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HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS
Cookies should be cooled com
pletely before storing in a cov
ered jar or box.
• * •
Save left-over griddle batter
and use it for dipping chops, cut
lets and so on.
• • •
Candied cranberries are just as
effective as candied cherries for
garnishing winter foods.
* • *
Fruit gelatin mixtures gain in
favor and nutritive value if fruit
juices are substituted for the liq-J
uid called for in the recipe. Left-,
over canned fruit juices are as
good as juice from fresh fruit.
* * •
Best time to clean the egg beat- t
er is immediately after using it—,
before the egg dries and makes
washing difficult.
• • •
If your kitchen storage space is
limited, make file-like shelves in a
lower cupboard and use them for
storing lids, pie and cake pans and
other flat utensils. This will be a
time-saver.
Pidl the Trigger on
Lazy Bowels, and
Comfort Stomach, too
When constipation brings on add in
digestion. stomach upset, bloating, dizzy
gas, coated tongue, sour taste and
breath, your stomach is probably
"crying the blues” because your bowels
don't move. It calls for Laxative-Senna
to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels,
combined with Syrup Pepsin to save
your touchy stomach from further dis
tress. For years, many Doctors have used
pepsin compounds as vehicles, or car
riers to make other medicines agreeable
to your stomach. So be sure your laxa
tive contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on
Dr. Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined
with Syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully
the Laxative Soma wakes up lazy nerves
jmH muscles in your intestines to bring
welcome relief from constipation. And
the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this
laxative so comfortable and easy on
your stomach. Even finicky children
love the taste of this pleasant family
laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative
Senna at your druggist today. Try one
laxative that comforts your stomach, too.
Our Merit
There is scarce any man who
cannot persuade himself of his
own merit. Has he common sense,
he prefers it to genius; has he
some diminutive virtues, he pre
fers them to great talents.—Sew-
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a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
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Men’s plans should be regulated
by the circumstances, not circum
stances by the plans.—Livy.
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By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
_ , .. of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for January 26
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
CHRIST’S CONCERN
FOR THE LOST
LESSON TEXT—Luke 15:1-10.
GOLDEN TEXT—The Son of man is come
to seek and to save that which was lost.—
Luke 19:10.
Lost! What fear and disquietude
grips our hearts when we hear that
word! A little boy strays away into
the forest, and the whole country
side gives up its work to go and seek
him. An airship* fails to reach its
destination, and hundreds of ships
go to seek after it, while an entire
nation waits in suspense. A ship
is lost at sea, and the whole world
grieves.
But listen 1 It is only when ap
plied to the spiritual life that the
word “lost” finds its real depth of
meaning. To be “without God in
the world” (Eph. 2:12) and without
hope—that is to really be lost. Yet
parents who would not rest a mo
ment while their child was physical
ly lost go on without concern over
his spiritual condition.
Our Lord had no such unconcern.
He was deeply moved over the lost
condition of men; He came “to seek
and to save that which was lost.”
The two parables of our lesson teach
us three truths.
I. Lost and Lamented (w. 1-4, 8).
The publicans and sinners recog
nized their need of a Saviour and
He, knowing their lost condition, re
ceived them, much to the disgust of
the Pharisees and scribes who felt
no need to be saved. They have
theit descendants in our churches
today.
The good shepherd cannot rest
while one of the sheep is lost.
Though “there were ninety and nine
that safely lay in the shelter of the
fold,” he sought the .lost one. His
grief-stricken heart compelled him
to go out into the night to find him.
One wonders how we who profess
to follow Christ, the Good Shepherd,
can be so complacent about the lost.
What if we do have the ninety and
nine in church—where is the lost
one? Even if we do have a large
Sunday School class—where are the
boys and girls who are lost? Do
our hearts grieve over them? If so,
we will go and seek them. We who
would quickly join the woman in
seeking for her coin—will we join
me Saviour in seeking the lost?
H. Sought by Sacrifice (w. 4, 8).
The woman laid aside her usual
duties and the pleasures of life to
seek her coin. The shepherd left
the warmth, the comfort, EUid the
rest which he had earned to go out
into the wilderness to seek, his
sheep.
“But none of tfie ransomed ever
knew ;> i£
How deep were the waters
crossed;w
Nor how dark/,was the night that
the Lord passed through
Ere He found His sheep that was
lost.”
Soul-winning calls for sacrifice.
If the love of Christ constrains us,
we will do it gladly, but if the self-
seeking, comfort-loving spirit of this
age controls our lives, we will al
ways find some excuse (not a rea
son, but an excuse).
HI. Restored With Rejoicing (vv.
5-7, 9, 10).
The lost coin back in the owner’s
hand brought joy to her and her
neighbors. The shepherd calls in
friends and neighbors to rejoice over
the restored sheep. How intensely
human that is, and how altogether
appropriate.
The great truth, however, is found
in verses 7 and 10, where we learn
that the repentance of one sinner
sets even the bells of heaven ringing
as the angels of God rejoice.
How long is it, my Christian
friend, since you caused such joy
by permitting yourself to be used of
God in winning a soul? Yes, I know
that it is God who seeks, but He
uses human beings as His messen
gers, as His seekers. That is our
first business after we ourselves
have been saved.
Our lesson will not be complete
unless we consider the rest of the
chapter—the parable of the prodigal
son. In its main points it is like
the other two parables, but there
is this vital difference—the shepherd
sought his sheep, the woman
searched for her coin—the father
did not seek the son; the son sought
the father.
Some prodigal, far from the house
of his heavenly Father, may read
these lines and say, “I wish some
one would seek me out and bring
me to God.” But, my friend, you
need not wait for anyone. Do as
the prodigal did—“arise and go” to
God. He is waiting for you; His
love has never faltered; He wants
you to come now. Make His heart
rejoice, and set the choirs of heaven
singing, by coming to Him by
faith—just now.
As Ye Go, Preach
And as ye go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise
the dead, cast out devils; freely ye
have received, freely give.—Mat
thew X, 7-8.
You may have a mental filing
system for your menus, or you may
Jot down your meal ideas and slip
them into a recipe box. Either way,
the chances are that mid-winter
finds you in the market for some
fresh and workable ideas for what
to feed the family. /
First and foremost, you will want
your winter menus to be warming
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and heartening.
The calorie con
tent may be a
little higher be
cause more ener
gy is needed to
supply heat and
because the cold
stimulates us to
more activity. Vi
tamin suppliers
need to be care
fully watched. With your garden
adrift with snow, not so many fresh
vegetables and fruits will find their
way to your table without a spe
cial effort on your part.
Even if fresh peas, green beans
and vine-ripened tomatoes are out
of reach, almost any market boasts
whole bins filled with apples, sweet
potatoes, cabbage and carrots—all
of them potent sources of vitamins.
Plenty of grapefruit, oranges and
tomato juice will help to replace the
fresh tomatoes.
But now for the menus! Two are
dinners—one built around a fragrant,
red-brown dish of Hungarian gou
lash served with plenty of hot but
tered noodles; the other, sausages
baked under a covering of York
shire pudding. The third meal is a
hot soup luncheon.
Hungarian Goulash
Buttered Noodles
Salad Bowl
(spinach, carrot, raw cauliflower)
Brazil Nut Cherry Pie
Coffee Milk
Yorkshire Sausages
Canned Green Beans with
Mustard Butter Sauce
Whole Carrots
Red Cabbage'Salad
Honey Spice Cake
Coffee Milk
Tomato Chicken Soup
Swiss Cheese Sandwiches
Grapefruit and Apple Salad
Frosted Ginger Bars
Tea Milk
Red Cabbage Salad.
(Serves 5 to 6)
2 cups red cabbage (shredded fine)
3 tart, red cooking apples (un
peeled) (diced)
1 cup grated carrot
4 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons French dressing (pre
pared)
Buy a small, solid young head of
red cabbage, one with thin, tender
leaves. Remove
core, and shred
very fine. Place
shredded cabbage
in ice water for
30 minutes to
crisp it. Combine
cabbage, diced
apple and grated carrot. Mix brown
sugar, vinegar and French dress
ing and pour over salad. Toss light
ly, until dressing is thoroughly
mixed with salad.
Hungarian Goulash
(Serves 4 to 5)
1% pounds beef round (cubed)
3 tablespoons fat
3 beef bouillon cubes
3 cups hot water
% clove garlic
% bay leaf
% teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne pepper
2 cups cubed potatoes
IVfe tablespoons butter
IVz tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon paprika
1 cup canned tomatoes (sieved)
Have beef cut in l^-inch cubes.
Brown on all sides in hot fat, then
add bouillon cubes dissolved in hot
water. Add garlic, bay leaf, salt
and cayenne pepper and simmer
the mixture for 2 hours. Remove
garlic and bay leaf, and add pota
toes cut in %-inch cubes. Cook 30
minutes, then remove cup of
broth from pan and cool. Combine
with melted butter, flour, and pap
rika and blend into a smooth paste.
Add to goulash, stirring constantly;
cook until thick, about 5 minutes. Add
sieved tomato and cook 10 more
minutes.
Brazil Nut Cherry Pie.
(Makes 1 9-inch pie)
2% cups sour, red cherries
(canned)
1 cup cherry juice
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter
% cup sliced Brazil nuts
Drain cherries, and set aside the
juice. Blend cornstarch and sugar
in a saucepan; add cherry juice.
Place over heat and cook, stirring
constantly until thickened, about 3,
minutes. Remove from the heat,|J
add drained cherries, butter and
Brazil nuts. Pour the filling into a
9-inch pie plate lined with pastry.
Moisten the edge of the pie with
cold water; arrange lattice of pastry
strips across pie. Press down rim
with fork. Bake in hot oven (450
degrees Fahrenheit) 15 minutes,
then in moderate oven (350 degrees
Fahrenheit) for 30 minutes.
Honey Spice Cake.
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon salt
Vz teaspoon soda
1% teaspoons cinnamon
Vz teaspoon cloves
Vz teaspoon nutmeg
% cup butter or other shortening
% cup sugar
% cup strained honey
2 egg yolks, well beaten
% cup chopped nut meats
1 teaspoon vanilla
% cup water
2 egg whites (stiffly beaten)
Sift cake flour once, add baking
powder, salt, soda, and spices and
sift together three times. Cream but
ter thoroughly, add sugar, and
cream together until light and fluffy.
Add honey gradually. Beat after
each addition. Add egg yolks, nuts,
and vanilla; beat well. Add flour,
alternately with water, a small
amount at a time. Beat after each
addition until smooth. Fold in stiffly
beaten egg whites. Bake in a paper-
lined greased loaf pan (9 by 13 by 2
inches) in moderate oven (350 de
grees) for 50 minutes.
Tomato Chicken Soup.
(Serves 6)
2 tablespoons onion (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon butter
2 No. 1 cans con
densed chicken
soup
1 No. 1 can con
densed tomato ■
soup
IVs cups water
1% cup light
cream or milk
% teaspoon salt
% teaspoon whitq pepper
Saute onion in butter until yellow
and transparent. Add chicken soup,
tomato soup, water, milk, salt and
white pepper. Stir thoroughly and
heat to serving temperature.
Apricot Sweet Potatoes.
(Serves 6)
6 medium-sized sweet potatoes
% pound dried apricots
% cup water
% cup sugar
Vz teaspoon salt
Peel sweet potatoes and cook in
boiling salted water (1 teaspoon per
quart) until tender, about 35 min
utes. Mash with a potato masher.
Cover apricots with water and let
soak for 30 minutes. Then simmer
until tender, about 25 minutes. Mash
the fruit to a pulp and add sugar
and salt. Whip apricot pulp with
sweet potatoes until very well blend
ed. Serve very hot. Apricot sweet
potatoes are especially good with
ham and broccoli.
WHEN DAUGHTER LEARNS
TO COOK
Is your teen - age daughter
learning to cook? Father will en
courage her efforts if she learns
to prepare the kind of good sub
stantial food he likes. Eleanor
Howe’s Cook Book “Feeding Fa
ther” will tell her how in simple,
easy-to-follow language. She’ll
even learn to bake his favorite
chocolate cake without much su
pervision from you.
Simply send 10 cents in coin to
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FIRST-AID
lo the '. .
AILING HOUSE
by Reefer B. Whitman
(© Roger B. Whitman—WNU Service.)
Floor for Game-room.
Q UESTION: I have an ambition
to make a game-room in my
basement. The floor presents a prob
lem, and it is not bone-dry. My
preference would be for an oak floor,
if that would be practical. What do
you think?
Answer: Before going to the labor
and expense of putting down a real
ly good floor in your basement, you
should make very sure that there
will be no leaks either through the
foundation walls or through me floor.
This important point should be
looked into by a competent mason.
My own preference would be for
asphalt tiles as a suitable flooring
rather than wood. (These tiles are
not linoleum, which would rot in a
cellar.) A dealer in linoleum, how
ever, can give you information on
this product.
If you prefer an oak floor, the
lowest layer should be of concrete.
On top of this put a layer of liquid
asphalt, and over this a layer of
heavy waterproof felt. On this put
another layer of asphalt, all of which
will make the floor waterproof. You
can then lay * a wood floor. The
boards should be bedded in asphalt,
which will hold them in position and
add to the waterproofing. Whatever
flooring you decide upon, the work
should not be attempted by any one
who is not thoroughly fitted to do the
job. It requires special knowledge
and experience.
Painting Plasterboard.
Question: I have just completed
a room in my attic, making the par
titions of plasterboard. I should like
to paint the board; shall I have to
put on some kind of a size or priming
coat before I paint?
Answer: The way to paint your
plasterboard is as follows: First,
see that the surface is. absolutely
clean, dry and free from dust. Use
a sizing coat or primer, made by
mixing equal parts of a good grade
of varnish size and ready-mixed
paint of the desired color; or with
white lead thinned with turpentine
and tinted to suit.
Before sizing the surface, apply a
coat of primer over the joints and
nailheads, and stipple with a stubby
brush. When dry, apply a coat of
primer uniformly and carefully over
the surface. Let priming coat dry
at least 24 hours, then touch up any
“flat spots” and let dry before ap
plying the first coat of paint.
Insulation for House in Mountains.
Question: I own a house in the
mountains, clapboard outside and
unfinished inside. I contemplate in
sulating the walls and roof and fin
ishing the inside. What materials
do you suggest?
Answer: For the walls and for
the roof between the rafters you
could use any one of several kinds
of blanket insulation enclosed in a
waterproof jacket. These materials
are made of the proper size to fit
in the spaces between studs and
rafters. With the walls thus insu
lated, the inside finish could be
plasterboard. If you want more in
sulation, use stiff insulating boards.
Loose Fire Brick.
Question: How can fire brick be
kept from becoming loose? I built
an outdoor fireplace with fire clay
mortar between the bricks. But
after building a fire in it, the clay
became hard and then cracked, so
that the bricks loosened.
Answer: You used mortar in too
thick a bed. In laying up fire brick,
spread a little thin mortar on the
surface, put the next brick in posi
tion, and then rub it against the
lower brick to bring it into con
tact. The mortar is not intended
to separate the bricks, as in ordi
nary brickwork, but only to fill in
the roughnesses.
Drainboard Surface.
Question: In my house, which is
In process of construction, I have
the choice of a chromium trimmed
linoleum drainboard or a drainboard
made of tile. I am undecided be
tween the two, and would like to
know your opinion as to which is
more serviceable.
Answer: My preference would be
for linoleum. For one thing, the
softer surface will not be so dam
aging to china and glassware. For
another thing, cement between tiles
will stain and is difficult to clean.
A few months ago, in making that
same choice, I picked linoleum.
ifloor of Swimming Pool.
Question: In making a swimming
pool by damming a brook, would it
be better to make the floor of sand
or gravel?
Answer: My preference would be
for sand. In building your dam, you
should provide means for draining
the pool when cleaning becomes
necessary.
Creosote Odor.
Question: In getting rid of ter
mites, we have replaced our cellar
joists and coated the new joists
and the cellar ceilings with creosote.
The odor is quite strong, especially
in damp weather. How can we get
rid of it?
Answer: The odor of creosote is
so penetrating that it is difficult to
subdue. Wiping with vinegar will
probably help. The only paint that
might be of use, and it is doubtful,
is aluminum paint. Strong ventila
tion through the cellar is your best
remedy.
Ask Me Another
0 A General Quiz
The Questions
1. In what country is the stone
a unit of weight?
2. How many Presidents of the
United States have been elected by
the house of representatives?
3. Friday is named after what
goddess?
4. How long is the Grand Can-
yon of the Colorado river?
5. Who was the first to hit upon
the theory that the earth moves
around the sun?
6. Are any state universities
non-coeducational?
7. How many battles of the Civil
war were fought off the coast of
France?
The Answers
1. Great Britain. The legal Eng
lish stone is 14 pounds.
2. Two (Thomas Jefferson and
John Quincy Adams).
3. The Norse goddess Frigg,
wife of Odin and goddess of ths
sky.
4. It is 280 miles long.
5. Aristarchus.
6. The University of Florida is
the only non-coeducational state
university in the United States.
7. One. (When the Kearsarge
sank the Confederate cruiser Ala
bama on July 16, 1864, off Cher
bourg.)
The Smoke of
Slower-Burning
Camels gives you—
EXTRA MILDNESS
EXTRA COOLNESS
EXTRA FLAVOR
AND-
tfaan the average of the 4
other largest-selling ciga*
rettes tested—less than
any of them — according
to independent scientifiq
tests of the smoke itself^