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sister. It seemed as if Ann were looking at her with wistful re-
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sister. It seemed as if Ann were looking at her with a wistful re- proach.
 Octavia brought orange juice, coffee and toast, quite a conces- sion on her part but which she explained by saying she'd had to postpone the family wash on &C., count of the storm.
 What sort of plans you got for the day, Miss April?"
 "This is my day to sit by the fire and knit"
 "You sure talking strange talk, Miss April"
 "It's the weather, it's got me down. By the way, any cables, radiograms, telegrams, money or ders or telephone calls for me?"
 She held her breath as Octavia answered. "No, mann, seems like we're kinda showed in under"
 Kent would be leaving on the o'clock evening train. Well, let .him leave. The young conscript would see that he got on the train and be his eyes for him on the trip back to the base hospital. Nothing she could do at this eleventh hour would help.
 It was near the dinner hour when a postman brought an air. mail, special delivery letter. April fastened her wavering eyes on 1t Saw that it was from her sister, Ann, in New York.
 Gro Be COntinUed)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

YESTERDAY Luckily, Rents amt and Ann have never met, so ApriI's worries were grOundless. But the old lady hardly believes April the type of outdoor amuse- ments. Finally, she asks April to sing. April rushes away saying: 'T hate singing"
 
 FIND THE SOLUTION
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day"
 Hal Parks?" For a minute, Aprils eyes, horizon blue now like the hills she and Kent had seen today, f1ickered with interest. Then the flicker faded. If he calls again." she said, "ask him if he will please excuse me tonight"
 Any other time, she would have welcomed seeing Hal Tonight, the memory of Kent, their day, the fatal anti-climax, was too fresh in her mind.
 He's a handsom' gentleman" Octavia was sayin. Seems like An finds him most in my favor of the gentlemen courtin' you, Miss April"
 "Yes," said April, "wes, indeed" Then she spun around. Ever hear of Glitterbug, Octavia?"
 Octavia shook her head. Cant say that I did, Miss April"
 Well, you will" April pre- dicted, land plenty"
 When Octavia had gone, April still sat at the looking glass, where words like demons began to prance in front of her. "The trouble with April is that she never looks beyond her mirror" Everyone raves at how beautiful she is. Per- sonally, I could never see it."
 More words. "The Glitterbug figures she's the belle of the town and everyone owes her homage"
 The powder puff which April held automa tically n her hand as she leaned forward to dust her small, pert and perfect, nose, went flying. She tore of the white robe and snapped out the light. Then with her face buried deep in the pillows, she began to cry, softly at first and then with So5S that shook the bed.
 It was almost noon when she awoke. Outside the storm which had started of with a spitf1re of hail. stones yesterday, had calmed to 8 steady snow. Trees were white; house tops coated in the same fine powdered silver. @4- ' April stared and then away. Perhaps Kent had called while she was asleep. Maybe Octavia had answered the telephone and blum dered out the whole secret. Kent! The picture of him in his dark glasses, the way he smiled, came before her. He'd had a three-day leave against the darkness. Sud- denly. she wantet: to hold him in her arms, comfort him, laugh away the stinging, urkind tirade he had launched against her. There was that picture, and then, on the bu- reau as the picture of Ann, her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Chapter XI

All the way down the hill to Elm street, April remembered the last sight of Rents face.
 He had gone white and following her to the gate had reached out an imploring hand. "Then I'm to blame if you never sing again. l thought you understood loved your voice, Ann, that wanted you to sing for your people, your friends and me. You even said you'd forgot ten the stupid quarrel"
 The walk was slippery. April crunched the hailstones under her heel. "Please, Kent" she had said, q don't want to talk about it." ....
 Shen she hurtled the car away from his door, she found the storm air like cold Eraught in her feverish brain. Yes, that had been her downfall, going into Rents house. He was sus- picious already, hurt, bewildered, and there was nothing she could do.
 Then something struck her. What was it Kent had said in those lose words? T thought you un- derstood I loved your voice, Ann, that I wanted you to sing for your people, your friends and me"
 Her mind seized second thought. When she had talked to An n on long distance last night, Ann had said. "as 8 matter of fact, If Kent only knew it, he was the one who spurred me on to take this New York venture" :"
 So that was it! Kent hadn't wanted Ann to have career. He'd opposed the idea of her going on her own to New York. So they had quarreled and in the end, Ann had started off in hurt defiance.
 Octavia was waiting for April, as usual. Been pacing here," she dramatized, mot knowing what sort of wreck or trouble you was in"
 "Wen, it wasn't a wreck"
 "The Lawd be praised. You's safe. And bad storm it is, Miss April. Your father done send word he and your mother won't be back for another day. Showed in, ah reckons."
 And April had been counting on Mother and Dad. "Oh," she said.
 Nip wagged back to the kitchen, barking for food and drink. "Jes' soon's An gives this hound some thing to quiet his bark down, you tn11 oh +1aic hnrn ArIt ing" Octavia said.
 There's isn't much to tell"
 Octavia, sure that April was sound in neck and limb, was breathing easier. From the looks of you," she said, seems like you wasn't exactly cut out to be a Campfire Girl"
 "Oh a Girl Scout either" April snapped as she started for her room upstairs.
 A hot bath, a hair-brush, bot tie of cologne drenched over her aching forehead and then the comfort of her white terry robe. That's what she needed, and sleep, plenty of it when she wouldn't have to think about today or to- morrow or any days to come.
 An hour afterwards, April was sitting before her mirror. The yellow curls were brushed upward in her own way, the white robe, tight bodiced, swept out in full skirt that was like a fan framing her figure.
 Octavia moved in her mountain ous fashion to the doorway. "Ah clean forgets to tell you that Mis- ter Hal Parks been g. 'phoning all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
 cn ANalUM CRAC.KE ERS
NURSERY RHYMES

Mother Goose may not be on your current reading list, but it's some times fun to take a look back at some of her famous verse. Can you answer these questions about Mother Goose rhymes and recite the phrase in which the answer is contained? 1. Who stole pig?
 2. What ran up the clock, and what ran after the farmers wife? 3. Who lived on the river Dee? 4. What are little boys made of? 5. Who found a plum in a pie, and who found some blackbirds in one?
 Answers an Rack Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
JOHN LANCASTER
 VISITS FLORIDA
Local Man to Visit William
 Kirkbride First at Palm Island, s. C.
LITCHFIELD

Litchfield, Feb. 21-The Litchfield high school honor roll for the first semester of the 1940-'41 shcool year was announced today by Dr. O. B. Griffin.
 The list of high honors students follows: Class of 1941, Inger Han- son, and Bradford Griffin; class of 1922, Barbara Mckenzie; class of 1943, Roger Beach, Janet Birge, Regina Carlson, Theodore Hard and Shirley Oviatt; Class of 1944, Jane Hard, Grove Mooney, Ellen Purvis and Thomas Zenovich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

John Lancaster has left for a months visit in Florida. MT. Lan- caster will stop off at Palm Island, S. c. where he will visit William H. Kukhide, formerly of Litchfiled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

Answers on Back Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
The Snack CookbookIet
Real Treasure Chest

GOOD NEWS to homemakers
is the announcement about the
library of cookbooklets offered
by The Detroit Times to its
IThcremill be 20 book
lets in this library. They will
cover every imaginable phase of
cookery and will be released at
the rate of one each week.
This weeks release is the first
of the series and it is entitled
"Snacks." Many clever hostess
has established her reputation
by the snacks she serves at
parties. They need not neces-
Sarily be fancy or costly, but
they must be original.
The '-Snacks' booklet will tell
you how to make them so. It's
packed with novel recipes.
photographs showing how the
food should look when COM
pleted and how it should be
served. Among the general SUBJ
jectS covered in the booklet are
hot and cold canapes and hors
d'oeuVres, en- trees, garnIshes,
salads, sandwiches and pastries.
One of the incest things TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Added Details

DresSmaker details that dram
atize ruff1ed and pleated ideas
give a smart look to a room.
One woman originated a beauti-
full glove-fitting plaid slipcover
set for her living room. The
seams were finished with a
thick, white welting.
Huge cloth buttons mark the
skirtline of the slipcover and
provide anchorage for the easy
to-remove three-tiered ruffled
skirt. Another clever idea guar
anteed to give a new look to any
room is the pinafore slipcover.
made with a full wide f1ounce,
sash-tied just below the seat,
with a bow in the back and tiny
buttons that lead down to it
from the top of the back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Reducers 60 Through Period
When Scales Won't Budqe
BY IDA JEAN KAN

THERE ARE all shades of
blue, but the darkest seems to
mar the day you step lightly on
the scales and find the indicator
stuck right where it was last
week-or, worse yet, up a
couple of marks. If you had
cheated on your diet, you'd feel
guilty. but you know you haven't
eaten one thing above your re-
ducing calorie quota, so you feel
highly resentful.
After you have been on a diet
for month or two, nature
starts economiZing on calorieS,
metabolic processes are lowered
and you actually get along on
less food. This cuts down the
difference betweeN your calorie
requirements and YOUR calorie
expenditure, and on exactly the
same diet you lose ltss weight.
Comfortable Plan
The most comfortable plan at
this point would be TO say on
this maintenance diet and be
content to hold your weight
right where il is for the next
three weeks or a month, then
tighten up on the diet and star.
losing again.
But if you prefer TO keep
right on and get it over with,
there are a number of things
you can do: Step up the protein
in the menus, drop 100 or 200
calories off your reducing diet
and increase your exercise
slightly. The combination of
these things will certainly give
the pounds a jolt.
Lower Celories
IF you have been following a
1.200-calorie balanced daily diet,
drop down to LOO or 1000. Or
down to 800 if your reducing
diet has been 1000 calories
daily. This isn't as difficult as
it would have been at the start
OF your diet because you do not
crave food as much as you did
due to the contraction of the
stomach.
This additional calorie cut
must be in some nonprotective
food. You don't want to de-
crease the protein. you want to
slightly increase IT. so be sure
TO have a liberal serving Of lean
meat or. II you wish, two
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
St. Pa+rick's Day
Shenanigans

SURE AND it's good old
Irish shindig you'll be having,
come st. Patriek's day. Every
body loves an excuse for a party
and what better reason
could there be for a celebration
than this saints birthday? Too,
1t breaks up the routine of Lent.
Will you be having a dinner,
afternoon tea or evening party?
No matter which, you'll find
ideas, menus and recipes to help
make it a success on leaflet
C-146-St. Patrick's Shenani-
gans. 1t suggests a Killarney
luncheon, an Erin dinner a Wee
Mavoureen's party.
You may have this leaflet and
C-129-Hearty and Fancy Sand
witches, if you will enclose three
cents to cover mailing costs.
Send your request to Prudence
Penny. The Detroit Times, De-
troit, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
To Execute

To carry out this innovation,
finish the legs of the chair indie
pendently with bound edges.
Then leave the bottom edges of
the slipcover side free. extending
about five inches under the bot
tom of the chair. 1t doesn't
matter what the material may
be, cut a piece of sateen or
some other sturdy fabric the size
of the remaining open space and
h-withEa-hat seam to the
front edge.
Finally, three separabie slide
fasteners are stitched to the
back and to the side edges with
the machine Upper attachment.
one fastener starting where the
other stops. 1t is really as easy
to do as a straight seam, and the
result is a perfect-fitting cover.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Carrot Loaf

| cup chopped carrots
/ cup coarsely ground peanuts
1 cup strained tomatoes
l cup bread crumbs
1ia tablespoons fat
4 eggs, slightly beaten
teaspoon chopped parsley
u teaspoon salt.
Chop carrots and peanuts sep
arately or put through food
chopper using coarse knife. Add
remaining ingredients and form
into a loaf. Place in a creased
loaf pan and bake one hour and
IS minutes in a moderate oven
1850 degrees
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

IL pounds cooked lobster
3 tablespoons butter
IL cups Madeira or Sherry
wine
y cups cream
3 egg yolks beaten
a teaspoon salt
Dash of cayenne
Cut lobster meat into pieces
and heat slowly in butter about
5 minutes or until outside MEM
brane acquires a full red color.
Add wine and simmer slowly for
a few minutes until wine is
almost all reduced.
Beat cream into egg yolkS.
add-te lobster and season to
taste. Cook until thickened,
stirring constantly Serve at
once as soon as thickened in
warm-timbales or on toast.
Serves 8.
SHRIMP WIGGLE, Oyster
Rockefeller. Sour Cream Potato
Salad . are just few of the
other good things you'll find in
this hostess treasure chest.
How do you obtain this cook
booklet? You may procure it at
our service counter in the lobby
of The Detroit Times Building
for TEN CENTS. Or you may
send for the booklet by mail.
When ordering it, send an ad-
ditional FIVE CENTS to cover
the cost of handling and mailing,
making a total of FIFTEEN
CENTS in all. Address your re-
quest to The Detroit Times
Home Institute. 1925 Times
Square, Detroit, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

AT THIS season of the year
we check through our recipe
files and cook books for tasty and
unusual vegetable main dishes
those fortified with some
protein food such as nut meats.
cheese. or eggs. Its surprising
the combinations which may be
worked out. and they're inexpen-
Sive, too.
A crisp. tart fruit salad, hot
rolls and a rich dessert are good
accompanimentS for these hearty
entrees. Better try some of them
within the next few weeks.
Stuffed Baked Onions
A large onions
y cup bread crumbs
i teaspoon salt
Il teaspoon pepper
Il teaspoon paprika
y teaspoon celery salt
y cup chopped nut meats
2 tablespoons butter
y cup milk
Cook onions in a large quantity
OF boiling sailed water Is min
utes. Drain and cool slightly
When cool enough to handle. re-
move centers with a sharp
pointed knife, leaving a shell
about y inch thick. Do not cut
through the bottom of the onion.
Chop centers fine, add to
bread crumbs. Add seasoningS,
nut meats, melted butter and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
PARTY DRESS

HERE'S UP TO THE-MIN-
UTE fashion scaled down to
big-as-a-miRute proportions in
beguiling frock for youngster.
Anne Adams has designed Pat
tern 4719 with all the style and
experiences of a grown-up dress,
yet it's so simple to stitch up.
Pattern 4719 is available in
children's sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and II.
Size 6 takes 2 yards 35-inch
fabric and l Is yards lace edging
Send fifteen cents Q5c) IN
coins for this Anne Adams pat
tern. Write plainly size. name.
address and style number.
Address your order to the
Anne Adams Pattern Depart
ment, 1925 Times Square, De-
troit. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Letter From London Says
Bombs Are a Bother
BY IRENE M. HAWKINS
women's Editor, ThA Detroit Times

advised her to leave London 10
she has gone to Birmingham for
duration.
Some of the rooms have the
ceiling damaged and repairs
cannot be made until after the
war. so unless we happen to be
lucky enough to find some one
willing to occupy the rooms In
that condition. we shall try to
make them more presentable by
papering over the gaping holes
where the ceiling was.
Such Is Life
Nita is working at shorthand
and tipping and she has to
hurry home quickly as traffic Is
so heavy during the rush hours.
All at II Rectory road used to
go to public shelters over on the
common, but last week. owing to
heavy rains, hardly any one used
them. So Hilda and Harris
asked them to take shelter in
their cellar. which has been spe-
cially reinforced with steel
Orders. So every evening before
dark they make their way 10 II
Paget road to get some rest.
Such is the life we have TO
put up with. 1t is the Winter
time that is severest. We would
like to go to Cardiff for the
holidays but it is not convenient
so let us hope we will be alive
and well so we can 60 next year.
Well, it's getting bunk time.
so cheerio. from every one here
to you both. Our best wishes
for a peaceful and prosperous
new year ARTHUR.
Well-thcr you are. II goes
to show how quickly human be-
ings can adjust themselves to a
new order of things.
We were lucky, says Arthur,
net to have been in the house
when il was hit. so they set up
housekeeping, so to speak, in
their Anderson shelter it's
a bother. but they will have TO
put up with it.
TOMORRQN-Me have the
second letter, from Sister Sadie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Dramatic

Fabrics with monotone stripes
produce dramatic effects by
combining rough and smooth
weaves. Whatever fabric you
choose, be careful to take meas
urements correctly before going
shopping. You'll find there's a
saving in the use of 36-inch ma
terialS. providing the back and
arm pieces can be cut from the
width.
For large chairs, 50-inch fab
RIGS are usually better and are
advantageous for small ones
when the back and arm pieces
can be cut from half the width.
One of the newest Improvements
in the new slipcovers is the use
of separable slide fasteners on
the underneath finish. These
hold the cover snugly to the
chair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Add a Touch
Of Spring
To Home
BY ELEANOR ROSS

IT DOESN'T take big
budget to brighten up a room
for Spring. Never were slipcover
fabrics so beautiful or so mex
pensive. And with a sewing
machine, all the decorator tricks
such as pleating, ruffiing, and
cording. are easy to do.
The shops are showing a vast
array of sturdy cotton chintzes,
tiamasks, linens and denlms in
plaids, stripes, f1orals and other
patterns. Some smart heavy
plaid cottons alternate two-tone
stripes or combine clear tones
with pastels against a contrast
ing background.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

WE'VE BEEN trying for a
long time to imagine what it
would be like to live in London
these days. Headlines tell us. so
many tons of bombs dropped
during the night and as many
more during the day. And we
wonder would you be TAX
ing the dog for a walk, as
usual?
A member of the Detroit
Times Homemakers' Club has
loaned us two letters from Lon
don received just before Christ
mas, which we print for your
neruSal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
DEAR SISTER:

Here we are in our Anderson
shelter so 1 thought it would be
an opportunity to write a few
lines, hoping they find you both
we'll as they leave us at pres
ent.
AS you probably know, we are
making definite use of our shell
ter for some time now. At first
we sat around on chairs or on a
form a neighbor loaned us, but
we have discarded all these and
installed a double bunk 10
sleep on.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

serve guests at an evening
party is Lobster a la Newburg
and here is how the Snack
Cookbooklet prepares it:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
STUFFED LIVER

PARB0IL BEEF liver and
then bake it In slow oven with
a stuffing made from diced APP
Piles and prunes for a new flavor
treat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Recipes to Help You Plan
Unusual Vegetable Dishes
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

moisten mixture with milk. Pile
lightly into onion shells. place
in a creased baking dish and
bake in a moderately hot oven
1918 degrees) until onions are
tender and dressing is Drowned
about Is To 20 minutes.
SealIoped Spinach
. cups cooked spinach
> tablespoons chopped onion
! beaten egg
y cup milk
u cup grated sharp cheese
y teaspoon salt
"A teaspoon pepper
y cup bultered bread crumbs
Press spinach through coarse
sieve and add remaining ingredi-
ents except crumbs. Mix and
pour into creased casserole.
Cover with crumbs and bake in
moderate oven $3.50 degreeS)
about 20 minutes. Serves 4.
Southern Corn Pudding
tablespoon butter
, large onions, minced
> cups whole kernel corn
, cups canned tomatoes
y green pepper. diced
l cup diced celery
y teaspoon salt
= cups bread cubes
y cup bread crumbs
a cup grated American cheese
Put butter in skillet with
onions; fry until edges are
lightly Drowned. Add corn, to-
matoes, pepper, celery and salt.
Fry fast for 10 minutes, then
add the bread which has been
soaked in l cup of water and
squeeze out. Fry 10 min
utes longer, mixing and stirring
well ------
Put in creased casserole.
sprinkle with bread crumbs and
bake for 20 minutes in moderate
oven 1850 degrees). AT serving
time sprinkle with grated
cheese.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Fairly Comfortable

Despite the heavy gunfire and
sound of bombs dropping. we
manage to get a nice few hours
sleep. The only bother is that it
is not so comfortable a bed but
we have to put up with 1t.
Some people do not mind stay
ing in their houses. others 60 to
the tubes and public shelters,
but we prefer the one in our
garden and hope that nothing in
the shape of bombs will find us.
Although the house has suf-
fered damage from blast. we
were lucky not TO be in it at the
time. A lot of people have
evacuated TO safe areas but it is
difficult for some to do that.
Take myself. for instance. I
have my job and it would mean
giving that up TO find one else
where and then it would mean
finding a house and we do all
want to keep together.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Weekend Guestl

Recently Sadie came up for
the weekend and we put her up
in our Anderson shelter.
Also, we are losing our tenant.
She has been lit and her doctor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

SIIldlleI SeINulSS udlly. 1911 VI
fowl can be used in place OF
meat.
Omit Salt
Have meat broiled. baked or
boiled, never fried, and trim off
every speck of the fat. On
very low calorie diet it is best
to trim the fat before cooking
so that none filters into the lean.
Have one or two eggs a day
and a glass of skim milk and a
serving of cheese, or two glasses
of skim milk. That all takes
up about $50 calories, and the
balance must be in fresh vege-
tables and fruit and a limited
amount of bread and butter. To
keep the vitanin content at
optimal level, be sure to use one
concentrated vitamin capsule
daily supplying ABCD vitamins.
Also, make sure not to reSalt
your food when it comes to the
table. as too much salt can hold
up your weight loss.
EMERGENCY REDUCING MENU
BREAKFAST Calories
Orange Juice, half glass SIS
scrambled egg, plus 100
second egg white ~
Toast. 1 thin slice so
Butter, y pat. = Inch thick IS
Codee, clear
IIfNCuEON
Broiled hamburger on bun 200
Crisp green salad rs
(Reducer's French Dressing)
Glass OF skim milk so
3Os
DINNER
Mixed grill:
Lamb chop-broiled 100
Liver. ! strip 100
Fresh spinach-all you want rs
Cubed carrots, a cup IS
Glass Of skim milk so
$50
Total Galleries for the day see
Copyright, 1871, King Features synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
LOBSTER
A LA NEWBURG

IL pounds cooked lobster
3 tablespoons butter
l12 cups Madeira or Sherry