Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — WOMAN AND HOME. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN AND HOME.

THE ENGAGED GIBL.

Has an idea she has accomplished her life work. Looks down with undisguised pity upon heart-free companions. Sees something to laugh at in the Jokes about maidens. Spends seven-eighths of her time in the shops. Begins to tell her mother how a bouse should be run. Starts a collection of handkerchiefs and doilies. Thinks all her old admirers are dying of broken hearts. Becomes absent-minded" and leaves tier left hand ungloved. Gives the hero in the latest novel her fiance’s name. Promises every girl she knows that •he’ll be one of the bridemaids. Is on the whole the most annoying personification of egotism Imaginable. —Philadelphia Telegraph.

LAWN FROCK.

With insertion and very fine tucks tor trimming. Sash of blue silk.

'bbbeding places of colds. We all know only too well the common cold. It actively commences by Eiuslng a tickling in the throat or ose, due to congestion, and eventually ascends or descends, as the case may be, causing all manner of stuffy discomfort. It is not, perhaps, sufficient-

ly recognized that the common cold is most infectious. The germs, whatever they may be, have a way of running through a household. The first infected member of a family ought, if it were practicable, to be put into quarantine,, so as to save the rest of the clan, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Unluckily, colds may be caught in the trolley or on the train, or any place of public assembly. Sad to say, places of worship are great breeding places of colds, because the ventilation is not usually of t&e best, and the air, being overmuch used by the congregation, becomes of low quality, so that the respirer of such air often falls an easy prey to the germs which are responsible for colds. The unlucky man who, wiser than his generation, insists on opening windows, often gets much abused for causing a cold by creating a draught. But the mischief was probably done before the breeze began to blow. PLANT VERSUS MOSQUITOES. In Venezuela, the castor-oil plant growing around houses is believed to keep mosquitos away. In that country the plant grows to the size of a tree and is perennial, whereas in more temperate climates it attains a height of only four or five feet. But United States Consul Plumacher at Maracaibo thinks the plant would be equally effective against mosquitoes anywhere. By keeping the branches and seeds of the plant in a room, he says, the pests are driven away.

OUR COOKING SCHOOL. Canned Peas. Shell ripe peas and lay them in cold water for an hour. Drain, cover with cold salted water and bring to a boll. Eoil until tender but not broken. Set cans in hot water, drain the peas from the liquor, return the liquor to the fire, fill the cans with the peas, and when the liquor boils again fill the cans to overflowing with this. Screw on the tops immediately. fanned Beans. String young beans and cut in pieces three-quarters of an inch long. Put them in a kettle, sprinkle with salt and cover with boiling water. Boil until tender. See that your cans and rubbers are in good condition when you fill them. Dip the beans out of the pot with a split spoon, fill the cans, bring the liquid again to boil, and fill the cans to overflowing. Seal immediately.