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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-15
My Neighbor Says:

If curtains are allowed to dry thor oughly before being starched they will keep clean longer.
 Eggs used for covering croquettes may be the whole egg or the whites, never yolks alone.
 To, clean a copper kettle, cut lemon in half. dip it in salt and rub the kettle with it. The kettle should be carefully rinsed in cold water and given a final polish with a clean, soft cloth.
 An electric light bulb is handy to use as a stocking darner.
 Shine can be easily and quickly removed from the shoulders and el- bows of gowns by a gentle friction with emery paper. Rub just enough to raise a little nap. In the case of cashmere or other smooth material go over the place a few times with a warmed silk handkerchief.
 Put your doughnuts into a covered dish while they are still warm and they will keep soft until the last one is used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-15

An electric light bulb is handy to use as a stocking darner.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
OF WOMANS ROUTINE
Facts on HotD Housewife
Spends Her Time.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
To obtain first-hand facts on how
the housewife spends her time from
the hour she arises until the last light
Is out, the bureau of home economics
of the United States Department of
Agriculture devised some time ago
chart in the form of clocklike dia-
gram on which the various activities
OF a woman's day could be readily re-
corded. These charts were issued to
a great many women who agreed to
fill them out properly for a week or
more and thus furnish records as to
how many minutes were usually spent
in such activities as dishwashing,
dressing children, laundry work, sew
ing, or any other home tasks.
To supplement the information OBJ
tanned by these charts, two additional
blanks have been prepared for the
housekeeper to fill out. One blank
will show how much help the mother
received in doing each kind of work,
and whether the help was paid or un-
paid. Space is arranged for showing
how much assistance the husband and
children contribute, even indicating
whether the help was given by boys or
girls. This record will provide conclu-
sive evidence as to who pumps the
water, tends the fires, disposes of the
ashes, fills the lamps, or cares for the
children, as well as who attends to
preparation of food and clearing 1t
away, to bed-making, cleaning, laundry
work, and mending. Undoubtedly
some interesting sidelights will be
thrown on the part played by the
masculine members of the household
in all these tasks.
The board, lodging, and laundry of
the hired farmhands often constitute
an inescapable part of the farm wom-
ems work. The blanks used in the
time studies will show when this is
part of her ordinary duty, as well as
whether or not she has other hired
help who take part of the burden of
housework from her shoulders.
When the time chart has been kept
for the agreed period and the blank
showing help received has been filled
out, the cooperating housewife Is
asked to answer a brief questionable
which gives the investigator a clear
idea as to the special conditions In
that particular family.
These charts and blanks are to be
distributed to housewives in the dis
tricts selected for study, but they will
also be supplied on request to any
housekeeper, rural or urban, who
would like to make personal analysis
of the work she does and who will at
the same time cooperate with the
bureau of home economics by sending
the blanks in to Washington when
they are filled out. The bureau will re-
turn them after the information is
summarized and will give the house
wife a copy of the summary.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

anything else draws these pests to
house, and their visits are at least
discouraged by keeping supplies cov-
cred or in closed containers and by
disposing of garbage promptly.
In a new Farmers Bulletin 1874.
Care of Food In the Home" atten-
tion is called to the need for storing
food in such q way that insects, ro-
dents and pet animals cannot reach 1t.
Fly Most Dreaded.
Sometimes, in spite of all the house
keepers precautions. weevils or worms
develop quickly in apparently sound
cereal products, dried vegetables and
fruits or nuts. In reality, these pests
come from minute eggs deposited by
insects either in or upon grains or
other seeds or In the flour or other
material itself or Ii the crevices of
the box or container used In storage
Such infested food materials should
be destroyed promptly and the con-
tainers thoroughly washed and scalded
before a new supply is stored.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
Insects, rats and mice and other
household pests not only destroy and
pollute foods in obvious ways, but
they may also infect them with mi
cro-organisms dangerous to health.
The rat has been called the most de-
structive animal In the world, partly
because 1t spreads bubonic plague.
and TIRE common house fly fully de-
serves the epithet "typhoid-fever" fly,
and is also a known carrier Of the bac-
terra of cholera, dysentery and tuber-
culosis. Even the so-called "fy
specks" often deposited on food and
dishes may be infected with disease
germs and the eggs of dangerous para
sites.
Methods Of Control.
Methods of exterminatlng or con-
trolling rats and mice, flies, ants and
other household insects that damage
foods are given In various bulletins
issued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Food more than
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

pinch of cream of tartar or a table
spoonful of corn sirup to insure 1t
against granting, until a soft ball of
drop of the sirup is made, when tried
in cold water. Set away to cool. then
stir until creamy. Pack in buttered
bowl, cover with waxed paper and
allow to rlpen for a few days.
A small portion of the fondant may be
put into a small saucepan, melted or
softened over hot water and colored {;
this may be used for dipping nuts, dates
or small balls of figs, nuts and dates
chopped and well mixed. There is no
end to the variety, flavor or combina-
ton one may use.
Golden Orange cake.-Take one
half cupfuI of butter, one cupful of
New Orleans molasses, one tablespoon
full of sugar, one egg, the juice and
rind of an orange, one teaspoonful OF
soda dissolved in one-half cupful of
cold water, two cupfuls of pastry flour
sifted with a teaspoonful of baking
powder and pinch of salt. Bake In
a sheet and butter while warm and
sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Buttercups.-Boil together to make
n firm ball the following ingredients:
Two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful OF
sugar, one-half cupful of boiling water
two tablespoonfuls of butter, one-half
teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Do not
stir until the last few minutes of cook
Ing. Pour on a buttered platter and,
when cool enough to pull. pull until
cream -colored. Shape on Toured
board, having u strip wide enough to
enfold a roll of fondant one inch In d.
ameter. Place the fondant on the
candy. bring the edges together and
press firmly over the fondant with
both hands pull the candy into long
strip, Cut into small pieces; each
piece will consist of center of fondanf
with a circle of the buttercup mixture
on the outside. Be certain that the
candy is not cooked too long or 1t VIII
be brittle.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Wash the zinc tray in your case stove
then cover with vinegar, let stand q
few minutes, rinse well and dry. All
spots will disappear after few such
treatments.
Save all the paper bags in which
bread and dry groceries are delivered
and use them as gloves to slip on II
you have to poke the fire or put on
more coal when making cakes OF
pastry.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

of chopped parsley, salt, pepper and
dash of nutmeg. Mix with two we'll
beaten eggs and one tablespoonful OF
butter. Add enough fine bread crumbs
to form into balls and boil In soup
stock. Serve in the soup.
Apricot and Banana Dessert.-Wash
and cook one-quarter of pound
of dried apricots. While still hot,
sweeten to taste, adding the sirup.
Mash and rub through sieve. When
cold add three thinly-sliced ripe ba-
nanas. Stir together lightly and serve
ice cold with cream. Cookies or cake
may accompany this dessert.
Virginia Baked Ham.-Select ham
Weighing seven or eight pounds. Wash
the ham thoroughly, sprinkle with
soda, rubbing 1t all over the surface;
then rinse in cold water. Place the
ham in a deep kettle with ten pepper
corns, six cloves, one-half teaspoonful
of celery seed, one-half teaspoonful of
ground cinnamon and quart of sweet
cider. Cover with boiling water and
simmer for five hours. (Simmering
does not mean boiling, as that will
tougher the ham). Take from the ket-
tie and remove the skin, sprinkle the
surface with sugar, using two table
spoonfuls; brush with beaten egg and
cover with fine bread crumbs. Stick
cloves at even intervals and brown in
n very hot oven. Trim the meat from
the bone end and decorate with curled
celery and leaves. Serve with currant
sauce.
Corn Flake Macaroons.-Take one
cupful each of sugar cornfiakes.
ground nuts or coconut. two tablc
spoonfuls of flour, little salt and a
few drops of vanilla. Beat two egg
whites until stiff, add the sugar gradu
ally, then the cornflakes. nuts and
flour. Drop by teaspoonfuls on but
tered baking sheet and bake in mod
crate oven uLtil delicate brown.
Raisin Macaroons.-Take two cup
fuls of toasted cornflakes. one cupful
of sugar. two egg whites, one cupful
of seedless raisins and one teaspoon.
full of vanilla. Beat the egg whites
until stiff, add the sugar gradually and
then fold in the cornflakes and rnisins.
Add flavoring and drop by spoonfuls
on a buttered baking sheet. This
makes ab out two dozen macaroons.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

There is pleasure in the painless
woods,
There is rapture on the lonely
shore,
There is society where none in
trudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its
roar.
/ love not man the less. but nature
more,
From these our interviews. II
which l steal
From all I may be or have been
before.
To mingle with the universe and
feel
What / can ne'er express. yet can
not all conceal. Byron.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

soups or thin sauces, the one-to-one
proportion is used-one cupful of
liquid, milk. stock or vegetable liquor.
and one tablespoonful each of flour
and butter This proportion is used
for all soups, escalloped dishes, as well
as most meat sauces. These sauces
are varied by different fiavors and sea-
sonings and may be used for pudding
sauces as well as for vegetables,
where a thin sauce is liked.
tablespoonful always means full
and leveled with knife; cupful ls
always one-half pint. When buying
measuring utensils see that you get
the standard sizes of spoons and cups.
measuring cup may look all right
and still lack two tablespoonfuls OF
being a standard cup.
The one-to-two sauce is the same
proportion of liquid to two tablespoon
fuls each of flour and butter. Flour is
always slfted before measuring for
any food. This Is the most used of
all sauces; 1t Is thicker than the sauce
number one and is better liked for
all creamed vegetables.
When preparing escalloped dishes
use the same quantity of sauce as
food, adding in alternate layers. Cover
with crumbs stirred with melted butter
and brown in moderate oven.
The one-to-three sauce is prepared
in the same way, using three table
spoonfuls each of butter and -four.
Melt the butter and when bubbllng
hot add the flour, then when well
mixed ad, the liquid and cook until
smooth. This sauce is used for
souffles, the yolks are added, then the
whites folded in at the last. The yolks
are cooked in the sauce just at the
last, then cooled before adding the
whites.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

Date Puddlng.-Stone and chop one
half pound of dates, put them on
the back part of the stove with three
cupfuls of water. Cook slowly until
thick. set away to become cold.
Serve with whipped cream lightly
sweetened.
Cracker PuddIng.-Take four soda
crackers rolled fine. add two cupfuis
of milk, quarter of cupful of sugar,
pinch of salt, two eggs beaten light
ly. Mix well and add a handful of
raisins or two or three prunes. Bake
until the custard Is firm. Cover with
the white of an egg beaten stiff and
mixed with n tablespoonful of sugar.
Flavor with little grated lemon rind.
Brown the meringue.
Coconl: Pudding.-Place n teaspoon
full of coconut in the bottom Of sherbet
glasses. Prepare n custard, using one
and one-half cupfuls of milk, three
teaspoonfuls of sugar. two egg yolks
beaten lightly, and a teaspoonful Of
cornstarch. Cook until the custard
coats the spoon and pour it when cool
over the coconut. Make a meringue of
the egg whites, beaten stiff and cooked
over hot water. Serve a portion on
each glass.
spiced Bread crumb PuddIng.-Take
one cupful each of bread crumbs. sour
milk and brown sugar, one-quarter cup
full of shortening. one-half cupfui of
flour, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon,
one-quarter teaspoonful of cloves, two
tablespoonfuls of molasses, one tea
spoonful o. soda and three-Quarters Of
cLpful of raisins. Soak the bread
crumbs in the sour milk one-half hour,
cream the shortening and sugar and
add the molasses, soda and spices. Add
the raisins, then the bread and milk.
Pour into a buttered baking dish and
bake In a slow oven for forty-five min
utes. Serve hot or cold. This recipe
will serve eight.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

The ST. Rose Branch of the Holy Name Society, Spring
field Kentucky the oldest Colored Holy Name Society In
the United Many of the members OF this society
will take part in the Holy Name Rally to be held In
Washington September 2Ist, next More than 2oo,ooo
Catholic Men will take part in this great demonstration
which will be the largest in the history of America
The Colored Catholic Men will play an important part
in tb. great demonstration which will commemorate the
$50 tn anniversary of that organization.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
PROPER HEIGHT FOR
SINKS IN KITCHEN
Various Tasks Can Be Com
fortabIy Done.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
The various kitchen tasks can be
done most comfortably at different
heights. Sinks especially are often set
too low 80 to 81 inches from the bot
tom of the sink to the floor is con-
sidered a good average height, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. The housewife should ex-
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

Liver Dunn
plings. g h O p
one-half pound of
calfs liver that
has b e e n first
sliced and par
boiled. Add one
chopped onion,
one tablespoonful
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

soumes and GRO
quettes may be
kept in mind SO
that there will be
a right proportion
of thickening for
each dish to be
served.
When nreDaring
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

the older members Will
refuse a wholesome piece
of nicely made candy.
The foundation for the
soft French candies,
called "fondant," is made
by boiling together two
cupfuls of sugar, one-half
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

pertinent until she finds the best
height for her sink, and also for the
table, ironing board, washtub and
stove. The woman who stoops over
table to wash dishes as this farmers
wife in Frederick county, Maryland,
is doing, is sure to have tired feel
ing and possibly a backache, when her
work is done. Another farm woman,
living in Middetown. Md. has been
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
The KITCHEN
CABINET
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j must go down to the seas again.
to the lonely sea and sky
And all l ask is a tall ship and
star to steer her by:
And the wheels kick and the
Winds song and the white sails
Ihaking So
And a gray mist on the seas race
and a gray dawn breaking.
John Maseheid.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

come from haunts of coot and
hern,
.~s- make a sudden sally, -s
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
-TennYaon.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
HOMEMADE SWEETS

There Is no season of the year ''her
candy is not welcomed by the children
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

those to be served
are but four one
does not wish for
recipes large
enough to serve
six. The follow
ing are smaller
recipes, though
they will make
plenty for four
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS

II you are fond of liver you will find
the following recipe worthy of a trial:
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
THE FOUNDATION SAUCE

The foundation sauce for all creamed
soups. sauces for escalloped Dishes
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17

ranges Sink at Proper Height.
persuaded by the extension agent TO
install her sink sufficiently high, as Is
shown in the other picture.
The table and stove can be raised
on blocks followed out to fit the legs,
and with a little ingenuity the ironing
board and tubs can be adjusted. A
stool or high chair on which to SIT
while preparing vegetables at the sink'
washing dishes, or ironing saves en-
ergv and helms to prevent fatigue.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
SOME ECONOMICAL DEssERTs

No frugal housewife cares to pre-
pare food that is not eaten. When
The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-17
'Ihe KITCHEN
!: CABINET
Do isat' western Newspaper union1

He drew a circle that shut me out
Heretic. rebel. a thing to hout,
But love and / had the wit TO VIM
We drew a circle that took him In
Edwin Markham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
States Efforts To SoUe Camel Dpte To Ciuil War
Between ;, ,oOO And 5000 Deer Estimated To
 Yet Survive In Alabama

do indicate that as far back as three quarters of a century a few far-seeing citizens realized the time had come to begin thinking about conserving the wild life of the state.
 But these and subsequent laws evi- dently were not properly enforced, and as a result there is little 1arge game in these three counties.
 Some Game Remains
 However, ,COnecuh and Butler cOun. ties have organized game and fish pro- tective associations, and the grandsons of the early lawmakers are doing all they can to help bring back the wild life of these counties. A few deer and a good many turkeys inhabit the virgin areas of this section of Ala. bama, and with the whole-hearted co. operation of the people of the section the state department hopes to reclaim the wild life,' Mir. Quinn said.
 The commissioner estimated that Ala bama has between seven and eight thou. sand head of deer in the state. Most of these deer are in Sumter, Clarke, Wash ington, Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia counties.
 MT. Quinn said he had found people more ready to protect the deer and tur. key than the smaller game, because of the realization that within a few years these species would be practically ex. tinct in this section, unless they are .nrotected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
YOUNG EUTAW MAN
 COMMITS SUICIDE
III Health Said To Cause Dave
 COckrelPs Action

EUTAW, Aa., Aug. 2.-(Special. ) Dave Coekrell, a young man of this city, Friday committed suicide. De- spOndency and ill-health were said to be the causes which led to his shoot ing himself.
 Company Pats Out Blaze-NIrs. NJ. F. Mundy's house caught afire about l o'clock Saturday, but the volunteer fire company was successful in putting out the blaze. The quick work of the fire company saved the house with only a slight damage.
 Negroes Not Wanted Mayor S. NJ. Spencer is in receipt of letter from the mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois, stating that East St. Louis is over. crowded with negroes looking for work and that conditions will be very bad for them there when winter comes and that no more negroes are wanted there.
 Cotton BOlls Opening-Many open cotton bOlls have been shown on the streets of Eutaw within the last few days, and the reports are that the cot ton is rapidly opening. Nose Crawford darky on Mir. A. N. Grubbs place won the prize which Mir. Grubbs of fered to the person producing the first open boil of cotton.
 Four Stores Going Up.-Mr. J. J Horton, who purchased the Nicholl's lots on the south side of court house square, Is constructing four new bricl stores on these lots. He expects tc have them cOmpleted by October 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
MORRISON STRICKEN OF TYPHOID FEVER
Heflin Man Taken To Hospital
 At AnnistOn

HEFLIN, Alaa Aug. 2.-(Special.) Stricken two weeks ago, J. D. Mor- rison's illness has been pronounced as typhoid fever and he was, carried to St. Luke's hospital in Anniston Fri day for treatment.
 Morrison is manager of the Heflin Telephone exchange He was accom- panied to Anniston by his daughter, Miss Annie Bell Morrison. who is a trained nurse and who will remain with him during his treatment at that place.
 Rev. Amos RetuTns-Rev. H. P. Amos, pastor of the Heflin Baptist church, has returned to his home in Heflin after a short visit to relatives and friends in Birmingham. MT. Amos expects to leave about the first of September to resume his ministerial studies at Howard college He will con tinue to serve the local church as pas tor during the winter season, preaching fiere morning and evening on each second Sunday.
 Mrs. Adams RecOvering-Mrs.L l.. E. Adams, who has been slightly ill at her home here for the last few days, iB recovering her strength nicely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. D. Protection of the wi4d life of Ala bama has been recognized as a neces- sity for more than 70 years, despite the general impression that game pro- tection laws are an innovation, accord ing to l. T. Quinn, state commissioner of game and fisheries.
 Alabama game laws antedate the Civil war period, Mir. Quinn said.
 'COnnecuh county took the lead of all counties {, in the state in enacting laws for the protection of wild life" Commissioner Quinn recounted. An act was passed by the legislature of 1850, and approved February of that year, prohibiting persons entering Co. necuh county and hunting deer and other game by camping therein to form themselves at any one time into com panies of more than five The penalty for violation of this act was q fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50.
 Others Follow Suit
 Just four days later, similar act was passed and approved for Butler and Coffee counties. The penalty, how ever, was not less than $5 nor more than $15, half of which should go to the informer and the other half to the county
 ''The' records do not indicate that any machinery for the enforcement of the foregoing acts was set up, but they