The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-23
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Miss Dolly Curtis gave an informal
luncheon today for few guests IN
compliment to Mrs Dan Anthony OF
Leavenworth.
The Sigma Delta Psis of Washburn
are wearing colors for eight nav
pledges: Miss Josephine Smith of Os-
kaloosa, Miss Louise Stevenson OF "a
Carrie Hughes of Jewell City, MISS
Josephine Tice of Dodge city, MISS
Ruth Bauer, Miss Henrietta Alexander
and Miss Alice Andrews. They are all
and have been the recipients of much
attention during the rushing season
The sorority will give an afternoon
party in honor of their acqulsltlohS
Monday at the home of Miss Mar
guerite Mills.
Every man who has ever hunted or
camped and, with the appetite Garnet
by exercise, smacked his lips over his
own boiled coffee and broiled bacon,
thinks he can cook and feels authorized
to deliver long lectures on the suD1ect.
He deplores the fact that so few gltis
are taught how to cook, says nutrltlcn
is the most important thing In lie and
that bad cooking is the curse of the
age. Invite him to dinner and you only
furnish him an excuse to brag about
his coffee and steak. Four Topeka
men, Mr.. David Mulvane. Mr.. Arthur
Capper. Mr.. George Crawford and Mr.
Gene Quinton, have, however, earned
the right to boast about their cooking
and are eligible to membership in the
United Order Of X MS Last sunday
they prepared a dinner, which wa,
given at the Mulvane home, with their
wives as guests, and, If they do say It
themselves, it was good dinner. mo-
that they have to vouch for it unsup-
ported. Mrs. Mulvane, Mrs. Capper. Mrs.
Crawford and Mrs Quinton are excel
lent housekeepers and famous hos
tesses whose dinner invitations are
eagerly accepted, and they say the din
ner would have done credit to any cook
in Topeka.
1t all came about because Mrs. Null
vane's cook left her a few weeks ago
and in the unavoidable interval before
securing another, she has been doing
her own cooking assisted by Mr.. Mui-
vane, who showed an astonishing tal-nt
for culinary affairs. Now Mr.. Mulvane
was a bachelor and a wild Indian for
so many years that the idea OF him
tying a bingham apron around MS
waist and helping with the dishes was
side-splitting. His friends openly jear-
ed and said they couldn't see him WHIP
ping cream, or holding a skein of yarn
for his wife to wind, or in any of those
ultra-domestic pictures. Mrs. Mulvane
defended him, and declared that his
cooking was wonderful, but his friends
still remained skeptical and said he
knew where they were from. Thus
goaded and dared he invited the Cap
pers, the Crawfords and the Quintors.
in the habit of having Sunday night
lunches for last Sunday evening, and
said he'd give them not merely
luncheon but a dinner. His confidence
inspired the other men, who began to
believe that perhaps he could COOK
after all, and now wanted to share the
credit. So 1t was decided that the four
men should get the dinner unaided.
They began at half after two ard
dinner was served shortly after seven.
The night before they met to plan the
menu and the stunt was pulled off as
advertised; caviar canapes, soup
praised leg O. lamb with Drowned p0-
tatOes, green corn and peppers, chicory
and head lettuce salad. hot corn bread,
frozen peaches, sponge cake and coffee.
Mr.. Mulvane prepared the meat and
vegetables, Mr.. Capper made the corn
bread, Mr.. QuintOn built the saled
Crawford made the frozen dessert.
Everything was delicious except the
sponge, cake. Its author and finisher
was SO concerned about 1t that he
opened the oven door every five mill
utes and began tasting it with broom
straws Carefully ster1ized, of courSe)
before it began to bake. He took II OUT
of the oven once, thinking it was done,
burned MS myers on the not pan and
let it fall on the floor The accident
disclosed the fact that the cake was
still doughty, so he put it back in the
pan and in the oven. The finished
product wasn't much to brag about but
the dinner was otherwise a complete
success and no one should cavill at a
trif1e- The table was decorated with
aSters and there were dinner cards and
all that sort of til-fil-lal Mr.. Crawford, |
in white cap and apron, did the but |
thing" without spilling soup down any,
body's neck or handing anything from
the wrong side. The original plan was
to have roast young turkey and they
drove out in the country to buy one
but after they had made a bargain for
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