The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-03
TELLS OF FOODS
Mrs. w H. Eastman Talks Be-
fore Woman's Club.
Love and Sunshine Are Neces.
Sary at Table, She Says.

Love. lace doilies, sweet peas and
sunshine as appearing at the family
breakfast table play a large part in
the family morale. not forgetting. of
course, to add ham and eggs to the
formula, according to Mrs. W. H.
Eastman, who gave a practical cook
ing and serving demonstration before
several hundred women of the Wom-
ans club home economics department
at the Y. w. c.. A. this afternoon.
The Cans and Cants of a Kansas
cannery" was Mrs. Eastman's lecture
subject. and she showed how canned
products are extremely useful in pre-
pairing the regular family menu.
Keep the Table Tidy.
Never send your family away with
the memory of a messy breakfast
table" Mrs. Eastman said in the
course of her lecture. This was
brought home to me with great force
from two years service abroad, COM
ing directly from New York. His first
meal in a real home was his break
fast at my house. He came into the
dining room and looked around in
dazed sort of way. Then he came
over and put his head in my lap and
cried, like the big, six-foot baby that
he was. He wore a little black mus
tache-'he wore a belt. Sam Brown
belt, like all shavetails wear
What are you crying for, boy?' 1
said
Why. Auntie May he said, it's
the cherry on that grape fruit; it's the
lace doilies and those sweet peas and
the sun shining thru those easement
windows. Why, it always rained IN
France
Love and Lace DoiIies.
sunshinei 1 hate to come back to
earth, but We had ham and eggs, too"
Mrs. Eastman said
How canned goods may be used eff
fectively, how to have dinners served
in - satisfactory style without maids
some, yet inexpensive. and how to
avoid impractical recipes were espe-
cial1y emphasized points in Mrs. East
mans lecture. The canned goods for
the many dishes she demonstrated
were furnished thru the courtesy of
o. 3. Cutler of the Poehler Mercantile
company. Recipes used by Mrs. East
man in this and in other previous
demonstrations will be compiled into a
cook book by the Woman's club later.
The home economics department meet
ing this afternoon was opened by Mrs.
Carl Mallon, head of that division OF
club activities.
Plea for Practical Cooking.
In her plea for practical cook books,
Mrs. Eastman gave as an example Il
recipe from what she called high
brow cook book called garden party
salad"
st can't ina CINE anybody eating this
and living to tell the tale" Mrs. East
man said, in giving the recipe. 1t fol-
lows. as she read it:
GARDEN PARTY SALAD: Cook little
green pumpkins and thoroly chill. Rub a
salad bowl literally with garlic and toss
dressing Il imagine that the farther this
is tossed. the better.) over this slice the
ice cold pumpkin, over all of it sprinkle
powdered sage.
"Can you imagine anything worse ~
she asked. Pumpkin, and sage and
garlic?"
Upon our diet hinges our waist
line" Mrs. Eastman continued. Cal
cries are important to consider, but
not the sole factor The way food
is served and garnished; the lovely
table; the pretty silver; the hap ~
| family who refuse to bring care or
| worry to a dinner table are equal fac
tors to me. No unpleasant subject
| should be discussed at meal time"
Urges Practical Menus.
Practical menus for a week for a
| family of four, with one dinner party
menu for eight persons, were given by
Mrs Eastman. Breakfast menus
| were not given extensively, for. Ms.
| Eastman said, breakfasts are easy to
| plan if your family refuses to eat but
one thing. Buttered toast, coffee.
| fresh fruit and cereal, with plenty OF
good cream are generally enough,
varying for children, of course"