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Edited by MRS. WN. HUTT
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WAR WORK
YtrilXT art thou doln. . Bister '.of
mine? .
'What Is thy work lor this country of
- - thine? -. -... .
Knitting and sewing, ) ' ; ' !
Freely bestowing 4. . , . . ,
Largess and laughter .. .;
Though grief comes after? ' ' ; ' v
See that thou give to them all of thine
. heart, ' . : , -... '" -.'i
Thankful and glad to be doing thy part,
Sister of mine! " '
'What art thou doing, brother of mine, .
Since thou art spared from the firing-
- line?'; "7 ; ,'
Toiling and saving,
Poverty braving, H , 4
Gallantly living, v .
Ceaselessly giving? '
Though never bullet be aimed at thine
heart, '. ' - . . '
Mill art tliMi acting a soldierly part, - ..
Itrothw of mine! 'V . -
What art tnoa doing, free land of mine?
What is ih y task- for these children of
ihin? . ' .
K.-.iing them pure, v.
jrront' to endure,
T iti'hir .q the right,
Yifii'i n.B- t lem might
Hul'hir 'I t"' close to the pulse of thine
hf art, ' - .; , .. .
Binning theav;, nursing them, O blest be
tliy part, ,' '
Prne 1 .n.l of mine!
-NO i A. ARCHIBALD SMITH.,
Suggestions for July-
USE home-made ice-cream and froz
en fruit juices if you. have the ice.
. Give baljy plenty of boiled, cooled
water to drink, but not from a cup or
dipper someone else has used.'
1 Do not let anyOrie use the stirring
'Spoon for tasting. .
Have you put down enough qggs-in ,
water-glass? - . .
Bathe baby every morning and then 7
sponge her well before her bed-time." .
Cook enough Saturday to last over,
Sunday, - - -
..Leisure days are coming when the
men might enjoy painting the kitch
'en, screening the porch, or making
big. fly-traps or; iqeless refrigerators, ,
perhaps even build an ice-house. -';.
; ' . By the way, do not expect tod
much from the iceless refrigerator;
..It lowers the temperature many de
grees on a day when the air is hot" .
and stirring" wll,. but, very little when'
the air is calm, wjarm and damp. They
are well worth while, though.
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Avoid fat meats; fried br greasy.
food, and have as many fresh vegeta
bles, fruit, milk and eggs as possible. ".:
Have the children turn fallen
branches into firewood.
Have you learned to knit the new
spiral socks which 'soldiers say are so v
comfortable? You knit, two, ' purl
two for 30 rows of 56 stitches, four,
needles; then knit four, purl four .arid
advance one stitch every fourth row
until the sock measures 22 inches, in
length. The spiral does away-with
turning a heel. Finish with Kitchener
toe. '
Freshen up the carpets with a good
cleaning and then -a rubbing up wifH
cloth dampened with ammonia.
': Take your (ruit internally but not
externally. If Jit . does ; get . - on the'
.clothes," remove' trie stain by stretch-,
ing the spotoyer a. bowl and pouring
" boiling .water on it from a height
The stain can also' be removed, by
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
moistening with ? glycerine or cam-. ashamed, of myself for not maW
"phor and then washing.it 6ut--.":-k-:, .'..1.. gyeat;, effort- to. remedy matters a
' Invest in a cake of magnesia or ;, But what could I do? I am
"camphorated chalk' and" fub any 'wife of'a poor man, and our h
grease spot at once with it,, whether - was at the edge of town, too far f e
it be on anything from "dress, front to? 'the. stores to "be of service Be J"1
wall paper. It absorbs the .grease this,' my tiirie was ' compleielv fiiiJ
and can be brushed out later. . ; with other ddties ; So I did noth
Try this month to systematize and" except to speak, to the members'?!
simplify thejlaily and weekly clean- 'the women's '.club and to some of thl
ings. Write out "an order' of ' work"" niehibersof" the" chamber of com
and stick to it for a tew days, even, "icrccauoutne, necessity of a place
though it .may b'e an effort.-- - .-where women could rest while in
If frying pans are greasy, .soak I0W on business; All of these agreed
. . J . . with me mnst cvmnofl,. -.it. . tu
them in a tub ot lye ana water. v.v,
' Have you' tried'peelingr peaches
with lye solution.;. It. is very little
trouble and leaves the "peach smooth,
' It may be warm now, but there are
cbld days ahead for the soldiers," so
don't stop your knitting.
The Advantages of a Rest Room
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with me 'most sympathetically L S
they did anything else I never heard
of it.- ;. - v .ty
;: N;is yt without a' rest room,
- vFiye months, ago we moved back to
. the country,- arid now I drive seven
mil.es to do my shopping at a county
seat. I reach; town dusty and dis
heyeled, longing for a chance to ad-'
just. my hat1 and-brush my clothing
before making my tour of the stnrpi
If I become. too tired to walk further
A LTHOUGH I was born and reared I: mav' sit down in a Arwo :r t
in the country, nearly all of the buy .a drink or a dish of cream;! may
14'years of my married life have been. restr in - a picture show, if I buy a
spent in town. The past four years ticket and have, time to watch the
we were in "a country, town of about pictures ; or I may sit in a restaurant
1,500. inhabitants.' Here the country if I buy a meal. Otherwise, I must
people came in great numbers to do perforce rush from.store to store, be
th'eir Vshopping . and trading, the. . coming more arid more bundle-laden
wives and daughters coming with the" rid be-draggled as I progress. With
men of the farms and havinto w I finally start for
until the men were ready- to go hWe, exnausted; in mind and body,
home. There was no rest room, noth 4 Inhave no baby to be carried
ing to give "these visitors-; any com- around, either ! .
"fort or privacy. Where there was a ' Do I' believe in rest rooms? At any
baby, or babies', they'had to be cared rate I thoroughly disbelieve in their
for or neglected in the semi-seclusion absence. Would I like for the town
of the rear of the store,, while trying where I jhop to have one? Person
to seem oblivious to passerTby, or,. in ally, Fd prefer it' to" be in a Carnegie
lieu of this, there was the frank pub- library, Where' would I like to have
licity of the sidewalk. During the jt? I'd prefer its being in a down-
bitter weather or the winter a splint
bottomed chair by a stove was about
all . any merchant offered, and some
failed to do jeveh this much.
I would go home from my own
shopping .ashamed of my town and
stairs room not far from the business
section, 'but ; any place anywhere
would win my" gratitude. What use
would we country women make of it?
First of all, we'd rest a bit, then we'd
attend to our. children's needs, and
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T TT WHENEVER you prepare peaches for can-
ning or . preserving, try this simple way of
removing ttte skins.- It's quicker and easier
than paring and less wasteful. Saves the best part of
tne iruittnat next the skin.
, Dissolve half a can of Gi ant Highest Test Lye and
half an ounce of alum in nine gallons of cold water
and boil in an iron kettle. Suspend fruit, in a wire
'. basket or cheesecloth, in this hot solution for two
minutes. - This will remove the skin. .Then wash fruit
, , rwice in cold water to clean thoroughly. For small
quantities of fruit use four tablespoons of Giant
Highest Test Lye and a pinch of alum, to one gallon
of water. ' '
No fuss, no muss, no special utensils
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P IDC VB A Kit II ATED "
.EHtr '' WIGHT
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fill fefetV'S'-ifc-: V ') i' TK!kf
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This method does not injure quality or flavor
of the fruit. Endorsed by the U. S. Govern
ment Board of Food and Drug Inspection.
Used by the best California manners. Equally
efficient for preparing pears and plums.
Insist on Giant Highest Test Lye to get
best results.
THE MENDLESON CORPORATION
11 Broadway New York
Write for booklet,
"Giant Lye and irs Uses"
Factories: Albany, N. Y.-
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