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Feeding the Family By ZOLA VINCENT Food Editor Wealth of Suggestions For Season of Sharing Homes, large and small, are full to overflowing with warmth and friendship and the spirit of sharing. Youngsters and all who are young at heart gather for fun and frolic around table, tree and fireplace. These" are busy days, full of much to do and many to see and always, implic it in hospitality, the planning and preparation of special holi day foods. May we lend a hand by shar- ing here some home-enjoyment and hospitality ideas garnered from many sources? Frozen Christmas Pudding This fine, festive frozen des sert is easily made, requires no cooking; can be molded in ring mold or in other form. It relies on vanilla wafer crumbs for texture and blending. Ten ser vings. V2 cups vanilla wafter crumbs (23 large cookies) Vi cup chopped nuts ' 8 ounce jar candied fruit (about one cup) 1 No. 2 can crushed pineapple, well drained i teaspoon each cinnamon and nutmeg 8 marshmallows J4 cup hot pineapple juice 1 cup heavy cream, whipped Whole vanilla wafers for lining mold. Combine vanilla wafer crumbs, nuts, candied fruit, crushed pineapple, cinnamon and nutmeg. Heat marshmallows in' pineapple juice drained from fruit until marshmallows dis solve. Combine with first mix ture. Cool, fold in whipped cream. Line IV2 auart mold with whole vanille wafers, pour in fruit mixture. Freeze until pud ding is firm. Unmold and serve with additional whipped cream if desired. Handsome to look at; rich to eat. Cranberry Chiffon Pie This too has a crumb crust; graham cracker crumbs. The bright color and flavor of cran berries are given a light touch in a chiffon filling. Crumb Crust Thoroughly blend 20 graham crackers, finely rolled (1 23 cups crumbled) one-fourth cup softened butter or margarine and one-fourth cup sugar. Pour mix ture into nine-inch pie plate; firmly press into an even lay er against bottom and sides cf plate. Bake in moderately hot oven, 375 degrees, eight minutes. Cool. Filling Soak one envelope unflavored gelatine in one-fourth cup cold water in custard cup five min utes; set cup in boiling water un til gelatine dissolves. Combine ene pound can whole cranberry sauce, one-fourth cup sugar, one eighth teaspoon salt and one tea spoon grated orange rind; mix in gelatine. Add one tablespoon orange juice to three-fourth cup evaporated milk that has been chilled icy cold. Whip stiff; fold quickly into cranberry mixture. Pour into graham cracker crust Chill until set. Holiday Eggnog Pie Gay as can be is this pie for a party. Frothy holiday eggnog is readily available at the door or at the store, goes into this filling which in turn goes into a graham cracker crust. This one is bak ed. Make top design of any kind by tracing in nutmeg sprinkle, Crumb Crust: Same as for Cranberry Chif fon pie. Filling: Blend one envelope unflavor ed gelatine and 2 tablespoons su gar well in top of double boil er. Pour in one cup bottled egg nog and cook until gelatine dis solves. Remove from heat; stir in VA cups bottjed eggnog, one- eighth teaspoon nutmeg and one teaspoon rum flavoring. Chill until frothy. Fold in one - half cup heavy cream, whipped. Pour into graham cracker crumb crust; chill. To trace message on top, make paper design, cut out, lay paper over pie, sprinkle nutmeg over cutouts. Remove paper and there's the greeting on your pie. Spiced Prunes Drain and pit cooked prunes. Add to a mixture of one-half cup each of melted butter or margar ine and strained honey to which one-half teaspoon ground cin namon has been added. Fine with holiday meat 'and poultry dishes. Good Cup of Coffee Must be Rich, Strong, Clear Coffee and hospitality are of ten one and the same thing mere s no doubt about it a cup of good coffee can lift the spirits; be a boon to homemaker and hostess! Real coffee, strong, rich, flavorful, clear as true am ber; always the same with never a disappointment. How to make it? 1. Keep your coffee-maker sparkling clean and scald it be fore using. 2. Start with fresh cold water. That means emptying the tea kettle every time; none of that tired stuff from the hot water tap. 3. Allow one standard coffee measure (or its equivalent which is two level measuring table spoonsful) of fresh coffee to each three-quarters of a cup of freshly drawn water. This is enough for one serving. For demi-tasse, ser vice, use XVi as much coffee to the same-amount of waters- 4. Never boil coffee. " 5. Be sure your coffee is the proper grind for your coffee-maker. 6. Serve coffee immediately after brewing and serve it piping hot. Instant Coffee The instant or soluble coffees attain perfection when you simply follow directions on the HOLIDAY PLANNING Perhaps a frozen Christmas pud ding, a cranberry chiffon pie or an eggnog pie will fit ideally into your holiday season entertaining. And always plenty of good coffee. Included in today's food columns are recipes for these and suggestions for many other good things. jar. A four-ounce jar of soluble coffee makes almost as many cups as a pound of regular cof fee. . For large group servings, plan one four-ounce jar of solu ble coffee to six quarts of .boil ing water for 32 servings of av erage strength. Be sure to stir to assure brew of even strength. Spiced Coffee Use three two-inch sticks, of cinnamon bark and six whole cloves for one quart of coffee. Put these in the bowl of a va cuum coffee maker, in the cold water of a percolator or in the pot of a drip coffee maker. Brew coffee double strength four tablespoons coffee to each cup of fresh cold water. Serve in demitasse cuptossed with whip ped cream. A superb accompan iment for golden or dark fruit cake. West Coast Cook Books Popular Holiday Gift A new cook book from any source is a fine and welcome gift to almost any woman. To a long time resident of this area and to the new comer, western cook books however are a special de light because of their awareness of the wealth of fine foodstuffs grown or produced here. We have in mind particularly, Helen Brown's West Coast Cook book which offers many of the talked-about recipes for which the Coast is justly famous. Re flecting our really distinctive western way of life and eating, this book is "imaginative, color ful, cosmopolitan, piquant and thoroughly satisfying," tS quote its jacket. We agree. A brand new comer to book stores is .James - Beard's Fish Cookery called "a giant haul of information on how to recognize, treat and cook fishes, mollusks and crustaceans of every variety and description." Former Ore gonian, James Beard is well aware of our wealth of fish and shellfish, offers fascinating read ing as well as countless ways of fixing both fresh and salt water foods. Western Pears Now At their luscious best, ripe MwtoWf A ' one Tf iffftC fiSliiOpfir STURDY BOX! - sfc THE NORTHWEST'S FAVORITE POTATO CHIPS AT YOUR FAVORITE GROCERS western winter, pears are a de light; ideal for eating right now, ideal for giving favored friends and relatives. For the holiday season, the famed Anjou and the Cornice; creamy yellow or green when ripe, they fit perfectly into table arrangements for later eating en joyment. The Anjou, a plump pear is very juicy, fine grained, has rich spicy flavor. The Corn ice is considered the perfect pear for? salads, is larger and plump er, has distinctive flavor and fragrance. Tree Cookies To make cookie decorations for your tree, make a hole with an icepick in each cookie before baking. When baked, thread colored string or ribbon through the hole and tie to the tree. Wrap for eating later or leave unwrapped for decoration only. -Thursday, December 18, 1934 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Ethel Merman Racked Up 11 Broadway Successes Before Satisfactory Movie Editor's note: This is the second in a. series of three on Ethel Merman. By ELIZABETH TOOMEY United Press Correspondent New York (U.R) Ethel Mer man laughed, clowned and sang her way through 11 successful Broadway musicals .before she managed to make one movie that pleased her. Her - impudent swagger and clarion voice became Broadway legend in one successful Broad way musical comedy after anoth er. She racked up 11 shows with out a single flop, beginning with "Girl Crazy" in 1930 and end ing with "Call Me Madam" 20 years later. A co-star in one show, asked to describe the unique attraction Miss Merman had for audiences, said admiringly, "She has the garish attraction of the honky tonk, of Coney Island and a merry-go-round." A director said, "She has a pair of tonsils worth a million dollars." A recording company' execu tive called hers the greatest mu sical comedy voice he ; ever had heard but he emphasized he wasn't refering to quality. "Her timing is unbelievable," he ex plained. "Her phrasing is great, and she can ' cut through any orchestra I ever herd like a big, brass horn." But the former stenographer felt movie audiences saw only a watered-down Merman. "I just can't be glued to a spot when I sing," she said in an interview after she arrived i. here this week from Denver, Ccfto., where she and her ;two children live now with her pres ent husband, airline president Robert Six. "In Hollywood they always told me I couldn't swing . my arms around when I sang or couldn't step over the chalk mark on the floor or I'd be out of focus. After I saw myself in On The Side y e. v. Durnng (Distributed' by King Features Smdicate, Inc.) California is in again with something on top. William P. Schlosser, who recently retired at 94, worked - for the same company, the Hillman Hardware Co., of Los Angeles for 74 years. If that isn't the record for con tinuous employment in the same organization, what is? Briefly At the town limits of Ripley, Tenn., there is a sign on the highway reading, "Believe it or not, this is Ripley." . . . Am ask ed how many cigars Gen. U. S. Grant smoked a day.; Don't know the general's average but history tells us that on the second day of the battle of Wilderness he smoked twenty-four cigars. Sidelights A baby would rather be held byits father than its mother. So claims an expert on infant care. If you have a ' new baby at your house call this to the attention of your wife. . . . The slot machine business continues to register an amazing growth. According to a recent report, one of every six packages of cigarettes sold in this country is sold by slot machine. Asking Queries from clients. Q. Seems to be some disagreement as to whether or not Hitler was a veg etarian. How about it? A. Hitler adhered to a strict vegetarian diet originated by a German dietitian named Gaber. Q. Can you name a womn who gave birth to six children in one year? A: Yes, sir. Mrs. Dionne, mother of the celebrated quin tuplets. In the same year eleven months before the quintuplets were born, Mrs. Dunne gave birth to a girl. " Among the Married It was Nancy Hale who so wisely observed, "A married woman's greatest interest is her child, her greatest problem is her husband. Her greatest desire is f qr her development - apart from her husband and child." - Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Certainly not. So let's have some "Where are they now?", items. That great ring man, Georges Carpentier, who fought Jack Dempsey thirty three years ago at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, N. J., is now the proprietor of a popular bar near the Etoile in Paris. Georges, now 56, hasn't a gray hair in his head and is still in the pink. - Aside - i Am still opposed to abbrevi ating Christmas to Xmas. That is going too far to save time and space. . . . Kate Smith, the air wave thrush, made her first hit as an entertainer in Washington, D C. sineine a dittv titled "No body Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do." . . . Add sobriety tests: Ask the defendant to ranid- ly repeat the following three times: "Are Our Oars Here?" Naming the Baby , ' Full name of the great Chi cago ballplayer "Cap" Anson was Adrian rnnctanfino Ansnrn When 6, he asked bis mother why he had such "funny" names as Adrian and Constantine while the other kids wpr nam Wil liam, John, George and Robert.1 was His mother told him she born in Adrian, Mich. So they named him Adrian Constantine. That night when little Adrian Constantine knelt in prayer, he thanked the Lord his mother had not been born in Ypsilanti and his father in Kalamazoo. Facts There are about 6,000,000 girls named Mary in the United States. Other most common names in this country in order named' are Elizabeth, Ann and Frances. Neither the sun nor the moon sets during the summers at the North pole. Alexander's Ragtime Band' swore I'd never go back. "In the first place so much I did -wound up on the cutting room floor. Then I had to under play everything. I couldn't use that brassy quality."- Now she's changed her opin ion of Hollywood, and has de serted the Broadway stage for movies and television so she can spend more time with her family. r The movie version of "Call Me Madam" gave her her first chance, Miss . Merman explain ed, "to do what I wanted to do" in front of the cameras. Walter Lang, who directed her in that, also directed her latest picture, ' Irving Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show Business." "I'd like to take a crack at a straight dramatic picture," she admitted. "I get to play some dramatic scenes in this show business movie." Pickin1 Pears News and Notes From Camp White By SID HOLLINGSWORTH George Tallmadge has a deer hunting story that comes from his travels and experiences in the Everglades of Florida. Tallmadge, incidentally, has had more- hairbreadth exper iences than half a -dozen other J men. His way of making friends with the natives in the Philip pines, in Mexico and among the Indian tribes has always served him well. In this instance it was a means of "saving face." Living With Indians George was living at this time among the Seminole Indians of Florida. These Indians still re tain much of their primitiveness although they seldom wear their native dress and mingle freely with the whites. Friend Tall madge wanted to impress them with his prowess as a hunter and he is, in fact, a crack shot with a rifle or six-gun. He and the son of the "chief" went off in the Everglades swampland to hunt deer. George trailed along for most of the way, knowing the treacherous nature of the ground in which one might sink quickly. The youth then told him to get ahead, as they were about to reach the spot where the deer congregate. He stepped forward and, sure enough, in short order he spot ted his quarry. The deer sprang forward and George shot and missed, shot and missed; six times he missed. "I know that animal dodged those bullets," he says. "He was traveling in a straight line and there was no other reason for missing him." "Too bad," the boy observed. "We can't go back. They expect us to bring in a deer." George was in favor of retiring grace fully at this point and trying some other time. The boy wouldn't listen. "I know where to find him'," he said. Son. Tall madge heard a shot but could see nothing the Indian boy was shooting at. He followed him oyer to a clump trees and there lay the deer, hit in the breast in as clean, a shot as "could be made. They carried the carcass home and it then became neces sary for George to do some tall explaining. Presents Rifle "I thought you were the best shot in the United States," the chief observed. 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