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Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21

two and half cupfuls of -four, sfted with
level tablespoonful of ginger. Bake in thin
sheet.
SIMPLE SIMON CAKE
Break two eggs in cup and fill one cup with
sweet cream. Turn into mixing bowl, add one
cupful Of sugar and beat FIVE minutes with an
egg beater, then add one cup of -four sifted with
two level easpoonfuls Of baking powder. Add a
half teaspoonful of lemon lavoring and bake in a
moderate oven.
SMALL CREAM CAKE
Break one egg into cup, add sugar until the
cup is half full, then fill with sweet cream Beat
in bowl until the mixture is .very light, then
fold in lightly one cup of -four sifted with two
level teaspoonfuls of baking powder and add last
half teaspoonful of vanilla Aavoring
A RAISED CAKE
A raised cake has always been mixed at night,
but by doubling the amount of yeast ! am quite
sure it could be mixed and NAKED immediately.
The ingredients called for are one cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, a cup and a half of milk,
two-thrds of a compressed yeast cake, two well
beaten eggs half grated nutmeg, half tea
spoonful of soda, one cup raisins or currants half
cup thin slices of citron and -four to make
the consistency required. Mix together at night
one and one-half cups sweet milk, one cupful
sugar, saltspoonful of salt, two-thrds compress
ed yeast cake dissolved in some of the milk and
-four to make stiff batter Cover and stand in
place free from draughts. In the morning beat
to a cream cup each butter and sugar, add
two beaten eggs, half nutmeg grated and half a
teaspoonful of soda dissolveed in little milk.
Mix well and add to the sponge set the night
before. Stir and beat, adding also the fruit
dredged with -four. When well blended land this
must be thorough if you wish the grain of the
cake to be fpe), put in round buttered tins and
let it stand again to raise like bread This must
not be too long-an hour and half is usually
quite enough. Then, when light, bake in a mod
crate oven. This amount makes two loayes.
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ALMOND PUDDING
then serve in the shell.

ALMOND PUDDING
One.half ounce bitter Almonds one ounce sweet
almonds. one tablespoonful of brandy, one wine
glassful of orange flower water, one-quarter pound
biscuit powder, one pint cream, yolks of eight
eggs one-half pound sugar, onequarter pound
butter, one-quarter pound puff paste. Pound the
almonds to smooth PASTE add the brandy and
orange flower water, soak the biscuit powder in
a pint of cream, beat the eggs with the sugar,
add the butter melted, and mix all well together,
stir over the fire till it is heated, then line a
dish with puff paste pour in the mixture, and
bake for onehalf hour in a moderate oven.
POTATO SALAD
Cut cold boiled potatoes in slices; chop up
scme small onions very finely, arrange the pota-
toes in dish with sprinkling of the onion,
a little chopped parsley, and very little salt,
Mix in a cup equal quantities of oil and vinegar,
add little Tarragon vinegar beat together W.T. WITH
a fork, and pour over the salad. Sprinkle little
chopped chives or parsley on the top.
CUsTARD SAUCE
One pint milk. two eggs, three ounces castor
sugar, one Tablespoonful brandy, little nutmeg.
Put the milk into very clean saucepan, and
let it boil; beat the eggs, and stir them with
the milk and the sugar; put the mixture in a
Jug place the jug in saucepan OF boiling water,
keep stirring well till the sauce thickens, but do
not allow it to boil or it will curdle Stir in the
brandy, and CRATE little nutmeg over it, This
sauce is nice for cold cornstarch or tapioca.
LEMON PUDDING
Boil four lemons in water until quite soft, keep
ing them closely covered the whole time; when
done take out the pips and pound the lemons
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or lowest part of leaf to right not vice versa.
The tips of petals leaves consequently are
always the lightest.
The second rule is, use your shades consecutive
ly. In the flower before you the centre is com
posed of the same shades used in the petals,
worked round and round in rings of rope stitch
closely tegether, finished with line of green,
the same as the anthers between the petals,
which are made of stem stitch tipped off with
a French knot. Equal portions Of the petals
are worked in each distinct shade. II would
look extremely bad if the portions of one shade
unequal in depth. In tracing the design
these portions are indicated by lines
The leaves are all worked on the same prin-
ciple, and the stems are done in rope stitch.
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Bachelor Chaperones for Society
Said to be Gre at Improvement Gs&fe5
on the PunCtilious MatrOn =(xMGN6 fn

won't be long before we are giving the newcomer
regular American "hand."
The feminine duenna has been superseded in
fashionable English society by the male chaperon
to the delight of hostesses and the Joy of debut
antes. Most likely tired mammas, matrons with
no daughters of their own, and elderly auntes
who have been dragged hither and yon at the
heels of popular Beauty for half dozen seasons,
are equally ready to welcome this new guardian
of the young folks elected by Madame Grundy
THE MALE CHAPERoNE
This new chaperon has many points in his
favor, and he excels his sister in not a few. In
the first place he must be of unquestionable so.
cia standing; he must be either bachelor with
silver in his hair land gold in his pock cts most
likely or widower of years. He must know
the personal character, the pedigree and the bank
account of all the eligbles of the season. He must
be able to point out at once the undesirable young
men and to guard his charges against them. In
this he excels His duties are more numerous
than those of the matronly chaperon, but so are
his pleasures.
There is no need for him to yawu himself to
distraction in wearisome isolation while his
charge dances through the midnight hours He
introduces her to the most eligible young men of
the evening, stands b" until her dance card is
filled, and then apparently leaves her to her own
enjoyment in perfect freedom the while he seeks
partners and friends.
All the while, however he is supposed to land
has proved himself quite equal to it) keep an
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Any one who can draw at all can quite easily
make a design like this one-the petals and
leaves being so simply drawn, if once a form is
cut out of stiff card or paper and then the pen
Gil run round them
The method of working is seen in Figs. 2 and
B. In the former the needle is left in as the
tip, worked in the lightest shade is being done.
layer should be lengthways, so that the lines of
the satin stitch should go across it. The way in
which the centre is done is seen in Fig. A.,
where rope stitch is observed in the working,
This embroidery is suited to all sorts of sach-
cts, nightdress cases, work bags, tea-cloths, tea
and coffee-pot eosies etc. On serge and non
washable stuAs it is we'll adapted to table GOV.
eFs, etc
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My wife inveigled me into dry goods store
the other day." said young married man. "Sbe
told me she wouldn't be there but about twenty
minutes, she only wanted to buy A silk waist
four yards of silk was all she wanted. That
sounded simple enough, so in went. In three
quarters of an hour we came out, and she hadn't
bought the four yards of silk-they hadn't any
that would do, she said-so | escaped and left
her to go some place else AS she dealt with
the clerk in the first shop, however, / noteo
down her comments on the silks which were
shown her, Just to Indicate what complex work
feminine shopping is, and how utterly incapable
men are of ever mastering its intricacies
That piece of silk won't do, my wife said
to the clerk; it's too much like one | ha'-
this won't do, either, don't like polka dots;
don't want stripes; that is like Laura's | won't
have that; this is not good material; this piece is
too set pattern; no, that is too zig-za. [
couldn't stand it; this is just like Aunt Claras
and mother has one like that; this is pretty silk,
but the pattern is too SMALL this piece looks lust
like gray gingham, and does that; this is too
large figure, and is not good black, either;
such a whirligg pattern as this might suit some
people, but / couldn't wear it,; like this design,
but the material is too heavy for spring wear;
that is a pretty gray but it has a purple cast;
want street waist, SO those pinks and blues
won't do Well, I'm very much obliged, but
see you haven't anything | want
"All this may sound exaggerated or nnfeason
able" concluded the man, "but my wiz has
good clear intellect, and I've no doubt syers
objection she made was welgrounded. The
young woman clerk was patieat and sympathetic,
and there was only polite regret on both sides
at the failure Of the purchase. But the epi-
sode and experience made me glad that Pm
not woman and don't have to confront the
great, wearisome problem OF choosing dress
goods. Dear me, what lucky dogs we men are
that we walk into tailors establishment
and have some clever man tell us precisely what
we ought to want"
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Culinary Cues for Luncheon or Dinner

to pulp; then add halfpouhd powdered loaf su-
gar, the same weight of butter beaten to cream,
the yolks of six eggs well beaten; mix these in
gradients well together, and bake it in dish
lined with puff paste; before serving turn it out,
and cover the top with castor sugar.
CARAMELED SWEET POTATOES
Cook the sweet potatoes in water until tender,
peel and cut in slices Butter shallow baking
dish, put in layer of the potato, dust over with
sugar, put on another layer and add more
sugar. Put few bits of butter over the top.
Set the dish in the oven until the potato is brown
ed and the sugar slightly caramelized.
APPLE AND CELERY SALAD
Pare sour apples and cut into dice. Slice stalks
of celery crosswise into quarter inch pieces Make
a French dressing with six tablespoons of oil,
three tablespoons of lemon juice, saltspoon of
salt, and much paprika as liked. Mix the ap-
pie and celery and pour the dressing over about
fifteen minutes before serving.
PLUMS AND TAPIOCA
Put into stewpan two pounds good plans,
with little water, six ounces sugar, and four
ounces of tapioca, previously soaked for some
hours. Let this all boil up once. then simmer it
gently for almost half-hour until the fruit is
soft and the tapioca cooked. Rub it all through
a sieve, and turn the pulp into china mould or
basin previously rinsed in cold water, and leave
in a cold place till set then turn out, and serve
with whipped cream or with custard in glasses.
If properly made the tapioca will be impercepti-
BILE, the mould looks quite clear and transpar-
ent.
SCALLOPED MUSHROOMS
Well butter fireproof baking dish, sprinkle
with fine bread crumbs and little chopped chives
or spring onions; remove the stalk from the mush-
rooms and peel them, place them in the dish with
a piece of butter each; sprinkle bread crumbs
over, then little minced parsley put few
pieces of butter the top. then set in a hot
oven and bake for about one-half hour
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Va WEN when not in use cut glass should
H. the dust so easily accumulates in the
HsaS5ss4 cuttings hardening very quickly. Ii
ts9nRJ very dirty, the glass should be washed
in warm, not hot, water, softened by
little ammonia or borax, rinsed in warm water,
and buried, while still wet, in fine sawdust for
several hours. When perfectly dry, the sawdust
can be removed with soft bristle brush While
IN the warm water few shots should be rolled
IN the sim-necked vases, bottles and decanters
to clean the inside.
10 CLEAN MACINTOSH CLOAKS.
Dip the garment first in cold soft water; then,
with scrubbing brush and yellow soap proceed
to scrub 1T all over, having spread it flat a
deal table. When the dirt is removed, dip the
cloak in repeated waters to get rid of the suds,
but do not wiring it, Hang up in the air to dry!
Paint may be removed by turpentne, but com
mon soap and plenty of scrubbng will do the
rest.
FASHION IN WEDDING GIFTS.
How fashion follows royalty is exemplified by
the favorite and fashionable wedding present of
today.
One of the most striking presents received by
the young Queen of Spain was lovely dressing
bag with gold fittings, and the result is that
there is great demand for fitted bags of all
kinds as nuptial gifts.
Lqueur and cigar tables with the glasses and
bottles cunningly concealed and fitted with a
little refrigerator are very popular just as
wedding presents.
A HANDSOME DOWRY.
Fraulein Barbara Krupp, whose betrothal to
Baron Tylovon Wilmowski, young nobleman,
who has just entered the Prussian Civil Service,
was recently announced receives a dowry of
S1O0OO,O0O her wedding day, according to
St. James's Gazette
WOMEN COLONISTS
The number of women settlers who leave Eng
land for the Colonies now nearly equals the
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SHADED SATIN STlTCHA 4

This complete, the next shade-see Fig. Sis
worked closely up to it. The stitches should be
taken straight across and the thread neither al
lowed to sag nor draw up too tightly. This de.
sign is entirely carried out in floselle silk, six
threads of which are used at time, crewel nee.
dies being employed to work with.
If you wish to bring your work out in great
relief, then each petal or leaf must be padded
by running lines of the same silk or of cotton
fosele up and down the part to be worked,
This should be done very evenly, and the last
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III wv big city represent bedrooms zoo shaii
byNss5i to hold the amount of furniture neces-
V--zs3y sarv for the wardrobe of a girl OF aver
age. or even limited means. All sorts
of pretty malleshifts are being invented
for those who wish to economic space and also
to have something decorative to match the color
scheme of a room. A small, compact and ar
tistic clothes chest has been invented, which
the girl who has plenty of money can BUY IN
any decorative plan she chooses, and the poor
girl may easily make for herself. In the hrst
case it will not prove inexpensive, but In the
second case it is very cheap.
First, one procures five or six boxes such as
dressmakers send home gowns in These are
of the same size and made of stout cardboard.
They take up much less space than a drawer IN
dressing table and yet Just the practical
size for a folded dress or unfolded waist.
Four upright laths, about an inch and hall
in width and very thin, covered with green
cretonne or denim This costs 10 cents yard
and is very wide Strips of lath, the least bit
longer than the boxes, are covered with cloth
and then fastened to the uprights so as to allow
the boxes to slide back and forth upon them as
drawers do in dresser. Pieces tackled across
the back prevent the boxes from sliding beyond
the line intended for the back.
Each box and its top is covered with cloth and,
il woman peases a strip of sachet waddng
may be placed in the bottom of the homemade
drawers. These are made in both plain and
lowered cretonnes and denims and with and
without handles to the drawers Brass handles
of all sorts of designs be had in hardware
and 1O-cent stores at the rate of two for 3
cents, so that the entire cost of the chest is
triAing.
1t is quite the fad to have these new chests,
with shirtwaist boxes, tabourettes and lamp
stands, as well as paper racks and waste bas
kets. all covered with the same material to
match some dainty decorative scheme in room
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These facts were compiled from several
hundred novels and romances the OBJ
Ject being to show how men propose and how
women receive the proposals.
From 100 typical cases of accepted declara
tions of love the statistician obtained the follow
ing figures: Eighty-one of the 100 men vowed
that they could not live any longer without the
adored ones; seventy-two held the ladies' hands
in tight grip; sixty kissed them on the Inns ten
on the right hand, two the tip of the nose
and one on the shoulder; eighteen were so exct-
ed that they could hardly speak; twenty six lost
their eloquence through certain oualms of CON
science; twelve said in deep chest tones s'Tbank
God,' and eight frankly admitted that thev wore
inexpressively happy
BY studying the conduct of 100 mon ,vboso
suits wer rejected the statistcian obtained the
equally interesting figures: Forty of them r,sh
ed in frenzy out of the room; twenty-one said
that life henceforth had no more value in their
eyes and that they would commit suicide: four
teen became suddenly tongue-tied and irr,tion
al; six calmly resigned themselves to the in
evtable five avowed their intention of i'm
medlately emlgrating to America; three tore ont
some OF their hair; two bit their lips until tbe
blood came; one stuck his hands into his trousers
pocket and whistled popular song, and another
looked up toward heaven and began to saw tbc
Lords prayer.
OF the ladies eighty-seven per cent knew he
forehand that the proposals were about to be
made to them. Seventy of them sank, as though
embarrassed, into the arms of the loved ones,
and only four fell gently down on chair or
sofa. Fourteen covered their blushin9 faces with
their hands, eight threw their arms passionatev
around the neeks of the men; two said: ..Please
speak to mamma" and one sneered. One ladv
who was 4S years old, protested vigorously
against giving or receiving kiss; another, who
was OF about the same age, said, eyes. you NAV
kiss me, but you must do it in gentlemanlv
manner"
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and makes them feel that he is conferring great
favor by introducing them to the girl in his care.
When dance has not been taken he begs it
for himself, and he makes delightful partner
Perhaps the strangest aspect of this innovation is
that the bachelors and the widowers seem to en-
joy their position in society. They are
clamoring for it, and there promises to be no
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S.eE@9J Hearken to the sages old-how
they waxed eloquent when considering
her and her falings. Listen to the sages OF to-
day-see them wag their boards the time they tell
her what to do and how to do it, stopping awhile
to call to her attention the terrifying things that
will surely happen to her if she doesn't do as
they suggest.
Poor, poor laundering headless, needless crea-
turel From time immemoria she hath done what
she ought not to have done and she hath left un-
done the things she ought to have done, and the
wonder is that there is any health in her.
If she is a spinster she is told how to COM
port herself with due spinsterian dignity; II she
is wife she has a perfect library OF ponderous
tones to draw inspiration from. How she ever
could go wrong is something hard to conceive,
since she is SO hedged about with advice so beset
with counseors To be sure, many of the coun-
selors are men; indeed, have always been men
and always will be men; but that doesn't seem
to alter the case or detract from their ability to
advance ready-made rules for her department.
How to bring up her children. how to care for,
manage, control, beguile and, yea, even how to
capture husband-these be the stupendous and
awful topics ably discussed for her enlightenment
Young maids and old maids, young wives and
old wives, mothers ana grahunoChers' yes, even
hoary headed great at-grandmothers, are not forget
ten. There are maxims and maxims; all you have
to do is to wear petticoats and take your choice,
and, having chosen-wel, having chosen, you just
look sweet and smile beamingly and pursue the
uneven tenor Of your womanly way.
1t is nearly always the best way and so long as
You're happy what matters it if the simple going
YOUR own gait results in nothing more unneces
cary, than brand new stock of maxims about
voman's aqe-long habit of doing as she pleasedi
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dearth Of male chaperons this winter in England
at least. How the American men will take to the
office is a question to be solved by the coming
season. There is no doubt of the American girls
approval; she is all ready to welcome the change,
and there is little doubt but that she will make
it interesting for the intrepid man who volunteers
to oversee her social career.
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to observe the Wlue prevalence Vi |iAiS
h,xsS,,y.& most annoying custom. A large pro-
EEf&NI portion of the young men and women
employed in various capacities by the
business houses seem to be unable to
deprive themselves of the succulent wad OF gum'
which they chew with an energy and force worthy
of a better cause. At expostions and fairs the
popcorn ball in its red tissue paper wrapper has
proven very instrument of torture, when some
hardy soul insisted on devouring 1t during the
concert and his unfortunate neighbors were DIS
tracted from the charm Of the music by this
undercurrent of noisy chewing and cracking pa
PEI.
One can hardly get on street car without see
ing two or more school girls eating candy or
peanuts out of a bag, and at the railroad sta
tions fully one-half the waiting passengers is
composed Of people who chew-bananas, gum
sandwiches, buns, cookies, apples, candy, any
thing at all, but messy things preferred
This chewing habit is inculcated in early
childhood, when every trip with mother
means eatables purchased for the baby and eaten
by the baby wherever he may be- Have you
ever Travelled on river steamer with famiy
of seven who had lunch basket? That means
that the entire bunch of children will be eating
something all day long, from sandwiches and
fried chicken to jellycake and pickles.
This indscriminate eating is responsible Tor
the cross fretful children we on the train
The poor little creatures are restless having no
toys or playmates ana the easlest way TO keep
them quiet is to stuff something into their
mouths.
A feverish condition of the stomach ensues,
and the child gets bad tempered, and fractious,
and at its journeys end is in a fit condition for
the doctor. The candy vendor and fruit sellers
on the trains serve good agents for the ply
sicians.
No one who has read Mrs. Gaskells "Cran-
ford" can forget the custom of the delighted old
ladies. who were so refined in habit that they
could not bear TO eat their oranges at the dinner
table, but, each bearing one of the golden fruit
retired to their rooms and there, in that privacy
ate it, An extreme is never a good thing, but
between this over-modesty and the present habit
of chewing all sorts Of things, at all times and
all places, there is golden mean which we
would all do well to hnd and once found, let
us never depart thereirom.
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of any specific color decided upon. Here, how
ever, four shades are used, both in the orange
flower petals and in the green leaves. Two
rules regarding the shading must be borne in
mind and never deviated from.
Shade always from dark centres-if flower
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Of her girl friends to the theatre on such OF such
an evening.
The selected chaperons duties are, on such an
occasion, to accompany the young folks to the
theatre, Of course, see that their wraps are prop
erly taken Of, to arrange for refreshments af
terwards and to sec the party safely home again.
At such time he is the life of the party; his
spicy criticisms when the curtain falls lend zcst
to the play, and he keeps his charges interested
between acts by pointing out all the personages
of note in the house, giving intimate stories of
the actors and keeping the conversational ball
rolling He may be a man old enough TO be the
girls father, he may be an incurable bachelor or
widower with grown up daughter or two Of
his own, but he is "a man for all that" and the
girls feel at their best and at ease with him
while their guardians rest easy at home.
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A STIMULUS OF THE PARTY

This debonair chaperon acts as no restraint,
but really a stimulus in a mixed party, no mat
ter what the occasion may be, and he does know
SO well how to plan, down to the smallest detail,
so that dance or supper or theatre party
with him is sure to be an unmitigated joy.
When introductons are desired he is right on
the spot, and he bring them about SO much
more naturally than the anxious matron. There
is no danger of the girl chaperoned by Beau Brum-
mel being a wall flower. It is his duty to see
that his charge spends profitable and an en-
joyabe evening, and when the matron is forced to
sit back and sigh while her charge stands beside
her forsaken the male chaperon hunts up partners