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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-04
uses of B1ack-Draught-1

doses of B1ack-Draught"
Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford's Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member. Of every family, at times,
need the help that Black-Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re.
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, Indigestion, lazy liver.
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Elaclz-Draught. It acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish. take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
CSC. pac!1age-One cent a dose
All druggists. J. 50
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-04
BLUE
CHIFFON
BY EILDA MORRIS
1917, by the McClu
per Syndicate.)

Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Ellen Emery, on the train going to
visit her cousins in the city, was WOr-
rying about her clothes. She had not
q great many, and her dresses were
very simple. They were in good taste
she felt sure that no one could find
fault with her dark blue silk or her
white evening frock on the ground Of
taste-but they lacked in "style,' that
indefinable quality lich seemed fairly
to ooze from the garments worn BY
her city-bred cousins. She did not
wish them to be ashamed of her, nor
did she wish to be pitied, but she sim.
ply could not afford to buy more
dresses.
81 hope there won't be many par
ties" she told herself as the train
pulled into the station. "And | do
hope they won't notice my things
much. What is there about the city
that always makes one think clothes?
I'm glad I live in the country"
The cousins met her with their car
two tall, fashionably attired young
girls, WITH WnlCo luFS ana very COI-
rect-looking hair and compilations. Ell
len was not unaware that their quick
eyes swept over her plain ''ready-
made" suit and hat appraisingly, Or
that they exchanged meaning glances
over her shoulder. However. they
greeted her very kindly. They meaht
well, and Ellen climbed into the car be-
side them, resolving not to let clothes
spoil her, even if she could not help
thinking about them.
you're just in time for a Dance
said Dorothy, as they spun along.
'"There's to be an awfully nice one at
the club tonight. Rob will take you,
and you're sure to meet some aWful]y
nice men,"
That's pleasant" said Ellen, but her
heart sank little. Not that she did
not love to dance, but IAN awfully
nice" dance sounded little fearsome.
Her white frock would make little i'm
preston in a gathering of real even
ing gowns. However-and she squared
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t"Be Sure to Make Bob Introduce Him."
her shoulders gravely-she resolved
not to let clothes keep her from en-
joying the dance.
AS it turned out, however, Dorothy
and Louise had already planned what
she was to wear.
"We've got a present for you," Lou
Use said, as she helped Ellen unpack
her steamer trunk. "A perfectly stun
ming gown; wait, I'll get it. You see,
we just happened to see this frock at
a bargain, and it was too small for Ell
Their one of us, so we thought of you
right away. It was so lovely we just
had to buy it,
Louise danced away to get the dress,
and Ellen felt tears Of modification
come to her eyes,. Of course, they had
known she would come without proper
clothes, they knew she was country
cousin and they had bought her a
dress to wear, so that they need not
feel ashamed Of her. However, they
meant to be kind, and she could not
refuse.
Indeed, the gown was so lovely that
1t would have taken Spartan mind
to refuse it. OF blue chiffon, with flow
ers of pink and mauve and yellow, it
was frresistibly charming, with Ellen's
golden hair and delicate cOloring The
girls blue eyes grew starry with de-
light as she looked at herself in the
mirror. After all, she was "chic," aud
far prettier than either Dorothy or
Louise. She had never in her life
looked so we'll before. She let Dor
'othy arrange her hair in a very mod
ish fashion, and consented to borrow
a necklace Of Louise's, so that when
she was dressed she looked like a
different person from plain little, Ell
len Emery, of Oldport. -
"There's a perfectly wonderful new
man coming to this Dance" remarked
Dorothy. "All the girls are >raz3
about him, and it they aren't careful
you'll cut them out. His name is Muir
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-04
NlILKMEN GET
ORPHAN CATS

Kankakee, Ill, Jan. 4.-Milk
dealers here have been afflicted
with an Epidemic Of orphan cats.
When the price of milk recently
was raised two cents a quart, sew
eral citizens declared they could
not afford to feed their cats. So
they left their Tables on the
dealers doorsteps. One dealer i'll
herited eight cats in a single night.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-04
RUB RHEUMATISM FROM
STIFF, Aching JOINTS
Rub Soreness from joints and muscles
with small trial bottle of
old St. Jacobs Oil
Stop "dosino" Rheumatism.

Stop "dosing" Rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fit,
requires internal treatment. Rub sootl
ing, penet1 ating ''St. Jacobs Oil'' RICH
on the ''tender spot" and by the tim,
you say Jack Robinson-out comes The
rheumatic pain. est. Jacobs Oil" is
harmless rheumatism cure which never
disappoints and doesn't burn the skin. It
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones; stops
sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia.
Timber up! Get a 25 cent bottle
of old-time, honest est. Jacobs Oir'
from any drug store, and in a moment
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheuma-
tism away.
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Modern Cutlery.

Young Lady From City Ito country
storekeeper) Have you any ice
cream forks?
Storekeeper (anxious to be up to
the tn7es)-Eh, no, miss, but we're
expecting some lemonade knives
Life.
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SALAD PLANTS GROW WILD

like asparagus. If more dandelions are
available, than can be used while they ars
fresh, they may be preserved for future
use. They may be canned by the meth
cd used by the canning clubs for spin
ach. or they may be put down. IN salt
according to household method. 10
many homes it is common practice 70
preserve dandelion greens with salt in
Stone crooks, putting in first layer Of
greens, then layer of salt, then more
greens, and so on, until the crock is
filled. The dandelions are then covered
with close fitting plate or board. on
which weight "a clean piece OF mar
bic or stone) is placed to keep the
greens packed solid.
Other wild plants used As potherbs
are curly dock, pigweed or lambs quar-
tiers, chickweed, mustard shoots. purple
milkweed shoots, young horseradish
leaves, marsh marigold >(sometimes
called American cowslip). poke sprouts
pepper cress. purslane or ''pusley, and
in the southwestern states some sorts OF
cactus leaves and stalks.
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two squares chocolate, one and one-six.
tenth cups rye -four. two and half
teaspoons baking powder, one-quarter
teaspoon salt, two egg whites, three
quarters teaspoon vanilla.
Melt the fat and add it to the mo-
lasses and soda. Add the milk, the we'll
beaten yoiks and the melted chocolate:
Sift the -four, the baking powder and
the salt together and add them grad
ually to the mixture. When thorough
" mixed. fold III the stiffly beaten
whites and add the vanilla. Pour the
cake in to we'll creased pan.
This recipe also calls for no butter.
Chocolate Walnut Custard.-Heat q
pint of milk, half cup Of sugar and
three tablespoons Of grated chocolate in
double boiler. When it boils add a
tablespoon of cornstarch wet up in .
little cold milk and the beaten yolks of
two eggs. Have them beaten light.
Cook until thick, remove from fire and
add half cup of walnut meats, broken
up fine, not chopped. Mix thoroughly,
let it get cold, then pile in glasses and
put a spoonful of whipped cream on
each
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3
But by using glasses that con-
- centrated the run-ray Archi-
medes was able to set fire to the
Roman ships during the siege of SYRIA
cuse.
So what food one woman can save in
her home may not seem much, but the
saving effected by the concentrated wo-
man-power of tho country is trench
dous.
To save daily one-third Of an ounce
or two level teaspoonfuls of butter, for
everyone in your family may seem too
inhnitesimal an economy to bother with.
for instance But multiply this saving
by the 100000 kitchens il the coun.
try and you will see the TREMENDOUS saw
ing effected by the concentrated woman
power of the nation.
But to some it may seem an enigma
how to save even these two teaspoon
fuls of butter day.
1t is better to save this amount BY
substituting other fats in cooking ratt-
er than by economizing on the butter
used on the table. While an adult may
suffer no injury from the latter econ
omy, butter should be given freely to
children at the table. They require the
peculiar fat substance it contains Tor
their growth and health. Hundreds OF
children abroad, especially in Poland
on diet which did not include, proper
substitutes, have died or become per-
manently stunted in growth because they
have had to do without butter fats for
an extended period of time.
We must do our best to save the rest
of these children from similar fate by
exporting butter to these countries in
larger quantities than ever beforc. The
allies are asking for three times as much
as they did at the beginning of the war.
We can supply them this, if no but
ter is used in cooking throughout the
country. Already chefs and cooks. IN
hotels and public institutions are elm
mating it from their dishes, and the up
to-date housewife is now discovering
that butter is quite unnecessary in cook
ing.
If you have been in the habit of put
ting generous lump Of butter into .
dish now and then, lust to make It
tasty" forcgo this habit now.
Never serve more than one tired dish
week.
Always substitute chicken fat or veg
etab.e, oils for butter in cooking:
Make as little pastry as possible. and
all your pies with only one crust
Never put both gravy and butter on
your potato.
Do this much for the sake of saving
hundreds of little children from death.
or worsc-a life of stunted growth and
ill-health.
The following is BUTTERFLIES recipe
Tor chocolate cake, and. besides, it uses
rye -four and takes no sugar:
Devils Food Cake-Rye Flour
One-quarter cup vegetable fats one
cup molasses, one-quarter teaspoon soda.
three tablespoons milk. two c0 yollss
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7OREMOST among these plants is
the dandelion. Its : use as q
vegetable is so common that it
is sold in many city markets.
occasionally it is cultivated BY market
gardeners, but much more frequently
the plants sold are wild ones and ought
to cost less than cultivated greens. When
someone in the family can dig them near
home, there can be no doubt as to the
economy of, using them. # they are
taken from the lawn, there is the fur
Their advantage of removing trouble
some Woodworking always that the
digging is carefully done. Only the dam
delion should be pulled, not the grass
around it, and the root should be re-
moved. not broken of at the top, else
several crowns of leaves may grow in
the place of one. As in most stem and
leaf vegetables, the texture and flavor
are both best when the plants are young.
" Growing, as they do, close to the sur
face of the ground, dandelion greens are
likely to be full of earth and grit and
must be carefully washed and rinsed IN
several waters. The. water IN winch
they have Just been rinsed should never
he ooured out of the pan over the
greens. but the greens should be htte9
out Of the water so that the dirt which
has settled to the bottom may not get
hack on the leaves; and for the same
reason the cooked greens should be hit
ed out Of the water in which they are
boiled. ~
The most common way Of using dan
deiions is a potherb - greens. As
with most green vegetables, it is mis- ),
t,Le 70 cook them more than is needed
to make them tender. If they are boil
ed with one-eighth teaspoonful QeveD
of cooking soda to each quart, OF greens
used. they will keep their color better
Young dandelions may also be used un-
cooked as salad, custom less common
in this country than in Europe. where
the tender plants are sometimes blanehed
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either Oh the porch or the win
~ dow sill. Even those who live
in crowded cities can grow flow
ers and foliage plants in this way.
The cost can be kept very low. The
box itself may be purchased at seed
store, or florist will supply it already
filed with plants. Any one who can
handle a saw and hammer can make the
box at home, using packing box boards
if nothing better is at hand. The
flower box should be eight inches deep
and foot wide. The length will depend
on where it is to 60. Many boxes less
than eight inches are seen, but they dry
out too quickly.
While plenty of water is indispensa-
bic, some means must be provided tor
getting rid Of the surplus. The usual
plan is to bore holes about III inches
apart in the bottom of the box. Anoth-
er plan is to bore holes in the front OF
in the back of the box near the bottom,
and to carry the surplus water to these
holes. A drain may be provided to eaten
the water. %, -.
The box should be filled with rich
earth with which a little bone meal has
been mixed. Some people mix loan ana
well-decayed horse manure, with inc Az
dition of little clean sand ana some
leaf mold. If the latter can be ootains
ed. Small stones or broken pieces o.
flower pots should be placed IN tne D1e.
tom of the box before hlling IN Tue
earth. in order to assure GOOD or1Mase'
A layer an inch high will not DC TOO
much
A great variety of plants may De
grown in flower boxes. Choose some "
grow upright and others to tral ove1
the sides. Geraniums are most COM
monty grown in the center OF the DoA
with vines to trail over the front. ver
benas, nasturtiums, heliotlope, petunlas
and the variegated periWlnk!e, are also
popular in various combinations. mas
turtiums make particularly bright dis-
play. falling over the front OF the box
and bios soming profusely.
There are many plants which do
splcndidly in shady places. There is the
beponia. for example, which will BIOS
som very freely, even though It does
not receive a single ray of sunshine all
summer. That does not mean that 1t
will thrive in dark place, but that di-
rect sunlight is not required to make It
prosper. Fuchsias, too, these old-ume
fayorites, will flower nicely in shaded
places, and require little care and no
nursing. The only point to remember
is that these plant need good drainage
and plenty of water, and that the water
must not be sprinkled on the leaves OF
til, tuberous-rooted begonia.
Il is obvious that the available plant
food is limited when porch box is
used. By July the soil will need en-
richment. This may be given easily IN
the form of manurs water. City people
can provide this fertilizeE BY Obtaining
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KEEP A FILE.
@lVERY business Office has file.
T. Every business woman ought to
lS have one, on those subjects that

E1lVERY business Office has . hie.
Every business woman ought to
Ky have one, on those subjects that
are especially hers. 1t does not
take much time to inaugurate simple
system, and once you get it going il
takes hardly minute to keep it up to
date, and it saves hours every day, be-
sides keeping matter where you can lay
finger on it.
The stenographer sees things con-.
stantly that arc help and an inspira-
ton to her, or that convey some useful
suggestion. She thinks she will not for
get these. but they slip out of her mind,
and later when she needs them they are
among those absent.
Whatever your business or your pro-,
fcssion, be your work at home or
abroad, in school or Office or factory,
whether you run tea room or manage
a great business department, there are
countless items lying about, appearing
in the papers, seen in magazines or
heard in conversation that are important
to you. Get the filing habit and these
things will be ready for you at any mo-
ment they are wanted.
The pressure of life increases, and
whatever can be done to simplify ana
help you in your work should be At
tempted.
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at first is the girls who take the
fare on the huge, numbering alt
tobuses that rumble along the Strand.
Most of them are young and pretty.
They wear skirts that come just below
their knees, with tightly-laced high
boots. Their uniforms are of blue
serge, and their hair is tucked up neat
ly under a smart turban hat Their
ticket cases and coin holders are slung
over their shoulders. The autobobiles
are driven by men-older men UNIT tor
army service-because of the dangers OF
London traffic.
The uniforms of the women letter
carriers are similar to those of the a,l-
tobus girls. These women go the rounds
of the business and residential sections
in exactly the same way as do men in
America, and they are just as efficient
There is said to be special need at
present for milk maids and dairy work
,ers, and overalls, breeches, boots and
hats are supplied before the woman is
sent to farm.
How many women are thus employed
in the place of men is uncertain. There
are various estimates, which place the
figure at considerably more than mil
lion. 1t is said that no fewer than $780,
600 women are employed in the manu-
facturc of war supplies alone.
Women in the munitions factories get
to work early in the morning, some of
them at o'clock. They wear overalls
and take their places at great lathes and
drills, at FORCES and riveting machines,
in fact almost as well as the most ex-
pert machinists. Those who are less
efficient are occupied with less impor-
tant work, such as filling cartridges. the
adjustment of caps and the assortment
and packing of the finished product
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l@INEGAR and toilet waters being
w alcoholic they act as astrinsents
~ and keep the skin and flesh 6rms
used in moderation. One trou-
Bile is that woman applies either or
both at tn. wrong time. If the face Is
4 mass of blackheads any sort of astfin-
gent only makes it worse. but if the slrin
IS perfectly clean, but feels loose and
Aabby, it can receive a liberal dose OF
any good cologne Of toilet vinegar 49,
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a little sheep manure at seed store or
at a florists establishment, and mixing
Il with water. Care should be taken
th,t the manure water does not touch
ths foliage. which it might burn.
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i~lO child should b=gin toe dancing
l1N until IL years old, but much OF
the art can be learned before
that and through dancing little
girl acquires grace, a poIse and free-
dom of movement which stands her IN
good stead during the awkward age as
well as for the rest of her life.
~ HEN child wears short stock
Avn ings it is hard to keep them
from rolling down on the legs
and looking untidy. This can be
prevented by purchasing some narrow
rubber tape and fastening it far enough
from the top of the stocking so as to
he hidden from sight. Then sew 1t III
tcht enough to hold the stocking up
IA al the same time loose enough to
6aeycnt cording the childs leg.
~nEEDS of the new Cardinal Climb
Isl er should be sta started ed i ind Or
tic plants set in sunny place
in the open ground when danger OF
frost has passed. This is one OF the
brightest, showiest climbers that can be
grown, and when in full bloom is sure
to win the admiration of the neighbour
hood
IN TRAW hats can be cleaned and
H sunburn removed as follows:
~ Warm lemon, squeeze it into a
saucer and add teaspoonful of
powdered sulphur Brush this we'll on
the hat rinse several times in cold wa
ter, wipe with dry cloth and finally dry
in dark place. The hat will be as
fresh looking as when you bought it.
IN TABLE refuse will do much to
VII keep lawn i'll good condition.
~ Many people. however, dislike
both its appearance and its odor,
and pulverized sheep fertilizer applied
in the spring is good substitute. Per-
haps the best commercial fertilizer is
raw bone meal which should be applied
evenly. at. the rate Of ten pounds for
500 square feet Cotton seed meal is
also an excellent fertilizer when i, can
be obtained 1t is well to go over the
lawn with rake after applying the fer
tilixcr. Rolling will also help.
~NE of the most refreshing things
II a woman can do when tired is
TO wiring out hot cloths and lay
AIleu over her eyes and fore
head. "A hot water bag will not answer
the same purpose. The simplest way is
20 have two cloths and basin of hot
water by the couch, and leave one cloth
n the water ready TO repiac: the one
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mediately afterWard in order to prevent
the skin from becoming ilabby. !
.1|OU'LL find the best time to attack
N cold in order to cure it is at
III the very start. AT the first
sniffle, or the first cough, begin
TO fight it. Drink plenty Of fresh water.
cat lightly, and get plenty OF sleep; be,
fore going to bed take hot bath and
drink hot lemonade. then cover up
warm and be sure there is no draft be-
tween the windows and the door, but
have the windows open wide enough to
get plenty of air in the room. This
treatment will probably drive the cold
out of your system at once. But II you
do not treat it at the very beginning II
will have to run its course.
~TRAWBERRY beds which have
S borne two crops might as well
III be plowed up and the space
given to late cabbage or some
other crop. 1t is almost impossible to
keep out the, weeds and grass after the
second year, and a new bed should be
coming along. All blossoms must be
kept picked from the fall or so-called
eyer-bearing varieties until late in July
in order to have a good crop of fruit.
The best way to grow these late berries
is in hills foot and half apart.
NIlHlEF among those articles of dict
X that may be termed hesh-produc-
S ers, macaroni, potatoes and rice
rank high The FIRST, if eaten
with thick white sauce, is really very
fattening. Rice, eaten hot with butter
and sugar. or cold with cream and sugar,
is good Potatoes will also produce
flesh, especially if mashed and seasoned
with butter. Milk, cream and butter are
all good for this purpose; glass of
rich milk, half cream at least taken
with slice of bread at bedtime, helps
wonderfully in every Wa; toward flesh
gaining. It usually soothes and quiets
the nervous woman; sends her to sleep,
and is easily digested. Cream by itself
is usually too rich, but it may be taken
freely on rice or toast. The thin wo-
man does not find friend in cereals :
they are almost always pastry; cause in
digestion; and one prefers suggesting
other foods. A great deal Of well-made
and baked bread is good n such cases /;
rolls, beaten biscuit, with cream, etc.
Too much meat is not good: it requires
exercise to digest properly, and violent
exercise of any sort is to be strictly
Stunned by the thin WOMAN
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In making hot starch add one table
SPOONFUL of lard and one of salt to each
gallon Of starch. Be sure and use while
h0G
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OH the head as soon as it becomes cool.
Fifteen minutes is long enough to con-
tinue this treatment. 1t is a good plan
to rinse the face in very cold water i'm
mediately afterward in order to prevent
the skin from becoming Aabby. i
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the rice in plenty OF wafer, changing II
often. for the grains collect dust Put
IN the stove with plenty of water and
boil vigorously twenty minutes. Drain
al the water, cover the vessel with q
t;oht lid to create steam, place the rice
on the back of the stove or in the oven
and leave for an hour and it will puff
and every grain will be separate. Some
add little lemon juice when it is put
into the oven.