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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Benefit for Girls Club

The Girls Recreation club at 507
Harrison street is also claiming con-
siderable attention these days. The
directors of the club are working
zealously to arouse interest in the
benefit performance to be given at the
Cort theater, January II. when Mar
garet Ellington will star in within
the Law Miss Ellington is coming
west with a splendid company and
everywhere her production has been a
theatrical triumph. No less is prom
ised for this city, so that the officers
of the Girls Recreation club are of
fering fit compensation for San
Francisco's charity. The tickets
downstairs for the night of January
IL will sell at an advance of 81, or
So a seat, but in the balcony and
gallery there will be the regular
prices. One pleasing announcement
is that there will be no extra demand
upon pocketbooks than at any other
play. Programs will be given away
cigar or candy venders The proceeds
of the entertainment will be devoted
to the clubs building fund. Already
boxes have been engaged for the
benefit performance by Mrs. George
Pope, Mrs William Bowers Bourn,
Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs. William
Taylor Jr, Mrs. Frederick McNear,
Mrs. John Drum, Mrs. Fred Kohl. Mrs
Henry T. Scott, Mrs. Walter Martin
and Mrs. Robert Hayes Smith.
The Girls Recreation club is an
institution provided for the working
girls. and its benefits are enjoyed as
a whole by factory girls. At the
rate of 25 cents month the girls
are served daily with a light lunch
con, and at the same price night
classes are maintained in sewing,
gymnasium work and cooking Every
day some of the directors of the club
go down for the luncheon hour. and
superintend the serving of the re-
past
The officers and directors of the
club are: President. Mrs. George Cad
walader; vice president. Miss vir-
ginia Joliffe; treasurer. Miss Mar
jorie Josselyn; secretary, Miss Helen
Chesebrough; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Nat Messer; directors. Miss Kate
Brigham. Miss A. de Turbeville. Mrs.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Form Dancing Club

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Scott Brooke
whirl in Portland as is the latter's
sister, Miss Harriet Pomeroy, here.
The Brookes recently assisted in or
ganizing dancing club, the Monday
Night Dancing Club Party, of which
some of the other members are Mr..
and Mrs. Wells Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Sanborn, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Sawyer and Mr.. and Mrs Harold
NJ. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooke and their lit
tie daughter may come to San Fran
cisco during the holidays to enjoy a
brief visit with Mrs Brooke's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Pftkin Pomeroy,
at their Clay street residence
X X
Clarence Sherwood and his family
have arrived from the Sherwood ranch
at Salinas and will spend the holi-
days in San Francisco as the guests
of Mr.. Sherwocds mother. Mrs. Eigene
Sherwood, at the her home in Fill
bert street Stanley and Lionel Sher-
wood will also spend the holidays with
their mother.
Miss Clara Osbourne will return
next week from Novato, where she
has been spending the last week as
the guest of Miss Marian and Miss
Gertrude Mills.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
To Wed i'm january

January 81 is the date chosen by
celebrate her marriage with John Par
kinson of Sacramento. The engage
ment of this popular couple was an
nounced about three weeks ago, when
Mrs. Shirley Walker, the former Miss
Margaret Coffin. entertained at a
miscellaneous shower in compliment
TO the bride elect. Miss Richardson
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richardson of San Rafael. Mr. Park
inson is the son of Dr. John Parkin-
son, one of the leading physicians of
the University of California and have
a host of friends here and in the
transbay cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Fee and
Miss Marcia Fee have returned to
their home in this city after having
enjoyed an automobile tour through
the south. Last week they spent in
Santa Barbara, where they were
guests at the Potter.
Mrs Bowman III. McCalla is among
the recent arrivals in San Francisco
and is being extensively entertained
by the local haut ton. She came here
last Monday and has taken apart
ments at the st. Francis. Before cona-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Miss Redington Feted


Prior to her departure for the east
and EUROPE last week. Miss Sarah
Redington was entertained at a num-
Der of delightful functions by the
smart set of Santa Barbara and Mon
tecito. Mrs. William Miller Graham.
who is among the most charming of
hostesses, feted her with a luncheon
to 10 guests which she gave at Bellos
Guardos, her Montecito home. Among
those to enjoy her hospitality were
Mrs. william Norman Campbell, Mrs.
Franklin Price Knott, Mrs. Francis
Wilson. Mrs. Edwin II. Sawyer, Mrs
John Boyd, Mrs. Henry f. Bothin,
Mrs. I,ouis Jones. Miss Florence Fer
nald and Miss Ruth Winslow.
Mrs. Duncan Draper was also a,
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Round Table Enjoyed

The California Writers club closed
the years work with a round table
last Saturday afternoon. keeping
open house from to 5 in the ban
quet room of the Key Route inn.
Taking precedence in club accom-
plishment. the fiction section has as
sembled a book of short stories, which
will be published early in the year by
Paul Elder. Honorary members have
contributed noteworthy stories. among
them one by Jack London. illustrated
by Maynard Dixon. Herman Whit
akers story has four illustrations by
Cahill. Mary Austin will contribute.
as will also Dell Munger, Charles F.
Lummis, Agnes Morely Cleaveland
and Eugene Manlove Rhodes.
The dramatic section will shortly
issue a book of sketches and mono
logues for club use. Eight three act
plays have been entered in the play
writing contest, the winning play TO
be staged at Ye Liberty theater. This
section has for year been receiving
instruction from Herbert Bashford.
The poetry section has issued an
artistic Christmas calendar; the book
review section will present the club
with library. the works of club
members; the press section issues a
special Ina Coolbrith edition of the
Club Bulletin, which is edited by Ia
nette Potter and Charles w. Carru-n.
More than 500 cards have been sent
out for the afternoon, which closes
with a short musical and dramatic
program. presented by the dramatic
section.
DR.. William S. Morgan, president.
and Mrs Morgan, were assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs. A Denison, Mrs. Os-
car Fitzalan Long, Mrs. S. Mont
gomery Haslett, Mrs. Charles Rowe.
Mrs. Herman Whitaker. DIR. Elizabeth
McCloud. Mrs. E. r. Osgood, Mrs. Effie
Banks, Miss Mary Lambert. Miss Zoe
Ackerman and Miss Rebecca N. Por-
ter.
Mrs. Emma Fitch has returned from
Santa Cruz and has taken apart
ments in Laguna street for the win
ter Mrs. Fitch is the mother of
Robert Newell Fitch. who married
Miss Marjorie Stafford.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Debutantes Choose The Dansant"
AS Introduction to Beau Monde

Inc the dansant" has come to stay
Not in San Francisco alone has 1t won
Its way into the hearts of the people
out IN New York, Boston, Chicago.
Washington, Philadelphia, New Or
leans, Cincinnati, Portland, Nashville,
Denver, St Louis, Tacoma and every
other city or town of any pretentions
whatsoever it has come to be recog-
nized as the most successful form of
entertainment known to man. At
nrst there were those who frowned at
the waste of daylight hours, but they
were only the old fogies who resented
any innovation, and the dances -four
ished in spite of them. Now they are
the thing" and the public has ac-
cepted them as the most pleasing in
PRODUCTION of the beau monde.
OF late the ''the dansant" has been
put to another use, namely: the pre-
sentation OF debutantes to the social
joys OF which they are heretofore
supposedly" ignorant. Supposedly
only to the minds of the common herd,
~ NN@-A~ NAO SCNAe~A elI 4lS
face value. AS a matter of fact, what
the subdebutantes do not know of the
joys of their elders is not worth
knowing. From the age of 10 years
and upward the little people entertain
in their own set at luncheons. theater
parties and informal dances, which.
while simple little affairs, are in their
way almost as elaborate as those over
which their mothers preside. But the
adelusion holds. none the less. for the
uninitiated, and the formal debut
must be held in consequence.
Miss Rebecca Shreve, who made her
initial bow three weeks ago. was the
first to have been presented at a the
dansant" Miss Marie Louise Black
will follow her example next Thurs
day afternoon, when her father.
Charles y. Black. Will give matinee
tea at the Fairmont in her honor.
Assisting IN receiving on this occasion
will be Mrs J. Leroy Nickel. Mrs. c.
o. G. Miller, Mrs. Lorenzo Avenan.
Mrs. John S. Drum, Mrs. Willard
Drown, Miss Beatrice Nickel. Miss
Helen Garritt and Miss Ruth Zeile.
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hostess in her honor when she gave
an deliberately appointed dinner, which
was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Joel
Fithian, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Price
Knott. Mrs. William Miller Graham,
Miss Ruth winslow. Miss Anne Bisp-
ham and George Baker.
X x
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chickering are
in Los Angeles. where they went last
week, having concluded two weeks
sojourn at the Potter, in Santa Bar
bara. They will return to their home
in Linda Vista next Tuesday.
X
Reginald Fernald has returned to
Santa Barbara, after a brief visit In
this city.
Harold Plummer is In Santa Bar
bara for a fortnight's stay, and is a
guest at the Potter. He will not re-
turn to his home in Los Angeles untfl
next Saturday.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Laurels L for Miss Perinel

Congratulations are being showered
upon Miss Lolita Perine, who. after
months of arduous study and prepa-
ration, has succeeded in putting on
the stage a musical fantasy which
will open tomorrow night at Pan
tages theater. "The Priestess of
Kama, God of Love-" is the name of
her act. 1t is founded on an Indian
legend and great attention has been
paid by the authoress to the costum-
ing and scenic arrangements that in
every detail they may correspond to
the Indian. The music has been
adapted from the temple chants and
sacred songs. and the dances are the
famous oriental conceptions which
still find favor in the east.
The act is series of songs. dances
and tableaux. the latter being living
pictures OF the famous lovers Of his
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

ing to this city. Mrs. McCalla en-
joyed visit in Santa Barbara, where
she was the guest of Admiral and
Mrs. w. A. Bacon at their home in
East Mission street.
Mrs. McCalla will pass a few days
next week in San Mateo with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Driscoll Miss Alice
Bacon) at their attractive country
home.
X
Pictures are shown in today's soci-
ETY. page of Mrs George MCGOWAN
and her daughters, the Misses Milo
and Margaret Abercrombie. and Miss
Anne Peters, all of whom are expert
in the new dances, and are among
the constant attendants at the BIZ
weekly The Dansants at the ST.
Francis.
Mrs. Joseph d. Peters and Miss
Anne Peters left this morning for
their home in Stockton, where they
will entertain small house party
until Monday.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

Miss Violet Buckley has returned to
her home in this city, after having
passed week in Oakland as the guest
of Miss Lois Crosby.
Mrs. Violet Kruttschnitt has re-
turned to her apartments at the St.
Francis, after a sojourn of several
days in Santa Barbara, where she was
a guest at the Hotel Potter. During
her stay in the south Miss Krutt-
schnitt was entertained by the beau
monde of Santa Barbara and Monte
cito.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Rose Vincent
have gone down to Burlingame to
spend the weekend as the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Templeton Crocker in
their country home.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Benefit Entertainments
Planned by Smart Set

George Cameron, Mrs Templeton
Crocker Mrs. Albert T. Diblee, Mrs.
Lawrence Harris, Mrs. Atholl Nc
Neab, Mrs. Roy Pike, Mrs. Horace
Pillsbury, Mrs. Robert Hays Smith,
Mrs. Joseph o. Tobin. Mrs. Jack Will
son, Miss Maud OConnor and Miss
Edith Treanor.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

nesses includes:
Mrs. t. Carey Fried
lander
Mrs. Bowie Detrick
Mrs. Gaillard Stoney
Mrs. Joseph Hooper
Mrs. Wickham Havens
Of Piedmont
Mrs. Frank II. Kerri-
gan
Mrs. Frank A. Cove Of
Yerba Buena island
Mrs. T.. b. Stone
Mrs. Irving Moulton
Mrs. William B. Hal
dron
Mrs. Cullen B. Welty
Mrs. Frank Dudley
Bates
Mrs. Wendell P. Ham
mon
Mrs. Andrew Carrigan
Mrs. Reginald Knight
Smith
Mrs. e. ID. Bullard
Mrs. John Rodgers
Clarke
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Hart
well McCarteney.
X x
Mr.. and Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst entertained at a Mexican cos
tune dance at their home in Riverside
drive. New York city, last Saturday.
The handsome residence was trans
formed into a palatial setting for the
affair. The walls were hung with
rich tapestries and flowers and greens
were artistically woven in the decora-
tions to give the effect of the in
closed courtyard, half garden, half
room, which is an adjunct of Mexi-
can homes. Several hundred guests
enjoyed the affair and among them
were many Californians. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward H. Hamilton and their
daughter, Miss Helen Hamilton, who
went east three weeks ago, enjoyed
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

The list of patro
Mrs. Frederick Sharon
Mrs. George A. Pope
Mrs. Edith Blanding
Coleman
Mrs. DixwelI Hewitt
Mrs. George Il. kel-
ham
Mrs. George Harry
Mendell Jr.
Mrs. Arthur Murray
Mrs. Charles Mills
Gayley
Mrs. Alexander Nc
Cracker of Berkeley
Mrs. Harry Vaudeville
Wright of Piedmont
Mrs. John Franklin
Brooke OF San Jose
Miss Hazel King
Miss Louise Boyd
Miss Lena Blanding
Miss Leslie Page
Miss Augusta Foute
Miss Genevieve King
Miss Marian Zeile
Mrs. NJ. G. Sloss
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

down there will be a ball for the
club members and their guests.
The following matrons will act as
patronesses for the affair:
Mrs. Norris K Davis Mrs. Henry T. Scott
Mrs. Edward J. Tobin Mrs William II.
Mrs. Clement Tobln Crocker
Mrs. Charles w. Clark Mrs Baldwin Wood
Mrs. c. Frederick Kohl Mrs George Pope
Mrs. Christien de Mrs II. Mcdonald
Guigne Spencer
Mrs. Eugene de Saba Mrs. Oscar Cooper
Mrs. George Howard Mrs Joseph ID. Grant
Mrs. Robert G. Hooker Mrs. Tom Driscol
Mrs. William Della Mrs. Harry Stetson
ware Nelson Mrs. Michael j. 0'Con-
Mrs. Willard Chamber
lin Mrs Harry Hastings
Mrs FELTON, Elkins Mrs. Cuyler Lee
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Efhng-
ham Sutton
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
L. buckingham
Mr.. spd Mrs. Horace
Clifton
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Mailliard
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Fennimore
Mr.. and Mrs Frank
King
Mr.. and Mrs. Alan
Macdonald
Mr. and Mrs Charles
Beiden
AIr. and Mrs. Duval
Moore
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Gallagher
Mr.. and Mrs. Atholl
Mclean
Miss Beatrice Nickel
Miss Ruth Zeile
Miss Gertrude O'Brien
Miss Ruth Winslow
Miss Dora VIM
Miss Margaret Carri-
gan
Miss Olive Wheeler
Miss Lillian Wheeler
Miss Henrietta Harri-
son Smith
Miss Alice Harrison
Smith
Miss Marie Louise
Black
Miss Louise Janin
Miss Cora Otis
Miss Frederika Otis
Miss Helen Garritt
Miss Marian Zeile
Miss Sadie Murray
Miss Isabel MeLaugh-
lin
Miss Louise Boyd
Miss Harriet Pomeroy
Miss Marian Newhall
Miss Augusta Foute
Miss Ysabel Chase
Miss Marion CrockeP
Miss Eva de Pue
Miss Charlotte Tnttle
Miss Ernestine Nc
Near
Miss Evelyn Barron
Kenneth Monteagle
Piatt Kent
Joseph DonohQe
Crobett Moody
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

viii be.
/ Count AIbrecht Mont
gelas
Edmunds Lyman
! Douglas Alexander
/ Charles Chapman
Herbert Payne
I John Cushing
Cyril Wynne
Harold Wynne
Frank Kennedy
Austin Tubbs
George BOwies
Robert Eyre
Douglas MacMonagle
/ Somers Peterson
William Van Fleet
Gayle Andertoon
Ellis Tucker
Leland Carr
Russell Slade
Lyman Grimes
Raymond Armsby
I Gordon Armsby
Andrew Carrigan Jr.
Frederick Tillmann
sydney Ford
/ Courtenay Ford
Paige MOnteagie
DR.. Lowell Langstroth
Frank Lsngstroth
Charles keeney
Denman McNesr
Walter Hush
Dudley Valentine
Hall Roe
William Leib
George Leib
Jack Neville
T. Van Beck
Paul Jones
Clinton Jones
Spencer Grant
Al Woolsey
Lieutenant Conger
Pratt
Lieutenant william
Hooper Jouett
Lieutenant Ralph G..
Harrison
William Miner
John Hartigan
William Mintzer
Edward Stow
Samuel Day
Felix Smith
Frederick Beaver
Captain Herbert Brees
Cordova de Garmendia
Bruce Porter
George Nickel
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Doug
las McBryde entertained about "a
guests at an informal The Dansant at
her home IN Vallejo street. The COM
mittee which worked with her toward
the success of the Pageant of the
Seven Seas, given last week as a bene-
fit for the Seamen's institute, were
her guests on this occasion. The party
assembled at 4 O'Clock in the attract
i've residence, which was decked in
holiday attire with red berries and
greens tied with crimson ribbons. Mrs
Prentiss Cobb Hale, Mrs. Dennis
searles, Mrs. Washington Dodge, Mrs.
Frank Kerrigan, Mrs. James Black,
Miss Louise McNear. Miss Christine
McNab, Miss Rita Brown, Miss Lois
Brown, Miss Alyce Warner. Miss Kin
caid, Miss Josephine Redding. Wash
ington Dodge Jr., Jerd Sullivan. Mr.
McGilL Mr. Hotchkiss and Mr.. Green
were among those to accept her hos
pitality.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13

the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Hearst
on this occasion.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
Honor DeDutante

This afternoon Miss Elizabeth Oys-
ter. who is another OF this seasons
buds, viii be complimented at a"the
dansant." which her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Stewart Tubbs.
are giving in the Fairmont. The
younger set, married and single, and
some Of the hosts closer friends will
enjoy the affair.
Among those who Will dance at this
aftsrnn nnon,s affair will be:
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-24
OYSTER SEASON HERE
some METHODS OF PREPARING
THIS GENERAL FAvoRlTE.
Better Than Serving Raw, stewed or
Fried-kabobs May Be Heeom-
mended--scrambled With oys-
ters-ExceIlent Pan Roast.
BY Ida AMEs WILLIS.

No true oyster lover fails in appre-
citation of the merits OF the raw oys-
ter, served without the accompani-
ment of coarse vinegar and peppery
sauces. If one must resort to such
condiments to enable one to eat the
delicate monster uncooked, then ones
palate lacks discrimination and deli
cacy, Here are four of the best recipes
known:
Kabobs.-Remove the gills and mus
cular part from large oysters. Dip
each in melted butter, then in sea
soned dry bread crumbs. String six
oysters, alternating with them strips
of sliced bacon cut same size, on
small silver or aluminium skewer
Lay these in a frying basket and i'm
merse in deep, hot fat, frying a nice
brown. Serve with little lemon and
tender, crisp celery.
Scrambled Eggs, With OYSTERS
Put a piece of butter in your omelet
pan, and when melted, add as many
eggs as required and tablespoonful
of cream to each egg; scramble, and
before the eggs are cooked add the
oysters, well drained and small sized;
seasoning of salt and pepper and a
little minced parsley, or instead of the
parsley add little celery salt. Cook
until the edges of the oysters curl,
then remove at once from the fire and
turn onto 4 heated platter
Southern Pan Roast-The largest
nh oh hA FNr
this purpose. Drain them well and
heat in a deep frying pSn, with a gen
erous lump of butter melted. Cover
the pan and shake constantly over n
hot fire. Have ready dish well but
tered and garnished with parsley and
lemon. When the oysters are brown.
turn out on the dish, add salt and dust
of pepper and pour over the oysters a
little melted hot butter mixed with a
teaspoonful of minced parsley
Oyster Salad.-Cook the oysters in
their own liquor until they are plump
and gills ruffle. Drain and season
with salt and pepper and set in ice
chest to cool. For 100 large oysters
take two heads Of lettuce, chill and ar
range the leaves in your salad bowl
and turn the oysters into the center
of the lettuce heads having cut out
the coarse stems. Mfnce few olives
or capers and spriEkle over the oys-
tiers and serve mayonnaise dressing
with the salad II YIN have some good
home4nnd~s celery 49, VI In
making the mayonfl5a9e oys-
ter salad. ny
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-24

Wash fresh calf's liver and soak
1t for an hour in cold water; wipe dry
and with sharp knife make incisions
clear through the liver an inch apr It.
Into these put strips of fat salt pork
long enough to project on both sides.
Into the bottom of the pot put table
spoonful of minced onion, some
chopped parsley, pepper to taste and a
half cupful Of strained tomato juice.
On this lay the liver, sprinkle with
salt and as much onion on top as
there is below. Cover lightly and set
on part of the range where 1t will
not reach the boiling point for an
hour. Gradually increase the heat,
but never let it be strong. for two
hours more, when uncover the pot for
the first time to see If 1t be tender.
Take out the liver and keep hot while
you strain the gravy. Chicken with
a tablespoonful of Drowned -four wet
In cold water, Pour over the liver.
Carve 1t horizontally.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-24
MAKE DISH WASHING EASIER
BY Simplifying It This Never Pleasant
Household Task May Be Made
Lighter.

Simplify your dish washing thus:
With careful handling the dishes may
safely be washed in the sink doing
away with the care of dishpan. To
lessen danger of breakage place in the
bottom of the sink wooden protector
made of Stats. If the sink is not pro-
vided with an automatic stopper, a
rubber sink stopper can be procured
at a small price. A wooden dish rack,
the kind that opens like an old-fash-
Toned paperholder, will hold plates and
saucers upright. The rack may be
lifted out of the sink on a tray, and
its contents, that have previously been
scalded, allowed to dry there. A three
cornered enamel strainer, on feet, oc-
cupies a corner of the sink. Into this,
which costs few cents, plates can be
scraped BefSss the dish va ing Sc
gins. That dish towels maybe close,
at hand, have fastened to the wall close
to the sink a wooden ARRANGEMENT
with arms which open out or close on
which to hang the towels after they
have been washed and boiled.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-24
How to Cook Endlves.

The following is an excellent French
way of cooking the endives: Boil the
leaves in lots of salt and water; when
tender, pour the whole thing into
large seive, and, as soon as the hot
water has drained away. put the sieve
under a tap and let cold water run on
it for few minutes. After the cold
water, put the endives on a chopping
board or rub 1t through fine sieve;
in both cases return it to the fire after
putting 1t into china saucepan, with
a pat of butter and one teaspoonful of
fine flour. Melt and mix the butter
and flour, stir in the vegetable, and
let it simmer Is minutes. Add lit
tie cream or milk quite at the last mo-
ment, to make it look soft and pretty.