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Show I j Woman's Department m "I Horned-Nothing is Wasted and but Little Left Over for Igj the PS or Cat Doctoring by Home-Made Reme- M I dies Preventing Severe Sore Throat Apples Kga Nerve-Quieting Influence Sulphur and '$j J Molasses for the Blood Mend the 3g Children's Shoes and Bm ; Stockings. 39:r - mix Ky I Editor Standard: 1 got angry tonight ?J f when I read Mrs. E.'s statement when -aI T stle aB Bod t0'd mo was tclllns ttatlU an untruth. I think a woman who ?ry "would sit down and deliberately mako 1 IE r a fa,So statement for a prize would &5 ( tef indeed, small. I made that brenk- 2f5 I fast total really without much thought, SIS hut had my husband go over It with SX me and he made It 12 cents. Now tijjjl ; I will tell Mrs. b. wo are not six peo- ' jjle but four and that I really have H bananas nearly every morning for .UV J breakfast with cream. I pay 16c or 120c a dozen for them. I will not tell the names of the tradesmen because I trade at three different places. Mra. E. will find she "has made one mistake. I 9ald, as she will see If she looks again, that my daughter paid her own tuition and I got nothing from her or comparatively nothing. My other children havo all been gone, one five years, one four and the other two years, and the other nearly a year 60 that I have not received but very little help from any of our children and if Mrs. E. would care to call 1 shall bo glad to give her other information. in-formation. A package of mother's wheat hearts costB 15c and lasts us a week. 1 never nev-er have any left over because I know just how much to make. I get a quarter quar-ter pound box of Lipton's tea and that lasts a week, 20 cents. I make but 2 cups for breakfast and supper We none of us eat sugar either In tea or mush, the one boy does, so there is a saving In sugar. No, I have not forgotten any help I may have received and there was certainly butter on the toast. I am sorry if you call the breakfast you had poor. I hope you will always have as good. I pay 20c a dozen for my oranges and don't buy them from Greeks either. I am making out a list of this month's expenses and am sorry the Standard got such a raking over on account of my contribution to the department. Now I said I was'getting $10 for my house next door, but when we bought the places we got but $7.50. I did not say It has not been quite a struggle strug-gle for a part of the time, but nevertheless nev-ertheless that Is what we havo dono and for further proof 1 shall bo glad to have the Standard give my address to any ono who would like to call, if that could convince them that 1 am not telling a fish story, to put It mildly. mild-ly. ONE OF THE MANY. " There Is one other thing I would like to say Tho trouble with a great many people is they feed cats and dogs and chickens from what they throw away from the table. My animals ani-mals would starve to death If they depended de-pended on what we give them from the table. I believe one other lady spoke of that in ono article a few evenings ago. Home Recipes. Editor Evening Standard- Everyone has some fad. I have a groat ono for redding recipes and find it saves houra of work and a great deal of expense, but a gTcat number of mine are home experiences. An ounce of prevention Is worth more than a pound of cure. It takes a doctor to toll what causes diphtheria, diphther-ia, typhoid and other dlseaees, hut a mother should study how to avoid theso things. I bolleve I am safe in saying that canker and coldB 'combined 'com-bined often terminate In diphtheria. We have been told that the fall of the year iB the greatest time for typhoid ty-phoid and I venture, to say that tho "2V months of March and November are fc the greatest for diphtheria. Those HI - monthB I arm myself "with canker med-H med-H ' lclne, etc., and follow a few rules for H doctoring children. H Canker Remedy. Si Lump of alum, sizo of a walnut, 2 , tablespoonfuls of garden sage, 1 tea-H tea-H spoonful of golden seal, 2 teacups of water. Boil half hour, strain and add H half cup of honey. Hall's canker medicine Is excellent H ' for soro throat or canker but the 2 . best recipe I havo ever tried and one I a that takes effect tho quickest Ib tho S i one I read for a soro mouth: Two gf spoonfuls of alcohol, two of glycerine, Hi and one of boric acid, ono glass of Hit wator that has beon boiled- stir In HJA the drugs. Bo sure to keep glass cov-Hfff cov-Hfff ored when not in use. Dip a soft HIE cloth In thJB solution and wipe out Hi th mouth. Burn tho cloth quickly. Hi This servos for a child 3 years old. Hi : Make the article stronger according 0 to aC- ThiB lms saved many a doc" I ! tor bill 1 ; A Good Blood Cleanser. W If a chlld'c blood is in good condl- pjjt tion it will not take disease quickly l f and when it does fall a proy to any fll disorder will stand fifty chances to Hf one of recovery. fSfs Recipe- Two tableepoonfuls of salts MMr and 1 of cream of tartar. Drop into a good sized pitcher of boiling water. Keep well covered and give in dosoB when cool, 1 tablespoonful to each child every morning for throe mornings, morn-ings, thon stop three. Do this for throe doses or mornings. It should not-bo not-bo repeated for elx weeks. A bettor proventlve of disease is sulphur and molassos, but a sickly child Ib apt to take cold on sulphur so I always give this remedy in good weather. . To be given before breakfast: One teaspoonful of sulphur and three of molasses; stir together and give In doses of one teaspoonful each for thrco mornings. This should not bo repeated until some ono complains or when you think It is needed. One of the greatest evils to health is stuffing between meals, hence advise ad-vise a good menu, ono that will satisfy satis-fy the appetite If a child gets hungry hun-gry an applo is the best thing in the world. This will help to produce sloop If taken before bedtime, I should call apples a nervo tonic. "Wo cannot all be rich and great, Or gain tho power of a queen; But we may turn tho tides of fato By being saving, neat and clean." How I cut down expenses cleaning clothes A ten-cent package of soap bark purchased at tho drug store will clean a dozen suits or dresses at once or can bo saved for nee at any time Fore one black suit or dress boll two spoonfuls In a pint of water 20 minutes min-utes or longer. When cool, strain and apply to article with cloth or sponge while wet. It will make the suit look soapy but must not be washed off ns it brings up the nap when pressed. This will not injure tho article In the least and will make tho dlrtloct suit of black clothes look new. First sponge the greasy spots, then go over tho whole sulL I can do this In 20 minutes. min-utes. Hang in the air and while still a little damp place a damp cloth over tho suit and press with a hot iron. This season I washed throe bearskin coats that had been used i the whole of last winter Threo buckots good soap suds were used in which I put Gold Dust. Add about three tablespoonfula of gasoline. This helps to take out the groasc and brightens the article. Gasoline Is a good cleanser In washing and saves half the rubbing. Rub tho dirty spots with Fairy soap. This 6aves the fabric. Rinse in warm water a little soapy and dry In the air. Clothes will look like new. One of our greatest expenses has been shoos and stockings, but I have cut this down to half on the shoes. "Vc purchased a last and two boxes of shoe tacks of different sizes. Now wo half-sole our own shoes at 1-4 the cost we would pay tho shoemaker. Try this and it will surprise you how much you can sae. My hubby and I are experts at saving soles Nocesslty is the mother of Invention. Inven-tion. I was out of darning cotton and used silk thread to mend a pair of hose. I discovered that it looked 50 per cent better and lasted as long as the stockings wore. Of course, It cannot can-not be substituted for darning, but if you will mend the small hole6 there will bo no need of darning. Spool of silk will mend 50 pairs of hose. A fine furniture polish or oil which will rub off the scratches and make the furniture look good for weeks: Ono pint raw linseed oil, half a' pint of coal oil. 5 cents worth of turpentine. Shake well and use on the best of furniture. fur-niture. I find fleece-lined stockings will outlast thrco pairs of any make at tho same price. BRIDGET. |