7-J-r-i-9 t r jKfr H jv x u EVENING- PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THUESDAY, JULY 24, 191ft ( SOitf OLD-FASHIONED DESSERTS FLORENCE ROSE FASHIONS STRICT, UNSCRUPULOUS FATHER ttH 8 ps- fe r :' i 4 j Ik. - Ra OLD-TIME DESSERTS , GIVEN BY MRS. WILSON Hy MRS. M. (Cvrv'lohl. ISIS, by All Rlahti Some Timely Recipes for Cottage Pudding,, Layer Cake. Gingerbread and Cookies to Have While Ice Is Scarce. Cookies and Chocolate Wafers Arc Good. Too "KTOW that there soems to be a teal , pan in moderate oven foity min- ' ghnrtsiro nf ien the WISP lOIISP- U..W. t,. . . ...- - wifo will turn to anl make dessoits of long ago. Among these delicacies are cottage pudding, cocoanut layer cake, gingerbread, chocolate and plain blanc mange and the gelatin1 which may contain fruits. Cottage pudding and ginge-biead may both be served waim with a plain vanilla or lemon sauce or w ith stewed and crushed fruits" oi with ' -custard sauce or fruit whip. This will supply variety enough to -nit almost every one, while plain cake with fruits or nuts in it delights even those who are the most finicky. Cottage Pudding Place in a mixing bowl One rti) ot tngo . One egg. , Six tablespoons of Jtnrtrning, Two and one-half flip of tlnur, Ffe teaspoons of hnknxj powder, One cup of water. Beat haul to thoroughly mix and then bake one-half of thi mixtuio ir. well-greased custard cups for cottage pudding. To the balance of the mixture mid a choice of any of the following One-halt nip of eocoanul or One-half cup ot finely chopped nut., One-half nip oi finely chopped raisins. One-halt 'iii of rminiil. candied Orange ;'el or lemon peel. One-half tup of finely chopped tig, faffs or ei apontted apricot. ' Pour into well-gi eased and flour loaf shaped pan and bake in mod erate oven for thiity minutes. Cool and ice with water icing. ' Cocoanut Layer Cake This delicious old standb "ill make an attiacme change to ury the diet. Place in a mixing bowl One and oif-halt cup of sugar. Yolks of three tggs. Cicam until light lemon color and then add nine tablespoons ()f shoi tell ing and cieam again. Then add Four cupx ot sifted flour. Five teaspoons ot linking ponder. One citp of uater. Beat to thoioughly mix and then cut and fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Bake in two well-gieaed and floured square layer cake pans in a moderate oven for twenty min utes. Now place two tablespoons of butter in a bowl and wash free from salt. Xow add one-half cup of sugar and work to a cieam. Spiead between the layers of the cake and then put the cake togethei. Now place one-half cup of sugar in a mixing bowl and add one table spoon of cornstarch. Sift to mix and then add sufficient boiling watei o spread. Spiead on the cake, then sprinkle thickly with cocoanut. This is a large cake and is quite rich. If it is cut in half and one part wrapped in wax papei and placed in a box it will 1-eep for four or five days, that is, if it is placed under lock and key wheie theie are young folk about. Gingerbread Many vatietie- may be made from just the pla'n gingeibread mix ture by adding one cup of laisins, dates or figs or apricots, chopped fine for fiuit gingerbread or one cup of cocoanut for cocoanut gin gerbread, or one cup of finely chop ped nuts. So that the housewife may prepaie a batch and bake one portion plain, add fruit to the sec ond part and bake it in muffin tins and then add rocoanut to the third part and bake it in a loaf-shaped pan. Cool and then wrap the two cakes in wax paper. Those contain ing fruit and nuts will stay moist much longer than the plain gingei bread. Place in a mixing bowl One cup of mola.'.ies. Three-quarter cup of sugar. Ten tahkspoons of shortening. Three and one-half cups of flour, i, One level tablespoon a) baking powder, ' , One cup of cold water. One teaspoon of baking soda, dix tplved in the water, One egg, One teaspoon of ginger, 1 Two teaspoons of cinnamon, t One-half teaspoon of clovee , Beat to thoroughly mix and then divide and add the fruit to one part, the cocoanut or chopped nuts to the second part and then bake the other part plain. Pour into Well-greased and flouied loaf-shaped pans and bake in slow oven for forty minutes. Moravian Spice Cake One and one-half cup of brown tugar, Nine tablespoons of shortening, One egg, One cap of sour milk, One teaspoon of baking soda dis- tolved in the milk, , Two teaspoons of cinnamon, One, teaspoon of ginger, One-half teaspoon of allspice, One-half teaspoon of cloves, Five tablespoons of cocoa, Three and one-half cups of sifted flour, One level tablespoon of baking powder, z, V ,. , r ji '"Ajfu?-' PaekaOe f needless rat - '4 W&9' ' t innnjiLi nm nr rnonja iir , ?JMt jto mix and tftcn bake in HP arMjjfl and flour loai-snaped' . WILSON Vrt. V. 4 Hcrrvril i 11 l.on. UIPS. ICP Wit 1 OIIOPO nie OinL' nnir. - .- as follows: I One cup of .Y.Y.Y.Y sugar. Six tablespoons of cocoa. One tablespoon of cornstarch. Sift to mix and then add just sufficient boiling water to make n mixture that will spread. , Good cookies are always welcome and when two or three varieties are made fiom the one mix the family never tires of them while the young folk seldom desett the pantry when the cookie jar is full Stock Cookie Recipe Tun cup nf brown sugar, T'i n-thirdn cup of shortening. One-half cup nf mnltinse. thie eqq. Heat to mi and then dissolve two teaspoons nf baking .soda in one-half cup of sour milk. Add to the mixture and beat well to thoi oughly mix. dd sufficient flour to make a dough, usually about nine cups of flour and one level table spoon of baking powder. Work until the mix is well blended and can easily be handled and then place in n bowl and .set in the icebox foi twenty-four hours to thoroughly ripen Chocolate Wafers Now to make a variety take one quarter of the dough and woik into it the following mixtuie. Place in a bow 1 One-halt cup of cocoa, Tuo 'ioitpoon or ctnuii man. One-halt 'catpoon of ginger. One-hall teatpoon of al'spici. .ift spices and cocoa to mix and woik into the dough thoroughly, then roll out thin anil use a pastry knife to cut, cutting into oblong .shape ciackeis or out with a cookie or doughnut i utter. Bake on a pre pared pan foi ten minutes in a moderate oven. To the second pait add one and one-half) cups of rai-ins. Mix and then foi m into balls the size of a walnut, then flatten between the hands into cookies. Bake the same as the chocolate wafeis. Add cocoanut to the thiid pait and one pound of peanuts, chopped tine, to the fourth pait. Form in the same manner as for raisin cookies and bake as direetrd. When a large batch of cookies is to lie baked the housewife will find that if she rubs hei hands with shoitening and then forms the dough into balls the size of a wal nut and then flattenr them between the hands u will ae time in piepanng the cookies for the oen. Do not place the cookies in the jar until they are cool. If you wisli to keep part of them for a week or longer line a kettle that ha- a close-fitting lid with wax paper and then fill with cookies. A large coffee can can be used for t li i put pose. Covei closely and wrap in wax paper, then in plain paper and tie with a stung. The cookies will keep until open, if per fectly dry and cool when packed. To make soft cookies wring clean towel from hot watei. Spread over cookies for thiee minutes. Mrs. Wilson Answers Queries My dear Mrs. Wilson Will you kindly tell me whether hotels and resturants use gelatin in making jellied soups? Please give me .-ome recipes for making them, especially tomato? Thanking you foi this information, I remain, MRS. M. A. F Each chef has his ow-n particular recipe for making these soups. Chicken Jelly Soup Scald the feet of the chicken and remove the outer skin, and then place in the stock pot together with the neck, back of carcass, and then the giblets. Also yifo pints of water, One onion, One-half carrot, One clove, ' One-quarter teaspoon of thyme, One faggot of soup herbs. Bring to a boil and cook very slowly for two hours, and then strain and cool. Set in the icebox over night and then remove the fat. Now heat, adding One and one-half teaspoons of salt, i One teaspoon of white pepper, . One tablespoon of gelatin, soaked in , Three tablespoons of cold water. Let the mixture come to a boil and cook two minutes, and then turn into a jelly bag and let drip into a j bowl. Pour into cups and set aside , to mold. Tomato One pint of stewed tomatoes, One onion, One-quarter teaspoon of allspice, One-quarter teaspoon of cloves. Cook until the onion is soft and then rub through a fine sieve and add one and one-half tablespoons of gel atin that has been soaked in four tablespoons of cold water. Finish i jr i- i j ai -!-, . .. m airectea lor tne cnicKen jeuy , soup. it wjh hardly pay you unless I you have & very large family to use th i style of soup by preparing the i 1 jellied stock. f) Please Tell Me What to Do Hy CTNTIIIA A New Club Member Dear Cynthia -I want to ask the bms nli.r tltcy prefer pirls older thnn themselves and call Kills of sixteen nnd ecutecn kids" when they are only eighteen or nineteen themselves Itojs, please tell n hv it is? And. C.witbin clear, mav 1 become a 1...- -t . .- IIM-llllll-l (JI lJt C. II. CluliV svi:i:t sixrnnx. We'll l't the hn answer for them ees. .... ... . (,, .... v-, T-,-ni .-smi.en. ot course you j nui. .toiii tlie Keepinc I 'p-1 lope ('lull. .Walt a Year or So ' nr ' ,n,llln --Mot "' w nKb. ,I,P" nlllv tbiitern .rents of hk. 1 ,0 'ante m-qiinintnl with n family through n lamnli. 'I'lieie me mo iters In the fnniilv. to whom I am almost hmthei now Thev ate doth a few vcai olfler than 1 am. The youtiKer nne has been keepini; steady ..(iinpnuv with the classmate, while I have been taking fhe elder of the two out for quite a while. ) Km I -lealK .n not know whhh one' I line I ..,.,.! , nvp on(, nnT w,j( she is Ronr. , f1P ,,. rPmnin, in j Hi" room. Hut I haw no ehame with I the one I think I i.alh !me. She1 i I tiVinmiserom. IV.hnps jou and nur! ien,er ('within .oul.l toll me if ' fellow ,nn love , , ,, nmPi nr no-- ii- love neither' How , I lc. the t nn situation'' If ait a few veais arid the,, ,o,.j,p , nfl:li,, thee I l ,eei,,. ,, v. ill he Inoi ,n , .'" I implo,,. inn ,. ,,. i, Ml ,1a( j I may not he In )-t-,'i'i'i I Vol are unit flghteoi, are rm t rm voung friend '- Suppose ,ni'i wait ' lll while long,., ,, , , )mp oil m-i HI ines,. .;i, ,10w nm vou are ' ven iikeiv to i-h.ingp V,)IM ideas nnd , mrais m jou ,.a, null t lies,. s,rK nll, it., . , it.. .., ... He good friends with others you ,. iiiii jii ritrii.iMi.. .... ... not at righteoi dow 'I , Mill -l' me pe, so,. A Foreigner's Ideas Ii..,, I'withia I nm ,,,. ,.,,... of let I 1 oolniiiii nnd having s,.,. ,-,., I want lo i-ivo ,, ..,..:... . regaid to "SuHiilPpn." nh ,) i1P was m the same ho.it as r,r i,,e , ICei, loll Want to Limn i, nn , son w hv ilu girls'' Thai but I want that hahil I H'll Mill, lit I ,'il - I oo s insist mi l.iwinir , rtl. i is initv a itaiiii thev have, to know wlieie thpy got mill vou toll me? Seventeen, when vou were htti'Pii and wer the s.inic nj;i. In going vviih a hov of n-ked vou manv times until jou i otiseiited ,'iimI kissed him. From that night he changed If this hov becomes friend- willi some other gill he will do the same until he coaves that one N'ovv vou sir vou luivo aunt her hov who asks vou to kiss him hut von I piomiseil vou would not kiss until jou1 find the right voting man. It is h'ttil to find a right man and hard for a voung1 fellow to ti tid a right girl. The girls of this coiintiy. it seems to nte. tue all! mixed up I am heie onl.v four .veins' and I cannot gel the tight swtem. I inn glad I am independent with everv I boilv When I go to :t ddiue I meet evetv t v pe or gill, out verv revv -tut (im.y Fin r m:ars IIFRF. Another Rouge Defender li. .ii 'within I have read and be i nine intcii-rcd m votir writing- mi niiihii.il heatitv. An ex-mnritip has Hinted th.it a little totlge does not mar oi t iiiii a girl's leputntlnn. 1 agiee with htm that a gill with a nice dis position and a certain persoualitv about her is fai better than a girl with mm h heatitv and ihaim of manner, often underneath this manner thric is a wav ward and cold disposition. When a girl does use rouge, it i only because she is too pale to go without ii I' raielj. almost npvei use it, ns mi! cheeks nre usually red and healthj looking Most of my girl friends, use little or much of it, but they are tine, gootl girls, such as you do not meet every dav Therefore I say. girls aie not to be judged by their use of rouge, but onlv ns you come to know them ' F. i: S , I WjrtummrvfrS- (Qlrl GOWNS -jl S0mJ suits m MBKk WRAPS l II Final 1 El Sales I ot the I i Season 1 1 1 Important and Ji 1 1 very extraordi- M ' I j naru reductions (H ' i in all the re- y U niaining models B :j of the Worthing- B ;) ton collection. m it PRICES 1 1 ril as low as IB 'I $1 1 Tiro PARTY FROCKS '' Villi A- eUel ami '',;,( and l.ihrla ,uid elet rihhnii ale emplojed to nuke these il.iintj ill esses for "cij best" v a, p.sli(lll Ta, bj n0IPIU.c Huse fT IS east im all of us to remember dajs. when our mothers took us to the shops to he titled out In those dujs there was lullf or no attention 2ien to the littiiiL' in of the little folks and kul noon h I he neonle tl.oi ,n, l, in the shops as a eoiiMiIe, able mils alloc. If tlnisr ilas weie a ImnNhip for the little ones, the wixc doublj 'so for the mother However, with the piogn'ssion in sl.opkeeping the younger gfneration th-in gets its share of the iinpiow inents and it i a peculiar child indeed who does not look forwnrd to the trip lo the shop for new duds, While the shops are doing this the ,i.im1i. ilu-, mill.,, tlip lomlr In.unnr fnt ".'"- . .--..- fliililrpti nni kinioiiir tin their inirf hi .tinning out gniments for the little' ones whiili eeitiunlv nie a joy. Two i of the newest dresses arc shmvn todaj and pjiIi. as jou src. is entirelj dif feieut in us tjpe Thcsp nie what 1 might be tailed dress up frocks. At the left is a model made on the 1 lines of the ihemise fio.k. so popular' itist now with the older generation. This dress has a blouse of black x civet 1 embroidered aioitud the net k. The lower part of the blouse and the cuffs, aie in white to mutch the plaited sknt. ' whiih is of white serge. At the right i a short waisted frock of taffeta A velvet ribbon is run tin 'nigh the slits at the lower part of the bodice and forms the sash which ties at the hack The neckline, the lower part of the waist nnd the i ufTs j are finished with embioiderj ' oi'i loht " by llorr.tr RofJ Miss Rose Will Help You with jour summer ilothes Per haps jou are vvondci iug iu-t what i olor in vogue now will he mo-t suit able for 5011. Or perhaps it is the present-day stvles thai perplex jou Miss Rose will be glad to givp you thp bPiiefit of her ndwee. Addiess Miss Rose, woman's page. nvf,xijro Prmir l.i-.noFR. Send a self ad dressed stamped envelope for per sonal reply, as none of the answers will be printed. 1 I 1 7r- THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE To Freshen Black Silk Waist In tie Kditor ot tlw lt'omnti' t'aoc: j Dear .Madam Will jou please tell j me tlironsli jour columns how to fresh en up a black silk waist? MRS. ..T. II. Water in nhlih potatoes lime been hoiled is said to he verj satisfactory for freshening up silk. Spread the waist on the ironing board and sponge it with the potato water, letliiig it 'dry befoie jou iion It. Washing it in Kiisollne will nlo make it clean and j fresh. Pour a small amount 6f ?nso I line in a basin and rub the waist In it i for a few minutes. Then pour off the gasoline and rinse the waist in clenr l gasoline nml hang it out in Kie air to ilrj and throw off the odor. lie sure to dq this very carefulh nnd nwa.x from am light or heat, as gasoline is in i flammable Press the waist after it is entiielj dry. i Wants Swimming Lessons , 7e Iht V.tlttor nf Ihr lronimi's Pnac: Dear .Madam Would jou please publish in jour columns a plnie which is suitable for two joi ng girls to take swimming lessons? I mean some place other than the Y W ('. A. or rce lention centers. I would like to know of oiip in West Philadelphia, if pos sible. M. J. There does not seem to he ntij place in town where girls inn go swimming .or take lessons, except the ones you mention, thn. Y. W. ('. A. nnd iccre- . ation centers. Peihaps some of the leaders know of sm h a place, nnd will let you know where it is. If so, I will I let jou know about it. Anxious About Brother to Ihr tlHIOl ot tlir U'oi, ait's Paul' Dear Madam Will jou kindly tell , line to whom I could write in Washing- , ton to find out about my brother in I'minc? He went over in June of 1!)IS., and we heiinl from him at regular in tervals until the aimi-tico was signed ' 'He was then tinnsfei red and I heard from him the last time in ".March. Siucp i then neither his wife nor any of the ' 'lest of our familv has heard from i him, although we have written ns be- ! I lon' nl"1 home ; i his division has since come we can hear nothing onn- cei ning him. nnd we are getting very anxious If vou can lell me just whom to write to inquire I shall MRS. be very I grnteful .1. M. V rw ,p8 rr I 1210 WALNUT STX V F LiwyJ )K An unusual Sterling L ' I i''i(i!i 1 rePresen'a''n f ex I ''- ' I VwiiLJ ' tremely smart warm 11 ,',;,.' 3 ,iii weather styles. !'?','' ' f ! i " Imported Dimities.. 1 fTf f ' ill' White mill I. iglit Shades j O til II ' ff'dfeJsL't ' Imported Voiles.... nn Tfi IlIm !, SfiHTlK fJ All the Pastel Shades &j0J v-v- SvtftUHsii--d (7"''m -sm' ?t nn w-- y l'lK-a N"n" Kh" '""' wl,lle OO JJ " 1 reM , u Crepe dp Chine Q ? (( : V II "' l,nrht anil Dark I'olorsO tf 11 II It Pays to Buy Genuine Hudson While the scarcity of quality muskrats has advanced the wholesale price of pelts 100, this House of Fur Fashions cannot consistently afford to offer its discriminating clientele any substitute or inferior fur that looks like the Genuine Hudson Seal. The House of Wenger carries neither Near Seal (which is Coney) and Sealine (which is Dyed Rabbit) nor any other fur of inferior quality. The Hudson Seal of this establish ment is the excellent soft, thin pelt, with the heavy glossy fur, a genuine product from which there is no compromise. We are using Hudson Seal, of early spring muskrats, from the States of Michigan and Wisconsin. There is none better obtainable. House of Wenger 1229 Walnut St. If you write to the Casualty Sec tion, War Department, First and 11 streets, Washington, you can find out nbotit j our brother. Be sure to give bis full name, company, regiment nnd division, and all the details of his serv ice. I hope you will hear some good news soon. You know some of the meh in divisions that linvc come home were transferred to the army of oc cupation nnd others vwere sent to Rus sia, so it may be that either of those! things has happened In him. The Question Corner Today' Inquiries 1. AYlin was the original Mary who bad the little Iamb? 2. WIipii tlip metal tips of shoe strings have pulled off. how' can the strings be mnde stiff at the pnds so tlmt they will go through tlip hole quieklv? 1. Desftihe n dainty table mat on which to set a hot tea pot. I What will inise the imp on blankets that have been washed and make them soft? ". In what way can the double over skirt of a dress he trimmed to give a piquant touch? fi. How enn n practical flower holder he made at home? Yesterday's Answers 1 The original Mother (,oose was Mrs. Isaac (loose, who sang the pongs to her grandchildren in the seventeenth century. The poems were published by her son in law, Thomas Fleet, of Boston. 2 When two stamps stick together in hot weather, put a piece of paper over them ami press with n lint iron to get them apart. !!. 'I'o remove paint stains from material place a piece of blotting paper on the light side of the stain and rub the other side gentlv with a cloth wet with i hloioform. 4. When there is no hot water and it is too w at in to light the gas oven, heat the platter for dinner bv placing it over an open boiler in whidi vegetables are cooking. "i A good remedy for roaches is plaster of Paris and sugar placed in their usual haunts. R. An inexpensive way of making a prctt.v collar and cuff set for the coloied organdie dress is by buy ing an inevpensive set and edging it with narrow bands of the organdie. f FOUR SPECIALS IN DAINTY SUMMER SHIRT WAIST DRESSES "' t I ' the Seal THE MAN WHO IS STRICT - WITH HIS OWN CHILDREN Is Frequently Anything but Strict With Himself Something Overheard at the Movies rpiIKY were in the movies nnd this wai. the conversation: llc-l tell you no child of mine Is Koing to net like that. What do you "..1.-Y uuiiui nint.- Mixteen and out to a nance until nfter midnight. She What did your wife sny? ' tr. rvt. i.- .., her t ,, ,u ' '"" " ' pui- nun kuiiib " llliovv j.- - ,,mou l. i oi going io itiKe ncr in hand nfter this. I'll tench her to stay out until after midnight. She XOW don't hp mean In Iho nnnr little thing. And the reel reeled on I l IXTIO was .she and who was he and! , ' why vvns be at the movies with her when there seemed to all ntents and pnnil vvtfp purposes to be n perfcctlv good and daughter nt hnmpv r ;..t.i. . ..-..1.1 repoit that the next section of conver- Nation that came floating from the next sent unraveled the whole mystery. In- , tlioru like fury in school nnd then forgot wt'aan' TtXl -b-t tbn after you were gradu from Idaho. Hut nothing of the sort "led. Vou can fool children for a time, har;pened. The next sentence nnd whj they ever talked so loud I don't know 'proved just what you are suspecting, She was just a plain, unscrupulous j woman out with nnother woman's bus- I Dnm' All I ran sny is I Immediately thought T wo Fur seasons Furs won't do will last year's year. Have them remodeled, repaired if necessary, where Furs are considered as Fash ions and not merely as Skins. Work done now at a third below regular. "Pay the Cost in the Fall" o. ?"s5v?' 904 J86 560 2fTf(Jl ufttUf JQJS AT S&T H 1422 Malnut Street "THE PARIS SHOP OF AMERICA" Begin Today Their Mid-Summer Clear -away Sales Remaining Summer fashions have again been regrouped and repriced for immediate disposal GOWNS AND DRESSES COATS AND CAPES SPORT SKIRTS SHEER BLOUSES p SUMMER Kier & odlmall II jl N - WALtlUr .11 Will j ' ,1 I j J j I "' ( , fr- CHESTNUT Our New Home Is a Wonderful Place Already demonstrating its advantages to the customers who have come, first: to congratulate us upon the removal from Walnut Street, and sec ond: to wonder and to admire anew at the win some stores that are here. Draperies and Furnishing Fabrics that are the very epitome of all that's related to the "better" and the "latest" in home decoration. And pieces of furniture that crown the efforts of the home-seeker hoping to suitably distinguish her home, But many surprises and big-value events lire in store for you! Come and get acquainted! rai&COMI&NY Interior Decorations and Furnishings 1611"Chestnut Street --:: frote of 1U2 of the story of the little bov of four who ! wouldn't say bis grace. Did jou ever i hear that story? There was n good t.rnw(I nrollU(1 1P ,illinR.room tnble nn, Junior was allowed to be there. Father wnnted to show him off before the company and ashed him to cay grace. nni"ut for """" ""accountable reason Jie halked Then lie solemnly added, ".Mother never does anything that God tells her to." TTOW absiiid for nny man to expect his daughter to do the right thing when he himself falls so fnr ditt of It. And yet it is just this type of man who "does, whatever he pleases. who Is con ilinually splitting hairs about the up . . . iwhisihr of tils children, wtmt a hollow ' moekery . ou might think morals were a matter of text books. You studied ' but you can't fool them nil the time The most pttz.ling nnd unfortunate mo ment in a girl's life is when she sits down nnd discovers that all the fine laws of living on which her life has been I founded nre as bubbles after all in the ' eyes of her parents. in a year, but Summer for Mid-Winter, neither turs do for the coming Mavfeon & DeMair? 12 15 Chestnut Street MILLINERY Company Walnut Street jh !,l -tf.,) . . f ' & .15. i J'''t-
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