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Building A Library
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN When Ruth moved into her shin- ing new home she acquired, with a gas furnace and various other modern touches, a room full of book shelves. Oh, they were very nice
Witty Kitty
More shelves than books.
ask her.
Luncheon Into
Dinner Menu
Adjusting Courses To The Occasion
Globe Artichokes with Hot Butter. Roast Duck with Orange and
Watercress Salad. Compote of Fruit with Cream. Anchovy Allumettes.
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Duck is prepared for roasting in the same way as poultry or game with this exception; when ing them the feet are left on and crossed at the back, to do which
truss-
What The Stars Foretell
the legs must be twisted out of. joint at the second joint above the feet.
book shelves, just ready and wait- those empty shelves and she has ing for regimented volumes of a startled even herself at the rapidity library. Ruth liked them very much with which the shelves ae filling up. but when it came to filling them, She'll tell you all about it if you well, that was another story. In
"Oh, I know," she'll say with a .looking over the supply of books she had willy-nilly collected she de- smile, "lots of people just buy books cided that something must be done by the yard to fill in bookshelves, converted into a delightful dinner serving the globe artichokes to prove that she really was literate. and I suppose that's all right, if by
PRECIOUS GIFTS
you never want to read very much, cold-as--hors-d'œuvre-with-English- But the first thing I did was buy salad sauce, following them up with For now Ruth has not only £1
and adding new house but a pair of bright- a good encyclopedia-not a child's a good tomato soup
Quire pancakes eyed youngsters for whom she set, although the children are quite another sweet.
will last would be nice. wishes the best of this world's young-but a set that offerings, and she knows that books through the years and be of as much are among the most precious gifts value now for looking up odd things that children ask as later when the she can offer her children. So she has started a book-buying plan for moppets are quite grown up and in school. Then I formed my own book-of-the-month club and resolved to buy one book a month-at least. WITH A VIEW TO THE FUTURE "We pour over the book shops and several considerations govern
Serve this sauce with the duck. our choice. One month it was 4
Pare as thinly as possible the rind book on the arts, another month a novel about contemporary life, an-
of two oranges, cut the peel into thin shreds and blanch in boiling other month a biography of some
water for five minutes, drain and figure who, will loom large in his- tory lessons later on. We add a
put aside. Melt an ounce of butter in a stewpan, stir into it an ounce classic now and then--something
of flour, stir over a low fire till that we have loved reading in the
beginning to brown and add by past and want to have handy for
degrees three gills of strong broth the children later on. We're not bibliophiles or anything like, but we
(in making which the giblets of think we'll have a pretty fine library
the ducks should be used); season all with seasoning mixture, add the by the time the kids are old enough
juice of the oranges with a teas- to enjoy it. And we're getting
There is likely to be a depth of poonful of sifted sugar, a tables- new education ourselves not only in selecting the books but in read-sincerity back of promises made to poonful of red wine, and half
day, but it might be just as well ounce of good glaze. Strain the ing them."
add And Ruth will add that she alto accept them with the realization sauce into a clean saucepan,
that sometimes the unexpected can the boiled rinds, stir till the sauce ways leaves the fly-covers on the
intrude that might prevent their boils, and ́serve in a boat. books as long as possible-it saves
Serve with cut lemon and water- the books and the bright coloured fulfilment. Avoid theorizing to-day,
for it will be through practical rea- cress, or an orange, celery and papers add lovely colour to her growing shelf of books.
soning only, that satisfactory results watercress salad, and crisp fried can be secured. You are likely to chips of potatoes. discover that real merit alone is
QUIRE PANCAKES going to be a "deciding factor in This 18th century recipe belonged many matters, to-day. Surmising to the late Lady Gomme. Ingre-
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is going to be responsible for many dients: I pint cream, 4 yolks and 2 mistakes being made to-day, so deal whites of eggs, enough flour to with facts and conservative state- make a thick batter, a little nutmeg, ments. Social attentions must not powdered sugar and salt to taste, be ignored, for any lack of apprecia- 2 kitchenspoonfuls sherry, half tion is likely to be remembered, and pound of fresh butter. later on be the reason for many Beat eggs and strain them, mix regrets. Married and engaged cou- with the cream. Strew in as much ples, as well as those Cupid has visit-plain flour by degrees as will make ed, will possibly find it a mistake to it a fine batter pretty thick. Grate try to do things by any hard and in a little nutmeg. Add powdered fast rule, to-day.
sugar and salt to taste, and then If a woman, and September 1, is the sherry. your birthday, you are probably a Melt the butter and when cool fluent talker, with a well defined put it to the other ingredients and sense of, humour. You are likely to mix all well together, Fry in a be very methodical, easily annoyed dry pan. Place one pancake on by anyone that is untidy or care-top of the other and serve very less regarding personal habits. hot.
Your versatility will make it pos- They are called Quire Pancakes sible for you take an interest in because they are supposed to be so many things in a very progressive thin that they resemble a quire of manner. Your social life is apt to paper.
be filled with triumphs, and your
popularity may make you a recog-tive memory, and an ability to nized leader in your set. There is learn quickly. This youngster will a chance of your earning, inkerit-have a much better chance to suc- ing, or through gift, receiving a ceed if its early training-laya-a large sum of money. A highly spe-foundation for some highly spe- cialized line of work, such as train- cialized line of work or a profes- ad nursing, teaching, designing, In- sional career. terior decorating, writing, acting, If a man and lecturing or singing, writing, acting, your birskay, you to win public recognition. talker, There is little chance of your mak-manship, you ing a mistake marrying..
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September 1.4is siin convincing the fift of wales to be most suc- literary," educa-
The child born on September 1, [tional, engineering, architectural is usually from its preparatory or contracting work, wealth may school days, blessed with a reten be gained and a reputation won.