Thursday, April 3, 1941
ITie Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Nine
Jlie Unpredictable Iflflrd. Robert
(an I d3e d3otliered by, jprotocoi
Washington Suppose lt'a a blue
chip day for you and you're lunch
ing at this town's swankiest lunch
spot. About one o'clock you'll see a
tall, slim young woman stroll in
wearing jodhpurs. And if not a
Jodhpur place.
You've seen one of the town's cel
ebrities: Evie Robert, daughter pf
the late Harold (Standard Oil)
Walker. And wife of handsome
Lawrence "Chip" Robert, the Atlan
ta engineer who was treasurer of
the democratic party until recently.
Evie everyone calls her that
a ill, maybe, stop to whisper to aig
Uied Jesse Jones. Hell chuckle.
She'll say something to tne neaa
waiter. He'll chuckle. She'll Join a
large party or bring one with her.
And all this Is done with a nice,
feminine version of the Fred As
talre brand of nonchalance.
Evie was born to the purple. But,
he says, "It Itches." She adds cas
ually, "Purple is just another name
for people who can't do anything."
She's thirty-ish now. Fresh, trl-
angular face. Blue eyes and a thick
mop of yellow hair she pulls into
a smooth knot. Never wears a hat,
except as she says, "To weddings
In Episcopal churches."
She's the town's most unpredic
table hostess. Started out that way
socially speaking. Made her debut
In Pelplng yes, China of all
places. She was Interviewed then by
a reporter who twitted her, "What
Is the idea? I thought girls came
Oout where there was some chance
of meeting rich men
"Yes. I know," drawled Evie In
her soft husky voice, "but mother
hasn't much hope for me."
Jokers In Her Deck
She came back to Washington to
live and watch and Join the parade
of celebrities. Somehow she keeps
the Allce-in-Wonderland attitude
toward life. People are fun. So peo
ple find her fun.
She likes twitting. Give or take.
Like the very swank party she and
her husband gave recently tor dem
ocrats. Evie showed up for once
In a dress. Looked quite demure to
the reception line. One guest Del'
lowed, "Why Evie, Where's the rid.
tag pants? I thought you'd at least
bring a horse."
Right there Evie dropped her de.
mure-ness. She retorted, "1 didn't
have to. Figured there'd be a lot of
honecollars here ahead of me.'
This twitting business doesn't
snare her husband, who takes It with
an appreciative grin. But three
state governors have "pardoned"
3 her for the "crime of husband em
barrassment." She has the pardons
gold seals and all, framed on her
sturdy walls.
You haven't been the rounds here
i
Evie Robert
until you've been to one of her par
ties. She picks the best story tell
ers from all the social groups, and
there definitely Is no social ice by
the second course.
A Diplomat, Too
That has brought up tangles in
protocol the gentle are of seating
people according to their rank. Like
the party the Roberts gave for Sen.
Alben Barkley of Kentucky. Evie
wound up by Inviting an ambassa
dor, a supreme court justice, and
eight senators, in addition to lesser
fry. Then she called the state de
partment to ask, "How do I seat
this gang?"
"Yon can't. Call the party off,'
said the protocol officer.
She gave the party anyway. Seat.
ed every one happily. Put the am
bassador and the justice at the
head table. Then arranged eight
other tables, with a senator at the
head of each.
Sometimes she 'admits that the
totally worthy search for excite'
ment ends up In jams. That re
minds her of one small dinner she
and her husband gave. A senator,
an ambassador, a judge and their
ladles.
Demi-tasse time arrived and Evie
phoned a friend who has snakes,
"Can we come over?" The party-
stiff shirts and long dresses pop
ped into taxis and arrived at the
snake house to see a venomous
bushmaster. The tempo . definitely
quickened when the bushmaster
suddenly lashed out of his cage on'
to the floor.
well, Evie summed up a cage
and looked around. There was ev
eryone hanging from other cages
never saw a crowd go primitive
so fast in my lite," she says, chuck
ling. You get the notion that she's
quite proud they had sense enough
to cnmo. No one was hurt.
A Very Good Democrat
Evie Is not a charity-committee'
woman. But she rode an elephant
to open a circus here this year.
She had made a deal. If she rode
me elepnant, the circus owner
promised to send a miniature circus
the next day to the children's hos
pltal. He did.
The Roberts have a small daugh
ter of two, Alice Birney, named
for Evle's mother who was one of
the founders of the Parent-Teach
er association.
Evie Is a superb horse-woman.
So when Alice was 14 months old
she got her first riding outfit, and
rode around the ring at a horse
show with her proud Mama leading
tne pony.
Alice's arrival was a story. Evle's
calendar said "Hospital" for the
next day. But friends were going
to a night club. So suddenly Evie
realized that three days hence
would be the President's birthday.
She announced, "no baby for three
days yet. I'm a good democrat."
Doctors protested. 3ut when the
baby arrived it was eleven the
morning of the President's birth
day. Evie chuckled as she opened
a big box of red roses sent her
by President Roosevelt. In the cor
ner was a tiny, tiny bouquet of pink
ones marked for "The newest democrat."
' Feature New Desserts
In Your Spring Meals
March Is a tricky month. Sometimes It comes In like a lamb and
goes out like a lion. Sometimes the day set by the calendar makers as
the first day of spring Is marked by a cold wintry blizzard. Surer signs
that spring Is on the way are to be found right around the family dining
tame. Appetites droop. Bored looks and polite "no thank you's" greet
the dally fare, when that happens
it's time to spring house-clean your
menu files and to try something
new.
A good dessert can do more to
pull meals out of the dumps than
anything else. Try Rhubarb Crisp.
If those falling appetites are due
to vitamin and mineral shortages,
ims ougnc to nx mem. rne caste
alone is as good as a breath of
spring.
Cream Cheese Pudding Is another
gold-star winner. It's a good filler
upper when the rest of the meal is
light. Made with cream cheese,
eggs, butter, milk and cream, it
tastes like something the angels
might have put together.
The recipes for these are as fol
lows: Rhubarb Crisp
H cup butter or minirini
tt cup lunar
s mt
tetspoon niitmtr
4 teaspoon vanilla extract
14 eupa imall toasted bread cubes
3 cups corn flakfi
4 cupa diced freih rhubarb
tt cup sugar
Blend butter and tt sup iutsx thor
oughly; add emti and beat well. Stir In
nutmeg, flavoring, bread cubes and corn
flakes. Place half of mixturo In buttered
baiting dish: arrange rhubarb evenly over
top and sprinkle with cup sugar; cover
with remaining creamed mixture. Bake In
a moderate oven (375 degrees F.) about
39 minutes or until rhubarb la done.
Yield: S servings (Btt-lnch easserole).
Cream Cheese Pudding
S cups oven-popped rlct cereal
U cup butter
H cup supar
cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
pound cream chests (4 t-oi.
pkgs.)
4 eggs, separated
cup cream
14 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Roll cereal Into fine crumbs. Melt but'
ter In ffx9-Inch square bakins dish; add
crumos ana sugar; mix well. Reserve
cup of crumb mixture, Press remain
ing crumbs firmly on bottom of pan. Al
low to emu, wniie preparing lining.
Mix sugar, flour and cream cheese
thoroughly. Beat egg yolks slightly: add
cream, milk and flavoring. Ad to cheese
and mix welL Beat egg whites until stiff
and fold In carefully. Pour Into baking
aisn on top oi crumosi sprinkle remain
Ingn crumbs over top. Bake In a moder
ate ovan was degrees r.) about 46 min
utes. Yield: 9 S-lnch squares f&xIMnoh pan).
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New Uses for
Junk Jewelry
Wondering what to do with all
that Junk Jewelry you've been col
lecting at random for the past few
years? From Hollywood comes a
new idea to bring it back from re
tirement and put it to work again.
Just take the Jewelry apart and at
tach one or several gadgets to the
zipper on your purse or dress. A
celebrated movie star has a zipper
pull fashioned of a collection of odd
coins, on her pocketbook. Formerly
a bracelet, it's causing plenty of
favorable comment among the stars.
The idea Is especially good for a
simple dress that needs an original
accent to set it off.
Spice Raisin
Drops Unique
cup fat
cups oarx orown sugar
cup sour cream
eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
V teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
t teaspoon cloves
cup raisins
3 ',4 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Cream fat and sugar. Add rest of
ingredients and drop portions from
tip of spoon onto greased baking
aiieeu saKe iu minutes.
Wiy Children
"Dislike New.
Foods Told
The other day a young mother
said to me: "I am worried about my
child. She la so conservative in her
food tastes. She Just doesn't like
anything new. What Is the matter
with her?"
There is nothing the matter with
her. She Is Just like most other
children. In the first months of life
children have little sense of taste
They like things that are liquid and
warm and therefore easy to swal
low. Milk has a very bland flavor,
and when It is taken supplies what
is needed to quench those hunger
pangs which come when the stom
ach Is empty. Most babies do like
the orange Juice which is diluted
with water when It Is first given.
And they generally like cod liver
oil, strange as it may seem to adults.
When more solid foods are given
there Is often objection registered
by the baby, probably on account
of the difference In texture, as well
as flavor. We find that almost all
children like potatoes, but other
vegetables must be Introduced by
giving a very small amount at first.
Strained peas and carrots are gen
erally taken more easily than other
vegetables.
Among the fruits we find mashed
bananas, which actually uqueiy,
given approval by young epicures.
Vegetables and fruits are always
strained or mashed at first. Later
they may be chopped. Young moth
ers find the canned strained and
chopped foods most convenient.
Recently potato shreds nave come
to the market In package form.
As they will cook in five minutes,
they have oeen welcomed by moth
era when potatoes must be cooked
especially for the baby's meal. Of
course, they were not designed for
this purpose, but rather for general
consumption, especially when time
presses. It Is something to be able
to have mashed potatoes read for
the table in less than ten minutes.
Soft Costard
1 cvs or 4. set yolks, gllghtlr beaten
U cup sugar
K teaspoon salt
3 cups milk, scalded
teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine silently beaten saga or eat
yolks, susar and salt In top of double
Doner. Ana not mux siowir ana sur umu
susar Is dissolved. Cook over hot water,
stlrrlna constantly. When the custard
coats a metal spoon, remove at once
from hot water and place pan In cold
water to cool quickly. Add vanilla ex
extract. Pour over frulu or sponia caks.
Yield: about m cups.
Not.: If custard cooks too long and
eurdlss, beat untU smooth with egg beater.
Applesaaoa
Wash, quarter and core eight tart cook
ing apples and put In saucepan with Just
enough water to cover. Cover and cook
over low heat about ten minutes until
very soft. Rub through coarse strainer.
Sweeten to taste and stir until sugar it
dissolved. Cinnamon or nutmeg may be
added but not for Infanta. Yield: gut
servings.
Garnishes That Don't Wilt
Garnishes used on a hot platter
should be the kind that will not be
affected by heat. A wilted garnish
does not make an attractive dish.
Garnishes should be put in place
the very last thing, so do not select
those requiring much last minute
arrangement.
Spring Delight
Novel Recipe
9 cups rolled- uuawMttutd awtlback
H cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoons butler, melted
Mix the Ingredients, reserve U
cup and pour the rest Into m but
tered pan. Pat the crumbs well to
form a crust. Add the filling.
Filling
14 cup granulated sugar
U cup flour
A egg yolks
2 cupa milk
14 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
tt teaspoon almond extract
4 egg whites, beaten
cup granulated sugar
Blend the H cup sugar with
flour, add yolks, milk and salt
V,
. At Yonr Grocer
Under New Management
THE
Capital Variety Store
featuring complete stocks of all types of variety
merchandise. Never before has Capital Variety
been so well stocked never before has it been
able to serve the public better.
EASTER
SPECIALS
To introduce ourselves to
the friends of the store,
old and new.
BASKETS
5e IOC
Novelty
Toys
(Easter)
10c
15c
Featuring
Complete Line of
Toiletries
Notions
Stationery
Hosiery
Lingerie
Candies
Household
Necessities
Novelties
Chickens
Rabbits
etc.
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10c
25c
SST. 15c, 20c
Made Cp
Easter Baskets & Toys 10c, 15c, 25c to 49c
Novelty Candy
lc - 5c - 10c
Capital Variety Store
1262 S((e St.
Arlle R. Anderson, Prop,
Phone 4363
Fish for Lenten Meals
Fresh Spring Chinook
Fresh Filet of Flounder, Red Snapper, Rock Cod and Sole
Jumbo Crabs, Cooked Prawns, Razor Clams, Oysters
Fresh Crab and Shrimp Meat
Complete line of other fresh, f roien or smoked fish
FRESH DRESSED )RAWN POULTRY
FITTS Market
A Complete Line of Monarch Quality Canned Foods
FREE DELIVER! - 10 A. M. and 4 P. M.
216 N. Commercial Phone 4424
Cook In double boiler until thick
and creamy. Stir frequently, Add
vanilla and almond. Pour into
crust. Add ' cup sugar to whites
and beat until very creamy. Rough
ly spread over filling and sprinkle
with reserved crumbs. Bake 20
minutes In slow oven about 300
degrees. Cool and top with whipped
cream.
Easter Candies
Come in and buy some of our Easter Candies
Jelly Eggs, Marshmallow Eggs, Chocolate Novelties,
Assorted Boxes
Jelly Eggs
15c lb.
Marshmallow Eggs
18c lb.- 2 lbs. 35c
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1899 Prescriptions Accurately Filled 1941
Original Yellow Front Drag and Candy Store In Salem
Sole Agents for Penslar Remedies in Marion County
135 N. Commercial St. Phone 5197 or 7023
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hats
What's Easter Without a
Spick and Span New Bonnet?
Tour new hat . . . most important of all your
Easter outfit ... is here at Sears! So new,
we've just barely had time to lift them from
their tissue wrappings! Crisp or cute . . . flip
pantly frivolous or trimly tailored! Bonnet or
Breton; toque or turban; "pure brov,'" or pom
padour; pork pie or pQl box. Straws and felts.
ASK ABOUT SEARS
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484 STATE ST. SALEM, ORE.
PHONES: 9192 - 9193 . 9194
Open Saturdays until 9 P.M.