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Show V I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. SUNDAY MORNING.' THE HOME HARMONIOUS Sly Anita do Campi .TUNE 18, IK'. THE COOK BOOK v v By Jane Eddington 'I'" 4 i . t e'rtV?'l - A" ir ' iSi '"'I 4 - t ' ' - Z S.' te n ' . - 'V. VV v . ' -- (?.' L- KITCHEN CARES. our fight with GOMES In the next two months ha,!f thrifty housewife may gain enough discipline, through high resolves put into action, to carry her through a whole year of hopeful effort There is. fob one big Everything In Its Place. thing, the protein molecule to keep Cooked meats, of course, keep safe right stde up. When temperatures rise, longer thap raw ones Inadequately meat readily spoils, and, in particular, refrigerated, but not In gelatin prepdo such things as the gelatined meat aration, which in summer time are not- - likely to be safe eating after loaf become a menace to health.. twelve hours from their preparation, In warm weather milk sours readily, and under certain slovenly or careless but sour milk breads and cakes have circumstances may be unsafe as soon as made. Frightful diarrheas come peculiar worth Butter melts. Vegefrom them as well as from some other tables wilt Fruit Juices and some other preparations ferment. Garden foods that have not received proper care. produce goes to waste in home garden The whole problem of Vood storage-iand market. If housewives would fsel the household is a much more serisome responsibility about the market ous one. than most builders of houses waste, prices for such things would be consider it. In fact, too many of them give it no consideration, but nowlower. The grocer soons learns what adays there are architecte who waste Is the percentage of waste, and not one inch of kitchen wall space. charges enough for the rest to save They fill every wall with closet lnsele - which save the house Jvqfpei'. himself from loss, at least. steps and care. Some of these are Care of the Icebox. cooler closets and some are dry closAnd then there is the Icebox or reets, some are deep and many are shallow, and all represent the height of frigerator requiring incessant attenconvenience. It is afl very well to tion to keep it from being an unwholepreach the gratifying doctrine of some institution. Even with frequent ever thing in its place, but you have washings and scaldings with hot soda to have the places. water, and sweetening finally with amKeeping Vegetables. monia, we may still retail our suspiA bunch of carrots in kitchen air cions about that waste pipe which we will wilt In twenty-fou- r hours. If cannot reach by any hook or crook if wrapped in a paper they will keep If washed and we have a built In refrigerator. It is about twice a long trimmed and put in a bag In the ice hard enough to get at the saucer. box. they will still be in fair condiBy the way, a stout string tied to tion at the end of a month, if looked the heavy strainer is a great aid even' after. though we have to pull against a cerSo universal has becorhe a similar tain amount of suction, and any method of preservation for lettuce that now it is possible to buy a set of cement like dObris wedging it in. or embroidWhat ice man rinses his Ice, and what bags made up and marked ered with the name of the thing they housekeeper can live up to the advice are designed for. If thrifty we need to do eo, in a city apartment? The at least two bags for lettuce, one for pan under the icebox is really a safer keeping this salad material tor as veil as a more disciplinary institu.days, and the other tor the lettion than an inaccessible waste pipe. tuce which is prepared In the mornThere is enormous-advantagIn hav ing for dinner service and given a liich opens to the out-o- f mg an icebox whole day to crisp to perfection. There doors, since stagnant air wastes is a world of difference between truly foods and makes them insidiously crisp lettuce and that whlih is more harmful. Air the box Out frequently, or tees in its natural stare. Lettuce even at the expense of ice. The wire etraight from the garden is improved cage hung high In a shaded sheltered by such treatment. In fact, if picked late in the day it may have hardly place is a great institution, whose worth has had hundreds of years of any life at all. Lettuce that is kept for several days should receive attentesting In our modern ities it needs a cover over the top to keep out dust, tion for the sake of the bag if not. for and food set in it, as In any cooler, the lettuce. The cut end of the stem should alwajs be covered closely. A shows why, and the pink stain on the bag shows neglect good circulation of air around food I S' e'L--ev- - will keep it quite aa long without chilling as with. In exceedingly dry regions, like the deserts of Arizona, meat is hung in a tree and the air absorbs its wetness se rapidly that it will keep as well as beans and peas, and contains hardly more water, vt still will give flavor, though it has to be chopped up, for stewing, with an ax. SUMMER .Tv 1 1 I 1. - V 1 4 q ,, ' j 1 v ?& . There can be Is not a. single vegetable that without wsste. neglected Onions hung in an airy place will, like lemons, keep far better than in any other way. Old fashioned people had net begs for the lemons, one of the Indispensable summer supplies. Cold Park Preservation. Other foods besides meat are briefly or long preserved by cooking. The cold peck canning method may be most thriftily resorted to when beets become plentiful and inexpensive, and yet earlier there are greens In great abundance and variety. Its no use to try to get a cold pack recipe, since thle way of earing for things represents a svstem of procedure. Get the government bulletins er the state bulletins, or the booklets put out by the big magazines which give attention to these things. Tha peeple who prepare these bulletins and booklets have in many cases done nothing but canning for months on end There Is enormous gam in doing things over and. oyer, with the intent to perfect But with all our care of things we have in summer time to utilize and - utilize what we have en hand, utilize the forests of leaf lettuce, utilise tour tntrk,ete.'"We' can' even utilizer a bW of Ice if there must be a period of deprivation. Brogen lea will keep in hours a thermos bettle from forty-eiga pint bettle at up to seventy-twthat. You may think that It will mat when broken up and so kept, but there seema to be just enough melting te prevent that. It is not a bad preparation to make for Iced tea, and tha email pieces which are sometimes rather superfluous after tha lea mana breaking up and packing can thus be saved. The first way some cooks utilize sour mi.k is that easiest one of making cottage i heese. or If there is a chance of milk souring a natural junket with or without tablets can be made. This Is a moat wholesome thing to combine with berries far better than the As to tha cotstarchy combinations. tage cheese, did we not collect no end of recipes for their use four years demonstrators Government ago? showed people how, and government printing offices supplied them wit much literature on the subject to her Cottage Cheese Ice Cream. The following prize winner was tested In my own kitchen: One cup of fine cottage cheese, one pint rich .milk, one, cup cream, one cup sugar, one teaspoon vanilla. But the cottage cheese through a rlcer and beat until absolutely smooth. Add milk and sugar this may ha accordW hip tha cream and ing to taste flavor with vanilla, which maksa it seem richer, fold Into other, and fraeza, as you would ordinary ice cream. An been ie cream somewhat like this hasresorts much used st certain health It auppUea under the name "Laeto. . the eater with protein, mak 1g leaa meat necessary, and two energy mak-- j ers fat and sugar. It la eaay to for-- I get that we need energv In hot weather some one following him. He increased even to bear the heat. hia speed and the steps quickened also. Lacto. He took a slower pace, the steps behind For a full description of laeto one s him slackened. must get bulletin No. 140 of tha Iowa This was no time for showing agitastation, Iowa state collage experiment not his must tion. Jones felt he reveal of agriculture, Amea. It give tha terror by looking back. He turned baaed on Metchnlkoff health theory, quickly down a side street. The footthe use of sour milk, and elaborate desteps followed. He dodged into an altails for the preparation of laeto but ley, but was still pursued. In desperasss: When laeto is to bo made in tion he Jumped a wall, ran up a slope the household on a small scale it may and into a churchyard, where he prove too expensive to buy commercrouched panting in the darkness on a cial lactic cultures. A family recipe grave. then would be aa follows: Take a botThe man behind still followed. Quivtle of good clean fresh milk which ering with fear of recent crimes. Jones has not been heated, set it away at a awaited hts pursuer. do you want? he asked. Say, exclaimed the stranger, mopping his brow, do you alwavs go home thiswa? Im going up to Mr. Browns Apprabation. and the man at the station told me to follow you, as you lived next door. ExThe nicest compliment I ever recuse my asking you, but have we much ceived was from a boy 14 years old. more of this to go through before we My hueband And I took this boy into H. J. C. get there? our home while his parents went on a business trip, which lasted about Giving Fair Warning. four weeks. The two intense young things were Upon their return the father said, in a motor bus. Well, son, how did you and Mrs. As the conductor came along for White get along? He replied. Fine, and when I get married Im going to marry some one L. W. just like her. n W - J JUST BIG ENOUGH FOR TWO. home which is iUustr&ted is decidedly small Just bit for a "family of two or three adults who wish to enjoy a home in the suburbs with all of the conveniences of an apartment in the city. Rough split Indiana limestone, com- bined with sawed stone trim, is used for the walls of this little house. The simple hipped roof is covered with slate. Slate finished asphalt or shingled rooting could be used Instead of the slate if desired. The wide eaves, which give additional attraction to the appearance of the house, are formed by an extension of the roof rafters. The cellar, which accommodates a laundry and furnace room, is under the rear half of the house only. There is storage room for coal and for wood (to be used in the open fireplace of the living room) under the rear wing. The good sited front porch, which could easily be inclosed and converted into a sun parlor, opens directly into the living room. There are windows on two sides. This room is used as a living room and dining room, the rear half, with built in china closet and sideboard, being used for dining purposes. The combination sideboard and china closet is a convenient feature that is huilt into the partition between the living dining room and the kitchen. The drawers and cupboards open into both of these rooms, so that a great saving in steps is afforded the houseOn one side of the living keeper. room there is an open fireplace. An ample coat closet is to the right of the door which leads from the living room into the kitchen. The exceptionally well arranged kitchen and pantry are back of the living room. From the kitchen there is a stairway which leads to the back porch, and from there down to the cellar. The back porch, which K only two steps above grade, provides space ff ti - ... f .4Xv3bJfc V4 X vdvjec. , , a v are not in general use. In the rear bedroom closet there is a ladder, with a email ..trap .door above, through which the attic is accessible. If desired a patent stair, folding up into the ceiling, could be arranged in the hall and the ladder in the rear closet THE could be eliminated. This house has an extreme width of thirty-twfeet outside of the window extensions. It can be built on a forty foot lot, but a fifty foot lot would be better in case a driveway is to along the side of the house leading to a garage at the rear. The dotted line at the rear of the plan shows how a garage may be directly connected to the houtee without cutting off any of the light. With the added charm of tree foliage. shrubs, and flowers the beauty of this little home would be greatly eno hanced ANSWERS TO QUERIES. . It is well to be practical in the selection of materials for your roof but I hesitate to advise you to be piactical to the point of sacrificing Asbestos shingles arsthctic effects hate the merit of being fire resistive if you are satisfied with that. You do not state of what material for the refrigerator. Ho wet or, if it is. preferable, the pantry or kitchen could tour house is built If it is of wood. accommodate the refrigerator I'd be tempted to reshingle with wood, There is a door which 'leads lea ting the shingles to t rat her a soft the lhlng room yito a email hall, or perhaps staining them Wood gray, w connecting the two bedrooms ith the n foi a bungalow, or dull gre-- n brow batn Bv this arrangement entire prifor a Utile white house vacy is gnen to the sleeping quarters A blue green copper roof is a gay Each bedroom has a clothes closet As color not city An uneven reed roof, of in the living room and kitchen, there is good. A white house might flat tiles, are windows on two sides, so that gtcen tiles. It you are inreda there is cross ventilation in all of the hate hood of red roofs stick to neighboi rooms of the house. Though the bedroofs. Remember your house belongs rooms are rdoderate m size, thev are to your community as well as to yourso arranged that all of the necessary self, and It behootes you not to mar furniture may be conveniently placed the general effect. There is really not an inch of waste F U . Use old blue silk velour for space m the whole house A large trap door in the ceiling of the drapes in your dining and living the hall leads to the attic. This attic rooms. Use silk gauze, without drapes, in your sun room. Ecru would be a space may be used for a place of stor good color age for trunks and other ai tides n h.ch superintendent telephoned and said hed have to give you a whipping if you didnt stop fighting with the boys." Eleanor was nearly in tears in a minute. Well, she paid, it was only a little fight an (he started it. G. L. My granddaughter is visiting me at present. After playing with the other children for some time she became hungry. At previous visits she had been in the habit of going to the pantry, and helping herself to cookies I kept there. I did not happen to think she might be hungry, so did not tell her to get a cookie to eat Looking up at me with an elfish grin she said, Granina, do you keep your cookies where you did when I was here before? J. U, r. Dcvtw brought home a discarded bird cage that had been given him, and asked bis mother if she would buy him a song bird. Why. sou, a really fine song bird would eoet as much as $10, and we could not afford it Then we might buy a song bird don t sing so much, he said. that J M S. The Best Joke Mors than JuatiRad. The father, a lawyer, was busily engaged writing at his desk when his young son entered the room. E M Herbert, loves to look at the funny part of the paper and pretend to read it. Last Sunday he missed seeing it, and when bedtime armed he announced My nephew, briefly, Mudder, I dont want to go to bed! I hasnt read my funny paper , man could wish. Your telegram came to me yesterday morning. It was lovely of you to remember me so. I am sure your angel spirit shall not fail me in Any trial, with your soul so intertwined in mine as It is! O, to make myself ever wor After a moments silence the child How old is Santa Claus, father? I dont know, was the answer. A few moments later the boy tried Did the storg bring me again said. here? I dont know. Silence prevailed for several minutes when the third question came, Do cannibals eat people? I dont know fairly roared the Just as soon years old?' she said: as the party starts tomorrow." anyhow? " Tha Strenuous Li fa. was rather late for suburbanite Jones to be getting home. Walking up the street from the station he heard S.byl hates to sleep with her hair up on curlers, but still she likes to hae curls The other night when her mother was fixing her hair on curlers she said, " I wish I had God gnen curls like Mary Louise. G. E. M. Leona s cousin had com? to and was standing in the house his hat on Leona eyed him for some time, then, unable to resist longer, she .,ym If t i D. R. L. A A. L. L. E. C. B. thier and worthier of your love! The chip sails steadily, and none has as yet missed answering the bugle call to refreshment. There are gpod books in the library, dancing in the lounge I still promenade room, et cetera. alone or with my table companion, Mr. Wells. This to tire astonishment of the Steward, who reminded mb there are many young women abroad tons of them, tons of them, as he says. 1 when But walk alone you are with me ever. Daughter of the angels! My darling love, how I yearn for thee! When time at last brings us together it shall hold us so closely her recompense for the days of waiting. Yet I am not now without recompense My faith ltt mV dearest, sweetest love inspires and guides me. though she Is miles away. And miles away though she is, I am nearer to her than to the myriads of ' beings about me. A hundred hugs and a thousand kisses to my dearest love. Adoringty. Donald. exasperated parent Ssy, father, said the young son, who made you a lawyer, curiously, 4 yet." His mother remonstrated with him a few moments, and finally with Ups trembling, he said. Well, I s'pose 1 11 have to go to bed wivout readm It, but it will jus spoil my day! LOVE LETTERS Most beloved yes, CARISSMA: at all times! Tbs never be so wide but that my thoughts are with you. My dearest, my darllngestbe patient and brave, trustful, and reliant The days shall pass and in time the heartaches of our present parting will he forgotten and we shall only recall the magic of our dreams. The yearning year will soon pass, will it not dearest? And the forces that take roe away from my only one will later but hold us stronger together. Asleep or awake, in darkness or broad day, I dream of you. I am thrilled by your voice, my wonder goddess. I rhall read no romance hereafter; f have you alt the romance Rutk will be 4 years old tomorrow, and she is going to have a party. When asked, How soon will you be Jack and Mary had just been to the adults service at church for the first time. A day or two afterwards they were found playing and whispering out loud to each other "What are you doing, children?" the mother asked "Were playing church," replied Jack But you shouldn t whisper In cnurch." said mother O, but we're the choir," sa.d Jack M It I Ever Heard z? their fares, one said to the other, O, I Just adore Carmen" The conductor blushed to the roots of his hair as he stammered. Sorry, miss, youd better try the driver. Im married." W. J. and sa, Mother was ill, and raid to son, Please dont make so much noise. It annoys me " Well, what did eu buy a boy for? You know that littl? boys like to do such things, he replied. W. B. two-thir- ds one-four- one-hal- -- two-third- one-hal- e!ab-orate- d Aftar Thraa Yaart. Three years after the war a letter comes to me from a mountain doughboy whom I met In war work overseas, and whose lonely expression caused ms to single him out for a little chat during an entertainment arranged for the men by a few American girls. He writes, I have wanted to writs to you ever since that night you were so kind, as to talk to me. I have always been too bashful to meet strangers. but you made it easy for me to talk. When I told you I had not heard from my girl for months and I thought I had lost her, you said she would wait for ma. We have been married A year and have a baby girl. W4 would like to name her after you if you have no objections. C. P. M. -- Mirth a Madicina." I had given at A settlement a program of readings entirely humorous. There had been ons continuous round of laughter and applause, and I felt I should havo given something mors serious and uplifting. But at the close of the evening an aid man cams up to grasp my hand and say earnestly. I thank you for that. We dont laugh enough around here. That will sweeten life for ms tomorrow! M. D. S Tha Root Taut.' At a dinner party I received what I consider my nicest compliment. The guests were seated with place cards, but instead of having the name only, the card contained a sentiment appropriate for each person. Mine read: Clare a friend who comes in when tho whole world goes out. c, 8. ?Y-aor;tp'! i. Improper way. should be served at guest's left. Foods the Brother had the habit of asking for something to eat whenever he happened to be at a neighbor's house, so his mother told him he must never do such a thing sgain. The next time he returned from a visit to the neighbor's she asked him if he had begged for anything to eat. " No, he sqid, I was Just talking to myself about how hungry I was, and they heard me. L. B. Teacher was giving out the free seeds from the congressman, and Johnnie got a package of tomato seed a "Teacher, please, my ma has plenty of tomatoes, kin I have some orange seeds? he said. G. B. 1L 70 degrees F. until it coagulates. If it coagulates st a smooth solid curd without pia holes, it the aroma is clean ahd pleasant, and the flavor nice and creamy, it, can be used as a starter for a large amount of pasteurized whole or skimmed milk. The cord must be thoroughly broken up. This is accomplished by pouring it from one pel) te another .until it ie aa smooth and velvety as rich cream. From this is mads the ice cream for which seven five gallon formulas are given, for cherry lacte, Orange, mint, pineand apple, maraschino,' raspberry grape. Divide these by six and the general formula in these would read: Two quarts of laeto milk, one And a half pounds of sugar, twO eggs, of a cup of fruit juice, When the cup lemon Juice. mixture is reedy for tho freeser. It is strained through fine wire gauze. The method it given in detail in the bulletin with seme explanation of ItsivalUe. being more Agreeable to many people than sour milk in any other form." Cream Cheese. Seur cream, well whipped, may b used in a cottage cheese ice creim. Mr ith sugar It may be eaten after li is whipped, end la agreeabls without sugar on a slice of brown bread, or. really delicious. To make rream chedsa of it either whip it Juat enough to make it evenly textured and drain it through a cheese cloth in a strainer, or Whip it until it is like whipped cream and strain it in the same way. Prepared in the Utter fashion it is spongy and pretty for not a few uses. Always salt before whipping. Baked Brown Bread. f Beat up of sour milk with one-ha- lf cup of mousses and pour this into two cups of yellow corn meal sifted with one teaspoon of salt, mixing well. Put into the cup in which tho molasses was measured another half cup of sour milk and stir thoroughly this Is to save tho molasses w hlch inevitably sticks to it but which could be poured out more completely if heated. Pour all but two tablespoons of this milk into the better and stir thoroughly. Into the two tablespoons of sour milk In the cup stir one level teaspoon of soda scant rather than the least bit rounded and stir until it is diasolved. Beat this into the batter, pour the batter Into buttered molds s full . . with covers filling sad bake for one hour or mors in moderate oven. If elk in one mold bake for one hour end a quarter. This might be steamed for five hours. Let the bread stand for three or four minutes after it is out Of the even, but not long enough to sweat before removing from mold. This should sllca hi beautifully thin slices. One-hal- f cup of graham f flour end cup of sifted rye meat might replace one of the cups of corn meal. Cooking Lettuce. Many delicious dishes may be made ef cooked leaf lettuce, or it is excellent as a green. One way to cook it is. after looking it over and washing it. to cut it up like slaw. Pour boiling water over it and let stand a minute; rinse with cold water. Melt two tablet poo ne of butter in a small saucepan, put in the drained lettuce, cover and cook gently until it is tender. Plain butter or add hot veream and serve on tqast.. It can be much with eggs, meat, etc. Tho cutup lettuce may be put into butter, without water, and be steamed without wilting if the pen is close covered. In this way the bitter principle is retained end It has tonic value. Practical and Fancy Needlework Str to My Nicest Compliment TIPS ON ETIQUETTE. said. I 8 W-wh- visit with you was m brother, my mamma would Toung man. take off your hat in the house" M. G. S. ht eev-er- C G M df Eleanor is a tomboy, and feels that everyone finds fault with her. One day when she came home from The school her aunt teaslngly said, , temperature of from Improper way. gentleman sees that the girl be is with is seated before he aits down. chaflT If the waiter does not place for her, he does. She is seated before be takes bis seat. A v 'v i f : CROSS STITCH INITIALS. embroidered in the cross just a little out of the INITIALS ut are wonderfully pretty. One Or more colors may he used in a letter. . It is absolutely necessary to pul your canvas on the cloth true to a thread of the material. Count the number of stitches In the deepest and widest parts ef the initial, and in cutting a piece of canvas allow a margin on all four sides. Try to do the embroidering so i (he work will look as even as possible on ths wrong side not crossing and from side to side more than is necessary. Of course, the under stitches must all go in one direction and the upper ones in the opposite. I Two inch initials on towels are effective. and especially so when done In colors. Handkerchiefs, lynch cloths indeed, all sorts of articles are beautified by one of these Initials. Other installments of this alphabet appeared in preceding Sunday issues. Answers to Sewing Questions. a single feather stitch taking the smallest possible stitches to outline your scroti design? The effect is good, and It is a change from the plain outline stitch. MRS. CLARA: Why not use MRS. L. S. A: I have mailed to you the directions for making the beaded bag. Indeed, yes, many of them are beautiful, and if one has tho time ths Work is interesting. |