TITE SUNDAY OHEGOXIAN, PORTXAXD, NOVEMBER 20, 1910. HAMMERSTEIN'S DISCOVERY, DAZIE, IS TO STAR IN TRAGEDY-PANTOMIME Couztesg ef Eoeslyn Eeturcs to New York Tor First Tim la Six Year Report Out That As tor "Will Wed Mrs. Ladentmry Besde Abbott to Appear in Opera "YsobeL" pf; '-!t. :V:'': 'h;1 ) M5"? Ti X I, M vSTf; -to' : . -iPj K--:-; l V fyr EW TORK. Nov. 1 FpclL It ma Oscar Hvnmersteln who dia covtrJ MU. Dane, tha ballet flancar and pastomimlst. Sba tirat came orr to daaca for him ia TaudTlIl and aftarvard u mada tha principal dancer In tl Manhattan Opera-bouia ballet. Otcar Laa t& reputation of a cotinols aanr of female beauty at leaat on the ta. XT-la. Iaale prored to have a left aheulder-blade which almost any ona would go a mUa to see. Tela season the Daila will appear In a pantomime which la called "A Traedy of the Uar-ai-Ormm." In It aha doea aome beautiful dancing- and has a dramatic struggle with a burglar and kills htm. The audi ence, will begin to alt up and take notice when the burglar gets a wrestling bold on thw minute etrapa which keep DasJe'a dasdnc costume from falling off. Tha Couatese of Roeslrn has )ust re turned to New York. It Is the first time aha has been here In stz years. As the beantlful Anna Robinson sne was a fig ure In tha gar Parts world for many years. During that time aha accumu lated a smll fortune for which the Earl of Rosilyn offered his hand and heart. She stood Rosslyn as locg as she could and then divorced him. She denies that aha la engaged to marry anyone else. It was reported some time ago that John Jacob Astor would marry tha love ly Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg. She la on of the best sportswomen In New York so ciety. She was Emily Stevens when aha married Mr. Ladenburg. She haa been for many yeari a widow. Mrs. Laden burg sails for Europe this w$ek. She has a town houe In London and spends a good part of her time there. Bessie Abbot will appear ahortty In New Tort In Mascagnl's opera Tsobel." The composer himself la on his way to America and will conduct the perform ance of the opera. This will be the first time that America haa aeen the ori ginal production of grand opera. New York will have two such experiences this year for the first performance of the "Girl of the Golden West" is to be given at the Metropolitan Opera-house, ill aoDear at the New Theater supported by a company which has been carefully selected by Ralph Edmunds, of Liebler & Company. One of the greatest heireeses In -Phil adelphia Is Mrs. John K. Mitchell, third daughter of E. T. Stotesbury, who is a business associate of J. P. Morgan. Mrs. Mitchell and her sister. Mrs. Hutchinson. will be prominent figures at the National Horse Show, New York. Mr. Stotesbury Is very prominent in the financial world. He Is said to be worth t70.000.0u0. Is the divine fire of the actresa quenched when she reaches 60 years? Effle Shannon says It is. Effie says that after she is 50. the actresa holds the attention of .her audience by stage tricks only. Of course. Miss Shannon Is not directing these remarks at Sarah Bernhardt, who admits that she cele brated her 64 th birthday while on her way to America recently. But Mme. Bernhardt s admirers resent the sugges tion that she Is no longer the "divine Sarah" and much Hl-feellng ia sure to develop during the resulting controversy. PREPARING THANKSGIVING DINNER IS SIMPLIFIED BY THIS SYSTEM T,ntar Tinla TeHa How to Plan for tha Great Feast of the Year, and Brings Forth Suggestions Which May Be Made Highly Useful. T LITXaM TtKCLS. X MAT be a fact, as 1 recently heard I It stated, thai "tha young wires first Thanksgiving dinner, with Its spies of anxiety and Its moments of mixed triumph and aerony. Is tha equivalent, demanded by a strictly compensating Providence, for the mix tors of anxiety, triumph and agony endured by tha bridegroom while he Is standing with the eyes of the world upon his new raiment and his unstable knees, waiting, beside the preacher, for the advent of that radlent vision ef loveliness called the bride. The statement waa made by a "mere bu." sd evenhe ought to- have known that "the eyes of tha world" cared nothing at all for his new raiment er unstable knees, but were entirely taken up with tha "radiant vision ; but even ao. there may per haps be a grain of truth In It. at least In soma cases. Modern Bride Has Advantage. Fortunately, however , tha modern bride haa many advantages. In her en counter with this Important meal, that were sot available for her mother. Gaa ovens and patent roasters have made a well-cooked bird or joint easy of attainment, even by complete Inex perience, provided, of course, that tha Inexperience has general Intelligence enough to follow a few very plain di rections. There ara cooking schools, corre spondence schools, magaslnes. pawspa para. and friendly neighbors, all will ies; to rive advice, where formerly there was only tha friendly neighbor; and the friendly neighbor bad some times troubles of her own. There are also home-bakeries and Woman's Ex changes, where pies and cakes and other good things can be ordered, at . a olnch: so that the novice has really soUaat ctaiv-ag el Kaallg a good I effeot and no excuse for a poor din ner. But whether the dinner la to be cooked and served wholly or partly by the hostess, careful planning is necessary more especially, perhaps, when a "green hostess is confronted by "green help, either temporary or permanent. "JLako a "Ust" Good Maxim. There are five or six short maxims of my grandmother's that X should like to have painted in large clear letters on the walls of my cooking school as a preliminary to having them engraved In the minds of my students. One is: "Make a Ust." An Immense amount of worry and nerve tension can be saved by tha ac quirement of tha list habit. First, make a list of your guests if any. and. as you do so. be aure to re member any personal preferences as to food that you may have heard them ex press. Then decide upon your menu. I'll try to help you with that la a moment. Next, make a marketing list. This saves both time and mistakes, and en ables you to keep within any limit as to money. You will find that your menu can be modified, it necessary, so that, losing little or nothing In charm and appropriateness. It may escape un due extravagance. "Balance and pro portion In all things" Is another of my grandmother's maxima. Now. make a list of the dishes, sil Terwara, etc., needed for comfortable serving. Here again you may find that a slight modification of the menu will enable you to serve both elegantly and conveniently without having; to buy. borrow, or long for the extra plates, forks or spoons that your first llaa called for. it is easier to ccanr a written menu than a partly bought or cooked one. Then, write a list of preparations. to be made, either by yourieif or your helper, each day before Thanksgiving;, and a sort of time-table for the day itself. For an Inexperienced waitress, be she hostess or helper, a "serving list," giving the order of placing and removing the different parte of the meal, and tha Implements needed for each course, clearly written, and pinned up In the kitchen or serving pantry, will often prevent mortifying mistakes, and save the nagging ef re peated Instruction, and of reproofs be cause they are forgotten. It is so easy to forget, especially when you are particularly anxious for everything; to be perfect. Now let us go back to the menu. Fortunately we have a safe guide In tradition and so are not obliged to rack out brains unduly in the search after "novelty" or "correctness" those twin Idols of unskilled hostesses. How About a Turkey. Tha main point Is this: Can you or can you not afford a turkey at present prices? If so, the main interest cen ters around that noble bird. Husbands or (ruests, well filled with good turkey and "flxin's," will not be hard to please In Other respects. If turkey "roosts too high," or if your dinner is "Just for two." or three, or four (though I have known four people easily to dis pose of a smallish turkey), then chicken, goose or duck would probably be chosen. If stricter economy needs to be practiced, a well selected roast of veal with turkey accessories would be a reasonable choice. And a good plain pot roast, from the round of beef, well browned and then cooked for hours, at a low temperature, until It is tender as chicken, will make a "dish for a king," at little cost; and if served In a casserole, at very little trouble. Cranberries, celery, oysters, onions. sauash. chestnuts, pumpkins, brown 1 soclated with the Idea of Thanksgiving and Its turkey, and should all appear, if possible. In soma form or other in the menu. The ordinary hungry eupeptlo man is Inclined to vote quite strongly for dispensing with all preliminaries such as oysters, canapes, soup. fish, or en trees, and will urge the propriety, aa well aa the delight, of ''filling straight up on turkey." Ask him and see. Where there is only one pair of hands to cook and serve, this plan has Its advantages, and is quite in accord ance with the simple "family gather ing" traditions of the day. Some, how ever, may prefer to trifle with oysters, either on the shell or in a cocktail, or to whet their Thanksgiving appe tites with a savory fish canape, or a refreshing morsel of grapefruit. Oysters should, however, be avoided as a preliminary If there is any Intention of serving them later In the meal. In the form of soup, patties, scallops or stuffing. Of soups, the choice would probably He between clear, strong brown soup (or "consomme") which "stimulates without over-crowding." and is there fore best for long, heavy dinners. Oyster soup Is always popular, and cel ery soup Is both dainty and economical. Clam broth is liked by some. Cream ' -tomato or other rich cream soups, as well as the legume soups, would be too substantial for this occasion. Oysters Have Tbelr Vaiue. Oyster patties or Individual scalloped oysters, would safely combine fi-h and entree courses on a "course dinner" basis. Some people would prefer the scalloped oysters aa an accessory to the turkey, chicken or veal. If fish is served, avoid the richer kinds. In mercy to your guests. Sole or halibut turbans or tlmbals would be easily achieved of separate fish course la desired. Much depends upon the sauce. Don't use a white sauce If you served a white soup, or if you are serving a white entree. Celery heart, olives, and salted al monds are not only good In themselves, but an aid to the hostess and waitress. The first can be economically pur chased, free from outside talk; tho last can be made at home, many days beforehand. Next the roast. The stuffing Is Im portant, for turkey, chicken, veal, or beef use a savory bread dressing with herbal seasoning; (parsley, celery, poultry-spice, mace, onion Juice, green pepper. lemon rind and thyme all or any combination of these would be good for flavoring. Sage is occasionally used, but Its strong flavor causes it to be considered "Incorrect" except with the stronger meats, such as goose, duck, and pork.) Oyster, glblet, chestnut, potato, rice, or sausage mixture as may be preferred. Two kinds of dress ing may be used by stuffing the bird both "fore and aft." Oyster dressing tends to be overcooked, so is best used in the form of scalior-s. Saussge, in the interior tends to be undercooked, and Is therefore either oonfined to the front flap of skin or served in separate cakes or licks. A little boiled ham or pickled tongue, cut thin, or dainty broiled bacon curls are excellent accompaniments to turkey, chicken -or veal For duck, goose or pork, use bread stuffing with sage and onion or celery, chestnut, peanut, potato or rice dressing. Cranberries With White Meats. With the white meats serve cran berry sauce Jellied, plain, or served as mav be preferred: or pickled peaches not both at once, eince one flavor kills the other. With th oily meats serve apple sauce or fritters, or pickled prunes or crabapples. With any meat serve a good brown grravy. Gray, greasy, lumpy or flavorless gravy Is an unpardonable culinary sin. Not too many vegetables, two will usually suffice. One should be starchy white potatoes browned in the pan, or mashed to a fluffy cloud, or "brown puffed," as may be most convenient; or sweet potatoes baked or mashed or candied. Onions creamed or browned; or squash, mashed or served au gratin. would be traditionally most correct for the second vegetable. Cauliflower Is good; and bo Is creamed celery if celery has not been already unduly prominent.. Salad doesn't really "belong"; but you will want one In spite of tradition. But select a light salad a green one Is best from a hygienic as well as gastronomic standpoint; and avoid rich boiled or mayonnaise dressings. Heart lettuce, chicory, watercress, celery or celerlac, grapefruit, orange, apple or white grapes offer ample choice. If a green salad Is used, a morsel of choice cheese would be acceptable with it. Or you could serve the cheese Just be fore that cup of perfect coffee that Is to close your banquet. And Then the Dessert. Now the dessert. Pumpkin pie not less than an Inch and a half deep, smooth, creamy and spicy, with per haps a garnish of whipped cream, this certainly should be included. But, if unattainable, or if a. cold dessert is preferred, you might have Ice cream with a cranberrry or spick custard sauce: or a nesselrode pudding; or an Imitation of the same, madejwith ordi nary ice cream, chestnuts and pre served fruits. Mince pies and rich hot puddings are likely to call forth re pentance next day. besides, belonging more properly to Christmas. Some hostesses serve pumpkin pie, or tarts, and follow them with a fruit Ice, or a light sherbet Instead of the richer cream. Of course, you need a few bonbons, nuts, raisins and apples to linger over when the talk Is at lbs best. And be sure to have the best of light rolls, Parkerhouse for choice, or crisp French rolls. If preferred. Instead of ordinary bread. A few samples menus will be given elsewhere. An swers to Correspondents BT LILIAN TINGLE. ALiBANT, Or.. Nov. 7. Will you please give me. through The Oregonlan, a recipe for creamed chicken' Also oysters and how best to serve them. Tour recipes have been so much help to me and I al ways read them. Thanking you In ad vance. MRS. V. J. S. 'Creamed chicken" stands for so many different dishes. It may mean pickings of chicken, eked out with boiled veal, warmed over in a sea of flavorless sauce that suggests an unsatisfactory combina tion of laundry starch and skim milk: or It may mean diced chicken breasts spe cially cooked for the purpose, and coquet ting, through a veil of cream (thickened with egg yolks and flavored with whiffs of spice and wine) with mushrooms, truf fles, asparagus tips, celery hearts. fonds artlchauts." green peas or other delectable and expensive morsels. Per sonally, however, I should call the latter 'ralplcon of chicken a la supreme, or "a 1' allemande," and the former I should call a crime. Perhaps a recipe about midway between the two would suit you. But first a word about the chicken. If you are using up the remains of a proud roast, allow the cut-up meat to marinade for a few hours in well-seasoned stock (made from the bones) and simmer, but do not boll it for 10 minutes or so before adding It to the sauce. The latter is often much Improved bv the addition of the same stock, rapidly boiled down to half its bulk, after the chicken has been removed from It. If the ' creamed chicken is for a party and the bird Is especially cooked for the purpose, choose no chicken, but a good meaty hen. If "though on pleasure you are bent, you have a frugal mind" like that model housewife, Mrs. J. Gilpin, then order a nice compact bit of lean veal to re-enforce the "white meat" of the hen. Cooked with the bird. It will take on a nice chlckenish flavor. Binge and clean the bird In the usual way and, if dry-picked, truss for boll'ng by pushing back the legs Inside the skin. If wet-picked, this Is not possible, as the skin will not stretch sufficiently. In that case, truss compactly exactly as lor roasting, using a trussing needle and string rather than skewers. Plunge the trussed bird into boiling water contain lng a little celery root, stalk, leaf or seed, a slice of onion, 2 cloves and one- half Inch square of a bay leaf. Add the giblets, including the scalded and skinned feet, and boll 15 to 20 minutes. After that keen the temperature below boiling point. to hours according to the size and age of the bird. Have Just enough water to cover. Lt the chicken cool in tne liquor, adding salt when you take It from the fire. Remove bones and skin (which of course you will put into your economi cal stock pot) and cut the flesh Into neat dice or stripe. Add these to the sauce. This should b in a double boiler, so that the meat may be reheated' In it without being toughened by reaching boiling point. Cooked In this way the meat Is reasonably certain to oe tender, juicy and well flavored, even though the bird were long past Its first youth. If you want to make the cnicken go as far as possible, you may allow one cup for sauce for every cup of dioed chicken meat or chicken meat and ac cessories If you put In mushrooms or any of tho other trimmings-" mentioned above. Otherwise, you might use one cup sauce to 16 cups chicken. For the sauce, use as a rounuation whichever of the following best suits your taste and pocketbook. I give the proportions for 1 cup, as being easiest to remember: White sauce No. 1 Boll one cup chicken broth, briskly, until reduced to one half cup. Melt two level taDiespoons nutter or one tablespoon butter and one table spoon chicken fat. In the lnnerpart of a double boiler, but directly over the fire. Add S level tablespoons flour and cook until it bubbles and Is smooth In texture, but on no account allow It to brown. Re move from the fire, and add gradually one-half cup cream Cook until thick, adding, gradually, one-half cup boiled down chicken stock. Place In the water Jacket and add the chicken meat. Season with salt, white pepper and mace (very little of the last) to taste. A speck of cayenne, a pinch of sugar, and i or 1 drops of lemon Juice, added at the last moment, while not perceptible as distinct flavors, will yet stimulate the "taste buds" and so make the flavors of chicken and cream more emphatic A table spoonful of sherry may be added, by those who approve of its use and flavor. Sauce No. 2-Tvo tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup milk. Combine and flavor as above. If a large quantity of sauce Is to be made, the liquid must be heated over hot water, to avoid all danger of scorching. Then when boiling point is nearly .reached, it can be re moved to direct heat for a few minutes to make sure that the starchy material Is grayy and red apples are ill closely u- j.Ch"ronShlX cookfA AX Lor tUa la acoosv pasneo, ss shown by its thickening. It snouid be replaced in the water-jacket. Hy this means, raw taste and burned taste are alike avoided. Cooked celerlac, diced, is a good and in expensive addition to creamed chicken, as well as any of the more expensive ac cessories already named. A few blanched and shredded (not chopped) almonds are sometimes used. A few walnuts, while darkening the sauce, give a somewhat peculiar flavor not unlike truffles. Mush rooms are usually well liked with chicken. Failing these, a little mushroom powder or a tew or led mushrooms may be used in the stock. Finely chopped celery or green pepper. or Dotn may De introduced Into the eauce. with or without a few drops of onion Juice. For a party, however, this last is better omitted. Canned punlentos, and olives - either plain or stuffed, make good garnishes; as well as supplying riavor. a utile very finely chopped parsley or celery-leaf la admissible In some forms of service. The sauce for creamed oysters should be prepared as above and somewhat similarly seasoned, care being taken to avoid overpourlng with acces sories the real flavor of the oysters. After the usual process of cleaning and picking over the oysters "plump" them in a email pan, before adding to the eauce In the double boiler, being very careful not to toughen them by over cooking. Oyster liquor should be scalded and skimmed and substituted for the boiled down chicken liquor In the first recipe. Chloken meat and oysters make a good creamed combination. So do chicken meat (or veal) and neatly cut shreds of ham or pickled tongue. Hard-boiled egg is used in "chicken terrapin" mix tures. For serving creamed dishes, make choice of the most convenient and suit able to the occasion of the following: Plain strips of toast, croustades (hol lowed patties of fried or oven-browned bread crumbs) puff paste shells, short crust shells, Swedish timbles( the "ro settes" are sometimes used, but are not to be recommended as they tend to be- oome limp and greasy), rice timbales duchesse potato baskets, baking powder biscuits, made very thick and light and having the center removed; fresh baked popovers. crisped and hollowed French rolls, (baked in special pans); boxes made of crackers luted with egg; shells made from green peppers, celerlac, to matoes, tiny Summer squash or any oth er suitable vegetables. In this case the vegetables (except, of course, the to. matoes) would be previously cooked and hollowed out, so that the creamed ma. terial needs only to be covered with crumbs and lightly browned in the oven. Ramekins are also used. I have answered your question In some detail, since creamed dishes are so much In demand at this season and are often so badly cooked and served. Much re mains to be said; but I am not Intend lng to write you a whole cookbook and other correspondents await their swers. Grays River, Wash. Would you kindly send me the recipe for either Madeira cake, velvet cake or standard cake? wish to try the method you published last year where the cake is so thorough ly beaten. We wish to make a very soft. very white cake that is crustless and thought perhaps one of these cakes would give the desired results put to gether in that way. Thanking you most kindly for the favor and assuring you of my great enjoyment or your articles ap pearing each week in The Oregonlan. MRS. w. u. M. I regret that I cannot literally send you the recipe as it is quite Impossible to make personal replies to my many correspondents. The cakes you name are all yellow, not white. The "whole egg method," to which I think you refer is not good for a white cake. Nor do I know of a "crustless cake unless It were baked in an un greased pan, like angel food and persuaded to leave its crust there, when removed. The formula for velvet cake Is as fol lows: cup butter, lVj cups sugar. cup water, 114 cups flour, hi cup corn starch, 1 level tablespoon baking powder, 4 eggs. Mix by the "whole egg method.". Bake 60 to 60 minutes In a moderate oven, observing the "time quarter" test for temperatures, recently referred to in these columns. ' A good white cake is the following snow cake: I can give you richer- or plainer ones If desired: cup butter, 1 cup sugar, hi cup milk, 1 2-J cups flour, 2Vj teaspoons baking powder, whites of 2 eggs, vanilla or other flavoring. Mix by the "separate egg method" for but ter cakes. Bake 45 minutes in a deep, narrow pan. In cake recipes all measurements are level, and the flour is once sifted before measuring. Afterwards it is sgain sifted with the baking powder. Jhe Dalles, Or., Nov. 4. I .would llkftj r) will 1 ilj' I if 11 N :i Special (V yT- J p Cable ' P il -Dancing Gown If ; by Zimmermann V Un de mcs modeles favori " ( one of my best Eked models), said Zimmermann, signing this photograph for you. I The gown is a simply exquisite fleecy cloud of wumsulint dt jou in tones of rose, mauve and blue. The tassels and bands arc of gold, the latter painted wondrously in orchids. The clever drapery over the peasant sleeves gives 'width to the bodice at the shoulders. Balance of proportions is two-thirds the art of correct gowning. All the great dressmakers of Paris demand the very latest corsets to fit over. They look to the corset to cor rect poor proportions and make the most of good ones. When I examine new corset models here in Paris, for this season's gowns, and note the price of JJ35 upwards charged for nothing but a bit of fabric, a -bone or two and a subtle idea, I think of the perfec tion in corset production that American women revel in, in CB i la Spirite corsets at $ I to $ 1 o. I wonder if women in America know how great is American supremacy in corset making. If you wear CB i la Spirite corsets, you do know. For sale at all leading retailers. The above is an extract from a long weekly cable of advance fashion newt from the CB Faahion Bureau in Paris, and is at leatt 60 days ahead of everything else. Watch this space next Sunday for the Utesc cable. The cablet in full are published in a free Hlut- trared book, " CB Style Cables, " Ask for i at the nearest corset counter, or lend to Strouse, Adlcr tc Co., 45 East 17th St., Kcw York. ft: fe i.-i hi I'- :! IP! v- if ' """- Ji la sptvite corsets to ask you for & good recipe for marsh- mallow mousse. MRS. N. J. S. The following is really "marshmallow parfait." It Is, however, often called marshmallow mousse. If It is not what you want, please let me know: Cut one- half pound marshmallows into small pieces; add 2 tablespoons Boning water and stir in double boiler until the marsh mallows are melted. Meanwhile, let Ihi cups sugar, hi cup water and hi. cup cream of - tartar Doll to tne sort ball stage. Pour, In a fine stream, on 2 eggwhltes, beaten stiff, beating con stantly; add the melted marshmallows and "beat occasionally until cold. Then flavor to taste, rather highly, with va nilla, rose or almond essence. Fold in one-pint double cream and one cup single cream, whipped quite firm and hi pound marshmallows or 34 pound, maxshmal- lows and V pound glace cherries) cut small. Turn into a 2-quart mold filling to overflow; spread paper over the top and press down the lid on this. Let stand burled in equal measures of ice and salt 4 hours. If a plain brick mold is used. It may be lined with paper, as for a charlotte russe, and the Ice will turn out the more easily. Sometimes all the marshmallows are melted instead of some of them being cut up. ' Sometimes no melted marsh mallows are added to the parfait; but they are poured over the ice on serving like a sauce. Sometimes the same Is a combination of whipped cream, melted marshmallows and cut up ones. In this case a plain mousse or plain angel par fait or even plain Ice-cream might le used. Lack of space prevents my an swering Mrs. F. H. I this week. i 1