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a music that is far more full of
Christmas than sleighbells ever
were. 1t is the ghost of sound that
must haunt many an old dirt road
the thud of hoofbeats on a wooden
bridge. By them when I was young,
we could tell on the darkest nights
that we were nearing home"
Home to Woollcott was a large
ramshackle building covered with
myriads of vines which tactfully
concealed that it had not been
painted since before the Civil War.
But here, a far-fung family all re-
turned at Christmastime. Often,
Woollcott recalls, the railroad fare
was hard to come by, but somehow it
was always managed.
When at last his journey was COM
pleted, after dark on Christmas eve,
the familiar hack, wreehng of moth
balls and manure, was lying in wait
to speed him home. Breathlessly he
counted the bridges, told by the
hoofbeats of the horses. till through
the leafess trees he saw the welcome
lights of his home in the distance.
"Small wonder" Mr.. Woollcott
comments in closing, "that l like to
be busy at Christmas. Small wonder
] feel a twist at my heart whenever
at any time anywhere in the world
/ hear the sound of hoofbeat on
wooden bridge"
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1t is hearty and satisfying with
hard-cooked eggs and salmon as
its mainstay and condensed clam
chowder soup for deeply fiavorful
sauce. And it boasts superb cheese
pastry crust. When that crust is
broken into and the helpings lifted
smoking hot and savory, onto
warmed plates ali, my dears,
here is food to be relished.
You can save last minute prepa-
ration time by hard-cooking the
eggs at breakfast time and also by
working the pastry and putting it
to chill in the refrigerator before
you go out.
Egg and Salmon Pie with Cheese
Crust
! can condensed clam chowder
II cup milk
l can q pound) salmon
3 hard cooked eggs
Stir the milk into the clam chow
der. Slice the eggs and arrange the
slices in the bottom of buttered
casserole. Pour one-half of the clam
chowder (which has been mixed
with the milk over the sliced eggs.
Then arrange the layer of faxed
salmon (from which the bones and
dark skin have been removed) In
the casserole. Pour the remaining
clam chowder over the salmon.
Cover with the cheese crust.
Cheese Crust -
IL cups sifted flour "a
u teaspoon salt .SI& /
" cup shortening kSs /
ga tablespoons cold water
v cup grated cheese
Sift -four. measure. add salt and
sift again. Cut in the shortening.
Add water gradually and mix with
a fork. adding only enough water
to hold the mixture together. Chill
thoroughly In the refrigerator. Roll
out on slightly Toured board, then
sprinkle with the Y cup grated
cheese. Fold over times and roll
out again. Put cheese crust on Egg
and Salmon Pie and bake In . hot
oven (450'l for 1855 minutes. J
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our feelings. Our digestive juices
have stopped and, even if we force
ourselves to eat, we can no longer
digest food with our usual effic-
iency. In the same way we can
not expect a scolded child to have
much of an appetite for food.
Children love to help themselves
at meals. Food for children should
be planned SO that they can handle
it with as little outside assistance
as possible. A child will often
have a second glass of milk if he
can pour it for himself from his
own small pitcher. Fingers can
handle raw vegetables such as car
rot strips, turnip strips or a piece
of celery. A mixed salad can be
made easy for small hands to man
age. Many grownups hesitate to
cut lettuce with a fork and SC
leave it on their plate. Children
usually do the same unless the let
tuce is cut in small pieces which
easily slip into place on a spoon or
fork.
Authorities on child feeding be-
lieve that a child will eat best if
there is little fuss about his food.
If a child refuses to eat well
balanced breakfast it will not hurt
him to go until his next regular
feeding time when he will be hung
rier Fussing to get him to eat
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by Dorothy Greig

kettle, bring to boil and simmer,
covered, for hours. Strain. Makes
11a quarts stock.
III quarts turkey stock
tablespoons rice, uncooked
cans condensed cream Of mush-
room soup
Cook the rice In the turkey stock
until soft when pressed between
the fingers. Empty the cream OF
mushroom soup into saucepan,
stir well and add the turkey stock
with cooked rice.
For garnish-add 4 tablespoons
of chopped tomato firm part) and
/ teaspoon chopped parsley. Makes
PA quarts.
Note:
No salt and pepper were used in
this recipe because the seasoning
in the cream Of mushroom soup
seemed adequate. However, you
may prefer to add about Y tea.
spoon of salt and pinch Of pepper.
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RIGHT FOOD FOR
GOOD HEALTH
Your Health and Vitality De-
ponds on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

Many mothers would rejoice il
holiday appetites would last the
year around. Children who usually
toy with their food can really &C
to town with holiday dinner.
Children look forward to a holi-
day dinner. They know that al
this one meal they are sure of good
food and a happy family.
There is much which parents can
do to help children to enjoy every
meal.
Mealtime should always be a
happy occasion. Scolding and pun
ishment have no place at the din
ing table. ALI of us have expert
enced a sudden loss of appetite
when we have just received bad
news, or when someone has hurt
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suggested by Dorothy Greig

bread. Makes s sandwiches.
Place one of these on plate, add
sliced tomatoes and lettuce on the
side =. good-and filling. For a
quick supper on Sunday evening.
! recommend it.
My next suggestion for pork and
beans is hot casserole. | like this
particularly well on a day that's
sharp.
Tomato and Bean Casserole
! can pork and beans (16 oz)
I tomato
8 slices bacon
Salt and pepper
Put the pork and beans in two
individual casseroles. Make a nest
in the top of casserole of pork and
beans and place one-half tomato in
each. Sprinkle tomatoes with salt
and pepper. Cut the slices Of bacon
in half and place three pieces over
beans and tomatoes. Bake in a
moderate (S50o) oven for 20-25
minutes.
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1T may be heresy even to hint at
i such a thing y. but there are
some irrepressible souls who think
the best part of the holiday turkey
is it's final wind-up as turkey soup.
Such honest turkey flavor, they
claim, almost more than the tur-
key meat itself had, as though the
very essence of flavor had been
saved for this, its glorious finish.
And l agree, for my own turkey
soup is something of which I'm
really proud. You see, / add con-
densed cream Of mushroom soup
which gives it an extra flllup Of
delicate flavor, and a smoothness
of texture that is a delight to the
palate. Here's how it goes:
BonesSof one roast turkey
quarts cold water
/ carrot, sliced
i stalk celery
slices onion, medium size
Put all ingredients into a stewing
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Well. pork and beans do seem to
satisfy hunger completely That's
one reason they send young and
grown-ups alike on their way con-
tentedly Another reason is their
tender nut-like flavor E. the result
of lean bacon pork and zesty tomato
sauce slow-cooked together until
these mingled flavors get right
down inside the beans.
OF course, pork and beans are a
fine dish. heated just as they come
from the can. That's just one way
of serving them, however There
are others. For instance, how about
this sandwich?
Tasty Bean Sandwich
! can (16 oz.) pork and beans
tablespoons sweet relish india
relish, sweet pickle relish)
tablespoons salad dressing or
mayonnaise
Mash the beans and add relish
and salad dressing. mix thoroughly.
Spread between slices Of toast or
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saucers" in which
they come from
the green house as
they are porous
nd allow tn e
plant to breathe.
Furthermore, the
terra Gotta color is
an attractive one
and BILE n S wit h
most decorative
schemes. To pro-
tect table top, they
may be placed on
the heavy glass
PLAQUES which
come today.
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more or feeding him an hour or so
later both seem to teach him not
to eat at his scheduled time.
Too much candy will destroy a
good appetite for other less excit-
ing food. A child who has poor
appetite should not be allowed
candy and desserts until he learns
to enjoy the other more necessary
foods.
Allow your child to participate
as much as possible in the planning
and preparation of food and he will
probably enjoy the food better.
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AHOT MAIN
DISH PIE
for a Godobout Day
by Dorothy Greig

WHEN mother would remark
w That's dish to save for one
of my gadabout days." we knew the
dish in question was a simple one
to prepare. On shopping days, club
days. church meeting days. one Of
her "gadabout" dishes was certain
to turn up for the evening meal.
And it's a good idea to keep in
mind few extra easy dishes for
just such busy outside days. The
hot pie am going to tell you about
Is of that sort.
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MOSQUITO Salad Please

Flies and mosquitoes in the form
of paste are delicacy among Afri-
can natives. Their chewing gum is
termite mounds which they enjoy
nearly as much as the fly and mos
quito paste.
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They do take little care, but it is so little, and
today with the vtamins the market to feed plants
they thrive never before-with even half chance.
Four geraniums at perhaps ten cents piece q
sunny window sill will give life to a room If you have
no sum- then four pots of ivy, in north window will
DO the fern or green plant in one of the new
hover tables which has a metal contaner sunk below
put Such table by window with an easy chair
cnarm But you don't have to have special table nice
and terms do best in the terra Gotta ower pots and
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1940-12-26
Choose Jars
to Suit
Your Rooms

A t tr a C t / v e
jars may be used
of course, sprovid-
ed they are large
enough to give air
space around the
pot and in a room
with 18th Century
mahogany. some
of the little decor
ated china jars to
hold a small ivy
plant, or a pair OF
ivy plants on a
.-%zl a~a xrarxr
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p a S t. !" T h u s
me ekly writes
the celebra ted
T a C o n t e u r i,
A | e x a n d e r
Woollcott.
A n d in t b e
S anne vein, he
continues, "Then
sharp but unmis-
taxable and in
expressibly dear
to m e tn e r e
would be borne
across the wears
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1940-12-26
WooIIcoff Recalls
Youthful Christmas
In Old Homestead

at F nowadays l try to fill each
Christmas Eve with the hub
bub of many manufactured preoc-
equations, it is probably in the
dread of being trapped alone in the
twilight by the ghost of Christmas
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gUST three times as good are
j these undergraduates coffee
strips with coffee in the batter. cof-
fee frosting on top and fragrant hot
coffee to drink with them You can
have your own snack bar for after
noon coffee with this simple basic
recipe. just varying the topping to
suit YOURSELF Coffee is one flavor
which bears repeating, as this
recipe for these easy-to-do's will
prove to you.
Coffee Strips
"a cun shortening " teaspoon soda
cun sugar u teaspoon salt
} eggs. well beaten u cup cocoa
~ Guns sifted q cup double
cake -four strength.
/, Teaspoons baking freshly made
powder coHee
teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening thoroughly, add
sugar gradually and cream until
light and fluffy. Add well beaten
eggs. Sift together dry ingredients
and add alternately with coffee to
creamed mixture mixing well after
each addition. Add vanilla. Turn
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w the S, be to light and the better, and of
use what have, from window sill to
from yo un as illustrated Perhaps have plants
plant yard or garden which you may have scattered
ent ana Why not assemble them into decorative
M for vo axe feature of them II you love flowers at all
kssaaN you h. svys oo and ask so little in return.
~ The mats are handy man" and build this window
% ors consult your local carpentert might cost
saeksa oneSes may be used, metal glass supported
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CELEBRATING the of their fifth the air with Phil
Spitanys the Three Little WodsFrance
Connie and Fhe show by their smiles the way they feel about the
these three ladies be
heard Sunday night Hour CHARM the red
work of NBC
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n
a sut 40 the wise, choose pots Gust would
ye me room Decorative china is suitable for formal
and w. green or what have you in early American rooms
the sonh lhe other less formal in enchanting
rooms ana along the Pacific Coast; straight line modern
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the life living plant gives to the room. No room
plants and healthy greens in it. They like the cal
or dog curled up the hearth rug eagerly waggne
tail at entrance, in the of pleasant living
which they give.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1940-12-26
HOW TO BE YOUR
OWN DECORATOR

By
AeL..- HAsesa
Director, Good HoaJekeeping Studio

you ever thought Of the part that towering plants and
n decoration Of roomsand what slight cost? They
ne accent color need pink of begonias white
or the varying shades of from the yellow green
|1iisns to the deep green of ivy.
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4! rours
sr-.oi Of
f:Dx !,
lido
to
Of
Plant
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
AMERICANA: POKER NIGHT
BY RAY PEACOCK. AP Feature Service Writer

getic mumblings aimed IN the
general direction of the kitchen
Should the Old Man lose, he IS
quite cheerful He. expected to
cOntribute@yea, even pay bak-
sheesh-for the joy of several
uninterrupted hours with kindred
spirits Should he win, you
wouldn't want to know a more
jolly, generous fellow.
OF course, the Old Man vague
ly resents the necessity Of being
secretive about his poker games.
He doesn't think II is fair for the
neighbors TO give him that do
you-still- l-beat-your-wife look. =
II also bothers the Old Man
because some folks think il Is a
crime to bluff In poker but con-
slider it one of the fine arts 10
finesse in bridge. For the Old
Man played bridge in % and 30,
when he didn't have any money
70 play poker with, and to him
they add UP TO the same thing.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
FML LOOKS FOR BIG
SEASONAL TRAFFIC

Continued from Page One)
permitting passengers to see over
other vehicles and affording lug
gage space beneath new-type re-
clining chairs.
Motor and outside noises are
eliminated by special insulation.
Special reading lights are so ar
ranged that one person can sleep
with no light to bother him while
his seat companion may haze
plenty Of light for reading.
Representing the latest ad-
vanceS in motor transportation,
this new addition to the Florida
Motor Lines equipment gives
Florida as well appointed bus
system as can be found in any
other part of the nation
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
BIRTH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hussells Have Girl

Mr.. and Mrs. Bennie Russell
announce the arrival Of a baby
at their home, zoos Eaton street.
last Saturday. The newcomer Is
a girl and weighed eight ponds
at birth. She has been given the
name of Margaret Elizaheth.
Before marriage Mrs. Rlssell
was Miss Margaret Kemp. she
and her daughter are reported as
doing nicely.
Barrosos Announce Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector BArrosO
announce the birth of . daughter.
arriving early this morning II =
local hospital
The new arrival weighed seven
pounds at birth and has been
named Barbara Dorothy. Both
she and her mother are dong
nicely. Before marriage Mrs.
Barroso was Miss Rosario Car
rera.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Advertisers znculd give their
street address as well as their
telephone number II they desire
results.
Payment for classified adver-
tisements Is Invariably in ad-
vance. but regular advertisers
with ledger accounts may have
their advertisements charged.
Advertisements under this head
viii be inserted IN The Citizen st
the rate of cne-cent Ilcl q word
for each insertion. nut the mini
mum for the first insertion in
every instance Is twenty five
cents (2sc1.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20

Americans are pig-headed In
some ways. Tell them they can't
have thing, and they practically
make a career out Of having it.
So it is with the ancient and
slightly dishonorables native pas
time Of poker. The game has
been reviled, scerned- and legis-
lated against, and II thrives. A
general air of furtiveness IS as
much a part of poker as cards,
chips, overflowing ash trays and
the spilled glass.
The game can be played with
chips or matches alone. But In
order to pursue his hobby of
peeking at hole cards, the Old
Man saves nickles and dimes out
of his lunch allowance. He is
vague and evaSive about the ex-
act aims and purposes of the Fri
day Evening Discussion and
Marching Club, and departs for
its weekly sessions with apollo
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
JAPANESE ALLOWED
ONE TOWEL A YEAR

Continued from Page One)
another 100000 from China and
Switzerland.
The accordion and concertina
business wasn't so bad for a
while, but it's getting rapidly
worse. Imports of piano accord
ions with less than 40 bass keys
dropped 65 percent in the period
reviewed to 8,306-but Italy sup
piled more than 1000 of these.
Italy also supplied more than
1000 of the 10000 accordions
with more than 120 bass keys
which were imported in the
eight-mOnth period That was be-
fore Italy was in the war.
1t begins to look as if there is
a good opening in the harmonica
and accordion business over here.
Observation-Disclosures Note:
The statute books of the Unit
ed States carry laws forbidding
either the Photographic reproduc-
ton of coins or stamps, except in
the case, respectively, OF numis-
matte (cOin) and philatelic
(stampl journals In order to pub
licize their wares properly, the
Treasury Department. on the one
hand. and the Postoffice Depart
ment on the other ruled that all
newspapers are numismatic and
philatelic journals
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20

s. S. CUBA

Steamship Cuba Of the ?. g.
o. S S. Company arrived from
Tampa Monday morning al els
o'clock with no passengers for
this port. Unloading. As tors Of
freight here, the vessel en-
barked 20 first-class passer gers
for Havana and took three autos
on board for that trip. Through
traffic, Tampa TO Havana, tOtaIled
IL first-class passengers. The
ship sailed at 1890 O'Clock
Returning yesterday al 3-57 p
m, the Cuba brought IS first
class and one second-class pas
sengers for this port, three autos
and five tons of freight. Eleven
firSt-class passengers were on
board from Havana to Tampa,
and 80 tons of freight. The ship
sailed at ass o'clock
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
LOSES BEANS

CALHAN, col.-When Charles
Berry arrived at the market with
his six-ton load of beans, he
found that an end gate. on his
truck had loosened and that he
had been scattering beans along
the highway for fifteen and a
half miles He lost two tons of
beans.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
Fiesta Starts
AT Cave Inn

Announcement is made on page
one today of Fiesta program of
entertainment and frolic starting
tonight at the Cave Inn Bar on
Duyal street.
Featured on the program each
night will be Gene Wilson and
his Rhythm Boys.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
:: SOCIETY ::
Pinder-Todd
Nuptals Friday

Miss Erna Ruth Pinder, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
Pinder, 1902 Newton street, will
become the bride of Edderd Todd,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Todd, of
Orlando, Fla, Friday night.
Friends and relatives have
been invited to attend the cere-
mony, which will be performed
in the Fleming Street Methodist
Church, 7:30 o'clock. Rev. W. r.
Howell, pastor, viii officiate.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
FORECAST

(Till 7:30 p. m, Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with scattered showers to-
night and Thursday; mild tenn
pera ture; moderate easterly
winds, fresh at times.
Florida: Partly cloudy, scat
tered showers on east-central
and extreme south coast tonight
and Thursday: warmer in north
and weSt-central portions to-
night.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20

newSboy. revealed papers which
led to the discovery of a 5000
bank account. Police have been
unable to find relatives of Parker,
who was believed to have been
q retired railroad man.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
ROOSEVELT NOT
REELECTED YET

Continued from Page Onel
in the history books by voting
other than as directed
In 1896, Samuel Miles, named
as an Adams elector in Pennsyl-
vania, cast his ballot for Thomas
Jefferson, drawing this comment
from an irate Federalist: What?
Do I chuse Samuel Miles to de-
termine for me whether John
Adams or Thomas Jefferson shall
be President? No. I chuse him to
act, not to think.
The other electoral collegian
who went astray was William
Plumer Of New Hampshire, who.
in 1870, cast the only electoral
vote against James Monroe The
story is that he, did this to pre-
serve for, Washington the honor
of being The only President elect
ed unanimously. Some historians
call this story just another bit of
school history-book bunk and in
sist that Mr.. Plumer had a sin
cere and violent dislike for the
gentleman from Virginia.
Three times, however, has the
electoral college failed to elect a
President. Once it failed to name
a vice-president John Q. Adams
and Thomas Jefferson both failed
to get electoral majorities and
were elected to the Presidency by
the House of Representatives.
Martin Van Buren's vice-preSi-
dent. Richard NJ. johnson, failed
TO get a majority and was elected
by the Senate. Both methods are
provided in the Constitution in
case the electoral college doesn't
offer a majority vote Rutherford
B. HAYES also failed to get a ma
iority but was elected by an cleo
toral commission, made up of
representatives, senators and Su-
preme Court justices.
Have Been Feted
Most politicians agree with the
'-irate Federalist" that electors
are named to act, not think. and
for the most part, being named
an elector is about as empty and
anonymous a national honor as
could be imagined.
In 1892 and 1886, the grateful
Democratic committee brought
the electoral college to Washing
ton for a sort of graduation fiesta
The college graduates" were
wined, dined, back-Slapped and
given the keys to the capital
This year, the committee is no
less grateful but it hasn't decided
vet whether it will bring the
college in for a third-term blow
out.
I gathered it depends more on
the state of the national commit
tees treasury than on the degree
of gratitude for those 449 votes
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20

JAMES THURBER: what
makes people laugh has occupied
the intellect of our greatest
thinkers from Socrates to Max
Eastman l suppose if there is
any basic plan to the so-called
humorous things I write or draw
it has to do with the fact that 90
percent of the things that Ameri-
can husbands and wives do In
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
STOLEN

STOLEN LAST NIGHT on
SOuthard Street, near Duval,
RollfaSt Bicycle. blue and white
with chromium plated fend-
erS. Balloon tires. Finder
please return to 800 Southard
street and receive reward.
noV20-1t
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
FARMERS LOOK FOR
LITTLE OLD LADY

PLANT CITY. Nov. TO-
(FNSl Farmers. fruit growers
and business men. hit hard
by the long drought. are be-
ginning to think seriously Of
arranging q return engage
ment for the Little Old
Lady" who came here two
years ago and made II rain"
While many scoff and
weather-men smile and con-
tinue 10 consult their charts.
a surprising number have ex-
pressed their faith In the
ability OF the "rainmaker"
and one Hillsborough County
merchant offered TO start fhe
bali rolling with a substantial
contribution toward a fund
10 pay the expense Of bring
ing the aged Mississippian
and her famed umbrella 70
the parched area
A
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-20
PICTURE FRAMING

PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas;
antique frames refiniShed. Sign
painting. Paul DiNegro, GA
Francis street. nov18-tf