Vandergrift High School - Spectator Yearbook (Vandergrift, PA)

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21 THE SPECTATOR HOUSEHOLD She measured out the butter with a very solemn air, The milk and sugar also and took the very greatest care, To count the eggs correctly, And to add a little bit of baking powder, Which you know beginners oft omit. Then she stirred it all together, And baked it full an hour, But she never quite forgave herself For leaving out the flour. ROYAL FANS Mix and sift one-half cup flour and two tablespoons brown sugar. Wash three tablespoons butter and work into first mixture, using tips of fingers. Roll to one-third inch in thickness, shape with a fluted round cutter five inches in diameter. Cut each piece in quarters and crease with the dull edge of a case knife to represent folds of a fan. Brush over with yolk of egg diluted with three-fourths teaspoon water. Bake in a slow oven. NUT MACAROONS Ingredients: White 1 egg 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup pecan nut meats % teaspoon salt Beat white of egg until stiff and add gradually, while beating constantly, sugar. Fold in nut meats, finely chopped and sprinkled with salt. Drop from tip of spoon, one inch apart, on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven until delicately browned. HONEY SALAD DRESSING Ingredients: 3 egg yolks % cupful honey 1 tablespoonful sugar Juice of 3 lemons % cupful whipped cream Beat the egg yolks and add the honey, sugar, and lemon-juice. Cook in a double boiler until the mixture thickens. Chill. W'hen cold, fold in the whipped cream and serve with any tart fruit salad.

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20 THE SPECTATOR when you are sick than Mum “fussing” over you for an hour. So, don’t you think, while the rest are all shouting for Mother, we had just better rise up on our toes and give Three Rousing Cheers for DAD. —H. F. B., ’25. “TALENTS” A LL persons do not have the same talent, or talents. If this should be, they would be of little benefit to their fellow-men. A man may be a great painter, and give much to art, yet he may be able to do little of anything else. The business man will look in wonder at the picture the artist has painted, and how it could ever be painted is a mystery to him —and yet the artist could not solve big business problems or handle affairs in the commercial world. Some particular person may be able to speak foreign languages fluently, yet know very little of history, mathematics, or music. Then again, thei'e are those persons who are capable of doing many different things, more talents having been given to them than to some one else. They are esteemed by all, and the person of few talents will wonder how they are able to do so much. But it is not the amount that counts. It is how we use what we do have that counts. No more is required than that we do not waste what we are given. Also, each talent is as honorable as any other if used rightly. The seamstress who makes a gown for some noted person, perhaps a prima donna who sings so beautifully, is just as great in her art as the person who wears the gown. The man who is a common laborer and works hard to send to school a son or daughter or brother or sister, is just as good as he or she who gains a reputation as a result of his labor and sacrifice. We all should find out what our talent is. If it is a talent to write, then write If it is a talent for music, then be a musician. If it is a talent for business, then be a good business man. If our talent is not found, and we do that which is not ours to do, a true success will not be obtained. Neither will we receive much satisfaction from our life. Let us draw from this then that we should find out what our talent is, develop and use it, and learn to be satisfied with what has been given to us, and where we are placed to do our work. KRAZY KWILT (Continued from Page 17) You can cure a red by giving him a fortune, but there’s nothing you can do for a yellow. —Selected. K. K. The Irish will have won when they are one. K. K. Germany is France’s mark. K. K. Well, it’s nice of turkey not to demand an indemnity of the allies. —Selected. K. K. They are always appropriating public funds in Illinois to find out who has. Four years ago Kaiser Bill’s memoirs would not have lasted ten minutes in America. Funny, ain’t it? K. K. The Turks are the soul of honor. When they break a solemn pledge they are always willing to make two new ones to replace it. K. K. What sounds worse than a phonograph almost run down? A pedestrian who is almost run down.

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22 THE SPECTATOR “HELLO” “Hello” doesn’t last for a minute, A clear little, queer little word But, say, there’s a lot of cheer in it; It's like the first chirp of a bird In spring when the hill tops are greening Right after the cold and the snow, I think when it comes to real meaning There isn’t a word like “Hello!” It’s full of good cheer; when you say it, It breaths the real soul of good will; You don’t have to wait till you weigh it; You just sent it forth; while a chill Of gloom and despair flies before it As leaves in the Autumn wind blow. So here’s to the old greeting, I store it With luck, cheer and gladness “Hello!” It’s a wonderful word when you hear it From some real old friend who is true, As a needle to pole is, or near it It’s great when I hear it from you, It has all the joy and splendour The song of the birds, I know, It's cheery, it’s jolly, it’s tender That old friend to friend greeting “Hello!” —Selected. PERFEC TION HE LUXE O, those fair ones Eyes of blue— (Remodeled by A beauty crew.) Hair of gold— (Well paid for) Pearly teeth— (Dentist’s lore!) Grace itself Winningly shy— (Beauty comes Extremely high.) Rosy cheeks Sans fault, sans taint— (Use La France Peerless Paint.) Matchless lips uby hue— (Use La France Good Rouge, too.) Trim small ankles Slim waist too— (Reduce to music Paul La Rue.) Slim and slender Willow’s mate— (Daily dozen Take off weight.) Wholly perfect Lovely sight— (If nature don’t help Money might.) —J. A. BREIG.