Co -Operative
Housekeeping
By LORETTO C. LYNCH.
Ad Expsrt on all Matters Havlnc to Do
With the Horn.
There U a marked difference be
tween co-operative housekeeping
and imposing upon the good nature
pf the neighbor!.
I have in mind a woman who bor
rows her neighbor' electric iron
each week. She never has the de
cency to send the iron to the repair
shop when it needs a thorough
overhauling. Instead, she sends it
back with a "Really, I do not know
what is the matter with your iron
it doesn't seem to work right at
all today." .
I believe one reason two families
find it difficult to livcj in the same
home, is because they disregard the
rights of ownership. It seems to be
part and parcel of human nature to
take advantage of kindness if one
allows it.
In one suburb I know four fam
ilies who live in an apartment
house. They have lived in this
same house for several years. Long
ago they decided that they ought
to have certain labor-saving de
vices. And since they are-not rich,
they decided to purchase these ar
ticles on the co-operative basis.
And so they drew up a regular con
tract, a copy of which each re
ceived. They had to purchase - on
the installment plan. One family
paid the installment the first week,
another the next, and so on, while
all used the labor-savers in turn
and only bad to meet the payment
once each month instead of once
each week.
But, of course, repairs when they
were needed were made and the ex
pense shared by the others. It hap
pened recently that one " of the
families found it necessary to move
to another city. And so the depre
ciation was agreed upon and the
others bought out the fourth's share
for a small sum each.
By this system the housewives
were able' to have the use of a
vacuum cleaner, a bread mixer, an
electric iron, a washing machine
and mangle, a sewing machine and
a phonograph. Not one of the fam
ilies could have possessed these
things individually.. Yet, by eo-qp-cration,
each enjoyed the last word
in modern housekeepinjf devices.
Many women have said to me: It
is all very well to recommend these
labor-savers, but the average family
that must pay rent and buy food
and clothing absolutely cannot pur
chase any one labor-saver, not to
Trtention half a dozen. Yet, it is
these not-well-to-do women who are
the very ones who need these helps,
for they must do all the housework
without the luxury of the once-a-week
cleaner of the more pros
perous. And co-operation seems to
be the only solution.
But, perhaps, you do not like the
woman upstairs or next door. There
are very few people in the business
world who particularly like their
neighbors or associates. Yet, they
do business and get along.
So also should housewives who
desire co-operative housekeeping
ut aside personal likes and dis-
ikes and view the thine unemo
tionally from a business standpoint
Co-operative housekeeping is com
ing. And the woman of today
should realize its benefits and start
the ball rolling in the right direct-on.
Receips
Pork in Diet
As the weather grows cooler pork
may be added to the list of meats.
Until frost comes, however, pork
roasts should be avoided. Pork is
somewhat lipe uysters. in that it
should not be used during the
months spelled without an "r." '
Quince Honey.
. Four, large quinces, 3 pounds
sugar, 4 cups water.
Pare and grate fruit. Put fruit,
water and sugar in preserving kettle
End boil 30 minutes. Put into steril
:ed cans and seal while hot
Fried Corn.
Six ears sweet corn, 2 slices bacon,
I tablespoons milk, pepper.
Cut corn from cob. Cut bacon in
small pieces and cook in frying pan
over a slow fire to try out the fat.
Add corn and milk. Cover and cook
slowly for 10 or 15 minutes till corn
Is tender. Season with pepper and
brown quickly. Fold and serve at
once.
Malted Milk Tea.
One pint tea, 6 tablespoons pre
served cherries, 1 pint ginger ale,
Yi cup rnalted milk. Put a table
spoon of cherries into a glass. Mix
the tea and gingor ale with the malt
ed milk and fill the glass. This
makes six glasses.
Cherry Malted Milk.
Two tablespoons malted1 milk,
heaping spoon whipped cream! flav
ored and sweetened; 1-3 glass water,
2 tahlesnortns eherrv Preserves. 1-3
glass milk. Whip the cream, add
ing a little sugar and vanilla. It
should be very stiff. Mix the malted
milk, milk and water. Mix the cher
ries in a tall glass, add the milk mix
ture and put the cream on top.
Fruit Juice Malted Milk I.
One-quarter glass grapeiuice,
glass tea, H juice from stewed rais
ins, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 2 table
spoons malted milk. Mix all ingredi
ent and serve.
Fruit Juice, Malted Milk II.
Half glass apple juice, Y glass
sraoe iuice. 1 tablespoon taalted
milk, 1 large spoon raspberry ice.
cracked ice.
-Mix the grape juice, apple juice
and malted milk. Pour into a glass,
add some bits and cracked ice and
the raspberry ice.
; Rice Patties.
Mix thoroughly with a cup of
eold boiled rice two level table-
spoonfuls of fjour. Add a cup of
boiling milk and cook until it thick
ens, stirring constantly. Then add
a teaspoonful of butter, a pinch of
salt, a little nutmeg and two eggs,
first the yolks and then the well
beaten whites. Cook all together a
few minutes, then drop into greased
gem pans and bake in a moderate
oven until brown.
Stuffed Beef Heart
', Wash heart, remove the. veins and
arteries. Stuffwith dressing made
with rice, sew or tie. Roll in flour,
sprinkle with salt and brown in hot
fat. Dace in casserole, add water to
.half cover and cook slowly two
hours. Turn once or twice during
cooking. When done thicken liouiit
, nd season for gravy
How to Care for
Hard WW
Floors
Wood forms a large percentage'of
the surfaces that must be cared for
in a home.
Unfinished wood surfaces absorb
grease and dirt more readily, are
more likely to stain and are harder
to keep clean than those in which the
pores of the wood are filled with
varnish, oil, paint or other finish. Ill
general a house should contain as
few unfinished surfaces as possible.
Unfinished wood surfaces may be
scrubbed with the grain of the wood,
using small quantities of water and
mild, soap, rinsed with a cloth wrung
out of clear water and wiped dry.
Strong soaps, alkalis and too much
water darken wood and may soften
the wood. If the dirt cannot be re
moved with soap and water a scour
er, such as fine steel wool or pow
dered pumice, may be used.
Unfinished wood can be bleached
with oxalic acid solution, which is
poisonous. The wood should be
covered thinly with the solution, al
lowed to dry and then thoroughly
washed until all traces of the acid
arc removed. '
If grease is spilled on unfinished
wood, cold water should be applied
at once, if possible, in order to hard
en the grease and prevent its spread
ing, then as much grease as possible
should be scraped off with a knife
and the spot scrubbed with a wash
ing soda or lye solution.
If the spot appears dark a paste
made of fuller's earth and water
should be spread over it and allowed
to remain over niarht.
Varnished and shellacked surfaces
ordinarily should be dusted clean
with a soft brush or cloth and pol
ished with an oiled mop or soft cloth
moistened with a few drops of light
lubricating oil, lemon oil or furni
ture polish. Rub the oil or polish
in well and remove any surplus with
a soft cloth.
Waxed surfaces may ' be cleaned
with a soft, dry duster or, in the case
of floors, a soft brush or a mop free
from oil. The film of dirt and wax
which darkens the surface may be
removed with a cloth wrung out of
warm soapy water or, better, with
one moistened with turpentine or
gasoline; the latter method brightens
as well as cleans the surface, where
as water dulls and whitens wax.
Both turpentine and sasoline are
highly inflammable and should never
be used in a room where there is a
fire or alighted lamp or candle.
Where a waxed surface has been
dulled by water the luster and color
may be restored by rubbing with a
warm woolen cloth or a weighted
brush. Many spots on waxed sur
faces may be removed by rubbing
with a little turpentine and refinish
ing with a little wax; iron rust and
ink stains may be bleached out with
oxalic acid solution as from unfin
ished wood.
' The Art of Broiling '
Broiling is the ideal way to cook
bacon and ham. To do this, place
thinly sliced bacon or slices of ham,
from which the rind has been re
moved, close together in a fine wire
broiler, place broiler over a dripping-pan
and bake in a hot Oven
until crisp and a delicate brown,
turning once or as needed. Drain
on brown paper. Strain fat which
has dripped from bacon or ham into
pan and use for sauteing liver, eggs,
etc. Bacon and ham may be broiled
successfully in the broiling oven of
the gas range, if watched carefully.
The wire broiler containing Bacon
or ham is placed over the broiler
some distance from the flame and
the cooking continued the same as.
in the bake oven. This method re
quires more careful attention, as the
heat is greater and the process
shorter.
Broiled bacon is the most easily
digested, because the bacon is con
stantly drained, and the most savory,
of all forms of cooked fat. That is
why it is good for invalids and
growing boys and girls as well as
adults.
However, most of us fry or pan
broil our bacon and there is a
"knack," so to speak, in doing that.
Most women have the frying-pan
hot and that is where they make
their mistake. Fry or pan-broil the
bacon as follows:
Put bacon in cold frying-pan,
then put over not took hot a fire.
Before turning the slices pour off
the grease that has accumulated,
then turn and turn again if neces
sary, pouring off the fat. When
nicely browned be careful not !to
burnserve immediately, but ' if
you want to have it exceptionally
nice, take it up on brown, unglazed
paper and put in a hot oven to dry.
Most meats are put into a hot pan,
but remember that bacon is an ex
ception and goes into a cold pan.
For Canned Goods
Neat, easy to read labels on
canned fruits and vegetables and
Jellies are a great Convenience to the
housekeeper when she goes hurried
ly to her preserve closej to choose a
jar for use. Moreover, they provide
an excellent means for recording the
method used in preserving and any
variation from the usual recipe.
These are important points nowa
days when canning practices are be
coming more scientific and various
kinds of sweeteners are used in place
of sugar. The date also is an im
portant item. Here are examples
of well-arranged labels:
BEETS.
Pressure cooker, one hour.
Julv, 1920. x
GRAPE JELLY.
First extraction.
Sugar 'j, maltose syrup Yi
September, 1920.
Helpful Hints
It takes about 40 minutes to bake
a pumpkin pic.
Beans baked with sausage are sav
ory and excellent.
Refrigerators should be kept
clean by preventive care.
With roast pork serve apple
sauce, creamed onions and browned
sweet or white potatoes.
Waterproof varnish is used to pre
serve linoleum; it will keep water
from getting into the pores.
Rugs that curl up at the corners
can be flattened by sewing a piece
of stiff buckram at each end.
Panned chicken is unusually goorl
with corn, fritters, for wb'ck 'anjied
I'corn may be used.
Bfodsgaarils
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SEE THIS, CLOCK ON
BRODEGAARD'S -CORNER.
Brodegaanl's jorner
is noted for dependable
time and dependable jew
elry. Make your appoint
ments to meet yUur friends
downtown by this time and
meet them in Brodegaard's
store. Here you, will find
that prices are always low
est and the quality always
the best.
Only-
11
Shopping
You better get busy and see the wonderful things you can buy for Christmas Gifts in this
store and at prices way below your anticipation. Every article In our big stock is greath
underpriced. Don't wait until the day before Christmas to'buy, but come in now.
Br ode
gaard
Bros.
Necklace
Everv Peari
One-Half Priice
Your Last Chance' to Buy One
or More of These Beautiful
and Useful . i ,
$1.00
Christmas Presents
Every Article Guaranteed
Regular Gold Filled Gentleman's
watch chain; guaranteed to wear
for 10 years; soldered links,
for 4 $1.00
Gentleman's up-to-date Waldemar
watch chain: guaranteed to wear
10 years;, soldered links $1.00.
Gold-filled pocket knives with 2 ;
blades, plain or engraved Priced
at S1.00
14-carat Gold-filled cuff buttons,
beautifully engraved or plain.
Priced at 81.00
Swell selection of gentleman's
stickpins, set with ruby, sapphire,
emerald and opal. Price 81.00
Solid gold stickpins, plan for en
graving S1.00
Ladies' brooches, beautiful selec
tion H-carat gold-filled; set with
rubles, emeralds, amethysts and
sapphires 81.00
. 2 lingerie pins, 14-carat gold
filled $1.00
Solid gold collar buttons for back
or front, at only $1.00
' Sets of ladles' pins, 3 in one,
plain or engraved; guaranteed
gold-filled, while they last $1.00
Solid gold baby set rings, $1.00
Come early Monday and make V
your selections. Bemember only
11 days to Christmas.
Masonic Shrine Buttons
Go on Sale Monday at 25 Discount.
We have these in platinum, white
and green (old, with or without
diamond!.
33 Dlneonnt on All Shrine Button
These make a very handsome and
highly appreciated Christmas gift.
' Extra Special
MONDAY
ONLY
15-inch perfectly matched Pearl
Necklace, Gold Clasp, has no
equal for Quality and Price, Monday
$f49
Extra Special
MONDAY
ONLY
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l amsca . Jr eaos
To be sold at, Import Price pins Tariff, which actually makes one-half of the regnlar Retail Price. Lsr Tausca Pearls' hste no
equal; indestructible and perfectly matched. All we ask is a comparison of Quality and Prices and you will bay yonr Pearl
Necklace right here and right now we can save you money. Have one of these beautiful La Tansca Pearl Xecklaces laid away
for Christmasonly 11 sunsets to Christmas.
La
15-inch la Tausca Pearl Necklace, retail price
$14.00, our price
18-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace, retail pnice
$24.50, our price
$7.00
$12.25
$15.00
24-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace, with White
Gold Clasp and Diamond, (40 00, our, price . . .
$20.00
$37.50
30-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace with White
Gold Clasp and Diamond, 75.00, our price .
Here ypu. will also find a full line of Richelieu Pearls, La Vega,
Nataline, Delta and Blue Bird
Pearls, prices running
1ST. :...$10to$125
24-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace, retail price
$30.00, our price
ETery Necklace In our stock will be sold at one.half of regular Ee tall Price. One look will convince you. We Invite com
petition Come in while selection is the best. , ' i
' -
500 Sterling Silver White Stone Bar Pins
Guaranteed to keep their Brilliance, Go on Sale Won., Tues, arid Wed.,
AT 25 DISCOUNT
' Prices Bun From $2.00 to $25.00, Less 25 Discount
A . ft ''A JU1
Oar Very Last Sale of
CUT GLASS
Before Christmas
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
One-Half Price
Cut glass 8-lnch sweet pea vase, beautiful Mjr-i-
garite design: regular pries $4.50 82.25
Cut glasi 7-inch nappy, Pond Lily pattern; reg
ular price $3.1.0. Sale price SI. 50
Cut glass 8-Inch nappy, swell Pend Lily pat
! - tern; tegular price $4.00. Sale price.. 82.00
Cut glasa S-inch salad bowl, swell Pond Lily pat
tern: regular price $5.00. Sale price.. 82.50
Cut glasa a-lnih flower basket, beautiful Beth
lehem Star design; regular price $7.00.83.50
Cut glass 10-inch flower basket, Margarlte
sign, exceptionally swell; regular price $10.00.
Sale price 85.00
Cut glass candy jar. Queen fary design, silver
stop, exceptionally, beautiful; regular price
$5.00. Sale price ; 82.50
Cut glass syrup pitcher, Bethlehem Star design,
removable top; regular price $5.50, at. 82. 75
Cut glass 3-comparfment relish dish, beautiful
Margarita pattern; regular price $5.00.82.50
Cut glass oreamer and sugar, beautiful Pond
. Lily pattern, oval shape; regular price $4.00.
Sale price ..- 82.00
Cut glass relieh dish, 2 compartments, with
handle, swell Cosmos design; regular price
$3.60. Sale price $).50
Cut glass mayonnaise bowl with saucer, "swell
Margarite design; regular price $6.00.83.00
Cut glass 8-inch fern dish, swell Pond Lily pat
tern with nickel silver liner; regular price
$5.00. Sale' price 84.00
Any one of these beautiful Cut Glass Articles will
Christmas present Come early while our stock
to fhfistmas.
Cut glasa S-inch berry bowl, Margarita design;
regular price $4.75. Sale price 82.38
Cut glass 8-inch rose jar, swell Margarite de
sign; regular price $8.00. Sale price. . .84.00
Cut glass 7-inch sugar bowl, oval shape, beauti
ful Margarita pattern; regular price $4.50.
Sale price 82.25
Cut glass 11-Inch orange bowl, oval shape, beau
tiful Margarite design; regular price $5.00.
Sale price 84.00
Cut glass ll-inch celery tray, beautiful Pond
Lily and Cosmos pattern; regular price $4.00.
Sale price 83.00
Cut glass 8-Inch berry bowl, Jlared edge, beau
tiful Pond Lily pattern: regular price 8.00.
Sale price 83.00
Cut glass 10-inch cylinder vase, beautiful Pond
Lily pattern; regular price $6.00, at 83.00
Cut glass octagon 12-inch vase, swell Queen
Louise pattern: regular price $9.75, at 84.85
Cut glass 12-inch square vase, beautiful Queen
Alexandria pattern; regular price $10.00.
Sale price Sft.OO
Cut glass P-inch high comport, beautiful Pond
Lily pattern: regular price $5.50, at..$?.75
Cut glass 12-inch Falad bowl, beautiful Pond
Lily pattern; regular price $8.00. at... $4.00
8- inch Berry Bowl, Pond Lily design; regular
price $5.00. Sale price ......82.50
9- inch berrv bowl, Pond Lily design; regular
price $7.00. Sale price 83.50
make Homebody a very
is still complete. Only
dear and useful
11 Shopping Days
Desk and Dresser Clocks
Goes on Sale Monday at 33 Discount
? 12.00 Out they so for
$ 8.00 Out they go for
$ 6.00 Out they go for
$ 4.00 Out they' go- for
$5.28
S4.00
S2.64
This Makes a Useful and Handsome Christmas Gift
' Last Call for the
Nut Cracker $3.79
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, ,
5qt Cracker and Bowl
. Mahogany or Walnut Finish -
Diameter of Bowl SH inches.
The construction of Oie Nut Crack
er is very substantial. There is
nothing to get out of order. Will
last a lifetime.
Easy to operate. Soiatl children can use it as well as grown
ups and without j the least danger of hurting their fin
gers. Adjusted to any size or kind of nut hy a simple turn'
of the handle. , ,
Regnlar Price $7.00 j Sale Price $3.79
do
15-inch perfectly matched Pearl
. Necklace, Gold Clasp, "has no
equal for Quality and Price, Mon
lay ' . '
25T Discount
On our swell And beautiful line
of heavy French Ivory
ToiletWares
-i. i
Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday
Our vtry large and varied selection of
high-grade extra heavy Ivory Toilet Pieces
will sgrely please, you.
. Note the unusual lew prices and liberal div
count allowed Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Make your selection early. We will
hold It for you until Xmas.
$100.00 Complete Set, 25 Off Monday,
' Tuesday and Wednesday
$75.00
SfiO.00 Complete Set, 25 Off. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
$60.00
$75.00 Complete Set, 25 Off, Mondny.
Tuesday and Wednesday
' $56.25
$65.00 Complete1 Set, 25 Off, Mond.-y,
Tuesday and Wednesday
,i $48.75
, $45 00 Complete Set," 15 Off, Monday,
. Tuesday and Wednesday
$33.75
mplete Set, 25 Off
jesday and Wednesd
$22.50
mplete Set, 25 Off
Jesday and Wednesd
$ 1 5.00
$30.00 Complete Set, 25 Off, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
' $20.00 Complete Set, 25 Off, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
The Last Sale
of These Very Useful $1
Christmas Gifts
Onr $1.00 flower Basket now only one to each
eastomer. Also ft Bnttercop design Water Tum
blers, "only one set to eah eastomer.
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Cut glasi individual salt a, aet of 6. at 81.00
cut Rlaaa tandleailcka, at..... 81.00
Cut glasa knife reat, at....?...-, 81.00
Cut fclaaa creamer and uar. at SKI. 00
Cut g-laaa flower basket, at 81.00
cut glass marmalade Jar, at. 81.00
cu glasa combination creamer and sugar. .81.00
cut glass pepper and salt, silver top $1.00
Cut glass vinegar cruet at 81.00
v-ui glass o-inca Beautiful parpy. with hand!
pai price ....i
Cut glass spoon traV boat shaped
. Jur aisn. wttt cover..
Sheffield tea strainer, at
Sheffield napkin ring, at.
giaia canay jar, at
Cut glass butfer dish. Sheffield cover
wui sifM inusiara jar, sneffield cover and kpvi
Sala price , SI. 10
Cut glass grape fruit holdsr 11.00
Cut glass 8-Inch berry bow), at 1.00
Cut glass square pin tray with handle. .. .11.00
Cut glass mayonnaise, tray, spoon SI. 00
Cut fflass horseradish Jar with Sheffield r-oMiT
Sale trtc ..... gl.00
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coy pjirly. this no-r happen
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S1.00
Monday Only -
Oneida Community Silverware
6 Flat Handle Knives, 6 Flat Handle Fork, Pa:r
clan Pattern Anniversary sale price
$12.25
Only a limited number of these sets in stock
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