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Show I Woman's Page 1 How to FighMhe High Cost of Living JP Old Maid Makes a Home of Her Own Hires and Furnishes Flat WJi and Saves Her Money Practical Baking Lessons How to- M Make Delicious Biscuits Graham Biscuits, Dixie Biscuits and m Nut Biscuits Things to Remember Why Catch Cold? j MADE A HOME OF HER OWN. l "Editor Woman's Page. I am one l of that deaplsed but ever growing 4j 1 class of so-called 'old maldB' just hu-Qi hu-Qi man enough to want a home of mv fit ! own. Ae no one overanxious to nup-ply nup-ply that want has as yet appoared, 1 ; haw brought my own efforts Into play iP an-i made one for myself "Am employed downtown at a fair ' 'average wage, and up to five years Igo spent far more of my earnings .L tban was wl6e on room ront, laundr SBj ' bills, etc . and eating In cheap, undent unde-nt Islrable restaurants, not being able to P , afford the better class of eating Ski bouses. This was costly, for I have i f paid aB high as ?4 a week for a am room that left mm-li to bo desired, It : never felt quite satisfied with restau-T restau-T ! frant or boarding house fare, so bought f fruits and extras to 'piece out.' I als was obliged to continually replace lahirtwaists, handkerchiefs, iacee, col-lar8: col-lar8: etc., on ar count of the hard ua-. ua-. age given them in the laundries and 'at the hands of the washerwoman. I , "Five years ago 1 rented a small flat for which I pay $20 a month, -s kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom and j parlor, the initial cost of furnishing which was not a matter of largo mo-2' mo-2' fment, as everything is of the sim 'pleBt, yet coz and romfortable 1 was fortunte enough to rent one bed-f bed-f ;room to a sensible young woman, em- ployed like myself, who not oniy proves a mostv congenial companion fc i" but helps to cut my rent down to le6s to than $12 a month We both get a 1 good home out of it where we can t entertain our friends as slmph or ex- : travagantlv as we choose, asking fa I vors of none, and are perfectly happy ! f and independent. We may wallow in . as much hot water as we wish In per forming our dally ablutions without being subjected to that old 'bugaboo' I hearing from the landlady or 'fuss-f 'fuss-f ing' with her - "I do all my work, evenings and I Sundays If need be getting consid I erable assistance from m roomer, as she enjoys and appreciates the free f dom and privileges of the entire flat the same as I Uur shirtwaists are PI done up carefully, consequently last I twice as long, and there are no laun-dry laun-dry b!ll: I :. i .. v. :: ); .. I t live sirnplv, which is better for my own health and savea doctor bills n For my lunch at the office I carr a vm dainty sandwich and some fruit, which 1 I find serves me far better than a I lunch at some restaurant or cafeteria cafeter-ia la. .M nipht T ha,, a lull dinner. gool I enough for any one meat, vegetable?.. salad and dessert an thing 1 happen ., jg to i"a ii". 1 prefer my time a niee ffl thick. Ju ry pie. e or round steak at jjI home to a porterhouse that has been Pjl spoiled in the cooking at a second or y third el;, ss restaurant I keep healthy and plump on this diel 1 dress slm-pl slm-pl and sanely, yet m good style I jjj3 walk to my work, which Is economy H in that It is a health saver, and there I is much pleasure to be found In a 1M good brisk walk to and from one's m work. "Having learned that the more mon-ey mon-ey one- carrier m uii"'s purpe the more one if apt to spend, I bank all I can, keeping only just enough for mv lm mediate neds. Gas, milk, and rent bills, are paid promptly the first of each month, and butcher and grocer are paid every day as I patronlo them. My maxim is, 'Any fool can sjiend money, but It takes some one mndo of different stuff to save It ' I sae a tidy little sum each month, which at the end of the year look. good toward my old age "OUT OF TOWN SUBSCRIBER.'' WHY CATCH COLD? (Copyright 1913 by Lillian Russell ) Every one should know, Sf ho docs not, that people who remain indoors ore moro liable to take colds than those who make It a rulo to go out of doors for two or three hours each day in any and all kinds of weather Nothing IS more disastrous to beauty beau-ty than a cold In the head. Nothing can cause more discomfort than a sore throat. But I would prefer even that to a bad case of influenza Tho whole secret of health Is the power of resistance If the body is in good physical condition. con-dition. If the digestion Is perfect and the blood pure, no fear of disease need trouble man: woman, or child Laborers who work of doors and people who sleep out on balconies never suffer from colds There is far more danger in overheated over-heated room? than the open air. Where there Is a great strain of mental activity, aB In the cases of clerks and seamstresses, with little muscular exercise, the action of the heart is made faster by the pressure of work But at the same time there are no muscular movements to relieve re-lieve the strain upon the heart by the muscular emptying of the elns and there is little or nothing to promote deep breathing to help the heart in keeping up the circulation The mental worker, together with the man or woman v,ho sits all day P rlorming monotonous mechanical acts, suffers the condition of a high blood pressure, and quite early in life the circulation is Bevetely hindered, and many forms of disease set In unless un-less when the day's work is ended vigorous out of door exercises are talc en. When deep breathing Is indulged In. either at an open window or out of doors, when the blood circulates through the veins by means of deep breathing and plenty of fresh air In the lunge, then the system has resistance resist-ance against all diseases. Catching cold is not so much a i sign that there has been great exposure, ex-posure, as it Is that the lod has no resistance to even a small amount of exposure To avoid taking colds one must keep In good health, accustom one's self to every kind of temperature Suppose one does get cold, there is no danger if one never overheats one's stomach by too high living. I am more afraid of a hot room than of being out In a severe storm. Fresh air is a cure for almost any j disease So If yOU are suffering with la severe attack of influenza go out Into the air and walk briskly for at , ler.st an hour. You may sneeze when you strike the air, but sneezing Is j healthy. Few understand tho real meaning of the German phrase "gesundhelt." If means good health and in Germany j thev hail a good sneezing spell with delight. If you become warm and perspire from your walk jump into a tub of warm water when ou return home and sponge off with cold water You will then bo more able to throw off or resist a cold than you can imagine Remember: A case of Influenza can make the most angelic beauty look like a Bllllkln. THINGS TO REMEMBER. Use flour and a double acting baking bak-ing powder; measure materials correctly; cor-rectly; mix lightly, cut In small shapes; use a sheet or ery shallow pan; have tho oven very hot. If baking bak-ing on gas, oil or gasoline, bake on upper grate; If using wood or coal range, on the floor of the oven PRACTICAL BAKING LESSONS. ; There Is a growing interest In home baking, as women are coming to realize real-ize that tbelr own making Is far superior su-perior to the product of the bake shop and costs much less To have ' good luck" with your baking Is altogether al-together a matter of having the right ; materials, putting them together the right way, and properly controlling the oven How to Make Delicious Biscuits. For biscuits let us select good flour, i a good sweet shortening, Royal buk-j buk-j ing powder and sweet milk or water. Milk Is to be preferred, ae It browns the biscuits better. First, measure correctly and sift together at least three times, the flour, salt and baking bak-ing powder. It is important to blend the baking powder thoroughly with the flour, Then with a fork or the finger tips work the shortening thoroughly thor-oughly Into the flour and mix to a soft dough with the milk or water Just a6 soft as can be handled. Roll I out very lightly, or better, spread aud pat the dough out thin with the hands. I Handle us little u possible alter wet-, wet-, ting. Then cut In small shapes for the oven, for small biscuits arc very much better than large ones. If baked (juickly, as biscuits should be, a large biscuit does not get tho proper heat to raise and bake tho center of tho biscuit A small biscuit raises pcr-j pcr-j Fectly, bakes better, is more palatable pala-table and Is easier to digest. I Biscuits should always be baked on a sheet or In a very shallow pan, as the biscuits should be above the i sides of the pan In order to have 1 the heat get to them quickly. If bak-i bak-i ed In a deep pan the sides shut off the heat, and tho biscuits arc likely to flatten out and run together and have heavy conters. Never crowd biscuits In a pan, but keep tbum well apart, allowing a pauaago between lb tin for boat. Tho oven should be very hoL o thut tho biscuits may raise, bake and brown nieelj in about 15 minutes Baking Powder Biscuits. 3 cups pastry flour, 3 tablospoon-fnls tablospoon-fnls shortening, 8 level teaspoonfulri baking powder, about 1 cup of milk or water, 1 teaspoonful salt Graham Biscuits. 1 1-2 cups white flour, 1 1-2 clips graham flour, 3 level teaspoonfuls baking powder, B tablespoonfuls of shortening. 1 level teaspoonful salt, 1 cup milk or more if needed (Graham (Gra-ham usually requires more milk.) Dixie Biscuits. 3 cups flour, 3 level teaspoonfuls baking powder. 3 level tablespoonfuls shortening, 1 cup milk; roll in sheet 1-4 inch thick, spread with butter; fold over half and cut and buke as other biscuits Nut Biscuits. 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoonful salt. 2 level teaspoonfuls baking powder, 3 leel tablespoonfuls shortening, 2-3 cup milk, 1-2 cup chopped nuts on |