The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12


Surprise Cabbage Salad: Chop or shred
the cabbage finely, add sugar, salt, pep
per, onion salt, if you have it or a bit
of onion juice, and vinegar to moisten.
Arrange on a dish and prepare another
dressing of m~ayonnaise or a cooked
Rcream dressing by adding beet juice to
make it pink. Put over the salad in a
pattern with a spoon and garnish with
slices Of beet.
~'Snowdrift'', the new vegetable short
ening is so white that it looks its name.
To introduce this new product the Steb-
bins Grocery will sell it for 30 cents a
can for a limited time. All who have used
it say the same thing-'it's fine"
Bread is not SO apt to mould in these
damp days if kept wrapped in waxed pa
per in the ice box.
If you have sash curtain that has a
rod both top and bottom, you may have
had difficulty in adjusting after washing
and ironing because it seemed to stretch
it more in one place than another. Next
time launder as usual, starch and put
back on the rods, arrange the folds and
put in position. 1t will look better when
dry than if ironed.
There is no excuse for wearing soiled
white shoes with the excellent cleaners
one can get at Durham Brothers for can
vas, kid. and nu-buck footwear. Don't
spoil a charming summer costume OF
lwhite or some dainty color with a pair OF
dirty white shoes.
Sour Cream Frosting: One-half cup
sour cream, l cup sugar, a little salt
Boil for 10 minutes and add a little va
lnilla. Cool very little and spread. TIN:
is said to be very good.
While they are worn at any time, there
is nothing prettier or more appropriate
to wear with summer apparel than {
dainty string of pearl beads. At Vaughan
! & Burnett's / saw many lovely strings II
different sizes of beads that really riva
zeal pearls in beauty.
If knives are to be put away for some
inc, rub 'the blade of each thoroughly
and carefully with olive oil. Then wraI
in paper, and store in as dry a place a.
possible.
At the Brattleboro China Store 7,20
fruit jars have arrived to help you out il
the canning season. They are in tire
sizes, quarts, pints, and half p and b,
:aking this number they are able to OF
fer them to You at the special prices 0
sl.35, $3.50 and Sl25 a dozen. Get you
supply without delay.
When using the gas-oven, I find tina
!. If / open the door wide for a second, twt
!, or three minutes after lighting the burn
ers, a quantity of moist air escapes. Tn
oven then heats more quickly as a resul
of the ventilation.
Besides your checking account You cal
! also have a savings account at the Brat
tleboro Trust Co. A convenience ant
time-saver because it saves steps. Saw
ings accounts, no matter how small tn
beginning have a surprising way of grow
ing and a few dollars deposited now ant
Z then viii soon reach three figures.
Take clippings from the vines of Mas
|, turtiums, set them in a glass jar whlcl
contains water and a bit of charcoal an
You will have Nasturtium blossoms i
your home all winter.
They tell me at the Brooks Hous
Pharmacy that strange as it may seem
there is always a brisk trade in hot wa
ter bottles in summer This shows tina
: they are a family necessity. They hav
. a fine new stock Just in and the eeonom
zeal one to buy is the combination waite
bottle and fountain syringe. All are of tn
hest grade rubber and guaranteed.