Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-03-31
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

BEAUTY AND ExTRAvAGANcE.-D
women look prettier for all this in
creased expenditure2 Oldish men
say, "Ah, there are no pretty girls
now, such as there were when / was a
young fellow" Young men say,
"What guys women made of them
selves before the present style of
dress came in" The truth is proba-
bly,, that pretty woman charms in
any dress, not because of it, but fire.
quently in spite of it; while plain
woman is often enough stylish in her
get-up, taking especial trouble to be
perfectly correct in detail, since she
cannot hope successfully to com
pete in point OF looks. Extravaganza,
then, is by no means necessary to the
setting off of beauty, and as for the
common excuse, that lavish expendi-
ture is good for trade, it furnishes a
knife that cuts both ways. If ex-
penses increase in one direction they
must necessarily be limited in an
other; and if one set of tradesmen
get the Benjamin portion of a mans
income Through his wife and daugh-
ters), some other sets obtain less than
they otherwise would. There were,
of course, extravagant women in the
days of crinoline and back hair, but
their very extravaganza would now
almost be considered as economy. As
compared with the powers of spend
ing money of a woman to day. 1t was
"as moonlight unto sunlight and as
water unto wine." With all these
blue, yellow and scarlet ribbons for
temperance in drink, will no one
start white ribbon for temperance
in costume? 1t might be at first diff
ficult to obtain recruits, but there
certainly are few women of England
who have been secretly hoping for a
backward tide in the How of present
extravaganza, and who would gladly
hail the initiation of a far different
state OF things-a reaction in favor of
and purer taste.
Glancing over the Calls short
adds we noticed that "young lady
wishes position as a lady's compan-
ion or saleslady in a candy or fancy
store" We hope she won't get it;
we have no faith in salesladies. Store
keepers very properly prefer sales
women and salesmen. For sales
ladies and salesgentlemen they have
no use. Salesladies are too laDguid
too much of the Tll-faint i'll am
show you : another article
about them. But nice, neat, active,
bright eyed courteous saleswoman is
the girl for our money. No nonsense
about her-no making eyes at male
hop of-me-thumbs with saucer hats
and cigarette-tanned faces. The
saleslady is always too high for her
billet; the saleswoman does her work
conscientiously and earns her money.
rs. f. Exchange.
GRAHAM BREAD. each cupful of
sour milk use l teaspoonful of soda,
a little salt and 2 heaping tablespoon
fuls of light brown sugar. Stir with
a spoon to a thick batter. Never
knead with the hands. Three cup
fuls make a nice loaf, good either
warm or cold.
MoLAssEs COOKIES. Lone cupful sug-
ar, l cupful butter, l cupful N. 0
molasses, l tablespoonful each Of soda
and cloves. Boil all together, and
while boiling pour in enough -four to
thicken, stirring all the time. Roll
out quickly quite thin and bake in a
hot oven.
Sort MoLAssEs COOKIES. pint
buttermilk, ! pit. N. 0. molasses, cup
full Of butter and lard mixed, 2 table
spoonsful soda, / tablespoonful gin
ger and cloves. Stir in enough -four
to make a soft dough. Roll ! inch
thick, cut and bake in quick oven.
These recipes / have used for years,
and they are excellent.-Mrs. d. +. Il,
26 Madison street, Dayton, o.
RIUE BREAD.-Rice bread makes a
pleasant variety at the breakfast
table. Take one pint of well-cooked
rice, half pint OF -four, the yolks OF
four eggs, two tablespoonful Of but
ter melted, one pint OF milk and half
a teaspoonful Of salt; be t the~e all
together; then, lastly, add the whites
OF the four eggs, which you have
beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in shall
low pans or in gem tins. Serve
warm.
CARING FOR STooK. my opinion
the farmer who has two hundred
acres OF good land and is unable to
build barn, had better sell one hun.
dred, or as much of it as is necessary,
and build one. And yet, he who has
an abundance of straw may. il he will,
make his stock quite comfortable If
he is not miserly with his corn.
Give milch cows and last springs
calves little extra care. A few quarts
of oats will not hurt the colts. Do
not be 80 cruel as to ask team to
draw a heavy load without sure foot
ing.
Many cattle die each year and many
more suffer from the want OF plenty
Of water. Once a day is as often as it
is necessary for cattle to drink in cold
but this they should always
have. If the watering place is q cold
and bleak spot, the probability is that
a few master cows or steers will mo-
nopolize the trough until they freeze
out the rest Of the herd. In this way
some of the underlings are often with
80 ,x,otor f~ - MANY davs I havn the