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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-08
Tx FOR TIRED
SORE, ACHING FEET

All! what relief. No more tired feet;
40 more burning feet, swollen, bad smell
ing, sweaty feet. No more pain in corns
callouses or bunions. No matter what
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-08
DR.. Miles Nervine

advertised in the papers and I at
once began to take It. continued
to take it for some time and now I
am we'll"
If you are troubled with loss of
appetite, poor digestion, weakness,
inability to sleep; if you are in a
general run down condition and
unable to bear your part of the
daily grind of life, you need some
thing to strengthen your nerves.
You may not realize what is the mat
ter with you, but that is no reason
why you should delay treatment.
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for Rusk County.
IN PROBATE

State Of Wisconsin, in County Court
for Rusk County.
IN PROBATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
at the regular term of the County
Court to be held in and for said
county, at the court house in the
city of Ladysmith in said county,
on the first Tuesday (being the End
day. of February A. D. 1915, at 10
o'clock a. M, the following matter
will be heard and considered:
The petition and application Of
Edward Tilden to file and record the
last will and testament of Leonard
R. Warner, late of the city of Chi
cago, Cook county, Illinois, which
said will purports to be a foreign
will, proved and admitted to probate
without this state, to-wit, at and in
the probate court for said Cook coun-
ty, Illinois, and that said will be
given the same force and effect as
if it had been originally proved and
allowed in this court, and for let
ters testamentary thereon to be is
sued to him the said Edward Tilden.
Dated this 23rd day of December,
1914.
By order of the Court,
D. w. MALONEY,
County Judge.
McGill e Williams, Attorneys.
(First publication Dec. 25, 1914 39-4D
100000 to loan on real estate.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-01-08

Over-production and crop mortgage
force the farmers into ruinous COM
petition with each other. The remedy
lies in organization and in co-opera'
ton in marketing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

ure of truth resides in the sayfnG. Some times I long for sight of one such as were plentiful enough in my youth. but dare say 1t Is better in nearly all ways for women to keep up with the times so vigorously that they have no leisure in which to get old. They are certainly far happier thus than when laid on tho shelf or tucked into the chimney corrser, as was once their fate.
 The middle aged woman of that era ab- jured youthful frivolities of dress a good while before she reached the fifty mark and when she had actually passed tho half century she took 1t for granted that staid demeanor and garb were alike hers. Even although we have been graduated from this attitude of mind and body. sec no sense in the mother of grown children selecting the same kind of ralment which Is suitable for her debutante daughter. There Is something between the two poles and what this something is Perplexed Matron " and others liSe her should mako 1t their business to discover or to devise.
 As the correspondent said. this is not e fashion department, and far be it from mo to rush into that realm Yet I can ad- vance a few general counsels which may be of help to my correspondent and can in nc way be construed Into fashion helps or hints.
 In the first place, let mo advise her to avoid striking or bizarre effects These are put upon the market frequerftly, and young girls can get away with thern," to use a slang phrase. but when an older woman wears such styles she emphasizes her age and makes herself unpleasantly conspicuous. I don't mean that she should abjure pretty and attractive gar ments, only that she should not choose extremes of cut or color. but select ln- stead soft and neutral tints and moderate fashions of making these up into clothing
 For instance. little time ago the short Jackets were in vogue. A slim girl could wear these and look jaunty and attrac-
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Spanlsh peppers, either kind also a quart of hulled corn, sometimes called lye hominy (the corn should be chopped CT put through meat grinder that is geared medium finel. Then thicken slightly and add tablespoon of Spanish powder. This dish Is delicious, whole some, and nourishing; butter added to any of these dishes improves them, of course.
 'One can make six quarts of good. nourishng soup by cutting up about three quarts of potatoes and couple of onions In three quarts of water Cook until done, add quart of the whole Spanish and a 10 cent can of tomato soup; season with salt. pepper. and but ter.
 "When the vegetables are in season I use them fresh each time. make a good chop suey from this kind of vege- tables. which almost equals the chop suey bought in the fashionable eating places. requires less time to make, is cheaper
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and is relished by every one. will give the recipe later if 1t Is wanted
 " Any of these dishes. with light des- sert. is cheap. and makes a good nour- ishing meal for any one.
 I do so enjoy giving that I wish l were able to give to every one who calls through the Corner, but find so many needy ones right around me that never have anything to give to strangers-ex- cept advice. There are many young girls and boys and married people. too. who come to me with their troubles, and their affection and confidence are my dearest possessions. So am going to make an of- fer to the Cornertes. If any of you are in trouble and want my advice and will write inclosing stamp for reply, l will try to answer the best I can.
 AUNT MAUD"
 This is a correspondent who has given so much help in other ways that it sounds strange to have her say that she finds so much to do for those about her that she cannot do for strangers. Her last generous offer will be answered. am sure. For my own part, am going to ask the favor of little elucidation on behalf of unfortunates who are not versed in the culinary phraseology you use. What is Spanish powder" and what is the whole Spanish to which reference Is made? I guess peppers, but would like to be sure. and so would others who wish to mako use of the recipes given. Also I am certain voice the desire of others when say we would like that recipe for vegetable chop sueyl I hope we may have 1t soon. and am sure it will be good as well as savory. Now Is the time to try 1t, when vege- tables are at their best and cheapest. and when the constitution is helped by abstinence from too much meat
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 Dumplings and Au Cratin Potatoes.
 "Will you kindly give me recipe for dumplings and also for au gratin pota- toes? MRS. l.. J. J.
 As there is some doubt in my mind as to whether the correspondent wishes a recipe for dumplings to cook with stews or for dumplings to be used with fruit. like apple and peach dumplings. and 70 forth. l am on the safe side by supplying both:
 Dumplings for stewH-Sift one cup of flour with a soant teaspoon of baking powder and little salt; chop into 1t 0 small tablespoon of lard or sweet drip ping; add milk enough to make a dough which can be handled; roll into sheet quarter of an inch thick. Cut into strips about the length and breadth of the fin- ger. drop into boiling gravy, putting iD only . few at . time. that the dumpLngs may cook without becoming soggy. Ten minutes in the gravy should serve. Take them out with . split spoon and arrange on the hot dish about the meat. pouring the gravy over all.
 Fruit dumplings-Sift two tablespoons of baking powder and pinch of salt with two cups of flour; turn into wooden bowl and chop or cut into the flour one table, spoon each Of lard and of butter until the shortening is well blended. Moisten with q cup and half of sweet milk. place the dough on . well noursd bread board. end
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son and cheap. I try to can many of them. The best I clean. peel, or do whatever they need q include potatoes. of course). and cook carefully and can. The inferior parts, like the celery tops. etc. 1 just wash well. cut up little, and cook thoroughly, season well with salt. pepper and trlfie of sugar. Then I rub all through a wire sieve, reheat, and can hot. It scorches easily, and then will taste bitter so great care must be taken.
 This preparation IS good eaten just as 1t Is. I usually add some water, a bt of butter, and q little thickening, and sometimes pieces of crust, broken into bits. Or I cook macaroni until tender. using the sauce and cheese as dressing and bake about forty minutes.
 Often I get some Hamburger steak about 10 cents worth of the meat will do for a family of four or f1ve-break 1t apart in a quart of cold water. cook slowly an hour. add a quart of the canned
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f/1 KNOW you don't have anything ss to do with fashion matters, and
 the question l want to ask you
 sounds like fashion stuff, but 1t
 is not really that kind of thing. Only am in difficulty. and turn to you to help me out of 1t if you can.
 am 30 years old and the mother of three boys. have no daughters. Until recently have never wished for them, but now that I am getting on in age I miss them. not only because of the help they would be to me in other ways, but to advise me as to how to dress My boys are dears, but when I ask them if look all right in this or that article of cloth ing their only answer is: Why, of course, mother; you always look nice In anything It Is pleasant, but 1t is not discriminating enough to carry much weight, and my husbands counsel is not much better. for he doesn't know one dress from another.
 In earlier times there used to bs certain way in which middle aged and elderly women should dress, but that time seems to have passed. Still, have a horror of dressing young and making
 
 wore a bonnet with strings; now great grandmothers wear round hat effects. Until you go to shop to get headgear you have no idea how difficult it is to find anything digniied that is in the least good looking, and it's much the same way with other clothes. Shoes, gowns. wraps, everything seems to be made for the young, and I am in puzzle all the time as to what to do.
 [" What do you think? Is 1t better for me Just to go ahead and do as please at the risk of making a youthful spectacle of myself, or should insist upon having my clothes made in an old fashioned way. such as I was brought up to think correct for person of my years? If had daughters they could advise me. but as 1t is I have to turn to the Corner for the counsel I need. It may seem like trifiing matter, but it Is of a good deal of importance to me. wish to look well. even if am middle aged and in- clined to be stout. but the trouble is to decide what is suitable and becoming
 PERPLExED MArRoN."
 The position does not seem to be at all . trif1ing matter. So long as we wear clothes and are judged more or less by our appearance we must recognize the importance of suitable apparel. While grant the value of daughters as ad- visers in the matter of raiment and other essentials, confess that I have some times heard them make remarks to their mothers which have moved me to think that perhaps the daughterless parents were not so badly off. after all, It is not pleasant to be informed tartly that a. woman who is large through the hips looks a fright in light gown. when you happen to be that woman. Yet that comment was made to a mother by a daughter in my hearing within month Another young woman was guilty of a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

tive. but when c stout, elderly woman ap peared in an Eton suit she was absurd nothing moro nor less The butterfly wraps which had passing fashion couple of years back were also unsuitable for many of the middle aged women wh' wore them. l grant that 1t Is tenipta' ton to buy such garments. especially foi the woman along in years who does not Nike to do what my dresmaker calls " go. ing out in her figure" no matter how warm the weather. but there are wrapi or scarfs or fiohus which can be achieved with a little trouble and that no one could find inappropriate for . woman of any age.
 4 like course should be followed as to hats. AS my correspondent sAys. no ont wears now the bonnets with strings VI used to think indispensable for the mar ried woman. but there are degrees of suit ability even in stringless hats, and for middle aged woman to perch a nyaway hat on the side of her head or to subject the fading curve of her fsos to tho harsh line of sailor brim is to cali attention cruelty to the fact that she Is no longer young enough to stand the modern styles bnS Snoulu duVpt boiuel lnan8 WhlCn VIII soften the contrast. not intensifyit it.
 With the woman of middle age and inclined to be stout " have great sym pathy. There are SO many such, and fl they have been slender in their youth il Is 90 hard for them to appreciate the fac that the clothes in which they looked well then make them absurd now. While they were slim girls they belted thelr white frocks in with ribbons of colors thai pleased their fancy. and they cling to ths mode. forgetting that the belt Of differ. cnt tint from that of the frock cuts ths figure in two in the middle and that lona lines and flowing drapcrles should be theii choice--never loose garments girdled to the figure. They may have their gowns cut to fit snugly but the belt is delusion and a snare to the woman who has gained flesh about the hips and abdomen
 Not for her, either. are figured goods and light colors It is an open question fl a woman looks any larger in we'll cut white gown than she does in one of blacl or dark hue, but there Is no doubt thai large figures on light ground increase her apparent size. I often wonder why so many large. elderly women insist upon selecting dress materials of white or gray with fiamboyant patterns in bright colors. Black or something else dark and incon spicuous is far more elegant as we'll al, much more becoming to nearly every woman.
 Have been of any help? l can only give general counsels as have said. but l hope the suggestions I have made ma, suffice for a groundwork or foundation upon which my correspondent and otheri llce her can elaborate or build to sui themselves. I trust she will let me know if I have replied satisfactorily to hei query and that she may have better for tune with her wardrobe in future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Quilt Pieces 10 Che Apay.


 have bundle of cotton quilt pieces and all the 1914 numbers Of a national weekly if any one would Nike them. would like the books to go to some one who rves away from town and cannot get magazines. Win you ask those ex- perienced in writing for publications to kindly help me7 have reached the point of getting my locals and stories printed in the local and county papers. but they do not pay for them. l would be thank full for some hint where one could get a list of magazines published in Chicago or : west of the Mississippi. l think your de- partment might be called The Helping Hand Exchange. so many of us ask something for what we give. J. A. C."
 This offer of quilt pieces Is sure to be promptly accepted as we'll as that of the magazines. l hope they may fulfill the wish of J. A. c. and go to some one away from town who cannot get magazines. The dwellers in large cities who have ac- cess to the free libraries are in much better plight than those In small towns or in villagss and on farrns 1 trust tho appeal for advice as to how to lind mar ket for stories and other writings may bs answered by some one familiar with publishing conditions west of the Missis- sippi. My own counsel would be to study the mAgazines and select thoss in which thought my matsrid would % bet. then send 1t to the editors. incloaind stamps for reply or for return. It talns long and persevering fight to sstabaish oneself as . paying contributor to good publications, and there are many dis oouragsmsnts bstors tho goal is won. would advise steady and careful work for . long tims bsfors an attempt is made to enter the well known psr1od1calA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

send for her address relative to giving her theatrical magazines?
 Economical and Wholesome.
 l" Economy is being studied by almost every one nowadays. and the poor wom- an says not, What shall l get for din- ner? but {. What can we do without? , One dish must usually Euff1ce, and that should be as nourishing as her purse will permit. So I am sending you a few recipes I have used with my big family of growing children and find satisfactory. Of course. tastes differ. My family likes food with a rather Spanish fiavor-they don't care much fer vegetables, but com bining these with meat and seasoning rather highly manage to make them eat a-plenty.
 The different dishes concoct usually have for foundation onions, celery. DO tatoes. sweet green peppers. and toma- toes, when these vegetables are in sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

roll 1t into a sheet about half an incl thick. Cut with a sharp knife into piscea fetween three and four inches square. ley the fruit in the middle of each pieos, usina only enough to enable you to fold thu paste over 1t without stretching. Sprinkle the fruit with sugar pinch the edges to. sether. lay the dumplings in foured baking pan with the joined edges down ward and bake in steady oven to light brown.
 Potatoes au gratin-(D Slice potatoes thin, put In layers in a greased pudding dish, spr1nkling each layer with salt. pep per, and bits of butter. Fill up with half cup of hot milk or water. sprinkle the top layer with crumbs mixed with salt pepper, aud bits of butter: strsw grated cheese ovcr the top. bake covered fo1 half an hour. uncover, and brown.
 Potatoes au gratin--(2) Peel and bol potatoes cut them into thin slices, and rlace them in . buttered baking dish, sprinkling each layer of potatoes with a little salt, pepper. and grated cheese. Make a,white sauce of heaping teaspoon each of butter and flour cooked together until they bubble and cup of milk. Stir until they thicken, pour over the potatoes, strew the top with buttered crumbs and cheese. bake covered ten minutes. un. cover. and brown. If preferred the pota. toes may be chopped coarsely instead of sliced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

a typewriter to lend and ask for your ad- dress it will at once be sent, but such large articles as that are not plentiful. and l do not ask for them often. You do not say if the friend for whose use you wish the machine Is practiced with 1t ana if she has any way of securing work If she gets the typewriter. These are points on which I would be glad for information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

similar criticism to her mother only few days later in my presence.
 For the love of mercy, why did you get that hat?" she demanded. " It makes you look like your own grandmother"
 . You told me my last hat would be too young for you to wear.'' retorted the ex- asperated mother. !" I thought when got one which looked more elderly you would be better satisfied
 Well. I'm notl don't like anything about 1t and hope you'll take 1t back and get another"
 Here is a third incident while we are discussing the aid daughters are in select ing wardrobe:
 That's comfortable looking coat" l said to a friend one evening last winter when we were going out together.
 Thank you for saying kind word for it." she replied. My girls tell me there Is no fit to it and that it makes me look like perfect trump. I know that the sleeves are not the latest cut, but it is a good, warm coat, and it-cost a lot to begin with, so don't pay any attention to them. but just wear it when I feel like it. I suppose all daughters are given to severe criticism of their mothers clothes
 Don't you think that perhaps this might be even little worse than the indiscrim- inatinu commendation offered by your men-children?
 At the same time recognize your posi- ton and your perplexity and I would like to help you and others like you. for l am sure there are good many other mothers who feel as you do and who are puzzled as to how to dress themselves In this day. We see such painful examples of the wom en who follow fashion Just because 1t is a fashion and take no pains to think if it is . suitable or not.--I have seen an elderly woman deck herself out in one of her hus- bands collars and ties at a time when young girls were affecting stiff, mannish neck gear and she apparently had no idea of how absurd she looked thus arrayed.
 Only few days ago I was taken aback
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Manu Kind Replies.

" have just finished writing to the kind friends who have asked for the address of J. T. T. l know he will be so grateful to those who communicate with him. l envy you for making so many people hap py through the, Helping Hand, and wish it all success. I hope l shall soon be able to help some one E. l..
 l am glad the plea of J. T. T. has had so many kind replies. and am thankful for the kind things you say about the Helping Hand. The praise Is due to the faithful and hardworking Cornerites who are always on the alert for a chance to be of service to those In need, and Iappreci- ate their assistance. without which my efforts would count for little.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Womb Bomop Q Typepriter.

'' should like to write to E. M, who has magazines to give away. Will some one tell me how to make a potpourri or rose jar? Also where can find the old poem about Flora MacF'limsey of Madison Square ,? It is at least fifty years old Has any one typewriter to give away or to lend for a while to poor widow to help her make a living? She is not able any longer to do hard work. l.. A. B.
 am sorry to say that E. M. has given away the magazines she offered. Perhaps some one else will see your request and help you. Since you live in the city you may be able to find the poem you wish at the library. It was written by William Allen Butler and should be found in any good collection of American verse or in one of the old readers Ask the librarian 10 advise you where to look Tor 1t. Direc- lions for potpourri r-rose jar have been rtven SO recently that they cannot now be repeated. Should any kind friend have
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no req son why you should select caps and old lady clothes while you are still far shor. of the appropriate time for these
 IL IS a common saying nowadays that there are no more old ladies. and meas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18
Sandpaper Shinv Cloth.

I see that N w. asks in the Corner for the remedy which appeared some time ago for the shine on one's clothes. The method Is to rub the shiny places gently with fine sandpaper. The shine is caused by the wearing off of the nap on the goods and the rubbing with the sandpaper raises enough nap to remove the shiny look l enjoy reading the Corner very much, l am old and I seldom see new idea put forth. but this Is one. and am glad to remember it and to pass it on. c M. E. l"
 Many of us will be grateful for this sug- gestion as to how to take away the shiny appearance of worn cloth. Let me em- phasize the correspondents advice to use the sandpaper gently. If 1t be applied too vigorously 1t will roughen the surface of the material too much and make thin spot which will give way readily. More over. the sandpapering cannot be con tinued indefinitely The cloth will seldom stand more than one treatment and then there is no more nap to raise. The finer kind of sandpaper must be selected. not the coarse. heavy sort, which will be more likely to tear the goods than to raise the nap.