Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — Page 3

Home Course In Domestic Science

Xlll—Washing Day Made Easy.

By EDITH G. CHARLTON,

In Charge of Domestic Economy. lowa State College. Copyright, 1910, by American Press Association. Monday” might lose some l-C of its terror for the average 1 J family if the weekly washing were changed to some other day. Steam ladened rooms, odor of boiling suds, an untidy house from kitchen to attic and “pickup” meals all day, combined with the accumulation of duties and cares since Saturday, make Monday a disagreeable day for every one. Whoever established the custom of setting Monday aside for a "wash day” made life just a little harder than necessary in scores of homes. And yet so firmly established has the custom become that it takes genuine courage to break away from it and wash on Tuesday instead. When you think about it, how much more suitable Tuesday is for the work than Monday, which, following a day of rest, finds the whole house more or less disarranged! It is rarely possible and sometimes quite unwise to attempt to outline any housekeeper’s work for her. One must know conditions and be familiar with the life of the family before being really competent to arrange the routine of domestic affairs. But for the benefit of the woman who has everything to do for her family and who perhaps is not wholly satisfied wdth her present plan let me present this program for at least Mbnday and Tuesday: Monday.—Put the house in order. Plan the meals for Tuesday and do extra baking for that day. Get the laundry ready for washing. That means look over the soiled clothing and do the necessary mending. Tears and broken seams increase in washing. Take out stains. It is much easier to do this before washing than after, and there is more time the day before than when the washing is in process. Soak soiled clothes. See that tubs and other things are ready for an early start; also be sure that soap, bluing and other supplies are on hand. Tuesday.—The special work for this day will be the washing, but it should not be carried on to the complete disarrangement of the family life. Good, substantial meals should be served promptly, as on other days, and the Wife and mother should not be so enslaved by the washtub and wringer that she has no thought or attention

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for husbaniT and children. There is no reason why she should be if the washing has not beyond all reason piled up her work so that it requires almost superhum; effort to accomplish it. While preparing breakfast the, laundry fire may be started and the water heated. After breakfast and after the dining table has been cleared the washing cAn be commenced, and if it is performed in an intelligent way from start to finish it ought not to interfere to any great extent with the ordinary comforts of the day. The clothes were sorted and some of them put to soak the day before. That means a long stride toward an early completion. The Order of the Wash. One reason why there are so many indifferent laundresses and so much inferior laundry work is because little or no attention has been given to difference in fabrics. Cotton, linen, silk and wool are practically treated in the same way. The same kind of soap is used for all. They are washed in water of the same temperature. Sometimes they are washed in the same water. They are given the same amount of rubbing and equally indifferent rinsing. In sorting the clothes arrange them in five piles as follows: Table linen and fine' muslins. Bed linen, towels and handkerchiefs (previously soaked in ammonia and water if used for a cold). Flannels. Colored cottons and stockings. Soiled towels and cloths. No one questions that soaking the clothes loosens the dirt and makes the washing easier, but only white clothes or fast colors can be treated in this way, and it is not well to soak all

HANDY LAUNDRY STOVE.

kinds of white clothes in one tub. After soaking in cold water to which a good naphtha soap or washing powder has been added little or no rubbing will be necessary before putting the clothes in the boiler. Kerosene used in small quantity in the cold water in which clothes are soaked makes the

ft ashlng~easier. The success of "laundering also depends on the kind and amount of soap used. For wool and silk -articles use only a good white soap containing very little alkali or acid. Both these chemicals have an injurious effect on silk and wool. Sal%oda makes ivoolen garments yellow, makes the fiber harsh and less elastic. The fiber of wool is composed of numberless sections, or sheaths, each with more or less jagged,, edges and each one growing out of the other. These sheaths form a tube which, with its ragged edges, explains the reason for shrinking. Diluted acids roughen the wool fiber; strong acids disintegrate it. Choride of lime injures the fiber even if cold; used hot, the fiber is destroyed. Ammonia has the least injurious action bn wool, therefore is the most satisfactory agent for cleansing it Silk is a strong, elastic, lustrous double fiber. All alkalies act upon it, according to the kind, strength and temperature of the solution and the length of time the silk is left in the solution. The luster is first lessened, and the fiber is finally dissolved. Dilute acids roughen silk and strong acids ruin it. Thus it will be seen that all garments of silk and wool should be washed with only the mildest soap. This should be made into a solution by cutting the soap into thin slices, dissolving in hot water and adding to the suds in which the garments are to be washed. This method is much better than rubbing the soap directly on the garment. Both silk and wool are injured by dry heat Silk first stiffens, then breaks, so that the water in which it is washed should not be hot. Flannels should be washed in water of the same temperature throughout the process and should be hung to dry in a temperature the same as the water. The expansion and contraction of the wool fibers, caused by change in temperatures, make flannel thick. Tepid water and a moderate temperature for drying and the best white soap added to the washing water are Simple rules to observe in washing woolen garments. The vegetable fibers, such as cotton and linen, are of a woody nature, tough, strong' and not so easily affected by chemicals. For this reason cotton and linen materials are not so soon spoiled by careless washing as either silk or wool, and yet too much soap, prolonged boiling in dirty water, Indifferent rinsing and inattention to stains soon make the best cotton or linen dingy and unattractive. One of the commonest neglects in ordinary washing is that the water is not changed often enough. Garment after garment is washed in water so saturated with dirt that it is impossible to make it remove any more. This washing is followed by careless rinsing in only one water, which does not begin to take out all the soap. If the bluing follows, as it too often does, this rinsing in soapy water, the clothes are very liable to be stained with iron rust This will almost certainly be the case if Prussian blue is used. This substance is a salt of iron, and with an alkali such as there is in soap changes to iron rust. A simple experiment to determine whether or not you are using Prussian blue is to heat a little of it in a strong solution of salsoda. If Prussian blue the mixture will turn •‘yellowish red, and iron rust will settle in the bottom of the vessel.

Simple General Directions. It is more often neglect of little things than carelessness about big main points that makes washing an unsatisfactory task. Attention to these details may lighten the work for some women and bring them better results. Remember to make fresh suds whenever necessary. It is a mistake to think you can -make clothes clean in dirty water. - Put the clothes to boil in cold water and heat slowly. The best results are obtained when there is a large quantity of water and the boiler is but half full of clothes. Each boilerful of clothes should be put on in clean, cold water. Rinsing is ver» important The clothes must be freft. from soap before bluing. Use softy water for first rinsing, then hard water if color of soft is not good. Hard water may be softened by boiling, then cooling before using, or a solution of salsoda may be added. This ought not to be too strong or the salsodaTwill Injure both the fabric and the hands. In bluing shake out each article and drop it into the bluing water, rinse carefully through the water, then wring out at once. Do not allow clothes to stay in bluing water for any length of time or they will be streaked. Thick starch is made by mixing onehalf cup of laundry starch and onequarter cup of cold water, then add one-quarter teaspoonful of white wax or lard and one quart of boiling water. Put over the fire and boll for several minutes, stirring constantly. Uncook--ed or partly cooked starch will stick. Thick starch may be diluted, or if a thin quality is desired use twice as much water. Ironing is the completion of good laundry work and the test of the laundress. It requires a good thick iron-ing-blanket tapked securely to an Ironing table or board, clean irons, an iron stand, a piece of beeswax tied in a doth on which to clean the irons, a bit of old cloth on which to wipe and a piece of paper folded several times on which to try the irons. This is the necessary outfit, but in addition there must be practice, care and skill to insure complete success. . • Foxy. . “You don’t smoke as much as you used to.” “No.” "Doctor order you to quit?” “No. that isn't “What is the matter?” “Wife buys my cigars.”

CHOICE FARM FOR SALE.

I will sell my fa m of 320 acres, with or without stock and machinery. It is located in the very heart and choicest part of the Red River Valley of North Dakota. Every foot of this land is guaranteed to be of the very best, and in a high ‘state -of cultivation, nice grove around good buildings, plenty of good water, rural mait and telephone, close to first-iJlass market aftd good business town, splendid neighborhood of excellent farmers, fine graded roads, perfect title, no incumberance, but I must sell. Will take ,$44.75 per acre, $3,000, $4,000 or $5,000 down, the balance on terms to suit purchaser at 5 per cent interest. I am offering you the kind of land that every farmer wants, but few get when they buy land in any country that they are not acquainted with. Look over all the land you wish, but don’t buy anywhere until you see mine. Big crops of wheat, flax, barley and oats, and corn and clover crops grown in this vicinity superior to any in the northwest. Crop failure unknown. Cnoice farm lands here are sure to double in value within the next few years. Address, M. W. HOSTETTER, Gratton, No. Dak.

CLOW & HENDRICKS.

A partial list of our lands that we are offering for sale in Ransom county. We only give a few of the many bargains we have in first class lands, and with our wide experience and acquaintance throughout the county we can always help you find a snap. Come and see us. No. 1. 320 acres, 3% miles from good town; 70 acres under plow, balance prairie. A fine hay tract and very good soil. If broke up and sown to flax would half pay for the farm first year above expense. Price $3 0 per acre. No. 2. 160 acres. All under cultivation, very best of soil. 7% miles from town. No buildings ( (except granary.) Price S3B per acre. . ' No. 3. 160 acres 5 miles from town. Lays gently rolling; black loam with clay sub-soil. Price S4O per acre. ... , No. 4. 160 acres all under plow. 4 miles from Elliott. Very best of soil. No buildings. Price $41.50 per acre. No. 5. 320 acres. Lays very fine and the very best of soil. 140 acres under plow; balance prairie. 4 miles from town. Price per acre. No. 6. 3"0 acres well improved; good set buildings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from town. Price $47.50 per acre. No. 7. 320 acres well Improved. Good buildings and practically all under plow. 4 miles from good town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 8. 320 acres 5% miles from town. Lays very fine. 135 acres under plow; 160 acres fenced. No buildings. Here is a snap. S3O per acre.

No. 9. 800 acres well improved. Fine set of' buildings, good soil. 450 acres under plow; balance can be broke; one-half section fenced with 3 wires and cedar posts. 6% miles from town. This is a snap. $32.50 per acre. No. 10. 480 acres. This is one of the finest farms in the county. 6 miles from town, good 10-rbom house with furnace heat; fine large barn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under cultivation. Price for quick sale $47.50 per acre. No. 11. 160 acres. All prairie; lays fine and good soil. Price s3l per acre. No. 12. 320 acres, 4 miles from Lisbon; lays gently rolling. All prairie and it’s a snap. S4O per acre. No. 13. 160 acre, all prairie. 8 miles from Lisbon. Very best of soil; _ lays gently rolling. Price $32.50 per acre. No. 14. 160 acres,. all under plow; lays gently rolling; very best of so(l. This 4s a snap. $37.50 per acre. • ; "~ No. 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently rolling. Very best of soil. Good buildings. Price for quick sale $36.50 per acre. No. 16. 160 acres improved; all fenced; good buildings and fine grove. 7 miles from town. Price $45 per acre. • • . , All the above lands are subject to sale, withdrawal, or change in price without notice. We have cheaper land where the soil is not quite so heavy that has always raised good crops. Nearly all the above list have possible connection with R. F. D. and Telephone, School houses and churches are many throughtout the county, as the map will show. If interested, do not fail to write us for particulars. CLOW & HENDRICKS, Lisbon, No. Dak.

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-t| _ Mil I BSSwIM II I / Ji \ II Roa p fßfe'ZSj , Wt —-OS F o r Hot Weather You will want a Gasoline Stove and you will want the best; we have them in all sizes and prices; and then you will want a Refrigerator. Our line is the best in town and our prices are right. Washing Machines that will make your family washing easy and a pleasure. a Come in and let us show you our line of Lawn Mowers, Garden Tools, Ditching Tools, Poultry Netting, and our complete line of Builders’ Hardware. J— . Eger Bros., _ RENSSELAER, IND. i: Wabash Portland Cement o * Great Strength, Durability, Fine Color. i * Best for Sidewalks, Foundations, Floors, Walls, < ► Concrete Blocks, Bridges, Etc. :: WABASH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. O Sold by HIRAM DAY, and C. B. JOHNSON, 4 ► Rensselaer, Indiana. f Remington, Indiana

Farm Insurance The Home Insurance Co., of New York Surplus to Policy Holders,.... Losses paid over One Hundred Million Dollars INSURES AGAINST LOSS. BY FIRE, LIGHTNING, WIND-STORMS, AND TORNADOES. On the Installment, Cash or Single Note Plan, and refers to any of the many thousands who have been promptly paid for loss by Fire, Lightning, Wind-storm or Tornado, or to any or Business Man in America. THE BEST IS CHEAPEST INSURE IN THEF HOME. R. D. THOMPSON, Agent RENSSELAER, IND.

No. 4664. BLACK PERCHERON STALLION. Pedigree:—Foaled Augpst 21, 1903, bred by J. D. Dornblasser, Hume, HI.; owned by John A. Witt, Hillsboro, Ind.; got by. Rabelais 50545, he by Theudis 25015 (40871), he by Besigue (19602), he by Brilliant 111 11116 (2919), he »by Fehelon 2682 (38) he by Brilliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), ho by Coco II (714) he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by w Coco (712), he by Mignon .-4715), he by Jean-Le-Blanc - Dam, Queen 4,463, got by FcrdlvmMSßwtE'SNj b l ' arW'Vffife’T# out °f Mary 8257, HIL- Papillion 35.-,9 <379; ho by Brilliant 1899 tis 6). he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-le-BJanc (739), l(d Dam. La Rosa 3874, got by Con-: fident 3647 (3971, ho by Brilliant 1271 (755) out' of Rose by Coco H (714). Brilliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 • (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin -(713), he, by Coco <712), he by Mignon (715), he -by •Jean-le-Blanc' (739). 3d Dam, Rose 3317. got by .Cathelineau 8173 (9729), he by Monarque 5149 (2428), out of Paule (9728), r Monarque 5149 (2428), by Brilliant 1<99- (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by Coco (712), he by. Mignon (715) he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). ■ 4th Dam, Geneve, got by Condroy 5311, he by Cnarmont. Will make the season of 1910 as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays in Morocco, at the south feed barn. Phone 108. Wednesday and till Thursday noon kt home. Friday and Saturday at Hemphill Stud barn in Rensselaer. Phone 384. ' ' Terms: sls to insure colt to stand kndsuck. sl2 to insure mare to be

in foal. Money becomes duo when owner parts with mare or moves her from tno county. Colts held good for service. Care will bo taken to prevent accidents but I will not bo responsible should any occur. BEN B. MILLER. Owner and Manager. KINO, No. 6433 SHIRE STALLION. KING 1h a dapple bay—stallion 16hands high and weighs 1600 lbs. at Hu was foaled May 26, br< ' l by c - M. Moots, Normal, Ilb Slre - A,ler ' loii No. 3008 (8G82) I); mi. Lula 5868, IWlßplwWml’ by Conqueror IX, WtWiWW 0 7 83 (7051). S. BHYAN LETTER IS REI igle 'J en’s Nebraskan Uses One of Taf icxt - PAUL SCHULTZ, Owner.

TOM, Norman Stallion TOM, is a sorrel horse with silver mano and tail, stands 16 hands high f and now weighs 1600 pounds. Sire Vas- * istas 2779'9, out of a 15-16 Norman mare, wt, 1(100. He has good style and action, is well and compactly built and is an ideal type of farm horse; Is coming six years old. STAND AND TERMS: Tom will stand the season of 1910 at my farm 10% miles north of Rensselaer and 3>/ 2 south and % west of Kniman, at $lO to insure colt to stand and suck. Product held good for. service. Parting with marc or leaving county or state, service fee becomes due and, payable at •once. Care taken to prevent accidents but not responsible should anv occur. HERMAN SCHULTZ, Owner. NOTICE OF PITCH SALE. ■_ Notice is hereby given that the under.signed as superintendent of construction will -let the work, by contract to t,he lowest and best bidder the construction of the large tile drain in Cause No 9804 pending in the Commissioners Court of Jasper County, Indiana,' and known as the Mathias Zimmer, et al. ditch in Gillam Township, Jaspei* County, Indiana. Specifications for said improvement will be found at my residence in Gillam Township, said Co+snty, where the said sale will take place on Saturday, April 30, 1910, at Two O’clock in the aftefhjxyi. The tile for said improvement are as follows: 8 inch, 10 inch, 12 inch, 14 inch, and 15 inch tile. There are 65 stations; fall of 6.24 feet. .1 reserve the right to reject Any ,and all bids. The successful bidder shall enter into a contract and bond as required by law. Dated this the 6th: day of April. 1910. . PARIS T. ROBINSON. P. O. McCoysburg. R. F. p. Frank Foltz, Atty. Jasper Co., Ind.