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.
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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
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f'Wnce will k. i.f
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" 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
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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,
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fart, by the wayn of
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nimal. Surfly there Is
"lety here! If you are
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,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)
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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
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BF. Your au Hence will GPEItN
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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.
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