Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1911 — Page 3

fOR AND ABOUT WOMEN

MEETS PICNIC : NEEDS ALL SORTS OF UTENSILS PROVIDED TO LIGHTEN WORK. Tea Baskets, Luncheon Baskets and Picnic Baskets In Many Quantities Fully. Equipped With Every Outing Requisite. ; Now is the time for outings, picnics and vacation journeyings and it seems fthat the stores have anticipated the iwants of the picnickers and out-of-door luncher by presenting numerous Utensils and contrivances for one’s use and comfort when the hour comes for the packing of the basket and hieing to the parks or the woods Of the open country. There are tea baskets, luncheon baskets and picnic baskets in great quantity, some supplied with cups and plates and others even to the knives and forks and spoons, a number even having utensils to hold liquids and little sections reserved for the salt and pepper. They have the serviettes and the cloth, some of the real linen, but mostly of the decorated paper variety, which are the handiest for such occasions, while one especial basket carries a utensil to keep some dish hot and another for holding the, salads without letting any of the Juices escape, and also there are the patented bottles of two or three varieties that keep other liquids Ice cold for hours, and some fit the baskets have these included in their make-up. There is a little outfit that looks like a leather collar box, which contains a nickel plated tin kettle, an alcohol burner, a sugar bowl and a creamer and an extra bottle for alcohol. It certainly supplies many of the shortcomings that the person on the outing is likely to experience. * Of course the plates that are supplied in these outfits are of the pa* per or wood shell kind, that can be discarded after once used and others can be purchased for the next expedition out into the world, where nature calls us to partake of the fresh air, newly purified, salubrious to .the utmost to which it is possible to attain. And It is always well to remember when you are out in the woods that you are principally there for the ben-

MAKES A DAINTY PETTICOAT

Satin, Cambric or Lawn Are Suit* able Materials for This Pretty * A very dainty petticoat la shown here; It might be made In satin, cambric or lawn and is cut with a low square neck, which is outlined with .insertion edged with laoe; s trips of narrow insertion are taken from below this down to top of flounce, which is headed by wide beadlqg, and is of

Princess Petticoat.

material, trimmed by one tuck, then a piece of Insertion and a lace flounce at foot. Ribbon Is threaded through the beading, and loopy bow* and ends fan down at the right side of front Materials required: 4 yards 86 inches wide, 6 yards narrow and 1% yard wide Insertion, 1)4 yard beading, 8% yards lace, 8 yards ribbon.

©fit of the air which comes to you purified from every fluttering leaf' and blade of {bass; therefore make the most of it and flu and refill your lungs with it as far as you can force them 'toexpand. .

DRESSES FOR SCHOOL GIRLS

Fashion Has Been Kind in Allowing a Choice of Many and Pleasing Designs. The peasant bodice in some form is the prevailing style for these drsaass, Some variety is gained By the Introduction of tucks or pleats of various sixes. These are put in vertically on the shoulders to give the desired fullness. Sailor collars of some contrasting material and color are the. rule, with belt and turn-back cuffs to match. Bands of the different material and color, varying in width from eight to fifteen Inches, are occasionally set on the skirt at the foot, a few inches above the hem, or a knee-deep flounce of the contrasting shade finishes the skirt In many Instances, where the sailor collar Is omitted, a shaped yoke of embroidery or lace Is added to the frock of linen or percale about tbe low-cut neck. Silk dresses are treated la a similar manner, the yoke being of self material or of some contrasting shade. —Harper’s Bazar.

MONOGRAM EMBROIDERY.

Here we show a distinct monogram In Batln-stltch embroidery, that may be worked on any article of household linen or lingerie that requires distinct marking.

When Darning.

For darning badly torn stockings use a shoe tree instead of a darning egg. Then if it he necessary to patch instead of darn, the patch can be much nft>re easily and properly set in.

SIMPLE LOTIONS FOR HANDS

Glycerine Varieties Are Particularly Good and Keep the Hands Soft and White. / Pure soap Is one of the secrets of well-kept hands. Drying the hands thoroughly after washing them is another Important point to be observed, and If either of these are neglected no amount of lotions will bring about the desired result ; Different textured skins demand different goaps. The glycerine varieties are particularly good. The best way to determine the value of a soap la to give it a trial and if the skin is soft and smooth after the bath so that the whole hand feels pliable and refreshed it is safe to continue its use. Be careful to push the cuticle back from the nails after every hand bath, be it dozens of times a day. If warm water Is used have a bottle filled with a lotion composed of benzoin, glycerine and rosewater; tip the bottle In the palm of the hand rad rub the lotion into the skin before the hands are thoroughly dry. This is a splendid suggestion for the housewife whose hands are subjected to different solutions in the course of her work. She should have a bottle always handy rad use it generously. As a result her hands will be white and*plump and * will pot bear the telltale marks of age or work. Any reputable druggist understands the proportions In which these ingredients should be used.

Striped Coat Sets.

Fine muslin, chiffon cloth rad mar* qoisette are all used to make collar and cuff sets for short jackets. These with eyelet embroidered batiste have taken the place of Irish lace, which seems at a discount these days. The striped coat sets are In ahy color that'one wishes, not necessarily to match the suit The collar is quite long, deep at the back rad finished with an edge of cluny lace or a hem of colored muslin or linen to match the stripe. .

Novel Broches.

Broches are always interesting to the fashionable woman rad this year lt that tbe designers have outdone themselves In turning out a splendid assortment of quaint patterns. Among the favorites are feather designs set with stones representing the natural color dt the plumage. One is of gold wfth pearl quill rad another has a silver quill with exquisite enameling on the fluffy part of the reamer. .

TIPS FOR HOUSEWIFE

NEW IDEAS ON THE SERVING OF VARIOUS FRUITS. More Frequent Use of Dried Cherries Urged—Uses of the White GrapeVariety in School Children’s Luncheons. Dried cherries should be used in cookery oftener than they are at present Soaked over night and cooked in sugar next day, they make a nice sauce, which may well take the place of apples at this time of the year, when the latter fruit is apt to. grow flavorless. They may also be used in cakes and sweet puddings instead of Currants, or in combination with thqm. In fact, they may be used in almost any recipe calling for currants. They have a piquancy which the currant lacks. The uses of the white grape are endless... It makes a pretty addition to fruit cocktails, salads and desserts of all kinds. A fine bunch of white grapes buried in the heart of a pale green lemon Jelly is a thing of beauty when turned out on a crystal dessert platter, and a bunch of purple grapes looks equally well in a pale purple jelly prepared from fermented grape juice, water, sugar and gelatine. When bright red apples are to be made into sauce, do not peel but merely wash them well, and quarter. .Let them cook till tender, and then press them through a potato ricer or very coarse sieve that will exclude only the skins and cores. Not only is the beautiful color of the apples preserved by this method of cooking, but there is much saving of good apple pulp, which is more or less wasted with peeling. In putting up school children’s luncheons it is not necessary to use always the same kind of bread. White wheat bread should be varied with whole wheat, graham, rye and Boston brown bread. The children will not only have the dietetic advantages of the peculiar qualities of each kind, but they will not grow tired so quickly of "plain bread and butter.’’ - Do not cut off the crusts of the bread and lose the nutriment which they contain. To prevent baked potatoes from becoming soggy, break the skins upon taking them from the oven. This gives the steam a chance to escape.

Cherry Charlotte.

Wash and pit a pint oF cherries. Simmer the pits in a half-pint of water for 16 minutes, skim them out, add the fruit and two-thirds of a cupful of sugar and simmer gently until tender. Rub through a sieve and keep warm. In the meantime soak a halfpackage of granulated gelatine in a half cupful of cold water, then stand over hot water until dissolved. Add this to the prepared fruit pulp and stand aside until cold and beginning to thickerf. Have ready a pint of heavy cream which has been whipped to a solid froth; carefully blend It with the thlckentogLjnlxture and turn into a glass or other serving dish. Garnish it with a few large cherries.

Gooseberries in Batter.

Make one-half pound of flour, two eggs and a pint'of milk into a batteiT Use no baking powder, but beat the batter a good deal, and make it two hours befpre using. Wash and top and tall one pound of gooseberries. Cook very slightly with sugar, so as not to break them. Lay In a well greased pudding dish; mix two tablespoonfuls oi melted butter with the batter, pour over the berries and bake in a quick oven until a golden color. Serve as soon as it is ready, with plenty of soft .sugar to eat with it This Is a favorite with the children.

Laundering Embroidery.

In washing colored embroidery lay it flat after wringing on a clean cloth or towel rad roll it up with a layer of cloth or towel between every two layers of the work. In this way there Is no danger of the colors running If the work is done with washable material It takes a very fast color to stand drying against Its own wet surface. Embroidered linens should never be starched. If they are ironed dry when they are wet at the beginning they will have their natural texture.

Spiced Cherries.

801 l three cupfuls of cider vinegar with two inches of clnamon stick, and one tablespoonful of cloves tied In a bag. Then add flour and a half pounds of lamp sugar and boil fifteen minutes more, skimming well. Put in seven pounds of stoned cherries and cook very gently for half an hour. Lift out the fruit with a skimmer rad boil the syrup down until it is very thick; Put the cherries Into Jars and keep hot, add the syrup, then close and seal. These are very good with cold meats.

Spinach Omelet.

Stir four eggs into two tablespoonfuls of dressed spinach, the eggs having beep previously beaten, white and yolks separately. Add a small quantity of finely chopped onion, also pepper and salt Mix thoroughly. Place in oven In buttered dish.

Rhubarb.

If when stewing rhubarb a handful of leaves are taken from a cherry tree and washed and put In with the rhubarb and afterward taken out bo* ore serving the sauce will taste much *? * r !

WAYS TO SERVE BERRIES

Expert Hostess Very Seldom Dlehes Them Up Twice In the Same s Manner. The expert hostess, especially, if aha likes strawberries better than does the rest of her family, rarely serves them twice in the same way. For breakfast she uses them on the Ml massed on a mound of sugar with a border of leaves. Hie strawberry fork Is sometimes used, but epicures prefer eating them from the hnll. For a first course at luncheon serve the berries in sherbet glasses with a maraschino sauce, or combined with pinapple and thin slices of banana. The fruit should be prepared at least an hour before the meal, sugared and Well chilled. Newer than the compote as a first coarse ere timbale cases filled with big berries heaped with powdered sugar. . *••■._ - Strawberry shortcake Is good. Constant warfare is waged between shortcake made from biscuit dough and that from cake batter. Both are palatable, but the former should be really short anfl the cake not the plain variety too often used. Choose a nice cottage pudding batter or, better yet, use the one, two, three, four recipe, which is known to most cooks. The secret of a good shortcake is to have half the berries sugared and crushed for filling. This is also used on the top layer, topped by whole berries. __ ■ Plenty of rich cream is good with shortcake, but a scant supply is trying, and It will go farther when whipped, A sauce of strawberries and a syrup of boiled sugar and water make an agreeable charge. Sometimes sherry is used for flavoring.

COB CORN LOSES ITS TERROR

Choice Morsel Need No Longer Roll From Plate Nor Bmear the Fingers. Through the ingenuity of a New York restaurant men, corn on the cob may now be eaten without annoyance. This man has devised a combination com holder which does not only keep the ear from rolling off one’s plate, hut also enables the diner to manipuit by means of a rod at either end and avoid smearing the fingers. A form of corn holder was several years ago, but it did not meet all

the requirements, as does this latest type, and fell into disuse. The holder described in the cat ‘ consists of a trough a little longer and wider than an ear of com and with slots in its end walls. Two rods, with knobs by which to hold them, are thrust Into the ends of the cob. When eating the com the cob can be held by these handles, and when the ear is laid down it can be placed in the trough without fear that it will roll off the plate and leave a track of salted batter on the hostess’ snowy linen.

A Houseplant Item.

Houseplrats of any kind that seem to need more life and energy will thrive by submitting It to a course of ammonia water applications, that is, the soil. Ammonia when diluted in the proportions that one makes it to wash windows is a fertilizer. Soapy water Is quite as good and a combination of soapy water and ammonia is still better. Give the poor houseplants a drink that is also food to them when you are about to throw into the drain a material which they actually require to appear at their best.

Mayonnaise of Lobster.

Meat of one large lobster cut fins, lay the coral aside to uss to dressing. Rub* yolks of four hard-boiled eggs to a paste, then mb the coral rad two ■ tablespoonfuls of salad oil, one teaspoonful of made mustard, one teaspoonful sugar, pepper and vinegar to sulf taste. Pour this over the minced lobster, toss well, put in salad bowl, pipes Inside leaves of lettuce around It, serving them with the lobster. The whites of eggs can be cut in stripe to decorate 1L

Tulip Salad.

Scald ripe tomatoes, remove skins rad chill thoroughly: then with a sharp knife cut from blossom end to the stem end into points and press open, leaving a round bulb of the seeds in center; place one spoonful of mayonnaise tinted green on each tulip. If too dry more dressing may be ndded.

Creamed Calf Brains.

This dish is especially good. Parboil calves’ brains, chop line, mix with one cupful of cold cooked peas seasoned. Make a sauce of one cupful of sweet milk, one-half cupful of Pope level teaspoonful each of id pepper. Add the peas and brains. Haat and pour over of crisp toast

SIXTEEN BARRELS OF CIDER

Deacon Prosper Brown and Deacon Farwell Hazlett lived in the same village, and were neighbors and good men. When the former lost his wife by death the latter was effusive in his condolences. The day finally came, at the end of a year or more, when he dared drop a hint that his brother deacon ought to marry again. He pointed out that Deacon Brown was a lone man—a man who had to make his own bed and cook his own meals—a man who had to sit by himself of evenings and think sad thoughts and sigh sad sighs. Deacon Brown bashfully agreed with him. Yes, he was tired of pots and pans and ket tles. He was tired of the rusty old washboard and the one broken-handled flat iron. He wanted some one to help feed the pigs, wind up the clock and prepare the lamp-black and tallow for greasing bis boots. Deacon Hazlett didn’t press matters too far. He sowed the seed and then turned to potato-bugs, and waited for a lightning-rod man to come along. He had to wait for a couple of weeks before one appeared, but he felt well repaid for the delay. “Do I know of a widow that would marry again if she had a good chance?” repeated the man of thunder and lightning, as he winked a wicked wink at the deacon. “Of course I do. There’s a widow living over at Strongsville that is a splendid catch for any man, and there’s half a dozen widowers after her. You’d best hustle if you want her." After supper that evening, the deacon climbed the fence between his garden and that of his brother deacon, and after some preliminary conversation he got around to say: “Deacon, you remember what we were talking about a few days ago? There’s them as thinks it your duty." "I don’t know but it is," was the reply, "but can’t think of nobody around here I'd want.” “That’s just it, Deacon Brown — that’s just it. There really hain’t nobody, and you can’t go bunting around the country yourself like a man wanting to buy a cow.” “But what’ll I do?” “That’s what I’m going to tell you. I’m going to act for you In this case. I’m going to find a widow who is lonely who feels it her duty to marry again—who is a great hand to wash, bake, iron and make peach pickles and soft soap. Fm going to find her and tell her of you, and then It'll be for you to go and see her and plead your case." “That’s dreadful kind of you,’’ said the widower as he extended his hand. “Oh, I’m allus willing to obleege, deacon —alius willing, hut I was thinking you’ll have lots of cider apples this fall. If I could brtog this ’ere matter about I don’t think you are the man to begrudge me eight bar’ls of cider." < v y “Cider will be |4 a bar’l at the mill this fall," replied Deaoon Brown as "his commercial instincts were appealed to. “Jest so, dsacon, but hain’t a smart wife worth f&2 and a leetle more? She may bring you over a thousand dollars’ worth of property to start on." After offering six, and going up to seven and banging there for half an hour, the deacon finally made It eight, and the next day the matchmaker rode over to Strongsville. The widow, whose address he had, lived on a farm just outside the village, and he boldly made his way to her house and presented his errand. She was properly shocked for a few minutes, and then began to talk business. She made many Inquiries, and the interview finally terminated with her saying that Deacpn Brown might come along and she would look him over. After she had spoken thus her caller said: "Now, widow, I’m doing this to make you both happy. I’m a great hand to see that cooing doves get a chance to coo around. I’m also a great hand for cider. It jest fits my .system. You’ve got a big orchard, a cider mill and lots of apples. If this thing comes off and the doves coo, I reckon you'll feel like presenting me with about eight bar'ls of cider for my reward." • . The widow thought six enough, being she had so many other chances to get married, bnt flnilty they agreed on eight, and Deacon Haxlett left for home firmly believing that he had 16 barrels of cider as good as bought and paid for. That evening he spread his news before Deacon Brown so vividly and enthusiastically that the good man never slept a wink all night Nothing was too good to be said of the widow. She was good looking; she didn’t have a great appetite; she was saving; she wasn’t one to talk hack, and no chicken buyer or tin peddler could get the best of her In a trade. Next morning the two deacons got into a buggy, side by side, to ride f*wr , rad make the ealL Deacon Brown was wearing the same suit—his heat—that he had worn at his wife’s funeral, with the mourning band left off hit haL He was agitated. and be had spells of 1 being solemn and gay—solemn when he thought the widow might turn him down on account c t his bow logs and lop shoulders, and gay when be thought of her farm coming to him. It was a sort of cross between going to a funeral and following a circus pro-

By C.B. LEWIS

cession, and the conversation sn root* was erratic and uninteresting. When the house was at last reached Deaoon Hazlett said: "Now. then, I'll take the boss to the barn and stay there, and you go right in and introduce yourself to the widow. This is a case Where you don’t want a third party around. If I was sitting around to there, she’d be so bashful that you couldn't git 10 words out of her. If there’s anything you wish to consult me about come out to the barn. It soon transpired that there was something. After about 20 minutes Deacon Brown came out looking vary grave and proceeded to say: “Wall, I kinder like her looks, and she kinder likes mine, but she says that if we git married she’s going to keep this farm in her own name and have all the bossing of it I can’t stand that, you know.” "But you won’t have to, not for long,” waa the reply. “Deacon, don’t you know that you’ve alius got to give in to a widder at the start? When you’ve been married six months you’ll be running that farm and bossing her and it to boot Lordy, but I thought you knowed widows!"^ Deacon Brown returned to the house, but within a quarter of an hour he was back again. He was looking i*>re solemn than ever. He picked up a straw to chew on rad observed: “She says I’ll have to hire the washing done and buy all the toft soap we use. She also sayg-that she won’t git up and build no fires on winter mornings. Further, that I’ve got to git wire screens for ail the winders and doors. We might as well go home." "We might as well do nothing of the kind ! I never saw a man like you before. Don’t yon understand that a woman has got to be humored a leetle, especially If she’s a widow and owns a farm? Give way to her now, and three months later you can lead her around with a rope. Go home —nonsense! You go right hack and tell her she can have her way. Also, pile on the love making. Let her see how your heart-strings are quivering."' j Deacon Brown walked back to the house with slow steps. This time he was absent a little longer, but the expression % on his face when he did reappear almost made the other deacon’* hair curL Sixteen barrels of cider for sure, and perhaps a. 17th, were* trembling In the balance. His chin, quivered so that he couldn’t say anything, but the other solemnly remarked: # “She says she’s to keep her own money, and I must do the same, and if I borry any of her, I must pay regular Interest. She also sqys I’m to cut off these whiskers, dse hair-dye rad go to every circus that comes along. Then I’ve got to refurnish the bouse and git her a hired gill* ‘Thunder!" exclaimed Deacon Haxlett for the first time in 20 yearn. “And she wants a red parasol and a hammock to swing in.” "But she can’t have ’em.” "But she will, rad she says no pitcher with a broken nose will ever be seen on her table.” “You must have got things all mixed up, Deacon Brown. Here—l'll go to the bouse with you and straighten them ouL” r * . ' 1 , Side by side tbe two deacons proceeded to the house, but they did not enter 1L The widow came out on the steps and barred their way rad said: “And I want the house and. fence painted, a piano in the parlor, a hook case and books, lace curtains, an ice box, a front pew in church, a bathtub and —” Deacon Brown groaned and his knees shook nnder him. Deacon Haxlett snorted rad mopped his perspiring forehead and said: “But, my dear widow, how can you expect —r “ —and a mirror reaching up to the ceiling, and white spreads and brass bedsteads, and white shades that roll np, and —and —” "You see—you hear!" exclaimed Deacon Brown in sepulchural tones as he pointed his finger at the other. "I do, deacon—l do,” answered the other. "She’s not for you. She’s not your cooing dove. She’s n-slmply tramping on your quivering heartstrings and crushing your palpitating heart beneath her Iron heels. Widow, I wouldn’t have thought It of you. Look Into his face rad see how he is suffering." "But 1 haven’t asked him to marry me." she replied. "No, but he comes over here with a heart fall of love for you. rad you have broken his apeerlt He may be in bed for two weeks on account or this. Won’t you talk It over, again and sorter give way?* “If I was to talk It over again. Td demand a nickel-plated cook stove for the kitchen. I forgot that And a real Bagdad cover for the lounge, and a pump with a blue handle In the well.’’ "And about the elder, widow—could you say four bar'ela for my good intentions?” "Not a one." "Then. Deacon Brown," he laid as he turned to the downcast rad dejected man. “it only remains tor'us to make our way homewards, but before | doing so I want to raise my face to g heaven and spread out my arms rad observe that whom Providence has put asunder, let no man jine together and be domed to ’em!" .• YYfep