Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-26
Reform Your Recipes!
BY Betty Tansey Of the vigiIantes.

In the present shortage Of nouri~hing
matters like bacon dripping. what do You
think of a household expert who advises.
her auditors to place slices of bacon. when
taken up. on blotting paper 80 that the SUI
perfluous grease may he absorbed Hon
estly. what do You think of that when Won
recall the interesting fact that any sort of
grease i now the subject Of earnest crav-
ing on the part OF millions of people just rs
good a. we are and 4 lot hungriere
Is the food expert afraid she will dry
up her gravy platter il she should try TO
figure out some other way of getting rid
OF ''superfluous grease, besides wasting
itf
Why not take up bacon with a perfor-
lated pancake turned or a fork or some
thing. thus letting the grease drip back
into the pan and saving il 10 fry potatoes
in later on?
Why not cease To be afflicted by n few
drops Of grease and after the meal i over,
carefully remove them from the platter
to the jar for drippings which should he q
standby in every household 10 reduce ron
lsunpiion Of commercially important lard
WI, net look with respect upon the
grease. remembering that the French. the
Erglih and the Bolgians would be mighty
glad 10 have il, and Mt once set up a serv-
ice Of Thanksgiving that. due solely 20 rhs
exerlions of the aforementioned peoples
we are still in the position of having
enough grease
Again ] note advice from the home hap
pifier a. to how To clean white furS. tho
process to include rubbing white fIour int.
the fnr>. letting stand over night. anc
brushing out with a stiff brush.
White fIour to clean fur- when habie-
are starving to death for breade
Those new white gloves of yours. whaI
are YOU planning to keep them clean with
Gasoline?
Gasoline j. not n desirable glove per
fume in the first place. In the next place
they need it at the front.
Only takes a scrapl oh yes, quite so
But many scraps make \ quart and foul
quarts make a gallon. And a gallon 81
petrol will run an ambulance, a long way
And think. just YOU think of what IN am
sAsA' u Wv ~ ~ ~ tfiRu itt
that will drip away to death if You use tina
gallon Of petrol To clean things with a
|, home.
| am not making this white glove ap
peal to the women who are able 10 In
q pair every time they turn around. II,
them one would say. "Save half vour GLOW,
money and buy a Liberty Bond; and i
there i no issue now there will be prett,
soon. - Won be ready
| am making the cleaned glove talk (,
the woman to when three or four dollar.
for elbow length means something, III,
women who reflect over their five dollar,
and think hard over their ten. How many
many millions of comfortable though no
wealthy" women there are IN this hroa,
land Of ours today!
How many would there be If the IIur
had reached our shores because Belgium
LEI HIM by and France fell down. How
many comfortable though not wealth,
women would there he in America today i
those two thing hid happened? Huh
Just none. Not ogr. Not Il single woman
who could be included in that category.
We've never paid an indemnity in Amer
lea. We'd have been paying one then. An.
with an indemnity of the magnificcnce o
the indemnity destined for IL the Hun IN,
with a Hun ~ the head Of the collectiol
iagency-ah, think about that, sisters. an,
save your money and your petrol for IN,
boys at the front.