American Agriculturist, June 2,1923 
477 
In the Realm of the Home Maker 
The Newest Patterns, Recipes and Time Saving Suggestions are Here 
O verblouses are the height of 
style this year and the new ma¬ 
terials are so pretty that every woman 
wants several dif¬ 
ferent blouses 
just for variety. 
No. 1710 is an 
easy-to-make, eco¬ 
nomical - of - ma¬ 
terial style, and 
one which a 
young girl or old¬ 
er woman could 
wear equally well. 
No. 1710 comes 
in sizes 16 years, 36, 
38, 40 and 42 inches 
bust measure. Size 
36 requires 1% 
yards of 36-inch ma¬ 
terial. Price. 12c. 
(stamps preferred). 
Another popular 
blouse style is 9922, a front-opening 
model which slips on over the head. 
The side body 
and short sleeves 
are in one, with 
a flare cuflp form¬ 
ing a three- 
quarter sleeve. 
Two materials 
can be combined 
or the same one 
may be used 
for the entire 
blouse. 
No. 9922 comes 
in sizes 36, 38, 40 
and 42 inches bust 
measure. Size 36 
requires 1% yards 
36-inch material. 
Price, 12c. 
Thih comfortable negligee shirt. No. 1759, 
suitable for man or boy, comes in sizes 12%, 
13, 13%, 14, 14%, 15, 15%, 16, 16%, 17, 17%, 
18, 18% and 19 inches 
neck measure. Size 
12% requires 1% 
yards of 36-inch ma¬ 
terial. Price, 12e. 
To Order: Give 
all pattern num¬ 
bers and sizes de¬ 
sired, write your 
name and address 
clearly and send 
with complete re¬ 
mittance to Pat¬ 
tern Department of 
American Agricul¬ 
turist, 461 Fourth 
Avenue, New York 
/ 1 
Our Summer fashion magazine is 
another “best seller”. Your copy will 
be sent you if you add 10 cents to your 
pattern order. 
SPRING ASPARAGUS IS HERE 
Asparagus has been too much re¬ 
garded as a delicacy and not suffi¬ 
ciently appreciated as a vegetable. It 
is an unusually nourishing food and 
tempts if well prepared. 
Although asparagus is generally 
used as a salad, or boiled and served 
as a vegetable, it is capable of many 
combinations with other vegetables and 
with meats. Some good recipes are as 
follows :■ 
Asparagus Cream Omelet 
Stir 1 heaping tablespoonful of but¬ 
ter, and 1 tablespoonful of flour to¬ 
gether. Set the saucepan over the fire 
and when well blended add 1 cupful of 
milk, stir until smooth, add a teaspoon¬ 
ful of chopped parsley, remove from 
the fire, and cool. Beat 3 eggs, 
separately, the whites to a stiff froth, 
add the yolk to the cold sauce, with 
a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of red 
pepper; add also 1 cupful of cooked as¬ 
paragus tips and the stiffly beaten 
W'hites of the eggs. Put a tablespoon¬ 
ful of butter in a hot frying pan, when 
it is brown, pour in the mixture, break 
it in places with a fork to allow the un¬ 
cooked portion to run down. When it 
is_ set, place in a hot oven for five 
minutes, double over and serve. 
Asparagus Sandwiches 
Chop fine one hard boiled egg, four 
strips of browned left over bacon, and 
6 or more asparagus tips. Mix well 
with any favorite boiled dressing and 
spread between thin slices of white 
bread. 
Asparagus on Toast 
Boil the asparagus as you desire. 
Toast slices of bread. Dip quickly in 
the water in which the asparagus was 
cooked, and butter. Lay several stalks 
of asparagus on each slice, arrange on 
platter, season with salt and pepper 
and melted butter. 
Cream of Asparagus Soup 
Break the tender part of one large 
or two small bunches of asparagus into 
pieces about one inch long, cook in 
just enough salted water to keep from 
burning. Cook in a separate kettle six 
or eight potatoes cut in quarters. When 
done, pour off water, put potatoes and 
asparagus together with water it was 
cooked in, into your serving dish, add 
a generous piece of butter, a little salt 
and pepper and 1 cupful of heavy 
cream. Milk may be used instead of 
cream, if thickened to the consistency 
of cream. 
Aspai’agus with Cauliflower 
Cut the stalks in half and the lower 
part should be cooked for three-quarters 
of an hour. Then add the tops and 
cook for 10 or 15 minutes. By this 
method both parts become just right. 
The stalk is tender throughout, and 
the tops do not fall all to pieces. In 
the meanwhile, boil a head of cauli¬ 
flower in slightly salted water until 
tender. Then arrange the head of 
cauliflower in a large dish with the as¬ 
paragus tumbling down the sides of 
it. A few cucumber pickles may be 
added for variety. —H. A. Lynan. 
FLAWLESS FLOORS 
The kitchen floor probably gets the 
hardest wear of any floor in the house. 
Specialists at the school of home eco¬ 
nomics offer suggestions on the floors 
and floor coverings that wear well and 
at the same time are attractive. 
Linoleum is made of cork or wood 
pulp pressed in linseed oil. There are 
two kinds—the printed, the pattern be¬ 
ing stamped on and wearing off with 
usage; and the inlaid, with the pattern 
extending through the material to the 
fabric. Though the .first expense is 
greater, it is economy to buy the inlaid, 
since with proper care it will last many 
years. It is easy to keep clean and 
comfortable to work on. The floor un¬ 
derneath should be smooth and well 
laid or the linoleum will wear unevenly 
and crack. 
Hints on Laying Linoleum 
The linoleum may be tacked or ce¬ 
mented to the floor. Tacking is simpler, 
but cementing makes the seams and 
edges water-tight. The quarter-round 
molding along the floor of the baseboard 
should be removed and the linoleum cut 
in strips running lengthwise of the 
boards. If it is to be tacked, the strips 
should be fitted snugly together along 
the seams, but should not be fastened 
for three or four weeks, for linoleum 
usually expands when laid on a floor 
and if tacked down at once will buckle. 
Linoleum may be cemented at the 
seams and edges directly to a wood floor 
or permanently cemented down firmly 
over a layer of deadening felt paper 
that has itself been pasted to the floor. 
Some rnanufacturers and dealers fur¬ 
nish printed directions for this method. 
The cement used should be waterproof 
and contain no silicate of soda (water 
glass) because this is injurious to the 
linoleum when moisture comes in con¬ 
tact with it. 
Something about Floors 
Plain wood floors well-laid, and 
treated frequently with pure boiled lin¬ 
seed oil, are comfortable, do not show 
grease spots, and are easy to keep clean. 
Painted floors are comfortable to 
work on, but need a coat of paint two 
or three times a year to keep in good 
condition. According to the United 
States Bureau of Standards, the first 
coat should consist of white lead in lin¬ 
seed oil, with a little drier; the second 
coat, of equal parts of white lead and 
zinc white in oil, coloring matter as de¬ 
sired, and drier and turpentine to give 
a flat finish; and the third coat of the 
same materials as the second, except 
that instead of turpentine good floor 
varnish should be added in the propor¬ 
tion of 1 to 4 pints to a gallon of paint. 
Each coat of paint should be thoroughly 
brushed into the wood, lengthwise of the 
grain, and allowed ample time to dry. 
If desired, a coating of equal parts of 
turpentine and linseed oil may be 
rubbed on with a soft cloth after the 
last coat of paint has thoroughly dried, 
and the floor then polished with a 
woolen cloth. 
Tile floors are sanitary and durable, 
but are considered hard to stand on. 
Carpet and matting should never be 
used, since they are very unsanitary. 
However, if nothing else is available, a 
few rag rugs or strips of carpet that 
may easily be taken up and washed can 
be used around the stove and sink to 
save tired feet. Rubber mats are most 
desirable for use’ over hard surfaced 
floors. 
WOMEN UNITE TO UPHOLD LAW 
Ten million women, according to 
newspaper accounts, are represented 
by the membership of a committee re¬ 
cently formed in New York City. It 
is called the National Committee for 
the FJnforcement of Law, and has as its 
purpose the pledging of American 
women to combat the present day wave 
of lawlessness and to uphold existing 
statutes, among them the Volstead act. 
The temporary general chairman was 
Mrs. Henry Peabody of Boston, who 
outlined the purpose of the committee 
and spoke particularly of the anti¬ 
prohibition agitation and the narcotic 
problem. “The women of the nation 
are being misrepresented when it is 
stated that they are opposed or are 
indifferent to the enforcement of the 
law,” said Mrs. Peabody. 
Mrs. Edward Franklin White, dele¬ 
gate of the General Federation of 
Women’s Clubs, with 4,000,000 mem¬ 
bers, was elected permanent chairman. 
Delegates were sent by the Daughters 
of the American Revolution, the Y. W. 
C. A., the Federation of Women’s 
Boards of Foreign Missions, the Na¬ 
tional Congress of Mothers and Parent 
Teachers, the Kings Daughters and the 
Catholic Women’s Total Abstinence 
League. 
The first steps taken by the com¬ 
mittee after organization was the adop¬ 
tion of a resolution urging Governor 
Smith to veto the Cuvillier measure 
repealing the Mullan-Gage act. A 
letter accompanying the resolution 
listed the many women’s associations 
whose members were behind the com¬ 
mittee. 
Permanent organization will be com¬ 
pleted in June and national head¬ 
quarters opened. 
Dear Household Editor: 
I have often wished to write you and tell 
you how much I appreciate your page. I 
can not express fully what it means to me. 
I do like the common sense talks such as 
“Are we health heathens?” and “Have your 
Children Read these Books” so much depends 
on the right kind of books for the children. 
A friend of mine paid a big price for a 
pattern to make her little girl a dress and 
she was so peeved because the very next issue 
of the American Agriculturist had the very 
same pattern and so much cheaper. 
“Riders of the Purple Sage” was a fine 
story. “The Valley of the Giants” can’t be 
beat. I like the stories you have published, 
only there is not enough published in the 
paper each week to suit me. 
The children and I planted two black-wal¬ 
nuts last fall before they dried, but we would 
not have known that if the frost did not crack 
the shell we could with safety do so in the 
spring until some one asked the question in 
American Agriculturist and it was answered. 
I have found so< many articles in the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist on dealing fairly with the chil¬ 
dren. It is what all of us that have families 
need, for it gives us new ideas. It isn't that 
we wish to be otherwise than fair to the 
youngsters, but just plain thoughtlessness. Our 
little boy five years old had a pet hen. She 
stole her nest, he found it and saved the eggs. 
He said he wished to buy things he would 
need for school. Last year at the age of six, 
he raised some chickeqs. Mother helped him 
and he helped mother with her chickens, change 
about. To say that he gets pleasure out of 
it is putting it light. He has something to call 
his own and he can see for what purpose he 
is working. We like American Agriculturist 
best of any farm paper. 
Sincerely yours, 
Mbs. Eleva B. Bvesink, Clymer, N. Y. 
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