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Eat Your Way To Luck And Fortune in New Year Br JEANNE LESEM Uniied Press International New York-(EPD-You can eat your way to i2 montjjs of good fortune and'good health, so New Year's supersitions say. The Irish believe for in stance, that a bite of salt herring in the first second of the New Year will assure you plenty of money. If it's marriage you want, make your first taste of food after midnight either head cheese or another form of pork. This; too, is an Irish belief, . and it promises mar riage within the year, says a folklore expert, Dr. Claudia de Lys. The social anthropologist and author of "A Treasury of Parenthood and Its Folk' Look Graceful 7r sizes 36-50 Sofe and graceful from every angle this step-in cas ual is beautifully designed to minimize your measurements. Novel collar is notched for fashion interest; skirt is gently flared. Tomorrow's pattern: Misses' casual. Printed Pattern 9373: Wom en's Sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50. Size 36 takes 434 yards 35-inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin, Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St.. New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. I lore," discussed these and other quaint holiday tradi tions in an interview. One "good luck" dish is St. Basil's cake, served with wine or fruit juice-a custom traced to 12th century Macedonia and perpetuated more recent ly by the Irish, Scots and Welsh, said Dr. de Lys. The cake, with a coin bak ed inside, is served by the head of the house to all the family, including pet, to bring good luck, plentiful food and drink all year. Good Luck Honey Tired of arguments? Try to ward them off with a New England custom to make the New Year pass without strife: in the first minute of 1959, serve your family and guests honey from the honeycomb encircled by greenery. American Indians, for in stance, serve corn dishes, in cluding puddings and corn cookies with faces on them, said Dr. de Lys. Various tribal traditions call for bears, fish, seals, , human moon faces or other nature symbols, all rep resenting long life and many children. Cabbage is an. important New Year's Day food. Ger man tradition says it should be served in four equal pieces representing the four seasons and promising plentiful food for the year. It should also be the first solid food eaten at the major meal that day, the author added. Other sources revealed these customs: West Virginians take an ad ditional precaution with good luck cabbage. They cook it with a dime inside, for pros perity. New Orleanians regard cab bage andor black-eyed peas, both served with cornbread, as harbingers of good for tune. And if you really dare not take chances, you also put a dime under your cabbage laden plate. Some New Englanders eat white beans for the same rea son that southerners dine on black-eyed peas. Dr. de Lys traced bean cus toms to the early Roman say-ing-"Not worth a bean is not worth a cent, but many beans mean a plenty." One southern tradition de mands that the beans be cook ed and served with hog jowl, and side dishes of collard or turnip greens. Some say you will have as many dollars as there are peas in the pot. Oth ers count the dollars by the peas on your plate-provided you eat them. And the greens represent green money. Guaranteeing happiness for a whole year is slightly more complicated. A Norwegian born New Yorker says you must start a month before Christmas, by cleaning, dress ing and salting trout. Put them in a barrel of salt water, bury the barrel in about 1 foot of earth and leave until Christmas. Then dig up and serve the contents to your loved ones with glasses of Norwegian aquavit. If ever again we decide that food costs too much in Med ford - over the counter or in restaurants, we'll recall Lucius Beebe and his recent trip to New York City. Mr. Beebe, termed the "gourmet's gourmet" spent four days in New York on a "grand gastronomic spree, and according to a release from American Express, spent $750 "wining and din ing on whatever his cultivated taste buds demanded." Mr. Beebe is also quoted as saying that the food served to him was not the most -expensive to be found in the city, but the best cuisine that his favorite establishments had to offer. The story says that the gourmet sampled the choice fare of the St. Regis, "21," the Carlton House, the Colony, Quo Vadis, Baroque, Le Pavilion, Longchamps, the Stork club, the Plaza and Luchow's. He-enjoyed terrapin Mary land, baby roast pheasant, pompano, Chateaubriand, venison, scotch finnan haddie and saddle of Canadian hare. These treats he topped off with vanilla souffle, Peach Mel- ba, crepes suzette and preisselberry pancakes. He punctuated these epicurean sorties - according to American Express - with martinis, burgundy, chablis, sherry, champagne and steins of Hofbrau. (The story also notes that he drank an occasional Bromo Seltzer.) Potpourri never ate at the St. Regis, or Quo Vadis, or the Colony or the Stork club in New York. However, we have dined at Luchow s (it was good German food), and once en joyed a very fine dinner indeed at the University club in New York City. But we're content with home food. Pappy broils a mighty tasty steak over the hardwood coals in the outdoor grill on our patio, and trout or salmon fresh from the Rogue river are fit for a king, even when an indifferent cook like Potpourri prepares them. Several of our friends are excel lent cooks, and gourmet food can be found in Rogue valley restaurants, too. What's more the visitor won't have to spend almost $200 a day to enjoy it. Potpourri had an interesting conversation with a woman from Gold Hill Wednesday, whose name we carelessly failed to write down. She believed two answers to questions in the column "What's Your I.Q.?" printed in Wednesday's paper were wrong.. Question 8 was "Why were Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem at the time the Infant Jesus was born" and the caller believed the answer should have been "to pay their taxes" instead of "to be counted." Potpourri knew the answer, to this, having learned in Sunday school that the residents of Judea "were counted" or that the census was taken at the time taxes were paid. -On Question 9, "How many days after his birth was the Infant Jesus given the name Jesus" the woman said she believed the answer wrong because the Bible said the Virgin Mary had been told at the time of her vision that the son born to her was to be called Jesus. The answer given in the column was "eight days." About this Potpourri could not be very helpful, and as we talked the woman asked "Is the Adventist Bible different from the one used by our Presbyterian church?" From then on the conversation followed a familiar pattern. The woman said she had always "been told" that The Mail Tribune was a Seventh-day Adventist paper because no issue is published Saturday. She seemed disappointed to learn that s the news room staff has not a single Adventist, (Potpourri knows nothing about the church affiliations 'of other departments) but only two Presbyterians, two Methodists, three Episco palians (of sorts) and a couple of reporters who describe themselves as "heathens." About 65 daily newspapers in the United States follow the pattern used by The Mail Tribune, publishing daily except Saturday. These include the Klamath Falls Herald and News, and papers in Bellingham and Walla Walla, Washington. The answer is obvious to those "in the game.' Advertising is practically non-existent for a Saturday issue, since stores are closed Sunday. 1 And every single time someone expresses surprise over the fact that a full crew (double shift) works at The Tribune on Saturdays we long to ask "Who do you think puts out the paper which is delivered early Sunday morning if the staff doesn't work on Saturday?". . . r- . Guests at one holiday party don't know it, but they were the subject of a survey. The hostess had always believed that guests don't use guest towels, so she decided to be very scientific and prove her theory. Here is her report: "In the full bath I hung 2 ordinary hand towels of terry cloth, on the left. On the right I hung 3 guest towels, 1 good, 1 bad, 1 indifferent; below them on the counter I laid out 3 more for extra use, in the same degrees. Do you know not one of the guest towels was used in that bath, only our every day ones on the left? "In the half-bath I hung only guest towels, 1 good em broidered one, 1 good linen and 3 small terries especially for guests. The terry cloth ones were used-that is all. Conclusion good guest towels just go to waste." O.S. Mrs. Host Twedell (below) 809 Beekman street, and her daughter. Miss Rosalie Twedell, visited Marineland in Cali fornia recently during a vacation trip south. They were guests of Mrs. Twedell'i son, Rodney, (at left) who lives at Redondo Beach, Calif. At Marineland the visitors enjoyed watching and feeding the famed Bubbles, a whale, and other' marine life at the California oceanarium. (Marineland photos) Tailoring Subject Of Book by Woman New York-flJPD-If lack of a good instruction book has kept you from tailing your own suit or coat, hesitate no longer. Allyne Bane's new how-to volume, "Tailoring," answers the questions that many pattern instruction sheets skip. The author, now with Ohio university, formerly worked for two major pattern compa nies, where she learned her trade well. Her book was written for the beginner in simple lan guage and with clear, multi ple illustrations. It discusses all the steps in custom tailoring, from fabric and pattern selection down to the final sewing in of a label. In between, there are chap ters on pattern alteration, muslin test copies, cutting and marking, pressing aid tai loring techniques and linings and interlinirigs. Tailor-Made Ham . ' A new ham has come on the market that .weighs 6 pounds and is packed in a "no-stick" can. The - meat slides out without prying or shaking. Here is a tempting sauce to serve with it: Drain the syrup from an 11-ounce can of Mandarin oranges. Ada Vz teaspoons cornstarch, Vs teaspoon cloves, , V teaspoon each cinnamon and nutmeg, 2 tablespoons sugar and Vfc cup pineapple juice. Bring to a full rolling boil over a high gas flame, stirring constantly. Add 1 tablespoon butter and the orange sections. Serve with the baked ham. Marinate Dink grapefruit segments and fresh pineapple chunks in sherry wine. Ar range on crisp greens; serve with creamy roquefort cheese dressing thinned with some of the sherry used in marinating the fruit. . if itiedforo J and winrer a . way 8' I I . ;.K our annual 5p,.B9 Annual AFTER CHRISTMAS - it i our ' clearance. " "' . i weir Your ,.-- - efc opportune - - 1 C.chlAtl uwi-- ' Vu' ii dressed look .o-vT-"" -.".r w PRICES ber. OUK make tasn.o" OB" so don't miss most exciting event of the year n The buys are terrific -Don't miss them BUY NOW. .. PAY IN Main and Bartlett Streets Open 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., Monday Through Saturday Phone SP 2-6428 Whipped Milk Whipped evaporated milk has two distinct advantages for holiday meals. It is lower in calories and contains more minerals and 1 protein than whipped cream. Chill the milk overnight in the refrig erator or chill it in the ice cube freezing compartment of the refrigerator until crystals form around the edge of the bowl. Beat with a rotary beat er until soft peaks form, then add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice for each cup of milk. Hearty Bean Chowder Cut Vz pound of link pork sausage into 1-inch pieces. Cook over a medium gas flame until brown. Add V6 cup chopped celery and 2 table spoons minced sweet red pep per. Cook 5 minutes. Add one can of tomato soup and one can of bean soup and 2 cans of milk or water. Cook over a low gas flame for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve steaming hot with a garnish of parsley, chives or scallions. Serve with wedges of cornbread and crisp relishes. Serves 4 to 6. 4 Tribute To Turkey Recent studies at Cornell university reveal that turkey yields more lean body-building, high quality protein meat than any other meat produc ing animal. It is one of the least fatty meats and unusual ly rich in riboflavin and ni acin. To preserve these nu trients and get the most meat after cooking, roast your holi day turkey in heat 325 de grees. Allow 20 to 25 minutes per pound. To California Mr. and Mrs., Roger Dew and son, Tommy, Central Point, and Mr. Dew's sister, Mrs. Virginia Sherwood, left yesterday for San Francisco The Dews will spend a vaca tion in the city, and Mrs. Sherwood will be a guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Ms. Herbert Widmer. Parly Server 0 1 d-f ashioned girls in simple embroidery stitches their bonnets forming pockets on this pretty style! Make an apron for yourself, for gifts. Pattern 7272: Transfer, di rections for apron 17 inches long. Pockets, ruffles of gay remnants. Send Thirl y-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Med ford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. Our new 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue has many lovely designs to order: crocheting, knitting, embroid ery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A special gift, in the catalog to keep a child happily occupied a cutout doll and clothes to color. Send 25 cents for your copy of the book. No more than two double bed sheets should be placed in a single, full-sized washer load. The rest of the load should be made up of small white or light colored cotton items. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Decerned 21, 195S JA tj Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Jones, marred December 15 in Yreka, Calif., are living in Gold HilL . , Jones-Mitchell Rites Announced Jacksonville-Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell and Edmund R. Jones, Jacksonville, were mar ried December , 15 in Yreka, Calif. They will make their home on Sixth avenue in Gold Hill. Mr. Jones is a long-time resident of Jackson county and Mrs. Mitchell has lived in Jacksonville since 1945. Travel Club Travel Study club, of th. Oregon Federation of Wom en's clubs will "meet Tuesday. December 30, at 1 p.m. with Mrs. Alexander P. Collins, 540 Palm street, hostess. Mrs. Vera Backstrom Haus mann will present a Christ mas program. There will be an exchange of Christmas gifts. Calendar Calendar notices and news tor the society section of The Mail Tribune most be submitted la writinr and deadline for the In day edition la 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar Is t a.m. of the day for publication and for week day news. Is pA. the day before publication. Monday? 7:30 p.m. Jackson County Licensed Practical Nurses as sociation, Sacred Heart hospi tal social room. Tuesdays . 1 p.m. -' Travel Study club, home of Mrs. Alexander P. Collins, 540 Palm st 1:30 p.m. - Rogue Valley Herb society, Girls Commun ity club. Wednesday: 1:30 p.m. - Fidelity club, with Mrs. F. H. Dressier, 1107 East Main st. Friday: 1 p.m. - Electa Social club. 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