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Evening star., 1944-01-14
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. M. L.,
WdShin0tOn.)

I wish to offer the following
recipes for spinach for the lady who
desired recipes for mere variety in
cooking spinach. These recipes are
all based on canned or cooked spin
ach, so are good way to use left
over spinach, then it can be cooked
fresh just in time to make one of
these recipes If desired.
Spinach Fondue: One and one
half cups fine dry crumbs, egg,
beaten; ~ cups milk, l cup cooked
spinach. 2 tablespoons melted but
ter. salt and pepper, l tablespoon
butter.
Beat egg, add milk. crumbs, finely
Evening star., 1944-01-14
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Evening star., 1944-01-14
(Thdnks to Mrs. II. M,
RiDerdule. Md

After spinach has been cooked
drain we'll and chop fine. To this
add small quantity of a thin white
sauce with little grated onion for
additional flavor. Keep hot in top
Of double boiler until ready to serve.
Evening star., 1944-01-14

chopped spinach, melter butter, salt
and pepper. Put In creased baking
dish and dot with butter. Set in pan
of hot water and bake in moderate
oven, 375 degrees, for 40 minutes.
Spinach Souffle: Two cups cooked
spinach, a cup diced cooked bacon
l cup thick white sauce, eggs.
Chop spinach very fine, add white
sauce, bacon and egg yolks, well
beaten. Season well. Fold in stif1ly
beaten egg whites. Turn into creased
baking dishes, set in pan containing
inch of hot water and bake in mod
crate over, $50 degrees, until firm.
Spinach and Cheese Timbales
One can spinach, 2 tablespoons
melted butter, 2 eggs, slightly beaten
"a cup grated nippy cheese.
Drain and chop spinach. Add to
slightly beaten eggs, then mix with
melted butter and cheese. Fill
creased individual molds, set in pan
of hot water and bake until firm at
375 degrees.
Cream Of Spinach Soup: Two
cups cooked spinach and spinach
water, cup white sauce, seasonings.
Heat spinach and rub through
sieve or colander. Add white sauce
and seasonings and heat. Add more
milk, if desired to have thinner
consistency.
These recipes are all favorites In
my family, and have often been liked
by so-called spinach haters II they
are willing to give them a trial.
X X X
REMOVING NAIL POLISH.
requested by Mrs. H. F.,
HyattspilleJ
My daughter spilled a bottle of
nail polish on several hand -cro-
cheted chair backs. Could any one
tell me what / could use to remove
these stains?
ALMOND PASTE MACAROONS;
POUND CAKE.
Thanks to Mrs. F. J.,
Washington.)
There are two recipes we have
used in our family for a number OF
years. The first one is the most de-
licious, but I am doubtful about Sc
curing almond paste at this moment
Macaroons (the true type). Cream
l cup almond paste with l cup con-
Ifectioner's sugar well and add grad.
ually whites OF three eggs.
Work mixture until quite smooth
and drop by teaspoon into little piles
on creased waxed paper on but
tered pan. 1t will spread when
baking, SO allow room for this emer-
gency. A pastry bag or cookie gun
helps. Bake in slow oven. Almond
paste IS purchased at special grocery
stores in cans and one can makes
many macaroons.
Macaroons (substitute). 2 eggs.
cup light brown sugar, " teaspoon
salt, y cup fiour, y teaspoon baking
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Readers Clearing House

powder. l cup almonds, blanched
and chopped.
Sift salt, baking powder and -four
Beat eggs slightly, add sugar and
flour. Finally almonds. Bake Is
minutes in moderate oven. l use
tiny creased mufin tins for these
and they are good substitute for
the real macaroon.
viii you request some readers to
forward recipe for pound cake
I am unsuccessful in attaining a
moist, close-grained, almost heavy
cake that We have always had at
home. 1t was mixed by our cook
with her hands rather than a spoon
I think. and kept exceptionally we'll
Mine are coarse and dry although
use pound Of each ingredient.
Thank you kindly for any help
you may obtain for me, and I truly
hope Miss C. F. Of College Park is
successful with her results in maca-
room baking.
(Editor's note: Thanks, too, to
Mrs. E. S. M, Washington, and
Mrs. A. S. B. and Mrs. E. N. E.,
SilDer Spring, for similar recipes.
CAKE RECIPE WANTED.
REQUESTED by Mrs. A. G.,
Arlington)
Would some one kindly tell me of
cake recipe that includes mara
schino cherries and nuts?
HOLLANDAISE SAUCE.
Thanks to Mrs. D. w. A., Jr.,
CheUerly, Md
One Of your readers requested a
recipe for hollandaise sauce made
with margarine. The following reci-
pc, from cookbook called "Corned
Beef and Caviar" has proven in
fallible. with butter or margarine.
Cream quarter of cup of but
ter (or margarine), add the yolks OF
two eggs, beat well and add the juice
OF quarter Of a lemon. half tea
spoon Of salt and a dash of pepper
A few minutes before the sauce is
to be served, add quarter of a cup
OF boiling water, a little at a time
stirring well. Put the mixture in
the top Of double boiler over boil
ing water and stir rapidly until it
thickens."
have made this literally dozens
of times and never had it fail. In
our home, it makes only enough for
two people, but I am sure it would
serve three or four people with only
ordinary appetites for hollandaise.
AS a transient Navy wife, have
had opportunity to read great
many women's pages, but have
never seen any column as interesting
and helpful as yours. I thoroughly
enjoy it.
Editors note: Thanks, also,
to Mrs. G. w. H., Arlington, and
Mrs. L. A. L., Alexandria, for
submitting similar recipes for
hollandaise sance.)
X III
LAMB CAKE MOLD.
REQUESTED By Mrs. r. F.,
Washington)
have enjoyed your new Clearing
House immensely. There have beer
so many helpful and timely sugges-
tions an drecipes. I wonder if some
Evening star., 1944-01-14
LAMB CAKE MOLD.
(ReQueSted bp Mrs. r, F.,
Wnshin0ton !

WGJHtngLOH.I
I have enjoyed your new Clearing
House immensely. There have been
so many helpful and timely sugges-
tions an drecipes. I wonder if some
one could help me with little prob
lem. have an iron birthday cake
mold In the shape Of lamb. The
recipe that came with 1t calls for
a spice cake with nuts and raisins
not very suitable for small children.
Has any one had any experience
baking plain cake in one OF these?
I found your neyer-fail rolls and
hot fudge pudding In your wartime
cookbook so delicious they are family
standbys.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
ENAMELWARE.

ENAMEL WARE.
REQUESTED By Mrs. w. S.,
Arlington.)
Is 1t possible to have enameleo
ware redipped or repaired In any
way when II chipsf
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Author Of "kodesn Mhoeis Men,

ing a baby with big bones inherit
ed from his father.
As conditions changed, need for
a means of lessening pain was ap-
parent. Sir James Y. Simpson,
British physician, introduced chic
roform to obstetrics in l847. He
was assailed on all sides, mostly
by men who contended it was
woman's duty to suffer at such
times. Simpsons method became
respectable six years later when
Queen Victoria asked for chloro-
form at Prince Leopold birth.
Drawbacks
FROM chloroform, physicians
went on to safer, more convenient
pain-killers. They fell into two
classes: drugs which erased men,
ory (such as scopolamine); drugs
which deadened pain (ether. par
aldehyde, morphine).
All such drugs had serious draw
backs. They lessened the power
of muscles needed to expel the
infant, or they put a dangerous
damper on heart and lung action.
or starved mother and infant of
vital oxygen. Yet women demand
ed the relief they gave - and doc
tors seldom dared to refuse them.
Widespread, and often careless,
use of anesthetics is largely
responsible for America s trag-
ic maternal mortality toll -
higher than that of most
civilized countries. To relieve
pain. an unpracticed physician may
administer too much anesthetic.
This sets off a tragic chain OF
events. Vital functions are unduly
depressed, the patient drifts into
shock and dies.
Well aware OF all these things,
DR.. Edwards, an obstetrician, and
DR.. Hingson, an anesthetist, set
TW-7-13-A
Evening star., 1944-02-13

- ~AINLEss childbirth has been
one of the great goals of med
d icine. Several months ago it
appeared that safe new anesthet-
ic technique was at hand when
Doctors Waldo B. Edwards and
Robert A. Hingson, of the United
States Public Health Service, an
nounced the results of their re-
search and experience.
But before this new method
could be put to work it had
to await widespread coniirma-
ton. That confirmation is now
being accumulated. Ten thou
sand mothers have had babies by
this new method. Of this large
group, 800 experienced no pain
whatsoever; l, 200 had slight pains;
only 700 suffered normal child
birth pains. And even in the
comparatively few cases where no
relief was afforded, blame could
often be attributed to the physi-
clans lack of experience with the
new technique.
No Suffering
In MOST of the instances these pa
tients stayed in bed in their own
hospital rooms until their time
came perfectly comfortable,
reading, writing. having lunch.
They did not suffer either in the
delivery room or afterward. Fur
thermore, this new method ap-
pears to be far safer for both
infant and mother than the anes-
thetics now in general use.
PrlmtlVe women had little need
for drugs at their confnements.
They were more active, better
muscled, and produced smaller ba-
bies. They mated with men of
their own tribes who were their
own size - hence a small woman
never had the problem of deliver
Evening star., 1944-04-16

upon Lly's return TO her native land after
more years than she felt it strictly necessary
TO mention. Still the roots were there, if dor
mant, and the catalogue got to them.
Now, sipping her coffee, she began to Wis.,
ualize the garden in detail. Jason would be
kept pretty closely in Washington for the
next three months. 1t wouldn't be feasible for
Lily to accompany him. And there was his
grandfather's small estate up in the Berk
shires. idle, pining for Victory Garden.
When the maid came In for the tray, Lily
asked, Are you fond of gardening. Ceieste?''
On. Madame, but yes! M0man always
said was born with green thumb"
This seemed good omen. BY the time
Jason came home that night, the little garden
of the catalogue had sweiled like sturdy
young cloud with cyclone ambitions. Lily was
now enyisaging row upon row of neat glass
Jars containing the harvest. Not merely for
the edification of the Thorndyke menage.
Lily was involved heart and soul IN small
pfivatsly- financed eanteen which had long
been wanting to serve something more sub
stantiai than the dougnnuts and sandwiches
the budget allowed. Lily saw In the garden
means to help toward this end. She was not
Evening star., 1944-04-16
LILY AND THE GREEN THUMB
BY ELLEN GATTI
HIsarufed hy Hssry BsckksH

clear whether the soldiers would be fed the
fruits and vegetables or whether she could
sell these products and add the proceeds to
the canteen fund. But though hazy ON details.
her enthusiasm was undiiuted
Jason. as usual. was amiable - though Lily
had not revealed to him the full scope of her
project Sure. have little garden il you'd
like to-" he said. Matter of fact, I think
some Berkshire air would do you good And
you'll be comfortable at Three Pines, if you
won't be too lonely"
Either you're there and I'm not lonely,
or you aren't and am. So might as we'll be
at Three Pines as any place else"
JASON leaned back In his CHAIR and thrust
out his long legs. Lily put hassock under
his feet. And what always say" she NUT
tered. is that they need good hot meal"
What's that?''
Lily ignored his question. Instead she came
and perched ON the arm of his char and kissed
his eyeiids. Women always ought to wear
white hiouses. said Jason laxiiy, ubbing his
cheek against oooi crisp lawn. aiOne thing
don't RAISE the ante amy if you can help it,
honey. With taxes and War Bonds the way
Evening star., 1944-04-16

they are. I'm just one Jump out of the red. !"
oh, we'n save money said Lily conf
IDENTIFY. we can close the house. And life
viii be ever 80 much cheaper in the country"
She paused Lily had the servant problem
backwards. Where most women were eombing
the discarcs for help. Lily had plethora OF
loyal servitors that embarrassed her in war
time. She felt guilty. that she should re-
trench. but she didn't know how.
There was, for instance, Murphy, the but
Ter, who had been with the Thorndykes
thousand years and whose heart would break
if they pensioned him off. There was Rosa.
gem of an Alsatian cook whom no woman
in her right mind would part with. There was
Celeste, Llys personal maid. newly acquired.
But Celeste was also Rosa's niece, who had
fed to South America in the early days OF the
war. Rosa had used all her savings to get the
girl into the States. So, naturally, one could
not but give her position.
True. Jake. the chauffeur, had gone INTO
the Navy. Lily thought gratefully OF jake.
as somehow removing stigma. I'm SIMPLY
have to take Murphy" " she said aloud. and
Rosa and Celeste
Jason sighed mNlriously. The trst day
rw--A-aS-&l
Evening star., 1944-04-16

CPRING comes 10 New York DO matter what
- the superciious Connecticutians have to
say about it One morning, the air is suddenly
mud and seductive, drawing ones thoughts
from SCOT and fumes OF gasoline to butter
cups IN meadow. One such morning, Lily
ThoEndyke awoke observed that she had
kicked the quilt off her bed during the night,
rang foE Breakfast and her mail. and straight
way got herself into mess
lnnocently, she opened catalogue sent out
by some enterpEising depar tment store and
vas confronted by the dream garden of the
epoch, handsomely done in four colors 1t was
this years Victory Garden, said the text,
Lily read enuanced, and her roots, ignored
foF years. began 10 yeip fof the soil.
LILY had been born in a small American
community where the pride OF the local
matTons ran TO dahliaS and the first tomatoes
OF the season. Lily had not participated in
these activities, though occasionally she had
gone SO tar as TO stroll out and pluck bunch
OF sweet peas while the nelghboThOod swans
swooned upon the garden fence To watch her.
Then AT eighteen. equipped only with fabu-
lous blonde beauty and unbounded conf
dence, she had set forth TO conquer Europe.
This conquest had definitely not been rural.
Nor, had her marriage TO Jason Tho1ndyke,
the New York publisher, which took place
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
PAY:
House Votes $500

Arguing that higher payments
would represent soldiers bonus
which should be left for later discus
sion, the house passed bill provid-
ing for mustering-o pay OF $500 to
discharged. vets with 80 days serv-
ice and 500 to those released be-
fore go days.
With 100000 vets including
those already discharged standing to
benefit from the measure, total cost
Of payments was estimated at 31s
billion dollars.
After passage by the house, the
bill was sent for approval to the SEN
ate, which previously enacted legis-
lation providing for maximum pay
ments ranging from $500 to vets
overseas for IS months or more, to
5000 to those with less than IL
months service in the U. S. Unless
the senate okayed the house bill,
parliamentary procedure required
the two chambers to get together to
work out new legislation.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
PACIFIC FRONT:
Macarthur to Stay

u. S. medium and heavy bombers
ranged widely over the Pacific,
blasting Jap bases supplying hard
pressed enemy troops, and hitting
installations and airfields in the stra-
tegic Marshall islands.
AS u. S. armies were pinning the
foe back in the South Pacific area,
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
announced in Washington, D. c.,
that General Macarthur would not
be retired when he reached the age
of ga on January 20. Retired at his
own request in 1887, Macarthur was
recalled to active duty following the
outbreak of World War II.
In New Guinea, U. S. bombers
smashed at the Jap base of We
wax, above American positions at
Saidor; and in New Britain, explo-
sives were dropped on the big feed
err center Of Rabaul, and on barges
carrying supplies along the island
coasts.
Waves Of bombers accompanied
by fighter planes raided the Mar
shall islands, lying along the supply
route to the west. Airdromes and de-
lenses Of the Tarawa type in the Gill
berts to the south were hit.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
MILK SALES:
Bottles or Containers

Chicago's big battle to determine
whether milk shall be sold in paper
containers as well as glass bottles
still has not gotten out of the courts,
even though the state Supreme court
ruled that paper containers could
not be used under the wording of
the city's disputed ordinance govern
ing distribution Of the product
At present, Chicago diaries will
continue to package the milk in pa
per containers pending filing of a
motion for state Supreme court
rehearing of the case. Since the
courts have declared no interest in
the sanitary aspects of the question
of bottling, but have merely con-
fined themselves to the wording of
the city ordinance, rewriting of
the law would permit legal use Of
paper containers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
WEDDING RINGS:
Growing Scarce

jewelers. supplies are dwindling
so fast that wedding and engage
ment rings may soon be unobtain-
able, New York trade experts say.
Government restrictions on precious
metals, scarcity Of diamonds, and
shortage of skilled workmen have
combined to reduce the supply. Less
than half the usual quantity of gold
and palladium is being allocated to
manufacturers, and platinum is
banned entirely, it is said. Dia-
monds are now advanced about 500
carat higher than the last three
years average. Engagement rings
in the $500 to $3.50 class are the
best sellers, while wedding rings
costing $40 to $12 are most popular.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
DRIED MILK:
Ne1v Process

Army quartermaster corps labo-
ratories have developed a method
of drying and preserving whole milk
so that it will keep for a year even
under tropical conditions. Dried milk
made by methods now in use will
become rancid in the tropics.
In the army formula, the water
content of the milk is reduced to
2.25 per cent, and an inert gas is
introduced into the alright contain
er as a preservative. The new
method could become a profitable
industry, it is said.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
EUROPE:
Pound Supply Lines

u. S. bombers ripped rail lines
supplying German troops in south
ern Italy as American and British
forces pressed against the Nazis'
winter-line centered on Casino, key
to the road to Rome.
With two Of three main rail lines
temporarily put out of use, the en-
erny was forced to route supplies
over bomb-pocked highways, some
Of which were snarled by the wreck
age Of bridges.
AS U. S. artillery laid down cur
tain Of thunderous fire over German
defense enplacements before Cas-
sine preparatory to the infantry's
charge forward. British units to the
west engaged Nazi troops along the
Garigliano river.
Along the Adriatic coast to the
east, Canadian forces were held to
short gains in hard, close-in fighting.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

that a labor draft
would equalize SOL
der and civilian
sacrifices, the exec
utive council of the
American Fedora
ton Of Labor, head
e d by Wilt a m
Green, said that the
organization would
never surrender the
basic freedom of the
country's workers.
Likening a labor
draft as a shot In
the arm for the ma
tons patriotism
Stinson said the first
flush Of enterprise
excited by the Pearl
Harbor attack has
worn off, and now
"the stern voice of
law" is needed to
keep up the patri-
otto emotion.
Declaring that in
freedom there is
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
Weekly News Analysis
House Votes $500 Discharge Bonu Reds Continue Baltic Push

the Middle West will be cut to
one-third Of 1943 production, and only
IA of AZ processing plants will be kept
in operation.
Raised on contract to the govern
ment, farmers found hemp profitable
last year. their net yield per acre
being larger than from any other
crop in the nation, in some cases
reaching 5000, it was said.
In seeking to relieve threatened
hemp shortage after the outbreak Of
war; the government undertook con-
struction of processing plants in AZ
communities, and arranged for
farmers to grow 1000 acres of the
fiber in each of the districts. The
plants were erected at an estimated
cost Of 100000 each.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
AGRICULTURE:
Hog Permits

With thousands of hogs remaining
unsold after marketings, permit
system for shipments was imposed
at the Chicago stockyards. Under
the procedure, commission firms
were allotted weekly quotas based
on a percentage Of the total volume
they handled during the first II
months of 1913, and farmers were
to be advised when to sell.
Through the permit system al
ready in operation in other centers,
it is hoped to limit shipments to
packers capacities, cut feed bills,
and reduce shrinkage, bruises and
death losses.
DrOuth
Producer of winter wheat, the
great plains area of the Midwest
has been suffering from an unheard
Of seasonal drouth.
Conferred in Nebraska, the drouth
has extended to the Rocky Mountain
and western states. where the stor-
age Of snowfall for spring and sum-
mer irrigation Is much less promis-
ing than at this time last year.
Good rains in the late winter and
early spring could largely offset the
effects Of the drouth.
0u+M,i+c AnndIiInoc
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

strength, the AFL council asserted
that the amazing speed with which
free American workers have won the
battle Of war production against the
enemy within two years upholds
the truth of that principle"
Chance for passage Of the labor
draft dwindled with the houses
pigeon-holing of the measure.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

When four 17-year-old hoodlums
attempted to rob Seaman Fred
Stark of Saginaw, Mich, Of his
money, he talked them into hand
ing over their gum and letting him
join the gang in holding up
tavern. But after they had en-
tered the tavern, Seaman Stark
held the hoodlums at bay with the
pistol and ordered the bartender
to call police to arrest the gang.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
BURMA:
Allies Attack

With U. S. bombers blasting a
path, American trained Chinese
troops under Lieut.. Gen. Joseph Still
well gained ground in mountainous
western Burma, while farther to the
south units of the British Fourteenth
army fought Jap counter-attacks to
stall their own offensive.
The Chinese were fighting to clear
the way for engineers constructing
a new supply route to China, since
Jap conquest had closed off the Bur-
ma road. To hamper enemy opera
tons, u. S. bombers dropped 20 tons
of explosives on a Jap troop en-
campment in the rear of the battle
front.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns. they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts. and not necessarily OF
this newspapeT.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-02-03
STRONG u. S. A.:
after War

Sc. Proposing :. realistic
point Of view, that the tendency to
war is inevitable, just as the human
tendency to disease is inevitable"
War Production Board Vice Chair
man Charles E. Wilson called on
government and industry to CO.
operate in promoting strong arma-
ment program after the present
conflict.
Said Wilson: II am convinced
that we must begin now to set the
machinery in motion, while it is still
possible for us to measure the cost
of any other course"
Wilson suggested Cd the program
should be the governments respon-
sibility; ca congress must sup
port it; 90 industry's role should be
to cooperate; ~ some government
owned plants should be held in re-
serve, with equipment kept to date.