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The Commoner
JUNE, 1917.
make nice disnea for dessert, or for
the children. In making apple
sauce, if the apples are left ua
peeled, all decayed or blemish spots
removed, then quartered and cored,
the flavor is better; stew in very
littlo water until tender, then press
through a colander and season with
butter while hot; sweeten to taste,
but tile natural flavor is better than
sugar; slices of lemon may be
cooked with the apples if liked. Do
not cook sugar and butter with the
fruit.
Baked Onions Peel the onions
and boil until tender, keeping them
whole; change the water once or
twice to remove the strong taste.
Drain and place in ."- pudding dish,
side by side, sprinkle with pepper
and salt and pour over them the
usual white sauce made of butter,
flour and milk. Sprinkle oyer the
tops a half inch or more, if liked, of
stale bread crumbs, put little dabs
of butter here and there over the
top, and set in a moderate oven,
keeping the dish closely covered, for
twenty minutes, then uncover and
brown, and serve from the dish in
which they were baked.
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FOR COMMONER READERS
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Fashion Department, The Commoner, Lincoln, Ncbrnnkn.
flrolcss cookers for a solution of tfc
cosUof-fucl problem, and firo moot
ing with success. A isood flrclcs
cooker may bo had In capacity for
cflthor largo or small family, and
with but a minimum of heat to
start tho process, the foods may bo
cooked thoroughly with but Illtlo
attontlon from tho housewife. A
cooker of good manufacture should
bo chosen, and after a little ex
perience, ono can soon learn to op
erato It with satisfactory results.
Odd Hits
"Reducing tho High Cost of Living"
An eastern magazine has devised
a novel method of "cutting down
the cost" of foodstuffs by offering
a prize of $5 for the biggest potato
sent to them, and also stated that
"no potatoes would be returned." It
is told that six and one-half barrels
of the "murphies"' arrived, and the
magazine got the whole of them for
$5. How is that for, enterprise?
"Counting ,tho. Cost"
It is not the cost of' the foodstuffs
alone that runs the "living" bill to
the top of the scale, but the high
cost of fuel must also be counted
in, and it will be found that this
is not a small item, by any means,
be the fuel what it may. The com
monest soft coal has jumped from
from three to five dollars a ton-Tin
some localities even more; wood
is not generally used except in tim
bered countries, as the cost is too
high; gas usually sells from 25 cents
for "natural gas," per thousand
cubic feet, up to anywhere the com
pany may aslc for the manufactured
gas," very seldom much under one
dollar per thousand, and very often
much more. Gasoline reached a
high cost, and coal oil, or kerosene,
is anywhere from ten cents for an
inferior article up to twenty and
more for, the best, per gallon. Bach
or any of these fuels vitally touch
the income of the family, whether
great or small.
So long as cold weather, or the
need of heat was evident, it did not
matter so much, for if coal or wood
was used, the heat given off served
to warm up the room where no
furnace was used: but when the
warm days came, there was a great
waste of heat, making, moreover, a
vast discomfort in the rooms in con
stant use by the family. With the
gas or coal, or gasoline, .the waste
of heat was to be counted, as in
nearly all these sto'ven, only one
burner could be used for each ar
ticle of food, and much of the heat
passed out into the room.
The new, improved coal oil stoves
give out the least heat, and do the
best service for the money, but un
less taken proper care of, they do
give out soot and odor that are
anything but pleasant. With intel
ligent care, they are perfectly sat
isfactory, both for cooking and for
heating. Cooks are turning to the
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It is told of the New York o'ty
women that they are using the plush
luuv un use ror silk hats, to
mako steel-headed bags, which are
now tho rago. They use their hus
band's lald-away silk hats, or even
go to tho second-hand, or old-clothes
dealers, and buy tho illr,!,.,i i,i
to get that particular kind of silk
yiusu.
It ls told that a slnglo consign
ment of electrical cooking-ranges
was recently shipped to Texas,
elghteon carloads, each car contain
ing sixty-flvo to ono hundred ranges;
showing that tho "effete east" should
sit up and tako notice that tho wild
aim wooiy rango countries are com-
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mi miu muir own, nnu tho trades
winds are blowing steadily Jn that
direction. Tho west and southwest
arc full of electrical energy and vast
progress.
This Is a good year to use up tho
out-of-dato clothing. Everything
SeCmS in hn 111 ttfvln rr nnn nrxillu
bo made so with a littlo combination
oi materials. Tho handy woman
can make her own neckwear of lit
tle scraps of lace and embroidery, or
she can buy It ready-made, it sh
does not know Just tho "knack," and
uso tho storo artfclo tor a pattern.
Tho high collars aro coming in
style, as arc the long sleeves, and
bits of pretty lacc-odged muslins or
ombrolderlcs add a daintiness to the
"made-over" things that all women
so love.
8350-LndIcs' Waist-Cut In sizes .26
to 44 Inches bust measure. The col
lar alone would be enough to maw
this waist distinctive, but It also Jtaj
the new square neck as wother gooa
future. The wajst is made In the
most popular tylefor this mo
tenS'oer in shallow yoke e set.
oojro children's Dresa Cut In sizes
well up under tho arros to stimulate
an Empire waistline.
8335 Misses' Dresa Cut in one size,
1G years. There is more than one way
of being well dressed, but the younger
set will agree that No. 8335 is one of
!ho best It has a slight ftuffffcstlon
of tho popular basque waist in tho
drapery of the waist. The front panel
of the waist is Joined to sash ends,
which tie in a loose knot at the back.
The skirt Is a Blmple, two-piece model.
8328 -CklldreH'a SaspeHder Drea
Cutinsizes 4 to 12 years. One of the
Seat liked styles for the Junior girl s
JhVcer Popular suspender dress This
SJsTL Suite simple . and girlish, but
fn la i distinctive. The separate
gulmpe closes at tho centre front.
Tho skirt Is cut In ono piece and has
a straight lower edge.
- 8387 Ladle' Fichu A CnttnClt in
ono size. Many and varied are tho
uses of a flchu, and it i a wist woman
who sees that who is well supplied with
soveral of theso dainty accessories.
This set is practical and very becom
ing. The flchu Is quite broad over tho
shoulders. The cuffs may bo rounded
or pointed.
8X10 Ladle' Drew Cut in sizes 36
to 46 inches bust measure. What
every woman knows Is that she can
not get along this season without t
smart but simple one-piece dress. Tho
model shown is very simple of con
struction. Tho dress is in ono piece
from shoulders to hem. Long or short
sleeves may be uxed.
8349 Boy' JUi1hh Salt Cut in
sizes i, 4 and 6 years. Tho Russian
suit shown is ono of the most popular
styles that has ever been designed for
boys. The blouse is single-breasted
and may bo made with long or short
sleeves. The thrco good sized pockets
will bc a delight to the small boy.
Straight knee pants aro included in
the pattern. ,
8343 Ladle' 8klr Cut In sizes 24
to 32 inches waist measure. A sug
gestion of the barrel or peg-top effect
which is no fashionable this season Is
produced in this model by the use of
iargo pockets which stand away from
tho hips. It is a style which is very
deceiving, because It looks quito in
tricate, but in reality thdre are Just
four gores and a trimming band, and
so it Is easy to make.
8350 Ladle' Ilnune Drejiw Cut In
sizes 36 to 46 Inches bust measure.
This dress has a perfectly plain waist,
with long or short sleeves set In with
out fulnesb. The dress buttons at the
left side of tho front. Waist and
three-gored skirt are both gathered
at the slightly raised waistline, and &
belt covers the Joining.