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Evening star., 1941-12-23
BY Dorothy Murray

Almost any man would enjoy hav-
ing small poker set. 1t consists
Of approximately 100 white chips. so
red and so blue ones made of a
transparent material. Also included
in the set are composition dice and
two decks of cards. and the whole is
inclosed in simulated leather
case ..
Place on your desk leather-cov-
cred box with three drawers to hold
your finished" and unfinished"
business as well as outgoing mail g.
An ideal gift for the person who
has Just everything is an attrac-
tive silver plated folder case to hold
. book of matches. Initials can be
placed on the front to make 1t
strictly personal -.
Cocktails for Two" Is the theme
Of q small shaker set that consists
Of mixer and two glasses. They are
appropriately decorated with the
words "Us," ME" and You" An
excellent gift for . bride and groom.
A hand-blown crystal bowl in the
form Of large pear is an attractive
table decoration when fruit or fresh
flowers are arranged in it
A card game called Gin Rummy"
became popular on the West Coast,
then was adopted by the New York
set. and now is fad locally. The
pads for this game are. we under
stand, rather hard to secure. but a
local store has complete set-ups
These consist of a walnut stand
holding two decks OF cards, a COM
partment in the rear where the
necessary pad is placed. and on
either side are wooden pencil hold
ers made to resemble decanters &.
Lessen the danger Of your favorite
records being broken by placing
them in the individual, numbered
slots of a handsome rack. The sepa-
rators are flexible and cushioned,
and the base Of the rack is made Of
walnut
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Sweets Are Joyful
Eating for Family

The sweetest time Of year is
Christmas. Sweets here. sweets
there, sweets just everywhere. prom
ise joyful eating for family and
friends. If those sweets are the
healthful kind, there need be no un-
happy aftermath.
Use the dried fruits generously in
making all of your Christmas can
dies. Add raisins to your favorite
fudge recipe. You can stuff prunes
and figs with nuts and dip in melted
chocolate or fondant. Grind to-
gether prunee tboiled 10 minutes)
figs, raisins and nuts, shape into q
fruited roll II. inches in diameter
and in slices. Here Is q delicious
brittle recipe made with raisins.
RAGGEDY ANN BRITTLE.
8 cups corn flakes.
cup seedless raisins.
y cup broken nut meats.
cups granulated sugar.
teaspoon butter.
tablespoonfuls vinegar.
Il cup water.
Il teaspoon salt.
Corn flakes should be crisp and
uncrushed and raisins without added
moisture. Combine corn flakes, raisins
and nuts in large mixing bowl or
pan and place in oven to warm. Boil
remaining ingredients to hard crack
stage 900 degrees F.. Pour slowly
over corn flake mixture, blending
lightly but thoroughly. Spread In
a sheet of waxed paper: avoid pack
ing. When cool, break or cut.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

tneH lndDlllty 10 SeI you llle luI
coat you wanted has simply ruined
your day. Be sad-eyed, resigned,
and long suffering. Or pout Or
belittle the things you did get by
praising them family.
8. Be so wrapped up in the pres
ents you got that you have no in
terest in the gifts any one else re-
ceived. And when some one thanks
you enthusiastically for a gift say
something like. oh, you're just say
ing that. 1 know you don't really
like it."
4. Accept last-minute invitation
to 60 tearing off on some jaunt or
other leaving your chair vacant at
the family table. Ignore the fact
that most parents want their chill
dren for Christmas more than any
thing else.
5. Hunt up some friend who isn't
quite as fortunate as you are, and
then rave to her cor him. about all
the simply marvellous things that
Santa brought you. End up by IN
quiring as pationizing after
thought, "Oh, yes--and what did
you get?"
6. Stuff yourself so full Of turkey
that you simply must dash cut for
Q bit of air, leaving you: weary
Evening star., 1941-12-23

have an exceptionally pretty holi-
day cake. such as holiday cream
cake. Make it the crowning achieve
ment of your Christmas table by
using it as the centerpiece for a
Yuletide buffet supper. Holiday
cream cake vies with the Christmas
holly with its soft green topping
cranberry sauce. You'll particularly
like the tender almond-flavored
cake and rich whipped cream in
combination with the sweet-tart
favor Of the sauce.
HOLIDAY CREAM CAKE.
p cup butter or other shortening,
l cup sugar.
eggs.
2 cups sifted cake -four.
teaspoons baking powder.
- teaspoon salt.
1s cup milk.
/ teaspoon almond havoring.
Canned or fresh jellied cranberry
sauce.
WLlpPcu CIcdlIl.
Green coloring.
Cream butter thoroughly. gradu-
ally adding sugar. When light and
fluffy, add well-beaten egg yolks.
Sift together the -four, baking pow
der. and salt, and add alternately
with the milk, a little at a time.
Beat well; add flavoring, and fold in
stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in
two well creased 8-inch layer pans
in a moderately-hot oven, 375 de-
grees F., about rs minutes. When
cool, spread cranberry sauce BE-
tween layers. Just before serving,
cover with slightly sweetened whip
ped cream, favored with almond
and tinted green.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

In "Merrie Olde Englande," when
Christmas celebrations were carried
on for weeks, the lords and ladies,
waits and minstrels, joined in games
and pageantry. At the beginning
of the Yuletide festivities. a cere-
mony took place around the bean
cake" to choose the king VINO
would rule over the affairs of the
holiday season. A bean. a pea, and
a Glove we're concealed in the cake.
The finder of the bean was crowned
king, the pea signifled the queen,
and the one who found the Glove
was the knave.
You can carry on this fun-making
tradition at your Christmas festivi-
ties If you like, but at any rate, do
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Young Girls
Like to Be
Popular
If Not, They Are
Very Reserved
And Unhappy
Bv Anpelo Pafri

Being popular" Is matter OF
tragic importance to young girls.
It is necessary for them to have
friends, to be liked. sought after,
admired and loved. This means that
a girl needs a large circle of ac-
quaintances among whom she finds
some to like her, some to admire her,
some to listen to her and at least
one to love her.
This last one she Is willing to
wait for, but the others she must
have right now or suffer keenly from
a feeling OF isolation that amounts
to desolation.
Most girls enjoy this friendliness
and companionship as matter OF
course. Little groups are formed IN
school and church and neighbor-
hood and In them each member
finds the companionship she needs
to fill her life with interest and that
wholesome feeling OF being wanted.
But there Is always one girl, one
lonely, neglected girl IN every large
group. She is not invited: nobody
waits for her at the door; nobody
stands on the corner to walk home
with her, carrying her books and
listening to her chatter with eager
attention.
She is unpopular" and she goes
home by the back street and runs
to her room to cry. She is about the
most unhappy child imaginable.
All this sounds silly to the adult
who has forgotten his childhood ana
youth. 1t is especially hard for par
ents who never suffered from this
unpopularity to understand this
child's grief and helplessness. They
order her to snap out OF 1t, go get
some friends for herself, pay no at
tention to the snobs, and wash their
hands OF her. That does not help
any and the child needs help.
Parents are the last to under
stand this lack of popularity" They
see nothing wrong with their child.
She's clean and healthy and as
bright as anybody else. What more
do they want? They want that
something that is called charm, and
if they don't feel it in this girl they
20 to the one that exudes it as
flower its perfume. What can be
done to help unattractive girls to
be charming?
First, teach them to be healthy.
Health means activity. interest,
color, friendliness. Teach them to
be useful to others. People. old and
young alike, are drawn, to those who
have something to give them, and
are repelled by those who want to
lean on them.
Teach girls to give generously OF
their services, sing. recite, dance.
play games. cook and serve, work on
committees, sell tickets, share what
they have in terms of accomplish
ments and talent with all who come
their way. To have a friend one has
only to be friendly, and friendliness
is but another term for usefulness.
A scrupulous regard for the rights
and feelings of others is essential
to lasting friendships. The girl who
has no time to listen, to wait, to
serve for others: who wants to be
first, who insists upon being first,
who takes but never gives, won't be
popular long.
Good manners help greatly. 10y
atty helps still more. Interest IN
other people is essential. The great
est influence is exerted by those
who serve most and best.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Prunes for Iron

Chopped prunes (uncooked. but
we'll washed added to mufin batter
will give the family extra iron
needed for fall and winter pickup.
About - cup Of prunes for cups
Of flour Is enough.
Canned grapefruit juice (plain or
sweetened) frozen to the "mush"
stage in mechanical refrigerator or
regular freezer makes a refreshing
side partner for fish, roast or
chicken.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Matters of General Interest Women Washington and Vicinity
Baking More
Vital Than
Is Mixing
Get Cookie Sheets
Which Fit Oven
To Save Time

When you look at cookie recipe,
you may think there is nothing to
the job of making cookies. You are
right in one respect. There is
nothing much to the mixing It's
the baking, however, which counts.
First of all you should have cookie
sheets which fit your oven. Then by
baking on two shelves you will save
some Of the time which large batch
Of cookies is bound to take. The
sheets need not be creased for rolled
cookies and for drop cookies which
contain plenty of shortening. For
those made with an egg-white base
and which contain little -four and
shortening, the sheets must be care
fully creased with an unsalted fat
Don't wash the sheets between bak-
ings but scrape them If necessary
Rolled cookies may be put quite
close together, but drop cookies
should be separated by at least l
to inches to allow for spreading
1t is good idea to test few drops
cookies before you 60 in for filling
sheet after sheet. Even the most
accurate recipes cannot allow for
differences in size Of eggs and for
the way -four is piled into the meas
uring cup.
BUTTERSCOTCH WATERS.
IL cups sifted flour
IL teaspoons baking powder
!. teaspoon salt
Il cup shortening, melted
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
2eggs, well beaten
IL cups chopped nut meats
Mix and sift -four, baking powder
and salt; melt shortening, stir in
sugar and mix we'll: remove from
heat and stir in well-beaten eggs;
stir in sifted dry ingredients to
which nut meats have been added
drop by quarter teaspoonfuls on
creased baking sheet and bake in
slow oven 1925 degrees F. about
IS minutes; cool slightly, then
remove carefully with a thin knife or
spatula. If cookies harden on sheet,
return to the oven for a few minutes.
Yield: About IS dozen waters III
to Z inches In diameter.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Clean Kits

II may be pu1zling to plan daily
lunches men carry to defense Jobs,
but it Il Just ~ important to keep
the lunch baskets clean and fresh
so sandwiches and coffee will be
appetizing.
As soon as the containers are
brought home, fill the thermos bot
tie with cool soapy water and let it
stand for an hour or SO. Then wash
carefully and rinse with boiling
water. Do the same with the cork
and cap, and air all three until
used again.
The lunch pail should have daily
washing. too. If a napkin is used
to line the lunch kit, use a clean
one daily.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

winter wardrobe. Ideal. too. for the
new wool crepes of this season-or
for rayon fabrics in plain colors or
prints.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1521-B
is designed for sizes So, 38, 40, AZ,
"A, 46. 48, so and So. Size SO with
three-quarter sleeves requires 51s
yards 35-inch material.
Other accessory patterns as well
as dress and coat patterns are
shown in a wide variety in our
newest edition of the Pattern Book.
Send Is cents for your copy today.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
SpritZ Cookies Will
Please Youngsters

AZ cups Sifted cake flour
u teaspoon salt
cup shortening
- cup sugar
egg, we'll beaten
l teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix and sift flour and salt; cream
shortening, add sugar slowly and
cream until fluffy; stir in we'll
beaten egg and vanilla extract; add
sifted dry ingredients: pack dough
in barrel of cookie press and force
on ungreased baking sheets in vari-
Gus shapes or drop dough by tea
spoonfuls on ungreased baking
sheets; decorate with chopped nut
meats, candied cherries or sliced
citron. if desired; bake in moderately
hot oven 400 degrees F. about
eight minutes until light brown;
remove from baking sheets and cool.
Yield: About five dozen cookies.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Salad Tie-Up

Shrimps and canned Cor frozen)
asparagus make . sprightly salad
tie-up. Chill and arrange with
diced celery on crisp salad green,
season and top with French. boiled
or mayonnaise dressing
Evening star., 1941-12-23

mother to cope with those discour-
aging dishes all by herself.
7. Break a tentative date with
good old Johnny tor jane to go
out with some glamorous woo-cooer
who is home from college for the
holidays. Or keep the daJe, hut
spend the entire evening prospect
ing a new field % ror:ance.
Refuse to listen to any Christ
mas music. If dad and mother are
enjoying 1T Came Upon the Mid
night Clear" on one station, switch
over to some swing band thai is
torturing TschaikoWsky on another.
9. If you're away from home, de-
eide at the last minute not to bother
to phone the family. After all, this
Christmas sentiment is just a lot
of hooey, and it would embarrass
you no end if your mother cried
a little when she heard your voice
from 500 miles away.
10. Sit around moping all Christ
mas night because you weren't in
vited to Imogene's party. Don't
even think of collecting some OF
the other people who weren't in
vited for an impromptu little party
of your own!
II. Be much too busy Tirh your
own affairs to give any time to
something your parents want you
to do-like going with them to call
on a distant relative or a friend
of the family
II. Be terribly hurt because some
one to whom you gave a gift neg
lected to give you one And tly to
guess the price of everything you
got, to make sure you didn't set
gypped on the exchange.
49, Go around with a frozen pan
or distant stare instead Of . cheer
full smile, and never bother to say
Merry Christmas" to any one.
There you are! We hope those
horrible examples steer you right,
and that this will be the happiest
Christmas you've ever had.
Last call! II you want our
Fun for New Years Eve" leaf
let to pep up your party, you'll
have to hurry. Just send 5
cents stamps or COIN to Kay
Caldwell and Alden Harrison, in
care of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Don't Ruin Christmas Dav
By Making Your Family
Or Yourself Unhappy
Pettiness and lt.Finding
Will Definitely Insure You
Against Any Popularity
By Kay Caldwell and Alden Harrison

By Kay Cald,ceH and Alden Harrison
Want be unhappy Christmas? Want make other people un-
happy too? such unnatural ambition
fine methods making work We're outline few Of tem
in the hope that they'll be helpful to
l. Wake with OF
alcohol life perfectly morning
after disposition To miserable Christmas and
somebody Christmas in
trick be selfish bitter sarcastic You'll be amazed how outofsorts
be when the surface Christmas
disappointed mother
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Bv Baroness Phantom

By Baroness Phantom
covere patchwork
quilt simple design composed only shaped
which that putting them together problem
leftover fabrics around the will make
economical
Directions for quilting are included With the pattern
envelope contains ctout designs for each pach also fun
directions.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

| Scald milk in heavy kettle; add
fish, cream and butter and let SIM
mer over very low heat until edges
of oysters curl and scallops break.
Add sherry and salt to taste. Yield,
| II servings. q. M. B.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
U. S. Army Will
Deliver Planes

Washington. June 1s-UP-The
U. S. Army. Z. was disclosed to-
day. has assumed formal command
OF the delivery or war planes from
American factories to Atlantic
coastal points 70, transfer 10 Great
Britain, employing more than 200
civilian pilots as a stop gap
pending assignment or regulnr
Army pilots 10 the new duty.
Plans for the establishment OF
a flight ferry" command were
announced recently by Secretary
OF War Henry l.. Stimson. Word
that the command already is oper-
ating under Col Robert Odds, vet
eran Army flier. came from author
itatiye sources who said the Army
IL now directing deliveries from
aircraft plants on the west coast.
The civilian pilots. regularly EN-
ployed by private manufacturer 20
make deliveries TO Army air bases.
will be used In the new command
until sufficient Army pilots can be
assigned to the task II was said.
Omcials explained that under the
new system. plane deliveries will
be speeded up and additional com
mercial filters will be available for
employment by the British govern.
ment 10 ferry big bombers across
the North and South Atlantic 10
Royal Air Force bases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
Surveys Held
Necessary For
Township Area
Federal Official
Gives Advice

Surveys OF existing living condi'
lions which will have great bear
ing on future defense programs in
Ypsilanti Township sh>uld be
made, Alex Lynn Trout. represen-
tative OF National Planning Board,
told township planning board mem
bers, township board officials and
several city officials at dinner
meeting in Hotel Huron Tuesday
night.
Available material on housing
facilities, highways, schools, mu-
nicipal services and other related
subjects would facilitate the soly-
ing OF problems which will arise.
said the speaker.
Following the talk by Mr.. Trout
an informal discussion was held on
the present township coming plan
and the aids that federal agencies
could give problems arising in
coming work.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Trout tour
ed the township with j. Don
Lawrence and Supervisor e. d.
Foster. members of township plan
ming board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
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Radio Sentinel May Solve
Night Attacks For Britain

In his appeal, broadcast TO
America, Lord Beaverbrook pre-
dicted powerful benefits and i'm
mense relief" from the invention,
credited to Robert Alexander Wat
son Watt, 49-year-old Scottish
scientist who considers himself
lone of the boys in the Darkroom"
of the air ministry.
Details OF the devices operation,
OF course. were withheld. but Gle
ment r. Atlee. lord privy seal, told
the House of Commons yesterday
it is "a radio that finds the enc
my in the darkness, that seeks him
out through the clouds that
sends an avenging fighter to the
place where he will meet the Turk
ing bomber and bring him to des.
truction."
Some informed sources said that
even in its first limited use the
device helped greatly last autumn
In the terrific air war and that
its increasing use had a bearing
on the recent lull In Nazi activity
over Britain.
Previously detectors we're OF the
mechanical ear type-picking up
and simplifying the sound OF air
plane motors overhead or near.
According to the ofhcial explana-
ton. the new radiolocstor sends
out electric waves which signal the
locating and course OF planes miles
away.
II was said unoficlally that vir-
tually the same principle has been
applied in submarine detection.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
Unions to Back
Radical Purge

fBy international News Service)
Washington, June IS ms
Eight Clio unions, having some L.
225,000 members, today were re-
ported by labor officials TO have
given assurances to OPM Director
Sidney Hillman that they will back
any drive to purge alleged Com
munists and radicals from the
CLIO.
Total Go membership is var
iolsly estimated at between g.
100000 and 100000.
The unions who have Joined a
drive by conservative CLIO leaders
against alleged subyersive in
terests which are accused in some
quarters Of fomenting the recent
wave Of national defense strikes,
are:
Hillmans own Amalgamated
Clothing workers with an estima-
ted 100000 members; Textile
Workers $4,000; United Automo-
bile Workers $4,000; United Rub
Der Workers $1,000; Retail and
Wholesale Workers $4,000; Marine
and Shipbuilders $1,000; Flat
Glass Workers $4,000; and Marine
Engineers 100000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
Officials to
Decide Taxes

The annual tax equalization
meeting OF the board OF super
visors will be held at the county
building. Ann Arbor, next Monday,
beginning at o'clock.
The various supervisors will
bring their books and budget fig
ures for the coming year and turn
them over to the equalization com.
mittee OF which Don Comstock,
Ypsilanti city assessor and mem
Der OF the board, is chairman.
The committee will hold a meet
ing to 90 over the books and
bring in a tax ALLEGATION report for
the board to approve or reject at
the July meeting.
Considerable interest is expected
in the reports due Monday from
the health and finance committees
on tentative budget for the coun-
ty health unit proposed for Wash
tenaw. The health unit would be
mostly financed with federal and
state funds proponents contend.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18
United States May
Arm Merchantmen
nv Associated Prsss>


Washington, June Is - AP -
President Roosevelt left no doubt
today that the United States was
ready, If necessary. to arm her
merchantmen TO meet the threat
of submarine warfare.
Whether such action would he
taken, informed sources said. prob
ably would depend to a great de-
gree on the attitude Germany
takes when Berlin receives the
State Departments forthcoming
protest over the sinking OF the
American merchantmen Robin
Moor by a submarine in the South
Atlantic.
Well-informed congressional
sources already we're predicting
that arming Of ships would be nee
essary, but President Roosevelt
avoided any comment on that
possibility.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-18

(By International News service)
Washington, June 1S-iNS- A
move to convince President Roose-
welt of the necessity for freezing
the rest OF the world. in order to
plug Axis fund leaks via Japan and
the Latin-American countries, Is
under way today IN both the State
and Treasury Departments.
A Treasury Official said such a
freeze order would be necessary
is order TO get air-tight compliance
with the presidential order sequest-
ering Axis AID other European
wealth on deposit in the United
States.
II was pointed out that large
amounts OF Axis wealth have
been secreted in America in the
names OF Latina nationals,
and in order to prevent the out
flow OF such money control Of
Withdrawals must he complete.
Another possible leak lies in the
fact that the Treasury has known
for months that Germany. Italy
and Japan have been using their
funds under a pool"
arrangement. whereby one Axis
nation utilizes funds OF another
power, and then pays back the
loan" by settling in goods or SER
vices.
Meanwhile. the Treasury and
Justice Depa .tment put more
teeth" into the Axis freeze order,
by issuing regulations prohibiting
any German national from leaving
the United States without having
fully complied with the executive
order and the regulations.
Customs and immigration Of
fcers were ordered last night 10
take steps To prevent any Ger
man national from departing from
the United States pending further
instructions