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Evening star., 1943-12-21

Contributions and accompanied by the senders
1uH name and address, will withhold
Please address mail to the Readers Clearing House. Page
The Evening Star, Washington a. o~'
Views expressed in the Clearing not necessarily those
OF The Star and it obviously test all
recipes submitted we cannot responsibility them
Please DO not be impatient if it takes
TO appear The great number
together with restrictions impossible to keep p with
the daily mail For the duplicate recipes
cannot be printed " 1920
Betsy CasaveU.
Evening star., 1943-12-21
CANDIED PINEAPPLE.
Cranberry
Sberbet

Cranberry sherbet is refreshing
accompaniment for Christmas din
ner and is equally good served as
dessert at holiday time. Though
cranberries are expected to be high
in price this year, this recipe only
calls for pint of them, so the
budget shouldn't take too much of
beating!
Only three -fourths cup of sugar
along with cup of bottled sirup
flayors 2 quarts of this delicious
sherbet. 1t may be made In the
freezing tray Of your refrigerator or
in a crank-type freezer.
CRANBERRY SHERBET.
(Makes 2 quarts)
"a cup sugar.
2 cups water.
cup bottled sirup.
l pint cranberries.
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
y cup ordinary cream.
2 egg whites.
Cook sugar, one cup of the water
and the sirup for 10 minutes. Re-
move from heat and cool. Cook
cranberries in remaining cup of
water until soft. Rub through a
sieve and add to sirup. Add one
and one-half tablespoon of lemon
juice Blend well and pour into
freezing tray of mechanical refrig-
orator. Allow to freeze to mush
stage. Turn partly frozen mixture
into an: ice-cold mixing bowl and
beat slowly. Add remaining one
half tablespoon of lemon juice to
cream and whip. Fold into mixture
Then fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites. Return to freezing tray and
finish freezing, stirring at half-hour
intervals.
CMay also be frozen in a crank
type freezer. In this case do not
whip cream or egg whites since they
will be whipped in the freezing)
Evening star., 1943-12-21
REMOVING SCORCH:
COMPILING BOOKLET.
REQUESTED by Mrs. H. r. S.,
WaShinQton.l

[ 1lCQUCoCCu Uy NfS. II. ~. D.l
Washington.)
Just another word of praise from
one of your constant readers. We
think your Clearing House is a fine
thing and a great help.
We would like to put in our vote
in favor of compiling book Of
recipes taken from those sent in to
the Clearing House. We are very
much interested.
Do you think any of your readers
would know of something to re-
move scorch from a white satin
gown? We have tried lemon and
salt, also a little clorox, with no
success. Would greatly appreciate
it If some one could help us out.
Editors Note-We also Dish to
thank Mrs. J. r. S., Alexandria,
Va, for her ideas for compiling
a booklet OF the Clearing House,
RAISIN WINE.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. E. A. K,
Alexandria, Va
Two packages seedless raisins,
yeast cake, 312 pounds sugar, gal
Ion lukewarm water.
Put all together. MASKING well
with hands. Let stand seven days,
stirring every day, Add quart
grape juice. Let stand three more
days. Strain and bottle. Seal air
tight.
This recipe for raisin wine is very
good and unlike other ones that
have been printed on the Clearing
House page. Keep up the good work.
SHADE COVERS;
ROASTS.
(Thdnks to Mrs. r. M. M,
Washington
Last summer purchased three OF
the pleated, printed sateen covers
which are used over lampshades. I
want to launder them before put
ting them away for the season, but
don't know how to go about it. The
saleslady told me they should be
put on the lampshades while wet
and in this way they would retain
their pleats, but I hesitate to put
wet covers over rayon shades. Has
any one who has had the expert
anece of laundering this type of
cover any suggestions? They will
be appreciated.
AS there has been some discus
sion recently about roasts for small
families, would like to offer sug-
gestion I hope will help some one.
Buy a picnic ham or pork shoulder,
which is what they really are. CThe
last one I bought weighed 4 pounds
and cost $1.20 and only Is points. |
Cheap enough! Boil the ham at
night until done and let it stand in |
the water in which 1t was boiled so
it will be juicy. The next day pre-
pare as you would ham and bake.
Thanks for the Clearing House
It's grand!
COVERED CREAMS.
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. /. T.,
Washington
Two packages Ak sugar, 4 pound
outer, S tablespoons of sweet cream,
IA block baking chocolate, 1s block
paraffin. 4
Melt butter and cream together
and mix into the powdered sugar
after the sugar has been sifted. AS
soon as the sugar is mixed into
paste, roll in small balls and put on
,,ovoJ r>onor Grata rhcco1atp and .
paraffin together and melt. AS soon
as this is melted, dip the creams in
and put back on paper to dry. Put
half a pecan or walnut on them be-
fore chocolate gets hard. I some
times get a bottle of maraschino
cherries, drain and put them in the
ball before dipping in the chocolate.
You may use any fruit you desire
in place of the cherries.
Evening star., 1943-12-21
Readers Clearing House

cinnamon, v teaspoon cloves, tea
spoon soda.
Heat honey and butter carefully
for about minute When cool, add
dry ingredients that have been sift-
ed together several times. Roll out
to a inch thickness and cut In de-
sired shapes. Bake on creased
cookie sheet for IL to Is minutes
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees).
Chocolate chip cookies: One-half
cup butter, II cup honey, small egg,
l cup sifted flour, teaspoon baking
powder, u teaspoon salt, " tea
spoon vanilla, u cup semisweet
chocolate chips, " cup nut meats,
chopped.
Cream butter and honey until
light and fluffy. Add egg and beat
well. Sift flour, baking powder and
salt twice Add -four mixture to
butter mixture; then add vanilla and
blend all well Fold in chocolate
chips and nuts. Chill and drop by
teaspoonfuls on creased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for IL
minutes.
Fruit Candy: "a cup dried prunes,
"a cup dried figs, u cup dates, u
cup raisins, 1s cup honey.
Let dried prunes stand in boiling
water for 5 minutes. Run all the
fruit through food chopper, fine
knife. Add honey. Butter the hands
and shape the mixture into balls.
Roll in chopped nuts, coconut, or
coat with confectioners' chocolate.
Nuts may be added and other dried
fruit, like peaches and pears, used.
Will some one please give a recipe
for simple mincemeat, not the rich
kind we used to have?
(Ed. Note: We 1DiSh to thank
Miss B. M. c. for her method OF
filing recipes UhicH Ue are un-
able to print for lack OF space.)
Evening star., 1943-12-21
CARAMEL FUDGE:
HOLIDAY CONSERVE

(Thdnks to A. w. T., Kensinqton.)
-Four cups sugar, 2 cups milk, l
heaping tablespoon butter, l tea
spoon vanilla, cup chopped pecans,
cup quartered marshmalloWs.
Put cup of sugar in vessel, and
the 3 remaining cups with milk and
butter in another and place both on
slow fires. Do not stir sugar as it
browns. The other should lust be
boiling well Pour Drowned sugar
into it, stirring, and stir continu-
ously, until it makes very soft ball
when dropped into a cup of cold
water. Pour into large bowl and
beat steadily until it begins to
cream; add vanilla, then put in nuts
and marshmallows and pour in to
buttered dish. This makes good
sized platter of candy. Cut into
squares when cool.
Holiday conserve: Three cups
cranberries, l cup diced apples, /
lemon, juice and grated rind, cup
crushed pineapple, IA cups water, 3
cups sugar.
Cook cranberries and apples In
water until tender. Add remaining
ingredients and cook rapidly until
clear. Fill steriliZed jars and seal.
Evening star., 1943-12-21
STAINS ON COLLAR.
(RequeSted By Mrs. w. B.,
WashinotOn

f Washington
In answer to recent query about
stains on mems shirt collars and
cuffs, 1 have found that hand
brush with little extra suds will
remove the soil very satisfactorily
but l should also appreciate fur
ther ideas on erasing the slight
stubborn stains that persist.
(Thanks to Mrs. E. L.,
Arlington, Vd.)
Am glad to help the lady who in
quired how to get streaks out of
collars and cuffs. First dip them in
cold water, then in warm and rub
with yellow laundry soap. A few
drops of kerosene helps. After soak
ing the articles an hour or so, rub
them between the thumbs. This
always has done the trick for me.
X
CANDIED PINEAPPLE.
(Thanks to r. J. L., Alexandria.
A request by Mrs. C. B., Washing
ton, for candied pineapple:
Drain pineapple. Combine 2 cups
sugar, l cup juice pineapple and
Evening star., 1943-12-21
By Peggy Roberts

Here's free -and-easy jerkin that
won't cramp young lady's style
It's simple enough to 60 with over
alls and pretty enough for Sunday
best.
Send II cents (coin for Pattern
No. 1858 to Needle Arts Department,
washington Star, P. o. Box Ito, Sta
ton D, New York 3, N. Y.
Evening star., 1943-12-21
KEEPING FRUIT CAKE;
RECIPES GIVEN

(Thdnks to Miss B. M. c., Arlington
To the reader who wants to keep
fruit cake from getting dry: Let
cake cool slightly when baked, then
pour grape juice over it, little at a
time, allowing juice to soak in thor
oughly each time. Do not use
enough juice to make the cake sog-
gy. The amount will depend upon
the size Of the cake. After craps
Juice has soaked into the cake we'll,
wrap cake in one or two thicknesses
of cloth, then in several sheets of
paper newspaper is good for this
purpose) an dstore in a tin away
from the air. My mother used to
keep some of her fruit cake until
Easter in this way.
For the reader who wants recipe
for cookies made with honey:
Eggless honey cookies: One-half
cup honey, y cup butter or other
shortening, 2 cups flour, Il teaspoon
Evening star., 1943-12-21

Homemade cranberry sherbet is a refreshing accom-
p0nmenf to the meat course faney deSserhichever
you PREFER Although cranberies high this year. the
recipe yonH tnd on this page very small quantity of
hemSo you probably indulge the family this once!
Evening star., 1943-12-21
Betsy CasweH.

Water, Is cup corn Sirup. Heat to
boiling, add pineapple and simmer
slowly until fruit is clear. Lift out
fruit, drain on absorbent paper. Dust
with granulated sugar and allow to
dry slowly. Very slow oven will aid
this drying process.
PlumS, peaches and pears can be
candied in the same manner.
Readers Clearing House is q
splendid section of The Star.
CHINESE RECIPES.
(ThankS to Mrs. p. d. j.,
Alexandria, VaJ
I'm answering the request of Mrs
w. F. M, Washington, for Chinese
roast pork and "wun ton"
Chinese Roast Pork (Tar Shean) :
l pound shoulder of boned pork, /
teaspoon salt, teaspoons sugar,
teaspoons soy sauce, "a teaspoon
ground cinnamon
Cut shoulder of pork in half
slicing lengthwise. Mix all in
gradients. Let pork oak in mixed in
gradients y hour. Broil pork Is
minutes, turn over and broil another
Is minutes. Slice into thin pieces
and serve.
Wun ton is Chinese ravioli and
here is the recipe: y cup raw
chopped lean pork, 2 cups flour,
beaten egg, pinch of salt.
Mix ingredients except pork and
egg. Roll out on board with rolling
pin until very thin Cut in 2-inch
squares. Fill with y cup chopped
raw lean pork seasoned with pinch
of salt. To fill hold the piece of
dough in the left hand with one
corner toward you and put tea
spoon Of filling in the center of
dough. Fold the dough diagonally
SO that the corner pointing to you
comes to center of square. Then
double the folded part in half,
facing toward center again, fold,
first left-hand corner and then
right-hand corner to center. Put
some beaten egg on the still un-
folded corner and draw together this
corner and the outer edges Of the
last two folded corners. Press with
thumb and forefinger. Fry ravioli
in deep fat until brown.
l hope these are the recipes you
wanted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
MEANWHILE
y X
By TOM WOLF
NEA STAFF CORRESPONDENT

London, July 2.-Chroniclers of
the American Invasion" of London
will one day doubtless attach major
significance to heretofore little
noted fact: American softball has
pushed orators far into the back
ground as Hyde Parks principal
weekend attraction.
Softball, as demonstrated by
soldiers ranking from privates to
generals, has been source of
unending amusement and amaze
ment to what appears to be most
of London. The size Of the at
tending crowds would bring tears
OF envy to the eyes of any man
ager of second division big
league team. BY this time there
are beginning to be few regulars
among the spectators who have
amassed just enough knowledge
to pass along an amazing amount
of misinformation to the new
corners.
That most of the onlookers have
not mastered the mysteries of
softball is manifest in many ways,
such as the choice of seats" from
which to watch the proceedings.
There is a solid phalanx of I'M
budgable spectators right behind
the infield, effectively boxing the
diamond and cutting outfielders
hopelessly out of sight of the
Mat pitcher or bases. Scores of
intrepid ignorant invariably blow
hot breath down the catcher's
neck until the first foul tip blacks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
LONDON LETTER
Baseball Wins Mystified Fans In England


shortages are increasingly felt in the
StatSs, you've Had it, will be
snapped up ir America to plagueg
language purists for years to come.
british laymen believe that they
~ have at last discovered the
meaning of the economists pat
phrase: weighted averages. To de-
termine how wartime diet Is affect
ing national health and what
changes if any, are necessary, the
Ministry of Food last month an
nounced It's intention of weighing
housewives in three test districts
every three months. Nutritional
changes will be considered in the
light Of these samples.
THE lowly lemon, from time i'm
l. memorial is a symbol of the sour
and unattractive has been pushed to
a pinnacle of desirability. Time was
when getting the lemon" was hard
ly a sought-after honor. But Brit
ain has been citrus-fruitless for
nearly four years. Last month at
one of London's most distinguished
social functions a waltz contest was
held. First prize: One lemon.
THE House Mission Committee OF
L the Methodist church in Great
Britain launched a new movement
for members last month. It's title:
Christian Commando Campaign.
STARTING toward the end of
~ April and continuing without
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02

ETC., in their pare time. What plot
there is involves couple of ro-
mances between two of the service
men and two hostesses. One Of
these is Cheryl Walker, beautiful
girl who has been trying to get
break in pictures for some years
and now, overnight, ceases to be
an unknown.
This is the picture, incidentally,
in which Katherine Cornell makes
her camera debut. For years Hol-
lywood has tried to get this star to
make a picture. and at times there
have been rumors that she was
about to succumb to fabulous Of
fers. but nothing ever came of
them. Now she's in the movies
working for nothing. Just a brief
sequence, the balcony scene from
Romeo and Juliet" with a young
soldier who passesbyller ibac
soldier who passes by her food
counter reading Romeo's lines.
This is also the picture about
which Miss Hepburn supposedly
hemmed and hawed for time and
finally said she's appear If they
got Robert E. Sherwood, noted
playwright and Owl bigwig, to
write her dialogue. They did and
she did.
Most of the profits from the pic
ture will go to the Theater Wing to
be used in supporting its Canteens
in various cities.
1t is stunt" picture, of course,
but it should do better than most
such omnibus celluloid affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02

In the letter to presidents of 300
Connecticut factories where Plant
Transportation Committees are
functioning, Bowles wrote:
To-day you face very real threat
of complete breakdown in war;
worker transportation. For this rea-
son, your further cooperation is ur-
gently needed to correct a situation
in which your company has a def
mite stake, If its employees are to get
to work regularly and on time"
Despite the critical condition of
the gasoline supply, Bowles letter
points out, the latest surveys in the
state indicate that ride sharing is
still far from successful, with only
81 passengers, including the driver,
in the average car instead Of the
40 passengers specified for a full"
car.
According to the reports which
have come to my attention." the
OPA head continued, every plant
transportation committee in Con-
necticut could do a better job. In
most cases, the trouble has been
that too few persons are trying to
do a big job with inadequate rec
ords and equipment. We have found
that the best results have been in
plants where there has been one
clerk assigned to this work for every
thousand employees"
Stating that stringent measures
must be taken to increase ride shar-
ing" Bowles added that local boards
will study every application for re-
newal of supplemental gasoline ra-
tons during the next few weeks with
the aim for forcing ride-sharing
arrangements"
Failure OF a worker to have formed
a full ride-sllaring club will simply
mean that he will not be issued sup
Elemental allotments OF gasoline ex-
cept under the most special circum-
stances" Bowles added.
ur-fifthS Of the renewal applica-
tons will come up in the next six
weeks, it is estimated.
80 that you may be better &C
quainted with the problems that
your plant transportation commit
tee will face in helping your en-
ployees to meet sharing re-
quirements." BoWles' letter conclud-
ed, may suggest that you or a
responsible officer of your company
plan to attend one of these meetings
which will be held during the next
10 days."
The schedule Of meetings is as
follows:
July 6-Waterbury, City Hall, s p.
b.; New Britain, Walnut high school
p. m. July 7-Groton, Town Hall,
p. m. and Torrington, City Hall,
8 p. m. July 8-Hartford, West Mid
die School, 8 p. m. and Willimantic,
high school, p. nj. July 8 -
Bridgeport, Central high school, 8
p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02

To give a brief sample of the
60-some famous actors and actress
es appearing in the picture, you
will find Tallulah Bankhead, Alfrec
Iiunt, Lynn Fontanne, Helen Hayes,
Katherine Hepburn, George Jessel,
Gypsy Rose Lee, Bergen and Nc
earthly. Yehudi Menuhin, Ethel
Norman, Ed Wynn, and so on far
into who's Who in the Theater."
No picture ever has presented so
many famous players. Most OF
them appear only briefly and some
Wel-known performers are seen
cnly as walk-ons. And you will
note from the names above that
many of them ordinarily have
nothing to do with Hollywood.
The picture, of course, is more
than just a parade of the famous.
The idea was to build film around
The Stage Door Canteen in New
York, which is operated for serv-
icemen by the American Theater
Wing War Service. Four service
men in the city waiting to go
abroad find the Canteen and this
gives the opportunity to bring on
the big names because these IA
nous people work at the Canteen
as hostesses, walters, dishWashers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
MINISTER LAUDS
YOUTHS In ARMY

Swampscott, Mass, July 2-(UP)
The Rev. Ernest L. LOOMS, as
sistant chief of the first service
command chaplain branch, has call
ed upon home and church to re-
strain war tense young women.
LOOMS addressed a meeting last
night of the baord of directors of
the General Federation of women's
Clubs.
Rev. Mr.. LOOMS said that the
American army was composed of
clean-living men who neither ex-
pect loose living on the part of the
girls they meet nor respect those
whom they find promiscuous." The
Pastor added that the average sold
Ter 'cherishes unspoken but very real
ideals concerning womanhood."
The minister said the problem of
wartime morality was actually most
acute among young women from Is
to "a years of age. Rev. Mr.. Loomis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
COP DELEGATES
C0NVENES MONDAY
Request OF Young Republic
can Club HOnOred By
Convention Chairman

Municipal Judge T. E. Conway,
chairman of the last Republican
town convention, has reconvened
the convention at the Y. M. G. A.
Monday at 8 p. m. The purpose OF
this meeting is to comply with the
request of the Young Republican
Club that certain changes be made
in the party rules.
The outstanding change desired
is the abolition of the present fee
of $25 for each district in which a
candidate runs in primaries. If the
contest involves all the 80 districts
this means the candidate must de-
post $500 with the town commit
tee.
Judge Conway will not appoint
delegates from each ward to sound
out opinion on the proposed
changes and report back to the con-
vention. He declared that he felt it
his duty to call the convention, but
not his duty to express his own
opinions until he has heard others
express theirs.
The Republican town committee
will meet tonight at The Elton to
discuss plans for the fall CAM
paign. 1t may also include the ques-
tions introduced by the club, in
Guiding the latter's suggestion that
a campaign committee of 20, in
Guiding 10 members of the club, be
raised to conduct the campaign.
Opponents of this suggestion say
that the mayoralty candidates
should have the opportunity of sell
scting such committee. Another
Of the clubs recommendations is
that pre-campaign fund of $4,000
be raised to obtain permanent
headquarters and hire paid secre-
tary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
a spectatorial eye.

spectatorial eye.
Judging by audience applause,
batter's greatest achievement is
high pop fly or long foul. A
solid clout into the crowd behind
second - which except for the
two ases-in-the-crowd ground rule,
would rate at least triple in any
ballpark-gets a mere ripple of po-
lite "ah's."
EASILY the most popular phrase
IL in the ever-expanding wartime
patois of Britain is you've had It,"
you've had it" is most express
sive, not very polite method of tell
ing some one that he's not going to
get what he wants, the idea being
that he's already had all there is
to have-i. e., none. Last month the
expression made its bid for poSterity
as the title of song: you've Had
1t, Chum."
Philologists freely predict that as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
ALDERMEN TO ACT
ON BUS SHORTAGE

An ODT representative will dis
cuss with Mayor John S. Monagan
shortly the mayors protest that the
bus service here under the gasoline
allotment plan is inadequate.
Aldermanic President Patrick
Shea and Democratic aldermanic
leader, Daniel Driscoll and Republic
can alderman Burton H. Walker,
will also sit in on the conference.
Park Supt. James J. Curtin re-
Gently voiced that the curtailment
on pleasure driving should allow the
bus companies to increase their
transportation facilities to take per
sons to recreational centers, such
as the municipal golf course. He
pointed out that the war workers
need such relaxation to keep up
their morale. An alderrmanic meet
ing will be temporarily postponed
until after the conference with the
ODT representative.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02

due to the non-existence O. Surplus
Commodities.
In the field of Marketing and
Food Distribution Mr.. Maloney has
had wild experience. Previous to be-
coming State Director of Commodi-
ties he served as Marketing Spe-
cialist with tie State Department
of Agriculture. Before e: tering State
Service he was associated with a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-02
FRENHC-CANADIAN
NUMBERS CHOSEN
Scovill Drum Corps Aiding
Civilian Defense VOlun=
teer Recruiting

A program of French Canadian
songs and dances will be presented
at Victory House on the Green to-
night as one of the to 7 p. m.
programs to aid the drive for 1000
additional civilian defense workers.
Last night program of music
and entertainment by the Scovill
Fife and Drum Corps commenced
the programs which feature the
one-week drive.
Posters and window displays de-
plotting the many aspects of civil
ian defense can be seen throughout
the downtown area of this city. The
positions depicted are open to men
and women.
Persons desiring to enlist may be
registered at Victory House, Miller
and Peck Company, Hampson-Min-
Abbott, Inc, and Musler-Liebes-
kin throughout the drive.
Many local organizations have con-
tributed their services for the re-
cruiting venture.