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Show Woman's Page 5 How to Drive a Nail Into a Brick Wall Few Women Know How Recipes and Household HintsPotato Flour Cake : Lentil Soup Turtles for Decoration on Child's Birth-j Birth-j day Cake Excellent Recipe for Golden Corn Cake. arta JJi TO DRIVE A NAIL. "rC"' ferr vomen know how to drive a "- yLgji into a brick wall, and yet It Is ' t $ I irliRt they often noed to do for them- v f1 selves If thoro 1s no man about ' The following method Is ea3y and has been found entirely satisfactory. erAVi. Having decldod upon tho exact spot Cre. Into which the nail 1b desired to be driven, which must be In the plaster , between the bricks, provide yourself 'Ab i .jtjj a hammer and screw driver. TVjth theBe tools commence working out the hard plaster by tapping the "WJ 'handle of the screw driver. As the Uioif" pUBter turns to dust 11 must be e ft! blown or dusted out so that the size nd." of the hole may be seen. When a 3r- space about one Inch long and nearly 3B?f one lncu deep has been worked out. .Soti. ' e a small piece of wood about the "54 ' M'me size and with the hammer wedge f ' it Into the space. When It seems -r! flnn. take the nail and drive It into iipliir the woodi It will go In nicely, with- Hirt out bending, and remain firm an In- 't-for 'definite length of time. This same .method was used at one time when j- ' l was decided to hang a hammock Pl7 between the fence and the wall, with jnrS the exception that the hole was dug in&i .out a little longer and deeper than . te for an ordinary nail. 'hoe ecoj. RECIPES AND HOUSEHOLD HINTS t 1 ixtit Mayonnaise Dressing. Skyv' Dissolve one salt spoon dry mus- f the tard in one-half cup cold water, add ineas enough vinegar to give a sharp taste, Jhe and put it on to boil. Mix two ta-blespoons ta-blespoons corn starch with a little JSP 001(1 water stIr thiB ,nt0 the bo11' inflQ- 'ng water ant vinegar and boil for eater Ibree minutes longer, stirring all the intly while. Remove from fire, let cool and when perfectly cold work in two ,v eggs, whites and yolks one al a time. ..kR Stir in oil by the tablespoons until '8!' you have the quantity of dressing you al wl8h fln5sh wlth a litt,e leTnon Ju,ce- Car- a P'ncn f cayenne and salt. If you jnec w'sn a deeP yellow color add yolks of " one or two eggs or a drop of vegetable coloring (dandelion), to your finish- "CB.rs ing mayonnaise. This dressing will ither ieep for months and never curdles or 1 the breaks. nnde J.-fJ Potato Flour Cake. 9 is Beat separately the whites and lphs. yolks of four eggs, Beat the yolks i until thick and smooth, add a cup of S?.?1' sugar and continue beating throe mln- r1? utes. Whip the whites to a stiff lant. 'rotn ant beat 'nt0 tne vos anc . sugar. Sift a tablespoon of baking : : , powder into a cup of potato flour, and ths fold into the mixture. Bake in a the moderate oven about 30 minutes. The iraul secret of success In making this cake 'toed B faithful beating. Mix quickly and u,2t,a have the oven steady. yine $ftpr1 Lentil Soup, icart Wash ono-hnlf pound lentils, put . them over the fire and let como to . ' a boil; pour off water and cover with a.nr cold water. Put with them one car-rot. car-rot. peeled and sliced; three peeled ftion and sce( Potatoes, two tomatoes, two Jjn cents worth of soup greens, all cut i user UP small; salt and pepper to taste. Mb. i.:n Before serving boll with the other In-gredlents In-gredlents one pound frankfurters. For a Child's Birthday Party. A frosted cake decorated with turtles tur-tles makes an unusual feature. The turtles are made of pruneB, dropped Into hot water to soften and swell them out. These serve for the body or shell of the turtles. Take six perfect per-fect cloveH and stick one at the end of each prjune with the big clove-end left out for the head. Put another with the small end left out for the tail. Stick two to each side of the prune with the pointed ends out for the feet. The turtles show up best on white frosting. Golden Corn Cake. Three-fourths cup corn meal, one and one-quarter cups, flour, one-half cup sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, one tablespoon melted butter, one cup sweot milk, two heaping teaspoons baking powder, one egg. Mix dry ingredients, in-gredients, add milk, egg and butter Bake 20 minutes. Have a rather hot oven for it. |