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AiHcrican Agriculturist, March 31,1923 
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Dessert Dishes For Parties 
These Tempting Spring Patterns—A Hint for the Flower Lover 
T he very idea of a party is to “have 
something different.” Unusual dessert 
dishes are attractive and can be made 
with simple ingredients, the charm ly¬ 
ing in the quaint form and appearance. 
A snow-covered cottage is a good in¬ 
stance of a dish for a child’s party, for 
it is very appealing to the eye. The 
“cottage” is built up by means of slices 
of sponge-cake and the door can be 
made of something darker, say choco¬ 
late cake or ginger bread. Over all, to 
represent the snow, a little whipped 
cream is poured, while a little jam may 
be added to give color and flavor. Such 
a dish will give the youngsters an amaz¬ 
ing amount of pleasure. 
Fruit can be arranged to give it a 
marvelous importance and interest. 
Take two bananas and convert them 
into a pair of pigs by the simple means 
of adding broken matches for legs, 
paper tails and ears, and eyes painted 
with Chinese white upon the yellow rinds. 
You will be surprised with the delight 
which your handiwork will call forth. 
Other fruits beside the banana may 
be used to good advantage. Make a 
Red Indian out of a good-sized Turkey 
i g. His head may be a Albert nut with 
the outer husk intact; his arms may be 
pieces of almond, while the river upon 
which his canoe (or banana) sails is 
represented by some pale colored jelly. 
An elephant is made by taking a pear 
for the body and a small apple for the 
head. Join these together with a little 
wooden skewer. He may be supported 
upon two pieces of banana, which act as 
legs; while his trunk is a piece of 
orange peel. His tail is of straw, his 
eyes are glass-headed pins, and his 
trappings and ears are of colored paper. 
—Julia W. Wolfe. 
Much May Be Done With Bananas 
Bananas adapt themselves favorably 
to this kind of treatment. An Irish¬ 
man riding his pig to market “to pay 
the rint” is funny. For the man, take 
a banana and slice off a small portion of 
one end, so that it will stand erect. 
Make arms of matches. A little piece 
of colored tissue paper makes the coat, 
to which may be added a scrap of ribbon 
for the scarf. And the old man’s hat 
requires a word of special counsel. It 
can be formed from a small cork, 
gummed upon a circle or cardboard for 
the brim, the whole being duly black¬ 
ened with charcoal. 
An old Welsh woman with her cat is 
also funny. The woman’s body can be 
made from a banana and draped with 
colored tissue paper. Make her hat of 
a filbert nut; the crown may be flattened 
in order to support the hat. Make her 
cat of two filbert .:uts joined together 
and supported by pieces of matches. 
Bore holes through the shells of the 
nuts in order that the matches may go 
through. Faint eyes and mouth on them. 
POPPIES ARE SHOWY ANNUALS 
T^e poppy is very showy, with gay 
colors, yet it is not coarse. The velvety 
petals are thin as silk, and fall quickly, 
but new buds are constantly opening, 
so a bed will be a blaze of color 
throughout the long-blooming period. 
There are double and single varieties 
and several types. 
A good mixture of types in double 
sorts will give a big range of flowers, 
for the doubles produce a percentage 
of single and semi-double flowers. The 
seeds should be sown very early in the 
spring, for they are hardy. The seed¬ 
lings are very small and grow slowly at 
first, and if not sown early, weeds will 
choke them before they are large 
enough to work around well. The seeds 
are cheap and can be freely used, and 
if sown early you will have a nice lot 
of strong little plants. They will not 
bear transplanting. Thin to a foot 
apart for largest flowers, but a showy 
bed may be thicker. After the plants 
get a good start they grow fast and are 
fairly hardy, and after the first year 
the weed will self-sow and will gener¬ 
ally be plentiful very early, but if you 
want good blooms you must fertilize 
and cultivate the soil well as soon as 
you can work among the plants. 
The bright golden cups of the Cali- 
THREE DRESSES WHICH PROVE THAT SPRING IS HERE 
I s No. 1608 an apron or 
a dress? It has all the 
advantages of both, it 
would seem, for it covers 
one all over, is loose- 
fitting, and yet not the 
least bit ‘‘sloppy.” An 
ideal garment for the busy 
housewife who wants to 
look presentable while she 
works. 
No. 1608 comes in 
sizes 38, 40, 44 and 48- 
inches bust measure. Size 
36 requires SVs yards 36- 
inch material with % yard 
contrasting. Price, 12c. 
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N O. 1629 is the sort of 
dress you make in a 
day and then wear all 
year. Easy to slip on, it 
yet has a %ood deal of 
style. The new figured 
voiles (many of which 
show the Egyptian infiu- 
ence in color and design) 
lend themselves especially 
well to a style like this. 
No. 1629 comes in 
sizes 34 36, 38, 40, 42 
and 44-inches bust meas¬ 
ure. Size 36 requires 3i,4 
yards 36-inch materia* 
and % yard contrastir* 
Price, 12c. 
F or the girl who is 
thinking anxiously 
about that graduation 
dress. No. 1633 solves 
the problem. Any high 
school girl- could make it 
(or should be able to), yet 
it has a new, Prenchy 
look which sets it apart. 
Made in organdie, voile or 
taffeta it would grace any 
occasion. 
No. 1633 cuts in sizes 
16 years: 36, 38, 40, 42 
and 44-bust measure. Size 
36 requires 4)4 yards 36- 
inch material, with lace or 
insertion to trim. Price, 
12c. 
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T 
fomia poppies are dazzling when 
grown in a mass. The fine-cut foliage’ 
is light green, with a bluish tinge, low 
and dense, and sets off the golden 
blooms that wave about on slender 
stems above it. They will continue to 
bloom during the summer if seeds are 
not left to' ripen. For edging a flower 
bed, the yellow poppy is very popular, 
but it makes the best showing when 
planted in a bed or wide row, so the 
blooms can be seen as a sheet of gold. 
—Ra(;;hael Rae. 
RENOVATING PILLOWS 
If pillows need renovating it is well 
to do it while the weather is cold 
enough to freeze the feathers, as that 
renders them light and fluffy. 
Empty the feathers into bags made 
of thin white cloth and much larger 
than the pillows, so they can be shaken 
and squeezed in the warm suds. When 
they are clean, rinse thoroughly and 
hang on the line. 
Frequent shaking and beating, as 
they near the drying point, helps to 
render them like new. If the ticks are 
good enough to use again, turn wrong 
side out and shake them thoroughly. 
When they are ironed, sprinkle wax on 
the wrong side and use a hot iron. This 
prevents the down and dust from work¬ 
ing through. Insert one end of the 
sack into an opening in the tick and the 
feathers are easily replaced. If a cover 
tick is used, it is easily taken off and 
laundered without disturbing the feath¬ 
ers.^ This need not be of ticking. 
White cloth is very nice to use. Some 
people reverse this method and put the 
feathers in a thin bag before putting 
in the tick. Then either tick or feath¬ 
ers may be washed as needed. 
If the feathers do not require wash¬ 
ing, the pillows are much improved by 
sprinkling and laying on the snow in 
the spring sunshine. —Mrs. George Gray. 
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