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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1922)
Hoiiday Tea With Its Menu By JANE KDDI M.TON. The t<*a wagon, convenient for haul Ing laundry to and fro, for wheeling dinner# in and soiled china out of the dining room ha« Inet Ita preaTigs, If It ever had anything besides ltg con Sentence to recommend It! Everything •reept the food la brought In on a tray the little plate# piled up with layer* of napkins, ete., the holing kettle. Ihe spirit lamp, the slo# bowl. The The food may be on tha tea table, on which Its tray Is set, or on the shelves Cf the '‘curate.'’ Mrs. Emily Post in Iter "Blue Book of Social Usage" clings to this rather facetious name for a charming piece of furniture, alt hough many a pos aeabor of this portable piece have never ceased to give It the old and more dignified and suggestive name "muffin stand." It Is no such gen •rnl purpose piece of furniture as tin tea wagon Is, but It does give'a man nt a tea something to do—passing It. In the hands of a pretty maid it seems right also, for she may Instantly put It down and attend to something else, as she cannot a tray. Menu Is IJmlted. And under the headings, "Thing* Deople Eat nt Tea,” Mrs Post tells us what should he on the "curate." She says that the top disli should he a covered one, and hold hot bread of some sort, but you know the napkin Is considered quite us suitable by many people for holding hot breads and ‘‘things,” and nowadays the most dainty linen and the coarser laces ar* mad* for every conceivable food ser vtee, serviettes and holders, and so on. Ths middle or second shelf usually holds sandwiches, and the third cake "Or perhaps all the dishes hold cake: little fancy cakes, for instance, and pastries or slices of layer cakes. Many prBfer a simpler diet, and have bread and butter, or toasted cracker#, sup rleinented by plal ncookles. Others ptle the 'curate' until It literally stag gers, under pastries and cream cakes and sandwiches of pate de foie gras or mayonnaise. Others, again, like a marmalade, or ,1am, or honey, on bread and butter, or on buttered toast or muftlns. This neeessitates little butter knives and a dish of Jam added to the already overloaded tea tiny." Buns in Cycles. And. further: "Selection of after noon tea food Is entirely a matter of whim, and new food fade sweep through communities. For a few - months at a time everj’one, whether In private house or In a country club, will eat nothing but English muffins nnd Jam, then suddenly they like only toasted cheese crackers, or Sally I.uiin, or chocolate cake with whipped cream on top. The present fad of a certain group In New York Is bacon and toast sandwiches and fresh hot gingerbread." And so the description goes on, making tha statement so often made that a party sandwiches pot the sort of sandwich to eat when you are hungry. (The shape or cut of sandwiches gets full attention.) And one more paragraph must he given in this laying down of rules: “Afternoon tea at a large house party or where especially invited people are Invited to tea, should Include two plates of hot food such as toast, or hot biscuits split open and buttered, toasted and buttered English muffins, or crumpet*, corn muffins or hot gin gerbread. Two cold plates should contain cookies or fancy cakes, and perhaps a layer cake. In hnl weather, In place of one of tha hot dishes, there should he a pate or lettuce sand wiches, and always s choice of hot or Iced tea. or perhaps Iced coffee or chocolate frappe. tut rarely if ever anything else.1' All the above hns been given be cause not infrequently I receive questions for just such Information as is here given, and especially at this time of year. Women are most com monly criticized by men because they cannot "present" food. There is, In deed. a great deal of etlquet in the matter. In fact, you can see that even In this matter of tea a whole treatise can be written. There are books of tea recipes—printed In the greatest land of tea drinking and tea giving—England. But if one thing shines out more ‘han another In all these lists of foods, it is the fact that good and simple breads are always appropri ate, correct, Indispensable. For true entertaining with foods, dainty to ex quisite, breads are about three-quar ters the whole refreshment. They may be plain, nr given a meat value with cerialn sandwiched fillings, or given a cake value with others or a dessert value with jams. Simplest Quick Muffins. There aro endless adaptations of the baking powder muffin and all charming if we choose to make them so, but to my mind many of theee muffins are made with too thick a batter, so that they have a rough sur face Instead of a smooth one like that of a cup cake. Therefore I scant the flour which is standard for the batter of one cup of liquid to two of flour, and my formula reads: One egg, one cup of milk, one and three fourths cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder—no more—one scant teaspoon salt, one to fout tablespoons sugar, one to three table spoons of melted butter, added last and thoroughly beaten in. Regard less of funnels we do beat this battei exceedingly well, and when there is not too much flour in It there can hardly be funnels. ‘ Date Muffins. The plain muffin bafler, with foui or five ounces of dates, Is brought Up to exceeding fineness, unless the batter is too stiff, when the whole becomes quit# plain eating, whereas a small date muffin may be as exquisite as a | perfect bonbon. Thers ars various ways of adding the dates. Ons way to prepare them Is to wash them thor oughly, rub off loos# skins, open and Inspect In removing seeds, roll up again, cut in three parts, and use these large pieces on top of the muf fin or press them down Into the batter just before It goes Into the oven. Finer cut dates may be stirred into the bat ! ter. Hot Chocolate. A number of Items of late have brought to my attention that home hot chocolate Is poor. It is not cooked enough. It is not as thick as French and Spanish chocolates. Sweet choco lutes may be seemed In superior fit vors—in the more expensive sorts—but in most cases more than of the bittei must bo used to get a thick beverage. In some, but not all bases, nor with all chocolates, an excellent beverage may be made as follows: Add one-half cup of water to an ounce of chocolate, stir over the fire constantly for lii minutes, add a half cup of rich milk, and cook two minutes. Sweeten to taste. Serve with whipped cream. This may be thinned to taste. Russian Chocolate. Some people call a chocolate in which coffee replaces the water used in making plain chocolate Russian chocolate. Unless made with great care this may be bitter, but sugar al ways modifies thk). but if the sugar and chocolate are not well cooked to gether the sugar makes the whole In stpid, and there are always the uncer tain elements to be considered. CofTees differ enormously In flavor, and chocolates almost as much. At gny rate, cream will be needed to soften the harshnesses, and there 1s always (he milling to do the same—milling Is beating with something comparable to I x ENGLANDER Sfmtbh-flaSals /ere souqhb bu mart hoimkapars TVt« <r« Mir 1 O see the beauty of an ENGLANDER too varieties of Double-Da-Bed ia not enough to tell you Englander * why it is one of the first purchases of the smart homekeeper. You must examine it. You want to see how it ia converted fcaJd®** automatically, with one motion, from a Bei»SpI<n*’ luxurious, graceful day bed to a full-sited uuniM bed for perfect sleep. You want to re H.mmoA* cline on it and feel the comfort that is yours, to rest or sleep. , ,s.« i „ Then you’ll understand why an tPrftt for ENGLANDER Double-Da-Bed, because of iu.okitt 161 its double purpose, is essential to the iliuitriirinj hospitable, well-fitted home. There are Englandb* various models in all finishes, in wood Productions for Sleep and Rest. °^.*?*?** Sold by rumitvrt and Qfpartment Starts Everj%chgm ENGLANDER SPRING BED CO. New York • Brooklyn Chicago . * i _ PlansXmas Party for Children TUninli-i-ton mtj nit «R»K«awsf3m<u Miss Juliette Griffin Is chairman of the committee In charge of the annual Christmas party to be given by the Omaha College elub at Swift & Co.'s plant. South Side, for the children of the former Social Settlement, Thurs day afternoon. The general meeting of the club will be held In the recreation room of Swifts at 11 a. m. and will be followed by luncheon In the cafe at 11:10 o’clock. Reservations should be made with Mrs. William Locke, Harney 8921 by Wednesday, 9:30 p. 111. As in former years the elub will decorate the Settlement Christmas tree which will be presented to the children by the student* of South Side high school. an egg beater. Some of the utensils made for this are wonderfully- attrac tive. A Bacon Sandwich. one of-the less usual ways to make a bacon sandwich Is to put the bacon through a food chopper, then Into a cold pan and cook with constant stir ring. over not too hot a fire until the small bits are almost like popcorn- but never a dark brown. Have ready but tered bread with a piece of leaf let tuce, and dip up with a strainer spoon the bacon on the lettuce. Into what was half a cup of haoon may be pour ed a tablespoon of vinegar, and a table spoon of sugar added to make this a wilted lettuce sandwich. Christmas Parly. Ilellevue chapter will entertain at a public Installation and Christmas party, Wednesday, 8 p. m . In the shrine room, Masonic Temple. Boys of the Masonic home will be honor guests and all members, their fam- ' llles#and friends are invited. A Christmas tree will be a feature of the affair. Card Parly. The women of St. Bernards church will entertain at a card party Wed nesday, 2:30 p. m., In the Benson city hall. Hadassah Linen Shower and Program. The following program will be giv en In connection with Hadassah's an nual linen shower for the hospital* of Palestine Wednesday afternoon, 3 'clock In Burgess Nash auditorium. The Fairies of Zion will present s musical revue. "Miss 177(1 snd Miss 1922." under direction of Miss Mary Maizel, the cast including Betty Stein berg, Annette Hurwit*, Para Janoff, Lydia Ross, Ida Tenenbaum, Helen danger, Esther Cohen, Ethel Hur wit*, Perl Fpllman. Musical num i-ers will he given by Miss Bees Far t>*r. "Mrs. Baum Makes Amends," a comedy In two -v-tg, will be presented by Kate Goldstein, Elsie Hurwltz. Bertha Kushner and Gertrude White Dr. Victor E. Levine of the Crelgh ton Medical school faculty, will spenlc on "Hospital Needs.” Dundee Woman Compiles Attractive Cook Book. An attractive cook book which would make an Ideal Christmas gift. Is being sold by the women of the Dundee Presbyterian church for the benefit of the church fund. The book has a washable cover and contains 1.000 choice and prac Ural recipes which have been tested by member* of the woman's aid society and their friends. It was compiled by Mrs. Fred Larkin and may be obtained from her at At. lantic 5815, or Walnut 2285, or from Mrs. Elmer Thomas or any member of the aid society. It Is also on sale at downtown stores. Business Women to Hear Noted Organist. The Omaha Business Woman’s club will meet as usual at S:15 p. m. next Tuesday, but will adjourn Immediate ly after dinner so that the member* may have an opportunity to attemj the organ recital by Marcel Dupre, organist of Notre Dame, Parle. The concert will be given at the First Central Congregational church under the auspices of the Young Woman’s Christian association. Christ Child Society. Four hundred guests attended th« tea given by the board of directors of the Christ Child society at the Center last Sunday afternoon. The Christ Child orchestra furnished tho music. The annual Christmas party for the children of the Center will be given Tuesday afternoon. December IB. Omaha Walking Club. The Omaha Walking club will bike from Crescent, Ta., to Council Bluffs this afternoon, leaving the North western passenger station at Eleventh and Rroadway, Council Bluffs, at 1:15 p. in. (not 2:5B as scheduled In the Walking club bulletin), on the North western train #to Crescent. Paul Hummer, leader. I., 0. E. Card Tarty. The h. O. K. club will entertain at a card party Tuesday, 2:15 p m., in the Elks' elnb rooms. A Worry Saver. Smear the bottom of the preserving kettle with butter before putting in the fruit and sugar. It will prevent the lam from burning or boiling over. Sawdust In IJeu of Ashes. Sawdust sprinkled on the slippery front walk is not nearly as Injurious ‘ to the parlor rugs as the customary ashes or salt. Problems That Perplex Answcrvd ky BEATRICE FAIRFAX_ By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. "I am troubled with a peculiar mind disease,'1 writes Discouraged. "Ever since I can remember 1 have felt a certain fear of crowds. At school the teachers never expected me to recite like the other children—I grew too , xcited and forget my part. Now that I sm CH crowds actually make mo feel miserable. “In streets, st parties (when I attend them, which is very seldom). In fact even in street cars or wherever there are crowds of people, 1 am numb with self consciousness. My features twitch with nervous apprehension and T cannot control them. Can you Imagine a state of mind like mine? it Is really a 'condition' just like not being able to walk straight, or being stoop shouldered.” 5)-— A mind disease like this occurs i more frequently than the unhappy i writer of this letter guesses. Many j people have it in some slight degTee j —and suffer from some form of shy ness. But the point is that it is all in the mind, and since It does not be long there (or anywhere else) It can be driven out. * Perhaps Discouraged w;i3 terrified In some way when a child. Maybe a herd of cows or a flock of geese came her way when she was a wee child and terrified her. And she was ashamed of her "silly fear” and tried not to acknowledge to herself that she could be so “scnlrt.” So she pushed the terror down into her subconscious mind—and it bobs up all the time to annoy her. I wish that you, Discouraged, and all who suffer from shyness or self conseiouness would first of all realize that your trobule is fight in your own mind and has nothing to do with cir cumstances outside. Then you have only to make up that same mind that such a foolish error doesn’t belong there and need not stay. When you have told yourself enough times th;* the shyness end nervous timidity do not belong to you and that you won’t carry them around Repetition Makes Reputation This is one of the accepted laws of advertising. 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Many people say that they feci happier and more pleasantly disposed towards life since changing to Cantilevers. Fine materials and workmanship go Into all Cantilever Shoes. They give excellent service as shoes besides hav ing such a good effect -on your per sonality. They are neat and stylish in appearance. Como and see how good looking they are. All guesswork eliminated; every shoe is now fitted by X-ray without extra charge to you. Sizes 2 to II, Widths A AAA to EE. For Men and Women. HOSIERY, SPATS and BIBBERS. Sold in Omaha Only h.v CANTILEVER SHOE SHOP. New l/ocation, liOH Howard Street. Opposite Y. W. C. A. Write for Free Booklet. love and kindness to all you meet that it is bound to come back to you In turn. Look yourself straight In the eye in the mirror and tell your self that kindness and love are your heritage and that you are going to give them out to all the world. When you feel your crowd terror coming on, start telling yourself that you love every soul in the crowd. An then assure yourself that since you are radiating kindness, it must come back to you. Assure yourself that the world Is beautiful and friend ly. Say It out loud. Say It over and over. Believe it when you say It. Notice the folks around you. Think of them—not of yourself. Think of people kindly and wonder what you ran do to bring happiness—and In a little while you will And that you are free from the old lie which chained you. To Wash Shield* So that they will last a while, use lukewarm soapy water and a teaspoon of baking soda. Do not rub the eoap directly on the shields but on a small brush and brush both sides of tbs shield vigorously with the warm water, llinse In water of the same temperature and let dry. Roasting Wild Ducks. Place an Irish potato Inside the wild duck when It is set In the oven to roast and the fishy odor will disap pear. RELIABLE GAS STOVES PRICES have been cut on the famous * Reliable Gas Ranges, both with and without the “Lorain” Oven Heat Regu lator. 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