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Evening star., 1944-12-01
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Evening star., 1944-12-01
Dorothy Dix Says

The pathetic story of an l8-year-
old girl who left her home to seek
fortune in Washington, and whose
battered and bruised body was found
just three months later in the park
where it had been left by the man
who had attacked and strangled
her. not only has filled our hearts
with pity for the poor young
creature but also has focused our
attention upon one of the greatest
problems of our day.
And that is, how are We to protect
our teen-age daughters against the
dangers that lie in wait for them
at every turn? They are so igno-
rant of life, SO untitled to deal with
the world; yet, they are so avid for
adventure, SO impatient of any re-
strictions being put upon them, so
sure that they can handle any sit
uatlon that may arise No phrase
Is oftener on their lips than: II
can take care of myself" Yet, in
reality. they are no more fitted to
cope with the perils they must en-
counter than girl baby is to fight
of a pack of wolves that are on
her trail.
Time was when parents could, to
large extent. safeguard their
adolescent daughters There were
chaperons in those days and strict
schools in which girls were educated
and Mamie and Susie lived at home
under mothers watchful eye until
she turned them over to their hus-
bands
But that is past history. The
chaperon is as extinct as the dodo
Girls go to school in co-educational
colleges where they major in how
to get dates and attract boys And
by the time the average cutie is 18
she is bent On a career or getting
a job and setting up a little fiat
Evening star., 1944-12-01

| Recently we took return trip to
our childhood. We went to an out
door Halloween party and were deaf
ened by the blare of horns and daZ-
| zled by the sheer elegance of q
| plnt-sized dancer in nylon skirt
and the dash of tiny Mexican
complete with mustachio and serape
and scores and scores of others until
it seemed as if surely the Pied Piper
must be nearby and had wooed all
the children there. This was our in
PRODUCTION to the District of Colum-
bla recreation program, division OF
/ nelghborhood CenterS, and we liked
what We saw. and the more we saw
the more We liked-a circle, but def
nitely not a vicious one.
Since that night we've been to one
OF the preschool play centers spon-
sored by the department., to an out
door center, to a teen-age canteen
| We've had chance to see first hand
the work of this organization that
sponsors such programs on play
grounds and in evening centers in
various neighborhoods in sections
of the city. The programs are car
rled out on the municipal play
| grounds, on school Fairgrounds, in
| IfleldhouSes and in school buildings
The setup is built around the theory
that play within ones own COM
munity is play well worth encourag-
ing, and hence few of the competi-
tlons and programs are carried to a
clty-wide completion but rather are
tuned to the neighborhood's needs.
At the playground We visited we
looked at the could ever have been
that small age group, the young
sterS between and 5, in the
play center. Some of the children
were painting in the shelter
house, wearing oilcloth bibs and
paint on their noses and turning out
water-colo splattered work that
looked strangely surrealistic. Others
were playing on slides and swings
and in the sandboxes outdoors. In
cidentally, the children are forced to
Irelinquish outdoor play only in the
most lnclement weather. On other
days, music. clay modelling and paper
work are conducted instead of the
art period. Free, though construc-
tive, play is the order of the day.
A fine agency, this. for helping chill
dren to learn to play together
The play centers are open every
day, Monday through Friday, from
g to II, and observe the same holi-
days as the public schools. Each
mother is required to give one morn
ing (for the length of time her child
is there every two weeks. There is
no tuition" incidentally. mother
will probably find that her bi-weekly
stint at the play center will prove a
laboratory where she can learn more
about children and their response
to adult supervision.
There is usually waiting list at
these centers. but it is sometimes
possible for the child to become en-
rolled without waiting. However.
the child must be fully 3 years old
before he may be registered. For
information on the play center in
your vicinity call the Recreation De-
partment, Adams 2050 located at
3149 Sixteenth street NV. and the
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Pin Money Pick>Ups

PEARLS ARE SO PRETTY-The
classic gift OF pearls has taken a new
twist this year-its a choker
There's nary a pretty girl who
wouldn't love to find a pearl choker
on Christmas morning They're part
of a girls arsenal Of glamour-and
she wears them with everything
Nor do you have to spend lot to
find pretty ones! There's a two
strand choker of simulated pearls
lovely and luminous-tied sweetly
with Victorian black ribbon that
definitely is on the light side when
it comes to money. Or if she'd pre-
Evening star., 1944-12-01

very sleek, very slim and the last
word in slack-chic, but definitely not
for the hip-heavy. If prettiness Is
her fashion forte, she might prefer
slacks of velveteen in wine, dark
green or soft moss green to wear
with feminine ruffled blouses and
make a very pretty picture at the
fireSide.
SMALL FRY ARE A PROBLEM!
Most years, shopping for children
is lark. This year it's a labor of
love, especially if you have a list OF
small fry on whom you want to
spend only dollar or so. We've
found an answer that will merit you
thanks from both mother and chick,
It's handsome saddle leather en-
velope holding both clothes brush
and fieecy shoe polisher-a wonder
full gift for almost any age from
undergraduates up because it sugar.
coats those two instruments of good
grooming Even little Johnnie who
I'gets into everything" will respond
to the thrill of having a brush Of
his own. AS matter of fact, this
slim compact grooming kit is good
inexpensive gift for almost any one
on your list male or female-and
| Especially welcome to the career girl
who'd probably like to keep one in
! her desk.
JEWELS FOR HER CROWN
Every year there's one gift that s.
sure-fire. This year it's barrette.
The young crowd is wild about these
hair clasps-and we're a bit wild
ourselves about some that are merely
delicate pearl crescents. She'll wear
them at the side, in the back, even
on top of her pretty noggin and
| feel glamorous as a pampered prin-
cess. They're inexpensive enough,
SO you can buy her a rair without
pinching your budget-and they're
sure to put the merry" in her
Merry Christmas"
COZY BIT OF CHIC-Add to her
list knockout sweater top of nubby
cotton chenille that manages to
achieve the look of a hand-knit
iShort-SleeVed, round-necked and
sheath-like, she'll wear it inside or
outside her day or dinner skirt and.
, depending on the occasion. will add
a casual scarf or sparkling Jewel.
Again, she might grid her waist in
ghtter-stuf for a super party look.
In cherry, kelly green, fuchsia, white
or black. it's our idea of something
; that will make her exclaim, Just
what | wanted {"
Evening star., 1944-12-01
(Thanks to Mrs. P. A. R.,
WdShinQton.

In recent column Mrs. w
M w. requested the recipe fol
Nut Bread. Here it is: 2 cups OF
-four, p cup of sugar, teaspoons
baking powder, l tespoon salt, S
tablespoons shortening. l whole egg
yolk Of l egg, cup of milk, y cup
Of finely cut nut meats.
Mix and sift flour, baking powder
and salt. Work in shortening as
for biscuits: then add egg and egg
yolk we'll beaten, milk and chopped
nut meats. Beat thoroughly and
turn into buttered bread pan. Let
stand 20 minutes; then bake at 400
1t is not in the recipe, but always
add u cup of raiSinS, too.
Evening star., 1944-12-01

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.
Betsy CasaceH.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
The Young Idea

are an intelligent answer to the
juvenile delinquency specter. The
one we visited was resplendent with
band, crepe paper decorations, hep
cats, adoleScents still in the two-step
stage, refreshments and plenty of
fun.
A process of formal membership
is not necessary at any of the out
door or evening centers. Your local
PTA or citizens association can tell
you something about the location
and program of the recreation CEN
ter in your community. and you can
receive complete information by
calling the Recreation Department
Evening star., 1944-12-01
By Betty Miles.

operator will channel your call to
the proper person.
At the outdoor Cn progress until
dusk and evening centerS, sports.
skills, crafts, dramatics, music and
teen-age canteens are in full swing.
incidentally, there also are pro-
grams for adults at these centers.)
Elementary school children partici-
pate only one night week, since
the emphasis in the night program
lies on recreation for youths and
adults. The teen-age canteens,
usually conducted on Friday nights.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
BY Peggy Roberts

Perfect for trimming Baby
things, these adorable little lambs
are so easy TO embroider! The gar
mentS are simple and sweet, too.
Pattern envelope contains hot-iror
transfers for designs and complete
directions for making jacket, kimone
and booties
Send Is cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R-2l37 to Needle Arts Depart.
ment, The Washington Star, P. o
Box 172, Station D, New York 3
N. Y. Please include your posta
zone number.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
HOT MILK CAKE.

't@'no ~ NniS. n. n. D.,
SilDer Spring.
In response to Mrs. T. H. Ms re-
quest for method of putting a hot
milk sponge cake together, the fol-
lowing instructions which were sent
to me by my mother. an expert cook
should solve her difficulties. I have
never had a failure and have ALWAYS
been delighted with the "angel-cake'
texture.
Beat two eggs until thick. Add by
degrees l cup of sugar and beat S
minutes by hand or 21g minutes
with the electric beater. Flavor with
l teaspoon of vanilla. Sift l CUP of
cake flour, IL teaspoons baking
powder and IS teaspoon of salt, three
times. Add all at once to the egg
mixture, folding quickly. Then add
Z cup of hot milk mot boiling in
which one tablespoon of butter has
been melted. The important trick is
to work quickly. The flour and milk
mixing must not take more than so
seconds. Put in a loaf pan about 7
Evening star., 1944-12-01
By Eveiyn Hayes

fer hers sans ribbon, you can get
the same thing with handsome
clasp which she'll wear spang in the
fascinating hollow of her throat.
LOUNGE LOVELIES-Add a pair
of slacks to her Christmas loot. If
she's a pacesetter, she'll especially
welcome some of flannel in colors
that make news She'll shrek with
joy at the shocking pink She d love
the chartreuse or aqua. toto team
with dark tops and chokerS They're
Evening star., 1944-12-01
(ThdnkS to Mrs. S. NJ. B.,
WaShinQton

Nut Bread: tablespoons shorten
ing, u cup sugar, 2 eggs, l teaspoon
salt, 4 teaspoons baking powder, l
cup milk, Il cup molasses "a tea
spoon soda), l cup graham flour, 2
cups white flour, u cup of figs, Il
cup dates, prunes, - cup nut
meats. Bake about 40 minutes. Let
stand "a hours before Slicing.
Evening star., 1944-12-01

All persons to be hired in this
area, must be referred by the local
United States Employment Service
Office, unless the specific adUertise-
ment indicates otherwise.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
(ThdnkS to Mrs. C. S. T.,
Rockville Md


Mrs. NJ. M w. of Arlington asked
for nut bread recipe. I have one
which is easv to make and always
draws compliments.
Three and one-haf cups flour
"a cup brown sugar. teaspoon salt
31a teaspoons baking powder, egg
l cup chopped Walnuts, table
spoons melted shortening, 12s cups
milk.
In well creased loaf pan. let rise
for 20 minutes, and bake slowly in
oven for about so OF 80 minutes. II
should be put in the refrigerator
wrapped in oil paper for about
"a hours before using as it cuts
thinner better. I sent this bread to
my husband in camp -Four days
travelling didn't hurt it at all.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Thanks to Mrs. II. Fl. S.,
WQShinQtOn.l

Nut Bread: l egg. l cup sugar
(granulated), IL cups milk. l tea
spoon salt, 4 cups flour, teaspoons
baking powder, pound English
walnuts (in shelD. Moderate oven
Makes two medium sized loaves. !
grind the nuts. If pieces of nuts
are liked in the bread, don't grind
them.
Eggless- BUTTERFLIES Cake: 2 cups
sugar, 2 cups water, 2 tablespoons
shortening, 3 teaspoons spices, Gin
namon, cloves, nutmeg, y teaspoon
salt, package seeded raisins.
Put above ingredients in saucepan.
Boil minutes. When cool add 3
cups -four, / teaspoon soda cheap
ing). Sift soda with flour Moderate
oven. This makes a delicious cake
which every one likes.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
NUT BREAD.
Thanks to Mrs., M. M. Del, e
RpfhpSdn

Requested by Mrs. W.. M. w. of
Arlington in The Star of November
%. "Nut Bread: cups flour, l
egg. / cup sugar, l teaspoon salt, 2
teaspoons baking powder, l cup
milk, l or IL cups raisins (floured
with tablespoon extra -FOUR, cup
pecans.
Sift flour with baking powder and
salt. Beat egg, beat in sugar, add
milk. Stir in about half of the
-four, then the nuts and raisins,
then remaining -four. Place in a
bread pan, buttered and lined with
paper Tor half bread pans. Place
In cold gas oven, light one burner
and turn it down half Bake ~
hours, increasing heat last Is min
utes if it has not Drowned. "a little
less time if small pans are usedD
Evening star., 1944-12-01

(Thanks to Mrs. NJ. c., Brentwood. }
1 would like to help Mrs. T. H. N
with her hot-milk cake. I make it
often and it is one of my favorites.
Have the oven hot, 800 degrees,
add the hot milk with melted butter
to the batter last, and put in oven
quickly before it cools. Hot oven
and hot batter Is the secret.
Evening star., 1944-12-01

(Th1nkS to Mrs. S. P, Washington. J
Banana Nut Bread: Some of your
readers requested recipe for nut
bread, inclosed is one for a delicious
banana nut bread, which makes
nice sandwiches with cream cheese
Evening star., 1944-12-01

or just butter. This bread Will
keep moist for several days.
One-half cup shortening, l cup
sugar, 2 ripe bananas, crushed;
cups bread flour, a cup nut meats
finely chopped; 2 eggs, l teaspoon
soda, teaspoon salt.
Cream shortening and sugar, add
eggs one at a time and beat well;
add bananas and nuts. Lastly, the
-four which has been sifted with soda
$50 degrees for As minutes.
(ThankS to Mrs. A. L. B.,
Washington
In response to Mrs. w. M. w,
Arlington, who requested Nut
Bread recipe, here is one that came
to me as wedding present. l think
she'll find it very good
Two cups white flour, cups gra-
ham -four, 2 cups sour milk cor but
termilk), cup molaSses, l cup nut
meats, y cup sugar, l tablespoon
soda in milk. Let stand l hour
Bake l hour at $50 degrees. snakes
2 loayes.
l usually use just a few nut meats
and make the remainder of the
cup up with raisinS. 1t makes the
loaves moister and cheaper. Bread
pudding is good way to finish the
| loaVeS and for some reason this
recipe seems to 60 over better with
men.
We've been in Washington just
tuyn
RICH SO much. It's far and away
the best column of its type I've
ever seen.
incidentally. here's another recipe
that also makes splendid buttered
sandwiches and keeps beautifully
Orange Bread: tablespoons butter
(or margarine. y cup sugar, l egg.
2 tablespoons orange rind, p cup
water, y cup orange juice (you may
use more juice, l cup liquid in ALI
2 cups flour, teaspoons baking pow
der 4 teaspoon salt.
Cream butter and sugar. add
beaten egg. Then add grated rind.
Qnstead I usually use chopped
candied orange peel. lemon peel,
candied cherries and citron such as
can be found already packaged in
the stores. Also I use about twice
the amount called for as this makes
a richer and prettier breadD Add
Sifted dry ingredients and liquid
alternately and blend thoroughly
Let stand 20 minutes before baking
$50 degrees for $3.50 minutes. One
Az by 8l2 loaf.
This is moist and only rises about
| ? inches. Cuts better the second
day.
WINDOW UNIT?
REQUESTED By Mrs. H. S.,
Alexandria,
am interested in securing a COPY
of window and bookshelf unit
which appeared in one of the home
magazines one or one and one-half
years ago. 1t showed a big center
window with open booksheIves on
either side and a cornice over all.
We are eager to get copy of a pic
ture of this end of room unit in
order that we may build same and
will appreciate it if any of your CO.
information at all. Temple 2453.
THANK YOU NOTE"
Thanks to Mrs. J. G. c.,
Alexandria,
l want to take this time to express
my sincere thanks to all the many
kind readers who have written in to
offer so many helpful suggestions
for making baby bassinets. 1 was
really amazed at the response l have
received and I know I won't find
any trouble in making what 1 want.
Thanks again to each and every one
who contributedl
x
HOT MILK CAKE.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. r. A. s.,
SilDer Spring.
In rPSnOnSP tn Mrs TT II NJ g ro
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Readers Clearing House

or inches and bake in moderate
oven for 20 to 80 minutes. Be care
full not to overbake. This Is lovely
cake for many uses and Is especially
good for ice box cake.
Evening star., 1944-12-01

continued on Next Pags.)
Smyrna times., 1944-06-08
BY JEAN MERRITT
Heinz Home Institute

children on their iron-endowing vir-
tues. And we use them to add
flavor, variety, and sweetness to all
kinds of wartime foods:
Gourmet French Toast
Rinse
2s cup seedless raisins
| in
Hot water.
Chop coarsely, using scissors or
sharp knife on cutting board.
Combine avith-
" cup honey
tablespoons soft butter or
margarine
l teaspoon grated orange rind.
Beat loith a fork until aoelI blended.
Serve avith-
Hot French toast or griddle
cakes.
Serves 6.
Baked Raisin- -Prune Whip
COHtOtWe-
" cup coarsely chopped seedless
raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped cooked
prunes
"a cup chopped walnuts
"a teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Combine, beating until stiff, but not
dry
"a teaspoon salt
3 egg whites.
Add gradually, beating
continuously
"a cup sugar.
Fold in fruit mixture, pour into
buttered shallow baking dish, and
bake in a moderately slow oven
(3250 F.) for DO minutes. Cool in
baking dish. The whip will shrink
as it cools. Serve with chilled Gus
tard sauce. Serves 4 to 6.
Wartime Meat Loaf
Combine in order given, rairing
1uelI-
4 lb. ground lean veal (part ro--.,
if desired)
" cup seedless raisins
/ large onion, chopped
I cup uncooked rolled oats
2 teaspoons salt
"a teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 egg, beaten
Ia cups water.
Pack into creased small loaf pan
or shape into a loaf, and bake in
moderate oven (35Q' F.) for l hour.
Serve hot or cold. Serves 6.
Smyrna times., 1944-06-08
Yours truly,
Mrs. Ralph Coverdal'

Thanks lot for your recent let
ter, Mrs. Ralph Coverdale.
Dribbles is sure glad to learn
that your husband is making out so
WELL over across the ocean on his
new foreign station. To have the
opportunity to go ashore every Sec
ond late afternoon and night is af-
fording him a good chance to see
parts of this world, other than
through that amed port hole
which is so often referred to in
naval circles. His ration on liber-
ty is something no good sailor can
afford to sneeze at. Back in the
days of World War I, this much
freedom would have been consider
ed blessing in disguise.
So your girl friend, Pvt. Mabel
A. Duncan, has arrived at Rome,
New York after her brief furlough
spent partly in this section of the
country? Please tell her that
Dribbles wishes her all of the best
during her Service career. Course,
it would be much nicer if she would
write in to the column and tell all
of us how she is liking this WAC
Army. No use covering her beau
tiful blonde head of hair under the
guise of being shy. Man has not
lived through life until the late
fortiesw ithout fully appreciating
the quiet, seemingly demure types
Here's placing odds five to one
that MAD. will be the direct
cause of lasting heart trouble be-
fore this war is over. So we say
may your conquests be few but
overwhelming, Private Duncan. Re-
members, guns are quite ineffective
against such odds.
Please give Ralph my very best,
Mrs. Coverdale, the next time you
write to him. I know the ban on
letters is on, for mail coming into
the States, but I do not think it
will delay outgoing communica-
tions. Let us hope not.
Smyrna times., 1944-06-08
Resume of Raisin Lore

AS old as eating almost is the his
tory of the raisin. For as long as
man has grown the grape and pressed
its juices he has been drying raisins
in the sun.
In exotic Babylon at all fresco
garden parties in palaces along the
Nile. in the tents of patriarchal
Bible tribesmen . +. everywhere
throughout the East, ancient epi-
cures munched daily on the raisin.
Along with figs, nuts, dates, cheese,
lamb, honey, oil, grain, and spice,
raisins were common part of
Oriental eating.
The Crusaders, rediscovering the
art of lavish living, brought back
the raisin as a luxury to Europe
with them. Then trade began, by
way of Italy and Asia Minor, and in
the holds of sea-going galleons, the
shoulder packs of bold world-trav-
elers, could be found the rediscov-
cred, newly-popular old raisin.
Housewives, from then on, searched
stalls and markets of the country
fairs where such imported luxuries
were sold; for these ''raisins of the
sun" added new glory to their fa-
nous pies and puddings.
We Americans came fairly by our
native love of raisins. For very
early in this country the Spanish
padres were drying grapes under
the mellow Mission sun. The Gold
Rush brought settlers to the San
Joaquin valley, where they soon
found growing golden muscats more
profitable than panning treasure
from the streams.
Though the first shipments east
across the Rockies did not occur
until later in the seventies, colonial
cookery was replete with uses for
the raisin, too. For plantation YES
sells, laden with tobacco, came back
from Europe stocked with raisins in
their holds. And so we find, in
nearly every early cook book, a
whole school of tarts, trihes, tipsies,
tansiss, and such tidbits, all plen-
tifully enriched with raisins.
Today more than ever, our cook
cry abounds in uses for the raisin.
We MUNICH them between meals for
they are energy restoring. We nur-
tured a whole generation of our