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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. kirkman.
SERVING AFTERNOON TEA
WITHOUT 4 MAID

/ receive - many letters from readers
who ask for suggestions regarding the
problem OF entertaining without a maid
The majority Of these women wish help IN
serving afternoon tea or light refreshments
tor Al afternoon party ia the drawing
room. Tell me how 70 do the waiting Ia
the least conspicuofia way. these letters
say almost without an exception
Since the domestic helper has become
an almost extinct species Of thc genus
homo, TINS problem Of PLAYING hostess and
waitress at once has become verv real
consideration 10 most Of us And 70 my
mind il is solved IN only one way the
acquisition Of tea cart and 'curate
assistant.
4 hostess may with dignity wheel
dainty tea cart into Il room where she
could not bear tray. The three-shelf,
tower-llke little "curates assistant may
be carried about laden with sandwiches,
small cakes and such other accessories to
the light repast, indeed. il received It's
name originally by being carried about in
old England crish by paurates at the tea
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
THE OTRL ON THK JOB
~ Jessie Roberts.
THE COOPERATIVE CAFETERIA.

The cafet1rla has sucooedsd with the
American public ia the West IL hns been
n fsvorite type of restaurant fr q number
VI ysars, In the more conservative
East 1t ia taking hold, aud even ia
thu South 1t is beginning to put N AZ sp-
pcarancs.
But tho cooperative plan as expressed
in tho business Of running csfstsria
seerns 20 have started ia New York City
where more than year ago Miss Mary
Elliott Arnold who had been an instructor
in dietetics At Cornell, collected = fsN
enthusiasts and about 81 800 and launch
ed what is known As Our Cafeteria F1r
The first few months the new cafeteria
was run simply as business enterprise. al
profits being sot aside 10 be used ultimate
ly in launching the co-Dp,rativ idsn
Shares we're offered, 20 sOOn a. the
concern proved itseH % be- q sucoess. A.
$40 each, and all who sat ~ tho plac :, a.
well "a all who worked there. we're gwen
the privilege n buying Every ~orkcr y
the cafeteria Il re-hOlder, vOfug ~
the monthly meetings. interested ~ 49,
ing that the .stauraut ~ uIn 20 ~. b. si
advantage The moLey recsivrd from
the sharts sold il devoted 70 b. business
ltself. md dividends are paid accf-dit z "
the amount spept by each sharrholder 81
tbs restaurant This IL. Il tou ~ th.Ts
very day yOu gat more ~ diyiderds hn
il you eat only occasionally - 10 p.sc
even though YOU hold frwrr .hares
All IN ford served s cnpk Z 1a ~
premises. exreptlng only the tread ard
rolls What is more balarred rafior .
always provided. and tho parp- pasrir =
along With bie trny. ran chOe@s n e4afds
that go togeth,r from The yarl.ss grsuy.
offered This haa proved . popIlhr sga
TEN OF raIrse # y.,u Rtuf r. eli-r. ~
tha ration, ,dca vfu = at liberty % =,
h vrrat : success ms this sfs'et.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08

Bobby Duck was very fond of swimming
~ all ducks are, but ne sometimes wish
ed he had pond all by himself SO he
could swim around without humping into
the other ducks, for the pond was quite
full when all the ducks and their children
were swimming
One day Bobby wandered away from
the other ducks, though his mother had
told him it was not safe, for old MIR Fox
might get him, but he ran away every
chance he had.
II was not Mr.. Fox tins time that brought
trouble to Bobby Duck. II was the pond
he had longed forono all for himself
Bobby Duck was waddiihg along through
the field when he came to big hole in the
ground and when he looked down what
should he see but water at the bottom.
Z" 1t is not very large pond, thought
Bobby, but il is where none of the others
will find It. am sure. and can run away
and come here every day
Bobby Duck did not stop to think
how he should get out He only thought
Of getting IN. so down he jumped To the
bottom of the old well and began to swim
BY and by il came time for his dinner
and for the fret time Bobby Duck looked
up t. tho top of the hole TO ace how he
could yet out
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
hour, 40 that each guest could help horsclf

houri 40 That each guest could help h0rwoiI
as it paused before her.
! On the tea cart may be tray upon
which stands tho tea pot Tor coffee pot),
sugar bowl, crenrncr, strainer, dish con-
talnlng slices Of lemon, spoons and smnll
napkins. Sandwiches, small cakes and
bonbons will be found on the shelves OF the
'curates assistant" +"
II the affair is An afternoon party and
the hostess desires to serve a salad in adj
dition TO tea or coffee and cake, there ia the
lower shelf OF the tea cart To fall back on /,
individual portions of salnd may bc placed
upon this lower shelf, fork on each plate,
before the cart is wheeled into the room.
The empty plates may 90 back on this
lower shelf, where they will be lers CON
spicuous than il placed on higher sur
face.
To be sure, ten carts and c,irntes
assistants cost no trivial sum at the pres
ent moment. But If they are considered
substitute for maid, their price diminish
es considerably III the minds eye'
As ! have suggested before. concerning
other desirable possessions, the woman
who thinks shc cant afford thing she
would like to have, might ask the various
members of her family 10 pool the money
they would spend individually for her at
Christmas on something she didn't wish
at all, and spend il on the thing she really
wants
Bride Entertainer: Answer You are
lucky 10 have relative who will supply
YOU with chicken for the refreshments at
your Harvest Birthday Party BY all
means accept his offer Serve chicken
chop suey, which is delicious aud dainty.
think it is pretty idea to combine your
birthday celebration with an observation
OF tho season $ bounties | would suggest a
half pumpkin, followed out, with edges
scalloped, NJ n ceuterpiecr for your table;
fill II with fruit and nuts
Chicken Chop Suey BOIL y chicken, re-
move the breast and cut III thin strips
inch long Melt | tablespoon butter, add
the chicken, , cup of celery cut IN thln
slices crosswlae, Il canned mushroom caps
cut likewise and | onion peeled and thinly
sliced. Cook slowly for = minutes. then
add ! cup chicken broth. 4 teaspoon
sugar, y green pepper cut ~ Inn sirrds
and | teaspoon cornatarch mixed with
tablespoons cold winter Heat Ia boiling
point and sumner 3 minutes, then serve
II a rice border Mnrmalade sandwiches
are delicious served with this. aud the rest
Of your menu viii be tho birthday cake
and coffee
Tomorrow Answered Letters
Ali inquiries addressed "a Miss Kirk
man m care of the Efficient Hnusekcep-
ing department will be answered IN these
columns IN their turn ] hia requires con
siderable time. however. owing ta the
great number received ~ Il u personal or
quicker reply is desired, a stamped and
self-addrcssed envelope must bc enclosed
with the question The Editor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright. lsns,,y isls, by ". Wo4iY, S"~''
HOW MUCH COFFEE?

An authority on cooking says that 10
mike good coffee ono should ,lso ono part
Of coffee 10 from five 30 six parts Of water
Thet - II you " shod % use four cups on
a quart Of wstsr you should use y. loest
tow thirds Of cup OF ground or pulver-
lied coffee. OF COURSE the msAstlrfnG CUP
holds considerably more than the usual
cup, but sven taking this into oonsIdern
ton the amount Of coffoe used according
TO this rule IL rather higher than tha,
used by most housewives
The point is that most of us IN our
effort 30 get sufficient strength with the
lcnst possible amount of coffee resort to
the practice Of boiling our cof @ too long
In doing that We extract tho tannin from
the coffee which IL the thing that makes
overlooked coffee bitter and one of the
chief ingredients that makes coffee in
furious.
Undoubtedly the pcroolator, which
n quite different from the drip coffee
pot. you know, ip the most economical
means Of making really good coffee, In
the first place the coffee ~ plilverized
for the percoator thus making Il 50 That
il will readily give up its strength more
readily than II IL is merely ground BIT
remember that coffee loses It's atrergth
II II Is allowed to stand for any length
Of time after it has been ground ~ pu
verified II you buy IL already ground be
careful ~ keep il in sn airtight contpiner
The saying ig that the coffee that gtyes
forth tempting smell that you can wh,f
IN the living room or hall - not usually
the coffee that tpetcs best IN tn" dining
room The fact - that the more aroma
goes off in smell the legs there will hr IN
The pot 10 be poured out n cups when the
time comes ~ drink II very good plan
recommended by more than orc cooking
authority IS 70 put little roll 81 fresh
soft paper Tich rs part ~ = papsr
napkin in the funnel of the coffee pot
a. coon as il has bcen sci Of The fire -
TINT the flavor vii be- kept within the
NOT
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08

thickness ~ the string ot beads that own
docs service for bodice
Heaven knows II l. time that somebody
ralltsi halt IN the dIsroblng mania that
seculs 10 he affecting the women OF the
-o-calltd civilized world n mania that
has nothing "a recommend II because il
l. an aiiront % both dcccncy and art.
Crpcedlug that morality is largely a
natt'. IT geography. We must also admit
that W. ~ the Northern Hemisphere are
uut ~ the latitude IA which a woman can
apls'ar M public IN a semI-nudc state and
slll MAINTAIN the perfect flower OF her
u,,,ir~tN \ belle of the Zulu Islands may
" able to combine the soul ot a white
dove WITH grass mat aS ncr only costume
lui mat Is i climatic achievement ot
n'ch W. are incapable
hr uiluruc, II dress II more potent
i.tuu wonlcn than All of tn ten command
tnrets md no honest person Will deny
thai pu, vj hr man reasons that tho Young
ylrl- of tAiay are hnldrr, and more Tor
War.i than their mot hers and grandmot hers
+ nr,nt!s,. they an, less clothed For when
woman throws away almost AL oi her
.,N.u wells she throws away with them 4
- hrt reserve. moicstN and lunoc''Cc-
Nou,a unt onl, slu against modrsty
..tI tlNN II 2 teAttNt Hiis ~ -" f'''
t.r,itr~s,t fashion w might forgive the
~. ~ -,cwt, il every woman were a
....us dc Aiilo. ard hult alot specification
n,s.- that ravl~h th eve Wi'h their h"au-
-
Kut. aia- ,ud Alack, such Is lar from
D .'.g ~, caS,. iufhrs have beet the mautl
~ ,harr, ha covered tubs oi fnt ana
gr1,,,nr.lr tlil d hoacs and nonc ct us had
NE r.nlDtsst ldes oi how many grotesqUe
Z, naltr tuiu- uattrr hqi pcrpctratrd
"a 81 0our tx ,hcsrrg Of the
fr,r'>s ~ th, hnttom ,nd cutting them out
+r b, rsk>
hen WttG .f, t.,cIr W. have hei''d
~ null i,,- auAi,> md pi.N iet't oi
,.v .cck. y. 4 trtplr hln- - Nish-hoi -
,uo uVug -N,lttof> surely woinra have
trekcu iher mirrors and lost their SENS"
+. bumor ~ ci-r thev would make q
%, graf tol thclr'r.ccahr s. { h" aiblnng
fcn,' ar,t std -. ~Wathirs chiffon
.a takr DE .llr,, IL ether trsh ~ thln-
~
l.u' ihr tt.',rUit Wnnuen lothe> L ~
z ath,l reforms Il mus starr from "iti-
tr sr.. that i hai makes / Z, couraElrH
- Hcu that th, Federation - Numcl'
, mhS ha> akr FL. matter lp fof tbs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Ne and pop went % the movies last
mite. being the ith lnstallmlnt of The
Mystick Toe, wlch it proberly would
of seemed better II we had nf saw some
of the other IL nstallmints. ony We had
ent so Il seemed verse. and we waited TIL
the end 10 see II It would get eny better
wich 1t dldent proving wc mite as we'll of
not waited. and then the litcs went up
and everybody started to 20 out in big
buntch, ncloodIng me and pop, pop
saying. Well, maybc I've seen verse
shows. but It's very doubtful
G., pop. amt YOU glad you've saw the
very wcrst show you've ever saw, 40 now
no mattc~ how hum Of show YOU soc
YOU can always say you've saw one verse,
| scd
You're SO optimistick It's almost pain
fill sed pop.
And we kepp on going out and AK
Sidently tired on the back OF the ladys
foot IN frunt of me on account OF every
body being so close Being q fat lady in a
thln dress. and pretty soon | axsidently
tired on her heel agen, and she almost
termed Ground and then changed ne.
mind and termed back fr7lnt agen, and
pritty soon | axsidently tired on her heel
agen, thinking G, bet she II tern GROUND
this time sure.
Wch She did. and | quick got in back
Of pop. and the lady looked rite NJ pop
with a mad Impression, saving, Don't YOU
think twice would of bin enuff2
Wat say | beg Your pardin? sed pop
You look very innocent, | must say.
and as soon As ] tern GROUND | Suppose
you'll be trying 70 wawk up my back
agen, sed the lady
Ny deer, madam. never did eny
sutch tning. | assure you. sed pop, and
the lady sed, Well if YOU dldent it wasent
because you dident try And she termed
GROUND agen pop saving to himself,
Well for the love Of Peet. we'll I'll be
hanged the picture was bad enuff with
ont being accused of back walking in the
bargain. And ne kepp on saying things to
himself all the way home. so dident IN
terrupt him to tell him it was ony me.
AgE ah1 bn Ura.a~saI Inx.y "a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08

proved that ,L~ o~nms srs oI,.nlrx a..
o,hv IN t,r@snt part a NE elly Tisl
10 a god doe ~ II f0r ofhaf a0r.sn sfH
sornS nousy "a invest This cl.lDaftfls,
Uannu n ruurify bus.na~~. Il 0aFrfiis s
worked oI,, 10 q fDftnnsts 0ns y H0fs
specially vel With freisufants aHl
scfne onyinality ir usad lg dnC0Ist ff
place and ia ssrvlfs tiis iofd sieaff.
b~ safely c0untsd on
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
Masquerade Party.

An enjoyable masqua aradc party was
gwen BY Miss Marian Toulson At her
home. No 1 South Clayton street. on
Friday evening The house Was arustical-
" decorated with Hallowe'en en- colors.
The evening was spent in playing games
and in dancing All uuinasked At 10
o clock when refreshments were served.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
r,. % 80 "a.

Pre-. rhich br0sf Out shortly 80
oiolook saturday afternoon, lrsif.yff
The iutsri0r - thfe. brek dwaiili -
East FOurth street rthf rauiaf uh.
had bosn con inverted .nfo lutt sfn
hOil.,. oAurng a .fes a Fl.dI tfd rf .
tsnb Amounting z. Aire.t ftlfE
lCrs ~ the huiidiuz = rral bg ts
anee Jaroh Po~tigs is pr.4lr .stsr z ..s
Iunb shpp vhich ~ .us - plat
AHaucan kld Nnnf faf r
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
Chorus Tag Sale.

A general estimate Of the receipts from
the sale OF tags Saturday for the benefit
of the Barnhart Community Chorus
puts the amount last Aight at more than
$500 The committee in charge under the
direction OF Miss Katherine Hllles, WAS
much gratlted by the public response.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
Fireman Hurt at Small Fire

Attempting to extinguish small blaze
IN warehouse at Christiana avenue and
Clsymont street, John +. Kirk a member
of the Liberty Fire Company suffered
severe cut on his head. He was gwen
temporary Treatment n the freho,lse
ana taken TO his home. The fire stsried
in a small rubbish pile Damage ~ss e..
timated at $40.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
BUmstpad' SWormSyru1

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H'is 80 tniinpsf fT MFNNw warfa'
aAN UuWHw ft -.-s.t. f
ainfr rartrat - .r. 80
meN a. teffla
- Nunrfsaa y q - -.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08
SANDMAN STORY
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
BOBBY DUCKS POND.

Copyright, 1919, by tho Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate. Now York City
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08

H. is cheering news
10 hear that the puis-
SAINT Federation of Wo-
men $ clubs has turned
IT'S attention To the
matter of dress reform,
particularly ss it ap-
plies ~ Young girls
and has gone on record
NJ advocating the
lcnSthening Of femi-
nine garments at both
ends. and adding a
few more layers OF
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-08

Ask about the special low rate for
business advertisers who use classified
ads every day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

Quite recently newspaper paragraph CTS found inspiration in the announce ment that he had paid seventy-five tho, sand dollars for an original "Venus and Adonis" in London.
 One cannot but admire the zeal and persistence of book collector, yet does the man with library worth millions, who has devoted most of his life to it's accumulation, really love books for themselves alone? Does he get any more enjoyment out of his treasures than the person with a taste for reading derives from well thun1bed volume of Shakespeare, Hugo, Thackeray, Dickens or Steven son, for instance? It is a moot ques- tion. Deep down in his heart the man who loves a book, not for it's age, its history. or its rarity, but for its immortal contents, has feeling of contempt for the connoisseur to whom title pgae, binding or some extraneous feature means everything
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

woman with no pockets can carry twice as many articles as man with 18 pockets. And she won't lose one of them.
 Ain't much use in a man swearing off on using cuss words these days. Every time he thinks of prohibition be forgets all about his pledge.
 And what has become of the old fashioned scoundrel who used to be able to keep two flats on one salary.
 A handsome woman can make a man do anything-unless the man hap pens to be her husband.
 Any princess can tell you that you do not get broken arches from danc- ing all night. Broken arches come from standing in front of the kitchen sink.
 There are lot of long-faced Chris tians in this world who do not seem to understand that being good won't make you happy. Happiness comes from doing good. The old-fashioned boy who used to wash the dishes for his mother for a penny now has small son who is too proud to do anything like that. But we'll bet that he'll do lot of dish washing after he gets married. l Once in a while you meet a man who doesn't bother about having a good conscience as long as he has a good lawyer. There is vast difference between a democrat and demagogue. Bu. Bryan's followers do not seem tc know it.
 When a man starts featuring you about the blessing or poverty, look him over closely and you'll find that he has corns on his thumb from cut ting coupons.
 Husbands have not changed mucf In the last thirty years. But it has
 been long time since we heard a wife call her husband a home angel and 2 street devil.
 Why does a man act like he wa: I conferring great favor on you wheI he pays back the money he borrowed
 from you?
 Before a man buys an automobile ht I wonders what becomes of all the tack' and nails that are made in this coun' try.
 Any old-time husband can tell yot I that when q wife isn't loudly regret ting the marriage opportunity sh' Jdfdn't take she Is loudly rexretting thu one she did take.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 H7OMING from the Bulletin of the. N, American Institute of Meat
 Packers, the suggestion that high prices are largely due to the insistence of housewives on fine cuts, and the urgent plea that they bring down their naughty spirits and "buy more stew meat" may cause smile. But think for a moment and you see it as just indictment of prevalent household economies
 The epicure who knows what the humblest French woman can do with stew meat, as he struggles with a tough steak or a stringy roast, grieves over our culinary incapacity. The intelligent use of onions. the trace of garlic, the Understanding of chopped green pep pers, the appreciation of what slow and long simmering will do, are lacking. Good "dumplings" are a rarity. The average cook takes the cover off reck- lessly when they are boiling, and may be does not use cover at all. The fireless cooker helps some with stews. Indeed. at it's best, with soapstone discs, it is. a great fuel saver. Your fine stew has the disadvantage of using up a lot of coal or gas. and of having tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
IS THE STAGE DOOMED?

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, E1HE pessimism of George w. Led
 erer, producer for the stage and,
 lA recently, for the screen, is shared undoubtedly by many persons who like yood play and who hold no photo nlav a play. When MT. Lederer says tbe stage has gone to the devil, ors the dogs; that everything has gone to the films, including actors, producers, the atres as we'll as the amusenaent funds Of the millions. his expression of opin- ton awakens a melancholy echo from those who cannot agree with suave Rernhardt's estimate of Charlie Chaplin as an actor, or admit that Mary Pick ford on a film ecIipses Mary Anderson at her. best upon the stage; that Shakespeare should be screened. as flies are to save human beings tedious ir- ritatinr experience, and that those who reioiced in the beil-lilxe tones of Booth and the booming rhetoric of which that eminent actors vocal equipment was a vehicle. are mere moss-backs, hark- ers-back to the everlasting halcyon days of which each generation hears moro than enough from elderly per- sons whose present is rheumatic and whose past is glamoured.
 But will the stage go to the devil, forever and day? Is complete pessim- l ism warranted!
 Greek drama began as musical bur 1 lesque. Thespis introduced the actor l to hold the audience between songs and dances of the chorus men! Therd were Inc chorus girls in those days, selected personally by an Attic philosopher of the ziegfeld bent After Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus, Aristophanes Menander, had immortalized the Greek l stage; after Plautus, Terence. Seneca had written for Rome. came the inde- l cent Roman Mines, the destruction oi the theatres by Christians. the disap- ! pearance of the theatre. The Miracles | the Mysteries. the Sacre Rappresenta- sioni. the Moralities, of the Middle Ages were followed by the revival of'learn- ing and the re-estabhshment of thu stage in the period of the Renaissance and the towering of genius which gave to the world nearly all of the literature of the drama. and names of modern i'm kmortals not too numerous to mention possibly. but too well known to require
 mention.
 The advent of the moving pictur' struck the stage hard blow. almost 1
 prcstrating blow, but is the world ac tually to relegate the great dramatist to the library shelyes-to be unrea'
 surely . generation or so after tn
 death of acting-and there leave them . warning to all who might be tempte' to emulate or surpass them?
 l Wiil there be. no renascence7 VII
 tho world % alwaya and everyvhers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Shreveport Disappointed
 With the Census Report

e HREVEPORT is growing city. g Just now it is a great oil cen- ter, and if the wells in that section "come in" as expected, Shreveport will have population of a hundred thousand or more in 1880. But the 1920 census gives it population of only forty-three thousand eight hun dred and seventy-four.
 Fifty thousand was the estimated population, and the people of that enterprising city are greatly disap- pointed that the figures fell short. It may have been that several thou sand inhabitants were not counted. But the endmerators should not be blamed Any city that is so lacking in civic pride as not to have a full count, deserves to be disappointed.
 Will Atlanta be disappointed in it's census population? It will not. The civic leaders of that city worked ovor- time in having every soul enumerated, even if the enumerators were ineffi- cient-