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Show iWoman's Page 3 How to fight the High Cost of Living CAPABLE MANAGEMENT HELPS SOLVE THE LIVING PROBLEM SAVE WORK AND STRENGTH AS WELL AS MATERIALS- SUB 3T1TUTE FOR EXPENSIVE CAKE PRACTICAL HI fl THE J MISUSE OF SOAPS 8 1 Mt 111 CAPABLE MANAGEMENT. l "Editor Woman's Page: Of oourao the food problem is an important TO Item. And the healthy, growing fam 3 fly needs good, nutritious food, such as butter, eggs, meal nnd good, rich Hi milk One good, substantial meal is l9 necessary each day Tho other two I may Include good home-made bread and butter wltb stewed fruit and cocoa. co-coa. Healtb is the most Important item in the home. Study the laws of health Mothers must not overwork over-work and become nervous, anaemic and petulant, but should study how to manage their homes for tho most comfort and at the leasl cxponse and with the least work Let each mem : ber of the family do his share and in ! sist upon it. "Buy embossed paper doilies by the gross, also napkins for every da) You can use them a week if you are are ful to wipe the spots with a damp cloth. Mop the kitchen floor two or I three tiroes a week with good hoi uds do not scrub Keep the silver bright with a silver cloth; a little rubbing twice a week keeps it beautiful beau-tiful 'lpe the range after each meal with a kerosene I rag. Keep the enameled sink ' and tubs and nickel bright with a cloth dipped in kerosene It is better and much cheaper than soap. Keep the Ice box clean and fresh "Buy only what vou use each day The,re is not much nutrition in warm ed over food And. as one correspondent correspond-ent advises, learn how to sew. You will have plenty of time, health and itrength to do if ou do not spend if all in drudgery Do nor let the hou&o get dirty. aoid shiftless habitB, keep I well nnd you will be cheerful and prosperous, for I know bv' experience "ECONOMIST." THE MISUSE OF SOAPS. (Copyright 1913 by Lillian Russell ) Plenty of soap and water Is the burden bur-den of the song of most writers on health. 1 glory in the water, but im t by no means so enthusiastic about the soap Many women especially thote whose skin? are greasy, will find their skins softer, whiter and healthier by omitting soap from their facial ablutions ablu-tions altogether The reason is the difficulty in obtaining ob-taining a perfectly neutral" soap that is, one that contains no exefi? ! of alkali and one that has In it no rancid fat globules injurious oil, coloring col-oring matter or irritating foreign aub-Btances aub-Btances It is no new discovery that soaps are made by the action of a powerful alkali, caustic soda, or caustic potash, usually on fat. The cheapest and almout universal method is to do this in the "cold way" instead of by the old process j of boiling and "salting out." Unfortunately the "cold way" is one I f of those cheap and nasty methods j which Carlyle says are becoming raoiei popular with this degenerate age All soaps made thus contain an ex ' cees of alkali and particles of fat not I saponified Both of those ingredients are harmful to the skin, leaiug it! rough, tender and apt to pimple It is better to use no soap at all than one which has these injurious qualities Toilet soaps should be prepared j from clean, sweet tallow or oil. b B Strong solution of soda. And It is essential that they be completely deprived de-prived of an excess of alkali. Their natural color is always a yellow yel-low or white, and whatever other hue, is given them is artificially done b j the admixture of coloring matter. Brown sonpe are colored by caramel cara-mel or cocoa, rose color Is produced by cinnabar, green by chrome green and many of the reds by aniline color. col-or. These latter are derived from the I distillation of coal oil. and some of them are exceedingly irritating to the skin of many persons. So you see Ibey should. If used at all, be employ ed with caution. The dark lines in castlle soap, which manv people consider a mark of Its Pttlity, are produced by a preparation of Iron, which is perfectly harmless. Soap can be perfumed to suit any taste And so long as this is donH by the natural odorous portions of tho1 plants there is no cause for complaint , But most of - the toilet soapB sold ' i are perrumed by the artificial essen-I essen-I cee, derived from fusel oil and pe- troleum. the effects of which upon I a fin complexion are occasionally 1 acrid and unpleasant Transparent soapB. which some women wo-men swear by as being purer because they can be seen through, are made by dissolving well dried taJlow soaps in alcohol Excepting In their appearance ap-pearance thoy have no advantage over any other kind. For the bath a piece of pood castilo or cured soap is preferable For the hands a perfumed article (neutral) may be chosen, not red or blue nor too odorous. For the face little of any sort should be used, good greasing with cold; cream, followed by applications of hot water. Is more cleansing and cer- I tainly far from doing any harm. On the contrary, it Improves any complexion. com-plexion. Tho pores, however, should be closed after using the cold cream and hoi water by gradual applications of cold water. Such a treatment w:!l leave the face clean and clear and the skin supple 'i Remember Quality is preferable to j quantity, oven in the selection of a! toilet soap , SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPENSIVE CAKE "Editor Woman's Page Having a family of seven who expect cake twice la week, and although being ac ustom-ed ustom-ed to plenty of eggs and butter In jrake I find the inclosed recipe a good I substitute for the high priced cake, and really quite dfliciouB with any I filling one may prefer- "Cream one cup sugar, one teaspoon butter (or sweet lardi. two cups flour 1 three teaspoons baking powder, on" cup milk, flavoring Mix quickl ami have oven quifp warm Bake in two deep Jelly tins and you have a lighi delicious, cheap cake read for any-desired any-desired filling "W, R A " PRACTICAL HINTS An attractive and useful Sewing board la made round or square about I 2 inches in diameter covered with cretonne. On this 13 placed a pin I 1 1 1 s h 1 on made of cretonne and shirred! ribbon A glass hat pin holder, a thimble, bodkin, a tape measure, whll nnd black sewing silk, and a pack-j I age of needles are tacked on with brass headed tacks .md elastic to match the cretonne Ath the bottom ' of the board are placed hooks on which to hang button hooks, shoe i horn scissors, etc. This board can! either be hunt; on the wall or placed in a trunk when Lraeling V E R Attractive little spoonholdors ina be made from soft material One nd is turned up and divided into 12 lockets, each pocket big enough to hold one spoon. The pockets are divided di-vided with the featherstitch and then all edges are bound with colored ribbon rib-bon or tape The top is then turned over and the bag may be rolled up and tucked away These bags are made cheaply and are useful, as every ev-ery housewife wishes to protect her) silver Bag6 for knives and forks may also be made. E H. Calf bindings mav be washed lightly light-ly with a soft sponge dipped in a I mixture of a half ounce of the besl I glue. dl6B0lved In one pint of water and one teaspoonful of glycerin and a little flour paste. Rub well with chamois skin when dry- If your gas bums unevenly, low ! at. one side and with a long flame at the other, you may be sure there la dust In the tip. Run a piece of thin I card board through it and you wUl be repaid. One often hears complaints thai the boiler rusts and tronmolds the clothes. To prevent thlB. as soon as' the boilor is emptied rub well over with soap. This will not only prevent pre-vent rust, it will also help to make suds for the next boiling. To keep mice away from pantries and cupboards sprinkle caynnno pepper pep-per on the shelves. In boxes and wardrobes put lump of camphor among the clothes for mice dlsHktq the smell of !L The camphor must bo renewed every now and then, for It evaporates in the air. A clever idea is to give an old window win-dow shade a fresher appearance by turning it upside down. Take out the roller and the stick at the lower end Then cut off your upper edge in order to remove the tack holes and thon sew the stick In. Then tack the other end to the roller and when hung it will look like a new shade. The stock pot is the mainspring of a well managed kitchen. In It should be collected bones, poultry, trimmings and vegetables, for any scmp Is welcome A piece of shin beef may sometimes be added for oxtra strength. There will be no lack of soup gravy and sauces if this Is kept constantly going; it is the foundation for them all. Cotton cloth for pudding and dumpling baga will be needed: also bands for binding tho beef roast Even when the oven is quite right und the pastry has been made moderately moder-ately r:cb a woman will feel dissatisfied dissatis-fied at the appearance of a pie because be-cause she mlsces the rich brown gloss thai she has seen on pastry made by practical cooks. To obtain this gloss she needs a wrinkle. It Is produced pro-duced by egg wash. An egg is beaten beat-en up with a little sugar and a small quantity of milk is added. With this wash the pie is brushed over after the ' pastry has been finished. |