Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-04
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
SOME HELPFUL LETTERS FROM
READERS
Nv Laura A. kirkman

ANONYMOUS Here Is recipe for
Fruit Cake Without Eggs pound
ra,,ins. | pound dates. , cents worth of
mt. 10 cents worth of capdied peel, l
nutmeg grated, large cups brown sugar,
, Guns buttermilk. ;, cup butter, | des-
sert spoon cinnamon. | dessert spoon
soda, cup baking sirup. and flour enough
a. mix Bake III a slow oven for three
hours
Mrs. NJ ID H. Not long ago read
m your column directions for making a
cotton bed comfort, using "A quilting frame.
| would like 10 have You tell your readers.
u YOU think II worth your notice. an
easier way | have discovered to tie
comfort not using quilting frame. !
pat mluc together on y clean carpet or
dnof Aiter baStEg or pinning the edges,
two persons lift the comfort onto an eN-
tension table cight feet long, and tic 1t
around the sides they then roll UP the
comfort ~ they work toward the centre.
like this way much better than using
frame
Nlrs. q Il = Ii You care 10 include
thus among YOUR published discoveries
lpu viii receive another vote OF thanks
nom hurrcd mothers who have to attend
a. the dressing OF small children IN the
morning II tho metal tip Of shoestrng
comes of before the string itself Is worn
euough 10 " arrant its being discarded, take
hlt OF library paste or thick mucllagc
and roll the fraved end in il between thumb
and hnger. letting it dry overnight. 1t
will he as good as new for many morn
ngs 20 come
G VI T n am a business woman
i ith small boy and | would like 70 tell
other office workers how | manage Before
leaving for the office, in the mornings |
tart, on my coal range. either stew, or
4 nlcce Of hoiled meat and boiled veget a bles
fn \ separate pot. sometimes bake the
patatoeS in the oven. and | always have
laked tapioca. .rice, sago or custard pudding
mg In the oven winch | manage hv
putting the pudding dish into n larger
ono filed with hot water and covered with
i perforated TIN pie plate so that the
pudding will cook nicely without burn
ins or driving UP. At noon | return .
serve thus dinner for my little boy and
myself
Mother Reader II want to tell other
uothrrs how ! manage to give my slx-
r7r-od son cnough milk lie does not
ke milk and refuses 20 drink Il IN
class - | make Junkct puddlngs Gus
f,r,ls tapiocas, cornstarch and other
H puddings az this sort and in this
vav he IS induced 70 eat the full share
IF mi,A which the doctor says he needs
II grow on
Young Housekeeper My husband
and could not afford any but the cheapest
IRON beds. furnishing our little house.
But We had plumber come with an IRON
.tw and saw of the rornded-up white
anolled iron bar which topped the
lead and foot OF the bed and the effect
VAS original and pretty. In this way, the
headhosrd and footboard are topped
tv a straight white enanelled iron bar
With the small round brass knobs rising
above II IN = row The bed in the guest
room, Ne painted cream 20 80 with a
eream-and-old-rose color scheme and it IS
especially pretty
I omorrow THE Householder Who En-
tertsins Sim ".
All inquiries addreSsed To Miss Kirk
man N care OF the Efficient House
Aeeplng departnent Will be answered in