f""'
*1
. Tasks Y n 7
to Sh , ,
Nowadays \Ve: Pay Somebody Else
to Do the
' Like to D0. Even‘it We. , _
Do the VWaehing to'
Maire“ UP- . ' '
“~—
woman cou'lld not a!!ord~,.to
'THE old idem. was that if a
I “keep a general housewark
Things We""Don?t ; ,
girl” she did, if she could possibly‘
contrive to do so, have a woman;
in once a week to do the washing;
and the ironing audit possible;
she contrived to get this hard-i
working employe to mop up the;
laundry and scrub the kitchen;
floor by Way of. a. little finish to: »
the day’s Work. ,
To do your own washing was.
something that you avoided i; you
possibly could. You made your.
inmbau‘d’s shirts'and cut down 1113_
trousers to make Bobby's pants”
you shampooed your own balm;
blacked the uhildren’s shoes, made.
the kitchen soap from scraps ofj
left-occr fat; you canned fruit. .
trimmed your own hats, paperedj
the walls if you had to-«;but you;
didn’t do the washing it you could;
possibly scrape together the dollar‘
and a half that it took toipay for
a woman to do it for you..
Now the electric washers and
various sorts of ironing devices
have taken the sting out of the
task of washing clothes. And now
washing clothes is not w’hat- it.
used to he. Once clothes had to:
be starched and this was a hard
job. Moreovor ironing starched
clothes was a vexatious matter. So
there are women, and you may
know them. who do their own
washing—twill: the aid of an elec-;
tric washer and other laundry de-;
x-lccswwhilc they pay to have the
mending done or to have a'woman
come once every two weeks for
massage and manicure treatment.
The idea now. among the young
housewives is that the task You
should hire to have done for you
is the task that. is hardest for you. i
You may mow the lawn of your
suburban home if you like and
then spend the money to have a
woman in to serve refreshments
when you have a party.
Keeping the refrigerator per—
fectly cleaned may be the task that
gives you special annoyance. and?
if it is, it's that you hire some-6
body also to do. '
That’s the whole point: If you!
possibly can. you hire somebody;
to do the things you least likei
to do.
i
Do You Like
Menkey Nuts?§
Peanuts. If You Prefer the:
More Usual Name? .
Or
'1‘ has become quite the fashion}
I among English hostesses tof.
serve what they now delight to;
call the kachang-gorcng at din~§
ucrs and as a dainty tidbit at leaf
and at curd parties. The kachnng-f
gnreug. the English hostess ex-l
plains, 1'; nothing in the world but:
the monkey nut which you may“
have tasted bcofrc. “Kachang—
gzorvng" is just the Malay way of,
saying ilu ' ‘ I
The American hostess may need.
still further introduction. for the?
monkey nut is nothing more nor:
loss than the common peanut, for;
which many of us feel the con-l
Ivmpt of too great familiarity.‘ ‘
Would You Do It? I
Would you. for instance, add,
litllr‘ dislu-s of peanuts in their?
~Fll<311$ to the table of a formal
dinner party? lVould you pass
dishes of peanuts in lieu of bon
hour. or. salted almonds at a card
party. would you place a dish of
pr-anuls on your afternoon tea
a table? You might. munch them in
privaw. and oven serve them at a
family pit-nic.but somehow ‘plain
lmunllls don't seem (mite good
'lorm lo the average American
. hosit‘us. '
Peanuts served in the shell
really are not in very goodfm-m
hcro. and oven the precedent of
English hostesses. withwhom of
roursc they are something of a
novelty—would not make. us feel
different. But saltéd. peanuh‘nre
a different matter. ,‘ '1 C
A delicious dainty may be we
pared by'buying unroasted pea-
nuts. shelling them and blanching
them in boiling water. removing
red skins and then roasting in
I
shallow pans in the oven sprinkled .
with salt and butter or olive oil.
Keep Nut Cups Replenishcd
This is not an expensive dainty
and .may' be served quite appro—
priately at any dinner. either 1111,
‘small dishes placed_.._in two or
threexplacés on the table or, in
little individual fancy paper-
trimmed nut holders placed at,
each place. These nut cups are
placed ‘on the table when) it tenet
and guests take them as‘ they wish
from the ‘firstjcoursa to, the last.
The careful waitress has a. supply
plate of these and keeps-the nut,
cups replenished through the" meal.
- If you serve these salte ea-
nuts at. a ‘card party‘benur , _
they are not too oily. {Ilse utter
_ used plain whiteiorlfcream-a
F a he
arms mg
HERE are some women now-
I 1 adays whose summer homes
interest them more than their
winter homes. It may be that
conventional furnishings have be»
come so high in price or that
heuaeholcl budgets have shrunk
so um all thoughts of doing over
the town house must be pigeon-
holed for a while.
But. the summer cottage is a
different matter. You approach it
with fewer misgivings. You feel
content with lees cXpensivc mate-
rials. You dare depart from the
conventions. To be sure the best
decorators. many offitheni. disre-
gard conventions in their choice of
materials even for town houses.
The}! use gingham and calico for
Window draperies and potato sack-
ing for porticrcs. But most W0-
men, acting on their own,»wonld
hesitate to. do this in their town
houses.
No such misgivings trouble
them when they approach the
problem of their summer cottage.
Dyed Curtains .
Mosquito netting may he used
to advantage. One Clever woman
has bought. ,whlte. mosquito net-
ting. dyed it. violet and placed an
edging or small wooden beads
along the bottom. .To be, sure.
mosquito netting may be bought in
colors. but softer colors can be
secured by the use of dyes; and a
great many charming effects may
be gained'in this‘w’ay. Dyed gray
mosquito netting makes window
curtains that maybe used in many
sorts of room. -_ , ‘
Cheese cloth 'makce' good wim
‘dow‘r curtains also. This may be
comes. orvit may be dyed. :
ends 0% the curtains :may be lin—
iehad‘ with two-inch horns either,
hemmed. , In one'lnummer house
the living room‘curtains are one
.in__a soft green; cheese: cloth, .t use
in one of the bedrooms meld rose._
in ‘another,‘old "blue. while those-
in cheachildren’s‘room re don n 1
hat
or oil sparingly in'saltlng'anfi then " '
spread onrgireshrr‘brownpaper. us‘ ' ‘
soon as" they”. ere-taken
- oven. so that-3.119 ninot
.fhe “
t,
haunted “by machine: or machine '
the SummerCo‘ttag‘e
niture it contains and this usually
proves to be some odd: and ends
of furniture gathered from the at-
tic of the original owner. There
are walnut chairs of revived Gothv
to construction. There'nrc black
whatnots. There are battered
metal h’edsteads. ‘and ,, old oak
waehslands and’bu‘rcaus. There
are rocking chairs with scrolls ga-
lore and rockers that take up half
the room. art noureau bookcases
of uncertain stability. There is
a battered appearance generally
{about the place . The Walls and
{woodwork have lost tone and color
and the long, cold winters seem‘to
leave the furniture in a lbcklustér.
checrless condition generally.
Uniformity of Color
But really this nondeacrlpt‘fur-
niture oifers excellent foundflion
for ., something interesting. And
much can ”be accomplished by
means of ‘a saw. «plane. a paint
brush and some paint. ‘It unl-
formlty does- not exist. in line and
period much can be done by gain-v
lng nniforlty of color. And after
terlore are built. - -
Sometimes the partitions ol: the
summer cottage are of» woodwork
unplastered. . Thisused most often
to be left.” stained showing the
grain of the, wood. This is exec-
tire when .the,»wood is newline
doubt. : Butafp
face makear‘a'rligt 7 .
‘and adds alightness tothe room ,
that imparts much cheerrand coni-
fort. 'I‘v‘vo coats of paint, will ac-
complish: this result. Gray‘ in :an
encellent; selfectionT'fol-this“ '
.Buffaalsd 1 d
all simplicity and uniformity are
the basis upon which the best in-l
- i met 9% roast tor
“ ET your cniereat cause be I
L good stomach." advised old
. William Penn. and it
would really woman if a good
many American housewives and.
cooks had been taking his nugget-
.tlon literally ever since. For we
figure with the English a. remark-
ble lndiflerence in this matter of
* sauces. and whereas the French
cook who "aspires to a reputation
, for culinarggubility known hour to
make a dozen different latices;
many rAlnerlcana «hits national
with ”their knowledge of 'mokery
are content it they can make white
sauce and tomato, sauce. and are
not sure‘of making eitherrof these
very well. " ,
To some Americans. of course.
the word sauce carries with it the
meaning of fruit stewed with en-
xar. "Sauce for supper." to many
persons conveys the meaning of
stewed rhubnrd.r apple sauce.
stewed plums. peaches. cherries.
prunes. etc.. according to the sea-
son. The customary supper des-
sert in many an old~time American
l
household is "isn’t-e" and cake the:
year through. . .‘
But it we take our definition:
from the cookery schools nod the
standard books on cooking than
sauce takes on the conventional
European meaning—any sort or
dreaaingto accompany meat. vege~
table or dessert. especially those
made with a foundation of'butter.
flour and mtlkor water. ‘
One authority gives these sauces
as the ones that every cook should
know hour to maketuhrimp sauce.
anchovy sauce. parsley sauce. egg
sauce. tomato sauce. -ma)’onnniee
lance. apple sauce. mint sauce and
horseradish sauce.
Horseradish sauce which is; a
favorite accompaniment with roast
beef or boiled beef. may be made
,in several different ways. Here
is a. good one: Mix together an
egg spoon of made mustard. a. halt
egg spoon of salt. a teaspoon of
sugar, and a quarter cup of vine~ .
gar and twafitablegpoone of milk.
To this“ add several spoons of
freshly grated. horseradish. the
amount depending on the sharp»
ness of the root. "
‘Mint Sauce in best made the day
before it is toibe need» You may
use the vinegar‘pure or diluted.
Heat a cup font. ’ "
,hlespoon'c of sugar d add to tVo
for Ethree tablespoons ' of; finely" ‘
minced "mintleavea.
d .ndd two £a~ '
' Apple naueeamong the-'Engllsh ‘
is . used chiefly; any: accompanif ,
R. angitle made .
’..
' ‘i”. 3-" a.
a."
-.
bios. They are
cheaper than an entire
There is practically no
amount spent on table
high stool or chairwln
en. You may be able
.13an
Orange: ,,
Farina. and or
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1;. Toastéd cheeses“
Iced: chocolat
' Buttered
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,Dato and ~‘cre‘am cheese salad: 7
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Leftoverichi en and rice creque
, Cucumber pickles-r ' ;
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wearout to
one of them metal tabletops. The
ollcloth in
the course of a. few years would
suflice‘ to pay for one at these tops.
You should nererbe without a
Four kitch-
to and an
old bookkeeper’s stool in an old
second-hand store for giver-y rea~
comm-s:
. French fried itonst‘"
ditches
e,
' OWADAYS any sort. of kitoho
N on table can be brought up
7 to date and madeperfectly
sanitary and convenient by the ad-
dition of a. metal tops Tl‘heae are
made in white enamel or galvan-
ized metal in various sizes to ill:
the standard sizes of kitchen te-
considerably
table of the
np-to-date sort. ’ Buy one of these?
for the old table. which should
then be given a good cantor paint,
finished on with a coat of enamel.
eoneble amount, although a new
stool does not cost a great deal.
Seated on thehigh stool u are
high enough to work at th table.
the sink or even the ironing board
conveniently, whereas seated in an
ordinary chair you are somewhat
too low for convenience.
‘It' you iant‘to give your it or"
your kitchen helpers a. we treat
than have the entire floor of your
kitchen covered with a good heavy
kitchen linoleum and have it fitted
by an expert over the enhancer,
leaving no,crack or cranny for dust
or moisture to seep through. Such
a floor, covering. ' experts now
agree. is far easier for the work-
ers than cement or tile; and (in
practically as sanitary. ‘It in much
easier to . keep in condition than
the linoleum square. True, it costs
"' , ,, Groom; of spinach soup
Mashed Do
a little more in’the beginningbnt
itrxsareeenormously in labor. f :
atlneal end;Cream
2,6
. ,Preaaed ml loaf .1 1. .
J Tomato and lettuoeraalad' ,
:Bread and butter ' Cocoa '
' Dinner” ’ '
fluent ' , Friedonions
: Chocolatc‘puddin‘gr
: =TH'URSDAY
' ? Breakfast, '
Bellman); 5
Corn flakes and cream
'1 i-ZSuft’hOilcdegga
, defleeyf'
w Your Five '
‘ it;
.. .when we so castles: out-officers.
. man who must economize on her
toes. , xString'heana *
When j You Make
, onnr “'Scarfs
Mm,_-Poedble Modr
10M“ That Are k I
. I ; Worth 00mins
‘ HEma-f :81! petal ta
5 .
- With the discarding of
ispx'lng coats. indeed, the scarf
be more and more in evidp -
give: just the finish we fill:
'. 2
, A'xood many frocks are m .
yithitheir attached courts as paadrt:
of their trimming. More frock; ‘
are made with matching scarf: to
to with them. though not attack
ed, actually. u
The: idea now is not to have r.
near; that will do for a dozen,oo:
even half a dozen frocks. but to
havens nearly one scarf for each
frock as possible. And the wo-
dress budget can do much by mak—
ing her own scarfs. i
Save the Pieces
Iris 3 good plan when you 1'1!
:5 new frock made—4f you avian;
have one made—{o save a bit of
thematerial. You can use this
than either for the body of the,
scarf to go with the frock or for
the trimming of the scarf, which
may be made in crepe do chine or
heavy georgette. The material of
the frock, if it is figured. may be
used as bands at each end of the
scarf. Or as the central section
of the scarf. with wide bands of
the plain color at the ends. Or it
may be run as long hands also:
the sides of the scarf. k
Another way to make a scar:
harmonize with a frock is this—
and this is a good way if you bur
your frocks mdy made, and .5
have no material left over. EU?
a length of georgette or crepe do
china, and either have it finished
' ‘ at. aides and end with a plcot edEe
one!” turn in n. deep hem at the
undead a nmow one at the sides
or else not on a. binding all
around. Then embroider the scar:
in colors that bring it into har-
meny with the frock in question.
Sometimes, too. you can find ribv
hon that carries out the color
scheme of I. ready-made frock.
and this may be used for banding:
for the scarf. ‘
Far and Georgette 1
If you have a strip of fur b5: .
enough to go around the neck you
can nuke a. scarf with this. Dr
alength of georgette. have it pin
edged or else hemmed. and plan.-
the furclh the center. galhp
I
, l
fur. The long Code may be lapped 1
at the front or left to hang loose. 1
Sometimes the ends to a scarf ‘
of thisrnort arqflnely pleated. and i
sometimes they are finiched 1
each end with a narrow band (.5 1
fur. 1
Another interesting way m 1
make a. scarf is to buy a length i
l
l
l
l
l
a
of'one of the figured dress silks
or cranes. You buy merely.the
width of the scarf. say half a yard.
and depend on the width of the
in axial for the length of tlzn
ea . The design then will b:
different on the two ends of 1%.»
scarf, which is decidedly interest—
ing.
. Colored Pieces Applied
A good way to introduce color
on a block or dark blue georgeltc
scarf is to cut out bits of colored
crepe and apply them irregularly
along the ends of the scarf, either-
with gold thread or with black.
You can doable by hand or by
machine. Some of the most ex-
pensive scarf: are stitched by Ira-
chine.
The other day the bridesmaids
at a smart wedding were frocks
of light shade: of georgette. each
with a matching scarf made in this
war—I long strip of the material.
pleat-edged. ‘At each and perhaps
a dozen petals,” wide and shallow.
slightly crescent shape, picot‘
edged all around. and stitched on
by machine, soverlapping irregu-
‘larly in a most alluring way.
Hotror iced chocolate
Cinnamon toast
, Dinner
Planked itch Mashed potatoes
' Green beans
Cabbage salad
' Cottage pudding
. SATURDAY
g Breakfast
Prepared cereal
Omelet ' Cote.
armnlade Toast
.5 luncheon .
salad Toasted wafers
, Prune whip
‘ Dhner
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, _ Gmnpronione Radiance
Cold owned- beef Potato salad
3.: Cmmed cabbage -
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