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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

At its best. the work interest cannot
be distinguished from the play inter-
est. This Is seen ,hen a man like
Huxley, devoting himself through
years of hardship to most arduOus re-
search, asks to be considered an "ama-
teur." a worker for the love Of the
work. And this is seen with all great
artists and inventors and organizers.
We know how the child's play shifts
from aimless movements to the imita-
tons Of the activities Of his elders.
from mere manipulation Of objects
and materials to the planned and pur-
poseful making" of things. When the
child once reaches this stage there
should be constantly before him the
materials and tools that can be used
in making" things. and whatever ma
terial Is spoiled" in the course Of
making is a very cheap charge against
the child's education in work. The
dress that a little girl makes for her
doll may not be as fetching" as the
n bought In the store, and 1t may
ven cost more in materials and atten-
ton from olders; but 1t Is worth at
least two or three of the dresses that
you can buy. A little boy who de-
lights in making cranberry preserves
when his mother lets him gets much
more satisfaction from the experience
than he does from eating the mess,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
THE SEPARATE SKIRT FOR SPRING.

cotton goods, including cotton crepe,
gabardine, basket weaves and novel
ties, besides cotton and mohair mix
lures. Cretonne is available also in
this class. Then there are the unusual
woolens and silks, and several special
weaves in silk for sports skirts. But
the particularly interesting separate
skirt just at this time Is that one
which the home dressmaker under
takes to make for herself in antIcipa-
ton Of her spring and summer time
needs.
The several cotton fabrics are shown
In very attractive models, demonstrate
Ing the clever management of stripes,
checks, and large crossbars in the ma
terials. These skirts are fitted smooth
ly about the hips, and are mostly made
habit-back. Many of them are plait-
ed and nearly all Of them are straight
hanging. Pockets at each side are so
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Fruit Salad.

Take any fruits in season, and pare
and cut them into neat pieces.
Bananas, pineapple and pears make a
good combination, and orange quar-
tiers may be added too, with the seeds
and thin, tough skin covering the quar-
ters removed. Put all the fruit into a
deep bowl, the pineapple on top. Sprin-
kle sugar thickly on top, and d lemon
Juice and water in the proportion Of
II part Of lemon juice to four parts
of water. Add enough liquid barely
to cover the fruit. Let the whole
stand for some hours, then stir up
from the bottom and serve with
whipped cream.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
FOR PLAIN CAKE
Simple CORRECTION to Serve at Lunch
o or to Follow the Sunday
Evening Supper.

One and one-half cupfuls of pastry
flour or n and One-eighth cupfuls
bread flour, two ~teaspoOnfuls baking
powder, speck of salt, One-fourth tea
spoonful grated nutmeg, one-fourth
cupful butter, one cupful sugar, two
eggs. one-half cupful milk. With a
plain cake as a foundation many vari-
atoms may be made. Substitute me-
half te%aspOOnful of vanilla or lemon
extract for the nutmeg. For a white
or silver cake omit the egg yolks and
use the whites only, more may be add
ed for layer cake. Bake in shallow
pans of equal size and when cooked
place filling between the layers.
RillOn cake may be made by divid-
ing the latter into two or more equal
parts . Color one or more and bake
each portion separately, then place in
layers with jelly between. A richer
cake may be made by using twice the
quantity of butter and Onc-fourth cup
full more of flour should then be add
ed. For raisin or nut cake add one
half cupful of seeded raisins or
chopped nuts, sprinkle with two table
spoonfulS of flour and add to sifted
dry ingredients. Currants or citron
may also be added. Dark cake may
be made by adding molasses, spices,
cocoa, etc. Add flour to make the bat
ter of required consistency. For mar
bic cake put a portion of plain or
white cake into the baking pan, scat
ter Il spoonful of Il dark cake mixture
over it and cover with remainder of
the light mixture.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
The Child Would Much Rather Do
Something Than Sit Down and
Watch Someone Else Do It.

portunity to acquire work interests.
The child is naturally active; the
child would ave so much rather do
something than sit still or watch some
n else do it. Indeed, that Is one of
the reasons we have so much difficulty
keeping him sin order" at home and ut
school. But this activity is either sup
pressed or it is directed into channels
that cannot hold the interest. Writing
compositions or parsing sentences or
doing sums is not quite active enough
for most healthy boys and girls. They
want to do something with their
hands; they want to make something
that will be there to be seen and un-
derstood and appreciated when it is
finished.
For the child's physical health, as
well as for his mental health, he needs
the opportunity to do real work, to
produce real results. This is quite as
necessary as athletics or gymnastics
and quite as necessary as 'riting Of
'rithmetic. But in most homes there
is little or nothing that the child can
do, nothing that is worth while in an
educative way. Then the homes that
still have opportunities for work
should utilize these just as far as pos
sible in the child's development.
The child's interest in work as an
accomplishment must grow. One of
the ways of killing that interest is by
overlooking it early In the child's life.
This interest should grow slowly and
unconsciously out Of the play interest.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
German kuchen,

Take one quart of milk, n cupful
of butter and lard mixed and scald.
When cool add two cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls salt. IN yeast cake and
about II cupfuls of flour. Be sure
and not have the dough too stiff. Raise
over night. In the morning roll out
one-half inch thick and lay on rows
Of apples. Sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon and raise a little while.
Bake till the apples are tender.
Cinnamon Kuchen.-Roll the same
as for above. Then take three com
nor crackers rolled fine and the
same amount Of sugar with n little Gin
namon and mix together. Spread lit
tie bits of butter on the cakes and
then cover with the mixture of crack
ers and sugar.
Kuchen LOaf.-Cut One-fourth cup
full raiSins fine and add to some OF
the dough and raise and bake the
same as bread.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Faith and SIGHT.

Faith is always, in IN important
sense, the antithesis of sight. 1t al
way indicates an element Of the IN
seen and unknown somewhere in the
matter. No doubt faith and sight
stand in a close connection with each
other, and often seem to run over, so
to speak, into one another. Faith, in
its true and ane sense, cannot live
without some foothold OF what we
may call sight. But faith in itself Is
precisely that which ventures out be-
You'd sight, and moves and works in
the dark, in the unseen, In the un-
known.-Bishop Moule.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

and he gets a valuable part Of his edu-
cation at the same time. He may
never become a chief cook or even a
chemist, but he ought to learn how to
carry out more and more complex COM
binations of processes and to take sat.
isfactiOn in getting results.
1t is not to be expected that all
homes will eve be equipped with the
variety of materials and tools that will
give each kind of work interest Its
opportunity to experiment. 1t Is all
the more important that the school
should give children, from the earliest
years, the experience Of planning and
executing the making Of all sorts of
projects. In connection with the plays
and festivals, in connection with the
dramatization of literature and history,
in connection with the publication Of
school papers, in connection with par
ties and entertainments, the better
schools today furnish the children OPP
portunities to do real work in a wide
range Of materials. The sewing and
cooking, the painting and carpentery
work, the designing and planning,
make up the very substance Of abound
ing life. If we had more work perhaps
there would be less labOr-for adults
as well as for children.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
DAINTlES FOR LUNCH BASKET
and viii Be Appreciated by the
Schoolgirl or Boy.

Tiny buttered tea rolls, potato
salad Tin small jar), sponge cake, cof-
fee Tin small bottle).
Brown bread sandwiches, stuffed
eggs, vanilla cookies.
Nut sandwiches, cold roast veal, cake
of sweet chocolate.
Date sandwiches. jar Of chicken sal
nd, apple turnovers.
Plain bread and butter sandwich,
cold roast beef, stuffed dates.
If possible, through the winter
months it would be well to have small
jars of chowder, soups, coffee, tea, CO.
Goa, or anything that may be reheated.
These may be placed in dishes of hot
water over gas or heated in any way
to make Il warm lunch for the girls.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

buttered toast and keep 1t warm.
Another nice way of serving egg is
to beat the white until stiff, heap ii
on a piece of buttered toast, hollow
cut the center and drop in the yolk,
sprinkle with salt and bits Of butter
and set in a hot oven to set the egg.
Rice Soup.-Scald II cupful Of milk,
add one and three-fOurths tablespoon
fuls of well-washed rice, cook in a
double boiler, add a ~teaspoonful Of
scraped onion or onion juice, a stalk
Of celery, a bit Of bay leaf, and salt
and pepper to taste; add to the soup
when strained. Chicken broth may be
used instead Of milk add Il table
spoonful of cream before serving.
Milk AIbumen.-Put the white Of an
egg in a pint jar with a half cupful Of
rich milk and a pinch of salt, shake
until well mixed.
Beef Broth.-Cut two pounds Of
round steak into cubes, remove skin
and fat. Put into a kettle with some
beef bones, cover with a quart of cold
water and heat gradually to the boil
ing point, but do not allow it to boil.
Simmer for two or three hours, add
ing n little salt. Remove the fat after
cooling, strain and reheat.
Chicken Broth.-This may be made
from the bones of a leftover chicken
or from the wing tips and n little
,,,n g. ,nnIt-p a email prYnfIy1 nf hrnf h
by adding a little ream.
A well-beaten egg stirred into any
broth just before serving, adds great
ly to Its nutritive value. Serve broth
with toast points or crOutons.
Cereals, to be served In gruels
should be cooked in a double boiler for
several hours, strained and sailed
lightly, then cream or milk may be
added.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
lonu Grace Before Meals.

, Partly owing to the demands for
female help in various quarters,
changes are occurring in domestic
staffs, and now and again a freshly
arrived maid has difficulty In ac-
customing herself to the novel sur
roundings, unfamiliar methods. A hos
pitable woman, who entertains parties
Of soldiers to tea. was explaining to
her new maid that 20 had accepted In
vitations.
"They are asked, Sarah" she men
toned, "for half-past four, but I usu-
ally give them fifteen minutes grace"
"Ma'am," said the new servant
frankly, I'm as greatly In favor Of re-
ligiOn as anyone, but l certainly do
think a quarter of an hour is some
what OVERRIDING 1t! !"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

not to be had, or, if used in whole
milk, a deliciously favored buttermilk
is the result.
Date Gems.-To n pint of graham
flour add Il pint of wheat flour, Il
half %teaspoonful Of salt, a t%easpoOnful
of soda, a quarter of a cupful of SUI
gar, one cupful Of dates, stoned and
cut in small pieces, and lastly, enough
rich buttermilk to make a drop batter.
Bake in hot, well-greased gem pans,
half filling each, and bake in a quick
oven.
Buttermilk soup is a great delicacy
with buttermilk lovers. Thicker with
Il tablespoonful each of butter and
flour cooked together, and add three
cupfuls of scalding hot buttermilk.
Doughnuts.-Mix Il third Of a cup
full of sour cream, n cupful of sugar,
one egg, one cupful of b~uttermilk, n
and a half ~teaspOOnfulS of cream Of
tartar. half n t~easpoonful of salt,
n and a quarter teaspoonfuls of
soda, one teaspoonful of nutmeg, or
cinnamon, or half of each, and flour
to roll. Chill before rolling out. Fry
in deep fat drain on brown paper and
roll in powdered sugar before serving.
caraway cookies.-Mix n cupful
of soul cream with a cupful of butter
milk, two eggs, half a %teaspoonful of
salt, one ~teaspoonful of soda and
enough caraway seeds and flour to
taste, then roll.
GriddIe cakes.-Beat well n pint
of buttermilk, half a teaspoonful of
salt, one ~teaspoonful of soda and flour
to make a thin batter. Bake a golden
brown on a hot griddle.
Cake Frosting.-Put three fourths of
a cupful each of buttermilk and sugar
into a granite saucepan and bring to
the boiling point, boil until a soft ball
is made in cold water. Remove and
beat with a wooden spoon until creamy
and thick and of the consistency to
spread.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

universal that one might infer they are
provided for by law.
Leaving out of the reckoning color
combinations evidently intended for
sports wear, nearly all the cotton
goods show white ~contrasted with
quiet tones. There are as many fig
ured patterns as stripes, and altogeth-
er colOrS are refined ard attractive.
1t seems that the spring wardrobe is
supposed to be provided with several
separate skirts, and now is a good
time to get them ready.
In the picture a little dress of liner
and batiste presents its good points
clearly, for the consideration of inter-
ested mothers. The skirt, belt and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
DELIVERING WATER IN QUITO
Aquadores Have Their Own Method Of
Doing It, and It 10 Somewhat
Humorous.

About a fountain in one of the prin-
cipal squares of Quito, the capital of
Ecuador, assemble every morning the
city's aguadores. These water porters
differ from the less energetic ones of
some South American cities in carry
ing their Jars upon their backs instead
of on the backs of mules. Their earth
en- Jars are deep, have a single mouth.
and hold about forty pints.
The porter carries 1t on his shoulder
fastened with leather straps. He never
detaches himself from his jar either to
fll 1t or to transfer its contents to that
of his customer.
He turns his back to the fountain SO
that the Jar comes under n of the
Jets Of water and listens to the sound
Of the water in the jar, and his a is
so well trained that he always walks
away at the exact moment when 1t Is
filled to the brim.
Arriving at the house of a customer,
he goes to the household jar, makes Q
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Alder Worlds Oldest Dye.

For the purpose of making dyes the
common alder appears to have been
unnoticed by the pioneers of this coun.
try, who made use of so many banks
and roots. However, 1t was well-known
to the Indians, who used 1t to good eff.
feet. 1t dyes a reddish color, and down
to a few years ago was employed by ma.
tives of the northwestern Pacific coast
in coloring their fish nets. Alder dye.
used for the same purpose, is said to
be the oldest recorded dye in the world
1t is mentioned in the Kalevala Of Fin.
land, supposed to date nearly 3,OW
years ago.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
oUTFITTING THE LITTLE GIRL.

are those shaped like small market
baskets. They appeared on a pinB
linen dress and were decorated with
two rows Of stitches in black and
white floss.
In the dress pictured, n small design
in cross stitch appears at each side
of the belt, which is cut in one with
the ~suspenders. 1t is of ~rose-colored
linen. and the bodice of white batiste
is prettified with rows of tucks and
fastened with tiny pearl buttons.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Ohat.Uell Dressed > y
UdmenUl1l Ueaf72

With the coming Of spring and sum-
mer the one-piece frock and the suit
are destined to divide honors with the
separate skirt and nifty blouse. Ad-
vance displays Of their tried and true
favorites Of American women have
been awarded the same keen interest
as in previous years. What is more
to the point, materials for making sep
arate skirts of all kinds are selling
briskly to those who attend to their
sklrt-making early.
Materials embrace assortments of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

These little buttons are usually GOV.
cred with the same material as the
dress,
In cOlors, rose, blue, light green, vel.
low, and light brown the range
In linens. Heavy cottons are used
also and Bingham shows no sign of
losing favor. Any of the colors men.
toned above may be found combined
with white in narrow stripes. Needle
work appears mostly in crOss-stitch
embroidery, in long. decorative stitches,
and in easily made set figures composed
of long stitches. Shocking. with col
Ored threads, Is a feature Of the new
styles, and when n little frOck is
shocked the collar and cuffs Of Organ.
die are usually finished with n bit OF
embroidery done in the same threads
as the shocking. Pockets present in.
wiling positions for needlework de
signs. Among the cleverest Of these
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Preventing Disease.

The only way to prevent such dis
eases from spreading is for every child
who has a cold, a cough or a sore
throat or feels out of sorts to be very
careful not to put in its mouth or to
cough over or to handle anything
which other children are to use. A
child who is not absolutely well should
be particularly careful to keep away
from babies, because babies are so
much more likely to suffer seriously If
they catch disease.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Cream PuHs,

One cupful of water and one-half
cupful of butter; boil together; while
boiling stir in one cupful Siftcd flour;
remove from fire and stir into a
smooth paste. When cool add three
unbeaten eggs, stirring five minutes.
Drop in %spoonfuls on buttered tins and
bake in a quick yer % minutes. For
cream take one cupful of milk, one
half cupful of sugar, one egg, three
tablespoonful of flour, cook thorough
ly and flavor. When the puffs are cold
open and fill with cream.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
More Child Work Might ",sutt in
Less Child Labor.
LET INTEREST GROW SLOWLY
How the Young Folks Activities Can
Be So Directed as to Benefit
Their Mental and Physi-
cal Health.
BY sIDONIE NJ. GUTENBERG.

COONER or later we are going to be
In this country. 1t is difficult to find
a single enthusiastic defender Of the
system that grinds the lives Of little
children into textiles and hardware
and breakfast foods while grOwnups
walk about YEARLY in search of work.
every day becoming enthusiastic In adj
vancing the notion that the children
are to be saved for human living. In
the meanwhile, however, most children
seem obliged to choose between the
labor offered them and demoralizing
drifting and loafing.
First of all we should clear up the
p%erplexing confusion between work
and labor. We speak of peoples work.
but hardly realize that the bulk of the
population is engaged in performing
for hire various kinds of service In
which they are not at all interested.
Most people labor for wages, doing
what they are directed to do, in a
large proportion Of cases having no
understanding and no concern as to the
outcome of their efforts. This is the
kind Of "wOrk" that Is offered to most
children when they leave the schools
and 60 to the factories and mills and
shops.
Now there is nothing to be said in
defense Of anyone spending his days
at that sort Of thing except that he
needs the money and does not see any
other way of getting it. On the other
hand, the opportunity to keep busy do
ing something that is worth while,
something that has an obvious purpose
and interest to the worker, is the kind
Of opportunity that every child should
have. Because the worlds work has
become so organized as to leave only
d%rudgery for children and for most
parents, the early experiences Of most
children effectually prevent the devel-
opment Of a healthy attitude toward
work. The adults hate their daily Oc-
cupations, and 1t is not apparent that
application will bring returns in pro-
portion to the exertions made; as a
partial result the children grow up in
an atmosphere unfavorable to the spir-
1t Of workmanship. There is every
temptation to shirk, every suggestion
for escaping responsibility.
In addition to this unfavorable at
mosphere there is the absence, in most
homes and in most schools, of the op-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

the platter of pork chops.
Fig Fritters.-Sift together three
fOurths of a cupful Of -four. a tea
spoonful of baking powder, Il third of
a teaspOonful of salt, add the yolk Of
an egg, a teaspOOnful of olive oil, Il
third Of a cupful of milk mix well and
add six soaked figs, coarsely chopped
and last Of all fold In the beaten
white Of the egg. Drop by spoonfuls
into smoking hot fat and cook a golden
brown. Serve with any hot fruit sauce.
Any juice left from canned fruit
thickened with a tablespoonful of but
ter and flour cooked together, makes "a
delicious sauce for fritters or pud-
dings.
Hot maple strip Is another sauce
well liked.
Meat Balls With Horseradish Sauce.
Chop one pound of chuck steak and
n onion together. Add one teaspoon
full Of salt, a quarter Of a t%easpoonful
Of paprika, mix well and make into
firm balls; scar in a well creased pan,
turn until cooked to taste. For the
sauce-take q half a cupful of horse
radish, One-half cupful of cracker
crumbs, n t~easpoonful of salt, a
dash or two of pepper, One-half cupful
Of cream, n teaspOOnful Of mustard,
two teaspoonfuls Of powdered sugar.
Mix the dry ingredients and reduce
the vinegar if the prepared horserad-
ish is used; heat and serve hot with
the meat balls.
Fried Biscults.-Shape bread dough
as for raised biscuit, then lightly drop
into deep hot fat and cook until brown.
Drain on brown paper.
Belmont Eggs.-Brown bread slight
ly in a hot oven, mOisten with hot,
sailed water and butter. Cook eggs In
hot water until the yolks are a deli
cate pink. Slip one on each slice of
bread and surround with chopped, cold
meat which has been warmed In but
ter.
Curry Of Mutton or veaI.-Fry a
large onion. cut fine, in two table
%spoOnfuls Of butter. Mix a table,
spoonful of curry powder, one tea
spoonful Of salt, a tablespoonful Of
-four and add to the butter and onion.
Add a pint Of hot water or soup stock.
Cut two pounds Of lean mutton or
veal in small pieces and brown them
in hot fat. Add to the sauce, remove
to the cooker. using one radiator or
steatite and cook four or five hours.
Place the meat on a hot platter and
serve with a border Of boiled rice.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Jasmines.

Jasmines belong to the same family
as the olive, and number at least two
hundred species, of which one-tenth, or
twenty species, are for sale in the
United States, though but O%ne-fourth of
these species may be had in local plant
nurseries. The gem Of the family is
the primrose jasmine, or Jasminum
primulum, which flowers during the
winter months and with blossoms
larger than any other species.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

%suspenders are made of linen and the
bodice Of batlste. There are many
new models for the spring wardrobe
Of tiny maids, hat are made Of col
ored linen combined with white
linen. Nearly all of them boast a pair
of practical pockets, cut in many diff
ferent shops, and nearly all of them
have finishing touches in the way of
a little handwrought needlework.
Small buttons, set close together, form
an important item In their decoration.