Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-16
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Conducted by Mrs Alice Gitchell Kirk

heavy foods of the colder months.
We should be ready to see why a
change of diets with the season is
quite opportune. Don't misunder-
stand me in thinking that do not
believe nor enjoy theatres, operas,
dancing, etc. for I do, but we do
have to suffer most of the time from
bad ventilation, and all of this can
only be offset by knowing what, to
eat to keep the body clear. Our
bodies are much like our furnaces
they must be kept clean to give out
the most heat and activity.
If the diet has been largely of
meat, cut it down to meat two or
three times a week and substitute in
its place eggs. nuts, beans, peas or
cream of lentil soup, which is made
so deliciously at our best hotels and
restaurants. Every housekeeper
should know how to make 1t and
make it we'll.
Let down on the tea and coffee I
do not say cut it put entirely, but
take it only once a day and that
preferably black at the close of din
ner We have one meal a day en-
tirely of fruit, and If, the coffee can
be dispensed with for breakfast, this
will be the. best time for 1t; if not,
then at noon. If the fruit meal is
not practical every day. then have
one entire day devoted to fruit eat
ing. There is nothing more cleans
ing to the system than fruits.
Salads, which are made from
fresh succulent vegetables such as
lettuce, spinach, watercress, dande-
lion and onions, all have their place
in the diet.
| am not writing this just for
women and girls, for it is Just as
essential In the dietary of man. "a
man is as old as his arteries" has
been truly said, and unless he, too,
will be reminded there is something
in arteries, liver and kidneys.
Eat whole wheat (certified) bread
and mullins with dates. raisins, figs
or nuts In them. Remember, we eat
bread 365 days in the year, three
times day. so give more attention
than usual to the bread, which has
all the elements for real, nourish-
ing food.
Alternate potatoes. baked or boiled
with skins on, with brown, I'M
polished rice. In other words, "eat
to live and live to eat"
Foods should be pure and they
should be good. These two words
should never be separated and it is
our purpose to keep them together
for the health and happiness of our
readers.
Date Mullins.
Materials-Butter, one third cup;
sugar. one-quarter cup; salt. one
quarter teaspoonful; one egg; three
quarter cup milk, two cups whole
wheat, one-quarter pound dates, four
teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Utensils-M easuring cup, teaspoon,
bowl. wooden spoon, egg beater, muf-
fin pans.
Direttions-Cream the butter, add
the sugar gradually and the dates
chopped. Beat the egg and add to the
milk Now alternate with flour in
adding to mixture, beating we'll
Carefully fold in the baking powder
and bake in hot, well creased muffin
pans twenty minutes.
(Mrs. Kinks Card Index Cooking
Recipes.)
Spring Salad with Cheese Dressing.
MISUNDERSTANDING or head lettuce
Roquefort cheese, one-quarter pound;
French dressing, chilli sauce, one
tablespoon: water cress, two table,
spoons.
Utensils-Bowl. fork. sharp knife
Ice.
Directions-Wash the Romaine or
head lettuce and wipe perfectly dry.
Prepare a French dressing for serv-
ing four persons. Rub the Rogue
fort cheese smooth with the dressing
and add the chilli sauce and also the
water cress chopped fine. Pour this
over the lettuce and serve.
Young dandelions may be used in
stead of lettuce, which makes the
salad of greater value In tha sDrinR