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dery Ancittewv.
Back in granelmother's day fresh
salads were rcgarded—at least on
this continent --as something of a
novelty, But now they are consid-
ered an appetizing and very health-
ful addition to any meal.
Just how popular they are is
found in the statement that one
railroad, not the largest by any
means, serves more than one hun-
dred and twenty -live thousand •of
its special salad bowls annually to
alining -car patrons; and practically
every good restaurant and hotel
features a distinctive salad bowl
formula such as the one I give here
called:
CHEF'S SALAD BOWL
1 head lettuce
1 cup diced cucumbers
1 green pepper cut in strips
1 cup cooked ham cut fn
strips
3 hard -cooked eggs cut fn
eighths
2 tomatoes cut in wedges
Va to TA cup French dressing
1 tablespoon nippy cheese
1 tablespoon catsup
Method: Break lettuce in bit -size
pieces in salad bowl which has been
rubbed with a garlic clove (option-
al). Add vegetables and meat. Com-
bine French dressing with remain-
der of ingredients and mix well.
Four over salad and toss lightly.
BASIC FRENCH DRESSING
1 teaspoon dtry mustard
34 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon onion salt
X3 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons white vinegar
6 tablespoons salad oil (olive
or corn oil)
1 -clove garlic
Method: Mix all ingredients in a
tightly stoppered bottle about an
hour before needed. Remove gar-
lic before mixing with the salad
which should be tossed together
just before serving.
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A friend passes along this recipe
for "Strawberry Ballymaloe," des-
- cribed as "a cook's dream—a failure -
proof cake, delightfully easy to
make, taking only twelve minutes
M bake. When topped. with fresh
strawberries it is a dessert fit for
kings and queens."
The story goes that the recipe
originally came from Ireland—
which accounts for the name—and
that the ingredients were listed like
this "Four eggs; the weight of two
eggs in flour; the weight of three
eggs in sugar" and so forth.
However, for the convenience of
us less patient cooks on this side
et the water, these amounts have
been translated into more modern
Wins Huge Settlement—Mrs.
Ruby Dickery Bartges, 44,
above, a waitress, won a $1,-
575,000
1;575,000 judgment in a Denver
divorce settlement front her
first husband, the late George
P. Dickey, wealthy oilman.
Mrs. Bartges' attorneys said
she was working trying to pay
huge debts incurred by her
second husband, now serving
a three -year -term for Iarceny
in Arizona state penitentiary.
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"'cookery langttane." So here goes
-with just the comment that yon
don't need to CO1111210 Ilallymaloe
to strawberries. It is just as de-
licious with fresh raspberries, black-
berries, peaches, or canned fruit
purees and ,ants.
STRAWBERRY BALLYMALOE
Makes three 9 -inch layers
Grease bottoms of 3 straight -
sided layer pans (do not use slanted
ones); then line them with waxed
paper and grease again, Do not
grease or line sides,
Sift together
114 cups sifted cake flour
1% teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
Beat... 6 whole eggs until foamy
Beat in gradually
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons
sugar
Beat egg -sugar mixture until it is
so thick it stands in soft peaks.
1 his is important!
Fold in
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Fold in dry ingredients carefully,
a little at a time.
Pour batter into pans, spreading
It web to the edges.
Bake at 425 degrees (hot oven) 12
minutes.
Remove cakes from pans immedi-
ately and pull off waxed paper,
Cool.
Arrange
6 cups sweetened straw-
berries between layers and on top.
Garnish top with
sweetened whipped cream
Note: If you desire a lush, juicy
appearance, let some of the straw-
berries sprinkled with sugar stand
until juice is drawn out.
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Although my next offering is
called "Ice Box Cake" you don't
actually have to own a refrigerator
in order to enjoy it—not so long
as you have a really cool place to
give the cake a chilling after the
filling is spread between the layers.
ICE BOX CAKE
Combine sta c. melted shortening
and 1 c. light corn syrup. Beat in
2 eggs. Sift together 2 c. sifted.
all-purpose flour, 4 tsps., Magic
Baking Powder, 4 tsp. salt; add
alternately with % c, milk and 1
tsp. vanilla extract to first mixture
stirring well after each addition.
Bake in 2 greased 9" Ias er pans
m 350 degree oven, 25-30 minutes.
Cool, halve each Layer lengthwise
snaking 4 layers.
LEMON FILLING
Blend 431 tbs. flour with r5 c,
water to make smooth paste. Add
3t c, water and 14 c. corn syrup.
Cook, stirring constantly until thick-
ened. Beat egg yolk; gradually add
cooked mixture to it. Return to
heat; cook 1 minute. Stir in 1 tbs.
lemon rind, few grains salt and zs
c. juice. Spread filling between lay-
ers and on top of cake. Chill. Top
with white icing.
In conclusion, as the canning
and preserving season is almost
upon us again, just a few words
of well -meant advice. They're
words that I know every manu-
facturer of fruit pectins wish were
emblazoned in huge letters on every
kitchen wall.
When using fruit pectins—either
liquid or powder—follow the print-
ed directions to the letter. Don't
try and improve on them by using
"a little more of this" or " a little
less of that." If you do you may
be sorry—and then blame the pro-
duct rather than the real culprit,
MAGIC!
A ratan took his wife to the doc-
tor. He was a simple fellow and
had lived in the country all his
life.
The doctor placed a thermome-
ter in the wife's mouth. Just before
he removed it, the man, who had
watched spellbound, being unused
to such silence on the part of his
better half, blurted out: "Doctor,
what will you take for that thing
you put in her mouth?"
Patient Student---Shuicy Yamaguchi, Japanese movie actress
known as "the Betty Grablc of the Orient" studies a jlptncee-
1 nglish dictionary while recovering from a minor operation She
came to Hollywood (n learn how to lass something recenl int
japaitese ntnvies,,
Gay Day—"They do it for weddings, why not for divorces?"
William Stone seems to ask as he prepares to drive off in his
ribbon -decked auto after being 'just divorced," That's the OK
sign Stone is giving,
N
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Govdon Smith.
Common Mistakes
Too deep, too thick and too soon
are perhaps the commonest mis-
takes made in gardening when it
comes to sowing seed. There are
a few big things like tulips, gladioli
or potatoes that are planted any-
where from 4 to 12 inches deep,
But with the vast majority of seeds
deep planting is inadvisable, The
general rule is three times the dia-
meter. This means an inch deep
for things like beans, peas, corn
and naturtiums, but mere pressing
in for tiny seed like that of lettuce,
petunias, carrots, etc. \Vith the very
fine seed such as alyssum or poppy,
all that is necessary is to spread and
press in gently.
The larger seed mentioned -that
b peas, beans, etc. — should be
spaced at least three inches apart.
This is not very difficult as it is
easy to keep each individual seed
separated. With the smaller carrot,
lettuce or beet seed, or flower seed
of about the sante size, spacing
will be more difficult. There are
little gadgets on the market which
will help spread out the sowing, or
one can let a dribble trickle be-
tween thumb and finger. Even then,
however, it is best to thin as
soon as the plants are up to at
least an inch apart. This will give
room for development which all
plaints must have if they are to
grow well. To spread out the very
fine seed, stuff that is only about
the size of a: pinhead or smaller, it
is a good plan before sowing to
mix with a little fine sand or earth
and sow the whole nnixhtre.
Back Savers
It is a good plan to have a
couple of hoes of different size or
perhaps one regular garden hoe
And a Dutch type hoc. The latter,
which is shaped like the letter "D"
is one of the very best tools for
killing weeds and grass under
shrubs and trailing'plants and for
leaving a fine mulch behind. One
should be careful, however, as it
will 'slice off good and bad plants
with equal facility.
With the larger gardens, one of
the small tractors will save an
enormous amount of hand labor.
Equipped with cultivator, and pos-
sibly also a small disk or harrow,
these machines thoroughly culti-
vate a half acre garden in less than
ar, hour. They are so easily guided
too after a little practice that one
can cultivate to within an inch or
so even of small plants like onions.
This means that there will be
very little garden left to go over
with the hand cultivator.
It's been said before, of course,,
that a clean, sharp tool does an
easier and better job than one that
has been left outside all winter.
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Chemical Fertilizers
All fertilizers, whether chemical
or natural, are used for two pur-
poses—first and foremost to feed
the plants, secondly to speed growth
ar.d maturity. The second point is
'particularly important with vege-
tables, which should be grown as
quicicly as possible if they are to
be tender, and it is also important
with long -season, tender things like
melons, squash, cucumbers, corn,
tomatoes, etc., especially in areas
where the fall frosts come early.
Of the chemical or commercial
fertilizers, it' is important to realize
that these contain three main es-
sentials—nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash. These are usually
shown by three figures with a dash
between on the bag or package. As
a rule where green growth is the
important thing as with grass and
leafy vegetables, then a fertilizer
rich its nitrogen will be wanted:
„Where root growth is dominant, as
with potatoes, carrots, beets, etc.,
then a formula heavy in potash
would suit. As a general rule a.
fairly evenly balanced mixture is
best for the average garden.
HOW CAN 1.
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I remove scratches
from silver?
A. Purchase a small quantity of
putty powder, put it into a saucer,
and add just enough olive oil to
stake a paste, Rub this paste on
the silver with a soft flannel cloth;
then polish with a chamois and the
scratches wilt disappear.
Q, How can I make a good hot -
weather salad?
A. A delicious salady can be made
by spreading creast cheese over
tomato slices, then arranging them
in layers.
Q. How can I remedy a few
small leaks in my garden hose?
A. Try painting the hose on the
outside with a pliable roofing paint.
It wilt last at least another season.
Q. How can I clean a straw hat?
A. A good cleaner for the straw
bat can be made by mixing corn
meal, a strong solution of oxalic
acid, and water, to a thick paste.
Rub this into the straw thoroughly,
allow to dry, and then brush it
well.
Q. How can I remove tar or
pitch stains from fabrics?
A, Sweet oil or lard rubbed over
the tar or pitch stains will remove
them. If the stains are on silk or
worsted materials, it is better to
rub them with alcohol.
Q. How can I keep ants and
roaches from the kitchen and
pantry?
A, Wash the Isitchen and pan-
ty shelves and woodwork with a
)tot strong solution of alum water.
Q. How can I improve the ap-
pearance of the backyard fence?
A. Grape vines and blackberry
hushes planted along the back
fence are not only nice for the
grapes and berries they produce,
but will add to the appearance of
the yard,
Q. How can I renovate an old
grass rug that has become shabby
and worn?
A. It can be restored wonderfully
hy giving it one or two coats of
clear shellac. This will bring back
the colors and luster.
Q. How can I prevent lumps in
brown sugar during warm weather?
A. The brown sugar will not be-
come lumpy if it is kept in the re-
frigerator.
Q. How can I prevent curtains
from blowing out of the windows
and becoming soiled?
A. Use lead dress -weights; these
weights can be covered with ma-
terial the same color as the cur-
tains, then slipped into the bottom
heats of the curtains. Using about
live weights in each hewn will make
the curtains hang evenly.
Q. How can I bring more creast
to the surface of milk?
A. Heat the milk until lukewarm,
then chill it, and it will bring more
creast to the surface.
> t f Volcanoes, Mauna Loa,
gain Pours Out Rivers Of Lava
On June 1 Manna Loa, one of
three active Hawaiian volcanoes,
broke loose. Front vents in the
mountain's flanks white-hot lava
poured in several streams, the
larger of which stretch Inc twenty-
five miles or more to the sea and
are as tttuclt as a mile wide. In
the sea there is a great hissing and
a great boiling as far, as a utile
off shore. Yet no one was alarmed,
and no call Inc help caste front
Hawaii. The reason is that these
eruptions attd flows of lava, which
have been systematically recorded
since 1823, are not dangerous to
life, though in 192oi one village was
engulfed. In fact, the Hawaiian
tourist trade is boosting and owners
of airplanes big enough to carry
passengers are cleaning up.
Mauna Loa is the largest active
volcano and in volume the most
massive mountain in tlic world. The
base goes down 18,000 feet below
sea level. At sea level it measures
sixty miles in diameter and 200
utiles in circttntference.
Mauna Loa eruptions are of two
kinds: til those that occur near
the sunsuit and that last days, weeks
or months, followed by a major
lava flow some years later, and
(2) those at or near the summit but
not necessarily in the crater. Erup-
tions of the second kind are fol-
lowed by an outflow front a vent
farther down the mountain. This
second class constitutes the "some -
years -later" group of the first class.
In other words, all great lava flows
are preceded immediately by high-
level gushing, and some by a sum-
mit-crater eruption which announ-
ces years in advance that a flow is
conning, possibly a series of flows.
Summit eruptions occur on the
average every three and one-third
years and outflows of lava every
six years. Hence it appears twice
as easy for the lava and gas to
squirt through the summit crater as
to break through the flank of the
great donne. Mauna Loa is thus
broken at 3,000, 8,000, 10,000, 11,-
000 and 13,000 feet above sea level,
Fountains of Lava
Lava rather than showers of
ash, stones and hot stud are ejected
by Mauna Loa. The lava bubbles in
the crater, but it never spills over
cliff -like walls 500 to 600 feet high.
Mauna Loa's height of 13,670 feet
above sea level stakes it difficult
for lava to fill and overflow the
crater. The streams that are now
destroying everything in their path
pour out of five vents in the flanks
of the mountain.
'Fite amount of lava produced by
Mauna Loa is stupendous. Indeed
the great mass of the volcano is
built wholly of material that came
from the bowels of the earth. The
flow of 1859 contained 2.75 cubic
kilometers of lava—approximately
350 billion cart loads. According to
Dr. R. H. Finch of the Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory, this year's
eruption was the most violent on
record, considering the amount of
lava hurled out in the first twelve
hours. -
What is this lava? Transformed
magma. And what is ntagnna?
Primitive stuff that nobody Inas ever
Seen. It it Under enormous pressure
because of the weight of overlying
rocks. When that pressure 'is re-
duced enough tate istagnta turns into
lava, which is pushed up to the
crater, where it froths, gives off
gas and oxidizes iota 11 glassy
foam, 'rite partially congealed, pasty
refuse forms the bottom, crags and
floors of the crater. Measurements
made with thermometers and pyro-
meters leave no doubt that liquid
lava grows foamier and hotter as
it wells up from below. So an
eruption of - lava is an e•spatision
of hot slag foam.
Earth's Crust Broken
Magma occurs beneath the rocks
all over the earth. Why, then are
there no volcanic eruptions in
Eastern Canada and United States?
Because the rocks are much too
thick and too old, In Hawaii the
earth's crust is titin, which explains
why the magma and hence the lava
that it forms can break through.
"Here in Hawaii you take the pulse
and breath and temperature of new
rock when it is te horning and when
it is staking earthquakes," says Dr,
Thomas A. Jagger, director of the
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
The cause of volcanic activity is
unknown. But it is probable that
the earth's intensely hot interior
is under such pressure from over-
lying rock that it cannot assume
the liquid form. If at any spot the
pressure is reduced, which would
happen at a thin spot as rocks slip
annd slide, the magma becomes
liquid lava, and as liquid lava it is
forced by pressure from below into
fissures and cracks above, Enor-
ntouse amounts of gases bubble
through the lava, which explains
the fluffiness of pumice stone (lava).
These gases behave very mach
like the carbon dioxide in a bottle
of ginger ale which is suddenly
opened. In other words, there is
a sort of explosion which blows a
passage for the lava to the surface.
Dr. Jaggar holds that both lava
gas and underground water are dis-
tinct but operative causes of vol-
canic eruptions. He thinks of
"bursting steam boilers, rushing
steam blasts, water jets followed
by steam as in geysers, chemical
explosions by union of inflammable
gases and air, oxidizing gases rush-
ing up through molten slag in con-
finement, froth fountains flaming
and breaking the confinement of
viscosity, and finally elemental or
compound gases in solution in a
vitreous melt under pressure, giv-
ing that melt its life and expanding
power amid the mysteries of earth-
quake disaster, of ocean bottom,
and of the sun -matter at the earths
core."
HEALTH HINT—Diabetes runs
in families, Members of families in
which there is diabetes both on
the mother's side and the father's
side are the ones who should be
especially careful to avoid over-
weight.
i;)I'S — By Harold Arnett
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