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Evening star., 1945-12-03
from Mrs. r. M, Mount Rainier
Nd

WhIte FRUIT Cake-One cup snort
ening, l cup sugar, eggs, cups
flour, teaspoon salt, " teaspoons
baking powder, "a cup unsweetened
pineapple juice, u pound citron
finely cut; " pound candied orange
peel, finely cut; "a pound candied
lemon peel, finely cut; "a pound
candied cherries, sliced; "a pound
dates. coarsely cut; "a pound dried
apricots, coarsely cut; "a pound
pressed figs, coarsely cut; " pound
white raisins, l "a cups pineapple It'd
bits, u pound moist coconut Shred
ded, 2 cups sliced, blanched almonds
Thoroughly cream shortening and
sugar: add eggs one time, beating
well each time. Reserve II cup
-four for fruits; add remaining flour
sifted with salt and baking powder
alternately with pineapple juice,
beating we'll after each addition
Add Toured fruits, coconut and nuts;
stir only until well blended. Pour
into creased pan lined with waxed
paper. Bake in very slow oven
(275) IL hours. Decorate top with
glace pineapple, almonds, cherries or
citron Then bake in slow oven
600 degrees l hour. Makes about
5 pounds of cake. Last year I used 3
bread-sized loaf pans.
Also because of shortages last year
I omitted apricots and coconut and
used canned, crushed pineapple.
This is a delicious fruit cake.
Cakes baked with water have
greater volume, a more moist tex
ture, and smooth, shiny glaze. Place
pan containing 2 cups water on
bottom shelf while baking.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
RUGS FROM STOCKINGS?

From Mrs. S. K, Washingto1l.)
Some time ago a lady wrote in
RCH about making a rug from
whole stockings, mems and women's.
I have misplaced the directions.
Will she please repeat them or call
me at DU. 1926?
Evening star., 1945-12-03
HEAT FOR MERINGUE;
BOILED CUSEA4zD.

from Mrs. r. r. c.. ArIington.I
Always enjoy the RCH ESQ much,
and have clipped many things for
future reference, but although I in
tended answering requests several
times the days always seem too
short to "get around to it,"
This is in answer to Mrs. e. A. c.,
Bethesda, who inquired about heat
for meringues."
Meringues-Whites Of eggs, IL
cups granulated sugar, 3 teaspoons
powder, a teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat whites of eggs until stiff and
dry, add gradually two-thirds of
sugar and continue beating until
mixture holds shape, fold in re-
manning sugar sifted with baking
powder, add vanilla. Drop by spoon
fuls on unglazed paper and bake
in slow oven at $50 degrees F. &c
minutes. Increase heat to 800 de-
grees F. and bake 80 minutes longer
Remove any soft part from center
of meringues and return to oven tc
dry out, after turning of heat. Use
two meringues for each serving ano
put together with ice cream or with
Evening star., 1945-12-03

from the vegetables and meat Will
have risen until all solids are SUBJ
merged. That is when the "gulyas'
is ready. Slightly tougher meat will
take longer simmering as the meal
should be very soft and almost fall.
ing to pieces. The proportions are
purposely given large as a "gulyas'
is almost better reheated than when
it is freshly cooked. Never use water
or stock.
Incidentally, Hungarian rosen-
pfeffer (paprika) can be obtained al
several of the better Washington
markets.
Does any one have a recipe fol
any of the following Chinese dishes
Of which we are very fond? They
are lobster with Cantonese sauce
Chinese pepper steak (also called
beef with pepper and tomatoes)
and beef with oyster dressing.
4 4 4
BABY PROBLEM.
from A. I. S., Washington.
Mrs. M. j. R.. weaned BABY
from the bottle by reducing th'
sugar a little at time in the form.
ula until there was no sugar in it;
offered spoon-food with sugar in it
The sweetened food was accepted
and when the sugar got too low fol
baby's taste the bottle was promptl!
refused. The plan might work with
your baby.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
LIGHT FRUIT CAKE.

fFrOm L. L. N, washington.
In answer to the request of Mrs
M. W., Arlington. Here is a recipe
for light fruit cake, which I have
used for a number Of years-in fact,
I made it last week for this sea-
son.
One-half cup shortening, u cup
honey, 2 eggs, juice of / lemon,
cup sifted flour, l teaspoon baking
powder. cup raisins, 1h cups nuts
(whole or choppeO, / pound mixed
candied cherries. candied citron,
orange, lemon.
Melt shortening, add honey; add
beaten eggs and mix well. Sift flour
and baking powder, add a little at
a time to egg mixture. Add lemon
juice. Dredge nuts and candied fruit
in q tablespoons flour and add
Turn into loaf pans and bake in
slow oven (250 degrees) for two
hours, or until straw comes out
clean.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
RENEWING BELT.
ADDRESS WANTED?

(From N. M. L., ArltngtOn.)
I have been told of place in
Pennsylvania called the Women's
Exchange. T would like to know
if some one could give me the ad-
dress?
Evening star., 1945-12-03
BABY PROBLEM.
(From Mrs. E. H. M, jr,
WASHINGTON,

The RICH Is the most wonderful
help to busy housewives and moth
ers. I always read it first and have
found so many useful and helpful
suggestions and have often thought
I'd like to make myself q good
neighbor by helping some other
mother. Now to Mrs. M. j. R., who is
dreading taking her 14-month-old
baby off the bottle I'll tell her how
easily I broke my twins. At about
year I started by giving each OF
the babies a drink of milk from a
glass just before putting them to
bed. Then gave them small bottle
of water and they accepted the SUBJ
stitute without whimper.
I have suggestion to offer which
I worked out with the babies. In
stead of using rubber pants which
are apt to cause irritation and pain
full burns, I purchased a medium
weight rubber sheeting and cut it q
trifle larger than the folded diaper
I use. I pin this sheeting on over
the diaper at each change and ii
takes just minute to make a So
SAoAAy aSSCPpobAC boby
DISLIKES FORMULA?
From Mrs. w. F. L., Falls Church. J
! I have a problem Which I hope
you readers will help me solve: My
5-months-old baby will not drink
his formula. He loves his cereal
egg and vegetables, but won't drink
but one-haf and sometimes less, OF
his formula. He is offered bottles
of ounces each. but out of the 80
ounces I'm luckyif he consumes Is
], ;t8ke him to Xbe doctor regularly,
but even the doctor can't make him
eat and, after an the practical ex-
perisnces oe mothers may be
thB sanswer % my problem. Will
you kindly offer suggestion?
Evening star., 1945-12-03
TALKING TURKEY.

(FT0m Miss +. E. Wa Washington. J
This is too late for THANKSGIVING
but perhaps it will help with later
holiday cooking. I have been look
ing over the recipes for dressing
or stufing published in various
books and magazines and have not
found one that involves all the
principles which my mother taught
me. Her idea was to put 1t in the
fowl while hot to keep it from
being soggy and to combine raw
eggs with 1t for the same purpose
and to make it more palatable when
cold.
This is my procedure for turkey
Have old-fashioned plain corn bread
for meal just before you plan to
make your dressing and crumble
the remnants and add to dressing
to make it lighter. The night before
the great day crumb or cut in small
other leftover bread. People used
to use quite hard bread for this.
Simmer the neck and gibletS in
water to make stock for the dressing
and chop the giblets for the gravy.
Next day get out q very large skillet
or Dutch oven. Render out the tur-
key fat or use some other shorten
ing. In this cook at low tempera-
ture one large chopped onion and
one or two cups Of chopped celery
until tender. The small ends OF
the stalks and even the leaves will
give q fine flavor for this. Now stir
In the bread crumbs, alternating
them with the stock from the glib
lets, being careful not to get it toe
moist. Now stir in two raw eggs
season with salt, pepper and sage OF
poultry seasoning. Put into fowl
while warm.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
CHEESE CAKE.

from Mrs. v. E. s., T1kon1d Park
Cheese Cake-Two cups zwieback
crumbs, " cup sugar, teaspoon
cinnamon. 8 tablespoons melted but
ter, 4 eggs, u cup sugar, VI teaspoon
salt, 1h pounds cottage cheese, l
cup evaporated milk, " cup flour
and teaspoon vanilla.
Mix crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and
butter. Set aside u cup Of mixture
and use remainder to line we'll
buttered 9-inch spring form. Beat
eggs until light, add sugar and salt
and continue beating until fluffy.
Add cottage cheese and milk and
stir In hour. Add vanilla and beat
until well blended. Force through
q ricer Or strainer three times, then
pour into spring form. Sprinkle the
x cup u crumb mixture over the
top and bake ct $50 degrees for so
to so minutes or until center Is set.
Open oven door and cool gradually.
G8ofvo cold. This Was from the
American Home Magazine.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
DOLLHOUSE.

(From Mrs. r. L. H., Washington
I have always been interested in
making dollhouses and would like
to help the reader who asked fol
suggestions for this few days ago
In the issue of the American
Home of May, 1943, there was the
most practical and helpful article
upon this subject have ever seer
in print. I understand that files
of this publication may be consulted
in our public libraries. It includes
illustrations and directions for both
the dollhouse and the furnishing
4
Evening star., 1945-12-03
From Mrs. L. F. B., Poolesuille, Md.
White Fruit Cake for Mrs. M. w

tcTOW MTS. Il. d., TOOttSUNtc, mu.J
White Fruit Cake for Mrs. M. w
Arlington.
One pound seeded white raisins
n pound each of citron, candied
cherries, candied pineapple, candied
orange peel, candied lemon peel,
large eoconut, l cup water, cups
flour, pound blanched and toasted
almonds, 2 cups sugar, 8 egg whites
2 teaspoons baking powder, u tea
spoont salt, l cup shortening.
Prepare fruits and sift a little
-four over them. Cream shorten
ing, add sugar and beat until dis
solved. Add water, then -four, ir
which baking powder has been siftec
3 times, mix carefully, add nuts
gradually, distributing them through
the batter. Then add grated COCO
nut and fruits; mix well.
Bake in creased, paper-lined LOAF
pan 21a hours. Let cool in pan.
This is fine cake, and will keer
indefinitely.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

OWLEOGMENl.
Information and sfsdassts sent
! in by the folloaDing haze been
forwarded to the. tndiuidualS for
whom they were sinaH,1ded:,
. Mrs. G. S.. Alexandria: Mrs.
J. w. H. G. A.s Miss. A. J. G.,
Mrs. A. T. T., Mrs. E. C. Miss
S S. E. B., Mrs. j. L. S., Washington.
Our thanks to these readers,
1Dhose contributions aOere similar
to others previously receiUed:
Miss d. F. H., Washington
Grope; E. M. R., Mrs. A. L. v,
Bethesda; Mrs. J. J. H., Clifton.
Va; Mrs. C. C. D., Alexandria;
! Mrs. C. C. s., Vienna, Va; Mrs.
/ P. B. S., Arlington; Mrs. A. T. B.,
{ E. G. R., Washington.
{ Applications for a future RCH
{ book-tIle prospect OF Which
J groUs dimmer-haue been re-
ceiued from Mrs. P. B. S. and
{ Mrs. D. K, Arlington.
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RENEWING BELT.
from Mrs. H. B. B., Arlington.)
Some one asked how to renev
self-material belt from which back
ing had pulled away.
Buy a dime store belt, a wee bi
narrower, and featherstitch ma
terial over Exchanging buckles.
When having a dress dyed, remov
backing and send self-material wit
dress.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14
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and that two of the first three
guerillas were following him.
"Going to unload, I guess" Jer-
ry said to Laura. 'I'd better get
up there, too. You stay below
and see that they handle things
right down here"
Then men with the long poles
were now leaning them against
the wings and fuselage of the
plane, so that the branches fast
ened to the tips arched above the
craft.
The three Frenchmen who had
acted as shepherds snatched the
ropes to which the sheep were
tethered and dragged them to-
ward the center of the field. And
then Laura heard 1.-THE faint
throbbing of an airplane motor in
the skies overhead. She wrink-
led her brows trying to see some
thing at the spot from which the
sound seemed to come.
"Still too high,' she muttered
to herself. wonder if he's COM
ing down."
German plane?" Laura asked
Jerry.
eyes," he replied. 'The French
say that observation planes are
over this region all the time
looking for any clues as to con.
centrations of the guerrillas
They're not out often on overcast
days like this, though. Maybe
they picked up the sound of our
motors somewhere and are out
looking for us. Maybe he won't
dare come down out of the
Clouds
But the sound of the planes
motors had been growing louder
as they spoke, and now Jerry
clutched her arm and pointed
without saying word. She fol
lowed the line of his finger anc
saw, just breaking through the
cloud bank, small airplane.
i AS it came completely int
iview, Laura saw that it was ;
single seated reconnaissance
plane-one of the little craft with
steep climb and slow landing
speeds. The pasture would no
be a problem to it at all, excep
for the strategically placed rocl
and trees.
Laura saw that the three shep
herds were standing near tn:
sheep, which had settled dow
quickly after their mad dash on
to the field. 1t was as placid anc
bucolic a scene, she thought, a
one could wish.
She suddenly wondered jus
how well the plane was camou
flaged. Did those branches lool
unnaturally punched? Or, if tina
same Nazi flier had been over thu
pasture before, would he recall
. that no clump Of trees had juttee
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

The bacteria, instead of the boys
and girls in the armed forces, will
get the milk and you'll have less
cash to buy War Bonds if you don't
get that temperature down.
Bacteria multiply fast in warm
milk, and milk with a high bac-
terra count just can't be used to-
make cheese or any other good
dairy product. And as I've said
many times before, the best way
to cool milk is with a water tank
of some kind.
Cold air does not do the job we'll
enough or fast enough. If you do not
have a cooling tank into which your
cans of milk can be set, then sug-
rest a barrel cooler. They have
proved their worth on many farms
and are very simple to construct.
Ask your county agent or your
plant fieldman how to build one.
If by any chance they cannot give
you help, write Uncle Bob and
I'll tell you.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

Cotton and rayon gloves usual
ly wash well as do pigskin, cape,
chamois, doeskin, buckskin, goat
skin and calfskin in the washable
feathers. Never attempt to wash
"a pair of leather gloves, howev-
er, unless they are stamped
washable" on the label or inside
the glove, warn specialists. Gloves
which have once been dry clean
ed should never be washed. Kid
gloves always require dry clean
ing.
Wash gloved hands in mild,
lukewarm suds, squeezing and
pressing, but not rubbing or
brushing. Wash chamois and doe
skin gloves off the hands because
they soften when wet and may
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14
CHAPTER VIII

Laura realized that her left
shoulder was sore where she had
been bracing it against the door
- the cockpit. She pulled away
nd sighed.
'That was wonderful, jerry!
she said.
81 should say sol" agreed Doc
tor Overton. 'But can we ever
get off again with full load?"
Depends on the wind" Jerry
muttered. "And some luck. An
other ten feet and we could be
sure, but it will be tough. Any
.way-let's cross that bridge when
we come to it. Now there's work
to be done!" ~
After Jerry had cut the igni-
ton and released his safety belt,
he briskly worked his way back
through the plane and opened the
door. Below on the ground stood
three of the French guerillas
beaming with such smiles that il
seemed their faces could not ex-
press their pleasure.
Jerry grinned and saluted in
formally in answer to their vel,
coming cries in French. He hop
ped to the ground and found him
self embraced in a crushing bear
hug by the largest of the three
men-a giant with black curly
beard, very pink cheeks, and the
chest of gorilla.
''Vell-come!" he cried in his
best effort at English. ''T'ree
sheers for les Americains!"
Thanks, fella," Jerry mumbled
releasing himself and turning tt
catch Laura as she jumped from
the plane
Doctor Overton quickly follow
a id, and Jerry noted the noun
V1aineer's great relief to hear flu
ent and easy French-not only
fluent and easy, but with the
particular accent of the men O.
the Haute Savoie.
"Ah! Un homme des mon
tagnesv' he cried, turning to hi:
companions, who so far had done
nothing but smile their greetings
Jerry saw that other men were
replacing the fake rock and tree
in the center of the field. The
sheep unconcernly cropped tn
short grass near them.
'FLook" Laura said, touching
Jerry's arm and pointing. ''Wha
are those men doing?"
Jerry saw half a dozen mel
dragging toward them long pole
with fresh-cut branches of tree
fastened to the ends.
''Don't know" he replied
"Some cort of camouflage. Oh
yes-for the plane, of course!"
Then he saw Doctor Overtol
was gettinr back into the plan,
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14
ANNOUNCE REVIVAL
FOR HELTON CHURCH

The Rev. Joseph r. Taylor, for
mer pastor of the Helton Method
ist church, will begin a series Of
revival services there on Thurs,
day, June 21, it has been announc-
ed by the pastor, the Rev. w. C..
Eastridge.
The Rev. Mr.. Taylor will also
conduct the Daily Vacation Bible
School there beginning on Sum
day morning, June "a, it was ex-
planned.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

saw the enO OF the Cra1l, against
a short steep precipice of sclid
rock.
In front of it stood half a doz-
en- men, talking together, point
ing, and waving their arms. 9th
ers joined them quickly, some
from the woods nearby, others
from the huge cave opening which
Laura now discerned in the pre-
cipice.
Some of the men were dressed
like the other guerillas-in the
sturdy but shabby clothes of these
men of the mountains. Some
were in military uniforms-one
in that of the Free French Army
and four in British or American
Army uniforms.
| They hurried down the path
and began to take boxes and
bundles from the marchers, talk
ing and laughing all the time in
their happiness at seeing the new
arrivals.
, Laura felt strong arms lift the
pack from her back, and she
smiled up at the grinning, un-
shaven face of an American.
Heavy pack for little gal,"
he said. 'Boy, are we glad to
see you! Figured that plane we
heard might be yours. The Jer-
ries don't have many two-motored
jobs coming over this area"
Laura saw that the man was
limping badly as he strobe up the
last twenty feet to the little
clearing in front of the cave.
! "Here!'' she creid. "Give that
pack back to me. You've got a
bad leg there-shouldn't be car
rying a heavy load.'
'It's not so bad," the American
said.
Then Laura saw that most OF
the others who had greeted them
were wounded, too. Some limp
ed, two had arms in homemade
slings, another's head was swath-
ed in bandages.
There was now a milling crowd
in front of the cave-a crowd o1
guerillas and British and Amer.
leans.
Then Doctor Overton's voice
cut through the ium;le of noise
This quiet mild-mannered mar
now spoke with authority, with
command. Immediately every
one was silent, turning to the doc
tor.
He instucted Jerry to supervise
the setting up of big tent which
they had brought with them to
serve as an operating room.
Glancing up, Laura knew thai
overhanging branches from the
towering trees nearby would hide
the tent from the sky.
Next Doctor Overton asked the
leader of the guerillas to have
some of his men build fire close
to the entrance of the tent. Bu
to this there was some objection
eve build no fires" the lead
|er explained emphatically. "The
smoke would reveal that people
are here. Our cooked food ha:
come from a few mountaineers
cabins not far away in these hill:
places where the Nazis woulc
not be surprised to see the smoke
from fires"
'T must have a fire here" Doc
tor Overton said. 'No matter
what the danger, I must have
? boiling water"
There was a silence of a few
moments as the leader though
seriously.
(To Be Continued)
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

Maybe it looks like that guy in
4'A the picture at the top of this
column today is good material for a
padded cell, but he really isn't.
He's pretty smart.
Instead of making hay while The
sun shines, he's making grass silage
in the rain. You don't have to worry
about the weather if you make silage
out of the various crops which the
scientific folks call grasses"
Most of the things you grow
for hay or pasture car I've made
into Silage. These iI3C4..-c alfalfa,
lespedeza, the clovers, Johnson
grass, bluegrass, soyDeans,
Sudan, Orchard grass, timothy,
barley, oats and wheat.
Aside from the weather angle,
making grass silage has lot of other
advantages. You need not worry
about leaf shatter, sunbleach and
similar things. You can store up some
excellent food for winter use by
this process.
Storage" space is cut down, since
a cubic foot of grass silage will weigh
eight or nine times as much as a
cubic foot of loose hay.
For helpful hints on making grass
silage, l suggest you get either Cir
cular 234, Extension Service, Uni
versity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
or Circular 299, Extension Service,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wis The Missouri bulletin will tell
you how to check the moisture
content-an important point in
making grass silage.
If your cows are not getting all
the water they need, you are not
getting as fat milk check each
month as you might have. How
to provide water on farms where
water is a problem, is the subject
of an interesting article in the
May-June craftsman. If you do
not receive the craftsman reg
ularly, write Uncle Bob, 500
Peshtieo Court, Chicago 90, ILL.,,
and I'll mail a copy.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

stretch or tear. Don't wiring or
twist.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

Reports from Great Britain,
France and Italy indicate that
life insurance has increased in
those countries during the war,
in spite of the sharp dislocations.
The Skyland post., 1945-06-14

L suppose an artist would admire
a field of bitterweed in bloom in the
spring, the mass of yellow flowers
making a nice display. But bitter
weed is Just a big headache to the
dairynan and to receivers of milk,
because of the flavor it gives to milk.
Yet it is not too big a job to get
rid Of this headache. The expert
1nent stations have worked out
methods which show how, by
sound pasture work, you can
crowd this weed out.
A full stand of meadow grass.
clover, lespedeza or alfalfa ON well
fertiizedsoil discourages bitterweed-
The pest likes packed ground, and
will take hold in a big way if you
permit your COWS to overgraze.
The main thing in control is sound
management-get a good stand Of
grass; don't pasture too late in the faH
or too early in the spring. Use sup
Elementary pastures in early spring..
midsummer and in the early fan>
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

Nichols of Coolidge. With their
son, Gary Dale, four, she resides
in Phoenix. Before entering the
service Britain was an employee
of the Goodyear Aircraft Corpora
tion and a member of the firms
softball team.
S/SGT. TRACY L. CLARK, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Clark, is now
completing twelve months Of over
seas duty with the veteran I'd
Engineer Special Brigade to which
he was assigned on arrival over
seas. Sergeant Clark is on duty as
mess sergeant and has been at
stations both in New Guinea and
the Philippines. He was called to
the service in June 1912.