Evening star., 1945-05-28

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baby an hour and half in the am
and one hour pm. and especially
keeping him out of the kitchen
while mommie prepares dinner. ]
have ghastly fear of Spattering
grease and boiling water. House
work consists of making the chill
dren's beds, (now done as well as
you, I betchaD, emptying ashtrays
picking up, carrying out the
wrapped refuse, busting (Which
still remains at the hit and miss
leveD, setting and clearing table and
washing the ring" at bath time.
I firmly believe that lifelong
habits begin in the cradle and any
aims, even at this young age, is to
prepare them for the road ahead
which is more than apt to be full
of, if not hard knocks, at least
plenty of shoves! It's true that a
child is only young once and I may
be too hard a taskmaster. I'd sure
love to hear from some honest
grandmothers, whose methods of
child raising are now bearing the
fruit of new generation. How
about it, mother of mothers?
X
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in by the tol-
lo1Ding readers has been for
Uarded to the Individuals for
Whou it was intended:
Mrs. M. W., Poolespille, Nd:
Mrs. r. Y, Mrs. M. J. r., Mrs.
r. T. p, Mrs. G. M. R., Wash
ington.
Our thanks to Mrs. C. A. K,
Bethesda, and Mrs. w. A. w. for
their contributions, Whtch Were
similar to Others previously re-
ceived
Application for the future RCH
book has been filed for Mrs. H.
r. A., Fairtar Station, Va.
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RESTIFFENING STRAW?
(From Miss F. A. c., Washington
I wonder if any reader has had
experience in reStiff fening the brim
of straw hat? The hat in question
is of soft straw and has gone floppy
at the sides so that it tends to take
on poke bonnet form. I would
also be glad of suggestions for the
best way of cleaning the ribbon
binding the brim yellow.
X X X
HELPFUL COMMENT.
From Mrs. W. w. L., Siluer Spring. J
agree with Mrs. L. w. of Airing
ton. I know how to make a hot
dog sandwich" and a crab cake"
but If some one else doesn't, why
shouldn't the RICH help them If they
request it?
I don't think any one of us are
interested in every item that is pub
lished but I for one am interested
in great many of them, and I feel
sure every article, or letter, that is
published Is Of interest to some one
Let's keep the Clearing House on
friendly, unselfish basis.
CHILD'S PRAYER.
From Mrs. C. B. S., Riuerdale, Nd
Prayer for a Child" by Rachel
Field, is our 2-year old's favorite
book. Each line is illustrated with
a colored picture opposite, so it is
quickly learned and the little tots
love to read it, at bed time.
X y x x
SPICE CAKE FOR 40.
(From Mrs. r. T., Lanhan,, Md
Here is to tell you how grateful
I am to your Clearing House and
its readers. My many thanks to Mr..
J. w. of Washington for the clipping
of the poem "On Giving of Thanks"
out of the Readers Digest and send
ing it in. Also to Mrs. j. S. c. of
Washington for having sent it in to
you and you in turn printing it. 1t
was just what I had been searching
for, for a long time. So you have
one more grateful fan. And to the
person who said they knew your COL
umn was an institution but did not
know it was that" good, I might
add being good and more so is what
made it an institution. What
amaZes me is the fact of the prompt
replies from masculine as we'll as
feminine readers.
For Mrs. M. W. P, Arlington
Here is a cake recipe which will
serve 20 people if cut in squares or
diamond shaped. 1t might be
baked in two patches to accommo-
date the serving of 40 people.
have done this, and from experience
it was plenty.
Six Spice Cake-Four cups -four
4 teaspoons baking powder, y tea
spoon salt. u teaspoon ginger, y
teaspoon mace, "a teaspoon all
spice, r teaspoons cloves, ~ tea
spoons cinnamon, l teaspoon nut
meg, % cup shortening, 2 cups
sugar, 2 eggs whole, unbeaten,
egg yolks, unbeaten, tablespoons
molasses, 112 cups milk Sift flour
and spices and baking powder three
times. Cream shortening thorough
ly, add sugar and cream until light
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