The Nebraska Independent
12
JUNE 7, 1906
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Could we but realize how plastic
Is the mind of a child; how sensitive
is its soul, then would we under
stand the importance of having it sur
rounded from its earliest years by
only the best influences, "Many of its
so-called inherent tendencies for evil
are contracted or borrowed ones from
those around it, The impatience of
temper of a nurse or parent quickly
is reflected in the child, and this at
such an early age that the elders can
mot realize that their own mental
state is being given back to them.
The quality which leads a child
to enact over again in its plays the
incidents of its daily life proclaims
the fact that ii is a borrower and these
daily scenes are fashioning the man
or woman of the future. It is while
the child is in this plastic state that
all that is good should be brought to
bear upon it, and all that Is evil ex
cluded. Habits are stubborn things
and when once formed are hard to
How often we hear it said that
family traits, are cropping out early
in some child. This really means that
its environment has already told upon
its pure and sensitive soul. It is the
constant dropping that wears away the
stone, and it is the oft-repeated .ex
ample of the elders that fashions the
tendencies of the child.
Most grown up people realize that
they must ; not before a child tell
things that should not be repeated.
Such thingsare kept from the little
Ditchers for fear the elders may some
day be put in an embarrassing position
by the childish repetition. But Is tne
welfare of the child as carefully
guarded? If it were all expressions
of anger and impatience would be
sumvressed in its nrecence. . Carping
criticism and chronic grumbling
would never be heard by it. Love,
joy, peace should be the three graces
that hourly wait upon It during its
earliest years. " Then there would be
less evidence of original sin in the
child.
A mother once complained to the
family physician that her, little daugh
ter must be terribly out of health, for
she had become so irritable that it
was hard for any one to live in the
house with her. The physician, who
knew the effects of other things be
sides medicines, in as gentle a way as
he could replied that it was not at
all surprising, as the little girl had
an Irritable mother. The health as
well as the disposition of a child is
determined by the atmosphere sur
rounding it. It is formed and mold?
ed, made of runmade, by its external
circumstances.
FOR PICNIC LUNCH BASKET
Cottage cheese is a delicious fil
ling for sandwiches. Scald clabbered
milk, drain through a cloth strainer,
season .with salt and pepper, and
mbsiten with sweet cream, says Bes
sie L. Putnam In the Tribune-Farmer,
Some prefer to add a little sugar.
Hickory nuts run through a meat
chopper, seasoned with salt, and with
just enough cream added to hold them
together, are a nutritious filling for
sandwiches. Jellies, jams, marma
lades and canned fruits supply almost
infinite variety.
Sweet apples cooked In sugar until
clear and flavored with a rose geran
ium leaf or a bit of lemon will be
appreciated. Maple syrup and honey
are wholesome articles, which should
be included in the farm category.
By the way, home-made candies are
much preferred to the store products,
hdh frnm a necuniarv and a hygenic
standpoint. Maple syrup, granulated
LIFE
or brown sugar or molasses are the
bases of many toothsome dainties var
ied by the addition of nuts, whole or
chopped, chocolate, vanilla or other
flavorings. : '.
Potato salad is easily prepared and
substantial. The dressing is quickly
made by stirring together one egg, six
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one-half
cup of sugar, a bit of mustard, pepper
and salt. Cook until it thickens, stir
ring constantly. Add three table
spoonfuls of butter; stir until It melts,
and cool before pouring over the po
tato. This dressing is equally nice
for cabbage, lettuce or any vegetable
salad.
Cold baked beans are relished, es
pecially if accompanied by that thirst
killer of the picnic dinner, cucumber
pickles. Soak the beans in water over
night. Put them in cold water and
allow it to rise slowly to the boiling
point. Pour off the first water and
cover with water again, adding a
piece of pork six inches square, pre
ferably containing some lean. Cook
until the beans burst open and are all
soft. Season with pepper, salt and
butter.
Score the pork and place in the mid
dle of a spider or baking pan, with
the beans surrounding It. A table
spoonful of molasses or brown sugar
makes them brown nicely and im
proves the flavor. Bake slowly for
several hours, filling in with water as
they become dry. If packed before
entirely cold, beans will spoil very
soon, while, if allowed to become en
tirely cold first, they may be. kept
nicely several days.
RAISING VINES ABOUT PORCHES
One of our readers in Shiawasse
county, Mich., sends us a photograph
of the manner in which vines are
trained about the south porch as a
protection from the rays of a hot sum
mer sun. On the left hand side as the
picture is printed are shown two vines
that are wild cucumbers. These are
both annuals and are trained on a
trellis.
A Virginia creeper occupies the mid
die section. From the roof of the
porch two heavy wires are connected
with the derrick of the windmill
that stands about thirty feet distant.
When this photograph was taken the
vine was just starting out on . the
wire. Now, after a year's growth the
vine is said to be very heavy.
On the righ hand side of the illus
tration is a bitter sweet vine which
has clustered about a trellis for sev
eral years and not only furnishes
shade for the east end of the porch,
but also spreads out sufficiently to
the window that is located just at the
north of it .
There is no way of making the farm
more attractive and comfortable than
by training vines about certain por
tions of the house where they can be
of service. The cost involves scarcely
any cash outlay and requires but an
insignificant amount of time to keep
in order.
SOMETHING GIRLS SHOULD KNOW
You are pretty sure to please peo
ple if you set before them the things
they like to eat served In a manner
that temDts aDDetite. No young gir
can be considered well educated who
does not know how to cook.
I have been told that cooks are
born and not made, but I do not be
lieve a bit of It. . Any girl with a
clever brain and two hands may learn
how to make everything that is need
ed in an ordinary meal, and every gir
who attends a cooking class will tel
vou that the art of cooking includes
no end of fun. To cook admirably
and to waste no good material is a
real feminine accomplishment.
"That young girl writes a good
composition,' I once heard a man say,
but does she know how to broil a
beefsteak?" I could have told him
that the girl who could write and
3peak correctly and who stood highest
in her classes was far more likely to
be an adept In broiling and baking
and preparing a salad or a pudding
than her stupid neighbor who never
set her mind on gaining intellectual
culture. Whoever cultivates her brain
most carefully will likewise excel
when she tries manual training and
will show the best results as an all
around girl.
The Home Medicine Cupboard
The medicine chest in the home
and it belongs to every home holds
only a few simple remedies for the
Blighter ailments, for in important
matters the physician must be on hand
early and indiscriminate home drug
ging can breed more disease than
it cures.
Of aperient medicines, caster, oil is
the best where it is suspected that
some article of food has disagreed; a
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful is gen
erally required, and its taste is" more
or less disguised in hot milk or cof
fee, but better perhaps by moistening
the inside and rim of the glass with
brandy before putting in the oil and
then floating a little more brandy on
its surface.
A small bottle of sal volatile will be,
useful In cases of faintness. Adults
may take a teaspoonful in a wine
glass of water. Bircarbonate of soda,
THE INDEPENDENT PATTERN
5363 Bkn.se or Shirt Waist,
. 32 49 H
Blouse or shirt waist 5363, to be
made with long or elbow sleeves.
Variations of the shirt waist seem
very nearly without number. Here is
one of the very latest that gives a
vest effect and that allows a choice
of elbow or long sleeves. It is emi
nently simple and smart yet at the
same time a bit more dressy than the
NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT:
Enclosed find 10 cents for which please send the above mentioned
pattern, as per directions given below, to
Name. .............................
Town State. v. , . ...
Measurements Waist Bust.
Age (If Child's or Misses' Pattern) , . ..... ...
Caution Be careful to give correct number and size of patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust measure you need only mark 32,
34 or whatever it may be. When in waist measure, 22, 24, 26, or what
ever It may be. When Misses' or Child's . pattern, write only the figure
representing the age. It is not necessary to write "inches" or "years."
as much as can be heaped upon a sil
ver quarter and dissolved in water,
is a valuable remedy for heartburn
acidity and the slighter degrees of
indigestion.
As a cough mixture,, the following
may be kept ready made up: . Cor
bonate of ammonia, half a dram;
ipecacuanha wine, one dram; sirup
of squills, half an ounce; infusion
senega, two ounces, and peppermint
j water to fill an eight ounce bottle. The
r dose is one to two tablespoonfuls
three to four times a day. This cough
mixture is not suf table for infants,
and, indeed, it is scarcely wise to pre
scribe at home for any chest affection
in a young child.
The medicine chest may usually in
clude a gargle, and one to be recom
mended contains eighty grains of chlo
rate of potash and half a dram of di
lute hydrochloric acid in eight ounces
of water.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Zinc is best cleaned with hot, soapy
water, then polish with kerosene and
coal ash.
When polishing stoves a fine gloss
is obtained by adding a teaspoonful
of alum to the ordinary black lead.
When making a steamed or boiled
pudding put a plait in the cloth at
the top to allow for the pudding to
swell.
To clean a fishy frying pan fill with
cold water and place on the fire to
severe tailored sort and is adapted to
a wide range of materials. As illus
trated handkerchief linen is combined
with embroidery and trimmed with lit
tle pearl buttons, but Madras, lawn
and, indeed, all waistings are appro
priate, with the strip at the center
front of any contrasting materiar that
may be liked. All-over embroidery
is perhaps the. simplest but there are
laces . that can be utilized with pro
priety, while the material embroid
ered by hand is always the daintiest
and smartest of all things.
The waist is made with fronts, back
and center front., The back is tucked
to give tapering lines to the figure
while the fronts are treated after a
quite novel manner. There are tucks
at the shoulders that extend to yoke
depth and at the edge of each is the
regulation shirt waist plait. Beneath
these plaits the center front, or vest,
is arranged attached to position at
the right side and buttoned into place
at the left. The trimming straps are
arranged on indicated lines and but
toned over onto the left side. The
long sleeves are in shirt waist style,
finished with regulation cuffs while
the elbow sleeves are slightly fuller
and finished with straight bands.
The quantity of - material required
for the medium size is 4 yards 21,
3 yards 27 or 2 yards 44 inches
wide with three-fourths yard 18 inches
wide for the center front and collar.
The pattern is cut in sizes for a 32,
34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inch bust meas-
lure. -.
PATTERN 5363