The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-28

Thave been visiting the new wall paper
and paint store of Walter Spear at 43
Elliot street. It's a fine little shop, spick
and span and the stock all brand new. y
good line of papers, all sorts of paints,
finishes and varnisheS, brushes and other
things that an Up-tO-date store of this
kind carries. With a corps of efficient
wOrkmen. Mr.. Spear seems quite ready to
help you with your spring renovating.
Mocha filling between graham crack
/ ers Is delicious: Take one cup of con
/ fectioner s sugar, two teaspoons cocoa,
/ butter the size Of a walnut, lnoisten
/ with hot coffee, beat thoroughly, and
| add a little vanilla. Chopped nuts or
raisins can be added, if desired. Nice
! for afternoon tea.
Spring is the time when so many com
plain that their hair falls out for some
reason. just a few scalp treatments by
Miss Griffin ut this time may prevent
this.
Many people make the mistake of not
cooking cocoa long enough. 1t has a
large starch content, ard all starch needs
and sugar and add hot milk when ready
o'serve. Do not boil the milk.
Perhaps you have already noticed how
pretty plants and flowers look in that new
pottery at Hopkins. 1t is so soft in its
coloring that it seems to blend artisticaly
with all the different blooms. These
bowls. vases and jardiniercs are modcr-
ately priced.
+, Dates may be stuffed with many
things beside the usual nuts or candy:
/ here are a few of them: Peanut butter,
! candied pineapple, candied ginger, marsh
/ mallow and chopped nuts, cOcoanut or
/ cream filling. After stutiing, roll each
piece in confectionery sugar through
which a little orange Tind has been
/ rubbed.
Gray oak is the name given to a new
finish on a dining room set at Emer-
sons. Possibly you saw the set in their
window last week. Italian gray" is still
another finish in which they have a break
fast room set with gay little floral decora-
tions. Both Of these sets are out OF the
ordinary.
I a delicious fruit salad may be made
- with diced apples-and- oranges. -With@ he
usual boiled dressing improved Win
mixed up with il. Place the mixture in
/ little mounds In crisp lettuce leaves,
/ and sprinkle few chopped nuts over the
! top,
I Remember those Decent Winchester
butcher knives which 90 on sale at Rob
bins X Cowles tomorrow.
To prevent the gloss coming OFF white
/ paint, wash it with milk and a little
I soap.
l watched this morning the nimble fin
gers Of Miss Briggs weaving hair which
would eventually become a switch" In
case you should need work of this kind
done remember she can do it for you at
room 20-, Barber building.
20 not keep a tightly corked bottle
of tuTpentine in a warm room. especially
on high shelf. 1t is likely to explode.
IT seemed to be quite the thing Satrr-
day night 10 6e eating hot watiles and ma
pie syrup at Hall 4 Farwelrs. They do
make a first class after-the-m0yie treat.
Try them and see if they don't
Put piece of bread through the meat
chopper after you have been chOpping
raisins or anything of that Sort and it
will wash more casily1
If you want the real thing in whipping
cream get the heavy cream from the
Brattleboro Milk Plant. There's never
any doubt about its whipping qualities or
Its pure, delicious flavor.
This, date cake is very good: Mix to-
gethcr one cup sugar. one cup flour, one
teaspoon salt. To this add one cup nut
/ meats, cut fine, and one pound of dates
! stoned and cut in two; lastly add three
:. eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately
and one tablespoon Cream. Bake in
shallow pans i'm moderate oven. Dust
/ with powder sugar and cut in squares
l before cold
If a school girl has a Miss Saratoga
mildly blouse she is wearing the only
blouse which is an exact copy of those
worn in the L. S. navy. The J. +. Aus
tin store has his new spring line Of these
blouscs in and the prices run from $50
to sos.
i \ good substitute for whipped cream