THE 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.