In the Kitchen

Th»* inflated price of aORar may seem to place the customarj' plan of presenring small fruits in Jam or mar malade form almost beyond question. When you figure how much a Jar ot home-made Jam costs—the fruit, the sugar, and perhaps even some of the equipment since some things must be bought anew each /ear—It does seem aa though home canning doesn’t pay this year.

pounds of sugar, 1-4 pound of preserved ginger, 4 lemons.

Core and quarter the pears and then chop with ginger. Add grated rind and Juice of the lemons and sugar and heat slowly. This mix ure should simmer about two hours ind should be thick before pouring into Jelly glasses.

However, it must be borne in mind that even if home-canned fruit is more expensive than ever before the purchased variety will cost even more by next winter. Of course, life is supportable without Jam and marmalade to sweeten the daily bread, but where U.ere are children the wholesome, home-made sweet Is better, even if it does cost a little more, than to them indulge lurtlvely in the purchase of street-sold sweets that may be questionable. One woman, who cans and Jams extensively, say*, her homepreserved Jams cost her more than 30 cents a Jar—a far higher price than formerly. ye» undoubtedly lower than

bought Jams of quality.

Currant Jam Six pounds of currants. 1-2 pound of raisins, 6 pounds of sugar, 6 oranges, 1-2 teaspoonful of 'nnamon, 1-2 teaspronful of mace. Boll the currants and the rinds of the oranges separately in a little watci. Press the currants through a sieve. Chop the orange rind and pulp and the raisins very fine, and then boil all together for about 40 minutes until thick. Pour Into sterilized hot Jars, and when cool seal with paraline.

Cherrj Jam

Thla Jam require > less sugar than most of the other Imlts. Weigh th* cherries before pitting, and allow 1 1-2 pounds of sugar for each pound of fruit. Cook the st< ned cherries until the Juice has evaporated. Add one tablespoonful of ci rrent Juice for each pound of fruit, and cook with the suga: until thick. To ad< a delicate nut-like >r crack a fev cherry pits and place some of the kernels in each Jam of the preserve . iruit

Berry Jam

For blackberry a ad goos'-berry Jam use an equal am'unt of sugar for each pound of fruit. Strawberries need about one-thin less sugar. Sine mer the frail and s igar together, add only enou/h tr co> «r the bottom of the preserving kettle. Skim every few minutes, and remove the scum it rises to the top. Let It cool slightly before pouring Into sterilized Jars end seal with paraffin.

A/ HOME

A Department jer Induitritus Hnuseutves

Pear Marmalade Eight pounds of hard pears.

Tomato Jam Five pounds of tomatoes. 4 pound: of sugar. 2 tablespoocfuls of candied ginger. 2 lemons. Chop the ginger and cut the lemon into very thin slices. Cook all the ingredients together until the mixture is very thick, which will requite about three hours of simmering

Pennsylvania Strawberry Plants Suffered Severely Last Winter

Slrarberry plants suffered severely

; inttm „ roots will absorb enough water • for the needs of the plants, but aa • soon as hot weather comes on the toot system is inadequate, and the ’ plants wilt. In our experience they will continue to do so until about fruiti ing time, after which those that art i not too far gone will have recovered • sufficiently to maintain themselves and continue their growth In a healthy

way.

I’nles similar conditions prevail ether year these plants are liable to be

lf ; perfectly all right in the future. It is f : generally regarded that the trouble is

injury of the roots prevents the dc- ,lu, ‘ 1° ‘be severity of the winter, but velopment of the proper number o'i It is'he starting early growth in spring smaller rootlets on which the water!after which a seven- frost comes ar.< supply depends. As long as the soil t« I «'.e»lroye the roots.

last winter from winter Injury’. Judging by the large number of inquiries received by the Bureau of Plant industry. Pennsylvania 1'epartment Agriculture, concerning the death of strawberry plants. The first Intima lion that the grower has is that his plants are drying up and dying, closer examination reveals that roots are dead or nearly all dead. This is fairly well known in all straw berry sections toward the north, or when' the winter conditions are fair!’ severe. It is the winter freezing of the roots which, however, does not

show itself until summer

wet in spring and the air is cool th-

A Stationary Stand for the Iron—An old bucket top fastened on the end of an ironing board makes an excellent stand for the Iron as It prevents the latter slipping off. A Neat Drawer—Save your candy, spool, and other shallow boxes and fit them Into the small bureau draw: that is used for miscellaneous small articles that are too often In wrinkled, untidy Jumble. The lids, we'l as the boxes, serve. Dedicate box each to plain handkerchief-*, fancy ones, ribbons, bells, and the like, according to your Individual

needs.

An Outdoor Step-Saver—My little son had outgrown the days of his

exp res. -vagon. so I had my husband out a new top on it—Just a flat, wide

board without an upstanding

and I have found it a most conv/nient contrivance to have about the yard. On washdays I set the clothes basket, clothespins and clothesline

nd sometimes the clothes poles

and find that It saves me many a trip

across the yard. Also, when I working in the garden. Instead

burdening myself with the garden tools. I put them on the can. and as It Is low. I can do some of the trowel-

Ing and weeding while sitting. For the Sick Room—Take la—rge

newspapers, open them out wide and lay about two dozen sheets evenly,

the other; next take two thick-

nesses of old muslin am* lay them

ver the papers: then sew all firmly

together. When the pad Is no longer useful it can be burned, thus saving

washing.

For Drawers that Stick—If a drawer sticks cr pulls hard. I find that if you remove the drawer and rub the top and bottom, and also the little strip where It .-.lides, with a cake of soap It will work ea.-ily. This treatment Is also good for cupboard doors that

stick.

Odd and Beautiful Decorations

The woman who has quick good memory for detail, and nimble with her needle may have many of the pretty things in decorative trifl<-s which cost so much to buy Though materials are expensive thl-* year, still the ideas may often be worked out in less expensive good-: and have much the same appeal ante. It’s the ideas that really count. The French Bisque figures of court dames in Gainsborough hats are quitfamiliar to most of us mounted for telephone covers. Gowned in ruffl-d lafeta skirts, which part in front to allow the use oi the 'phone, the dolts are made to match their surroundings One more serviceable than the moie delicately gowned dolls is in black taffeta with ruffles edged with narrow

gold lace.

Anothc.- us. for the dolls is to dress them in fluffy skins to serve as cov ers on glints powder boxes, the skirts, of course, matching the ; rimming of the toilet table on which they stand. A novel idea worked out in one of the attractive French work baskets — having twr. covered spool boxes at the ends and a handle in the lutddle—has one of the dolls dressed in gotd and white brocade iK*rched on the side of j the basket, her skirts forming the 1 cover to the pin and medic cushion. The basket is covered with pink silk veiled with gold ml finished at the r-lgee with little chiffon rose in pink.) blue and gold, with here and there j * an orange and red hud. Some of the i 1 hesekts are also trimmed with silken | 1 small fruit*, the pin cushion ladles j* wearing brocades that Wend with I 1

trimmings of the baskets.

Long-handled hand mirrors add a •* smart note to the toilet table if cov I ered Empire fashion with broca*:- n

;«I non. lace and J i-

mounted on stiff pointed cone.-, covered to match, a loop on the glas.holding .hem in place. The cones are weighted at the bottom. Empire silk covered picture frame* have a new note In the covering uf the front with the tiny gold roses, above which is a tiny wreath of plm: ros-s to match the brocade or silk covering of the frame. The general use of celling lights in modern homes has created a revolution In lampshade making. Though same shade wire frames may bi for the foundations, they are wired for electricity and fimmed upside down. Materials are chosen with regard to lighting effects, to cast white, yellow or pink lights generally, and the thin silk or gauze is veiled with gold olon-d tassels as a cei ter decora-

tion.

For Waxed Floors—A worn-out <*rpet sweeper makes a handy floor polisher if the brush is taken out and weight, such a? several bricks, put in its place. Cover It over with heavy

carpet.

For Wrinkled Neckties—If your men folks are like mine, they have some of those nt-ckiies that twist and curl after a couple of wearlngs. Just prise them some day by taking those ties upon your Ironing board and after slipping the silk part back, with damp doth and hot iron press • felt strip inside. Then replace tbs verings and press lightly on the wrong side. After doing so at both ends, you'll be delighted with the Improvement. Poultry Hint—In summer keep a ig or pasteboard box in a convenient piace to put ail the egg shells in They are indispensible to feed th« chickens in winter when the ground ir •overed witn snow. If yon have no chickens the children can sell them )d earn pin money. To Pack Eggs—Get a pint of ailliite of soda, also calb-d 1 voter glass," mix it with twenty pints oi water. Poll*- It in a vessel of any kind—a stone Jar is good—and put the eggs4n. That’s all . The silicate seals the eggs. e wants to boil them It is neccs sary to make a pin hole In the end ho put'ing them into the water.

»cale and gradually built It up nntil now he annually quarters 1200 females. half of which are pullets. This man does all the work himself. It is

a big Job. but as he hss adopted system and live* up to It he as everything running smoothly. He reports a

net Income of $100 a month.

No. 2 was formerly a hotelkeeper, but growing tired of indoor labors he longed for outdoor work. The hotel tras sold and a poultry plant started. While he had sufficient capital to be Kin on a Urge scale he preferred to increase the size of his plant gradually, thus learning his lesson thorougfcToday the farm is composed of about 800 breeding and laying birds. Every hen Is trapnested. and each year he retains the breeds only from

the cream of the flock.

No 3 came to Hamnontca on account of his wife's poor health. For years he had beer, an invalid, and after trying the climate of all th-.-famous health resorts with practically no relief, Hammortnn was chosen and

FASHION NOTES

Interesting hems for the Fair Sex

It Isn’t a bit strange that so many appliqned. The bias materia! had lx of the summer frocks should be rose folded wain so as to leave no rou trimmed, and Isn’t it nice Alt thos- pulled Into petal shape, pur lovely little organdie*, for instance. “P realiMlcally tn the center and hi would lose half their charm If you , 10 ,he material with long, unei took away the organdie roses that |switchr» of black silk,

are scattecd over the skirt. Those I same rose* can add a good many dol- [ lars to the frock, too, and so It mignt j

be a good plan to 1

them at home.

Even for Gingham

Even the gingham dress cannot

a how to ma';e ‘h** rose trimming. The cub

| gingham ro».e can be made from pb

One of the prettiest frocks of th.- j rhambray to match the gingham c season had its roses made from ac- jortng. using the bias band again fold cordlon-pleated orrandio. in strips a Und the folded edge whipped over a

proven to be the place of salvation. , •; UB . ° A modern home with four and a halt Uke sUnien *

little over an inch wide . The edges had first beer plcoted. and the material waa then pleated and wound round and round from the center the center being filled with knotted end* of yellow soutached braid to look

Intensive Poultry Farms By Michael K. Boyer

women are buying Chim or .emple skins for piano and ivers. The skirts are pleated

and full, so they go a good ways in ■rking over, and the embroidery on them is lovely. Blue brocade with

and yellow trimmings or yellok

brocade wltn blue and black trir'

ming. work up bet-utifully. bird lover will adore the Chibird cages which are pagoda

'shaped, with yellow wire* ard black

lacquer gold decorated bases.

The

eed ?

red pottery, the i

•ups i

e cag-w are hung with red and black and gold cords with

it is one way to paint out the way success-r-to tell how to do thing) but It Is quite another to prove "Has anybody ever succeeded with poultry?" Is a question that is quently asked.

little g

of the mirror/ Jibe qui

are easily madi

rds and tasi 'i-paraiely and

Said a Mouthful 'Nothing that is fsjae does a > good. ” thundered the orate

i the back, "and they do »t of good "—Boys’ Life.

lu my home town, and only a few minutes’ walk from my pb.ee. then sre four one-man plants, the owner* of each of which are past So yean of age. They are conducting these small farms successfully, and have none so lor quite a number of years. I will refer to them by numbers rather than by name, for they have not given me permission to advertise their

business.

No. 1 had been the superintendent i ! a large stove foundry m Ore West.! ith hundred* of men under him. tn Is occupation he was a success, but

ie strain was more than

and. and for the benefit of both h‘* nd his family’s health the do-tor orI tiered that he remove It) a milder and ie. [more benetirial climate. After making

purchased six ac-e* of

A a small

?. j hut comfortable house, and started Ir I ' farm work. He derrted two acres to poultry, and on the remaining four acres he planted i-each tree*, a/ier re serving a section for a home garden

acres of land were purchased. A few fowels were secured, and the work of attending to them as well cultivation of a small garden, occupied both his mind and body. Gradual! the poultry part increased, until today he owns the largest one-man poultry plant in this section of the countryOne thousand head of stock Is quartered. and the books show that an In come, clear, of five dollar* per day

has been reached.

No. 4 conducted a cigar store In the city of Philadelphia for It meant hard work and long

hour*. Standing behind a counter for an average of fifteen hours a day. and that, too, in a room more or less heavily laden with tobacco smoke, broke down his health, and the physician advised that he give up city life and get out Into the open air of the conn-

Hammonton, with its salt and

pine atmosphere and Its life-giving water, was the chosen locality. This all happened about fifteen years ago. and today b* has the most intensive poult t plant In the town, yielding

hotter Income than that realized be-

hind the counter In the cigar store Then. too. better hours, more congenial worts, pure air, and physical exertion, not only cured his attacks of “nerves” but restored a lost appetite and gave peaceful rest at night. He keeps between 800 and 900 layers,

and his annual profit is $1600. All the above are one-man plants.

The only help these men get is what assistance their wives can give, such

helping to care for the chicks, or

ursorting and packing eggs for ship-

ment

No. 1 conducts purely an egg farm. No. 2 sells table eggs, hatching eggs and breeding stock. No. 3 has mainly an egg farm, and does custom hatching. No. 4 sells table and hatching eggs, breeding stocks and baby chicks No. 1 has two acres devoted to poultry. No. 2 has five acres. No. 7. has four and a half acres. No. 4 has one and a half acre*. Here are living example* (and more could be named) sufficient to provthat there Is a good living In a poultrj plant If a man will personally apply himself to the task, and does not cc. oo expensive a scale. He must the same good business senne necessary In any other line. While all do not succeed Is because not all people are adapted to the work. We all have talents but they do not all point in the same direction. So many tire at the sameness of the work, nnd Is considerable of It In poultry labor. It Is the same thing every da) of the year, no respecter of holidays. The man who can go through all this and not get tired nor discouraged. Is the man who e name will hi enrolled with the successful poultry keepers of this generation.

A Dainty Rose

A button mould covered with organdie and beaded with crystal beads made the center of some lively lltt! wild roses from deep pink organdie which framed the girdle of a paler pink organdie frock. These were fivepetaled roses, the petals made In the simplest way In the world from a bias strip of organdie doubled and shirred in zig zac fashion so that when the shirring was puMed up It sliap4-d the band into little puffed and rounded

petals.

i a very stunning frock of dotted Swiss large white organdie roses were

over with a coarse white merceriz cotton. This rose Is rolled cabba fashion, rather tight in the center a

looser toward the outside.

The sweater rose is crocheted frt wool, and is bunched in corsagtw several roses of different colors, i* easy to crochet a rose. Make chain of eight. Join it Into a loop t this with about ten double erochei and these doable* with five petals four doubles each and a single t tween. This makes a flat rose, whii is backed by a series of five chali of four chain stitches each, from tl middle of each petal to the next. : that when they, are filled with fli doubles each they make a second ro of alternate petals. To make the ro larger, keep on in this fishlon. makir your chains a little larger for eat of petals.

Adequate Wiring At Home

To get the full advantage out electric appliances it is necessaryhave adequate wiring and wall receptacles. For instance, each room in which a vacuum cleaner can and Is used should have an outlet In the w to which the vacuum cleaner can be inched. To take out a lamp socket Is not the best practice. The cheapest time in which to adequately wire the home at the least inconvenience is when the house is first built. The home builder should < fully look after his electric wiring and see that It is adequate. It Is estimated that the ordinary home lor a family of six ought to have at least 21 conveni-

ence outlets.

Why He Went In

■is are cheaper j’* 10 move he pun d added wh- re 'l»nd. upon whitffi

The rommerrlai traveler met Sandy the canny one. emerging from the pooffice. Ah. Sandy!” cried the traveler. “I 1* good to see as prosperou a farmer as yonraelf—not forget of his country! have bi-en in the post office purchase war bonds?" “Nay." said Sandy easily “Oh! Then, perhaps you have pu* little money in the savings banksT” “Nay “Well." said the traveler as a Iasi resort. "I suplKise you have bought s postal order tn send to some poor ae qualntanee?” “Nay. I’ve been In to fill my founds pen ’’—London Idea*.

The Fourth Dimension The fourth dimension is merely a mathemotical speculation. It Is assumed to be the property of matter that should be to solids and solids are to planes. Mathemat'cal investigations are made on the assumption of indefinite number of dimensions.

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American Women Have Prettiest Fee

A well-known French shoe man facturer states that the shoe is th foundation of a woman's ward rob If she is not well shod, it spoils bt appearam e. He says that American women hav the prettiest feet in the world, and a| pociate the value of the low-heel-shoe*. For walking, this manufacture insist*, the low-heeled shoe is the onl permissible. For wear uround th house, be advocate* sandals that hot the feet in shape, yet yield sufflcien.l allow them to rest.

In England no legal formalities a’i necessary for a change of name ! person may change his name ms ofte: a* he likes, provided such change ii not made from fraudulent or Improi -

motives.

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Now Isthe Time toGet Ridof 'I'hese Ugly Spots ! Tht , e' , no longer the slightest need « let ing ashamed ot your freckles, as Othine —do.-Me stn-nglh—is guaranteed to renoir these homely speta | Simply get an ounce of Othine—double strength—from your druggist, and apply J ; little of it night and morning and you . should soon see that e-en the worst freclin ! hate begun to disappear, while the lighteI ones have vanished entirely. It is seldon i that more than one ounce is needed to coniI plrtely clear the skin and gain a beauulul. I clear complexion Be sure mask for the double strength Othine. as this is sold under guarantee ot money back if it fails to remote freckles

A Safe Which Floats

He began the poultry part on a smalt other signal*.

The Netherlands postal service ha* adopted for Its mall steamers a safe that will float if the ship Is wreck"]. It i* protected by electric current, nnd when afloat carries rocket* and

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