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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

Throw out all vegetables and fruits
which are wlthered or unsound. Wash
out all grit and dirt. II possible, use
only fruits and vegetables picked the
same day and never can peas and corn
picked more than five hours.
Prepare fruits AM large-sized vege-
tables for blanchlng. Remove all spots
from apples.
Prepare beans and greens as for
cooking. Be especially careful to re-
move all foreign plants from the
greens.
Blunch vegetables and all fruits ex-
cept berries by leaving them from
three to five minutes in clean boiling
water, or by steaming them for n sim
liar period in a cOlander over a vessel
Of boiling water or In a steam cooker.
Remove the blanched products from
the boiling water or steam and plunge
them quickly into cold water, the cold
er the better. Take them out imme-
diately and let them drain. Don't let
them soak in the cold water.
From this point on, speed is highly
important. The blanched vegetables
and fruits, which are slightly warm,
must not be allowed to remain out Of
the containers a moment longer than
is necessary.
Remove skins when required, and as
each article Is pared cut it up into
proper size and pack directly into the
clean, scalded Il M or jars.
Pack as solid as possible, being care
full o to bruise or mash soft prod
ucts.
In the case of fruit, fill the contain
ers at once with boiling hot sirup.
In the case Of vegetables, fill the
containers with boiling hot water to
which a little salt has been added.
Place scalded rubber rings OF the
glass jars and screw down the tops.
Seal tin mi completely. Watch
them for leaks. AS the preliminary
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Juice should be added In excess Of the
amount In the tomatoes canned.
Add SUGAR and Salt.

Juice should be added In excess Of the
amount in the tomatoes canned.
Add Sugar and Salt.
In addition to the liquor, a mixture
Of sugar and salt adds greatly to the
flavor Of such products as tomatoes,
peas. Lima beans and corn. The mix
ture recommended by the government
specialists in canning Is composed Of
one-thlrd salt and twO-thirds sugar.
Two level ~teaspoonfuls of this are
placed in a No. 3 can and n teaspoon
full In a No. 2 can. For beans, Okra,
cauliiOwer, ETC.. a brine containing 2h
ounces of salt to a gallon Of water Is
used. For asparagus a heavier brine,
four ounces to a gallon Of water, Is
needed.
In order to conserve the supply of
tin cans, 1t is strongly urged that all
products intended for home use should
be put up, whenever possible, in glass.
The hermetic type Of jar, however, Is
not a suitable one for intermittent
processing, for which the best type Is a
glass-top jar with wire clamps. The
clamps should be raised at the begin
ming Of each processing to allow for
expansion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
1BlC
ROADS
FEASIBLE WIDTH OF ROADS
First Deputy Highway Commissioner
Of New York Tells Of Troubles
Encountered by Him.

Most of the roads built In New York
by the state are 16 feet wide. When
money was voted for the highway sys-
TEN it was on the basis of approx
mately $4,000 per mile. This was in
1912, and $4,000 was a low figure
even for that date. Under present
conditions 1t is obviously impossible
to complete the system as planned
then, and extra width is a serious ex-
pense. II. Eltinge Breed, first deputy
highway commissioner of New York,
recently stated that only by the strict
est economy, by substituting different
classes of pavement within certain Inn
its Of cost, and by using federal aid,
will it be practicable to have all the
important roads brought together into
a good highway system. 1t would be
far better, he says, If there were suffi-
cient funds to build them 10 feet wide
for two lines Of traffic and "a feet for
three lines. The use Of motor We
hicles is steadily increasing and they
are being constructed wider. Hence
they require pavements where vehicles
at least 80 inches wide can pass one
another comfortably and frequently.
Eighteen feet Is probably the narrow
est width that permits this, according
to Mr.. Breed. Especially is this true,
he says, in the case Of concrete roads.
because the transition from the hard
concrete surface to the earth shoulder
and back again becomes really danger
in some soils on account Of the
rut that traffic usually wears along the
line.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

ing hot. When it begins to smoke
drop in a bit of bread. If it browns
while you count forty, the fat is right
for croquettes, fshballs, oysters; If it
browns while you count sixty, 1t is
right for doughnuts or potatoes. All
articles to be fried should be slightly
warmed and thoroughly dry. If moist
or too cold the fat is chilled and soaks
into them-this accounts for the
greasy, soggy, ~indigestible condition
of much fried food. There is danger
also as the fat reheats, that the wa
ter from the moist food will make 1t
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

The waste of surplus fruits and veg
ctHbles in this country each year is
large. II would be deplornble If this
normal waste were allowed to 60 on
this year when every ounce of food
that can be produced is needed. The
waste Gun be avoided in large part if
housewives will can as large n part of
the surplus periShAbles as possible.
Any fruit or vegetable and practical
~ any other food may be- canned sat
i~sfactorily by the one-period cold-pack
method of canning taught by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
80 the boys and girls of the canning
clubs in the northern and western
states. The homemade wash boiler
equipment for use in this method of
canning. described below, is entirely
effective. Homc-SiZe water seal,
steam pressure or preSSure-cooker an
ming outfits, which save time and fuel,
may be used instead if desired.
Preliminary Preparation for Canning.
Provide a false bottom of wooden
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
FRUIT JUICES FOR JELLIES
May Be sterlIized and Bottled With.
out Sugar and Made Into Jelly
at Any Time.

(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Fruit juices for use later In jelly
making can be sterilized and bottled
without sugar and made into jellies at
the housewives convenience. This en-
ables her to do with fewer jelly glasses
and to distribute her purchases of su-
gar for jelly making through the year.
Moreover, with the bottled juice she
a make a greater variety Of jellies.
as juices which will not jell can be put
up when the fruit is ripe and combined
later with fruits that will jell, or fruits
ripening at different seasons can be
combined. For example, the Juice Of
strawberries, cherries, or pineapple
can be kept without sugar and later
when apples are plentiful car be made
into combination jelly.
To put up %unsugared fruit juices for
jelly making proceed exactly as If jelly
were to be made at the time. Cook
the fruits until they are soft and
strain out the juice through a flannel
bag. Heat and pour while hot into
bottles previously scalded. Fill the
bottles full, leaving no air space be.
tween Juice and cork or seal. Place
the filled sealed bottles on their sides
in water near the boiling point, and
keep them in the bath for about thir-
ty minutes. Make sure that the cOrked
or sealed end Is under the hot water.
AS soon as the bottles are cool cover
the cork with a paraffin seal. Thor.
ough sterilization and sealing are alb.
solutely essential to success.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

newals are necessary; availability as
a base for another type Of surface If
desirable; attractive appearance.
The durability of concrete roads has
not yet been fully proved because there
are no old pavements in existence. The
condition of those which have under
gone several years service indicates
they wear well.
The disadvantages of concrete as a
road surface are its noise under horse
traffic; the wearing of the necessary
joints in the pavement, and the ten
dency to crack, with its consequent
rapid deterioration; the difficulty OF
repairs when these become necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

how to fry correctly. Soggy, greasy,
indigestible result follow the average
experiment with hot fat, and In many
families foods are served only baked,
boiled or saute.
Frying, when properly done, is i'm
mersion in smoking hot fat, says a
cooking expert. The fat must be deep
enough to cover entirely the articles
to be cooked, and the same fat may
be used over and over; each time
strained before 1t is set away to cool.
1t is not necessary to bring fat to the
boiling point; it must merely be smok-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
USE MOTOR VACUUM CLEANER
Latest Municipal Development Makes
Its Appearance in Los Angeles
Method ls Practical.

The latest municipal development to
make its appearance In the western
part of the country Is the motor acu
street cleaning apparatus. which has
been adopted by the city of Los An.
geles, CAL, says Power Wagon. For
months this newest Of street cleaning
features had been under discussion
but 1t was not until a short time ago
that it was really put into practice.
That this new cleaning method is en-.
tirely practical has been proved By
days of actual demonstration.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
MILEAGE OF CONCRETE ROADS
There Were 100000 Square Yards
Of II In 1914 and Only $4,000
Yards in 1909.

The mileage Of concrete pavements
In the United States has increased rap
and 1t is likely to continue to in
crease. There were 100000 square
yards of it in 1914 and only 364,OOO
square yards in 1909. The principal
advantages of concrete pavements are
said to be durability under ordinary
traffic conditions; a smooth, even sur
face; absence of dust; comparatively
small cost of maintenance until re-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

boil over and spatter the stove or your
clothing.
Be very careful not to let a drop Of
water fall into a kettle of steaming
hot fat. The best way Is to have a
frying basket in which all the articles
can be cooked at n time. Plunge
the basket into the hot fat and raise
1t quickly if the fat begins to boil
over. Fishballs and croquettes should
brown perfectly in one minute. Fritters
require a longer cooking. Keep a tin
plate In your left hand and hold it
under the basket or ladle as you re-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
CAN SURPLUS FOOD, BUT USE JARS AND CANS WIsEL

Don't have an empty preserving jar in your home next fall.
There may be some difficulty in securing cans and preserving jars.
Reserve regular tight sealing containers for vegetables, concen-
trapd soups, meats and fish.
Concentrate products 50 that each Jar n can will hold as much
food and as little water as possible. Pack fruit juices in ordinary
hotties.
Put up jams, jeles and preserves in glasses sealed with cork or
paper and pnrAihn.
Don't can anything that can be kept just as we'll dried or in other
Produce in your garden lots Of cabbage, potatoes, and root crops
TINT "a be kept for the winter without canning-U. S. Department Of
Agriculture.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

ed from the fact that q mixture Of
corn meal and water had been used by
a department specialist to start the
l~actic-acid ferment in Gull potatoes put
up for feed in the form of silage. This
starter has been used in the case Of
vegetables fermented for food but 1t
Is not the preserving ferment, the spe-
cialists explain it only starts this fer
ment. 1t is not recommended for
household use, however.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Stilt-W Walking Crane Needed.

In many places the method of max.
inging good roads" is to pillow them
down the center and decorate the
roadbed with sod. This provides a
surface which can be Travelled only by
the stilt-walking crane.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
FRIED FOOD NOT HARMFUL
is Wholesome and Nutritious When
Frying Is Properly Done, But Few
Cooks Know the Art.

There are certain kinds of food that
are delicious when fried in hot fat, and
when frying is properly done. such
foods are wholesome and nutritious
and not harmful to stomach or com
pIexion. Fried edibles have fallen into
disrepute because 50 few cooks know
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Growth Of Good Roads.

The improvement of public roads In
the United States Is now very rapid.
and while an enormous amount of
work remains to be done. the highway
system is nc longer a reproach to the
country.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Not q P~reservative,

There is no corn meal and water
prese,Tative for vegetables. A report
to this effect recently published, and
credited to the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, probably originat-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

treatment has taken care of expansion
1t is not necessary to exhaust the cans.
How to Sterilize or Process.
Put the jars or cans as soon as pos
sible into boiling water in a wash boiler
or into your canning device. Let them
process for the time specified In the
table, counting from the time the wa
ter begins to boil again, or the gauge
on the canning outfit registers the
proper pressure.
Time Table for ScaIding Blanching,
and Sterilizing Vegetables, Soups,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
New Veoetables,

Order a small quantity of seeds Of
vegetables that you have not tried be-
fore. You may like them and a vari-
ETY. will never do harm.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Fruit Quality.

Preserve the life of your trees and
increase both quality and quantity Of
your fruit by pruning and spraying.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
Garden Tool Repsir.

Now is the time to repair garden and
farm tools and add new one to next
seasons supply.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

move articles from the fat, and place
the articles Immediately on soft, un-
glazed paper until ready to serve.
Never pile fried croquettes, oysters or
doughnuts one on the other. Keep
them separate, so that they may re-
main crisp all over.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13
PROFITABLE DISPOSITION OF ALL
SURPLUS FRUITS and VEGETABLES
Every Ounce Of Food That Can Possibly Be Produced
This Year, Will Be Needed-Housewives Can
Avoid Much Waste by Canning.
WASH BOILER EQUIPMENT is SATISFACTORY

Practically All Perishabe Products May Be Canned by 0ne-Period
Cod-Pack Method of Canning. as Taught by the United States
Department Of Agricuture-A| Cans Should Be in Good
Condition and Absolutely Clean.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-07-13

Pickle or brine suitable vegetables In
crockA
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
HELP WANTED-MALE

LABoRERS White, $2.75
per day, steady work. APP
ply Timekeeper, ADAMS EX-
PRESS CO., End & Eye sts.
N. E.
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
Furnished.

CoYwooD CApart. T)-Downtown; two
newly fur. rooms; electricity; elevator; un-
nulted pnone-
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

YOUNG LADY for postofice and cashier
work in drug store. good salary, permanent
position; must have postofnce experience
BOX 2es. Times office. ls20
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

CHRISTIAN LADY in every locality to dis
tribute Gospel tracts; good pay. Address
THE TRACT MISSION, ia N. 5th St, Rich
mond. Va. 81
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

CHAUFFEUR MECHANIC, col
ored, wishes permanent posi-
ton with family or garage. Box
2O7 Times office. %f9
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

70 ACRE fa=as. Ave rIuas froca. cnari,s..es.
Vile. Va: keEutitul lsost;gn. ,nLe uatsg,
plenty wood. on p +. =: VIII N. or FsiI
On sasy ta<ms. Ao1g = sr. ~. y. I!'
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
FOR SALE-FaRMS

UNEMPLOYED farm, Maryland, unar city,
cor;wOod timber, wOIlr exchange. hcass a.
Eatonel,Lls rars. BOX -. Times oftIcs. -
For Sale or For Rent.
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
ROOMS AND BOARD
"The Biggest List in Washington"
TahI. Board

18th ST.. 2sZ1-cornsr Fairmont 81. rate by
day. week or month: English. French and
Spaniah q SPOKEN. u
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

MEN AND BOY6-Colored. young (IiEht).
q. with wheels for messenger and delivery
business: can earn from 400 to 800 day.
Apply DIME MESSENGER SERVICE. Inc.
IL 18th N. W.
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

PoRTERs-ColorSd, for our furniture de-
pSrtmsut. Apply PETER GRoGAN q SONS
Co, s1l TN 81 N. W. q
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

PREssER wanted at once; good pay. ltso
IT. N. w. 81
The Washington times., 1917-11-21
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

APPRENTICES - For various
departments in the store; an
excellent opportunity to be
trained as Saleswomen; must be
over t6 years and have best ref
.rences regarding character. Ap-
ply between 9 and 1890 a. m,
JULIUS GARFINKLE & co.
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

YOUNG MHN tsIephono operators, both day
and night, state age, experience, reference
and alATY oxpscted- Address BOX 10, Times
Once.
YOUNG NAN 70 look atter EAs arc lamps.
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Supervising
Architects Office Washington, d. C., Nov
I2. 1871. Sealed proposals will be opened In
this ONCE Rt p. M, Dec. 3. 1911. for supply
Ing To the various PUBIC buildings under the
control OF the Treasury Department hand
electric portable vacuum cleaners during tEs
nscal year ending June 20. 1918, IN accordance
with the specifications. copies OF which mny
be had at this office IN the discretion OF ths
7uperyising Architect. JAS. A. wETNORE
GrtinE Supervising Architect. u
The Washington times., 1917-11-21

YOUNG LADY as Clerk IN large
corporation; permanent posi-
ton with excellent opportunity
for advancement. Apply LOOSE
WILES BISCUIT CO., 5i3
Rhode Island ave. N. E.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-15
AMERICANS CRY out FOR BARRIERS

Course didn't want none o. that sweet
spirits O. vi'lets, SO says Non, non.'
He forgot the sacred memory O. Lafay-
cite an the spirits of '76 right there
an gave me cussin' in French.
didn't know what 1t was. but 1t sound
ed like hot stuff
II remembered one word thought'd
get me out that place an says Comfy
emp That started another riot, but
finally the fat guy allowed 1t was Cat
frOnk.' That's about eighty cents real
money, but paid 1t an got out after
struggle with that nightshirt they put
onto me.
First look had at that haircut was
in store window. Say. that guy'd
sort O. chopped away the fringes round
he'd left about half the hair there, look
In sort o grayish, an then he hadn't
touched 1t none till he got up top. SO
there was gray ring nm then black
ring. The gray ring looked like a
NANCY cayuse. When took my Stet-
son off found he'd trimmed the front
of an pasted 1t down with that smelly
stun till l looked like the picture O.
some boy viOlinist
"That was swell layout. When
got back to my outfit the gang asked
me was the feller that sings love
songs at that Folly Bergair vaudeville
place In Paris an the sergeant tells me
not to let none of them rough soldiers
insult me. but to stick 'em with my
hatpin. Then they offered to pay me
five cents apiece to let 'em dip the cor
ners of their handkerchiefs in my hair
when they was goin' out to see their
girls. 1t was all like that. 1 amt had
no French haircuts since. Say, don't
you think you could get some BARRIERS
over here that know enough to shave
a feller's neck?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-15

Rain or shine, snow or blow. the
wearer Of a coat like that pictured
here may go comfortably on her way.
There has been no creation Of the
hours more dependable than the
plushes that have made such progress
during the last decade and it Is be-
cause they have such honest quail
ties of wear, resistance and warmth,
that effort has been spent on perfect
ing them. They have been made to
simulate the short-haired furs almost
to perfection. Seal, broad tail and
caracul pushes are almost replicas of
these skins-all Of them rich looking
enough to make up, and trimmed with
handsome, genuine furs.
The coat shown in the picture Is Of
seal plush finished with a square cape
collar of fur which narrows at the
'front.' and Is heightened into revers. 1t
may be rolled up about the neck high
enough to muffie the throat COM
pletely.
This cape collar II made Of an inex-
pensive but effective fur. blush gray
In color, and finished with tails across
The back. The Imaginative furrier
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-15
TELLS voPIcKA TO GET WINE
Take Joneseu, Roumanian Statesman,
Almost Forgot Important
Advice.

Zurich. Switzerland. - Statesmen
send queer kilograms, even Mt critical
times. And while busy foreign offices
are revealing the private intercourse
of kaisers and czars. the Bucharest
Lumina has prIed into Roumanian
archives to tell an anxious world what
Take Jonescu telegraphed in a terse
midnight telegram to Charles ]. vo-
picka, minister of the United States to
ROumnnia. 1t was n critical hour for
Roumania, for the German Invaders
were marching over the Cprpathians
In three columns, and the royal govern
ment had transferred its capital to
Jassy. Whereupon NJ. Jonescu tele-
grnphed:
Jassy 5o2e. Nov. 27. 1915. 10 40
Urgent.
"Excellency Vopicka. American min
lister. Bucharest: I forgot to tell you
that in the cellar of my house there
are several bottles of Rhine wine Even
if you have to break into the palace. /
beg you to take the wine and drink 1t
to my health. Again n thousand thanks
TAKE JONESCU."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-15
At the Ribbon Counter

After this each petal is made by gath
ering a short piece of ribbon across
one end and fastening 1t to the stem
by wrapping thread or tie wire about
1t. The other end of the petal is curl
ed back and tackled down. Sometimes
three shades are used and always the
darkest is at the center and the light
est on the outside of the blossom.
The poppy is made by gathering
strip of ribbon close to the edge, with
silk matching the ribbon in color, to
form the outer edge of the petals. The
other edge is feathered closely and
wrapped about a millinery stem with
stamens at the end. Both the rose
and poppy are set In appropriate foil
age.
A new arrival for the corsage has
settled among the flowers. 1t Is n
butterfly of gayly colored ribbon with
markings added with brush and water
colors. At the right of the group is a
little neckwear piece made of loops
and ends of baby ribbon. The ends
are knotted and little blossom, simu-
lated in ribbon Is deftly sewed over
each knot.
An orchid from the milliners set In
maiden hair fern from the same gar
den Is tied with satin ribbon. In the
heart Of the orchid is tiny powder
box and pun and a small mirror Is
sometimes craftily concealed in the
bow that ties corsage flowers Of this
kind. Every one is delighted when
they betray themselves at the dance
or other places. In time of need.