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Evening star., 1944-01-04
Bv Barbara Bell

On duty from morning till night
in your own home? Then you'll like
this trim Unlocking, daisy
house dress. The button trimmed
yoke and matching detail on the
sleeves complete the pleasant effect
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1859 is
designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, AZ, A,
As, 48, so and 50. Size 80 requires
Az yards 39-inch material or Az
yards 39-inch material if long sleeves
are desired.
Price of Fashion Book separate
is Is cents. 1t may be ordered with
a 15-cent pattern for Is cents, plus
1-cent postage.
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
Office Box SO, Station G., New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Bv Peggy Roberts

Here's new face for your good
old favorite chair. This Home,
Sweet Home" design in filet
crochet combines dainty beauty and
the protective usefulness you want
in chair-back set. You can also
use it for a lovely table scarf Di-
rections are given for both oval and
rectangular shapes. Of you prefer
to work in color and want the same
design in cross-stitch, order Pattern
No. 1773 Unsteady
Pattern envelope contains two
flet-crochet diagrams of easy-to-see
dot-in-square method; also full di-
rections
Our 60-page multicolored book of
Needle Arts" containing five free
patterns and many other sugges-
tions for dressing up your home and
yourself, is now available. Send
yonr request for this book to the
address listed below, inclosing 20
cents in coins to cover the cost and
mailing charges.
Send II cents (coiD for Pattern
No. 1902 to Needle Arts Department,
Washington Star, P o. Box l72, Sta
tion D, New York, 3.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
CHEERFUL BREAKFAST;
CANDV HINT

(ThdnkS to A. r., College Park
To the one who wished to know
how to make early morning break
fasts more cheerful, I am glad to
share my plan. Our breakfast is at
$50 and the house is not only very
dark but also cold Before going to
bed we arrange plenty of kindling
and quick-buYning wood by the fire.
place. In the morning the fire is
lighted the first thing, card table
set up beside it. and by the time
breakfast Is ready, the setting is
really cheerful.
Some one sent in a recipe for
chocolate covered candies recently
and recommended adding melted
parafin to the melted chocolate.
Chocolate properly melted does not
need parafin. I wasted pounds of
chocolate before l learned how to
melt it, and to save others similar
experiences may I give the right
way? Crate or cut the chocolate in
small pieces and put in top of double
boiler so that it will not accumulate
any moisture as it would if simply
set in another pan. Put hot water
In the lower part, but do not put it
on the stove, or at least have no fire
under it. 1t should then be stirred
until melted. For dipping candies,
nuts, raisins, crackers, or what have
you. 1t should be removed from the
double boiler and beaten until par
TALLY cooled SO that it will harden
quickly when dipped. One must
work fast, for it becomes hard soon
after the proper dipping point is
reached and has to be remelted
The important point is not to cook
the chocolate, for it will not melt
after it has been overheated.
Evening star., 1944-01-04

community. Most Of them are work
ers. a few are unit.
When child drops out Of the
grades, gets work papers, we pay
no more attention to him. That is
a grave mistake. He should be care
fully followed up, to make sure that
he gets into work suited to his
ability, that he is protected from
exploitation while engaged In it
and that there is chance for his
growth and promotion in the field.
We give him no such attention.
Many such boys and girls got into
jobs that have no future, into Jobs
for which they are rot fitted. They
are dismissed and, having no ex-
perience with the way of the world,
drift to the delinquent group and
get into the courts. If we had kept
track OF them from the day they
entered the first grade until they
became sufficient men and
women. most of them would never
have seen the inside of a court.
But we did nothing.
I have watched the effect of mill.
tary training on the boys who have
been inducted during the year and
have been delighted in the i'm
provement many of the seemingly
useless ones have shown. They
stand up like men, their eyes shine,
they speak with decision, they have
something to say and they say it
in goodwill if not with grace. They
have improved in character, intel
ligence and skill.
1t might be a good idea if, after
the war, the armed forces became
the educational force they might
be, and helped us train the boys
and girls who drift away from
schools into life for which they
are not prepared.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Beauty Resolutions

In the biggest resolution week in
the year, the best resolution you can
make is to promise to look your
best in 1914. Not only do you owe
1t to other people to make the
surrounding scenery pleasanter, but
you owe 1t to yourself-because the
very factors that make you look
your best also make you do your
best.
Most of our suggestions you've
probably promised yourself before
but this time, really stick to them
and see If you're not glad.
KEEP IT CLEAN! Always re-
member that there's no quality as
feminine as fastidious cleanliness.
It shows up in the clearness of your
skin, the sparkle of your eyes, the
shine of your hair. the unspecked
shoulders of your navy blue suit
and many other ways. And don't
think that men don't notice. They
may call it charm or attractiveness,
but men love their women fasti-
dious. Many terms have been used
to describe the beauty of the Duch-
ess of Windsor. When you get right
down to it, she is not beautiful
but she is most femininely fastid-
ious. We have heard that she not
only spends time brushing her hair
but even wields a small brush on
her eyebrows until they form
perfect cleaning line. It is said
that a hairdresser combs her hair
four times day, and we even heard
(via washroom gossip that she
used to spend hours polishing a
pair of sneakers after a tennis
game. Not that most Of us can
afford the money for the daily
hairdresser or the time for the
sneaker shines, but we can take a
hint and take pains with ourselves.
TAKE PAINS WITH POSTURE!
Promise to practice good posture
this year. That means rest your
weight on the balls of your feet.
Pull your hips, ct al (aren't'we coyD
down In back as though you were
recoiling from kick. Pull that
tummy in. We don't mean relax
1t against a new girdle; we mean
suck it in Gas the Army indicate
" puts it,. Stretch yourself up
and out of your waistband. In
word, think and stand tall-as
though some one were holding you
up by your hair. Good posture
sounds 50 dull (shades OF enforced
Evening star., 1944-01-04

thirtyish, judging from her figure.
She told us that for over 10 years
she hasn't missed more than five
or six mornings of exercise and her
looks prove that her efforts were
worth the trouble. For most women,
a good abdominal exercise is most
important, There are lots of good
simple ones. For example, lie fiat
on the floor, lifting first one foot,
then the other slowly off the floor.
Another quickie is kicking. Just hold
on to table with one hand and
start swinging one leg forward, then
backward, then reverse and swing
the other leg. However, what you
do isn't half as important as regu-
larity. Just be sure you do exercise
every morning of the year.
FEET FIRST! Your feet can be
your best friends or your worst enc
mies-so take good care of them.
We know one attractive woman who
says that if she has to choose be-
tween a foot facial" and face
facial, she always chooses feet first
because she knows how much it
means to her looks and her health
to keep her feet in good running
order. (Our New Year resolution
is not to punD For quick exer-
else, there is none simpler or bet
ter than the old trick of trying to
pick up marbles with your toes.
Sounds simple, does it? Well try it
and If you can't make it, that
means you need the exercise.
Beauty, like genius, is so much
matter of taking pains-so for 1914
let's all resolve to be beautiful!
Evening star., 1944-01-04
School Is a Way Of Life

There are many odd ideas floating
about In the school world. The pro-
genitor Of each idea thinks-maybe
feels would be better word-that
his idea is the one single road to the
salvation Of the children. One says
make learning easy; another, Fol
low an activity program; still an
other, "The Three RS and strict
discipline; many more, Let the
child lead"
Now since school is a way of life
for a child and since every child
differs from another, there can be
no one way for all children. Life
is a compound of many ways and
each child must find the peculiar
way that was set for his feet at the
beginning.
It Is necessary that every child
start with his feet on the ground,
so every child needs the routine and
discipline of the ordered school with
its ordained lessons in numbers,
language and behavior. That is
where they start. but very soon after
the start they show the differences
that make them individuals in the
group. These differences of ability
|of speed in learning, of controls and
attitudes, must be considered in all
teaching. This entails a fluid course
of study, a fluid program, and
Heightened school day. It means
lessening Of imposed curricula and
an increase In the liberty of in
dividual growth, through self chosen
experiences.
Action is life for all healthy chill
Evening star., 1944-01-04
By angelo Pafri

Y {.
dren. The school must be a place
OF lively, intense and well-directed
activity. The sitting still, silent
school dominated by the all
powerful teacher, is outgrown. The
disorderly going-any-place school is
no school at all. Give the child op-
portunity to grow and to become a
person in his own right through
work, through cooperation with
others, through self control and self
discipline and the school becomes a
place Of healthy activity and the
center of community growth.
Children need guidance, help,
discipline, but these must grow out
of the environment rather than be
imposed from above by authority.
There are occasions when authority
must the arm of force and uphold
the peace and order of the school,
just as there Is such authority in
the community. The point here is
that given the suitable program, the
fluid school, the active life within
the school, this authority need be
called out seldom. Most children
want to be right and to do right.
All they ask is the chance to work
out hteir God-bestowed talents in
the way He set for them.
Almost all children enter the pri-
mary grades of the schools but only
a gifted group remain at the end of
the elementary grades to enter high
school and at the end of the high
school course, fewer still remain to
enter the colleges. The pupils who
drop out along the way should con-
Germ US more than they do because
they are a very big group indeed and
form highly important unit of the
Evening star., 1944-01-04

and REQUESTS be accompanied the ender
full and address We will withhold both initials
Please address mail to the Readers Clearing
The Evening Star Washington
Views expressed in the Clearing House
Star obviously impossible
submitted, we cannot assume responsibility for them
Please do be impatient it takes
suggestion The of letters being received
together with
daily mail For the duplicate recipes
be printed
Refsv Cas,peH
Evening star., 1944-01-04
SEWING CLASSES.
(ThankS to Miss D. J. D., r. ~,

Washington
wish to thank the Clearing House
for informing women OF our sewing
classes. Nine have registered so
far. Under separate cover, I am
sending you copies of the new classes.
We are opening the Red Cross
classes to the community also to
further our wartime program. Some
of your readers may also be inter-
ested in these classes. See schedule
below:
At Webster School, Tenth and H
streets NV:
Monday. January IA course In
Red Cross first aid starts; hours
10 to IL.
Tuesday. January "A course in
Red Cross home nursing starts 10 tc
IL; Tuesday, January 4, course in
Red Cross home nursing starts !
to pm.
Wednesday, January 5-Red Gross
first aid continues 10 to IL; Wednes-
day, January S, dressmaking and
clothes renovating continues l to
pm.
Thursday, January 6-Red Cross
home nursing continues 10 to IL;
Thursday. January 6, Red Cross
home nursing continues l to 3 pm.
Friday, January THE Red Cross
production unit of the school meets
for knitting and sewing, to 3 pm.
Sewing instructor, Mrs. Edna
MacElvain.
Red Cross instructor, Miss Dorothy
j. Donnally, R. N.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
READERS Clearing House

will not fail If you make 1t right.
hope this will be successful,
would like to know what happens.
I want to thank the readers for
the recipes for sugared walnuts.
made the cinnamon-covered ones
and the plain with red and green
coloring added and they we're pretty
as well as delicious. Everybody that
tasted them, thought they were
wonderful. We like them better
than candy.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
By Eveiyn Hayes

pit. classes in schoolD but you
won't think it a bit dull when you
get your first compliments on your
good figure. You know, most women
whose figures are admired haven't
perfect chassis by any means; it's
just that they know how to hold
and show off-what they have, if
you know what we mean.
TEN MINUTES A DAY! Probably
the most often ignored resolution
is the one about getting up each
morning to exercise. (Brrr-- the
house is coldD But we saw gal
the other day whose figure would
strengthen any ones resolutions
Via the grapevine, we hear that
she's so cat least" her catty friends
tell you) you'd guess her to be
Evening star., 1944-01-04

he tries to tell her his hopes and
plans.
But, on the contrary, she bosses
the life out Of him. She nags and
frets at him. She never speaks to
him except to find fault with him.
She takes away every vestige of his
personal liberty. She even teaches
the children to look upon him as a
nonentity In the home he supports.
And then she wonders why he has
ceased to love her.
OF course, it takes work and
thought and sacrifice to hold hus-
band. But 1t can be done.
Evening star., 1944-01-04

night. I keep a dry crust in the
can with my brown sugar all the
time. I read and clip your column
daily. Being a homemaker for only
year and six months I truly ap-
preciate it.
Evening star., 1944-01-04

iiioFeo! WIlle OH LIE subject, /
would be very grateful for informa-
ton on cleaning ordinary finger
marks and soil from wallpaper. Mine
is not washable paper.
FUR RUG CLEANING.
(Thanks to Mrs. r. S. D.,
Takon1d Park
In answer to the question about
cleaning fur rug, have done this
successfully by brushing dry corn
meal into the rug with a dry. stiff
brush, brushing it out, then hang
ing the rug on the clothesline and
finishing with a softer brush.
I enjoy your column very much.
FUDGE RECIPE.
(Thdnks to Mrs. T. X. New,
RiUerddle)
A few weeks ago some one in your
column asked for "foolproof" fudge
recipe. Whether or not the follow
ing recipe is foolproof depends on
the person making the fudge, not
the recipe. I have used this recipe
many times and it has never failed
for me. If she will follow my in
structions explicitly, I'm sure she
will find it satisfactory.
Three cups sugar, 4 cup cocoa,
Is teaspoon salt. cup milk, 4 table,
spoons light corn sirup, 3 table
spoons butter. teaspoon vanilla
Combine cocoa, sugar and salt and
mix thoroughly. Add milk and corn
sirup. then add butter or margarine
The original recipe calls for / cup
evaporated milk, have never tried
this. l always use bottle milk. Stir
until we'll blended. Cook over low
flame until mixtures boil, stir con-
stantly Continue boiling until a
small amount of mixture forms a
soft ball in cold water 232 degrees
Remove from fire Add vanilla. Cool
about Il hour. Beat until mixture
begins to thicken and loses its gloss
Turn at once into creased pan
When cold, cut in squares.
Many fudge recipes specify do
not stir" The reason for this is that
most people have a tendency to
scrape the sides of pan when they
stir something. This is the very
thing that makes your fudge sugary
Do not scrape the sides of the pan
when you stir your fudge. And make
sure you cook it long enough. 1t is
better to cook it too long than not
long enough. This particular recipe
calls for corn sirup. Any fudge recipe
Evening star., 1944-01-04
Betsy CasweH.

My child has made a large grease
spot on our wallpaper. Before II
spreads to much larger size could
some one tell me how it can be re.
moved? While on the subject,
would be very grateful for informa-
ton on cleaning ordinary finger
marks and soil from wallpaper. Mine
is not washable paper.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
(Thdnks to Mrs. A. J. T.,

WQShlngtOn.J
Here is my remedy for hard brown
sugar requested my Mrs. L. J. j.,
Washington. I put my box of hard
brown sugar In a hydrater of my
refrigerator where I keep my vege-
tables moist. 1t softens in a day or
two. Or, empty sugar in a glass jar
and keep wet cloth or paper on top,
screw lid on.
Dried peanut butter can be blended
with olive oil or plain mineral oil
which is tasteless. Or take out of
jar desired amount and mix with
fruit Juice as needed.
hope these suggestions will be of
help to the readers of this splendid
|housekeepers page.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
TO SOFTEN BROWN SUGAR:
PEANUT BUTTER;
EGG YOTK
THANKS to Mrs. G.. r. G.,
COLLEGE Park

To answer the two queries sent
by Mrs. L. j. j. that appeared in a
recent edition of The Star.
When peanut butter gets dried it
may be softened by mixing we'll with
Ia small amount of margarine or
butter.
When brown sugar gets hard in
the package 1t may be softened by
placing in an alright jar or metal
can with one slice of dry bread. This
will be fairly successful II left over
Evening star., 1944-01-04
. CHOW FOU.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. II. E. W.,
Tn La.,,0 Dr~1-

1GkOnl1 PGTE.)
Here is recipe for Chinese fried
rice which Mrs. H. F. M, Washing
ton, requested. I found this recipe
over year ago in The Sunday Star
magazine and we enjoy it very much.
Three tablespoons salad oil, dash
of pepper, eggs, beaten; 2 table,
spoons minced onion, / cup diced
ham, 4 cups cold cooled rice, 2 table
spoons soy sauce, u teaspoon sugar.
Combine oil and pepper, pour into
hot heavy skillet. Fry eggs in oil
until firm, turning once. Cut eggs
in fine shreds. Return eggs to skillet
and add onion and ham. Cook
over moderate heat five minutes,
stirring constantly. Add rice, mix
soy sauce and sugar. Add Cook
over moderate heat until rice is hot.
Salt to taste
TO SOFTEN BROWN SUGAR;
PEANUT BUTTER;
EGG YOLK.
(ThGnkS to H. N. c., Alexandria,
First an answer and then a ques-
ton to other readers of your grand
column. Cts as helpful as having a
mother next door to run to for
practical adviceD
Hardened brown sugar can be
softened by putting it in a tightly
closed container with a few slices of
raw apples. If my brown sugar is
soft, I put piece of bread in the
canister in which it is stored and
that keeps it soft.
Now my question: How can I cook
a single egg yolk properly for my
baby without cooking the white?
I hate to boil the whole egg when
extra whites have so MANY uses.
Evening star., 1944-01-04
SPICED FRUIT PUNCH:
pEN1OJrTNr CTAJNC

SPICED FRUIT PUNCH;
REMOVING STAINS.
(ThankS to Mrs. w. T. B.,
Washington
Here is a recipe for punch using
neither tea nor liquor that was re-
quested by a reader some time ago
Spiced fruit punch: lemons.
small oranges, l cup granulated
sugar, cup seedless raisins, l quart
canned pineapple juice, 3-inch
stick cinnamon, 8 whole cloves, or
a cardamon seeds, y teaspoon
cumin, Z teaspoon salt.
Remove thin outer skin of 2
oranges and lemons with sharp
knife. Mix with sugar, cover and let
lemon juice over raisins, cover and
let soak one hour. Place the spices
in bag or cheesecloth. Add them
to the pineapple, lemon or orange
juices and raisins and bring to boil
Remove spice bag, add salt, pour
juices and raisins over sugar and
lemon and orange peel, stir until
sugar is dissolved Skim out fruit
peel and serve hot or cold in punch
glasses. Or serve cold in one of the
attractive new punch bowls made of
ice. Makes IL quarts.
Now for my problem. How do you
get rust stains out of a porcelain
sink? Thanks for the Clearing
House.
REMOVING GREASE SPOT.
requested by Mrs. S. o. S.,
Arlington)
I have an urgent request to make.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

torials, columns, picture page, two
pages Of comics, including q cross
word puzzle, cartoons and a sports
page. In addition to stories car
ried in the regular editions of The
Star, the overseas issues will con-
tain summaries Of the weeks news
IN Washington and articles of spe-
cial interest to District servicemen.
In an editorial in the first issue,
the editors explain to the service
men that they "win make an effort
each week to give you a picture OF
how things 60 here at home, what
people are thinking about, how
they are getting along with such
'hardships' don't laugh as ration
ing and what they are talking
about"
"The last would be easy" the ed.
itorial concludes. They are talk.
ing about you-about the astonish.
ing things that you, who make oul
army, navy and marines, are doing
And they are mostly thinking about
how good it will be to have yor
| back"
Evening star., 1944-09-03

the bulk of the 9th was transferred
secretly over the Apennines to the
Adriatic coast in a maneuver remi-
niscent of the one that broke the
German lines at El Alamein.
The British struck from Pesaro
on the Adriatic to 20 miles inland so
Unexpectedly that the Germans
were caught in the act of relieving
one division and unpacking mines
The 8th-British, Canadians. In
dians and Poles-ripped and tore
through the stoutest defenses. The
line broke Thursday, and Yesterday
the Army was from 3 to miles
deep into the belt of fortifcations
and still hammering the Germans
back.
Not even fresh reserves and tanks
halted their rush, and a spokesman
said that for all practical purposes
the Germans were whipped.
1t was disclosed that Prime Min
lister Churchill watched the first
days battle with Gen. Alexander
and Gen. Leese from an observation
post near the Metauro River.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

diers from the District to do So"
AS for his stand on the Summers
Capper amendment, the Senator
said he was not familiar with the
resolution. 1t was read to him with
emphasis on
The Congress shall have pow
er to provide that there shall be
in the Congress and among the
electors of President and Vice
President members elected by the
people of the District constitut-
ing the seat of the Government
of the United States, in such
numbers and with such powers
as the Congress shall determine.
All legislation hereunder shall be
subject to amendment and re-
peal"
Approves Off Record.
The Senator adjusted his glasses
I'm for it in principle" he said
but I wouldn't want The Star tc
tie me down to that language"
Senator Mcfarland, Democrat, OF
IA Aholld was IlOIlCOllllIllJIdl.
why not solve the problem by
moving the Capital out to Arizona
We'd give you all a vote"
That" said the reporter, sounds
like exchanging climate where it
gets to be 80 to one where it gets
to be ITO. And your remark leaves
you open to this invidious COMPARE
son: The District has supplied the
Army with great many more SOL
diers than has Arizona"
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of
West Virginia was familiar with
the question. since he was on a
three-man subcommittee which held
hearing on national representa-
tion for the District in 1941. He
approved votes for the District but
would only vote for a plan COM
bining home rule by a governing
body that would levy taxes for
water, highway and police services
combined with national represen-
tation.
And then we legislators would
need some protection" he said. Il