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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Lonely and Cheerless

Unless the children's health de-
mands long sojourn in the country,
she is a wise wife who elects TO stay
with John during the heated term
and mitigate to the best of her abil-
ity the discomforts of his existence.
Setting aside the unpleasant truth
that the foundation of habits which
wreck character and happiness are
often laid during the enforced
''grass widowerhood" of young fell
lows, who find the solitude and 81
lence of a deserted home intolerable
when evening brings respite from
toil-no loving woman can think I'M
moved of the loneliness and lack of
cheer which are the lot of the mas
ter of the house left to dispose I'M
aided of sixty hot evenings and to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
PRACTICAL
How to Turn the House
top Into a Roof
Garden"

II n SOME places they band to-
gether for mutual encourage
ment and, with Righteousness
born of philosophical resigna-
ton, call themselves The Can't
GETAWAY Club" They are social
after the days work is done, sup
ping IN one another's houses in
rooms where gas and electric burn
ers are tempered to twilight and
comparative GOODNESS. They eat
cold meats and crisp salads and iced
desserts and drink frappes and effer-
vescent waters. They stroll in parks
and affect quiet sails by moonlight,
and, when bent upon conviviality,
visit roof gardens conducted upon a
large and boisterous scale, utterly
unlike the leafy retreats we shall de-
scribe presently.
With all our rapid growth in pros
perity and consequent luxury, the
percentage of those who can spend
the whole summer away from their
city homes is small even among peo-
pie in what they themselves con-
slider comfortable circumstances.
The business man of many affairs,
the bank clerk, the salesman in
wholesale or retail store, the score
tary of a manufacturing company
must see that grist is served to his
mill In the dull as in the busy sea
son. The big wheels of trade and
enterprise turn as steadily when the
mercury nears the nineties as when
1t drops TO zero.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Flowers and Vines

Divide your ''claim" from those
of others by a line of boxes filed
with earth bought from a florist;
plant vines in these and tack wire
trellis to, the back of the row, sup
ported at intervals by stout but
slender upright lath nailed to the
box. In choosing roots, seeds and
plants keep in mind all the time that
YOUR parterre. must be stocked with
heat-loving flowers. Convolvulus,
, cypress vine, nasturtiums, clematis
and the fast-growing canary bird
vine, fantastic and dainty, are sun
worshipers. Until the seed sprouts
are several inches high and bulbs
and roots have taken firm hold of
the earth. shield them from the
MONDAY sun by improvised screens
of newspapers, PINNED a foot or so
above the earth to allow the free
passage of air and prevent sweating.
Observe this -precaution for fort
night or so to enable the stems 10
form wood and gather strength TO
resist the fierce heat.
Do the same with the potted slips
and plants clustered here and there
as your taste dictates Heliotropes
the children of the sun'-will
grow darby purple here and fill the
air with. vanilla fragrance; gerani-
ums and coleus will show you a
passion of color all summer; row
of tail rudbeckias, set just within
the trellis boxes, will justify the
country florists nickname of "gold-
en- glow" ePhlox Drummondi and
coreopsis revel in sunshine, as do
verbenas and calendulas. Southern
wood and citronaloes and rose gera-
NUNS are the sweeter for it.
Lest the roots should be baked by
the tin roof, set the pots upon
boards two inches thick Besides
intercepting the heat. they absorb
the surplus moisture from the daily
watering of the lowers and the sum-
mer rains. and give it off when hui
midity IS most needed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Suggestions for Making the Best of the Need
to Remain in Town During the
Hot Weather

OF course, the most serious part
of the work of caring for your roof
terrace garden Is irrigation One
fat-dweller, whose bath room was
near the skylight' in the roof, at
tached long rubber hose to the cold
water faucet morning and evening.
and fastened fine spray nozzle to
the other end. Her case was one IN
500. and it is not likely that you are
as lucky, albeit you may be as IN
genious. Have hogshead sawed IN
two, and set the halves IN corner
where their ugliness will not-be con-
spicuous. Hire the janitor. or hall
boy to I'll these daily from your
bath tub, except when copious
shower or all-day rain saves them
the trouble. Go up early in the
morning and late in the afternoon
TO do the watering. making it plen-
tiful every time. The result viii re-
pay you, for. the labor. Perhaps
for there are Johns AND Johns
your husband may be willing TO per-
form the task in the evening. partly
through interest N the garden, part
~ to spare the pretty dinner gown
with which you honor his home-com-
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fspara gas Pudding.

Cook three cupfuls OF asparagus tips
until tender. then drain. Put into
saucepan two tablespoonfuls OF butter
ard one tablespoonful of -four; cook to-
milk. one-half teaspoonf1l OF salt and
one-fourth teaspoonful of paprika. Add
the milk slowly. stirring all the time.
and let It cook I'VE minutes; Take from
the fire and add four well-beaten eggs.
one cupful OF asparagus tips and tea
spoonful of chopped parsley. Line
well-buttered baking dish with the re-
mainder OF the asparagus tips; pour in
the asparagus and sauce, and cook with
the dish in water in the oven for fifteen
minutes. Serve with egg sauce.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

"feed" three times a day for two
months in hash-houses and dairy kit
chens.
Il am not a clubman," said such a
householder TO me during the alb
sence of his children in the sum-
mer succeeding their mothers death.
MY daily walk in life is from of
fee toshome and from home TO Office.
1t used to be a pleasant groove.
Now-I leave you to imagine what
1t is to spend evening after even
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Light. Pretty Furniture

Have rugs, neither expensive nor
heavy, at hand for him TO carry up
after dinner, and a straw chair
apiece, with more within call, should
a friend "drop up" through the even
ing-as is probable, when the fame
of your charming nookery has been
noised abroad. If yours be a sea-
port or river town, the breeze that
springs up at sunset will be deli
ciously fresh up here and untainted
by the pollutions of the lower earth.
Now and then, when the moon is
high and bright, you may have a
roof party, select and not large.
More rugs, more chairs, ottomans
and cushions, light table to hold
light refreshments; maybe a guitar,
banjo and flute, will bring back
memories of lands where moonlight
always suggests music; where pleas
ures are sweet and simple, and the
poetryIof daily living is home made.
not merely the Pigment of the novel
lists brain or painters dream
MARION HARLAND. !.
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ing utterly alone in a house haunted
by memories. / am fond of read
ing, but man cannot read all the
time especially when heat and work
have taken the spirit out of him"
American husbands are the best in
the world. That is set down as an
axiom by some writers-that is,
self-evident but theoretical and I'M
demonstrable principle. / prefer to
classify the assertion as postulate
being self-evident and practical.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Shepherdps Pie

Fry one siiccd onion in quarter OF
cupful OF melted~butter until of a golden
brown, add quarter of q cupful of
flour. cook until frothy. then stir in
gradually one pint OF Lrown stock.
season. With salt and pepper and
COOK inrce minutes. Now stir in three
cupfrls OF cold meat cut into small
pieces. mix well. then turn into a butt
tered baking dish, cover with seasoned
hot mashed potato. brush with egg and
brown in the oven.
MRS. J. 0. D. fHyde Park. MassA
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Caramel Cusfard

Nine tablespoonful OF granuiated
milk; three beaten eggs. Place the
sugar in a spider on the stove mot too
hoD and let it melt. but do not burn.
Stir it all the time until melted. Their.
add the milk. and when the sugar is dis
solved set away to cool. When cold add
the beaten eggs; put all into a custard
pan. Set this in pan of water in oven
and bake twenty minutes or until set
Use whipped cream for top. This Gus
tard is good hot or cold.
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and salt. prefer pouring enough hot
water upon il to SOAK ii well and par
tally cook it-then. when COOL add cold
milk ana salt. At first, it may seem
distasteful TO some. but one soon learns
to like 1t very well. 1t may be masti-
Gated or not. Use a heaping tablespoon
full after each meal for one week; after
ward omit the evening portion, using
twice a day for two weeks, then use
your judgment in regard 10 quantity
and frequency of use. 1t effected cure
in my case in three weeks.
THIS CURE SEEMS THE MORE
sensible because, as IS we'll known,
cracked wheat otherwise wheaton
grits'-is recommended by regular ply
sicsans as safe laxative.
Il Good Crockery Cement
T HAVE noticed request for a creek
cry cement. and l take the follow
] ing from my scrapbooh:
"A cement which will resist the &C.
ton Of hot or cold water. and which is
most useful for mending coarse earth
enware and stone jars, stopping cracks
and holes in iron and tin kettles and
pans is made by mixing litharge and
glycerin to the consistency of thick
cream or putty. 1t is a cement that
will mend large variety of things
only one thing must be remembered.
and that is the article rnerded must not
be used until the cement has had time
to dry. This may be week or even
lonser' MRS. c. buffalo, y. ~.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

Fruit Stains and Scorched Places
w ILL you kindly inform me from
wv your vast treasure house of
w knowledge: (s) What VIII re-
move peach stains from a heavy white
linen shirt waist. the spots beng very
small and numerous?
(b) What will remove a scorch from
wooden Gocds2
ONE OF THEM CChicago).
(s) SOAK THE WAIST ALL NIGHT
II loppered milk, or in very sour but
teruilk. Rinse in the morning in pure
water. wet the stains in lemon juice
and lay in the sun all day, Wetting
every hour with the lemon juice. At
night lay in soft water and leave il
there for three hours. Wash now. in
the usual way.
(b) Sponge with warm suds; lay in
the sun, and an hour later sponge with
household ammonia
Scorch upon white goods" should be
treated as you would any other stain.
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MEMBERS EXCHANGE GATHER WITH MARION HARLAND
TO TALK OVER HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS

en- or turkey fat rendered: all kinds or
any Kinds Stir until it begins to sapon-
ify. Add a couple of tablespoonfuls of
powdered borax. or some ammonia X
you like. When the stirring gets diff
cult. pour the soap into square granite
pan. tnat has Teen dipped into eoid wa
Ier- IN an hour or TWO cut into cakes
OF desired SIZE | make some OF the
huge dimensions of a Riviera washer
worlsl's cake and some narrow. The
next morning thu soap is ready to dump
out and separate.
This is fine laundry soap. keeping the
clothes white. 1t is good for every pvr-
pose. and my hands never get chapped
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
n T PREPARE GOOD DISHES
II Z u L / L y ACCORDING TO APPROVED PLANS

roast, so that 1t will be done half an
hour or forty minutes before dishing up
it will keep hot In the meantime hav We
the pudding prepared: now take two
common biscuit Tins. pour half the pud-
ding Into each, set them into the kot
oven and keep them until the dinner
is dished up: take these plddings out at
tho last moment and send To the table
hot. This l consider much better than
the old way of cooking the pudding
under the meat.
Very nice with roast of beef.
MRS. Z. c. Y. tSt. Johnsbury, VT
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To Wash White Silk

LEASE: give me seme ideas Oh
r the subject of washing white elk
haRdkerch.efs. ribbons and waists
lin short. any kind of white silken
stuffs. Mlae al turn yellow--an ugly
shade of cream color.
E. NJ. est. Louis.
TO WASH WHITE SILK 50 THAT
1t will not tu-n yellow, use cold water
and CASTLE soap. Wash it with the
hands. rinse and dry partially. Then
iron without sprinkling. II silk is
sprinklcd 1t will spot. and hot water
turns 1t yellow. This method is given
by one who has kept a white silk waist
in good condition for two summers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

john demonstrates it every day and
every hour. His willingness to stay
at home all summer long and run
the machine that turns out the dol
lars wherewith madame and made
moiselles may make themselves fine
and merry at spa and seaside or
mountain resort is a proof of our
7postulate at which the world swon-
ders with exceeding admiration.
For this patient toiler's sake, if
not for your own peace of mind,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Mock OEues

A AXE pickle OF vinegar. mustard
MI seed and q little salt; heat II
4 boiling hot and pour over green
uiru1s before they begin TO ripen: let
them remain IN one night; then drain
Of the vinegar, heat IL again and pour
over the plurns. Plums may be gather
81 before the stone is formed and pick
led il the same way.
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Tom Thumb Omeleftes

Beat the whites and yolks of four eggs
light without separating them, add
three tablespoonfuls of cream, a little
celery salt, five or six drops of onion
juice and a dash Of white pepper. But
ter timbale moulds or naples well, pour
enough OF the mixture into each to fill
ii almost TO the top; set in a pan Of
boiling water. cover and cook upon the
upper grating of a quick oven for ten
minutes. or until the middle of each
custard is set Invert upon heated in
dividual plates. with a spoonful OF
rather thick tomato sauce upon the top.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
BOSTON Brosun Bread

One cup Of unsifted wheat -four: one
OF Indian meal unsifted; one Of rye
~eesI unsifted; one-half cup of mo-
issses. one-half cup Of raisIns. two tea
snoonfuls Of salt. one teaspoonful Of
sr6s- Mix with milk about as soft as
eSrgerbread; steam three hours
MRs ]. s. NJ On Cambridge. Mass.)
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For "Tned Fer

7 ALSO will contribute my quota
am a married woman. with i've
grown-up sons apd daughters. and
have been a sufferer for years with
burning and tired and sore feet I have
tried many remedies. but none has help
ed me as the following has.
Battle the feet once a day IN warm
water with little salt and borax; after
drying. rub well with linseed OIL It
takes out all soreness.
MRS. B. r. S. Cape May countyl
N JO.
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abide by the household stuff and do
not make him homeless, now that
summer is here. And because the
interior of the best-ventilated fiat
is stuffy onehot nights, and John has
gone through the form of breathing
for ten hours in more "stuffy'
what should we do without the
word p. office or shop, cast about in
your mind for ways of coaxing him
into the open air for the hours i'm
niediately preceding bedtime.
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Rye Bread
always satisfactor }

scald one pint OF milk and cool it.
Dissolve one yeast cake in warm water;
Zee half rye and half -four. one cup Of
sugar and one tablespoonful Of salt
Put one tablespoonful of lard into q
howl to melt; let II cool Now, mix
-four, rye and sugar together. ory- Aoo
ss1f then the liquid Mix and knead
until smooth. Let IL rise until light
lake into loaves and let IL rise again.
n VIII require a little longer than white
bread. A tablespoonful OF rnolasses may
= added 20 the melted lard Il is-s1-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Yorkshire Pudding

One pint of milk, four eggs (whites
and yolks beaten separately. one tea
spoonful OF salt and two teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder sifted through two of
-four. II should be mixed very smooth
about the consistency of cream. Reg
ulate your time when you put in your
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Soap Recipe Giren and Anothe,
asked For

DLEASE allcw me to add a little
don't" to your column OF house,
hold wisdom That don't" is to
the woman who boils her soap Don't
do II! Ny mother-in-law used to boil
and try and taste--yes. taste-but she
makes Just as good soap In the new way
and has e better disposition as to soap
making than formerly.
Pour one can of patent I've into one
quart OF hot water. stir occasionally
With q wooden spoon until dissolved.
When cool, add slowly six pounds OF
clean grease-beef. mutton. pork. chick
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25
Il Group of Little Helps

IT ERE are some wee tribes learned
n through experience that may lift
l j a pebble or two from sisters
path. Use them II you like.
Some people think tat vulgar" and
throw il away. as If il were no good
Nov, by quitting 1t on slices of bread in
stews, with savory herbs: they can
make IL very wholesome and pleasant
One can stop potatoes from sprouting
in spring by throwing boiling water on
them. Their separating them to dry.
One can wrap eggs up IN newspaper.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

If-as it pleases me to assume
you have access TO a roof-the high
er the better-or section of roof
not pre-empted by clothes lines all
the week through-your task is
pleasing and will be successful.
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cREToNNE COVERED FURNITURE

TVERY now and then YOU Stun
n Bile across a chair which looks
! IL as though it had tcen handed
down for generations, so quaint
is its style. and so old-fashioned It's
covering of cretonne. and II is prob
ally as comfortable as the reor,y Old
rocker that really was an heirloom.
Those old chairs have been taken as
models and new ones are built on their
lines that out-rival the old chairs.
Every tiny detail is carried out. from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-25

chopped nuts. Bell the sugar and cof-
fec together, without stirring, until
stringy. Add the nuts. take off the fire
and beat Until IL creams. Pour into
buttered pan TO cool. and mark into
squares with buttcred knife. cutting
clear through the candy with each
stroke J. W. T.. VirginaJ.
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roomy kind that you feel lost in the
depths OF to the daintiest Of little styles
hardly more than stools
A chair that IS novelty-but-
mighty satisfactory one-has an odd
little shelf at one side. with plenty OF
room underneath TO stow away half a
dozen OF your pet hooks. and the top OF
this informal bookshelf does duty for
holding magazines, or fancy work. or
any OF the little things so lazily de-
ightful to leave around
A new chair has no back but has two
arms which come up as high above the
seat as the seat is above the floor. II
has its cushion. too. of soft green that
Just matches the willow.
The beauty about cretonne Is that IL
is usually put on so that IL can be easily
taken OF and replaced And IT costs but
a song. so that there Is no excuse for a
room looking shabby and dingy-
Every sort Of pattern comes, from the
tiny, primly arranged conventional dx-
ures to the most picturesque flower
sprays that look as though they were
growing upon gay trellis Dark ones
come. with plenty OF style to them. in
spite OF their sober coloring. and deli
cate things that seem NJ only for the
ARREST sort OF bedroom And gay
ones that spell den or living room
in every color.
But furniture shapes and cretonne de-
signs are innumerable. like the uses that
have been found for each and tor their
combination
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The Cleaning of Men's Clothes

II DO not know whether you will con-
slider me childish or not-a woman
Of IS years coming to you with her
troubles-but I am going TO risk It. 1
want 70 know II you have to learn Of
q professional cleaner to clean men S
clothing. or, IL you could tell me how?
Also, what will clean the collars2 AS
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Housewey Questions Discussed Around the Family Council

with small end down. and pack In bas-
kets for winter l have done II for
years
boil all the bones I have left over
and have lot of nice soup
ONE WHO KNOWS The VALUE OF
SMALL THINGS (Tennessee).
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Entire Wheat Bread

Two quarts OF -four. one and one-half
rs-fs OF warm water, one tablespoonful
II sugar. one-half tablespoonful or sat-
r. z. A (Massachusetts).
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Char d70
booExaeH ia one

the queer little head-rest cushion at
the top with its curved sides to arms
covered deep with the softest sort OF
filling, and for cover-of back and
tonne is used In a we'll covered pattern,
such as our wise grandmother chose
because it wouldn't readily shuw SOIL
Around the seat OF the chair valance
is box -pleated en-. ha nging down 10 the
floor all the way round.
Besides the chairs built in old-fash-
toned styles. the prettiest new furniture
ideas ind expression in wicker founda-
tious and cretonue upholstery. White
or green wicker. in comfortable shapes,
is made even more comfortable by thick
cushions daintily covered with rose
printed cretonne. or with queer figpred
stuffs that match, or combine so per-
fectly that the whole thing-chair and
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cushions alike-seems all of the same
tone.
There never was anything like wicker
and its kin for the furnishing Of sum-
mer rooms, and for porches as we'll
Everything has its summer substitute.
can be replaced by wicker. or Of BAN
bco-a dozen different forms, light and
COOL and in as necessary q quality
cool looking.
Ten tables and teaettes come to match,
and every sort OF chair. from the great.
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using it as they do with store soap.
Yours for Improvement, MRS. g.
HAVE ON HAND SEVERAL.
calls for fine quality of toilet soap
VIII some of our able soap-malers fur
nish really trustworthy recipe?
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Oranpe CAKE

Two cups OF sugar (granulated): two
cups OF -four tsifted); two small tea-
spoonfuls. OF baking powder one-haif
cup OF water; yolks of five eggs and
whites OF two eggs: one grated orange.
Bake in three layer pans
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To Rcmoce Paint From
Clofhing

WILL you tell in your paper any
M thing that will remove paint
from clothing?
c. G. A. (New Jersey.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE WILL
remove il. Sponge afterward with
house hold ammonia. Eenzfne win take
It of, and is better than 'turpentine for
fine fabrics.
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Coffee Penofchie

TWO capfu.s OF white sugar. one-haif
r.snful of black coffee. one capful Of