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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
What Some Mothers Don't Know

There IS a very famous baby spe-
ciaIist-by many persons regarded as
the foremost in this country-Who has
been known not infrequenlly Ia walk
into the kitchen of the home where
the ailing baby lived lie knew that
very often the trouble all lay in the
way the baby's food was prepared or
kept, and he knew that the quickest
way 10 discover this fault was 10 look
for Il. lie would unexpectedly ask 10
see the ice box where baby's milk was.
kept There an uncovered milk hottie
would give him his clue. He would see
the oranges from which baby's orange
juice was squeezed. and he would see
that they were Of the sort that yield
very sour juice Then he would know
why baby simply wouldn't take orange
Juice" And he has been known actu-
ally TO show an erring mother how to
sterilize milk bottles or 10 iii them or
cork them. If the fault lies with the
mother he is tndugent, bat if the fault
rests with the trained baby nurse the
result-in case the baby IS actually I'll
is usually a change Of nurses.
That IS not the popular idea OF
great specialist. Nor does the aver
age practitioner feel th1t that sort Of
thing belongs to the field If the doctor
it would be an intrusion suddenly 10
ask the unwarned mother to exhibit
her kitchen and unprofessional actually
TO demonstrate the modification of
babys milk. Yet before now serious
illnesses Of babies have been brought
about because the mother or nurse did
not know just how to handle the alb
sorbent cotton with which she made
the shoppers for haby's milk bottles or
because she did not know how 10 make
smooth, we'll cooked barley Cruel with
which to modify that milk
But most OF US have to get on with
out this great-or any other great
specialist And oul. own much loved
practitioner OF course cannot go into
such minute details The right sort
Of nurse will explain these things to
us. but not every nurse is the right
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

Scant ounce and he hat .: another
orange may yield almost .wo ounces
Then they wonder WHY the haoy 3
upset BY the orange Juice one day ara
not another. Even a well child .lrlyes
better L he has ne same amo1n, ~
the various articles OF his diet @ve-
day. So measure the orange tu.ce even
when they are healthy. THIS IS e.e
Of The little caings ,hat maze tae
ta!nss.
Every mother has oeen entoired IS
keep milk covered. and this is one 3
he frst lessons she learns. Ri. Size
does NOT always realize the tn2o-tareg
of keeping the baby's other socl cor
cred. Il be eats zwelhack you should
ger a metal box ~ some sort Nt.h
cover that 6ts tight. Then maNe sure
that u IS carefully fastened u chs
Way the zwleba-k retains is crtspae,-
and freshness and does not hecou
sogsy. Sometimes the only -easea
that baby refuses 70 eat zw.eback &,
because It IS sogsy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
The Other Way Out

SAYS The housewives conscience 70
the housewife: III IS really your duty
IN keep house Your mother kept
house before YOU so long as there was
any one 10 keep house for. and your
grandmother kept house from the day
she was married AZ eighteen until she
went 10 her we'll earned -est at eighty.
And her mother. and 50 on down the
long line-those foremothers % yours
All kept house. unflinchingly unfalter-
ingIy To ne sure servsnts We're easy
10 set and not so hard 10 pay For
some OF them there we're slaves
aDlenty Bu; there were problems for
-heY7 as for YOU. There was soap 20
he made. and candles TO be dipped. and
warn to he spun and woven. Il was the
lot OF women. the affliction OF the
daughters oe Eve And SO YOU must
struggle on. even though you can get
no maids and couldn't afford 10 have
them if you could get them. though
butter scars and eggs grow scarce and
sugar disappears entirely L is your
duty" That is what the housewives
conscience says TO the housewife
But the other voice is whispering 20
her: Why put up the fight any fur
tner? WHY be d thrail any longer?
There are hotels and there are boarding
houses and there are kitchenette apart
rnents where you can go out for
luncheon and dinner. and there are
delicatessens where you can buy things
all ready 20 eat. Why should you
pare apples and potatoes that make
your hands black? Why should you
ruin your temper over the dish pan?
OF course your husband loves home;
he likes TO come 10 a little family din
ner after his days work, and the chill
dren are better off when their food IS
cooked by YOU than when K is cooked
in a hotel kitchen. But the struggle
isn't quite worth while. The price that
you have 10 pay is too much
And housewives are listening eagerly
70 this voice and many have needed #.
Boarding houses and hotels are full.
not only with their usual line OF as
sorted bachelors, old ladies and maid
ems who have broken loose from their
families where they might be expected
to help with the eternal dish washing
after their days activities are done.
but with perfectly good married folk.
married folk with children and even
with babies.
And the housewife who still keeps
house is ever and anon brought IN
contact with these folk who have
broken up" housekeeping They do
seem carefree. They have much more
time to shop and to read and TO de-
vote to their own Improvement. Their
hands are not stained with apples and
potatoes-what. after all. IS the use?
The Best Way.
yrrlil,- 81 ic q dflernrna Ei,4 u has
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
F1reside Cheer

In your dreamhouse there is always
n fireplace.
IT may he that the nearest approach
Won now have to the family hearth side
hot air register. or perhaps an oxygen
consuming. air-vitiating gas log. But
II YOU have. Notwithstanding. any OF
that innate longing for a home of your
own, YOU never think OF that home
without thinking of its fireplace Your
other qualifications may vary. You
may stipulate that that house must
have Il sun parlor and a breakfast
room: that it must have a laundry
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

had Franklin stoves or even central
heating systems II was only one 8
poor relations who stll had 20 gather
round the open FIRE. and the hearth was
considered n very dusty. crude efn-
belllshment TO any room. To be sure.
there were old manor houses IN this
country and fine old castles and
country halls in England whore the
fires were atill kept burning winter
days In tho old 1re places Bnt II was
not infrcquently that h0ugeholdera had
these hearths disiigured by putting IN
them stove In place of the old Rratc
or andirons. II really seemed 10 them
far more Huitable IN we'll furnished
house.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

chute and a dumbwaiter: that It must
have n separate bathroom for every
bedroom. and that IL must have electric
lights in the clothes closets. But with
these stipulat tions there is always. IS
there not. the conviction that there
must also be a fireplace or so?
Perhaps there is in all OF us just II
little of the parsis We are Worship
pers of fire, although we may show
that spirit merely by our Willingness to
sit spellhound and mentally relaxed for
hours before the dancing fnmes of IN"
hearth fire. There is spelhindng
char in those reds and oranges and
yellOws, blues. green's and mauves that
form their ever changing medley Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

sort. and In these days K is not easy
10 get any sort OF trained baby nurse
We must do II ourselves or break in
some one who has no more training in
baby nursing than we have had our
selves.
The Little Things Count
And so We go on. Il may be that BY
our mistakes we reap no bad results.
But il may be that disorders that baf-
flo the doctor when we call him in are
due 10 some little mistakes that We
have made In handling our baby's food
They are the little things that make
the big thing" as the superintendent
of a baby hospital tells her probation
ers when they are inclined 70 argue
against the necessity of going to such
endless pains. Ninety nine times they
might lead TO no trouble. but the hun
dreth time they might. Surely that
would make il all worth while
And here are some OF the little things
that you should watch out for
II baby takes orange Juice be sure
that 1t is strained. and the best way
to strain il is through sterile gauze
\ good plan is TO cut up a small piece
OF gauze into five-inch squares, hand
ling them as little as possible In cut
ting Keep these in covered lar and
use n fresh one every day that YOU give
the baby orange juice. If You want
to be extremely careful drop the bit Of
gauze in boiling water and let It boil
for a few minutes before using and
then move It from the water with a
clean spoon and do not touch X again
with your fingers until after YOU have
used 1t to strain the orange Juice But
for most babies 1t would not be neces-
sary TO so 10 this trosble II you had
been careful to keep the gauze pieces
dust free ana were sure that they were
clean
Measure the orange Juice by an
ounce measure. Some nurses and
mothers give their babies the Julie Of
half an orange or the Juice OF a whole
orange. while one-half may yield a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

color over the logs or Goals Of your
open fire If you have arrived at the
cnviable stage where your dream house
is a reality and actually have your
open fro you are 10 he conRrai ulat"d
Truly the long winter evenings should
have little terror for YOU. \ friend or
a book. and what more do You need SO
long ms there is wood in the wood
basket?
There wns IA time some generations
ago when tho open Fireplace Was looked
on with much tho samc dlsiaste as We
look now upon the stov" IN tho pnrlor
or dining room. l'or il was tho hum
bier folk who had still 10 depend on
open fircpla"ca for heating Tho others
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
"is2: %:,s, Happiness

But we have got bscl 70 genuine
liking or the old time fireplace Ana
the display of accessorIea for the fire.
place TINT you may see IN any large
shop ought - be proof sufficient 20
show that the fireplace has com" into
ita own
Flresldo accessories ndf much - ihs
charm og the hearth. n you had an
cestors with nrcpiaces properly nf'ed.
you are indeed lucky. fnr fr1m 'he
full-rigged ships that ug"d - stand ~
the heArthside % hold dust brush ana
shovel. fongs and bellows. 70 tho aid
iron dogs that supported tho hig sticks
thnt made tho Are. MI tho Dld q r.
place fittings arc useful and On adfl
lion 10 your furnishings
However. n you have no such o'f
fireplace furnishings You cnn make ~
for the back in fbo ahop@. which sro
ell ~ modern repiicas ~ 'ae -
things. re we'll as modern fbirgs bat't
on modern lines.
There are very interesting srop-
phefo old American furniture r. 1ea'.
tn. and in thoae shops you ran p'sr
up many aHfIqGes from cur oyu
Colonial daya that ara worth wfi'r
There arc Old IRE arrocna and ~ ard
l-oaa of1 srfs ~ brushe4 ard etsve'r
aud Oh frIvefe that held the - teft =
There i would stay ho'. oId 'r7s''~g
f,rpa and o'a chestnut roae'e-r h-1
+ tho present fay shops 'aere a~o sl
.fore fhfrrr ag wrg a4 o.hcr~ ferf
Dra ard Nreeifa -aafs and Capo crf
Gre llghtere ard baskets arf hnTrT fo-
hold.rg vood and oven chemicals 'o
pIt 81 tao 7rool ~ mako burn an
nc bright rGfrrs ~ 'ho rainbo-v
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
BetWeen the Horns
of the Dilemma

by simplifying your tastes. lsing r-ir-
7ers and doil!es instead 0f taoleciot1s
perhaps paper NAPKINS and sometimes
paper dishes. y simplifying sour
cuisine. another very coEsldera- E
amount could be saved.
Perhaps rol prefer ne olt va
Lots Of people obviously 90 El- vzen
Z comes % n toss ,o between ar-aA.--
ap louseheeping. giving Up a1t.rs--
wouldn't you be willing = engineer
this little revolution u aols-aeep .e =
methods
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

modern American home plumbing.
electric lights or ga4light gas stoves.
hardwood floors. central heating plants.
with possibly a dumbWaiter and a
laundry chute-save the work OF any
where from one to two servants, ac-
cording 10 the size OF the household
II We had none OF these things We
should have 10 have at least one
servant in order to produce the same
amount OF leisure and comfort There
would be endless pals and jugs OF
wafer 10 fetch and carry. an everlast-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
Saving Servants.

Equally true. that oy means q ne
appliances and labor-saving devices
that are only IN the exceptional home
washing machines. mangles. vacuum
cleaners from hait 10 al the .aaors
OF another person could be saved And
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16
Take Care Of Your
Hands When the
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

ing amount o. siops 20 empty. Goals 20
tote. lamps TO iii or candles 20 light
and trim. But these are the comforts
that are in the average American
home
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

been wisely said that there IS always
third path there is always q way
out so that you do not have 20 take
either OF tho two difficult horns of the
dilemma And so 10 this housekeeping
problem there IS q way between the
horns Il Is not the wav YOU would
choose II you could sc; servants. But
4 IS a way that IS much better tor most
OF us than going 70 boarding There
IS a new kind of simplided housekeep-
ing. In truth il IS a kind OF house
keeping that IS radically direren- from
the" way that you have known And
there are housewives VINO would pro-
test: "Oh. never could DO Il that way.
We haven't been used 10 t-my huS-
band would put up such howl. AID
my mother law. She would say al
sorts Of things and think a lot more"
Still II it really IS a question OF going
to boarding-K you have got 20 the
end OF your string-you would very
much better revoluuonize your method
than give Up the task entirely.
Now. Mistress Housewife. you must
approach II entirely In an open minded
mood. You must have no prejudices.
no preconceived notions You must
revise your book OF etiquette mayhap
For instance, there are little oil cloth
doilies that some progressive women
are using on their luncheon and break
fast tables. They save enormously
and they are not unattractive You
have prejudice against them. Why.
no one in our circumstances ever ate
on Oilcloth. Perhaps they didn't but
they are doing II now-lots of them.
And there are paper napkins. They
save laundry and they save linen. both
very expensive commodities.
When we first heard Of having hare
floors with rugs instead Of carpets the
idea seemed rather preposterous but
what a saving Of labor IL has been and
for those who move from one house
or apartment 10 another what a very
great saving IN money
Electric Apparatus.
In this revolution In household
methods nothing plays more i'm
portant part than electric appliances.
Put it up 10 your husband this way.
Il can get no servants. am unwilling
10 break my own health in hard labor.
VIII you invest hundred dollars more
or less in your home? in other words.
will you have installed an electric
washing machine? or a dish washing
machine? Or a vacuum cleaner? Or
a mangle? or some Of the other de-
vices that make use Of electric current
instead of women's muscles?"
And the husband. who has long ago
had adding machines installed In his
own business. can hardly refuse to CO.
operate.
Any one would Concede that the
usual sort of ''conveniences" in the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

Measure the orange Juice by an
ounce measure. Some nurses and
mothers give their babies the Julie Of
half an orange or the juice OF whole
orange. while one-half may yield a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-16

me. Nsnison or duck should
#. Iroi'rd Likewise hroil We
r. hon t.rho,. ts" rabbits q
-,.,. ear po,pics. pics Stews
-,~ sa,mIs and Tic like. small
sac should be hr1.@od, roasted
,sl
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26
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The annual Thanksgiving eve ball
OF the Ottawa Are department, which
took place on Wednesday night at
Alanory c. proved to be no less en-
ioyable than the numerous successful
balls OF past years. Gate receipts
showed that 1000 guests We're III at
tendance. Hentrich's orchestra fur
nished music for the dancing and the
big armory was the happiest place
Imaginable. A spirit of comradeship
prevailed among the guests, and in
spite of the very large attendance
everyone present, either on the dance
floor or watching the dancers from
the seats around the wall, had a very
enjoyable evening. The committee
in charge of the affair was Adolph
Godemann. F. c. Prafcke, G. N. Cor
bin, William Leverich and VI, +.
Weiss.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26

i 5anoa . 1 ,'hoih ',as tba' c,osing sea
''s o'r't a., ., - " 'n ha1oar Ia #
night in Schaefer's hall. The dance
was the winding up OF a four day
bazaar and fair which was one of
the most successful ventures ever
! undertaken Ey the church An infor-
mai vaudeville show was given by the
members OF the ST Francis Drama
club. which was greatly enjoyed. and
/ a, 10 o'clock Hentrich's orchestra
started the music for dancing. The
4 guests danced unul midnight ana
We're unwilling to leave AFTER the or
] chestra ceased PAYING Everyone ~
the hall spent a very enjoyable even,
ing, ana the aHaif was as sueeeSslu
from sotIal STANDPOINT a. from Il
hnanclai view
One hundred and seveniy-hve
guests attended the Deer Park Bap-
lists THANKSGIVING dinner At the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mccullough
southwest 81 Ottawa. Yesterday, me
guests gathered at the Mccullough
home in the late morning, Al noon
fine Thanksgiving dinner was serV-
ed, after which an informal social ar
ternoon was enjoyed. The annual
cnurch apron hazdaF ana CANDY SAFE
were heid III 'pllhe'Iioh WIN ihe
dlnhef, ana NICE sum OF money was
cleared FOR me church, Inc gather
ing was one OF the most successful
ever ned by the church'
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26

T. B. ASSOCIATION TO
HANDLE XMAS SEALS

Christmas Seals
This year will h
handled by the
! a Sale County
Tuberculosis As
OClatlOn. In
former Y e a + .
these seals Ia e
been sold by the
Red Cross. bur
the national rll-
jug this wear has
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26

A DAINTY FEOCK
Pattern 340l Was used to make
this design. II is cut in Sizes 6,
s. ~ and /. vars. A 10 year size
will require As yards OF u inch
material. As here shown. embroi
dtrsd tl0uncing Was used.
TafIeta, charmcuse, c.epe. crepe
de- chine, nrganGie and shtin al.
alec attractive
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26

Mrs. NJ, } Flanagan viii entertain
tomorrow at her home on Congress
street at an afternoon bridge party.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-26

Mrs. c VI. Corbin will entertain six
teen guests tonight at her home ON
State street, complimentary to her
sister. Mrs. Mable Malcolm Hayes Of
Moline. -Four tables Of bunco will be
played during The evening, after
which two cource luncheon will be
served.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-03-25

care you freckled?" he asked. He
wasn't sure just what he ought to say
so he went slowly.
81 knew you didn't think of me as
being that type" said Peggy trium
phantly, and then he knew how the
road lay, and lied valiantly.
Moreover, a certain temerity came
over him. Having laid his tea-drinking
equipment on convenient table, he
put two compelling hands on Peggy's
shoulders and bent her head down tc
the light, in way that for just mo,
ment filled the soul of the beautiful
Laura with envy. He looked steadily
into her frank young face, and Their
looking into her two blue eyes said
II can't see a single freckle."
Eventually Laura withdrew from the
reception room when the tea drinking
formalities no longer called for hel
presence and Tom Burgess made hur
ried explanations.
II don't want to start out deceivins
YOU he told Peggy. Its going to be
such wonderful thing-your friend.
ship-that I want it to start right.
So I'll have to tell you. just lied TIC
you, but it was because didn't think
it concerned any one but ourselves, not
even your sister. I said I never no.
ticed single freckle, but that isn't
just So" Tom paused and took two
small, firm hands in his as if he needed
them for reinsurance, and Peggy made
no effort to release them.
'You see, that first day I noticed you
I'd started out on an assignment.
There was some row between a So
ciety woman and hair-dresser. He
had guaranteed to remove all blem-
ishes, and he hadn't removed the
freckles, and so the question was
whether freckles were blemishes. 1t
woman was well known in society 1t
gave chance to work it up into a
crazy sort of sto4y about what the
artists and beauty experts think about
freckles. I'd never noticed them, espe-
cially until got an assignment. Then
I saw you, and-well, that is why !
was so interested. OF course lately 1t
was just for you. told you because
l want to start right
There was a pause. "Start what?''
asked Peggy, preferring not to men
ton freckles further.
"start being engaged said Tom,
simply. care you willing?"
Yes" was Peggy's answer, and
then-"but don't let's tell Laura how
it happened.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-03-25

for it, Wide scarfs and capes of
angora and coats of this and other ma
terials are among them. A clever
sport costume, shown in the picture
above, includes skirt Of cross-bar silk
worn with plain blouse and velvet
coat-lined with silk like the skirt.
Black and dark blue are the colors
liked for these coats. Dark blue cloth
coats with plain white skirts, find a
good many admirers among women
who borrow this crisp combination
from the men who wear, with one
accord, dark blue coats with white
trousers in their outing suits.
The second suit pictured demon
strates that very handsome fabrics are
used with fine Judgment in outing
clothes. A heavy white silk woven in
the effect of corduroy makes the coat
and skirt with a creepy silk in light
color, figured with white, used in col
lar, cuffs, sash, and wide band on
the skirt.