Page 8. MABEL'S CHITCHAT The “Game” Garden Tea Latest Outdoor Social Amusement. COMPETITION GREAT FUN. New Touch That May Be Given to a Last Year's Belonging—Wild Flower Garden Made on a Half Dollar Scrap of Ground. Dear Elsa—-Summer tea parties are fascinating this season. Everybody dances at these little gatherings as much as—I mean more than—they drink tea, punch, etc. The other afternoon I went to a delightfully “snappy” (by the way, this and “wonderful” are the slang words that are being worked overtime this summer) tea served In the garden of a friend's home. It was given in honor of two girls who were staying In the house and who frankly owned themselves “utter. ly frivolous,” “So I am giving a tea party to match” my hostess whis- pered, as she hung round my neck a labe! bearing a large number. “Just as if I am a motorcar or a thing at auction to be knocked down to the highest bidder,” I laughed. “That last is more or less what you are,” Mrs. H. replied. And, as a matter of fact, time proved that I was. So I carried off a very beautiful silver rose bowl, which was the first prize for ladies. But I must explain the competition. It was both novel and original, and it isn't easy to find these two qualifica. tions at “game” teas, is it? After having been duly numbered each guest was given a little ecard, with pencil attached, on which was written: “If you had to choose be tween instant annihilation or marriage, which girl (or man) In this room would you take for your life partner? Please put down the number of the candidate you select. N. B.-It is against the rules to vote for annihila- tion.” Each card bore the number of the person holding it, and it would surely have been discovered If guests voted for themselves, which of course would not be fair, since the lucky owner of the highest number of votes took first prize. What a mean insinuation this is, but it would spoil the appearance of the page If I erased It, so let it go As an expose of my really truly self. To come back to the competition, a Jot of pleasure was given to a dear old bachelor colonel of seventy-three, who easily headed the men's poll and was presented with a charming leather blotter. The popularity of the girl who got the most number of votes was easily accounted for because she was going to be married the next week, and the men felt they could vote for her without compromising tl. mselves. Another story: If you have a summer parasol that needs rejuvenating try Katherine L.'s latest scheme. You know how Kath- erine loves pretty things, and this para sol idea of hers is really worth while The sunshade was originally a beaun- tifully embroidered one of white linen with a design of roses, and after care fully washing and bleaching the para pluie she tinted the flowers in rose shades and the leaves with water colors. This gave an entirely new touch to a last year's belonging. Katherine, the immaculate, as we call her, always uses a little water color paint the cor rect shade of yellow on the extension part of the goles of her russet shoes In order to keep them looking llke new. With apologies to Mr. Kipling—an- other story: I know how fond you are of wild flowers, so a garden I saw recently immediately suggested your bright bouny self to me. It was a wild flower garden, and, as the owner expressed it, she had made it from a scrap of ground “as large as a half dollar,” and it certainly does blossom like a rose. “The best way to make your garden,” sald the woman who knew, “is to transplant your flowers from the woods. It Is almost Impossible to gather wild seeds. The wind and the birds get ahead of one. And the flor ists have very few of the seeds needed. Bome of the wild plants that come from bulbs can be procured from the nurseryman. Many of the violets and hepaticas, but practically all of the plants, must be taken from the woods, “Begin your garden,” continued the flower enthusiast, “by transplanting a bit of the soll as well, for few of the flowers will thrive in ordinary garden soll. Dig out a space of fourteen or fifteen inches deep and fill it with leaf mold and loam from the woods. If you can’t do this mix a little sand and much fertilizer in with the garden soll if It is heavy; If it is light and sandy enrich it thoroughly with manure, “When the bed is accomplished begin to transplant the flowers and plants In a molst, shady corner pile some stones, It is here that the ferns and moss can be placed.” This garden is going to be lovely all summer, and I am sure the advice Is reliable. The results so far surely prove it in & most satisfactory way, Why don’t you start a garden of this sort on your half dollar plot? Time's THE CENTRE DEP CRAT, BELLEFONTE, PENNA, AN ASPARAGUS TIP. Try This Very Satisfactory Way of Cooking This Vegetable. Asparagus is too fine a vegetable to be carelessly prepared. Think for a moment how absurd it is to boil the delicate green tips for the same length of time as the solid stalks! And yet this 1s just what the average cook does. With this in mind, hunt through your kitchen utensils until you find a receptacle that will hold a bunch of as- paragus upright during the entire cook- Ing process. An agateware pail is a good thing, and the inner kettle of a double bofler is often of a desirable height and narrowness for this pur- pose. One ingenious housewife always buys a big, new coffecpot at the begin- ning of each asparagus season. It Is a common tin one, such as campers use, but she claims there is nothing so well adapted to the proper bolling of asparagus. The heavy stalks have an abundant depth of boiling water, while the delicate tips extend above the water line and are steamed, rather than bofled, to a deNclous ten- derness. Where many bunches of asparagus must be boiled at the same time the desired result may be gained by plac. ing the bunches horizontally in a large vessel, with bolling water to cover and letting them cook for the first ten min. utes in that position. Then prop the bunches against the sides of the kettle 80 that the tips shall be entirely out of the water for the remaining time. In this way the tips are not overcooked, as they would otherwise be and as they usually are. An excess of water dissipates the | flavor of asparagus. Strongly impreg- nated as this water is with the aspara- gus flavor, it 1s valuable in many ways. | Slightly thickened and with the addi | tion of milk or white stock, asparagus | soup is an easy and economical possi- | bility. | Where the asparagus is to be served | on toast the flavor is Increased by | moistening the toast with a few spoon fuls of this asparagus water. It is also | a desirable substitute for milk or | cream in the making of a sance. In such case any formula for white sauce | can be used, simply adding to the | blended butter and flour the water in | which the asparagus has been bofled. | The same suggestion applies to the | making of Hollandaise sauce when it | is to be served with bolled asparagus. | Summer Frocks. | Flowered volle is one of the popular fabrics of the day whose popularity 1s | not proving their death. This flowered | volle Is sold in several colors and | weaves. Some of it is not within the reach of a scanty purse, but there Is | much of it that is Inexpensive. The background is generally white or tan, and the latter is more oftener used for afternoon gowns than the for A penny saved | a penny earned Benjamin Frank! two hours. It is used without diluting. but must not be applied too hot. If treatment is begun in time plant lee can be controlled. It must be done before the leaves are curled so the spray cannot reach the pests. There should be several sprayings, four or five days apart, as one spraying will not completely do the work. Clean culture is Important in fighting these Insects, as with many others. How to Keep Buttons, Bome housewives save all thelr pill How to Halve Household Bills. stands for economy, One must stu and lozenge boxes to hold small but tons, and they fasten a sample button | to the top of each box. This i8 a good plan, but not quite so good as one big box having compartments. Into one the dally needs and be well acquaint with standard prices. There is mu truth in the saying, “Where there is There is no one thing alone H The cheaper cuts of meat are just palatable when cooked properly. tough round steak may be pound well, sprinkled liberally with flour a: seasoned well, after which it is reac for a hot frying pan. When cooked is deliciously tender. will there is a way.” : is all that is necessary for any ong . Baked macaroni especially in summer with cheese is a good substitute. When the oven is on it is well to | as much of the dinner in it as possibll ype the 80 Aas to save fuel After the oven turned off and an even heat remains. Splendid soups may be made by left; overs. Leftover vegetables with scrapd of meat, to which a handful of rid is added, are very nutritious. Thi4 makes a fine soup. Scraps of bread are saved and either ground for bread ing meats, made into puddings or used for dressings. Plenty of homemad bread is better than much cake and pastry and is certainly cheaper. After all, the high cost of living 1s » matter which can be controlled by t! individual. It is not so much t! amount eaten as the amount wasted that makes household bills soar » high. DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. How to Battle With Cabbage and Oth er Plant Lice, No time should be lost in destroying weeds and Insects It is labor that must not neglected. Insects ar easlly controlled if the work Is begu: in time. There are two kinds of insects—th biting and the sucking species. 1 the biting kind belong the Colorad potato (bug) beetle, cutworms, et which devour a portion of the plant The sucking insects belong to the far ily of plant lice that secure thelr fo from the juice of the plant, sucking it through their slender beaks Bowe internal poison, such as paris green or arsenate of lead, must be usw to destroy the biting insects, w eB» solution that kills by contact, " as kerosene emulsion or tobfieco decoo- tion, must be used for the sucking #pe cles. Cabbage and other plant lice are best too be controlled by spraying with kerosene | emulsion, using the 15 per cent solution —a solution containing 15 per cent of kerosene. If the lice are on trees flowers or rosebushes tobacco deco | tion may be used with good resuits The tobacco decoction is made by tak- | ing three pounds of tobacco stems and | five gallons of water apd boiling for | | FROCK OF FLOWERED VOILE mer. The designs are posies of vari | colored blossoms In more or less gaudy colorings, some suggesting the futurist school, others as quiet and sedate as any mid-Victorian could desire. The dress pictured is of this mate rial, and It is as dainty, attractive a little summer costume as the most fas tidious girl could wish. Dishes For Refrigerator Use, An efficient housewife recently sald she Always uses separate dishes for the laying away of food In the feebox. White enameled small bowls and plates are used and give the icebox a much neater appearance than a mixed army of bowls and platters. More important, she finds that it is a bad habit to use good dishes in the icebox, as they so frequently become chipped from over lapping or crowding. When she wanted to use her cake bowl, for example, she said, she al ways found it full of apple sauce or something and so lost time emptying it. 80 she decided to keep these sepa: rate white enamel pleces just for lay AWAY use. Whipped Cream Substitute, Whipped cream on strawberry short cake ls delicious, but the cream is not always obtainable when wanted and is costly. An excellent substitute that is cheaper and quite as tasty may be made by whipping the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth and fold into half a pint of crushed strawberries, pouring the sauce over the cake as each plece Is served Meat once a day # he actually owns well heated the back burner may be compartment put the pearl buttons, | into another put the bone ones. and | still another put the cloth covered but | tons, and so on. It takes no more time | to put a stray button into its proper compartment than to drop it into a box of miscellaneous buttons, and to find the said button when one is in a hurry is hardly a moment's work, which is quite a different proposition from get | ting it out of a big box filled with all sorts and conditions of buttons. Mugions of Wealth, “Bliggius usyessed for four amount of personal property wus “Why doesn't he appeal ™ “He Is afraid to His wife takes pride in showing the notice to the neighbors.” — Washington Star ITCHING BURNING PIMPLES ON FACE Watery Looking at First, Then Fes- tered, Spread Over Top of Head, Nearly Frantic. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, In Month's Time Free From Rash, 715 E. Main 8t., Coatesville, Pa, — “My baby's face began breaking out In watery pimples. It was jtching and buming her because she could not sleep and would rub her face with ber hands, The pimples wero watery looking at first, then became festored, Whenever the pimples burst it caused Ae the disease to spread. It NN J\ went from pimples to scaly \ =, | scabs and spread all over the RR top of bor head. She was nearly frantic. She was very cross and fretful while it lasted Her hair fell out very much where her head was sorest; it came out in litte bunches, “1 was given medicine for it but she kept getting worse. Her face was very much dis- figured when 1 started using Cuticurs Soap sod Olotment | she had had the breaking out on hor face for three weeks. T'H 8 ouple of days after using Cuticurs Soap and Ointment | the rash seemed less inflamed and she rested | easier than she had for some time. In 8 | month's time she was free from that terrible | rash; her face and head are as clean and she | looks like a different baby. She pow has a { lovely head of fine silky balr.” (Signed) Mm R. Rice, May 7, 19138, Cuticura Soap (25¢.) and Cuticura Oint- ment (50c.) are sold everywhere. A single st Is often suflicient. Liberal sample of each malled free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress post-card ““Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston." SF Men who shave and shampoo with Cy. ticura Soap will ind It best for skia and scalp. Thursday, July 10th, 1913, Life at Indiana is healthful ; work is rounded out with play. Health and strength and cheerfulness are here recognized as factors in the building of character, And yet this school is most famous for the thorough, practical training it gives, and for the great success of its graduates, If you aim for success go to the PENNSYLVANIA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA, PA. A faculty of 60 picked men and women. Every comfort..-healthful location. ..Christian influences. $195 covers all the expenses--excepting books--for one school year, for one preparing to teach. The 39th year bugine SEPTEMBER uh, 1913. Write for the beautifully illustrated Indiana Catalog, dress the Principal, DR. JAMES E. AMENT, INDIANA, PA. The Indiana Conservatory of Music offers a complete musical education at a very reasonable figure. Booklet on request. CON smoking an after the the Parcel Post Package Explodes. A parcel post package containing fire works exploded In the Bloomsburg | post office on Monday scampering and there to get the was a of they clerks thought cracking package infernal machine. An bombardment package contained only er, Aas fire works { ber, under | Charles sizzling, | Zettle contained | spent a inspection | Harold disclosed that | Charles | 8 y GEORGESVALLEY, Last Week's Items. A. C. 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For a permanent relief from these distressing symptoms nothing is so good as DR. PIERCE’'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION STAPLE GROCERIES FRUITS—Oranges of desir. able quality are plentiful but we have some fine Floridas at 30c, 40, and 50¢ a dozen. Good Lemons are scarce and high; we sell fancy fruit 30c and 40¢ a dozen. NUTS—Finest California wal. nuts 25¢ per Ib. Fresh roasted peanuts, 5¢ per quart MINCE MEAT der for Easter. orders. is just in or. Send in your FANCY EVAPORATED CORN, price reduced from 250 to 22¢, or 3 |b for 62¢., An ex- cellent grade of Dried Corn at 15¢ per pound. SUGAR—When we made a price of 5¢ per pound on Frank. lin Fine Granulated Sugar, it was not as a cut, but as our regular price, and you do not have to buy it on any special days—any day you want it, } and in any quantity desired. We do not except any early ad- vances on Sugar, EVAPORATED FRUITS-AI new grop ocods. Unpeeled peaches at 12¢, 15¢, and 18c. Apricots at 16c, 20c, and 25¢c. Fancy peeled peaches at 35¢. Prunes at 12¢, 15, and 1Bo—all fine quailty. COFFEFE—~We are ablbe now to give you a word of encour- agement on the Coffee proposi- tion. There has been a turn in the market and pricces are a lit- tie lower, and we take the first opportunity to give you the full benefit of the decline, not in the way of changing prices on our standard grades, but in giv. ing better values all along the line. Our standard grades at 25¢. 28Bc, 30c, 35¢ and 45¢, are far superior to any goods usu- ally offered at same prices Our late purchase will be on sale by the 24th or 25th of March. SECHLER & CO. BUSH HOUSE BLOCK, BELLEFONTE, PA. ’ as a soothing and strengthening ner- vine—allays and subdues nervous excitability, Irritability, nervous exhaustion, and other distressing symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic diseases of the feminine organs. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. 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