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New Britain herald., 1929-05-21

CHAPTER 1
 GOLD BULLETS
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Evening star., 1929-12-13
A Christmas Cake

Four cupfuls flour, one and one
fourth cupfuls butter, one cupful sugar,
two ounces of ground almonds, one and
one-fourth pounds currants, one-halt
pounud raisins, one-haf pound mixed
peel, one level teaspoonful spice, one
dessertspoonful of caramel coloring,
four eggs, one level teaspoonful baking
soda, one large teaspoonful Of vinegar
and one tablespoonful grape juice.
Beat the butter till it is soft and
creamy, add the sugar, and beat again
for a few minutes. Sir in the flour a
little at a time, mixing it well. Add the
currants (they must be clean and dry),
the raisins, stoned and cut in quarters
Cor seedless raisinS may be used, the
peel finely sliced, the ground almonds,
spice, coloring and soda.
Mix these dry ingredients very thor.
oughly, then beat In the well whipped
eggs, the grape juice, and finally the
vinegar Beat until thoroughly mixed,
then turn the mixture into tin lined
with three thicknesses Of waxed paper.
Place In a hot oven, decrease the heat
to moderate after about 10 minutes.
1t will take three to four hours to
bake. Cover with creased paper when
it is brown enough, insert a warm
skewer in the center to test when done.
If done, the skewer will come out quite
clean. Cool on cake cooler. Store IN
a tin when cold.
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minced meat may be used with equal
success.
Omelettes-A good recipe for ONE
lettes is the following: BY the addi-
ton of milk and corn starch a smaller
number of eggs than otherwise will be
used, and in this recipe the three eggs
given will make a sufflcient number Of
omelettes for four persons.
One teacup Of milk, one teaspoonful
Of corn starch, three eggs. little finely
chopped onion and parsley, two table,
spoonfuls of minced ham, half tea
spoonful each Of salt, pepper and made
mustard. Put rather more than half
the milk into q small enamel sauce
pan and bring to the boil. Mix the re-
mainder into perfectly smooth paste
with one good teaspoonful of corn
starch. Stir this into the boiling milk,
and continue to stir until 1t thickens.
Then turn the gas very low, and leave
for five minutes: at the end Of that
time turn it into large bowl, and
allow to cool.
Now separate the yolks from the
whites of the three eggs. and beat up
the yolks in basin, add to them all
the seasonings, anu ham, then stir to-
gether into the corn starch. Lastly
beat up the whites to a stiff froth and
lightly stir these in, too. Heat little
fat in small omelette pan and pour In
one quarter Of the mixture; let it brown
lightly, then tilt the pan to one side,
run a large knife under the omelette,
and turn It over to cook equally under
meath. Serve as quickly as possible.
Eggs With Cheese Sauce.-Another
particularly pleasing dish, in which
bard-boiled eggs are the chief feature.
is eggs with cheese sauce. This is even
more quickly prepared than the fore
going. Boil the rice as above, and
while it is cooking make the cheese
sauce.
First CRATE up a quarter Of a pound
of cheese, then put one and a half
ounces Of butter into a small enamel
saucepan, and when it is hot stir into
1t one dessertspoonful Of -four; mix this
to smooth paste, then add gradually
half a pint of milk. Continue to stir
until It boils and thickens, now add
the cheese and pepper and salt to taste.
Leave 1t on a very, very low gas while
you see to the eggs and bread. The
former will need only 10 minutes cook
ing for this dish; for the latter, cut as
many neat squares or circles as you
are cooking eggs. and fry them a pSie
brown in boiling fat. Peel the eggs
and place one in the center of each
piece Of bread with a very low wall
Of rice round the edge. Send the sauce
to the table in separate tureen to be
Labeled out over the eggs.
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Business Girls Lunch.

A regular business girl-what mean
is the kind it Is easy to look at-re-
Il have Just had the pleasure Of pay
ing so cents for a Blanks special sand
wich which came in three layers, to
wit and as follows: Item, layer OF Gu
cumber; item, a layer of tomato; and
finally a layer of lettuce with faint
but yet discernible trace OF bacon
smearing the lettuce. I have nothing
against vegetables. but as a lunch the
sandwich looks so futile, at the price, II
I know my vegetables. Perhaps word
or two from you regarding the adequacy
of such lunch for-hum-an executive,
would be of interest and value to many
readers who are trying to live without
working"
have an uncomfortable feeling that
the lady Is guying me bit, but still
maintain that executives" are people
who manage to exc out living without
doing any honest work, and by jinks, I
say they ought to be paid accordingly!
The habit of lunching in cramped
little cubbyhole seems to be growing on
the white collar population, and I
haven't thing to say against 1t. Look
at that alleged sandwich the business
girl describes so painfully. My good
ness, for so cents you can get very
good little lunch and one that is fairly
we'll balanced, too! Such an atrocity as
the business girl describes would make
merely an appetizer for such a lunch
as refer to.
In these degenerate days of frenzied
reducing many misguided people con-
sole themselves with the thought that
the hasty, inadequate noon lunch will
at any rate help them to keep thin.
And that's where they make their beef
steak, for In fairness to these places We
must concede that nearly everything
they serve is highly nutritious, more
fattening, in fact, than the luncheon
one ordinarily selects in good restau-
rant: The quick lunch characters
tically provides a plethora of carbo-
hydrates.
Now, far be it from me to utter a
single syllable against the delectable
carbohydrates. II one should be com
PEELED to subsist on a single food ma
terial, he would be wise to choose a car
bohydrate. 1t is the most essential of all
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RETURNING For MH
uNLleaANG -

Many children will return home and
families will be reunited, even If for a
short time. This means an increased
larder and more thought of the table.
It means extra expenditures.
There Is comparatively little change
in the cost Of the more or less standard
lied products, and In most cases merely
a few cents. Among fancy foods this
does not obtain, for in the sphere Of
table luxuries the sky may easily be
the limit There Is tendency to add
such delectable articles to a meal even
though 1t may strain the purse trif1e.
Candied fruits are excellent as an oc-
casional novelty. The prices vary to
such an extent that it is impossible TO
quote prices.
Vegetables on the market are excel
lent, and the prices are rather station
ary. Among the vegetable prices are:
Peas, 35 cents pound; cucumbers, 10
cents each (received from Southern
points,: celery, 10 cents stalk; spin
ach, 10 cents a pound, or pounds for
a quarter; squash, Is cents a pound;
turnips, cents a pound; lettuce, 10 to
Is cents a head; sweet potatoes, 8
cents a pound; white potatoes, 4 cents
a pound; carrots, punches for is
cents; slaw cabbage, to is cents a
head; green cabbage, 10 cents a head;
onions. cents pound; tomatoes, is
to 25 cents pound California aspara-
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Friend in Time of Need Only
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

friendship to 60 to the rescue Of some
one in distress. Often people do as
much for strangers. But to sustain a
friendship without having ones sense Of
duty appealed to Is much higher state
of friendship.
The spontaneous and wholesome de-
sire for congenial companionship is the
core Of friendship. A lot of people
would call an ambulance, or take us
into the nearest house in case of an
accident, but it takes q genuine gift for
friendship to do the lesser thing-such
as anticipating little wants.
Loneliness is one of these needs. It
may hurt more than the actual attack
of tonsilitis that brings demonstrations
of friendship from many sides. Not
that we should admit such attentions
only in the moment Of need. We are
depriving our self as we'll as others
when we confine our expression of
friendship to the loss joyful NEEDY"
moments A lot Of laughter is never
heard because the people whose spirits
are mutually lightened when they are
together let other things interfere with
such opportunities for merriment.
tcopyriEht, 1920
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

It is useless to tell this girl not to
wear silk stockings, to seek her sole
entertainment at free concerts or lee
lures or at the public library.
None of us could exercise all Of that
self-denial, and If a life cannot be
happy. of what use it is to have $40
or $50 in the bank?
One should save whatever she can
afford to save without starving herself
either physically or spiritually. Saving
beyond that robs one of happiness and
makes of life pure drudgery.
Telling such a girl to beware Of the
future is futile What can the future
hold for her that is less than what she
now possesses?
1t would be fine and wonderful
thing If all Of us could save. Some day
we hope all Of us shall. Unskilled
woman workers are still unable for the
most part to command wages that en-
able them to live as we would have
them live.
They are doing well If they stay out
of debt We are always glad to help
such women find q way to get along
until something better is in sight. They
have nothing to waste and little, If
anything, to save.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Make the Most of Eggs
When They Are Highest

When eggs are high make the most
OF them. Turn them into a really in
teresting dish. Add something to them
TO make them interesting. Then they
have justified their high price.
Sard1ne Eggs.-Hard-boiled eggs, salt
and pepper, sardines. Boil hard as
many. eggs as you require. Cut the
eggs in halves and remove the yolks.
Scrape and bone one sardine to each
egg. tnen pound the yolks and sardines
together, adding salt and a little cav
enne pepper. Fill the cases of the eggs
with a little Of the mixture, shaving
on little at the bottom so that they
will stand.
Tomato Eggs.-A little butter, three
tomatoes, two eggs, cayenne, salt, pep
per, chopped parsley. Cut the tomatoes
in halves, remove the pulp, lay the
halves on a creased tin, season each.
and put a very small piece of butter in
the center. Cover with buttered paper
and bake in moderate oven for about
quarter OF an hour. Beat up the eggs.
season with cayenne and salt; mix with
the tomato pulp, first rubbed through
sieve. Melt half an ounce of butter
in saucepan, add the pulp and eggs.
and stir the mixture for a few minutes
till set. Fill the halved tomato cases
with the egg mixture, and garnish with
chopped parsley and powdered yolk of
egg.
Curried Eggs.-Put six eggs into boil
ing water, and let them boil gently for
is to 20 minutes; into another sauce
pan Of boiling water put one cup of
rice and a good teaspoonful of salt:
let this boil fast for the same length
Of time. While these are cooking, cut
up two small onions and fry to a pale
brown In two ounces Of butter: push
the onion slightly to one side, tilt the
pan, and stir one level tablespoonful of
-four and the same Of curry powder
into the fat; mix it to q smooth paste.
Take half pint of water or stock and
stir gradually In.
You may now turn the gas low and
add the other ingredients to simmer
together for quarter Of an hour. These
ma be according to taste, or the con-
dition Of your larder; one of the incest
results will be obtained bv cutting into
small pieces one green apple and two
tomatoes; with these put few raisins.
little lemon juice, pepper and salt.
When the eggs are hard boiled pour
cold water over them, and then peel
and cut In halves; stir them into the
curry at the last moment. Empty the
rice out into colander and let all the
water run away. Place the curry In
the center Of hot dish and bank the
rice up all around it. Have the plates
nicely heated and serve at once In
stead Of eggs, scraps OF cold fish or
Evening star., 1929-12-13
WINTER
By D. G. PEATTH.

I like to think of the holly trees that
grow in the Mall, for though they must
constitute a standing temptation at this
time of year to every one, from small
boys to the passing millionaire, not one
sprig is ever broken off. Thousands and
thousands of people see them every day,
deliciously green, in this, the gray sea-
son, and loaded with tens of thousands
of jocund berries that seem fairly to in
vite the hand. But have never seen
anybody steal the smallest spray Of
this holly. have examined the
branches within reach and have not
found, even, any evidence of broken
twigs of long ago.
If you are skeptical, you may attrib-
ute this to the fact that the police
might soon be on your back should you
attempt to steal from the public treas
ury of beauty. But reject this view
on two countS-first, because If you
were q hardened thief, you could, sup
pose, rob the trees without retribution;
and secondly, because I have an abid-
ing faith in the honesty and civic pride
Of Washington people, and do not be-
1ieve that many people could derive
much Christmas cheer and good will
from something they had stolen.
We all know that holly can be come
by honestly in the nearest market. At
least. you can buy it honestly. It is
another question whether 1t was come
by honestly.
Bith city and country people have a
common failing when It comes to wild
holly trees, even as they suppose that
wild flowers, blueberries, bittersweet be-
long to nobody. All the land belongs to
somebody, and marvel with what un-
troubled conSciences folk drive out in
the country with an AK in their cars,
and cut down holly, pine, mistletoe, Bit
tersweet, ground-ivy and the like-peo-
pie who wouldn't touch a penny that
wasn't theirs.
Possibly the farmer doesn't care if
you hack his whole holly tree to pieces;
more probably he does, however. He
may have been intending to sell it him
self, which Is quite within his rights.
He may even want 1t to decorate his
own house. You can quickly ascertain
whether or not he cares, for the mere
trouble of asking him.
The Wild Flower Preservation Soci-
ETY., every year at this time, makes q
"drive" to spare the holly. It's officers
foresee a time when holly will be rem
dered practically extinct. On the other
hand, artificial holly satisfies nobody,
and use of last years wreaths with a
little shellac on them is a fine idea
that very few people follow.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

powder, also as a massage cream. If
you want a cheaper sort Of cream,
merely for cleansing, buy good quality
mineral oil, which is not vegetable oil
and therefore not absorbed by the skin,
but which loosens the dirt. Melt into
five ounces of this one ounce Of white
wax, and you will have a jellifled sort
Of cream, easy to rub in.
Purchase a small bottle Of tincture
OF benzoin-an ounce will do Then I'LL
any fancy toilet bottle you possess with
cold water, and to it add enough of
the tincture. drop by drop, to make q
cloudy, milky, slightly cream color
emulsion. This is your astringent: a
very good one, too. You must expert
skin, for dry skin needs less oil, and
an oily one, or an old one, more aStrin-
gent.
Squeeze the juice Of a large lemon
into tiny bottle and keep this corked.
When you have stains on your hands
or your fingers, wrap a wisp of cotton
around an orange wood stick soak it
in the juice and go over the stains. Buy
also box of powdered pumice Il get
these often at the 10 cent stores, and
they last years, 50 you see this cosmetic
is not eXpensive). This and the lemon
juice mixed together will make a won
derful combination for stains under the
nails. for removing dead cuticle, and
rubbing down callous places on the
fingers. Also, occasionally, the pumice
wet on the end Of an orange stick will
be good for the teeth to polish them.
Mrs N. S.: Tincture of benzoin is
an astringent and would not have the
same action on the skin that q cream
has. The cream is for cleansing, heal
ing, softening and nourishing. If you
should use benzoin, few drops to
basin of water will be enough; in fact,
one drop at time until the water
looks milky and then stop.
Marie: Massage the thin places on
your legs using cocoa butter or any
other nourishing oil.
Mildred s. G.: Henna Is always the
shade the name suggests, dyes are added
to give other colors.
Mrs. B. w. L.: There are many
places now where permanent waving is
done so it does not appear to be so
artificial and insist upon having only
large full waves and in such places as
best suit your type.
Evening star., 1929-12-13

BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

food materials. But Just the same II Is
most fattening, too. Besides that. It Is
the cheapest food material. That mad
dening club sandwich, the regular busi-
ness girl describes. is a fair example Of
a lot of carbohydrate with scarcely
enough fat and protein to pick ones
teeth for. The lady does not mention
the character of the cover, but hope
it was bread and not cardboard.
The egregious club sandwich, as pic
tured by the business girl. is fairly reek-
ing with vitamins. but think of it-think
of it, friends-biting into such mess
and then paying the price Of a real
lunch for the privilege!
(Copyright, 1920
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Styles Seen in Winter Food
AS Varied as Those in Dress

Winter. These are used in cake filings,
in filled cookies and in salads. These
may be pulled and shaped to resemble
almost any animal, and placed on four
toothpicks, which will delight q child
and tempt his appetite.
Cooked cereals have come back into
style at this time of year, including
cornmeal in mush or sliced cold and
fried, with jelly or maple sirup. These
are not all the Winter styles, but
enough to start everyone up to date.
Among this weeks interesting queries
are:
please tell me what would be the
most festive and appropriate dessert for
Christmas dinner" S. G. B.
festive of all the Christmas desserts.
though mince pie also has historic basis
for choice. A sprig Of holly thrust in
the top Of the pudding adds to the
holiday spirit.
II want something unusual in the
way Of a salad for supper Christmas
night. We are having big Christmas
full for supper-but want simple
meal" W. B. G.
I think your idea for Christmas sup
per Is excellent. You might try a can
die salad and serve with 1t several
sandwicheS-cream cheese and nut on
whole wheat bread, lettuce and may
onnaise on white, for instance. For
the candle salad place ring Of canned
pineapple on plate. Enlarge the hole in
the middle of the pineapple, so that
1t will hold half a banana cut cross
wise. Top the banana half with
maraschino cherry to suggest a flame.
You see. YOU have then q candle
stick-the pineapple slice-with a
lighted candle in it. You may be able
to make a real fame, by putting piece
of Brazil nut meat at the top Of the
banana and lighting 1t. Sometimes 1t
is oily enough to burn. A cup Of let
tuce leaves containing rnayonnaise
should be placed beside the candle
stick. Coffee. tea or cocoa would COM
plete very nice meal.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME
Holiday Table Luxuries
Promise to Be Abundant

gus, IS cents to 81 bunch; eggplant
10 to IS cents apiece; string beans,
80 cents a pound; kale, 8 cents a pound;
beets. 10 cents bunch; broccoli, IS cents
a bunch; lima beans, $125 a quart.
Many lima beans are being imported
from Cuba.
This is the profitable season for
Southern growers, upon whom the
Northern residents must depend for
an adequate supply. The traditional
holiday pumpkin is selling from 20 to
so cents and cranberries, no less i'm
portant as holiday dish, are bringing
from Is to 80 cents a pound Cooking
apples, 8 pounds for quarter: bananas,
25 cents a dozen; pears, cents each;
grapefruit, 10 cents each; small grape
fruit, 3 for 25 cents; large Florida
oranges, so cents a dozen; small
oranges. rs cents a dozen; honeydews,
35 to rs cents each; caSabas. rs cents
apiece; lemons, IS to 40 cents a dozen.
Dairy products remain the same, eggs
bringing IS to rs cents a dozen, and
H.
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How Much Should You Save?

Business girls write to us almost
daily to inquire how much they should
save. We are going to shock few
readers by admitting candidly that we
have advised some girls not to save
at all.
That sounds revolutionary in the
most red-dagged manner, but tits just
common sense.
we fail to see the use Of any $17-a-
week factory worker trying to save 81
q week and breaking her heart and
losing her spirit in the effort.
What happens if,she should become
Ill? She becomes a public charge in
a municipal hospital, and who has
better right to our hospitality than
such a girl?
If any one is entitled to the free
services Of clinics and dispensaries 1t
is she.
Every one is not In a position to
save, and none knows this better than
the working girl who lives away from
home on q salary that would be enough
to pay for the lunches Of many Of her
critics,
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stewing lamb, 20 to 35 cents; shoulder
lamb, 35 cents; shoulder chops, as
cents; veal outlets, IS cents; breast of
veal, 35 cents; veal chops, so cents;
shoulder roast Of veal, 35 cents; roast
loin of pork, 35 cents; pork chops, 40
cents; fresh ham, 80 cents; round steak
so to SIS cents; sirloin, SIS cents: por-
terhouse steak, so to IS cents; chuck
roast, 35 cents: calves liver. 80 cents.
There are other products too numer-
out to mention and the buyer will be
amply rewarded by visiting the various
stores and markets, sufficiently early to
obtain eXceptional choices
Evening star., 1929-12-13
DAILY DIET RECIPE
PASTEL CUP CAKES.

PASTEL CUP CAKES.
Shortening, one-third cupful:
sugar, one cupful; eggs, two;
sifted cake -four, one and three
fourths cupfuls; baking powder,
two and one-half teaspoonfuls;
salt, one-fourth teaspoonful;
milk, two-thirds cupful: vanilla
or almond flavor, one teaspoonful.
MAKES ABOUT % SMALL
CAKES.
Cream shortening, add sugar, q
tablespoonful at a time, beating 5
minutes in all or until light and
fluffy; then add egg yolks and
beat until thoroughly mixed. Sift
together flour, baking powder and
salt and add to first mixture
alternately with milk. Add
flavoring. Add egg whites beaten
stiff. turn into small mufnn tins
or paper baking cups and bake
10 minutes in a moderate oven
at about $50 degrees F.-then in
crease heat to 375 degrees and
bake about 10 or Is minutes
longer. Frost and decorate in
colors.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, starch,
sugar, some fat. Lime and iron
present, but the vitamins have
been damaged by the action Of
the baking powder. Recipe can
be eaten In moderation by normal
adults of average or underweight.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
suET PUDDING.

Mix one and one-half cups
finely chopped suet with one cup
currants, one cup raisins, one cup
thick sour milk, one cup brown
sugar and one-half cup molasses.
Sift three cups pastry flour with
one-half teaspoonsful salt and
one teaspoonful each of CHINA
mon, cloves, allspice and soda.
Combine the two mixtures, beat
hard, turn into buttered molds,
steam about three hours and
serve with lemon sauce.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Apple Pudding.

Mix two cupfuls Of soft bread crumbs
with two tablespoonfuls Of melted but
ter and add one-fourth teaspoonful Of
nutmeg and one grated lemon rtnd to
half a cupful Of sugar. Butter baking
dish, put in layer of the crumbs. then
a layer Of sliced sour apples and sugar,
and continue alternating the layers,
are not Juicy, add half a cupful of
water, and If not tart enough add the
Juice Of half a lemon. Bake slowly and
serve with cream.
Evening star., 1929-12-13
Home in Good Taste
BIZ SARA HILAND.

In the illustration are shown quantity
patterned wallpaper cat the lefO and
striped percale. These two may be COM
bined to create very delightful bed
room.
One scheme which might be worked
out for a little girls room would have
woodwork finished in hydrangea blue.
The walls, treated with this paper,
would have a shell pink background and
a design in which hydrangea blue pre-
dominated.
The glass curtains might be Of shell
pink point d'esprit, finished with plain
hens and tucks parallel to the bottom