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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1919)
16 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1919. em SAKEKS COCQ Pis good ReSH' deli f0r Breakfast Luncheon Dinner Supper Any time that any one wants drink with a real, satisfyi food value. licious sustaining We guarantee its purity and high quality. We have been making chocolate and cocoa for nearly 140 years. WALTER BAKER & CO.Ltd. Established 178 O. DORCHESTER "MASS The Bee's Household Arts Department (THE HOUSE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY) AREV9Y GOODS FOR SALE BY THE NEI3ASKA ARMY & NAVY SUPPLY CO. 161 Howard Street Between 16th and 17th on Howard 1619 Howard Street. Just received 230 Leather Jerkin or Vests with O. D. lining; just the thin (or the cold weather at a price of $7.87 U. S. Army Wool Blanhet $6.50 U. S. Marine Corp Blankets, all wool $6.50 U. S. Armjr Comforter or Quilts, renovated $1.23 U. S. Army Regulation All Iron Cot Bed. Can be folded; take up very (mall (pace. Simmons' Sagless Springs $5.69 V. 3. Army Regulation Tent, 16x16, with a 3-ft. wall, pyramid shape, extra heavy duck canvaa. These tent cost the government up to $100. Have been used in service. Our special offer $27.50 and $35.00 U. S. Army All-Leather Halters, brand new, each $1.98; per dozen $21.00 Army Munson Field Shoes, brand new, at a price of $6.08 Army Munson Infantry Shoes, genuine oak soles, bruid new, sale price .... $6.98 Munson Last Fleece-Lined Shoe; just the thing for cold weather $6.98 Overalls, brand new, union made, with bib; also jacket, at a price of $1.98 Silk Khaki Kerchiefs, 2 for , 25c Silkiline Khaki Kerchief, 2 for 25c Hip Rubber Boot, brand new, bargain price f".23 Overshoes, four-buckle, all rubber $3.49 Khaki Sweaters, without sleeves, brand new, alt $4.68 Corduroy Vests, leather lined and leather sleeves, sizes 44, 46 and 48 only. Exceptional values at $12.49 Shsep Vests, without sleeves, all sixes $730 and $8.49 Khaki Oversea Mackinaws, brand new $12.49 Khaki Sweaters, with sleeves, brand new $5.88 Sweaters with shawl collars, brand new, gray, oxford or brown, at $4.68 Cotton Double Blankets, plaid, gray or brown, brand new, at , .$5.98 Wool Union Suits, brand new, per suit .. $3.79 Khaki Flannel Shirts, brand new, wool, at $4.98 Wool Undershirts $1.68 Wool Drawers $1.68 Noiseless Tip Matches, 5 boxes 23c Syrup, gal. cans, special for Saturday only 79c Pork and Beans, per can, IS; case, 24 cans $4.50 Leather "Vests, moleskin leather lined, with leather sleeves $9.49 Ulster Sheep Lined Coat, moleskin $22.50 Three-fourths Sheep Lined Coats, moleskin . $14.69 SOCKS. Wool Socks, heavy 69c Gray Wool Socks, light 59c Wool Socks, light brown 59c White Jumbo Wool Socks, extra heavy, at 98c Cotton Socks, brand new,, per dot. .$1.65 oods exactly as advertised. Make orders aut nlainlv. parcel post includa postage. You are assured of prompt and satisfactory shipment. REFERENCE State Bank of Omaha. Make N Money Orders or Drafts payable to THE NEBRASKA ARMY & NAVY SUPPLY CO. 1619 Howard St. 1619 Howard St. Light Cashmere Socks, pair 39c Per dozen $4.50 Khaki Wool Socks 79c All Wool Socks, black, used but thor oughly renovated; in dozen lots only; while they last $3.98 TO OUT-OF-TOWN BUYERS We shin gi Include money order or draft. No. C. u. u. a shipped. If ordered by Batiks for Home Decoration "Batiks are just at valuable for purposes of home decoration as for costume uses, and I cannot see why interior decorations do not recognize that fact. They could use them in rooms just as they do chintz but they don't. Perhaps they will later, when they discover what delightful hangings and curtains, table and cushion and chair covers, and all sorts of things they can have made in any style or color scheme that they desire." .The spef.ker, Miss Lucy Wallace, was showing some most surprising, pieces of her handi work, as she spoke before a large group of interior decorators at a meeting held at New York recently, for Miss Wallace has been trying experiments with batik, to discover its possibilities. There were some lovely negligees, exquisite in both design and color, the latter attained by many dippings in various dyes. Miss Wallace ex plained that she usually took plain white jsilk or georgette, which she found satisfactory to work with, and then dyed it with overlying colors until she had just what she wanted. "If you don't get the right shade at first, dye, dye again," she said, adding that "it is of no use to try to do batik, unless you love it, and you have to like it or you don't want to do it." Then she unfolded a most inter esting piece of work. Pined up to the stuccoed wall and viewed from a little distance, it looked like an old mural decoration, a fresco paint ed on st-ne. The design was Assyr ian. Dividing the rectagular piece of unbleached muslin, for that foundation, although it had the feel ing of stone and resembled it, into two equal parts (it being about twice as long as it was deep), was the tree of life of ancient Assyrian mythology and, on either side of it, a heroic figure of one of their gods, FOR YOUR Sunday Dinner 'Diplomat' ICE CREAM oPECIAL You can surely please your family and add charm to the dinner if you serve this Special. Order from Your Druggist. Fairmont Creamery Co. jjjj 7 n I I HII . E8B i A Complete Food Manyiiealtlvgiving foods are ' lacking in pleasant flavor. Many savory dishes are lack ing in health properties and some are positively injurious. Puritan Hams and Bacon are energy builders in the highest degree and eadh affords & delightful relish distinctively their own. "etestelells THE CUDAHY PACKING CO. If your dealer doesn't handle Puritan. Telephone F. W. CONRON, Manager Phone Douglas 2401 1321 Jones St., Omaha. Neb. Puritan Hams and Bacon are smoked daily in oar Omaha plant, insuring; fresh, brightly smoked meats at all times. I is ft L it wings outspread. Then, in background, just as in the friezes and bas-reliefs which sees in museums, were row smaiier ngures; nrst, a group the old one of of slaves, chained together and march ing along behind their driver. In the next row appeared processions of nobles with their horses; then came another row of slaves, and an other of the noblemen and beasts. "The colors are such as the As syrians used with blue and orange and black predominating in the strong tones, while the people are of a sort of cream. The small fig ures in the background are of a soft bluish gray, purposely made pale to bring up the foreground. But I which they used to a softer cream. Before I began this piece, I studied the Assyrian exhibit at the Art Mu seum for a long time," said Miss Wallace. "Such a thing as this might well be used as a piece of tapestry to be placed on the wall of a library, liv ing room or a large hall, and it would look particularly well on a stone wall. In fact, it would seem to belong there as a part of it." The next piece had the appearance of an old tapestry. This, Miss Wallace explained, was partly due to the color, partly to the design. This design was Chinese a proces sion of Chinese court ladies of the middle ages; but their costume was so peculair, so unlike the usual Chin ese dress, in most, instances, that one might have thought it, at first glance, a picture of court ladies pf medieval England. They might have walked right out of Chaucer's world. More careful study, however, shows here and there a distinctively Chinese headdress and kimono, while the tall, conventional chrysanthe mums standing, torchlike, at either side, mark the scene as Chinese. The colors, blue, dark brown, jade-green, yellow, are soft and rather dark, of intense tonality, rather than vio lent contrast, while the background is of a bluish slate color, crackled, purposely, here and there, to let the brown show through, thus giving the effect of an old wall of stone. About it all was a conventional Chinese border, which the artist adapted from an old vase. Next came a stage set, curtains for windows and for a long Frfcnch door, also pillow covers and a bed spread, gay things patterned and colored after those seen in peasant cottages in Bulgara. "This set," continued Miss Wal lace, "shows what one might accom plish in the way of curtains and other things for the home. Take that bedspread, for instance, which interested me so much' that I am beginning to see what beautiful things, in the way of bedsteads. could be made in batik. I haven't the slightest desire to sew patch work, but I do believe that batik reproductions of some of the old quilt designs of our ancestors would be charming, and I am eager to try them in silk. "From my experiments in batik. I am sure that it is possible to make desirable wall hangings for rooms of any period, and long decorative panels to use at one would use tapestries are most fascinating things to do. Batik is such interest ing work, it always keeps one guess ing, because the unexpected so fre quently happens. One often gets tar lovelier shades than one dreams of, while, if at any time a color is not what one desires, it is easy enough to dye it over again." Christian Science Monitor. . Dress Special About 100 Silk and Serge Dresses, one or two of a kind, taken from our regular stock $24.75 and $29.75 values, specia. at $14.75. Another lot of 100 Silk and Tricoline Dresses taken from our regular stock $35.00 and $45.00 values special at $24.75. This is a dress-buying oppor tunity. Do not miss it. Julius Orkin 1508-10 DOUGLAS. Biscuits Beaten. One quart flour, one-quarter cup ful lard, one-half teaspoonful salt one cup cold water. Rub lard and salt into flour, mix with cold water to a very stiff dough; knead 10 min utes, or until well mixed, then beat hard with a biscuit beater or heavy rolling pin, turning the mass over and over until it begins to blister and looks light and puffy, or till, pulling a piece quickly, it will give a sharp, snapping sound. , , When in this condition pull off a small piece suddenly, form it into a round biscuit, then pinch off a bit from the top. Turn over and press with the thumb, leaving a hollow in the center. Put the biscuits some distance apart in the pan. Prick with a fork. Bake 20 minutes in a quick oven. They should be light, of a fine even grain and crack at edges like our crackers. Lemon Snow. One tablespoonful granulated gel atine, one-quarter cupful water, one quarter cupful lemon juice, one cup ful boiling water, one cupful sugar and whites of three eggs. Soak- gelatine in cold water, dis solve in boiling water, add sugar and lemon juice, strain and set aside in cool place. Occasionally stir mixture and when quite thick beat with Dover egg beater until frothy. Add whites of eggs beaten stiff and continue beating until stiff enough to hold its shape. Mould or pile by spoonfuls on glass dish. Serve with boiled custard. Orange Whip Gelatine. One and a half tablespoonfuls gelatine, one-third cupful boiling water, juice of one lemon, one cupful orange juice and pulp, one-third cup ful cold water, one cupful sugar and whites of three eggs. Soak gelatine in cold water to soften. Then pour boiling water over it; add sugar and lemon juice when dissolved. Strain through cheese cloth. Then add orange juice and pulp. Set in a cool place to harden. When it is slightly hard ened, beat with Dover egg beater till foamy. Then add stiffly beaten whites and beat till it falls from the beater. Then pour into moulds. Escalloped Meat. Fill some scallop shapes with a little mince of beef, highly seasoned with salt, pepper, a little grated ham or tongue. Add to it as much stock with a little walnut pickle as the meat will absorb when heated gent- It radiatecf "home" iu a measure Invited or, wnile tne ttered wlches that looked oh, so' tempt; ing. would grace a yellow plate Or, "How would we like a to mato bouillon on a cold, blowy day like this?" And a package of N. B. C. Zwieback would be forth coming from the window cupboard, while the tomato bou uroattilna, tiit PS as made jp. 0& put In Bis- .trong id- all out of proportion to its size. The daughter of the bouse bad chosen it as her own little apartment because of its sunny bay window. "Thanks to the National Biscuit Company and thither packers of good tnings," saKtie girl, I ran live well without A Yitche A thick, warm-tol One to lounge oi Dig, mngeLrtnis gave evideVro that th was permissible. Thro? tained and doubly meadow ggiry to rolled Jprcir other unti, th&rrfes in blue di conveniently pla cheerlness agio' weather, and atmosphere. during t chairs It not only leaves the oven as the best soda cracker in the world, but it reaches you with all its original taste and freshness. Uneeda Biscuit has no rival in the esteem of American dainty :loset, was 5s at almost night, and for lppers it was fa- suit being admitted rls." the'1 announce. Then,ss"""7tryou wonder the little circle box of Uneeda Biscuit alld'U Jkr ol of friends grew closer, day by day, potted chicken. Nimble fingers chatting In the sunny bay win would set to work and in a twink- dow, sipping tea or coffee and nib) lint- Jlttle piles, ol chicken sand-LMIng National Biscuit PeUcacieaT el taftuY 1 CKCIIE AK3U 10B3& wmmmmmmmmnmMMxMmmumntmmw 9mm m Mtwft.winhMwattw S" v.(w:Wox vry.V.vvO;vvx-: v. v .v..f.f-'v-- vV.vv.'.vav.v.t--v.v -v.v-:-:-wy.'.-:-y.y -,w.,.,vy. ,. :;;:.: vtfmV' m-y-U ! r - M 1 Breaded Veal Cutlets By CONSTANCE CLARKE. cutlets and season Prepars) the the, dip the,m ina whole beaten-upxaw it to which half a tablespoonful of warm batter h been, mixed, and then 4ftio jtreanly mado wlllle bread cralw; bat war lightly with a knife to amoota the crumbs, and' then fry then) la boiling clarified butter or olarlned dripping until a pretty gold en color; this will take eight to ten minutes, and each ..cutlet tJiotild. be turned once only. Take up and dhm In. a circle on a bed of mashed po tatoes or a potato "border. Garnish with cut-out of beets and serve with tomato sauce. Tomato. Sauce Bell, together for about ten minutes for small or two large sliced tomatoes (or a cup of canned tomatoes), a little pepper and two tablespoorisful of butter. Then rub through a. fine sieve, warm and use. housewives. IWIONAJs BISCUIT COMPANY ly over the fire. The mince must not be thin and watery. Fill the shapes, cover them with mashed potato or bread crumbs, warm in the oven, with butter sliced oyer the top, which should be pret tily marked and of a nice brown color. Time to warm about ten minutes. Oat Flakes, Sugar, Cream. Winter Vegetables Hash, Catsup. Graham Griddle Cakes with Yeast. CoZee or Cocoa. Vegetable Hash.'' Chop rather coarsely the remains of vegetables left from a boiled dinner, such as cabbage, parsnips, potatoes, etc.; sprinkle over them a little pepper, place in a saucepan or frypan-over the fire; put in a piece of butter the size of a hickory nut; when it begins to melt up tip the dish so as to oil the bottom and round the sides. Then put in chopped vegetables; pour in a spoonful or two of hot water from the tea kettle. Cover quickly so as to' keep in the steam. When heated thoroughly take off the cover and stir occasionally until well cooked. Serve hot. A vege tarian dish. i Griddle Cakes. One quart graham flour, one-half pint Indian meal, one gill yeast, one teaspoonful salt. Mix the flour and meal, pour on enough warm water to make batter rather thicker than for buckwheat cakes. Add the veast. When light bake on griddle not too Sliced Pears, Cream Grape Nuts. Omelet with cheese. Hot toast buttered. Coffee. Omelet With Cheese. Prepare the eggs as for plain omelet. Mix them with two ounces of finely grated good American cheese, a small pinch of salt and two pinches of pepper. Fry the omelet in the usual way, befolding it over strew upon it an ounce of Gruyere cheese finely minced, fold and serve immediately on a hot plate. Time, four or five minutes to cook. Sufficient for three persons, using three eggs. Grapes. Cereal. Top milk. Perch grilled. Sliced tomatoes. Beaten biscuit. Tea or Coocoa. ANCHOR Brand M MARGARINE iWAhchpr M OLEOMARGARINE THE DLWOOO BUTTM CC, tVANSVOLK WI& Handled by all good grocers and markets. If yours cannot sup ply you, call us. Churned in the Country. Manufactured by D. E. Wood Butter Co., Evansville, Wis. Fairmont Creamery Co. Distributors. Barberry Conserve. If one lives in the country it is very easy to obtain barberries; those tart, highly flavored 'although seedy hillside or roadside orna ments. Jelly, conserve or marma lade to which they are added will have a flavor and color all its own and inimitable. Barberry juice, one pint. Cook berries in a little water until tender and .shrivelled, then press and SQueeSe out the juice. Apple juice, one quart; sugar five pounds; seed ed raisins, two pounds; oranges, four. Cook the peel of three or anges until soft (first cutting it into quarters), then scrape off the white part with a spoon. Cut the yellow peel into half-inch strips, laying several pieces together before cut ting, and then shred these into eighth inch slivers. Peel the fourth orange and put all four through the meat chopper; add all of the other ingredients and boil about one-half hour after it comes to a good bojl. The apple juice is obtained as in making apple jelly. Yellow Tomato Conserve. Prick eight pounds of "yellow plum" tomatoes with a fork and place in a preserving kettle, together with two lemons sliced very thin, and the juice of one lemon and one orange, and seven pounds of white sugar. Break in pieces one ounce each of mace and ginger root, and tie loosely in a bag and add to con tents of kettle. Heat slowly to draf the juices and cook very gently until the tomatoes are clear. Remove from syrup carefully and boil away the syrup until thick and rich; return the fruit and when at the boiling point seal in jars, lhis conserve has a very old-timey flavor and is particularly ornamental as well as delicious, if one is fond of the tomato and lemon flavor. Fruit Tapioca. - Soak one-half cup pearl tapioca in two and one-half cups cold water over night. Cook in same water in double boiler with one-half teaspoon realt and one inch stick cinnamon un til transparent. Add one tumbler currant jelley, onefourth cup sherry wine and one-fourth cup each z monds (blanched and shredded), seeded raisins (cut in pieces) and citron (cut in slices). Sweeten to taste, cool slightly and serve with thin cream. Grape Conserve. Eight quarts of grapes stemmed and washed, three pounds of sugar, two pounds of seedless raisins, one pound of nuts coarsely chopped. Put grapes in a preserving kettle with one cupful of water and cook unti! broken and soft, stirring and mash ing, bqueeze juice out; there should be three pints; add theraisins and sugar and boil 20 minutes. If nuts are liked, add just before taking up; put in glasses. , Parisian Cloak Co. 1519-21 Douglas St. KIT FOX MUFFS $16.50 Values, Saturday at $9.95 T Sold Wherever Quality Counts Good lea Cream la a combination of good cream, rood stig-ar, good flavors and skill. Creesn of ad ICE CREAM s goodness Itsclt. it s gieal iur tiuun. boy and girls and appreciative grown ups. Get our Special this Sunday It will make you a firm friend of - CHERIPIVB rincapple lee Cream with Choice Chopped MarnKPhirn ('-leu. J rUffX yATAPlATEV jl (icecream) Ask Vent inwrr For DmaHAMaid M(f lis iniimm MhIiI Mmnrtmi In. Sunday Menu. BREAKFAST. Apple Sauce , Oatmeat Broiled Salt Mackerel DINNER Chicken Broth with Rice Fried Chicken Cream Waffles Mashed Potatoes Fruit Cake Coffee SUPPER Potato Salad Cheese Sandwiches Olives Nuts Toasted Biscuits Tea Potato Salad. Pare cold-boiled potatoes and cut in dice. To two cupfuls of potatoes add two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, one canned pimento, cut in. small pieces, and a little grated onion or chopped ' chives. Dress with a mayonnaise or boiled dress ing, and serve in a ring of parsley V shredded lettuce. Saturday Menu. BREAKFAST Orange Halves Cornmeal Mush Codfish Cakes Toast Coffee of Cocos LUNCHEON Backed Macaroni with Cheese Tomatoes Scalloped Ginger Bread. Tea DINNER Creamed Oysters with Celery Boston Baked Beans Imperial Sticks Mustard Pickles .Boston Brown Bread Lemon Gelatin Coffee Creamed Oysters. Drain the liquor from a quart of oysters. Cook together three table spoonfuls of butter and two of flour and when they bubble pour upon them a cupful of liquor and a cupful of rich milk (cream is better), in which you have dropped a bit of soda the size of a pea. Stir until the sauce thickens and then turn into it the oysters. Cook until the oysters are heated through, add a few drops at a time the beaten yolks of two eggs, keeping your spoon moving all the time. Do not allow it to cook a minute after the last drop of egg is added. Pear Conserve, Hard pears, peeled and put through the meat chopper or very thinly sliced in "chips," eight pounds; preserved ginger, chopped fine, one-fourth to one-half pound; two lemons and one orange also put through the meat chopper; sugar, eight pounds; combine all and cook about two hours, or until clear and rich. Put in small crocks or in jelly tumblers and cover with paraffin or with brandy paper as ordinary jelly. All lemons may be used if preferred to orange flavor, and if one wishes to reduce expense, ginger root may be substituted for the preserved ginger, removing before the jam is served. Menu Suggestions. To arrange a menu that is well balanced and delicious and to do it at little cost does require a bit of ingenuity and the expenditure of a little time, and the average house wife welcomes suggestions in which all three points have been taken into consideration. Fruit. Escalloped Meat (a left over) With dropped Eggs Raised Muffins. Tea or Cocos, HERE YOU will find the finest selection of home-made candies to be found in the city, and at prices most reasonable. Also a complete line of fancy Baskets, Silk Boxes, Japanese Lacquered Boxes, Cut Glass Jars filled with choicest of Chocolates, Fruits and Bon Bons, making most beautiful, yet useful gifts for the holidays. SPECIAL Saturday and Sunday Texas Tommy A delicious fondant cream wrapped in a caramel jacket, then all covered over with fresh, new pecans. "O, Lady, Lady, It s Good" packed in -lb. boxes, at 25c Regular $1 pound. Phelps Hut 1708 Douglas St. Omaha Athletic Club Bldg. Dress Special About 100 Silk and Serve Presses, one or two of a kind, taken from our regular stock $24. 78 find $29.75 values, special at $14.75. Another lot of 100 Silk and Tricotine Dresses taken from oar regular stock $35.00 and $45.00 values speeial at $24.75. This is a dress-buying oppor tunity. Do not miss it. Julius Orkin 1508-10 DOUGLAS. 1