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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAls PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, " AUGUST 21, 1921. Tke New "Hanay Man ' . . r'r'K . ; : . . fiy Mrs. Christine Tbt Distinguished Authority en IT Is rerj rarelyl tliat I am en thusiastic over , a new utility, because go few tbat I tuive .tested in the course of tea years i at my household experiment sta tion hare' proTed 100 per cent In all -vpoints. But I hare rtJcently been tulnj a new machine rhlch seems so marvelous, and 'which so -well fulfills all my demands of help - fulness, that I feel it deserves men tion. . ! ' : ' r How many times have women not ' said to me, "bh. if I only had a -clamped beater," or, "If there were only a stationary bowl for mixing," and so on? Here is one utility which combines all the requests for a stationary ' fixture and a bowl 'which clamps to the table. In ad- ' dltion it beats, churns, chops meat ; nuts or other food, turns .the ice cream freezer, bread-mixer or other revolving devices, strains soup or anything else. Indeed, this ."White Bertha," as we call her in our household, does everything " but .scold and get drunk! We call -her "White Bertha b cause she is painted white or, rather, is made from white enam eled steel, and because her effl cleney reminds us of the "Black Berthas" of war days. We might Just as well have called this device he," I suppose, only the tendency is to speak of all power machines, like an engine or a boat or any thing which has strong motion as , "she!" (Let inquisitive persons think up reasons why!) "Bertha" is heavy, but is so made that as she rests on her substantial base she s firm and immovable. I can think of no better way in which to bring her to my readers' minds . than Jo say that she looks like a . emall-sise coffee-mill or meat grinder, such as one sees in either ' the grocery store or the butcher's. ' i Like these larger devices she has -. a motor concealed within her, and It is this motor that furnishes the power to do all the wonderful things of which "Bertha" la cap able. In the main part of the frame is set a support on which rest the various sized bowls or utensils of metal in which tha soup Is strained ;, or the bread mixed. - Under the -motor is a shaft to which may be connected the beater, the whipping tool or whatever tool Is necessary to each operation- To this shaft also is connected the ice cream freezer when It is used. Like all Other home electrlo de vices "Bertha" has a cord and plug which may be quickly connected to any light socket. That is, she operates 'Just like a washing ma chine or, a vacuum cleaner a mere touch and she begins her work. How To Cook Rice M1 rETHODS of cooking rice) . vary considerably in differ ent countries, and even - in different part? of the - fame coun ' try. In Japan, for . instance, there , are two common ways of .boiling ' rice. In both cases tha j-ioe is ' washed until the water remains . "clear, and an iron or bronze kettle Is generally used for cooking. For the 'first method the washed 'glee is put Into a relatively small amount of boiling water; for tha ' eecond, it Is put into cold water ' and gradually brought to a boIL ' When the steam and foam begin to 'escape from underneath the coyer the rice is considered cooked, but is allowed to stay in the covered " 'kettle from one-half hour to an ' hour longer, while the steam makes the grains swell and separate from each other. By the first . method , the cooked rice Is drier and more flaky than by the second, though the difference Is slight. . In this country, also, rice is boiled in several ways. No matter what method is used, it should first be thoroughly washed to remove 11 foreign substances end the loose starch which if left is likely to, make the rice grains stick together in a pasty mass when cooked. A good rule is 'to wash rice through several waters, or until the rinse water remains clear. To prepare boiled rice wash X cup rice through several waters . until all the loose starch Is re moved, and drain it, .Have 4 or B quarts of boiling water ready tn u deep saucepan. 'Add 1 teaspoon salt, slowly drop in the rice and allow it to boil rapidly for about: 20 or 30 minutes, or until a grain when pressed between the thumb and finger ia entirely soft. In order to prevent tt from stick ing to the pan lift it If necessary from time to time with a fork, hut, do not stir-It, tor stirring is likely to break the grains. When euffi . ciently cooked, turn the rice into a colander or eleve, and after the water has drained off cover with a cloth and set ever a pan of hot water on the back of the stove or in the even; or tun the rice into a shallow pan. cover with a lid and place It tn a warm even for a short time. Treated Jn this way tha grains swell and are kept separate. Frederick, , Household Efficiency. And such -work -no first-cUss maid could do so weU or so Quick ly! men "Bertha was first sent to me it was the Christmas holiday season and we, were about to make our larre quantity of holiday cakes and cookies. Anyone &nows what the labor of making about 200 cook ies and many small cakes Is when the beating and the mixing have o be done by hand. But with "Bertha" I just dumped all the ingredients into the capacious bowl, turned pn the ; current, and presto!- there came a slow murmuring and "Bertha" went to work with a wilL " She kneaded bread, she beat eggs, she mixed cake batter, she chopped nuts and shredded fruit peel. If you wished her to go slow she was put on first speed; if faster, then en second or third speed. Just like an auto) . We had decided tn our holiday menu to make a cream soup as a , first course. That generally means the task of straining a vegetable pulp and the soup after it is thick ened, a it is only by several strain ings that a cream soup achieves . that wonderful even smoothness. But with -Bertha" we put all the vegetables into the top of the deep three-inch strainer which fits over, 'the bowl, and started the motor after having-iuBerted Into the shaft a small wooden roller which did the rolling or pressing of the pulp over the strainer. In about fifteen minutes I had -over a gallon of a perfectly strained soup in the large bowl and all the refuse neatly stacked on top of the .strainer. What a contrast to the, hand 'work with a messy potato masher and unsteady bowll In our home we always make bread twice a week. I, of course, had a hand-mixed or bread-mixer of the usual type with clamp and -beater. But even here what a dif ference between hand-turning and' the ease of putting all the ingredi ents into the mixer at once, turn ing on tha curren and letting her Also, inmost cases where recipes call for eggs beaten separately. I tried the plan of not doing this - separate beating, but of placing the eggs and all the other Ingredients into "Bertha" at the first. .. In the texture and quality of the food t can notice no appreciable differ-; ence, even in such, foods as waffles, where the folding in of the egg whites is an important point , In our home the popular slogan "Let George do itl has become transformed into "Let Bertha do it" , and-she surely does. Like every-" thing else, new that she is with us we cannot see how we could get along without her. We would no more go back to hand-beating and If a large kettle is not at hand ricS may also be cooked successfully in a smaller open saucepan or kettle, allowing eight times as much water as rice, or t quarts of water to t cup of . rice. The same method is ;used as with the large proportion of water, but the rice requires more careful watching. If the starchy liquid surrouunding the grains Is washed off by pouring hot water through the colander in which the cooked rice is draining, each grain will be left separate and 'distinct. This is not usually necessary when . the larger proportion of water is used. The water drained from the rice after cooking should not be thrown away, as It contains much starch. It can be used . for thickening in soups; stews, baked dishes, with or without mnk, or. if boiled down, for starching fine sheer materials. If boiled too long rice becomes sticky and the grains tend to break apart. Many persons - make the mistake of overcooking rice and also of not salting it enough, and because of this it has been unpopu lar as a vegetable, in many huuse holds. It should-be cooked only un til a grain when pressed between the thumb and forefinger is soft and there Is no hard, uncooked portion in the centre. The rice should then be immediately removed from the Are, drained and dried in one of the ways described. . Some persons prefer, to cook riee in a double boiler with an even smaller quantity of water. Three parts Of boiling water are used to one part of rice, and a teaspoon of salt is allowed to each cup of rice. The rice is dropped Into the hot salted water, the boiler Js cov ered and the rice Is cooked for about - 30 minutes. Then the lid may be - removed and the rice cooked slowly a little longer until it has dried somewhat, or it may be turned Into a pan. covered with a lid and dried In a hot oven for a few minutes, If rice is soaked In tepid water until the grains lose their lustre and become solid white, the time of cooking by any method can be reduced approximately one-half. Rice first washed and then soaked ,for one hour in tepid water will eook in 10 to 15 miautes in an open kettle and tn about 20 roinutes Ja double toller. r : Ay ,.' ..... 1 : i - - i - : I ' - - i ? ,4 - U. ' :-:( :,- - I - Iv v ' .V . X , " 1 r 1- s. l - I . I. I ..I.. . -II I I J I I. v , ' S - . L 1,1 A . ' r-' x . ? ' Famous Beauties of Stage and Screen RUTH ROLAND. hand-mixing and chopping than we would go back to hand-washing on a washboard.. - Of course "Bertha" is not a neces- city in a small and informal family. But In a family of from four or more adults she is invaluable. For boarding houses, tea rooms and similar eating, places she would uta tier mat : in service in six months. - Also, recall that while her first cost is considerable, she would save the first cost of the usual healers, bowls, bread-mixer, freezer. ' .tc.r since these utilities come Jn-1 ; elusive with her. That time will come when elec tric equipment of a stationary kind ' Is part of the fixed or regular equip ment of every kitchen. Just as - now In the best houses we no longer move 4he stove or refrigerator or - the .window shades, so in a few years 'the landlord will be forced to equip each kitchen electrically with stationary equipment of this newer kind.- With such a utility Wky Friendsliip Is So FRIENDSHIP . Is love without wings. BYRON, famous Eng lish poet. ' ONE good friend is not to be weighed against the Jewefs of all the earth. ROBERT SMITH, well-known clergyman and edu cator, .. FRIENDSHIP Is an order of nQ-, come more worthily into nature. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, fa- mous poet and essayist. FRIENDSHIP, gift of heaven, de light of great fouls; friendship which kings, so distinguished for ingratitude, are - unhappy ehought not to know. VOLTAIRE, the, French philosopher. FRIENDSHIP "heightens all our affections. We receive all the ardor of our friends in addition to our own. The communication of minds gives to each the fervor of each. WILLIAM ELLERY CHAN NINO, the. great Unitarian divine. I E a man does not make new ac quaintances as he advances through life he will' soon find him-' self alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. SAMUEL JOHNSON, great English scholar. . Appetizing :Mei K0XDAT Sreakfatt Apple Saace, Creamed ' Dried Beef. .Core Mufeu, . Coffee. . ncneon Shrimp Salad, Who! TOieat Bread. Coffee Gelatiae, Whipped Cream. Fndt Cop. Baled Beef BaSa, Boiled Rice, Stewed Can, Okra. Chocolate Cinr Cakes, Iced Tea. TUESDAY "Sreotoif: Castalmipe, Scrambled Egga. Muffint, Coffee. Lwuheon r Corriej Tomatoes,' Lettuce Salad, Pineapple Pie. Pianer TeSted -CTskkea Semy Veal Loaf. Bread Cramb Gratry, Tfkrmg Beaaa. SSced Cacambera, Swet Pickled Blackberriea, fi'aUmeloa, ICJ Its. IgfaCTiflnosl ' - - H ' x , : , ' - there ia.no servant question? for at least a dozen tasks of the home. Just as the vacuum cleaner has re- placed the broom or the washing machine the Undefendable Liza, so this "White Bertha" or a device of the same order win later be found in every home where efficiency Is desired. -. "But the oost!" Well, we afl are spending more to-day than yester day and undoubtedly will continue to do so. Electric light and service) A FRIEND may well bejeckoned the masterpiece of nature. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, fa mous poet and essayist. rrO be capable of steady friend- J- ship and lasting love are tha two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. WILLIAM HAZLITT, the English essayist. . TTnJIQoJmlfJ TTolnQ ii U l0 1? IU III ii C IJJ& A Grease Jar. . ALARQE glass paste jar the kind with a brush in a well makes a handy container for the grease or oil used on baking tins, waffle irons, etc To Renovate ft Kbpw BOIL the mep in an old pan halt full of water into which yon hare put a tablespoonful of concen trated lye. Then rinse carefully and the mop will be as good as new. Cleaning Wall Paper. OLD wall paper can be made to look like new by cleaning it with cornmeaL Dip into a bowl of cornmeal a cloth moistened Just enough to make the meal adhere nicely and rub tha paper with an up-and-down motion. THURSDAY Brealcjatt Fruit. Crisp RoQa, ' Coffee, Luncheon Omelet wim Aaparagoa, S&ced Toasatoea, Deep Apple PSe. Torch Eupper Cold Uiirtoa, &!kt Jelly Cubes, String Beaaa and Lettoce Salad, T Soft Gingerbread with '; Confectieeer"s -" Frosting. -ke4 TeX. 7" FRIDAY 7 Breaifatt -Broiled Fish. Sreaifsst Frat, Fried Egg Pleat, CacnmLer Sauce, RoJJ. Cafee, Luncheon Coxa in Ramekma, VhoU Wheat . Cema, , , 'Ta Cakes, V. . Ix4 Cocoa. Dinner Bwled Uttttoa, Caper Sauce, Steeaaed Squash, Steaawd Rice, Sweat Pickba. deny Padding, Stewed FotatoesJ Sliced. Tomatoes J Maffias, Cafee. Luncheon -Mnk Toast. Baked Pears. : Dinner Vegetarian -, Sassase, Fried Applet, . Creamed . Potatoes, Battered Cera, Caramel, Ice Cream, ' Iced Cafee, Hard 5 Ftaten Ssrstea, la. 6mat costs more than candles ah, but does It?. The first electric light may have-cost more per candle-1 power or per hour than the tallow dip but when we have an increased consumption and a wide national demand then the price becomes lower, because manufacturing costs can be lessened In, other words. Just as soon as enough women and housekeepers demand more electrlo equipment and keep on demanding It the cheaper it will become. Precious FRD2NDSHIP throws a greater luster on prosperity, while It lightens adversity ty sharing in its griefs and anxieties. CICERO, the Oman orator. FRIENDSHIP Is the nearest thing we know to religion. God Is love and to make religion akin to friendship la simply to give it the highest expression conceivable by man. JOHN RUSKIN, the English philosopher. rr the school of life many branches of knowledge are taught. But the only philosophy that amounts to anything after all Is Just the secret of .making friends ' with our luck. HENRY VAN DYKE, American poet and essayist Tl whom shall we tell all our thoughts T Who better than a friend of our own age, exposed to like difficulties, can understand us, hear our questions and answer our objections f REV. CHARLES WAGNER, author of "Youth." A KNOWLEDGE that another haa felt as we have felt, and seen things not much otherwise than we have seen them. wlU con tinue to the end to be one of life's choicest blessings. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, the famous novelist " SATURDAY Breakfast Molded Rica. dazed Apple Saace,' Tout, Coffee. Luncheon SUNDAY Breakfast Fnrit, Oatmeal, Toast. Coffee. Dinner - Browned Chickm, Grary, 1 Spiced Grape, Maibed Potato, Stewed Cora, Sliced Tomatoes, Chocolate Later Cake, . Iced Tea. Sapper. Mayonnaise ef Chicken, Whole W Bread. Fndt Gelatk : with CaaUrd Saace, Peach ShortcakeJ - Iced Tea, FicnUs Supper Meat Loaf Sandwiches, Tomato 'Sandwiches, Sweet Peach Pickle. Ice Cream, Cake. Iced Coffee, srf aif Tested Pie Recipes By Mary Lee $icann, The Well-Known Writer tnd Lecturer en Coolinz Pineapple Pie. jrIX h cup flour and cup M cup flour and AVA sugar. Add 1 cup grated pine apple and the Juice. Cook until mixture is smooth and thick. Then remove from fire and add .1 well beaten egg. Cook between crusts. One-Crust Pineapple Pie. B' EAT 1 egg yolks with , cup) sugar. Add IU caps grated pineapple and a grating of lemon rindr Fold in I stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into a pie plate lined with pastry and bake in a moderate . oven. . - - Squash Pie., inrOC 1 cup strained squash pulp, . J'YL x cup sugar, a pinch of cinna mon or nutmeg. teaspoon salt, 3 beaten eggs, 1 cup of thick cream -and flavoring to taste. Bake in a pie plate lined with paste. Serve hot or warm. Quick Puff Paste. - MIX and sift H teaspoon salt with 1 cup sifted flour. "Work In 1 tablespoon lard. Moisten with lee .water, pat and roll thin. Wash cup butter carefully and divide Into three equal parts. Dot Taste with 1 piece of the butter. Fold, pat, turn half way round and roll thin. Repeat until the other 2 pieces of butter are used. Roll thin, shape, chill and bake in a hot oven. -r ' . ; " Delicious Pastry. wyORK.U cup lard .into 2 cups flour. Add Ice water to make a stiff dough. Cut cup washed putter into the dough. Chill In ice box overnight. Roll out on slightly floured board. Fold so as to make three layers, turn half way round, pat and roll thin. Repeat this pro cess several times. Roll thin, shape , and bake in a hot oven. Apple Meringue Pie, . HAVE ready 2 cups apple sauce made from tart -apple. And to the apple sauce 1 cup sugar. 1 tablespoon' flour and' the Juice and ' grated rind of 1 lemonv'Beat 3 egg yolks slightly and add them to tha apple sauce mixture. Pour into v pie plate lined with pastry.-. Bake ' until firm in centre and then cover with meringue and brown delicately In a slow oven. To make the meringue beat 3 egg whites until stiff. Add 4 or 5 tablespoons pow dered sugar and beat well. Add H teaspoon lemon Juice -and spread on pie. skouid w nrvHE spread of the smoking habit A among women is deplorable. Certainly it is a brand of ejthlcal Instability. Smoking - not only ' makes women common, but in the end morally Insecure. rDSEL JOHN D. QUACKENBOS, toted hypnotic practitioner. I CANNOT sufficiently deprecate . the encouragement of smoking by women. A woman with a cigar ette is as much out of place as a man with a nursing bottle, and neither has any business with either. MRS. CLARENCE BURNS, New York clubwoman- . I AM of the opinion that a woman ' has as much legal right to smoke as a man. I think if a woman wants to she could walk up Broadway with a large pipe or a great big cigar in her mouth and still be within her rights. MAG ISTRATE CORRIGAN, of the New York police courts. I FEEL sure that tobacco, if pure and properly used, might be v very beneficial to women. But I would, of course, recommend its . use only to those who were In no ' danger of becoming addicted to the smoking habit DR. RACHEL S. SKipELSKY, successful woman physician. WJiy .Ve Quarrel witli Our Relations rCE more closely two persons are hound by blood ties the less likely are they to bo able to get along well together when thrown into close proximity for long periods of time. Many rea sons hare been adranced to ex. plain this tendency of members of the same family to quarrel so, bnt probably the most sensible Is that glren by the late OUrer Wendell Holmes in "Elsie Venner." Whereyer two natures hare a great fdeal in common the eondi . tlns of a first-class quarrel are furnished and ready made, says Dr. Holmes. Relations are Tery apt to hate each other Just beeaose they . are too much alike. It Is so frightful to bevin an at mosphere of family Idiosyncrasies to see all the hereditary nncome Ilness'or infirmity of body, all tha delects of gpeech, all tha failings Green Tomato Pie, V SLICE green tomatoes into a pleV plate lined with pastry. Add H cup sugar, the Juice- of lemon, a few grains of salt and 1 tablespoon butter. Cover with paste and cook in a moderate oven about 45 min ntes. , Quick Plain Paste. . MIX and -sift teaspoon salt with 1 cups sifted flour. The; flour should always be sifted before measuring. Work In M cup lard. Moisten the dough with Ice water. Turn out on floured board, pat, roll out and shape. Bake tn a moderate oven. . - , - V Berry Pie. LINE a pie plate with pastry. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon dry! .bread crumbs. and dot with 1 table' spoon butter and sprinkle with M cup sugar. Fill the plate with ber ries and sprinkle with cup sugar, a pinch of ground spices and 1 tablespoon fine bread crumbs. Dot with 1 tablespoon butter. Put on top crust and bake in a moderate oven. . ' - ' Deep Apple Pie. LIN"E 'a deep pie plate with any ; good, pastry. . Pare, core and slice or S sour apples. Arrange In pie plate -and sprinkle with M cup sugar, mixed with & teaspoon ' grated nutmeg, teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon lemon Juice and a few - gratings of lemon rind. Dot with ' 2 tablespoons butter. Wet the edges of the under crust with cold water, cover with top crust and press the edges together. Bake In . a moderate oven about . hour. Plain Pie Crust. WASH H up butter and set aside. Add H teaspoon salt and 14 cup lard to 1 cups flour and work In with tips of fingers or two forks. -"Moisten the dough with cold water, preferably ice water. Turn out on slightly floured board, pat and roll out. Dot with bits of . the butter which has been washed. Fold. paste so as to make three) . layers, press edges firmly, pat end roll out Fold again so as to make , three layers, turn half way round, pat and roll out. This process may be repeated. It is easier to handle the paste if time Is taken between each folding process to chill the dough, thoroughly. Five minutes is long enough if the dough Is placed near the ice. Bake in moderate oven. Smoke? omen IT Is not immoral for a woman to. smoke cigarettes. Some of the best women in the country and the world smoke cigarettes. JUSTICE GEORGE V. MULLAN, of the New; York" Supreme Court. THE church haa nothing to say about smoking by women any more than it concerns itself about the kind of a. hat a woman should wear. Like many other things, the habit of smoking is non-moraL It is not a matter of morals, but of taste. REV. ALEXANDER MANN, D. D-, of Trinity Church, Boston. - ttPON the ethical part of this VJ question I do not attempt to enter, but this much I will say: I the men find It a pleasure to smoke why should not women be allowed the same pleasure? BISHOP WILLIAM BOYDCARPENTER, of the Church of England. I DO not approve of women smok ing. . It may. be an appealing habit, but the majority of men don't like it In a woman. Every worth . while man has an ideal. He doesnt .parade it around, but hides It in his heart, and a smoking woman hurts that sort of man. REV. EVA' RYERSON LUDGATE, well-known evangelist. . . of temper, intensified by eoncentra- ;tlon. so that erery fault of our own finds itself multiplied by reflections, like our Images-in i salon lined with mirrors. Nature knos what she Is about. The centrifugal principle which; grows out of the antipathy of 11k o "to like Is only the repetition In char acter of the arrangement we see expressed materially in certain seed capsules which burst and throw tha seed to all points of tne .compass. A house Is a large pod, with a human gem or .two in each of its , cells or chambers: It opens by dehiscence of the front door by and . by and projects one of its germs to . Kansas, another to San Francisco, another to Chicago and so on; and 1 his that Smith may not be Smithed to death and Brown may not be Browned into a madhouse, ' but mixed with the world again and , struggle back to arerage humanity.