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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
81 PRIZE
Washing the Child's Head

Mrs. r. ThorninE, Crows Landing
II mothers who have a time wash
ing their little childrens hair viii
try this plan I think IL viii not prove
such q trial 10 mother or child here
after
Lay the. child fat on its back on a
drainboard or table, with head extend
ing over and resting in mothers hand.
Have favorite wash prepared, plenty OF
rinse water, etc, at hand before be-
ginning; also a slop jar il one uses
table instead Of drainboard and sink
Put q little cotton in child's ears so
that water viii not run In Give the
child something new or unusual TO play
with or examine or tell some bright.
interesting story and the little one
will lie still with eyes wide open and
play with the new toy or listen to
mother. and almost enjoy what was
formerly = dreaded operation.
After rinsing the hair thoroughly
wind towel. which does not shed lint,
around the head, raise child to sitting
position and wipe head as dry as pos
sfble
Massage scalp by running fingers
through the hair and moving scalp
back and forth until it is red. After
this child may run outside with little
fear Of catching cold. solution Of
Spanish bark is good for excessively
oily hair and brings out all of the
beautiful tints in auburn tresses.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
ST PRIZE


Mrs. william Morris, Modesto, r. ID. No.
B, Box 13I
When starting on an unimproved
ranch with little money TO put up the
proper buildings a very good way is to
put Up 8 large tank and build the tank
house with one other room besides,
which makes two nice rooms TO live in
for some time. and SO have the water
pfped on the place to start the trees,
garden. lawn and flowers going. BY and
by when the place looks like a park,
build your nice home. In that way you
save a lot OF hard labor. The tankhouse
can be used for many different, things,
end extra room is always handy. This
IS q much better way than to put up a
shack at first, as so many are obliged
TO do.
Lime water destroys worms in flower
pots.
Wood ashes around trees is beneficial.
Horseradish in pan Of milk VIII
keep IL sweet
White of an egg with mustard will
not blister.
Sulphur viii drive away red ants.
Don't water flowers when the sun
beats on them.
Alcohol viii remove grass stains from
linen
Soak wick in vinegar to prevent lamp
smoking.
wash all milk vessels with cold water
before scalding.
Shears win cut glass when held under
water.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Delicious Chicken Dish
Ethel NJ. Martin, 446 Church street, San
Francisco

Ethel NJ. Martin, 446 Church Street, san
Francisco
SINCE, draw and clean a nice young
chicken. Put II in q large kettle. add
a quart of boiling water, slice OF
onion, bay leaf. two cloves. a blade
of mace and six pepper corns. Cover
the kettle and allow the chicken to
simmer until tender, say about one
hour; then take it out and set II aside
to cool. When cold, remove the white
meat from the chicken, rejecting the
skin and bones and cut the meat into
dice Put one tablespoonful of butter
in a saucepan, add a rounding table
spoonful of -four and mix over the nre
without browning; then add half a
pint of cream and stir continually until
Il boils Add half a teaspOonful or
salt, a truffie. two dozen mushrooms
chopped fine, a dash of white pepper
and then the chicken. Stand the whole
over boiling water or put in a chafng
dish until thoroughly hot. Then add
hastily the yolks of two eggs, cook
Just a moment and serve at once.
This may be served in shells covered
with fried bread crumbs, or just as
it is.
To fry the bread crumbs have in the
frying pan a tablespoonful of hot but
ter. add two or three tablespoonfulS
of dry bread crumbs. stir until fried
and free from grease, cover the top or
shells and stand in oven and then
serve.
Do not cover with bread crumbs and
bake in the oven, as the sauce Will
separate and make greasy mixture.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Pretty Jabot Tabs Collars Thai Cam BE Made Home

HREE girls were walking to-
gether through the shopping dis
trict, stopping now and then to
look ia at the most temptingIy ar
ranged windows. The displays Of
neckwear especially seemed to attract
them as well as most OF the other
shoppers. for in front Of these win
dows women were clustered as thick
as bees around a hive
Don't they have the prettiest
things" said one OF the three girls.
II only all this neckwear wasn't so ex-
penslve. OF course there is the cheap
kind too, but who wants TO wear it?
Anything good costs so much. and one
needs an almost unlimited supply I've
nearly become bankrupt this season
buying collars and 3abots. and yet I
haven't had as many or pretty ones
as Josephine. How have you managed
70 DO II 10, on the same monthly al
lowance as mine?"
Well, for one thing" returned the
girl addressed. 7 haven't bought a
single piece of neckwear this season,
with the exception OF some turnover
collars: all the rest 1 have made my
self"
You Industrious creature: you must
have worked like a slave and sat up
nights 10 DO IL. I imagine the ma
terials cost a great deal too; all that
real lace and fine embroidery"
why no" answered Josephine. IT
made the things at odd moments, and
for at least half Of them the materials
cost me nothing; only one reached an
expense Of fifty cents. and that was
the one wore last evening"
Fifty cents" echoed the other 1T
was far prettier than the one I paid
I'VE dollars for"
DO tell US exactly how you did IT.
said the two girls together.
Wei, I simply used up my odds and
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pieces Of neckwear: il Iaunders so much
better than cotton and is more salts
factory altogether. OF course navsR
trust any of these delicate things TO
a laundry. but always do them up my
self I use white soap with pinch
of borax in the water. I soak them In
tepid suds for a while. then squeeze the
dirt out very gently. but I never rub
them I rinse in three or four luke
warm waters. partially dry them be-
tween clean cloths and then press
through a cloth while still damp with a
hot iron l use a very heavily padded
board and I finish off with the iron
directly on the back Of the material.
OF course I straighten out the lace ~
embroidery by hand before I press the
things When a little stinening Is
needed I use gum arabic IN the last
rinse water"
so that explains the mystery OF your
neckwear always appearing to be brand
new" said the girl who had spoken
before But really, you must have
almost an over supply with so many
different kinds OF neck hxings. You
can't possibly wear more than three
a day"
happen to see use for" returned the
other girl About a half OF all this
neckwear I give to my sister. and In
return she has been stenciltng new
curtains and draperies for my room
She stencils better than I do and she
detests sewing. whereas I love II. 50
the arrangement suits US both. Ana
you can't imagine how much comfort
we both get out OF having plenty OF
I'D to date neck dressings"
II am going 10 bring all the ODDS
and ends I can find. and come around
to see YOU tomorrow for a little lesson
on neckwear," said one Of the girls.
And so am T." said the second.
There is nothing that would please
me better" replied the third.
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of sheer ltnen,r pointed at the bottom
and narrowing toward the top, measur-
ing about IL inches across their great
est width. Into these 1 set a row or
two of insertion parallel with their
lower edges. and bordered them all
around with lace; then I laid in either
two or three fan shaped pleats on each
side. turning toward the center"
did you do all of this by hand?''
asked one of the girls. II suppose so.
for I've often noticed how neat and
hand made your things invariably
look"
NO" answered the other. II use a
fine cotton. No. 100 or 100. and a very
small stitch on the machine. whenever
1 feel sure the effect will be just the
same as with hand sewing. and ii saves
an enormous amount OF time. For in
stance, setting insertion into material
is a laborious process by handN but I
just haste II on. stitch close TO the
edge on both sides with my fine cotton,
then slit the goods open underneath,
crease it back on each side, stitch again
directly over the other stitching and
trim the raw edges close. This is
just as neat as hand work and about
a tenth of the labor On a great many
of my tabs and jabots into which lace
was set 1 worked little hand embroid-
cry, dots or eyelets of a few tiny flow
ers and leaves; 1t took only a short
time to do it, and the effect in every
case was immensely improved.
ITO wear with all OF these jabots and
tabs I bought a dozen or the stiff turn
over collars. some quite elaborate and
others rather plain; then 1 made a
number of stock collars, and several
of the pretty and comfortable Dutch
collars, using insertion and linen or in
sets OF lace and embroidery. ana TOOK
care to have each OF the collars har-
monize with at least one OF the tabs,
At used linen of either the sheer or
thA hAavv quality for every one of my
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Cash Prizes for Housekeepers

THE helping to raise the standard "
cooking housekeeping California by facilitating an interchange
California hOusekeeper The best and newest
that big Kitchen and the ways
learned OF adding materially to the
hOmehese the things
would like put In writing
Communication brief possible and be
Sign and
address, price, awarded to
Sunday All the generally
interesting published this
yours is good, vi appear when its turn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Spanish Pickle
e. l.. Rosseter, 1911 Twenty-seventh
Avenue, F'ruitvale

e. l.. Rosseter, 1911 TWenty-seventh
Avenue, F'ruitvale
One and half dozen large cucumberS
put In brine three or four days, two
large heads of cabbage. two dozen
small onions, 10 green peppers; chop
all fine; salt we'll and let stand over
night; wash and drain well and put in
a kettle with two ounces white mustard
seed, one ounce celery seed one. ounce
turmeric, quarter pound dry ground
mustard. one and a half pounds brown
sugar; cover with vinegar and boil till
we'll heated: bottle alright.
Oatmeal Cookies-Two cups chopped
raisins. pour over this one cup hot
water in which one teaspoonful of soda
has been dissolved. In another dish mix
two cupfuls brown sugar, half cupful
butter, half cupful lard. two eggs and a
pinch of salt, one teaspoonful each OF
cinnamon and cloves. two cupfuls rolled
oats, three cupfuls -four, one teaspoon
full baking powder. Stir in raisins and
water and spread in CREASED pans
about a quarter of an inch thick and
bake in a moderate oven. Cut into
shape when done.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
81 PRIZE


Mrs. c. III. Dftmas, Musfck p. o., San
Luis ObfspO County
Soak clothes at least two hours. Have
q boiler nearly full OF hot water mot
boiling). IN which has been dissolved
three-quarters OF a bar of laundry soap.
one tablespoonful Of salsooa or borax
and three tablespoonfuls Of coal oil.
Stir well. Rub the worst dirt from the
clothes and rub stained spots with soap,
then soak Is or 25 minutes. II much
soiIed In the hot suds. Rinse in clear
water twice. then IN blue water. and
you VIII have clothes as white as II
rubbed on a washboard until clean, and
with only half the work
Sponge Cake-One cup boiling water.
two cups sugar: boil five minutes then
cool Beat yolks of four eggs until thick,
then add cooled syrup. beating constant
". Two cups -four sifted with one and a
half teaspoonfuls baking powder, pinch
OF salt and one teaspoonfui OF lemon
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Roast Pork-Red Cabbage
Potato Dumplings
Mrs. A. w. lie Feber, "a Adair Street,
San Francisco

San Francisco
Take leg of pork, 8 or 10 pounds,
wash and score. sprinkle with sprig
thyme, salt and pepper; put 1t in roast
pan with one large sour apple; roast
four to five hours very slowly; when
done, remove grease from gravy and
thicken and strain.
Red Cabbage-Take good sized red
cabbage, cut as you would for slaw,
wash and drain; put butter or drip
pings In saucepan; when same is good
and hot, throw in cabbage, adding salt.
pepper, one small onion, one sour apple,
half CUP cider vinegar; let simmer for
two hours steady; do not add water;
If too tart when done add a teaspoon
full of sugar or more, according to
taste. Set aside on stove until time to
serve. Cover tightly; serve hot
Potato Oumplings-Boil IL large po-
tatoes with Jackets remove Jackets as
soon as potatoes are done; they must
be cooked a day before: CRATE them
one hour before dinner; add three eggs,
beaten, salt and enough flour to hold
them together when boiling; knead all
together, roll them into balls the size
OF small potato and boil 20 minutes
in sailed water.
To serve: Put the roast on serving
platter, lay dumplings all around, pour
over gravy and garnish with chopped
parsley; serve red cabbage separate.
Apple sauce can also be served with
this dinner. II followed accurately you
will have fine meal for eight people.
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ends, replied the one thus entreated.
Il had a lot of scraps OF embroidery
and lace left over from summer gowns
and Christmas gifts, just as every girl
has. and mother gave me some lovely
pieces of old lace that were too small
TO do anything else with. and beautiful
embroideries heavily worked on such
sheer materials that they had outworn
their foundations. All of these were
grist for my mill. Then 1 bought half
a yard of sheer handkerchief linen
and half a yard of heavier linen for the
tailored effects. You know 1 have a
habit OF saving almost everything, and
you've no idea how conveniently things
come in after a while. Well, whenever
I buy stamped piece to embroider 1
save the scraps of linen that are cut
off after the work is done; some of
those I had on hand were quite large
and even the smallest of them came in
nicely for my tabs and iabots.
"One of my evening gowns awhile ago
had a trimming made of medallions in
alternate round and oval shapes, I found
a couple OF yards OF this in my piece
bag. Two of the round medallions 1
set into double tab of heavy linen
one in the upper and one in the lower
portion, cutting out the linen from un-
derneath. and working a very simple
struggling design IN French embroid-
cry around them. Every one has told
me this tab is stunning. Six Of the
smaller medallions 1 pinned out fiat on
piece OF brown paper and then dyed
or rather just painted them with thin
oil color the same shade but much
lighter than some scraps of old blue
linen my sister had left from last sea-
sons dress. Then I painted narrow
Irish edging to match the medallions
and made a shaped stock collar and
pleated jabot which are among the
gems of my collection.
Il found that very small linen hand
kerchlefs or hemstitched handkerchief
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
81 PRIZE
Some Little Things Worth
Knowing

Charlotte NJ. Evans, 7sI Pine Avenue,
Pacific Grove
If you have a coal stove in an in
valid's room put your coal in paper
bags, placing bag and all on the fire,
thus avoiding the rafting OF coal so
annoying to a nervous patient
When you are handling wood for a
wood fire or cloth and brush for black
ing a stove slip a paper bag over your
hand; IL will answer every purpose of
a glove. I save all my paper bags
A pinch OF salt followed by a glass of
cold water will often relieve a sick
headache If taken early in the attack
Did you ever try using your curling
tongs as a glove stretcher. or the upper
portion of worn out silk gloves for
baby's little stockings, or the upper
portion OF worn out kid gloves for
baby's moccasins? Any color will do.
Line moccasins with soft flannel or silk.
Cut the top from a hot water bag
after II can no longer be used for It's
original purpose and it will make an
excellent bag for wash cloth and soap.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Nut Sundae Fruit Salad
Mrs. III. b. Warren, 14S2 washington
Street, San Francisco

One small can of sliced pineapple.
two large apples. 10 cents worth Of
English walnuts. Drain the pineapple
and lay one slice on each salad plate;
peel and chop the apples very fine and
mix with the salad dressing, then pile
Chop the nuts very fine and sprinkle
over top. Enough for six dishes. De-
liciouS.
Salad Dressing-Mix one-quarter tea
spoonful of mustard, two teaspoonfuls
of sugar. pinch of cayenne pepper and
a little salt together. break an egg in
this and stir we'll; add three table,
spoonfuls of melted butter, one table,
spoonful of vinegar and one table,
spoonful of hot water. Cook over
steam until quite thick. When ready
to use ii thin with sweet cream or
rich milk. VIII keep for 10 days.
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Handy Cake Frosting Good
NJ. ID. Bedford. sos Breckhurst street,
Oakland

Three cupfuls sugar, one cupful
water. Put on stove. When bubbling
add a pinch of cream of tartar. Boil
without stirring till little dropped In
water can be formed into soft ball.
Pour in large fat dish, when cool (not
quite cold) stir with fiat piece of wood
till white. Now take a small amount at
time In the hands and mold till
creamy. Mold quickly. Then set away
till needed, when cupful or more may
be placed over steam till melted and
favoring added, and then spread on
cake. A large quantity may be made
at a time, as it will keep for months IL
occasionally damp napkin is placed on
top of the dish to keep the cream from
becoming too hard When the cream is
very hard and lumpy strawberry jam
may be beaten into the cream and the
mixture used for filing.
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Recipe for Raspberry Syrup

Mrs. Jessie Plant, $3.50 Twenty-fourth
Street, San Francisco
Six pounds ripe raspberries, two
quarts water, two and a half ounces
tartaric acid dissolved in the water,
pour over the berries: leave standing
for "a hours, then drain through dou-
BILE cheesecloth; measure juice, add
equal quantities of sugar, cup for cup;
stir one hour, put in bottle, but do not
cork. Tie cloth over bottle to keep
out dust.
Pineapple Tapioca Pudding-One cup
of pearl tapioca, soak over night, put
in double boiler, add one cup water
and boil until clear. Then pour in the
juice of one can of pineapple with one
carefully chopped, and cool. Serve with
cream.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Split Pea Roast
Sarah MAYO Bunker, Mlm valley

Soak six slices of stale bread in cold
water; while soaking chop in chopping
and one small onion; add to this one
level teaspoonful of ground sage, a
pinch of pepper and salt to taste. Mix
with this the soaked bread (after
pressing it dry), then add one cup of
strained tomato. When thoroughly
mixed stir in one egg and four cups OF
split peas that have been cooked ten
der. If too soft, add cracker crumbs
and bake in well CREASED bread pan
one hour in a moderate oven. Garnish
with parsley and serve with sauce
made of one pint of strained tomato
favored with half a teaspoonful of
onion juice, boil and thicken with corn
starch, to the consistency of cream,
salt to taste. The sauce to be cold
when served
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Caramel Cake
Evelyn Nj. Rogers, Box 1, Crows
Landing

Evelyn Nj. Rogers, Box 1, Crows
Landing
Cake-Cream, a lump of butter size
OF an egg, with one cup Of sugar; add
two well beaten eggs, three-Quarters
of a cup of sweet milk, then one and
a half cups of -four with one and half
teaspoonfuls baking powder sifted
with 1t, and flavor to taste. Put In two
oven at once. Bake from 10 to Is min
utes.
FiIling-One cup of sweet milk or
and half tablespoonfuls butter, one
tablespoonful of corn starch dissolved
in little milk. Put in a double boiler
and cook until thick. When done flavor
with one tablespoonful of vanilla and
spread on cake. Delicious.
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Royal Delicate Cake
AIrn. EIinabeth Irwin. Mana

One and a half cups Of graduated
sugar, three-fourths cup butter cream
together five minutes. Add two and a
half cups -four, sifted five times, with
two rounding teaspoons baking powder;
whites OF eight eggs beaten until solid
and folded in lightly. Flavor with
vanilla.
Prepare a soft boiled icing and whip
a quart to a very stiff froth. 1t must
be beaten until 1t will stand alone.
Ice the first layer and then cover
with slices OF chocolate creams and
English walnuts. Upon this spread a
layer OF whipped cream. Next add the
second layer and spread like the first
Upon the last layer OF whipped cream
place candied cherries and slices OF
pineapple. Serve same day made.
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ed i'm TWrm ON This pGge or i'm the Daily Call
Household Hints

Miss Annie KIotz, Box "a, r. r. ID. 4,
Napa
When filing lamps, put a piece of
camphor about the size of q quarter in
with the coal oil. 1t will burn much
brighter
Use salt and ashes for cleaning
burnt pudding dishes.
Keep a box in which to put all little
pieces of used up soap. They will come
in handy for the boiler on wash day.
Use -four for a burn.
Corn cooked In unsalted water will
leave it tender.
After backing a stove use q news
paper and rub till 1t shines.
Use vinegar for q bee sting.
When cleaning windows, put a little
kerosene in with the water. They will
clean much easier.
Put a little pot full OF water in the
oven when baking cake; 1t will pre-
vent 1T from burning.
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Household Notes
C. Lenan. santa Ross

Kitchen TabIes-In a very. small
kitchen one or moro hinged tables are
a great convenience. This table is made
by fastening board to the wall by
meath, to draw out when the table is
being used. When not in use the board
lies fat against the wall. Cover the
board with an oilcloth the color of the
kitchen wall. Such a table is very con-
venient near the cook stove.
Kitchen Convenience-Ah high stool
should be a part of the furniture of
every kitchen. The tired house keeper
will be surprised to find how many
times she can sit and work, resting
without stopping. 1t can often be used
instead of getting the step ladder for
high reaches. Get one today.
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Good Letters
IS PRIZE
Parker House Rolls Very Nice
Mrs. walter StirewaIt, 7O2 Oak Street,
San Francisco

Mrs. Walter StirewaIt, 7O2 Oak Street,
San Francisco
Take one cup milk, three tablespoon
fuls butter, three tablespoonfuls sugar,
one teaspoOnful salt, one yeast cake
dissolved IN one cup lukewarm water,
and three cups -four.
Sift the -four into a bowl, make q
hollow in the center. and, after mixing
all the Ingredients together, pour into
the hollow and allow to stand three
hours; then mix and knead same as
bread; now allow TO stand till raised:
when sufficiently raised, knead, roll out
and cut as one would Biscuits, dip IN
melted butter and fold over; place in
well creased pan and allow to raise;
then bake 20 minutes in medium hot
oven. These. when properly made, are
delicious.
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centers could be made into dainty pleat-
ed jabots. Some had embroidered de-
signs in the corners and needed no
other decoration, but into the plain
ones 1 set strips of insertion and bor-
dered them with lace.
Among my scraps of embroidery was
one with heavy leaf forms; these
cut apart and appliqued to the edges