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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07

A. In Germany. usually three
letters, four postpcards month
for officers; two letters, four
postcards monthly for non-coms
and enlisted men In Italy. one
letter, one postcard per week for
all prisoners. Japan has no uni
form rule; the decision seems to
rest with the individual prison
camp commander.
GET LETTERS ANYWAY
2. Have you direct word that
prisoners in the Far East have
received cablegrams and let
tiers?
A. Letters - yes. Cables
no direct word yet Efforts TO
get definite information in COM
munications from prisoners are
being made.
3. Can | send a package TO a
relative informed in the Philip
pines?
A. Not now, but possibly lat
er. Two exchange ships have
sailed. carrying next-of-kin par
cells as we'll as relief supplies
and prisoners 10 be exchanged.
Any future sailings must be ar
ranged through the State De-
partment and viii be announc-
ed in time for relatives 10 send
packages along
4. Can l send my son a Christ
mas present?
A. Yes. if you mail il prompt
ly. Red Cross Christmas par
cells already are being prepared.
II may take four 10 six months
TO reach some prisoners. though
a letter may gel 10 prisoner in
Europe within one month
3. What can | send a friend
in a prison camp in Europe?
A. Only books mailed direct
from bookseller or publisher,
unless you persuade a neXt-of-
kin TO give you label for his
bi-monthly parcel or tobacco.
6. Can | adopt a prisoner?
A. No-except in most unus-
ual cases arranged with the
nearest relative and with the
approval Of the Provost Marshal
General, L. S A.
NAMES STILL COME IN
Z. Can you get information
about a soldier presumably TAX
en- al Corregidor but not listed
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07
By MARGUERITE YOUNG
NEA Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK - Nearly 80 900
Americans are missing or are
prisoners of war and their kith
and kin have swamped authori-
ties here with questions about
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07
HIGH-FLYING BRISTLES

Imported hog bristles, which
used 10 be used for many of the
best brushes, are disappearing
Before the war we got 95 per
cent of our requirements from
China. Even today, most Of what
we use is flown from Chungking
TO India. In 1912, only % per
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07

Switzerland's army of 500, 900
men represents one in eight OF
her total population.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

Ruud Monel hot water tank,
Carl Sandusky. l04 Marine City
Hwy. Close 10 Meade.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07

World War I planes flew at
altitude are no longer safe from
enemy ground fire.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
By Evelyn Hayes

Still on the paper situation, II
you get in a tight spot at the last
minute, ransack your hat boxes for
white tissue and give it a quick
going with an iron. Some OF
the bright gals have been saving
paper-and pennies-by doing this
years presents in last years wrap
pings, pressing them first, of course
(This last idea is good only for the
Savers among you; wouldn't do for
us who are Thrower Outers)
Now we get to the ribbon and
tying-up department. If you're
just starting out now to buy-for-
get about silver ribbon, There isn't
any. However, there are plenty OF
tinseled green and red string ties
as well as a nice CHEEKY green and
red plaid. And there's probably
enough red ribbon to reach from
here to the North Pole and back
Don't think from our tone that we
don't like red ribbon We love it
because when all is said and done,
the red ribbon-tied packages al
ways look the most Christmasy
Colored wool yarns-or rug yarns
are wonderful, too, for tying up
presents, particularly if you're
clever enough to finish them off
with tassels or nice big fat pom
poms.
There are sprays of artificial
holly, pine cones, for dressing up
and even bright shining stars to
stud your packages. Lace paper
doilies from We pantry shelf lend a
Evening star., 1943-12-22
And Pork 1t Is!

Last night the Once Of Price Ad-
ministration declared a pork chop
dividend - which, officially inter-
preted, means to the housewife that
spare" stamp No. in ration book
No. 4 is good for an extra five points
in the purchase of pork, including
cured bacon and ham until mid
might Sunday, January 2.
AS we predicted, there will be
plenty of pork available for civilian
use during this period-the reason,
of course, for the ration dividend"
and so we repeat our earlier sug-
gestion, of a roast of pork for the
holiday dinner, in lieu of the elusive
turkey. The festive holiday piglet
is somewhat scarce, and what effect
this special dispensation in points
will have on this commodity has
not yet been estimated by dealers,
but 1t is well within the bounds of
possibility that more sucking pigs
than have been expected will find
their way to local markets-perhaps
in time for New Years dinner, if
not for Christmas.
In any event, we're suggesting
again that you choose a pork roast
for Saturdays feast, and here are
directions for its preparation, cary
ing and service.
And besides this "break", roast
loin Of pork is favored for Christ
mas dinner for several reasons.
Perhaps most of all, roast pork is
we'll liked for its rich yet delicate
flavor. For Christmas the flavor is
combined with glazed apple slices
and extended with cornbread dress
ing. Good roast pork gravy is a
further extender of the meat.
Much anticipation but no argu-
ment arises when the appetite-prov-
ing aroma of roast pork loin per-
vades the kitchen on Christmas
Day. Every one knows each slice
of the meat is as good as the other
No discussion of how the roast will
be divided is necessary, for when
a lcin of pork is served every one
gets the same size portion of light,
tender meat.
The meat carver appreciates this
roast because when the backbone
is separated from the ribs at the
market and removed after the meat
Evening star., 1943-12-22
Christmas Wrappings

Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house not a
creature was stirring-except father
banging on the base of the Christ
mas tree, mother dashing hither and
yon, and daughter rushing around
madly, cutting paper, tearing twine
and wrapping packages, ETC., way
into the night. This year-with
stores unable to cooperate on
Christmas wrapping, with even boxes
lacking to give you good starting
point-your gift-wrapping problems
OF yeSteryear will seem just breeze.
This is the year when nimble fingers
and imagination will stand you in
good stead
Naturally, with customers lining
the counters five deep at 10 ayem,
the stores can't say just what they'll
have on hand at any given moment,
but we suspect there will be enough
around to take care of everybody's
last-minute needs.
You'll find the same old pretty
perennials-the traditional Christ
mas scenes as well as holly and
poinsettia patterns. There are also
modern stripes, the big favorite be-
Ing a tinsel-striped paper red,
green, blue or white marked in sill
yer. There should be plenty of this
even to the last minute. For your
super gifts there may still be some
luxurious golden and silver wrap
pings. In addition, there are always
plain tissues, in colors and white,
and there's no end to what you can
do with plain paper, few props
and q little Imagination.
Evening star., 1943-12-22

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
senders full name and address;
we will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those Of The Star, and, as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient if
it takes few days for your
request or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters
being received. together with
space restrictions, make it i'm
possible to keep up with the
daily mail. For the same rea-
sons, duplicate or similar reci-
pes cannot be printed. B. C.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
Bv Betsy CasweH

is roasted, it is an easy meat cut to
carve Wartime custom DEGREES that
boneless slice of meat be cut be-
tween each pair of ribs. This will
contain practically the same amount
of meat as the slice with the rib
bone. An eight-rib roast should
make 16 servings.
Have meat retailer separate the
backbone from the ribs by saving
lengthwise at right angles to the
ribs. Season with salt and pepper
and place in an open roasting pan
with rib ends down. If the ribs are
not shaped so as to hold the roast
above the pan, you will want to
place the roast on rack in the
pan. Insert roast meat thermom-
eter SO that the bulb is in the CEN
ter Of the largest muscle. Do not
add water. Do not cover. Roast
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.
until the meat thermometer regis
tiers 185 degrees F., when the meat
will be done. Allow about 80 min
utes per pound. When done, remove
backbone.
For special decoration slice par
TALLY down between ribs. Insert a
glazed apple ring in each opening
Return roast to oven for Is minutes
Garnish roast with additional apple
rings. Serve an apple ring and a
cornbread dressing ball with each
serving. An eight-rib roast will
serve Is people
GLAZED APPLE RINGS.
| Y cup corn sirup.
y cup water.
red s.ples,
Make slrup of corn sirup and wa
ter. Cut apples in one-half inch
slices without peeling Simmer in
Evening star., 1943-12-22
FILING SYSTEM:
ICE BOX COOKIES; ROLLS.


(Thanks to Mrs. G. M. M,
Arlington.)
I. too, had wonderful success with
Mrs. w. w. C.'s S. v. fruit cake
and having cooked for only three
months, it is quite a triumph for
her and for me!
Recently, we purchased a home
from a widoWer whose wife left
many delightful recipes which he
gave to me. Among them was a
folder for recipes which seems to
be the perfect solution to the prob
lem of how to keep Clearing House
clippings.
The cover is a piece Of simulated
leather 101a inches square with a
cloth lining pasted to it and the
edges all around. There are eight
Al inch by 101a inch envelopes,
each with a hole punched in the
two lower corners a inch from
corner. Two holes are punched
in the cover AZ inches in from back
outer edge to correspond with those
in the envelopes. Mine have metal
eyelets. but the dime store has
cloth rings for loose leaf paper that
should do nicelyD A strong cord
is run through the holes in back
cover, up through the envelopes
and tied loosely on top envelope.
The cover is then brought over and
folded like a book cover. The words
Recipe Clippings" are printed on
1.-THE front. The envelopes, which
Evening star., 1943-12-22

hot sirup until tender, turning oc.
casionally to glaze.
CoRNBREAD DRESSING.
4 cups of cornbread pieces.
slices bread.
Meat stock or water.
3 eggs.
] cup chopped celery.
2 tablespoons Clipped onion.
teaspoon SALT
! teaspoon powdered sage.
4 teaspoon pepper.
Meat drippings.
Bake 9-inch square pan of your
favorite unsweetened cornbred re-
cipe the day before. When ready to
make the dressing break the corn
bread In pieces and combine with
bread which has been moistened
with one cup stock, the eggs well
beaten, and all other ingredients.
Add additional stock or water to
make a mixture which can be
shaped. Form into balls and place
in a well-greased pan or arrange
the balls around the roasting pan.
Bake in a moderate oven 1890 de-
grees FahrenheiD for 80 minutes.
Basic with drippings from roast loin
OF pork during the baking
Evening star., 1943-12-22
(ThdnkS to Mrs. J. A. H.,
Washington

Here is a recipe for lemon chiffon
pie as requested by Mrs. v. A. D.;
One envelope gelatin, J.. cup cold
water, l teaspoon grated lemon rind
/ cup sugar. eggs, y cup lemon
juice. = teaspoon salt.
Add Il cup sugar, lemon Juice and
salt to beaten egg yolks and cook
over boiling water until of custard
consistency. Soften gelatin in cold
water. Add to hot custard and stir
thoroughly. Add grated lemon rind
Cool When mixture begins to
thicken, fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites to which the other y cup
sugar has been added. Fill baked
pie shell or graham cracker crust
and chill. Just before serving
spread over pie a thin layer OF
whipped cream.
Evening star., 1943-12-22

WOnQeIlul SnOW-cryStdl tOucn &c
the top of any tissue wrapped box
and while you're in the pantry
snatch the bright slipping straws
usually used for persuading the
young to drink their milk. Just take
handful of red, green or blue
cellophane straws, lay them over
the ribbon, tie quickly-and ur
they'll pop into the most profess
sional-looking rosette. Great blobs
of red sealing wax also make a merry
bit of Christmas on plain white
tissue-and cotton black lace ties
up pretty-pretty on same. We like
too, the peasantry embroidered edg-
ings that have such nice Christ
masy look all their own, and red OF
green tissue roping makes quite a
splash when tied in a whopping
bow on top of plain package.
For a finishing touch, by all
means use sprig of your Christ
mas tree Gf you're one Of the
Lucky tied up with red ribbon and
tiny sleigh bells to jingle your
merry greetings. She'll probably
snatch it off and wear it in her hair
for Mrs. Santa Claus effect.
A few hints. You won't have all
the boxes you want-but you'll find
you won't need as many as you
think you do. Soft things wrap
prettily without boxes. There's a
red cardboard candle, for example,
that would make a fine covering
for stockings, slip or almost any,
thing not too perishable Or you
can roll your own in a f1re-cracker
effect by rolling up the presents in
red tissue, tying both ends tight
with ribbon, then frizzing the edges.
Nova word about the Doing.
Most of the hands that used to help
are probably. serving Uncle Sam
but never you mind Straight pins
serve beautifully. Just stick in a
pin where you want a knot or corner
held-and when it's all wrapped,
remove the pins. (Or have you al
ways known this?) That's the
greatest trick we've ever learned
in our impractical life-and we pass
it on to you with our Christmas
wishes.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
Readers Clearing House ! :

are placed flap side down. are
marked across top with sauces and
soups; fish and entrees" etc,
through the dinner courses. The
readers may vary the size, number
and headings of envelopes as long
as they cut the cover large enough
to go around three sides of the
stack of envelopes allowing for fill
ing. You might also use dime
store notebook loose Leaf and get
envelopes to fit.
Have any of the readers good
recipes for ice-box cookies and re-
frigerator rolls?
Evening star., 1943-12-22
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: In one of your
articles recently you said that it was
a pity that there was not some way
in which boys and girls could test
their feelings for each other before
they married so as to find out
whether they Just had a passing
fancy for each other, or the love
that endures.
I would suggest that a good way
to meet this situation would be fol-
the marriage law to be amended sc
as to make every marriage binding
for five years. During that time nc
divorce should be granted for any
cause whatsoever. I think this would
solve the problem of hasty mar
riages and thus eliminate lot OF
trouble by putting a quietus on
puppy love.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
AnsWer-It's an idea Certainly
1t would cause the most lmpetuous
and romantic of Romeos to stop and
think before he asked Juliet to climb
down from her balcony and hasten
to the Marriage License Bureau if
he knew that he would have to stand
her for five long, weary years, no
matter if she came up to expecta-
tions or not. Nor would Juliet be
so eager to scramble down off OF her
perch into Romeos arms if she knew
there was no getting out of them for
five years, even if she did see some
body who looked better to her than
he did.
It is the ease and comparative
cheapness of divorce that makes
swapping partners such a common
and popular pastime. When you
can get rid of wife for whom you
have lost your taste, or a husband
whose way of eating aggs has got
ten on your nerves, easier than you
can Of a pet dog or a canary. it is
human nature to feel that you don't
have to give the matter much
thought or consideration. If you
don't like your current mate, there
is always Reno, or Florida, where
you can be relieved of your incubus
and be free to try it over again.
That is something else yet again
That is long stretch, and it seems
longer if you have to pass it in the
enforced companionship of wife
who is bore, or who nags, or who
poisons you with her cooking, or
who runs up bills that keep your
nose to the grindstone. And it
seems an eternity to a woman who
is tied to a husband who grouches
and grumbles, or passes into the sill
ence whenever he is crossed in any
way, or who is tightWad who has to
have a major surgical operation per-
formed on him to get the price of
hat out of him, or who is finicky and
fussy about his eating and who al
ways throws his mothers biscuit in
his wife's teeth, or who drinks, or
CANDLES, or philanders.
Many a man and woman who
marry almost at first sight would
pause long enough for thought be-
fore they signed on the dotted line
If there was that five-year clause in
the marriage license. They would
have their hearts X-rayed and
f1uoroscoped and their blood pres
sures taken and psychiatrist to
analyze their emotions to try to find
out if what they felt was real love,
or just that last cocktail, and
whether the remedy for it was mar
fiage or bicarbonate.
Moreover, there is no doubt that
II people had to stay married for
FIVE years it would increase the per-
Evening star., 1943-12-22
DARK FRUIT CAKE.

fThanks to Mrs. D. K, Arlington. J
Two and one half cups all purpose
flour, 2 teaspoons allspice, 2 tea
spoons cinnamon, y teaspoon nut
meg, y teaspoon cloves, Il teaspoon
mace, 4 teaspoon soda, y cup
shortening, cup brown sugar firmly
packed, 3 eggs, a cup dark molasses,
4 cup fruit juice, 21s cups seeded
raisins, % cup candied orange peel,
20 cup candied cherries, Il cup can
died pineapple, 11s cups thinly-
sliced citron, "a cup currants, l cup
black walnuts, Y cup candied crush
ed pineapple
Sift flour. Measure and sift again
with spices and soda. Cream short
ening. add sugar gradually, cream
Evening star., 1943-12-22

manence of marriage not only be-
cause they would go into it more
cautiously, but because they would
get used to each others faults and
peculiarities and they would no
longer rub them the wrong way, as
they did at first. They would get
over expecting perfection in their
mates and learn to take what they
have, and like it.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
LAUNDRY QUERY.

REQUESTED By Miss E. T., Arlington. j
I am the fortunate possessor of
several pairs of preWar lastex girdles
and wish to insure their variability
as long as possible. Will some of
the readers give me directions for
laundering and drying such gar
ments?
Evening star., 1943-12-22

recipes that I have been unable to
find, although I have looked for sew
eral years. The first is a tomato
sauce to be used on shrimp cocktail.
have tried several commercial
products but they are not what I am
looking for, and neither was recipe
that called for a mayonnaise base.
The other request is for French
apple pie, the kind made with raisins
and with a sugar icing. l am con-
fident that some of your kind readers
have such recipes in their files.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
LEFTOVER LIVER:
COFFEE CAKE; PIE:
CINNAMON ROLL. CANDY

fThanks to Mrs. A. L., Washington.
In answer to Mrs. H M. c. wishing
a recipe for cold cooked liver and
one for coffee cake.
This recipe was originally for
chicken or turkey livers, the paste
to be used for an appetizer, but
use it for beef liver and make up
quite a quantity.
Cook liver until tender COR use
left-over). Put through the food
grinder together with some hard
cooked eggs, a medium onion, some
SeaSonings-I like a little mustard
added, dash of Worcestershire or
garlic sauce. Moisten with melted
butter. The original recipe called
for chicken or turkey fat to moisten,
and that is best if you have it.
usually add little vinegar when
boiling liver, or, if frying it, dip it
in vinegar before Touring. A bay
leaf added when boiling is nice.
Now for coffee cake: This is not
exactly what she asked for, but it is
an uncommonly nice recipe:
One-eighth pound butter or mar
garine, melted, or 4 cup; q cup
sugar, l egg. Mix and add a cup
milk or less. IA cups flour, l level
teaspoon baking powder, salt, flav-
oring; mix, spread with spoon and
bake. On it you may use the crumb
topping, but this is the Old World
way: Slice apples, peaches or such
in wedges, lay in rows up and down
the cake, sprinkle with bit of
sugar and cinnamon, then bake. 1t
is lovely to look at ard good to eat.
1t is good tea dish.
For any one who likes an unusual
custard pie: Lump butter size of wal
nut. Back in the Middle West our
walnutS are larger than the ones I
have found here)
One cup sugar; cream the sugar
and the butter Yolk of l egg. Beat
and add to the above. One table
spoon flour in that; beat egg white
and stir in that. Add favoring and
milk enough to fill crust. Bake Is
or 20 minutes. This pie is fool
proof, but only if you add the in
gradients in the order named. This
must not be changed.
Now for an old-fashioned CHINA
mon roll candy that l have not
seen in stores for many years. May
be some one has missed it as I have
and would be as glad for the recipe
as I was. This is nice to put in tiny
gift boxes to hand to friends at
Christmas, or was before rationing.
1t is very simple.
One and one-half cups granulated
sugar, p cup brown sugar, % cup
milk, 4 cup white sirup, "a tea
spoon salt, tablespoons butter, l
teaspoon vanilla.
Boil to soft-ball stage, add vanilla
and set aside to cool until you can
put your hand on the bottom of the
pan. Do not stir while cooling
Then beat until it holds its shape.
Put on paper and mold in loaves
about 3 inches long and about 21a
inches thick and roll in cinnamon.
Can be sliced.
(ThankS to r. O. NJ. AnndpohS.)
This is in answer to Mrs H. M.
C.'s request for using leftover beef
Tor any other kind of liver.
The ingredients are:
Cooked liver, hard boiled eggs,
onion, pepper and salt and some
thing with which to bind them, such
as mayonnaise, rendered chicken
fat or rendered bacon grease the
cooked bacon may also be added.
Grind all together and serve on
sandwiches. on crackers, on toast
or on lettuce. One or two eggs is
sufficient for about y pound cooked
liver, the amount of raw onion is
according to taste.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
FRENCH CHOCOLATE BALLS

(Thanks to L. V. S., Alexandria,
I made up Mrs E. A. Ps recipe
for French chocolate balls and found
them delicious. The chocolate mix
ture, however, has to be we'll chilled
before it can be FORMED into balls
I rolled them in fresh ground COCO
nut which greatly added to their
goodness.
Evening star., 1943-12-22

You can have hooked rug for
little cost but the effort-and that
can be good fun, if you see it the
right way. Simply cut a piece OF
burlap whatever size you want and
stamp the design in the center.
Send II cents (coin) for Pattern
No. 1777 to Needle Arts Dept, WASH
ington Star, P. o. Box 172, Station
D, New York, 3, N. Y.
Evening star., 1943-12-22
(ThGnkS to Mrs. r. B. w.,
ArIin0ton

To use cooked or par-boiled liver
try: i pound beef liver coarsely
ground, 4 cups soft crumbs, beaten
egg, IL teaspoons salt.
Form into patties, wrap in bacon
strips. Boil Is minutes, turn once
I have found that people who dis
like liver will eat it this way there
by getting their liver nutrition pain
lessly. Very good if served with
sauted pineapple or fried apples.
X
COFFEE CAKE; COOKIES;
NOODLES.
(Thanks to Mrs. J. B. M,
Washington)
Here is my favorite coffee cake
recipe with crumbly topping, as
requested by reader. My husband
demands it regularly, and 1 am
sure others will enjoy it. 1t is taken
from the Pennsylvania Dutch Cook
Book"
Streusel Kuchen: Two cups milk,
Y cup butter or margarine, cup
sugar, u teaspoon salt, / egg sep