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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
UNCONSIDERED TRIPLES IN HOUSEKEEPING.

gather them up and put them In place-dont
you know them all?
Haven't you seen them in other peoples
houses? Are there any in your own home?
Look about and see-if you have nos become
so accustomed to them that you don't no
tice them when they are there
Have tcld you the old story OF the
wealthy farmers wife who was SO pros
trated by his death that she neglected to
give the place the personal supervision IL
had hitherto had? After while she began
to notiss how everything mad gone to wreck
and ruin; the house was running down. the
farm itself was deterioratins. and the trim.
prosperous appearance on which she had
prided herself was gone.
In her distress she made pilgrimage TO
the wise woman Of the community, laid the
trouble before her. ana asked for spell
to remedy conditions. The wise woman
gave it so!emnly. Each morning the farm
er's widow was to go into each OF the -four
corners of every room and building on the
premises and stand with her elbow In the
corner. looking about the room while she
counted five and twenty slowly.
+ =
Seeing Nth Strangers Eyes.
You can guess how the prescription
worked. During the time the counting de-
manded the widow had time to see the
faults which should be corrected. the dirt
that needed cleaning up, the repairs that
ought to be made. She perceived as never
before how the men and maids had slighted
their duties. and by the time she came out
of her corners she brought her employees
I'D with round turn. Her seeing eyes had
come back to her and In q little while she
had restored the farm and its appurte-
nances to their former condition and pros
perity had returned to her.
Something like this would not be amiss
for some of the rest OF US. We might not
literally stand in the corners and count
five and twenty, but we might achieve an
equivalent For my part find 1T extremely
profitable once in a while to take chair
in one Of the rooms and look about me as
though with the eyes of stranger. 1t is
astonishing how many new aspects present
themselves to me, how many small defects
4 discover which had overlooked or taken
for granted In my cursory glance, when my
thoughts had been occupied with some
thing else than the objects I beheld.
Bear in mind, however. that, to quote the
Scotch saying. Many a mickle makes a
muckle" All these little things. inconsid-
cradle In themselves swell to a rather for
midable sum total when you attempt to set
them all right at once. The worst Of II is
that they repeat themselves every day and
there il a constantly recurring series of tri-
fies demanding attention
The only way Ii TO turn in and have one
big killing" get the house to rights. and
then undertake the little things as they pre-
sent themselves day by day, before they
have the chance to assume overwhelming
proportions This may be done If you form
the habit of looking upon nothing as too
small to do the moment it presents itself
and to keep at it without faltering or fail
ing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

WOULD like to have some delicate
~ girl come and spend the summer with
me. to stay from spring until October
u and maybe longer. to work little for
her board / would prefer to have
her from II to Is years old. There are
only my husband and myself and some
times my daddy Mrs. I. F."
letter because of the problems connected
with the situation. II both the girl and the
woman who makes the offer enter into it in
good faith. it is all right, and as a matter of
course both would be prepared to give good
references 1t may be a fine chance for
girl to get a summers change that will do
her good. but she must be prepared to ad-
Just herself to unfamiliar conditions, and
the would-be hostess must not be disap-
pointed if the delicate girl she asks for is
not able to do much in the way Of work for
her board.
Still, if the two whom this notice may
bring together can correspond for awhile
they may come to conclusion. and am
giving Mrs. ]. F.'s letter space on that &C
count. Her home is in Kansas, so the ap-
plcation for a place with her should be
made from some locality near enough to
transportation.
/ am happy to hold her address for any,
one who wants it, and repeat the necessity
for the exchange of unexceptionable refer
snces
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Waiting for Time and Chance.

Don't you know that your piece drawer
needs TO be put In order? Are there not
scraps of various sorts which should go to
the rag bag or else be rolled into neat par
cells and arranged in a way that would make
it an easy thing TO find them In a hurry?
How long would the task require? Perhaps
half an hour-but because IL is such a Mite
thing you let il wait until a more conven-
lent season You put of in the same way
glancing through the half worn garments
which would be welcome to some Door wom-
an who could make them over and rejoice In
the chance. Its just one Of the little
things I've been trying to get time to do"
you explain.
You are waiting for time and chance too,
to do a host of other small duties. How
long you have left that g1Iimpe hanging
unworn in the closet because II is short two
or three hooks and eyes. and you never
think Of IT except when you are in hurry
and so wear something else 3? Is it a week or
a month that you have delayed putting a
new braid on the bottom OF that petticoat
or facing the half worn skirt? Why don't
you take your second best shoes to the cob
bier and have new heels put on them instead
of wearing your good shoes every day be-
cause the old ones look so disgraceful.
What excuse have you for keeping those
silk stockings lying untouched in your
work basket except that they need a few
stitches and that you plan to do them some
day when you have leisure 10 attend to that
and few other little things?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

LAVE you ever thought how, the
phrase 1.-The nothings that make
up life" applies to housekeeping?
/ don't mean only in the repeti-.
ton of daily small duties Those
we take for granted. 1t becomes the habit
of our lives to accept the routine of
the things that must be done over and
over again. We condense the outline Of
our actions somewhat as Mr.. Podsnap in
Our Mutual Friend did his, when his
world was comprised in getting up az S,
shaving close at quarter past, breakfast
ing at 9. going to the city at 10. coming
home at half past ). and dining at a.
The little things to which / have refer
ence just now are not an essential part Of
any one function of our living. but rather
accompany and cucumber them all. For
they are the trifles which accumulate all
about US and thst we see on every side
and never get fully rid Of
Each one of us has her special store IN
addition to the general set which are to be
found in every home. Consider the latter
first. To begin with is generally the stack
of magazines that we are always meaning
10 co something with. They are all about
the house. We have made a beginning
perhaps Of sorting them and putting them
together. Some one would be glad to have
these, We say vaguely, and so refrain from
dumping them into the wastebasket or the
furnace. But we don't pick them all out
and tie them in bundle or pack them in
a box and write card to the Salvation
army to come and get them or look up in
the Corner the name Of some one hunger
ing for reading matter and ship them OFF
to where they will be of some good. Just
one of the little things we put off doing
Then there are the magazines we mean
10 have bound one OF these days. Perhaps
they are a technical or scientific publica-
ton which will be of value for reference.
Don't give those away!" we order when
there is talk of bestowing part OF the
accumulation on some one who would care
for them. II may need them in my bust
ness some day and l have saved them to
be bound" But because it is a little thing
to collect the scattered numbers and take
them to the binders We let day after cay
slip by without doing it.
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the tomatoes lightly with salt and pepper
and do not make until little while before
they are TO be used or they will become too
soft. For other sandwiches chop nuts Of
any kind fine, mix them with cream cheese
which you have softened to a paste with
cream and spread this on thin bread. either
brown or white. buttering the slice before
you cut 1t from the loaf. Chop a green pep
per fine. mix this with softened cream cheese
or with mayonnaise and use il for a filling
TO sandwiches. Mince shr1mps fine and
put them with mayonnaise and spread this
on bread.
For a drink instead OF coffee you may
have chocolate or cocoa with whipped
cream, or II this does not appeal to you.
offer ginger ale and grapejuice, mingled
in equal parts and served cold. With this
have some especially nice cake and perhaps
jelly or blanc mango or Spanish cream set
TO form in tiny individual molds and served
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

mixture seems TOO dry and is difficult &c
cream and bit of the milk or other liquid
called for in the recipe One or two tea
spoons will be sufficient and the work will
be quickly and easily done. This is much
bette than warming the mixture.
MRS. H. r c.
Thank you for both these suggestions
l am always especially grateful for hints
which make the housekeeper's work lighter
without injuring the result of her labors.
think you may fairly consider you have
now paid toll but l hope that il you
have any other helps equal 10 these you
will feel inclined to turn them in.
If NJ T. will soak the pecan nuts in
boiling hot water for fifteen or twenty
minutes before cracking. she will have no
difficulty in removing the kernels intact
M W G.
Here is confict Of testimony! One
writer prescribes fifteen or twenty min
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Extracting Pecan Nuts.

II think il is about time for me to pay
toll. as have been receiving frequent lifts
from your suggestions and have appreci-
ated them very much. l see that some one
asks how to extract pecan nuts without
breaking them. Here is the way: Pour
boiling water over the nuts and allow them
to stand tightly covered for five or six
hours. The meats may then easily be
extracted whole. without a trace Of the
bitter lining of the nut to bother. Use nut
crackers and crack lightly all around the
nut The work is rapidly done in this way
and not at all like the tedious process Of
picking out the meats from dry nuts. The
meats almost always come out whole.
:" In Dreaming butter and sugar. II the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Bread That Is Fool Proof.

Will you please give a recipe for making
light bread and make it fool proof, so that
/ can't make a mistake? Also tell me what
kind Of yeast you consider best Do YOU
prefer potato in the mixture or do you make
il without? don't want to know just ordi-
nary bread, but the best. Could you please
tell me besides what foundation you keep
on hand when one must have some diff
ferent soup each day? MRS. s. w"
Only a few weeks ago gave an exhaus-
tive and minute recipe for brt ad making
endeavoring to the best OF my ability to
render the directions what my correspond
ent calls fool proof" which translate as
meaning so direct and explicit that an in
experienced cook could follow them with
tolerable certainty of success
In consideration Of the space those direc-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Little Things Left Undone.

In the same class are the books that
need to be rebound or to have the backs
mended. Perhaps the repairs they lack
are so trifiing that you could do 1t your
self with a bottle Of paste and five min
utes' time Just because it is such slight
business you let it go from day to day and
week TO week. although every time you look
at the shelf the bit of untidiness inks you
must mend that loose Slip" you say
and there 1t rests.
So do the cuttings you have laid away TO
put in a scrap book. The book is there.
you rushed OF and bought 1t one day when
II seemed as if it were of the first impor-
tsnce TO stick into a book and preserve in
permanent form the poems, the anecdotes.
the recipes you had clipped from the papers
and magazines. But they are still thrust
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

utes, the other five or six hours. Is the
difference in the time demanded perhaps
decided by the age Of the nuts? Those
which are recently harvested may require
less soaking than those which have been
kept longer time. / know that when
hickory nuts, or white walnuts they
are called in some localities, become so
dry that the meats are brittle they are
softened and come out of the shells easily
if the nuts are put in boiling water ard
left in this until it is cold
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

in the ring on the rod, the slit in the window
shade the crack In the glass. the carelessiy
ranged books, some upside down. some on
their shelves, the different volumss OF va
rious sets mixed, the picture standing In q
corner or on the shelf until you get around
to hanging 1t, the Clipped ornament with
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
IMPORTANT NOTICE

'DECAUSE Of the enormous numb, Of
II letters sent 10 the department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications TO
100 words, except in cases Of formula, or
recipe, which requi-. greater space. wont
oil my correspondents 10 hare a shouting in
The Corner. and if my request in this respect
is complied NTH ii uiQ be possible to print
many more letters.
=. Attention is called 10 the fact that Marion
Harlond cannot rceeiue money for patterns.
as she has no connection tcih any department
hot sells them. Marion Harland.
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tons occupied in our columns, and the
pressure Of other matter waiting to ap-
pear. do not feel justified in printing them
again soon. 1 hope that this corre-
spondent may have seen the recipe and
proved its usefulness and that If not she
will write again.
/ may say there are many good ways to
make bread. and that l am not prepared
TO state any special one is absolutely % the
best" The bread made with potato sponge
keeps soft a little longer than that made
without it, but the latter may be extreme
ly satisfactory. So with yeast; the ordinary
yeast cake produces as good a product as
the liquid yeast After all, one must ac-
quire judgment and experience by prac-
tice, and that is something no one can give
anyone
You ask about the foundation for soup.
Establish a stock pot, beginning with shin
of beef. a knuckle of veal, both well
cracked. bunch OF soup herbs. and enough
cold water to cover all well. Cook slowly
never letting the water, get to more than a
simmer for five or six hours. and leave the
meat in the soup overnight or until both are
cold
With this as foundation you may vary
your soups in different ways Trimmings
from your roast, the flag end Of the steak
the bones of cooked meat, may all be added
to the stock with more water and boiled
down until you get any nutriment and
flavor from them they contain. In hot
weather the contents of the stock pot
should be boiled over at least once in every
two days and should never be allowed to
accumulate too long,
Vary soups with meat foundation once
in awhile by a cream soup or one made from
vegetables alone. There are many Of these
and they are both palatable and economical
y y
Whipped Cream Fruit Salad.
Il notice a request for fruit salad with
whipped cram. The girls of our Sunday
school class have issued cook book, from
which I copy this recipe. The salad made
by 1t is certainly delicious, and 1 am sure
NJ r., who asks for it, will like it if she
tries il.
1.-TWO cups seeded white grapes. two
cups chopped apples, one cup celery. one
cup nuts chopped, one cup marshmallows
cut In pieces, one-half cup candied cher
ries. Whip one pint Of cream, sweeten
slightly, and add the juice OF one lemon.
Add dressing just before serving. VIC"
This sounds so good that have the desire
often reused in me by recipes turned in by
the constituency to go at once and Try Il!
If any one else makes the experiment be-
fore 1 do 1 shall be happy to hear how it
turns out
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l have said that each housekeeper has her
own particular supply Of these neglected
trifies. Into these won't undertake to go
in detail, for the mind of each one Of you
instantly supplies examples of the sort Of
thing mean
Perhaps 1t is in the kitchen and has to do
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

hand by use Of the old ones, or putting
fresh cover on the ironing board. or cutting
over your worn dish towels or rollers into
dish cloths, or putting up Few hooks or
nails which would save you steps and IA
tigue.
Perhaps the neglect Is in connection with
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Lunch for a Gard Party.

am entertaining a card club for the
first time and would like to have directions
for some good sandwiches. also for some
thing to serve instead of coffee and ice
cream. NEW HoUsEwIFE.
Make sandwiches of bread and butter
with thin slices of raw tomatoes laid pc
tween the thicknesses Of bread. Sprinkle
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

Cornstarch blanc mango.
Waters.
Tea,
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Pulled rice and cream.
Fried panfsh.
Cornbread.
Tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON
Fishballs
Baked milk toast.
Fried potatoes.
Coffee cake.
Cocoa.
DINNER.
Bean soup
Baked bluefsh.
Whipped potatoes.
String beans:
Caramel custard.
Cake.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon. soft boiled eggs.
Mullins.
Tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed fish Ia left overl.
FRIED mush.
String bean salad Ia left overl.
Cheese and crackers.
Tea.
DINNER.
Barley soup.
Boiled corned beef.
Potato puff.
Scalloped cabbage.
Lemon jelly.
Layer cake.
Co6Ae.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST
Stewed rhubarb.
Rice boiled in milk. liver and bacon.
Popovers
Toast.
Tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Green peppers stuffed with canned chicken. rioe
mufins Ia left overl.
Endive salad.
Crackers and peanut butter.
Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER
Vegetable soup
Roast lamb, mint sauce.
Green peas new potatoes.
Strawberry shortcake.
Coffee
): q
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges.
Hominy and cream.
Bacon, poached eggs.
Rolls.
Tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON
Dried beef. crisped in butter.
Fried hominy Ia left overI.
Creamed potatoes IL left overI
Crackers, jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of pea soup Ia left overl.
Sliced cold lamb with mint sauce L. left overl.
New carrots. saute
Potatoes boiled with cream sauce
Sliced bananas. cookies.
Coffee
* $:
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST
Stewed prunes
Cracked wheat and cream
Baked eggs.
Whole wheat nuflns.
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The szafanaqaze5 that ware aAymeanq 10Q60umezng17

Of the lack OF neatness in house is due 10
little things. The floor may Sot be dirty.
but IL the piano top and the mantel are
thick with dust the room makes the impress
sion OF poor Housekeeping. The loose cur
tain pin which has slipped from the hook
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

are. but which individually would require
only few moments to make right.
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on separate plates with whipped cream
about them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

repairs needed on the house-a Stat or two
loose in the blinds. a break in the wire
netting Of the screen door. a crack in the
woodwork of the refrigerator, or any one
Of a dozen other little things which mean
untidiness and possibly damage as they
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
Due TO Little Things.

Until you think 1t over and look about you
studtously. yop have no idea Of how much
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

the broken fragment lying beside it until
you find time to glue it on, the pile of news
papers or periodicals thrown on the
chair in the corner until someone has the
leisure to pick them over. the odds and ends
heaped on the bookcase until someone can
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11

milk mixed with 4 cup of boiling water,
add a yeast cake dissolved in half cup Of
warm water. one cup Of white -four. and
three of whole wheat -four, or enough 10
make soft dough. Knead ten minutes. let
it rise to twice its first bulk, make into
small loaves, let rise an hour longer. and
bake.
Endive salad is served with ordinary
French dressing. Any good pastry may
be used for cream slices.
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Toast.
Tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON
Mince of lamb with potatoes la left overI.
Toasted whole wheat mullins Ia left overl.
Hot gingerbread.
Cocoon.
DINNER.
Cream tomato soup.
Broiled steak, Drowned potatoes.
Asparasus
Lemon cream pie.
Coffee.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Oatmeal and cream.
Bacon and fried green peppers.
Quick biscuit.
Tea. coffee.
LUNCHEON
layout Of hashed steak and solid tomatoes from
can 1.-TWO left oversl.
Warmed over biscuit from breakfast
Potatoes hashed and Drowned L. left overl.
Marmalade with biDcuit.
Tea.
DINNER.
ream Of asparagus soup lnade from hard stalks
of asparagusl
Baked liver.
Butter beans.
Mashed potatoes.
Batter pudding.
Coffee
&
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
steNed rhubarb.
Cereal and cream.
Baked omelet
Buttered toast, rolls.
Coffee. tea.
LUNCHEON.
Cold liver diced.
Potato cakes Il left ovefl.
Gtos6 tomatoes
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Recipe for Beef Coulosh.

Some one asked for a recipe for beef
goulash and 1 send one l can recommend:
Half pound of salt pork. one and a half
pounds lean beef cut into half inch dice,
one large Spanish onion sliced fine, haIf
can strained tomatoes, two medium sized
potatoes quartered, teaspoon paprika, sat-
to taste. Use a saucepan, fry out salt pork
over brisk fire until a straw yellow, add
beef, stirring constantly until cooked on the
outside, put in paprika, Now in layers in
the rotation named add onions, tomatoes,
and potatoes; salt to taste. Cover tightly.
reduce fire and cook slowly. Do not STIR
and when the potatoes are done the goufash
Is ready to serve. Have all materials pre-
pared before starting to cook the dish.
a B. H"
This recipe is given by some one who IN
derstands how to write directions for COOK
ing. Another dish am eager to try at once.
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An Offer of MAGAZINES.

r We have some magazines We would I've
to dispose Of IL they would be Of any help.
III. H. M"
An offer Of this kind will not be left long
unaccepted Let me call the attention Of
those who would like the magazines to
the fact that the friend who offers them
iSses in Brooklyn, N. Y, and thatjt would
be well for them to be taken by some one
who lives in that city or near by and not
in the far west or the extreme seuth.