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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, DECEMBER 19, 1941 Let a Star-Studded Ham Say Merry Christmas! (See Recipes Below) Deck the Table Greetings, homemakers! Here’s my Christmas present to you, a menu with recipes designed to ring in the holiday season and to crown your table with luseious food, just wonderful to eat. The menu is worked out in the best colors of the season. THIS WEEK’S MENU Christmas Dinner •Grapefruit-Persimmon Salad •Sweet French Dressing •Baked Ham ’Holiday Sauce •Virginia Cranberry Mold •Sweet Potato Pone •Green Peas With Beets Crescent Rolls Celery Olives Jelly Plum Pudding with Sauce Coffee •Recipes Given There’s a touch of the traditional in the menu in the baked ham and sweet potato pone, topped off with the plum pudding, ar then there’s a dash of newness in _ie cranberry mold, the salad and its perky dress ing and the holiday sauce. Whether you’re sons from camp, your daughters from college, make this their gala feast, for Christmas din ners are some thing to cherish and remember. welcoming your •Grapefruit-Persimmon Salad. Be versatile with your grapefruit. Peel, separate into sections, then slip the thin peeling off the sections being careful to leave the section whole. Alternate the sections of grapefruit with thin slices of persim- mon, having the outside sections on top so the fruit together gives the appearance of a mound. Use three sections of grapefruit per serving. Lay this on a crisp bed of lettuce and serve with dressing. Avocado and pink grapefruit sections may also be used in this way. ♦Sweet French Dressing. (For fruit salads) 9 tablespoons oil ZV2 tablespoons powdered sugar % teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons paprika % teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 4 tablespoons lemon juice Set all ingredients in icebox for three hours before mixing. Com bine in order given, blending thor oughly. Chill again in mason jar. Before using, let melt, then beat until thick with wooden spoon. •Virginia Cranberry Mold. You’ll want something tantalizing- ly tart as foil to the bland sweetness of the ham. Here it is: 1 17-ounce can cranberry sauce Juice of two oranges Grated rind of 1 orange 1 cup hot water 3 packages gelatin Mash cranberry sauce fine; add rind and orange juice. Dissolve gel atin in hot water and add to first mixture. Pour into molds and put in cool place to set. •Sweet Potato Pone. (Serves 6 to 8) Delicately spiced, heart-warming and gracious accompaniment to your dinner is this sweet potato pone. Satisfy your desire for sweet potatoes with ham this new-old way. It’s like grandmother used to make, homey, tasty, just won derful food! 2% cups grated raw sweet potato % cup butter % cup sugar » Vi cup milk 1 teaspoon powdered ginger % teaspoon mace Grated rind of 1 orange Blend sugar and butter. ^ Add sweet potato and milk. Beat'well, then add spices and oranee rind. Bake in a shallow, buttered casse role in a moderate (350 degrees) ov en, 30 to 35 minutes. •Baked Ham. You can depend upon your holiday dinner to go over if you serve a ham, glistening and shimmering, baked in sweet, spicy juices. Wrap the ham in clean wrapping paper. Place fat side up on a rack in an open pan. Use no water. Bake in a slow oven. Hams weighing 16 to 18 pounds require 4 to 4% hours baking; 12 to 15 pounds, 3% to 4 hours; 10 to 12 pounds, 3 to 3% hours; and 8 to 10 pounds, 2% to 3 hours. Remove paper and all rind. Cov er with a glaze of pickled peach juice or 1 cup honey and % cup or ange marmalade, or 1 cup pureed apricots for extra special goodness. To make stars, cut slices of pineap ple and form into a star. Use a maraschino cherry in center. Bake until brown (about 15 minutes) in a hot (400 degrees) oven. •Holiday Sauce. For your masterpiece, the ham, serve a sauce that’s rich and jewel- red. Ladle it over the ham gener ously to bring out the best in the meat. Like all good things, the sauce is a simple, good-tasting combina tion. Melt 1 small glass of currant jelly in double boiler, add 3 table spoons chili sauce, blend, and serve hot. •Green Peas With Beets. Bright red and green touch in the best tradition of Christmas is your beet and green peas vegetable com bination. Boil the beets with two inches of their tops left on until ten der, 25 to 35 minutes depending on age and size. Plunge into cold wa ter and remove skins. Scoop out center, add salt and butter. Just before serving, heat beets, fill cen ters with cooked, seasoned green peas, heated piping hot. Don’t forget the big, overflowing bowls of fruits and nuts for the family to nibble on during Christmas day. Cluster raisins, apples, yellow, supple bananas, and nuts in the shell—all these the family will want to make their festivities complete. The children will give you three cheers if you string red cranberries and popcorn on a string and hang on the tree or in their stockings. Steaming the Pudding. Plum puddings are best when served piping hot. This means they should be steamed for at least l%-2 hours before serving. If the pudding is in a mold cover with a lid or with heavy waxed paper. Place on a rack in a large kettle. Have about 2 inches of water in the bottom of the kettle, and have this water boiling all the while. More water may be added if necessary. A double boiler or a pressure cooker may also be used to good advantage for steaming. To serve, unmold the pudding and garnish the platter with holly or other leaves and bright berries. LYNN SAYS: Few holidays can offer you the same decorative possibilities as Christmas season, so make the most of the evergreens, berries, cones, candles, ornaments, and rich colors. Here are some centerpiece ideas which would be effective: Use a green wreath on a mir ror and fill with evergreen branches dipped or sprayed with white paint and place brightly colored ornaments or fruits among the branches. Surround candles with pine branches and cones and have sev eral small silver bells around the base of the centerpiece as though they came out of the branches. Make a gingerbread house, frost with a thin powdered sugar icing and sprinkle with silver snow. Set this on a mirror or surround with spruce or pine branches and cones. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Planning Helps Late Shoppers Select Presents Despite incessant reminders to “shop early,’’ last-minute shoppers will crowd the stores the day or two before Christmas in a mad search for gifts. When there is little time left it is best to sit down and think over the problem before leaving the house. This sounds paradoxical, but far more can be accomplished by spending time planning than by rushing around a store without any idea of what is wanted. A little ingenuity will disclose countless presents that can be ac quired with a minimum of time. Simple combinations of articles make admirable presents. For ex ample, if the friend is a camera addict, combine several rolls of film, a flood lamp and a few flash bulbs into an attractive package. It is inadvisable to hastily select monogrammed or initialed station ery for Vm inveterate letter-writer. A very welcome present can be made by enclosing a book of postage stamps in an extra-nice box of plain stationery. These are just two of many com binations which will satisfy the need for last-minute presents. If you are too tired or too busy to employ even this simple device there are still several other practical remedies. Fill in that subscription blank for your favorite magazine that has been around the house, and wrap a current issue in an attractive car ton with a note explaining that there are 12 more to come. Only be care ful that the friend does not already subscribe to the magazine or your present will lose a good share of its interest. Another welcome gift can be se cured at the last minute by tele phoning the local theater for a few tickets. Then write a little note, preferably in rhyme, and include it with the tickets. A little ingenuity will disclose countless presents that 'can be ac quired with a minimum of time. By all means don’t buy things that come in sizes unless you are sure of the size. And don’t buy a gift that may have to be exchanged unless the store will exchange the article willingly. Apple Ornaments Santa Claus will get a big sur prise when he sees this tree being decorated by a young lady from Virginia. The tree is completely dec orated with brilliant red, yellow, green and mottled apples, dried ap ple tinsel and crab apple lights. Holly Decoration Used In Pagan Celebrations Holly has become closely associ ated with Christmas, but why, no body knows. Some claim that holly, with its thorns and blood-red berries, sym bolizes the crown of thorns worn by the Saviour. Another belief is that the use of holly as Christmas decorations was handed down by the pagans. The Romans dedicat ed the plant to Saturn to be used at the Saturnalia, his festival, oc curring in December. At about the same time the early Christians cele brated the birth of Christ, and t® protect themselves from prosecu tion, they decorated their homes with holly. Holiday Decorations Christmas decorations are an ad mirable first aid to the Christmas spirit. They usher the holiday feel ing into the home and revive that belief in Santa Claus we all need so much. So hang the house with holly and mistletoe. Hang a bow- tied wreath of holly on the door. Bring out the festive candles, deco rate the mantel with spruce, and dangle shiny balls where they will capture the eye. When you’ve made the house bright and gay you’ll be aglow with the true Christmas. It’s Up to You Whether Your Cape Will Be Long or Short By CHERIE NICHOLAS U'VENING wraps are so refresh- •*-' ingly “different” looking this season they thrill one with their newness of theme and technique. The fact that many of the smartest evening wraps are now made of handsome wool weaves is a depar ture from the beaten path that is attended with excitingly new fash ion interest. Add to these richly colorful wools a sumptuous embellishment of glit tering embroidery or applique, as designers delight in doing this win ter, and the after-five fashion parade becomes a pageantry of re splendent beauty. In this new movement of embroid ered evening wraps, capes either long or short are the big sensation. Made of bright wool or of velvet they are given an air of newness with richly embroidered yokes that extend down over the shoulders and sometimes down each side of the front closing. Regal looking, indeed, are the full length velvet capes that fashion- minded women are wearing this season. A striking version of this type is shown to the right in the illustration. This model holds a particular note of interest in that it was displayed at a fashion show staged at Copacabana Palace, Rio Janeiro, recently under the aus pices of the British Fashion Tour. Over a hundred beautiful costumes, designed by couturiers who fled from Paris to London, were shown. For this striking evening ensem ble Norman Hartnell, the designer, uses rose-colored moire for the lovely gown, with black velvet for the stunning floor-length cape. Rich colored jewels embroider the cape and the low decolletage. A draped velvet bow-toque am! long black gloves make it correct for all for mal wear. Capes of this type are to be seen in increasing numbers as the midwinter season advances. It is well worth keeping in touch with this new cape movement for it is rapidly developing into a wide spread vogue. In the young set as well as among the more mature, capes made of bright wool mark “last word” chic with utmost em phasis. Hip-length capes are as fashionable as the full-length types. The colors of the wools that make them are gorgeous and daring, such as, for instance, the new and lovely cerise, the deep plum tones, the fire reds and the Kelly greens. Black with gold is also a favorite and the younger generation is reveling in white wool capes that are gaily em broidered in peasant colored yams. Typical of the long wool evening coats worn this season is the dra matic full-length black wool coat pictured to the left in the group. On the yoke and all the way down the front opening there is an ap plique of gold cloth encrusted with jewels. Centered in the picture is a coat that is marvelous for holiday par ties. Persian influence is reflected throughout the styling of this coat, which is of rich black wool, the zip 1 per closing assuring a smooth un broken line and extra warmth. An extravagant gold boullion and bright bead embroidery stresses Persian color and technique. So outstanding is embroidery in the scheme of things this season that even fur capes are showing embroidery done in yoke fashion. Mink with sparkling brown sequins is very effective, while jet on black broadtail or Persian lamb is in per fect tune with the new mode which calls for black on black. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Slender Princess Coat Has Capelet and Bows An interesting new coat silhouette looms on the current style horizon. It is a slenderizing cloth coat cut along princess lines, and it has a pert little capelet *o give it youth. The capelet itself makes big fashion news, but it add:- to its newsiness by taking on novel trimming such as hand-tied yarn fringe to finish it off, or a pleating of wide velvet rib bon, or maybe a flat velvet border ing. As to fur edgings and band ings, these jaunty little capes revel in them. An interesting future is in promise for the cape-coat. New Lingerie Neckwear For Plain Black Dress The lingerie neckwear vogue is taking a new lease on life. Very at tractive are the simple black frocks with which are worn exquisite large pleated sheer white or lace-trimmed collars. It adds allure to black- and-white to fasten the dress with sparkling rhinestone buttons. Fleece Coats Fleece is not only a major factor In medium price sports coats, but there is a definite trend toward lux ury fleece coats with fur collars. Dyed in high, vivid shades of gold, green or fuchsia, the new fleeces are ideal to wear with gay print frocks at winter resorts. There will also be a great deal of white fleece seen, along with those tinted in off- white shades. Twinkle Toes Your evening slippers must glit ter with rhinestone embroidery or with sparkling beadwork. Bows on your evening pumps are set with rhinestones or scintiU<f ing jet beads. Newest of all are the nail- head-studded shoes that are worn for less formal occasions. Zebra Stripes It is considered the smart thin,, this season to give chic accent to one’s costume with accessories that are daring and unusual. Zebra striped black and white velvet is used for this striking turban and glove ensemble. It is an excellent duo to wear with a basic black dress for afternoon. This year many mil liners are making companion bags and gloves to match hats, so keep this in mind when buying new ac cessories. Or should you be of the self-reliant type and can “make your own,” you can find patterns for gloves, hats and bags in most stores where pattern service is available. These offer styles to fit your purs* and your wardrobe. r«y VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) I T IS difficult to know what to say about the National Legion of Decency’s banning of Greta Garbo’s new' picture, “Two- Faced Woman,” with Archbish op Spellman also condemning it, and various cities banning it as well. The plot, that of the woman who poses as her twin sister to prove to her husband that she is glamorous, has been used in Holly wood over and over. Will H. Hays’ office had passed the picture. There is hardly a picture-goer who hasn’t seen things on the screen that shocked him. But since “Two-Faced Woman” was banned, there must have been some excellent reason for it * Do you remember that delightful story, “The Constant Nymph”? It will be made again by Warner Brothers, with Charles Boyer and CHARLES BOYER Joan Fontaine—who can have prac tically anything she wants these days—in the principal roles. - Bob Hope and Victor Moore are to be teamed in Paramount’s ver sion of “Ready Money,” the farce about a young man who becomes a financier by mistake. Last time it was filmed was in 1914, after it had been a successful stage production. * Barbara Stanwyck may have con tributed a new slang phrase to oar language. During the making of “Ball of Fire” she happened along when Director Howard Hawks and the picture’s authors were trying to think of something slightly slangy for her to say when she walked up to some men she didn’t know very well, in a night club. “That’s easy,” said Barbara. “I’ll say ‘What’s buzzin’, cousin?’ That’s what we used to say in Brooklyn.” It’s in the picture. * “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is un der way even though the cast isn’t complete. More than 120 techni cians and actors left Hollywood re cently for the loftiest location site in film history—a spot 9,300 feet up in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Technicolor and long shots had to be made now because of favorable snow conditions, similar to those in the book. Donivee Purkey knew what she wanted years ago; now she’s got it. She wanted to get into the movies; she worked hard in high school and college dramatics, for four years, and a Paramount talent scout plucked her out of a college play and sent her to Hollywood for a screen test. You’ll see her, proba bly, in “The Fleet’s In.” Oh yes— she changed that name to Laura Lee. * When Gilbert Roland, Philip Reed, Errol Flynn and other Hollywood- ites who like tennis enter the an nual motion picture tournament next spring they’re likely to rue the day that Paramount signed up Jim Brown, who’s now playing the ro mantic lead in “Out of the Frying Pan.”> Brown is Texas tennis cham. pion. * Radio’s “Woman of Courage” has two leading women who made names for themselves in the mov ies in the days when radio was a lot of strange machinery and a cou ple of ear phones. They are Esther Ralston, one of the most beautiful blondes of that day, and Enid Mar- key, one of the most striking bru nettes. * If you’re a star of “Meet the Peo ple” you’re destined for Hollywood fame, apparently. First Virginia O’Brien, then William Orr, signed up for the movies. The third mem ber of the cast to face the cameras is Betty Wells, who was nabbed by Metro. * ODDS AND ENDS—/»’» rumored about that Errol Flynn succeeded in making him self exceedingly unpopular with the news paper photographers of New York recent ly .. . President Roosevelt will be heard over the Mutual chain December 24 dur ing the ceremonies at the annual lighting of the National Christina’ tree . . . The actor-raven of “True to the Army” has been offered to the V. S. army signal corps, to co-operate with the army’s carrier pig eons ... Bob Hope and Rita Hayworth have been selected by the news camera men assigned to Hollywood as “the most uhotogenerous stars of 194)” Are You House-Bound? 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