The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-13
The penny and the scrap.

| The penny and the scrap.
 If the Birmingham housewife knew a bit more about the buying qualities of | the one and the usuable qualities of the other, the Birmingham husband wouldn't need to know so much about interest rates on mortgages and loans. An so, perhaps, the announcement contained herewith is of chief interest to the Birmingham husband. This is the announcement:
 Monday afternoon October 1S at o'clock. on the third floor of the Manu- lecturers Permanent Exhibit building, The Age -Heralds housekeepers' demon- stration will begin. During the five days of the demonstrations continuance, every housewife in Birmingham will have the chance to learn all there is to know about the penny and the scrap. The teacher at the school Is to be the one woman in the United States whose reputation and record most entities her to teach. She is Mrs. Betty Lyles Will
 son. author of the most widely known
 cook book, head of cooking departments | in several of the country's largest
 magazines for women, dean of the sum mer school of the department of do- nestle science of Columbia university, and known wherever newspapers are read as the White House cake maker" This sobriquet Mrs. Wilson achieved a number of years ago when she made her first cake for President of the United States. Since the making of that cake she has received other presi- dential appeals and now can show let ters from three Presidents, all of them fairly lip-smacking in appreciation of cakes made by Mrs. Wilson and estab- lished on White House tables at big events.
 Will Explain Economy Mrs. Wilson knows how to make Presidents cakes-and she will tell all who care to listen to her lectures how to make them. But Mrs. Wilson also knows how to economize in cooking and again she will tell her audience all of her secrets. However, "secrets' is not the word, for in matters of cook- cry Mrs. Wilson knows none. It has been her business for the last 25 years to disseminate all of the domestic dis coveries that she could make. It has been her business to answer every ques- tion no matter how slight it's purpose And so The Age-Herald determined this season to make its housekeepers dem onstration something more than suc- cess. This newspaper hopes that by bringing Mrs Wilson to the city and by giving every woman opportunity to sit under her tutelage a city of we'll nigh perfect home management can be built up. That is the ultimate aim or The Age-Herald demonstrations.
 Demonstrations Are Free
 These demonstrations always are free. Besides the lectures and the ac- tual cooking on the stage, articles of established household economy and foodstuffs of absolute purity are given exhibition spaces in the hall. The ex hibits form a valuable part of the five days demonstration. They are made up of articles and of food materials that Mrs. Wilson uses exclusively in the preparation of her famous delicacies. Latest methods are employed by the White House cook" and so the latest mechanics of the kitchen are to be put on exhibition.
 Mrs. Wilson holds the theory that the cost of keeping house is usually far beyond what it needs to be. She has studied for years the problems of savings Much of her lecture and dem onstration time will be devoted to ex- plaining how the butchers and gro- cers' bills can be curtailed without any sacrifice of daintiness, nutrition or quantity of food.
 But 1t must not be conceived that Mrs. Wilson does not take the time to explain the more elaborate cooking re- cipes. She will pause in her lectures at any time to give recipes for the baking of any dish and she will not wait for the best of her discoveries to be asked for
 By way of forecasting something of the type of Mrs. Wilson's lecture and demonstration work. The Age-Herald offers now three of Mrs. Wilson's latest recipes. These recipes can be turned into delectable edibles now. Mrs. Will son will demonstrate them when she opens her school here to those who wish to wait for her arrival. These are the recipes:
 Notable Recipes
 Creole Chicken.--One chicken, one onion. one can tomatoes, one can mush- l rooms, one pepper, seasonings Boil one l hen until tender. then tear to pieces. l Sauce for chicken: Cut one onion into l small pieces and fry in butter until yell | low. using spider Cut into this one l green pepper, one can tomatoes, one can 1 mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste. One tablespoon sugar one teaspoon Worcester sauce. Cook this mixture un- til thoroughly done. then add chicken. | cover and let cook until well seasoned. 1
 Oyster BisQue.-Ha1f-pint celery. one | pint oysters, one tablespoon flour, onej pint water, one quart of milk, one table, | spoon butter, salt and pepper to taste l Chop celery hne and boil one-halt hour