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gredients and vessels at hand. In
order to succeed .In making any kind
of delicate dishes, one must give her
whole attention to the details.
If whites of eggs are not perfectly
cold, or if they are too fresh, they
will not beat very stiff. Cream will
not whip well unless at least thirty
six hours old, and very cold.
Cakes split in the center and burst
open if the heat on tho top is too
hot, baking them too quickly.
All vegetables except potatoes
should be cooked in uncovered
dishes; if cabbago is rather strong
and loses color, it is because it has
been put on in cold water, or tho
kettle has been covered.
. More cakes fail from "guessing"
at proportions than is generally
Bupposed. Use a divided and
marked cup, and weigh accurately.
If meats are boiled rapidly, tho
fibre is apt to be tough and stringy,
and the flavor poor. Meats should
be cooked by simmering slowly in
not too much water.
Mayonnaise dressing will separate
when too much salt has been added
to the egg yolks, or when the oil has
been dropped too fast, or if the in
gredients are not thoroughly chilled
when used.
If compressed yeast is used in
bread making, it should be sponged
in the morning, as if allowed to
stand over night, the yeast outgrows
itself and dies. If dried yeast is
used, it must be sponged at night,
then given a thorough kneading in
the morning, let rise, then molded
and put into pans.
The center of the cake is the last
part baked, and if not sufficiently
cooked, will be soggy. Only by ex
perience and a thorough knowledge
of the stove can one bake cake satisfactorily.
Cleaning Windows
Get a bottle of glycerine and some
soft rags and a bundle of old, soft
newspapers, and begin your cleaning.
You will probably want a step-ladder,
also, for a chair is not always
a safe thing to stand on. Soak a
small rag with glycerine and care
fully go over every portion of tho
glass in one window, rubbing it well
into the stubborn spots. Then go
to another sash, and go over it in
tho same way; now come back to
the first sash and wipe all the
glycerine off tho glass with another
soft rag, and the dirt will come off
with it; then crumple a newspaper,
rubbing it soft between tho hands,
and polish the glass. Do this with
the other windows, always lotting
one sash stand with tho glycerine on
while you do another. Wipe off the
wood work and putty with another
clean rag. Windows cleaned in this
way in the winter do not "frost up"
as those cleaned with tho water will
do. Try this and toll us how you
like it.
Another way is to use one of tho
scouring powders instead of soap;
rub the cake of scouring stuff with a
wet rag, dab it all over tho glass, and
lot dry; then go ovor it with a soft
cloth or crumpled nowspapor, and
polish well with newspaper. It will
shine beautifully.
Do not try to clean with soap suds,
or with coal oil, when you can got
either tho scouring stuff or tho
glycerine. Soap suds will leave tho
glass streaked and smeary.
glas (silicate of soda) is an follown:
Add ten parts of boiled and cooled
water to ono part of liquid water
glass, and pour into a stone jar; as
the eggs are gathered, each day, sco
that they aro perfectly fresh, drop
them into tho solution until tho jar
is sufficiently full; tho eggs must bo
covered by the solution all tho time.
A light weight may bo put over the
top, but the fresh eggs will not float;
it is only necessary to add moro of
solution as it evaporates. Tho eggs
must bo kept under the solution.
Eggs preserved by this method will
keep from six to ton months. Al
though the eggs may not bo as well
flavored as tho perfectly fresh ones,
they may bo used for every purpose
in cookery. Keep in a cool cellar.
THIRTEEN YEARS
Unlucky Number for Dakota Woman.
, The question whether the num
ber "13" is really more unlucky than
any other number has never been
entirely settled.
A So. Dak. woman, after thirteen
years of misery from 'drinking coffee,
found a way to break tho "unlucky
gpell." Tea is just as injurious as
coffee because it contains caffeine,
the drug in coffee. She writes:
"For thirteen years I have been
a nervous wreck from drinking
coffee. My liver, stomach, heart
in fact, my whole system being actu
ally poisoned by it.
"Last year I was confined' to my
bed for six months. Finally it
dawned on me that coffee caused the
trouble. Then-1 began using Postum
instead of coffee, but with little
faith, as my mind was in such a con
dition that I hardly knew what to
do next.
"Extreme nervousness and failing
eyesight caused me to Iobo all cour
age. In about two weeks after I
quit coffee andt began to use Postum,
I was able to read and my head felt
dear. I am improving all the time
and I will bo a strong well woman
yet.
"I have fooled more than one per
son with a delicious cup of Postum.
Mm. 8. wanted to know where I
bought my fine coffee. I told her my
gTocer had it and when Bhe found
out it was Postum she has used it
ever since, and her nerves are build
ing up fine.
"My brain Is strong, my nerves
iteady, my appetite good, and best
of all, I enjoy, such sound, pleasant
Bleep." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle CreekMich. Get the little
book In pkg "The Road to Well
Yille." "There's a reason."
Ever read the abovo letter?, A
bow one appears from time to time.
They aro genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
For tho Cook Lady
Milk should not bo allowed to
boil, as the boiling temperature
slightly hardens the casein and ren
ders the fat difficult of digestion.
When milk is needed hot, it should
be heated over boiling water, as in
a double boiler, and it la then called
scalded milk.
For family use, cereals should be
bought in small quantities and put
into glass jars and sealed air-tight,
to keep them from spoiling or being
attacked by insects. Put in boiling
water and Bait- one teaspoonful of
salt to each cupful of cereals and
boil to soften cellulose and swell
starch grains, the salt giving flavor.
Vegetables that are not strictly
fresh should be put Into cold water
an hour before cooking, and the
water should bo slightly salted to
free them from any lurking insects;
wash them clean, and drop Into boil
ing water; very few vegetables
should be put over the fire in cold
water.
A useful and harmless flavoring is
the common syringa leaves; the
taste imparted to anything used or
cooked with these Is very much like
cucumbers; the young leaves of the
cucumber vine have a flavor like the
cucumber fruit. Carrot tops, celery
tops, leaves of gooseberries, peach
leaves, flowering currants, orange,
citron, or lemon leaves may all be
used for flavoring; the leaves should
be used the same as bay leaves.
Peach leaves and those of the
laurel contain the virtue of bitter
almonds, which Is Itself a deadly
poison, when concentrated; but
harmless in small quantities as may
be -used in foods.
A flannel bag, three cornered and
strong, is the best for straining Jel
lies. Juices intended for jolly should
not T)e put into a metal vessel unless
the 'vessel Is enamSled or silvered.
Juices should be f boiled without
covering, and very gently.
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"Preserving Eggs Requested
Silicate of soda may be had of the
druggist either In dry, powder form,
or in solution. The method of pre
serving eggs by the use of water-
TIio Wild Garden
Tho best time to transplant tho
wildlings that you have staked or
otherwise marked for transplanting
during the blooming period, is
Octobor or Novornber; or, If ne
glected at that time, in Fobruary or
March. The autumn months are
bost, however, as ono has moro time
for tho work, and tho roots aro dor
mant at that timo. Our native wild
flowers aro many of thorn moat beau
tiful, and as they aro rapidly becom
ing scarce, It is well to give a little
spaco to them. In some lawns tho
various plants are arranged as nearly
like they grow In their native places
as possible, and where tho arrange
ments of the grounds can bo made,
these "wild spots" aro moro lovely
than the prim, artificial plantings of
tho best landscape gardeners can over
bo. To many of us who were accus
tomed to gathor theso "children of
tho prairies, meadows and forests,"
in thoir native abundance, tho sight
of tho doar, lost flowers brings
memories and tears.
Cleaning fitccl Knlvc
For cleaning rusty steel knives,
dip a flannel cloth in paraffin, rub
tho knifo blade clean, then push up
and down in the garden mold until
tho rust Is removed. Clean silver
or plated waro by rubbing with
paraffin only, as tho earth will ro-
movo tho coating of sliver. To rc
movo stains from silver, try olive
oil.
THE IJOV ORATOR AND THE
FIG IITING STATESMAN
Tho sorvlco done by Mr. Bryan to
his party and tho country will not
be forgotten. Nobody has in recent
years illustrated moro wonderfully
tho truth that tho United States Is a
country in which men often grow
surprisingly after they have reached
middle life.
Mr. Bryan at Baltimore had all
tho honesty, courage, and sympathy
which havo mado him leador of tho
democratic liberal masses, and ho
had a maturity, a strength, a dis
tinguished economy of effort, a logic,
a control, which marked him as a
moro formidablo and a more com
plete flguro than ho has been boforo
in any of his campaigns. We liked
tho "boy orator" of 1890. Wo ad
mire and trust the fighting states
man of 1912. Collier's Weekly.
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