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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
WINTHROP CENTER

{. l. Bailey returned Friday evening
from business trip to New York
Miss Myrtle Jack returned Sunday from
Bowdonham, where she passed her va
cation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

Michael Frawley Of this city Ia,
Sunday night for Boston. where he will
visit friends for the next few DAYS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

Mr. and Mrs. H. Branch of Watervin,
were in town Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

James E. Howe IF Jefferson, Maine. y,
in town Saturday calling on friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

P. r. Poulin of Fairfield was in tow,
Sunday calling on acquaintance dunn,
the day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

Eden Davis of East Vassalboro w.,
a business caller Saturday in town
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

Lost-Sum Of money.
Wanted-Woman for homework.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
AUGUSTA LOCALS

H. F. Bailey Of Waterville was vis,,,.
Sunday on friends in town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
DEx Err
Funeral Of Owen w. BRIDGES

Funeral services for the late Owen W.
Bridges were held Sunday afternoon az
the First Cniversalist church, Rev,
Stanley Gates Spear officiating. The
funeral was largely attended by rela-
tlyeS. neighborS and friends of the de-
ceased as well as by large delegations
from Penobscot Lodge. F. and A. M.
Plymouth Lodge of Odd Fellows, Canton
Dexter. the Rebekahs and members Of
Wassookeag Chapter, Order of the Eas-
tern Star The remains were escorted
from the home on Maple street to the
church by the members of Canton Dex-
ter of which the deceased was a valued
member, a delegation from the Canton
marching ahead of the hearse bearing
the remains. At the church the Odd
Fellows funeral service was carried out
The bearers were six in number. the
Masons, Odd Fellows and Stafford Post
q. A. R., being represented. Penobscot
Lodge. F. and A. NJ. was represented by
John w. Springall and Lafayette B.
Waldron, Plymouth Lodge, l. o. O. F..
by Samuel E. Moore and Judge Arthur
w. Stone and Stafford Tost G. A. r.. bv
Joseph H. Warren and Leonard Tibbetts.
Following the service the Odd Fellows
escorted the remains to Mount Pleas
ant. where they were placed in the re-
ceiving tomb
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10

Kew. R1naldo L. Olds, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, resumed his du-
ties as pastor Sunday following an ill
ness of several months when he occu-
pied the pulpit. preaching fine sermon
on The Worth of a Man" Thomas
Blanchard of Gardiner rendered two So
los at the service
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORk-A
capable woman. One willing to go home
nights. Apply to Mrs. A. Sewall Web
ster, Lancaster Place. apr1Odtf
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Take Baby Outdoors Daily.

when the temperature OUTSIDE Is
very low the baby should be taken
into a warm room while his nursery Is
being aired. and at night his ped
should be shielded from a direct draft.
If there is communicating room, the
window in that room may be opened,
if there is danger of chilling the air OF
his sleeping room.
eff the cold is excessive. or if there
is a raw, damp wind blowing or RAIN
or snow is falling, the baby should ne
given his daily airing in a room with
the windows open, or on protectea
porch dressing him warmly In out-oI-
door clothing. He should be taken out
during the middle of the day for lit-
tie while, never long enough to run the
risk of chilling him. This applies es-
pecially to young and delicate babies.
AS a child gets old enough 70 walk
about and thus exercise himself, he can
be allowed to play for some time IN
an open room or where he is sheltered
from the wind.
But an airing every day does not
take the place of fresh air in the mouse.
day and night. and to secure SGElclelt
ventilation for health the mother must
he on the watch to see that the rooms
are opened and the air chahged at
frequent intervals
Evening star., 1916-12-08
BE AS CAREFUL OF YOUR SOAP
AS OF YOUR TOOTHBRUSH

conveying poison and. thank fortune.
soap has never yet been accused OF
being germ carrier.
That is, the cake OF soap as 1t comes
to our homes. is never conveyor OF
germs, though there has been q big move
ment of late to do away with the COM
mon cake of soap at all public wash ba-
sins, because OF the possible skin dis
eases that might be conveyed in this way.
Much too little precaution Of this sort
is uaually taken in the private home. and
save where each bedroom is supplied with
a private bath there is seldom the proper
care of the soap or soap receptacle As
a matter Of fact one ought to be care
full of ones soap as of ones toothbrush.
and the common cake of soap ought to
be as much an impossibility as a family
toothbrush would be-
+ For this purpose every member should
be supplied with an aluminium or cellu-
loid soap dish. and forced to use it, willy
nilly. II guests do not bring their own
soap boxes and If they are not provided
with private bathroom they should also
be provided with an immaculate soap
box furnished with fresh cake Of toilet
soap.
Keep Soap Dishes Clean.
Care should be taken to keep the soap
dishes clean and as dry as possible, for
where water is allowed to accumulate tho
soap becomes soft and soon melts away.
For this reason 1t is a good plan to wash
the soap boxes thoroughly once or twice
week and to allow them to air thor
oughly before putting the soap back into
them. All this takes care. but it is worth
while IL making soap last and if keeping
it clean and in good condition are desira
BILE.
Guest soap is sold in special packages.
as everybody knows. and 1t is a dainty
that most housekeepers feel they can.
afford. II the little individual cakes seem
too expensive to buy. you can cut up a
good grade of CASTLE soap into small
cakes Of individual size and use these
instead of the kind you usually buy al
ready wrapped.
Evening star., 1916-12-08

The housewife cannot make food
products any cheaper but she can Sc
lect wisely, plan and buy carefully, so
that she can secure the necessary
nourishment for her family for the
least cost and she can avoid waste. 1t
is dangerous to economiZe on foods by
leaving out some which have made a
part of the usual diet without substl-
tuting for that food one which supplies
the same nourishment. The housewife
must, therefore, understand the needs
of the body and know the various foods
which can supply each need.
Importance of Tissue Builders.
Fortunately, the housewife of today
has many opportunities to learn this
She knows she must provide about one
fourth of the family diet in tissue
builders-fsh, eggs, milk, peas, beans
cheese, etc.-and three-fourths in en-
ergy givers. such as the various fats
starches, sugars. If the diet contains
plenty of vegetables and fruits she gets
the required mineral salts without CIV
ing attention to the matter Her ram :
lily should eat one raw fruit or veg
etable per day. It may be the pro-
verbal apple q day which keeps the
doctor away" or just simple lettuce,
celery, cress or onion. 1t is advisable
TO drink plenty of water siAty per
cent of the BODY weight is water.
For shortening use pure leaf lard.
Only two-thirds as much OF this IS
needed as of any Of the other fats.
Rice Instead of Potatoes.
Rice is one of the few foods which,
thus far has not increased in price.
Use rice occasionally instead of the
costly potatoes. Use canned meats
Evening star., 1916-12-08

than a quarter They place no charge
in taking these odds and ends and
making them over into appetiZing sand
witches; but they do insist that the
homemade lunch uses up great deal
of food which might otherwise go to
waste; and further, that it saves the
daily surrender of quarter of a dollar
in cash. Again, they point to the fact
that once a man is in the habit of
eating a light lunch he really does not
miss a hot one and is in better health
for going without it.
Conditions vary in different house
holds, they say; and not every man
would insist upon a hard-boiled egg
at cents and slice of cake at the
same price with his lunch. And they
add that weeks trial will convince
one that it is cheaper to carry than to
buy ones lunch.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
TO GET NECESSARY NOURISEMENT
FROM FOOD AT THE LEAST COST

which have no waste. and put up un-
der sanitary conditions. In fresh meats
buy the Cheayer cuts OF inspected
meats They are usually more nutri-
tious. better favored and cost less than
the most expensive cuts.
The housewife can prepare these
cheaper cuts with the aid of a frcless
cooker so that the full nutritive value
is retained and the flavors developed
at a minimum cost. If the housewife
uses a coal range the longer cooking
necessary for cheaper cuts does not in
crease the cost of fuel.
The saving of fuel is very important
at this time. and the wise housewife
keeps this in mind as she plans her
menus
Baked beans is a nutritious dish. but
the housewife who must bake them
with gas has a food too high in cost
for it's nutritive value. She does well
to buy canned beans guaranteed by the
label of a relia BILE food producing com
pany.
Reducing Meat Bill.
Meat substitutes should be used fire.
quently. Fish, salted or canned, will
reduce the meat bill while furnishing
the required tissue builders Of the diet
Use the coarser nours for bread and
the cheaper grades of white flour for
other purposes in cooking. Corn bread
deserves to be used more than it is at
present in the majority of families.
Buy only such foods as you know
to be pure. Read the labels and when
food proves suited to your needs
always ask for that same brand in the
future.
BY checking up carefully upon the
foods she has been accustomed to pro-
vide for her family and studying the
markets for other foods, lower in price,
which give the same nourishment, the
American housewife can do much to
mitigate the high cost of food" prob
lem.
Evening star., 1916-12-08

Next to water. what is the greatest
cosmetic. the greatest contributor to
the health and beauty Of the COM
pleXion?
1t is as old as Egypt and it bids fair
to be in use as long as the human race
continues. Yes. in spite of occasional
detracting comments, it is soap-just
plain soap.
So important is this age-old inven-
ton, whose essentials are simply fat
and the potash to be found in wood
ashes, that all subsequent cosmetic
discoveries are very small in compari-
son. Of course. if we might be kept in
a perfectly dustless. dirtless. germless
atmosphere We would never need
soap. but so long as women are not all
inhabitants of seraglias: so long as
they do take part in the affairs of the
world: so long they travel and
commute, work and motor. ride, drive
and promenade-they will find no
possible substitute for soap. Olive oil
or. cold cream may prove to be Sufii-
cent cleansing agents for a very few
women. but for most of US soap is a
positive essential of existence.
Beware of the Common" Soap.
About the only way of finding the
soap that most agrees with you is by
experiment. For some persons one soap
seems to be too dry, another too oily.
one too mild and another too strong.
Barring, of course, the coarse kitchen
soaps and the highly colored. highly
perfumed soaps that are merely
coarse kitchen soaps in disguise, any
soap is good.
There would be little object in mix
ing soaps with adulterants, and there
is almost no chance for soaps to de-
teriorate. One almost never fears soaps
Evening star., 1916-12-08
An Economical Dish.

Cook a cupful of macaroni in boiling
salt water until tender. 1t takes about
an hour. Drain. rinse in cold water ana
drain again. Remove all the Stringy
portions from one-fourth of pound OF
dried or smoked beef, cover with boil
ing water heat quickly to the boring
point, then drain. Melt three table
spoonfuls of butter. In it cook three
tableSpoonfuIs of flour and scant half
teaspoonful of salt, then add one cup
and a half of milk and stir until boil
ing. Add the macaroni and beet mix
thoroughly and turn into baking
dish Let stand in the oven a few mo-
mentS to reheat: then serve at once.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
SAVING A PENNY
HERE AND THERE

Cake without eggs, butter or milk
Now that "the sky's the limit'-or seems
to be-for eggs and butter. a cake made
without them (and also without milk as
extra compensation should appeal. Here
is a recipe for it which has been SUBJ
mitted in the hope that it will interest
other womeE:
Two cups OF brown sugar. two cups of
hot water. two tablespoonfuls of lard, one
package of SeedleSS ralSlnS cut once. one
teaspoonful of salt. one teaspoonful of Gin
namon, one teaspoonful OF cloves. Boil
these ingredients mixed, for five minutes
after the water begins to boil When cold
add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
one teaspoonful of water and beat in
three cups of -four. Fold in one tea
spoonful of baking powder Bake in two
loaves for forty-five minutes in slow
oven. This cake is better al the end of a
week, or even longer, it ''ripens' as does
fruit cake.
When washing dishes try using lit
tie handbrush in place of dlshcloth
II gets in the creases better than cloth,
besides being more sanitary. 1t will not
scratch or mar. and is quite as effective
as a knife for scraping in cases where the
food adheres to the dishes or cooking
utensils Besides, it saves scratching the
knife and perhaps chipping the dish.
An economical and useful sink
Straiuer may be made by punching
holes with a nail and hammer in the
bottom of "A large lard pail. Stand this
in the corner of your sink to receive
potato skins and all sorts of debris which
may be put into the stove or garbage pail,
as preferred, at the end of each meal.
Wash the pail with hot suds when wash
ing the other dishes
For sink that is too narrow for the
dfshpan take a board about six inches
wide by eight long, screw four large
spools on the under side and you have
a stool that raises the pan to height
that makes a level, and al the same time
makes it unnecessary to stoop to the
washing
II the sink drain is stopped up. pour
in about a half pint of crude oil of Wit
riol such as is used for cleaning grease
from automobiles. 1t acts like magic,
clearing the drain at once.
TO prevent cheap tinuara from rust
might've it coat of melted paraffin
wax and then place the article in a hot
oven for few minutes. After it is
wax with a soft cloth, and your work
is finished. 1t will not rust or lose its
brightness.
anything has burned or baked in them
water and let them thoroughly steam.
They will clean very easily.
Use white table oilcloth to cover
paste down tight. IN this way the
Evening star., 1916-12-08
OLD-TIME "EXPENSE ACCOUNT''
SAVES MONEY FOR THE FAMILY

One Washington woman. at least. has
a brand-new scheme to bring about
thrift and economy in her home, or
perhaps it should be said she has re-
vived an old way to maintain the old
time thrift and economy. In bygone
days it was the fashion to keep an ex-
pense account and to jot down in it
nearly every item of expenditure.
The woman mentioned has revived
this habit in her household, and now
she and her husband and her sons
and her daughters all keep ex-
pense accounts. She says the careful
watching of their expenditures, made
necessary by this account keeping, has
effected a considerable saving in ex-
penses, especially in useless expenses
or items of expenditure which might be
classed as mot absolutely necessary"
The idea of reviving the expense ac-
count in our own household" this
Washington woman said. '.came to me
when l was down town shopping the
other day. l bought a pincushion in a
department store which struck my fan
cy, because it was pretty and it cost
only 25 cents.
Evening star., 1916-12-08

shelves are easily washed. Oilcloth will
last for years. while paper covering has
to be frequently changed.
convenient string holder may be
made of a small funnel hung in cor
ner of the kitchen. A ball of string
should be put in this funnel, the loose
end extending down through the stem.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
To Mend GraniteWare.

A hole in graniteware may be mend
ed temporarily in this way: Insert a
nail or something else in the opening,
and turn it round and round until the
hole is perfectly round, then pound a
cork in tight and with a sharp knife
cut off most of it, leaving only an
eighth of an inch on each side of the
METAL
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Stuffed Peppers.

Remove the seeds from the peppers. To
one cupful of breadcrumbs and one cupful
of cheese add two anchovies from which
all the fine bones have been removed, and
which have been cut into small pieces.
Chop half a red pepper fine. Mix these
ingredients. put in the pepper cases and
bake in a buttered baking dish.
Evening star., 1916-12-08

When half a dozen or 50 congress
sional senatorial and other govern
mental commissions actually get on the
Job of investigating to learn the causes
of the well known high cost of living
the assignment isn't going to be any
sinecure. Everybody who has any con-
nection with any phase of catering to
the physical demands of humanity
seems to have different explanation,
and one sounds just about as good as
another Said the manager of a string
of popular-price lunchrooms in this
city the other day:
'It isn't SO much that food prices are
away up. though advances in all food
prices are sufficiently terrifying, as
that all the incidentals necessary in op-
Grating a IunchrOom have advanced IN
cost anywhere from so per cent to 200
or 300 per cent. These things don't
show on the menus, but they have TO De
paid for just the same
For instance, "A well known brand OF
shortening or cooking oil. introduced
as a substitute for lard at a lower
price, now costs a little more than pure
leaf lard: and we have to use lot OF
il Caustic soda used in dishwashing,
has quadrupled in cost in the last year
and half. Chinaware. silverware,
glassware, linen, etc. all cost from 90
to $50 per cent more now than the
same articles cost before the war.
All Prices Have Jumped.
"In the line of food materials, any
housekeeper can tell you how every
thing has gone up. Tell me how
lunchroom is going to pay cents
apiece for eggs and still sell egg sand
wishes at a nickel. How are we going
to pay 5 cents more pound for coffee.
20 cents gallon more for cream and
9 to cents a pound more Tor sugar
and sell coffee with cream at b cents a
cup
I'VE can't cut down the size of por-
tions of meats without strenuous OBJ
jectionS the part of patrons, but
how are we going to pay to cents a
pound more for the raw material more
for the fuel with which to COOK IT,
more for the services of the cook and
his assistants, more for seasoning and
every single item that goes into the
preparation of the meats. without
either raising our prices or cutting
down the size of the portions? It's a
problem 1 haven't been able to solve
One of the large clubs patronized
almost altogether by professional men
has been compelled recently to raise
prices on almost every item on its
bill of fare This action was necessary
simply because the caterer found the
dining room was running behind by
reason of increased cost of foodstuffs.
At another big club with a profess
| sional patronage ii was stated no ad-
| vance in prices had been made as yet,
! but that prices all along the entire list
would be raised the first of the year
for the same reason.
| Some time ago the hotels of the city
! inaugurated charge for the portions
| of bread and butter formerly served
| free with meals. At one hotel 1t was
| said this was made necessary because
\of the fact that the -four used in the
Evening star., 1916-12-08
A Useless Expenditure.

When l got home 1 showed it to one
OF my daughters and she asked:
Mother. what on earth are you go
ing to do with that thing? l said |
was going to put it in one of the boys
rooms. But it turned out that they all
had pincushions in their rooms; that.
in fact, there were eleven pincuShions
in the house. Besides, one of my daugh-
terS at that time was making a new
one from some old scraps of silk and
lace she had saved.
We'll. there it was. | had bought
a pincushion Tor which l had no actual
use, Just because it was pretty. But IT
meant % cents thrown away. We had
long family talk that night at dinner.
and the idea came to me that II we
were all to set down in little books our
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Shall We Garry Our Lunches?

oddli " oOl AullSAcS9
Is a return to the old fashion of car
rying lunch boxes or paper-wrapped
parcels of luncheon to office or other
place of employment to be a means Of
salvation?
My husband simply will not carry
a lunch box, and he will not carry a
parcel of cold lunch that he can stick
in his overcoat pocket said the wife
of bank empioye. He says cold
lunches upset his stomach, and that. ne
wants to get out for few minutes at
lunch time, anyhow. Besides, 1t costs
so much to put up cold luncheon
nowadays
Il am making our own bread SINCE
the bakers raised prices. We bought
a barrel of -four when it cost $50.
Since then the same flour has gone up
to s1050 barrel l use lard Ior
shortening because a substitute l once
used now costs cents a pound more
than pure leaf lard. Sugar is cents
pound, where Il couple of years ago
it was cents. Milk costs ~ cents d
quart, and it used to cost I or s. " llh
my -four at $S.75 barrel of 1856 POUNDS
a sixteen-ounce loaf Of bread costs 3
cents for materials and fuel, not allow
ing anything for labor.
1--WE stopped using eggs when they
went to so cents a dozen; now our eSs
man asks 65 cents dozen Tor thelh.
Any good piece of roasting beer costS
at least 25 cents pound; chickens ana
turkeys are equally prohiDltlNe. 'oou
table butter has not been less than AZ
| cents for months; yesterday l pald 40
cents, because we have to nave sood
butter-we won't touch the other kind
| My husband is pretty much llke
| other men--he wants a substantial
luncheon if he has any. couple OF
| sandwiches Of homemade bread ana
butter with cold meat will cost at least
! S cents a hard-boiled egg at least D
cents slice of homemade cake, b
! cents-my husband likes special kind
| of cake l make that costs 50 cents at
| present price of materials and makes
| fifteen to seventeen reasonable slZeo
| cuts-and a dessert apple or orange
| from 2la to 5 cents Then a pint or
milk in a bottle, cents more, or
cup of coffee for or 10 cents, and the
| cold luncheon costs at least 25 cents.
| ''Of course it might be put up Tor
! less, put not without dissatisfaction and
| danger of an upset stomach that would
| cost a lot more in the long run. so
| there you are and my husband prefers
a bowl of bread and milk with baked
apple or some other dessert. for which
| he pays a quarter at a lunchroom, and
| gets out Of his office for half an hour.
In Behalf of the Carried Lunch.
But other housewives insist that an
| attractive lunch may be put up at home
from 'leftovers" that will cost far less