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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-22

children, Barbara and Billy, of Phila-
delphia, are, visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Fyndall Gregory of Lynch
burg, Va, and Mr.. Fyndall Gregory,
Jr., of New York, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Butler, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Garlick, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Gar
lick's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. Robins.
Miss Elizabeth Richardson spent
the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. Rob-
ert P. Davis in Towson, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thomas and
Mrs. William Farlow, of Berlin, were
guests. Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Norwood
Shockley, Sunday.
Mrs. Daniel H. Bradford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hargis Bradford and Miss Berta
Bradford were guests of Mr.. Zadok
Richardson in Powellville, this week.
Miss Mary E. Jones and Mr.. Harry
Jones, of Magnolia, Del, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. Aida Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Burbage of Liber-
tytown, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Adkins, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Corddry and
daughter, Elizabeth Corddry, of Har-
risburg, Pa, spent the weekend with
Mr.. William D. Corddry.
Mrs. Henry Miller, of Wilmington,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam L. Purnell, last week.
Edwin Price and Robert Gordy,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Morris in Dover, Del.
Mr.. Alton Stage, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stagg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge Tilghman
will entertain at cocktail party on
Monday evening.
Mr.. William Stark spent the week.
end with relatives in Baltimore.
The Junior Society of the Presby-
terrain Church presented the church
with a lovely silver vase filled with
white snap dragons on Sunday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Adkins
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Adkins. of
Salisbury, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Adkins on Sunday.
Rev. Group, of Princeton University,
Princeton, N. j., preached at both the
morning and evening services in Ma
kemie Memorial Presbyterian Church
in Snow Hill, on Sunday.
Mr.. Cleveland Bailey, of Baltimore,
will spend this weekend with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Pusey and
Mrs. Helen Boone spent Thursday in
Philadelphia.
Miss Grace Higgins of Philadelphia,
will spend this weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Russell Hig-
gins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Outten and
son, Wilson, Jr., of Norristown, Pa,
are visiting Mrs. Outtens mother,
Mrs. Daniel H. Bradford and sister,
Miss Berta Bradford.
DR.. and Mrs. Wallace Drumbeller,
of Northampton, Pa, will spend this
weekend with Mr.. James Moore. Mr..
Moore will accompany them home
for a visit.
Mrs. Hurley j.. Esham and Mrs.
John Henderson have returned after
spending two weeks with relatives in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Kerbin Sturgis entertained her
Sunday School class of Whatcoat M.
E. Church to a Christmas party on
Friday evening.
Miss Anne Jones of Salisbury,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-22

You can save gas by using a small
oven over one gas burner on top of
the stove. It will bake small dishes
successfully and will save much gas
and keep your kitchen cool.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-22

Mr.. Holler asserted, tops the figures
reported for four of the 10 previous
months in 1889 and seven of the re-
porting periods in 1888. From a
standpoint of used car merchandising,
Chevrolet has done the best job this
month of any November in the history
of the company, he said.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-22

AS creamed dishes are little heavy
it is well, if one is used as a main
course, to begin the meal with clear
soup and end with a light dessert
preferable fruit.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Duncan Photo.

enemy would have said, by telling
each other home truths that left
wounds that never healed and offer
ing each other insults that branded
them with shame.
Sometimes they kill love with
sheer boredom. Neither one felt
that they had to make any effort
to be pleasant and entertaining at
home. They save their good stories
and the wisecracks for other peo-
Piles dinner tables. They didn't
waste them on their own. The hus-
band sat up all evening behind his
paper and grunted when his wife
spoke to him and the wife inter-
rupted the husband when he did
try to talk by saying: "Oh, look how
cute the kitten isl" Conversation
became such an effort that they
finally gave it up and just yawned
in each others faces.
Yet when they were married these
men and women loved each other
and couldn't talk out. They had
millions of things to say to each
other. And they could have kept
themselves interesting and jolly
companions to the end if only they
had taken a little time and trouble
to keep love alive. What pity.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

school wardrobe. It's an inexpen-
sive means of having many changes
Velveteen, flannel, wool crepe and
jersey are smart for the jumper.
Use challis, jersey or fiat crepe for
the blouse.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1888
is designed for sizes II, 13, Is, II
and 10. Corresponding bust meas
urements 20, 81, 80, IS and 81. Size
13 (3D requires 2 yards of 54-inch,
material for jumper, ~ yards for
long -sleeved blouse, IN yards for
short sleeved.
Send Is cents today for your new
fall pattern book with q stunning
selection of 100 perfect patterns for
all shapes and sizes. Save money
and know the keen satisfaction of
personally planned, perfectly fitted
garments by making your own frocks
with these smart, carefully cut de-
signs. You can't go wrong-every
pattern includes a step-by-step sew
chart to guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

T0Child
Bad Writing Often
Caused by Poor
p Coordination
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Good penmanship is fine accom-
plishment. No matter how fine the
writing machines may be, hand
writing will always be a serviceable,
an indispensable art that every ore
can possess. We cannot all become
experts, but every one of us can
learn to write clearly, and with
some regard to beauty Of form.
Some children have poor co-ordi-
nation, and that always makes pen
manship difficult. When the teacher
finds a pupil whose penmanship is
worse than ordinary, he should test
the childs coordination and eXam-
inc the power he has in the acces-
sorry muscles of his hands.
Little children in the early grades
Of elementary school have not per-
feet control of the accessory muscles.
These are what control the finger
adjustments of the hand. The child
has power of the larger muscles
so he can hold and catch ball,
hold and direct his eating imple-
ments and the like, but he may not
have developed the control neces-
sary for using pen or a needle.
That comes later and should not be
forced. If the child's hands are
still the hands of an infant, he
must not be asked to make fine ad-
Justments in penmanship or in any
other activity. Be content with his
more crude effort for the time being.
Let him learn form by printing and
writing with the larger movements.
The older children usually learn
to write without too much bother,
especially if they have first mas
tered the form of the letters. That
ought to come first. When chill
dren are made to speed up their
movements in rhythmic writing they
are likely to lose the good form of
the letters which makes for legibility
in their attempt to keep time. If
that form has been set the speeding
will not do so much harm to the
FORM
In this older group we find chill
dren with faulty vision and faulty
co-ordinations which yield slowly
to treatment, and it is for such
children that typewriters should
be used. Let them learn to write,
but do not ask too much in form
or quality or speed. Teach them,
instead, to use the typewriter. Type
writing is useful to all who write
to any extent. The exercise the
fingers and hands get help faulty
coordination and so improve the
penmanship that suffers from that
handicap.
Some poor spoilers are helped
by the use Of the typewriter. These
are the children who do not see
words clearly in terms of the letters
that form them, or who do not
remember the form that they saw
long enough to enable them to write
it when called upon to do so. Typ
ing demands touch for each letter,
and the mind calls that letter by
name, and helps the hands put it
in place. The process helps those
who have this kind of spelling diff
Guilty.
Typewriters are expensive and all
schools cannot have them for all
children, but it is usually possible
to get enough of them for the chill
dren who need them for training
purposes other than the writing
practice for which machines are
made. A father or mother on the
lookout for a secondhand machine
for their special needs can get one,
and every school can have at least
one. Even one would help in the
training of children whose writing
powers are defeated by poor CO.
ordination.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

the rules, but don't think 1t would
do much good. But If you would
send me just the important rules of
table manners, then I could prac-
tice them and probably accomplish
something.
"Also, there's something else I
would like you to mention in your
column. I have often gone out with
boys whom like very well-until
dated them. Then I stopped liking
them because they ignored the Ia
dies before gentlemen rule and
committed other mistakes in good
manners. If you will print this, per-
hapS it will make an impression on
some of these careless boys.
JUNE A."
We hope you male readers will
take June AS hint! If you've been
wondering why you can get a first
date, but are refused when you ask
for a second, perhaps this is the
answer. Better brush up on your
technique!
AS for overcoming self conscious
ness while eating in public, the sur
est way to acquire poise is coura-
geously to take advantage of every
opportunity to eat in the presence
of other people. June is absolutely
right when she says that self-con-
sciousness is caused by not knowing
what to do. 1t can be overcome by
learning few basic rules, and then
practicing them until they become a
natural, instructive part of your
conduct.
The basic rule of good manners
is always to be thoughtful, con-
siderate person, doing the easy and
natural thing. There are many So
called rules of etiquette, but all of
them have been created by custom
for the sole purpose of making social
contacts smoother and more pleas
ant.
Here Are Some of
The Basic Rules.
Hee are a few fundamental rules
of table manners which you should
remember:
Stand behind your chair at the
table until your hostess is seated,
unless she requests you to do other
wise. In restaurant the boy stands
until the girl is seated, helping her
with her chair and her coat if
waiter does not perform that service.
Unfold large dinner napkin only
once and Law it on yollr Ian A small
napkin is unfolded entirely.
Sit calmly until you are served,
avoiding nervous gulps from your
water glass, playing with the silver
or anything else that would betray
you as being ill at ease.
Hold your knife and fork simply
and naturally. with the knife be-
tween the thumb and the fingers, its
end resting against the palm of your
hand and your index finger extended
toward but not on the blade. In cut
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Symbols of Hospitality

That extra cake of soap and clean
guest towel in the bathroom are
present-day symbols of a custom
that originated in antiquity. Since
Old Testament days consideration
for ones guests has always involved
giving them an opportunity to
clean up.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Acknowledge
Your Gifts
Properly
Impolite to Insert
Thank You Note
In Newspaper
By EMILY POST,

'At our wedding last Friday we re-
ceived so many and such beautiful
and useful gifts that it would be
impossible for us to acknowledge all
these fine gifts. We are therefore
taking this means of saying many
thanks to all who attended our we'd
ding. Again we say thanks for
everything. Mr. and Mrs. Al"
The paragraph just quoted was
sent me by reader who asked me
to print my opinion of its propriety.
There is little to say further than
that it is actually a clipping cut
from newspaper. If part of the
page had not been around it, I
couldn't have believed it genuine.
I'm sorry that this opinion is given
too late to advise the many who sent
"such beautiful and useful gifts" to
find some way of asking that they be
returned to their givers, who surely
must regret the kind of impulse
which prompted their sending. But
at least I can tell other prospective
brides and grooms that this is not
the polite way to say Thank you"
for anything!
Dear Mrs. Post: When the
clergyman comes to call repeat
edly in our absence is there any
way that we are supposed to ac-
knowledge his visit? We are sorry
always to have missed him, but
what can we do?
Answer-It is not at all necessary,
but it would be courteous and prop
er to invite him to dinner or sup
per. If he is married, write a note
to his wife inviting them both. Or
If not convenient to ask him Cor
them to a meal, call him on the
telephone and say you are sorry to
have missed him so often and ask
him to come in for cup of tea on
whichever afternoon he will name.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

the crop will suffer, and prices rise al
this in mind, and feed your family
tomatoes as much as possible while
they are still in the save-the- budget
class. Fresh black-eyed peas and
young yellow turnips are also recon-
mended.
There are delicious Niagara grapes
from nearby vineyards, that are as
sweet as sugar and pumped full of
juice. Peaches are staging their final
show-and a mighty impressive one
1t is. Grimes Goldens have been
added to the apple shipments. And
there are still some Rocky Ford
melons-but they are disappearing
fast.
Meats, poultry and fish show
nothing new or startling. The first
of the little link pork sausages that
are so good with pancakes or watfles
for Sunday breakfast have been re-
ceived, and had a warm welcome In
spite of the unreasonable weather.
Otherwise, there is little to report on
the market picture in general!
New Bread Is
Interesting.
However, one item has come to
my attention that will be Of inter-
est to housekeepers who, for one
reason or another, do not wish to
eat regular" bread. This Is a loaf
of whole wheat, made in Connect
cut by a woman who started baking
it some years ago in her own
kitchen for her son, who suffered
from asthma. His doctor recon-
mended a bread made from wheat
germ flour and his mother pro-
ceeded to follow instructions so
thoroughly that she even had the
flour specially ground in an old
stone mill nearby to insure the
retention of the precious germ. This
type of meal spoils easily, so only
small quantities were ground at a
time.
The rest of the ingredients are
as fresh and free from preserva-
tives as the flour, each loaf con-
tanning fresh creamery butter, whole
milk, unsulphured molasses and
honey Some of the loaves may be
had with raisins in them. The re-
suit is a bread of strong, nutty
flavor, excellent texture and weight.
It keeps longer than the average
bread and makes delicious toast.
The loaves are still being baked
in Connecticut, but are now being
shipped to several stores and mar
kets here in Washington. This
bread is well worth investigating
If you are interested in this type OF
food for dietary reasons or just be-
cause you like to try out something
new!
Other Odds
And Ends.
Green ripe olives, wonderful with
a dry Martini: mushrooms picked
in special sauce, small enough to
be stuck on toothpicks and eaten
with cocktails; snails in cans with
shells to match not new, but
interesting to those who like 'em.
Now, we'd better get down to busl-
ness and suggest that Sunday din
ner menu We recommend cusi-
ion style lamb shoulder for the roast.
This is not expensive-gains added
flavor from the stufflng, which sWells
in the cooking and puffs it into the
cushion-like appearance that gives
1t its name, and is easily carved in
neat slices. as the bone has been re-
moved. Well also give you two
stuf1ng recipes from which to
choose.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

SUNDAY DINNER MENU.
Cream OF Onion Soup
Croutons Celery
Cushion Lamb Shoulder, STUFFED
Corn Saute String Beans
Hot Rolls
Broccoli Hollandaise
(As COurSe)
Stuffed Peaches With Meringue
Coffee Lady Fingers
CUSHION-STYLE LAMB
SHOULDER.
Have a square-cut lamb shoulder
boned and sewed on two sides at
the market. This leaves one side
open for inserting the stuffng. Sea-
son the roast, outside and in the
cavity, with salt and pepper, fill the
cavity with a stuflng and sew the
edges together with clean white
string or fasten them with wooden
skewers. Place the roast, fat side
up, on rack in an open roasting
pan. Do not cover and do not add
water. Put the roast in a slow
oven 600 degrees F. and cook at
that temperature until done. A
boned and stuffed lamb shoulder
requires 40 to As minutes per pound
OF meat for roasting.
PINEAPPLE STUFFING.
tablespoons minced onion.
2 tablespoons melted butter.
cups soft breadcrumbs.
Salt and pepper.
tablespoon minced parsley.
No. 2 can crushed pineapple.
Cook onion in melted butter until
tender. Add breadcrumbs and
brown slightly. then add salt, pep
per, parsley and drained pineapple
Stuff while hot into cavity in lamb
shoulder.
A mint or watercress stufflng, too,
is delicious with lamb. You will
want to try this, too.
MINT OR WATERCRESS
STUFFING.
3 cups fine dry breadcrumbs.
u cup fresh mint leaves or
Ia cups finely cut watercress.
3 tablespoons chopped celery.
IL tablespoons chopped onion.
6 tablespoons butter.
Salt and pepper.
Melt one-half of the butter in a
skillet and add the onion and celery.
Cook for two minutes and add the
finely cut mint and other seasonings.
Put this mixture to one side of the
skillet and in the empty part melt
the remaining butter and stir in the
bread crumbs. When they have ap-
sorbed the butter, mix all ingredients
together. When using Watercress,
allow the liquid which cooks out to
evaporate before the buttered bread
crumbs are added. Fill lamb shoul-
der with Stufflng.
STUFFED PEACHES WITH
MERINGUE.
(For Four.)
Pare and cut in halves large |
peaches. Remove stones and crack
one of them, removing the kernel.
Pound the kernel to pulp and add
it to 6 macaroons, crushed or rolled,
and peach pulp obtained by hollow
ing the peach halves slightly. Add
2 beaten egg yolks to this mixture
and fill peach halves with it. Bake
in moderate oven until done. Make
meringue of egg whites, 3 table
spoons sugar and Il teaspoon vanilla |
and heap it on the peach halves.
Brown in moderate oven and serve
at once.
Evening star., 1939-09-28

ting the fork is held prongs down,
with much the same grip you use
on the knife. Above all avoid the
so-called banjo grip"
Cut meat one piece at time. Then
either convey it to the mouth with
the fork still in the left hand or Law
down your knife, transfer the fork
to the right hand and lift the meat
to the mouth with the forks prongs
up.
Don't let your knife and fork rest
on your plate with the handles on
the table. When not using them
lay them across the upper right
hand edge of the plate, fork prongs
up and knife blade inward.
How to Manage With
Bread and Sandwiches.
In eating bread or rolls, break of
small pieces and butter them indi-
vidually. Break sandwiches into
halves or quarters and eat them
from the fingers unless they are
thick or moist or loosely held together.
In those cases, use knife and fork.
Eat from the side of your spoon,
rather than from the end. In eating
soup, dip the spoon away from you
rather than toward you. Always
leave a spoon on the serving plate
or saucer-not in the cup or bowl,
And watch that one-it's frequently
violated, and it's a dead give-away!
When you have finished eating,
lay your napkin unfolded at the left
OF your plate unless you will be
present for the next meal. In that
case, fold it.
Avoid anything awkward or noisy.
Take it easy! Make your mouth
fuls modest, chew with your lips
closed, and don't talk and chew at
the same time. Otherwise, you may
choke on the food. or your date may
choke with embarrassment.
The smart young modern who isn't
at ease when eating in public, will
practice these basic rules of table
manners at home. BY making them
habitual and natural, he will feel
perfectly at ease when dining out.
If still in doubt, he will notice the
table manners of his well-trained
friends, and learn from them.
You can't have fun when you are
sef-conscious, and worried because
you may pull boner. For smoother,
happier dates, polish up those table
manners!
Would you like a prescription
for achieving popularity? It's
contained in our new pointers
Evening star., 1939-09-28

breaker as design 1888 is one
every girl will want. The skirt, plain
in back, has the front fullness now
so smart! Pleats stitched down
from the waist to the hipline fare
into inverted pleats at the hem.
One jumper like this and several
blouses amount to . pretty complete
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Mushroom Snack

Try this for luncheon, supper or
a snack. Put hot broiled mush-
rooms on buttered rice or noodles.
Top with Drowned or broiled bacon
strips and surround with q savory,
cheese sauce.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Dorothy Dix Says
Married Couples Must Take Time
And Trouble to Keep Love Alive

Dear Miss Dix: I am one of
those who sit in silence, ride in si-
lence and eat in silence. Sometimes
1t is so thick you could almost cut
it with a bread knife. I know why.
Leave is dead. And when there is
corpse in the house there is always
silence. Dead love makes people
irritable, so they raise ructions, hem
peck, grow selfish, quarrel and are
hard to handle, but when love is
alive they are amiable and jolly.
When you meet sour and onery folks,
put it down that love is dead. Hus-
bands and wives are not careful
enough about keeping each others
love alive. Take it from one who
knows. A MAN.
Answer-These are words OF
warning that every young married
couple should take to heart in order
that they may be spared the fate of
this man and thousands of other
husbands and wives who keep a per-
petual wake over the dead body of
love that they have murdered be-
tween them.
They have killed love, yet neither
one Intentionally committed the
crime Neither one has wronged
the other in any unforgivable way.
They have just blundered through
ignorance and stupidity into COM
mitting the objectionable sin.
Sometimes love was starved to
death. The husband and wife took
each other for granted. They never
bothered to feed love on little ten
der words and caresses. They never
gave it any sweet kisses. They never
took the curse off of marriage and
made it joy instead of chore by
showing each other appreciation and
admiration.
Sometimes they stab love to death
by cruel speeches that are like dag
ger thrusts in its heart, by criticisms
and fault findings, by saying to
each other harsher things than any
Evening star., 1939-09-28
For Lunch Box

Easy-to-prepare cookies are often
the best-liked cookies. Butterscotch,
chocolate and nut cookies are IA
vorites, and children like them
tucked into their school lunch boxes.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Cushion Style Lamb Shoulder Economical and Appetzng
Feeling Self Conscious
When Dining Out Due
To Ignorance Of Rules
Few Basic Dos and 'Don'ts'
Should Be Carefully Studied
And Practiced at Home

BY KAY CALDWELL ALDEN HARRISON.
Dear Collmnists:
have acquired lot Of information reading column
peneVe
eanes comes from not knowing what do mostly
when eating in ~
If sat down etiquette book would know all
Evening star., 1939-09-28
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