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Evening star., 1943-12-09
CAKE: DRIED BEEF
DATE CAKE.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. H. P K,
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washington.
Because I have enjoyed your page
so much. I thought I would send
these tested recipes along Mrs. S. L.,
Bethesda, asked some time ago for a
cake recipe similar to pound cake,
but lighter and richer I believe she
will find this one to be the one she
is looking for:
Columbia Sponge Cake: eggs, l
cup sugar, ! cup -four, 3 tablespoons
cold water, l teaspoon cream of tar
tar. rounded, but not heaping, tea
spoon vanilla
Beat egg yolks lightly, add n cup
sugar. Beat until creamy, then add
3 tablespoons water. Add -four
sifted with cream of tartar. Add
vanilla Beat all together. Beat
egg whites until frothy, add remain
ing y cup sugar and beat or S
minutes Fold into the first mix
ture and bake l hour in moderate
1925 degrees oven. Good plain or
iced very thinly A double batch
will make a tube cake at least 6
inches or more high. This cake is
smooth, moist and tender and has
such a good flavor
Mrs. V. T. NJ, Washington, asked
recently for dried beef recipes.
make a cream sauce, add some
cheese, almost any amount will do,
perhaps piece about u inch thick
of small loaf This gives flavor
and richness. Peas and or mush-
rooms can be added, as or If desired.
This or any other cream mixture is
exceptionally good on chow mein
noodles. Best made not too runny,
nor too thick. The chow mein
noodles can be purchased at a
Chinese restaurant or in glass jars
at the grocery. 1 mix it In with
noodles or macaroni and cheese, or
in pan of escalloped potatoes
Plain creamed dried beef (thinner
sauce) is delicious on baked sweet
potatoes. Following are two defln-
ite recipes that are also favorites:
Sandwich Spread: l cup dried
beef, cut fine (about ounces. l
cup American cheese, cut fine; cup
tomato juice, l teaspoon -four Tor
a little more), eggs, beaten.
Mix and cook juice and flour, add
beef, cheese and beaten eggs. Stir
until cheese melts. Cool. Place in
glass jar. Keeps indefinitely. Makes
! pint.
Special Creamed Dried Beef: 2
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Cake-Baking
Tips

USE GOOD INGREDIENTS
Stale eggs affect the favor Of a
cake, and so does even slightly ran
cid shortening. Too-coarse sugar
will coarsen the texture of cake
Baking powder wears out" in two
or three months unless kept care
fully sealed in an alright con-
tainer.
MEASURE ACCURATELY-Use
standard measuring cups and
spoons and level measurements.
With honey, molasses and sirup,
use a moist or creased cup, and
they can be removed more easily
When measuring a fractional part
of a cup of shortening in full-cup
measure, fill cup with water first,
then pour of water equal to the
amount of shortening called for
Add shortening until water rises to
the rim of cup. Then throw away
the water, and the shortening at
bottom of cup will be the required
amount.
MIX CAREFULLY-Cre drip
pings or other shortening to the
texture of whipped cream. Add
sugar gradually until mixture is
light and airy Add eggs one at
a time (beaten ahead of time, or
not, as recipe suggests) and beat
mixture again.
The critica. point is when wet
and dry ingredients are combined
(All the dry ingredients should be
mixed together; also all the liquids
Add 1s of dry ingredients to
creamed shortening, sugar and
eggs: stir in u the liquid. Then
add another y dry ingredients, the
remainder of liquid and finally the
last of the dry ingredients. AT
each step, dry ingredients should
be mixed only until moist, and wet
ingredients only until they are ab-
sorbed in the batter. Overmixing
at this stage results in large holes
in the finished cake In mixing dry
and liquid ingredients by hand, it
shouldn't take more than two min
utes altogether.
BAKE CORRECTLY - If the
proper size pan isn't specified in
the recipe, use this as a guide: A
cake containing one cup of flour
will fill an 8-inch round pan, TX
cups flour 9-inch round pan
Grease pans well and steer clear OF
dark-colored ones. Preheat oven
when you start mixing the cake. To
test for "doneness," press lightly
with finger. If cake springs back
Its done If imprint of finger stays
On cakes 1t needs more baking.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
BY Betsy Cas,CeH,
Women's News Editor

for war uses this year, much of It
to be exported to Russia under
leaSe-lend. Those dehydrated
cranberries we told you about some
weeks ago will soon be available in
local stores. They come packaged
IN glass jars, or in glassine en-
velopes. The newest ones are sliced,
instead OF whole. After testing
many chemicals and methods for
hreproof1ng Christmas trees, wood
experts say that keeping the tree
standing in water is still the safest
ana most practical way to make it
tlre resistant, and to keep the needles
from falling. Put the tree in water
as soon as possible after cutting,
and before doing so, cut off the end
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Xmas Sweets

for that matter. Also. It's Just the
thing to serve at that coffee party
when friends drop in for visit dur
ing the holidays.
COFFEE FIG PUDDING.
3 cups sifted flour.
l teaspoon salt.
/ teaspoon baking powder.
II teaspoon soda.
2 teaspoons allspice.
l teaspoon nutmeg.
l cup cut figs.
l cup seedless raisins.
l cup ground suet.
~ cups coffee.
l cup molasses.
Mix and sift flour, salt, baking
powder and spices. Add fruit. Add
molasSes and coffee to suet, mix we'll
and stir In flour fruit mixture. Place
in or 6 small creased bowls or
molds, cover tightly and steam 2l2
hours. Remove covers and cool
Recover until ready to steam for use
If puddings are to be kept for more
than a few days, they should be
placed in the refrigerator. Yield
About 20 servings.
CHRISTMAS COOKIES.
f12 teaspoons baking soda.
2 tablespoons hot coffee.
"a cups sifted flour.
! teaspoon ginger.
! teaspoon cinnamon or allspice.
a teaspoon salt
u cup shortening.
u cup sugar.
egg.
y cup molasses.
u cup cold coffee.
Dissolve soda in the hot coffee and
set aside to cool. Mix and sift -four
spices and salt. Cream shortening
add sugar slowly and cream until
f1uf1y. Stir in egg and mix we'll. StiI
in molasseS. Add sifted dry ingre-
dents alternately with the coffee
beating we'll after each addition
Stir in soda and coffee mixture
Drop by tablespoonfuls on creased
baking shsets and bake in moder-
ately hot oven (450 degrees F. about
10 minutes. Yield: About 2Ia dozen
cookies.
Evening star., 1943-12-09

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
Sender's full name and address:
we will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Womans Page, The
Evening Star. Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and, as it it
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient If
it takes a 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., 1943-12-09

II ever there was Christmas that
should not be forgotten 1t Is the
one we are celebrating this year,
so let's make an effort to spread
good cheer, as we have never done
before. We all know one of the best
ways to express this Christmas spirit
is by remembering our friends with
gift or even just word of greet
ing What to give, Of course, is the
all important question.
Have you ever considered the
number of delightful Christmas pres
ents you can make right in your
own kitchen? Not only do people
love to receive homemade goodies
but, in this year of shortages and
rationing, gifts Of food will be par
ticularly welcome. Let's remember
this when we are making up our
Christmas lists. We are very apt to
spend many weary hours in the
stores shopping for gifts when all
the time the answer to the question
Of what to give is right at home.
When it comes to the question of
just what to give, there are many
interesting possibilities available
cakes, cookies, puddings and candies
to name only few. Candy is not
so easy to get these days and, for
this reason, a gift of home made
Quick Coffee Fudge will be doubly
welcome. 1t has that delicious and
inimitable favor that only the COM
bination of coffee and a bit of choco-
late can give. It's a wonderful recipe
for these times, too, because you dc
not need to use your precious butter
You can make it with other
shortening. 1t will make most well
come Christmas present. If you
decide to try it, be sure to make
plenty, because once you taste it
you will certainly want to keep some
for yourself.
QUICK COFFEE FUDGE.
2 squares of chocolate.
tablespoon shortening.
70 teaspoon salt.
ID. sifted confectioner sugar.
!. cup hot coffee
Melt chocolate and shortening in
double boiler over hot water. Add
salt. Stir in sugar and coffee al
ternately, stirring until perfectly
smooth and we'll blended. Pour at
once into creased 7x7" pan. When
cool, cut into squares.
No doubt you have many pet
recipes Of your own for the tradi-
tional Yuletide sweets, but Just in
case you are looking for some new
ideas, here is a brand-neW recipe.
It's for Christmas pudding that
is distinctly different and partic-
ularly good, because it is coffee
favored. And what could be better?
Everybody goes for coffee in big
way, and you can't go wrong If you
use it in your Christmas pudding
Coffee Fig Pudding makes an
ideal gift. It's both good to eat
and good to look at. You can make
it in small individual molds suitable
for Christmas presents, and it will
keep quite some time. If placed in
the refrigerator. it will keep in
definitely. While you are at it, be
sure to make enough so that YOUR
own family can enjoy 1t at Christ
mas dinner or any other time
Evening star., 1943-12-09

IN teaspoons salt.
% teaspoon pepper.
Meat stock.
Cook rice in boiling salted water
for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse.
Brown sausage and onion in skillet.
Add partially cooked rice with sea-
sonings and enough meat stock to
make slightly moist.
CRANBERRY JELLY.
cups cranberries.
l cup water, or enough to barely
cover.
2 cups sugar.
Put cranberries in saucepan and
add water. Boil with the cover on
the pan until the cranberries burst,
Put cranberries through a sieve,
add sugar and bring to a hard boil.
Pour into pan to mold.
Evening star., 1943-12-09
FILING SYSTEM.
LAUNDRY PROBLEM,

fReQuested bg Mrs. A. r., Aler-
Gndrid
I hope that the editors will soon
assure us that the Clearing House
will be published from time to time
in booklet form. In these pressing
days I am driven nearly crazy try
ing not to miss some Of the wonder
full recipes being sent in, yet flnd-
ing no time to clip and file them.
What filing system have some of
you found satisfactory for the mass
of recipes you hope to use some
time. but have not yet tried? Also
household hints?
And, too, does any one know II
there is any factor, outside of soap
in the rinsing water, which causes
clothes to turn yellow when pressed
with a fairly hot iron? What is the
quickest way to remove the yellowed
look?
Editors Note. We mould be
Dery interested in hearing from,
other readers What they think
OF Mrs. RS suggestion OF put
ting the Clearing House into
booklet form occasionally
Evening star., 1943-12-09
CHEESE CAKE.
Thanks to Mrs. F. c. NJ.

| Annapolis
/ Alter reading the appear by Mrs
j. P. F. of Vienna for cheesecake
am submitting mine
This cake is not as heavy as the
type sold by the New York bake
shops, but it is much more delicious
on that account, and once tried will
be always on your cake list
One and three-fourth pounds cot
tage cheese, pint sour cream, 5
tablespoons cornstarch, cup gra-
nulated sugar, S egg yolks, egg
whites, teaspoon vanilla (option-
all.
Force cottage cheese at least three
times through a potato ricer. Mix
cornstarch with sugar. Add cream
to cheese, then add well-beaten egg
yolks to sugar and cornstarch and
combine mixtures. Lastly, fold ir
/ Stlf11y-beaten egg whites and vanil-
la. Bake in rather slow oven (about
320 degrees for about an hour, OF
until Drowned, and, if tested with a
straw or toothpiCk, 1t will come out
dry.
1hls may or may not be baked
with an outer crust For best results
it should be baked in a spring form
pan at least 2l2 inches high and 10
to II inches in diameter. If a spring
form is not available, crust MAY
be advisable. Any kind from graham
crackers, to rich biscuit dough ma,
be used. A high pan, for the above
quantity is necessary. This cake will
rise to almost the top of the par
while baking (212 inches) but will
settle to one-inch height after re.
moving from oven Serve direct
from pan in which cake was baked
X X
LEFTOVER WAFFLES.
(Thanks to C. F. R., BethesdaJ
| In response to request, leftover
Waff1es may be put into the refri-
Evening star., 1943-12-09
Readers Clearing House

clpe that is not only delicious but
economical.
Baked Salmon in Casserole-One
can red salmon mixed with the fol-
lowing sauce: tablespoon butter
melted and mixed with heaping
teaspoon flour. Add scant cup milk
and mix thoroughly. Cook slowly and
add l small chopped onion and little
salt. Mix salmon and sauce to-
gether and add l. pound sharp
American cheese. Bake in casserole
about 30 minutes. Serves four gen.
erously hope your readers like it
as well as we do.
Evening star., 1943-12-09

gerator after breakfast and re-
heated in the waffle iron later in
the day. This method is economical
and satisfactory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
TO PAY
INCOME TAXES
. A message 10 The person who hos been unable
10 save sufficient money 10 pay his
income tox inssalmeni on March Is.

other loan plans for from 2 to IL
months given IN the table below.
Loan payments given include prin-
cipal and interest at the rate OF go
per month on loan balances OF 500
or less. and 2l9cc per month on that
part OF a balance in excess OF Sl00.
You pay nothing more.
3 woys 10 borrow
Getting a loan at Household Is a
quick. private transaction. We require
no endorsers, or guarantors. IL IS
never necessary TO ask friends or fell
low-workers to sign the loan papers
with YOU We make three kinds Of
loans. /: Salary loans-for the con-
venience of folks who have no Car or
furniture on which to borrow. 2: Auto
loans. A loan on your car may suit
you best. 3: Furniture loans. Hun
dreds of families use this plan. We
will make your loan the way which
best fits your own situation. II you
need extra cash TO pay your income
tax, or for any other purpose, write,
phone or visit US.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Jefferson
Versatile
Youth at 10
Editors Notes This is the
second of series of sketches
on the life of Thomas ysHerson.)

A tall, shy, warmhearted youth
of 19, Thomas Jefferson began the
study of law in 1862 under George
Wythe, leader of the Virginia bar.
Jefferson was slim, erect and
sinewy, 6 feet 2.
He had amazing versatility, his
interests ranging from music and
mathematics TO botany and Ian
guage.
He was a fine shot, a good rider,
and a skillful architect.
He loved to talk the night away
with his friends-philosophy, gov
eminent and the rule of the people.
In 1867, he was admitted to the
bar and practiced in the general
court of Virginia.
A very successful lawyer, his
major passion was farming. He
added to the land his father hac
Ibequeathed him, and managed his
estate of 1900 acres. He imported
trees and plants, introduced better
machinery and invented a pillow.
In 1869 he was elected to the
Virginia house of burgesses. He
Joined the party of his convictions
Persistence to tyrants in obed
fence to God"
(This chronological repieup
wM be continued ton,orrop.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Check these costs for tax looms

The columns above show what il will
cost you to borrow for your quarterly
instalment If you repay in three
monthly payments-and also the cost
of borrowing all four quarterly tax
instruments as they come due. You
may have some other plan for budg-
eting your taxes over this year that
can best be worked out by one Of our
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Jefferson Ora+orial Contest:
I3 School Heads
In Suburbs to Aid
By RAY HARRINGTON

to coast are in the Thomas Jefer-
son Memorial Oratorical Contest
of Hearst newspapers. The cities
are Detroit, New York, Pittsburgh,
Chicago, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Seattle, Boston, Albany,
Baltimore. Milwaukee, Oakland
and San Antonio.
Joining Gov. Kelly and Mayor
Jeffries on the national contest
sponsoring committee, which is
headed by Senator Carter Glass
Of Virginia, are Harry Schlacht OF
WPB, who will serve as secretary
of the committee; Gov. Edward
Martin of Pennsylvania; DR.. John
Lloyd Newcomb, president of Uni
versity of Virginia, which Jeffer-
son founded; Gov. Dwight II
Green of Illinois. Mayor Edward
y. Kelly of Chicago and Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

INcoNE TAXES should be paid out Of
Il savings or current income. II posi-
be. Butifyou have been unable 10 save
up enough TO pay your tax and you
expect 10 borrow now and repay from
income, investigate Households plan.
You can keep down the cost OF your
loan by borrowing no more than YOU
need 10 pay the FIRST quarterly install
ment OF your tax due March Is, and
by repaving as soon as possible. If
you already have part Of your tax
money. you should borrow just
enough TO complete your instalment.
II you repay your loan in three
monthly payments, you Will have
your loan paid when your second tax
instalment becomes due June Is.
Check these costs for tax loans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
STREAM OF QUESTIONS

btllOlt IlbH 'SIiloOi anu SOikcsC
students to the Times contest,
which was announced for the first
time Sunday, is bringing a stream
of questions to the contest editors
desk. A few sample questions are
answered herewith:
OIL am very eager.to enter my
school, which is in Livingston
County, in your magnificent con-
test. Will you accept our entry?
Ave regret that the con-
test Is limited TO Detroit and tho
Is suburbs within or skirting
Detroit, and that the outlying
metropolitan area therefore can
not be included.
Q-I am a high school sesior,
II years old. Will you accept my
entry for the contest?
A-You can enter only through
your school. The Detroit Times
does not accept entries by indi-
viduals. This applies rs well to
the colleges.
Q-Am I eligible to compete In
the oratorical contest? I am a
coed and / think / can rival the
men students.
A-By all means. You should
apply To the head Of your school
for a chance to represent Il.
Girls as well as boys are eligible
for the prizes.
High school students Of Is
American metropoliSes from coast
ADVERTIsEMFNT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
DEADLINE DATES FIXED

Dates for the various phases In
the Greater Detroit contest were
fixed=by@the= advisory committee
today. They are:
March 26-Deadline for individ-
lual school Jefferson champion
orator selection.
March 30-District meetings Of
junior and senior high school
orators for selection of district
champions Of each division.
April 1-Interdistrict meetings
of the Junior and senior high
school district winners.
April Junior and senior COL
llege contests to select the winners
of the two college divisions.
April 5 or 6-City final contests
to pick the winner of the Junior
senior high school division and the
junior-senior college group.
District and interdistrict high
school contest meeting places are
being selected by Mr.. Shattuck,
and the junior and senior college
preliminary contest sites by DR..
ICortright.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

HIGHLAND PARK
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Terminal Arcade TOwnssna s-2A3l
FERNpAlE
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Phone: Lincoln 7-&soo
GRAND RIVER
1881 GREENFIELD at Grand River
opp. Montgomery Ward vErmont $500
9225 GRAND RIVER
Above Joy Road HOsarth 14Ao
976S GRAND RIVER
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DEARBORN
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ofihs Once Nsorsa You
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Ydnks Told 10 Refuse
Radio Bids ifCapfured

WASHINGTON. March 9 (UP)
Officers and enlisted men have
been instructed, in the event they
are taken prisoner, TO reject all
enemy attempts to induce them 10
make broadcast statements, the
war department had revealed to-
day.
Such broadcasts are used by the
enemy for propaganda purposes,
the department said, and have
been found unreliable as means of
conveying information about the
prisoners to relatives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
.oy to Relieve
itchy PinpIes

When your skin is irritated with
pimples. red blotches and other
skin blemishes. and you're crazy
with itching torture, here's quick
relief. Get a CSC box OF Peterson's
Ointment al your druggist and APP
ply this delightful soothing balm.
Itching relieved promptly. Smartlne
Saothed. Your skin looks better, feels
better. Also wonderful for itching Of
feet. cracks between toes. Try t.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Nine. Chang Gives
Pin 10 Mrs. Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, March 9 (INS)
Roosevelt is sporting a new
and very elegant piece of jewefry
"a diamond bar pin with large
carved emerald-jade drop-given
by her recent guest, Nine. Chang
Kai-Shek.
The pin. Mrs. Roosevelt said,
belonged to Mime. Chiang'S mother.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

Thirteen suburban school super
intendents today joined Supt. Bow
of Detroit schools on Greater
Detroit's advisory committee Of
the Thomas Jefferson Bicentennial
Memorial Oratorical Contest.
The school heads will serve with
Mayor Jeffries, general chairman
of the committee which is steering
The Detroit Times contest. a
part of the national event being
sponsored by Hearst newspapers
throughout the country.
OTHERS ON COMMITTEE
Besides Mayor Jeffries and the
school officials. the Greater De-
troit committee already includes
DR.. David II. Henry, executive
president of Wayne University;
the Rev. Charles II. Cloud, S. j.,
president of University of Detroit;
M. E. Shattuck. director of the
education department of
the Board of Education, and DR..
Rupert L. Cortright, associate
speech professor and director OF
oratory at Wayne u.
The Is superintendent joining
the committee today are:
II. L. Shibler, Highland Park;
M. A. Kopka, Dearborn; DR.. Paul
L. Essert. Crosse Pointe: Leo Huff
Lincoln Park; A. A. Riddering
Melvindale; Ray II. Adams, Dear
born: Arthur G.. Erickson, Ecorse;
N. J. Quickstadt, Royal Oak; John
Erickson. Hazel Park; Edgar F,
Down. Ferndale; Alexander Nc
Donald, River Rouge; John N
Kantner. East Detroit, and M. T
Anderson, Berkeley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
Pro-AIlied Prisoners Freed

NEW YORK, March 9 (INS)-
All pro-Allied political prisoners in
French West Africa have been lib
Grated on orders of Gen. Giraud,
the Morocco radio reported today,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09

The Detroit Times has far mere
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-09
HOUSEHOLD finance
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