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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
TSUo Helbful Hints

n0ls!, fod sr95 ppan thin Cloth skirt WITHOUT
IL # Is sees afna ay beoTa baaawns grsas tns
inc. it. Allowance must be made in cutting.
as = IT, VIII os narrower after drawing It out
TABLESPOONFUL OF sugar in pint of water
and use as the last rinsing water
3. Since reading your paper upon the
n7a ,oashsoIneaess bssrt Of the fly have hardened
no longer simply on the defensive I have
starred upon war Of determination as
with keeping him out of the house 1 put
screens and porches off with water mixed
out for him were / rot afraid of poisoning
hundreds kin WIN abate the plague
Long live the Exchange and the lady OF
the loving letters M. E. II. (Chicago)
| am moved to omit an irn4prtant
section of this loving and interesting
epistle for the purpose of founding q
Laik" FIpon it in the near future.
When that future comes, readers. shall
You need not say perhaps" in tell
ing of your wise and humane crusade
against the musca domeStica and his
highly questionable cousin in the blue
coat. whose shrill piping is the sure
PROOF OF the presence Of some menace to
represents the wiping out of from 800
to 1000 eggs which would be depo sited
In the nearest filth-heap at the earliest
opportunity If you doubt it. bring your
to bear upon the next
carcass that falls under your hand. The
females 80 far outnumber the males
ob5ect lesson which will cause you to
redouble your efforts to rid the earth
or the curse,
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
From a Father

The Bostonian and father of several
sons and daughters, from whose letter
we extracted some words of wisdom
some weeks ago, has more to say today:
Parents should associate more with their
children. They should seek their confidence;
encourage them to come TO father or mother
with questions and desire. for inforrna-
tion and not rely upon what they pick
up IN the street from questionable sources
Don't be always too busy thinking Of the
almighty dollar. but set aside a little of
your time to "chum'' with your boys
loy,. their little condolences. and you VIII be
well repaid in after years.
sufhcient IL they eiothe. feed and house s
bors' children cannot enjoy. Can we Won
der. then. that all these things are taken
for granted and more demanded?
our friends over the water. Did you ever
hear child over there cali his father
the old man" or. the governor" or the
boss? Almost always young men there
will seek the counsel of parents before de-
gliding upon any. important. STEP The
olt reference to his parents wishes. He
thinks he knows IL all,
II Is painful fact that the majority Of
Sfen and tn oqss
public schools are largely responsfbie for
this state of thinEs-together with the lack
of proper home-traIning. You. may not
agree with me. but speak of what have
learned from observation and experience.
A BOSTONIAN.
How far I agree with our plain
spoken masculine member nav be
guessed from the trend of one OF nv
familiar talks upon Homemade Man
nersp
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THE HOUSEMOTHERs' EXCHANGE

ting no relief from learned specialists
on both sides of the Atlantic, and
having conferred with scores Of
others similarly afflicted, / take this
occasion to set down the deliberate
conviction that it proceeds from too
man. different causes to be diagnosed
intelligently by amateurs For that
matter, six eminent doctors bsve dis
agreed in my own case as to the dis
turbing influence that brought it on and
which continues the affection.
I shall not touch upon this subject
again | am impelled to do 1t now to
warn readers against meddlings with
that delicate organ. the ear, 1t IS not
SIX weeks since a metropolitan doctor
volunteered the information to me
that the seat Of the trouble was in
the Eustaehian tube. All that was
necessary was to have that blown out
ny a Skillful artist. When [ re-
marked THAT 1t had been blown into
and out by every specialist who had
been consulted, he merely looked
wise aud held his peace.
The number of letters received by
us since the matter of "head noises"
was introduced proves how large a per-
centage of our correspondents suffer
from the mysterious ringing" So long
as IT does not affect the hearing. bear 1t
as philosophically as you, can. One can
get used to any annoyance which is not
a pain When the affection proceeds
from an unsettled nervous condition,
Worrying. makes the ringing, the singing
and the buzzing tenfold worse. Think
OF something else, ard the noise sub
sides measurably i therefore,, fix your
mind upon pleasanter themes.
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PurCOLDLUNcn At IIyWOpsT AND Bit

come. She brought to me manuscript
she had copied. 1t was neatly and cor
reetly done, and in paying for it, I.
added seme words O we'll learned praise.
II am glad it suits you." said the
girl, flushing with pleasure This has
been~a hard week at school, and l had
sto sit up until / O'clock this morning to
finish it,
The flush left her so pale that I re-
preached her gently for overwork, en-
joining upon her the absolute necessity
of taking care OF her health, for her
mothers sake.
You should sleep seven hours night.
and eat three nourishing meals day
And-struek by sudden thought
What will you have for luncheon to-
day, for example? Can you get any.
thing nourishing in the school building?"
She frightened up: Il don't need any
thing more than the luncheon I take
from home Mother puts it UP with her
own dear hands She knows just what
With prideful love- she unclasped the
morocco case that looked like a bound
volume. 1t was even lettered upon the
back Everyday Fare" She was not
ashamed to carry a book in the street
car. 1t would have been humiliation
to carry basket or box containing food
for the body. The luncheon was daintiiy
enveloped, in tissue paper, then IN a
clean napkin. The paper APE was tied with
(?) consisted of two very thin ham sand
wiches and couple of chocolate eclairs.
A tiny box of cream chocolate bonbons
completed the menu.
Checking the exclamation, of dismay
that rushed to my tongue. by timely
recollection of the dear hands" | re-
marked upon the tasteful arrangement
of the eatables Then l could not help
saying, land IL very cold days, you
can get a. bowl of broth in the restau-
rant. hear that it is better kept than
that in most schools"
She was doing up her parcels, .I
think 1T is.' indifferently. II never go
into it. for I am never hungry at noon.
Study takes the edge off the appetite,
you know
She is a diligent student. I dare say
that her reeitations in physiology and
hygiene are fawless. Her mind is of
fine quality and properly nourished, Yet
she goes through the farce of feeding
a growing body with that wretehed trav-
esty of nutrIment six days in the week,
for she is taking a course of Saturday
lectures upon art, l asked what she
got to drink at luncheon time
iced water, was the answer, There
is a cooler or generous dimensions at
our service.
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Yankee Sam have eaten their MONDAY
meal In the shadow OF the hedgeroWs
for a hundred and more years, without
fats, viScid sweets ard heavy bread are
rank poison in the long run, The re,
cent commission upon. the lives and
reported, incidentally. that the farmers
wife OF this generation employs to an
amazing degree the same methods or
labor and housewifery that were IN
vogue in their grandmothers' time
noted writer and lecturer upon dietetics
zone often sees a sign upon a mans
door stating that the occupant Is out to
dinner and will be back In five min.
utes.' Think Of It. Five minutes for
a dinner You will probably find him at
lunch counter consuming beans,
mince pie and d0ughnuts with a relish
that is alarming to one who understands
the evils OF such food.
Regular methods of eating. sleep
ing and drinking would go long way
toward making healthier beings OF most
business men You hear a man talk OF
how business has run him down. but
nine chances out Of ter It is what he
eats and not the business that has
brought this condition.
New england MONDAY dinners. con-
sisting OF pie, doughnuts, baked beans
and cider. are deadly"
He -enlivens the gloomy criticism by
one funny saying:
bad cooking"
= take exception to the sweeping state
ment. A doughDut, properly made 10
rot OF necessity unwholesome when
eaten as the sequel TO a leisurely meal
OF digestible substantials. IL should not
form the piece de resistance in the
luncheon Of the school boy or girl.
have referred TO the restaurants or
dining rooms attached TO many OF our
large schools and TO be found IN nearly
every city college or university. have
ri Vur0 rhr~1f
regularly In these and heard with salts
factien that il is practicable to get
good broths milk. baked potatoes and
eggs. with fair choice OF meats. at
prices not exceeding the sums paid by
students OF both sexes for soda water,
ice cream. candles and peanuts IN the
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
To Can Beets

AS beets are now in season. I wish
to tell the members of the Exchange how
1 can them for winter use.
Cook them tender; skin; cut into la-inch
squares; return 70 the kettle and cover
well with boiling water. and enough hot
vinegar 70 make them slightly sour; Let
cans from the kettle to overfowing
Clap on the sterilized. ruboers and tops
When cold wrap in thick paper and set in
a dark. cool place. Light will darken
them
TO serve them, add a little more vine
gar, IL you do not find them sour enough
season with salt, pepper and little
bed into teaspoonfuf Of -four. Boil for
a minute and send TO the table very hot.
| cannot give the exact proportions of the
seasoning, for tastes VARY In these respects.
We do not like them very sour. and we
like to have the dressing about as thick
as cream
Young beets are very nice cooked in this
way in season. H. II. Qa Place Ill.).
A correspondent asked some weeks
ago for recipe for sweet beets" We
are still waiting for It. Thank you for
telling us how to can them. We, too.
do not like to have beets very sour, yet
sauce of hutter, dashed with vine
gar, takes off the insipid taste with
out affecting the sweetness.
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upon a big hunk Of the blackest ginger
bread mine eyes ever beheld. It was as
large as my two fists: it was fanked by
a lump Of cheese and an oblong Of cold
salt pork. Thick slices of buttered bread
lay beyond the array, and a brown
stone mug supported blunt oblong of
apple pie. 1 knew, without a second
look, that the pallid green filing was
inclosed by leathery family pastry"
(Save the markD Also that the mug
held a pint of the sweet cider he told
me last week was like molasses, and
wouldn't hurt baby"
He is an honest, sober, industrious fell
low. 1t is altogether probable that the
unfermented juice of the king of fruits,
fresh from the press, Is non-intoxi-
cant. It is more than probable that II
would change to burning acid in any
but a copper-lined stomach. After de-
vouring his dinner he would guard
his face from the flies with a bunch
Of sweet fern. and sleep out the noon
hour in his shady nook.
AS | left him to the enjoyment of the
contents of the tin pail he had brought
hither full and would carry home empty,
/ wondered how long outraged nature
would endure the daily wrong inflicted
upon her by him and ten thousand other
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

Of cream Of tartar sliced lemons Boil
ginger and lemons for ten minutes in half
OF the water: dissolve the cream Of tartar
and sugar in cold water Mix all to-
gether and add a gill of lively yeast. Let
ii stand and work all night in vessel
covered with cheesecloth. In the morning
strain and bottle
Mrs. W. T tBruce Wis.,
This is the first answer returned to
the inquiry for a formula for making
ginger ale. We are glad to pass it over
to the Querist.
The teetimony of our correspondent to
the efficacy of change in curing hay
fever agrees so well with what I have
myself seen and Heard OF the uncer-
tainty OF any other so-called remedy
that 7 record it with satisfaction Why
ruin the stomach with drugs and wear
down the nervous forces with hope de-
complished by repeated trials of pre-
scriptions and repeated disappoint-
mentS?
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mixing. DO it lightly with a silver
fork. Lay upon crisp lettuce leaves and
pour over 1ne ssdaa a g9od French
too rich and too "nussy.'
blackberry Pudding (Baked)
q Beat eggs very light. without
separating whites and yolks. Mix with
them cupfuls of sweet milk. Have
ready a quart of -four with which you
have sifted three times teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Make a hollow in the
middle and stir into the -four the eggs
and milk. Dredge 2 cupfuls OF black
berries thickly with -four and mix
lightly but thoroughly into the batter
as soon as it is mixed Turn into
well-buttered pudding dish and bake,
covered. for fortyfve minutes in
steady oven. By then it should have
puffed up high. Uncover and brown.
Serve in the dish with hard sauce.
It is still nicer baked in a cake
mold with a funnel in the middle.
Turn out upon hot platter, taking care
not to break it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

r BELIEVE that I saw il at its worst
one day last summer. Having oc-
casion to speak 70 q man who was
building stone wall on the hill
above my lookout upon lake and noun
tain, I found him at his dinner" That
was what he called it, as he wiped his
mouth with the back of a hairy fist
and scrambled TO his feet, despite my
entreaty that he would not disturb him
self by rising.
The midday meal was laid in order
upon q fat rock in the shade Of lordly
oak
You have chosen a beautiful dining
ROOM" 1 remarked glancing beyond
the green shadows over the panorama
bounded BY the ineffable blue Of what
looked like interminable ranges OF hills
As soon as 1t escaped my lips, re
fected that he had been sting with his
back to the view His reply was. then.
not a surprise. but il was q delight TO
my fun-ioVtng soul.
''Wa-ali for the matter. OF that we
folks around these parts amt much sot
on viewsl come up here mostly be-
cause the flies amt so bad as they be
down there where I've been workin'-"
While ne spoke he was brushing away
with a leafy spray swarm settling
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
Noises in the Head

should. like to convey to IN. A p"
Clos Angeles. Cai) what I know to be a
sure cure. for noises In the ears 1t Vas
prescribed by a specialist in Paris to q man
who was made almost deaf By that awful
ringing in the head. He paid 500 for an
examination of the ears to ascertain the
cause OF the trouble. The doctor, after ex-
amiplng him carefully. told him to take as
much bromide Of potassium as would lie
three times q day Any, doctor should be
to patient 70 teke that much. This man
persevered in the regimen and was entirely
relieved / have recommended ii to several
of my friends with q like result The only
Certain is how frequently the medicine
should be taken. c. NJ (Chicago).
Yet. in dealing with drugs, that %
as important as to know what auan-
tity goes to a dose. The bromide OF
potassium habit is as well known to
as the antipyrin habit.
We have had over hundred letters
within a month relative to head
noises Having suffered from the
annoying affection for 20 years. get
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
IMPORTANT NOTICE

ECAUSE of the enormous
X number Of letters sent TO
IL the Exchange, must ask
contributors to hHait their COM
nzunicdti0ns to roo aOords, except
IN cases Of formulas or recipes
Uhioh require greater space. I
4Udnt oil nay Correspondents to
hare a skoUino in the Corner,
and n my request IN this respect
Is cospEiod aCith. 10 7Csll be possi-
bic 70 print many more letters.
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II Sensible Suggestion Aboat
Tuberculosis
NUcItHtOSfS
NRO8f a deeply interesting letter
which is. unfortunately. too long

TRoM a deeply interesting letter
+ which is, unfortunately. too long
Il for our limits ] Gull extracts that
are full of sound reasoning.
Excellent practical advice to Chicago
patients. based upon the writer's own
experience in that city, will follow when
we can make room for 1t. Her. letter
IS in direct reply 10 request Tor an
formation upon this vital subject, pub
ltshed some weeks back.
A lung specialist tells me that when per
sSs s9DS ~ sans grs or iehds er a Of
getting well are not so good as II tney haA
stayed at home. II is unreasonable 70 SUP.
when he is not able TO provide himself with
proper food, rest ana care. Inc STRAIN o.
the journey. and Of adjustment 70 neN 1n SUI
1t IS especially serious u the patient must
hunt for place n whish sf,,d 70 stay n asss sne
be ought 70 be resting from the snscts Hh o.
the altitude upon his system Inc ne, 'oss s,ss
as an elixir. under the influence OF which
the traveller may forthwith begin 70 sup.
definite information as to the place In
which he Is TO live: II he dc not eEerrate
the benefit he ls 70 receive iTem me cnanSgs
let him 60: II he have none OF these
things the best plan is fer him tS seek
II that be IN a smoky and congested part
OF the city.
rhe chief requisites in the care and the
r,1rs of tuberculosis are fresh air. nour-
tshinz food and rest-the three most DIM
cult things for persons in poor eircum-
stances TO procure
II is encouraging to them 70 consider that
the disease is slow in progress, and that
Immense numbers Of sufferers from II are
cured One little girl improved marvel
ously by sleeping alone in tent In the
hack ward in one OF the worst parts Of a
large CITY young man know OF has
found light and profitable outdoor work in
a lumber camp in Michigan and is getting
well fast
when persons sleep or sit out-of-doors in
winter let them take every precaution
OF sleeping In damp sheets These things
will not help them on 70 recovery, but him
der regeneration of wasted forces they
must spend as little time indoors as possi-
bie merely bathing there and IN the very
coIdest weather taking meals in the house.
p II w. Denver. COLI.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

Two wafery slices of bread and but
ter, interlined with minced ham, for
heard a boy call eelairs ''fiub-dub'' the
other day and / took 20 the word at
onceD for a dessert, and. TO make in
digestion doubly sure, ali the iced wa
ter she could drink! And this in prac-
teal eommonsensical America in the
twentieth century,
The matter of school luncheons has
engaged the attention OF the boards of
education of late to a gratifying extent.
In many public schools-particularly
those in the poorer quarters of our
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

horny-handed sons of toll. For six days
in the week the wall builder and his
compeers do not eat hot morsel from
breakfast until supper. And as intelli-
gent diettians are warning people who
have not found it out themselves. cold
food lies less easily upon the stomach
than warm. That imperious organ will
be coaxed into normal action by food
convenient for 1t in the matter of tenn
perature. Cold bread may be more
wholesome than hot 1t is assuredly less
palatable. Spread evenly and not thick
~ with really good butter, 1t is deli
cious to the hungry eater and nutritious.
Provided always that it be light through
out and made of right materials.
We pride ourselves IN this generation
-and not without abundant reason
ifest in the abolition of the torture
chamber for criminals and other inge-
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
II Veqefable Salad

l. What may be combined with red
kidney beans TO make a good salad7
p should appreciate a trustworthy
3. Did you know that articles fipped
into cold starch in the usual way. then
into hot water and wrung out as dry as
possible, may be ironed Immediately and
retain their stiffness?
Mrs. N. C. (Butler. Ind.).
l. Green corn (looiled and cold) cut
from the cob, and bits of celery minced
fine. will combine well with your left
over beans. Do not mash the beans in
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

water The phrase was patent. Our
students of hygiene shudder at the idea
of stunting the growth and enfeebling
the digestive organs by what might be
called a library paste regimen. The
tender stomach was plastered with pap
three times a day. having been first
chilled into torpidity by copious drench-
ing of cold water.
Are we SO much wiser today that we
may cast a stone upon the tomb Of
Judge or parent who went to his final
award 100 years ago?
Our wall builder may survive the din
ner he takes to field Or roadside with
him, gulping it down when he is tired,
hot and dirty, and deluging with a
cloying beverage a diaphragm already
taxed to the utmost of endurance, yet
live to a tolerably hale old age His
active life in the open air. long days of
healthful exercise Of Drawn and joints,
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

a minute and half after the cork is
drawn from the bottle of denatured al
eohol. The noon hour would grant all
the time. required for the heating of our
luncheon. Were the question one OF
holiday and frolic, we should embrace
the scheme with alacrity, Being, as il
is, a matter involving health and, per-
haps, lifelong usefulness, our sugges-
tions are set aside as ''fads'' and new
tangled notions English Hodge and
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
4 Biblical Gake

I need something I should like to have
you get for me- I had 1t once, but / gave
II away. 1t was recipe for a cake. taken
from different chapters and verses of the
very grateful. intend to use it in a
paper ! am to read at, a woman,s club
housekeeping and cookery. ] think this
recipe win be novel and interesting.
A. K p. tCollegeport. Tex.).
The recipe will be forthcoming before
we get ii.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

nious cruelties that were recISoned just
and expedient in the administration of
justice by our forefathers. We do not
bread and water to which prisoners
were condemned before and after trial.
1t was the regulation Jail fare. Well
meaning mothers of that day punished
refractory children in like manner. 1t
was not unusual to confine an obstinate
small sinner in his room for q day
three days-a week-'tupon bread and
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
Mazs. As6ss>j

cults from breakfast. warm gingerbread and
cocoa.
DINNER
Scotch broth made from sheep's head.
rolled oeefsteak. onions. mashed turnipa
ng pudding black cSffeS
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream nannsh
whole wheat mullins toast, tea ana coffee
LUNCHEON
Clam fritters. potatoes boiled In their
jackets. soufhe og onions "a Isft-cver) bread
and butter. marmalads and gingerbread
tea.
DINNER
yestsrday's soup. boiled Goldfish with egg
sauce. rieed and Drowned potato canned
green peas. ambrosia (pineapplss aad ersted
cocoanuD. black coies.
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges. cereal and cream bacon and
apples wafnes and honey. toast tea and
LUNCHEON
Crearned fsh Ga left-over). potato pur u
left-over). tomato aspic salad. crackers aud
cheese. cream puffs, tea.
DINNER
"A scrap soup (ninced steak onions
green peas. etc. combined into a sav0ry
BROTH hamburg steaks. baked in a roll
and garnished with fried bananas: fried
salsify. green corn pudding. floating ~
land black coffee.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30
I'm Unusual Dish

Kindly ask some contributor to let me
have recipe for "Gefuilte Fiesche'
G. N c. (San Barbara).
Unless l mistake, the dish is some
preparation of stuffed fish and is of He
have direct and satisfactory replies. /
shall publish the formula with pleasure.
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SUNDAY
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST
Oranges cereal and cream. fried scallops,
rice mullins. toast tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cold eorned beef Ga left-over). baked sweet
potatoes. celery and apple salad with
mayonnaise dressing, peanut butter sand
wirhes. crackers and cheese, layer cake
Lima bean soup tbased upon liquor in
which the beef was boiled) fricasseed fowls,
boiled rice, stewed celery, apple pun,
black coffee.