The Ralston Independent (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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RALSTON. OKLA.. INDEPENDENT
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FKETTY WORK BASKET
RECEPTACLE WHICH MAY BE
MADE FROM SCRAPS.
“HIKING” SUIT
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—solved once
for all by Calumet.
For dally use In millions of kitchens has
proved that Calumet is highest not only in
vitality but in leavening power as well—un-
failing in results—pure to the extreme—and
wonderfully economical in use. Ask your
grocer. And try Calumet next bake day.
Received Highest Awards
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March.
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Cretonne or Art Ticking Should Be
Employed In Ita Manufacture—
Directions for Neat and
Serviceable Sewing Bag.
It will not be very long before a
work basket suitable for holding sew-
ing materials will be wanted for porch
or lawn use. so I am illustrating today
a very pretty and practical receptacle
that can be made at horn 3 from a
short remnant of cretonne or art tick-
ing, writes Helen Howe in the Wash-
ington Post. Half a yard will be am-
ple If one muBt buy goods. In all
probability there will be scraps avail-
able for the purpose on hand.
The foundation of the sewing basket
is a cardboard box about nine inches
square and three or four inches high.
These can be had for the asking at any
small dry goods store. The outside Is
entirely covered with the chosen ma-
terial, carefully pasting it down, and
then the same is done upon the inside,
but not necessarily with the same
goods. The basket is fitted upon two
sides with pockets drawn up on nar-
row elastic to hold thread, thimble
and other odds and ends, while little
bolsterlike pincushions are sewed to
the opposite sides. Lastly, a high
handle about one and one-half Inches
wide is cut from strong cardboard
and covered with the cretonne. A
couple of good paper fasteners will
secure the handle to the basket. If
the handle Is made quite high it will
conveniently carry over the arm. The
sewing on hand can be folded and
placed in the bottom of the basket.
This is a very dainty afTalr, even
though it la homemade, and should
add to tho attractive picture a pretty
girl always makes when occupied In
sewing.
More prosaic, hut Just as useful, is
a sewing bag of cretonne. This is
Just an ordinary bag, made any de-
sired size, but instead of finishing the
top with a drawstring, it is hemmed
over an oval embroidery loop. This
kind of bag is convenient in that it
can be rolled up or twisted around
without Injury. A thick cord makes
the best kind of handles, if any at all
are thought necessary.
To my thinking this style of hag Is
good for soiled linen; the mouth be-
Worklng a Ship to Death.
A curious Instance of a craft being
worked to death is reported from Bal-
timore, where the schooner Johnnie
Green was seized for claims by the
crew-. There was due the six men the
sum of $193.30, which under normal
conditions might be raised by a mort-
gage on the boat. “But she's got
enough mortgages on her now to sink
her," said Captain White, “and I
could not borrow another cent. There’s
$700 or $800 lent on her already."
When told that the Johnnie Green
was forty-two years old, and had been
In the bay service all of that time,
Marshal Stockham was ready to be-
lieve that no more money could be bor-
rowed on her. He ordered her taken
in charge and a watchman put aboard.
—Nautical Gazette.
Birds Sing With Children.
At nursling infant schools, South-
ampton, England, a pair of robins have
built their nest in the beams two years
in succession. The old birds went tw
and fro through the windows to feed
the five young ones, who, when they
were old enough, would perch on the
children's shoulders The male bird
Invariably Joined in the children’s
school songs, concluding his Binging
when the piano stopped. A whole
aviary of canaries has been kept for
years at Sunninghill infant Bchool, and
these birds sing when the children are
Binging, and are silent during the oth-
er lessons.
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Incompatible Tastes.
“You say this pugilist is a great
lover of poetry?”
“That's what I said.”
“But Isn’t it rather unusual for a
man in his profession to care for the
finer things of life?"
“It Is, and I suspect that’s why he’s
always getting trounced.”
Vree to Our Readers
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, fat
48-page Illustrated Eye Book Free. Write aU
about your Eye Trouble and they will advise
as to the Proper Application of the Murine
Eye Remedies In Your Special Case. Your
Druggist will tell you that Murine Relieves
Bore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't
Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sella for 60c.
Try It In Your Eyes and In Baby's Eye* for
Scaly Eyelid* aud Granulation. Adv.
That Mental Vacuum.
Judge—You have formed no opin-
ion?
Talesman—No, sir; I was on the
jury the last time the case was tried.
The chap who never had to earn his
dally bread by the sweat of his brow
doesn’t realize what a good time he
is having.
Important to Nlothara
Examine carefully every bottle Ot
CASTOHI A, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over SO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Caitoria
No man Is in business for himself
if he is married.
Smile, smile, beautiful clear whit*
clothe*. Red Cro*» Ball Blue, American
mads, therefore beat. All grocer*. Adv.
One aong In the heart is better than
two in the uext flat
Suffragist’s “Hiking” or Cross Country
Walking Costume. The coat is of
brown velvet, knickers are whipcord
hunting cloth, cape skirt; velveteen
showerproof hat, flannel shirt, golf
stockings; hiking boots, partially
waterproof. The Rucksack, car-
ried easily on the back, carries night-
gown, toilet articles, and few neces-
sities for the pedestrian.
of these, or more as liked, 1b agitated
in the warm water until it looks a
little thick and milky.
Oatmeal used in this way makes
a specially delightful bath, definitely
whitening to the skin after a while
and imparting to it a satin softness
and the most subtle fragrance. The
bran is a shade less useful, but a bath
with it leaves the sense of delicious
cleanliness.
For whitening and softening the
face skin, boll two ounces of pearl bar-
ley in a quart of water, strain and
after taking ofT the soil apply this to
the flesh with little pattings and sous-
ings as if tho skin were being rinBed.
Barley water, perfumed with many
different scents, was one of the most
prized cosmetics of the belles of the
long ago, and many a quaint old letter
tells of its use. It is still thought
valuable enough to be included in the
list of the beautiflers of today.
Work Basket.
ing large makes it much more con-
venient for use than the drawstring.
The bottom of the bag should be left
open and one side cut longer than
the other, say about six Inches or so.
This flap is hemmed and worked with
four button-holes to correspond with
four buttons sewed to the bag. To
empty the contents release the but-
tons.
All children love bright colors, and
any one of them will appreciate a
school bag of pretty cretonne. This is
a suggestion for using up an odd piece
on hand. Make the hag In envelope
shape, binding all the edges close
with button and loop. Instead of
sewing handles to the bag, which the
weight of the books may pull out, buy
a flve-cent pair of small leather
straps and catch In place at the bot-
tom of the bag through loops, Just
to keep them from becoming mislaid.
BATH AS AID TO BEAUTY
Various Preparations That Add to the
Pleasure and Usefulness of
“tho Tub.”
Lives there a woman who does not
want a luxurious bath with something
in it that leaves the skin soft. Bmoot
white and scented? If so. she makes
a great mistake, for there Is nothing
more potent for beauty purposes than
the all over warm bath. When It has
something sweet In It—something you
know Is going to Improve your looks—
it acts like a charm, for both the
senses and the Imagination count
with beautifying tricks.
Common oatmeal, the coarse, cheap
sort that Is bought In bulk, and bran
are materials any home that Is not In
the wilderness can have and with the
use of either one of these a hath that
Is reviving to both looks and nerves
can be had for less than five cents.
Either medium Is put In a cheesecloth
bag four or six inches square, the fill-
ing rattier loose thau packed, and one
Fellow Feeling.
Fllmmer—Just think of the poor
fellows in the trenches.
Flamson—I know liow to sympathize
with them.
"Were you ever in the army?”
"No; but I used to dig sewers.”
Fly in the Ointment.
Her—l)o you enjoy Wagner’s music?
Him—1 probably would but for one
thing.
Her—And that?
Him—It's so noisy one can’t hear it.
The nearest approach to a modern
miracle is a street car that hasn’t
room for another passenger.
WOMEN HONORED'FOR VALOR
France Has Always Been In the Lead
in Recognizing the Services of
the Fair Sex.
Seldom in the world's history hav#
women been decorated for valor on the
battlefield, for the simple reason that
opportunities for deeds which would
earn them such decorations are very
few. Nevertheless, instances can bo
found, and nowhere more than in
France, where the heroic woman has
little to complain of as regards public
recognition of her services.
Siuce Napoleon founded the Cross
of the Legion of Honor on May 19,
1802, probably a score or more wom-
en have been decorated for personal
bravery in warfare, but unfortunately
only one or two of their names have
been preserved, as the palace of the
Legion d’Honneur was burned during
the commune and all records were de-
stroyed.
Napoleon decorated at least seven
women for valor. The chief of these
was Anne liiget (Soeur Marthe), who
was a sister of mercy, and earned the
Cross of Legion of Honor for her de-
votion to the sick and wounded, in the
care of whom she risked her life con-
stantly. The other women on whom
Napoleon bestowed the cross were
disciples of Joan of Arc, who shared
the perils and hardships of their men
folk, enlisting and fighting gallantly.
Another woman earned the decora-
tion for valor when France was fight-
ing Germany in 1870. Mile. Dodu, a
postmistress at Pitlivlers, a village
which had fallen into the hands of the
invaders, destroyed a message which
slio had been ordered to transmit. For
tills she was court-martialed by the
Germans and condemned to death. On
tlie arrival or l’rince Frederick, how-
ever, she was released, the prince him-
self complimenting her on her courage.
Revenge is a boomerang that often
reurns to the thrower and puts him in
the hospital.
The charity that begins at home
usually travels in a circle—the family
circle.—Deseret News.
He is an exceptional man who
knows more than he thinks he knows.
—Omaha World-Herald.
It’s
stand
a strong
a loan.
friendship that can
*4.
SOME TIPS THAT ARE TIMELY
To Do Away With Rough Edges In
Buttonholing—Easy Way of Mak-
ing Hole* In Whalebone.
It is annoying to have the edges
slightly rough when the nice button-
holing on your work is cut ouL One
good way to remedy this is to dip it in
thin raw starch, then dry, sprinkle,
iron and cut out carefully along the
embroidered edges.
And here’s another tip.
Should an embroidered or crocheted
edge centerpiece raise in the middle,
wash It, and when ironed start direct-
ly in the center and iron to the edge.
It will, if carefully done, remain per-
fectly flat.
If you want to bead, cut or even
make holes in whalebones It may be
easily done if they are soaked for ten
or fifteen minutes in hot water. TheD
they may be twisted Into any shape,
tied and when dry they will retain the
position desired.
Old silk is the nicest thing to dust
with; it makes thlngB shine and leaves
no lint behind. It is also excellent to
use when cleaning windows and mir-
rors.
Wired Lacs Sleeves.
The silhouette of the crinoline Is re-
peated again and again In the cos
tume. and one of its latest phrases is
the wired lace sleeve. This is a tiny
wired lace ruffle, porlmps three inches
wide and very full, stiff and spreading
around the lower edge, which Ul
gathered Into the armholes above a
tiny puff of chiffon or tulle.
New Handkerchiefs.
A new handkerchief Bhowa a ruffle
about on Inch wide, of violet tulle, as
an edging. The center is of very sheer
linen and the ruffle 1b very soft and
full, and the little handkerchief Is de-
cidedly fluffy and dainty.
Much In demand will be the button!
of brass, sliver and steel.
Big Jobs
—are gained largely by doing common tasks
uncommonly well.
But—to do unusually good work of any kind,
fitness of body and mind are required.
Food plays a big part in this matter—food that
contains true nourishment And true nourishment
be it remembered—must include certain important
elements which unfortunately are often lacking in the
ordinary dietary—especially in white bread. These
elements are phosphorus, iron, lime, sulphur, etc.,
stored by Nature in her field grains, and absolutely
necessary for building strong, vigorous bodies and
active brains.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
—made of choice wheat and malted barley, affords all
the nutriment of these grains, including these important
mineral elements, in form for easy, quick digestion.
Grape-Nuts food is always fresh, crisp, sweet and
ready to eat—with cream or milk.
Thousands have found that a ration of Grape-
Nuts each day makes for real progress towards the
bigger things of life.
“There’s a Reason”
—sold by Grocers everywhere
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