A TEA IN THE TIME OF ROSES
(See Recipes Below)
Household Neurs
It'* the custom, in a great many
clubs, to draw the season to a grace
ful close with a charming spring
•tea. If you’re chairman of the re
ifreshment committee for that de
lightful social function of your or
ganization, why not plan to make
"In the Time of Roses” the theme
song for your tea?
Use roses here, there and every
where ... a rose-pink damask
cloth with rose
pattern; rose
sprigged china; a
great bowl of real
(roses for the cen
terpiece, and can
died rose petals
to decorate the
tiny cakes.
When you plan
the refreshments, allow at least
three sandwiches and two little
cakes (or cookies) for each guest,
and a pound of mints or salted nuts
for each 23 guests. If the tea is a
large one, you'll need two platters
of sandwiches, two of cakes and one
dish each of mints and nuts, on the
table at one time, and make sure
that for each platter on the table
there’s at least one full one in the
kitchen to take its place.
Choose an interesting variety of
dainty sandwiches for your tea.
Oblong brown bread sandwiches
with cream cheese and marmalade
are good, and combine effectively
with round white bread sandwiches,
with a blend of tuna fish and may
onnaise between them. Very thin,
dainty slices of an unusual bread
are excellent for plain bread and
butter sandwiches.
An assortment of dark and light
cookies, and very small cakes pro
vide the sweet touch for your menu.
And tea you must have, of course.
Tea, when properly made, is one
of the most invigorating drinks you
can serve. It is most important,
especially when making tea for a
group, to measure the amount of
tea used and to-brew it just long
enough and not too long in order to
insure its best fragrance and tang.
(Three to five minutes is generally
conceded to be just about right
brewing time.)
Bishop’s Bread.
(Makes 1 loaf)
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
ltt cups flour
1% teaspoons baking powder
V* teaspoon salt
2 cups nut meats (broken)
1 cup dates (sliced)
1 cup Maraschino cherries
V* pound sweet or semi-sweet
chocolate
Beat eggs until light, and add the
sugar, beating just enough to mix.
bin Hour, DaKing
powder and salt
and add the nuts,
dates, cherries
and chocolate
which has been
broken into pieces
about the size o!
a flve-cent piece.
Add to the flrst mixture, and mix
Just enough to blend the ingredi
ents. Grease a bread loaf pan thor
oughly and line the bottom with
wax paper. Grease paper and pour
in the batter. Bake in a moderately
slow oven (325 degrees) for about
1V4 hours. Cool and slice very thin.
Butter Ovals.
(Makes 30 small cookies)
V4 cup butter
3 tablespoons superfine powdered
sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup nut meats (broken)
Cream butter, add powdered
sugar and blend well. Add flour slow
ly and mix thoroughly. Fold in nut
meats. Shape into small crescent
shaped rolls about the size of a
small finger. Place on greased bak
ing sheet and bake in a moderate
oven <350 degrees) for approximate
ly 20 minutes. Roll in powdered
sugar while warm.
Little Swedish Tea Cakes.
1 cup butter
• Vi cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups cake flour
V« teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream butter and add sugar slow
ly. Cream well. Add well-beaten
egg and blend. Sift flour once be
fore measuring and then sift again
with salt. Add and blend in flavor
ing. Place a rounded teaspoonful of
batter in very small greased muffin
tins (lVi inches in diameter). Press
batter up sides and over bottom so
that there is a hollow In the center.
Fill this hollow with an almond fill
ing (about 1 teaspoonful).
Almond Filling.
2 eggs
Vi cup sugar
y« teaspqon salt
Vi pound finely ground almonds
Beat eggs until very light and add
sugar, salt, and ground almonds
which have been put through food
chopper twice. Bake 30 minutes in
a slow moderate oven (325 degrees).
Black Walnut Bread.
(Makes 1 loaf)
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup black walnuts (rolled fine)
3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
Combine milk, sugar and wal
nuts. Sift flour and baking powder
together, and blend with the first
mixture. Pour batter into small,
greased bread pan. Bake in a mod
erate oven (350 degrees) for 60 to
70 minutes.
Dream Bara.
(Serves 6-8)
iy« cups flour
1% cups brown sugar
Vi cup butter
Vi teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs (well beaten)
Vi teaspoon vanilla extract
V« cup coconut
Mix 1 cup flour with 2 tablespoons
brown sugar. Cut in butter. Pat into
greasea square
pan and bake 10
minutes in a mod
erate oven (350
degrees). Add
baking powder to
' remaining Vi cup
flour and sift.
Beat eggs and
add the remain
ing 1*6 cups Drown sugar, beating
thoroughly. Then add the flour and
the vanilla extract. Spread this mix
ture over the partially baked butter
and flour mixture. Sprinkle with co
conut, return to oven, and continue
baking approximately 25 minutes
longer.
English Currant Bread.
2 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
V4 teaspoon nutmeg
% teaspoon salt
% cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
% cup currants
cup pecans or other nut meats
(broken)
1 egg (well beaten)
Vi cup milk
1 teaspoon orange rind (grated)
1 teaspoon orange juice
Sift all dry ingredients together.
Cut in shortening. Add currants and
nut meats. Combine egg and milk
and add to first mixture. Add or
ange juice and rind. Mix well. Place
in well-greased loaf pan. Bake in
moderately hot oven (400 degrees) 40
to 45 minutes.
Strawberry Jam Gems.
2 cups general purpose flour
Mt teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
V« cup shortening
*4 cup milk
Strawberry preserves
Sift all dry ingredients and blend
in shortening. Add liquid and knead
lightly for a few seconds. Form
small biscuits with finger tips as for
yeast dough mixtures. Make small
indentation with spoon and put 1
teaspoon strawberry preserves in
each indentation. Stretch dough
over opening and place in greased
muffin tins. Bake in hot oven (450
degrees) until brown. Serve hot
like biscuits.
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Chicago, Illinois.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
I AN HONEST
MAN
86
By JOHN K. DUGHMAN
(McClure Syndicate—WNU Service.)
Undoubtedly there were
others in Public square as
broke and hungry as Johnny
Born, but not one on the
benches was so hunched up and
I downcast, so tormented with regret
■ for opportunity tossed carelessly
aside. Nor was any as homesick
i as the youth who had come to con
j quer Cleveland in a few years and
! had been conquered in less than a
week.
He glanced at the odd bits of hu
manity about him; at the oft
read, crumpled newspapers on the
benches.
The green grass of the park re
minded him of the green pastures
of his old home back In Wisconsin.
If he had only listened to his wid
owed mother—stayed on the small
though profitable farm—beat down
the impossible dreams of becoming
a millionaire and remembered the
sweetness of Dorothy's laughing,
teasing lips—the movies three nights
a week, with a cool drink and a
plate of home-made ice-cream at
George's afterwards — hay-wagon
parties, barn dances.
What an ass he’d been—passing
up everything that made for hap
piness—Dorothy’s eyes, clear and
shining; cheeks like June roses; lips
sweet and eager for his shy kisses—
his mother’s loving adoration—his
sister’s good-natured teasing—the
welcoming bark of old Rover. Why,
the farm was his heritage! And he’d
sold it for a mess of pottage.
A smartly attired middle-aged la
dy, leading a blue-blooded Peke,
hurried by as if fearing her pet
would be contaminated by the
knights of the bench. Johnny half
turned his head to gaze at the well
dressed stranger seating himself
nearby. When his gaze returned to
the sidewalk the lady and her dog
had disappeared.
Johnny was far more hungry than
he had ever been in his life. He
was about to forget his pride, and
ask the well dressed stranger for a
coin, when his roving eyes opened
wide, stared for a moment, then
gleamed brightly. Springing to his
feet he snatched up hurriedly the
black leather purse lying on the
pavement.
For several minutes after resum
ing his seat, Johnny turned the
purse over and over in his trem
bling hands.
It was an expensive affair.
He had noticed the lady with the
dog, carrying it not so long ago.
He looked fearfully in the direc
tion the lady had gone—she might
have discovered her loss and re
turn.
The heaviness of the purse’s con
tents created considerable hope
within Johnny’s heart. His tired
eyes looked across the street—"Full
Course Roast Chicken Dinner, One
Dollar.” What he could do to a
roast chicken!
Praying that he might not be too
badly disappointed, Johnny opened
the purse, with trembling, clumsy
fingers. He was almost afraid to
look.
A powder puff first met his gaze.
Desperate fingers pushed it aside.
His heart seemed to stop as he made
the discovery that the purse was
devoid of money. Not even a dime
nor a penny rewarded his search.
For a moment Johnny was tempt
ed to toss the purse in a convenient
refuse can. If he had known more
about the value of purses he would
have hied himself to a pawn shop.
But being a not too worldly wise
youth from the country, he remained
dejectedly on the bench.
Hope dies hard within the human
breast.
Alter his eyes had reverted to the
sign across the street, for the five
hundredth time that morning, John
ny opened the purse again. His
breath came heavily. His fingers
discovered a small compartment he
had previously failed to see. His
eyes were the size of saucers a
moment later. He was holding in
the palm of his hand three hand
some rings—the brilliance of their
settings dazzled him. He didn’t know
much about the value of diamonds,
but he knew the three rings must
be worth much money.
A pawn broker’s sign caught his
eyes. He rose hastily. A clock in
the distance was striking twelve. It
was time that he filled the aching
void in his midsection with roast
chicken.
A lump rose in his throat.
The hand on his shoulder seemed
to be choking him. He turned his
head, to meet stern steel gray eyes.
The stranger he had noticed before
was at his side.
Desperately Johnny forced his
eyes to leave the sign on the other
side of the street. He tightened up
his belt another notch.
‘‘Let’s see those rings.”
It took three minutes for Johnny’s
hand to sway about, find a pocket,
and finally emerge with the rings.
The stranger appraised them with
experienced eyes.
“What are you going to do with
them?”
Johnny was so hungry he felt as
if he would faint unless he ate soon.
“Pawn them, and then eat,” he
confessed.
The stranger’s handsome face be
came almost sad.
“But that wouldn’t be honest,
son,” he said sorrowfully. “You
; would be a thief. Those rings would
l likely bring about your arrest. You
can’t pawn stuff like this nowadays
and get away with it. Being crook
ed never pays. Look at Lincoln.
There was a square guy and look
what he got to be. Just think, he
once walked twenty miles—maybe
it was fifteen—to return six cents—
Maybe it was three.”
Johnny’s stomach thumped at his
brain. His eyes returned to the sign
across the street. He hoped the
chicken was roasted well.
“What would you do with the
rings?” he asked the stranger.
“Return them.”
“But how?”
Johnny’s companion took the
purse into his hands. His deft fin
gers extracted a -card.
“Mrs. Will Lexington, Cleveland
hotel,” he read aloud. ‘That is
where I am stopping. I know Mrs.
Lexington well.”
Johnny regretfully brought his
eyes away from the roast chicken
sign. He gave his belt a vicious
tug.
"Would you return the purse and
the rings for me?” He glanced at
his wrinkled clothes and dusty
shoes. “They wouldn’t let me in a
swell hotel.”
The stranger hesitated momenta
rily, then he reached into his pocket.
He pressed a twenty dollar bill into
Johnny’s hand.
“On behalf of Mrs. Lexington I
want to reward you for your hon
esty. I am sure she would want me
to do this.”
Johnny tried to say he didn’t need
to be rewarded for doing what was
right, but when he had recovered
his wits the stranger had gone.
At two - fourteen, his stomach
swelling with roast chicken, Johnny,
on the Chicago express, pulled out
of the Union station, bound for Wis
consin and home.
Shortly afterwards a dapper, well
dressed man jauntily entered Cohen
and Silverman’s Superior avenue
pawn shop.
He shook hands heartily with Moe
Cohen, then deposited three rings
in the elderly Jew’s smooth, white
hand.
“My grandmother kicked off, Moe.
How much for these babies?”
Moe’s dark, velvety eyes sparkled.
He reached for his check book.
“One grand,” he said.
Even Bathing Beaches Can
Be Safe From Lightning
Engineers will complete a 20-year
study of lightning this year. What
have they found? They are still un
certain as to what causes the
storms but they are able to make
any structure safe from lightning
damage.
Here is how Dr. K. B. McEachron
of the lightning research depart
ment of the General Electric com
pany sums up the results:
“We are able today to make any
structure safe from lightning dam
age. Open land, like bathing
beaches, also may be made safe
with lightning masts, and ammuni
tion dumps, which unfortunately are
becoming more important, may be
made proof against the bolts."
The theory of lightning now ac
cepted is that moisture in a column
of warm, rising air condenses when
it reaches the cool upper strata and
forms heavy drops. These fall back
through the rising column and be
come so unwieldy that they are
shattered into droplets again and the
process begins once more.
As the drops are shattered, elec
tricity is generated and stored in
clouds—the positive electricity at
the top and the negative in the lower
part When sufficient tension is at
tained a lightning flash results.
Fireballs, however, which many
persons insist they have seen, may
not even exist, according to the
scientists. The human eye is too
uncertain to believe, they say. They
add that for centuries everybody
“saw” lightning flash down from the
sky, but now modern instruments
have proved that it strikes up with
the greater force.
For every unit of electricity in a
thunder cloud, the scientists say,
there is a mate of the opposite sign
in the earth beneath it. These
charges follow the cloud like a
shadow and when the tension be
comes great enough, the flashes
shoot either up or down.
It is because of this affinity that
persons in open spaces are electro
cuted so often. The electricity
climbs through the person’s body
until he is saturated with earth cur
rent—then he is the jumping off
place for the discharge.
Although most persons think of
lightning in terms of destruction,
Dr. McEachron says that the 20
year study shows it does one good
thing for mankind.
“Lightning," he says, "is not a
complete waste of natural energy.
Thunderstorms are in reality great
outdoor nitrogen-fixing plants. They
fertilize the soil with 100,000,000 tons
of nitric acid a year, thus adding
to the fertility of the earth."
American Fashion Trend
Due to American resentment
against some recent Paris styles,
clothiers are now making consumer
opinion surveys before issuing new
lines of fashions. One of the first
completed revealed that 87.5 per
cent of men prefer rubber heels to
leather. Since heretofore only 60
per cent of men’s new shoes have
been equipped with rubber heels, a
change in shoe styles is forecast, as
rubber heels now cost the manu
facturer about 40 per cent less than
leather and give longer wear.
Northwestern Boundaries
The present boundaries of tha
northwest part of the United States
were fixed by treaty with Great
Britain in 1846.
JTERN h *
I UEPARTH ENT
'T'HIS dress has a beautiful line
-slim-hipped, high-busted, ex
actly the silhouette in which wom
en’s sizes look best. And it’s so
simply designed! The bodice is
fitted in with long darts above the
waistline, and gathered just be
neath the shoulders, where nar
row ruffles add a soft, dressy
touch, without any suggestion of
width or weight. The paneled
skirt flows into graceful fullness at
Jlsk Me JUioiher
0 A General Quiz
The Questions
1. Who delivered the famous
orations first called philippics?
2. What is the longest verse in
the Bible? The shortest?
3. For what people is Suomi an
other name?
4. What is the slop chest on a
merchant ship?
5. In how many states are wom
en permitted to serve on juries?
6. What is the term for a per
son who is al^hys telling you his
troubles and finds no pleasure in
life?
7. In what country were Arabic
numerals first used?
8. Can sailboats travel faster
than the wind?
The Answers
1. Demosthenes (his orations
denouncing Philip of Macedon).
2. Longest, Esther 8:9. Short
est, St. John 11:35.
3. Suomi is another name for the
Finns.
4. The store of clothing, for is
sue to the crew.
5. In 24 states and the District
of Columbia women are permitted
to serve on juries.
6. The technical name is anhe
donist. Commonly he is called a
grouch.
7. India.
8. Light racing sailboats can be
made to travel about 50 per cent
faster than the wind at a certain
angle to it.
the hem, accenting the narrow
hipped look.
Make this design (No. 1971-B)
of small-figured print, flat crepe,
georgette or chiffon, with decora
tive buttons down the bodice in
the front. The plain v of the neck
line invites all sorts of different
jewelry and necklaces.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1971
B is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38,
40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 requires
4% yards of 39-inch material with
out nap. Send order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
Room 1324
211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago
Enclose 15 cents in coins for
Pattern No. Size.
Name .
Address .
AROUND
THE HOUSE
Never serve food in a dish that
is too large for amount of food
served. It detracts from the ap
pearance of your table.
* * *
A paste made of scouring pow
der moistened with ammonia will
remove unsightly stains on brass
trays. Apply paste, remove when
dry, then polish tray.
• • •
Mix grated or chopped carrots
into apple and other fruit salads.
They will add to delicious crunchi
ness.
* * *
For whiter mashed potatoes or
boiled rice, add a pinch of cream
of tartar to the cooking water.
* * *
To remove whitewash from a
ceiling, dissolve one pound of
alum in one gallon of strong vine
gar. Apply with brush, let soak
in well and scrape and wash as
usual.
• • •
Moisture in the refrigerator en
courages the growth of bacteria,
causing food to spoil. Wipe off
all moisture inside the refrigera
tor and be careful to remove
spilled foods.
Strange Facts
f To Religious Liberty I
Rat Digests Steel
* Sans Railway, Hotel *
CL Standing in Fairmount park,
Philadelphia, is one of the few
statues in the United States that
symbolize and are dedicated to re
ligious liberty. It was given to
the American people in 1876 by
the B’nai B’rith, the famous inter
national Jewish organization.
CL The powerful dissolving effect
of digestive juices has been dem
onstrated by their action on vari
ous kinds of metals fed to rodents.
In one case a steel ball bearing,
while in the stomach of a rat for
15 days, was reduced 24 per cent
in weight.
CL Many registered trade-marks,
solely owned by a manufacturer,
have been so widely applied to
similar products that they have
become a part of our language
and are found in dictionaries.
Among them are autogiro, cello
phane, ethyl, mercurochrome,
parcheesi, pyrex, teletype and zip
per.
CL British Somaliland, a protec
torate since 1884, with an area of
68,000 square miles and a popula
tion of 350,000, still does not have
a railway, hotel, bank or Euro
pean hospital.—Collier’s.
Future Ours
Remember this also, and be well
persuaded of its truth: The future
is not in the hands of Fate, but in
ours.—Jules Jusserand.
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Doubt Materializes
Doubt indulged soon becomes
doubt realized.
Deep-Rooted Feelings
True friends appear less moved
than counterfeit.—Horace.
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