The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-06-27
EASY HOSPITALITY.
Mrs. Newly 0ed's Entertaining. Easily
Served viands Prepared in Advance. Chat

Mrs. Newly 1ed's Entertaining. Easily
Served viands Prepared in Advance. Chat
ing Dish Relishes.
Correspondence of The Journal
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 hos
pitality to Johns friends and her own
without entailing so much extra work
that the pleasure was lost both to he1
guest and herself.
AN EMERGENCY SHELF.
The clever little girl wife had a shelf
that she kept stocked with special pre-.
pared foods that could be quickly served
in an emergency to piece out a meal
that might be ample for two but would
be scant for four. A soup, salad and
a nice desert, will carry almost any re-
past through with eclat, and the in
gradients 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. Newly
wed 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 a
can of soup Ohe kind with picture of
a little chef was Mrs. NewlyWed'S
choice could be heated and an assert
ment 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
lettuce, endive or watercress, tomatoes,
radishes, cucumbers, beets or other
vegetable materials.
CHICKEN, LOBSTER, sARDINE AND
SHRIMP.
Her canned stock contained whole
chicken in jelly; lobster, sardines,
shrimp always, and often much long
er 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 OPP
portunity to show his skill with the
BLAZER" and as everyone knows moth
ing tastes quite as delicious as goodies
cooked before ones eyes in this way.
Even simple scrambled eggs assume an
unusual attraction so prepared, but
Johns performance went far beyond
such elementary cookery.
JELLY OMLETTE.
He could turn out jelly omlette
that make desert fit for king, and
knack for concocting sauces that made
the simplest rechauffe of left over
meat or fish dish to be marked with a
red letter ever afterward in the
of his guests. Never was hos
pitality more generously offered than
by these young married people, and
however simple the repast might be it
was always gaily shared, and served
with a grace that shamed many more
pretentious establishments.
SUNDAY NIGHT TEA.
Sunday night tea was Invariably plan
ed with the idea of being in readiness
for the friends sure to drop in for this
much appreciated bit of homeness that
the Newlyweds shared with all who
came. 1t was an occasion when the
hostess was expected TO act only as a
member of the party. The
table was in readiness for bouffet tea,
and the various dishes had been pre-
pared in advance, so that they needed
only to be placed on the table.
PICNIC TEAS.
"Picnic Teas" were what Mrs. Newly
wed called these, and she availed her.
self of every convenience that the
name suggested 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. Newly
wed's patent dish washer; but that
must be told another time.
ELEANOR FRANCES.