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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-5-11, Page 3A out the se Useful Hints and General Informa tion for the Busy Housewife Dainty Dishes, Cherry and Cheese Salad.—Arrang individual fakes of eream cheese on lettuce leaves. Surround with can ned white cherries in which the stone has been replaced by peanut. P. spoonful mayonnaise dressing on each cheese eliee and garnish with mares chino cherry. A little cherry juice added to c':�essing adds to its favor. Diushrooms: Just let them simmer. gently in browned butter until tho- rughly cooked. The flavor and sue cess of the mushrooms depends upon the slowness of the process. If you use a chafing dish, turn the flame down to low, or if it is electrically fitted nee lower power. At least a half-hour is required in cooking, New Dessert.—Take a pint of rinkbarb, cut i'. into inch long pieces, then cover with- a cupful ,of sugar, Let thin stand for an how. Now have a .1a 'ge pudding pant nt hand, into which you can put the rhubarb, a pint of bread crumbs and a cupful of raisins in layers. Add a half -cup- ful of hot water. A final layer of bread crumbs should'be added to the top, and the whole cooked in the over. for 4e minutes. Cover the top of the dish during the first half-hour of bak- ing. Serve with'vhipped cream. Creamed Asparagus,. -Tie the bunch up with a soft string, cut off the necee ary part, and cook, for at least 25 minutes in salted water. Have ready a few slices of crestless toast- ed bread. Dip these in the asparagus liquor. then butter well and arrange on a platter. Drain the asparagus and place' it on the toast. Now maks a good cream sauce, using a'cupful • of mins, n teaspoonful of flour and a tablespoonful of butter and seasoning: This is the simplest of dishes, but it is an ever welcome one, Stuffed Mutton Chops. — Remove bones from six double -ribbed mutton chop or have butcher remove them, replace with sausage meat (about one- fourth pound) and fasten with skew- ers, allowing skewers to project two or three inches. Lay chops in dripping pan, dr.dge lightly with pepper and salt, awl roast for twenty-five minutes, ba: ting frequently with two table- spoons butter dissolved in cup hot wat- er. Place paper frilly on skewers and gravy from drippings in pan. In serving, arrange chops in eircle on round chop plate, with peas or vege- tableof day heaped in center, allow- ing paper frills on skewers to edge dish, Carrot Chowder.—Two cups of sliced carrots, one cup diced potatoes, one-half cup diced onion, one-fourth cup diced raw bacon, two tablespoons flour, two cups fresh or one cup evap- orated milk, two teaspoons salt, a lit- tle pepper, one tablespoon fresh or dried parsley or celery top. Put car- rots and potatoes on to cook in three cups filing water and boil forty-five minutes. Fry bacon and onion light brown and add milk. Mix flour with a little cold water till smooth. Add to milk, bacon and onion in fryingpan and cook five minutes, then add to potatoes and carrot ,-w'ii1i salty pepper and p;zrsley a- bust with paprilsa when ee ,ng. Paint stains on the carpet can be. e dissolved with spirits of turpentine, Dark calicoes should be ironed on the wrong side with irons that are not too"hot, Pu When the furniture looks sticky or smeary too muck furniture polish has been used. Soak nuts in hot water before cracking acrd the nuts will be much more likely to come out whole. If roses are starved and otherwise neglected they are more apt to be at- tacked by insects and other pests. Instead of grating cheese or the rind of a lemon, pare it off carefully and put it through the meat el -topper, Mix the batter cakes in awide- mouth pitcher. It is easier to pour the batter eakes than it is to dip them. Coarse salt and water is the best cleanser for wicker furniture and sum - trier matting, Lice a strong brush, and be sure to dry the articles thor oughly, While ironing it is a good plan t get a clean brick (a white one if pas Bible) as a stand. The iron will're tain heat much longer than if a open iron stand be used. If vegetables are wilted they shoul not be pared or prepared in any wa they have been revived in water The wilted surface makes waste 1 the preparation. An old flour -sifter that has lost it value as a sieve makes an excellent egg -boiler, as the eggs may all b placed in the water at once, and als removed at once when done. When a baking dish gets burned 1 using it should not be scraped; simpl put a little water and asps in it a d the burned surface will come off easil without injuring the dish. Never boil dish towels with wash ing powders or soda in aluminum uten sils, It will leave a blackened mark Clean aluminum with paste prepay ed for it, or rub blackened scorched =feces with mineral wool. Half a cupful of milk put in a dish tub full of hot water will serve as a substitute for soap. It softens th water, does not roughen the hands and brightens dishes, cleaning off al greases, and leaving no scum in th pan. After cooking a new laid egg i very often gets cold through standing When this occurs put the egg into a cup or small basin and pour some ho (not boiling) water over the egg. You will then find the egg as nice as when freshly boiled. AU the left over pieces of bread, should be wrapped carefully in aflour bag, or a :sack. Hang this where the air can reach it. It serves to keep the bread free from mold. And you always have it at hand when you want to put it through the meat chop- per for bread crumbs, bread puddings, cutlets, etc. To renovate hat bands when stained by sweat dissolve 1?s ozs., of white castile soap in 4 ozs. of alcohol and 1 oz. each of sulphuric ether and am- monia; apply with a sponge or tooth brush, rub smartly, rinse out with clear rain water. This is equally good to renovate any cloth with fast color. To prevent the finger from becom- ing pricked when hemming or em- broidery put a small piece of'sur- geon's adhesive plaster over it. This plaster can easily be removed, and a roll may be kept in the work -basket for this purpose. This device is much more practical than the silver or gold finger -shields. For damp places round a sink, or similar place, paint over with tar. Give two coats, letting the first dry thoroughly before applying the sec, ond. Then paint with a distemper., Strip off the palter from the damp placer, take a sheet of brown paper, blacklead it on one side, and place that side against the wall. Then cover with the wallpaper. The damp will not strike 'through. Cif anb Pudding.—One cup rolled crumbs, one-half cup water to moist- en, one cup milk, one egg, one-fourth to one-half cup sugar as needed. Kind of crumbs used will determine amount of sugar. Goocl combination is rich cake or cooky crumbs and part rolled' crackers. Stale macaroons are de, zeroes. o crumbs fine, add water and let soak. Beat egg, sugar and milk together, add crumbs and bake, sr steam in top receptacle of small double boiler. Baking requirets One- half hour in small, moderate oven; steaming about an hour. This will make four moderate servings. Serve with fruit sauce, hard sauce or cream. "Last Minute" Dishes.—Did you Iver think to make fritters, when the anexpected guest steeled himself com- placently in the best armchair and made plans. to stay to dinner? No matter how little you have in the larder, you can evolve a fritter out of it. They're a Sunday evening "spe- cial" in one household, where drop -ins are a common occurrence. Make your batter out of flour, milk, baking powder and salt. Two level tablespoonfuls of baking powder and a quarter of a level teaspoonful of salt are to be used to each cupful of flour: This for a stiff batter -one to which you add fruits. In making all good fritter batter, yeti use twice as much flour as milk. More milk may be add- ed to soft batter, much as for corn; fritters, and such. Canned pineapple fritters are easily made, as. are any fruit fritters. Just cut the canned fruit up into very small pieces, then add them to the bat- ter. Applies should be cut up into slices, coated with batter, then cook ed in fat. Oranges receive the same treatment. All fried foods of this kind should be properly drained on paper, after being "taken :from the pan of fat.. If you do not care to go to'the trouble of making a sauce; roll, each fritter in pcwiiered sugar. Helpful Hints. CAGED? Weary William ..I've bent a few of the bars, THE FASHIONS WILL WOOL PRICES GO STILLHIGHER DEPENDS ON .PRINCIPLE OF SUP- PLY AND DEMAND. questions to be Considered in Deter- mining Price for Present Season, They say that the centipede has one riCICE hundred legs, but the centipede would FOR EVERY SPORT rujton lacetone kon each anglet that has AND E REATI attempt of kgs if he PSold by olf Shoe beaters .to be considered in determining the prices of wool this year," said 11 r. WOria�. member John Hallam, the large Toronto wool of the ly tO2 buyer, "for there are so many ele- ments entering into the price of wool but still I can't get out, and so many contingencies.to be con- -Froin the London Daily Graphic, sidered, that growers and buyers ' alike will have to be very conserve- tive and use good judgment QV` they e hand, and beats down mercilessly on will find that they have lost money on o Satin and Serge Combinations. Perhaps,,the most noticeable thing - about the summer styles is their de- n tided youthfulness; this is both. in line and coloring'.. The straight lined d frock and suits of serge, garbardine, sy taffeta and faille, lend grace and youth , to all types of figures. For instance; n a yoked, pleated frock of dark bine serge trimmed with black taffeta may s be worn by the large woman er the, small one with equally good results.' e One particularly good model worn by o a large woman, at an exhibition re-' cently, was made with a deep Shoulder n: yoke of black taffeta, the serge iaid Y in deep, flat pleats; hanging straight n from the yoke. A girdle, consisting y of two narrow. stitched straps of the black silk, came well down over the hips, giving a long, slender appear- n-ance to a rather heavy figure. A . pretty adaptation of the same style of dress is illustrated here in serge for the slender, younger woman, Satin is effective with serge; and of - course the combination of navy blue serge and black satin is quite as pop- e ular this season again as it has been , for several seasons past. One sees 1 many smart serge frocks with sleeve - e less coatees of black satin, half skirts of satin, sleeves of satin, and the vari- t ous other notions favored for the . modish combining of "two or more contrasting materials. Scarcely a t frock appears these days made strict - ay of one material. It is a fad which makes for economy and becom- ingness. Hand Painting on Sport Costumes The sport costume is another youth- ful notion. It imparts a delightful feeling of freedom, both of movement and spirit, There is something very becoming and exhilarating about the combinations of vivid colorings in the wide striped, checked, and printed novelty fabrics now being used in skirts and suits. The middy -blouse costume is popular with all; one of the new niaterials being used for middys is an adaptation of the old- fashioned jean. This material wears quite as well as its old-time blue pre- decessor, is reasonably priced, and a most satisfactory material generally for middy blouse and accompanying skirt. An effective combination for a middy costume its one of the bright awning striped linens or ducks, with blouse of plain white, collared and cuffed in the stripes. The hand -painted or stencilled hat! has been a fad for some time, its vivid; parrots, chanticleers, conventionalized' SCIENCE NOTES. However strong a gale may be blow- ing, not a :breath of wind is felt by the occupants of a balloon. According to the. `British consul at Bordeaux each French soldier at .the front has an allowance of one pint of wine a day. It is authoritatively estimated that more than 2,000,000 women and girls have, come into. the .labor market since the begining of the war. Germany has already passed a law making it a punishable offense for an unauthorized personto weaweara nurs- ing uniform or badge. In the far north of -the Russian Em- pire lives a race of people who do not know who the Russians are and who do not.know that - there is a` v'ar. "�' Count Zeppelin has given orders that on his death his + body ahall be conveyed to its last resting place in one of the machines with which his ..name is associated. Sure Proof. "Do you -believe in luck?" "Yes sir. How else could I account for the success of my neighbors?" Al; 1111 will dissolve medicine stains. P "rig hags make very good cover in' l,rr jars with food in them. • A shiftless man is always boasting of what he would . do if he had the ntkoney. finest attractive and the and the season's business, their gorgeous tones, still idea is Prices on wool in Canada are high; so easily carried out, that even ff the in fact extremely high, and the Can - okra do fade they may be quickly themselves so that he may purchase our native wool as cheap as the foreign importations, Itis true that the freight and the war tax of 7% per cent, that has to he paid on wool that is imported into Canada gives the Canadian producer that much advantage over the prom adian wool grower is receiving prices dueer in foreign countries, so that we and readily restored; therefore, we for his wool to -day that far exceeds expect him to receive a higher price may go a step farther and have hand his wildest dreams of a few years ago, for his wool that is suitable for home painted neckwear to match hat,or ! yet optimistic human nature is 50 con- consumption �mp on than is paid the foreign complete the suit, Georgette crepe (stituted, that .although we have in the' grower for wool of a similar quality, is usually the material chosen for !Present more than we expected in the while for Canadian wools that are to these collars and ties, with. now and' past, we look for more in the future be exported we can expect them to b than we have in the present; this is placed on a basin""so that they will probably the reason that some grow be able to compete with the foreign coloring from pale, softly tinted blos- ers are looking for still higher prices . and domestic elle of the country to sozns to gaily plumaged birds, and for their wool—whether they will which they will he shipped, vividly colored flowers and fruits of receive them or not, depends on the Over the whole subject of priees tropical origin. The notion is not basic principle of supply and demand there is the nightmare of the ember - confined to sport, suits by any means; ?modified by the unusual conditions ex- go, Dealers and growers alike re - many a simple little serge frock has fisting bo ,day, a few of which we will member only too vividly bhe great been given its note of chic by the ad- now consider: drop in prices of wool last year in dition of one of these collars or ties, Wool of different grades is adapted Canada when the Canadian govern - In hats, too,the idea is toned dog for different uses, more wool of some meat g via nt placed an absolute embargo on and made effective use of in tailored p grades is produced in Canada than we the exportation of wool to any eoun-- znillinery, ! can use, to advantage, whale we re- try except the British possessions, and There are hand -painted belts of quire wool of other grades to meet our they also remember the mediate suede and antelope -skin beingshown, requirements; hence we roust find a rise of prices on weoI as soon as the market for our surplus wool of some ,government modified the embargo, and grades and purchase and import wool allowed wool to be exported to ter- of other grades to supply aur wants, tain specified countries under a per, For the twelve :months ending in mit, The same was true in Austra- January, 3916, there was imported for lia. While an absolute embargo was cthere was simply a camped - 13• 7,969, of wool of the value of $27,- tion for the Australian wool among onsumption in Canada wool and man- in effect, 137,969, of which $6,0.00,770 worth was English buyers, at which time wool imported from the United States, the brought fair prices, but as soon as value of the importations from the the embargo was lifted allowing ex - United States alone being about partition to the States, prices took a double the value of the wool clip of,, decided jump and sales were at a high Canada for that year, At the same level of prices. England at the pre - time that we were importing this 4 I sent time has an embargo, and wool large amount of wool from the States, i can only be exported under a special practically all of the surplus wool of permit, but from the latest advices, Canada was exported to the States; ° these permits are very difficult to ob- therefore, in considering conditions 3 tain; in fact, very few, if any, have of wool in Canada, we must also taker been issued since the first of the year, into consideration the conditions in the and should the Canadian government United States, then one of Chinese crepe ora loosely. woven linen. The motifs range in 7og6 Plain and Plaid Voile. offering another effective way of in- troducing a bit of color in a dark linen or serge costume. Some of the most effective ones shown this year are of suede in the favored soft blues greens, and lavenders, either stencil- led with flowers, or finished with bead- ed motifs and ornaments. One im- ported novelty has a bead flower ap- plied at the center -back, and is closed in front with another rose to match. Another pretty suggestion for the young girl -is illustrated here in the effective combination of plain and plaid voile. Foulards are being used extensively again this year; there is no silk, it seems, half as satisfactory for the summer silk frock far afternoons and for church. A most attractive dress, shown recently was fashioned of polka-dotted,.foulard, a dark blue dot on .a': white ground, trimmed with bandin s caller and cuffs of plain, dark blue & dard. Foulard wears well, and is soft and cool. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Ont., Dept. W. e• Left One Thing. Wife—Well, that cook has gone, bag and baggage: • Husband -She didn't take that case of dyspepsia she left with me. Its Usual Remark. ® emcee Master Bileon--Pa, what does money say when it talks Bilton, Sr. (speaking from persenal experience)—Good-bye! 7063 The Rest Hour. Blue Serge Frock. flowers and fruits, harmonizing and blending in charmingly' with the sport suit or frock. While many, of us have misgivings a„ to the durability of the colons when the sun takes a "Bobby, why aren't you playing with your cousin Ethel ?" "Gee whiz, 'mother! Don't 1 get an how off at noon ?" At the age of threescore and ten nearly every man is rich—in experi- ence !at any time refuse to issue permits Argentina is one of the great wooln for the export of wool to the States, producing countries of the world, and , it will immediately shut off competi- up to a couple of years ago, shipped : tion in that direction and will un - a majority of her wool to England, i doubtedly mean a decline in,riees. A yet in 1915 out of a total of 322,9913 restricted market for the sale of any bales of wool exported, 140,521 bales, ^ commodity results in a restricted or over 40 per cent. of the total "competition among buyers and lower amount of wool exported, was ship- ;prices. ped to the United States, who was her These are only a few of the angles best wool customer during that year. that have to be considered in deter - United States' buyers also purchas-1 mining the price of wool for the pre - ed great quantities of wool in Austra- sent season, and unless the unexpect- lia last year after the embargo was ed happens, all things indicate that lifted, paying higher prices for the , last year's prices for wool were as Australian wool than their English high or higher than we can expect for competitors, and as long as a permit bhe clip of the present year, which to export wool from London could ` prices were about 100% higher than be secured, they also purchased large prevailed for many yearspast, and quantities of wool on that market, so give the wool grower good returns that statistics show that on January ° 1, 1916, there was on hand in the for his product. United States 102,092,429 pounds of , wool, which was a larger amount than was on hand on the first of January of any year since 1912. Clipping is now in progress in the south-western part of the United States, and the clip is ready for mar- ket, but the large amount of wool on hand in the Sbates has already had its effect on the market, as there is a lack of spirited competition among buyers for the wool that has been a feature of previous seasons, buyers showing a marked indifference as to whether they secure the wool or not, and only willing to purchase it at a lower range of prices. Another item that is of interest to the Canadian wool grower and deal- er, is the fact that there is a con- siderable quantity of Canadian wool in the hands of the dealers of the. United States that was exported to that country last year, as they have been unable bo dispose of the wool at a profit. While bhese conditions exist, if the surplus Canadian wools are to be sold to the United States' dealers and manufacturers, they will have to be priced on a basis so that they 'will be able to compete with the foreign and domestic, clip, and the large quan- tities of wool that are now on hand in the States has a tendency to, .and un= doubtedly will, place Canadian wools on lower range of prices than has pre- vailed in Canada during the past few months. Very similar conditions exist in the Canadian wool `situation to-day..Stet- is"ics show that on January 1, 1916, there were on hand in Canada over 3,000,000 pounds • of wool. This is equal to about one quarter of the 'an- nual clip of Canada. 'Prices on Can- adia.n :woo: have been' so high that Canadian manufacturers have ',found that they could purchase foreign wools of similar grades, and 'we can natur- ally expect that the Canadian manu- facturer will .continue bo use his stock on hand, and to import foreign wools 'as long as possible, or until the price Of Canadian wools have , adjusted LOSS OF YOUTH BRITISH PERIL Speakers Discuss Economic Value of the Disabled Soldier. The loss of the youth of the nation is perhaps the bitterest blow to the countries engaged in the war. "At this moment. we are threatened with a man shortage greater than any we ever before knew in our history," writes the medical correspondent of the 'Times. As a people, the writer concludes, the English must set their house in order lest in the days to come they find it tenantless and so become a prey to fetes who have shown a wiser ' foresight and a truer appreciation of ' values. ' On the other hand Dr. Murray Les- lie, lecturing recently at the Institute of Hygiene, London, on "The Disabled Soldier; His, Future and Economic Value,' said the present marriage rate is the highest ever known. Present marriages for the most part have been confined to young strong and active soldiers, although there were numer- ous instances where girls bad been only too glad to marry the men of their choice after the latter had beers disfigured or disabled. From that point of view war engagements' as wellas wax• marriages are greatly to be recommended, the speaker believ- ed. Admiration for disabled war heroes should. be encouraged. He con- tinued: "The economic question is the dif'i culty; 'yet how many women there :are in this country with comfortable in- comes who -spend large sums' on pam- pered lapdogs! Such becomes could be better utilized in other direc- tion's." • If people were as wise as they think they are the unexpected would seldom occur. A girl thinks she has made good as soon as she hypnotizes sone young man into buying her an engagement ring.