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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-09-29, Page 6stite d tucks and rows: of roiled eyelets or embroidered clot Aprons that are worn thin in, front may be 'made quite geed again. Rip off the belt, -bib or yoke. cut the apron down the front; hem these edges, sew the other edges together, and put on belt again. If .you sew a w aistbone up the back of .a tape measure for the first ten inches you will have a: means at hand to rapidly measure skirt lengths and lines for.trimming.:.• Should a poultice at any time be required 'where no linseed meal is available, an:excellent poultice eau be .made by boiling a few potatoes in their skins, When cooked, place them in a flannel bag the size re-. quired,`fasten, the end and roll them over with the rolling pin. They, are then ready for use. Boil a cupful of rice in two quarts of water for 30 minutes. ' Let it stand over night and strain through .cheese cloth.. Soak the iron rust spots in the rice water for ;four or five hours and rinse in clear water; This will remove iron rust of long standing. Rust on a stove may be removed with kerosene. Wash well with a woollen cloth wet with kerosene. Use an oil brush on the grooves and ornamental parts. • Let the. stove stand a day •and then repeat the washing. Finally rub dry with awoollen cloth, then polish. When the white and not the yolk- of olkof an egg is required for use, make a small hole in the shell and let the white run out, and stand the egg in an eggcup, which should be set in a cool place. The yolk' will keep its color and freshness for some days. • Dish cloths do not get the atten- tion they should, and in many Nous= Notes of Particular Interest to Women Folks FAVORITE RECIPES. Pie Crust.—Three tablespoonfuls of flour to one of lard (heaping) ; ;his makes one crust. Salt and a .ittle baking powder. Mix with `ork. Use cold water and not too nuch. Roll out the top crust, spread lard on thinly, sift flour neer it, pat down with hands thor- oughly. Before putting in ovea lash cold water over the pie. You mill be well repaid when you see your flaky pie. Doughnuts — Cup granulated sugar, level teaspoon butter ; cream sugar and butter. One well beat- en egg, one cup sweet •milk, two teaspoons baking powder sifted in flour (do not get ton stiff), salt, and nutmeg. Handle as little as pos- aible. Have lard smoking before putting in cakes. Use knitting needle to turn them. Turn as soon as they conte to the top; keep turn- ing until done; will be an even color then. To Cook Peas.—This is an excel- lent way to cook peas when they re a little old: One quart of peas, our ounces of pork, one. tablespoon f butter, one-half clip of water, wo white onions, and one-eighth ea -poen of pepper. Cut .the pork nto small bits. Put butter in stew an ; when it melts, add the pork incl eo eleag*rntly uatil,a light brown,,. 1 d thewater,)ions sized onions. Cover tightly (use a cover with an iron on top) and let simmer slowly for about two hours, according to thickness of meat. About ten minutes before it is done rub to a smooth. paste in water a heaping tablespoonful of flour to thicken gravy. A little left over meat gravy or soup adds richness to gravy. LUNCHEON DISHES. Beef Olives.—Take three-fourths pound of tender beefsteak, one• (Illi:: i 11 illi IIIIII ��u�((����I�I 1111111 06111jll' l�l(I ��u gilt �III r 4,,...r 1417f. � �._11 r,,,,„,,,, _.?„; Conforms' to tie. ``...,....-- hzgfi o�wta63C�ard of 10 Gifted 65-O©Cs.. II:se/trt t2 r tiro hundrede1rpoeS. 1111111111ibetto 1 u MA (INN SAFE INVESTMENTS SHOWING THAT 60 PER GENT. OF SPECULATORS LOSE MONEY. . A, Further Digression from the Subject of Pure Investment to Give Some Interest- ing Pacts on Speculation—The Best Ad- -vice to Prospective Speculators Is Don't. (By Investor.) in the last issue we saw in what points speculation differed from investments. The practical difference between invest- ment, it was seen, was largely' one in chance of',gain, whereas the investor al- most always insists ou great safety at the expense of ;,robability of largely in- creased value of his holdings, the specu- lator sacrifices everything to his chance tablespoonful of bread crumbs, one es are dirty and quite unfit for of ttroflt—or loss. tablespoonful of chopped suet, use. After washing up, ':always h*ow, 'unfortunately, many speculators three anchovies, one hard boiled snap time dishcloth well and then flee that the old proverb, "Distance egg, one teaspoon of chopped pars- rinse in hot water with sada in ,t lei its eueflantmeee,” equally applicable to ley, and one teaspoonful of grated lemon rind. Cut the beef into thin, even -sized slices. Put the ancho- vies, chopped egg, parsley, suet, lemon rind, and bread crumbs into a basin, season with. salt and pep- per to taste, and add enough beat- en egg to bind them together. Put a Iittle of this forcemeat into each slice of beef, then roll it up and tie loosely with string. Put these "olives” into a saucepan and add enough stock to cover them, then let them stew gently for three-quar- ters of an hour. Serve them with gravy and baked tomatoes. Florida Salad.—Cut slices from stein ends. of six green peppers and Cas, • om nreinove'.t1i sceas::Ii.efill With, grape- men add- P ' fruit cut into. cubes, the tenderest n,l:'pepper. stalks of Celery cut into small pies- Sc!imere Kase:—The Germans es, and shredded almond meats, se drained buttermilk as a cheese allowing twice as much grapefruit rid add .alt., 'pepper, also, if liked, little green . omen top. This is n economical supper dish and de- cleus,. Tea Cakes—Ono cup of sugar, wo-thirds cup of butter, two eggs, .ne cup of raisins, one cup chopped •alnuts, two cups of flour, one mall teaspoon soda, one-third cup f hot water, one small teaspoon .f cinnamon, one small teaspoon of cloves, pinch of salt. Drop by tea- apoonfuls on buttered tins, being sure they do not touch, and bake in quick oven. Veal Steak ----Select a good, meaty piece of veal from the leg in one piece, about two inches thick. Fry about eight or ten slices o€ bacon in a deep steel or iron frying pan; do nut fry too crisp, and when done remove them and pour off the fat, leaving just enough en pan to fry the meal. Brown the veal well, en Tooth sides. When well browned lay ori top the bacon slices and pour on enou h boiling water to barely cover all; salt to taste and ad::l .1:9 water sliced three medium CEEB CONSTIPATON Mr. Andrews praises Dr.. tilorse's 6tndiaan Rest Plias. Rinse again in hot water and hang it in the air to dry, Nervous children should never be scolded unless it is absolutely nec- essary, and should never, under any circumstances, be ridiculed. ,Such treatment is only likely to make them more nervous, and in these days such a tendency shduld be specially guarded against:. It is very vexing and annoyiug ;, indeed to have one's Iips break out In with cold sores, but, like the i,teas- les, it is far better to strike out than to strike in, says a eorreepon- dent. A drop of warm mutton sett applied to the sores at night, jtt't before retiring, •will. e .,-a 'lar, ._ them' to disappear. Every few weeks clra-ni' off a few 1 se Pails of water througithe fel:meal it at the bottom of your r itchen but r o ler. You will find this water re.� cidedly rusty. If th,•.; is,•neglected the pipes running through the kitchen range will be eaten through by the rust. This .es a hint from a friendly plumber. . ' When cane seats; become, slack they are uncomforta:lsle and unsight. ly. Sponge both sides of tbe'cane thoroughly with hot soapsuds, in which a handful of "stilt has been. dissolved. Then s ` hen t theirs tis ettlier going to rut prices up or down old Windsor boy, fell off his bicycle in the open air and—or, he is �ieaving them to the will of and scratched his wrist. Ile a cloth, of the is fairly dry cover it natural conditions. There is the old shell thought nothing of the injury, but with a and iron with <t hot blood poison set in and he is dead. iron. Treated like this the seats ;same €.. the country fair to the life. Such incidents as these --by no will become as. firma as whale new. The pea is under, one -of the shells—or means infrequent -ought to make two of the operator's fingers. slut evou if you guess what one group people realize the danger that may FOOD AGAINoj•;''ates York's financial giants want to lie even in the smallest wound. A Mighty Important Subject to do you may find you lose because an• Take a simple illustration. 'When Everyone. other and stronger group want to do a knife, a rusty needle, a splinter -----• tho'c inosite, and the upper and nether of dirty wood, a barbed wire fence, A Boston lady talks entertaining- mill -stones grind your margins out of or a thorn, scratches the hand, the ly of food and the changes that can Sour pocket until you give up in de. latter is inoculated with germs. be made in health by some know- "seen—perhaps to see that your judg- The way to avoid serious results ledge on that line. She says: meet is right and that bad you had the is to cleanse the wound and apply "An injury to my spine in early ability: to "stay by the game" you might Zam-Buk. Zam-Buk is a powerful womanhood left me subject to so- have on; out. yet painless germ -killer, and when vera sick headaches which would ' tl'hen; suripose Mr. M'ol'gan and all applied to the bruken skin is ab - last three or four days at a time, ethers were not influencing the market, sorbed into the tissue, instantly and a violent course of drugging you have to judge how general condi• destroying the germs that spread brought on constipation with all Bions,, money markets in London, linens disease and stopping the pain and the ills that follow. • York and France aro going to affect smarting. That is why Zam-Buk "My appetite was always light things; what the crops will be; how in- is so popular with children. and uncertain and many kinds of dustries are doing. .You may judge cor- Zam-Buk must not be coatfuccd find distressed me. xectly to find—as at present—France and with ordinary ointments. Z tm-i3uk "I began to eat Grape -'Nuts food Germany at each others throats, and the is a unique preparation, possess- ' a and heal - thin Soo antmse )tic �, two or three years ago. because I market collapsing through fear of the ing antiseptic, liked the taste of it, and I kept on effects on business of a war. verily ing qualities that are not to be because I soon found it was doing 50 per cent. of losers is surprisingly low; found together in any other pre - me good." ane remember: of the 20 per cent. of paration. It is not only a' unique "I eat it regularly at breakfast, those who don't lose are those who know healing balm, but it is also a skin frequently at luncheon, and again ivltat is going on—directors who take ad• food. For all skin diseases and before going to bed—and have no vantage of advance knowledge, managers injuries—cuts, bruises, burns, 00 - trouble in `sleeping on it.' It has seminar with the businesses in which zema, chafing, ulcers, ringworm, relieved my constipation, my head nice hapten to speculate and some of 'etc., it is without equal. It is also aches have practically ceased, and their friends. used widely for piles, for which it am in better physical condition ''ff . you must' speeulate, therefore, re• may be regarded as a specific. All I p y at the age of 63 than I was at 40. member the political slogan; "Canada druggists and stores sell at 50 sen "I give Grape -Nuts credit for re- .for ,the 'Canadians." Here things are a bots., or post free from Za -Buk Refusee.. storing my health, if not saving my net on the same scale as in New York. Co., Toronto,,- for p life, and you can .make no claim 'Canada, is a growing country, her Indus- harmful imitations. for it too strong for me to en- tries are growing, and her companies. dome." Name given be' Postunt held in respect. So far we • have suffered HE HAS SEEN IT. Co., Battle Creek:Inch. from trade depressions only slightly in Read the little i' 1 book, "Tho Reed nomearison with the States. And,' last Arctic Hunter --"I think if your to, Wellville" in pkgs. "There's aha by far the most important, Yot7 wife would wash her facet it would ap(; dation. and, therefore, dabble in the New York market. As a matter of ac- tual experience, in the long run it is ti to as profta'a1e--and probably less e c -ere—to put your money on a horse race,.':'i You probably know something rb,j horses. You can never know em+ .„i about the stow York market to to ,i t worth. while. The writer bas b ,,;umber of years in the stock busi- 'ore taking to the more modest nerve -rucking business of writ - Can speak .with some authority'. ourse, the reader will not ac - bold statement without*some ,us being advanced. 1y',' :a. blew York broker care- !1'ttnge number of a:ceounts 1 liscoverea, much to his t eight out of + every ten of est money; eighty per cent. rs eventually lose, is what as celery, and one-third as many nut meats as grapefruit. Arrange in nests of endive or lettuce leaves, and serve with mayonnaise dress- ing. Mexican Salad.—Take equal quantities of cucumbers, celery, and tomatoes; chop each vegetable separately until fine, mix, add a pepper cut into tiny slices (the scissors should be uesd for this) and an onion scraped to a pulp. Season with a tablespoonful of vinegar, the juice of one lemon, salt and pepper. Line the salad bowl with lettuce leaves or parsley and turn the salad into it. Banana Croquettes.—Peel six bananas, cut a slice from each end, then cut into crosswise sections. Dredge well with powdered sugar and marinate one hour in. the juice of two oranges, turning the sections over new and then. Roll in beaten egg. then in grated crumbs, and fry in deep hot fat. For the sauce, strain the syrup after the bananas have been taken out,. bring just to boiling paint, then thicken with one tablespoonful cornstarch stir- red smooth in a little cold water. Cook until -clear, fake from the fire, and add a half teaspoonful of orange extract. Radish and Olive Salad. — Slice the radishes on a fluted vegetable the olives in stripe. i )s. cut l and ct slicer Mix, add a French dressing made With four tablespoonfuls' of olive oil, a half teaspoonful of vinegar, and garnish with lettuce cress, or the radish crowns. . *air, Oeorgc Andrews of Halifax, N.S., writes: .. n troubled have been 'sIb • r man years 1�, Y5 with chronic Constipation. This ail- ment ne,, er comes single-handed, and I have been a victim to the many illnesses tIilrt can :iv:Aimti brings in Medicines ttr medicine I..l n. eit:tn orcler to find relief, hutone and all left me in the same hopeless condition. It seethed that nothing 'would expel from me the one ailment that caused so much trouble, yet at last I read about these Indian Root Pills. That was indeed a lucky daay, for ire, `'for I was so impressed with the state- ments made that I determined to Svc them.a fair trial, . They have regulated my stoniaoh and `bowels. I am curedjpf constipation, and X .shalt. they have no equaLas a medi- k due." Por over half a century Dr. xfdmau Root pills bavgd tent curin ,Cott- • ' stiliatio i`andeclo `4 k etr p kieineys; •`'";with all lie amiruei s which result iron ` them. They Cleanse the whole system. lsxd1utify..tlte blood, Sold everyelter� 'ai: 2Sa. a box, abs=_ atr Beet .€tin , too. But that is the whole. difd- etxePy. Tho game is to guess what Mor- gati, or some one. elb,r, is doing—and your gite��s is as good as mine. Mr. Morgan What )ii'our BnglisTs 'T'rampe (Did is • -Que Roan. Animated by love for the beauti- ful oaks of England, Mr. Charles Burst started from Manchester on a famous• planting walk which he has commemorated most charmingly in his recent. volume, entitled "'Tho Book of the English Oak,” Not content with planning to leave • a track in the form of a noble line of oaks of his own planting scatter, ed along u; portion of his path through • Lancashire, Mr. • Hurst, with considerable cunning, enlisted four tramps in the cause, with such success that the lazy fellows plant- ed fifty acorns in an hour, Tho miracle begin with the re- quest for a penny by a beggar who admitted that he was a snow -shovel- er in summer and a haymak'r in winter, .and that his friends were in the same occupations. "'Now look here," said a Hurst, "I can find you all a gran,.t job with better pay than you ever gob before, unless you have been cabinet ministers, bishops or maim - aging directors. Ask them to come here, "My Christian friends," he went on, as they stood round, "you see those seeds 1 If you will plant them. as I direct, 1 will give you two- pence apiece for each one you set, Who says willing?" Mr. Hurst spread about fifty acorns, brought from home, on bis handkerchief. He gave each roan art acron that, at a given signal, be must plant at one of the marked places, and then return for another. He pointed out that under this ar- rangement the amount of their earnings depended en the vigor of their exertions, for the more ener- getic the man the greater hie pro- portion of the whole Stun set aside for oak -culture. "Shades of Sherwood :" t:, con- tinue in Mr. Hurst's own mors;. "What a sight it was to see those curious creatures displaying frantic energy beneath the blazing sky! As each man rushed toward me, aw held out an scorn and uttered words of encr,urai;ment, warning or banter, as the •eb.. ropitired. ""For nearly an hour did the trem- endous activity continue, until not an acorn remained on the bar -Aker - chief. `'I then cast up the account in my note -book, which showed the follow- ing score: Red Man, twelve; Mel- a:ncholy Man, sixteen; Fat man, eleven; Blue -faced Man, thirteen.," NEW NAVAL SU13)LARINE.S. Great Britain Has Seventy"flve of This Type of Vesstil. More and more importance is Ire- ing attached • by European naval and military authorities to submar- ines and aeroplanes. Russia, Tur- key, France, and Germany all in- clude submarines in their new de- fence schemes. England seems to have similar ideas, for there aro now seventy-five submarines com- pleted or under construction in British yards. That the modern submarine is no very frail affair, or difficult to. manage, 'is proved by the fact that one flotilla Inas just travelled nine thousand miles out to Hong Kong and another to Malta in the Medi- terranean, Both had stormy pas • - sages, yet no ,damage Was suffer- ed. The latest, or "E" type of Brit- ish submarines, is a tremendous ad- vance • on previous achievements. Experts believe there are some no- table improvements' yet to be ad- ded, so that within a few years there displacement will be ftp to 2,003 toims and the vessels will be able to travel under water by dor and an the surface at night. By that time • the ol.;letifne destroyers will bp hopelessly out of date. The "E'' submarines demon- . strate once here there is no anal- ity in naval Construction) Every ... year "goes one better." At present they are of 800 tons displacement and can travel on the surface up to fifteen knots, Vast impro` emeets c r )nte.tt have m iim�saiiclo tt •1 ei e i tm n o g 7 I quite obviated the disastrous ex- plosions of the earlier days, when the older -fashioned natal men re- garded submarines as. mere toys suited"...only for limited • defend) work, but not only can the newest type cover long voyages in which seaworthy qualities are requir,•xl, they are being constructed so as to carry an armament of small quick - firing guns for use when on the surface and a strong torpedo equip- ment for use 'when submerged. So great is the progress shown, indeed, that among; naval men 'the sub- marine has come to be regarded as the most destructive ann of na- val.warfaro for. the future. speculate and' find out for yourself, par - haps, what the prospeets are. Or your broker may know from first hand infor- mation. In short, your chances are bet- ter. But in speculating, this should- be borne in mind. Remember that the smal- ler the margin the greater the risk. A two per cent. margin is only accepted by "bucket -shops" who can only make money if you lose. Legitimate brokers will not do business on a less than ten point mar- gin, and very few even at that. Twenty points is fairly safe, but only within the Past few months, one popular Canadian stock has dropped 12 points. and C. P. R. over 25, Therefore, when you speculate do so on a substantial rwargin and be prepared to back no ycur first margin with more; otherwise, although your judgment may ha correct in the long run, you may never have a chance to give it a fair test—you may be forced to sell on some unexpected drop due to con- ditions which no one could foresee, and whose effect would be merely temporary. However, the best advice to those who aro thinking of speculating is this: "Don't." on say, '"Morgan and Itocke- n make a million dollar 'clean r why couldn't the small snecu- eke a few dollars?" Unettestioa- the small speculator knew what gen was doing iu the stock mar. (Weld make money and "big" BROWN SUGAR, RECIPES. Maple Tapioca Jelly.—Soak o^o cupful pearl tapioca in three cup- fuls of water over night. Boil until clear with one and a half cupfuls of brown sugar. Cool, pour into individual glasses, and when ice cold serve with whipped cream. Maple Icing.—Boil three cupfuls of brown- sugar with three-fourths cupful of water until it threads. Beat until creamy. Stir in three tablespoonfuls of cream and a lump of butter. Use f;.,t;. layer cake when cool, Hard Sauce.—Cream ane cupful. of brown saga.`r ' and , a third of 'a cupful of butter. Adder tables poon- ful of boiling -water. Beat, Hien add three tablespoonfuls of cream., and beat till smooth. Liquid Sauce.—Creain one cup- ful of brown sugar and one-third cupful of butter'. Mix two table- spoonfuls of flour with two Cups of water. Boil, then beat it into the butter and sugar. DEATH -AFTER A SCRATCH. Morris Quatzam, an eleven -year - VALUABLE, HINTS. Grease spots on a wall may be removed. by putting blotting paper on tate spot and holding a hot iron against it. In stitching a hem in a sheet or towel 'it is much better to turn and 'stitch back an inch than to tie the threads to fasten it. 'en't throw away your old kid res. Cut the fingers off and. give .,to children to .ii;: ever the ends of colored crayons whir,'.: they N ,111,11 ._Giv Tnn SPOT. you can, if oe• improve her appearance. . 1 Floe Th fin tl. at p lore char wise hare way, and r . Nati ti woe; l.. Et part f f'. lear to 1 dwe. mus ,give esti hen It sometimes happens that when . c Wl.,Sehryol x reason." tri: :• ,,,.1 i:n'::"'-tsiv tri).- aver read the ebOVo letter? A now one canton demands, go' to the otRee of the I,skimo—* `Ugh! You never saw a r.'+an pesos his reputation he fa ,1 cI i.,t h a..:a..may pentane, tone and tultooftl ulnanlnferosf, meanies in where shares you wish to her face 1'c tucks. r •+' t3 reifies be ` CO - .. La inn the! seva Tl pus SI any shot 'watt k n { If 11 ei )ro vhf ed �ho T 110 Llai