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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
1PING CLEAN VERSUS GETTING CLEAN.

their own receptacIes. or do you drop all
into the basket at randomf Whsn you
clear away your dishes do you have place
for everything and everything In It's place
or do you stick the different pieces just
where It happens to be convenient at the
moment? When you leave your bathroom
after Tubing Is the wash cloth hung
I'D to dry, the soap dish rinssd out the
towels In their proper place. the water
split about the basin wiped up o. II the
room In confusion because you plan to
como In after breakfast and put It all to
rights at oncef
Not all the care ana planning win save
you a general cleaning once In q while. No
matter how careful You are dust viii ac-
cumulate in out OF the way corners, dirt
will be rubbed into the carpet and rugs
and hangings Will become dfngy and paper
srimy. But you may postpone that evil
hour, you may stretch the intervals be-
tween regular cleaning bouts II you will
only clean a. you 60.
And IL doesn't really take any more time
or much.
But I can't stop to do all that picking
up when I am in q hurry to set to break
fast OF to keep an appointments, or some
thing Of that sort" hear you protest. If
I did would keep other people waiting and
make everything late and inconvsnient."
Not If you planned your work with the
extra two or three minutes IN mind.
OF course. emergencies arise sometimes
when 1t is impossible for you to keep your
house you would like 1t kept, when a
sudden call drags you on. leaving disorder
behind you. But this 10 the exception. not
the rule. That may be the habit OF put
ting things away when you have done
using them. OF picking up the odds and ends
when their use IL over, of throwing the
soiled clothes into the basket or bag, in
stead of on the floor. of laying the hand
kerchiefs or the gloves in the case, instead
of on the bureau. OF sticking the pin into
the cushion, instead OF dropping II beside
this.
All little things, as I have said. But
have you ever noticed how small q disor-
der, how slight dust or nnisplacement II
takes to make q room look untidy and
sloverfly? It not, think about It now. Re-
fleet upon the impression 1t gives you when
you go into your kitchen and ind the
soiled spoon, the unwashed dish left there,
after the work of the day Is done, and the
place should be spotless. Don't you have
an instant sensation of irritation and dis
appointment? The maid who has done this
or who has left her stove Uttered with
crumbs or spotted with grease, who has
not brushed up the flour that has fallen
beside the bag, undoubtedly thought that
1t made no difference, since she was going
to give the room a good reddinS-up the
next day. Yet, to you the disorder made
all the difference between good and " STOP
py" housekeeping. Apply the principle to
the manner in which you conduct the care
of your own room, your own clothing, your
own sewing equipment and see II. after all.
the same truth of the advantage of keep
ing clean, rather than of making clean.
does not run ALTHOUGH your home making.
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OES any one among my readers recol-
\ lect the Gypsy Breyton books? They
were written many years ago, and
a made charming reading for young
giris-and for old girls. too.
Gypsy was a harum-scarum, Ioyable
hoyden, full of impulses to fun and mischief
well to good works. and one OF the
most interesting chapters tells of her ef-
fort to put her room in order after her
mother had talked TO her of the effect Of
slovenIiness and carelessness on the char
acter.
When the chamber is finally cleaned, the
bureau drawers reduced to tidiness. the
rubbish cleared out. Gypsy surveys. the
result and wonders how long the place
will look like that
Don't you sometimes have the same feel
ing when you inspect a room or a closet
that has just been cleaned and straight
ened? And do you ask yourself why it IS
that things can't always be in order?
I don't want to turn this talk into series
of citations from children's books or a
past period but 1 cannot forbear to quote
as have done often before. from the rule
laid down for Rollo by his mentor, Jonas.
that when once order has been established
you cannot take anything out of place and
fail to put It back where it belongs without
.. breaking the spell" 1 don't know a
more valuable precept than this, which
emphasizes the difference between keep
ing neat and clean and getting neat and
clean.
The latter course Is that OF the unframed
houseworker, the former Is the plan fol-
lowed by the woman who puts her brains
well as her back into the care OF her
house.
We have ali seen illustrations of the way
in which the ordinary maid runs her de-
partment- Don't you know her kitchen
after she has made a baking. prepared her
Sunday dessert. and cooked her dinner?
1t is little short of chaos. All her utensils
are soiled, usually all her dish towels are
damp or dirty, her kitchen sink is piled
high with unwashed dishes scraps of food
curnber the plates heaped on the table
odds and ends of all sorts are scattered
about " in most admired disorder"
When everything is at It's worst, after
she is weary with the toll Of the morning.
she turns in and makes a big killing"
TO use a sporting phrase, and scrubs and
scours until the kitchen is spotless and she
herself is worn out.
Now I admit that some times 1t is impos-
sibIe to avoid a certain amount of con-
fusion and dirt, but I do hold that this
should be unusual experience and not
an every week or an every day occurrence
How do you other seasoned housekeepers
feel about It?
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"a wild Irish GIRL" feather Drained lit
tie thing, who was an excellent worker
and most Industrious. but lacked balance
and Judgment in many ways.
Yet the fashion In which she mana ged her
dishwashing might have served as an ex-
ample to older and more praeticed work
ers. She started her dinner in good time
and washed her utensils as she finished
with them.
While we ate the soup she had served
she took up the rest of the dinner, brought
1t in to us, did the necessary passing and
waiting. and as soon as she returned to
the kitchen attacked the soup plates. By
the time we had concluded the meat course
and were ready for our salad or dessert
she had only clean dishes in the kitchen.
and she washed the pieces she had brought
out from the dining room while we ate the
final items of our dinner.
Before our coffee was done, IL we lin
gered over IT, she had eaten her own meal
in tidy kitchen and washed the dessert
plates. Her dishwashing was all out Of
the way almost as soon as the dinner was
at an end.
1 am not sure II she could have mana ged
so well IL we had had a larger family.
There were only three or four Of US, as a
regular thing-but I am inclined to think
that even then she would not have left q
great pile of dishes to wash during the
evening
Often have tried, to induce other maids
to follow the same plan. but they have
their own ways, which they like better. and
as no principle of great Importance 10 in
volved 1 am willing to let them do their
work as they like best.
II you do your own housework you can
not adopt the practice of my wild Irish
girl and yet you could learn a lesson
even from her-a lesson to apply to other
branches of home making Why IL 1t nee
essary to leave work Of cleaning or OF
putting to rights to accumulate until
there is big task to accomplish. instead
of doing It as it comes? why not keep
clean instead of getting clean?
Consider such a simple matter as the
state in which you leave your room In the
morning. 1 take 1t for granted that you
have hung your skirt and waist to air when
you removed them the night before, and
that you have left your shoes out of the
shoe bag for the same purpose.
Do you put them away, all of them, when
you take from the closet the garments you
you lay your comb and brush back on the
you hang your towels where they belong,
or do you let them lie where you have
thrown them down. with the idea that when
you come to make the bed. or when your
chambermaid comes to do IT, everything
can be gathered up and put where It be-
longs?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

leaves into IT, rolling each leaf round
you take 1t out. Spread on a buttered or
oiled pan to dry.
This is rather difficult work and requires
quick handling, a knowledge of the right
stage at which to dip the rose leaves, and
successfully.
Some Southern Recipes.
For the benefit of Mrs p A. Mob ana
others inclose recipes for some southern
dishes. I have lived the greater part of
my life in the south and so understand the
cookery of that section.
Cow peas for black eyed peas, which are
really beansl 1 cook just az L would navy
beans. Soak them a few hours and put
q few slices Of salt pork in with them
Grits are used a good deal in the south and
are prepared much the same As rice. Put
into boiling sailed water. Grits should not
be washed ana rice should be put through
at least three waters to remove all the SOAP
stone from the rice.
Rice purlough Is made with different
meats and have forgotten how Il is made
with tomato. Chicken or rice purlouEh is
fine. When the meat has been boiling until
1T lacks about thirty minutes OF being done
you should have little more LIQUID than
-
son well with pepper and salt and some
butter. While boiling slowly stir In
enough rice to make 1t thick when done
STEAMED POTATOESFry three or
four slices of salt pork and when done po,r
enough hot water on 1t to nil the frying
pan or skillet preferably the latter) two
thirds full; then slice into IT 1--WE medium
sized or large potatoes. Season with salt
and pepper and when cooked allow then,
to brown before taking them from the yes
sci. Either sweet or white potatoes can
be used in this way and sometimes ever
slice a large onion in with the potatoes
SPANISH STEWSCook together for
one hour a medium sized onion, sliced. one
can OF peas, one can of tomatoes Sea-
SON with salt butter, and black pepper
and small pinch of cayenne. II any Of
this stew Is left over put It into the next
days soup F. L."
These are good recipes, am sure. .nS
am glad to have them. The black-ev.6
peas are among the articles always -,
for when 1 go back to Virginia on a vtrSr
and was delighted not long ago to Ie.ro
that could find them in a northern rnn.-
ket. What you call "purlouRa1 - e.
agine is the dish which is correctly sneII.s
" pilau " or pilaff." and is originsII,. :
Turkish dish, although It has many pnoSia-
cations Under any name It is good .rd
Introduces the variety in the table wb,ch
we are all asking for. So do the steamed
potatoes and the Spanish stew
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for making tutti-frutti cake. e. A."
wish I could help you, but IL know
these two dishes it is by other names than
those you have given them. Is Spanish
chicken" perhaps, what have eaten-and
cook ed-as " Creole chicken Won't you
give me a description of this and Of tutti-
frutti cake? Then I may be better able to
help you out Or If any of the many good
cooks among our constituency have recipes
for either or both of these dishes, won't
they expedite matters by sending me the
recipes that I may print them here, not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
IMPORTANT NOTICE

because Of the enormous number Of
IL letters semitic The department must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications TO
100 Dords. except IN cases Of formulas or
recipes rchieh require greater space. I tcdnt
all my correspondents 70 hape shouting in
hs Corner. and if my request in this respect
Is complied tOHh II wiu Be possible to print
many more letters.
Attention Is called 10 DE fact that Morton
Harland cannot reesipe money for patterns.
as she has no connection uCith any department
that sells them. ) Marion Horland.
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bed. and leave the business of slowing them
away until a more-or less-convenient
season?
These are tribes, but they viii show you
what 1 mean and will indicate in meas
ure the way in which you conduct your
whole mode of life. II you are untidy in one
direction. you are likely to be untidy in
another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

stray papers as she spoke and putting them
into neat piles. II just want to make things
look decently in case l should get run over
by an automobile while I'm out I'd hate
to be brought home on stretcher and have
my desk looking like destructionI"
was convinced after that this girl
kept her bureau drawers in a state Of com
parative neatness and I was prepared to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

waiting until a great pile of them is soileG
and sour.
Carry this principle throughout your
daily employment. and see how it lessons
labor and saves time. When you have
finished your mending do you put the nee
dies In their book, the thirnNble and spoois
in their pockets, the tape and buttons in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

learn that she had hangers for her clothes
and certain hooks on which to put certain
frocks!
When you come to examine this habit of
orderliness from the standpoint of the time
It takes I think you will find that 1t de-
mands less leisure and labor than the GUS
tom of permitting everything to get messy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

"Oh. don't bother to put your desk
straight" heard q woman say impatient
ly to another not long ago. What is the
good of rolltop desk If you can't slam 1t
shut and hide the disorder? Leave all that
picking up until you come home"
TT won't take a minute said the other.
gathering together letters, envelopes and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

before you make q business OF restoring
cleanliness and neatness.
A few weeks ago missed a pair of lit
tie curtains from one of the windows and
on inquiry found that the maid had washed
them out and was pressing them off. She
explained her course.
They got dirty before the others did be-
cause that window Is open more than the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

other windows, and I thought Tc just rub
them out instead of waiting until had to
wash them ALL she said.
That Is the sort of thing I mean. You
recognize its value in many places. You
would not wish your room to get in a hope
less state of dirt and dust before you
touched It with q broom. On the contrary,
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you run q carpet sweeper over It in the
morning, just you take q dust pan and
brush to the corners.
- y
Keep Little Things Picked Up.
You feel it is a poor housekeeper who
omits this sort of thing. as you have a
contempt for the cook who does not scald
out her dish towels once q day instead Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

the name of cream of horseradish soup,
and that 1t might be little hot for thu
tender palate. But am glad to have these
recipes, for we have many German read
ers who will hail with joy directions for
making the dishes they used to eat in the
fatherland.
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Hon One Girl Mdnaged.

In all the years have been manager of
my home and the employer of maids have
found but one servant who followed the
plan I would myself have pursued in wash
ing the dishes from meal. Oddly enough,
she was what some one of my friends called
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and I want you TO know that the pie as
made with this is the dandiest of all lemon
pies, s. D.
Thank you for the Information. 1t would
be a tragedy to have the " dandiness =" of
the pie Iessened by a mistake in the guam
tity of bread required
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
Candied Rose Leaves.

"wflI you kindly give me a recipe for
making crysta1lized rose leaves?
Mrs. L. ]. A"
CANDIED ROSE LEAVES-Let half a
pound of graduated sugar. half cup OF
water, and three drops of lemon Juice boil
in perfectly clean saucepan. without stir
ring. Test by dropping little in iced water
and when 1t will break apart and stick to
your fingers it is ready to take from the
fire Stir until It is cool and the liquid
begins to whiten and granulate. and before
It is actually cold and stiff dip your rose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
Bread in Lemon Pie.

DISQQ III LSHiOH 4 tC.
Some one sent a recipe for dandy
lemon pie, but did not state the amount of
bread to be used. You asked for the gen.
eral benefit, but have not seen the an
swer But 1 will give you my experience.
I tried with a two ounce slice of bread
and this proved to be the right amount
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almost as clearly as II she were before me,
the sick girl, cut of by her malady from
the enjoyments natural to her age, pre-
vented by slender means from having the
comforts and diversions which wealth pro-
vides for the afflicted, sitting day after
day, yearning for q living pet, like the
canary, or for fresh growing things, like
plants and flowers, for some employ
ment to busy her fingers and occupy her
mind, like piecing quilt reading look
ing at pictures. Can't you see her? And
don't you want to do something to en1iven
her dull days. to make the weary hours
pass more pleasantly?
L have never known such a plea as this
to be disregarded. Not all of you have
canaries or growing plants to give away,
but there may be some one among you who
can supply one or two of these and there
are surely even more who can send a few
quilt pieces or a couple OF magazines or
other reading matter or can write q cheer
ing letter. 1 am sure that before long the
requests for the sick child's address will
pour in and that you will be able to re-
jotce in the thought that you have made one
sad spot in the world bright and happy by
your loving thoushtfulness and eagerness
to bear another's burdens.
%
Dampfnudeln.
nave oCSu d EC4ucSt III luo E1Ouse-
mothers Exchange from B. L. of Montclair
N. J., for dampfnudeln and I am glad to
send 1t. I was unable to write 1t earlier
because of an injury to my arm. 'Dampf-
nudeln is made UP OF the two words.
damp which means steamed and
'nudeln.' which In English would be dunn
pings. Here is the way to make them:
90 To one and half pounds of -four add
half yeast cake. an even teaspoon of salt,
one egg beaten into lukewarrn milk, and
mix just you would bread dough, using
enough milk to bring it to the dough con-
eistency. After you have kneaded 1t well
livide it into four parts and set 1t to rise.
When it is ready for the oven put the dough
into deep earthen dish using enough to
cover the bottom, adding to 1t first q tea
spoon of salt and two heaping tablespoons
of lard. Cover the dish and leave 1t in the
oven for half an hour. The'bottom Will be
brown and the top OF the dough white.
Slice and eat it as you would warm bread,
with stewed prunes.
% have another recipe for a dish which
We make and eat as we would houillon- For
this put quart Of milk over the fire in
double boiler. When 1t is boiling add to II
a teaspoon of cornstarch mixed to a
smooth paste with cold milk, two even table
spoons of grated horseradish and an even
teaspoon of salt Boil UP together for three
minutes and serve. MRS. Z. p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
Orderliness MAKES Less Worn.

When you come in for a walk, what in
your habit? Do you put your hat IN its
box. your coat on its hook. the gloves In
their case. or do you toss them all on tho
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ne rose OF oduIH1OTc.
Sc In answer to the inquiry of Mrs. f. l..
S. would say that the poem Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight was written by Rose
Hartwicke Thorpe.
Now, 1 have a request to make on my
own behalf. Can any of the readers send
me the words of an old time song and the
name OF the author? 1t was called The
Rose of Baltimore Perhaps some of our
southern sisters may remember IT. My
mother, who has been dead over forty
years, was born IN Baltimore, and the
song was a favorite of hers. It may have
been old in her day, but have never heard
it sung since her death. Yet 1t is con-
stantly singing in my ears, and I woulr
love to get IL. I have tried in leading music
stores, but In vain. The following is the
first verse and the refrain as nearly as
can recall them:
Twas ON a public promenade
One bright October morn,
Twas there I met lovely maid
In the tide of fashion borns
Her lips were like the cherries
Just blushing the tree.
Her voice, o. IL was merry.
Like fairy songs at seal
O. a lovelier maid I never saw before,
With eyes SO bright.
Like stars at night
The Rose Of Balt1morei
MRS. J. F. NJ
I print this verse and hope 1t may bring
a response in the shape of the remainder
of the song. Nearly every one of US has
some such memory this of songs heard
in youth or childhood. and 1t would be a
real Joy to have them restored to US COM
plete with their freight of early associa-
lions. I hold the address of Mrs. J. r. NJ
and trust there may soon be a call for 1t
from some one who supply her with the
words and music of the song her mother
sang to her nearly half century ago.
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only for the benefit of E. A. but for the
many others who are on the alert for good
new dishes?
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

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ASKS for Canary.

- have a dear little daughter Of Is who
Is sick with tuberculosis and cannot leave
the house. Time hangs heavily on her
hands and she longs for birds and flowers.
1 saw a while ago a notice of some one
who had canary she would give away and
we would love to have it and would take
care of 1t. My little girl would also love
to have some quilt patches IL any of your
readers could spare some for her. am a
widow and in poor health and cannot get
books and papers for my child to help her
pass the time. Do you suppose some Of
the friends in the Corner who do so much
to help others could pass on a little amuse-
ment and pleasure to my little sick girl?
M. D. N"
This is the sort of appeal which always
touches me closely-I suppose for one rea-
son, because the circumstances at once
snake a picture in my mind. can see.
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~ READ the other day that one of the
80 readers Of the corner has sheet
music to give away to SD one
who wishes it. 1 would C!3cly call
for it anywhere in town IL could
get it. I have just purchased piano with
my saving money and cannot afford to
buy sheet music as yet. CLARA r.
The music to which you refer may have
been given away before this but am sure
there are other musicians who have sheet
music they will be glad to give you. / can
guess that the payment for a piano may
have made so heavy a drain upon the :" saw
ings money" OF which you speak that you
may feel the necessity of denying yourself
expenditure for music for a while. The
freemasonry which prevails. according to
my observations, among music lovers
everywhere ought surely to move some one
of our cornerites to meet this appeal. l
shall hope for several applications for
Clara RS address, which hold in readi-
ness.
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Tho Recipes Wanfed.
L will greatly appreciate it IL you will
print recipe for Spanish chicken and one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

OES any one among my readers recol-
lect the Gypsy Breyton books? They
were written many years ago. and
made charming reading for young
efrfs-arA for old qfrle ton
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1.-THE Rose of Baltimore"

tity OF bread required.