Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

| treatment in order not to spoil the effect of
! work artistically conceived. AS to the
| hanging Of pictures in general, it Is con-
| sidered best nowadays. says an authority
\ in picture hanging. to hang black and white
| independently and so with colored pictures.
| Paintings, OF course, require the most care
full consideration in the hanging, and even
| the professional makes mistakes at times.
| The pictures must be hung according to the
| lighting Of the room. In some rooms the
| window arrangements are such that 1t is
next to impossible to hang painting
| to get an effective lighting by day, and in
| others the artificial lighting arrangements
are such that at night the painting ceases
| to be a picture and becomes a blur To
obvfate these difficulties a trained and
| tistic eye is necessity. In general, de-
| clares this same man. the old rules about
! hanging certain kinds of pictures in desg
| mated places have died out. For instance,
the old-time fruit and game piece, without
which no well-regulated dining room was
| formerly complete, has been relegated to
comparative obscurity. In its place has
| come the print suggestive of merriment
and good cheer. Etchings after Dendy
Sadler are especially popular for dining
| rooms nowadays. and such titles as over
Nuts and Wine or Hes q Jolly Good
Fellow indicate the way tastes run in
| that direction.
Small potatoes which are wasteful to peel
and cook with larger ones should be sorted
out and utilized in salad Boil these small
tubers with their skins on and while still
warm peel ana Sllce tHln. Mlnce parsley
and onion very fine, just little of each
and strew over the potatoes in the salad
bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, pour
over two or three tablespoonful of best
olive oil, and moisten with weak vinegar.
adding water If necessary, that 1t may not
be too sour Potatoes may be used in COM
bination with a number of things, such as
picked beetS, fresh cucumber sliced
Dutch herring, cut up small. a few Sar-
dimes, minced. Only one of these things at
a time, be it understood. and 1T should be
mixed with the potatoes before adding the
oil and vinegar. The salad may be gar
nished with picked beet. chopped fine and
put diagonally across the dish, simply
cut in fancy shapes, and lettuce leaves.
Belgian hares-the little animal that En-
gllsh poultry dealers have been selling for
some time as a substitute for chicken and
tUrkey-are now coming into high favor in
this country. While many are still being
imported from England Caifornians and
Arizonians are breeding their with
great success. These hares weigh in the
neighbOrhood of eight pounds and are col
ored much like the common rabbit, but
with a ruddier tinge. Hares. like rabbits,
are at their best from November l to Fcp-
ruary !. The hare is considered to have
much the finer flavor of the two. In select
ing them for the table, the principal thing
is to have them young. This may be as
certained by breaking the paw between the
thumb and forefnger. If they are old they
defy the pressure. Hares should not hang
longer than a day or two after killing. They
may be roasted. stewed, fried or fricasseed
the same as young poutry-and are quite
as delicious chicken when served in a
salad with lettuce celery and mayon-
naise dressing.
While there are ginger snaps and ginger
snaps. the snaps made in this fashion will
be adjudged par excellence. Boil one pint
Of molasses--New Orleans preferred. When
cooked to mlk-warm temperature beat INTO
1t one beaten egg, one scant cupful butter
and lard mixed and melted and two level
tablespoonfuls OF ginger. Add one tea.
spoonful soda dissolved in one tablespoon
full Of warm water, then work in flour
enough to roll easily. II the dough can be
mixed, then allowed to stand an hour be-
! fore rolling out. much the better. Roll
thin, cut in perfectly round shapes and
bake quickly. Remove from the pan care
the mOlding board to smooth it's edges, If
at all uneven. When cold pack away in a
tin box or stone jar closely covered.
At a card party lately the salad was ap-
propriately dressed to simulate the cards.
1t was served in a rectangular block the
top being covered with the whites of eggs,
boiled hard and chopped fine. Chopped
| parsley then divided the surface into four
beets simulated the spots on two Of the
| cards. while spades and clubs were repre-
| scented by black ripe olives, also chopped.
| On ironing day. when the irons won't heat
fast enough to supply the demand, try plac
| ing them the pancake gridde set down
close to the Goals. The dripping pan turned
over them will aid in conserving all the
heat, even with doors and windows opened.