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Evening journal., 1914-08-25

CARD OF THANKS.
I wish to thank the friends and neighbors
for the floral offerings and sympathy ex
tended to me 40 the death Of my brother,
George $. Mcknight
Mrs ID. w Thompson*
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making and selling lunches to automobile parties. Her house stands near the road and she began by putting up a sign in the front of her house calling the attention of motorists to her light lunches. which con sisted of sandwiches ranging ia price from 0 to 10 cents each; also cold milk or butter milk and other drinks she sold for cents per glass. It was splendid idea and she soon had fine list of regular callers. She afterwards found that there was a de- mand for lunches to be packed. She bought dainty small paste board boxes and packe lunches, delicious and clean and tasty. con- sistng mostly of hard oiled eggs, fruits. cakes. or cookies, and sold these at mod crate prices. The demand for the lunches increased and she became popular and she has now worked up a trade. and in this way she has supplied herself with pin money. clothed herself and family. and made fine little profit for herself. l send this account in the hope the suggestion may be of serv- ice to some one who wishes to earn money at home. MRS M. sB. NJ
 There are always many of these, and l hope most sincerely that the idea may ap- peal to some one in the right environment
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life. If you live in country neighbor- hood inclined to sociability. don't let your self slip into the idea that you are getting too old for such giddiness and that the place for you is at your own nresde. Even if you are more comfortable there than any where else. an occasional excursion will send, you back home better satisfied than before and with a fresh appreciation of the delights that surround you there.
 Don't be afraid to join a womans club. If there isn't one for you to join, start one. You will find enough other women to en- courage you to make success sure. You may not study deep subjects: you may only discuss home problems. but they will look different after you have talked them over with others. and from such a beginning you are pretty sure to work naturally into the topics of which the world is full now the work women are doing everywhere for themselves and for other women; all that is meant by settlement and industrial work in womens lives; tho strides they have taken in literature and the arts and sci- epees; the new modes of education, and . hundred cognate themes
 Many of the new theories and isms you will take up only to throw down; you will turn from others with contempt. and there may be fe7s of whichyou will actually approve. but none the less they will start you to thinking, they will tug you out of the environment in which you felt your self fixed. and when you go back to it you will feel awakened and reused and better able to do your work than when you left it.
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She Neper Took q Nap.

Such economy is really extravaganza. What else had the rugmaker paid for the labors of her hands besides time and effort She had given up the companionship of her husband and children the chance 10 brighten herself up, the opportunity to keep in touch with her nearest and dearest and to save herself from slipping into the ranks of the old fogies and back numbers. More than this, she had made her children pay, too, and her husband had contributed his share, although she didn't know 1t and per hape he hardly suspected it himself But he had learned that her society was not necessary to him any more than his was to her; she had had shown him that their interests and those of her children were divergent.
 As l pondered over it all came to the conclusion that those rugs were among the costliest floor coverings that had ever come my way.
 ." never have time for a nap" was the reply made to me by an acquaintance to
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Pleasures al the Preside.

Bring your children and your husband into your change of air. Perhaps your life is such that 1t is next to impossible for you to leave your homo for neighborhood club Even so, the world is still full of . number of things which you may learn about without quitting your fireside. Com pare the farm life of today. With the tel ephone, the rural free delivery, the parcel post, the cheap ma gaines. the daily papers. with what it was a couple of decades ago, Is there any real reason why you should not keep in touch with what is going on In the world: that you should not interest your family in nature clubs, in puzzle clubs. in study clubs; that you should not read together and play together and help to keep one another from slipping into grooves so deep that you cannot see over the edges of them?
 Don't think I am going too far when urge you. the busy woman who thinks always of working for others and of saving time that she may do the more for them, to bestow a little attention on your clothes.J We all of us know-or ought to know--the stimulating effect of good looking gar ments Try to see what becoming hat or gown or a new way of dressing your hair will do in the way of lifting you out of the rut. l can't believe you will say that no one will see you except your family-not even if you add that they never notice how you look.
 I don't credit that statement. and when you think it over carefully you won't either. They may not observe details. but they are not blind to the general effect; they know if you look trim or shabb and when you are becomingly dressed. Try and see. Try the other changes, too, and let me know the result. and if 1t confirms or con- tradicts my theories that not all your economies are marked by genuine wisdom.
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7uOUR talk on 'The Problem of Sf Charge or Cash was of much
 4 interest to me. have always
 found it to my advantage to
 pay as l go. One reason for my doing so is because we change our ad- dress quite frequently on account of my husbands position and there is nothing so dreadful as stack of bills to settle when one has to leave hurriedly. Anc ,er reason is that find l get my moneys worth and I always. when trying new brand of goods, tell my dealer that will return It if not satisfactory. l always buy the best not necessarily the most expensive-as It pays in the long run. l do my own buying personally, never by telephone. One can learn a great deal by talking over the different articles with some one who knows about them. Something I would like to suggest in the way of economy is that be- fore going out to market the housekeeper should make list of the articles wanted aud of tbeir approximate prices. You have no idea new much can be saved by this simple little habit. I don't keep a regular expense account, because l allow myself just about so much week. and find tha checking uI before spending is better than doing so afterwards. My husband and 
 weeks we olvide what has been left above running expenses and put it to our sepa- rate accounts. Besides that have a sep arate accourt made up of odds and ends. l save for maybe month or six weeas: then I buy something that I need. do nearly all .f my own sewing, so that bar gains have little temptation for me. Just now am saving to buy the fine white linen for a summer dress AS soon as the new sprirg goods come in ] will get material and embroider it, and when get through will have dress that if bought ready made would cost me $40 or $50. but will cost me about s10. and it will be something out of the ordinary. In buying food always think of the stomach and not the garbage can. l try not to waste, but sometimes if cannot be avoided, especially in sum- ,ner hope some of these ideas may be of use to others. MRS. J. Il. G.
 This is a long letter, but have printed it because it is rich in helpful suggestions which I believe will be of genuine assists nee to other housekeepers. l am especially impressed with the management of money affairs as well as with the plan followed in marketing. l am not sure that agree with her entirely in thinking that there is bound to be waste in summer. for l believe by purchasing judiciously and by under standing how to use up the scraps that cannot be eaten at once-as canning vegeta- bles, preserving fruit, and potting meats or fish, even if only small amount of each os put up at a time--it is possible to elim
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Will Feel Like Another Woman.

butter. two cups sugar, four cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder. Save part of the raisins and oceans for filling. Roll the rest of the raisins in enough -four to cover them; mix the same as any other cake batter. Use a white icing to cover the cake.
 MRS. J. W. S."
 Thank you for the recipe. am sure 1t will prove of service.
 Exchange for Crochet Work.
 "I have a number of books in excellent shape, some health books. some history. some on chemistry, physical geography. and one on art, a manual on painting china and in oils. For these books l have no further use and I would like to exchange them for crochet work, hand embroidery. and hand painted china. I also have a beautiful silk piece quilt new, that would like to exchange. l also have a number of last years women's magazines I would like to send to some shut-in. This Is my first visit to your Corner. MRS. l.. NJ.
 We shall be glad to have you come again. Any one offering books brings her well come with her and we are sure to have ap- plications for your address soon. I trust
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FEW MISTAKEN ECONOMIES.

H VERY woman who is worth anything - has a certain pride in her economies
 Yet sometimes 1 wonder If they all
 understand just what is meant by
 wise economy. When l say thls am not speaking of the saving of money of the care of leftovers. of the endeavor to set good table for a limited sum, of the at tempt to make a dollar do the work of dollar and a half without the suspicion of the family that you are cutting down out lay. All these things we who are house keepers strive to do constantly and con tinuously and for such economies only praise is due. But there are other savings into which you are led in your effort to re- duce expenses, and 1t is the wisdom of these which I question.
 Take in the first place the saving of time How do you save 1t and what do you put into 1t after 1t Is saved7 I know what some of you do Only the other day l was told by woman that she had made four rag rugs since the first of last October, cut the pieces. sewed them, and braided them did them in the odd moments" she said I been out anywhere this winter. My hus- band and my children go off together to lec- lures and plays and concerts and they beg me to go along, but tell them can t afford the time. When look at my rugs" con templating complacently the four spread out on the floor between us, feel amply repaid for having saved my time and money"
 Was such an economy worth while? wondered within myself while l E. and chatted with her and heard her details of how long 1t had taken her to sew the rags for this rug and the difficulties and inter iuptions she had had while braiding that. The rugs were pretty and useful-but the woman who made them looked tired, her complexion showed the lack of outdoor exer- else, the lines In her face testified to the little cares which she had unused on while she worked; her conversation was limited to home happenings and household occupa- tions. She showed through all her being the need of breath of fresh air, of diver sion. of outside occurrences which would take her mind off the small things which encompassed her.
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for making use of the plan. l have hea d of its being tried with success in other localities, and if one may judge from the lack of good eating places on the roads ire quented by automobile parties, there is room for many such establishments. l am grateful for Mrs. M. B. M. for taking the trouble to write on the subject.
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 .An Inpalid Bop.
 /" have boy who is an invalid and for some time. has been obliged to sit all the time in a chair. He is II years old and has never been able to attend school or study on account of his nerves, and the days seem long to him. Do you suppose some one could send him something to amuse him. like beads to string. etc? MRs A. c. W" hope that some one will be able to send something to help the boy while away the weary hours. either the beads his mother suggests. paints. picture puzzles, or some thing of the sort. At the same time it strikes me that it Is great mistake not to try to give him some instruction: at least ne should be taught to read. terrible prospect lies before him if his life should be spared for years to come and he has no more resources than he possesses at pres ent. will give his address to any one who feels disposed to send him anything or to communicate with his mother.
 * < " ants an Address.
 would like to get in touch with B. D S., who gave doughnut recipe in the Cor ner not long ago. MRS. w. l.. B." It would give me pleasure to supply this address if I had it, but we do not keep the names of those who send us recipes and either ask nothing in return or make no request to us to place them in communi- cation with other correspondents. I am printing the note above in the hope that it may possibly meet the eye of B. D. S. and that she will write and tell me how she can be reached by letter.
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 Copy of Poem.
 am this day in receipt of a letter from you in regard to the poem of which wrote to you some time ago and. have written to one of the names you gave me for copy of the poem. I am much indebted to you and will feel under greater obligations still if you can find for me the other poem. en- titled The Kentucky Girls F. g. IT. Can some friend supply this second poem to this correspondent?
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 " Washing Comforter.
 Here is the way in which wash bed comforter. Try it for yourself: Cut the knots and rip Open the edges. take top and bottom on. roll your batting up. and wash
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mate practically all waste from the kitchen that is. if the buying has been done wisely in the first place. I would like to know if other housekeepers agree with me in this or if they think that some waste is in- evitable.
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whom l remarked that l believed my after noon doze had heightened my days and multiplied my powers of work. She spoke with the tone of virtuous superiority char acteristic of those who glory in not yield ing to ordinary weakness. There Is so much to do that if lie down for even if teen minutes find pile of work awaiting me when get up. No, keep steadily at it from the time rise in the morning until | go to bed at night. There is no chance for me to take a nap in the afternoon.
 She looked 1t. Her colorless face was drawn and wrinkled. although she had barely reached middle age; there was stoop to her shoulders which almost amounted to a hump her voice was fiat and tired; she had apparently no interests be- yond the smoke of her own chimneys. To be sure her house was as clean as wax; her bills were kept down to a phenomenally small sum for a household so well fed; she had fixed date for taking up and putting down carpets and for taking down and put ting up curtains and her whole establish ment moved like well oiled ma achinery.
 Yet. did it pay? Does 1t pay for any of us? Wouldn't the woman who prided her
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Lines of Relqxdtion.

Lines ot fHelqxdtIon-
 As a matter of course is impossible to dictate to any set of women a line of relax ation which VII fit the case of every one of them. The woman who lives in the city has provided for her amusements which may cost her nothing or a good deal, ac- cording as she selects them. The theaters. moving picture shows, and other affairs of a similar nature would nsake drain upon her purse, but there are also many con certs, recitals. lectures. etc, which are free and for which she will need to pay nothing besides carfare and the tme she must take for the outing
 For the woman in the country there are no such diversions. She must seek other lines for her recreation, and. believe me, you are wise when you put some of the time you have saved into thinking and planning for something to change your current of
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Interested in Relics.


 Have any of your readers any Indian relics of old firearms? I will return the favor in any way can if the owner is will ing to exchange and will tell me what is wished in return. c. S."
 Could you please tell me of some per sons who are interested in old relics. l have a watch that is about 12O or 125 years old -four cylinders). It was worn by a prominent physician of Fulda, Hesse-Nas- sau, who once served for while mili- tary stafr physician under Napoleon I. A history of the watch can be secured through the surviving members of the doctors fam fly in Fulda- H. K. M"
 These two letters are put together be- cause the writers of both evidently seek an exchange in much the same line. hold the addresses of the writers and will give them to those who wish to arrange exchanges. * x
 Sells Lunches 10 Autoists. , l" In small town near large city live . woman who has made fine profits from
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duties. Rather are you inclined to make slaves of yourselves and to permit the inn mediate duty of the day to blind you tc your duty to yourself, to the necessity of keeping yourselves in trim, physically and mentally. and of doing this by seeking recreation. even if 1t costs little money. Depend upon 1t, it will be money well spent
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and starch the covering, iron and tacl1back on the batting. can easily fix two in ono day. I have @ comfort that have used twenty years. and the battingis is as soft as down. I also send my recipe for making coffee Put one teaspoonful of ground cof- fee for each cup in the coffee pot. When your meal is almost ready to be served, say in about ten minutes, pour boiling water over the coffee and wrap the coffee pot up 10 keep 1t good and hot or else allow 1t to sit on the hearth to keep it hot. but do not allow it to boil for a single instant. It will settle and all the strength will have been drawn from the coffee in about ten minutes, and it will taste just as the fresh ground coffee smells HoUsuKEEPER."
 Thank you both for the suggestions about washing the comforter and also for the recipe for coffee. Only the other day heard woman lament the difficulty she had in getting a good cup of coffee. If your recipe can help any one to secure this deli cacy you have earned the right to be called a benefactor The other suggestions you are good enough to send will appear else where.
 Copy of Little Book.
 "I am quite anxious to obtain . copy of a little book had thirty years ago. It was either The Golden Reader or The Golden Book of Choice Reading or else nearly this title., If any one has such book and does not care for 1t will gladly . pay postage on it. MRS. L. A. NJ" Can the book to which you refer possibly be Palgraves Golden Treasury "? This contains only poetry and you do not state if your book had prose selections as well. have kept your address and if any ono can give you correct information shall be glad to pass it on to you.
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 Wants Flopcr Seeds.
 wrote to you last spring and have received so many nice things that feel encouraged to make you another reouest, My husband has had untold pleasure with the banjo and violin sent him by your read ers He is the blind colored man. Hs plays all day long and Is happier than ever expected to zee him again. Will some of the kind friends send me flower seeds nd bulbs. hothouse cuttings. or any old tim.v garden flowers that they can spareI
 ELLA H."
 The time Is not far distant when garden workers will be pulling up extra shoots and thinning out seedlings among their flower beds. If there are many such plants or any other that they do not need, will thev remember this petition? If the novere give 4s much Joy to her as the musical in struments have dsne to her husband shs givsrs will be vel repaid.
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you are better and happier for 1t, your family have profited by it, if you feel your self to be the woman you would have been if you had devoted yourself less stren- uously to the toll of saving money and time and allowed yourself occasonal relaxation
 This seems to be topic to provoke quota tions. Two more come to me:
 little nonsense now and then
 Is roished by the best of men.t tor woInenl,
 And .E M ~ f F
 All work and'no play makes Jsckla-iu boy, saying which applies equally well to Jill.
 Before this l have talked to you upon the duty of caring for your health, o. getting the proper amount of sleep and exercise and a sensible diet, of dressing rationally. To my mind it is fully as important for you to allow yourself outings once in a while to cast aside work and in measure put your duty behind you now and then-and see what complete change of mental air will do for you. Depend upon 1t. you will feel like another woman after it.
 Does this sound as though l were coun- selling frivoity and neglect of your tasks !? l am not afraid of that with those of you to whom l especially address these. re- marks. You who need such advice are not of the light headed variety. constantly seeking an excuse to escape your natural
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in Baskct Making.


 Can you advise me where l can get n- stuctions in basket making and get the materials? My brother. who is an invalid. wishes he could find a way of learning to make baskets. He Is paralyzed In the lega and is anxious to find some means of earn ing money as well as to help pass the time.
 MRS. R. B. w." It is impossible for me to give addresses on this page, as I have said frequently. but l hope your letter may reach the eye of some one who can write to you or to your brother personally and supply directions for making the baskets and tell where to procure tho reed and rafila used in their manufacture. It is work that Is easily learned, I know. and 1t would certainly furnish way to pass the time, even If it would not be possible to earn large sums until certain degree of proficiency was acquired. l will give your address to ans one inclined to assist you.
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Prince of Wales Cakc.

~' In reply to an application for Prince of Wales cake. am happy to send my recipe. l hope you may like it as well as we do. Brown part-Two cups sugar. one cup but ter. one cup sour milk. five and a half cups flour, one teaspoon soda dissolved in water. two tablespoons each of nutmeg, cinna- mon. cloves. and moIasses; yolks of six eggs half pound each of raislns and oceans
 White baritone cup sweet mllk. one cup
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Applcs on Sticks.

notice that some one applies for recipe for apples on sticks. I inclose the recipe, although I call it candy apples l don't know why children consider them n improvement upon plain apples. but they seem to; Cook without stirring two and one-half cups of granulated sugar with a gill of water: when little forms a soft ball in cold water add a tablespoon of but ter and cook until brittle thread forms in cold water. Have apples washed. dried. and impaled at the blossom end on a skewer. Dip each apple into the sirup, cool and dip again until the coating is the desired thick ness. l.. H. L..
 Thank you much for the recipe. which l hope may meet the eyes of the corre- spondents who have requested it, and thank you even more for the friendly words you write in the personal part of your letter. Such gratitude means a great deal to me in the way of encouragement and cheer.
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you may be able to arrange the exchanges you desire.
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" .ashing c C,omforter.

Here is the way in which wash bed comforter. Try it for yourself: Cut the knots and rip Open the edges. take top and bottom oft. roll your batting up. and wash