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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26

of Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Welty.
The attendance at the Putnam
County Youth Rally whose sessions
were held at the ST. John church
Sunday afternoon and evening was
larger than usual. Miss Margie Ja-
cot of Doylestown high school was
the afternoon speaker. She spent
the summer in Putnam county as a
migrant worker among the Mexican
laborers. Rev. and Mrs. Bealls of
Findlay spoke at the evening session.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbach,
daughter Esther and son Roger, Den
mis- Brauen and Mrs. Dan Bader-
fischer attended the funeral of an
eighteen-year-old son of Mr., and
Mrs. Dan Oberly, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Lugibill were
Sunday dinner guests in the home
of. Mrs. Mary Miller and family.
All Putnam county schools will be
dismissed Friday so that faculty
members may attend the session of
the Northwestern Ohio Teachers As
sociation in Toledo.
Mrs. Clyde Moser has been a pa
tient at the Bluffton Community hos
pital and from there was taken to
Detroit hospital. She is to be
brought to their home the latter
part of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Schumacher
and sons Chauncey and Clair were
Sunday dinner guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tillman Geiger
and family.
John Gerber is drilling a well for
Albert Lehman.
Marie Imbach visited in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Rich at Wood
burn, Ind, several days last week.
Noah Hochstettler and daughter
Lorena left for Woodburn, Ind, Sun
day morning and attended the home
coming at the Woodburn Missionary
church where Rev. Harold Welty is
pastor.
Mabel Steiner spent Friday night
in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Clay
ton Steiner in Ft. Wayne and visited
Saturday and Sunday in the home
of her sister Rev. and Mrs. Harold
Welty and family at Woodburn, Ind.
Verena Schumacher expects to re-
sumo her studies at Bowling Green
university next week.
S/Sgt Chauncey Schumacher is
leaving for Camp Swift, Texas, We'd
nesday after spending two weeks
furlough with his folks at home.
Farmers in this locality are at
present harvesting their sugar beet
crop. Yields are somewhat lighter
than other years, but quality is high.
Mrs. Margaret Cherry has been
quite feeble during the past week.
Bluffton and Pandora football fans
were we'll represented at the Ohio
State and Great Lakes football game
in Columbus last Saturday.
Homer Wenger expects to operate
his sorghum press one day this week
to close the seasons work.
Kenneth Suter, AOM &c, has re-
turned to Jacksonville, Florida after
spending several days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter N. Suter
and family of Arlington.
Donald Sommer, Navy, of New
York, is visiting with his wife and
children near the st. John church.
The five year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Garmatter, southwest of
Bluffton, had the misfortune to frac-
ture his arm at the wrist on Sun
day while playing at their home.
Richard, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Burkholder, who was injured
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last Thursday. He is employed in
Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Sommer pur-
chased the ]. B. Kohl 400 acre farm
recently, south of the Ebenezer
church, formerly the Peter Bixel
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bixel of
Gary, Ind, left Wednesday for a
suburb of Los Angeles.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-10-26

A curing period of 10 days to two
weeks when the storage is kept
closed and the temperature goes un
to slightly above so degrees helps
to heal cuts and bruises of potatoes
resulting from harvesting.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Readers Clearing House

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 f.
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 it takes 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 recipes
cannot be printed and lengthy
letters must be edited by us.
Betsy CasceH.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
By Evelyn Hayes

UP to reflect your pretty nose. Keep
this in mind for Mothers Day,
birthdays-in fact, any occasion
that calls for "big little" gift.
X X X
PET'TICOAT FLIRT - In case
you've been looking for that good
spring and summer standby, a
rayon jersey petticoat, your worries
are over. There's a beauty in a
bridey-blue with a feminine -as-all
get-out insert of embroidered sheer
at the rufiy bottom. It's pretty
enough for a shower gift and SO
practical she'll thank you every
time she wears it. Any petticoat
is good labor saving, cool-making
idea in this heat-ridden city-but
rayon jersey is the last word! Not
only is it deliciously cool and smooth
to the skin, but it slithers through
the suds as easily as pair of hose
and doesn't need to be ironed. What
more can girl ask for?
X X X X
REVISED CLASSIC-If you're
one of those who always checks
checks for spring, there's a new
checked skirt you'll want. It's a
hound's-tooth number that buttons
all the way down the front with
f1attering pleats flanking the buttons
on both sides. You'll wear it now
with black, bright or white jacket,
and later on, when the Temperature
Evening star., 1944-04-14

We've sketched two such pretty ex-
cuses for hats. One Gight) is a
'snood set on a bicycle clip with
flowers at either side. On the other
Qeft) carnations Cor daisies or vio-
lets) are caught on q. comb, tied
with small velvet bows--to be worn
gaily "as is" or with q, veil. With
or without pomp--both make
pretty headlines.
X X
POWDER IN THE POSIES-
We've found a way to put a little
spring right at the end of your nose
in case daffodils in bloom haven't
done that already. It's a new COM
pact covered all over with rosebuds.
Made of glazed chintz, it comes in
a choice of pink rosebuds on white,
blue or green, as we'll as dark green
buds on light-green ground, SC
real and SO springy you almost ex-
pect to smell the roses. The powder
is secreted in a tiny drawer which
pulls out, as the mirrored top pops
Evening star., 1944-04-14

Tops in popularity these days Is
the delightfully."- wearable and COM
Portable sun-back jumper dress with
wonderfully nodded waist and hip
lines. To make as neat a suit as
you've ever seen, just add the
jacket!
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1879 is
designed for sizes IL, IA, l6, 18, 20;
40 and AZ. Size IA requires 4ls yards
of 39-inch material
For this attractive pattern seno
Is cents, plus l cent for postage, in
coins with your name, address, pa
tern number and size wanted to Bar
bara Bell, Washington Star, Pos,
once Box 80, Station G. New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-04-14

or course, having her 18th BIRTH
day doesn't make a girl any wiser
than she was the day before, or give
her any more judgment, but it does
give her more freedom of action.
And this is something that her
parents should have been preparing
for ever since she began to stand
alone. For parents can only control
their children by force so long as
they are physically afraid of them,
but they can manage them by love
and tenderness and consideration
as long as they live.
Many letters come to this column
from fathers and mothers who COM
plain OF rebellious and what they
consider undutiful children. II can't
do thing with Sally" they wall
II can't manage John" And nearly
always when you sift these cases
down to the bottom you will find
that the parents are to blame.
The children have been spoiled to
death. They have never been con-
trolled. They have never been
taught to respect authority or to
know any law except their own. Or
else they have been tyrannized over
They have never had any personal
liberty. They have been nothing
but little slaves.
And in both cases the result has
been disastrous. The girl, who, from
her childhood up, has done as she
pleased isn't going to turn suddenly
obedient and amenable to discipline
when she grows up, and the girl who
has been kept in bondage all her
life isn't going to stay tied tc
mothers apron strings. She is going
to break them as soon as she has
the strength to, and run wild.
If parents expect to have any
authority over their grown children
they have to establish in Their
youngsters minds respect for their
opinions, reliance on their sense
Of justice and faith in their parents
desire for their pleasure and happi-
ness. Nowadays you can't rear chill
dren by the old formulas by which
their fathers and mothers were
brought up, for times have changed
customs have changed and youth
has changed with them.
II parents would remember that
and deal with their children on q
1914 platform, instead of the one
they were brought up on, we should
have fewer mothers and fathers
complaining that they can't do a
thing with Annabelle or Tommy
You have to drive children with q
strong rein, but a loose one, If you
don't want them to bolt nowadays.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Dorothy Dix Says

My daughter has reached the age
where she thinks great change
should take place In her life. She
has just turned lS and says she is of
age. Just what does that mean?
Does it mean that she should have
her own way in everything? I know
it doesn't, but would like your
opinion on the subject. MOTHER.
Coming of age is legal term that
means that the law rates girl or
boy as an adult instead of child,
and makes him or her responsible
for his or her acts. After a girl
comes Of age she can marry with
out her parents consent, hold prop
erty in her own name, ETC., etc. She
has a right to her own wages, If she
works, and if she leaves home her
parents cannot force her to come
back unless she so desires.
Evening star., 1944-04-14

that's very little for a skirt of
such good character and good looks.
X X
DUDS FOR DIGGING-We're SO
proud of us! We have just found
good-looking overalls for your tod
dler-and what's more, they're seer
sucker. They're smart brown and
white striped affairs-in the bib
style which can be worn right now
with little jerseys and later on by
itself. If you're old enough to have
a child in the toddler stage, you
must know by now the joys Of seer
sucker-its wonderful coolness, and
its agreeable quality of demanding
nothing more than a quick once
over with the iron to keep its
Spandy-fresh look. Sizes 2. 8 and 4.
Evening star., 1944-04-14

An hour spent each day embroid-
ering this charming luncheon set
will soon complete it.
Pattern envelope contains hot-iron
transfer for 10 designs, 8 about ~
by II inches; about by 2 inches
stitch illustrations and full direc-
tons.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
Needle Arts containing five free pat
terms, and many other suggestions
for dressing up your home and your
self Is now available. Send your re-
quest for this book to the address
listed below, inclosing 20 cents in
coins to cover the cost and mailing
charges.
Send II cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R2090 to The Washington Star
Needle Arts Department, P. o. Box
172, Station D, New York, 3, NY.
Evening star., 1944-04-14

ing her dish drainer with aluminium
paint unless she applies a top coat
Of high-grade heat-resistant var
nish; for several months my dishes
retained specks of aluminium which
adhered with each scalding in the
basket which had been painted. Bar
varnish, used to protect bars from
alcohol and hot drinks, is excellent
as an overcoating 1t can also be
used on the finest coffee and end
tables, and comes in either dull or
shiny finish. May be purchased in
small containers. For the reader
who wishes to hide scratches on
furniture, the 10-cent stores and
department stores carry an mex
pensive polish to match various
shades of wood.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
By Margaret NoweH.

look like abbreviated slip covers
which could be pulled on neatly and
easily removed. Select plain color
of one of the shades in the flowered
material. Fit the bib carefully, bring
ing them down over the arms and
back about six inches. Finish the
lower edge with scallops or grace
fully curved line, and either cord 1t
or trim with moss fringe. If you
select your color carefully and do a
nice fitting job, you will accomplish
your purpose of saving wear on your
slip covers, and the bibs will look as
though they were part of the orig
linal slip cover plan. Be sure these
Evening star., 1944-04-14
Round About the House

Il have a lovely f1owered sateen
for summer slip covers for my
living room. I know that I can
never get another piece of fabric
that I will like so well and I
would like this to last several
years. Is there any way I can
protect the arms and back from
extra wear and soil without the
old-fashioned doilies that are so
unattractive? II I could have
these vital areas for two seasons,
it would seem to me that I could
increase the life Of the slip COW
ers by another two years" T. C.
You could make carefully tai
ored "bibs" for the backs and arm
If the various pieces. These shoule
Evening star., 1944-04-14

are OF washable material, preshrunk
so that they will fit equally well
when laundered.
'.I am the possessor OF the ugli-
est fireplace In captivity. It Is q
nice size and shape, but faced with
slate which at one time was
painted to look like marble. The
paint has blistered and worn OF
and the whole thing Is an eye
sore in an otherwise lovely room.
have a fan-shaped, rusty iron
f1reguard also that needs to be
freshened up. Could the hearth
facing and the fireguard both be
painted black and be an improve
ment? I have deep gray walls,
light gray woodwork and flow
cred slip covers and draperies
with a lot of bright pink in
them" j. A. C.
You could certainly paint your
slate fireplace, but rather than
black I would suggest a more origi-
nal treatment. Do the mantel top
and side facing in the light gray of
the woodwork, the area closely sur
rounding the opening in the deep
gray Of your walls. Then paint the
iron f1reguard pink to pick up the
color in your draperies. This will
make an important and interesting
pattern and color feature out of
your ugly duckling. Smooth the
old paint of with sandpaper before
repainting the slate, and be sure to
use rust deterrent on the iron be-
fore repainting.
1.-THE architects plan for our
house indicates the kitchen at
one side of the front entrance
facing the street. Do you think
this is a good idea? I have al
ways thought kitchens should be
at the back of the house."
L. E. s.
Whether this Is a good plan de-
Ipends on how you like to live in
your house. If you like privacy, a
garden and your living rooms fac
ing on the garden, this Is ideal to-
ward the back of your house and
the kitchen on the street side Is
easily accessible to delivery men,
keeping the noise and cooking odors
away from the living quarters. How
ever, If your house Is set far back
from the street, and your lawn and
best outlook is from the windows on
the street side you might prefer
the front living room, and in this
case it might be mere feasible to
have the kitchen removed to the
back.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
in>Money Pickups
Photograph Courtesy of New York Dress Inst

PRETTY EXCUSES-Many of
the prettiest heads in the Easter
parade last Sunday were festive
with flowers which either bedecked
the bonnet or served for the bonnet.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
ALMOND CRESCENTS:
SHERBET; TEA SANDWICHES,
(Thdnks to Mrs. A, F. R.,
Washington.)

SHERBET; TEA SANDWICHES.
Thanks to Mrs. A. F. R.,
Washington.)
For the reader who asked how
she could get hot mustard: If she
will mix powdered mustard with
water to the desired consistency,
she will have very hot and deli
cious mustard.
Mrs. E. B. of Arlington requests
the recipe for:
Almond Crescents: cup shorten
ing, y cup sugar, % cup very finely
chopped blanched almonds, u tea
spoon salt, 12s cup flour, l. teaspoon
cinnamon, / cup confectioner'
sugar.
Cream shortening and sugar to-
gether. Add almonds and salt.
Work in flour. Chill dough thor
oughly. Pinch off pieces of dough
and roll on Toured board into rolls
about size and thickness of a pencil.
Cut in 2ia-inch lengths. Pull ends
around to form crescents. Bake on
ungreased cookie sheets Is minutes
at 1875 degrees. Let these cool on
pan a minute and then roll in sifted
mixture of confectioner's sugar and
cinnamon. These are very light
and rich.
Mrs. E. B. also requested recipes
for tea sandwiches. Perhaps these
will help her:
Pimento- Walnut: Mix equal parts
chopped pimento and chopped wal
nuts. Season with salt and add
mayonnaise.
Shrimp Butter: Add Chopped
shrimps to creamed butter or mar
garine. Season with lemon juice
and salt. Spread on star shaped
bread and dust edge with finely
chopped parsley.
Cheese -Smithfield Ham: Mix
equal parts of cream cheese and
deviled or Smithfield ham. Relish
may be added If desired.
Mushrooms: Chopped cooked or
canned mushrooms seasoned with
onion, salt and pepper and moist
ened with mayonnaiSe.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
(Thdnks to Mrs. r. A. W.,
WGshin0tOn.

Here's an easy sandwich filling
and so good that even people who
usually turn up their noses at onions
can't resist it. I made some today
using the following ingredients
which can be doubled or added to to
fit the occasion. This amount made
enough for four or five full-sized
sandwiches.
Three hard-boiled eggs, chopped
fine Il use kitchen fork or a reg
ular 4-pronged chopper. Slice paper
thin about 6 or green onions OF
scallions clear up into the green
tops for color, add salt, pepper
sugar, lemon juice and mayonnaise
or salad dressing or both to taste
and to make rather thin mixture
This can then be put directly on
bread, mayonnaise or other slice il
desired, but If thin enough not
necessary. I use thinly sliced bread
and cut into fancy shapes with
cookie cutters appropriate to the
occasion for parties-such as stars,
Santas, ETC., for Christmas party
bunnies at Easter, etc. Don't use
lettuce.
Another delicious sandwich filling
Is stuffed olives and nuts both
chopped fine together Il like Pc
cans. Add salt, pepper, sugar, lemon
juice, mayonnaise and salad dress
ing to taste. Lettuce may be used
with this one If desired.
To keep sandwiches fresh wrar
in an old towel that has been damp
ened about as much as you'd
sprinkle clothes, then wrap in waxed
paper and put in the refrigerator
until ready to use.
I think any one might make
dainty cakes by using their favorite
recipes for cake and baking in very
small muffin pans and in paper
baking cups, then frost and decorate
with decorator. .--- s-.-a--
Here's a refreshing sherbet: One
cup orange juice, / cup sugar, / cup
buttermilk, juice of "a lemon. Mix
together, put in freezing tray.
I've also substituted pineapple
juice for orange, other ingredients
the same. Am going to try grape
juice instead of orange some day
soon.
Editors note: We 1Dish to
thank Mrs. w. for her almond
crescent recipe, 1Ohich tDe hope to
print at later date.)
DARIUS GREEN AND HIS
FLYING MACHINE"
(Thanks to Miss E. M. H..
Arlington.)
I suppose Mrs. E. D. S., Wash
ington, has received a copy OF
Darius Green and His Flying Ma
chine" by this time, as I have seen
some responses to her request.
wanted to add some information
about the poem. 1t first appeared
in March, 1867. in Our Young
Folks, a magazine for boys ano
girls published by Ticknor & Fields
If Mrs. E. D. S. will write to me
I will see what I can do about get
ting the poem copied for her.
Editors note: II Mrs. E. D. S.
,Dill be good enough to again send
use her address ne shall be glad
to torUdrd to her another copy
OF the poem, in tuu, ,ohich Was
sent in for her by Mrs. L. M. F.
The poem is too long to reprint
here.)
Evening star., 1944-04-14
SUNDAY NIGHT SUPPER DISH
DRAIN RACK.


(ThdnkS to G. R., Washington
Entertaining without a maid calls
for dishes that will keep" while
awaiting the arrival of guests. A
Sunday night supper dish of this
type is Country Captain" a ia
vorite in Georgia.
Country Captain: Cut 3 pounds
of chicken into IL pieces. Brown
slightly in hot fat. In 2 tablespoons
of butter gently fry for 10 minutes
/ finely sliced onion, l minced
green pepper and l garlic Glove
Add / teaspoon salt, "a teaspoon
black or white pepper, Ia teaspoons
curry powder, red peeled tomatoes
tcan substitute pulp of canned to-
mstoes), II teaspoon minced pars-
ley, teaspoon paprika or small
pinch Of cayenne pepper. Place
Drowned chicken in baking dish
pour over it the sauce, and bake for
As minutes. Then add 4 pound OF
blanched almonds and 3 tablespoons
Of currants. Cook minutes longer
Serve on hot rice. Rice will keep
hot in colander or sieve placed over
steaming water with loose cover
Tightly covered baking dish will
prevent chicken from drying out
while waiting.
/ protest Mrs. j. W. HIS sugges-
ton that the Readers Clearing
House be restricted to the subject
OF food. You have published many
valuable suggestions for preserving
and renovating furniture, clothing
etc, as well as the care Of plants
which is an important phase OF
housekeeping.
Let Mrs. A. b. X. beware Of paint.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
(ThdnkS to Mrs. J. A. c.,
MoJ1f P0inior

Tell Mrs. G. H. r. of Henderson,
Vile, N. c.. to scald the butte,
mold in boiling water for a few
minutes, then place in cold water
for several minutes. Must remain
in the cold water until used
Editors note: Thanks to NJ.
D. T., Arlington, for a suggestion
similar to the one dboUe.)
Evening star., 1944-04-14

scars. you'll team it with cool white
rayon jersey or snowy cotton blouses.
It's 100 per cent wool-at a price
Evening star., 1944-04-14
CARAMEL SAUCE.
UNUSUAL SPAGHETTI.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. M. X. G.,

S&A1sfaANAlIo A1EaoSCs
UNUSUAL SPAGHETTI.
(Thdnks to Mrs. M. X. G.,
Wdshington.)
Perhaps the following recipe will
be what Mrs. E. B., Arlington, is
looking for 1t can be made thick
or thin as desired.
Caramel Sauce: ! cup sugar. y
cup water Boil until light brown
Add q cup water, and boil until
Of desired consistency.
I would light to submit simple
recipe for spaghetti, Everything
cooked together on top of the stove
hence the name, "Top O. the Stove
Spaghetti"
One-half pound ground beef Qeft.
over beef can be used, ! cup un-
cooked spaghetti, teaspoon salt
4 teaspoon pepper, l cup catsup
III cups tomato juice COR all tomato
juice may be usedD, 2 tablespoons
shortening Or bacon drippings,
onion chopped fine
Brown meat and onion in hot
grease in heavy skillet. Add salt
pepper, uncooked spaghetti, catsur
and tomato juice Cover, and as
soon as it boils, turn down heat yer,
low. Cook 80 minutes. A tart chef.
salad goes very nicely with this.
n n
HAND-HOOKED RUGS.
Thanks to Mrs. A. H. r.,
Washington
I use monks cloth instead O.
burlap as base. 1t works bette
and takes both the design and tn,
hook more easily. I either desigr
or adapt my own patterns. l draw
the design on the right side of ruI
and use hook instead of q needle
One can use almost any old materia
in the rug, providing it is cut ir
widths according to weight of cloth
| have a rug on the frame and II
the making now.
Evening star., 1944-04-14
USING BUTTER MOLD.

(Thanks to Mrs. C. H. W.. Mclean. J
In answer to Mrs. G. H. r. about
her butter mold. Wash In hot
soapy water and then dip in boil
ing water and last in icy cold water
to cool. Use at once. Repeat this
every time you use your mold anc
I don't think you will have any
more trouble with the butter OF
margarine sticking.
Evening star., 1944-04-14

|are OF washable material, preshrunk
so that they will fit equally well
when laundered.