* ’l // 7 Nise 1S Ammatose. ? YAN ~ WW, THa's Too +s NOSE. STARTED Yo C. M. Payne WNU By -HE'S JUST Sr ——— J. Millar Watt DON'T LOOK or, ON T~ 5 Old 'Un—In the matter of mar- riage you should look before you lea . ADE Bach-—-My motto is: Don't look and you won't leap. informed woman? Mrs. Walters—Yes, families in the neighborhood. Li one of the children of the ne bor- mily hood by showing her some Hhiotogr apis. Handing her one she sald: “1 is Grandpa Wilson, my “Do you think if I diet it would complexion?” Trust Parents @® MISTAKES WILL HAP- pen and children often re- gret them as much as their parents. Confidence comes much easier if child is sure he will receive fair treatment for self-admitted mistakes. By MARION BROWNFIELD B ETTY, aged 11, was in the kitch- en washing the dinner dishes while her father and some relatives were visiting in the breakfast room adjoining. Betty often ‘did’ the dishes alone. She now proceeded methodically to stack them as she had been taught to do. Then she prepared the soapy dishwater and placed a pan to rinse the dishes in. the time, however, ear was straving toward the pleasant conversation nearby. Moth- er was across the hall putting the last stitches on a dress Betty was to wear on the morrow, and the lit- tle girl was dawdling in order to enjoy the chat Daddy was having with the “company.” Suddenly, Betty breathed a pro- longed, ""Oh--!"' Daddy's head appeared in the kitchen doorway. “Break some- thing?'’ he inquired. “The hot water did!" explained Betty replacing a tea kettle of hot water on the stove. The guests in the breakfast room | smiled at the explanation. But Bet. |ty bravely held up a cracked tum- bler. “Too bad,” thetically. “I'd better go and tell Mother.” Betty marched gravely out of the kitchen. | “I'd give anything if my boy, | George, would own up when some- | thing like that happens,” remarked Cousin Harriet. “I scold him and scold him, but it doesn't seem to make any impression.” “H'm,"” sald her husband, makes him afraid to confess.” Betty, back in the kitchen, ap- proached the breakfast room door, holding the cracked tumbler. She smiled at her father. “Mother says I must be sure to have the rinsing water cool enough to put my finger in. But she says not to worry about this particular glass, because it was a cheap one.” Betty resumed her dishwashing humming softly to her- self. | “Well, it's a sort of habit, I think,” { her father said in an undertone to his relatis "this *fessing but Betty's mother never makes it hard for a child to tell her any ng. She says confidence is the one thin wants from the that they the regretful over a mi dent as we are. We ly talk it over and sometimes, not too often, use it as a basis for a future re- minder to id repetition. Honesty Is Natural for Ted. “When we gave Ted his new bi cycle I told him to be careful where he parked it—not to leave it long in unfamiliar surroundings. He was pretty careful the first month. Then he forgot one day and left his wheel in a vacant lot down near the rail- road tracks, while he pitched an impromptu ball game.” “And it was stolen?” Cousin Harriet. “No; when he went for it, appar- ently it was all right. Then he dis- covered about half a dozen of the parts were gone!’ “Well,” said Cousin Harriet's hus- band, “I expect he didn’t relish tell. ing you!” “No,” said Ted's father with a laugh, “he didn't. He commenced, though, by saying, “You were right, Dad, about my bike." *’ “It's expensive,” complained Cousin Harriet, ‘““the things these youngsters do; I would whip George {if he disobeyed me like that!” | Ted's father shook his |. That s out of date, Harriet. second All one said Daddy sympa- “it ur ’ up, find selves are as ike or an acci- inquired head. then told me just what had happened ! missing parts. the said, ‘so I asked Mrs. Clark, down the street, if I could mow her | lawn, and she said she would like to | have her car cleaned. It'll be every two weeks, Dadi’ "’ like that, will make a man of him!" approved Cousin Harriet's husband. “We must go.” Cousin Harriet arose. soon returned. “Mother wants you to see my new dress!’ she said. Cousin Harriet looked around the kitchen. It was unmistakably in or- der. “Your wife must take a lot of time and trouble training the chil- dren.” She sighed. Betty's father hesitated. How much dared he say? ‘Well, an ‘ounce of prevention—'" he ven tured. ‘“‘But after all, children are people—they are seldom intentional miscreants—that is if you treat them as if you expected them to be re- granted, you know." National : i arten Association The exact position the actor is to take must be chalked out on the floor, in television programs. My Favorite Recipes Lucky, indeed, is the homemaker who has among her treasured reci- pes Aunt Martha's “receipt’’ for soft molasses cookies, Mother's rule for old-fashioned apple pan dowdy, or grandmother's instructions for mak- ing home-baked beans. of many a ter ing meal, Each one of us has our own prized collection of just such recipes—some boil, add corn syn cock over low fi: minutes, Cool slightly, add nd salt, Gingerbread Waffles, (Serves 6) cup molasses 5 cup butter teaspoon sod: 3 BD Meh Se Reda bea ily “heirlooms” and contributions from friends and neighbors who are excellent cooks. erties with a recipe or with direc- proven recipe and the measurements it calls for. 1 in the amounts the recipe specifies; it means sifting flour once measuring; combining ingredients perature recommended: Oven Fried Chicken, (Serves 4) 12 to 3 pound chicken frying) 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 eggs 1% cup water 1 cup fine cracker crumbs Fat for frying 1 onion (chopped fine) 1 cup cream Dip pieces of chicken in flour to which salt and pepper has been add- ed; then dip in beaten egg which water has been added and finally roli in cracker crumbs. Brown in hot fat {1 inch in depth). Place in baking pan, sprinkle with onion, and top with cream. Cover and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees), until tender, approximately 1% hours. Surprise Muffins, (Makes 2 dozen small muffins) 1 egg (well beaten) 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter (melted) 2 cups cake flour 3 tablespoons sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1% teaspoon sait 4 tablespoons cherry preserves Beat egg and add milk and melted butter. Mix and sift the flour, sug- ar, baking pow- der and salt. Pour liquid ingre- dients into the dry ingredients. Pour into well- greased muffin tins and place % teaspoon of pre- | serves on top of each muffin, The | preserves should be partially cov- ered with muffin batter. Bake in a i hot oven (400 degrees) for approxi- | mately 12 minutes, Vanilla Ice Cream. (Automatic Refrigerator Method) 25 cup sweetened condensed milk % cup water 1% teaspoons vanilla 1 cup whipping cream ! Blend sweetened condensed milk, | water, and vanilla thoroughly. Chill. | Whip cream to custard-like consist. | ency and fold into chilled mixture. | Pour into’ freezing pan. Place in | freezing unit. After mixture is about | half frozen remove from refrigera- | tor. Scrape mixture from sides and | bottom of pan. Beat until smooth | but not until melted. Smooth out i and replace in freezing unit until | frozen for serving. Serves 6, | A Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream. | 2 squares unsweetened chocolate | 2 tablespoons butter 3% cup boiling water |B tablespoons white corn syrup 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt Melt chocolate and butter and add hot water gradually. Bring to a the hae nas flour Ie been with the ginger and salt. Mix 3ake in hot waffle iron. Serve with whipped cream and a dash of utmeg. Honey Spice Cake. 3%: cup she 15 cup granulated sugar 8% cup strained honey 2 eggs 3 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon soda 32 teaspoon sait 1% teaspoons cinnamon 14 teaspoon cloves 13 teaspoon nutmeg 1% cup nut meats (broken) 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon Cream sho | beat thorou . | arate eggs, beat mixture. Mix and sift all dry in- gredients. Add % cup of dry ine gredients to i add to cake mixture. Add remaining dry ingre- dients alternately with buttermilk and vanilla, beating between each addition. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into mixture. Place in well- greased loaf pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 45-50 minutes, Clam Chowder. 1% cup carrot (chopped) 2 tablespoons onions (chopped) 1% cups potato (chopped) 3% cup celery (chopped fine) 1 pint clams 2 cups water and clam liquor Salt and pepper to taste 1 pint milk 3 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons butter 1% tablespoons parsley 4 teaspoon paprika Chop the vegetables in small pieces and place in large kettle. Chop the clams and add together with the clam liquor, water, salt, and pepper. Cover and cook about 1 hour, or until vegetables are ten- der. Scald milk. Make a smooth paste of the flour and water, Add half of this flour paste to the clam mixture and half to the scalded milk. Cook each, stirring constant ly, until the mixtures thicken. Com- bine and add butter, parsiey, and paprika. Serve very hot. Whipped Cream Fluff, (Serves 5) 1 cup rice (cooked) 1% cup shredded pineapple 14 cup canned red cherries 1 dozen marshmallows (cut in pieces) 1% cup sugar 1% cup whipping cream Chill rice thoroughly. Then add fruit and marshmallows, and sprin- kle lightly with sugar. Just before serving, fold in whipped cream. Serve in sherbet glasses. Add sugar and Add honey. Sep~ Send for ‘Better Baking.’ Feathery cakes, tender, delicious pastry, and biscuits that melt in your mouth-—Eleanor Howe gives you tested recipes for all of these in her cookbook, “*Better Baking." To get your copy now, send 10 cents in coin to ‘Better Baking,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
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