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Evening star., 1943-06-24

| typical dishes, but it is in the homes
of the people where one finds the
dishes cooked according to the
recipes of the grandmothers and
great-grandmothers.
There is nothing somber or austere
about the dishes of these people. I
saw an old, old man sedately munch-
ing candied apple made by his
granddaughter. The stems are re-
moved from well-chosen apples and
6-inch skewer of wood is inserted
to provide good handle. The
proper sirup is made and the apples
are dipped and turned in the sirup
until heavily coated. Then they
stand on buttered board until the
coating is cool and firm.
The sirup is prepared by mixing
equal parts of corn sirup and cane
sugar and cooking to the point where
little of it, dropped into cold water,
forms brittle consistency. A drop
Of cinnamon oil may be added. In
this hot sirup the apples are
"dunked."
If the Victory garden brings you
a few extra tomatoes there is an
authentic Pennsylvania Dutch gin
ger pickle which bears the approval
of generations of good trencher-
men. Collect 10 pounds of toma-
toes from the vine, mostly green
ones, but with about 2 pounds Of
the 10 being red. Scald and peel
them and slice. Slice with them
two large lemons and also add five
cups of sugar, a teaspoonful of
cloves and tablespoonful of
ground ginger or two or three
pieces of ginger root. Simmer this
slowly until the mixture has thick
ened. Then put into jars. seal and
set aside for few weeks. Then
it is ready to serve.
Over their generous salads the
Pennsylvania Dutch add liberal
amounts of substantial cooked
dressing, made like this: Mix one
tablespoon flour, one tablespoonful
sugar, one teaspoon dry mustard,
one teaspoonful salt. In another
bowl mix two tablespoons olive oil
and six of vinegar and stir into
the dry ingredients. Last of all,
stir in one cup of cream and the
beaten yolks of four eggs. Place in
top pan of double boiler and stir
slowly until mixture thickens. If
too thick add a little more vinegar
A very good dressing for potato
salad, beet-root salad and bean
salad.
And here is a mans dish for
dessert: Blackberry mush"-Put
four cups of blackberries and two
cups of sugar into a bowl and set
aside. Add a little lemon juice, if
you like. Now mix two cups of flour,
four teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der and two pinches of salt with one
tablespoonful of butter, scant
cup of milk. When this batter is
mixed with the berries pour into a
well-buttered mold and steam for
quarters of an hour. Other
berries-blueberri raspberries, or
such fruits as peaches or prunes,
may be used in place of black
berries.
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their experiments that citrus Juice
packed in glass and stored at room
temperatures darkened and de-
veloped of" flavors within a few
months. AS for putting up these
juices in tin cans, home economists
do not recommend tin cans for the
home canning of any of the fruit
juices unless the cans have a spe-
cial enamel lining.
Here's how to can fruit Juice for
beverages: Wash fruit but do not
soak it. Remove any pits and crush
the fruit. Now heat the fruit gently
to ITO degrees F.. (beloW simmering)
until soft. Strain it through a cloth
bag. If you wish to add sugar, one
half cup to one cup Of sugar per
gallon Of Juice Is sufficient, but re-
member sugar is not necessary for
the preservation of juice. Heat the
strained juice to ITO degrees F. and
then pour into hot jars or bottles,
leaving h-inch head space. Com
pletely seal at once crown cap bot
ties or jar closures with rubber
made on" Process in a boiling
water bath for five minutes. Jar
closures of other types are partially
sealed before the f1ve-minute proc
essing and completely sealed imme-
diately after.
Perhaps you are wondering about
canning juice for later jelly making
when and If the sugar can be spared
Yes, the home economists say, it
can be done, but there is one i'm
portant factor to keep in mind |!
While juices for beverage are ex-
tracted from the raw or slightly
heated fruit to preserve the fresh
fruit flavor, juices for jelly must be
extracted from the fruit at boiling
temperatures in order that pectin-
the substance which makes the
jelly jell-will be contained in the
canned juice. Therefore, if you put
up Juice for later jelly making, add
apple. crab apple and ounce to your
list of possible fruits for juices.
since they will yield juice when
water has been added and the fruit
softened by boiling.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Tradition. Holds :,
| Pennsylvania Dutch Cookery Maintains
Its Excellence and Popularity
By The Victory Chief,

This Is written in Lancaster, Pa,
In the heart of the pennsylvania
Dutch" section of that beautiful
State. There is a solidity, sturdy
honesty, sincere directness here
1t traces back through the years to
the days in the 18th century when
this part of the country was settled
by groups of immigrants from
Northern Europe. They became the
pennsylvania Dutch" AS one de-
scendant of an original immigrant
explained to me: Some folks call
us stubborn We think we are
firm"
Whichever verdict Is correct, the
fact remains that these people stand
by their ideas. And, so far as I am
concerned, I greatly admire their
ideas concerning food They have
no food fads which have ever de-
tected. except the one that the land
owes them a good living, but they
must work and collect it. Out of
that which they produce rightful
amount must be placed back within
themselves in the form of whole
some, well-prepared food. That is
the duty of their women folks. And
those women folks not only perform
that duty, but they perform it with
honor and with dignity which is
most commendable. There is moth
ing frivolous or slipshod about their
preparation of the food and the men
folk are not slipshod or frivolous in
their full enjoyment.
Pennsylvania Dutch cooking is
probably the most firmly established
of all the forms of regional cooking
in America today. 1t prevails in the
homes of the older generation and
also of the newer generation.
The casual traveller, the automo-
bile tourist or the businessman
speeding through the cities is not
apt to find it to any extent. Un-
fortunately, the Pennsylvania Dutch
have not inclined much toward
restaurant operation, nor does one
see the tearoom type of food pur-
veyor as is so typical of New Eng
land. The menus in the general run
of hotels is much the same as the
standardized menus in hotels from
coast to coast The restaurant
menus vary little from the menus in
restaurants in Iowa or Oregon. Now
and then a village hotel serves the
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Freshen Peanuts

Freshen peanuts by heating 10
minutes in a slow oven when put
ting them into salads. cakes, cook
les and other dessert blends. Be
careful when using salted peanuts
that they are strictly fresh when in
cluded with other foods. They be-
come rancid quickly unless stored in
cool place.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Cake Hint

To serve plain cake at its best
make only one layer at a baking
Instead of icing the entire top of
the cake, put an inch-wide band of
icing around the edge. Sprinkle
with chopped nuts.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Fruit Juices
Directions for Canning Should Be
Followed Carefully to Avoid Waste

| By the Bureau Of Human Nutrition and Home
! Economics, gricultnraI Research Aduinisfration
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LOSER TAKE ALL
Bu Adelaide Huzelfine

a witness for burning it. She
wasn't that methodical.
No, with everything contradict
ing it, right now Ann would stake
her life against Sarah's word that
Grand Gussie hadn't burned her
will.
There's things 90 ION since she
died thingsI don't hold 10Th. =
Gibbs had said and there were
things Ann didn't hold with"
either.
Il still believe it will be found"
she said through stiff lips. "I'm
going to look for it myself"
Baxton pouted belligerence. Then
abruptly his manner changed.
IF you insist. You can look now"
He rose, made a show of opening
desk drawers for her, repeated
the process in the bedroom with
her grandmother's dresser, Tipped
over some magazines on table.
"You see? It's not here
No, it wasn't. Not in any of the
places to which Mr.. Baxton
pointed and in which he allowed
her to look. As he eased her to
the door she realized his consent
to the search was lip service only.
He had no intention of turning
her loose to make a real investi-
cation on her own.
Gibbs met her in the hall as she
left the office. II was a-lookin'
for YOU
Eyes, Gibbs" She stopped,
waiting for him to speak.
He looked behind him, shifted
uneasilT from one foot to the
other. Reckon we'd best go back
there" He motioned with his
head toward her room.
S. Yes, of course, if you want to-"
she agreed. The concern in his
eyes worried her. Lets stop by
the back porch. / want to take my
grandmother's bird with me-"
"Her bird?" He shook his head
vigorously. 81 clean forgot bout
Matildie. was a-aimin' to tell
YOU"
Tell me what, Gibbs?"
Miss Gussie says to me Now,
Gibbs, when gets done with this
here earth Matildie's to 60 to Ann.
She'll know how to do for it,"
Ann smiled wistfully. Sim glad
she mentioned the bird, Gibbs.
I'll feel better about taking it."
She sure said it"
LIE carried cage and bird to her
1 4 room for her and placed them
on small table by her window.
They done any more lookin'
for the will?" he asked.
ssThey say it's been destroyed.
Sarah says she saw my grand
burn it up."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23
NERVES, PATIENCE SHATTERED

There seems to be prevalent notion
that retail distributors can operate like
agencies Of government-regardles OF
profit. Ceilings and roll back prices are
tossed at them in whitening clouds, and mar
gins be damned While one government au-
thority is playing with prices, another stops
the production of everything from clothes
pins to refrigerators To cinch the case, few
cars step in and swing uncoordinated hay
makers at trained retailer personnel, with
the result that if the Army doesn't get ex-
perienced store employees, the shipyards do
In spite of it all, the merchant, as the only
source through which the civilian popula-
ton can be fed and clothed, is supposed to
carry on~as usual.
In response to queries on the effect Of
latest price ceilings and other government
DEGREES, one food chain representative re-
marked: "You ask what food distributors
are thinking 81. Their nerves, their pa
tience, are shattered The first impulse may
be to fold up-but they recognize a respon-
sibility to the public, to their associates and
employees, to their stockholders. The loyal
ty, faithful patronage and service of these
people may have made their retirement
escape from abuse possible. Food chain
operators can't let them down now No,
food chains will not fold up. People must be
fed. Organized distributors must feed them
in times like these.
This attitude is typical of the entire or
ganized retail distribution industry. It ex-
plains in large measure WHY SO far the
buying public has hardly felt the effect of
war. Retailers have managed to keep an
unbroken flow of necessities moving to con-
sumers. They know that maximum war pro-
duction depends on their continuing effort.
AT present the government is attempt
ing to limit the price of e6ods4he merchant
sells without effectivelXaiWiting the cost Of
production of those goods. Even school
child is taught the follysof such reasoning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23
ABoUT THE ITALIAN SURRENDER

Il Having expressed the. view that Italy
is Ia liability and that it might be the best
strategy not to accept any unconditional
surrender which would entail the job OF
feeding 45,000,OO0 Italians, it is probably
we'll to mention arguments of the other
side of the question involved
Italy was the birthplace of modern
Fascism. It's surrender would indicate the
futility of Mussolini's system and serve no.
tice upon the world that Hitlerism is unable
to.protect its friends. The damage to Axis
morale would, no doubt, be irreparable.
1taly's surrender would be confes-
sion of the weakness of the Fascist govern
ment, and cause the withdrawal of Italian
troops from the Balkans, thus placing an
ether strain upon Germany's exhausted
manpower reserves. 1t would have great eff
feet in Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania and
open an easy way into the heart of the Bal
kan peninsula.
The tasksof feeding 45,000,000 Ital-
ians would be onerous but, after some re-
Election, we must realize that this job will
have to be assumed, sooner or later. If it
comes now, following surrender, it will be
no greater strain than if ii comes later, af-
ter heavy fighting. 49,.
There is the possibility that the sur
render of Italy would give the United Ma
tons sites for air bases with which to spread
the bombardment of Germany. This would
mean that Italian soil would be the scene Of
some fighting, perhaps, as the Germans
would probably make strenuous effort to
prevent the Allies from utilizing Italian all
ports.
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Chapter S

Chapter D
r ATER when Ann caught Mr.
Baxton at his desk, she made
sure he was alone. Then she said
I'D like to ask if you've made
any other efforts to locate the
will?"
Hesspread his hands in futile
gesture squsazed his mouth into
sen1hlance OF a smile. Now
Miss Harrington! I've told you we
made a thorough search. Your
grandmother left no will"
"But she did," Ann said evenly,
"She made a will leaving Ter
renee House to me. Gibbs, the
gardener. witnessed it."
He raised doubtful, patient
brows. DR.. Renfrow mentioned
such a will and ] made INQUIRIES,
Just moment" He took the
phone, asked for Sarah.
She came quickly. Her Sinking
face didn't change as she stood
before the desk. Mr.. Baxton
cleared his throat, his eyes intent
on hers.
Miss Harrington is under the
impression that there was a will
made leaving this property to her.
Didn't you say you had some
knowledge of such a wilI?"
Sarah didn't look at either of
them. She repeated as If by rote.
Mrs. Terrence called me in here
one morning and said she wanted
Z me to witness that she was de-
stroying will. / saw her throw
it into the fire"
did she give any reason for
her act?" Mr.. Baxton asked.
She said she'd changed her
mind"
How long ago was this, Miss
Townsley?"
About two years"
Thank you" When the nurse
had gone he turned back to Ann.
You see?"
Yes, she saw, but she was
sorry Bert had mentioned the will
to Mr.. Baxton. She would have
liked to have been the one to
break that news to him herself.
i / can't think my grand
mother would do that"
She was queer woman"
CHE was queer, all right, but
= two things about Sarah's story
didn't seem true. In the first
place Grand Gussie, once her
mind was made up, seldom
changed it. In .the second, she
would never have thought to call
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23
RATHER DiGsAcEFuL

The recent furry of rumors relating to
the WAACs reflects the seamy side of
American life, with tHe public generally
sitting back and apparently willing to lis
ten to any kind of noGsense.
The members oftbe WAACs are not all
saints, but they are asigood, on the average,
as any group of American women. To inn
pute planned immortality to the women, now
serving theft country, is to betray sinister
thoughts, not altogether connected with in
nocence.
The prompt denial of the unsavory ru-
nors by officials will not convince the fringe
Of our population ever willing to believe
evil of others. Intelligent Americans will
not believe the rotten charges but, unfor-
tunately, there is no way to cleanse some
minds Of ignorance and suspicion.
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His face creased with disgust
That 'un. Shed pick pennies
off'n the eyes of the dead.
Miss Gussie apays say Ter
renee House is a'goin' to be yours.
Miss Ann" he repeated stubborn
ly. Il reckon that's good enough
for me. That's why I'm a-askin'
for the money. / got to get some
of that mineral stuff"
What mineral stuff. Gibbs9"
The stuff for the water"
A pucke. of perplexity drew
her brows together. But / don't
understand"
He glanced at the door, closed
| it firmly behind him. ''The stuff
l put IN out at the bluff where
the heater sits"
'The heater?" Her voice was
sharp. What are you talking
about?"
The water they takes those
baths in. It's got to be hot. amt
1t? Miss Gussie says never let If
get cold or forget the mineral
STUFF and amt a-aimin' to-"
But thought the spring
was naturally hot. / thought il
had minerals in it. / thought nv
grandmother discovered it wher
she was digging a well?"
GIBBS shook his head. "She
~ was a-diggin' well, all righs.
but she amt discovered no hot
spring. She just got the idear
foks'd like hit hot so she put in q
heater and made hit hot"
aAAll this time AIMS mouth
gaped, she's beer fooling every.
body?"
@Ain't foolin' 'ern. They gets no,
baths with minerals in lem dent
they? They gets what they pays
for"
II I'm not sure, Gibbs
Terrence Springs a fake? Had
her grandmother made a small
fortune from deep well with a
secret heater and some minerals
tossed in from bag? A feeling os
revulsion swept her.
"She shouldn't have done this.
Gibbs. It's -. it's dishonest. Size
had no right to take peoples
money for it."
And she didn't have to let peo-
pie like Mrs. Fay and Mr.. Newton
stay there month after north
paying exorbitant prices for the
healing that the famous spring
was supposed to offer, when IN
reality there was no spring at all.
1t was preposterous. II wss
frightening, too. How MAN.
others know about the heater.
Gibbs? Who else knows?"
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23
Today's Birthdays

Mary Livingston. acuesz
born.
Mrs Sadie Orr Duubzr. q
Portland, Oregon. club woman.
born Granger. Mo, s. years
ago.
Judge F. Ryan Duffy Of Nz1-
waukee, Federal District Ju6Ee.
born Fond du Lac. Wis. s. years
ago.
DR.. John r Steelman. director
of the L. s Cancellation Service
born Thornton. Ark, z3 years
ago
The Duke Of WinGsor. born -
years ago
Irwin S. Cobb Of Santa Nome.
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Today's
Anniversaries

17S0-Reuben D. Mussey, Dart
mouth and Ohio surgeon-profes-
scr, pioneer medical scientist,
born Pelham, N. H. Died June
81, 1866.
1822-Felix o. C. barley,
versatile and prolific illustrator
and humorist. born Philadelphia.
Died March q, 1888.
18337-Henry o. Marcy, Bos-
ton surgeon, credited with intro
ducing anti-septic surgery in
country, born Ohio, Mass. Died
Jan. l, 1924.
1837-Nathan S. Boynton, sol
der, Port Huron, Mich, founder
of the Order of Knights of Mac
cabees, born there. Died in 1913.
1851-Clarence Eddy, noted
Chicago organist, born Green
field, Mass. Died Jan. 10, 1887.
1854-James G.. R. Ewing,
Presbyterian missionary-educator
in India 43 years. born Rural
Valley, Pa. Died Aug. 20, 1925.
and Mrs. William r. Warren and
daughter, Miss Leonor Warren,
left yesterday for a sojourn in
Miami.
Richard B. Curry, who was in
Key West visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Curry, return
ed Yesterday to his home in Miami.
James Thompson, who had
been in Key West visiting rela-
tives, left yesterday for Miami,
where he will remain for few
days before returning to his home
in Espanola, Florida.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Comes now new kind of
hoarder. Frank Cimoni, big gar
liz esroy.ra,ss a. fsa4ifarnia 1kznn a
verdict Of $35,5l5. damages against
a Chicago storage company which
let lot pf hissprodp et sRoil while
in its care. The defense lawyer
called CIrnoni a sgarlie heafaer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23
sLUcK'2 GOOD FoRTuNE"2

on Will nave TO THINK up some 0thef
term than good fortune, or its colloquial
equivalent of "luck'', for those countless
thousands of men, who have gone through
the hellfires of scores of battles and come
out unscathed.
First, let's consider the Germans. Since
they started their undeclared war in Poland,
tens of thousands of themhave gone through
attacks of all types, bursting shells and
bombs. whizzing bullets from the rat-a-tat-
tat of machine guns, and yet.they have
not sustained the least injury
So it is with the fighting men of all
ether countries. 1t is hard for the mind to
conceive how it is possible to go through
battle after battle, sometimes in the very
heart of the fiercest fighting, and come out
of it untouched by the tiniest fragment of
bomb or shell, or without the least symptom
of having been shell shocked.
But that has happened in every war
and is happening in this. On the other hand,
thousands of men are killed in their first
battle, and other thousands die before they
fight.
Murat in the thick of the Battle Wa
terloo, beat his chest and called on the
English and the Germans to kill him. All
about him men dropped, two horses were
KILLED under him, but Napoleon's knell was
sounded,'St. Helena this time instead Of
Eba, and Murat remained unhurt
"Euck", good foituneo-those terms
are too weak to satisfy our searching minds.
And, of course we brush aside predestina-
ton. 1t would be tragic thing for one to be
destined at the time of his birth. His will to.
succeed his will to lead a model life, would
be of no avail, if Nature had prescribed
otherwise. But Nature is not inexorable: it
gives us free will to fashion our lives as we
see fit. Many a crook has reformed and
lived model life to the end of his days. and
fallen, never to arise again, morally speak
ing.
But back to the battlefield, where so
many men survive, regardless of how fierce
a fight may be.
By amplification, battlefield is not
altogether unlike baseball field, where the
heftiest clout may go for naught. Willie
Keller said, "Hit EN- where they amt
which frequently has the element of luck,
SO on the battlefield we have the reverse of
Keeler's baseball classic, "Be where they
amt, that is, where shell splinters and bull
lets don't happen to strike.
Years ago Union soldier told the
writer: Il fought through the four years of
Civil War Bullets pierced my coat and
pierced my trousers, but l came out of the
war uninjured"
Luck? Good Fortune? Do those
words satisfactorily explain to you the rea-
son?
The ignorance of the average audience
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KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF JUNE %. 1883

Philip Cosgrove, son of Captain
and Mrs. P. L. Cosgrove, is ex-
pected to arrive here tomorrow
from Miami. He is aboard the IT,
S. S. Fairfax, due in that port to-
Gay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23

Prices of commodities show
slight gain, according to an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Wash
ington, published in today's Citi-
zen. The uptrend is supposed to
show returning prosperity.
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Housewives, who are looking far
enough ahead, will take time this Summer to
can something to eat next Winter.
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REQUIRES % HOURS

NEW York; is less than %
hours from Washington to Tokyo
by air.
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George ]. Rosenthal, who sought
to stop the Overseas Bridge Cor
poration from continuing its eff
forts to obtain a loan from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation,
is reported today to be "out of the
picture
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-23

The japanese tell their people that the
war is in serious stage and urge them 10
prepare for long struggle.
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The idea that person who wears a
zoot suit deserves any treatment that he
may receive has its Supporters
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The ignorance of the average audience
is only equaled by the ignorance of the
average speaker.