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Evening star., 1944-01-03

This time last year we said we
must all simplify our living 80 as
to get through the next year sue
cessfully. Now we wish to beg your
pardon for not making 1t twice as
strong. We should have known how
tired We would be by this time and
how much more we must cut down
our schedule to be able to do the
job. We will have to become our
own productions chiefs, watching
the wear and tear on equipment, the
morale Of the household, and the
production all along the nne-be-
cause in spite Of the fact we are be-
ginning to learn the ropes-this
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Steak and Kidney Pie
Always a Favorite

A pound of round steak and four
lamb kidneys are plenty for max
ing one big or four individual steak
and kidney pies-and grand they
are on a cold winter night, the kind
w. c. Fields says isn't fit for man
nor beast.
The round steak is cut into three
quarter-inch squares, dipped in
flour and Drowned in some drip.
pings in which minced onion was
Drowned. The kidneys are not pre-
cooked-merely skinned and cut
into four pieces. Then, using either
four individual baking dishes or one
larger one, put meat and kidneys
into the dish-or dishes. Just cover
with cold water. Add salt and pep
per. Then cover with piecrust
dough and bake in medium oven
about 20 minutes-or until crust is
light brown.
If you like, add to the mixture
any leftover peas, potatoes diced in
half-inch cubes, small peeled onions
bits Of carrots. In that case, bake
half an hour. Then it is no longer
a real steak and kidney pie-but
as Fanny Brice used to say: "Aw-
fully good company" A green veg
etable salad can be served with the
pie and for dessert q stewed fruit
compete or hall . grapefruit.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Peanut Butter
ReCipes

Ever think Of using peanut butter
as a shortening alternate?~ It's a
grand way to improve the nutritious
quality OF bread and rolls and it pro-
vides a flavor that's guaranteed to
please. All you do is simply add IN
times as much peanut butter as the
amount Of shortening called for in
the recipe. Here are two recipes for
peanut butter rolls that you'll want
to try soon:
PEANUT BUTTER ROLLS.
" cups milk.
cups flour.
l teaspoon salt.
/ cake compressed yeast.
2 tablespoons sugar.
4 tablespoons peanut butter.
Scald milk, dissolve sugar and salt
and soften peanut butter in / cup
Of milk. Cool the remainder to luke
warm and dissolve yeast In it. When
first mixture is cool. mix the two
and add to the flour. Beat and stil
to make soft dough. Knead lightly
4 to 5 minutes. Allow to double
volume in warm place. Knead
make into rolls and allow to rise
until light. placing In warm location
Bake at 425 degrees IS to 20 minutes
PEANUT CINNAMON ROLLS.
II recipe of peanut roll.
II cup sugar.
l tablespoon cinnamon.
Butter or margarine.
Roll dough to u inch thick, spread
with butter, sprinkle with sugar and
cinnamon which have been mixed
thoroughly. Roll and cut in 1-inch
slices. Place on creased baking sheet
and allow to rise until light. Bake
at 425 degrees 20 minutes.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
By Morsaref NoyeH

year will be more demanding than
last.
Take each department Of house.
hold and study 1t to see what 1t
requires and what you need to get
out of 1t. To do this, first Of all
make up your mind what is es-
sential to you. None of us have the
courage to give up all the things
we want, all of the time. But we
can give up most Of the things we
want all Of the time, or all of the
things we want some Of the time.
Make q very small list OF the alb
solute essentials.
Keep In mind the fact martyrs
went out of style in the Middle
Ages, and whatever else you rule
of the list a smile is an essential
commodity. You. your family and
your friends cannot do without It..
Plan the doing without, the giving
up, the hard labor with enough Of
the things you enjoy so that there
Is always bit of q lilt in your life.
Along with the laundry and the
floor scrubbing plan time out for a
concert. While you make over and
refurbish the old clothes somehow
save enough for silly new hat.
When you limit the menu to one
dish and do away with all the ia
BILE frills which take extra steps,
money and time keep the glow Of
candles and the interesting center
table arrangement to feed your soul.
In other words, keep happy, keep
alive, feed your inspiration-but
don't kid yourself for a minute that
any part of your life is going to be
easy in 1943.
You may let down on your living
standards just far enough to do the
job that must be done we'll, but
never far enough to say II don't
care" You may ease your efforts
by cutting out all nonessential time
takers just far enough to be able to
carry your weight in your own home,
but not far enough to let things get
shoddy. That is when the bottom
drops out of everything in your
household and one important family
unit is temporarily removed from the
production line.
You must organize every bit Of
assistance and every pair Of hands
under your roof. Every person that
can walk on two feet and has q
pair Of hands can give a certain
amount in proportion to what he
takes In the course Of q day. The
little feet that annoy your tired
nerves running around the house
can use up some of this energy In
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Bv Barbara Bell.

Successful wherever it goes-a
beautifully tailored two-piece dress
with gored skirt, carefully fitted
jacket with three-quarter sleeves
Closed with a soft bow at the waist
line, the jacket is worn over a crisp
dickie.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1880 is
designed for sizes 80, "a, 36, 38, 40
AZ, A and 46. Size "a, y sleeves
requires 4 yards 39-inch material
Dickey takes "a yard.
Price of Fashion Book separate is
Is cents. 1t may be ordered with
a 15-cent pattern for 25 cents plus
! cent postage.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus l cent for postage, in
coins, with your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted, to
Barbara Bell, Washington Star, Post
Office Box 80, Station G. New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-01-03

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, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those Of The Star, and, rs 1t is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient II
1t 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.
Betsy Cas,OeH.
Evening star., 1944-01-03

Is full Of good-looking girls and
that there Is no possible way of get
ting rid Of them. They are here to
stay and every year a new crop
comes in. so the supply is inexhaust-
ible. And you have to cure your
self OF being jealous or else spend
your life being in torment.
Perhaps that is a difficult thing to
do, especially if you are one of the
possessive kind of women who thinks
that her husband belongs to her
body and soul, and that he has no
right to even glance at another
female. Many wives are like that,
and they spoil perfectly good mar
riages by always spying on their
husbands and trying to keep them
on the leash and suspecting them of
having affairs with every woman
they meet.
Now there Is Just one infallible
remedy for jealousy, and that is to
apply a little common sense to It.
Realize, In the first place, that you
have priority on your husband. II
he hadn't preferred you to other
women, he would not have married
you. In the second place, take this
truth to heart while you are still
young, for it will save you a lot of
useless tears that men don't take
women as seriously as women take
men, and that because man enjoys
looking at pretty face, or talking
to a gay and lively girl, or dancing
with one whose step matches his, it
doesn't in the least mean that he is
in love with her, or has any serious
intentions regarding her.
Even married mems flirtations sell
dom have any significance. Cen
orally they haven't heart throb in
them. They are just a mans way
Of amusing himself for an hour and
OF proving to himself that he still
has good line and is q devil among
the ladies. If wives could only bring
themselves to believe that and would
tease their husbands about having
fallen for some new little cutie, in
stead OF naVlng mysteries over her,
they would save themselves a lot of
grief.
I am sorry for any woman who
has married man who is a teaser
and who thinks it funny to make
her green-eyed. He is laying up
troubles for both of them and paving
the way to the divorce court. But
the only way to deal with him is to
laugh off his little affairs, instead
OF crying over them. For when he
finds that he can't get rise out of
you he will stop his kidding.
But man must be awfully dumb
who hasn't sense enough to know
that a woman's sense of humor
never includes her husbands ad-
miration for other women.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK,
3l6 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Sc,

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hfoldsrs fol tS q the MUTUAL Building Associat
come @ before e'hse tSe messlns
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bsrs srs Of The Mutual Protection Firm In
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and or ss ft 'ei 81
such. such other n business as may properly come
Sson and he G Doll. ssf viii s. u oDen 0sHsh aHs
repor of Se oDenstons Of tfqewos the is
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iiotes vi washington real estate X6,g7b, 90;
1883, $4,000; losses by FIRE adjusted and
paid during the year S179. 80: dividends
$l16.69. E. W. BURTON. Secretary.
GGI1S oGgTIcE .0 or THE ThEMEM's INSURANCE
west, Washington. b. c. The stocShoider,
o. the Firemen's Insurance Company OF
Washington and Georgetown will meet st
for the purpose Of electing thirteen di.
ffectors for the ensuing year. Polls open
AGBER:Tr ". " IH2SoSWi HSoSWiARD, Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Charles Schneider Baking
Company. Inc, for the election Of directors
come before ,said meeting, viii be held a.
the once Of the company Ala Eye st. NV,
on Wsdnesday. January ~, 1874, st pm
4 ddsxn,.sE xs rs., poofs VII hs closed ten {1o)
SuFHdatsSsosssbb SuHdts ssb 5'fSsos1LzY T. Sos1LzY. Secretary.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Club de Jeudi
u find the recipes on this page
BY Arfhur H. Denfe

he chef makes up the dish in plain
sight OF the guest, here is what one
sees done: First, into fiat saucepan
goes a tiny bit Of butter and as it
melts there follow two spoonsful of
chilli sauce and two of catsup. But
that Is for two portions, so for eight
portions one would use eight Of
chilli sauce and eight of catsup. Then
a little Worcestershire sauce. When
this mixture starts to bubble, two or
three oysters per serving are added.
In minute or two, the oysters start
to curl, which means they are ready
to emerge. On each serving plate is
ready a piece of toast, and on each
piece of toast the oysters are laid
and over all the sauce is poured. All
very quick. easy and delicious.
And then comes the chicken from
the casserole-four broilers have
been split and prepared for cooking.
Using, preferably, a large roasting
pan, since there are eight halves of
broiler, the chickens are lightly
Drowned in the fat. And then over
them 60 the following: Two cups
OF leftover chicken or veal broth or
a can Of broth, two cups of dry
red wine, two tablespoonfuls of Al
sauce, two tablespoonfuls of lemon
juice, salt and pepper to taste. Cover
carefully and set in hot oven for
20 minutes. Then stir in half a
glass OF sour currant jelly and, with
the oven turned down to about 325,
simmer another 10 minutes.
Popovers are simple little hot
breads which are taken for great
masterpieces but are most simple:
To make IL OF them have, prefera-
bly, an iron muffin pan, but a tin
one will do. If one owns a good
electric mixer, that is fine, other
wise a rotary eggbeater must do.
Into the mixing bowl toss a cup Of
milk, cup of -four, two eggs and
a pinch Of salt. Beat thoroughly
the beating tells the tale. Beat
at least eight minutes. Then, with
the oven at $50 and the pan partially
heated, grease each opening in the
pan and fill half full with the mix
ture. Bake at $50 for 25 minutes,
reduce the heat to $50 and bake
Is to 20 minutes longer. The pop
overs will really have popped and
have grown over the top of the tin.
At this particular dinner the
homemade canned compete was a
mixture Of contributed fruits-one
couple brought q jar Of pears,
another jar of plums, another a
jar OF peaches and another a can Of
pineapple spears. A few maraschino
cherries were added for good meas
ure, the bowl of compete was chilled
on the ice-and truly old world
dessert was ready.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
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BOYS, white hi and colored to work in news
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for life lnsuranee s6n route IN p; e; Phone
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Apply 1908 You st; NV.
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Evening star., 1944-01-03

Not member Of the Club de Jeudi
the now well-known club OF four
couples, which gives dinner parties
to itself, come Thursday evening,
had been frugal. Ration points had
not been harbored against the week.
ly dinner. And the couple who were
to provide the dinner last week were
the worst offenders. There was some
talk about taking this dinner, for
once, to a public dining room, but
that talk was soon squelched. Bet
ter to do what could be done with
what was available. Out Of this
serious determination came this
practically pointless menu:
Oyster Pan Roast
Chicken In Claret
PopoDers Fried Eggplant
Home-Canned Fruit Compete
Coffee
For a menu to be prepared by the
amateur male chef this is easy and
pleasant and the two principle dishes
are well of the beaten path and
bordering on the unusual.
The finest panned and roasted
oysters are to be found In a restau-
rant near Grand Central Station in
New York and watching carefully as
Evening star., 1944-01-03

now, and was wondering If one Of
the readers could tell me of a recipe
book that contains recipes for only
cookies, cakes and pastries. That
is my main interest in the kitchen,
and I would appreciate information
on a good cook book of this sort, II
there is such a thing.
The idea of putting out q book
with Clearing House recipes is a
good one; but wouldn't the recipes
used have to be tested first to make
sure they would be satisfactory? One
way Of doing this would be to get
Evening star., 1944-01-03
To Wear Hat
Or Not?
Bv Emily Post

Notwithstanding the careless
example of would-be-young women
in their 40s as well as most of the
genuinely youngest girls walking in
the city streets with wind-blown
hair and hats apparently lost,
questions like this one are sent me
every day: Shall the members as
we'll as the hostesses wear hats at
our club tea party? 1t seems very
strange to me and yet some Of the
members say it Is correct"
Answering according to best
taste, these members are right.
Since neither hostesses nor other
members will be in their own homes,
they should keep their hats on if
the occasion can possibly be called
formal. On the other hand, If
wearing hats is not customary In
your community, it is not impor-
tant to exact this rule. Correctly,
a lady receives in her own house
at tea time or in the evening with
out hat, but wears one outside
of her own house. The only cor
rect occasion to 60 without a hat
in the daytime Is at q debutante
tea or an afternoon dance at which
hostess and assistant hostesses wear
semievening dresses. (Other guests
should, however, wear hat-or have
of some sort that
takes the place of a hat)
Dear Mrs. Post: If bride wishes
to wear a white wool dress In win
ter-street length-what may her
accessories be? She can't very we'll
wear white shoes in midwinter New
England weather. Or can she?
Answer-White canvas would GER
tainly be out of place, but white
buckskin slippers would look all
right. Otherwise, sandals the color
OF her hair would carry down the
color. This sounds rather fantastic,
but 1t looks quite we'll. In other
words, beige If she has light hair,
or brown Of the same value as her
hair; russet if her hair Is red. Ex-
cept in summer weather, I think
a white dress Is rather an ineffec-
tive bridal dress, unless the skirt
is long.
Dear Mrs. Post: (a). What are
the most appropriate bridesmaids
presents? (b). If there are to be
four bridesmaids should there be
the same number of ushers?
Answer-(a). The most popular
gift of the moment is a piece of
effective costume" jewelry-either
a lapel pin or bangle. (b). Very
pleasing but not necessary.
Dear Mrs. Post: I received an en-
gagement ring when my fiance was
home on his furlough. My father
was out OF town at the time and nv
nance did not get to talk things over
with my father. He feels now that
my f1ance should write him and I
know that at a hint from me, he
would do so. However, don't want
to ask him to write If the request is
unreasonable and the idea old FASH
ioned.
Answer-I don't think the idea is
old fashioned at all. It is not neces-
sary that he write and make a for
NAL request for your hand, but very
certainly he should write an infor-
NAL letter and say that he was sorry
not to be able to talk to him while
on his furlough, and that he hoped
he had your fathers approval.
Dear Mrs. Post: How long shall I
wear black for my husband who
passed away recently2 We were
always together and I miss him
very, very much, and I want to do
the right thing.
Answer: Length of time Of mourn
Ing has been very much reduced in
the last few years. A year is now
considered reasonable, but you may
remain in mourning as long as you
feel inclined
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Pumpkin in
NezV Guise

For pumpkin cakes n bacon, mix
2 cups mashed pumpkin, " tea
spoon salt, l teaspoon sugar, tea
spoon catsup, u cup milk, 2 table
spoons melted lard. Shape into
patties. Fry IL strips bacon. In 2
tablespoons drippings, saute pat
ties.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Protect Furniture

Dry heat in summer and damp
heat In winter can loosen joints,
detach veneer, and cause wood Of
furniture to warp or crack. Oil
or polish applied occasionally will
seal the pores and help to preserve
the wood.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
SPECIAL NOTICES

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
holders Of The NATIONAL BANK OF
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. D. c., for
the. election OF directors and the trans
action OF such ether business as may
properly come before said meeting. will be
held at its main banking house on Tues
day January II. 1914. at II o'clock noon
The polls will remain open until o'clock
RUTHERFORD J. pooLEy. Cashier.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the Real Estate Title Insurance
Company Of the District Of Columbia for
the purpose Of electing fifteen trustees Of
the company for the ensuing year is to
be held at the ONCE Of the company, bO3
= st. NV, on Tuesday, January IL,
944. at l O'Clock PM Polls will be
opened at o'clock and closed at 3
O'Clock pm, Books for the transfer Of
stock VIII close January 1. 1914, to jan
EDWARD s. McKNEW,
Assistant Secretary.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
OF THE AMERICAN COMPANY will be
held in the Colony Room, Ambassador
Hotel. 1412 X Street Northwest, Wednes-
day, January, 12, 1914. at 10 am. for the
election OF directors, and the transaction
OF such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
JOHN W. FISHER.