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WPW'WIPPSSP'Swww'ffl5F'5 fd The Commoner HIAECH, 1916 17 of baking powder; add this to the po tato and milk and beat well. Add a teaspoonful of melted butter and beat again. Beating is the secret of light cakes, as the word batter indi cates. An egg would help to make tho mixture moro delicate and light er, but Is not necessary. Tho sugar helps to brown tho cakes. Fry in the usual manner in hot lard and serve with maplo syrup. Query Box Ella S. For labeling your rose plants, take short strips of clean, new zinc, to be had from tho scrap pile of your tinner, and write tho name of the plant on tho zinc with a lead pencil. H. H. To remove scratches and bruises from furniture, rub them gently with a fresli walnut-meat; or a hickory nut will do. Tho oil in the nut-meats is said to bo fine for this work. Floral Sister To removo the rust from your garden tools, cover tho metal for twenty-four hours with sour-milk whey; this will loosen the rust, and they can then bo cleaned and brightened the usual way. Mrs. R. For cleaning stove, rub a flannel rag on a piece of laundry soap, dip into tho , ordinary stove blacking and apply to tho stove; then rub with a clean, dry cloth. This is said to last longer than when used without tho soap, and polishes easier. Alice B. This is recommended, but I know nothing of tho results: To extract stains from silk, take one part essence of lemon and five parts spirits of turpentine; mix well by shaking, then apply with a linen rag. L. A.-r-To removo mildew from white cloth, make a very weak solu tion of chloride of Ume a heaping teaspoonful of tho lime to one, quart of water; let settle, drain off the clear 'solution. 'without BedinVents, and dip tho stain in the solution; as soon as the mildew is removed, wash well in clear water to remove the lime. Frances For the ink spilled on the carpet, if the stain can bo washed immediately, sponging with milk, then let. the milk soak in for several hours, tho stain can usually bo re moved; sponging the stain with equal parts of good vinegar and water, then with soap and water, will removo or dinary stains of ink; the stain should be rubbed well, and rinsed in several waters by sponging. For tho Sewing Room With the new full skirts with their abundance of ruffles, the machine at tachment known as the ruffler is of untold value; it can bo used for or dinary gathering, and with the skilled worker, the ruffle can be sewed on the binding as It is gathered. You o have it in gathers, in tiny pleats, or in broader pleats, as you choose. With the proper stroking, very love ly pleated neckwear can be made; with the aid of the ruffler, arranged for pleating, the binder, and the hemmer, you can do beautiful work at very little expense, using scraps and left-overs .fron. garments as ma terials. You can even sew on lace and hem at the same time, and the study of the uses to which the attach ments may be put will more than re pay you. Requested Recipes "Easter Drops" A variety of small cakes of extra deliciousness, and are made by chopping and add ing nut meats and dates to any sim ple white cake batter. Drop the bat ter from a spoon, one tablespoonful to each cake, and bake to a light, creamy brown. Ginger Loaf Mix one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of sugar, two and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half cupful of sweet milk, two eggs, one LATEST FASHIONS FOR COMMONER READERS Wo havo mado arrangements to supply our renders with high grade, perfect fitting, seam allowing and easy to uso patterns, designed by a leading ilrm of New York fashion publishers. Full descriptions accompany each pattern, as woll as a chart showing how to cut your material with tho least possible amount of waste Any pattern will bo sont postago prepaid upon receipt of ten cents. Wo will also issuo a new fashion book quarterly, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Illustrating hundreds of now styles Winter number now ready. Wo will send this book for two cents postago propaid if ordered at tho samo tlmo that a pattern is ordered, or for flvo cents, postago prepaid, if ordered without a pattern. Besides illustrating hundreds of patterns, this fashion book will toll you how to bo your own dressmaker. When ordering patterns plca&o givo pattern number and sizo desired. Address all orders FtiHliion Depart incut, Tke Commoner, UhcoIh, NcIirHnkn. lovel teaspoonful of baking powder, one level teaspoonful of ginger, and one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon. Ilavo tho batter smooth, and drop from a spoon into tho pan; bako as other ginger loaf, and servo as other ginger bread. Cream of Celery Cook two small heads of blanched celery, from which tho green leaves havo boon removed for forty-fivo minutes In a quart of water in which chicken or mutton has been boiled; add half an onion, and a sprig of parsley; when done, strain tho soup through a sieve; mash tho celery through tho sieve, then add tho strained mlxturo and a pint of boiled milk; mix two tablcspoon fuls of flour with the samo amount of butter, and stir into tho soup; let tho soup boil for ten minutes, stir ring constantly; then pour at onco into tho hot soup' touroen and servo with croutons. Fighters Tho best of what is called good llteraturo deals with fighting. All the epics, from tho Iliad to the Idylls of the King aro full of it. Tho glad iators of Homeric, story differ from modorn pugilists only In being leas sensiblo to considerations of manli ness. They are all guilty of "fouls," and never hesitato to tako unduo ad vantage of each other. They aro all unspeakable ruffians heroes only by prescription. Tennyson's Knights aro no better, if as good, but young girls find, or protend to find, great satisfaction in their brutal outrages and lawless Indiffcronco to humanity and real honor. Llteraturo of this sort is a sourco of much of tho in spiration of modern times, and we go back to it for refreshment when, wearied with tho analysis and Intro-' spection with which current literature abounds. Books of this kind aro called, classics, but their subject matter dif fers littje, if any, from tho accounts read so often in newspapers of prlzo fights and train robberies. They both tell of courago and personal prowess, and for this they are loved by every boy who aspires to be a man. Tho fact is that, in spito of civiliza tion and culture, man is still half brute, and enjoys the sport of brutes. , Tho taste for stories of ruffianism is, said to bo morbid, by many for whom civilization has dono Its worst. Ra ther, it should be said that it Is thor-, oughly natural, and that wo all havo It. 70nS Ladles' Waist Cut in sizes 30 to 44 inches bust measure. This waist is cut out fashionably full and has tho shoulder fronts gathered; in accord with the dainty collar aro tho sleeve cuffs of contrasting color and the but tons to trim aro admirably arranged. 7037 MInscs' DrcHH Cut in sizes 14, 1G, 18 and 20 years. Charmingly youth ful is tho frock shown In this illustra tion. Tho plain- blouse has tho neck cut out In round outline and tho sleeves may be long or short length. The skirt has three gores and high or regulation waistline. 7400 Ladles' Corvet Cover Cut in sizes 34 to 42 Inches bust measure. This dainty garment' is moro commonly called a camisole. The little sleevo is In ono with the body of tho garment and the pattern Is perforated so that two materials may bo employed. One of these is usually lace or net. 740 BoyV Russian Salt Cut In sizes 2, 4 and 6 years. Any little boy will be pleased with this pretty suit. Tho blouse closes In the centro of tho front and tho neck is edged with a small collar. Trousers aro provided with tho pattern and they havo the bloomer finish at the knee. 7644 Chlldrca' Dress Cut In sizes 2, A, 6, and 8 years. This dress has body and sleeve sections all in one; a unique way of showing the applied yoke1 front and- back where it closes, Flowered and plain material with edg- If when you happen to bo caught out in the rain, the dye comes out of your coat,' hat or skirt, discoloring your blouse, put tho articlo stained into milk and leave over night; the stain wiil come out even if it is a whito silk. ing, beading and silk for a belt, wero used in the developing of this pattern. 705:: Ladle' Negligee Cut In sizes 2G, 40 and 44 Inches bust measure. This Is a pretty design for crepe do Chine, cotton crepe, lawn and other sheer cot ton fabrics as well as for challie, cash mere and the like. Tho waist Is per fectly plain with a large collar and tho skirt has four gores. Long or short sleeves may bo used. 7521 LudleM' Skirt Cut in sizes 22 to 32 inches waist measure. This skirt Is cut with three gores. At tho upper part It Is trimmed with applied yokes, having long tabs at the sides and at the lower part of each side scam Is a little plaiting made of an extension of tho skirt material. 7010 LadlcM' Skirt Cut In sizes 24 to 32 inches waist measure. A smart, stylish model this is, having a slightly raised waistline. It is in ono piece only, and Is of circular cut. Serge, broadcloth, gabardine and taffeta aro suitable materials for developing this skirt. 713ft Ladlen' PrlaceMN Slip Cut In sizes 34 to 42 inches bust measure. Semi-princesso slips aro dally growing in favor of women. Tho corset cover is In ono piece and the petticpat Iscut In three gores. Theso garments are mado of cambric, batiste, crepe 'd Clilne and wash silk. ' .-.; L-U.
