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The Distinguished
Prune
There Are Many Ways of Making
it So.
T's all your point of view.
I If you regard the prune as the
standby of third or fourth class
tum-ding houses. the daily breakfast
or supper adjund of orphan afylums
and Old foiks' homes. then you will
trumps have difficulty in devising
tin-anguished dishes from the prune.
in: if you haven't permitted your
self to become prejudiced—then you
n: .~.- devise many ways of serving
tr» prune with distinction.
ilwally delicious is a. salad made
(an; prunes and oranges. Select
(“0 large plump prunes. soak end
p'vw them thoroughly in the usual
“71:5. Allow three to every portion
.«r gal-1d. These should be freed
{mm the pits and cut iii‘two. Like-
“ -a, peel oranges. allowing one
0; mm: for four or six portions. and
{rmr sections from skin and connec-
{,z'a :issue. Place the prime and
range on lettuce leaves and serve
ll'fi'h mayonnaise Mg or much
crossing. g
Another good prune salad is
ninvit‘i by removing the stones from
.. hilar stewed prunes, filling the
i ixJit‘s with nut meats or cream
"it"s“, and serving two or three of
. 4.. propared prunes on lettuce with
:2. “'1an or French dressing.
‘ rte are several delicious prune
ea. Here is one: Mix two
. .. Humans of butter end a half cup
.-‘ «mar till creamy, and then add
;. I'lt a teaspoon of orange juice—-
r ~ more—end one beaten egg. Now
i vime pits from a cup of raw
- mas. and cut in pieces about the
Hill]: was a day. many years
I In. when even in well-ap-
pointed houses the dining-room
table between meals was covered
F an engagement has been for-
.mally announced. and has not
merely been whispered about, by
all means mention the event—which
.. of raisins. Mix them with one
.. l a half cups of whole wheat
.r. to which has been added t
- isponns of baking powder.
this to the sugar and butter mix-
’ m: with a. half cup of milk. Bake
. .‘1 in a shallow pan. When done
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
.. me with whipped cream or prune
:mn. thickened with a very little
. wi-starr‘h.
More is another: Toast thin slices
r' broad. butter thickly. and fill a
A>‘i“» .ng dish with alternate layers of
. .is‘ and hot stewed prunes well
".xnc‘t‘rnml. Bake 1181; an hour.
.m o with any preferred sauce.
l'mne whip is one of the most
.mous of light desserts if made
. You will need for this
prunes pressed through a
«nun cupiul after it has been
,npri. For this amount best five
whites stiff and mix with the
', moi. Add five 115103900“ of
unloved sugar. two teaspoons of
' :i "in juice and a. very small pinch
i ‘ salt. This may be served raw or
«mi -in a. buttered dish in moder-
i.» (won for about thirty minutes.
l'r‘lne gingerbread is delicious.
in: into a pan one cup of brown
. .mr. one cup New Orleans mo-
',_~n=es. one—half cup mellld butter.
: ml or good drippings, one cup sour
:Atl: into which has been beaten
.. ‘cnspoon soda, two beaten eggs.
in toaspoons of ginger. the grated
l‘ ~ri of a. lemon. one cup steamed
w'ri chopped prunes. and flour
r 'ich to make a. rather stiff batter.
’: :lnre :s a. difference in the thicken-
:-~.— qualities of flour. but the
amount required will be about three
- 4-3.
For a Sweet Voice
THE Orientals—who seem to
d”,
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know all there is to know
about cosmetic secrets—use n
. livate paste made of figs and
ni‘l'll‘rots for strengthening , the
"arm“ and sweetening the voice.
The fruit is pared and “cooked slowly
With the same quantity of water till
rr'lilced to a thick jam. when~ it is
; wred into small china boxes and
dried in the sun. The negroes of
the South. who are the closest of
rzlr people to the secrets of nature,
make infusions of plantain leaves
and chick-weed for hoarseneas, while
rmny creole ladies sip a dainty mix-
ture of barley water and orange-
flower water for the same thinl-
Anything which interferon with
"no general health will aflect the
tertuty and strength of the voice.
rmd since the membrane of throat
anrl nose is so delicate it must al-
V’lVS be given immediate care in
mm“ of trouble—«Jr. better still. 50
Zlnlit in a healthy state with the fre-
Q'zcn: use of antiseptic washes.
{mg a 1.35 oz ugliness in youthful
vnzr-c-s comes from bad habits alone.
The young people are not corrected
for their vocal errors in time. they
are allowed to sin! ‘1 t00 “fl? “3
are. they sleep and sit in W too
hot and dry, ,they have the mph
if other badly trained children. or
in: the habit from their tone-deaf
exilers. But it is never too la. for
the girl who has been noel-cud In
this way to improve herself it she
will only realize that a sweet. well-
modulated voice is one of womane
greatest fascinationl- and that all
her success in it! attainment u“ in
Lox-self.
M
MAos WITH cARIO‘l'l
Carrot marlin-ltd. In W
by many equal to m‘
lads. and it is not amen! mt!"-
Put two lemons. WCh 5'2:
svrubbed, into the scales. ‘ a
enough carrots to "an ‘ M8
and a quarter. Th” In“ th. w’
rnts and cook them until “1|“?- and
cut the lemons habits and cook in e .
double boiler for fifteen inhum-
In-nln the carrots and Wu‘.
i‘armts and lemons M, I
an equal amount of granulated so-
For. and boil carefully‘esmmgk—
uhlch will be only 3 0' ”I.
would
e always take for granted to be a
happy even "—when you next see
the young women. We congratulate
the engaged man and we felicltate
or extend good wishes to the fiancee.
IThat is to say, waassume. when we
speak to the young men, that he
has, after persistent courtship, anal-
ly won the hand of the woman in all
the world whom he wishes for his
bride- Therefore we say something
like this: "This is the best of mind
news. Mr. Brown. Please accept my
congratulations." It is customary to
shake hands with the recently en-
gaged young man. and from one
young man to another, with whom
he is well acquainted. something as
hearty as a. slap on the back is not
out. of'place by way of emphasis.
Always remember that the courteous
point of view is that the young man
is the luckiest of suitors. If you
know in your heart that Brown has
been courting Jane Jones for three
years and has only recently turned
his thoughts to quiet little Molly
Smith. whose mother has been coax-
ing him for a season or, so.. your
tone of congratulation should not
indicate this inside infofmation. Yet
there are some persons who, give
engagement congratulations and fel-
icitations as if they were offering
consolation. "My dear Mr. Brown.
I am so glad that you chose a girl
like Molly." the tactics woman may
say. "it. is always quiet girls like
her that make the best wives," indi-
cating of course that Molly is nei-
ther so pretty nor so clever as Jane
Jones. ‘ _
In felicitating the engaged girl it
is in extremely bad taste to offer any
Jesting or teasing rental-k. although
some persons always feel that the
announcement of an engagement
gives the signal for horse play.
"What A. delightful piece of news."
one woman Onay say to another on
hearing of her engagement. "May I
be one of the first to wish you all
the happiness in the world!” And
a. men may “say something like this:
“Please let me wish you every hap-
pinoss, and please tell Tom t t he
always was a lucky fellow." t is
better to say something like this
than to make a painfully formal
speech such as: “Pray accept my
sincerest felicitation, and kindly tex-
tend my hearty congratulations to
Mr. Brown.”
Giving Orders
Mm persons. in an effort to
show consideration to subor-
dinates. really cause confusion
by giving orders end directions very
badly. Men who served in the a-
cent war will tell you that the .oil-
cer who gave his orders very dis-
tinctly and concisely was usually
more admired than the other omoer
whose orders were indistinct and in-
definite—other things being equal.
The housewife should remember
that the maid or man who works
for her works better and is better
satisfied if orders are quite definite
If you say to the women who works
by the day: "You might wash up
that floor when you get to it." what
do you expect the women to; do?
“night” always suggests: "might
not." 0! course you really expect to
have the floor washed. you expect
that the woman will get down on
her knees and scrub it. But you
feel that it is tactful merely to our
geet it. Put yourself in the woman's
piece. Wouldn‘t you rather be told
definitely to ecrubthe does then to
have sugges one“ thrown at You in’
the other fashion?
With young x workers or with
workers who are not over intelligent
it is always.better to give instruc-
tic'esone at a dine. Don’t tell the
little fifteen-year-old girl who is
working for you for the
what you want her to do all day and
then expect at evening that she will
have accomplished all her‘ tasks.
Tall her very clearly. and very dis-
tincfly, to words she will ‘ under-
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with a heavy stuff cover. No at-
tempt was made to beautify the
table. to make it attractive, save
when a meal was in progress; un-
i
lose. indeed. those heavy between-
meal table cloths, of red and brown
and green. were considered as beau-
“firing,
they used to be. It is only when
this country are struck by the
fact thit American women re-
gard the question of their age as
something that is to be concealed as
carefully as Captain‘ Kidd concealed
the location of his buried treasure.
A very courteous young Hollander
with a. pretty wife had been in this
country but a few weeks when they
boarded a crowded car with a busi-
_ness friend of the Hollander's and
his middle-aged wife. There was but
one seat available. and the American
lady stood back to permit the other
to be seated. The Hollander lady.
who did not speak English. stood
back deferentially and murmured
something very prettily in her native
tongue while her husband interpret-
ed. "My wife begs you to be seat-
ed." he said. “because you are older
than she is." There was something
in the glance of the American wom-
an as she promptly took the seat
that led the youung Europeans to
suspect that American middle-aged
ladies do not like to be reminded of
the honor that is due to their years.
Of course a well-bred American
man or woman does not make a
break of that sort. no matter what
his'attitude toward the woman who
wishes to minimize her age.
To an English aristocrat there is
always the feeling that the woman
who conceals her exact age is an
lgnobilla—that is, a person without
claim to family prestige. To a. great
extent in European society generally
persons in good society are mem-
bers of old and well~known families.
No one who has not lived in Eng~
land knows how impossible it is for
a. native-born English person to get
away either from the facts of his or
her family history, or—if there is no
family history—from the fact that
she or he is. an ignobilis. So well-
born women in Endand generally
are all listed and dated in some one
of the books of English peerage or
gentry, and to try to conceal the
date put down there in black and
white would be'ahsurd. A pretty
actress of unknown family. or a
nouvean-riche shop-ltiteeper'st wife
could conceal her age, but a ducheee
never! ‘and so the duchcss does not
try. It is all down in Burke's peer-
age and“ a. dozgi other books that
everyone has in his library. And
since ducheseee are socially more to
be copied than pretty actresses or
shop-keepers' wives, be they ever
NOT infrequently foreign men in
THE USE OF SARCASM.
“ SE sarcasm on any one else
in the world," said a. mother
the other day. "but don't
use if on your children." ,
' This is excellent advice as far as
the infunction not to be sarcastic to
children goes, but poor advice if it
bids you be sarcastic to others.
Most gelever persons are endowed
with the ability to use sarcasm. but
wise persons use it in ordinary con-
versation as they would use tire-
arms. only when other means of
self—defense have failed. '
Almost all great preachers and
teachers have indulged in sarcasm.
From the words of Christ you will
and some of the most poignent bits
or sarcasm- Buddha and Mohamet
and the Hebrew prophets were oc-
casionally sarcastic—but it was only
when they were hard pressed by
these . who opposed them. never
when they wished to give instruc-
tion or correction to simple folk or
those whose allegiance they already
There is really no place for ear-
casu's' in ordinary social conversa-
fo tlou. Touso it would be like using
= Your Age Secret
It’s Yours, of Course, To »Do With It As
You Please.
.for one day. and for more if it is
so rich. the rest of British femininity
takes the leadand makes less bones
of age than we.
‘threver there are old families
and well-known families this sort of
thing will happen, and gradually the
idea spreads about that the only
woman who can hide her age is the
women of unimportant family:
The idea that is behind this little
bit of deception in most women's
minds is that if people knew how
old they reallywere they would be
banished from youthful eoclety'and
would have to give up all the youth-
ful things so dear to their hearts.
But nowadays mothers toddle with
their daughters' suitors, grandmoth—
crs play golf with their grandsons—
and no one really pares whether a
woman he seventeen or seventy if
she has the heart of youth within
her.
System In Repairs
It's the Thing That Counts.
T is not only the question of pay—
1 ing for repairs that ake for the
diflICulty in keeping a house in
the pink of condition. The difficulty
also lies in seeing the need of re-
pairs. And sometimes the need for
a certain repair is perfectly patent,
but what is lacking in some system
of getting the necessary work done.
For instance, a. certain door in your
house sticks. You do not use the
door very frequently, perhaps. It
may be the door to a guest room,
to a supply closet or to the attic
stairs. Naturally when you do use
it‘ you are very much tried by the
sticking. But naturally you can do
nothingubout it at the time and the
matter slips your mind till a later
occasion.
Certain. weak places in the roof
are apt to remind us of themselves
only. in the event of a very heavy
storm. Small rains do not make
themi_‘apparent. Then the large
storm? is upon us and we wonder
how the matter ever happened to
slip our mind.
A Good Method.
Here. s a method adopted by one
emcien householder: Twice a. year
she has a carpenter come—always
necessary. Twice a year a. plumber
comes. Twice a. year comes 1‘3.
painter and paperhanger. It is it.
standing engagement just as one
woulmhave with the dentist.
With the carpenter the house-
holder makes the tour of her entire
house, testing every door and win-
dow to see that it is moving smooth-
ly, that the, locks are right and
everything shipshape. Sometimes a.
little work is needed in closets. such
as the placin of a. wooden rod to
hold clothes h gers. Sometimes a
door sill has warped and needs only
a little planing. Sometimes the car-
penter’s services are called upon to
make some trifling repair on a. piece
of furniture. But after he has fin-
ished there is nothing left that
hammer or saw or glans need to do
within that house.
The Plumber's Work. _
The plumber is jold of any ob-
vious difficulties. dripping faucets
or leaking pipes. But. aside from
repairing these things, he persotp
ally goes the round of the house.
making sure that every bit of
plumbing is acting as well-behaved
plumbing should. ' >
The painter follows up the car:
center to cover up any work that
he may have done that needs to be
painted. But besides he touches up
painted woodwork here and there.
and in rooms where the walls are
‘ nished forth between meals like any
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Y9“! Dining-Room '— Table
I
Nowadays the idea is to make the
dining-room table a really interest-
ing‘t‘ig to look at between meals.
although our dining~rooms are kept
more particularly for eating than
space is lacking nowadays that we
use the dining-room as a. between-
meals sitting-room—a thing which
used to be rather frequently done.
When. in the small cottage or
apartment. meals are served on a
table in the living-room. it to fur-
other living-room table. only the
furnishings are kept rather simple.
so that they shall not be too difficult
to remove three times a day and
replace.
For the dining-room table. white
porcelain, is in_ favor for between-
meel use. Candlesticks and flower
or fruit bowl are made of this glazed.
and gleemiug were. and they form
a truly decorative table equipment.
Black gin-es." too. is a. good choice for
the between-meal table. Four or
two candlestick; with a. high dish
for fruit. or a. low bowl for flowers.
may be used. ‘
Then. too. there are fer. dishes.
These are not much used at present
at meal times. but they are de-
cidedly good for between-meal use.
They may be placed directly on the
table, or on a mirror, silver framed.
Heavy nlet lace runners or crash
runners ‘fnay be used—Just one,
lengthwise of the'table.
s
(‘WHAT do very wellcbrcd
people talk about?" sighed
a young girl the other day
when her mother had given her
some suggestions on whatnot to
talk about with casual acquaint-
ances. "All the subjects that first
pop into your. head seem 'to be
taboo."
And there is the real crux of the
situation. If you would be really
well bred in your intercourse with
other persons and would reap the
certain benefits from this breeding,
you must be alert to find topics of
conversation. subjects for casual
remarks that do not. fall under the
prescribed list. .
The well-bred person does not tell
the price he or she has paid for bk
clothes. his furniture, his houses.
his automobiles. or anything that is
his or hers. People of good taste
enJOy their possessions not for what
they cost but for their intrinsic
beauty, their good quality or con-
venience. If you must talk about
your possessions. speak of the
pleasure you take in them, but never
of the money you paid for them.
Do not talk about your poor
health, the symptoms of illnesses,
i
“Hallmarks of Breeding
the state of your nerves. ,or‘ your
poor appetite before any but near
members of your family.
be not discuss your love affairs.
Many a young woman has been
judged as “badly bred" for no other
reason in the world save that she
has mentioned theJact that a cer—
tain man wanted to marry her. or
has boasted of her-numerous pro-
P084118.
The well~bred college man does
not talk about his high record in
college. the well-bred doctor does
not boaet’of the cures he has ef-
fected, the well-bred writer does not
boast of the popularly of his writ-
ings. the well-bred mother does not.
or at least she shOuld not. boast of
the precociousness or good looks
of her children.
There is excellent reason for these
rules. If you observe them you are
less likely to offend or irritate other
people. From a purely selfish angle
—by observing them you will keep
from giving cause for caustic com-
ment behind your back, and you will
not have given information about
yourself that may be used against
you at a later time.
Napkins at Your
Table
THE careful hostess uses a fairly
large size napkin at dinner.
although the extremely large
dinner napkin, still favored in Ens-
land, is not much used in this coun-
tX'Y. ~
The napkin should be folded and
ironed so that it is a. square of six-
teen thicknesses. The small napkin
used for refreshments or sometimes
for breakfast or luncheon should be
folded four ply, or it may be folded
again diagonally forming a triangle
of eight thicknesses
It is no longer c sidered good
form to fold the napkinsin fancy
shapes. and never should the napkin
be placed within the tumbler after
the manner of old~fashlonet coun-
try hotels.
It should be placed either on the
cloth in front of the diner. on a
service plate set there or at the
right of the plate if an ap lzer o
soup is at the place when on at
down.
If you havé house guests and
cannot efford'to have a fresh napkin
at-every meal, you should at least
have a fresh napkin at-dinner time.
Paper napkins are seldom excue:
able save at picnics or very informal
refreshments. '
It is, no lenger considered good
form to have. napkins starched.
They are softer to the touch and
ore absorbent when is}: un-
starched. ‘ ‘ '
.N'apkin rings are not in the best
form. but the practice of using them
is certainly better than the chance
of confusing napkins that must be
used for more than one meal.
great headway inshort time. remové
lng blemishes by a. little fresh tint.
There is a. surplus supply oh the
paperscchssiseunedoneveryrocm
in the house and the painter. (who
tinted and not papered he makes
.
also hangs pallet-does a half dozen
little repairs with this. .
' a problem. However. if they are
The" fold. .
Fashioned Sop
“IF what you are eating before
the dessert has any liquid,"
._ says a. book on etiquette writ-
ten over seventy years ago. "sop the
bread and then raise it to the mouth.
For articles of dessert having liquid
a. spoon is usually provided."
Apparently there are still some
persons who cling to this antiquated
custom. As a. matter of fact the
practice of stopping food prevailed
for many thousands of years before
any one thought of calling it bad
manners. You may find references
in the Bible and in Shakespeare to
the sop of bread.
Obviously the trouble wlth the
sbp was that it was very hard to
use.“ daiatily, One had to be highly
skilled to use it without letting the
liquid into which it had been dipped
drip and without soiling the fingers.
There are some persons who, ap-
parently for economy’s sake. use :1
'50p of breadto sponge up the last
bit of grain; on the plate. Have you
ever noticed a person doing this
surreptitiously, knowing that it was
bad form, and thinking that no one
saw him.
In one ‘thing present usages re-
sembles that of seventy years ago.
Spoons are not considered good
form before dessert save to use with
fat or coffee or ‘soup. That ts,.we
do not correctly eat peas, beans or
other vegetables with the spoon.
So the tendency is to prepare these
vegetables for the e without
liquid. They used to be gerved
swimming in milk; now they are
usually dralhed and mod me 3'
with butter. Stewed tomatoes 0 or
taken on the $late instead of in a.
small saucer it is not so Walt to
eat them 'with a fork. With the
pissing ninth. spoon for vegetables
has also passed their“ of the little
mommy side dish; which used to
it Is Usually a ”as. Am
Piece. ‘ .
Sitebeapertoeelltkeddbeue~
builds new house and not. into
in or to make need“ M
meats and- additions 'to the old
house as the increasing fanny de-
mands and as increased on!!!”
make it feasible?
This is a questi‘on that ls‘w
by numerous owners of smell bonus
and a 'questionthat should be a“
at the outset by all who plan I“
build their own home‘s.
- Enlarge or Build?
Some persons think the only solu-
tion to the problem is to build d
house readil saleable and when
time comes or a larger house -
ply to dispose of the first at the
best price and build another m
and possibly better one. But Cl-
ways it must he remembered M
mo 'lng is expensive. consuming
mon y not only but strength end
time as well. Moreover, if it I.
necessary to receive the price of no
first house before building the use
ond house then there 'must be two
moves with furniture in not!“ fill
the interval and um family possibly
in a. boarding house. And last. bu!
not least. by that plan you must‘
leave many things that must ht"
become dear through association. I!
you have planted a gardens“ mull
be left for the buyer of the house.
If you have held ofl from planning
much of a garden with the thought
that you would not long remain in
the house then you have also missed
much.
It ‘1: quite possible. yOu know. to
havfadditlons put on the old hound
whi c you still "carry on business ll
usual"——nnt very comfortable Dom.—
times. but more economical than
going elsewhere.
But adding to .1 house is often 0!-
pensjve and awkward.
Consider Enlargement.
The really best thing to do ll (0
consider possible enlargement win
you build your house. _Perhaps (I.
best way to go about this is 00
make plans for the sort of house
you think you would like in M
six, eight. ten years to come. Thu
from this larger house make alim-
inations until you come down to tho
modest house yOu can afford. Win
this is done the task of making Id.
ditlons is not so expensive. 1: pos-
sible‘ the kitchen will remain in the
same place. because changing die
position of kitchen fixtures or 0th.
plumbing is ‘elways expensive.
Some of the most attract!”
houses of the past have been the re-
sult of frequent enlargements. TM.
isacertalntypeofvmelemll
New Engilnd. with roofs a; three
heights, the first marking the anal! .
made—which eventually
the kitchen end of the
second larger marking the first I‘-
dltion. and finally a more m
_sectlon yet which eventually become
the main section of the house.
Built at different times as the.
parts were the house that
Lie not awkward, but usually use“
attractive. and surely richer in es-
so‘clatlons than the house that is
the result of but one building.
On a Motor Trip
OR a. short or long motor tad,
F let your hostess seat you. Uno
less you are aged or infirm of!"
to take what 5 s to be the hill
comfortable see but don't insist.
Perhaps. somebody else likes flu.
seat best. sometimes young women
guests make an eifort to take the
front seat with the man member of
the family who is driving the car.
and sometimes they do this with the
plea. that they “don't in the I“
mind riding in the front." attempt.
ing. .0 doubt. to convey the impres-
sion that they are self-sacrificial
and unselfish in taking that seat.
Usually their little ruse is quite
transparent. If there are several
women and only one man. the young
woman of tact makes no movo to
monopolize the masculine ”also.
\‘Vhen on an overnight trip and
you Stay at a hotel it is customary .
for the host or hostess to am
expenses unless some previous er—
raugement of another rt has been
made. If you are your cat’s guest
’lfld you feel that you must make ,
:omplalnts about the room or meals
at the hotel, make them to the host
‘ or hostess who is paying the billi-
It is distinctly. rude when you are
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