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The Washington times., 1918-09-08

A crisp, dainty curtain seems trivial, too
But how eloquently a window treated in
this way would speak for it's owner.
a few yellow mixing bowls might give
just the touch OF color that is needed to
make the room look cheerful If / were
building a dozen homes l should have a
comfortable chair and a shelf for books
and household magazines in every kitchen.
It is remarkable, 1t seems to me, that
many of the women who are struggling
along under conditions that no good bust
ness organization would tolerate do not
give up in abject despair. The time has
come when women should realize that it is
a poor economy which does not take into
account the spending of self and limited
strength. From whatever angle you look
at 1t, the good" kitchen-which, remem-
Der, is first and last an attractive kitchen
is an investment which pays in every
way for the effort expended upon it.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
The Secret of Good Teeth
By Lima CauaLieri,
The Most Famous Living Beauty.

gum balls, unhealthy gums and sometimes
a sore mouth and lips.
Prevent decay and then you will not
need to make repairs. Use as base for
a tooth powder an alkaline which will neu-
tralize the acid in the mouth. Use pow
der that will cleanse the teeth Of its Shiny
film without scratching them.
When properly cleansed with such q
powder, applied with a small. soft tooth
brush of varying sized bristles, the teeth
will feel perfectly smooth and the tongue
will slide freely across them without en-
countering any slight obstruction. When
the teeth feel like this they are about as
clean as they can be and the stiff bristle
Of the dentists cleansing brush ma Re
avoided and the enamel saved to that
extent.
Never give horizontal movement to the
brush. That only scrubs the surface Of the
teeth and wears away the enamel. especi-
ally the enamel Of the canine Cor eye)
teeth, which have to bear the brunt Of The
friction. Let you brush move up with an
up-and-down movement, so that the bristles
can penetrate the creyices and thus re-
move food particles.
Baking powder, is a good alkaline for
tooth powder. 1t is cheap and an effectiye
acid destroyer and cleanser. 1t is also 8
good gum protector because Of its harden
ing qualities.
II in spite of your careful habits your
teeth decay because of natural wear and
tear have them repaired at once, for decay
of one tooth starts several more in that
direction.
Avoid toothpicks If possible. They make
the gums bleed and enlarge the spaces be-
tween the teeth by wearing away the
enamel. Use a brush If necessary aftcI
each meal, or use a thread of cotton in
stead of the harmful pick.
Your thorough cleaning Of the teeth
should come at night before bedtime, so
as to minimize the evil influence of bac-
terra In that long stretch OF time between
supper and breakfast.
II you are in the habit Of chewing gum
indulge In this pastime only after each
meal to help cleanse the teeth by the in
crease in flow Of saliva which is the first
Of the digestive. and incidentally cleans
causes unnecessary wear and tear Of the
enamel due to friction, as well as ugly
lines around the lips.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

The popular indirect and semi-direct
lighting fixtures are better adapted to the
kitchen than to any other room in the
house. One Of these fixtures with one 60
watt tungsten lamp will give good general
illumination in the average kitchen. 1t is
a good idea to have a couple of side lights
near the sink. table and stove.
square kitchen is preferable from the
point Of efficiency. The comfort and con-
venience of the kitchen depend upon the
relative positions of range, sink. cupboard
and refrigerator The refrigerator should
be set in the wall with an outside door for
placing ice and an inside door for food.
The ice man can then refill the ice box
without tracking mud or dust into the
room.
l do not believe it is possible for
woman's personality to be so vitality felt
in any other room. A window box Of grow
ing parsley, beets or some other edible
green seems a small, unimportant detail
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Your Home Workshop
Blu Maru Lee Swann,
Principal, Scudder School of Household Arts.

WI
AS in other rooms the walls, floors and
ceiling must be considered as a back
ground. The floor may be treated in a
number of ways. Tiles are attractive and
are easily cleaned. On the other hand,
they are expensive, and because they are
so cold and hard it is necessary to use
cork or rubber mats with them. Many
compositions of concrete, wood and cork
are being used by architects In new homes
and on old floors as well.
One good plan is to run up the wainscot-
ing with sanitary base-that is, rounded
at the bottom to eliminate the dust catch
ing angle Of the average floor and wall.
The ceiling may be treated In the same
way.
None Of the patent compositions, how
ever resilient, are much better than the
old-fashioned rift-sawed, hard pinewood.
II carefully laid and oiled such a floor is
easily cleaned and there is no danger Of
splinters.
Linoleum and oilcloth make excellent
floor coverings and interesting bits Of
color may be introduced into a kitchen in
this way.
OF all the treatments that kitchen walls
receive, perhaps a painted surface gives
best results. Tiles are ideal, but are ex-
pensive Kalsomine is inexpensive, but
usually flakes.
Paper should never be used unless 1t is
glazed or covered with shellac Paper,
while comparatively cheap at first, is hard
to keep clean, absorbs moisture, cannot
be washed and fades easily.
If a painted wall is enameled it can be
washed as often as necessary without in
juring the surface.
Under no circumstances should the
woodwork of a kitchen be dark 1 much
prefer cream woodwork, the paint having
an enamel finish. Grey is a good color and
it'is'not so hard to keep immaculate look.
ing, but, after all, anything that would
condone carelessness where absolute
cleanliness should exist, is undesirable.
White is rather trying If there are many
windows.
There should be an abundance of artif-
cial and natural light in the kitchen. It is
lest to have windows on two sides If pos
sible, so that cross circulation can be OBJ
tanned. The number of windows and the
exposure will largely determine Just what
decorative methods to adopt
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

rANY Of us try to draw line Of dis
mi tinctioi between the kitchen prac-
4V4 ticaI and the Kitchen beautiful. IN
less kitchen serves its purpose it cannot
be beautiful. If it is practical it must
have at least the beauty Of order.
Happily, we find that beauty and eff
cheney usually mean order. To-day,
whether we furnish for beauty or for eff
cheney or for both, the kitchen must not
only be clean. but must look the part How
often do we see homes where everything
seems beautiful and orderly, only to find
the kitchen neglected and unsightly.
Most physicians and scientists take
pleasure and nride in having beautiful
well equipped Offices and laboratories.
Why shouldn't cook or domestic scientist
have practical and attractive laboratory?
Do you remember what Ruskin says Of
the science and art of cookery? Cookery
means the knowledge of Medea and Of
Gree and Of Helen and of the Queen of
Sheba. 1t means the knowledge of all
herbs and fruits and balms and spices, and
IQdL Is H0dlluS anu S"CcL III lue hSluc
and groves and savory in meats. 1t means
carefulness and inventiveness and willing
ness and readiness of appliances. 1t
means the economy of your grandmothers
and the science of the modern chemist; it
means English thoroughness and French
art and Arabian hospitality; and, in fine,
it means that you are to be perfectly and
always ladies-loaf givers."
workman who wishes to do good work
must have good tools. If a home maker
is to do the best work and get the best
results with the least energy, effort, time
and money, then her workshop and her
equipment must be well chosen and
thoughtfully placed
That the kitchen should be convenient
workshop is proved by the fact that in the
course Of q year about eleven hundred
meals are prepared. One Mechanically
inclined person has estimated that from
four to ten trips must be made to and from
the kitchen range to the dining room table
in serving each meal. This means in the
course of a year a walk of 400 miles at
the minimum and 1000 miles at the maxi
mum. 1t doesn't take a trained magma
ton to see how the old saying, "A woman's
work is never DONE" came to be perpet-
uated, does it?
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

TvFOULD that every modern beauty
M could possess the wonderful teeth
" Of the ancient savage. As skull
after skull of ancient Egyptians are dug up
many Of them show a set Of thirty-two
pearly teeth, often without the faintest
sign Of decay. These men had no dentists,
no means Of any kind for beautifying their
teeth, but natures own methods kept their
teeth in perfect order.
The simple life of the savage has given
place to the complex life Of civilization
The savage had no pickles, but many Of
us eat them in large quantities and allow
their acid in close contact with the hard
enamel Of the tooth to menace its we'll
being.
Candy is also eaten in abundance. An
excess of sweet soon becomes acid in the
mouth after a little while of interaction
with tn saliva and digestive juices Of the
stomach.
Excessive vinegar and sugar, and in ad-
dition to these infrequent use Of dental ap-
planes to counterfeit their effects, decide
the fate of the would-be pearly white teeth
Of many a modern man or woman.
Tartar is nothing more or less than
rough coating of slime spread across the
surface Of the teeth. 1t appears as a result
of poor method Of brushing. OF no brush
ing at all, of too much sweets or acids in
the food, and. in general, of uncleanly
habits.
Tartar is the breeding place Of bacteria,
which need only the slightest encourage
ment to start their ravages on the teeth.
The heat Of the mouth is the incubator for
the bacteria, and nourishes them to a
healthy, happy state. But it makes them
thrive at the expense of your own vitality
and well-being.
If the tartar is permitted to remain upon
the surface of the teeth unremoved, one
coat of it becomes superimposed upon the
other and in few months filthy, Shiny,
greenish layer is visible Bacteria are now
bred with inconceivable speed, and decay
Of the teeth goes on with increasing
rapidity.
Foul breath is very largely due to the
Shiny green film upon the teeth. 1t may
also be due to bad digestion as the result
of improper diet, badly masticated food or
decayed teeth.
Decayed teeth not only affect the diges-
tion, but they also result in assesses,
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Dat Flour Sponge Cake.

D EAT the yolks Of eggs until
IL thick and lemon colored. Beat
1 cup of graduated sugar and
tablespoon lemon juice into the
beaten yolks. Then fold in alter
nately the stiffly beaten whites of
4 eggs and Y cup oat flour mixed
with Y cup corn flour and u tea
spoon salt. Bake in an INCREASED
pan about IS or 40 minutes.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Egg and Sardine Salad.

TUT of small slice from small
~ end Of six hard-boiled eggs.
Remove yolks, taking great pains
not to break white any more than
possible. Mash yolks to a paste
with salt and pepper to taste,
moistening as necessary with a 1T
tie French or mayonnaise dressing,
Drain oil from 1 can Of sardines.
remove bones and skin, If desired,
from the sardines. Chop finely or
pound in a mortar and combine
with the egg yolks. If necessary
add a little more dressing. Stun
whites, chill and serve on a bed of
watercress. II there is any filling
left, form it into balls and serve as
a garnish for the eggs. It might
also be used very acceptably as a
sandwich filling.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Baked Indian Pudding.

MIX Y cup yellow cornmeal
IVA with teaspoonful salt. Y
teaspoonful cinnamon and u tea
spoonful ginger. Pour 1 quart OF
scalded milk over the dry ingre-
dents very gradually, stir until per-
fectly smooth and then add 1-3 cup
molasses or maple syrup and tab
lespoonfuls butterine. Bake very
slowly. Stir often during first half
hour Of cooking. After pudding
has cooked l hour pour l cup Of
cold milk over it. Serve hot with
cream, hard sauce or ice cream.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

A SEASONABLE DESIGN (2240.
The pattern is cut in seven sizes:
"a, Sc, SO, 40, AZ, A and 46 inches
bust measure. Size SO requires So
yards of 44-inch material.
PRACTICAL, COMFORTABLE
TTNDERGARMENT (25SS). The pat
tern is cut in six sizes: "a, SO, SS,
40, AZ and A inches bust measure.
THE GROWING GIRLS BEST
SCHOOL DRESS C25SD. The pat
tern is cut in four sizes: s, 10, IL
and IA years. Size II will require
az wards of 44-inch material.
A NEW AND ATTRACTIVE
SKIRT C259O) The pattern is cut
in seven sizes: %, "a, &c. %, 80. 80
and "a inches waist measure. Size
"a will require 35s yards of 44-inch
material.
A VERY ATTRACTIVE STYLE
C2599). The pattern is cut in
sizes: 16, IS and 20 years. Size
16 requires AS yards of 44-inch
material.
A PRETTY FRoCK (26O6). Cut
in 4 sizes: 4, 6. and 10 years.
Size 8 requires yards Of 36-inch
material.
A PRETTY WAIST (26O8). The
pattern is cut in Z sizes: "a, SO,
80, 40, AZ, A and 46 inches bust
measure. Size 3S requires 3 yards
OF 40-inch material.
To obtain any one of these desir-
able patterns fill in the accompany
ing coupon and mail with 10c in sill
yer or stamps for EACH pattern
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

r ATELY | have been eating
L. raw carrots to improve my
complexion, but last week they
upset me and I was quite i'll
for a few days. What would
you advise me to do-keep on
with the treatment, or give it
up?-L. r.
Why not try eating the cooked
carrots instead? l do not believe
the raw carrots have any benefi
cial effect on your complexion and
therefore, since they do not agree
with you, / would advise that you
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Sugarless Peach Ice Cream.

VTASH and peel 5 or ripe
w peaches. Press them through
a fine sieve, add cup of white corn
syrup scalded with cups Of milk.
Cool and add 8 cups Of rich milk
and a pinch Of salt. A few drops
Of lemon Juice added Just before
freezing will bring out the flavor
of the peaches. Freeze, using 3
parts ice and part salt.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

TTOW often do you think one
i ! should shampoo a normal
head of hair?-E. E.
The frequency of shampooing
must be regulated according to
whether the hair is inclined to be
oily or dry. and the sort of atmos-
phere to which it is exposed. If
you are at the mountains, where
the frolic wind is blowing at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, then
YOUR hair will need a shampoo
much more often than it would un-
der ordinary conditions. AS a rule.
| should say that not even the most
oily head of hair should be sham
pooed oftener than once in two
weeks. and usually once a month is
quite often enough.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Honey Cup Cakes.

(REAM 1-3 cup butterine, add Y
~ cup sugar gradually, and cream
thoroughly. Beat in the juice and
rind Of u lemon and we'll beaten
eggs. Mix and sift 2s cups flour,
z teaspoonful salt and teaspoon
fuls baking powder. Stir In y cup
chopped nut meats. Then add the
dry ingredients alternately with Y
cup honey to the butterine mixture
Bake in cup cakes or in a loaf.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Maple Ice Cream.

SCRAPE 1 cup of maple sugar and
- add it to 2 cups of water or
milk and melt it over the fire. Cool
and add 8 cups of rich milk or
cream. Freeze, using three parts
Ice and one part salt. Remove
dasher, drain, pack and cover and
allow to ripen at least an hour.
Longer ripening will produce a
more delicious cream.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

with cup grated cheese. Melt 1
tablespoon butterine and in 1t cook
l tablespoon finely chopped onion
and 1 tablespoon finely chopped
green pepper or celery, and cook
gently until tender. Combine with
cheese and PURGE mixture, form
into a roll, place in a creased bak-
ing dish, and cook in a moderate
oven until brown, basting occasion
ally with butterine and hot water
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Beauty Questions Answered

TINDLY inform me how my
h eyebrows can be made
heavier and darker-G. H.
Buy an eyebrow brush, my dear,
and spend all your spare moments
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Tested Cooking Recipes
oaten and Corn Flour Cake.

SosCA o1O SOAA AOu1 SohC'
CEPARATE eggs and beat yolks
- until thick and lemon-colored.
Add cup sugar to the beaten yolks
gradually and then beat in 1 table
spoonful lemon Juice and pinch Of
salt. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg
whites alternately with Y cup oat-
en- -four mixed with Y cup corn
-four. Bake in an ungreased pan
about 40 minutes.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

or nutmeg and 1s teaspoon salt.
When the syrup boils, add 2 pounds
of currants and let cool 10 minutes.
Skim out the currants and let syrup
boil until thick; then add currants,
reheat and store as Jelly.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Spiced Currants.

DREPARE a syrup by cooking 2
l pounds sugar with l cup Of
vinegar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, Y
teaspoon cloves, u teaspoon mace
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

discontinue them at once. Any
properly cooked vegetables and
raw fruits, if they are perfectly
ripe, will help your complexion
wonderfully, provided you are care
full of your diet in other ways and
do not eat too much rich meats
and pastry.
no you think there is any
u chance of my neck ever being
pretty again? l am over sixty
years of age, but do not like to
give up hope.-MRS. v. S.
Your spirit is connmendable, but
you would much better yield grace
fully to the demands Of neck that
is no longer young and cover 1t.
Wear high-necked lace collars on
your gowns, or, if circumstances re-
quire a decollete costume, hunt up
a dainty black ribbon of velvet. or
clasp collar of jewels about your
throat. Here is a massage cream
that you might try, also. 1t has
been found helpful by others in bat
Ting against an ageing neck:
Oil of sweet almonds. 10 grams
lanolin ...........15 grams
Tannin -...-...... V gram
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Sunday American-Examiner Patterns
NEW YORK, N. Y

NEW YORK, N. Y.
leach number represents l pattern)
to
SUNDAY PATTERNS,
p. o. Box $50, City Hall Station,
The Washington times., 1918-09-08
Baked Cowpeas and Cheese.

b RESS 2 cups cooked cowpeas
through a PURGE sieve and mix
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

KTY eyes are troubled with lit
4F4 tie black specks floating be-
fore them. What would you ad-
vise?-W. G.
That is because you are suffering
from eye-strain. You have been
applying them too closely to your
work, whether that is reading, knit
ting or mending. You will find that
rests of two or three minutes at
frequent intervals are wonderful
eye-savers. The moment you begin
to see little black specks floating
before your eyes close them for a
few seconds and then look out of
the window at the farthes. object
within your range of vision. Do not
use your eyes much by artificial
light and battle them twice a day
in a diluted solution Of boracic
acid.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

TAM to be married this Fall and
l have promised my fiance that
would materially reduce my
weight before then. Please tell
me what foods to avoid.-A. P. NJ.
Don't worry your head over any
such promise as that, because if he
likes you as you are few pounds
more or less would not make him
unhappy. There is no need to make
yourself a martyr by avoiding any
particular kind of food. Even but
ter, bread, potatoes and sugar may
be taken while reducing. provided
you will eat sparingly Of them. Try
to eliminate fat meats entirely, and
do not use any oils on your salads.
Vinegar and lemon juice will be
found perfectly satisfactory substi-
tutes and they are not fattening.
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

in brushing your brows carefully
upward and outward toward the
hair-line. Sit before your dressing
table and watch yourself do it. Your
mirror will soon tell you of the
great improvement that will result
from its faithful use. You should
also massage the brows nightly be-
fore you retire with the following
tonic:
Sweet almond oil. 8 ounces
Oil Of cinnamon. ..... 80 drops
Oil Of rosemary. ounce
The Washington times., 1918-09-08

Co9yght BY Star Company Great
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-09-25
FIFE AND DRUM CORPS
49,. Is FULLY ORGANIZED
Local Musical Organization Has
Large Membership with Splen-
did Prospects.

With an encouraging enrolment and
mach enthusiasm displayed the fife and
uf0m corps recently organized in this
city has q bright outlook and will soon
make themselves heard in this vicini-
ty.:- e. z. Wakefield of the Corps ex-
tends an invitation to the drummers
of the city to join the organization as
q few more would furnish much
needed assistance. Weekly meetings
are held at the Court House on Friday
evenings. At this weeks meeting the
officers of the Corps will be chosen
and other necessary business conduct
ed. There are twenty members now
enrolled but prospects of DIN increased
number are good. The members are
classified under the instruments which
they play:
Norman Johnson, Rudolph Johnson,
Gordon Bjornberg, Irwin Norman,
Paul Peterson, Lawrence Virgins,
Reynold Munson, Carl Holmberg,
Swan Kjos, Kenneth Carlson and E.
z. Wakefield.
Cornet.
Kenneth Wakefield.
Piccolo.
*. Ralph Anderson.
Drums.
Arthur Swenson, William Johnson
Herbert. Sander, Roy Wetherby, May
nard Linn, w. H. Chard and Victor
Klingenberg.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-09-25
OBITUARY
HARRY OLIVER HALVORsON.

HARRY OLIVER HALVORSON.
After long patient suffering Harry
Oliver Halvorson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Halvorson, passed to the
Great Beyond on Wednesday morning,
Sept. 4, 1913, at his home at Norway
Lake.
Harry Halvorson was born Nov IA,
1895 In the township of Lake Andrew,
where he grew to manhood and had
thus attained the age of twenty-five
years ten months and twenty days.
During the last five years of his youth
he suffered from diabetes.
Besides his parents he leaves to
mourn his death two brothers, Alfred
and Edwin and six sisters, Amelia,
Ella, Nellie, Ida, Hannah and Jennie.
The funeral services we're held on
Saturday afternoon at one o'clock at
the Norway Lake Synod church, Rev.
N J. Mus and Rev. M. Sotendahl Of
floating, rendering a very touching
sermon using as the text st. John
Ia: 2, I'm my Fathers house are
many mansions: If it were not so,
would have told you. l go to prepare
a place for YOU" The male chorus
sang two songs. The pail bearers
were Otis Halvorson, Harvin Christen.
son, Lawrence Railson, Elmo and Al.
vim Halvorson and Cornell Thorson'
The remains were laid to rest in the
Synod cemetery.-Contributed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-09-25

seriously do they impress me that
might almost consider them insur-
mountable had not American farmers
last year, and again this year, reveal
ed the true American fighting spirit
and ability to meet serious situations.
They will not let the war fail because
Of deficient food production.
Let us SOW literally for a big har-
vest in 1919. 1t has been called the
Liberty Wheat Harvest. We all hope
it will be. But let us undertake the
task with the determination that we
will sweat our blood for many more
II need be before we yield one meas
ure of our freedom to Prussian DOM
nation. Let us fight in the burrows.
D. F. HOUSTON,
Secretary orr Agriculture.