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Show GOOD MENUS FORSUMMER FOR FORSUMMER SUMMER PARTIES PARTIESHints PARTIESHints Hints for Planning Dinners or orLuncheons orLuncheons Luncheons . By EDITH IDITH CDITII : M BARBER BARBERFarly BARBERrarly [ ' Farly 'arly arly rarly summer bilngs blIngs btings with It man many manyetcuses manyc ) ' c etcuses cubcs cu"es cues : " for throwing a party 1 ' Zhere Zhereare Thereare here hereare are brides to be entertained , graduate6to graduatesto graduate graduates ' ! . to be honored , guests who choose thispleasant this thispleasant ple'1sant ple1sant pleasant ' season to visit vlstt , and tlien then thereare there therei thereare thereare i are farewell parties pnrtles for those lucky luckypersons luck luckypersona persons who aie me ate tolng boing toing , , to I Europe urope or orsome orsome 01some some other place for the summer . If wo we ourseh oursehes ourseltes es are goln going off ocr to asummer a asummer Esummer summer cottage there may be a partyor party partyor or two which litchi , ) uch we have been be n Intendingto Intending to have ha "e e ' " all nil " winter "lOter lOter &tlll tlll still f & > tlll left on the U-t U t list IhtAnd - ; . , And then tbel theie there e are those imtlcs pities I'11 I11 { ' ties , , per pernaps pernaps pernaps naps the nicest of ot all , which whlcb " we "e e hate hatefor ha\ ha bn hafor : : \ e efor < for no reason at all , e\ccpt e ccpt e\cept cept except \ ' that tbat we welIhe welike w wlike < like lIhe to hn ha\e ha e hate : \ e our friends In our house houseI . I ha\c ha c hale ha \ e been having half baH ft n a dozen 01so or orso orso so of my friends at a time for dinneirecency dlnnT dinner dlnnTrecenfly dinnerrecently ( , recenfly recently , and you ou may like to hear hearwhat hearwhat heniwhat what I cliose chose for the menu One beJnn began beJnnwltb beganwith be arwith wltb with half an a\ a a\ocado a ocado aocado \ ' , ocado filled with fl flesh fleshcrab tiestcrub esh eshcrab crab meat ml\ed ml ed mixed ' \ \ with witb n a sauce made of ofm'1 ofmayonnaise olmayonnaise m'1 m1 mayonnaise ' onnalse , chill dull chili sauce sauceVOl , wolcestershire \VOl VOl tvolcester tvolcestershire \ cester cestershIre shIre and cuny CUrlY . If It you ou like , you ma masprinkle mny may mnycprmhle maysprinkle ; sprinkle cprmhle a little tittle lemon juice on the thepe'lr thepear tl"pear tlpear " pe'lr pelr pear ' before you fill It It . . . 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Dessert was coffee marshmallowmousse marshmallow marshmallowmOU5se marshmaUowmousse mOU5se mousse with fresh tresh sponge cakeIn cakeIn cake cakeIn In selecting menus for luncheon luncbeon or ordinner ordinner ordinner dinner do not hesitate to break allthe all allthe allthe the usual cook coole book rules for tor these thesemenus thesemenus thesemenus menus II U it you have bave any specialtyserve specIalty , sere sen e It , , even If it It Is unusual to Ond flnd find adish a adish dish Ish of ot this sort at this particular type typeot typeof typeof ot of mcaL menl meal Your friends will not only onlyenjoy onlyenjoy onlyenjoy enjoy It It , , but tor for onco once they will demand demandIt It again as for Instance they tbey did at a acertain acertain acertain certain house bouse where they tbey were disap dlsap- dlsap disap- disappointed dlsappomted disappointed - - pointed pomted If the tbe dessert was W'1S W1S ' not old-fashioned old fashioned old- old oldfashioned oldfashioned - fashioned rice pudding 1 J ! 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Ingredients thoroughly andseivc and andsel andseive seive sel vc with oysteis oystels , clams or any sea seafood seafood seafood food . . Asparagus With Brown Butterand Butterand Butler Butter Butlerand and Cheese Cheese.1 Cheese1 . . 1 bunch asparagus asparagusY.z Y.z Yz % . 3 cup butterVi butter ' 4 * ' . cup grated cheeseCook cheese cheeseCook Cook asparagus Arrange on plat- plat platter plat platter - . ter and dress with blown butter hutter . To passed " with "ith ith It I omitted dessert desscrt andserved and andser andserved ser served "ed ed ' " coffee In the living 11109 Riling 11\ 11 \ 109 roomAnother roomAnother room roomAnother Another day dny dinner dmner be beJan began an with wJth a tomato to tom'1to tomato m'1to m1to mato ' juice cocktail cochtall , " with "Ith Ith " which "hlch hlch shich thincucumber thin thincucumber thincucumber cucumber andwichcs "andwlches andwlches sandwiches : " t > stufTcd stuffed celery celeryand celeryand celeryand and ripe rtpe 011\ 011 olives 011es olites \ es were passed Then Theneame Thencame Thencame eame came br011 broiled d ham with a cream cre\m cre m ' \ gravy gravycorn , , corn griddle grldle ( ] cakes cahes made of the tfater tt'ater ttater tfatertround tt'aterground ' alerferound tround ground , meal and baked bahed at the tablePeas table tablePeas tablePeas Peas dicsscd dl dh essed " with "ith ith a n little cream creamenough , enough to II il llivoi ' ! ttol \ 01 them but not to 1U1he make 1U1hethem makethem makethem them too moist to sel scive sel"e serve \"e "e e \ " on the dlnn dinner dinnerplate dinnerplate .r r < . .rplate plate , furnished furmshed the tile , ' vegetable egetnble egetable Pe'1ch Pe1ch Peach Pe'1chjam Peachjam Peachjam ' jam and mustard pickles ph.hles phhles pkkles . wel weie were e passed passedFor 'or or [ ' [ , or a salad s'llad sllad ' I chose a mixed ml\ed ml ed ' \ vegetablesalad vegl.table vegltable vegctabie vegl.tablesalad vegctabiesalad . salad and served frozen dried beefwith beef beefslur slur \ \ Ith It The dcsscit dessel dessert t " was "as as more mOft ! corn corncaJ corncakes corncakes caJ cakes es with "ltb ltb " fresh maple m'1ple m1ple ' sirupThis sirupThis sirup sirupThis This was abo also ah > o tl tiue true ue at au all an inform'1l inform1l informal inform'1ldlnncr informaldinner Informaldinner ' dlnncr dinner In the country recently receutJy , whIch whIchbegan whichbegan whichbegan began with mixed mb.ed mbed mused . hors bors doeuvies doeuvtes d oeun es Thesoup The Thesoup Thesoup soup was strong beef broth with \ Ith wholekernel stole stolekernel \ hole holeherne1 herne1 kernel coin and toast sticks stlchs The Themain Themain Themain main course was roast duck ducb . "ith ith "ithfried \ " withfried It h hfrIed frIed apples llpples , potatoes In the half htlf : shell shellcrenmed shellcreamed shellcreamed crenmed creamed spinach , buttel butteied buttered cd beets and andtiny andtiny andtiny tiny hot bran muffins mullins mufllns There Thcre was sas " as jellymixed jelly , tnl md.ed mded . ed pickles and spiced grapefruit prepare brown butter melt butter In Infrying Infrying Infrying frying pan and bl blown 0\\ 0 0n \ \ n slightly cllgbtly lightly , add addgrated addgrated addgrated grated cheese and stir well Pour overasparagus over overasparagus overasparagus asparagusQuick asparagus asparagus.l -\.l .l - wt- wt wtTomato ' 'v v ' \ . ' ; . , w _ - , Quick Mealwt Meal MealTomato _ . - ' _ - ' Tomato Tom1to Juice jule ( cocktailLamb cocktail cocktailLamb cocktailLamb Lamb chop Potato chips chipsI I resh peas pens In creamLettuce cream creamLettuce creamLettuce Lettuce with Wltb frcncb french dr'sslng drsslng dressing dressingice dr'sslngll.e dressinglee ( ' ll.e lle ice . Cream cake cahe " with "Ith Ith strawbenies strawberiles strawberilesCoffee strn strawbeniesCoffee wberues wberuesCoITe CoITe Coffee CoffeeLamb . Lamb chops are always the standby standbyof of the busy housekeeper hou.seheeper househeeper . , . fresh 'resb resb rresh [ ' peaaare peas peasare peasare are so good goodnd and \nd nd ' \ so reasonable reason'1ble reason1ble ' that weare we weare weare are tempted to use them more ofteu often oftenthan ofteuth'1n oftenthan th'1n th1n than ' when wben they tbey weie WCle were a luxuiy lU3UlY luxury : . A crisp crispIt crisplettuce crisplettuce It lettuce ttuce salad " with "lth lth a highly blgh1y seasoned seasonedfrench seasonedfrench seasonedtrench french dressing goes well with wltb almostany almost almostany almostany any dinner dinnerI I or dessert a combination of vanllla va vs vanllI3 vsvilla nllI3 villa Ice CI cieara earn eam , crushed crusbed 511 stn stiawberrleaand awberrlesand awberrles awberrlesand and fcponge ponge sponge cake cale , makes what Is known knownsometImes knownsometimes knownsometimes sometImes as an Ice cream sandwIch sandwIchnnd sandwichand sandwichand nnd and sometimes as an Ice cream caho cake cako.Of cakoOf . Of course , you can omit the tbe cake andhave and andha andhale ha hale \ e a homemade sundae sund1e sundaep p @ H33 1933 Bell Syndlcaf Syndlcnte Syndicate SyndlcnteWNU SyndicateWNU -WNU WNU - WNU SurTic Sanlee Service * |