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The Washington times., 1918-07-21
How to Can Fruits
Bu Mrs. Christine Frederick
80 DISTINGUISHED Authorty on Rousehold Effciency

lOganberries, raspberries, cherries, etc.
Gooseberries are so acid that they may be
packed in sterilized jars, filled with cold
water, drained, filled with fresh water,
then sealed at once without sterilizing, or
processing" as it is called.
Another value of the "blanching" pro-
cess described in a former article is to give
a transparent appearance to many fruits.
Plums, particularly, look more attractive
II treated to a blanch of fifteen seconds
in rapidly boiling water than to the cold
dip" Pack carefully, pour over syrup No
Tor No. 4 if plums are Of green gage or
acid Variety, cap and process fifteen min
utes to each quart.
Pears, also, should be blanched after
they are carefully peeled. About Is sec
onds is long enough. Cold dip, and process
20 minutes to each quart The grade OF
syrup depends on the kind Of pear.
A novelty which is more practical than
IL appears is a glass knife for pairing
fruits. This knife is made Of heavy ground
glass, with a shapely handle which fits
snugly into the hand. The blade is finely
ground glass, which cuts and pares to an
amazing fneness, without staining the
fingers, or giving that unpleasant "acid
taste" which results from the use Of the
steel pairing knife.
One Of the easiest and most wholesome
of fruits to can Is the peach. Canned
peaches are a mainstay in the housewives
larder; they may be used as sauce, and
combined also in unnumbered desserts.
Only the most sound peaches should
be used for canning, for if they are soft
or mushy, they will fall apart. and spoil
the Jar. PAIRING is made easy by lowering
into boiling water for about l minute.
then removing, and plunging at once into
cold water, which will slip off the skins.
Or the skin may be pared with the glass
knife, and the pared fruit kept covered
until needed. Either halves, or slices, NAV
be used. A cracked pit in each jar gives
flavor. Pack carefully, laying the pit side
down, and overlapping the slices one on
top of the other, to give the most space
Use either syrup No. 8 or No. T.
Every one who does much fruit canning
at once realizes the possibilities Of the
"by-product-the skin, the favored
water, the soft portions unsuitable for per-
feet jars. All fruit drinks are most whole
some, and a supply of canned juices will
greatly assist the Winter table with pud-
ding sauces, gelatine desserts, sherbets,
and refreshing beverages.
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Being Your Own Manicure
By Leonard Keene Hhshberg
A. B., n. A., M. d. Oohns Hopkins)

THE redness and roughness Of the
skin of the hands can be removed
= by the aid of creams and can be
prevented by avoiding too frequent sx-
posure to dirt, too hot or too cold water.
or any sudden changes in temperature. A
fine skin, however. is only one factor in
making the hand a beautiful part OF the
human mechanism.
Long, tapering fingers with pink. shiny
nails should be the ideal of the woman
who would look her best. In order to
secure length OF the nails, avoid biting
them. Biting them not only prevents
their growth, but it is apt to cause per
manent injury of the muscles In that
neighborhood, and deforr-'' Of the fingers.
Not only must biting be avoided. but
cutting with scissors should not be prac-
tised. Filing makes the nails hard and
flexible. They can stand greater re-
sistance, when filed, with less possibility
OF breaking.
When filing the nails do not make them
too pointed at their center extremities. for
this is neither pretty nor practical File
down at the sides and leave the center
in the shape of a half moon. Be careful
with your file when you operate at, the
sides for you are apt to press too hard
and make an incision.
A cut near the nail Is very painful, and
rather dangerous II a particle Of infected
matter approaches II. II easily becomes
infamed, pus forms, and is apt to work
its way beneath the nail, and Is suifi-
eient precaution is then not exercised the
infection may lead to loss Of the nail, and
in some instances even to loss Of the
finger joint File the sides OF the nails
lightly, therefore, and II the end Of the
cuticle protrude, do not pull II on or
file it off, for it Is too close To the flesh,
but cut 1t away with a pair Of small seis-
sors and do not let their points dig into
the flesh.
After you have filed your nails you may
chance upon some hangnails. These are
tiny bits Of loOsened skin which some
\times cause irritation when in contact
with an object. Do not let your irritation
result in biting or tearing off these bits
OF protruding cuticle after filing.
The piece Of hanging skin. has its roots
in the muscles Of the finger and when you
tear 1t away you are apt to njure the
vital flesh below. This habit may result in
inflamed finger similar in its infection to
that caused by your torn-avay cuticle. Do
not begrudge yourself the minute or two
that It will take to secure the scissors
and cut the hangnail off. II you are too
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busy or feeling too lazy to do this, let the
hangnail remain until you feel Ike It."
The cuticle Of the finger Is a piece OF
dead skin, and II Il becomes too broad
may be cut away with a pair OF special
cuticle scissors. Cut carefully. It Is bet
to have soaked the fingers before you
commence to file them. Let the water
be lukeWarm, and have a little soap dis
solved init. This softens the nails and the
skin, and makes them easier to file and cut
Use a piece Of raw cotton upon your
orange-wood stick when you clean the
nails, and when you use the other side of
the stick to push down the cuticle. This
prevents a too tender feeling, almost sore
ness, Of the flesh beneath.
II you have kept your fingers sufficient
ly long in the water your cuticle will be
soft enough not to break when II Is be-
ing pushed backward. II It breaks It is
Just as dangerous as when you pull it
or when you tear away the hangnails. II
1t bleeds, apply peroxide at once, or iodine
II you have 1t near you, and do not ap-
ply the scissors until the wound Is healed.
When your filing and cutting are done,
get your fingers completely dry, and apply
good nail cream or powder to make
the nails pink and shiny.
Use a piece or raw cotton dipped into
peroxide for the underneath part of the
white Of the nails, and this will bleach
out whatever dirt remains.
A set of nails too pink or too highly
polished is unbeautiful and vulgar. The
nails should only suggest polish, and be a
pale pink They should suggest delicacy
Of taste in every way, for too much pink
or too much gloss shows exaggeration.
and this is not only unbecoming but Of
fensive.
The toe nails ought to be wen kept
II not for beauty, then for health. Do not
tear away your toe nails any more than
you would your finger nails. Infection
may result here, ana perhaps more easily
than on your finger nails. Cut the nails
lengthwise. The reason for cutting them
STRAIGHT is because you are thus apt to
get less downward pressure from your
shoes, and thus, less discomfort.
Soak your feet, as you did your hands;
when you are ready to cut or file the
toe nails. You soften the nails and the
euticle, and you can thus work more
quickly and efficiently.
Use peroxide, raw cotton, and your
orange-wood stick to clean away the
crumbling cuticle from the base Of the
nail Keep away all sharp utensils, and
treat your toe nails with as great a care.
though not necessarily so detailed a
care, as your finger nails.
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-HE same principles which apply to
canning vegetables hold true for
l canning fruits The fruit must be
fresh, not overripe. clean, and handled as
quickly and as sanitarily as possible.
Spores or bacteria thrive as much in fruits
as in vegetables, and successful canning
means the killing Of these bacteria.
Under the oId-fashioned way of canning,
the fruits were cooked in the open kettle
and sealed hot, without steriliZing. This
method may be best for some of the small
berries, but even so, the "cold-pack"
method of canning is equally good.
The chief difference between the canning
Of vegetables and fruits is, that while the
former require brine to fill up the jar, the
latter are packed and canned in a syrup.
Syrups add to the flavor of the product as
well as enhance it's appearance and keep
ing qualities. NSyrups are graded accord
ing to the thickness or consistency
Of the syrup as modified by the amount of
sugar with which it is made. In the labo-
ratories the density of syrups is regulated
by an instrument called a saccarometer;
but the following table in plain housewives
English will be found more practicable:
IA OF. sugar to l gal. water. Syrup No.
Ib. IA OF. to gal water. Syrup No.
lbs. 9 OF. to l gal. water. Syrup No.
lbs o. to 1 gal. water. Syrup No. 4
lbs. 13 o. to gal water. Syrup No.
Sour fruits, such as plums and cherries,
naturally require heavier and sweeteF
syrup than sweet cherries, peaches or
berries. To make these >syrups, boil. water
and sugar together until the sugar is dis
solved; if boiled longer. the proportion
will be changed. Strain the syrup through
a fine wire strainer fitted with clean
gauze, as cloudy syrup greatly impairs
the appearance Of fruit in the jars.
If possible, berries should be handled
on fiat trays, to prevent them MASKING.
If picked in the home garden or orchard,
it is best to gather them early in the day,
before the sun has had a chance to soften
then, or over-ripen. II picked carefully,
they will not need to be washed, which
also softens them, end gives them more
chance to become mashed in canning.
Fill sterilized jars most carefully. Have
ready kettle of syrup of the preferred
density, as No. syrup for sour, and No.
for sweet cherries. Pour boiling syrup
over packed fruit up to top, fit on rubber,
and put in waterbath outfit the required
time.
This method may be followed for all
soft berries like currants, blsckberries,
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end as a purchase. Then the "eyes" can
easily be pulled out with a pineapple
snip or scissors-like device. Now cut
the pine in thick rings and remove core
with apple corer. Or cut in half and
quarter, lengthwise; cut out core and slice
into thin quarters. The fruit should then
be blanched for four to five minutes. then
cold dipped and packed snugly into jars.
Either a No. or No. syrup is excellent.
poured over hot, and the Jars processed
for about one hour | nthe water bath outfit.
Apples are best canned as sauce, al
though some varieties may be cored and
sliced into quarters for use for salads.
Figs are plentiful in the Couthern States
and are most easily canned in a light
syrup. In this form they are more whole
some than when put up with preserved"
syrup or when dried. They should be
canned when fully ripe, ff1led with hot
syrup and processed about thirty minutes.
The time. required for processing in glass
Is twelve minutes per quart for apples and
berries, fifteen minutes for currants, fifteen
or twenty minutes for plums, twenty-five
minutes for cherries, pears and gooseber-
ries., and thirty minutes for figs.
Use syrup No. 1, for apples; syrup No.
for berries, sweet cherries, currants and
figs; No. for sour cherries and plums;
No. 2, 3 or 4 for gooseberTies or peaches.
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Chicken Salad.

DREPARE a French dressing.
1 using parts oil to l part vine
gar or lemon juice. In this dress
ing. mafinate 3 cups Of cold cooked
chicken, cut into small cubes. Do
not chop the chicken, as that pro-
duces a mushy sort Of texture for
the salad. Add 3 cups of celery.
thoroughly washed and cut into
very small pieces. The celery
should be chilled and dried very
thoroughly before combining with
other ingredients. Moisten as de
sired with cream or oil dressing.
Place on a salad dish, garnish with
lettuce leaves and hard cooked
eggs. Crisp celery tips are a most
attractive garnish for this salad.
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Whole Wheat Brownies.

DUT l cup sugar in bowl, add 4
L cup melted butter. l unbeaten
egg and . ounces melted chocolate.
Beat vigorously and add y cup
whole wheat flour gradually. Add
= cup chopped nut meats and q
teaspOonful vanilla. Line a square
baking sheet with paraffin or
waXed paper. Spread mixture
evenly in pan and bake in slow
oven. As soon as taken. from oven
turn from pan, remove paper and
cut in strips.
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KEY nails are extremely brit
4V4 tie and are constantly
breaking off. How can this be
cured? I'D. s. v.
The fragility and brittleness o
'our nails is due to a lack of linn
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SUNDAY AMERICAN-ExAMINER PATTERNS

A CHARMING NEGLIGEE mo.
25l9). Cut In 4 sizes: Small, 1924;
medium, 36-Ss; large, 4O-42; and extra
large, 44-46 inches bust measure.
Size medium will require 5A yards
for full length. and IA yards less
for sack length, of 36-inch material.
Price 10c.
A SMART SKIRT mo. $500. Cut
in 7 sizes: 22, "a, 26. 2S. 80, 80 and
"a inches waist measure. Size "a re-
quires SB yards OF 44-lnch material.
The skirt measures about 2% yards
at lower edge, with plaits drawn out
Price 10c.
A PRACTICAL SHIRT WAIST
mo. 2521). Cut in 7 sizes: "a. 3S,
3S, 40, AZ, a. and 46 inches bust
measure. Size SO requires yards OF
27-inch material
DAINTY DRESS FOR MOTHERS
GIRL mo. 252H. Cut in sizes: g.,
8, 10 and 10 years. Size 10 requires
3 yards Of 44-inch material. -
A. PRACTICAL DRESS WITH
BLOOMERS mo 2525). Cut in 3
sizes: 4. 8, 8, 10 and ~ years. Size
10 requires 8 yards Of 3s-lnch mate
rial for the dress and TX yards for
the bloomers.
AN UP-TO-DATE MODEL CNo
252S). Cut in sizes: "a, 36, 3S. 40.
70, a and 46 inches bust measure
Size 3S requires yards Of 36-inch
material. The skirt measures about
2 yards at the foot.
NEAT HOUSE DRESS CNo. 2536l.
Cut in 7 sizes: "a, sc. 3S, 40, AZ, a
and 46 inches bust measure. Size 3S
requires 6A yards of 36-inch mate
rial. The skirt measures about pa
yards at the foot.
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Peas and Celery.

TOOK cups raw diced celery
~ in boiling water enough to
cover until tender. Drain off
liquid and measure out l cup. Rub
, tablespoOnfuls butter and 2 table
spoonfuls flour together; add the
celery liquor and cook, stirring
constantly until smooth. Season
with salt and pepper and add the
cooked celery and or 3 cups
cooked peas.
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FRECKLES
Now Is the Time 10 Get Rid of These Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed Of your freckles, as Othine-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-double
stTeneth-fTom your druggist, and apply little
OF It night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun TO dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished
entirely. Il is seldom that more than an ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength Othinc
as this Is sold under guarantee of money back
II it fails to remove freckles.
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Tested Cooking Recipes
Rice, with Chives.

TOOK l cup blanched rice in
~ boiling sailed water until very
tender. Add 4 tablespoonfuls but
ter and l teaspoonful finely chop
ped chiyes. Mix gently with a fork
to avoid breaking the grains.
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Potato Pancakes.

wv ASH, pear and CRATE pota-
" toes. Add / teaspoon salt,
grated onion, 3 tablespoons sifted
flour and a dash of pepper Add l
well-beaten egg, mix, well and drop
by tablespOonsfuls into hot fat, fry
until brown on both sides. These
are delicious with apple sauce.
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Scotch Crackers.

KTIX l cup oatmeal, l cup rolled
4N4 oats, 2 cups flour, 4 cup
sugar, y teaspoOnful soda and l
teaspOonful salt. Add 4 cup melt
ed shortening melted in y cup
hot water. Mix well, turn on
floured board. pat and roll very
thin. Shape with cutter, bake in
a slow oven on buttered or creased
sheet.
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XVTASH, peel, core and slice
" pears. Allow 3 pounds of
sugar, y cup Of wateS and the
juice of 2 lemons to pounds OF
pears. Add shredded lemon skins
and one ounce shredded ginger
root. Simmer gently until thick.
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(WHICH is better for stimu-
w lating the growth Of the
eyebrows and darkening them,
petroleum jelly or vaseline?-
c. c.
Neither petroleum jelly nor
vaseline will have any effect in
stimulating the growth Of your
eyebrows or in darkening them.
Don't misunderstood me. They are
not harmful They are merely
useless because they are derived
from a mineral, and nothing of a
mineral origin causes hair to grow
1t would be far more effective for
you to rub them daily with lanolin
or a little olive oil.
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Canned Strawberries.

KTK 8 pounds of strawberries,
4N4 carefully picked over and
washed, with pounds of sugar,
crushing thoroughly. Have ready
jars sterilized in boiling water; fill
the jars to overfiOwing with the
berry and sugar mixture; adjust
new rubbers and sterilized covers
and seal. Store in dark place.
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Conser alton Nut Bread.

MIX 2 cups whole wheat flour,
4E4 cup white flour, IL teaspoon
fuls soda and IL teaspoonfuls salt
Add 1-3 cup molasses and IL cups
buttermilk, beat we'll and add Y
cup chopped nut meats. Bake in
creased loaf pan about 45 minutes.
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Tomato jam.
EOR each quart OF peeled and
1 sliced ripe tomatoes allow
y cup of mild vinegar, Is cup OF
brown sugar, l teaspoon salt and l
teaspoon mixed spices. Cook slow
ly. stirring frequently, until very
thick.
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Beauty Questions Answered
Bu Lima CdUdHeri The Most Famous Living Beauty.

ends that protrude from the edges
Of the raised skin. This will serve
a .wo-fold purpose. 1t will absorb
the water and allow 1t to escapes
while at the same time it prevents
the entrance of any CRIME or dix
As soon as the skin is perfectly
formed underneath the old skin
will peel off naturally.
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in your system. | should advise
you to have medical treatment for
this. Meanwhile, their condition
will be improved by a daily appli-
cation of the following:
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HOW can a large water
l blister on my hand be
removed without leaving a raw
sore or a scar9-C +
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MY face has been terribly
4N4 burned by wearing the
Red Cross cap and veil while
helping in the recent "drive."
VIII you tell me how to whiten
my skin again?-VOLUNTEER
The best way to overcome that
brown acquired from the too ardu-
Gus attentions OF the sun, while
you went about all day with your
face unprotected from its glare, IS
to wear a face mask at night
coated with this honey paste:
Ground barley. ounces
Toney .............. ounce
White Of an egg
In the morning this lotion should
be washed off with tepid rose
water.
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The best way to heal such a
blister is not to break it, as so
many do. The water should be lei
out by running through it gently
a sterilized needle threaded with
a bit of white wool thread. Do
not pull the thread all the way
through. but leave a tiny piece of
it in the blister, cutting off The
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MONDAY

MONDAY
Breakfast.
Fruit, Cereal.
Scrambled Eggs,
Coffee
Luncheon.
Tomato Soup,
Com Bread
Sticks,
Fruit Salad,
Dinner.
Iett-OycT Meat,
Salad,
Boiled Dressing.
Radish Ross,
Blackberry
Dumplings,
Sterling Sauce.
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Copyright 1918 the Britain Rights Reserved
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By Mary Lee Swann,
Tomato Jam.
Pear Ginger.

Principal, ScuddeT School of Household Arts.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

delicious fruit you tastedrsht your grounds
',deulousy low cost-and have all the fun and pride besides
colorswhch tells you all you need know Ask for by mail
phone personal call you appetzns
suggestions before i gets cold.
HICKS & SON xs5xy xssa.y yf.ss na eWESTBURY L.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Please keep in mind our
Thanksgiving dinner for next
Thursday. We start to serve it
at O clock sharp and will con-
tinue to serve until late in the
evening. This permits you to
arrange your dining hour as
you please.
We have featured an old
fashioned Thanksgiving Din
ner for several years which has
been appreciated by the stran-
gers in New York, also by
many New Workers. Every
body gets home cooking. home
environment, home good will.
We always have a happy party
on Thanksgiving Day.
There is a great deal for
everybody to be thankful for
this year. even for those of US
who have some of our heart
strings broken in the process Of
reconstructing the world. Those
gone ahead of us have left a
heritage that we must take up,
wholeheartedly and with cour-
age and with determination.
There must be no repining.
The Thanksgiving Ta Bile
brings out in us all every good
thought and inspires us to do
our duty.
ROBERT D. BLACkMAN.
Proprietor.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

TOOK sharp this picture and the heavy load h. little
49, shaped pear that makes your mouth whenever
you it-epcure that you areand auumnal
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

duO tC0piSut
as the fruit
it's e ! {
" 8 e u r r c
Bose til ey
call it. You
h a ve prob
ably imagined
Gro n tn c
fancy prices
you have paid
for it) that it
grows IN some
far-awayMax-
neld Parrish
land, and NO
doub, it does
but you can
grow it also
in your own
backyard o n
an initial in
vestment o t
the humdrum
sum Of o n e
dollar per tree
(or $3.50 for
ten). And the
same is true
of many other
eplcuredn va
rie,ies Of pear,
apple, p lu m
c h e RI e 5,
9 r a p es and
berries you
c q n gr o "
Gonna of H..
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-12-19
ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK
ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRAIN

The crew of northbound freight
train on the Illinois Central railroad
found 60-pound steel rail across the
track between Kerrvil,e and TiptoA
and near the overhead bridge Sum
day night about $50 o'clock. Ii ii
thought that the rail was put on the
track with the intention Of wrecking
the fast Chicago passenger train that
was due about then, and the freight
crew happened to see the rail III time
to save themselves and the passen-
gers.
Deputy B. B. Smith arrested 4
stranger at Atoka at o'clock Mon
day morning, on suspicion Of being
a party to the attempted train wreck.
The man gave his name as G. B.
Smith, and Memphis as his home..
He had a pistol and lot of dope"
in his possession. as well as instru-
ments for administering the same
hypodermicalIy Smith was bound
over to the circuit court on both the
charges stated above bv Esq. j. G..
Walker, and upon failure to make
bond was brought here by Officer
Smith and placed in jail