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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

M ANY times people who might en-
N joy taking part in a program or
service fail to do so because of
a certain nervous dread. Their own
voices sound thin and unnatural Their
hearts pound in disturbing manner,
and thoughts and words which come
easily at other times have mysterious
vanishing quality
Everyone is not gifted with the ability
to hold an audience ,spellbound, but
there are few people who can not learn
to express themselves we'll and convinc-
ingly on their feet if they will but give
the matter little thought and attention,
and be willing to gain practice by TAX
ing their part whenever opportunity
presents.
Perhaps the first thing of all to learn
is breath control, for this makes for
calmness, poise and resonant quality
of voice. An individual who speaks
with thin, rnuffed tones which do not
carry more than a few feet away is sad
ly handicapped no matter how brilliant
his thoughts may be. The throat muscles
and vocal cords have purpose of their
own. Their work is to mold the voice,
shaping it in sympathy with the thoughts
held in the brain and seeking expression
through audible sound The carrying
quality and the ability to regulate the
volume and pitch come from the breath
control, and SO they have no reserve
force, and the slightest nervous excite
n1ent causes quickened pulses and a
sense of restriction about the throat
1t is an excellent plan to practice a
carefully series of deep breath
ing exercises before an open window
night and morning, getting complete
control of the abdominal muscles, the
diaphragm, the back and the rib cage,
also accustoming the lungs to long.
deep limitations. The singer and the
speaker must both master the same
principles in order to develop voice
which will be clear and pleasing
1t is necessary also before attempting
to speak to have clear-cut ideas regard
ing the subject to be discussed Many
speakers fail because they depend upon
the readiness of their wits to guide
them and as result they ramble or
stamrner and halt painfully. 1t is much
better for the amateur speaker to have
a book or complete and copious no,es
or outlines which can be readily follow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
MAKE-OVERS

= EFT us imagine that we are pos
sessed of serge dress, velvet
evening coat, an evening dress
and an afternoon frock, all in pretty
good condition, but all out of date.
The serge frock has an inofensive
kind of plain skirt, full enough, but d
little too long; the bodice is of the sur
plice variety, but the sleeves are very
tight at the wrist The evening coat is
in perfect condition, but a great deal too
narrow and with quite plain coat
sleeves, rather the shape of a bathrobe
with. big square collar and long revers.
The evening dress is of plain char
rreuse, with an overskirt of lace and a
plain bodice of brocade over lace. The
afternoon gown of plated Georgette is
quite good enough except for the
sleeves which have melted into holes.
A Moyen Age costume offers way
out for the coat and afternoon dress.
The plated georgette would make a
perfectly good foundation for the re-
modelled frock and look well just as it
is, with the sleeves cut away, and the
rest of the gown could be manufac-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
USE OF
TERPENTINE
~ URPENTINE and soap will re
move ink stains from muslin

-" URPENTINE and soap will re-
move ink stains from muslin.
a few drops added to the water
in which clothes are boiled will whiten
them.
1t will exterminate cockroaches if
sprinIIled in their haunts.
Moths will leave if it is sprinkled
about, as they dislike it.
A few drops of turpentine on wool
en- cloth will clean tan shoes very nice
ly.
Clean gilt frames with a sponge
moistened with turpentine.
When blackening the stove add few
drops of turpentine.
Pitch, wheel grease and tar stains can
be quickly removed if the spot is first
covered with lard and then soaked with
turpentine. Scrape off all the loose dirt,
sponge clean with turpentine and rub
gently till dry
Varnish and paint stains in coarse
fabric can be removed by first saturat-
ing with turpcntine and then washing,
Ivory knife handles that have be-
come yellow can be restored to their
former wilderness by rubbing with tur-
pentine.
Carpets can be cleaned and the coIors
restored by going over occasionally with
a broom dipped into warm water to
which has been added little turpentine
An equal mixture of turpentine and
linseed oil will remove white marks on
furniture caused by water.
For cramps and pains apply cloths
wrung out of hot turpentine water
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
Scotch Dat Cakes.

One cup fine oatmeal, one-third tea
spoon baking soda, one-tl1ird teaspoon
salt, two teaspoons melted fat, three
eighths cup hot water. Mix meal, salt
and soda in bowl. Make hole in cen
ter, add melted fat and hot water to
make a soft consistency. Sprinkle meal
into a round shape, roll out very thin,
cut into eight pieces and place on hot
griddle for about five minutes. Thel
place on rack in roasting tin and put in
hot oven for few minutes. The cakes
should curl up a little. This recipe will
make eight little oatcakes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
ETIQUETTE

T HE proper form of response for
children is a much discussed
question. Tie plain yes or nc
from them is abrupt and unmannerly. Al
the same time Eyes, ma'am," and Eye
sir" are, as rule, old fashioned Still
for boys it is customary for them f
say, Yes, sir" though, oddly enough.
Yes, ma'am,' is obsolete. Your son is
not too young to be taught TO say 'yes
or mo-" father" or mother" or Mr.,
-" Putting the name or dcsigns
ton after the monosyllablc is habit
easily acquired by even young children
Make a point of it. In any case don't
let him get the habit of the rude, cur
yes or no; it is a hard one to break.
In introducing your husband to an
one say Mrs. -, may | present NJ
husband?" or if you wish to be NOR
informal say Jack" or whatever hi
Christian name is, Il want to introduc
you to Mrs. -" Never speak
your husband to friends as Mr.. So-and
SO. This is mistake often made Il
in this country To a friend, a socIa
acquaintance, you should never use tn
prefix Mr., Mrs. or Miss in speaking
your own immediate family. Say IN
husband my sister" my mothcr
though, in case the person 10 whom y"'
are speaking might be ignorant OF fl
surname of your relative, you can me-
ton in an explanatory way. In ntro
ducing two friends present the young
one TO the elder, or the one in town ID
the one from out of town. Say Simpl
Mrs. -, / want you to know NJ
friend, Miss -" or, "Miss ----.
/ want to introduce you to Mrs. -----.
Even more simple is just mentionlng
each the name of the other without al.
phrase making
The guest should make the first mo"
towards saying goodnight when WIS"
ing at friends house, although II HI
hosts are quite little older it IS not
all uncivil of them to suggest that II
time to retire. When you pass VOW
plate to be served a second TIM lea''
knife and fork on it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
WHEATLESS PIES.
Apple Tart or Pie With One Crust.

Put one cup rolled oats through
grain mill or food chopper, add one
eighth teaspoon salt, two tablespoons
shortening, one-quarter cup boiling wa
ter. Mix we'll, roll out and use to line
a plate Fill with apples pared cored
and cut into eighths. Mix two table
spoons corn or barley -four, one-third
cup corn syrup, one-third cup sugar,
half teaspoon cinnamon and half cup
milk Pour over apples and dot with
apples are done.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
WHEATLESS CAKES.
Potato Flour Sponge Cake.

Beat thoroughly the yolks of four
eggs, add one cup of sugar and thor
cughly blend, beat whites Of four eggs
to a stiff froth and add then beat into
the mixture half cup of potato flour
and flavor. Unless you beat the egg
yolks and sugar until very light indeed
they will settle at the bottom of the loaf,
causing 4 dark, heavy streak
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
WHEATLESS MUFFINS.
Buckwheat and Rice Mullins.

One cup of water or milk or half milk
and water, one tablespoon of fat, two
tablespoons syrup, two eggs, four tea
spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
salt, three-quarters cup rice -four, one
cup buckwheat flour Makes II mullins
Bake about Is minutes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
EXERCISE
AIDS BEAUTY
BY EDNA EGAN.

AYOTHING is so coveted by the ay-
erage woman as slender youth
full figure. Indeed, judging from
the deep interest taken by the fair sex
in outdoor sports of the most vigorous
sort, it would seem as if women were
seriously endeavoring to take as much
natural exercise as possible to keep the
figure trim.
Of course, outdoor sports, such as
horseback riding, golf or hiking" are
naturally most beneficial, as there is ev-
erything to promote vigor and energy in
these athletic pastimes. Any one of
these sports will liven up the circula-
ton and bring healthy complexion.
Many women find it impossible to take
time to indulge in these outdoor sports,
but series of the right sort of ever
cises taken in ones home will prove
tremendous help in improving the cir
culation as we'll as the general health
Of course all the exercise imaginable
will be little or no avail if one is not
careful of diet and digestion, and the
woman who wishes to reduce as we'll as
build must be most careful of this fac
tor.
1t would be useless to exercise strenu-
ously with the intention of reducing
weight and then follow this by eating
rich and fatty foods. Nor would it do
for one to overexcrcise and then not
take sufficiently nourishing food This
should be gagged carefully, so that it
will be unnecessary to so to either ex-
tree.
One woman who prides herself on
having a youthful and slender figure
says that she retains it because she in
dulges daily in series of exercises
which take up about fifteen or twenty.
minutes time. She thinks that exercise
such as horseback riding, golhng, etc,
may we'll be dispensed with if certain
exercises are substituted,
The exercises referred to are extreme
ly simple but very effective, and at the
same time are not too vigorous. One
can not help feeling the beneficial eff
tects after one or two sessions.
The first position is that of standing
with the weight on both feet and hands
OF the hips. The body bends forward
from the angle to the legs, the arms at
the same time shooting forward to be
parallel with the body In this exercise
the chin is held in such. a way that if the
body were in an erect position it (the
ching would be up and out The body
should resume the erect and natural
position; then repeat the above move
ment.
The second exercise is one in which
the body bends. backward as far as pos
sible, at the same time maintaining the
balance. This, too, should be repeated
at least FIVE or six times
The third exercise is probably little
more difficult, it being movement
whereby the body is swayed from the
waistline to the side as far as possible.
This exercise should be made from the
left and right side also. All of these
exercises should be done very slowly
and repeated at least six times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
Chocolate Cake.

One cup sugar, half cup melted fat,
half teaspoon of salt, one cup sour milk,
one teaspoon soda, one cup barley -four,
one cup potato -four, three heaping des-
sertspoons cocoa. Bake in pan about
5x8 inches. Sift flour and cocoa to-
gether twice or four times before add
ing to the liquid One teaspoon of va
nilla is desirable on account of the bar
lev
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
Butterscotch Pie With One Crest.

Mix one and half cups brown sugar
and half cups boiling water and cook
until thick Remove from fire and add
two tablespoons substitute butter and
the yolks of two eggs beaten, and spcck
of salt. Pour into baked pastry shell,
cover with meringuc made of two egg
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
Nut Cakes.

Beat one egg slightly, add half CUP
brown sugar, three tablespoons corn
starch, one-eighth tablespoon salt, ono
quarter tablespoon baking powder, hall
cup chopped nuts. Bake in pattycak
tins, one spoonful to each.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
Wheatless Piecrust Made With Dat.
meal

Oatmeal Piecrust-One cup rolled
oats crushed through grain mill or meat
chopper, one-eighth teaspoon salt, tive
tablespoons vegetable oil, one-quartet
cup boiling water; mix we'll, roll out and
line plate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
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whites beaten stiff and two tablespoon
sugar. Bake in slow oven until til,
mcringue is Drowned Pastry shell.
should be made of barley -four or GA
-four, in the usual way.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

room in that way. For border use the pic
lures on the Sunday morning magazines.
To make room more complete border
around the top and bottom is needed. In
stead of using so much costly paper, it
will take less of it if you paper your
room to the top of the door frames, then
put moulding around the top of the
paper. For border paint the space be-
tween ceiling and moulding. Paper a
kitchen with oilcloth paper, which can
be cleaned when necessary with little
warm water.
~ ARELESS washing and imperfect
L. drying are the reasons for more
red, unsightfy hands than any
thing else. The slightest dampness of
the skin is apt to make the hands chap
and crack. Hot water should not be
used more than once a day at most for
washing the hands, and then they should
be rinsed in cold. At night before re-
firing. when the hands have been we'll
washed and dried, rub in fair guam
tity of good cold cream or camphor-
ated ice. Then powder them lightly
with fine talcum and slip on loose old
gloves reserved for this purpose. This
will whiten the hands and keep them
soft and smooth
~ o clean black silk dress: The
silk must be thoroughly brushed
= and wiped with cloth, then laid
fiat on a board or table and well
sponged with hot coffee, thoroughly
freed from sediment by being strained
through muslin. The silk is sponged on
the side intended to show; it is allowed
to become partially dry and then ironed
on the wrong side. The coffee re-
moves every particle of grease and re-
stores the brilliancy of silk without inn
parting to it either the shiny appearance
or crackly and papery stiffness obtained
by beer or any other liquid. The silk
really appears thickened by the process,
and this good effect is permanent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

Draping has even invaded the realm
of fur garments
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

A
Z y stroyed by pouring teaspoonful
g - of warm olive oil or camphorat-
ed oil into the ear and keeping it there
.; for some time, holding the head in
position to retain the oil, which will
afterward come away with the dead in
sect.
USEFUL and easily made gift
"A any housekeeper is set of plate
~ n pads for use between the plates of
her best china to prevent scratching or
chipping. Cut circular pieces of white
wadding and ''blanket-stitch" the edges
with floss to match color of the china
if possible.
FTER taking down curtains hang
"A on line to get off dust When
IN ready to wash put into cold soapy
Z water. Place on stove until it is heated
+ through Do not let them boil. Then
3 wash out. Do this several times until
~ curtains look white. Rinse twice. This
is quickly done and saves rubbing cur
tains, which wears them out If put on
g stretchers do not starch.
OR removing vaseline stains from
4a - cloth, cover the article with boil
. II ing water and let stand a while.
Then add one tablespoonful of washing
u powder. Let stand until water is cool
. enough to put hands in. Wash usual.
The cloth will be clean and vaseline left
on surface of water.
IF the hands are not good and the
nails badly shaped try to improve
A the latter by training the cuticle.
: Every night soak the fingers in hot wa
+ ter for five minutes, then with an orange
e stick press back the cuticle to lengthen
-the nails Afterward rub in cold cream.
DO not omit this or the soaking will
& make the cuticle very dry.
BRISK rub with a towel is invig-
IN Grating, but when the skin is sens
In tive, as in the case of a baby, the
mother must be careful not to chafe by
too rough a towel or too hard an appl-
cation. A gentle patting with turkish
towel will dry thoroughly. Never at
Tempt TO dry with new towel, which
has never been previously Numbered, as
the glossy dressing on the unwashed ma
terial makes it more or less non-absorb
emit.
~ ACK the two ends of yard or
cretonne or ticking on some con-
moved from bundles, fold them and slip
between the cretonne. Take wooden
handle (used as bundle carrier), tack it
near the paper holder (by the wires
which go through the wood and as
4 string is removed from packages, join
neatly and wind on the wood which acts
as a reel. Very handy when in hurry
Have two, one for cord, one for twine.
=.s THICK paste made of baking
4a "a soda and water is excellent for
4 cleaning glasses in which milk,
ice cream or other greasy substance has
been standing When there is no time
10 make paste, if the fingers are dipped
in water, then in dry soda, and the
greasy part of the glass is rubbed round
with them, the marks will quickly dis
appear and the glass become bright.
Lamp chin1neys treated in the same way
will shine, while if the lamp burner is
boiled for half an hour in soda and wa
ter it will cause the lamp to burn with
renewed brilliancy.
IF you have several different kinds of
wall paper, instead of throwing
IN them away just turn the printed
AIDE toward the wall and paper your
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
THICK paste mad

IF YOU have several different kinds of
Il wall paper, instead of throwing
A them away just turn the printed
AIDE toward the wall and paper your
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

N insect in the ear may be de-
"a stroyed by pouring teaspoonful
- of warm olive oil or camphorat-
red oil into the ear and keeping it there
:; for some time, holding the head in a
position to retain the oil, which will
afterward come away with the dead in
sect.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

USEFUL and easily made gift
N any housekeeper is set of plate
- n pads for use between the plates of
her best china to prevent scratching or
chipping. Cut circular pieces of white
wadding and 'b1anket-stitch" the edges
with floss to match color of the china
If possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27

IF the hands are not good and the
nails badly shaped try to improve
IN the latter by training the cuticle.
: Every night soak the fingers in hot wa
+ ter for five minutes, then with an orange
stick press back the cuticle to lengthen
=4he nails. Afterward rub in cold cream.
DO not omit this or the soaking will
Z make the cuticle very dry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
BY LUCILLE DAUDET.

NH ANY times people who might en-
4" JOY taking part in program or
service fail TO do so becayIse of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-27
BRISK rub with a towel

= mother must be careful not to chafe by
too rough a towel or too hard an appli-
cation. A gentle patting with a turkish
towel will dry thoroughly. Never at
: Tempt TO dry with new towel, which
has never been previously laundered, as
- the glossy dressing on the unwashed ma
terial makes it more or less non-absorb-
= ent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
NO. OBSTACLE DAUNTs RATS
Rodents In Norway, When Setting Out
to Exile, Have Never Been Known
to Turn Aside.

The rats Of Norway employ re-
markable method to avoid a famine.
When starvation threatens, those that
are chosen for exile assemble in count
less thousands in the mountain valleys
leading to the plains and pour across
the country in straight line, which IS
often more than mile in length.
They devour every green thingtin their
path, and the country through which
they pass looks as If Ut had been
,p,owed or burned with fire.
They march principally by night
and during the morning, resting In
the afternoon. No matter how abun-
dant the food may be in any partfcu-
lar locality they do not seek to settle
In it, for their destination is the sea,
and nothing; animate or inanimate, If It
can be surmounted, ,retards the adj
vance. @.s
Foxes, lynxes, weasels, kites and
owls hover on the rodents line OF
march and destroy them by the hun
dreds. The fish In the rivers sand
lakes take their toll Of them. too. but
the survivors press onward.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
Little New IL warfare.

The use. Of asphyxiating gas is q
very ancient device. Smoking out the
enemy was one Of the regular maneu-
.vers of war in antiquity, says the Sci
aentific Monthly. Polybius relates that
at the siege Of Ambracia by, the Ro-
mans under Marins Fulvius NobilOr
3(B. G. 1897 the Actolians filled Jars
with feathers, which they set on fire,
blowing the smoke with bellows into
the faces Of the Romans in the cOun-
stermines. At the great naval battle
fought in the waters Of Ponza between
Alfonso. of Aragon and Genoa in 1435
the Genoese carried vessels filed with
3quicklime and redhot cinders, the
smoke from which was blown by the
wind against the enemy. Leonardo da
Vinci, who among his many other ac-
complishments was a notable military
engineer, suggested the use Of poison
Gus powders, such as yellow arsenic
and verdigris, to be thrown from the
topmasts of ships SO as to choke the
enemy. This formed part of the
war instructions given by Leonardo to
the republic of Venice in 1889, when
the Turks had passed the Isonzo and
threatened ST. Marks.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
SPHERE IN FRANCE
Her Influence Is Probably GreateH
Than in Any Other Country
= Of. the World.

The greatness of France lies in her
sense of the beauty and Importance
Of living AS life Is an art In France,
so woman is an artist. She does not
teach man, but she inspires him: And
as the French woman Of the bread-win-
ming. class influences her husband, and
he regards her Judgment and her
wishes, the same is similarly true OF
the French woman Of the rich and ed
ucated class, the French woman OF
leisure. But in this world her infll-
ence naturally tends much farther.
The more. civilized society is the
wider is the range of each woman's
influence over men, and Of each mans
influence over women. Intelligent and
cultivated people of either sex will not
limit themselves to communing with
their own households. Men and wom-
en- equally, when they have the range
Of interests that real cultivation gives,
need the stimulus of different points
Of view, the refreshment of new ideas
as we'll as Of new faces.
No one who has seen French Won,
en- can doubt that their great influence
on French life, French thought, French
Imagination and French sensibility is
one of the strongest elements in the
attitude France holds before the
world today Ladies' Home Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
To Renew. Lands Fertility.

In the San Luis valley of Colorado
there is an area from 100000 to 50O,,.
600 acres which has almost completely
been deprived of fertility in seem
ingly mysterious manner. This condi-
ton has been Investigated by DR.. w. p.
Headden Of the, Colorado agricultural
experiment station, and he attributes
this condition to the so-calledJ "blaeck
alkali," composed largely of sodium
carbonate. This carbonate is carried
in the waters Of the valley, including
the rivers and the artesian wells, and
the practice Of snbirrigation has
brought it to the surface by capillarity
and evaporation. Doctor Headden
suggests that the remedy lies in a
conversion Of the carbonates into sui
pilates by the use Of liberal amount
Of gypsum to one pound Of black al
kali-and downward washing by means
Of surface irrigation with burrows or
by flooding.