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'APRIL, 1914
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window boxes. When planted out,
they must have a deep, rich, soil in a
sunny situation.
Beet seed should be sowed in the
garden bed in April, as soon as the
frost is out of the ground. When
they are two or three inches high,
the surplus plants may be picked
out carefully add transplanted with
out waste. Beet plants should be
left about five Inches apart. For
early greens, the plants may he left
closer together and thinned as
wanted.
Every garden should have a few
gooseberry bushes, and the plant
takes kindly to corners and waste
places, if given good soil. The plant
must have good rich soil, with plenty
of moisture, to produce the best re
sults, but no fermenting manure
should be used. Old, well rotted cow
manure is excellent; mulching the
soil gives good results. While the
well grown bush will give very good
crops without cultivation, good cul
ture is required to produce" the best
and largest amount of fruit. Good
for stewing, canning, preserving and
many other ways.
n Query Box
L. C. Stevens Gray or brown
linen, folded into the size necessary
to hold them, is an Inexpensive cover
ing for magazines.
Mrs. F. Cocoa butter will, in
time, have the effect of turning the
skin yellow, if used continually. If
you find the skin showing yellow tint
without other cause, discontinue the
uso of it.
S. M. Skinfoods, or tissue-builders,
are of value only in case of
wrinkles and emaciated tissues.
Wrinkles and pimples are not Treat
ed with the same cosmetics.
Dora D. To keep 'the hair light,
do not use peroxide of Tiydrogen, as
this will ruin the hair. It is recom
mended to wash, the hair with lemon
juice and egg, putting a tablespoon
ful of peroxide of hydrogen in the
water with the egg and juice of the
lemon.
H. T. H. Neither sage nor sulphur
are considered harmful to the- hair,
so far as I have ever heard, and used
properly, are said to cause the
natural color to return to the hair.
I cannot advise you. If you are in
doubt about any remedy recommend
ed, send a sample to the president
of your state board of health for
analysis.
Mrs. L. For gray hair, shampoo
the hair to have it perfectly clean,
dry, and then apply to the scalp the
strained juice, of one lemon; leave
this on for ten minutes, then rinse
out and dry the hair in the sunshine.
Mrs. W. H. S. I have not kept
the address of Mrs. W. N., but if you
have anything that you can recom
mend for the complaint, we will
gladly pass it on to a dozen other
mothers. The advice must have no
charge attached.
M. S. R. The making of a willow
plume from old feathers would
doubtless prove difficult to one not
skilled in the work. Best send to a
firm making such work a specialty.
C. M. Herndon, Nevada, wishes
the words of r, poem entitled "The
Vagabond," author unknown, the
subject of which is the meeting be
tween "the vagabond" and his former
wife, divorced and married again,
and he remembers only vthe line "I
kissed the rose she dropped."
Tested Kecipes
For washing butter for cooking
Scald a vessel with boiling water,
then thoroughly chill with cold
water. Put the vessel under running
cold water, and put into it the butter
to be freshened, then press and work
with a wooden spoon that has been
scalded and cooled in cold water be
fore using until it is soft and waxy,
For making lemon honey, here is
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