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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Ways for Washing Day

water pitcher would "preciptate'' the dirt-send-
ing it all to the bottom-and leave the water
reasonably clean (clean enough to wash in, though
not, of course, to drink the knowledge would
have saved her both time and trouble
JUST at this season many a housekeeper takes
peep at her "slp-covers" of last year, washed
folded and put away all ready to be taken out
again when spring comes. And it is safe to say
that nine out of ten of those dear women give
little sigh when they see how very much faded
the covers seem from what they were when put
away in the autumn,
Now there's remedy-theres always remedy
II one but knows where to look for it. To begin
with, the slip-covers have not, in all probability
been washed properly If they have been put
away dirty they should be carefully washed in
bran water To prepare this it is necessary to
boil couple of good handfuls of bran in four
quarts of water for an hour. Then strain through
coarse piece of linen and add enough cold water
to allow the hands to move freely about in the
mixture If the covers very dirty little
dissolved soap may be added. Next begin to
wash, rinse, and dry, one piece at time, as the
slightest approach to soaking" will cause the
coors to run. After rinsng, each cover should
be plunged into strong salt water and then
squeezed mot wrmg) out. IF the colors seem
dull and lifeless the cover must be thrown into
water into which some vinegar has been added.
anu IL lb 10 buiS ldtteI you must sub
ject your cretonnes if they come out of their
winter quarters clean, but lifeless and faded look
ing Indeed this tired look"--if one may so speak
which so often appears on the very prints and
ginghams which looked freshest on the counter
may in many cases be removed by judicous use
of vinegar in the rinsing water.
Having washed our slip-cover-the next thing
to do is to iron it, If necessary, it must first
be starched in thin boiling water starch, then
squeezed out and partly dried. When ironing the
cover a cool iron must be used and the ironing
must be done on the wrong side.
Talking of ironing-I have seen many pretty
waist of Pongee silk absolutely ruined because
the laundress had failed to iron it in the proper
manner. Pongee silk must be ironed absolutely
dry, otherwise the beauty of the silk will be
quite spoiled.
China silk must be ironed when slightly damp
if too wet the ironing will cause it to turn vel
low On no account must silk be starched
In cases of scorching from too hot irons, sun.
light is the only remedy
Another washing day wrinkle is a quick way
to curl collars and air them at the same time
After ironing your collar-curl it with your hand
and drop II into large Jelly can. Stand this al
the back of the range-well back from the fire
BY the time you are ready to put them away tn,
collars will be stiff, glossy curled and aired
It's just a case of know how'-after ALL
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Trials of a Suburbanite

the doll had been as we'll taken care of as the
children. Miss Dollys ride was one of the jokes
in the family while we were settling down. When
we began to look around us we noticed that some
of our neighbors were adopting peculiar atti-
tude of aloofness. That did not bother us much,
however, for we were not lonesome, and con-
cluded that newcomers must be tested in that
particular neighborhood before they were eligible
for acquaintanceship. Quite by accident, Marga-
ret discovered the cause of the coolness. She
overheard a neighbours little girl say to a COM
panion of her own age: Don't you play with
that new little girl on your block? Isn't she
nice?
90 She looks NICE was the answer, but her
mamma can't be real nice, my mamma says,
cause when they moved here they let the movin'
man carry the baby on the front seat of the
wagon
g Moved the baby with the furniture?' asked
the other little girl
Yes, they did; my mamma the movin'.
The man on the front seat was holdin' the baby.
1t was lovely baby, too, and dressed beauti-
fully
Margaret came in hot with Indignation, and
told the story adding, I'm just going to take
Clara Belle (the dol) out for walk, and I'll
get Kitty to bring the baby, and then I'll let
those little girls see that it was doll and not
baby we moved with the furniture
''She carried out the plan, and the nurse, Mar
garet and the real and the wax baby went out for
am airing. The little girls saw and could not re-
frain from question and comment, with the re-
suit that the moving explained and we were
restored to the good graces Of the neighborhood."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Salient Points in Dressing

styles are not adapted to her age, and age, by
the waya in woman at least, has no relation to
years. By character we suppose Miss Cobbe
means station in life-a rather inde6nable phrase
or occupation or some such thing covering the
matter Of the suitability of the dress for the
weather or the occasion.
Beauty in dress is summed up by Miss Cobbe
as demanding;
"Truthfulness The dress must be genuine
throughout, without any false pads, false hair
or false anything.
"Graceful forms of drapery
Harmonious colors.
"Such moderate consistency with prevailing
models of dress as shall produce the impression
of sociability and suavty and avoid that of self
assertion.
Individuality, the dress suting the wearer
as if it were an outer body belonging to the
same soul.'
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"Oh, yes, was the decided reply, land
especially" she added, with ripple of laughter
NOW that we have ceased to be ostracized."
"Ostracized!'' exclaimed the questioner, and
three other who were talking about the
difficulties Of travelling these days stopped to
listen.
Eyes, ostracized and l can assure you it was
real while it lasted. 1t happened as the result Of
a funny mistake You know my children are all
little, which is one of the reasons we moved where
they could have some breathing space, and, of
course, they have lot of playthings. My little
girl is particularly attached to big dolly that is
big as our two-year-od baby. In fact, if the
baby's clothes are missing, we know that Mar.
garet has appropriated them for her dolly. WE'LL
when we came from city house by some
oversight this pet doll was not packed up like the
rest OF the toys. told Margaret never to mind
some Of would carry it out to the new
house, and it would get there safe One of the
moving men over heard me and said
Let me carry the doll for the little lady I'll
sit on the front seat with the driver and hold the
dolly carefully if it was a baby
"The idea appealed to Margaret, and she dressed
up the doll in it's best bib and tucker, and hand
ed it to the man with iniuhctions to be careful
In the course of the day our migration from town
to country was accomplished, and we found that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Things i'm Housekeeping

the nutritive qualities of rice, the most important
article in the Japanese dietary. Professor S. A.
Knapp, who has been conducting investiga-
tions on behalf of the Philadelphia Vegetarian
Society, says that the rice which is eaten in
America will never make muscle for Americans
as it makes muscle for the Japanese for the rea-
son that the American mills remove the proteine,
the most nutritious part from the rice. In Ja-
pan the outer coating, which contains the prote-
inc, is retained Hence the great strength of
muscle developed in the small people Of the Mi
kado's kingdom.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

lS=S=sss Alcohol applied to window glass OF
tSs4gSND mirrors after cleaning thoroughly will
produce nice polish.
Three or four scented geranium leaves
added to about five pints of apple jelly give it
delicious flavor.
Eggs soaked few minutes in salt water viii
not crack when put in boiling water
When anything is accidentally made too salty.
it can be counteracted by adding a tablespoonful
of vinegar and a tablespoonful of sugar
To clean plaster ornaments, busts, vases, ETC.,
dip in clear starch mixed with water. When dry,
brush off.
A homemade paste that never sours nor dries
up is made by adding to one pint of smooth. thick
very thick-paste, which has been thoroughly
cooked, teaspoonful of pow red alum and
ten drops of Glove oil.
Have a little bag hung on the inside of the
sewing machine frame at the left hand TO receive
clippings that so quickly accumulate when work
ing at the machine.
Washing window curtains in winter can be cas-
lily accomplished by rubbing them in dry corn
meal, and then allowing them to hang little
while in a brisk wind
Ask your grocer or baker for bean. bags for
which he will charge five cents each Cut down
both sides and across closed end, hem all around
and you will have two good towels. 1896 inches.
suitable for all kitchen purposes, at cost of only
two and one-half cents each.
Should there be bad odor in room or house
caused by cooking foods such as cabbage. onions.
etc, take few hslfdead Goals on fire shovel
sprinkle tablespoonful of coffee over these and
allow to smoke in room with windows and
doors closed RAISE the windows after short
time, allowing smoke TO clear. This DESTROYS any
nauseating odor and also acts as fumieafor for
germs that often collect in lace curtains, drape.
ries etc. and it is harmless.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

The odor that cllngs so perSlsIenuly
to a utensil in which fish or onions have been
fried may be dispelled by placing in hot oven
for ten or fifteen minutes after washing and dry
ing.
Doughnuts will not soak lard so readily if equal
amounts of lard and beef fat are used.
A few drops OF spirits of turpentine on a cube
Of loaf sugar will relieve a cough when other
remedies have failed.
Nothing puzzles the amateur cook quite as
much as the contrariness of noodles. Some
times they mix up nicely SO they can be rolled
and cut in full perfection; at other times they
turn into a sticky, soggy mass, utterly impossible.
An infallible rule is to fill one-hah the shell of
the eggs used with cold water and then beat or
fold" in only as much -four as can be absorbed
Put enough on molding board and rolling pin
to prevent adhering, and the result will be a
smooth, brittle paste, which can be shredded
without any difficulty.
II threads draw hard and break easily when
nreparing piece of fancy work, little white
soap rubbed on the wrong side Of the linen is an
advantage. A ather applied with brush is
often a convenience and does not harm the linen
The application of fabrics to woodwork is one
of the new effects in decoration, and cretonne
in handsome patterns is becoming quite popular
for this purpose. A doorway frame covered with
fabric and the portieres hung in the usual way
neymits of the use of most effective color com
binations. and is artistic as well.
4 remove the paper which has lined the cake
nan from the cake after it is baked is a work re-
puir;nq skill Turn the cake from the tin on
s;s.,e and when il has partly cooled turn the
cake bottom upwards and brush the paper with
chilled water until it is thoroughly damp, when
tha oaper can be easily peeled off. When the
naI,er IS not used and you wish to prevent yonr
csle from sticking to the pan, grease it well,
dredge it with dried -four, and shake out all the
aour before pouring in the cake mixture.
Since the war in the Far East has drawn the
attention of Americans to the fighting qualities
Of the Japanese, vegetarians have been studying
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
REMOVE MILDEW

sponge cake in. They viii not burn
and the paper prevents the sticking
TO REMOVE MILDEW
Mildew can be removed from linen by prepa-
ration of soft soap, powdered starch and salt,
used in equal proportions and to which the juice
of lemon has been added; paint both sides of
the linen with this and put out in the air until
the stain is removed
Y. RICE COOKED IN JAPANESE STYLE
The Japanese excel in cooking rice, and their
nrocess is extremely simple. cup of thorough
" washed rice is placed over the fire With five
cupfuls of boiling water, salt is added and after
boiling for fifteen minutes the saucepan is set
in the oven SO that the rest of the water will
eyaporate completely The heat of the oven
should be moderate. The Japanese never use
milk in cooking rice, or, in fact, for any other
cooking.
SQUASH TIAIBAIS
Cook the squash by steaming, and press through
a sieve. To one cup of sifted SQUASH which
should be as dry as possible add two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, one-quarter cup OF milk, a
little salt and pepper and the yoks of two eggs
we'll beaten Mix well, then fold in the whites
tereo timbal moIds. Set the molds' in pan of
hot water and bake until the centres are firm.
Serve with cream sauce seasoned with salt and
pepper.
BAKED SWEET POTATOES
Pare boiled sweet potatoes and cut in halfinch
slices. Spread the slices in a buttered one-quart
baking dish and dust with brown sugar and put
a dot of butter on each slice Add two table
spoons Of boiling water and cook in the oven
until the tops Of the pieces are Drowned, then
turn and brown the other side.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

housekeeping.
or instance" as old Sam Lecker says-many
Philadelphia housekeeper has filtered all the water
she used for washing purposes lately, feeling that
she couldn't-just couldn't-use the gritty mud
which came out of the pipes. If she had known
that tablespoonful of alum thrown into
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

IERE, are lots and lots of ways to make
washing easy, and there are lots and
lots of housekeepers who go on in the
same old rut, just because they don't
know the little wrinkles" that tighten
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

r-7ISH is much improved in flavor if fried
n in fat that has been used for former
= frying, and baked fish is much nicer II
&S5s skewered with thin slices of salt pork.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Strawberry Salad

Wash and stem one quart of Strawberries sugar
with powdered sugar and put in glass bowl Pour
over it the strained juice of two oranges and one
half cup caret. Let it stand on ice until ready to
serve
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Housewitely Gossip

N70 cut new bread or cake without crumb-
ling, heat knife before cutting
~ Alcohol applied to window glass OF
!SND mirrors after cleaning thoroughly will
produce nice polish.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Hints to the Cook

pasteboard cracker boxes and the
clean white wooden boxes that choco-
late comes in, which are lined with
9sinD4b paraffn paper, excellent to bake
sponge cake in. They viii not burn
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

thinks, and they are in this order of Importance,
health, decency and beauty Probably the aver
age woman would place beauty first and claim
that it covered the matter of decency also, since
indecency is out of harmony with beauty, But
under the head of deceney Miss Cobbe includes
not only "concealment of some portions of the
human frame" and distinction between the hab-
iment Of men and women sufficient to avert mis-
take but also Fitness to the age and character
of the wearer," point that women will appre-
cate better than men The age of the wearer
affects little the fashion of men, but the woman
who understands the art Of dressing knows by
intuition that certain styles are ana certain other
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
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then add the remaining -four with the baking
powder sifted in it, and last the white OF the
eggs beaten stiff. Bake in two layers. spread
each layer of cake with icing made OF one cup
powdered sugar and the white of one egg fut
the white of an egg in a bowl and add the sugar
gradually, beating with spoon. Do not oeat
the egg till you begin to add the sugar. just be-
fore serving sweeten and partly crush one quart
berries, put them on one cake and place the other
layer on top.
Strawberry Sauce
One-half cup butter beaten to cream with
two cups powdered sugar. Mash well one pint
strawberries, beat into the sugar, and butter and
set on ice to harden. Good with any plain pud-
ding.
Strawberry shortcake
One large spoonful butter and lard mixed,
three eills flour, oneeghth teaspoon salt, one-haf
teaspoon baking powder, one-half box strawber-
res. one cup granuated sugar, one-halt cup pow
dered sugar, milk Sift baking powder and salt
with flour; with the hands work butter and lard
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

40 you really like living in the suburbs,
Mrs. Brown" asked one of the group
E.S7zE6zf in the half-hour of talk that followed
I9SsSl1J an afternoon of bridge "Do you find
your neip hhors a1reeable p'
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

spread between the layers, with generous supply
poured over the top.
Strawberry Layer Cake
One-half cup butter, cup sugar. three eggs,
two cups -four one-half cup milk, one measure
baking POWDER six quarts strawberries. Beat the
yolks of the eggs well, add the sugar and butter,
beat in part of the -four mix in the milk,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Strawberry. Pickle

Seven pounds Strawberries, one and onehalf
plnts cider vinegar, three and one-half pounds
brown sugar, one-haf ounce cloves, one-haf ounce
cinnamon. Place the strawberries and spices in
alternate layers in deep dish; boil the sugar and
vinegar three minutes and pour over the fruit
Next day boil all together one-half hour and seal
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

POWER COBBE, a lifetime
reformer, speaks word at eighty
three in regard to the suitable dress
z|e@I for women. Three points are included
in the reasons detre of clothing she
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

Since the war in the Far East has drawn the
attention of Americans TO the fighting qualities
of the Japanese, vegetarians have been studying
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Strawberry PIE

good strawberry pie is always welcome. 1t
can be prepared the same way as huckleberry and
raspberry pies, by simply lining pieplate with
pastry, filing it with sweetened berries and cover
ing them well with an upper crust. Another way
is as follows: Line the plate with delicate pastry
fill with bread crumbs and bake until slightly
brown. r'hen turn out the crumbs and fill with
sweeteneu berries. Cover them with crisscross
strips of pastry rIace the pie in very hot oven
for few minutes or until the strips are we'll
Drowned. Serve cold with little whipped cream.
Strawberry and Lemon Ice Delicious
To one quart of strawberries add pint of
water and pound of sugar. Let it boil twenty
minutes. Then add the juice and rind of two
lemons. Strain through coarse cheesecloth
strainer or sieve that is fine enough to exclude
the seeoA Freeze it, using about six or seven
cupfuls of salt to gallon freezing can. Some
times more water is added to the berries but the
ice is not then rich.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
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other Bake twenty minutes; when done separate
them and return to the oven five minutes. Have
one quart strawberries mashed and sweetened, and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Strawberry shortcake

One pint flour, one and a half teaspoons baking
powder, one-third cup butter, one cup sweet milk
Mix ingredients and divide into three equal parts;
roll out and bake in tin. Spread each layer with
melted butter and place them one on top of the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
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TTN HERE are many excellent dishes that are
prepared with strawberries. The Ameri-
ksSSssSSI can shortcake, though it has always
VSzzgSgy been popular in this country, is not
wholesome dish. A real "shortcake,"
according to old New Englander housekeepers, is
biscuit dough served in layers, piping hot, that
are spread with butter and then covered with
crushed Strawberries. The juice, soaking through
the hot bread already laden down with fruit, does
not add to it's dgestibility. The fine flavor of
the berries is also more or less lost When the
shortcake dough is turned into crisp faky biscuit
and served for supper with the ripest of berries,
1t is more wholesome, and the fruit retains its
own peculiar flavor The French never invented
anything like American shortcake. Their Short
cakes" are really sponge cake, some simple cake
served cold, with strawberries for filling, and
covered with whipped cream. 1t is not in the
least greasy or indigestble. The French have
fully earned their reputation of bsng ideal cooks.
Their dishes are always refined, and generally
wholesome
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
strawberry Layer Cake

For strawberry layer cake cream liberal third
of cupful of butter, cupful and half of sugar,
using with the white few spoonfuls of pink
sugar. Heat the bowl first before creaming the
butter and sugar. Add half cupfu of strained
strawberry juice to the sugar and butter, and then
two cupfuls of the best pastry flour, with which
quarter teaspoonful of soda has been sifted two
or three times. The acid juice will render cream
tartar unnecessary. Fold in the whites of five
eggs, stiffly whipped Bake in layer cake tins and
when cool spread each layer except one with
soft icing made by boiling cupful of sugar with
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
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into -four and use milk enough, handling as little
as possible, to make soft dough; divide dough
into two parts and roll each into thin cake;
butter the top of one cake and place the other on
it, then put in a quick oven and bake ten min
utes. Tear apart and butter well the inside of
each part. Crush the berries during the baking,
sweeten with granulated sugar, put between the
cakes and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. 1t
is fine.
Strawberry Stock
Use glass as much as possible in serving fruit
in summer. 1t is coolerlooking than really fine
china The new "rock-crystal'' is very handsome,
but cheaper saucers do almost as well.
As change from serving Strawberries eH masse
in the bowl or platter you can give your family
"stockade,' to be popular with the children.
When the bowl is partly filled with hulled
strawberries begin to erect your palisade of
adyingers around the edge of the bowl. They
won't stand up like "hies upon parade" as they
should do, unless the dish holds enough fruit to
give them a firm foundation.
When the stockade is completed fill in the
dish with a few more layers of berries and top
off with light snowfall of whipped cream.
On no account have the top level across the
dish, or your neat stockade will be obliterated
from the view.
This dish should be passed around by the wait
out without demolishing the outlines Of the
strawberry stockade.
Raspberries can be used for this DISH but do
not attempt the ladyfnger and whipped cream
with either currants, black or huckleberries.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-25
A LITTLE GIRLS LAMENT.

My brother VIII. he used to be
The incest kind OF girl:
He, wore a little dress like me,
And had his hair in curl.
We played with dolls and tea sets
then,
And every kind OF toy;
But all those good old times are
Will turned into boy.
Mamma made him little suits,
With pockets all complete,
And cut off all his yellow curls Il
And packed them up so neat;
And VIII, he was so pleased, | blieve
HE almost jumped with 10y.
But must own ! didn't like
Will turned into a boy.
And now he plays with horrld tops
! don't know how to spin:
And marbles that try to shoot,
But never hit or win.
And leap frog--I can't give a back
Like Charley, Frank or Roy
Oh, no one knows how bad i feel
Since will has turned a boy.
! have to wear frocks just the same
And now they're mostly white;
4 have to sit and just be good,
While VIII can climb and fight
bii must keep my dresses nice,
And wear my hair In curl;
And worse-oh. worsest thing OF
ALL
] have to stay a girl.
Christian Advocate