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The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
UTILIZE YOUR SPARE MOMENTS.

Look over the rest Of your day. What
do you put into the minutes in which you
are tarrying the leisure OF the oven
or the kettle? How about the quarter hour
before the bread is ready to be baked or the
half hour you must wait to put the vegeta-
bles over the fre? What do you do with
those? How do you spend the time when
you are expecting the children home and
feel you cannot settle down to anything
steady until they get in? Have you never
known mothers who pass the interval going
from the window to the door and back
again? l have-plenty of them.
So if you examine your ordinary day you
are likely to find anywhere from ten min
utes to an hour that you have nothing to
show for. Don't for a moment imagine
that 1 am taking account OF the time you
appropriate to rest or recreation. That is
well spent. The nap you force yourself
to take in the afternoon, the run in the fresh
air that brightens you as nothing else does
these are not to be cut out or abridged for
the sake of anything in the line OF work.
The wasted time is what we are discuss
ing now.
Suppose find it, what am 1 to do with
needlework. have so much can't escape
in the way Of plain sewing that anything
more OF that sort would tire me. Random
reading doesn't appeal TO me. What sug-
gestion is there for me for the minutes
might save by your plan?"
The answer to that question depends
good deal upon the sort of things that inter-
est you. that you like TO do. or that you want
to do. What is there which appeals TO you
particularly, which you wish TO accomplish
but complain that you never have time for?
II you could tell me that possibly could
make few helpful suggestions.
A woman whom I once knew who was
especially fond of rather fine and fancy
cookery and had much TO do outside her
kitchen used to garner her spare moments
and spend them in compromising deucacies
for her family and friends. She would
make a jar OF marmalade or q glass of jelly
from the odds and ends of fruit. or lemon
honey for cake filling, or white and brown
thickening Croux) to have in readiness for
soups and gravies or maitre d'hotel butter
for parsley sauce. or mayonnaise dressing
that she might not need for two or three
days to come. or a pastry for tarts or cheese
fingers When she had a little time she flew
to her pantry. where there was always
something waiting to be done. Does this
attract you?
II you are one OF those who don't care for
magazines and casual reading why do you
not plan for something really worth while
in study to put into the minutes you find
vacant? know a hard working man who
for years has kept up his French by giving
ten minutes a day TO it and OF a woman who
has preserved her facility at the piano by
bestowing five minutes on practicing three
or four times a day. What is your special
interest in literature or art?
Poetry rests me as nothing else does"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
Many Hours Wasted.

Until you study the subject you have no
idea how many hours are squandered in the
course Of the week. the month. the year.
You may declare that every moment is
filled from the time you get out of your bed
in the morning until you slip into it again at
night, and perhaps you may be right. But
If you are. you are an exception to the gen
eral line Of women and housekeeDers.
Run over the routine OF your day for a
minute. You probably have not an instant
TO spare until after your husband and chill
dren are started for business and school.
There may be lunches to put up, plan to
discuss. the telephone TO answer, orders to
give before the house is at last vacated by
those who go forth to work. Yet isn't it pos
sible that you are kept sitting at the table
by the tardy one and that you grow fdgety
over the delay? Have you ever tried if a bit
pickup work" will not tranquilize your
mind by keeping your fingers busy? 1t may
be a scrap Of embroidery. it may be a knitted
or crocheted wash cloth-the nature Of the
occupation is of less Importance than the
fact that it takes your mind of immediate
worries, to say nothing Of your having
something worth while for the time you
have spent.
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years ago. but we were in such straitened
circumstances that he was forced TO sell
it. He is working at photo engraving now.
We are young-he is y and I am 20. We
lost our months old little boy last Novem-
ber and since then We have both been work
ing in business. but we are anxious to get
back at musical work again. Can you
make any suggestions which would help
US? MRS. J. J.w'
AS I have often said before 1 always
think of Chicago as a big generous city
where art in any form-painting. sculpture.
music-is recognized and welcomed. 1t is
hard for me to believe that II this young
violinist possesses genuine ability he should
not get in touch with some one who can
advise him how TO reenter musical work
print his wife's appeal here in the ex-
pectation that it will call forth from some
one a request for his name and advice as
to the best course TO follow for returning
to his art. am not able to find work for
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cause it may be new 10 others also
MRS II. W F"
A large enough number of our constit-
uency live in part of the country where
figs ripen in the open air 10 make 1t pretty
sure that this recipe will prove Of service
10 many who have hitherto been a. a loss
how to make the best use OF their hg crop.
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Wants Vnegdr Recipe.
Will you please give me the recipe for
home made vinegar that Yankee, house
wife mentioned in the Corner some " eeks
ago." Mrs. E. NJ"
There have been more than one Of such
recipes given and cannot say which It IS
you want. Perhaps some OF the consttu-
ency can give the recipe. which appeared, /
believe, on June %.
Recipe for German Wnbidel.
Il send a recipe for the German win
bideI which some one asked for recently
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UnsDeetened Grape Wine.

'' VIII you kindly send me through your
colume or by mail the recipe for making
blue grape wine, swestened or unsweet-
ened. I would prefer to make the IN
sweetened. as l do not think 1t would spoil
as easily as the sweetened. I would also
like to know tEe amount Of grapes re-
quired 10 make one gallon Of wine. J. D.
l have already stated the impossibuity
Of sending recipes by mail You will see
this IN full time to take advantage Of
the grape harvest.
To deal with your last question first. it is
difficult TO state how many grapes would be
required to make a gallon Of wine. because
so much depends upon the grapes Some
OF those possessing the best favor are
rather small with thick skins; others ars
juicy and thin skinned In q rainy sea.
son the grapes are more juicy than after
a dry summer.
UNSWEETENED GRAPE wNE-Intn
a clean open cask put your grapes. Eteams
and all, and mash them, then cover them
with cheesecloth to protect them care.
fully. Any foreign substance may af-
feet them and turn them into vinegar. Let
them stand through the fermentation stage
anu "nen tnls Is past put Inern through
fruit press. extracting all the juice. Have
ready a clean closed cask, strain the juice
into this, and let the cask lie on its side
in a cool place. a cellar by preference. for
a month. II the cask Is disturbed or
shaken the wine Will not be clear. At
the end of the month draw on the wine
carefully. put It into bottles, and after
corking and sealing these, lay them in
a dark cool place on their sides, Dur
ing the time the grapes are fermsnting
they should be stirred up every day from
the bottom
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where he could put his feet up " an think
Of nuthin'." You will be astonished to
find how much better and fresher you will
feel when you rise. Use your odd minutes
in this way instead OF moving restIessly
about the room or sitting rocking nervously
and wishing you were not so dead tired.
He used to form q pool OF silence about
himself when conditions were disturbing or
annoying" the widow OF q well known
author told me. once we were in a storm
in the Bay Of Biscay when the noise OF
the waves and the creal<ing Of the vessel
were most distressing TO him, and this waI
the only way In which he could gain relief"
A pool OF silence" Doesn't the sound
Of the words bring q sense OF peace and
rest? See IL you cannot cultivate the sans
ability or something like It when you have
q little time that you can utilize for repes.
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Odd Moments Time 10 Think.

Wisdom comes to one IN these quiet mo-
ments. If your fatigue Is physical instead
Of mental you can concentrate your
thoughts on the problem which has been
awaiting time for solution. on the puzzle
you have not had a chance TO con er willis
your hands and feet were busy. Think the
matter out when you are undisturbed and
see II the result you reach IS not better than
what you would have won by an effort TO
settle conditions in the midst Of distrac-
tions and Interruptions.
The point would especially emphasis
is avoidance Of leaving your tine and youI
thoughts at loose ends. What have you
new to display to the credit OF the odd mo-
ments? They are practically OF no good.
You don't work IN them; you don't rest in
them. Sometimes they are spent in morbid
broodins, sometimes they go in idle wisheI
that you had time TO accomplish something
really valuable.
Three quotations always occur to me in
connection with such precious moments
spent at random. AL are different. but
each one applies to some phase OF the situ-
alton.
The first is a passage from the Bible:
Who hath desp.sed the day ofssmau
things?'
The second is a rhymed couplst whose
author do not know:
Absence Of occupation Is not rest.
The mind that's vacant Is = mind op-
pressed"
The third Is also in verse:
little things
On little wings
Bear little souls to heaven"
We know what system and economy mean
when applied 10 material things in the
bousehtld. We are told in many a proverb
that If We take care of the pennies the
pounds will take care OF themselves; that
willful waste makes woeful want. and We
have learned by experience how much we
can accomplish by making use Of left overs
OF food, and clothing. and money.
The principle is no less practical when
minutes and hours are involved. UtAiBs
them as you would concrete possession:
and the gain will be as well worth having.
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from the head. This process must be re.
peated day after day until the chiId's head
is perfectly clean. Keep a close watch
on the head for any return OF the trouble
and resort to the larkspur again at the
first suspicion Of il. Your druggist will
tell you the proportion in which to add the
uncture TO the water in which you wash
the child's head. As say. it is an unfail-
ing remedy. but II must be applied con-
scientiously and long sometimes before the
cure is reached
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Rose Leaves for a Jar.

Please tell me how to prepare rose
leaves for q rose jar. I have the leaves
already dried and need the formula for ad-
ditional ingredients. R. P"
The petals should have been packed down
in salt when first gathered and I cannot
insure success with your dried rose leaves.
The formula for additional ingredients is
as follows: One ounce orris root. half
ounce each violet. rose. and helotrops
powder; half. teaspoon each mace and
cloves, quarter teaspoon cinnamon. twenty
drops each oil melissne and oil eucalyptus,
ten drops each bergamot and oil chris.
four drops oil roses. two drains alcohol.
When thoroughly mixed with the rose
leaves set away to ripen for a fortnight
before putting into rose jars. Keep COW
cred closely.
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l wish the maker success. Those that 1
have made have been good:
One half pint milk. one tablespoon but
ter one-half pint flour. four eggs. Boil
milk, butter. and flour together and let
cool, then add eggs. one by one. and add
lemon favor. Boil in hot lard and sprinkle
with powdered sugar. MRS. E B"
Here is an Illustration Of how our Cor
nerites respond to a request for recipes
for almost any dish under heaven I shall
try the winbidel " myself.
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the DuSy mOther OF three chll-
dren. You do nearly all your
own work and make most OF
your ch!Idren's clothes, yet you keep up
with the newspapers and the magazines
and read a lot besides. I don't see how you
accomplish it."
e" use the odds and ends" she said. "
have a book ready TO catch UP in a spare
moment and keep a mark at my place so
THAI I won't have 10 waste time finding H.
read the paper while ! am waiting for the
family to come 10 meals, and l always take
a book with me when l have 10 go down
town on the trolley. You have no idea how
mgch you can read in that way. and when
you are kept in department stores while
your change or your parcel IS coming"
You are marvel o me with the needle
work you turn of. " I said TO another friend.
" You put initials on all your napkins and
fine towels and hemstitch pillow slips and
bureau covers, and embroider doil!es and
tray cloths. and yet you are constantly at
church. society meetings, and charitable
committees, 10 say nothing Of your house
keeping and social duties. How do you find
time for everything"
II do my reedlework IN spare nom nts." 4"
was the reply. always have piece OF
pick up work at hand and set a few stitches
whenever have the chance. 1t is aston
ishing how the work grows, too. When I
am ready for dinner and my husband is a
little late, or when 1 am dressed to go out
and have to wait for some one 10 come for
me or II I have an appointment at home
and the caller IS :arGy about getting here
keep myself patient with my sewing"
Are these women exceptions or not? Are
most housekeepers economical or wasteful
of the odds and ends OF time?
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NDNics.

the value of ten or fifteen minutes Of such
entire repose. OF course il is even better
II you can go to sleep, but II you cannot
do this. lie down in a darkened room. relax
every muscle. close your eyes, and initiate
the old deacon who said church always
helped him because it was the only place
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OF it. Don't do it al hazard and put in
the few spare moments in sitting or lying.
thinking OF work. Empty your mind Of
cares and Of thought. so far as you can.
and rest with every bit of you.
Long ago. in my girlhood. a friend quoted
a distinguished doctor as having said that
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Taste Like Real Olives.

dSte LlSe Nedl OupeS.
' see that Mrs. Z. s. wants directions
for preparing green plums to take the place
OF olives Here is an excellent recipe-one
that took a prize. The plums prepared by
1t taste just like real olives:
Two quarts OF green plums, one and
one-haH tablespoons mustard, two and one
half tablespoons % salt. two quarts Of
vinegar. place pIums in stone jar with
mustard seed. Turn vinegar in kettle and
bring 10 a boil. then pour over plums boil
ing hot. Cover closely Mex, day drain OF
the vinegar. bring again TO a boil, pour
over plums. When cold put them in olive
bottles.
Now, l come with a request. Can you
tell me how TO get rid of moths? Our house
seems 10 be full of them: not only the
clothes closets. but the pantry and other
rooms They just fiutter all over the place
and get into everything in spite of all can
do. 1 nope you can suggest some good
remedy. Mrs. c. J. B."
The directions for converting green
plums into olives" may come a little late
to be Of service this year. but It is Of su---
cient value TO be saved for next season.
As to the moths, my suggestion Is some
what drastic in nature. II the moths are in
full possession, the best plan is to get at
them vigorously and try to stamp them out.
so that they will not be q plague again
next year. Your rugs should come up and
be vigorously beaten and then hung in the
sun. The floors should be scrubbed and in
sect powder put into all the cracks. The
shelves OF the closets-indeed. the entire
insids;-should be scrubbed with hot water
and household ammonia, and when this is
dry insect powder should be blown into
the cracks Bureau drawers should receive
the same treatment, and all clothes should
be carried out and beaten well. have
known house to become infested by moths
from an old fur mum having been over
looked and left in a box tucked away in he
corner Of a closet. The moths used II for
a breeding ground. and from this spot pop
ulated the house. II they seem to be under
the carpets, lay a damp cloth over these at
the edge and press with hot iron. The
addition OF turpentine TO the water en-
ployed IN securing the floors and shelves In
said to be potent in driving away the moth
as well as in destroying life in the eggs.
You have tirssome and taxing work
ahead Of you to get rid Of these pests, butt
can be done
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the time to sit down for a morning with my
work basket unless it's on Sunday, so
manage to get little out OF the way before
start in the morning or after l come home
for dinner. or even Just at bedtime. I don't
find that those few stitches tire me any
more than sitting with my hands folded
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ten minutes Of lying nat on the bed in
complete relaxation, was more beneficial
than a whole night Of sleep. suspect that
either the doctor or his reporter exI g.
gerated somewhat, but there is no denying
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Vermin on Children's Heads.

Can, some Of your readers give me .
recipe or remedy Of some kind for vsrmin
In chiIdren's heads? What will destroy
theml 1 am willing to help some one else
In need. w. A. ""
I myself know OF but one remedy. but
this is eficacious IL persisted in. Get tine
ture of larkspur from the druggist and
wash the child's head and hair with this.
Go over It then with hne tooth ] comb.
taking q little OF the hair at a time and
cleansing the comb frequently. Have a
basin Of hot water beside you and rinse
eff In this all the combings which come
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thinking how worn out am. can't really
rest when I'm doing nothing unless make
a regular business OF It."
II you feel personally that absolute idle
ness refreshes you. then make a business
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said a friend to me not long ago. " ] keep a
volume OF II within reach and page of
prancing poesy takes me out OF my cares.
try 10 learn at least one verse a day and
you would never guess how many beautiful
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//- IILL you please ask for a sick
A chair for a poor negro wOm-
wv an? She has been confined
to her home for ten years
and the only means she has
for reaching any article in her room Is py
working herself across the floor in
rocking chair. If she had a wheeled chair
Khe could often get out in the open. She
is the last of her line and remarkable
negro. Her home is as clean as pin and
she takes all care Of it herself with the
assistance Of the rocking chair.
MRS. r. C.
So many helpless men and women have
been let out Of their rooms into the open
air by the kindness and generosity OF
those who have given wheeled chairs that
1 hope the same good fortune may be ahead
Of this old negro woman. Only the otheI
day I heard Of a young man who lehos
a wheeled chair in memory or his 1alher'
The father used it for some time oeIore
his death and since then the son Keeps
the chair IN service constantly. A little
engraved plate on it states that II Is
rnarnorial and the chair is loaned for any
length Of time that an invalid needs H.
To me this seems beautiful way Of keep
ing fresh and sweet the remembrance oil
q dear one who has passed on and wish
that others would initiate it.
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Exchange Work for Typewriter.
"I have been much interested in the
Corner and have found valuable infor-
nation in it which 1 appreciate greatly.
This is my first request and hope it may
be successful If any one has a type
writer that could be passed on to me :
would be most grateful. 1t would be
great help in assisting me to pay for the
furniture We have in our little home and
for which we are still indebted. 1 do
plain embroidery work and would gladly
do some Of this in exchange for the type
writer. Mhs. a u
II is not often that typewriters are to
be given away. but stranger and more
5iAFcuIt things than that have been &C
comnlished through the help Of our col
urln ard trust this may be another ex-
errD,4 ,I what our cornerites do when they
ST tine. minds to it. The offer Of ex
cbsngIng ,urk slmplifes the business and
look forward yonfidently to an early re-
quest for The address, OF Mrs. A D. from
some one 4rsiruus Of having embroidery
done in eAchougr for typewriter.
Wo-ld Decorate His Room.
''I am a schoolboy. "A years old, and ]
wo,i like a Few pennants to decorate my
room with and also a castOff camera that
n, .a- else ands delight in. My father is
dead and my mother works and cannot
an1rd to buy me the things mentioned.
HI s."
These requests may. I hope. meet the eye
Of so. .. I've who can 81 ply the pennants
and he umera 90 the T. y who yearns for
III Oh tc- IS bull .srge in the mind
OF = yya- 2,J I'D.
F. ~ Re 3 IN u.
-e.. g.. .erite asked for
?, ".. sins n II. l am
l- Say Ni,e- 7 have
nc tried it M =. ut II comes from
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applicants, but there is no embargo upon
my printing a request for counsel-and this
is what do today. As for the violin I hope
that that. too. may be Forthcoming.
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told me. IF have a little time after
breakfast before 1 must 20 TO business
plan to tack the ruching in the neck Of
a waist or to darn my best silk stockings
or to mend rip in my glove. never have
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Getting Into Musical Work.

Ny husband is a fine Hungarian violin
ist. although not well known in this city.
and I am a singer and in need Of lessons,
but in my present position Il am a stenog-
rapheD l cannot. afford to take any more.
At present my husband has no violin, but
If he could get something to do in the way
Of playing he could borrow one for the oc-
casion. He had a fine instrument two
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lines have in my head to repeat when I
can't get at a book"
This idea may help you. too.
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Idleness MAY Refresh.
do my bits Of unavoidable sewing in
my spare moments" a busy Office worker
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Figs in Snup.

Many thanks for printing my inquiry
concerning figs. Ny husband has the gov
ernment bulletins on nearly all questions
regarding fruits and farming. After con-
sulting neighbors on preserves and jams
the usual way in this country-I made q
sweet pickle Of sugar, cloves, and vinegar.
as for peaches, and simply soaked my figs
in the sirup. We think them fine, and
neighbors to whom I have given some of
the figs hold the same opinion and say
they had never thought Of making use Of
the figs in that way. / send It to you be-
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Peach shortcake.
Iced tea
DINNER.

Peach shortcake.
Iced tea
DINNER.
Cream Of turnip soup Ia left over).
Chicken pudding IA left over.
Vegetable marrow.
Lima beans.
Berry pie.
Coffee.
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FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons.
Cereal aud cream
Fried panish.
Rolls.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed crabhakes.
Potatoes au gratin.
Quick biscuit.
ButtermiIk cake.
Tea
DINNER
Tomato bisque.
Soft she'll crabs.
French fried potatoes.
Cucumbers. sliced.
Peach tart
Coffee.
4 =
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Bacon
Poached eggs.
Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
omatoss. stured with mincs Of chicken Qsft
oyer).
Baked potatoes.
Drop biscuit.
Cookies.
Tea
DINNER.
Vegetable SOUP
Broiled steak.
Baked onions
Whipped potatoes. Drowned.
HluebsrTy pudding.
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Tree Cakc and Icing.

Would you please be kind enough to
print in your columns a recipe for tree cake
and icing, should you be able to secure
same? MS"
For this shall have to appeal to the con-
sttuency. l am sorry to say that I do not
know " tree cake" and my interest is fred.
I have no doubt the recipe for It is in the
possession of one or more Of our clever
housekeepers. and that 1t will not be long
before receive II.
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Wo-Id Decorate His Room.
F. ~ Re sir u.

-s.. &C.. .erite asked for a
?, ".. sins n II. l am
l- nay IEe have
nc tried 1t n7~- - .gt If comes from a
trua. worthy source arI am sure the di>