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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
THE WAR WITH HOT WEATHER PESTS.

-vOU can hardly begin too early your
fight against hot weather vermin.
I wonder IL there IS single house
keeper who reads this who can say
with pride that she never has In her
home to wage war Of this kind. If this is
the case. blessed among women are you
who can make this boast!
Probably I am not entomologically cor
rect when include mosquitoes and flies
among vernin. but am pretty sure that
every woman who has fought them will
think the term none too bitter. The mos
quito you may possibly set down as
plague, an annoyance, perhaps even as a
menace in view of his share in spreading
malaria and fever, but the fly is something
worse than passing pest We have heard
enough of him during the last few years to
end forever the theories OF the harmless
little fly His touch is contamination and
worse
Hes had his feet IN all the dirt.
Whatever it may be;
And now. to finish matters up.
He's swimming in my tea
Disgusting? That may be, but nothing
like so disgusting as the thing itself. So.
as I say, begin your crusade early. Don't
wait until the fly has gained a foothold in
the home, has had a chance to lay eggs,
has begun to speck your wall paper, your
mirrors, your windows before you prepare
to resist his inroads and to make life
burden to him.
Before there was any prospect Of using
them you should have put your screens
In order. looked to them that there were
no breaks to DO repaired no frames to
be strengthened, no catches to be mended.
Then. when the first steady warm weather
arrives. it is a simple matter to hang the
screen doors. to slip the window screens
into place, and to feel that you are in a
measure secure against the entrance of
flea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
Crush Them Out at the Start

Crush Them Out at the Start
It Ia SO easy to get them IN. so hard to get
them out One may be brought In on
basket of laundry or picked up in q pubic
conveyance and before you know II your
house is peopled. Your heart turns L"
water within you at the mere thought OF
trying to get them out
Yet it can be done, but not by halfway
methods. First go all over your beos. II .
day has gone by when we believed IL
could find no Judgment in iron beds. Will
not so dangerous as wooden bedsteads. they
are not secure against the plaques. Take
your bed apart, thrust the ends of the side
pieces into boiling water and leave them
there for some minutes. Stand the wooden
or metal ends OF the bedspring In ooillnS
water in your tub for quarter of an hour.
Examine your mattress ana pillows around
the binding and tufting. Exoavate crew
ices with a hatpin and then varnish them
over. Paint the framework of your bed
with mixture of gasoline and CORROSIVE
sublimate. This OF course. you know. Is
deadly poison and should be kept entirely
away from children. Repeat lnis treat
ment every few days until you are sure you
have routed the enemy from the beds, at
least
Scrutinize the cracks in the floor. Rip
down the picture molding-unless you have
been wise enough to dispense altogether
with a picture molding in your sleeping
rooms. Look to the curtain poles and
hangings. Danish a valance from your
bed until the hot weather goes. have
found well filled nests OF bedbugs in the
folds of bed valances and curtains. See
If there are cracks in the wall paper which
would serve as an asylum for the plaques.
Said one friend to whom 1 commended
the poisonous mixture, gasoline and corro-
sive sublimate: =" Yes, fill the cracks with
1t. then take the bedstead into the back
yard and set fire to it,
Sometimes have felt she had discovered
the only prophyiactic Yet I do believe
that with constant care and toll you may
drive out the bugs unless they are actually
in the walls and floors. In that case. move
out.
After all. the best rule is not to let the
creatures get foothold. No matter how
well persuaded you are that your house and
your family are both immaculate. keep on
the lookout for bugs as warm weather
comes and crush them at the very start.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

girls are of school age. I wonder If some
of the kind helpers would send me a few
pieces of ribbon for the little girls hair.
We are trying hard to- get, out of debt and
my husband thinks it is foolish to buy such
things as we can possible do without, but
the girls feel it Is hard they can't have
ribbons like other girls. We are poor rem
tiers and my husband is the only one to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

and cannot for amy length of time spare you
the bother of the insects. DETERMINATION Is
the only real remedy!
When hot weather comes and some of
your neighbors go away and leave the bugs
and the mice to starve is the time when
the vermin come to you in larger numbers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

provision barrels and boxes and canisters.
See that there is no crack IN the woodwork
of your refrigerator, that its door is never
left open for moment. 1t is astonishing
through how narrow a crevice the pests can
make their way. 1 know few experiences
more annoying than toopen cake or bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

self do. If I may make a suggestion it
would be that the sugar for the brittle be
permitted to boil until it reaches the stage
where a little of 1t will harden IN cold
water. If not. it is likely not to be crisp
when poured on the nuts Directions for
putting pecans in boiling water have been
given before. but do not think that any
one has said they should be put on the fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

you are pretty safe in believing you can
put them out OF the way. Take all your
clothes from the closets and brush them
well In the open air. Brush of your closet
shelves and wipe them with a cloth damp
ened In kerosene, going into every crack and
corner, with a brush If necessary. Follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

to encourage them In making your house
their home.
Absolute cleanliness unremitting care to
keep food securely closed in tin boxes or
glass jars with closely fitting tops, alert
ness to employ poison or punishment to
every one that dares show itself-these are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

will feed and you may enjoy fair measure
of peace Of mind.
Nice, moths, mosquitoes, flies, roaches'
ants-what are they all compared with the
real great plague of the housekeeping
bedbug? We may try to speak lightly OF
him: we may call him the ' red rover
the crimson rambler and a host OF less
pleasing names, but after all he Is veritaoy
the pestilence that walketh in darkness
and 1 don't believe there Is a housekeeper
alive who would not rather have any or al
OF the other vermin have mentioned start
a colony in her establishment than kno"
there was even one bedbug housed unoer
her roof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
Speet Salad Dressing.


Not long ago some one asked you for
a sweet salad dressing. Here is good one
to use on different combinations of fruit
in salads:
SWEET SALAD DRESSING.-Half
cup sugar. one teaspoon cornstarch, one
teaspoon salt, half teaspoon mustard. Mix
together, add three eggs beaten light, a half
tablespoon butter, one cup mild vinegar.
half cup cream. Cook in a double boiler
until thick. Just before using add one part
whipped cream to two parts of salad dress
ing and put spoonful on the salad. Do
not mix it. A nice salad to eat with these
is a slice of canned pineapple with a small
ball of pimento cheese in the center and
a spoonful of the dressing on it.
I noticed a while ago that some one
asked you for easy way to pick pecans.
Place the nuts in a pan of cold water and
bring to boil; let them boil for about ten
minutes, then when they are cool, crack
them and the nuts will come out much more
easily. Some one also asked for a recipe
for peanut brittle, which you gave but 1
have one which think much easier. and
it is the one my mother always uses.
PEANUT BRITTLE.-Put whatever
quantity of graduated sugar you need in
a skillet and stir constantly until 1t melts
and boils; then pour over the nutneats.
1t is indeed brittle and also good This
is a lot Of advice from a bride to one so
experienced you. but I think you will
find 1t all good, as the recipes have Keen
often tested MRS. H. F."
1 am much gratified that the " bride .
should have taken the time to give me
the recipes and counsel and I am :ure
others will appreciate 1t as much as my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

DINNER.
Tea.
Cream of tomato soup.
Roast chicken.
Mashed potatoes.
String beans.
Strawberry float.
Light cakes.
Coffee
X -
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST
Chilled bananas T.
Wheatlet and cream.
Clam fritters.
Toast.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Dreamed Goldfish.
Potato cakes Ia left oyerl.
String bean salad Ia LEFT overl.
Toasted crackers.
Melted cheese.
Iced tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup.
Baked shad
whipped potatoes
Asparagus.
Raisin pie.
Coffee
i. *
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges
Oatmeal and cream.
Bacon.
Fried eggs.
Rolls.
Toast.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Shad roe In ambush Ia LETT overl.
Corn mullins.
Radishes.
Saratoga potatoes.
Cornstarch pudding.
DINNER.
Brown potato soup.
Cold chicken la left overl.
Asparagus rolls Ia left overl-
Potato pun la left overl.
Strawberries and cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

goulash Is ready. Have all your materials
ready before starting to cook. A B. H
We have had a number of goulash recipes
lately. but this differs from the others and
sounds practical and good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
MAGAZINES Offered.

Il have some magazines (recent num-
bers) that a shut-in housewife would enjoy.
If you get a request for such, please send
me the address. I would like for myself a
recipe for tartar sauce. Mrs. H. c."
Your offer of magazines is sure to be &C
cepted promptly after 1t appears in print.
Thank you for making 1t. gladly give the
recipe you ask.
TARTAR SAUCE.-Make a good Mayor
naise dressing. as for salads, and to this
add a small teaspoon Of dry mustard
rubbed smooth with little of the mayor
naise, a tablespoon of parsley chopped fine,
a teaspoon each of minced gherkins and
capers, and few drops of onion juice.
\ +
Cdtsup Recipe.
Please be SO kind as to give me recipe
for making catsup that will keep. I want
one that will not spoil. MRS. J. F.
You do not say what kind Of catsup you
wish. There are many OF them. made OF
grapes, currants walnuts, mushrooms, and
tomatoes. The last is perhaps the best
known and so l give 1t to you AS to its
keeping, there should be no trouble about
this II you follow directions carefully.
After the bottle is opened the contents de-
not keep so well and for this reason 1t is
better to put it up in small bottles that will
not take long to use. The manufacturers
add a small quantity of benzoate Of soda
to their productions, but the catsup make
in my own home has no chemicals with 1t
and 1 have never had 1T show any tendency
to spoil.
TOMATO CATSUP.-6hce q peck OF I'M
peeled tomatoes and six good sized white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
The Fy is Something worse Than Passing Pest.

box and catch sight Of one OF the little ras-
Gals scampering briskly about Food kept
in paper bags is a JOY to them. The crumbs
that are brushed from the table, the flour
or the sugar that is spilled wlen you are
taking it from its box, the gravy that drips
from a carelessly held spoon OF cup serve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

LUNCHEON.
Mince of lamb la left overl.
Potatoes hashed with cream la left overl.
Cheese.
Toast.
Hot gingerbread.
Tea. 9
DINNER.
Cream of potato soup.
Larded liver.
Asparagus
Bominy pudding Ia left overl.
Snow pudding
Cake.
Coffee.
WEDNESDAY.
BREAKFAST:
Stewed prunes
Cracked wheat and cream.
Fried parrish.
Mullins
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold liver. sliced.
Toasted mullins Ia left overl-
Baked potatoes.
Cheese
Crackers.
Jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Asparagus soup Ia left overl.
Hamburg steaks.
Baked bananas
Rice with cheese sauce.
Raspberries and cream
Coffee
~ q
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Shredded at-and cream.
Bacon.
Dropped eggs.
Whole wheat biscuit.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
dince of liver and Hamburg steaks 1.-TWO left
oversl,
Warmed over biscuit from breakfast
Scalloped rice la left over].
Crackers.
Cream cheese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Strawberries.
Boiled rice and cream.
Dreaded eggs.
Popovers.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cold corned beef, sliced thin.
Tomato jelly with nayonnaise.
Thin brown bread and butter.
Saratoga chips.
Lemon jelly.
Cookies
Tea.
DINNER
Rice cream soup.
Roast lamb, mint sauce.
Green peas.
Drowned potatoes.
Orange ice.
Cream cake.
Coffee.
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MONDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges
Triscuit and cream.
Bacon.
Fried peppers.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Corn beef hash Ia left overl
Scalloped tomatoes Ia left overl.
Potatoes hashed and Drowned Ia left over1.
Jam tarts.
Tea.
DINNER
White barley soup.
Cold lamb with mint Ia left oveTl.
Green pea souffie IA left overl.
New potatoes, boiled whole with butter sauce.
Strawberries and cream
Coffee.
4 i
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges
Boiled hominy and cream.
Bacon and boiled eggs.
Rolls
Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

onions and cook them together until they
are soft enough to rub through q colander
or put through a vegetable press. After
straining them return to the kettle with
tablespoon each OF ground mace, cloves
pepper, the same amount each of sugar,
salt. and celery seed-this last tied up in a
small bag-half teaspoonful of paprika and
three bay leaves. Boil for nearly six hours
over slow fire. taking care 1t does not
scorch and stirring frequently. Take out
the bag OF celery seed. put in pint of good
vinegar, boil up again, take from the fire.
let it cool little. but while still warm put it
into bottles with stout corks. tie these
down, and seal with sealing wax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

II
80 their friends good tone square
piano, or a piano of any sort in
good tone, that they would like
20 have kept in repair or for
storage for my use Of 1t? have no small
children, my boy and girl being IS and II
years Of age. I can furnish references and
guarantee IL desired. My boy and girl are
as passtonateiy fond Of music as 1. and as I
compose music I am sure I could make a
nice little income If HAD piano on which
to work out my compositions. I know this
is an unusual request, and yet have seen
in the paper offers Of pianos two or three
times. So hope some one may grant my
wish. MRS. A E. 81
This is. as the writer says. rather I'M
usual request, and yet we have had others
as remarkable that have received fayora-
BILE replies. In a big city like Chicago,
which is the home of Mrs. A. E. s.. there
ought to be some one with an old square
piano which she would rather lend than sell
at loss. hope this demand may meet a
supply at an early day. hold the address
of Mrs. A E. s.
Beef Coulash.
In reply to the request for beef goulash,
1 wish to submit the following:
BEEF GOULASH-Quarter pound fat
salt pork. cut hne;' one and a half pounds
lean beef. cut into half inch dice; large
Spanish onion. sliced thin; half can strained
tomatoes. two medium sized potatoes. quar-
tered; teaspoonful paprika; salt to taste.
Fry out your salt pork in a saucepan until
the meat is a straw yellow; add the beef.
stirring constantly until it is cooked
on the outside; put in the paprika
Now place in layers. in the rotation
named, onions, tomatoes, and potatoes
on the meat and fat already in the sauce
pan, salt to taste, cover closely, reduce the
fire and cook slowly. Do not stir, and when
ahe potatoes In the top layer are done the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
Bedbug the Worst.

Here. after all. is the best prescription
for keeping free of ants, reaches. and
water bugs. Look well to the tops of your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
Advice About ToiLe.

Will you please tell me if wolfe shrinks
much and if one should shrink it before
making it up? NAOMI"
You do not say if you refer to the wooden
the cotton wolfe. I do not think the for
mer shrinks under ordinary use; have
never heard of its doing so, and personally
I should think it would be more likely to
stretch. If you wash it, that is another
matter. You would have to treat it as you
would any fine wooden goods and use great
precautions. 1 fancy the cotton wolfe would
shrink little, just as lawn or Bingham
would, the first time it is laundered. but 1
would hesitate about shrinking 1t first. I
would in making up any wash goods. Can
any of our readers give more intelligent ad-
vice on the subject?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

In cold water and then brought to boil.
I hope you will send US further good points
when you find any you think may prove
helpful to the constituency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

the only methods by which you may secure
yourself against the nuisance. OF course
you may protect your stores by pasting or
lacking strips of fly paper under the edges
of shelves in the pantry and tables in the
kitchen, you may set dishes of food in pans
OF water, yet all these are but makeshifts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

Ribbons Like Other Girls"
II am the mother of seven children, four
OF less than years old, but three of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
Did Spoon 'Drdw Poison"

Our grocer has a white iron spoon in
his oysters day after day and most of the
granite is Clipped of. We ate some of
the oysters bought from him and the next
day several of our family became Ill. 1
thought 1t might be from this dipper, as
most of the granite had Clipped off from
1T, and when he showed 1t to me noticed
that part of the spoon had rusted. Could
you tell me If it Is possible for the spoon
to draw poison, as there is hardly any
granite left on it? S. w. C."
I shall have to ask some OF our trained
chemists If it is possible for the oyster
liquor to have had any effect upon the ma
terial of the spoon. but can say unhesl-
tatingly that the spoon could not have
drawn poison from the oysters. Il is
quite likely that you were all made Ill by
eating the oysters, however-especially II
they were uncooked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31
4 Stem and a Dessert.

Here are two recipes 1 can recommends:
"A CHEAP STEW.-Take the amount
of round steak needed for your family, cut
It into inch squares. roll in -four. and brown
in dripping or in lard. as desired. Season
to taste with salt and pepper. add an onion
chopped fine and sufficient water to cover
the meat well. Simmer very slowly, and as
it cooks down the gravy will thiclxen.
MARSHMALLOW DESSERT. - Cut
marshmallows in small pieces and add to
them half as large a quantity of English
walnuts broken In pieces. Mix them to-
gether with whipped cream and serve in
glasses, very cold
II have some embroidery patterns for
towels and pillow cases. and II any one will
send postage I will gladly forward the pat
terms. MRS. ]. H G.
Thank you for the recipes and for the
offered patterns have no doubt some one
Will gladly send postage for them. I hold
your address and will be happy to send II
to any one who writes for it and incIoses
stamp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-31

~ AVE any Of the Cornerites or
80 their friends good tone square
piano, or a piano of any sort in
good tone, that they would like
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
CAUCUS TO VOTE
ON SUGAR TODAY

An agreement was reached in the Sem
ate Democratic caucus yesterday that the
items of free wool and ultimate free su
gar will be voted on today at o'clock
Most of the day was devoted to
speeches on the sugar item. Senator
Shafroth of Colorado had offered an
amendment which will be the rallying
point for the sugar duty advocates in
their final stand in the caucus to prevent
free sugar. 1t proposes to make the duty
stead OF free sugar, as the bill proposes.
Speeches occupied the afternoon. Sena-
tor Myers of Montana took occasion to
reply to the speech of his colleague, Sena-
tor Walsh, and astonished the caucus by
declaring that two-thirds of the Demo-
Gratis in Montana stood for free wool and
free sugar.
Some attention was given yesterday to
the agriculture schedule and the caucus
approved the sections practically without
change. Last night the majority of
the Finance Committee met to consider
items referred back to it by the CAUCUS
There are not many of these and they
are not very important.
Democratic leaders in the Senate are
not very hopeful OF completing their
work on the bill in caucus before the
end of the week, and 1t will probably
extend over into next week.
The tobacco schedule also was take I
up at the session of the Democratic
caucus The tobacco schedule was ap
proved as originally written in the I'm
derwood bill after a few moments con-
sideration.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
PLAN TO PREVENT
SHOOTING In COURT
Defendants Who Have Been Out on
Bail Will Be Searched Before
Being Sentenced.

To prevent a repetition of the shoot
ing up of court room in Washington,
as occurred Monday afternoon in Crimi-
nal Court, No /, when Ray VI. Stewart
pulled revolver from his pockets AMI
began to shoot. all defendants who have
been out on bal and are about to be
ar-signed for sentence will be searched.
This was learned yesterday.
Had Stewar: been searched before he
entered the court room he woI,d not
have been able TO have used a rsvcIyer
so freely. No trouble is expected from
prisoners taken from the Jail to receive
sentence, but those who have been out
on bond and hailed into court for SEN
tcnce must be searched. This play will
go imme diately into effect, it is learned.
The case has aroused considerable in
terest in putting a bill through ongress
to break up the ''toting'' of concealed
weapons in the District of Columbia.
Representative Sims of Tennessee, will
make an endeavor to have a bill he
had introduced last session making the
carrying of concealed weapons a felony
re-introduced. The bill got through the
House. but was pigeon-holed by the
Senate.
AS it is today the criminal element.
according to Mai. Richard Sylvester,
superintendent of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, and other officials Of
the force. does not fear the present law
against carrying unlawful weapons. Nal.
Sylvester is in favor of any BILL that will
give the Police Department. more scope.
Acc ording 10 Matthew E. O'Brien. at
torney for Stewart, the young mans
mind is a blank as to what happened
in the court room. O'Brien believes his
client insane, and will ask the court to
have him examined before final sentence
is passed