Pleasant Porches
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN
"Our outdoor furniture is as old But to get down to your problem. fashioned as croquet," writes Delia | Nothing is more effective on the K. "But this year I'm determined to lawn than white metal furniture. do something about it. Our house] And it's unexpectedly comfortable inside doesn't need anything much to sit on in its modern springy ver- for a change-I've at last got it to lsions. For the lawn we'd like the the point where I'm proud of it. idea of a glass top metal table with Which leaves me with several side chairs to go around it. Then months accumulation of "replace- you can have supper or tea here ment" money from the budget. So comfortably. And maybe a few ex- what would you suggest? The house tra odd arm chairs. For the veran- dah you could have painted white reed or rattan, with bright green cushions for comfort. And a porch swing, if possible—a house just isn't complete without a swing or a hammock.
Croquet is not old fashioned
any more.
MAPLE SYRUP CAKE
1⁄2 cup sugar.
1/3 cup shortening.
34 cup maple syrup.
24 cups flour.
3 teaspoons baking powder. Salt.
1/2 cup milk..
3 egg whites.
Cream the sugar and shortening Add the syrup and stir
itself isn't anything to put on al magazine cover. But the verandah is pleasant and the lawn is nice. Nothing too too expensive for the new things please, though I'm pre- pared to splurge a little bit. Would together. like a grouping for the lawn and well. Add the milk and flour, sift- also pieces for the verandah. And Ied with baking powder and salt, al- don't like to drag outdoor furniture ternately. Fold in the beaten whites Iand bake in an oblong pan thirty around from here to there . . . . hate all that to-do of getting minutes in a moderate oven, 375 de- grees Fahrenheit. When the Cake settled."
is baked and cool, place it on an
ANSWER
Croquet isn't old fashioned! It's inverted cake pan and cover with
back in style again.
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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1938.
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WHAT THE STARS MAPLE FROSTING
FORETELL
By MARY BLAKE
1 cup maple sugar.
cup boiling water.
6 marshmallows or two table-
spoons marshmallow cream.
2 egg whites.
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla.
Cook sugar and water together is dissolved. stirring until sugar
If June 18 is your birthday, the best hours for you on this date are from 10 A.M., until noon; from Cook without stirring to the soft-
to 4 P.M., and from 7 to 9 P.M. The danger periods are from 8 to 10 A.M.; from 5 to 7 P.M., and from
9 to 11 P.M.
ball stage, 238 degrees Fahrenheit, add the marshmallow to hot syrup. Stir until smooth. Pour syrup on to This is a day when it might be stiffly beaten egg whites, beating constantly until stiff enough to well to maintain your dignity. Carelessness in attire and demeanor spread. Add vanilla. Cool before will make many tongues wag, so it spreading.--EDITH M. BARBER. will pay to be very careful regar-
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