Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07

taken to select cleanser that does
not contain too much abrasive ma
teriaL
To Mrs. H. M. S. Washington.
If you are really serious about get
ting rid of the reaches, you should
get a commercial eradicator. A
number of products created Specif1-
cally for this purpose are on sale
at the grocery stores, 10 cents stores
and drugstores. This should be
placed in cracks, corners, and in
dark spots. According to an ex-
Termination, reaches lay eggs, from
which IS to 20 reaches will hatch.
At this rate, it would take consider
able time to dispose of these pests
by your method, especially since the
adult may lay eggs before finding
the honey jar.
To Mrs. X. L. D., Alexandria:
ScOrch stain which is not too bad
may be removed by washing. Scrub
the spot If the material is actu-
ally burned, you had better write
the shirt off as loss unless you can
recover from the cleaners.
For Mrs. H. w. G., Alexandria:
The OdOr of your pillows is probably
caused by dampness. Try airing the
pillows daily. If this doesn't take
the odor away, you will probably
have to have them laundered. It'll
would not be necessary to have
them recovered.
My laundry has discontinued re-
making pillows because tickings are
practically unavailable. I believe
the large laundries will steriliZe the
pillows, however. Have you called
all of them?
For Mrs. b. H. w., Washington
According to a pediatrician, the
bleaches may irritate a baby's skin,
even though the clothing is thor
oughly rinsed afterwards. After my
baby was years old I tried remov-
ing stains on clothing that was still
large enough to be used with COM
mercial bleach. The experiment was
completely unsuccessful
For Mrs. F. w., Washington: Here
is recipe for herb "buttered" vege-
tables containing basil:
One tablespoon minced onion,
tablespoon vegetable fat or OIL salt, |
pepper, a teaspoon basil, 2 cups
cooked or canned vegetable.
Brown onion in vegetable fat or
salad oil; add salt, pepper and basil, |
Add to well drained vegetable; heat.
l would like to try this recipe, as
it would save butter, but haven't
seen basil at my store. Could you
spare some?
I have never seen basil, but since
it can be used in salads, I imagine
it is leafy herb and can be dried
as other leafy herbs. Place in a |
cake or pie pan in the oven when
cooking on very low flame.
My mother -in-law dries celery
leaves in this manner and uses them
to season soups and salads.
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BASIL.
From Mrs. L. A. S., Washington.
I believe that Mrs. F. w. will
like her green basil if she uses it
sparingly in green salads. Its best
use is with fresh or cooked toma-
toes.
I should like to talk with Mrs. |
F. W. about other uses for basil and
about drying it. Perhaps she would
also be willing to let me have a
basil plant as I've been unable to
get any this year. She may phone
me evenings at Adams 1856.
From Mrs. I. B., RiDerdale, Nd
To Mrs. F. w, Washington,
replying to the use for basil: 1t
is used in almost all Italian cook
ing such as stuffed elephants, meat
balls and tomato sauce. 1t is very
good in stuf1lngs of any kind,
chopped fine. Then it can be dried
like parsley and used to flavor
dishes in the same way.
BUREAU DRAWERS?
From Mrs. E. G. B., Washington
I am wondering if some reader
can help me with my problem. Two
years ago I purchased walnut
stained bedroom set.
During the summer months only
the drawers of this furniture stick
and for many weeks I am unable
to open them without fear of dam
aging the furniture. Last winter
when the drawers could be taken
out I used sandpaper on the sides
and runners and also powdered
graphite. This worked wonders for
about three weeks. Now the draw
ers are stuck fast until fall unless
some reader can help me!
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STICKY WAFFLES.
From S. o., Arlington, Va
I would suggest to Mrs. w. G. B.
that she add more fat to her waf-
fles. If her waffle iron is hot and
her waff1es contain plenty of short
ening she should have no trouble
COD LIVER OIL STAINS.
From Mrs. J. A. M, Siluer Spring.
To Mrs. B. H. w. of Washington:
The only thing I've ever known
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