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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

t--NNn oIo some dishes that the
Chinese cook 70 .perfection-even
the European gourmets palate
appreciates their delicacy and ia
vor-but FOR the most part a liking for
oriental coneoctions is cultivated
taste When Il comes to preparing rice.
teA vegetables and roasted meats the
Chinese cook Is far ahead OF the aver
hss American cook. and he can also
give many valuable points on the com
blnAuons OF seasonings and preserves.
Chop Euey is the best known dish to
us over here. It is the American EQUIV
alent OF chicken stew with celery.
mushrooms and bitter oranges" said
J. F. Pike. steward OF a well known
hotel when explaining the difference
between Chinese cookery and the kind
most OF us are used TO- Chow mein is
another OF their favorite dishes familiar
70 the American. visitor TO Chinatown.
IT is made practically OF fried moo
dies mixed With fried chicken cut I'D In
Juiienne or noodle. form. say new
because one ef the ingredients. the nour
used IN making the noodles. has been
: Introduced IN China comparatively re-
Gently. It is gradually gaining a foot
hold and the Chinese are learning TO
use Few of our native dishes, biscuits
for instance, which they call kan-ping,
end bread, mwan-tan. These two foods
.are. gradually supplanting rice espe-
cialy among the better classes, which
o. shows that we in our turn are innuen-
cthpg the oriental cookery.
-: Faor K in every form and preparation
sailed. sun dried, smoked, shredded,
pickIed, boiled. roasted. stewed and es-
-peelally fried-is- the one great meat
dish CT the Chinese. and 8 Chinese cook
knows mere about preparing pork than
any other or his profession. He can
cook spareribs. pigs head or pigs liver
IN. SO different ways. with. onions. leeks.
carrots. garlic. thyme. with the shoots
of young bamboo or parsley or a kind
of strong smelling watercress, and
color the whole with turmeric. SO that
y0u would not know you were eating
pork
The Chinese. man cook can take
zoe pound porker and roast him bar
becue fashion on a spit and never 80
much es scorch q hair. and when the
roast is done the outside will be as
brown and savory as anything you. ever
put. into your mouth. and he wiz have
managed It with less wood. though
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slit over and over with strong thread.
If the fish is a dry one cut gashes
fat salt pork about one inch long, or
insert the strips with larding needle.
Butter may be used In place Of salt
pork.
Skewer and tie the fish into the
shape of letter and set IL upright.
surrounded by bits OF salt fat pork or
butter on a CREASED fish sheet in a
baking pan. Bake until brown. bast-
ing often. Serve with following sauce:
Drawn Butter Sauce-One- third of a
cupful of butter, three tablespoonfuls
Of -four, one and a half cupfuls of
few grains of pepper. Mix -four.
salt and pepper with half the butter;
pour on the water; stir over the fire
butter in bits, stirring until it is dis
solved
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Useful Hints
Mrs. Joseph Paine, 1905 Valenca
Street, San Francisco

Mrs. Joseph Paine, 1905 Valencia
Street, San Francisco
When all tired out. nervous and
weary heat a cupful OF milk and sip
slowly. Note the different feeling.
Any dark or damp closet should have
q vessel containing chloride OF lime
kept In II. 1t absorbs all moisture.
Keep an oyster shell IN your tea ket-
tie to prevent the forming OF crust
A little powdered charcoal put in the
sink occasionally will keep 1t clean
End free from odors.
A few drops OF Oil OF lavender poured
into a cup of hot water and set in the
sickroom will purify II greatly.
To kill dandelfons pour gasoline into
the center OF each plant and in Few
days IL will shrtvel up and die.
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Patriotic Pudding
Mrs. j. L. Logan, $50 Fifty-fOurth
Street. Oakland

(Recipe handed down in the family
since the days of the revolution)
A broken stick of cinnamon and a
vanilla bean cut in pieces: tie in a thin,
small bag; put the bag into pint of
milk and boil until the milk Is highly
favored, then set the milk aside. COW
cred to keep warm. Slice a pound Of
sponge cake thin and lay in deep
dish. Mix the favored milk with a
quart of rich cream; pour all over the
ounces of bitter almonds and pound to
a smooth paste. Beat eight eggs until
light. Beat the dissolved cake and
then the almonds and a half pound Of
granulated sugar, a little at a time.
Pour the mixture into a deep, buttered
done make a nag OF two shades of Jelly
on the top and twine Jasmine around
the edges.
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Pumpkin Pie (Astor House
Recipe)

Miss Anna JOhansen, Round Mountain
The following measure will make
three good sized pies: Put into your
mixing dish one quart and a pint OF
stewed and strained pumpkin. about
one-Quarter pound sugar. half cup
molasses. half tablespoon ginger, less
than half a tablespoon nutmeg, a scant
teaspoonful each of cinnamon and salt.
one-quarter cup melted butter and one
quart of milk Beat six eggs and add
to the mixture. and stir until the in
gradients are well blended. Bake in a
good. deep crust.
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ST PRIZE
Mock Duck

Mrs. III. b. Martin, MIL valley
Take g round steak, beat we'll; make
a dressing OF three cupfuls stale bread
crumbs, one onion cut fine, small
seasoning TO suit taste: place dressing
In center of steak, fold over the edges
Of meat and tie with string to hold in
place; salt and pepper it and rub with
a Glove IN here and there, sprinkle
with -four and place in well creased
dripping pan; bake with potatoes,
halveo. three-Quarters of an hour in
hot oven. When done remove to plat
ter and add enough water to dripping
pan TO make brown gravy. This is an
excellent roast, as well as q very In
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About Prunes

Mrs. J. ii. Cogan, 442 DeImas Avenue,
San Jose
Two cups of sugar, creamed with
half a cup Of butter, three eggs (whites
beaten separately. two-thirds cup Of
sweet milk, one heaping teaspoonful Of
baking powder one tablespoonful pow
dered mace. one cupful of chopped wal
nuts, one cupful of chopped prunes
that have been steamed; line a cake
pan with buttered paper, fill in a layer
of cake batter, spread layer of the
chopped prunes, and over this a layer
Of the nuts, then another layer of cake
batter, and so Gu. until the pan is two
thirds full; bak In steady, but not
quick, oven.
PRUNE PIE
Stew. stone and mash enough prunes
to make a cupful of pulp. Add
a cupfuI of cream, add the yolks
Of three eggs, well beaten, nayor
in rich under crust as quickly as
possible; beat the whites of the eggs
with two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
spread over top; return to oven and
brown very lightly.
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Cheap Dishes for the "Kiddies'
Luncheon
A. J. Chamberlain, 2317 Claiming Way
Berkeley
BROWN BEAN SOUP

A. j. Chamberlain, 2317 Channins Way,
Berkeley
BROWN BEAN SOUP
Soak one pint brown beans over
night, cook hours In slowly boiling
water, mash well. add milk to thin,
then butter, pepper. salt. and sugar in
such quantity as to cut the crude
taste of beans. When in tureen slice
over a lemon. Serve with toasted,
buttered crackers.
BEET HASH
Several cold beets chopped equal
amount Of cold potatoes. boiled IL pos
sible In corned beef liquor and chopped.
Mix as for meat hash and heat. season
ing with butter. pepper and salt.
HAMBURGER STEAK
Get 10 cents worth OF round steak
and have 1t run through the machine.
Over an equal quantity OF stale bread
pour sufficient milk to soften; mix
meat and bread together, season with
salt and pepper; shape into cakes and
fry brown. In mixing be careful not
to mix bread and meat until they be-
come soggy.
SUET PUDDING
Thres cups -four, 2 teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder, l cup chopped suet, cup
stiff batter. Pour into well creased
double boiler and cook three hours.
Serve with liquid sauce.
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Fruit Cookies
Miss seIina ScheIber, Plantation

One cupful of butter with one and a
half cupfuIs of brown sugar. then
beat In one at time four eggs, add
one teaspoonful each OF ground cinna-
mon, cloves and allspice, one teaspoon
full OF soda. one teacupful of chopped
raisins and -four enough to make a
soft dough, roll out and bake in a quick
oven. When the cookies are baked put
them In a tin box and they will keep
for months.
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Useful Hints

Adele Anthony, 1920 Twenty-Hfth
Street, San Francisco
To prevent cake from burning when
using new tins butter the new tins
well and place them In moderate
oven for is minutes. After this the
cake may be cooked In them without
danger of burning.
When ironing with gas place lid
OF the coal stove over the gas burners
and place the irons over this. The
irons will always be clean and heat
much better than IL they are put d.
rectly over the gas fame.
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Plum Pudding

Miss Lulu McNaugbton, 35e Waller
Street. San Francisco
One egg, half cup of sour milk, half
cup molasses, half cup suet chopped
fine, one cup seeded raisins, a large tea
spoonful soda, -four to make thick
batter, half teaspoonful of all kinds of
spices. Steam three hours.
sauce for Pudding-Half cup of but
ter, one cup of sugar beaten to cream /;
one egg, the juice and grated rind of
one lemon, three tablespoonfuls of boil
ing water stirred In separately. Set
cooked
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Spanish Gumbo

Mrs. l.. Marcill, $40 Fourth Street, SAM
fa Rosa
Cut in pieces about one inch one and
a half pounds of nice fresh beef, one
onion and a piece of garlic. Let fry
a few minutes in two heaping table,
spoonfuls of butter. Cut fine two
sweet peppers. two large tomatoes and
one pound of green tender okra. Salt,
pepper and a large tablespoonful of
chiliana powder. Cook one cupful of
rice in enough soup stock to allow rice
to cook well done. Make wall of rice
around dish and put gumbo in center.
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Apple Filling for Cake
Kittfe TuttIe. Sutter Creek

Take one large apple or two small
ones, one cup of sugar and the white
of one egg. Peel the apple and CRATE
1t on potato crater in a deep dish,
and II the apple should turn a little
add the white of the egg and sugar
all in the same dish with the grated
apple, and beat for so minutes until
the whole becomes white and fiaky.
This can be used on any kind OF a
layer cake or served as pudding with
whipped cream. Flavor to suit the
taste.
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Lemon Cream Pie

r. It. C., 162 Broadway, Sam Francisco.
Make good pie crust and prick bot
tom. Put one sup sugar and one cup
water in a saucepan and let come to q
boil. Mix one tablespoon cornstarch in
a little water and add to water and
sugar on stove. When thick take off
stove and add a small chunk OF butter,
stir it up. Stir in the yolks of two eggs
and grated rind and juice of one lemon.
Beat whites of two eggs until thick
and spread over pie when cooked; then
put In oven to brown.
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put in medium oven, cooking one hour.
Mix with cold water two tablespoonfuls
Of Drowned -four and stir In one-Quarter
cupful of capers. Cover and cook
slowly for half an hour more; beat to
q paste with a teaspoonful Of butter
the yolks of three hard boiled eggs,
pinch Of salt and red pepper. Form
into small balls. Put the ducks on
large squares of toast Put egg balls
around and pour sauce over all.
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Lemon Pie

Mrs. Charles Luhrs, 2496 Mission Street
One small teacup boiling water. put
teaspoonful of cornstarch to thicken;
then add four egg yolks. one cup OF
sugar mixed together beat the whites
of two eggs stfff and put IN with egg
yoIks and sugar After custard Is done
put on top the whites OF the other two
eggs, put In oven and brown Bake
ME crust first
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ST PRIZE

The ColIapsible Hat Box Ga
Handy Article for TraveIing)
Mrs. George Harris, s4o Poplar street,
Oakland
The box consists of three parts; two
square hat box covers; one forms the
bottom, the other the top and side walls
OF the box. Cutting square box, join
pieces with muslin strips, which gives
the corners sufficient play in folding.
Bottom square piece of muslin, cut
diagonally so 1t does not interfere with
folding. Ribbons fasten to sides for
bow on top. Can be made with art
denim or silkoline: covering all over.
VIII lie In q suit case or tray of a
trunk.
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Oatmeal MaCaroons

Miss r. Keenc, Box 77, Napa, Cal. r.. #,
ID. No.
Three quarters cup butter. half cup
sugar, two eggs beaten to cream, one
and a half teaspoonfuls baking powder
one cup -four sifted, two cups rolled
oats. one teaspoonful vanills, one cup
chopped nuts. Drop from a teaspoon on
well creased pans. The above are ex-
cellent
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Panoche
Mrs. v. b. Watson, CastroviIIe.

Three cups brown sugar, one cup
cream, one cup chopped nuts Stir sugar
1T will form a soft ball when tried in
cold water. Just sfter removing from
the IRE stir I'm the nuts and beat until
1t creams. Pour into a buttered pan
and cut into squares when cool. IL
cream is not available. milk may be
substituted and a lump of butter added.
about a tablespoonful A box or the
above candies would make a most ac-
ceptable Christmas gift.
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Braised Wild Duck
Mrs. II. K. KIenck. 1874 Sacramento
Street, San Francisco

Mrs. X. E. klenck, 1414 Sacramento
Street, San Francisco
Chop fine one head of celery, bunch
of parsley, one small onion, piece of
garlic and a half cupful of sage. pinch
of mace and red pepper and salt to
suit taste. Beat yolk of one egg very
light and bind stuffing, adding also a
heaping tablespoonful of soft butter.
Fill ducks sew up opening, put into
braising pan with cover, adding a little
onion, garlic, parsley and celery cut
fine, bay leaf. two tablespoonfuls of
cider vinegar, a small glass of white
wine, pinch Of sage. red pepper and
salt, FIVE tabiespoonfuls of butter and
a pint Of good stock. Cover tightly and
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Spanish Dish

Mrs. l.. b Roman. Mount View Avenue,
Pefalumn, Route ;, Box IS.
Take one cupful boiled rice. then fry
two tomatoes and half an onion togeth-
er, season with pepper, salt, half Ca
Mix with rice. all together, then add
four tab.espoOnfuls of grated Swiss
cheese and one cupful OF cooked
shrimps. Cook on back OF stove half
an hour. Very good. eaten hot or cold.
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ST PRIZE
Stuffed Cabbage

Miss Dngny BergersOn, 4O5 Carmel Ave-
nue., Pacific Grove
Take q small head OF cabbage, peel
off the outside leaves, cut out the CEN
ter. Put into the cabbage one pound
OF hamburg steak, one egg, one table
spoonful OF melted butter, half a cup
of bread crumbs soaked in milk, lit
tie nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.
Stir all these ingredients well together.
Cook for three hours and thicken the
gravy. This stuffing is very good when
rolled into two pounds of round steak
and cooked like pot roast
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Apricot-PineappIe Jam

N TheobaId, 5S Shotwen Street. San
Francisco
Take 16 pounds of apricots and three
moe pineapples. Seed and quarter ap-
ricots and then take the pineapples and
apricots and pineapple squares together
and let stand over night in large pan.
Next morning put as many pounds OF
pure cane sugar as there is fruit and
let boil one hour, or until the jam sets.
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ST PRIZE
Short Scenes

Mrs. l.. Mcintosh, 1878 Sixteenth
Street, San Francisco
Half cupful sugar, one teaspoonful
salt. one quart flour, two teaspoonfuls
baking powder, half a cupful lard or
putter; mix with water or milk until
stiff enough to roll. Make into three
round, fat cakes and bake In grtddle
pan on top of very slow fire. Be very
careful In turning, as the cakes are apt
to break. This is most delicious when
eaten hot with butter.
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makers Germans are mere amateurs.
The Chinese have sausages of all sizes
and compilations, ranging from the one
containing finely chopped meat to the
smoked fish sausage mixed with bar
ley and seasoned with oranges.
The Chinese do know how to cook
egg dishes, omelets, baked eggs and
odd mixtures, and when they are offered
to Americans in our own land the eggs
are fresh, but IL they are made accord
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

hard boiled or baked in hot dishes. but
in the western part of China they make
a custard with a flavoring of musk that
is one of the most overpowering dishes
native to that country.
ct HE variety of vegetables grown
in China is nothing short of amaz-
ing to US here. Succulent radishes ac-
quire the size of English cucumbers.
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81 PRIZE
, Make an Extra Dressing
Table for Bedroom
Mr.. e. b. Bond. SANTA Cruz

Mrs. z. b. Bond, Santa Cruz
Nall two good orange boxes to-
gether to form a square. Nail a board
two inches wider and four inches
longer on the top, allowing the two
inches TO project front and sides.
Paper the four compartments with
plain paper, wrapping paper is good.
desired material for curtains. Light
colors are daintiest Cover top with
sheet-wadding thin material. Make cur
tains to hang with draw string from
pieces. one width each If wide goods
tack END curtains four or five Inches
on front then on end to back. Place
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Ing to native ideas and recipes the
freshness does not count Only the
very poor Chinese eats really fresh
eggs" said Mr.. Pike. The epicure of
the orient prefers them two or three
weeks old. All kinds of birds eggs
are eaten. the duck and goose variety
being valued much more highly than
hens eggs. They are packed and
shipped all over the world to any Chi
nese settlement. They are eaten mostly
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Crab With Mashed Potatoes
Mrs. r. G. Gerichten, 1915 Poplar Street
Oakland

Pick the meat of the crab. chop not
very fine. Put piece of butter size OF
an egg in saucepan. add two teaspoons
add small half cup cream or milk. also
salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to
taste, little finely chopped parsley to
the crab, mix well and put in the middle
of platter to be served on; put mashed
potatoes in ring around It. pour over
all one pint cream or cream sauce, put
in hot oven till light brown.
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81 PRIZE
Chestnut Turkey Dressing

Chestnut uTkty bIcssfHB
Mru- Harlan, Room 1o1, Old Peoples
Home Corner Pine and Pierce
streets, San Francisco
Clean turkey and lard the preast, OF
--se .T5ice -drippings; boil a quart OF
ehestnuts. and after 10 minutes blanch
theri: cover with boiling water and
oool- until soft: then mash: chop a
S,o,,16 ~ veal and half q pound of salt
rork very hne. add the chestnuts to
fbie also half a teaspoonful pepper,
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Chill Sauce

MIS-. =. buckley, BOO fark AVENUE SAN
Jose
Two quarts of ripe tomatoes, four
large onions. four chilli peppers; chop
fine, then add four cups vinegar, three
tablespooafuls brown sugar, two of salt.
two teaspoonfuls each OF cloves. CHINA
mon, ginger, allspice and nutmegs; boil
all thoroughly together and bottle aft
er straining through colander. This
is very nice.
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Stuffed Baked Fish

Anna f.. Kustel, KenfIworth Apart-
ments. Bush and PoweIl Streets,
San Francisco
One cupful stale bread crumbs, two
tablespoonfuls melted butter, half tea
spoonful salt, few grains of pepper,
a few drops onion juice and one table,
spoonful ffnely chopped parsley. Mix
ingredients in order given. This recipe
makes stuffing for four pound fish.
Fill the cavity with stuffing, allowing
1t room to swell sliEhtly- Sew the
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tablespoonful of salt; one-quarter tea
spoonful cloves, one cup stock; stuff
turkey and truss; rub with salt, pepper
and onion. rub butter over and dredge
with -four; place In hot oven; baste
every 10 minutes.
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il Be Published i'm Tm ON This Pagg or i'm Che Daily Cal

has been peeled and chopped with me-
dium knife or meat chopper Boil slow
ly until the ounce stays-doesn't fall
to the bottom.
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OF fruit add 1 z pounds Of sugar. and
boil hard for two hours, or until il
thickens, then add the juice OF 3
lemons before removing from the
stove.
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the remaining curtain over front and
it will never gap. Leave drawstrings
long enough to remain in to launder
and finish with brass headed tacks.
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Things Worth KNOWING
Daisy Blackburn, 142S AdeIine street
Orkland

MiIdew in white clothes may be re-
moved by soaking for short time in
pail of water to which has been added
a heaping teaspoonful OF chloride OF
lime. Then hang in SUM- Repeat IL
necessary.
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Household Hints

Mrs. j. Nj. Carter, Aivarado, Cal.
To clean plaster of paris figures. use
toilet soapsuds and a shaving brush
Rinse well. Dipping them in strong
solution of alum water will give them
the appearance of alabaster.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

To preserve gilt frames, cover them
when new with a coat of white var
nish- All specks can be washed off with
water without injury.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Lemons to keep-Put in water.
Change once a week. VIII keep a long
time.
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When frying potatoes. ETC.. try chop
ping with empty baking powder can
instead of knife You will fnd It much
more handy and quicker.
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Recipe for Orange MarmaIade
Mrs. C. L. Atwell, 122 De Long Avenue,
San Francisco

Take six thick skinned oranges,
slice thin: to every pound of fruit add
8 pints of cold water. Let stand "a
hours in cold water and then boil IN
same water until tender (about two
hours), then weigh and to every pound
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Ounce Honey

Mrs. A. Gill, 1910 Berkeley way, Berke-
ley
To each large ounce take one cupful
sugar, half cupful water; boil few
minutes then drop In the ounce. which
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

Try greasing cake and bread pans
with a small cent paint brush Keep
grease in round tin can: cut hole In
cover and insert handle Of paint brush
when not In use. 1t Is then always
ready for use and does not soil hands.
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CHINESE dishes are not adapted to
- the American menu, partly on ac-
count of their unusual ingredients and
partly because they do not go well with
the other food served. Oriental cooks
use a great deal of curry, and when
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-10-20
FRISCO KEEPS
ON WITH BIC
CELEBRATION
Thousands of Guests Are
Being Given All Kinds of
Amusements 49, { h i e I
Ball Given Tonight.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct go The
officers OF the various ba,tieships
in attendance at the Portola fcstl-
fal were the guests OF the city 70.
lay ON sightseeing trip IN auto.
mobiles After passing through the
decorated down town streets, whore
they We're cheered BY the crowds
The visitors were taken to Union
square. where they were greeted
~ childrens chorus OF 5000
goiees. under the leadership OF Miss
Estelle Carpenter This afternoon
the visitors were given reception
~ the merchants 81 the city at the
Merchants Exchange building The
enlisted men OF the warships viii
he given q smoker and entertain.
ment at Dreamland rink tonight.
The big social event OF the cele.
oration takes place az the Falrmont
hotel tonight. when the grand bah
In honor Of Queen NirEilla and Don
Gaspar de Portola viii be held
The manner in which the festi.
al started yesterday. and the en-
,husiasm with which the clts and
the throngs OF visitors entered into
the carnival spirit last night. have
surpassed the expectations OF the
committee In charge
Market St and the whole recon
strueted business section where the
festival II centercd we're packed
with people until long after mid
tight
Just TO keep the late crowds
amused. the committees have ar.
ranged midnight tight wire walking
exhibitions. 10 be- given az a central
point on Market 81
Tomorrow morning the big Por.
sola parade. 10 be composed OF elab-
crate. emhlematic floats. will be- a
big feature.