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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20
TNAM FADELESS DYES
Wise Bird.

Grandfather was Il patient in a hos
pital. In the yard stood a tree, and in
this tree was a robins nest. The spar
rows seemed to take great delight in
seeing how miserable they could make
things for Mrs. Robin by diving and
pecking until she would leave the nest.
One morning when grandpa was
looking out the window he saw a twig
fastened with a string just above the
nest on which was suspended a card,
the ten spot of diamonds. The breeze
kept the card whirling back and forth
frightening the sparrOws away. Mrs
Robin went ahead with her work and
Matched her brood unmOIested.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20

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CLEAN EGGS ARE ESSENTIAL
Change of Nesting Material Whenever
Dirty Will Help-HaVe Plenty
Fresh Litter.

POultrymen need not be at the nest
to wipe Mrs. Biddy's feet before she
enters to make her daily contribution
to their profits, but if the hen house
is so arranged that her feet will be
clean and will not dirty the egg, it
will mean added profit for him.
Dirty eggs are a second-rate product
on any market; so are washed eggs.
This means that the egg must be pro
duced clean, which further means
clean nests and clean feet.
Clean nests are easy-cOmparative-
ly. a change of nesting material
whenever it gets dirty will do away
with the danger of soiling from this
source, and special care must be taken
to see that the birds do not roOst on
the edge of the nests at night.
Keeping the birds feet clean is a
much more difficult proposition. First
of all it is most essential to have a
clean doOrmat in the shape Of fresh
| litter and plenty of 1t on the floor at
all times; secondly, do not let the
birds out on muddy days when their
feet are bound to get daubed up.
Most important of all, keep the
dropping boards clean. Daily scrap
ings are preferable, but if q poultry
man feels that he has not the time for
this, they should be cleaned at least
twice week. A cage of one inch or
| one and one-half inch poultry wire
tackled under the perches and over the
dropping boards will prevent the birds
from walking on the boards, and in
,identally will catch any eggs that are
dropped in the night.
Even with this extra care, the poul-
tryman must expect some dirty eggs,
and word of advice on how to clean
them might be timely. The sO-called
plain dtrties, those sOiled by dirty
feet and dirty nests, are easily cleaned
with soft damp cloth, which should
be used only on dirty spots. Be care
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20
cuticura soothes Itching Scalp.

On retiring gently rub spots of dan
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
hands.-Advertisem
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20

full not to rub them dry but to allow
them to dry by standing in the air. II
is very important that the gelatnous
coating which seals the egg should not
be soaked off, as this covering is germ
proof and serves as a natural means OF
keeping the eggs fresh.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20
About the Cook.

HAS your cook been with you
lOng?" "With us? She has been
against us since the art."-London
Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20
Growers.

Mr.. Barr-"Another bucket shop in
vestigatiOn !" Mrs. Barr-"What good
will it do? They'll never make this
country dry"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20

"Think befo' you speak," said
Uncle Eben; "but don think too long.
else yOu's gineter lose YOh turn"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20

Fellows who tell you they have
never had chance would be afraid
to take one if they saw it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-07-20

When a girl is afraid to go on a
dark front porch with man it's a
sign she will.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
When You -
= Paper a Room
How to Go About II

TT is no longer an unusual feat
for friends OF ours to paper
- their own rooms. Professionals
paper hangers are q luxury that
few can afford. When a holiday
falls next to a Saturday or Sunday
Mr.. Householder makes his plans.
1t is really difflcult to do the Job
In single holiday, 80 you must
plan TO do IL in your summer vaca-
tion or when holidays fall favor
ably.
When you select wall paper for
your own manipulation you choose
1t more critically than when you
choose II simply for the paper
hanger TO use. Especially you
avoid largo or definite patterns,
for this complicates the matter OF
placing 1t together at the seams.
But then large-patterned paper is
not much in vogue anyway. Most
persons find 1t easier to work out
their decorative scheme with
plain toned background. Notice the
weight and finish OF the paper. IL
it is extremely light Il will be hard
to handle. but then again paper
that is unusually heavy and with
a stiff surface is also unvieldy.
Some Of the pressed papers made
to initiate leather or heavy fabrics
are very difficult TO apply.
All sorts OF strange feats have
been achieved by the ambitious
home paper hanger. One went so
far as to cover the wall space OF
an entire room with samples OF
wall papers, most OF them picture
friezss, obtained in a sample wall
paper book. There was no more
than eighteen inches OF any one
paper and the result was more as
tonishing than Chinese puzzle
Such economy is hardly necessary
If you find that paper Is too ex
pensive you will find that some on.
Of the wall paints will cost very
little, and these paints are nov
made with a fiat finish that mske
them look almost like cartridg,
paper.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

1t Is usual to shake hands with
the guest Is she says good-by. To
stand chatting in m open door
after a guest has started to go is
in bad form, even In the most
simple of households. 1t 10 only
courteous that you should sec that
your guest Is seated 80 long as she
is making her call. so II you detain
her after she has risen. you are
keeping her standing, and that Is
not considerate.
II the call Is one OF coincidence
or congratulation 1t is courteous
when saying good-by to thank the
caller for her kindness In calling
II the caller Is an intimate friend
L Il 10 courteous to ask her. to cal
again. but to do this when the cal
is formal and simply one OF the So
called "call OF courtesy'' would
show ignorance Of the laws of eti
quette. For 1t would then not bs
the callers place to call again TIL
after you had called on or enter
tanned her.
On saying good-by atsthe close
Of call 1t Is never necessary tC
shake hands with any but youl
host and hostess. To shake hands
with all members and guests OF the
family present 10 sometimes yer,
awkward, especially whom guests
are departing from q party Of an,
sort.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
Nut Cakes Are in Season

and milk; mix into smooth, medi-
um batter, bake carefully in rather
hot oven 90 minutes in a futed
mold.
Walnut Cake
Cream half a cupful of butter
with a cupful OF sugar, add two
eggs well-beaten, half eupful OF
milk, and two cupfuls Of -four
sifted with 4 level teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder. Bake in layers.
For the filling, whip a pint OF
cream solid, adding four table.
spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Add
package of gelatine which has
been soaked and dissolved, and
beat until it begins to thicken. Put
the cake together with the filling
and spread with confectioner'S
sugar beaten with enough water &c
make a smooth icing Stick halve:
[ of English walnuts thickly oveS
the top OF the cake.
Spice-nut Cake
Cream a cupful of butter with Z
cupful of brown sugar, add two
eggs well-beaten, one cupful o.
strong coffee. one-half cupful o.
molasses in which teaspoonfu
of soda has been dissolved. two
teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one tea
spoonful Of cloves, one cupful o
raisins dredged with -four, one cul
chopped nut meats and five cupful
of sifted flour. Turn into deel
buttered tin and bake for an hou
in a moderate oven.
Hickory-nut Cake
Cream half 81 cupful OF butte
with one cupful of sugar, add tn
beaten yolks Of three eggs. pine
each OF cinnamon and nutmeg, an.
half a teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in hot water. Sift a tea
spoonful OF cream tartar with
cupful OF -four and add to the cak
alternately with the stiffly beate
whites of three eggs. Add hal
a cupful each OF chopped raisin
and hickory nuts and bake in
buttered tin.
Pecan-nut Cake
9 ounces -four, ounces butter
ounces sugar. 4 ounces choppe
J pecan-nuts, eggs, 1 teaspoonfr
vanilla, \. teaspoonful salt, 4 leve
teaspoonful baking powder. CreaI
butter and sugar, add vanilla
: chopped nuts, and beaten yolk
Add -four, then whipped whites
, and beat we'll. Bake in shallo'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
On the Buffet
What tho Niiasion Of This Piece
Of Fwnituro Ii Nowadays

ISN'T ono OF the frst things you
notice In . very well-furnished
house the sideboard or buffet?
There Is a look of fitness about 1t
that seldom characterizes the buf-
fet in the average house. Yon can
doubtless recall some atrocities In
bufYcts that are laden with Quanti-
ties OF cut glass and fancy
china. These are usually orderly
collections, for the housekeeper
who cares enough for her cut glass
TO display It in this way takes
pride enough In It to keep 1t clean
and we'll arranged. Then there Is
tho other type OF badly furnished
buffet that boasts q Heterogeneous
collection OF china. glass and sill
yer-a tsrnished teapot that Is
never used, q half empty water
pitcher, q sticky sugar bowl, traces
OF sugar that have spilled from
II. perhaps . box OF matches and
the collection OF napkins In their
rings left there from the last meal.
You know the usual place FOR
keeping tho writing materials In
some houses 10 At one corner OK
the dining-room buffet.
The real mission OF the bunet.
In the mind OF the interior deco
rator. seems to be, 50 far as the
ton Is concerned, q decorative one.
The serving table Is utilitarian.
And china-closets or shelves. built
specially for the purpose. are used
for the storage OF cut-glass and
beautiful china. unless these
things are relegated to glass and
china cupboard as they are In
some OF the new dining rooms.
Still some OF the most effective
dining rooms recognize the deco
rative quality OF china. and In one
very striking dining room, the
walls OF which are paneled with
Chinese tapestries, there are lac
ouered black shelves above . lon2
buffet and on these shelves is ar
ranged q costly collection OF china,
However, this china is never used
on the table. 1t serves solely q
decorative purpose.
The more conventional, care
fully furnished buffet sometimes
holds several pieces Of silver
These are pieces that are In dali!
use, but they are arranged on thu
buffet with great precision and al
eye to their decorative value. Fo'
instance, there might be a silve
tea service at the center OF tn
buffet with . heavy silver cande
labrum at each end. II the candle
are lighted on the tables at dinne'
the candles in the buffet candle
sticks would also be lighted. II
other cases two Chinese vase
would form the decoration for tn
buffet. OF course 1t would be i'm
possible for every housekeeper Z
have a buffet arranged with sue
simplicity, but 1t 10 not tmpossibl
for every housekeeper to keep tn
litter OF miscellany that is such al
eyesore OF the buffet and ii is no
impossible for her TO furnish tn
buffet in a simple and effectiv
fashion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
While We -
- Have Carpets

-HE visitor from Ma1 on first
observing the furnishing and
- working methods OF one OF
our houses might be inclined to
wonder just why We had carpets
on our floors. Nothing could be
devised to catch and collect dust
quite so ingeniously as the sur
face OF a rug or carpet and every
day we pass and rub our shoes
that have been walking In the dust
OF the streets over these carpets.
Why don't we take OF our shoes
on the threshold and % in stock
ings or house slippers like some
of our Oriental neighbors. or why
don't we have some smooth floor
covering ?
Why have the carpets and rugs
when they need so much sweeping
and cleaning? Can't the brains of
Occidentals Of the twentieth Cen
tury devise some more rational
sort OF floor covering?
The fact remains that We do
have carpets and that we shall
probably continue to do SO. And
so long as we have them we will
have brooms and dust pans, carpet
sweepers and small brushes and
vacuum cleaners IL We can afford
/ them.
With the vacuum cleaner is very
apt to come a casting aside Of all
the old-time lore regarding the
cleaning and care OF carpets. We
seem to think that the vacuum
cleaner ought to do it all. Our
Sgrandmothers taught their maids
to sprinkle fine carpets with brar
slightly moistened or with salt be-
fore brooming. This was not use6
only to lay the dust but TO brint
out the color Of the rug and Il
clean il. Try this even when yol
use a carpet sweeper or vacuum
cleaner. 1t is not a bad idea L
have a small, stiff brush and dus
pan to use with the vacuum
cleaner. II portion OF the ru,
looks faded and dull sprinkle wei
with the moistened bran or sal
and give 1t brisk brushing, witt
the little brush or broom.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

THE idea used to BE- that when
you went to buy q we'd
= ding present you studiously
avoided anything useful.
OF course there was the chest OF
silver from tho brides family II
they could afford 1t. II you were
merely a friend or acquaintance
you looked around for something
different. So you bought queer
shaped scoops and ladies and tho
poor bride never knew just ex-
ractly what they we're for. Cut
glass was q safe selection. Brides
usually acquired . score OF berry
bowls" In those days and enough
cut glass celery dishes to stock q
hotel.
Now sensible people seem to
have turned over . new leaf. The
dark days Of the war gave US an
excuse to get really useful gifts
blankets. bedspreads. dishes and
even kitchen utensils. We learned
the folly OF getting things that
could never be Of any sort Of SER
vice. And we have not forgotten
the good lesson. Wisely consider
the circumstances and taste of the
bride to whom tho gift Is to be
sent. The old reticence about
asking members Of her family fol
suggestions seems to be lessening
Old Daguerreotypos
| Suppose . cousin Is to be mar.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
Selling Tickets

I'VE have become immensely
w systematic In money-beg-
" ging since the war and this
system seems to take away soma
OF the difficulty of the task, and
surely increases the funds. Like
wise it eliminates wasted labor.
IL there are tickets to be sold
for an entertainment given to
raise funds for charity or other
good work the old idea was to
give certain number 10 every
member OF the organization back
ing the entertainment for them TO
sell. Often, OF course, the result
was that certain persons would be
requested by several persons to
/ buy and others who might perhaps
be perfectly willing to buy tickets
would not be solicited at all. Now
we divide our territory quite def
nitely. Mrs. Brown is given First
Avenue. and Mrs. Jones is given
Second Avenue. and so on until
every available street and avenue
has someone to canvass IT.
Neighborhoods are usually as
signed to persons who are best
Acquainted with the residents liv-
ing there.
With this system IL Is easier 10
make your solicitations, for you
may always help yourself out of al
embarrassing situation when you
are refused by saying that you are
, sorry TO have asked the persons in
question, but that certain section
was assigned to you and you have
merely followed your instructions.
One way of selling tickets is to
! send two or four or any number
: you dare to certain persons with
| note requesting the return OF
, the tickets or a check covering
. their cost. Often with organiza-
! tions whose memberhsip is COM
, posed of persons OF ample means
; this is a simple way OF disposing
, of tickets. But simply 10 send
, tickets about in this way to per-
. sons who may not wish TO buy
them is really the greatest rude
ness.
There is usually no objection 10
selling tickets by telephone. II
saves much time in canvassing
I and usually your salesmanship is
7 as effective over the telephone as
| in person.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

pan IN medium oven. and when
cold ice with boiled icing.
Hickory-nut Cookies
Beat to a cream one cup OF but
ter and two OF sugar. Add two
we'll beaten eggs, two cupfuls OF
chopped hickory nut meats and
-four to make stiff dough. Turn
on 20 a Toured board and roll out
into d very thin sheet. Cut into
round cookies and bake in a mod
erately hot oven. When delicate
brown take out, brush each with
little wi,ite OF egg and sprinkle
with granulated sugar while still
hot.
Nut Cake
Half cup of butter, l "A cups OF
sugar, eggs, pa cups Of -four,
Ia teaspoonfuls baking powder, Il
cup milk. cup of any meats OF
nuts preferred or at hand. Rub
the butter and sugar TO a light,
white cream; add the eggs, beaten
little. then tho -four, sifted with
the powder; mix with the milk and
nuts into rather Arm batter, and
bake in a paper-lined tin in a
steady oven, 35 minutes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

AYUT cakes OF the loaf variety
~ keep" very well. That is,
~ the oil in the nuts keeps
them moist. Hence they are an
excellent standby for the hostess
who likes sliced cake at teatime
and for other, refreshments, and
they are also delicious, with fruit,
for a luncheon dessert.
\ And all nuts cakes are good eat
ling--loaf, layer or patty cakes.
Here are some especially good
ones:
Nut Chocolate Bars
Whites of eggs, L u squares of
chocolate, 7 ozs. powdered sugar,
Il lb. Jordan almonds.
Beat whites of eggs until stiff
and add gradually. while beating
constantly, powdered sugar. Fold
in melted chocolate, cooled slightly
and three-fourths of the almonds.
blanched and chopped. Spread to
one-fourth inch in thickness in a
buttered dripping pan. sprinkle
with remaining chopped nut meats
and bake in very slow oven three
quarters Of an hour. Cut in finger
shaped pieces and remove from
pan.
Hickory Nut Macaroons
Mix one cupful of nut meats,
chopped fine, with one cupful OF
sugar. one-hslf cupful of flour and
one egg. Drop on buttered tins
and bake In quick oven.
Hazelnut Cake
Nine ounces of -four Ga pint oi
sifted flour. heaping measure)
four ounces Of butter, four ounces
OF sugar, four ounces OF chopped
hazelnuts, four eggs, teaspoonfu
OF vanilla, quarter teaspoonful OF
salt. 2 level teaspoonfuls of bakins
powder. Bake in shallow pan in
medium oven and when cold, ice
with boiled icing.
Almond Cake
II cup butter, Q cups sugar,
, eggs, 1a cup almonds blanched-
, by pouring water on them unit
skins easily slip off--and cut il
: fine shreds, u teaspoon extrac
} bitter almonds, pint -four, leve
: teaspoons baking powder, l cul
, milk. Rub butter and sugar t
smooth white cream; add eggs,
, at q time, beating or minutes
, after each. Sift -four and powdel
] together, add to butter. ETC.. Will
almonds, extract of bitter almonds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

Ieither case. this typo OF fan is
particularly attractive.
Fans. OF course, originated in
tho Orient. And so there arc al
ways lovely fans suggestive OF
China and Japan. One OF these
IL painted silk fan, with sug-
gcsted pagodas and pine trees and
snow-capped mountain. edge
about with a soft fringe OF ostrich.
But tho greatest day Of the fan
was In France. And always. per-
haps. the lovely French fans OF
g@uze and paint are most attrac-
tive. This year they are likewise
in the fashion.
There are fans OF wide fringe
OF ostrich fronds. hanging from
the opened edge of the half circle
OF gauze or lace. And sometimes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
Swaying Fans add Charm to Evening Gowns

are decidedly In the vogue Just
now. And there are many other
kinds as we'll that are In good
standing.
A novelty IN the painted lace
fan. The lace is sometimes painted
In irregular bands Of color, some
times the leaves and flowers and
other designs of the lace arc en-
phasized in colored paint. In
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13
When You -
Say Cood-By

YHEN guest in your house
w rises to leave II Is not In
w good form to detain him.
Either to urge him to stay or to
detain him by extending the con-
versation is not really considerate.
II you accompany your friend to
the door-and this you or one Of
your household should do when
ever 1t is possible-do not start
a new subject Of conversation that
would make it necessary for the
caller to lnger in the hall.
II the call has been Z formal
call of courtesy between two
women who are not very intimate,
It Is enough to say something like
this: "It has been great pleasure
for me to see you, Mrs. Smith"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

ried. You have In your possession
some much faded but charming
daguerreotypes OF your and her
grandparents and great grand
parents. Why not take them to a
photographer who specializes in re-
storing these old prints. Often
the photograph made from the
original needs much touching up.
Certain crudities In dress or hair
arrangement may pardonably be
blotted out. The important thing
is to have a a'pleasing portrait As
we'll as an honest likeness. For
these restorations, select quaint.
oval frames. Wouldn't you be
delighted with a present of that
sort? 1t is not useful, to be sure,
but It Is one that will surely not
be duplicated and ono that has a
value that cannot be measured In
dollars.
There are a good many interest
ing things connected with the door
OF tho brides now house that you
might give her. For one, there
Is an old door knocker, either an
original, II you can get it. or a
good replica.
Then there Is q lantern for tho
roof OF the porch. You can get
most interesting lanterns made OF
brass, with isinglass or glass sides.
for prices ranging around twenty.
five dollars.
And there are foot scrapers
that used to be screwed on one OF
the steps to the porch and tina,
anybody with a Colonial house
would be sure to like; and letter
boxes which, by the way, the post
once department In many small
towns now asks residents to have
fastened conveniently by the from
door.
Tho Firo Place
The hre place Is another cente,
about which many gifts can b
grouped. There are tenders o
various sorts. some OF them Will
3 padded leather seats atop. Thes'
5 tenders may be had for from
. twenty-five dollars up to a mucl
!. higher figure. And there ar
! andirous OF all sorts, some yer,
J Ilarge--and also very expensive
! ones which have swinging crane
: attached, on which tea kettles ma,
be swung over the flames at te
: time. And there are the bras
Q and copper tea kettles to go wit
! them. high and low trivets L
: stand on the hearth to keep tn
kettle and the toast warm, an
. toasting forks to hang by the fire
o side. There are sets of firesid
r tongs, shovel and poker--an excel
Q lent ono for twenty-five dollars 4
Q brass. There are hooks to be fas
tened In the brick to hang som
. OF these things on. And ther
are brass and copper coal scuttle
for the dre-burning CRATE.