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Evening star., 1944-09-26

cocoa and soda in bowl, pour hot
water over it and let stand while
you fix the rest of cake important
to the red color of cake)
Cream sugar and butter and add
eggs, then milk. Add cocoa mix
ture. Add flour last, and f1avoring
Bake in moderate oven. This cake
is excellent.
Bridge Cake or Brownies: This is
very good when you want to make
something quick cup sugar, y
cup butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, y
cup flour, l cup nuts, or not, as you
choose. teaspoon vanilla, 2 eggs.
Mix cocoa and sugar, cream with
butter, add flour and eggs. The
eggs may be beaten first, or as they
are added to the mixture. Add
vanilla. Cook in creased pan in
slow oven about 10 minutes or until
it is mot quite DONE" according to
your other cake baking. 1t must be
moist instead of dry. The entire
pan full will rise in the oven as
other cakes do, but will fall after
ward. In the falling and the moist
ure lie the secret of these delicious
butter chocolates The one thing to
remember is-bake until done but
not until dry and fiaky. AS soon as
1t all has risen, it can usually be
taken from the oven.
DR.. Gardeners White Cake: Two
cups sugar, % cup shortening but
ter, l teaspoon vanilla, l teaspoon
lemon f1aVorlng, ll2 cups milk. 3
cups cake flour, 2i2 teaspoons baking
powder, 4 teaspoon salt, 3 egg
whites.
Cream butter and sugar, add
flavoring and milk alternately with
-four sifted with baking powder and
salt g tines. Add egg whites one
at time, beating after each. Bake
in oven 350-375 degrees about 30
minutes.
Icing for Cake: This recipe won
a blue ribbon at the North Missouri
Fair. Boil 1i2 cups sugar. cup wa
ter and 2 tablespoons white mo-
lasses sirup until the mixture has
the consistency of a soft ball. Pour
over l egg white beaten stiff. Add
y teaspoon vanilla.
THE Best White Cake Ever:
This recipe appeared in the Kansas
City Star The original was lost
and, the paper wishing to reprint
it, asked for the readers aid. Seven
hundred or more women responded
with a copy of the recipe!
One and % cups sugar, y cup but
ter, Beat butter and sugar together
until as light as whipped cream, /
cup water, 212 cups flour, whites of
4 eggs, 3 level teaspoons of baking
powder. l teaspoon vanilla, tea
spoon lemon extract
After creaming sugar and butter
we'll together, add the water and
flour alternately until - has been
used. Then add the unbeaten egg
whites and beat we'll Continue to
beat in the flour and water. save |.
cup of flour to sift with baking
powder and add last. Bake in a
moderate oven 1850 degrees F..
Cover with boiled white frosting and
sprinkle shredded coconut over top
before 1t hardens.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Readers Clearing House

stif1y beaten. Keeps soft and nice
and is an excellent frosting.
Marshmallow Dressing: Three
eggs. 2 lemons, cup water, IN cups
sugar, tablespoon flour. No definite
amount of marshmallows is neces-
sary, use approximately y to !
package. Cook till thick. Take off i,
beat in Clipped marshmalloW until
thoroughly dissolved. If too thick,
beat In little pineapple juice. Use
with pineapple, oranges and
bananas.
Moist Doughnuts: Two and one
half cups sugar, cup sweet milk,
l pint hot mashed potatoes, 3 eggs,
2 tablespoons shortening, 6 cups
flour, 6 teaspoons baking powder.
Sift flour and baking powder to-
gether in bowl. Stir shortening and
sugar into hot potatoes. combine
and add milk and eggs to remaining
ingredients or flour. These dough-
nuts keep and do not dry out.
Salt Rising Bread: Scald table
spoons corn meal, pinch of salt and
l of sugar with milk enough to make
a mush. Then set in warm place
till morning. In the morning scald
teaspoon of sugar, one of salt and
70 as much soda with pint of boil
ing water, add cold water till luke
warm, make thick batter with flour,
add mush, stir briskly for minute
or two. Put in closed vessel in
kettle of warm water not too hot.
When light mix stiff, add little
shortening, mold in loaves. Does
not take as long as yeast bread.
Quick No-Knead Rolls: These are
very good and tender and taste a
little different They were the prize
recipe of KMBC, the Kansas City
Broadcasting Co.
Crumble 2 cakes of fresh yeast in
bowl Combine 112 cups milk Croom
temperature) y cup sugar. Then
add 2ia tablespoons of white or
cider vinegar to the milk and sugar.
Pour over the yeast and let stand
10 minutes.
In the meantime, melt u cup
shortening "a cup butter. "A cup
lard). Cool. Then add to yeast.
Mix thoroughly. Add sifted ingre-
dients: Five and one-half cups sifted
flour, u teaspoon soda, teaspoon
salt.
Beat to smooth dough. Place in
creased bowl. Brush top with melted
fat. Place in warm place until
tripled in bulk. Turn out of bowl
without stirring on a well-foured
board. Sprinkle top of dough
lightly with flour, roll to desired
thickness and make into shapes. Set
rolls in warm place for Is minutes
or till light. Bake in a hot oven
400 degrees, for Is to 20 minutes.
Red Devils Food: One and one
half cups sugar, y cup butter, 2
eggs, y cup sour or sweet milk, II
cup of cocoa or less, H. teaspoons
soda, u cup of boiling water. cups
of flour, teaspoon of vanilla. Place
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Dorothy Dix Says

The question of whether girls
should be given dowries when they
marry is being much discussed at
present. There are many who op-
pose 1t on the sentimental ground
that it will tend to dim loves young
dream by introducing the financial
factor into 1t, instead of leaving it
in the realm OF pure romance. But
I think that nothing would do more
to keep the home fires burning than
for the bride to bring along with
her ton of coal and an armful of
kindling when she sets up her new
home. -
In proof whereof is the uncontest-
ed fact that in the countries in
which the dot system prevails there
are far fewer divorces than with us,
who marry on the love-is-enough
theory. This seems to indicate that
when those domestic contingencies
arise in a household that call for
cash instead of sentiment, it does
not make the wife less alluring to
her husband if she can reach down
in her little black bag and get the
wherewithal to settle with the bill
collector. On the contrary, she ap-
pears as guardian angel who
makes him bless his luck in having
had the sense to marry a girl with
a little money Of her own.
No one will deny that the finan-
cial question causes more friction in
the home than any other one thing.
Many men never get over the shock
they get when they find out the
price Of matrimony, nor do they ever
cease to begrudge paying it. Many
"a bride becomes an unpaid servant
on her wedding day, and millions
Of wives have to descend to the acts
Of the courtesan or commit petty
larceny to even get Q new hat out
Of their husbands.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

ceived quite close to my desk ]
usually am typeWriting when such
visitors and statesmen come in. Can
you tell me, please. if it is rude for
me to continue typewriting while
people are trying to talk above the
noise of my machine or would the
proper thing be for me to stop my
work and wait until the person or
persons leave?
AnsWer-Unless you are the re-
ceptionist and naturally have to pay
attention to the visitors, you would,
it seems to me, continue working
If every one were to stop typeWrit-
ing each time a stranger entered a
busy Office, the business might as
well close. On the other hand, you
should use your own good sense. If
your work at the moment is light,
you might stop for a few moments
for probable customer. But if you
are pressed for work, your undivid-
ed attention obviously is expected of
you.
Dear Mrs. Post: Is 1t considered
permissible to comb ones hair in
public? I ask because see so many
women doing it.
Answer-Definitely no! It is a
tabu everywhere outside of a dress
ing room and absolutely inexcusa-
BILE near soda fountains or dining
tables.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Etiquette in Wartime
Bv Emily Post

hostess with whom I fully agree
writes me:
Il heartily agree with the protests
Of one OF your readers, printed in
your column recently, against the
destructive child who was brought
by a mother who paid a long call.
However, there is much that could
be said in the child's defense 1t is
Wltless to expect an active child to
sit quietly while grownups talk over
his head and it is stupidity unthink-
ing of mother and hostess to do
nothing about giving him something
to occupy himself with. A picture
book, a puzzle, crayons with pictures
to color, a small set of blocks, any
Kindergarten occupations, kept in a
certain convenient place for just
such visits. For little children,
would suggest small boxes-each
containing one occupation. For the
older ones l have books of various
grades and an assortment of puz-
zles. They make visits much more
pleasant for all concerned"
AS a matter of fact, this practice
also has been my oWn-especially
the idea that of limiting the occupa-
tions for little children to one OBJ
ject In one box at time.
Dear Mrs. Post: The Office In
which I work happens to be a small
one. Visitors to the Office are re-
Evening star., 1944-09-26

your convictions and q much
stronger will than ours, you can
whip yourself into shape at home.
But. for the average girl whose res
olutions have strain OF "manana,"
a professional course is the best way.
Most Of the well-known beauty
salons in Washington have exercise
courses and equipment that will do
the trick beautifully, but If you're
one OF the hapless souls whose bud
get can't afford such rarified atmo-
spheres, you'll be happier where
there's less fun and Just as much
physical fitness-and a night course
to fit into your busy schedule.
There are such courses-and good
ones, too. Our enthusiasm for one
OF these exercise marts is born Of
wonder at what the course has done
for few Of our slightly overpadded
friends. One girl started the course
when she found her waistline meas
ured 2734 inches and her hips 80.
After only three and q half weeks
she emerged with q 26-inch waist,
36 u Inch hips-and a general Venus
quality that makes people stop and
take notice.
In most cases in these courses a
program is planned for each person
who enrolls, depending on the needs
OF the particular chassis. To help
you In your figure work there are
all kinds OF machines-bicycles pull
leys and Tiger Stretch, for example,
the aforementioned being that con-
traption designed to help us civilized
ones achieve the litheness for which
cats are noted. And there's also the
miracle-machine, Exercycle-a Mar
tian affair that looks like an outside
electric bicycle and makes you 60
through the motions of riding a
horse, bicycle and rowing without
your consciously moving a muscle.
But you can't relax on the thing.
Oh, no-you HAVE to sit up straight
and get some good out of it-eise
you'll fall right off, For those whose
weight is concentrated Here and
There, there's another machine that
attacks the avoirdupois spot by spot.
OF course, the situation varies
with ages and figure-types, but in
general you should be able to see
some results in a month. In other
words, if you want to be the hit Of
the winter whirl you'd better start
right now getting in shape. In hon.
esty, however, we must add that
after you've become sylph-like you'd
better eschew parties if you want to
stay that way, because the average
party refreshment packs a caloric
wallop of around 1901 Kil-joy Is
our middle name!
Evening star., 1944-09-26
Cut a Pretty Figure

Judging from the number Of calls
we've had lately, we'd guess that the
girls have been out shopping for
fall clothes and are now in fever
to shape up to them. Certainly
there's nothing more discouraging
than going out and saying Size IL,
please" and then having said size
IL, refuse to span across the span
nable spot. Although the new
clothes have more f1attering fluidity
and fullness than last years dresses,
they're still no more charitable to
a girls figure shortcomings. This
is especially SO If the shortcomings
center around the waist and hips
Evening star., 1944-09-26

Schoolgirls will treasure a ierkin
ensemble like this! It's perfectly de-
signed for young figures and will
give excellent wear. Note the two
generous pockets smack on the front
and the neatly tailored skirt. Stripes
or ribbed fabrics with body are most
suitable for giving this style service
ability and smartness.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1922 Is
designed for sizes H., IL, l3, IA. 16
and l8. Size II ensemble requires
3ls yards of 39-inch material.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
coins. your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell. The Washington Star, Post
Office Box 80, Station G, New York
10. N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

Thanks to the paper shortage
shopping bags are going to market
again. These are made of gay tick
ing, appliqued with oilcloth or felt
Pattern envelope contains COM
plete easy-to-read and easy-to-fol-
low directions for the above.
Send IS cents (coinD for Pattern
No, R2160 to Needle Arts Depart
ment. The Washington Star. P. O.
Box l72, Station D. New York 8
N. Y. Please include your postal
zone number,
Evening star., 1944-09-26

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 as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Betsy CasweH
Evening star., 1944-09-26
TRAVELLING WITH BABY.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. J. D. F.,
Wdshin0fOn

In answer to the questions Of the
mother who is driving across the
country with her 11-month- old
child I have these suggestions to
offer. Recently we made the same
trip with our year-old daughter and
managed to enjoy ourselves as well
as keeping the baby happy and we'll.
If this mother is driving a sedan
let me suggest that she place the
baby's mattress in the back seat.
Suitcases or boxes can be stored
under the mattress in the floor
space. This gives fiat surface, a
splendid play pen and place to
stretch out for baby's maps. We
started with car seat but found
that the baby grew tired of it after
sitting quietly for half hour or SO.
We soon discarded It, Baby spent
most of her time in her back seat
pen, and. once in a while sat or
stood in the front seat with her
father and me.
We took along her favorite toys
and several bright picture maga-
zines for her to look at. Those
and looking out the windows kept
ner DuSy ana happy.
AS for food, I never kept an
opened can overnight. If 1 opened
can of fruit in the morning I
gave her the rest either at lunch
or dinner, never keeping it over.
Her leftover vegetable was always
thrown away as we found the heat
of the automobile could easily spoil
foods. The formula I made up each
morning and used only that day.
AS our baby was drinking from
cup, l kept the milk stored in
mason jar. We carried our own
supply of canned milk, the small
size can being about a days supply.
In a handy diaper or beach bag
we carried her daily supply of food,
her milk and water plus her dish,
spoon and mason jar of water to
rinse the dishes. With this method
we were able to feed our baby on
schedule no matter if We were miles
from town.
I used both paper and cloth dia-
pers, the paper diapers while driv-
ing as they were easily disposed of.
At night she used the cloth ones as
I felt they were more comfortable
for good nights rest. 1 rinsed
them out the following morning,
slowed them away In a towel in
the car to be rerinsed that night
and dried.
You'll find the first day or two
difficult, but after that a routine
will be developed and the trip will
be fun.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
By EveIyn Hayes

because the new fashions highlight
these two vulnerable spots.
The first thing to do about almost
any figure problem is to stand up
We don't mean that If
you're toting around AZ inches of
hipline that merely holding yourself
erect will melt it away, but we do
mean that by practicing good pos
ture you cannot only create the illu-
sion Of being thinner, but actually
redistribute flesh.
Next on the list Is exercise. OF
course, II you have the courage Of
Evening star., 1944-09-26
PRIZE WINNERS

(ThdnkS to Mrs. F. J. G., Missouri J
Here are a few of my favorite
recipes which I would like to hand
on to the Readers Clearing House
Some of them are blue ribbon
winners-and all of them have won
hosts of friends.
This recipe won blue ribbon at
the Cameron Fall Festival in Mis-
souri,. 1t makes a lovely decorative
icing
Soft White Icing: Two cups sugar
Measure in same cup "A cup mo-
lasses sirup, q cup water, 12 tea
spoon cream tartar. Cook to soft
ball stage. Add to 2 egg whites
Evening star., 1944-09-26
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. T. K, Jr.,
Huntts71I1e

I would very much like to help
Mrs. c, l.. H. OF Alexandria. I have
Travelled with my babies and had
wonderful trips and good babies
If she could call me, Union 1899. l
will gladly tell her all I can. CAS-
! am a graduate nurse I feel I can
help herr
Evening star., 1944-09-26
UNSTICK GLASSES,
CUCUMBER PICKLE.

Thanks to Mrs. F. Y, Hyattspille J
To the reader who asked about
getting tumblers apart that are
stuck together: You put cold water
in the inside glass then slowly pour
hot water onto the outer glass.
Here is good crisp cucumber
sweet pickle that is easily made:
Soak cucumbers in salt water
(that will float an egg for seven
days. Then put them in fresh water
for 3 days. Split, and boil in alum
water using 2 level tablespoons of
powdered alum to l gallon of water
Heat 2l2 pounds of sugar (212 pints>
in one quart of vinegar Wrap mixed
picking spices in a piece of cheese
cloth to make bag about the size
of an egg and heat with the sugar
and vinegar. When very hot pour
this over the cucumbers which have
been removed from the water. Heat
the vinegar and spices each morn
ing for three days and pour over
the pickles. They are then ready to
use, Keep in an open jar with
loose cover,
Evening star., 1944-09-26

am hoping for help, too. We planted
quite few peanuts in our garden
and it seems we will harvest a good
crop. Can any one tell me how ]
can make peanut butter?
A long time ago lady wrote in
for a recipe for a cake on the order
Of pound cake that wasn't rich
or expensive. Several sent in recipes
for cakes using egg yolk on the
order of sponge and sunshine cakes
I don't believe that was the kind
wanted so here is mine, call it "l-2-
3-4 Cake" One cup butter, cups
sugar, 3 cups flour. eggs, 3 tea
spoons baking powder, l cup milk
Cream butter, sugar with tea
spoons of any flavoring. Add l egg
at time and beat / minute after
each. Add milk and -four alter
nately. Give a final brisk beating.
Bake in an angel food tube pan.
This is delicious plain or iced. l like
mine iced and like orange flavoring
and orange butter icing.
l also read of "foolproof" cara
mel or butter scotch sauce: Melt
about u pound of vanilla caramels
in double boiler. Just right and never
fails.
Evening star., 1944-09-26
(ThdnkS to Mrs. G.. L. W.,
A1or0udrin

II Mrs. c. l.. H. will telephone
me at Temple 2278 1 will gladly
tell her how We managed a Ions
drive across the country with oul
active 10-month-old baby son last
October.
Evening star., 1944-09-26

HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER?
TWO RECEIPTS OFFERED.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. A. S., Alexandria, J
Have been reading your page since
Its beginning and as I have never
seen any one stumped on an answer.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-03
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Wednesday night in Chicago.
The Halle Q. Brown and Phyllis
Wheatley House will play their reg
ular post season game. The exact
date or place has not been decided.
Bill Willis, Ohio States great
tackle and candidate for all Ameri-
can, is suffering from verbose
veins in his right leg .. and.speak-
ing of Ohio just reminds me that
Coach Widdoe has come up with
another good Sepia player IN Dick
Jackson, end. They say Jackson,
just a freshman, will be a regular
next year. =. How they grow them
in Ohio-Bell, Brown, Willis, Jack
son, Owens and others.
Buddy" Young, ace back of ILL
nois, was injured last Saturday but
not until he had scampered some
70 yards for Illinois only touch
down. AS his team went down in
defeat 1877 to undefeated Notre
Dame, Young was unable to return
for the rest of the game. While
Buddy" was in the game, which
incidentally was only 80 minutes, he
gathered 80 yards in eight plays for
an average of III yards per try
We definitely believe had
Buddy" been able to return to the
game that luck of the Irish wouldn't
have held so well.
Saturday is homecoming as Min
nesota plays host to the North
western Wild Cats, one of its ira
ditional rivals. Let's stick our
necks out and say the Gophers
should take this one.
Mark another touchdown down
for Gene Derricotte of Michigan
The freshman scored against Pur-
due as Michigan swamped them
40-14, last Saturday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-03

the Negro problem-by showing
how it is perplexing to more people
now than it ever has been before.
This, said Mr.. Newman, is because
scientific development has made the
world smaller, and our internal
problems, as a result are brought
home more acutely to us.
Negro Trouble Good Propaganda
Mr.. Newman'S next point con-
cerned the vulnerable spot the Ne
gro problem makes for enemy prop
agandists to emphasize. If We can
not keep our own house in order, as
serted Mr.. Newman, there is little
chance for US to take the lead in
postwar peace program.
Mr.. Newman quoted the follow
ing statement made by Wendell
Willkie a few months before his
death: I'VE, as Americans, cannot
be on one side of the fence abroad
and the other at home"
He then showed that the ugly
racial discrimination still practiced
in the U. S. is a real factor in I'M
dermining the morale of the nation.
This is easily imagined when one
takes time to reflect that one in
every ten Americans is a Negro, and
that two-thirds of all the news writ
ten about Negroes is either in
ridiculing or a downright insult
ing vein. As Mr.. Newman said, the
United States has had too steady a
diet of Amos and Andy" Respect
for the average Negro family, in
his opinion, would be an enormous
step towards solving the trouble
some problem.
He gave many examples of col
ored patriots, scientists, and various
other benefactors Of America, and
of the real contributions they have
made to the human race in general
and to the United States in particu-
lar.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-03
FOR
j BIS
After the
War

Are going enough jobs go around after the
when the armed and in the return
to peacetime pursuits?
That the big question that hangs all We must
remember that had unemployed the United
States 9 after years of the Roosevelt administration
and that during all of it's years the number of
plOyed rarely fell below this total Are going back,
after the war; 100000 unemployed and makesht jobs
WPA and relief?
Leaders of the administration in Washington hold real
hope Highest officials
hope for expansion of industrial plant that
be content support many of people public expense
without real jobs few have suggested keeping the
in after the the theory that they supported
cheaply that way.
Governor Dewey does not believe in this He that America
is through that its future has limit There
be jobs and opportunity for ALL he insists With characteristic
vision he has mapped program that will stimulate industry
and enable America and develop and furnish the jobs
will need.