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Show Of Interest to Women Sfceaders j . t Rub Mather furniture upholstery occasionally oc-casionally with a very little castor oil, applied on a soft cheesecloth. Rub the oil well into the leather, to preserve and soften it. Poke shoots are delicious when carefully cooked. To lessen the slight astringency of flavor, discard the first water, after cooking 5 minutes, and continue cooking in fresh boiling water. Serve like asparagus, with butter and seasoning of salt and pepper. pep-per. f Cook aparagus the shortest possible time. If it is very young and tender, 10 minutes may be long enough. More mature stalks may take up to 25 minutes. Trim the ends of the stalks before cooking, and take off any large scales which may conceal grit, and do not scrape. Wash carefully, have the water boiling and lightly salted. Asparagus may be cooked whole or cut up into inch lengths. Cherries are ripe; Can a few, make some into pie, and serve various deserts, such has rice with sugared cherries, steamed pudding with cherries cher-ries through it and cherry sauce, bread pudding with cherry hard sauce, cherry gelatin or plain blanc mange with a liquid cherry sauce poured over it, cherry roly-poly, cherry sr.ow, made of e;,'g whites and stew-j stew-j ed cherries. Sweet cherries, pitted j and stuffed with cream cheese are excellent in any fruit salad. And don't forget to make some cherry preserves pre-serves and pickled ' cherries for lunches and suppers. v I - We usually need a good supply of wash dresses of cotton or rayon fabrics fab-rics and these must be made before hot weather actually arives. With a good sewing machine, cleaned and oiled, helpful attachments, and, if possible, an electric motor, making these dresses is not a burden. Sun baths should be given to all well chcildren to keep them well, and to many sick children to help make them well. Speciaf sun suits are advised to permit as much as possible of the body to be reached by the sun's rays. These suits are sleeveless, with very short legs, low necks, arm holes cut out as much as possible, and often they have tops of a semi-transparent fabric such as net or marquisette which allows some of the valuable ultra-violet rays to reach the skin. Visualize some of the charming patterns pat-terns in cotton prints, broadcloths, chintz, and other wash fabrics, as they would look in attractive smocks for house, laboratory or office wear. You put a smock on like a coat, buttoning but-toning it conveniently over whatever you are wearing, and it serves the purpose of a dainty but practical apron. ap-ron. It can even be worn as an ordinary ordin-ary house dress. The woman who wishes to prepare dinner, then dress, and serve the dinner herself, can wear a smock over her best dress up to the last minute, and if necessary -illow herself to appear beforehand without embarrassment; it is a badge of honorable hon-orable work. . ' ' |