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Show f j Woman's Page How to Fight the High Cost of Living I Woman and Husband Find Way to Save on $40 a Month Three Methods 6f Saving Recipes Hints to the Hard Working Women as Wall as the Pretty Young Girl in Today's Feature-Stones. LIVE ON A LITTLE FARM "Editor Woman's Page in one 0! the letters to The Standard I note where one woman says she cannot I bliv eggs or butter, both being too j high priced. If a few more homo I wives would do this I think maybe it 1! would bo the means In lime o' web 1 things Retting cheaper We have I : Chickens, eggs, make our own butter, I raise all our own vegetables and put 1 op plenty of fruit, r "My husband and I work on a little fruit farm My husband only gets a I salary of $40 a month, so ou can ! see that I also have to economize. We I are paving on a lot In town, which ' i takes Jo a month, then we have elec-; elec-; trie lights in seven rooms. Of course I am careful they don't exceed $1 a month. Rutter is An cents a pound, . f pure lard Is also very high. Then I I go to the market and get 10 or IE ' cents worth of good, fresh beef suet I and render It out, and melt my lard and mix it. Now, this makes your lard go farther and makes it cheaper, and is Juat as good for an use If tou wish to make fried cakes I think It Ig better with the suet in Tf some one wishes a recipe for dried apple cake I will send It at their request It makes a lovely fruit cake. We also il try to put $10 or $is in th bank ev- l ott month "OUT-OF-TOWN WOMAN" 0 THE CORRECT POWER -and 0F dcauty U (CopvTight 1912. by Lillian Russell 1 ' SC2 " women long tr be beautiful. Thy may say that they do not, but that is when they are resigned to their shortcomings. Many persons are clever and enjoy iREl books and people, from the amount j 0 thi ' pleasure they derive from their so (i cietv jj u Then there are women and men I ho rather boast of their lack of cleverness clev-erness and Inability to either read or jr. talk with well informed people The woman who says that she does not . , .' cart how she looks is of that class 1 Clever people should always try Lo 'y j appear at their be6t In looks. Beauty I tl not cultivated to fascinate men. as - Mine college deans declare beauty It cultivated to enhance the race of man and to make life's path more I smooth The woman who paints herself to I attract men Is not beautiful, nor is rH She for one moment placed in thai j category Her intention is mini' -I and her success is measured bv hor mm I deceit 1 Th" r ult .''at ion of personal beauty Hi j3 th. duty of every woman As flow-I flow-I era beautifv the world, so should worn-.an worn-.an I U Education fills a Ri'-l r mind with LiV the Greater Issues of li!" Tlv education edu-cation of mind and body can be equal - She will fled little time in this world which needs workers to wasto In co ; quetry Jealousy ami vain regrets If a girl's way in the world is made I easier by her personal attractions, it ! is not to her detriment f she has fl pure, clear mind, with ihe natural mother instinct, her desire to be beau tlful will be confined to charming one man, the one she loves, and although adulation will crowd upon her there LttB meaning for ber onlv m l,ie rlVor able verdict of one man The women who traffic in their nat ural gifts soon lose them and are worse than dead It Is tho duty of everj woman to be purely and perfectly beautiful .Aj That does not mean 1I1.-M -m li facv and figure should b In conformity 0 to the conventional ruli of artistic j proportions 1 There are many types and form of beauty of face and figure, but the igreatest beauty is the beauty of in 'telllgence The intelligence t be iklnd, to be considerate of others, to jbe clean, well adjusted, to be pure In 'heart and know the reason why. ... Many women go through the world fl" without a grain of common sense sal .jjjl) lsfied to know nothing, to be guided as It were by some stronger mind, 1 0 generally masculine Such women are dressed up dolls, stuffed with sawdust instead of brains Every woman and man loves com fort, and they are all endowed with tho ability to work one way or anoih er, and with cleverness. But thit world Is moving, and moving fast; un less the;, get Into the world and wor'.c With thoir minds. In a very short space of time they will be far behind In the running Remember: The beauty of intelll gence fs the greatest beaui in the orld, If it Is used to perfect bod as well as mind CLEAN, NICE HANDS AKIN TO GODLINESS ( By I,ocal Reader 1 No woman should have nny reason to disregard beauty, for beauty is 0 Dover that has many uses The thrif ty housewife, the tired mother, the lonely old maid can all cultivate whet charms they possess and become beau tlful in the eyes of those they love A well-eared for hand is the mark of breeding of reTined mind and that cleanliness which Is akin to godliness In the eighteenth century women were slaves to their personal appear anee, and the ladies of the court would not open a door for fear of spoiling their hands They were per petually followed by lackeys who car ried their purses and prayerbooks. Today, To-day, however, and especially among American women, necessity requires that other methods be adopted True, Dame Nature is in a way re I sponslhle for such points as well shaped hands and tapered fingers, but for the culture of these the owner alone la held accountable In this matter intermittent care Is of very little use; il must be dailv and often er when possible Manicuring is an art that should never be neglected Most people can keep their own hands nice. To all such, suggestions and hints like the following are always welcome It Is a mistaken idea to suppose that because hard work has to be done the hands cannot be kept In good condition It Is not at all difficult diffi-cult to accustom ones self to wear old gloves for gardening and all sorts of housework I do not speak of housemaid's gloves, which are clumsy but ordinary old gloves which are n loose fit for the hands Ordinary scissors glycerine and a little care will help most any worn an's hands to appear nicer At first it may be found a little awkward, awk-ward, but this soon passes off. Five or six minutes devoted to the care 1 of the hands every night before going to bed will work wonders The shape, color and sheen of tho nails are potent forces In well-groom ed hands. Shaped and curved scl3 sors, a file and a polisher covered with washleather are essential, and 1 an orange stick is useful. The nails should not be allowed to grow be ond the fingers, but be shaped as an oval curve, protecting the sensitive fiuger tip Polishing powder tends to brighten them, and some of the n. . polishes are most efficient. There arc several methods for cleaning the nails from sand nt and dirt The best in my opinion, Is to steep the nails in vinegar. RECIPES. Prune Cake. One cup of sugar, three-quarters of a cup of butter, three eggs, three ta blespoons of sour cream, one level teaspoon of soda in the cream, two tups of flour sifted twice before measuring meas-uring it. two teaspoons of cinnamon, one teaspoon of allspice, one ci pful of cooked and chopped prunes The filling Spread between layers (three are best) and on the top of the cake, which is then covered with ground almonds al-monds spread ligbth Two eggs one cup of Bugar, one-half cup of sour cream, one cup of cooked chopped prunes, butter the size of egg. Cook until quite thick In double boiler Flavor Fla-vor with vanilla. Put salt in both cake and filling. L S Health Bread. Two cups of wheat flour, two cups of graham flour, two cups of bran meal, one teaspoon of salt, half cup sugar. Mix all the above dry; then in a separate mixing bowl put one beaten egg, one pint of milk, one cup of molasses, one cup of raisins, two even teaspoons soda In half cup of boiling water. Stir thoroughly together to-gether the two mixtures and bake carefully one hour This makes three Fmall loaves and will keep moist a long time C. J A The rise in the price of foodstuffs has set hundreds of women to making homemade bread in a variety of ways who used to depend upon the baker to supply them with the 'staff of life." Stuffed Cabbage. Select a compact head of cabbage, rr-movo the coarse outer leaves, and cut out the stalk and cabbage abound J It to fqrm an opening for the dressing. dress-ing. Cook the cabbage In boiling water wa-ter for ten minutes, rinse in cold water wa-ter and press out all the cold water possible. Fill with dressing made aB follows Two cups of soft bread crumbs, one fourth cup of melted butter, one third cup of hot water, a pinch of pepper, one half teaspoon of sage, celery salt, one beaten egg. Cover the filling with one of the out-er out-er cabbage leaves Set the cabbage in a pan and surround it with two I cups of boiling water In w hich one I half teaspoon of extract of beef liasj been dissolved. Cover and cook one I half hour, basting three or four times. Cover tho filling with one half cup of cracker crumbs, mixed with three table soons of melted butter, nnd let brown In the oven. Thicken' the broth with flour and pour over the: cabbage Serve very hot. Smothered Ham Take a medium slice of ham cut one half inch thick and soak two hours in water, adding two tuble- spoons of molasses. Wipe dry and place in dish. Cover with tomato catsup. cat-sup. Cover with a thin layer or cracker crack-er crumbs aud dot with hits of butter. but-ter. Bake from .In to 4r, minute 00 . |