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The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-17
The Gas Range.
Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal
A number of Buffalo women, comprising
experienced housekeepers and brides of a
year. have formed a club which has for its
prosaic and practical object the study of
the gas range.
The idea is to learn how to use up-to-date
ranges expertly and economically. With
this in view each member brings pencil and
notebook TO the bi-monthly meetings held,
and carries home on paper any hints
brought out in the discussion.
OF course they all learned long ago that
the greatest fuel consumer and fuel waster
is the big oven flame. If possible. they now
dispense with that in baking, using instead
a sheet iron or tin oven placed across two
burners on top of the stove. If, however,
all the top burners are to be in use, the club
members bake the whole dinner in the
lower oven at one time. For instance, a
menu of roast beef, baked sweet potatoes,
macaronf and a baked pudding, is served.
In the same way burner top of the
range may be utilized for a menu consist
ing of boiled fowl. served in a ring of
boiled rice, with mashed potatoes, and a
boiled green vegetable. Fruit forms the
dessert.
Among other things which the Gas Range
Club members have learned to be sure and
do in cooking are: To make all the possible
use of the simmering burner, as In the COM
pletion Of the cooking of soup, boiled corn
beef, or a boiled fowl.
To turn the gas down to the blue flame.
This takes little longer to cook with, but
the red flame is a great waster.
To fill the bottom of the double boiler with
piping hot water from the faucet, instead
of putting in cold TO boil.
Never to leave the kettle boiling a minute.
To keep the little holes in the burners
clear.
are done, and merely shut the door to keep
them hot,
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Improving Hollow Cheeks.

Dorothy: There are manifold reasons for
hollow cheeks. The main ones are: A
natural disposition toward bodily thinness.
which manifests itself plainly I'm the face;
weak, undeveloped muscles. due 10 defective
nutrition, as the result Of impaired circu-
lation and general physical weakness; lack
of teeth. which take away the natural sup
port and allow the cheeks 10 sink inward.
even though they be quite fieshy. In such
cases the missing teeth should be re-
placed, If possible. for the sake of proper
masticatiOn, as well as for good appear
ance. Then the labor OF restoring the con-
tour Of the face will be quite easy, pro-
vided, of course, the health is good To
impart hrmness facial gymnastics and mas
sage. accompanied by good prepared skin
food or cocoa butter will prove beneficial.
The skin food is 10 be applied just before
retiring, and the exercise TO be INDUCED IN
both night and morning for about ten
minutes. To exercise the muscles first COM
press the lips. fill the checks with air and
work the jaws in a chewing movement,
putting the cheeks outward as much as pos
sible and keeping the mouth closed. Before
applying the skin food prepare the face 10
receive IL by q thorough washing in warm,
soapy water. followed by a cold rinse. Dry.
and with the tips OF the fingers stroke the
muscles OF the cheeks upward and back
ward with gentle pressure after placing the
thumbs at the base of the ears. Anoint the
hOllows with the cocoa butter and execute
a rotary movement, beginning by placing
the finger tips at the corner Of the mouth
and following the jaw bone TO the temple.
Start again at corner of mouth and work
upward through middle OF cheek 10 outer
ten times, keeping the pressure firm but
gentle
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Marie: To desire a well-rounded neck is
not mere vanity, but a worthy object
worthy of special effort. No sensible wom-
an should sit down and let the unlovely
lines creep in about the throat when half
hour each day spent in exercise will ward
off the marks of time for many years. If
careless as 10 how the head is poised. cor
rect the fault at once A graceful carriage
will bring all the pretty lines in play, while
an awkward poise of the head will often
force a double chin in evidence, which
would never be observed, or but slightly,
if the chin had been held up instead of be-
ing allowed to drop low with the muscles
relaxed Whenever possible discard high
and stiff collars, which are the most fruit
full source of withered and discolored necks;
the pressure and continual friction destroys
the texture of the skin and causes the
muscles 10 become fiabby. 1t is a notable
fact that women who habitually dress the
neck very low retain the fine contour of the
neck until late in life. Practice the follow
ing exercises before a mirror with the neck
muscles relaxed and repeat each move
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-17
Odds and Ends.

Old stockings cut down the seam make
excellent cloths for polishing furniture and
floors. as we'll as soft iron-holders.
To remove SCOT from a carpet sprinkle
plenty Of fine salt over il and sweep along
the grain Of the carpet Repeat until every
trace of the SCOT is removed.
Gasoline put on stains on a white silk
waist, followed by as much lump magnesia
as the gasoline will take up, we'll rubbed in,
will generally remove the stains.
Salt placed under baking tins in the
oven will prevent their contents from
scorching on the bottom. Salt and vinegar
will remove tea stains from china.
When grease is spilled on the kitchen
to prevent it soaking into the wood. II will
knife.
In making down pillows go over the
wrong side of the case with an iron rubbed
well with beeswax each time it is applied
to the cloth, to prevent the down from
working through the cloth.
Flatirons should be washed every week
and always kept in a clean, dry place
Few housekeepers sufficient wax in
ironing Do not allow your irons to be-
come red hot, as they will never again re-
tain the heat.
When the winds do blow and there is
frost in the air. put handkerchiefs, col
lars, cuffs and other small articles in the
wash TO dry in pillowcase. The fabric
is spared whipping by the wind, they will
freeze dry, and be quickly gathered for
ironing.
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a feast. A few good frocks and two hats.
one for travelling and the other for church,
theater or driving or social occasions. and
a good jacket with n rain coat with the
necessary underwear, is all that is really
required.
Have a knocka bout travelling suit. with
skirt cut to walking length: last winters
gown is probably good enough for this
service. In rainy weather this suit can be
worn to save the smarter tailor gown in
which you can visit picture galleries and
see your friends in bright weather Several
blouses should be taken, and. although you
may love wash blouses. you cannot depend
on your laundress not to rend the gar
ments.
a nice silk dress and a dinner dress
should be carefully packed in the dress
trunk. which will go In the hold OF the
vessel. mot wanted" in the cabin
Besides your warm eiderdown dressing
gown for use in your stateroom, you will
require a dark cashmere or silk room gown.
in which you can occasionally be visible.
IL is not worth while to take a large sup
ply of underwear-four even three of a
kind is all that is necessary, except with
stockings and handkerchiefs, and stock COL
lars. lingerie.
OF shoes and slippers you will require an
adequate supply A pair of halfworn, per-
haps half-soled. shoes Is worth two pairs of
new shoes. You will probably be a good
deal on your feet, sightseeing, standing In
picture galleries and in churches and pal
aces, and you then appreciate the advan-
tages Of comfortable, "broken-in' foot
wear.
a long automobile coat for steamer use
and warm furs are advisable. Do not neg
lect supply Of wells and jersey or
sweater for damp or chilly days. Nice lit
tie woven spencers of Shetland wool can
be worn beneath silk or batste blouse,
which is too smart to be covered up.
Warm wooden golf gloves for the steamer,
where kid or dogskin gloves become
sticky with the damp, and three or
four pairs of kid or dogskin gloves and one
pair of fine suede Isle" or silk gloves for
warm days at Amalfi or Sorrento, should
be put in your glove case.
Americans who go abroad for the nrst
time are apt TO make the mistake of taking
too much baggage with them. II is better
to travel with as little impediments as pos
sibe. not only on the score of expense, for
you will probably pay pound for pound on
your trunks in Italy; but because you Will
have all the more excuse, If any be needed,
for buying yourself good supply of smart
gowns a dress hat or so, and a French
wrap or London coat before returning.
A midwinter bride. whose home is not
far from Twenty and Walnut
streets, has provided herself simply with
what she considers the barest necessaries.
She says she will buy her trousseau in
| Paris, Brussels or Vienna; and when she
returns home from her wedding trip next
| spring she will bring the latest European
modes home in her foreign-bought trunks
and boxes. She sails soon by the favorite
| Mediterranean route.
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Matters Of Feminine Interes st
Philosophy and Other Subjects n Which
ore Especially Concerned

ercise. Did you ever hear of a woman who
was too old to do her own hOusewOrk If
she had average health and no means to
provide servant. and is ii not this woman
VINO retains her youth longest, other things
being equal?
Suppose. adopting the housework re-
gime, you improve your complexion.
strengthen your muscles, and make your
self generally beautiful and fair to look
upon one day by means of the fatiron.
Another day let the rolling-pin be beauty's
ally. Better than any taught wrist or arm
exercise is stirring up a cake or a pudding.
Have not cooks usually splendid arms, firm,
round and white?
1t Is the modern bachelor girl who is
proud of the little fiat she inha abits who is
making this form of beauty culture spe-
cially her own.
Her course Of reasoning is very clear.
10 NIL out the neck and chest and gain a
beautifully modelled shoulder the student
at gym" Is initiated in the mysteries of
shoulder raising, shoulder movement, for
ward and backward, arm raising sideways,
arm raising forward, arm swinging sideways,
arm swinging backward and forward, arm
spreading, arm rotation, arm bending and
stretching, and arm thrusting. All these
are movements through which you are put
by the instructor for the benefit of the
arms, chest, shoulders and back When
welding the rolling-pin or the fatiron do
You not go through all these motions?
To keep down weight and reduce the
waist measure, instead Of bending double
TIL the fingers touch the floor prescribed
uuulDeI u the QlSciple or the new
cult polishes the floor of her sanctum. The
erect is every bit excellent. Scrubbing
the floor Is hard work. but IL is a splendid
form of exercise. Then there is sweeping,
! which is a developer of the shoulders,
arms and wrists. IL you want TO strength
en- your ankles, stand on tiptoe and brush
the cobwebs from the corner. If you want
10 cure your round shoulders, pick up
basket of freshly washed linen, and go out
doors and hang IL up on the line. You will
breathe In fresh air and expand your chest
at one and the same time But this last
A clever woman has discovered a way of
combining domesticity and exercises during
the task of pastry-making. To develop the
shoulders grasp the rolling-pin with both
hands and raise il above the head until
the arms are perpendicular. Count five.
Let the pin gradually fall back until IL
rests on the chest. Repeat the process six
or eight times, alternately touching the
chest and the back of the neck.
The pin is now held over the head and
the right arm, which remains stretched.
brings II downwards to the right side OF
the body. The left arm at the same time
bends over the head and grasps the other
end Of the pin.
For another movement, the pin is held in
front of the body, with the arms stretched
downwards. Bend the arms far enough to
bring the pin on a line with the shoulders
Then the left arm is stretched vigorously
sideways. At the same time the right arm
which remains bent, is raised to the height
of the shoulders and follows the movement
Next the right arm is stretched, while the
left one is bent.
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Winter Fashions for Women


safe case Of that something different" for
which dressmakers and tailors are striving
nightly.
Gowns on which embroidery has been
used lavishly are more numerous than they
were earlier In the winter. Embroidery in
silks has not gained much. but the use Of
cord and braid embroideries has increased
noticeably Then chenille embroidery has
lost none OF the standing il had from the
first of fall. Newer mediums are headings
and lettings. which seem not TO have
reached the height of their stylishness, as
possibly chenille has. Such ornamentation
is not put on skirts In very large quanti-
ties, though more is safe now than was in
the beginning of the season. Free use Of
the establishment is made on sleeves and
yokes may be covered with II. This per-
mission is extended even to yokes of such
depth that there results a considerable ex-
panse of the embroidery. Witness the
stylish gown at the right of the second ac-
companying picture with yoke front and
back of chenille embroidery. For the rest
this dress was black cloth and pleated silk
bands edged with cord. OF all the en-
broidery being done now the most reckless
seems to be that appearing on velvet
dresses. Here the quantity may not be ex-
treme. but the material trimmed is so fine
that the embroidery seems TO give rather
small return for the outlay. Such gowns
are very stylish, however, in which fact lies
ample return.
Many evening dresses are trimmed with
ermine. but almost always there is other
trimming that makes an impression either
for it's richness or beauty. Lace houncings
are used lavishly in evening attire and
daintily figured materials do much to en-
hance the beauties of dresses that are not
made with especial elaborateness. The
artist puts three evening gowns here. The
first was pink panne satin crepe with figure
of a lighter pink and with yoke of coarse
black lace net over plain pink. The next
was pale blue crepe de chine embroidered
with white silk. Last is a white silk, the
skirt draped with black net with chantilly
lace trimmings. This lace also gave the
sleeves. The round cut-out is usual and by
many is varied by looping off the tops of
the sleeves, making the cut-out in the man.
ner of the yoke that extends out over the
arms.
White gowns planned for the dressiest
uses often show touches Of green in their
finish. The color is not limited to collar
and sleeve ornamentation, nor is it permit
ted to appear in masses. About the neck
there may be considerable showing of it,
but on the rest of the bodice and on the
skirt the color Is scattered here and there
The effect is entirely different from the
dashes of color supplied to outdoor suits
as it should be. considering that it is in
tended for dressups.
No radical change is foreshadowed in
sleeves. Designers still maintain a steady
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dressmakers can shift responsibility TOT the
situation TO their customers Definite prom
ise Is made that the winters liking LOT
gowns composed of several shades of one
color will be extended. Two tones of the
color are likely to be the stylish limit, even
when the entire costume is included in the
color scheme The colOrs submitted take
in all the recently stylish hues, and the
combinations are characterized by daring
as they have been all winter. Puppies
which have seemed 10 wane a bit as winter
advanced. are more numerous, and the COM
binations into which they enter often of
the advanced order. Cerise Is put with
II I'm ways TO make the surprised Observers
eyes bulge, and pink and crimson are mated
with shades of the purple class in a man
ner hardly less astonishing. A little study
of these color effects show that they are
not at all impossible. What startles is their
newness and that will not keep women
from taking them up; rather. it will lead
10 ready acceptance. So these cOmbina-
tions are likely TO be numerous.
New, without shock. are the effects gained
by the employment of two shades of green.
This has been done more or less all winter.
but the shades now appearing have just
new. and the use Of two Of these greens
together is very effective. But pretty much
all sorts OF green are TO be had. so those
who don't fancy the grayish tones may Sc
lect others. Dark shades ard very bright
ones are 10 be had. and there is notice
able promotion of tints close on lemon.
Blues, too, show grayness. but all tints of
blue a go. and red and purplish blues
are numerous
The winters favor for rough surfaced
goods is at it's height. The wraps and
gowns that point It's strength are very nu-
merous, and their weaves would be of the
most conspicuous order, except that so
many women have donned like goods. So
many materials of extraordinary surface
have appeared in response TO this fashion
that 1t seems as by another winter return
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output of novel sorts. though how they
manage 1t is beyond the average under
standing, in view of the immense variety
that already has passed in review. The ex-
planation has been all winter long that the
new sleeves were being dug up from the
fashions of the last century. Either this
explanation is unreliable. or the past CEN
tury saw more sorts Of sleeves than left
much of impression. In many Of the
newer sleeves the sorts dressmakers and
tailors purr about being the stylish
thing for spring. the shoulders line goes
away beyond the middle of the arm She
who slOped to that point has been about
right so far, but for the future the line may
not break, if these promoters are believa-
Bile, before the elbow is reached Nor is
that extreme, to judge from some of the
new models. They show sleeves in which
an unbroken line extends from neck to the
largest diameter OF the puff, which droops
10 about midway OF wrist and elbow. Such
sleeves are better suited to the tailor than
10 the dressmaker. as they can have but
very little establishment. Band trimming
on some sleeves reach from the neck half
way between elbow and shoulder. They
have a trig look. suggestive Of especial
snugness and limiting that the outline of
the gown is really that Of the wearer's
figure. Not all shoulder slope. by any
means. conveys such hint
Girdles of the wide sorts are becoming
more numerous and are much embelIished
or plain. according 10 the character of the
gown or the fancy OF the wearer Wide
girdles encircled by two or three ribbon
bands each band finished with one or more
tiny bows, are seen again. They are 2
pretty form OF girdle. yet seem hardly old
fashioned enough for revival just now But
ton finish Is much used for girdles and
often the overlapping end is shaped In tabs
Tabs often are held by tiny gilt buttons.
and when the buttons are not present gilt
Is likely 10 ornament the girdle itself
Dressmakers Will not promise a run of
gilt trimmings for spring, but makers of
such ornamentatiOn have made ready and
more and more OF il IS appearing in the
shops. So IL rests with women lii is wit
gilt trimmings as with lots OF other things
they can have them If they want them
and will make a wee effort.
New York, Jan. Is
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some Tempting Cakes.

From Harper's Encyclopedia of Cookery"
Nut Fruit Cake: One cupful of butter is
creamed with two of sugar, and four eggs
added, yolks and whites beaten separately.
One grated nutmeg and one pound of flour
stirred In gradually. keeping out about
two ounces of flour to dredge the nuts and
raisins. large coffee-cupful of raisins,
stoned and split and the same amount OF
are stirred in last. cool, bread-oven is
the best for this cake, and when finished
add a thick pink icing favored with rose
water, and decorated with an sdging OF
homemade burnt almonds.
Kisses: Beat the whites of three eggs
until they are stiff then sift over the eggs
three-quarters of cupful of powdered
sugar. Mix the sugar in lightly with a
knife. Cover a board with paper drop the
mixture on it by spoonfuls, and place in a
moderate oven, leaving the door open for
thirty or forty minutes. then close the
door for a few minutes TO let them color
Stick two together with a little jelly or
jam between them.
Fflbert Cakes: Blanch four ounces Of
shelled almonds and beat them to a paste,
adding a few drops of orange-flower water
from time TO time to prevent them from
getting oily. Blanch four ounces of shelled
hlberts. toast them, and pound 10 pow
der. Beat the yolks of twelve eggs for a
half-hour, and when very light add the all
monds, the filberts. and one-half pound OF
been powdered. Melt one-half pound Of
butter and add to this mixture. Stir thor
oughly 10 mix the whole well. From one
and one-half pounds OF sugar make a heavy
syrup by adding about q cupful of water
and boiling it till of the proper thickness
Add this TO the mixture already made, stir
ring constantly and well. Place over the
fire a few minutes when il is completely
mixed until a thick paste is formed. Drop
this teaspOonful at q time on Toured tins,
and bake in hot oven.
Cymbals: Half a pound of sugar, one
fourth pound of butter, two eggs, one nut
meg, one teaspOonful of soda half a tea
cupful of sour milk. Cream the butter and
add the sugar 10 it, Then add the eggs.
beaten separately and very light; then
crate i'm the nutmeg. and pour in the soda
dissolved in the milk. Then add enough
flour TO make a dough as soft as can be
handled-one quart will probably suffice.
Roll out upon a hard board, and cut into
small cakes; sprinkle sugar over them and
bake quickly.
Piques: Beat the yolks of six eggs very
light. Put in a pinch of salt and few
grains or anise: add one pound of -four
and kneed we'll until the paste snaps, using
q little lard TO prevent il from sticking to
the hands. When ready. roll the paste half
an inch thick, and cut into half-inch cubes.
Drop these into boiling lard. and when they
paper. They should be cooked a golden
brown. With one pound of sugar make a
heavy syrup. Let il boil till ii feathers.
and add any havoring that meets the fancy.
Into this thick syrup stir the cakes until it
sugars. when they will be covered with the
white frosting. They are now ready 10 eat
as soon cold.
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would be made to smoother stuffs AS yet
however. there is no relaxation, and the
only rough novelty weaves TO decline in
price are those that put in an appearance
very early in the fashion. Newer goods
seem to be about as high as ever A sim
liar feature of the favor In which these
stufs are held is the current standing of
the materials that initiate furs more or
less closely. This cannot be said TO be a
winter of fur trimmings, yet gowns trimmed
with counterfeit peltry are extremely sty-
lish. Chinchilla and astrakan are the skins
most initiated. Imitation errnine is offered,
but seems not TO rank nearly so we'll as
the others. perhaps because the real fur is
particularly stylish as trimming The use
OF such trimming is illustrated in to-day's
initial picture. which shows gown OF gray
venetian finished with bands of chinchilla
cloth edged with gray silk cord. Embroid-
cry OF the cord finished the yoke Such
goods is not heavy its appearance
would indicate. being not nearly so heavy
as the real fur would be So it permits the
look OF fur trimming without weighting
down the material unduly
The fur-trimmed tailor-made has ap-
peared. but has not won many acceptors
Stylish women have adhered pretty closely
10 the notion OF tailor gown and fur acces-
sories. So the tailor suit has been more
of an extravaganza than ever since 10 do
the trick Alright it must be matched in fine
ness by set OF furs TO be worn with it,
A novel form of the fur accompaniment is
shown in one OF the tailor get-ups of the
next picture. Here an ermine neck piece
was worn inside the vest, a device that is
held not to forbid the wearing also OF a
shOwy outer fur. The tendency i'm neck furs
Is 10 wrap the throat tightly. The unwis-
dom OF this has been pointed season. Fash
ionables evidently do not believe that
throats are thus made sensitive. The suit
with which this inner fur was worn was
fuschia cloth and black braid AT its left
IN the picture see brown cheviot tailor
suit trimmed with cluny lace and pendants
This combination OF lace and cheviot in a
tailor suit is unusual, but 1t counts as a