American Agriculturist, March 17,1923 
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Some Interesting Recipes 
And an Extra Number of Patterns for Early Spring 
I Send Checks To Women 
WhoWantMoney 
A Simple Way To Add To Your Regular Income. Interesting 
Home Work That Pays Well—and That You Can Do In Spare Time 
T WO recipes for cakes which are es¬ 
pecially appropriate just now be¬ 
cause of their use of molasses have 
been contributed by Mrs. Ida A. Brown 
of Elmira, N. Y. One has no name; she 
simply calls it a Brown Cake, and some 
of our readers may recognize it from 
the description and know it by some 
other name. The other is called Apple 
Sauce Cake, and the recipes follow; 
A Brown Cake 
One well-beaten egg, ^ cup brown 
sugar, 1 full cup molasses, % cup sour 
cream or milk, ^2 cup hot cotfee, 1 tea¬ 
spoon soda, 2 teaspoons baking pow¬ 
der, sift in 2 cups of flour. 
This needs chocolate icing and Ailing, 
and the following is excellent: Two 
large tablespoonfuls soft butter, IV 4 . 
cups confectionary sugar, 2 tablespoon¬ 
fuls hot coffee, 2 tablespoonfuls melted 
chocolate. Beat all together until 
creamy. 
Apple Sauce Cake 
One cup of sugar, % cup molasses, 
IV 2 cups apple sauce (cold), 2 cups 
flour, 2 teaspoonfuls soda stirred into 
apple sauce, % teaspoon cinnamon and 
Va teaspoon cloves, 1 cup raisins or 
currants, or both. 
This should be a soft cake, and is bet¬ 
ter as it stands, like most fruit cake. 
Mrs. Brown also says that graham 
flour pudding is popular in her part of 
the country. As a recipe for using 
graham flour for pudding is rather 
unusual, we are glad to pass it along 
as well. 
Graham Pudding 
Two cups graham flour, 1 cup mo¬ 
lasses, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 cup chopped 
raisins, 1 beaten egg, pinch of salt, 2 
teaspoonfuls soda (dissolved in little 
warm water). 
Steam two hours. It may need a 
little more flour, depending on the size 
of* the cups used as measures. It should 
be as thick as cake dough. 
WAYS OF FIGHTING ANTS 
"How can I get rid of ants which have in¬ 
fested my kitchen?” 
Here are two suggestions which other 
housekeepers have found helpful.— 
Follow the train to its origin. Satu¬ 
rate a cloth with oil of sassafras and 
apply thoroughly over every portion of 
their track. If they come through a 
crack, saturate the edges of the crack 
with the oil. One ounce will probably 
be enough. If this does not work at 
once, repeat the treatment, but be sure 
you have covered every place through 
which the ants may gain access to your 
kitchen. 
It is said that if a few drops of pare¬ 
goric are put in water in a shallow 
dish the ants will fall in during the 
night. Red pepper is also said to be 
efficacious in exterminating them. Per¬ 
haps some of our readers may be able 
to suggest other methods of fighting 
the pests. _ 
How to decorate a ceiling is some¬ 
times a puzzle. The first rule of the 
professional is: “Use a color of the 
same character as that of the wall and 
floor coverings but lighter in tone.” A 
high ceiling is made to seem lower by 
means of a border by extending the 
ceiling cover down the upper wall, or 
by using a paper with a distinct figure. 
E very day about 4 o’clock a bunch 
of checks is brought to my desk 
to be signed. 
Most of these checks are made out 
to women. A few are sent to men. 
They are all in payment for inter¬ 
esting spare-time work done at home. 
Work that can be done entirely at one’s 
own convenience—start¬ 
ed and stopped just 
when one finds the time 
or feels in the mood for 
it. It’s a profitable and 
dignified kind of work 
that needn’t interfere a 
particle with other duties. 
The checks I am daily 
sending out to our spare¬ 
time home workers 
range all the way from 
around $3 to $5 up to 
around $10, and occa¬ 
sionally as high as $15 
or $20 or more. 
Some of our home¬ 
workers get a check ev¬ 
ery week. Some perhaps 
only once a month. How 
often each worker re¬ 
ceives a check and the 
amount of the check of 
course depends on the 
amount of time given to 
the work. Each worker 
is free to do as much or 
as little each day and 
each week as he or she 
chooses. Therefore, the 
amount earned from 
week to week is in each 
worker’s own hands. 
Extra Money for Any Purpose 
You Wish 
Whether large or small, every one of 
these home-worker’s checks is earned in 
free time—time that might otherwise 
be frittered away 
with nothing to 
show for it. Thus 
each check means 
just that much 
extra for the 
person receiving 
it—extra money 
for more clothes; 
extra money for 
the savings bank, 
or to pay debts, 
or to help pay for 
a home; extra 
money to help 
out in a n y way 
one wishes. 
The way these 
people earn their 
checks is by knit¬ 
ting wool socks 
on • our famous 
Home Profit 
Knitter — a sim¬ 
ple yet amazing¬ 
ly skillful little 
knitting machine 
for home use 
that is many 
times faster than 
hand - knitting. 
That’s why this 
work pays so 
well. 
Fast or slow. 
just as you turn the handle, this skill¬ 
ful little Knitter knits and shapes each 
sock from cuff to heel and toe. It knits 
either a ribbed or solid weave, and 
either a plain or fancy top. Also 
sweaters, Teddy Bear Suits and other 
articles. 
The Rate of Pay is 
Guaranteed 
One doesn’t have to 
know a single thing 
about knitting to take up 
this work. Complete in¬ 
structions that make 
everything plain and 
clear come with the 
Knitter. With practice, 
anyone who follows direc¬ 
tions-anyone who really 
wants to learn money instead 
of merely wishing for it, 
anyone who is willing to 
make a little effort and do 
her part—can soon be turn¬ 
ing out perfect socks—and be 
well paid for every pair. 
The pay is sure. The Home 
Profit Hosiery Company guar¬ 
antees to take every pair of 
socks you knit on a Home 
Profit Knitter in accordance 
with our simple instructions, 
and guarantees to pay you a 
fixed price for each pair as 
fast as you finish them and 
send them in. There is a big 
and steady year-around de¬ 
mand for genuine home-knit 
wool socks, and the Home 
Profit Hosiery Company wants 
all it can get. But if pre¬ 
ferred, you have the privilege 
of selling part or all of the 
socks you knit direct to 
friends or neighbors or local 
stores at your own price, in¬ 
stead of sending the socks 
to us. 
I Want to Start More Home Workers 
Right now the Home Profit Hosiery Company 
wants at least a thousand more home workers. 
If you have been wishing you had more money 
coming in—if you want money for any purpose 
—then here is your chance. All you need is a 
Home Profit Knitter and a little spare time — 
and the willingness to use it. How much you 
earn will be in direct proportion to how much 
time and effort you give the work. You can 
spend as much or as little time at it each day 
and each week as you choose. You are always 
“your own boss.” Moreover, other members of 
the family can take turns with you and help 
you along—for with practice almost anyone can 
knit socks on the Howe Profit Knitter. And 
whether you knit a dozen or more pairs every 
day or only a dozen in a week or month, you 
can be sure of good pay for all the finished 
work you send us. 
In fairness to yourself and your pocketbook, 
at least let me send you full informatio^i about 
this spare-time home work plan that is bring¬ 
ing in extra money for so many others. That 
won’t cost you anything. Yet it can easily 
make a vast difference in your life — it can 
easily mean hundreds of dollars a year to you. 
Simply fill out and mail the coupon at the bot¬ 
tom of this page-—and it’s a good idea to do it 
now—before you forget about it. 
Home Profit Hosiery Co., Inc. 
Dept. 49. 872 Hudson Avenue Rochester, N. Y. 
HOME PROFIT HOSIERY CO., Inc. 
Dept. 49, 872 Hudson Ave. Rochester, N. Y. 
Send me full Inforntation about making money at 
home In my spare time with the Home Profit Knitter. 
I am encio.sing 2 cents postage to cover cost of mail¬ 
ing, and I understand that I am not obligated in 
any way. 
Name 
Street 
City. State... 
Write Name and Address Plainly 
PRETTY SPRING STYLES FOR ALL THE FAMILY 
No. 9902 shows a dress for the 
tiny girl. It has a quaint fichu col¬ 
lar, lace-edged, and tying with a 
bow in back. Dotted swiss or 
dimity launder easily and look very 
sweet No. 9902 comes in sizes 2, 
4, 6 and 8 years. Size 4 takes 1% 
yards, 30 inch, with 54 yard for 
fichu and 2 yards ruffling. Price 
12c. 
Separate blouses are back in 
style. Slip-overs are favorites, in 
Egyptian, oriental and peasant fab¬ 
rics, for surely Joseph’s coat was 
never so gay as the new spring 
blouses. No. 1640 cuts in sizes 
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 bust. Size 
36 requires 2% yards 36-inch ma- 
tei’ial, 2K> yards binding. Send 
12c in stamps for this clever new 
pattern. 
99.n^ 
Made with kimona 
sleeves and with closing 
at left side front is this 
smart little junior 
frock." The odd long 
collar, belt arranged In 
panel style and long 
sleeve attachment if de¬ 
sired, all make this 
frock unusually smart 
for school or Sunday 
wear. No. 1715 cuts 
in 8, 10, 12 and 14 
years. Size 8 requires 
2% yards 36-inch with 
% yard contrasting. 
Price 12c. 
JJLu 
Slenderizing lines are sought by 
every woman with an ample figure, 
and No. 1611 has unusually good 
features. The collar is becoming, 
the side panels continue the line, 
and then the uneven edge also car¬ 
ried the eye down. Either fitted 
or loose sleeves may be worn. No. 
1611 comes in sizes 36, 38, 40, 
42, 44, 46, 48 and 50-bust measure. 
Size 36 requires yards 40-ineh 
material with 12 yards braid. Pat¬ 
tern, 12c. 
Simple and inexpensive to make is 
this indoor dress. The three-piece 
skirt gathers at the back and is at¬ 
tached to the waist. The dress has 
a front closing, long or short sleeves 
and large patch pockets. 
No. 1636 comes in sizes 34, 36, 
38, 40, 42 and 44-bust measure. 
Size 36 requires 354 yards 36-inch 
material with 54 yard contrasting. 
Price 12c. 
To order, enclose correct amount 
(preferably in stamps). Write 
name, address and numbers clearly, 
and send to Fashion Department, 
American Agriculturist 461-4th 
Ave., New York City. 
If you want our big new spring 
catalogue, enclose 10c more. 
A slip-on dress with 
pleated side panels is 
No. 1677. The sleeves 
can be made long or 
short and the collar and 
cuffs of self—or con¬ 
trasting material. Ging¬ 
ham, linen or jersey are 
good materials. No. 
1677 comes in sizes 
8, 10, 12 and 14 years. 
Size 8 requires 2% 
yards 36-inch material. 
The dress could be made 
in gingham for about 
75c. Price of pattern, 
12c. 
For All Who Want To 
Have More Money 
Some of the many spare-time 
home-workers who are getting 
cheeks every week or so are busy 
housewives—perhaps with only a j 
few hours a week that they can 
use for this purpose. Some are 
school teachers — using their free 
time after school and holidays. 
Some are young women who choose 
to earn money at home Instead of 
taking a place In an office or fac¬ 
tory. And some are men. 
A few give all their time to 
this work—finding It more profit¬ 
able than anything else they can 
do. 
Some live on farms, some In small 
towns, some In large cities—where 
one happens to live makes no dif¬ 
ference, whatever. 
Some have taken up this spare¬ 
time work so they can have more 
clothes, or new furniture, or live 
better. Some to help pay for a 
home. Some to get out of debt. 
Some to help send a son or daugh¬ 
ter to college. Some to build up 
their bank accounts. Some to buy 
books. Some to provide for long- 
wanted trips. Some to have more 
amusement. One woman uses the 
money she earns this way to help 
keep a maid—says it Is easier and 
more interesting to knit socks on 
the Home Profit Knitter than to 
do the housework herself. Another 
woman earns money this way so 
she can afford to send her washing 
out Instead of doing It herself. No 
matter what the money may bo 
wanted for, here Is a pleasant way 
to earn it. 
The Master Knitter 
The Home Profit Knitter 
contains many features and 
Improvements never before 
seen in any home knitting 
machine. We guarantee that 
after a little practice you 
can do perfect work on it, 
simply by following our plain 
and clear instructions. 
The Home Profit Knitter 
has a portable stand, and 
can be picked up and carried 
from room to room and used 
anywhere in the house. It 
is the Master Machine of all 
knitters. 
