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pressed me to stay to dinner.
 "Of course We have the regular satnr- day night boiled dinner she smiled. But if you don't mind that, Id be de- lighted to have you stayl'
 So far is fixed habit of this sort from my own method of living that 1t requires a few experiences of this kind to show me that there are, even in this day Of many new things, persons who have not set aside the old landmarks of habit. who still have certain dishes at times because 1t has always been the custom in their households, just as there are workers who continue to follow ineonvenient methods for no better reason than that \they have been used to them.
 The perception Of the large number or housekeepers who belong to this class makes more refreshing to me meeting with such a one as my gray haired house. Keeping friend, who keeps on the look- out for better Ways than hers. She gave utterance to profound truth when she said that as soon as one reaches the point where she no longer feels that others may have newer and better waNs that it Is worth while to follow the end or improvement has arrived. Self-satls- faction along any line Is deadly "a progress, and, while no one would pursue course of action of which she did not approve she makes mistake II she fails to keep her eyes open Tor something even better than that which contents her now.
 How do you housekeepers feel on this point? Do you find many newer and bet ter ways? If not. Is it because these about you are deficient in excellent meth- ods, or have you fallen into a rut and be- come unable to see room for improve ment in your methods of discharging your work?
 My own observation Of housekeepers IS that the majority of them arc on the alert for novelties. They like to discover new dishes, new manners of doing things. new interests in their homes. The Corner testihes to that with It's constant ex- change of ideas. Do you agree with me or not?
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blankets as a means of keeping ice from melting in hot weather. don't believe it pays to take the trouble"
 It saves the ice more than you would think I argued Wrap the ice in sev- eral thicknesses of newspaper. Try that with one piece and leave the other un- wrapped, with both in the same refrgera- tor, and you'll see the difference?'
 I might have spared my efforts. Even as l spoke knew her ice would remain unwrapped forever. so far as she was con cerned She had no desire to find a better way than hers.
 This sort of attitude have heard called conservatism. I'm afraid I would be uncharitable enough to term it either ob- stinacy or stupidity. What else is it when a woman deliberately refuses to see the advantages of another mode of work from that she follows?
 All of us who are housekeepers need
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having brought me into touch with the dearest baby boy for adoption. He s a delicate child. but do hope our heavenly father will spare him to us, for we now have something to live and to work for. What is home without children2 did not dare hope that my letter wou;o ap- pear so soon as it did, knowing how many requests you must have for help every day, and I am the more grateful to you for your promptness. c. S."
 Every one who loves children must re- joice that [" the dearest baby boy" has found a home where he will be sur rounded by so much love, and we hope and pray with his foster mother that the child may be spared to become even greater comfort to his adopted parents. It is joy to think of such home open ing to an unowned child, and I am as thankful for him as I am for the friends who have taken him for their own.
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 Needs Medical Treatment.
 Will you kindly put me in touch with some one who knows cats? My kitty needs medical treatment badly. I have looked for books on the subject of cat diseases and inquired at drug stores. but
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Made pith Apples.

[" Will you please give me two or three good recipes for using apples in desserts? We are going to have quantity of har- vest apples this year and would like to know some nice desserts to make from them that will not be so rich as apple pie and tarts. Do you know of anything else besides apple sauce and baked apples? We get so tired of those.
 FARMERS WIFE"
 One of the most pleasing and simple of apple dishes Is apple snow. There are two or three ways of making this. but tho following Is especially good: Make good apple sauce by cutting up your apples without peeling them. stewns them until tender without water; do not put sugar with them until they are cooked. Set them aside to get cold after they are sweetened to taste. Whip the whites of three eggs light with three ta- blespoons of powdered sugar and into th:s beat the apple sauce. whipping 1t in little at a time. To the three whites you should put about two cups of the apple sauce All the ingredients should be ice cold and the beating should be done only a little while before the dish is to be served. Pass light cakes with the snow.
 Apple shortcake is another good des- sert. For this make dough by chopping one tablespoon each of butter and of lard into four cupfuls of flour. after sitting with 1t twice half teaspoon of salt and two teaspoons of baking powder. Make to dough with two cups of sweet milk. If 1t is unslsimmed so much the better. Have the dough as soft as 1t can be han dled. Roll 1t out into sheet about halr an inch thick and use half of it to cover the bottom of square baking pan. first greasing this. Spread on the dough a thick layer of apples. which you have pared. cored. and sliced. and sprinkle these generously with sugar. mingling a little cinnamon with them if you like the flavor. Lay the other sheet of dough on the apples, put the pan in the oven and bake steadily for about half an hour, GOV ering with sheet of imprinted paper 1t the upper crust seems inclined to brown too fast. Serve cut in squares and eat with butter and sugar, or with good hard sauce.
 Apple dumplings, either for baking or boiling, may be made with the same paste
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Cant you see how you make yourself trouble by not doing it?" I said. When you line the pail with the paper it keeps the garbage away from the metal and all you have to do is to scald out the pail with washing soda and hot water to getit clean. If you dump the garbage directly into the pail you have to soak it and then SCOUT it with scrubbing brush before it is decent again.
 Did my words have any permanent eff feet? Not the least! The paper was put in for about three days, but before the week was out the paper was lacking and the business of hard scrubbing had to be done again.
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dke the Better Wdy.

are Inc DeIIcT " Qp.
 I recollected with how little injury to the hands I myself wash dishes, how 1 use the worn out gloves of the men Of my family. that l may have plenty of room for my hands after l have cut off the finger tips and caught the seams to prevent raveling; the enjoyment l find in plenty of boiling hot water, a bottle of ammonia, dish mop. soap shaker. an abundance of clean jewels. thought with some complacency that no ones dishes look better or brighter than mine when they are dried after washing and decided that, even if I put my hands into the suds and secured the dishes with a cloth, the result would be no more satisfactory.
 Yet, like the first housekeeper of whom l have spoken, I believe that if there is a better way than mine l would take it. I do not consider it a better way to wash the dishes with a cloth, when you cannot have the water so hot for the dishes as it could be if mop were used. Nor do see why a method is bound to be wiser be- cause it is more unpleasant. fail to per- ceive the merit in abjuring mop and holding to dishcloth when it is harmful to the hands and not beneficial to the dishes. Just because you nave alWays done thing in a certain way is no reason why you should keep on doing it for ever, if some improvementpresen itself.
 I have noticed, by the way. that the persons who stick to the old ways are usually those of lower order of men tality than those who are ready for inn provement. Never shall l forget the struggles I have had to make incompetent cooks put newspaper in the garbage pail as a lining before throwing in the rubbish. 1 had struggle with one such maid not long ago.
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r there is better way than mine kS want to know it." The speaker
 was a gray haired housekeeper.
 I knew her to have had unusual
 experieuce and to be skilled in every line of her work.
 ..l shouldn't think you would need to look for better ways than those you have already" I said sincerely.
 Il learn something new about house. keeping all the time" she returned. !" should feel I had come to the end of inn provement if. l couldn't see that other people find out new and better ways would like to follow
 l wondered then as I wonder now if there are many housekeepers like her, What do you think about it, you person. ally, who have been keeping house for many years? Are you what is known as |" set in your ways" or are you on the lookout for newer and better meth- ods?
 l compare the woman of whom have just told with another housekeeper who was lamenting to me the other day over the condition her hands were in from washing dishes.
 . I'm just ashamed to go out to eat in other peoples houses." she said. If can wear gloves I'm all right, but when nave taken them off and show my hands I'm mortified to death"
 Do you use mop in washing dishes? l asked
 '' Mercy, mol l wash them with a dish cloth, the way I've always done. l cant be bothered with a mop and l think they're wretched. unsanitary things be- sidesi I like dishcloth that l can boil every day.
 ' boil my dishmop," I ventured, and l wear gloves with the finger tips cut off when wash dishes"
 wouldn't take that trouble,' she re- torted. |" I just put my hands into the water and take hold of the things and get them clean"
 I felt like inquiring why she complained of conditions she would not take the pains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Doughnuts of Mashed Potatoes.

Will you. as soon as possible. inform me through your Corner how to mako doughnuts of mashed potatoes?
 MRS. B. B. l must appeal to the constituency for a reply to this question. I know how to make delicious pies from mashed pota- toes. and a few other sweet dishes. but the potato doughnut Is a stranger In my kitchen. Will not some one who Q ac- Quainted with 1t tell us how 1t b mads3
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Convenient Time Bed Time.

Convenient Time Bed Time.
 For instance. why should washing al- ways be done on Monday, ironing on Tues day, baking on Wednesday. and sweep ing on Thursday-to take the most obvi- ous routine which suggests itself? Why should persons have a fixed day in the week for changing underwear and feel that something is likely to be thrown out of gear in nature if they put on clean clothes on Wednesday instead of Thurs day, or on Saturday, or Monday instead of Sunday? Who began the treadmill of habit and why should we continue in it?
 l am willing to grant anything to con- venience. If you yearn to get the task of
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,~ 0 you know of anybody who
 views of different cities and
 - states? l am making a col
 lection of city views. Could you or any of the Cornerites help me? would like to help some shut-ins or in valids by writing them cheery letters etc., in exchange. Here is a recipe for cleaning carpets. draperies. clothing. etc: Two and half bars of white soap. three ounces of soap bark. quarter of q pint of aqua ammonia. half a pound of borax. Shave the soap fine, put over the fire in one and half quarts of water, and boil until dissolved. Steep the soap bark in one quart of water for half an hour; add ammonia and one quart of cold wa ter. Mix all together and add water enough to make six gallons of fluid. You will be surprised to see how an applica- tion of this will brighten up your rugs and draperies. M. E. F." 1 wish you had said what size you wish the pictures to be, whether or not you de- sire them uniform in size, photographs. cuttings from papers or magazines, do- nestle or foreign. Should you desire mis- ceilaneous pictures they can be cut from periodicals of various kinds. or if you would like post cards. every city now has colored and plain views on such cards and these could be supplied to you easily. Please give more details. In the mean while l have put your address on file and will give it to all those who apply for it with view to sending you the pictures you ask for or to the shut-ins who would like to send pictures in exchange for the cheery letters you offer. Thank you for the recipe for the cleaning preparation. ' take it for granted that 1t is used to sponge the carpets or draperies.
 * *
 Song of Years Ago.
 ' l will be grateful to any one who will supply me with the words of the song. Baby Bye.' It goes like this:
 Baby bye, here's fly,
 Let us watch him. you and T.
 .The words were by Theodore Triton.
 "MRs. B. Can some Cornerite give the rest of these verses? They were well known some thirty years ago. but can recall only those quoted above.
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 InyoGd Babies Need Buggy.
 ..I come to the Corner for help to ind an old book, The Planters Northern Bride by Mrs. Caroline Lee Hertz. If any one who reads this can assist me In getting the book 1 shall be most grateful and willing to repay the favor in any way in my power. saw in a recent paper the offer of baby buggy or~cart. have q dear little neighbor who has two invalid babies (she had three until little while ago). and the only way they have of get ting an airing is in a soap box that is nailed to four wheels. l am sure she would be glad to have a cart or buggy. The continued illness in the family, the doctors bills and drugs. and the neces- sity for the poor father to be at home from his work so much precludes the pos- sibility of their buying g baby carriage. hence am asking for this one without the mothers knowledge.
 MRS. R. s. M Es 1 am sure some one will either be able to send you the book you wish or tell you where to secure 1t. l can recollect see Ing copies of it myself in southern homes ysars ago. but 1t is undoubtedly out Of
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print now. As to the baby carriage, l would be only too glad to give you the ad- dress of the kind friend who had offered it had you furnished me with her sigma ture as it appeared appended to her letter. You give no hint, however, by which We can trace her and all 1 can do is to print your letter in the hope that some one else may have baby cart of some sort to give to the little mother of the two invalid t,ot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Raspberry Baparian Cream.

4 The other day l ate most delicious Bavarian cream made of raspberries-at least that is what the hostess called it. She offered me raspberry Bavarian cream" and I was crazy to know how to make it. but didn't feel well enough acquainted with her to ask for the recipe. It was like jelly and yet it was more fiuffy and porous and cold. Do you know what I mean and can you tell me how to mako 1t? B. J.. M
 I have a recipe for something of the sort which I hope may be what you wish. It answers your description we'll so far as being fluffy and porous" and 1t lies with you to have 1t as cold as you choose. Soak half box of gelatlne for an hour In half . cup Of cold water; dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Asks Aid for Needy Clergyman.

have been much interested in the offer of barrel of articles to minister made in your Corner a while ago. and would like to suggest a minister, J. J. T., who breaches gratuitously. He is very poor. as are his parishioners. Some of them live six and eight in one room and have no nourishment much of the time except black coffee and bread made of flour and water will gladly pay freight charges for sending the same.
 "N. A. F." I regret that the barrel referred to has already been devoted to other uses. but I print this letter in the hope that there may be some friend inclined to make thank offering for gospel privileges and home comforts by giving some of the sur plus from their own plenty to aid those composing the parish of J. J. T. In that case will be happy to supply his ad- dress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Could Use Small Scraps.

If any one would send me scraps ot embroidery lace. scanning, or novelty braids, in lengths of two inches or over also scraps of nice white goods or linen lawn, I would greatly appreciate it. am fifteen miles from market and in deli- cate health. I am handy and original with my needle and can make beautiful designs of pieces that others would throw away, so don't think any piece too small to send have two little girls for whose dresses I can make yokes of the pieces, combined with hand work, and help to pass the lonely hot days from now until September, when I hope my health will be better. I would like to suggest to those who have fine light woolen goods, laces, or felt hats they wish to dry clean to try magnesia, which can be bought for cleaning purposes, instead of chalk, meal, or starch I like magnesia much better MRS. ID. ID. B.
 Thank you for the suggestion. Will not many of our Cornerites send the scraps of which this correspondent can make such charming and unusual serv- fee?
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to keep our eyes open for the possibilities of advantageous change. There is ru' into which we all slip and stay until some times it seems as though an earthquahe would be required to shake us out.
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to remedy, but refrained. It wouldn't have done any good. She Is a specimen of a class who will grumble at matters they could cure or at least benefit and who apparently prefer fretting to the eff fort it would cost to make change.
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Obsiinacy or Stupidity.

''I can't bother to fuss so about ice" retorted housekeeper to me when had told her of the merits of the paper ice
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Manu Cling 10 Old Habiis.

1 recollected that occurrence when was making a call in a country town late saturday afternoon and the hostess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Dreamed cheese. Iced tea. DINNER. Yesterdays soup, warmed over. Baked liver. Rice coquettes IleftoverI. Creamed carrots. Watermelon.
 Coffee. FRIDAY. BREAKFAST.
 Berries.
 Cereal. Goldfish creamed. Quick biscuit.
 Coffee. LUNCHEON. Scalloped crab flakes. French fried potatoes. Toasted biscuit lleftoverl. Rhubarb tarts.
 Tea.
 DINNER. Cream of potato soup. Baked bluefish. Stuffed cucumbers. baked. Fried eggplant. Fruit surprise.
 Coffee. SATURDAY. BREAKFAST. Oranges.
 Cereal. Bacon and fried eggs.
 Rolls.
 Coffee. LUNCHEON. l Creamed fish [leftoverl. 6calloped eggplant (leftoverl. Cheese toast. Gingersnaps.
 Iced tea. DINNER. Cream of onion soup. Veal outlet. Baked macaroni. Green corn. Floating island
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SUNDAY. BREAKFAST. stewed rhubarb. Cereal. Fried panfish. Quick mullins. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Veal gelatin. Tomato salad. Cheese toast. Berries and cream. Potato flour cake Iced cocoa. DINNER. Veal and rice broth tleftovetl. Roast ducl<lings. Apple sauce. Mashed potatoes. Green peas. Peach ice cream. Coffee. Ss h MONDAY. BREAKFAsr. Melons. Cereal
 Bacon. Boiled eggn.
 Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Sliced gelatin with cold peas on lettuce 1.-two leftoversl. - Potato biscuit [leftovsrl. Jam. Crackers. Cream cheese Iced tea. -.. DINNER Cream of tomato soup. salmi of duck Spinach. Boiled new potatoes. Berry tarts. Coffee.
 M N TUESDAY. BREAKFAsT. Sliced bansnas with cr.auA Dropped esgs oA toast.
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"I cannot find words to express my gratitude to you and the Corneri.es for
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