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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-6-17, Page 6usewife &flyer Recipes. Quid: ('innainon 13un,---Sift a gnash „f flour into four teaepoon- fiils of baking powder and a half la`ae pootrful alt; rub in two table- spoonfuls fc a 115 :t r[c ' h� p ning,ad•dmilkto jiie1 moisten Mix, roll into a ebeet, tsps ae with, butter, dust thickly • with sugar, lightly with cinnuvrron, axed sprinkle with dry, eleali, cur- rants. Make into a• robl, cut into two-inch lengths, stand these, cut - Bide up, in greased pan, and bake in moderate even. about 40 minutes. Serve warm. F'r ieasce of Union.—After peeling the onions, •etew their slowly in boiling ,salted water; when tender, add one-half pint of milk and a tablespoon of Hour (level), which baa been rubbed smiooth in e little milk, and a heaping tableepoonful of butter, Cook five minute's and serve with mashed ur boiled puta- toea. Clinger Cookies.—One-half cup- ful molasses, two cupfuls of timer, <uaa-fourth cupful of butter, one tablespoonful ginger, one-half tea- epounful cinnamon, one-half tea- spoonful of ,salt, one teaepoonfel of b:a.kinee soda. Roll out on a board, cut and bake. ('ahbnge.—Ciabbuge will be more dierstible if, when it is ,half conk ed, the water is poured off and fresh boiling water added. uubstitute for Leucon Pie,— Smooth a tableepoonful of corn- starch in a little c:.dd water, pour it into a cupful of boiling water, stirring constantly until it boils clear. a Then1 - ad theg r•ed t r•i and and juice of one lemon, to which has been added a cupful of sugar and a well -beaten egg. Stir and c <': one minute, Have ready six ir -.'led wheat biscuite split m w;,, pour the lemon cream leer therm and serve hot or cold. Sandwiches.—One pound seeded raisins, one pound walnuts, two seems of sweet Dream, whites of two eggs well beaten. Mix and spread un slices of bread well but- tered, Peanut Brittle. --Shell and re- move the brown skins, front two quarts of peanuts. Put a. pound of smear in a saucepan over the fire; stir until the sugar melts; take 'rum fire and stir the peanuts in meekly. Turn the mixture out. tied roll immediately into a thin ,fleet, mark into equar•es, and let :o.•1. When it is cold bre•a.k it into Sp: mil the garment vn ,a table and cul it with warm water and good white soap in which'Itars been dis- solves a 'lump of carbonate of am - =Tele the size u). a ,pea; rinse in cold water, hang out in. the air, - and upon nu account put it near the fire. Put wet line hos to dry with bristles down this lengthere their period of usefulness; otherwise the water soaks into the back, e.aueing warping and cracking. 11 eggs are placed in hot water for a few seconds before breaking, the whites will separate from the yolks very easily. They must be cooled before whipping up the whites, Permute.: filled with minced pine- apples, celery and chipped nuts mixed with mayonnaise make a de- licious salad. Creamed cauliflower served in green shells makes a dish as tasty as it fi satisfying to the eye, The cook wild find it a cunveni- enee to have a belt fastened -around the waist. To each side front of this belt is fastened a strip that reathes to the knees. On the end of cath strip is fastened a quilted holder, When eggs are broken and can- _ not be used at once, they will keep mach better if the shells are re- moved and a quarter of a teaspoon- ful of salt beaten in for each egg. When couking tart apples or other sour fruit, add apinch of salt in the cooking prucess; this done, lees sweetening will be re- quired. uire d . I 71ie heat of � rl the oven s hal d be a feel r inTdet rmining what medium should be used fur greasing pans. Butter burns much more quickly then lard. No Cause to Interfere. The felluwing incident, which the Philadelphia Record relates, must have occurred before the outbreak of the present war, for landlub- bers as well as waterside charac- ters are by this time pretty famil- iar with the appearance of the sub- marine. A steam launch that belonged to a British battleship recently sprang a leak while crossing from Purtsmouth, and rapidly sank. Nearby an old `salt' was leisurely rowing a .boat, but he made no at- tempt to came to the rescue•. The launch's crew managed to swim to the boat, and as they scrambled in, one of them said to the boatman: "Why un earth didn't you give us a hand? Didn't you see we were sinking?' • "Ler' bless ser," said the boat- man stolidly, "I thought yer craft was one o' those blessed submar- ines !" ele-es. • Date Nand wielu's.—Them are lelicitnrs for the sellout lunch -box tr the picnic -box. Stine date's end chop fine. To one cupful of pulp add one tablespoonful of range juice. ltfix well and sprinkle with a little cinnamon. ipread on thin lice of whole wheat bread. Coffee Cake.—Three cupful's of le er, one coffee cupful of granu- kleed sugar, three-fourths of aeup- fnl of buttes, one heaping tea- spoonful baking powder, one -hail :ee'puonful salt,• one cupful cif cur- rants, two tea'sp'oonfuls of flavor - Inge, roll about one ineh in thick - nese and hake in moderately hot avers Mealloped Eggs.—Sig bard -cook- ed eggs, three-quarter cup <.hop- e, d irons, t•hreequarter cup butter- ^ -<l cracker crumbs, half teaspoon salt. twe tablespuons butter, one and a ]calf tablespoon flour, one cup madded milk; few grains pep- per. Melt the butter, add the Hour mixed ult.!) the seasoning,, and when mixed smooth add gradually t:.rr calded milk. C'uuk until en +,th and glossy. Chop the hard - :looked eggs. Sprinkle the bottom of e buttered baking-dieh with crawls, .cover with ene-half the eggs, the eggs with sauce, and the sauce with meat; repeat. Cover with the remaining crumbs. Place in the oven and bake until the enuis, are br,vvu. Tie meat may be emitted. (limon 1)ressiug.---Cit the bacon in :.mall bits, place it in a frying pan, fry out the fat and brown the Mecun. To every fourth cup of dripping add two tablespoons vinegar, one tess,poun salt, two teaspoons sugar, and one-fourth tc,,sp,on pepper. If the vinegar is very strung dilute it with water. The a.aiuunt of seasoning used will depend largely upon the ingre- dients in the salad, The dressing A used while hot, and will wilt the dandelions, lettuce, and water- cre.se. and other greens over which It is poured. A potato salad mixed with this dressing is delicious. ----- frame Hints. It: is, a good idea when engaged upon delicate needlework to ]rave a small bowl of white flour beside yoir and to dip the fingers in it oc- casionally, It negate in keeping the hands dry and the work oleaan, • The use of mustard in cleaning 'Aeneas in which fish has been kept will remove the fish taste and all, the odor, An old raincoat may be trans- formed into en apron for wasllb day. Soiled raincoltte mn,akintoshee) can ' .d c .ora, e : at kerne i its mere 1 n�m h .y Looking Backward Forty years ago the women were wearing hcupskirts. A quarter of a century ago the dandies affected spring - bottom pants. Thirty years ago hustles were all the rage. Twenty-five years ago or there- abouts the whole country was dip- pv over.the 15-13-14 puzzle. Thirty years ago the baseball pitcher threw underhand. ;1t about the same periud cro- quet tournaments were all to the aw fwah. Two- score years ago "Silver Threads Among the Gold" was the most popular sung of the day, while twenty years ago it, was "Af- ter the Ball." Twenty-five years ago if a kid <lidn't behave in school he got licked by the teacher. (We happen to knuwt. Twenty years ago all the young sports were riding safety ,bicycles every well regulated - community had its bicycle club. Thirty years ago they al) laughed when Rugby football was intro- duced in the West. Twenty years ago the young chap who owned a horse and buggy was the envy of every other lovelorn swain in the neighborhood and the admiration of every girl. Five years ago the women .wore all-over dresses. Four years ago Sarah Bernhardt played her twentieth "positively the last farewell tour" in the TJnited States. A year ago now it was hotter than the hinges of the scorching below. Yesterday the women were wear- ing hobble skirts. To -marrow•-- f We arc up to now, x No fewer than 402 naval and mili- tary books dealing with warfare have been published in the past few months. - Funeral of Inisitania. Victims ]leld at Queenstown. • Picture taken at the graveside, showing grave in which sixty-six coffins were plac ed side by side. g11v07,Nilve.iNtilika, stotplobill The Farm m Aut0 mob's e The cry is insistent for better roads in oountry districts. This has been brought bout to some extent since the advent of automobiles, creating sentiment in that direc- tion on the part of taxpayers. But men .and women alike, praoticelly everywhere, hold that one of the greatest services or public im- provements is in the way of a sys- tematic bettering of country roads. This was brought out, partieula•rly from the standpoint of the home, in a recent investigation made by the department of agriculture, seeking particularly to determine the social and labor needs of farm women. A brief abstract of the report shows the keen interest in better tlhoroughfares, and incidentally the increasing use of automobiles. Some go so far as to express the opinion that- in road building the requirements of auto'm,obilists are considered before the business and social needs of (he farm, this work- ing to the hantn of short stretches of side roads. Some of the testimony shows that due, to the lack of considera- tion of chauffeurs, who fail to stop their machines at proper times, the increase in automobiles has made it hazardous or dangerous for wo- men to do elluclL driving on many country roads. One writer rug- gents a federal law requiring the driver r of anr o i ati tom b is tot sop bis machine, on signal. One contributor to the investiga- tion says where the country roads have not been improved the women are practically shut in during the cold months, at a time when high- ways are so rough or mud ,so deep the popular priced automobiles so generally need by farmers and their wives, cannot be satisfactorily operated. "Nothing would bene- fit the women on the farms as much as to improve the country roads." One woman advocates ,a system of country roads which will enable the farm woman to transport her pro- duce to a market in the least pos- sible there, alto that they may drive a vehicle or automobile to and from dwell without overdoing themselves in accomplishing a long, tiresome journey that should be made in one quarter the time. OF Ile Does Not. Peter de Groot advertised for an office boy the other day. There weren't any replies that amounted to anything till re dirty -faced ur- chin presented himself just at the hour when he should not have ap- plied, "What do you wantl" growled Peter. The child answered : "I don't suppose you don't know about_ no man that don't ,want to hire no kid nor no feller to do no work for nothing do you? Or don't you 1" "Yes," answered Mr. De Groot, "I dont," ---- 4, Wheat 'Will 1lappen. A good story comes from the home of a well-known Scottish di- vine, says "Reynold's News- paper." Brooding over the 'wan- ton brutalities of the Germane one of -the .servante, while endeavoring to obtain the guidance of the head n,f the house in the matter, grave- ly remarked --"If ony o' thee Ger- mans get to Heaven it'll pit a lot o' folk off ,being guid." THE SUNDAY SCH401 STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNF. 20. Lessors X11. A Prayer for the Tempted (Temperance Lessen). Psa. 141. G.'1;—Psa. 141.9. • 1. The Cry to God (Verses 1-4). Verse 1. I have called upon thee —This is a frequent introduction to a psalm of complaint and desire for deliverance, 2. As incense before tieee . , . as the evening sacrifice—These are ex- pressions' from the priestly ritual. The psalmist knew what worship meant. He wanted his prayer and the lifting up of his hands to have all the authority .and force of an appointed religious service. Incense •was.burnt every morning and evening (see Exod. 30. 7, 8), and sacrifice was made both in the morning and evening (Exod. 29: 39), The psalmist's prayer was to be continual, not an impulse to sporadic bursts of supplication_ And it was to be a tribute of honor and ,praise. As the road over which the king was to pass, accor- ding to Oriental custom, was scent- ed with sweet perfume, so the God of heaven was to,'he adored in the presence of p e le . aeons odor's. I 3. Set a watch—However much one might determine to bridle (or muzzle, Psa. 39. 1) the mouth, there was still danger of sinning with the tongue. Only as God is the keeper, and sets a sentry to guard the lips, is the mouth of a man safe. 4. Incline not my heart — So afraid is the psalmist of becoming affected with the disease of an - another's iniquity that it seems as though he thought God •might un- consciously ineline him to evil deeds. His prayer, however, is a positive declaration that he will not let the sin of another contami- nate him, II. Chastening by the Righteous (Verses 5-7). 5. Let the righteous smite me— The psalmist would rather be in the presence of the righteous, though they •smite and chastise him, than in the presence of the wicked, though they pet and cajole him. There is the further thought that honest criticiser of a, just and purl man is a blessing to; ,be covet- ed, a kindness anti as oil upon the head. (See Psa. 23. 5; 123. 2.) Even in their wickedness—The psalmist unconsciously turns from the thought of the righteous smit- ing him to the buffeting of the wicked. This idea, was so deminent in his mind that he does not speak specifically of the "unrighteous". in their wickedness, but simply aa - slimes that whoever in wickedness could do anything ,would be essen- tially •winked. He does not mean that the righteous could be wicked; the pronoun "their" does not refer to "the righteous" mentioned' in the first 'part of the verse; it refers to the "wicked" whom he suppos- es, in contradistinction to the righteous, would atbempt to make him cease praying. 0, Their judges are thrown down --This verse is very obscure. Per- haps the reference is to the leaders o£ Absaloin's revolt, who are sup- posed to have thrown down the rooks by the people whom they misled. These latter, after having been deceived .b the fake leaders, heard David's words es "sweet morsels." 7. Our bones are scattered—See Psa. 53. 5. 'Similar expressions in the Psalter are used of the enemy, or of those who put themselves out of harmony with God. - So here "our tones" evidently has refer- ence to the wicked. Their punish- ment comes so swift and sore that they themselves cry out, "Our Ibones etre scattered," etc. They are of no more consequence than the clods which a• plower leaves be- hind him in the furrow. III. The Eyes Fixed on Jehovah (Verses 8-10): 8-10. Verse's five to seven are not as clear as verses•one to four and eight to ten. "The stream [in verses five to seven] has been foaming among rocks in a gorge, but [in verses eight to ten] it .has emerged into sunlight and flows smoothly." in thee do I take refuge—The honest soul takes refuge in the Al- mighty; it is confident that harm will remain far off. The snares anal gins which one sets for another are always sure to cause one's own undoing. The Psalms are full of such expressions, showing that the writers had dis- cerned a never -failing law of hu- man man life.. /sYour Family Safe? wedding ring on the finger of has • bride, he should slip into her hand a life insurance policy, He who is not willing to do so dies no moral right to assume the responsibility of establishing a home." These words were spoken by a noted evangelist. The assertion is ventured that among the 179,588 widows in Canada at the time of the ]ask tenets, many thousands would be ,happier to -day had• a substantial life insurance aoeom- panie(i the wedding ring. We won- der just how many of these 179,598 widows have been left to wetted want because of the failure of their husbands to provide for thein in the surest and eheapest way—by an in- surance policy substantial 'enough to guarantee independence fox a few years at leaet. We holes no brief for the life insurance com- panies., but like the evangelist we have quoted, we see it as the plain duty of the husband to provide for hie wife ,and little ones in the ease of the unbimely death of the bread- winner; In no case is dtife• insur- ance more needed than by the farmer endwise property ie mortgag- ed or insufficient to support les family in comfort were he to be removed, Worth It. "Prisoner at the 'bar,," said the Judge, "is there anything you wish to say before sentence is passed upon yon 1,t "No, :my Lord, there i$ nothin' I care to say; but if you'll clear mins the tables and chairs for me to thrash my lawyer yon can give me a year or two ex- tra." 4 Egyptians in tth,e third century treed to been butter be their helps instead of oil rcy: ORGANIZING •THE NE: G30RHOOD ail. Somebody has said that the ad - clition of a bathrocun to the farm home wii1 do snore in way of coun- try life enrichment than any other single factor. This simply means that the foamier, in thinking 'about the comfort of his family, brings to the oountry horse conveniences that have proved to be necessities in city homes. In the past too much attention has been paid to production, Country life needie,or- ganizetion to get a square deal. Government officials have work- ed out a method whereby every ru- ral community may get tugatber looking toward practical co-opera- tion in bussnnss and social affairs. It is suggested that five committees be appointed in every rural die- triet to deal with the business ie- teretst of the community—these communities to consist of one on farm production, one on market- ing, one on securing ,farm, supplies; one on farm finance and account- ing and oneyon traeportation. Simi- IarIy, there sthoulcl be five oommit- tees to attend to the community's social interests. These commit- tees to be on .educative, sanitation, recreation, beautification and houselro'.d economiiicr. With these 10 committees every phase of rural life may be ebudied, and looked after. It is net enough to increase the farmer's interne. Rural lifemust e b elevated ed and made so clelightful. that farm boys and girls will want to engage in its activities. The idea' le, that i,hrouth co-op- eration, each rural community Should he organized by having every individual articulating with the movement ,serving on one of these eomanittees. • The work would include seen, wounen and tike young folks. Tins Worth Iiaowing. I find the following a quick and eaay, way in which to clean and palish furniture and paantw•ork. Put a. tablespoonful of vinegar in a basin of hot, not too hot, water. Well wipe the furniture with, the liquid and leave to dry. A brilliant podisii results, with- out, any of that hard rubbing us- ually necessary. Adel a little aannronia to the wa- ter in which your waeh your silver and glass w'are's It brightens both of 'them wondeefuldy. Anel when you are laying e away your (silver At the drawer air• ease, don't forget to place therein a piece of guns camphor, It keeps the gocds bright such a long tune. Do you want to fireproof your muslin or easement cn•rtains 1 Then put an ounce of alum in the last •rinsing water, This applies else to children's clothes. It's tantalising to go into a room at night and not be able to lay your hand on the matches, In each room have matches attatthied be bracket by elr'ppitig a yard of na:rraw ribbon—to match the wall•• paper—through the cover of the match -box, and tying the ends `neatly to the bracket. • • Olean rusty irons • by rubbing them, wlhen trot, upon a piece of beeswax tied in a ploth, with a final rub on, a cloth eliippetd in Malt,: Put a handful. of salt in the wee- tee awter with which ,you 'ripe over your .earpeb after swe ping. The salt brings up the colors, 1ST MARRIAGE REGISTERS' 11.16} IU WAItIJS OI7?I;11.10) I?OR' 111 GSIr G ""LINE'S." Where Direct Sueeession 1 ails' There Are Many Cladniattfs to Estates and Fortunes.' A releted• of -ono thansendpoitnde • • has reoe aids bean offered for the recovery of the .regi,ebea• of marriage in tire parish of Cwwdmr, in the . 'county of Nairn, England, for the, years 1779 to 1783. A ttiwusand pounds is a email fortune, yet pita bably it is quite an insignificant sum when compares] with the ;amount involved 'in this particular cruse, No details are given, but it is understood than the registers etre vented in connec- tion with, the settlement of a very large estate, . suis is only one case out of many sianiler. Over and over again, when +direct euecession Earley there. may be a score or more claimants to an estate or fortune. These de- scend from younger sons or daugh- ter) of ,past holders of the estate, and all depends upon their being able to trae.e their descent definite- ly by means of marriage and birth oertafieakes. Some five or six years ago Eng - fish newspapers contained an of- fer of fifty pounds from a resident of Melbourne, Australia, for a certified eopy of a certain marriage supposed to have taken pla<se in the county of Duri:Lam, England. Wedded in $cr Pct lame. An old resident of Rookaliope, in that county, found the entry and claimed the reward. Some twelve months later this gentleman was pleasantly •surpriesd by receiving bank on an Australian ink for a thousand pounds, With this cavae a letter 'explaining that the cheque Wee intended a,s an arknowle.dg- ment for the trouble he fuel taken in finding the entry. The story was a romantic one. Among the emigrants elm left 1Veardal!a for Australia, dur•iatg the great gold. raslt in the middle of the last century, was a young womanwho had married a man who aftes'ivard.s became very wealthy. ]3ut 'sae had married un-, j der her pet name,'anel this fact led to broubtl.e, when in after years the question of succession arose among her children. It was to prove that the pet name was not her reatncum.e that the inquiries were instituted. Very large sums have been known to hinge on the discovery of a marriage certificate. In the year 1908 there died in Manchester a Welshman named Prit1' sad. He was a baelhelor who had lived very quietly, and everyone was surpris- ed when it was found that he had left £78,Ooo. An heir carne fo: ward 'n the par- son of a very pretty girl, who &aim- ed to be the daughter of the d• n'1 man's younger brother. But w•'en it came to the point no proof could be discovered that this was really the case. Her father, she said, had died when she was five, and het mother was also dead. Site !herself had been making is living 0.8 nur- sery governess, and nature?ly heel no money to press her claim. • A Ceremony at Sea. fiche had no notion whatever as to where her pate -ate had been married, end there was no record at Somerset Houle. Scene ,aocount of the ease ap• peered in a Manchester paper, but then nothing more was heard, and it seemed certain that the fortune. would revert to the Crown, when Miss Pritchard received from the ex -captain of a ship called the • Pentland a letter, in whidh hp said that he had neerried ,her father and mother art •tea. This proved to be the case, and tee young lady was able to prove her claim. Parish registers were not taken over by the Regista•,ar-General tor• til the year 1837, At that date i1 came to light that, out of the eleven thousand parishes in England there were fewer than eight hundred which possessed registers carrying back to the. year 1538—the year when Thomas Cromwell ordered the keeping of parish registers un - dee the system now in vogue. Ten yeiers ago two ladles began the tremendous task of snaking an index of all baptisms, marriages, and burials contained in the regis- ters prior to 1837. In three years they had indexed only 850 regis- ters, and had already obt:ar$ned more than two million entries, The number of entries in some, of these registers is incredible. Foe • inatanee, in whose of St. Anne'rr, Soho, in the fifty seven years be- tween 1780. and 1837 there are over 95,000 entries. By the way, the ordinary fee for a oertified copy of tin entry from a paristh register is throe -and-s:tx- pent, and for searoh.ing one shil- ling for the first year end ,sixpence for each subsequent year, 3 Experience. "There's one thing 1 can say," said the woman who hadmarried twice, "And that is?" they asked, "You never appeeolate the good qualtttes of your first husband until you discover the had points of, your second."