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Zurich Herald, 1925-04-09, Page 2MAKE A REAL EVENT ,OF E ITER DINNER The Easter dinner should be an out- Potatoes with. Lenton Butter call for standing feature, of the spriegttme,!,sonrrd potatoes bailed iii, their ,skins,' for Easter is a day like Chrtet''then peeled, placed in a lot dish and and Thanksgiving, na`s givi.ng, when friends from' covered with lenion `butter, wi ich` s afar aro welcomed, when families!'niade by creaming together one and :a gather in reunion, and when the girlsl half tablespoonfuls of butter; one ' and boys aro home from college where tablespoonful of .finely chopped pars - they have been dreaming for weeks, ley and the same • quantity of lemon doubtless, of mother's delicious cakes; juice. Sprinkle the potatoes with , her fragrant rolls and all the other paprika before sending to the table, good things :which only mother can Butterfly Salad is very ornamental, make, but should not be served when the din- Of course the best tablecloth will ner begins with a fruit cocktail; if be forthcomingoil, if doilies are pre- souls is ,served first, or when the roast Seared, one has a wide choice of linen, is not preceded by either soup or ap- petizer then a fruit salad is quite lase or paper, Silver: paper doilies. are now used with: excellent effect on correct. For the Butterfly Salad one well -finished tables. A centrepiece of :will require a can of sliced pineapple, flowers or ferns will make the table two large seedless oranges, two red most attractive. apples, one canned pimento or one or As for the menu, here is the tra- two green peppers, and Iettuce leaves. ditional and really most delicious din- Arrange lettuce leaves on the incli- ner plates, breaking the ribs to nee for Easter: make them rest flat; then on each • Fruit Cocktails lettuce lined plate place two halves of Roast Lamb Orange. Mint Sauce sliced pineapple, curved edges to Potatoes with Lemon Butter gether. Over the pineapple place Canned Peas or Creamed Spinach slices of red apple, unpeoled, and top Butterfly Salad or Springtime Salad Easter -Lily Pudding Golden Sauce Strawberry Fluff Cake Coffee with slices of orange arranged in the same way. These fruits form the wings of the butterflies. Now from the canned red pimento, or the flesh of the green pepper, cut pieces for the bodies, and little fleck of marcs - chino cherries and green pepper to It is not elaborate, for a large por- make the correct spots on the wings. tion of. Many of the dishes may be pre-' Cut the feelers from thin strips of pared the day before. The fruit for; celery. Serve the salad with any pre the cocktails, the dessert and the cake ferred dressing. will he all the better for a day's so -j Springtime Salad is made from all. joule) in some safe place. And most, the spring vegetables that are avail of the other dishes may be partially +,able—tiny green onions, water cress, prepared—the vegetables washed; theradishes, a cucumber if it can be had; stuffing for the lamb made, if it is de- I and lettuce. Shred all the vegetables cided to fill it; the china and table-, except the lettuce and mix them with ware brought forth, and everything your fa\lorite dressing. Serve on let- but the actual cooking and placing of tuce leaves. the dishes completed before sunset on Easter -Lily. Pudding is very delicate Saturday night. and very pretty. 5 rett.. Make it b - ciissoly- Far the cocktails one may use, ing a quarter cupful of cornstarch, orange or grapefruit halves for cups;; half a cupful of sugar and a quarter or small glasses or sherbet cups may, teaspoonful of salt in half a cupful. be preferred. Allow half an orange or of milk. Add these to one and a half' grapefruit, half a banana, a quarter of cupfuls of scalded milk, and cook, stir - a large juicy apple, two tablespoon -!ring constantly, until the_ mixture Pais of crushed pineapple and a large thickens. Then simmer over boiling strawberry or a maraschino cherry for water for fifteen minutes, add a tea - each serving..Scoop all the fruit from' spoonful of vanilla, the stiffly beaten the orange or grapefruit halves, and; whites of three eggs and half a cupful, if these are to be used as cups drop i of shredded cocoanut chopped fine. them into cold water until a little Pour into a wet .mold and set away to i while before dinner. chill overnight. When ready to serve Cut the pulp of the fruit into neat! turn out on a pretty plate anddecor- dice, discarding seeds and membranes,ate with a few flowers or straw - and mix all the fruits together.' berries. Sweeten lightly, drain the fruit cups I Golden Sauce is made from the yolks well, then fill them with the fruit mix - of the eggs beaten to a stiff light- ture and set on small plates with a' colored froth, then a cupful of powd- fern leaf or flower beside each. Cut, ered sugar is added, and the mixture the strawberries or cherries in quar- l is beaten again. until it is thick and ters and arrange as a garnish on the+ lemon colored. Add half a cupful of cocktails just before serving. I stiff, thick cream and°beat until fluffy The roast of lanib may be either leg, and - Iight; .flavor delicately withvan- shoulder an-shote _der or crown, ,and any of these ilia. Chill for half • an hour before .Jive . alley lie 'stuffed, though it'wili be nec- serving. essay to havel Strawberry Fluff Cake is made from y the leg or the slmou-der S wb y boned for this purpose. The crown of ; any good white or sponge cake recipe, lamb is a handsome dish, but I would', baked in two large layers, and put to - suggest that the yearling be selected' gether with , Strawberry Fluff Filling: for it, as the spring Iamb is scarcely,' To make this, beat the white of one fitted for this method of preparation.) egg to .a partial froth, add half a Cup - In preparing a crown of lamb the' ful of crushed but not strained straw - rib portions of two loins are used, the berries` and .a cupful of Four -X con - meat being scraped from the bone he) fectioner's sugar. Beat the mixture tween the ribs, down to the lean sec-' vigorously, using a rotary beater, tion. Then tho pieces are placed to- until it becomes very light and fluffy. gether in a circ'' -e, ribs outside, and This will probably require tern min - fastened together to form a crown. Utes. When finished the filling should The centre is sometimes filled with be sufficient to spread generously be - finely chopped meat, in which the tween the layers and over the top of trimmings of the lamb are placed; but a very nice poultry filling to which a few chopped chestnuts or mushrooms have been added is very delicious for the purpose. Such a filling may be used also in a boned leg or shoulder of lamb. Flour the roast all over and place it ire a very hot oven until it is seared on all sides. Then you may pour about one cupful of boiling water in the pan, season the meat well and lower the heat of the oven. If you have a covered roaster you will not need to I baste the roast at all, but if you are .using an open pan it will be well to baste it every twenty minutes at ]east 1 for an hour. • • Serve the roast on -a hot platter, garnished with parsley. Be very sure, if your selection of lamb is the leg, to remove all the caul I or fibrous white skin. Otherwise the meat will taste somewhat strong. Orange Mint Sauce is a pleasant change from the ordinary mint sauce. Make it by cutting into small pieces enough fresh mint to fill a cup. Sprinkle this with three tablespoon- feels of powdered sugar and cover with vinegar. Stand in a warm place To whom the sheaves of shining stars to infuse for half an hour, and just Are but a harvest ripe for reaping; before serving add the grated . rind of half an orange. Creamed spinach is a delicious dish and may be preferred to the peas which are the traditional eccompani- The Moon and Easter. ment for roast lamb. Cook in as little The moon is the cause of Easter water as possible half a neck of spinach. If liked, add a shred or two being a movable festival. Paster. Day of onion during the cooking.Drain is always the first Sunday after what is known as owthe Paschal full r well, pressri„s out every drop of water,moon— well, and chop exceedingly fine. that is, the full moon upon March 21st; Meantime make a cupful of white tho beginning of , the ecclesiastical sauce by melting one and a Half table- year, or the next full moon thereafter, spoonfuls of butter and adding a table-houlci this frill moon fall on a Sunday spoonful •of flour. Cook these together Easter Day is on the Sunday after. It is impossible for 'Easter Day . to to a smooth; paste; then add a cupful • occur earlier than March 22ncl or later of milk and cools until. thick and smooth, Now fold in a well -beaten egg and pour over the spinach; sim- mer for just a. moment, season to Castes with salt and pepper and a mere trace of nuteleg and serve in a hot dish. Sprinkle with paprika before ervin.g', or if desired, press the yolk of a hard-boiled egg through a ricer, overthe ...a n, e, spinach, and border with the. t r finely r;hol;I;edw egg whites. a good-sized cake. In the Name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ— . To whom the sea is as a chop of water, And a fleck of dust the land; To whom the pinions of an eagle are a fan, And the shadow of a mountain as the shadow of His hand: . asked for wings in the morning; Plumed they were, like an eagle for a great ascent; asked for wings at night, And they were folded like a flag when the wind is spent asked in the morning for power, And it crashed like the tide of the sea over the reverberant floor; In the evening I asked for peace, And it rested like the shadow of a mountain upon a quiet shore. For I asked in the name of Jesus Christ, To whom the four winds of Heaven Are but a lullaby for sleeping: • —Claudia Cranston, than April 25. Not for over a hun- dred years has Easter fallen • on the former date. The last time it occut ed on April 25th Was hi 1880. Easter Egg$10,000 Gift. In 1887 the Pope received as an Easter gift an egg of ivory. When it was opened it was found to contain a golden case and a ruby worth $10,000. EASTER 1 Never did the world need the essen- tial meaning and the spiritual stim- ulus of Easter more than in this year of -grace. On every hand are those whom the state of the . world dis- heartens. We are told if we listen to their lamentation, that religion has failed, that civilization totters, on the brink of ruin, that the plain, homely virtues of faith and loving kindness and mercy as between men and their fellows -are dead or -inoperative, and in this vale of tears the mourners are the most sensible of mortals, since there is no reason to rejoice `in any- thing we hear or see. • To such an attitude of mind Easter conies as a shining and a beautiful re- futation, as an' angel seen by those who are in sorrow round -ie tomb. Easter isnot to be observed merely as the commemoration of a triumph over the grave, a victory over death; nine- teen centuries ago. • It -stands for the glory and the power of a resurrection here and now—of a rebirth day, of the springing of new life in this glad hour for "a confident to•morrow." The meaning of the festival is not to be confined with the ceremony of any sect or any ritual. It cannot all be told in nmsi^ or in flowers or in the wings and fire of the most elcqueit sermons. It is not all in the .glow of the hour of prayer and praise and song. It goes far deeper than::rvord ; can utter; it reaches .the de .of the teut'iis we knot at. the v, vert Y of our human lives, in their need of that which is higher, than 'ourselves, and in- their aspiration toward that which is true eternally. It is each man's resurrection and riot that of Christ alone on which his day insists forever. It is in your power and,nmine to cast off what is of the earth earthy, that holds us down to the mundane and the material. Easter is the freedom and light, the upspringing joy of the emancipation of the soul of man. Least of all the festivals is it a time for selfish intro- spection, for the backward look and the unprofitable resemblance of fail- ure and disaster, the sin besetting and the shame disfiguring the pattern of our Inunan Iives. It is, instead, the. time for the looking and thinking and acting beyond and away from our- selves. As in the solemn and beautiful jubilee we consider the lilies, and•hear the music, and feelethe inspiration of the sermon 'and enter into the radiance and rapture of the morning, let' us take thought how we may impart to other lives and bring to other hearts the joy we feel, knowing that as we are ministered unto it -is our duty to minister and to spread abroad the message of the Eastertide to a world that needs all the cheer that any has to give. • Unfurl, the Flags of April. Frail larch shadows glimmer liquidly, Edged with the tremor of bewilder- ed rani; The pines are stenciled lank and vaporously In oscillating mist; roots writhe and strain To one more cool wet grasp of earth.; O Spring, In hollows where the stealthy tum- ult hums, • A vehemence of Lich remembering, Unfurl the flags of April! Beat your drums! In every corner of the woods and val- leys Trembles the little talk of violets; Gust after gust leaps out, flaps loose, then rallies; The reed tastes fire, the white dove tenderly frets; I walk on the brink of beauty shiver- ing . Unfurl your flags and .beat your drums, 0 Spring! Joseph Auslander. Infant Spring. Soft and pure fell the snow, Pure,soft, the new lamb lay. February in the field, Sun's heat far away, Wave's cry, sad and strange, Lamb's cry weak and wild, No buds in the bleak thorn hedge: Spring is but a tiny child. • Time. Tick, tick, man, be quick There, you lost a splendid miuute— What a superb chance was in it; I am 'El Dorado—mine me, Virgin hordes of fortune line me. With my lavish hands I measure Fame and strength and joy and trea- sure. You are late -you've missed your date. Fool, I'm time—I never wait. 'ME WHY OF THE FASTER EGA 13Y .JEANITTE YOUNG NORTON, The' xelationsbip •bokweeri a Good Friday hot cross-bu=.i and areTaster egg is rather a mystery to most of us; but it exists, The bun was an offering to;:and :the egg 'was an emblem•of, the ancient goddess . styled "Queen of Heaven," worshipped by different nes tions es Ashtaroth of Hely Writ, Isis of the Egyptians, Ishtar of the Baby- Ionians, Dianit of the Greeks, Mylitte of the Assyrians and Easter of the Teutons, On her .crown the egg was used as an emblemof the world, sur- rounded by a serpent representing its materiality, also its immortality: The egg has always had to do with things religious, used as a gift at the feast of• the Passover, appearing en the table With the figure of the Pas ehal lamb; presaging spring and the birth of new hope it became an appro- priate -gift in all religions conmieuniti•es at Easter time. Just when the idea of coloring the egg became a custom. seems -to be lest in antiquity, but the idea has gained in popularity with the passing years until to -day they are made things of artistic and exquisite beauty and are gifts worth having. EGG ROLLING, AND THE LIKE. The Russians are credited with the first hand -painted eggs, and the art became highly perfected in that pun - try. The Easter rabbit was a pagan symbol of fertility, and on it was early conferred the honor of laying the re- markably decorated Easter eggs. Many things happened on Easter Mon- day besides egg -rolling contests, and friendly egg knockings. It wa's- the day when women might bit their husbands and square accounts; but Easter Tues- day the. men could hit back, so the privilege did not 'bring much satisfac- tion. On Easter Sunday, if a man met any maid he could lift her three feet from the ground, if he had the strength, and then kiss her if she had no eggs to buy him off with. No won- der that the wives wanted to square accounts on Monday! ' Hiding the colored eggs in nests and having the hunt on Easter morning, is a custom that is supposed to have originated in Germany. The Ven- etians are responsible for the so-called portrait eggs. The eggs were blown first, then a silken cord or ribbon was run through the holes at either end, and the portrait of a friend was paint- ed on the shell to be hung up by the cord or ribbon when done. Corning down to us, the idea has de- generated into the so-called dressed eggs, or character eggs. These, after being. blown, are mounted lengthwise on sealing -wax feet, then a' face is painted and the egg dressed to fit. Thus clowns, sisters of charity, book and play people, areall.represented by clever figures and are funny and most attractive gifts., •.One of the. oldest, carved wooden eggs is in the British Museum in Lon- don, it is hollow, halved and hinged to open and close, and one-half is lined with gilt paper. St. Cecilia sitting at the organ is cut out of silk and pasted against the gilt background, while in the other half is a little half-inch figure playing on one of the early in- struments. Gold. silver, and mother- of-pearl eggs held little Cupids with hearts and arrows. The Spanish dip eggs in red dyes, emblems of the cruci- fixion, the blood of Christ. On Good Friday, purple eggs placed in small boxes of ashes were popular, gifts. SWISS SUGAR EGGS. Switzer'' -and is responsible for the sugar chrystalized eggs holding views seen through the glass set in the end; also for kaleidoscopic figures constant- ly shifted into new forms by the turn- ing about of the egg. Modern candy ' —Herbert ICaufmari. makers have unproved on these eggs A FOUR ROOM BUNGALOW l- 1323 DESIGNED BY W. W. PUBDY• In the building of a small hone, It is just as important to have carefully prepared plans as in the building of a more pretentious one. Every incl of apace e must be utilized:ate W s d hall space costs, just as much per cubic foot as if it were utilized to good ad- vantage in adding to the size of any room in the house, In re- cent years the small home has been giver~ more careful, study than in years prior to the war. This Is • due largely to the high price of all building materials, People have found that where, it pre-war banes, the average size of house was, say 28 by 30 or 32 ft., possibly with 0 ft, 6 in, ceilings, that now a home 26 by 26 ft. Would meet their requireiipents as to the nuriiber of rooms, 11 zooms ere easefully laid ottt with refer - Cie a to wall space, light ,tato ,'Ven" DCb Zone ux9 BATH GL 'Dc e looM tixto•c� eama naLL Ltvll1 is nM lee -X Ila L..,c,eetcNeD ibaCti axt6 tilation• tinny freed not than 10 .by 10 ft, 6 in, for the average sized beds iom. The living and dining rooms can be proportionately reduced. In the plan here illustrated, re. have two fair sized bedrooms 1 Dari., a cI n bath opening off of a small center hall. The 'entrance 18 from the open porch direct into a good- sized living room and kitchen, with breakfastalcove. The root Is high enough to give ample stor- age space in the attic. Titers is a fell basement with warm -air heating plant which, it placed in the center- of tele bate - reed t; should easily heatallroams with no difficulty. The interior trim is fir with hardwobd Boors and linoleum in the kitchen. I, sing siding or oe- meat for exterior walls, asphalt shingles an the roof. this home should be limit for aboltie $3.000, s • 11'41 "more exclusive of heating ancl;.p3unib- or 11 It. irate, icor many'ways,: and the chocolate in, eeriptioie eggs and those e:aborat ly decorated with eoiored supra are very beautiful, also very expensive: The -Bohemians paint eggs, after blowing them, then put on a•preserva- tive liquid that snakes them very hard,' alinosi unbreakable, The eggs are painted with geometrical figures that cover the whole surface,. in gay color combinations, • The East Indians dye the eggs, then paint them, • and the Ceylon egg is a•marvel of their eei'e- belated Batik work. The home -colored eggs which please the children, and are quite the sort•for an egg hunt, are not hard to do. There are many dyes that como with full di- rections for use. Some have stencil patterns ell ready to apply and they give excellent results.' But if we are not near a place where these things are on sale, we must use our eva ingenuity with 'things at, hand. now TO COLOR EAS1'EE EGGS.. First, boil hard as many eggs as are to beused. Now take two or three of the eggs and cover them with bits of onion skin and odd. pieces of gay colored ribbons, then sew each egg neatly in a thin piece of cotton cloth and put them into a little strong cofee. Boil gently_ for several a l minutes, lift, put into cold water iu 111 cold, then remove the wrappings. Or, after the egg is rlon•e up, put it into bluing water and boil it, and after it is cold and the wrappings are off rub it with a slightly buttered cloth. _This will give a nice gloss and preserve the color. A bit of spinach juice can be used lan the .green eggs. Make the juice by chopping the spin- ach fine, then putting it into a cloth and squeezing- out the juice. Add a little of the juice to boiling water until you get just the color you want for the egg. Beet juice will also color well, as will onions sliced into a pint of water with enough flowers of sul- phur to color it deeply. Boil gently until the onions are soft and the water well colored, . add the eggs and cook until they are the right shade. The Batik eggs are not hard to do. First draw a design on the egg, then cover the design with melted wax. When the wax is hard, put the egg into the cold dye and •let stand until it is the right color. Then place the egg in hot water to melt aft the wax, wipe with a greased rag and the egg is . done.. Little silhouette figures of black paper may be pasted on a white egg, then the egg can be varnished over and, when dry and hard, you will have e very pretty egg. Odds and ends 'of silk put bete boil- ing water, if gay colored, *neve' give off • enough coloring to dye the eggs beau- tifully, -if you lack other dyes for the purpose. Gold or silver inscriptions:,'. may be put on the eggs with fine brushes, or ;pens, after they are dyed and before they . are greased. • While it is generally conceded that the eggs arse , unharmed by the dyes, it is unwholesome to eat the eggs after they have gone through the process; es the shell is porous, we do net ad- vise using theni in any why but as an Easter emblem and toy. April. Mid April, season of green paint, spring colds and love lyrics, is an encha.ntecl April" whether it blows or shines, for it is alsvays a prelude to May. And for all the scoffing of the cynics, it is responsible for many of the loveliest lyrics there are.. In "Dreams and Dust," the far -too -little known, volume of .Don Marquis's seri- ous poems, are these stanzas; In the country places - By the silver brooks • April airs her graces; In the country places Wayward April paces,: Laughter in her looks; In the country places By the silver brooks. Hints of align glamor Even reach the town; Urban muses stammer Hints of alien glamor, But the city's chimer Beats the voices clown; Hints of alien glamor. 7:venreach the teethe. Meeting the East.- Bunny. • On Easter morn et early dawn. bele". the cocks were crowing I met a bob -tail bunnykin and asked where he was going: ' T."Tjs in the house and out the house atipsy, t?psy Lcaing, 'Tis round the hcuse and 'bout the house a -lightly, I am going." "But whet is that of every hue you Gaily in your basket?" "'Tis eggs of gold and eggs of blue, I wonder that you .ask 'Tis chocolate b eggs bonbon d en eggs 'e s and eggs of red and gray, For every chid' in e-ery house on bonny Easter Day." I•ieeierl.,ed his ears and winked his eye and twitched his little nose; Ile shook his tail• --•what tail he hall-- and stood upon his toes. "1 must he gone before: the sun; the east. is growing gray; 'Tis almost time for bells to• chine." So be hippety-hopped away. --Rowena B. 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