Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 March 1915 — Page 18

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AKE a piece of cheese cloth and make a small bag and put it on the water faucet, tie it on with a string. Take it off every other day and wash it. You will be surprised at all the dirt and insects you will find.

OW to look neat while doing housework is a problem every woman tries to solve for herself. Here is one way to do it: Arrange your hair carefully the first thing in the morning and put on a white waist and short dark skirt. Then put on a large gingham apron, with seleves, that can be slipped off in case the bell rings.

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keep heavy quiltb clean and always fresh looking make a cheesecloth slip (allowing for shrinkage), slip quilt into

this, then tuft with heav wool, making tufts twelve inches apart. Make a "tufti/io- button" one and Ohe-halt inches wide of several thicknesses of this, tie into a bow, then into firm cheesecloth, pull the wool through knot. The tufting button will*prevent the case wearing out. Sew the end of slip over and over with the wool. This not only makes a dainty covering to lay at the foot of the bed but easily can be removed and laundered, thereby prolonging the wear of the quilt.

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TO TRANSFER THIS DESIGN. Put some soap in a pint of hot water. stir and remove soap. Saturate Design with mixture, then remove ex--cess moisture by partially drying Design. Place material on a hard flat surface and lay the Design, face down, upon the material. Cover with two folds of newspaper, and with a tablespoon rub, pressing hard, until the

Design fs entirely transferred. PATENT PENDING. World Color Ptg. Co.. St. Louis. Mo.

mixing enough slaked lime in water to give it a milky appearance. A second and very simple way is to use soap and water with a little washing soda, or ammonia, rinsing thoroughly afterward.

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WHITE linen strip with pockets sewed on in manner similar to ordinary shoe bags should be tied to the top of an

invalid's bed with tape. It holds pencil, paper, watch, handkerchief, mirror or any little necessity—even a book or fan. One of these pockets, holding paper, envelopes, stamps, pencil etc., is a grateful gift for a hospital patient. It should be made of white linen or duck or pique.

LABASTER ornaments can be beautifully cleaned by immersing them for some time

In milk and lime, washing

«terward in clean water, then dusts'.- when dry with a little French k. The milk of lime is made by

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steamed tints Jlue washes nicely. After applying the design to vour goods, run a stout thread around the entire neck opening, particular garment( Never cut the ck portion out until the garment is wholly embroidered.

or mold germs on them.

Ifc-jjl Therefore they should be boiled thoroughly. Second—Notice if there are ridges on glass which prevent perfect sealing. The file may be used to advantage in that case.

Third—The edges, of metal caps often are bent a little. To remedy this seal as usual then place side edge of screwdriver on the edge of the cap and, with a hammer, tap lightly. Move one-eighth of an inch and tap again, continuing thus around the edge of the cap.

EARLY all housekeepers who are not able to obtain a refrigerator keep their ice wrapped up in a piece of cloth or some non-conducting material which wastes the ice and affords no help in preserving food, and these directions may be of help to some one: Take two large boxes (dry goods boxes can be used), select the second one about two inches smaller on all sides, bore two holes one inch in diameter in both correspondingly to give drainage and ventilation, fill up the space under the boxes with powdered charcoal, put the inner box in place and fill up all spaces with same, fix on the lids to both boxes to fit tightly with iron hinges (leather ones can be substituted) and fasten with lock and key if desired, put shelves on the inner box by means of cleats, leave place in center for ice. You can line the inner box with felting and a rack made of lathing for the ice to rest on. Legs can be added by putting pieces of wood at each corner, and drainage and ventilation will be improved. A 10-cent can of any color of paint will improve it. An ingenious man can make an excellent ice box this way.

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SHOULDER SCALLOPS

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BY MRS. McCUNE.

N purchasing any utensil, remember these points: First. Is it the right size for your purpose? Large pots take up shelf room, take longer to clean and are heavier than smaller ones.

Second. Has it the right materiat for your purpose? Iton is best for frying granite or aluminum for stewing and boiling earthenware and sheet iron for baking.

Third. Is it the right shape? Low, shallow utensils heat more quickly than tall ones because they have a wider heating base, and thus heat a larger volume of water sooner. Tall, narrow coffee pots and high utensils are inefficient with out modern fuels.

Fourth. If tin, are you sure it is "dipped tin"? This can be ascertained by the small "bead" metal hanging on some part of the article caused by taking it out of the molten metal. Only "retinned" ware is worth buying.

Fifth. All tinware should be treated to a paraffin bath before use. This corrects the acid tendencies ana makes them wear and keep bright longer.

Sixth. Be sure to retain the tags directions, etc., which come with equipment. They will need to be referred to later, and many a device fails to work because the exact instructions are forgotten. Such tags may be kept in an envelope in the kitchen drawer for easy reference. Stoves, lamps, choppers, graters, etc., all have directions for their various "parts," -ad much annoyance and time will be saved by preserving labels and tags carefully. In spite of .xplicit directions as to aluminum ware on the tags which come with each piece, many women have ruined aluminum by disregarding directions for its »*are.

Seventh. Avoid buying ware which has "seams' cracks and joints wliero food particles can accumulate. They are harder to wash and likely to become insanitary sooner. A sauctnan should have a "lip" on two sides. Onepiece straight handles are better than the "bail" kind, which becomes hot as aoS """"''.le pot.

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made or machine made, tor the flower details, and finishes the gown with sheer white silk or satin ribbons. In the ordinary gown, for general wear, white lawn is best. Embroider the design in all white or a tint and use colored ribbons as \our finishing touch. Muslins are more durable. .especially when the pattern is made in solid embroidery, with eyelets. While muslin is harsh to handle, there being so much filler in the goods, yet it is simplified it one rubs white soap or tailor's chalk over the outlines of the design before commencing the embroidery work. Tailor's chalk is not gritty, softens the goods, and leaves no ugly mark. Colored flosses should and dried before they are used. iMany dip the colored flosses into a salt and water solution to set the color. Others dip their flosses into water and turpentine. The latter is especially good when using green or delicate blue.

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It can be placed outside the embroidery line. Sincerely yours,

Eighth. Never be tempted into the supposed economy of buying "seconds" in kitchenware. There is always some weak spot, some uncoated place, or a "bubble" where the surface is weak. The 10 cents saved will be lost by the earlier need of replacement.

0 you intend some time to build your own home, and escape that bugbear—rent day?

If so begin at once—on

paper—and build it just to suit you and your family. Take a fair sized composition book, paste in it clippings of everything you find that refers to any of your needs.

You can have floor plans of houses stairway arrangements different kinds of arches heating system ads. an advertisement of a brick concern claiming it will take only a few more dollars to veneer the house you want a clipping from a woman's magazine showing a flour cabin^' that opens like a cupboard door, and is much easier cleaned than the customary bin notes of things you like or do not like in your friends houses, like this:

Cold air for the furnace must come from outdoors (like Smith's) instead of rewarming the stale air in the rooms door from living room into kitchen, so we will not be constantly running through dining room clothes chute from second floor to basement no space wasted in reception hall, but big living room with open stairway clothes press under stairway for wraps: stairs from kitchen going up onto same landing, to save housekeeper so many steps ir. kitchen a cupboard for broom, sweeper and ironing board, etc.

You cannot imagine how very interesting a book like this becomes until you have tried it, and it is a great deal easier to save the money when the object is so definitely in your mind, instead of "we want to build, some time."

5551 N excellent plan for thoroughly viH airing a sick room, or one's sleeping room, at night is to tack a piece of medium weight unbleached muslin over an ordinary adjustable window screen raise the window, put the covered screen in place. Result, a well ventilated room with no danger from drafts.

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DRAPERIES

BY EDNA EGAN.

EAR the sea it Is always more cr less of c. problem to keep draperies fresh and unfaded— salt air seems to be hard on everything except health.

Although only a few of our people live near the sea at this season, it will soon be time to make ready for the seashore cottage for the coming summer. Hence the following suggestions may not be amiss:

In a small English house I was charmed with the drawing room and marveled at the little that my hostess said it had cost. Her scheme for having and keeping pretty colored draperies was ingenious.

A French window, which overlooked a garden running down to the very edge of the English Channel, had long curtains caught back on either side by a cord the height of the door knob, and these were of cheesecloth, home dyed a deep pink shade. They were as carefully made as if the material had been costly and were edged with a cotton ball fringe—one had to look more than twice to see that they were "just cheesecloth."

The little drawing room I am speaking of was so small that there was but this one long window, so my friend played another clever trick. Just opposite the window was a long mirror, reflecting, of course, the beautiful lawn and trees without.

This was draped with curtains exactly as though it had been a door— the same pink cheesecloth curtains— and the room gained such a delightful sense of open air and space by this mirror arrangement I am sure that any one who walked into it by mistake must have forgiven the decorator.

HIS homemade sleeve board for ironing sleeves and shoulders of shirt waists and children's dresses can be made from one good straight bed slat, two large empty spools, such as basting thread come on, two one-inch screws, size 8, that have round heq,ds. Cut one piece from the slat measuring twenty-seven inches, leaving twenty-five inches for the other. With a sharp knife round off the four corners of the longest piece, making one end narrower than the other. Place a screw three inches from either end of the longer piece, leaving the heads of the screws to be inserted in the hole of the spools, which are glued two inches from the end of the straight piece.

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It prevents the scallops from stretching, one fault that most amateurs meet In making this,

Cold clicked roast goose, turkeiy, ham, cold boiled smoked tongue or a_y cold meat may be ser ed, or, if preferred, a rich glace in its clear jelly may be used.

The dishes should all be dressed with tiny crisp lettuce leaves or parsley, and sliced beets and hard boiled eggs to decorate then.

Potato salad is a recognized Dutch salad, but should be made specially appetizi^j.

Boil the potatoes iii salt water to insure flavor, cut into cubes, grate a little white onion over them, and place several eggs in, quartered, and serve with a rich mayonnaise dressing on white lettuce "eaves.

Another delicious and typical salad for a Dutch supper is the chiffon salad, made of the heart of a white cabbage, cut into slivers as thin as paper the length of a match, mixed with radishes cut in the same way, with the red skins left on for the artistic effect, and tiny pieces of the hearts of celery.

This mixture should stand for an hour or two before serving, in a French dressing of olive oil, vinegar, pepper and salt, well drained off before serving.

It is then placed in a large white cabbage which has been scooped out, the crisp outer leaves being turned down to form the effect of a rose.

Over this is poured a rich mayonnaise dressing. Brovn bread sandwiches served with any filling, fancy crackers, Swiss cheese, olives and cheese straws are among the titbits.

For dessert frozen cream, cheese, charlotte russe or an Ice may be served. Or if preferred, fruits, nuts, if.isins and black coffee.

Dishes for a hot Dutch feast could include bouillon served in cups, oyster vi-oquettes, roasted goose or chicken, with rich stuffing and sauce, sweetbreads cooked in sherry and served on toast.

Shrimp salad and mayonnaise sauce, or a "tomato aspio filled with

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BY LUCILLE DAUDET. MENU for a light Dutch

MJSNU for a light uuicn supper includes small, very cold oysters served on the half shell, arranged i.bout a small glass in the center of the plate holding the dressing, composed of a mixture of catsup, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of tabasco. A quarter of a lemoi and a small hea*- of celery is laid on the plate, giving a further zest.

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unu ubts white lace roses, hand

asparagus tips and the same dressing as mentioned above. Of course the cold supper is th* most typically Dutch.

Gay Dutch handkerchiefs, hat# pipes and sabots might be approprl* ately uiisd as name cards.

A REMINDER

Reminder."

First, it may be belt to explain that the family lives in a suburb quite a distance from the business section of the city.

Two members of the family .work in the city, another goes to school there and our transportation bill each month is heavy. The plan was devised to obviate the necessity for extra trips occasioned by failure to remind some of the outgoing members of the family lieeds for the day.

The "Going-Out Reminder" is merely a slate placed firmly on an easel in the vestibule of the house and when, anything is needed from the city a note to that effect is penciled on the slate.

A typical day's entries would read like this: "John, get another spool of that crochet thread." "The coal i• about out, order a ton, today," "Fiances, don't forget to see the dentist to* day."

Every member of the family b&» learned to depend upon this slate for outgoing instructions. It works well with them and doubtless would prove of value in homes even where the ba»e of supplies was not so far removed

ON WASH DAY

HE hanging of small articles on a line to dry is a tiresome process. The worst part of the work can be done indoors.

Take a strip of muslin about eight Inches wide. At intervals of about six inches along one side of the strip stick large safety pins through the muslin so that half of each pin will extend below the strip. When ready to hang out, attach each article to one of the pins. Collars and cuffs may be hung by passing the pi° through the buttonholes. Pin strip to the clothesline with clothespins. It will not slip or blow off and the clothes are easily removed wheat-, dry.

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