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The price of Cream of Tartar brands of baking powder is exorbitant.

Calumet is not made by a trust and not sold at trust prices.

The price of Calumet Baking Powder is very reasonable, only about onehalf that of the high priced brands, and but very little more than the cheap or big can kinds.

These are all important points to be considered in selecting a baking powder. Whether viewed physiologically as to wholesomeness, chemically as to composition, practically as to efficiency and keeping qualities, or economically as to price, Calumet Baking Powder demonstrates its superiority over "Cream of Tartar" baking powders. Have you not been deceived by misleading advertisements into using high priced baking powder and paying an exorbitant price?

Can you think of one solitary reason why you should use high priced Cream of Tartar baking powders any longer?

Can you find one reason why you should not use Calumet Baking Powder in preference to high priced powders? Get a can of Calumet at once and try it in your baking today; you will get the best results you ever had. Do not be misled or deceived any longer. To Get Rid of Ants-Place lumps of gum camphor in their runways and near sweets infested by them.

Or scrub shelves and drawers with strong carbolic soap. Or inject gasoline.

Or place preserves, cake and other sweets attractive to ants in refrigerators, or small closets, boxes, or tables raised on legs set in pans of water. Add a tablespoon of kerosene oil to the water to form a scum of oil over the top. Teapots that are made of metal, if unused for some time, will often give a musty flavor to the tea when next used. This may be prevented by placing a lump of sugar in the teapot before putting it away.

To mend a crack on the inside of a range, use a filling made of equal parts of wood ashes and common salt moistened with water. This will prove hard and lasting. When Cooking Green Vegetables a small particle of soda added to the boiling water just before putting in the vegetables will keep them in fresh color. When Boiling Green Vegetables add a lump of sugar to the water; it is as effectual as soda and perfectly harmless.

Boiled Cabbage is much sweeter when the water is changed in boiling. The water in which cabbage has been cooked should not be poured down the sink or if this must be done the sink should be rinsed with water containing powdered charcoal or a little chloride of lime.

No Disagreeable Odor will come during the cooking of cabbage or cauliflower if put on in cold water to which has been added a good pinch of baking soda. They must be cooked about 20 minutes after the water reaches a boil and the saucepan should be left uncovered during the entire process.

To Prevent the Smell of cooking from getting into the house, sprinkle a little cedar sawdust on the top of the stove. When milk boils over on the stove or in the oven, sprinkle a thick layer of salt on the burning milk; let it remain a few minutes, then brush off.

All Kitchen Supplies should be kept in glass jars, the different sizes each to themselves. Have covered crockery dishes for use in the ice box and see that they are scalded when washed.

Use these jars whenever practical in the ice box, especially to keep fish, oysters, lettuce or parsley, and, in fact, any food with a strong odor or any food which may become impregnated with the odor of other foods.

To remove odors from ice box, cupboard or pantry, etc. -Fill a dish with boiling water and drop in a piece of charcoal. A lump of charcoal left in a closed bottle or jar will keep it from becoming musty.

Boiling Liquids, Jellies or Fruits may be turned into glass without breaking the vessel if you press the bowl of a spoon on the bottom while filling. Cereals-Cereals should be emptied in their proper receptacles of tin or glass and closely covered to prevent insects getting in. Coffee should go immediately into an air-tight canister in order to keep its aroma. Olive oil should be put into a cool, dark place, and salt, baking powder, soap and cheese in dry places. Flour-Flour belongs in a bin or barrel raised a few inches from the floor. While wheat flour may be obtained in quantity, cornmeal or Graham flour should only be purchased in small quantities and kept in tin or glass. Mashed potatoes, or any vegetable, are made light and fluffy by adding one-half teaspoon of "Calumet" to three cups of mashed vegetables. Meat-Tough meat may be made tender by pounding, slow cooking or laying it a few minutes in vinegar water.

Milk-Before heating milk rinse out the saucepan with a little hot water (never boil milk, it toughens food materials); it will prevent the milk sticking to the bottom of the pan.

ALUME Ideal Combinations Meat Vegetables (1. Glazed Sweet Potatoes 2. White Potatoes Croquettes Corn Fritters 1. Chicken, Fowl Mushrooms 2. Turkey. 3. Goose.

Fresh Lima Beans Fresh Shell Beans Squash Onions (Any Green or Fresh Vegetable White Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Onion Turnip Squash Cauliflower (Brussels Sprouts (White Potatoes Turnips Onion Squash Cauliflower (Brussels Sprouts 4. Domestic Duck (Same as Chicken Addition: Onion, Hominy 5. Wild Duck. Same as Chicken { Accompaniments Cranberry Sauce or Jelly Celery Sauce Chestnut Dressing Mushroom Dressing Oyster Dressing Sage Dressing Pineapple, Apple, or Tomato (Acid) Salad (Cranberry Jelly Cranberry Sauce Oyster Dressing Chestnut Dressing Sausage Dressing Sage Dressing Acid Salads as for Chicken Apple Sauce Appl Celery Sauce Giblet Gravy Fresh Vegetable or Fruit Salad (Jellies Fruit Sauces Fresh Vegetable Salads 'White Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Macaroni Cauliflower Brussels Sprouts Onions 6. Beef Roast... Spinach String Beans Lima Beans Egg Plant Tomatoes Squash Stuffed Peppers, and other Summer Vegetables