The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
THE OCTOBER HOUSEWIFE.
MONDAY, OCTOBER nth.
The Daily Menu.

The Daily Menu.
Though we eat little flesh and drink no
| wine, us
Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and
toast:
Custards for supper and an endless host
OF Sylabuba and jeliies and mince pies,
And other such lady-like luxurIes.
55 s Shelley.
Breakfast.
Grapes Pears.
Cracked Wheat. Cream
Dreaded Lamb Chops. Dreamed Fish.
/ Buttered Toast. Risen Wheat Cakes
Coffee. Cocoa. 5
Dinner.
Brunswick stew
Finger Rolls Cold slaw
French Dressing.
Roast Lamb. Baked Ham.
Corn Pone. Tomato Catsup.
String Beans. Creamed Potatoes.
Fried Apples. Corn Pudding.
Bisque Cream. Almond Cake.
Coffee.
Supper.
EscAlloped Oysters. Beaten Biscuit.
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Thin Bread and Butter.
Pine Apple Preserves.
Coffee. Tea.
Sliced Green Tomato Pickle.
Remove asslin slice from the blossom
ends and the hard portion around the
stems OF a peck of green tomatoes, then
Z slice them. Sprinkle with a cupful of
salt less tablespoonful, and let them
stand over night. Pare and slice SIN
medium sized white onions, add table
spoonful OF salt and stand aside over
night. In the morning drain thoroughly
both the tomatoes and onions, mix them
and boil for fifteen minutes In. a quart
Of vinegar diluted with two quarts Of
water then drain again. Mix n bic
spoonful t&ch of ground mustard and
tturnaric to a paste with Ninagar6and put 4
into the preserving Kettle. Add two ia hle-
spoonsf,,ls of ground cinnamon one OF
cloves and Que OF allsplce, tied in bag,
four ounces OF white mustard seed,
scant level tcaspconfule of cayenne pep
per, pound of light brown sugar (more
may be used for sweeter pickle and
three quarts of vinegar of medium
strength. Cook together for five nln-
.utes, add the tomatoes and more vine
!
mer gently for fifteen minutes add more
spices and sugar If needed, and put into
jars. Cover the tomatoes amply with vim
egar and seal while hot.-What-to-E Eat
for October.
Afternoon Of Ballads.
can Afternoon OF Ballads" is the at
tractiye title Of an entertainment which
viii BIO given early next month for char
sity. Each ballad will haveEa pretty pic
sturc posed and shown while the singer is
singing Several Of the SONGS will have
tile harp accofpan!ment and for one or
two OF the older ones the accompaniment
will be played on the spnnct. The list
as planned now includes "Sallic in Our
Alley;" 1--WE Wandered III the Wild
wood, Maggie, Dear" kathleen MaVoul-
reen;" bay of Biscay, o. I'm Sitting
Down by the Stlle:" "The Low backed
Cart, "rhn Last Rose of Summer;
s.Molic Darling;" "Twickenham Ferry"
and the best known Scotch songs. For
the second evening there will be pro-
gramme of the national songs Of each
nation with u young girl In native cos
tune to Illustrate the song. The third
evening will be American night and the
programme will consist of the songs of
the North ana the soOutn anu d CIlAlulcll
chorus in some of the patriotic songs.
Halloween Party.
A, New York girl who attends the Pratt
Institute and therefore dabblcs in arts
and crafts has planned q Halloween sup
Per table that will arouse the mirth Of
her friends She is busy now studying
the possibilities Of different vegetables
and thus far has evolved some startling
beings. TO begin, however, with her
table: IT is to be set rs n kitchen gar
den with a parsley border, snalls, frogs
holding umbrellas, tiny rustic seats, a
miniature summer house, gravel walks
Then there Is to be a garden party and
the uests ore to he works Of art. For
instance, THE round, fluted-edged squash
has been turned into the flarlng skirt
OF a ballet dancer little red-cheeked
apple is the head, a larger, green apple
tho bodice. and two grotesque pieces O
the supple limbs OF the
dancer. An onion With the long ton
forms the head OF an indian brave. while