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Table Decorations Feathered Friends Women Bore Listeners With Catch Phrases By Jenny Reed Vat Economics Editor VOU remember the first Leal you ever prepared in kiry own kitchen? If you It tell about that experience, ft doubt that I would hear erjr interesting comments. fcs lome of you had to your imagination just a see those light fluffy his pid juicy steaks that you een elsewhere. But oh, it Iwh fun to do something ho had never done before. u or not your firBt adven- hs successful, it was intor- kecause it was new. b those first few weeks in Ira home, perhaps cooking pt hold the same adventure. new and shiny pots have non their uses, the steak n done to a turn, the Bait kt forgotten, the biscuits ifi hRht and fluffy. Sure- it, fluffy biscuits and juicy ire nothing to weep over, k fun, the element of sur i all tone. Those iovs of fat and doing something S' ay to the hum-drum r of routine duties. utln is necessary, for " three meals a dav for t In the year, and year in routt But those who seek pre uaually find it. There PR as manv aurnrisea In itehen now as there were m prepared your first dln- rou only look for them. Of m won't want to find tad sodden biscuits nor tnops, but by trying new new ways of cookintr. and W of serving. TOMl't mean that avin. TO prepares food should Teral hours a dav studi- Pourini over a mnV P books do give you ideas " ana you'd be sur- Aow intATOCtinr- BJlnM f re to the person look f "Venture. LES change in foods as well ClOthiniT. Thuu nnk.U., lTe as often k. P Jut they change never P u Tou don't believe that P k book of a genera- 1 lW0 Sro And Pnmno,-. If any un.i.tu - -r -.iic-nnnuie one, f'Wnce will k. i.f u 'he chantre In A.... " the recipes calling for a I nd s Pund as gone as hoop 'ne one .. 'Wf book, than the other " Ultft mio l - J a. you thinir for L - ,,,lulc wun om H. Pork. .nJ l.K J hile a rhirk-en fmm choose." But think how k'. ent cuts there are in -'nimal. Let us take Z,"-,vt "teen different i th K p'ra pans, , - " ir.er, tongue, re u.- ! Cm. r.' ti t-W ..j.;tn '., ' . fart, by the wayn of ". -rfl one i.nH k . i. te mim'-or r ,k.u. ' be hro-a-.j f. .u. nimal. Surfly there Is "lety here! If you are .Et,r., r.k.n ,,, ;r(, ,fd little .lifTerent "o and then. To illus- br"il a steak adding L enjoyment of serving a well cooked dinner is in having attractive table decorations. Properly trriiicu uwntu Niwuys iuu w uic auraciiveness ot les Change In Food, As In Wearing Apparel, only butter and salt, again grate a little cheese over it before you put it in the broiling oven you will be surprised how different it tastes, and yet how subtly the flavor is changed. IT IS surprising how differently different people cook. Two wo men may use the same recipe, the same kind of ingredients and the same utensils, but the results may be quite different It is often a dash of this and a dash of that and you find a great difference in the finished product. For instance, if you are making a stew with onions, try the effect of first fry ing the onions and then sprinkling them with a pinch of powdered sugar before you mix them with the meat. You'd be surprised how much this takes away the strong taste of the onion. Or sometimes add a little piece of liver to the . stew and see if you can taste a difference. It is just such touches as these that add the adventure to cooking. Beef Tongue Tomato Sauce Boll until nearly tender, a beef tongue. Skin and trim and place in baking dish. Add and simmer for 5 minutes: ) tabUipooni buHar li tup ehoppid onion tup eheppad ealtry lO'i-ounea can of tomito totip No. 2 eta of piai with 'l of tha liquor I cup brokan mushrooms 'l taaspssn sal) taaspoon paprika Pour these ingredients into the baking dish. Cover it closely. Bake in a moderate oven (326 F.) for about 1 hour. Liver Patties "Combine: I pound livar around I ilieo bacon chopped '2 cup dry bread crumbs Va cup evaporated milk or cream '2 teaspoon salt 't taaspoon popper SHAPE these ingredients Into 6 cakes. Wrap around the cakes 6 slices of bacon. Secure the bacon with toothpicks. Place the cakes in a lightly greased pan in a hot oven (425 F.). Cook them until they are well browned. Turn them to insure even baking. Sponge Cup Cakes 1 cup liriM brown sugar 2 eggs ' cup caka flour 'a teaspoon baking powder 'i teaspoon salt I cup chopped nut meets Sift sugar and beat eggs until very light. Add sugar gradually. Beat these ingredients until they are well blended. Sift flour and resift with baking powder and salt Add the sifted ingredients in 3 parts to the egg mixture. Beat the batter until it is smooth after each addition. Fold in nut meats. Bake the cakes In greased pans in a moderate oven (350 F.) for about 20 minutes. Permit them to cool in the pans. Scur Milk Cup Cakes 1 cup brown sugar ' cup butter 2 egg-. 1 teaspoon vanilla 'r cup sour milk VU cups bread flour 2 teaspoons tartrate l teaspoon salt 'l taaspoon cinnamon ' teaspoon cloves 'l teaspoon toda a table. Well As , Says Expert B EAT butter until soft. Add gradually the sugar that has been sifted. Blend these ingredir ems until tney are very light and creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift flour before measuring and resift with other dry ingredi ents. Add the sifted ingredients to the butter mixture in 3 parts alternately with thirds of the sour milk. Beat the batter after each addition until it is smooth. Fold in cup nut meats or cur rants. Bake the cakes in greased pans in a moderate oven (375 F.) for about 20 minutes. Cornflake Ring Very quickly made crisp and good a fine emergency dish as it takes the place of cake. Stir and melt in a large sauce pan over heat: I cup brown sugar, closely packed 1 tablespoons-butter Va taaspoon salt Fold In until wall coated 4 cups corn flakes. Grease a 7-inch ring mold, or individual molds. Press the corn flake mixture lightly into the mold. Fill the -center and surround nhe ring with sugared fruit or stewed fruit. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream, Pecan Squares Stir over quick heat until the tugar is dissolved, then (Soil slow ' ly, without stirring, to tha soft ball stage (238). 2'i cups brown sugar 1 squares chocolate I cup thick sour craem Cool the candy. Beat It until it. begins to harden and then add 23 cup chopped pecan meats. Pour Wizardo Reveals Mind Reading By Wizardo IN AMERICA today there are dozens of quacks who claim to be able to read your innermost thoughts, but if 95 per cent of them were to be investigated by a committee of magicians it would be revealed that most of their so called supernatural powers were nothing more nor less than magic tricks in disguise. Magicians of to day make absolutely no claims to supernatural powers. IN PRESENTING the telephone trick of Lesson No. 2 and the mind reading trick of this lesson, you do not claim to be actually exercising these abilities, but state that, "through my studiea in magic I have been able to mas ter certain secreta with which I can produce effects just like the famous witch doctors of Africa, who, people aay are able to read the minds of any human." The title of today's lesson is "Mindreading Extraordinary." EFFECT Performer scats him self at a table on which are ar ranged a number of small slips of paper, matches, a metal dish and a pencil, saying: "I want each member of my audience lo call out any number which may occur to them, and I will write each number called on a separate slip of paper." As the numbers are called out, the performer writes them on different slips, which ere folded up and dropped into tha metal diih. After ach me'mber of the audience has called a number If tha audience is small, have each person call two or three numbers, so that there will be at least a doien slips; take tte slips in the By Deborah Ames I HAVE a very definite bone to pick with some of you readers and I hope I can do it grace fully enough so that you won't get too angry. I do so dislike people that in tersperse their conversation with a smattering of foreign words. I really should say women instead of people, I think, for it is almost entirely a female trait. Last week I was a guest at a home where there we're several women who had but recently returned from Europe, and they were outdoing each other in their efforts to really convince their listeners they had visited Italy and France and Germany. Such a babble of poorly pro nounced phrases! One woman, who I am sure had been in Paris for not more than two weeks, became very arch and trilled "n'est ce pas?" after every remark until I became a bit nause ated. At the same time there were such. phrases as "a bientot" and "no es verdad?" and "mas o menos" going on all the time. Now we Americans have an ex cellent language of our own and we ought to use it Read Menc ken's book on that same subject sometime, it's really good. I can remember being perfectly furious at an Englishman one time be cause he told me, in what was meant to be a flattering way; that I really spoke almost like an Eng lishman! OF COURSE there are certain phrases which are definitely foreign that have become almostf a part of one's daily conversation. Particularly here In the west where the Spaniards left so many of their charming and convenient catch-phrases, I cannot feel that it is affectation for a westerner to say "goodbye" with an "adios," or to say "hasta la vista" Instead of our rather ugly "so long." But for a person who has never had much to do with foreign countries or foreign literature to fill her conversation with little catch-phrases is not only affected and school girlish, but ostenta tious. Now that you have heard what I have to say-on that subject, here is another "peeve" telephone manners. The telephone has become such an integral part of our dally life these ingredients onto a buttered pan. When cool cut into squares. Pineapple Candy Stir over quick heat until the sugar is dissolved: 'l cup brown sugar I cup sugar lt eup crushed, drained pineapple 1 eup craem Boll these ingredients slowly to tha soft ball stage (238). Stir them constantly. Remova from tha lira and add: I tablespoon butter I teatpaan pawdarad ginger Vl eup brokaa pecan moata I teaspoon vanilla Cool the candy. Beat it until it , is creamy. Pour into a shallow greased pan. Cut Into squares be fore it is cold. metal dish, and hava someone draw out one slip. Instruct the person who select ed the slip to hold it tightly in his fist Now return to the table and light a match and burn the re maining slips, remarking: "As the smoke from these burning slips floats into the air I can, by watch ing carefully, detect the numbers yoa have all thought of before it disappears.1' PRETEND to watch the smoke and wave your hand mysteri ously over the burning slips until they have been completely con sumed by the flames. Now turn to your audience and say: "Everyone in this room has thought of a number and the thought waves of PLEDGE CARD LEARN THE AGE-OLD SECRETS Oh MAGIC IOIN THE FIVE STAR WIZARDO MAGIC CLUB WIZARDO. Five Star Weekly, S20 Folaom Street, See Francisco, Calif. Dear WIZARDO: I am interested in learning the mysterious secrets of magic and want to become a WIZARDO MAGIC CLUB MEMBER. Enclosed yon will And my 15 cent membership fee and s self, addressed stamped envelope. Please enroll me In the W. M. C. and send me my membership card and complete Information on the 10 BIG MAGIC LESSONS to which my membership entitles me. I promise to obey the Magicians' Law, "A MAGK IAN NEVER TELLS," and will not diaclose any of the secrets of the W. M. C. (Please Print) Name . ..... . , , Street State (Copyright, 193r,, that few of us give it the proper attention. I still can not feel that it is quite correct to issue invita tions over the telephone, unless they are for very informal occa sions, such as having the neigh bora in Tor an evening of bridge, or asking Johnny's mother if he can come over and play with your child. The few minutes that it takes to write a pleasant little note are well worth the effort. If people, are worth inviting, they . are worth a little extra effort b: ) phone. Please, try to keep your voice low and pleasant The mech anism of the telephone does strange things to a voice, and even the nicest speaking voice can be turned into a harsh, strident noise. I have a great deal of work to do that often entails long min utes of telephone conversation, and I have a trick that has gained me quite an enviable reputation I try to think of something very amusing while I am talking in other words, I smile to myself, and it usually shows in the voice. Nothing as saccharine as the "voice with the smile" but at least the voice that sounds as though it might smile any min ute. Try it sometime. Kitchen Tips Transform a Brown Betty by dotting it with bits of grape jelly before or after it's baked. The jelly melts into the pedding and gives it a brand new flavor. To peel peaches quickly, 'put three or four of them in a colan der and dip them up and down several times in a pan of boiling water. This removes the objec tionable ' fuzx and loosens the skins so they come off easily. Fit your pastry loosely, yet closely enough into the pan so there will be no air bubbles un derneath to make the crust lose its shape as it bakes. To keep a pie shell from bulging, line the unbaked crust with waxed paper and fill it with rice or beans. They're left In until the crust is almost baked, then lifted out, and the crust put back in the oven to brown. For a change, try stewing two fruits together. Hera are soma good combinations: apples and cranberries; apples and bananas; prunes and apricots; prunes and cranberries; peaches and prunes, and apples and prunes. When grating lemon or orange rind, use only tha colored part of the skin tha white part under neath is a little bitter. Half a lemon should give you all tha juice) and rind you need for sponge cake. ROUGH GOING There are 65 very high moun tain peaks in the United States, and 42 of them are In Colorado. PEPLESS PEPPER The pepper we call "white pep per" is really black pepper extra ripe. these numbers hava been floating around ever since. Now that I have burned all the alips but one, t can concentrate on this one num ber without getting confused. Let's see. I believe the number yoil are holding Is ," and to the amazement of your audience you correctly name the number written on the slip held by one member of the audience. SECRET: Let ua pretend that the first number your audience calls is "nine." Write this number on the first slip, fold it and drop it in the metal dish. When the second number Is called ERFGOUX of JDEGERZ It JDEGO RER0 t'ZUER. In other words, you will JDEGO RERO, or the YEDFG RATVOD City.... Date . By Faay Fuller) GOLDEN By H. R. Eschcnburg ONE of our largest birds, the eagle, with his chocolntc brown body and golden crest and nnpe, is the lord of all he surveys. His wing-spread of six to eight feet, heavy sharp talons and hooked bill makes him a formid able looking enemy, no doubt giv ing rise to the misleading and un founded reports of eagles carry ing off pigs, lambs and even chil dren. Their diet consists almost wholly of ground squirrels and jack rabbits; but at times when food is scarce, they are mil a.cue to making a meal of carrion. A nesting area has from two to three nests, one being used year after year unless the birds are disturbed, then one of the other nests Is used for the second set. Menu of By Joan THAT old English favorite "Ash and chips" can come in more than one form. On today's supper or luncheon menu you'll find them FIVE STAR FOOD FILE AS a fitting tribute to the many inexperienced brides who are going forth i this month, Jenny Reed has col lected twenty-four of her fav orite recipes. These she has had printed on strong white paper, ready to slip conven iently into your recipe file. Twenty-four of these recipes wil be mailed to you on the receipt of twenty-fiva cents In stamps or coin. While wa say these recipes are for tha young cook, don't let that scare away you more experienced women you will find that Jenny Reed has In cluded some recipes that are new to you, too. You will find simple, yet appetising ways of preparing delicious meals meals that will leave you cool and calm and ready to enjoy these long summer evenings with your husband and friends. . Mail your requests to Five Star Food File, Five Star Weekly, 620 Folaom street, Sat, Francisco, Calif. Trick WUSSOX, IR-USS IYGPO FSE BF. Your au Hence will GPEItN GPUG LIA I' DO jd:;gerz GPO RATVODF G?OL V. USS. You mu:.t L'WG UF GP1 you nr-; DOL'SSL JDEGERZ GPO RATVODF GPOL WUSS by ask ing them to repeat a number oc casionally as if you hadn't heard it correctly the first time. FOLD Cach slip after writing tha number cn it and place it in the metal dish. After each member of the audience has called a number (If a small audience, have each member call two or three numbers so as to have at least a dozen slips in the bowl) have someone draw one slip. Then burn the slips and complete the trick by correctly calling the number written on the selected slip. By burning the remaining slips before calling the number, you make the trick appear more mysterious and make it impos sible for vour sudionce to SUGOD XEFWIHOD GPL'G GPO FUTO RATVOD is IRUSS the FSEBF. To be a good entertainer in any line, you must learn tn use show manship when presenting your talents to an audience. The above trick could be staked in a care less, half-hearted manner and fail entirely to entertain your audi ence, but if presented with en thusiasm it will prove most mys t.'yint and entertaining. 1 want to thank all my Wizardo Magic Club members for the many nice letters I have received and the enthusiastic In'ereet they have shown toward msgic. Or,,''?". I'H, bi F, Fuller ' EAGLE and C. T. Hall, Jr. Two or threfe eggs cream colored with red spots are a clutch, usu ally laid about March 1. Incuba tion and growing period of the young takes about four months, July usually finding the young birds Hying, , The Golden Eagle is the same wherever found, having no sub species and ranging wltirly throughout the West. The eagle upholds his reputa tion as one of nature's most sl'.ill- lui nuniers, as ne gunes a lew feet above the ground, slipping up on a colony of ground squirrels an l pi-king up one of the little rodents ns he goes by. He often dives from great heights to sink his talons In a rnbhlt which has ventured too far from cover. the Week Andrews in the guise of tuna chip scallop. This is the menu: Hors d'oauvros Tuna chip scallop Crisp fried noodles Stuffed tomotoes Fresh peach ice-cream To make the tuna chip scallop, flake a 7-ounce can of tuna and combine with most of a five-ounce package of potato chips which have been crushed. Stir in 2 cups of savory cream sauce to which has been added 4 cup chopped mushrooms. (Or use 1 can of mushroom soup.) Place mixture In a casserole and cover with re maining crushed potato chips. Bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour then sprinkle top of dish with sliced olives. For your hors d'oeuvres, try wrapping pineapple wedges in bacon, holding tha bacon In place with toothpicks, and broiling un til tha bacon is crisp and brown. Another good appetizer is made by spreading crisp crackers with a mixture of cream cheese, a little cream and a dash of horseradish. Games for Parties wriRdP.D AriNr. TIE a narrow piece of taps for each contestant to a station ary object. Each player Is given a small scissors and at tha signal, gol tries to drive his horsa (scis sors) down the track (tape). If he slips and cuts horizontally across, he is disqualified. Tha first to cut the length of the tape wins, Knots may be tied In the tape to increase the difficulty and fun. FISTICUFFS The last bare-knuckla cham pionship bout was won by John L. S-.illlvan. The fight lasted 76 rounds anl the losing fighter waa Jake Kilrain. mi Ik
