HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-2-17, Page 6A
ut the
House
Useful Hints and
General Informa-
tion fc„r the Busy
Housewife
Some Tried Recipes.
Bread Sauce..—Rub through. Golan
der one teacup bread crumbs, To one
half pint cold milk acid small •onio
and four allspice. Boil eight minutes
Take out onion and spice. add brea
crumbs and one tablespoon butte
Beat well and serve hot with chicken
Frizzled Beef. --•Belt one table
spoon butter, add one-half pours
dried beef. Cook five minutes, ad
one-half cup stock, a few drops onio
juice, one-half teaspoou 'Worcester
shire sauce, two eggs well beaten
Cook two minutes and serve.
Cheese Dreams. --Cut twelve fah
slices of bread and remove crusts
Cut fn halves, cover with a thin slit
of cheese. Sprinkle with salt, pap
rika and cayenne. Cover with another
slice of bread and saute on both side
M butter. These are more easily pre
pared small than lsrge,
Cheese Custard. ---Melt two table-
spoons butter; ado one teaspoonful
eaeh of ;4.1%, nzustarcl and paprika.
Add two cupfuls cheese, one-half cup-
ful soft bread crumbs, and one cup-
ful milk. Cook five minutes. Add
two eggs well beaten; when thor-
otaghly blended potu• ion to bread
toasted en one ide.
Bacon and Chicken Livers.—Cut ix
thicken livers in slices. Sprinkle with
• salt and pepper. Add an equal
'Amount of sliced bacon. Cook to-
gether
o-
getIn r until livers are tender. Pour
on two tablespoonsful flour, one-half
teaspoonful salt, one cupful stock or
tomato. Season with Worcestershire
and serve hot on toast.
Oatmeal Pudding. --.1 breakfat-
of medium oatmeal, ?i ib. beef suet,
1 ;mall Spanish onion (or a large
mild ordinary one), a seasoning of
salt and pepper. Mix the meal and
minced suet in a bowl and add the
onion finely chapped. Mix and stir
well; add the seasoning, and put into
a greased mould. Covered with but-
.
tered paper, and steam for 3 hours,
or a little longer. The water in the
outer vessel trivet be kept boiling all
the time.
Grated Noodles for Soup.—Beat
one egg with teaspoon of water. Add
a little salt, then work in enough flour
to make stiff dough. Set aside for a
while, then begin to grate on coarse
grater. When inner part of dough is
reached let stand again to dry. When
all the noodles are grated let them
dry on sheet of paper, and when
ready to cook drop well separated
into boiling soup. Cook ten to fif-
teen minutes.
Beef and Rice Croquettes.—Mince
the remainder of roast beef fine, put-
ting it through a machine three
times if you have one. Mix the meat
with an equal measure of freshly
cooked rice, and season well with
salt, pepper and mushroom catchup..
Add a few chopped mushrooms.
Shape in oval croquettes, roll in bread
crumbs, then in egg and crumbs, then
in egg and crumbs, and fry brown.
Improved Corned Beef.—When
boiling corned beef mix together one
tablespoonful of malt vinegar, one
teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, one
teaspoonful of relish, a little made
mustard, a dessertspoonful of brown
sugar, and a few allspice. When the
sugar is melted stir ail into the water
in which the beef is to be boiled, add-
ing at the same time an onion stuck
with one clove. The meat should be
served cold.
Apple Tapioca.—Cook a cupful of
tapioca—sprinkle it in boiling water
—until it is clear and thick. Sweeten
to taste and flavor with lemon juice.
Grease a pudding dish and spread
the tapioca in layers alternately with
sliced apples. Cover with a little
milk in which some nutmeg has been
shaken and bake in a slow oven. The
white of an egg beaten up with su-
gar and used in place of the milk
is slightly more expensive, but is, of
course, more nourishing and makes an
attractive finish to the dish. The
cores and skins of the apples can be
used to make a little jelly,
little butter under the edge of the
lip.
There is nothing more satisfactory
n
for use in brightening a mirror than
a piece of eat flannel dipped in
ej camphor,,
z•, In place of a funnel of paper in-
, sert one or two short lengths of ma-
caroni in the top trust of a berry or
d other juicy pie,
d Lemon juice and Fait is an excei-
n lent medium for cleaning bone knife
- handles. Apply the lemon juice first
▪ and then the salt.
Tarnished articles of brass when
n washed in the water in which pota-
toes have been boiled will be as
e bright as new.
Mother of pearl buttons and orna
ruents will be considerably brighten-
ed if rubbed over with, a cloth moist-
ened with olive oil.
Sometimes four families in a neigh-
borhood can pitrchase a barrel off
apples and divide it among them;
with advantage to all four purses.
Cufiee made in a pot that is not
thoroughly clean will always have a"
rank:, murry taste. iio matter how
fine the quality of the coffee.
When you boil potatoes, boil
enough for two or three meals, 'Serve
them the first time in their jackets,
and afterwards fried or creamed,
When using spoons for measuring
dry ingredients, take as much above
the bowl of the spoon as you have
in it. This constitutes a spoonful.
When weighing molasses for cook-
ing purposes, well flour the scale and
the molasses will- run off quite eas-
ily without leaving any stickiness be-
hind.
To clean pudding pans put the:'
little ones in the big ones, turn up-
side down in the dishpan and set
the stove to steam. They will clean
in 10 minutes.
To sweeten a sour cask that has
held pickles, vinegar or wine, wash
it with lime water, or throw in hot
charcoal and ashes, Add water and
d
,let the cask soak.
'Never use a coarse or rough cleans-
agent on paint of any sort. Whit -
Mg roughens the surface, but the
rougher cleansing agents destroy the
varnished or painted surface.
Tips for Housewives.
The time taken to produce good
flavor in food is 'well spent.
A letter, sealed with the white of
an egg cannot be steamedopen.
When boiled frosting has been
cooked too long, add a piece of but-
ter to soften.
A little powdered pumice stone will
clean enameled ware better than any -
think else.
Mattresses should be sunned as
often as ,possible. This makes them.
sweet and free from germs.
To iron embroidery the iron should
be applied on thewrong side, and a
thick ironing blanket used.
System' is a great time and money
saver in the home; . haphazard meth-
ods
ethods are wasteful in every direction,
To retain the color and flavor • : of
peas when boiling then, add a lettuce
leaf and a tablespoonful of sugar.
Ink stains on handkerchiefs, etc.
may often be soaked out' '
y d in m.illc,°but
the sooner they are dealt with tire
better.
A little molasses or sugar added
to the griddle cake, batter is a de-
cided help in browning the calces •
well.
When ,there is a tendency ;for
a
pitcher to drip, try rubbing ever so
•
The Fashions
A Word on Hats for Spring
Fur" is still the smart trimming for
all garments, and it promises to re-
main in favor well into the spring.
There is already a hint here and there,
however, that designers and manufac-
turers are tentatively reaching out
for an attractive successor. In one of
the smart shops the other morning, a
most attractive afternoon dress was
'displayed; it was made in Russian ef-
fect, was very simple, and sparingly
ornamented, the only trimming in fact,
being bands of ostrich in the same
shade of blue as the dress, edging the
6989
Drop Shoulder Frock—Band=1.'rimmed.
• - Skirt
e.
high -standing collar, the cuff's nlul
the lower edge of the blouse pep-
lum. The effect was pleasing and
perfectly appropriate for the warmer'
weather.
Trimmings for Spring Hata .••
Whether . ostrich As trimmin •for-
hats'will be fav •
gored to any ale.;
a de-,
gree, is still a question; that it will be
used considerably, as in the past ast sea-
son or two, for fancies, odd little stick
ups, balls, rosettes, and similar effects
on. the chic small and
which are lie
ing introduced ae first models
for
•
WATOHDQGs WARP FRENCH TRENCHES.
The French military dugs, valuadle heretofore in ease:tine in the :"eare•h
for wounded aeildiexs. ora• now being put to a still more useful work, -After
bring properly trained they mount the l reneh parapets and trendies and
give timely warning of the approach of the en"'ni . The photograph shows
ono of these military dogs lietng trained for his work.
spring, has already been confirmed,
Many hand -made hats are being
shown this season. The new braids
are mostly shiny; gime effects will
predominate, although one saes some
effective dull -finished humps and
tagals. A new glace braid from Par„/
is resembles nothing so much a; the
scales of a fish, and it is appropriate-
ly named "fish -scale" straw. Same
flowers will be used on the new hats,
and quantities of ribbon. The new
colors in millinery are, generally
speaking, black, width is quite as
strong as ever, geranium -pink, ab-
sinthe, polished -gold, mintgreen, and
baby chick; the last a charmingly:
suggestive title.
Among the attractive millinery no-
tions being displayed in the shops, and
'worn at the southern resorts, are sets
consisting of hat, handbag and col-
larette and fashioned of faille, or
n .Mcc,lr.r.
6981-6951
Illustrating the Cape -Collar
the new soft luster satins. One of the
most attractive of these is developed
in the new Callot color, a soft shade co
pinkish lavender. The hat is very
.simple, a mediumsailor turned up
sharply on the left side, having no
contrasting trimming; the bag is of
the sante soft luster satin as the hat,
and the collarette, also of silk, is cord-
ed about an inch apart, and finished
with long ribbon -ends for tying. These
sets are being niade up in many colors
and are usually effective es a finishing
touch on an afternoon frock of silk,
or one of the sheer. cottons.
Fashions in' Handbags
Now that so much attention is being.
given to details, and in, consequence
we are all presenting a better groom-
ed appearance than ever 'before, the
handbag is being shown considerable
'attention.- Once upon. ae time it was
considered for its . useful qualities
alone. Now it lends an added touch of
eolas oz a,ichness :to tailored suit and
afternoon frock, and its appropriate-
ness'for both must be considered. The
voluminous bag of soft morocco and
like soft leathers in dark. colorings,
g,
the black patent leather bag, lined
with bright red or creamed -colored
moire silk, and the envelope purses,
also lined with bright silks; are good
form with tailored suits. There are
some attractive, novelty striped leath-
ers also being used with dark tailor-
ed suits very effectively. Antique bro.:
cades, Japanese embroideries,` and
dyed laces are fashioned into effective
and, artistic .bags for the afternoon
gown.
Severalof the newest '
newest .fasltion•fel-
tures are illusti:'ated in: the 'affernoon
frocks illustrating this letter; the
cape -collar is one, the drop -shoulder
and attractive sleeve is another. The
band -trimmed skirt is new and effec-
tive, and the full -pointed tunic is
smart and becoming..
Patterns can be obtained at your
local McCall Dealer, or from The Mc-
Call Company, Department "W", 70
Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario.
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VISIONS ON THE
BATTLEFIELD
•
:ANGELS WERE SEEN AT MONS
.
AND •
Categorical, Accounts' of Angelic
Hosts Appearing at Battles
in Flanders. •
The story of the appearance of
angels at the battle of Mons which
appears to have had its genesis in
a purely imaginative description by
a newspaper writer of the old eng-
lish bowmen coming to the help of
their countrymen has travelled the
length of precise statement and dir-
ect evidence.
In the small religious paper "Con-
fidence," published in Sunderland,
England, testimony is given by "Pri-
vate .J. Easy" as follows: Our offie
cers prepared us to fight a rearguard ,
action .. , .... When the main body
had left us we settled ourselves down'
to our fate and every pian fought
bravely.
Marvellous Manifestation.
"On, on, came those grey coats in
thousands and when at last we could
hold no longer against such odds, the
most marvellous thing happened.
Suddenly, from the nowhere, placing
themselves between us and the enemy,
appeared a line of white angelic
forms. Immediately every gun was
still. White, bare -headed and making-
strange movements—beyond this bar -
recede of angels not one German could
be seen. By their aid we were able
to retire. The next day we found
the remainder of our brigade."
Angelic Forms.
The following • were some of the
questions submitted to Pte. Easy and
his answers:
"Can you describe the angel forms
as to color, size, number and the
length of this' line of angels?"
"They were a pretty white in color;
bigger than the average man; four or
five in number; they reached across
the street." •
"Did you look back when retiring
and did .you still see them? How
long did they remain there?. Did
they follow you?" -
"They did not follow us. We look-
ed back twice. The first time they
were still there. The second time
they were gone as suddenly a`s they
appeared."
Faced the Enemy.
"Were their faces toward you or to -
Ward the' enemy?" -
"They had their faces toward the
enemy."
"Had' they swords in their hands?'
Did...thee znove.,their arms?"
did not see azxything `its them
hands.; They did not move their arms
backward and forwards."
"Did you see their faces or hair .
"I d .stheir acs or ."
Diddi' thenot Germansee f
; seeem.hair
to see
the"
"We could not seeanything beyond
the -.angels."
"Was it broad daylight when you
saw then).? What sort of weather?
1n Broad Daylight.
" i t leas a beautiful sunny after-
noon in August."
"Did' the other men who were near.
you see' them also?"
"No one could help but see them,
who was there:"
'"What .did any of thein say at the
tulle or afterward?"
"'I ' said when we ' wvere retiring .
:aa�i�'1C3�ii VJtia�,`�y,1,',"1``'}.a:tiy'ee,•:••��•,'•+ . .. ..
1,\
Spread
the Bread
with 'Crown! .Brant' Corn
Syrup and the children':"
craving for sweets will be
completely satisfied.
13r;'ac .and 'Cracrs" (rand'
form a perfectly balanced
food—rich in the elements.
�varir that go to build up sturdy,
healthy children.
`Crown BrancrCorn Syrup.
is so economical and so good, that it is little wonder that talk=
of pounds are eaten every year in the homes of Canada.
'Crow Brand"—the eliildren's favorite—is
equall}' good for all cooking purposes and
candy ivalcing.
" LH, " WHITE" is a15 Gro reNte Clow S'yrcct,
not sopronounced lg./favor as 'Crown , ,Brand'.
)'?t may prefer id.
ASK YOUR RRQGER—IN 2, 5,10 AND 20 L9, TINS
The Canada Starch Co. Limited,Mortreal
Manufacturers of the famous Edwardsburg Brands
that they were angels and no on
contradicted me. It was often !lis
cussed afterwards"„
"Are any of your comrades aliv
now? Do you correspond with any?'
"1 cannot say whether they are alio
or not. I (la not correspond with any
now."
"Did any °!titers you knew sec tho
en elle fortes?"
"No ()Ulcers that I knew saw them:
"Were any Hien deeply impressed?
Can you tell me about any individu•
ease (name) who was affected great
ly?"
"One man who got blown to pieces
was very much afraid."
Regiments Engaged.
"What German and what .British
regiments were there?"
"Prussian Guards, Uhlans, and
minor infantry regiment,. On our
side several Scotts, Notts, L. 1.'s and
K. L,'s."
"When and where were you wound-
ed?"
`"I was wounded on the Aisne, with
a shrapnel, down the right side, arm
and hand, A piece entered my finger
wizich caused septic poisoning, and
amputation was
� necessary, r but this
t s
Y,
operation was not performed soon
enough and it caused tetanus. I was
in hospital a long time in Angers.
Whilst suffering, I again saw a beauti-
ful vision of these .angels. 1 knew
then that I was 'saved. It was evi-
dent that others in the hospital did
not see them. 'When I got better
Sister Gilford told .me.I had had e
marvellous resurrection; and three
had died in the same bed that I had
been in, `"with the same complaint and
not half ` so bad,'
"My. home is in Lincolnshire. My
age is twenty-five. I have got four
years' service. My religion is C. of
E. T am now in the 9th Lines. My
number is 9322. (Be is at present
at Brockley Camp, near Stafford.)"
Saw Angel Host.
J. G. Davies of the R. R. R. is a
Welshman. He has also been see-
ing visions and he did not.. object to
answer interrogatories regarding his
experiences. "Near Ypres," he says,
"the shells showered on us. I as a
stretcher-bearer went down the tretich
to see if anyone was wounded, but
stopped now and again to hear the
men praying, so finding nothing to do
1 prayed myself and the trench was
one line of prayer. After the shell-
ing no one was wounded, but we all
saw a host of angels and talked about
them .. Another time when in
the trenches we heard a voice sound-
ing through the air about nine o'clock
at night. The moon ivas clear and
I saw an angel flying with a trumpet
in his mouth. Some were very much
frightened, but I said: - 'Cheer up.
It is all for good to them that • love
the Lord.'"
Had Human Features.
He gives the following answers to
the questions' put in regard to his
experiences:
"When did the angels appear?"
"As I can remember it was Octo-
ber 2nd when I saw the host of
angels at St. Jean (Ypres)."
"How did they arrive?"
"They came from a very high dis-
tance and they lowered themselves
to us 'within a vis.ble sight, then
they went upwards until we lost sight
of them." ' •
"Could you see' them plainly?"
"1 could see them quite plainly
and they had faces. of men and wo-
men."
`"Which way were their faces turn-
ed?" '
"They'faced us and the enemy." „
' "Whet; time was it in the 'day?"
"It was about. 12,30 in the morn
ing:" .
What was tlie' weather? -Were
shells bursting at he time ?" •
"It- -Was not cloudy 'and, the..' bel
ling had just ended."
""How did the Men take it ?"
Men'.i f i .
l,a d
"The men feared very much. Five
have been killed since"."
"`How .long did the vision last?"
"The sight cif the host lasted for
a quarter of all hour and they went
upwards quickly."
"When did' this vision of theangel,
h
with the trumpet take place?"
," '
At` Labrick •at nine o'clock, • the
7th December."
I
"How far off did the angel appear
to be?"
"The angel was about twenty yards
away and 'I health the voice `which •
sounded like the' rolling of the sea
eland it weakened away! then I heard
- !the words were 'destruction.' destrue-
E icon: ¶l en he vanished away from
e 'earth."
e't L ONTARIO )l.I) O\1 c11ti() l;; GOOD ENOUGH
FOR ME.
A lady in California, recently sent
•to Canada a very elaborately gotten
up booklet, entitled, "California Is
Good Enough For Me''." A reply to
al
the. California poet I � follows:
I'e read your little pamphlet,
And I think it's simply great.
It is sure a splendid picture
Of your grand and glorious state,
And I hope kind fate will sane'tion
These wonders I may see,
But at present good old Ontario
Is good enough for me.
I You talc; about the :rose banhs
i That in profusion grow
)3 ‘t
it: glorious bank of snow,'.
We have them here a -plenty,
And
we have '• nd5
a ec di.imoo
on our trees,
While our kiddies cheeks are crimson
From the kisses of the breeze.
Of course we love the summer,
i And the golden -tinted fall--
But we're 'arming for the snowflakes
I Oftimes, long before they fall,
' Ohl tho braeiug, brillian winter
: With it's jolty sports and glee --
It's part of old Ontario,
And it's good enough for me.
You talk about your farm lands,
And you think you head the class,
But I wish you'd glimpse our wheat
fields,
And eauld taste our garden "sass."
you mention, too, your peaches,
'Your luscious prunes and flowers,
But you cannot show a sample
That could put over ours.
Then you brag about the ocean ---
Its dimentions seem to please—
But it's not one whit more lovely`
Than our smiling inland seas.
We have beaches, hills and valleys
That are just as fair to see—
While the fruit of old Ontario
Is good enough for me.
You laud your prosperous cities,
;end the handsome women there,
As "though our northern climate
Didn't have them twice as fair,
Your Eden, 'neath Old Glory,
• Is a splendid place to be,
But I'll keep old Britain's banner
A -waving over Hie.
Though your fruits were twice as
luscious
And your sunsets twice as fine?
They couldn't touch the heartstrings
Like this old home of mine.
And when I've seen your. wonders
In your haven by -the sea-- -
I know dear old Ontario
Will be good enough for me.
=Gertrude C. Knight.
Better at Figures.
•
Mother (to newly married laugh.
ter)—"You-don't mean to say, Marie,
that you have kept your grocery book
three months and haven't balanced it
yet?;'
Marie—"Oh, no, mamma! I let the
grocerbalance it. He's so much bet-
, ter at figures than I am, and I know
he's honest, for he always tells me
that he has forgotten to charge some.'
thing which should have been in."
A shopper considers the price, but
a buyer considers the value.
VW/r!i'Ik/es are:•..
a Coi,fess!on
,
Advanoina Years are first'reatis d by
the change that becomes noticeable In
the coinpieycton. ..le you pay attention
to the first, aimos;t imperca'tlble,Lines,',
how easy it is to"av;oid the unsightly'
wrinkles that surely follow. Wrinkles
are a confession to •slither Time. The
skin must be kept firm, and smooth by •
properattention and treatment. '
waSIT"" is a elfin food and wrinkle
chaser. It builds up firm, elastic tis-
sues', removes wrinkles tills out. de-.
1>ressions, >Prevents dryness of 'skin'
caused by excessive winds, and restores'
to, your cosnplexlon. that fine a,ppeai•ance
of freshness and youth.
"KTSIT" is put, tip in handsome opal
bottles, and until the Drug Stores in
(b,nada are completely stooked we are
filling mail orders. Accept no sub-
rtltorte. .
Send 50 cents to -day for trial bottle,
:sufficient for six weeks' .use. 1X'0. pay
e t5e'c to anv
'w
Ago in c', , •
'. 17sit Manufacturing Co., Limited,
, Toronto,,:
El 47l Eonoesvalles Ave.
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