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Use Cornmeal. !
For some weeks cornmeal has been
accumulating in the wholesale houses,’
stores. and in many home's until now
there is a large surplus of it in the
state, WHICH MUST BE USED 1M-
MEDIATEIJ’. or spoil. To allow any
food to spoil at this critical time is
criminal, and a violation of the waste-
ful practice section. it follows that
the only thing to do is to use it. By
cornmeal, we do not mean corn flour.
but the yellow or white meals.
If you have. the idea that it, should
not be eaten in hot weather, disabuse
your mind of it. If that were true,
how do you account for the fact that,
in'the South where it is warm all the
year.around. they use cornmeal daily?
It is in every way as patriotic a privi-|
lege for every housewife to use corn?
meal daily for the next six weeks as it:
is for her to knit, make surgical dress
sings, or buy thrift stamps, and your:
response to this appeal is expected to'
be equally hearty. '
Commeal is the best liked of all the3
substitutes: it is a cheap food and it
can be used in breads and tvw'ritw :: ‘1
a vegetable, or I
Hare you tried spoon brcad‘.’
Tbat'
wall as a cereal,
desert.
If not, eat sotne with chicken.
is more delicious than indian pudding.
served cold with whipped cream. Put
some comment into all breads. For
those who have to plan lunches, do not
forget that brown bread with lettuce
and salad dressing makes excellent
sandwiches. Use cornmeal instead of. ,
cracker or bread crumbs when frying
fish or croquetles. .
Suggestions: When using cornmeal
in baking hot breads. biscuits. and
muffins. remember these suggestionsz.I
Do not make the doughs or bat.
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ters too stih'; cornmeal dries out more
quickly than wheat flour.
2 Always give the batter a thor-
ough boating when called for, and be
sure to am the flours well when mix-
ing.
Bake in a steady. reasonably hot
oven.
The following recipes will Suggest
some unusual ways of using cornmeal:
Quick Indian Pudding.
cups crumbed left-over corn mul-
fiins or
2 cups cooked cereal
1 tablespoon sugar
F4 cup raisins (may be omitted or
other fruit substituted)
1,5 teaspoon cinnamon
1,5 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups milk
1-8 teaspoon salt.
Mix in the order given, pouring in a
greased baking dish and bake in mod-
erate oven about thirty minutes.
Cornmeal and Fig Pudding.
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup molasses
6 cups milk
1 cup finely chopped figs
2 eggs A
1 teaspoon salt
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Cook the cornmeal with 4 cups of.
“the milk. add the molasses, 'flgs, and
"salt. When the mixture is cool, add
the eggs well beaten. _.
‘ greased pudding dish and bake in mod-
erate oven for 3 hours or more.
When partly cooked add the remainder
:of the milk without stirring the pad-i
1' ding. Apples or any fruit may belsnb-'
‘wtituted for the figs. using 2 cups fruit. .
This serves eight or ten people.
‘Whenfferetfl
MlSSiNG lN ACTION.
Name of Joseph Roach of Ridgcfieiri
on Casualty List.
Edward J. Roach cf Ridgefiold-rc-
,ceived official notification from the
war department last week that his so“.
Joseph"~A. Roach. was missing in a‘
tion in France.
- , The soldier was a private. in the.
102d infantry. from which many cas-
ualties have been reported. He is one
(If the best, known young men in
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‘ is on the casualty lis‘. has brought the
- sad side of the war home more close-
ly than ever before to the people or
, the town.
RIGHT IN IT.
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“Virginia is consistent 'in every-
“What now?" '
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‘to be made of watered silk."
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Fashion Points
CHARMING lDEAfilFOR THE
PERFEFI’ DAY IN JUNE
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' Fashion Favors the Cape.
June is the month of beautiful things
and one must indeed clathe one's self
beautifully to be in tune with the per-
fect days. The slit ps are so full of
any number of lovely things that there
is a wide choice from which to choose
even the simplest and most human
sive of the danity‘dresses, voile and
organdie preferabi y for afternoons.
ginghants and so rth for mornings,
and a simple net r Georgette crepe
for evenings. I ,
Smart Cape and Sports Skirt
Then the question of the proper
wrap comes up a sin, and here too.
one finds such a wide choice that one
PROTECTING GARDENS
A WORD TO WOMEN.
The helpful person in times of stress
is she who retains her poise—her can:
it y And to the problem of dress, as to
all others, let us bring sanity Let us
dress with moderation in the clothes
of the new season; let us choose those
which are suited to the work we are
doing if we have a war job let u!
have a war job dress—a simple tail-
ored frock or suit; if we hate a social just announced that after 9 o'clock
duty. again let us be suitably gown. in the evening all persons found in
ed in a softer dreSs Let us buy what.liome garden plots will be regarded
we need sanely and wisely for our.’as tt‘espasset's. and will have to show
selves and our children, in propel-[ionrgood reason for their presence there
to our incomes. remembering that in or be arrested. The gardens in
How Hartford Expect; to Deal With
Trespatsers
There has been much annoyance
and considerable loss in times part
through the depredations of garden
thieves and everywhere in the stair-
special precautions are being taken
to safeguard war gardens.
The Hartford police depart anlli has
only the clothing industries, but the “'“h a warning ”‘3‘ ““‘Hpat‘sel‘s "my
great allied industries' as well Let us b9 punished by a fine of $100 0’ Six
keep these industries going, but 191 months in jail, or both.
us abstain from needless luxuries,i This regulation will put itsquarely
when by so doing we may add our mite up to any person who ventures into
of thrift and help to our cause, and a war garden in which he has no
our tnite. be it only the War Saving right to be to prove that he'was not
Stamp of the yaungem girl who reads there with evil intent. and even if be.
this, is a real and vital help to our succeeds in doing that he mayx still
government Do ymn- best Don't let be punished for trespass. infor-
ycnrself down; don’t let others down. tunately there are some people who
Keep yourself and your home in readi- seem ‘0 think that N they can. 5.“:
ness for the flying visit of its absent cecd in getting. away mm “all“???
soldier. it is in ways such as those found growing in a garden or ftet
buying wisely we are Sustaining not Hartford are soon to be placarded‘
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CHIEF BRENNAN BACK FROM
WEST
3 Chief William ll. Brennan. of Still"-
,‘ford. returned Sunday tom i§ansu=
‘City. 310.. wiwre he attended the at
nual convention of the international
Police Chiefs Association.
those from (‘onncctit-ut besides Chiei
Brennan who attended the convention
were Supt. Beach of Waterbury, Supt.‘
Farrel of Hartford, Supt. Redgate‘oilI
Bridgeport, and Chief Talbot of Green-
‘wich. While the (Liill'l’illllln was
‘ression the delegates were informed.
.by telegraph oi the death, in New lia-
ven, of exfliiet Cowles, a member of
Athe association.
Chief Brennan said today that
Chief (.‘owlcs, who was a life member
‘of the Connecticut Police Chief's Ass-(r
iciation. and also a life member of tin
1 executive committee of the association,
,had the respect of all the members.
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EAST HAMPTON
WEAVE‘RS STRIKE
EAST HAMPTON, Mass, June 18:-
Four hundred wcuvers employed by
the. West Boylston Manufacturing
.Coiupany struck yesterday in an cf-
fori to compel the reinstatemen‘ of
,two discharged men. The company
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. tin. Have you utilised one pleasant!
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that We do our part.—-Good House-
keeping.
Banishing Childish Fears.
i Some. years ago it would have been
thought sheer nonsense to talk of a
child being afraid when he did not
even know he was afraid, says Laura
Spencer Porter in The Mother‘s Maga-
zine. Now, owing to the researches of
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psychology, and owing to very exact
and modern experiments in psy.
. etiology. we know that only a
very small part of our mental
life. and experience ever rises into con-
sciousness and that by far the larger
l dencles and fears and repressions that
t are active'yet
were under the surface of the con-
scious Moreover, it is now well known
‘ and established, that when the mind
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. Ful‘lfltflfflwl“: tho Cat”. ”is called on to face facts or expert-
How did me (iii: 1391 flmgtzrtfsllo! ences which for one reason or another
them. these 1150!“? ng W “I" .are unpleasant or painful to it. it has
so easy to slip onWLand that completely - tho poWer and the habit of escaping
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CO\;I the . cos c and!” pfrhe one. from these distasteful facts into a set
aga nst lam. sun 01" “D - ‘, of fancies less distasteful, or it may be
particularly gmce- ,. .
posittvel ' leash t _
fill. with its big liar that crosses inl 1’ p at 0 it
the front and but this in the back. 11' The shade over a new ciec
is made of soft bll ck satin with a gid- ' lamp can be inverted
dy lining of Roman stripe Just by way cooking bowl. while the stand con-
nf surprise. and tie collar is gray 'fi‘ll'i‘ tains a toaster and grill that can be
in. Note also the skirt With “-8 WWW placed inside .the bowl.
pockets and interestiu: back exton- _ ._
sion coming around onto the ftont.,'rw5N1-v.oNE TOWNS -
' This may be left t'mbuttoned if desired "HAVE NOT REPORTED
.tltus making the skirt easier to walk DOG LICENSE RECEIPTS
illustrated here it
tric table
and used as a
Yfant this year: ev rything is being de- Delluty State Treasurer B. Frank
' :signed with two houghis. one. cf con-i Marsh said yesterday that towns in
servation of malt rial and the other;th state were very slow in making
win, an eye to col fort. These are thel'returns of teceipts for the license
leSlH that you can app‘y to a" the new of dogs, lhrougll the applicallons for
.designs,‘and are the de"ertiiining fac- damages caused by dogs were being
! tors in the end at»
be smart enough to label 1918.
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Trimmed FNlth Percale!
:main twenty-one o‘f-the 168 towns
'the‘stale who have not made returns
‘from dog licenses, and an examina-
,tion of those who have made returns
ing little mornin dress of white linen
trimmed with petcale! Yes. blue dot-
,ted percale was vised for the perky lit-
tle ruffles on the waist and formed the
deeper ruffles, titree in number, that
“composed the slirt, below the deep
vshaped yoke of inn. Quaint and old-
fashioned but ver , very smart.
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,‘clusive shop I szr the most bewltchgthe returns properly.
treasurer on or before June 1,
does not provide a penalty for fail-
ure to do so.
state has in case of complete failure.
to comply with the lniw is a sult'
lagainst the offending town or towns.
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earnest mett and women in the field oil
lpart consists of impressions and ten-4
remain hidden asit:
to whetltera design filed rapidly enough. There yet re-l
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The other dayiin a very smart exfis'now that about one in fifteen maizelmads 3'95‘9rd3-V "95‘0““ m" 91)mi
The law provides that returns must arrangement and the stop over privi~ll not new, as millions of people practical
be made. to the office of the state legs Were abolished last week by orderl it. Just as hot waler and soap cleanse.i
but of Director General McAdoo .
I As a 1'95“” commuters are once waist and a irabpoonful of limestone'
The only recourse the!
lthe remainder of the trip.
it is theirs. it is sometimes \‘err [closed the plant at noon. thrt wing 2.~
,difilcult to catch them at their Huey-:30.) operatives out of work. The com-
icry as they succeed in plundering patty alleges that one of the mm was
'gardens, striping fruit trees and talc . flit-charged because he was unruly, and
.int.’ crops from field without being mp mhpr because there was no place
made» to suffer the penalties—ta their for him.
,crimes. ’ m“
it throughout the '
*thorities sct nine o‘clock as .
trespass limit it is probable that a
great deal would be done towards
curbing the tendency to steal garden
stuff. it Would not be n’bad plan.
however, to keep an eye. on the M.
low who is found trespassing in a
garden at any unit- of the day 0!"
night.
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DRINK HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST l
Says you really feel clean, sweet
and fresh inside, and ,
are seldom ill.
TRUCK SMASHES STONE WALL
Didn't Have Power Enough to Climb
E Noroton Hill. and Backed Down
. A three-ton motor truck owned by
:W. J. Johnson and Arthur Carlson ,of
,Ncw York, and‘ en route front New
York to Bridgeport, started backlnx
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if you are accustomed to wake up
with a coated tongue. foul breath or
a dull. dizzy headache, or. if Your
meals sour and turn into gas and
acids. you have a real surprise await-
down the west slope of Norman llill. ing you.
yesteioay foi'cnnondmd Johnmn. Wilmupon nirsing. drink a glass of hot
was driving the truck, lost control of, Tomorrow morning, immediately]
‘it. The vehicle hit a maple tree nndjupon arising, dring a glass ’ of hot“
{broke it off close to the ground. and3 water with a teaspoonful of limestone
it hounded thence against the masonry phosphate in it. This is intended to
'wall that forms the street boundary. first neutralize and then wash out of
'oftlie E C. iicyt property. and levcit‘d your stomach, liver, kidneys and
'about 15 feet of the wall. Contact. thirty feet of intestines all the indi-
[with the stone wall forced the truck gestible waste, poisons, sour bile and
over on its side. and it lay there for toxins. thus cleansing. sweetening and
hours, ‘nbont 150 feet east of Lawn; purifying the entire alimentary canal.
iavcnuc fully three feet of the vehicle Those subject to sick headaches.
extending out over the broken wall. Ibackache, billous attacks. constipation
Johnson says the truck lacked pow- or any form of stomach trouble, are
er to climb the hill. and it appeared urged to get a'quarter pound oflime~
'that. when it started back down the stone phosphate from the drug store
hill, thef brakes failed to hold it. The and begin enjoying this morning in-
vehicle Was loaded with fruit and veg— side~bath. it is said that men and
stables for Bridgeport. ’women who try this become enthu-
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‘ New HAVEN ROAD RESTORES I splendid health measure for it is more
sPLIT TICKET SYSTEMJmportant to keep clean and pure on
i the inside than on the outside, because
trite skin pores do not absorb impuri-
New Haven rail-l ties into the blood, causing disease,
while the bowel pores do.
The principle of bathing inside is
-l‘>OSTO.\'. Mass. June lS.—-'I‘he Bos-
ton & Maine and the
ticket scheme for commuters after the,
ipurify and freshen the skin, so hot;
more able to make a continuous trip phosphate act on the stomach, fiver,
beyondthe'polnt to which their comfi; kidneys and'ho'rels. Limestons phos-
mutation reads by paying the fare for . photo is an inattoensive white "It
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arranged for the distribution in
» Connecticut through the Agricult-
ural Department of the Fairfield
County annotation. of it: all-page
illustrated booklet
WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING
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HOME STORAGE 0|? VEan
whim.
This is a complete. authentic
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War Gardening Made Shnple and i
Results Certain by This Booklet
The National War Garden Com-
mission of Washington. D C.. has
the soil. planning of the garden.
etc., to the final harvesting and
storage of the crops
Its instructions are complete
enough for the use of adult gard-
eners and simple and explicit
enough so that any intelligent be
or girl may follow them wit
complete success. A five-cont
. stamp to cover postage. eta. wail
bring the boot: to any address, Fill
and mail attachcd oouuol.
‘ step. from the first preparation 0!
W Gentlemen: Enclosed is «ants in stamps for
, copied of WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING and HOME
STORAGE 0F VEGETABLES, the omcial publication of the
National War Garden. Commission.
Rinse send some at. one. to
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'Easy and Practical Home .s '
Dressmaking Lessons ' '1
Prepared Specially for this Newspaper by Pictorial Review.
To Wear Over the House Dress. L
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For gingham, parents or an-
bleached muslin i stills apron de~
signed. It has large armhole: and
a round neck.
The ever acceptable house apron
expresses itself in an entirely new
way here. The large armholes give
it a kimono effect and the neck is in
round outline. Narrow bands trim
the one-piece sleeves and the fulness
is held in with a straight belt which
may he slipped .through straps at the
under-arm seams and closed at the
back. The patch pockets are out-
lined with braid to correspond with
the trimming on the neck and belt.
Medium size requires 5%. yards 27‘
inch or 4% yards 36-inch material,
with % yard contrasting material 27
inches wide to trim.
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' The apron can be made in a very!
few hours. First close the under-arm ‘
and shoulder scouts as notched. Turn
a hem in the back on small "0" per-
forations and stitch 13:; inch from
folded edge. Line of large “0" per- .
imations indicates center-back. Turn
item at lower edge on small “0" per-
forations. Stitch a strap of material
3 inches long and 7,4, inch wide
(when finished) at under-arm seam, ,
with center of strap at single small
"0" perforations in front.
To make the pocket, turn the hem .
at uppel‘ edge on small “0" perfora-
tions. Adjust to position on front of ,
apron. with upper edge of pocket be. t
tween indicating small “0" perfora- '_',
tiona.‘ ‘
Next, close sleeve seam as notched
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‘Gather lower edge between "T" pen-
foratlons. Face sleeveband and sew
to lower edge of sleeve, notches even:
bring small “0" perforation at. upper
edge of sleeveband to seam of sleeve.
Lap rounded ‘ end of sleeveband
matching the small "0" perforations
and finish for closing. Sew s‘. seve to
armhole edge of front and back.
notches even with small “0" perfora- .
on at shoulder s . maeoHdl A eto ,,
tion at shoulder seam. Hold the
sleeve toward you when basting it
in armhole.
Slip bolt through the strap at ,
under-arm seam and close at back.
Large “0" perforation indicates
center-back of hell. ,
The apron is so nipple that it may
be worn without a dress.
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Pictorial Review Apron No. 7634.
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Price. 15 cents.
Sizes. small, medium and large.-
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