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parts Of il that can be abolished alto
gether, and that would certainly serve
to tighten that summer work Of which
we have been talking.
In the first place. then, If I were you,
] would take down those curtain and
portieres. They are very pretty, as &
matter Of course, and help to make the
room attractive. but have you any idea
how much ccole~ the place would look
without them2 il would be cooler, TOO.
for draperies shut off air and breeze
as well as gather dust. If you must
have something at the window be-
sides shades-and 1 own it looks a Int
tie bare with no hangings at alI-gct
some wash curtains.
Does this seem like advising fresh ex-
pense? Do you suspect how little such
curtains cost? You can buy pretty ones
which vii serve you well for the sum
mer at $50 a pair and II you choose 10
buy the material by the yard and run a
hem across the top and bottom of the
curtains yourself they will be cheaper
yet And You will save your heavy cur
tains the fading and sOiling they will
get in the time when the windows must
be up and the dust blowing in. You
will save, too, the brushing and beating
you feel obliged to give them once in
so often If you mean TO keep clean
at all
What else can be eliminated? Wen,
II 1t were my house. I would pack
away those Woolen table covers and put
pretty wash covers on the tables in
their place. They viii look cooler and
make vou feel more comfortable. Next,
I would Danish nearly al that bric-a-
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women have resOrted to diaphanous
WAISTS and short sleeves when they take
their walks abroad. but neither men
nor women seem to have learned to
consider themselves during the heated
term TO the extent Of making their work
light
Happily. the mems part Of this does
not concern me at the moment. Into
a mans work and methods Of con-
ducting il the Fates forbid that I should
attempt to intrude! But I can speak
advisedly about women and their pur-
suits. and 1 10 not believe shall be
coEtradicted when I say that not one
woman out OF ten has any idea Of how
10 tighten her work in the summer.
On. yes. OF course. I know there are
( certain things which must be done end
cannot be evaded The house must be
kept clean; cooking must be done;
jellies and jams and preserves and
pickles must he put up; beds must be
made and clothing mended. IT'S all
there and it's all true"
But have you ever given serious
. thought 10 reducing the amount of work
that must be done?
Take your parlOr, for instance. There
: are those curtains and those table COW
ers and those draperies and rugs. Have
I any idea how much time it takes
: every day just 10 dust those ornaments
, on the manteI and to keep the 1iace
looking any way decent? And the din
Ing room Is Just as bad. with the sill
yer to clean and the brasses to polish.
How can one make such work as that
less?
! don't know that one can make #
~less,' exactly but there are sorns
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TO cook, and ] do not know what that
means, unless that the -four is 10 be
sifted, and salt and baking powder
added Will you kindly let me know. as
l wish TO try some of the formulas that
call for prepared fiOur2''
MARGUERITE (AIishawaka, Ind
Flour may be prepared, as YOU say by
the addition, in just proportion. of bak-
ing powder and salt. The term. as used
in recipes for cookery, usually If not
always, signifies certain brands of flour
-four" They demand neither cream Of
tartar and soda nor baking powders of
any kind. Some do not need shortening.
They are a great convenience. but they
should not he laid in by the large uuan-
tity, as the dampnesS of the atmosphere
may injure them by blending prema-
turely alkaH and acid they hold sus-
they are fresh they save time and trou-
hla
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hem Wen with a stout thber1 scrphbing
- 1Eush- Rlnse IN two or three waters il
should be or soap and ammonia suds.
sponge The coat ana vest faithfully
with suds and ammonia.
Your irons should be very hot and as
heavy as You can get them. Cover she
garments with a damp cloth and press
hard, using all the strength you can
muster. Put rolling pin under the top
Of the sleeves where they are padCed-
When the trousers arc dry. law the
seams together and press through a
damp cloth WITH q hot iron. When it
mas been pressed. hang the suit up to
dry where Il 5 warm, putting the coat
on a hanSer e keep the shape of the
shoulders
Overalls need on rubbing. and white
ones viii be Of good color, if nut over
the fire IN pail of cold water First
shred soap iL-O a saucepan OF water,
emo boil until dissolved Add a table
spoonful Of ammonia. and pour over
The clothes Keep pounding the clothes
with heavy stick as they boil Dc this
in two soapE and one clear waters. and
rinse once The pounding Cor poking) is
important.
] used to faint two or three times in
doing my washing for the wee--, out by
Going II in this way I have no trouble,
and am only moderately tired:
Put warm water in the tub-nOt too
much. Wash first the tableclOths then
the bedclOtheS. Another water for tow
Slo anu Lousu plcC6S- sAllu- ldSL OF All
fine underwear. Rinse in a pail Of
warm water. changing often, and blue
The warm water takes all the soap out
and makes them white, without boiling
II the water be changed often enough
By doing the heavy pieces first, while
one IS fresh. if one is too tired to under
take the fine articles they may be
quickly done next day. After while
the whole wash may be done in q couple
of hours.
4 BABY BASKET
Lastly An inexpensive baby basket
may be made Of wire dish drainer, that
costs but 10 cents. Fit a piece Of card
board in the bottom, covering as for a
WOrkbaslHet, using white lawn, over
pink or blue, and covering the back
with a piece OF long clGth.
I'm afraid 1 have sud too much, but
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Off your m. - and your hands. Il some
Of the PIECES are dishes or pitchers or
other artic es you use constantly. dis
card them none the less and buy the
cheap pressed glass TO take their place,
II you have nothing in the house that
ycI can use Such glass comes in good
shapes. and you need not mind having
It on your table. especially when you
recolIect that il is making your work
lighter. Small silver, of course, You have
to use. but the large pieces are only
a luxury. after all. and no more real
use than those braSses which give you
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brac and do away with one big piece
of dusting which has to De accomplish
ed daily IN all weathers, no matter
where the mercury may be standing.
Your room need not look bare. Keep
out one or two or three articles worth
resting the eyes upon and seek repose
IN empty spaces, where the other or
namen1s used 10 be- A weIl-arranged
vase OF flowers does more to beautify
the room in these summer days than all
the pieces Of china and brass you can
pile up.
Your room viii look better still and
your work be made yet lighter If you
take up heavy woolen rugs, which catch
the dust and require time and strength
to keep clean in the dusty season. IL
your floors are gcod enough TO show
bare, or to protect in the most trodden
PLACES with the mats OF woven grasses,
which come In cheap and attractive de-
signs, try these for the warm period.
Be-ter STILL if y0S could afford II, be-
cause easier TO take care OF, would be
mating over the entire floor. This
is more readily kept clean than bare
floor with rugs, and has a cool effect
which is very restfuL
So much for your parIYr or sitting
room In the dining room there are
other changes which viii make life cas-
ier. / have spoken OF the silver and
brasses- II you have large pieces OF
these, put them away until Il turns cool
ct. 1 know they are very ornamental
and the pride OF your heart. but grant
ing this, YOU will have to own that
they add very much TO your work
They must be bright and shining or
they are a reproach 10 the housekeeper
You feel that. and many a hot day.
when you ought 20 be resting or out of
doors getting some good Of the air. you
are doubling yourself up polishing those
blessed brasses or tr2t cherished silver.
50 put it away uniu cooler weather.
Give the silver a good rubbing. wrap It
IN tissue paper and put a bit of cam
phOr with Il and send II TO the bank
or some other place where Il win be
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2 SEE that a correspondent wishes
to know where she may buy
burlaps as a foundation for

burlaps as foundation for
rugs. and how to get the hooks
used in drawing the bits of flannel. etc,
through the bUrlaps
Here in Ottawa we buy our vegetables
by the bag; so we always have a lot OF
burlaps on hand, if we viii but keep the
bags.
As to the hooked rugs, we used to make
them through the long hard winters, ana
the hooks were also homemade / have
one fashioned out OF the tine Of a broken
fork. Any scissOrS-grinder could make
one One OF my neighbOrs uses Il "ge-
headed nail She has kept It for Sears
and says she could not have better
hook. 1 think one might be whitfield
out of a piece OF hard wood.
Now. bit of friendly advice to your
poor dyspeptics: I read once in treat
ise on health that imperfect circulation
in the stomach is a frequent cause of
Indigestion, causing chiuineSs. etc. If
the sufferer would wear a ten-inch " ide
flannel bandaSe pinned fairly tight ab1ut
the stomach and bowels she would nd
tnat 1t would cure faulty circulation Of
the stomach and thus cure indigestion.
This may be worth trying.
MRS. J. w. w. (Ottawa. Canada).
It is so well worth trying that 1 rec
CmmeId Il confidently. 1 have known
1t to he tried and with excellent eff
feet. The flannel should be worn night
and day. until even and lealthful cir
culatiCn IS re-established: then taken
of gradually. a strip at tLt,e. TO avoid
chill. IN cholera seasons TIVE boards of
health in various cities strongly advise
the wearing of a red flannel bandase
as a preventive Of the dread plague.
may drop a word 10 the woman
Wbf asked for burlap patterns. I hold
81 address OF place where they may
'5e had. I may not print II here. but
l will send il to the Querist desiring the
information upon receipt Of a Stamped
and self-addreSsed envelope.
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Habit of Borrowing

Neither a borrower nor a lender
be" Mrs. A was the former; she used
TO borrow tea from Mrs. B. She al
ways returned il when her barrel OF
groceries came from the town''-but IN
a quality inferior 10 that borrowed
Long-sufferiEg Mrs. 3. had an IN
spiratiOE Instead Of adding the re
turned tea" 20 her stock Of that COM
modify. she placed IL apart. and the
next time that Mrs. A came a-bor-
rowing she lent her her own tea, That
solved the borrowing problem
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these things have helped me so much
that 1 wanted TO pass them on
(AITs-) A b (Phiadelphia-)
a theOlOgian defined inspiration some
what in this fashion: What Inspires
me is inspired" Without stopping TO
consider the soundness or the falIacy
Of the catchy epigrau. We may safely
assert that, in nine times out Of ten.
what is helpful TO one hOusenother viii
be useful TO somebody else Hence, IL
becomes a duty TO pass IL on -
am glad TO get q trustworthy recipe
at las for Philadelphia pepperpOt-"
But y ] ere does the pepper come ine
Is II q Quaker figure OF speech2
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WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST-

Oranges, rice Jelly and cream. bacon
aald fried hOminy, brown bread. toast,
t.zl and coffee
LUNCHEON.
RagOut OF mutton and macaroui "a
IefD-over), baked potatoes. coIdsIaw.
with cream dressing; crackers, cream
cheese and goOseberry IAN, tea
DINNER
Tomato and okra soup. stufBed and
baked Esn. green peas. whipped pota-
toes, strawberries and cream, cake,
black Cnf1ee.
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are finding pleasant nesting places;
dust them or and pack them away
Follow a Ike course with any other
germ hostelry with WhZCh your sleeping
rooms may De numbered
When you put these things away, put
them we'll away, BY this L mean that
IL is little good 10 stick them up on
another shelf only q little more remote
than the one they occupied before
where they viii stiu catch dust and be
q burden on your mind Lock them IN
a trunk or IN a closet out Of your sight
When you take them out IN the fail you
VIII md an air OF novelty about your
old possessions. and you VIII feel as
though YOU had a Christmas or a birth
day or a wedding celebration all over
again
When you have lishtened your work
in this fashion, do not, I beg OF YOU.
look upon the time you have saved as
lust so much more leisure in which TO
do something else III the line OF useful
occllration. Don't think that now YOU
VIII have a chance TO get ahead with
the fan sewing. or catch up on this or
that piece Of work which feu behind
last winter. Instead OF that, resolve 10
get little rest ana 20 ~SNceS Jus
- the study OF TepOse as a ftne art-re-
nose for yourself, not for some one else!
Do the things you think you never
have time TO do. Read a magazine IN
The morning IN the hour you usually
give 20 dusJing the bric-a-brac or clean
ing the silver. Take a walk Ia the al
ternOnr and lie in the hammock in the
evening. RecOiivGt All The time that
YOU have made your work lighter and
have lust so much leisure 10 the good.
all your ovyr TO spend exactly as you
please There 1s a cessation of many
duties that PRESS upon you in the cold
weather. Don't MI Up that space and
the other YOU nave won for yourself
by the drastic measures / have recon-
mended with any task YOU feel You
must do. Give your conscience and
your spinal column both a rest, and de-
pend upon 1t that YOU viii do better
work ali next winter for Wh&U you
leave UndOne now.
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crOqUettes
DINNER

must make selections and emissions 20
suit taSIe and means / try 70 present
a fair and seasonable variety for every
day living / do not think the menus
eXUTavaEa Mt If we offer roast or brou-
ed chicken one day. look out for cheap
er dishes for a few days thereafter II
expensive desserts fall into Saturday
and Wednesday the intervening sweets
are frugal And keep a diligent eye
upon ''leftOUers''
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I take this time and place TO say 10
the donor OF the foregoing simple and
good recipe that. failing her address IN
fun and the stamped and self-addressed
envelope which never reached my hands
If it were sent, I cannot answer By
mail her inquiry as TO the business sol
Vency and trEstWOrthiness of ID d."
whose name she inclOsed- I wish I
could be Of service to M O. s." for
her letter has enlisted my hearty sym
pathy.
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TUESDAY.
RREAKFAST-

Berries. cracked wheat and cream,
fried founder outlets. stewed potatoes,
toast. tea and coffee
LUNCHEON
Cold mutton "a left-Over). cream toast
Cbaked). lettuce salad with French
dressing; crackers and cheese, bath
buns and chocolate
DINNER.
Mutton broth biased upon liquor in
which mutton was boiIed), veal cut
lets. Jerusalem artichokes, steved To-
matoes, strawberry ice cream and cake,
black coffee.
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Ginger Snaps

One cup OF molasses BOILED five min
Utes, one-half cup OF shortening, one
slightly rounded teaspOonfUl Of soda;
enc even teaspOonful Of ginger. one
sCant teaspoonfUl Of salt; flour to handle
easily. Roll very thin and bake quickly.
N. @. s. (Chicagol.
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prepared Fleur."

I have been reading some OF your
recipes in an old paper, and 1 observe
that one recipe calls FOR prepared
aour." ] am young girl, just learniaS
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so much pride ana 50 much work They.
too, would better be tucked away until
you feel more energy to expend upon
polishing than you do in the summer
The bedrooms may be swept clear OF
articles which eaten the
dust and add to your work The fine
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fr-lled covers yoU adorn yoEr bureau
with or disguise your bed in are better
in the closet than anywhere else. Put
on your bed and your bureau such Gov
ers as can so into the tub when they
are dirty. Take down these bunches Of
photographs, behind which the moths
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For Luncheon or Supper

PHILADELPHIA PEPPERPOT
Is a nice dish for luncneon or supper,
and is also cheap.
For materials: Get one pound Of boiled
tripe, four medium-sized potatoes cut
small, one onicn, sliced; a bunch of pot
herbs Tor THYME and sweet marjoram
10 taSUe.) Cut tripe and potatoes into
inch cubes. Boil the tripe an hour: put
in the potatoes, and cook until they are
done Serve with bUttered bread and
coffee. II YOU have stock in which to
boil the tripe, or If YOU wish 10 add beef
or veal. you nay; bur, il is good with
out This might help your inquiring
"Restaurateur," and II is excellent for
the mother of raVenOus BOYS
Tripe, Dreaded. dipped in eggs and
cracker crumbs then fried, is good for
supper.
CLEANING CLOTHES
My husband gets his clothes very
dirty. 1 clean them myself and save
quite a good bit in a year.
Brush well, turning all the pockets
Make a good suds Of strons soap and
water. to which tablespoonful of am
monia is added Put the trousers into
this and sOuse them up and down.
Ths1. laying them eR a board, scrub
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Family Meals for a
Week
SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFASr-
Oranges, Indian meal mush ana
cream, fried scal1ops. popovers. toast,
tea ara cO.Te-
LUNCHEON
JeIlied tor que. toasted English muf-
fms, orange and banana salad. with
mayonnaise; toasted crackers ana
cheese, sailed pecaus. chocolate Gus
fards, cakes. tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of spinach soup. lamb chops
en- casserole string beans, salsif-s fr5t-
ters, queen o' puddings, with straw
berries; black coffee.
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MONDAY.
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST.
Stewed rhubarb anS cream, dried
rusk and milk, bacon and eggs. toast,
tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Jenie tongue ca Ieft-over), sca"oped
potatoes. tomato salad. plain5 crackers
and cheese. cake and uGrmaIade, cocoa
DINNER
Scotch onion SOUP boiled mutton,
with caper sauce; young tIrnips,
brOiled tomatoes. strawberries and
cream. black coffee
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Cost of Family Meals

1 did not see your Family Meals for
a Week" when YOU began the series,
so do not know for what you claim
the menu may be carried out per week.
saw. however, your answer 10 a query
IN which you asserted It might be done
by people of moderate means. I have
a family Of three adults and two chn-
dren- I should be glad TO know what
you consider would be the amount for
such a family. / may say that I have
very little at my disposal for house
hold expenses, and living is very hfgn
here. Il. NJ. II fOntario,-
I wish I could answer your question
categorically; hut. as you say, prices
are high in your locality. as they are
in mine. was talking a day or two
ago with a housewife whose family Is
exactly the sane as yogrs-three adults
and two children. she is a judiclous
manager. bII she 1amented 10 me thai
she could MT set her table according
TO my menus, on less than S15 per week.
/ told her frankly that she is doing
well if she Can do it on that at the
present prices Of food
I say 10 you as I did 10 her. THAI
each caterer for her own family group
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FRIDAY.
BREAK FAST.

Grapefruit, cereal and cream, bacon
and fried mush, boiled eggs, toast tea
and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Calls head en- tOrIUe "a left-Over).
Drowned potatoes fried tomatoes,
graham biscuits and honey, iced mix.
DINNER
Mock turtle soup. salmon steaks with
lemon sauce, potatoes z Ia lyOnaise,
spinach sOufie "a lefE-overo, strawOer-
rieSS and cream. cake. black coffee.
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Minced clans creamed on toast. sally
lunn, potatoes a Ia duchesse- lettuce
and green pea salad "a left-Over). blanc
mango and cake, tea
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THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST


Berries. cereal and cream. bacon and
sweet peppers, rice mullins. toast, tea
and roffaa
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LUNCHEOl
SATURDAY.
RREAKFAST-

4FAA1<-a NJ
Oranges cereal and cream. fricaszed
eggs, mullins, toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Salmon CrOqUettes Ca leftover
creamed potatoes, graham bread ana
nut sandwiches. crackers and cheese.
cookies and cocoa
DINNER
Yesterdays soup. veal potpie (use the
calfs brain and tongue in this). string
beans, macarOai. with tomato and
cheese sauce: cherry roly-poly. with
brandy sauce black coffee
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Potato soup, baked calfs head, rice
croquettes. spinach, floating island,
black coffee
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-02-12
FOUR IN RACE
FOR TREASURER
THIS PROMISES TO BE MOST IN
TeREsTlNG or THE STATE
CONTESTS.

1t is to be a fOurcornered race for
state treasurer. two candidates al
ready having formally announced
with two others strong probabilities.
W. J. speer. former state treasur-
er. telegraphed his announcement
from Florida Saturday night MI.
speer is in Tampa and wired that he
was saumely in the race
S. A. Csump. treasurer Of Bibb
county. has announced to close per
sonaI friends that he would be a
candidate. but he has not formally
announced Professor r II. Rob
ertson, assistant state school com
missioner. It is generally reported
viii be candidate for treasurer
Professor Robertson is in Gaines
Vile. at the bedside Of his wife, who
is critically i'll. and no formal state
ment can be secured from him In
Gainesville. II is believed that he will
be certain to enter the race.
Captain r. f. Park. the present
treasurer, will be candidate for
reelection He has held the position
eight years. succeeding w j. speer
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-02-12
Is Your Blood and Stom-
ach Out of Order?
IF Sc READ THIS.

The experience OF Mrs F. e Ritter. Of
Dallas, Texas, with our medicines is best told
by herself in 4 letter written on July s. 1854
soual experience that Seven Barks and Globe
Tor Blood and Stomach troubles. ] am in
better health than / ever was il my life You
are at liberty TO publish my opinion OF your
medicines l hope that Gods blessing will
follow you through life.
We don't know Mrs. Ritter. but we
do know that Seven Banks has cured
good many people who suffered with
disordered stomachs. We know, too,
that il is purely vegetable remedy
and people say it IS easy and pleasant
80 take. The doses are small. Seven
Barks has been made and sold for 81
years, and II IT wasn't sure cure for
stomach troubles, the company back of
it wouldn't refund the money il il fail
ed TO cure But you don't know the
company, you say: all right, you know
us. Deposit so cents with us and take
bottle oil Seven Barks home and try
il. II / doesn't do all that is claimed.
bring the empty or partly used bottle
back and get your money. There IS
only one way TO be cured and that is
70 try il. and we don't know of any
fairer way to get you to make the
trial. SDo your