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that -it is free from lumps; it may
seem too thick, but you "will find that
it spreads Tory easily Apply hot to
a new, or very clean, dry floor. On
the places where there is a great deal
of wear appl two or three coats.
The paint will dry very quickly al
most as fast as you apply it. As
soon as it is thoroughly dry, go over
it with the boiled oil applied with a
brush and uso as little in the brush
as possible, for if too much is ap
plied, it will not dry readily. The
paint will absorb the oil quickly, and
by laying down papers the floor can
be used almost immediately, which is
a pleasing peculiarity of the glue
paint. Hot soap suds may be used
for washing the floor. This Is not a
very pretty paint, but it is cheap and
durable, and easily applied, lasting
much longer than ordinary paint.
Another way is to use one gallon
of warm water, five pounds of dry
ochre, and about six ounces of glue.
Dissolve the glue in the warm water,
stir in the ochre just as for making
mush, keep it on the back of the
stove so it will keep warm until
wanted for use. Apply as any other
paint; if one coat does not seem to
fill the cracks and rough places sat
isfactorily; put on a second coat; it
will ba a very light yellow when dry;
the paint is thicker than ordinary
paint, but spreads readily. Let get
thoroughly dry, then go over it with
boiled linseed oil, putting on all it
will take up; you can use the floor
at once, as soon as idled, by laying
down papers to walk on; 't will not
be sticky, and will outlast common
paint. Other colors may be used, if
liked.
he Commoner
Odds and Ends
Try putting cinnamon buds in your
preserved or canned pears; Ave cents
worth will be sufficient flavoring for
a bushel of pears. Try steaming
small fruit when putting it up; you
will find there is less shrinkage than
in the open kettle way, and the fruit
will be nicer in appearance.
When frying fish, put the pieces
into the hot fat with the skin side
uppermost, allow to brown well be
fore turning, and there will be small
possibility of the fish breaking up
when lifted.
It is claimed that if one puts about
one-third part vinegar in the water
with which the cloth is dampened
when pressing an article cleaned with
gasoline, the smell will be removed
and there will be no circle formed.
To clear water that is smoky or
sooty from the roof, beat up the
white of an egg in a quart cup, stir
into it water enough to fill the cup
and stir thoroughly; then pour this
into a tub or boiler of the smoky
water, let boil, and the water can be,
skimmed of the dirt, leaving it clear.
When you open a 'bottle of olive
oil, in order to keep it from getting
rancid, drop into it two lumps of
loaf sugar to the quart. If you buy
it in cans, empty the can into a glass
fruit jar, drop in the loaf sugar and
seal; the sugar will prevent the oil
becoming rancid. Can be opened
when needed.
When making roll jelly cake, use
light brown sugar instead of white,
and the cake will not break when
rolled. Turn the the jelly cake to
he rolled out of the pan onto a cloth
wrung out of cold water as dry as
can be done; use the cloth to help
roll the cake, and wrap the roll in
the cloth when put away.
To mend a hole in granite ware,
work a pieqe of putty until perfectly
soft; then take a piece of the putty
large enough to cover the hole and
Put one piece on either side of, the
metal, pressing together, inside and
out, smoothing down the edges; place
the vessel in a slow oven and bake
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LATEST
FASHIONS
FOR-COMMONER READERS
We have made arrangement
nttlng seam allowing , S IT SXt?"?T WW h"h .. Perfect
until tho putty in a deep brown. For
containing water, tho vcrsoI will fc
as good as now.
well aa a chart showing ow tocai:?SPilo?amytrnii
amount of waste. Any pattern win h .,.n,ate?,a, w,th tho least j oH?lb
ten cents. Wc will also issue now ashlnn i?08ittIf0 un ni,.p o
Autumn and Winter, illustrating nundrirfB f LqU,Jrt,cr,y' Spri"K Summer
now ready. Wo will send this book for ?ow 8tyI8 Autumn number
at tire amo time that a pattern is nr?Wi riB' ?oataK Prepaid, if ord"ril
if ordered without aVKt&ttZfnZ fVfl ,cen,t8' V0Hia ren-
fashion book will tell you ow tn h ' "'"stratlng hundreds of pattern.., this
patterns, please give pattern Tumber ami Uli0wn, i,lrc8na'jor. When ordering
Fashion DcpartnJLt, SeSit ut Nebraska. AddrC88 " rd0rB
8413 LndicH' WniHt Cut in sizes
III3AUT TO IIEAIIT APPEALS
By William Jennings Bryan
(A revbw by B. B. Elliott.)
MI!r,oba,bly tho beat known, rnoirt
highly honored, fervently loved or
crtiolly criticized, listened to or read
niter person among our disappointed
and otherwise unrowarded advocate
or democratic government, Is William
Jennings Bryan. In addition to trav
eling millions of miles, speaking to
almost a million souls a season, and
editing his wondorfully gripping and
appealing advocato of fair play In
politics ai.d government, Tho Com
moner, wr. uryai has prepared a
volume of his best utterances, which
will speak when ho Is silent. Thero
are twenty-two chapters v Ithln tho
covers of this book, ovory one a gom
In Itself, covering a vory wldo range
of subjects For Instance Mr. Bryan
knows a great deal -bout govern
ments, tho kinds thero are and some
that our ht not to bo. In a few puges,
ho tolls us about them. In five ether
chapters ho talkB about the functions
of government. Then bo turns to
pontics, mincing such live and im
portant topics as "Equal Suffrage"
and "Tho Liquor Question," with
"Tho Initiative and Bcfcrcndura,"
and kindred themes. And ho talks
about religion, and God, Christ, tho
Blblo, Prayer, Faith, Forgiveness,
and everything else that belongs In
that catagory, fo Mr. Bryan Is above
everything else, a Christian man.
But the particular themes, Important
as they are, aro not tho moLt Import
ant part of this treatment, to my no
tion. Tho fact that this book con
tains extracts from tho spoken word
of the great Commoner, to bo pre
served lor tho information and en
lightenment of futuro generations, as .
well as for the education of thoso of
the present day, make tho book won
derfully worth while. The world will
manifest Its interest by a wide distri
bution of Heart to Heart Appeals.
An announcement of tho book
above mentioned may be seen In an
other part of this Issue. Ed. Commoner.
very wide at th collar and narrowing
down In soft fold until they reach tho
waistline.
M2H Ladlrw' Apron Cxit Jn one size.
It In hard to bcliovc that this good
looking apron Is all in one piece but
nevertheless it In true. This apron
has tho back out In one with the front,
and the extension of the back tormn
the belt which fastens at the front. It
is light, cany to put on and is just the
thing to slip on over a good dress.
8432 Ladle' Yoke Skirl Cut in sizes
24 to 30 inches waist measure. Skirt
illustrated is very good for silks, sat
ins, silk poplin and taffeta. It has a
hip yoke with a straight, one-piece
skirt section gathered to It. Tho uso
of the bias trimming folds shown in
tho large view Is opltional.
8417 Hoy' Ilurttitam Salt Cut In
sizes 2, 4 and 6 yearn. The Junior mem
ber of the family will feel quite digni
fied and grown up if ho has a real
Ilussian suit like the one shown In No.
8417. There is a broad panel which
forms the front of the blouse. Tho
blouse ifi In tho new length, which Is
quite short. The usual straight trous
ers are included in tho pattern.
8411 Iadle' Dreu Cut Jn fzes SC
x At ., . ona tn to 44 inches bust measure. Ono find
s 3G riety and at the same time is easy to many occasions when a simple but
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J i4f L fi X thfa affair with tho has no fastenings. It is cut Jn a long t, Wftrdrobe. The design shown
?S2fn?ftBcin$ZZ The col- V-shape at the front to a low freedom o. 8411 has a number of the latent
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lar is cut so full that " 'g,"1 frJ31-ChIldre; Dre-Cut 1 n sizes t'red to deep cuffs and the skirt h
ripples at the front. A nneiy """: 4 to 10 years. A very small amount of " Kores.
ruflie of net or lace gives it a soft out ? i.w f win bo Bufllcient to make th s lw0 sores.
line which is very fetching. distinctive little dress. Tho waist io
"W-GIrl'H DresH-Cut in sizes 4 to fc"vJnl and has tabs shaped like
12 years. Tins is a juiiu """ , '-,. at intervals, ana tnese Dunon
Jlined on over the head, and there is scallops at m lev . Jfl
a separate guimpe which u "ons m j - - ece8 and j8 without fulness
&?& 5SSS O-roKiValst-Cut in sizes 3G
low-cut opening at the front. The skirt SjjSJes bust measure. The gen
sin two pieces. . J0J width of the frills Is what gives
8425 MlHes OvcrdresK Cut In swea JJ?uawalat smartness. No. 842C has a
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