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Show Woman's Page How to Fight the High Cost of Living "Suggestions For Saving Submitted By a Standard Subscriber Household House-hold Hints Six Tried Recipes Guaranteed By the Ladies Submitting Sub-mitting Them to Be Good "A Mother" Sends Us a Little Ad- vice to the School Girls Which She Hopes May Cause Some Careless Care-less One to Think. SUGGESTIONS FOR SAVING. Editor Woman's Page We are a 1 family of two, with about fiO a month 1 tto cover all expenses, and It Is neces-i neces-i leary for us to "keep up appearances"! One-third of this amount goes for Tent and heat We find it is necessary neces-sary to eliminate most of the luxuries no mushrooms with the steak, no asparagus In winter, we must close our eyes to the charms of the oyster land the tender chicken, except on I rare occasion? Stew.- ure ertalnly ; g the most economical for dinner, bu' I I j one tires of any dish served too often, and they must be varied with broiled , steak of a medium cheap rut. lamb I chops false of a heap cut), spare kribs and meat balls If food is served ; hot and Immediately after taken from the stove it will be appetizing, even rthough it Is a cheaper cut Potatoes should be served once a fjday. Baked beans and macaroni with i .cheese are good substitutes for meat, and should be served occasionally in-jstead in-jstead of meat Half lard and half Shutter can be used quite succeasfullv JUrhere recipes call for butter, and 'when you have not enough milk milk ! ' diluted with water will be found quite 'as satisfactory in cooking Save 11 dripplng6, of course. Stale bread crumbed and baked in the oven with J ' apple sauce and an egg. makes a de- liclous pudding. Don't serve meat for L breakfast a cereal, eggs, toast and I 1 coffee Is as good a breakfast as any one would want Luncheon can al-' al-' ways be "picked up" from left overs A wife can save many small sums I by cleaning and pressing her own and ! "hubby's" suits, and I always make J the skirt to my tailored suit myself. ' also make and trim my own hats, s shirtwaists, summer dresRs in fart.! J everything but the coat to my tailored I 3 suit I employ a woman iv.ice a month JL for a day and she is able to do our I T laundry, clean windows and beat rugs j J occasionally This gives me more i time to devote to a talent which brings In a few dollars pin mone Vfe entertain only intimate friends j H and do no? waste any money on mid ! night suppers luncheons or bridge parties, but save for future necessity KNEGETIC. ETIQUETTE FOR SCHOOL GIRLS "Editor Woman's Page: Will this y little contribution be out of plarp on I your page0 So often I meel careless girls that 1 feci thai a word of ad-M ad-M vice may not come am;ss M A girl who meets a boy or girl jf friend on the stree t with a loud and careless "brdlo" thrvt possibly attracts 1 the attention of passi rs -by may be perfectly sure that she r not doing' T the perfectly lady-like thine;. Obtru , 4 siveness on the strrei is never In good form, no matter what the provocation. The girl who lets one of her "boy" m friends pass her on the street with i only a cool nod of ihe head is paving the way for masculine disrespect In after times Any man who has had proper training as a boy knows that he must take off his hat to a woman to train the boy to the necessary courtesy cour-tesy by staring straight over his head until he has learned the proper mode of salutation The girl who is ashamed to aav "sir" to her father knows little of either respect or rasulon The beautiful beau-tiful word has come back In use anil nothing is bo surely Indicative of breeding as to hear a girl say, "Yes. sir " and "No. sir," to her father The girl who says solely "yeB" or "no" in replying to some speech from her mother strikes the polite world as an unspanked cub Filial respect and correct custom as well demand that she return the speech with, "yes, mother," and "no, mother.' To all elderly persons, teachers and clergv-men clergv-men she replies in the same way, introducing in-troducing the word grandmother, aunt. Mr Blank, Mrs Blauk Miss Blank, with her affirmative or negative nega-tive The girl who thinks it is not necessary nec-essary to answer the pretty little note of invitation she has received from a school friend is doing something distinctly dis-tinctly tabooed in the book of etiquette eti-quette It must be answered at once with the prettiest note at her command, com-mand, with her acceptance or refusal plainly stated, and all the little missive mis-sive couched In a graceful even grate ful lone It is by attending to such matters now that the girl knows how to conduct herself with perfect ton-, when she Is older, "A MOTHER' HOUSEHOLD HINTS. The Kitchen Sink. "Editor Woman's Page: Few sinks are high enough to be comfortable to dishwashers I have had a stool j made from a block of wood nine bv nine by one and a half with four pieces of brown sticks seven inches high for legs to set the dishpan on This raises it above the sides of the sink so that you can use a more flar- j ing pan and leave a side place at the side for your drain basket. It not only saves the dishwasher the fatigue of stooping over but much splashing in the sink The water runs under the pan and escapes at once "A woman who is eminent for her settlement and slum missionary work told me that no woman architect would ever be 6o heedless of kitchen arrangements as most men architects of tenement houses are. Moreover, that not one kitchen tabic is epr just the right weight for a woman ot medium stature, and that all are too low for tall women -The sink Is never adapted to the work to be done there " she asserted. It is never rear to the window, or it Is too near to the stove, and bv no chance ever midway between the window and the pot closet. What man ever thinks of J sparing a woman's spine and feet" '" know another housewife w ho has her kitchen chair adjusted to her height and that of sink and table And she sits at her work instead of standing. E. M R New Use for Buttons. Sew a small button on each end of the Insertion which trims your apron or underwear and a small loop on each end of the ribbon Then plat e ioop over button, and with a tape-not die draw ribbon through, and tie in the center All that is necessar. when removing ribbon before seuding to the laundry' is to take th loop off the button By doing this way it is uot necessary to untie the bow or to bother about sewing the ribbon on each time. Fringe Balls for Buttons. In case crochet buttons are to be used, instead of buvlng the buttons by the dozen, substitute ball frlnge: cutting off the balls and using them as buttons For the price of a dozen buttons you can buy a yard of fringe, and the number of balls doubles that of the buttons RECIPES. Lima Beans With Tomato Sauce Soak a pint of dried lima beans in three pints of soft water overnight In the morning put on to boll, adding water as the liquid boils away. Salt to taste and when the beans are done add the following &auce and thicken with browned flour Sauce -Put two tablespoons of good salad oil or butter in frying pan, and when heated stir in one medium-sized onion chopped fine, and one tablespoon ta-blespoon of flour hen the onion is a golden hrown add two chopped ! sweet peppers, one half can of tomatoes, toma-toes, and one tablespoon of Extract of Beef. Cook to the consistency desired de-sired B C. D. Cheese Straws One cup of grated cheese, ono half cup of Pure Leaf Lard rubbed into a cup of sifted flour, cayenne pepper to taste, and Just enough water to make a stiff dough. Flour the board, roll out the dough as thin as possible and cut with cruller lien Tf It Is to be baked at once add B small teaspoon of baking powder with the flour C J A. Stuffed Potatoes Bake potatoes of equal size When done and still hot. cut off a small piece from the end of' each potato, scoop out the Inside, mash and mix with it half the quan-tlty quan-tlty of Veal Loaf Fill the skins a little above the edge Set in the oven to brown the tops D E. F Potted Ham Boil about two pounds of ham Mince the ham, fat and lean, and pound it well in mortar. Season jwitb cayenne pepper, pounded mace, ; and nutmeg. Put the mixture in ft I 'deep baking dish and bake for one hour. Can be served hot, but w ill I keep for a long time for ?andw Iches. etc F. A R. When rompanv comes we like to serve something a little out of the ordinary or-dinary Pea Tlmbales Turn one can of peas into a strainer and pour over one quart of cold water Let stand fifteen minutes, reserve one-third cup- ful, and force the remainder through a sieve; there should be one cupful of pea pulp To pulp add two table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of melted butter and two pggs. slightly beaten When mixture is blended, season with two-thirds tea spoonful of salt, one-eighth teaspoon-ful teaspoon-ful of pepper, a few grains of cay-onnc, cay-onnc, and a few drops of onion-Juice, i Turn Into small buttered tlmbale-molds tlmbale-molds set in pan. half surround wlih boiling water, cover with a sheet of buttered paper, and bake until firm Remove to hot serving dish and garnish gar-nish tops with reserved peas, heated and seasoned with butter, salt and pepper Pour around one cupful of white sauce, and serve verv hot M8. J. A. C. " |