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Show Kathleen Norris Says: Blessed Arc the Meek BU Syndicate WNU rnlurta. MOPSY wvmMm c i m One Dessert .Many Variations (See Recipe adore my Bill , but that doesn't mean that st hole." 1 By KATHLEEN NORRIS TODAYS letter comes of only a few Marjorie mar- months; ried her flier when he came home, honorably discharged, after 22 months of hard service. They were engag.-- for a year, but in that year saw each other only twice, for a few days interval. Bill is handsome, clever, devoted and rich. Marjorie didnt know how rich until now, when they are going to his home city, Philadelphia, to live. 1 waul to suallotc his family WEALTHY FAMILY PINS HER DOWS Most girls would envy Mar jorie't position. She is married to a man she adores " He is handsome, clever, rich. He loves Marjorie devotedly. After two years of service in the air corps, he is coming home for good. The trouble is. Bill has too much. Marjorie, who is accustomed to a simple life, is not willing to adapt herself to the customs and traditions of a proud old Philadelphia family. Every detail of Marjorie's affairs is taken care of before hand a house, furnishings, servants, all are provided. What Marjorie doesn't like is this paternalistic system she is just expected to fit into her place and like it. Nobody seems to think she might not care for the social mold in which Bills family exists. "This Is my trouble," she writes. "My people are poor, but we come of good stock. My mother for many years supported my grandmother and myself by teaching. She is not strong now, lives with my grandmother, and there Is almost no money, but for fineness and goodness there never were two more genuine saints. "Bill and I are to have one of the family houses to live in. We are to have TJncle Phils house, listen and watch and make them which he says Is filled with old revo- like you by sweetness and amiabillutionary junk, or Grandpas house. ity. Give this experiment a year, smaller. Is but handsomer which in which you criticize nobody, agree His mother writes me that old to all take this new Emma will come to us at once as sort of arrangements; life as if it were a book you cook, and bring two granddaughters are reading, with yourself as heroto make themselves useful. Aunts ine. and cousins of Bills write him that Lucky in Many Ways. they want to know when dear MarHeroine you are, of course. The jorie would like to be entertained young western wife of a person would I like a tea or a formal rewhose wealth and family connecception? tions make him important, beloved Too Mnch Class. and lovely, rich and socially secure "All this appalls and annoys me. there is a position many girls 1 hate that sort of thing. Bill takes would envy you. That you are it all seriously; he has three broth- smarter, quicker, more amusing, ers, one sister, and countless cous- more independent, than the men ins and other relatives. He hopes and women you are going to meet, his grandmother will give us the I am taking for granted. Those Revere porringers, and wants me fine old families to be painted by the feller that has have wonderful characteristics, but painted us alL they can be dulli Only, if youll be "I begin to feel that no wealth or patient enough to endure the surface dullness for awhile, youll find position will make up for the independence I have enjoyed for years under it a wonderful dignity and inas a newspaper woman, and am tegrity, characteristics that youll sure already that I want my mother be glad someday to hand on to your and grandmother to go East with children. me. I will be lost and strange in that As for taking your mother and big family, obliged to grin and bear grandmother with you, that would all sorts of things that are absolutebe a fatal mistake. To move from ly unnatural to me, and Ill need sup- the fresh sea air and riotous garport and confidantes. I adore my dens of San Diego, where the cliBill, but that doesnt mean that I mate is the most equable in the want to swallow his family whole. whole world, to eastern snows and This business of having a house summer storms, might seriously afpicked out for me, and servants, too, fect the health of them both. They is a little thick. Bill says well have would both feel intruders in fact, plenty of room for Mother and Gran, they would actually be intruders, but is afraid they wont like it and in attempting to reconcile their Mother is dubious, but Gran says claims and those of the big family shell do anything I want They both you would jeopardize your married love our San Diego cottage, and happiness, perhaps irretrievably, their life here, but neither is young, Play your part with dignity and and I simply cant bear to leave patience, always remembering that them. Bill wont promise to come blessed are the meek, and youll find back, and altogether I dont know yourself most enviably placed one oi these days, in the heart of the very what to do. finest of our American culture. Your r, children will have a background as My dear Marjorie, I say in old wine to fine as any in the world, and oppor- are pour trying you into new bottles, and it wont sue- - tunities and advantages worthy of s ceed. More than most young wives, your place is to follow Bills lead now, and accept the situation in Philadelphia wholeheartedly. Go on to be there determined adaptable, friendly in every way. Dont have much to say. j , j good-nature- d, Soap From Coconuts Possibly 40 per cent of the 194 imports of copra into the United States will go to priority uses, but most of the remainder will probably be used in making soap. Glycerine, in great wartime demand for the making of explosives, is a of Coconut oil yields about 40 per cent more glycerine than domestic fats and oils. g is now a highly technical process. For instance, tallow gives body to soap, but it takes coconut cil to make it lather freely. soap-makin- g. Soap-makin- iis fuod-nulure- by GLADYS PARKER aduptable, friendly, Variations on a Theme I have often thought that most of as would be better cooks if we Below) Lynn Chambers Menus Point-Eas- y Lima Beans .with Ham Chunks learned to make a few dishes well Cabbage Instead of gathering hundreds of Fried Tomatoes recipes without ever learning how Jellied Pear Salad to do any one of them well enough Bran Muffins Jelly to set in front of company. Then, if Orange Chiffon Pie these few dishes get monotonous, Beverage there are always good variations to use to make them seem entirely difdelicious variations, too, if you have ferent than the basic recipe. One woman whom I know frankly a good basic recipe: admits that the only dessert which Custard Base Ice Cream. she can be certain of turning out 2 cups milk H cup sugar "right and proper is a bavarian cream. But is it 2 tablespoons cornstarch monotonous to 3 eggs have bavarian 1 cup heavy cream cream whenever 1 teaspoon vanilla we go to have Scald 1H cups milk and add all dinner with her? but 2 tablespoons of the sugar to it No, indeed. SomeAdd cornstarch and salt to remaintimes it turns out ing cup milk. Add to milk which to be maple flavored, garnished with has been heated in top part of nutmeats. she Another time pecan double boiler, stirring occasionally. will cleverly flavor it with chocoBeat 3 egg yolks and 1 white, add late and coffee, a most intriguing the hot custard and return to double combination. Then during the fruit boiler to cook for 5 minutes. Chill. season, she has a spree by adding Beat 2 egg whites with the remaindelicious combinations like pineing sugar until stiff and add to apple and apricots. chilled custard with vanilla. FinalBasio Bavarian Cream. ly add cream which has been beat(Serves 6) en until thick but not stiff. Freeze 1 envelope plain, unflavored gelatin without stirring. V4 cup cold water Ice Cream Variations. 2 egg yolks Banana: Crush three bananas H cup sugar Vi teaspoon salt through potato ricer, adding 2 ta1 teaspoon vanilla blespoons lemon juice. Add to cus1 cup thin cream tard before adding egg white. Caramel: Heat the sugar of the 2 egg whites above recipe in Soften gelatin in cold water. Scald heavy skillet stirmilk in top part of double boiler, ring until melted then gradually add the combined and light brown egg yolks, sugar and salt Return in color. Add Vs to the double boiler and cook until cup water and custard-lik- e in consistence. Remove stir until smooth. from heat, add gelatin and stir Cook the cornuntil dissolved. Add vanilla and starch with the cream. Chill, and when mixture bemilk and salt and add the caramel to until with beat thicken, fluffy gins plus 1 tablespoon of sugar. Proceed rotary egg beater. Fold in stiffly as directed above. beaten whites. Pour into mold or Chocolate: Melt 1V4 to 2 tablemolds that have been rinsed in cold water. Chill until firm. When ready spoons of chocolate over hot water to serve, unmold and garnish as de- adding to custard while hot. sired. Coffee: Scald V4 cup finely ground coffee in the milk, then strain Bavarian Cream Variations. Maple Bavarian: Make above through three thicknesses of cheeserecipe using shaved maple sugar in cloth. Proceed as above, adding V4 place of white sugar. One dozen cut teaspoon almond flavoring. marshmallows may be added or Mint: Add V4 teaspoon mint extract V4 for vanilla. Tint the ice cream a cup chopped pecans or walnuts. Butterscotch: Omit white sugar. delicate green. Or, if mint extract is Cook Vi cup brown sugar with 2 not available, melt 1 cup crushed tablespoons butter and add this to or ground mints in milk. Tint pink or green, as desired. hot custard. Peach: Add 1 cup crushed Chocolate Rice: Beat 3 tablecup sugar and Vi teaspoons cocoa into 1 cup cooked rice peaches, and fold into bavarian mixture. spoon almond extract Omit vaFruit Bavarian: Fold 1 cup diced nilla. Now we come to an interesting fruit into bavarian cream after it variation in the meat department starts to thicken. Bavarian: Add 2 When you want to dress up pork Chocolate squares melted, unsweetened choco- chops for company, here are two late or 6 tablespoons cocoa to scald- excellent suggestions. They are ed milk. Continue as directed. If stuffed to stretch the meat Pork Chops L a slight flavor of coffee is desired fliick pork chops (cut pocket with the chocolate, substitute 1 taalongside bone) blespoon cold, boiled coffee for 1 ta2 cups toasted bread cubes blespoon of the milk. Coffee Bavarian: Substitute V4 cup Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons parsley cold, boiled coffee for V4 cup milk 4 1 tablespoons fat and add tablespoon lemon juice. Ice cream comes in for many 1 can tomato sonp Stuff pork chops with toasted bread cubes and pars- ley. Pin together Lynn Says with a toothpick. Sear chops on How to make good pastry: The both sides in skiproper proportion for pastry is llet Season with 1 cup flour, salt to taste and Vi salt and pepper, or substitute. cup shortening add tomato soup, The important points are: have cover and cook over low heat for ingredients as cold as possible; 45 to 60 minutes. and never over-mi- x shortening Pork Chops IL flour. The mixture should be 6 thick pork chops, ent for staffing "lumpy about the size of giant 1!4 caps cooked rice peas. 2 piraientos, shredded When the shortening is not Sait and pepper to taste thoroughly mixed with the flour, 2 tablespoons lard or snbstitnte it "streaks and makes for flakStuff pork chops with a well seaier crust soned mixture of rice and pimien-toToo much water makes the Pin with toothpick. Sear Use just pastry a toughie. until golden brown. Season chops enough to make the dough stick with salt and pepper, and add ty On less days, damp together. cup water, cover tightly, and cook water is required, on sunny days, until tender. more Seven-?.Jinut- e TIN HATS "Looks as if Fighter Pilot OMalley has heard from home! TSL WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUT AS WILLIAMS WHEN V(3d HAVE TAlEN All VWR YESEIABLB TiRST 50 ItlAf HtiJ CAN REALLY PUT YOU? MMD CtT EtUC,YlK6 The PEST Cf 1HE MEAL, AMD DISCOVER THAT WHEN Y3U WtREK'T L0CMK6 YOUR PLATE HAS been filled dp aoajn w SCHOOL DAZE Teacher Whats the principal crop of Iowa? Smarty I dont know. Teacher If I gave you a hint maybe you could get it What do they put in cribs? Smarty Babies. In Too Deep Diver No. 1 The captain phoned. Diver No. 2. Yeah. What did he want? Diver No. 1 He says to come up right away. The ship is sinking. s. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By Stanton Fall Weather Kid Give me an sucker. Candy Man Here it is. Kid It looks kir.da small. Candy Man Well, the days si getting shorter, you know. all-da- y ; UNDERSTAND? Diner You charged me twice much for this steak as you used t Waiter I have to. The price beef has gone up. Diner Yes, but the steak is as big as it used to be. Waiter Of course. Thats scarcity of beet ha t Foot of the Class Do you have tha prob- Teacher lem yet? Scholar answer. Yes, maam. All but the Practical Results Auntie Harry, how are you getting along in grammar? Harry Swell. I aint had a bad mark since when school begun. Not Flattened Why is your nose so red? Harry Jerry Its blushing with pride. It stays out of ether peoples business. i |