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Show Woman's Page I flow to Fight the High Cost of Living at. la VaiTing Incomes Hard to Manage Little Helper Saves on Small Monthly Salary of Husband A Suggestion to Stomach Trouble Sufferers A Few Good Recipe3 Beauty of Surroundings. em , Q VARYING INCOMES Living within an Income Is ono thing and living without a fixed in-I in-I come Is quite another thing, but the Jiving 6ome way 1b always the most perplexing problem My husband s in come la not fixed, sometimes we have an abundance, then again it is n close W run to make both ends meet I think these are the hardest incomes to man age fk I have solved my difficulty by hnv-1 hnv-1 lug an allowance each Saturday. At present I get $7 a week I immedi t ately put $1 In the brink or 2 If 1 ft think I can possibly spare that niu h IL I then handle this as though It were HB I all I had. By having my reserve in 'I the hank I can take advantage of ales on sugar or any staple groceries -which are run as a special. I always pay cash and do my buving In person I I think I not only get the fresher things but also the exercise and fresh ' ( air. My reserve fund comes in handv Ifh ! when canning season comes, enables nie to live within my income and have l no debts to meet I think the difficulty (.1 the allow- ance plan Is using each week all one's allowance whether really needed or Snot. I have heard people say, "I'll (It Just have a big treat. I am coming L out ahead this week " Then these I same managers will he sa.. ing some other time. "Charge that. please ' Their allowance is all gone and that means they bpgln behind for the following fol-lowing week jjl I think ihe old adage "Si. end a lit tie less than you earn " will applv nicely to the allowance system jJt As to how we feed our families Is a question for each individual to solve n6 So much depends upon locality, prices, the family to be fed and the i amount of the income. 1 hae a fam tl lly of six and living where eggs arc I reasonable in price. I can use them I as a substitute for meat This I would he poor advice to give my cit t friends The only solution of how ' we spend our income is the one we make for ourselves ECONOMIST fli BEAUTY OF SURROUNDINGS. (Copyright 1913 by Lillian Russell.) I "What furniture can give such fln-ish fln-ish to a room as a tender woman s tit face" And Is there any harmony of jt tints that has such stirrings of de-J de-J light as the swoet modulations of her 7"! voice0 ' wrote George Eliot m So much has been written about ft 1 household adornment and decorative i art that beaut of surroundings has lit become as Important as personal H adornment, one of the higher cults Rooms, like garments, ought to par- tak of 1 lie moods and habits of their floccupants Each as Inanimate and speechless but eloquent expression in J outline, color and atmosphere of the laws of character of their mortal ton-i ants Nothing so bespeaks a fatuous and El vulgar mind as an apartment In which , an art upholsterer has been let loose and allowed to follow his own sweet J but perhaps conventionally developed will He decorntes, no doubt, but he follows the regulation designs of the season and builds up the llvinc apart-nienls apart-nienls as a modiste does a fashionable ' gown, bespeaking nothing of the individual in-dividual it v of the poHsesor i w I Of course for those who have no in- divlduallty the Interior decorator and! designer are a godsend But the woman wo-man who has individuality should nev I er permit anj other than herself to design the decorations of her ow n 'V auartments, lest her house and her 1 J gowns become general and not dis- : tinctlve. .1 Every woman's home indicates w hat ( she is. Even when 6he doubts her I own tB6te and pas another person . to supply her deficiency, the deficlen- cy 16 always apparent Lei your house be just a reflection j fit what you are. Follow your own I liken, dislikes, pleasures and pursuits, remembering that they are capable of refinement and exaltation bv thinking by desiring, by willing yourself to a nobler plane. A room may be adapted to flatter a complexion Objects may be arranged arrang-ed to give an artistic and becoming background to either a fat or a thin w oman Of course a fat woman knows that a lot of short vases will accentuate her size, and a willowy woman will not fill a room with thin vases and 6plndled legged furniture. A woman should look more attractive attrac-tive in her home than on the street. Palms through which the light shines make a beautiful background A dark crimson cabinet will spiritualize spiritual-ize a fair woman and will warm up a dark one. A blonde can enhance all of her ! strongest points by wearing pale blue in her home. Dark cushions should be her background when sitting Light clothes In color and texture j should be worn Indoors by blonde and brunette Cloth and velvet, plush and fur, are far too heavy for correct I effect Indoors. Objects of interest in art and beau-ty beau-ty .gather naturally around a woman wom-an of taste by the law of affinity. A lovely woman accumulates what Lb admirable ft, rare souled woman is attracted by what is. in art, rare and mysterious. A beautiful woman seeks1 beauty of surroundings Then the I mind assimilates, and what was at one1 time desire becomes inspiration. Remember Taste is an internal power FOR STOMACH TROUBLE SUFFERERS "In answer to an tnqulry for whole wheat bread I send the following, w hich has been tried and found to be I Just the thing for people suffering from stomach trouble: "Six cups whole wheat flour. tw tablespoons sugar, one tablespoon butter but-ter or shortening, adding salt If fresh shortening is used, one cup sour milk, to which Is added a scant teaspoon cf soda Bake In a well greased bread i r in for an hour or until it is baked I through. It can also be made with sweet milk and baking powder. If you iik- you can add a cup of currants or a cupful of finely ground nuts. ' The6? make delicious sandw iches, especially if spread with peanut butter but-ter "The following is an excellent reel pe for Johnny rake "One cup each of com meal and I flour, one tablespoon butter or shortening, short-ening, adding a teaspoon of salt if i butter is not used: two tablespoons sugar or molasses, one cup sour bailing bail-ing soda. Mix well and bake In a flat tin In a moderate oven "This Is the first time I ha1, e visit ed t hi 8 column to help, although 1 have been a constant reader of it I am glad to lend a helping hand "MRS K. A. O " We are glad to welcome ou to our band of helpers anil especially pleased pleas-ed to have the recipe for whole wheat bread, which is steadily gaining fa vor with sensible eaters Mothers have come to understand how much more wholesome and nutritious it is, how much richer in all the elements of muscle and hone making than bread made from overboiled white flour To the taste or many it Is better bet-ter in flavor than white bread, and when enriched b the addition of fruit or nuts it pleases cliildren almost as well as cake and Is far more digestible digesti-ble j THEY SAVE OUT OF SMALL SALARY My husband earus $76 to $8u a month I feed and clothe my family of seven and still we save money. I cun supply the groceries and all small Items of clothes ou $11 a week. I do all my sewing washing and Ironing, Iron-ing, also baking bread We have a cereal every morning for breakfast, with good milk, coffee, bread and but ter. Kor lunch we have a cooked meal potatoes, meat and some des Hert. besides the tea or cocoa, bread and butter. In the evening a light nuppr and fruit. We own a cottage on which I helped help-ed save the $2 100 in the seventeen I years we have bceu married My husband mends the children's shoen when he can rind time and I do all the sowing for one girl of 16 years and four young boys We just get aLong Bplendidly. "LITTLE HELPER" SPOTS ON NICKEL PLATE. "Please let me know what will take either paint or calcimine spots from nickel plate and also mildew from a shirt. L. C W ' We know of nothing better than turpentine for removing paint spots Appl It with a flannel and rub well Calcimine should yield to this or to kerosene, or to soap and hot water To take out the mildew boll the shirt In cream of tartar water, rinse It out, and lay it in the sun. If the spots are not all out repeat the operation until they are faded Bollir? In buttermilk but-termilk and repeated sunning will have the .me effect. A HINT. Throwing the head back with force ;and then turning It from side to side, is an excellent exercise for getting rid of a double chin, and will improve the throat wonderfully I would not advise you to stretch the Bkln on your face, for this v. ill make the skin baggy and flabb in time. STUFFING RECIPES "As this is the season for poultry I it gives us pleasure to print the fol-lowing fol-lowing recipes for poultry stuffing or dressing sent by one of the constituency. constitu-ency. "Oyster Stuffing -Strain the lKuor from a quart of oysters and put with them enough browned bread crumbs to hold them together, softening the mixture with the oyster liquor. Popper and salt are the only seasonings needed. need-ed. "Onion Stuffing Chop four good sized onions fine and put with them enough browned bread crumba to fill the fowl. Season highly with salt, pepper, thyme, sage, parsley and celery cel-ery seed, and moisten the whole with warm water. Do not make It too wet Finely chopped celery may be used as a substitute for the onions by those who do not like the flavor of "the latter. lat-ter. "Prune Stuffing For those who fancy sweet - ufflng. prunea form an exeellent dreeing, stew a pound of prunes until tender, but not broken, seed them carefully, put with them half as many brown bread crumbs and use as you would any other stnffine "MRS R. A 1 There is certainly a good variety here which should make n change of flavor in poultry dressings The ov ster stuffing is particularly nice for the turkey as the onion Is for geese and the celery for ducks Our own j preference in the last would be to use no water at all, but to moisten ,only with butter or with chicken fat A stuffing moistened with milk or water wa-ter is always a little sodden. |