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& f1 w " " 'vjr7 'wp1! K - The Commoner VOL. 15; koj' 6 18 -tj-"- -Kfn V i . ft fe: b 1 -Al. Conducfedbv CMen Watts MMy sr -w . 1 epartment m? 'gJL Tho First Step She ventures slowly, half in glee, Her weight .she tries uncertainly; Her eyes are wide with half-brave fear She knows ray loving arms are near! Ono foot uplifted, fingers tense, Sh6 holds a heart-beat in suspense; Then, with unguided, outstretched hands, See! All at once ray baby stands All by herself! My little girl, in years to be, "When I shall know eternity, Should yoif to grim temptation hark, In some wild hour, so fierce and dark, .Remember then, though I am far, In whose control our footsteps are. O, heed His tender, guiding hand. And God will help my baby Btand All b herself. Ethel H. Porter, in Housewife. Starting the Window Garden An old stand-by for tho winter window garden is the geranium. It does well with little care, but the better the care the more satisfactory the plant. Geraniums should be slipped in June, and kept growing right along, not being allowed to fcl6om until late September, when buds raay be allowed to "set." A generally successful way of starting the cuttings, or slips, is to take the slip with a "heel," by cutting into the parent stem as you would for bud ding; but if the branch is snapped '(not broken toughly) smoothly off, and inserted in sand, which is kept moist and warm, the roots will soon show, and then it can bo transferred to a small pot of soil, and plunged in the border in the garden, where the earth will keep the roots cool as it grows. It must be watered when necessary, but not kept too wet. Many soft-wooded plants can be may be a grade lower than that used for canning. For butters, jams and marmalades, imperfect fruits may be used, but the imperfections, of what ever kind, must be removed. If the fruits used for preserves are in first class shape and condition, they will keep shape, color and flavor better than imperfect or stale fruits; but marmalades, butters and Jams are usually made from the pulp and juices, and must be boiled down to a certain thickness, so the shape is not of so much consequence; these can be made from nieces, or trimmed fruits from Which imperfections hav6 oeen cut away, if only they are well ripened and sound. For jellies, the fruit should not be over-ripe, hut must be ripe enough so the juice will separate freely from the pulp. Jams, marmalades and butters should be let boil rapidly at first, iri' order that the mass will not "stick' and scorch", but 'when it reaches a certain thick ness, it must be stirred constantly, and the work ii hard and disagree able. Many women have found flint such things may be cooked in the oven in jars and erodes, with long, slow cooking, and he all the better for it, with only occasional stirring. Preserves should not have too much gpice in them, as-too much" will kill the fruit flavors ancj leave only the taste of the spices. Many house wives prefer to use very little spice, preferring, the' natural flavor pf.the on these, "just as of old." The boy's suit can bo made either with, short jacket or suspenders, and of any sea sonable goods; but wrish linens and cottons are mostly useJ. Little romp er suits are comfortable and cool for the hot days now at hand. ' while cooking, 'to preserve tho shape or tno rruits. The wide-bottomed kettle is tho better kind to use, and the cooking should be done by slow simmering, with little stirring. Use less sugar than fruit in these confections. A Good Stovo Polish ' - Save tho soot from your soft-coal stove, pipes. Not the ashes, but the soo hat gathers in the pipes."' Take a teaspoonful of sugar, dissolve in a little hot water, then add" 'enough Ylnegar to till a coffee, cup; fill a quartcan with the ,soot Arid s(ir into it the .vinegar andvsugar, nfaking it stiff enough for a polishing -paste. Use as any other polish, .whei. Xh.e jitovc is eitherj warm or cold; it. wilXke k fine polish and will not' Wr.h"&ff, besides lieing very inexpensive' . . ' ' ' : - ; t , ' ; ;:..' Identification -Cards .'., There is so mufch going t$ and fiuv UUU.M& VAX? DU1U1UCJ it 1111 "JltJiLULUU months and so many accidents1 hap pening, that it js well to provide yourself with an identification; card, which should be metal, if youycah get it. This card should bear your name, and address when at home, and also the address of some- one to be noti fied in case the occasion arises tljat you should he hurt. in a strange coiin- m ui ainvu, BUjUjugers nearer, noinq. .Tlifi TJOPOCoi'fv lf .'To Jr. nnz-int ,. fruit, stirring as little'; as possible; ,day' if pneglancesYer the printed wM1 rMrfnn- 'tn -nrflt!nwrn fi, i.',.V Daces, for lA'ariv' nnRPR nt "unlrloivH- gredients, shaking well. When spon& Ing the garment; add a little water to the fluid; if used dear, rinse well af ter sponging, using a clean sponce for tho rinsing. B J. I. It is said that-peach stains should be washed out in cold water beforo going into the regular wash, as the soap will set the brown stain' To remove the stain ,of butterine, one should know what coloring has been used, as some butter colors are hard er to remove than others. L. .L-rCaper sauce is easily made to bo used, with hoiled mutton. Make the usual white, sauce of one table spoonfui of flour and one of butter blended smoothly over heat, add the hot milk, stirring until the sauce thickens, but do not boil. Just be foro .serving, add two tahlespoouf uls of French capers which come in long, slender bottles). The taste of the sauce is slightly acid. R..M. "Testing, hpttles and cans" is dope by putting a. little warm wa' ter.in each .one, put on rubber and top and screw top own. tight; turn upside down and leavo for five min uses; if any water leaks out, change rubber, or both ruhber and top, un til they fit tight with no lealc. ' When tested thoroughly, lceep jar, ruhber and top together. Fashion Notes. Tiirht waiRfcj nrirl full elrlfo r. - - 1 j - .u. uivu w nig siarteu into growth in this way, ana again in favor. Tho circular skirt, to have good plants, one must begin early In the summer. To add to your stock of tea roses, you should take a cutting with several leanets on it, ana cut the end of the slip smoothly just below one 6f the leaf stalks, then fold down at least two of the leaves, in sert the cutting in sand over the sec ond "eye," or leaf joining, wet the sand, turn 'a tumhler down over it, and set in the sun. The branch, or cutting should be one that has just "Dome a bloom, as the wood will be just enough ripened for starting the roots well. Rose and other cuttings are easily started if inserted in the earth and a tumbler, or glass jar turned over them, pressed down into th earth and he earth about the jar kept well moistened. Do not lift the; jar at any time. The jar keeps an atmosphere like the greenhouse oyer the plant, and to have this ef feht,. th ft crmiiml miiflt he kent moist ened. Many kinds of flowering shrubs may be started in tne same way. Softie branches will root if put in yupwter aii j,i, ui luiuuiui, uuu n.in. Kla'tho sunshine. ,', '(Gatlt?Hrfj tTp the Fragments'1 Jtenieniuer that only tho very best, uikt to he had. and nerfect fruits ii.y.go into t" 0 canner. You will only What you put into tne jars Vt&xiB. and nerhans not even that bar work Is carelessly done. No :'.!. ovirk snoiled or muatv fruit 'fiirVittid . For cannine.. onlv tho vnrv i )"ITTTri-I T liill "71 - rr - "' m7 tffiv tW$QTyln tne very bcisfc 3ilcah, get, and not too ripe; but it and the skirt of many or few gores, tne nip yoKe with the straight bot tom, are all being worn; waists with sleeves of contrasting fabric, match ing or differing from waist color, are very much liked. ' For stout women, surplice effects and panels arve gpod style, with shaped belt and tho herll shaped cuffs. There Is generally 1uat enough flare' at the bottom of the skirt to make it graceful. " ElahnnitA effects are brought about by the use or trimming. unaersKirts are also made fuller; either entirely plain, or with a circular flounce or with full, frilly flouncing. Skirts are also made with inset sections, and with, a careful use of these patterns, many narrow; skirts may bo widened . comfortably , and made wearable for some -tim.e to come. Jumpers, with front openings and belt;. Jumpers with back open ings ana oeit, ana the jumper with out neit, are au liked. Suspender, bolero, and empire bodice diversify the style. Guimpes with high collar and long sleeves are worn under the small basque dresses. Studied sim plicity in style is soucht. Jabots nud frills are again favored. Straight tucked skirts worn with gay suspend ers are shown in silks. In children's dresses, tho waist lino is seen much higher than form erly, and many dresses for the small child have only the full skirt and straight or pointed yoke, Tho little old sack apron that seems never to ,go out of style, is a comfort to many mothers, ds , it is easily made and pages, for many cases of "unidehti fled" are told. of. -A- little care and forethought in this matter would per haps save a great deal of worry to the living, and the burial in an uniden tified grave of the "unknown." Es pecially is this? necessary when going oh an ocean voyage, and this has been proven in many cases in recent disas ters to "ships that go down to sea." Even for a short journey, the identi fication card should be carried, be cause. of so much danger from' auto mobiles, street cars, and . other vehicles of travel.:. ' ' : '.Caro of Bulbs After; he bulbs have bloomed in doors, let vthem grow undisturbed until the.J foliafi vhoiriWa 4o .. hrown;' then gradually' withhold water until they cease to grow, and either plunge ihem, pot ana : all, in the border, or turn-the bulb tittt, dis turbing the ball of dirt as little as possible, and leave them to the care of Mother.Naturc. ' . Query Box For ,the linen garment, fill a wash boiler half full of nice, clean hay, boil in sufficient water to cover the liay for ah hour; then strain through a coarse .cloth into a vessel lar(ge enough to entirely submerge the goods; wash as you would in soap suds, but use no soap, and. put to soak in this grass tea fof twenty-four hours, keeping the goods well covered with the grass tea, weighting it down if necessary, then dry in the shade. The result will be a natural color of tho linen. Mrs. H. S. An excellent cleaning fluid is made by taking two ounces of ammonia, one-half ounce of ether one-half ounce of aloohol, one-half ounce of glycerine, one quart of wa ter and an-ounce-and-a-half of castile soap. Get the powdered' soap of vour uiu&tjiob, ut jjuuyo uie nniniinf 4., 1 omoll ntanaa 14- .1 t ... laundered.' Little pateii pockets are tor; let cool, and ndd the oiherTnl Requested Recipes ' Mrs. G. wishes to know how to make her strawherries '"jell." Do not" have the berries top ripe; hull, and rinse through -a. isieve or colander to remoyo any sand pr soil; put them into a porcelainrlined Tcettle and add sugar half a pound .of sugar .to, each pound pf fruit; set. aside and. let stand a couple of hours or more to t SHE QVW ' . But. It ajrduU, . , in -fc It is hard to believe th'at coffee will put a person in such' .a condition as it did an Ohio woman, She tells 'her own story: -: "I did not believe coffee caused my trouble, and frequently said I liked it so well I would not, and coiild not, quit drinking it, but I was a miser able sufferer from heart trouble and nervous prostration for four years. "I was scarcely able to 'he around, had no energy and did not care for any thing. Was Emaciated and had a constant pain arbiihd my heart un til I thought I could not endure it. "Frequently I ' had,' hervdus chills and the tfeast excitement would drive sleep away, .arid any littte noise would npset me terribly. I was gradually getting worse until1 finally I asked myself what' .the Use of being sick all the time and huying medicine so that I could indulge myself in coffee? "So I got Mome Postum to help me quit. I made it strictly according to directions and I want to tell you that change was the greatest step in my life. It was easy lb quit coffee be cause I now like Postum better than the coffee. "One by one of the old troubles left until now I am in splendid health, neryes steady, heart all right And the pain all gone. Never have any more nervous chills, don't take any medi cine, can do all my house work and have done a great deal beside." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Rea'd "The Road to Wellville," in'pkg. Postum comes in two forms; " Postum Cereal the original form must be well, boiled." 15c and i25c packages. t Instant Postuma soluble powder dissolves quick)y in a cup of hot water and, with pream and sugar, makes a delicious bevdrage instantly. 50c and .50c tins. ' Both kinds are equally delicious and cost about the" sam'e per.ciip. "There's a Reason" for Postum. " sold'hy Grocers. Br Ci -