Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1930, Page 45

FOOD PAGE. THE EVE G STAR, WASHI FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME Many Tasks in Household ‘Home Requires Expert Attention in All Details of Equipment—Rugs, Storage, Repairs, Porch Pillows and Other Matters. ‘Window curtains made of plain ma- terial will hang straight and present a neat appearance if treated as follows: Take each curtain and fold it length- wise in four folds, then baste the cur- | tains up each side, bringing the edges | together neatly. Soak, wash and iron | each curtain. When ironed pull the basting threads out and hang the cur- tains at the windows. You will then find that they will hang in four lovely | creases and perfectly even. Curtains or draperies made of lace | or rayon silk may be washed in gaso- line to prevent shrinkage or stretching out of shape. Pour the clear gasoline in a clean pan, preferably outdoors away from a fire, put the curtains in and rub and squeeze gently. Rinse in clean gasoline, wring or squeeze out, then hang outdoors on & line. They will dry in a few minutes and look like new. Sash curtains that have to be laun- | dered often are apt to be torn from pushing the brass curtain rods through delicate material. To avoid this, after laundering the curtains and when you | are ready to put them up again, slip an | old glove finger tip over the end of the | brass cu rod to avoid tearing the curtain casing, then remove the finger tip and save it for use another time. Now that wooden curtain poles are used so much for full-length cur- tains, get out your old poles with brass balls, clean them well, remove the old brass balls and in their place use little ‘wooden door stops that you can buy at & 10-cent store. Repaint and you will have up-to-date curtain poles. Treatment of Rugs. ‘To clean a rug at home, take a quart of hot water, making a heavy suds in it with white soap, using an egg beater to whip up a foam. Use only the foam on the rug, with a sponge, a small amount each time. Then wring a cloth out of clear water to which has been added a handful of salt and rinse the part just cleaned. Procced with a strip at & time until the rug has been en- tirely cleaned. Leave the rug on the as only the top gets damp, and 'will dry quickly when doors and windows are open. After washing woven rag rugs starch them in rather stiff starch, leave them outdoors on a line until thoroughly dry, then they will lie flat on the floor and will stay in place and will not roll up. ‘The slipping of rugs on polished floors can be prevented by sewing rubber fruit jar rings to the underside of the rugs near the corners. For a small rug, one ring at each corner will be enough. For a large rug, several rings should ‘be placed at equa! distances along the edges. The ffhgs, being thin, will not cause uneven wearing of the rug. ‘To make an attractive rug for the bath room, use a quilted silence cloth. For a decoration, applique flowers that have been cut from chintz, cretonne or other flowered cotton material, and bind the rug with plain or checked gingham. ‘Workable Plans. ‘When storing articles and clothing in boxes and bags, a tag listing the con- tents should be attached to the outside of the container. This will simplify matters when an article is wanted from the receptacle in a hurry. If the boxes bags are to be stored on a high shelf, attach tags by cords long enough 80 that the list of the contents may be read from the floor and the right box quickly located. protect furs or woolens from floor, this to protect. Then air the gar- making sure that there are no in them, and wrap them in paper them in the muslin bag. bag securely, leaving no rough which a moth might will not eat muslin or is fastened securely mkhel lfnoonvenlent to put the soiled es in. A convenient case to hold silverware is one made of outing flannel tacked to the kitchen cabinet door. One and one-fourth yards are enough to make a good sized case. Cut the back the size of the door, then cut three strips for the pockets, the bottom pockets to be used for knives and forks, the next for table and iced tea spoons, and the top for salad forks and teaspoons. Turn under or bind the upper edge of the strips and sti making 12 kets in each row, according to the lengths of the different pieces of silver- ‘ware, allowing the ends rding to the amount of silverware that you have. If you want a wheel chair for a per- ‘who can’t walk or is recovering from an illness, have wheels put on an unholstered chair. These wheels can be bought at a hardware store, and be 8-inch rubber-tired wheels. ‘The front ones should be stationary md{ the rear one so that it will tum. A out silk hose do not throw them away, but make a duster with them. First make & large mitten of heavy material, then take the worn-out hose and cut in strips about 4 inches long. Gather both ends together, forming a dusters are ideal for polishing mirrors and fine furniture. When soiled they can be washed and dried as are silk hose and can be used over and over again, Buy a small notebook, and if you have a good prescription that could be repeated safely, write the number down, the ailment for which it was used and the patient's name. Record in the same way all other valuable reminders, |and you will save many dollars during a year, especially with @ large family. That Sitch in Time. ‘When necessary to darn a small place in a man’s suit do not use silk or other sewing thread, but take from the seam inside the trousers enough ravelings to do the work. Find a place where the goods are cut straight and get a few threads. They need not be long, and you will be surprised that so few of these threads will do the work. To thread your needle twist the tiniest wisp of cotton on the end of the ravel- ing, then follow the threads of the goods in darning. Finish by pressing on the right side under a dampened cloth, and the place can scarcely be found afterward. Use your embroidery hoops when working buttonholes. Place & portion of the garment containing the button- hole to be worked in the center of the hoops, as you would to embroider. This will hold ‘the goods tight and smooth |5 while you work. This method is easy, and the buttonholes are neater than when done by the old method of pin- ing the garment to the knee while working. To hem napkins first draw a thread to insure a straight hem, then put the narrowest hemmer on the sewing ma- chine, unthread the needle and run the napkins through the hemmer. hem is then in place to hem by hand. This insures perfect work and saves time as well. Do not throw away your old felt hats, but use them to make bootees for the baby. Lined with outing flannel or silk, they make cunning little bootees and last much longer than those that you buy. White kid gloves also make very pretty bootees for Sunday and dress-up occasions, 50 do not throw away long kid gloves. Do not discard old bathrobes. Make them into laprobes. Cut the worn tops Off and go around the four sides with binding tape. The pockets may be left on and used to put your hands in to keep them warm while riding. The fig- ured bathrobes look like Indian robes. Make porch pillows of oflcloth. An economical way to stuff them is to stitch up a paper bag the size and shape of the pillow and fill with paper cut into strips. This will make the pillow light and stif so that it will stand where it is placed. Use the good cor- ners from discarded oilcloth table covers to make pillows for children to use outdoors and for yourself when . | working among flowers. = These should be stuffed with more pliable material than those described, which are more for ornamentation than for use. If you have a small porch that needs & curtain to keep out both sun and rain, buy a cheap roller shade and it the outside with two thin coats amel. This ewill make the curtain waterproof, and it will not be too stiff to roll up and down easily. Useful but Cheap. " Buy a 10-cent bunch of large rubber bands and use them for the children’s garters. If they are lost, the expense is small, Use them also when a new blouse is worn until washed. Father can also use them for sleeve holders when at work, and they will always be clean. To make a useful but inexpensive sewing table, varnish or paint an ordi- nary cheese box and lid on the outside, then paint three narrow strips of wood for legs for the box, and line the box and lid with cretonne. Tack the three strips to the top and bottom of the box, using the box at the top to hold your darning and sewing materials, and the lid placed down lower to hold small articles, such as scissors, darning ball, thread, pins, needles and thimble. You | will find this improvised work basket or sewing table a very useful and inex- pensive sewing help. DAILY DIET RECIPE TOMATO SPICE CAKE. (Egg-less, Milk-less.) Butter or substitute—4 table- spoonfuls. Brown sugar—1 cup. Canned tomato soup—10%2 ounces. Baking soda—1 teaspoonful. Raisins—1 cup. Flour—27, cups. Baking powder—1 teaspoonful. Cinnamon—1 teaspoonful. Cloves—3; teaspoonful. MAKES ONE LOAF CAKE. Cream ehortening and add su- gar. Mix well. Add tomato soup just as it comes from the can, but dissolve soda in it. Sift flour, baking powder and spices to- gether and add these. Add rais- ins which have been slightly dusted with flour. Turn into a greased bread pan (5% by 9% inches) and bake in a moderate oven about 1 hour at 325 degrees Fahrenheit. DIET NOTE. Recipe furnishes some fat, su- gar and starch. Lime and much iron present, but vitamins have been damaged by action of bak- ing soda and baking powder. Can be eaten by normal adults occa- sionally, who are of average or Sew these onto the mitten until is covered on both sides. These underweight. Home in Good Taste BY SARA HILAND. There is nothing more puzzling to the home furnisher than the correct treat- ment of the windows, especially if they are not of the regulation type, and the old-time bay has caused more than one family argument. One member of the family thinks one pair of draperies sufficient, while an- other vows she will not enter the room unless there are two pairs. So what is there to do but to establish a rule by which this may be determined? If there is a wall space of more than two inches in width, it is necessary to have draperies between the windows, but if there is no wall space (the win- dow casings meeting) only one pair of draperies for the entire group is neces- Ty. In the illustration there is a wall space of nearly 12 inches between the windows, and_two pairs of draperies were used. But, if preferred, three pairs could be used—one for each win- dow—so arranged as to allow the wall space to show between them. (Copyright, 1930.) AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN. “The only time I get mad at Pa is when he sets an lets the phone ring, so T've got to set an’ suffer agonies o’ curi- osity or else answer it myself.” (Copyright, 1930.) MENU FOR A DAY. BREAKFAST. Rhubarb Sauce. Dry Cereal with Cream. Creamed Fish on Toast. Doughnuts. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Escalloped Ham and Spaghetti. Hot Biscuits. Orange Sauce. Almond Cookies. Tea. DINNER. Cream of Potato Soup. Bolled_Steak with Mushrooms. Lyonnaise Potatoes. Lima Beans. Asparagus Salad. Cream Lemon Ple. Coffee. RHUBARB SAUCE. ‘To one quart of rhubarb cut in small pleces add one cup sugar and one-fourth cup water. Place in saucepan on back of stove and cover tightly. Let cook one hour | or more if necessary. Uncover and put in cold place. Turn gent- ly into serving dish. HAM AND SPAGHETTIL ‘Two cups ham chopped fine, & layer of cooked spaghetti, one of ham, one of cheese, cut small or grated; one egg beaten with one cup milk, poured over all Sprinkle cracker crumbs on top, got with butter. Bake one-half our. STEAK, MUSHROOMS. Have steak at least three- quarters inch thick, trim nicely, dredge with salt and pepper, grease broiler, then cook 10 min- utes if liked rare, 13 or 15 minutes if well done. Turn every 2 min- utes and be sure not to stick a knife or fork into it, as that draws the juice. Have the fire very hot and clear. BROWN MUSHROOM SAUCE. Open a can of French mush- rooms, turn into a bowl and let air one hour. Just before cook- ing the steak melt four table- spoons butter, add two _table- spoons flour, stir and cook until & dark brown, then add one cup stock if you have it; if not, one of water and the liquor of the mushrooms, season with salt, pep~ per, pinch of sugar, one teaspoon table sauce, one tablespoon to- mato catsup, one tablespoon sherry, and if you use water, take a piece of butter size of an egg. Add mushrooms, put back on stove to heat, but do not cook them, as that makes them tough. Porch Lights. An ordinary lantern, given a bright coat of lacquer to harmonize with your porch furniture, will add color and comfort to & porch which has no elec- tricity. These lanterns may be bought, lacquered and hung on nickel-plated basket hooks on each side of the en- trance door or at the corner posts of your porch at small cost. You can have a bright light or a dim light, as you A spray of flowers or a motif may be painted on the bowl of '.hguhntem to add a more decorative note. Meet the D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1930. Cabbage Is Excellent Food For Hungry Overweights BY SALLY MONROE. It is quite ible to imagine & daily diet that included all the vitamins and just the right number of calories—with the right proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, mineral matter and lig- uids—tempting, appetizing, wholesome, well cooked meals—that would still fall short of perfection. For the simple reason that they did not provide suffi- clent bulk. It is only recently that any one has realized the importance of bulk, and though it is a simple enough matter to provide it and quite easy to see why it is needed, plenty of people still ignore the importance of this factor in the diet. Remember that no one can keep in the pink of condition on concentrated food alone, no matter how good it is, and remember, too, that members of your family cannot get the bulk needed unless you supply it to them in the course of their daily meals. If you don’t provide them with enough carbohydrates the chances are that they will eat candy enough to offset this need. But if you don’t give them the bulk they need you can hardly expect them to stop at a food store and get a bag of bran to munch between meals or to nibble on a head of cabbage or a lettuce in the course of & friendly call. Man Needs Roughage. The trouble with concentrated diet is that it does mot possess bulk enough. Through innumerable ages, mankind has had to eat bulky food. He is en- tirely adapted to that sort of diet. It is only within comparatively recent years that he has been able to get the nour- ishment he needs without considerable padding, Once to satisfy his desire for sweets he ate a ripe peach or apple, skin and all, Now he can eat a piece of candy and get more sugar than is con- tained in many apples or peaches. It is highly desirable to provide the ulk at every meal—not just enough to make the necessary amount of bulk any time it happens to occur to you. The foods in which you can get the needed bulk are various fruits and vegetables—also whole wheat and bran bread and muffins. Figs, dates and raisins, though concentrated to a certain extent, also contain con- siderable roughage. The leafy vege- tables such as cabbage and spinach are especially desirable as bulk foods. . It Satisfies, Too. ‘There is one need that the bulk food fills that food experts seldom mention. I have found it decidedly important in Voflding family menus. ‘There are times when members of the family come to the table with amaz- ingly good appetites. They really want to eat—and they don’t want to stop eating, even when they have taken all the nourishment necessary. People in- clined to overweight often feel half- starved after a meal when they have had all the calories they have any right to expect. And for these indi- viduals bulky foods, that satisfy their desire to eat heartily without giving them any more actual nourishment than they should have, are most satis- factory. Stuff on Cabbage! ‘Try it yourself some time. You have been out all morning and feel as if you would like to eat a really sub- stantial meal, though you know per- fectly well that you are better off with a light midday lunch. Well, provide yourself with a salad containing a great deal of lettuce with & mixture of celery and apples and a FOR better results in cooking and serving, use all the Domino Sugars. Each has its particular purpose in the kitchen or on the dining table — and each is the best of its kind that you can possibly buy. Domino Sugars are pure cane sugars in sturdy cartons and strong cotton bags. Clean. Gonvenient. Always full weight, Ask for Domino by name the next time you buy granulated sugar. It is ideal for cooking, baking, preserving, candy-making. The word Domino is your as- surance of highest quality. little salad dressing. Add to this bran muffins and two cups of weak tea— and you will feel satisfled, although as a matter of fact you have had really light rations. ‘Two coarse bran muffins, made with- out much’ fat and with hardly any sugar, are really wonderful in satis- fying the appetite. Next time you feel as if you couldn’t get along without a bite to eat be- tween meals try eating a few cabbage leaves, some celery stalks or some crisp lettuce leaves. Query. Among this week's interesting queries this: “Please tell me how to make a dry stuffing for a baked fish.”—Grateful. Mix in the order given 1 cup bread- crumbs, fine and made from the crumb, not the crust of the bread, a quarter cupful of melted butter or other fat, a quarter teaspoonful of salt, an eighth of a teaspoonful each of celery, it and pepper, and a little grated onion or ondon juice, if you wish the onion flavor. The fish should be basted while baking with bacon fat. When that car hit the lamp-post Stubby said some nearsighted guy must be tryin’ to hitch his wagon to a star. A Year's Lamp Consumption. During 1929 a total of 632,000,000 large and small incandescent lamps were purchased by the public, this fig- ure representing the largest in history. —comesmainlyfrom rightfeeding. Buoyant health—bubblig energy—sturdy bodies and strong muscles—these, in growing children, are largely the result of a wisely directed diet. Lack of vitality can often be corrected by a change to foods containing the elements that little bodies need. Mueller’s Macaroni contains all impor- tant food elements. Here is a health food of the highest order. Made of a selected blend of farina—the most nourishin| of the wheat—it is easily digeste. highly nutritious. It has just the elements needed by growing youngsters to build health, strength and energy. FOOD PAGE. Straight Talks to Women About Money BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN. Keeping Up Appearances. “Keeping up appearances” seems to be a national trait. Like anything else, 1t can be overdone to the embarrass- ment of purse and person. Expressing ambition in terms of higher living than one can afford al- ways seemed to us to be silly “appear- ance.” Living up to, but within, one’s income is all that any woman should attempt. Beyond that lie debts, worrles and brow-creases. . Emulating one's neighbor is quite all right, provided one’s neighbor sets a good example. It is monkeylike, how- ever, to try to live like one’s neighbor when the latter either enjoys a larger income or is herself living beyond her means -on an income comparable with yours. Creditors become impatient after a while in most communities, and “keep- ing up appearances” is a game that m:{der{mu limits, o eeping up appearances often means buying a new car instead of mum:mm-mw&m» on insurance premiums. 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