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Show II Woman's Page I f-(ow Jo Fight the High Cost of Living Too Much Kane? Spent on Clothes Grocery Bill Not Altogether To Blame For High Cost of Living More Care in Purchasing and the Making of Clothing a Great Expense Reducer Mothers Should Care For Lips and Teeth of Children Bad Food and Malnutrition Cause of Bad Teeth Recipes Household Hints. I TOO MUCH SPENT ON CLOTHES I "Editor Standard Worann f Page: I J believe a great many families cora- B plain of the high cost of living, not I because their grocery bills are 80 high, but because they spend far too much on clothes. If the wife and mother possesses good Judgment and a fair Idea of the value and suitability suitabil-ity of material! fhe can save far more I in the family clothes than on the gro cery bill, "My method Is to watch the papers !j for advertisements of sals and try I to buy at an advantage. I always get my huBband's shirts, underwear, and socks, material for dresses for the children and myself, and curtains on sale, and pay quite a little less than the regular price for thm For ln- stance, I get shirts that ordinarily sell I for $1.60 for $1'15. $2 underwear for 91.50, and serges and silks at a sav-A sav-A ing of from 36 to 60 cents per yard 11 When there are three little ones to clothe, besides ray husband and I, you can see that I save many dollars a year In this way "Careful buying Is by no means the only way to save, however, for by careful wearing and careful mending you can make a dress or suit wear as I iong again. A stitch in time saves J nine. I reserve one day each month !l for cleaning and repairing. I clean i and press by husband's suits and ties. and clean his straw hats and consider, that 1 save at least $1 per month by so doing M daughters are given muslin sacks (with drawstrings in the tops and lou enough that dresses dress-es may hang full length Inside) and are taught to remove their best dresses dress-es as soon as they come home and place them in these sacks. This keeps the clothes away from the dust and dirt and It Ib surprising how much it helps in keeping them fresh looking. I do aJl my sewing, thus saving half, as dressmakers' bills are as large as bills for materials Until we were married my husband paid $2 ' j for his night shrits. 1 now make ii them for 55 cents. "M A. L " J LIPS AND TEETH Lips are often pale and faded, rough I or puffed and purple. The first two I indicate a weakened constitution, a 1 feeble circulation, or an anaemic con- I dltion of ilie blood, and either of the J three dehillties requires the attention I of a physician, whose directions should be obeyed. Lips that are ob-t ob-t stlnately brown, dry. and cracked in- dlcate some disorder of the system. and no lip salves will soften them ? and restore their natural color. , i When 1 look about me and see the 1 mlsshappen teeth bo many voting J women display when they open their lips to smile I think that theso girls micht feel a grievance acalnst their mothers if they only realized It was J through maternal neglect that their, I teeth are not beautiful. Few moth- ers understand It Is impossible to I attach too much importance to the care of their children's teeth. How I many times do you hear. 'O. these nre just her first teeth, I will take her to the dentist and see that they get good cue v.hen she gets her second ones." But the first teeth must be j kept strong and healthy to insure a I good quality in the second or perma-1 nent teeth. The first teeth nourish the second before the latter come I through, and when the baby set come out too soon the tconrt Is w-ak-n-'d ' because the teeth Ipk the elements they should take from the natural supply of nourishment. If the first teeth are allowed to stay in too long thr second are stained and often crooked Indeed, the most frequent cause of uneven teeth is that the milk set Is not removed soon enough, which forces tho second growth out of the natural position If the baby teeth are properly taken tak-en care of, children as a rule lose the first set at the proper time. If neglected, neg-lected, the teeth decay and come out a Iong time before they should. There are, however, cases where even with the best of care the first teeth stay In too long and must be pulled A mother cannot decide thlR question; only an experienced dentist enn tell whether the first teeth should be let alone or pulled. One of the first things to teach a child after It is able to do anything for itself is the use of a toothbrush, and the mother should be particularly careful that tho brush Is the right quality and size. The aversion of most children toa toothbrush is often explained by the fact that the bristles hurt and unconsciously the Idea of pain is associated with toothbrushes. However, with the proper brush the brushing of teeth can bo made Into a kind of little game which all the children will love to play and for which the prize Is mother's kisses Every mother can withhold her kisses kiss-es from the child who refuses to brush its teeth. Remember The bad teeth of all these poor school children is not as much due to malnutrition and bad food as to lack of care on the part of tho mothers. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Paint can be niftdp bright by rubbing rub-bing down with kerosene An enameled or zinc bathtub can readllv be cleaned by using powdered pumice 6tone or rubbing with a cloth saturated with coal oil Salt will remove the stain from silver sil-ver caused by eggs when applied dry with a soft cloth. If oilcloth is occasionally rubbed with a mixture of beeswax and turpentine tur-pentine It will last longer Never keep vinegar or veast In stone crocks or jugs; their acids attack the glazing, which Is said to I be poisonous Glass Is better For cleansing glass water bottles save coffee grounds, add soapy wa-ter wa-ter and let stand awhile; then 6hake vigorously, wash and rinse Some enchanting new slippers aro of brocade and tissues stamped with old fashioned chintz patterns even tropical birds and gay colored fruit s HOW TO SERVE STRAWBERRIES. This Is one of the finest berry mar kets in the world. We have straw berries of the richest, most delicioin flavor of any fruit growing section in the entire west and they are generally gen-erally within the means of all and can now be obtained In great perfec tlon Large, fine strawberries aro served for luncheons and breakfasts with their hulls on. accompanied by a little fine sugar. There Is a fallac-that fallac-that berries should not be washed, but for sanitary reasons it is far better bet-ter that they should be washed light 1 and quickly In cold water. This should always be clone before the hulls are removed, to avoid the berries DO-coming DO-coming water soaked. Place the berries ber-ries In a colander and allow cold water wa-ter to run on them a few seconds and allow them to drain thoroughly before be-fore removing thf- hulls Sugar should be passed with the berries, not sprinkled sprin-kled over them before serving Strawberry Shortcake. Four cups sifted flour, three heaping heap-ing teaspoons baking powder, one salt-spoon salt-spoon salt, one teaspoonful butter, one teaspoon cottolene, milk, two j quarts strawberries Sift the baklnj; powder ami salt with the flour and rub into the shortening. Then with a fork stir in lightly and quickly sufficient suf-ficient milk to make a soft dougti but too soft to roll. Turn It into a greased tin and bake in a hot oven 30 minutes Watch to boo that it rises ri-ses Blowly and evenly, unmold and leave It Inverted Cut a circle around the top within one Inch of the edge, lift off the surplus crust and with a fork pick out tho crumbs from tho center, leaving about three-quarter:: of an inch of biscuit around the side Spread the inside of the cake wirb butter and fill with crushed strawber rie8, which have been standing for an hour or more mixed with sugar enough to sweeten them. Replaeo the circle and cover top with the strawberries straw-berries Another method is to hake the dough In two layer cake tins and place the berries, after buttering thoroughly thor-oughly between and again on top. Me- j ringuc is often added in place of berries ber-ries on the top. Strawberry Rolls. Slice one cup strawberries and sprinkle over them one tablespoon lemon juice and four tablespoons BU linT. Remove crusts from five thin slices of bread, spread with creamed butter and then with the berries Roll and tie with baby ribbon Fre8h Strawberry Pie. Bake a bottom crust, using extra carp Punch holes in bottom and sids to prevent its getting out of sliapo As soon as it is baked sprinkle sprin-kle the inside with augar and fill wlih ripe berries, well dredged with sugar Cover with Bwoetenod whipped cream and then cover all with a meringue or the frothed whites of two eggs mixed with two tablespoons sugar and a d3h of lemon juice Invert a plate In thc-oven. thc-oven. place the plo on top of It and brown If the work is cnrefulh done the berries will not be even heated and the result delicious The pie should be thoroughly chilled before serving. 00 |
