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TIIE SUNDAY OREGQXIAX, FOKTLAyP, OCTOBER 20, tStSL "FLU" IS NOT BEING STAGED AT NEW YORK AND THEATERS CONTINUE OPEN AS USUAL 10 Ditrichstein Makes Debut as Playwright in 'The Matinee Hero" Frank Bacon's 'Lightnin Bill Jones" Is Big Success ."Daddies" Is Charming Story of Dissolution of Bachelors' Club. 19 1 ir gin is d v. 3 -1 . i S s N ' .x BT ELIZABETH LOXERGAN. NEW YORK. Oct. 2S. (Special.) Spanish influenza has closed the aters in many nearby cities, but New Tork continues to keep her houses open, pray ins inwardly that her good luck and good health conditions may endure. The condition has mixed up thincs badly, making it impossible for some attractions to keep their engage ments and thereby holding up others. But soon all will be peace again. One of the recent events waa the debut of Leo Ditrichstein as playwright With A. E. Thomas he has written "The Matinee Hero," in which, of course, he has the star role. The story tells of an actor, discouraged by his failure and the unfaithfulness of his wife and friends, who decides to get out of th a-lare of the footlights for good and alL Then he meets a manager who sees the good in him and gives him the chance to play the part of his dreams, "Ham let." and we assume that the "matinee hero" lived up to his expectations and became a wonderful actor. Mr. Dit richsteln gave a fine performance of the misunderstood actor, adding new laurels to his record as character actor. Catherine Proctor, Vivian Rushmore, Robert McWade, Brandon Tynan. Cora 'Wltherspon. Jessie Parnell, Josephine Hammer, William Ricardi and others -were in the long aupporting cast. of the handsomest that have been seen on Broadway this season.. Irene Bordoni. who. has been seen In vaudeville or musical comedy before this, is featured with H. B. Warner in a farce of the French variety called "Sleeping Partners", and shows herself to be an excellent comedienne. It is another version of the familiar domes tic triangle, with Guy Favieres as the husband. Miss Bordoni as the wile and Mr. Warner the third member. The play is from the French by Sacha Guitry and has been produced in both. Paris and London. It Is rumored that Frank Bacon and his wife, both of whom are well known in Portland, are collaborating on book that will tell something about the original of "Lightnin' Bill Jones," about whom the story of his successful drama weaves. The play, by the way, holds the record as far as advance sales is concerned and one mast wait until al most holiday time if he would have good seats for 'Lightnin'." - So many character actors are content to slip into smaller and smaller parts until they gradually slink out of mem ory. Not so Mr. Bacon, who decided upon a clever idea, collaborated with Winchell Smith and "Lightnin' " was the result, with a star part for himself and royalties beyond his wildest dreams. But it was coming to him. Everyone likes Frank Bacon. By the way, a second play, written to use in case "Lightnin' " did not "strike" the public will soon be put into rehearsal with another character actor in the lead. Too bad Mr. Bacon is not a twin! Jane Oaker, his leading woman, is also well known throughout the, country and has not been in New York for several years. The title "Daddies" presents an inter esting study. Some think it a child's drama and others one of the French farce variety. Both are wrong, though there are a number of children in the cast and farce galore. Mr. Belasco' play tells of a club of bachelors who had as their college motto, "No wives for us,", and who kept free from matri mony for some 15 years. Then the first desertion came, when one fell ine love, and the others followed suit, but for different reasons. Bob Audrey is entertaining his club mates when the surprising thing hap pens. First one chum falls in love with Bobbette Audrey and then Audrey's mother, who has been secretly wishing that he would marry, suggests that the $5000 forfeit be invested in giving homes to Belgian orphans. The scheme does not please at first, but one and then the others accept and then the trouble begins. Audrey's orphan proves to be 17 and he falls in love with her before the end of the play; Crockett's "boy" is a winsome but spoiled little maiden and one of the most delightful parts of the play is contributed by John Cope as the bachelor who hates chil dren, and little Lorna Volare, who makes him love them. Every little mannerism that has annoyed hira is the cause of his love when he finds that her mother is coming from faraway France to. claim her. Of course he has to marry the mother to keep the child. Another member of the club draws triplets three healthy boys and his wonderful plans about the easy way in which to bring up children is proven to be worthless. So he has to marry to find a mother for them. The fourth member has adopted the little girl of soldier friend who has died "over there" for his country. An aunt comes to claim her and he promptly annexes her. and so the famous quintet of hard ened bachelors is dissolved through the loving hands of little war orphans. There are many clever lines in the play and the antics of the little ones provide much amusement. Jeanne Eagrels Is the English orphan of 17; Paulette Noizeux, who appear.! with Bernhardt, the little girl's mother, and Bruce McRae, John Cope, Edward Davis, George Abbott and S. K. Walker the bachelors. Winifred Fraser has an other of her lovely "mother" parts, and George Giddens, the bid-time actor, gives finish to the small role of the butler, blessed with a big heart and an even bigger Bense of humor. It is to be hoped that Mr. Belasco will bring Daddies to Portland. every V UwQ to malie it xzs -attractive as you Would iovc auzvtut Your skin, like the rest v. rour body, Is con tinually changing. Every day, as old skin dies, ntw forms in its place. This is your opportunity to .make this new skin as clear, radiant and fresh loc&ing as you have alwaysv wanted it. See what the following treatment will do for your skin. Lather your wash cloth well with warm water and Woodbury's Facial Soap. Apply it to your face ana' distribute the lather thoroughly. Now ' with the tips of your fingers work this cleansing, antiseptic lather into your skin, always with an upward ai;d outward motion. Rinse first with warm water, then with cold the colder the bet ter. Finish by rubbing your face for thirty sec onds with a piece of ice. Always be careful to dry the skin thoroughly. This treatment cleanses the skin and brings the blood to the surface, stimulating the small muscular fibres. Use it persistently, once a week, and before long your skin will begin to take on that greater loveiiness which the daily use of Woodbury's always brings. The other six nights be sure to keep your skin thoroughly cleansed with Woodbury's Facial Soap.. Begin now have the charm of a lovely skin Get your first cake of Woodbury's today. Begin now to overcome whatever condition is keeping your skin from being as lovely as it should be. Blackheads, conspicuous nose pores, oily skin and shiny nose, blemishes, a sluggish, sallow skin treat ments for these and others of the commoner skin troubles are given in the booklet "A Skin You Love to Touch" which comes wrapped around the soap. , You will find a 25c cake sufficient for a month or six weeks of any Woodbury treatment and for general cleansing use during this time. Get a cake today. It is on sale at all drag stores and toilet goods counters throughout the United States and Canada. The Andrew Jergens Company, Cincinnati, New York and Perth, Ontario. Answers to Correspondents. cukes" In the brine being careful. to keep It below boiling point. If, on the other hand, very little mould has formed, it may1 be enough to scald the brine, wash the cucumbers and return them to the scalded crock to be covered with the scalded and cooled brine. If the mould is very slight, simply boiling and acidifying the brine, if not already well acidified, and pouring it cold over the "cukes" may be enough. Some old-fashioned housewives keep a cloth over the pickles and below the weight, on which the mould might col lect, the cloth being changed and scalded at first every two or three days and later once a week or so; but seal ing the finished pickles is safer and less trouble. The modern domestic way of making "quick" dill pickles without fermentation (which really means letting them make their own vinegar) using weak 'vinegar after a short brining process and sealing in 15 minutes at once, or if a stronger spice flavor is liked, let stand over night and then boil. A clove of garlic and a few slices of onion are optional ingredients. When boiled, strain, cool and seal in sterilized bottles. If liked, a few grains of cayenne and a tablespoon of vinegar may be added to each pint bottle. Mushroom Catsup No. 2. Clean the mushrooms as above, then run them through the food chopper; sprinkle with salt as above and let etand 12 hours, then drain. For teji pounds of mush rooms allow one onion, one clove garlic, one blade mace, one teaspoon eacn grated horseradish, cloves, allspice, pep percorns, mustard seed, nutmeg and ground ginger, with or without a few grains cayenne and one or two bay leaves. Boil slowly two hours, drain and add one cup vinegar. Seal while hot. The spices may be varied to suit personal taste. Some makers add one or more tablesDoons Chinese sov to each glass cans at once, gives pickles that pint bottle of catsup. The (clean) stems if you have no wire basket for blanch ing. No exact proportions of syrup and fruit can be given as much depends upon the size of tlte pears and the neatness of the pack. Simply fill up the jar with the prepared syr'p or with hot water. are almost if not quite as good as the old-fashioned kind and much less "chancy." 2. Yes, certainly, you can brine the cucumbers and use them later for any variety of pickle. 3. Bacon rind can be used for soap making, but in war time this would be a wasteful thing to do. Bacon rinds should be scraped and scalded and used to give richness and flavor to bean, pea, lentil, vetch or potato soups, or to flavor baked beans, peas, lentils, or vetch, or to flavor green vegetables or canned or dried string beans, or to en rich "stock" for meat soups or gravies. Of course, Judgment is necessary as to the amount use. Even in pre-war times I always regarded my bacon rinds as valuable possessions for such purposes as the above and all the best house wives I have known have used the rinds In this way. (Continued From First Paire.) Portland haa seen "Nothinr but the Miss Dyer Tells How Cuticura Healed Her Aunt's Face My aunt's face was affected with a rash which rave very Freat pain. It began witn a breaking out of little pimples that spread over her entire lace until bis scales all over it. It caused disfigurement, itching and burning, and her skin was very sore and red and much irritated by scratching. Some one had to sit with her night and day to keep her from scratching. This lasted about six weeks before Cuticura was used, and it took about four weeks to heal the trouble, using three cakes of Soap and two boxes of Ointment. (Signed) Miss Dorothy Mary Dyer. 3540 Admiral Way, Seattle, Wash.. January 4. 1918. Clear the pores of impurities by dally use of Cuticura Soap and occasional touches of Cuticura Ointment as needed to soften, soothe and heal. They are deal for every toilet purpose. -Cvucan, lW H. bitM " Sold How to Rid the Skin of Objectionable Hairs (Aids to Beauty.) A simplified method is here riven for the quick removal of hairy or fuzzy growths and rarely is more than one treatment required: Mix a stiff paste with some powdered delatone and water, apply to hairy surface and after two or three minutes rub orr. wash the skin and every hair has van ished. This simple treatment cannot causa Injury, but care should be ex ercised to set real delatone. Adv. "trade recipe" is given. I shall be glad. C later, to reply to your other questions. Truth." Perhaps Messrs. Frazee and Anderson, who sent the first success to the Coast, may send "Nothing but Lies" later in the season. It is Mr. Collier's new role and is a sort of continuation of the first idea that telling the truth does not pay in the long run. After seeing "Nothing but the Truth" some people claimed that It was hard for them to tell the truth for a few days! "Nothing but Lies" lives up to its title and shows how very attractive a liar maybe! An unique introduction showsan nterview between George Washing ton and Ananias, in which Ananias scores a few points and scores them with such deftness that you feel sorry for the poor "Father of His Country. Aaron Hoffman and William Collier are authors and the appearance of the star In his role was an eleventh-hout surprise, for rumor had it that he had quit the cast and a new "Liar would be seen on Broadway. Bapley Holmes, who created the second role in the original cast of "Nothing but the Truth." has an equally Interesting role n the new show and Olive wyndam is the leading woman. Riley Hatch. Frank Monroe, Robert Strange and Grant Stewart also contributed to the fun of the evening. Film lovers will remember "The Cheat." which had such phenomenal success a year or two ago. Fannie Ward was 'he heroine and Sessue Haya kawa the Oriental villain. Hector Turnbull. the author, is now in Uncle Sam's service, but before he went away changed the film drama to a spoken one, aided by Willard Mack. This Is the first known instance where a pic ture has become a drama. ITsually It s the other way round. With a change of title and the substitution of an East Indian villain for a Japanese, "I O U" s quite enjoyable. Mary Nash has the leading role and plays with her usual fine spirit and Jose Rubens is the East Indian, while Frederick Trusedale has the rather unsympathetic part of the husband. The heroine is the best-dressed lady n W ashington s younger fashionable set and, at a loss for money to pay her gambling debts, turns to a fascinating East Indian for help. He gives her the money, but when he demands a re turn and she refuses he brands her as cheat and kills himself. The sensa tional scene in the man's rooms, which was the big episode of the feature play. is brought out In a startling stage pic ture. Mr. Brady, who makes the pro duction, has provided some fine set tings and Mary Nash's gowns are some McMIX WILLS, Or.. Oct. 7. Dear Miss Tingle: So often I and others wish your wonderfully helpful column might be printed In shape to be filed and easily found again. Perhaps the letter of Inquiry, which is of no interest to anyone else -but which in that fine print must be read, might be omitted and the space filled in larger type, giving title and ingredients with amounts (as many magazines do now), followed by your most helpful instructions, with variations. If I have not forfeited my right by this suggestion, would like to ask: (1) If it would help to prevent the mould from forming over dill Dickies to pour the liquor off. boil. skim and return? If so. return boiling or cold? Should the "cukes" be washed? (2) Would it be satisfactory to put cucumbers down in salt or brine as for Winter keep ing and then by freshening in water, make mustard pickles, by your recipe of two weeks ago, when I expect to have In the garden plenty of brocolli, celery and cab' baffe: dry onions, and green tomatoes on vines which we pull and hang inside ripen? Fodder is In the shock and there will soon be frost on the pumpkin, so an early answer, please, 3) Can bacon rinds be eon verted into soft oap "I THANK. YOU." Tour suggestion would be a good one if we had more available space, but the form of printing you describe is not very convenient for newspaper col umns, and would occupy. I fear, con siderably more space than do the let ters. Besides, I find that quite a num ber of people like to read the letters! However, I will offer your suggestion to the higher powers for later con sideration. In the meantime I find that for my own use I can easily cup the recipes from the "letters" and file them on cards for future reference, simply writing the title and date above them and grouping them with thejr appro priate guide cards. For this purpose I find The Oregonian form no less "un handy" than the form used by most magazines. Possibly when paper re strictions are removed we can evolve a better form, even if It does take a little more space. Thank you for the suggestion. 1. Dill pickles should not be left ex posed to air so that mould forms. As soon as the acetic fermentation is com plete (if the old-fashioned fermented dill pickles are made) they should be sealed (in kegs or crocks. If jars are not available) and kept in a cool place. A little vinegar added to the brine will help to check mould and scum yeast growth, though perhaps not en tirely. Covering the pickles with wine or horseradish leaves during the open OREGON CITT. Or., Sept. 29. Dear Miss Tingle: Will you please send me the instruc tions for curing English walnuts? We have found that the kernel either moulds or with ers before the nuts are dried well enough to use. If you will do me this favor I will be very grateful to you. M. B. I am unable to give you exact infor mation as to the best temperature for drying walnuts. Possibly some reader may come to the rescue, so l print your letter. I find few people know how good fresh undried English walnuts are when skinned and eaten either alone or in fruit salads. Have you used them this way? The skin comes on easily Doiore they are dried. and skins of mushrooms that are to be eaten fresh may be used for catsup. making along with whole mushrooms. SALEM, Or. Miss Lillian Tingle: Will you please tell me the proportion of salt used in making sauerkraut ? I wish to make a small amount, so would like to know the proportion per gallon. Someone told me that the amount used In cooking was suffi cient, but I fear that is mot enough. Thank you in advance. Sincerely MRS. B. L. Three pounds salt to 100 pounds cab bage is a standard proportion by weighL One-fourth cup salt to one gal Ion finely shredded cabbage is a very usual domestic proportion, but is, of course, rather vague. Pounding the cabbage after the salt is sprinkled makes a brine which should quite cover the kraut. Some makers add one cup chopped apples with each gallon of cab bage. Let me know if you want a de tailed recipe. PORTLAND. Dear Miss Tingle: Will you eive through The Oregonian a recipe for mushroom catsup. I remember to put them in salt to draw out the Juice, but have for gotten the rest, xnanaing you in aavance. MRS. H. A. W. Below are two types of mushroom catsup and the flavor may be varied to suit nersonal taste: Mushroom Catsup No. 1. Wash and wipe (but do not peel) firm, fresh mush rooms, having previously cut off the extreme end of the stem with any ad hering dirt. Slice them, stems and all, with a silver knife, or break in pieces if more convenient.- Allow one-half Dound salt to ten pounds mushrooms. Arrange in layers with the salt in a crock, cover and set In a cool place for three or four days, stirring occasion ally. Then mash to a pulp and strain through cheesecloth, squeezing out all the Juice. Cook ten minutes, measure, and for every pint of liquid allow one teaspoon each peppercorns and whole allspice, with three or rour white cloves, a bav leaf and a blade of mace. Cook g Tells How to Stop a f, 2 Bad Cough P)m M Iwlng gesolta from this famous (V) old home-made syrup. Easily prepared and costs little. If you have a severe couch or chest cold accompanied with soreness, throat tickle, hoarseness, or difficult breathine. or if your child wakes up during the night with croup ana you want quiclf he Id. try this reliable old home-made cough remedy. Any druggist can sup ply you wnn z,y2 ounces oi X"inex. Pour this into a Dint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar svrup. Or you can use clarified molasses, honey, or corn svrup, in stead of sugar syrup, if desired. This rcipe makes a pint of really remarkable ccugh remedy. It tastes good, and in spite of its low cost, it can be depended upon to give quick and lasting relief. You can feel this take hold of a cough in a way that means business. It loos ens avtid raises the phlegm, stops throat tickle and soothes and heals the irritated membiwies that line the throat and bron- Was miali tirnmnnaca aaoa crock period is sometimes helpfuL Of , d cewainty that it is really aston course the pickles must be kept well ;,; ' . . below the brine (with a weighted board or plate) as long as the crock or keg is open. If much mould has already formed It should be removed, the pickles should be washed and the crock scalded. If the mould is not too bad, the brine may be boiled up for 10 minutes and skimmed. It may then be used again with the addition of a little vinegar. In come cases it may be necessary to use fresh brine with a little vinegar Instead of the original brine. Some times also it is necessary to scald the ishing. Pinex li ft special and highly concen trated compound of genuine Norway pina extract, ami is probably the best known means of overcoming severe coughs, throat and ehest colds. There are Many worthless Imitations of this mixture.- To avoid disappointment, ask for "24 ounces of Pinex" with full directions and tjon't accept anything else. Guaranteed to g.ive absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded. The Pinex Co., Ft Wayne, Ind. . , erAdv. PORTLAND', Aug. 7. Dear Miss Tin gle: Like many others who find your column in The Oregonian so helpful, I, too, would like a little advice on canning pears, using syrup in place of sugar. Would like to know which kind of syrup is best, also what proportions of syrup and fruit. Thanking you very much. MRS. K. I hope the preceding answers will give you the information you desire. White Karo, or a syrup made with commercial glucose (using two pounds of glucose with one-half to two-thirds cup sugar and hot water enough to give Just the same consistency as Karo) may be diluted with two cups water to one cup sugar for use with pears. The syrup may then be fla vored to taste with lemon, ginger or mixed spices, or left plain if the pears are full flavored. The other commer cial flavored syrups are just as good, except they have a flavor of their own; so that which is "best" is chiefly a matter of personal taste. For canning, blanch the pears one to two minutes, according to size, then plunge in and out of cold water, pack into jars, fill with the prepared syrup and finish as above as described in the answer to Mrs. H. H., boiling 20 min utes after boiling begins. Or .use plain hot water instead of syrup and sweeten later as suggested above. Use a square of cheese cloth PORTLAND, Aug. 7. Dear Miss Tin gle: Kindly tell me through The Ore gonian what causes cucumbers in the pickling to shrink and cook withered. Also wftat is done to retain their bright green color. I had them In brine, freshened them and poured boiling vinegar over three suc ceeding days. Can I do anything to them now .' xney are ordinary, small cucumbers. Please give recipe for pickling pears and crabapples. I shall be thankful for an early answer. AIRS. G. A. P. Shrinkage of cucumbers in pickling may be due to any of the following causes, the first being a very common one. 1 Cucumbers not perfectly fresh when put into the brine. 2 Brine too strong. 3 Pickles left uncovered by brine or vinegar. 4-The wrong kind of vinegar. 6 Over beating. 6 Too much sugar. The color of green pickles can often be brightened by the use of white vin egar instead of brown and of. grape vine or green cabbage leaves in the pickling kettle; but if the cucumbers are not both fresh-picked and of a good color before brining they will not have a good color later, though the vinegar may brighten them. A really bright green color is not commendable in either home-made or commercial pickles, as it usually indicates the use of undesirable chemicel ingredients. You can try the efect of soaking a few of the pickles In plain vinegar for 24 hours, and then heating them again very slowly until they are warm bu not hot, and keeping them at this temperature for two or three hours. If this does not improve them (and it may not do so) the only thing I can suggest is that you chop them and use them in some form of chopped relish or chopped mustard pickle. Sweet pickles should not be made with sugar this year. You may either can the fruit without sugar and make it into sweet pickles later, if sugar is more plentiful, or you may use syrup as below to make a pickle less sweet than the usual kind. Sweet pickled crabapples with syrup. Use 4 pounds of Karo syrup to every 2 cups strong vinegar and 1 teaspoonful each whole cloves and als pice with a blade of mace, if liked. and 2 or 3 inches broken stick cinna mon. Tie the spices in a small bag or leave loose as preferred. Boil o minutes. Wash the crabapples, prick with a fork, and steam until nearly tender, leaving the stems on. Then put them into the syrup and heat to boiling point. Lift out the crabapples and place in glass jars or in a crock. Pour on the vinegar syrup and let stand over night. Next day pour off and reheat the syrup boiling it down slightly and pour again over the pickles. Do this three times in all. boiling down the syrup the last time to the desired richness, then seal. Pears may be similarly treated If they are small and rather hard. If the skin is very tough they should be pared before steaming. Larger, more tender pears, may be peeled and halved or quartered according to size, and may then be simmered a little in the syrup Instead of being given the pre liminary steaming. The amount and kind of spices may be varied to suit personal taste. Tips to Housekeepers. If a lamp wick is getting short, sew a piece of flannel to the end of it. 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