wr-wwi
V-
The Commoner.
9
FEBRUARY 7, 1913
wpwppapfls?'?
warn
' c.
being careful to allow no sediments
to pass off, strain through a double
cheeBe cloth, bottlo and keep corked
closely, labeling it poison, and put
ting out of the way of meddlesome
fingers. For a cleansing kitchen lye,
pour another quart of water in the
sediments, let settle, and use as any
lye for cleaning grease and dirt. A
small teacupful of the bottled water
should be added to the boiler for
white clothes, and will cleanse and
whiten wonderfully. Colored clothes
may be washed later in this, water.
Soino Tested Remedies
Work some fine table salt and
scraped castile soap together witli
enough turpentine to make a soft
salvo. This will ease a felon or boil
at once if applied. Sprinkle finely
powdered salt on a fresh cut, or pour
turpentine on it, and bind it up at
once for healing. Petroleum jelly is
good for chapped hands and lips.
The carbolated vaseline if applied
inside the. nose will heal sores on
the side and back. A teaspoonful of
fine black pepper in a cup of coffee
will cure sick headache. Drink
water as hot as can 'be borne for
cramps and pains in the stomach.
For sores from poisonous vines, mois
ten soda with sweet cream and add
a little gun powder, and apply. A
spoonful of boiled pumpkin bound on
the eyes will cure common sores.
Equal parts of coal oil, spirits of
camphor and turpentine well mixed
will sometimes ease rheumatism.
Boracic acid and honey will cure sore
mouth, and will not hurt if swal
lowed. Mrs. E. K.
For the tobacco habit, this is rec
ommended: Buy two ounces of
COFFEE THRESHED HER
15 Long Years
"For over fifteen years," writes a
patient, hopeful little Illinois woman,
.from Spinal Irritation and Nervous
f trouble. I was treated by good phy
sicians, but did not get mucn relier.
"I never suspected that coffee
might be aggravating my condition.
(Tea is just as injurious, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug
found in coffee.) I was down
hearted and discouraged, but prayed
daily that I might find something to
help me.
"Several years ago, while at a
friend's house, I drank a cup of
Postum and thought I had never
tasted anything more delicious.
instead of coffee and soon began to.
Improve in' health, so that now I
can walk half a dozen blocks or more
with ease, and do many other things
that I never thought I would be able
to do again in this world.
"My appetite is good, I sleep well
and find life is worth living, indeed.
A lady of my acquaintance said she
did not like Postum, it was so weak
and tasteless.
"I explained to her the difference
tthen it is made right boiled ac
cording to directions. She was glad
to know this because coffee did not
agree with her. Now her folks say
they expect to use Postum the rest
of their lives." Name given upon
request. Read the little book, "The
Road to Wellville," In pkgs. "There's
a reason."
PoBtufn now comes in concen
centrated, powder form, called In
stant Postum. It Is prepared by
stirring a level teaspoonful in a cup
of hot water, adding sugar to taste,
and enough cream to bring the color
to golden brown.
Instant Postum ts convenient;
there's no waste: and the flavour is
always uniform. Sold by grocers
'46 to 50-cup tin 30 eta., 90 to 100
cup tin 50 cts.
A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage,
postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle
Creok, Mich.
coarsely ground gentian root; take as
much as would mako in slzo a good
sized quid of tobacco after each meal,
or oftener, chow slowly and swallow
the juice. Continue this for a few
weeks, and you will conquer tho to
bacco appetito and save money.
E. L. M. .
Contributed Recipes
Jelly Roll Five eggs well beaten ;
add one cup of sugar and beat again;
then stir in one cup of flour in which
one teaspoonful of baking powder
has been thoroughly mixod. Then
add two tablespoonfuls of water tho
last thing before putting in tho pan.
Bake in well-greased, largo square
pan. The"batter should not be more
than one-fourth of an inch in thick
ness, as it must not bo more than
half an inch thick when baked to
roll nicely. Watch while baking
that it does not crust over; when it
begins to firm, dip a small paint
brush in water and brush over the
cake, moistening just enough to keep
it from crusting. When well firmed,
remove from tho oven and turn out
into a towel; with a sharp knife trim
off the side edges; spread with filling
jolly, or4 any other filling liked
and roll up while hot. Roll it up in
the towel so it will cool in shape.
Quickness in handling when rolling
is necessary. Mrs. F. M. R., Texas.
Mrs. S. recommends that our
housewives use cake flour, put up in
cartons and sold by nearly all groc
ers, for making cake, instead of tho
common, bulk flour used for bread
making. We can not give names of
manufacturers.
Quince Honey Three quarts of
light brown sugar dissolved in two
quarts of warm water; boil a few
minutes; add twelve quinces grated
or cut up and run through a food
chopper. Cook one-half hour; if too
thick, add hot water until thin
enough to pour well. This recipe
should bo kept until tho quince
season, for quince honey is fine.
Chess Pie Three-fourths cupful
each of sugar and fresh butter, half
cupful of sweet milk, yolks of two
eggs, flour to thicken. It is best to
melt the butter so aB to know how
much flour to use. Flavor with one
teaspoonful of vanilla. Mrs. C. C.
Sherrod, Kansas.
For an evoning luncheon, whore
each ono carries some part of tho
food., chicken sandwiches are very
nice and acceptable. Kill and dross
threo one-year-old chickens, and boil
until tender in as little water as pos
sible. Take out all tho bones, and
run tho moat through the chopper
together with threo stalks of celery
and ono small onion, adding tho
vegetables a part at a time during
tho grinding, so as to mix well.
Season with salt and popper, pack in
a deep dish and pour over it tho
gravy left from cooking the chickon.
Let this stand, with a plate weighted
down over it, for several hours on
ice. When perfectly cold and "sot,"
slice thin and lay between buttered
slices of bread. Wrap tho sand
wiches in oiled paper, which can be
had by the threo dozen sheets for a
few cents at any store dealing with
such things.
Maple Ginger Broad Cream one
fourth cup of butter; add one cupful
of maple sugar, ono ogg well beaten,
and one-fourth cupful of boiling
water; sift together two cupfuls of
flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one
teaspoonful of ginger, and one-half
teaspoonful of salt. Add to tho first
mixturo, beating until smooth, and
bake in a moderately hot oven for
twenty-five to thirty minutes.
A Shcep-SIcIn Rug
Curing a Sheep Skin All fatty
and fleshy matter should first bo re
moved from tho skin; then the wool
should bo well washed with a good
soap and water, washing tho whole
skin; whon clean, rlnso all soap out
of tho wool. For each skin, takq
four ounces each of salt and
powdered alum and half an ounco of
powdered borax. Dinoolvo theso in
a quart of hot water, and whon cool
enough to hoar tho hand in, stir in
enough ryo meal to mako a thick:
paste. Spread this pasto thoroughly
over every part of tho flesh side of
tho skin,, which Is then folded Co
mother lengthwise, and left in an airy
placo for two weeks. Thori removo
tho pasto, wash and dry the skin;
when nearly dry, tho skin must bo
pulled, worked, stretched, and
scraped with a blunt knife shaped
like a chopping knife, or with a good
ploco of hardwood worked to an edgo.
Tho moro tho skin is worked and
scraped while drying, tho moro pli
able it will become
UHcful Information
A paste of flour "and gasoline will
clean light-colored kid gloves with
out injury. Kcop tho glovo on tho
hand and apply with a soft cloth,
rubbing until quite dry with a cloan
dry cloth use out of doors.
As these bo the days when hand
kerchiefs are In demand, when ready
to wash them, soak overnight in
strong, cold salt water, and in tho
morning lift thorn Into frosh warm
water, rinse out tho salt, and wash
an usual.
Glazed walls can not bo papered
until washed with a strong solution
of washing soda, or hot vinegar; tho
soda solution is best and least ex
pensive. This will remove paint
from plastered walls.
Filling for Floor Cracks
Here are directions for filling
cracks in floor, or open joints In
woodwork, which may be used be
fore painting or oiling. Tear several
soft newspapers into shreds quite
fine, and soak them in water until'
saturated, then squeeze out. Mix a
pint of flour and one quart of water
until no lumps, beating quite smooth;
then stir in a tablespoonful of pow
dered alum and beat into the mix
ture two quarts of boiling water. Set
it on the stove where the paste will
keep hot, and mix Into it the mois
tered paper until tho mixture is
quite thick as thick as soft putty.
Then, with a putty knife press the
paste into all the cracks, smoothing
down as you go along, being careful
to get tho cracks full and tho mix
ture well pressed in. When this har
dens, it can be colored like the wood,
and will last indefinitely.
LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
I i mh
9172-0473 COSTUME FOR
MISSES AND SMALL WOMEN
Pattern 9472 and 9473 aro both
cut in fivo sizes, 14, 15, 10, 17, 18
years. It requires 3 yards of 27
inch material for tho waist, 2
yards for tho skirt and 2J yards for
tho tunic for a 14-year size. This
calls for two separate patterns, 10c
for each.
91 80 LADIES' DRESS WITH
CHEMISETTE
Cut in fivo sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40
and 42 inches, bust measure. It
requires 5 yards of 44-Inch material
for a 3G-i.uch size.
ffVTs JO
Some Good Recipes
Cooking a Chicken Dress and cut
up a chicken, not too old; in the bot
tom of a baking pan put a table
spoonful of butter, and if liked, one
onion sliced. Brown this on top of
the stove, but do not burn. Lay tho
pieces of fowl in this, and pour over
it boiling water to the depth of an
inch; have the oven very hot, and let
the meat cook until quite tender and
brown, basting as you would any
baking meats, with either melted
butter, or equal parts of butter and
water dipped from tho bottom of the
pan. When done. JIft tho pieces of
chicken and cool. Mako a gravy as
usual of tho liquid left in the pan and
pour over the chicken.
'
0142 LADIES' WAIST, WITH
TUCKER
Cut in six sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
and 42 Inches, bust measure. It re
quires 2Va yards of 40-inch material
for tho waist and 2 yards of 27-inch
material for the tucker for a medium
size.
7442
0481 GHILS' ONE-PIECE DRESS
Cut in four sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10
years. It requires 3 yards of 40-inch
material for an 8-year slzo.
mmwiIJ I j
THE COMMONER will supply its readers with perfect fitting, seam
allowing patterns from the latest PariB and New York styles. Tho
designs are practical and adapted to the home dressmaker. Full direc- I
tions how to cut and how to mako tho garments with each pattern.
The price of these patterns is 10 cents each, postage prepaid. Our
large catalogue containing the illustrations and descriptions of over
400 seasonable styles for ladies, misses and children, mailed to any
address on receipt of 10 cents." In ordering patterns give us your name,
address, pattern number and size desired.
Address, THE COMMONER, Pattern Department, Lincoln, Nebraska
h
-