Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-22
By Betsy CasyeH,
women's News Editor


American" cheese has been report
! ed In many sections of the city,
there still seems to be an adequate
supply available in most places.
Butter supplies are still uncertain,
but margarine continues steady.
The problem of food distribution
here in Washington is one that
makes 1t difficult to present a really
factual overall picture. Some mar
kets are well stocked with items that
the next store in the block has not
offered for sale in weeks. This means
that searching out supplies has be-
come Of major Importance, and with
transportation curtailed, that is not
an easy pursuit. Now, If ever, is the
time to be on the good side of your
marketman. Those cartoons in re-
cent issues of The New Yorker, de-
plotting ladies getting themselves up
like glamour gals to visit their
butcher, embody more truth than
poetry.
AS far as fruits and vegetables are
concerned. If you can pay the price,
you can obtain almost any item you
wish. Tomatoes are very plentiful,
and a bit less expensive than they
were week ago. Also recommend
ed are potatoes, both white and
sweet; fiat and round green beans,
cucumbers, cabbage. Western let
tuce, corn and green peppers. Egg
plants and beets are coming in in
good quantity, although carrots are
scarcer and more costly. Celery and
green peas are also scare and high.
There is little or no caulifower on
the market, but the broccoli Is good
this week. Kale, spinach and turnip
tops are the best Of the greens, and
you'll also find some chicory and
escarole around town. White and
yellow squash and some zucchini are
being offered.
Apples are good, now, and the list
OF other fruits includes Ridgeway
cantaloupe, good honeydew melons,
pineapples, bananas, cherries, plums,
blueberries, currants, Hiley and Ell
berta peaches, manages, seedless
grapes and rather poor avocados.
Oranges, lines and grapefruit are,
of course, obtainable.
X x X y
Here and There: Food experts
assure us that we can expect large
shipments of unusually good beets
to local markets in the next few
weeks. Growers in some localities
in the East are faced with over
abundant supplies of the vegetable.
They will be priced reasonably
enough for canning and picking -.
Even with the large amount OF fresh
fruits and vegetables available at
this season, don't overlook the fro
zen variety for quick and inexpen-
sive meal-getting Il. Homeowners
are being urged to get their coal
in now for next winter. and attend
to the insulation of their houses
before the autumnal rush sets in -.
WAR Babies and the Future" is
the title of the newest of the Public
Affairs pamphlets. This one is
written by William Fielding Ogburn
and deals with such subjects as
what countries will be strong so
years from now. our own population
picture and changes that may be
expected in the American way of
life The "pasteurization" Of
eggs is now being studied by scien-
fists of the Department OF Agricul-
ture. A possible use for such treat
ment would be that "pasteurized"
eggs could be sent to climates where
the lowering of quality in eggs is apt
to occur in a short time. The in
vestigators refer to the treatment
as "albumen sterilization" To
insure adequate supplies Of canned
sardines for military. lend lease and
civilian requirements, the Govern