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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-15
FORTY ACRES AND A JEEP

1t never rains but 1t pours.
With the sheep in the meadow,
the cows in the corn, and even the
scarecrow alone and forlorn for
want Of manpower to help out, the
department Of agriculture now
sends out the warning that after the
war there won't be enough farms
in the country to hold all the people
who will be crying for 40 acres and
a jeep.
Officials say that Ave million war;
workers alone. lot Of whom don't
know spade from club, may try
to get their living from the soil when
peace comes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-15
RIG MANEUyER m TROY

Under the able. leadership OF Mrs.
Glen Thorn, the Woman's Club has
opened the 18th War Loan Drive"
A parade formed at the school and
was led by the fire truck, with
drum corps and high stepping twirl-
ers cutting fancy carers, then the
army, ranging in age from three to
to 10 end led by their color bearer,
Gary Thorn. The Red Cross nurses
followed the army, then came the
doll-buggy and tricycle. brigade.
Bringing up the rear was the heavy
artillery in the form of decorated
bicycles Hitler and TOTO were there
in very battered condition. It was
rumored the Secret Service was on
hand, "K-9" all decked out in red
bows. was on the alert. Several peo-
pie claimed to have seen Wayne
Wallace but he was so completely
canouflaged the rumor could not be
confirmed.
The parade halted before the bond
booth, and the hard pressed judges
finally chose the following entries
as prize winners.
Uncle Sam-James Tubbs.
Red Cross Nurse-Eric Peterson.
Hitler and Tojo-Bob Laffoon,
Bob Korn.
Best Tricycle-Keith Hosea.
Oracle MacDougal and Dick Sci
benforcher-split for best bicycles.
Two groups also won prizes
nurse corps and flower girls.
The judges finally gave up, and
gave dime and a war stamp to
every child taking part in the pa
rade. The generous judges were
Mrs. H. Anderson, E. E. Drury, Mr..
McGlocken and Ray Murray.
Only one casualty resulted from
this large undertaking. One of the
small soldiers dropped his ice cream
cone and gave forth a real &C. L.
grippe. The situation was immedi-
.ately adjusted.
The success of this undertaking
can be best judged by the fact that
$12,093.75 was pledged the first day.
RETURN FROM CONVENTION
Mrs. ]. B. Farris, Mrs. Clifford
and Mrs. j. Cobbledick returned
Thursday night from Missoula,
where they attended the 18th bien-
NAL state convention of Women's
clubs. They report a very enjoyable
and profitable trip. While there Mrs.
Farris was in conference with Mrs
H. Crochet and arranged a fund
of $8l from the Christmas Seal sales
to be used here to finance the inn
munization Of school children for
and smallpox.
The theme of the convention, Re
igion and Citizenship in the World
OF Tomorrow was timely and in
spring.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-06-15

Bend Legs
Band legs. not your hack when
you're lifting 4 load.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Round About the House

look like new. Roll all cloths and
doilies on linen rolls so they will
show no creases. If these are to
be unused for some time roll them
in blue tissue, which helps to keep
them from turning yellow.
Damask should be roned on the
wrong side until dry, then turned
and polished on the right side.
Gentle rubbing with the warm iron
polishes the design and brings out
the beauty of the linen. Napkins
and cloths should never be folded
until all the moisture has been dried
out. This prevents steaming and
that half -ironed" look when dry.
Lay each piece out on a paper or
clean sheet to cool. Do not stack
the napkins or cloths.
A large table cloth may be folded
the long way to make handling
easier. Iron it the full length, turn
1t and iron the full length again,
on the wrong side. Then turn to
the right side and repeat. Care
should be taken to keep the side
selvedges even. Care in matching
the hem, extra attention to keep
the threads on a straight line for
the first few feet will guarantee a
straight center crease the full
length Of the cloth. If possible
make the second fold lengthwise.
Then fold, but do not iron in a
crease. on the crosswise fold. When
the cloth is put on the table there
will be only the three lengthwise
creases running the length OF the
table.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

NOW and then the -FOUR couples
who make up the membership OF
the well-known Club de Jeudi. which
gets its name from the fact that 1t
meets every Thursday night. go
rather ultra and superior. In short,
they assume an equicurean and
gourmet attitude. Last week, the
dinner was in that vein. After al
most two years of enjoying meals
cooked by the men folks. serving as
amateur chefs, some or at least one
of these men is convinced that he is
very, very good. And so he essayed
this dinner:
Pepper Pot Soup in the Philadelphia ia
Manner.
Potted Beef in the Portuguese
Manner.
CardWdy Potatoes in the Dutch
Manner.
A Salad of ADocados in the
California Manner.
A Hot-Apple Pie in the Nep jersey
Manner.
Coffee in the NeD Orleans Manner
Now, to make long story short,
as it were, the pepper pot was pre-
pared by the great chefs who make
quantities and send it forth in cans
and this is perfectly legitimate
method for amateur chefs to follow
No good amateur chef will under
take cooking too many dishes at
once.
The chef, in this case, concerned
himself with the potted beef in the
Portuguese manner-and a splendid
dish it is. First, enough beef was
garnered to make servings for eight
This was cut into small pieces, about
an inch and a half square and not
more than half an inch in thick
ness. This was rolled lightly in
flour and then fried slowly in bacon
fat, until thoroughly cooked.
In the meantime, the sauce was
prepared: The inevitable onion OF
shallots were chopped-about a cup
full, and started. to cook in bacon fat
To this was added a supply of to-
matoes-three cupfuls. AS this came
to boil, bay leaf was added, also
a smitch of nutmeg, a pinch OF
thyme and salt and pepper. This
Evening star., 1944-01-31

the morning, cutting into portions
and then putting those portions into
very hot oven and giving the upper
crust a veritable "browning"-it re-
suits in a crisp, flavorful goodness
which is surely worth. trying-but
must be served very quickly, right
from the oven.
New Orleans coffee is old-fash-
ioned drip-French roasted coffee is
pulverized. A cloth is laid, in pocket
form, over an empty pot. For each
cup, a spoonful of coffee is placed
in the hollow of the cloth. Along
side is saucepan of boiling water.
Spoonful at time, and slowly, the
water is dropped over the coffee. AS
it drips through, one has coffee that,
according to an old waiter at a hotel
in the French quarter will eat holes
in the carpet If it is spilled" Now,
I don't know about the eating of
the holes, but I can vouch for the
delicious flavor in drinking.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Dorothy Dix Says

One of the curious misconceptions
about women is that they are con-
genitally incapable of understand
ing anything about the handling of
money. yet nothing could be further
from the truth. In reality, the great
financiers are not the Secretaries
of the Treasury, or the presidents of
banks, or the manipulators of giant
combines. They are the wives of
poor men who take their husbands
starvation salaries and make them
support a family and start it to
going places.
Reducing the national debt with
billions of taxes rolling in is no trick
in comparison with cutting down
the butchers bill when it has al
ready been pared to the bone Fund
ing a foreign debt is nothing to
budgeting an income that has to be
chopped into mincemeat to make it
go around.
Yet thousands upon thousands of
plain, ordinary little housewives
daily perform this miracle of
penny-sweating and dime expan-
sion. The world never hears of
them. Their own families never
dream that they have in their midst
one whose performances would put
any Wall Street Napoleon of finance
in the amateur class. They only
know that on a shoestring income
mother makes a comfortable home:
that they have good food to eat and
decent clothes to wear, and that,
somehow, she can always reach up
into the old teapot on the top shelf
in the kitchen and find a quarter
for Johnny to go to the movies, or a
few dollars to get Mary new dress
for the party.
We do not pay such women even
the tribute of noticing their exploits
We only say that Mrs. Smith is a
good manager, but many man who
has engineered a corner in stocks,
or organized railroad trust knows
that 1t has required less business
ability than it did for his mother to
bring up big family on his fathers
salary. And many a man who
makes his millions knows that he
has inherited his financial ability
from mother who spent her genius
in manipulating his fathers pay en-
velope so it fed and clothed and
educated family of girls and boys.
1t is the custom Of men to accuse
Evening star., 1944-01-31

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 Eve
ming 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.
Please do not be impatient If
1t takes a few days for your
request or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters be-
ing 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,UeH
Evening star., 1944-01-31

After household inventory is COM
pleted, which Is a late January task,
there are many duties which need
personal attention. One Of these is
the care of fine linens. Many Of lis
put our good things away a year
ago, finding that the time and at
tention needed for proper care OF
good linens and laces was more than
we could work into our household
time budget. Now is the time that
they should have a complete "once
over" for any mending, bleaching or
laundering that is necessary.
This Is particular task which
must be done by an experienced
laundress or one. with enough "love
and affection" to investigate the
proper method and carry 1t out care
fully. In most cases this is you
and me.
Take out all your linens, set them
on table in a good light and go
over them carefully. Plan whole
day to put them in order. Fragile
embroideries and laces should be
handled individually. Large damask
cloths and napkins may go into the
washing machine safely. If they are
"yellowed" put them through a
bleaching process before washing.
For bleaching you may use one Of
the bottled chlorine bleaches in mild
solution, or the stripping COM
pound" sold by dye manufacturers
for removing color from fabric. Be
sure to use each of these according
to directions, as too strong bleach,
insufdciently rinsed, tends to weaken
the fabric. Do not use a chlorine
bleach on silk, wool or rayon. Only
on linen and cotton.
If you have lace doilies which are
difficult to iron because of pointed
or scalloped edges, make a pattern
of them before they are washed.
Draw around them on a piece of
white shelf paper. When they are
clean they may be pinned onto the
patterns to dry in perfect shape. All
they will need after this is a light
pressing with a warm iron.
If you wish to do lace cloths and
small pieces in the washing ma
chine they should be tied up in a
pillow case. This makes it possible
to use much hotter water than you
could stand If they were done by
hand. The pillow case will keep
them from knotting, or getting
wound up with the action of the
washer, which will break the threads.
Rinse two or three times. The first
time in hot water, which will re-
move the soap curds, and the second
and third time in cooler water. Fine
blueing may be added to the first
rinse water. 1t has a tendency to
cling to damask. so all cloths and
napkins should be rinsed in at least
one clear water after the blueing
Fine linen with embroidery or lace
medallions should be rolled in turk
ish towels and ironed while wet.
Damask is far more beautiful when
ironed wet, but it is a time taking
task. Drying in the sun also helps
Evening star., 1944-01-31

women of extravaganza, but the
truth OF the matter is that, taking
them by and large, women are far
more economical than men and
come much nearer to getting their
moneys worth out of every dollar
they spend than men do. No man
can run a house as economically
as a woman can, as every WidoWer
finds out to his cost, and it is the
fear of being driven into bankruptcy
by tradesmen and servants that
second wife after the departure of
his dear Maria. Yet he had never
thought of Maria as a financial
wizard until he tried wrestling with
the household bills himself.
In reality there is no truth in the
old theory that women are spend
thrifts. On the contrary, they are
much more likely to be closet -fsted
than men are. When a man sees
thing he wants he buys it if he has
the price. 1t is women who shop
around from place to place where
they can get SIS article that has
been marked down to $498 and who
walk blocks and blocks to save q
few cents on a head of cabbage.
1t is women who haggle over pen
MES, who refuse to give extortionate
tips and to pay outrageous prices
for restaurant dinners and to go
to places of amusement. The night
clubs with astronomical cover
charges would have to shut up shop
If they depended on women for
their patronage.
Few men every lay up any money
or begin to get ahead until after
they are married. Nine times out
of ten it Is the wife who is the Yale
lock on her husbands pocketbook
and who separates him from his
borrowing friends and the grating
relatives who have preyed upon him.
If women heretofore have given
less evidence of their business tai
ents than men it is because they
have devoted their efforts to making
their husbands earnings 60 as far
as possible, instead of going into
business themselves. But the war
has changed all of that. Mama
has become money-earner and 1t
may be that 10 or 20 years from
now women will head great firms
and that the Morgans or the Fords
or the Rockefellers of that day will
wear petacoats.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
Club de Ieudi
By Arthur II. Deufe.

| is boiled for about 10 minutes and
then it is strained through a fine
sieve or cloth. Some consomme or
chicken broth (canned) is added, to-
gether with a level tablespoonful of
flour and all cooked together to the
consistency of a creamy sauce. Last
Of all, spoonful or two of Madeira
wine (sherry may be used instead)
and then squeeze or two of lemon
juice to taste. Now, into this sauce
the meat is placed and the whole
| Simmered slowly for another 10
minutes, when it is ready to serve.
Caraway potatoes 60 along splen-
didly. They are small, well-shaped
| potatoes, cooked with the skins on,
then peeled and returned to the
pot-sprinkled with salt, then melted
butter or margarine and then few
caraWay seeds-covered with lid
and tenderly tossed about so that
butter, salt and caraway may COM
bine to flavor them delicately.
To really give an avocado a square
deal, get one properly ripened, cut
in half, lengthwise, remove the seed,
and you have enough for two por-
tlons. Place on a few leaves of
crisp lettuce, and then fill the hol-
lows with crumbled cheese of the
blue" type and then add pure, plain
French dressing.
In New Jersey, around the Dover
neighborhood, the farmers have a
Evening star., 1944-01-31
SnbPerParty
Treat

If tomato aspic is a bygone lux
ury you long for-take heart! For
here's new style salad that excels
your prewar favorite. It's made of
condensed cream of tomato soup,
instead of the now-scarce tomato
juice or paste. And it gains, there
by, character and flavor-a rich
ness and a pungence of which the
old-time aspic could not boast.
One canful of condensed soup will
give enough true tomato sauce to
make lavish ring. To this add a
little gelatin for standabiity and
stretch. Then toss in some kitchen
cabinet condiments and simple sea-
sonings like vinegar, grated celery
and bay leaf.
Takes just short time to pre-
pare-chills firmly in few hours
is splendid served with fish or chick
en- salad, as given below:
TOMATO ASPIC RING WITH
CHICKEN SALAD.
/ 11-oz. can condensed cream o1
tomato soup, undiluted.
4 cup grated celery.
l tablespoon grated onion.
IL teaspoons sugar.
~ teaspoons salt.
u teaspoon celery salt.
Dash red pepper.
70 cup water.
l bay leaf.
4 teaspoons gelatin (soaked in Y
cup cold water for 10 minutes.
2 tablespoons distilled white vine.
gar.
Combine all ingredients, except
gelatin and vinegar, and heat fol
10 minutes. Strain. Add soaked
gelatin to hot liquid and stir unit
dissolved. Add vinegar. Pour into
ring mold. Chill. Unmold wher
firm. Serve with chicken salad (rec.
ipe below in center of ring mold
If desired the aspic may be formed
in individual molds. Serves 6.
Chicken Salad:
2 cups diced cooked chicken.
l cup diced celery.
4 preserved sweet gherkins, chop.
ped.
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped.
teaspoon salt.
Mayonnaise to moisten.
Combine all ingredients; mix well
Serve IN center of tomato aspic ring
Evening star., 1944-01-31

In spite of today's extra labors,
surely you can find time for such
little embroidery refreshers as these
dainty cross-stitch roses. They add
just the right touch to runners,
napkins, place mats or what have
you. If you will just do one item
each time you sit down for a while
to listen to the radio, your whole
linen closet will be spruced up be-
fore you know it.
Send II cents (coin) for pattern
No. 2,057 to Needle Arts Depart
ment, Washington Star, P. o. Box
172, Station D, New York, 3, N. Y
Evening star., 1944-01-31

Pulled sleeves, youthful midriff
treatment, summery square neck
add up to make delightful frock
in bright cottons or soft crepe silks.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1914 is
in sizes II, 13, Is, II and 19. Size
13, short sleeves, requires 3ss yards
39-inch material.
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
ONCE Box 80. Station G, New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-01-31

sour cream. Stir until dissolved
boil to medium soft ball stage. Coo.
and beat until it thickens, then ado
vanilla. Spread on cake.
This is very delicious cake, with
a party" flavor.
X X X X
BUTTERSCOTCH ROLLS;
LINOLEUM.
(Thanks to Mrs. w. r. L.,
Washington.)
Butterscotch Rolls: Two cups flour
4 tablespoons butter, u cup milk,
4 teaspoons baking powder, tea
spoon salt, cinnamon, brown sugar
and melted butter.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt;
cut in shortening; add the milk;
knead gently for few seconds. Roll
4 inch thick on Toured board,
brush with melted butter, sprinkle
with brown sugar and cinnamon.
Roll firmly as jelly roll; cut roll in
slices "a inch thick. Place cut side
up in creased baking pan that is
well covered with butter and brown
sugar. Bake about 20 minutes in
Evening star., 1944-01-31


(Thanks to Miss c. F., College Park J
In response to the request of Mrs.
A. F. of Washington, for raw po-
tato pancake recipe, would like to
submit our recipe, we and also my
grandparents used. They do not
contain egg or onion, etc., but only
raw potatoes and flour. The pro-
portions are about one cupful of
grated raw potatoes and one heap
ing teaspoonful flour and salt to
taste. Do not drain the potatoes.
Mix well and fry by spoonfuls In
well-greased skillet. We have found
grinding the potatoes with the finest
cutter is less work than grating
them and also we do not peel the
potatoes any more and thus get the
minerals in the peelings.
I also wish to thank Mrs. E. T. A.
and Mrs. F. j., both of Washington,
for their almond paste macaroon
recipes, which I will try some day
soon.
I would also like to thank Mrs.
w. J. of Washington for her recipe
for making sauerkraut. I make one
quart at time and have two quarts
in all, using one in about two or three
weeks. 1t is very good and not so
strong and sour as when bought at
the stores. We don't like it so sour,
since we are vegetarians and use
only butter on it with potato
dumplings. But I would like to
know if she ever had any of the jars
leak. Several of mine did not, but
nearly all of the rest leak out around
the jar rubber and I close them as
tightly as I can.
Evening star., 1944-01-31
By Maygaref NoveH

to bleach linen, so we suggest you
dry 1t first. Then it should be damp
ened completely, rolled In damp
towels for an hour and ironed.
Be sure your ironing board Is
deeply padded for pressing linen.
Press all embroidered pieces with
the right side down, on a heavy
turkish towel. This raises the en-
broidery motif and makes them
Evening star., 1944-01-31
(ThdnkS to Mrs. G.. A. s.,
WQShinOtOn.)


Prune Cake: l cup white sugar
a cup shortening, l egg; pinch o1
salt, l teaspoon soda, 3 tablespoons
hot water, 4 cup sour milk or prune
juice, teaspoon baking powder, u
teaspoon nutmeg and cinnamon,
cup chopped cooked prunes, u cups
flour.
Cream sugar and shortening, ado
we'll beaten egg, salt, soda dissolved
in hot water. Follow with other in.
gradients.
Icing not necessary, but here II
is, If desired: 3 tablespoons butter
or margarine, 3 tablespoons cream
5 tablespoons brown sugar, y cur
nuts or coconut if possible to get
Spread on cake and brown.
This is very good and will stay
moist for days.
Lemon Sherbet (excellent). IL
cups granulated sugar, "a cup lemon
juice, grated rind of one lemon, Y
teaspoon lemon extract, pint milk
Combine sugar, lemon juice, rind
and extract. Add milk and sti]
until sugar is dissolved. Freeze, re.
move to chilled mixing bowl, beat
well, return to refrigerator anc
freeze.
Editors Note: We Uish to
thank Mrs. S. for submitting her
recipe for applesauce cake, and to
cypress our appreciation OF other
recipes for similar cakes and ice
creams sent in by Mrs. w. H. X.
and Mrs. C. P. A., Gaithersburg;
Mrs. J. w. c. and Mrs. v. B.,
Greenbelt; Mrs. X. w., Mrs. r. L.
c., Arlington, and Mrs. M. p,
Mrs. E. H. and Mrs. S. E. ~,
Washington. We regret that lack
b OF space preDents their publtcd-
ton at presenty
Evening star., 1944-01-31
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