Oxford Democrat., 1918-11-19

l0o Som00I1o8okI IonCo9O0s
iBy Carolyn Munssr.l
"Oh dear, what shall I dof" poor
Janet Danvers walled a. she looked
about at her well-assorted collection oi
Isubstitutes.
Janet had been married thirteen
months, and two months before hel
marriage had received diploma. with
honors, at the Shelton School of Domes.
tic Science.
Her appeal of anguish wss addressed
TO her favorite teacher of 8. 8. D. g.,
and brought smile Of mild reproach 10
the face that beamed with boundless 70.
sourcefulness and humor.
"You know Was never any good ai
Originality at school, and you should moi
smile at me in that way" she expostu
lated. 81 won my honors on my exact
ness and classroom brilliancy, but thai
does not seem to help me in this dilem
ma"
Miss Knoles nodded her head thought
fully and replied, "All that may be very
true, but you should have acquired
enough originality to have used some Of
these substitutes"
"Well, you see Ned just hates these
lcOpglomerate dishes, and he said to just
use the wheat and We would give the
substitutes to some poor people, or to
Jennie's hens, but that seemed waste.
ful to me, and now here they are, and
we shall soon be without wheat ut all
as have not been willing to use pari
Isubstituies! Dear me, you just
must help me out" and she burst into
tears.
~ imagine there are many people
like You, but You should have beer
patriotic enough to foresee the outcome
and meet the situation, but that is moi
the question; I cannot stay longer thar
Q. week, and We must make haste while
am here"
"What shortsighted, unpatriotic
educated fool I have been," Janet ex
postulated. "I'm 90 ashamed, and w
thought we were so patriotic buying
Liberty Bonds and. Thrift Stamps apG
giving to the Red Cross and knitting
and now can see that this was. no,
enough, for the wheat We have eaten Car
never be reclaimed. and We have beer
helping Kaiser William all the time; fol
our influence has not been In the direc
ton of Hooverizing."
"Hindsight is usually better thar
foresight, or the government would have
needed injunctions to prepare for VA
years ago, but II you can speed up IL
using substitutes, a. we'll a. the govern
ment has done, you may ease your con.
science somewhat" -comforted Miss
Knoles.
~ suppose there is no use crying ovel
spilled milk or used wheat, but I an
truly ashamed Of myself, and now yor
must fast on wheat, when We might hav,
had little 20 use, If bad not been 81
greedy"
"Well, to return to the point, al
professor Gregg used to say in chemistry
what are you going to have fol
luncheonP" Miss Knoles questioned.
"Well, IL could have my own choio'
dishes, those that Ned likes best, woult
say, cream Of asparagus soup, whea
mullins, omelet, olives, straw berries ant
angel food, but that means wheat, wheat
wheat, and will never do."
"Why not?" and Miss Knoles deftl!
fingered the substitutes, "here is riot
-four to thicken the soup with, barle!
f,ur for mullins and potato -four TO
angel food; let US get to work. Wher'
are the eggsP"
"But suppose Ned does not like tn
dishes, and not q bit Of wheat In any
tbing?" Janet hesitatingly questioned.
"He's soldier and might 90 we'll sue
cumb to substitutes one time % another
don't mention substitutes to him, anC
see II he makes any comment on th'
Hoover luncheon"
Janet caught the enthusiasm OF he
instructor and hurried to the Ice box TO
the eggs.
Here's some cooked rice Ned spurn
ed yesterday; it's too starchy, he said.
"Good, bring it here; II that is hi
complaint always cook 1t in plenty o
water, and drain off the water and th,
rice will be nice and flaky."
"But that seems Q waste of starcl
water" Janet offered.
"Why not use the rice water for hast,
pudding; cook 1t all day In the f1reless
| and zee II the result is not satisfactory
but this rice will do for the omelet, an,
make 1t possible to use less eggs"
"Won't IL be too starchyp" Janet ask
ed.
"The flaky rice would be better, ant
this could be nicely used In makinl
bread :" she looked at the clock, "sup
pose we cook some fresh rice for th
omelet, there is plenty of time"
"And I'll make the hasty pudding fo
luncheon tomorrow, but we'll have h
have some substitutes, for Ned vii
never eat more than Q tablespoonful o
it; but is there time to cook "and 600
the rice?"
"The rice is better cooked in plent!
of water for long time, a. you know
but in an emergency We can cook ]
rapidly and watch 1t carefully" Mis-
Knoles advised.
Fingers and tongues few as teaohe
and pupil prepared the luncheon dishes
Janet learned many things about cook
ing that the war conditions had compel
led Alma Mater to heed In their practi
| cal work OF the classroom.
At just one O'Clock Janet, Ned ant
their honored guest sat down to tht
carefully planned repast, and Janet not
ed that each dish was greeted by he
better half with keen relish. She ex
changed knowing glanoes With Mis-
Knoles, ss they were about to rise from
the table, and at tho same moment Net
exclaimed, "Well, that was the bes
luncheon ever, and probably about th'
last wheat luncheon, grille, as the paperI
aay no more wheat what nowP" and b,
sighed rather alphabetically.
ibid you really like our Camouhag,
luncheon, Ia Hoover?" inquired Jane
sweetly.
"What do you mean? I had enough tt
eat, and you never introduced any sub
| stitutes into these delectable dishes,
knowv' and he shook bis head will
masculine decisiveness.
for the 'camoufage,' but remember thii
is not the last Of It's kind, for I have
learned lots this morning, and We are 60
ing to be patriots In real earnest now
three meals day and between meals
ameur and Janet spoke with an eage
decisiveness that could not be surpassed
by her husband, and which made Nisl
Knoles feel inwsrdly that there was NJ
''camouflage" In it's earnestness.
P.S.-WOuld you like to try tho re
cipes? Here they are.
l.. CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP.
One.half cup cooked asparagus. One
half cup of the asparagus water. and on,
and one-half cups Of rIch mift, heated
and thickened with two level tablespoon
fuis rice -four. Salt TO taste, and add {
sun all piece of butter whom ready e
serve.