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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. CU THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941 CRISP, COOL SUMMER SALADS (See Recipes Below.) AT HOME TO SUMMER In a recent poll, 37 per cent of the thousands of homemakers receiving questionnaires expressed a desire to be experts at salad making ... 43 per cent wanted to know how to make food look glamorous. This report gave me an idea. Salads, besides being healthful and givers of vim, vigor and vital ity, offer a splen did opportunity for variety . . . they can be used as the appetizer or *‘starter’* course, the main dish, a dessert, or they may accompany the dinner course. So, besides giving you timely tips on the art of salad making, I’m go ing to explain literally dozens of ways in which you creators of daily menus can give “oomph" to your tasty dishes. • • • The characteristics of a good salad are simple and fairly easy to accom plish; namely, it should be well chilled before serving; have an at tractive arrangement, and a pleas ing color combination. % Salads in summer are as impor tant as swimming or tennis or golf. They give an opportunity to add color and gaiety to the table. Your choice of ingredients will de pend upon what you have planned for your main course and dessert, prpVided your salad is to be a side dish or an appetizer. There are many varieties of fruit salads. They are excellent by them selves or as an accompaniment to a main course of sea food or meat and a pastry or cake dessert. Good to eat, wonderful to look at and substantial is this salad of or ange slices and prunes, stuffed with cottage cheese. (See picture at top of column.) * Orange Prime Cheese Salad. On a bed of lettuce circle 10 to 12 <&ange slices. At the side ar range 3 cooked prunes which have been stuffed with cottage cheese. With a sharp knife peel oranges, re moving all outer skin and inner membrane down to juicy meat. Cut in thin, even slices. California or anges, which are firm-meated and practically seedless, are excellent to use. Serve with a sweet french dress ing, made with lemon juice. With a hot bread and beverage, this salad makes a well-balanced home or party luncheon. Sweet French Dressing. % cup lemon juice % cup salad oil % cup red jelly or honey 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika Shake or blend well before serv ing. Makes 1% cups. Lemon juice gives this dressing just the flavor needed to make the orange, prune and cheese combination the perfect salad. • • • Keeping cool during summer months is a problem, solved most successfully by eating properly. LYNN SAYS: Don’t be timid about putting your own personality into your salads. Here are some sugges tions which may help you become famous for your salads . . . Try: Fluting bananas by running the prongs of a fork lengthwise down a peeled banana, then slicing it crosswise. Adding chopped, broken or whole walnut kernels to fruit, vegetable and meat salads. Using fruit juices to thin may onnaise and to mix with french dressing. Adding a fruit gelatin, sliced or cut into glistening cubes, to a fruit salad. Brightening the edges of lettuce leaves by dipping them in pap rika, or adding chopped parsley to the edges of pineapple slices. Adding a little lemon juice or vinegar to sweet cream for sal ad dressing—makes a quick sub stitute for sour cream. THIS WEEK’S MENU An Impromptu Guest Luncheon Clear Tomato Soup Cheese Drop Biscuits •Orange Prune Cheese Salad Spice Squares With Whipped Cream Tea •Recipe Included Plenty of the protective foods, such as eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables —all excellent salad materials— should be eaten. Japanese Potato Salad will really give a meal a lift! Easy to prepare, inexpensive, it may be used as a main dish, with a cold meat platter, or for additional variety so accepta ble to the buffet table. Japanese Potato Salad. 1 cup flaky, hot boiled rice 1 medium to large potato, hot mashed 4 hard cooked eggs % cup french or boiled dressing 2 tablespoons chopped sweet red pepper, or pimiento 1 tablespoon chopped green pep per 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped parsley % teaspoon salt Mix rice, potato and two of the eggs, which have been sieved, into salad dressing. Chill. Just before serving, add re maining ingredi ents. Taste and add more season ing if desired. Heap on lettuce, or serve without greens in a large bowl. Garnish with remaining eggs, sliced or sieved. Yield: 4 servings. • • • When the mercury soars skyward and appetites are on the wane, noth ing tastes quite so good as a chilled, molded mixture of fresh vegetables or fruits, placed on a bed of crisp greens and garnished with a tart, taste-teasing dressing. Lime Cucumber Salad. 1 package lime gelatin 1% cups hot water 2 tablespoons vinegar Vz teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons scraped onion Dash of paprika 1 tablespoon chopped pimiento 1 cucumber, diced Dissolve gelatin in hot water, then add vinegar, salt, scraped onion and dash of paprika. Chill until begin ning to thicken, then fold in chopped pimiento and diced cucumber. Chill until Arm and serve on salad greens with a garnish of mayonnaise. • • * Since it’s open season on salads, homemakers who like variety will be interested in several types of salad dressings. Here are two which will do much to bring out the full flavor of your tasty con coctions. Thick French Dressing. 1 cup salad oil % cup vinegar 1 teaspoon mustard 1 tablespoon sugar 3 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon gelatin Mix dry ingredients; add og and vinegar. Beat thoroughly. Put the gelatin in 1 tablespoon cold water and dissolve in 2 tablespoons boil ing water. Cool; add dressing. Beat thoroughly about 15 minutes and al low to stand until a good emulsion is formed. Use fruit juice instead ol vinegar for fruit salad. Use more paprika if a darker red is desired. Egg Dressing. Vi teaspoon paprika % teaspoon celery salt Ya teaspoon pepper 5 tablespoons vinegar 1 egg yolk % teaspoon mustard 1 teaspoon sugar Vz cup salad oil 1 teaspoon salt Mix ingredients and shake well. Add beaten egg yolk when ready to serve. Half lemon juice and vine gar may be used. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Woolknit Swim Suit Should Be Included in Vacation Plans By CHERIE NICHOLAS I T IS very evident that women are becoming increasingly impressed Vith the value of swimming for health and beauty. Not only do crowded beaches at seaside and lake resorts testify to the enthusi asm felt for water sports, but many inland towns have created attrac tive and pretentious modem swim ming pools that offer infinite enjoy ment to their communities. Then too, most private estates have pic turesque swimming pools where guests may indulge in water sports. Which all goes to show why smart bathing suits together with a goodly supply of beach togs and accesso ries have become a positive “must" in the plans for the summer vaca tion. As to this season’s swim-suit fashions, they surpass all that has gone before in way of smart, ver satile fabric, clever styling, eye-ap peal in color and all the dramatic accents that add to the picture of Miss America as she takes off for a merry swim on a summer day. Outstanding news in regard to current swim-suit trends is the strong revival of woolknits and wool- knit fabric for both sculptured form fitting types and that which is ultra chic this season—the suit that is cunningly dressmaker styled. New to the scene this summer is the jac quard woolknit suit such as is shown to the left in the illustration. Note the sleek front-paneled skirt in shad ow plaid of brown and green on yel low. The back is cut very low for sun-tanning. Bright red and white diagonal striped woolknit fabric makes the smart slenderizing princess (a favor ite styling this season) bathing suit pictured to the right. The V-neck- line is banded in the solid red knit, continued into cross straps at the back. Panties are separate so there is nothing to break the flattering smooth line of the suit. Machine woolknits that look like handknits are also staging a big omeback in simple sculptured type nn m or ci ln\ro f n wear. You will find handknit tech nique of heavy cable stitch in stun ning colors, the stripe effects such as white with red or with navy be ing especially intriguing. There is also a strong revival of wool jersey. These stress dress maker styling which now is so pro nounced throughout the entire swim suit program. Most of the jersey suits have practical zipper fasten ings. Designers are turning out perfect ly charming suits dressmaker-fash ioned after the manner of the Bal lerina type of waffle pique centered in the group. Note the coin dot banding. Dot trimmings are very smart this season. Floral prints and various cotton weaves make front page fabric news for swim suits and beach togs. The more audacious the coloring, the more daring the patterning, the smarter! This is especially true of the gay and fascinating Hawaiian prints now so fashionable. The sa rong drape skirt in exotic prints with bra top showing bare midriff is a leading style. Novelty types are often styled with “grass skirts’’ in spired by Hawaiian native design. A lei necklace of flowers added, is the final glamour accent. Bathing suits of elasticised fabric are to be had by the score. The newest thing in these types is two- color effects done in white with bright colored godets or inset verti cal bands. Allover shirred lastique insures a sculptural figure fit. Bright applique of gorgeous flowers on white jersey is especially effective with a long matching beach cape. There are endless cunning dress- maker-styled gingham shantung and crinkled seersucker suits. In knits and lastiques girls love the suit that zips up the back from the waistline to give a perfect fit. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Chic Plus Glamour In a blaze of glory, lovely neck wear comes into its own this sea son. Women of fashion are enthu siastically playing up the vogue with appreciation of what magic frothy, snowy lingerie touches perform in way of accentuating feminine charm. Fine lace insertion, tiny tucks, dainty lace edging and eyelet em broidery combine for sheer fem ininity in this dainty collar and cuff set designed for the new V-neckline. In fine permanent finish Swiss or gandy famous for its washability, this set provides a practical way to add glamour to a simple frock. Cool Summer Outfits Of All Black Are New You can dress in all black from head to foot and still look cool and summery. This is the miracle style creators have wrought. Briefly out lined the plan is sheerest of sheer black frock, hat of black sheer, gloves of the lacy sort and black stockings so cobwebby sheer they are almost transparent. The newest black sheer dresses are finished off with edgings of fine black lace. This use of black lace trims is being played up to the point of being recognized as a most important vogue. Not only are dress-up black sheer frocks femi nized to a most fascinating degree with lace frilled at throat and sleeves, on pockets and here, there, and everywhere to add glamour but the movement has been taken up by milliners who either make the entire hat of lace or trim with it. Big brims edged with lace frills are one of the new an<? entrancing lace expressions. Enormous Brims Versus The ‘Pretty’ Little Hat The problem is up to milady whether she will go hatted this sum mer in the flattering little frivolous flower concoctions she loves to wear or whether she will top her costume with a hat of enormous brim and look chic and sophistical ed. Each type is attractive and the fashion-right way, is to include botl in this summer’s wardrobe of hats tpASY stitchery—a little time— ^ and this appealing panel is ready to be hung up—a brightener for any room. Even the beginner will find this simple and pleasant to do. Pattern 2797 contains a transfer pattere of a 15 by 20 inch hanging; illustration* of stitches; color chart; materials re quired. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat tern No...-. Name Address ; Right of Government The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble ty rants, but the divine right of gov ernment is the keystone of human progress, and without it govern ments sink into police, and a na tion is degraded into a mob.—Ben jamin Disraeli. Signal Code The International Code of Sig nals, adopted by all nations for marine communication in 1934, uses 40 flags, 26 alphabetical, 10 numeral, 3 substitute flags and an answering pennant, says Colliers. Although no more than four or five flags are usually hoisted at a time, at least 375,000 messages may be transmitted with them, all being visible through glasses, in clear weather, for a distance of five miles. Paying Debt There are but two ways of pay ing debt—increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.—Carlyle. Influence of Beauty The grape gains its purple tinge by looking at another grape.— Juvenal. Driving a cross-country bus is a man-sized job, says Bus Driver WALTER STINSON Common Friendship Friendship is like rivers, and the strand of seas, and the air. common to all the world; but ty-1Taylor. rants, and evil customs, wars, and want of love, have made them, proper and peculiar. — Jeremy It’s A GOOD AMERICAN CUSTOM PEANUTS f OR JUMBO ; feeding peanuts to the elephant is a good American custom that 'probably started when Crownin- shieid's elephant made its historic . bow in Salem, Mass., in 1796. 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