Middletown transcript., 1908-06-27

form the ideal desserts in warm weather
and particular attention should be paid to
the serving of such dainties. Appearance
counts much at any time but becomes
especially important when the mercury
climbs high. With the luscious fruits of
the season, and rennet and jelly powders
deIicately favored to aid her, the least
experienced cook should find the ques-
ton of summer desserts easy.
Sauces
Whipped cream is the first choice for
a sauce with fruit desserts, and fruit sau-
ces are especially nice with delicate
creams, ,jellies and dishes of farinaceous
sort. These fruit syrups are made from
the less perfect specimens not attractive
for serving at table. They are easily
made and supply of them, sweetened
and put up in small jars, gives the house
keeper most delicious store OF favorings
for sherberts, sauces and iced beverages.
Frozen Dainties
Now that freezers have been so perfect
ed that iced creams fairly make them
selves, and fireless cooking cabinets will
keep frozen desserts cold for hours in the
next compartment to pot roast that is
being kept hot, everyone can get all the
preparations for the family cuisine out OF
the way early in the day and employ the
warmer hours in less exacting and stren-
.uous pursuits. Very delicious desserts OF
the half-frozen sort are made with jelly
con. This form of gelatine is particularly
easy to use and deliciously favored in
a variety of ways that make it combine
attractively with fresh fruits, prunes and
cordial fayorings where those are liked.
One gets ist OF such delicious con-
coctions in the package, and can obtain
whole set of real aluminium n'"'ltds, i'll
dividual size, by saving tine trade marks
and forwarding a few OF them to the
manufacturer:
Easy Short Cake
Lady fingers cris-crossed, log cabin
fashion with fruit in the centre and
whipped cream or delicately favored
French sponge jelly heaped on as sauce
makes quick, easy, and exceptionally
delicious variety of this fayorite dessert.
Rennet puddings with whipped cream,
shaped individual moulds and surround
ed by pineapple cut in dice or by any
preferred fruit, is another attractive
summer dainty.
The Wise Housekeeper
The wise housekeeper takes advantage
of every COED form of prepared food that
will tighten her labor, without sacrificing
the nutritious and wholesome qualities Of
her menus, and of every device that re-
duces the drudgery of the household. 1t
is wonderful what an amount of leisure a
clever woman can contrive for reading,
dainty needlework, or any other pursuit
that appeals to her, if only she will syste-
matize the housekeeping and give even
the youngest members of the household
regular share in its labors.
Character Building
There are no gymnastics that afford bet
ter opportunities for physical develop
ment than are found in the ordinary tasks
OF the home; no discipline that instills
better habits of more lasting benefit for
the future welfare of the child than reg
uIar, orderly, intelligent and cheerful per-
formance of tasks that contribute to the
comfort of the whole family circle.
Character is built in the home that stands
all the tests and sets a mark in more
widely extended fields, which is
wandering long way from the subject
of easy summer catering, yet not altogether
unrelated thereto nevertheless, since
bodily nourishment, character formation
and soul expansion are all closely allied
in this world of ours.
Summer Camps
The return to Nature as one gets in
camp life is the ideal condition to most
people though a small minority prefer
surroundings where society makes stren-
uous demands upon them and ceaseless
round Of taxing and tiresome festivities is
kept up.
Happy the family that can live the
simple life in camp or cottage, Loaf and
invite the soul' in shady woods, and on
lake or sea, but even the stay at homes
can SO simplify the manner of living that
camping conditions are approached and
relaxation secured. A iudicious putting
away of all unnecessary furnishings,
makes the house cool and easy to care
for, and where verandas are available life
may be lived for the most part in these
outdoor rooms.
Trolley Picnic
Picniciug by trolley is practical and
possible to even the dwellers in
crowded cities and towns, and if
the culinary end of the only house
keeping is simplitied and systematically
arranged long days out of doors un-
der blue sky and in the shadow of green
trees are possible to many more people
than now often avail themselves OF
such opportunities.