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than when eaten raw. To hake them,
peel and cut in half length-wise; lay
In a porcelain or china haking dish,
sprinkle with a little sugar, and
haste each piece with a little melted
butter. Put the dish in a hot oven,
and baste frequently while cooking
with a syrup made with two table
spoonfuls of boiling water and a
teaspoonful of butter. Bake to a fine
glaze and serye with or without i
Rn.11r.ft. A niofi flaiiro tn iia wlfh tlmm J
is made by mixing a teaspoonful of
corn starch with a quarter of a cup
ful of sugar; slightly heat the juice
of three large, sour oranges and pour
over the starch and sugar, then cook
until it thickens in a double boiler.
Do not let it get too thick. M. M.
Corn Bread
C. M. Reid, Kansas, asks for the
method of making "corn pone," like
mother used to make. He wants the
kind "mother used to roll in her
hands and pat out flat." It is get
ting too late in the season for heavy
corn bread, but here is "Mother's
way," as I learned it in my own
young days. To make it like we used
to have it, one should have freshly
ground yellow corn meal not the
store kind, but the real country mill
grinding, fresh and sweet. Then, af
ter sifting out the coarsest bran, mix
a quart of the meal with a teaspoon
ful of salt and a tablespoonful of
shortening warmed and well mixed
in; then stir into the mixture cold
water to make a soft dough that is
stiff enough to hang together. Take
up enough of the dough with the
hand to make a small oval cake, toss
ing the dough from hand to hand
until formed; then lay in a well
greased, hot bake pan, and pat down
until about an inch thick; bake in a
very hot oven that gradually cools,
to a nice brown; then serve, and Jet
the one eating it break, not cut, and
butter generously with good, sweet,
cows' butter. But if you have to use
the "store meal," you will never
know what real, nutty, sweet corn
pone is.
Old Fashioned Corn Bread Three
cups of corn meal; pour boiling
water on and stir until thick as
mush; add three cups of corn meal,
two cups of graham flour, one cup of
white flour, one cup of molasses, one
cup of brown sugar, one cup of
shortening, two teaspoonfuls of bak
ing soda dissolved in a tablespoonful
of hot water. Now, stir in buttermilk
until the mixture will shake level in
the hot, well-greased baking pan,
stirring all the wliile. One large,
well greased pan, or two small ones,
are used; bake with a moderate fire
for two hours. If it gets too brown
or hard on top, set a pan of warm
water on the top grate of the oven.
Try this; but unless you have
"mother's" kind of corn meal, you
will fail to get bread "like mother
used to make."
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No. 7100 TiadleH Sklr Serge, chev-
ori ruffles The pattern. No. 7200, Is lot or broadcloth can bo used to make
out in Blaea 6 to 14 years. this stylish sklrtf Tho skirt Is cut In
cut In sles 6 to 14 years. can bo ma(e wth cthep
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
"G'irls." It is the way a mother
has of talking to her big daughters.
They are to become mothers and even
grandmothers, but "girls" only to
her. -The mother home is one of the
older houses within "walking dis
tance.' Some time every week they
have a home-coming. There is no
mother-in-law hugaboo in this family.
The little woman who knows her
girls asks only her share of them.
And her mouth corners do not turn
down.
No picture surpasses that of a
mother in the group where with one
consent she is most popular. Like
mother, like girls. She makes it so
by a wonderful understanding.
We went on a winter day to learn
how one may never get over saying
"rii.ia' r Vior wnmfin children. In
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pretty flowered materials can bo used JJtrS, No, 7139, is cut In sizes 22 to
to make this dress, with the trimming measure,
of plain material. The fj No. 7180 Doyn' Illouwe Any of the
with the front panel d fklrt In one Btrlpcd waah materials can bo used to
piece. Long or short alcoves "clh'gh. maQ th,B blou6c wltn tho collar rolled
or low neck may bo used. Phe Pattern, Jn h, h or ,ow outIno and wItn either
No. 7191. is cut in sizes 6 to 12 years. QJ. 8nort 8leeveB. The pattern, No.
No. 7224 LadleH prcH Any of the ? fej , t j Jz c g 10 12 and u
pretty, striped materials can be used to
mukC t?ftJ1ifaftrlS.lth The d!Sn?ery No. 7228-ChIIlrca' DrNN - Linen,
ninfifdSaTa three gored Jkirtwhtch gingham or serge can bo used to make
pla!,nJ iSSS wlth Sif9 hiKh or reffula- this dress, with tho trimming of con-
JK nf?M?ne The nattern No ,7224, trasting or striped material. The dress
itlonf ilo u to 44ches bust meas- closes at the back and can bo made
is cut in sizes 34 to 44 indies dusi mcaa eUher tho ,onf? or Bhort HleeveB,
UrNo. 7220-Mlsneii' d Small Women' Tho Pattern. No 7228, is cut in si.es 2,
prcHH-Linen, serge or broadcloth .can 4, aJgJSS ItoiMpcrHTJncn.
00 USCU lO nm.w nwo ', t"rr 1 inil!im nr ruMrn run ho uHifd to nrnkt- iVi'7.: IV-- rrl- .- -nt 1017
Sfoverbl0ouTwhicir?ipsC this" garment." with the trimming of , Y in s 30 to ' U Inche. bust
an overTD'"st' - Lhnrt BiGoves may bo contrasting material. Tho rompers close measure
SSSfl' The ?wittera. No. 722o! Is "cut in at tho back and can bo made with T 7ibl--Ille' Dren-Any of tho
Rhfpfl 14 16 18 and 20 1 years either tho long or short sleeves and pretty, floured materials can be used to
No 700I.adIc"VproH Linen, ging- round or square neck. The pattern No. nako this dress. Tho dress closes at
i,0,B;"K ran be used to mako this 7225, is cut In sizes 1. 2 and 3 years. tho front and can bo mado wUh eIthcr
"'" rr:: ..: . i- i run. mit .Ijhuicm' urcNN jiiiuii or 1-.. i,ni ant.itc.a rvun wn tmvA,
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of some who have gone do not seem
solemn. They rofiect tho atmos
phere. They smile back the spirit of
the mother. She is not afraid of the
hurt that accompanies the 80s in age.
A person may mako or mar a home.
One who is cross grained and mori
bund gives a gloom iiko pulling down
tho shades on tho sprlngtimo sun.
Here is a mother of girls who has
lived where smiling is contagious.
Coming, down tho broad Htalrway
Inanintr on tho arm of one of tho
' girls is the mother, shining out a
! welcome to her guests. On that
stairway wo saw the great hope for
a better growing world. It i n moth
erhood that holds its girls.
Every woman was once a girl
problem. She puzzled herself and
several othors. To a wise mothor
she is not an enigma. She is just a
girl. But a girl fair and puro and
1 sure.
Monition is saner than prohibition.
Leading to something is more to ho
desired than being kept from some
thing. Tho most harm cdming to
girls is by wrong homo iitandards.
Sometimes there is a divided home.
There Is no agreement as to principle.
Marrying and givlnc in marriage
shadows the girl from her cradle.
Foolish mothor: begin early to con
sult tho social calendar. Anybody,
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; that sails that dream is vanity.
i So called recreation destroys the
close relationship of mother and
tlaughtor. There Is too much doing.
Mother and daughter, you must
find out much about each other now.
Generations of faith grew from tho
brief years of home seeding. GIvo
girls to others for half their teens
and the path never winds back.
The upkeep of a girl is made an
extravagance by fashion, the upsnt
ter of pocketbooks. Demand Is, that
everyday dress now be more fastldl-
ous than a while ago for an occasion.
: It sots a hard pace for the poor and
i for all girJs and their mothers.
"What shall I wear?" This is the
modern question.
Who keeps counsel of Inner life
and heeds spiritual qualities now? If
: the girls learn their meaning, it must
be because the mothers do not forget
their supremo value.
The spiritual element Is that which
motherhood has most affected. She of
all tho world Is to be dependable. Are
tho mothers of today bringing the
girls of their rearing to know clearly
the best and holiest things or them
selves! Pity,, pity, if any other way ia ever
found with any girl to teach her how
girls become women. It is tho mother
task. There Is time for it when life
Is normal. For all her sons and
daughters mother is the high, priest
ess" of the home.
Mother and daughter. The door
Is closed and they are alone. Wlien
they come from that trystlng place
each will be wiser. The mother will
know a calm of soul. She has led
her chin into the temple of being.
The daughter has a new seriousness.
It Is the larger Hfr. She is sharing
with mother. They are together now
and forever. Alexander C. Stephens,
in thet. Paul Pioneer Press.
and can be mado with or without tho
Empire waistline. The pattern also pro-
"vuX rmttrn No 7209. is cut In sizes 34 iour Breu " whiuh mh uu Latent lMblon Mitsaxlnc Free-
fl iPanhes' bust measure. with either the high or regulation Is8Ue evory inonth, in connection
1 w ?iSSLSlcI? Shlrt-WnlHt This waistline. The sleeves can be made in our faHl,0n department, a fashion
-?." 5u0.ni, M ba mado with tho long or short length. The pattern, azIn niu8tra,nK tho' ,atcst
VX"' Ar short sleeves and with a No. 7215, is cue in Sizes j to mciics Tndon and New
Men or low neck. Tho waist is very dusi measure.
tha:t hie. cheery room is no old age.
The photographs and enlargements inches, bust measure,
nection with
mag-
the latest Paris.
York designs, and
If ordered together with nattern order-
No. 7207 IiHiHeH' and MIwhch Mjcht wo will send tho latest monthly Issuo
Gowh Fine linen, lawn or nainsook of Tho Fashion World for only 2 cents
2i.n Vn 719 is cut in sizes 34 to 44 can bo used to mako this night gown, to cover handling and postage. Ad
fnnhM bust measure. Tho night gown slips on over the head ! The Commoner, Lincoln, Neb.
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