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Show 1 Of Interest to Women Sfceaders j I , , , , , J Don't wrap the ice in a paper or cloth "blanket." It is true that you will save ice by so doing, but you will not save food. In order to reduce the temperature in the refrigerator, the ice must melt. Fish loses its fresh flavor when kept, and spoils very easily in hot weather. Since the flavor is likely to be absorbed by other foods fish should be kept in a very tightly covered cov-ered dish in the refrigerator, and used as soon as possible. Here's a good menu for summer evening parties: Fruit salad, made from lettuce, oranges, pears, peaches, cherries, and sliced pineapple, dressed with whipped cream, and garnished with nut meats; crackers spread with cottage or Requeford cheese; iced tea or a fruitade of any kind. Watermelons can be served as a first course, like fruit cup or muskmelon, for lunch or dinner. The watermelon should be thoroughly chilled, then sliced, the rind removed, and the flesh cut into convenient sized blocks which are piled on a plate. See that salt is at hand for those who like it on watermelon. Home methods for setting colors in fabrics, such as soaking them in salt water, or water with vinegar added, are of no avail. Textile specialists of the Bureau of Home Economics point out the fact that if there were any such simple way of securing fast colors, maunfacturers would use it. Dyes, however, have greatly improved in recent years. If you take home a sample of the material you like, and wash it, and expose it to strong sunshine, you can tell for yourself whether the goods will be reasonably fast to water and to light. Make sun suits from your romper pattern by cutting the legs very short and trimming out the neck and armholes as much as you can. Make the upper half of some transparent' or thin material, such as fine lawn, cross-bar muslin, marquisette, or net. The lower part should be of print or other opaque cotton goods of pleasing pattern. Make a sun hat to match, to shade the eyes. It should be light and washable. Let the children play in sun suits, afer they have acquired a coat of tan, on any . summer day when the temperature rises above 80 degrees F. Their legs may be bare or they may wear barefoot sandals without socks. ',' ! To whip cream successfully you must have the cream and the bowl very cold. If the kichen is hot, it is better to whip the cream out of doors, using a dover beater. Or stand the cream bowl in a pan of cracked ice. To abtain the best whip, it is well to use cream that contains, at least 30 per cent butterfat and that has aged at least 24 hours. An easy dinner menu, for wash-day may be acceptable; Cold sliced corn beef or other meat; vegetable curry, radishes, baked bananas. You can use various vegetables in the curry, but a good combination contains rice, onion, carrots, fresh or canned peas, celery, in about equal amounts, and seasoning. Cook the rice first. Cook the vegetables the necessary length of time for each in a small amount of water. . Make a ring of the rice, and put the vegetables in the middle, pouring over them a sauce made of the vegetable water, seasoned with j curry, salt, pepper, or Worcestershire Worcester-shire sauce, and butter. I |