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Evening star., 1921-12-27
Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Ta,, SIyke.

while It had seemed very amusing to
her while she was scribbling 1t, she
know 1t probably wouldn't seem funny
| to her sensitive John. So she snatched
at it.
But Thorne, who was as mischiev-
on.
Merriam, pink with embarrassment,
made a last, despairing grab.
'Thorne, my dear" protested his
wife, you're very rude"
"Pll bet anything it's a cartoon Of
me-" Thorne chuckled. Merry used
| to draw wicked-looking comic valen-
tines of me when she was little" He
calmly continued smoothing the stiff
paper. His swiftly appraising glance
saw everything on it. 1t was not d
cartoon. He jammed 1t into his pock-
! ct. He reached out a fatherly hand
and pulled Merry to the arm Of his
chair.
Lord bless my soul" he teased.
What kind Of wives are girls getting
to be nowadays?"
| What was it?" John demanded
| Lets everybody see it, Nan sug-
I gested.
Indeed, no" Thorne's comforting
! answer came. IT'S q dead secret be-
| tween me and Merry Dyou know
Lindsay, you wouldn't suspect it to
| look at her, but can plainly see that
that wife of yours Is on the way to
becoming financial genius" he
| reached casually for cake, fed it
slowly to the rapturous Rags and re-
fused to explain anything to the mys-
| titled Mrs. Blaisdell and Mr.. Lindsay.
! But he gave Merry a reassuring pat
| before he let her 60. And at the door
as they were leaving an hour later he
| remarked carelessiy, Hear you've left
! Slocum's firm, Lindsay. Drop around
| to see me some morning soon, will
yeu?"
| Cuddled in Johns arms before the
waning fire, Merriam let herself
| dream pleasant dreams of what that
morning soon" might bring forth.
And. in their limousine. Nan leaning
| against her husbands shoulder deft-
! ly pickpocketed Merry's paper and
| spread it out to read. Inventory of
John Munro Lindsay!
| "Assets-no job, one baby coming,
one mortgage on this house. one ap-
petite (his own, one appetite this
| wife's), one appetite Cher dog; liza
| biltties-one redheaded extravagant
wife, one perfectly sweet but ugly
| tucco house (stucco crackinO, one
garage tno car In iD, too much advice
| from fool friends"
The darling little TRIUMPH" Mans
| eyes were wet with tears. But.
| Thorne. hasn't she mixed up the
| meaning OF assets and liabilities?
Aren't assets what you have and liza
DlItleS what you owe?
My dear" chuckled Thorne, Il
haven't yet decided whether our Mer-
ry Is as simple as she seems That
may be accident, but perhaps. with
! uncanny perspicacity, our bride has
discovered something that many wo-
men never grasp-that actual pos
sessions are sometimes a heavy
! handiap. but that what man hasn't
yet-may be whale of a resource.
One baby coming" he quoted tenderly.
DO you remember how that made us
feel, old lady?'
Another episode Of this story In tn.
mOrfOw'a Stnr.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Do You Make Your Own Sausages :?

A meat grinder is the one essential
In making sausage at home. Buy
three and half pounds of lean pork
and two and a half pounds of clear,
fat pork and put this through the
grinder, using coarse knife. The
sausage that one buys in stores is
generally too finely ground. with the
result that the sausages are too solid.
Do not be influenced by your butcher
If he tells you that two and half
pounds of clear, fat pork is too large
a proportion to mix with three and
a half pounds of lean pork, for it
is not.
Now place your ground pork on a
large sheet of clean, white paper and
work into it. with the fingers. six
teaspoons each of salt and powdered
sage, three teaspoons of black pepper,
three-quarters of a teaspoon each of
ground cloves and allspfce, and one
pound of rolled cracker crumbs. 1t
may be necessary to add very little
water, also, to form a good paste.
If you have never made it before
and are not sure that this is the
combination of seasonings which
your family will most enjoy, break
off small piece of the sausage meat
and fry it. as test. If it is satis-
factory form the meat into small
cakes about three-quarters of an
inch thick and put them in the re-
frigerator until needed.
Sausage made in this way, however.
may be kept for weeks in very cold
weather if packed i'll small jars and
Evening star., 1921-12-27
WAYS of SWeetening.

We all crave sweets in winter. That
seems to be an accepted fact. But
many Of US do not like sugar as an
addition to other foods-in cereal and
cooked or raw fruit, in coffee, tea and
chocolate.
However, there are many other
kinds of sweet than sugar.
There are. for instance, dried fruits.
all full of sweetness.
There is maple sirup, and there is
maple sugar You may use the sugar
shaved on pancakes or waff1es. just as
you may use maple Sirup. You may
also use them both on French toast.
And did you ever hear of eating hot
crullers with maple sirup? Like
gliding fine gold or painting the lily.
isn't it? But it is done. and is one of
the favorite dishes in one of the
houses at one of the popular girls
colleges.
Then there is honey. You can use
that in place of maple sirup. Oh,
and another way to use both honey
and sirup, not very wholesome, per-
haps, but very delicious. is to eat
them on hot, crisp little baking pow
der biscuits, brown and crusty.
AS for raisins, one of the most use
full of the dried fruits, you can serve
them with milk or cream for break
fast. You can acquire a distinct taste
for them in this way, even If you
haven't one at first.
And you can put any and all Of the
dried fruits in cakes and in puddings.
You can put raisins in bread and muf-
fins. You can mix raisins, dates or
figs with cooked or uncooked cereal
for breakfast.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
LISTEN, WORLD!
, BY ELSIE ROBINSON.

Invent to hectic incandescent sort
Of a place where you eat-incident-
ally. It was supposed to offer the de
luxe variety of large time. The
ladies wore their most expensive pro-
files and floor lamp effects in
draperies. Females in bare feet
danced about US as we ate. You felt
as if they kept the very food in sachet
powder until they served it to you.
Afterward, when you paid the bill
you were sure they did. Perhaps you
like barefooted people Interfering
with your soup. but as for mel
know another kind of a place.
You go up one street. down an
alley. turn by the vegetable stand
and keep on until you come to the
little door painted in orange and
green. Then in you go and there you
are. 1t is all yours at once. The
Kitchen spills into the dining room
and the dining room spills. into your
heart. You are embraced by gay
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Another Talk to Teachers.

This time I'm not going to use my
mallet. I've said enough mean things
about teachers. God bless 'em for
hungry boy gives the word after
grueling grace. This time I'm max
ing plea to teachers. I plead that
you stop teaching pupils the same
old stuff and tell them the truth about
the respiratory infections. But first,
Of course, you've got to learn the
truth yourselves. for few of you have
ever had fair chance. Those who
preside over your destiny are a SNUG,
complacent lot in all that pertains
to health and hygiene. This isn't SO
because 1 say so merely, but you can
see for yourselves 1T is so-aren't
they eternally complaining of their
ills and swapping symptoms?
A junior high preceptress asks me
to tell her what the symptoms of in
fantile paralysis are. and also to sug-
gest what she should teach her pupils
to help them avoid this disease. Now,
| children. that's a likely sensible and
wholly germane question: There's
subject a fellow could talk about.
But here's half my space gone, and
| haven't told you anything about
infantile paralysis yet.
Well. girls, acute anterior polio
myelnis, a name invented for the
sole purpose Of airing our familiar
ity with the dead-languages-is one
Of twenty or more diseases which.
again employing an ineDt word, we
call respiratory Infections, because
they are all conveyed in the fine,
invisible spray given off from nose
and mouth when the Individual com-.
ing down with or ill of such a diseask
talks or laughs. Practically this IS
the only way the respiratory inf kc-
tions are contracted, though of coIrse
kissing, shaking hands and the G.om-
mon use of pencils. cups, bathtubs,
toothbruSheS, all day suckers and
dimes about the mouth may possibly
convey these infections.
The twenty-od diseases are as fol-
lows:
!. Infantine paralysis (acd1te an
terror polionyelitis)-a infamma-
front of the spinal cord, though We
now know this earlier description
was inaccurate.
2. Measles.
3. Scarlet fever.
, 4. Diphtheria-
5. Whooping cough.
6. Pneumonia.
z. All alleged "colds.t
S. All alleged grip
9. Influenza.
10. Epidemic meningitis.
IL. Lung tuberculosis.
~. Muinps.
Is. German measles.
IA. Chicken pox.
is. Smallpox.
16. Plague.
II. Practically every acute sore
throat.
IS. Tonsilitis.
10. Laryngitis (hoarse sore throaD.
20. Acute bronchitis.
Don't touch this supremely impor-
tant health conserving and life saving
question, don't attempt to deal with
it at all. teachers. if you still harbor
little suspicion that one does some
Evening star., 1921-12-27
EFFICIENT HOUSEKEEPING
BY LAURA KIRKMAN.

covered with melted parafin, as for
jellies.
In cooking it. have the frying pan
very hot when you put the cakes into
1T. Scar them quickly until we'll
Drowned on both sides. cover the pan.
decrease the heat slightly and let
cook until thoroughly done.
Be sure to mix your sausage in a
cold place. as it is most important to
process-indeed, until the minute of
using.
I think ] may safely say that any
housewife who has once learned to
make her own sausage in this way
will continue to make it instead of
buying it ready-made. Also, it is
cheaper to make it than to buy it
especially If the family is fond of it
and has it frequently for breakfast
Make six pounds at a time in this
case, as above suggested. If your
however, and you do not wish to
put it in jars covered with paraffin,
you had better halve the recipe 1
have given, making only three pounds
Of it. so that you will not have too
much on hand.
Some time ago a Reader Friend
wrote to ask me where she could buy
the little skin Jackets" which the
marketed sausages appear in. 1t is
not necessary for the housewife to
use these-indeed, the sausage meat
is far more delicious when simply
served in cake form.
Leftover, cooked sausage, if COM
bined with hot, cooked corn meal
mush. which is turned into a mold
to cool. makes a splendid variety of
Scrapple.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
BY EDNA
KENT FORBES.
BEAUTY CHATS

of warm olive oil. In about ten min
utes the skin will absorb certain
amount of this oil, and what remains
on the surface can be massaged into
the arm or wiped off with a soft old
cloth.
After such a thorough massage with
Oil or cream the elbows should be
rlnsed In cold water or rubbed with
little piece of ice if you have any
handy. This astringent treatment
tends to draw up the loose skin. Then
when you dress to go out you will
find that you can rub a little powder
into the elbows and that they will be
as soft and white and smooth looking
as you could desire. An excellent
plan Is to rub little cream into the
elbows every time you rub any over
the face.
Peggy-Using peroxide to bleach
superfluous hair on the face will dis
courage the growth of these unde-
sired hairs. The peroxide is very dry
ing and in many cases has practically
killed the roots of these hairs. If you
do not favor electric needle treat
ments you can keep down these hairs
by pulling out the most noticeable
ones with a pair of tweezers.
Blue Eyes-Alligator pears are not
particularly fattening. The most fat
tening fruits are bananas and grapes
Evening star., 1921-12-27
The Children's Hour

Have we forgotten the baby. No,
indeed!
But baby will have to hold her own
against her big brother and sister,
who will be as interested in this
amusement as she.
Let mother soak some dried peas
for about twenty-four hours. Then
they will be just right. These, with
box of toothpicks. will make many
lovely things A toothpick with pea
at each end is a dumbbell. Make a
pair of dumbbells. Join them with
two more toothpicks and make a
square. Stick a toothpick into each
pea and make a stool. BY adding peas
and sticks, the chair in the illustra-
ton can be built. Make the seat of
the chair of heavy wrapping paper.
Paste it to the toothpicks. This little
chair, with the other pieces Of furni-
ture which will be described later,
is lovely for the doll house.
R. L. RIBLER
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Keep the Elbows Pretty.

In these days Of short sleeves the
elbows are always needing some sort
of special care. They are 80 much
exposed and SO much rubbed that
dirt and dust are grimed into them
and the amount OF scrbbing necessary
to keep them clean dries them out so
that they become chapped and only
pick up more CRIME than they did
before.
The elbows must be treated with
cold cream or with olive oil. This
will keep the skin SO soft and smooth
that it is less likely to take up the
same amount of dirt. If you are stout
so that the elbows are round and
smooth, you will never have very
much trouble with them. But if you
are tall-under weight-the skin over
the elbows will seem to be stretched
and loose and to fall into all sorts of
ugly lines and wrinkles.
SO, if you are thin, you must ex-
pect a certain amount of trouble in
keeping the elbows pretty. You can
make them plump by rubbing them
with warm cocoa butter every night
OF il you do not want to do this you
can try the old-fashioned method of
sitting with your elbows in a saucer
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Luncheon Dishes.
Chicken Pie.

A good pastry crust for chicken pie
is made in this way: Sift a cup of
Hour, half teaspoon of salt and the
same amount of baking powder to-
gether Chop in quarter of a cup of
shortening with a silver knife and
molsten the pastry with a quarter of
cup Of ice water. Roll the crust out
and dot it with little pieces of butter.
Then roll it up and put it on the ice.
In couple of hours, when it is time
to make the pie, roll the crust out
again. Slit it, so that the steam may
escape, in several places and spread
1t over the chicken in pie dish.
Cream Veal Soup.
Chop fine three pounds of lean veal
and one large onion. Cover with two
quarts Of cold water; simmer three
hours; strain, cool and skim. Thicken
with two tablespoons of flour blended
with three eggs and two cups Of milk.
season with salt. pepper minced pars-
Beefsteak Pudding.
Beefsteak pudding is another lunch
make it cut a two-pound beefsteak
from the round into small pieces, and
cut three or four slices Of good bacon
into little pieces. Fry an onion until
1t is brown in a frying pan with the
bacon. Then add the meat and cover
it with stock. Cook it slowly until it
is tender but not quite done. Add a
parboiled sweetbread, diced Thick
en- the gravy slightly and season with
salt and pepper and chopped pars-
ley. Line a. baking dish with biscuit
dough. pour in the meat and gravy,
cover with crust and bake brown.
Turkey Oysters.
Cut nice, even slices of the breast
of cold roast turkey; over each piece
lay thin shaving of bacon, and put
on top of each piece Of bacon q large,
tie securely, season with penper and
salt, and place in the pan with melted
butter. Cover and cook long enough
to cook the bacon, basting frequently
with the melted butter. Serve with a
sprig of parsley on each one and pour
over the brown gravy thickened with
a little flour.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Chicken Roll.

Put the meat from two large
chickens through a food chopper and
mix with it the following ingredients:
One grated onion, half cup of chopped
pecan nuts. one cup of dry bread
crumbs and two teaspoons Of salt.
Bind all together by mixing in two
eggs and beating thoroughly, then
form the mixture into a roll, wind
it in a couple of thicknesses of
cheesecloth and sew the ends so that
the roll will not get out of shape.
Put the bones of the chicken into a
deep kettle. cover with water and
after bringing it to a boil, put the
chicken roll on top and leave it to
cook very slowly for two hours and
a half. When cold, cut into thin
slices and serve with tomato salad.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Strictly Business Terms!

ERRLAM LINDSAY was tre-
Nu mendously excited because
the Blaisdells had arrived for
Sunday tea, and equally
perturbed lest her youthful husband
should not make a good impression
on their guests. For a long time she
had secretly hoped that Thorne Blais-
dell would some time offer John a po-
sition in his organization, and, now
that John had lived through a nerve
racking week with no job at all. she
was making a. desperate effort.
She looked like gay. carefree
thing as she opened the door to call
a joyful welcome. Thorne Blaisdell.
white-haired ruddy- checked and pros
Porous looking, picked her up to kiss
both her blushing cheeks before he
shook hands with John. Nan Blais-
dell, plump and pretty in her sables.
put an arm around her diminutive
hostess.
Merriam had hysterical feeling
that she ought to be singing, "Will
You Walk Into Our Parlor? Said the
Spiders to the Flies" But of course
she didn't. She just led them toward
the fire. tucked them into the contest
chairs and hustled about her tea max
ing as though her friends were liter
ally starving.
But the conversation that she strove
so adroitly to steer toward business,
by glitterfng generalities about con-
dit1ons generally. was wrecked long
before the second cup of tea on the
dangerous rocks of Mans enthusiastic
chatter about her numerous sons and
daughters and their youthful misde-
meanors.
Merriam was almost dacpor,+o y.
cause John kept fiagrantly encourag-
ing this futile nonsense He all but
turned his back upon the influential
Mr.. Blaisdell.
Merriam passed the cakes. she brew
ed more tea. She gave John sur
reptttious digs and prods as she serv-
ed him. which John needed not at
all. once she made more f1rewood an
excuse to get him in the narrow hall
way
oh, you just must ask him for a
job. she whispered frantfcally.
i told you that the man was our
guest John responded rather
melodramatica,lly. Il shall do moth
ing Of the sort 1t looks altogether
too obvious"
Back in the living room she discoy-
cred that the BlaisdelIs were laughing
heartily at the antics of her Cairn
terrier. Rags. who had taken 1t upon
his doggy shoulders to entertain The
visitors In his mistress absence.
lie was whirling about. tossing q
crumbled bit Of paper, worrying it.
fetching and carrying It. He wanted
to be rewarded with bit Of cake: he
was coaxing his prettiest as he laid
his impromptu ball on Thorne Blais-
delIs knee and sat up to beg.
whats the idea, old top?" B1ais-
dell asked. as he began lazily unrolI-
ing the paper
Merriam made mad leap. She felt
with horrid certainty that Rags had
dragged out of the fire her absurd
John Munro Lindsay Inventory" and,
Evening star., 1921-12-27
A New Year Eve Party.

To watch the old year out and help
to ring the new year in is an inalien-
| able pleasure of youth. 1t is good
for people to be happy. to have a
good time" but, like every other good
thing in this world, the right kind of
good time Is not to be had unless
somebody takes thought of it, Young
and old. in these days we miss some
of the best times just because the
notion Of hostess. as having a real
value in the home life. seems to be
going out of fashion. The instinct of
hospitality is deep In every woman $
heart and if she only believes in her
power to give people pleasure in her
home she will not spare the neceS-
sary effort. Let us mothers use our wits
and energy to make it far more fun
for boys and girls. young men and
women--yes, and older folk as we'll
to gather round our hospitable
hearShs, than to go to any place
where pleasure is supposed to be
bought for a price.
makes lots of fun. Each guest is
ask ed to come as some day. day of
the week, d holiday. or some famous
day of history. A clever hostess will
indicate the possibilities in her invi-
tations, and they are endless. Here
may be Monday, with ner ciothesliHc
hung with dolls washing stretched
across her gown; Tuesday next,
equipped for ironing; Good Friday,
Shrove Tuesday, Pay Day. Election
Day. Moving Day and Labor Day may
appear. appropriately costumed. Each
guest on arrival is marked with
number, and the other guests must
guess what day he represents, the
one guessing the most receiving a
prize, perhaps a calendar. Just be-
fore midnight the Old Year comes in
with hourglass and scythe and makes
a speech. giving way at its close to
the incoming New Year. Then all
drink a toast to the New Year and
join in singing Tennyson's Ring Out,
Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky"
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Fricasseed Shrimps.

Canned shrimps should always be
rinsed with cold water before cook
ing. For a fricassee made Of one
pint can Of shrimps prepare q cream
sauce from two tablespoons Of but
salt, a shake or SO Of cayenne pepper
if hot things are liked, otherwise use
white pepper and cup of rich milk.
Stir this until boiling hot and smooth,
add the shrimps broken In small
pieces and few drops Of table sauce.
Remove from the fire and stir in the
well beaten yolk of an egg and sew
eral spoonfuls Of cream. Last Of all
add teaspoon of lemon juice and
serve with triangles Of buttered
toast, watercress or parsley.
Evening star., 1921-12-27

by a five-inch girdle Of white silk
worked over with points Of gold
braid, stars of colored crystals, and
an edging Of black soutache. The
fashion for a somber. thread Of SOU
tache has crept into clothes since
summer.
There are also white circular capes
for the afternoon and for southern
resorts. Beneath them any kind of
gown can be worn. They are of
broadcloth, of serge. of taffeta and
of perllaine, that shaggy fabric that
has not quite grown into fur. The
Innings are gay. Nothing somber is
tolerated. Not only are the primary
colors used. but pictorial silks are
put there to share glory with the
landscape; some of them have sea
and sailing boats, palms and pagodas
on a bright blue or red surface. The
world of dress is swinging away
from simplicity toward gorgeousness
sa fast as the public will permit.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Transparent Lemon Pie.

Beat one whole egg and the yolks
of two more, add three fourths Of a
cup of water and the strained Juice
of one lemon. Mix one cup of sugar
with two tablespoons of flour, then
add the eggs, water and lemon juice.
Cook until it begins to thicken, pour
into a crust and bake. Beat up the
whites of two eggs to a stiff froth.
beat in one tablespoon Of sugar and
lightly in the oven.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Fish Flake Timbales.

Pick the contents of one can Of fish
fakes into bits with a silver fork.
add fourth cup Of sifted bread
crumbs from the center Of stale
loaf. a fourth of a teaspoon of pap
rika, two well beaten eggs and q
cup and a half of milk. Mix we'll.
turn into buttered timbale molds or
patty pans. stand these in a pan of
boiling water reaching nearly to
their top and bake until the centers
are firm. Unmold carefully on hot
platter, decorate with sliced hard
boiled eggs and turn over all a cup
of drawn butter, cream or tomato
sauce and serve at once.
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Things You'll Like
to Make

A bunch of grapes always makes an
effective trimming for a hat. A bunch
of jet bead grapes is particularly
splendid with a trimmed hat.
Join spherical jet beads to narrow
ribbon or embroidery silk to form a
graceful bunch of grapes. On the
crown of your hat embroider some
large grape leaves in green silk or
wool. Attach the bunch of jet bead
grapes. If you cannot get the jet
beads, use spherical wooden beads
painted black and shellacked.
FLORA.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-12-27
Apple Melons,

Take some small oval tins. melon
shaped. Grease and dust with granu-
lated sugar. then cover with pie crust
pastry, dust with cinnamon. fill with
finely chopped apples mixed with a
little sugar, cinnamon and currants.
Place cover Of the pie pastry on
top and bake in hot oven so that
the sugar in the tin will melt. Take
out of the tins while hot.