MARCH 22, 1913
The Commoner.
freely among the woolens or furs;
bits of cloth wet with turpentine is
good. For sprinkling, an ounce each
of gum camphor and the powdered
shells of red pepper are macerated
for eight days in strong alcohol, suffi
cient to well cover them; eight ounces
will be enough; strain. With this tinc
ture sprinkle the furs and woolens
well and roll up in sheets. The very
best way is to carefully shake, sun
and whip the articles to be sure no
eggs are in them; then sew up in cot
ton or linen wrappings so there will
be no place of entrance for the
mother moth; in each bundle or gar
ment a piece of gum camphor, tied
in a bit of muslin should be rolled
with the garment. The gum will
evaporate, and must be renewed.
Furs or woolens put away before the
moth eggs are laid about the
middle of April, shut closely in boxes,
or bundles where moths can not
enter, are perfectly safe. Moths lay
their eggs twice a year in May and
in August. Mixed spices may be put
into the boxes or bundles, a3 moths
do not like such things. It is the
hatched egg, the larva, which does
the damage; the moth does nothing
but lay the egg where, on hatching,
it will find suitable food.
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For the Toilet
Wo learn from the honest "beauty
doctor" that good looks are far more
a matter of good digestion than of
creams, emollients and lotions. One
can not have a good complexion and
a poor digestion at the same time.
It is probable that the greatest ma
jority of cases of so-called bilious
ness, which result in a muddy com
plexion, bad breath and bad taste in
the mouth, is in fact nothing but an
attack of dyspepsia, and the liver
has nothing to do with it. As we
HARD TO DROP
, ) But. Many Drop It
A young California wife talks
about coffee: v
"It was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum a trial, hut
my nerves were so shattered that I
was a nervous wreck and of course
that means all kinds of ills.
"At first I thought bicycle riding
caused it and gave it up, but my con
dition remained unchanged. I did
not want to acknowledge coffee
caused the trouble for I was very
fond of it.
"About that time a friend came
to live with us, and I noticed that
after he had been with us a week he
would not drink his coffee any more.
I asked him the reason. He replied,
'I have not had a headache since I
left off drinking coffee, some months
ago, till last week, when I began
again, here at your table. I don't see
how anyone can like coffee, anyway,
after drinking Postum!'
"I said nothing, but at once
ordered a package of Postum. That
was five months ago, and we have
drank no coffee since, except on two
occasions when we had company, and
the result each time was that my
husband could not sleep, but lay
awake and tossed and talked half the
night. We were convinced that
coffee caused his suffering, so he re
turned to Postum, convinced that the
coffee was an enemy, instead of a
friend, and he is troubled no more
by Insomnia.
"I, myself, have gained 8 pounds
In weight, and my nerves have ceased
to quiver. It seems so easy now to
quit the old coffee that caused our
aches and ails and take up Postum.-"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a
reason." .
f Ever rend tlio above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They 'are genuine, true, and full of
human interest,
all know, if food Is taken into the
stomach and not properly cared for,
it undergoes putrefaction; it is the
absorption of these germs of putre
faction by the blood which gives rise
to the familiar phenomena of bilious
ness, and because the poison is' gene
rated and' exerts its influence in the
same body, the process is called auto
infection self-poisoning. The pres
ence of these germs of putrefaction
in the blood is usually the cause of
the bad taste in the mouth, muddy
complexion and bad breath, the
presence of bile not being necessary
to the productions of such disorders.
Much can be done to remedy this
condition by regulating, the diet and
keeping the bowels open. To be
beautiful, one must be healthy, and
to be healthy, care must be taken to
eat only what the stomach can take
care of, both in quantity and quality,
with regular exercise, deep breathing
of fresh, pure air, cleanliness of the
hnrlv inslrlA jitwI nut. rlerM t.hinkinc
and right attitude toward our neigh
bors. We, each of us, have a "per
sonal idiosyncrasy," and each one
must study her own peculiarity u
she expects to secure a dietary which
will agree with her.
A good tonic for dry hair consists
r ,ft niinnQ nf cnlrlfa nf rnqnmnrv.
one dram each of glycerine and
"borax, two drams of cantharides
vinegar and five ounces of rosewater.
Shake well before using, and apply
to the roots of the hair two or three.
x . .1, vcsaotrlnP'' thfi RCftm
afterwards with the tips of the
fingers.
Requested Recipes
Cream Almond Cake One cup of
butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of
sweet milk, one cup of corn starch,
two cups of flour, two level teaspoon
fuls of good baking powder, five
whites of eggs and half teaapoonful
of extract of almond. Cream the but
ter, gradually adding the sugar and
almond extract; sift the flour bak
ing powder and corn starch together
several times, and add alternately
with the milk, to the first mixture;
boat the whites of eggs until stiff,
add to the batter and beat vigorous
ly Divide the batter into two parts,
and bake into two loaves.
. carrots require three bours boil-
qnuSaVteTsorSn'hour7lima beans half
Sn hour; artichokes, two to three
hours' winter squash, probably an
hoSr; 'hominy, five hours; rice, twon
ty minutes.
"Calf's liver" and BaconCut the
uvr in thin slices,, season to taste,
slices of sweet bacon fried with tne
animal's nver i o
fry up hard. .
to the Parboiled beans w
as they swell when first p q
fire; but strain off Oils wa
"will Vake the beans
cook quicker.
Helps for the Housewife
take half .a cuPIU; ; " ceS of BUlphuric
.tWUp0Sathtruo SaKo0ur cnUaU
ounce 6l tho acid and stir; every
fifteen minutes repeat this until all
the acid is used. Tainted meats,
fish or other stuffs can be purified
by being confined in a tight box with
salt and sulphuric acid. All effluvia
of an animal naturo can be removed
from a room by burning pulverized
coffeo upon a fire shovel.
To clean straw matting, use a
cloth wet in clean salty water, wash
ing until clean, but wetting no more
than necessary, then wiping dry at
once. Do only a small space at one
time, d.rying as it is washed, until
the whole has been gone over.
For cleaning the carpet, after beat
ing to remove or loosen the dirt, lay
on grass or smooth floor and sweep
carefully; then scour with ox-gall,
using one pint of tho gall to throe
gallons of water, which should bo
enough for a large carpet.
For cleaning furniture, a mixture
of three parts linseed oil and one of
turpentine, well shaken, is recom
mended; use only a very little at one
time, rubbing well and polishing
with a dry cloth until all the oil is
rubbed into, tho wood, or removed.
Use a woolen rag. This is claimed
not only to cover scratches and dis
figured parts, but restores the wood
to its natural color and gives it a
fine luster.
For a scouring soap which can be
used either as a soft soap, or cooked
long enough to be made into bars,
melt two bars of any good laundry
soap together with one pint of flno
sand, one-fourth of a pound of good
Blacked limo and a packago of bak
ing soda (supposed to bo a pound
package, but sender docs not stato
quantity.) Stir all ingredients woll
together while hot. If hard soap is
wanted, let cook for a short time.
For Laundry
For a good washing "fluid, use ono
can of concentrated lye, five cents
worth of salts of tartar, and flvo
cents worth of salts of ammonia; put
these in a vessel and pour over thorn
ono gnllon of boiling water, stirring
until dissolved. Then add two gal
lons of cold water. For use, ono
teacupful of tho fluid to tho boiler
ful of water. Make tho fluid out of
doors.
White silk, whether handkerchief,
garment or embroidery, should bo
Washed in cold water and castilo
soap, and when nearly dry, iron with
a warm (not hot) flatlron. Treated
thus, it will retain its pure lustrous,
silvery whiteness without a tinge of
yellow.
Remember that pressing is not
ironing. Tho iron should bo hot
enough to remove the creases, and
should bo passed very slowly over
the goods, or held where it needs
fulling in. The goods must be kept
smooth, and after all has been gone
over, hang the garment up so that
the steam may dry off before putting
away.
LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
0001-9127 LADIES' COSTUME
Waist, 9091, cut In sizes 34, 30,
38, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure.
Skirt, 9127, cut in sizes 22, 24, 2G,
28 and 30 inches, waist measure. It
requires 7 yards of 40-inch ma
terial for the entire costume in a
medium size. This illustration calls
for two separate patterns, which will
be mailed to any address on receipt
of 10c for each pattern.
0101 LADIES' HOUSE DRESS
Sizes 32, 34, 30, 38, 40 and 42
inches, bust measure. It requires
0 yards of 30-inch material for
the 30-inch size.
0172 MISSES' DRESS
Sizes 14, 15, 1G, 17 and 18 years.
It requires GVz yards of 40-inch ma
terial for the 10-year size. -
0130 GIRLS' DRESS
Cut in sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.
Requires 3 yards of 44-inch ma
terial for tho 8-year size.
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