The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-18

always encourages her husband to
bring his friends home to dinner.
1t is human nature to be proud OF
that which others admire andS there
Is nothing admired quite SO much
as a charming and gracious hostess.
Almost any woman possessing even
a modicunn of charm can do It.
but as a friend of mine puts It q
woman must have a properly equip.
ped kitchen and the ability to use
the equipment intelligently.
This woman makes sport of enter
tanning. Her husband is so proud
Of her that he openly tells that
he can call UP one hour before
dinner, time that he Is bringing a
guest and she will have a perfectly
delicious dinner ready when they
arrive. l asked her how she did
it, and she not only told me how
but also the why Of it.
"a short time after we were mar.
ried." she told me. John tele.
phoned that business acquaintance
Of his was in town and he would
have to take him to dinner. Could
he bring him home? I demurred
and suggested he take him to a
hotel. He did and arrived home
at three in the morning unable
to find the location Of the key
hole. Realizing it was my own
fault, said nothing but deter
mined not to have it happen again
and it hasn't.
+. An Awful Effort.
"At first it was an awful effort
to get dinner without seeming to
make an effort of 1t. I kept adding
to my kitchen equipment, however.
and began to use electrical appli-
ances and electricity wherever pos
sible and it steadily became easier
until now entertaining even large
crowd is simple task.
II have an electrical kitchen
unit which turns the crank of my
ice cream freezer, beats batter for
my cakes, slices tomatoes and other
vegetables for salads and filings,
beats cream and eggs, peels apples
and tomatoes. In fact / have had
it two years and so far I have not
come to the end Of its accomplish,
ments.
"Of course, the electric dish
washer is joy and enables me to
spend more time with my guests
and also to have a really clean
kitchen. but If were able to
own but one electrical appliance.
it would be the electric range.
could never get along without that.
Zone can, in an emergency, send
the wash to the laundry or make a
stab at cleaning the rugs and
carpets by hand, but one cannot
cook two or three meals a day 365
days in the year in a hot kitchen
with uncertain ranges. The cleo
trio range never heats up tho
kitchen, and even in the hottest
days of summer l am able to pre-.
pare a whole meal all dressed up
without becoming overheated suffi-
GENTLY to have to powder my nose
before sitting down to the table.
No Uncertainty.
There is no uncertainty about
the time-if one understands thu
range, dinner will be cooked at ex-
actly the moment one desires. And,
too, it is nice not to have to worry
about the food once it is in the
oven. for with the heat and tenn.
perature regulated one .need not
open the oven door again until it
is to be served. I boil, bake. ard
roast in the oven, in fact, cook ny
whole meal in there, and, believe
me, that is to me Utopia come
true"
Undoubtedly this sounds like a
Utopia come true to other women
who are striving to keep abreast of
their husbands and give them the
kind of home and wife every
man dreams about, but what one
woman has done is possible for any
other woman if she will only apply
her brains and resources toward ac-
complishing the desired end-that
Of being the sort of hostess that
will cause her husband to be
prouder of her as time goes on.