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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1917)
&0firyri?ypwISm The Commoner 'APRIL,. 1917 Ml? safe, and gives good service. All kinds of household work, waBhirig, ironing, cooking, baking, are done on the oil cooker, and they can be carried from room to room, as the work demands laundry, kitchen, or even the porch, where tho wind does not blow. Tho oil heaters are invaluable for quick heating of rooms, and are portable, serving in dining room, kitchen, bedroom, liv ing room wherever a steady, com fortable heat is wanted, carrying the stovo from room to room. LATEST FASHIONS FOR COMMONER READERS add to. tho-plo wltk bIU,.of feutte dotted over. ConUnuo'tW.katfl the jfon is 'full', pour over tVliTthy water i nuiin uio went wab cuuibttuj, hiiu. cover with tho crust rolled nither thick. Cut slits In tho top crust to let tho steam escape, fasten ' the edges of sldo and top crust togethor, and bako In a modern to oven until Contributed Recipes Lemon Butter This is a delicious filling for layer-cako or sandwiches: One egg, grated yellow rind of one lemon, two-thirds cup of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of expressed lemon juice, and one-fourth table spoonful of butter. Beat tho egg slightly, add the grated lemon rind, lemon juice, sugar and butter; mix well and cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly until tho con sistency of honey, then let cool. Corn Chowder Ono and one-half inch cube of fat salt pork, ono slice of onion, four cupfuls of potatoes sliced crosswise in one-fourth inch slices, one can of corn, four cups of scalded milk, a little salt and pep per, three tablespoonfuls of butter, and eight square soda crackers. Mince the pork and fry brown, add- the onion and cook five minutes', stirring often that the onion may not scorch; strain tho fat into a stew pan. Parboil tho potdto five minutes in boiling water to cover, then drain and add' the potato to tho fat; then add two cups of boiling water and cook until- the potato' is soft; then add the corn and milk and heat to "boiling '.point; season with- salt and pepjer, then add the butter and crackers previously split and soaked in enough cold milk to moisten. Remove the crackers, turn the chow der into a tureen and lay tho crack ers on top. Servo hot. Wholo Wheat Biscuits Two cupr fuls of whole wheat flour; pinch of salt, two teaspoontuls of any good baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of butter,, -'oiie egg, and about a cup ful of milk. Sift 'flour, spilt and bak ing powder together two or . three times; rub the, butter into the flour and mix to; a light dough with the egg aud milk.; roll out on a noureu boarder cut irip biscuits and bake f about vfif teen-minutes in a hotoyen. A Requested Recipe "Wo have had several calls for a "genuine old-time Cornish meat pie," and have succeeded in getting -one from a dear old Cornish lacty ;wno reads. Tho Commoner "as sho does her' Bible," sho says: Make a crust of a pint of flour in which has been well rubbed a pint of finely cut beef suet, mixed o a dough with a scant cup of cold water, first addine a teaspoonful of salt. With this dough line the sides,," but not the' bottom of a deep pudding or bake pan, reserving enough for a covering from the top; draw, wash and wipe dry two young pigeons (or, failing the pigeons, two young chickens), cut Into suitable pieces, and lay in the bottom of the pan; dust inside and out of the pigeons with pepper and salt; over these lay a layer of sliced apples and one of onions; have a pound and a half of lean mutton cut up and simmered for an hour in a little water, until tender, with two pepper corns and a spoonful of salt; the mutton must bo cooked - until quite tender;- cut the mutton into very small bits, us ing, a bowl arid chopping knife, and We have made arrangements to supply our readers with high grade, perfect , the other Ingredlonts aro done. Thl fltting. scam allowing: am easy to use pattern designed by a loading firm of ' nnr, uQ HorVod hoi of caI.-S hut. f Now Vnrlf fnshlnn nnltllnHnrn. Trull .1..uflnilnnt. ,.,.....-.,... i. .?, ,ti" uo HUrvUU HOI Or COIii, UUt 18 well as a chart showing how to cut your material with the leant possible I "CBl not Ir tll0 pie Is not moist amount of waste. Any pattern will be Mont postage prepaid upon receipt of enough, make a llttlo gravy Of but ton cents. We will also Issue a new fashion book quarterly, Spring, Summer, 0r and water with a vorv lltlln flnnr Autumn and Winter, Illustrating hundreds of new styles -1 Spring number! n",V "1 J IU a I0 Hour now ready. - Wo will send this book for two cents, nostairo nronalil. if orlir,.l t ao thickening, and SOrVO With eacti at the sumo time that a pattern is ordered, or for five mints. noHtairn nrmmfil. If ordered without a pattern. Licsldcs Illustrating hundreds of patterns, this fashion book will tell you how to be your own dressmaker. When ordering patterns, please give pattern number and size desired. Address all orders Fnshlou Department, The Commoner, Lincoln, iScbriinkti. Mil X 10! JhnrXWm. y J U -m2Ln l " VfS - - iff 111 1 1fflMr i IitW UnmlW 53Cl!lflll-l lUWsMJL3&&5r lti J I'll i t UN Wr nW ITJ y4 Vn ITV 7 JSlttl'" " i1 f Iff I I i IhI ltt V h-J Im. i- '9i V "' J Si I I I f I ill lijWOfi llix j v . V 1 TTTT lu i I rill 4- li In ' v i l I'p i All II II I II Villi ,Vt" 1 A. i''.'"l h "b 4 irATiT !il liV fl W ' VJlKtA I l U v SdlV il VHh J helping. Gleanlngji "Swat tho fly." Begin with tho first comer, and keep It up as long as one Is to be seen. If you notice, the first comers are all ready to bo gin raising a family, and when you kill ono of these, you also kill a wholo army of followers. Look ovor tho screens and renow all damaged wire, by replacing with, new, or patching any breaks. Screen. doors and windows as soon as pos sible, now, and avoid dlscaao from, theao carriers. It is said that if, when one b wal lows a ilsh bone, a lemon should bo sucked Immediately, tho acid of thq lemon juice will dissolve or soften the bono so no harm will be done. When washing sprouts or spin ach, after tho first water, put a handful of coarso salt in tho second wuter, and this will cause all sand from. the greens to sink to tho bot tom of the pan, when rinsed a third time, tho vegetables will bo perfectly clean. It Is claimed that, when flannels havo becomo hard and shrunken from careless washing, they may bo re stored to their former softness by soaking them in gasoline. Uso th gasolino outside tho house. Where paper is used back of tho sink, or other places that should bo washod, or wiped clean with a damp cloth, give it a coat of the follow ing: One ounce of gum arable, threo ounces of glue, and one bar of laun dry soap, all well dissolved in quart of water and thoroughly mixed. This amount will coat quite a wide surfaco, and less may be made, keeping these proportions. RT1 Ladies' Sliirt-wnwt uui m iwisumuuii given, The ccca. coat-sleoven aro a,t T to inches bust measure, with deep, turned back cUifs. sizes 36 to - ciuh .. k t f tnc coat j ,n tbrce p( shown In No. 8271. It is Just tho thing 8207 Misses' Dress Cut In sizes 1C, for shopping or business wear, as it lg and 20 year A ncw development has very smart nut. mmviv " of tho mucn aumireu Dasquo cm cut, good points of the collar can bo seep 8uItabl0 for slender Jlgures, is pre- at a glance as they are so prominent Bented Jn No. 8267. Its girlish slm- that they look like rovers. Long or pllcty makes It a charming model short sleeves may bo used. f0r 8Ummor wear. The frock fastens c.-iri'K Coal Cut In Mzcs 0 to at tho center back so as to give an .Zf Asofutely new and differ- unbroken line In the front. The neck xi jri-u,.-. ------ .u," ntf(1iv nut VOKC (a flnlRhPd Wltn a COIJOT UaVIIlK I1MI1- coat for young girls. ent in design io -' - rnuniicd ! nf t the back The skirt Is '1IJO. AJ.v. vu... ,w... - point .at eaj i that the iAa o i nd C vears. reoarodnefis xiie ji"v . . . .,, nir-irm ' " - iCina oYho yoke extends down in a cut i ,two pieces. ""Lnt Vach side to include the pock- , 8237 ChiWren' Rierw Cut in W "The novel feature is tuai mu ntu' a- -i (Continued' on Napct Page) A Requested Cement This cement is said to stick on anything, and stay forever: Take two ounces of clear gum arable, on and one-half ounces of flno starch and half an ounce of white sugar. Reducg tho gum arable to powder and dissolve it in as much water a it would take to make ono and one half ounces of starch fit to Use. Dis solve the starch and sugar In the gum solution; then puMhe mixture in- a vessel and plunge this vessel Into boiling water, allowing It to re main until the starch becomes clear; tho cement should bo as thick as tar, and should remain so. To pre vent it spoiling, drop into It a 'small lump of gum camphor or a little oil of sassafras or cloves. It will hold glazed surfaces, rocks, minerals and liko things, perfectly. Waterproof Cloth for Hot-Beds Wo have several calls tor thi method of preparing cloth to serv instead of glass on hotbeds. It was given several years ago, and has proven satisfactory: To three pints of pure linseed oil, add onc o.unce of sugar of lead and four ounces of white resin. The sugar of Jed should be ground fine .and mixed with a little oil before jadd'ingJp, th other materials.'Keat jman 'lronket- . .
