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Make Shoe Bag of Any Strong Material (Prepared by the United Susras Dwipmrtanont of Agricwitare.) Doubtless everyome wonld agree that shoes ought 10 be kept off a closet floor, so that cieaniag may be easily done, and aiso so that the cles et can be made as neal as posaidie. what should be done with the wariety of shoes, slippers, and other foot wear most of us need thea becomes a problem to be solved by each Ine dividual. Some people have special racks bullt for shoes; others put them on a shelf, either just above the floor or above the rod for clothes hangers. For many the best solution ils simply an old-fashioned shoe bag of eretonne or other strong washable material, hanging on the closet door, where it is readily accessible both for taking out or putting away one's shoes. The bags are usually made with a box plait or other allowance for fullness, so that each bag will hold a pair of shoes with trees in them. To give added strength and ?..'_'.0220.’!0220?.0.'.02102ZOZOIIOIIOICOZZOZOZZOZ302103101102102202:0:01102;3_‘. * TS : * ¢ Timely Hints for: 1 (] 0 & * : Housekeepers : t’fi'ZZ0101Z0ZZ0ZZ0Z10210210210210210110220120210210210210210211021021021051’5 Serve sauerkraut with crisp bacon, boiled ham, or corned beef, - - - Clean matertals before Adying them. Dye will not conceal spots, - - - ' Give the child only weak cocon. Strong cocon is too ktimulating. - . - Keep the dirt bng of your vacuum cleaner empty. A dirty bag cuts down the efliciency of the machine, . . » To freshen old or wilted vegetables, soak them in cold water for two or three hours before cooking them, . o Dresses sh uld be packed in trunks or sult-cases with tissue paper be tween the folds to prevent unneces sary creases and wrinkles. L R Fresh alr and exercises aid chil dren’s appetites. On rainy days when they cannot go out they may be dressed warmly and allowed to play in a room with the windows open. e e et C By Witke, . 4 gt pomec s Aoarian lend elected t of the American Iro and Steel Institute to succeed Judge Gary, sald at a dinner in New York: “Blg business, all over the world, is agreed that it must be honest. The business man who hopes to fool the people with dishonest tricks is as bad as Willle, *‘Why, Willie!" sald his mother, “Starting out without washing your hands and face! What will people think? . “'Oh,' sald little Willie, ‘they'll think I'm coming back.'” How to Renew Old Pieces of Furniture I ) . T [ S \, Rl : SN \ $ - 50 i SR ' S ; . f L - : < LBY e ‘ B s ';:,h o 3 ' ‘ ‘ g .‘* »‘ S - Sy . : . by ST g 0 - B.' 3 " Y S ‘ B s A O‘UNQ\'N R s \ 3 o AR : ._' * s g AL o. s B B oy X 57 ‘ 5 «« # AN B “"‘fl* i ) i [ ] W & R AN R - A 8 § & . ’ Y J=n W s 1 B . 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Reupholstering furniture at home is not a dificult matter, A woman who has reasonable skill in using a haw mer and tacks, and who can cut out garments according to a pattern, will usually find no great diiculty In do- Ing over some of the upholstered pleces that need new covers, Sowe thwes a chale or a sofa that has been consigned to the attic as too shabby for use can be redeemend by a little furniture polish and a vew dress, The old cover Is usually removed to Serve as a pattern for the new one and also to permit an Inspection of the stufling already in the furniture, It there is the slightest evidence of the presence of such Insects as moths, tobacco beetles, or carpet beetles, all the old stuffing should be discarded and destroyed. The wooden frame work should be thoroughly scerubbed ‘with very hot water. If a treatment With gasoline cen be given out-of framness small curtain rods are often run through the top and bottom of such shoe holders, Glrls Melonging to the 4-H clnbs en cournged by the United States De partment of Agriculture and the ex tension forces in each state have been especially ilnterested in improving TN g K egzit,!f Yu ¥ Ve T . sl b R e;¢ i A ;.J.' ; gl -»g': J L” o A W '/ “ % ’,'l e ) 7 B, i o% L/ 7 A -,,.A/csa’ e 4, ¥ f . % . *4 ' K oy / iz Yoo "b, 7 Yo ¥ S % i W - [ il i L v R B % ) A% ok 'C 7 Wik Vi i » 810 "’,; (":’; g i 5 o ¥ g T e : % ; b 7 ] 5 ol 257 % A% . ’ 7 ) . 7 ] L a H f f:.’v_. Z ! ¥ 7 s 2%8 § Y i sy S s . R i 4-H Club Member Showing Shoe Bag on Closet Deor. thelr rooms to make them more at tractive and orderly, Among other practical furnishings made by the girls themselves, shoe bags have fre quently been featured and directions for making them have been part of the courses In sewing. The picture shows a club girl and the bag she has made for her closet, Fairy Tale for Children By MARfi*éfiz*fif;fl**BONNEß Mrs., Lazy Pig shook her snoot which meant that she wasn't always spoiling her children, for some of the ':;her pig mothers had lqgg that she e W ° “I make them grab for their own M? I always try g # first,” she sali “No, 1 don’t spoill them. I'm a reg ular pig, grunt, grunt, squeal, squeal.” The others wanted to know why this family of pigs were called the Lazy Pig family. Mrs. Lazy Pig had been too lazy to explain, but at last Mr, Lazy Pig said, lagily : “I'll tell them.” So Mrs, Lazy Plg, Lawrence Lazy Plg, Letty Lazy Pig, and four other Lazy Pig children, as well as the oth- doors, it will still further reduce the chances of unobserved insect eggs sur viving to do later damage. Sometimes furniture can be fumigated to get rid of troublesome Insects, but this Is dis ficult to do under home conditions, and most fumigants should be handled by persons experienced in thelr use, After the framework 18 thoroughly free from the possibility of harboring Insects or eggs, the supporting web bing should be tightened and springs examined and placed In the right po sitions. Clean new stufling of the de sired kind should be used. The bu rean of entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture sug gests still another precaution against moth damage. As moth larvae do not feed on cotton, some furniture makers cover the inside stuffing with a com plete unbroken layer of cotton bat ting, Otted closely over the stufug material and brought to the exset edges of the covering fabric. This CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD Simple Frocks Are Liked » By Julia Bottomley < < Speaking of the family sewing, why not get it out of the way? That familiar adage, “make hay while the sun shines,” loses its appeal as far as being housed in with a sewing ma chine is concerned on a spring day, when all out-of-doors coaxes and teases to come out into the snnlit open, Rather does it seem wiser to sew and sew while the snow flies and all the landscape looks 'dreary and uninviting. For then, and then only, ean_one experience that grand and glorious feeling of having the family sewing out of the way, in time to yvield to the persuasions of budding, blogsoming spring. So taking it for granted that the wise-minded have at this moment the household sewing campaign well un. der way, a few suggestions in regard to new washable fabries for children’s dresses for instance. It seems from all indications that printed pique is to prove one of the most popular ma terials, g Imagine anything in the way of a child’s ensemble so clever as a frock of printed pique with a coat oét*tolld colored pique. Well, that is just one of the many happy thoughts for spring. : Printed pique #nd printed dimity are charming for school frocks. Make them up very simple like the one in the picture, Most of the patterns call for unbelted straight effects from shoulder to hem, ag shown here. Very short, too, continues to be the rule, The use for contrasting materiais is apparent in the styles coming in for spring and summer. A favorite idea is to combine piques, ging hams and such with dainty ergan die, You have no idea how pretty the effect until you have tried it, of er pigs, all listened to Mr. Lazy Pig while he told his story. “We had the usual family name of Plg,” he said, “until a short time ago. “We were fed and fed, ah, such goodies “we had, and nothing seemed ke ug fat. ,“ & “That w the great joke over which your mother, Mrs. Lazy Pig, R B Al R e g N AT NS % P S N\\%_ AN \ “\‘S'\fi\w‘ N D L “Why Didn't We Grow Fat?” and 1, were laughing about a little while ago. “The farmer couldn't understand why we .idn't grow fat, for he was fattening us up so we would sell for good, big sums of money and make him a bit richer, “But we didn't grow fat! No, we About Good Things to Eat By NELLIE MAXWELL Where one ma)y obtain the codtish tongues, n dainty tid-bit, such a dish will be for your Sunday morning breakfust, Soak in warm water several . hours, scrupe off the )L!;: skin, boll and serve them 9 ‘Vfis on toast with a thin s F}' white suuce. Garnish 4§ I with hard cooked egus (o cut into slices Broiled Fimnan MHad die.~Cutl the tsh Into small squires, skin and parboil. Wipe dey and beoll over couls until & golden brown, Tuke layer prevents moth lurvae from nest ing in the porous vegetable fibers next 10 the wool or halr covers und eating them from inside. Surface dwnage can be lurgely prevented hy any good housewlfe who goes over her furniture watchfully ar frequent intervals, If the layer of cotton butting Is pulled thin In fitting, or bhroken at any point, the chunces of protection will be less ened, The Mustration shows a small sofy and u halr rocker which were success fully covered by a farm woman in lowa, following the suggestions of rthe county home demonstration ngent. Ex. tension workers have found women eager to learn how they can refinish woodwork and renew upholstery A great many discarded pleces of furnl ture have thus been bhronght from dusty attie hiding places and restored 1o usefulness, i;-l;» }:';" f‘.~.. ”-) "‘_ 3 iy e Rl B ’ e LA T e Il Wk B g AR, A E ; 7 { R N )ia‘fl' | o !ey Y o ';% :; ’i i » 4 f"i 9‘; VY o q%/ §¢ o .:. ‘fl 2 ¥ g %! 3 qgo 898 o ; Yo T ' i.a% & ‘ o s ls & y .: W‘“ff ‘ :::,. %;:;:3:;:_Eq\ il 'i g 4 " , ® ‘%*’u : “%. N .i';;::;_:_":: T .:;';3‘\,\ ; G e s trimming a gay-patterned heavy washable weave with little ruffles of didn't! That's an excellent joke, eh? “Why didn’t we grow fat? “Ah, we don’t know, or if we do— ~we won't tell, for that is our secret. “The farmer most certainly doesn’t know what keeps us from growing ~fat. I . - “If he did know he womld give us whatever would make us fat, yes, he would. : “But we stay thin and still we eat and eat and eat. “Ah, what good meals we have, delicious meals, for the farmer still hopes we will grow fat, but we won't, we're the Lazy Pigs—too lazy to even grow fat, and that is a queer, un usual and extremely lazy kind of lazi ness. “We stay thin and still we eat as 1 said before. “After the farmer saw that no mat ter what he did and no matter what he gave us to eat that we still wouldn't grow fat he named us the Lazy Pigs, and so we call ourselves the Lagzy DPigs, for we think it is a fine name. “Ah, it's our great secret, to eat a lot and stay thin, and we all seem to understund the secret too, and we'll all fool the farmer!” “We think you're very clever,” said the other pigs, “and we wish we knew your secret.,” (@ 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) up on a hot platter and place a square of butter on each with a few drops of lemon ;ukv‘ and a sprinkling ot minced parsiey. The butter, lemon juice and parsiey may all be mixed together and a bit placed on ench plece of tish. Creamed Salt Mackerel.—Soak the fish over night in plenty of water, changing 1t often at first. Drain and dry and broll on & hot broller, Lay on u hot dish and pour over a cream sance, add pursley and serve, Fish Timbales—Fluke one cupful of ssh as tine as pessible. Add two well benten eggs, a cupful of milk and salt and pepper to season. Flll small but. tered tins or cups halt full, set into a pan of water and buke twenty min utes, Turn out on u hot platter und POUr Over a cream suuce or a tomato sunve to which a bit of mustard has neen added Garnish with parsiey, Codfish Ballg.~Mush potato and fish that huve been cooked wogether, wding the souked fish when the po tatoes are half done. Season well with putter, mld salt It needed, and cuy enne Make Into balls and fry in but. ter on both sides until brown. They mny be dipped into flour und fried o deep ot Cold fish flaked and creamed, cov ered with buttered crumbs, baked, will often tempt an Invalid's appetite. It one has an Invalld in the home these hints will be Invaluable. Buttered Crackers——Arrange smah roundd cruckers In a buking pan. amd just hefore serving pour orer them welted butter untll entirely cuvered. organdie in plain ecolor. Have the edges of the ruffling picoted instead of hemming on the machine. Pockets, collars, cuffs; belts and in sets of organdie on piques, ginghams, linens and the like are part of the coming season’s styling plans. Jacket ensembles combining a heavy material with a thin one, are worked with extreme cunning. A gay plaid gingham plaited skirt is topped with a tuck-in blouse of solid colored linen or organdie. To this is added a coatee of the ging ham. (©, 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) Eggs Served With Vegetables Fry balf a cupful of finely sliced onion slowly in butter until brown, then add one pint of canned tomatoes and simmer for a while. A pinch or two of salt, a teaspoonful of sugar and a little pepper will add to the slaver, or rather bring out the flavor, Break four or more eggs carefully in to a saucer and slip each one gently into the mixture, taking care not to let the eggs touch each other. Take from the fire and put into a hot oven until the eggs are cooked. When done remove and place the eggs on hot toast, pouring the sauce over the top. Garlic Adds Charm The emarvelous chicken a la creole and salad¢ that were served with a simple French dressing but tasted so different, and a hundred other dishes, all have their charm from the humble garlic, Place in a hot oven to brown. Cheese finely grated may be added if desired. When baking beans add the juice of an orange or a tart apple grated, when putting into [ the oven. It will - ¥ give a very differ ‘f‘%‘ ent flavor, Bake as — usual with a bit w of sugar or mo - lasses. . Essence of Lem. on.~When one en- Joys saving and having the best of extract, Just try this: Carefully scrape the pith from fifteen lemon rinds. Save them some time when mnking lemonade for company, Cut the rind Into strips one-fourth Inch wide and place in a quart Jur with one pint of pure alcohol. Add the rind from time to time or better, all to gether. Allow It to stand for two weeks or a little longer, Straln through musiin or filter and bottle curefully, You will have extract which will cost much less than the ordinary bottled varlety and It will be perfectly pure, Sauted Beans.~Draln a can of string beans, place In a frying pan with one tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of chopped parsley, one ha!f teaspoonful of lemon Jjulce with sult and pepper to taste. Serve hot. Oyster Stuffing.—Chop two dozen oysters, add to a pint of bread crumbs, salt and pepper and melted butter to searon. and stulf turkey. (@, 1929, Weastern Newspaper Unlon.) Dorothy’s Mother . j Proves Claim Children den’t ordis , fig narily take to medi f@ A |cines but here’s ona f o | that all of them love, s mel |Perhaps it shouldn’t %3§ be called a medicine il lat all, It's more like vvj,jf‘_,;‘,f’_;*' a rich, concentrated 7®% lfood. It's pure, wholesome, sweet to the taste and sweet in your child’s little stomach. It builds up and strengthens weak, puny, underweight children, makes them eat heartily, brings the roses back to their cheeks, makes them playful, energetic, full of life, And no bilious, headachy, constipated, feverish, fretful, baby or child ever failed to respond to the gentle influ ence of California Fig Syrup on their little bowels. It starts lazy bowels qulck,’ cleans them: out thoroughly, tones ‘and strengfthens. thtm: se they continue to act normally, of their own accord, - Millions “of mothers’ know about California Fig Syrup from experience. A Western mother, Mrs, J. G. Moore, 119 Clliff Ave,, San Antonio, Texas, says: “California Tig Syrup is cer tainly -all - that’s claimed for it. ‘I have proved.that with,my little Doro thy. .She was a bottle baby and very delicate, Her bowels were weak, I started her on Fig Syrup -when she was a. few months old and. it regu lated her, quick. I.have used it with her ever since for colds and every lit tle set-back and her wonderful con dition tells better than words how it helps.” Don’t be imposed on. See that the Fig Syrup you buy bears the name, “California” so you'll get. the genu ine, famous for 50 years. - How to Avoid thi de will 80 effectu. com firy p:ozte,e.t“ ,e:un against %o?da?c In fluenza or Grippe as keeping your organs of digestion and elimination active and your system free from poisonous aecumulations. Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) does more than merely cause pleasant and easy bowel action. It tones and strengthiens the system, increas ing resistance against disease and infections. ? Get a 25¢c Box at Your Draggist’s TO-NIGHT >4 82V e lolaled’ ek g RS gehvipreinil ‘ PILE _~ SUFFERERS & Get this handy tube A 2 Instant, soothing relief and guar- X anteed to cure u:l?lnc Blind or Pro - truding Piles. The druggist will refund ' the money if it fails. In tubes with pue it pipe, Tbc; or in tin boxes, 60c. Ask for g [,‘ PAZO OINTMENT ———— S JE——— Such Is Fate ; Wifie (reading paper)—Here's a London doctor who has discovéred a cure for blushing. . Hubby—He’s out of luck just now. Women can paint it better than ever. No Question About That “Don’t you think . women’s clothes are showinmg more individuality than formerly ?” s ; “Well, moré of the individual, any way.” ; . What Kind? Director—How long can you hold your breath, Miss' Woopey? Miss Woopey—Six kisses,—Life. . After marriage a man stops paying his wife compliments and begins to pay her bills, ' Some girls seem to grow more beautiful as they grow older, Prac tice makes perfect, At seventeen you do not blush at yeur smart-aleck performances, but at thirty, looking back to them, you do. A g p -~ AR\, Y = " “‘f\\\ e R AL NS e e “'.H!lv, GO A ‘yv 0 iy L/ X \ gl TN W Y Makes Life Next time a coated tongue, fetld breath, or acrid skin gives evidence of sour stomach—try Bhillips Milk of Magnesia ! 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