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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 33
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piece of stout muslin stretched over
the' wire will prevent any possibility
of rust. If people would repair a
good article, and keep the furniture
"fixed up," there would be less de
mands on the family purse.
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For Mm Who Waits
Everything comes in its own good
time;
It is wo who got in a hurry.
Tho wires get crossed and our
hearts grow sad
j With watching and waiting and
worry.
To have and to hold of worldly
goods,
Or winning a common living,
'Absorbs of our time a greater share
Than all of our schemes of giving.
Everything comes to the one who
waits,
Save tho things wo dread from
habit.
Some havo a way of catching cold
As a boy might catch a rabbit.
Somo havo a way of looking down,
No matter how bright the
weather;
They seem at a loss to understand
Why troubles all come together.
Everything comes our way in time,
Whether wo're brave or shrinking,
Comes in about the way wo shape
Our habits of life and thinking.
Lives that are lived in a stress of
pain
Can not be blithe or cheery,
While tho heart that sings in its
love of song
Will never of singing 'weary.
Everything comes to us all in time
Money and health and station.
None are so small but they have a
right
To tho bounty of all creation.
A right? Why, yes, there's a place
on top
For the best in every calling;
The fellow who climbs without look
ing down
Need never havo fear of falling.
' Alwyn M. Thurber.
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For .tho Homo Seamstress
The closing of vacation days and
opening of the schools are just now
"food for thought" among the
mothers, and if you have been wise,
you will know just what you havo
In the house that may be made down,
or over,'t or in combination, and thus
what your saving in number of gar
ments and the outlay necessary for
new will be. If you have taken ad
vantage of the midsummer sales and
the special sales of really good gar
ments always held in the late spring
or early summer days, you doubtless
have picked up several real bargains,
such as never will be found on the
"bargain covmtorB" as such. To
really benefit by these, you should bo
a judge, at least in a degree, of the
values of materials, and havo somo
idea what can be done with the gar
ments of real value tho only fault
of which is that they aro "last
season's styles," and henco to bo
made away with in order to make
room for tho new goods. Not every
thing "on sale," or oven on "special
Bale" is a bargain, and many of you
will have to learn this truth through
experience; but I would advise you,
if you havo timo and strength for
such work, to attend these sales fre
quently, and compare tho materials
and makes, as well as prices and
work done on the garments, and thus
get a better idea for guidance when
you want to buy. Wo hear a great
deal, and could, if we would, read a
great deal more, in ridicule of the
woman who shops but does not buy;
but ono could scarcely learn to dis
criminato between values more surely
in any other way. Thero are always
some few real bargains to be had
on tho bargain counter; but in order
to get them you must be a judge of
values, and know something of ma
terials, and also of tho cut of these
garments in comparison with the
prevailing, though passing styles.
For instance: The narrow, freakish
garments especially skirts now so
popular are many of them made of
the best of materials and fabrics, and
as the style changes or passes, you
can get these garments for much
less than the goods would cost you,
and each garment can be a little
altered to suit tho slim slip of a
school child, or with a combination
of two, you could get both skirt and
waist, or coat. It might require
close, careful cutting, but you should
learn how to do this, if you wish to
use your allowance to the best ad
vantage. But in order to do this,
you should notice how the garment
is cut, and whether or not it would
lend itself to tho uses you wish to
make of it. If one is handy with
the needle and scissors, tho ward
robe of the family need not be so
very expensive; but if you buy the
ready-to-wear, or hire the work done
that is another story.
good as new," if otherwise in good
repair. Be good to your machine.
Veal
Answering a correspondent, in re
gard to the use and wholesomeness
of veal, we will say that "bob" veal
is the flesh of the immature calf, and
is unfit for consumption, and the
various "inspectors" and health de
partments are expected to see that
it is confiscated on 'its way to mar
ket whenever found. "Bob" veal is
said to be often the cause of serious
poisoning, and may be recognized by
its whitish tinge and flabby, sticky
feeling. Veal from calves that are
six weeks to two months old Is firm
and of a pink color, with consider
able firm, white fat about it. If
prQperly killed and handled In dress
ing, thoroughly chilled and well
cooked, is claimed to be wholesome
and digestible as a food. There are
many ways of cooking it, and-every
cookery book will give you directions
for making it into savory dishes.
Query Box
E. S. Either mohair or serge will
be serviceable for your use, but get
as good quality as possible of either.
Inquirer If you will send a
stamped, addressed envelope, a copy
of the poem, "The Parting of the
Ways," will be mailed to you. It
can not be re-printed so soon. Glad
you liked it.
"Bobbie's Mother" Get four
door-bumpers and screw one in each
leg of an ordinary chair, and this
will give it the proper height for
the little diner. If not, a thin block
of wood may bo added.
Homo Laundress To press the
braid-trimmed suit, have your boar,d
well padded, and lay the braiding
face-down on the board, then lay a
damp cloth over the braid and press
with a hot, heavy iron until dry.
"Doubtful" It really pays to
make your muslin underwear at
home if you are at all clever with the
needle; for the price of one ready
made article of good quality, you can
get a better quality of goods suffi
cient for two. Do not over-trim,
but use good material.
Mrs. L. B. To prevent the
"crocking," sprinkle a fine, sifted
table salt thickly over a portion of the
garment, rub the salt well in with a
soft cloth, going over all the gar
ment, then shake out the salt. If
this does, not remedy the trouble,
you may have it re-dyed.
Young Mother To remove the
"crust" from the baby's head, grease
the scalp with warm olive oil, vase
line, or clean, unsalted grease, let
stand for an hour or two to soften,
then wash with fine, castile soap and
warm water; comb gently with a fine
comb, but do not scratch.
"Tessie" Two yards of crepe .de
chine in one ,of the pale shades
finished' at each end with a hem
stitched hem, will make a very pretty
little scarf to protect against drafts
when in evening dress. Use silk
ravellings for the hemming. The
silk may cost from 50 cents to $1
per yard.
Tho Fall Sewing
Answers to Queries
Methods of rltiding the house of
little red ants are given frequently,
though whether effective or not de
pends a great deal on the house
wife. It should be a "war of ex
termination," and no half-hearted
measures will answer. For red ants
in kitchen or pantry, it is recom
mended to scour the shelves well
with a hot solution of water and
borax, if the shelves can be taken
out, dry in the sunshine; if not, wipe
as dry as possible, then let get dry,
and sprinkle thickly over them, and
in crevices or runways of the ants
with powdered borax, black pepper,
slacked lime. Any of these can be
used freely. A good method Is to
find the nests and pour boiling salted
water into them.
Another way is to powder the
shelves and crevices with flour of
sulphur, and hang little bags of
sulphur about where the ants run.
Hanging a cloth saturated -with
coal oil wherever they run, is also
recommended. Ants do not relish
wintergreen, tansy, cayenne pepper,
or lime dust. A heavy chalk mark
entirely surrounding the piece of
furniture, or on each of its legs, is
also recommended.
Laying a bone from which fresh
meat has been taken, or a piece of
bacon, or even greasing the inside
bottom of a plate, will attract the
ants, and when they are clustered
thickly on the "bait," dip it in boil
ing hot water, dry immediately and
lay again for another batch.
Before the sewing is commenced,
see that your machine is thoroughly
in order, clean and whole. If any
im ls uro missing, or needing repair,
have this attended to. No machine
will do good work unless kept clean
and oiled with a good, clean machine
oil. If poor oil is used, it will "gum"
up, and get dirty, run hard, and do
poor work. Poor oil will ruin a ma
chine, because of the imrrefltenfn ho.
ing heavily gummed and thus clog-
Bius mo worKing parts of the ma
chinery. The holes become clogged
and the oil can not reach the parts
needing lubrication; unless in very
bad fix, take the machine into a
room in which no fire is used, and
put plenty of gasoline in the work
ing parts whero the oil should go
Coal oil will do when it Is not too
badly clogged, but gasoline is sure.
Run the machine, after taking the
neoaie out, until It runs smooth,
wiping off the gummy stuff that
wprks out of the joints. Do this for
several minutes, wiping it well, and
then oil it with coal oil, running
rapidly and cleaning as before.
When it runs smooth asd s'.oadily,
oil it sparingly with the best machine
oil to be had, and you will have "as
Answer to Inquiries
To wash a plume of delicate color,
use soft, tepid water and a fine white
soap. Hard water must not be used,
but may be softened by the addition
of a few drops of ammonia. The suds
must be white andVflaky before put
ting the plume in it. Willow plumes
are of two kinds; in one, the barbs
are knotted together, and in the
otner, paste is used in making them.
rne pasted kinds will be ruined by
water. Dip the plume up and down
and soak until clean, then rinse
well.
For the cot frame that is too good
to throw away, and yet having
the wire top ruined, take the old
wiro off; get a close-meshed elastic
piece of fencing (not poultry) wire
just the width of the outside of the
frame, and two inches longer at each
end than the length of the frame
Get a paper of small staples used
for poultry wire, and begin at one
end of the frame; fasten the end of the
wire down on the frame, and pound
the ends of the strands of wiro into
the wood frame, then fasten at the
other end in tho same way, stretching
it taut. Then fasten tho sides closelv
the whole length with the staples A
Bites or Stings of liisects
For the sting of a bee or wasp,
bind on the place a pinch of wet
soda; a piece of earth moistened
with water is also good; ammonia is
recommended by some. For the
sting of a scorpion, wet immediately
with ammonia. The scorpion is not
found in the north, but in the south,
the creature is prevalent. Stings
from a full-grown Insect are extreme
ly painful and the result is often
serious. The scorpion' is a species
of spider, and is often found in tho
houses in the south.
Requested Recipes
Dill Pickles Make a brine strong
enough to bear Up an egg; then add
half as much more water as you havo
brine. Wash the cucumbers in cold
water, handling them carefully so as
not to bruise, and padk first a layer
of cucumbers, then a layer of fresh,
green grape leaves and a layer of dill
(leaves and stems) ; continue In this
way until the jar is full, having tho
top layer of cucumbers covered with
dill and grape leaves. Pour the
brine over the cucumbers and cover,
first with a cloth, then with a plate
that will fit into the mouth of tho
jar, and put a weight on top of tho
plate. The cloth must be taken off
frequently and washed to remove any
scum.
Pickled Cauliflower Break tho
heads into small florets, wash clean
and boil In salted water for ten or
fifteen minutes, then take from fire
and drain carefully. When cold put
in a jar and pour over it boiling
vinegar in which have been scalded
whole cloves, popper, allspice and
white mustard. Tie the spices in a
bag and drop in tho vinegar, and
When well scalded by boiling a few
minutes, take the bag out, For each
quart of vinegar add two tablespoon
fuls of French mustard and half a
cupful of white sugar when pouring
it over the pickles. Cover the pickles
and weight down -as directed for dill
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