Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — Page 3

by MRS. F. F. SHOWERS

SHE farmer; without whom no other class of society could exist, seemingly thinks the least of home comforts, wife, akd children. All are thought of in relation'to how much and in what way they will increase the revenue of the farm. I said to a farmer recently. “Why don’t you, nut such and such comforts into your home instead of 4 continually expending more money to make your horses, hogs, and cattle more comfortable and sanitary?” He answered, “The house does not bring in money,” as though all we lived for was the mere possession of money! One cannot pick up a farm paper without reading an account of a corn-growing contest, a fat-stock shpw, a poultry show, and noting the prizes offered for the results obtained. All of these tend to stimulate the boys and girls to become more interested in the farms and not to be satisfied with anything Isut the best. These contests are commendable and are serving to educate our boys and girls by placing before them tangible* standards they may seek to secure. This education causes them to be dissatisfied with their previous attainments, and the result is progress. The boy sees the result of the carefully selected seed, the painstaking preparation of the seed bed made possible by some piece of machinery he is not in possession of, and the result is new seed and new machinery. You think you see the immediate result of this added expenditure of money, but how about you daughter? You may be giving her the domestic science course in the high school, but are you willing to spend the same amount of money for her to put into operation the knowledge she has acquired? Co-operation is the key word of today. The wife

has co-operated with the husband from the beginning of time. It is high time the husband co-operated with the wife and daughters. Now, this co-operation is not as costly as it may seem. When I give you the figures on the cost of installing the modern conveniences we have in our home I am sure you will agree with me that many can afford to expend the amount, when the results are taken Into consideration. Get together, study your conditions, and you ' will be sur l prised with the amount of pleasure you derive from planning and rearranging your home. I should like to suggest that you give your farm some suitable and appropriate , name, a name by which it will be recognized not only

in that immediate locality, but a name that will mean something to future generations. We have named our farm “The Manx,” in honor of my father, who was born on the Isle of Man. * The house as a whole is shown in one of the illustrations. The stones for the porch, which is teen feet wide and fifty feet around the outer wall, were taken from the pasture. The floor, of the porch is cement and slopes towards either corner, where drains are I wish to call your attention to the number and height of the windows of the house, which provide health-giving air and light. The chimney is built in the center of the house from the cellar bottom. It contains three independent flues from the basement to the top, one for the furnace and ene eltch for the two fireplaces. The cesspool is 'situated in the lot just beyond the maple tree. The windmill, which pumps the water and air for the large pressure tank in the basement, is located at the corner of the barn. A self-regulating device is attached to the mill so that when the pressure i £ the tank reaches sixty pounds a lever is forced upwards and starts to throw the mils out of gear by the time the pressure has been increased to eighty pounds the mill is entirely out of gear and remains so until we draw water enough to reduce pressure in the tank, when the mill is again thrown in gear. A thirty barrel galvanized tank is located in the hay mow of the barn into which is conducted the soft water from the eaves of the barn. The water from this tank is conveyed to the house through a one and a half inch pipe, and furnishes sufficient water for ihe summer monthsDuring the winter months the soft water is ob-: tainecbfrom a large cistern, the connection with which I shall explain later. There are cement walks leading from the front and side porches to the driveway and also to the barn. Another illustration is that of the basement showing the large pressure tank which receives the water from the windmill. The supply pipe is tapped near the barn and supplies water in the barn. The pressure tank supplies water for the basement, kitchen, and bathroom on the second floor, besides furnishing power to run the lift pump and supplying water for lawn and garden. The hot air pipes of the furqace open directly* into the shafts above the furnace so that there are no side pipes excepting the one running to the kitchen. The vegetable callar open directly from the furnace room and has an opening into one of the flues of the chimney so as to carry off all foul odors. In the basement is also & gasoline gas machine which furnishes the gas for lighting the house and bam and for the cooking of all our meall. The carburetor, which will hold'two barrels of gasoline, is bnried in the ground'outside of the house. The shell holds about eight hundred pounds of sand and by its weight unwinds a fan or pump which drives the air out to the carburetor where is becomes saturated and returns to the mixer w>.«jco it Is further diluted with air

MODERNIZING AN OLD FARM HOME

before passing through the riser to all parts of the house and barn. The corner of the laundry containing the pres; sure gauge, lift pump, and pressure tank connected with the cistern, is shown in one of the illustrations. The connection with the lift pump is cut off in the summer months as we have had plenty of soft, water from the tank in the harn. By means of this lift pump and pressure tank the pressure in the soft water pipes is the same as that in the hard water pipes and does atyay with waiting for the lift pump to work, t Directly above the laundry and connected by a stairway is the kitchen. On one side of the landing of this stairway is the refrigerator and on the other side a wood box. These are both filled from the outside of the house. All of the floors on the first floor are hard maple, either waxed or oiled, and covered with rugs. The kitchen, shown in one of the illustrations, is paiHted in white enamel and the walls are covered with white oil cloth paper in tile design. In this kitchen is a large center table with a sink in one,corner, above which you see the hard tyater faucet and the hot and cold soft water faucets. The table is 58x38 inches and stands 33 Inches from the floor. The sink is 18x34 inches. With the help of a board which I can slide over the sink, I can increase the size of my table. At the end of the table is a large drawer for kitchen spoons, kniveß, forks, etc. This room has three windows and a door containing a window. There are built-in cupboards and flour and bread bins, all'out of the way of dust. The gas range in the comer of the room is like any city gas range and furnishes sufficient heat for the serving of twenty or thirty people. The hot water tank,shown in the picture is heated during the winter months by the furnace which has a coil of one and onehalf inch and one inch pipe connected directly with this tank. The tank furnishes sufficient heat for the kitchen, and we found the water hot enough to attach a radiator in the living room, thus adding much to the comfort of the room and saving on the fuel bill. The dining room opens from the kitchen and also haß openings Into the Hying room and parlor. In this room you see one of the home-made fireplaces. A form was made on the floor of this room and into it was poured the cement In which was imbedded woven wire for reinforcement. In the cement the chips, taken from the stones in building the front porch, were stuck. This was allowed to dry for five days; after which it was placed in position as you see It There is another fireplace similar to this and directly back of it in the parlor. In a comer of the dining room is a built-in china closet and sideboard, with supboard below. Directly behind the china closet is a built-in bookcase in the living room. Opening out. of the kitchen is the back stairway leading to the bedroom. .This is finished In white, the same as tbe kitchen. We also have

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three kinds of water in the faucets over the lavatory. Opening into the same hall into which the bathroom opens is the den or library, from which room there is an outside door opening onto an upper porch for airing bedding and shaking rags. There is a long hall connecting these rooms with the front hall, into which the bedrooms open and which also leads to the front stairway and to thq reception hall below. —IL—These, briefly enumerated, are the mechanical devices about which pages might be written in describing the conveniences they make possible, to say nothing of the sanitation. I know those who are employed in the kitchen noticed the location of the table in the center of the room and Its proximity to The gas range and built-in cupboards. It is also sanitary, as there are no openings and comers between sink and adjoining walls for the accumulation of dust. Woodwork and walls, being in white enamel, are easily kept clean. Having all kinds and plenty of water directly above the sink does away with lifting and carrying of water pails and garbage cans. The gas light directly above the table makes it impossible to get into your own shadow. The gas range needs but the lighted match, and the drudgery of carrying in wood, lighting and keeping up the tiVe, and carrying out the ashes is done away with. I shall here answer a question I know will arise, and that is the cost of fuel and light with this system. Our bill from July 3, 1911, to July 3, 1912, was fifty-two dollars, or one dollar a week for all cooking, baking, and lighting of the house and bam. Compare this with the time spent in getting up wood for the kitchen stove or the cost of-coal, or will those who live in the city compare these figures with their gas and electric light bills. The bathroom has appealed to more rural vial, tors at our home than has any other room in the house. Those of you who have come in from the hay field on a hot summer day or have come from a dusty, dirty threshing job, would know how to appreciate this room. Here you have hot or cold water as you wish, or soft or hard water to meet your fancy. The laundry’ is equipped with movable tubs, and hot water is to be had at all times when the furnace is being used. When the furnace is not in use a fire in the laundry stove supplies us with good hot water. There the washing Is away from the living rooms, and the steam is drawn op tbe flues of the main chimney, which does away with steam all over the house. The sink in the laundry is connected with the sewer pipes leading to the cesspool, thus carrying*off all waste water from the laundry. The last, and I suppose most Important picture is the bill of expense for installing these conveniences: 'T“ — * ' • Light and gas flxturerf, including gas machine, all piping, gas stove, and all fixtures 1262.47 Pressure tank, thirty barrel tank in bam, ~ digging of trench from windmill to bouse, pump at mill, piping, laundry, bathroom and kitchen equipments complete 295.00 Installation of furnace with all pipes and registers :. 135.00 Two fireplaces, including grates, tile, cement and labor 31.50 • $723.97 I know you will agree with me when I say the farm house can be made as convenient as any city home and at a much less expense of upkeep. Come to "The Manx" and see how simple convenient these appliances make the so-called drudgery of farm life.—From the Report of the Wisconsin Country Life Conference*

HIS REASONS.

-on say there Is a real estate boom. Have you any grounds for that assertion T" "Sure I have. The groonda I a tr tiring to seU.*

AS ENGLISH MAKE PANCAKES

More Elaborate Than the American Type, But Reeufti Are Said to 'Excellent. ’ English pancakes are not the "simple wheat preparations to which Americans are accustomed, hut elaborate concoctions. Here are two ways of making them: For custard raDcakes use the yolks of six eggs and the whites of two, a grated nutmeg, a wineglass of brandy, a pjnt of cream, with sugar to taste. Pass the eggs, when beaten, through a sieve into a basin, shake in the flour and mix it with the eggs. Add the. nutmeg, sugar and cream, Stir all well, add the brandy, then the whites, beaten to a snow. Pour the mixture into a small shallow pie dish and set it in a moderately heated oven.- ... When it -is- done and cold cut it into slices and then dip'each slice into a batter made with cream, eggs, flour and a little grated ginger. Fry them in boilng lard, drain them and send them to the table garnished with half lemons and powdered sugar. Lancashire pancakes take trouble to make, but are worth the effort. Take the yolks of ten eggs and the whites of five, a quart of cream, six tablespoons of flour, two wineglasses of brandy, one grated nutmeg, a quarter of a pound of Brazil nuts and the same weight of sugar. Beat the yolks and pass them through a sieve upon the flour in a basin. Stir in the cream and grated nutmeg, then the butter, which has been warmed: then the brandy. Add a pinch of salt, the nut meats sliced as thin as possible, and lastly the whites whipped to a snow. Fry the pancakes in heated butter as thin as a crown piece. Dish about six, one upon another,- dusting sugar between them. Serve with half oranges and powdered sugar.

TRY CRANBERRY JELL BLOCK

Not a New Idea, but It Is One That Has Seemingly Been Forgotten for Some Time. The newest thing in cranberries is cranberry jelly, made solid and stiff, and cut in little blocks. That Is not very new, but then styles do not change In cranberries as they change in skirts and bodices, and doubtless the good old cranberry is good enough In the good old ways. If you wish to serve cranberry jelly In blocks- you must make a rich, solid jelly that will hold its shape. Pour It while hot in a flat, square dish—‘a dripping pan, if It is enameled, for cranberries should never come in contact with tin as the acid in them affects the tin. Hhve a jdlly an inch and a half or two inches thick and when it is cold and very hard cut It with a sharp, thin steel knife in ineh-and-a-half or two-inch squares. This is a recipe for jelly that is hard enough to block: Wash thoroughly a quart of sound cranberries, rejecting any that show a soft spot, and being careful to remove all stems. Put them in a porcelain or granite saucepan with half a cupful of hot water afcd a heaping cupful of granulated sugar. Cook them in a double boiler rathea than over the direct heat Then run them through a sieve and mold in the flat pan. A good, old-fashioned rule for the amount of sugar needed for cranberry Jelly is this: "Put in all the sugar you can afford to use and then add another cupful." And with very tart berries the allowance of sugar given above might need to be increased.

Green Pea Croquettes.

Boil the peas tender in enough salted water just to cover them, put through the vegetable press, beat to a paste with a tablespoonful of butter and .two of flour, pepper and salt to taste, set over the fire In a double boiler and when hot through add a wellbeaten egg and cook for one minute. Set aside until the mixture is stiff and cold, then make into croquettes. Roll these in beaten egg and fine Crumbs and let them stand in a cold place or on the ice for half an hour before frying them to a delicate brown in deep fat. Drain on brown paper In a colander before sending to tbe table.

Stuffs for Window Hanging.

In selecting goods for window hangings tbe firet thing to consider is the character and exposure of the room they are to For an informal treatment there are few rooms in which the printed cretonnes will not be suitable and eminently satisfactory. They possess the great merit of being inexpensive, they are cheerful in appearance and are usually of good design. In nearly every large shop may be found a full assortment of qualities and patterns.

Cookies.

One-half cup melted shortening, one-fourth cup molasses, one-fourth cup sugar, one-half cup milk (sweet or sour), one-half teaspoon salt, one even teaspoon soda, one heaping teaspoon ginger. Flour to make as stiff as cookies. Flour the hands and make little balls size of English walnut, put on tin about an inch or two apart and bake. They will spread, but should not be soft enough to ran together.

Baked Hash.

One pound round steak chopped line, five large potatoes, one large onion chopped line. Mix well together, add heaping tablespoonful flour, season with salt stnd pepper., Put into buttered pan and cover with water and bits of butter; cover well. Bake in oven until nearly done, then remove cover and let brown. •n-. • • ’ 1 ■ - . *•» ——-—— f-

Practical Fashions

GIRL'S CAFE.

A cape is a handy garment, especially to wear over a sweater or tO> cover a party dress. This model can be made in either of two lengths and: is provided with a hood that ean be> lined with some bright color and used: or n<?t as desired. Plush, velveteen* far doth: cheviot, satin and other tna-t terials are used for these capes, which! should be warmly interlined. The cape pattern (6445) is cut ini sizes 2,4, 6,8, IQ and 12 years Medium size requires 2(4 yards of 44l inch material. To procore this pattern send 10 cent* to “Pattern Department," of this paper., Write name and address plainly, and be' sure to give size and number.of pattern.

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LADY’S COAT.

This design shows what our French cousins call a high novelty. The fronts are plain and cutaway, but the open* lng Ur filled In with a proper waistcoat, quite mannish in effect The back is divided at tbe waist line and a long square panel hangs over the skirt. Tbe collar and revere are very decorative and t|»e plain sleeve bells at the wrist The coat pattern (6454) is cut is sizes 34 to 42 inches bust measure. Medium size requires 1 % yards of 54 inch material, with % yard of 27 inch goods for the vest and % yard of satin for tbe collar. send 1* cents ISJl rtrtt * rn Department/’ of this paper. Write name and address plainly andbe •ure to give *,« and nmXr of

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Luxuries for Dogs.

Up-to-date comforts and luxuries of house dogs by no means end with their wardrobes and ordinary baskets. Parts has Just -sent some elaborate brown wicker baskets with a tall back and canopy. In the top of the latter is a compartment with a drop shelf front that contains doggy's box of soap and sponge, two combs, a pair of clippers, a brush and a linen towel. The round bottom is upholstered with green or red, has a soft round hair rug and a white felt blanket to cover him when he, sleeps. His playthings in this fashionable borne are two round brown mottled celluloid balls and two rings, each of which has its own cup holder at the top and the bottom of the basket. To buy such a house for a dog is a bargain at little less than J4O. su

To Taka Out Spots.

It is not generally known Ouk| eucalyptus oil will remove grease, in>A eluding machine dll, from any fabric without Injuring it in any way. Drees* makers should welcome this Up, as oil is often spilt on a costume in the mar king, due to bad working machines.

Very Apropos.

Grandma ses: "I sometimes think thet a washboard would be a good present fer some wLmmin thet spend their time doin’ rollin' exercises.**— Washington Times. !