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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
WAYS OF WASHDAY
"hen Shall /, Be? One Woran's Way of Earning Money.

NNE expert on household prob
. lens insists that the best day
of the week for washing is
Tuesday. Almost every one finds
fault with Monday. The worst
thing about washing on Monday is
that clothes ought TO be soaked over
night and it is obviously impossible.
or at least trying, 10 have to collect
soiled clothes and put them to soak
late Sunday afternoon or Sunday
evening. Even if you have many
servants this is out of the question.
II you wash on Tuesday then
Monday may be devoted to picking
up after Sunday, and in some
houses this is task enough for an
entire day. Picking up after Sun
day naturally includes collecting
soiled towels and taking sheets from
beds occupied by possible weekend
guests. Moreover If there are
young men or women in your family
who work all the week il is often a
convenience for them 10 collect theii
laundry some evening beside Sun
| day evening.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
SOME GOOD
THIS is picnic season.
Thanks to the aut

" his is picnic season.
Thanks to the automobile. ii /
a Is not often necessary nova |
days to limit the picnic lunch to |
such things as can be carried con- |
veniently. one young mother or !
several small children packs the |
fircless cooker filled with their mid |
day dinner in course of preparation |
and then motors her brood uncon !
cernedly off TO the woods or the |
beaches, confident that a picnic will I
not mean to them an inadequate |
and inappropriate meal Ice cream |
freeZers and vacuum bottles and big
hampers are well-known occupants
OF most automobiles. And although
the sandwich holds its place along
with deviled eggs and patty cakes
as a picnic necessity, still the plan
ming of a picnic is not very difficult
under automobile conditions.
or course there are some Of us
who must still get to our picnics by
trolley and boat. and then we must
plan to eliminate the bulky things
in the old time manner. This is
quite a possible thing TO do. 1t just
means n little thinking about the
matter beforehand
Tive Menus
Here are a couple OF menus for
the picnic that must be carried
without an automobile that takes
you from house tc destination:
Chicken Sandwiches
Bacon Sandwiches
Tomatoes Stuffed with
Potato Salad
Oranges and Peaches
Chocolate Peppermints
Hot Tea
The tomatoes, the oranges and the
peaches help quench thirst, so that
a minimum OF drinking water need
be carried. The tea can be served
clear, with lemon slices and sugar,
and it may be made on a little
alcohol lamp. which is an easy thing
TO carry along, or on a camp fire.
The chocolate peppermints give a
taste Of sweet with minimum of
bulk.
Cold Beef or Veal Loaf
Tomato Sandwiches
Peaches Cookies
Lemonade
l Milk Chocolate
Y II there is a good supply OF
:, pure water where you picnic. tho
r carrying of the lemonade is easy
e You simply take along a glass jal
= Of sweetened lemon juice, art
: dilute it when you reach your des
= tination. You can get along with
s out ice il the water is cold ant
y anyway you can have the leihol
t juice chilled and carry it in ;
t vacuum bottle. If there is II,
drinking water at your destination
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
If You -
Need Room

w complain lain that that her ' house is
W too small the chances are |
that she means first of all that she |
hasn't enough places to put things |
She is forever aware of the small
quarters she lives in because there
are always things around that have
no special place. Every time the
clean clothes come up from the
wash the old task is repeated of
finding places TO put them all and
trying to get them in bureau
drawers without mussing them.
There are papers that are always
lying about on tables and desks be-
cause there is no place to put them,
the sewing materials are chased
from pillar TO post and there is an
everlasting going through things
trying TO throw the unnecessary
things away so as TO make more
room for bare essentials.
Have More Places.
Now if you cannot have larger
house the next best thing 10 do is TO
have more places to put things. II
You had two or three chests of
drawers of various sorts, what an
enormous addition of places to put
things. and vet the price of three
chests of drawers would be very
slight indeed compared with the ex-
pense OF adding an extra room on
your house or renting a larger one:
You may not think that there is
room for these chests Of drawers.
But don't be so sure about ii. If
you do not find room enough in any
of the bedrooms, how about the up
stairs hall or the bathroom? There
may be somewhere in your back
hall downstairs. or perhaps a Granny
of your kitchen or dining room
Most persons do not think that the
living rom or parlor is a suitable
place for chests of drawers, yet the
fact is that a really attractive chest
of drawers, new or antique, is nc
detriment 20 your living room.
At Second Hand.
often you can get what you neeC
at the secondhand store. Provid-
ing the drawers move back anC
forth with ease don't let the fac
that the finish of the wood is worr
off annoy you. After you have
bought your secondhand chest .
drawers, you should have it dis
infected with a sulphur candle 81
as TO kill any moth or other pest
that il might contain. Then wasl
it thoroughly, letting il dry quickly
Now sandpaper off the old finisl
and when it is smooth and dry pain
ii with two or three coats Of som
solid color that suits your fancy
You will then have chest Q
drawers worth perhaps twice a
much as you paid for it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05

VYYIiEN you hear n housewife
w complain that her house is
W too small the chances are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
Boiled Ham

II very salt or large, soak over
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
Old Objections.

Apparently one of the chief OBJ
jections that our grandmothers used
TO have to a wash day late in the
week was that it might rain for a
dav or two and then Sunday would
come and no washing would be
done. And of course il would
usually be difficult to plan TO wash
Friday or Saturday when there are
usually tasks enough to do besides.
So perhaps Tuesday, Wednesday
or Thursday is the best day to
select for your washing. The
housewife with an electric washer
sometimes does her own washing,
leaving only the ironing for the
woman who was once her washer
woman. BY relieving her of the
task Of washing the cleaning woman
does the household cleaning half the
day and irons the other half. This
is an arrangement that is often
possible in small family. If you
adopt this plan then you will want
| TO wash the day before the cleaning
woman comes.
A great deal of the washing may
| be dried and out of the way before
| the woman comes. All articles OF
crepe or knit goods that do not
need ironing may be folded care
fully and taken to the places they
belong and only the clothes to b'
ironed left for the woman by th'
| daU
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
One Woman's Way.

To many a housewife the last
thing she would want TO do if hard
times came and she had to earn
money TO help pay household ex-
penses would be TO take in
washes" This seemingly has been
the last resort of housewives for so
many years that it bears a sort Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05

night; next morning scrape and
wash it well. and put it into a
boiler and cover with cold water;
now, add one large handful OF bay,
one cup of molasses. one onion,
one tablespoon of whole grains OF
black pepper, one tablespoon OF
whole cloves and one tablespoon
of whole allspice; tie pepper,
cloves and allspice in a muslin
bag: simmer it gently; allow
twenty-five minutes for every
pound. and, when done, set it off
and let il get cold in the water il
is boiled in; then take it out, peel
off the skin, dredge with brown
until it browns.
And here is good cold meat for
picnics
Veal Cake
A few slices of cold roast veal,
a few slices of cold ham, two hard
boiled eggs, two tablespoons Of
minced parsley, little pepper and
gravy or stock.
Cut off all the brown outside
from the veal, and cut the eggs
/ into slices. Lay veal, ham. eggs.
and parsley in layers in a mould
with little pepper between each,
and when the mould is full fill up
with gravy or stock. Bake for one
half hour. and when cold, turn it
out.
Now to come 10 the desserts.
Some sort of cake or cOoky is al
ways good and here are recipes
for several of them:
Soft MOlaSscs Cookies
Scald one cup molasses. pour il
over One-fourth cup butter, add
one-half cup sugar. one-half level
teaspoon salt, and one level table
spoon ginger, or a mixture of
other spices if preferred. Dis
solve one-half level teaspoon soda
in One-fourth cup cold water, add
to the cooled molasses, then stir in
from three to four cups -four
making soft dough TO drop and
, spread in a pan, or stiff dough
to be rolled and cut. Bake in mod.
/ crate oven.
Sour Cream Patty Cakes
Beat well together one cup ot
: sugar, two eggs and one cup o.
/ sour cream. Add one small tea
spoon of soda. dissolved in a littl,
, water, and one and one-half heap
ing cups of -four. Flavor tn,
frosting with vanilla or lemon.
Chocolate Cookies
Cream together a half cup but
ter and tablespoon lard or drip
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
Chocolate Cookies

Cream together half cup but
ter and a tablespoon lard or drip
pings. Beat in gradually one cup
sugar, a pinch of salt, teaspoon
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05

forehand, chill il thoroughly, anI
then give each person some sort
OF flask or bottle to carry, contain
ing his share. Put ice in the TASKS
to start with. Then each person
is responsible for his own beyer-
age and may drink it when he
pleaSeS.
SOME RECIPES
Here are recipes of some of the
things that may be used at picnic
lunches. OF course for the lunch
carried in an automobile, water
melons, which are thirst-quench-
ing, are good thing to take
along. And you can take roast or
fried or broiled chicken, cold, or
steak or bacon to cook over
camp fire, corn and potatoes to
roast in the ashes, and any amount
of water for making coffee and
cream for pouring in it. Indeed,
you can have whatever kind of
meal you like if you have an auto
mobile to carry il in.
To get back to the recipes. Here
| is one for:
Fried Chicken
Only young, tender chickens can
! be successfully fried; cut them in
pieces as for fricaSee; dust with
salt and pepper. Put two or three
ounces of butter or clarified drip
pings in a saucepan on the stove:
when melted. lay the pieces of
chicken in the saucepan; cover
closely and set where it will cook
very slowly. until well done and
nicely Drowned; then turn, and
cook the other side in the same
way.
And this one is another good
picnic meat dish:
Beef Loaf
Four pounds lean beef chopped
fine: two beaten eggs: one-hali
poung uncooked ham also chopped
fine, one-half cup stale bread
crumbs. one teaspoon salt. one
teaspoon onion juice. one-half tea
spoon pepper, one-half teaspoon
allspice, one-half teaspoon cloves
grating of nutmeg and one table
spoon chopped parsley. Mix thor
oughly and place in bread pan o.
mold and bake in a quick over
. about one and one-half hours
,, keeping 1t covered until nearl!
done.
Ham is a usual and always de
4, licious picnic meat. Here is gooI
way Of preparing it:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
Bathing Things Lure the Baher as Much as Do the Waves

In the sketch are some OF the al
Turing bits OF bathing apparel,
large and small, that help the
foaming waves in making the sea
attractive. The bathing cap or
hat, made Of rubber, Is today n
thing Of real beauty. IL is trimmed
with flowers and fruit, fringe and
bows. And they are made I'm the
most becoming shapes. Then there
are lovely girdles and belts, trim
med with flowers and loops of rub
Der ribbon. And there are fasci-
mating waterproof bags for hold
ing the bathing suit---One made
like doll, whose capacious skirts
hold the wet bathing suit neatly
and attractivcly. And cushions
for the beach that water can't
hurt. Indeed, we have so many
pretty bathing things 10 choose
from nowadays that il is difficult
to make e choice at all. We just
buy rs many as we can afford and
let IL go at that.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-05
Soft NIolasscs Cookies
Sour Cream Patty Cakes

Beat well together one cup of
sugar, two eggs and one cup of
sour cream. Add one small tea
spoon of soda. dissolved in little
water, and one and one-half heap
ing cups of -four. Flavor the
frosting with vanilla or lemon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
Aprons CSC

WdDy Styles OF cOOI,
serviceable Aprons, made
Of unbleached muslin,
percale and gingham.
There are checked, striped
and plaid patterns, trim
med with rick-rack braid,
ruffles and bias bindings
and finished with pockets
and tie sashes. Sizes 38
to Al.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
WOULD amend
CIVIL SERVICE
Brown Seeks More Power
Over Subordinates

Charging that civil service rcgu.
tations crnmp tho power OF derArs,
mcut heads. Dr. r. J. Brown told
members OF tho Municipal league
"Wednesday night that he would reek
reforms designed TO give city cxecu.
tives more power over subordinate
officers
Under the present system" Brown
explained. you appoln, a general 20
command your army and then give
him no power over his subordinates.
And they sometimes take the att
tude that commanders may come
and commanders may go. but they
go on forever"
Brown also stated that he would
enlarge tho duties Of tho superin.
tendent Of public utilities
Members Of the league. az iart
nights meeting. elected Julius l..
Baldwin. president. and Howard A.
Adams and Robert +. Sandal. vice.
presidents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
Plan Refreshment
for Wayfarer Cast

Hot coffee or ice wHtwrT The cast
and chorus OF The wayfarcr'' may
choose between these two drinks at
least. for their rcfrcshurnt in the
big tented city behind the stage. The
executive committee will hav~ ar.
engagements made for serving these
beverages 10 the several thousand
participants. according 10 Darwin
Meisnest. executive secretary.
Transportation by automobiles and
motor buses viii he provided from
the university str~etcar line thru the
campus 10 tho stadium for the cas-,
and chorus during the week % the
production. This Is another feature.
AZ. Mcisncst said that has bcvn ar.
ranged TO make Il easier for the par.
ticipanta.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
Ghost Haunted
Mandarin Coat

LONDON. June i.-Mrs John
Bruadfield. London woman. wore
her husbands birthday present TO
the opera. IL was n Chinese man
DARN coat. During the performance
she was terrified She told her
friends that she felt the presence OF
Chinese standing behind her with
a naked dagger IN his hand.
She never wore the robe again
A few days later her eldest dnush-
ter. who knew nothing OF her moth
er's experience. wore the coat TO n
fancy dress dance. She arrived home
early in the morning. pale with fear.
Il felt a wicked Chlnamana pres
ence near me all thru the dance. -
she said II know that II had re.
manned In that awful coat a minute
longer. I'D been stabbed by the ap-
partition
II has now been disclosed that the
coat was formerly the property OF n
Chinese mandarin, who murdered
five Of HIS wives with daExcrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

Lovely frilled lace models. so popular
10 wear with dresses and suits--trim-
med with Venise or Val lace--offered
at n low price. See what good values
they are.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

As guests Of Manager Joseph
Muller Of the Palace Hip, The Star
carriers were entertained at the Pal
ace Hip wednesday evening.
The boys Enthusiastically encored
each act and eheered tho heroine In
the feature photoplay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

Ladies' Corded Lawn
Handkerchiefs with col
ored borders and en-
broidered initials. in at
tractive boxes.
MAIN rLooR-THE BON MA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

wiseman also demurred to the pro
posed dlscharging OF nonresident
employees.
DIR. walter Relton. Of the Ameri.
can Legion educational committee. de-
clared that Director Taylor. before
election. told the Legion he was
against any reduction OF teachers
salaries. and that now he was execut-
ing an aboutface.
DR.. Kelton recommended removal
Of superfiuous officials. II any. and
the trimming OF all EXCESS bag.
gage
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

Made with deep Empire or
square yokes, Of embroidery
and lace insertions, lace edges
and ribbon. Sizes 10 and 20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
[;(:[; ;}923i|i] 1!I:B5az<i3

Front-fastening, form
fitting Brassiere s of
heavy white muslin. They
are made with inserts of
hemstitching. Sizes SO
to 48.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01

For each inch OF rainfall recorded
fo1 tons OF water have fallen on one
acre OF soil.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
White
Handkerchiefs
SC Each

500 dozen White Lawn
Ladies' Handkerchiefs,
with hemstitched edges
and embroidered cor
ners.
uPI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-01
June White Sale Surprises in

This lot was bought specially for the
June Sale of White--such pretty sum-
mer clothes to wear with sport jackets
and dresses. Vestees with Tuxedo col
lars-in many pretty designs.
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
THE WINE OF LIFE
STORY OF AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG SCULPTOR.
ARTHUR STRINGER-

lure OF nVlnB IN some way touch
ed with tears.
Storrow. once more installed at
Pine Brae, beheld this return of
Spring to his native land, and be-
held 1t with a confusion of feel
ings. He was not altogether
happy. Periods Of vague restless
ness seemed to alternate with Pc
RODS Of contentment equally in
deterrninate. But he remained
on the whole, in a neutral zone OF
federation touched with expect
ancy, as though somewhere and
at some unforlooked-for time the
even tenor of his life might snap
off into tumult-tumult like that
Of a white-watering rapid snatch
ing the sluggishness out Of a
river.
He was oppressed at times with
a feeling of convalescence, as
though he were emerging from a
long and weakening illness which
had Slapped his power of reaching
to things. But the colortng of
life, outside this persistent
apathy which he soon saw 1t
WOulu Ut uSClCbS " CoihDhNp
was not unpleasurable and not
untouched with its satisfaction.
He even discover ed, as he found
himself more and more involved in
the reconstruction of a property
too long neglected, that daily toll
and material distractions could
medicine those teasing and less
tangible susceptibilities OF the
spirit, so that as Spring advanced
his interest in the work about Pine
Brae became both more engross-
ing and more personal. 1t brought,
moreover, a new clearness to his
eve a deepened color to his lean
p cheek. an old-time hardening OF
hand and limb muscles. d.
Sometimes, indeed, after a full
day of labor in open sunlight and
ozonic Northern air. he seemed
narcotized into an indifference that
stood side by side with content
ment and reached out o russell
hand to well-being.
But the one thing that weighed
on him, during those earlier weeks
nj Pine-Brae, was his loneliness.
He had declined to reinstate Uncle
Abe in his old.time position of
housekeeper, preferring that all
ties with the past should be kept
as tenuous as possible. Even as
things were that past had the
habit of cropping out unexpectedly,
with n geologic sort of remoteness,
as A. did when he found one OF his
wife's hatpins stuck in the back
of the old oak mantelpiecc, and
still again when he stumbled on
what remained Of one or TORRES
inadequate little flower beds.
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur strinser.)
Published by arrangement with Inter-
national Feature Service. Inc.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
An ACKNOWLEDGED Expert In All
Matters Pertaining 20 House
hold Management.

(ST HE noon lunch holds back
American more than any
thing else" 80 says the
latest calendar Of health issued by
the Child Health Organization.
But this surely does not apply
to children alone. A glance at any
of the places where grownups eat
will lead us to believe that the
statement may refer to the adult
population, too. With all the food
education we received during the
war, still too few of US take the
matter of eating seriously. The
average. adult who works has q
four-hour period between the morn
ing meal and the MONDAY meal.
During that time energy is being
constantly used UP and the noon
day meal should comprise such
food as may be quickly assimilated.
In a popular-priced restaurant
the other day I sat for two hours
watching what folks ate for lunch.
Generally speaking, the orders ran
wheat cakes and coffee" butter
cakes and coffee" pie and coffee"
"a sandwich and coffee, with an
occasional sprinkling of more suit
able foods.
In this restaurant coffee cost 10
The Washington times., 1922-02-01
That Noon Lunch
IS 1T A BUGABooq TRY THESE SUGGESTION
LORETTO C.. LYNCH----

cents and wheat cakes or u
cakes 20 cents. Pie also &I 30
cents per cut. So, one m ny
that the average cheek xX}<W 30
cents. 7 honestIy believe e Z folks.
after CHANGING over the ices fof
cooked-to-order dishes, bel ed they
were being most economical by
ordering these combinations. "
Take for instance the whea;
cake and coffee luncheon. These
hot cakes are made Of a little sour
milk and soda. with perhaps a
small portion of egg and a little
fat of some kind.
The coffee is 30 per cent water,
a tablespoon or 30 OF milk, possibly
a little sugar, with q navoring of
coffee as well as some OF the drug
caffine. Therefore. most of the 80
cents is paid for the few spoonfpls
of flour that go to make UP the
wheat cakes, plus fuel, labor and
overhead. Surely a tired worker is
not properly nourished who has
only had a couple, Of .spoonfuls of
flour as the piece-de-resistance for
luncheon. - :.
What, then. would be q better
luncheon for the same money! A
glass of warm milk. possibly 40
cents; graham bread and butter,
costing 10 cents, and a dish of
prunes or apple sauce for the re-
mainder. OF tho money. T.