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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Fruit Frappe With Nuts.

Almost every woman nowadays has
her own special frappe combination,
with which she delights to mystify
her guests. Into the bottom of the
frappe glass put a generous spoonful
Of preserved strawberries, on top of
the berries come the ice cream, vanilla
in this case, then a spoonful of
whipped cream, and on top of the
cream a grating of English walnuts.
All sorts Of fruit combinations are
used as foundation for the frappes,
and the covering for the whipped
cream is variously cocoa, grated
macaroons. chopped nuts. a sprinkle
of cinnamon or candied rose leaves.
Pretty little frappe glasses In the
American pressed ware, light and
dainty, a now be purchased as low
as 80 cents a dozen. In serving. each
glass is set on a pretty china plate
with a little dolly between the glass
and the plate. A spoon, Of course,
goes with it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

There is a disposition on the part
of the dressmakers to go back to old
fashioned lierre lace for these new
kind of waists that are attached to
dark skirts, and the result is effective.
They are lined with coarse net in
stead of chiffon cloth, which has had
a setback during the last six months,
except for pleated blouses with long
sleeves. rolling collars and hemstitch.
ed edges. These blouses will wash
and are more approved by the exclu-
sive woman than those Of white net.
1t is wise to bring the dark skirt
we'll above the waist line and drape
it in some fashion on this attached
blouse; remember first that the skirt
and the waist are both mounted on
the same lining which fastens down
the front or back. If there is not
enough of the skirt material to do
this, then add a wide folded girdle.
which is finished with a buckle or a
bow and long ends at the back.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
81 AllARoUN
RNsH0USE

Endives, stewed, make a pleasant
change as a vegetable.
Cold sauce or fruit added to junket
makes a pleasant change.
To cook macaroni without sticking
use a vessel with a sieve bottom.
To clean rusty knitting needles rub
with kerosene and polish with pum-
Ice.
People who suffer from acidity
should eat acid fruit with ~farinaceous
food.
Flies don't come around without be-
ing invited and the invitation consists
of refuse.
With a steam cooker an entire meal
can be cooked over one burner of the
gas stove.
In cooking asparagus for salad it
should be dropped into cold water
when done.
Flowered %cretonnes make the best
covers for beds on the out-of-doors
sleeping porch.
The most economical way to cook
mushrooms is to stew them, because
all the stalks can be used.
Leftover strips of wall paper can
be used for the lining papers" that
are put under straw mating.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
POLISHED FLOOR NEEDS CARE
Methods by Which II May Be Made
to Last Long and Always Appear
at Its Best.

The first step in polishing a soft
wood floor is to see that it is perfect
ly smooth and clean. 1t it has been
already painted or vanished the
stains should be removed with strong
ammonia and thorough scraping,
when all cracks and dents should be
closed with putty and a filler" applied
all over. This a be purchased at
most oil and varnish shops, and should
either be mixed with a little color or
a sufficient quantity of floor stain
should be added. The filler should be
put on with a fiat brush or piece Of
cloth and worked in one direction
with the grain Of the wood, while on
completion of the process the room
should be closed for "a hours. At the
end Of that time the boards should be
rubbed until they shine, with q long
handled, heavy weighted broom, over
which a piece Of carpet has been
tackled, and this process may be re-
peated ad libitum. Finally the floor
may be polished with boiled linseed
oil and %turpentine, this mixture being
rubbed we'll in with a cloth and then
left for an hour o. two to dry, after
which it must be again polished with
the weighted brush.
Instead of a fnal touch of this de-
scrlption, the floor may be finished
with q coat of varnish or shellac or
with some prepared hardwood treat
ment, both of which should be put on
evenly and thinly with a weighted
brush or with III old piece of carpet.
In order to keep the floor at its
best after the polishing process has
been completed, it should never be
washed with water, but after all the
dust has been removed crude petro-
leum should be rubbed in and left to
dry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Riches and Your Head.

Now, suppose yourself ~poor-hardly
able to make a living even by the Sc
verest and most exhausting labor. And
a few days hence you became
the possessor of several millions of
dollars in real money-how would it
affect your head? Don't decide right
away. Here's a case to guide your
thought: Down in West Virginia a
few months ago oil was discovered on
the starved little farm of a poor wild.
ow who had several children to feed.
What do you think sudden riches did
to her head? Listen: She soon mar
ried a gambler and began wasting her
money in every reckless way suggest
ed to her, neglecting her children. The
other day it was decided that her
brain is added and her husbands ar
fairs were placed In the hands of a
committee. OF course. none of these
thing might happen to US. But 1t
Is we'll to- know of the dangers, SO We
may prepare to meet them. One new
er knows what may happen. yc"
know.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

THREE GOOD RECIPES THAT MAY
BE KEPT IN MIND.
Trout, With Appropriate Garnishing,
Is One of the Best-Baked Cod a
Universal Favorite-Proper
Sauce to Serve.

Trout, Friars.-Scale and clean 8
III trout, place in q saucepan ant
pour over 1t a cupful of boiling vine
gar, which will have the effect o.
turning the trout blue, and an equa
quantity OF white wine. II necessar,
TO cover the trout add sufficient wa
ter to do so. Add an onion stuck with
cloves. a carrot. half a bunch OF eel
cry, a few bay leaves. a small bunch
or parsley. half a teaspoonful of pep
percorns and salt to suit the taste
n boil over the fire for about Is
minutes, having the cover on the
saucepan. When done, remove and
Drain the fish, place on a folded nap.
kin. spread on a dish, garnish with
parsley, and serve with oil and vine
gar or any ~favorite ash sauce in a
sauceboat.
flounder, Brussels.-Clean and skin
a 1ounder, sprinkle both sides with
pepper n salt, and squeeze over a
small quantity of lemon juice. Dip
the fish in warmed butter, cover with
hnely grated breadcrumbs. place on
a grldiron and broil over a clear fire,
turning to brown both sides equally.
Bone an anchovy, put the flesh into
a mortar with a small lump of butter.
and pound it, then place it in a small
saucepan with a wineglassful of white
wine and the strained juice of half a
lemon, and stir over the fire for a
few minutes. When cooked place the
hounder on a hot dish, pour the an
chovy sauce yer it and serve.
Baked Cod, Savoy.-Prepare a fresh
cod by tying up the head with a
string and filing the inside with but
ter, in which have been mixed two ia
blespoonfuls of chopped parsley to the
quarter of a pound, a little salt and
pepper and the juice of two lemons.
Put the fish, belly downward, on a but
tered drainer in a fish kettle and pour
over a mixture made as follows: Melt
half a pound of butter in a saucepan,
add a pint of chopped mushrooms, a
blanched and chopped shallot, a table
spoonful of chopped parsley, the juice
OF a lemon and a crushed Glove of gar
lie, all of these being partly cooked be-
fore being used. Season to taste. Now
pour in a pint of white wine and bring
the whole quickly to a boil, and allow
to cook gently for an hour and a half,
basting the fish every ten minutes
with the liquor. When the flesh is firm
put the fish on a dish, pour over half
the sauce and put the rest in a sauce
boat. This may be accompanied also
by any other favorite fish sauce
Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
PROPER CARE OF THE NAILS
Rubbing With Cold Cream or olive OIL
VIII Prevent Them Breaking
Soaking In Corrmesi.

II your nails break, IL Is because
they are brittle. To improve them ruo
cold cream or olive oil into them every
night when going to bed This will
soften the nail and do away with It's
tendency to split. 1t viii, also soften
the cut.cle so that you car push II
back with the tip of your little finger
OF the end OF a hoof-shaped orange
wood stick. and show the half-moOn
chat is at the base of every well-kept
nail
IL Is an excellent plan II you want
pretty finger tips to give them a corn
meal soak every now and then. Put a
tablespoon OF white c0rnmeal in the
bottom of a small bowl and pour hot
water on it and let II stand until luke
warm Soak the fingers in IL for five
minutes or SO. This softens the cuti-
Gle at the base OF the nails. soothes
sny irritation that may be present. ana
makes A. easier to trim the nails IL
shape. It also whitens the skin. Don't
cut the nails in too pointed "A shape.
When the finger tips are rounded. tt
only makes them look broader to cut
the nails. To make the fingers appear
as taper as possible the nails should
be trimmed TO correspond With the
curve u the tips.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Cuckoos.

Some farmers keep their powder dry
for black billed and yellow billed
cuckoos. They have a false notion
that cuckoos fight robins and run the
redbreasts away from the cherry tree
Tent caterpillars build nests in the
forks of wild and cultivated cherry
trees.
Now, our good American cuckoos
are the birds that owe to butcher
these loathsome crawling pests, says
the New York Sun. With bills like
sabers they slash into the tents and
merciIessly slaughter the caterpfTlars
In their breeding and sleeping quar-
tcrs. Black billed and yellow billed
cuckoos are decent birds. are faithful
30 rates, are tender and affectionate
parents. They build their own nests.
lay pretty eggs therein and rear their
own young and in this are wholly I'M
like the foul cuckoo tribe.
Our little feathered friends are the
best protectors to cherry and other
fruit trees, and ii is a pity they are
sometimes unjustly shot TO pieces.
But it is like the old saying. give a dog
a bad name and you might as we'll
hang him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
WHEN FRANCE GOES TO WAR
immense Amoun Of Responsibility
VIII Be Placed In the Hanss of
the Provincial Mayors

Compared with conditions in Franc
the life OF an American mayor is a
little short OF celestial, for il is on
the French mayor that the whole elab-
crate machinery for the mobilization
or the troops to defend la patrie turns,
During a period OF peace NJ. lie Marie
nnos that his duties are more or less
a matter Of routine, but as soon as
there are rumors OF war in the ale
his responsibilities begin to tighten
n Increase. Even In a time of DO
iitical tension, along with the diplo-
mats OF the day, the mayor is worried.
Tor ne u warn the parents of the
reservists to keep their sons on the
alert, must find substitutes for the doc
tor and chemist who may be sum-
moned to follow the troops, provide
Tor the lodging and victualing of pass
Inc troops, arrest all vagabonds, and
keep a watchful eye on the water sup
ply Of the commune.
Once the order for a general mo-
bilizatiCn is received, no detail. how
ever small and seemingly unimport-
ant, must escape the mayoral eye. The
mayor must even see to the war
trousseaux" Of soldiers called to the
colors. He must advise them Ito fur
nish themselves with two shirts. a
pair Of pants. and a pair of strong
shoes which have already been worn"
1t is ever his duty to recommend a
bath, a shave, and a haircut.
When war has broken out, it is left
to his tact to smooth over any difficult
ties that may arise between the popu-
]ation of his commune and the troops
CHARTERED in it. He must appeal to
the patriotism of the former Ito share
their food with their coyntry's defen-
ders." Whilst seeing toy it that the
latter do not claim anything more
than 1.-THE customary diet of the coun-
tryside." in case of war, as one can
see. the d~estinies of the country will
be entrusted not only to the arms of
her soldiers, but in a hardly less de-
gree tC the patriotic activities of Mes
sieurs her Mares.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

holder made with the aid of half of
the shell of a cocoanut.
A nice hairy" shell should be Sc
lected, and one will be sufficient TO
make two holders. The edge may be
GU. even. as shown In the illustration.
or 1t will look very well left jagged. If
preferred. All that has to be done
then is to bore three little holes in
the she'll near the edge, and tie rib
bons to it. and knot them together
above. in the manner illustrated. The
fern can be planted in the shell and
will thrive as well as in an ordinary
pot.
When these holders are made for
use out of doors, for hanging. for in
stance, underneath a balcony, wire
should take the place Of the ribbon.
and a small hole a be made in the
bottom of the shell to allow unneces-
sary moisture to escape.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Stylish Old Zinnia.

Zinnias have come into great popu-
larity this summer. Their popularity
began. in fact, last winter, when Flu
turist designs and colors first came in.
There is a stiffness and rigidity OF
form about zlnnias that harmonizes
with designs formed of cubes and tri-
angles. And the bright, clear colors
OF this flower suggest those in the
giddiest futurist silk. Hence the pop.
ularity of the zinnia for corsage bou-
quets. hat and frock trimming in it's
artificial form, and for household and
garden decoration in It's real form.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Vegetarian Sausaoes.

One and one-half cups lima beans.
two tablespoons butter. one teaspoon
salt, a dash tabasco sauce. Soak the
beans yer night. cook them in salted
water until soft. drain perfectly dry
and then squeeze the pulp through a
potato ricer. Beat in the butter and
seasoning. IL not moist enough. add
one beaten egg or as much of it as re-
Quired. making the paste so soft that
1t can be rolled into c%roquets. Shape
like sausage. dip in beaten egg and
flour. and fry in butter until brown.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
CantaIoupc GIace.

C%antaloupe glace is a delicacy that
is truly delicious. Take melons that
have been thoroughly chilled. cut in
halves and lengthwise, and scrape out
the seeds. Fill the hollow of each
half with vanilla ice cream, packing
1t in as firm as possible, leaving % lit
tie mound in the center. Place the
halves together tightly, thus forcing
the cream up into the fruit, causing
the melon juice to mingle with the
cream. When ready to serve, a knife
run between the halves separates the
fruit and slices the cream
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

.and trimmed with a row of enameled
1oall buttons. which form the fastening.
The short tunic skirt of marquisette
wells one-half OF the embroidery band
eng. and is draped up a little at center
front under the narrow buttoned down
panel Of ratine. The lower edge of
the wide embroidery banding hangs
free like a %flounce. but is stitched flat
60 the net foundation skirt along the
upper edge.
A girdle of crushed magenta satin
is tied In front. and lends a pretty
note of contrasting color Kansas
City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
STRIKING Story.

F. Irving Fletcher, at a Sphinx clur
dinner in New York. told a striking
advertising story.
Il once made a bet with a dry goods
dealer" said Mr.. Fletcher, that be
couldn't spend in a year on advertis
ing all he made In that year. Tbs
man took me up and sailed in.
But he lost his bet. Though his al
yertising bill grew bigger and bigger
he lost. For the nor he advertised
the more he sold, and in the end. aft
er starting eight branch stores, hs
gave in and paid me my money"
Mr.. Fletcher paused. then added i'm
pressively:
Amy dealer, dry goods or other
wise, who doesn't believe this story
need only to try 1t himself to be con
WINGED"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Ladies' CABBAGE,

Cook tender leaves of cabbage in
plenty of boiling sailed water, adding
a pinch of soda. Separate the leaves
of cabbage before dropping them in
one at a time. Cook until tender,
drain, and add one teaspoon -four
blended with one cup rich milk. Then
add salt and pepper and cook until
sauce is thick. The mixture may be
put in a baking dish with breadcrumbs
ON top. Dot with butter and brown in
oven, serving hot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
GUUD IN COMBINATION
WASHABLE MATERIALS USED
WITH ROUGH FABRICS.
Cotton Crepe and Msrquisette Espe-
cialIy Effective When So Treat
ed-Trimmings May Be
About to Suit Fancy.

For the summer white season no
washable materials are so popular as
cotton crepe and marquisette. both for
blouses and frocks. These are effec-
lively combined with heavier, rough
surfaced fabrics. such as ratine. tow
cling and cotton matelasse. For trim
mings. muc embroidery. linen laces
and enameled and crystal buttons are
used.
A most ~up-to-date and attractive
summsr frock can be made after the
o d OF our sketch. an all white de-
sign combining marquisette. ratine
and eyelet embroidered handbag. In
this design 1t will be necessary to
have y net foundation. to which the
embroidery Is stitched around the low
er part OF the blouse and the middle
OF the skirt. The embroidery In the
blouse Is yelled by the blouse itself.
which Is OF the white marquisette and
cut with long sleeves set into dropped
armhoies. The upper corners of the
front opening are buttoned back from
the neck. displaying the shirred yoke
OF the net foundation underneath. and
there is a square turned down collar
extending across the shoulders.
The lower part OF the skirt, of white
ratine. has a long narrow strip ex-
tending up over the front of the dress
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Favoritc Fiction.

IL Don't Like TO Knock OF Work:
Am Taking This Vacation Merely
TO Please My Family
Why, I've Known That Man Ever
Since He Was Knee High TO a Grass
hopper"
1T Will Not Be the Least Bit OF
Trouble. Madam. l Assure You, u
Hunt Up Those Friends OF Yours
While | Am in New York City"
Yes. | Take a Little Liquor One
in a While for Medicinal Purposes: |
Really Hate the Taste OF It."
Take a Seat: Miss Jones VIII ~
Down In a Moment"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
To Bleach Faded elouses and Dresses

The colored dress, or blouse that has
become faded with frequent launder-
ings, or from wear In the sun, may be
bleached to a clear white by boiling
in cream OF tartar water. The cor
rect quantity to be used 10 make the
garment a pure white is a teaspoon.
full OF the powder TO a quart of water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

Do you go to the mountains?
II 20. try a pine bath.
IL Is very refreshing and a tonic.
IL takes a pound OF fresh pine
needles and pine cones.
Break them into bits and boil them
for thirty minutes in enough water
% keep them covered.
Steam the water from them and add
TO q hot bath
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
PiQ in Blankets.

Choose good-sized. plump oysters.
Wash. drain and wipe dry. Select some
good bacon and cut very thin. Wrap
a piece OF this about an oyster and
fasten each with a toothpick. Drop
these into a hot frying pan, turning
until crisp on all sides. Season with
pepper and serve very hot
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

Twelve green tomatoes. four green
peppers, two onions. chop together.
add two-third cup sugar. two cups
vinegar. salt to taste. Mix all togeth-
er and bottle. This may be kept two
years and be as good as when first
made.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
PineappIe Salad.

Place the shredded fruit into a deep
glass dish and pour over it half a pint
powdered sugar mixed with one table
spoonful each of orange and lemon
Juice. This should be done AT least
three hours before serving, so that the
sugar will dissolve.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Folding Furniture.

It's for camping
It's for small houses.
And it folds up entirely.
One may ship It conveniently.
Upon arrival there's simply to I'M
fold 1t.
Folding tables are useful at home
or picnicking.
Folding cots and swings are espe-
ciaIiy designed for carrying off into
the wilderness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Something TO Remember

Now is the time to pitch in and
achieve. now. now," said Norman
Hapgood in an eloquent political ad-
dress in New York.
Remember. my friends said Mr..
Hapgood. the present is the future
from which you hoped so much"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01

smart Is this little
dress with its I'M
d e bio u S e or
guimpe effect Of
fine tucked batiste
with wide rolling
collar of the same.
L G o~ver-dress
consists of a SIM
pie peasant blouse
and narrow skirt
of serge, the neck
OF the former out
lined by a narrow
facing of white
silk having two
narrow plaitings
Of the same on the
outer edge and a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
About Hot-W BAGS.

When a hot-water bag starts TO leak
never throw IL away. Heat clean white
sand in the oven and pour it into the
bag or bottle. The sand is better than
the water, as IL retains the heat
longer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
blue and
DISCOURAGED
Mrs. Hamilton Tells How She
Finally Found Health in
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.
Warren. Ind.-'1 was bothered ter.
ribly with female weakness. / had pains

ana was not regular,
my head ached all
the time,I had bear
ing down pains and
my back hurt me the
biggest part of the
time, l was dizzy
and had weak feel
ings when | would
stoop over, it hurt
me TO walk any dis
lance and L felt blue
and DISCOURAGED
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
In PRESERVING Iime

When supply of good rubber rings
gives out use two old rings on a jar.
II is safer than If only one is used.
II is better economy, however. to buy
new rubber rings every year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
MAKES PRETTY FERN HOLDER
Half OF Cocoanut Shell. Appropriately
Decorated, an Improvement on
Ordinary Pot.

Quaint fern-holders with some dain-
~ little ferns in them, always look
wonderfully pretty hung up in a win
dow or hall, or some other suitable
place. and we given a sketch Of a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Drawing Strings

When a drawing string or ribbon
pulls through so that the end is con
cealed. open out a hairpin until II Is
straight. then make u fiat hook OF one
snd. Insert the pin In gather and pull
out string This will save much
trouble
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
Don't Reach That Far.

Bacon-The United States makes
enough paper money each year to
reach twice around the world.
Egbert-That's queer. Very little
OF II reaches me.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-01
To Kill an UNPLEASANT Oder

Dried Orange peel allowed to smol-
der on a piece OF red-hot iron or on
an old shovel will kill any bad odor
in "a room and leave a fragrant one
behind.