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Show I MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND. I : I . 1 H ' Answered Many Urgent Calls. . 1LL you say through the I k k J Corner that the quilt scraps I ff I had to dlspoac of have all H ; ii been given away? 1 cx-H cx-H hsustcd all I had and then H 1 Aad so many urgent calls for them I pu'. H , on my hat and coat nnd went out amnns; H my friends and obtained enough to send H ' a generous parcel to all from whom I had H letters. 1 had altogether eighteen letters H ; and postcards and sent a letter and pacV"-H pacV"-H age to each one. I am keeping their ad-B ad-B dreBBC8 and if I havo more pieces at any B . tlmo will send them. I wish to write to H ; Mrs. J. I have a number of articles I B could spare to help her in her mountain H home and I know how she is situated, for H I spent a time in the mountains, in a log S cabin, which, by the way. Is only plctur-9 plctur-9 csquc In the novels. I had just the most H meager furnishings, lack of dishes and B cooking utensils and was absolutely H i star'cd for books, papers, and pictures. H : In the long days and weeks of rain even H l ; the blue haze of the mountains and the H , blue hills were hidden in the distance H and all seemed crowding down to crush H the light and the life from the home. H God bless Mrs. J. and others like her who H aro willing to daro and do for their own. H - I didn't mean to write such a long let-B let-B : tcr, but I often think tjiat some one to H , whom the samo circumstances have been B i i known is better able to understand the B 't needs, the privations, and also tho prlvi-B prlvi-B ' ' leges of walking in the way of peace and B ; contentment along the road of unselflsh-B unselflsh-B ncss and service. M. H. C." , B I am glad, to glvo space to this letter. B : for it Ehows clearly the spirit I would flj , like to sec repeated again and again in fl the Comer. The spirit is there, and this Bl has been clearly proved many times, but Bt ; once in a while It does no harm to put It Bf Into words. Tho addresses asked by M. Bt II. C. h,ave been sent to her and those S ' are fortunate friends who will benefit by H her ministrations and letters. For th H Personal port of hor letter I thank her. B: . 9 ; ; Supplies of Magazines. 1 . " I have a number of old magazines and H , : cn get a good many more from neigh- m I bore, who only burn them up. Think of M-' burning such good friends! But I am VJJ ' ; afraid I can't pay postago on many. It M '; they could only go by parcel post I would H 1 bo glad, but I tried last year and they IHri won't send them that way. Does any I ono want them enough to pay postago? If It wouldn't make this letter too lonr I would toll the Corncrltcs how to make a tireless cooker from a refrigerator of tho kind where the Icobox is on top. and not harm it for summer use. I live whoro it is hot in tho summer but lovely In winter. win-ter. Gas Is oo expensive I felt I must cut the cost, and so I invented my flrelcss. which really docs everything except fry. " Mrs. W. A. F." Perhaps there is some one who would like the magazines well enough to pny postage on them. I will gladly give room on the page to the directions for making such a flroles6 cooker as is described, fcr 1 I am sure it would be an excellent artic'i for thoso who take Ice In summer and not in the cold weather and who wish to save fuel of any sort, as well as work over a hot stove. The addresses asked for have been sent. Poor Most Generous. " I have always thought that one must have large means in order to help others, but the Corncrltcs prove this to be qulto unnecessary and put mc to shame, for I see I have many of the things longed for In homes more needy than my own. So now I will not scorn to give my mite " Mils. JI.S, M." There was never a greater mistake than that which holds that wealth and generosity gener-osity must go together. None gives more liberally in pioportlon than the rcal'.v poor, and few are so badly off but that they can sparo a little something which will be of help and comfort to anot'icr. This i3 the Helping Hand spirit. Chickens Get the Waste. " I am interested In what you scy about the garbage pall and would lik o give my own experience. When I firt began housekeeping I made many mistakes, and the range was a good place to hide them from the gossiping neighbors. Wc could not afford many mistakes, so I learned economy. I-ater we came to the dignity of a furnace, with a. greater capacity for garbage; a larger Income, a larger family fam-ily There are Just two of ua now , a garden gar-den and chickens What about thogar-hago thogar-hago pall? I havo none. An old pau or kettle gets tho potato parings, ba'-oi. rmds, bones, carrots, scraps of JUiy kind that need cooking; these arc boiled tcn-dei tcn-dei and a mash made for the chickens. Another pan, a colander, catches all the scraps that do not need cooklny and aro rent to the same hungry tenant According Accord-ing to th big chicken ranchers hereabouts here-abouts wo arc making 50 per cent instead of the usual 20 to 22 per cent during the molting season, as well as the high per cent the rest of tho year." Tills communication Is unsigned, but !t is none the loss suggestive and helpful. I havo no doubt that the garbage pall or the stove is frequently employed aj a mf-ans to conceal mistakes and accident? and the woman Is fortunate who haw a chicken farm which serves tho same purpose pur-pose and saves her money at the same time, The hint is worth bearing In mind by other dwellers on farm or ranch. J Made Young Mother Happy. " 1 have been a long time In thanking you, but I hope it is better late than never. You wero good enough to print my appeal for a layette a year ago and I dnnnot begin to tell you of the overwhelming over-whelming generosity that was shown mc. Things certainly were against U3 at that time and but for tho Corncrltcs my little girl would have been scantily clothed Indeed In-deed She Is a great big beautiful girl of 8 months now, and still wearing her Corner outfit. And her name is Jcanotte Marion. It Is Impossible to express my unbounded gratitude and I realize as never before tho great, glorious work performed bv the Helping Hand. God bless the Corner! Mns. J. !'. R." I feel highly honored that my namo should have been put on lecord, so to speak, In connection with the liberality of the Corner lo the dear baby. The works of our constituency rise up to call them blessed and I am more than happy to receive re-ceive this testimony lo the comfort and joy brought by their efforts. Mofe power and happiness' to tho baby and her mother! ,: ifi Magazines for the Postage. " I have sonic magazines I would be glad to send to any one who cares enough for them to pay the postage. I cannot send them just now as I am busy copying the recipes from them Into my cook book and It takes some little time to do this. I will surely send them as soon as lean get the recipes done. I do not like to cut tho recipes out and thus render the papers useless to others. B. D." I am glad B. D. is thoughtful enough to copy the recipes instead of clip them. I know of few things more exasperating than to receive a magazine and find tho most interesting part of a story cut out by some one who wished a direction printed print-ed on the other side. 's Dialogues or Recitations. " Has any ono some dialogues or rcclla-t'ons rcclla-t'ons to send me? I would bo su clad to gt them. I am a little boy 10 years old, and In return for the pieces I ask for I can send pine needles if any one will pay postage on them. G. M." Can Mino one comply with this modst icqucst, cither as a gift or in exchange for tho pine needles? How lo Preserve Olives. " One of tho Corneritcs asked Ivow to preserve olives I have used the follow ing recipe to cure ollves&ond it may be of use to tho inquirer: Take 3Ulllcic:it utter to cover the olives and for six gallons gal-lons of w ater use half a 10 cent can of !; e. leave the olives In the lye water for twenty-four hours. Put them 'n ficsh water and let them remain tnerc for twenty-four hours, changing tho walr as It gets brown. If the olives are tXlU bitter bit-ter after this repeat the process, twice or t'erce times If necessary. Soak all ti e iye out In fresh water. AVhcn cured put the olives In salt water, making a brine of ono cup of salt lo nine pints of wat:t. This is my first attempt at writing to tno Corner, although I have beon an interested inter-ested reader for a couple of years. I tjsh some of the Corneritcs would tell mo how to clean white plumes. C. W." I am glad lo rccolve and print this recipe rec-ipe for curing olives, for such directions have been sought many Hints. My own r'ethod for cleaning a feather is io shake It first to dislodge all the dut, then to dip It up and down in gasoline doing this in the open air or In a room without a flrs repeating tho process a dozen times. It ia then shaken and hung In the air to dry To restore- the curl the feather should be held in the steam of a tcakcttlo spout for a couple of minutes, tlMin over the dry heat until the feathers curl up agpin. This is the course to follow wit', ostrlcn plumes, and no doubt it would work as well with any other kind of plume. If ono '3 cleansed which is not curly he final ticatment of dampness and heat may bo omitted. Should any one have a better method than Oils I will be glad to print it in the Corner. Remedy for Ants. " Will you please send me your remedy for ants? I havo tried several of thoso recommended, but the ants remain numerous nu-merous in my house. I had lime thrown on the ground under the house, and tho house is new and everything perfectly clean and sanitary. But never beforo did I know ants to get into dresser drawers where there wero only absolutely clean clothes. All summer I would often find dozens of ants there. Of courso the cold weather will destroy them now, but I would like tho remedy of which G. M. M. speaks for next summer. Mrs. B. R. S." I regret to say that I havo not the address ad-dress of Mrs. G. M M., but I should think remedies enough have appeared on this page lo swoop the country froo of tho pests. My own prophylactic Is borax, mixed with red pepper. This may bo mixed with wot soap and smeared on the under sldo of shelves. Cloves scattered about thoshclvoi will sometimes drlvo ants away, slnco they seem to dlsllko strong, spicy odors. Have you follow'ed all of theso persistently? Once the ants arc In the house they cannot be scattered In a day and a long nlcge is sometimes required before tho premises aro rid of them. Begin In time next spring. AsJS Books for Children. " Please give my name and addreas to Mrs. E. Li. B. for magazines, especially for children. I teach In a rural school and anything of interest to children will , be acceptable. -A- L W,M Mrs. E. L,. B.'fl books have all been given away. Can some ono elao contribute con-tribute such books to this rural schoolteacher? school-teacher? Wants Tatting Patterns. " I would bo pleased to receive nlmplo patterns of tatting with directions for making. I had a little girl born with a spinal trouble tho splnaltcanal failed to closo. This caused her death. Should any ono know of such another case and whether a child born later was perfect It would case my mind to hoar of It. " G. F. G." Such an affliction for a child is sadly ficqtient, r regret to say, but I do not think I havo ever heard of its occurring twice In the same family- I do not bc-HeVo bc-HeVo the correspondent need have any anxiety on the subject. I hope the tatting H directions asked for may be forthcoming M H Asks for Reading Matter. H " My home for another year will be in M one of the lonesome places of this stale, M a mile or more from the nearest neighbor. H Winter Is hero with its dreary days, and M they are doubly dreary to mc, for I lived H in town for a number of years until the H last two or three years, when I havo lived H on a farm In a thickly settled vicinity. H My greatest pleasure after my work Is JM done Is to road a book or look over u lf magazine. Tho few books I havo I havo H read soveral times, and I haven't money H to buy new onos. I would like very much H to exchange ' Tho Manxman ' and ' A IH Chovaller of Dixie ' for The Iron Worn- H an,' ' The Silver Hoard.' ' Tho Shepherd M of the Hills,' ' Martin Edon,' or any other M interesting book by a well known author. fl " F. B." H Is thcro not somo one who would liko H to make such an exchange of reading H matter, or who has, perhaps, a stray H book or so which she would like to send H to F. B.? Life in tho lonely country is H rather forlorn for one who has never been jH accustomed to It, and it is easy to under- H stand how much good reading matter H would do towards beguiling tho solitude. H I hope to get applications for the address H of this correspondent, inclosing a stamp H for reply. H Recipe for Nut Bread. M " Please send me the letter of Mrs. It H whose le-ttcr you headed' ' Old Couplo is H Difficulties.' It will be my pleasure tc M send such reeding matter as I have thai H may be of Interest to them. Both mi H parents are dead, but I can imagine ho H I would feel if they were alive and IL H similar circumstances. I would like t H contribute a simple recipe for nut bread JH Two cups of white flour, twv cups of gra- H ham flour, one-half package of raisins IH one-half cup of pecans, four teaspoon oi H baking powder, one-third cup of sugar jH half teaspoon of salt, one cup of sweei H milk, two whole eggs, one tablespoon o: H lard. Sift all dry ingredients together H add nuts and raisins, then tho lard. Las H add the milk and eggs beaten together IH Put into a well greased pan, placo abovi jH warmer, and allow to rise for thirty mln1 H utes; bako In a modcrato oven. H " Mns. J. E. H." H I wish very much that I could send tin H address of the old couple to whom refer jH ence was made, for I can think how the iH would bo cheered by tho k'ndly office; H of this correspondent. Unhappily she dli H not give tho correct signature to tho com IH municatlon to which she refers am IH omitted to send tho clipping which wouli H havo served as a guide to learning whi H they were. With the enormous numbo H of correspondents we have In our files I ll Is practically impossible to trace any om jjH without the exact signature appended b ll the letter, I am sorry, both on,' accoun JM of Mrs. J. E. H. and of the old coup B she wished- to help, The reclpo for nU H bread is gratefully received. jH |
