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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Don't Get the Habit

But It Is one thing occasionally to
let a tradesman know that YOU are
displeased, 10 call him down. and
quite another thing to enjoy doing
Il. Yet sometimes we really do en-
ioy having n Quabble-especially II
we are palpably in the right and the
telling of the incident relating 10
the squabble all show us TO have
been in the right. There are wives.
especially young wives. who like TO
store their minds full Of their griev-
ances. making them quite elaborate
and not forgetting one detail, 10 re-
count to a sympathetic husband in
the evening. 1t is perhaps due to
the universal fondness for SYM
pathv. But after a time even hus-
bands sympathy becomes less keen.
OR at least when difficulties arise
repeatedly with the same tradespeo-
pie he becomes less interested In
hearing long and involved accounts
Of them,
And of course If you get 10 the
point where you rather enjoy telling
about your troubles with the trades
people YOU will not avoid having a
difficulty. You may so out Of your
way to become involved in one. One
OF the reasons for this with some
housewives IS doubtless that they
have TOO few outside interests. There
is too little in their daily housework
that Stimulates their emotions. They
crave excitement and they get it by
scrapping with the tradespeople.
Every grocer's clerk knows and rec
ognizes this type OF housewife.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
HOMEMADE
Wedding Cake

YF you are going 70 have we'd
ding in your family or have n
= dear friend who is TO be married.
why not make the wedding cake
yourself?
or late years the custom is. II any
wedding cake is provided at all. to
send out and buy It from a caterer.
But home made wedding cakes are
more interesting and cheaper, OF
course. than the kind you buy. If
there is an old wedding cake recipe
In your family use this by all means.
However 10 you have never used IL
before, Il is "A good plan to try it
out In "A small quantity before max
ing the large cake or cakes so that
IL you learn anything from expert
ence IN making 1t your experience
will come in time.
The most important thing In max
ing wedding cake, seemingly, is TO
have the right sort of oven. The
fact is that a good wedding cake
oven is SO moderate that recipes say
the cake should bake eight hours
However the heat should be steady
and never should the oven chill. OF
course If you must cook in a gas
oven YOU can not possibly get that
sort OF oven heat, so in that case
/ you will simply have to use a good
/ rich fruit-Cake recipe and cook it as
slowly as possible. never allowing
/ the gas TO be truned out or to vary
greatly in temperature.
And oldrfashioned recipe calls foi
four cups of butter, four cups O
sugar, ten eggs. four pints OF -four
six cups OF Currants, three cups o
raisins. three cups of citron. one
half cup OF candied lemon peel, tw,
cups of blanched and shredded al
monds. two teaspoons each of nut
meg, cinnamon and mace, and
tablespoon Of clover and all spices
One half pint of brandy In this re
cipe shows that it was formulate,
before prohibition days.
Here is a more up-to-date wed
ding cake that calls for no brand
and that may be made in a slow ga
oven with care.
Cream two cupfuls OF butter wit
three cupfuls OF brown sugar, ad
the yolks of six eggs. one pound c
raisins. one pound of currants, ha'
pound of shredded citron, half
| cupful each Of molasses and sou
=. milk, half a grated nutmeg, on
: tablespoonful OF cinnamon, one tee
i spoonful each OF cloves and mac
= Mix thoroughly and add four cupfu
: of flour sifted with a teaspoonful
, soda, and fold in the stiffiy beate
, whites of ten eggs, Turn into q Ii
! lined with buttered paper and bal
for two hours in a moderate ovan.
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IF you prefer n tea cray. there are
some stationary tea tables which
may be left in the drawing room. 4
tray exactly the size of the table top.
with little handles may be kept in
the pantry. and the tea may he
brought in and placed. on the tray.
on the table. There are little tea
tables. too. fitted with handles. which
lift the whole table.
The tiffin table ia another convent
ent small table, especially for the
small room. u is called tiffin. be-
cause that Is the name for a light
lunch or refreshments in India.
where they are set forth on tables
made up bamboo trays held on n
folding wooden frame. The English
settlers in India were 40 delighted
with these uffin tables that they
brought them TO the OcCident. And
nowadays not only the Oriental
shops but many Of the department
stores keep them in stock. They are
usually made with the wooden frame
in a soft, faded green, but you can
sometimes get the frame uncolored
and stain it to suit yourself.
There are tiny tables Of triangular
shape which are made to stand in
the corner. Some OF them are fitted
with folding leaf so that they open
up into squares. But some OF them
always remain little three-sided
tables in the corner. They often
form a most charming finish for the
! corner OF the room.
Whatever the little table may he
YOU can usually find n use for H.
For tables for the bedside. TO hold
reading matter and lamp, are needed
in the sleeping rooms. and little
writing tables. sewing tables and
book tables are IN place all over the
house.
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New Things to Buy to Make
Homework Easier

section at a time, containing shelves
or drawers in small or large units.
There are stainless steel knives,
real boon for the one who has to
wash the dishes. These como in
small size for preparing vegetables
and fruit, and also in large meat
cutting sizes.
There are all sorts of convenient
garbage containers. One is white
enameled pail that stands under the
sink. The cover is opened by means
of n little foot pedal, which needs
but Il touch to make the lid spring
off
There is one that clamps on the
end of the table, so that into il may
be swept all refuse from vegetable
preparation-potato and apple par
ings, celery tops. and pumpkin
seeds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
OYSTER TOAST

Select fifteen oysters. mince and
season with minced parsley and
pinch Of nutmeg, beat the yolks Of
four eggs. and mix with half n pint
OF milk or cream. Put the whole
into a saucepan and set it over the
fire TO simmer until thick: stir con-
stantly. and remove from the fire
just before it boils. to prevent cur
ding. Have ready some pieces OF
hot toast. nicely buttered, pour over
and serve.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
THE shops are continually offer

THE shops are continually offer
ing new things for the house
- wife to make her task easier
and lighter Often trip to the
house-furnishing department of a
dry goods store will show you any
number of conveniences. within your
reach in expense, of which you did
not know.
Cereal shelves are great con-
venienCe. These cost around four
dollars and are made with three
shelves. They are to be placed on
the wall near the kitchen stove and
they provide space enough for Cof-
fee. tea, sugar, salt. various cereals,
and spices that may be needed IN
cooking. They sage "A very great
amount of walking back and forth
to get the ingredients necessary in
cooking.
S'tew-pans can be bought that
make it possible to cook several diff
ferent things over the same burner
on your gas stove, at the same time.
There are steamers that make ii
possible for you to cook potatoes in
the water below, while at the same
time you cook green peas by steam
ing them in the water above, or You
may cook spinach below and steam
the potatoes above. There is also
a tea kettle made with little
saucepan that sits in the top to form
double boiler arrangement that is
ouite satisfactory
Hanging sets of spoons to hang
over the stove are convenient, and
there are similar sets to hang above
/ the moulding board. The stove sets
consist OF different size spoons ano
ladies for basting and stirring cook
ing things, and for serving them up
The baking sets consist of mixing
spoons and rolling pins.
There is most convenient ties
kettle with little hole in the toI
through which it may be filed with
out removing the cover.
There are compartment kitchen
cabinets-that is. You can buy 1
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Do You Enjoy 1t?

LIVERY housewife who takes pride
or interest in her work must
- sometimes have an argument
with tradesmep or others with whom
she comes in daily contact in her
tasks of keeping house. She must
sometimes object to carelessness Of
the iceman, trickery or dishonesty
of a peddler. forgetfulness of the
grocer's boy II she did not and IL
no housewives ever did then the
standard Of efficiency from these
people who supply us with the raw
materials of housekeeping would
become gradually less and less eff
nCient.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Good Antidotes

So if you find yourself looking
forward TO these disagreements with
your tradespeople. IL you. watch out
10 find an opportunity TO find faults,
il is n sign that you need emotional
exercise OF some sort. Knock off
for part OF the day and so to the
movies. Get a good book and sit
down for an hour or so and read
Visit the day nursery or one of the
other institutions where you can do
a bit OF good by spending an hour
or so cheering some one else up.
When you come home you'll have
enough to think about without wor-
rying over the misdeeds OF the ice
man and the bakers boy.
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Mousse

Mousse is as easy as any Of them
to make. and surely as delicious. 1t
requires thick whipped cream. One
sort that is refreshing is grape juice
mousse. To make ii whip pint Of
cream until It IS solid. Then add
cupfuI of grape juice. mixed with
three-fourths OF a cupful of pow
dered sugar and a quarter OF a tea
spoonful of salt. Pour the mixture
into a mould and pack in equal parts
Of ice and rock salt for three hours.
Coffee mousse, too, is easy TO
make. Beat two eggs with a cupful
of strong coffee and the same
amount of ganulated sugar. boiled
together and cooled. And a pint OF
stiff whipped cream and freeze, in
mould. for four hours.
Pineapple mousse is a little more
complicated in the making. For it,
use canned pineapple, shredded. and
heat canful Of it and drain 1t Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

AYOT long ago the mother of a
IN soon~to-be bride was looking
through her house 90 see what
In the way Of furniture che could
give her daughter. We'll, J can let
you have u couple OF little tables.
They are 40 useful, and I can spare
them"
But after the wedding the bride
numbered among her gifts seven
little tables And tho mother de-
cided 20 keep all her own.
Nowadays the small table is held
In high favor. And Of course It
forms an ideal gift for weddings or
Christmas. whenever the amount of
money spent IL large enough TO buy
one. There are SO many kinds that
are attractive that every taste can
lie satisfied and almost every purse.
And so II IN that brides nova days
find themselves tho possessora OF
moro tables than pieces Of cut glass.
In tho furnishing ~ the modern
room-w whatever It's period or com
blnation Of pcriuds-the small table
has n place. u ia used for the liv-
ing room To hold lamps and books
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Convenient Nails

4 NAIL or hook should be placed
"a iu n convenient place near
your sink If possible beside the
window. for your d!shmop il you
use one. A string at the handle end
OF the dishmop is not entirely salts
factiry A better plan is to run a
small picture ring in at the top of
the mop and then to hand this over
the long thin nail placed beside your
sink for this purpose.
1t is often n convenience to have
a nail in some inconspicuous place
beside your door for your door key.
Some front doors cannot be opened
from without so long as the latch
key is in the keyhole on the inside.
Thus some member of the family
may find himself locked out even
though he has his own key. all be-
cause some one inside left the key
in the hole. If you make 1t a rule
to keep the key hanging up in some
| inconspicuous place you will avoid
] any such confusion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
COFFEE CREAM

Soak half an ounce Of gelatine in
cold water sufficient to cover it, for
half an hour; then place 1t over
boiling water. add one tablespoonful
Of coffee extract Cor half teacupfui
of strong coffeel, and half a teacup-
full OF sugar; when the gelatine is
dissolved, take from the fire, stir in
one and a half cupful of sweet
cream, whipped, strain into a mold
wet with cold water, and place in
the refrigerator or a cold place until
ready 10 serve.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

THERE Is SMALL STAND FOR EVERY OCCASION MODERN
SOCIAL LIFE TO DE HAD FOR THE ASKING AND CHOOSING

to bring the lamps into just the
right relation TO the chairs It IS
used In a more decorative manner
In hall and dining room-especisll
the drop leaf or console table. The
console IL placed against the dining
room wall, and adorned quite for
mally with n pair Of candlesticks
and n fruit bowl. or two vases Of
good porcelain, or some other ornn-
ment. The console or the drop leaf
table nnda It's usefulness in the hall
for holding q card tray. tho mail.
and n bowl Of flowers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Without Turning a Crank
GOOD FROZEN DESSERTS THAT DON'T NEED CRANKING

"HE hardest thing about making
ices and ice cream is the grind
= ing of the freezer No matter
how we'll oiled the crank or how
light the action OF the machine It
is hard work. Moreover. II takes
time TO freeze the cream, remove the
dasher. and pack it. One OF the
creams which does not need grind
ing is the easiest 10 make. These
are roughly divided into mousses.
glades, parfaits and biscuits.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13
Little Fashions In Little
Paragraphs
NJ 4

n EONOGRAMS mark our clothes
N az they once marked our note
paper, One evidence of this
fashion is the monoEr ram m d
SMnnfnr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

Brown stockings, in tho middle
shades. such IA caramel and cocoa.
are in good style for coldweathcr
wear.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

all the syrup. To each cupful OF
syrup, add tablespoonful OF gela-
tine tsoal;ed in three tablespoonfuls
OF cold water), two tablespoonfuls
Of lemon juice and cupful of
ganulated sugar. Strain again and
allow & 10 cool. Then. as IL cools
and thickens. add quart of whip
ped cream. Pack for four hours.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

ming lace froCks.
Metallic ribbon, in hrocaded de-
signs are one OF the lovelicst OF the
very lovely types W ribbon that are
shown. These are used on hats,
sometimes. for tho metallic fabric
hat is in great demand. The ribbons
are also used for sashes on evening
froCks. -
Tho trick Of fastening garments
at the hip under n decorative buckle
is n trick that may run itself into
the ground before long. for il is eX-
Ceedingly attractive. However. II is
still exclusive enough TO demand at
tention from the designers OF good
clothes. II Is not a fashion 70 be
copied lightly Mt home. FOR the ar
rangement Of careless drapery seems
to demand an experienced and sure
hand. One might think that our
primitive forebearers. who set this
fashion for us-the fashion Of gath
erins folds OF fabric about the body
and knotting them up or clasping
them with n pin OF some sort-had
always French modesto to put
them into their clothes. For we have
so far got away from their method
that we consider this drapery matter
/ a complicated one which only the
sophisticated designer can handle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

We have become so accustomed
to spending n good deal OF money on
our stockings that tho mere fact
that we wear longer skirts will prob
ing unattractive stockings. We shall
wish TO 80 on buying as many as
we can afford OF the really tempting
silk stockings, or silk and wool for
outdoor wear in cold weather, that
the shopLeepers offer US.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

White parfait is tho simplest sort.
To make It, boil a cupful OF gran
ulated sugar with third OF a cup
full OF water until It makes a thread.
Then pour it slowly and carefully on
the stifiiy beaten whites of two eggs.
When this Is cold, fold in a pint of
thick whipped cream and a table
spoonful of vanilla.
Caramel parfait calls for halfN n
cup Of granulated sugar cooked to
the caramel state. and scalded with
cupful Of milk. To this add the
yolks Of three eggs, beaten with half
cupful of sugar and n little salt.
I Cook this mixture stirring all the
time, until it is thick, then add a
cupfuI of thin cream and cool Strain
| II, add two cupfuls of whipped
cream. n teaspoonful of vanilla and
three tablespoonfuls OF strong cof-
fee. Mould it and pack 1t in ice and
salt.
Parfaits should be served IN
glasses, with a bit of whipped cream
on the top Of each glassfui.
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monkey fur or some other long
haired fur.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

There are some good looking top
coats showing a big design embroid-
cred on each sleeve. Sometimes this
design Is edged with n fringe Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

Wells are in greater vogue than
they have been for several seasons,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

Big wells with a large mesh. Dor
dered with lace, sometimes in a con-
traSting color. are draped over the
hat. with the edges touching the
shoulders and hanging down the
back.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

Jet landings are used for trim
ming lace froCks.
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fashion /,
sweater.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-25
,tana IelIs tier Brownies About Scorpions

1t is only tiny great
SS but little, sting
q snail nInals nd seriously
The four they
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-25
JEWISH RELIEF

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 21.-State Chair
man Moe Levy, returning from New
York where he attended the dinner at
the Hotel Astor when S6,OOO,OOO was
assured. the national relief committee
for Jewish sufferers in Eastern Eu-
rope, Immediately went to Suffolk to
open the campaign there. The State
Chairman was accompanied by Rev.
DR.. L. D. Mendoza, of Norfolk, who
made the address of the evening. 1t
was most eloquent appeal and at
it's close DR.. Mendoza was congratu-
lated, notably by the clergymen pre-
sent, for every pulpit in the city was
representa-. The ministers gave up
their weekly prayer meeting that
their congregations might hear the
gifted orator from Norfolk. The meet
ing was held in the Christian Church
which was packed to the doors. Chair
man Hargrove, assisted~by Vice Chair
man Motzno, had arranged short
program with singing and speaking
but the address of DR.. Mendoza was
the event of the evening.
State Chairman Levy is now busily
at work for the campaign in Norfolk
He expects that city to raise more
than it's quota. Touching upon the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-25
FAMOUS IN FICTION

Al Rakin: A fabulous dog connect
ed with the egend OF the Seven
Sleepers." The Mohammedans have
given him place in paradise.
Auburn: The village of Lissoy, IN
Ireland, near Athlone, immortailzed
in Goldsmith's "Dese-ted Village"
Boniface: Farquahar's fine repre-
sentation of the English landlord,
Sally and Sampson Brass: Brother
and sister in "Old Curiosity Shop"
They were we'll mated; he was a
shyster lawyer and she always ex-
celled him in villainy.
Cave of Mammon: The abode OF
the god of riches in Spencer's "Faery
Queen"
The Rev. Chadband: The fore
most type Of hypocritical plety IN
Dickens "Bleak House"
Chrysale: An honest, simple-mlnd-
ed, hen-pecked tradesman in Mollere's
novel of the same name.
Rawdon Crawley: Husband OF
Becky Sharp in "Vanity Fair,
Thackeray's novel without hero.
Caphnis and Chloe: The lovers in
the pastoral romance of the same name
written by Longus in Greek prose in
the, fourth century.
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matter, he said =.
at only requires the conditions
that exist abroad to be brought nome
close to the people to have them rea-
lie what suffering and mortal agony
is undergone by the unhappy ones
who survive over there, to have the
good people here use very effort TO
aid them. We who do not even Kno"
what it is to go hungry should nave
heard the testimony of one OF the
speakers at our New York meeting
who has just returned from ABROAD.
He had been we'll fed, he said, having
horse flesh at least once a month and
when that failed they had rat ileSn;
Think of that! They were well led
when they could get rat flesh! AS
Dr., Mendoza says, the meanest cur
that roams the city streets homeless
is better off than the people IN the
stricken districts of Europe. we can
only be made to understand that fact
if that idea can only be brought
home to us alive need have no fear
about raising the 100000 state quota
in Virginia. It is because we do not
realize the suffering over there that
we are Indifferent"
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Good Remnant Values for Men and
Bows Thursday


Is dozen Mems $1OO to S1.50 Fancy Soft GQc
Cuff Shirts, each ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
% dozen 25c and a5e i Earl and Wilson Soft Is
3 dozen F. and W. and nd Arrow zoe Numbered Is
10 dozen Mems heavy 75c fleece lined zoe
Undershrts Thursday, each ...........
Mems S15O and $500 heavy fleece lined 5 10
Union Suits Thursday, each .........
Mems Soc and 75c Wool Is
Gloves, pair .....................:..
Mems $3.50 Dents and A oilers Gray Suede SIS
One pair Mems $1,000 all leather sA9S
Auto Gauntlets, pair .................
Three pair Mems $3.50 short fur lined SI.9S
Gloves, Thursday pair ............... u
One lot Mems $3.50 and S298 heavy Coat 81 40
Sweaters, Thursday, each ..........
Mems SITS Outing Flannel Pajamas, SO
all sizes, Thursday, suit .,......,.....
Mems s125 Outing Flannel zoe
Night Robes each MISREPRESENTATION.
Mems SITS heavy outing flannel Night 02c
One lot Mems SOC and 75c heavy wool ore
Hose, pair .........................
Mems heavy blue chambry Work zoe
Shirts, Thursday, each ..............
Boys $1,000 Corduroy Suits s5sS
Thursday, each ................
Boys $1,000 heavy Mackinaws $500
each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Boys $3.50 Heavy Nackinaws s625
Boys s1.25 and s150 heavy fleece Union 700 N
Suits all sizes, Thursday suit ..... III
Boys S298 Heavy Sweaters 80 HI
Thursday each .......... III
All Boys Munsing Union Suits N" J. III
Boys Wool Suits Now II "ee
Little Boys Overcoats now l. Srtca III
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For Greater Alexandria

Feyry to Maryland Shore.
Improved HighDay to Falrta1.
Great White Way on King Street.
Beloian Blocks replaced on Washa''9-
tom Highaoay By asphalt.
North Alfred and Columbns Streets 5
improved to Washington o'"'
NeW Public School.
Washington Boulevard made safe 0g
AUDITING strips.
More Playgrou,sds for the children.
Public Park.
Modern Y. M. c.. A. Building.
Reduction IN Gas Rates.
Reduction IN City Td9es.
500 Houses or Apartments.