ness or 'dreaming” I’d hunt around 
■ or something to interest them. And 
children are brought up to be grateful 
or small gifts and favors and to appre- 
c ; a te what is done for them they will 
u ickly respond. “The boy may detest 
ie daily grind of putting in, caring for 
and the harvesting of crops—but give him 
an interest in the potato crop and note 
the change!” Dad should help him work 
his share as he is helping Dad, and when 
the crop is sold by no means have it 
“johnny’s calf and Pa’s cow.” The girl 
will sing gladly at the housework if a 
e w cents are paid her daily. Try hanging 
list in the kitchen for daily use some¬ 
thing like this:—for every 15 dishes 
washed and wiped one cent, every 10 
pieces ironed one cent, chimneys washed 
i cents, stove cleaned 2 cents, etc. Let 
ier use this money for music books, 
ribbons and so on. 
When she helps you with the sewing, 
give her a towel for every dozen she 
^griean Agriculturist, August 23, 1924 
The “Dreamy” Child Again 
Jn Answer to Aunt Janet—Save Mending Time 
p m y children showed signs of restless 
ness or “dreaming” I’d hunt arounc 
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oldest ones work here and there about 
the place much as they wish, and he 
finds the work accomplished just as well 
and plenty of interest. He also follows 
out their ideas in regard to seed some¬ 
times and occasionally grins behind the 
ears when he gets a little advice. At 
my end of the partnership the house¬ 
work goes along with plenty of interest 
and the extra meals outdoors and picnic 
suppers are as much a pleasure to us as 
a wayside inn to a weary autoist. Take 
the children along to town occasionally— 
anyway often enough to keep the rough 
edges smoothed off—and let them help 
do the trading, too. To keep their 
nature sweet we forbid tea and coffee 
until school days are past. We’ve told 
the boys we hope they won’t smoke but 
if they want to, do so at home and not 
slyly behind the barn.— Patsy’s Wife. 
What Food for the Child? 
RIGHT: Well cooked cereals, milk, 
eggs, except when over-cooked; ripe, 
clean, fresh fruits; stewed or baked 
fruits; bread and butter; simple 
puddings and desserts—junkets, corn¬ 
starch, tapioca; plenty of water; 
simple cake or cookies. 
WRONG: Any poorly cooked food; 
fried food; pastry, strong vegetables; 
rich cakes and puddings; candy or 
sugar between meals; nuts unless 
ground to paste; tea, coffee, soda 
water, fresh rolls or hot breads. 
On the Mend 
W HEN overalls begin to wear thin 
on the knees, cut the legs off close 
to the body, and sew them on again on 
opposite sides of the seat, so that the 
back of the legs will come in front. The 
resulting seam will not shorten the legs 
appreciably, and will look much better 
than a patch. When the new front grows 
thin, rip the leg up the outside seam, cut 
away the thin and worn parts, and patch 
with a generous piece from the lower back 
of the legs of another old pair of overalls. 
Do the sewing on the machine, and stitch 
up the outside seam again. A ou will have 
added many days wear to the overalls, 
and also have saved yourself weary work, 
in addition to which, the overalls will not 
hems—a pillowcase, sheet, doily, etc. 
She will prize them dearly for her hope 
chest. Let her rearrange the rooms, 
paper and paint, and bake fancy cakes. 
All this time she will be learning and you 
can quietly comment on errors and a 
little praise now and then helps more 
than it hurts. 
Dad Can Play After Work Is Done 
Back to that boy again—What boy 
doesn’t love to fish, play ball and skate? 
Dad can practise with him a bit and help 
him to these ends after certain crops are 
cared for, wood cut, or whatever the 
work and season. And you parents of 
small children, pay them as they work. 
Give the little fellow a penny for every 
armful of wood, pail of chips, etc. pay 
him daily and provide a good pocket 
book and note-book for his use. Then 
insist on his buying his own clothes and 
if there is any over let him buy a tool, 
ball, boat or' whatever is uppermost in 
his childish heart. Some of you will say 
“Why I have to foot the bills anyway, 
why all this nuisance and bother ? I had 
to work when I was young and I didn t 
get paid for it either.” Just try it first 
and note how quickly the child will 
learn to count money and make change, 
keep accounts and furthermore take 
good care of what he gets. It will be no 
great pleasure for him to buy more 
shoes when he wants a cap and if he 
is taught how to care for his shoes and 
to wear rubbers when necessary, he is 
going to do it, for he knows at what cost 
they were purchased. Then, after all, 
allow a little time for dreaming. Many 
great people were dreamers in their 
youth unsurrounded by luxury and be¬ 
grudged their first efforts that have 
meant so much to mankind. And if 
something does develop, encourage their 
efforts and be glad you have an op¬ 
portunity. 
f 
They Even Give Good Advice 
I might add, too, that we have worked 
up our farm also, and the growing interest 
of the children. Their father sometimes 
lets them plan the work and lets the 
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look so patchy as they would if mended 
by the old method. 
If your family is not abnormally tender 
in the feet, you can save hours of darning 
by this method: draw the edges of the 
hole together with a smooth over and 
over stitch, using a medium darning 
needle and fine cotton. Take care not to 
pupker the ends of the seam, then darn 
back and forth across the seam until it is 
smooth and well covered with stitches. 
This is much quicker than filling the 
hole with solid darning, and to my mind, 
is not more irritating to tender feet. If a 
hole is too large to darn, patch with pieces 
cut from the tops of old stockings, 
whipping the raw edges down without 
turning them under, either on the right 
or wrong side. I his will make them he 
smooth, and look better than if the edges 
were turned. 
Darn on the Machine 
To darn holes in table linen, sheets, 
aprons, or anything which can be sewed 
on the machine, baste a thin patch under 
the rent, then stitch back and forth over 
the rent with a loose tension. Tie the 
ends of the threads so there will be no 
ravelling, and it will look as well as 
though you had spent long hours darning 
it by hand. 
Jagged tears in wool or heavy silk may 
be mended by the use of tailor’s adhesive 
tissue, if the goods is dark enough to 
conceal the stain of the gum on the tissue. 
Follow directions on the package, placing 
a piece of the material first, then a sheet 
of the tissue, and last, the garment, with 
the rent drawn into place. Apply a warm 
iron, not hot enough to snap, until the 
gum is dissolved and the patch adheres. 
Do not attempt this with any save dark 
1 colored goods, such as brown, black, navy 
blue and very dark gray.— Ada Carroll 
Wortman. 
Cretonne For the Bedroom 
W HEN I was a girl I longed for a 
bedroom daintily draped with chintz 
that was strewn with moss rosebuds like 
those on the rosebush in grandmother’s 
garden. Recently my longing was grati¬ 
fied, only instead of rosebud chintz it was 
cretonne, gay with impossible blue birds 
perched in bushes strange even to the 
imagination of a Burbank. 
Of this cretonne I made short drapes 
across the top of the windows, a drape for 
a bookshelf, and a long strip to use for 
pillow shams. This was in one piece and 
was hemmed on both edges, the upper one 
being folded over the tops of the pillows. 
It harmonized with my white crocheted 
bedspread lined with blue, the color of the 
birds in the cretonne, and did not soil 
with the handling necessary in taking it 
off at night and replacing it the next 
morning. 
But my cretonne-covered hand mirror 
was the thing of which I was proud. The 
mirror was ebony-backed and did not 
match anything else in the room. The 
mirror was of good beveled glass and I 
kept it, a discord among my ivory pieces. 
To cover the mirror I cut two pieces of the 
cretonne a seam larger than the frame of 
the mirror, using the cloth so that a blue¬ 
bird came in the center of the back of the 
hand-mirror. I sewed the pieces together 
on the machine, leaving an open space at 
the large end to slip the mirror in. This 
opening I sewed over and over. On the 
glass side I cut the cretonne away, leaving 
a width of a seam next to the frame. This 
I turned in and glued down so that the 
cretonne covered the frame only. Thus 
I converted an ugly toilette article into a 
really attractive ornament for my dresser. 
—Jane V. Roach. 
Cheese Dream 
C UT the desired number of thin slices 
of bread, trim off the crusts and 
spread half of them thinly with French 
mustard. Cover mustard with a thin 
slice of American cheese, sprinkle with 
salt, paprika and a few grains of cayenne; 
cover each with another thin slice of 
bread. Press together, cut in half length¬ 
wise and saute a golden brown on both 
sides in equal parts of butter and lard.—■ 
Mrs. J. W. Ray. 
Nut or Raisin Bread 
% cup sugar 
1 egg 
1 cup milk 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 cup chopped nuts or 
raisins 
4 cups flour 
4 teaspoons baking powder 
Sift all dry ingredients. Then add milk, 
eggs and nuts or raisins. Put in pan and 
let rise for Yl hour before baking or put 
in gem pans and let rise five minutes and 
bake from fifteen to twenty minutes.— 
Miss Zeah E. Berdan, 
When baking put some salt in the 
oven under your baking tin. It will 
prevent any sticking on the bottom. 
