The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. =% = g “The C T 1ve your books the protectron of glass. . .Du'df/'ng‘— librariands way pwives o - by Mavion gx%flm& % A desk-shelf for the favored few. OU can uistingulsh your true book- lover from the man who simpty likes books at the first clance—uy .~ the way he hundles them. T'he man who “likes” them wili break the back of the finest edition when e turns the first page, by bending ti. book double, perhaps folding e covers back upon each other; while > our booi- lover will “ease” the book open, yet a complish his task in eboiat tie same time as the other without injuring his book. Books afen’t at all perisnable bits of property, if you treat them properly, Keep them under glass—dust breeds all sorts of little destructive creatures, and an open vookcase shortens the life of your books by half. ‘When you house-clean, take out every book and wipe out the case, going over every inch of it thoroughly with warmn water in which a generous dash of tur- pentine has been put. Dust your books—first librarian’s way then with a dust cloth. “Librarian s way'’' means striking two books .ogether at an open window so that the dust files out. . But do it gently, so as n:t to loosen the backs. Your pet books, of course, are too precious to be.so carefully taken care of—which is a paradox! But you want them where you can put your hand on them—can refer to this passage or that without the bother of unlocking doors. Little single shelves that hoid per- haps a dozen books are to be had in any “finish” wood, or in the plain un- finished wood, ready to be carved or decorated with flyrugraphy. Magazine racks have Deen Improved this year by the addition of metal braces (some are made entirely of metal), which makes it possible to use them for books without the danger of the welght breaking oft the little uprights. Not to leave a book cutdoors over night; not to lay it down upon open leaves; not to lay IS carelessiy where it can slip and break the corners—these would seem unnecessary cautions were it not that every d;; you see a flagrant transgression of these rules, whic! are, after all, the simplest dictates of common sense. Friendly Talks With the Must-Stay-at-Homes PRESERVING BY THE COLD WATER PROCESS ITHOUT going fully into a subject that has been pretty well aired and ted in this de- t touch for a the reasons which moved thoughtful to return to the practice ing and other- les for home ugly facts came into the the course of our discussion canned goods Puzzled Imost im- ho had found e to can certain potably corn, beans and us—were stunned at learn- drugs were freely used by nal carners to keep them gpoiling. Thanks to the published by “commis- ne the late war, we knew Imed for army and e: that pears and quinces owe their ess to embalming pow- s waz a shock and a distress. PLENTY OF ACID FOUND One of our staff of sble chemists result of a singie me as th three tablespoonfuls of nough salicylic acid dult. Yet this is the L mothers feed their hildren! I am told, and I am willing to believe it, that some firms in the canning b ess are not guilty of these nefarious practices. When the result of what some were pleased to term my “crusade against canned goods” was made known, one manu- facturer of these wrote an earnest, manly protest against wholesale denunciation of his craft, and court- ed investigation of his methods. ore the publication of the facts 1 bad gleaned, and after I had esked for formulae for the preser- wation of foods, another man in the same line of business sent me, in all good faith, a prescription warrant- ed to keep the most delicate fruits and vegetables from decomposition for any number of years. One of This is not the time nor have I the ability to consider in all its bearings the startling hypothesis brought forward a couple of years ago, in a conference of physicians, to the effect that the alarming in- crease of kidney disease throughout the United States is due to the ex- tensive use of this same drug through the 1sedium of canned meats, fruits and vegetables. Enough has been said to justify the housemother who looks well after the health of her family in taking the trouble to ’~» her own canning and preserving. And—because fruits ripen and vegetables are tender in the hottest season of the year—it behooves us out of sheer humanity to look first and closely iuto the *cold water process” strenuously advocated by many responsible members of our constituency. The hundreds of thou- sands of the stranger friends who have drawn near to me through Common Sense in the Househpld know the significance of the Mal- tese cross set over against a recipe. It shows that [ have made personal test of that recipe, and know it to be trustworthy. I wish I could draw the Maltese cross above those I am about to give for the abolition of heat in the work of putting up foods for winter use. BEGIN WITH TOMATOES Nevertheless, those whose experi- ence is worth as much as mine, and whose veracity I cannot gquestion, affirm that it can be done, and that while reason and common sense hold the throne, they—the attest- ents—will “can” in no other way. Beginning with tomatoes, as the most useful of our fresh vegetables, select those of medium and uniform size, pack them in ice and leave them thus in the refrigerator ail night. Early in the morning, as soon as there is light enough to show you where and how to move, set a covered pan of water over a gas burner of your stove, and, when the water boils, roll each jar in 1t, transferring it to a pan of cool water deep enough to cover it. Lay the porcelain tops in the water until you are ready for them, and before you fit the rubbers to the necks of the jars dip each into the hot watcr. This is “sterilizing,” and is strongly insisted upon by the advocates of the “process.” FINISHING THE PROCESS Now turn the cold water faucet, and let it run until the stream is very cold. Take enough tomatoes from the ice to fill ene jar, press- ing in closely, but not so hard as to bruise them. Set the jar under the flowing faucet and fill to overflow- ing. Clap on the cover, screw down fast and tirm, and set the jar aside, upside down, whre you till end seal the rest, each time taking out just as many chiiled tomatoes as will fill one jar. It is needless to say that these must be . glass and of the best brand, and that the rubbers must be entirely new and of suffi- cient breadth to bear the rim of the top without the possibility of ad- mitting air. Gooseberries, cherries, lima 'beans, rhubarb and, I am told, pears and peaches may be treated in the same way. Recipes for put- ting cherries and rhubarb in cold water are published this week. When the jars are filled and sealed, pack in boxes of bran or sand, setting them upside down, and keep in a cool place. Our next week’s talk will be upon canning, preserving and pickling in the old way.. HETHER a house Is to be built, purchased or leased, or an apartment rented, the matter of cost is of importance -to the great majorit, and the advice given in "these columns is in- tended to be practical. ‘This question of cost must [® be kept closely in mind in deal- ing with architects and build- ers. While they 4re trained for this work, they are liable to errors of judgment. A marked fmprcvement would soon ep- pear in their designs if archi- tects could be compeiled for a time to occupy the houses which they plan. Then they would desizn no windows that could not easily be opened wide enough for cleaning their out- Srucs comfortably, and also for reach- ing every part of the biinds when dust- ing them. Doors would not open one against another, to their serious detri- ent, damaging furniture, with the risk of hurting persons moving in haste in and out. Whatever one requires when building or buying a house is also desirable, so far us may be possibie to secure it, when one is rentng. In every case, three things stand loremost in impor- tunce: the condition of the roof, the wholesomeness and convenience of the gellar and the character of the plumb- ng. A damp cellar affects the entire house, making an _unwholésome atmosphere throughout the building. Dampness in- varlably unfits it for the numerous uses (0 which a good, dry cellar may be * put. It also deprives the housekecper of an important storing place for trunks, boxes and countlcs articles that might Points for the Home - Maker to Consider When Selecting a New Residence By Miss M. E. Carter always find temporary harbor in a dry cellar, and thus reicve other portions of the house of things tempurarily out of use, awaiting their limes of service. The subject of plumbing would seem to have been thoroughly exploited through pen and voice and law. Never- theless, many house owners are pers sistent’ transgressors of the laws and utterly uncouscionable about the un- sanitary plumbing of the houses which they lease to unwary tenants. There- fore, no ovne, when looking for a house, should decide to make it a home until all the umbing has been scrutinized by a consclentious expert and then pre nounced very good. in the strong st sense of that term applied to plumbing. Amateurs may apply the peppermint test and also examine the cellar trap leading to the street sewer, which is an indispensable feature of thorough house plumbing, and ought to be so construct- ed as to discharge everything unob- structed and With no backward flow, But, after all, it is far better to pay an ‘expert and know for a certainty that the plumbing is immaculate or faulty than to risk broken constitu- tions and doctor's bills. After being convinced that the roof, the cellar and the plumbing are above reproach, it will be werth while to proceed farther and examine other .m- portant parts of the house. Tke kitchen range andi.chimney are exceedingly important, for, howe capable the cook, it is useless to expect good cooking without a, rood range and a good draught. The cook cannot be held responsible “for tardy meals 1or sendiny in Unpatdtable food if com- pelled Lo use a-lauily range, or if sub- jected to the freaks of a defective flue. Her “hedrt may be almost broke over it,” but that will not remedy the de- fects. Moreover, . the family may be serfously inconvenienced and have to live for a time in.a picnic way, or_else go out for meals,” while these safiers are being set right. ate the condition of the lead- if they are sound and clean— ged—and that they deliver the rain water without damage to anything, and that they are large enough to carry during a long and heavy storm with- out overfiowing from the roof and flood- ing all below and even beatiug in the doors. Examine all the chimneys above the roor to be assured that they are firm, with no loose cement or vricks, and in no danger of falling or being blown down. 1f you want open .res and good draughts throughout your house. then you must test every flue as you pass fror: room to room. An open freplace LOOK WELL TO THE DETAILS OF YOUR NEW HOUSE ~-ith attractive tilif¥ by no means as- sures one of a strong draught up & well- constructed flue. On the contrary, one may be woetully disappointed upom making the first attempt at having & blaze on the hearth, wnen, instead of beautiful tlame pennons soaring roaring up the chimneys, choking, blind= ing smoke comes pouring out into the room, compelling unexpected tears even from manly eyes, and making the place untenable until the gmudge is smothersd and all the smoke evaporated. = is this all, for, however well ventil the place may be, nice curtains and d jcate furnishings are afterward found smoke damaged, beyend restoration if not washable; if washable, an extra job is entailed upon tne house laundry, or extra outside laundry expenses depleta the household purse. Those eXpenses could not have been incurred by wary ones, taught through their own experie ence, or Iare:nrned by that ‘:t 'u'!“ Dl.- Beside all this annoyance, some time before the dead old smoke ceases to hang about the place; and, of course, that chimney flue will permit no open fire upon the hearth the: un- til its fault has been remedied. You may congrajulate yourself if it omly needs cled g instead of examination by an expert, and then recomstructios to be followed by an appalling bill o expense. Indeed, there are some defect jye fiues in expensive nouses that defy every effort made to remedy them even regardless of the cost. There but one way in which they can ever be made to/ draw—that they do continu- ously upon your bank account—so long 2s experiments are being made upom them to improve their construction. Copyright, 135, by A, S. Barnes & Ca. THE HOUSEWIVES IN WEEKLY COUNCIL WITH MARION HARLAND height of the early fruit seasonm, comes the long-coveted recipe for patting up the smaller fruits i cold water. | am glad to get it, but | wish our Big Brother had added a trust- worthy formuis for Keeping ripe to- matoes in the same way. With the memory of iy own il fortune with these, after following to the letter—even 10 the crossing of every “t”’ and the dot- ting of every “i"—the directions given by one who claimed to know all about the process—l hesitate to recommend others to make the experiment until [ have further and wel henticated in- formation. 1 thank A Bachelor” for coming us s0 nobly to the help of my perplexe self and of clamoring correspondents who could no langer be put off with promises “to publish as soon as'— J‘US'P in the nick of time, and at the Clever kecipes Sent by a Man 1 am often amused ai the doubt ex- pressed concerning preserving {ruits and vegetables -by the cold water process, wnd can state positively from experience . that it is a great success in the case of riwubarb and ple cherries—both of which our household enjoys every winter in pies, puddings and stewed. At present writing we have one quart jar of rhu- barb preserved in this way last spring, which retains its fresh pink color; and [ am sure a better fHavor than the fresh article offered for sale in the markets at this time. Recipe. Obtgin fresh, tender ~rhubarb, wash clean, cut in required siz¢, pack in jars, without removiug skin (as it adds both to_flavor and color), cover with clear cold water—spring water preferred, but not ice water—gut new, wirde rubbers on Jars, then the Md. Cover the jars with pér to exclude light, and set s:rk, cool closet until desired for- _ Recipe for Pie Cherried, i PO SO ishing how solid and fresh cherries will dings all winter.—A amw?mmp phia). in a use. BY WHAT M_ANS DID OUR CELI- bate benefactor obtain exact knowledge upon this subject, and in what school dic_he learn to write recipes? And— how does he reconcile to his conscience the manifcst fault of cheating some ‘worthy woman out of such a busband as he would make? To Cure an Earache UL little boy suffered all one night with carache, We tried every A remedy we knew; nothing re- lieved him. Finally [ thought I would put a drop of oil of peppermint on some cotton and put that in his ear. In five minutes he was asleep (so was 1), and ne has never had earache since.—Mrs. M. P. M. (Hammond, Ind.). A FEW DROPS OF LAUDANUM, heated slightly, with thc same quantity of sweet oil, is aisv an almost sure cure for earache. should be dropped into the ear, carefully, and plugged in with cotton. Baby Clothes ‘WO subjects are to me like red flags —bables’ baby clothes and ser- vants. Bables and servants are like the little catechism students. One had arrived at ‘'o 1 sin,” the other was ‘“beyond redemption.” 1 have served both fuor twenty-eight years. No two bables are any more alike inside than outside. with each as best reason; then low! ’s trouble coming to both of you. As to cloth no woman Wi es and feeds nn has contin care of a squirm- ing baby wi ulrlnshg‘:rlnfluo! bags, ‘all_on 'one string. ke first, al e 27 inches from neck ‘Whe! creeps, tuck up m??fi'ann !n_o m::: is m:fl_ With compliments and logles.—Mil- ler (Chicago). THIS IS WHAT QUR >4 youths call “hot stuff.” But there is reason as well as in _what our woman of experience and m says. No two children are any 3 -than two leaves In the forest. To raise a child by a set of cast-iron rules is to check individual develop- ment. To allow individual develop- ment full liberty is to ruin the child body and soul, unless a miracle of prov- idential mercy save him from himself. Yet three-fifths ot our bachelors never concern themselves in the selection of wives with thoughts ad to the kind of motuers they would make, and if the other two-fifths were consulted upon the same subject they would confess to an impression that a woman may be a fool, yet bring up chilaren well! Candied Orange Peel O M .NY good things come through you to me 1 want to add my word about the candicd orange peel. few know of It us a delighttul confec- tion (as well as a useful article for the pantry) that 1 hope to bring it to a trial with candy Jovers. The fibré is removed with ease if the peel is carefully turned inside out and the peel clipped with scissors into long, narrow strips. Do not remove white of rind. I bring it to boil in three cold waters, boiling two minutes in last Put it into the thick syrup,which ‘will boil up thin. Boil slowly until very thick. and the peel will take it all up un- less too much syrup is made. Lift with two 'forks or a perforatec spoon into granulated sugar and roll, us'ng plenty of sugar. There should be no syrup left, and surplus sugar, if there be any, can be used for syrup next time. The peel will be ready for use In a few hours, when it hardens, and is delicious, no matter how old or dry. This latter only hnlpgqn when it is kept out of sight! ‘With other lovely home-made candies it is_usually the first chosen. Here is another good candy rectpe: Two cups of medium brown sugar, One cup of English walnuts—uncut, One-half cup of cream or milk. Butter size of walnut. Qne-half teaspconful of salt. One-half teaspoonful of vanilla. ‘Boil until-it hardens in ice water; cool :Ilnsmly; stir until it clouds; add nuts turn out on buttered tin or paper. —Mrs. T. H. 8. (Minneapolis). momm-rnoor OF THE ~BUT illingness of our Minneapolis contin-’ :enttodnuotun things they possess in abundance, and of how good these things arel Give Him Plenty of Fresh dir HAVE a dear lttle toddler of 13 rather and he catches cold easily. him out without covering his face be will toss and tumbie all ¢ long. 1t is such a constant worry all the time, and if I could find anything to make him stronger, you can realize how glad- Iy I wouid weicome it. I can tell the Now, ‘there 13 one thing I ca n_return for plea-ure end profit I recelved. Some time ago I noticed a request for an eye lotion. This is excellent for tired eyes, and a positive cure for that dis- ni-;u-in; soreness and scaliness of the One teaspoonful of Epsom salts, dis- solved in a tumblerful of rain water that has been boiled; let it stand until cold and apply frequently. A remedy, but effective. I should be happy to think it would be of benefit to some of the friends.—A New One (Richmond, LET THE TODDLE.: TODDLE IN the open air, from morn to dewy bring him In before the grass is wel waiting in the morning until the is well-dried before turning him & See that he nas all the will take, and nourishing, simple and rise superior to the temptation show him off as a bright baby. Let him vegetate for a year, or rather lead life of a well-f well-lodged little ani- mal, leaving the intellectual part of him s f!gg; § to develop naturally and slowly. Mas- sage him once a week all over with alco- Pl rub) it I s~ that none remains on the ‘The main thing, however, is the r treatment. It will bring up the s will