§ ot | — -~ STOCK UP WITH DRIED FRUITS Then You've Always Some- thing on Hand to Go On. By EDITH M. BARBER O YOU keep your pantry shelf stocked with dried fruits? It is a good idea, because if you have for- gotten to order fresh fruit, you ean easily prepare prunes, apricots or figs for breakfast while you are getting your dinner the night before. While these fruits cook more quickly if they are soaked, they will be per- fectly satisfactory if you cover them with boiling water when you cook them without soaking. Figs, by the way, should not be soaked more than a cou- ple of hours as too much flavor Is drawn out by long soaking, I like to cook my dried fruits in just enough water to cover in a heavy uten- sil until they are tender. It is not neces- sary to add any sugar to California prunes, if you let them cool in a cov- ered kettle, Other fruits to which yon may like to add sugar should be cooked with It after they are tendex until it dissolves and then cooled in the same way. From soaked or cooked dried fruits you can make a number of quick des- serts. The pulp which has been pressed through a coarse strainer may be add- ed to beaten egg whites, chilled and served with whipped cream or with custard. A mixed fruit compote made of cooked prunes, figs and apricots Is a good dessert. Yon know that it is pos. sible now to buy mixed dried fruits put up In the same package. A com- bination of chilled, cooked prunes with sliced oranges or grapefruit makes a good dessert. combine well with bananas, iy the way it is possible to cook several pounds of fruit at one time and to put it Into glass jars which are sections also Apricots time if they are kept cool, Fruit Whip. 2% cup stewed fruit 4 egg whites 15 cup sugar 14 teaspoon lemon juice Rub stewed fruit through a strainer. Beat the egg whites until stiff, add sugar and lemon juice and mix well, Add strained fruit, mix and chill well before serving. Serve with whipped cream or custard. Shirred Eggs Dijon, 4 eggs 2 cups mashed potatoes 15 cup midget onions 14 cup mushrooms 3 tablespoons butter 1§ teaspoon pepper 14 teaspoon salt On platter prepare a border mashed potatoes. In the meantime brown the onions and mushrooms In butter. Put browned mushrooms and onions In cavity in center of platter, break eggs on top, season, dot with butter and bake In moderate oven (375 degrees Fahrenhelt) until eggs set. of Spiced Cookies. cup shortening cups brown sugar egEs cup sour milk 4 cups whole wheat flour & teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 14 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups rolled oats 2 cups raisins Cream shortening with sugar. Beat eggs and mix with milk. Mix flour well with soda, salt and spices, and then with the rolled oats and raisins. Add liquid and dry Ingredients alternately to the creamed shortening and sugar. Drop on greased pans and bake about 15 minutes In moderate oven (300 de- grees Fahrenheit). If a crisp cookle is desired, add milk to make dough soft enough to spread. Bran Muffins. tablespoons shortening cup sugar egg cup bran cup sour milk cup flour 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Cream together shortening and sugar, add egg and bran. Add flour sifted with other dry ingredients and sour milk. If sweet milk Is used, omit soda and use two teaspoons baking powder. Bake twenty minutes In mod- erate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit.) Baked Beans, 1 quart beans 16 pound salt pork Boiling water 14 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon mustard 14 cup molasses Soak the beans In cold water over- night. Drain, cover with fresh water, and cook until soft. Drain and place in ean earthen bean pot. Bury the meat In the beans. Mix salt, mustard and mo- lasses, and add one-fourth cup boiling water. Pour over the beans and add enough boiling water to cover, Cover, and bake In a slow oven, 200 degrees Fahrenheit, eight hours. Potatoes in Tomato Sauce, 10 or 12 slices bacon 1 quart potatoes, sliced 1 onion, sliced 3 cups strained tomato juice 2 teaspoons salt Pepper ’ Cook bacon until erisp and remove to a hot platter. Pour off all but about one-quarter cup of fat. In this cook the potatoes and onion twenty min. utes; add the tomato julce, salt and pepper; cover, and simmer for thirty minutes, or until the potatoes are ten. der and the sauce thick. © Dell gndicate ~WNU Survie MSO RD RD The Household] ® By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER HE subject of textiles is of inter- | est to every homemaker, It Is she | who buys the fabrics for linen closets, ; for furnishings, for frocks, and all the many articles made from textiles that are used by the household or In the home, Quality, styles, durability, Inno- vations, new developments, etc, are all features with which she wants to be, and should be, acquainted, In the early days of silk weaving the smoothness of the texture was not satisfactory largely due to the discrep ancles in size of the strands of both warp and weft. The struggle to make these strands free from irregularities has been a long one, the filaments, espe. cially “from wild silk, refusing to wind and twist with absolute evenness during the spinning of the threads, Most of us are familiar with the Irregularities of this sort found In genuine Shantungs. As a matter of fact it is these very dis- crepancies that are an ald In distin- guishing oriental Shantungs from do- important matter. mestie makes—an Methods in Variety. Sizing, weighting and pressure proe- esses have played their part In se as the present ability to reduce irregu- larities in silk threads, With all these ways and means, and manifold meth- and processes, of providing smoothness to silken surfaces, today there is a return to old-time effects, ods, Rough surfaced textiles are In the the reproduction of unevenness in weaving strands, These are imitated in tussards, and those silks In which purity of silk threads without smoothing and other finishing processes are most desirable, This return to wild silk and the accenting of what once were blemishes, and now are modish touches, Is another evidence of the cycle of styles. pongees, weave effects Non-Crush Treatment, One of the latest movements In the making of materials has processes that eliminate creases, Non- crushable fabrics range from linens to velvets, In these specific articles men tioned the non-crush feature Is cially Linens ordinarily crease and muss very easily and re. quire frequent pressing to keep them looking fresh and pleasing. inen sheets and pillow cases, table linens and frocks, have the disadvantage of to do with eRe. welcome, of their mussing so readily So it is a fine movement in manufacturing methods that relieves this work. gets such admirable results, ’ il ang Velvets are more difficult to restore when they get creases and marks of folds, ete They to be either by hanging up in a room with a steamy atmosphere, or in a sheltered spot out of doors when it is fogey or misty. Or small places can be deftly restored by holding the material taut over a bowl of bolling hot water. If very badly creased by pressure or spot marked, they require to go to a clean ers to be restored. So non-crush velvet is a most welcome addition to modern textiles, o have steamed Upholstery Fabrics, Upholstery fabrics that do not ernsh are a decided Innovation and are sure to please homemakers. The non-crush velvets appear at a good time since velvets are among the luxurious up. holstery and decorative materials at present. It may be that the fact that velvets can be had that are not crush. able, has been one element in fostering thelr return to style. In the realm of clothes, now Is the time to wear vel vets, whether crushable or not, but the latter certainly have advantages, Some mediums react better than oth. ers to the non-crush treatments, of course, but all up and down the Hue of kinds and qualities, the good work of preventing textiles from crushing and mussing easily is progressing. © Bell 8yndicate «~WNU Service, Pastels for Venetian Blinds Old-fashioned Venetian blinds are now appearing In Increasing numbers in modern homes and apgritments, These, however, are no longer in the standard green of our grandmother's day, but are presented in a whole range of pastel colors. Many house. holders repaint their Venetian blinds in tints which harmonize with the in- terior decoration of thelr rooms The Marriage Problem By JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS Author of “Why Marry?” and "The Mar. ried Life of the Frederick Carrolls” Marriage Will Increase, Not Diminish HERE are radicals who say, and even belleve, that in the future there will be no such nonsense as mar- ridge at all. There are conservatives who say, and try to believe, that in the future there will be no change in mar- rlage whatever, Both, of course, are wrong. They are merely volelng thelr preferences. That is all most of us use our minds for, anyhow-—as mere accomplices to our prejudices and desires. So long as we have not only the mating Instinct but the gregarious instinct, we shall have to have an organized society. And so long as we have an organized soclety we shall have to have some rules and regulations for the control of mating, So marriage we shall always have with us. In fact, in the future, in my opinion, there will be more marrying than ever; and, instead of no marriage at all, there will probably be at least two different kinds, I will first, touch on that again. But, before we look Into the future, we ier There is tremendous change right under h some of us must take a glance at the past in ore to understand the present already today a taking place in our very eyes, the pot aware of It, because, as yet, this change has not incorporated in the rules and regulations of game. ————— marriage are been the In fact, there are two enormous changes which really reach the dimen- gions of a revolution in our ideas and in our practice our most ancient and most important institotion. ’ of Sex has always been a bit to civilization, a problem which It has never satisfactorily solved, and prob ably never will of a puzzle We no longer regard the love of man and woman as an unfortunate secakness. Just as a plain, unromantic matter of sci- entific foct, The old view matter Is now considered not only unworthy, but as a Kind of blasphemy against the Creator, of the who knew what he was doing when he made these arrangements for life and the continuance of it This higher, healthier and conception sex has come stay, and 1s now shared by nearly all enlightened people, even by the church (rani itself. nobler of love to times the ne in modern In fact, i # view yf tionary view of reac somethis jove hing purely, or impurely, physical Is we prociaimed, reactio except by oung writers, who, strangely consider themselves advanced. more notable place in be a tre ig the new marriage forms of the future, is due to what Is called birth control or vol untary parenthood. — The other and revolution still which Is taking marriage, and mendons factor in determin will modern This matter is still In a controversial stage, not concern our predictions as to the future of marriage. The moral issue involved does In the future there will be a suffi cient number of childiess marriages to be regarded as the established habit of such a large class that special laws will be required for them. Let us see what will happen. As matters are arranged today, youth Is the time for love, but not for mar riage. All of the forces of nature say, “Come!” All of the forces of civil zation say, “But you mustn't!” In the high tide of youth comes the patural mating time, and it Is the actual mating time in all forms of life except the highest. Among profes- sional men, for example, the average marrying age is nearer forty than twenty, The evils and misfortunes of this state of affairs need no expansion; they suggest themselves, Besides, we see them all about ns. In the future I see young people marrying at the nat- ural age. Now the corollary to early mating 1s mismating, and, therefore, remating. PATTERN 1126 Variety's the Spice of Life—and monograms, too, for the smartest ones today combine letters in vary- ing sizes, That's why we ipcluded four different alphabets—a large, a medium and two small ones—so0 that you may “scramble” your own. They work up easlly and quickly, using a combination of satin, seed and but tonhole stitches with a bit of cut. work. Anyone with “Hope Chest" linens will find these alphabets inval- Records Minute Action A new electric measuring device records the action of one millionth of an ampere, or about one-tenth of the “wing-power” of a house fly; and the newest X-ray machine produces rays that can penetrate three inches of solid steel, Collier's, anu Cardui is a purely vegetable medi- cine for tl relief of functional periodic pai i ness due to poor no “1 have used Cardu results from its use,” E. Barnett, of Taylor fered with cramg would has would feel and have pain more than a day I would be nervous. 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SIGNS WHICH OFTEN INDICATE “ACID STOMACH” PAIR BFTER [ATIRG FEELING OF WEAKNESS KAUSIA ROUTH ALITY UBS OF aPPETIY SOUR STOMA FREQUENT BEADACHIS —CE SLEEPLESSNESS IEDISEETION WE EIT WELL “THING I'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST CHANCE, JACK, TF YOU LOSE YOUR TEMPER AGAIN, YOU'RE THROUGH ! oy -ITS A GOOD YOU'RE LETTING AW-THIS COACH DOESN'T" KNOW ENOUGH TO PLAY TIDDLEDY- TELL THIS DUMB REFEREE i” IF HEY GOING TO PLAY ON THEIR _A, SIDE HE'D BETTER ns PUT"ON A - ; BASKETBALL IM JACKS ww. CAN You SPARE A MINUTE ? ¢ MY “NO COFFEE” INSTEAD / CAREFUL, NOW / THEY'RE GONG TO PULL SOMETHING ON STICK “TO THAT, JACK, AND YOU'LL GET BACK ON uy UL Easier marriage must mean easier di- Regrettable but true. As for the family marriage, there Age Improves To make varnish, quantities of nat- aral or synthetic resins are put Into | a kettle with an oll, such as linseed or tung. The mixture is heated, cooled and a volatile thinner added. It is then filtered and pumped into large storage tanks, where It ages Indefi- nitely, Like wine, the longer a var: nish ages, the better it is. For Modern Room Chartreuse, the color, Is composed of yellow tinted with green. It Is often used as a wall tint for the painting of rooms decorated In the modern style, | ® children, Pessimists need never fear In regard to that Parenthood will be regarded as such an important privilege that it will be limited to a few, and they the fittest. And that does not mean merely the In shprt, we shall have an aris the greatest aristocracy and the only sound one the world has ever known @ Pubile Ledger, Ton «=W NU Rarvice, § » § { be to blame. Name Q vere. or. cone, WN Gest ae Street. address: expires Dee. 31,
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