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Evening star., 1944-11-26
Thompson Again Pei Pilot

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Nov. Is (R.-
Fresco Thompson has been retained
as manager of the New Orleans club
of the Southern Association.
Evening star., 1944-11-26
Hockey Results

Boston Olympics. 8: New York Rovers. 4
Baltimore Blades, Z; Philadelphia Falcons,
J.
Pittsburgh Hornets, 6; st. Louis Flyers, 3.
Detroit Redwings, 7; Chicago Black
hawks. f.
Cleveland Rams. 8; Indianapolis Capt.
tolls, f.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: You are always
advising the girls on how to protect
themselves from the clutches of the
modern wolves. You had much bet
ter be writing to the boys telling
them how to protect themselves
from the wolverines who are on
their track, for they are in a lot
more danger than the girls are.
I am senior in a high school
which has SO boys and 238 girls at
tending it. These girls boy friends
have mostly gone into service and
they are pursuing us. 1t is hard for
boys to say mo" when girls are
after them. So tell us what to do.
"A TOTAL WRECK"
Answer-Well, son, I agree with
you that the terrific man shortage
occasioned by the war has put the
boys who are left behind on a hot
spot. For, as Mr.. Kipling observes,
"the female of the species is more
deadly than the male" and it is
really less difficult for a girl to pro-
tect herself against a wolf than it
is for boy to defend himself against
a wolverine
To begin with, a high school girl
is about five or six years older,
really, and so times more sophisti-
Gated than a high school boy of her
own age. A girl baby is born know
ing tricks about how to attract the
opposite sex that men don't learn
until they are middle aged, and
some never get wise to them. So
you poor SO boys who are pitted
against 238 date-hungry girls are
starting off under heavy handicap.
They know all about laying traps
Evening star., 1944-03-06

and you don't know how to walk
high, wide and handsome around
them, so it is no wonder if you
blunder into them and find that
some girl has pre-empted you for
her STEADY" without your having
the slightest desire or intention Of
becoming same.
If you have been carefully reading
in the newspapers the accounts of
the way the Japanese and the Nazis
have been leaving dynamite con-
cealed in the pages of a book or a
package of cigarettes, or how BOBBY
traps have been set in abandoned
helmets, or how even apparently
dead enemies rise up and kill the
Red Cross rescuers. it will tip you
off to some of the dangers to which
you are exposed For a seemingly
casual kiss may have TINT in it, and
not every girl who suddenly goes
lame and has to lean on a manly
arm has really suffered a major
injury.
So about all you can do is to play
foxy and brace up your courage to
say no when the wolverines track
you down and try to get you to
spend the afternoon in a soft drink
place dancing to the music of the
juke box, instead of practicing with
your baseball team.
And to the wolverines I would say:
Girls, as you are strong, be merciful.
Have heart. Give these poor boys
whom you outnumber so greatly
break. Put in your time writing to
the boy friend who is away, instead
of bounding down the boy who is at
home.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
The Club de Teudi Dimes

these around the lamb for about a
Commute simmering Set the meat
on a hot platter, arrange the turnips
around and about, strain the gravy,
some over the meat and the rest
into a gravy dish And with this
serve "haricots verts sautes"-these
being very young, tender string
beans (top-quality canned beans are
very fineD slit lengthwise, cooked
tendV, then drained, and, last of
ALL moistened with butter or oil,
seasoned with chopped parsley, salt
and pepper, heated thoroughly and
served very hot, indeed.
FLAN AUX BANANAS.
Butter large pie pan and cover
with a rich pie dough. rolled thin
Fill this to depth of a quarter
to half an inch with ordinary dry
beans or dry, uncooked rice (to hold
down the center in baking), and
bake the shell in the oven until
lightly Drowned. Then shake out
the rice or beans and in the shell
place thin slices of banana to nearly
the top of the shell. Sprinkle with
a little sugar and over all pour a
few spoonfuls of raspberry or straw
berry juice-or you may prefer
orange juice. Set this generous tart
in the oven at about 450 degrees
for about six or seven minutes. The
crust should then be properly
Drowned and the bananas tender
and cooked but not ''mushy." Or
in place of one large tart, you may
prefer two smaller ones or ever
eight individuals A lovely desser,
and not at all difficult to make.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

nicely. One Of the porch screens.
which is hooked to the ceiling and
unrolls downward, may be used in
the garden also. Set up two posts.
Hook the heavy ceiling end to the
top and bottom of one post, extend
the screen full length and attach
the other end TO another post. This
causes the Stats to run up and
down instead of horizontally, as
they do on the porch. 1t is an ideal
arrangement, as the air penetrates
the openings, and If you arrange
one end of 1t to metal or wood
stave it may be moved from time
to time to keep of the sun and to
offer privacy.
Life is too full of number Of
things to spend hours and money
working out elaborate outdoor party
areas. What we all need is a sim
pie, down-to-earth arrangement
which comes in handy at numerous
points of busy day. A table, some
chairs and little privacy, simply
and inexpensively arranged, which
is as comfortable for you in your
morning garden overalls as it is
in your afternoon cotton dress, will
be an aid in giving you your share
OF the sun all spring and summer.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
By Marearef NoweH

rangement. as close to the center Of
activity as possible, SO that 1t will
be useful every hour of the day.
If you have back porch, set up
one of the unpainted tables and
double seats, which are typical
breakfast alcove built-ipD Paint
these to match the trim Won your
porch. Be sure that the table is
large enough to seat your family.
Cover the table top with oilcloth
or hnoleum, so that 1t may be easily
scrubbed.
Or you may use this same arrange
ment close to the back door, where
it may be shaded by an awning
or trellis. If you like the sun and
want your living space further away
from the house, the portable table
and chairs would be best. Make
the table large and the chairs low.
The simplest painted wood is ideal,
as you will not have to worry about
bringing things in out of the rain.
You will find this more useful at
all hours of the day if you can
contrive some method of shading it.
A trellis, an umbrella or a portable
Wood-slat screen will do the trick
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Round About the House

With spring, and your garden
getting first consideration these
days, keep In mind that you will
be living out Of doors many hours
of each day. Plan to make these
hours as pleasant as possible. One
easy way to do this Is to arrange a
spot where you have your meals,
work or play in the sunshine-in
other words create a small out
door living room.
With most of your space taken up
with Victory Garden you may
still have small flower borders which
will give you enough cut flowers
for the house. For this reason, and
the fact that you like your meals
out of doors, you may arrange your
table and chairs close to the kitch-
en- doors. If 1t is close enough so
you can run an extension cord out
the door or window into which you
may plug the waffle iron, grill or
tea kettle SO much the better. Here
you may sit to sew or mend, and be
within hearing of the doorbell or
the telephone. Or you may curl
up with a magazine while dinner is
cooking, and keep the other eye on
the children. Here you may ar
range the house flowers, sort and
scrub the garden vegetables, feed
the youngsters their afternoon
snack and have your own break
fast, lunch and dinner. You will be
wondering how you lived before you
had an outdoor living space.
With plenty of space and hours
of time the fireplace grill was de-
lightful feature. But unless this was
conveniently located 1t took many a
step and plenty Of leisure to pic
mic out of doors. In these busy
times we suggest the simplest ar
Evening star., 1944-03-06

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 1t is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient if
it takes a few days for your
request or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters
being received, together with
space restrictions, make it i'm
possible to keep up with the
daily mail. For the same rea-
sons, duplicate or similar reci-
pes cannot be printed.
Betsy Cas,OeH
Evening star., 1944-03-06
BY arthur II. Deute.

1t seems that some friends of the
members of the Club de Jeudi had
gone to New York for few days of
opera but had wound up, mostly, in
one or two French restaurants. And
so they returned home with up
tilted noses and many French res
taurant phrases.
There isn't thing those French
men in New York can do that we
cannot duplicate" the amateur
chefs of the Club de Jeudi COM
batively announced to one and all
of the membership of four couples.
So last Thursday the men folks pre-
pared and all enjoyed this typically
French menu:
Anchois Madrilene
Agnedu auT NGUetS
HaricotS uertS Sdutes
Elan duT bananeS
And then with pleasant sighs and
many abs! and obs! the four couples
turned to their coffee and decided
that any time at all they could,
shoulaa they so desire, open French
restaurant Oh tIlelr own!
In the event that others may wish
to follow in their footsteps and ar
range a truly epicurean dinner for
four Il six or eight, here is the path
to tread:
ANCHOIS MADRILENE.
These are really fiat canned an
chovies laid on pretty bed of ap-
petlzing tomatoes, chopped fine,
with sprinkling of minced onion
and a breath of garlic, with Just
enough oil poured over to moisten.
Probably the oil in the cans of
anchovies might suffice. Otherwise,
olive oil. Then the several anchovies
arranged in order and over all some
thin slices Of lemon Strips OF
plmento between the anchovies
make for color. This is the first
course, and is followed by
AGNEAU AUX NAVETS.
The crude translation into English
means lamb and turnips-but such
lowly fare is lifted to the Nth power
when properly done in this fashion
First, have the butcher bone a
shoulder of lamb which, for eight
portions, should attain a net, boned
weight of about 3l2 to 4 pounds
Using bacon fat or oil, brown the
meat lightly on both sides-just
lightly, please note! Then it is sea-
soned with salt and pepper, touched
up with chopped parsley and just
bit of chopped onion. This is
rolled into substantial sort of
plump sausage and tied neatly with
string.
In the baking pan where the
browning took place, rub into the
fat 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls of flour
and cook smooth. Lay the rolled
shoulder comfortably in the pan
and then pour in enough broth or
bouillon to come up about half
way the side of the meat. And
now the bouquet garni-the sprigs
of parsley, the three bay leaves, the
tablespoonful of thyme or mario
ram and the holt dozen pepper
corns-all tied up in little cloth
like a teaball. This nestles down
alongside the meat. Cover the pan
and let the meat simmer in the
oven for some three hours until very
tender.
About half an hour before the
meat is done, take small turnips,
cut into walnut-size pieces, and fry
golden brown in butter. Arrange
Evening star., 1944-03-06
GARDENING TIP.

(ThankS to E. NJ. D., Washington.
At a. recent meeting of the North
Beach Woman's Club, the report
from the chairman of the Garden
Committee contained a clever bit of
information that should be passed
on to those who are interested in
Victory Gardens
Save the desired number of halves
of eggshells, fill with sifted fertile
soil and place one seed in each half
Place these indoors in boxes of soil
about 2 inches deep, or enough to
hold shells in place. When the
ground is ready gently crush the
shells so as not to disturb the new
roots, place in garden and enjoy
early vegetables and flowers.
CAMOUFLAGED IIAMBURGERS;
WATER STAINS? SAND TARTS?
(ThankS to Mrs. L. E. B.,
SilUer Spring.
Here is a tasty way of using
cheaper ground beef: Mix together
well l pound ground beef, l small
onion, 3 slices cubed bread. / egg
beaten with "a cup milk, salt and
pepper to season.
Make into meat cakes, roll in flour
and brown well in about table
spoons fat. Remove from skillet and
make a brown gravy q use leftover
-four. To this gravy add about or
5 tablespoons chilli sauce or catsuD.
Place meat cakes back in gravy and
let simmer for Is or 20 minutes.
This recipe will serve six generously
as bread and egg and milk stretch
it out.
Can some one give me some way
of getting white water stains off a
walnut end table? This occurred
during illness when water glasses
were let sit and I have not found a
successful removing method.
I would like very much to secure
recipe for Sand Tarts." If I re-
member from childhood correctly, a
very thin crisp cookie with dash of
cherry in center. Have tried many
thin cookies, but never gotten right
recipe.
I never miss day reading the
Clearing House. Enjoy it immensely
and would like it if suggestions could
be put in more permanent keeping
form. It's lot of trouble to cut
each recipe out separately and bun
glesome to fold up many pages of
newspaper.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Readers Clearing House

sible. No ironing Of sheets, towels,
underwear. Use oilcloth doilies for
breakfast and lunch and table
cloth should last at least three
nights for dinner. And your 7-year-
old girl, If you have one, will just
love to iron handkerchiefs and nap
kins.
If there are school lunches to be
made make them at night and keep
them wrapped in waxed paper in
the icebox. A damp towel around
or over them helps to keep them
from drying out.
The most valuable hint ever re-
ceived during my many years of
housekeeping was to hang up clothes
in bad weather, indoors. Clear a
space 6x10 in your basement-or
your bathroom will do. Put two
lines up running parallel to each
other. Now take a towel about Is
inches wide and pin one corner of it
to one line and the other corner to
the other line. Now look at it. Here
you have bath towel hanging up
and it takes up no space at all on
the line but is using the space be-
tween the lines. Hang another
towel the same way only inches
away from the other You will now
see that by repeating this way you
can hang so towels or shirts or any
thing you wish. If you care to put
up three lines, all running the same
way, the center pin will hold two
towels and the other end on the
third line. A sheet would have to be
pinned first on the first line, then
the third and then back to the first
line. Most cellars are warm and
your clothes will be dry in the morn
ing. They won't be frozen and
beaten by the wind and neither will
you.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

n "boiied" dinner planned
around smoked ham hooks is
satisfying fare. The meat
fav0r seasons the vegetables
in cooking, and the meat fat
makes them glisten as they
are served, sfeaming hot, ,Oifh
the meat.
Here are the makings of a
"boiled' dinner. Scrub the
potatoes and carrots, but Ieave
them unbeeied to conserve
food value beneath the skins.
The water in aOhich the meal
is cooked s0ilI make a. stock
for soup at another meal.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
By Barbara Bell

A wrap-around is the time-hon-
ored dress for spring house clean
ing where American women are
concerned. This is a particularly
attractive one-the long, rolling COL
lar which tapers into the belt line
is very attractive when edged with
narrow washable trimming.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1858 is
designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18, 90;
40 and AZ. Size IA, short sleeves,
requires 4 yards 39-inch material,
31a yards rick-rack trim.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus 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., 1944-03-06
Ham Hook
Dinner

The high flavor of a low-point
meat features boiled" dinner pre-
pared with ham hooks. A boiled
dinner depends upon the flavor of
the meat for its seasoning, and
smoked ham hooks have the flavor
to do the trick. Meat satisfaction
is extended a long way when all the
vegetables are stepped in meat fla
vor.
1t should be remembered that
plenty of time should be allowed for
a boiled dinner. The meat should
be cooked at simmering tempera-
ture, so it will be tender and moist,
not stringy and dry, as will be the
case if it is boiled vigorously.
For new idea which is recon-
mended by nutritionists. scrub but
don't peel the carrots or potatoes.
Valuable nutrients lie just beneath
the skins and these are lost in peel
ing. Unpeeled, they will be plump
and pretty, glistening with the fat
from the meat as they are served
piping hot on the platter with the
smoked ham hooks.
Ham Hook Dinner.
2 pounds smoked ham hooks.
Water.
carrots.
onions or leeks.
potatoes.
l head green cabbage.
Cover ham hooks with water
Simmer gently for 2 hours. One.
half hour before meat is done re-
move ham hook skins, add unpeelec
potatoes, unScraped carrots, anc
onions. Fifteen minutes later ado
cabbage head, cut in four wedges
Cook until meat is tender and vege-
tables are done. Arrange ham hooks
and vegetables on platter. Sprinkle
onions with paprika. Save broth
| for cN,,y, CT Caruoe
Evening star., 1944-03-06

One can set the table and another
can clear it.
If you have not got enough closets
for them to put everything away
and have place for everything get
a few cartons. Arrange them one
on top of the other (face out> and
teach them how to put their things
away in an orderly fashion.
Wash your dishes and rinse them
and let them drain. No drying is
necessary. If you can do this three
times day, fine; but if you can
only get to your dishes once a day,
that is all right, too.
Why not try cooking enough meat
and vegetables to last two days?
Then with your potatoes freshly
boiled and enough dessert for two
days your meal is easy.
Launder every two weeks if pos
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Little Sister and Big Sister can be
smart together with these trim cro-
cheted hat and bag outfits. They
can be had for few hours of in
dustry-the simple stitches work up
quickly.
Pattern envelope contains COM
plete easy-to-read and easy-to- fol-
low directions for the above.
Send II cents (coin) for Pattern
No. 2072 to Needle Arts Depart
ment, The Washington Star, P. o.
Box 172, Station D, New York, 3,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
MILDEWED HAM,

(Thdnks to Mrs. L. X. G., Jr.,
WaShington.)
. I kept ham once for three
months. I wrapped it in dampened
cheesecloth, wrung out with vinegar
Put the ham in 2 large paper bags
and hung it in the coolest place I
had. From time to time I re-
dampened the cheesecloth. Mine
formed a greenish mold on it in
small places. I took it to the
butcher, and he cut most OF the
mold off. I then scrubbed it with a
stiff brush and strong soap. Every
one at the store was quite interest
ed in my poor ham but said the
mold would not harm the meat.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
APPLESAUCE CAKE.

(ThdnkS to Mrs. j. c., RockuiHe.)
To Mrs. S. j. A. of Alexandria, on
a,plesauce cake, that requires bak-
ing two hours at 200 degrees: The
trouble may be any one of the fol-
lowing: l. Opening the oven before
cake is done O. Measurements not
exact. 3. Too large or too small
pan. use a large tube pan and
place pan as near the top of oven as
rack permits. Do not open door of
oven for at least IL hours. Leave
in pan to cool. Try this, and I think
the results will be perfect.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
FRITTER TROUBLE?
(Requested BY Mrs. S. w. E.,
W1Shin0t0n


Washington.)
I am brushing up" and relearning
what I forgot about cooking after Is
years of playing hockey therefrom.
The same recipes which I used to
use are appearing daily (only under
different names) in your re-vamped
page for women which is the great
est innovation The Evening Star has
made since I became acquainted
with it in 1927.
My failure to make corn fritters
as good as can buy at a restaurant
in the downtown area is most agsra-
waiting.
I would appreciate hearing from
fritter makers just how those large
potato sized, sweet tasting, with no
corn in sight, fritters are made; fur
thermore, I suppose it is in deep
frying and if so what fat is used and
how much. A recipe for canned
corn is preferred; also for canned
fruit, although I would appreciate
any decipes offered.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Millions of Red Cross surgical
dressings in emergency quantities
are ready for shipment at all times.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

LABOR SAVERS.

(ThankS to Mrs. J. w., BetheSdd)
Replying to the lady with three
children, an invalid mother and a
siX-room house.
Here are few suggestions and If
out of the lot she can find one that
will tighten her work I shall be
satisfied!
Mending tape comes in all colors
and mends everything from under
wear to overalls.
Most of us get tired in our legs
and back. A high stool, like an
artists, kept in her kitchen will
relieve her of at least SO per cent
of that fatigue. Sit while ironing,
washing dishes, peeling vegetables
cooking on top of stove and baking
Eliminate all nonessential articles
of furniture or knickknacks. II
you must have them have only a
few of them out at a time and put
the rest away somewhere.
Get your children to help you
even if you have to give them an
allowance for doing so-5 or 10 cents
q week to buy War Stamps would
be an incentive. They can keep
their rooms tidy, turn down bed
clothes and open the window to air
the room. One can dry the silver
another put the pots and pans away
Evening star., 1944-03-06
RECIPES REQUESTED.
(Requested By Mrs. E. X. S.,
WdShinQton.l

I would be grateful for the follow
ing recipes: Good tender fluffy corn
bread or mullins; macaroni and
cheese baked (good cheese sauce
with pimentos), good tomato soup
without milk, good vegetable soup
with soup bone.
My homemade fudge comes out
creamy and grand, but why does my
throat burn when I eat it? I use a
good recipe with corn syrup in
cluded. Is there any secret In doing
away with the sweetness?
Evening star., 1944-03-06
CRUNCHY COOKIES?


(RequeSted by NJ. L., WaShington.)
Does some one have a recipe for
crunchy cookies? I am especially
interested in a dark brown, spicy
cookie that is chewy-not crisp or
dry
Also, how can I remove yellow
stains from an old bathtub?
How can l avoid excessive shrink
ing of cake from side of pan? After
removing cake from oven, my devils
cake shrinks "a inch on all edges
and the cake seems heavy. I use
the best ingredients, including
cake flour. Cake is not removed
from oven until it passes the tooth
pick test, and the cake is even on
top, not cracked, and not fallen in
center, but five minutes after re-
moval from oven it shrinks and loses
its flaky tenderness. Oven tenn
perature $50 degrees.
What is the secret of light, crisp
meringue?
Does any one have a recipe for
Salmon Loaf?