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ENTERTAINING WHEN THE WEATHER S WARM
(See Recipes Below)
If the mercury seems likely to
pop right through the top of the
thermometer, and guests are com
ing for dinner, you can still keep
cool!
Plan your menu to permit as much
preparation as possible in the cool
er hours of the
morning. Remem
ber, when you
plan the meal,
that quality rath
er than quantity
will please your
guests, and that
a beautiful, cool, crisp salad will
be more appetite-tempting, by far,
than all the complicated hot dishes
you can name!
It’s wise, of course, to Include one
hot food in your menu, even though
the weather’s torrid. There's some
thing about the contrast of hot foods
and cold that makes a meal more
pleasant to the taste (and to the
digestion, as well).
A cup of clear, hot soup, which
might be prepared the day before
and reheated just before serving,
a hot main dish that’s not too hearty
or Just a hot beverage, if you prefer
it, will do the trick.
You’ll find menus and tested reci
pes for all kinds of summer enter
taining in my cook book, ‘‘Easy En
tertaining." There are menus (and
recipes) for teas, for buffet suppers,
children’s parties, and for a wed
ding reception, too.
Orange-Grape-Pear Salad In Ice
Lined Salad Bowl.
(Serves 8)
Oranges, pears, grapes — sum
mer’s juiciest fruits—in an ice
chilled salad bowl! What a decora
tive answer to every cook's prayer
for something tempting to serve on
hot weather menus. For a buffet
party, serve it in a double bowl with
ice to keep the salad chilled to just
the right degree.
With a sharp knife, peel 8 oranges,
removing skin and inner membrane
down to juicy
meat. Cut in thin
even slices. (Cal
ifornia oranges
are firm-meated
and practically
seedless, which
makes them es
pecially suited to
slicing.) Peel and core 4 pears. Cut
in slices. Halve and seed 2 cups of
grapes. Combine fruits and put in
salad bowl, which has been lined
with romaine and watercress. These
two salad greens incidentally give
an interesting color contrast of light
and dark green that is refreshing
and that may well be used in any
salad.
Serve with sweet french dressing.
Sweet French Dressing.
% cup lemon juice
Mi cup salad oil
V4 cup red jelly or honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
Shake well before serving. The
lemon juice gives a flavor to dress
ings that is especially good with
fruit salads. (Makes 1V4 cups.)
Sparkling Vegetable Soap.
(Serves 8)
4 pounds beef shin
2Vi quarts water
1 tablespoon salt
4 sprigs parsley
2 bay leaves
10 pepper corns
3 whole cloves
M cup sliced carrot
Mi cup sliced onion
Mi cup celery and
celery leaves
Have bones cracked at the mar
ket. Wipe bone and meat with
cloth. Remove half the meat from
the bone, and cut in 1-inch cubes.
Brown the meat on all sides, add
bones, remaining meat and water.
Add remaining ingredients and
bring to a boil. Skim, then simmer
for 3 to 4 hours, with the lid of the
kettle tilted slightly. Strain through
sieve lined wHh cheese cloth, and
cool quickly, uncovered. Chill until
fat Is solid, then remove fat. To
clarify the soup, allow 1 egg white
and crushed shell mixed with 2 ta
blespoons of cold water, for each
quart of stock. Add to cold stock
and bring to a boil, stirring con*
ftantly. Remove from heat, add %
cup cold water, and let settle until
cold. Carefully strain through 4
thicknesses of cheese cloth wrung
out of very cold water.
Just before serving, add vegeta
bles as follows:
Vi cup tomato (cut very fine)
Vi cup carrot (diced fine)
Vi cup new cabbage (cut very fine)
Vi cup celery (cut very fine)
2Vi cups water
Vi teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons parsley (minced)
Cook tomato, carrot, cabbage and
celery in boiling, salted water, Just
until the vegetables are tender.
Strain, and add to hot soup just
before serving. Garnish with minced
parsley.
Wafllelxed Strawberry Shortcake.
2 cups pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3 eggs—separated
lVi cups milk
3 tablespoons melted butter
Mix and sift all dry ingredients.
Beat egg yolks and add to them the
milk and melted
butter. Stir liquid
mixture into dry
ingredients. Fold
in stiffly beaten
egg white. Bake
in hot waffle iron.
leaving iron closed until steam no
longer escapes between the two
halves.
Rice Rolls.
(Makes 3 dozen)
Vi cup cooked rice
Vi cup liquid from rice
Vi cup milk
Vi cup shortening
2 teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons sugar
1 yeast cake softened in
Vi cup lukewarm water
1 egg (beaten)
5 cups flour
Drain the cooked rice thoroughly.
Combine Vi cup of the water In
which the rice was cooked, with Vi
cup milk and scald. Pour over the
shortening, salt, and sugar, cool
slightly, and add the rice. Combine
softened yeast with the beaten egg
and add to the cooled milk mixture.
Beat in about half of the flour, and
mix well. Add remaining flour.
Place in greased bowl, grease top
of dough sltghtly and cover the
bowl. Allow dough to rise until dou
ble in bulk (about lVi hours). Punch
down, and let rise again for about
45 minutes. Shape into small balls
and place in greased muffin pans.
Let rise until double in bulk, then
brush with milk. Bake in a mod
erately hot oven with the thermo
stat set at 400 degrees, for about
20 minutes.
Jellied Ham Salad.
(Serves 6)
2 cups cooked ham (finely ground)
V* cup mayonnaise
1 table spook sweet pickle (cut fine)
2 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
2 cups water
1 tablespoon granulated unflavored
gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
1 cup cooked ham (cut in small
strips)
Combine ground ham, mayonnaise
and pickle and blend thoroughly.
Chill. Add cloves and bay leaf to
water and boil for about 5 minutes.
Then strain. Add gelatin which has
been soaked in cold water and stir
until dissolved. Chill until mixture
begins to thicken; then add ham
mixture. Pour in individual salad
molds and chill 2 or 3 hours, or un
til set Unmold on crisp lettuce or
watercress, top with mayonnaise
and strips of cooitvd ham and serve
very cold.
Cheese Cornucopias—Salad
Accompaniment.
Cheese cornucopias are an unusu
al, but delicious, salad accompani
ment. Make ordinary pastry as for
pie and roll out. Make tiny cornu
copias (about 3 inches long) from
any stiff paper. Wrap pastry around
cornucopia and bake 12 minutes in
a hot oven (450 degrees). Remove
paper and when cool, fill cornu
copias with highly flavored cream
cheese. Serve with any salad.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.
The Brewster
Murder
86 ‘
By CARLTON JAMES
(McClure Syndicate—WNU Service.)
/ r y^\Oj«IE on," said Inspector
* * | Jeff Carlton, “there’*
y j been a murder up at
the Falrview apart
ment*. This may be your chance
for a *tory.”
I picked up my hat and followed.
We taxied to the Fairview.
A butler admitted us to Glen Fer
nald’s apartment. The butler’s face
was white, and there was a wild
look in his eyes. He gestured to
a door that opened off the hall.
Carlton stepped toward it, beckon
ing to me to follow.
Inside were three people, two men
and a woman.
Ope of the former, a young, fair
haired youth, got unsteadily to his
feet and leered at us. He held a
half-filled glass of liquor.
“Evenin’, gent’muns,’’ he said
thickly. “Thish ish a pleasure.
Have-a-drink."
Carlton turned away from him
and addressed himself to the other
man.
“Hello, Doc,’’ he said. “What’s
happened?”
Doctor Jordan nodded familiarly.
He was a nervous little man with
a red face and spectacles. I had
seen him occasionally about head
quarters.
"Hello, Inspector. There’s been a
murder. Man named Brewster.
Stabbed. He’s in there.”
He nodded toward a door behind
the fireplace.
Inspector Carlton went through
the door.
He was gone about five minutes.
When he returned he stood near the
fireplace and looked around the
room.
"What happened, doc? Who’s
that?”
He pointed toward the woman.
She was about thirty years old, I
judged. Her face was so white that
the makeup on her cheeks looked
like ghastly blotches.
Doctor Jordan said: "That’s Mrs.
Brewster. It was she who called
me.”
"I see.” Carlton looked at the
woman. "You’re the dead man’s
wife?”
"Yes.”
Her voice was low, frightened.
“Tell me what happened.”
She clutched at her throat and
looked sidewise at the fair-haired
youth, but he had sat down and
closed his eyes. His head was loll
ing to one side.
“Mr. Fernald,” she said, still
looking at him, “was giving a party.
There were five of us here: Mr.
Brewster and myself, Mr. Fernald,
and a young couple named Ray
mond. Mr. Raymond was a busi
ness associate of my husband.
They were leaving tonight on the
midnight train, and this party was
a sort of farewell.”
“Where are they now?”
The woman gestured helplessly.
“Gone, I suppose. When it came
time to leave, my husband seemed
to be missing. I remembered see
ing him go toward the kitchen. The
Raymonds couldn’t wait because it
was nearly time for their train.
They left and we began searching
for my husband. We found him in
—in there—. Dead!”
“Were the Raymonds drunk when
they left?”
“No. There'd been no drinking.
When Mr. Fernald discovered what
had happened he became dreadfully
upset. I called Doctor Jordan. Mr.
Fernald ordered some whisky, and
has been drinking ever since.”
Carlton nodded.
He gestured to Doc Jordan, and
the pair of them withdrew into a
comer and carried on a low-voiced
conversation. I watched them for a
while and then gave my attention
to the room. It was quite a large
room, tastefully appointed. In the
center there was a large table, with
books and magazines and a cruet
of whisky. Besides the door leading
to the den behind the fireplace, there
was another which, I judged, led to
the kitchen.
Presently Carlton came back to
the center of the room.
Dr. Jordan went over to Fernald
and began shaking him.
“Mrs. Brewster,” Carlton said,
"in your opinion, was it the Ray
monds who killed your husband?”
She stared at him, terrified.
“I—I don’t know. It was the first
time I’d met them."
“Where do they com* from?”
She gestured vaguely,
“Somewhere in the West. My hus
band was a mining engineer. He
met Mr. Raymond on one of his
many trips to the Coast. They be
came interested in some sort of min
ing venture, and, I believe, invested
together. The venture turned out
well, according to what I gathered
from their conversation of the past
few days.”
“I see. How long have you known
Mr. Fernald, Mrs. Brewster?"
“How long? Why—ever so long.
My husband and Mr. Fernald have
been friends since childhood.”
“I see,” Carlton said again.
He turned and crossed to the
butler. We couldn’t hear what was
said, but I saw the serving man
shake his head.
Presently, Carlton turned and
came back.
There was a glint in his eyes.
He looked at Mrs. Brewster,
j “Very, very nice,” he said. Sud
denly he Jabbed a finger at the
woman. "Mrs. Brewster," he
mapped, "you're a liar!"
She caught her breath and drew
back a step, staring wildly. Carlton
turned from her and went over to
Femald. Surprisingly, he reached
down and grasped Femald by the
coat collar, lifting him clear off his
chair.
"Stand up, you! You're no more
drunk tham I am."
Femald’s eyes came open. He
leered, but anyone could see that it
wasn’t genuine.
Carlton was right.
Femald was cold sober.
"Keep your eye on this jigger,"
Carlton said to me. "Don’t let him
get away.”
He swung back to Mrs. Brew
ster.
"Mrs. Brewster, that story you
told about the Raymonds is one of
the cutest I’ve ever heard. No one
knew anything about them but your
husband, and your husband’s dead.
They left tonight on the midnight,
but you weren't sure of their desti
nation. In other words, it would be
quite a job to locate these Ray
monds. In fact, you knew they never
would be located, because they don’t
exist.
“You know who killed your hus
band, Mrs. Brewster. It was Fer
nald. And you helped. You in
veigled your husband to come here
tonight so Fernald could kill him be
cause you loved Fernald and Brew
ster stood in your way. It was all
nicely planned, nicely arranged.”
Mrs. Brewster uttered a fright
ened scream.
Her knees gave way and she
slumped to the floor.
Fernald took advantage of the
moment to make a swing at me; he
almost connected despite the fact
that I hadn’t permitted my attention
to be diverted. The momentum of
his blow carried him off balance for
an instant and I drove my fist hard
into his stomach.
Carlton had done a good job but
still I was puzzled.
I wanted to know how he knew
that Fernald wasn’t drunk.
“That,” Carlton explained, “is the
crux of the whole thing. As soon
as I discovered Fernald was play
acting I knew there must be some
reason for it. So I began adding
things up.”
“Yes. But how did you know he
was sober?”
Carlton laughed.
"The whisky cruet was nearly
full. The amount of whisky in Fer
nald’s glass would have filled it to
the top. Mrs. Brewster had already
told me that no one had taken a
drink but Fernald and then not until
Brewster’s body had been discov
ered.”
"Clever,” I said. “And the
butler?”
“Too late to pin anything on him.
He may have been bribed, but now
that he knows we’ve apprehended
the murderer it isn’t likely he’ll sub
stantiate Mrs. Brewster’s story.”
Migrant Farm Worker Can
Live Cheaply in Yakima
Ten cents goes a long way for
services in the government’s new
farm family labor camp at Yakima,
Wash.
The migrant farm worker can
bring his whole family into the
camp and live for 10 cents a day.
The dime pays for use of a frame
shelter with stove, and if the family
requires two shelters they can have
them, if available, for the same ini
tial rental fee.
But that isn’t all the dime buys.
There’s a community wash house
for the use of the women of the
camp, and bathing facilities for
men and women.
That’s a lot, but there’s even
more, including the privilege of
using a community center and the
services of a camp clinic for every
one, and a camp school teacher for
all children from the first to the
fourth grades.
Who gets the money? Not Uncle
Sam, who built the camp.
The rent fees go into a camp fund
administered by a community coun
cil. The council uses the funds for
whatever purposes it deems neces
sary for the best interests of the
camp’s occupants.
The council has often bought food
which is distributed among the
campers. It authorized the pur
chase of a piano for the community
center, and it pays for the enter
tainment provided at dances in the
clubhouse.
The Yakima camp is one of a
number established throughout the
United States by the Farm Securi
ty administration, and is considered
one of the best of its kind.
There are 200 one-room shelters
in the camp area of 150 acres, and
125 tent platforms. In addition there
are 48 three-room houses, each of
which has a quarter-acre of ground
for a subsistence garden.
The Yakima camp and others like
it were built to improve living con
ditions for migrating farm familiei
of meager means. Conditions under
which some of them lived in the
past in various parts of the country
were deplorable, according to FSA
officials.
Government surveys made in
many agricultural sections showed
that some of the farm laborers lived
without hathing ana toilet facilities
and without most other conveniences
of modern housing.
The camp manager can take
single persons in at his discretion,
but they are admitted only with the
understanding that if their quarters
are required for married couples,
they must vacate.
II977-B
I T’S smart for mother and
daughter to dress alike—and
here’s a dashing sports ensemble
suggested by the garb in which
two popular movie stars — one
grown-up and one little—romped
through a recent comedy. Design
No. 1977-B is an identical copy of
1978-B—pleated shorts, converti
ble neckline, pockets and all. Each
includes a separate, tailored skirt,
Under Orders
Jones leaned over the fence and
hatched his friend Brown hard at
work in the garden.
“Been at it long?” he asked.
“Yes,” sighed Brown, dejected
ly; “since seven o’clock.”
“Good gracious!” gasped the
other. “I wouldn’t think of such
a thing.”
“I wouldn’t, either,” Brown ex
plained, casting a nervous glance
towards his house. “My wife
thought of it.”
What Mastication
“I’ll take off my hat to you oyster
eaters. It was all / could do to eat
three last night!”
“Weren’t they fresh? What did they
look like when you opened them?”
“O, did you have to open them?”
Fresh Eggs
“Are your hens good layers?”
“Splendid. They haven’t laid a
bad egg yet.”
Up and Off It
“Hey, boy, what are you doing up my
pear tree?”
“Well, sir, there’s a notice below
which says ‘Keep off the grass.’ ”
Only Means
Jean—I hear you have married
a man of means.
Joan—Well, if there was ever a
man who means to do this, that,
and the other—but never does—
he’s the man.
which transforms the play suit
into a spectator sports frock with
shirtwaist top.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1977-B
is designed for sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 years. Size 4 requires 3 yards
of 35-inch material without nap.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1978-B
is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18,
20 and 40. Corresponding bust
measurements 30, 32, 34, 36, 38
and 40. Size 14 (32) requires 5%
yards of 35-inch material without
nap. Price of patterns, 15 cents
each. Send order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
Room 1324
211 W. Wacker Dr. Chicago
Enclose IS cents for each pattern.
Pattern No. Size.
Pattern No. Size.
Name ..
Address . '
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HOUSEHOLD j
QUESTIONS I
Scorched Linen—The marks can
be taken out by rubbing with a
cut onion and then soaking in cold
water. This takes out both the
smell and the marks.
• • *
To remove mustard stains from
table linen, boil stained part in a
quart of water to which one tea
spoon of washing soda has been
added.
• • •
To keep bread in the best condi
tion store in a clean, well-aired,
covered, ventilated container and
keep in a cool place.
• • *
Wash the leaves of a rubber
plant with warm water and castile
soapsuds. When dry, rub each
leaf with a cloth wet in olive oil.
* * *
Try adding a tew raisins to the
dumplings you serve with stews.
• # *
Tumblers that have been used
with milk should always be
washed in cold water before they
are washed in hot. When this is
done the milk will not stick to the
glass and they will not have a
cloudy appearance. 1
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Different Tongues
There is as much difference be
tween wise and foolish tongues as
between the hands of a clock—
the one goes 12 times as fast, but
the other signifies 12 times as
much.—William Feather.
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If thou shouldst lay up a little
upon a little, and shouldst do this
often, soon would even this be
come great.—Hesiod.
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Beyond all doing of good is the
being good; for he that is good not
only does good things, but all that
he does is good.—George Mac
Donald.
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