Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 November 1914 — Page 22

HEN the holes in a stocking arc good sized, don't darn them. Patch them as you would anything else, only don't turn the aw edge under, as that makes a ridge that is uncomfortable. Just whip it down neatly. This not only saves time and work, but does away with the drudgery of darning, and is really more comfortable to wear.

EFORE placing curtain rod in heading wrap a piece of paper or cloth of any kind over end of rod and you will find that it will not only save time and patience, but will prevent rod from tearing the ^urtains.

HERE IB only one secret about getting broth or soup clear without letting it Iget cold first and settle. No matter what ingredients you put into your soup for bouillon it will get muddy, but just' put in a small onion or a piece of a

large one and your broth will clear 1 ike magic.

HE most convenient thing about the kitchen is "a holder on a string." Make holder of some thick washable material. To one corner, fasten a white tape, about one yard long. Tie or pin the other I end of tape to your apron belt, and it is always there ready to use. This will save many steps.

OR a pantry window get a box the size of the lower sash and a foot deep put two shelves in it and nail to the outside of ihe window. Now by raising the window you have a cool place this fall weather to put your butter, eggs and milk.

EA leaves have many uses and should not be carelessly thrown away. Drain them and they are useful to strew over a carpet or floor to keep the dust from rising while sweeping a room. They

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are good to clean glass water bottles it is also good to leave fish knives and forks in the wet leaves to remove the disagreeable odor.

jjrtSj] RETTY and inexpensive comIM forts can be made of the cloth faMU bags sugar comes in. These can be purchased at almost any grocer's for 2 cents each, are one yard square, and superior to cheesecloth. It takes twelve for a quilt, six feet on each side. By feather-stitching the seams, putting two rolls of cotton between, and tying with colors, they make pretty and easily laundered quilts.

ONDAY wash all the soiled clothes, Lots to be done as you may suppose, Tuesday iron and put away, That takes a body the livelong day. Wednesday darn, fix and mend, Plenty of sewing, you may depend, Thursday, if shining, we visiting go, Then we are dressed in our best, you know. Friday, when we go out to shop, Once you get started, 'tis hard to stop. Saturday polish, scrub, and bake, Tired out—hardly can keep awake. Sunday, 0, that day of all is best Glad it is here now we can rest.

RETTY aprons for home wear can be made of the best large flour sacks. Occasionally there is one that is of good quality and when washed and boiled a few times looks like the best grade of cheesecloth. Make the apron 24 inches long, 26 inches wide at the bottom (rounding the corners), and 22 inches wide at the top. There is plenty of material for a ruffle an inch and a half wide where hem is put in and the remainder used

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trimming use some pretty white calico cut on the bias an inch wide. There are always tome "leftovers" from other things that will do. For the band use the same trimming.

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BY EDNA EQAN.

OT everybody has room enough for houseplants in the winter, but everybody can have green things growing and even blooming if there is only space to set a bottle on the window sill or suspend a bowl from the curtain rod.

Branches of English ivy will root and remain green all winter if put into water now. Put a bit of charcoal into the water and remember to replenish the water.

An ordinary fish globe filled with trailing sprays of ivy makes a beautiful decoration for the dining table at Christmas.

Stalks of the many varieties of coleus will grow all winter long in water if kept in a sunny window.

Bring in now so that they may root and so be ready to endure the furnace heat later on.

Under similar conditions blooming sprays of nasturtium will continue blooming and growing for weeks after the ground is covered with snow.

The trailer, known as Wandering Jew will grow long, graceful festoons in a glass of water suspended from the curtain rod in a bag crocheted to fit your glass.

Do not overwater your potted plants. Water thoroughly once a week, setting the pots into the bathtub and using the bath spray. Most plants will need only one other watering during the week.

Keep plants free from dust and look out for the pestiferous plant lice. A rapid spraying with water as warm as your hand will bear will destroy plant lice and not harm plants.

A few bulbs of the paper white narcissus, 30 cents a dozen, will give clusters of fragrant white blossoms six weeks after planting. Take any convenient dish, fill to a depth of at least three inches with pebbles, shells, marbles, broken pottery or sand, set your bulbs o.\ this foundation, heap on more pebbles to hold the bulbs steady and then fill in water until it touches the bottom of the bulb. Set in a dark, cool place until you can see the white rootlets have grown several inches long.

N using linen doilies on the highly polished table cut asbestos pieces to place beneath the mats, especially if

there is any danger of the hot dishes marking the table top.

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BY LUCILLE DAUDET.

Have the silver bright, and arrange the knives, soup spoon and oyster fork to the right of the plate, and the forks and smaller spoons at the left

If a butter Bpreader is used, place it on the bread and butter plate Just above the forks, and set the water glass in the same relative position to the knives.

There should always be a service plate before each person. The napkin is laid at the left of the plate, or on the service plate.

If tea or coffee is to be served on the table, the service for it should be put in front of the hostess, while the carving knife and fork should be placed at the right of the host, if he is to

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At least twenty inches of space should be allowed for each person, and thirty inches gives more comfort.

If, at the informal dinner, soup is served, the hostess serves it, and the waitress passes it, removing the service plate, at the right of the person as she sets down the soup plate.

The host serves the roast. The vegetables are passed by the waitress, each guest serving himself, the dish being passed to the left.

Either the host or hostess may make the salad on the table. The use of the tray is not intended for the single large dish.

After each course, every dish will be removed, one at a time, the platter last.

It is a matter of choice whether the coffee shall be served in the dining room or the drawing room. In the former instance it will be served before the finger bowls.

AM furnishing two designs this week for the needle-workers who prefer making bund-made gifts for their friends. There Is nothing, really, more suit&bie for making these two articles than dark green linen or denim. Denim, If anything, is best suited to the purpose.

Use white mercerized floBs for embroidering the designs. If you admire the tan cloth, then use white floss or a pretty shade of wood brown, or even black for the embroidery note. Nothing appears so tawdry as high colors or these little articles made in fancy materials with highly colored embellishments.

The making of these patterns is quite simple. The satin stitch Is used throughout, although the long ribbon trails are frequently made In a manner which Is astonishingly rapid and most artistic. Thread a largeeyed needle with eight or nine strandB of floes, work a series of French knots, otie knot to the Stitch, and you will quickly produce e. mossy effect which is a pretty departure from flat ribbon effects. Of course floral effects should be outlined simply and artistically in the flat satin stitch. Sincereh

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ANY good cooks seem to have no idea of system in the Arrangement of the table or the service of the meal which is

so excellently prepared. There are certain set rules relative to laying a table which should always be observed.

The table itself should be covered with felt or asbestos to protect it from hot dishes, and the cloth should be laid evenly with the creases meeting at the exact center.

There should be a centerpiece of linen laid on the cloth, which, if embroidered, is daintier all in white than in colors. On this place a low bowl of flowers or a growing plant.

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that a good living can usually be made from them. But they must be as good as well as small. A bad beginning will lead nowhere.

Lately there was an account In a newspaper of a woman who had succeeded in making an excellent living out of chili sauce. Chill sauce was a thing she knew hot? to make superlatively well. She had a recipe brought by her mother from England that was particuly flavorous. When sfce was forced suddenly to earn her living she bethought herself of this sauce and decided to try her chances with it

She began with a hundred jars, which she took herself to several grocers and sold them. People who ate came back for more. Her business grew. Then she was obliged to struggle with other makers, Who objected to the amateurishness (and the success) of her methods and labels. She evolved a printed label that met all requirements and continued to make her sauce. She makes every Jar of it herself, in large quantities, out of materials she knows to be in perfect condition. She makes it precisely as her mother did for the family. Gradually the demand is being enlarged, and year by year the enterprising woman does better. She has been working three years now and supplies 240 stores in her home city. As soon as the demand warrants her in making her sauce in wholesale quantities her fortune is assured.

Another woman founded a wonderful business on a bowl of Invalid broth. She is now at the head of the largest invalid supply business in the world.

Don't despise your little talents. Make them work for you. However slow your start, if you have a good thing and put honest work into it and it is something really needed by people, you will reach a big end some day.

0 prevent piano being injured by steam heat remove the board above the pedals and place within it a jar of water. This will prevent the piano from becoming too dry. Remove this as soon as the heat is turned off in the spring to prevent rusting of wires.

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that small beginnings are not to be despised—that fortunes are often made from them and

0 breathe deeply Is to stimulate the heart and the circulation. It means a full, high cheat and broad shoulders. Its mean practical immunity from the dangers Incurred by exposure. It means a good carriage and a well-poised head. And, best of all, It means perfect physical health.

TO TRANSFER THIS DK8IGX Put some soap In a pint of hot water, stir and remove soap. Saturate Design with mixture, then remove excess moisture by partially drying Design. Place material on a hard flat surface and lay the Design, facft down, upon the material. Cover with two folds of newspaper, and with a tablespoon rub, pressing hard, until tll« Design Is entirely transferred, •••w

you are becoming narrow* chested or If you lack a full enough bust development for a graceful figure try what this

breathing exercise will do for you: Rise on your tiptoes just as you draw in a deep breath. After slowly inhaling hold the breath while you count 15, forcibly throwing the breath against the muscles of the throat and neck. Exhale forcibly through the mouth, at the same time that you lower yourself on your heels. Repeat this exercise as often as you can without tiring, both morning and evening. Do it before putting on your corset and you will be surprised to find how quickly the hollows of your chest fill out and your neck becomes full and rounded. All breathing exercises are more, worth while if taken in the open air, both winter and summer. Stand before an open window.

OUNTRY girls know the value of the bath of buttermilk to take off tan and those freckles that are not too deeply burned in, as, for example, after a summer's outing, when hats and veils have been left at home generally. Sour buttermilk is not pleasant, either as to odor or taste, but it certainly improves the complexion wonderfully if used constantly. A basin is filled, the hands used and the face washed as in water then it is allowed to dry in and the skin soon shows the effect pale freckles will disappear almost entirely so will tan unless burned too deep, while old freckles are paled, and by a liberal use of good cold cream and a merciful powder with a chiffon veil, are barely perceptible. Lemon, cut In

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ERVOU&NESS can be cured by forming the habit of breathingdeep and long and one medloal authority prescribed It In hiff schedule for nervous women. A1I singers are invariably high-chested and free from colds or chronio coughing: spells. It is because they have learned to breathe from the waist instead of the top of the lungs, as the majority of people do.

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v, BY MRS. KINGSLEY 3 HE trees are now flaunting their5 brilliant colors and with the advent of cold weather the hostess becomes energetic and begins to plan entertainments for her friends. The autumn foliage and berries are the most attractive of decorations, and cost but a trip to the woods 'r- -t to gather them. This may be made an excuse for taking the children to the^ woods to spend an afternoon or morn-' ing, while this delightful weather lasts. L^ They will enjoy gathering the decorations, which may be preserved to fill the vases during the winter. 0$

The rich colors of the oak leaves and the Virginia creeper make them par-f ticularly valuable for decorative pur-1 poses, so gather a goodly supply of' these varieties. Twine the vine over. the windows and doorways and festoon it about the tables. The branches of oak foliage place in large vases and jardinieres.

If candles are used, decorate the shades with wintergreen or partridge berry vines with their waxy foliage and scarlet berries. If these are not procurable, use any other small vine, suspending small acorns from the vin* like tiny balls.