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Show If T A HOOVER CHRISTMAS DINNER v J I it Is when special feasts and holidays holi-days approach that we realize the pinch of economy. One standard festal dish after another is put under ;tho ban, until the housewife feels like giving up the Christmas dinner altogether. alto-gether. To do so would be to show but a poor spirit, and little invention. I Let us think out a repast that must I meet the approval of even Mr. 'Hoover! True to our food pledge we can I have but three courses. For soup 'sj have a tomato bisque. This is easily i-B v iprepared by using any concentrated ?y5l .tomato soup and adding milk. There V aro only two Precaut,ons t0 00 0D" v served. Be sure to use an enameled IB 1 waro saucepan which will not be af- fected by the acid of the tomato and which will not darken the color of the bisque; second, stir milk and tomato together when only lukewarm. Heat gradually, thus avoiding curdling. Instead of turkey, try this year an old fat hen whose laying days are nearly over. Use one of those excel-B excel-B lent oval boilers of enameled ware, such as come to cook hams in; they V' (also have a tray In them on which to cook fish. Cut up the fowl and place B on the fish tray in the boiler; put BB boiling water underneath, enough to BB reach the chicken, but not to cover it. BB Cooked In this way for several hours the old hen will be tender and dell-cious. dell-cious. If you havo not one of these BB boilers, make yourself a Christmas present of one. It will be a paying BB . investment All tough meat is much BB better cooked by steam than being BB bpiled and there Is no waste of nour- BW ishraent For sauce for the hen, buy BB a pint of oysters the small kind will BB do make a white sauce and stir in tbo oysters only a few moments be-BBB be-BBB , fore all is poured over the chicken. BBB- ( As to vegetables rice is the correct BJp accompaniment of the fricasseed " .Jyfr- chicken. Have an enameled ware -'bji saucepan half full of boiling water, drop in the rice, little by little, keep .B, it boiling and stir constantly. In half an hour pour off the rice Into an jBJj enameled ware colander to which the BBJ rice will not stick and which will not B, darken Its snowy whiteness. Finish cooking by setting the colander over BBJ the steam of the saucepan. BBJ When baked, the humble cabbage BBJ makes a fine addition to the dinner. BBJ It must be served in the dish in which BBJ it is baked, but very pretty baking jBJ dishes in different colors come in BBJ enameled ware. Butter the dish, put sBB in a layer of shredded cabbage, a few 9BJ bits of butter or oleomargerine, a little salt and a tablespoonful of flour BBJ sprinkled over it all. Repeat until the jBBJ dish is full. Pour over it all a coffee jH cup of milk and bake in a moderate BBJ oven. For other vegetables you should BBJ have some you canned last summer pBBj and can now produce with pride. ;jBfl For dessert let it be a "deep dish" pie which saves pastry and is really wholesome. Here again comes in the prettv enameled ware baking dish with its high 'heat efficiency and its imperviousness to the acid of the fruit. Use oleomargerine in making the pic crust. A deep dish apple pie needs only the top crusL A half can of cherries added to it makes it into a real party dish. We must not havo candy, we are trying to save sugar; but "we can have nuts and raisins. These and a cup of good black coffee will make a satisfactory finish to a Christmas dinner which will be found as enjoyable as it is strictly econom-, leal. j Prices, of course, vary in different localities, but in many smaller places a dinner like this for five persons could be prepared for about $1.75. Jewelry In all the bright new shades is made of sealing wax into beads and into any shape of article. It is also made over beads, into beads, hatpins, brooches, earrings and other articles-Barbaric articles-Barbaric and oriental colored beads are fashioned into necklaces and earrings. ear-rings. Scarfs made of a brocaded metal silk aro lined with white and trimmed with fur. Also capes made of velvet and trimmed in the same way wiht fur or marabou are lined with white or dark colored silk with large figures in it Velvet gowns and suits are combined with white satin. The sleeveless sweater, hand knit-led, knit-led, is used for the home lounging blouse at this season. They are made of all wool, silk or fiber. Bustles are in the new gowns and separate skirts. Or the bustle skirt gives the same effect Semi-made skirts are selling at $7.50 at some of the largo stores and smaller shops, and can soon bo made to fit any one. The front or back seam3 are left open. White satin collars are soutached in black. Beaded tassels for the ends of the sashes aro liked. |