Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-08

of the Home and Conservation depart
ments OF the Ottawa Womans club,
yesterday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs Arthur d. Prichard, COL state
street. Election of officers for the .
two departments were held, as fol
lows:
Home Department.
Chairman, Mrs. Morey Roberts.
Vice chairman, Mrs. f. J. Kelly.
ard.
Secretary, Mrs. A. NJ. Kile.
Treasurer. Mrs. Sidney Steifel.
Conservation Department.
Chairman. Mrs. e. u. Mercer.
Vie chairman, Mrs. f. J. Kelly.
Secretary Mrs A. NJ. Kile,
Mrs. p. l.. Wendell, the retiring
chairman of the home department
has led that department through Two
successful years, She has Willingly
served the club during that time MIS-
Clarence Watts retired yesterday
conservation department. This DE
number of trees in the armorS
partment has also passed through tW'
very successful years, aud plans nave
been COMPLETED for the placing OF
grounds and naming one Tor each VI
tawa boy who lost his life during the
war.
home advisor, gave a short talk u"
Americanizing the foreign element III
our cities which was greatly ENJOY
ed She told of her work in the SUM
districts OF Chicago as social work
or Her talk was greatly enjoyed.
w. f. Howard gave very interest
ing talk on Trees" He explained
how they grew and gave simple drec
tions for raising them, and for caring
for the trees on the lawn OF nome
The demonstration OF the afternoon
was Potatoes" Miss Phileo gave q
talk on the origin of potatoes, ana
their use as a food value. Six differ
ept potato recipes were demonstrated
by the committee in charge OF the
meeting: Miss Mary Strait, Miss My
ra Townsend, Mrs. Ed Reed and Mrs
Charles Cracraft The foods demon
strated, potato salad, potato biscuit
coax Hill" potatoes, potato caro-
budding and potato cakes were serV
ed with tea to the guests and were
greatly enjoyed by them,
The following recipes were uset
at the demonstration yesterday;
Oak Hill Potatoes.
Cut four or more cold boiled pc
tatoes ad six hard boiled eggs il
u inch slices. Put layer OF potatoe
in buttered baking dish, sprinkle Wit
salt and pepper, cover with layer o
eggs: repeat and pour over two cup
of thin white sauce Cover with bu
tered bread crumbs and bake unit
bread crumbs are brown.
Hot Potato Biscuit
Siftlb cup -four, 4 level teaspoon
bake powder, u teaspoon salt. Ru
in 2 tablespoons shortening, add
cup warm mashed potatoes. Mix sol
with milk. Roll out to 4 inch thicl
ness, cut and brush tops lightly wit
milk bake Is minutes.
Potato and Carrot Pudding.
IL cups flour.
/ cup sugar,
l cup suet.
/ cup raisns.
1 cup currants.
cup raw potato grated.
l cup raw carrots.
1 teaspoon soda.
Steam hours
Pudding Sauce
2 eggs beaten.
cup sugar, heat well.
/ cup hot water.
Juice of / lemon.
Chocoiate-Potato Cake.
y cup butter or other fat.
cup sugar.
11 cup riced potato twarm).
eggs.
II cup milk.
y teapoonful salt.
2 squares chocolate tmelted).
5 teaspoons baking powder.
~ cup wheat -four.
2 teaspoons vanilla
Cream butter, add sugar, beatC
yolks, thin riced potato and beat we
Add milk gradually while adding Il
flour, baking powder and salt (sift,
.ogether), and lastly the chocoIa
;meHed) and beaten whites and fla
oring. Bake in moderate oven OF
hour.
Potato Flour Cake.
~ cup sugar, u granulated and
sugar.
" cup butter.
egg yolks.
egg whites.
n cup milk.
II cup potato flour.
IL cup wheat flour.
u cup nuts (chopped).
5 teaspoons baking powder.
2 teaspoons vanilla.
Mix as ordinary cake and bake
two layers. Ice with caramel ici]