The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-09

got near enough to the simple food
of the poor" that palmer dishes were
necessary. When she served her lunch
con she presented an itemized state
ment as follows:
rCorned beef hash. SOFA
Banana salad ....................
Gingered pears ................'.. II
Ice cream Observation-Disclosures %
Meringues with the ice cream..-.. Is
Cream for coffee. -:-,....
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .sl'o9
In addition to these things she set
before her guests hot biscuits and eof-
fee, but she had the materials for
them in the house"
You don't often find ice cream on
the tables of the poor. do you?" was
asked afterward.
mo" she replied, but we did not
eonfine ourselves altogether to the ed1-
bless of a laboring mans home, but
merely to some OF. them. The corned
beef harsh, the main part of our lunch
con, is workingmans DISH
would you suggest ice cream for
workingman's table?"
Il certainly would" she responded!
.sThe hash gives strength, and ice
cream is one Of the best aids to diges-
ton: it is good for weak stomachs.
but why does salad always appear
on your luncheon menus?"
tsWeH, women like salads; that's one
reason. Another is that they are nour-
fishing but not fattening foods"
| The fifth hostess entertained the
party of eight with cold roast pork,
baked potatoes, celery, grapes and not
tea biscuits, together with dish that
none of her guests had ever before
! tasted. This was apple sauce with
stiffy beaten whites of eggs run
through it, All pronounced it delicious
THAT is really a poor mans des-
sert," said the hostess. II got the
recipe from the wife of gardener.
REFORM SPREADS.
! Immediately after the first simple
fare" luncheon was given those eight
Headers agreed to introduce in their
dining rooms daily the food reform that
had become popular among them at its
first trial. They decided to taboo rich
roasts, fIet of beef and costly and COM
pick buildings. Lamb stews. veal
/ stews. not roasts hash, ham and eggs,
| fried eggs. brown bread--bread made
! from the whole of wheat-pork and
/
similar dishes were adopted.
| The reform was put in effect Each
woman personally superintendent the
marketing. and until. the servants
thoroughly understood the new order
+ of things. supervised the cooking. High
spfcing was forbidden. The house
wives devoted special efforts, however,
tn ma king every dish look inviting.
\ I'm fact that was the secret OF our
whole success" said one. I'VE made
the plain food look good, and found
that If tasted good and that 1t did us
a great deal of good. Contrary to our
cancellations the men were delighted
and ate as if they relished everything,
.rYou may have your cut glass ana
silver and beautiful china, and place
on the table the costliest yiands. out
If the edibles do not look inviting the
anpetite disappears; while on the other
hand we find that the simple dishes,
nrnnerlv cooked and garnished, stimu-
late the appetite, and dyspeptfcs eat
as they never did before. the food
a agreeing with them. too"
News of the doings Of the eight
friends in the bridge club quickly
snread along the Lake shore drive
T1,exeI boulevard and the other fash-
ionah1e residence thoroughfares OF chi
caoo other wives adopted the sugges-
+ion Already the simple healthy 1000
of the workingnan' is served in many
houses in which it was unknown SIX
weeks ago. a.,
: Former1v the three, four and five
course luncheon was the fashion III
chicago. Two courses is now the styie
1.-The soup being one of the Things as
pensed with.
4 Nobody ever liked the soup. any
wav.'' said one of the original elgflt
= IAN it was ever served for was slnlpl
! To enable the hostess to snow her ms
[ china os.,,o,o,,
{. This woman lives in one of chicago :
I ,,,os+ exclusive apartment houses.
laooaned that the first time she en-
e tartained her bridge club Gus" thf
ta,i+or was washing her kitchen win
4 5oy-s This descendant of the boif
: Norsemen saw the array of good tnlng
nrnnared for the guests as they wer'
;, snraad ont on the kitchen table.
NV. hut that looks good" venture'
t Gus =, -
: said the hostess.
= II wish you'd go down to my nous
= ,d tell NV wife how you could &c
:. all that for 81 returned "Gus.
Relating the incident the nosles
soid. 1T didn't go down, but l sen
- sCus's' wife a few pointers ana ne tol
70 no afterwa-d he had never expecte
u n have so many good things TO eat
ie =. had enioved since that time IL oil
- cast him a bit more to live either.
y DO the wealthy women accept u
n, r,,o,,s win the rest of the working
l. man's~menu?' was asked.
Of .of course" she answered: me
E ~ not ear onions Immediately befor
$. going 10 reception or the theate
he or for luncheon at an afternoon car
re game. but they recognize that they al
er a healthy food and partake Of thel
he Iberany at the proper time, Belle
as onions are delicious dish. Any or
- frsalr of onions will slee