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These  are  all  chemically  treated  to  hold  Every  community  has  one  or  more  yards,  according  to  size  required.  We  re-/| 
dust,  and  may  be  washed  when  soiled. ,  "pizen  neat"  particular  housewives  and  gard  gingham  as  the  proper  material  for 
Some  extremely  smart  new  blouses  are 
of  brocaded  white  crape,  with  pleated 
frills ;  price  $5. 
Skating  coats  are  made  of  white  wash¬ 
able  chinchilla,  very  soft  and  warm,  a 
loose  knee-length  model  with  belt  and  de¬ 
tachable  scarf  to  match.  Such  coats  cost 
from  $7.50  to  $12.50  and  up. 
Concerning  Good  Housekeepers 
In  the  days  when  every  housekeeper 
used  wood  in  the  kitchen  stove  there  lived 
a  good  lady  who  religiously  washed  each 
and  every  stick  and  dried  it  before  it 
could  be  placed  in  her  immaculate  wood* 
box.  Then  with  a  whisk  broom  she 
brushed  the  sticks  and  reluctantly  put 
them  in  the  box  used  for  that  purpose. 
And,  by  the  way,  that  box  is  still  in  ex¬ 
istence  and  is  so  clean  that  it  is  used 
for  quilt  blocks  and  bits  of  goods.  The 
same  woman  always  brushed  her  skirts 
before  entering  lier  dust  free  domain  and 
if  they  seemed  very  much  soiled  they  were 
left  on  the  porch. 
Some  years  ago  we  had  a  housekeeper 
who  speedily  showed  me  that  there  were 
heights  and  depths  of  cleanliness  that  I 
never  know  until  slip  took  charge  of  us. 
That  young  woman  almost  scrubbed  the 
top  off  the  kitchen  table,  while  the  floor 
was  so  polished  and  so  torn  to  pieces 
with  the  scrubbing  brush  that  it  was  not 
safe  to  pick  up  a  pin  from  the  white  sur¬ 
face  for  fear  of  splinters.  When  she  mar¬ 
ried  and  went  to  her  own  home  her  hus¬ 
band  secured  a  cow  from  some  people 
who  were  notoriously  slack  in  their 
ideas  of  cleanliness,  and  Matilda  was  not 
well  pleased.  However,  she  bade  him  put 
the  cow  in  a  little  ]<>t  by  itself,  a  sort 
of  quarantine,  and  she  put  on  the  wash 
boiler  at  once.  With  soap  and  water 
and  a  brush  she  gave  that  cow  a  com¬ 
plete  and  thorough  bath  and  then  rinsed 
it  off  carefully.  At  the  end  of  three  days 
she  allowed  the  poor  animal  to  go  with 
the  rest  of  the  herd,  and  used  the  milk 
in  the  house,  though  she  said  doubtfully 
that  she  thought  she  should  have  waited 
till  the  ninth  milking  instead  of  the  sixth 
to  use  the  milk. 
One  of  our  neighbors  into  whose  do¬ 
main  it  is  positively  painful  to  go  keeps 
a  large  collection  of  newspapers  Con¬ 
stantly  on  hand.  When  any  of  her  fam¬ 
ily  or  a  guest  enters  with  footgear  slight¬ 
ly  suspicious  lie  is  asked  to  put  his  feet 
on  a  piece  of  newspaper,  and  a  trail  of 
papers  is  laid  down  for  him  to  get  to  tlui 
door  wln  n  he  departs.  It  is  hardly  ne¬ 
cessary  to  add  that  she  is  rarely  troubled 
either  by  the  family  or  others.  Another 
good  housekeeper  puts  the  parlor  in  or¬ 
der  and  then  pastes  strips  of  paper  all 
mound  the  cracks  of  the  doors  to  exclude 
dust.  The  windows  are  neatly  and  se¬ 
curely  guarded  against  dust  by  having 
strips  of  white  goods  stuffed  in  with  a 
sharp  knife. 
A  good  old  lady  who  never  in  her  life 
washed  dishes  in  rainwater  because  rain 
water  falls  upon  dirty  roofs  always  wash¬ 
ed  her  steak  as  long  as  she  lived.  She 
also  washed  the  coffee  and  tea  before  us¬ 
ing  them,  with  results  that  can  be  im¬ 
agined  easily.  In  fact  there  were  few 
food  supplies-  that  ever  got  past  that 
bath,  from  smoked  fish  to  potato  chips. 
It  will  bo  hard  for  some  people  to  be¬ 
lieve  that  the  woman  who  made  every¬ 
one  who  touched  l,er  baby  first  wash  their 
hands  with  carbolic  soap,  actually  raised 
the  child,  but  it  is  a  fact.  II is  play-  ■* 
thitigs,  his  hands,  his  food,  his  clothes 
and  everything  that  had  anything  to  do 
with  the  infant  had  to  pass  a  rigid  ex¬ 
amination .  many  times  daily.  Imagine 
asking  a  visitor  to  wash  her  hands  be¬ 
fore  touching  even  the  child's  clothing ! 
Perhaps  the  only  thing  that  saved  the 
child  was  that  she  was  sick  much  of  the 
time  and  his  grandmother  had  the  charge 
of  him  during  those  periods.  And  when 
it  came  to  cooking  that  woman  was  a 
wonder.  That  she  ever  had  time  for  all 
the  sterilizing  and  scrubbing  necessary 
is  amazing,  but  she  herself  said  that  they 
lived  very  simply,  and  on  such  foods  as 
could  be  sterilized.  To  this  day  the  most 
beautiful  peaches  and  the  exquisite 
grapes  that  abound  in  her  region  must 
be  cooked  before  her  family  can  touch 
them.  She  fondly  imagines  that  her  ideas 
are  carried  out  when  they  are  away  from 
home,  but  it  is  refreshing  to  know  that 
the  family  can  indulge  in  raw  fruit  oc¬ 
casionally  unmolested. 
it  is  entertaining  to  hear  them  hold  forth  work  aprons;  percale  wears  too  soon,  and 
fin  their  particular  subject.  We  used  to  modern  calico  is  really  not  worth  making 
have  a  neighbor  who  found  time  about  up  for  such  hard  wear. 
twice  a  year  to  visit  ns,  and  we  knew 
exactly  what  she  would  say  before  she 
got  there.  Her  conversation  ran  to  how 
she  kept  the  food  supplies  above  re¬ 
proach.  and  how  many  times  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  her  family  had  to  change  their 
garments  weekly.  Her  washings  were 
the  wonder  of  the  neighborhood  and  the 
things  they  had  to  eat  were  almost  be¬ 
yond  belief,  so  clean  were  they.  The  dis? 
triet  school  teacher  said  slip  could  always 
tell  when  that  woman's  children  were 
coming  to  school,  as  the  distinct  odor  of 
an  antiseptic  soap  always  went  ahead  to 
announce  their  approach. 
But  it  is  possible  to  die  prematurely 
of  worry  about  cleanliness  even  if  a  germ 
never  enters  the  system.  There  are  wom¬ 
en  who  have  boiled  and  filtered  the  water, 
scalded  the  lettuce  leaves  for  invisible 
dangers,  rejected  cabbage  and  all  such 
vegetables  because  minute  inspection  of 
every  leaf  was  impossible  and  in  every 
Four  Ohio  Recipes 
A  Good  Apple  Pudding. — Peel,  core, 
and  quarter  some  tart  apples.  Stew  in 
enough  wafer  to  cover  until  tender.  Skim 
out  on  a  plate  to  cool.  Add  one  cup  of 
sugar,  and  two  tablespoonfuls  of  butter  to 
the  apple  water.  Place  where  sugar  will 
melt  but  do  not  boil.  Make  a  rich  bis¬ 
cuit  dough  and  roll  it  thin.  Spread  ap¬ 
ples  thickly  over  it  and  roll  as  you  would 
a  jelly  roll.  Place  in  a  buttered  pud¬ 
ding  pan  and  pour  apple  water  over  it, 
sprinkle  with  granulated  sugar  and  a  dust 
of  cinnamon.  Bake  15  to  20  minutes  or 
until  well  done.  Slice  across  roll  in  por¬ 
tions  and  serve  with  cream. 
Sugar  Wafers. — One  cupful  sifted 
granulated  sugar,  one  cupful  of  butter. 
Beat  to  a  cream,  then  add  three  eggs,  and 
beat  until  light,  and  well  mixed.  Flavor 
with  lemon  and  mix  in  just  enough  sifted 
flour  to  roll.  Cut  with  cookie  cutter,  and 
bake  in  a  slow  oven. 
Patty  Cakes. — One  cupful  butter,  two 
cupfuls  sifted  granulated  sugar.  Stir  to 
a  cream  adding  (one  at  a  time)  four 
eggs,  and  a  cup  and  a  half  of  sifted  flour, 
flavor  with  vanilla  ami  bake  in  patty 
pans  in  a  slow  oven.  As  there  is  no 
baking  powder  used  in  this  recipe,  it  de¬ 
pends  on  being  thoroughly  beaten  to  make 
the  cakes  light.  These  are  rich  enough 
for  any  occasion. 
Delicious  Cake  Filling. — Dissolve  one 
cupful  of  powdered  sugar  in  two-thirds  of 
a  cup  of  sweet  milk,  add  one-lnilf  cupful 
of  sifted  flour,  and  the  whites  of  two 
eggs.  Beat  all  together  to  a  cream,  then 
stir  into  one  pint  of  boiling  milk,  let  it 
boil  a  few  minutes,  then  flavor,  and  cool. 
Embroidery  Designs 
No.  702  is  a  design  for  embroidering  a 
pillow  slip  or!  towel  end.  The  complete  de¬ 
sign,  18  inches  in  width,  is  given  for  one  end 
with  two  yards  of  scallops.  The  scalloped 
edges  are  to  be  padded  and  button-holed. 
The  leaves  and  flowers  can  be  worked  solidly 
or  as  eyelets,  The  stems  are  to  be  outlined. 
Any  preferred  initial  cu n  be  placed  within 
the  wreath.  To  pad  the  scallops,  either 
work  chain  stitcli  between  the  lines,  heavier 
at  the  centers  and  lighter  at  the  points;  cr 
cut  a  skein  of  thre  d,  apply  two  or  more 
strands  over  the  corner  of  the  stamped  pat¬ 
tern,  keeping  within  the  lines.  Tack  here 
and  thorc  in  couching  style,  gathering  the 
threads  closely  together  at  each  point  of  tho 
scallops.  Then  buttonhole  closely  over  the 
foundation.  When  making  solid  or  satin 
stitch,  first  pad  by  darning  backward  and 
forward  lengthwise,  then  cover  closely  with 
over  and  over  stitches,  working  in  the  oppo¬ 
site  direction  from  tho  padding.  To  make 
the  leaves  and  flowers  as  oyclets,  run  a 
thread  round  the  outline,  cut  a  slight  slit 
lengthwise,  then  crosswise,  push  the  mate¬ 
rial  back  and  work  closely  over  and  over. 
To  outline  the  stems,  take  short  stitches, 
keeping  the  needle  toward  the  right  and 
work  upward.  Use  cotton  or  linen  thread, 
in  weight  adapted  to  the  material  chosen. 
Price  of  transfer  pattern  10  cents. 
Thousands  of  Farmers 
Have  Chosen  this  Watch 
Here  is  the  watch  that 
has  proved  the  favorite 
among  thousands  of 
farmers  who  realize  that 
their  work  calls  for  an 
out-of-the-or  dinary 
timepiece. 
— A  watch  with  ability  to 
stand  the  jars  of  jump¬ 
ing  on  and  off  wagons 
and  all  the  hard  knocks 
incident  to  plowing, 
chores  and  harvest  time 
and  still  deliver  life¬ 
long  accurate  service. 
— A  watch  that  puts  real 
service  ahead  of  frills  of 
finish,  ret  so  handsome 
that  anyone  would  be 
proud  to  own  it. 
SuchawatchisourNo.217 
shown  here,  designed  and 
built  especially  tomeetfarm 
needs  yet  preferred  also  by  many  city  people. 
A  real  leader  in  the  justly  famous  family  of 
way  guarded  against  germs,  and  who.  in 
spite  of  all,  have  not  lived  to  three  score 
and  ten.  It  is  all  well  enough  to  be 
clean,  but  when  it  comes  to  being  “dirty 
clean,”  as  a  good  old  soul  put  it,  when 
vexed  with  a  fussy  daugliter-in-law,  there 
is  such  a  thing  as  going  too  far.  But 
since  the  extra  clean  housekeepers  furnish 
so  much  fun  for  the  rest  of  us  perhaps 
they  have  a  distinct  mission  to  the 
world,  for  fun  has  never  been  common 
enough  in  this  vale  of  tears  since  the 
world  began.  iiilda  Richmond. 
No.  217 
Adj  usted 
to  temper¬ 
ature  and 
3  positions. 
$25  and  lip, 
according 
to  grade  of 
case. 
Work  Aprons 
In  January,  when  the  sales  of  white 
and  other  wash  goods  begin,  we  should 
not  forget  a  good  supply  of  work  aprons. 
Thvso  may  be  made  in  three  styles;  the 
all-enveloping  one  that  covers  the  skirt 
all  around,  and  most  of  the  waist,  the 
large  straight  apron  with  a  bib  and 
shoulder  straps,  and.  simplest. of  all,  the 
square  one-piece  apron  that  requires  liter¬ 
ally  no  making  except  hemming.  The 
last-named  takes  just  a  yard  of  material. 
.‘10  or  32  inches  wide.  A  six-inch  trian¬ 
gle  is  cut  off  one  corner,  and  reserved  for 
a  poqket.  The  apron  is  worn  diamond 
wise,  so  this  truncated  corner  forms  the 
top  of  the  bib.  The  apron  is  hemmed  all 
around,  tape  for  strings  fastened  to  two 
opposite  corners,  and  a  piece  of  tape 
fastened  to  each  side  of  the  truncated 
corner,  so  us  to  make  a  loop  to  go  over 
the  head,  thus  holding  the  bib  in  place. 
The  small  triangle  is  then  sown  on  as  a 
pocket,  and  the  apron  is  complete.  This 
is  a  useful  apron  when  it  is  not  necessary 
to  cover  the  dress  entirely,  and  it  is  eco¬ 
nomical  to  make  and  to  launder.  This 
requires  one  yard  of  gingham ;  the 
straight  apron  with  shoulder  straps  2*7 
yards,  and  the  overall  apron  3%  to  five 
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