Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
HOUSE
HOLD
lINES


Lord is risen indeedv'
Unresponsive, indeed, is the heart that
does not find itself lifted up in this season
of universal rejoicing. Even though the
birds should be behind schedule time, and
| winter still hold its seat in the lap of
spring. there is Infinite promise in the air,
Gods In His heaven and all's right with
the world" Let US tuck away our in
divdual sorrows and grievances and do
what we may to keep the joy bells of Easte-
swinging
| With the children and young people home
from school, entertainments of all sorts
| in order. And here a plea for more in
| formal, frequent, gracious hospitality. Sid
ney Smith tells of a woman who was so
| hospftable you would say she carried
| teapot in her SOUL l should consider that
quite compliment; indicating that wanted
every one about me to be comfortable and
| happy.
There are of course occasions when the
| teapot will not suffice. and more elaborate
entertaining is essential. To this hostess
let me give the toast propounded by Fran
| els Wilson:
| Here's the hostess who has worried all day
And trembled lest everything go the wrong way.
May the grace of contentment possess her at once
May her guests and her servants all do the right
stunts.
And this is the crux of the whole matter
Do the best you can without overtaxing
tent, mistress of yourself though teacups
fall, the ice cream has had an unexpected
baptism Of salt, or the salad shows unmis-
| taxable signs of running short. If the well
come is there coupled with ease Of manner
nothing else matters much. In a letter,
received a few days ago, describing mu-
sfcale at the home Of well-known college
president, the writer said: There were
bright lights. blazing fire on the hearth
everything light and CHEEKY. The refresh
ments were simple, a salad, olives, bread
and butter, cream cake and coffee, but the
hostess was the charm of the whole thing.
She is extremely democratic and unconven-
tonal, and all grades of society were repre-
sented among the guests. She had taken
special pains to invite those whom she knew
would be appreciatve of the music; the
nurses from the hospital who had cared for
| the madame not long ago, her dressmaker,
and secretary, great literary lights, and ar
! lists and neighbors rich and poor There
were full dress suits, and business suits,
evening dress and simple afternoon gowns;
but each and all were made to feel at home.
In receiving these guests the hostess was
delightful, looking directly at each one
while talking to him and making him feel
| fine for the time being, as though he were
| the only person in the world
At an afternoon reception in the same col
| lege town, this time given by an artists
| wife the only refreshments were tea and
home make cakes. These We're served at
| little tables set about the wide verandss.
each one having in its center a big bunch
| of golden daffodils.
The German Kaffee Klatsch.
The pretty and hospitable German fashion
Of serving coffee and cakes in the afternoon
to invited informal guests has obtained
to an unusual extent this past winter in
Manhattan, many American housewives
having adopted the custom, together with
the special German cakes that go so ex-
celeutly well with coffee.
At a Lenten coffee klatsch pretty cream
colored Dutch cups with skating scenes
pictured on them were given each guest as
souvenirs. At these little affairs the dining
table is dainJIly set with pretty cloth.
flowers and plates of small cakes. The
table where the service is arranged There
piles of plates on the sideboard or the
other end of the table and the guests walt
on themselves and each other. maid is
sometimes in attendance, but is not neces-
sarily a fixture. Among the popular Ger
man cakes are nuss-kuchlein. or nut cakes.
Beat the whites of three eggs to stiff
froth, then add gradually, beating all the
time, one pound powdered sugar one table
spoonful flour and teaspoonful corn
starch. When very light and feathery, add
two cups chopped nut meats-almonds,
hickory nuts English walnuts-then
drop in spoonfuls a buttered paper in
a dripping pan and bake in a moderate
oven. They should be a light brown.
Small Drop Cakes.
Beat the yolks of four eggs until lemon
colored, foamy and light. Stir in gradu-
ally two cups powdered sugar, and beat
thoroughly. Add pinch each of cinnamon
and cloves and just enough sifted -four to
make the batter of consistency to drop
from a spoon. Drop a creased paper
in tins, leaving room for them to spread
without touching, and bake in moderate
oven
German Form Cake.
Beat to a cream one-half pound butter,
oil
each egg one tablespoonful sifted and
warmed flour. Then add four and a half
ounces sugar, a Neaspoonful salt, little
grated lemon rind, an ounce of yeast dis
solved in gill of milk and enough sifted
-four to make soft dough. Beat the
whole batter half hour or more-and this
requires strength and endurance-until the
dough cleaves from the bowl Add large
seeded raisins, cover with a cloth, and
put in warm place to rise. Then pour
into a Turks head mold, the bottom of
which has been strewn thckly with
blanched, sliced almonds, let 1t rise again,
and bake carefully for about an hour in a
moderate oven.
Wind Beutel or Windbags
For these puffs use half a pound butter,
half a pound fine flour, a cup of water and
eight fresh eggs Clarity the butter, pour
ing off from the salt, then heat with the
water until it comes to the boiling point.
dough cleaves from the sides Of the pan
Take from the stove and cool slightly be-
fore adding few gratings of nutmeg,
little grated lemon peel and the eggs. Beat
the eggs through and through the batter
with a steady motion and infinite patience
Turn the mixture in a well-battered plate
and divide into cakes the size OF walnuts.
Set in a quick oven and bake a golden
brown. When done dust with powdered
sugar and serve Immediately.
Pfeffernusse or Pepper Nuts
Beat together four eggs and one pound
Of sugar. Add one tablespoonful CHINA
mon, one nutmeg grated. one teaspoonful
cloves and teaspoonful baking powder.
Beat thoroughly. Add two ounces candied
lemon peel, shaved fine. and one pound
flour then knead thoroughly on the mold |
ing board Shape into small balls, lay on
buttered paper In thins' ana bake IN
slow oven.
II is a well-known fact that mere man"
does not take SO kindly to cakes and tea
or coffee as to the substantials. Sensible
was the consensus of expressed opinion
tb. other evening when refreshments were