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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18
MARY HAWORTH,S Mail

in love. He has proposed mar
riage and I am very hesitant to
accept for several reasons.
First Of all, his family back
ground is entirely different from
mine.
His folks are very poor and
his education ended in grammar
school; and while I love him
very much and enjoy his com
pany, AZ we have many kindred
interests, we don't altogether
agree on social life.
ii wouldn't be fair TO let
my parents down. since they
have done so much for me and
expect so much Of me.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18

party man, went along with
this major policy Of the head Of
his party.
He has now become President
In his own right. This particu-
lar Roosevelt policy Ia on his
own doorstep now.
The pressure groups behind
II are putting up a terrific drive.
Southern Democrats in Con-
gress feel that by preventing a
vote on the fair employment
practices bill they can prevent
q party split and take the heat
on the President.
Mr.. Truman has done all that
he can do under the Constitu-
tion. He has recommended a
course Of action to Congress.
II Congress declines to pur-
sue that course, certainly the
President cannot be blamed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18

In fact, I can't even discuss
his proposal with thsm.
They would simply raise q
storm and give me q Nat no"
Ny own indecision il my big
problem.
This isn't the first time I have
wrestlsd with II; but this time
I am 20 confused and torn BE-
tween two fires that I can't
think logically any more.
q. n.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
7 AN ~ years old, . college
L graduate, employed the past
year In Z large Arm where / am
trying hard to work up to q spe-
cislist position.
I have been working extra
hard to hasten my advancement,
trying to please my father. who
10 always bounding me to get
somewhere"
This d forever on my mind
and sometimes when ! think Of
] become panicky and break
ito q cold sweat.
At work met a young man
my own age and we have fallen
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18
Brain Game Answsrs

1-By a river Genesis 2:1o.)
AConey Island, ". Y.
aThe Boston American League
team and the Pittsburgh
National League team.
la False. It's membership
is 435. (b) True.
SIT can be seen for more than
80 nautical miles.
6-Notre Dame.
7-"Trxumerei," Schum a n n;
'Marche Militaire," Schu-
bert; Blue Danube" Strauss.
aB-32.
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hearing restored, refused. say
ing the silence enabled him to
concentrate better. Many deaf
persons have given that testi-
mony, and many blind persons
have stated that shutting out
the world enabled them to
think more deeply and clearly.
5 teinm tz, the hunchback.
might never have become the
great scientist he was had he
been an athlete.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18

GA man In the navy made
application for m allowance 20
his mother. Before she had tho
application papers filled out
and sont beck, she received .
chsck, but mono since then. AZ
the time she was employed, but
because Of bed health she had
to give up WORKING. What
should she dof Her daughter
in-law receives her family al
lowsnce rogularly.-A. M. o.
Att would seem that the
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18
Connolly Answers

1-c, pa, ab, +b, 5-a.
8 (a) lotus, (b) iris, (c) violet,
Id rose (e) chrysanthemum.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-18

Mr. TRUMAN supported this
AVA general idea when he was
q senator. and ~ such, being q
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It's especially important this holi-
day season to plan easily expandable
hospitality, because any hostess can
count on some unexpected reunion
celebration for returning service
men, as well as visits from friends
who are renewing the social ties
that gas rationing curtailed SO Sc
verely.
An easy way to keep prepared for
impromptu hospitality demands is
to plan on maintaining a generous
stock of a cake that can be counted
on for keeping qualities, like apple
sauce cake. It's thoughtful hostess
strategy too, to be prepared to serve
guests this holiday punch, made
with regular or decaffeinated coffee.
If you slice more cake than is
needed, place the cut pieces care
fully together and wrap them tight
in waxed paper. They won't dry
out and they will be just as good
later on. Rich fruit cake has good
keeping qualities, too. but an apple
sauce cake is sure to prove appetiz-
ing and 1t is quicker, easier and
cheaper to make.
SWEET DREAMS HOLIDAY
PUNCH.
l cup evaporated milk.
p teaspoon vanilla
Cinnamon or nutmeg.
4 cups freshly made. hot regular
or decaffeinated coffee.
Chill evaporated milk thoroughly.
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NeW Year Eue Party

Maybe you don't like to go on the
town. on New Year Eve. Perhaps
you would rather entertain few of
your very closest friends in your own
home to drink a toast to each other
and the. poor battered world as the
clock ushers in 1916. Then here's a
menu idea that has worked we'll for
me in the past, and that am plan
ming to use again next Monday eve
ming.
Your guests will probably start
dropping in around 9 o'clock. That
is too late for real supper, and too
early for midnight snack. So
you'll compromise in this manner:
Splurge on a large jar of really
good caviar, the best you can afford.
Open this and pack it in a bowl of
crushed ice, at one end of the buffet
table, near the drinks. Have ar
ranged about it little bowls of
minced hard-cooked eggs, wedges of
lemon and finely-minced raw onions.
II you have good-looking toaster
that comes to the party" fine. If
not, you'll have to run interference
from the kitchen. But keep bring
ing on, somehow, supply of good
hot toast-French or Italian bread
is best, and butter the slices ever so
lightly with sweet butter. Let each
guest spread caviar on his or her
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'Chippino'
Recipe

The Fisherman's Wharf In San
Francisco is world famous for its
wonderful fish dishes, and, in par
ticular for its "chippino," a sort of
Italian fish stew or chowder. In a
way it is another version of the
French couilliabaisse-and many
people think it is even better.
To make it right, you need a large
bass, two or three crabs, or a pound
of crab meat, pint of small clans,
a pint of mussels, and a cup of
shelled shrimps.
Cut up the raw fish in slices, cut
the crab meat in pieces, steam the
clans and mussels just bit after
they've been washed. Save the
liquid in which they are cooked,
and strain it through a cloth.
Now put half a cup of olive oil in
pot, and when it is hot, add an
onion, chopped, couple of cloves of
garlic, mashed, two or three spoon
fuls OF minced parsley, " cup of
canned or fresh mushrooms, half a
can OF tomatoes, and large green
pepper chopped fine. Drop in a
couple of whole cloves, then add a
cup of dry red wine, and the liquid
from the clans and mussels. Sim
mer for an hour, then season with
salt and pepper.
Put in the pieces of fish, shellfish
and shrimp, let cook. Last add the
mussels and clans, cook just mo-
ment or SO, and then serve in hot
soup plates with toaster bread and
butter.
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piece Of toast and then garnish 1t as
preferred, with the egg, onion, lemon
and so on. This makes a perfect
first course" to go with the early
drinks of the evening.
Later-around IL, for instance
bring in trayful of tiny, piping hot
chicken pies-little ones, in rame-
kins. People don't need a lot-but
something hot like this is always
welcome. With the chicken pies
goes a simple green salad, in which
watercress predominates. If you
want something more substantial.
you can serve a vegetable salad, but
I have found it is usually too much.
End up with Vanilla ice cream top
ped with hot, branded cumquats-
and coffee.
BY this time it will be near mid
night and time for the champagne
to start popping Before that, the
choice of drinks Is pretty much up
to you-and you will know the pref
erence of your friends. If you like,
and can afford it, make it cham
payne" evening all the way through,
otherwise keep the champagne
strictly for the Happy New Year"
moment,
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Soups On
By the Chef

Maybe it is bit too soon to bring
up the question-but you WILL
have to use up every smidgen of
that turkey in one way or another
and what better end for the noble
bird than in a steaming kettle of
rich, luscious turkey soup?
Now you may think that all you
have to do is to toss the poor clean
picked carcass into a lot of water,
add dash of salt and let er boil.
OF course, you CAN make soup that
way-but IL won't amount to mucn.
Why not decide on the soup before
the turkey is completely stripped
say, let there be few bits of skin
and meat and little dressing left
for you to work with as we'll as the
bones.
Take everything thai is left of
the turkey, then, and put it all into
a big kettle. Add couple of small
onions stuck with several cloves, two
or three carrots. some celery leaves,
small turnip, diced, some sprigs of
parsley, a bay leaf and salt and
pepper. Cover all this and the tur-
key with cold water and bring to
the boiling point. Then let the brew
simmer until it is rich and well
f1avored-it probably will take about
two to three hours, Check for sea-
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Then whip rapidly until stiff
Add vanilla. Place in serving cups
filling half full. Sprinkle with Gin
namon. Fill cups with coffee and
cracked ice. Makes eight servings
Whipped cream may be used III
stead OF whipped evaporated milk
APPLE SAUCE CAKE.
Il egg
* cups sifted cake flour.
l teaspoon double acting baking
powder
u teaspoon soda.
4 teaspoon salt
l teaspoon cinnamon.
p teaspoon cloves.
Y cup butter or other shortening.
l cup sugar.
egg, well beaten.
/ cup raisins, finely cut and
Toured.
l cup nut meats, chopped.
q cup hot thick apple sauce,
strained
Slit flour once, measure, add bak-
ing powder, soda, salt and spices
and sift together three times.
Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar
gradually and cream together until
light and fluffy Add egg, raisins
and nuts. Add -four mixture, alter
nately with apple sauce, a small
amount at time. Beat after each
addition until smooth. Bake in
creased loaf pan, 7x5x3 inches, in
moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.
about ! hour.
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Domestic Fig Picture

Dried figs on markets this
year are largely California-grown
and are either the black Mission va
riety or the lighter Smyrna type. In
retail stores dried figs are selling in
small, 1z-pound packages in trans
parent wrappings or in fancy holi-
day boxes. Twenty years ago, how
ever, the fig picture was very diff
ferent. Then, shoppers were
buying mostly imported figs from
Turkey Italy, Greece, Spain or other
Mediterranean countries. Some of
these figs were packed abroad in
round, woven, open baskets; others
were strung on raffia Those from
Italy often were stuffed with al
monds. Many sold loose" or ''in
bulk"
Production and import figures
show the trend from foreign to
United States-grown supplies, &C
cording to the Office of Agricultural
Relations of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. In the
'20s, this country imported about
$4,000 tons of dried figs yearly and
produced an average of only about
$4,000 tons. BY 1913, however, do
nestle production had risen to &c.
TOO tons, enough to supply domestic
demands. This eliminated the need
for imported figs, fortunately at a
time when war interfered with i'm
ports. In recent years only small
quantities of foreign figs have come
in-mostly for the baking industry
which bought because of lower
prices. This year domestic produc-
ton of dried figs is about IS 200 tons.
During the 1944-45 marketing sea-
son, only tons were imported. all
from Turkey.
Turkey has large fig crop this
year and surplus for export of
about $1,000 tons. Some of these
figs will be imported at prices favor
able to Turkish exporters and Amer
lean importers as well. The day of
heavy imports of foreign figs has
passed, however, as standards of
quality and sanitation In this couu.
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soning and then strain the soup.
Put this liquid back In the kettle
and add package OF noodles, or
handful or so OF washed barley or
rice, and let this cook slowly until
the noodles, ETC., are soft.
Toast slices of crusty French
bread and butter them lightly. Set
them in the bottom of deep soup
plates and pour the turkey soup over
them. Top with slices of hard
cooked egg. And you have a main
dish for meal that requires little
more than a vegetable salad and a
light dessert to make 1t thoroughly
filling and delightful
One masculine host I know gave
a wonderful informal supper party
few days after Thanksgiving and
served his guests turkey soup done
in this manner. He followed the
soup with artichokes hollandaise
and mixture of fresh fruit for des-
sert. Glasses Of sherry were served
with the soup and good dry red
wine with the artichokes. A rather
unusual meal, but very good one,
which proved that getting away
from the usual party" dinner of a
set number and type Of courses is
a welcome innovation these DAYS!
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Chicken on
Waffles

Dreamed leftover chicken, turkey
meat or fish served over waffies,
takes on new appetite appeal
Crispy, brown waffies are delicious
as base for the creamed food and
when served shortcake style will
add a new flare to the meal.
The Importance of proper cooking
and seasoning of the cream sauce
cannot be overemphasized. A well
prepared cream sauce should be
cooked over low heat for 5 to 10
minutes after the sauce has thick
ened. This cooking time is impor-
tant to assure a well-blended flavor.
A savory combination of leftover
chicken and mushrooms, or chicken
and other vegetables are informal
party-fare when served Shortcake
style with a green vegetable, spiced
peaches, tossed salad and a steam
ing cup of Mexican chocolate with
ice cream.
Dreamed Chicken on Waff1es.
2 tablespoons butter.
4 tablespoons flour.
l teaspoon salt.
Is teaspoon pepper.
2 cups milk.
y cup chicken broth
2 cups cooked chicken, diced.
l cup sliced. cooked mushrooms
peas or green beans.
Waff1eS.
Melt butter in saucepan. add flour
and seasonings and blend Gradually
add milk, stirring constantly. Cook
until mixture is smooth and thick
ened. Add chicken broth, diced
chicken, and cooked vegetables.
Serve between and on top of piping
hot, crisp waffies Cut into fourths
and serve Immediately, garnish with
parsley. Serve with grilled toma-
toes with cheese topping Serves 4
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Suuerkruut Variety

nations. For instance, try it with
shredded raw carrots or cubed
cooked beets.
Savory sauerkraut after the style
of the Norwegians is a quick dish
for cold weather. Lightly brown a
cup or less of fat in a skillet. Add
l quart of kraut and teaspoon Gel
cry of caraway seed. Mix well, sepa-
rating the kraut with fork. Then
cover and cook for S minutes and
serve hot. Pennsylvania Dutch
cooks add onion, apple and a
chopped potato.
For a winter main dish, put alter
nate layers of kraut and cooked
noodles in a baking dish or casse-
role. Then add a top layer of
ground pork sausage and bake. Or
bake kraut in a casserole with
chopped frankfurters or luncheon
meat.
And when fitting sauerkraut into
meals, remember that the chilled
juice makes a good first course.
Some families like it straight. 9th
ers prefer 1t with a little lemon Juice
added or mixed half and half with
tomato juice.
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More commercially canned sauer-
kraut is coming to market than was
expected earlier in the season. There
will be enough kraut, in fact, for
homemakers to think of serving this
pickle-vegetable in more ways than
one.
Famous mealtime teams are kraut
and sausage, kraut and spareribs,
kraut and pig knuckles. But these
are only a starter, say home econo-
mists in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t is also ira
ditional to team kraut with such
foods as fried liver or baked fish. In
some parts of the South, kraut is
always served with turkey. Savory
sauerkraut with roast duck is an
other favorite.
Kraut can be served either hot or
cold. How much sharpness kraut
keeps when hot depends on how
long 1t is cooked To preserve the
tang, just heat the kraut through
For q milder flavor, let the kraut
cook longer. Cold sauerkraut can
be served plain, or drained and
chopped In vegetable salad combi-
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Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
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We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
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House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
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those of The Star, and as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Betsy CasweH
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Readers Clearing House

hours. One pound butter, l pound
sugar, 8 eggs, orange rind, / pound
Sifted cake flour.
Cream the butter until very soft
and smooth. Add the sugar gradu-
ally beating all the time. A very
thorough blending of the butter and
sugar is essential for a fine texture
Il advise using an electric mixer. l
have tried beating by hand, results
not so good) Add the unbeaten
eggs, one at time, beating well
after each addition. Next add the
grated orange rind. Then add the
flour and beat until we'll mixed and
smooth. Turn into a creased 10
inch tube pan for 2 hours. use no
substitute for ingredients and DO
NOT JAR THE STOVE)
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IRISH SODA BREAD?
IRON Mrs. M. p. F., Washington
Can any of your readers provide
the recipe for Irish Soda Bread?
This is a popular type of bread sold
in a number of New York bakeries.
but has never been available in the
Washington area.
X X
HELPFUL HINTS.
From Mrs. d. L. D., Herndon, Va
Have received so many helps
would like to add these for anyone
who may need them.
To bake a pie shell without filling,
dust the flour and set a glass pie
plate in it and leave for the first
five minutes. Remove carefully and
you will have no trouble with pastry
rising up in bottom of pan.
To insure nonsOggy custard pie
and perfect consistency add l tea
spoon cornstarch to usual custard
filling. Bake minutes at $50 de-
greeS, reduce to 300 degrees until
done.
To keep pleats hanging correctly
IN skirts turn wrong side out when
putting on skirt hangers.
X X y
SOFTENING SUGAR.
From Mrs. E. J. K, Washington.
I successfully softened a 5-pound
bag of granulated sugar by wrap
ping it in heavy cotton tea towel
and pounding it with a hammer
until soft.
(From Mrs. A. B. B., WASHINGTON J
l was lucky enough to purchase 20
pounds OF sugar some time ago and
1t was SO hard I couldn't even get it
smooth with a rolling pin. 1 also
tried heating it in a slow oven and
no success.
I put it in a lard boiler Gust a tin
can with tight top will serve the
purpose. Cut large apple in half,
Just put the apple in and leave it
until the sugar is soft. 1 know this
Will do it even if it takes a week or
more as I've already proved it.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Information, queries and poems
sent in by the following hare
been forwarded directly to the
Individuals for ,ghom they 1Dere
intended.
Mrs. B. S., PooleSuille, Nd:
r. A. B., Takoma Park: Mrs.
c. T. B., Jr.. Kensington, Nd:
MRS. C. c., Greenbelt, Nd: Mrs.
j. G. r., sr., RiDerdale;: Mrs. H.
A. Van D., Cherry Chase; Miss
NJ. H., Mrs. M. C. L., Mrs. NJ. r.
c., A. M. Y, Mrs. E. R. H., Mrs.
w. c. G., Washington.
Our thanks to these readers
tor their contributions, Which
1Dere similar to others previously
received,
Mrs. r. B. H., Alexandria;
Mrs. w. w. A., Mrs. NJ. r. B.,
Arlington; Mrs. F. j., w. H. L.,
IT,: Mrs. C. B. X, Washington.
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try have been raised and production
| increased.
The future outlook is definitely for
California dried figs for United
] States consumption.
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There's alcays lot Of rich food served during the
holid0ysso, occasionally, does good TO revert to
the Simple life" Fresh fruit and a bit of cheese make
fine and heolfhm desserr. Apples, grapes oranges
nnfmeafs combined here ic scedee of npty cheese
and crisp crackers accompany them.
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ERROR IN PATTERN?

kFron, Mrs. r. G., Washington
Will some reader familiar with the
knitted shawl pattern inform me
where I am in error: Cast on Sc SITS.
LIST TOW P. across; I'd row K. across;
Sd row P. across; 4th row (pattern)
K. off 8. Cast on l st. K. l for 8
times C6 sts1 K. off Is SITS. 5th row
P. off SITS. at time 4 times. P. 16
sts. 2 at time times; repeat
across. 9Th row K across; It'll row
P. across 9Th row starts pattern
again.
This pattern was given to me
verbally and noted down at the time,
but although I have spent great
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SCALLOPED POTATO HINT;
M1NCE PIE.

from Fl. c. H., WdShingtOn.J
Here is a good one for scalloped
potatoes; in place of milk, use l can
mushroom soup, if too thick dilute
it with a little milk. Gives it good
flavor; use salt to taste.
Mince Pie: Two cups rlincemeat,
IL cups thick unsweetened apple
sauce, y cup drained crushed pine
apple, l teaspoon grated orange rind.
Combine all ingredients, place in a
e-inch pastry lined pan, top with
lattice strips of pastry and when
you put them on twist them to give
it pretty looking top. Bake 425
degrees, 40 minutes.
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LINES REQUESTED

From Mrs. L. w. F., Washington
I would thank some one very
kindly if they would contribute to
your column the lines of poem
which read in part as:
You can't turn the mill with the
water that is past"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-03
HonukohPIoy We'll Staged
 Or. Glenn Officiates
 Al Presentation

Dr. Menahem G. Glenn, principal of the Waterbury Talmut Torah, served as master of ceremonies dur ing the presentation of the Hanukah play, staged by the Waterbury He brew Institute yesterday, the third day of the holiday observation. The Sisterhood of Beth Israel syna- gogue presented gifts to the chill dren.
 Alvin Atkins lit the candles. Reci- tations of the Maccabee, chapter ]. were given Rosalind Madnick, Nit chell Tarkoff, Elliott Kerzner, Cor don Frank, Bernice Feingold Frayda Gelrnan, Marcia Kunofsky, Leslie Klein, Harriet Kramer, Stanley Field, Rochelle Rosenbaum Thelma Dorfman, Naomi Wilson and Lothar Ginn.
 Others were Miriam Kravetz ant Alvin Atkins, who recited Yiddist pieces. --
 English recitations were by Ste phanie Arnold, Michael Ginn, Bar. bara Gunther, Howard Alderman Judith Pace, Joel Belsky, Myror Shore and Henry Cotier.
 Frayda Gelman rendered solos accompanied by Anna Gelman al the piano.
 MT. Glenn, Abraham Matzkin chairman of the board of educa- tion of the Waterbury Hebrew In. stitute; Louis Franklin, president of the Institute; Honorary Chair man Rabbi Seymour Gewirtz ano Norman Gewirtz gave addresses oi welcome.