Show I 1 D labor Is very precious these days so much to do and so few to do it has brought the wise housewife to economize without sacrificing the alie comfort of the family happy indeed Is tho the woman who has the richness ot of health back ot of her and the faculty tor for doing things if the war has taught us anything it Is that idleness Is unpopular ar the woman who has time to kill Is not recognized among the intelligent GOOD THINGS FOR DINNER if one hns has a good sized french potato cutter there may be ninde made any number of attractive dishes using potatoes the scraps need not be wasted for they may be cooked and mashed served as mashed potato or used in bread or potato muffins as desired potatoes cooked in broth cut the potatoes with a cutter into balls or they may be cut in cubes cover with boiling salted water nud and let boll five minutes drain and set to finish cooking in well seasoned broth wa when 1 en tender drain and sprinkle with s salt alt and finely minced parsley this dish Is especially pec ally lally good for those who bo cannot eat solid meat hamburg steak with brussels sprouts chop one pound of steak from tile the top of 0 the round add one half cupful of cold water and a teaspoonful of salt mix infix thoroughly and tin shape I 1 nto into small mail cakes rub over a liot hot frying pan with a bit of suet and lay in the lie cakes when the juice is seen on the top of the cakes turn at once to cook on the other oilier side have ready it a smooth brown sauce cook in it a little hopped shopped harn ham and a few tablespoonfuls tablespoon of mushrooms have cooked until tender some brussels sprouts drain oft off the alie water add salt pepper and butter to season then shake the saucepan over the fire till the sprouts have taken up all the seasonings sot set the sprouts I 1 in n the center of a hot platter the steak around them and pour the sauce around the he steak potato doughnuts sift together four and one halt half cupfuls of flour half anif a teaspoonful teaspoon fu of soda four teaspoonfuls of baking poder and halt half a teaspoonful of mace or nutmeg bent beat three eggs add one cupful of sugar and beat again then beat in one cupful of boiled and alced potato and two to thirds of a cupful of sour or buttermilk if the sour milk is sidni skimmed med a generous tablespoonful of melted shortening should be added the fat fait for frying should be hot enough to iron brown a cube of bread in one minute the cake when ahen dropped into the fat should hould rise at once to the surface turn at once and often during the cooking escalloped Escal loped cabbage shred and boll boil a cabbage ns as for hot slaw make a white sauce butter a baking dish dih and put in a laer ot of boiled cabbage then ilien it a layer of white sauce and sprinkle kle with grated cheese continue until the cabbage Is used or the casserole is full season each layer with salt and pepper and bale bake 20 minutes in a moderate oven A tiny house a plot of earth and thou and 1 I ah these make home speak not of poverty nor dearth A tiny house a plot of earth are ample cause for thanks and mirth por for bliss we need no further roam A tiny house a plot of earth and thou and 1 I ah thebe make hom horbel ai blanche E wade housekeeping HINTS when hot applications are necessary till dip a cloth in hot water wring out and lay it between folds of paper placed on top of the kitchen stoe or in the oven when beating egg whites add a pinch of salt nit which makes them beat more quickly quick 13 and stand up better as the salt sali t toughens the albumen lemons will keep a long time if kept in a dish of cold water changing the avater from froin time to time to clean discolored white enamelware make a strong solution of baking soda and soft water put the utensils into it and boll them hard goose fat well tried out makes fine shortening for cakes biscuit and pastry to prevent the cream pitcher ier from dripping put a little butter under the edge of the spout an old organ or piano stool makes n fine kitchen stool as it may be raised or lowered nt at will and Is out of the he way when pushed under the table lace curtains may be patched with a piece of net a as near like the curtain as Is po possible sIble to get dip the net in starch cover the place to lie be mended find and place over jt it a cloth iron until dry the torn place will be unnoticed if the he edges are carefully trin cuned when bon icing a salt fish fi ili remember to lo put it skin side up in the water as the salt being heavier than water will zo TO cyva to the bottom of the pan the laboring man deserves all he be can ge get t out of lift life and then some but he be will never be strong for or his own welfare economically socially or politically until he learns learna to save systematically CEREAL FOODS oatmeal bread when made carefully and well baked Is light and digestible tible boll potatoes to make two cupfuls cupful when mashed S 1 v e the water in which they were cooked and kid enough water to make a quart of liquid pour this over the potatoes add two tablespoonfuls tablespoon fuis of shortening one tablespoonful of sugar and one of salt put the mixture over the heat beat and when it bolls stir in two cupfuls of rolled oats let it cook two tuo minutes then remove and cool when lukewarm add one and one halt half yeast cakes dissolved in a quarter of a cupful of lukewarm water a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda and two quarts of lour flour mix until the dough Is smooth let it rise over night and in the morning in make into three loaves and let r rise 1 se un until light bake one and one quarter hours in a moderate oven oatmeal cookies beat one egg in a mixing bowl add one and one halt half cupfuls of f brown sugar six tablespoonfuls of sweet milk a quarter ot of a teaspoonful of salt three quarters of a n cupful of shortening one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one third of a cupful of cold water one ten spoonful of vanilla stir in two cupfuls of flour and two cupfuls of rolled oats let stand two or three hours to chill before baking when ready to bake drop from a spoon onto a greased sheet leaving place for the cookies to spread A few raisins and nuts may be added it if desired bran gems to one cupful of flour add one and one halt half teaspoonfuls of soda and sift stir in two cupfuls up fuls of bran three tablespoonfuls of molasses one and one halt half cupfuls of sour milk one fourth of a cupful of shortening and a quarter of a teaspoonful teaspoon tul of salt stir until smooth drop in greased puns pans and bake three quarters of an hour spoon co corn rn bread take one cupful bachof cornmeal boiled rice boiling water scald the meal knitli with boll boil ing water add two cupfuls of sweet milk two eggs halt half a teaspoonful of salt two teaspoonfuls of linking baking powder and one teaspoonful it f sugar bake it in a well gre greald greased aed baking dish and serve from the dish serve with the spoon bread liver and bacon the only people who make no mistakes are in the graveyard to fail Is to grow erow do you know how to make mistakes nothing requires more constant practice than mistake making america Is at it constantly and knows how we blunder on and on but always for ward doctor crane SIMPLE GOOD THINGS almost everybody likes it tomato soup eith either r cream or clear the fol lowing 1 0 w 1 n g is one easy to prepare tomato bisque scald one quart of milk with a stalk of celery and two slices of 0 onion press enough cooked to matoes through a sieve to make one pint add half a teaspoonful of salt anil and pepper to taste stir one third of a cupful of hour flour arl a of salt vilh milk to make a smooth hatter batter dilute with a little hot milk stir until si smoot li then ad add lie hie rest of the hot milk continue stirring until smoote and thick cook fifteen minutes well coerced co eo ered cred strain into the hot tomato mix thoro thoroughly and serve at once N with croutons parsnip fritters fri Fril take leftover left over parsnips par snips find press through a puree sieve to a cupful of the lie puree add one fourth teaspoonful spoonful ea each of salt and pepper a beaten egg and a dash of cayenne mix alix thoroughly and mold into alve or six flat cakes cc cook in a small amount of I 1 ater browning on both sides side bacon fritters to prepare the fritter batter dissolve one fourth of a teaspoonful of salt in one cupful of 0 cold water and add it to the well beat en yolks of two eggs which have been blended with one and one halt half tablespoonfuls of melted butter or olve oil add one cupful of ilour flour beat well cover and put in a cool place pance for two hours or over night when roudy ready ti use bent the stiff aind fold in the mixture dip dili tile slices of bacon in fit the batter or chop in fit rather coarse pieces rry pry in fat to float the fritters corn balls put iut three tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan when the butter Is melted add two cupfuls of molasses and thirds of a cuprill cupful of sugar stir until the sugar Is its boll jintil when tried lit in cold water ater the lie mixture becomes brittle 1 over six quarts of popped corn I butter the fingers and shape into balls I 1 chuji t I 1 ewt OWL |