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    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
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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
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any longer, you have taken the first
step toward waking from your self
imposed nightmare.
Then you must start thinking how
much you like folks. Realize that
most of them ere shy. most of their,
are lonely, all of them are looking
for friendliness. Say to yourself each
day that you will give out so much
Are You Tired?
A feeling <if weariness comes too of
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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.
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