I
’ their day and hour.
W. has a desk in a. turmoil of con-'
nus—s Q .fl * 3
Have You a system
AMtlourLeuen?
. Nose. and Some Strike a and plants.
“a", "can," some things. ‘
*—
ing letters? Do you or Idoring child. s\ little blooming
don't you? There are really "l" of Jerusalem lmarries wguld
. sssse even some it ran. an so
two kinds of people-those who do mm be called on to“ an emer»
keep letters and those who dont. "its! .m for the smlll boy or
and you must belong in one ofigirll‘. .
these groups. or perhaps you are} “7 ”"5 '03-“ of "9“”
, Wuiihhhu the giver of the slit
in the happy middle "W” that flowers are really the best choice
tkeeps some letters and throws For a" tilt you choose might p.
some away. and thnt is really far less‘scoeptsble than it box of
where you blight to be.
roses. s growing poinsettla, or
_ even one of those olshomtc
in one .group is the uoman who Christmas gift wreaths.
,hsrbors and liberal every scrap of Potted bulbs. ready to bloom or
correspondence that she gets quitslelse getting ready for that event.
indiscriminately. She keeps invi- 1" ‘ 5° “6”“le I’m!- 011008“:
the bowl that holds these bulbs
intlons and hills, personal letterllwnh cure. Is the bowl after the
”0'" " "““d in China 0‘“ “1" “9 bulbs have finished blooming will
WHAT do you do about keen- body excepting the small, loy-
interesting as a book and club noti- be a useful reminder of your hunt
flcstions all together. And usually “'3' thoughtfulness.
this sort of woman is rather
snowed under by her mail. She has;
so many letters that she hardlyfi
knows where any of them are. Shs‘
can't and invitations after she has,
ansthrsd them to post herself out
She always.
fusion and messlness.
Then there is the woman who
goes too fin" to the other extreme
~—who never keeps her letters. She
forgets to copy down changes of
address before she destroys letters.
she throws away receipts and bills
in her passion tor clawing out her
desk: shs tom up invitations be-
fore she has answered them.
Then there is the class where
you ought to be in between.- The
woman in that category divides all
letters into three sorte——pei~sons.l.
business and social. The social cor.
respondenos includes invitations
and club notices and reminders of
that not". The business correspon-
dence includes all bills. sll corre-
spondence concerning investments
sud real business matters. The
, personal correspondence includes
your personal letters from friends
The business letter. should be
quite systematically filed. Bills nnd
receipts should be classified and
filed away in a folder or drawer.
Advertisements from people who
wish your money invested in their 1'
interests should be destroyed un-l
less you are interested in than. lnl
that case they should be filed any.
Any business correspondence that
needs an answer should be art-l
swmd quickly and important busi-
ness letters should be saved. with
copies of the answers sent to them.
If you are an odicsr in any a l
Isolation or institution you shouEl
he most systematic in keeping all‘
correspondence concerning it, anal
in it” ing copies at your answers;
in so at as you can.
When it opmes to personal let-
tm. there is a big difference in our|
attitude toward them. Some women
keep all their personal letters, and'
The florists
{hands of their recipients.
mill}
ri‘swoLcL
BY MARY MARSHALL '
Comrght. 1525. by The M'Clun Newpoper 6yndica£o '
its up. boxes of
Solv Y tit G'ft P bi 'th Fl'
MALL? nothins msiies nicer. I ' 7
90"" “W “'1" “1' Home m R Christmas gifts than flowersiilowers especially fer the holidays ‘
And nothing. ofu'rhese. which usually (‘Olltdin n
course. is easier to buy than those mixture of mass and cal-nations.
dolphiniums and psnsiss. anem-
F‘lowors are suitable for every-limes and bulb flt'iwef'S-“nlele
'liOXi‘S are sure to find favor at the
" be. ‘,
,f ”$3?” _."r;:\l\\
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~.~. till/.17,» p
”f . f . .
still ill.
Rt‘llll‘lllli‘"i‘ wlwn cooking the
if you are one of these, well and
good. The only, thing is to keep
them within bounds.
the best receptacle for them. Some~ .
times one finds it worth while to MONDAY
says the letters from one or two 9 Breakfast
exceptiorlslly clever or well-Med. Apple sauce
correspondents and to destroy: Cereal . Cream
other personal mail. Whatever youl Ff‘ed eggs Bacon
do, have some system about its? Toast a. Coffee
“Keep your letters chronologically. Luncheon
and neatly. Anti don't let. them. Scallolled can it salmon
overrun your desk.
. Graham b end
.Strawherry jam Bods crackers
The Top of the « - 0.3"“;7... ‘
Morning
lLarnb cronnettes
Creamed potatoes
Fried parsnips
0 you sup one you could poso‘I 0"“ slaw ‘
D sit-1y mangge to get up just , “"0 pudding
ten or fifteen minutes earlier ‘ -
every morning. and then keep going‘ TUESDAY 0
lust as usual in your pie-breakfast Breakfast
duties, so that you would have Just Stewed apricots
ion or fifteen minutes more in \rllicb' Hominy Cream
in out your breakfast? l‘ndoubtedlyt tBrolled salt mackerel
3 great many digestive difficulties: Muffins Coffee
z'I'i'iii! from ths‘hnhit of eating to‘ol Luncheon
rapidly. and of all meals breakfast'E“ salad
is the one most often eaten too,_ Toasted mufihs
quickly. if there are my Pewlei DI or
who dandle over breakfast theysreC
not numerous. No reason surelyl 01'9““ tomato 501111
why we should dawdle—but “lBeef steak Lyonnaise potatoes
really ought not to gulp our break-l Fri“ OI! Dial“
Honey
fnsts nor should we rush o. .Jiurryn Lemon 1!"?
in 'to nursilroad station ‘ comer; . .
trgriley immediately after eating. ‘ WEDNESDAI
Now if .perchsnco you do over- Brelkfast
sleep and have to hurry of! in the ‘ Oranges
morning it is far better simply to Fried hominy with syrup
takes cup of coffee and a few; ~'i‘oast Coffee
bites of toast than to try to estl Luncheon
any more. later in the morning “Creamed dried beef
piece of bread and butter. or some‘ Baked 130131008
nuts colon leisurely “ill keep ”ml Pineapple salad ‘
flnm feeling too hungry. r Cinnamon toast
Do you drink water when you first. ‘ Dinner _
traits up in the morning? Many Fruit cocktail
“"80“ any that ”my "e not thirsty lRlce an'd minced left-over best
at that time um! therefore do note with tomato sauce
nil-ink. Really that pro-breakfast‘ Spaghetti a“ grail
thirst-ls ‘ncre n matter of habit than ; Pumpkin ill“
anything. Once you ge’t‘ in the habit; _.__._‘ '
of drinking when you rst wake up .
it becomes as much a necessity to Tgmga‘
your comfort as brushing your teeth.‘ Baklewd apples-
An expert says that one reason why; Creamed «,th on toast.
1' i” "'0 important m drink a Kill”'Toiisied English mumns . Coffee
oi? \iutcr when you get up isbe-l lilac
cause it washes out the stoniach.‘
leaving it cleansed and refreshed! Creamed kidneys on toast
before it nae to" tackle the task or: Prune Jelly
digesting breakfast.
Spinach
Tea
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Pickled beets’
Chocolate wafers '
with a hinged cover thaflgluboi: Twenty-.One Meals a week Notes on the
Dinner
.Bakrd slicedhnm Mashed potatoes
Scalloped tomatoes
Asparagus salad
Apple brown botty
l
FRIDAY
Breakfast
i Apple satire
‘ (Jerssi Cream
‘ Creamed hard-boiled eggs
3 DAN! mufiins ("often
l . Luncheon
l Oyster soup
. ' Spanish rim-
ilingorbrosd Teri
Dinner
‘ Fruit cocktail
Plonked flflll Potato balls
nlilll-‘I‘Nl beets
Floating island
suction
Breakfast
‘ * Slowed prunes
'l Cereal Cream
lflsnssges Griddle cakes
; Coffee
Luncheon
Leftover fish salad with
_ _ mayonnaise
limit—over gingerbread with
whipped cream '
Tr‘u '
Dimler
Consomme
lLsmb chops
Creamed potatoes
Pear and cream cheese salad
Wafers
w.
. SUNDAY
' Brcflrfs'st
. Malagn grapes
Oatmeal
Scrambled t-gxs
:‘fwln mountain muflltls
3 Dinner
' Vegetable soup »
' Roast pork. Apple sauce
‘Sralloped potatoes .
l
Creamed onions
‘ Chocolate f’flkl‘
Supper
. Canned lobster salsti"
Rye bread sandwiches Fruit l’f‘cn’but' not burned.
WW
Brussels sprouts
. shape.
Canned pua‘esch slice of pineapple.
Cream ,
Coffer jand two tablespoons nf dry mus-
lllll'SSEl.S structure for Fri-
day's tlltlllor_ilint if they are
cooked ill n blu- ketile of water
without ll “war they will smell
less then if rot-cred. Moreover.
they will lw mm'v easily digested.
'l‘lic sumo tiling applies to can
huge and cauliflower.
Menus day's lunchoon is made of the left-
1 . . over rocked fish from the night
A ("00D “fly to "mm APPLElenm it should be freed from
5 TC‘ , ', t , ; _
lllAuli‘OuLgl‘ishf‘ll[Ydagl‘lllmll‘eqfixalgz§5kin and bone and picked to piece]:
them. Put them on tho «(“0me n Fm." fork. The!“ ‘
with mimic water, mvor and cook 8&de ‘m‘ ‘mlmdnxhgezgfip ““14?
rapidly until they are soft. 'i'ilens‘ “‘1 N ”3 a
.pui. them in n \‘egeinlllo press.
- lettuce leaves.
and push throuuliwnll the pulp. , , ., . .,
Sweeten to tasto. odd rinnaluou. PEAR "'\D lRE‘AM (“REESE
tSALAD, served Saturday for din-
lnr nutmeg, and CW" iner. is made of a half canned pear
.TUEGdtxvSIALAI:1 for luncheon konlm‘. each person. on a bed of white
’ "5 ia‘l a ma 9 3"“ ‘73" 1cm) [9‘ Iletture leaves. with a little ball of
ill: ;°.°l.:.l“.‘l. ll. ..
. ‘ ‘ 'lnut meats on each p sic. 'rcnr
‘é?§2°l‘;°i‘.‘i? lzil‘l‘ltl‘d“ 322.35: u my“: "it‘ll? rang?
‘ 7- , ‘use. ewaPl'Fllnlli on y
the yolks. mix with lilt‘lleil blmfllbrowned in the oven.
or cream. salt. rod pepper and at A good “.3... to make chocolate
little mustard, and return to thommng is to men two ounces of
l“’h“(’-"~ “Niel “'1 MW“ “’l‘lhlrhocolnte. odd to it. two table.
mayonnaise (reusing. (fut new i, find ”1., same
MUFFINS left from breakfast ingxxst 21“,?5‘. tsprm, and remove
jhaif and toast quite brown. Thon‘fmm the fire. Thou mid enough
butter thickly fllitl fiend to thei‘.0anc“0ner-'fi sugar in make a
table. {cream}: thick frosting. It will nOl.
. ’lgie F‘RIEIDIEOMINY on We'd-[hardem but will remain soft and
has ay 8 st lover from t El‘fudgy.
lbreakfast before. It should be
Eput in a long, square bread tin
while still hot, and cooled in this.
Then it should be turned.
out. sliced in half-inch slices. and? Sunshine crackers add much to
browned nicely in butter. libs festivity of the Christmas
t For ill" PINEAPPLE S‘LADt-e‘a“ They are Bold ,in all 'sol'ts
.fur luncheon. uso slit-ed Hawaiian" “WWW!“ “WWW"-
pineapple. Make a ball of cream till coull‘se. ffor lphr’ir'silmasltul'
.checse about the size of a trulnutimller ng ,5 0 7”" i I“ s
and place it over the cavity "Utllmnlt‘tl nitli hull}. minim, or
‘ gem onlittle Sonia Clauses. Sometimes
“ flitilo favors are tied on the out-
~uldt‘. of these. favors.
I
i
l
SNAPPING ORACKER8 FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
lleiiltcc. with a spoonful of mayon~
l .‘ ~ . ,. . _ o
:22l:;.pll:‘e.i small lcttuc lief on! For New heart; ”10 .lbrs of
l ' the favors is varied. One inter-
Titi. BAKED SLICEII HAM [oglcsiing New Year's set has a little
dinner on Thursday is prepared 1
.this way: Soak the slice 0.- hamlhorn tied to each snapper, and
for an hour in cold water. Thenlfinmh" set bugs little hour glass,
place it on a platter and rub it enlsymbolic 0' “3 ”“1“! 0' ”me,
tiled on each snapper.
both sides with a mixture madei
from it cup of granulated sugar:
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'i' EAN PATENT LEAT
.iard. Place the ham in a (285- 0 CL ‘ HER
serole with whatever of the sugar} Patent leather shoes need very
and mustard remains. and pourlcal‘eml Cleaning 10’ prevent- them
on it a half cup of but wnt°r andlfrom cracking. An Giles-live method
.a quarter cup of vinngar. Cover is to clean off tiny mud or dirt and
land rook until tender. «which will then rub in n little vnselino. Leave
‘13:) at least an, hour. Add lnore‘iiie vaseline on till you want to wear
:hot water if necessary. Wheul the shoes. then rub it of! and clean
.done the gravy should be i:rown,‘with a. proper crest-n sold for that
l'burpose.
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l3
Sauce for the
man are some ways of giving
.' the finishing touch to the
I Christmas pudding. First
‘and foremost. place it on ”an attrac-
iive serving plots and thrust a
‘eprig of green-leavod. red-berried
holly in the top. Then sortie with
lit ll sauce that is so good that it
|will ritid irl‘tlle deiicioustieu of the
pudding.
There are many sorts of sauce
lthat are approprists to the plum
‘puddlng. One is hard sauce.
To make this at its best use
, [sweet butter. and cream it with a]
. .spnon until it is soft and rcallyi
lcreamy. Never molt butter for
hard sauce. u the taste of i” but-
;ter is changed by melting. Let it
island in the kitchen until it is soft
lrnough to cream with a silver or
wooden spoon; but. by no means
intend it in the oven or on the red-
Xmas Pudding
which means, don't make it too
long beforehand.
A rich egg sauce is delicious on
plum pudding. but it. really ought.
to be added to it only when the
pudding is the mainstay of the
meal. However. we ssm plum
puddinl' in sensibly mall ieres
nowadays. and we dels ou our
swce likewise rather sparingly. At
least we ought to. This rich egg
sauce nilmfor egg whites beaten
very stiff and then added to egg
.yollts which have been beaten until
creamy. Mix together and add a
little vanilla. and sugar to taste
You can make a hot sauce of this
by adding the sugar to the creamy
egg yolksma. tablespoon. scant. or
anger for "fifth egg-«wand placing
the bowl mintsinlng this mixture
over the tea kettle. Don't have the
water in the kettle boiling. but Just
The FIR” SALAD for Satur-l
French or mayonnaise dressing on»
later. steaming. Ftlr until the Miner and
Then add the sugar slowly. rub» eggs are hot. then remove from the
him; it in thoroughly. Arid don'ithsst and add the whites.
odd too much sushi:- The Koodi A. good lemon nut-a is well liked
hard «sum is sort and creamy , by some peoplo with plum pudding.
“'lll‘ll it is finished. with o. buttoryl'ro make this notice mix :1 run of
rather that: n rugsry 'Joilslfilt‘nci'.lntmnr with two inblospoon'n of
{You tiny be able to get better ro— cornstarch and gradually pour on
sults with powdered sugar thanliwn cups of boiling water. Then
inith granulated. l'so Wbii‘llovtrlcmll for eight or ten minutes, un-
{you like brill, llui. ‘08 Bil"! i0 hm'ctfil it is smooth and thickened. Add
:3 creamy F"‘»""- .illc gl'tlit-rl rind of a lemon. a
If b‘imlm" "5 ”‘9 hlll‘ l""l"e Ollllhlflsl’mhll iltlil ll l'lzlll itf lemon
lbutter )‘Oll “lull (0 effect. an E'COfl-» juice lilw llilllfihl'ltlill", n" ‘Jltlilnl,
‘omy best an egg white stiff antl'mm unite hot "r mid.
then add this to the hard sauce. it: Vanilla sum-o, also good on plum
,incrosses its bulk decidedly. and pudding, is made by mixing half n
lmnkes n. creamy. I'm sauce llil'cup r-f augm- with too tablespoons;
troll. {of cornstarch, adding two CHM 0'
l Another xvii: to mill slightly l-'"wnter gradually. stiff-int! constant
'lllfl bulk and a good deal to the 1y until smooth and thickened. then
crsamlness is to add a teaspoon offremoving from the fire and addim:
'lvolllng wntrr oi the end. beating l one tablespoon of butter and a. ten:
it, in thoroughly. .spnnn n! vanilla.
Flavor the sauce. if you wish, by! . . . —~—
'flfldlil‘ a heavy sprinkling of pott- l
dered nutmeg on top. 10}" To Be
i
‘Ilon'i put hard sour-o on the ice.
_ Elm it stand in it rmllli of fit'orligot Spectacled!
ll‘nipt‘r‘lill‘t‘ “.l‘lll it in tit-cried
matism apparently becomes
rather fashionable. .lust why
it is: hard to tell. Surely in this
age when fashion has no patience
with figures that are not youthful
EVERY (lilt'e in a while astlg
lany clothes at all for women who
llook mature-usurcly under such
.clrcu'mstances it is rather odd that
spectacles should have become
:fashionnblc. nut. dealers in eye-
.glassos of various sorts tell us
that. beginning last summer. there
Tents a gradual increase in demand
‘for glasses among women. This
.fsd is especially strong intend
gabout Paris. *
"milked along the Rue tie Rivoli or
some such fashionable thorough-
'fare of Ports wearing large circle
leanings that matched the rims of
{the horn glasses she was wearing.
$80 as you looked at her you saw
lfour born circles. two over the
leyes and due below each car.
i «A certain optician in Paris re-
lcently said that at the present
ltims he sold about a hundred
. {pairs of spectacle-s a day to fash-
ionable women. but lost any
.might draw the conclusion that
there was an epidemic of eye
troubles he added that they were
,made with plain glasses. The imr
'portant thing is not to have the
lienses fitted to the eyes, but to
- have the rims matched to the
l _-‘ z: ,:: ~1‘:‘-_:r:_::::_~:::: ti lor of the frock with which they
4 F hi 0 in ‘Item. thny woollen guy a
a (i088 tours or oft ese epoctsc as. race.
' as on Ip ibiue. mauve and beige are the
. Th” fashion M the N3“ ‘~‘°"".moet usual tones. after the con
which 1' ““(‘h an important factor rentional tortoiseshell tone.
‘ot the autumn mode is looked '
:upon by some authorities as an-
O
laid in the attainment of the youth- . Your Nose In
lfui appearance. For udvu‘flng COld Weather
gage often loaves its marks nor
of u woman’s neck. The over-11F. you have a "use um turns Nd
i
lwhere so strong as on the lines
lean middle—aged woman who in mm weatherb—well, you h”.
wants to look as young as llfll': it. and there 1. not so much you
daughter rather welcomes this can do “out it.
new style. l Mastering it with white powder
usually makes matters worse. for an
You may have noticed yourself
how it sometimes happens Q a
gathering of well-dressed women.
over—powdered nose has a habit of
looking purplish when the weather
is very cold.
most-of whom are wearing new
frocks that some one color will . 1-. .
’ . to or mostl of a
be distinctly pro-eminent. This gg:,::,"ng‘;m_ fiml’m ML... 3,,
interesting phenomenon has been M good condition a. possible. Don't.
{messed ""1“ and 3’5““ at “Sh' wear tight clothes—even tight shoe.-
0'“ .9 ”‘0"8'1‘ ‘ 9 Casino "1 or tight collars may make the nose
llcallvllle. at. certain hotels mired Exercise indoors a gswmm,
) . ‘ ‘ -
lalm Beafh. ‘3‘" We’ll-knonn r815'lmonts every morning before starting
Milan's n ‘ 9" ork. at thelm", and thus get Your circulation
opera and at theatrical opening started
nights when a notable audience is '
. m . or t ea ent.
present. It seems sometimes as thfi‘rzgr fifiefiiuflglmi “t3“ 3::
4” 8""5' “m“ ’9" ““9"“ ‘° has a vahlsnini; cream that thor-
3:11;. "gs?“ 03b rose ”1°" h" oughiy agrees with your skin. and
. ' e “"6" My t “t then appiy a light coating of this
‘these color prodileetloss (come awn, mom“ um “uh," “I,
,"out of the air." On certain days m; with mi not “m “m.
lnomen feel inclined to Wear cer- cm" the warm-water “um“. at
”3‘“ °""'"' 1' L“ “H" ““9”“ night oval-inc vanishing cream t
.ing and sometimes amusing. Not on a light coating of powder pa
‘long not: :it -: truths-ring of well— .
dressed women lilm'lfll orery Millwright: 10:2“: $111102?” l” that
jsezn’d to burn chosen to wear;
ire «or at least the reddest thing“ ‘
[she had in her wardrobe. There. Till LEOPARD-LEAR?
were cherry dresses. and petllnia‘ Why it was that it ever occurred
[dresses and dresses of brilliantgtc muons to treat the pelt of a
lcrimson~snd apparently the onlylgnzolis in such a way that it would
lwomen who didn't wear somelresembie heard is hard to say. 01'
lshade of red were those who really 5 course it is not no real initiation,
édidn't bare any. l'rhere is not the slightest scort to
l —- , intuitn you think that it really is
; .\i first night you may havg’lizard—you are supposed to know it
uihought it was leather—but it is in is leopard with a. sort of lizard fin-
;renlity just antelope bur, which is lab. The remarkable thing about it
{one of the smartest or the season's is that this curious but nptile-hali‘
peitrles. For several years th skinlanimal effect is very smart and hat
was offered to an unapprec stinglhssn adopted by many pf the heel
public, but this winter it has beenldm’fl‘mkerl. Not only is it oonsld
trrceived with open arms. it ex-‘ered appropriate for sport wear but
iactly fills the bill for sport and it is worn on formal afternoon frocks
{motor coats. and it is often used for as well.
.trlmmlng on ploth or fur coats. It Another odd trick of the season in
’iiu the flatness and thinness of. that of stencilling various furs so a}
[leather or kid mm the softness of to give them viola or checker! de-
l fur. signs.
However, there are some things
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and when there do not seem to be,
t A few weeks ago a woman.
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