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sDoonfuls of New Orleans molasses;
one or two teaspConfUls OF baking SODA.
BE guided by the sOurness OF the mix
Nix the soda with the WoldSSesi ddq
sour milk and flour. Bake III heated
gem pans i'm a moderate oven.
This makes twelve gems
r. c. n. (lSashville. Ienn-)-
STEAMED LIVER.
The most delicious way of cooking
liver-Use calves liver. cut over one
quarter inch thick. Wash the same
remove outer skin and arteries place
IN graniteWare CT porcelain ulsAi spIlh-
kle each layer lightly with salt ana
pepper: add a few very thin slices or
bacon and nut In steamer. Cook from
one TO three hours, as desired quite
an amount Of gravy will form In the
pan. When steamed remove the bacon
and put it land more If desiredl into
a rot frying pan and cook II carefully.
Remove the bacon; then Try the liver
a very little. Remove the liver from
pan, put the gravy into the pan with
all or part of the bacon raj; season
with a little onion, If desired; thicken
with blended -four Pour gravy on plat
ter: place liver thereon; decorate with
the bacon and serve hoU.
TO-WAsH COMFORTERS.
Melt one bar Of white soap IN one
half bucket OF water. If the comforter
IS very soibed at edges, place the same
on large laundry table or clear floor.
Pour on part Of the soap and rub gent
ly with the nat of the hand, taking
care not to disturb the cotton. Turn
gently, If necessary, and repeat opera
ton on the other side. Then fold the
comforter lengshwise 10 mt the wringer;
fold again eros swise TO nit the wash
tub; put it in the tub with good strong
suds. rubbing thu layers as they can Re
reached with the fiat OF the nand. See
that fl is in a perfect fold without
twisting in the lie asst. If this Is done
where there is hot running water, the
water may be cha m.ged as often as de-
sired. Wiring andAsput on line on a
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:: THE HOUSEMOTHERS EXCHANGE :: ::

and one inch wide, and it IS placed in
the center of the box This gives the
bee a straight start and the box Of
honey when completed is even and well
shaped.
In The frames used for extracting
honey the frames being large enough 70
hold ten pounds, a fUll sheet of the
foUn1itlon IS used of the heavier
weigh, and IS firmly wired IN, so that
In extracting, the comb viii not fan out
When the combs on these frames have
beeI built Out and the bees have filled
them with honey. the frames are placed
In an extracting machine and the honey
thrown out by centrifugal force. The
empty combs are then replaced in the
hive to be Teiilled BY the bees, and these
are the co abs that save the bees the
work. c. II. A. (Chicago1
In regard to this artificial comb man
utactured for the bees, We viii say that
the only comb manufactured up TO this
day IS the comb foundation, or simply
the base Of the comb on which the bees
build their cells. This comb foundation
Il is used principally TO guide the bees
and get them TO build their comb
straight in the little square boxes or
sections.
This comb foundation is made Of pure
beesWaX and not Of pdrGfhne. II is not
question OF choice with the manufac-
tUrer as to whether 10 use beesWaX or
paraffne. The bees will not accent
paraff1ne foundation or any other fOun-
dalton, excepting that made OF absolute
~ pure beeswaX.
Besides, paraffine would not stand the
summer heat inside Of a beehive. Bees
wax melts at $50 degrees, Fahrenheit,
while paraffiue melts at a much lower
temperature.
We are enclosing a small sample Of
this foundation, which Is the only Kind
that has been made so far for the use
OF the bees. l.. c. u. (HamiltOn, lid.
In re-reading The foregoing commune
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for the laundering word that was the
innocent means OF laying before our
housemOthcrs information upon an i'm
pOrtant subjecU that, l fancy. viii be
as new and full Of interest 10 most OF
them as il is 10 me. The bees should
be grateful to the ingenious cOadiustOrs
who save them the main part Of the
dvudsery CT their summer We k. We
will, henceforth, drop out fr om DR..
Watts machine-made Jingle
How neat she spreads her YAK
and congratulate the busy bee upon
having no more TO do than to
S'Labor hard to store il well
With the sweet food she makes"
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such as cloves and aIIspice. longer. Have
baking powder, condensed cream, rails
ms, ciron. rice. barley, beans. and peas
always on hand. They do not csterior-
ate. Get one AZ a time. as you can, and
replenish whatever you use up each
week. You Wcn't .7lu out of everything
at once.
81 keep & few things upon an 'emer-
Eency sheft,' and II I use from It,
fiji 1t up again, For example, can
Of mustard, sardines, salmon. corn.
peas. a package Of cheese waters. a
pound of soda biscuits. etc. You have
no idea how many possibilities such
a shelf affords for rounding OUT a din
uer OF luncheon.
Il have never figured out the cost Of
each article and the whole amount down
to q cent, as one Housemother' has.
because I am always stocked I'D and
could not tell eXicty. But the total is
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Ut for the annoyance caused 10
certain respected correspondents
By a single word in an article
- upon Honey and Its Uses, ~
published in the Exchange several
weeks ago. 1 should find much amuse-
ment in the fact that that one dlssy l.
liable has brought swarm OF protest
yvaS assured by more than one per
son who assumed TO know all ABOUT
honey and its Uses-especlaily lIs 1oLse7
thai artificial comb is filled with man
afactured honey and put upon the mar
ket / did not auimadFert upon IlS
cheat The head and front OF my OF
feadinls was the substitution Of par
. ffiDed for wax" I should not waste
time and space in explanation had not
the flood (sWarm) of corrective. pro-
feerz convinced me OF the necessity or
setting the matter straight to the best
or my ability
Noticing Your article on honey and its
uses, / would Ike to ask you where You
can find comb made of paratnne ana
filled by the bees. There Is q Sl,VV OF
fer for one pound OF comb honey MADE
without he Intervention OF bees II
YOU would inquire into the facts OF the
case or visit a house where beekeepers
supplies are sold, you would md Iha'
the foundation of the story that coin1
honey IS manufactured was started
twenty-five years ago by Dr. Wylle, az
present the Government chemist who
afterward retracted his story, but that
retraction was not seen by One-tenth
Of the people that saw the statement al
first. and IL Is still believed by many.
The story Is probably founded on the
fact that thin sheets of comb foundation
made OF pure '>eesWaX are used as start
ers. The foundation Is rolled so thin
that il takes thirty-two sheets OF the
thin comb foundation and more OF the
extra thin 4 inches by 16 TO make one
pound. 3eekecpers place in the section
box or box in which comb honey Is
started a strip the length Of the box
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Cooking Cabbage

DO you know that cabbage may be
boiled without emitting that objection
able odOr, which so often causes us 10
drop that vegetable from our menu2
The method is a very simple one. and
well worth trying Into the midst OF
the cabbage place @ g0od-sizCd onion.
which has been peeled; then on ton
place slices of stale bread. cut thick.
Do not add too much water 20 the cab
bage at one time. or IL viii soak the
bread and cause it TO separate and mix
with the cabbage, but, rather, ada water
from time 10 time in course of the boil
ing process.
Upon the back of the stove, where It
viii just simmer, set small vessel
containing vinegar and sugar.
The bread and onion absorb the odor,
and the vinegar and sugar are a pre-
caution 10 make assurance douDly sure.
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and particularly your terse
comment upon tt-mOves ne 10 get into
print if possible.
Il know that the table may be set for
two for the aE'oIut named $3.50 per
week.. AIoreove~, / can better It con-
sfderably.
First, ! would say that we are q
family Of three adults, and that all
are hearty eaters We do not need
10 be tempted when we come 10 the
table. We like our food well-COoked
and weII-seas0ned. I never 'sllimp' my
cookery. but use plenty Of butter and
milk.
II go regularly on a certain day each
week-usuauv on Friday-and buy my
groceries. NV order amounts 70 900
tTwo dollars and lfty centsJ al
ways pay cash down. This varies a
few cents. of course, but ] make list
Of articles needed for that week and
keep the prices down TO that, knowing
what these are. I don't mean TO say
that So so spen, in any old way VIII sup
nIv three people with food for week.
but 5udiciously expended it VIII, ard il
G0esl
IF YOU are short of everything. You
viii either have TO stock up or begin
ana work into tins plan gradually. 1
have kept house on this basis for three
wears. and began AT first 10 get stock
ed up For instance, spices, of all kinds.
q half pound at a time etc. one hair
mound of spice. except at picking time
win last six months, and some kinds
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A Hint and a Question.

I should ike to tell Mrs. W. B.. of
Lincoln, H." how to keep the bowl in
the bathroom closet clean and white I
have a bottle of vinegar close at hand
and every night I spOur a little IA the
bowl and let it stand until morning. Il
the bowl be very brown, Mrs. ". b.
would better put quart in for d begin
ming. 1t viii clean it beautifully
Please tell me who stands in the re-
CeiVing line at a wedding reception, and
In what order?
AMERICA CWashington. Iowal.
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spinach or any kind Of greens, lettuce
or COldslaW combine well with nzl;
also onions, cooked IN any manner. n
horseradtsh creamed gravy as dress
ing Is delicious with boiled. steamed
or baked fish I should imagine that
stewed celery, cTeamed or With butter
dressing, would be a good dish 10 serve
with fish.
BY the way, every scrap, however
Notwithstanding of a buuca Of
celery, when cooked, helps TO make q
dainty dish alone or is good put into
the soup or gravy. No part OF celery
that is unspoiled should be thrown
away.
EMMA r. CLOS Angeles, CaL)
Thank you for kind appreciation OF
our humble efforts TO meet the needs Of
our members. Our California COu5tlt-
u6ncy counts for much in my estimate
of the working capacity Of our cor
porate body, am always glad to
hear from il.
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Preparing Hardwood Floors.

For the benefit of correspondents who
are getting ready to open country
houses or TO clean and make ready for
SUNNI er use the homes in which they
live ali the year. I print admirable for
mulas for preparing hardwood floors, al
ways a problem IN the sum Of house
Wifely duties.
FOR STAINING FLOORS.
Raw linseed oil, one quart; turpentine,
one pint; color to the desired shade
with raw sienna or French ocher Mix
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THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST
Cereal, fried musE. bread and butter.
cookies, rOffee.
LUNCHEON
Minced meat sandwiches lettuce
cheese, biscuits, cookies, fruit. tea.
DINNER
vegetable soup with potatoes. a good
black rich soup that II satisfyingD
Sauce, cake. tea.
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Appreciation and Suggestion.

Z enjoyed reading your useful. sensible
and interesting article. Vegetables
That Go With Certain Meats" and in
which you ask your readers to suggest
adjuncts to a fish dinner. Accordingly,
I venture 20 suggest that, TO nay taste.
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SUNDAY.



Cereal and cream. toast and eggs
frizzIed bacon, fried cakes, fruit. coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cold sliced meat, bread and BUTTER
cake, jelly, tea
DINNER
Roast beef, mashed potatoes, creamed
lima beans, cress and green pepper
salad. hot biscuits and butter, fruiC.
pudding, tea
The foregoing menu, the contributor
thereof assures us may be served as
it stands at a cost not exceeding s. Ter
week. and that Tor a family of three
adults. That is so say that three grown
persons may be fed with wholesome
food in abundance and in agreeable va
riety for 81 a week per capita.
May I commend the list and the au-
thor's readable cOmmunication-Eiveu
elsewhere on this page-intrOduCiug tho
menu 10 our practical hOusemOtlers?
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"Aid and Comfort

Members have been more than usual
~ generous with laid and comfort
this week. Witness the gOOdly array
that follows:
LAXATIVE GEMS
one quart of wheat bran: one pint of
-four; one Pint OF sour milk; six table
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SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.


Fried bacon, hasHed potatoes. bread
and butter. cookies. coffee.
DINNER.
Dreaded pork chops. boiled potatoes
mashed turnips. pickles, bread and butt
ter, co++age pUddinE. tea.
SUPPER.
Hasied POTATOES, bread and but-ery
cake, sauce, tea.
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the first day Of the month in repien-
ishing the shelf, filling up the gaps
made during the last four weeks. /
should divide that sum by the number
ar weeks ia the next month. adding a
certain sum 20 each report OF a weekly
outlay You may not use up all the
gap-illers; but you have spent that s.
for table expenses. And. unless John
allows his wife an emergency fund. the
money has gone for daily living. I do
not wish THAI you or any other Of my
fellOw-tOilers in the domestic field
vince at an utterance Of mine. EIeav-
en- forbid, ] am here TO help, not 10
hurt
II I have smiled in anectionate amuse-
ment when one has appended TO the
painfully accurate list OF household ex-
penses": Il had butter in the house,"
or another: I'VE have a garden that
helps us out;" or a third, I'VE keep a
cow" or: we raise our own chickens
and don't have 10 buy eggs" yet IS
m0destly proud Of keeping expenses
down, without thinking Of computing
what they would have been had the
butter tub been empty, or II she had 70
buy vegetables or milk or eggs, / am
not inclined 70 ridiCule or TO sheer at
the oversight
Here lies the truth: Every dollar spent
in the purchase of household stores dur
ing the year should be equitably appOr-
toned in making weekly and month
~ accounts have been sharply taken
70 task by wives made sOre-hearted by
the comments OF husbands upon the
failure 10 bring down table expenses TO
the standard set by the -$4-a-week
cranks." as one gOaded correspondent
names them in a recent protest against
the publication OF any more OF those
/ pesuterOus reports Of how ten peopIe
can I've and fatten for what wouldn't
keep a family Of three like my husband
| from starving"
I believe honestly that unintentfonaI
omissions, such as I have pointed out.
/ are responsible f., most Of the nfsuD-
/ Outstanding and uncomfortable feeling
that have attended upon correspondence
/ on this subject
/ The emergency shelf is q capital thing
ana Mrs. c. has given US a capit8I
/ letter. Her menu will be found below
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'RICA (WashingtOn, IOWa),

The mother, or the hostess, stands be-
side the bridegroom; the father. or host
by the bride. Beyond these on either
side are the bridesmaids.
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.

FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Eggs, toast, coneecakes-
LUNCHEON.
Egg sandwiches, celery, fruit, cakes
cookies, -'a-
DINNER.
Boiled salt lsl with cream sauce,
boiled potatoes, fried parsHips, cake,
sauce, tea
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We shall be glad TO have your recipes
and 10 use them.
I am grateful to you for writing at
length and so clearly. The more pleased
because you have made 50 plain that
the wayfa-iuE housemother. though a
novice. may not err in perceivinE why
there IS such a discrepancy between es-
Inmates OF current expenses supplied By
Won and the S4-a-week disciples and the
woman who has a stated monthly
stipend she cannot exceed. yet which
viii not set forth her table for the sums
you name.
When / put my fnge- upon that
emergency shelf, or what corresponds
70 Il I'm other households, designate
the root of bitterness and the core of
the apple Of disc0rd. tt IS an admirable
adjunct 10 refrigerator and market
basket. No home should he without it.
/ 7 survey NY weII-stocked shelves with
/ complacency. I buy sardines, canned
tomatoes 1--WE buy no other canned veg
etabIes or fruits), spices. soaps, sugars
! and sealed packages of tea, crackers,
cottonlene, favoring essences. mustard,
vinegar and alcohol at wholesale prices
ana salad oil in haIf-gallOU cans.
! one compartment holds jellies, anoth-
| er pickles. two or three shelves are de-
voted 10 my homemade canned fruits.
For mine is a cupboard. not a shelf.
/ 1 heartily applaud your system OF re-
/ serves against the day Of surprise or
accident.
But (the printer has not capitals big
enough to convey the Importance OF the
monosyI leD-BUT every dollar that
goes to the stocking up you denote
as of great value should ba added TO
the sum paid for table expenses and
weeks outlay. Say that 1 spend s. on
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what counts, and my total is $3.50 for
groceries, p cents for milk, and the
same for incidentaIs. This gives 50 per
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week, against One Housemother's $3.50.
Il vince, In anticipation, at your COM
ment, but / am not as paTsimonious as
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

contributed by Miss c." Detroit.
Mich.)
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal and cream, toast. coffee. fried
cakes.
LUNCHEON.
Cold meat sandwiches, pickles. fruit,
cake, cookies, tea.
DINNER.
Meat stew with onions, mashed meta
toes, bread and butter, cake. sauce and
tea.
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal ana cream. egg toast, coffee, and
cookits.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese sandwiches, pickles, fruit, cake.
and tea
DINNER.
Rolled potatoes, fried bacon. creanad
parsnips, bread and butter. bread pud-
ding, tea.
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WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAS'

BREAKFAST.
Fried mush, cinnamon biscuits fried
cakes, coffee
LUNCHEON
Lettuce sandwiches. eggs, pie, cookies,
tea
DINNER.
Meat potpie, mashed potatoes, creamed
carrots, lettuce, bread and butter, pie.
tea
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OUR EXCHANGE contained
lately an article headed Time
Iy Meals For a Week tt
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In re-reading tbe foregoing cOmmuni-
cations, incline 70 be glad, If not sorry
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-17

in power would be like hanging a
stone about the neck of d d drowning
animal The democrats are using the
reVision Sof the tariff partly as d plat.
form in their coming cam mpaign. hut
after listening to !. roma 81 re,
marks as to what the democrats can
and have done for the ttarl-i e e question
the audience were con nvinced that 1t
would he useless to elect democrats
this fall. lhenever election comes
around the demo ocrats make loud
noise about the tariff I,Issti Oh but
should they elect preside dent which
Is all they can hope for, and that Is nos
very likely, he would be- ha1npersd3 by
the two branches Of the Iegi stature
and could not do q single thing with
the tarinaf auestio ON II Al snaeessary 10
have one party control ac-
mpIish anytt thing ana If the people
this state hoI,e ffs,I' ctnaar,fss
law uiating 81 cor and
tlas handltng ~ tlhs of ttlss
tarfT and MONEY daeattion III Ii necess
Isar vote the gllt uhlican
ticket this fall saiidi ana
10 told his ttlhas ha
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-17
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

to mankind and Mr.. ~ Marshall claims
that their thinking power goes back
ward and that they are ntinually
living IN the past while the repubIi-
cans are progressive and as q matter,
,of fact live ahead I Of the present and
are able Ito get insight to things of
Importance that Will occur in the FIJI
sture and are acting IN these Acaases
all the time Marshall spoke but
"a short time, but what he said was
interesting and at the close was
loudly applaud . ss55s5
}s5 Mr.. Bick ckford. eandi ate state
treasarer was Int oducetd and made q
igew brief rsna ford
NOS claim to5bes al orator, but he u n
very pleasing GENT leman and VIII
make d strong cam mpaign Ii the gan
IeFas election i'd rrsovembe
Ianna off argo, eandid date Tor
.sons deliysretii short dress
Sahas was inter tin &. Hams III
also Id favor off the regision os the
,tayfag and III Blaine rspn nblican Ia
believes III reel rocit5 and he pointed
3osst I'd thez audi fence ttlae cassity off
ttlaIs
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ress. He has travelled extensively
through the southern countries and
understands the situations there and
showed the necessity of reciprocity
with those countries. Mr.. Hanna is an
old-timer in this state, has travelled
over every inch of the state, is we'll
posted on the needs of the state and
is a good man to send to congress.
He Is a pleasing talker and is sure to
receive large vote this fall.
A. J. Gronna, the present congress-
man, and who is again seeking elec-
tion at the hands of the republican
party in this state, was introduced
after Mr.. Hanna had closed his re-
marks and he discussed the topics Of
the day in an interesting manner. He
believes in the principles Of the pres
ent administration and is strong
supporter of President Roosevelt. Mr..
Gronna said that it was necessary to
have a majority in both branches OF
the legislature and white house to
carry out the work already started
and to place democratic president