East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-27
Woman Ss4 f.s Varied Interests
Social and Club News Personals, Fashions Home Hints
and Other Items Of Interest to the World Feminine.
Portable step is Also Seat.

Every short woman finds many
things about a house are out of reach.
and she must lug about and climb
upon chair or stepladder. A port
able step. made from a box seven OF
eight inches deep. TO which two long
strips of board, with shorter strip
fastened across its two ends. are
nailed. is easy TO carry and easy to-
mount, says the Ladies World. Stained
and vanished. with wider crosspiece
placed short distance above the box
and with removable cushion. II also
furnishes a comfortable and not uR-
slightly seat for a child
Prune Whip
In making prune whip. If the prunes
are soaked and then cooked in a
double boiler you are sure OF their be-
ling tender, says the Newark News
Press the prunes through sieve, add
sugar and lemon juice to flavor and
cook the mixture for few minutes
in the double boiler. Add the prune
pulp to the beaten whites of eggs
the whites of three eggs to half a
pound of prunes is good proportion
and then heap the mixture In sher-
! bet glasses or put into baking dish
end bake in a moderate oven Tor ~
minutes. II the dessert is baked. use
the yolks of the eggs in making
! soft boiled custard to serve with it,
! Worth knowing.
/ To test silk. fray out the threads
and break them. II they snap easily.
| il is not good. The warp threads run
ring lengthwise should be Of equal
strength with the wool thread run
ming crosswise.
| When frying doughnuts 1t is good
idea TO have a dish of boiling water
on the stove AS each cake is done,
lift it out with a fork and dash
quickly into the boiling water and out
again.
If your kitchen is small and crowd
ed. take out the kitchen table ana
have a hinged shelf made. A shell
answers every purpose of table ana
can be put down out of the way when
not in use.
! To flower pansies in the house. SOW
the seed in shallow boxes OF sandy
soil. When they are rooted. transplant
them to wooden boxes or separate
pots. Keep them ute warm. giving
them abundance of water and great
deal of un.-Washington Herald.
Rag and Pocket Inside the Muff.
Starting out on shopping expe'
dition, one woman said to her frleno
aren't you going to carry your hand
bag?" NO" replied the other. y
have made a bag in my muff' and 1t Il
much more convenient than carrying
an extra one this cold weather anc
the muff answers the purpose of botf
muff and bag"
She handed the muff to her com
panion for inspection. In 1t were tw'
bags or pockets, The first was large
being about two thirds the size
one side Of the muff. and in this wer
slipped small packages. letters or any
thing Of the kind that it was necessar
to carry. and large button securei
fastened the lap which prevente
ANYTHING from slipping out.
On the outside of this large pocke
| was a small one for holding a htti
| pocket book and keys. This was ais
II fastened with a large button and but
II tonhole, so that the contents OF IN
i pocket were secure and this saved tn
Il carving of a handbag, which was
II great convenience and enabled tr
n owner of the muff to keep both hant
II protected