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Evening star., 1944-01-24

finishes, because it has a smooth
washable surface of lasting beauty
and can be both decorative and
utilitarian. There will be a choice
Of many natural wood finishes, or II
the householder prefers, the surface
may be painted.
One Of the interesting things
about wood is the means by which
its inherent strength may be in
creased. For instance a board two
inches thick has tremendous
strength given it by nature in the
trees, but two 1-inch boards bound
tightly together by one of the newly
discovered CLUES are stronger than
the single 2-inch board. Their
varying grains cause them to re-
inforce each other.
The usefulness of wood has been
greatly expanded by the adhesives
which bind so tightly that under
tests the wood itself breaks before
the glue line cracks. This brings up
another interesting point; the ira
ditional process has been one Of
AAoAAA6 oAldA PACSCc AAOlA 1d1 &c
pieces-that Is, producing boards
and small timbers from trees. How
ever, through lanination this proc
ess has been reversed, so that we can
now make large pieces from small
pieces and consequently use our trees
more efficiently. Ships kees sue
cessfully made in this way prove
that normal construction demands
never tax the capacity of wood
lamination.
Wood has replaced many materials
during the war and some of these
requirements will become perma-
nent. Trees are a potentially dura-
BILE resource and because our forests
will grow they need never run out.
From now on you may plan that
as your war savings grow, your wood
is also growing to complete your
household plans when the war is
over. In addition to this thousands
Of new experiments are being made
daily which will turn over to you
tried and tested new materials for
home use.
Evening star., 1944-01-24

optional, water may take its place. i.
Into q little bag were tied 4 table
spoonful Of pepper corns. two bay
leaves and 4 few whole cloves.
When the vegetables were abso-
lutely soft and really done, the spice
bag was removed and dozen oys-
ters were added to the liquid. When
this mixture came to a boil, 1t was
poured into jar and set aside to
cool.
The feature OF the oysters on
the half shell was the sauce mig
nonette" very good, but little
known. It is served just as ordi-
nary cocktail sauce is served. The
sauce is made like this: For eight
servings, take half a cup Of pepper
corns and break them into coarse
bits Mix together with half a cup
Of finely minced onions, a few cel-
cry seeds, and moisten with enough
white or tarragon vinegar to make
q "runny mush." Then 60 on as
with tomato cocktail sauce. This
sauce results in grand oyster flavor.
Oyster pies are famous through
the New England shore sections.
The first thing to do is to have
ready 4 cupful OF oysters for each
guest. To this Is added enough
oyster broth to provide gravy" for
the pie.
Next, there must be made enough
biscuit dough to cover the pie dish
a deep baking pan or casserole.
Then the baking dish is well but
tered with butter or substitute.
Then pour In the oysters and the
liquid.
Figuring on a pie for eight, make
butter and flour and water thick
ening and stir in. Then add salt
and pepper to taste and the juice
Of q lemon. That's all as far as
innards" 90. This Is an oyster pie
and not to be confused with a
chowder full OF potatoes and bacon
and celery.
Over this place the biscuit dough
and bake in = hot oven until the
crust is we'll baked and medium
brown-about half an hour at about
425 to 400 degrees.
1t is shame to spoil this dinner
with q wrong dessert, and in this
instance the best one is a bowl
OF mixed raw fruit, well chilled, and
some cheeses. tapering of with an
abundance OF coffee.
Evening star., 1944-01-24

Contributions and requests
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Please do not be impatient if
1t takes few days for your
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The great number of letters
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Evening star., 1944-01-24
Dix Says

Johns wife can't get along with
mother. Percy's wife has social
aspirations and simply won't have
a homely old woman on the prem
ises. Mother drives Sally's husband
to drink by lecturing him on the
evils Of tobacco every time he lights
a cigarette. Becky's husband re-
fuses to have mother around be-
cause he wants his house and his
wife to himself, without any third
party on the listening post.
So what's to be done with mother?
Mother can't change. She can't
make herself over into a brilliant
and scintillating conversationalist
after she has been simple babbler
all of her life. She can't keep from
being repeater and telling the
same dull stories over and over
again. She can't keep her fingers
out Of her children's pies. nor re-
frain from trying to run everybody
around her. She can't keep silent
about the way her grandchildren
do. She IS as she is and as age
mas maze QeT.
And what are the son and daughter
to do who see their homes being
broken up by dear, good old
woman, whom they love and whom
they would rather die than hurt,
yet who cannot ignore their re-
sponsibility to their own families?
Shall they let grandma drive their
husbands and wives away from them
and their children to the streets?
Or shall they shut their own doors
on the poor old lady?
The comfortable family hotel, the
nice boarding house, or a little
apartment of her own seems the
only logical solution of the situa-
ton when money does not have
to be considered. but even that is
not the answer. because the old do
Evening star., 1944-01-24

The greatest and most insoluble
problem in the world Is what to do
with old people, especially old
mothers, yet it is one with which
millions Of people have to wrestle
every day Of their lives. And no
one has found out any way to settle
the dilemma without some one being
offered up as sacrifice on the
family altar.
If human nature swas what 1t
should be, grand and noble and
altruistic and patient and under
standing and sympathetic, then
grandma would be a welcome figure
at every flreside. But, alas, human
nature isn't constructed along those
lines to any considerable extent.
For the most part, it is selfish and
possessive and arrogant and i'm
patient of control and rebellious at
being bored, and that is what makes
1t regard having to take care of
grandma in her declining years as
an affliction it does not rate.
OF course, there are many excep-
tions to this rule. There are angelic
old people who are so wise and
sweet and delightful to live with
that their mere presence is bene-
diction on any home, and whose
children and children's children and
even their in-laws cherish them and
fight for the privilege of having
them live with them. But the ma
jority of old people are cranky and
set IN their ways, and feel that they
have just as much right to control
their middle -aged children as they
did when they were tiny tots in
rompers.
This brings about a heartbreak-
ing situation for which apparently
there is no remedy, people being
what they are. For here is, on the
one hand, the woman who has been
a good mother. She has given her
life to her children's service. She
bore them in agony. She spent
sleepless nights watching over their
sickbeds. She toiled to feed and
clothe them. She went shabby that
they might be as well dressed as the
other youngsters She literally
starved to send them to college.
She laid up nothing for the future
because she was so sure that her
children would always want her
with them, and that in her old age
she would find soft refuge In their
homes.
And her children are not always
ungrateful. Many pay their debt
to her with the pound of flesh
nearest their hearts by remaining
old maids and old bachelors in order
to take care Of her. Many others
are forced to WEIGH on their obliga-
ton by circumstances that are be-
yond their control. They have mar
ried and their meager incomes
barely support their own families.
They cannot take on another mouth
to feed. or find room for another
in their overcrowded houses.
Then there comes in the in-law
difficulty. No married person is
free agent in domestic matters.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Club de Teudi
By Arthur II. Deufe.

Oysters have been accused of
many deeds and given credit for
many virtues. but 1t took the studi-
Gus qualifications of one Of the men,
bers Of the Club de Jeudi to prove
that oysters have been responsible
for the conclusion Of at least one
great war-the War Between the
States. And as his authority, he
offers none less than Mr.. Lloyd
Lewis, the writer Of the great book
on Gen. w. T. Sherman.
According to Mr.. Lewis, Sherman's
army moving from the West to the
East and North began to hear
rumors Of the wonderful supply Of
fine. fat oysters which filled the
waters Of the Atlantic, not too many
marches away. Once the men made
sure of the facts in the matter, they
leaped forward with renewed life
and energy. Oysters lay ahead. AL
obstacles we're pushed aside. The
men in gray could not Withstand the
rush Of the men In blue, with the
army Of oysters in salt water, beck
oning them on. The combination
of the Northern armies and the
army of oysters proved entirely too
much. In an amazingly short time,
the Sherman soldiers reached the
Atlantic and at Beaufort, N. c.,
they tossed aside their impedimenta
rolled up their trousers and waded
out into the oyster beds. 1t is said
that even to this day those beds
have never quite recovered from the
massacre OF oysters.
So, with this belated knowledge
of the value of oysters, the Club de
Jeudrs male chefs, went manfuuy
to work. This was an oyster party,
pure and simple. The menu:
Picked Oysters as Appetizer.
Oysters on the Halt Shell
With Mignonette Sauce
Cape Cod Oyster Pie
ColesldD Popcorn
Contributed Fruits and Cheeses
Coffee and Good Conversation
The picked oysters were made
ready the day before and were
served cold as preliminary nibble
before dinner.
First, couple Of carrots, couple
Of stalks or celery and an onion were
cut fine and boiled tender. Then
the water was drained OF and
replaced with cup Of vinegar and
cup Of dry white wine (the wine is
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Round About the House

II you are saving War Bonds with
which to buy . home after the war
be prepared for some pleasant sur
prises in this connection, especially
with regard to wood as your building
and decorating materials.
Improved plywood is Just one ex-
ample of the many products OBJ
tainable from an increasingly ver-
satile resource; our forests. Many
people retain early impressions of
plywood as q not too durable ma
terial used mainly in low cost homes.
These individuals will be quite un-
prepared to recognize postwar ply
wood, which has been developed
under the compulsion OF war de-
mands.
Plywood now stands the most
grueling tests of stress and weather
It has made possible some of the
fastest craft ever built by man.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
By Marfarsf NosceH

both in the air and on the sea, and
its ability to Withstand heat, cold,
and exposure to extremes OF the
elements Is far beyond any demands
your home may make upon it.
Chemical research has discovered
the proper CLUES and enduring nm
ishes to produce this plywood of
many uses. You will be able to bend
1t into broad or sharp curves, at the
same time retaining its strength and
beauty. Hollow tubes as light as
q feather, yet structurally strong,
will form decorative pillars which
may be any desired length without
joints. The tubing can even be
made to go around corners. Wood
IN this form may also be used to
conceal modern illumination.
Many Of you may choose plastic
impregnated plywood for interior
Evening star., 1944-01-24
ROAST BEEF REHEATED.
Thanks to Mrs. r. W. r.,
Greenbelt, Md

TO reta1n original rareneSs, have
found the double-boiler method most
desirable. Half an hour before sup
per place double boiler on stove with
plenty Of boiling water in lower Sec
ton so entire utensil may be thor
oughly preheated. Ten minutes be-
fore serving simply put in upper
section required quantity of sliced
roast beef, replace cover.
Your page is indeed a wonderful
contribution to housewives, and more
than merits the enthusiastic praise
and support of its beneficiaries.
Evening star., 1944-01-24

not live by bread alone. They must
have love. They must have their
own about them to be happy. They
have no interest in life except their
children and what their children
and grandchildren are doing and
thinking. and when you take that
away from them they have nothing
left,
Evening star., 1944-01-24
(Thdnks to Miss L. X. E.,
WdShinQton,)
(Thdnks to Mrs. V. p,
Greenbelt, Md


In answer to Mrs. v. j. rs request
for ways to cook spinach, am sub
mitting our favorite recipe: "One
Dish Meal"
Two and one-half cups cooked or
canned spinach, teaspoon salt, u
teaspoon pepper, l tablespoon lemon
juice, 8 hard-cooked eggs, thinly
sliced, y pound American cheddar
cheese, diced; 3 cups mashed pota-
toes.
Mix spinach, salt, pepper and
lemon juice. Place half the mixture
in buttered baking dish vegetable
shortening or bacon drippings will
do), and cover with layer of half
the sliced, cooked eggs and half the
cheese. Add layer Of remaining
spinach, eggs and cheese. Border
with mashed potatoes. Bake in a
moderate oven (350 degrees) about
80 minutes or until potatoes are
delicately Drowned. Yield: Six por-
tions.
Here is a recipe for mock hol-
landaise, which Z have not tried, but
Evening star., 1944-01-24
Readers Clearing House

which I thought might be appro-
PIRATE at this time, as it requires no
butter.
Heat one cup salad dressing in
top part Of double boiler for 10 min
utes. Blend in tablespoons lemon
juice, mixing well. Serve at once.
Makes l cup sauce.
This is my first contribution to the
Clearing House, and high time, as I
have benefited so much from the
contributions of others. The recipe
for soft white cookies. sent by Mrs.
A. T., was just what I'd been looking
for.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We tDiSh to express our appre-
citation for contributions sent in
oy Mrs. M. E. W, Manassas; Mrs.
V. r. J. Mrs. c. A. A., Mrs. A. r.
L., Mrs. J. M. T. and Mrs. M. B.
OF Washington. We hope to pub
Itsh these as soon as space per-
mtts.
Evening star., 1944-01-24
RECIPES WANTED?

1OCSAI Co w hlN ell:
Requested By Mrs. C. H.,
Washington
would be most grateful if some
one would send a recipe for prune
cake to the Clearing House. The
one have reference has the prunes
cooked, seeded and chopped before
putting into the cake. This is q
good, nourishing cake and doesn't
dry out. Would also like recipe
for good applesauce cake and ice
cream recipes to be made in elec-
trio refrigerator I enjoy the Clear.
ing House and read it every day.
WOOL SOCKS.
(Thdnks to Mrs. r. A. H.,
Manassas
would like to tell Mrs. D. G. o1
Annapolis not hang all-wool socks
out Of doors, as they will freeze
CHINESE RECIPES.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. B. B., Arlington.)
Here is a recipe for sweet and
sour pork for Mrs. c. H. E.
One pound raw pork Cor spare
RIBS, l cup sugar, ! cup vinegar,
teaspoon salt, large green pepper
2 slices canned pineapple, 4 table
spoons cornstarch, l teaspoon soy
sauce (optionaD, l egg (optionaD
Cut pork into 1-inch cubes, OF
1-inch pieces, rib wide, dip in egg
mixed with 2 teaspoons cornstarch
or in soy sauce mixed with 2 tea
spoons cornstarch. Fry pork in deep
fat. In separate pan heat vinegar
and u cup water, add green pepper
salt and sugar Boil / minute. Add
rest of cornstarch, which has been
made into smooth paste, stir con-
sequently, add pork and pineapple
Mrs. c. H. E. can experiment with
this recipe till she produces just
the results she wants.
Egg Roll (Tchrun Cuen): 2 cups
flour, n pound water chestnut flour
2 eggs shredded canned bamboo
shoots, cup shredded roast pork
"a pound fresh shrimps, " cul
scallions, chopped fine; 3 cups wa
ter, u cup chopped peeled water
chestnuts, IL tablespoon salt, w
tablespoon gourmet powder, table
spoon sugar, dash of pepper.
Mix both flours, add eggs and beat
well. Add 3 cups water. Use a
9-inch frying pan. Grease pan
thoroughly and heat till very hot
Put about 4 teaspoons of mixture
into pan, shaking pan to spread
into thin layer. Pour any excess
mixture back into the bowl. When
slightly brown tYrn over and heat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
WAR VETERANS
 PLAN DINNERS
First Tonight at Bridge. port, Other Tomorrow at
 Bond, Hartford

New Haven, Oct. i8-Dinners at the stratfield Hotel in Bridgeport
 onight and in the Bond Hotel, Hartford, Thursday evening fois lowed by c statewide rally Sunday, october 20th at the Bushnell Nee morial in Hartford, will complete this week the organization for the State of Connecticut of the War Veterans Division of the Democratic National Committee, State Chair- man Dennis P. O'Connor of Hart- ford announced today.
 Adrian w. Maher, Chairman, Democratic State Central Commit- tee: O'Connor, Brien McMahon, candidate for the U. S. Senate; and Judge John Keohg of Norwalk will address the guests ct the Stratfield. Ex-C x-Congressmaa James A. shanley of New Haven will be the main speaker in Hartford.
 U. s. Rep. John Mccormack (D.s MasS.) speaker of the House of Representatives and former Yankee Division veteran, will be the prin- cipal speaker ct the Bushnell Me- moriai on Sunday. october 2oth. The Stratfifeld Hotel dinner to- morrow night will Dc for the chair men and their workers from the Towns of Fairfield and New Haven Counties. The Hartford dinner will be for the workers from the Hartford, Holland, Windham. Mids dlesex and New London Counties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18

Peter B. Higgins Of Torrington, Democratic candidate for congress ln the fifth congressional district, declared today that Congressman Joseph Talbot and 0ow Dewey should get together on whether the smith Connally Antl-labor act was good or bad legislation.
 MT. Higgins said;
 m an address before the Women's Republican club Monday night. MT. Talhot said he voted for the smith, Connally act because of his opposi- ton to strikes and his interest in the fighting men overseas, Tn Q speech at Seattle on Sept, ls, Gov, Dewey denounced the law, saying it had added to the number of strikes.
 ''Mr. Talbot and Mir. Dewey are at odds with each other and both are at odds with the facts in dif- ferent ways. Mir. Talbot voted for legislation inviting strikes and legaliEing them, which was Q say. age blow at our fighting men, and Gov. Dewey, while denouncing the measure, falsely said 1t was New Deal legislation.
 1T opposed this measure at the time congress was deliberOting on it. President Roosevelt vetoed 1t, MT. Talbot voted to override the veto, The measure became law making it legal for any group of workers to strike provided they gave nbtlse of intent
 ''How MT. Talbot failed to read the plain English of that act and understand its dangerous terms, must be Q mystery to all who have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
ARTHUR DU BOYS
 BUFFALO GUEST
Waterbury to Be Repre-. scented at Y National
 Council Farley Oct. 20

0. Arthur Dubois will represent the Waterbury Y, M. o. A. at the centennial meeting of the National Council of the Y. M. 0. A, October 20 at Buffalo, New York, it was ans nounced this morning by General Secretary Herbert s. Smith,
 MT. DuHois will report for the Ma tlonal Industrial Services commit tee of which he Is Q member. Fea- tured speakers at the meeting will bo Senator Harold 8, Burton ot Ohio and Senator Llstor Hill of AL abama. Urgent topics on the agendo will be how the Y, M, O, A, can best serve young men returning from the armed forces, how 1t can be of the most help to NdoleScent youth in wartime and the period of read' justment that will follow, work among college students, youth in in- dustry, and the development oi world -mindedness md Q responsible citizenship among all young people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
FRAN SHEEHY
 TO HEAD H|-Y
Jack ThOms Elected Vice. President of Interclub
 Council Last Night

The first meeting of the Hl-Y 1il- ter-club Council was held last eVen- ing at the Central Y. M, 0, A. A slate of officers was elected as fol- lows: Francis sheehy, president; Jack Thomas, vice president, Tom Rosa, secretary; John WolkowsEi treasurer. Twelve clubs were present with two members from each club serving on the inter-club council.
 Committee chairmen were ap- pointed by the president as follows Joe Kelley, chairman of the physical committee: Raymond Korbusiski and Al Russo, his associates; Ronald Slager, chairman of the social coin- mittee assisted by Maurice Noonan and Jack Naylor; Joe Lombard chairman of the membership com mittee assisted by Jerry D'Ambrosi and Harris Knight; George FrantNs chairman of the program committee with Tony Russo and Bob Coleman as members. It was decided to hold the inter-club council meeting on every second Tuesday,
 The Council voted to allow oil tel- lows eighten years old and who were In Hi-Y clubs last year to partici- pate in oil lily activities including athletic leagues until such time as they arc inducted into the service, This was Q major move on the part of the Hi-Y Council. All eighteen year olds must compete with the clubs of which they were c member last year. Gordon 0entles, assistant to William Carr in the High school work, acted as club advisor last evening,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18

Major J. Peter COstIgan, veteran of World War I and II has been named chairman of the local retail division for tho sixth War Loan Drive.
 Mr. Costisan succeeds Clyde M. Jennings who declined re-n0mina- tlon after serving in the position during the previous five war loan campaign.
 Mir. Costlgan will attend . treass ury department meeting in Hartford on Thursday as his. first official act as chairman. No quotas have yet been set for Che sixth War Loan Drive but pre-estimates reveal the possibility of lower quotas than the last drive. Local retail merchants have always succeeded in attaining better than their quota goals in ell drives, under the past chalFmanshlp of Mir. Jennings. The Sixth War Loan Campaign is scheduled tO get underway Nov. 20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
LITTLE DAMAGE IN
 FIRE LAST NIGHT

Naugatuck, oct. lS = Very little damage resulted from Q fire in Q pile of rubber bufflngs on the Naug. atuck Chemical ground, Cherry street, extension, last night, Face tory Manager P. E, Rice, said. today. The borough fire department and flremen of the company fought the blaze about on hour before it was brought under control.
 About 9:S0 last night the fire, which had been smoldering since Sunday, spread and the local de- partment was summoned by an alarm from Box i4. The fire was brought under control c short time later and recall was sounded.
 MT. Rice explained that the rubs Der bufflngs were from various scrap rubber which had been convrted inc to Q powder substance which was stored in teh lot. No rubber tires were damaged by the blaze, he add- ed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
ExpIosion KiIIS lananaee PW

Camp Mccoy, Sparta, WIs,, oct. 1os--t tgjp1-eA JapaneDe pFlsonor nk Was was Killed and five others Wefb injured in the explosion Of Q rocket bomb which they had eflueeIed into their barracks at tho military training camp here tho night ot Oct, 1o, authorities amounted today,
 Tho bomb apparently WAS picked Up by 6 work detail, Col. George M. MacAkuilin, post coEnniatidaiit, said. He declined to reveal other details of explain tho purpose Of smuggling the high explosive Into tho barracks
 Camp Mccoy b one Of the few places Of committeeman for tho iess than 20 Japanese prisoners Of war held in the United States, federal authorities announced recently. Their quarters here Are separate from those of prisoners from other Axis countries, They participate in work details under guard, but have not been assigned to harvest and canning jobs such ag these assigned to Nazi prisoners,