Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-08-28
Housekeeping and Home-Mak
ing Hints.

strain through jelly bag, add three
pounds sugar, heat to boiling point
and bottle. This will make n gal
lon. The sugar can be left out or
four pounds of syrup or honey can
be substituted for the sugar. Dilute
one half and serve very cold.
Why is milk like War Savings
Stamps? Both are especially good
for children.
Homemade milk shakes are easily
prepared. Pour about half an inch
of syrup in a glass, add a teaspoon
of vanilla or a tablespoon of crushed
fruit or chocolate syrup kept for the
purpose. Fill the glass with milk,
add some Clipped ice if you wish;
pour all into a fruit jar, clamp down
the top and shake well.
A rainy day job-send for those
bulletins you have been wanting and
file those you have.
Fruits, nuts and vegetables would
be more appreciated in the average
farm home if they did not grow so
freely. Loyal Americans can save
wheat, fat and sugar by having plen-
ty of them.
Do you sharpen your knives now
and then? A dull tool is a vexation.
Knife sharpeners are inexpensive.
Buy one.
Write a cheerful letter to the SOL
der boy. Tell him you love him, but
do not say that you wish he were
home. Let him know how proud you
are of him, too.
Go over the top-of the wicker
chairs with a good varnish stain.
They will look like new.
Babies need water to drink these
warm days. Giving it from the fam
lily is dangerous for all, but especial
" so for the baby. A little cool, di-
luted fruit juice agrees with most
babies over eight months old.
If there is typhoid in the neighbor-
hood boil all water and fear flies.
Have your doctor send a sample of
your drinking water to be analysed
and know that you are safe.
The United Farm Women can save
the country many, many pounds of
wool and cotton by coming together
and making over old clothes. There
is a county in Utah where the women
saved about $4,000 in n month by
coming together and remodeling
clothes under the direction of the
home agent. They made over $50
hats, made dresses from coat suits.
devised ~childrens' clothing from wom-
ems dresses, cut little trousers from
mems coats and pants, and some
times combined the material of two
partly worn dresses into n good
one
Low-neck dresses are still most
popular in spite of the fact that
there has been a great effort to make
the high collar fashionable. Dainty
sailor collars of every shape are
worn. They are either of some con-
trasting color or white.
One piece dresses promise to be as
popular this fall and winter as they
were last year. These with a good
cloak are really more satisfactory
than a suit.
The white silk skirt that a be
washed will last much longer if made
with skirt and over-tunic. One can
lift the tunic to sit on a dusty seat
ard thus save washing.
Ministers help in food work in
many places by giving out notices of
the food regulations. We are fighting
for a cause that any church can en-
dorse.
Ugly hands and housework seem
to go together, but | have a friend
who says that is not true. She keeps
a bottle of good cold cream in the
kitchen, and after peeling potatoes
IA thing no good American does
now or washing dishes she rubs a
little of the cold cream into the
hands and then wipes off what will
come. She uses a stiff brush and file
but never cuts the nails.
Baby is not cross; if he cries be
sure there is something wrong. II ne
eats and sleeps well watch the scales
to see if he gains. You may have the
intervals between feeding too long,
too short or irregular, his mouth may
need care or his clothes may be un-
comfortable. If he still cries consult