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The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
TO GIVE A PUzzL1NG FLAVOR.

A great many herbs and spices whose
usefulness is rarely considered in Amer
lea are used in France and Italy to OBJ
tain the delicate havors for which the
French and Italian dishes are famed.
countries is garlic, which with proper
use tis delicious and with wrong use is
atrocious. A garlic pod is made up Of
number OF little sections called cloves
and one of these. peeled and bruised. is
enough to season an immense dish. For
a little plat made up for two or three
persons. several thin shavings from the
Glove are enough, and where the palate
wishes only the slightest suggestion of
the taste. the serving dish or cooking
vessel may only be rubbed with the garlic
This flavor is necessary for all sauces
that go with spaghetti; a beefsteak rub
bed with garlic before II is cooked is
vastly improved, and two cloves OF 1t put
into incisions in a leg OF mutton or lamb
to be roasted win improve them wonder
fully. Two or three common cloves.
stuck in an onion and boiled with beef
soup. add to the favoring. and II a table
spoonful OF Worcestershire Is put with
lamb or beef to be boiled the taste will
be another thing. Hungarian pepper. or
paprika. is also a very useful commodity
in the kitchen. this giving the most deli
cate flavor to tomato dishes, omelets and
salads OF all sorts. For potato salads
tarragon vinegar is excellent, ard chives
which can be grown in a little pot in any
kitchen. are invaluable for the picquancy
they will give any dish, from an Omelet
TO a fruit salad. SOrrel. which is also
easily grown. is delicious for Friday
soups made Of milk or a rich vegetable
stock with cream.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
The Right Way to Boil Corn,

The Right Way to Boil Corn.
Fill an enamel or granite pot with
plenty of water to cover the amount Of
corn you intend to cook. Bring il to a
boil. and have your corn husked, the
ears broken in half II they are very long.
Salt the water. drop the corn into II at
boiling point, and boil briskly from fiye
to eight minutes, IL the corn is very
young and tender-from eight to twelve
II the kernels are large. Remove with
a large skinner. drain, wrap in a nap
kin or corn doiley and serve Immediately.
Corn cooked in an iron pot Is very apt TO
turn dark, and if allowed to stand in the
water at the back OF the stove il will
become soggy and tasteless.
Corn Pudding, from Same Reader,
For this and all other made dishes In
which corn plays a part, either crate or
press il from the cob II does not mix
well with other ingredients IL il is cut
roughly and coarsely from the cob. II
you lack the patience to crate it. then
with a sharp knife cut through the CEN
ter Of each row of kernels. and with the
blunt side Of the knife, pressed firmly
with downward motion, squeeze out all
the pulp. To one quart OF scraped corn
add one cup of rich milk, lump Of but
ter the size Of a walnut melted and
mixed with the corn, two tablespoonfuIs
of sugar. two well-beaten eggs, salt to
taste. Bake one hour in a buttered pud-
ding dish, set in a pan of boiling water
Have a moderate oven. This will be the
constituency Of a custard. II you want
it a triie thicker beat two tablespoon
fuls Of flour in with the corn before add
ing the other ingredients. Mrs. ]. C.
Tomato and AsPic Jelly for Sum-
mer salad
Tomatoes in small molds Of aspic Jelly
are delicious for high tea or a luncheon
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
POLITENEss FOR EVERY DAY.

Put on your manners with your shirt
waist when you first get up. Don't wait
for the dress-up gown to display your
knowledge OF the rules of conduct and
good breeding. To be sure, you need to
remember these things at the various
functions Of sOciety-at the bridge table,
the dinner party. the dance, and when
making and receiving calls. But where
you need to cultivate politeness most is
in the humdrum Of everyday existence.
In the morning when you awake. per-
haps you are not one OF those who can
bound out of bed with a happy. wide
awake freshness. ready and eager for
the days activities. but at any rate you
can remember that true good breeding
ted voice and courteous behavior as in
sistently at seven in the morning as II
does at seven in the evening.
We need to cultivate family pOliteness,
the kind the cook referred to when she
said, Il have had many places, but
never had 'one before where the family
said please and thank you.' to each
other when there wasn't company" A
rare compliment this cook was paying in
spite OF her unfeigned surprise.
It's a truth we women cannot get
away from that this spirit Of politeness
in the family is almost always the re-
Election of the efforts of the mother or
wife of the household. The young mar
ried woman cannot begin too early to
produce this environment and this at
mosphere upon which so much OF future
smooth sailing depends.
The first time Molly feels an inclina-
tion to come to breakfast with her hair
disheveled, or feels inclines reprove
her little maid for some trifling fault
in the presence of John. or to do any
OF the things she wouldn's do II a guest
were present-thenA and not later. is the
time for her to begin her efforts for
better family manners But the first
time John comes to breakfast in his
shirt sleeves, or insists on burying him
self behind his newspaper, or fails to
give Molly his usual morning kiss on
leaving the house, what then? 1t is still
somehow up to Molly. and this time the
problem isn't quite so easy. For Molly
10 appear angry at Johns negligence
would be folly and to scold him for il
would in most cases be no remedy at all.
why, John" Molly might say with
playful twinkle in her eye and a mock
serious tone in her voice, only bachelors
are allowed to bury themselves behind
their newspapers No, no, / simply can't
bear not seeing you" Then, while John
reluctantly throws aside his paper, the
right sort of Molly should put herself in
her most agreeable mood, the mood she
knows he cannot resist.
When Molly is the mother Of the house.
hold as well as the wife the duty of
keeping up the tone of the family polite
ness still falls on her. There Is nothing
that does so much to make the school
Dr. business day go right as to have
mother start il right in the morning.
In a weIl-regulated English household
1f comfortable means . great deal more
attention is given to everyday family
manners than is normally done in this
For the daughter Of the house
10 appear at the family dinner in any,
thing but a decollete gown would. In
some English households, be taken as q
mark of disrespect to the mother and
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
IN PLACE OF A vAccUM CLEANER

In place Of a vacuum cleaner there are
many ways Of making the task Of keep
ing the carpets clean moderately easy.
When rugs are used they should be
cleaned out Of doors whenever possible.
A good way to do this is to spread them
on a veranda floor. sprinkle them with
bits Of damp paper or sprinkle them
with a damp whiskbroom and then
sweep them carefully on both sides As
soon as one rug Is clean gather the dust
up with a brush and dustpan and burn
IL. Some persons seem to think that
dust does no harm out OF doors. It does
not do SO much harm there as In the
house. to be sure. but Il should be gath
cred up and destroyed Just the same.
All genuine Oriental rugs and many of
domestic make can be washed with soap
and water. The method most successful
is to take a thick suds and apply 1t with
a heavy cloth, wrung almost dry in 1t.
The cloth should be rubbed in the direc-
ton of the nap Of the rug and after all
grease spots and other dirt have disa-
peared the whole surface Of the rug
should be sponged until all trace OF
soap is gone with a cloth wrung out of
clear water. The rug must be left where
IT is cleaned. nat on the floor.
A good soap for cleaning carpets is
made OF half an ounce OF candle wax
old candle ends can be used for the pur-
pose-shredded finely and dissolved In
pint OF boiling water to which a table,
spoonful of ammonia and a lump Of
washing soda the size Of a walnut have
been added. The soap Is ready to use
as soon as 1t is cool enough TO be han
died. II can be used for a suds to clean
rugs in the manner already described.
Rag rugs can be cleaned IL the dye
used is fast by putting them in the tub
and rubbing them on a rubbing board
in soapy water. They can be cleaned
in that way anyway, but they may need
further treatment before they are ready
to use again II the dye Is not fast They
should be dried out OF doors. hung over
a line in the shade. Their own weight
is SUFFICIENT to keep them smooth, as
they are drying.
II the rugs are not fast dyed and II they |
look faded and old after the are washed
treat them to another bath Of dye. Green |
or blue dye mixed with gray will give a
soft, neutral tint that on a rug Of faded |
colors produces a very good result.
A good way TO clean ivory is to rub II |
with lemon Juice and then with a paste !
made of lemon juice and whiting. Let the /
paste on II and then rub the ivory with !
a soft dry cloth.
Banana skins make a very good leather |
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

the photographs can be mounted on the
screen with glass-headed thumb tacks,
or pasted en- under bands of passe-par-
tout binding the color of the burlap.
One of the modern ideas in screen
building is the use OF panes of glass in
the upper half OF the frame In this
way the light is allowed to pass through
while the glass forms an effectual bar
rier against draughts The upper part
of the screen is made much like a win
dow frame. the glass being OF an espe-
| cially fine quality. Rose color. or q
combination of orange and blue. green
and orange, or violet and orange, are
some OF the color combinations adopted.
Frosted or even stained glass may be
had for the purpose.
A pleasing screen has an arched Gothic
top. to the glass of which paper used in
Initiating stained glass is applied. The
Wooden panels below and the frame are
in antique finish with weathered oak
stain This screen stands before a side
window that has an unpleasant outlook,
and when the sun shines through the
glass It floods the room with rainbow
tints.
There is a useful arrangement which
is called sewing screen, and which Is
a necessary adjunct to a sewing room.
II Is a substantial three or four paneled
is handsome, but 10 shut OF the sewing
machine and work In the corner. On the
back are pockets of all sorts for scraps
Of cloth, drawing materials, needle cases.
a thread rack, and Isll the accessories
needed by the seamstress.
Another useful screen. which is low. has
small shelves attached. These are for
the accommodation OF books pots or
vases Of flowers, or bric-a-brac. II is
called a cabinet screen and comes in
many styles. 1t is convenient for the
afternoon tea cup, the empty ice cream
dish or the punch glass.
Some attractive nursery screens are
covered merely with wall paper. They
are the kind that illustrate the various
nursery rhymes Each panel bears a diff
ferent subject. so that, counting both
sides, there are six different rhymes illus
trated.
Figures cut out OF chintz. cretonne, or
silk. and appliqued on denim. enliven
other Juvenile screens. third style
bears pictures embroidered on canvas in
cross stitch. One screen represents a
menagerie, and the animals are such spe-
cimens as Alice might have been expect
ed to tind in Wonderland. These screens
are useful to shut on the children's bed
from the rest of the nursery. or to en-
circle the baby's crib when he is taking
his nap in a room occupied by other per-
sons.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
Seasonable Dishes Donated by Many Readers

course. Use small tomatoes. Pour boiling
water over them. peel and set away in the
ice box to cool. For the jelly use half
package Of gelatine soaked in half a cup
fu; Of white stock. II is ready for usc
when dissolved. Add to a cupful and a
half of stock salt TO taste. a dash Cf
tabascc sauce. a tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Add this to the gelatine. Before It
thickens cut the tomatoes in thick slives,
take out the seeds and put in the molds.
FIJI each one to the top with the asplc.
II you have no stock make the aspic
with meat extract. This may be made n
one large mold IL you choose. Serve with
Il thin bread and butter or cheese sand
wiches. A READER.
Tomatoes and Eggs.
Tlis makes a delicious luncheon dish.
Cook six eggs until they are very hard
lolIed. Peel them and keep warm as pos
sIble Make a sauce as follows: A table
spoon OF butter and a tablespoon of -four.
mixed with one cup Of stewed tomatoes
Add to this one green pepper minced very
fine, one tablespoon of parsley chopped
very fine, and salt to taste. Have ready
six slices of toast Whole wheat bread Is
delicious for this toast IL you have tiff
not, the white will answer. Toast the
bread a golden brown. and butter. O0
each piece Of toast put one hard-boiled
egg. and pour the sauce over it.-Jane.
DIEestibIe Cucumbers.
Peel four fresh, ripe, medium-sized Gu
cumbers, cut in four lengthwise stripes,
remove all spongy parts and wipe them
dry. Heat one and a half tablespoonfuls
of melted butter in an iron saucepan,
add a finely sliced onion and a seeded
green pepper, fry for ten minutes, occa-
sionally stirring. and lay the cucumbers
over. Season with a light teaspoonful Of
salt and half a teaspoonful OF curry
powder. Pour in half a cup Of water
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S ALMANAC
MONDAY. July n.

MONDAY n.
We haven to our
blouses call for
n smoo her.
TUESDAY,
woman recently shned her aundress Tuesday work in the
where with electric
comfort
WEDNESDAY,
of a
regime of baths A
baths should be short, a long debftating
THURSDAY
On the maids day why simplify by having dinner
meat salad cooling
fish, cooking Friday
o up after.
SATURDAY AUGUsT1.
tighten the laundry
napkins
the NAL ones
II
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
HOT WEATHER BEAUTY.

Summer is the ideal time for curing
defects in the complexion. Precipitation
keeps the skin active and the variety
of fruits and fresh vegetables aids the
digestion. II a girl will stop eating meat.
or at least reduce her meat diet. and
substitute eggs and plenty of fresh milk,
with a variety of fresh vegetables and
salads dressed with pure olive oil, she
will need no attention from the family
physician except in case of emergency.
Let her also drink plenty of fresh. cool,
not ice cold, water between meals, not
at table. A full goblet should be taken
the first thing after rising. Or, II there
is a tendency to biliousness, try boiling
hot water with a dash Of lemon, drunk
just before retiring.
Substitute fresh or stewed fruit for
pastry and puddings common to the
winter dinner table.
Bathing is particularly essential in the
summer and the daily bath will exercise
a magical effect on muddy complexion.
The languid girl will find exhilaration in
the salt bath, using a handful OF COM
mon table salt, or the sea salt which
comes in sacks at any drug store, added
to the ordinary tepid or warm bath
Vinegar baths are a veritable tonic TO
the sluggish skin, and are taken best IN
the form Of a sponge. Add half cup
of pure vinegar or wine vinegar to a big
sponge in this and allow the water 10
soak into the face and then run down in
tiny streams all over the body. Pat, do
not rub dry. On the other hand, when
taking your regulation warm bath, rub
the skin hard. This removes the dead
cuticle. Do not expect to have clear
complexion Il your body is not properly
cared Cc,. Part of your breathing is
done thr n the minute pores Of the
skin, and they must be kept open by
proper cleansing from scalp 10 sole of the
foot
Go back to the days Of Cleopatra for
your nightly ablutions. Battle your face
with sweet milk or buttermilk DO not
use a sponge OF old rag for this bath,
but buy from your druggist jar Of
small balls of sterilized absorbent cot
ton, such as surgeons use for cleansing
wounds. Pour the milk into saucer,
dip the ball into this and sop your face
thoroughly with II. Use fresh ball Tor
each bath.
sSiled washrags are actually danger
Gus. and the tidy girl keeps one rag
for her face and another for her body.
The former is boiled religiously. Some
girls have two face cloths, one for rub
bling on the soap and another for rims
ing. Washing the face with the hands
is a particularly dangerous practice in
summer, as vegetable poisons are par
ticularly virulent at this season. Wash
the hands first, rinse and then wash the
face
II the skin is oily. and the water which
you use is hard, soften II with pinch
Of borax, bicarbonate Of soda or a few
drops of ammonia. Compound tincture
Of benzoin is the daintiest Of all prep
arations for softening water, and is re-
freshing to the skin in summer. Twelve
drops should be added to an ordinary
bowl of water.
When the oil exudes in quantities that
keep the skin shiny at all times, try
this lotion. applied as suggested for |
milk baths:
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seasoned with little cider vinegar and
bol for five minutes. Then set in oven
for thirty-five minutes. being careful to
baste the cucumbers once in a while
Remove. place on a hot dish. pour en-
tire contents Of pan over it and serve
Particular"
Fruit I'm SiruP.
noticed last summer when we were
staying at a pension in Paris that at
luncheon for dessert almost any sort OF
fresh fruit was served covered with a
thick syrup. very cold. Currants are de-
licious in this way and taste decidedly
more dessert-Iike than when served
plain. I have also tried peaches cut in
dice, and pineapple, apricots. and our
various summer berries. l make the
syrup Oy boiling for five minutes equal
parts of sugar and water. Then chill ii
thoroughly before pouring over the
chilled and prepared fruit-Traveler.
Pineapple Ice.
An inexpensive frozen dessert. Crate
fresh ripe pineapple into a large
earthen bowl stir into IL the strained
Juice OF one lemon and a syrup made
from two cups of water, boiled with
one cup of sugar and a tablespoonful
of gelatin. which has been soaked for
an hour or more in cold water. When
the mixture is cool, turn into the
freezer. freeze firm, serve in glasses
with a maraschino cherry on top OF
each. and small cakes like lady fingers
or macaroons.
Apricot SIousse.
Stew half a pound of apricots until
they become a very soft pulp and pass
through a sieve. To each pint of pulp
add the grated rind OF half a lemon, a
teaspoonfuI of lemon juice. one tea
spoonful of vanilla. and half a cup of
hot cream. Dissolve one ounce OF gela-
tine in half a cup of hot cream. add the
sieved apricots Whip two cups of
sweet cream and add one teaspoonfuI
of sugar. Add to the gelatine mixture,
beating all together lightly for a few
and pour into a fancy molo
until cold and firm.-From Frozen
Dessert.
with PiStache.
A very cool and pretty dish for din
ner on a summer night is pistache par
fait. Use your ordinary recipe for va
nilla ice cream, color il green with
vegetable coloring and flavor with pis-
tache. When ready to serve, put this
into the tall glasses so much used for
serving ices. Add a maraschino cherry
and a bit OF the juice; then on top heap
a large spoonful OF whipped cream, or
you may put the cherry in the heart OF
the whipped cream.-From Old Cook.
Peach Pudding.
FIJI the baking dish half full of good
sized pieces of fruit over which con-
sugar has been scattered. Then
make a batter of the yolks Of three eggs.
four tablespoonfuls of sugar. three OF
cream and the same amount of flour.
Stir well together, and then add the
beaten whites Of the eggs, unless you
prefer to keep them for mertngue. Pour
the batter over the fruit and bake for |
about three-quarters OF an hour.
Queen Cup.
This is a very dainty dessert which 1
serve in high glasses. We like 1t on
warm days. To make 1t fill the glasses
half fun with fine pieces of orange, from
which all the stringy pulp has been re-
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
SANITARY DISH CLOTHS.

Mosquito netting is used by some
women for dish cloths. 1t has the great
advantage OF being cheap. or course. 1t
would not do for cleaning pots and pans.
But pot and pan cloths can be made
from old sugar bags or squares from
burlap bags in which potatoes are pack
ed. The mosquito netting dish cloth is
easy to keep clean and moreover II can
be thrown away when II has been used
for a few days. A quarter OF a yard OF
cheesecloth makes one cloth. White
should be chosen.
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moved. thinly sliced bananas, cubes of
pineapple and a maraschino cherry
Cover with a tablespoonful of honey sirup
and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. over
this compete of fruit heap pineapple ice
or marshmallow parfait. made as fol-
lows: Mince and melt one pound OF
marshmaIlows in one pint of fruit Juice
shredded pineapple brought TO a boil
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

vary'in size. Screens filled with the pho
tographs-the amateurs best efforts
are suitable for sitting room or lib
rary, but are hardly in place in for
NAL drawing room. The screens on
Which photographs are mounted should
be fiat, covered with denim or buriap and
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26

in its own juice. Boil one cup Of water
and two cups of sugar till it threads Stir
into it the beaten whites of two eggs.
Add the marshmallows and one table
spoonful OF lemon juice and beat until
cold. Fold in from one to two cups Of
thick cream whipped stiff. Pack in a
can and let il stand in ice and salt fOz
three ! Ours.-Mrs. Jane G.
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USEFUL SCREENS.

Screens decorated with coIored prints,
etchings or photographs. which are in
serted in frames at the top Of each
screen panel, may be had at reasonable
prices. Glass covers the pictures, which
The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIVES

polish. They should be rubbed firmly
and evenly along the surface Of the
leather. 1t Is the oil in them that has
good effect upon the leather
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Hn1uN, and mo- enthusiasm No Is 4
0'g..t professional market Iu. very iu.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-07

The internal politics of tho United Kingdom have reached. in the struggle for home rule. an impasse which Is threatening to become more dangerous every day. The leaders of the four parties engaged in the conflict have announced, with studied impressive less, the maximum concession they arc prepared to give, or the minimum of demand they arc determined [" make. Tn such circumstances, 1t would set m as if the only issue WAS by force Az q matter of fact, probably no one. Inni even Sir Edward Carson. believes tlnt an appeal will he made to tho sword. The people of the United Kingdom have u genins for muddling through It Is true that the phil"s"- phrr historian periodically warns them that such method cannot W {
 tinucd with impunity. Nevertheless Cliver Cromwell is not the only "g"v- ernor of England" who has ended an argument by throwing cushion at ar opponent:
 IL is to bc expected. therefore, that it will bo in the feathers of arEu- me mt rather than in tho smoke of riii $ tEat tho Irish settlement will take place. In other words. that tho agrcc- mont will be reached in the council chamber and not on tho battlefield. Any other solution ls positively un- thinkablc. Only those talk lightly oc civil war who have never clearly form ul.itcd to themselves the precise con dition of hell typifed in 1t. "The N ounds of civil warfare" says Lucan- us in the pharsalia. ''arc deeply seat ed. deeply seated that the risk cf inflicting them should never be In cured except when every effort '" nvcid the struggle has failed.
 Tn the present case it can hardly i.c prctcnded that every effort has failed. NTr. I.lOyd George declared, quito recently. with something less tInn his usual sense of humor, that if fighting began it would mt bc en- titcly on one side. That, 1t may he !. marked l.,ran"t eticaliy. is the nn- t,,c of fighting, pnd It Is also the pre- else danger nf th, situation. Fighting u.Hy t+,kr place because ono side has ,.ot sufficient destraint to resist tho ,ss.,.nntion of Inc other. When Dom- lsslcs hmngs his lmcts on the tree ,nd there have been Ronbastes on hath sides of the present struggle--it I. hardly in tho nature of the Irish- n,an to resist taking them down. Ul-