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ticaI and should work out, and I am not 
at all sure but that the fault lay in our 
ignorance of the appliance. For one 
thing, our ceiling was too low to give 
the proper flow of oil, according to their 
instructions, hut even when an added 
length of pipe was used we failed to get 
results. The burner had one very bad 
fault, in my eyes. When in use it made 
a dreadful roaring noise, which to me was 
unbearable, so I gave it. up without in¬ 
sisting upon the guarantee being fulfilled. 
B. F. W. 
I note an inquiry on page MSG for any¬ 
one who has had any experience with oil 
attachment for kitchen stove. We spent 
last Winter in California, where a great 
many of these attachments are in use. At 
the small hotel at which we stayed there 
was an attachment in constant use prac¬ 
tically all day long, every day, under the 
hardest of usage, and this stood up and 
did excellent service. Under their work 
they told me that it was necessary about 
every eight months or so to replace what 
were termed deflectors at a small cost. 
Under ordinary use this might happen, I 
should say, about once in two years. That 
in use at that place was very simple and 
cost about $10. as 1 remember. I do not 
know about other makes, of which there 
were many on the coast, but 1 do know 
that this one was excellent and gave per¬ 
fect satisfaction, and was easily installed 
in any kitchen range w. R. G. 
Sashed Quilts 
This style of quilt doubtless got its 
name from its r< semblance to a window 
sash. The quilt blocks are separated 
from one another by strips of muslin two 
or three inches wide, throughout the 
lias contemplated making one. They are 
much cheaper than other quilts, now that 
chambrays and calico are out of sight, 
and the work of making one requires 
loss than half the time it takes to make 
either a pieced or a sewed-on quilt. The 
picture shows quilting for muslin blocks 
with strips of sash work in between. 
Facli block is 20 inches square and the 
sash strips are four inches wide. For 
a square spread there must be nine 
blocks and a 10-inch border. These di¬ 
mensions can be varied to suit one’s 
fancy. By adding another sash strip and 
another row of blocks the spread will be 
24 inches longer than wide. The space 
between the feather wreaths is quilted in 
one-inch squares. Four spools of No. 
40 thread will be required for the 
quilting. 
I have made quilt's for people in a good 
many different States, but three "Wash¬ 
ington Vase” quilts sent to California 
were the most artistic of all; large blue 
vase and flowers on block, and blue sash 
strips and border. I have two pine- 
burr patterns. 1 have a lovely pineapple 
pattern and a Scotch thistle pattern 
from Canada in pink and green over 100 
years old. MRS. IDA m. jackson. 
Notes from Oklahoma 
If. seems that Spring has come to stay. 
V ild flowers are in bloom, the grass is 
green, and the elms, wild cherry, and an 
early variety of hickory growing in our 
woods are showing their lovely green 
foliage to the extent that the woods are 
taking on a very Spring-like appearance. 
A trip across our hill country showed 
many dogwoods in full bloom ; the bloom¬ 
ing of our common dogwood has always 
gave au assurance that Spring had come. 
Ornamental Quilting 
whole quilt. Every properly-made quilt 
has a block at each corner. In the sashed 
quilt begin the joining by sewing one 
block and one sash strip together; the 
sash strip being three inches wide and 
as long as one side of the square block. 
Continue alternating a block and a sash 
strip until it equals the length of the 
quilt. Make up all your blocks into sim¬ 
ilar strips and then sew these made-up 
strips to the lengthwise sash strips, al¬ 
ternating them the same as when sewing 
the short sash strips and blocks together. 
If your quilt contains 42 blocks there 
will he seven blocks lengthwise and six 
blocks crosswise. There will also In 1 
five short sash strips crosswise of the 
quilt and six long sash strips lengthwise 
of the quilt. Quilt the sash strips dif¬ 
ferently from the blocks. When sewing 
in the lengthwise strips you must be 
very careful to have the sasli crossings 
come exactly right, otherwise the beauty 
of the quilt, will be greatly marred. 
Lastly the border is sewed on. This 
is best done by mitering the corners- 
that is. a bias ioining which looks much 
more workmanlike. Measure .very care¬ 
fully. allowing the two end pieces of bor¬ 
der to reach across the quilt and both 
side pieces of border. Also the. two side 
pieces must reach across quilt and the 
two end pieces of border. If you are a 
beginner it is best, to leave the corners 
uncut till the border is all sewed on. then 
baste together on a strictly bias line: 
this allows a triangle to be cut off each 
inside corner of each end of border strips. 
After the corners are basted and pressed 
with a warm iron you can safely cut off 
tlie triangle but be sure to leave plenty 
for a seam. 
These sash strips in an applique quilt 
can he of pink, or blue or any color that 
predominates in the block, with a border 
of same color. Always remember in this 
case that the border must be hemmed, 
not hound with white or any other color. 
A particularly attractive quilt is made 
o ( white muslin blocks, quilted in a hand- 
seme pattern, joined together by colored 
sash strips. The picture shows quilting 
in ostrich feather pattern. This is one 
of the beautiful old patterns. Without 
seeing it. one can hardly realize how 
handsome the plain white quilting is. 
This quilting of the old days is imitated 
in the woven Marseilles bedspreads of 
modern days. 
Few homes can boast this choicest of 
all bedspreads, though many a housewife 
in Feather Design 
Our hill country is very picturesque 
throughout the Spring. Summer and Fall. 
There are yet thousands of acres of virgin 
forest here in the eastern part of Okla¬ 
homa. This is covered with many species 
of oaks, hickory, elms, black gums, wal¬ 
nut. irouwood. birch, locust, hack berry 
and a number of smaller trees, also ce¬ 
dars and lofty pines lift their stately tops 
above other trees on the hillsides. 
•fust now the wild onions are a foot 
tall, crisp and tender, and many an In¬ 
dian woman makes a nice sum by gather¬ 
ing these, cleaning and tying in neat 
bunches and selling to the grocers, who 
retail them to the public. There are «till 
many full-blood Indians living along the 
creeks and small rivers. These people 
are timid, and prefer living in quietude as 
far back from civilization as is possible 
for them to get. The men enjoy hunting 
and fishing, while the women make gar¬ 
den. work their truck patches and also 
fish, gather wild berries, grapes, etc., for 
sale. Indians are not successful agricul¬ 
turists; some of them own large farms, 
hut these are rented to white farmers, 
while they live in some small cabin, and 
live much as their ancestors did a cen¬ 
tury ago. This fine farming and orchard 
land, however, is fast passing into the 
hands of the whites, and in the future few 
of the original allottees will possess more 
than their allotted homestead of 40 acres, 
which amount they cannot dispose of. 
Gardening is well along. Potatoes, 
onions, salad plants, garden peas are ail 
growing nicely. Many frostproof cab¬ 
bage have been set in the gardens, while 
strawberries, peaches, apples, pears and 
plum trees are in full bloom, or have al¬ 
ready shed their bloom, and are forming 
fruit. T nless killed by a late freeze. 
Oklahoma will have a bountiful cron of 
all sorts of fruits and berries, a thing 
greatly hoped for by the housewives, since 
there was very little fruit last season, and 
the supplies of canned fruits are running 
low. LILLIE REED YORK. 
California Wafers 
Now that English walnuts are once 
more within our reach, do try these dainty 
little cakes, which are such a favorite in 
San Francisco: Two eggs, one cup brown 
sugar, two-thirds cup flour, one-half tea¬ 
spoon baking powder, one-half teaspoon 
salt, one cun broken walnut meats. Drop 
from a tablespoon into buttered tins and 
bake carefully in a quick oven. 
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No money to send now. Pay only 
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30 days, then if not satisfied re¬ 
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both ways. 
8 Months 
to Pay 
If you keep it, pay only 
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magnificently embossed 
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leather. Arms are 23 in. 
long; in.Jwide. 2-panel 
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