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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-24

chance to see the minute directions given
for picking green cucumbers published In
the Corner month ago? 1 said then the
recipe was too long to be. repeated in fun
within six months 1 am constrained by
your appeal to condense II here.
GREEN CUCUMBER PICKLES.-Lay
firm young cucumbers in strong brine for
a fortnight. or for a month il more con-
venient. When you are ready to put them
up, pick out all that are not perfect and
throw them away. Lay the good in cold
water after washing off the brine. Leave
in the water for twenty-four hours; ex-
change this for fresh, and leave for an
other day and night. Now, line a porcelain
or enamel kettle with grape vine leaves.
three deep, and pack in the cucumbers in
layers, strewing powdered alum between
the strata. A bit of alum half the size of
an egg should do for two gallons of Gu
cumbers Powder it finely. Cover the
cucumbers two inches deep with cold wa
ter, put thick blanket of vine leaves over
all, fit the lid upon the kettle and set over
the fire. Steam them slowly for five hours.
never once letting the simmer reach the
boil The cucumbers should now be Of a
fine and permanent green. The leaves
help to color them and the alum sets the
green.
Take them from the kettle and drop, one
by one, into ice cold water. 1t will be luke
warm by the time all are in. Drain 1t on
and fill up with fresh water as cold and
leave in this while you prepare the vine
gar
To one gallon of best cider vinegar allow
a cupful Of sugar. three dozen black pep
per corns, the same number of whole
cloves. eighteen whole allspice, and a dozen
blades of mace, with three tabIespoonfuls
Of celery seed. Put into the clean kettle
and cover. Bring to quick boil. and keep
this up for five minutes-not more Mean
while pack the chilled cucumbers in a
stone crock, then pour the vinegar over
them. Fit on a close lid. Two days later
train or the vinegar, bring to a boil, and
return to the pickles. Repeat the process
at intervals of two, four. and six days
Cover with tightly fitting top and tie
oilcloth over this. Don't try to eat them
for two months. They need this time for
-ipening. But at the end of a week exam
ne them to make sure no defective or
soft cucumber escaped your first inspec-
ton.
Cucumbers put up in this way VIII keen
Tor an indefinite period-if not eaten before
the time elzpses! They are better at the
end Of a year than within a month after
hey are put into the spiced vinegar.
Why-may ask-shouId you cara tn
Keep yours in brine longer than is abso
utely necessary? The salt hardens and
Loughens them. Moreover, 1t duus thu fiDe
green you covet- Try this time seasoned
recipe, and you will cease to covet tba
pickles prepared by professional manufac-
.urers.
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requisition after mischief is done. There
fore. during the latter half of the heated
term. she must be even more rigid III rules
of diet and household sanitation than she
has yet been--if that were possible.
All summer the slogan has been Swat
the fy! and our housewife has obeyed
this command so often that she wonders
how there can be any flies left But the
cry is still They comet " and they con-
tinue to multiply. Once in a while cool
morning finds them torpid, but by the time
the sun is an hour high they are as lively
and as persistent as ever. So keep up the
rule of " darkness and cleanliness" which
Is the only one for Kidding the home OF
their hated presence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-24

The rose of the rich midsummer time
is bright with the hues Of its glorious prime.
1T may be well to remind the reader OF
the above lines that the author wrote
OF an English-not an American-sum-
mer. In her native land June is the
month OF roses as 1t is with us, but in
che British isles the summer is a different
thing from what it Is in these United
States. Here. to be sure. we speak of the
" three summer months-June, July and
August but our heated term begins the
last part of May and continues until Sep
TENDER has dragged its enervating length
away. The house mother does not always
appreciate this fact, and having brought
her family safely through midsummer.
feels, by the middle or latter part of August.
that the end of all her war against heat
and the attendant evils, is near at hand.
do not wish to discourage her. but more
care in diet and regimen is demanded for
the last part Of the summer than for the
first half. I have already said that June
is dangerous month for babies and. with
its sudden heats. 1t does sometimes pros
trate the weak and aged But the average
man and woman are still strong after the
long period of cold weather, and. while
they may feel the heat uncomfortably, their
reserve strength helps them to overcome
its effects.
Not so with late August and September.
Weeks of torrid days and breathIess nights
have Slapped vitality and energy, and the
dog days and humidity incidental to this
season find US physically depleted and men
tally depressed
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grained, beautiful bread with little knead-
ing. I save some of the sponge and use
instead of a fresh yeast cake for the next
baking, If that is to be within couple of
days. I am now using successfully the
sponge mixed first eight weeks ago.
There Is delicate taste to this bread
have seldom known in any other variety.
When we find the sponge Is running out
or getting low. add new cake of yeast or
make a fresh sponge. MRS. s. F. J."
Warm coffee bread, with cream cheese
and marmalade makes as relishful a lunch
on-dessert as hungry school boy or girl
could desire. AS the name indicates, the
original purpose of its creation was to ac-
company coffee in the German kaffee
kIatsch." which stands in that land of good
livers for our afternoon tea Now we eat
it for breakfast or luncheon as the humor
takes U.s.
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Month Not TO Be Trusted.

The close observer cannot fail to notice
thst September, while masquerading as an
autumn month. is not to be trusted. At the
south one learns to expect nalarial fevers
at this time City jewellers who have
spent July and August in the country re-
turn to town for September. certain are
they that the aalariaI uists and fogs that
arise from lake, river and marsh are more
deadly In this ninth month OF the year than
in any other. Even at the north one is not
surprised to hear of typhoid epideTnics at
this period. These recurrent illnesses have
been explained by some physicians on the
hypothesis that city people have spent the
summer months in farmhouses and hotels
where the water supply from the adja-
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added Dangers of September.

Even the green and growing things be-
come especially dangerous in September
The poison ivy In the wood and the poison
sumach by the wayside are more deadly in
their effects than they were g. month ago.
And to their natural and innate evil is
added an allurement that attracts the
eyes and the fingers of the uninitiated pass
er-by. For the scarlet leaves of the poison
ivy rival In beauty those of all the other
wild vines. while the bushes of sumach
wave crimson flags that ought to act as
danger signals, but which tempt the ma
ture lover to grasp the brilliant branch
and make it his own. And In both cases
that which charmed the eye poisons the
flesh.
AS in all cases where the welfare of the
family, little and big, is threatened it is
the mother who must come to the front
with the precautions and preventives that.
If exercised IN time. are more potent than
any chance cures that are called into
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A MIDSUMMER TALK TO HOUSEWIVES.

one day old and should be cut into the
very thinnest possible slices. Then, after
the filing Is in, the crusts should be
trimmed off and the sandwiches cut. either
in strips, trfangles, halves. or in fancy
cooky shapes. Should the sandwiches not
be wanted for Immediate use. they Shout
be wrapped up in clean. dampened cloth
and put In q cool spot until needed
ORANGE MARMALADE SANDWICHES
Orange marrnaIade, buttered white bread.
Cut the bread into thin slices about three
efghths inch thick and spread orange mar
rraaIade on one. Put over another slice OF
bread and cover this with marnalade. Do
this until you have four slices on top OK
one another. Then put under weight,
and when we'll pressed trim OF the crusts
and cut down IN thin slices with a sharp
knife The slices will look like jelly cake
PEPPER SANDWICHES green
sweet peppers, three hard boiled eggs small
cupful OF mayonnaise. thin slices Of but
tered bread.
Run the peppers and the eggs through
the meat chopper or chop them finely in
ehopping bowl. Cover the chopped mate
rial with sufficient mayonnaise to give 1t
the proper consistency for spreading. Trim
IN a substantial layer of the filing
DELICIOUS SANDWICHES.-One and
one-half cupfuls of light brown sugar, scant
teaspoonful of butter. three-fourths cupfuI
Of water, one-half pound of shredded cocoa
nut, one-half pound of chopped figs, one
half cupful OF chopped walnuts, whole
wheat bread.
Boil the sugar, butter. and water together
until they form a thick strip. Then remove
from the fire and add the cocoanut, the figs.
and the nuts Stir until creamy and pour
into a buttered dish When cool spread
between thin slices of the bread
CHICKEN SANDWICHES - Leftover
roasted or boiled chicken. cream to soften:
piece of butter, salt and pepper, buttered
white bread.
Mince up the chicken and put It into a
saucepan with sufficient cream Cor gravy.
il there is any at hand) to soften 1t. Then
add a good sized piece of butter and sea-
soning of pepper and salt. Put over the fire. !
to heat, working the mixture constantly
until it resembles paste Pour on a plate
and when Good spread between thin slices,
of the bread
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of the enormous nunabeT Of
Ii letters semitic The department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications TO
100 words. except in cases Of formulas or
recipes sohieh require greater space. 4 tcant
al my correspondents to hope shouting In
lke Corner. and If ing request tn this respect
Is complied Nth IL wil Be possible 10 print
many more letters.
Attention Is called 70 de fact h0t Marion
HarlGnd cannot reeetOe money for patterns,
as sks las no connection NTH arg department
haf sells them. Marion HGFLdnd.
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Keeps Rooms We'll Darkcned.

Each morning fling wide the blinds, beat
and swat - every winged pest you fino'
then close the shutters and keep the rooms
comfortably darkened until the day begins
to decline. +" For every crumb left on the
table or floor. one fly will develop, said
one oId-fashioned housewife. And, as she
spoke the truth, leave no crumbs about
1t is. I acknowledge, nuisance to have
to sweep the dining room carefully after
each meal, but the result in absence OF flies
is worth the pains. If there is nothing
to eat at hand the pests will go elsewhere
with your vigorous assistance.
The light and digestible food which has
been the staple of diet all summer must
still be provided. Perhaps your boys and
girls may, like the Israelites who wearied
OF the mama, declare that their souls
loathe the light viands and clamor for
something solid and rich" But do not
remit your care for all their crying.
Boiled buildings, roasted and fried foods.
pies, and pastries are an abomination to
the weary digestions and must be banished
for some weeks TO come. Salads of all
kinds, green vegetables In abundance. and
fruits without stint. will assist nature in
keeping the blood cool and the liver in
good working order. Meat once a day is all
that is necesSary-even for workingman.
IL, for other meals, he has such nourishing
food as dishes in which milk, eggs. and
cheese play an important part.
An abundance of cool-not iced-water,
with lemonade, orangeade. grape juice, and
ginger ale if one wishes other chilled bev-
RACES, will furnish the liquid that the jaded
system Graves. Ice creams and fruit Ices.
eaten slowly, are much more digestible and
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To Renopate Mems Collars.

From South Dakota we have a. hint for the
needlewoman who would " gar auld claes
look anaist as guide as new"
ITO RENOVATE JOHNS COLLARS
The collars of mems shirts usually wear out
first, leaving the rest of the garment per-
fectly sound To repair one, cut the worn
part away carefully with sharp scissors,
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Glazed Pineapple.


The second recipe is from a new member
of our growing Nebraska chapter:
GLAZED PINEAPPLE AND OTHER
FRUITS Sliced fresh pineapple may be
used, or even the canned fruit, II the slices
be whole and firm. You may mix with these
ripe grapes, slices of oranges and grape
fruit. Have all clean and dry and string
upon clean.strong white linen thread. Have
ready an icing of one pint of sugar and a
scant pint of water. Boil slowly until
little spins a thread from the tip of a
spoon. Set in a warm place, not too far
from the range, and dip into it as it cools a
string of the sliced fruit. 1t is well to make
these short, and all of a kind upon one
thread, or vary the order if you like. Dust
with powdered sugar as fast as each is
dipped, and lay upon waxed or buttered
paper to harden.
i" After practice has enabled you to turn
out prettily frosted or glazed strings of
fruit, you may make a little pin money by
mailing list of your commodities and
the prices to prominent dealers in con-
fections, or to those who give luncheons
and evening parties. One woman know
of has a ready market for all she can
make at 81 per pound p. j.
In the exercise of the editorial right to
add unto or take away from contributions
submitted to the exchange. I suggest that
the fruit would be less likely to clog in
the process of glazing anirlook better when
this is done. If strung upon long, clean
straws than If threaded upon strings.
We have had so many queries eoncerning
candied and frosted fruits that this sdr-
pie and easy formula is especially well
come.
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- UR members have rallied CALAMITY at
the call for practical hints for every
day housekeeping and homemaK-
~ ing. They may be considered as the
drops of oil that make the domes-
tic machinery run smoothly. Without such
lubricants there would be Jars not few
and continual friction. Nothing that eases
daily living for one fellow creature is a
= trifie.
From Ohio comrade we have sugges-
ton that will be useful to the dweller :" in
city tents that is to say, apartment
houses where closet room is at premium.
IAN OUTDOOR cUPBoARD-This is
the way we made ours: To the outer frame
Of the kitchen window was nailed a frame
made of boards a foot wide. Lighter boards
were inserted for shelves, thus forming
skeleton cupboard. This frame was COW
cred with wire netting. The kitchen win
dow filed up the fourth side and formed a
door Before and after the ice season such
g pantry will be found convenient for stor-
ing meat and leftovers which would clut-
ter the refrigerator and spoil IL left in the
kitchen. GID"
sub1oin to the above word that may be
of service 10 the apartment dweller: Have
the top Of the al fresco cupboard covered
with Iinoteum of good quality. and let it be
slightly sloping. The projection will then
not be an unsishtly adjunct to the back of
the house, and the gentle incline will shed
rain and snow. keeping the contents of
the pantry dry II the bottom be lined with
hnoleum or oil cloth. it will be more easily
kept clean than II the wood were left bare.
- -
Pineapple Recipes.
From Iowa and from Nebraska we have
directions for preparing pineapples that
commend themselves to lovers OF the fra
grant tropical fruit.
herewith offer something which will,
hope, prove as truly a boon to some other
householder as it has to me:
CANNED PINEAPPLE-In preparing
pineappIes for canning have always tried
to keep the slices whole and round, and
1t was not an easy task until this year. Then
hit upon this expedient: sliced the
pineapples first and pared away the out
side with sharp knife As began upon
the first one. it occurred TO me that it would
be a great help If / had regular factory
tools with which to do the work. Then
came the thought: Why not use the
doughnut cutter?' No sooner said than
done! was more than pleased with the
result. Some doubling economist may
any. Whence this NasteR' answer that
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nalatable at this time of year than would
be hot buildings and pies. Peaches should
now be in their full glory and are the most
digestible of all the summer fruits They
contain an acid that acts directly upon the
liver and it is safe to assert that when
peaches are ripe and peeled they will not
fniure any normal person.
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Help IN Peelinq Onions.

The nerest briefet from Chicago CO.
worker takes another pebble (and not a tiny
bitD out of the path.
Before beginning to peel onions, GREASE
your niger tips literally with butter OF lard
or dripping. Then grasp the knife ana 20
on with the dreaded jobl Not a trace -
odor from the onion garlic will cl1n- ~.
your hands. provided. of course. that vo,,
avoid handling the onion with any part AZ
them except the fingers. Mrs w. n. az
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avoiding the chance of cutting the under
side of the collar which is still good. Then
with bit of the same material. matching
exactly in texture and color. substitute q
new collar for that you have pared away
Fit and haste just over the old stitching;
taking care to fit the corners nicely. Stitch
neatly along the old lines and the garment
is as good as new. MRS w. H. r.
Il =
For Cleaning Cldsswdrc.
A New York City woman follows with a
housewifeIy brief that has all seasons for
its own:
ITO CLEAN WINDOWS, MIRRORS,
AND ALL MANNER OF GLASSWARE
Provide yourself with small channels skin
wash it clean in clear warm water; squeeze
it hard to get rid of superfiuous moisture
and wipe the glass with 1t, going all over
1t from top to bottom. Be sure the water
Is clean for the last wiping. Windows,
glassware. mirrors, etc, washed In this
way need no polishing and are clear.
bright and free from lint. This process
will save the busy housewife hours of time
spent in polishing windows at houseclean-
ing and other seasons.
Use no soap and never wash windows
when the sun shines upon them.
" MRS. r. g. D."
Can you mean that nothing is necessary
beyond what you have described?
You speak of clear water for the last WHIP
ing. This would imply that the channels
must be redipped, washed, and wrung dry
several times. I wish you would write
again and be specific upon this point.
Thank you for the " lift over hard place"
Mdvonndise Dressing Recipe.
II saw request in the exchange for
recipe for mayonnaise dressing. send
one which has been used IN my home forty
years and has never failed when all the
implements and materials used In the proc
ess were thoroughly chilled
MAYONNAISE DRESSING-Yolks of
six eggs beaten stiff with the egg whip
Add a. teaspoonful of salad oil and beat for
a minute: repeat this process three times;
then put in tablespoonful at a time until
the mixture is thick and smooth. Add the
juice of a lemon, beat IN well. and salt to
taste-but lightly.
% Whipped cream may be added If you
like. This will keep two weeks upon the
ice. MRS. r. E. F."
Thank you for a recipe that contains nei-
Their vinegar nor mustard. Your formula
is as nearly perfect to my taste as it can be.
Ingredients are few and the treatment is
absolutely correct.
Green Cucumber Pickles.
IT should like to have you or some of
your colleagues tell me how to keep
cumber pickles in brine. crisp and green.
without canning them Is there any way
OF doing this besides the salt picking?
put mine into brine to preserve them. and
when 1 wish to use them soak out the salt
and add the vinegar. But they have lost
their green color and it Is hard to keep
them crisp. If only knew how the pro-
fessional pickle manufacturers prepare
their wares I should be happy. They are
SO NIGEL Mas. c. H"
Yet you write from Arkansas! And-as
have the best reason In the world for
knowing-there are no more delicious
pickles put up in any region of the globe
than In your favored Latitude. DID you
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Abundance of Rest Necessary.

The physicians who make rules for right
living in hot weather lay special emphasis
on the necessity for an abundance of rest
Do not forget this fact when September
draws near. Sit out In the evening damp
ness on lawn or veranda an hour less than
you did in June and July. and get to bed
early One of the mitigating features Of
cool enough to allow one to sleep. Make
the most of these hours for rest, and you
will find yourself fortified for the strain
and stress of the day that is to follow the
night Stay your fainting heart upon the
knowledge that after summers heat comes
the GOODNESS of autumn and that after the
debilitation of September will come the ex-
nilaration of October.
In closing this talk on midsummer and its
evils I would like to add two words Of adj
vice They are Keep COOL II this has
been your motto through the last months
adhere to II now. Do not allow yourself
to fuss about your work or about the heat
All of us are by now pretty tired of hot
weather, but talking about our WEAKNESS
and protesting against it only add to the
general discomfort.
Busy yourself regularly and systematic
ally about your usual tasks. resisting the
impulse to rush at them. Take one duty at
a timer fix your mind on it, and, when it
is done, take up another. One task at .
time, and one day at time, are all that
can be expected of you. Set yourself to ac-
complish the one and to live through the
other, and the trying term will slip swiftly
and safely away.
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Luncheon for Children.

Aprcpos of children's luncheons. slip in
here a communication from Chicago
mother:
LUNCHEON FOR SMALL CHILL
DREN-A luncheon for small Riddles
with dainty appetites is made from a box
of animal crackers and one OF graham
crackers.
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Recipe for Coffee Cake.

I saw some time ago that Minnesota
housemother asked for recipe for coffee
cake. Several have answered the request,
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Summer Sandwiches.

Summer Sandwiches.
There is a knack about making really
good. appetizing sandwiches. just SIS
there is about making anything else
One of the most important things to he
considered Is the bread Any kind may
be used. depending the kind of fill
ing put in- For the very best sand
witches, however. 1t should be at least
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-24

UR members have rallied CALAMITY at
the call for practical hints for every
day housekeeping and homemaK-
ing. They may be considered as the
drops of oil that make the domeg-