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Show THE CITIZEN 10 while something is cooking. If space permits the darning bag or any other pick-u- p sewing may be kept handy here, too. The table should have a small drawer, if possible, where the housekeeping purse may be accessible but out of sight. "INSIDE AUTUMN Mary Riddick Madison. Out among the swaying breeze, I could wander all the day On my glad, ecstatic way Feeling that I walk with wings While my buoyant spirit sings While I breathe the fragrant air. Falling leaves blown everywhere' Oh the nipping autumn air Cheers the spirit, drives out care! A STYLE SHOW Womens Clubs have many and varied ways of earning money. The most common of these is selling things, rom candy to pancake flour, baking, aprons, and flowers. Rummage sales, card parties, musicals, lectures are always popular. The home talent play or vaudeville never. fails to draw a crowd but why not try the simple and natural (for women) style show or fashion show? Attack the style proposition in two ways: historically and as to type. That is, show the style of various periods, beginning a icentury ago. There is little need of going further back, for styles have a habit of going in circles and, unlike history, constantly repeat themselves. Begin with the wide skirts and work down to the beanpole silhouette of today; and on to those flaring skirts and wider sleeves we are just reviving. The second phase of your program might be the different types of dress: business dress, the ideal housedress, the model apron, afternoon dress, sport dress, evening dress, and perhaps garden dress, riding dress, travelling dress and the bridal costume. The amusement touch may be introduced by the burlesques of inappropriate dress such as the hat set at a wrong angle, gaudy colors, or exaggerated styles. If a home economics expert will ac company the show with a lecture on the history of dress, wisdom in selection, economy in buying, appropriateness for occasions, or a discussion of fabiics, a very valuable educational turn may be given to your style show. Can you think of a woman or even a man who would not delight to purchase a ticket for a really well worked out show of this kind? shubbery is that it adds the home touch to the house and yard. How to get that mysterious charm is a problem to the novice, but there is no secret about it. All it requires is that you give some study to selection and the nurseryman will help you with that and that you get a shovel and spend about a couple of hours in setting the shrubs out. It is wise to buy a little fertilizer to encourage their growth. There are three main types of shrubs: those for hedge, for masses and for single specimens. For a low hedge, the privet, which trims well; or the Japan Barberry, with its pretty foliage and its scarlet berries, are the best. For a high hedge or to screen off some unsightly view, the lilac or syringa are valuable; or the more rare Rose of Sharon (Althea) which blooms in August and Septem-eb- r with a profusion of rose-lik- e blossoms. For mass effects, one may select a wide variety from the catalogues, but take care to set tall shrubs in the background and to choose those which branch low and droop gracefully for the foreground. For single specimens, the nurserymen will make many suggestions. The tree Hydrangea, Red Dogwood and the Purple Fringe sumach are choice varieties. VALUE YOUR EYES Much poor health is due to PLANT SHRUBS NOW Poor vision may make a child retarded in school, give one the failure habit or make him unsuccessful in his work. Even curvature of the spine may be caused by sitting in a crooked position in order to see. The lungs may become weak by constant stooping to read or write; and headaches are frequently caused by poor eyesight. The best lighting system is that which is nearest to daylight. The indirect method of lighting is good because it distributes the light evenly about the room. Insufficient light causes eyestrain; and too bright a light is just as bad. When we stare at the sun, we see spots and are blinded by the glare. Somewhat similar is the effect of too bright lights. Electric lights should be frosted or shaded in some way, and not too strong nor too close to the work and worker. Anytime before the ground freezes is the time to plant shrubs. There is nothing which will more beautify your yard than a wise planting of shrubbery over it. It actually adds to the value of your property, in dollars and cents, for it makes it attractive to the buyer, and this with such a small outlay of cash. But the best value of Have you a rest corner in your kitchen? Near a window with a pheasant view put a small table where you can write up accounts or menus, sort housekeeping papers, or prepare y our grocery order. Have a comfortable chair here, and some sort of a rack or shelf for cookbooks and such household magazines as may be glanced at 0 TO STORE VEGETABLES Beets INFORMATION Liver and bacon makes a good dinner meat, especially prepared with the merit of being very valuable in the diet. Any kind of liver supplies vitamins, iron, and furnishes the body with potein and calories. Peach dumplings, backed in muffin pans, and seasonable now. Serve hot with hard sauce, liquid sauce, or whipped cream. Peel the peaches but do not remove the stones, as they give the dumpling an extra good flavor. Unwrap meat as soon as it is brought from the market, and place it in a clean, dry, covered dish in the refrigerator or other cold place until wanted. Don't wash metat until just before cooking. Washing draws the juices out and hastens spoilage. Always take the pieces of bacon out of the skillet as soon as they are delicately brown and crisp. Drain them on clean, unglazed paper. If you leave them in the fat they will be greasy. Cook paeon in a heavy, broad iron skillet over a slow fire and watch it constantly to prevent scorching. BAKED HAM salsify, parsnips, carrots, rutabegas and turnips can be stored in out-dopits, but they are difficult to get at in freezing weather. They can be stored in boxes in the cellar and kept fresh by being covered with moist sand. Cabbages will keep better if each head is wrapped closely in a newspaper and they are placed on a shelf in the cellar. Squashes and pumpkins should be kept where there is good ventilation, in a dry, cool place. or USE FOR SOUP MEAT The meat from soup is rarely any good, since the juices have been extracted in making the soup. It may, however, be given a tastiness all its own by the following method Cut the lean meat only rather fine, as for hash. Flour it and fry it crisp in butter or lard, browning it to give the gravy a good flavor. Then pour in milk to make a good gravy. This is delicious with mashed potatoes. Try it on your family and listen to their praise of it. SERIOUS THOUGHT It is not enough for the modern The Bureau of Home Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture, suggests the following as a good method of preparing and baking ham, whether it is 10 be served hot or cold: Select 9 to 10 pound ham and scrub it If it is very salty, soak it over night. Allow at least one quart of boiling water to each pound of ham, or enough to completely cover it. Place it in the hot water and, for this sized ham, add one carrot sliced, two stalks of celery, one teaspoon of celery salt, three sprigs parsley, one opion sliced, two or three bay leaves, and one-hacup strong vinegar. Cover, and then simmer for four or five hours, counting the time from the beginning of the minsimmering period. Twenty-fiv- e utes to the pound will be approximately right. Test by using a skewer, or a fork, with long tines. Turn the ham so it will cook evenly on both sides. Add more hot water as the liquor evaporates. The ham should be covered with water during the entire cooking period. After it is tender, let in stand over night in the liquor or, if you wish to serve it hot, remove the skin at once, wait until the surface of the ham Is cool, then cover with the following mixture: 3 cups brown sugar, 3 cups teaspoon fine, soft bread crumbs, mustard, cider or vinegar moisten. Mix these ingredients, and spread over the top of the ham until entirely covered. Press long stemmed , whole cloves into the coated fat, at intervals. These help to hold on the paste, and also to season the fat. Place the ham in a hot oven to form a crust quickly, thor-uroughl- y. eye-strai- n. then reduce the tempreature and baste frequently with a mixture of ham liquor and cider or vinegar, until the ham is evenly browned. mother to teach her children to say "Thank you and to brush their teeth and to eat carrots and spinach. She must teach them certain fundamental to look both principles of safety ways when they cross a street, to walk on the left side of the road so that they will face the on-comi- traf- ng fic, and hot to play with matches. More children now die of accidents in one year than men died in any year of the world war. -- SAGGING CANE SEATS lf When cane seats begin to sag, they can be made taut and firm by turning the chair over and wetting the under side of the seat. The upper side, being varnished, will not be affected by the dampness, but applied from beneath where there is no varnish, it will make the cane shrink and the seat will remain tight for a time. (I PROBATE AND GUARDIAN8HIP NOTICE8. Consult County Clerk or the Signers for Further Information. NOTICK TO CKK1HTOKH. itat of Mary Bearing, deceased, with editors will present claims hers to the undersigned at Bankers it Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, r before the 6th day of January, I 1 927 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, utor of the estate of Mary Dear-deceased. g, Q ARMSTRONG for Executor, Attorney of first publication, October 29th. n ino? .!R 4 |