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Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06
CAPITAL HOUSEWIVES
PLAN SERVANT REFORM

Washington, Feb. 6.--"An ignorant
mistress makes an indolent servant.
Holding this truth to be self evident
the Housekeepers' Alliance of Wash
ington has undertaken the education
of its 200 members in household eco
nomics as a part of it's general scheme
to solve the servant problem and in
cidentally keep the cost of living with
in reasonable bounds. 1t has organized
a preference circle" which will meet
once a month. Here each member will
bring her domestic problems for anal
ysis, and the bride may learn from the
experience of the woma nwho has Gel
ebrated her silver wedding.
Eventually the alliance will estab-
lish a school for housekeeping, where
girls, especially those from the coun-
try will be trained as cooks, dining
room girls, and nurse girls" said Mrs.
Guion Miller, president of the organi-
zation, in an interview with a United
Press correspondent today. ain the
meantime, however, we believe that
the average wife and mother has much
to learn in the way of proper manage
ment, and the reference circle was or
ganized to meet this particular need.
It's meetings are open to every woman
interested in running household and
its discussions are most informal"
One of the objects of the circle is to
stop the abuse of references" by SER
wants. Every reference presented to a
member of the circle is religiously fol-
lowed up and they have promised to
issue no laudatory references to in.
compctents. A card index showing the
records of several hundred girls is one
of the features of this work.
The alliance also devotes much at
tention to retail grocers and butch
ers. 1t takes the position that the mid
dleman is necessity, but that hi
profits should be reasonable and hi;
products clean and wholesome. Mrs
Harvey w. Wiley is one of the leading
members Of the alliance.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06
WOMAN'S COLUMN

keepers not to accept guests thus at
tired.
The Cologne Velkszeitung prints a
long signed protest declaring the cos
tunes shockingly improper and calling
upon the police to "save the pure at
mosphere of our mountains from con.
tamination."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06
Field Meet for Women

San Francisco, Feb. Ga field
meet for women, along the lines of
similar events in eastern colleges, will
be held at the University Of Califor-
MIA on Saturday, February IA. The
competition is to take place on Hearst
HALL courts at Berkeley and will be
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06

dinner is a bale of hay, my lunch a
pail of bran. l think the people are
but fools who, young, lie down and
die; if you'll adopt my simple rules,
you'll life as long as l." The old mans
hearer, startled much, no doubt in
wonder cries: "The mantle of Doc
Woodsy Hutch upon his shoulders
lies."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06
BY Margaret Wilson

Written for the United PreSs)
There was a tango maiden
And she had a tango smile,
She wore a tango bonnet
And she danced a tango mile;
She met a tango teacher
And became his tango wife:
And ever since they've lived, |
hear,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
THE NEW HOME.

Everything about a home depends
upon the way its possessors start
a beginning made without due
thought given to what we are buying
means waste; it means buying things
which before long we are certain
to find are not what we wanted,
and of which We are sure to be-
come tired Buying in haste means
repentinS at leisure. Where the
income is limited, there particularly,
must be exercised deliberation of
choice
We must let our home speak our
own likes and dislikes The home
should speak its owners tastes and
their ideas, and not the tastes and
ideas of their neighbors or friends
What suits one house rarely is in
place in another.
Let the start be made on the basis
of ones own originality, and not a
dependence upon the ideas Of eth
er furniture, people or neighbors
Let time be factor in the develop
ment Of the home. Do not get the
mad desire to complete every room
at once. A home finished for the
mere idea of getting it finished al
ways shows the earmarks of the
effort
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
HON E-MADE MUCllAGE.

The following mucilage recipe is
beyond comparison-very simple in
preparation, not at all sticky to the
touch, and is odorless, an essential
in covering jelly. The most delicate
paper work may be done without
fear Of spot or discoloration. For
labelling bottles it is perfection, as,
after once dry, a damp cloth will
not remove the label.
THE RECIPE.
twenty-five cents worth of gum
tragacanth; soak in one quart of
soft water two or three days, add
twenty-five cents worth Of alcohol.
This may be made in a large bot
tie with wide top. 1t is best to
make it in dish and whip it oc-
casionally with fork At TIE end
of three days add the alcohol to
the water and gum tragacanth.
Beat well, strain through a cheese
cloth from one dish into another and
put into bottles or fruit jars. Use
a large funnel to fill smaller bot
les for everyday use.
After six months should sug-
gestion of mold appear, the mucilage
is not injured; wipe away with a
cloth, leaving the bottle open for
a few days. If at any time it should
become thick, thin with water and
alcohol, or alcohol alone.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

CORRECT COL ORS REFLECT REFINEMENT

Red is the most popular color, It
is the first choice of the uneducated
and of the savage and barbara
people. 1t eXcites and enrages ami
mails. A child who is given a toy
paint-boX will use more red than
any other pigment. Green. when
low in tone and inclined to yellow,
as in nature. is a restful color. and
next to red the most popular.
A combination of primary red with
primary green presents two active
and eXcitable colors. One is the com
plement of the other. and, when
placed together, each is shown at
its greatest intensity. The red then
ippears redder and the green green
er than under any other conditions.
Women. because they give more
constant thought to the selection Of
articles for personal adornment and
he decoration of the home, are
more sensitive to the personal APP
peal in color than are men.
Among the uneducated, the color
sense is crude and barbaric. With
education comes refinement. For
example, woman of the peasant
type will wear green skirt and
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
COFFEE BUNS,

One cup scalded milk. y cup
sugar Il cup lard. Il cup butter,
y even teaspoon salt and cinnamon.
Melt and dissolve these in the hot
milk When luke warm add l yeast
cake dissolved in 4 cup luke warm
water. add > beaten eggs. Mix in
SO cups of bread flour, cover and
let rise over night. In the morn
ing add enough more flour and
knead 90 minutes. Let it rise I'M
I'll double its bulk Knead again for
five minutes roll out into a sheet
about p inch thick. spread lightly
with softened butter sift over
very little cinnamon and ! cup Of
sultana raisins. Roll up like a jelly
roll cut off slices z inches wide
lay them with the cut side down on
well-ereased pan, let rise until
double their size Bake in mod
erately hot oven Is or 20 minutes
When done glaze them with con
fectioner's sugar dissolved in cream
or milk
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
COOK NEEDS BEST UTENSILS.

COOK NEEDS BEST UTENSILS
Every housewife should study the
best and simplest way of preparing
food. in order that she may have
time at her disposal for the o. err
duties in and out of the home and
TO add to her own leisure and
means of self-improvement Elabor
ate menus are entirely impossible
when one woman doc ell the work
On the other hand simple whole
some meals, with intelligent cook
ing and serving. are blessing to
al concerned.
A good cook seriously objects to
poor cooking utensils. Stirrin@
cake with a small frail spoon. beat
ing eggs with loose Joined egg
beaten, as we'll as many out-of-date
processes, should not be her lot to
endure. II steam cooker will
save fuel and time and furnish
better cooked vegetables, a cooker
should be bought. If a double boil
er IS not part of the outfit, its
acquisition is to be desired. Pro
vide plenty of covers for the cook
ing dishes. to retain the heat and
prevent the loss Of water. If evap-
Grafton is to be secured, use shallow
pans with greater exposure or sur
face, and when the steam Is to be
retained use deep pans, well Gov
cred. Study the choice of utensils
IN cooking.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

red waist with each color OF full
primary strength. While the per
Sonal appeal of these two colors is
rs great to the woman of education
her sense of refinement suggests a
full suit Of green. so low in tone
that it is almost black, to which
she will add only a touch OF red
such as single rose.
Nature employs green in large
masses. though seldom in its abso-
lutte purity. In the spring. when
nature displays but few colors,
the green in the grass and leaves
is at it's brightest. but as other
colors come, the green's grow dark
err and grayer. forming only back
ground. Red in nature is never
found in masses. but only as in
flowers, few birds, and the spots
on butterflies. A child will fill its
arms with red roses. A woman Of
refined tastes will arrange one red
rose with few sprays Of green
leaves.
In the appeal to popularity colors
are used in large quantities which
nature uses sparingly. Refinement
demands the discriminating choice
shown in nature
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

A Word to Mothers


We can welcome their friends to
the home and make the children so
much happier there, that running
he streets will cease to be attrac-
tive.
Perhaps because the lure of the
balmy air and the sweet sounds and
smells of out of doors are powerful
It seems harder to induce our chill
iren to stay with us at home in
ummer than in winter. In cold
weather it is a simple thing to
draw them about us in snug
room. In the summer We must seek
other methods for OBTAINING them
near US when we are persuaded
hat they get no good by wandering
off by themselves or with compan-
ions of their own age.
We must plan for things they will
ike to do if We want to hold them
at home. Young people have upon
them great desire for activities.
Watch a tennis match or a baseball
game in the broiling sun. notice the
boating parties on days when you
would think any sane persons would
yearn for shade and idleness. We
must see and meet conditions If we
don't mean them TO get the better
Of US Moreover, youth seeks youth,
and il is natural for young things
10 wish to play together,
All of us cannot take our young
people away in their vacation Many
OF them have no vacation to speak
Of but must keep on with the work
by which they earn their living,
summer and winter alike. The more
reason why We should provide di-
versions for them when they are
weary after the days toll and yearn
for relaxation. If We don't give it
to them they will seek it for them
selves and choose what they want,
not what we believe would be best
for them.
How do you meet your problem
Are you wise mothers who keep
your children off the streets and
vet hold their trust and love-
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
This Page Devoted Principally to Women
ERE TIME BEGAN.

Ere time began, we two in some
great space
Between the worlds smiled in each
others face:
In the first sunshine. when the
world was new
1.-the limbed We paced the
mighty forests through,
Strong man and woman of the prim-
al race.
Not ours the little love of day or
place;
Through all earth's centuries
have we been true:
The ancient mystic lore of love
we knew
Ere time began
AS one remembers music. can
trace
Your dear remembered ways-the
haunting grace
OF that swift smile of yours
your very tears;
Have | not known and loved
them through the years
Since first YOU laughed above my
close embrace
Ere time began
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
BENEFICIAL BACTERIA.

When you smack your lips over
fine butter or tasty cheese think
gratefully of the myriads of minute
bacteria that worked so hard to give
you that delicious flavor. For We're
it not for these both butter and
cheese would be flavorless.
Cream, which already contains
many of these bacteria. is allowed
to stand until it ripens, which means
simply until the bacteria have multi
piled. They give the cream that
slightly sour taste and aroma which
make it ready for the churn. 1t Is
they. also. that make the butter go
rancid when left too long.
Butter is sometimes made from
perfectly fresh cream, but this tastes
almost exactly like cream and lacks
been allowed to ripen.
Cheese Is made by adding to the
milk rennet, which causes the casein
to separate from the whey in the
form Of curds. These are strained
out. pressed and left to stand until
they are ripe. This often takes
many months, the cheese-maker
leaving the bacteria to do all the
work. 1t is their action that gives
the cheese its flavor, which de-
ponds upon what kind of bacteria
are in the milk
This ripening of butter and cheese
is really chemical process, closely
resembling fermentation or decom-
position. In Limburger and certain
other kinds of cheese the decompo-
sition is evident.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
THREADING DARNlNG NEEDLES

Sometimes 1t is very difficult to
get thick wool into a darning needle
but if the following plan is used
time is saved: Take a piece of
white cotton, put the two cut
ends together, and through the loop
which will be formed put the darn
ing wool. Thread the needle with
the cotton pull. and it will be found
that the wool will come through
without any further trouble
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
EVERTON CAKE.

One and one half cups graduated
sugar. % cup butter. 6 egg whites,
cup sweet milk 2h cups flour, 2
teaspoons baking powder. Flavor
with lemon. Two-thirds of this
mixture is to be baked as ? layers
Of jelly cake The remainder to
be baked in same shape after adding
. tablespoons molasses, Y cups raj
sins, chopped figs, l teaspoon Gin
namon, y each allspice and nutmeg
and . tablespoons flour Put the
dark layer in center and put to-
gether with white frosting
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
MAKES PHONE INVENTION.

DENVER. - M. D. Schaefermeyer
has perfected an invention, which he
says will do away with "rubbernecks
on party telephone lines" An indi
Gator above the telephone discloses
the fact that the line Is busy. Should
an effort be made to listen while
others are conversing, all the inter
rupter will hear is the busy signal
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
EGGS MIL.hNESE.

Cook half cupful of well washed
rice in a cupful Of water When
the rice is tender and has absorbed
all the water, add a large onion
cooked in tablespoonful of butter
half cupful of milk, half cupful
of grated cheese, level teaspoonful
Of salt, few grains of pepper and
the yolks Of five hard boiled eggs,
Stir to mix thoroughly and let it
become very hot. Then, il ready to
serve. pile the eggs on hot plat
ter, garnish with whites OF the
eggs, cut In slices, and send to the
table
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
WALNUT MACAROONS.

Beat the white of egg until stiff,
add gradually while beating con
stantly l cup of brown sugar flavor
with a few drops each Of lemon and
vanilla fold in l cup of finely chop
ped walnuts sprinkled with u salt
spoon of salt, drop from a teaspoon,
allowing plenty of space between
each, and bake until delicately
brown. Do not butter the tins.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
CLEANING PASTE.

An excellent paste for cleaning
saucepans, boards, sinks. tiles. dis
colored china, stone, paint etc, can
be made as follows: Take equal
parts Of whiting, soft soap. white
sand and soda. Place the ingre-
dents in a saucepan, adding enough
water to form a smooth paste. Boil
until quite dissolved and pour into
jars for future use. Apply with
clean flannel wrung out Of hot wa
ter, and afterwards rinse with clear
warm water.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
CHRISTMAS MINCE MEAT

Take pounds of lean beef or
beef neck. two dozen good sized tart
apples, l pound seeded rasins, l
pound cleaned currants, 4 pound
suet, 3 pints Of sugar. l cup good
cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons ground
cinnamon. l whole nutmeg. grated
Boil beef until very tender, then
rub beef and suet through meat
grinder. Peel and core apples and
chop fine. Cook raisins and cur
rants and add to the other ingre-
dents Wit what juice may be on
them. Nv all together and heat
to the boiling point Can same as
any other fruit.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
GOLD sWALLoWER JAILED.

GLASGOW.-A woman who swal-
lowed $3.50 in gold has been sent
to prison here. She stood in the
dock with another woman on a charge
of attacking and robbing man, and
she admitted that, while running
away. she swallowed Is sovereigns
and five half-sovereigns.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
PEANUT BARS.

Boil together four cups Of New
Orleans molasses, two cups Of brown
sugar, two teaspoonfuls each Of but
ter and vinegar. Rub the skins
from the peanuts, spread them in
creased pans about an inch thick,
and when the molasses etc, has
reached the "crack" degree, pour
it over the nuts. When partly hard
ened cut into bars
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
COAT TAIL SAVED HIM.

BERWICK, Pa.-Because his coat
tail protruded above a snow drift,
in which he lay buried in a drunken
stupor. the life of an unidentified
man was saved here. S. w. Dickson.
He found the man al
most frozen and brought aid.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
CHOCOLATE CARAMELS,

Cook together, heating slowly, two
cups brown sugar, one-half cup mo-
lasses, one-half cup cream, four
tablespoonfuls butter, one-half cake
unsweetened chocolate, grated Boil
until little is brittle when drop.
ped in iced water, turn into a
creased pan, and when cool cut into
squares.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
PEANUT SAUCE FOR TURKEY.

Make a cream sauce with two
tablespoonfuls each of butter and
flour, and one cupful Of milk. added
slowly. Season and add one cupful
of ground peanuts. Pour over slices
of turkey
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
MINUTE PUDDING.

Use a big spider. l pint boiling
water. add l teaspoon salt and
teaspoon butter, sift in about IL
cups flour in which IL teaspoons
of baking powder has been sifted.
Serve with sauce. Care must be
taken not to jar pudding until thor
oughly done. Allow to boil until
done as IL set back it will fall.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
A LIQUID SOAP.

According to creditable authority,
liquid soap may be made from any
good quality hard soap with a base
of pure olive oil, which are dissolv-
ed in alcohol with final addition of
certain quantity of potassium.
These, of course, are too complicat-
ed for you to undertake.
Melt cake of any good olive
soap in quart of boiling water.
When the soap is dissolved the re-
suit will be almost jelly Put
this into a glass jar and when need
ed for a shampoo. take, say two
tablespoonfuls of the jelly and a
teaspoonful of boraX or common
washing soda about the size Of a
hickory nut; add a full cupful Of
water and shake till smooth liquid
results. You will find it very nice.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
CHOCOLATE NUT BAR.

Use 2 cups of sugar, ! cup of
chocolate, l cup OF water, 2 table
spoonfuls of glucose. Take 1 cup
of nuts, flavor with vanilla. pinch
Of salt Cook sugar. chocolate, wa
ter, glucose together until they form
a soft ball when dropped into cold
water Add one tablespoonful Of
butter and nuts just as 1t is done.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
HOARHOUND CANDY.

Use cups of dark brown sugar,
u cup of table syrup, y cup good
strong tea, made of hoarhound
leaves. Boil all together until it
will harden in cold water. Then
pour on buttered plate until cold
Then stretch and cut in small pieces.
Stir all the time while cooking
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
DIVINITY.

Part boil without stirring two
cups granulated sugar, one cup
syrup. one cup water, one table
spoon vinegar, one tablespoon vanil-
la. When a little of it hardens in
cold water set aside to cool
Part Put on about five minutes
after part l whites of two eggs
beaten stiff, boil one cup granulated
sugar and half cup of water until
it threads. Beat into whites of
eggs. Add one poonful vanil-
Ia and two cups nuts. Beat part l
and 2 together until white. Pour
on buttered tins and mark into
squares.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
CANDY GIFTS.

Small boxes of homemade can
dies make a nice little gift. Take
a small box for a pattern. Cut boxes
from cardboard and bring together
ribbon Any homemade candy viii
ribbon. Any homemade candy will
do. A mixture is preferred. Here
is one delicious kind: Two cups
sugar, ! cup of sweet cream, but
ter size of walnut. p teaspoonful
vanilla l cup puffed rice. Put one
cup of sugar in a pan and let
scorch until brown, add the other
cup of sugar, the cream and the
butter. Boil and stir until the
candy becomes smooth and will form
a ball in water. Crisp the puffed
rice and place on buttered platter
Add the vanilla and pour the candy
over the rice. Let cool and cut
into squares.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
NEW ENGLAND BAKED HALIBUT

Put slice Of halibut one inch
thick into well-buttered bakepan.
Sprinkle it plentifully with cracker
dust; then spread over the dust a
cupful of finely minced fat salt pork.
Put in another slice Of halibut and
add the same amount as before of
cracker dust and minced salt pork
Add a cupful of hot water in the
bakepan for sauce and thicken with
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
PRUNE TAPIOCA.

PRUNE TAPIOCA.
To make this dainty put a table
spoonful and a half OF tapioca,
quarter Of a cupful Of sugar two
cupfuls Of water and quarter Of
pound of the best prunes, soft
and plump from soaking, in the top
part OF a double boiler Steam
three hours. adding more water il
necessary, but do not stir, as the
prunes should not be broken. Cool
md serve with cream.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14
Timely Hints for the Housewife

4 small tablespoonful Of flour mixed
smooth in a little cold water Re
move from the stove, add an egg,
we'll beaten with half a cupful OF
cream, pour it over the halibut and
send to the table
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-12-14

strong glue, which is useful in
emergencies, is made by taking a
small piece OF cold boiled potato and
rubbing a piece Of paper with 1t for
about five minutes. This is excel
lent for all sorts of mendings and
will stick as firmly as any glue you
can buy