Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-02-05

purposes and educational work. They fol
nue. lhat lots OF them find their way n
p3of SCHOOLS III the west and south
"Heie no genuine maSrsrpiecaS of tbf
"tad ana gone artist could be moro vel
ana 'hele, she continued. pick
inH up q pie of these artistic but very
l1ctlE cards, with holly sDr3yS lnis+Ie
toe boughs. ST. Nicks. Chrjstmae boiis
ana Tie Hule log decorating their en-.
Tossed surfaces. these eventually heir
70 III! Scrap-bookS for nv Door littIe
uvSllLaI protegeeS. One Of my SIMMER
| treasures is making stout linen books
"nu p4Silhg al all the bright colored Die
S"itS nave on hand to distribute when
"H8IMer Christmas rolls around"
d. Ihese always please me best" said
| ssnt "hlte-halred guest. reused to greater
interest by the enthusiasm of her host
ess' ana she picked up a quantity illumi-
| nateu cara, suggesting in script and col
| "IIhS the miSsals wrought by pious
.IIohkS III medieval converts. And
ssn99e We're shepherds abiding in the
I:' she murmured softly, her eve
| ,Iin7elihS on the beautiful lettering Of
| t tIg message OF good will to the world
| daye these any special use? They
| books" III 0'i"p
| i. me use l put them to is an inven-
| non OF my own. so I'm n little nroud Of
| IT. answered the hostess. at was sug-
! EeSted by my visit to a sick friend in the
sanitary but fearfully bare room of a
| hospital She took so much comfort i'm
| an Illuminated scroll thar 7 sent ber
that ever since I've been mounting these
On heaVy grey or brown board. tying
! !hem up with pretty ribbon, and send
! ing them TO the public wards. where
some one else may enjoy a cheerful
message and the beauty of the card
some as you see have Bible quotations,
some cheerful philosophy of Emerson
pt, .i iIte' eIsoh' or inspiring words from
/, allllpS Brooks. Every one has some
thing worthy of preservation. and II Is
SO much better than merely throwing
'llem away. New York Evening Post
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Inc Art of Being Hostess
The hostess who likes to mako bor
entertaining distinctive is always on the
LOOKOUT Tor dishes that are not served nj
every dinner she attends. If she can
not aHofd TO give many or elaborate dim
hers or luucheons she aims to make
those she does give as nearly UNIQUE as
possible. %
This does not mean that she seeks IN
pe starving; good taste permits the I'M
H..
The hostess who thought her Easter
luncheon was the height of elegance be-
cause she had gone to great expense to
nave a centerpiece of live "peeps' run
hlng around in a chicken yard, fenced in
with rail of wired orchids, would he
surprised to know that many of her
guests considered her decorations the
height OF bad taste.
In seeking the unusual, particularly IN
ba
the novel dish has more to recommend if
than rs oddly; also that h"r cook can
make it well.
One hostess who goes in for the unique
cannot understand why her invitations
are not in demand. Her guests, if honest.
would tell her that they object to be ex-
perimented upon.
At one of her dinners she announced
with pride that each course was Also
lutely a new dish. "And a bad one"
whispered one Of the men to his com
panlon as he llade pretense of eating
sorry-looking entree much favored by
the Turks.
There are some home cooks who have
the knack Of turning out dishes as ar
tlstic and apDctiZing as those of a pro-
feSsiOnal chef; the majority make utter
failure of oyer-elabOrate cooking and
should not attempt it.
The truly ambitious hostess knows the
| limitations of her cook and attempts
nothing that cannot be well done. She
realizes that simple menu, where each
article is delciously cooked and daintily
served IS more satisfying than course
after course of badly prepared food.
She sees to it that cold dishes are icy
cold and hot ones not lukewarm. She
studies appropriate combinations, and
knows just what sauce is needed to
bring out the tlayors of Il certain meat or
fish. She realizes that for a course din
ner soups and salads should be light if
the meat course is heavy, as turkey or
duck; that ices are less indigestible and
more appreciated than d rich pudding
or pie.
The ambitious hostess would never
consider her duty as a dinner giver done
when she paid for terrapin, canvasback
duck, and champagne; she would make
sure that the terrapin would not he a
greasy mess because the sherry had been
omitted: that the duck would be rare
and that the champagne would not be
warm nor iced,
But she would think of more than her
menu. If her dinner was planned to do
honor to one guest. who was expected
to make conversation more or less gem
eraI, she would not eXtinguiSh him be-
hind masses of high decorations, nor
have the dinner too large to listen to
him.
The truly ambitious hostess does not
treat her dinners as the one place to pay
off social debts. Il had to have her be
cause she has just asked me- has ruined
more dinners and luncheons than have
bad cooks. \ conglOmerate company of
uncougeuial guests will not make sue
cessful dinner, though small fortune
has been spent on decorations and MENU
Straining after effect is not a fault Of
the ambitious hostess-or at least the
evidence Of that strain must not be ap-
parent. No matter what time or thought
or effort has gone to the preparation Of
The feast, it must appear quite as mat
ter IF course.
4 banquet of Lucullus. with a har-
assed hostess at the head of the table.
would soon react on the pleasure Of the
diners. Though everything goes wrong;
though the hostess sees too late that
she has placed side by side guests who
are at lugGerheads. and the waiter
Smashes borrowed cut glass, the woman
Of the world keeps a-smijing. New
York Times.
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Poor Children.
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