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no  preparation  save  tin?  milling  of  soda — • 
which  must  he  done  within  live  minutes 
before  baking.  Always  beat;  don’t  stir. 
When  convenient,  add  the  thoroughly 
beaten  white  of  an  egg,  heating  in  simul¬ 
taneously  with  the  soda.  Omit  the  yolk. 
The  egg,  however  is  not  essential.  Milk, 
either  sweet  or  sour,  will  not  make  such 
orisp  cakes  us  water  with  about  two 
tablespoonfuls  of  vinegar. 
A  thin,  quickly-heated  frying  pan 
(large  size,  which  can  be  purchased  for  10 
cents)  hakes  more  quickly,  more  evenly, 
and  with  better  results  iu  the  texture  of 
the  cake  than  the  regular  clumsy  griddle. 
One  frying-pan  bakes  three  cakes.  The 
writer  has  used  two  and  would  advise 
using  three  frying  pans  for  large  families 
Farm  Women’s  Experience 
Short  Notes  by  Farm  Housewives 
Removing  Ink  From  Sacks. — Some 
time  ago  there  was  an  inquiry  about  how 
to  take  the  ink  out  of  the  coarse  cloth 
sacks  used  for  mill  feeds.  Wo  get  good 
results  by  rinsing  them  thoroughly  in 
lukewarm  water  and  then  putting  them 
through  the  regular  washing  with  the 
"roller  towel  hatch,”  being  careful  to  give 
them  a  good  boiling  in  soapy  water.  If 
the  ink  does  not  all  come  out  the  first 
time,  a  second  washing  is  pretty  sure  to 
finish  it  These  feed  sacks  make  very 
good  covers  for  comfortables.  It  takes 
eight  sacks  and  three  pounds  of  cotton 
battiug  for  one.  A  fine  navy  blue  can  be 
obtained  by  using  two  packages  of  navy 
blue  dye  for  cotton ;  cardinal  red  is  also 
used,  both  colors  being  tied  with  white 
cotton  yarn. 
Sumac  Dye. — A  neighbor  suggests 
that  the  dye  from  “sumac  labs”  could  be 
used  to  color  them  n  soft  gray,  which 
would  look  well  tied  with  a  good  fast  red 
yarn.  To  make  the  dye,  boil  two  or  three 
pailfuls  of  the  "bubs”  for  sonic  time  in  an 
iron  kettle.  After  taking  out  the  “hobs” 
boil  the  goods  in  Ihe  dye  until  well  col¬ 
ored.  Lift  them  out:  and  air  them  well. 
Add  five  cents’  worth  of  copperas  to  the 
dye  and  boil  the  goods  again  in  it,  rinse 
thoroughly  and  dry  as  usual. 
Tying  Comforts. — When  ready  to  tie 
the  comfort,  make  chalk  marks  three 
inches  apart  on  opposite  sides  and  snap 
a  chalked  string  between.  Do  the  same 
with  the  other  two  sides  and  the  com¬ 
fort  will  he  marked  evenly  for"  tying,  and 
lie  sure  to  tie  it  with  square  knots  v> 
they  will  not  work  loose.  These  com¬ 
forts  are  cheap,  easily  and  quickly  made 
(children  en'oy  tying  them)  and  are 
really  very  pretty  wlimi  carefully  colored 
and  evenly  tied. 
The  Fly  N  i  tSAXCic. — Another  fly 
campaign  is  nearly  over,  leaving  many  a 
weary  and  exasperated  housewife,  wood¬ 
work  marred  by  ily  swatters,  wall  paper 
and  ceilings  spoiled.  Resides  these  an¬ 
noyances,  we  do  not  know  how  many  ail¬ 
ments  were  caused  and  spread  by  the 
same  little  nuisance.  Two  things  we 
have  learned  this  season :  To  use  out¬ 
door  fly  traps  early  in  rhe  Spring  and 
plenty  of  them;  keeping  them  well  baited 
and  cared  for  all  Summer  long,  not,  for¬ 
getting  to  supply  the  barn  as  well  as  the 
house,  and  to  use  a  kerosene  spray-pump 
wherever  practicable  ou  fly-breeding 
places,  as  in  open  drains,  outdoor  toilet, 
etc.  We  use  a  common  little  50-eent 
pump,  such  as  the  men  use  for  spraying 
cows  with  fly-killer.  The  manure  pile  is 
the  worst  culprit  in  the  case,  hut.  how 
can  a  dairy  farm  be  without  oue? 
Kerosene  Gas  Stove. — Several  inquir¬ 
ies  have  been  received  concerning  the 
Optimus  kerosene  gas  stove.  It  can  he 
obtained  from  a  Chicago  mail  order 
house  for  .$2.95.  Sometimes  it  is  found 
in  local  hardware  stores.  Directions 
come  with  it  and  should  he  followed  care¬ 
fully.  Do  not  fill  the  stove  too  full  of 
oil  (two- thirds  full  is  plenty)  or  a  yel¬ 
low,  smoky  flame  will  result.  Some¬ 
times  the  same  effect  comes  if  the  burner 
is  very  cold,  or  in  a  draught  when  you 
start  it  with  the  alcohol.  In  either  case, 
simply  open  the  air  screw  to  extinguish 
it,  pour  more  alcohol  into  the  cup  and 
start  over  again. 
School  Lunches. — With  the  opening 
Of  school  comes  the  problem  of  what  to 
put  up  for  the  children’s  lunches.  Bread 
and  butter  is  the  standby,  and  both 
should  be  of  the  very  best.  Some  favorite 
fillings  for  sandwiches  are  apple  jelly, 
brown  or  maple  sugar,  and  beef  or 
chicken  ground  in  the  meat  chopper  and 
moistened  with  strong  broth.  Canned 
fruit  iu  a  jelly  tumbler  with  a  snug-fitting 
top  is  always  liked,  as  are  also  cheese 
and  celery,  and  patty-pan  cakes  carry 
well.  A  small,  self-sealing  pail  of  cocoa 
can  be  prepared  at  home  and  heated  at 
school  if  there  is  a  stove.  A  half ‘tea¬ 
spoon  of  cocoa  and  a  teaspoon  of  sugar 
are  mixed  and  melted  with  boiling  water; 
when  cool,  a  cupful  of  milk  is  added. 
This  avoids  the  bother  of  scalding  the 
milk. 
Boarding  Scholars.  The  student  at¬ 
tending  high  school  must  have  a  basket  of 
provisions.  Country  students  usually 
rent  a  room  for  $1  to  $1.25  a  week  and 
take  tlieir  board  from  home,  the  landlady 
doing  all  the  work  in  the  case  of  boys,  and 
most  of  the  cooking  for  the  girl  students. 
Saturday  is  a  busy  day  where  there  is 
such  a  student  or  two  in  the  family,  for 
food  must  be  prepared  for  them  for  a 
week  ahead,  and  it  must  be  of  a  charac¬ 
ter  that  will  keep,  and  not  taste  too  stale 
by  the  next  Friday,  for  there  is  not  al¬ 
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"  Iceless  Refrigerator  ” 
ways  a  chance  to  send  provisions  during 
the  week.  Bread,  etc.,  may  be  bought, 
but  children  usually  prefer  home  cooking. 
So  into  the  basket  goes  a  loaf  of  bread,  a 
small  basin  of  beaus,  an  np*>le  pie,  a 
small  frosted  cake  or  part  of  a  large  one 
(ihe  frosting  helps  to  keep  it  fresh  1, 
cookies  or  doughnuts,  a  small  roust  of 
beef,  a  can  of  fruit,,  and  so  on.  Apples, 
vegetables,  eggs,  butter,  milk,  etc.,  are 
taken  also,  though  the  milk  cannot  be 
kept  lung.  City  milk  must  then  he 
bought,  though  not  very  palatable  to 
country  boys  and  girls,  and  costly  at 
that.  Cocoa  is  greatly  liked  and  poaches, 
bananas  and  oranges  help  to  break  the 
monotony  of  diet. 
Country  High  Schools. — It  seems  a 
strange  thing,  when  one  thinks  of  it*  to 
send  hoys  and  girls  »if  L_'  nr  14  away 
from  their  country  surroundings  to  the 
city  to  attend  school,  where  people  are 
more  or  less  crowded  together,  and  there 
are  so  many  temptations  to  spend  money, 
waste  time,  and  divert  the  mind  from 
study.  Tt  seems  as  if  it  would  be  so  much 
more  s»  nsible  if  high  schools  S"d  grounds 
were  in  the  country,  and  the  young  folks 
of  the  cities  were  sent  to  get  their  educa¬ 
tion  where  they  could  learn  something  of 
rural  conditions  and  means  of  liveli¬ 
hood.  Instead  of  that  our  country  boys 
and  girls  often  learn  to  prefer  city  trades 
and  occupations.  .Tust  suppose  there  was 
a  well-equipped  high  school  right  out  in 
the  country  with  fields  and  woods  sur¬ 
rounding  it.  There  couid  he  cottages 
where  non-residents  might  board,  and 
gardens,  poultry  plants,  orchards  and 
small  model  farms  whore  students  might 
pay  their  way  in  part  at  least,  if  they 
chose,  and  learn  other  lessons  than  those 
in  books.  There  would  he  a  domestic 
science  course,  especially  adapted  to 
Country  girls.  Music,  lectures,  games 
and  worth-while  motion  pictures  would 
not  he  forgotten.  Rut  no  rows  of  stores, 
begging  for  hard-earned  money;  no 
movies,  that  are  simply  dime  novels  put 
on  screens,  no  slums  to  sadden  the  heart 
and  scatter  disease  (there  would  not  be 
so  many  slums  if  there  wore  more  coun¬ 
try  high  schools,  for  it  would  help  turn 
the  tide  toward  the  country)  ;  no  saloons 
or  vicious  resorts.  Wouldn’t  such  a 
school  be  worth  while?  mbs.  a.  g.  doren. 
just  to  get  it  all  over  with  in  a  hurry 
DORA  A.  MONDORE. 
PefroUum  Jelly 
A  safe,  convenient  antiseptic 
for  home  use  in  dressing  cuts, 
bruises,  sores,  insect  and  ani¬ 
mal  bites. 
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Uses  For  Persimmons. — For  a  num¬ 
ber  of  years  we  had  some  of  this  fruit 
every  Fall  as  a  gift  from  an  aunt  who 
owned  u  fine  tree.  She  always  told  us 
not  to  cook  them,  but  I  tried  it  once,  and 
they  were  not  fit  to  eat.  The  way  we 
liked  them  best  was  to  remove  seeds  and 
bruise  the  fruit  a  little,  and  eat  with 
sugar  and  cream.  I  hud  thought  of  dry¬ 
ing  them  in  sugar  like  figs  or  dates,  and 
I  am  sure  ihey  would  be  delicious  this 
way.  This  would  host  be  done  in  the 
sun  or  a  very  moderate  oven.  I  had  a1  so 
thought  of  using  them  in  Iayereako  but 
the  children  always  made  way  with  them 
iu  such  short  order  that  I  never  got  it 
done.  Persimmons  could  be  added  to  a 
pudding  after  it  was  cooked — say,  served 
with  rhe  pudding,  but  I  can't  imagine  an 
edible  pudding  with  persimmons  cooked  in 
it.  IDA  M.  JACKSON. 
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A  NEW  DEGREE  OF  COMFORT 
Taking  the  “Ake”  from  “  Pancake” 
"Honey  and  pancake”  time  is  here. 
And  with  it  comes  a  wealth  of  cheer. 
To  all  but  the  oue  who  bak>  s  the  pan¬ 
cakes.  Pancakes  arc  a  nuisance,  hut  they 
need  not  be.  Buckwheat  cakes  are  much 
lighter  if  stirred  on  the  preceding  day. 
Yeast  is  not  essential,  the  lightness  being 
due  to  the  swelling  or  expansion  of  the 
moistened  Hour,  for  like  cornmeal,  buck¬ 
wheat  flour  absorbs  a  great  proportion  of 
water.  Ry  stirring  to  the  proper  thick¬ 
ness  on  the  preceding  day  your  cakes 
are  ready  to  bake  in  the  morning  with 
A  Perfection  Smokeless  Oil  Heater  in  the  house  means  a  new 
degree  of  comfort  during  the  winter  months. 
It  means  a  warm  bedroom  to  dress  in.  Tt  can  be  carried  anywhere, 
and  gives  just  the  extra  heat  needed  in  exposed  rooms  or  draughty 
corners. 
Socony  Kerosene  in  a  Perfection  Heater  is  the  cheapest  and  most  economical 
of  fuels.  It  is  clean-burning,  smokeless  and  odorless. 
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