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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-5-18, Page 3About the 011 se Useful Dints and General Informa- tion for the ' Busy Housewife Choice Dishes,1 the lar is filled, There should be two Parsnip fritters.—Thoroughlyinches of the colution above the eggs. wash the parsnips and bake them in! Keep the preserved eggs in a cool their Ekins until tender. Peel and i place as in a cellar. The eggs will cut into thick round slices. Sprinkle contain some gas and so crack when with flour, dip in egg and bread boiled. This can be prevented a by crumbs, and fry in deep fat till a golden brown. Date Pie.—Simmer one pound of dates in milk enough to cover. Mash and add one-half cup sugar, yolks of three eggs, one pint hot milk and sprinkling of cloves and cinnamon. Bake like • custard pie, adding, when set, meringae of white of eggs and three tablespoons sugar, Browned flour will impart flavor A red-hot iron will soften old putty and coloring and make soups andj so that it can be easily removed. Do your own thinking, and do not be afraid to overwork your thinking machine. Never hurry with the fancily mend- ing. It is not worth doing unless making a pin hole in the blunt end of egg before boiling them, Household hints. Honey should be reckoned as food. and not merely a confection; Whole wheat bread is always best made up in very small loaves. Oxalie acid, dissolved in hot water, will clean paint from windows. gravies especially good. To brown flour, sift it into a granite pie pan or flat pan, using about one cupful. Then place it in the oven to brown; it met be stirred and not allowed to burn. Remove from the oven and it is done wen. sift it as :soon as it is browned evenly; muni skewers are fins for poking keep it in a tin box or fruit jar. It out contrary corners of pillow -cases, will always add flavor to warmed bags and such articles, when turning, over meads. An iron stand which can be fasten - Steve d Parsnips. --•-One-half pound ed to the ironing board is a great help salt, lean pork, two quarts cold water, on ironing day. three pints sliced raw parsnips, three Patent leather shoes should be tableepuons flour, pepper to taste. Cut cleaned with milk, or a little sweet pork into thin slices, cover with water oil may be rubbed into them. and boil three hours. Half an hour To take the shine off a serge skirt before nerving time, add parsnips, sponge with hot vinegar and rub un - and when they are tender, thicken til the shine disappears. with flour wet with cold water. There In decorating the home have all the should be about three pints of liquid rooms that are closely connected tints left. If not, water should he added ed in harmonising colors to make this amount. Add pepper to A small square of velveteen is ex - taste, ted if necessary, a little salt. cellent to use as a polishing cloth, and Caramel Pudding. --One cup sugar, is cheaper than chamois. two carps water, four egg whites, one Spoons used in cooking should be f lT "Fader, who did elan do ttingier the e.tr4at War?" �-Froin, John. season of color and one may indulge; to the 'heart's content. For the sports blouse, handkerchief!. and butcher's linen are both popular; pongee, the rough Chinese crepes, anti' the coarser voiles are also practical and well liked. Costume -blouses and shirt -waists are mostly finished with the open throat or adjustable collar,• although with the strictly tailored suit one sees now and then a fetching choker. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Ont., Dept. W. w_ ALL FOR TUE CHILD. 14iy folks an' me are going to see The circus this here week, My Paw he'll go, an' my Aunt Flo, An' Maw an' Uncle Zeke, My Paw last night allowed he might te Neckwear this season is as fascinat- Take me to see the show. "It's on'y just," sez he; f"we must Amuse the child, ye know. Of course, I've got an awful lot 0' work on hand," sez he, "But I suppose I'll fix it so's 'Twon't interfere with me." Then Maw sez: "Jake, for goodness'! sake! Are you expectin' me To set home while you take that chile Items Where all them wild things be? Why, I'd jist set an' fret, an' fret, Lest somethin' might go wrong;. So if you go I'll have ye know That I'm a -gain' along." Then Uncle Zeke, who come last week Along o' my Aunt Flo To board with Paw an' me an' blaw, Allowed that they would go. "I'm sure," sez he, "that Flo an' me Would feel sick loneliness, _ Left here alone when you were gone, We'd hest go, too, I guess." 037 tuns {eery S rt gild eiticreation �Sold�Tl;'-"-y a1l'�go_od sloe dealersn I7orn1 eve-., intim r ,os J From the Ocean Shore BITS OF NEWS . FROM TIU MARITIME PROVINCES.. �E FASHIONS ing and offers as� many possibdlities for individuality as ever. Some smart little novelity ruches from Now, ain't my Paw an' dear old Maw Paris, now being shown in the shops, As k'nd as they kin be to complete a costume effectively, are. To plan so muck, providin' such narrow and finislied with haickle, ar A :splendid treat fur me? ,. tie with narrow ribbons. Sone Summer Acceseorive. Hats, veils, shoes, paraeols, dainty Popularity of Lace and Embroiders ic 0 WHERE FRANCE WAS BORN. of Interest From Places Lapped By Waves of the Atlantic.. Fresh fish arrivals at Halifax one day last week totalled 59.000 pounds. Twentyono deaths were reported to the Board of Health at St. John, t.13., during last week. From February 10th, 1'rll, to April 18th, 1910. over 1,200 men have enlist- ed in Fredericton. The long -talked of bridge" is to be built across the Jemseg at Jemseg Corner, N.B., this year, William Graham and Alee Conrod, of Three Fathom Harbor, were last week reported drowned. Pte. John Burke, who was killed in action last week, was one e.f the first volunteers from Quebec. Mr. Abraliam Langille, of Fitton, and one-fourth teas Done gelatin one- o£ wood as far as possible. A few celebrated his 94th. birthday last week p , p " by sawing wood in his yard• third teespoun vanilla. Caramelize metal ones should be kept for mea- little collar and cuff sets, and all the! The extreme favor being shown the Verdun is Where Charlemagne's Sons ' Dartmouth will Pali in lige with three-fourths of sugar, and dissolve curing. numerous other accessories which goi typical lingerie frock has brought Divided an Empire. Halifax, Yarmouth and Windsor and by puttying over boiling,. water and Do a lot of baking before begin- to complete the costume are charming-, lace and embroidery into wide use adopt the daylight saving scheme. cooling for few mimrtes. Toru in re- ninng !taus ecleandng, You may not ly designed this season to int in It is a curious tlliiAg, worth rennttrk A valuable permorming "'silk -haired" -�., °again thi summer. Lace is being fn passing, that at `'crane, where the car between dog, worth $600, strayed away and was unainder of iagar and gelatine, which have time nor strength for it after should hate stood ten minutes in cold you get busy. water to cover. Beat egg whites Many soaps are injurious to painted still', flavor with vanilla and beat lig- walls and woowolk, It is safer to use udd into them. Beat thoroughly, pour a little borax powder or ammonia in int" weFte'd mold and when stiff, un- the water when doing such cleaning. } mull a .rd serve with boiled custard Flies may be kept from damaging made of egg yolks. gilt frames by going over them with Soft Raisin Cookies.—One cup a soft brush dipped in a pint of wag brown :sugar, one-quarter cup butter, ter in which three or four onions have' two egg:,, one teaspoonful of vanilla been boiled. I extract, flour, one tablespoonful of Do not use water or oil to clean gilt warm water, one-half teaspoon halt- picture frames, as both aro injurious.: inl; :':,"!a, one-quarter teaspoon salt, Instead, apply the white of an egg raisin filling. Cream sugar and but- with a soft cloth, which will solve the' ter. Add eggs well beaten, soda dire difficulty. solved in warm water, salt, vanilla When a pot or teakettle has boiled and enough sifted flour to make soft dry, pour boiled water into it, never' dough. Roll out, cut in rounds, cold water. There will be little den -1 spread layer of raisin filling between ger of the vessel cracking, or of the! two cookies, press filled cookies light- ly with rolling -pin and bake in but- tered pans in hot oven until lightly browned. enamel peeling orf if this i- '- -1 immediately. Children do not love working alone, but enjoy laboring inn a pleasant, com- Cream of 'Tomato Soup.—One two- panionable way, especially if their co -1 smartly with the new silhouette the general linos of the costume. Shoe manufacturers are loud in their praise of the short -skirt vogue.1 In former years skirts have varied in width and trimming, but until this sea -I son have always remained at a con- servative length. With the modish short skirt of the moment, smart, trim shoes are absolutely necessary to the general effect of the costume. Thel high laced boot of tan, brown, black or gray is popular with the tailored suit; for afternoons, with the light silk or the novelty cotton frock, the old-time Colonial pump, with its huge buckle of silver or gun-metal, i•: once more a low -shoe favorite. Veils, Parasols and Collars. pound can tomatoes. two small our- worker is a cheerful mother, and not ons, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon one who considers them as a bother. sugar, one-half teaspoon soda, one- A towel with an initial on it has fourth teaspoon pepper, dash cayenne pepper, small sprig celery or dash of celery salt and one cep -water. Boil all ingredients except 'milk together for twenty minutes. Strain through colanccr, Add 'milk, first warming it, and let all come to boiling point, then serve. If thicker soup is desired, cream equal amounts of butter and flour together, say one tablespoon of each, and add to soup at a boil. later hatches. To make orange cake take the When washing lamp chimneys wash weight of two eggs in butter, sugar and rinre them in hot water and stand and flour, the grated rind of one them in a safe place to dry. Put orange and the juice of a half. Beat them on a wire dish -drainer, and the butter and sugar together, then add glass will emerge bright, clean and grater rind and flour, mix with the sparkling. beaten up eggs and juice, beating the Shears in the kitchen are very use - a dainty appearance. By using a little ingenuity one may work the , ini- tials in the.form of a monagram that looks neat and gives he towel a dis- inction all its own. When. Buffalo moths or common moths are in a carpet lay over it thick wet cloths and press these with very hot irons, driving he steam down through the carpet. Repeat to kill mixture till quite sntooth; add half a teaspoonful of baking powder, and bake for half an hour in a moderately hot oven in a well -greased sandwich tin. When cold, ice with six table- spoonfuls of icing sugar, which has been well rolled until a fine powder and mixed into a paste with the juice of the remaining half of the orange. Anyone who will try the following recipe will never buy corned -beef from the butcher again: For 10 pounds of beef take one pint of salt, one teacup of brown sugar, one table- spoonful each of ground cloves, all- spice and pepper, and one tablespoon- ful of pulverized saltpeter. Itub the beef with this mixture and place in a jar. Rub each pieceon all sides with the mixture twice a day for a week, then wash off the spices, put in a pot of boiling water and let sim- mer for five hours.. Remove from fire and press under a heavy weight until cold. The same pickle will do for another 10 pounds of beef by flest rubbing into it a handful of salt. Preserving Eggs. Now is the time to preserve eggs, The water glass method i very sim- j' le. • Eggs put up according to it will etain theiroriginal flavor. , The eggs must be fresh and clean. Washing an egg spoils its keeping qualities. escrocks iron vessels, s Galvanized ,jars or wooden kegs may be used. The. vessel must be clean. If of wood it must be thoroughly scalded. Use a goodtgraade of water glees. One like a heavy white jelly that flows like cold molasses. Use one quart of the wa- ter glass to 10 quarts of pure water that hay been boiled. Pour into the • vessel, when coot. . Fresh eggs can be put int.r • it from,' time ,to time until ful. Use them totrim lettuce, cut raisins and figs, dress chickens, pre- pare grapefruit, and for many other uses that may be discovered daily by the thinking housewife. ' BOOTS BY• THE MILLION. British Factories Turning Out Sup- plies fgr Many Armies. No less than $1,600,000, worth of boots a week are being turned out by .the Northamptonshire factories, who are supplying not only the ,Brit- ish army with footwear, but are also making boots for the French army and navy, the Belgian, Serbian and Italian armies. And now there is a likelihood of an order for three mil- lion pairs of high -legged boots for the Russian army being placed in England. It is pointed out that if thiseorder should be placed, it will have a re- markable effect on the leather trade, for each pair of legs will cut into nine feet of leabher, and each pair of fronts will take another two feet. It would, in fact, absorb well over thirty million feetof upper leather, in addition to 250,000 bends for the soles and 200,000 bends .for repair- ing, the leather altogether being. equal to 300;000 hides. Many curious boots, by the way, ate being turned out by the North- ampton factories. There is a thigh boot for "sailors in which he can al- most float;;. short -footed boobs for Gurkhas; sandals for, West . African soldiers; special boots for the Flying Corps; and last but not least, mos- quito : boots for our soldiers fighting in tropical countries. At the beginning of the season there were any number of novel effects in veilings, but with the advance of the season the call for veilings for street and general use, aside from motoring, dwindles usually to the face veil, of al- most invisible mesh, intend merely to keep the hair in place. The trick of arranging the veil over the hair, under the hat, is practical and clever, es- pecially with the larger hats. The hat may be readily removed and the' veil remain. keeping the hair smoothly and neatly in place. Parasols promises to pay a more s ul c prominent part in this summer's ward - rr: r� turning point of tea t lost in the Moncton woods last week. Franco and Germany is likely to be, Fredericton Is contributing at the these two great nations were born, ; rate of $100 per month to the fund for says au article in the Philadelphia lie- the Canadian prisoasrs of war in Cord, The empire of Charlemagne, Germany • . 1,000 years ago, took in under one sov- The famous "pavilion" is now being ereignty the lands that are now France' imoved by stages Prom Victoria school e.. and Germany, At Verdun iu 8 , the at Moncton, to the rase track ti�F y -.e'1 sons of Louis I., Charles, Louis and Liquor Ispector Jones is w orking e,:;�;-1 Lothaire, met to portion out. among =�*4'S themselves their father's empire. energetically to eradicate the illegal The map of Europe as it is now he - transportation of liquor into Scott Act ea/towns in New Brunswick. grin with this memorable meeting at The house and barns of Charles Verdun, The o.iy then fellto the lot Gillespie, at Pennfleld, were totally of that portion of the empire which destroyed by fire with loss at between became Germany. For 700 years $5,000 and $6,000. Verdun was German. In 1552 it was The building containing the office ceded to France. From that day on it of the American -Consul at St. Pierre, has been a great fortress. commanding Miq , was recently nt] destroyed by fire or the great highway along the River Meuse to Belgium and the road that undetermined origin. runs from Metz to Paris The fortifl- Tho in; soldiers residing in cations date from an old keep built by Fredericctonton have formed a European Vauban on. War Veterans' Association, and thus th.e site of a Benedictine monastery, which wee torn down to far the organization has met with sttc- make room for the fortress. Gradu- cess. ally the ring et ene:rclin forts has Colirt McLean, contractor, who was been built. Of late years they have born in Nova Scotia 72 years ago, died been modernized, until at this day they of pneumonia, : t Baltimore, Md. He built the Stature of Liberty and Brook are as nearly impregnable as military. lye Bridge. science can make them. As a result of the explosion of a -----.1, dynamite cap which he was playing SCHOOLS FOR HORSES. with, Harry Purcell, son of Robert — . Purcell, ferryman, at Halifax, had sev- Methods Adopted by Instructors of oral of his fingers blown off. Lieut: Col. F. B. Black, M.P.P. of the British Army. Sackville, who has been home conval The method of educating a horse is eating after several months' service rather a lengthy process, and that fol- with the Canadian Expeditionary lowed by the horse instructors of the Force in Flanders, has gone to the front again,. British army has answered splendidly. A horse is first taught to lie down at I. "THEY SHALL NOT PASS." a given signal. Then he is taught I bo trot around a field; then to jump ' French Officer Tells of Phrase That hurdles. Re is always rewarded for doing well. used for trimming dresses and blouses, Gradually he is accustomed to vari- aind often forms the greater portion ous pieces of harness, until, when the :resistance before Verdun was psycho - of the garment. The sheer lace time comes for him to' be mounted by incapacitated frocal," said amiservih French e eby wounds, flouncings are particularly pretty for "a man, instead of plunging about and ; to a correspondent. "It was universal having to be thrashed into submis- auto -suggestion on a vast scale. All sion, he sees at last what the whole • were so self -hypnotized by a constant thing is about, and thoroughly enters . repetition of the phrase: "They shall into the spirit of it. I not pass" (Ils ne passeront pas), that Then he is trained to charge at dum- i no idea save that of resistance to the my figures, and he is always coaxed ,uttermost could enter their heads:' Continuinis no and soothed if frightened, and soon i the French successv l explan officer said of learns that the dummies do not harm ; Anyone familiar with crowd psy- him; and after that he is taught to ' chology must have noticed that imme- knock them over. A course of noises ' diate response of bodies of men to. of gradually increasing violence f suggestion. Of all the peoples on earth teaches him to keep his head, and he I the French are the most sensitive to is finally put to charging figures still- such influences. Imagine, then, the fed with fireworks. result when General Petain transferred . doubt and discouragement into iron • determination, when throughout the Import Labor From Denmark. • whole army flashed his resolution that An employment bureau has been es- the Germans should not get through. tablished in Copenhagen, Denmark, for That is what enabled the infantry to twenty large factories in Germany. undergo unexampled bombardments Contracts are made for two months, and then push forward with the bay - with travelling and passport expenses, onets as eagerly as fresh troops, That Wages are about 35 cents an hour, the is the explanation of the confidence working day usually consisting of from iin victory, seen even in captured ten to twelve hours. The bureau has Frenchmen; which has amazed their already secured 400 workmen. German captors. 7138 Voile and Embroidery Flouncing Saved Verdun. "The fundamental secret of French summer dance and evening dresse. Metal laces are effective on the more formal gowns for daytime and even- ing. A particularly pretty use of lace flouncing is illustrated in the Spanish dance frock shown here; up- per portion of skirt and bolero are of taffeta, bodice and flounce of a thread - lace flouncing. An effective bit of contrast is introduced in the dark gir- dle and the narrow ribbons banding the short puff sleeves. Another. a simpler, even more youthful dress, is illustrated of voile and embroidery flouncing; it is charmingly suited to the young girl for summer wear. - The tub -frock is more popular than for many a year; Paris herself en- dorses the cotton dress this summer. Many atractive novelties are being l s, sent us from the French looms; among them are the artictic piques, voiles, and other fabrics of Rodier, with their quaint patterns and effea- tive colorings.. A particularly pretty voile for blouses and frocks is a fin"e .check in color, with a solid sel- vage; this: colored selvage is used as a finish for collar, cuffs, jabots and 7154 the like... Spanish Dance Dress. robe than for many a summer past; they are oddly shapedand vividly col- ored. One of thenewest ideas is the blue bird parasol; these are embroid- ered, stencilled, or appliqued, and spread their wings all around the out- side edgeof, the wh'te or softly tint- ed parasol, or scatter here and there over the jnside surface. It is an ex- tremely dainty notion, cdmpleting the summer frock in •a most fascinating manner. Ostrich feathers edging the parasol is another effeetive fancy. The Colored Lingerie Blouse. The colored blouse of organdy, voile, Georgette, and wash satin, has, taken such a hold on the popular fancy that find really at- tractive 'culto ar a 1 it is •qu to difficult y tractive plain ` white blouse, ecxept- ing thoe for sports wear. Pale pink, all tones of tan and yellow. soft blues and grays predominate. The costume -blouse of pale cream loce or Georgette, usually has an interlining of the palest flesh chiffon; the blue' waist is .piped with pink, or another harmonious contrast. It is indeed a eeestaeseessealsisee If You Have Not a Policy in the 1JF Von 'are not doing justice toYourself or your family.