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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Invalid Wants Field Glasses.

Il am sick in bed with enlarged heart
and other troubles. and have been for
weeks and months, from OVERRIDING. / am
two weak to have company or to do fancy
work. and it is hard to lie still with nothing
to do. OF course 1 read my Bible and the
paper and 1 have hesitated to ask for any
thing. But IL I had a pair of field glasses
some could spare, something OF the
kind, it would be such comfort to me.
AS the prairie land about here Is level 1
could see long way and enjoy It very
much. / have some mixed dahltas and
pink gladiolus bulbs 1 would be glad TO
send TO any one who would pay postage on
them.
Here is a recipe for fruit loaf you may
like: One pound seeded raisins. one pound
seeded dates, half pound figs, half pound
nut meats. Run through a good chopper.
mix as you grind, knead well, then roll like
bologna sausage, and it can be shaved with
a sharp knife into thin slices the next day
It is nice for lunches f. M"
AS 1 have said before, such appeals as
this always move me and make me feel
that l. who am well and strong and can
move about, owe a debt of gratitude which
should pay by helping the sufferers. [
am sure the rest of you feel with me in
this and that If you have a pair of field
glasses you will be glad to send them to
this correspondent, either in exchange for
her bulbs as a free gift. will furnish
her address upon application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

are afraid of trouble in the form of work.
but that see no use in expen ding our
strength unnecessarily.
A well known writer on domestic topics
illustrated the misdire cted nervous force of
some women by saying they use a pile
driver to stick pin in bow of ribbon! That
is the sort of thing co when we work
under poor conditions we make it impos-
sible to do our best without a dispropor-
toned expenditure of strength and nerve,
and if YOU can tell me anything more like
ly to sap both than an insufficient supply
of fresh air when we are ged in our
most taxing and trying occupations. 1 " ould
like to know what it is!
But what are we going to do about It? I
have already said our kitchens were not
built with a thought of ventilation How
can We remedy their defects?
We should have electric fans in our
Kitchens said a man with whom debated
the question.
I repea ted his suggestion to the most prac-
teal housekeeper of my acquaintance and
she laughed me and him to scorn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

by his mothers untiring insistence that he
should eat what was set before him. Not
a large amount, perhaps, but he was
obliged to try little of each article that
would agree with him until. little by little
he overcame his objections to the various
foods he had at first scorned. When there
was soup for dinner he was told to eat a few
spoonfUls of it; when there was fish, or
liver, OF something else he did not care
for he was ma de to take q little of it, and
the pursuance of this plan for several years
resulted in curing him of his whims and
accustoming him to eat what others ate.
1 have seen hosteSses made uncomfort-
able too often-I have been too frequently
made to suffer my sel-by the unreason-
ableness of guests who would not eat this
or that to permit myself or any one belong
ing to me to be guilty of the rudeness of
declaring inability to eat any decent food.
Try my plan with your boy and let me
know how it turns out. Your husband may
be too " set in his ways - to change, but
there Is room for reform in the boy. wish
you success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

about my poor blind VIII way off in the
city and want to help him Please tell all
the helpers she says she will never forget
them and will remember them in her pray
For mys~.f 1 will never fail to see in
my mind the lonely figure of the old darby
sitting just outside my window seat
in the sunshine with the big yellow cat
curled up beside him. all day long, with
nothing to amuse him. 1 called him in one
day to turn the meat chopper for me during
sausage making and he went to bed that
night delighted a child over a new
toy because he had found something he
could do. I am glad to know there are so
many kind hearted people in the world, and
I thank them for him. Mrs. c. G. s.
So many appeals for help of various sorts
appear in our columns that it does me good
to print such an acknowledgment as this
of benefits received and appreciated. am
sure that the kind hearts which were moved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Some Partial Remedies.

can't afford an electric fan in my sew
ing room or in my bedroom, and 1 don't
fancy there are many people who would
feel they were justified in setting one up in
a Kitchen" she said. - Besides, how about
the houses where they don't have electric
ity? Are you going to refuse proper venti-
lation to the housekeepers in homes where
there are neither electric lights nor gas
One set of women needs fresh air just as
much as the other"
Build the kitchens with openings and
sluices to admit the fresh air, as is done
in office buildings, drive the fresh air in
said another man, but 1 did not need to get
the assurance of housekeeper to convince
me that this notion was absurd. We are
not talking about the conditions of the fu-
ture. but of those OF today, in which We
women have to work. What can be done
about them?
Two or three things. One Is to set
gyrating ventilator in the windowpane.
You have doubtless seen them in factories
and offices and noticed how the wind turns
a pierced disk which admits the air. They
are troublesome to put in. and not COM
pIetely satisfactory.
Another expedient is the old method of
placing a board beneath the lower sash.
This board should be about six inches in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Effects of Poor Ventilation.

The lack of proper ventilation makes for
your discomfort, and as consequence in
terferes with your ability to do your best
work without over fatigue. but it does more
than that. Did you ever reflect what the
discomfort resulting from insufficient ven
tilation indicates?
In the first place it means that you are
breathing vitiated air. The heat OF the
room robs it of life, and when you take it
into your lungs it does not invigorate you as
it should. When you keep with this
process day after day the cooked air you
inhale is bound to have an effect on your
health and strength.
In the second place. your skin does not
act in the right way in Ill ventilated
room. Does this seem a matter of minor
Importance? Don't you believe it, Never
und ezra te the work done by the skin in car
rying off the waste of the body and keep
ing the blood in good condition.
Think a little of what happens to you
when you become overheated in your kitch-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

There seems to have been a number OF
boys wanting wheels of late-probably be
cause the spring weather and the early
summer lead them to long to make ex
cursions off into the country. I hope that
all the discarded bicycles have not been
given away and that there is one left which
can be sent to~this boy. L shall be glad to
receive an application for his address from
some one who has a wheel to give away.
may caution such persons, however, to
be very sure that 1t is in condition tina
makes it possible to mend it without much
difficulty. 1t would be a poor gift thai
would cost not only eNpressage but a good
sized sum for repairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

- HAVE just been reading what you
30 have to say in your talk about a
variety of foods for warm days, and
1 would like to express my thoughts
on the matter. Often after reading
advice as to what to have for breakfast or
lunch and for making appetizing meals
say wish I could let that writer know
how little of all that USE
My husband and son, the latter aged g.
will not eat any but the plainest of meats,
no f1xings' at all. You speak of cheese,
but they will not take it in any form ex-
cept II is cut and served alone, and they
don't use gravy macaroni In any form, o.
nee. except In a rice pudding with raisins
and they positively Will not taste salad2
They do like fresh vegetables raw, but
they eat no scallops anything with cream
dressing dressing with meat; no des-
Rerts but fresh or canned fruits. except that
the boy likes apple pudding, and both Hike
homemade cake and pie
=" There is one nice thing about it; II they
don't care for what I have on the table
they will eat plenty Of bread and butter or
jelly and be satisfied The boy Is not
spoiled, for he has been taught to take what
there is, it is impossible to get him to
try anything new. For ten years with my
husband and eight years with my son have
tried to teach them to eat. but to no avail.
L
thing with the least bit Of onion but now
1t does not seem to be noticed. B. r."
You have my full sympathy. can hn-
agine few minor trials more vexatious than
to have to cater for family who will insist
on refusing novelties of any kind. viii
you forgive me il differ with you when
you say that your son is not spoiled? II he
were In fun obedience he would not refuse
to try anything new. He would at least
taste Il. even If he did not care for it.
1 have had some experience with a small
boy who was fussy and unreasonable about
his eating. 1t would take me far less time
to ten you what he would eat than what
he would not. He dishlped fish. he objected
to soup, there were few vegetables he would
tolerate, most desserts were displeastng to
HMM short, he Was as cranky a child
about his eating as have ever seen, and
have known many.
Now he Is grown man. and IT is his boast
that he can and does eat anything and
everything. He was brought to this state
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UP like jelly cake and bake. This is the real
thing The bowl should be taken out Of the
hot water after beins beaten. MRS. NJ"
My readers may recollect that when 1
gave the recipe for apfelstrudel-or rather
the recipes. for there have been several of
them printed said that / was not IA
miliar with German cookery and that
would have to rely upon the directions
given by those who understood it Thus
my only course was to give the recipes a 8
they came to me, and this 1 have done.
hope this latest set of directions may give
satisfaction to others who may not have
found former recipes just what they
wanted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Wants Loan of Piano.

My daughter is eager for a piano. but
owing to misfortunes of one kind and an
other 1 have been unable to provide her
with one. II any one with old piano
stored away would let me take it until it il
needed again would be grateful. My
daughter is in her fourteenth year and we
would take good care of piano IL we could
get one Mrs. d. P. b.
Only a little while ago my heart was re-
joiced by securing piano for some one
who asked for it through our Corner That
was gift, out and out. and it encourages
me to hope that some one else will lend an
old piano to the girl who longs for it.
Birmingham, Ala. where she has her home.
Is large enough place to make it quite
within the bounds of possibility that there
may be more than one unused piano wait
ing for some one to take care of it for It's
owner and incidentally get some good erom
1t at the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Recipe for Sour Meat.

az see that in a recent issue one of the
Cornerites asks for recipe for sour meat
1 found the following In Farmers. Bulletin
No 391: Take piece of beef from the
rump or lower round, cover with vinegar
with a half and half mixture OF vinegar
and water. add a sliced onion, bay leaves,
and a few mixed whole spices and salt.
Allow to stand a week in winter or three or
four days in summer; turn once a day and
keep covered. When ready to cook. brown
the meat in fat, using enamaled iron
pan; strain the liquid over it. and cook until
tender; thicken the gravy with -four or
ginger snaps (which may be broken up
hrsO, strain 1t, and pour over the sliced
meat. Some cooks add cream.
This whole bulletin, The Economical
Use of Meat in the Home is most excel
lent article on different cuts of meat. their
price, relative food value, etc, together
with practical recipes
Z" The sour rabbit asked for is no doubt
rabbit soaked or parboiled in the same vine
gar mixture given above, but the vinegar is
not used in the gravy; we use the vinegar
on the rabbits here, as they eat the sage
which gives them strong flavor, then we
throw the vinegar away, and cook the rab-
bit any way we choose.
II am in a state where women vote and
as I read of the effort to get the ballot for
women in other states I would like to say
this to them: Prepare yourselves for the
ballot: You will undoubtedly get 1t some
day. so be ready for It. The women OF this
state are awakening to that. In some Of
their clubs they have taken up q systematic
study of state. county, and municipal gov
eminent. also of the officers, from governor
down to precinct constable. making them
selves familiar with the duties, privileges,
and salary of every one OF the officers. Only
in this way we WELD the ballot rightly
and intelligently. G. B. F."
Thank you for your recipe. know that
Farmers Bulletin to which you refer. and
you are right when you say that the direc-
lions and advice It contains are excellent.
I wish more women would write to Wash
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Some Helpful Hints.

If you wish to make a room private or
mellow the light without the use of shades.
try prepared chalk and water, mixed to
paste consistency. Rub on the glass. then
pat with a pad just as thick or as thin as
you choose. This is better for the purpose
than paint, as it is more easily cleansed.
" For dress holders select pieces of
kindling wood eight inches long, and wrap
each well with strips of your dresses. lawn.
or muslin, white goods. and tie strong
cord in center. use this method of hang
ing up my freshly Numbered dresses and
skirts in a closet. and the beauty of 1t is
wish. If you like. you can pad these hang
ers and brighten them with your favorite
colored ribbons.
&" Denim curtains rather effectively
decorated with white bundle cord. Double
thread and draw through and tie in short.
loose ends. Don't have knots too close to-
gether This makes an effective border
about three or four rows and knots and a
monogram of white braid on dark blue or
green curtains A dresser scarf of denim
when thus decorated is pretty and washes
beautifully.
Stain an ordinary cheese box in cherry
or any dark color and use the bottom part
for a fancy work box. Stitch silk or rib
bon around or gather cretonne and have
pockets inside or out; pad bottom for nee
dies and pins. Use the upper lid of the
cheese box by turning 1t upside down for a
tea tray; stain this, and IL you 90 brass
work a strip of decorated brass or silver
around it is lovely Both articles are
strong and useful. A FRIEND
More of the helpful hints sent to me by
one Of our Cornerites to benefit the others.
Thank you again!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Deeouse of the enormous number Of let
IL ters sent to The department / must ask
contributors 10 limit their communications
to 100 words. except in cases Of formulas
or recipes phieh require greater space. /
uant all my correspondents to hare shOtO-
ing in the Corner. and if my request in This
respect is complied with ii DiN be possible
10 print many more letters.
Attention Is called 10 the fact that Mar
ion HaJldnd cannot reeeipe money for pat
terms, as she has no connection With any
department that sell, them.
Marion Harland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Minor Details Seldom Considered.

This same most practical housekeeper
know asserts the best result in present con-
ditions is to be secured by lowering the
windows from the top.
THE hot air rises" she says. " The cold
air falls. When two windows opposite
each other are let down from the top there
is cross draft which carries out the heat
which goes to the ceiling of the room. The
cool air pours down to take its place and
the atmosphere is constantly changed"
a. But if the cook stands directly under this
window won't the cold air pour down upon
her and chill her?"
She mustn't stand directly under the
window was the response
So there you are! 1t seems to be a case
of doing the best you can, not the best you
would like to do. Since most kitchens are
built by men for women. the minor details
of convenience are seldom studiously CON
sidered. The stove is quite as likely to be
distant from the sink as near it and either
one of these will probably be so close to
a window that no one can cook or wash
dishes without receiving the full benefit of
all the fresh air when the sash is either
raised from the bottom or let down from
the top.
Still. even this is better than the close
kitchen, full of new and stale odors or
cookery, the atmosphere devitalized, I'M
pleasant, prejudicial to health and
strength. Think on the subject now
if your attention has not been
called to it before and make a few
experiments. Try the board under the
lower SASH the window down from the top,
the circulating ventilator. I am much mis-
taken if even imperfect ventilation will
not show an early result in more comfort
OF body. more ease in work. Perhaps your
efforts may bear fruit in some new methods
of bringing pure air into your kitchen
which may prove of benefit TO you and to
other housekeepers. Try and see!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
THE KITCHEN

height and the breadth of the window. A
hinge in the middle makes it easy to move
in and out. When the board has been
fitted into the window, the lower sash is
closed down upon it. A space is thus left
open between the upper and lower sashes
and through this current of fresh air
comes into the room. This answers very
well in extreme cold. but when the tenn
perature is mild, although not high enough
to permit of the window being closed only
by q screen, what shall we do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19

ington for these bulletins, which the gov
eminent distributes free of charge to all
who ask for them. You wisely counsel
women to study government problems from
those of the state down to those of the pre-
cinct. If women get the vote they surely
will need this knowledge; if they do not get
1t they will be better fitted to be companions
to their brothers and husbands and TO train
their sons in the duties of citizenship than
If they had remained ignorant on these i'm
portant topics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Bou Wants a Wheel.

OF write you in behalf of a good boy II
years old who has for long time wanted
wheel, but his father is a minister and gets
a small salary. So he is not able to get the
boy a wheel and. living in small place
where there is no work for boynof his age
to do by which he can make money, the
lad has become discouraged. He has tried
to save his pennies and nickels TO buy one
but this seems slow. have thought that
perhaps some one might have set aside
wheel needing some repairs that the boys
father could make. and the son could pay
the expressage out of what he has saved.
They would be grateful II this could be
managed. MRS. d. b.
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OW many houSekeepers know any
thing of the proper ventilation of a
kitchen? How many architects
even, whose business it should be,
allow for the free Passage of air in
the most constantly US ed. the most over
heated. room in the house?
Stop and think about it moment. Did
you ever see a kitchen IN an ordinary pri-
vate dwelling in which requisite attention
was paid to ventilation? Is there any way
in which you can get the right amount of
air into your kitchen without affecting the
becoming chilled yourself? Haven't some
of the worst colds you have ever suffered
from been caught when you threw open a
window to change the air of the room when
both you and it were too hot for endur-
ance? You felt that. risk or not, you must
have a breath from outside.
Now this is all wrong Your kitchen Is
your workroon, your laboratory, the place
where you pass a large number of your
waking hours. You try to make it hygienic
as well as attractive and comforta BILE.
Doesn't it seem inconsistent to have painted
walls that can be washed, the floor covered
with linoleum or oilcloth, that can be
scrubbed. zinc top tables. hardwood finish
fngs. everything which speaks of sanitary
conditions, and yet to ignore the state of
the air you breathe while surrounded with
all these things?
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Made a Blind Man Happy.

The communications sent by some of
the readers of the Helping Hand to E. H..
the wife OF the blind colored man. were
received and she said she and her husband
were made happy that they could not
sleep that night for talking about it. She
keeps the letters as her dearest trea sures
and she said: Just think. They know
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en-, and then admit the cold air suddenly and
fully. You are in a drenching perspira-
ton, all your pores are open and relaxed.
The abrupt drop in temperature seals the
pores at once, and the waste which the
warmth and exercise had brought to the
surface is driven back into the system.
Have you ever noticed an outbreak of
pimples or of other skin eruption after
you had undergone violent check of per-
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plenty of fresh air. But do you get this in
your kitchen?
have spoken of the difficulty you have in
doing your best work without over fatigue
when there is a lack of proper ventilation
Such fatigue as this is cumulative. That
means that it is worse each day than it was
the day before; not much. perhaps. but