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MARCH 8, 1912
The Commoner.
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they should bo mixed into a stiff
paste with a little sweet, fresh olive
oil. The butter should bo put into
small tumblers and oil poured over
the top, then sealed, and this will
keep it for some time.
Serving Old Vegetables
Rutabagas, or sweet turnips
should be cooked in a great deal of
water, and the water Bhould be
changed several times in cooking,
if the vesetables are inclined to have
a strong taste; when they are ten
der, take up, cut One, cover with hot
vinegar and season with pepper,
salt and butter; a little sugar may
be added, if liked. Carrots should
be cleaned, cut into pieces about two
inches long, cooked until very ten
der and a dressing of white sauce,
just enough to coat each one, poured
over it; season with salt and pepper.
If potatoes are withered, let them
freshen by standing in water to crisp
them. Cabbage and onions cooked
together are liked by many. Old
beets should be cooked until tender,
then chop into dice, and covered
with cream dressing, quite thick,
and served hot.
when hung from the hips and sacrum
its weight is transmitted straight
through the hip-joints, knees and
ankles to the ground, instead of
through those joints, plus somo six
teen others.
"What Shall Wo Wear?"
Medical opinion is not altogether
in favor of' some modern reforms in
women's attire. Where the clothes
are hung from the shoulders, these
medicos point out that the weight
to be supported is transmitted to the
ground from a position ""tly at the
top of a long flexible column made
up of a large number of small bones,
imposed one upon the other, and
kept erect mainly by the action of
muscles. But all shoulder dress
hangings pull as much forward as
backward, and thus tend, unless the
back muscles are kept constantly in
aotion, to throw the pectoral muscles
out of action, and to contract the
chest by rendering full inspiration
impossible. The heaviest part of a
woman's dress is her skirts, and
To Cure a Cold
A popular health magazine tolls us
that all that is necessary to do is,
first, to eat nothing whatever for a
whole day; drink much water at
least two quarts while fasting; three
would bo better. Plush the bowels
with water enemas. In ordinary
cases, this treatment will cure a cold
in one day. When the cold has de
veloped into a sore throat, cough, or
"settled on the chest," it takes lon
ger. But in every case it will pre
vent complications and hasten the
recovery. For sore throat or cough,
cold applications to the throat or
chest, covered by a thickness of
cloth to keep in the heat as it rises
through the cold compress from the
fevered body, with inhalations of hot
steam, and given a little time for
these measures to take effect, is all
that is necessary.
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See that Coffee Poison
was Doing the Mischief.
A lady tells of a bad case of
coffee poisoning and tells it in a
way so simple and straightforward
that literary skill could not im
prove it.
"I had neuralgic headaches for 12
years," she says, "and have suffered
untold agony. When I first began
to have them I weighed 140 pounds,
but they brought me down to 110.
"I went to many doctors and they
gave me only temporary relief. So
I suffered on, till one day, a woman
doctor advised me to drink Postum.
She said I looked like I was coffee
poisoned.
"So I began to drink Postum, and
gained 15 pounds in the first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not
bo fast as at first. My headaches be
gan to leave me after I had used
Postum about two weeks long
enough, I expect, to get the coffee
poison put of my system.
"Now that a few months have
passed since I began to use Postum,
I can gladly say that I never know
what a neuralgic headache is like
any more, and it was nothing but
Postum that relieved me.
"Before I used Postum I never
went out alone; I would get be
wildered and would not know which
way to turn. Now I go alone and
my head is as clear as a bell. My
brain and nerves are stronger than
they have been for years." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
"There's a reason," and it is ex
plained in the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time?
They are genuine, true, and full of
Iranian interest
The Pansy Bed
Get a five-cent packet of mixed
seeds and plant them in a box in
some rich rcarden loam: set the box
where it will be shaded, keep the
dirt moist, and until the seeds start,
lay a pane of glass over the box.
When the seeds gqrminate, keep the
soil mellow, and damp, In a warm
place, and when large enough to
transplant pick the plants out and
set them where you want them to
grow. They should not be put in a
place where they have the strong,
hot sunshine; better give them a
shady corner. Give them plenty of
water, and frequently give a little
liquid manure. They should bloom
constantly after ' beginning until
freezing weather.
over it to wash off the starch wbicb
gathers on the outside when cooking.
Then, you can uso it in combination
with other ingredients, such as eggs,
cheese, onions, tomatoes, etc., by
which combination a great varioty of
dishes may be prepared. Got a
good quality of the paste, and not
too old, as, if too stalest is apt,
like meal and flour, to have worms
in it.
Creamed Macaroni on Toast Put
one large tablespoonful of butter
and one of flour into a small sauce
pan, and mix over tho flro until
smooth, but do not brown it. Add
one-half pint of cream, or very rich
milk and stir until it boils, then
take from the flro at once, add salt
and pepper, and about four ounces
of boiled macaroni chopped fine. Lot
the mixture re-heat over boiling
water, or in a doublo boiler. Pour
over thin slices of buttered toast,
dust with grated cheese and serve
hot.
Creamed Salmon Mince tho moat
of one can of good salmon, taking
out all bones, pour into a sieve or
colander and drain off all tho liquor.
Boil one pint of milk with two table
spoonfuls of butter, and salt and
pepper to taste; on the bottom of a
baking dish place a layer of bread
crumbs, cover tho layer with milk
and butter, then a layer of minced
salmon, continuing until all is used,
having bread crumbs for the last
layer. Put in tho oven and bake
until brown.
German Salad Take one small
head of cabbage, one large beet, six
hard-boiled eggs. Cut the cabbage
as fine as you would for slaw, and
season with pepper and salt. Place
this on a flat dish, pilo it quito high
and arrange around with altornato
slices of boiled beet and hard-boiled
egg. Garnish tho eggs thickly with
tho delicate part of celery curlod
and tho small leaves. Do not mix
tho vegetables with tho mixture.
Over tho wholo pour a thick froth
of rich whipped cream a pint.
Baked flsh, if well prepared, is an
excellent dish. Codfish, oysters, or
other shell fish aro all lenten dishes
variously cooked.
Health Value of Gardens
Do try to realizo what a sourco of
comfort, good health and oaso of
mind a well cared-for garden Is.
Fail not to "dress and keep it." It
is, one of tho most valuable invest
ments of time and money ono can
possibly have. Even a pocket hand
kerchief garden Is of great value.
Somo Health Notes
For gathering in the ears to which
some children seem predisposed,
take warm water and castile soap,
making a light suds, and use a
small syringe to -wash out the ear,
and when clear of the matter, rinse
with clear warm water in which two
or three drops of carbolic acid to the
pint have been used. If the ear does
not improve under this treatment,
take the child to an aurist. A little
peroxide of hydrogen Instead of the
acid will cleanse just as well. Put
a teaspoonful of the peroxide in a
half cup of warm water.
Everyday scalds and cuts may be
treated with dry powdered sulphur
after being cleansed. Repeat every
day until a scab forms. One cleans
ing is generally sufficient each day,
but the sulphur may be used oftener.
Somo Lenten Dishes
Eggs, which should be showing
up in numbers during the Lenten
days, may be used for many dishes:
macaroni, well cooked and properly
prepared, spaghetti, and noodles, are
all very nourishing, and fish, in
great variety, fresh, or salt or
canned, is a good substitute for
meat, while salads will be found
available through the early vege
taiiioa nn wfill as what is left of the
old ones. In dishes whore macaroni
is used, be careful in salting, as salt
should be cooked with the macaroni,
and unless care is observed, the dish
may be spoiled.
Jn cooking macaroni, use plenty
of water, about two quarts of salted
water to one-fourth pound of maca
roni; put the paste in and the salted
water when boiling, and keep it boil
ing for forty minutes, or until ten
der. Most of recipes say twenty
minutes, but the dough will not be
thoroughly cooked in that time.
When done, drain off tho water, put
into a colander and pour cold water
Those Bulletins
Tho department of agriculture,
Washington, D. C, is sending out
many oxcellont pamphlets on various
subjects, and tho state boards of
agriculturo and state experiment
stations aro also giving out good
reading matter, to ho had, in most
cases, for the asking. How many
of you take tho trouble to ask? Or,
having asked and received, how
many of you arc learning the lessons
taught through them? You have
to pay for tho printing and distribu
tion of these bulletins, through tax
ation, whether you get them or not.
Why not have your own?
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