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will easily slide off without the
trouble of breaking or lifting with
a knife. If you get the tinner to
make a sort of "hem" to the straight
side and ends, by turning under the
edge, it will keep the sheet from
warping, or "lopping" when loaded
with the dough.
Contributed Recipes
Strawberry Shortcake Make a
crust with one pint of well sifted
flour, half teaspoonful of soda, tea
spoonful of cream tartar (or two
.teaspoonfuls baking powder), salt, to
taste, half cup of lard or butter and
one cup of sweet milk. Sift the soda
and cream tartar, (or baking
powder) and salt with the flour, rub
the shortening and flour together,
then add the milk gradually, work
ing it with the finger-tips and when
a dough is formed, put onto a well
floured board and work lightly until
the dough can be rolled out about
half an inch thick. Divide the dough
in two parts and bake. When done,
if baked in separate cakes, butter
while hot, pile berries on one and
cover with the other. Or, when the
portions of dough or rolled, butter
the top of one of them and lay the
other on it and bake until done
through, then pull apart and butter
both cakes, pile berries on. the bot
tom one, with plenty of sugar, and
lay the other cake on top.
Canning by the Cold Process
Equal weights of freshly gathered
ripe strawberries and granulated
sugar, well mashed together, in a
china, or earthenware vessel, and let
stand over night; in the morning stir
up well, fill into perfectly clean,
sterlized jars, sterilize the rubbers
by dipping quickly in and out of boil
ing hot water, scald the tops, and
seal up the berries and sugar as you
would can cooked fruit. Must be
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When the .
Appetite Lags
A bowl of
Post
Toasties
i
with cream
hits the right spot.
"Toasties" are thin bits
of corn; fully cooked, then
toasted to a crisp, golden
brown. This food makes a fine
change for spring appetites.
Sold by Grocers, and ready
to serve from package instant
ly with cream and sugar.
"The Memory Lingers"
air-tight. Berries put up this way
retain the flavor.
Cherries or strawberries may bo
canned in the sun by taking equal
parts of the fruit (after pitting tho
cherries), and granulated sugar for
each kind. The fruit must bo well
ripened. Put the sugar and fruit
together,- stir and cook seven
minutes, without adding any water,
then lift out the fruit, spread on plat
ters, cover with cheese cloth, wire
screen, or window glass, and set in
tho sun for several days, taking in
doors at sundown, until tho syrup is
thick enough, when they will keep
without sealing. They keep their
color and flavor. May bo cooked in
slow oven.
Mado by
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Puro Food Factories
Battle Creole, Mich.
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Care of the Hands
Brittle nails' indicate an excess
of lime, in the system. Plenty of
soft, pure water should be drunk
and the nails soaked in warm olive
oil daily; vaseline is also good to rub
on nails which break easily. It
should be rubbed around the base of
the nail, where it grows out of tho
flesh. A knife should never be used
around this part of tho nail; any
hard implement hacks the selvedge
and bruises the nail itself, spoiling
the shape and producing white spots.
Neither should a sharp knife be used
under the nail, as it roughens the
surface and makes it almost impos
sible to keep the nail clean. A safe
nail bleach for discolorations may
bo made of citric acid (made of
lemon juice), thirty grains, and one
ounce of rosewater. Dilute the mix
ture with a little water when used.
When the hands have become very
much soiled, as when gardening, it is
best to rub thoroughly with clean
lard, or cold cream before washing
them. This will soften tho dirt and
loosen it from the pores and when
followed by a wash with soft warm
water and a pure soap, the soil will
come away readily. A dish contain
ing bran, or corn meal should be
kept on the stand, and the hands well
rubbed with it after each washing.
Careless washing, unsuitable soap,
and hasty drying are causes that dis
figure the hands.
small handful of dry glue, poui1 over
it enough water to cover, and sot in
to a larger can containing water
(liko a doublo boiler), and heat
slowly until tho gluo in tho small can
is melted. Fill tho holo in tho chair
with tho gluo, press the parts to
gether, and tie strongly to keep in
place. Let sot away for several
days, until tho gluo is perfectly dry
and hardened. Sot tho gluo can
away to use another time.
Green or rod may bo "sot" in gar
ments before laundoring them by
soaking the goods an hour or two in
two gallons of salt water into which
a lump of alum tho size of a walnut
has been dissolved. Blue can be set
by soaking tho material in two gal
lons of soft water in which a tea
spoonful of copperas and a pinch of
lime have been dissolved; a table
spoonful of turpentine to a gallon of
water will also set blue.
Garments that have faded, yet are
still too good to throw away, can bo
bleached whl to by soaking fifteen
minutes in two gallons of soft water
into which ono pound of chloride of
lime and a teaspoonful of sal soda
havo been dissolved. RInao thor
oughly and dry in tho sunahlno. Old
conts, or cloaks can thus ho
bleached nearly or quite white, ready
to make over Into other garments.
Health Notes
The strawberry is over 90 per
cent wator; tho banana, 75 per cent;
tho apple at least two-thirds water;
the fig has but a small percentage of
water, and ranks high in its food
value. The banana Is also a very
valuable food.
Bllc3 of tho harvest bug aro moat
effectually remedied by benzine,
which immediately kills the Insect;
a tiny drop of colorless iodine has
the same effect; or tho attack may
be prevented by sprinkling a little
benzine over tho stockings before
walking.
Worth Knowing
Cold creams are as much needed
during warm weather as in tho win
ter, but in summer they serve a dif
ferent purpose. They are cleansing
and cooling, and help to preserve
tho freshness of the skin; in cold
weather they may be left on, but
for the hot months, they aro used
for the purpose of massage, or thor
ough cleansing, and are then re
moved. When coming in from the
hot, dusty street, the cream should
be used instead of water, and it is
surprising how much dirt will come
away with the removal of the cream
with a soft cloth.
Peroxide of hydrogen will whiten
the skin, but it will also dry out all
the natural oils if used too freely.
If used on the hair it will bleach it
to a dirty yellow, and ruin its natur
al softness.
Helpful Items
When cooking beets, save the juice
from some of the finest colored ones,
and to each pint of juice add ono
pint of sugar and let boil until it
thickens to syrup. Put into bottles
for future use. A little of this syrup
is fine for coloring candies, cakes and
sauces.
When the rod comes out of the
umbrella handle, fill tho hole with
powdered sulphur; heat the rod un
til it becomes red hot and press down
into the sulphur. Set away until the
rod becomes cold, and it will be as
strong as new.
As soon as the round, or rocker, or
arm of the chair becomes loose, get
a small tin can and put into it a
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