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NOVEMBER 22', 1912
The Commoner.
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gas Iron consumes about three cents
per hour, but the cost of operating
by either depends on the price paid
for the heating material. The alcohol
iron can also bo heated by gasoline,
and with either as fuel, the cost of
running per hour is claimed to be
less than one cent for a continuous
heat all day. Any of these irons
will cost from four to six and one
half dollars each, family size.
Washing machines are now made
to operate by hand, electric, gas, or
water power, and for the ironing,
there are family size mangles which
smooth all straight pieces, and the
cost of the cold mangle, run by elec
tricity, is about $10. Hand, electric,
gas, or water power may be used.
The ideal laundry outfit is entirely
electrical, which is the quickest and
cleanest, but much the most expen
sive. Plenty of hot and cold water
is a necessity in any case.
There Is an alcohol table lamp
which is clean and sanitary, ai d gives
a pure, white light with no disagree
able odor; it is claimed to be safe,
and satisfactory. The cost ranges
from $4.50 up. There are also im
proved burners which greatly add to
the value of the coal oil lamp, and
there is a device for heating a room
by gas burners or lamps. The heater
is light, ornamental and easy to con
trol, with no ashes or dirt to litter
the room. Its principal value is for
heating liquids where there is no con
venient stove, and unless very cold
weather, will heat comfortably a
'small room, it is claimed. We all
know the heat given out by the large
Rochester lamp, or the oil stove.
A ramble through the house-
SCOFFERS
Often Make the Staunclicst Converts.
The man who scoffs at an idea or
doctrine which n.e does not fully
understand has at least the courage
' to' show where he stands.
The gospel of Health has many
converts who formerly laughed at
the idea that coffee and tea, for ex
ample, ever hurt anyone. Upon look
ing into the matter seriously, often
at the suggestion of a friend, such
persons have found that Postum and
a friend's advice have been their sal
vation. "My sister was employed in an
eastern city where she had to do
calculating," writes an Oklahoma
girl. "She suffered with headache
until she was almost unfitted for
duty.
"Her landlady persuaded her to
quit coffee and use Postum and in a
few days she was entirely free from
headache." (Tea is just as injurious
as coffee because it contains caffeine,
the same drug four.d in coffee.) "She
told her employer about it, and on
trying it, he had the same experience.
"My father and I have both
suffered much from nervous head
ache since I can remember, but we
scoffed at the idea advanced by my
sjster, that coffee was the cause of
our trouble.
"However, we finally quit coffee
and began using Postum. Father has
had but one headache now in four
years, due to a severe cold, and I
have lost my headaches and sour
stomach which I am now convinced
came from coffee.
"A cup of good, hot Postum is
satisfying to me when I do not care
to eat a meal. Circumstances
caused me to locate in a new coun
try and I feared I would not be able
to get my favorite drink, Postum,
but I was relieved to find that a full
supply is kept here with a heavy
demand for it." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creak, Mich.
Read' "The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever read tlio above letter? A
now one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
human interest.
furnishing department of some of
our large department stores, watch
ing the various "demonstrators" at
their work, would bo worth a trip to
any woman, and would bo a revela
tion to any one.
The Shlrt-Wnlst Box Plait
Many beginners find considerable
trouble in making the box plait on
the front of the shirt-waist. If the
goods were cut and marked accord
ing to the pattern, there should be
a row of marks down the front edge
of the material. Crease tho goods
at the perforations, and stitch a cer
tain distance from tho creaso, as the
directions tell you to do; this will
make tho outer tuck, and tho un
finished hem will bo looso under
neath; the second, or inner tuck of
the box-plait is then creased accord
ing to markings, and before it is
stitched in place, tho unfinished edge
is folded in with it; tho tuck is then
stitched with tho edge inside of it,
leaving no raw edge, and tho button
holes are made in this closing plait.
The left side may bo merely hemmed,
or a narrow facing may bo used, and
on this tho buttons are to be sowed.
In sewing any doublo goods, the foot
of the machine is apt to hold tho
upper fold back, whilo the feeder
underneath pushes the under fold
forward. Basting the two sides to
gether will in a measure overcome
this.
Contributed Recipes
For Caramel Frosting Take three
cupfuls of coffee C sugar and one
cupful of rich milk or cream, with
one heaping tablespoonful of butter.
Put into a granite saucepan and boil
without stirring until when dropped
in cold water it is hard enough to be
waxy; stir it only on the bottom to
keep from scorching, then set the
saucepan in cold water,, and as it
cools spread it on the cake, as it will
harden very quickly. This is recom
mended. Jellied Prunes Stow a dozen
good-sized prunes and allow them to
get cold; tako the pits out. Stew
them just long enough to have
them tender. Blanch a dozen al
mond kernels and brown them in the
oven and put ono in each prune. Dis
solve half a cupful of gelatine in
water enough to cover it. Heat the
juice the prunes were boiled in,
measure out one pint and pour boil
ing hot over the gelatine; add half
a cup of sugar and the Juice of three
lemons, strain it and pour over tho
prunes. Put into a mold to harden.
Serve with whipped cream.
Salmon Loaf Open and drain tho
liquor from a can of salmon, turn the
fish out and mince finely; mix with
it one tablespoonful of butter, one
half cup of bread crumbs, a salt
spoonful of salt, a little pepper and
two eggs beaten very light. Mix well
together and put into a buttered
mold or pan and set tho pan in an
other pan of boiling water; cover the
pan that holds the fish closely and set
in the oven; cook for one hour, re
plenishing the water in the lower
pan as it boils away. For a sauce
to eat with the loaf, heat one cup of
sweet milk, beat ono egg into it, some
of the liquor poured from the can
of fish, salt and pepper, and let come
to a boil, over the water. Chop
parsley very fine and put a spoonful
into the sauce, and pour it over and
around tho portions of loaf when
served.
Quantity of Refresluncnts to Servo
Allow one quart of oysters to every
four persons; for one hundred
guests, allow twenty-five quarts.
Six large chickens and eighteen
large heads of celery for sixty
guests. Three gallons of Ice cream
for sixty guests. One quart of ice
cream makes six portions.
One hundred and twenty sand
wiches for 100 cucsta. About one
and one-half pounds of butter will)
scanuy cover tho sandwiches.
Ono quart of soup makes six por
tions; ono quart of talad makes
eight portions. Ono gallon of bover
ago makes twenty-four portions.
Requested Recipes
For making a sweet chocolato for
coating candies, use the unsweetened
chocolato; to every half pound, whon
molted add sufficient confectioner's
granulatod sugar to mako it tho de
sired sweotness. Tho chocolate
should bo Bhaved into a cup or dish
and set in a pan of hot water until
molted, no water being added to tho
chocolate.
Southern Spoon Bread Into a
pint of nico sour milk break one cBg.
Sift together Into tho sour milk one
heaped teacupful of white corn meal,
half a teaspoonful of salt and a half
toaspoonful of soda and heat thor
oughly together. Have a well greased
pan, holding a quart, on tho stove
heating, and when very hot pour the
batter into it and put into a very hot
oven. It should bo done a delicato
brown in fifteen minutes, and must
bo served at once.
Date Cookies Ono cup of sugar,
half a cup of butter, half a teaspoon
ful of baking powder, two cups of
flour, yolk of ono egg, a cupful of
chopped dates and enough milk to
moisten. Cream butter and sugar to
gether and add tho egg yolk beaten
in a little milk; sift tho flour and
baking powder together; add tho
dates to tho moist ingredients, with
tho flour; mix woll; add rnoro milk
if tho dough is too stiff to roll out.
Roll and cut tho thin cookies and
bako in a moderatoly hot oven.
Dried Apricots and Peaches
Pick ovor tho dried fruit, romovlng
all Imporfoct ones. For ono pound,
divido in half and put half a pound
into each of two-quart solf-scaling
Jara. Put Into a sauco pan two
quarts of wator and two cupfuls of
sugar. Pour this, when it has boiled
a few minutes, over tho fruit In tho
Jars, using it boiling hot. 8crew
down tho lids tight, and sot away
for a day or two; then open tho
jars and drain the syrup off and boil
again, and pour boiling hot ovor tho
fruit, scaling as before After sovoral
days, they should bo ready for tho
table, tender, fine-flavored and fino
colbrcd. Change tho syrup on them
until they aro tender.
If the windows stick, drop a llttlo
powdered black lead from a paper
funnel down between tho sash and
tho framo whore tho cord runs, and
tho window will move porfectly easy.
The black lead will also mako tho
door hinges work smooth, and stop
creaking.
Summor Boarder "Don't you
over como to see tho sights of a
city?"
Farmer Meddors "Oh, no; wo sco
'em every summer." Judge.
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