Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
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plenty of bread and potato and a drink of
water after It. If this IL not SUFFICIENT, give
| teaspoonful Of mustard and warm water
or any other emetic you have at hand.
Mothers frequently suffer from anxiety
| from child having swallowed q marble or
coin. but seldom there are any bad ef-
fects. The best plan Is to give the food a
little more solid than usual and no purga-
tive medicine. 1t Is surprising how sharp
pointed articles are swallowed and find
| their way not only through the stomach but
| through the substance of the body until
| they reach the surface. Cases are known
where needles have been removed from an
! arm seven years after they were swal-
lowed.
Bits of cinder. insects, clippings of
| metal and Of stone frequently get fixed in
the eye. generally under the upper lid. Sim
ply lifting the I'D away from the eyeball
by taking hold of the eyelashes and draw
Ing it down over the lower lid will often
suffice Never rub the sore eye. Some
times by rubbing the other eye a sympa-
tnetic now Of tears will come and wash out
the substance. With a little practice you
may learn to turn the upper lid over a
| penhoder or pencil and inspect the inner
surface The foreign body can then be
wiped or with handkerchief A chip of
iron ire. ma may be drawn away with good mag
net without risk of injuring the eye 1t
always will be safe to go to an oculist for
| such cases.
Eggless Cake.
One cupful each of sugar. sour milk and
| chopped raisns, free Of seeds, two Of flour,
one-half of butter. one teaspoonful of Gin
| namon. one-Quarter Of cloves and half a
grated nutmeg. Rub butter and sugar till
creamy. then add raisins, spice, milk and
flour, into which the soda has been sifted
Bake in moderate oven.
Alumni Luncheon
The most attractive feature on an
alumni luncheon ia he xrbj
be preserved for years as souvenirs of
college as well as of the meal They are
to be photographs of the particular place
in the college grounds or dormitories or
village with which each guest was most as
ISOLATED. If one has a friend still in COL
lege with a kodak land what college girl
does not own one) she can take and send
them to you.
Lay the table prettily with the usual
doilies. bonbon dishes of almonds radishes
candies and crystallized fruits Garden
asters now are in full bloom, and come in
great variety of color, and these will make
beautiful centerpece ma ssed in a large
bowl. The table should be lighted with
Roman lamps or else with Jerusalem
candlesticks. as suggestive of classical
studies The luncheon may suggest in its
menu the favorite dishes of some of the
Il
something served constantly on the college
table. This meal really gives unlimited OPP
portunity for ingenuity If the weather
does not admit of using artificial lights
and yet the table Is felt to be incomplete
without the small Roman lamps. thew
might be filled with flowers instead of oil
and used as decorations. the central group
OF asters being kept in shallow bowl
MENU
Peaches and grapes
Cream OF corn soup.
Dreamed oysters
Chops with peas sweet potato croquettes.
Tomato and ,sttud Lemon ns1ad sherbet. ru..o
Maple psrtait. Cakes.
Jellied chicken is the most delicate of all
the meats in aspic. Boil a chicken until
the meat falls from the bones; separate 1t
from skin and grtstle and arrange 1t in a
pan; pour over it the stock boiled down.
adding to 1t teaspoonful of dissolved
gelatine. In serving surround the mold
| with cooked peas stirred into stiff mayon-
naise; this same border is a great addition
to all cold sliced meats.
For the salad take fine ripe tomatoes and
! peel. slice and chill them, cut into slices
like sandwich and put together with stiff
mayonnaise. lay on lettuce leaves and
sprinkle over all the tiny German onions
that come in bottles.
The maple parfait is one of the most
delicious of desserts. and one easily pre-
pared as WELL The yolks Of eight eggs
are beaten stiff a cupful of maple syrup
is added and the whole is heated until it
makes thick coating on the spoon when Ii
| is taken from the fire and beaten until 1t is
cold: pint of thick cream then is beaten
stiff and mixed lightly with the eggs and
syrup, and the whole Is put in a melon
mold and packed In ice and salt for five
hours. The bonbons served with the coffee
should be those especially fanc,ed by the
girls Of the college: If these Is a fudge
named for the institution "a 10 bo
to choose.
Fruit and Vegetable Cakes.
Green Corn Griddle Cakes-Score and
press out from the pulp the unlocked ears
of corn. For each pint of this pulp allow
four eggs. one cupful of milk, one tea
spoonful of sugar. one teaspoonfuI of salt.
one-third of teaspoonful of pepper. one
scant teaspoonful of baking powder. and
sufficient flour to make drop batter. Heat
the grdle, grease thoroughly and bake the
batter in small cakes
Huckleberry Griddie Cakes-One-haR
pint of huckleberries, one and one-ha,,
pints flour. one teaspoon salt, one table,
spoon brown sugar. two teaspoons baking
powder, two eggs. one pint milk Sift to-
gether flour. sugar. salt and powder: add
beaten eggs. milk and huckleberries
(washed and picked over. Mix with a
batter that will run from pitcher In a
thick. continuous stream. Have grlddie
hot enough to form crust soon as batter
touches it. In order to confine juice of
berries, turn quickly so to form crust on
other side: turn once more on each side to
complete baking.
Burberry Cake.-BeAt together one egg
and one-half of a cupful of sugar. Add
one tablespoonful of butter. melted, one
cupful of milk, two cupfuls and a half of
sifted -four. one-third of teaspoonfui of
salt. and three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Stir In gently one pint of picked
berries, pour into two shallow creased
pans and bake in a hot oven for about
thirty-five minutes.
Corn CroQuettes.-Husk one dozen ears
Of young corn. score each row of kernels
with a knife and scrape out all the pulp.
Put In a double boiler over the fire to boil.
In the meantime rub together to q paste
one tablespoonful Of butter and two table
Spoonfuls of flour. Add this to the corn
when steaming hot and $ ir until 1t Is
smooth and thick. Add one -ilale C Il tea
spoonful of salt and orc-.hiri of a tea
spoonful Of pepper and turn out on a
creased platter to COOL. When cold ard
firm form into Gro Iuattcs, DIP each into
slightly beaten egg roll in fine bread
crumbs and fry golden brown in scorching
hot fat.