siting Layer cling Filling.
khan it comes to making filling,
ayer cakes. perhaps
.. 8- out of 10. chocolate filling is the
decided upon Now. chocolate
i he is good—very good—find,
at. Very one is fond of it: but
We a pity to use it so frequently,
be exclusion of . the dozens 01‘
fillings which would provide
W: and many of which certainly
us1; as easy to make and no more
0 than the chocolate.
are one of the best fillings.
which is sure to please the
3 mike. .is a marshmallow filling.
the Pictorial Review This can
11 either for a white or a dark‘
:Trylit some day on a dark
late cake. baked in layers. or.
‘ between the layers of an old-l
'lih 'edfsuice cake.
rehtnallow lli‘iilingwli‘ive tea-
WEN!!! of powdered gum arable one
1 cold water. one cup of puiv eriz-
on sugar white of one egg, one half
boon of vanilla extract.
masolve the gum arable in the
Add the sugar and cook over
' antic heat until thick enough to
arm a soft ball between the fingers
as little is dropped into cold wa-
Whon'this stage is reached, pour
beillng mixture over the beaten
«vii tool the egg. Add the flavoring,
dud‘i‘s'p‘read betWeen the layers of
oaks. using a knife dipped into hot
' watér to spread it smoothly.
Raisin Filling-«One cup of crann-
sled: sugar. four tablespoons of w-a
or,“,white of one egg. two thirds cup
, of seeded raisins a low drops of al-
f’faond flavoring
_ j Boll the sugar and water until it
threads; then pour' this syrup oven
"illo'?'stilfly beaten egg white. -Beat'
untlilthiclr. Cut the raisins line with
scissorsado not chop. Add them to
the mixture and then the flavoring
last of all. Best until thick.
Almond Cream Filling—~0ne cup 01’
ed sugar. one cup of blanched al-
monds. a few drops of rose w.ater
Beat the cream to a stiff froth. Adi
the sugar. which has been carefully
sifted to break up any possible lumpi-
ess., Add also the rose water and
the finely chopped almonds. 'Blend
all smoothly together and spread
thickly between the cake layers This
is a filling which must be prepared at
the last moment before serving 0w
ing to the richness of the cream it
makes a filling particularly well to
dupted to a plain sponge layer cake.
llawaiian Filling-One cup of gran-
ulated sugar, one can of grated pine-
apple, white of one egg. ‘
lPut the sugar into a saucepan, with
four tablespoonfuis of the Juice from
the pineapple. Cook this until it
threads. in the meantime drain all
the remaining liquid possible away
train the pineapple and also beat the
white of the egg stiff. Pour the boil-
ing syrup over the white of the egg.
beating while pouring. Continue to
beat until thick; then add the drained
fruit.
Prune Almond Filling—One third
Cup of almonds. white (If one egg, one
third cup of water, one half cup of
prunes. one cup of sugar.
Boil the sugar and water together
to the “soft hail" stage. Pour the'
syrup thus made over the white of
the egg, v'vhich has been previously
beaten until light Beat all the time
the hot syrup is being poured over the
egg. When commencing to stiffen,
add the prunes which have been
cooked soft, stoned and cut into small
pieces. Add also thaalmonds, blanch
ed, and chopped fine. When the fill«
ing is cold spread between the lay-
ers of cake, ‘I
l Blouses of Coming Spring.
l Probably the woman who does not‘
care for~tho satin and silk weaves in
in 59‘9“ heavy cream, one half cup of powder» summer will take llp‘flgured Crepe do
chine and cotton crepe. This new
lweave is qutie soft and it (loos not
need stolen and it should not be
iro nod . *_
Here and there the blouse of corn
crepe with colored geometrical figures
goes well with a. linen coat sult."hut
the occasions for wearing tilts are
rare and the artistic taste of the
wearer must be well established.
More tolerance may be given to the
idea or using figured chiffon cloth
blouses. The fabric is infinitely bet‘
ter than that of crepe and the colon,
ing is loss vivid. Soft "atriumn tints
are used, especially those of (hill
green and ruuset brown. These blous-
‘os are lined with a brassiero of lace
that does not cxtend.over the shoul-
ders. There is no demand to match
these colors in the blouses to the
color of the suit, but all the precepts
of taste direct that the tones harmon-
lze.
We hale gone a long way from the
ornate wash waist which was worn in
the days when women spent their loi
sure time in loading it down with lace
and. embroidery. with llemstitching
uud icotherstitching.
America liked this blouse before
all others for two decades but the in-v
fluence of the plain blOuse became
stronger each year. until now it
dominates. France has maintained
this kind of waist since the first day
she adopted the American garments.
With her thousands of experienced
uecdlcworkers, she naturally did the
better thing in muslin and lace.
The handling of lingerie is a fine
art in that land. and mistakes of taste
are not made even When the blouse
nulls for 5 francs. 5th materials are.
used.
taboo. All cheap lace is eliminated
GOTTON @0003 m lNTERNATlON.
‘ Al. TRADE AND sHARt-z THERE-
"" OF lsuenueo av THE '
UNITED STATES.
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' ‘WASHlNlG’I‘ON. D 0.. March 3.--
Cotton manufactures entering interna-
tional markets in‘ 1913 approximated
ll million dollars, and of this vast
j sum. but 55% million dollars’ worth or
less than 7 per cent. was bought from
a United States, the producer of over
‘o-thirds of the worlds raw cotton.
In recognition of this fact, {he ilepart'
out of Commerce. through special
agents of the Bureau of Foreign and
cello Commerce, is making special
ies. both at home and abroad with
H w to enlarging the foreign trade
, his important branch 01' American
llatry. Ralph M. Odell, a commer-
agent of that Bureau. now in New
ity, reports unusual interest
cotton manufacturers and is
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iris! Beautily Your Hair! Malta
Boll. Holly and Luxurlant
derlne you cannot and a single.
1 dandruff or failing hair and
sip will not itch but’wifs‘t will
do ' you most, on bo’il‘fler a few
,u‘so, when you soo new hair,
it downy at firstwyes—«lbut-real
w halo—growing,” “.15" over the
title Dunstan-o" immediately
be beauty, hair. No
oiv dullmeg brittle and
at moisten a. cloth with
bio and carefully draw it
itch Your hair, taking one small
' at a time. The effect is im-
into and amazing-Lynn hair‘ will
i, fluffy and .WIYY..Bnd have all
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receiving many inquiries for detailed
information concerning trade de-
mands. An agent of the department
is investigating conditions in the 01'-
lent, willie reports are now in press
covering recent iln estigatious in South
Africa and the Mediterranean coun-
tries, all important importers of tex-"
tiles.
The Orient is the world‘ s chief mar-
‘ket for cotton goods. into Asia the
imports are about 360 million dollars
annually, 200 million being taken by
India and about 100 million by China;
into Europe, about 250 million; North
America, 125 million; scuth America.
75 million; and Oceania and Africa.
each about 35 million; these figures
being approximations based upon the
actual totals for the latest year for
which official data are available. 1
The United States ranks third as an“
importer and fourth as an exporter of‘
cotton gods. The relative standing ol=
the cotton importing countries is: ln~‘
did. 200 million dollars; China. ovor
100 million; the United States, 65 mil-
lion; the United Kingdom, ‘55 million;
Germany, 35 million; and the Nether-
lands. 30 million; while countries in .
porting from 20 to 25 million dollars'
worth annually include Canada, Ar-
gentina. Australia, and the Dutch East
indies; and those receiving from to to
20 million dailurs’ .worth annually-~-
F‘ranco. Switzerland, Russia, Rouman-
is, the Straits Settlements,
and Egypt.-
The “United Kingdom
about two~thirds of all cotton goods
entering the world's international man
hots, her share being about 600 mil- ‘
lion dollars. compared with 130 million
for Germany. 75 million for France,
and 55 mllllou for the United States.
our own manufacturers bot chiefly
occupied in meeting the do buds of
the home market. which in 1909 oil-
coeded 600 milion dollars. .
The possibility of extending the for-
eign sales of American cotton goods
is apparent. from a study of the role.
tlon which our own airports bear to the
total, imports of cotton goods into, lead»,
Brazil, “
Mexico, Cuba, Chile. Austria-Hungary.
“8 7°" “1‘“. “W an ”9mm” Belgium. ltdly. Japan. the Phlllppinoa'
supplies _
, and raw Lopotsfi
‘3'
lion is from the United States; while
to Argentiv, Brazil and Chile, impor.
tnnt markets for cotton fabrics, our
sales are in each case less than 1 mil-
lion dollars annually. Formerly Clilna
was the market for from 10 to 30 mil.
lion dollars‘ worth of American cotton
goods annually, the sales thereto hav-
ing made a high record of 33% million
lll 1901).
on to 8 milion in the calendar year
1913, and to even lower figures in 1912
and immediately preceding years. A
special agent of the Department of
Commerce is now in China obtaining
information which may be used in r'e-
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No More Pulled-Up ”Burning,
Swéaly, Callousod Fest or Corns
‘7;-
Goodbye sore" “feet burplng feet.
swollen foot. sweaty feet. smelling
feet, tlred foot.
Good-bye col-no, callous’es, bunions
No more shoe tight-
nous, no more limping with pain or
drawing up your face, in agony. "1112”
is magical. acts right off “T12" drawn
out all the poisonous excitations
which put! up the fool-a he only ram-
still wear-
”will;
lthl
, lnunu litmus
l
lend machine embroidery is avoided
, All these essentials must be avoid-
od today in America by the woman
who wishes to be .well dressed, says
the New York Times." The white wash
waist is no longer tolerated when it
looks cheap. Even women with slim
nurses have learned that three years
of fine muslin can be shaped into a
good waist at home, and with’the in‘
troductlon of some heading and half
a dozen good buttons the task "results
in something fob-better than the 98-
cent blouses sold at the counteract
the stores. each of whichfllas been
turned out by a machine mold.
. The fashion in white blouses‘cllngs
to the shoulder yoke, a few gathers
below it, long sleeves set into' .l'ree
and easy armholos, plain sucl‘f. and 0.
white collar. low in front and high in
the back. ,
The collar makes a difference in
every garment. The woman who
considers it a negligible part of her
costume makes a serious mistake.
On its fitness, on its, perfection of
lshirliugs, cut. and fastening, rests
the beauty or the ugliness of the no-
man‘s head.
The figured or flowered taffetas are
used in very much the some way as
the plaid or striped goods. They are
particularly effective when draped in
pannier fashion over the hips. ap
pouring again on the llimorio waist.
which is softened with a lace or net
collar and vest.
Sheer crepe or who with heavier
ratlne threads will be much 'woru.
Back in stile is the old‘lusllioned
momie cloth “ '
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Soft shades sllcll as the gray taupe
$11",
IF you mm: on KNOW or A
DELIOATE CHILD READ‘
rms LETElL
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‘Mg’ little daughter Louise, age 9
The total had, however fall- 3'9“” “39 “WK-V3 "99D delicate 3“ and exports boll;
comic. had no appetite and seemed
listless, and we could not seem to ilnd
anything that would help her. until
we were advised to give her What
She started taking it six weeks azo
and inside of two weeks she showed
a marked improvement both in appe-
tite. vim and looks. Doing so well
pleased with the results. if continued
giving it to her, and words fail to
express my gratitude, and faith in
Vinoi both as a blood maker and body
builder.
for so long makes the reason all the
stronger for me to recommend it to
others in similar condition." Geo. n
Munro. Brooklyn. N. y. . “
Vinol restores health' and strength
in conditions like this because In a
natural manner it increases the super
tile. tones up the digestiveorssnb.
enriches the blood and strengthens
every organ of the body.
ivory bottle of Vinol is aileronteod
to give satisfaction or money refund-
ed. F. H lloxtor, South Norwalk.
loan.
1’. d For any akin trouble try our
”Hallo Halve. We guai'dntoo it.
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gaming and extending the market for
. American cotton goods.
The cotton manufacturers of the
United Etatos are. however, gradually
increasing their sales abroad and in
still larger measure the proportion
which they supply of the great: home
market. Thirty years ago our imports
tootton goods exceeded our exports
of like manufactures by 21.“ million
dollars: lost your that excess. had full»
on to 10 milion. dinports of cotton
goods increased during the period from
b11811 to 1913 tram 34.8 million to 85.4
million dollars. a gain of 91 nor can
while. oilporta of the sniper '
formed from lb.il:mi
' ' ml. as
As my child was on anaemic .
l
. .
Gas .Econpmy.
When your meat is cooked turn off
the gas. The even will keep hot for
15 minutes, says the New Haven
Journal-Courier. Turn the gas low
after the water has once boiled. A
very low light will keep it boiling. if
you are using it small saucepan put
it on a small ring. Otherwise you
will use unnecessary gas and rum
your saucepan.
Towering Hats.
Some of the new hats will have
crowns measuring a foot in height,
says the Chicago Journal. The crowns
will be soft and draped, too, so as to.
give place for the new high coilfure.
m
Plumber's Advice.
A retired plumber is authority {fer
this hint: "Just before retiring at
night pour liquid aal soda into any
clogged plpe—-—enough to fill the trail
or bent part of pipe. lie sure no wa-
ter runs into it before morning. llur.
lag the night the lye will convert the
waste material into soft soap and the
first current of water will wash it
unwny." Try this and save a plumbcr's
‘llill.—~St_ Louis Star.
To Clean Brass.
Brass may be very quickly and
beautifully cleaned, in fact made 'to
look like new. by the use of spirits or
compiler which may be applied with
a soft cloth or brush and polished
with a clean cloth. This is what fur-
niture dealers use. Mothers Mags.
tine.
Cork For Glue.
After first. removing the cork from
your bottle of glue do not use it
again, but in its plaL‘e insert the
stump of an old candle it will act
Glazed and starchod linen is will be used extensively. «St. Louis stick and the sine cannot spill.
Woman' 3 Home Companion.
#0
To Sings Chicken.
1 am sure every cook has had trou-
bin, in slngeing a chicken, to prevent
the smoke from blackening it. and
frequently had to resort to various
ways or removing the stain. A sim-
ple discovery, which _1 have made.
writes a contributor to the Modern
‘Prisciila, and which i all) sure will
be entirely new to many, is that any
llght»colored manila wrapping paper
can be used, and the difficulty readily
obviated
smoke the meat wrapping paper, as
indicated, never.
Starch in Oil
When olive oil dressing will not
thicken after the necessary amount of.
oil has been used, boat in a small
quantity of dry cornstarch. This pre-
v'ents the curdled or oil ailpearan‘le.
according to the Western Christian ,
Advocate. After standing in short
time the dressing will he stiff and will
not taste of cornstarch.
Warm the Sugar.
Many people melt the butter and
then mix it with the sugar in cake
making. This makes the cake heavy,
says the Western Christian Advocate.
ilnstcad of this, put the sugar in a dou-
ble boiler and let it get warm, In
this way it creams the butter nicely
and does not melt it,
Her Pie Paste in EVcr Ready.
it is very convenient, when the
weather is cool enough, to have on
hand a jar containing pie paste in»
gradients minus the water, says a con— ,
lrilmtor to Mothers Magazine. 1 take
flour and one third lard and some salt
and mix all together dry; put in an
earthen ‘lar and set in a cool place.
\\ hen 1 “ant to make a pie, all 1 hole
to do is to take a cup of the clinic
miviure and add the uecessari
mount of water, and my paste
ready for use
ii-
on. uuvs‘
Newspaper will invariably:
AllHlES AND PAINS
W s.......,.....
Have All“ Gone Since Taking
LYdia E. Pinkham’s Veg-
etable Compound.
Terra Hill, Pa.-—“Kindly permit n c
[to give you my testimonial' to favor of
, Lydia E. Pinkbam 5
Vegetable Com
pound. When 1 first
began taking it I
. was suffering from
female troubles for
1 some time and had
almost all kinds of
aches—pains in low-
er part of back and
in tildes, and press.-
. lug down" pains. I
‘ could not sleep and
had no appetite. Since I have taken
:Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com-
l pound the ache‘s and pains are all gone
l and I feel like a new woman. I cannot
praise yourmediclne toohighly. "—Mrs.
I Aucnscrus Lyon, Terra Hill, Pa.
1 It is true that nature and a woman's
work has produced the grandest remedy
for women’s ills that the world has
ever’ known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankiml
a remedy for their peculiar ills which
{ban proved more efficacious than any
other combination of drugs ever con. ~
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkhnm'o
Vegetable Compound is recognized.
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman‘s ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at. Lynn.
Mass, are files containing hundreds of
thousands of letters from women seek _,
ing health» many of them openly slam
l over thelrown signatures that they hm c
regained their health by taking Lydia.
E. Plnkham' 3 Vegetable Com pou m- ,
and' to some cases that it has saved ti o: .i
from surgical operations.
l
in
million. foreign-made cotton goods
having thus supplied about 15 per.
cent. of the domestic consumption. in
1909 domestic production had increas-
ed to 628 million. or 40 per cent. over.
that of 1904. A' similar increase in
the 190M913 period would make the
production of 1913 over 800 million.
imports in that your wore 651,4. million
million, suggesting
that foreign countries supplied in 1913
but about 8 per cent of the domestic
Wlllll llllllll lllll lll’
There are a lot of people in this
town who cannot afford to be sick.
Perhaps none or you feel that yOu can.
but certainly some of you can't, for
as soon as you are sick. your wages
atop‘and worry and debts begin . to
' pile up. The sensible thing for you
to do, us soon as you feel run down
and worn out. no matter what the
cause. is to take something Just as
quick as you can to build up strensth
and health. Make yourself more coin
fortablo and provide against serious
sickness: ~
We don‘t believe there is any other
medicine made that will do‘as much
towards saving your health and thus
helping you save your money as Rex-
all Olive Oil Emulsion. it is a medl-
cino that gets right at the trouble and
relieves it by toning the nerves. on-
richiug the blood. and giving new
strength and health to the whole
body. it doesn't do this by means of
alcohol or habit forming drugs. be
callso it contains none ital strength
and health- siv rig polyer is due to
pure Olive Oil and the ‘iiypophos
phltss, long endorsed by successful
physicians. the one for its food value,
the other for its tonic value. Here.
for the ilrst time. they are combined,
and the result is a real nerve, blood
and bodybuilding medicine-ea real
u sliout.,.vou.dou i. need: to hell
do all on”
.ldlll‘whwwim. 1.11 will «to oil
. trengthenor that we are proud to tell ,
ALLEN’S
FOOFEASE
ThcAnilsc iiopowdcr shakcnlnto
, the shoes— 2 Sun Run-
1’"; f [or flle leer for a (mum-r
33“” century. mfloflolestimnnluls Sold
Tente- -1(ark. everywhere. 250. Sample likliil.
Address. Allen S. Olmsted. hollow. N1 1'
The Munwhopmthe E8- in F Ill-31‘
consumption of cotton: nods lumpin-
ed with 15 per cent. in 1M3.
'l‘lle imports of cotton llltllililut‘llil‘t‘..i
into the United States during the cal-
” eudar year 1913, valued at flip; million
‘uu Elli to mull
ldollnrs, were slightly less than those.
‘of 1912 and 1:": million below the high
record total of 80 million in 1907. On
tlleo ther hand. the exportation of cool
ton manufactures ill 1913, 55% million
dollarsguvns with the exception all
1905. the largest on record and within
1 million dollars of the high record
established in that year when heavy
shipments to China following the
"close of the llussmlopanose War swell.
ed the total to unusual proportions
The lower grades of potion goods
form the bulk of the exports. ulillc'
more highly finished products coustl
tute most of the imports of‘ cottop mun
ufacturcs About threo~liftbs of the
cotton manufactures exported last
,year consisted or cloths, 467 million
yards with on average valuation of 'l
conts'per yard having left the country
in 1913. Laces, olnbroidorles and like
utrlclos contributed over one-half of
the total value of cotton goods import-
ed. the' total for that group having
been 31 million dollars out of on ag-
gregate importation of 651.5 million,.
while thp 46% million yards of cotton
cloths imported were valued at ll mil.
lion dollars; orlll cents per yard. ex-
clusive of duties paid. Other cotton
goods imported included hosiery, 2%;
million dollars; blushes and velvcts,
2% million; and yarn and thread. 3 8 4
million. Amerioan~madelaocs and cm.
broldories are beaming to enter for
sign ilelds,‘ theirtotal exports in 1913
having been 3198, 462’, and those for
December alone $20,257, compared
with no. 1129 in December. 1912.
Itibiae took one-fourth of the Ameri-
can. cotton olotlul exported in 1913.
.AOut of 461 million yards exporlod in
that your. 116 million went to China.
.gcomporad with 568 million in 1905. and
92 million went to the PWDDlxles,
O
. 4. -4.
to the sales to foreign countries, 11
million yards were stripped to Form
lRico and 9 million to lluwnil, these 15-
1ands having taken, in 1913. 7 million
dollars’ Worth of cotton goods from
the mainland, compared with 21/, mil-
lion in 1903.
Our imported cotton laces and mu—
broiderles are mostly from ‘Switzer-
land. France'thc United Kingdom and
Germany; cotton cloths, chiefly from
the United Kingdom and Franco; and
cotton knit goods. almost excluslvcly
from Germany.
GENERAL BARLOW DEAD.
NEW LOX-DON. March 3. «Word
was received today of the’ death at.
Jerusalem on Sunday of General John
W. ,Burlow, U. S. A.. retired. General
Barlow,»accompanied by his wife, was
making a tour of the holy land. it is
supposed by his friends born that the
cause of death was heart trouble. lie
sailed on February 2 on the steamer
Rotterdam. ‘
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Foal Bully! No Headache. Sour
Stomach, Bail Broalh.
Constipaikn '
..
WM 1...
Got a ill—cont box now.
Are, you keeping your liver. stomach
and bowels clean, pure and fresh with
Cascaretswormcrcly torpiug a pale
new every few days with suits, on:-
llhartlc pills or castor oil? Thisl
impdrtunt.
Gaocarots immediately cleanse the
steinuch romovo the sour. undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases;
take‘tho excess bile from the liver and,
carry out of the system the countl-
bated waste matter and poison in tile
bodiels. _
No odds how sick. hoodscby, billous
and constipated you feel. a Cascuret
tonight will straighten you out by
morning. They work while you sleep. .
A 104mm box from ‘
keep your head can stomach sweet.
and vow liver and bowl}: regular for
Norwalk Chronicler