Show J Exchange 1 EV SEVERAL EAL members of the Exchange have av proved their right to SEVERAL belong to It by sending directions for knitting bedside slippers j I hope the two given below ere re rc in season to be of use e to the person asking for them Being a constant reader of your page I notice that you desire desiro d sire some one to forward directions to you teaching how to make bedroom slippers i my directions ca ce C benefit her er I would be slighted sighted First begin with seven stitches then in the middle stitch Z f c every row make three instead of one this makes the rows always larger lager h and gives give a perfect shape chapa to the slipper Enclosed you will wi l find a small smaIl sample which may lighten your difficulty As you notice the ample cample is made of Saxony wool wl WI reas Germantown wool cool is far better Also I begin the slipper at C t toe instead ins ead ol o 0 the tb 1 heel hecL Close the front and you can behold its perfect shape TESSIE j I am holding the small sample for the original q Will she ahe send lend forit for it 1 NO 2 SAYS J BI please find fini directions for or making bedroom slippers by request of A Reader Header Chain in 26 20 2 Make single crochet in each chain stitch except the 1 centre which should have two stitches Make fiftysix 1 ix rows which J makes the front next row drop the centre stitches and crochet twenty If seven stitches on each side for back Make fake fiftysix 1 ix rows of each cach Join JoinY Y m in the back and in front at the toe Mule Mute two rows of holes around the top 1 double crochet chain 2 21 1 double crochet in stitch and so one to end of row Make second row by putting double crochet in that of preceding row p Ruche border Chain 7 Wind wool around ar und finger four times and make single crochet in first chain Continue to end of row Next Neat row nil ail double crochet third row same as first Continue until ruche is long enough to go around Join and sew se on run ribbon elastic through holes Boles les beneath ruche to make ruche slipper fit snugly over oer the ankle F A M 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 VT WHEN HEN I was South last winter I had the pleasure pleas errs of partaking of 0 V several real Southern dishes The one given below was always t r hailed with wi 1 delight by the merry group gathered around our table for forthe forthe the evening meal The old colored auntie who it over J the th kitchen was besought beso fight to give it to us once every week at least and andas as much as sho sha sh would make it Her protest It do take lots Iota of III butter utter honey to make it is go good I It do for or was very true trueE trueE E M H E The rations for making spoon bread which will be found in the recipe column remind one of what we used to call can in Virgiria Virg ra batter bread But Bui we cut that with a sharp s arp knife held perpendicularly p and an d boiled rice instead of small hominy Both are axe delicious when made of Southern cornmeaL 4 44 if 4 4 4 IN TN TN YOUR YOUE School for Housewives I see come one asks ask s how to keep s a r white linen dress in good condition during the winter One way r is given g I will give another that some of the readers may find of use It is an method Either use very v ry blue tissue paper to wrap up the garments or make muslin very blue dip in blue water made much deeper than needed ne ded for weekly washing Old thin muslin is just the thing as the large pieces of gowns skirts etc make large wrapping cloths This is all that is needed d and dried then roll up your dainty white goods and next year or many years ahead the same dainty pure color is there A few turns of the iron and an there you are 1 Packed way in ordinary white tissue paper or r cloth they gradually all y take on a creamy tone that is often desirable and very beautiful Another help given me years ago by a Chinaman to keep keen clothes free from moths Take several packs of common common firecrackers break r into small bits and scatter in trunks and boxes I give gie these thinking they may serve others as they have hava m me and an a in return ret n for helps I have received from your interesting depart department department department ment I school This interesting letter comes from California In our ur school s d West meet together members from all sections lending a hand d and n learning through mutual helpfulness the blessed truth that the whole world is rowing year by year into kinship When every eve human huma n creature shall love his neighbor as himself ve va shall have the Millennium M 4 4 4 aA 44 4 4 TIT WILL ILL you let me know through your paper how to make cranberry VY Jelly I have tried several times but was unable to turn it out of the mould Will you ou also give me ne a recipe for plum pudding MRS mis J rr O a OA oA 1 A recipe for cranberry today to day in its proper E 2 r place That t for plum glum lum pudding g was given g wo tivo I hope f you saw it itri ri i f to toI V I T I DO LOVE to t o read the Exchange You help so 50 many that I hope you will win be able to help bel me too I am very stout 23 years and I long to get thin I dont take a bit of f exorcise exercise eat every thing am fond of sweets I know I r eat them hem if i I want l to get thin After reading your sour Corner today t day I got up immediately and took k some exercise I am worn out I I think I am lazy 1 I want to get thin but dont want much work Will Turkish baths reduce me and is it proper for a woman to take them I If so can you tell me of vf one i I have a tle v e always been stoUt but am getting immense since my mar marriage marriage L ringe three years ago I have a fine baby boy two years old Everyone one says he is big bib and fat just fust like I hope I tired you with my troubles but I do want to get thin Please try and help me I MRS JL IL G 0 O Turkish baths are altogether and desirable proper for you They are arc areo often o ten recommended re for obesity It is not sufficient to take exercise for one day or oJ for twenty days Of course you are tired ti ed after the unwonted exer exertion exertion tion I r Your weight of flesh is in itself a burden wearying wea the muscles and shortening the breath I am not an alarmist but ut you yo are a ein in danger of more serious evils than temporary inconvenience Excess of adipose tissue super flous ll us flesh is an absolute curse to the one who is is laden with it You will be become become come coine not only a weariness to yourself but your usefulness us f to others will be impaired An apoplectic habit is a continual threat to the life of the afflicted creature whose manner of o living has invited it You should not touch sweets or butter or cream crenIn potatoes or other starchy foods and should not eat ent fat meats Make Hake out a suitable dietary and stick to tt it Walk every day no matter how much it tires you You would do dowell well to learn curt some system of gymnastic exercises and persevere p sev re in them until you have hav command of your body whether you lose flesh cr cr not If wish i a will give you u the name cf c a a system that has accomplished much mu h good g od in in other othel similar to Avoid quack medicines cases yours warranted to make you loge Ipse flesh lesh rapidly Mor Mors than one credulous unfortunate has dropped the load l d of for all aU time as the result of taking nostrums i S 4 4 4 4 4 4 j jWILL WILL ILL you kindly inform me what to do to invigorate the growth of j palm which seems Cens at standstill id d the ny a tips tip A of the leaves lc ves are turning yellow y i It is kept in m a warm place 2 What will keep moths out of a bearskin rug R B E M E 1 Is not your palm kept in a furnace or stove room i And do you burn gas gasY Either one of these causes would check che t s growth and induce sick liness s in the plant Change the earth in the pot and do not water wate too oo P pro I 2 Beat all al the dust out before putting it away and sift sit crushed h camphor balls down do into the roots of Then Thenn pin newspapers about ao ut f It before sewing Z wing tip up u In l coarse cloth r |