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TTOW many times lave you read this story? A man goes out and leaves his wife and baby daughter alone in the house. He has left them alone many times before and nothing has happened. But this time, when he returns, he finds the battered body of his wife on the floor, his baby bru tally murdered and all his valu ables stolen. Some time, while h« was away, the doorbell rang and his wile went to answer it, un aware of the horror that lay be yond the threshold. If only there had been some way for her to ask who was there before she opened it. But she didn’t think of that for she was quite sure it was some friend dropping in for a visit. This time, however, it was a stranger, perhaps a maniac, perhaps an escaped convict or a sex-slayer. But regardlesr of the details the real causes of trag edies of this type are always the same. If only women had some way of learning the identity of their callers before opening the door they and their children would be safe. VfOU have read this story many * times, but did you know that something has been dope to pre vent these horrible crimes? Dic tograph Products Company, long a leader in the communication field, has solved this important problem with its Dictograph Door master, a system which makes it unnecessary for a housewife to open either the front or back doors before learning the identity of her caller. IT works like this: When a visi tor rings a doorbell the house wife picks up a conveniently lo cated hand-set or wall type phone inside the house and asks, “Who’s there?”'Her voice is carried by wires to a combination micro phone-loudspeaker unit nesting in Plum Pudding with Butter Sauce Plum pudding for Christmas! With foamy butter sauce or hard •auce, what a delicious dessert! Made with butter, eggs and plenty of fruits and nuts, plum pudding can be kept over a long period. The very lovely custom of bringing in the Christinas plum pudding covered with burning al cohol is a delightful variation. Small candles on individual pud dings proclaim the Christmas sea son. Here is a generous recipe: 1 cup brown iug«r l/j cup butter 4 eggs, beaten 2'/ 2 cups dry bread crumbs cup of flour 2 teaspoons baking powder I teaspoon salt •/j teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg |l/ 2 cups raisins 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup sliced candied orange peel Sift flour and measure and sift with baking powder, seasonings and salt into a bowl. Add fruit and nuts and mix to coat with flour. Cream butter, add sugar gradually and beaten eggs. Stir in flour, fruit mixture and bread crumbs and mix thoroughly. Pour into paper-lined molds. You can steam the pudding in large molds or in individual oven glass custard cups. For gifts, we House That Talks Prevents Crime the doorjaaab and there it is clear ly reproduced. The visitor, who uses no phone to listen and need not even place his mouth to the In These Pictures Ethel Shutta Shows How Doormaster Operates. suggest that you give the pudding in the glass custard cups, wrapped and tied with gay Christmas rib bons. Cover the tops of the molds with waxed or oiled paper and fasten securely. Steam the pudding 3 to 3V4 hours. Reheat by steaming hk hour just before serving. Foamy butter sauce or hard sauce is a tempting accompaniment. FOAMY BUTTER SAUCE 1/2 cup sugar ! /j cup buffer 2 teaspoons mitt I egg, beaten '/j teaspoon vanilla Stir the sugar, butter and milk together in a saucepan over low heat until well blended. Keep warm. Just before serving add the beaten egg and vanilla and stir well. HARD SAUCE */l cup butter % cup confectioners’ sugar I tablespoon hot water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Cream butter and add sugar gradually. Add vanilla and stir until creamy. Stir in a few drops of hot water at a time to prevent sauce separating. Pile lightly ia a bowl and chill. Serves 4. Garnish with nut meats, candied cherries or sprinkle with nutmeg or cin namon. Some like to add M cup of whipping cream to make it light and fluffy. transmitter when replying, an swers her inquiry in a normal tone of voice. Only when the housewife is assured that the visitor is a friend or a person ■ on legitimate business does she open the door. Min Shutta demonstrate* the room-to-room communication system which enables her to talk to servants or children in other parts of the house, thus saving many tiresome steps. The visitor outside hears Ethel Shutta's voice from a combination microphone -• loudspeaker in the doorjamb. The caller answers in a na tural tone of voice without speaking into any mouthpiece. Only when the caller has been identified is she admitted. Should Wires Work? Mrs. Roosevelt Says Yes, Rather Than Be Idle. In her answer to the question “Should Wives Work?” Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in an article in the current issue of a leading national magazine says that it is unfortunate that women should so often have to work to have ma terial security, but that work for a married woman is better than idleness amid poverty. She tells of an instance when she dined with a young couple, both of whom had employment at $25 a week. She indicated that their joint employment alone did not make for the success of their marriage, but that it was success ful because “after dinner the hus band put on an apron and helped wash the dishes.” Mrs. Roosevelt expresses ap proval of labor laws which in most States abolish or modify a condition where women may work on night shifts in factories, meet their husbands on the way to take up the day shift and go home to take care of her house, prepare meals and catch a few winks of sleep while their children play un watched and uncared for. Death Entered This Door — While her husband teas away. Mary Case of Queens, Long Island, answered the doorbell shown above. As a result she was brutally murdered. When the doorbell rings Miss Shutta picks up a hand-set from her living room table and asks “ Who's there?'* DRESS UP THE BIRD The royal turkey or any of his cousins, the duck or little fat hen, will appear in a blaze of glory when the platter on which he resides is garnished with pine apple slices cooked gently first in butter, with currant jelly added later. Raspberry and mint jelly are also good to use for this pur pose. Appetite ticklers indeed are the deviled slices of pineapple. These are made by combining one table spoon brown sugar and Vz table spoon of catsup. Spread this mix ture on rings of pineapple and broil for a few minutes. These are delicious with roast beef, ham, and fowl. Small baked apples with their hollowed centers filled with crushed pineapple will add allure to any holiday meat course. So IN several of the illustrations on this page Ethel Shutta, gla morous star of stage and screen, wife of the popular band leader, George Olsen, shows how the Doormaster operates. Miss Shutta believes the device can prevent many horrible crimes in homes throughout the country. In private life she is intensely interested in problems of the home and her own charming house is protected with this home communication system. “rpHE wave of crimes currently ■■■taking place in suburban homes,” she declares, “is not alto gether the result of an increase in the criminal element. It is par tially caused by criminal negli gence on the part of householders. Common sense should tell every one to take whatever safeguards science and engineering can offer to see that the home is proof against such visitations.” MISS SHUTTA is only one of of the many women who have found that the Doormaster gives them an assurance of safety, according to F. E. Moskovics, chairman of the executive com mittee of Dictograph Products Co., Inc. “Women who, on occa sion, must icave their children at home alone are particularly grate ful for the Doormaster,” he said, explaining that it gives them re lief from worry. W’hen they leave home, he pointed out, they know their children will admit no strangers and will be safe on their r -v * ON 01. uie greatest comforts of the Doormaster, however, has nothing to do with protec tion, but rather adds a modern note of convenience to the home. It can be installed to connect any part of the house with any other, .yhis saves many tiresome trips up and down stairs as the house wife may talk to her servants or children in other parts of the house without leaving her room. This enables her to give orders and get information quickly and effortlessly. No doubt the time will soon come when the Door master will be as widely used in homes as telephones and electric lights are today. do cinnamon apple halves, topped with crushed pineapple. Even the old standby cranberries, either jel lied or in a sauce, will take on a new flare when pineapple tid bits are added to the cooked ber ries. Its different and new to serve crushed pineapple in nests of mashed sweet potatoes or squash. Use these as garnishes on the meat platter if it is large enough so that the decoration does not become a hazard for the carver. With all these fine suggestions to vary the sameness of traditional foods at holiday time you will have a store of good ideas tucked away for use throughout the year and individuality will be yours with a minimum of time and labor to be spent.
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