Evening star., 1945-11-13
Readers Clearing House
PLANTS FOR APARTMENTq


s1Tom Mrs. q. NICK, Washington.)
Can some one suggest some house
plants that will thrive in a hot, dry
apartment?
AS l am away at work all day. my
apartment Is closed and the temper
azure averages about 80-85 degrees
Cactuses do we'll and philodendron
1airly well, bat ivy, African violets,
etc, seem to dry up within day or
so.
PLANTS FOR WINDOW?
From E. g., Washington.)
I have two rice windows with a
lovely ledge suitable for flowers and
was wondering whether any one has
some suggestions for plants.
~ X X
RICE PUDDING.
fFror, Mrs. p; /. F., Washington.)
For the reader who requested a
rice pudding recipe, I am submitting
the following:
One-half cup. washed rice, boil in
slightly salted water for u hour.
Drain in coLalder, let cold water
run over it. : Put in bowl with 4
egg yolks, l teaspoon vanilla, u cup
raisins and sugar to taste.
Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour
into creased baking dish, bake in
moderate oven until brown. Dot top
of pudding with butter.
I can recommend this rice pud-
ding, it is very tasty and always
popular.
(Fro'n Mrs. H. F. c., Washington
Mrs. A. D., Washington, recently
requested recipe for rice pudding
and I am glad to pass along one
which seems TO make a hit every
time I serve it!
Mix u cup sugar, Il teaspoon
salt, II teaspoon cinnamon, cups
milk in top of double boiler; scald,
add II cup rice. Cook in double
boiler until an milk is absorbed
tabout 2 hours, stirring occasional
ly first hour. Stir in l cup cold
milk and pour in casserole; bake in
350-degree oven about u hour until
top is brown.
Optiona-@12 cup raisins may be
added with the rice.
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TINE SCHEDULE.
From Mrs. c. L. u, Arlinqton.)
To Mrs. Pm, Washington, mother
of two small children, who wants
time schedule because things are
never the way I want them" l have
a boy 27 months and expect a baby
next month and I've come to the
conclusion that in order to give our
families a happy, serene home life
the thing to do is to pare our work
down to bare necessities. This
takes planning and throwing some
prlde out the window. For instance,
kitchen and bathroom, l think,
should always be kept clean, but
some dust and playthings on the
living room floor can be ignored. In
dong the laundry, I never iron
sheets, underwear or pajamas. For
me it is easier to sprinkle down the
night before only the things 1 can
iron in an hour or two in the morn
ing, thus leaving the afternoon free
Tor maps and airing the babies.
don't believe a mother with
small children and without a maid
can be expected to keep an i'm
maculate house. That will have to
wait until the children are older or
we can get adequate help in the
house.
My husband does the heavy gro
Gerry shopping for the week on
Friday after work. Then I shop
the first of the week for meat, veg
etables and fruit to last until Friday.
He dries the evening dishes and
bathes our boy. The rest of the
evening we spend in reading or l
mend and sew. Sometimes we have
a neighbor look in on the baby
while We go to a movie. One thing
I do try to insist on is picking up"
the living room before going to bed
so that it isn't cluttered with papers
and magazines the next morning.
I wish RICH could reprint the
letter from the mother of several
small children, who did all her own
work and, when things got really
tough, sang at the top of her voice,
relieving her own tension and also
amusing toe children. That letter
gave courage to all of us.
(Fron, H. s. L., Kensington, Md
For Mrs. P. NJ, Washington: AL
most year ago I made the same
request of the RCH and received
some inspiring replies. But think
the best advice I can give is to try
to muster up more tolerance, patti
ence, and even resignation, from
within yourself. I have come to the
conclusion that new baby means
h/117.hor Will