Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17

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4zNS<lAM " ed eight different va
wNII MN riettes OF outlets
IW Elt w ] m Q entirely of
r.. Nj f Ly vegetables. with
their aid she serves a menu so arranged
that unless given the Information one
would not be aware that meats are en-
tirely omitted. She is q vegetarian only
from impulse, however. and when she
finds 1t refreshing. She Is not one of the
! missionaries that preach what they call
| the Gospel of Health with the extreme
| views of Plato and Plutarch. Those fanat-
icaf ones never use meat-not even in so
remote a form as eggs-whereas with rea-
sonable vegetarians omelettes in their in
Vulnerable contributions are favorite and
frequent dish.
A vegetarian dinner lends itself most
gracefully to summer and autumn enter
tanning, when earth's fruits are succulently
r:pened by the fairness of the clouds, in
stead Of being fore ed into pale, spindling
| possibility by the heat and spray of the
hot houses. Such dinner lately given by
an artists wife at their summer studlo
| cottage was a beautiful example of what
may be achieved with the aid of our good,
DID, unpresuming friends-the vegetables.
In the first place. the furnishing of the
! dining room was delightful. The floor
stained moss green, was nearly covered
strewn with a design of clover leaves. and
the walls were hung with palm paper
big, graceful leaves dropping against a
cream background. With the al fresco
keynote struck by this cheering room
chimed the green color scheme Of the din
ner.
The Table Arrangements.
The table cloth of plain satin damask had
two broad. lengthwise stripes of Irish
peasant lace, through which peeped the
under spread of green fax. The little bijou
of dinner service was white Dresden, as
were, also, the white candelabra, whose
candles of light green were shaded with
pond lily leaves, and a cut glass boat load
ed with white pond lilies was headed on a
diagonal course across the center of the
table, Scattered over the lace stripes were
crisp-looking lettuce leaves holding the bon
lions. These seemed to be only homely
radishes, pea pods. button mushrooms,
diminutive carrots and turnips, and they
had such an honest air of the kitchen gar
den it was a surprise to find them the
luscious triumph OF fashionable con-
fectioner
Beside the plate of each lady was a home
made favor, quite inexpensive. but charm
Ing in its originality booklet of parch-
ment leaves tied together with a bow of
leaf green ribbon. For a cover sketch
vegetable was painted in water colors, and
q paragraph of advice written underneath.
One was peck measure rounded full OF
turnips surrounding a wise combination OF
Information and suggestion:
In ancient times parsnfps were much es-
teemed by the worshpers of Venus: at
the present day they are much esteemed
by any good cook, who will never send salt
fish and but few sailed meats to table with
out them"
A bunch Of curly parsley made one decor
alton, accompanied with a warning well
worth regarding:
Parsley should always garnish and be
rryftI oh hot 10 al a.
soned with onions, as 1t takes off the smell
and prevents the after-taste Of that power
full root
Three or four young beets tied in q clus-
ter served to illustrate a bit Of ancient
history:
at was the custom of the Greeks to Of
fer the beet OIL silver to Apollo in his
temple at Delphos. Happy Apollo!'
The Menu.
A title page graced with one Of the Egyp-
tian divinities-tte onion-presented also
the infatuated opinion Of Lord Bacon:
1.-THE rose would be sweeter If planted
in bed of onions
Inside this quaint volume the menu was
written:
Asparagus zen branches"
Caulif1ower soup.
Onion fritters, with parsley sauce.
Cabbage zen coquilles."
Rice croquettes, with peanut sauce.
Mushroom outlets, with asparagus points.
Boiled potatoes. Egg plant.
Asparagus Eau gratin.''
Spinach "souffles.''
The guests. interested in the novelty of a
strictly vegetarian repast, turned the con-
versation earnestly toward vegetables
their history and their source. The fact
that our fashionable asparagus came into
use as a food 200 years before the Chris
tan era received much more attention
than the latest choice morsel of society
gossip; especially as it was served in such
a variety of ways, the dinner might al
most have been called an asparagus ban
quet. Because it is said to promote Ape
tite while affording little nourishment it
cate green stalks-not the hloated, bleached
enornlities We sometimes see-had been
boiled allowed to cool, piled upon platter
of shaved ice and French oil dressing
was sent round with them in a tureen.
The cabbage was presented in the way
considered most polite and elegant by the
Hollanders, who believe it to be a health
preservative. 1t was slightly boiled, put in
shells of green Bohemia glass and season.
ed with salt and oil; this method gives it
beautiful green color and makes it more
| wholesome than the usual thorough cook
ing.
The boiled potatoes resembled floral snow
balls-they bore no likeness to the dull,
waxy balls ordinarily offered under that
rame. The hostess attributed these mar
wells to her uncompromising demand when
engaging a cook: None need apply that
cannot boil potato WE'LL
Some Fnvorite Dishes.
The eggplant appeared in Jamaica fash
ion, apparently whole. The inside had been
| scooped out and fried in butter the outside
boiled whole, then drained and filed with
the fried parts.
For the asparagus ''as gratin," the vege-
table was boiled In the usual way, placed
in a deep dish in layers. each sprinkled
with white pepper. salt and freshly grated
Parmesan cheese. Over the top was squeez-
ed little lemon juice, then it was covered
with Drowned bread crumbs, dotted with
bits of butter and thoroughly heated in
| the oven.
The ices were in vegetable form-green
peppers, cymlings, cucumbers and aspara-
gus stalks.
1.-The vegetarian dinner has been delight
full was the post-prandial opinion hearth
| ly expressed by bon vivant so fastidious
IN his gourmet demands that he is rather
| a terror to inexperienced young hostesses
The party had left the dining room to-
] gether, the men choosing to puff the white
clouds from their cigars on the broad re-
cessed vsranda, which was very attractive
with "grannie'' chairs-cool, cane-seated
ones unadorned, and luxurious ones ternpt-