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mold. The finest salmon contains moth
Ing that need be removed. Pour over
It half pint Of mayonnaise dressing,
containing tablespoonful of horse
radish: Garnish with circles of hard.
boiled egg and serve with Saratoga
potatoes. 49,
Boiled cueumbers.-Pare and cut
the cucumbers In halves, lengthwise,
and boil in sailed water until tender,
but still firm, then drain. Make a
sauce Of one tablespoonful each Of but.
ter and flour and one cupful Of the
water in which the cucumbers were
cooked add salt, pepper and the Juice
OF half lemon; when thick and
smooth, add one half pimento, shred.
ded, and one tablespoonful Of cooked
peas: Lay the cucumber, on strips Of
toast and pour the sauce over them.
Green Peppers In Tomato Sauce
Cut up two quarts Of fresh tomatoes
add one teaspoonful of salt, and boil
over a quick fire foraha an hour, stir
ring occasionally; then strain. There
should be pint or more Put half a
cupful of oil in a casserole, and when
hot add two cloves of garlic finely
minced, fry these until brown. Now
add the strained tomatoes, a table
spoonful Of minced parsley and three
basil or bay leaves. Boil ten minutes.
Cut ten green peppers in strips, remoy-
Ing the seeds and stems, add them to
the tomato sauce and cook half an
hour. Serve hot. &ta%<, 3st s,;M , "a
{ Stuffed Peppers.-Cut OF the stem
end OF four sweet peppers and. ali with
rice. chicken, celery, onion Juice, salt
and pepper to taste.' Moisten. With olive
OIL and q little tomato Sprinkle liKht.
" with cheese and bake 40 minutes,
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wealthy man. provided in his will TINT
100000 should be set aside to provide
an income for-life for Lew" KEITH iii
case he could be found: w. =
The receipt Of this information
caused some comment and surprise in
Silver Creek. 1t didn't bother LEV"
much. One day he was observed wend-
ing somewhat unsteady course from
one hotel to another. and he was asked
wherefore.
"Nothin', only I've been somewhat
staggered by the news" he said.
It's all true. Lew says he WIS in
Sedalia in 1878. He says he worked
for Mr.. Carter and helped him with the
machine.
ut wasn't anything to worry over.
though" he says. "An Carter needed
was suggestion or two, and had
the suggestions--that's all there was
to it,
A few days ago a check came from
the st. Louis trust company, and with
it a letter asking Tint Lew" journey
to- Sedalia to establish himself perma-
nently In his new income. Lew" has
gone. Word has come back that "ev-
erything is all right" s"s, =
The trust fund provides an. income
tt, the rate of six per cent or $500 a
year. This Is roughly $eS week. Con-
sidering that Lew" has never earned
more than ten or .ifteen-although he
might easily have earned many times
that if he had applied his ingenuity,
this weekly provision is worth mention
ing. 1850
II shall build bungalow myself"
said LEV" the other day. II shall
have it lined with shelves. One shelf
will contain a demijohn' so visitors
shall not depart unrefreshed. The 9th.
ers will contain books, and I'll spend
my time reading. I'll read my head
of. There Is one observation I would
like to make: One never knows how
many friends he has till he has a for
tune left to him. I have received ten
invitations to dinner already from peos
pie who hadn't spoken to me In thirty
years. 1t all proves that virtue is Its
own reward .- e s>.sI.,,.g e. ~ I
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Peach Pie pennsylvania Dutch).-
Line pie plate with rich crust and fill
with sliced peaches, either fresh or
canned may be used; sprinkle with
sugar and fill the crust with sour
cream. Cover with tart strips and
bake. Bake very slowly; this is sim.
ply delicious ~
A pretty way to serve peaches is to
peel them, halve them and fill the
centers with chopped nuts and cover
with whipped cream. On each serv-
ing place half q walnut.
Tart apples, cooked with onions and
little salt pork fat; season with sug-
ar, salt and pepper If liked. A most
tasty dish to serve with meat as veg
etable.
Maple App'es.-Pare, halve and core
half dozen cooking apples and put
into kettle with two cupfuls Of wa
ter and one cupful Of maple strip.
Let simmer until they are tender, gen
thy turning them with fork when the
edges begin to look clear. Serve cold
with whipped cream. '' ~. n
Yellow Tomato and Chestnut Salad.
Pare II yellow tomatoes after Dip
ping in scalding water, cut In halves
and let stand In French dressing for
half an hour. Blanch the chestnuts
and chill some celery. Take fourth
of cupful Of sliced chestnuts and
diced celery, mix with mayonnaise.
Form nests Of cress and lay the tOsna-
toes in the cress In the shape Of NAL.
tese cross: then place spoonful Of
the celery and chestnut mixture in the
center on each serving. Pour over the
dressing that has been drained from
the tomatoes and serve with cream
cheese sandwiches. -->@
Apple jelly made from the red As
trachans, using the peeling to give 1t
color, makes a most beautiful jelly.
Strawberry juice added to apple
Juice makes a delicious jelly both to
see and taste. 49,. =.
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the crowds would fiock. toward 1t and
read with as much interest as If 1t
had been the work of a regular mayor.
The houses are occupied only in the
daytime. When s,lndowl,s comes the
men board their ships FOR the night.
During the daytime they ;enjoy them
selves on land at will, drinking coffee.
piaying cards or reading sWithin the
houses. s. 81
Besides killing time by improving
the village, the men have great num-
Der Of pets, and they also indulge in
athletic games. They have dogs, chick
ems. birds and cats which they treasure
as children would. On the athletic
field they hold t,irnvereins, boxing
matches and athletic games, as well
as swing Indian clubs and play medi-
clae ball and football. All of the men
are in splendid physical condition as
result Of their outdoor play. If
called upon to return to the sea tomor-
row they would be none the worse off
for their enforced vacation.
Their Chief Interest.
War news. of course, forms the
greater part Of their interest. They
follow every detail closely. and when
ever anything of great moment hap
pens. or is reported toshave happened,
the folk of the tidewater country
anxiously inquire for the German vii
lage view Of it. And for persons in
termed as they are they have wonder
full insight on coming events. Much
gossip which one hears around the
capes about things that are likely to
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suNFLowERa ON DEAD LIMB
Plant Thrives Wrile Vegetation on
Earth Perishes for Lack Of
Moisture. "

Petersburg, Ind. W. Wilson, nm
attorney Of this town, has dead South
Carolina poplar tree. in. the bnck Of his
law Office. Several months ago he no.
ticed q spr1g OF green sprouting from
one Of til" limbs. He knew the tree
was dead and watched the sprout until
now! It mas grown into a large sun.
flower bush that will be ready to bloom
in a few days. There is no way to get
moisture to the sunfower, and the
limb is less than two inches In diam.
:eter. yet 1t has withstood the drought
while vegetation on the earth has per
ished. s.tisE - t1.l'5,. t:}. Ak.
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and fry until delicate brown. Drain
OH soft paper and serve ut once.
Macaroni savory.-Take a quart Of
cooked macaroni, two green peppers,
two onions, chop the vegetables and
fry Is minutes in olive oil, tossing
them constantly; add one cupful OF to-
matoes and half cupful Of grated
cheese.
Masked observation-disclosures the
pipes and skin from pound Of
blanched sweetbreads, then put
through the meat grinder with two
slices of salt pork. Form into cut
lets and roll them in cheesecloth to
keep their shape. Place on ice to
become firm. After an hour or two
saute them on one side, only using
butter; then place them In q buttered
baking sheet, baked side up. Cover
them with the following mixture:
Scald small onion In water five min
utes, drain and slice 1t and cook In
a tablespoonful Of butter until it Is
slightly brown; add one cupful of
stock and cook until tender; press
through sieve with the stock. Melt
three tablespoonfuls Of butter; add
third Of cupful of flour, half a
teaspoonful Of salt, and little papri-
ka. Add enough cream to the onion
and stock mixture to make one and
third cupfuls; add this to the mix
ture In the pan when boiling, add one
large egg. cook for a moment, then
add dash of cayenne and nutmeg.
Cover the sweetbreads about q fourth
Of an inch with this. Cool, then cover
with bread crumbs, mixed in melted
butter. Place whole mushroom,
cooked in butter, on each outlet, and
garnish with strips of truf1e or red
and green peppers. Bake ten minutes.
Serve with brown mushroom sauce
around the edge Of the plate with
mound of fried eggplant straws in the
center. ,,,r. -, 49,.
Chestnut Soup.-BoM four dozen
large chestnuts for Is minutes; let
cool and peel them. Cook the chest
nuts In three tablespoonful Of melted
butter for a few minutes, not letting
them brown. Add to this three pints
Of chicken stock that has been we'll
seasoned and let cook slowly until the
chestnuts are soft. Pat nuts through
q sieve and return to the stock. Serve
with croutons.
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1 -
The worlds fnstest runner will never
race agnin. if physicians who are at
1ans.ins him. IRE corrct.- - - J
Howard r. Drew. the colored ath-
lete, who holds the worlds record of
8 3-5 seconds for 100 yards and has
eQualed the mark Of q Is seconds for
229 yards, u suffering from a stroke
Of paralysis af Los Angeles. His left
side Is Infected and It was announced
that he may recover partially, but that
the affiictiOn il certain to bar him from
fast competition for the rest Of his life.
Drew. 10 . Springfield Mass. boy
and it was ~ 9 member of the high
school track team Of that city that he
first gained fame. He was on the
American team at the Stockholm
Olympic contests and has returned the
national championship for years.
Drew completed In the Lake Front
Olympic games at Chicago. and defeat
ed the best Of the athletes In that
city.
For the past two years he has made
his home on the coast. competing for
a California school, He is married and
has family.
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happen in the war, and which comes
true. frequently can be traced back to
the village.
When the Deutschland successfully
eTuded the allied cruisers recently the
village celebrated. But it did not cele-
brate the decision in the Appam case
which would return the captured Vcs-
sci to her English owners.
That Appam case recalls the state
ment previously mnde that the village
has no desire for more inhabitants.
There is some fenr that the Appam
crew may be added to the village. If 1t
should be decided that it was the duty
Of the United States as n neutral to
intern the men. And that is not de-
sired by the Germans. Every man who
passes into the village is one more lost
to the German service during the war.
Hence to gain in population. thing
ardently desired by most villages,
means loss to the fatherland. which
is not to be desired now.
Inside. the village Is very, very Ger
man. They speak the German Ian
guage, they sing the German songs,
they follow the German customs. But
If one tires of that, he soon can turn to
things that are American. For. in
stance, just outside the village there is
long row Of as fine suntlowers as
are growing anywhere in the state Of
Kansas, and running in and out Of the
navy yard there are some taxicab driv-
ers who surely are direct descendants
of some of our pioneer American road
agents,
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cocoa and chocolate stains use cold,
then boiling, water. ,.
Pour boiling water on fruit stains.
arranging the stained surface over 4
bowl.
Blood stains, soak IN. cold water,
then wash in hot soapsuds, and bleach
In the sun:
Wine stains, cover the stains with
salt; let stand few minutes then
rinse In cold water. ",~,'-r-~.
To remove ink spots from gingham
-WetSthe spots with milk and cover
them with salt. Let stand some hours
then rinse In several waters.
To remove Ink spots from white
fabric-Put one or two drops Of OK
alic acid on the spots, rinse In several
waters and finally in ammonia.
TO remove grass stains-Allow the
spots to remain saturated with alco-
hol for little time. then wash In
clear water. Another method-rub with
molasses, then wash in hot soapsuds.
or a little lard, to loosen the grass
fber, is rubbed well into the cloth, and
Is then washed out in hot suds; is
usually effective. % .@" ..'...
To remove mildew-Use lemon
juice and: sunshine, or II deep.seated,
soak In solution of one tablespoon
full Of chloride of lime in four quarts
Of cold water until the mildew disap-
pears. Rinse several times in clear
water.
TO remove rust stains-Lemon juice
and salt or salts OF lemon are the most
valuable removers. MOisten the salts
with water and moisten the spot: let
It lie in the sun until the spot disap-
pears. A second application may be
needed. When all other means fail.
smoke stains over funnel placed over
bit Of burning sulphur, combining the
fumes as much as possible to the spot
needing treatment, then wash thor
oughly as the sulphur rots the thread
Usually two or three treatments Of
peroxide In the sunshine will take out,
stains on table linen. 15. 5,, K
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. INTERESTING ITEMS

Ths warfare y spreading asainst
The prairie dog. In Teas alone they
annually eat enough grass to feed l.
62c600 cows. n. M s5 A, q. Ssss n
Japan u becoming interested la
sheep raising. The imperial stock farm
a. II Hokkaida has bought animals n
Australia. ll3s VI
The word '.and'' occurs 46.627
Nmes u Holy Scriptures, 10.8s4 times
\ tn Old TestRnent ana 50. 548 times
q IL New Testament. & isl 81 l4i y
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HANDY YEN MAMMALS
HEIR TO LEGACY
Quaint Character in New York
Village Gets $4,000
Legacy.
IS STAGGERED BY THE news
Helped Perfect Invention Which Made
Owner Wealthy and Latter Re-
members Him in His Will
His Plans.

Silver Greek, N. Y.-The greatest OF
all miracles has occurred right In this
village. Lew" Keith is worth for
tune. It is hard for people to believe
It.. but it's un actual fact. So far as
he can recall, Lew" never had more
titan five dollars at one time In his life,
and now he is worth 100000.
Lew" Is the modern Rip Van
Wrinkle, He Is about sixty-flve years of
age. He was born here, but moved
away soon after the war, with his
folks, and passed a few years in Mis-
souri,, returning again to remain the
rest of his life. A good many towns
have characters like Lew" He can
rectte Shakespeare by the week. He is
philosopher with q quaintness of ex-
preston which makes him highly en-.
PERTAINING. He has always made his
living "tinkering." He can make n
motor boat, violin. q camera, a
threshing machine-in fact, he can
make anything or mend anything that
anyone ever dreamed OF. But he
never tried to make any money. He
never wanted any. ,......,. J.. tx H.
But listen to what has befullen him !:
a few weeks ago John, B. Webster,
village president, got a letter from Sc:
dalia, Mo-, askisg II Lew" Keith were
alive, and II 50 to furnish proofs Of his
identity. # 55;4lf@z% ~ r.. N'
'"Tell 'enl I'm alive. all right" was
Lewis" nonchalant comment. y
Mr.. Webster did. Back CAME a let
ter from the vice president Of trust
company in st. Louis This is, In sub
stance, what 1t said: i, -. "'
In 1878 a man named Carter, liviog
in Sedalia, was at work on a machine
to separate zinc from ore. He was M
able to perfect his device. Lew
Keith, a young man, happened in *nd
tinkered around till the machine was
complete. Lew moved away. Mr..
Carter patented the machine and made
a fortune out Of It. Many times during
his life he started to hunt up "Lew''
Keith, but neverGf Followed ont the no
ton. When he died, Mr.; Carter, q very
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and asked about his family. Wood
told him his wife had remarked after
getting 4 divorce, and his daughters
were now Mrs. Wick Seabolt and Mrs.
Forrest Wheeler. both Of Fern Greek.
After his disappearance Grossdeld
enlisted IA the army at St Louis and
was stationed ID Manila and Japan.
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100 great an amount 0nd
too great~a variety.
Salmon Mayonnaise.-
Set a can Of the best sal.
mon into q saucepan of
boiling water and cook
for Is minutes. Open and
turn It, out on the platter
vftho11f hpoo,,,pn ~
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-22

II you want knowledge you must toll
for it,eif pleasure you must toll for t.
Toll Ia law. Pleasure comes through
toll and not by self-indulgence and in
dolence. When one gets to love work
his life IL a happy one.-RuskIn.
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Two blind men have started bas-
kct.making business near Worcester.
Mass. They are Axel Carlson and Au-
gust Kellstrom, each Of whom lost his
sight two years ago. They are raising
their own willows and have half an
acre now about two feet tall, in the
rear of their little workshop.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-22

. All the steam railways In New Zea-
land arc owned and operated by the
government. There are about 5000
miles Of road in operation, and new
lines are under construction. +
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under a,heavy weight an
hour or more. Cut them
into equal lengths a
fourth Of an inch wide.
rejecting the skin, dry
them and roll them In
-four and cornmeal
mixed; season with salt,
pepper, and a dash Of
nutmeg. Drop a few at
O time into hot olive oil
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Who bides his time and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently.
And lifts a mirthful roundelay;
However poor his fortunes Ne.
He will not fail In any qualm.
or poverty the petty dime
It will grow golden In his palm.
Who bides his time.
james w. Riley
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The seven. principal engineering So
cieties of Germany have combined into
new association called the Deut-
scher Vereine. German Association
Of Technical Scientific societies).
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u urge UOWI duu pour
through it boiling water
from a teakettle held ut
q height to insure force.
II the stains are obliter-
ated soak with peroxide
after they are hung on
the line.
Old tea and coffee
stains; soak in cold water
first, then use boiling wa
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Three Of the most enthusiastic mo-
don picture fans in Atlanta, Ca, are
sixty-five years OF age. and 50 to the
movies in roller chairs. One OF this
trio is a woman. ,:,g,:.,s..% , ,.$a4 f.. r..
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Une OF the pretty ways
to serve them Is to cut
them in quarters enc
garnish with three can
died or mint cherries In
each quarter. This meth
cd may be used as q des-
sert or as q beginning to
tho lna>0l
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-22

The annual encyclopedia Of Negro
progress Issued at Tuskegee contains
Z list Of towns and settlements in the
United States populated and governed
almost entirely By negroes. Most Of
these towns are small. Buxton. Ia,
with 1900 population. 1000 OF whom
are whites, being the largest, and
Boley. Okla, the next. It will be in
teresting to witness the results of this
experiment. f,. Co.. 49,
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An automobile built for the car can
be converted into q motor sleigh by
replacing the front wheels with run
ners and placing chains on the rear
ones.
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An opening extends through new
rubber hot-water bottle into. which a
glass bottle can be inserted to keep
the contents Of the latter warm.
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Trainmen put off two young men
who had boarded a boxcar at Wealth
erby, Mo. Between that place and
Maysville the train had wreck and
that particular car was badly smashed.
When the boys later walked into Mays
vile they hunted up the brakemen and
thanked them for saving their lives.
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Attention has been called before to
the wide employment Of electric pocket
lamps By the lighting men of Europe:
According to d recent statement In the
Daily Mail. it fsSlearned that two Lon
dom firms have produced between
them no less than 1900, 900 batteries
during the last year. Prior to the war
only about $1,000 such batteries were
made ia the entire United Kingdom.
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The harbor Of Hamburg has been
equipped with floating docks of two
types, which permit them to raise
from the water vessels longer than the
docks themselves.
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Pure food advocates IN Japan re-
Gently discovered that much rice was
adulterated with quartz sand to in
crease its weight. .' /.
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y Japan obtains more than 1000. 900
ilorse power from ID streams BY near
II 400 hydroelsctric plants. Il
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The desk clock and electric Light
hays been combined Al 4 new space
saving ollce convenience.
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Tuberculosis among the miners In
the: Bouth African gold fields has been
reduced ~ the uss Of electricity for
liRht, y .&Ss M ,y
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m, .,,... y N 1919 VI s,E NJ .-rDy =
..,aAoa''. 10. secretary OF the
s sMo,e - 49, Ofanch Of the Young
-aen Ihuan 4 associntion, whose
ies'sna ,.. - rendered some time
"so, ~" 1000 secretary OF the New
i" o.." andy left August ~
80, "ae ~. ~ ~ wosk there. r. e. De-
-. ne wAO l,As D .t physical director
~ ~. 1917 n branch for the last
'''ee : 80, nas Deen appointed acting
s ser. uatli the position can be
''eu rs'''s'''ehti Y. reports the Indian
''p ~, .
inc Drancn 10 New York is in Fiji
'.'ih.u street ana the property Is
t"'ued az StoO0.s The board of man
ase'nehl reeentIy bought lot in One
hundred and Thirty-fifth street, and
No'n ~ $aioO building will be be-
sun - Isussal slee
MI myers resignation has been
oeepy regretted ~ those interested in
'he success Of the =. d. c. A. branch
mere. de came mere In 1905 when the
associaIioa aad its headquarters In
rsh'eu properly IN North California
street. anu tnere were only IL men,
1902 summons al11lt was president
w. ". e 49, 8. naA asement "nen MT.
100 Sals9 & ne, a's turing the IL
,. Sior mas oeen secretary
r ny :, 1870 ! sa = roaened LUZ. Mr.
i-''o su.u nes attr10utes much OF the
suceess 2. tne association to the In
.eies' =. Ss = e 1e =. Knox, now presl-
WI. - tns.s C ..0.u' OF management. In
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CHOICE, cool DISHES.

Digestive troubles are not caused
from any one food usually, but from
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FOR DAINTY APPETlTEs.

Cut an unpeeled eggplant In one
tourth-inch slices. salt each; put them
+ouatbar n Coin md nresS
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~ large industry In Christiania.
Norway, has leased Its idle land at a
cheap rate to Its employees, who will
erect thereon individual suburban
homes of their own. sa
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Apparatus to sterilize air and medi-
cate II for the use OF invalids has
been Invented BY q Pittsburgh man.
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WAYS TO TREAT FRUIT.

Catalogues are delicious whe,
served in any form If they are chilled
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TO REMOVE STAINS.

To remove fresh tea and coffee
stains. Place the stained linen over