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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

water. Sift together two cupsful
OF flour, two scant teaspoonsful of
baking powder and half teaspoon
full Of grated nutmeg, then blend
the two mixtures. Roll out and cut
with as little additional -four as
possible and fry in deep hot vege-
table oil, heated to about $50
degrees.
Raised Doughnuts
When these delicious cakes are
to be served for breakfast or
cooked in The early morning, start
them about eight O'Clock the eve
ming before. Soften half a cake of
compressed yeast in a quarter Of a
cupful Of lukewarEn water. Mix
thoroughly and stir in enough
bread -four to make a dough that
can be handled. Knead until elias
tic and cut the little ball Of dough
across the top in both directions.
Place it in bowl Of tepid water
and let it stand until it floats on
he water, light and puffy. With a
SKINNER remove the sponge" to a
mixing bowl, add one teaspoonful
Of salt, three-quarters of a cupful
Of sugar, two lightly beaten eggs,
half teaspoonful Of ground mace,
one cupful Of scalded and cooled
milk, four tablespoonsful of vege-
table oil and additional flour if
needed TO make q soft dough fuse
about four cups Of bread flour)
knead about fifteen minutes, cover
and set in a warm place over night.
In the morning roll out half an
inch in thickness, cut with a dough-
nut cutter and let stand until very
light. Fry as for crullers. Turn
while cooking and have the oil only
about 365 degrees r.
Walnut Moe ha Cake
Beat the whites Of three eggs very
stiff and add gradually one cupful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

lutte relaxation after luncheon is
enough for any housewife, if she
has planned her work right and con-
served her steps. No, want q
perfect, golden hour when am
rested enough, as I am after 8
nights sleep, to enjoy it keenly. 1t
starts my day right and helps ME to
keep at peace with tie world, even
through the strenuous periods Of
jellymaking or fruit canning
OF course she could not get
away with it," as the man Of the
house would say, if she did not
make up that morning hour by &C
complishing her tasks in the me-
thodical. systematic style her col
lege schedule taught her to use; or
Of course, if there We're little chill
dren in the family. But the idea is
worth while, perhaps, for the child
less housewife.
Housework is monotonous, it must
be admitted. Dishwashing is most
uninteresting, and no one can
truthfully say that she enjoys the
routine Of airing and busting rooms
day after day. Yet dishwashing is
not any more dlsagreeable than Il
long, hot ride upon the subway or
smoky train every morning, and
the routine of housewoYk is not
more tiresome than the routine
work OF the average Office, while
there arc chances for the housewife
to snatch rest periods which never
come to the Office worker. The main
thing z, Mrs. Housewife, plan your
work and conserve your steps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
he Cheaper Vegetable Oils-Corn Cotton Seed at Al


A MONC many Of the whole
~ some economies practiced dur
ing the late war, the substitu-
tion of the vegetable oils Cotton
seed, corn oil and peanut oily for
butter and animal fats in cooking
stands prominently forward.
In fact, these oils have como 20
stay. and even in the making Of
salad dressings they are being
thriftily used in place Of the more
expensive olive oil, which has now
become one of the luxuries instead
If one of the "must haves' in the
weekly household budget.
The vegetable oils show about the
same digestibility as the animal fats
md furnish practically the same
amount of heat to the body, though
they do not promote growth in the
same way and so should not be
t.sed exclusively for children.
TO be perfectly fair and just, both
me corn and cottonseed varieties
make, we think, even a better and
ereamier mayonnaise than the olive
oil, but on the other hand the French
,ressing to most folks taste is better,
Ter with the lndescribable, sweet
favor of the rich olive. For season.
ing and flsvoring butter stands
alone.
The peanut oil, If one is partial to
The nut flavor, makes a delicious
lVnaigrette dressing that goes par
ticularly well with green salads; or
ne new variety of peanut oil. cold
dressed from the unroasted nuts, is
almost without the nut flavor, and
Ilay be used in the same manner as
The other vegetable oils for dress
ings and cooking.
Deep fat frying or sauteing has
''een to many housekeepers the prin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Morning-Glories
To the Rescue

Away back in the corner Of dry
goods shelf lay waiting few yards
Of q sateen remnant. Even on
the back Of the shelf it was lovely
thing-the deep cream background
and the twining and gambo]ing
bright pink morning glories. 1t was
only the work Of an hour to cut and
hem and hang the curtains, and
there they were, drawn closely
across the court window, but taking
away nothing but its ugliness
The scanty light Cell through the
folds against the morning-glories,
and It was impossible to believe that
the living, yellow background was
not sone real sunbeam which lived
permanently In the court.
The radiance, in a strange way,
seemed also to fail into and to
illuminate the little white hall
the little lane. 1t was, in other
words, stained glass window, q
medieval bit of brilliancy In its
own setting, giving more light than
it took awayl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

cipal uses to which these oils have
been put, and many are still hard to
convince that good cake and pie
crust are possible with vegetable oils
used as the shortening. The finished
products are, however, excellent, and
considerable time Is saved by having
the shortening in convenient
liquid form, which facilitates the cut
ting in or dreaming.
Another good point In favor Of
these oils Is that they do not have to
be kept in very cold place, as
nearly all animal fats do, and not a
particle need be wasted. After deep
fat frying, if it is carefully strained,
it may be cooled and used for other
cooking purposes. OF course, the
deep fat frying must be done at the
right temperature, which is from
$50 to 800 degrees F. for uncooked
batters and from 800 to $40 degrees
for uncooked fish Of poultry.
For those housekeepers who do
not own thermometer, the correct
temperature can be determined when
a cube of cooked bread is delicately
Drowned in half minute, or cooked
to rich brown in one minute. As
when using animal fat for deep fry
ing, cook in a deep iron kettle. A
thin kettle will have the fat at the
bottom the right heat before the re-
mainder reaches the right degree.
Vegetable oils do not burn at as
low degree as either butter Or lard
(250 degrees for butter and 425
degrees for lard), a very good point,
for the animal fats scorch easily,
and not only spoil the articles cooked
but render the remainder Of the
cooking fluid impossible for future
use. The burning point of corn oil
is $50 degrees; olive oil, 600 degrees :;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
RE you buying efficient uten~
\ sils and machinery for the

a NJ you puylnR eIIlcIcnJ uten~
~ sils and machinery for the
kitchen and laundry, plan
ming elaborate systems to be car
ried out by your maid, If you
possess one Of that elusive species.
and, at the same time, overlooking
the fact that you need q little sys-
tematizing yourself? If you are,
it is because your brain needs exer-
cising and your tired feet rest. In
other words, 1t is high time to be-
gin to conserve your footsteps, to
think about and plan your housework
in a way to save your time end
strength for more interesting work,
and your feet for dancing, or long
walks, or even an hour Of relaxa-
ton upon a comfortable footstool.
Take, for instance, this example
Of brain shiftlessncss. We enter a
room that the family has left to us
to put in ord-r There are Bob's
sweater and Johns slippers and
Eaby Betty's toys. Listlessly, we
trail over and, gathering up the
slippers, carry them away to their
wardrobe. Returning, we notice the
sweater and carry that out to the
hall closet. A third trip disposes of
the toys in the nursery. Think Of
it! Three trips when one would
have sufficed! Any woman would
be regarded as eccentric, u say the
least, if she made three or four
trips downtown on the same day.
upon forgotten shopping errands,
after she had once returned home.
Going-a-shopping, we carefully plan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Weigh and Measure
RECIPES may be given by weight
or by measure: foods NAV he

bE ELI Ed may De gwen Dy weight
or by measure; foods may be
bought IA the same way; or you MAJ
d.strast your grocer's scales. In am
OF these cases. the housekceper needs
TO be provided with q reliable sprinc
balance scale and weights and
measures chart. The best Of US gs.
rusty on our sixth grade arithmetic.
For the benefit Of the house.
keeper the Bureau Of Standards,
Department OF Commerce, has pub
lished card, 10 be hung in sh@
kitchen, giving information of This
sort. This includes weights and
measures equivalents, weights PEI
bushel of the more common vege-
tables and fruits, and weights pes
cup OF household commodities, suc1
as sugar, butter. lard. Hour, and
rice. Much other useful inforn,a-
ton is condensed upon this card.
Until the supply Is exhausted.
copies of this publication may be
obtained by writing 10 the Bureau
of Standards, Washington, p. c..
and requesting Miscellaneous Pub
locations No. SO, Household We thts
and MeasureA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

them immersed until they acquire
the rich, crisp brown desired.
Drain on brown paper for a
moment or two before serving.
For crullers and doughnuts slip
gently into the hot fat.
To Saute
Have heavy iron skillet scrupu-
lousy clean and the article to be
cooked as dry as possible and
busted with q little seasoned flour.
Put in sufficient oil to cover the
pan about a quarter of an inch
deep, and heat 80 that bit Of
bread will brown over in fifty sec
onds. Keep the heat at the same
temperature while cooking, and
when Drowned on one side turn
and brown on the other.
Mayonnaise Dressing
Beat the yolk Of one egg until
lemon colored and add half a tea
spoonful Of salt, half teaspoonful
Of dry mustard, a quarter of tea
spoonful Of paprika and half a
teaspoonful Of powdered sugar.
Stir until the ingredients are thor
0ughly blended and then add slowly.
beating constantly, half a pint Zone
cupful> Of vegetable oil, alternat-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

cottonseed oil, $40 degrees, and pea
nut oil'about the same.
In regard to prices Of the different
varieties, the best varieties Of both
cottonseed and corn oils lin the chain
stores) are 3S cents a pint, or S2.75
a gallon can, decided saving by
buying in quantity. In comparing
these prices with those Of butter and
lard Clutter IS cents pound and
lard 3S cents pound), we must re-
duce the latter commodities To d
liquid form to arrive at a fair con-
clusion.
The French olive oil is 1925 a gal
lon and the Italian $3.50 to $685.,
the California $3.50, or 80 to % cents
half pint,
Melt either butter or lard, and
sixteen tablespoonful will make half
a pint. This will take about half a
pound of the solid material, or cost
Of 81 cents and 20 cents, respectively,
while the cost Of the vegetable oils
will be only 10 cents for the same
quantity.
Then again, as from one quarter
to one-third less Of the vegetable
oils is required than butter or lard
in making the various recipes, there
is an additional, saving in this
respect.
Deep Fat Frying
Heat the vegetable oil to the cor
rect temperature for the articles to
be fried and if they arc egged and
bread crumbed or coated in sea
soned cornmeal, use frying
basket In which the articles to be
cooked are placed. Do not put in
too many at once (three or four
are generally sufficiently, as this
will lower the temperature of the
fat below the correct cooking
temperature. Dip the basket into
the fat, so that the articles
are completely covered, and hold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Saving Money
Painlessly

Being IN business, ] had always
felt that could not take care Of
my OWN apartment, SO paid Z
woman So a week TO come in for
two hours every day and keep it
III order. That means ! WAC spend
ing $l56 o year and getting prac~
t.cally nothing for it. l figured
that by spending one hour a day
J could keep my three rooms in
finitely cleaner than the maid did,
so resolved to do my own work.
! used TO get up at 8 o'clock every
morning. Now get up at z and
clean my rooms, saving 1856 a year.
Fer years had been having a
launoress once a week. This claas
q servants now get $40 a day.
I realized that was frightfully I'M
proVident in my use Of table linen,
thai could wash out my own sto L.
Ings and that I need not wear eiab-
crate combinations when Italian silk
underwear would do just as well and
/ could launder it myself with
flake soap. l found that could
use half as many towels in my bath
room ana still keep my self respect
and be quite as clean. ! now hire
d laundress once in two weeks and
have to pay her for twenty-six
weeks instead of ifty-two. Say
ings, $1,000 year
My sideboard ED much hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
The Melting Pot
Or the Bank Account

But what's the use of all this IN
come if it simply goes INTO a great
melting pot, and if at the end OF a
year yen owe yourself money in
stead of having a fat bank account?
Let me tell you one thing that has
not changed, and probably never
will change, in the business world.
Ii is the fact that there is no place
in it for the old woman. even if she
has grown old in successful servie g.
1t is horrible fact, grant you,
but il is none the less true.
suppose if hadn't gone 10
France never should have stopped
in my foolish career of spending,
FOR I'm free IL confess that I belong
TO the great army Of high-salaried
women.
When | landed in America after
a year Of service in the A. F
F. ! had my apartment on my
hands and / had my comfortable
weekly salary. But against that l
had big bills to pay that had been
hanging fire for many months, and
| was not in very good health.
decided something was radically
wrong with my system Of living
and spending, and I determined to
change It. AS a result to-day I still
have my expensive apartment, !
have my salary and } have q TAI
bank account and perfect health.
This Is how ] did it:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

ing with four Tablespoonful OF
vinegar. This mayonnaise should
be thick enough to hold its shape
and the vinegar should not be too
sharp. Lemon juice may be substi-
tuted.
French Dressing
Rub the bottom Of small bowl
with cut Glove of garlic, put in
half teaspoonful Of salt, a dash
or tabasco sauce and a piece of
ice the size Of an egg. Press
fork into the ice and stir it
around until the salt is dissolved.
Remove the ice, add six table
spoonsful Of vegetable oil and one
tablespoc KS. of vinegar, Beat
quickly until well mixed.
Variations of this dressing NAV
be obtained by adding a bit Of curry
powder, teaspoonful Of tomato
catsup, teaspoonful Of mixed
French mustard or different varin-
ties Of vinegar, according to the
individual preference.
Crullcrs
Blend together two scant table
spoonsful of vegetable oil, half 8
cupful OF sugar and add two lightly
beaten eggs, half a teaspoonful Of
salt and half cupful Of cold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
BY HARRIET LUDLUM

HH1S little story from one
woman to many others is d.
~ rected at that large body Of
American women in the business
world who make big salaries-and
here's the milk III the cocoanut-
but spend every cent they earn.
The day Of the small salary is fair
ly hazy. Houseworkers are getting
$50 to $50 a month, stenoaraphers
are making more money than they
ever dreamed Of; trained nurses
are getting from $40 to SIS a week
more than they did a few years
ago, and women who are specialists
are making several thousand dollars
g year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
BY MILDRED ANTlsDALE
n VAS the one who said little
and thought most who finally an

n VAS the one who said little
and thought most who finally an
nounced that she was tired Of the
opaque window in the apartment
all. She said, dismaily:
1T is a pity that such a thing as
an opaque window has TO be, in such
q bright world as this. It does no
,ood, except for breaking, q trif1e,
he darkness of the hall. And l
ion't believe one Of us girls has
thought of putting 8 curtain at it.
N fact, it would really take away
the light that we do get from the
court. But the window is horror!"
The other girls who shared the
auartment said that they knew Of no
eurtain which would add to the si,la-
lion; that even an opaque window
vas better than a blank wall, but
that an opaque window yelled would
throw them into inner darkness.
Then the girls who shared the fiat
finished their coffee and went to bust
ness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
A Curtain
Question

The one VINO SAID little ana
thought much walked into the library
and looked at the Sheffield plate and
the Turkish brass and the etchings
and the old andirons, and she Said
TO herself:
What makes this room beautiful,
other than the view? IL is individu-
atty.
II seem to remember all the little
highlands Of imagination that /
reached just before / came upon
these old curios. They were the out
Come. And know that every ons Of
them was got, piece by piece, after
much thought. They fitted into
their right place-that much
Anow.''
She wondered why it was that no.
oody had ever tried to transform the
court window. There it stood, huge,
opaque, uninteresting, useless. 1t
aust have been hard for the callers,
no merely passed through and
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year.
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Beat the whites Of three eggs very
stiff and add gradually one cupful
The Washington times., 1919-03-31
Puss in Boots
Jr.
By David Cory.

CEHA AME, get up ad bake your
- Bake your pies, bake your
On Christmas Day in the morn
ingr"
Dame, what makes your maidsns
Maidens lie, maidens lie;
Dame, what makes your Inaidens
lie,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Then it all came back to them. Il
was Little Jack HornsTs father
who was calling. And il was
Christmas morning. OF course, it
was only last night that they had
gone to the Christmas Tree! Tom
Thumb spFang out OF bed and
looked st the little fur overcoat
which he had received for = pres
enE Then they heard Jack Horn
eTs father calling again:
Dame, what makes your ducks to
die,
Ducks to die, ducks to die;
Dame, what makes your ducks to
die,
Dame. get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas Day in the mornlng?"
Because we are to have them for
Christmas dinner" she answered.
land q mighty fine dinner we shall
have, too.
Puss Junior and Tom Thumb
opened their eyes. At first they
didn't remember where they were.
Mr.. Horner seems to know his
Mother Goose" whispered Puss
Junior. Perhaps we'd better get
up" and he sprang out OF bed and
pulled on his red top boots, while
Tom Thumb put on his fur over
coat! Pretty soon the children
came tramping down the stairs, and
then Mr.. Horner called out again:
Their wings are cut and they can
not hy,
Their wings are cut and they can.
not ny,
On Christmas Day In the morning"
''wen, that Is lucky" said Mr.
HoTnoF; 81 was thinking l might
have q hard time catching them"
We'll. by this time, the children,
Win PuB6 Junior ana Tom Tnump'
W0Pe playing with their presents
under tha tree, which was still
standing, but the candles were not
lighted Of course. II looked very
pretty, Just the samG, for the silver
tInseI and tFtnkets Wsre still hang
ing from its Bresn bouBhE,
After q while they all went out
for a sleigh ride, which was great
fun. Jingle bells, Jingle bells,
Jingle all the WGyT" And Puss
Junior and Tenn Thumb never had
30 much fun hs they did on that
ride, and when everybody got homo
there was the wonderful Christmas
dinner waiting for them.
Christmas comes bat once q year,
But when IL does 1t brings good
chssr,"
Copyright, 1912, David Gerry,
To De CO1tinHed,
The Washington times., 1919-03-31

EcrupuIously clean before you be-
gin your treatment; then make
sure you are not going to be dis
turbed for at least fifteen minutes.
Supply yourself With = little cold
cream to Iubrieate the hands and
have a good supply Of determina-
tion and will power. But thinking
your chin Is going to disappear Is
not enough. You must work and
work hard.
When you are ready to begin
your massage, sit In front Of a
mirror, relax the muscles OF the
neck as much RS possible, hold the
three middle fingers Of the right
hand close together, lay them Arm
Iy and strongly under tho Lobe Of
the left ear, then, with a rotary
movement, work downward 8BA
backward toward the shoulder.
In this way cover the whole Rido
Of the neck. back to the spinal
column. but not over It. Take care.
also, not to work on the cartilage
that forms the prominence in front
OF the throat commonly called tho
Adams apple. Work on the other
side OF the nsck the same way,
stroklnE firmly backward and
downward and repeat the AtrokiRGs
untn you feel you have brought
the blood TO the surface.
Study this valuable RRtieIe On it's
entirety In the April Coed HOuse-
keeping.
The Washington times., 1919-03-31
BIZ Brtce Belden, M. ID

WYE suppose that no single no.
w tioR has done more harm
than the false idea that
many persons entertain regarding
heredity. Nothing Is moro common
than to SOC people succUmb to an
obsessleR that certain things are lin
the family when there Is no good
reason for their attitude.
Alcoholism has often been eX-
eused on the ground that father
had the taste" Very often in such
cases the doctrine of hsFsdity is
invoked 10 screen selfish indulgence
and unwarFaHtsd dsbau0hsry.
There can be no OPeTestimatiRg
the influence upon the young and
impressiOnabls of constantly hearing
supposed family failings discussed.
Naturally, they grow up full Of no
tions that are 30 per cent erroneous,
and a vast amount Of unnecessary
nervous invalidism results
If children could start their lives
knowing nothing Of their ancestry
the majority of them would acQuit
themselves very well in life, even
II abnormal tendencies were in the
family line. Imagine the effect
upon a person in whose family runs
the tradition that all members of
1t "gO to the bad" at the age of
forty.
4 wholesome tsndeRsF in the
right direction seems to be deEel-
oping today, however, AID there is
The Washington times., 1919-03-31
Keeping the Family Skeleton

less and less eoddIinR OF CHILDREN.
1t IL precisely the deIInAts chile
who should not be epddlOd, and
right hero We wish to say that So
called delicate children are often
delicate only In the minds OF their
fond and foolish parents, As 2
matter OF fact, no child should be
coddlsd,
Heredity does not play nearly 80
large 4 part In the domain OF dis
ease as was once supposed. WI0t
we DO Inherit very often, speaking
practically, are the habits and en-
vironmsnt of our prOgealtoFa, II
our ancestors died OF tubeFeulsaIa,
for example, because they kept
their windows closed, and aid not
keep their teeth in good repair, and
used alcohol too freely, and worked
under unhygienic conditions, there
is no reason to insist that we shall
die of tuberculosis, too, IL only WS
emaneipate ourselves from thsIF
bad habits and improve our SnSIF-
onment,
Nature sees to 1t that practically
all babies are born healthy,