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Evening star., 1944-09-25
The Club de Ieudi Dimes

Members of the Club de Jeudi-or
Thursday Club, originating in the
days when there were maids to take
Thursdays off-enjoyed trans
continental dinner at their get
together last week.
The host of the evening. who was
also the planner and chef of the
dinner, produced the following
menu:
First-courSe Salad, California
Breast OF Chicken on Ham,
Kentucky
Boiled Potato Balls, Maine
Tomatoes and Okra, South Carolina
Sweet Potato Pie, TEXAS
Coffee, Louisiana.
The salad, served as a first course
Is a West Coast custom that is we'll
worth adopting. The ingredients are
refreshing and appetizing and seem
to clear the palate happily for the
richer viands to come. In this in
stance, the salad was served already
arranged on chilled plates and con-
sisted of lettuce cups filed with
shredded cabbage. carrots and beets,
topped with finely chopped green
and red peppers and dressed with a
French dressing made with a mini
mum of oil, salt, pepper and a shot
OF lemon juice and bit of mustard.
The breast of chicken on ham
sounds more elaborate than it is.
A couple of breasts for each serving
were bought from a poultry dealer
who sold chicken by the piece" An
equal number Of ham slices-in this
case the Smithf1eld type-were pur-
chased to 60 with them. The chick
en- breasts were wiped with a damp
cloth, salted and peppered and then
poached in mixture of canned
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they were checked for seasoning
and served together in a deep bowl
There is special restaurant in
Waco, Tex, that has long been
noted for its sweet potato pie. This
recipe, used at the dinner by the
amateur male chef, was begged,
borrowed or stolen from that very
spot:
Enough cooked and mashed sweet
potatoes to make about IN cups
were mixed with 4 cup of evapor: :
ated milk, and l cupful of sugar
To these were added a generous a
teaspoon each Of cinnamon, ginger
allspice, nutmeg and salt. These
were cooked together until thick.
Then the yolks of eggs were beaten
in with 2 tablespoons of melted
butter or margarine, l tablespoon
Of brandy and l tablespoon of GEL
atine that had been dissolved in
4 cup cold water.
This was allowed to cool until the
mixture began to harden, when the
beaten egg whites were folded in
and the whole poured into a baked
pie shell. This was set in the re-
frigerator to chill before serving
And then it was served with cream
or scoops Of vanilla ice cream on
the side.
The Louisiana coffee was simply
drip coffee, made very strong and
heavily sWeetened.
Evening star., 1944-09-25

boys, and he will still be a small
boy when you are ready to marry.
A boy friend three or four years
older than you are is your best bet
90 If you are a little shy on
looks, compensate for the lack of
them by developing other attrac-
tons. The beautiful can be dumb
and get away with it, but the
plain lockers have to have a line
If you are always entertaining and
amusing, if you are a good dancer
and play a crackerjack game of
bridge, if you fit in anywhere and
help make any party a success and
particularly if you make every boy
who takes you out feel that he is
giving you the time of your life,
you can turn all the living picture
girls to the wall.
a. kissing is comman and
highly inSanitary diversion, so in
dulge in it as little as possible.
Make your kisses few and far be-
tween and hard to get if you want
boy to value them.
80 Never tell boy that you love
him. Keep him guessing. Nothing
scares boy off SO quickly as to
find out that girl is chasing him.
Evening star., 1944-09-25
First Aid for RUGS
By Dorothy BihInan

Oh, for the good old days when
we could simply call a reputable
rug cleaner and know they would
pick up our valuable rug within q
few hours after an accident had
happened to it! Those days aren't
gone forever, but at the present
time we can't count on this excel
lent peacetime service.
It's q wise idea to be prepared
for an accident and know just what
care and repair can be effectively
made. at home. An authority on
the Character and care of hand
hooked, Oriental and Persian rugs
offered these suggestions and they
should prove helpful to the harassed
housewife of 1914.
Should the Boy Scout spill ink or
iodine, as quickly as possible place
an empty pan beneath the rug at
the stained spot and pour milk
over the stain, allowing it to soak
for a while. Later, when the spot
has disappeared. use cleaning fluid
to remove any grease left by the
milk. This same method may be
NAoSN w ACAAA0VC ally S1CdAly SuU.
stance, such as ice cream-with hot
water being used in place of the
milk. However, If this doesn't
work for you, in the latter case
rub the spot with q clean cloth
dipped in soap suds, then rinse with
clear hot water and finish with q
treatment OF carbon tetrachloride
applied with a gentle massage.
Fireplace SCOT or that soft-coal
variety that pour in the windows
Of Washington dwellings, can be
eliminated with hardly any trouble
at all. Simply cover the spots with
dry salt, then sweep and youll find
they both come out together.
Don't wait to have an accident
caused by moths. Do everything
you can to prevent this. Spray
your rugs periodically with a good
moth preventive. II, to your hor-
ror, they've already done a little
work, soak the affected part in a
good cleaning fluid. This will kill
any eggs that might be left. Then
place the rug in the sun and air.
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chicken broth and white wine until
they were tender Care must be
taken, in preparing the chicken this
way, that the liquid is replenished
as fast as it tends to cook out
When the chicken breasts were
tender-about an hour should suf-
fice-they were set to one side,
while the liquid in which they were
cooked was boiled down a bit more.
To 1t was added the contents Of a
can Of condensed cream Of mush-
room soup that had not been di-
luted. These were stirred together
until smooth and well blended and
then, seasoned with salt and pep
per and a good dash OF sherry. The
chicken breasts. which had been
kept hot over boiling water, were
placed on the slices Of ham, and
the sauce poured over them. And a
very good dish. indeed.
The boiled potatoes were little
balls scooped out of peeled raw po-
tatoes with a ball cutter, steamed
in salted water until soft, but not
mushy, and then dressed with salt,
pepper, butter and finely minced
chives or green onion tops
AS for that great old southern
dish. tomatoes with okra-the
smallest okra pods were chosen, left
whole, and stewed with fresh or
canned tomatoes until tender Then
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This method is not guaranteed, but
you might try 1t before calling your
rug expert.
After dinner coffee served in the
living room will always put a wor-
ried expression on the hostess face.
Nine times out Of ten nothing will
happen, but oh! that tenth time!
II the coffee should make contact
with the rug be nonchalant until
the guests leave. Then dash for
the yolk Of an egg and warm water.
Make this into paste and lather
the spot as you would with soap.
II the stain has been allowed to
stand too long, add a few drops Of
alcohol to the mixture for better
results. Be careful Of this though
for the alcohol may affect colors.
Rinse well with clear water.
Fruit stains will usually disappear
II treated with hot boiling if pos
sible) water. A little elbow grease"
and cloth might prove necessary,
too. When the rug is dry sponge
with carbon tetrachloride. This
wonder liquid also dislodges sticky
chewing gum. However, try to re-
move all you can of the gooey mass
with dull knife before applying the
liquid. Rubbing an ice cube over
the gum first makes the Job easier.
Undoubtedly your mans best
friend" is well housebroken, but If
he should misbehave!s sponge the
stain quickly with a clean cloth, wet
with luke warm soap suds. Then
rinse well with a clean cloth dam
pened with cold water Here's hop
ing you'll find the stain has disap-
peared, for the only other remedy is
to apply mixture of one part am
monia and five parts water. OF this
you must be careful, for the am
monia may harm the color of your
rug.
according to reliable sources car
bon tetrachloride is used to dissolve
and flush out stains. 1t should be
applied by the sponging method, has
no effect on f1bers and almost none
on dyes. However, use your own
judgment in using the liquid. We
advise you to be careful)
Evening star., 1944-09-25
Dorothy Dix Saws

Dear Dorothy Dix: Will you
please answer these questions for
me? Cd Don't you think a girl of
Is is old enough to date regularly
and to take care Of herself? My
parents do not want me to go out
with so many different boys, but I
am certainly long way from being
engaged, and who wants to go with
the same boy all the time?
co Is it all right for a girl to 60
with boy who is younger than she
is? 90 How can girl attract boys
when she is not exactly pretty, but
just good-looking? (4 What about
kissing? When should a girl kiss
boy? If she should not kiss him on
the first date, when? 81 Should
a girl tell a boy that she has fallen
in love with him? c. D.
Answer: Cd Well, daughter, a
girl of Is is old enough to begin
having dates, but not too many and
the dates should not stay too late
1t is part OF her education to learn
how to handle men and how to
size them up. If she doesn't acquire
TINS technique along with her other
schooling. she never gets it. But at
16 no girl knows how to take care
of herself. She needs mama to pro-
tect her and to teach her the ropes
and see that she gets in with the
right crowd and doesn't do the
wrong things.
Your parents are wrong in OBJ
jecting to your going out with so
many different boys. That is your
salvation, for there is safety in
numbers and if you play around
with a lot Of different boys, you are
not going to imagine yourself in
love with any one of them. Be-
sides, it gives you a chance to look
them all over and see which one
you really like best.
|2) 1t is all right for girl to go
with a boy who is younger than
she is, but there isn't much profit
in it. Girls develop faster than
Evening star., 1944-09-25
BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE.

LdndOUer HtilS, Md./
In answer to the request of Mrs
w. A. l.. for ButterScotch Sauce. !
would like to submit my favorite
recipe, which is so simple, and the
best have ever discovered to date
I believe it is just what she is
looking for:
Evening star., 1944-09-25

Betsy CaSweU.
Evening star., 1944-09-25

brushes for washing potatoes, ETC.,
after allowing pan to soak In soaI
and water.
Can some one tell me how to re.
move all the paraftln from the par
after 1t has been melted for sealing
jars Of jelly, ETC.? There always
seems to be a film of wax left in tn,
saucepan no matter how much
wash and wipe.
X \ X X
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent In by Mrs.
c. G. r., Chevy Chase, and Mrs.
S. M. L., Arlington, has been
forwarded to the readers inter-
ested Many thanks.
Also, thanks to Miss II. B.,
Washington, for her letter, lUhich
i0e hope to print as soon as space
permits.
PORK KIDNEY RECIPES;
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
(ThankS to Mrs. E. w. X,
Siluer Spring.
Pork Kidneys: These do not have
the strong odor or taste of beef kid
neyS. and must not be boiled or
they will be tough Put kidneys in
warm water over low heat for 10
minutes. Meanwhile, fry out 4-6
slices of bacon. Remove bacon to
platter and pour off most of the fat
Drain kidneys, split, sprinkle with
salt, pepper and -four, put in hot
bacon fat and cook 10 minutes over
low heat. Serve with bacon.
Pork Kidney Stew: Simmer kid
neys as directed above. In a heavy
frying pan put tablespoons fat OF
drippings. Slice small onion anc
when brown remove from the fat
Add 3 tablespoons flour, mixing in
gradually l teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce, 2 tablespoons ketchup. salt
pepper and a little kitchen bouquet
if darker gravy is desired. Add
kidney liquor slowly so there will be
no Jumps.
Slice kidneys very thin, add to
gravy and bring to boil for min
uteS. Serve with hot biscuits.
The secret Of good kidney stew is
not cooking it too quickly or at too
high heat.
Use brightly cOlOred tea towels as
doilies instead of tablecloths. Laun-
der easily and save your linen.
Cut several 5-inch squares of
cloth, using old tea towels, bath
towels, etc. Be sure to have enough
thicknesses. Overcast edges or bind
with tape. Attach loop or metal
rings and you have fine potholder
Clean and dry garbage pail. Warm
and melt parawax or candle ends,
rolling the can about so the wax
Evening star., 1944-09-25

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address;
we will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The Eve
ming Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star. and, as it Is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them.
BETSY CaS1peU.
Evening star., 1944-09-25
By Barbara Bell

You'll look pretty at your house.
hold tasks In this fitted button -on
frock. It's such a pleasant frock to
work in you'll want more than one!
The smooth lines and action back
are designed for comfort and free
dom of movement, tco. Do 1t up In
crisp cotton. percales, ginghams.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1874 is
designed for size 80, "a, 36, 50, 40,
~, A and IS. Size "a requires 4
yards Of 39-inch material; contrast
Ing collar, 2. yard. For trimming,
AZ yards ric-rac.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, the Washington Star, Post o.
nee Box %, Station g, New York
~. N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-09-25

Despite its dainty fuffiness. this
gay garment is a serviceable kitchen
apron. CThink ahead to Christmas
Time to start making gifts?)
Pattern envelope contains tissue
pattern pieces and hot-iron trans
fers for apron; also full directions
Send Is cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R2026 to Needle Arts Depart.
ment, The Washington Star. P. o.
Box l72, Station D, New York 3
N. Y. Please include your postal
zone number,
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Readers Clearing House

comes up an inch on the sides. Thi.
prevents rusting. Line can with
newspaper or use paper bags, ane
the garbage is easily. emptied.
CLEANING INDIAN DRUGGET;
REQUESTED by Miss E. r,
Washington
I should be glad If any reader
could tell me the best way to clear
rugs Of Indian drugget.
II X X 4
FRUIT CAKES?
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. E. p,
Washington
This request may seem a bit early
but I intend to bake fruit cakes a.
Christmas gifts this year and an
anxious to get started on sample.
of various ones to make my choice
so will some Of your kind reader.
send in their recipes? I am particu.
la,ly interested in the Shenandoah
Valley fruit cake and the graham
cracker uncooked fruit cake, both Of
which appeared last year, and which
for some unknown reason I did not
save.
Editors Note: Although Ue
do not often use, space to reprint
recipes, it there Is a great enough
demand ,De make an exception.
We haze already had several
other requests for these t,Do fruit
cake recipeS, Which Uc haze
filled by mail; it many other
readers Would like to haze them
reprinted. please 1Urite in and ,De
,Dtll try to do so.
ALSO, 1Dould the t,Do ladies ,Uho
submitted the original recipes
be good enough to drop US a
line as to 1Dhether 1De shall re-
print the recipes as they are in
our files, or 1Uhether they desire
to make some changes in them
this year? Many thanksU
X \
CHRISTMAS COOKIES.
(Thahks to Mrs. r. H. P.
Tak0mla Park
In answer to a request for Christ
mas Cookies: Two cups sugar,
eggs, cup shortening, little salt
l cup sour milk, l teaspoon soda in
milk until it foams. 2 teaspoons bak.
ing powder in flour, a little lemon
or whatever flavor you like. Do not
mix too stiff, roll soft and cut ir
shapes Bake 10 minutes In hot
oven. When all baked. frost with
any kind of frosting, then sprinkle
with colored sugar. I have made
those for years for Christmas. AL
children like them. just use little
flour until stiff enough to roll.
BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE.
Thanks % Mrs. H. D. S.,
Ldndouer Hills, Md)
In answer to the request of Mrs
w. A. l.. for Butterscotch Sauce. !
would like to submit my favorite
recipe, which is so simple, and the
best I have ever discovered to date.
I believe 1t is just what she is
looking for:
Butterscotch Sauce: l egg yolk,
tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons
water, q cup brown sugar, q cup
corn sirup. Beat egg yolk slightly
Add remaining ingredients and cook
over hot water, stirring frequently
until it forms a thick sirup. Beat
thoro,1oh1y hofnro ,1Sipo
Evening star., 1944-09-25
COOKIES MADE WITH HARD
COOKED EGGS;
OTHER SUGGESTIONS.
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. S. A.,
Alexandria

Alexandria,
In reply to a request almost q year
OLD for cookie recipe using hard
cooked egg yolks: One-half cup but
ter, 2 hard-cooked egg yolks, cup
sugar, cup flour, Il teaspoon lemon
extract. Cream butter, add egg yolks
pressed through sieve and cream in
sugar. Add sifted floursand flavor
ing. Put thrCueh cooky press onto
cooky sheet. Decorate with bit Of
candied cherry, if liked. Bake 10
minutes in moderately hot oven (375
degrees F.. Makes 40. From the
Boston Cooking School Cook Book,
which calls them Norwegian butter
ccokies.)
In reply to the request for mocha
cake: I have four recipes, two for
sponge cakes, one for chocolate
cake and one for a spice cake. II
the interested reader will call me
At Temple $3.50, I shall be happy to
give her the one she wants.
THANK YOU NOTE;
BOILED MILK TRICK:
REMOVING PARAFF1N?
(Thanks to Mrs. M. M. P,
Siluer Spring.
1t would take too much space to
express my full thanks to the clever
lady who contributed the ammonia
"stove cleaning" trick. Many fruit
less hours have I spent on the stove
that 1 grew to hate trying to set off
= the blackened grease, ETC., that
adorned it when l took it over. I've
used everything 1 could think of
with no results. And then I read
about the cloth saturated with am
monia-and my stove looks posi-
lively new again! The rich" comes
through once more!
If any Of you mothers who have
to boil milk for the small fry and
then struggle to remove the film in
the pan will allow it to soak for, say
10 to IS minutes, in very hot soapy
water, you'll find it will wipe out
with q cloth or your hand. For
those stubborn scorched places use
= brush Qike the small vegetable
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-26
Bond Drive
Plans Made

Prospects were assigned and
plans outlined for the part which
the Investment Securities division
OF the local War BonG Committee
Will play In the Firth War loan
drive at a meeting OF that group in
Cleary College Thursday evening
r Bruce Haig and ] n Thompson,
co-chairmen OF the division. dis.
tributed prospect lists. and spoke
briefly Of plans for the drive The
quota for the division is $500 600
approximately $4,000 over the
quota OF the last drive, it was
pointed out. Workers in this d.
vision will begin to canvass about
the first OF June, and Will attempt
10 end their drive by June Is.
Captains OF this division. each
OF which have seven workers un.
der them. include Mr. Haig and Mr..
Thompson, Alex Longneeker. Le-
Roy Bush, l.. \. Sesmans, Ian T.
Quirk and Lester Miller. Donald
". Silkworth is general cha man
Of the local drive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-26
International Meeting on
Money Called by President

Last month Morgenthau present
ed 10 Congress for informal study
broad principles OF proposed IS.
900 900 900 gold based sterilization
fund which would be used to re
store international finance and
promote world trade.
That outline was agreed TO by
Treasury technicians of 81 nations
Under it the United States would
put up around 81 500 900 COO. Great
Britain about $3.50, 100000 and
Russia about $1,000 100000 The
balance would come from other
participating nations.
Todays announcement said any
international money agreements
reached at the conference would be
subject to approval by individual
governments
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-26

Washington. May IS APP resi-
dent Roosevelt today called an in.
ternational monetary conference
to meet in this country beginning
July 10 discuss post war finan-
cisl problems.
Invitations were issued 10 AZ
countries and the French commit
tee OF national liberation at II
o'clock tEWT) this morning
The conference will be held at
Breton Woods, n. H.. and the
American delegation will be head
ed by Treasury Secretary Morgen
THAI The official name OF the
meeting will be the United Ma
tons monetary and financial con
ference
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early said other American dele
gates beside Morgenthau have not
yet been designated
Todays announcement followed
series OF conferences which Mr..
Roosevelt has held with John g.
Winant. ambassador TO Great Brit
tain. Harry d. White, monetary ex-
pert Of the Treasury. and other
specialists in international finance
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-26
Hundred Thousandth
Blade on Big Bomber

In connection with a ceremony at
the Ford operated Willow Run
Bomber plant where group Of
Nash.kelyinator and Ford officials
and Army Air Forces procurement
officers gathered TO witness the in
stallation Of the record.breaking
propeller on Ford built GonsolI
dated B24 Liberator bomber Nash
kelvinator Corporation announced
today that II has built on a mass
production basis more than 1907
600 Hamilton standard three-bladed
hydromatic propellers. in yarie
~ OF types used on 2j different Al.
lied aircraft
The 1o0.000th propeller built by
the company represents complete
assemblies but does not take into
account tens OF thousands Of spare
blades and other leplacement parts
Nash-Kelyinator has produced in
It's four Michigan plants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-26
USO Workers Attend
Toledo Conference

USo officials and volunteers
from Ypsilsnti Thursday attended
an all day workshop meeting in
Toledo. o. al which the USO was
credited with having greatly -
duced the number o, arrests Of
men in uniform. Their wcrk was
lauded by Chief II. l.. Norton.
United States Navy
Those who attended from here
were Mrs II. r. Augustus. Mrs.
g e Bachman, Miss Whit Cd
Bergstrom Miss Mariana Ros.se-
ma. Miss Alma =. Carmichael Miss
Grace Caholrs. James VI Maloney
Ms David Robb. Miss Beth Rust.
Mrs Karl Tunnieliffe and Mrs.
Robert Wizard.
A new USo service here is main.
teRs1ce OF a travellers aid desk
a. the USO center Saturday and
Sunday evenings.