The Washington times., 1911-07-04

Will you please tell me through your In
quiry column neither It is good form for =
gentleman to have his initials or monogram
READER
1t Is perfectly proper for him to have
plain monogram or his three initials
on his writing paper. Some men have
their full name, in old Roman letters,
on their private note paper.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please give me a recipe for light bread
where potato water is used. Yours truly.
SARAH.
Boil and mash hot four potatoes Of
fair size, beating into them a table
spoonful of lard and the same amount
Of sugar. Beat smoothly, adding one
and one-half pints of lukewarm water
In which the potatoes have been boiled.
Strain through a colander upon a pint
OF siftsd -four, and when a lumpless
batter has been formed, add half a
cake Of compressed yeast, which has
been dissolved In four tablespoonsful of
warm water. This will form the sponge,
which should be set in a moderately
warm place, and covered with a per-
forated cover, or a piece of clean
cheesecloth. Four hours in summer and
six In winter will suffice for the first
raising, after which the sponge should
be placed into a bowl, and made into
a soft dough, Just stun enough
to handle. After kneeding ten Rainutes,
the bread should again be put to rise,
and after 1t has risen to double its size
1t should again be kneaded, made into
loavss, and allowed to rise for the third
time. for an hour, or until the pans are
two-thirds full, then baked one hour In
steady oven. II the bread should be-
come too brown up on top, cover with
ordinary grocer's brown paper.
Times Inquiry Department:
Kindly publish in your columns whether
olive oil is good thing to build up a per
tired all the time, and suppose that need
something TO build me up. II olive oil Is
good, please tell me how It Is to be taken.
Very truly. u. s.
Olive oil is said to be excellent for
tired-out nerves, and as a fattening
agent. 1t is to be taken with meals,
two tablespoonfuls in grape juice. lemon
or orange juice, or with wine, II one
does not care to take 1t clear Its eff
fects are slow. but very pleasant. for It
builds up the tissue. at the same being
nOurlsnlng ana fattening.
Times Inquiry Department:
Kindly tell me where / can buy>a book
of plays, for a show, at a reasonable price;
also the prices. BRIGHT EYES.
At almost any book store, or in the
book departments of the big stores, you
will find an assortment of plays which
you can look over at your leisure and
choose which you wish. The prices of
plays range from 10 cents to 81.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me what shall do in this casa
/ am q young girl of eighteen, and my fam
lily are eternally nagging Al me for the way
I dress and the way I fix my hair. I try
to do the best l can to suit them. get
very little money TO spend, and / am so dis
couraged. have no ambition 10 try.
Yours, A CONSTANT READER.
The whole truth of the situation is
summed up in the last sentence of your
letter. You have no ambition to Try to
please your people, so you cannot blame
them II they nag you-can you? Why
not try to do as your people wish you
to do for awhile. and see II this does
not cure this propensity on their part?
The next time any Of your family criti-
else the way you dress, or arrange your
hair, ask them to give you some idea
Of how they would have you do, and