Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-09
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Another Bright Article From martha -
Twelve Said to be the Number of Guests for
an Ideal Dinner Tho Usefulness of Asbestos
Mats : Some Helpful Hints.

MENU FOR MONDAY, JULY 10TH.
BREAKFAST -Huckleberries with
sugar and cream, broiled beefsteak,
young onions, biscuit, coffee.
LUNCHEON.-Dried beef, cucum-
bers, bread and butter, red raspberries,
lemonade.
D1NN'ER.-Fried chicken, faxed po-
tatoes, deyiled tomatoes, bread and
butter, green apple pie, cheese, coffee.
One CT the best authorities on giving
dinners has laid down some golden
rules, the first and most important
being: Let net the company exceed
twelve, SO that the conversation may
be constantly general" This rule will
/ not find favor with the ordinary din
ner-giyer, who wishes to return the
dinners he has eaten at his friends ex-
pense, and who, with an economical
view of hospitality, crowds and
squeezes sixteen or eighteen people at
a table that comfortably seats twelve.
| The guests for dinner should be well
! chosen and should always know one
another. Nothing is more unpleasant
than to sit beside a perfect stranger.
and especially one who is very quiet
( The attendants should be as silent as
possible. for there is no doubt but that
the perpetual filling of your glasses
and the constant showing of dishes at
your elbow interrupts the flow of con-
versation. 1t is told CT Louis XIV.
that at his famous suppers no attend
! ants were allowed, but everything,
/ table and all, rose up silently when
the repast was over and disappeared
through a trap door. This was done
not only to insure privacy, but to pro-
mote conversation.
Very few dinner givers would like to
| follow the fashion of the ancient
Greeks, who liked to remind their
! guests of the short duration of human
1 life. At all their entertainments a tiny
model of an embalmed body was
passed round to each guest. who re-
peated in his turn the words, Eat.
| drink and be merry, for when we are
dead We will be like this" The Egyp-
tians had a small mummy, which had
/ its seat on the dinner table.
Smart society should take a note of
this as novelty.
| ~
Fried Chicken-Take a spring chick
| en-, dress and cut up as for a pot pie
| Steam for one-half hour, as this makes
! it more juicy and more evenly done:
then fry in grease until it is a deep
| brown, sprinkle with a little salt and
| pepper while frying.
| Flaked Potatoes-Get as perfect DO
| tatoes as possible; boil in their skins
in salt water for one-half hour. then
/ drain and peel; rub through a coarse
| sieve and set in a dish before the fire;
do not touch them after this or the
! fakes will flatten; serve hot.
Here is new way OF preparing to-
! matoes. Select two or three large.
/ firm tomatoes, not too ripe, cut them
/ into slices half an inch thick and lay
! on a sieve. Make a dressing OF one
/ tablespoonful each Of butter and vim
| egar rubbed smooth with the yolk OF
/ one hard b oiled egg; add a
teaspoonful Of sugar, half a tea
| spoonful of salt, fourth of
! a spoonful each Of mustard and
cayenne pepper: beat until smooth and
! heat to a boil. Take from the fire and
! pour upon a well beaten egg whipping
| to a smooth cream. Put the vessei
| containing this dressing in hot water
| while the tomatoes are being thorough
| " broiled over a clear fire: when they
are done put on hot dish and pour
| the dressing over them. Cooked IL
this way they are most delicious with
| chicken.
Green apple pie is something nice at
| this season of the year; take four or
Eve large, tart apples, pare. quarter and
slice thin. Line the pie pan with the
crust and place the sliced apples on the
| crust and season with three quarters
| of a cup Of sugar. piece Of butter the
| size of a walnut, small pinch of salt
and quarter OF grated nEtmet. Wet