•'" ^ ^ c./ - r:"-^,' \ rAVOtlTE 6 •ur nearest drug store - Efficient Marketing Buy Go to market yourself if possible. Watch the ad- vertisements. Stock up at sale prices on canned goods and package goods which will keep just as well in your home as in the store. But do not be mislead by cheap prices. Reliable standard brands are more economical in the long run. Buy vegetables and fruit in large quantities if you have a cool, dark place to store them. If you have no storage space, or if your family is small, buy 'in season'' for best quality in small quantities, and lowest prices. Lettuce — select hard, crisp heads. Spinach — select stocky, well developed plants with crisp green leaves. Avoid yellow leaves and flabby plants. Onions — avoid sprouted ones. White onions have the mildest flavor. Cabbage — Choose solid, heavy heads. String Beans — fresh beans snap easily and are clean and free from blemishes. Bananas — are best for eating when the skins are flecked with brown. Keep bananas out of the refriger- ator. Oranges — Florida oranges have the most juice and are usually cheaper. Large navel oranges have more peel, but are firmer for desserts. 18 Efficient Marketing . . . continued Grapefruit — should be thin skinned and heavy with juice. Eggs — come in several grades. For breakfast use or for children and invalids, fresh eggs are desirable. Cheaper and smaller eggs are used in cooking. There is no valid objection to cold storage eggs, since they are laid in the Spring when eggs are best. Chicken — A young bird has a flexible breast bone. Short legs and a plump breast indicate the most meat for your money. The female is usually more tender. Hens are cheaper than chickens and have more meat. They may be parboiled and roasted, or used for pie, stew or fricassee. Turkey — Black feet indicate a young bird. A short hen turkey weighing 8 to 10 pounds is a good buy be- cause it has more white meat and less carcass, in pro- portion, than a larger bird. LEMON SPONGE CUPS 1 cup sugar 5 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. butter Rind of 1 lemon 3 Qggs 4 tbsp. flour 1^2 cups milk Pinch of salt. Cream butter. Add sugar, flour, salt, lemon juice and rind. Stir in beaten egg yolks mixed with milk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into custard cups. Set the cups in a pan of water and bake about 45 minutes in a moderate oven. When done each cup will contain custard at the bottom and sponge cake on top. 19 SHE WAS DOWN AND OUT "I had a pain in my side and bilious headaches. Vers often I had to He down. My neighbor told me about! Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it helpec me. I feel well and strong now, thanks to the Com- pound. My color is a lot better. I have a good appetite^ sleep well and do all my work. I recommend your gooc medicine to my neighbors. I told the woman next dooi about it. She was down and out last summer. She took it and now she feels fine. I still take it for* head-l ache and tired feelings. I wouldn't be without it." MRS. ARILL ROBERTSON, Cottage Street, Sydney Mines, Nova ScotiaJ LYDIA E. PINKHAM^S LIVER PILLS A reliable remedy f o| constipation, biliousness, ' and torpidity of the liver. Keeping your bowels open is one of the best ways to keep well. The cost of these Pills is trifling — only about one cent per dose. You may safely give them to boys and girls over ten years of age. Get a bottle from your druggist | 20 Children Like These BROWNIES 2 squares unsweetened choc- olate, melted 1/3 cup butter or other shortening, melted % cup flour k tsp. soda hi tsp. salt 2 eggs % cup sugar % cup nut meats, coarsely chopped V2 tsp. vanilla Mix melted chocolate with melted butter and set away to cool. Beat eggs and sugar until light and thick. Add to the chocolate mixture, blending well. Stir in nut meats and flavoring. Mix flour, sodai and salt together and sift three times. Combine with other mix- ture and stir until smooth. Bake in greased shallow pan about 30 minutes in a moderate oven (350" F.). When cool, cut in squares like fudge. POP-OVERS 1 cup flour 1 cup milk 1 egg speck salt Mix salt and flour. Add part of the milk slowly, stirring to form a smooth paste. Add the rest of the milk and the well beat- en egg. Have gem pans sizzling hot. Pour in the batter and cook in a hot oven Vz hour. Pop-overs will rise and be rather hollow. They should be split and eaten hot with butter or jam. FANCY COOKIES Cookie cutters are available in many fancy shapes, including spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds for your bridge club. A.nimals delight the children. So do funny, fat little people with currants for eyes. 21 Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets Helped This Woman Wonderfully **I took your Tablets for periodic pain and backache. Before I started taking this medicine, I kept getting worse every month. For about a week before I would get so weak and nervous that sometimes I just thought I couldn't stand to live a bit longer. I would get crying spells and just cry for two or three hours at a time and not even know what I was crying about. When that was over I would feel so tired, and I couldn't sleep or even eat a meal. The cooking of it was all I could do. I kept getting thinner all the time and thought I had better do something about it. I saw your medicine advertised in the papers and read letters from different ones which had used it. So I thought there would be no harm in giving it a trial. I bought a box of Tablets and I notic- ed a difference right away. I have only used one box, but I certainly feel like a new person. I have vowed I shall never be without a supply of them in my medicine chest any more. I will certainly tell all my friends about the wonderful results received." MRS. OTTO KLINGER, R. R. No. 1, Lougheed, Alberta. "It Helps Me" That's what 98 out of lOO women say after taking this medicine. It quiets quivering nerves, gives them more strength before and after childbirth, tides thenf over Change of Life . . . makes life seem worth living again. LYDIA E. PINKHAM^S 22 VEGETABLE COMPOUND Kitchen Economies Dampen stale rolls or muffins and heat them through in the oven. You can hardly tell them from freshly baked. Potato chips, crackers and flake cereals often get limp and rubbery in damp weather. A few minutes in the oven will restore their original crispness. If your children refuse to drink milk, buy a pack- age of straws and serve "sodas" in tall glasses. For variety, add a few drops of vanilla. Cold cocoa makes a chocolate soda. Use up left over berries or fruit as a garnish on your breakfast cereal. Stale cake makes a good cottage pudding. Cut away all frosting from the cake. Arrange in slices on individ- ual plates and pour hot lemon sauce over it. Top with a bit of jelly. Cracked eggs need not be thrown away. Use them in cake or custards at once. Paper doilies and napkins are inexpensive and save laundry. The family will enjoy eating picnic style in summer. Save gas by filling up your oven. Bake cake, pudding, pies or custards while you are baking potatoes. If you are roasting meat, slip in a pan of apples to bake or an escalloped dish. Don't throw away the water in which you cook veg- etables. Part of the nourishment of the vegetables is in this water. Save it to use in soups and sauces. 23 How's Your Complexion Today? Does a pimply face embarrass you? Humors and eruptions are among the most com- mon indications and re- sults of a run-down condi- tion. Such eruptions are unpleasant, often embar- rassing, and give the face an unhealthy appearance. ^They are not usually es- pecially serious or danger- ous. More serious results may come, however, at any time from the ac- cumulated impurities which they indicate. Good home treatment is necessary. Eat plain, nutri- tious and easily digested food. Get plenty of sleep and fresh air. Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Medicine one-half hour before meals. If constipation is present — as it often is — take Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills. The Blood Medicine works in harmony with both the Vegetable Compound and the Liver Pills. From Mother of Nine "I am the mother of nine children and never had to take any tonic before, but after my last baby came I was very weak and rundown. I could not^eat or sleep. Some days I could not do my work. I used to have cry- ing spells thinking I was going to die. My friends said I looked horrid and advised me to take Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound. After taking three bottles I feel like a new woman. I take care of the family and work out when I can get it.'* MRS. JOSEPH ARSENAULT, 24 Tracadie Cross, P. E. L I I Desserts that Please EGOLESS, MILKLESS SPICE CAKE V2 cup sugar V2 cup shortening 1 cup molasses 2^/^ cups flour 2 tbsp. cocoa 1% tsp. soda ^ tsp. salt 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp- cinnamon *^ tsp. cloves V2 tsp. ginger 1 cup hot coffee Cream sugar and shortening, and add molasses. Add flour, to which other dry ingredients have been added. Mix thor- oughly then add hot coffee, stirring constantly. Beat well. Bake in one or more greased and floured cake pans, depending upon thickness desired. This cake may be eaten plain or iced, or served with a pudding sauce. HARD SAUCE Cream 1/3 cup butter. Add 1 cup confectioner's sugar grad- ually and beat until light. Add 1 tsp. vanilla or lemon. Keep in a cool place until needed. HEALTH SALAD Dissolve 1 package Lemon Jello in 2 cups hot water. Stir in 1 tsp. sugar and a pinch of salt. When partly set, add 1 cup grated pineapple and V2 cup grated carrot. Cool and serve on lettuce. 25 THIS PRODUCT IS HOSPITAL TESTED AND APPROVED in I UDIAEJINKHAM'S SANATIVE WASH FOR nmhi DOUCHES Lynn- 4H0 -,„,a. j^YDIA E. PINKHAM'S San- ative Wash has been test- ed in the hospital under the doctor's supervision. It is highly recommended as a cleansing, non-irritating anti- septic for vaginal douches. As a deodorant it prevents em- barrassment. Because it is a medicated wash it soothes and helps to heal minor irrita- tions. For Sale at Drug Stores Large Bottle 55 Cents Lydia E. Pinkham's SANATIVE WASH 26 Inexpensive Pudding CHOCOLATE RICE PUDDING Put 4 cups of milk in double boiler. When scalded add % cup washed rice, 5 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, 3 tbsp. grated chocolate and 1/3 tsp. salt. Cook 2 hours. Just before taking up, add 1 tsp. vanilla. Serve hot with whipped cream. LEMON PUDDING 1 cup bread crumbs 1 pint milk 1 tbsp. butter 2 eggs 1 lemon 1 cup sugar Heat the milk. Add the bread crumbs. When cool add beaten egg yolks and V2 cup sugar. Bake about V2 hour. Beat the egg whites stiff. Add V2 cup sugar and the juice of the lemon. Pile this meringue on top of pudding and brown in the oven. Garnish with a cherry or dots of red jelly. Saskatchewan Woman Benefited *1 am a farmer's wife, twenty-four years old. I have been taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound for painful periods and it is helping me. A friend of mine told me about it." MRS. M. P. CHERNOFF, 27 Verigin, Sask. Serve Soup for Health In planning budget meals for your family do not overlook the value of soup. Either as a first course or as the main part of the meal, soups, broths and stews are nourishing, economical and excellent for children. Canned soups are delicious and are now available in such variety that it hardly seems worthwhile to make our own. Keep several cans in the pantry for emergencies. These concentrated soups are usually prepared by adding water. For a cream soup, substitute milk. CROUTONS Cut stale bread in slices V2 inch thick. Trim off crusts and cut the bread into V2 inch squares, or into strips if you prefer. Put them in a shallow pan and bake in a moderate oven until golden brown. Keep in glass jars to serve with soup. CRISPY CRACKERS Split round common crackers in halves. Spread the inside with butter. Lay the crackers buttered side up on a cookie sheet or shallow pan and bake in the oven until golden brown. Serve with soup. These may also be served hot to eat with jelly or marmalade. LEMON SAUCE V2 cup sugar 1 tbsp. cornstarch 1 cup boiling water l^^ tbsp. lemon juice or tsp. lemon extract Mix sugar and cornstarch in a double boiler. Add water slowly, stirring constantly to prevent lumps. Cook 5 minutes. Add lemon juice. Remove from fire and serve hot. Excellent for a sauce on pudding. A good way to use up stale cake, too. Daughter Took Lydia £• Pinkham's Tablets Mother Took Vegetable Compound Both Were Greatly Benefited "My daughter Margarie Elizabeth is fifteen years old. For three years she suffered every month. We tried many kinds of medicine but nothing helped her until she took Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets. They stop- ped the terrible cramps and gave her great relief. I have used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound myself and we recommend both these medicines to others." MRS. BERTHA NELSON, R. R. No. 1, Sedgewick, Alberta Ask Mother^ — She Knows Mother took this medicine before and after the babies came. It gave her more strength and energy when she was nervous and run- down . . . kept her on the job all through the Change. No wonder she recommends it. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 29 "It certainly built me up'' "Since 1913 I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound off and on. First for a rundown condition, and now at the Change of Life. It built me up till I could do my house work lots better. I also take care of the garden and poultry."— MRS. FRANK P. STONE, Ponoka, Alberta, From youth to old age, this medicine proves its worth. Take it at maturity and ma- ternity as well as at middle life. Endorsed by 700,000 women. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound A womavLS remedy for woman^s ills First Bottle Helped Her AT CHANGE OF LIFE "I felt weak and tired and could not do my work. I felt sore all over — dizzy — could not sleep. The first bottle of Lydia E, Pinkham's Vege- table Compound helped me so I kept on. I recommend it for women of my age. It has helped me in every way." — ANTOINE BRUNET, Re- serve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, ORANGE CUSTARD 2 cups milk 1-4 cup sugar 1-3 tsp. salt 2 egg yolks 2 rounded tbsp. cornstarch 1-2 tsp. vanilla Scald the milk in a double boiler. Beat egg yolks lightly, add sugar and salt and cornstarch and pour slowly into scalded milk, stirring constantly. Cook un- til it thickens, still stirring constantly. Cool and flavor. Cut up two or three oranges. Remove pulp, keep- ing the pieces as large as possible. Arrange these pieces in a glass dish and pour the custard over them. Chill. Before serving, cover with meringue. MERINGUE Beat the whites of two eggs until stiff. Add 2 tbsp. powdered sugar gradually. Continue beating and add 1-2 tsp. vanilla. Pile on top of pudding and brown in the oven. "I Am Not So Nervous^^ "Every month I suffered and I was nervous and weak. I bought one bottle of your Vegetable Compound and got relief right away. I feel much stronger now. I am better able to do my housework and I am not so nervous." — MRS. KARL SCHMULAND, Fen- wood, Saskatchewan, "I Sleep Well Now" "I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for sleeplessness and nervous troubles and it help€d m«. I sleep well now. My appetite is good and my nerves are better.. A friend of mine is taking it now."— MRS. L. TALERICO, 2109-7th Ave. N. W., Calgary, Alberta. IF WINTER COMES... Spring is not far behind; and in Spring most of us need a good tonic. Take LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S BLOOD MEDICINE Here is a reliable tonic, equally good for men and women. It takes the place of Grandma's sulphur and mo- lasses in the Spring. But it tastes much more pleasant. Keep a bottle in your medicine chest. Give it to the whole family — parents and children — at any time through the year when they need such a medicine. Used For Over 50 Years Sold at leading drug stores in Canada piy.|»l»iiijiiiiin?ii 32 Get Your Free BOOKMARK Imported from Italy. Made of leather decorated in rich Florentine designs. Assorted colors. To obtain one of these bookmarks absolutely free, just answer the ques- tions below and mail to LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO., Lynn, Massachusetts, U. S. A. I Wi I 11 How many copies of this book were left where you found Jj this one? ;| u Where did you find this copy? \\ Have you seen other copies of this book in stores or other- ] ; wise wasted? !i If so, please explain what you have seen !l