The Democratic advocate., 1907-06-21
EASY HOSPITALITY.
Mrs. Newlywed's Entertaining
Easily Served Viands Prepared in
Advance Chatting Dish Relishes.


Easily Served Viands Prepared in
Advance Chaflng Dish Relishes.
Keeping house as she did without any
regular help Mrs. Newlywed used her wit
to devise ways to tighten the labor and to
make it possible to offer hospitality to
Johns friends and her own without en-
failing so much extra work that the pleasure
was lost both to her guest and herself
AN EMERGENCY SHELF.
The clever little girl wife had shelf
that she kept stocked with special prepared
foods that could be quickly served in an
emergency to piece out meal that might
be ample for two but would be scant for
four. A soup, salad and nice desert
will carry almost any repast through with
eclat, and the ingredients for producing
these in short order were never lacking on
her shelf.
THE BEST GRADE FOODS.
Only the best grade foods were bought
in this form, for Mrs Newlywed knew that
as rule you get only what you pay for,
and in the end it was real economy to buy
the reliable, high class brands, if you are
particular as to your table. In very few
minutes can of soup (the kind with a
picture of little chef was Mrs. Newlywed's
choice) could be heated, and an assortment
was kept on hand so that she could select
substantial mock turtle or delicate consomme
to suit the other articles on her menu, and
the taste of her guests. AS both members
of the Newlywed family were fond of salads
she always kept supply on hand of let
tuce, endire or watercress, tomatoes, rad
ishes, cucumbers, beets OR other vegetable
materials.
CHICKEN, LOBSTER, sARDINE SHRIMP.
Her canned stock contained whole chick
en- in jelly; lobster, sardines, shrimp always
and often a much longer list of edibles that
could be readily served in the shape Of an
appetizing salad Two chatting dishes were
among the most useful wedding presents
that she had received, and John was more
of an expert in this fascinating form of
cookery than she herself was. Nothing
pleased him more than to have an oppor-
tunity to show his skill with the "Blazer,
and as every knows one, nothing tastes
quite as delicious as goodies cooked before
ones eyes in this way. Even simple
scrambled eggs assume an unusual attras
tion so prepared, but Johns performance
went far beyond such elementary cookery.
A JELLY oMLETTE.
He could turn out a jelly omlette that
made desert fit for king, and had
knack for concocting sauces that made the
simplest rechauffe of left over meat or fish
dish to be marke ed with red letter ever
afterward in the. memory of his guests,
Never was hospitality more generously Of
fered than by these young married people,
and however simple the repast might be,
it was always gaily shared and served with
grace that shamed many more pretentious
establishments
SUNDAY NIGHT TEA.
Sunday night tea was invariably planned
with the idea of being in readiness for the
friends sure to drop in for this much ap-
preciated bit of homeness that the Newly
weds shared with all who came. 1t was
an occasion when the hostess was expected
to act only as consulting member Of the
party. The table was in readiness for
bouffet tea, and the various dishes had
been prepared in advance, so that they
needed only to be placed on the table.
PICNIC TEAS.
"Picnic Teas were what Mrs. Newly
uad calIad these and she ayailed herself
of every convenience that the name sug-
gested to make this Al Fresco feast go off
easily. Paper napkins-the all white
rather substantial ones that can be had at
any store where Oriental goods are kept
replaced the linen napery. All the hot
dishes served were made in the ''Blazer'
and at the end the gay party cleared the
table in short order, placing the dishes in
Mrs. Newlyweds patent dish washer, but
that must be told another time.
ELEANOR FRANCES.