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Evening star., 1941-01-24
ing MOrSelS.
By Dorothy Murray.

Be smart and have a seasonal
cookie cutter set. BY seasonal"
we mean that the cutters are made
in forms to symbolic any holiday
For instance, one in the shape of
a heart would be nice to use for St.
Valentines Day, while another in
the form of an ak symbolizeS
George Washington's Birthday. You
will also find these quite sharp
enough to cut sandwiches. -.
Did you ever hear Of a peeling
knife with knee action? Well we
have and it is really helpful when
peeling potatoes and carrots be-
cause it allows only a thin skin
to be removed 1t is also an eX-
cellent item to have for shredding
cabbage. The blade is made of
stainless steel and as an added at
traction, on the other end there Is
a gadget for slicing string beans. .
At long last We have found a
salt shaker that will not allow the
salt to clog during the damp wealth.
er. This is prevented by having
the openings in the bottom instead
of the top The salt shaker and its
twin brother for pepper are made
of glass and have a lever on the
top of each which when pushed re-
leases the seasonings. These fit Sc
curelv into a bakelite base which
may be obtained in any color. They
are very attractive as well as help
full.
Tobacco Road" is the title printed
on a humidOr that is made to re-
semble three books placed between
book ends. The supposed books are
marked as volumes one, two and
three, and the appearance is very
realistic. The outside of this hu-
midor is covered with leather and
has gold lettering The interior is
lined with wood.
1t is a Well-knoWn fact that wom-
en- hate to throw anything away,
and when they do you will usually
find them hurrying to retrieve the
discarded articles before the COL
lector arrives. This collection of
salvaged items is usually placed in
various containers such as empty
candy, powder or hosiery boxes and
then stored in bureau drawers. Re-
Gently placed on the market is a
set of eight boxes made to take care
of this situation. When empty, the
boxes nest compactly together, but
are useful for keeping the many
items such as buttons, jewelry, hand
kerchiefs, art materials, ETC., under
control.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

A correspondent asks: Are women
happier now than they were in our
grandmothers' time? I don't know
whether they are happier now than
they were then, but they certainly
have more fun. Happiness is q
state of mind and 1t may be q sort OF
mental anesthesia in which you do
not suffer because you are not feel
ing anything, but fun is doing some
thing interesting out of which you
get a kick. Life for Grandma must
have been pretty dull affair,
hedged in as it was with mother
and the conventions on one end and
a wife's duty on the other end, and
with nothing in between but cook
ing, mending, darning, baby-tending
and toeing the line so discreetly she
never got talked about. Nothing but
an omelet souffle education for
her. no matter how good brain
the Lord had given her. No career,
no matter how much talent she pos
seSsed No dates unless mama was
along to listen in on every word that
was said. No more liberty than
canary bird in cage. Not even
the poor privilege of picking out her
husband, for a nice girl married the
good match her parents selected for
her. And if girl belonged to poor
family her lot was. indeed. a sad one,
for she was a helpless prisoner in
the Jail of the social customs of her
day. She could not go out and get
a job and support herself because a
perfect lady was not supposed to
work outside of her home, and, any
way, about the only gainful profess
sion open to women was marriage
What a proud-spirited, independ-
ent. intelligent, able-bodied woman
suffered in having to sell herself for
a living when she knew herself per-
fectly capable of making her own
bread and butter: the humiliation
she endured in taking the grudging
charity of her better-of relations
and wearing their old clothes. and
the shame that burned her up in
being the fringe on the family that
did not want her, no tongue can tell.
But it was a martyrdom that thou
sands of women went through in
grandma's time.
Of course, divorce was an almost
unheard Of thing in those days, but
that was not because marriage was
any more a bed of roses then than
it is now. Grandpa was just as frisky
as the modern husband, but grand
ma had to suffer and be strong be-
cause there wasn't anything else she
could do
She couldn't put on her hat and
slam the front door behind her, be-
Evening star., 1941-01-24

Orange Nut Creams: Top balls
with walnut halves.
Orange Cream Dates: Stuff stoned
dates with balls.
Chocolate Orange Creams: Coat
balls with melted dipping choco-
late.
ORANGE MARSHMALLOWS.
2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
cup orange juice.
2 cups sugar.
egg white.
teaspoon grated orange peel.
Powdered sugar.
Soak the gelatin in y cup of the
orange juice. Add the other y cup
orange juice to sugar and boil to
hard ball stage (253 degrees F..
Stir this into the soaked gelatin
and beat until dissolved Beat egg
white until stiff Gradually beat
the gelatin mixture and orange
peel into egg white and continue
beating until cool and stiff. Pour
into a square pan that has been
buttered and busted we'll with
powdered sugar. When firm cut
into sqares with sharp hot
knife. Roll in powdered sugar.
Keep in a covered container in
refrigerator to retain moisture.
GLACE ORANGE SEGMENTS.
A candy thermometer is required
for success in this recipe. These
orange segments are best served
the day they are prepared. They
are not suited for candy gift boxes
2 cups sugar
Il teaspoon cream of tartar.
l cup water.
Mix ingredients in saucepan over
hot fire. Stir constantly only
until sugar is dissolved. Let syrup
boil to the hard crack stage (31O' F.
as determined by thermometer.
This means syrup will begin to dis
color. Remove from heat at once
and check boiling by setting sauce
pan in pan of cold water. Then
remove from cold water and set in
pan of hot water while dipping
orange segments.
Prepare orange SegmentS by peel
ing fruit and separating into Sec
tions without breaking fine men,
brane surrounding each one Be
sure each segment is dry and un-
broken when dipped Drop seq
ments separately into syrup and
place on metal sheet to harden. Re-
move segments from syrup, pre-
ferably with tweezers. A fork may
be used but care must be taken not
to pierce fruit and release juice
UNLOCKED FRUIT CARAMELs.
l cup raisins (seeded or seedless).
y cup figs.
Il cup dried apricots.
l cup stoned dates.
l cup California walnuts.
L cup candied orange peel.
6 candied cherries (optionaD.
to tablespoons orange juice.
Wash dried fruits. Put through
food chopper with nuts. Moisten
with orange juice, using just enough
to hold fruits and nuts together.
Pack into buttered pan. Chill over
night in refrigerator. Cut in squares
and dust with powdered sugar. CPut
a little of the powdered sugar in
a small paper bag. Drop candy
squares into bag a few at a time,
and shake).
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Roast Pork Supreme

Glib roast.
2 cups ginger ale.
2 cup brown sugar.
? cup dry bread crumbs
y teaspoon concentrated maple
flavor.
Whole cloves.
Roast pork in uncovered pan 80
minutes in slow oven, with skin on.
Take from oven, remove skin. score
fat and spread with mixture of
bread crumbs, brown sugar and
maple favor. Stud with cloves.
Return to oven for IL hours, bast-
ing frequently with ginger ale. Add
more ginger ale if needed.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

be very good reaSons Why I snOuld
choose each one. viii you give me
your advice on this?
T. r. E.
Answer-If were in your position I
should be in the same state Of mind,
I am sure, and the best advice I
could give would be to select some
OF each for very definite reasons.
The enamel ones are so bright and
gay and nothing beats a good enamel
double-boiler and small covered pots.
They are especially desirable for
cooking eggs and sauces where there
might be discoloration or taste. For
baking pies, casseroles and fish,
there is nothing to compare with
the glass ovenWare, and the ones that
may be set in frame and brought
to the table are doubly nice. You
will want big aluminium roaster
and vegetable and preserve pots Of
the same. Also cake tins and muffin
molds. So, my advice is to select
each one as it pleases you. You
might get an earthenWare casserole
or two, and you may see a stainless
steel tea kettle that you can't live
without.
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Cranberry Punch Base
4 cups cranberries.

4cups water
l cup sugar (or more to taste).
Cook cranberries in water till the
skins pop. Strain through cheese
cloth. Place juice on stove, bring
to boiling point. add sugar and boil
two minutes. For hot punch add
unchilled carbonated beverage and
serve Immediately. For storage pour
the warm cranberry liquid into
sterilized bottles and seal. Com
bine with your favorite carbonated
beverage when ready to serve.
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Citrus Fruits and Juices
Make Wholesome Base
For Luscious Sweets
Use of Thermometer Makes
Results More Successful;
Read Directions Closely
By Betsy CaSiceH,


Woman
children Making candy home fresh fruits
ingredients the the
values combined with the elements and expense
trouble the
With
use them simple should give pleasure
and old alike
successful candymakng includes large
boiling
Wotned fork dipping wooden beating
metal baking Sheets
spoons a
nd
exactly Proportions
fully make the recipe successful Testing candy
hard ball. useful but
candy themonetero If codw used only
from that will overlook while the is
Evening star., 1941-01-24

DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
I have hundred dollars to spend
on my bedroom. Would it be wise
to invest this in one good piece of
furniture like a highboy or chest
of drawers and make out with the
old beds and other accessories, or
would it be better to buy an in
expensive bedroom set that will give
me the usual pieces?
Answer-With the advantage of the
present furniture sales, your sl00
should buy fine highboy, or possibly
that and one other small piece like
bedside table. Your money will be
used up on beds alone if you plan on
new springs and mattresses as we'll
as the bedsteads. With another
hundred next year you might get
the beds, and then you will have
the nucleus of the furnishings for
bedroom which will be worth
passing on to posterity.
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
I am about to buy the utensils
for my kitchen and cannot decide
whether to invest in enamel ware,
aluminium or glass. Each one seems
very desirable, and there seem TO
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Avoid Shrinkase

Shrinkage in woolens is due in
most cases to over-washing, al
though the old idea that the water
temperature must be moderate ap-
plies, too. Most important, how
ever, is to spare them strenuous
kneading as we'll as long washing.
The household washer is doubly
useful for those reasons. 1t cleanses
gently, and it is easy for the opera
tor to stop the washer the instant
she should. In ordinary circum-
stancal ! minutes \ enough tos
Vo0ienl.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

ORANGE FRUIT PASTE.
a. cup ground unpeeled oranges
L cup orange juice
212 cups apple sauce or steWed
fresh or dried apricots or peaches
L cup liquid pectin
p cup light corn syrup
2 cups sugar
Cook oranges, orange juice and
cooked fruit for 20 minutes. stirring
often. Use large kettle, preferably
gallon size Add pectin, corn syrup
and sugar. Cook IS to 20 minutes
longer, stirring constantly. When
mixture is consistency of a thick
preserve, pour one inch deep into
shallow pan. When cold cut into
SQUARES or other desired shapes. If
wished roll in powdered sugar
(Recipe makes 2ia pounds0
CANDIED ORANGE PEEL.
Especially good is this candied
orange peel, since to the flavor OF
the peel is added the flavor OF
orange and lemon juice used IN the
candying syrup.
Peel from 10 o oranges
IL cup light corn syrup
21z cups sugar
"a cup lemon juice
a. cup orange juice
Choose oranges with clean skins
Cut fruit in halves and extract JUICE
Remove all pulp and membrane from
shells. Cover with water and add
l teaspoon salt for each two shells.
Boil II hour. Drain. Boil e
hour in unsalted water-or until
tender - changing water several
times, if necessary, to remove all
bitterness from peel. Drain and cut
peel in strips.
Make a syrup of the corn syrup
sugar, lemon juice and q cup OF the
extracted orange juice. Bring to
boil and add cooked peel. Boil
slowly in syrup (being sure peel is
covered until most of syrup is alb
sorbed. Drain and place on waXeo
paper. Roll in granulated sugar.
Rock Candy Strips: Roll in
crushed rock candy.
CoIored Peel: Add red or green
vegetable coloring to syrup or roll
strips in colored sugar.
Spiced Peel: Add a little clnna-
mon, Glove or ginger to syrup. Tie
whole spices in cloth to prevent
darkening peel. Ginger added to
syrup gives confection very much
like crystallized ginger root.
Chocolate Peel: Coat the strips OF
candied peel with melted dipping
chocolate.
ORANGE sUGARED WALNUTS
p pound walnuts.
IL cups sugar.
Il cup orange juice.
l teaspoon grated orange peel.
Cook sugar and orange juice to-
eether to 240 degrees F. or soft-ball
stage. Remove from heat, add orange
peel and nuts. Stir until syrup
begins to look cloudy. Before 1t
hardens, drop by spoonfuls on waxed
paper. Separate into individual
kernels
ORANGE FONDANTS.
8 cups sugar.
y cup evaporated milk.
% cup orange juice.
"a cup butter.
Cook in saucepan, stirring until
mixture comes to boil. Cover and
continue boiling slowly about ;
minutes to dissolve any sugar crys-
tails which may begin forming or
sides of pan. Uncover and cook
very slowly, without stirring, to the
soft-ball stage (240 degrees F.. Pour
onto buttered platter. Cool until
mixture retains dent made by the
finger. Beat or stir with spatula
or large spoon until fondant is
smooth and creamy. If desired
place in a pint jar and store in re-
frigerator overnight to "ripen." Roll
into balls, varying as follows:
Orange Cocoanut Creams: Make
balls of fondant into which cocoa
nut has been kneaded.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

Address queries on home deco
ration and similar problems to
Margaret Novel;, in care of The
Evening Star. For personal re-
plies include stamped, self
addressed envelope. Other ques-
tions will be answered in the
column as quickly as space per-
mits.
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Use Plain COlors on Chairs
To Offset an Elaborate
Living Room Scheme
Heavy Oil Paint or a Special
Preparation Most Effective
For Cement Back Porch
BY Margaret NOlUeU.
DEAD h6JCS NnIIyET


am much pertubed about living furnish
tell whether
following
bed? figured hooked medium
Evening star., 1941-01-24
Nv Neiqhbor Says

If your floors are worn and
will not hold wax, try touching
up the worn places with white
shellac and then wax The
floors will be much improved
by this treatment.
Stewed prunes, stuffed with
cheese, nuts or celery and ar
ranged on lettuce leaves, make
a suitable salad with chops or
roasts. French or mayonnaise
salad dressing may be used
with it.
Give lilac bushes plenty Of
room, perfect drainage, good
cultivation, a little bone meal
once in a while and each year
a top dressing of manure. If
you follow these directions your
lilacs should flourish.
Wash silk underwear in luke
warm water, but never In hot.
Do not rub hard or twist fabric.
Remove the water by patting
the silk between towels.
If nayonnaise curdles in the
making, add a few drops Of
cold water to the curdled mix
ture.
Plant seeds in the house dur
in February and March, trans
planting as seedlings grow.
Paint piazza and garden
chairs now so that they may
be thoroughly dried before you
wish to use them.
To stir paint thoroughly use
a small paddle. Paddle may be
made by cutting off enough Of
one leg Of a clotheSpin to fit over
edge of can when not In use.
Grease spots on wall paper
may be removed by covering
with a paste made of cornstarch
and water. When dry, brush off
and stain ahould dissppess.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
Our back porch is cement and was
painted last fall with the idea that
it would be cleaner looking. We
used several coats of enamel paint
and it was expensive. but it faxed
of almost Immediately and now is
completely bare in the traffic strip.
Is 1t possible to remove what is left?
What shall we do to either get
back the plain concrete or repaint?
F. S. c.
Answer am sorry that this hap
pened, but enamel paint is better for
wood or metal than for cement. and
therein lies at least part of the trou-
BILE Remove the rest of the paint
with good paint remover which your
paint dealer will recommend. Just for
luck, wash the surface with a solu-
tion of zinc sulphate and warm
water, to neutralize any alkaline
spots. Then paint with a printing
coat of oil paint and varnish mixed.
After that, two coats Of heavy oil
paint or the specially prepared
cement paint will fix the porch for
several years.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

ruffled curtains close to the window.
have three other chairs in the
room, which need doing over. These
I presume should be plain, but what
color?
MRS. T. G.
Answer-From your description of
the size of your pattern, I think it
will be all right. You have neglected
to give me the color scheme, so I
cannot tell you what color to use,
but needless to say it should be
plain. If possible, do two chairs in
two shades of the same color, for
instance, one in soft pale rose and
one in deep red rose, or two shades
of gold color. Then the other chair
may be in contrasting color. Select
tones that tie the rug and drapery
colors together and I think you
may find that it will be most effec-
tive.
Evening star., 1941-01-24

W-MAKE-UP-A GOOD
FOUNDATION.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Property May Be Taken,
De Valera Warns Dali
Ry the Associated PreKE.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, March 14.-Prime Min
lister Eamon de Valera, warning the
Dali there would be considerable un-
employment as result of the war,
limited today that the government
might take over control of private
property if the supplies situation be-
comes worse.
IF the circumstances got so bad
that such steps were needed the
government might have to examine
its right to direct the use of private
property" he said.
De Valera added, however, that the
government regarded such interfer-
ence, unless it could be proved ab-
Solutely necessary, as unwise because
it creates greater problems than
| those which it seeks to solve"
THE greatest of calamities" that
the country had to fear. he asserted,
was that it would not have enough
| food.
Prime Minister de Valera told
the Dali last night that Ireland
has been in danger from the start
of the war from attack by one or
the other of the belligerents trying
to gain military advantage and that
| the danger would increase.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Rufus Vanderschaaf,
Veteran Gateman
AT Ball Park, Dies
If Small Boys Could
Walk Under Turnstile,
Van Let Them in Free

Rufus VanderSchaaf, rs, veteran
press gate guard at Griffith Stadium,
who had his own method of de-
termining whether youthful fans
should pay, died yesterday at his
home, 6115 Seventh place NV.
Van" or Mr.. Van" as he was
generally known, ruled that chill
dren who could walk under the turn
stile without hitting their heads
could 60 in free.
In some cases, however, his SYM
pathy with the eagerness of little
boys to see the game won out over
his sense of precision, and he didn't
always notice decided stoop as they
walked under the barrier.
An adult couldn't put anything
over on Mr.. Van" his sister-in-laW
Mrs. Mae Bowen, said today. II
think I was the only grown person
he ever let in without paying"
Knew Many Ball Players.
When the games were nearly over
at the stadium Mr. Vanderschaaf
would often go inside and sit in the
box of Clark Griffith, president OF
the Washington Baseball Club. He
became acquainted with ball players
on all of the American League
teams, and many of them were in
the habit of presenting him with
little gifts.
Mr.. Vanderschaaf returned three
weeks ago from trip to Florida,
where he had seen Mr.. Griffith. He
had been in failing health since last
fall and had told his friends that
he hoped to be able to have just one
more session at the ball park to
round out 20 years as guard. He
had been looking forward to the
celebration of his golden wedding
anniversary September /.
His death came particularly as
a shock to Edward Eynon, Secre-
tary of the baseball club. Mr..
Eynon and Mr.. Vanderschaaf were
members of group OF ball park
pinochle enthusiasts. A few days
ago Mr. Eynon told MI. Wander
Sohaaf Ito hurry up and get well
so we can finish that game"
MI. Vanderschaaf was born in
Holland, just outside of Amster-
dam, and came TO the United States
as a boy of IS. Settling in Chicago.
he attended school there, and later
opened a coal and feed business.
About As years ago he came to
Washington and al 25 years served
on the metropolitan police force as
a mounted policeman. His large
beat in the Northeast section in
cluded most of Bladensburg road
and the National Training School.
When not at the ball park or
playing pinochle he usually in
dulged in his only other hobby
listening to the radio.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lotta Virginia Vanderschaaf; two
sons, John and Phillip Wander
schaaf: two daughters, Mrs. Jessie
M. Patterson and Virginia Wander
SChaaf; two brothers, Oscar and
William Vanderschaaf, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Jessie D. Young and Mrs.
Anna Gray.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
setts avenue NE. Members of the
metropolitan police will serve as
pallbearers. Burial will be in Cedar |
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
Tax Office TO Stay Open
Until Midniqht tomorrow

The Bureau of Internal Revenue
branch collection Office at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue NV
will be opened from $3.50 am. until
midnight tomorrow to receive l941
Federal income tax returns, due by
midnight.
officials in charge expect the
volume of business tomorrow will
far exceed the earlier volume. This
Evening star., 1941-03-14

week a special force of clerks and
cashiers has been advising taxpayers
on making returns.
More than 1000 taxpayers visited
the branch yesterday, and a larger
number was expected today.
The bureau has assigned 100
clerks to help persons who bring
their returns to the branch Office.
There are four cashiers windows.
with six cashiers alternating on the
job.
The branch Office provides free
notarization for the returns.
Evening star., 1941-03-14
| SeIectee Jailed,
| Went A. w. O. l..
To Join Bride
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT DIX, N. j., March IA
Pvt. Wilson Pershing Garfield of
Newark, member of Company K at
the recruit reception center has been
sentenced to go days in the guard
house for being absent from the
post without official leave, the Pub
lie Relations Office disclosed today.
A special court martial imposed
the sentence several days ago, the
Office said. Garfield, recently mar
ried. was charged with having left
Fort Dix to rejoin his bride.
Garfield was the selectee who went
to Washington with his bride last
January in a futile effort to ask
President Roosevelt that he be given
belated draft deferment. Unsuc-
ceSSful in this attempt, the couple
returned to Newark and wrote Mrs.
Roosevelt, asking her to intercede
fol them. Their letter went to
draft authorities.
Italian chemists claim to have
discovered a new super" explosive
Evening star., 1941-03-14

Italian chemists claim to have
discovered a new super" explosive
known as Pentride IA.
Evening star., 1941-03-14

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