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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-31
ROUTE 3

Mrs. John Wamplcr and daughter,
Elvie, spent Monday with Mrs. Eli
jah Golfer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conelius Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mcdaniel of this
route attended the basket dinner at
Three Rivers last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Womack and
children spent Sunday with the form
er's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Womack. a.
Miss Reva Boyd of Avon spent Sat-
urday night with Misses Mamie and
Fannie Counts Of this route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lokcr and
children of near Pennington spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bowling. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Counts motored
to Ste. Genevieve last Friday. q
Joe Watts of this route has pur-
chased new Ford touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harter spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Gregory.
/, Noah Hammers Of Flat River spent
Sunday and Monday with friends on
this route. '@
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gordon attend
ed the Drummers' Celebration at Ste.
Genevieve last Friday.
Miss Vivian Gordon Of Flat River
is spending few days with her friend,
Miss Vera McCaney, Of this route.
Clarence and Ralph Wade spent
Saturday night with J. C. Harter on
this route. - 6'H
Miss Estelle Gordon and brother,
WimpIe, were Three Rivers callers
last Sunday. n - l9S n
C. A. Boyd of Avon, Charles lCoff-
man and Richard Adams of Coffnian
mosored through here on their way to
Pennington on last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Denman and
family of Pennington visited the High
Rocks and the Salt Petre Cave last
Sunday, Jssss>
Alfred Allen Of this route spent
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COLEMAN

Flowing and planting corn is the
order of the day.
Misses Elsie Govreau and Lizzie
Graft returned to Pennington Sunday
morning, where they have employ
ment.
Miss Ida Govreau spent several
u; days in Ste. Geneveve last week.
Quite a crowd of people from this
vicinity motored to Ste. Genevieve
last Friday and attended the Drum
mers' Convention
Last Sunday the children of SITS.
James and Philip Church of River Aux
Vases made their first Holy Commun-
ion at a. m. Quite number from
here were present.
Miss Ophia Graham spent Sunday
afternoon with Misses Susie and En-
lily Gegg.
Mrs. John Gegg visited Mrs. Char
ley Bauer Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Ponder and
daughter of, Charleston visited rela-
tives and friends here last week. They
were accompanied home by Mr.. Pom
der's father, Sunday, who is in poor
health.
Mrs. Ben Graham and lit ihelcl fl
dren spent Sunday with Mrs. Charley
Bauer.
Henry Bauer, who has employment
at River Aux Vases, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Bauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Marks of near
Libertyville took dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gegg Saturday.
Miss Bessie Govreau, who has en-
ployment at Ste. Genevieve, spent
Friday night with her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Fannestock.
Mrs. John Adams, who, is at the
Bonnie Terre hospital, is improving.
John Adams visited his wife at the
Bonnie Terre hospital Sunday.
Jasper Mcfarland spent Sunday
with his mother at Minnith. /
! Mrs. Richard Adams and little
I daughters are on two weeks visit in
St. Louis.
; The Red Cross Rally and Sale held
at Coffman Saturday, was a real sue
cess, thei proceeds amounting to $400.
One hen brought the nice sum of
$44.20. The speakers were Mr.. let
ley, Mr.. Hensley and T. B. Chandler
from Pennington.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE"

Tunnel Saturday for the benefit of the
Red Cross was success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Nees and son
of Bonnie Terre visited at the home OF
r. H. Rowe and family Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Barley of Ha.
eel Run were the guests of Alfred
Rowe and wife Saturday and Sunday
Mi. and Mrs. H. c, Rhodes visited
at the home of VIM. E. Heaton Sat
urday and Sunday.
Lee Patt, Paul Ferret, VIM, Otto
and Shelf Doe, Howard mccarthy
Marvin O'Sullivan, Burgess McCarty
Fred Peterson, Chester Cruncleton Of
Hazel Run attended the social here
Saturday night.
Miss Cora Buscher was the guest
of friends at Festus a few days dur
ling the week.
Frank Shannon of Flat River visited
his parents, DR.. and Mrs. c. W. Shan
non. Saturday and Sunday.
Charlie McClain of St. Louis visited
his sister, Mrs. Jas. Blunt, Sunday.
VIM. Doe of Hazel Run visited at
the home of VIM. E. Heaton Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. L. Richardson and
children visited relatives at Haze
Run Sunday.
There will be church here Saturday
and Sunday night. Everybody invit'
ed to attend.
There will be an ice cream social
| at Prospect Saturday night for the
benefit of the Red Cross. All are in
vited to attend.
Jake Buscher visited friends at Sill
yer Springs Sunday.
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Several from Prospect attended the

Several from Prospect attended the
ice cream social here Saturday night.
Miss Glenda Holdman of Bonnie
Terre was guest at the home of her
uncle, Morris Jones Saturday night
MIR. and Mrs. Smith AuBuchon and
Miss Irene Porterfield of Bonnie Terre
motored out here and attended the
iceAcream social Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Easter of Bonnie
Terre spent Saturday night and lSun-
day at the home Of Lewis Lawson.
Miss Della Ratty of Vale Mines is
here visiting friends and relatives.
Several from Bonnie Terre attended
the ice cream social here Saturday
night. y 81 Z isFN'S
Everett Rawson of Bonnie Terre' was
guest at the home Of his grandpa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Rawson,
Saturday night. ~ 4 -
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NJ
MONDAY
MISS Leiah farKer OF Desloge VS.
ited MISS Ora wilson mere sunday
.; l. u. omitn transacted business
IN Farmlngton saturday.
Carr Hartshorn was harrington
VISITOR Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Ritter and son
were visitors IN harrington sunday
- Mrs. u; W. Ildweil was IN Bonnie
Ierre on business MONDAY.
MISS mae Francls OF bonne ierre
came Sunday to Elvins to spend the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. 4. j
FRANCIS. :, ,,
l, N. !hrelkelI transacted business
In Farmlngton tuesday.
III. l.. CalvIrd and family OF Farm
ingtonl visited relatives and friends
here the hrst OF the week.
The revival meeting that has beer
gong on at the Methodist church the
past ten days, closed with the services
OF Monday evening.
Leon Iiapek was IN st. Louis or
business the nrst Oh the week. -.
Miss Maud Runk went to Nashville
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Sunday with Allen Boyd Of Avon.
Mrs. Philip Ponder of near Charles
ton visited her sister, Mrs. Luvine
Sebastian, of this route, last Saturday.
James Womack of this route made
business trip to Salem last Mon.
day. st%
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.! Wampler, Mr..
and Mrs. Rhodes and Marion Counts
of Flat River spent Sunday at the
home of John Wampler and family
Of this route. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Counts and chill
drenA of this route attended church
at Three Rivers last Sunday. ts~
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wade and sons,
Clarence Ralph and Carroll. motored
to Ste. Gcneyieve last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. G. Smith and chill
dren Of near Pennington spent Sun
day with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Smith, of this route.
A party was given at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. MeLaren last Monday
night. The attendance was large. +
The picnic and auction sale given at
Coffman last Saturday for the. benefit
of the Red Cross was tremendous
success. A large crowd was present
and several speakers made excellent
talks on the war and the Red Cross.
The speakers were from Ste. Gene
We've and Pennington. The total re-
ceipts of the auction sale and picnic
was little over $490 above expenses.
The committeeman are thankful to
those who gave so generously.
Misses Fannie Counts, Viola Har-
ter and Reeva Boyd and j. G. Harter
and Ralph and Clarence Wade attend
ed the basket dinner at Three Rivers
last Sunday.
Harry Gregory and Roy Wampler
attended church at Chestnut Ridge
last Sunday night. s
| Several on this route were in
Pennington to see the boys Of st
Francois county leave for training
f, camp Tuesday.
/ Misses Vera Mckinney and Vivian
Gordon spent Sunday with Mrs. VIM.
Brown On this route. ~
Elliott Gordon of this route was a
caller in Pennington last Sunday.
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WALES MINES

Misses Anna and Ada Heaton, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Turley and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Richardson and
daughter, Mrs. Mary Parker visited
nj The home of Mrs. Eflie Turley.
Mr., and Mrs. s. A. Sykes were
Bonnie Terre visitors Thursday.
Mrs Curlee and daughter Irene,
and Miss Susie Richardson of French
Village we're Valle's Mines visitors
Wednesday evening.
Arthur Sykes. Charley Turley, EN-
NETT and I'D Roughly and Tracy
Thurman were Bonnie Terre visitors
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-31
BRIGHTSTONE

! John Lemon and Rodger Black spent
Sunday with Grover O'Bannon.
Mr.. Gaines of Fredericktown visit
ed at the home of Henry Zimmerman
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Emma zimmerman spent Mon!
day and Tuesday with relatives and
friends at Fredericktown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Wines and little
daughter spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wells. n,
Miss Alene Black was Farming
ton visitor Sunday. q.
Miss Jessie Skinner spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with Miss Net
tie McLaren at Possum Hollow.
Miss Edith Lowe was shopping IN
Knob Lick Monday d,
Misses Iva Chamberlain and Sisel
Canterbury, and Hugh Highley and
Bart Crepps motored to the Iron
Mountain Lake Sunday and spent the
day.
Mrs. Rachel Lowe spent Monday in
Knob Lick with friends.
Miss Pattie O,Bannon was shopping
in Knob Lick Monday.
Thos. Wells visited Dewey ERWIN
Sunday. -
Edw. Cobb of Rockford, ILL.,, Camp
Grant, returned home Sunday on a
3O-day furlough to help put in crop
at his home on Route 6.
Chas. Lewis and family of Mountain
Oak spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Allen.
Miss Eva O'Bannon spent the lat
ter part of last week with friends at
Fredericktown. =.
Miss Birdie zimmerman was shop
ping in Knob Lick Monday.
ION Wells visited Herman kassa-
baum Monday. tt,,alr, a,.
Everett Anderson visited Arthur
Hightower Sunday. - W..
Everett Marshall was Pennington
visitor Monday. -. ~
Everybody is cordially invited to
the basket ball game Sunday at p.
m. 49,. 90,
Joe Brown and Tom and Roy Skin
ner spent Sunday at Castle Rocks.
Everett Marshall visited Ernest
Parrot Sunday. 49,.
John Allen and family of Esther
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Allen.
Kennett O'Bannon visited Dewey
Erwin Sunday.
Mrs. John Wells spent Saturday
evening and Sunday with Mrs. VIM
Wells of Route 6.
Miss Birdie zimmerman was. Farm
ington visitor Tuesday.
Miss Bertha Wells, Misses Emma
and Birdie Kinneman, Mary and Sadie
Erwin, Maud and Lena Wells, Tony
Baker, Oscar zimmerman, Dewey En-.
win, Jno. Lemon, Landon Oder, Ed and
Jess Erwin, Park and Grover O'Ban-
non, Tom Wells, Everett Marshall
Everett Anderson attended the dance
at Henry Kassabaum's Saturday
night.
As large a crowd as ever seen at
Advance was at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Kassabaum Saturday
night in honor of their son, Herman
who left for camp Tuesday. At least
one hundred people were there
young and old. There were people
there from Doe Run, Esther, Flat
River. Pennington, Libertyville ant
Knob Lick. All left at late hour
saying they had a dandy time ano
bidding Herman goodbye, and wish
ing for him a safe return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brewer and chill
dren spent Saturday night and Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brewer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mcbride and lit
tie son visited Mrs. Bird Erwin Sun
day evening.
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PRIMROSE

Miss Grace Blackwell of near Mel
70 was shopping in Bonnie Terre Mon
day. 49,.
. J. C. King transacted business in
Bonnie Terre Monday.
Mrs. Hattie Crossman and son,
Lawton, motored out to Bonnie Terre
Monday.
Miss Nellie Moon was visitor in
Bonnie Terre Monday.
Morris Jones was business visitor
in Bonnie Terre Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lass Cash were guests
at the home of VIM. Moon Monday
night.
Mrs. Ciscel and daughter, Miss Le-
ona, were shopping in Bonnie Terre
Monday.
Miss Beulah Moon was a guest at
the home of Morris Jones Tuesday.
Mrs. Hattie Crosswan and Miss
Nellie Moon were guests at the home
of Willis Moon Tuesday evening.
Miss Beulah Moon was shopping in
Bonnie Terre Tuesday.
Samuel Jones was guest at the
home of VIM. Moon Tuesday night.
Ernest Meyer of Bonnie Tcrre at
tended B. Y. P. U. at the Prospect
school house Sunday night.
Mrs. Lass Cash was guest at the
home of VIM. Moon Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Pettes were
Bonnie Terre visitors Wednesday.
Lawton Crossman motored to De-
Soto Wednesday night.
Mrs. Ida Jones and Miss Nellie
Moon were Melzo visitors Thursday
evening.
| Morris Jones and Lydle Williams
transacted business in Bonnie Terre
Tuesday.
Miss Beulah Moon was guest at
the home of VIM. Moon Thursday eve
ming.
Mrs. Richardson and daughter, Miss
Maud, were guests at the home of
Willis Moon Friday.
Mrs. Harris, who has been staying
in Bonnie Terre for some time, re-
turned home Friday.
Miss Esther Rawson and Robt:
Lawson sprang surprise on their
friends last Saturday morning by 60
ing to Bonnie Terre and getting mar
ried. Miss Rawson is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rawson. Mr..
Lawson is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Lawson.
Morris and Samuel Jones, Lydle
Williams and Buford Walls transact
ed business in Bonnie Terre Saturday.
Miss Lola Holdman was a guest of
Miss Beulah Moon Saturday night.
An ice cream social was given here
Saturday night for the benefit of the
Red Cross. A neat little sum was
realized after all expenses were paid.
A nice time was enjoyed by everyone
present. Talks were made by Miss
Francis and Prof. B. F. Melcher of
Bonnie Terre.
Miss Blanche Rawson of Bonnie
Terre spent Sunday here the guest of
Miss Nellie Moon.
VIM. Blackwell and family of near
Melzo were guests at the home OF
Morris Jones Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lass Cash spent Sun
day at the home of the formers I'M
Gle, John Cash, of near Big River.
Lawton Crossman and Buford Walls
were Blackwell visitors Sunday eve
ming.
Miss Bertha Blackwell was "a gdest
of Miss Beulah Moon Sunday.
Rev. F.. j. Eaves Of near DeSoto
filled his appointment here Saturday
and Sunday. 80,
Doc Stephens of near Prospect
made a trip to Bonnie Terre Saturday.
Pearl Easter of Bonnie Terre spent
part of last week as guest at the
home of Lewis Lawson,
Miss Ora Roberts of Bonnie Terre
was a guest at the home of John Raw
son Sunday.
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49,
FLAT RIVER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hargraves and
daughters, Florence and Corrine, Wis
tied relatives here Sunday.
o. M. Silsby and family attended
the basket dinner at THEE Rivers
Sunday.
Oscar Burns transacted business in
st. Louis Monday. /.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

cook, waitress, chambermaid or butler
was unmolested.
Confession is good for the soul and I
hereby confess. I have had Hungarian
cook. She has two sisters who are also
cooks and who work in the homes of pro-
Germans. put my kitchen on Hoover
basis as soon as we entered the war.
/ was conscious of reluctance, but I
was busy in the food campaign and over
looked things. For over year there
has been this insidious warfare waged in
my kitchen, and have been too busy and
too weak to say GO" How many more
are like me? How many more women
in this country are buying meat three
times day for the kitchen, and observ-
ing meatless days for the family table?
How many are insisting on war bread
for the family while catering to the taste
in the kitchen which cannot digest any,
thing but white bread? How many are
sacrificing all sugar in order to keep the
kitchen coffee cups we'll sweetened, all
because we are too busy and too weak
to face the prospect of doing our own
work? MRS. G.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

which permits a shade to be attached
should be used under those conditions.
The All-Nite-Lite Transformer is an
other device suitable for use in the bed
room, nursery, bathroom, etc. 1t is SIM
ply miniature transformer designed to
be inserted in lamp socket and fitted
with small 2-candlepower Mazda lamp.
1t lights one comfortably about the room
or hall, and will furnish ten hours ser
vice at a cost Of l cent, with electricity
10 cents per kilowatt hour.
If electricity or gas is not convenient
ly placed and there is a dark nook of
the hall or stairs which should be IL
Illuminated, small kerosene lamp, de-
signed to be hung from the wall, serves
the purpose admirably.
While devices of this nature do not
make big savings in the electric or gas
bill quickly, the accumulated saving in
the course of a year makes their use
worth while. Another point of consid-
GRAFTON IS the comfort accorded by re-
moving the glare of the full light in the
sick room or in the living room when
1T is not needed for reading or sewing.
Frequently electric current is wasted
in the use of electrical appliances be-
cause the plug does not detach easily.
and no push button switch being at
hand, the heat is allowed to continue
unnecessarily.
The CHI Seventy Fifty Switch, which
Is push button switch can be readily
attached to the flexible cord of any table
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Confessions of q Housekeeper

You have invited an expression Of opin-
ion on the ever fertile "cook-in- our
kitchen" question, and ! wish to contrib
ute my mite.
think that the women Of America are
moral towards and I include myself
among them. We are ready and willing
to serve canteen meals all night, to be on
call ready to drive a car or an am
bulance, to sell Liberty bonds or war saw
ings stamps or collect Red Cross funds
twenty-four hours on stretch; we con-
duct streetcars, we run elevators, we
work in munitions, we do everything and
all things without complaint, but ask any
one of US to go into either our own or
some ones else kitchen and we simply
fade away
We leave that important domain liter
ally in the hands of the enemy, and the
enemy knows and profits thereby. When
we entered the war did we have the nerve
to go into our kitchens and dismiss the
enemy aliens therein? No! We urged
our husbands to get rid of their alien
helpers, but--"It's almost impossible to
get help" we wailed-and the Teutonic
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

open warfare nor craven submission will
bring any lasting peace.
The maid and the mistress whose let
ters are given on this page are agreed
as to the conditions existing. What is
to be done about them? Domestic SER
vice must be digniied. the social stigma
removed from it, and the work must be
standardized if it is to attract class
of workers who will give intelligent,
loyal service-who will put any spirit
into their job.
Women must make business of
housekeeping. This does not mean wash
ing your own dishes if you can possibly
get any one else or any mechanical de-
vice to do it for you. A rather delicate
little woman found herself marooned on
her country place this last summer with
three small children and no servants to
be had for love or money She says
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Inside In formation From q Cook

When I read @Disloyalty In Our
Kitchens" in the Tribune Institute for
September % couldn't help but write
and give my opinion and some Of nv
experiences.
am an American cook, the same as
read of in your paper. My great-grand-
parents came from England, and l have
been cooking for the last twelve years,
and must say it is the servants who
get the best Of everything. And they
not only do not stop at taking the best
themselves, but get hold of everything
they can to give to their friends.
l have lived with Irish, Scotch, Ger
man and Swedish servants. To keep
peace cook must learn to do many
thing she wouldn't do if she hadn't to
please the servants as well as the peo
pie she works for. / have lived with
Swedes the last three places, and must
truthfully say when the sugar is hard
to get they use as high as four spoon
fuls in their coffee. They demand the
best Of everything, while few wears
back they toiled in Europe from morn
ing until night, eating food they will not
look at now. They never made such
wages nor they never received such good
food, as they will say when they forget
themselves.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Courage Needed in the Kitchen

The Lady from Philadelphia wrote
frankly to her mother-in-law in this wise :.
81 have very good cook, but am afraid
to go into the kitchen for fear may un-
Willingly offend her" The Queen of the
Home has abdicated in the cooks favor.
If the lady from Philadelphia were an
isolated case, she would not worry us.
We fear she is a type. And we fear fur
ther that she has good reasons for her
tremors. A training camp for house
wives is needed in these war times What
kind of weapons should the Lady of the
Manor carry when she ventures to tres
pass in her own kitchen and pantry and
exhibit a vulgar interest in her own
sugar tirkin and flour barrel?
Obviously there can be neither digni-
ty, self-respect, efficiency or stability in
such an organization. It sounds like
Bolshevism on miniature scale 1t is
problem that must be faced. Neither
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Special Dishes and Hov to Make Them
Pepper Pot: an Old Colonial Recipe

Pepper Pot: an Old Colonial Recipe
Chop finely two each of green pep
pers, onions and beets. Melt one table
spoonful of oleo, add the chopped vege-
tables and stir until the shortening is
absorbed. Add scant half pound of
tripe, cut in small cubes and ne-quarter
of a cupful of blanched rice. Add two
quarts of cold water, one pound of veal
knuckle and let simmer for two hours;
then ST in one cupful of canned toma-
toes and cook for twenty minutes. Re-
move the veal bone, skim, season to taste
with salt and paprika and serve.
Chicken and Veal Pilau
This is a very hearty dish and it is
made from a small can of boned chicken
and half pound of stewing veal, the
total cost of the meat being 65 cents.
Blanch quarters of a cupful of
rice Melt a quarter of cupful of oleo
in saucepan, add the rice and stir
until it has absorbed the shortening.
Pour in three scant cupsful of strained
broth (liquor in which the veal has
cooked, three quarters of cupful of
canned tomatoes, two sprigs of parsley,
ore teaspoonful of salt and one small
onion, stuck with three whole cloves.
Cover and let cook for twenty-five min
utes. Grease a large timba.e mould and
line the bottom with CREASED paper.
Chop the chicken and the cooked veal
finely, season to taste with salt and pap
rlka and pack the rice and meat in law
ers In the mould, having the rice for the
top and bottom layers. Bake in q mod
crate oven like a custard and unmould
on a hot platter. Pack the mould solid
and add a little butter to the rice If
richer flavor is desired.
Miriltons
Cream a scant half cupful of oleo or
other preferred shortening (half oleo
and half beef drippings make good
combination) with half cupful of
mixed maple and brown sugar; add one
egg lightly beaten, two tablespoonsru,
OF sweet milk, one cupful Of rolled oats.
halt teaspoonful of baking soda, the
same of ground cinnamon, one-eiphth of
a teaspoonful of ground cloves. half a
cupful of sifted flour, half a cupful of
chopped raisins and a quarter of q Gun
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

that the electric washing machine saved
her life, literally
Most women underestimate the value
of tools and of system. They can be
made to serve one well in this painful
interim while we are working out some
solution of the problem along broader
lines. Simpler living. part-time ser
wants, cooked food services, increase of
salary based on length of service and
vacations with pay, which we take for
granted in other lines of work-in short.
putting domestic service on a par with
other kinds of labor-all these things
will help There is no panacea. This
is woman's problem, and it calls fol
all the wisdom and patience, courage and
ability that one can muster.
Contributions to the discussion will be
welcomed in The Tribune Institute.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE,
Director