Scald the dates and remove seed. Cook in milk to soften and rub through strainer. Mix the yolks and syrup and pour the hot milk date mixture over it. Freeze. ANGEL PARFAIT. 1^ cups corn syrup (light) yi cup water 3 egg whites 1 pint heavy cream 1 tablespoon vanilla✪ Angel Parfait 104 WARCOOKBOOK Boil syrup and water until syrup will thread when dropped from tip of spoon. Pour slowly on beaten whites of eggs and continue the beating until mixture is cool. Add cream beaten stiff and vanilla, then pack in ice and salt and freeze without stirring. SHERBETS. 1 cup fruit juice Yz teaspoon gelatine Yz cup honey 2 tablespoons cold w^ater Yz lemon juice 1 pint water✪ Sherbets Soak gelatine in cold water. Boil the pint of wa- ter, and add to the soaked gelatine to dissolve. Add honey Avhile still hot, then fruit juices and freeze. The above amounts will make a little over a quart of ice. WARCOOKBOOK 105 Wartime Conservation in Clothing and Household Textiles By Assistant Professor Ruby Buckman, University of Kentucky. Greatly decreased production in textile fibers and fabrics is another result of the war. Shortage in wool is greatest both on account of decreased production of sheep and on account of the large amount needed for soldiers' clothing. Linen is exceedingly scarce since, in the United States, we are dependent on im- portation from foreign countries, some of which have been devastated by war ravages. In the near future the shipping of silks from Japan and China may have to be curtailed on account of the extreme scarcity of war ships. Cotton, too, though grown plentifully in our own country during normal times, is scarce since it is now used so extensively in making hospjtal supplies and explosives as well as in replacing other scarcer textiles. Soldiers must be clothed first, hence from the pa- triotic standpoint, every American woman must con- serve textiles of every kind in every possible way. The saving which she must do now is only the thrift principle which she should practice at all times. Household Textiles Take an inventory today and instead of buying new, see where the old ''on hand" may be utilized whenever possible. 106 WARCOOKBOOK Table Linen Darn table clothes, napkins and iTinch cloths when an accidental hole has been worn. Cut off fringes and torn hems and hem again neatly. Make napkins and lunch cloths from partly worn table cloths. Save every scrap for some purpose. If necessary to replenish with new, buy the half bleached, as the whole bleach weakens from 15 to 20%. A few launderings and allowing to remain overnight on the grass will complete the bleaching. Use cotton Japanese table cloths and lunch cloths. They are cheap, pretty and easy to launder. Bedding. Where a sheet shows signs of wear down the mid- dle, tear, if it is seamless, through exact center, hem these edges and whip the outer edges together to form a new center. Your time used in conserving textiles is of value to your government. Use good parts of badly worn sheets as covers for upper edges of comforters. Buy new unbleached sheeting and pillow casing. It wears much longer and soon bleaches out in the laundry. Investigate your laundry to be sure no suds are used which eat holes in fabrics. Avoid elaborate decoration of bed linen. If new bed spreads must be purchased, make them of seer- sucker or muslin binding the edges in color if desired.

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Scald the dates and remove seed. Cook in milk to soften and rub through strainer. Mix the yolks and syrup and pour the hot milk date mixture over it. Freeze. ANGEL PARFAIT. 1^ cups corn syrup (light) yi cup water 3 egg whites 1 pint heavy cream 1 tablespoon vanilla Boil syrup and water until syrup will thread when dropped from tip of spoon. Pour slowly on beaten whites of eggs and continue the beating until mixture is cool. Add cream beaten stiff and vanilla, then pack in ice and salt and freeze without stirring. SHERBETS. 1 cup fruit juice Yz teaspoon gelatine Yz cup honey 2 tablespoons cold water Yz lemon juice 1 pint water Soak gelatine in cold water. Boil the pint of water, and add to the soaked gelatine to dissolve. Add honey while still hot, then fruit juices and freeze. The above amounts will make a little over a quart of ice. Wartime Conservation in Clothing and Household Textiles By Assistant Professor Ruby Buckman, University of Kentucky. Greatly decreased production in textile fibers and fabrics is another result of the war. Shortage in wool is greatest both on account of decreased production of sheep and on account of the large amount needed for soldiers' clothing. Linen is exceedingly scarce since, in the United States, we are dependent on importation from foreign countries, some of which have been devastated by war ravages. In the near future the shipping of silks from Japan and China may have to be curtailed on account of the extreme scarcity of war ships. Cotton, too, though grown plentifully in our own country during normal times, is scarce since it is now used so extensively in making hospjtal supplies and explosives as well as in replacing other scarcer textiles. Soldiers must be clothed first, hence from the patriotic standpoint, every American woman must conserve textiles of every kind in every possible way. The saving which she must do now is only the thrift principle which she should practice at all times. Household Textiles Take an inventory today and instead of buying new, see where the old ''on hand" may be utilized whenever possible. Table Linen Darn table clothes, napkins and iTinch cloths when an accidental hole has been worn. Cut off fringes and torn hems and hem again neatly. Make napkins and lunch cloths from partly worn table cloths. Save every scrap for some purpose. If necessary to replenish with new, buy the half bleached, as the whole bleach weakens from 15 to 20%. A few launderings and allowing to remain overnight on the grass will complete the bleaching. Use cotton Japanese table cloths and lunch cloths. They are cheap, pretty and easy to launder. Bedding. Where a sheet shows signs of wear down the middle, tear, if it is seamless, through exact center, hem these edges and whip the outer edges together to form a new center. Your time used in conserving textiles is of value to your government. Use good parts of badly worn sheets as covers for upper edges of comforters. Buy new unbleached sheeting and pillow casing. It wears much longer and soon bleaches out in the laundry. Investigate your laundry to be sure no suds are used which eat holes in fabrics. Avoid elaborate decoration of bed linen. If new bed spreads must be purchased, make them of seersucker or muslin binding the edges in color if desired.

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