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gold lamp bases ana mantel pieces,
white marble fireplace facing and
white lamp shades and small Access
series in crystal. In spite of all
the small touches, or because OF
them. the blue of the room is &C
cented without in any way becom-
ing tiresome This is an ideal color
scheme for living room, as it
makes all the other colors important
and is, at the same time, dark
enough so that gentlemen's somber
clothes are not conspicuous.
If you want blue bedroom, select
q Delft blue and white all-over pat
tern in wallpaper. Use this above
a chair rail with antique white
woodwork or dado paper. There is
an interesting paper which looks
like a white marble balustrade and
is excellent for the dado. Carpet
the floor with a soft primrose yell
low carpet, wall to wall, and place
small hooked rugs beside the bed
and before the dresser. Curtain the
windows with sheerest white dotted
marquisette with deep ruffleS, tied
back and falling to the floor with
plain blue overdraperies Use an
tique white furniture with gilt
touches, in the French provincial
manner, with deep primrose uphol-
stery on chairs and dresser seat.
Touches of coral color in lamp bases
and dresser accessories with coral
color geraniums in window boxes
will make this blue room very much
bluer.
No matter what color you con-
template, you will find they are all
good this season. Several have
been selected and stressed as this
years colors, with willingness on
the part of manufacturers to create
all materials and accessories in
those colors, and various shades of
them. This removes much of the
hazard for the woman who likes
to do her own decorating and here
tofore has had to settle for what the
shops provided when she was I'M
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enough to beat; and it Is interesting
to note that batter" comes from
an old English word that means ITO
strike" On the other hand, dough
is thick enough so you can knead 1t
and roll 1t out.
OF course, batters are not all OF
the same consistency. There are
very thin batters for pop-overs, and
cover batters to coat eggplant.
onion rings, seafood, and chicken
before frying There are also
medium batters for waffles and
cakes, and stiff or drop batters for
fritters and mullins And under the
heading of "doughs" come soft mix
lures for biscuits and stiff mixtures
for pastry.
In making batters and doughs 1t
is important to know the exact
meaning of words that describe how
to mix the ingredients.
There's the word Dreaming" for
example. In cake recipe it means
to blend the fat and sugar with
spoon until they are soft and
creamy. However, when you cream
vegetables you combine them with
sauce made of fat, flour, milk or
cream and Seasonings.
Cutting in" is the word used to
describe the blending of fat and
flour for biscuits or pie crust. You
can use knife, fork, q biscuit
cutter or a pastry blender.
Stirring is an easy word to un-
derstand, but remember that it is
not the same as beating or folding.
To stir is to mix food with a circular
motion-as stirring a soft custard
as it cooks
Beating" is the well known
process used to incorporate air into
eggs, to make fudge creamy ard
to blend the ingredients Of a cake
1t is regular rhythmic motion that
lifts the mixture over and over-ac-
complished with spoon, wire whip,
Dover beater or mechanical beater.
Folding" is the gentle process Of
combining beaten egg whites with
the thicker part Of the mixture for
a souff1e, a sponge cake or a fluffy
omelette. You actually fold the
layers of the thicker mixture into
the egg whites by putting the spoon
or egg whip straight down to the
bottom of the bowl, turning II under
the mass and bringing it straight up.
Repeat the process until the mixing
is complete.
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when IL says SIMMER until lIle
meat is tender? Actually, simmer
ing means to cook in water that is
about 1875 degrees F. The exact
temperature isn't SO important, but
o good cook should know that SIM
mering IL just below boiling tenn
perature. 1t is slower, more gentle
process that gives you tender pieces
Of meat in the rich gravy of your
stew.
"Pan-broiling" is another meat
cookery term that has come into
popular use lately. 1t means to
cook In a skillet on top of the stove
without added fat, without water
and without a cover. 1t Is the
method to use for tender chops and
steaks that have fat Of their own
and are quickly cooked. Pour of
the fat that renders out, so the
meat will not actually cook in fat.
"Sauteing" is another puzzler,
all the more confusing because it
comes from a French word mean
ing Ito jump" In cookery, saute
means to brown the food in little
fat and turn it often to keep 1t
from sticking. That's all there Is
to it, when a recipe tells you to
saute onions, pineapple, potatoes or
meats.
Frying" is still another cooking
process. 1t means to cook in fat.
Some times the fat is deep enough
to entirely cover the food-as in
frying doughnuts or potato chips.
But you can also fry with shallow
fat in a skillet. Good examples OF
shallow-fat frying are fried okra,
French toast and fried apples.
some foods. such as sausages and
bacon, fry in their own fat.
The word 'braising" crops up
again and again in both meat and
vegetable cookery. To braise means
to brown in little hot fat and then
cook the food in steam-with or
without added liquid Swiss steak
is a good example of meat that is
praised to make it tender enough
to cut with a fork, although the
steak comes from the chuck or rump
of beef. Braising is also used for
vegetables such as celery and car
rots.
"Scalloping" is word that is
sometimes confusing because 1t is
used for a variety of different dishes.
Originally it meant to cook in a
scallop shell or in dish shaped
like a shell. But today scalloped
foods come to the table in any
shaped dish. The Scalloped dish
may be most any vegetable or sea
food or a combination such as sweet
potatoes and pineapple, cabbage
with spaghetti and cheese or egg
plant and tomatoes. Usually the
food is combined with a sauce
tomato, cheese or plain white
sauce-and baked in the oven until
it is golden brown on top.
"Au gratin" and scalloped dishes
are closely related because au gratin
means a dish with Drowned cover
ing Of crumbs. However. the word
'au gratin" is often mistaken to
mean with cheese" because cheese
is so often added to bland au gratin
vegetables.
"Batters" and "doughs" are alike
in that they are both mixtures of
flour and liquid, with other ingredi-
ents added for leavening and for
favor. But batters are thinner than
coughs. In fact, batters are thin
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able to follow out her original color
scheme. But this does not mean
that you must 90 to the shops
to buy this years color scheme in
tact. 1t means that a wide variety
of carefully blended colors are
available which you may incorporate
into your own scheme, and that
these colors are so carefully and
subtly blended that there is small
danger that they will not go well
with what you already have in use.
Plan your large surfaces, walls,
floor, and large pieces of furniture
to carry the weight of your color
scheme. Balance this with another
color or design which emphasizes
the effect you are trying to create.
Accent it all with brilliant touches
or scintillating material in gold,
silver, crystal black or white in
such sharp contrast as to set the
whole thing off, even as you accent
your costume with brilliant lapel
ornament or a bright feather in
your hat.
Last. but not least, don't forget
the flowers! Real flowers, arranged
in their natural way of growing, or
styled into conventional pattern,
are the nerve center of every room.
They need not be orchids or roses,
but in color and texture they should
be the last final flip to the whole
effect Leaves that are shiny or
foliage that has interesting texture
are useful. too, but take much more
experienced arrangement to get the
same effect. A plaster urn before
a Regency mirror takes a type of
flower and arrangement just as dis
tinctly personal as the copper jug
on the drop leaf pine table. See
your plan through clearly when
you decorate your house this fall
and keep in mind that each small
detail given a little thought will
emphatically influence the whole
effect.
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those who have little sewing ex-
perience. You'll want several YER
sions of it, in wool crepe, fiat crepe,
spun rayon or velvet.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1257-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 10,
20 and 40. Corresponding bust
measurements, 80, 80, "a. SO, SO and
40. Size IA (32) requires, with long
sleeves, 534 yards OF 39-inch ma
terial without nap; short sleeves, 51z
yards.
Just out! Be among the first to
enjoy it! Barbara Bells new FASH
ion Book, with more than 100 new
designs. Send Is cents for it now!
Plan your whole wardrobe this easy,
budget-saving way and revel in
having individual versions of new
styles that you won't see elsewhere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
By BARBARA BELL.

This new draWstring fashion is
one that expectant mothers are sure
to welcome with enthusiasm. It's
so thoroughly comfortable and con-
cealing and so trinity smart, too
Design No. 1257-B is made with a
drawstring in the front-most easily
adjustable device imaginable, OF
course. The back has elastic at the
waistline, which assures flexibility
and neatness both. The bodice Is
made with smart yoke detailing.
Since this dress is mainly just
plain up-and-down with very simple
detailing, it's easy to make, even fol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Replying
Post
Cards
Acknowledgement
Of Them Depends
Upon Individual
BY EMILY POST.

There are greeting cards, the CARDS
sent on birthdays and wedding an
niversaries and other special per-
sonal days. Then there are Christ
mas, Easter and Valentine cards,
and cards for special days in the
year, and there are also the picture
post cards that one sends to friends
at home when one is travelling. Cues
lions asking which of these should
be acknowledged, and which re-
quires no reply, are troubling many
who want to know if letter Is ex-
pected in return for each card re-
ceived
Payment for postcards" would
certainly be too high, if there is any
such idea as that a letter must be
sent in reply. The answer is this:
When you get a card from some one
whom you have not seen for a
long time, your natural impulse may
be to write to that person, or at least
to send a card in return. Christmas
cards, birthday cards and Easter
cards are rarely acknowledged, ex-
cept by return card on a future
occasion. When some one writes
message almost as long as a letter
on a card. you are likely to answer it
much as you would if it were short
letter. In other words. acknowledg-
ment of cards depends upon whom
they are from, and how personal the
message may be. Cards from those
who are travelling are usually an
swered verbally when they return.
DEAR MRS. POST: Do you think,
if business letter is marked at the
top for the attention Of some one
person in the company, that it is in
bad taste to use the red ribbon on
the typewriter for this line?
Answer-In any case 1t Is quite all
right. In an Office that receives a
great deal of mail. its use would be
explained by its being more easily
seen. and therefore quickly delivered.
But in a very small office, and where
the mail is not likely to be heavy,
the matching ink is more conserva-
tive.
DEAR MRS. POST: Is the rule of
wearing head covering IN church
abided by if the evening dress has
an attached hood which can be worn
during the wedding service? I am
a guest going to church where I am
not familiar with the customs, but
in our church women are supposed
to wear some sort Of head covering
in church always.
Answer-The hood of the evening
dress is ample head covering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Don't Wait Until New Year
To Make Those Helpful
Fashion Resolutions
Suggestions to Be Adopted
Right Now Are Offered,
So Heed Them Well
By HELEN VOGT.

Of
Deciding a winter wardrobe? Pick
it,
unusually well numbers Of
Going earrings? With hair swept from they really
finish ensemble
a word in chic.
bag hat
a a g-brimmed style faced with fur?
dinner
"covered-up" look?
Putting great chunky initials handbags?
Wearing rolled around the waist with evening ks
advertisements trends
will
Choosing broadcloth o bags?
Vowing cleaning clothes will
look better and last longer?
idea last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Small Touches Emphasize
The Basic Color Scheme
OF Smart Living Room
Carefully Blended Materials
And Accessories Lessen Risk
When Furnishing Own Home
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Blue every shade OF it, universally liked 1t is soothing and
resfu without being dab dull and gives and
of
emphatic
lilac blue robins
blue and with the pa pnkis gold tones and bit Of
black crystal In this parlence will call
Brighton blue against cool Trafalgar turquoise.
walls
bue early floor covering is
of the rich eeenish blue with sofa
chair upholstered match the lilac blue
pale pksgod sheer curtains The high enough might
border OF wallpaper the ceiling line the
color scheme and the ceiling be tinted the pe shade of the
The only border and
which bright
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slightly different from what you've
been wearing.
Putting away your summer
clothes? Fashion pays no heed to
the weatherman and looks askance
when you appear at cocktails in
summer dress, even though the Their
mometer is still doing nip-ups.
Buying yourself a foundation gar
ment that will do things for you?
Recently we poured out a few hum
dred words on this subject and were
rewarded by a bit of verse that is too
amusing to keep to ourselves. We
won't tell you who wrote it, but If
the boss is listening, well, thanks,
pal 49,.
20, sing a song of girth control,
OF girdle and foundation,
OF armor to suppress the roll
That's our abomination!
Sing praises to the two-way stretch,
To power net, and lastex,
All pictured in the artists sketch
To give us streamlined aspects.
Encased within these jackets strait
We hope to capture beauty.
But all their hold, however great,
Cannot do double duty.
Outside control will not suffice
To f1atten out tummy,
And though it won't be very nice,
Stop eating food that's 'yummy' "
We say it's darned amusing verse
and with a moral, too. Our favorite
stooge says that anybody who can
find a word to rhyme with "lastex"
will eventually find word to rhyme
with orange!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Adults Need Pillows

Very small children can sleep
without pillows because their heads
are nearly as wide as their shoulders.
Because an adults shoulders are
much wider than his head, grown
person who sleeps on his side needs
the support of a pillow to avoid
straining his neck and shoulder
muscles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
Child Often
Initiates
Parent
Set Good Example
And Follow It
Through
By ANGELO PATRI.

II would like you to examine my
daughter to see if there is anything
wrong with her mind"
What makes you think there is?'
"She slapped her mother.
reached home tonight to find the
place in an uproar. She and her
mother in Mysteries and she had
slapped her own mother, I hope
you can do something for US
When Matilda reached the Office
she was still twitching and sob
would rise every now and then. BY
and by the story was clear.
Mother was getting supper
ready and she told me to set the
table. I was reading a story.
borrowed my friends book and 1t
was birthday present to her and
mother had no business to destroy
it as she did"
What happened after you were
told to set the table? Did you
set it?"
Not yet. knew there was
plenty of time so I was finishing
the chapter. All of sudden
mother grabbed the book and threw
it into the incinerator and began
screaming at me"
Then what?"
II suppose I screamed back. Then
she shook me and slapped me and I
slapped her back I shouldn't have
done it, but I did"
mo, you shouldn't have done that.
Nobody slaps his mother
WAS it right of her to destroy a
book? Especially borrowed book?
How do I feel? What'll my friend
think when I tell her?"
"You won't tell her. You don't
tell tales out of school. You'll get
a copy of the book and return that
and, if necessary, you say the first
one met with an accident"
Huh. You think my mother was
right? And I was all wrong?"
mo. You were wrong when you
did not do what your mother asked
you to do promptly. Or explain.
She was wrong when she destroyed
the book and slapped you. You were
worse when you slapped her. Two
wrongs on your score. A double.
You're the youngest, and more in
the wrong so you just forget your
anger and tell your mother you were
to blame. Leave the rest to her.
She's very good to you. Nobody
else would ever do for you what
she does, you know
Nobody else would destroy"
you forget that. Your mother
is young, too. You'll both grow
older and wiser and you'd better
begin today. Got any money with
you?"
Yes. A quarter"
We'll, you 60 and buy a flower
with it and take it to your mother
and see what she says to you. And
don't worry about the book. She'll
take care of it,"
Children are just as human as
their elders and they follow pat
tern. Watch the pattern and there
will be less need for the psychia-
trist.
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Accented Other Shades Used Cevery Home Decoration
How'sYourC ulinary1.Q.?
Definitions of Cooking Terms
Important to Understand

Department OF
cookbook the homemakers best friend when comes TO
directions take her on an
ncharted course through mmering sauteg and
growing so It's
what
Of
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For School Lunch

Apricot sandwich filling will
brighten up the school lunch box
and the youngsters, too. Mix cooked
apricot pulp with cream cheese and
spread between buttered slices OF
white bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

For helpful advice in teaching
your small son or daughter to get
along with other children, send
for Angelo Patri's booklet, "Your
Child and Other People" inclos-
ing 10 cents in coin. Address An
gelO Patri, care this newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
By BARONESS PIANTONI.

table dishes will be constant
Why designed
apple pineapple?
quickly white cooed cotons Why not plan to
friends Christmas gifts? We
they would be appreciated
pattern comprises full information and instructions
Address orders The Needle
Editor Of Evening otAS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

Rumford Baking Powder. For with
Rumford you don't have to puzzle over
varying amounts specified for special
types of baking powder. The amount
the directions call for - in any good
recipe is the amount to use of Rum.
ford. for perfect results every time.
Rumford contains no alum never
leaves a bitter taste. Send for FREE
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cl.o..vsma~h,a'qiiNs4t,
MawMeip~aiS~o4%"l

You can use any new recipe
that takes your fancy-from
magazines. cookbooks. or
Evening star., 1940-12-18
CHAPTER XIV.
And Now for the Third Giant,

Eric and Santa rode happily back
to town after imprisoning the giant
who wished to build wall as high
as the sky. They were followed by
hundreds of dancing people who
had been under the spell of the
giant. Now they returned to their
homes.
Erics winged horse dropped
them back down on the lawn be-
side the castle Of the good, gray
Queen. Santa sat down to work
on some more dolls houses. Eric
chuckled and handed him the magic
knife which the locket had given
him.
This should fly faster for you
than your own knife" said Eric.
Santa was so pleased his cheeks
turned pink. He took the knife
and then said aloud, Now 1 want
to carve doll house that will
have windows that open and shut,
kitchen faucets that run real water
and a music box on the mante:
that will play a tune
Goodness" laughed Eric. That
must be for a special little girl"
"It is. said Santa. She has
written me for such a house three
years now. And she should have
it. She takes care of her baby
brother while her mother works"
Eric Was Worried.
But Eric was worried. He was
thinking of the third giant He
decided to use the last wish the
locket could grant him. He snapped
open the locket and said. Help me
for the third and last time, little
friend"
Immediately he saw in the locket
three little crows no bigger than pin
heads. The voice of the locket said
Take these. They will become big
as real crows. Take them to the
giant with no heart and tell him
the birds need singing lessons"
Eric said good-by to Santa, who
looked up seriously and said, This
Is the cruelest of the giants. Be
careful. And come back soon as you
can. You must be back at least by
Christmas Eve If you are to be made
king Of your homeland"
Eric promised. He bowed to
Santa and then he bowed to the
good, gray Queen in her tower. He
Evening star., 1940-12-18

mounted his horse and flew straight
to the giant with no heart.
Eric rode boldly up to the giant S
left ear and shouted, "Sire, 1 come
from east of the sun where the
fame of your fine voice has spread.
Here are the three birds which are
my Kingdoms best singers. But we
hear you are better So my queen
has asked me to bring the birds
to you for singing lessons"
That pleased the giant. He took
a deep breath and sang very loudly.
1t was a dreadful noise, but Eric
smiled and said, That is a sWeeter
sound than anything in our kind
dom. Now, sire, will you give this
first bird a lesson"
Let me hear him." said the giant
Importantly. Il must know what
mistakes he makes before I can
teach him.
Eric held out the first bird. It
preened its wings and this is what
it sang:
Tell us, good sir, where you keep
your heart.
There is one comes near it will
rend it apart"
What" shouted the giant. That's
impossible 1t is safely hidden in
castle back of the East Wind"
Eric needed no more. He whis-
pered to his winged horse. Take
me to the castle back of the East
Wind"
Tomorrow: The magic sea shell.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Turkey Shoots Drop
To 'Softie' Range
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, XIV. Kentucky's
pink tea" turkey shoots Of today
are far and feeble cry from the
lusty "shootin's" of pioneer marks
men.
Back in the 17OOs it was bad
day for the gobblers when noun
tain men, fortified by few long
swigs of whisky, got together in a
clearing for neighborly target prac-
tice. The gobbler was tied on a
log about 200 yards away, reports
Col. R. r. Allen of Fort Knox. The
turkey went to the eagle-eye who
"pinked" him.
At Fort Knox, where some 25 900
persons saw modern version of
the old-time contest, the shooting
distances were so feet for rifles and
Is yards for pistols. In place of the
old muzzle-loaders, modern .22-cal-
iber precision rifles and pistols were
used. Targets were drawn on paper.
And refreshments were hot dogs and
soda pop.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
'LFT NE HEAR HIM. SAD The GIANT IMPORTANTLY,
By SiORiD ARNE =

The story so far: Eric, q fisher
mans son, has set out to inrprison
three giants 1Cho hare belUitched
tphole Kingdom. He has defeat
ed tWo. NoU he must take the
third and most terrible giant.
All Rights ReSerued
A. P. Feature SerUice.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
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