flannel, or soft
choose cloth over tho broom, and go
over tho ceiling with long, oven
strokes tho length of tho papor,
changing tho cloth often, an It gath
ers tho dust and grlmo. Then treat
tho walls In tho samo way, stroking
from tho top to tho bottom. A good
arrangement is to dip the cloth in
dry corn meal every few strokes, as
this will removo tho grlrno very
rapidly. Tho cloth and tho corn
meal must bo kept clean. Tho old
way of rubbing tho papor with otalo
bread is still good, but Is harder than
cloth and corn meal, and no moro
effectlvo.
Don't forgot to have the cellar
thoroughly clean and sweet smelling
before you begin to fill your shelves.
See that every offensive thing is ro
moved, the walls whitewashed, the
floors clean, and dampness provided
against by plenty of fresh lime placed
in boxes in odd corners. Have tho
shelves all clean, and rout all In
sects. Have thorough ventilation,
and arrange so tho fruit or vege
tables on tho shelves may bo dark
ened by something other than dar
kening the whole cellar.
Walls and Ceilings
It will shortly be fall-house-clean-lng
time again; but it is always
cleaning time in the house, and some
day, when you are looking for a job,
examine your walls and ceilings.
The paper may be In perfect condi
tion, so far as breaks and tears are
concerned, and It seems hardly
necessary to re-paper; but tho walls
and ceilings aro dingy, if not really
dirty. To improve its appearance,
Little Helps
Tho homo seamstress In a family
where thero aro small children,
especially those of school ago, should
carefully savo all scraps of sheer
white materials that may bo used
for handkerchiefs for tho llttlo hands
that aro always losing them. Every
child should havo a pocket, and in
tho pocket, a soft handkerchief of
some kind. Theso can bo liberally
supplied out of tho piece-bag, If caro
Is taken of tho scraps.
Even among well-to-do families,
there Is no oxcuso for tho wanton
oxtravaganco of discarding lightly
worn garraonts simply because thoy
aro out of stylo. Much can bo dono
in the way of remodeling, often
times at very llttlo expense, and
many times with no othor than a
change of trimming, or using trim
ming whero none had been used
originally. Whero there are younger
or smaller membors of tho family,
every garment worth making over
'Should be studied carefully, and use
made of it.
If we get power from food why
not strive to get all the power we
can. That is only possible by use
or skilfully selected food that exactly
fits the requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a
poor fire is not a good steam pro
ducer. "From not knowing how to select
the right food to fit my needs, I suf
fered grievously for a long time
from stomach troubles," writes a
lady from a little town in Missouri.
"It seemed as if I would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything
that I could eat would stay on my
stomach. Every attempt gave me
heartburn and filled my stomach
with gas. I got thinner and thinner
until I literally became a living
skeleton and in time was compelled
to keep to my bed.
"A few months ago I was per
suaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and
it had such good effect from the very
beginning that I have kept up its
UBe ever since. I was surprised at
tho ease with which I digested it. It
proved to be just what I needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the inflated feellnr which
gave me so much pain disappeared.
My weight gradually Increased from
' 98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded
out, my strength came back, and I
am now able to do my housework
and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts food did
It." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
A ten days' trial will show any
one some facts about food.
Read tho little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
reason."
Ever read the above letter? A
W5w one appears from time to time.
They aro genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
Fruit Catsups
Many kinds of fruit may be used
for making catsup, and all are good
to be used with meats. In somo in
stances, an added tang is imparted
by a little horse radish, or flavor of
onion, or lemon juice. Where
grapes are used, either the wild, or
tho cultivated, the fruit should be
used before perfectly ripe. To six
pounds of grapes, washed and
stemmed, allow three pounds of
brown sugar, a tablespoonful each
of cloves, cinnamon and salt, with
one of extract of lemon; two cups of
vinegar of good grade. Set the ves
sel containing the grapes in another
of boiling water and cook for an
hour, stirring several times; then
rub through a colander to remove
the seeds and skins; add tho rest of
tho imrredients and boil until thick,
stirring to keep from burning; bottle
and cork tight.
As tho la'e rains have renewed
the promise of plenty of late toma
toes, the housewife should put them
up in varied forms. For tomato
marmalade, take fine, ripe tomatoes,
cut them in halves and squeeze out
the juice; put them, Juice and all, in
a preserving kettle with half a dozen
peach leaves, a clove of garlic, some
slices of onion or Bhalot and a
handful of fresh parsley. Stew all
until sufficiently done, rub through
a Bieve and boll down like other
marmalade, adding salt to taste.
Put them into small bottles or Jars,
pepper the top, and seal. Good to
eat with fish, or for gravies, stews
or soups.
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Good Curtains
This fall, when you take down
your lace curtains, no matter what
they cost you, and proceed to do
them up" after the dust of summer,
just ask yourself if it pays. No
matter whether they cost fifty cents
or five dollars the pair, the starch
and dust will havo rotted them, and
you must be very careful in handling
them in order to make them last
without breaks and holes for several
seaBons. There are so many pretty
materials that will stand laundering
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