Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03
Timely Recipes-How to Conduct
a Spring Fair for the Purpose
of Raising Funds-Special
Wartime Recipes-Sugges-
tons for Hostess and Guests.

Dining room and table decorations
for patriotic party may be either in
colonial colors of blue and gold or
the patriotic colors of red. white and
, blue. For a centerpiece use cherries
! and leaves. and scatter cherries over
the tabiecloth. Flags should be used,
and the table lighted with red, white
and blue candles. Cards decorated
with cherries in water color may be
used for place cards. or they may be
cut out of red crepe paper and ap-
pliqued on the cards.
For another patriotic celebration
decorate the dining room with white
and blue liberty bells and bunting.
Suspend bunch Of the bells from the
chandelier. In the center of the table
build little fort Of twigs. and have
a silk flag floating over it. Inside Of
this fort place small souvenirs wrap
ped in red, white and blue paper. tie
each bundle with ribbon and draw
through the openings In the log fort
to extend to each cover.
Have patriotic Rotations and songs.
Decorate with flags and have flag SOU
venirs and prizes Arrange paper flags
over the edge Of the tablecloth in pairs
and pin to the tablecloth: Tie the
sticks together with bows Of red. white
make a large flag of red and blue
muslin. with the square Of blue left
plain: biindfold your guests one by one
and let them pin white stars on the
on the history Of the United States or
on the civil war. Provide pencils and
pads and let your guests write down
the answers. They will all be sur
prised to find how few they can answer
correctly. For refreshments you can
serve peanut sandwiches, ice cream,
cake and lemonade.
If desired. small pictures Of scenes
in the early history of the country
may be pasted on proper mounts for
distribution as souvenirs. The guests
may be asked to describe the scene or
the event of the picture. and If there
are several guests who are blessed
with good conversational powers the
table talk will be delightfully."- inter-
esting.
Patriotic Dainties.
ped raisins or candied cherries, the
Juice and grated rind Of one lemon, the
whites of two eggs. and a pinch Of
salt Mix together well and put some
of the mixture on rounds Of pie crust
from six to seven inches in diameter
and fold together from three sides so
that tho shape will resemble a three
to hold the mixture in well, put into a
baking pan. brush over with a little
sweetened milk and bake brown.
Bake any good cake mixture In
ring mold. Cover with almond frosting
and while warm decorate with cher
ries and tiny citron hatchets.
Around a mold Of strawberry jelly
pile sweetened. whipped cream. Garnish
with candIed cherries and leaves cut
from slices of citron.
There is a delicacy easily prepared
with whole Strawberries. Clean the
| berries and pack them with the meat
and Juice Of pineapple in the pine
apple shell, and set aside on ice until
the Juice is extracted from the berries
and pineapple. There are no two fruit
juices which when combined form q
more tempting dish.
| For cherry luncheon a large. low
wicker basket filled with cherries ant
foliage should be used for the center
piece. Tiny wicker baskets filled with
cherries and looped with scarlet rib.
| bon. to which are attached the nam<
| cards. should be at each individual
place. This menu is tempting for &
1 warm noon: Radish rosebuds. broilet
lamb outlets with cherry sauce, new
| green peas, hot rolls. potato chips
| cherry jam. cherries en- mayonnaise
saltines. cherry cup. sponge drops and
| CanQ1ed cherries.
Special Recipes.
| Peanut Butter soup-One quart OF
milk. one sliced onion mixed with siz
tablespoonfuls Of peanut butter. six
tablespoonfuls Of flour, one quart OF
skim milk and salt and pepper.
| Potato Scones.-Mash some boiled
potatoes until smooth. adding little
salt. Then knead out with -four OF
| barley meal to the required thickness
| Toast on the griddle. pricking them tc
prevent blistering. Eat with butter.
| Sweet Potato Bread.-This bread is
| composed OF two parts white flour AND
one part boiled, mashed sweet potatoes
The other ingredients are the same al
for any white bread. There is no ap.
| parent differences in taste between
this bread and bread which is made
| wholly of wheat flour, and 1t is a grea,
| saving Of flour.
| Wheatless Pic Crust-One pound Of
cornstarch. one pound of corn -four
three quarters Of a pound Of rye flour
one and one-half ounces of sugar, one
half ounce Of salt, one pound Of but
terine, one-half pound Of lard or LARD
substitute and three-quarters OF pint
| of water.
! Crust Coffee.-Leave pieces Of stale
bread in a slow oven until very brown
! all through. but not burned. Crush