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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-01
White For Summer.

Almost every summer white proves
its worth as the most popular summer
color. This year like all others, is to
be white one. There will lie frocls
Of white taffeta, white preamble, white
voic and wltite in every o,her fashion.
able fabric.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-01
Tho man who has a good mind

to insure hasn't good mind if he
doesn't do It. Don't let procrastina-
ton act as usher for distress. Keep in
mind Insurance. also Annuties. Con.
suit us. National Life ms. CO., of Va.
(Mutuall Earle S. Kinsley. General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland, Vt.
ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-01

Willie-pa says he wishes that you'd
make haste and propose TO sister.
Young Man Decentralization he is
willing to let her marry me? Willie
'1'aint that He says you're not likely
to keep comm here after sis hands
YOU the mttcn.-Bcston Transcript.
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Held Bible and Ruddor.

Some years ago Japan was neither so
free nor so friendly with other nations
as she Is today IN those old days
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so MoDIsH.

detachable white silk collar and cuffs
is smart to degree. Correct aces
sories are low heeled shoes and a tur-
ban with blue velvet maple leaves APP
pllQued.
Rice In Spain.
Spain grows rice in sufficient quanti-
ties to enable important shipments to
be made to other countries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-01
HoW'S This ;

We offer Une Hundred DoIlafs
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
Il. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known y. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able 20 carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMENCE.
Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 70 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halle Family Pits for constipation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
q When The Chestnut Buvxy fire Open a.

ing. II a moist one is preferred, mix in one
small cupful of strained stock. The bird to be
roasted should be stuffed with the dressing five
or six hours before cooking as the nuts impart
a delicious, rich flavor to the meat.
CHESTNUT CROQUETTES
Mash blanched nuts that have been boiled
until tender, to a smooth paste, and to each
cupful allow half a cupful of grated bread
crumbs, one teaspoonful of melted butter salt
paprlka and celery salt to taste, and sufficient
beaten egg to hold the mixture together.
Spread out on fiat dish and, when perfectly
cold, shape into small croquettes. Dip them in
egg, then in bread crumbs, and fry in deep, hot
fat to a dark rich brown. These will be found
delicious accompaniment to cold poultry.
CHESTNUT CREAM
Whip pint of chilled double cream until,
stiff and dry and gently fold in half a cupful,
of sugar, vanilla extract to flavor and a cupful;
of chestnut pulp. This is made Of chestnuts
that have been sheled, blanched and boiled
until tender, then pressed through a potato.
ricer. A small cupfu of chopped. candied
fruits that have been soaked in lemon syrup
is also pleasing addition. Mix well, turn the
mixture into a mould with a watertight cover
and bury in chopped ice and rock salt for four
or five hours before serving Serve unmoud-
ed, accompanied by an iced custard sauce.
DEyILLED CHESTNUTS
These make deectable dish to serve with a
salad course or with preparation Of cheese,
like fondu or soufle. Blanch and shell the
nuts in the manner already described and fry
until we'll Drowned in Just enough butter 10
prevent scorching Sprinkle while hot with
salt and paprlka and serve Immediately.
NESSELRODE PUDDING
Shell and blanch thirty large French chest
nuts, cover them with boiling water and cook
for half an hour. Drain of the water pound
the nuts in mortar and then rub through "A
PURGE sieve. Put into saucepan one small
cupful Of water, add cupful and half Of
sugar and the grated yellow rind Of one
orange, and place over moderate heat Cook
for twenty minutes; add the chestnut PURGE, and
cook for five minutes longer. Take from the
fire, and when cold add the strained juice Of
the orange and two quarts of stffy whipped
cream. Freeze slowly, as for ordinary ice cream
and repack in melon mould 10 ripen for a
couple Of hours. II preferred, quart Of rich
boiled custard may be substituted for half the
quantity of cream, but in that event, if the Gus
tard be sweetened, the amount Of sugar should
be reduced.
CHESTNUTS IN SALAD
Chestnuts are also much in favor in the max
must always be sheled, blanched cooked in
sailed water until tender and then cooled and
chilled. They combine particularly well with
diced celery, chopped apples and endive in fruit
salads, or they may be piled on crisp lettuce
leaves and merely moistened with a good
French dressing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

the pillow to sun-dry. The feathers were then
returned to the old tick, which in the mean
time had been thoroughly scrubbed.
The threat of the olden days was the "reno-
water man." who came around with large COW
cred van containing mysterious machinery and
promised TO renovate old pillows
He inveigled the trusting housewife into let
ting him have her ancestral pillows, which he
opened up and emptied of their contents.
He then cleaned the feathers slightly by
blowing out some dust or dirt, put portion of
them back in the ticks and returned the pillows
to the Notwithstanding air for feathers to
as great an extent as he dared. And more
than often he was very daring.
The stolen feathers were passed on to the
manufacturer, who offered them to the public
in the form of new pillows The housewife
and her family slept on air and few feathers.
The best Of modern pr "tice requires that all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

ings, and it is altogether likely that some OF
them remain dormant throughout the winter
months in sheltered but cold situations"
The best observations on this general SUD
iect which have been published are those MADE
by Mr. +. P. Jepson, research student IN med
zeal entomology, Cambridge University, Eng
land. According to Mr.. Jepson, when the
frosts come and the cold weather begins IN
earnest. unprotected flies are probably killed
Those which have found the shelter OF some
Mace ike kitchen or a restaurant or bake
house, where the artificial temperature Is
sufficient unto their needs, continue 10 live &C
lively. and will even breed when conditions are
favorable. He states that some flies possibly
exist in dormant condition in SUCH protected
localities, as behind pictures and loose wall
paper. He found sluggish specimens behind
books on a bookshelf in December and Janu-
airy and observed them for some time, hndlng
them in the same positions and still living
month later Cne of his friends found mes
issuing in large numbers from the empty
frame of an old window which was moved
during the winter.
Thus the housekeeper, swatter in hand
should look into the crevices and out-of-the-
way places of the kitchen, dining room, library
and even the cellar contiguous 10 the furnace
and swat each lurking fly. If that is done IN
every house in the city and country there VIII
no doubt be a marked dimnution in next sum-
mers fly crop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05


housewife, who may not realize that they may
be used in an infinite variety OF tempting
dishes from a simple chestnut soup to the elab-
crate dainty known as Nesselrode pudding.
Undoubtedly, for all cooking purposes, the
Italian or French chestnuts are to be preferred
to our smaller American variety, but If the
latter are carefully prepared they form very
satisfactory substitute.
To shell and blanch chestnuts at the same
time, slit each nut shell across the fiat side
with a sharp pointed knife. Cook for couple
of minutes in boiling water, drain well and let
dry Add teaspoonful of butter for each pint
of mats and stir and shake in hot oven or
over a moderate heat for three or four min
utes Then with a sharp knife take of the
shell. As the skins adhere to the shells, she'll
ing and blanching are accomplished at one and
the same time. Keep the nuts covered with
thick cloth until you are ready for them, as
they shell more easily while hot.
AS examples Of preparing them to the best
advantage, the following tested recipes are
given: ~
CHESTNUT PUREE
Cook a pint of blanched chestnuts in sufi-
cient water to cover them until the nuts are
very tender. Then press while hot through
fine sieve. Add one scant quart Of well-sea-
soned stock and stir until the boiling point is
reached. Put tablespoonful Of butter into
an agateware saucepan and, when melted, stir
in one tablespoonful of -four next pour in very
gradually a cupful and half of milk and stir
until the sauce boils and is very smooth. Add
this TO the chestnut stock, season 10 taste with
salt white pepper and celery salt, and. just
Do not boil the soup after the egg is added
and serve very hot with crisp croutons or toast
squares.
CHESTNUT STUFFING
This is a favorite dressing for chicken or
turkey. Cook three cupfuls Of banched nuts in
sailed water TO cover, and when very tender
mash TO a paste. Add one scant pint OF grated
bread crumbs, three tabespoonfuls Of melted
butter. one heaping teaspoonful Of salt, half
teaspoonful of pepper, one tablespoonful OF
finely minced celery tops and one teaspoonful
Of poultry seasoning. This gives dry dress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
HOW TO GET PURIFIED PILLOWS

of worth several pounds OF cure
w pillows buy the feathers
Dirty feather fromw which protein matter the quill
has not been removed carrying barnyad filth mean smelly pno with
difficult purify them perfectly
by factory methods
pillows made of secondhand feathers You can never tell
whence they o whittier they
grandmother her start She had feathers OF
known origin baked and she changed
faithfully thorough washing OF the feathers themselves
cleaning establishments either live steam or an electro
chemca process opportunity tor the meteorological
cleanliness of her feather beds of the should be
Clean also should the inside of the pillow.
pillow. made factories which have process TOR the COM
sterilization One after seeing him picture OF ne FACTORY
method evidence
needed factory for supply of the sted article say
hadn't had nights sleep seeing the pictures
head that unteriized feathers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

There is: and in the wake of the law is
,-,ving industry for the publication Of our
pillows.
This question which the woman asked is
rate,tly rational one, yet to how many Of US
h. occurred any doubt as to the condition of
the pillows upon which we are sleeping-the
came pillows which have probably been in the
family for years?
And If they are not family pillows, have any
Of Us ever wondered Just where the contents
cane from? Are the feathers old, new or in
different? Have they ever been used by per-
sons having contagious diseases?
NEED FOR FEATHER LAWS
Just little thought on the much neglected
subject Of pillows viii convince one that there
should be feather laws which the manufact-
urers cannot eyade, and which demand the sale
Of only new and completely sterilized feathers
10 the consumer.
Let each family use its own feathers, but the
practice Of selling these feathers, perhaps con-
animated, Of Indifferent sterilization of the
same and Of selling them to the innocent con-
Gmer should be stopped.
And the honest feather man is working hard
% this end
There has been feather legislation in New
York as well as in other states, but only in
one state ennsylvania-ha the law been
made stringent enough TO prevent entirely the
sale Of secondhand feathers. In Philadelphia
alone over 100000 mattresses have been con-
demned the last year as having been made
The New York law requires that every mat
iress, pillow, cushion, muff bed, down quilt or
bag shall be branded with the kind of material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
The Home0uJe Who Would Banisb Illness from
Her Home Would Better Be Sure That She Does
Not Buy Secondhand Feathers to Sleep On

Of which it is made-hair, down or feathers. If
the material has been previously used it must
be marked Secondhand"
Like many law, this one is but indifferently
enforced, and it is difficult for the layman to
tell old feathers from new. The expert, though,
can tell at glance, chiefly by the fact that
nearly all old feathers are broken up and life
less.
What happened in the good old days when
grandmother grew and picked and made her
own feather bed? She did not remove the
lumen-or animal matter-from the quill. She
had no live steam or electricity or chemicals to
kill the bacteria and remove the animal matter
threatening both the sweetness and the health
fitness Of the finished pillow.
HOW GRANDMOTHER MANAGED
But with the good common sense and thor
oughness that has made the oldtme housewife
the pioneer of many a modern theory, she baked
or sun-dried her feathers and so Appropriated
the same end.
Unhappily, to-day 65 per cent of our pillow
feathers are secondhand; feathers none too
clean. Grandmother at least got good start
her feathers came from her own ducks and
geese, not from the tenement ashcan, and she
knew who had died on her feather bed and
why.
When it came to cleaning feather pillows the
practice among our grandmothers varied
Some only summed and beat and aired and
emptied the contents into fresh ticks. Others
who had a sanitary premonition, made four
day job Of it.
THE THOROUGH WAY OF DOING 1T
They sewed bag of unbleached muslin the
exact size of the pillow tick to the open end Of
the old pillow, hung the pillow by the opposite
edge to the line, and allowed the wind and
gravity to empty the feathers into the new
cover. The unbleached pillow was then sewed
up and washed in a soapy solution of lukewarm
water; then rinsed five times in warm water
little cooler with each rinsing-until the last
one was cold. 1t took three or four days for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

the winter.
Don't let him do it!
Kill him on sight
The significance Of killing every fly found in
the house during the winter time is little real
ned. To realize it one must be aware Of the
amazing fecundity Of the fly.
Dr.. L. o. Howard, of the chronological Bu
Feau Of the United States Department of Agri-
culture, has ascertained that female fly will
lay at least 100 eggs at one time, and the same
female may lay more than one set during the
season. On the basis Of single laying, DR..
Howard has prepared a table showing that by
NE middle Of September the progeny of that
Individual fy will be $685., 720, 100000 adults.
Now, that fruitful female, instead of laying
only one batch of eggs, may have laid four such
patches.
DR.. Howard dryly remarks: "The task Of es-
umating the possibilities on the larger basis is
leit TO some reader who likes to multiply"
We can see now what it means 70 kill
single fly in the winter time-trillions less flies
70 the summer timel
Much Importance is attached by experts to
attacking the fly in its breeding places, and
uuly this cannot be overestimated. But, at
ne same time, too little attention has been
gwen TO the Importance Of killing flies found
~'Out the house in the winter.
II has been shown that the fly under favoring
circumstances Will even breed in the house in
INTER, but such circumstances are, to say the
EAST unusual. Yet it is indubitable that every
" surviving until spring becomes serious
sshaee 70 public health. For this reason
~aseholders should carefully scan all hooks
Soa corners after the advent Of cold weather
~no hll every fly in sight.
As 10 the alternating habit Of flies, DR.. How
ard says:
The typhoid deadly fly apparently sud
@ely disappears with the first sharp frost. IL
WI reappear later on the warmest days. With
great reduction Of the temperature Of their
s'eeong places many larva are killed, and
sess as well. Whether the pupe in their tight
p.pafla are destroyed by certain degree OF
'a does not seem TO be known. The adult
e' undoubtedly linger in warmed houses
~lOushout the winter, but that enough OF them
''nain IN active condition in such locations 10
N'pe'uate the species and 10 start the rapidly
-uuplying generations OF the following sum
' seems doubtful. The adult flies undoupt-
ny remain dormant even in warmed dwell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

feathers, new or old, should be sterilized and
the umen or animal matter removed and the
quill destroyed This is done in specially
equipped factories In addition, the feathers
are made sterile by using live steam and an
agitating machine. Others use an electro
chemical process.
In one factory the electrical process involves
some thirteen different stages, beginning with
dry beating and wet churnng, then drying,
separating into down" "half-down' and
feathers" followed by the electrical-chemical
treatment which disinfects and reaches the in
side of the quill.
Most Of our feathers come all the way from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

)T long ago a thinking woman
wrote to The Tribune, and said:
This is a fy-swatting, milk
sterilizing, cleanup generation,
and il seems to me that the next
step should be to prevent in
lection from secondhand feath-
ers. There ought to be a law;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

See That the Lauy Are Enforced and Take Care That
Only Mem; Clean Feathers fire Used in Your
PUopy and Cusbion-You Can Get Them!

China. The Chinese do not use feather pillows,
and as they raise great numbers Of fowl they
have become large feather exporters. These
feathers are partly cleaned when they leave
China, and are examined before entering this
country, but they are still very dirty, and in,
some cases about so per cent Of dirt by weight
has been extracted in the cleaning process.
whted sepulchre is mild description Of Al
snowy, linen-covered pillow with 80 per cent Of
barnyard dirt from China concealed within its
midst.
THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE BUYING
Watch your tags when buying pillows and
see that sanitation is assured.
Aside from original dirt, we have TO consider
the dangers Of infection from disease trans
mitted by pillows and mattresses.
One Of the earliest instances which aroused
alarm on this score, was an epidemic Of twenty
one cases of cholera on shipboard traced to old
feather beds belonging to the emigrants.
Cases of tuberculosis have also been traced
to bedding On Pullmans, where persons suffer-
ing from this disease have slept.
In the hospitals for contagious diseases.
where there is most danger of transmitting
diseases, the problem of sterilizing pillows
reaches its most acute stage. The pillows and
mattresses are put in a large sterilizer or
autocave, in which lie steam under a press
ure of twelve to fifteen pounds replaces a
vacuum, penetrates all kinds of fabrics and in
sures sterilization. This treatment at tenn
perature of $50 degrees Fahrenheit is con-
tinued for thirty minutes.
WHAT is NEEDED TO KEEP PILLOWS
CLEAN
What Of the housekeeper-und ordinary
conditions or when there has been infectious i'll
ness in the home? .t
Under ordinary conditions if the feathers
are sanitary and sterized when bought, the
washing practised by our grandmothers is all
sufficient. In the case of any form of conta-
gious illness the pillows should be sent to a
liable firm equipped for sterilizing
The local Board of Health should be con-
suited as to where to send pillows and mat
tresses for sterilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
Scat the Winter Fly
By WILLIAM (. SIMMONS

WITH insolent assurance the deadly house
w fly comes into your home at the ap-
proach Of cold weather TO hibernate for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
By VIRGINIA CARTER LEE

TIL the opening Of the chestnut
burrs in many localities where
these delicious little nuts may
be had for the gathering, and
with the appearance in the
markets of the big French and
Italian chestnuts, recipes for
their best preparation should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

(All these pictures are furnished by courtesy OF
the Atlas Educational Protector Company, New
York. They are part Of extensive series OF
industrial films to be used in the schools)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05

. ANNE LEWIS PIERCE and JENOISE BROWN
n:-,,tor and Domestic Science Expert Of the
Tribune Institute.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-29
GIANTS ARE SHY
CAME AND HALF

CHICAGO, May 29.-The National
league race entered a new week to-
day with the runner-ups, Brooklyn
and New York, separated by game
and a half The Giants, with rec
ord OF Is straight wins. will tackle
The doughty Brave at Boston today.
while the Dodgers will line up
against Pat Moran's Phillies at Phil
adolphia.
The Giants were cast iron favor
ties today in picking a pennant win
uer in the National league. The Chi
cago Cubs, who started out so bril-.
liantly. seem TO have lost some OF
their zip and are playing in hap
hazard manner. They have lost the
last two games and now hold sixth
Place by a bare three points ahead
OF the Pirates, who boosted their
percentage by beating the Cards two
Sunday games. The latter are back
in their old position in the cellar.
The work OF the Reds in licking the
Cubs the last two days has sent
their stock up. The Quakers and
Braves, close on the trail OF the
leaders, were in fair shape TO up.
set the dope by cleaning up in their
present series with the Dodgers and
Giants.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-29
Watching the
ScOrebOard

Either the outHelder- are backing
mp for 'em. the swatters have
struck n slump. Nary a homer yes
terdsy.
The white sox heIted the Indians
twice. biankinE them, 10 o.
IL looks like n threatened shakcup
has aroused the RowIsnder.. Out of
the last four games they have won
three aud tied one
Jack Ness, the Pacific coast league
rookie. uncorked the hit which won
the first game for the Hose.
Weaver scored from third In the
nrSi frame OF the opening round ON
delayed double steal. Ness playing
the second part Of the double theft.
jinx the Tigers. The Detroiters
drove him from the slab In the third
after running mp hyc runs.
TV Cobb bat:ed out n double and
triple and stole base.
The Indians are now n game and q
half behind the Senators.
Al the rite the Giants aud Dodger.
sre hitting 10 up, "a looks like n part
Of the world series will he played In
New York this fall.
The Reds won out In the ninth sf-
ter two were gone. with the sacks
niied and none gone, the Cubs re-
tired the next two. Then Herxog sent
In Pitcher Charlie Mitchell 90 bat In
Nnnn's head and two Reds shot
across the plate and the game was
over.
The Pirates licked the Cardinals
twice. One run summed mp the totni
of the Cardinals for the day.