Birthday of Washington
Ideal for Re-Discovery
of Traditional Dishes
Red, White, Blue Color Scheme Easily Carried
Out; Decorations Lend Holiday Note
By VIRGINIA ROSS
Home Economics Editor
I'M ALWAYS at looBe ends to
know where to start and stop
when it comes to celebrating
George Wash
ington's birth
day. It offers
so many
chances to
change the pat
tern of the
"dally three"
and of our ta
bles. The episode
of the cherry
tree may be
fantasy, yet
this Idea gives
us a lot of op-
Virginia Ross portunlty to
dreas up our tables. I take thorny
branches, stand them In blue pots
filled with sand and stick cran
berries, or red-tinted, preserved
grapes, on the thorns and use
these as a part of the centerpiece,
with paper hatchets as place
cards and tall candles in three
colors, red, white and blue,
grouped about the table.
The food scheme is, of course,
red and white, with any blue note
obliging products will lend. There
are white and red fruits In abun
dance, to be used in cocktail or
salad. If used in a cocktail, nest
the glass in a bed of blue-tinted
chipped Ice. Bread sticks, little
rolled sandwiches, stuffed celery
sticks any of these are good by
way of accompaniment.
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SoupB with a tomato base
chicken soup, clam broth, any or
the white cream soups, such as
asparagus, corn or clam, are In
good order. Always with a dash
of paprika or whipped cream for
a garnish. A jellied soup Is smart,
no end; too bad more Western
ers aren't converted to them.
Doesn't rest so heavily on the
digestivo apparatus.
The main course? Chicken,
ham, pork, clams, lobster, crab
even good old canned salmon and
tuna find themselves fitting Into
the picture very nicely, depend
big upon the time of day and the
occasion.
Of the red and whlto back
ground afforded by the vogotable
kingdom, there lire potatoes, cau
liflower, asparagus, turnips and
parsnips, cabbage and corn. Of
the red, tomatoes, paprlk-ed
carrots, boots, pimento that's
onough. Buttered, in ercam,
sauces, or In salads, any of these
adds a touch.
And breads . . . I like to think
ii( biscuits, light and fluffy, with
that prized tomato honey, or red
tomato preserves, strawberry
Jam, or crabapplo Jolly. Or corn
bread, great squares of It. Or
crispy corn sticks. Maybe spoon
broad or rico muffins. Old favor
ites of the good George's day, and
still favorites!
Relishes? The women of thoso
long-gone days had well-stocked
closets, full to the topmost shelf
of piccalilli sweet cucumber
pickles, sweet relish, and so on. -
MANY DESSERTS
Dessert; hero you have a long
rope! Lady Baltimore cake Is
always a good cholco, whether
your obscrvsnce of tho day is a
gay buffet, a smart bridge tea, or
dessori and coffee.
It is, as you know, a good white
cake; two or thrco thick layers
put together with a ranked frost
ing (the old reliable scvon-mtnuto
or tho boiled variety), to which
has been added chopped raisins,
figs and pecans, tho whole frosted
over with tho plain boiled frost
ing. George Washington pio might
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well be another choice your fa
vorite little plain, or quick butter
cake, baked in a deep pan, split
into two layers when cool, then
given a filling of whipped cream,
thick custard, or raspberry Jam,
sometimes both the jam and the
cream or custard. Sprinkle with
sifted, powdered sugar. Make
crisscross markings with the
handle of a table knife.
CHERRIES PROPER
Then, of course, there's cherry
cobbler, which to my way of
thinking is only topped by cherry
pie. What a pie that is! Rich,
brown crust with thick, scarlet
syrup oozing out through the slits
of the tree pattern cut in the
counterpane of the pie. And when
it's cut, gay little cherries come
tumbling out In that same lus
cious Juice. None of those queenly
Royal Anncs, but tart little red
fellows, called pie cherries, picked
oil the same sort of tree the small
Georgle Washington is s'posed to
have hacked!
Of course, our foods may take
another turn, to the traditional
dishes of the South; ambrosia,
baked ham, beaten biscuit, can
died yams, okra, syllabub and the
like. Or a still different flair when
we celebrate February 22 with an
international dinner or luncheon.
Which, somehow, reminds me of
the progressive dinners that used
to be so popular, and even now
are such a lot of fun.
When one starts thinking on
it, truly it's regrettable that this
can't be a season, Just like Christ
mas, instead of just another day!
Where Foods
Originated
By Ella Lehr
THE origin of the foods we cat
is a fascinating story. Here is
the first goup of a scries of
"origins": .
Parsley was first used for a
decoration by Hercules, as a mark
of honor after vanquishing the
lion.
Onions were discovered by
Alexander tho Great on the
Banks of the Nile.
Dates, grew first In the Garden
of Eden, the best dates still being
grown in what archaeologists be
lieve to be tho original site.
Garlic, of Egyptian origin, was
once a god!
Bananas record of earliest
known bananas is 327 B. C, in the
valley of tho Indus, now known
everywhere.
CHEESE, DATES
It was an Arab who first in
vented checso, by Jogging a goat
skin full of milk on his drome
dary's pack, and tt was the sheiks
of Arabia who first learned they
could live and well on tlatcs
alone. The two make a delicious
duct In any country, but Ameri
cans llko them best combined in
salad. Golden dates are stuffed
with any soft, rnlld cheese, and
laid on crisp lcttuco leaves, or
used to garnish fruit salads. Tuck
a nut meat in the date for an ex
tra touch.
RAW SALAD
If you want a wholesome ami
(lellcloun raw vegetable salad,
fill red Itn1 cabbage, Rratd car
rot and ttred apples make a good
combination. Serve on cabbago or
lettuce leaves with a French or
mayonnaise cream dressing.
ONION CANAPES
(Serve as an appetizer with to
mato Juice or other cocktails) :
i mt iUum sizrd onion
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Slice onions very thin and soak
In lee water while preparing the
spread, t'hop egs llncly and mix
with salt, caviar and lemon juice.
Spread on onion slices which
hnve horn drained on a towel. Put
on toast rounds. Garnish with a
bit of pimento or a few grains of
paprika, if desired. Makes 12
canapes.
Cot the habit of seasoning with
onion put a bit In divsslng, slice
them wafer thin for crisp, cold
salads chop some onion finely,
mix with pt-iumt butter ami may
onnaise and you'll have a perfect
namlwit h tilling. Kxperimmt your
self. You'll tind countless new ami
interesting ways to add excite
mcnt to foods at meals, and be
tween meals with onions.
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"Do come over for cofiee and dessert," this carrt t.-b'e setting
seems to say. All It lacks Is the Lady Baltimore Cake this season
demands. This new form of entertaining Is one of the loveliest of
ways toward reviving the "art of graolous living."
RECIPE OF
(Clip this and paste on throe-by-flve-inch
card, or In your scrap
book of "treasured recipes.")
Eggnog Pie f
Crust: Mix together
Vft cups o ytngersnap crumbs
it citp melted butter
1 tablespoon sugar.
Line a large pie dish with this
mixture, pressing firmly against
the sides and bottom. Bake at
379 degrees about ten minutes.
When cool, fill with Eggnog
Filling:
Combine cup of thin cream,
FRUIT COCKTAIL
For one of the most delectable
but Inexpensive cocktails, try
equal parts of avocados, celery
and grapefruit, diced. Pour over
this as a substitute cocktail
sauce, a well-seasoned Thousand
Island dressing. Any dinner which
thus starts Its career may be as
sured of success.
CHOCOLATE
Milk-shy chlVdren can be made
to take their milk painlessly, If
it Is sorvod to them as a cup of
hot chocolate
SAVE HANDS
To save your hands from scald
ing when wringing out hot appli
cations, place the hot cloth in a
potato dicer and the boiling water
will bo squeezed out easily, with
no damage to the hands.
NO ODORS
If cabbage and cauliflower do
leave their traces In the air, burn
a piece of cotton string, and the
carbon formed will take up the
odor.
SPINACH"
When It comes to coaxing, have
you tried shaping that disliked
spinach Into little nests, and plac
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Table Setting
THE WEEK
or undiluted evaporated milk, and
Va cup cold water. Heat over very
low heat, or in double boiler. Beat
2 egg yolks with H cup sugar
and lt teaspoon salt. Stir hot
milk Into them. Return to double
boiler and stir until thickened.
Remove from double boiler.
Add 2 teaspoons plain gelatin
soaked in 2 tablespoons cold
water. Cool. Beat with egg beater
and fold in stiffly beaten whites
of two eggs and cup cream,
whipped. Pour in crust and let
stand in refrigerator 2 or 3 hours.
ing in each three or four little
cheese eggs, sprinkled with a bit
of paprika? Or, molded cheese
into little carrots with a parsley
top the same to reside on vege
table plates and salads?
WHITE OF EGG
In using only tho white of an
egg, make a hole in the small
end of the egg. Shell and drain
out the white. To keep the egg
yolk from drying out, wrap a
piece of waxed paper around the
shell, and place In the refrigera
tor. The yolk stays fresh and
moist, and an extra container for
the unused egg yolk has been
eliminated.
PASTRY BLENDER
Use a baking-powder can with
sharp edges for a pastry blender.
Punch holes in tho bottom of It.
and the new utensil will work
perfectly.
PASTRY TUBE
To pipe fancy edgings and top
pings of mashed potatoes, icings,
mayonnaise and whipped cream
on dishes, force the material
through a cone-shRped piece of
waxed paper, held securely to
prevent spilling, and you have a
pastry tube.
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LLCttAs
THE swagger, single-breasted
coat (No. 100) is smart to
wear In changeable weather. It
has a cleverly stitched collar and
comes In sizes 10 to 42. Size 36
requires It1 yards of M-inch ma
terial, with a d willed nap, and
27 yards of 54-inch material
without nap.
The striking two-piece frock
I No, 108), with its novelty collar
and laced front, comes In sizes
14 to 42. Materials adaptable
would be novelty wool or silk
crepe faille. Size 1(1 requires 4-V
yards of 3P-lnch material.
Mi so ha fashions are accuratel;
cut to size and are made of stronp
paper. A simplified cutting chart
and a practical step-by-step In
st ruction guide are Included.
Mischa Fashions,
Kivk Star Wkkm.v.
Mills Tower.
San Francisco, falif
Kiuiose 25 cents for each pattern
wanted.
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GUIDE of
the STARS
By LAURIE PRATT
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16: A
good day for rest and study.
Avoid starting new projects of
any kind, as disappointment and
deception are indicated. Contact
with elders not favored. Travel,
correspondence and signing con
tracts are under adverse vibra
tions. MONDAY: Excellent in the
early morning for starting on a
Journey and for matters concern
ing friends, finances, sports, pub
lishing and ail Interests at a dis
tance. The afternoon requires
care against accidental or quar
relsome vibrations and over-exertion.
TUE80AY: The early morning
favors new business ventures.
Contact elders today. Fortunate
for finishing up matters and gen
eral business progress.
WEDNESDAY: You will feel
energetic today and can accom
plish much, but take no important
new business or domestic steps.
THURSDAY: An erratic day.
when things do not go according
to schedule. Sudden trips are not
promising in outcome. Group and
organization work develop unex
pected angles, also social affairs
and relations with friends and
relatives.
FRIDAY: Do not start new
ventures, as they will die with
this last day of tho waning
moon. Otherwise this Is a friendly
and cooperative day, when asso
ciates will prove helpful and all
ordinary affairs may be success
fully carried on.
SATURDAY: New plans may
be satisfactorily executed. The
general public Is open to unusual
ideas. Social affairs are favored.
Children's Prospects
CHILDREN born this week
(this year only) have the
following life prospects, accord
ing to astrology:
FEBRUARY 16, 1936: A child
born today will travel far. A phil
osophic and courageous spirit and
an original mind are indicated.
Partnerships are not favored.
FEBRUARY 17: A fortunate,
optimistic, outspoken child, with
many helpful friends. A religious
or legal career and wide travel
are much favored. The mind is
brilliant.
FEBRUARY 18: A clever child
with ability to make money. Ex
cellent business sense and re-,
sourcefulness. A quiet, Intuitive
and diplomatic nature.
FEBRUARY 19: A child with
much charm, musical and poetic
tastes. Mental courage of a high
order. A business career involv
ing liquids, importing and export
ing or other connections across
water is favored.-
FEBRUARY 20: A child born
today will be unusual and a con
stant traveler. The life in general
Is fortunate. An occupation re
lated to foreign countriest social
welfare or detective work is
likely.
FEBRUARY 21: This child is
favored In hospital and educa
tional work which does not bring
him before the general public.
Excellent research and Investiga
tive ability.
FEBRUARY 22: A child of re
markable destiny, fortunate in
worldly activities, but living a
secret life unknown to others,
fascinated by mysteries and bent
on solving them.
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FASHION TIPS
BY MISCHA
International Authority
IN THIS, the fifth group of au
thentic fashion hints by Mischa,
recognized designer of women's
attire, he will . comment briefly
upon general rules and practices
for correct appearance, and will
also give definite advice with re
gard to proper dress for two dis
tinct size types. 61 nee it Is an ac
cepted truth that two women of
different build cannot wear the
same clothes, the woman who is
seriously concerned with her ap
pearance wilt gain much from
these hints.
A WOMAN Is exceptionally
careful in the care of her
home. Food is selected with care
and thought The household is
kept clean and orderly. The wise
woman exerts this same careful
selection when planning her dress
needs.
In the art of being well dressed,
fine clothes are not aa Important
as Is good taste. The latter qual
ity will go much farther in assur
ing success.
THE TALL, HEAVY WOMAN
In ' her dress should express the
quality of dignity and poise which
her size demands. It is absolutely
necessary that she give this im
pression of dignity and poise. If
she does not, she is apt to appear
massive and imposing. Intelligent,
clever costuming will go a long
way to assure the success of the
attire of the tali, heavy woman.
Thought is needed in planning
her clothes, because she must at
tain her effects without calling
attention to either her heighth or
breadth.
THE SMALL WOMAN, to ap
pear at her best, will confine her
self to clothes which fit her per
sonality. The use of heavy fabrics,
brocades or extravagant, long
haired furs should be shunned by
the small woman. Broken lines,
or fussiness of any description,
will detract from rather than add
to her appearance. If trimmings
are absolutely necessary, the
simple, flat types are the wisest
choice.
Utter simplicity and delicate
ncss make for the most exqui
site appearance of this type of
woman.
Her petite form is, in reality,
Between
by
: Virginia Ross:
TRY meat loaf with chopped
cooked or canned spinach
added to the mixture, or one can
of drained, minced clams. Pi
mento is also good.
Peaches with the hollows stulfed
with crushed macaroons and
honey, then baked, make an ex
cellent dessert.
Give an open face pic a cover
of marshmallows. Slip under a
broiler until the marshmallows
are brown. Good also on chocolate
pMc.
Cut potatoes and whole vege
tables in slices and cubes for
quicker cooking.
Don't be ashamed to use the
can opener, but with imagination.
Keep a good supply she'f.
To save tearing lottuct leaves,
ut the root end out. or, with a
twist, pull It out. lt running
water run down Into the heart of
the lettuce head. Let drain. The
leaves are then easily removed.
After washing and thoroughly
drying parsley, put it in a gin."
Jar with a good cover. Keep In a
cool place. It will b nice and
fresh when you are ready to ufe
It.
Rinse your t?a towels i:i a
weak solution of baking soda and
water. They will polish the frlnspe
much better.
Paper bags are surprising time
savers in your kitchen. Put flour
in a paper bag, add pieces of neat
or fowl, twist the end of the
sack. Shake. Each piece will be
well floured.
Use paper bags to dust dough
nuts with sugar, to catch the
crumbs from running crusts
through the food chopper, to hold
your garbage.
Slice eggplant, salt, place under
a weight If possible. Drain off the
llquid. dip slices in egg and
, .. , ,. -.
crumbs. Vry In olive oil
Sulmon nnd ollitr m:i1ihhI
alads are smart serve,! in scal
lop shells instt-ad of the usual
lettuce leaf on a plate
Soak veal steak for an hour in
milk. Brown It well. Sprinkle one)
on Women' Attire
her most charming quality, and
she should dress in a manner
which will emphasize its dainti
ness, her only care being to avoid
any costume which will tend to
make her appear drab and Incon
spicuous. She must not make the
mistake of choosing clothes which
will cause her to seem smaller
than she actually is.
COLOR SELECTION: In choos
ing colors 't should be remem
bered that certain groups of col-
For the smartly dressed woman
is this new loose-back short coat
with convertible tuxedo revers
and novelty collar. It Is made of
banker's gray sharkskin tweed.
ors emphasize different qualities.
Size, age and imperfections of
skin are underlined bv pure,
bright colors.
Gaiety and youthfulness are
suggested bv the use of such col
ors aa apple-green, pate blue and
rose. Maturity and dignity arc
found reflected in deeper and
more somber tones.
Us Girls
tablespoon grated American cheese
over each portion. Cover with
sour cream. Dust heavily with
paprika. Baffe in a quick oven
for 20 minutes. Serve with
mashed potatoes and a green veg
etable. Also hot biscuits!
,
Did you ever use your own, or
canned, Italian spaghetti In al
ternate layers with crab meat,
sprinkled over with Parmesan
cheese and baked In a airly slow
oven? Serve with a green salad,
fruit and cheese.
Some day, try thinning down
your salad dressing with mara
schino cherry juice.
Salmon loaf is good baked in a
ring and filled with creamed oys
ters, crab or shrimp.
Try marinating bananas in
strawberry or raspberry Juice.
The bananas, being porous, will
absorb It, and are delicious served
with powdered sugar and whip
ped cream.
Sprinkle candied orange peel
over the meringue of lemon tarts
before baking.
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water eviy morning to eliminate
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