Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1923, Page 20

Thoughts ON “DOWN AND NOT OUT.” VER lie flat on your back and E think it over? It is good for you, whether you lie under your automobile or out on a grassy hill-top under the skies, It gets the blood out of your head; it distributes the lymph more even- ly; it gives you enlarged vision; it takes the conceit out of you, especial- ly if it be under the automobile re- ferred to. And if something happens to put you flat on your back—oh! the good it does you! It teaches you what your weaknesses are; develop just where the crick in your anatomy is located; teaches you to be humble. And you jump up ready to make a new start and a better one than ever before. Down! But not out! That's the position I am talking about. You have been going along pretty well up- right on your feet. Something floors you. Pride goeth down with you, as saith the Scripture. You are flat on your back and taking the count. In that brief time you have leisure, untold, for thinking over when, how and where you received the punch that put you to the mat. You can, recumbently, size up the individual whose feet you perceive to bo finally on a level with his head. What a chance to look the thing that floored you fair in the face. If it be extrav- agance, you see its foolish features. If it’ be dissipation, you feel its hot breath, disgustingly. If it be lust, you hear its ribald laughter. If it be negligence, you see its slothful habit. If it be sin, you turn away from its loathsome face. Never before did you see just what you were fighting. Now, at last, you seé it as it really is. Help me up! Give mea hand. I know the. chap that gave me the puttch, He is weaker than I am. I know, now, where to strike him and strike to win. I'm none the worse for having been flat on my back, but rather am I better—having been far from perfect, hitherto, So! Get up! Go to it! not licked. Fact is you are a lot stronger than before you went to earth, Nobody can whip you, except yourself. The world is fuil of folks who would help you, if you needed it, but you don’t. If you were any man before you went down, you are a better man now. Here is your mot- to: “Look up, not down; look for- ward, not back; lend a hand.” When you are standing up again with the dawnof the new day in your face, pass on the word. And perhaps, in the newer life you will like to go out on the hills and lie flat on your back just for fun, and for the sake of the analogies. You will see a lot—birds in the tree, clouds in the skies, sun in the heay- ens, hope in the future. And all you will for is someone to brush off your back with the promise to your soul that henceforth it shall ever be kept clean, You are vogue and one can not have too many of them: These come in all designs, with sleeves or without, some with ribbon straps and some with crocheted. bands. The latest fad is to crochet a yoke with your birthday flower in it. Some in- Cover yokes are always in genious person has worked this idea out and has named them birthday yokes. The flowers for cach month are as follows: January, snowdrop; February, primrose; March, violet; April, daisy; May, hawthorne; June, honeysuckle; July, water lly; Au- gust, poppy; September, morning glory; October, cosmos; November, chrysanthemum;. December, holly. Quite a fascinating idea, don’t you think? About one-half of the pattern is given and -the sections marked A should be extended the desired length before the back is crocheted (the Hints to Help the Housewife VERY satisfactory support for A one end of the froning board can be made by screwing a Shelf to the kitchen wall, This can be hinged, to keep it out of the way when not in use, and will be a neyer- failing comfort to the housekeeper. Shelves across the bathroom win- dow make an ideal place for plants. The warmth and steam will work miracles, and the more baths the family indulges in the better will be the plants, Get several embroidery hoops— different sizes—and stretch white netting in them. They will be fine for covering dishes containing food that must be cooled before putting away. Next time you wash thin materials try using one tablespoonful of pow- dered borax to one gallon of water in The Quaint Old-Fashioned Sampler Has Come Back PLENDID—the day of samplers S is again with us! Old ladies are making’them for the sheer joy of repeating childhood work; the present generation is working upon the quaint things for the decorative effect they will give a Colonial room, and mothers are taking great pride and pleasure in instructing small folk so that they may keep the sampler and in turn shows it to their children and hand it down to their children’s children. Itis a good thing fora child to be taught all kinds of sew- ing. True, the ‘most decorative samplers are usually fashioned of cross-stitch, but several kinds of stitches can really be introduced and look fetching. In the very center of a sampler there might be a gay little flower in solid stitch. I would suggest that a medium-sized mesh cream scrim should be used for the sampler, and that the sampler entire should be of a good size for framing, say 12 by 14 inches. The frame should be a half- inch Colonial mahogany molding, Wools will be much more effective than silk or cotton for the embroid- ery, although either of the latter can be used very nicely. Letters and Numbers, Of course, even the sampler made by moderns must have the alphabet upon it, and a further requisite are numbers up to 10. Then, there is the date upon which the sampler is be- gun and the date when finished—I Macaroons, One cup almond paste, one cup powdered sugar, three egg whites, one-fourth teaspoon almond extract Mix almond ke meal. time and s Add one og paste and mix thoroug' blended, shape on buttere When mediately, 1 little wonder how far apart the dates of the average modern sampler will be! Very likely not so long as a pessimist might prophesy—for, let me tell you, making a sampler is fascinating work, and this new vogue for the old sampler is one which those who know art needlework, and at the same time a bit of human psychoivgy, think, will last a good time, This duration of the fad—for fad we must admit that it is—is, of course, due to the enduring decorative quality of the work, Endeayor to do any additional work aside from the numbers and alphabet and the name of the worker and the date of beginning and ending of the work, in as quaint patterns and as old-fashioned color combination as. you can find. I would advice putting @ quaint lttle cross-stitch or basted border of wool about the scrim. This border should come just about a quarter-inch away from tho frame, When completed, whether by a child or just by some oldster who likes the quaintness of samplers, the framed creation should be a very definite ad- dition to the attractiveness of a room, Quaint Designs. In talking of the revival of the old- fashioned sampler the other day, one enthusiastic woman asked me what designs I thought were sufficiently quaint for the purpose, She was not near enough to a library or a mu- seum where she could directly copy @ sampler. I think that if such a sampler can be copied that is more interesting than creating one of one’s own, Of course one’s own name, or the name of the child whom one is teaching to make the sampler, should be substituted for that of the quaint lady who made the original long ago, and the dates of beginning and finishing the work should be changed to record facts. As for de- signs, well, there are any number of suitably quaint cross-stitch designs one can find in modern publications, and some of the colorings in which, these are quaint. displayed are equally the last rinsing. The clothes will jron easier and will be stiff, without being clouded. back-is a duplicate of the front.) The sections marked B form the under part of the narrow sleeve, and they, too, should be extended until the sleeve is the correct width. If, however, you prefer a Jess com- plicated pattern, omit the sleeves. Take a pencil and darken the two Keep a felt blackboard eraser to polish your gas stove. After the stove has been washed, rub it well When you find a large tear in theewith the eraser dipped in kerosene, knee of your boy’s stocking, wet the torn spot, then lay over some flat surface where it will dry quickiy. Pull the fabric together while still wet, trying to bring it back to its original shape. You will be surprised to find the hole much smaller than at first and the darning quite a simple matter. Darn as soon as dry, To keep your crochet hooks from making holes in your workbag, fit a cork into a colored celluloid thimble and stick the ends of the hooks into the cork. The thimble can be chosen to match the bag in color. Spiral bedsprings are not easy to clean, but they will be easier if you soak a dish mop in oil and twist it inside of each spiral. If your flower bowl “sweats” un- Gerneath because it is too porous paint it with two coats of white shel- lac. and you will be pleased with the re- sult. It is hardly necessary to re- mind any housekeeper that there should be no fire in the stove. Empty the right-hand drawer of your sewing machine, pull the draw- y gooogoougG (Courtesy Premapetenta Rzcow.) B. rows that are dotted and cut off the sides of the pattern and you will have a very pretty yoke, The unique pattern shown here may be madé up with sleeves or with- out. Use fine cotton for these yokes, and if the opening at the neck is too large add an insertion and edging. A cotton that will crochet about nine or ten blocks will make a yoke of an average size, The remaining two designs are pan- els which my prove useful when you are making various pieces of house- hold linen. er out a few inches and as you sew drop all seam trimmings, scraps and basting threads into the drawer. ‘When you are done sewing it will not be necessary for you to sweep the floor. . A time-saver when renewing the Paper on pantry shelves, lay several thicknesses, then when soiled the upper sheet can readily be removed and you have the clean sheet under- neath. To transfer a dress embroidery pattern to dark material, baste pat- tern onto material, puncture tiny pin holes along the lines of the design and rub over with soft chalk or pow- der. Remove paper and trace with a soft chalk pencil, Choosing ‘Drapes’ for the College Girl’s Room OT long ago, well, it might have N been last Fall, I heard some college girls ‘alking about the furnishings for their rooms. One said: “Nothing fussy, but something awfully good-looking. Class, you know, but with some pep to it. Some- thing that won't fade, string out or show the dirt; something that. will stand the strain of being borrowed for stage props and a hundred and one other purposes.” No doubt tiis sounded like a large order, but I am sure that the follow- ing articles will pass muster: A material such as a heavy smart- ly-woven monk’s cloth should be used for all pieces. A soft neutral gray tan in color and will fringe Beautifully. It also offers an ideal background for cross-stitch in em- broidery wool of warm pleasant col- orings, red and blue here predom- inating, with touches of green and yellow. The design is rather a large cross and is quickly done. Myra Wiene is shown doing a jack-knife, Protes Copy ghr ty Woderwood DIVES THAT THRILLED DURING THE PAST SEASON, and Miss Wiene and Charlotte Trovial are exploiting the latest diye, the Underwood & Underwood. com'yation, The design is done over “four Squares” of material. Be sure to lay all the top threads in one direction as you~ work. By using threads of the material you can make invisible hems and the hem will be held in place by cross stitches taken in each square of the material. When raveling your edges for fringe save the threads. I would advise you to stitch along all the raw edges by ma- chine before fringing or hemming, because, as you no doubt know, this material ravels very easily. The stitching keeps it firm and shapely. “ Paper pattern designs may be pur- chased at any of the stores, The set for the room consists ofa couch cover, dress coyer, screen panel, tea-table cover, cushion for the couch and hangings for the win- dow, As the material is only 50 inches wide, an extra half-breadth must be added, which will make. a coyer which will hang to the floor on each side. If you are going to place your couch against the wall a single breadth of material will answer. Fringe it on the three sides and put the selvedge on the wall edge, Cross-stitch bands should be work- ed so as to form a frame on the top of the couch and extend to the edge of the cover after crossing at the cor- ners, in this way concealing the join- ing of the extra width for the large cover, As the wall or selyedge will be coy- ered with an assortment of cushions, it is not necessary to embroider it. The dresser scarf should be fringed, and hem the square tea cloth before cross-stitching the bor- ders, ‘The placing of the borders on the Screen panels will be determined by their height, and separate motifs can be arranged to sult your fancy or omitted entirely, A solid block of gay wool motit fills the center and makes a stunning pillow for any room, Don’t Throw Away Old Stockings (OUGH I am no believer in the “economy” of wearing stock- ings till they are practically one vast darn, I never throw my dis- carded pairs away, as I find I can put even the flimsiest pair of lad- dered artificial bilk to some use. These very silk stockings, useless for wear, can be cut up into the duckiest little “knitted” garments for dolis. There are always a few per- fectly good portions left, from which you can make little sporting skirts and jumpers, and sometimes the toe, if not darned, is a ready-made cap, it you just hem the edge, turn it up, and add a silk pompom to the top. Lisle- thread stockings of bright colors can be put to the same use, and white ones make nice underwear, There is no need to cut out the garments elaborately. The simplest magyar shapes are the best, with narrow elastic run at the waist, when neces- sary. Almost any old stockings, thin as well as thick, make splendid floor- cloths, brass polishers, and furniture cloths if you will go to the small trouble of opening them out, cutting off the feet, and joining them togeth- er with rough stitches in strong crewel silk or wool. Keep fine stockings for polishing and thick ones for floor-cloths. Two or three quilted together will make a good kitchen kettle-holder or oven-cloth, and a stout woolen stocking can be turned into a “coal-glove” if yourcut it off above the ankle and buttonhole the edge. It is quite unnecessary to buy spe- cial boot and shoe polishers if you keep your worn brown and black stockings and make cloths out of them in the way I have described. Keep black for black shoes and brown for tan ones, and discard the cloths as soon as they get dirty. You will always have a fresh supply for nothing, if you make a point of sav- ing your stockings, Keep ‘a Ful! Cookie Jar for the Kiddies Molasses Cookies, Three-quarters cup molasses, one- fourth cup sugar, half a cup sour milk, half a cup melted shortening— beef drippings or chicken fat can be used—one rounding teaspoon soda, one level teaspoon each of salt, cin~ namon and ginger. Put molasses, sugar, sour milk, soda and spices to- gether and beat with egg beater un- til foamy; then add shortening and flour to make stiff enough to mold. Roll one-fourth inch thick and bake in a hot oven. This makes about three dozen medium size cookies. Oatmeal Cookies, ‘Two eggs, one cup sugar, half a cup shortening, half a cup milk, two cups rolled oats, two scant cups flour with two teaspoons baking powder, half teaspoon cinnamon, half cup raisins, Drop on greasy pan. A lit- tle sugar and cinnamon mixed and sprinkled on top when they are baked makes them cven better. Bake until quite brown. Rocks. , One and one-half cups of sugar, half acup of butter; cream. Add three eggs well-beaten, three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda in a tablespeonfui cf hot water, one pound of dates cut in small pieces, three- quarters pound of shelled walnuts (one and a half pounds in shell), one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of allspice. Break the nuts in large pieces and cut the dates about the size of raisins. Drop this stiff dough from a spoon on but- tered tins in the size of walnuts. Bake in a slow oven. Democracy Cookies, One scant cup lard and butter, ond cup sugar, two eggs well beaten, two tablespoons sweet milk, two and a half cups rolled oats put through grinder, two cups wheat flour, one teaspoon sode, one cup raisins, one and a half teaspoons vanilla, Mix oats and flour, then roll into small pats between the palms of the hands, using flour to prevent sticking, Bake in fairly moderate oven, Doughnuts, One cup sour milk, one cup sugar, One teaspoon cream tartar, one te» spoon soda, one cgg, one tablespoon shortening, one cup white corn flour, one cup corn starch. Nutmeg and cinnamon to taste. Salt, White flour to roll out, Milk and Butter Cakes, Take three-fourths pound flour, half pound butter, half pound sugar and one teaspoon grated nutmeg. Cut up the butter in the flour. Add tho Sugar and spices by degrees, Stir in as much milk as will make a dough. Knead it well, roll it out in sheets, cut in cakes. Butter four tins, lay the cakes on so as nu‘ to touch and bake in a moderate oven,