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Gift Suggestions 
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FILET FINGER BOWL 
DOILIES 
Six inch. $7.00 doz. 
New Booklet 
'Gift Suggestions” 
No. 30 sent on request. 
No. WB3 
IMPORTED COTTON SHEETS 
AND PILLOW CASES 
Sheets, 72x108 in., $14.00 each; 
90x108 in., $18.00 each. 
Pillow Cases, 22x36 in., $3.50 each. 
New Importations of Pure Linen Handkerchiefs 
of every description 
M26. 
M33. 
Doz. 
M34. 
M22. 
M23. 
M24. 
M23. 
M2 7. 
M28. 
M32. 
Ladies’ Pure Linen Cambric Initial 
Handkerchiefs .$6.00 
Ladies’ Shear Cross Bar, 
hand rolled Hem . 9.00 
with Monogram as M22 .14.40 
Same style in Men’s size ..21.00 
with Monogram as M22 .29.00 
Men’s Sheer, hemstitched .18.00 
or with Monogram as M22 .26.00 
HANDKERCHIEFS INCLUDING MONOGRAMS 
Price per Doz 
Men’s Fine Linen Cambric .$26.40 
Men’s Fine Shamrock Lawn, 
Hand Hemmed .39.00 
Men’s Fine Linen Cambric, 
Hand Rolled Hem . 29.00 
Men’s Sheer Hemstitched .13.80 
Finer Quality $16.80. Ladies’ Size.10.80 
Ladies’ Fine Shamrock Lawn, 
Hand Hemmed .16.90 
Glove Size $10.50. Men’s Size.32.00 
Ladies’ Fine Sheer Linen .9.25 
Men’s Size .19.00 
Ladies’ Sheer Linen, Hand Roll Hem. .15.00 
Men’s Size .33.00 
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return if delivery is required by Christmas• 
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Household Weights and Measures 
{Continued, from page go) 
Read the labels on packages and con¬ 
tainers. Test out the contents on your 
own scales. There is often a shortage in¬ 
side the can or container. If you think 
it is too much, notify the maker; he is 
always glad to learn of deteriorations from 
evaporation, leakage or bad packing. 
Weigh container and contents, then sepa¬ 
rate and weigh container, then subtract 
this figure from the gross and this will 
equal—if legal—the contents on the label. 
Liquids, too, can be tested in your 
graduate or measures. If a bottle is 
marked one gallon the quart measure 
must be filled four times. If this is not 
so, you are getting short measure. 
To avoid mistakes in reading the glass 
graduate: The top is often more finely 
subdivided—a 4 oz. may be subdivided to 
yZ dram for the first 2 drams, to 1 dram 
for the next 6 drams, to 2 drams for the 
necessary capacity up to 2 oz. to 4 drams, 
or l / 2 oz. for the interval between 2 and 
4 oz. Read the graduate from the main 
surface of the liquid—not by that part 
which creeps up glass. 
Dry commodities give a big chance of 
going wrong. You can buy dry groceries 
by weight, by measure, by count. The 
things that count are safe enough—for 
you know twelve oranges without weigh¬ 
ing them, but on the weights and measure 
end you should take stock. 
Often liquid measures are used to 
weigh dry things. An avoirdupois pound 
is larger than a dry pound, the dry quart 
is 16% larger than the liquid; so find out 
how your fresh peas are being measured! 
The dry quart measure should weigh 2 
lbs., 6}4 oz.; the liquid 2 lbs., 1 oz. of 
water. 
The barrel measure is somewhat uncer¬ 
tain. It is best to find out your state 
regulations. The barrel differs according 
to state law and commodities sometimes. 
In March, 1915, a law was passed by 
Congress applying to all dry commodities 
except such as have been sold by weight 
or numerical count (flour, sugar and 
cement). The standard barrel has a 
capacity of 105 dry quarts. The liquid 
barrel’s capacity is generally marked on 
its side. 
There are usually ninety-four pounds of 
cement to the sack and 100 pounds of 
sugar. In the case of flour the weights are 
usually in multiples of a barrel yZ, At, 
yi, etc., expressed in pounds, but the cus¬ 
tom is growing to drop the pi. lb., }i lb. 
and lb. from the weight of yi, Ke and 
barrel size and make their weights 24, 
12 and 6 pounds. A barrel of flour has 
196 lbs. 
In different states the heaped measure 
is heaped differently; in some the measure 
is heapable to the point where the com¬ 
modity falls down and out, in others the 
cone above the measure has certain law¬ 
ful dimensions. So find out before you 
are fooled. 
In buying peas, dried beans, etc., be 
sure they are measuring your purchase 
by dry and not liquid measures—or you 
will lose 15% of your purchase! 
Basket sizes are just about standardized 
to 2 quart, 4 quart and 12 quart baskets. 
A national law says that the standard 
basket and boxes or containers for small 
fruits, berries and vegetables shall be 
of the following capacities: dry yZ pint, 
dry pint, dry quart or multiples of the 
dry quart. 
In measuring cord wood practice dif¬ 
fers. Purchasers must find out the local 
laws. In most states a cord of wood is 
128 cubic feet—in piles 4'x 8'x 4' 
lengths. The length, however, of wood 
that is cut in some places is 3', 2' or 1 yZ'\ 
Measurements are sometimes made be¬ 
fore or sometimes after splitting. The 
basket in some states measures fractions 
of cords, occasionally it is equal to a 
heaped bushel, in other states it is more 
specifically designated. Look up your 
laws; here all your safety lies. 
The states that require all dry com¬ 
modities sold by weight are: Idaho, Iowa, 
Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio, 
Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. Other 
states have definite measurements for the 
weights of a bushel, and pecks, etc. They 
are: Arizona, California, Delaware, Illi¬ 
nois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New 
York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South 
Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Alabama, 
Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina, 
North Dakota, Rhode Island, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Vir¬ 
ginia. 
States requiring definite weights for 
sales by weight are: District of Columbia 
(only the weight per bushel of potatoes is 
established here), Indiana, Mississippi, 
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia. 
The expressions: The “pinch of salt,” 
the “speck of pepper,” “handful of rice,” 
“sweeten to taste,” “basket,” “a can,” “a 
pail,” “ten cents’ worth,” etc., should all 
be relegated to limbo. 
Learn your troy, avoirdupois, length 
and liquid measures and also absorb the 
following little tables for your conven¬ 
ience: 
4 saltspoonfuls equal 1 teaspoonful 
3 teaspoonfuls equal 1 tablespocnful 
16 tablespoonfuls equal 1 cupful 
2 gills equal 1 cupful 
2 cupfuls equal 1 pint 
31 cup equals 8 fluid ounces 
2 tablespoonfuls equal 1 pound of 
butter 
2 cups of butter equal 1 pound of 
butter 
4 cups of flour equal 1 pound of flour 
2 cups of sugar equal 1 pound of sugar 
5 cups of coffee equal 1 pound of coffee 
1 cups of rice equal 1 pound of rice 
2 >3 cups of oatmeal equal 1 pound of 
oatmeal 
2^3 cups of cornmeal equal 1 pound of 
cornmeal 
1 cup of liquid to 3 cups of flour equal 
a dough 
1 cup of liquid to 2 cups of flour equal 
a thick batter 
1 cup of liquid to 1 cup of flour equal 
a thin batter 
LINEAR MEASURE 
12 inches equal 1 foot 
3 feet equal 1 yard 
5 yZ yards equal 1 rod 
320 rods equal 1 mile 
1760 yards equal 1 mile 
5280 feet equal 1 mile 
SQUARE MEASURE 
144 sq. inches equal 1 sq. foot 
9 sq. feet equal 1 sq. yard 
30 yf sq. yards equal 1 sq. rod 
160 sq. rods equal 1 sq. acre 
AVOIRDUPOIS 
27.3 grains equal 1 gram (dr.) 
16 drams equal 1 ounce (oz.) 
16 ounces equal 1 pound (lb.) 
100 pounds equal 1 hundred weight (cwt.) 
DRY MEASURE 
2 pints equal 1 quart (qt.) 
8 quarts equal 1 peck (pk.) 
4 pecks equal 1 bushel (bl.) 
105 dry qts. equal 1 bbl.—vegetables, etc. 
LIQUID MEASURE 
4 gills equal 1 pint 
2 pints equal 1 quart 
31 yZ gallons equal 1 barrel 
4 quarts equal 1 gallon 
