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Evening star., 1927-09-23

Practically all housekeepers agree
that the variety ID one of the ma jor
problems Of meal planning. With
the largest imagination In the world
working overtime, 1t is not always
easy to secure this important element.
In planning meals In this service from
week to week have tried consistently
to think Of each meal az . type, keep.
Ing in mind possible variations Of
each food used. Az have frequent
ly pointed out, there is no one set
OF menus, no matter how carefully
they may be planned, that are ap.
piicable to conditions and cireum.
stances In every home. With this
thought in mind. suppose we use a
weeks meal plan az the starting point
and decide what would have to be
done in order to plan a little more
tacitly. The chief thing to do is to
use each food as an alternate and
to give lists of other foods that may
take its place according to the market.
think can illustrate my point
by using one days meals as the basis.
Take Tuesday. With the meals for
that day entered into the housekeep-
er's note book, we might have a
memorandum something like this:
BREAKFAST.
Early apples or bananas, Concord
or Delaware or Tokay grapes, Florida
or California oranges, honey dew.
muskmelon or watermelon; fresh pine
apple or stewed ounces.
Wheatena or cream Of wheat. rolled
oats. bran mush, cracked wheat, rye
porridge. puffed or faxed rice, corn.
meal mush, hominy.
White bread toasted or graham,
whole wheat: bran, raisin. gluten, rye
bread toasted.
Coffee.
Milk.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

salted. with one teaspoonful Of butter
added, as in the cereal. At 6 he gets
the cereal and bottle again.
HE would sleep from until s, but
the doctor says he needs the 10 O'Clock
bottle.
His milk formula contains three
tablespoonfuls of maltese to five
ounces Of water and 80 ounces of milk
boiled for 10 minutes. He also gets a
zweiback to chew on in the afternoon.
What do you think of my baby?"
Answer--As long as the baby is
progressing so beautifully on the regi-
men which you have started, 1 think
1t is fine. Personally, think he gets
lot more food than the average 6.
month-old baby actually needs. He
gets twice as many ounces of milk
per pound of his weight, instead of
the classic one and oneha1f ounces,
and he gets the sieved vegetable in
stead of the juice from the cooked
vegetable. But if he is doing well.
there is no reason to crowd him into
the regulation pigeonhole. 1 would
warn you not to rush too fast with
the feeding. He's getting plenty un-
til he is 8 months old
Evening star., 1927-09-23
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PARE.

I wrote letter to Mary Watkins
today, being,
Paris, France. Deer Mary, It seems
a long vile since 1 wrote you a letter,
how are you? I'm all rite.
I have saw some pritty gerls in
Paris but so far you are still the most
bewty looking gerl in the world as far
as / know from Experience, altho of
corse l have ony bin in 2 countries so
far but 1 can imagine the others.
If 1 had a picture of you 1 could
make the French gerls as jellis as
enything, but don't send me one unless
you feel like it. l am going to have
some picktures of me taken by a
Frentch Photographer, but of corse l
wont intrude myself by sending you
one without a speshil invitation.
You see some funny things in Paris.
One Of them is the men tip their hats
to each other and seem to injoy it.
II a man got hat tipped to him at
home he'd think he was bling called
a sissy and he'd wunt to f1te rite
away, so 1 CESS 1t all depends on wat
your use to- and not knowing eny
different. Wen a Frentchman is in
terduced to my father and tips his hat
to him my father has to tip his hat
back but it makes him blush to do it
and 1t makes me blush to see him.
The ladies don't tip their hats to
each other but they quick kiss each
other on each side of their face, some
times looking as il they would rather
bite each other insted, wich they pro-
berly never don't but enyways 1t would
be a good chance.
got a letter from Puds Simkins
and he says he wawks home from
skool with you every day and he says
you think he's CRATE. Wat do l care?
Respectively effectionately yours
Benny Potts eskwire.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

My first bit Of advice is this: Since
you are underweight, you probably
need more food than you are eating
at present. A girl of your age gener-
any requires almost or quite as much
a. her mother, especially IL she is ac-
1--WE. This means that your diet
should give you about $4,000 measures
or oalories Of energy. But i must
give you a word OF caution. Some
girls who find that they must crowd
their diet hunt up a list of foods giving
the most calories and concentrate on
those. When we remember that sugar
ana fats are the ones which occupy
this ONCE for us, 1t 10 easy to see how
q sudden and excessive supply Of
sugar and fat will almost inevitably
upset the digestion.
III you can drink milk, / should ad.
wise this az the starting point Of your
diet. quart each day. II possible
You might plan your diet somewhat
like this: For breakfast have grape.
fruit or a good sized orange, a cupful
OF cooked cereal with three-eighths Of
a oupful OF top milk, a cupful Of whole
milk to drink, two slices Of buttered
toast and a cupful of cereal coffee
with tablespoonful Of sugar. For
luncheon have a good cupful of cream
or vegetable soup with a graham or
white bread sandwich containing a
cheese fllling, cupful Of cocoa or
another glass OF milk, with fruit, &C.
cording to the season. At this season
q banana will make q good luncheon
fruit.
For dinner have a medium s,xad
piece OF broiled round steak with
gravy and baked potato, followed by
a salad Of crisp greens to which has
been added plain French dressing.
Buttered roll. a fruit dessert and an.
other glass Of milk should complete
the dinner.
tCopyright fOs71
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Homemade Powder.

Mrs. A. F.. writes: "Will you please
tell me how to make a powder to use
for my baby?"
Answer-I'm sorry that I can't give
| you a recipe for making a good tai
cum powder. think these should be
| much finer than could be made at
home, in order that they may not be
irritating to the skin.
Mrs. r. w. writes: my baby
weighed more than nine pounds when
born, and now at 21a months weighs
more than 13 pounds. Is that the
proper gain? His upper lip is dead
white and he has no color in his
face. He sleeps well all night long
and seldom cries. Is there anything
you can advise me? He Is nursing
baby"
Answer--It is possible that he is
anemic. He has made a good gain,
| and there certainly seems nothing
very wrong with him. You might
feel better satisfied if you let a doctor
look at him.
Mrs. E. r. z. writes: "I read your
| column daily, and wonder IL you will
| have some time and space to devote
! to my baby At birth he weighed five
pounds, and now at 6 months weighs
15A pounds. Isn't this a wonderful
gain? I put him on a formula at 6
weeks, and we have had wonderful
results. He was a very small and
puny-looking child, and now he looks
even large than his weigh would indi-
| cate.
HE &c saltwater baths when the
| weather is warm and sun baths every
| day IL Is possible, and he is tanned.
| His arms and legs are as solid as
rocks. and he Is so happy and con-
tented that he seldom cries.
"He now gets five bottles daily, con-
| tanning seven ounces each-four day.
time bottles and one at 10 at night.
He gets one teaspoonful Of cod liver
oil and onehalf ounce of orange juice
''At 10 o'clock he gets cereal with
| one teaspoonful Of butter, which is
| cooked until 1t bubbles. Then his
bottle. At pm. he has peas, spin
ach or string beans, cooked for one
hour in unsalted water and the
mashed through a fine sieve and
Evening star., 1927-09-23
LUNCHEON.

Cream Of green corn soup or lima
bean, cabbage, celery, mushroom, DO.
tato. spinach. tomato.
Toasted cheese sandwiches, cheese
fondu, cheese croquettes, tomatoes
stuffed with cheese, cottage cheese
salad. etc. (or hot cooked vegetable
dishes). u :
Thin white bread and butter or
gluten, rye. graham. whole wheat,
raisin or homemade hot bread.
Orange cream or fruit sherbets and
other Ice creams, etc.
Tea.
Milk.
DINNER.
Baked bluefish or other baked or
broiled fish or roast or broiled beef,
lamb or mutton, chicken, etc.
Creamed potatoes or baked, seal.
loped, mashed, riced. stewed, French
fried or Saratoga potatoes.
Tomatoes, lima beans, string beans,
cabbage, sweet potatoes, white or vel.
low turnip, Hubbard squash, peas or
oyster plant.
Cucumber salad or celery, cabbage.
radish, onion, watercress, Romaine,
escarole or lettuce salad.
Snow pudding or fruit pudding, ices,
etc.
A few minutes study Of such a
skeleton plan should be Of service in
suggesting how each housekeeper may
be her own menu maker. The i'm.
portant point is to prepare a list of
fruits, vegete bles In season and an.
other OF the types OF dishes that are
suitable for the season. With those
az a guide. one needs only to play
game Of checkers or chess with the
foods, moving each about until 1t fits
properly into Its place in the whole
scheme.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
few CHANGES NOTED
IN RETAIL PRICES
Produce Dealers in Market Fix
Various Commodities at Last
Weeks Quotations.

A decided decrease in the price of
lima beans and a small increase in the
price of calf's liver. home dressed.
which is reported scarce, constitute
the only changes in retail quotations
noted at Center Market this week.
Lima beans are selling at IS cents q
quart, Is cents a quart less than last
weeks price. which was 10 cents
quart cheaper than the price for
which they sold the week before. This
rapid decline, dealers say, is due to an
abundant supply on hand.
Calls liver. home dressed. is bring
ing 80 cents pound, cents above
last weeks price, while many dealers
recently have been unable to keep a
supply on hand, 1t is stated.
Best Grade Eggs Still High.
Best grade eggs continue to sell at
so to S. cents a dozen, the prices to
which they jumped from IS and SO
cents a dozen last week. Dealers, how.
ever. predict another small increase in
the near future.
Prices on various other food com.
modities remain steady at last weeks
quotations. Besides prices already
mentioned, quotations are as follows:
Meats-Veal roast, 25, IS and 40
cents a pound, depending on the grade:
lamb shoulder, 80 cents pound; best
grade porterhouse steak. 65 cents
pound: sirloin, So: round. As; prime
ribs. 40: chuck. 80; three-cornered, 80:
pork chops, As: corned beef, Is and
3S; beef liver, 20; veal outlets. so and
IS, and breast of lamb, Is and 20.
Quotations on Fruits.
Fruits-Seckel pears, 3S cents q
box; damsons, IS cents a basket:
Bartlett pears, 40 cents a box: usual
variety of grapes, rs cents a box. and
California grapes. is cents pound;
honey balls, 20 to IS cents each;
honeydew melons, 35 to so cents each;
watermelons, IS cents to 81 each;
cantaloupes, Is and 20 cents each;
plums, Is cents a box; pineapples. Is
cents apiece: oranges, IS cents q
dozen, and apples, s cents each.
Baking and frying size chickens. as
cents q pound; stewing size, 40 cents
a pound: ducks, 40 cents a pound.
Best butter, IS to so cents a pound;
American cheese, 45 cents pound.
and imported cheese from 70 cents to
81 a pound.
for rs cents; string beans, Is cents a
cabbage, cents a. pound: out-ef-door
cucumbers, 10 cents apiece: carrots, 3
punches for 25 cents; turnips, cents
a bunch; eggplant, from is to 25 cents
each: okra, rs cents quart; beets.
s cents bunch; Summer squash. 3
pounds for rs cents; peas, rs cents a
pound, and caulihower, IS to so cents
q head, depending on the size and
quality.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Sweet Pickle.

Cut 50 firm dill pickles in eros.
slices one:half inch thick. Drain in
colander over night. In a 3-gallon
stone crock with a cover pack the
pickles in layers, using two garlic
buttons to each layer. Boil together
for Is minutes 3 pints Of cider vinegar,
1 pint OF tarragon vinegar, pound
or brown sugar, 10 pounds of Eranu,
lated sugar, one.half a cupful OF
whole aspice and one.third cupfui OF
whole black pepper or Q hot red pepper
pods. Watch carefully that this does
not boil over. Pour at once over the
pickles. Next morning stir In one
cupful Of olive oil. Stir the pickle
well EACH day for 10 days. 1t 10 then
ready to use.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Answers to Food Questions

n:nfrs s 5. e Even s'sr' s. w.a susssr ps:
b .slt; ;sddressed envelope. as only taoss
the mail. Every esort viii Ss made s1souan 70 a..
q snp s:..3 S ss
avoidable delay. The number Of letsers re-
Sddses. Is wiirfs :pd each sak ts
avenue. New York City. -
Can you tell me In a general way
what foods should buy to keep q
man well fed? There are two of Us
and have no trouble with my own
food. but should like to be sure that
my husband 10 getting sufiicient food
and OF the right kind, since he works
very hard. might say that the rea.
son this question Is a problem is be.
cause must make every penny that
I spend bring in the most possible
food value.-Mrs. G. c.
Such a diet as you ask for should
include FOODS from the main divisions.
| as follows:
Breads. about three-quarters of a
pound; cereal. cooked. about one cup
ful and one.half; miik, at least three
cupfuls, including that used in cook
ing beans, about one-half a cup;
canned tomatoes, one cupful:
shredded cabbage, about two cupfuls:
potato, one; butter, two good table.
spoonfuls. provided at least two table.
spoonfuls of fat OF some other kind 10
| represented in tho diet; sugar, two
tablespoonfuls; molasses, one and one
half tablespoonfuls; cheese, about one
ounce; inexpensive cut Of meat, about
three ounces.
This is adopted from a low cost diet
as planned by Mary Swartz Rose. an
authority. The various foods are se.
lected with the very question which
you nave in mind, namely. that OF pro.
viding the most possible food value for
every penny expended. Tomatoes are
J purposely chosen because Of their
large proportion Of three Of the iYnpor.
tant vitamfns. Potatoes are added for
several reasons. one of these being
| that they are the most economical way
OF providing the best Of the alkaline
part Of the diet No mention 10 made
OF fruit. For this I should advise
dried fruit or canned. although the
former 10 the least expensive. For
such a diet as this two or three table.
spoonfuls OF date marmalade for
breakfast or q small dish of seedless
raisins or prunes will provide the
necessary fruit.
I am 1s years old and am trying to
put on flesh. This may seem surpris
ing when almost every one 10 tryina
to reduce. I. am underwsight. how
ever. and the doctor seys that must
Evening star., 1927-09-23

! of food. materials can work out many
others with the aid Of the following
recipes:
Rice added to any kind of meat
stock with a little parsley, bay leaf,
or thyme, or a pinch Of celery seed
for seasoning, makes a palatable as
well as a nourishing soup. Also, rice
makes excellent thickening for soups
made OF highly favored vegetables,
such as tomatoes, asparagus, celery or
onions. Baked and stewed rice dishes
are planned with the idea Of making
appetizing and nourishing dishes in
which small quantities Of the higher
priced foods may be made to 20
farther than when served alone. Some
or these combination dishes, such as
Italian baked rice, savory rice onelet
and oysters scalloped with rice. can
Wen be used as the main dish at
dinner or supper.
Most OF the rice curries In tho
Orient are made with a basis of plain
boiled rice. to which are added other
dishes combining many foods and
navors. After taking portion Of
plain rice, each person chooses as
few or as many of the other dishes
as desired, spreads them over the
rice. then covers the whole mass with
curry sauce made as follows: Pro-
vide two tablespoonfuls of fat, two
tablespoonfuls of curry powder two
cupfuls of hot milk or water. toma to
juice or coconut milk, the Juice of
half a lemon. three cloves, one table.
spoonful OF grated coconut, salt and
cayenne pepper to taste, one chopped
onion, and one tablespoonful of chut-
ney. Melt the fat and stir in the
curry powder. add the milk or water,
tomato Juice, or coconut milk, and
cook until it 10 smooth and thick.
then add the other ingredients and
let the sauce simmer for 30 minutes.
Beef with rice and vegetables: Use
one and one-haif or two pounds of
peef or one of the less expensive
cuts. Pound one-half a cupful of
nour into the meat and cut the meat
into inch cubes. Cut six slices of
bacon into hne pieces ana fry for a
few minutes in a large, deep pan. In
the fat thus obtained brown the beef.
turning 1t constantly, then add six
cupfuis OF boiling water, cook the
mixture for a few minutes, then turn
1t into a large cooking pot. Add one
large chopped onion. into which six
cloves have been stuck, one cupful
or tomatoes. three teaspoonfuls Of
salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of pep
per, one small piece OF bay leaf and
little lemon peel. Cover the kettle
and simmer the mixture for an hour,
then add one.half cupfui Of uncooked
rice. one cupful Of chopped celery, and
one cupful Of diced carrots. Simmer for
IS minutes and serve hot on q platter.
This will make about IL average sery.
ings and is good when reheated.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
Lamb With Vegetab bles.

Season breast of lamb with salt
and pepper and simmer until the
bones can be slipped out easily. Re-
move from the water. In the meat
stock cook vegetables such as turnips,
carrots, celery or onions cut in small
pieces. green beans, peas and okra.
More salt may be needed. A few po-
tatoes cut small may be added to
cook during the last 20 minutes. Re.
move the bones from the meat, fold
the meat together. then secure 1t with
small skewers or twine. ,Dredge with
flour and brown on both sides in hot
tat. Place on a hot platter and sur.
round 1t with the vegetables, which
have been well drained.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

Wipe eight pounds Of pears that are
not too ripe, remove the stems, quar-
ter, then core them. Cut the pears
into small pieces. II you use small
sugar pears. cut them in halves. Add
four pounds of sugar and five or six
pieces Of ginger root varying in
length from one to two inches. Let
stand over night. In the morning add
two lemons cut in small pieces, re.
jecting the seeds, and cook until thick.
Watch the mixture carefully lest It
stick and scorch. Don't let 1t cook
down 30 long that the rich amber
color 10 lost. Remove the fruit when
1t becomes clear, then concentrate the
Juice. An asbestos mat under the
kettle win keep the pears from stick.
Evening star., 1927-09-23


Recause OF it's mild flavor and its
..xtnre rice is especially suitable to
combine with other foods OF more
,,ronounced favor. For instance. IT
20, he used as the basis for suostan'
tiaI dishes or for nourishing soups
end appetizing salads and desserts. In
countries where rice Is an importan.
;tem of diet 1t is usually combined
Nth With some other local food OF ais
t;nctive flavor. In Ceylon and India .
.tnr instance, the sauce for rice Is
almost invariably favored with curry,
and % the garnish dishes may consist
~ dozen or more such foods as
yo,noed ham or salt fish. chopped
boiled eggs, preserved ginger. morse
radisb pickled peppers, or other OH
entaI fri,its or vegetables.
In Japan and China. soy bean sauce
or curd. which is not unlike CERTAIN n
cheeses in taste and appearance. is u
served with rice. and in Italy It is
frequently combined with the nisniy
Favored cheeses for which ina. ,,,n. cSun,
try is famous. American Housewives
have long used some OF tnese .,. co.n
sinations. and from our great variety
Evening star., 1927-09-23

! am 1s years old and am trying to
put on flesh. This may seem surpris.
ing when almost every one 10 trying
to reduce. I. am underweight, how.
ever. and the doctor seys that I must
gain,--B. r,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-11
If Raise Lusita MIA,
Germans Expect Proof
Ship Carried Ammunition

BERLIN, March 10.-If efforts to
raise the Lusitania, the British liner
torpedoed by a German submarine
in 1915, are successful, Germany will
likely demand that German experts
be admitted to investigate the real
cause for the sudden sinking of the
ship.
The Germans have contended al
ways that the explosion of the tor
pedo alone would have left plenty
of time for all passengers and crew
to save themselves. The real cause
of the sudden sinking, and with it
the loss of 1,517 lives, including 1879
Americans, was caused, the Germans
contend, by the explosion of the
100000 shells which the Lusitania
carried. This, was contrary to inter-
national, and especially American
law, which forbids passenger ships
and trains to carry explosives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-11
Comrades and
Fellow Workers:

After a years heroic struggle Of
the Passaic textile workers, the mill
barons were forced to submit to a
union in the textile industry of Pas
sale. They are however putting OBJ
stacles in the way of maintaining
such an organization. Although the
strike is almost over, they are taking
the workers back very slowly, with
the result that thousands of families
are without means Of existence. Their
children are hungry.
There are many families whose sole
supporters were sent to Jail for long
periods because of their activities in
the strike. You must come to their
rescue. Relief must go on with full
speed!
The General Relief Committee, who
is maintaining few food stores in
Passaic, appeals to all those who have
taken milk coupons to send in their
money as soon as possible, no matter
how much you have collected. Send
the money Immediately to the Gen.
eral Relief Committee, 799 Broadway.
Room 225, also ask for more coupons
to sell.
The office is open from 8 a. M. to
Z p. m. daily.
GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-11
German Minister Insists
Foreign Troops Will Be
| Asked to Quit RhineIand

Geneva, March 10.-"Germany
will demand evacuation of the Oc-
cupatiOnal forces from the Rhine
land, when she is confident that
article 431 of the Versailles treaty,
relating to German disarmament,
has been fulfilled, declared Herr
Stresemann, German foreign min
lister, in a statement to the press
here today.
Il am confident that we will
soon be prepared to demand the
withdrawal of the army of occupa-
ton. the German minister con-
tinued.
otherwise people won't under
stand why in time of peace, when
peace guarantees have been given.
our country is still occupied by
foreign force of $4,000 men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-11
SCOTT FTELD. Belleville. Ill..

SCOTT FIELD, Belleville, Ill.,, Mar.
10.-Failing in his first attempt to
break the free balloon altitude record
in a thrilling experience in the air,
Hawthorne Gray declared today he
would make another attempt early
this spring to exceed the mark 35, 433
feet.
Capt. Gray landed at Ashley, ILL.,,
about 40 miles southeast of here after
he had been in the air about two
hours. The balloonist tainted at a
high altitude due to the rare atmos-
pheric condition and descended for
several minutes at the rate Of more
than 1000 feet minute.