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STAPLES
Savoury Snacks
ROLLED SANDWICHES
Cut very thin slices of brown or white bread, buttered. Spread with some sultable filling (a great many are suggested in the course of this article), cut off the crusts and roll rach sandwich up tightly. Dip the srids, for decoration. Inte finely chopped, dried parsley, stered yolk at egg, or coralline pepper. Fairly new, soft bread is the most auit- able for these sandwiches.
NEAPOLITAN SANDWICHER Thin bread and butter.
3 or 4 savoury fillings of con- trasting colours reg. tomato, fole- gras, watercress and egg).
Batter the bread on both sides. then build up a large block of al- ternate layers of bread and alling, working the different colours in rotation, somewhat after the man- ner or a club sandwich. Cut off the
erust and press wall. Wrap the block in grenseproof paper and leave for twelve hours on ice, heavily weighted. When requir
*d, cut into slices across the layers of Alling, and you have a sandwich of many-coloured stripes.
These, arranged on a dish with the rolled sandwiches in the centre. present a very attractive appear
ence
CHEESE PASTRY
Cheese straws and cheese bis- cults are always popular, and the biscuits may be varied endlessly by being spread or sandwiched with various fillings..
First here is a
usual variety
3 oz. four.
ij oz. butter.
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recide for the
Salt, pepper, Cayenne.
Water. If necessary.
3 oz. grated cheese mixture of
Parmesan or soft cheese),
1 yolk of egg.
Add salt and other seasoning to 'the flour, rub the butter in finely, add the grated cheese and suff- clent yolk of egg to make a very :stiff paste.
CHEESE STRAWS Roll the pastry in a strip about 3 in. wide and less than in thick. Trim of the edges, and cut in atraway using the width of the strip to form the length of the straws
GERMAN OFFICIALS
New Law Affecting Status Passed
Berlin, Jan. 26,
A new law affecting the status of German officials, and a' zurtner
one laying down new stipulations regarding share and stock com- panies, were passed by the Cabinet at a special meeting to-day.
A third law, which abollahsa ter- ritorial incongruities, the legacy of Germany's former federal sys- tein, likewise received the sanction of the German cabinet.
According to the new law, de- fining the status of Germun of- ficials, the officials will, in the fu- ture, wear allegiance solely to Chancellor Hitler. Formerly of- ficials were required to take oath to uphold the constitution. A uni- form administrative penal code, as applied to officials. is likewise en- acted.
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SURPRISES
From
the trimmings cut 1 in rings, with two different-sized cut- Lers, Bake in a very quick oven for 7-10 min. Serve with 6 or 8. straws slipped inside each ring to form a sheat. Sprinkle with coral-- line pepper.
CHEESE BISCUITS
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Roll the pastry less than i in. thick, and cut biscults with round or fancy-shaped "cutter. Prick each one to prevent rising. and bake in a very quick oven for 10-15 mtr..
CELERY PASTRY
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As a change from cheese pastry. make as above, but in place cheese add 2-3 teaspoonfuls of celery salt
ANCHOVY PASTRY Make as above, but amit the cheese, and bind to a stiff paste with anchovy essence in place of yolk of egg and cold water.
SAVOURY FILLINGS
cessfully with any of the above The following may be used suc-
pastries, or with puff pastry. Also ior stuffed eggs, olives, nuts, etc.. and for sandwiches.
DATE DE FOIE
1 calf's tongue, weighing 21 b.
cup melted butter.
1 teaspoonful ground cloves.
1 tablespoonful Worcester sauce.
1 calf's liver weighing 2 lb.
1 teaspoonful made mustard.
teaspoonful cayenne.
1 teaspoonful boiling water. A few truffles.
Boll the tongue and liver in 501- Ing salted water in separate-pans until tender. When cold, pound to
mortar, reserving about 2 zo, of the tongue, and add butter gra- dually to form a smooth paste. Add seasoning and water, then small dice of the remaining tongue and cat truffles.
Put into a basin, cover with a little melted butter and keep in a cool place until required.
ANCHOVY BUTTER
5 anchovies
2 oz. butter.
Lemon Juice.
Pink colouring:
PARLEY REFUSED
Washington, Jan. 26. Owing to the refusal of Mr. Al- fred Sloan, President of General Motors Corporation, to accept the Invitation of Miss Perkins, Secre- tary of Labour. to confer with the Motor-Car Union strike leaders at
Washington to-morrow, the dead
lock in the strike continues.
Miss Perkins. to-day declared that the General Motors Corpora- tion, by its refusal, had failed in Its public duty and made a great
mistake.
Wash the anchovies and remove
all bones. Dry them. Pound them with the butter and add a squeeze of lemon. Rub through a very fine sleve, Colour if necessary. Sprend on a plate and use when very cold. GREEN BUTTER
2 os. butter.
ozi watercress.
Green colouring. Salt Cayenne.
Wash the watercress and pound In a mortar. Press through a hair slave. Cream the butter, add the sieved cress, seasoning and colour If necessary. Use as required.
AVOCADA FEAR BUTTER
Marrow Curd
Lemon curd is rather expensive to make at home, An excellent substitute can be made from mar- row, and the other ingredients in the following recipe. The hard, yellow, marrow, which is all that Con be got now. is just what is wanted.
Peel and cut up the marrow and then weigh it. To one and a half pounds of marrow allow one and a half pounds of lump sugar three lemons and three "ounces of fresh butter. Steam the marrow till soft and allow it to drain in a sieve or colander till next day. Beat it smooth with a fork Crush the sugar and add it with the grated Salt, cayenne. Vinegar to tasto | rind and strained juice of the le
(optional),
2 oz. butter.
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1 Avocada pear.
Green colouring.
Skin and stone, the Avocada pent with a stainless knife, Pound with the butter and seasoning. Colour a pale green and use at once.
COD'S ROE
Wash the roe well, tle in muslin and cook gently in bolling salted water for 1 hour according to size. pan.
Drain. Melt 3 oz. butter in a Add the roe and seasoning und stir over the fire for 5 minutes, then pound and sieve the mixture,
Use as required.
CELERY CREAM
1 gill cream.
1 oz. chopped celery. Salt, cayenne.
mons. Stir over a gentle hesi tIll❘ dissolved, and then boil slowly un- til it is a smooth mass.. Put into Jam Jars and cover. It makes a delicious filing for open tarts.
COCONUT DELIGHT To one pound of sugar allow one and a half ounces of sheet gelatino and half a pound of shredded coconut
Soak the gelatine for about an- it absorbs all the water and is hard hour in a cupful of cold water. If
at the edges, add a little more i there la any water left with the gelatine, strain it away.
Put one pound of lump sugar in- to a saucepan with two table- sea-spoonful of cold water, and stir gently over the heat till the sugar has melted. Now add the soaked gelatine and, stirring all the time.. boil for about twenty minutes. Add the coconut, sifting it in little, mix well with a wooden spoon, and turn the mixture on to a dish" which has
Whip the cream stiffly, add soning and chopped celery, and use for sandwiches or for piling on to savoury biscuits.
Chopped walnuts may he used in place of celery,
PUFF PASTRY Another foundation recipe which lends itself to endless variation is puff pastry and a number of at- tractive ideas can be carried out with it. Only one batch of pastry need be made as a base for all of them, so the saving of labour is considerable.
+ lb. four.
+ lb butter.
4 teaspoonful salt.
Cold water to mix.
teaspoonful lemon juice. Sieve the flour and salt into a basin. Mix to a soft dough with
water to.
· FRANCO-TURKISH DISPUTE SETTLED
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Geneva, Jan. 28. The Franco-Turkish dispute over the administration of the port of Alexandretta has been set- tled. The two countries reached of language yesterday; but here agreement on all points but that
they found a stumbling block.
Turkey demanded that Turkish be spoken officially, but agreed to accept the ruling of the League Council Commission as to whether Arable or any other official lan- President Roosevelt to-day call-
guage was necessary. To this ed three conferences between France declined to agree at first. labour and business leaders to dis- However, a compromise was, ar- cuss wages and hours legislation rived at in the evening. This pro- which, according to Miss Perkins, vides that Tukish will be the may empower the Labour Depart-official language. The League ment to subpoena wtinesses in en-Council, it was decided, should quiring into the causes of labour judge whether another language disputes.
The President, speaking at a press conference, described Mr. Sloan'a refusal as a most unfor- tunate decision- Reuter.
ALLEGED SUPPORT OF NATIONALIST CAUSE
As regards the new stipulations concerning the "share and stock' companies, it is declared that the capital of any company shall henceforth be 500,000 marks, and the directors' fees must be in fair proportion to the company's con- tribution to social welfare work
The new law abolishing territor ial incongruities is to be applled in
Toledo, Jan. 26. the first instance to the greater
Numerous persons have been Hamburg zone where the towns of arrested in Barcelona for the alleg Altona and Wandspeck, with a ed support of the National, cause combined population or several according to reports here which hundred thousands, are to be in-state that the arrested persons corporated in greater Hamburg were charged with having prepar which will thus become a city of ed plans for rendering assistance more than 1,500,000 inhabitants.- to the nationalist troops on the Transocean News Service.
Catalan coast,
SOVIET SHIP DESTROYED
Salamanca, Jan. 26. The National Broadcasting Star tion announces the destruction of a Boviet Rusalan ship. According to this message, the ship was at tempting to make for Port San- tander when she struck a mine and aank. It is feared that the entire crew was lost Transocean News Servich.
The messages declare that the execution of the arrested National- ist sympathisers in a foregone con- elusion. A report broadcasted by the Red Government regarding the alleged wounding of the National- 1st General Aranda, who directed the defence of Oviedo, causes the Nationalist headquarters to point out that General Aranda merely sustained slight injuries, and that these were not serious enough to stop the General from continuing his duties
Transocean Nour Service.
was necessary.
This formula has still to be en- dorsed by the Turkish Govern- ment.---
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
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NON-INTERVENTION
COMMITTEE
London, Jan. 28,
been rinsed in cold water. Leave Cut into squares all night to set. when cold, and sprinkle with icing sugar.
WELSH RAREBIT
Put half a cup of als or beer in a chafing dish and in it melt an ounce of butter and four ounces of cheese and add half a teaspoon of mustard and a pinch of cayenne. Stir rapidly anti creamy over a high flame, in order to avoid stringing. Spread on toasted rye
bread.
SENSATION BOULEVARD Journalists Fight "Sabre Duel
karis, Jan. 28. A sabre duel, fought by two pro- St. Cyr, is the latest sensation of minent journalists, in a park near
had made
the boulevards. The duel was the sequel of insulting remarks which the director of the paper, "Ami-du Peuple," Michelson. about his colleague, Sergeverber, and when Michelson refused to withdraw his remarks he WILS promptly challenged to a sabre duel. The ur seconds. attending
Deputy, Scapini, who was blinded the duel included the Chamber
during the Great War,
was forced to retire, having sustain- After a brief fight, Michelson
ed an injury in his left arm. The two adversaries, according to press reports; refused to shake hands after the duel which may, there fore, be re-fought when Michelson has fully recovered from hía in- Jury.
fransocean News Service.
AIRCRAFT FACTORY The sub-committee of the Inter- national Non-Intervention Com-
London, Jun;" 26... The Prime Minister announced mittee, has been convoked for 1 Hou of the control plan. It is view of wider consideratons in am, on Thursday for the examina in the House of Commons that in intended to rush through the volved in the case of the proposed aircraft factory at White examination so that prohibition of new the recruiting of volunteers can Waltham, near Maidenhead, the come into force simultaneously Minister for Air was prepared to with the control plan-
walve the preference from this Transocean News Service.
site and was taking Immediate steps to find a suitable site in Lancashire ----"' British Wireless.
GERMAN-JAPANESE SOCIETY
Decorating
Your Cakes
Icing or frosting will do for your cakes what a new hat does for you. Cup cakes are particularly susceptible to clever icing. You'll need imagination used with res- traint, simplicity seasoned with dainty colours, and a few inexpen- sive materials to begin with.
Versatile Butter Frosting In a small mixing bowl cream 2 tablespoons butter. Add part of 2 caps confectioners' sugar gradually blending after each addition. Add remaining su-. gar, alternately with
1 egg white, unbeaten, then with
about
I tablespoon cream. until of right consistency, to spread. Add
* teaspoon vanilla and Dash of salt. Beat after each
addition until smooth,
You can use cup cakes of various shapes and sizes. of cut shapes from a sheet of cake. Burned edges on cakes can easily be re- moved with a small hand grater by rubbing gently. Cup cakes should be cooled topside down on your cake racks, then you'll have smooth level tops for frosting. If it is a large party cake you are frosting, do so on a large aquare of waxed paper. Then you can allde the cake carefully onto a plate.
Brush of all the loose crumbs. and trim off loose edges before you begin To frost both tops. and sides of a cup cake, hold the cake loosely with thumb and fin- gers on top and bottom of cake,
Frost sides, letting cake turn sa frosting is applied; then set the cake on rack and frost the top.
Do not use a centre decoration too big for the size of the cake. Small seedless raising when flat- tened make interesting Lower pe tals, Angelicia or citron can be eut with a sharp knife to form flower stems and leaves. Candied or maraschino cherries are colour- ful and may often be used. Red cinnamon drops, red hearta, tiny coloured candles, chocolate shot, sibilities. Coconut may be used in and coconut all offer many pos-
its usual form or be toasted. It is also possible to tint it la many dainty colour..
On
To tint: Sprinkle" coconut white paper. Dilute a tiny bit of vegetable colouring in & sora 11 amount of water and pour Over the coconut. Rub evenly through it until it is tinted.
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cup
It is possible to use one cake recipe and serve a variety of cup cakes tasting differently be cause of the frostings.
DANZIG QUESTION
Geneva, Jan, 25. The Committee of Three, dis cussing the Danzig, question to- day, succeeded in arriving at a final agreement. The drafted terms of this agreement can now placed
solution of the Council to give it. to-morrow as it will need a re- before the League of Nations'
effect.
It seems certain that regard has been given to the Danzig Benate'a tandpoint insofar as the newly Bppointed. High Commissioner, Vice Admiral de Gruen, will have no-powers to interfere in Danzig's domestic affairs.— Transocean News Service.
NEW ARMAMENT FACTORY
London, Jan. 28.
factory will be built in Lancashire.
The new Government armament
and not лед
·Maidenhead” as originaly planned, according to an announcement made by the Pri mier Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in the House of Commons, to-day”.
The Premier added that in the selection of the site, consideration for the reller of distressed areas. was the decisive factor Transorcan News, Service.
MURDER OF DR. BOURQUIN
Several Arrests Made
Hasle, Jan. 26. Twelve arrests were made to-day
in La Chaux de Fonds tri connec tion with the murder of the leader of the Swiss National Youth Move- ment, Dr. Bourguin. Communist elements throughout the entire vicinity have received instructions to report at their meeting places so that the situation still remains fraught with gravity. Tranence News Service
Berlin, Jan. 26.
EMPIRE MIGRATION The governing body of the Ger man-Japanese Society here has
London, Jan. 28.: unanimously decided to request
The Dominions Secretary in Vice-Admiral Richard Foerster to the House of Commons stated become the Society's president in the agenda for the coming Im succession to the late Admiral perial Conference had not yet Behncke. The Vice-Admiral; has been finally, determined but the intimated his acceptance of the Government certainly hoped that Dominion delegates at the time
It would be possible to discuss the of the Conference--- question.
migration with 'British Wireless
honour.--
Prananecan-Aziz Servica.
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