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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
WHAT THE LIBERTY LOANS
HAVE DONE FOR WOMEN
Just Take, for Instance the Case of This Young Girl Who VII
Haze Sared 5000 Without Missing IL

which will be spring next year, she
will have in all 5000,
This girl was simply on edge waiting
for the fifth loan to come along.
II don't wish any one any HARM
she said, 'but if we'd keep on having
these Liberty loans for another couple
of years I'd be a second Hetty Green.
THIS is the practical side of investing
L in the fifth Liberty Loan. The other
side-and it would lure real men and
women on if they never accepted cent
in return for their money-is almost
too deep for words. We have thou
sands of our overseas boys back with
us who have lived through horrors they
cannot talk about. Thousands of our
boys we, have not back with us. and
these others saw them die. gloriously
youth on their first battlefield and being
content that life should end at the little
gold cross.
That was the way the boys who died
paid for the war. What can the others
who saw them go think of us If we are
not willing to pay 81 a week for the
same war for which they paid life it
self? Times like these do not come
always, This is the last loan. the last
chance to try. to strive to measure up.
The boys heard us cheer them out now
they hear us madly and with seemingly
honest tears cheer them in. How much
of it do we mean? In this case money
talks.
If you have not done so. invest in the
fifth Liberty Loan. You have nothing
in the world to lose and everything in
the World to gain--your good standing
in the eyes of the returned soldiers
and the foundation. of substantial
savings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
By MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

fcopvrioht, 1919, bv Mrs. NJ. 4. wilson,
All Rights RcSefpcdJ
TNO THE doughboys trampins the
last, long, weary mile of the hard
turnpike the vision of a batch of
doughnuts like mother used to make
meant real joy. OF course, when we
think of doughnuts we do not mean
the heavy, grease-soaked, indiges-
tible product that is famous among
the jokesmiths, where they are tech
nically known as "sinkers."
Doughnuts that fairly melt in your
mouth, delectable mouthfuls of spicy
goodness, covered with powdered
sugar-tasting like the kind mother
used to make, are the real ambition
of every housewife, and no that
our laddes are coming home we fill
allthe doughnut and cookie jars and
ilsear their shouts of delight. If the
milk man happens arc md while you
are making them, his exclamations
of "Oh, boy, oh, boy" as he gazes
at the platter stacked high, should
bring pleasant thoughts to your mind
of Just how eager the doughboy or
the gobbie will be to have chance
at them. Even the shrieks of joy
from the children as they return
from school, and find mother busy
with the dough, will acclaim to all
that mother is making doughnuts.
Making Them a Pleasure
Aside from the anticipation of the
taste of the doughnut, the making of
n batch is a real pleasure; not only
the mixing and rolling, but the ac-
tual cooking process is alive with in
tetesting features from start to fin
isb. To successfully make batch
of doughnuts first lay out the neces-
.sary utensils that will be needed
the molding board. the rolling pin,
cutter knife, bowl in which to mix.
two measuring cups and tea and
tablespoons. Now cover portion
of the table with clean cloth. On
this cloth lay the doughnuts as fast
as they are cut out. Cover each row
with another cloth to prevent their
drying out. Now for the mixing.
Sift the -four into the bowl and
then fill the measuring cup, using a
tablespoon to fill the cup with. Pile
{ high and then use the knife to leve
4 the cup. Take care not to pack oil
{ shake down. A measuring cup /!
meant to hold four ounces, and un
less you are very careful now not t.
Shake or pack down you will fine
that you will sometimes have from
one-half to one ounce more t1oul
than necessary. This will cause youl
dough to be too stiff. The crullerS
will then absorb the fat and thus be
come a product unfit to be called
food.
Level Measurements
If you are one of those housekeep
ers that take tie measuring cup an'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
MRS. WILSON EXPLAINS
DOUGHNUT MAKING.
Not the Noted ';Sinker,' but the Delectabe Sugdry
Spicy Ones the Doughboy Loued-Haue Some
for Hin, When He Comes Home!

! scoop up a cup of -four. and then
level it off and say, why, certainly
I use only level measuring" you
will, if you weigh the contents of a
cup of -four measured like this, find
that it will weigh from five to six
and one-half ounces. This gives you
from one to two and one-half ounces
of -four that will have no moisture
provided for it and thus make the
dough too stiff. Now that we are
certain how to measure, we will pro-
ceed with the mixing.
Place in bowl
One cup of sugar (eight ounceS),
Four cups Of siftcd foW Zone
pound),
One teaspoon of salt,
Eight 1erel teaspoons Of baking
po,Uder zone ounce).
One-hnf teaspoon Of ginger.
One teaspoon Of nutmeg or cinud-
mon.
Rub this mixture between your
hands to thoroughly mix and then
rub in two level tablespoons of short
ening. 1t is most important to be
accurate in measuring If you use
more than two tablespoons of short
ening the doughnuts will be over
short, soak up the fat and break
apart.
How to Fry
Now make well in the center of
the -four by patting it firmly against
the sides of the bowl. Into the meas
uring cup break one egg and then
fill the cup with water or milk
(either one will do and will make
good crullers). Pour the water and
egg into the we'll and then take a
knife or a spoon and beat to thor
oughly mix the egg and water. Then
work in the -four until you have a
smooth, moist dough.
Dust the molding board very
lightly with flour and then roll out
about one-quarter of the dough. Dip
the cutter in the -four and then pro-
ceed to cut out. Lay on the pre-
pared cloth and cover each row at
once to prevent drying out. Now
shake off the -four on the trimmings
left from cutting the doughnuts and
gather into a pile. Lift out another
portion of the dough and lay the
trimmings in the center. Fold over
and then dust the board again
lightly with -four. Roll and cut and
continue in this manner, taking care
not to use too much -four to make
the dough any sitter. When ready
to fry place three cups of vegetable
cooking oil in pan. The pan should
not be too large and the fat should
be deep enough to allow the crullel
to swim at least two and one-halt
inches from the bottom of the pan.
Golden Brown
Heat the fat and test before start.
ing to cook by dropping in a small
piece of the dough and starting tc
count 1O1, lO2, 1O4 and so on unit
10 is reached. The sample shoulc
now be floating on top and a ligh
brown in color Do not attempt t.
start frying before this time, as tn,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

THE good the Liberty Loans have
i done for women challenges descrip-
tion. They have turned great army
Of girls who had nary dollar to rub
one against the other into nation OF
bondholders. Girls who never saved a
cent before in their lives are now
proudly surveying nest eggs of two,
three and four and five hundred dollars.
l have in mind one particular girl
who took her first position about five
years ago. Occasionally she made des.
perate efforts to save Just little
something each week." she would tell
the rest of us.
II have S37 saved" she would de =
clare triumphantly.
why don't you put it in q savings
fund or something" one of her provi-
dent advisers would say,
Going to wait till l have $50 and
then I will
But she never did. for the simple
reason that the $37 never became more
than S3S or $41. We have all only tc
look into our own experience to know
where it went!
In the first loan this young lady took
one $50 bond. paying for it at the rate
of 81 week through her firm. In the
second loan she took two bonds on the
same basis, in the third she took three
in the fourth three and in the fifth
she has just taken three more. OF
course it must be remembered that each
time a new loan comes around the old
one has just expired and she ceases to
make payments on it. At present this
young girl has actually safely stored
away and all paid up $500 wor III. OF
bonds. When the fourth loan expires
which will be in October. she will have
$3.50 and when the fifth loan is paid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

NV dear Mrs. Wilson - Your
sponge cake turns out very nice,
but | cannot get the cream or Gus
tard for filling right. Meringee
calls for four tablespoons of corn
starch. Why, it Jumps so 1t seems
it would take about one quart of
milk instead of three-quarters cup.
Kindly publish meringue for layer
cake for four persons and obllge
a constant reader. Mrs. j. NJ.
Cream Filling
Place in saucepan one cup of milk
and add four level tablespoons corn
starch, stir until dissolved while milk
Is cold, then place on fire to heat,
bringing slowly to boil, stirring con-
stantly. Cook five minutes and add
One egg,
One-half cup of sugar.
Beat quickly to blend, then add
one teaspoon vanilla. Beat again.
Layer Cake
Three-quarters cup sugar,
! Yolks of t,Co eggs.
Cream we'll. Now add
-Four tablespoons shortening,
Tsoo cups -four,
Four level tablespoons baking
polOder,
Three-qudrters cup acdter.
Beat to mix, then cut and fold in
1 stif1y beaten whites of the two eggs.
! Bake in two we'll CREASED and Toured
! layer cake pans for twenty minutes
in moderate oven. Put together in
desired manner.
NV dear Mrs. Wilson-Will you
Il kindly give through your columns
a recipe for Spanish omelet?
M. E. McC.
Spanish Omelet
Place yolks of three eggs in bowl
and add three tablespoons of cvapo-
/. rated milk. Beat to mix. Now beat
: whites of three eggs until stiff,
GRADUALLY beat in the prepared yolks
~ eggs. Place three tablespoons
bacon fat in pan. When hot turn in
f ire egg mixture and cook until dry,
a akine constantly to prevent burn
i,,r. Then spread with following
mixture, fold and roll, dish on hot
nIa tier and send TO table at once.
Ons-half cup Of canned tomatoes
oressed dry,
81 Three tablespoons finely chopped
nfors.
Tsoo tablespoons finely chopped
cook slowly in pan with
VI NJ sobIssp,on shortening
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
The "Homey House"

A. honey" house doesn't have to
match anywhere. There may be rugs
from India. beds from New England
and chairs from Grand Rapids. 1t
doesn't have to match, but it has to
blend. which is far subtler thing! A
honey house may be a collection of
inexpensive pick ups SO long as it muir
murs welcome to the stranger on the
doorstep.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

WHEN the average woman starts to
w sew she usually finds she has left
her thimble in the kitchen. that the
children took the shears to cut out paper
dolls or that if she wants white thread
black is the only color she can locate.
On a sewing screen everything has a
place and it is easy to keep everything
in its place. Any person apt with
tools can make such a screen by fol
lowing these directions from the United
States Department of Agriculture:
The sewing screen illustrated con =
sistS of two panels twenty eight
inches high and thirteen and one
half inches wide, made of one inch by
two inch plank. These may be folded
together and each panel is covered
with burlap. The pockets are fastened
to the bottom of each panel on the in =
side. and hooks arc placed on the bot
tom of the crosspiccc to hold the ncccs
sary equipment. Pegs or nails arc
driven into the top of one of the cross
pieces. The drop shelf makes good
workable. and the groove in the tor
Of the croSSpiccc will hold buttons
This folding sewing screen is light in
weight. requires little space, and can be
easily carried to the porch or lawn foI
sewing work
Materials for Building Screens
The following material is required
for screen:
10 feet Of lumber 1l2 by Ia inches.
Ia inch ihutt) hinges with screws to be
used in joining the panels and fastening the
drop she'f TO the CrosspeCes.
/ handle with screws for the top of screen,
| hook and eve to fasten the panels when
| they are folded and closed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

cor the names of shops where ar
ticles mentioned in adventures
With Purse" can be purchased,
address Editor of Woman's Page.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, or phone
the Woman's Department, Walnut
5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
Mrs. Wilson AnslUers Questions

recipe book or perhaps slips OF
paper containing some of your
wonderful suggestions: if so,
please send same and bill. Thank
ing you very much, ! am. very
truly, Mrs. II. II. ,.
Mrs. S., | am sorry have no books
for sale.
Nv dear Mrs. Wilson-Havlng
read your excellent advice to Mrs.
T., am going to ask you about my
chocolate creams. l have orders
for homemade candies and find
sometimes the chocolate coating
on my creams get dull and
streaked. | use the best sweet and
unsweetened chocolate | can buy
and would like to know if | can
add something to it to keep the
chocolate dark and shiny as it
looks when just dipped. Hoping
to hear from you in time for my
orders, am, yours truly, A. B.
Overheating chocolate while it il
melting will cause this; chocolate
must not be heated over 95 degree
Fahrenheit, and you must stir it con
stantly to thoroughly blend.
To one-half pound of chocolat
used for dipping purposes add on
tablespoon cocoanut butter and piec
of paraffin about the size of a haze
nut. Beat constantly until wei
blended. Always use double boile
for melting chocolate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

Please Tell Me
What to DO
BY CYNTHIA
Try IanorInq Her

Still in Love--I am very sorry for
you, but the young lady evidently
does not love you, and love cannot be
forced. II she is engaged to another
man you should not try to win her
love. That is not honorable, and honor
should always come first, hard though
it may be. Try ignoring the young
lady, simply speak politely when you
pass her and do not show her any fur
ther attention then, IL she is not en- .
gagged to any one else and is in any. way
inclined to like you, she will soon show
that she does. Otherwise / am afraid
you can do nothing but bear it, and
I nope you will find another girl to love
later on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
perbaps He Could Not Help Il

perhaps he CouIo MOT He'P "
Dear Cynthia-You have helped me
before and again come to you for your
valuable information. We are two girls
of sixteen. / was asked to go to the
theatre by boy and he asked me to
bring another girl. After getting the
girl, telling my mother and having
everything arranged. he said he couldn't t
come until the following week. L am
very angry and would like you to tell
me if / should go the night he sug-
gested. The girl and I think we
should not go, although we could go If
we wanted to-. and if it would be proper.
BETTY AND JANE.
Are you sure the boy in question did
not have good reason for mot being
able to go? If the reason was not good
you would have right to be dis
pleased. but since he asked you for
another time certainly go and be polite
about it,. There might be perfectly
good reason he could not altogether ex :
plain. If he tries to put the party of
again then do not make further plans
with him. =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

until onion is tender, then add
One teaspoon SdH
One teaspoon paprihu.
Mix we'll before spreading on
omelet.
My dear Mrs. Wilson-Will you
kindly publish a recipe for mayon-
naise dressing? 7 find it too ex-
pensive to buy and would like to
make it. Now it is coming sum-
mer, we enjoy the green vegetables
and eggs with the mayonnaise.
NJ. w. X.
Mayonnaise Dressing
Place on soup plate
Yolk of one egg,
One teaspoon lemon JUICE,
One-hdlf teaspoon mustard,
One-quarter teaspoon pdrika.
Blend until smooth and thick, add
"il slowly, beating constantly.
My dear Mrs. Wilson - Please
tell me how to make a good sponge
cake? Mine gets greasy and
tough. Should the pan be creased?
Ny oven thermometer is divided
into twelve spaces. In which
space should the Indicator be to
get moderate oven? MO.
See recipe given for sponge cak,
to A. M.
Grease pan, dust with -four an,
shake out surplus.
Look for the Fahrenheit number
inside the fine print; 1926 degrees fo
moderate oven.
My dear Mrs. Wilson, have
tried many of your recipes and
have had success with all of them.
and / wish to know if you issue a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

IF it isn't one thing. it's another >
you exclaim brilliantly. In winter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
Adventures With a Purse

"DO TELL them about the orange
II colored candles" urged Dorothca.
We had been cxclaiming at cheerful
show of daffodis and agreeing that
yellow was a favorite color of ours.
They do give a spring touch to a
room. besides being so really lovely
and she hesitated. for if there i
one word which is more ovcrworked than
another 1t is ''artistic. as Dorothea
has often cmphatically told me. If
YOU could sec the orange colorcd candles
in Dorotheas $ living room. however,
ono pair in mahogany candleSticks. and
one in brass. and both equally cffcc-
tive-you would want some yourself
1t is surprising how decorative they are. g..
the slender. really dipped by hand ones.
| mean, of course. Combined with a
few pieces of cleaning copper. a
lustrous pottery bowl or two. good
picturc-you have that desirable but
elusive thing called atmosphere. And
at only fifteen cents apiece.
Here is a bath mat you will like.
That is. of course. if you like bath
| mats. But there. there never was a
body who preferred to step on cold
bathroom floor III preference to nice
soft mat. These mats look almost like
real rugs. kind of delft blue. with vel :
low and back figures. and would look
very well in blue and white bath :
room. Originally they were priced at
$2.6j. but having just few left, the
shopkccpcr has repriced them at $1.75.
Here is suggestion for freshcning up
your bathroom.
IF it ism t one thing. it's another. "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

My dear Mrs. Wilson, have
tried many of your recipes and
have had success with all of them,
and / wish to know if you issue a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05

If you are one of those housekeep-
ers that take the measuring cup and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-21
In the Days News

Frank Lyon Polk, who sails today
for Paris to become head of the
American peace commission, has
within a few years attained a bril-
liant record as a diplomatic and
legal adviser of the United States
government Recently he became
under secretary of the state depart
ment, a new position created by act
Of congress. Mr.. Polk is OF an old
Tennessee family. One of his grand
fathers was a Protestant Episcopal
bishop, Leonidas Polk. who won
fame as leader in the Confederate
army. Mr.. Polk is a Yale A B. and
a Columbia LII. r. He began to
practice law in New York City in
1897. and within seven years had
been made a member of the state
civil service commission. For a year
1914-15. he was corporation coun-
sci of the City Of. New York. and 1t
was while he was in this position
that President Wilson. picked him
out and summoned him to Washing
ton to succeed Robert Lansing as
counselor of the state department
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-21
Our Attitude Toward Mexico.

Washington reports create the impression
that Mexico is apt to receive some attention
at the hands of the United States in the not
distant future The indignity visited upon
American sailors in Tampico is likely to have
far reaching results, it is said.
In the absence of any definite statement
from the White house it is hard to say to what
extent the well known wish OF certain Ameri-
can business interests is fathering the stories
of administration activities. There is better
reason. however, than for a number Of years.
to expect a forcefuI line of action the part
of this country Public sentiment, without
doubt, demands that something be done. What
it shall be is the question that puzzles.
Carranza has had two reasons for his de-
FAINT attitude toward this country. One was
the pro-German influence which has been
strong in Mexico and was assiduously cult
waited before and during the war. The other
was to please public sentiment naturally
strong against this country and thereby
strengthen his precarious hold upon the reins
OF government.
American policy toward Mexico has been
and is yet strongly Influenced by the situation
in Europe. Until recently this government
had to consider not only its military exigencies
but the chance Of foreign misinterpretation of
our motives, with impairment of the national
reputation for integrity. To certain extent
the latter condition still obtains, though the
war and peace conference record of the United
States ought to have placed entirely above
suspicion. If this country should assume a
protectorate over Mexico employ force in
any way whatever to protect American prop
erty interests and make safer American ex-
ploitation Italy and Japan would have ready
answer to the protests of this country against
occupation respectively of Fiume and Shan
tung, and anti-American gossips generally
would be given something to talk about. Then
there is the implied reputation of the League
of Nations which, when approved and in full
working order. Will have machinery to deal
with just such situations Mexico presents.
From a military standpoint the problem is
relatively simple now We have the men all
trained and the supplies. and we have a naval
equipment which can easily police the Mexican
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-21
HEALTH TT *
BY WILLIAM H. !!!ls!l =. Brady no.

nowadays this examination may be
made in a few moments in the
course of the operation. Such a
procedure, to be sure, is an explora-
tory operation, an ante-mortem
autopsy autopsy meaning look
see). But better unnecessary than
too late.
Early and radical surgical re-
moval is the only worthwhile
treatment for cancer OF the breast.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
A Good Fly Poison.
Please tell me what would be a
good poison to use to get rid OF
Gus to children, If possible. tMrs.
G. b.
ANSWERS-A solution of a tea
spoonful OF salicylic acid in a
glassful of water sweetened with
some sugar or molasses, is one
safe fly poison. Invert the glass
full over a piece of plotting paper
on a plate or saucer, with match
or toothpick under one edge, so
that the fluid will gradually work
out and keep the blotter wet. An
other efficient fly poison which is
not too dangerous to use where
children are about is castor oil,
with or without a little syrup or
sugar If two drops of croton oil
be added to two teaspoonfuls Of
castor oil, the dies sampling the
mixture are killed almost instantly
Reimplanting Teeth.
Is IT possible to replace a tooth
in the jaw when the tooth has been
knocked out, and make it service
able again? &C. v. 81
ANSWER-Yes, il the teeth are
at once placed in a sterile, normal
salt solution kept warm, and the
sockets carefully cleAnsed, the
teeth may be reinserted and held
in place by a suitable bandage to
keep the jaws closed for a week or
more, with a fair chance that the
teeth will become firmly fixed and
as useful as ever. Sometimes 1t is
necessary to stitch the torn gum.