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Show j J l. ANT bk-ssluss, blessings will JLi. bloom; plum hate anil -hnte will Krow; You can sow today, tomorrow will brlnt The blossoms that prove what sort of thing Is the seed, the seed you sow. HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. An idea worth passing on is to have a large safety pin . fastened to the outside of piece bags and whenever a new piece or pieces are added to It put a sample in the safety pin, so that a glance will tell what pieces are in the bng, much time will be saved in rummaging and disarranging disarrang-ing the pieces. It is a good plan to have silks, woolens and cotton pieces by themselves. them-selves. After washing and drying woolen blankets, beat with a carpet beater and they will renew the light and fluffy look that they had when new. Moisten grease spots with cold water wa-ter as soon as possible, it keeps the grease from soaking into the wood. Soda sprinkled on to grease spots with a little warm water before scrubbing scrub-bing aids the removing process. Milk that Is scorched need not be thrown away, but If set into cold water In a clean dish, in a short while the scorched taste will disappear. disap-pear. A good way to warm rolls is to lay them in a clean cloth in a collander and place over steam on the teakettle. Small pieces of toilet soap if kept In a glass jar, can be made into soap Jelly by boiling with soft water. This jelly is a nice soap for washing the hair. Sour milk is a good mild silver cleaner. Place the silver in the milk and let stand for an hour, then wash in hot soapsuds. If one has a small closet partitioned off In the cellar with a window for ventilation, vegetables and fruits of all kinds may be kept Indefinitely. If windows stick and are hard to open, grease the cord wih a little oil and pour a little around the window frame. If a small piece of zinc Is burned in stoves and furnaces the soot will not form in the pipes or chimneys. If blood stains get on woolen cloth, rub while fresh with a dry starch, this absorbs the blood without leaving a trace. p .. w m V J TRENGTH for today, is all we need, As there never will be tomorrow; For tomorrow will prove but anothet day, Each with its measure of sorrow. SOME USES FOR SOUR CREAM. There are not many who have never tried it would believe that sour cream makes a delicious white sauce to serve with codfish. Prepare the white sauce just as usual, using the cream Instead of the milk. Sour cream, If not too old, makes a delicious dressing for shredded cab-bnge. cab-bnge. Add a little sugar and vinegar and pour over the cabbage. Sour cream makes a fine shortening for spice cake and for small cup cakes, to be baked in gem pans. Sour cream pie is one that is hard to beat. Use the cream, raisins and eggs and bake with two crusts. Sour cream makes the best shortening shorten-ing for doughnuts, as they do not dry out as soon as when baking powder and sweet milk are used. Sour Cream Dressing. Beat a half pint of sour cream with an egg beater beat-er until smooth, thick and light. Mix two t.ablespoonfuls of lemon juice, two of vinegar, a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch of mustard and pepper, and add to the cream, beating all the while. This dressing may be modified to suit different vegetables. Any seasoning season-ing may be added that Is desired. Onion juice, nutmeg, catsup or any different flavor liked. S6ur cream and nuts with brown sugar boiled together makes a deli' cious filling. Sour cream stirred or beaten until butter comes will give a fresh lump of pure, sweet butter, of which many are so fond. Cookies of all kinds are Improved by using sour cream to shorten them. Sour cream added to cream cheese pr cottage cheese adds to Its palata-bility. palata-bility. , Sour cream dressing Is liked by many used on sliced cucumbers. This s simply sour cream with a little salt, pepper and sugar added. |