Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03

u0uS place.
This is drunk at midnight, the fiagon be-
ing handed first to the king or master of
the revels, who standing, drinks to the
general health, then passes it to his neigh
Dor on the left. who drinks, standing, pass
ing it to his next neighbor in like manner
until all have drunk. The component parts
of it's good cheer are ale, sugar, nutmeg
and roasted apples-a mixture formerly
known as lamb Wool" No Twelfth day
celebration is complete without the cake.
This should be large one and baked with
hole in the middle in commemoration OF
the time when the Twelfth night cake was
the herd during the "wassailing" cere-
monies in old England. The old recipe for
a Twelfth night cake was not at all ap-
petizing, being conglomeration of pepper,
honey, ginger and flour. Any good cup
cake mixture may be made to do duty. but
here is the common English recipe for cake:
Wash two cupfuis of butter, to get out
the salt, then beat until creamy. ADD
four cupfuls of graduated sugar and the
grated rind and juice of lemon. Beat
the yolks of twelve eggs and add little by
little to the sugar and butter, stirring
brskly between each addition. Dissolve a
teaspoonful of soda in two cupfuls of milk,
and add gradually, alternating with three
cups of flour, through which two teaspoon
fu.s of cream of-tartar have been slfted
Beat the whites of the eggs stiff and add
alternating with three cupfuls more slfted
flour. Lastly, stir in enough more flour, a
cup and a half or two cups, to make the
consistency of pound cake. Flavor with
wine or a little brandy, and pour into
the buttered pan, which should be lined
with buttered paper Place a silver dime
on one side of the cake, and silver thin
bile the other marking the places with
a bit of stiff buttered paper, standing up
with the name of one or the other on 1t
in order to remember which is for the men
and which for the women. Put the pan In
good, steady, moderate oven and let the
cake bake slowly at first, covering the top
with paper If it shows signs Of baking
too rapidly. When the cake Is baked, it
should be covered with a third white pastry,
ornamented SO as to be candied. Chains
Of canberres, with green leaves, cut from
majolica or citron, make pretty finish.
1t is appropriate to put on the cake three
little figures at equal distances, in honor
of three wise men that the feast was orig
inally designed for.
One Of these figures should be placed 50
as to indicate which side Of the cake Is to
be passed to the men. The cake should be
cut at the opening Of the entertainment.
the finder Of the coin serving as king OF
the evenings games and sports, and the
queen being similarly designated such by
the thimble. Decorations for Twelfth night
should be in keeping with an old English
feast.
Long, plain, deal tables, or boards on tres
Ties covered with greens, are considered
the proper setting for the feast. In the
center of the table may be a boar's head
or it's domesticated replica, which you can
get from your butcher by ordering 1t in adj
vance, and at each end a small key Of ale
flanked with hospitable STEMS
For the childrens parties ginger punch
is beverage generally approved. To serve
twenty-five, allow one quart of cold water
one cupful of sugar, three-fourths Of a
pound of Canton ginger, three tablespoon
fuls ginger syrup, three-fourths cupful
orange juice. one-half cupful lemon juice
and one quart Of Apollinaris water. Chop
the ginger, add the water and sugar, and
I,rtl ,fxry hn fr,,it i,,fon
cool, strain, and then pour in the Apollina-
ris, a pint at a time In the summer crack
ed ice is added. but at this season 1t is not
SO necessary Fig sandwiches go we'll with
the punch. Chop figs very fine, add water
enough to make a smooth paste, and cool
slowly until of the consistency to spread.
Add few nut meats chopped fine, with
orange extract or fresh juice or grated
orange or lemon peel to flavor. Spread be-
tween thin slices Of brown bread, cut in
fanciful shapes. Another excellent sand
witch Is made Of rye bread cut thin and
spread with paste made from Neufchatel
cheese. softened with milk or cream, sea-
soned with a little salt and a dash Of papri-
ka, and then combined with chopped or
pounded nuts. allowing one cupful Of nuts
to a roll Of cheese.
In the oldfashioned English households
oatcakes are nearly always kept on hand.
While they are more appropriately eaten
after lunch, with cheese, they come in we'll
at any time. To make them, says an Eng
fish bonneville. take a piece Of dough when
you are baking bread, about as large as
your fist. Make an equally large ball of
oatmeal from your breakfast porridge, into
which you rub lard or dripping and salt, to
make Of the same consistency as the bread
dough. Then work the two balls together
until thoroughly mixed, roll out thin, cut
into circles with tin or wineglass and
bake.
This same housewife gives her recipe Cor
eyn1 tina r-hf ah
luncheon or buffet suppers. To one-half
pound finely minced beef or veal allow the
same quantity of LEAH ham or bacon, one
quarter pound Of bread crumbs, one tea
spoonful of salt. and a half teaspoonful
each Of pepper and grated nutmeg. Mix all
together with the yolk and white of one egg
we'll beaten. Form into a smooth, sausage
like roll, bind in a pudding cloth and SIM
mer very slowly for two hours in boiling
glaze and cut in thin slices.
In the general sweeping, busting and
clearing up that follows in the wake of
the holidays, it Is a good time to put in
plea for the extension of those services
1t is doubtless due to lack of thought
and not to evil intent, that many excellent
women, particular to an extreme in the
keeping Of their houses, are yet almost
crlm1nally careless about the appearance
of the streets These are the women who
after reading letter tear it up and throw
it out, wherever they happen to be; give
the children bananas and apples and tell
them to throw skins or cores in the street;
sweep the litter from their door yard into
the gutter, and let the vegetable, garbage
or delivery man. unrebuked, leave a trail
of unsightly cabbage leaves or wisps of
straw and packing in his trail In Vienna,
1t person throws a torn envelope into the
street he is arrested and fined. In Paris
public opinion has been educated to believe
that a street should be as immaculate as a
house. In all the cities of Holland the
streets are not only kept free from litter of
any sort. but scrubbed and garnished as
well Ordinances for the preservation Of
streets and highways are not tyranny. They
are for cleanliness and godliness The
movement inaugurated by thoughtful wo-
men for civic betterment. through Village
societies, health protective"
associations and good government"
leagues Is already bearing fruit, looking
toward municipal cleanliness. If the chill
dren are early taught that the streets, the
railway cars, the school house and other
public buildings are not for use as dust
bins or garbage pals any more than the
house, a great step will have been gained
Dirt and degeneracy'' are quite as truly
synonymous as cleanliness and godIiness.'
and streets as well as homes reflect the
character of their occupants
Pennsylvania.
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