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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Hints to Housewives.

To remove the odor of fish or onion!
from frying pan, put little vinegar
into the pan and heat it over the fire.
Clean the sink with kerosene, apply
ing the oil on cloth, and you will fine
that dirt and grease are removed as il
by magic.
Don't waste old velveteen. Wash il
and then use it for polishing silver or
glass. 1t is an excellent substitute for
/ wash leather as a plate cleaner
TO clean japanned trays, rub with a
cloth on which few drops of oil have
been sprinkled, and then polish with a
soft, clean piece of flannel.
For cleaning enamel baths. take one
tablespoonful of dry salt, moistened
with spirits of turpentine. Rub this well
IN the bath, which must be quite dry.
Then rub over with a clean cloth.
1t is very difficult to dry the inside of
a m1neing machine to prevent rusting
The best way to clean it after using is
TO grind some stale pieces of bread
through it. This will be found to collect
all grease, fat and skin from the small
knives. Then wipe with clean cloth
Many of the best housekeepers have
foresWorn the use of stove polish on the
kitchen range, excepting once or twice
in a season, and grease the monarch of
the kitchen instead. Once a week the
stove is washed off in greasy water, and
on the days between is merely wiped
with greasy cloth.
To whiten linen, little pipe-clay dis
solved in the water used in washing
linen saves great deal of labor and
soap, and cleanses the dirtiest linen
thoroughly. This method is specially
useful in towns where outdoor bleach
ing is generally an impossfbility.
The cleaning of cut glass carafes is
an operation which. if left to the maid,
is apt to be half done, and cloudy
water bottle the result. Sand is cleans
ing, but it is apt to scratch the glass.
Shot is effective, but darkens the sur
face of the bottle after a time. There !
S really nothing so good as eggshells. |
They should be broken up, handful |
added to hot soapsuds and we'll shaken i
n the bottle. After another rinsing |
ii a second suds and then in clear wa
e the glass will be brilliant.
Ii you have silver that is not in daily
Use. the best plan is to thoroughly
lean it, then wrap it in flannel and
Keep it in an alright box, with a lump
# camphor. Kept in this way it will
,e beautifully bright and clean and
eady for use at any time.
A rug that is getting old should have
stout backing of canvas sewed on it.
his will keep it fiat and greatly en-
ance its wearing qualities.
If. after frying fish, a slice of toast !
put into the fat for about two min
ties and then taken out. anything may ,
hen be fried in the fat and will not
lste Of the fish.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Beauty in Women.

Beauty in women depends in par
| upon the proper carriage of the body
and this can only be secured by the
correct action of the limbs. If they arc
| not well developed and properly trained
there is proportional loss of beauty
So, too, if the body is unsymmetrical-
ly developed the carriage cannot be
even and graceful, but uneven and I'M
graceful. Almost all women have some
slight curvature of the spine. This
causes one shoulder to be lower than
the other, and the result is that the
whole body is more or less deformed.
One remedy for this is the corset, but
this only hides the defurmity-does not
cure it. The body should be kept
straight by its musctes-by it's own
strength, not by that of steel or whale
bone. Beauty is. in part at least, the
result of fullness of physical life, and
she who has this will be in good health
and happy, and far more beautiful. III
health is the great foe to beauty.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
How to Keep Well

The will has much to do with pre-
serving good health. 1t is wonderful
force. 1t can be made to almost COM
pletely' control that delicately made
machine-the human body. Many a
person has been saved from severe ill
ness by putting forth a determined eff
fort to throw off the first symptoms.
OF course the will cannot control acct
dent or cure a genuine heart disease.
o|the germs of the air. But the germs
in the air, water and food have not al
ways created such havoc as is now
laid to their charge. The body was
created so that, when rightly used. it
could resist these germs-drive them
out of the system. The will may re-
fuse to fear the germs and thus help
nature to make strong fight against
them. Then the habit of resisting will
grow, until the body will unconsciously
refuse to yield to the attack of disease
in many instances
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
MARRIED TWENTY YEARS,
NEVER HAD A QUARREL

Pueblo Chieftain: Many peculiar peo-
pie come into the union depot but the
greatest curiosity in the shape of a
human being to pass through the depot
was there yesterday. He is travelling
salesman and has been in the business
for over twenty years. His home is in
Colorado Springs, and he resides there
with his family, consisting of his wife.
two girls and a boy. This man has
been married for over twenty wears
and in all that time he and his wife. he
says, have never had a quarrel. This
remarkable man never drinks ANYTHING
stronger than Manitou water. and
every week he computes the amount he.
would naturally spend for booze. if he
INDUCED, and lays it by. When he goes
home on Saturday he purchases with II
flowers, which he takes to his family.
Saturday he came into Pueblo and
while waiting for the train strolled up
town to a florists store on Fourth
street to purchase his flowers. He was
gone a moment too long, and when hs
again arrived at the depot he was tot
tering under the load of two big boxes
of cut flowers, and the train was just
rounding the curve on its way out of
town, and because Of the load of flow
erS he was unable to run and catch If
He spent the night in Pueblo at the |
Southern hotel, where he registered as !
William Smith of Colorado SPRINGS |
Mr.. Smith said it was the first time he |
has been away from his family on Sum |
day in years. Only once does he re-
member, and that was during the enor |
nous snowstorm in May four years
ago
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Care of the Teeth.

One of the commonest causes of had
teeth is taking food too hot. When Won
drink cup Of very hot tea the enamel
covering of the teeth expands. and aft
erward, when you breathe the cold air.
it contracts. This alternate swelling
and shrinking makes the enamel fall to
pieces. and once the hard covering goes
the spongy inner substance crumbles
away in no time.
Everyone knows the injurious effects
OF acid on the teeth. Yet many foolish
girls drink vinegar to make their faces
pale; the teeth pay the penalty. A
young girl who consulted a leading den
fist lately had lost almost every tooth
IN her head from sucking lemons and
some of the most profitable patients are
people given to eating pickles. 1t is not
necessary altogether to avoid acids. but
a little jar of bicarbonate of soda
should be kept on everyone's wash
stand, and the teeth should be rinsed
IN water in which some of it has been
dissolved This, by the way. is
never-failing cure for that kind of
toothache that attacks the whole law at
once
The best way to clean your teeth is
TO wipe them with a bit of sponge at
tached to handle, using tepid water
containing trace of some mild anti
septic.
1t is mistake to think that the
cnlld's first set of teeth need little or
no attention. and that nature will care |
Tor them, writes Mariana Wheeler in
t1arper's Bazaar AS a matter of fact |
from the moment the first little teeth
make their appearance, care of the !
teeth should commence The strength /
d the second or permanent teeth de- /
Ponds largely on the good and sound
condition of the first AS the decay Of
ne teeth always commences from the
outside, the first care is the mouth. II
should be kept clean and none of the
germs which cause decay be allowed To
'emain there. Acid is one of the first
,auses Of decay in the early teeth. and
he cause of acid in the mouth is often
nat after each meal a small portion
4 the milk is allowed to remain in
ne mouth, where the warm tempera-
ure causes fermentation In a small
oaby the mouth should be washed with
'aler containing pinch of borax or
orlc acid solution after every meal.
nd at least two or three times a day
an older child. A soft bit of linen or
little absorbent cotton wrapped
round the finger is sufficient for This
recess. When the childs double teeth
ONE, small, soft tooth brush should !
e useu. BE sure to use the brush {
emily, employing the horizontal mo- :
on and the perpendicular as well. as
uolng TINS the bristles of the brush /
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

other qualities requisite in husbands
quite as important as this
Ion marry man because you mis-
take sympathy for love. 1t is a thou
SAND times better for both that the
yes should be changed to mo" be-
iore the wedding day unless you truly
ioVe hlm sympathy is a poor founda-
tlon for marriage
Don't marry a man unless he has a
neao as Wen as a heart: Household
expenses are not met with anything
except bank account.
Don't marry a man for a home. You
deserve to be unhappy if you do, and
you usually will be. There are many
more honorable ways by which self
respecting woman can accomplish this
end
Don't marry for looks. A cookbook
ing man is no more able to provide for
the necessities of life for his family
than any other man, and frequently
less able because of his vanity.
Don't say yes to your first pro-
posal unless you are sure of yourself
Never to receive another proposal is
not the worst fate that can befall
girl. There are many old maids who
are happier than some wives.
Don marry for spite or out of pique
or because he says he can't live with
out you. But do not remain unmar-
RED II the man you love is good, brave
and industrious, even though he be
poor as the proverbial church mouse,
should he ask you to be his wife. The
right sort of wife can exert wonder
tul influence for good or failure over
her husband. By a gracious general
manner she can win hosts of friends
for him and help him along in nearly
every walk of life on the road to sue
cess and prosperity. The right sort of
Wife stands bv her husband when bust
ness and other troubles depress and |
worry him. She infuses hope into him !
and points the way to a new start. |
however small. She works with and !
for him, helms him plan and save and |
provide for the future and is indeed a |
helpmate, chum and wife all in one,
and when SO married her life is ideally
happy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Useful Men,

A well known Philadelphia society
woman said the other day:
have come to separate the men OF
my acquaintance into three classes
There are the dancing men, the dinner
men and the corner men, and each has
his own place on my list. For instance,
would never think of depending upon
dancing men for a dinner. The dane
ing man is generally callow. and he
doesn't know much else besides dane
ing. On the other hand, the dinner
man seldom dances, but he is good
talker, is specifically informed upon
the lighter topics of the day-the opera,
drama, the latest newsstand can
more than hold up his end. He doesn't
allow conversation to lag, and conse-
auently he is an important factor at
dinner. Men will accept dinner invi-
tations quicker than invitations to 9TH
er kinds. but don't think from this
that they are all dinner men. Far from
it.
THE corner man? oh, he is the one
who has the knack of making himself
generally useful and is quite in a class
by himself. He looks after the COM
fort of the chaperons. runs handy lit
tie errands and can even be depended
upon at afternoon teas. The other
men don't think much of him, but he
has his own value from the feminine
point of view"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

Inc other day, says a writer in tn,
catholic Union and Times, Emil Zols
appeared before an aristocratic liter,
airy and political women's club il
Parls and he took advantage of his
opportunity. At the very beginning he
told his hearers that they knew moth
ing about literature or politics, but
We're simply possessed Of that surface
knowledge which society women find
useful in daily chit-chat to create an
impression of intellectual culture!
nice beginning, wasn't it? Then
he proceeded to demonstrate that a
real understanding of literature or
politics required hard work, of which
such an audience as he saw before him
was manifestly incapable
You pretend to be interested in
/ these questions Zola said. but really
! You are not. Your days are solely de-
voted 10 foolish amusements and use
1 less actions, interminable toilet-mak-
! ing seances with dressmakers. lunch
cons, dinners, pink teas, so-called lit
erary lectures, receptions, balls and
| theatres. You spend your time in gos-
sip which is stupid when it is not
wicked.
You shirk motherhood. and when
you have children they are mostly in
trusted to mercenary hands. You
grovel with astonishing alactrity to
gain admittance into social circles
above your own, and cannot conceal
your asinine contempt for people sup
posedly below yourselves. You reduce
your reluctant duty of charity to pal
try offerings for a few famous institu-
tons. This is the sort of life society
woman leads. What right have you
to NEEDLE in philosophy, literature and
politics?
1T is a mere accident of birth that ;
you are not factory girls or dry goods |
And, were you such, can |
you feel certain that you would have !
the courage to prefer honest, laborious /
misery to blameworthy ease?"
] think Monsieur lola told the truth
do not know a great deal about
clubs-I belong to a few only
but l think they are mostly devoted
to babble. The members believe that
they are accomplishing considera BILE,
but they are not. They are amusing
themselves. and that is all. When
hey dabble in politics. they make a
ness of it. They are inscriptions in
heir methods, because they are ignor-
INT of the ethics of politics. If they
elect a candidate-and they do occa-
success is of doubtful
-alue. A man early learns the conse-
luences of dishonorable actions; a
woman some times possesses the
knowledge intuitively. but she never !
earns. A boy is taught the meanness
f giving or accepting a bride; but !
women always bride. When politicians +
n petticoats go to mothers meeting"
nd instruct their less educated sisters
4 politics, they say heard two of the
postles last fall-"Go home and use
|
lake him vote for this candidate"
nd the woman's influence did the bus :
less. Perhaps this club work, or play, :
lakes the woman cleverer. more self ;
assessed, more assured. 1t doesn't do :
nything more.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Kitchen and Cable.
THE SUNDAY MENU.

BREAKFAST.
Bananas California Breakfast Food.
Broiled Bluefish.
Dreamed Potatoes Coffae
Breakfast Buns
DINNER
Clear Soup.
Mutton en- Casservie.
''e"ed tomatoes. Celery on Toast.
Egg Salad.
Cocoanut Pie. Black Coffee
SUPPER.
Deviled Crabs. Saratoga cbins
Lettuce with French Dressing.
Fruit Tartlets. Sponge Cakes
Hot Chocolate. Cheese
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

spread the hash evenly, dot with butter
over the top, cover and cook slowly
until Drowned on the bottom; fold like
an omelet. 1t is delicious served with
mayonnaise sauce. If less butter be
used, and cream or milk be added for
moistening instead of stock, the result
is very satisfactory and the browning
quicker.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

get between the teeth and dislodge any
little particles of food which cling
there. The mouth also should be
opened wide and the crowns of the
teeth well brushed. After the teeth are
washed, the mouth should be thorough
ly rinsed. 1t is not necessary to use
soaps or tooth pastes or powders Plain
boiled water, or water with pinch of
borax, or a saturated solution of bo-
raic acid wash. the last being mildly
antiseptic, can be used.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

Don't marry man to reform him.
IL he needs to reform and does not be-
lore marriage it is a fallacious hope to
expect to change him after.
Don marry man who has only his
love to recommend him. There are
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
sneezing superstitions.

There is a quaint old rhyme about
sneezing which runs as follows:
| Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger,
| Sneese on Tuesday. kiss a stranger,
Sneeze on Wednesday, have a letter,
Sneeze on Thursday, something better.
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow.
Sneeze on Saturday, see true love to-
morrow.
sneeZe on Sunday meant a visit
from the parson the next day, and a
good old English housewife set every
thing in order against his coming.
The sneeze has certain unfailing ira
ditions attached to it, especially among
the old English peasants, and handed
down to our day, they have become SUI
perstitions.
The number of times any one sneezes
was always noticed, and the meaning
proclaimed with a serious or cheerful
face as the case might be according to
the number of sneezes. Nowadays even
the least superstitious will say BLESS
YOU" or pat you on the back three
times or four or five times, according
to the number of sneezes.
Sneezing was considered very health
full, and for this reason snuff became a
fashion, which grew to be harmful, as
snuff takers found it hard to break
away from the custom.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
PRIZE RECIPES.

Breakfast Buns.-Scald one-haIf mint
of milk; pour it over two TABLESPOON
1uls OF sugar: one quart of lukewarm
water; when milk is lukewarm add the
yeast and enough flour to make a
sponge Let rise until it doubles its
original bulk, about two hours. then
cream together half cuk of butter
and half cup of sugar; add two we'll
beaten eggs and one cup of scalded
milk. Mix this into the sponge and
add sufficient -four to make a soft
dough; knead lightly, cover and set to
rise until very light; then mold into
small buns and lay in creased pans
allowlng plenty of room to rise; then
oack in a quick oven. for fifteen or
twenty minutes.
Celery on Toast-Trim the stalks IF
several heads of celery and tie them
into bundles and parboil them for fif-
teen minutes; then throw into cold
water for few minutes. then drain
linen cover them with good stock and
sumner gently for an hour or until
lender. Then drain on a cloth over hot
water. Serve on hot dish with three
cofnered croutonS of fried bread and
pour a rich brown sauce over them.
use the stock in which the celery was
polied for the sauce. adding a little
beef extract.
Corned Beef Hash.-Take the scraps
Of corned beef and, after extracting
any grlsie or other waste, chop them
me, add an equal measure of chopped
oolled potatoes and enough stock To
signify moisten; season to taste. Put
generous piece of butter (say one |
leaping tablespoonfuD in a spider.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Homemade Soap For scrubbing.

Several years ago the writer made a
test whether it was worth while to
manufacture soap at home, and ! have
never thrown away a bit of ia tsince.
That fall 1 had twenty pounds of
grease on hand, made up of all sorts
of odds and ends; fat that had grown
too brown for frying, mutton drippings,
which we don't like in our house,
scraps of fat off beefsteaks, corned
beef roasts. stews, chicken, turkey and
suet Nothing was considered too small
or mean to add to the soap fat stock.
l did not allow it to grow stale and
mouldy Once in ten days or so l tried
out everything that had collected and
strained in into a deep stone jar kept
in the coolect part of the cellar. Thus
no rendering process was required of
nasty smelling fat when l began the
soapmaking process. For this quantity
of grease two cans of I've at 10 cents
each were required, and from the ket-
tie / poured twenty pounds of strong,
excellent coap, which we used constant
~ for floor scrubbing, dish washing
and occasionally in the laundry. Mr.
family is not large enough to afford
fot for our entire soap supply. so | |
buy our laundry and toilet soaps. The |
older soap is. the more economical it |
is, so 1 make a fresh lot about four |
months before it is needed and lay it to |
dry spread on shingles on the attic |
foor.-Good Housekeeping.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03
Uon1dn's UorId. e ess,s sss
Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers
The Club Woman.

qualities.-Grace Corneau, in Chicago
Tribune
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

Many rice straw hats are being worn
for the early season. the suppleness Of
such straws rendering il particuIarlv
adaptable for such use. For such hats
daintily trimmed silk scarfs are used
the edges Of which are touched off with
a tiny band or incrustation of lace
Graceful masses Of green grasses are
carelessly gathered upon such hats and
fan, in a negligent fashion, over the
brim. Glover leaf and all kinds of
small greens are also in high favor for
trimming. and are particularly to be
recommended on account of their light
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-05-03

A new way of trimming hats has inst
been introduced which is most effective.
a large bow of velvet holds the hat up
on one side, while the crown is COW
ered with two scarfs of soft ribbon of
contrasting color, gathered into a HOY
on one side, where a cluster of flowers
finishes the knot. Scarfs are much used
upon all the new hats. and | am sur
prised at the number of chapeaux
which tie coquettishly under the chin.
Nioiets are in the height Of favor for
hats Of all kinds. One hat which
struck me particularly at Armenonville
the other Sunday was entirely formed
upon each side by two compact masses
of violets. The middle of the hat was
OF lustrous white straw, and white sat
IN and velvet choux combined to finish
the ornamentation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-08-14
WOODMEN
WILL TURN
OUT STRONG

Fraternal Day during the Ic.ka'
carnival VIII BE- enthusiastically 90.
served by the Nn0dmen 0f the
World. who announce that they viii
come 10 this eity from all over
Washington oregon and British
Columbia. Corresponding Secretary
a. j. kprecltert has sent circulars TO
local Noudmfn and To ait the camps
Ia the Pacific Jurisdiction. ami
Judging from replies hr hha received
there VIII be a very large attend
II iH expected that more than 2.d6g
Wdodmen VIII be iu line and they
Viii Try ana win the Hi2i banner ~
b" given 90 the fratcrnnI order
which Il the most men in line.
Three floats ARE under construction
and the WQodmen hope u win the
prize for the beat fionL
The Women ~ Muodcruu viii
turn out in the parade ia carriages
and music vii BE- furnished bg the
Fremont. Seattle Military. nremer-
ten. hothei and Puyatlup hantf.
Auguat a an excursion To Victoria
gu the steamship GHronne VIII be
Eiven. aud IL Il expected that the
British Columbia v oodmen vill give
"A return excursion TO Seattle.