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DETROIT, MARCH 26, 1892.

 

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

 

For the Household.
TRAILING A330 1303.

 

BY MARTHA E. DIMON.

lat those who will the praises sing
O! stately rose and lily tall;
Of orchids rare, filling the air
With exquisite perfume;
0! flowers large and small.
The pleasure be mine
To jingle and cnime
In ecstatic rhyme
Of trailing arbutus so sweet,
Bhyly coming the spring to greet.

Along the wooded mountain sides
The dainty blossoms slowly creep;
Each tiny star sending star

A subtle weodsy smell,
A fragrance rich and deep.

Half hiding themselves

- Like wee timid elves.

They flatter themselves.
No ruthless hand will ever mar
The beauty of each blossoming star.

And so I think some lives are hid
In ionely country home.
They sometimes yearn to take their turn
In th’ rushing, busy whirl
That from life's centres comes;
And while it may be
That each cannot see
The kind and dr gree
Of her own pOWer.—it surely will. _
Arbutus like. the whole home fill.
New Iona Cm.

“'5‘.”-

A SAD EPISODE .

 

 

I have had an experience today which
1 how may never be repeated during
the remaining years i am permitted to
five.

When taking meals at a private
boarding house we always become more
or less interested in those with whom
we eat three times a day.

When I first came my neighbor at
my right. whom we will call Mrs.
Brown, had a brother in New York on
a visit. Soon “At Homes” were re-
ceived by his friends saying Mr. and
Mrs. H——- would be here by Feb. 1st,
and one Saturday evening toward the
last of January they arrived. Every
one was pleased with the fair bride,
she seemed so easy in her manner, was
well bred and apparently a real lady.
She had resigned a line position in a
school in one of the beautiful cities oi
eastern New York, was a member of
the Methodist church and of the
Bpworth League. She was cultured,
refined, and even fascinating. In con-
fidence, when she first came, she told
no that Mr. H——, her husband, was

one of the best husbands that everl

lived, that he was in delicate health (as
we all supposed) and on her arrival his
sister, Mrs. Brown, had told her that
her brother had always been used to a
warm room, and so the wife always
arose early in the morning and built a
fire so their room would be warm and
comfortable for him to dress in. When
I laughingly asked if she was not
afraid he might forget how, she an-
swered, “Oh no! He issounselfish and
seems uneasy in the fear I may be
taxed beyond my strength. My hus-
band is really the best and most un—
selfish man I ever knew.” I said,
"‘ The remark is beautiful and it will be
very Mantiful indeed if you can make
the same ten years from now.” And
now- while I have been thinking and
writing this she has traveled miles;
on, on, back to the dear sympathizing
mother and the home from whence she
came. And the sister explains to her
acquaintances that her brother had
found that she had been imprudent in
her past life and she had confessed to
the solemn fact.

It was learned upon further inquiry
that it all could have been very easily
kept a secret among themselves, but
the husband being so chaste and pure
(‘5’) what else could he do but let her go
home? So the handsome girl who left
her comfortable home not four weeks
ago for the beautiful city of Denver in
the far famed West, is, as fast as steam
can carry her, nearing that home;
but not the same home to her that she
left.

And I have thought and thought-
we can not help thinking—and have
wondered if when we are so pure our-
selves why we could not be willing to
forgive and lend a helping hand to the
[less fortunate who are penitent and
iwilling to try. If, after the beautiful
g example of forgiveness set by the
' Master who, when the woman was
- brought before Him, said “ Neither do
. I condemn thee; go, and sin no more,”
«the husband had echoed the sublime
{words and said to the world, “She is
, my wife, ‘ He that is without sin among
7you, let him first cast astone;’” she
i might have proved in the years to come

a faithful and loving wife and a useful
woman. Instead of obeying the com-
; mand “Let not the husband put away
, his wife,” he has sent her out to face
the unsympathizing world alone, her

 

 

'repulation blackened and her life a

blank. My heart aches for the unforé
tunate girl whose acquaintance I en-
joyed for three short weeks.

anvaa. Col. MAN DEE.

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BE NOT OVER-FASTIDIOUS.

Among the many things for which I
thank my good kind mother, is that
when a child she taught me to always
eat my piecrust; also to try to eat
whatever others ate, lessons which I
have never forgotten, and which
mothers of the present day would
do well to thoroughly teach their
children.

How often the table manners of good
people become very uncouth, through
the habits of early childhood, which,
unchecked, cling to them through lifel
We should never allow our children to
do at our own home table, anything
which would shame us should it be
done in the presence of company, or
away from home. Some time ago I
sat at a table where a lady and her
little girl were visiting. Upon the table
was a custard pie; the child ate
the custard out of the crust of her own
and her mamma’s piece unrebuked by
the mother, who dreaded a scene, and
when the hostess gave the mother an-
other piece she let the child do the
same thing again. I’m of the opinion
that a little wholesome discipline would
have been good for both mother and
child.

In another family where I sometimes
visit, the father and child always peel
their fried cakes before eating, the
mother and daughter never eat the
thick portion of the piecrust, and an-
other member of the family always
scrapes the meringue from a lemon
pie. Oh dear, I’m thankful I’m not
obliged to cook for such a family! And
then there are those dainty bodies who
“never eat” this, that, and the other
good thing, until sometimes one is
sadly puttoit to know what to cook
when they are around. ‘

I remember an experience I once had.
A lady and gentleman came unex-
pectedly just as dinner was ready one
day, and really it seemed as though I
had nothing to suit the lady’s fastidious
taste. She did not fail to inform me
that she “never ate” beans; she did
not like tomatoes, nor cucumber

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mickies, graham bread, nor mince-pie.
and it almost seemed to me that she
would be unable to make out a meal
rnpon what I had. You may be sure it
made me feel rather queer, and I then
and there resolved I would never tell
my hostess I did not like her food, but
would eat whatever was set before me.
ill believe we may learn to like almost
anything, and it is surely pleasant to
{knowlthat those for whom we spend our
dime «cooking will eat and appreciate
13116-5906. «prepared; but very different is
like ffeeling when we know that only a
lpart of the family will eat of it, and the
«others must have something different.

’I believe much of this daintiness may
lbs overcome in childhood. Then too
we may often notice in passing country
ssehoolhouses slices of bread and butter,
dried cakes, cookies and pieces of pie
'thrown away by the thoughtless chil-
dren, who should be taught by their
mothers never to waste such things,
but tocarry home all which they do not
«care ”to eat, that it may be fed to the
«chickens, cats or pigs. Some may say
’flfis carefulnesss teaches stinginess,
but I think differently. True gener-
vesity never comes through wasteful-
mess. We must all learn to save, that
we may have something to give.

FIDUS ACHAI‘US.

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A:x FEW THOUGHTS.

I laughed at Sister Gracious’ mis-
inaps, smiled at Sister Sensible’s ready
«defence of the reliability of household
means, and agreed with both.

There are many reliable recipes and
tremedies given through newspapers,
Beatrix’s fried cakes for instance. And
gust here, let me tell you what John
said about them: “My mother once
had a hired girl who made fried cakes
that I thought perfect, and these taste
just like them.” Of course after such a
«compliment as that, that recipe re-
mains a fixture in my private cook-
book.

After reading of Sister Gracious’
wpurchaslng so many boxes of baking
spowder to enable children to procure
Zhicycles, I think she loves them far too
well to see them choke with croup, but
would think of some way to induce
vomiting. While in suchacrisis one
'will give almost anything, I should at
{least try something else before giving
kerosene. Did she ever take a tea-
spoonful herself? A lady near my
home gave her three months old infant

”shall a teaspoonful for sore throat, and
fit wasonly by prompt medical assist-
rance and after days of suffering, that
the little life was saved. The child’s
throat and stomach were literally raw
throughout. Of course you will say the
another ought to have known better
tthan give so much, but perhaps with
1the inside as the outside, what may be
used harmlessly on one person would
twister on another.

5. find in croup “an ounce of preven-

tion worth a pound of cure,” and my
preventive is a cloth thickly spread
with vaseline, or fresh lard, and covered
with a thick coating of grated nutmeg,
applied to the throat and well down to
the lungs; this is a. good draft for tender
flesh in any case where a draft is
needed. When the croup comes with-
out warning I have found hens’ oil or
fresh warm lard a good emetic.

Sister Gracious’ attempt to prepare a
tempting dish recalled an experience of
my own. I read “Something nice for
the tea-table,” and stood over the hot
stove and stirred and seasoned as
directed, and when done found I had a
beautiful sauce for puddings. Nice?
why yes, if you like it; but we con-
tented ourselves with “apple sass" for
supper.

As to rocking the babies, bless you.
mothers, rock them, newspapers or no.
I never had but one to rock, and al-
though he is now a sturdy school boy of
eight, he creeps into mother’s arms
for a good-night hug, and says he is
going to “till he is big as papa.” Our
arms will be empty all too soon, let us
hold the children close while we can.

ALGASSEE. JOHN’S WIFE.

 

CLUB PLEASURES .

 

In a late HOUSEHOLD there is a fling
at “ Farmers’ Clubs” that I can’t let
pass unreproved. What possible kind
of Farmers’ Club does Elizabeth E.
have in her vicinity that she speaks so
bitterly of? And if her husband is a
member of any such society why is she
not a member also?

Please let me tell of a Farmers’ Club
that my husband and myself belong to,
that is not Only a “joy forever,” but
also something that “doeth good and
not evil all the days of its life.” A
company of about eighteen or twenty
farmers and their wives of somewhat
similar ages and abilities, decided to
call themselves a “ Farmers’ Club ” and
to meet once in three months at some
one of our homes for a day of pleasure
and profit to each and every one. And
for seven years. now, each meeting of
the clan has been looked forward to
with longing and hailed with delight;
for we are always sure of a general
good time. We try to arrive at the
place appointed about ten o‘clock, or as
soon thereafter as we'can, to enjoy all
the visit possible, then a nice dinner
that always tastes so good when shared
with so many dear friends; for by this
time we have become so well acquainted
that we feel a personal regard for every
one—more like a big family of brothers
and sisters than anything else I can
liken it to. Thena little more visit
while the tables are quickly cleared,
for “ many fingers make quick work;”
the Farm Viewing Committee have
taken their ramble and review mean-
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to order by the president. Roll call is

answered, frequently by some appro-
priate sentiment or wise aphorism that
causes a smile to go round for its ap-
propriateness or oddity. The report of
the Viewing Committee sometimes
brings to notice some new way of doine
some kind of farm work or some im-
proved article of machinery they would '
call attention to: or some fine animals
perhaps, that are commented upon and
experience given, all of which is en-
couraging to the owner and helpful to
the rest of us. Then a piece of bright
music if there is an instrument con-
venient; an essay on some of the many
subjects that are always interesting
and helpful; a song or two; some apt
recitations or a debate on some ques-
tion in which the farmer and his family
are directly interested, and in which
all take a lively part, the ladies, mind
you, just as freely as the gentlemen».
Thus manya new idea is gained and-
many old rusty ones forever laid aside.
The afternoon is all too short at best,
and good bye time has come before we
know it, but as we go homeward we are
sure to say, “ I believe this has been
the best meeting we have had yet.”

Now if Elizabeth E. belonged to such
a Club as ours, she would, I am sure,
think quite differently of such organi-
zations, and besides she would not have
any such trouble with that back yard,
etc., that she speaks of so hopelessly.
Before it came time for the Club to
come to her house that back yard would
be gravelled or neatly sodded, the steps
fixed up and painted, the yard carefully
raked and trees and shrubs trimmed;
the house painted if it needed it, or
perhaps an addition built on that you
have long wanted. That raspberry
patch would be put in the best of order.
and other nice things planted, maybe.
Why? do you ask. “Oh, we want to have
things as good as our neighbors; you
know,” will be the answer even if it is
not spoken in so many words. And in
the house it is the best time in the
world to do a little fixing up; a new car-
pet or some curtains, or fresh paper on
the walls if they need it, and a little
freshening up all over adds wonderfully
to our enjoyment of the occasion and
our pleasant memory of it afterwards.

No, Elizabeth E, don’t say a word
against Farmers’ Clubs. There is
evidently something the matter with
yours. or the one you speak of. and it
clearly needs a thorough overhauling
and rebuilding, and if you see to it
right away, that it is rightly done, you
will sing praises instead of complaints
every time you think of it. E. w.

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JOHN says: “The mince-pie recipe
in HOUSEHOLD of Feb. 6th ought to
have a little correction. It should read
five tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, and all
the spices are tablespoonfuls instead of
ounces.” This correction should have
appeared before, but was overlooked.

 

The Editor pleads guilty.

    

 

 

 


 

 

 

The Household.

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INQUIRIES ANSWERED.

 

J. l. C. wants to know what to get
"for a white dress for a girl of eleven and
:.asks if white ladies’ cloth is suitable.
Hardly. We should buy wash goods
for girls of that age, mull, nainsook,
percale, or something of the sort. If
something nicer is wanted, get alba-
tross, Henrietta or China silk. But
the dainty cream challies, with flower
patterns in any desired hue, are more
stylish and apprOpriate for young girls,
and keep clean longer than an all white
wool dress. A 65 cent challi will wash
nicely, and do almost as much service
after that process as before.

M. R. H., of Plymouth, wants the
.EditOr’s “real ideas" of Helen Hunt
Jackson’s “Ramona.” It is a very
pretty story, and probably portrays
with tolerable accuracy the conditions
of life at the period and place of which it
treats, as its authoress spent much time
in California gathering her materials.
It was written in the hope that it might
do for the Spanish-Mexican Indians
what Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “ Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” did for the slaves of the
South, but signally failed in its purpose,
greatly to its author’s disappointment,
for she held the Indian’s cause very
near her heart. She sent copies to the
President, members of the Cabinet.
eta, heping that by perusal of the
book their sympathies might be aroused
and action taken to secure tardy justice
for the owners of South Californian
territory; but though she received
plenty of compliments Indian affairs
remained as before. “Ramona” is
unquestionably H. H.’s best work.

”Please tell us how David Grieve
appears to you, and do you really think
Mrs. Humphrey Ward ranks next in
classic style to George Eliot?” asks
Mizpah. David must wait time and
Opportunity in our columns, but to
Beatrix’s apprehension, Mrs. Ward is

”not to be named in the same day ”
with the unapproachable style and
philosophy of Mary Ann Evans.

“Olive Blossom” comes up from
Ohio to ask advice. She says: I cherish
great regard for a young gentleman
who loves me in return and who is of a
very noble character, with plenty of
good sense. But he is poor, and stands
a very poor chance of getting along.
My parents are well-to-do and pros-
perous and wish me to do better. Will
somebody ‘who knows please answer? ”

Nobody knows better than your parents,
my dear girl, and no one can possibly
have your welfare and happiness more
at heart than those parents. Don’t
you think it would be safe to listen to
what their love for you advises, rather
than ask counsel of entire strangers,
who do not know the circumstances and
conditions? To marry a poor man is
not a great misfortune, because with
energy, ambition and labor he may
succeed; but I should consider it very
unfortunate for a girl to marry a man

who is poor and stands a poor chance of
getting along in the bargain. If a man
doesn’t “get on,” at least to the pros-
pect of a comfortable living, it is
largely because there’s something out
of joint in his make-up. He either
lacks industry, economy, or business
foresight. Poverty alone should not
be the cause of a girl’s refusal to marry
the man’she loves if she is sure she
loves him enough to endure privation
for his sake, and is as sure of his love
as of her own. But with a prospect
that he will never be any better off
than at the moment, there is need of
very serious reflection. Deny it as we
may, “the creature'comforts ” are not
to be despised. To ayoung and roman-
tic girl, especially one who has known
few wants ungratified, the prospect of
poverty is not alarming: it is an un-
known, untried name to her. But when
it comes to doing without what she has
all her life regarded as necessities, but
which are luxuries in her new sphere;
to doing her own work in a shabby
home and in old clothes, there’s only
about one girl in twenty who does not
at times think regretfully of the plenty
and comfort of her father’s house; and
if she dwells on the thought, and com-
plains to her husband, peace and hap-
piness soon seek another dwelling. Don’t
bein a hurry, Blossom. Wait and see
if your regard for this young man will
stand the test of time. Perhaps the
hope of marrying the daughter of a
prosperous man has something to do
with his attentions. At all events, let
time test his love and your own; and
lend an ear to your parents’ objections
before you give your promise, a pledge
which is to be binding while life lasts.

In regard to the inquiry, “Is it
proper for a gentleman to ‘see oyou
home’ when you are keeping company
with another,” it is “proper” for a
young lady to accept such cattention
from any reputable young man of her
acquaintance unless she is engagedito
another. She may accept the courtesy
then in absence of her fiance with per-
fect propriety.

Mrs. J. S., of Addison, wishes to know
how mirrors are made, saying she has
a large one that is damaged and if she
knew what to put upon thef back ‘she
might fix it. Mirrors are made by
coating one side of a sheet of glass with
an amalgam of mercury and tin foil,
and the process is delicate, difficult and
expensive, requiring proper appliances
and skilled workmanship. Our cor-
respondent cannot possibly improve the
condition of her glass, except by send-
ing it to the factory for renewal, which
would cost as much or more than a new
glass, counting cost of transportation,
with also danger of breakage. Indeed
furniture firms in this city refuse to
accept such work unless the glass is
beveled French plate, in which the
value of the glass alone makes it worth
the cost.

Mrs. E. R. R., of Dundee, wishes

 

 

suggestions relative. to books to be
taken along to help pass away time on
along journey—across the continent in
fact. She speaks of books to be read
aloud, and mentions that of the party
of four two are juveniles whose needs
must be remembered. She would like
to know how A. L. L. passes the time
en voyage. We would suggest to E R.
R. that reading aloud on a railroad
train is a severe strain on both eyes
and voice, and should be indulged in
in great moderation. At stops, and at
long intervals, one might read a little,
but the sight of all senses is the most
precious, and ought to be most care-
fully guarded. Games for the young
people are much less trying and gen-
erally equally interesting to them,
while the adults may seek diversion in
such books as “Idle Thoughts of an
Idle Fellow;" “Bow of Orange Rib-
bon;” Howells’ “Imperative Ddty;”
“The Wooing O‘t” and other books
which are interesting but not too ab-
sorbing. Select good print; and, to my
idea, of a book is worth buying at all it
is worth buying in such form that its
preservation in the family library is
possible, therefore buy bound volumes.

E. W., of Paw Paw, may find some-
thing about the Chinese lily which
will interest her in the HOUSEHOLD of
March 28th, 1891.

Vera desires a remedy for the falling
of the hair, a trouble which is generally
due to lack of nourishment for the
glands which supply food for the
growth and sustenance of the hair. Dr.
Leonard, who wrote a book on the care
and treatment of the hair, recommends
the following: Tincture cantharides.
two drachms; tr nux vomica, half an
ounce; tr capsicum, one drachm; castor
oil, one and a half ounces: cologne, two
ounces. Apply with a bit of sponge
night and morning, after brushing the
hair.

BEATRIX.

THE BOYS WE WANT.

 

I think the boys we want differ but
little from the girls we want. We want
good sensible, truthful boys; boys pos—
sessed of good common sense. I like to
see a boy with clear, honest eyes; they
are the eyes of friendship. One can
see down deep into the heart that looks
out through them. We want boys who
think only healthy thoughts and will
have no room in their minds for any
other. To think healthy thoughts is
neither difficult or impossible; it is
simply to refuse entrance to the other
sort—refusing place to envy, repining,
sensuality and cruelty. We want boys
who are boys all over and all through,
and make themselves felt by their as-
sociates. Feeling, spirit and energy
have quite as much to do with greatness
as intellect, and these things in a boy
make him a favorite among his play
and work fellows. The hearty, brave,
pushing boy, full of fun, frolic, energy ,
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and these qualities are those which
enter largely into true greatness. We
want brave, high- minded boys, who can
well fill their places in their homes,
schools and work-fields.

The qualities and character of a boy
will stick to him like the shape of his
fwe and the color of his hair. Honesty
in manhood comes from seed of early
planting.

Boys as well as girls should learn to
work at the work at home; should learn
to sweep, dust, clean, cook, set tables
and clear them off, and wash dishes.
There is knowledge of woman’s work,
which all men ought to have—an im-
portant part of man’s education too
often utterly neglected.

What are handless boys and men
good for in a house except to make
disorder, discomfort, trouble and ex-
pense? Boys in learning the work of
home affairs are far better fitted to be
good husbands and fathers and family
men than they could be to be brought
up without it. The boy of today has
too much of “ want the whole adminis-
tration” air about him; he goes along
the street pulling a concentrated
essence of vile odors into the faces of
those he chances to meet, wears shiny
shoes, and the most phenomenal
chrysanthemum bang you ever saw.
His hair elsewhere is short, and he
wears the slightest little silk skull cap
that fits him like a bald head, but over
his brow this wild and storm~tossed
bang boils up in the most wonderful
profusion and sways to and fro like a
bunch of straw-colored asparagus gone
to seed. I think after looking him
over Nye would decide not to put the
welfare of our republic in his hands.

I think I hear Beatrix saying, “Oh
stop, you have said enough! ” so I com-

1 ith h s estiou.
py w er ugg LIMA.

AN IMPROVISED BATE.

I read that men may and do write for
the HOUSEHOLD, and having a prac-
tical matter to present I am emboldened
to offer it to many of your readers who
will find its use a convenience and a
great comfort. The writer is disabled,
so that he cannot get up stairs to the
bathroom, and having been for many
years accustomed to the use of warm
baths in a bath tub, the deprivation has
been severely felt. After much study
I have improvised what may be called
a sweat-bath, which I think is superior
to any water bath, and which may be
described on this wise:

In a warm room put an oil stove or
cooking lamp on the floor with an iron
or tin washdish of water on it; over
this place a kitchen chair, and put a
pail of hot water in front of the chair
for the feet. Let the bather undress,
sit in the chair, and let a heavy blanket
or quilt be placed around him, drawing
it close around the neck. The covering
should drop to the floor outside of chair
and pail, pinned firmly at back except.

 

a small opening at 'the floor for venti-
lation. Let the heat on slowly at first,
so that the pores may open gently, and
increase heat as is comfortable to the
bather. Take a good sweat. I sit
about half an hour. The moist heat
loosens the effete matter, so that with
a coarse towel and a little soap, and a
good rubbing with dry cloths, the
flesh gets a youthful color and glow,
and the bather a feeling of cleanliness
and exhilaration. I take such a bath
in the evening, go to bed, and enjoy an
earthly heaven of bodily comfort, rest

and sleep.
Such a bath can be improvised in

any home and costs nothing. It is
especially useful where there is no
bathtub in the house, and for infirm and
old people who can not well get into.
the ordinary bathrub. I have found it
modifies rheumatism and stiffness. The
effect is felt longer than that of the
water bath. Before using it i could
not (with such exercise as I could take
on crutches) get up a perspiration; now
I perspire freely in my daily walks.
Probably the opening of the pores
and the thorough cleansing of the skin
cause the beneficial effects.

Damon. J 8.

THE “DAY OF SMALL THINGS.”
I’ve made up my mind that no house
will be convenient for a woman unless
she has some genius about it herself.
It’s the small things that count. The
way to have things convenient is to
manage to keep them as near where
they are to be used as possible, and a
box or basket can be prettily covered
for use in a place where the article
needed might be unsightly. Many
people have nice parlors but very un-
handy kitchens, and the belongings of
a kitchen are just as proper in their
place as the plush chairs and hand

' painted decorations in the parlor.

During quite a part of the year the
preparation of the first meal and the
dishwashing from the last comes by
lamp light, but a lamp shelf, convenient
to the stove and sink, is a rarity.
There is usually a cleat with a few
nails in it above the work-table and
three or four utensils are hung on each
nail. It nearly always happens that
the one under all the rest is the one
wanted, so there should be as many
nails or hooks as one has skimmer, big
spoon, egg-beater, potato-masher, etc.

I saw a woman using a tea kettle on
which the knob had been melted from
the cover, leaving a small hole. Every
time she wanted to lift the cover she
went across the room to get a fork
from the pantry, when a bit of bent
wire inserted therein would have
solved the problem conveniently.
There were numerous tin spice cans in
the wood house, but instead of utilizing
them this same housewife kept all
small supplies, even to soda, ginger,
etc, in paper packages tied up with a
string, and so had to untle the knot

 

every time she wanted to use the spices...
Good holders are another thing that.
many women are careless about, and
they will make the cooking holders as -
thick as those for ironing. A large.
square of bedticking or denim, stitched.
double, that can be folded i f more
thickness is required, is better than a
quilted holder for use around the stove '
and more easily washed.

A flat coil of wire is a convenience if
one has not a double boiler, as with that
between, one dish can be placed in an-
other with safety, instead of putting a
bowl of gravy in the top of the tear
kettle as some folks do.

Another very common thing is to see
a tin pie plate used over a small kettle.
or frying-pan for a cover, and many a
burned wrist is the result of tipping
that up to “ try the potatoes.” Such a
plate with a screw put through the
center from the inside into a spool for a
knob on the outside makes a good cover, ,
lasting as long as one that costs more.

There are so many things that ’a
woman can fix for herself, if she has the
tact, that no man would bother with,
for if asked to drive a nail or fix some.
convenience, from the altitude of their
self-supposed superior wisdom they are
sure to say: “ Oh, that isn’t the way to -
fix it,” or “A woman never knows what:
she wants,” so, if done at all, ,it is not.
as you wanted it; or more likely you are-
put off from day to day because they
haven’t the time, and they never think
it of sufiicient account to remember.
In the matter of driving nails one must '
“be sure you’re right then go ahead,”
or the result of their injudicious us e

may be ruinous to wall or woodwork. A
well stocked nail box and a good ham—
mer were as much my especial ‘pro- ‘
party, all my life, as my workbasket,
and[ can use them to good advantage,
as I think every woman should be able
to do. EL SEE.
Romeo. W

Contributed Recipes.

COOKIES.—-TW) cups of sugar; two cups of
sour cream; two eggs; one cup of butter; one
nutmeg; one teaspoonful soda dissolved in
a little hot water. Mix as soft as can be
handled, and bake, not too hard. in a quick
oven. ITTY CLYDE.

Dana CREEK.

Eocnass LAYER CAKs.——-One cup of sugar;
three tablespoonfuls of melted butter- one
cup of sweet milk; two cups of sifted flour;
teaspoonful of baking powder sifted in
flour. Any flavor preferred. For variety
bake two layers; into the third stir halfa
cup of chopped raisins, and spices to suit
the taste. Bake and put between the other
two. For filling use jelly or whipped cream.

Oaxwoon. IND. M. D. r.

Sorr Momssns Oooxrns.-—-One cup of
sugar; one cup of molasses: one cup of but.
termilk; one cup of shortening; two eggs;
two teaspoonfuls of soda; one teaspooufnl

Mix soft; roll thick. Sprinkle

of ginger.
We use a coffee cup for“

with white sugar. _ .
measuring and if kept m a yet. the last one
is the best. Can be made without eggs.

GRAHAM CBAOKEBS.—-One cup of sugar;
one- half cup of butter; five tablespoonfnls
of sweet milk; one-half teaspoonful of
soda. Mix thick with graham flour. Bolt-
thin. Out in squares. Joan.

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