Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-04


foils for each other, and. OF course,
cookies and small cakes can easily be
made in that shape. If butter Is sery-
ed. that can be nodded into little
hearts. A large cake, iced in white
with border of red hearts. makes a
smoothly with plain boiled icing. and
then. before it sets very hard. mark it
around the edge with a heart-shaped
cooky cutter. Color some Of the icing
red. and with cornucopia of white
paper outline the hearts. Use enough
of the icing so that the little hearts
will stand up.
Valentine Gifts and Cards.
Any kind of a heart shaped trifle
will serve for a Valentine day gift. A
little heart-shaped apron of white
lawn. edged with dainty lace, is in it
self valentine that is both useful and
attractive. Tiny hearts cut from red
silk and filled with cotton sprinkled
with sachet powder will please any
girl.
Many of the valentine post cards
have large hearts with dainty figures
or verses on them. They can be cut
out and used for different purposes.
few leaves Of court plaster fastened
between two Of the hearts-to repair
an amusing gift. An attractive pin
ball can be made with an extra heart
cut. from light felt or flannel and
pasted between two fancy hearts
from post card. A simple valentine
that combines a, bit of humor with
the sentiment of the day can basmade
by decorating little card Of white or
gray with hearts and Cupids and
printing the following verse on it:
This rose il blue
This violet red;
For cause of you
I've host my head.
Paint a deep blue rose after the
first line and a brilliant red violet
after the second.
Good Games to Play.
If you play games that require the
choosing Of partners, tear hearts in
two and distribute the pieces among
will, of course. indicate the partners.
To vary the old donkey game. have
two large figures outlined on paper,
one Of a girl. the other Of a boy. The
boys. blindfolded, in turn, endeavor
to pin a red heart on the figure of the
girl, and the girls. also blindfolded.
try to put the boys heart in place.
In another game red cardboard
hearts. two inches in diameter, with
loops Of string attached. are provided
for the guests to wear. Each heart is
inscribed with a word and figure.
The word reveals the wearer's family
name for the occasion. and, at the
or she is expected to play in the plans
Of the evening; the figure indicates
the number of persons who will fall
under that particular classification.
Thus. il a heart is inscribed Speech,
g." the bearer understands that she
belongs to the Speech family and is
expected to search until she finds two
other members Of it. If second play
er's heart is marked "Charade, s." she
must not stop until she has found the
other four guests who are to act cha
rades for the enjoyment Of the gather
ing. Other family names are Stunt.
Trick. Riddle and Gymnastics. One
girl should be labeled solo, l." When
the guests are finally correctly group
ed. the members of each group must
consult together and make plans as to
how they will perform their particular
part. No one must be allowed to re-
fuse.
Vegetable Corrections.
Home candy making has been revo-
lutionized by the discovery that COM
mon vegetables can be used as a basis
for CONNECTIONS that heretofore have
been made only from high-priced in
gradients, often difficult to obtain.
These facts are Of special interest to
mothers. for the fancy candles that are
SO attractive to children can be made
at home. Each of the following recipes
shows a principle that can be applied
to many other well known candies be-
sides the particular CONNECTION de-
scribed.
Mocha WaInuts-To the yolk of one
spoonful Of coffee extract and one
half cup OF white potato, boiled.
drained and forced through sieve
Gradually stir in confectioners' sugar
until the mass can be made into soft
balls. Flatten them. press walnut
kernels into them and spread them
to dry. II you wish to pack them. dip
them into a crystal cooked to 22O de-
grees Dipping them again after let
ting them dry for a day insures a
good surface and keeps the cream
from drying out.
Raisin Creams.-Mold some potato
fondant like that described above into
balls. fiatten them and place seeded
raisin on each side Of each bail. Cook
a strip to 22S degrees and keep 1t
warm. Into it dip the fondant balls,
one by one. Dry them on racks. Ordi-
nary bonbon cream favored and COL
ored to suit the fancy. can. of course.
be substituted for the potato fondant
II you prefer 1t.
Sweet Potato Patties.-Sweet pota-
toes when used as a basis for candy
should be baked. not boiled. Boiled
sweet potato changes color during the
succeeding processes and retains an
amount of water that is likely to
cause trouble. The potato. after being
baked. must be forced through a sieve
SO carefully that all hard fiber is re-
moved. Then boil until very thick
one pound Of granuiated sugar, one
cup of sweet potato, prepared as de-
scribed above: one-half cup desic-
Gated cocoanut and one-half cup Of
water. When the mixture has cooked
add one half cup Of ,bonbon cream. AS
the mass begins to set. drop It quick.
ly on waxed paper in small drops
Other Vegetable Sweets.-Boil some
white sugar to a syrup in twice its
volume Of water. In the syrup cook
the following vegetables in success
sion until they are nearly transpar-
ent, then lift them out carefully and
place them on waxed paper: Sweet
potatoes. pared. baked and sliced or
cut into rings or strips. Sweet yellow
turnips or hubbard squash. prepared
In the same way. Small young car.
rots. scraped and used whole. Stalks
Of green celery. When candied they
resemble the angelica stalks that arc
NO pretty cut into small bits for deco
rating icinss.
Novel ways 70 Serve Heffeshmenta.
To make candy saucers to hold ice