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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Letter from Another Sufferer.

Another sufferer has a bitter word anent
the same " Familiar Talk"
You omitted in your censure Of the
Borrowing Habit to say that It is vulgar.
mean Just that. It is unladylike and
when the loan is not returned it Is every
bit as bad stealing. And another branch
of the subject comes nearer still to me.
am q commuters wife. We have some
we'll born and tolerably well to do neigh
bors-a mother and two daughters-who
have d way OF dropping in early in the
morning while we are at breakfast, or in
the evening when 1t has come to their
minds that they haven't this or that in the
house and would Mr.. NJ be kind to
bring 1t out next day? It is such a bore
and even an afiiiction to have no man in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

a woman squarely in the face and say that
you have no sugar. coffee or vinegar in
the storeroom when you have an album
dance. The end does not justify the means.
Your second trick is capital To one
blessed with a saving sense of hun1or there
would be a positively wicked delight in
keeping the " little list :" as one might a
day book, and at the end OF the week rum
ming into the borrowers house and begging
for just as much of several articles as you
have lent her. 1t Is a novel method of
squaring accounts, and If done tactfully
will not offend, while it will abate, If not
abolish, the nuisance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

forated skinner and spread upon dishes.
Now ada the sugar to the water In which
the fruit was boiled. Bring to fast boil
and remove the SCUM Drop in the ounces
Boil steadily fifteen minutes after the
bubble has fairly begun; remove from ths
fire and put into small jars or jelly glasses
that have been rolled IN hot water to pre-
vent breaking. Fl
1 cut the ounces into small bits Of uni
form size and put up in tumblers, as the
strip makes a firm jelly about the fruit
When you wish to use 1t, dip the tumbler
into hot water, and the contents Will turn
out in a solid mass.
Ounces that are too small and specked
to be made into preserves In the usual
way may be utilized as marmalade and
are nice MRS. NARY Nc"
Ounce marmalade, as our correspondent
remarks, is both delicious and wholesome.
It has likewise slightly medicinal quail
ties. soothing sore throats and allaying
coughs. The recipe before US is easy to
make and promises much in the way of
palatableness. The jellied juices encasing
the crimson cubes are favorous and pleas
ing to the eye when served with the nurs-
cry supper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Heat Keeps Bdcteria at Bay.

Heat keeps at bay the swarms of maIsvo-
lent bacteria invisible to the naked eye but
present under the microscope in numbers
that defy calculation. With the cooling Of
food they rally for the onslaught The pre-
vailing faith In the conserving powers Of
the refrigerator is based upon a half truth.
Bacteria do not multiply when the object to
be preserved Is set upon or in the ice. The
cold makes them torpid. We all know that
foods which have been kept in cold storage
spoil more quickly when they are removed
to the outer air than II they had never been
kept in the lower temperature. The 0vn
germs awaken to more vigorous life for the
temporary inacttou.
Your merchant warns you as you buy
from wagon or counter that the fish have
been In the ice and must be put directly IN
the refrigerator when you get them home
or they Will gpoil-surel" He never troubles
his brain with explanations Of the reason
for haste. It IL your business as a wise
twentieth century householder and keeper
to know why and to guard against the GER
tain danger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Hint for Home Nurse.

:" May I step In with one or more hints to
mothers and elder sisters to whom homo
nursing Is committed7
"A FEATHER BED MATTRESS.-Cer-
tain old persons. when i'll. cannot be in
duced to part with their beloved and in
dispensable 60 feather beds. Years of ex-
perience as a nurse have taught me the
solution of the problem thus presented to
those in charge of the protesting parties.
Needed: two or three dozen stout safety
pins and a strong muslin sheet-prefer-
ably unbleached and not too large
Make up the feather bed carefully.
showing plenty of feathers toward the top
which is to lie at the bedhead. Beginning
at one corner, pin the strong sheet to the
mattress snugly. setting the safety pins
only a few inches apart. One end and
side finished, pin the other end and side
in the same way. drawing the strong sheet
tightly over the feathers Now. make up
the bed en the usual way, and you will be
surprised at it's drmness and at the time It
will stay in place and keep Its shape.
IF the patient be helplessly bedridden.
you may follow the same plan by arrang-
ing one-half of the bed at time. and
drawing the sheets tightly in a roll toward
the middle of the bed before shifting the
invalid. A certain degree of skill is re-
quired of course in rolling the patient
over and in adjusting the rubber sheet.
ETC., since a feather bed put to hospital
use must be well protected in order to be
sanitary.
Better indulge an elderly patients
whims when they are not actually harm
full than excite him into feverish irrita-
bility by opposition. L E. T."
I take 1T for granted that few housewives
who read our corner have feather beds
upon their premises. For many years one
two were tolerated in the maids room
out of consideration to rooted prejudices
imported from the old country. where feath-
er mattresses and duvets were esteemed as
necessaries Of a reasonably comfortable
existence. Even these have been swept
away by the march of sanitary improve
ment Bridget and Thekla no longer stip-
ulate for the soft bed in which the mistress
would feel that she was sufrocating and
unclean. Yet, as our Intelligent nurse re-
minds US. here and there survives human
being of the old school who speaks of a
hair mattress as a hard bed and means
that " old bones need padding"
To the families that cherish dutifuIy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Way for the Big BroiherI

Courtesy to our big brother combined
with a desire to entertain and edify read
ers; influences me to clear decks for the
next communication;
In your article, The shiftIess Hue
band, you do not ask advice from hus-
bands, but from mothers. Please allow me
to offer my views as those of at least One
Man.
Were In the place Of any Of the poor
dear ladies who must look about for a
means Of livelihood on account Of having
entered upon HES journey with a robust.
or even an able bodied. shiftless husband,
I should first discard the husbandili
No man has the right to woo q maiden
unless he is able and willing to support her
in as good, II not in a better condition
than she could get by herself. living single
and working her way through the world.
Moreover. there are children In the
home. as there are In the home OF her who
asks for advice in the paper before us, II IL
mucn easier Tor woman to care for, and
to feed and train the young minds while
they are alone with the mother than 10
have sniftless-perhaps a drunken-idio
rather sitting around as an object lesson
before their eyes all day.
Again. In many cases IL makes an extra
mouth to feed and extra clothes to buy ana
to mend, ana in most cases upon record
tobacco to provide. (Somehow, the IDLE
man Is usually q confirmed sznokar.) In
but too many instances the morals brought
before the little ones are more degradfnR
than they would be II the mother had fun
sway in the household. An idle brain f. thu
devils workshop to the fullest extsnt IN
eases Of the shiftless husband type. .rhs
sooner such are discarded the better for All
parties concernedi.l
A woman who has the disposition evil
dent In this motier-and IN many another
shows like qualities In desiring to rasu.
and maintain her little ones and Is surely =
noble creature. deserving Of the highest
credit from her fellow creatures She wins
favor In the sight of her Creator. and herr
win be an abundant reward In the worla
that sets this right Wa Ns
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

BECAUSE Of The enormous nnnbeg Of
. IL letters semitic the department must ask
contributors 70 limit GLefr communications to
100 words. except in eases Of formulas or
recipes Which requtrs greater space. I Dont
eli ing correspondents 70 hare shooting IN
ths Corner. and If my request in this respect
Is complied Ufh IL uiN Be possible to print
n10zg more letters.
Attention Is called % Gs fact that Morton
HarLdzd cannot reeefpe mooney for patterns.
os she has no eonaeetiOn Nth Gry department
hat sells them. q Marion HarLard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Concerning "Bonowng Nuisance. :

Among the hosts of good ideas that
fall Into our laps the following finds place:
1--WE have read and enjoyed the familiar
talk upon the borrowing nuisance My
sympathies ere with both parties to the
trensaction-the borrower and the lender.
have overcome the borrowing habit by
keeping paper and pencil by me and jotting
down what is needed in the house as soon
as I find we haven't it on hand. Then
do without It until can get It from the
store. II your correspondent would sug-
gest this to her borrowing neighbor 1t may
be of help to both of them. One way Of
stopping the nuisance is to tell the borrow
or that you have not the thing she wants
and that you were just thinking OF asking
her to lend 1t to you. Or write down the
things she has already had Of you and then
do a little borrowing on your own account,
to keep things even, as 1t were.
Telephones cents for sending and 10
cents for delivering messages is charged by
our grocer. We must pay for necessities
and we are glad to do 1t.
Il hope somebody will find my eugges-
lions as useful as have found your corner.
MRS. J. D."
Your first expedient might strain tender
conscience. It is not an easy matter to look
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

rHE savory doors and steams OF the
kitchen play distinguished part in
stories of domestic life. Readers Of
Dickens Will at once recall the action
of the landlord in " The Ola Curiosity
Shop =" who, hearing the arrival OF a belated
party OF travellers upon a. stormy night,
rushed into the kitchen and took the cover
from the pot in which game. oysters, and
divers other toothsome ingredients enumer-
eted with watering mouth by the host were
all cooking together In one delicious
gravy" This with a final smack OF the
appreciative lips.
He gained his end. for the first remark of
the chilled and drenohed wayrarerS, who
entered smiling despite discomfort, was,
What a good snell!''
Up TO the beginning OF the last century the
goodly smell from the kitchen was allowed
70 wander freely and unctuously through
the dwelling. A. lately es 1870 read a
sharp criticism In an English cook book OF
American forms OF roasting:
Which Is, In fact not roasting at all.
but baking. Roasting IN not done in ths
oven. but Ia the open air upon spit or, as
@ In sometimes called, a jack"
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place. It IL good housewifery to keep foods
of all kinds covered instead of exposing
them to the action Of the air and the possibly
noxious influences that It may contain.
Apart from the hne, impalpable dust which
u ever present In It. there are as We have
seen living organisms not to be excluded by
wire screens.
advantage of Glass Cover.
If you have a glass cover to protect your
jelliss AZ they cool you can see and wipe
away. az 1t forms, the moisture arising
from the warm mass. While IL II never
present in such quantities as to afssct the
nrmness OF the jelly or blanc mango IL
10 well to get rid Of II. II you use n metal
or porcelain cover do the same, It 10 q
good plan to provide yourself with . NUM-
Der Of what are sold a. +" dish covers " OF
various sizes, which will ut down closely
over the dish or bowl or pan in which you
put the food preparatory to setting It away
No neat cook puts food away in the dish
in which It was served upon the table.
EArthenware pans or bowls are preferable
to metal for this purpose. Pie plates OF
tin or crockery make capital lids for these.
with this use IN mind, you may buy them
of assorted sizes and Mt to receDtacles OF
corresponding Dimensions.
Does all this sound far fetched and over
careful7 Believe II, dear 1elloW mousse
mother, you cannot afford to overlook
what seem to you trifes in the sum of your
daily living and striving for others well
fare. The day has gone by when tales
of disease communicated to q whole neigh
borhood by germs in neglected milk cans
was secuted as the extreme OF possibility.
conveyed in n fevered kiss. and through
the mall in a letter sent from hospital.
were SECUTED as the extreme Of possibility.
We have g loose way of saying of pre-
cautions enjoined by Up to date special
lists that there Is such q thing as being
more nice than wise"
I had a sensible cook once whose pet
proverb was: It's better to be sure than
sorry" 1t - a safe working maxim. Bet
ter q thousand times to spend little more
money in buying covers and IDS. and time
in adjusting each to its place, than to
serve innutritious foods and to invite dis
ease.
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salad Of lima beans and endive with French
dressing.
Crackers and cheese.
Ginger snaps and lemonade.
DINNER.
Yesterdays soup.
Frdcasseed chicken
Caulihower.
Suocotash.
Fruit dessert
Black cofree.
X -
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Fish cakes.
Potato biscuits.
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Spanish omelet.
succotash warmed over.
Lettuce sandwiches.
Heated crackers and cheese.
Cake and iced tea
DINNER
CauIinower soup Ia 1eftover].
Chicken pie la leftoverI.
Dreamed onions.
Green corn.
Home made ice cream
Black coffee.
s. *
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal and cream
Bacon
Popovera.
Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Dreamed eggs.
Onion souf1e Ia leftover.
Green corn pancakes Ia leftover1.
Plain lettuce salad with French drezsanw.
Crackers and cheese.
Ounce mar1nalade and sweet CRACKERS rnso
recipe for marrnaIadel.
Tea
DINNER.
Green pea soup.
Braised beef's heart
Squash
Butter beans.
Watermelon.
Black cofbea.
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In Cooking Pot Roast.

So much for the advantage OF the cover
in roasting within the oven. close lid
should be clamped down over the pot roast
and kept there except when It is lifted
quickly to allow the cook to turn over the
meat in the pot and to make sure there I'm
no danger of burning or adhesion to the
bottom and side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Tho Timely Suggestions.

al have seen in the corner q request for
q method of washing q plume. Also. for
fenovating Jet passementerie. The an
nexed recipes may solve the problems for
the uneasy possessors of trimming and
plume.
ITO WASH A PLUME.-Make a suds
of floating soap and cold water. and let It
stand for two or three hours. Then put
the plume into hot water; let Il remain
about twenty minutes. Lay 1t on a clean
cloth, and remove any dirt which may
remain with a piece OF soft cloth or silk
dipped in soapsuds; rinse in i've changes
of hot water: lay it on a towel; touch it
lightly with q piece OF cloth rolled up. to
restore the curl. When almost dry shake
until funny; place in tissue paper and place
in the warming oven OF the stove to dry
thoroughly. To curl 1t, If necessary. use
an ivory paper cutter-the dull side of the
blade.
RENovATING OLD JET.-Old Jet can
be SO renovated az to look absolutely new,
and by simple process, one especially
useful for old fringes, the thread and tape
Of which turn gray. First mend carefully.
then spread in a small. nat dish and cover
with a good ink-jet black, II possible.
After few minutes. lift out with some
metal utensil that will not be stained by
the ink and drain on thick newspaper.
spreading the trimming out fiat until dry.
Old fashioned Jets rarely are made with
anything but beads but II spangles are in
the trimming. greater care must be taken.
Do not allow the slightest fold in the wet
material. a. the wet spangles may become
sticky; and remove from the ink as soon
a. the threads have absorbed the color
Old trimmings made Of 'bugles are es-
pecially Of value just now. these being the
most expensive OF all trimming jets.
e MRS. 8. ]. HUBER"
When tell you that we have had at the
lowest computation a dozen queries to
the right way of cleaning soiled feathers
and renovatfng rusty jet. you may fold
complacsnt hands In the consciousness
that you are. in two directions. a bene-
factress.
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Bacon.
Graham bread
Toast
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON.
Clipped beef with cream gravy.
Stuffed potatoes.
Thin graham bread and butter.
Egg and lettuce salad.
Cookies and iced tea Ia Russo
DINNER.
Boiled leg Of mutton.
Young turnips.
String beans
Peach shortcale Ihotl with sauce.
Black coffee
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Salt mackersI with tonuato sauce
Bran bread
Toast.
Tea and coffSa-
LUNCHEON.
Baked eggs.
Toasted bran bread
Baked potatoes.
String bean salad Ia leftoveFJ
Junket and sponge cake.
DINNER.
Scotch broth biased upon nquor in which mutton
was boiled1-
De~i1ed mutton IcoId mutton SLICED, r1a-inaf1ed.
then Dreaded and fried1.
Mashed potato.
Lima beans.
Baked custard-
Black coffee.
= Il
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges
Cereal and cream.
= Bacon and fried muah-
Toast.
Tea and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Macaroni and mutton pudding Ia left0verl.
Pa<nnssaD cheese passed with pudding.
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Use Tightly Fitting Coper.


True, the oven door In closed-shut all tho
time the roast Is inside. But the rising
steam. fredghted with savory particles. has
more room In which to dispense the essence
than when a tightly fitting cover retains
and at once returns them to the meat
Compare the joint or fowl cooked in the
covered rooster with one laid in the drip
ping pan. with nothing to intercept the va
pors until they settle upon the roof and
sides Of the oven, and note at once the abb
sence OF the thick brown crust which en-
cases food baked in the usual way. The
outer covering Is delicately oolored. but like
q soft skin bound about the meat, keeping
in the juices but yielding readily to the
carvers knife and az eatable as the flesh it
encases.
1t Is not ono person in twenty who cares
for the outside sldce of q roast. Unless it be
asked for particularly the carver cuts 1t on
and lays 1t aside upon the platter. Oftenor
than not he continues to cut into the meat
until the gravy follows the knife. The
outer slices are the second best. Whereas,
If the cover mad held the juices at an even
temperature and as the heat drew them to-
ward the surface shed them back az the
clouds return the moisture drawn by the
sun from the teerning earth, every inch of
the meat is palataLble. There are no desio-
Gated outside outs"
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vegeta bbes and biscuits mullins, etc. get
dead cold before putting them into the re-
frigerator, as is but right and proper. But
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons
Cereal and cream.
Broiled perch.
Cornmeal muff1ns
Toast.
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Iced boualIon
Soft shell crabs.
Breakfast mufnns. toasted.
Cucumber salad
Crackers and cream cheese with nnarmaIade.
Ginger ale punch
DINNER.
Tomato cream SOUP
Curried veal
Boiled rice.
Chilled bananas.
Eggplant.
Peaches and cream.
Light cake.
Black coffee.
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon.
Whole wheat bread.
Toast.
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON.
Cold veal Ia Ieftover1
Tomato toast Fbaked1.
Thin bread and butter.
Banana and Grange salad upon crisp lettuce.
Crackers and cheese.
Fruit
Iced coffee.
DINNER
Curry and tomato soup la leftoverl.
Rice croquettes stuffed with minced meat Ia left
overl
Gravy Tor the same
ScaLoped eggplant Ia leftoverl.
Young beets
Watermelon
Black coffee.
y
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
OraugeA
Cereal and cream.
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cipient decomposition, which means coming
to life rather than decaying, according to
the scientific Interpretation put upon It
One substance II q Joy to the unseen and
Unsuitable raiders. Gelatin II q most ap-
proved medium Of culture" Bacteria
burrow and breed in it with wicked glee
that makes culture an easy task to the
microscopic One may fancy the hot haste
with which they settle upon the mold Of
Jelly-wine. aspic. blanc mango. or snow
pudding-set in the window to " firm by
the maker, who is careful to At screens In
every door and window to keep Gfar flies
that everybody In learning now bring Nth
and disease into the home.
A pot Of honey left in the outer air would
not attract flies 80 soon and in such num-
bers as the mold or bowl of amber or snow
white Jelly wooss to itself. BY the time the
uncovered delicaoy IL firm enough to turn
out It is heavily" " charged F" with organisms
that will awaken in good trim and in due
time when snug and warm in the human
stomach. AS we have seen. burial in ice
does not kill them.
y
Experiment IN Melting Ice.
Years ago 1 had an illustration of this
scientific truth in experiments made upon
melted Ice we suspected to have been taken
from a tainted pond. The ice was melted
slowly under glass, that no new denizenS
might get at it. Then the microscope was
set over the water. 1t was full of wrigglinS
things, rejoicing In their freedom from the
temporary bondage of cold.
Some one to whom talked the other
DAY upon this matter OF covering foods re-
marked philosophically:
You leave out OF sight the pleasant fact
that there are benevolent as well an malevo-
lent bacteria. and that we owe what meas
ure of health we enjoy largely to their con-
ttnual fight with and repeated victories over
our enemies. Why not let them fight 1t out
and abide by the result?"
answered then what say now, that we
cannot depend with any degree of certainty
upon being always in the perfect physical
condition that makes probable. much less
sure, the victory OF the benignant germs.
Moreover why obliEe our allies in the fight
for health to do double duty?
Coming down to things seen and common
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17

said invisible hordes of dspredators whose
favorite haunts are cesspools, garbage
cans, and kitchens7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-17
Men System of Cookery.

I think It was early In the sos that Edward
Atkinson introduced q new system of cook
cry that should retain Juices and fiavoring
BY preparing hot foods for the table in
covered " cookers" Working along in the
sazns lines We have dozens of fireless cook
ers co1kending for precedence in favor of
intelligent and frugaI nousemotherS
With the advance Of scientific discovery
the most stupid OF cooks cannot fail. IL
she reads the newspapers, to comprehend
that the fragrance which titillates the nos
tri1s and stimulates the sahvary glands of
prospective eaters is made up of particles
of the expressed essence OF the substance
under IRE If piece OF meat were weighed
before and then after It Is cooked, It would
be seen that It has lost weight In the proc
0ss Some Of the loss has gone into. the
gravy. Al much, If not more, il distributed
through the air. This last Is, OF course,
dead one.
She In the wisest cook who has a cover
a lid for every utenstl designed for cook