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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 4, 1920.
Housekeeper's
Life Is Not
Narrow
I shall never be able to under
stand why people cons'der the
housekeeper's life "restricted," or
why the housekeeper herself may be
heard murmuring about the petti
rtess and detail of her existence.
After a Rood deal of traveling about
the world I find myself wondering
if there is any single place so cos
mopolitan as the front and back
porch of the average house. Ana
after reading a fair amount of his
tory and politics I find myself seek
ing the last and truest answers and
commentaries from the 'ips of those
not a stone's throw away from the
carpet sweeper and the sewing ma
chine. To begin with: At 8 the front door
bell rings sharply and McGregor,
the Scottish postman, grunts a good
morning. Was it Samuel Johnson
who defined a Scotsman a-, an ani
mal who ate oatmeal? If so, that
vvas the most inadequate definition
he ever formulated. For persistent
personality and dry humor, for tren
chant thinking and caustic observa
tion, I defv anyone tn surpass a
Scotsman. No that McGregor ever
says very much, but beginning the
nay with his greeting 's like begin
ning it with a brisk rub and a glass
of cold water.
One has hardly opened the mail
when there is a crash in the back
yard and a gigantic shadow flickers
acioss the window. That enormous
huily figure, with a rcd kerchief
around his neck, his hat set at a
swashing angle, and carrying a huge
cask on his shoulder as lightly as
a feather, is the Sicilian garbage
tupn. He looks like a bandit, but
sl-ruld you spcak to him you would
find him as gentle as a child. He
has come to America to escape the
evils of the absentee landlord sys
tem which has impoverished so many
Sicilians. Deign to exchange a few
vords with him and you will learn
that his brother is working in the
sulphur mines, that his sister is a
grat-herdcr, and that the rich uncle
v. ho once owned a lemon grove and
a fine house near Messin-. all of
which was obliterated by the earth
quake is now a porter mi a Neapoli
tan hotel. Present industrial, agri
ciiltural and social conditions in
Sicily are neatly and vividly dis
jected for you by the broken phrases
of a picturesque garbage man
quite enough to set you thinking
aye, and reading, too!
At this moment there sounds a
ring at the front door and an Arme
nian stands before you, rcadv for
his yearly repairing of your rugs,
and to tell you the news from that
land from whence his mother and
sifter are even now fleeing. Before
you have a chance to roll up the
rugs for him. behold the woman
movement in the form of a feminine
census taker, who claims r. few min
utes of your time.
Attar her, for all the world like
svmbolic figures in a pageant, comes
the gas man to read the meter;
comes the housing condition, in the
guise of the sewing woman whose
rent has just been raised; comes the
union in shape of the plumber to
mend a pipe; comes the question of
farm labor and European export un
der the smiling face of the Italian
vegetable man. Tell me, could the
questions of the day be presented
in more graphic, more varied guise?
McGregor returns, bringing mail
from Europe and out-of-town papers
and bulletins, among them a letter
for Katie in the kitchen, doubtless
throwing its small bit of light upon
the vexed Irish question.
No, I have never been able to un
derstand why one calls the house-
Unusual
Meats
Pork Liver-Fermiere.
Cut the liver into slices and soak
it in cold water for a few minutes;
then drain it from the water, dredge
the slices with flour, and fry them
in butter substitute; remove the
Jiver and put a cupful of water in
the pan with a lump of butter rolled
In flour; add a spoonful of vinegar
and a little cayenne pepper; boil till
It thickens, stirring all the while.
Serve the liver on a bed of boiled
aoinach with thin slices of fried
bacon. Garnish the dish with quar
ters of hard boiled eggs. Ihis
recipe can be varied by the substitu
tion of sheep liver, calf liver, veal
liver, or lamb liver with the best of
results.
Park Tongue with Italian Sauce.
Boil pork tongue till tender, then
place the tongue on fried slices of
bread. Garnish the dish with water
cress and pimento olives. Serve
with Italian sauce in separate dish.
Sauce Fry one clove of garlic,
two chopped onions and one green
pepper and butter; add one cupful of
tomato pulp; season with salt, pep
per and paprika and teaspoonful of
tarragon vinegar; strain and use.
With Currant Sauce Boil pork
tongue and skin and trim it very
carefully. Melt a glassful of cur
rant iellv in a saucepan: when hot
add a tablespoonful of chopped cit
ron, one-quarter cupful of seectea
raisins and same amount of blanch
ed almonds Put tongue on a hot
platter and pour the sauce around.
Pork togue is very appetizing wnen
served as above.
Pork Feet in Batter-Epicurienne.
Clean Dork feet, put into saucepan
of cold water, bring to a boil; strain,
cover again with water, let simmer
until tender: cool. Sift half cupful
of flour into bowl, beat in one egg
yolk; one tablespoonful salad oil and
one of milk; stir in whipped white
of egg. Have ready a pan of hot
Fat: dm in batter, then drop into tat,
fry a golden brown; take up,drain,
serve hot on fried cornmeal mush
cakes; garnish with lemon slices,
pour sauce around.
sauce rut into saucepan three
sliced onions fried in bacon fat with
out browning, teaspoonful of salt,
quarter teaspoonful of pepper, two
cupfuls of strained tomato puree,
juice of two lemons; stir till it boils,
add tablespoonful of dissolved corn
starch. Stir again till it boils, add
wo tablespoonfuls of grated cheese
and use.
Oxtails Londonderry.
Wash two oxtails; dry and cut
into joints; melt two tablespoonfuls
drippings, add pieces of oxtail and
fry brown; put into casserole and
add two cups brown gravy, four
whole small onions. thrVe quartered
carrots, handful string beans, cup
green peas, two chopped green
peppers and six allspice and pepper
corns. Cover; put into oven and
simmer slowly for one and one-half
hours; remove spice; serve hot in
casserole.
Meurice Cut oxtail into joints,
put into cold water and boil; take
up, dry put into saucepan, add
quart of stock, two peeled onions
bay-leaf, sprig of parsley, one
eighth teaspoonful thyme; simmer
gently; drain on sieve, let cool. Beat
an egg, dip ox joints, brush with
egg, then in bread crumbs, and fry
in hot fat. Drain, serve.
Braised Sweetbreads.
Soak sweetbreads in cold water
for n hour, put into saucepan with
cold water to cover, bring to boil;
FASHIONS
BLUE BOOK
w n ran
keeper's life narrow. The social and
economic fabric of two continents
has been steadily unfurling all morn
ing and this is only half a day, and
only one day out of the seven!
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When the Washwoman
X
Fails to Report
There was a time when failure of the wash
woman to come when expected was almost
a tragedy it meant unaccustomed work
and heavy toil by the housewife not pleas
ant at any time, and more than trying on
sultry summer mornings.
- But many housewives now have learned
that the non-appearance of the laundress is
.. really a blessing in disguise it has taught
them to try our modern laundry service.
And now, here's counsel that's sound for
you also don't wait for the laundress to
disappoint you try this newer, better way
this family laundry service way it will
bring you washday ease, and economy, too.
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Omaha Laundry Owners Club
By
COBINNE LOWS.
N e w York.
(Special corre
spondence.) When the
bridesmaids at the
most fashionable
New York wed
ding of this spring
walked down the
aisle of St. Thom
as church every
body said, "How
charming! How
much lovelier than
just pink or yel
low or green!"
These brides
maids, we explain
swiftly, were at
tired in quaint
Watteau frocks
made of silver lace
and ashes of roses
taffeta. The effect
was a real melody
of color, and since
then ashes of
roses taffeta bod
ices have been
consorting con-
stantly with silver
lace skirts. It is
this combination
which is given in
the lovely dance
frock shown above
The buckle at the
neck line is cover
ed with the silver
lace and four
cordings d e fi n e
the shirring at the
waist.
take up, press till cold; trim, re
move fat and gristle; make- bed at
bottom of saucepan with onion, car
rots and turnips diced, string beans
cut into short lengths, green peas,
and a bouquet of herbs; add some
good stock, lay sweetbreads on this,
put on lid of saucepan, braise slow
ly for 30 minutes. Cook mixed
vegetables separately string beans,
green peas, white turnips and car
rots; when cooked, mix together;
keep hot. Put slice of fried bread
on hot dish, dress sweetbreads on
it; reduce liquor to glaze, coat
sweetbreads; garnish with water
cress; put groups of vegetables
round dish. Pour sauce round;
serve hot.
Pork Brains-Deviled.
Cut toasted and buttered slices of
bread into cutlet shapes, about a
quarter inch in thickness; sprinkle
with grated cheese, put pieces of
blanched pork brains on each;'cover
slices with prepared mustard; sea
son with paprika; sprinkle a little
more grated cheese and browned
bread crumbs on top; put into oven
till cheese begins to melt. Serve
with watercress salad.
Claremont Take off fibres and
skin; soak in cold water for two
hours; put into boiling water; add
teaspoonful vinegar, salt and pep
per; let scald; take out, pass
through cold water. Fry two onions
in butter substitute, pour in two
cups stock, bunch sweet herbs, and
mushrooms; stir. Cut brains into
squares, mix with sauce, put into
casserole and into slow oven for 30
minutes. Garnish.
To Rid of Flies.
If the screens and casings of win
dows are lightly rubbed over with
a cloth moistened in kerosene every
day or two, the flies will not collect
on the outside of the doors ready to
swarm in the instant the doors are
open. This is a particularly easy
way of keeping flies out of the house
where there are small children run
ning in and out.
Walking Said
To Be Best
Exercise
"Walking is the best exercise,"
writes H. Addington Bruce in his
article in June Good Housekeeping.
"Always, however it is necessary
to bear in mind the relation between
excessive fatigue after exercising
may oe cue, not so mucn to mc ex
ercise taken, as to lack of interest
in that exercise. That is why one
of the best of all forms of exercise,
walking, is abnormally tiring to
many people. In itself there is
nothing about walking to captivate
flu miatrinatinn ac irolf ran or ten-
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Yet walking is an exercise which alt
can take, and so beneficial tnat an
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to find ways of making it so inter
esting that one will gladly take it
and benefit from it .correspondingly.
It is because many of us I fear I
should say most of us have never
learned how to become good walk
Snrr fnmn.Timnt for ourselves, that
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we walk all too little and find that
little fatiguing, i. et in point ot gen
J pffert there is nrobably
no exercise we could take to better
advantage, if only we contrived to
enjoy walking as we snoum.
Pressing.
cifc MnH mat can he Dressed at
home. If articles are spotted, -clea't
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them with a solution ot nousenoiu
ammonia mixed in water one part
of ammonia to three parts oi wa
terby either scrubbing well witn
a small hand brush or rubbing with
a cotton cloth that has no lint to
J,.H After drvinff the articles.
place them on the ironing boarc
and press with heavy wet cloths an&
a hot iron. If the spots are not af
fected by the use of ammonia, try
gasoline, avoiding fire by using
same in room where there is no gas
K.irnintr Tin not rub directly
on . the spot, but start a distant
away, m order to avoid tne iorma
tion of rings. Frequently a good
cri-nfiKintr i all that a suit or coat
requires to make it look like new.
Use a good napntna soap ior mis
.iimnup. which should be used gen-
rnn1v with warm water and then
remove the remnants of the soap by
washing off with clear warm water.
Then press.
Brush the Hair
The good old time-worn remedy
of brushing the hair every night for
five minutes to remove the dust and
grime of the day cannot be im
proved upon. It serves to clean the
hair and scalp and at the same time
it stirs up the circulation of the
scalp. It removes dandruff and,
more than any other local measure,
provides a glossy sheen.
Be particular to keep both hair
brush and comb clean, otherwise
the hair will not respond to the
treatment.
For Cleaning Brasses.
When you are to clean the door
plate or brasses on the door use a
good sized piece of cardboard or
stout paper and cut holes to fit over
the knobs and plates while you are
polishing. This saves paint and
trouble in cleaning after polishing
is done.
The Afternoon Tea
Nut Bread Sandwiches.
Two cupa (lour.
Ona-half cup sugar.
Four teaspoons baking powder.
On teaspoon salt.
Thrss tablespoons butter.
Two tablespoons lard.
On (.
On cup milk.
One-half cup chopped nut meats.
Combine and sift dry ingredients,
work in butter and lard. Add
beaten egg, milk and nuts, beat
thoroughly. Turn in a buttered
bread pan; bake in a moderate oven
for 40 minutes.
Banberry Tarts.
On cup raisins.
On egir.
One-half cup cracker crumbs.
One-half cup sugar.
Juice and (rated rind ot on lemon.
Combine ingredients and place in
the center of 4-inch squares of rich
pastry. Fold over and prcs edges
together, making triangles. Bake
in a hot oven until a golden brown
Sponge Sticks.
Ons-thlrd cup powdered sugar.
Two eRg yolks.
One-third cup flour.
One-sixteenth teaspoon salt.
One-fourth teaspoon vanilla.
Beat whites until dry and fluffy,
gradually add sugar, add egg yolks
beaten until they are thick and
lemon colored. Fold in the flour
and salt, add vanilla, horcc through
a pastry tube in finger shapes.
Dust with,-powdered sugar and
pistachio nuts. Bake eisrht minute
I in a moderate oven.
Patriotic Luncheon
Valvoline Oil
A REAL LUBRICANT
For the 100-hour non-stop Essex motor test con
ducted on his sales room floor, Guy L. Smith, Essex
distributor, used Valvoline Motor Oil because he knew
it was a 100 Pennsylvania Oil and that it would lubri
cate the Essex motor, properly, enabling it to make the
wonderful record it has just established.
Valvoline Oils are your only assurance against en
gine troubles and will save many times the cost in
preventing expensive repairs, as it correctly lubricates
your motor.
Valvoline comes in six distinct consistencies a
grade for every type motor or engine design.
A crank case filled with Valvoline insures a lubri
cant of the greatest toughness, highest viscosity and fire
test. It is freer from carbon, gum or tarry residuum
than the so-called high-grade western oils.
Valvoline means true high quality in lubrication.
This quality can always be depended upon.
VALVOLINE
The 100 Pennsylvania Motor Oil
Valvoline Oil Jewell Stoneware
Company Company
1011 North 16th Street
Douglas 800
Omaha
Are you planning a luncheon to
serve on the Fourth of July? Are
you having an afternoon tea tomor
row, which is the day we celebrate.
Perhaps you would like some menu
suggestions. How are these?
Lettuce Sandwich. Chicken Salad.
Cheese Straws. Salted Almonds.
Patriotic Ice Cream.
Angel Cake. Macaroons.
Fruit Punch.
Tie the sandwiches with red,
white and blue ribbon. Serve the
salad in red, white and blue cases,
lined with waxed paper. Use paper
napKins ot patriotic design.
After the luncheon, if you are
having a party, serve a Fourth of
July pie. It should be made of
crepe paper and filled with patriotic
souvenirs, such as tiny silk flags,
fake fire crackers, etc.
Last Year's Dress.
Making the last year's plain or
gandie or voile' dress over is an easy
matter for the home dressmaker this
year, simplified by the little "apron"
which is enjoying such popularity.
Far from being the utilitarian object
that the wartime apron was, it is
now a thing of beauty and can trans
form the old frock into a joy for
ever. Made of white organdie or
georgette crepe, hemstitched or
trimmed with flutings of the same
material, the apron may be a
straight piece that slips over the
head and is caught at the waist by
a strip of ribbon or a velvet sash.
I may be a small triangle of dotted
swiss, with a ruffied bib and a sash
that ties in back in a perky bow, or
it may even have a fichu of its own
material attached. As a means of
renovating the old dress consider
the apron.
It will not injure the hair to wash
it every three weeks. The hair
should be dried in the sun preferably
and should be given a good airing
whenever possible. Take it down on
the roof occasionally.
Picnic Hints.
Tressed corned beef is good for
sandwiches and should be prepared
the day before. Cover a piece of
corned beef with cold water, let
heat gradually to the boiling point,
then simmer slowly until very ten
der, about six hours. Remove to
a brick-shaped bread pan and cover
w-.tn a board and weight. Let stand
several hours'. Then remove the
weight and cut into thin slices the
size of the bread to be used fqr the
sandwiches. (The liquor may be
saved and used during the week to
cook cabbage, as it gives the vege
table a good flavor.)
Tomato sandwiches with a touch
of novelty may be made from ripe
tomatoes, mustard or mayonnaise
dressing, sugar, cream cheese, salt
and paprika, and brown or white
bread. Chop the fleshy part of the
tomato very fine, and mix with it
the dressing and seasonings. Spread
slices of buttered brown bread with
cream or pimento cheese, then add
a layer of the tomato mixture.
And a delicious sweet-pepper
sandwich is made from sweet pep
pers with mayonnaise dressing,
cream cheese and butter. Chop
cither the sweet green or red pep
pers until fine, work into them an
equal quantity of cream cheese and
mayonnaise dressing, season with
salt and pepper. Spread on thin
slices of buttered bread.
A new and delicious cheese sand
wich for the picnic may be made
from shredded lettuce and cheese 1
combined. Shred the lettuce fine.
Then to a cup of mayonnaise add
three-fourths cup grated cheese,
half a teaspoon onion extract, half
a teaspoon paprika, a teaspoon salt
and one-fourth teaspoon mustard.
Pour over the shredded lettuce and
lace in a glass jar with a screw
top. I his may be spread on the
bread for the sandwiches when the
picnic grounds have been selected,
and the sandwiches will not become
wet and soggy.
Modes of the
Moment
Embroidery as colorful as a Cain
bazar is developed in all the sym
bolic designs of ancient kingdoms.
Some of the summer suits hav
jackets of some one color, usually
light, and skirts of finely plaited tat
feta, satin, chiffon or similar mater.
ill, and must he classified rather af
afternoon costumes than as suits.
The prediction of much favor for
the combination of jackets ami
basque bodices of one material witlt
full plaited or gathered skirts of an
other is amply fulfilled.
Lacy hose continue high in favor,
the lace stripe, the fish net and drop
stitch patterns offering themselvet
at the feet of beauty in all tints as
well as in black and white. The real
perfect dreams of stockings, how
ever, and scarcely less fragile indcerf
than the stuff dreams are made of
are the all-over lace stockings ir
floral and scroll designs that are fi:
foot notes and companion pieces for
those cobwebby long mitts of whit
silk lace and black chantilly that ar
now being offered to frlad handr
and eager arms.
The newly created colors are in
the majority! Only six standard
shades are included. These are tea
rose, coral, seal and three navy
blues, while Bermuda among the
silks, and crane and teal duck are
already going out.
Why Not Eat
Your Sunday Dinner
in coolness and
comfort
Hotel Rome
Cafeteria
has an abundance of
fans, light and fresh
air.
Everything in season.
Open day and night.
ROME MILLER
A. HOSPE CO.
PIANOS
TTJTED JUTB
REPAIRED
in Work GntfantefJ
UU DonglM St Tel. Don. 188.
Essex Completes
100-Hour
NonStopMotor Run
ON OUR SALES ROOM FLOOR
Car in Perfect Mechanical Condition After the
Most Gruelling Test Ever Imposed on a Motor
The greatest test for automobile endurance ever attempted
in Omaha was completed by the Essex at 4 o'clock Friday after
noon in the 100-hour non-stop motor run conducted in our show
room.
Think What This Means
The average automobile owner will drive about 850 miles
each month. The Essex 100-hour non-motor-stop run completed
1779 miles, or the equivalent of two months driving for the av
erage owner and all without stopping the motor. Further than
this: At no time did the motometer register as high as summer
heat. In fact, it registered a cool motor for the whole 100 hours.
Think how perfectly a motor must be constructed to stand
this ,test. The finest quality of. material and workmanship
must be combined in every detail. This combination is only
found in fine cars, usually selling for two or three times the price
of the Essex.
The Essex records prove its Quality, Performance and En
durance. What other car has made such records as the Essex for
Speed, Power, Endurance, Economy and Reliability? The Essex
has proven itself on its merit alone.
Such performance is found only in the Essex.
Read the bulletins in our salesroom windows for other proofs.
GUYX. SMITH
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