Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1916 — Page 2

In Kitchen and Pantry

TREATMENT OF WINDOWS L-r- r. ' The treatment of windows either makes or mars a room. And the secret of making the room consists not only tn selecting the right materials but in arranging the draperies properly. At one time fashion demanded that all draperies, heavy or light, be drawn away from the sash in .such a manner as to fall in a deep festoon. Then the reaction came and only straight hanging draperies were considered good taste. At 'present window draperies may either be draped, festooned or hung straight. It all depends on the type of the room to be treated. This freedom of hanging together with the chief contrast between window draperies of this season and the past. In all the new fabrics intended for window draperies.'excepting the hand some lace curtains, there is at least a touch of color. Many of these fabrics, expensive and inexpensive, have elaborate allover patterns in several colors. When using such materials care should be taken to select that which matches or harmonizes with the walls of the room. It is also well to remember the use of the room, whether it is a library, bedroom or dining room; also the location of the room. North and east rooms require warm colors to keep them cheerful, while those with a southern or a western exposure need cooler tones. For rooms of ordinary size simplicity Is the safe rule to be observed. Where a room is not only wide but long, with light ceiling, the festoon manner of fastening back the over draperies can be made very effective. In smaller apartments the effect gives the impression of fussiness, which is the opposite to the note of restfulness that should be aimed for.

At present cretonnes to matoh the wall papers are very much used in bedrooms. The same cretonne being used for bedspread, chair cushions and even for covers and mats for the dressing table and reading stand. Such curtains should hang to the sill or not more than four inches below. Other bright colored materials suited to bedroom windows are of cotton or linen with colored borders and a contrasting colored center or a white centre. These materials . can all be bought by the yard and many of them at a cost of a few oents a yard— N. Y. Sun.

Canning as One of the Fine Arts Novel containers for jelly and preserves, fancy labels and other accessories are a delight to the women who takes pride in the appearance of her fruits and vegetables. Pints and quarts do not now represent a uniform shape in each case, and, while the manufacturers are careful to keep to the correct measurements, the site and shape of these containers show pleasing variety. For instance, the established jelly glass of certain height and circumference i£ no longer the only one to be found on the market. A glass measuring the same quantity, even to the last spoonful is now to be found prettily corrugated, low and spreading and of so graceful a shape that It can serve as a sugar bowl or preserve dish when its original contents have been disposed of. Another style of uniform capacity is oblong at the top, the sides sloping to a square rat the bottom. This is accomplished by a glass top which sets on a little rim, thus completing a receptacle for which a dozen uses could always be found in any household. . . A- displayer of fancy canned goods reached the high water mark by sell ing a certain brand ofcfruit jelly in a glass container about six inches high and with side handles which gave the effect of a graceful urn. Each jelly glass was in itself a souvenir, even though by exact measurement it held the same quantity as the most commonplace of jelly tumblers. Sherbet glasses are finding favor with house wives who are in search of attractive containers for jelly and many inexpensive glass cups are to be found sufficiently heavy to withstand the hot fruit juice and still much more dainty than the ordinary jelly glass.

In the matter of labels there is room for much originality. There are now to be found gummed labels plainly marked with all the best known fruits and vegetables, ready only to be moistened on the back and pressed against the glass. These can be had loose in boxes or in a sheet with perforations, after the manner of postage stamps. More ornamental gummed labels bear an imprint of the fruit or vegetable which the receptacle contains and a row of preserve jars decoratively labelled each with a purple plum or a luscious peach will repay the average housewife for the labor involved.—N. T. Sun.

Recipes. Vegetable Broth—Boil in a quart of water for an hour, two sliced tomatoes, a sliced carrot, a sliced turnip and an onion. In three quarters of an hour add two tomatoes or a cup of canned tomato and a minted green pepper. Add boiling-water if necessary, so that a quart will remain at the end of the hour. Season with salt and sweet herbs, strain, add a teaspoonful of mushroom catchup and' serve. __

Making the Home Comty

How to Sleep Like a Post. A sufferer from insomnia retails a number of counsels he has received, of which the first comes from the poet M.Leconte, who says: *‘Open your windows wide. Lie with your head as low as possible and you will sleep like a post." Another well known man writes: "Accustom yourself to take an hour or two's.._rest in -a deck chair after every meal. Take down from your shelves some old fashioned novel of which you have an affectionate re membrance as one of the joys of your youth, and read it while you are in your desk chair. The more you are wearied by it the better you will sleep. The secret of a good night is not to tire yourself out in the evening, but to idle away the time, to get comfortably bored until the time comes for going to bed. The more your brain is dulled, the better night you will have. “An important point tho a difficult one, is to avoid any dread of insoin pia. Personally I derive benefit, tho it may just have the opposite effect on another person, from calculating the multiples of 2 or 3 as far as I can go; thus 2—4—8—16—32, etc. Or else I count elephants; one elephant and one elephant make two elephants, two elephants and one elephant make three elephants, etc. “Finally knock off your black cos fee, even your morning cup on rising, and take no meat in the evening. For lunch eat nothing but fruit, stew ed for preference, and for dinner a vegetable soup, vermicelli, mashed potatoes and one or two biscuits.

“If this does hot do the trick, as a last heroic remedy put a damp napkin round your head at night covered with a piece of oilskin and tied on with a bandage. Sleep should come in ten minutes. But I look .upon this device as calculating in the long run to impede the natural action of the organs of the body. Another of my fellow sufferers recommends magnetism, which he says has cured him after ten applications. Another writes: “No drug should be used except in the case of very obstinate insomnia, when it is necessary, at all costs to get three good nights. No other person should be in the room. The sound of their sleeping is irritating. Smoke very little in the evening and abstain from all stimu lant—tea’coffee, grog, etc. Don’t read in bed. If sleep refuses to come, get up for a few minutes and occupy yourself*with some triAing duties, such as arranging papers, folding up your clothes, washing your hands Don’t let business come into your head. Don’t mind a slight feeling of chill and get into bed again at the end of ten or twelve minutes. “If in spite of all this, sleep refuses to come, try reading. But don’t read anything lively or interesting. In my own case it is very rare that insom nia does not succumb to two or three pages of Plato’s ‘Phaedo.’”

An eminent doctor of Lyons says much the same thing. Another suggests: “Count slowly from 1 upward. It is very rare one gets up to 200 with out going off to sleep. It is on rec ord, however, that one victime gor up to 16,987, and then it was time for him to get up._ Health Notes. The eye itself needs daily care and an eye cup is as necessary as a tooth brush. Many believe in pure, coir water, but some oculists do not agree to this idea, and recommend that a weak solution of boracic acid be used. The peanut is a mine of «riches, containing more protein, or lean meat value, than any other nut known and a immense store of fat, so that as a food it is a rich treasure, but it should be recognized and used as a solid food and not as a between meal tidbit, fot' it is anything but a delicate or light, food. This however, may be said of all nuts, and one should avoid overloading the system with them, for by this is indigestion formed and undeserved reproach to nuts as food Investigations made in regard to weight, both over weight and underweight, show interesting results. The physician who has made this study finds that the mortality rate increases with the increase of weight—above the normal. But leanness seems far

more to be dreaded than slight overweight. Lean people are six times as likely as plump people to contract tuberculosis. Among 2,500 people who have been studied not one overweight lived to be eighty years old; two underweights, however, lived to the age of 90. A Stitch In Time. If you mean to save your sheets and pillow slips and towels, you must give them a glance'before they go Into the laundress’ hands. Often a stitch set then will mend a little break that washing would develop into a hole The hemstitching of a towel which has be gun. to break may be caught up in two minutes now. If you wait until the towel comes home you will find the hem hanging In a strip which will require an hour’s task if it is to be repaired properly. Add a sprig of mint to the water in which you boil your potatoes and an odd and delicious flavor will be im parted to them. A sprig of mint ad ded td your lemonade, makes it de llgbtful and refreshing.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Notes and Comment

Of Interest to Women Readers

PICKING THE RIGHT COLOR The becomingness of new colors la one of the chief worries of women who prefer to buy materials rather than ready to wear frocks and suits. It makes no difference how becoming the style; if the color is unbecoming the wearer usually finds it Im , possible to feel thoroughly comfort j ble in the dress. One of the easiest and most satis- ’ factory ways of settling this question j cf becomingness Is by using tissue i paper. This paper can be had at a very slight cost and is practically every shade in any stationary shop, or any shop where supplies for fancy work are sold. A single sheet of each shade is ample. Stand in a strong light before a truth telling mirror and with your shoulders bare crush the paper up around ,your neck. Try each shade at one time. Then try them together. It will be found that some colors, though unbecoming when ' alone are quite the reverse when us- I fd in certain combinations. Some colors intensify the color of i your eyes and enhance the gloss of j your hair. While others will make ! your eyes look washed out and your hair rusty. Sometimes this effect may | be lessened to become almost unnoticeable by the use of white next the face. Make this test before dis-.j carding a favored color by crushing a sheet of white paper about your neck ! and draping the desired color about' your shoulders. Again some color can be worn .over the face when under "the face they are decidedly unbecoming. This is often true of various shades of rose, the browns and the more delicate shades of green. A woman who would look ghastly with unrelieved green about , her throat can often wear, a green hat with a black facing or a black or white hat with green trimmings with the best results. Several shades of rose worn under the face bring out all the telltale wrinkles and lines, while if placed over the face it gives a becoming glow. When using tissue paper for finding becoming colors be sure to match the ; color when buying dress materials. If • buying” personally take a scrap of the paper with you. If ordering enclose a piece large enough so that the person who fills your order cannot make a mistake. In both cases keep a part of | the paper, not only to make sure of ’the match but for future reference. What is becoming one season is notalways so the next. One of the commonest mistakes made by women is fancying that a color once becoming is always so. Age, illness, the addition of a half score or more pounds of flesh as well as the loss of it, all tend to change our appearance. Hence the becoming colors. The woman who aims to be well dressed does well to study herself and the becomingness of colors. —N. Y. Sun. Why Women Always Win A woman can talk longer than a man, and does so becatfise she uses up less force by a large percentage than'the man does. A German professor has proved ,by actual and very delicate measurements that the baritone singer uses far more energy than the tenor and that the bass singer uses more force than either. The range of voices differs greatly, so the percentage varies to the same extent, but as a general result it was proved that the tenor uses only from one seventh to one sixteenth of the lung power of the baritone or bass The difference between the force used by the contralto and the soprano is quite as marked, and the contralto who sings in very deep tones uses at least ten times the force of the thrilling soprano. The explanation is so simple that it is surprising that the investigation was not made long ago. It has long been known that the tenor or soprano brings the vocal cords close together and keeps the edges only vibrating by the emission of air. The bass or contralto leaves the space between the cords wider open, and has to vibrate very much more of the membranes, so a considerably larger amount of air is required and much more force is expended. You may have frequently noticed that those persons with high, squeaky voices seem to be very loquacious—they never stop talking; and the reason is now plain—they can talk with far less effort than those who take a deeper tone and have to use more air. to utter their words. > Here lies the real explanation of the ease with which a woman can outtalk a man. She has the advantage of using from one seventh to one sixteenth less lung power, and even tho her lungs may be smaller in volume, the difference is never so great as that between the amount of air required. Silver Kept Bright ' It niay be of interest to those have a large quantity of silver to take care of to know that after silver knives, forks and spoons have been cleaned, if they are put into a glass fruit can and the top put on tightly so the air will be excluded, the. silver will not tarnish as "long as the can is kept closed. By doing this, much time will be saved, also much hard work. i -

A Fair Exchange

“It has been suggested by a college professor," said Mrs. Biondell, “that the various countries of the world exchange children for a few years as a means of creating mutual understanding and sympathy among the people i.f various nations. Incidentally, of course, the children would learn history, languages, and social customs that might be valuable to their various native lands.’’ "A good idea of the professor’s" said Blondell. “There’s been such a bedlam here for the last hour that I would be glad’to trade our children off for- a couple of years. I should like to get a pair of Russian children, accustomed To implicit obedience. I can imagine nothing more delightful than having a pair of Russian minders in the house “I would say, ‘Zarina, dear, don’t whistje.” Bingo! Silence! I would say. ‘Alexina, honey, don’t be boisterous. Sliding down the banisters is not lady like, you know and you may bring me my slippers if you please,’ Bingo! No banister sliding, my slippers brought immediately.T No baseball 4h other games with my poor slippers while in transit. No arguments nor suggestions that some one else ought to get them. “And consider the advantage of having our children over among the czarS and things. They need a couple of grand dukes to deal with them for a while. I don’t know of anything that would do Flora and Sadie more goon. If they were to be disciplined by one of those ..czars they couldn’t attempt my of the lawlessness they show to ward us. They couldn’t boss czars around, chase them up and down and around to picture shows and commencement exercises and make then, buy bicyclFsFand~such. “If the czar said, ‘No bicycles, my near. I fear that you may fall and skin vour nose,’ that would suffice. But we can’t do that. If the kids want skinned noses and bicycles they get them. We said, you know that we would not buy Woodrow a bicycle for fear that "he would get hurt riding it, and the oth er day a boy nearly ran over me, and it proved to be our own Woodrow on a borrowed wheel. “But it wouldn’t be that way in Rus sia. When the czar puts his foot down the children would have to stand for it. And they tell me, altho I don’t be lieve it, that even the women don’t boss the czars and things in Russia. “I don’t know,” said Mrs Blondell. ‘I don’t think czars would worry us American women much. All men are more or less czarish, especially the good looking ones."

In Bostonese. If upon the initiative attempt success eludes your efforts repeat the operation ad infinitum. It is an exceedingly lengthy byway t.mt fails to produce some tangible -vidence to prove that its natural tendencies point to an apparent longing to execute a right angle. When the household feline aas temporarily vacated the premises, the •mall rodents will undoubtedly take rdvantage of her absence to participate in unseemly gambols commens r rate with joyous occasion. Tae peration of <ouvvying a beast of burden in the general direction of •be trough containing aqua dlst* la may prove to be one of comparative ease, but the process of inducing th? quadruped to partake of the contents thereof is often a matter of conjecture, to be determined only by the avowed inclination of the animal in .uestion. —Judge. Changed Her Mind. “I think they re an excellent thing, said a well known church woman 10 t peaking of baseball pools. Her-re-mark fairly took several persons with whom she was talking off tneir feet, and it was several seconds before the others had recovered from their surprise sufficiently to answer. Finally one of them asked her if she knew that pools were practically nothing more than the old lotteries that were suppressed years ago. "Oh,” she said, flushing, "is that what they are? I thought they were something •ike the swimming pools.” — *1 Flattering the Family There is a beautiful home on Long Island that the owners wished to lease for the summer. Two parvenns with social ambition thought thl* ’■esidence might be the means of launching them into local society, so they went to look it over. Upon entering the boudoir of a young woman* member of the family their eyes fell upon a beautiful Madonna on the wall. They also observed a Beatrice Canci. One of the party said: “Well, if we do take this house, will you please remove the family portraits?”— Judge. ' -- . Last Resort "All I have is yours, ’ said the youth at her feet. "What have you?” asked the calcu lating girl. ' „ “Why—er, nothing just now,, but my prospects are good.” '‘Realize on your prospects and then come to see me again.” “Good heavens, Grace! If 1 don’t marry you, I have no prospects.’’ A Roast for Reggie Reggie Callow—"I was born on the very day Grant died." Miss Keen- "Yes, misfortunes never come singly."

Inspiration of Genins

From Life

"I suppose you realize the fact,” said the detective, “that finding any man’s wife in these days is not the easiest thing in the world.’’ "If I hadn’t realized it," said Mosier, "I would not have sent for you. The matter is really very important; I wanted her to sign a paper and I should like to locate her if possible. Money is no object” The detective considered. "Of course," he said, “we must approach this matter from a strictly scientific standpoint and perhaps the best thing to do is to use the process of elimination. This being Monday, she might be at a bargain sale.” “I have considered that fact,’’ replied Mosier, "and have telephoned to all of the bargain counters in town, but no woman answering to her description has been seen there." “Has she accounts at these stores?" said the detective. “Up to the last time I saw her,” said Mosier, "which was about six months ago, she had an account in every dry uoods store in the United States. How much she has added to this since I don’t know." "Are there any bridge clubs meeting today?’’ suggested the detective. “I am* not reliably enough informed upon this question. But I believe that a bridge club meets somewhere every hour in the day and night.” “That complicates the situation," said the detective. "Does she happen to be a suffragist?” “She is not only a suffragist but a suffragette." "Does she belong to any church?’’ “All there are." “Does she use an automobile?" "All I have.” “When did you see her last?" "I think it was in July, or it may possibly have been September.’’ “How did you recognize her?”

“She was dragging home a cook. She had a peculiar way of doing it, which would attract attention from a long distance.” , "Then you haven’t been able to locate her since?” "Not to my knowledge.* While the detective had been putting Mosier through this cross-examination he had been rapidly making notes Suddenly he sprang to his feet, tore up all the papers that he had written and, with a look of joy, exclaimed : "1 have it!’’ and darted out of the office. Mosier went on with his work. He had great confidence In the detective. Besides, he was a very busy man and had many matters of Importance on his mind. While the paper was of the utmost importance, he had been taking a New Thought treatment and per- - mitted nothing to disturb him very much. One hour later the telephone bell rang. Mosier took down the receiver. It was the detective’s voice vibrating with joy, that came to him over the telephone. a ' “Your wife has been located. I have her now In my possession. She Is in the last place on earth that anybody else but myself would have dreamed of looking for her.” Mosier gasped. “Where are you telephoning from?” he said. “Your home,” was the reply.

Working It Both Ways. A lad went into a baker’s shop in Dublin to buy a two penny loaf. Hav ing received it, it struck him that it was under weight, so he drew the baker’s attention to it. “Never mind that,” said the baker; "It will be less for you to carry.” "Very well," replied the boy, and throwing three half pence on the counter, he walked away. The shopman called after him and told him he had not left enough money. "Oh never mind that,” retorted the smart Irish lad. “It will be the less for you to count.’’ Buying Hams. A butcher tells the story of a young woman who came into his shop the other day and addressed him thus: "I bought three or four hams here a month or so ago, and they were fine. Have you any more of them?” "Yes, ma’am,” said the butcher. "There are ten of those hams hanging up there now.” "Well,’* continued the young woman "if you’re surethey’reoff the same pig, I’ll take three of them." No Heart. "Some men have no hearts," said the tramp. "I’ve been a tellin’ that feller I am so dead broke that I have to sleep outdoors.” "Didn’t that fetch him?" asked the other. v "Naw. He told me he was a doin’ the same thing, and had to pay the doctor for tellin’ him to do it.” Breaking the News. When Pat Hoogan burst into the house, crying, "Mrs. Flannlgan, yore mon, Mike, has just fell of the scaffolding and killed himself, bedad!” Mrs. Flannlgan collapsed into a chair. "Alsy, aisy!” Pat continued. "Tis only his leg thot’s bruk. It’s rejoiced ye’ll be to hear it, when ye thought he was killed fur-Mt!" "Why does the rich man in the play always fall in love with the poor but respectable orphan?’’ "Probably because the poor orphan wears each beautiful diamonds." r

Troubles Galore

v Two women were talking in a street car. They sat side by side. In the seat behind them sat a man. The women had sharp penetrating voices—American voices—and the man couldn’t help overhearing, even If he tried. He didn’t try. The women were obvious of tho man’s provimity. The world was full of men. What mattered a stranger in a street car? Besides there was nothing in their talk that could interest a stranger. So they talked and talked — all the way from 117th street to the Williamson Building—and the man, having nothing better to do listened. Afterward he tried to remember what they said, which was more difficult The taller woman began it and the stouter woman promptly responded. “Celia gets home tab week doesn’t she?’’ "Yes, an’ I declare I don’t know what to do with her. She’s going to bring a girl friend from Springfield. Celia lias nice friends. You got a maid yet?” "No, an’ I don’t know what to do about it. Th’ last girl—Mrs. Bascom sent her to me—didn’t know dried apples—and eat! Say, I couldn’t keep a thing in the icebox I George thinks we’d better go out for our meals, but I don’t feel like fussin’ up twice a day. What you hear about Tilda’s boy?" "Nothin’ that does him any. credit. He’s been cuttin’ up something awful. Sister’s afraid he’s tangled himself with one of th’ town girls. Jim’s going on to see what’s to be done about it. Guess th’ best thing to do is to take him out of college an’ set him to work. I don’t blame Jim so much, but sister’s made a fool of th’ boy. What do you hear from Henry?" “Heard from him yesterday. Guess he’s had too much athletics. He’s been conditioned or something, in two of his studies. Well it serves him right. He sent me a picture of a Wellesley girl he met in Boston somewhere. 1 wasn’t much struck with it. Kind of poor looking thing. 1 sat right down and wrote Henry and told him what’s what. He needn’t think he can bring a wife to our house. He’ll have to get a home of his own. How’s Mary?" "She’s gone home. I guess they don’t want her much. But she simply couldn’t get along with Ed another minute. He’d play golf all th’ afternoon an’ cards all night. He lost six jobs in two months." "Why don’t his folks send him some where—some sanitarium?” “You can’t send a man to a sanitarlup for playing golf!” The conductor looked into the car. “Williamson Building,” he called. “I get off here,’’ said the tall woman. “So do I,” said the stout woman. "It’s a world of little’ tragedies,” sighed the man who had listened. Then he got off.

Keeping Hie Word. In the west some time ago there was a man named Smith, who got into a financial tangle and had considerable trouble meeting bills. One afternoon one of his principle creditors oozed into the Smith territory with an eloquent appeal. "I am very sorry,” replied Smith, adjusting his countenance at the proper length, "but I cannot give you anything this month.” "That’s just what you told me last month!" complainingly returned the creditor. “Well," expressively rejoined Smith, “I kept my word didn’t I?” Couldn’t Tell the Difference. On board a ship one day the cry went up: "A man overboard!” and the captain gave orders to a new sailor who was an Irishman to throw out two buoys. The sailor seeing two boys walking on the deck, threw them overboard. The captain, in a state of excitement declared that it was cork buoys he wanted thrown overboard. “Bedad,” said Pat, "how was I to know whether they came from Cork or Tipperary?” Hadn’t Changed Much A young fellow anxious to enlist, had just been examined by the doctor. “I am sorry,” said the doctor, "but your teeth are not good enough." "What!’’ exclaimed the indignant recruit; "my teeth ain’t good enough, ain’t they? Well, they’re the same teeth what you passed my brother with yesterday.” Drilling, for Instance. "The trouble with a great many people in this world is that when they start something they don’t know when to stop.” “That’s the chief fault I have to find with my dentist.” A Slow Delivery. Wife—“ Did you notice how full of his subject our pastor was this morning?’’ HUsband —"Yes; and I also noticed how slow he was in emptying himself - df it.” A Heart Drama In Three Reels 1. Arthur Brown loved- Gladiola Jinks. , 2. Arthur Brown was poor. 8. Gladiola Jinks is now Mrs. Deßuy Puyster Robinson. Drawing the Line 'lmitation 1b the sincerest flattery." "Maybe,” replied Mr. Crumrox. “But I don’t like to have a stenographer copy my mistakes in grammar.”